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THURSDAY, MARCH a 1947

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Speedway Lap Fund -Swells

An all-time record purse. for the annual 500-mile race was predicted by Wilbur Shaw, president and general manager of the Speedway, following a report by the Citizens’ Speedway committee in charge of subscriptions to the lap prize fund. According to an announcement by Sam Mueller, committee secre-

tary, early acceptances are ahead of last year’s pace. Sixty of the Steve Bundes 3 He Be hls y : rowns and Catcher Russe erns 2 KE ngs). mn Holywood (Pac) . 200 awards which assure the race

has hit to left at least once in row : : most exhibition games in which he| Cleveland (A) 13; Chicago (N) 4. Te ; - leader of $100 at the completion of | © the Def ro t Tigers. Brooklyn (N) 6, "Montreal (Int) 0. RAY EY —

has faced the shift, and it was nat |_Br¢ each lap already have been subexpected that any team will de- scribed and the committee expects| DePauw Track Conch Rejoins Staff

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Red Sox Slugger Finds He Can Poke Ball to Left

_ SARASOTA, Fla, March27 (U. P).—It became apparent today that Ted Williams can and will hit to left field, and various defensive shifts employed by opponents of the Boston Red Sox were expected to disappear. williams, left-handed hitting outfielder who persistently tried to ram the ball through a defense massed on the right side of the field last year, is taking his sure hits to 8. an left field this season. Yesterday oL tat he .pushed a two-base bunt to left Exhibition Baseball as the Red Sox whipped Cincinnati,| Detroit A Te Sineings ™, 6 5 to 2, and later hit a single be- ow, York ( A" 10, te] Louts ' (N) 1 tween second base and shortstop on Phadaiphia. (4) 5. 5, Washington (A) 3. the right side. burgh (N) §, T

'oronto Ot 3 1. a (Int.) 3, New York (A) “B" 0. San Francisco. (Pac.) 3, a. York (N)

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Ring Tourney Opens Tonight

Some 50 boxers from five Hoosler. cities start competition tonight at the N. Pennsylvania st., armory for the state Amateur .Athletic Union championships. South Bend, Evansville, Terre Haute, Gary as well as the local team. Indianapolis sectional winners were Bill Clemons, heavyweight; Bill Roberts, light-heavy; Paul Terry,” middleweight} Julius Griffith, welter; Harold Cone, lightweight; Russ McKinney, featherAd the scoring in a weight; Chuck McGow, bantam, at Referee Norris and Fred Rice, flyweight. . a Gary captured the team title a

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Title winners will qualify for the BAGUE PLAYOFF

|For Ex-G. l. Ball F

_ WASHINGTON, March 27 (U. P.).—Amvets went to bat today for four ex-G. I. players dropped by major league clubs last spring after they returned from military service. The world war IT veterans organization: J 1. Revealed it is sponsoring, “with encouragement from the justice department,” suits for re-employment claims on behalf of Infielder Benny McCoy and Pitcher Bob Harris of the Philadelphia Athletics, ‘Pitcher

pening in Chicago | National Association of Minor autskys today after te Mink “club owners’ flagrant for the re-employment rights of vets erans. , , *

4. Denounced the “unpatriotic ats

ame to the Chicago

The temperamental slugger now ight, 76-62. pe

last year, “manages the Inter- ) liberately give him hits when the Ho league aga to reach its goal of $20,000 at an

official season starts, earlier date than ever. before.

national tourney in Boston openm Division

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ing April 7. Contestants were due to weigh In this afternoon and action starts at 8 tonight. Finals will be held tomorrow night.

MIAMI, Fla—Sam Zoldak and Glenn Moulder were nominated

Manager

Herold (Muddy)

Ruel today to pitch for the St. Louis Browns against the Pitts-

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.—The Philadelphia Athletics will try for their fourth straight victory today and their opponents, the Washing- | ton Senators, will be out to wipe out]

Thirty - one subscriptions have been obtdined from Indianapolis firms and the other 29 are from individuals and industries in other communities.

