Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 June 1946 — Page 16

League 'B’ Teams Are Playing Grade 'A’ Baseball

‘Young Boxers Turn On the Heat in Cold Weather

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Brooklyn and Boston Red SoxHold Top Spots by Widest

Margins Since Season Began

By CARL LUNDQUIST, United Press Sports Writer « NEW YORK, June 4.—Baseball’s big “B” teams, the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Red Sox, were playing a brand of Grade “A” baseball today that made it worth wondering whether the 1946 world series might be a belated encore of the dramatic meeting of the same clubs Just 30.

The amateur boxers threw a lot of leather at outdoor Sports arena last night in the team match between Indianapolis and Louisville, won by the local lads, six bouts to two. At left (above) in a melee won by the “Little Colonels,” Norman West (left) decisioned Harold Green at 126 pounds, and (right, above) George Miller, Indianapolis {on right) decisioned Wallace Rose at 120 pounds.

Local Amateurs Beat Rivals Of Louisville in Dual Meet

By EDDIE ASH, Times Sports Editor

The action was torrid and free swinging, although the crowd ‘Was thin and chilled at the Sports arena open air fistic emporium here last night as Indianapolis amateur boxers defeated Louisville, six to two, in an intercity team match. Amateur knucklebusters representing the South Side Community center and the Douglas PAL club joined forces and gained the upper hand over the “Fighting Colonels” | from Derbytown. It was a “repeat” triumph for Indianapolis. In a team program | staged in Louisville during Derby . Week, Indianapolis outscored the Colonels in six bouts and the show here last night was in the nature of a two-day holiday trip for the Kentuckians, The Sports arena results:

cisioned Dick Roempke, Indianapolis, at 150 pounds, three rounds, Bill Roberts, Indianapolis, decisioned George Wilson, Louisville, at 175 pounds. Bob McAdams, Indianapolis welterweight, defeated George Butler, Louisville, by technical k. o. But-

By JOHN P. CARMICHAEL Chicago Daily News Sports Editor NEW YORK, June 4—Blilly Conn had blisters on his feet and ants in his trunks . . . so he decided to cure 'em both at the same time. “Let's get outta here,” he rasped, snarling at his rain-drenched camp at Greenwood Lake, N. J. “I gotta see somebody . . . or I'll go nuts.” 80 he drove into Promoter "Mike Jacobs’ office, came out with two $100 seats marked row I . . . and went wristling down Eighth ave. wa ng the crowds go by. A couple of writers shook their heads. “He's way ahead of himself,” said one. “He's boxed over 200 rounds already and he’s gettin’ bored.” “Not half as bored as he'll get the night of June 19,” observed the other. “When Louis gets in there. And I mean bored ... from both sides.” Promoter Jacobs cackled. It's just such talk that has put $1,750,000 in

George Miller, Indianapolis, de- . eisioned Wallace Rose, Louisville, gt 120 pounds, threes rounds. © Norman West, Louisville, decisioned Harold Green, Indianapolis, at 126 pounds, three rounds.

. Early Knockout James Cousins, Indianapolis, de-

ler was down at bell ending the first round, and was unable to come out for second. Russ McKinney, Indianapolis, de-

at 118 pounds, three rounds. Rousing Action

cisioned Billy Barrett, Louisville,

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It will be five years, this month, since Louis and Conn last met and fight fans have talked of little else | since but a rematch, Name another sports event that has been awaited so eagerly for so long. Remember how Conn almost won? Or did he? Just to start from the beginning, which really. was the end of the 12th round that memorable night in 1941, here's what the referee, Ed Joseph and the judges, Marty Munroe and Bill Healey, thought:

Conn Louis Even

4 6

Officially, therefore, the winner at the end of a dozen heats. The New York system of scoring by rounds isn’t broken down into points per round unless an official can't split his decision any other way. The late Jimmy Johnston, who managed more world champs than

lany man, tossed those figures out

Conn was|

Conn Conn Already Is Bored, but He May Be Bored More on the Night of June 19

the window: “Louls still was ahead,” {he always insisted. “The body beating he gave Conn in the first six rounds told on Bill in the 13th.

