Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 April 1947 — Page 34

Bunday and Crosley field officials look for an immense turnout. . . . It will be the first twin bill of the

new season in Cincinnati. . . . Indianapolis . Frank E. McKinney, Pirates’ president and part owner, is to head a local delegation of rooters bound for the Ohio Rhineland. . . . The Crosley field left field fence is short and Hank Greenberg is sure to swing for it « + « though hell have to step some to outhomer the Reds’ Eddie Miller, who has five roundstrippers to his

credit. ”

> . . SHOWS "EM AND WOWS "EM. | « » « The Louisville Colonels start

their night games at 8 o'clock and [ef ne PVE PAL 1) And since the Louisville club usually leads the American association in attendance, the fans evidently

Indians Mud Hens Innings of

Two Frames to Win

After “blowing” a T-to-4 lead

the Tribesters will shove off for Louisville to meet the Colonels in a single tilt Saturday and in a double-header Sunday. ¢ The contest out at the Tri

ticipated, 15 Indians and 14 Hens. Both sides tallied three markers

tallied a second cluster of three in |the third. Toledo picked up one in the fourth and the Indians one in the sixth. Miscue Is Costly . Now for the bad news. The Mud Hens splurged for six in the eighth. The visitors batted around in that huge session and got their six markers on two singles, two doubles, two walks and a costly error

ble-play ball. That made it 10 to 7, but the Hens weren't satisfied and stepped out in

the ninth and pounded out three| more runs. |

Indians 10, but Toledo left only four dnners On DAS 0 gD 210 0 dians. The Tribe pitching collapsed and

| the Toledo hurlers weren't-any bet- |g

like the early starting time. . . . |, "oo matter of fact, seven

The city of Louisville also will remain on central standard time. « + « In other words, the state of Kentucky refuses to go for daylight saving time. » 2 » LOOKING EM OVER. .. . Mel Taube and Ray Schalk, Purdue university baseball coaches, watched last night's Toledo-Indianapolis game here. . . . Schalk, the old big league catcher and Chicago bowling

emporium magnate, is a former

Indians manager. . . . After the Mud Hens pounded out six runs in the eighth Schalk said, “I know just how Jimmy Brown feels.” » s ” TWO LIVE ONES. .. . Some persons have all the luck. . . After Tuesday night's home opener out at Victory field the ushers combed the huge grandstand looking for

lost articles. . .', And one came up

with “two lost week-ends” . . . two unopened pints of hard stuff . . .

the brand that’s hard to get, too.

8 2 ” BAT ON SHOULDER . .. When Bob Feller pitched that one hitter against the Browns the other day, he used a curve ball frequently,

with his once ‘famous fast ball in reserve. . . . He was ahead of all but two batters, Less Moss, who walked in the ninth, and Jeff Heath who flied out earlier on a three-

and-one pitch. . . . So sharp were ond day. The Millers and the Saints Feller's curves that five of the have yet to play their home openers.

batters took the third strike with

bat on shoulder. . . . The only hit, |ouisville limited Columbus to six

hits in defeating the Red Birds. by Al Zarilla, was a soft poke to! short center: on a change-of-pace| ne Colonels made their runs

pitch. s =»

® BREADON EMERGENCY. . , .

When the Pirates next visit st |but the fourth when the losers tali

Louis it will be a five-game series | calling for night games May 22, 23 Southpaw is only 18.

and 24 and a double-header on Sunday, May 25. . . . The major

leagues adopted a rule last winter | that double-headers were not to follow night games, except in|

emergencies . . , and Owner Sam Breadon of the Cardinals was the first to declare an “emergency” to

ipitchers toiled, Soriano, Barrett, | Wilkie and Fletcher for the home | forces and Shore, Milnar-and Shir-|3.

ley for Toledo.

Out of the Park

Roy Weatherly, Tribe leftfielder, broke into the “home run league” by walloping the sphere over the right field wall in the sixth. Butch Moran hit a triple in the first round for the Tribe and Manager Jimmy Brown lined out a double.

power, at that. They banged out to their two homers and two

| doubles on Tuesday night, when | the Indians licked them.

orchard’ last night was a wild! affair that consumed 2 hours 45M minutes in which 29 players par-|ci

in the first inning and the Redskins Mar

Soriano, . by Shortstop Bill McKee on a dou Barrett p .

