Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 August 1946 — Page 16

Redskins Repeat Over Blues Behind Reid's Fancy Hurling; Move Within Game. of Colonels

By EDDIE ASH, Tuies Sports Editor The Indianapolis Indians are muscling in on the league-leading Louisville Golonels and only one full game separated Ye pennant hungry rivals today. The Redskins and their rejuvenated mound stat made it two straight over the Kansas City, Blues here last night, 4 to 1, while the Colonels were stopped by & downpour while in a deadlock with the Mil- ' waukee Brewers in the game in

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

arks “Up Anciher Gain on Leaders

TRIDAY, AUG. 16, 1948 |

Russo Back at Spesdvay

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wall in’ the 500-mile race, was back at the track again yesterday. visited with Tony Hulman, Speedway éWwner, hefore the special sprints staged for the 101st Airborne division. Russo expects to be on crutches

in the first stanza. The home boys | PrR% 4 Turch

third ker in the third and 3 Roberge 3, Wieczorek 3, Bestudik 2, n ne rd an olan got a third marker and. = Fila %

2 Rovers 38, 2s 26, Venta 2 0,

their fourth and last in the fifth.

Wieczorek 16,|at Sports Arena

ews 4, pe 3, Blackburn 2, Riddle Brady.

‘on a single and a double, Chet 3 Shy 2, RoWieczorek batted in one and Stan| = °° * Wentzel one. The Tribesters collected 10 hits in their eight turns at the plate and five were for two cushions. In addition to Weatherley, other

Champion “Wild Bill" Knox is from Tulsa.

A. A. Leaders |,

Batting: Phffley, Milwaukee, 350 t, fhdianapolis, 347, McCarthy 40:

apolis ; Dickshot, Milwaukee, 336 ite, Toledo, .331,

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ger total to 36. He is the league's| , ArPIeR:, hy

9; Tip-'be in the semi- windup. ton, St. Paul,

Flair, Toaaville, leader in that department. 8

seventh place in the A. A. stand-|lead over Louisville but the leaders host club were virtual

position. Pitcher Elmer Singleton reported to the Indians today after Boston |

In the Butler court Hank

score before the game was called. Only 517 fans turned out for the toprseeded

in the relief role for the Boston rain Wireatened,

out at Toledo last night and the Greenfield Midgetdrome, driving the ined A

. Milwaukee at Louisville game was | Meyers Special motorcycle=powered| stopped after eight innings with|car. The combined weight of the| the score tied 3-3 because of rain.!car and the driver is approximately | Minneapolis took the verdict in the 750 pounds. Eight events are sched-

< ings as Toledo “backed In” to sixth [came back in their half to tie the necessitating the change. competition, Campbell] Minneapolis at Columbus game as Second-rated Jack Sunderland continued their trip to the final round ) over quarter=

Braves. Steve Roser is booked to! cm —— { by triumphing handily work for the Redskins tonight. ‘Race at ‘Greenfield | final opponents Saints, Hens Held Idle Ben Emrick, Germantown, O., Crinpbe}! defeated] Sta Toledo and St. Paul were rained |will compete tomorrow night at the Jess, 6- art i My Bae Art Linne