Conn shot his wad in the 12th. His body was gone after that. No two ways about it.” This time Conn hopes to prove there's another way about it. He has filled out in the neck and shoulders so as to give the impression of increased power. After all his work to date, he still weighs 184 pounds, 10 more than his ringside poundage that other eventful night. So maybe |it'll be up to his legs to win ‘or lose. So while Louis shuffles along and Conn prances and dances eight miles apart, Uncle Mike Jacobs sits at his plywood desk and oversees the production. He likes Conn. He thinks Bill never looked or acted better. “But,” he said, “that Louis is a sly devil. He knows what he’s doin’ . , . all the time.”

Knox Seeking 9th Victory

All bouts were scheduled over the

ing punchfests, typical of amateur|i? # return tussle to feature the)

- ville, in the first round of a wel- ~ terweight match.

Ji Robinson, Louisville, de- fisticuffing and the sports-goers who braved the January weather in June saw a lot of entertainment Tipo Quartet for their money. In a prelim bout between local boys, Gene Parker decisioned Lowi mn Pro- Am Jackie Parker at 112 pounds. Parker had Martin on the floor for five LOGANSPORT, Ind, June 4. NL Baas 1a iv result of a jolt to the bread basket. Tipton quartet led by pro Floyd| mye MeRinney-Barrett attraction Hamblen produced a best ball of | was billed as the main go and the 60 to win yesterday's pro-amateur action lived up to expectations. It golf tournament at thé Logansport| Was a bristling sparring session be- : tween agile youngsters. Playing with Hamblen were ama-

. feurs M. Mount, H O. Thomas and Bill Smith.

first heat, the second was even and in the third the boys slugged it out

toe to toe and the local bantamFour Indianapolis teams el weight won the round and the ver-

money-winning 63 scores. ey Were led by Bd Lawson, way dict. It was McKinney's 17th ‘ Tr Tommy Vaughn, Pleasant Run . pro; Carl Brown, South Grove pro, and Marion Smith, Indianapolis Country club pro.

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GAMES TODAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at St. Paul (hight), Louisville at Milwaukee (night Toledo 'at Kansas City (2, ni ht). Columbus at Minneapolis (night),

AMERCAN LEAGUE Cleveland at Washington (night), Detroit at Friladeiphia (night). Chicago at New York, Bt, Louis at Boston,

NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at Oincinnati (night). Boston at St. Louis (night), Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (2). New York at Chicago.

RESULTS YESTERDAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 000 003-818 © 000 010 011~- 3 7 2 Rudd and Walters: Marino, Davis, Lind. quist, Christensen and Felderman,

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Baseball Calendar

Buddy Knox, seeking to register

Jpening of the outdoor wrestling | season tonight at Sports Arena. In the 8.30 prelim, Rod Fenton

of Birmingham, meets Gordon Hessell of Chicago, while the semiwindup pits Jackie Nichols of Portland, Me., against Ali Pasha, Calcutta, India. Knox, who is out of Tulsa, has captured eight -victories and the majority of them have been at the expense of “big league” opponents, He kept his slate clear here two weeks ago in the final indoor show at the Armory when he used a “pile driver” hold to beat Martin, who is listed as one of the best Junior heavyweights in the game. Wayne is from Hollywood, Cal. The Martin-Knox encounter is] for two falls out of three, with the two supporting tilts carded for one fall each.

Columbus 3% 010 000-4 8 2 Minneapolis ..... 0 430 00x 7 8 1 Creel, Herr and ‘Wilber;

Lefebvre and Wheeler.

NATIONAL LEAGUE 000 201 002 5 8 «.. 000 001 0304 7 3 Kennedy, Trinkle, Budnick and Cooper; Brazle, Barrett, Krist, Dickson and Kluttzs.

