Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 May 1947 — Page 10
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” EE-DAY HOLIDAY... . Me- | Day this year falls on Friday that means five-day workers Hl have a marathon picnic, three I of which is a great ‘break for 500-mile box office. . . . Fans ‘8 distance will have ample or the trip to the “roaring + « « Looks like another se]lreserved seats and probably general ‘admission record. TF ®» x = IT DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK, #.. Pete Reiser of the Brooklyn dge the idol of Flatbush Ans, stole home seven times withf 3 miss last season and opposplayers felt a headache com- " on every time Pefe reached ird . . . but he was nabbed the first time he tried it this spring. 3 '. . ~ ORDERS IS ORDERS. ... Tony fiman Jr, who is merely ‘the ner of the whole Speedway, lock, Kk and barrel, decided to look : own plant over yesterday and Fted out on an unoficial tour of pection , , . but neglected to tell ¥ Director Joe Quinn about . » So, badgeless and without pers,” owner Hulman proceeded walk around to give the place ie calculating eye. . . . UnrecogI¥ed, he started to climb up to the Alpine press box . . . and was pped by a guard who figured Ry was just another stranger "the grounds. , . . But Chief nn finally appeared on the he and introduced the guard to top man, who is footing the tor the entire speed show. via »
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MILWAUKEE, May 14. — Held idle by wet grounds last night, the
{three-game series. ? The scheduled twin bill calls for a seven-inning first game and then the regulation distance, miné innings, in the finale. . Manager: Jimmy Brown Is: exnected to send southpaw Lou Tost to the Tribe mound in the ovener {and the cool lefthander will be ~unnine for his third straight vic-
down to the Redskins. Ken Gables probably will draw the Indians’ mound assignment in the second tilt. Mostly likely hurlers
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Double Attraction
Foul Weather May Prevent
TORGESON TRAPPED—What might be taken as a point-after-touchdown attempt actually is a play at second base, snapped during yesterday's Cubs-Braves game at Chicago. Lenny Merullo of the Cubs catches Earl Torgeson, Braves first baseman, too far off the sack. The Braves beat Chicago, 7-4, but the Cubs held onto first place in the National lsague. :
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Speedway Squibs ¢ By BOB STRANAHAN
aia A A A 3 RR GPEEDWAY PRESIDENT Wilbur Shaw gave assurance today that every driver in the 500-mile race will be a “man of proven ability.” The Speedway management issued this statement “in answer to statements by a few disgruntled car owners and, drivers who failed to enter the event because they regarded prize money totaling $125,000 as ‘ingdequate’.” Shaw went on to say: “It has been only about 20 years singe such outstanding pilots | . ; , . 8 as Prank Lockhart, George Souders| Nalon to Drive and Lou Meyer were newcomers at HOLLYWOOD, May 14 (U. PD. —Duke Nalon, “hard-luck” driver
Indianapolis. Lockhart never drove at Indianapolis until the year he| in the Indianapolis Speedway last year, will pilot the Don Lee V-12
Series Tilts “at Victory Field High school baseball followers will be offered a bargain at Victory field tomorrow night when four teams hook up in a pair of city series contests starting at 7 o'clock. Gates at the Tribe park will open at 8 p.m. and the price has) been set at 50 cents. also! are on sale in the city schools. i Broad Ripple and Shortridge will; hook up in the first twilight attrac-' tion, while Cathedral and Crispus Attucks will meet in the second; game. Lights will be turned on at| the discretion of the umpires. |
Donates Field The Tribe management has do-! nated Victory field for the night! with the exception of the light bill.! Athletic Director Russel S. Julius: of Shortridge pointed out that this is something of a “noble experi-, ment” in local high school baseball and the first time that night dou-: ble-headers have been attempted. Another is scheduled for next] Monday night with Tech and Broad: Ripple playing the first game and, & Shortridge and Cathedral meeting in the second. { “If these go over with the fans, the program undoubtedly will be expanded next year,” Julius said.