“Derbytown. All of which added up.to a half Box Score a game gain by Bill Burwells KANSAS CITY | Tribesters who played on a heavy : AB R H 7 A E| field and in threatening weather. |Boafh ©f co 0 8 § 3 § gl The Thursday tie at Louisville Drake. ib cond 0300 184 will call for a double-header there Rockman, MW ena ¢ 0 : ol tonight and twin bills also are| B80, Bind Sxl 83 OY booked between the Saints and the Silvera, c se 0% 8 Mud Hens at Toledo and between | Bory : 1.01 0 0 | the Millers and the Red Birds at|Makosky, p 8.080 0.0 Totals 32°16 N10 0 Compu. INDIANAPOLIS | Ladies’ Night Attraction Shit AB R HQ A E| It will be ladies’ night at Vie~ | Foschin. 2 41 1 7 6°% tory field tonight as the Redskins Qiwpe, > joo 8 § 3% § § and the Blues clash in the third of | Wieczorek, IE § 9.4 7 0 0 the series under the lights at 8:30. p entree. 0 TT Earl Reid, the Tribe tall right-| [Roland s tiieeren 4 2 2 3 2 g hander who has been having a out RI RE GH olals . ai 3 } peck of trouble going the POUe, [ited for Reis.in Sightp pitched one of his 290d GAMES | Kansas City 01000000 01] | INDIANAPOLIS 3 0101000 x~—4| 2 FIRST DIVISION Rung Wo in Weatherly 2, Went: | ge re ieczore ase th ¥ 8h 2, Weatherly, Reid. Stow L in GB a! Strain. Doble: "piayi—prevs| Louisville og 51 to Roberge to upe, Turchin to Roberge oa - sh Lef bases—K § Cf ; Indianapolis ... 73 52 584 1 ¢ Indianapolis % Base IX That fei gt strug nH) Eh TE o | 5 i n osk none Milwaukee lin 1 Um trea Helos bgt Maker) Fy hone : ime— L last night and held the Blues to T ib B six scattered hits hetare 2 row r e atting for another two months. of 2583. He fanned three and only AB R 4 HR RBI Pet. issued one walk. RRA ATER ’ 272 HD B86 38 3 OE a. paved ioe ay rE AME EIR] i second inning—pav e nglis 39 3 1f : Sh 35 482 65 148 4 63 307 Bansas Citys Jone rub. Red slo' Wty iw ub 3 8 4 3 For Bout Tuesday | y - t ree 45 3 .289 was a factor fire alist by hit Rida dae sew 35 In S Hing a single and a double. ed | 6 a 37 5 0 18 268 Following several. months of ef The Tdi ee ut By Brady ivan 81 19 2 3 } 3 242 fort, Matchmaker Lloyd Carter has| healthy start by slamming Weatherly 21 3 3 8 0 5 .220|landed the services of Buddy Rog- | Reis for four hits and two markers) —Triples—8ist) 0 huh * TY tani | ers, the “blond - bomber” of wrest-|

Ri 4, b IT: Brady 8. Turchin 7 The Tribesters made their hits) edie 1g Drews iF" Plan 2 Wemn:| Pacing Rogers will be Buddy | count and all four runs were batted Or iaen bases-Wentzel 17, Sist! 12, Tur.| KNOX, who has won 12 in 13] i 5 - u ’ in. Roy Weatherly batted in a pair| ,;,"7" gestudix 6, Dre Wieczorek | bouts, losing only

Longson |

Rogers, wha’ is from Camden, N is six feet tall and scales 224 and oval. #is- | turned pro after winning the Atlan-|113.775 miles per hour.

- were Vince Shu, Runs scored: Barna, Minneapolis, 105 a bs two-hit Indians : pe Tipton, St. Paul, a7: Sisti, Indianapolis, | action as “the next and Wieczorek. 86; Wela), Louisville, 85. champ,” the popular Rogers has Runs batted in: McCartny, Minineatio. Two Shupe Doubles fs, \ 6, Bestudi, To apoli {made rapid Sheices against some of event. arna, inneapolis, 95; Witte, Toledo, 1% e game Shupe smacked out two doubles Doubles: She. “indianapolis vedo, 30. te. belt in 1 § awe, iat hae Kee, 20 1 ¢ and mcreased his season’s two-bag-| &f:, Tedo, 35. Phley, Milwau » Philley: A liwankee. 10: Sisti { Villmer, St. Louis heavyweight, will in the 500.

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And Watch ‘Old Faithful’

Dodger Fans Can Stay Home

In Form of Dixie Walker

By CARL LUNDQUIST, United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Aug. 16 (U. P.).—Brooklynites don’t have to go all the way to Yellowstone national park—they can see “Old Faithful” Dixie Walker right at Ebbets field—and they will match his base-hit eruptions against the antics of any geyser that ever spouted. It is debatable whether the battered Dodger outfielder is .one. of the scenic wonders of the world, yet Brooklyn fans insist there is no more beautiful sight to behold than h

Dixie striding confidently to the plate with runners on base and a rally needed badly.

homer, two doubles and a single to lead Cincinnati's 13-hit attack while

_|a single and two runs were Across, | runs in the third, Phil] Cavarretta

Like yesterday, for example. Bill Nicholson, Marvin Rickert and It was in the third inning, the|Harry Lowrey hit Cub homers off Dodgers were battling acrelessly | Witmer Joe, Beggs. Ewell Blackwell with the hated Giants and the bases | gave the Cubs only five hits in the were loaded. Up stepped Dixie. In|gsecond game, but his timing was a twinkling Dixie was on first with pad and the Cubs rallied for three

starting the Dodgers to a 7-to-1|delivering two with a triple. victory, their fourth in a row over Hits Three Homers

the Giants. q He came out of it with three hits| Sam Chapman hit three home

for the day,

attack that gave Kirby Higbe is 1 11th victory. The victory boosted the Dodger | lead to two full games over the|

ton as Philadelphia right-hander Luther Knerr pitched a six-hit, 5- | to-3 win. The Yankees gained a game and