Philadelphia Mttsburgh Schansz, Karl Lanning, Hallett,

100 110 100— 4 11 and BSeminick; Albosta, Wilkie and Lopez, Baker,

000 104 030 8 16 1 1

Only games scheduled.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit ............. 100 210 000— 4 8 © Washington 012 040 00x— 7 11 Overmire, White, Caster and Tebbetts; Leonard, Kennedy and Evans.

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Present and Past Hoosiers

Qualify for National Open

[to work for their places in the Practically all of America’s lead- Open came through the field of] ing golfers, who didn't get “free more than

1100 with hardly a

| tickets” to the post-war renewal of falter.

the National Open championship at| Cleveland, June 13-15, were in the] field today after surviving some!

close calls in coast-to-coast qualifying play which ran surprisingly! true to form. An outstanding field was assured for the premier golfing event yes-| terday when 130 players—including | such veteran stroke masters as Jimmy Demaret, Ed (Porky) Oliver, | Willie Goggin, Jimmy Thomson and even the grand old scot, Wee Bobby .Cruickshank—qualified by their medal play in 36-hole elim-

Heinlein Qualifies

Chicago, Bill ‘Heinlein, the Noblesville, Ind., pro, qualified with a pair of 75's for a 36-hole total of 150. | Dale Morey, formerly of Nobles- | ville, Ind., end now of Springfield, {I11,, shot a 153—good enough for one of the 11 Open berths allotted at Chicago—but he was disqualified for breaking U. S. G. A. rules by | playing two balls on one hole, He said, however, he would appeal the ruling, Henry Timbrook of Indianapolis

Over Medinah's No. 3 course at|

Hogan Extends Links Lead

MAMARONECK; N. Y., June 4 (U. P.).—Shooting a one-under-par 35, Ben Hogan took an apparently insurmountable lead of 42 points today on the front nine of the final 36 holes in the Goodall golf tournament at the Winged Foot Golf club. Playing against Jimmy Demaret of Houston and Jimmy Hines of Chicago in the morning round, the poker-faced Hershey pro took three points from each. on the opening nine holes despite a steady - light rain, Demaret and Hines broke even as both carded 38's. In second place with 26 points, slouching Lloyd Mangrum of Los Angeles lost ground on his front nine despite a two-under-par 34. He gained four points for a 30-point total by taking one point from Byron Nelson's 35 and three points from Herman Barron's 37. Nelson Fourth This meant that Nelson only broke even on his front nine as he managed to salvage a point from Barron. So Lord Byron remained

just that many again back®of Hogan whom he plays this afternoon. Herman Keiser of Akron added

of Chicago, Ghezzi saved a point to raise his total to nine as he took two from Hamilton. Sam Byrd .of Detroit continued the par shattering as he scored a

from Sam Snead’s 38 and five from British open champion Dick Burton.

on the out nine with two points from Burton.

n———————— a —————————— Hoosier Arbiter WILLIAMSPORT, Pa.

in fourth place with 21 points—

four points to his total on the out nine to boost his total to 15 as he shot a 35 against Vic Ghezzi of Knoxville, with a 37, and former P. G. A. champion Bob Hamilton who carded a 40.

5 that was good for two points

All three were on the minus side] of the ledger, Snead breaking even |

June 4)

years ago.

pace, significantly enjoyed the|—

held since the season began in

at least relapse of both has been freely predicted there has been nothing in the Cards (or Yankees) to indicate that their second place! rivals’ are ready to move in if such blow-ups do occur,

pennant to wave onthe flag pole at Fenway park, The Dodgers have been a little more ‘fortunate, getting into the classic in 1920 against Cleveland and in 1941 against the Yankees, although they won neither.