Clown Nine fo Play Buckeyes Tonight
The Indianapolis Clowns and the he Cleveland Buckeyes will meet at! Speedy 2-Year-Olds
8:30 tonight at Victory field in the! rubber game of their three-game May Meet at Delaware DELAWARE PARK, Del, May
Negro American league series. The teams split a double-header 14 (U. P).—Four of the speediest last Sunday. | two-year-olds of the current season
SECTIONAL MEET—Seeking honors in the shotput event at the Tech sectional track and field meet Friday will be Harvey Craig of Lawrence Central.
won the race in 1927. Meyer never Merced®s in the Memorial day classic, it was announced today. The 480 - horsepower $30,000 | racer was built for Adoiph Hitler. |
gems Anas Soo=tasion of the car | Ted Horn and Jimmy Jackson are ; a few of the other favorites who en-| early this year. joyed almost as much success in| Nalon had two cars conk out their early days at Indianapolis.” | on him in last year’s grind. He Strict drivers’ tests will prove the! pushed Scuderia-Milanc's Maserati ability of some of the lesser-known from 32d place to fourth only to pilots, Shaw. believes. have it go dead. Then he relieved 2 = » - ARRIVAL OF THE two Novi Specials in a tractor
actual start, he scored the first of his three victories. i CRIN. Mamminge Timmer Sapdero
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thé big news at the track yesterday. Most of the day was spent in! tidying up the quarters on Gasoline) | Alley and instslling a regular machine shop. It had been planned to test the new one, but-this was
not possible because the. steering of the car hadn't been magnafiuxed. |
after Sam ‘Hanks announced hel go. had no intention of driving unless the Speedway’s differences with ASPAR are settled. “ Welch made it definité that Hanks will not be at the wheel of one of the low-slung speedsters on race day. Cliff Bergere will drive one, and Welch anticipated no difficulty in acquiring a “jockey” for the other.
for the Brewers are Jim Davis and Owen Scheetz, i The Indians are on their way up. | maybe. At any rate, they backed | into undisputed possession of seventh place while idle as the] Minneapolis Millers lost to Tie and dropved into undisputed session of the American association's coal hole. Milwaukee dropped | to sixth. : The Indians have had no luck! with double-headers this season and |
Opening of Cup Matches
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, May 14 (U. P)—A possibility that the Walker cup matches between the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain may be postponed because of the soggy condition of the St. Andrews course arose today when a cold North sea rain washed out one of the final practice sessions. _ Sources close to the inner council of the Royal and Ancient Golf club said that a postponement | ; Ee would not affect either team as |p § Ses 1) este a. and prace the players will stay here anyway | terfng the accident three days ago: Tor ihe Britisii"amatenr. He said his foot “still feels a little There still was hope, however, tender,” but signified he would be that weather conditions will im- | eqqy when competition starts.
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hope to break the jinx tonight. In| Prove to permit the matches to!
their three previous twin attrac-|begin on schedule Friday although ' tions, the ‘Tribesters lost their | Water covered all the low places shirts, or all six games. jon the famous old layout. The hell bunker on the tough 17th hole was a pond and all the St. Andrews’ tricky greens were soggy and slow.
Indian Pitching
L IP H BE 80| Although the continued rain POSE ii... 7 0 182 Peres CE Laas N : 0 washed out today’s practice round, alloy ........ 1 0 9 8 5 2america’ "Barrett ....... 1 2 1» uw 9 10 a's hopes for Victory soared {Moods ......... 1 2 #% 10 11 e¢ When two of the team’s crack com:Metcher ....... 0 2 NVR M4 13 10 petitors, who were sidelined by in| | Porek...oiiia 3 3 Maries,” indicated they would be {Albosta ........ 0 0 35 10 5 0, ready to play. LOMATaby nog im Be A it cn i A pe woes - ve 0. 0 1% 0 The two players were Smiley
| Gables | Bx-TIndians: Soriano won 2, (Quick of Los Angeles and hand- | ” ne |some Dick Chapman of Pinehurst, N. C. Quick had been idle after in. Juring his foot on a rusty nail and Chapman was bedded with influenza.
Quick horrowed teammate Bud | wendinran,
Hoosier Pastimers : Best St. Joseph's
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 14.—! Indiana university's baseball team! was in a swatting mood yesterday |. - be i 2s it overwhelmed St. Joseph's, Top Sprinters | -8. * | - . : ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 14 | Leaders in the Hoosiers’ 17-nit| (A'DSANTIC OTT N. J Ao ay attack were catcher Tom Birko, who smacked a homer, and Don|®® included among the 42 nomi- |
| Ritter and Art Brickner, who Nees for the inaugural handicap to!
{be run at the opening of the At- | antic City race track on. May 26. ‘Football Opener: BOSTON, May 14 (U, P.).—Boston university will open its 1947 football season here with a game against Mohawk college of Utica, N. Y. Sept. 27 it was announced today. |
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LAFAYETTE, Ind., May 14 (U, P)~Purdue Athletic Director Guy (Red) Mackey #hnounced today that the Purdue-Indiana baseball series originally scheduled for June 6-7 had been moved up to June 4-5.
