Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 May 1946 — Page 34

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BALTIMORE, Md, May 10 (U. ) ~~Eleven thoroughbreds, headed Kentucky Derby winner Assault, entered today for tomorrow's of ‘the historic Preakat Pimlico when the purse in American racon the line.

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fast, all 11 were expected to face the barrier in the mile and threesixteenths test. As second leg of the triple crown—the Derby, Preakness and Belmont—the run for the blackeyed Susans will be worth $140,620, This tops the record $136,220 purse established this year in the Santa Anita handicap. But because of supplemental entry fees the winner will not draw down as much as the record $108,400 earned by Azucar in the 1935 Santa Anita handicap. ] Entries Listed : Shooting for the gold and glory, and trying to snap the triple crown bid of King: Ranch’s Assault, will

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William Helis’ Tidy Bid, R. S. Me-| Laughlin’s Wee Admiral, Bomar! One of the best early-season soft-| stable’s Billy Bumps, Mrs. Walter yo) ,ograms ever presented in the Jeffords’ Natchez, Mr. and oe city is scheduled at Municipal sta- | BALTIMORE, Md, May 10— pe A dium Sunday night, with Kingan's Step closer, you lucky people, farm's Sarge ell and Knock-|/and Eli Lilly clashing in the head-’ closer 0 2 8 pack ne down e’ arine liner. hear, an earle y WwW SWE ed Bobaniet, figbles M { The two teams are “rated as the favor you today with the winner Assault, ‘Hampden, Marine Vie-! city's outstanding aggregations and of the Preakness—a burly, awkward, tory and Wee Admiral all are sup- two of last season's Kingan Knight ugly fellow and a small, handsome plementary entrjes and, becausé of metropolitan champion teammates curly-haired kid. their late $3000 nomination fee, will be the opposing pitchers. Taken respectively, and from bot~would win but $100,120 if 11 go.. Hal Mahaney and Logan Kinnett, tom to top, they are Maine Chance The others, as original entries, who combined their efforts to lead Farm's Knockdown and Bobby would drag down $102985 for a the Knights to a big 1945 season, Permane. winning performance. (have parted ways and Mahaney| Dontwsnicker and don't sneer. Jockey Changes {will be on the firing line for the Let me be the first to always reSix of the 11 followed Assault meatmen, while Kinnett will do | mind you that Old Fearless has h in the mud at Churchilljthe tossing for the Lilly team. { picked the last three winners of the iso last week and will be taking] The Kingan aggregation will rep- run for the black-eyed susans. I had ther shot at the Texas terror. | resent Indianapolis ih the National | Count Fleet (along with everybody oy. praamaon, who was Softball loop, while the Lilly's are else); Pensive (along with everythird in the Derby; Lord Boswell, | City representatives in the State | body else) and Polynesian—all fourth: Knockdown, ffth: Ala-| Circuit. Both teams won their ini-!ai1one. That last one was $26 for mond, "sixth: Marine Victory, 15tn, | tial starts last Sunday in exhibition | your deuce so, I repeat, don't write and Wee Admiral, 16th. contests, | those pan letters ‘til Saturday eve- | {

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There: will be several jockey! Two Preliminaries ning. changes, however, when they run! However, pitching may not be the | It is only fair to admit, of course, for the black-eyed Susans at old only feature of the Sunday games, | that the Fearless one gave you “ hilltop tomorrow, with all carrying |as each team has lineups that in- Dark Jungle in the recent Derby 126 pounds. Eddie Arcaro, who! clude some top local players, many won by Assault: the Cubs to win failed to set a record fourth riding appearing for their first season the last world series taken by the triumph in the Kentucky canter | since the start of the war. | Tigers and a few other unimpor-| aboard Lord Boswell, shifts to, The Kingan-Lilly tilt is slated at tant trivials. In defense, I reiterate| Hampden. That puts Doug Dodson 8:45 p. m. and will be preceded by | that you don’t go to the Derby to up on Lord Boswell for this one. | a pair of preliminaries. At 6:15 p.| bet but to drink mint juleps, and Bobby Permane will ride Knock- | M. - Hoffman Specialty plays Lloyd | you can't wager om ball games, it down, Don Padgett will be up on A. C. and at 7:30 p. m. Speedway | says here in small print. | ~ Marine Victory; Ken Scawthorn|V. F. W. clashes with P. R. Mallory. Just Like That ! will handle Alamond, Al Snider will] The 7:30 game also should pre-| But Knockdown now looks like! be aboard either Lovemenow or sent some fine pitching, as Butch | money from the native heath, only Billy Bumps; Warren Mehrtens Sellers will be on the firing line| better. {