Ferriss Wins Ninth. Straight

The Dodgers also were on the short end in that 1916 meeting against the Red Sox, dropping four out of five games. The Red Sox cashed in on another “two-for-one” sale at Boston yesterday, winning their fourth double-header this year, 6 to 1 and 5 to 2 over the White Sox. The twin win fattened Boston’s lead over New York to seven games. Dave (Boo) Ferriss won the opener for his ninth straight victory without a loss and he just missed his fifth shutout when Chicago scored twice with two out in the ninth. Ferriss gave up 10 hits but was miserly with men on base. Joe Dobson gained his sixth victory against one defeat by holding Chicago to five hits in the second game. Rudy York homered in the opener. The Yankees lost ground by win- | ning at New York, getting 18 hits to shake off a batting slump in a 12-to-2 battering of the Browns. Seven runs in the first inning made it a breeze for rookie Clarence (Cuddles) Marshall to win his second game. The handsome youngster also chipped in three hits. Charley Keller and Nick Etten got homers. It was Keller's 10th, putting him one under Joe DiMaggio for the league lead,

Tiger Casualties

The Senators beat Detroit, 7 to 4, al Washington but much more costly than the defeat to the Tigers was the loss of three players, Eddie Mayo, Hoot Evers and Frank Overmire in two accidents. Mayo injured his leg and Evers his jaw when they bumped head-on, chasing a fly. Overmire, the starting pitcher, sprained his ankle when he slid into second - base. Emil (Dutch) Leonard, trying for his sixth straight victory, was batted out in the fourth and lefty Bob Kennedy gave up only one hit thereafter to ‘win his first game.

widest leads today that they have

April. And though the collapse or

Twenty-eight years is a long time, but that is how long the Red Sox have been waiting for that treasured triangular piece of goods known as a

The Dodgers and Red Sox, both moving along. at ta pennant- t-winning

The Nats made tour in the fifth, two on George Myatt’s single, to clinch it. The Indians and A's divided at Philadelphia, Cleveland won, 6 to 5 despite a four-run rally by the A’s in the ninth. Two-run homers by Les Fleming and Sherman Lollar gave the Indians a margin that barely stood up. Dick Fowler edged ex-outflelder Bob Lemon in the second game pitching battle which the A's won, 3 to 2. Elmer Valos tworun double beat Lemon. The surprising Giants did the idle Dodgers a big favor at St. Louis by beating the Cardinals, 5 to 4, on Willard Marshall's ninth- -inning homer, with a man on base. The Giants, unbeaten at St=“Louis, have won four games there this season. Buster Adams hit a Cardinal homer as a pinch-hitter. The defeat put St. Louis four full games behind Brooklyn, The Phils, itching to get out of last place, won their fifth game in six starts, 8 to 4, at Pittsburgh on the strength of a four-run rally in the sixth which Andy Seminick sparked with a three-run homer. The Phils made 16 hits off three Pittsburgh pitchers. There were no other National league games scheduled.

Sandlot Prexy To Be Elected

Members of the Indianapolis | amateur baseball association will | meet tomorrow night in City Hall {to elect a president to fill the unexpired term of Dale Miller, who resigned two weeks ago. Miller, recently appointed state athletic director of the American Legion, announced his affiliation with the Legion would not permit him time to carry on the local amateur program, Prior to the City Hall gathering, the: eight teams of the Twilight league will play their weekly schedule at Riverside park. U. S. Tires and De Wolf News meet on diamond No. 1; Kingan Reliables play St. Roch’s on diamond No. 2; Eagles Lodge and Leonard Cleaners clash on diamond NO. 3, and Union Printers face P. R. Mallory en diamond No. 4. » Umpire assignments for the games are: No. 1, Wuensch and Persinger; No. 2, Noggle and Stull; No. 3, Comstock and Davis; No. 4, Porter and Hollenbaugh. Ivan Champion's Ferris Food Markets of the City league will play Broad Ripple Merchants of the Municipal league on Riverside No. 6.