That Mud Hen bunch has some|w

tin two triples and two doubles to add an

in Late Finale

Toledo Scores Nine Times in Last

13-7

By EDDIE ASH, Times Sports Editor last night and losing to the Toledo Mud Hens, 13 to 7, the Indianapolis Redskins are scheduled to a new foe under the lights tonight when the Columbus Red invade Victory field. In a series staged in Columbus last week the beat the Indians, two games to one. Manager Hal Anderson's team is booked here for two games, tonight and tomorrow night, after

Tribe Box Score TOLEDO AB R RH ? AB Rider, of ...o.voi000 3: 0 0 0 1GHbart, 2. .veuene 2 0 0 1 0 0 Wren, 2b 3-3 3 2 0 0 Plats, If-of 5 3 2 1 0 v4 3°) 3. 0 @ Stevens, 1b + 3 4 2 ¢ ary, 3b $ {+ 3.3 ¢ 3 8 nies 3} 1004@Q Kimble, ss i 13 1°% Minar, 7 s 381334 Milnar, tin Po ¢ 1 ¢ 6 9 Willard oO 0 0 0 Oo Shiriey, »p ee @ 3 O00 TORRE ..ovvovesnn 37.13 1 31 & 3 Martin batted for Milnar in eighth, . Willard ran for Martin in eighth, INDIANAPOLIS AB RH O AB McKee, 1 0 1 1 | Guintint eo © 0 ¢ | Castiglione, eo. 6 1 1 © Brown, 2b Y} 3 3 44°C { Moran, 1b 3 3 i 3 : | Weatherly, - Workman, : 0 3 0 @ | Wentszel, of .... } 2 4.0.0 | Andres, 3b 1 3 3 3 1 Poland, ¢ 1.1 4 © 0 9 0 1 4.0 : 13231 Wilkie, “ene Phi dbien © 0 0 0 © Fletcher, p oO ¢ 0 0 0 TORIES «..ovcenvess 3 TT 10 271 4 2

Guintini batted for MoKee in eighth and

walked. | Kalin batted for Wilkie in eighth. The Hens collected 11 hits, the roiedo -

cups esn rea nsERbe 300 100 063—13 303 001 000

EE n, Moran,

tin. Two-Base rs » Base Hits—M

Fletcher 2 in 1. Balk . Winning Pitcher—Milnar. Losing Pitcher—Barrett. Umplies—Serasy, King and Mullen,

* Tribe Batting OG AaB R EH RBI Av. 3 8 2 ¢ 1 0 $§ 31 3 1 1 383 «5 3 § 7 3 AB 3 5 0 3 3 333 wd} 46 3 28 .5 18 3 33 1 an +3 13 0 3°.% .a80 «wi 33 1 3 0 23 4% 8 0 3 3} I0 41 3 3 3 .188 4 M1 3 1 +187 313 06 3 4 A41 1 1 0.0 0 000

2, Brown

Last night's losing pitcher was Red Barrett and Al Minar, southpaw, received the “win” credit. Barrett, the “relief specialist” is having a peck of trouble getting anybody out. Last night's attendance was 3106. Manual Perez is slated to pitch for the Indians tonight. . Colonels Surge Last {year's champion Louisville | Colonels-are surging forward. They |beat Columbus again last night, 3

je 1, in Derbytown.

The Kansas City at Minneapolis and the Milwaukee at St. Paul games were rained out for the sec-

Young Maurice McDermott of

the first two innings and it was all the slim lefthander needed as he blanked Columbus in every inning

lied their lone run. The rookie

Howe Golfers Win

Richard Hume stroked an 80 to lead Howe high school’s golf team to an 18-0 shutout over Crispus Attucks yesterday on the Coffin course. The victory was Howe's

Two-Base Hits—Moran Weatherly, Kalin, Castiglione, Workman.

Three-Base Hit—Moran. Home { Riddle, Weatherly. Stolen Bases—Wenti zel, Brown.