again will ride Assault; Nick Wall! for Speedway and Tommy Lang in| This way the old folks at home|

don't suffer. All he has to do is beat about 10 other classy looking

will rein Wee Admiral and no boy was listed for Tidy ‘Bid. | CS RE NL Trainer. R. E. Handlen of Fox- Pro-Am Carded le Jit up Oe matics catcher farm meanwhile Genie hat SHELBYVILLE, Ind, May 10— | BX BW Je je Hampden had git ti i Yi Bil Tinder, club professional at the | Just like 3 Was To] oay th lof ot | Shelbyville Blue River Country club But reports pers mod " work. | ill be the host Monday for a proing 8 bandage on ore r {amateur golf tourney. Drawings

lord Boswell and Knockdown, | Vil be made for partners. / side-by-side in the draw for post! positions in the Kentucky Derby, College Baseball again were placed together in the| Ball Sut 1 Jabash 3. draw for Preakness positions. Lord| Duke 5, South Carolina 3, Boswell drew the second lane with| = cpio BY - Knockdown in the third slot. . B | Ci The rest of the post positions: aseba qQ en qQr 1, Wee Admiral; 4, Hampden; 5, - -Assault; 6, Billy Bumps; 7, Love- LEAGUE STANDINGS [Cleveland menow, 8, Marine Victory; 9, Ala-| AMERICAN ASSOCIATION { Bor Perrick : y Bi y Lollar; mond; 10, Natchez and 11, Tidy Bid w L Pet Sindiap ollar 14. 9 600 Milwaukee 11-8 550 Kansas C

Leaves Hospital on Sma PITTSBURGH, May (U. P)—| in Rip Sewell, Pittsburgh Pirates'| pitching star, who collapsed from a |gosion 20 gastro-intestinal attack in the 10th |New York inning of a game against the gt. Louis Brooklyn Dodgers last Sunday, was | released’ from St. Francis hospital | veSterday but will not rejoin the st rouis Bucs for two weeks. Brooklyn

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Sandlot Loop To Try Again

The four teams of the Manufacturers’ amateur baseball league, held idle last Saturday because of wet grounds, again will attempt to inaugurate their 1946 season tomorrow afternoon, Frank Baird's P. R. Mallory nine will tangle with Lowell Hildebrand's Stewart-Warner aggregation at Riverside No. 1, and Carl Wolf's Union

ton’s Allison combin side No. 2. The - Mallory entry, 1945 city champion, supposedly is stronger

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Preakness

Joyce Fights In Top Bout At Armory

Jimmy Joyce, Gary lightweight, will give away 10 pounds to Sparky Reynolds, Indianapolis welter, and attempt to subdue the hard hitting local mauler over the 10-round route at the Armory tonight. Joyce will scale 135-pounds with Reynolds tipping the ‘beam at the 145-pound mark. The top-ranking upstate fighter recently had champion Willie Pep on the canvas although he dropped a close 10-round decision to the titleholder, and will be a slight favorite to take Reynolds into camp. Joyce holds knockout wins over Ted Christie, Jackie Graves. and Roy Lewis, among others. The complete card follows: Main event—10-roynds—catch~ weights: Jimmy Joyce, 135, Gary, Ind, vs. Sparky Reynolds, 145, Indianapolis. " Semi - windup — 6 - rounds — middleweights: Al Johnson, Indianapolis, vs. Oscar Hamp, Gary, Ind. Prelim—6-rounds—lightweights: Willie Jones, Gary, Ingd., vs. Bob Beamon, Indianapolis, Prelim — 4 - rounds — middleweights: Kenny Vint, Kokomo, Ind, vs. Bob Cain, Indianapolis. Prelim -— 4 - rounds — heavyweights: Dan Raisor, 195, Indianapolis, vs. Herb Jones, 185, Indianapolis. Newcomers on tonight's card include Hamp, Vint and Raisor, Tonight's program will wind up boxing here until May 29 when Abel Cestac, South American heavyweight champion, meets Jack : (Buddy) Walker, of Columbus, O. at the Coliseum. The Raisor-Jones mill will open the action tonight at 8:30 o'clock.

than last season, «while the S-W's who failed to field.a team in 1945,! after some suprisingly fine play in| the 1944 city series, may or may not be a tough combination. They have yet to be tested in major com- | petition, Allison's, riddled by conversion of its plant to a peace-time basis, Is|

{reported to be weaker in some spots| resulted from play in the few ten-

but much improved in others.