Paul Russo, who had the misfortune to pile up against the north

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Rogers Obtained Shaw Is Winner

pecial Race

Wilbur ‘Shaw came out of racing| “retirement”

ling, for an appearance on the out-| veterans of the 101st Airborne didoor mat card next Tuesday night|vision that he still can handle the!

wheel of a fast car. The president of the IniEiandis] [ Motor Speedway, himself a three-

to Heavyweight |time winner of the annual .500-mile

race classic, thrilled some 250 conventioning soldiers by winning a 15-mile sprint at the 2':2-mile brick | He turned in his final lap at

tic A. A. U. heavyweight title. Rated | Jimmy Jackson, who finished sec-|{and Brown went to a draw before | weight affair between Arnold Deer by many who have seen him injond in this year's 500-mile event,|a sparse crowd at the Sports Arena of Indianapolis, the state champ, heavyweight | followed Shaw, and George Connor last night,

was third, Jackson won a 10-mile| Shaw drove the Boyle Maserati in which Ted Horn finished third! George Barringer was ~ ithe fourth contestant.

MEER ae! Be ra td Barns. | Both teams displayed a lot of}; Thy. MINT a oly (auanapo.s Play s L unl Tat might an. she contest] “Hr Rie Ribot Seeded Court ayers cap Quarter | was played out in 1:40. Toe Indians 143 Douglas, St. Paul. | alse | completed two double" plays And] poe: Kaceas Crom 25 OWnria® mol Fi | H dl (i T came close to completing a third. | de, a3: Tipt one pat 35 s Tue ma ur es in ity ournament Both infields were alert and agile en ood, Wedges (6-1); Pyle, Bs cate] and played snappy ball: - 5); i Sanford, 1 Toledo’ (14-1) —— | Local tennis players like fire-, Other players to reach ays ,, Eddie Turchin filled in at short it came from behind with a five- men scem fo be immune to the scheduled semi-finals were Jimm for the injured Silby Sisti again, bun fifth inning to triumph. - The i Gp a McClure who steamrollered over and although held hitless, the com- | Millers made 10 hits, two less than effects, of ill - weather. They! andy Bicket, 6-1, 6-0, and Chuck Jpetent utility player accepted eight the Birds, but were especially potent demonstrated this yesterday when Devoe, seeded eighth, who edged chances in the field. | with men on base. Howerton hom- racquet play in the city tennis Earl Otey, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2 | It was Reid's eighth victory with-| ered for the losers. .Jack. Bremer tournament at Highland was trans-| In men’s doubles competition | out a defeat, but only his third] pitched for the Millers. ferred to the Birtler university hard Bickford and Sunderland teamed to complete game. | A three-run rally in the eighth course for the continuation of the fefeat McClure and Brafford, 6-0, The defeat dropped the Blues tojand final inning gave Milwaukee a rain-impeded event. Courts at the 6-0, to furnish the most interest-|

ing tandem play of personalities. Weather again loomed as a handi-| handicap today With the - likeli | hood of resumption of activity on the Butler asphalt courts, players | eyed the schedule which listed Lou- | anna Early opposing Emily Flick-| inger at an indefinite time in wom- | en's final play and the continua- |

tion of men's semi-final singles and (the extra poundage that told.

men's doubles this afternoon,

t [game at St. Louis with the Pirates. | by 12, after trouncing the Senators;

vesterday to show the! :

|to deal.

{to his 188!2 for the previous bout. |

| Cards, who were rained out of their half on the Red Sox, but still lag

Lot of Pitchers 6 to 1 and 7 to 2, behind the caThere were lots of pitchers but|pable pitching of Rookies Bill {not much pitching at Boston where Wight and Randy Gumpert. {the Phillies drubbed the Braves, | Charley Keller hit a homer in each l15 to 11, after which Bill Lée saved | game for the Yankees, the hurling profession's reputation) Hal Newhouser squared accounts with a 3-to-1 second game victory with Ed Lopat with a 3-to-0 fourfor Boston. The Phils made 19 hits| hit shutout for the Tigers over the including a grand slam homer by|White Sox at Detroit. It was NewJim Tabor in the opener as seven |houser’s 21st victory against five Boston pitchers worked with vary- losses and his first in nearly two ing degrees of ineptitude. The | weeks. Braves made 14 hits off four Philly | The Indians defeated the Browns pitchers. Rookie Johnny Wyrostek | at Cleveland, 3 to 2, to move withmade eight hits for the Phils in the!in a half game of fourth place. Jeff two games, driving in four runa. | Heath's two run lkomer for the The Reds ended a nine-game| Browns not only cost Allie Reynolds losing streak at Chicago, 9 to 3,/a shutout but laid up Hank Edafter which the Cubs won, 3.to 2. wards ‘who crashed into the right | Rookie Grady Hatton hit his 13th! field wall trying to catch it.