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The Clown hurler will be *hosen may meet in the Christiana and from a foursome of Johnny Wil- the Dover stakes it Delaware Park. liams, Tomas Quinones, James Col-| E. K. Bryson's Equibit, Stanley zie and Manuel Godinez. Sagner's Saggy, Maine Chance Farm's Royal Blood and C. C. Tan-
Joins Senators CLEVELAND, May 14 (U. P,)—| ‘he five and a half furlong sprints. Outfielder Felix Mackiewicz, former. Purdue football star, joined his new | College Baseball teammates, the Washington Senators today, who bought him from the Cleveland Indians for the
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tion today to Saturday. An all-time record list of 228 led L. V. Phillips, I. H. 8, A. A.
ernised” before the 1048 meet. One suggestion is that four dis trict meets be held after the sectionals. Other coaches have proposed “A” and “B” competition. Phillips has recommended a refers endum among IHSAA coaches be next October to organize a new setup and weed out obvious incompetents who clutter the state track finals while outstanding individuals usually are eliminated in over crowded sectionals. : 28 Schools Here The two sectionals at Tech and Washington Friday at 2 p. m. will entertain 28 schools and 3685 athletes from central Indiana. Tech, the defending champion at its own sectional, will be host. to Broad Ripple, Carmel, Crispus Attucks, Lawrence Central, Lebanon, North Winchester, Noblesville, North Salem, Pike Township, Shortridge, Deaf School and Warren Central, Entered in the Washington sectional are the host school, Manual, the defending champions, and Beech Grove, Ben Davis, Boggstown, Danville, Fortville, Franklin Township, Greenfield, Howe, Moral Township, Morristown, Shelbyville and Southport. Other sectionals will be held Friday or Saturday at Bloomington, East Chicago, Elkhart, Evansville, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Kokomo, Lafayette, Marion, Mishawaka, New Albany, Rushville and Terre Haute. Finals May 24 Winning relay teams and the first and second place winners in each ‘ individual event at each secuonal ‘wil qualify Tor the track
at Tech. : 4 On the basis of performances this season, none of the city and county
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"Afternoon
Nearly 3000 Indiana high school track athletes turned thelr attenthe 15 sectional meets that will be run off Friday and
teams has entered. ‘The fleld has commissioner, to announce that he
is certain the state prep track championship setup will be “mod«
either one of the two meets last year, z ‘However, with an extra push, Manual's Tom Cross could come close to bettering the shotput mark at Washington where Sadler of Shelbyville heaved the 12-pounder 52 feet 2 inches in 1941, Oross has 8 mark of 50 feet 9% inches this year, = Tech's Julius DeFabis, one of central Indiana's best ' broad jumpers has a performance of 21 feet 9': Inches to his credit this yean just seven inches short of the Tech sectional record set hy Hoilis of Warren Central in 1931. Here are the records the boys will be ‘shooting for:* AT WASHINGTON
100 Yards—Toney (Howe), :10.1 (149) 220 Yarde—Caideron (Manual), 23.4
4s ares Naming (Manual), 51.3 a, Yurr-Ourrian (Washington), 3:08 Mile—Mascarl (Manual), 4:33 (1943). PT Hurdiey-AlT (Southport), :15.8 Low ' Hurdlés—Aliff (Southport), 23.8
(1943). High Ju ones (Washington), § feed
LC) Jogh + (if ). Broad mp—Buts (Franklin), 21 feet ! Ghotput- Sadi (Shelbyville), 6 pu or. elbyville), 3 inches (1941). - le Vault—Courtney (Manual), 11 feeh 11' inches (1946), ; alhile Relay ~~ Washington, 1:33.4 Mile Relay—Manual, 3:34.58 (1944). AT TECH +100 Yards—Gray (Tech), :09.3 (1922), 200 Yi ray (Tech), :23 (1931), ud Yards — Dalsymple (Tech), :50. 830 Yards—Sears (Tech?, 3:00.1 (1098), Mile—Monroe (Tech), 4:34.4 (1939). a cies. ioad Ripple), 3 jaw Hurdiss—Msloy (Tech ), 123.3 (183M), um ediow (Tech), § feet 1 inches (1943), a Broad Jump—Hollls (Warren Central), Re au nts | t),-11 1 10% inches (1834). or - Shotput—Weber (Plainfield), 56 feet 10 inches (1934). anatf-Mils [Relay «~~ Shortridge, 1.32.9 Mile Relay—Tech, 3:31.68 (1038).
entrants - were expected to better any of the standing sectional rec-| ords. Ardwood Courtney, Manual
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