ination tournaments on 15 courses | Missed winning a spot in the select scattered throughout the country, |feld by one stroke, firing a 154. Other former Hoosiers qualified Jinxed at Philadelphia {at scattered points. Qualifiers at Philadelphia was the one jinx White Plains, N. Y,, included Fred spot where two .of the relatively | Gronauer of Scarborough, N. Y., few upsets occurred. Ray Mangrum, | formerly of Indianapolis, who shot veteran Los Angeles campaigner, a 73-73—146, and Bob Hamilton, was frozen out along with Capt. the Chicago shotmaker, formerly of Cary Middlecoff, Memphis, Tenn. | Evansville, Ind., who had a 75-72—

(U. P.).—Byron Alexander, Rich-| mond, Ind. has been signed as an! umpire for the Eastern baseball league, President Tommy Richardson announced today. Alexander] recently was discharged after serv-| ing 42 months in the army. He was overseas 29 months.

amateur and winner of the North| and South Open. But for the most part, the traveling pros and amateurs who had

WASHINGTON, June 4 (U. P.).— Walter Johnson) the “Big Train” of baseball, continued his grim battle for life today. Georgetown hospital authorities reported. the condition of the 58-year-old former Washington Senators pitching ace was unchanged.

Major Leaders

NATIONAL LEAGUE

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Cleveland 902 200 011-6 12 1 Philadelphia 010 004 5 14 Embree, Gromek a a! Marchildon, Harris and Rosar, Desautels. {Second Game) Cleveland ... . 000 100 010 2 6 23| Philadelphia Lemon, Black, Klieman and Fowler and Desautels, (First Game) jy 000 001 1 10 ~2| 00 310 01x Caldwell ‘and obey.

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147. At Lincoln, Neb, Bud williamson, formerly of Ft. Wayne, Ind., qualified with a 74-72—1486.

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Team Mediocre?

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Fight Resulls.

NEW YORK (Queensboro arena)-—Tony Pellone, 144, New York, outpointed Patsy Brandino, 140, Hamilton, Ontario (10), BOSTON~Tommy Sullivan, 171, Boston, outpointed Jimmy Nelson, 173, Provi-

3g | dence, R. I. (10).

NEWARK, N, J.-Charley (Kayo) Chaney, 166, Baltimore, knocked out Freddie Flores, 169, Puerto Rico (6), PHILADELPHIA Donny Kapllow, 143, Brooklyn, N. Y., out-pointed Dorsey Lay, 142, Philadelphia (10). CHICAGO-Jackie Cooper, 149; Chicago, aitpolnted Johnny Roxina, 150, Milwaukee (8). SPRINGRgELD, M ass. — Elmer fVidint) Ray, 102 rly: La., stopped A McAlpine, 187, Springfield, Mass. (9). o CINCINNATI Eddie Miller, 160, Dayton, 0. outhetniee Tip Ramsey, 186, Cineinnati (10)

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SOFTBALL

at Beech Grove stadium follows: 7—Wm. a" Block Co. vs. Veterans’ Administration; 8:15—H, P. Wasson & Co. vs. Paper Pack- | age Co.; 9:30—Chrysler Airtemp vs, Arthur | Jordan ‘Conservatory. The schedule of the Bush-Callahan| Pactory league at Municipal Stadium fol- | lows: 7—Kingan A. A, vs. Naval Ordnance; 8:20-U. 8. Tire vs. Mallory A. A,; 9:40— | El Lilly vs. Hoffman Specialty.

Tomorrow's evening's Bush-Callahan Twilight league card is as follows: Riverside No. 1-—-American Bearing vs. Indiana Trust; Rhodius No. 3—-Continental Optical vs, W. J. Holliday Co.; Brookside No. 2— National Starch vs, fleld No. 1-Lilly Varnish vs, Market,

Bush-Callahan City | league games at Municipal, Insley Manufacturing shut out Capital Paper, 1-0; Mitchel-8cott defeated Ertle Machinery, 10-2, and Electronic Laboratories walloped J. D. Adams, 14-3,

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