DERBY HOPEFUL—Jet Pilot, with Basil Same; up, is quoted

GREENCASTLE, Ind, March 27. —Coach L. C. Buchheit has rejoined the DePauw coaching staff to guide the Tiger track team this season. Coach Buchheit was absent from

service of his country out of every dollar possible.”

Cue Playoff

Some 2000 general ! admission tickets will be placed on! sale at 7 o'clock tonight at the Armory.

Last year's record purse, including lap prize and accessory awards, totalled $115,450 although the cash at stake when the cars roared across the starting line amounted to only $101,950., The additional $13,500 was included in the payoff on the day after the race when the Speed{way ‘management voluntarily increased its share of the purse from $61,500 to $75,000. The entry blank for this year’s race guarantees Speedway prizes of $75,000 for the frst time mn history.

yesterday's 5 to 3 loss to the A's. at 15-1 in the Kentucky Derby winter book. Jet Pilot made 12

starts as a 2-year-old, finished in the money 10 times and earned $87, 830 for the Maine Chance pe

the coaching staff last season. Several former Tiger stars have returned to carry the Old Gold colors during the current season When the - weather permits daily workouts the DePauw cindermen are anticipating a successful season against conference ‘competition, to be climaxed by & meeting with the University of Louisville. The Tigers | will compete in both the Little | State and Big State meets.

burgh Pirates. It will be the first start for Zoldak since early in the month when he was forced to the sidelines with a severe Sinus Stuck: The Browns defeated the n With Gol. Plans iors) Braves yesterday, 3 to 0. . ‘day and the Yanks, Iresh from | ex arc ( & o a” P.).—Houston Golf association di- SAN FRANCISCO—The New| 330140) Mistery over 3he 51; Louis rectors are busy on plans ‘to launch York Giants and the San Fr ancisco| Yankee lippers re by de: the $10,000 Houston Open golf {Seals of the Pacific Coast league, feating the Boston Red Sox. tournament . which is expected to|each boasting three victories in their attract a large field of the nation's! spring series, were scheduled to leading shotmakers. #|meet again today in an attempt 10] The Houston open, to be played break the deadlock. over Memorial park course May 8 to 11, is the first major event of the

Art Phelan and Walter play ®tonight in the second match of the state three-cushion’ billiard tourney at the Board of Trade parlors. Phelan lost to Lon Spivey, 50-38, in 47 innings last night as the round-robin play for, g

second, third and fourth positions | started.

SARASOTA, Fla. — Outfielder | Joe DiMaggio, whose injured foot has kept him out of spring training, was scheduled to rejoin his New York Yankee teammates to-

Houston Is Busy

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Semi-Pro Tourney I. U. Rela SS Set for July 23-27 | y

KOKOMO, Ind. . March 27 wn Chicago Meet

P.).—The 1947 Indiana semi-pro- | | fessional baseball tourney will be| {held here July 23-27, according to| state baseball commissioner Don A. |