Butler Trackmen

Rout Anderson

Butler university's track team won la Jop-sided 93-37 victory over Anderson college yesterday in an In-

{diana conference meet on the Fair-

view cinders. The Bulldogs took all payoff places in four events and won six more for their rout of the Ravens. Johnny Wilson, former Anderson high school track and basketball star, was weakened by an injury and competed in only the high jump for the Ravens. He placed second in that event. Double winners of the afternoon were Paul Garriot of Butler and

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NEW YORK, April 4. (U. P).— What's the matter with the St. Louis Cardinals? That was the pertinent question being asked on all fronts today as

ws the world champions languished in [last piace while the Pittsburgh] Pirates, a real “surprise package”|ih,

held first place with six victories in seven starts. The Cardinals with only two victories against five defeats are laggards in other departments, par ticularly in that all-vital one of runmaking. In seven games they have

'scored only 23 times for an average

of 3.28 per game. Every other club in the National league tops them not only in total runs scored but in the average number per game. The most runs scored in a single game by the Red Birds is five and that was yesterday when they dropped an 8 to § decision to the Pirates, Only Three Homers

In hits, the silent St. Louisians

been homers. And in pitching, supposed to be the strong suit of the Cards, only two men, Howie Pollet and George Munger, have gone the route for the club's two winning efforts.

Pittsburgh treated Munger like a batting practice pitcher yesterday, batting him out in the second inwhich Billy Cox hit a grand homer to feature a five-run The Pirates made 10 hits

er Edson Bahr. Brooklyn hung on behind the Pirates in second place with a § to 2 win over the Phils at Ebbets field. Carl Furillo, who made two hits and drove in two runs, paced the 10-hit attack and enabled Joe Hatten to gain his first victory. Happy Birthday Warren Spahn celebrated his 26th birthday by pitching the Braves to

Dick Adams and Art Cook of “An-|g 5 to 1 victory over the Giants at

derson. Garriot romped home first in both the 220-yard low hurdles and the high jump, while Adams won both the 220 and 440-yard dashes.

Cook was first in the pole vault and | ing in two runs to lead the Braves |

the 120-yard high hurdles. . The Bulldogs swept the board in the mile run, the 100-yard dash, the 220-yard high hurdles and the shot

Boston. He gave up 12 hits but the Giants left 11 men on bases to simplify his chores. Mike McCormick hit a double and triple. driv-

at bat. The Cubs topped the Reds at Chicago, 7 to 1, in a weird defensive game in which Cincinnati made

third in four meets.

put.

four errors and Cubs three. Lefty

play off Tuesday's postponement. | . . . He probably figures the Bucs|

— THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES —

first loss, 7 to 4 The Tigers

Dick Wakefield and Hoot Evers hit homers in succession off Ed Lopat. Lopat also was tagged for second-

including a two-run homer by Ed' Basinski in the sixth which| clinched the victory for relief pitch- |

de For Brief Series \

for a seventh-inning double and a ninth-inning single. Reynolds, who blanked Washington in his first start, got fine hitting support from Aaron Robinson, who accounted for two runs with a homer and single. The Bombers beat an old nemesis, Dave (Boo) Ferriss, who topped them four straight times without a loss last season. Detroit Finds Range Detroit found the home run range against Chicago, five to hand the White Sox their

equalled a major league record in the eighth when Roy Cullenbine,

inning homers by pddie Lake and Cullenbine. Relief pitcher Preddie Hutchinson was the victor for Detroit. The Indians made 18 hits at

Cleveland to drub the Browns, 10

GREAT DAY ON A

Lafayette 3, Ben Davis 0.

ys. oom Baseball Standings, Results and Schedule

8 COSTLY DRINK.

pitcher Joe Karkauskas of the Hollywood Pacific Coast league club $1.10. . . . Angered because his team was losing, Manager

Jimmy Dykes of the Stars returned | WL Pet WL Pet. |New York 6 3 .780] to the bench between innings and |Chicaso 31 0 Wan 33 0 slapped a one buck fine on Joe |Gioioen 13 S005 Lous 14 .200 571| Phi. 16 .14 for drinking the fizz water in the NATIONAL LEAGUE s An dugout. . , . Dykes is just as fiery | ay as in his White Sox days. | Pitts. yr Boi Boston Yr Foo Ents PI 41 Sen 11 M0 DERBY CONTENDER . on FhiL iNew Yolk 34 2 . ago 4 4 .500/8t. Louis 325 . Trust, a long shot in the early etre 8 " Kentucky Derby winter books, was | GAMES TODAY

dropped to 12 to 1 after his Santa |

« + « A bottle | of pop, costing 10 cents, cost '

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

WL P eh. 301.