Denson and Brown Battle To Draw at Sports Arena

Johnny Denson seems to be find- better bout than in the other meet{ing big Clarence Brown of Detroit ing—to this corner’s way of looking a rather tough customer with which at it. . What turned out to be the semi-

heavyweight | windup was a five-round middle-

The Indianapolis

rain. pelting the shoul-|and Jack Beatty of Cincinnati.

ders of the fighters most of the way |Beatty gave way six pounds but

land. entirely washing out the final furnished Deer a boxing lesson to|

bout. ~ |gain the decision, flooring the local Denson, who said he was “over-|battler in thé second round. trained” in his previous meeting | Byron Wins with the big Motor City scrapper,|” Tommy Byron, Indianapolis light had. 'a clear edge until the eighth!peayyweight, whammed a neat right

{round. But he began to tire and | to the jaw in the third round to Brown seemed to get stronger. As| |knock out. Bennie Colson, Clncina result, Johnny was hanging ‘on | pati, in the second bout on the

before the end of the 12th and his | card. The sleeper punch was reearly point advantage was wiped! corded at 1:17 of the round. out, An early flurry to the head and One judge and Refree Dick Pat-! a, right. to. the body ended the |ton scored it 60-60. The other opener in 35 seconds with Sid Peak Yl judge gave Denson 61 and Brown of Louisville landing the damaging 59 points. The fans were abouliyicks on Kid Ashley of Cincinnati. | evenly divided in their opinions. | They are Negro heavyweights. Denson Sharper —R. W_S.

Denson was down B couple of | times, but it was from the wet canSoftball thall Tourney Card Revamped

vas and not Brown's fists. Jounng seemed considerably sharper A revamped schedule, necessitated by postponement of last night's

in their first meeting and OS an games at Beech Grove stadium, has

a good, early two-fisted attack. He weighed in at 190 in comparison | been arranged in the Marion Counftball association tournament.

Brown's, weight was given at 204. The dusky Detroiter had staying power, however, and was in better {condition at the finish than Denson. It may, or may not, have been

Sports Notables Attend Sacred Heart Rally

At Four games will be played nightly | least, Denson fought a smarter, at the Grove stadium until the | postponed tilts are made up. Wet grounds halted the games, but failed to cause postponement of