The Printers, who withdrew from | baseball competition during the war,

{are expected tQ field a fair team. nosed out Lorenz Wiesman, 654-653

Added reinforcements of military] dischargees are expected in the near | future and may turn the team into! a real contender,

Midget Races | Are Postponed

This morning's heavy rain forced postponement of tonight's schedauto races at the

ley ave. Earl Sexson, track manager, announced that the same program will be held next Tuesday night under Consolidated Midget Racing association sanction. Four elimination sprints of 10} laps will qualify 12 or more cars! for the 25-lap final. A 15-lap con- | solation and a special race also are on the program. Irie

Gates will be opened at 6:30 | between the Rams and the bayou | together 14 in 1941. |

p. m. for tune-up practice, Sexson | said. :

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The Stokely-Van Camp gym is a busy place th ese days as Jack (Buddy) Walker and Willard Reed work out for coming fights. Walker is slated to m eet Abel Cestac, South American heavyweight, in too bout on the May 29th show at the Coliseum. Reed (right), showing a lot of improvement, may

be assigned a spot on the card by Matchmaker Lloyd Carter. Both fighters agreed that the drills were proving beneficial.

Red Sox, Whose Starters Have Batted .361 In 14-Game Drive, Face Yanks in Showdown

By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, May 10.—The Boston Red Sox, hottest major league team since before the war, came to!

pitching again yesterday in a 7 te 5 victory that was highlighted by Doerr's two-run homer. They fot all their runs in the first four inPet nings after which’ Jim Bagby had 400 no trouble in gaining his second 311 victory. He didn't pitch well, but 340 he didn't need to.. The Red Sox made 11 hits while Bagby and Mace i Brown allowed the White Sox 15. 400| - Nelson Potter of the Browns held 3884 the Yankees to four hits in a 6-to-1 {win at New York. Chuck Stevens DiMaggio, ..... s;and Frank Mancuso ‘hit successive

Chapmn, Athletics §/ Keller, Yankees .. 4 ird Williams, Red Sox 5|Greenbers. Tigers. § homers in the third to account for

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BATON ROUGE, La. May 10 (U.|for the entire team during the P.).—Fordham will complete Louisi- | winning drive is .315. With hitting |

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RUNS BATTED IN "| three runs and the other three cama Doerr, Red Sox.. 28/York, Red Sox .., 17 unearned in the eighth when the

Williams, R. Box 25 Pesky, Red Sox .. - Etten, Yankees . 17/ Holmes, Braves.. usually sure feldine DiMaggio ads

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town today for an early showdown gece” mroorion” .*' 15 a2 4 with the New York Yankees, Cavaretta, Chicago, L200 69 14 anxious to prove they are the great-| nop. Boston — * 0" 15 = 1 est array of sluggers here since the AMERICAN LEAGUE era of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig and| Pesky, Boston ....... 22 96 31 company. [EE , Rn They have squandered their base| DilMesfle, Boston ee 18 To 18 hits in a l4-game winning streak] : HOME RUNS which is still intact and by the Yanks. 5Mize, Giants same token the slumping Yankees may have been saving theirs to pummel the Red Sox. But regardless of what happens in the important three-game test between the top American league

nied that Manager Joe Cronin’s

and that gives the team a break In| straight victory, 9 to 8, at Wash~

the figures since during the 14 ; ington. The Nats threatened in their games which ran parallel to the | h t tripled and Red Sox streak, the hitters were] 2H Wher Sian Spence tip 3

! ( ny will send at the Yankees has an far below that average. Only Charred A » BY, Sy} Dau Sen unbelievable average of 361 for the ley Keller of the vaunted Yankee pattors 14-game drive. Leadoff man Leon slugging department is hitting re-| one Athletics made 14 hits off Culberson is batting .361, Johnny|spectably with a .362 mark. All| four pitchers and cashed in on fine Pesky .456, Ted Williams .469, Bobby | other starters are below .300 for

: ; the | relief pitching by Russ Christopher Doerr .241, Rudy York .278, Dom-| season. Joe DiMaggio, for example, to beat Cleveland at Philadelphia,

: He has gone hit- 7 to 6. Christopher pitghed four {less in his last two games and has | scoreless innings to gain his second That excludes pitchers, pinch hit-| made only-two hits in the last six.

ters, and alternates but the average| The Red Sox rocked White. Sox (Continued on Page 35—Column 4)

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