ct WL Kas. City 000| Columbus 3 4 .429 Minn 1 0 1.000 IND 23 400 Louis 42 .887/Bt. Paul 24 333 Toledo 32 .500/ Milwaukee 13 .280!

| AMERICAN LEAGUE

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Anita showing and now is being | COLUMBUS AT INDIANAPOLIS

(8:30

held at 6 to 1 behind Phalanx (2-1)| Toledo at Louisville (night),

and Faultless (3-1) , , , Not sthce! Stagehand made his hard luck trip |

Kansas City at St. Pau Milwaukee at Minneapolis,

AMERICAN LEAGUE

from the west coast in 1938 and | Cleveland at Chicago.

had to be withdrawn on Derby eve,

is at Detroi Boston at New York.

has a Pacific coast horse looked as| (Only games scheduled.) promising as On Trust. . ., . Other > formidable west coast Derby con-| New York at Boston. tenders are Stepfather and W. L. Philadelphia at Brooklyn,

Sickle. $83» GOTTA GET UP ,

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago at Pittsburgh. { Cincinnati at St. Louis,

.. Its get- | ting so that a big league ball cer “DRESS-UP YOUR CAR”

has to put in a full day's work , .

New Manager Burt Shotton of the Brooklyn Dodgers announced that when the team is at home a prolonged batting practice is to be ‘held starting at 10a. m, .. That’

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RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Columbus .......... 000 100 000— 1 6 32 Louisville .......... 120 000 00x— 3 11 © Mazar, Patterson and Conroy; McDermoit and McGah.

Gromek and Hegan.

Washington 002 002.0004 B 0 Philadelphia Wynn, Perrick and Evans; Flores, Savage, Christopher and Guerra.

Clilcage ........ . 010 000 030— 4 8 1 Detroit cereinens.. 002 002 03x— 710 O Lopat, Maltzberger and Tresh; Trout, Hutchinson and Tebbetts.

| New York ........%. Milwaukee at Bt. Paul (postponed, rain), | Boston ......

000 000 012— 3 11 2!

NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia .. . 100 000 001— 3 8 1 Brooklyn

Judd, Bchanz, Mauney and Seminick; Hatten and Edwards.

000 100 000— 1 12 2 ... 002 001 20x— 5 7 1

Koslo, Trinkle, Jansen and W. Cooper;

Kansas Oity st Minneapolis (postponed, | Spahn and Masi. | aim), ia —— Pittsburgh ......... 050 003 010— 8 10 0 “AMERICAN LEAGUE 8. Louis ........... 131 000 000— 5 8 1 SER 000-— 3 0| Heintzelman, Bahr and Jarvis; Munger Noy York rE or os oo 8 0| Wilks, Burkhart, Grodsicki, Staley and Perris and Wagner; Reynolds and Rob- Rice, a | on, | Cinetnnatt ......... 000 000 010 1 8 4 t Chicago ...... .. 003 008 O1x— 7 1 St. 8 usraryeen oO Bh eels 100 30 s0e—18 a } Erautt, Lambert, Polivka and Lamanno;

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TECH HIGH SCHOOL SQUAD—Pictured are members of Tech's 1947 baseball squad. Rear Student helper Arnold Maves, Charles Baker, Bob Davis, Bob Tharp, Dick Luthe, John Radcliff, Don Stark, Meier, and Coach Charles L. Gilbert. Front, Kurt Kruse, Corydon Sr Harold Noggle, Bill Volk, Dick Denny, and Paul Kortepeter.

Cardinals, Failing to Get Runs, Hits Or Pitching, Languish in Cellar

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Milton to Be Honorary Starter

Two prominent figures of the automotive recing world and the governor of Indiana today headed the list of honorary officials for

Baseball Lead

Tech Scores 8-6 Victory Over Irish

pitcher Gene Hawkins. Paul O’Conenell, who relieved him, held Tech

at I. U. in 1043. He was awarded all-America honors In 1945 when the Hoosiers won the Big Nine championship, He returned to the campus to resume his studies and to partici. pate in spring football practice.

High School Baseball

Pranklin 13, Sacred Heart 10. Tech 8,

the 31st annual 500-mile Indianapolis Speedway race. Speedway President Wilbur Shaw said that Governor Ralph E Gates would serve as honorary referee.

Tommy Milton of Detroit, king of auto racing in the early '20%s,

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Barnes has agreed to a new three. year contract, He received bids from nine high schools and two colleges after his

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