Municipal stadium's program. Tonight's schedule at Beech Grove fol-

<ontest at Columbus, 7 to 4. luled on the Kentucky rock surfaced ows: io, Insley Spades vi. Sclioeille's nsurance; 7:45, ingan Packers w Minneapolis buried the Columbus{oval. Racing gets under way at} Be Brack Cn, al Paper Go. Red Birds deeper in the cellar When 8: 30 p. | m. Doors open 4 at 6:30 p. m,| CW yn Tu, HA Se eq | dams EE —————————— — The Municipal stadium schedule follows: 7, Louie's Marke? vs. Eas Side Merchants: 8:15 8S. Tires vs. South ase qQ qQ en ar | Bide Merchanss ¥ 30 Electroni ¢ Lab- | oratory vs Hollywood Tave { In last night's games Roos evelt Inn ; : shut out Willard Park Vets, 7-0 ehind SHERICAY assocunoy | (Tie game, called end 8th. rain) | the t two-hit pitching of Dale Rady; Vet- : / L Pet.! Milwaukee 000 00 3 3 | | eran's Hospital swamped Indiana "Trust, iRBEL 74 31 S03 Minneapls 59 64 480 Louisville 000 002 01— 3 ‘3 | [3818 She losers scoring all runs in ne a 3 2H To Lh ledo 55 70 440 Black, Ostrowski, Vandenberg and Per-| | the final fang one 3 Beech Stove Mer. as. City 54 69 .439 nandez;, Widmar and Walters chanis deleate ‘arren Central, 10-8. Bn oe 60 63 .488/ Columbus 52 69 .430 : - St. Paul at Toledo, | postponed rain BASEB . r SEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE | ern ; W L Pet. WL Pet | AMERICAN LEAGUE De Wolf News~ will play the Frankon 79 34 699 Clev a ite fort American Legion “team at PrankRework 08 48 Sichuan 12 82 40 Shou fo 08 oe 1 8 4 for suds shernlon, Ale Voit Bas: Detroit 62 47 569|8St. Louis 47 63 .427 Kramer, Perens Ferrick ar na Man uso, | is "Ie requeste 0 call “MA, 6308 ‘4s Washngin 55 58 .487/Phiidiphia 33 79 .205 Reynolds, Gromek and’ Hegan | on as possible. No . — | The - Juiiior Baseball “B" 1 u layNATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 000 000 000 0 4 1 off games scheduled » for vesorday on W L Pet.l " tS a 1 010 10x 1 9 7 " the iverside diamonds were postponed . Brookiva 69 42 623 Cinelrinati 48 ob Pet, ao and Hayes, Newhouser and Rich- A sports rally at Sacred Heart high school last night was highlighted by the presence of two notables unt} Sat oy bec! ise of inclement it. uis 65 42 .607 New Y : 43 5 % weather ar SORRY amonds Chicago $7 50 833 Phildinnis 46 81 430 ——"" of the sports world. Frank E. McKinney, holding football, a Sacred Heart alumnus, indulges in a little imran ton 3 .505 : First Gam ow ; ; , ND APs “Ye AR ashifeton me 000 178 funfest’ with the helmeted Tony Hinkle, Butler university athletic director and head coach. Mr. Mec- | R rd SCHEDULE TODAY A: Fan 00 Mx 812 9 Kinney, part owner and vice president of the Indian apolis Indians, recently became president and part | acing Car 5 1 Age na AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Robinson, Niarhr ”".n owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. In a gesture of good will and good luck to his old school, Mr. McKinney Tonight—At Indianapolis Ranass City at. INDIANAPOLIS (8:30 ei Second Game donated $580 to the Spartans’ sports equipment fund. Others in picture are, left to right: Therese Ritter, Speedrome, Kitley avenue and | ashingte ) ( " . v - = - uiwaiikee at Louisvile 2, night New York fan 900 000-2 8 2 pagricia Alerding, Mary Catherine Dwenger, and Agnes Springman. | U. 8. 52 (Consolidated Midget umbus (2 nig | Wynn and E Gumpert | a ——————————————— — phe —- Lr —l i ; nN) St. Paul at Toledo (2, night) | inson umpe and Rob- i Racing association), inson ’ y / sist of canned] AMERICAN LEAGUE | — boys. Prizes will consi To A morrow night—At Gree Ghicago 1 Detron [ys 1 000 000-3 8 0 Garfield Takes ‘Amateurs to Box goods. [| yo Zomerion night Grosuield ew York at Boston. Hladelphia 010 200 02x | rack recre-| ° Washington at Philadelphia (night) } REShson son, Klinger and Parte Re Tag Water Polo Tilt ‘For Canned Goods Hugh McGinnis, barracks recre { ammmaatmm———————— ate i dea temsoS———————_ Only games scheduled Rosar oe " XL ation director, is in charge of the | as NATIONAL LEAGUE | NATIONAL LEAGUE Garfield park's water polo team| An amateur boxing show, calling show, .Boys who desire to compete | Ww t h R . ia at > gg ) | Cincinnati at ean. | Philadelpt (Pirst Game) hung up its sixth victory in seven|for six to eight bouts, is to be held jare requested to contact him at| a c epairing Pittsburgh at St. L | qghiiadelphia 410 071 02015 19 1 A ‘er. np " ; y v Se Boston Bt New Yor night). | I ap Mausey, 22 0 800._ 3 14 5 starts last night by defeating the at the Stokely-Van, Camp food Lincoln 8411. 3-Day rvice N ¥, onnelly, arl’ and i fh A rl r i FE —————— | Beminick ht. Posedel wy | \ lub crew, 7 barracks 74 8 Jest omorRESULTS YESTERDAY | on Welton Churoiel, Bireetl, sob: | Indianapolis Athletic club crew, 7 barracks, 1741 8, West st, tomor-| ee BAGEBALL =| Usual Low ites AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (Second Game) [to 0, at the south side pool row night starting at 8 o'clock VICYORY. YIELD ork Guaranteed 1 p | ‘ ye shih h i le Mitheapols. ........ 920 950 000 1 10 @| | piadeipnsa goo oni 1 7 3| Bill Stump and CHf Matthews| Admission will be free. The bouts : OFEN UNTIL VB ¥.:M. DAILY 412 2 . «00, 1x 9 » wer and’ Rolandson; Mazar, Creel, Raffensberger and Hemsley, Lee and paced their team's victory surge are to be staged in ‘the outdoor Toni ht 8:30 Herr and Wilbe Masi. I - ——————— ——— OP of 1 ( Or “Aor y Pp > Het Gon with three goals each. Forward ring . INDIANAPOLIS vs. Kansas City | 108 Ww. Wash. St. Claypoos Hotes Bias. 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NEW YORK, Aug. 16.—As further evidence of the expanding position of Boston's Ted Williams as the No. 1 baseball idol of the country, is the lively response of readers to a casual suggestion in this space that the slugger was laboring under a dreadful handicap: He was being called the Splendid Splinter. We protested the nickname was completely inadequate. 2 Our readers briskly concurred and, with a diligence which was nothing short of admirable, set about to rectify the nomenclatural horror. It was not our intention to launch a contest but in due course it took on the dimensions of one. Suggestions came from many parts of the country. All told, more than 500 are at hand at the moment, We believe they cover the possibilities pretty thoroughly. Therefore we are ending a contest which was never designed to be a contest. All the letters and cards are being packaged and will be fore warded to the Red Sox star with the request that he explore the sug gestions with a view to selecting a nickname he may deem more fitting than the Splendid Splinter. This shouldn't be too difficult,