Lowry. ANAHEIM, Cal.—The Chicago| qo championship team will meet WhiteSox will play the Sacramento Gordon Pisher announced today. s team of the Pacific Coast league cor SHI Sie seni pro Saupe | Coach Fisher said the Indiana HONSEN Honored On Kalamazoo Trip 4a 3 to 2 victory today after scoring an 11 to 6 vic- |g or oie at Wichita. Ka two-mile quartet will He composed] DANVILLE, Ind, March 27—| KALAMAZOO, Mich, March 27. The Seals yore d when tory yesterday over the Hollywood jongt _ p:ayolls @ ichita, Kas. {of the veteran Earl Mitchell, Tom-{ Teammates at Canterbury college Jack Sunderland of Indianapolis, summer seasori in the Professional Over the Giants yesiergay vork Stars. The Sox collected 19 hits Lowry said 12 teams will battle it my Deal, Elmer Prifogle and Walter have voted Frank Hansen, guard,!is one of the eight Kalamazoo colGaiters association schedule. | PUghier BA oil full including five triples, and a home on In 8. 15-day ‘doublesslisnation; (Corse, a freshman middle distance as the most valuable player of the lege tennis players to start & 2500Aber- run by George Dickey. | man. { Purple Warriors this season. The| {mile net tour tomorrow. The ex- | Bou ght by Gri d Yanks! the 11th nine ER Sophomore Bill Bradley and |announcement was made at a din-|marine won the scheol’s annual fall| BOSTO : |nathy was tagged w { | freshman Bill Leonhardt have been ner given by the Danville Commer- {championship and probably will oa i T x ) wt BARTOW, Fla. — The Detroit | |siven assignments with the mile cial club for the college and high|play No. 1 position on the southern BE rE ane) Ta ie four rums in | relay team, Fisher announced, the school basketball teams at which |trip. He graduated from Shortridge has been purchased from the Los: the ninth inning yesterday to deAngeles Rams by the Boston Yanks feat the Philadelphia Phillies, 7 | of the National professional foot-

to & will play their farm club, the ball league, owner Ted Collins said! Buffalo Bisons, today. Paul Richtoday. ; ¢

ards, who caught for the Tigers

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 27. —Indiana’s mile and two-mile re{lay teams will represent the Hoosiers {in the Chicago Relays Saturday night at the Windy City, Coach

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D, Ind, March 27 | rd A. Priend, Notre | y student, has been ball and basketball | Bend Ostholie high

Local Tennis Ace

Fight Results

NEW rons (Jamaica Arena)-—Jimmy | Carollo, 200 New York, outpointed Henry Jones, 212, Philadelphia (8).

LOS ANGELES, Cal—The | Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs hoped for more haseball and less comedy as they |proyidence, Sutpointed Jimmy clashed today. Cleveland crushed |136, New Bedfor 8), the Cubs yesterday, 13 to 4, in 2 | wild game that saw Umpire Al Barlic send Cleveland’s coach Max | Patkin off the field for mimicking | him. |

PRE- Ww AR MODELS | Chapman farmed out five players to|

{minor league clubs in the Phillies’| | chain. : | Infielder Granny Hammner, | Catcher Stan Lopata, Pitcher Bill! Pless and Outfielder Vance Dinges were sent to Utica of the Eastern league club yesterday and Catcher Charlie Hood was transferred to Wilmington of the Interstate league.

PROVIDENCE, R. I.—Jackie Lovatt, 148, |other two runners to be picked from John Townsend, Indianapolis basket-|high school in 1943 and was Indiana state singles titlist the same year.

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HAVANA-—Jackie- Robinson, out {of last night's game with a sore back, was expected to play for the Montreal Royals against the Brooklyn Dodgers today, strengthening his bid for the Dodger first base job. Ed Head and Ed Heusser held Montreal to three hits as the Dodgers defeated their International league farm club, 6 to 0.

A. A. to Honor Ruth. On Sunday, April 27

LEESBURG, Fla, March 27.— “Babe Ruth Day” will be celebrated in the American association on Sunday, April 27, it was decided at a meeting of the board of directors of the American association nere yesterday. The Indianapolis club will be in Louisville on that date. By designating a “Babe Ruth Day,” the A. A. is following in step with the major leagues. The A. A. directors also decided to cut the second games of Sunday double-headers to seven Innings. This was a rule in the league prior to the 1946 season.

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Tech Basketball

Awards Presented

Tech high school basketball players received sweater and monogram awards last night at the school’s annual banquet honoring the team at Hollyhock Hill, Athletic Director Charles P. Dagwell, assisted by Coach Herman Hinshaw, distributed the awards. Jack Aldridge, Gordon King,|. Henry Meier, James Settle and Ray Thompson won block T. awards on} green sweaters; Dean Evans, Frank| SE and. Don Stark received p "gh white’ sweaters; Ed Griffin and Paul Kortepeter were awarded gold block T's, the second for each, and James Burkhart won a service sweater.

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