although most of the suggestions do run to a pattern, “Terrific Ted,” “Walloping Willian, ” ato, » » » . Since. this nevér * arted as a contest there was no mention of a reward beyond the satisfaction of erasing a stigma, but it is considered quite likely that Williams, if he comes across a caption he likes, will perform the routine ritual of sending the name-picker an *utosraplied ball Land picture.

- » » You hy be Niacssiod in reading excerpts from some of the letters sent in by readers who simply can't stand the Splendid Splinter, even if they haven't managed to do much better themselves, From L. J. K,, Manhattan: “As a resident of Boston at the time, I studied Williams in his early days and have followed him closely ever since. I also studied .other great hitters who came before him— Cobb, Speaker, Ruth Foxx, Gehrig. To my mind Williams has the finest co-ordinated swing of any or all of them. When I first saw him he was not a big, powerful man. Yet he hit for tremendous distance. This indicated keen vision and quick wrist action. A Boston writer wrote that he ‘buggy whipped’ the ball. Why not call him that: The Buggy Whip?” ; ” » =n ~ ~ From Edgar Williams, Crestwood, N. Y.: “I suppose it's the Williams in. me, but I'd like to get in on the act. The press boys once gave the Yanks’ Joe Gordon a good nickname , . . “The Trigger. Unfortunately Gordon didn't appreciate it. Anyway, he isn't living up to it. Let's take it away and bestow it upon the Boston hero, Certainly when he pulls the trigger he murders the pitcher.” = = » ” - From Victor aranting, Orange, N. J.: “There's only one chummy name for Williams and that’s ‘The Eye.’ This one would have real meaning, too, for as an aviation student he led all others in the vision tests. And you know what Bill Dickey says about him? Says he practically hits the ball right out of the catcher’s mitt. And hasn't Williams himself been quoted as saying that he can see the ball hit the bat as he swings? Stop all this nonsense and call him ‘The Eye.”

o n » tJ » » From Al Cardella, Rochester, N. Y.: “For a young man who is in the process of making history let there be no commonplace or frive olous destination. Down with all childish alliterations and clumsy cliches. Keep it clean but keep it distinctive. The perfect name for him is of course ‘The Plymouth Rocker. Even to a fellow who thought Conn could beat Louis the implications here should not be beyond you. Naturally, there is always the danger that this might bg- shortened to ‘The Rock,’ and I'm told ball players do not consider this flattering to their intelligence.” ” n = From Eddie Edmonson of Cincinnati, New York and Minooka, Pa, who also resents the obvious: “I submit a tag for him that honors him and others of his brilliant field. You .may recall a fellow named Tris Speaker, who also starred for the Red Sox. Then there was Speaker's great rival of the time, Ty Cobb. Pass the. ¥and deftly over the two and what does it spell? Not mother, my boy, but Tristy Williams. I ask nothing as a reward for this remarkable piece of ‘work: Just three or four winners at Saratoga.”

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