Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 May 1948 — Page 33
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WE ERR J * By. ART WRIGHT : i . I " ‘excitement at the Indiana lis B iy" 4 ay | Henning says the car, formerly ariven hy. Wibur ‘Shaw, is aay. |
1 to: who would qualify fast enough tomorrow. of e, time a.
and ve other days—to assure themselves of being among the 33 | MAU RI, ROSE, winner of the 147 classic, Texpitied to bid
One of the main topics centered around the strategy of the for'a from fine Position tomorrow in the same Lou” Moore Blue two-car team of Novi Grooved-Piston Specials, and who would | CFo"n Spark Plug Special he piloted last year,
arive which of the three Don Lee entries. Bill Holland, second place winner last year, also ex; ted n the Novi garage, all was not harmony.’ “Although Cliff ’ : .
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r t fo feria Tine i one oF SAS, Chet oid haan Signed on: the re Rueuiveg aly. entrants, most of the drivers who . ; / aot = po a. listed to pilot. are favored to finish the 500 miles among the first 10—those PREQUALIFICATION speculation had Mier mov slated as prospective winners were ready to make their qualifi-
the Novi team meant to make 19048 its winning year. this year. This reporter counted 12 before losing interest. They Ralph Hepburn, holder of the track's qualifying record of included Billy DeVore, In the six-wheel Pat Clancy Special; 133.944. miles per hour, also was indefinite’ about ‘what car he Jimmy Jackson, in the handsome Howard Keck Special; Wild might drive. ‘There was talk of his being behind the wheel of | Bill Cantrell, second new pilot to complete his driver test, insthe bie” ofthe Novi-ears; or on a Pon Lee entry, ors UT any one er’ Fageol Twin Coach Special; Joltin' Johnny Mantz in the Smithseveral guesses, ” 4 Jones Kurtis-Kraft; Al Miller in the rear-engined Preston Tucker , Like the Novi team, there was one’ ‘for sure” assignment Special; Paul Russo in the Tom Sarafoff Special in which Jimmy on the Don Lee cars. Ken Fowler, who drove a Don Lee last Jackson finished fifth last year;- Anthony GPanatelli, first driver to year, said he was assigned to the brand new Don Lee Offen- pass: his test this year, in his own entry; Les Anderson, Bob
hauser, a 270-cubic inch, four-cylinder mount. Droeger, Johnny Shackleford, Hal Cole, one of the two Nowi ” & ow ‘ entries with Builder Bud Winfield at the wheel, -and several AS A RESULY of the keen competition antic pated for the others, Con oT § in sitions among t 0 3 a He. this yoars record number of entries, ALTHOUGH several started, one new jockey completed his fan ed &-*bargam day” in" oo onng Of qualifying trials were | driver test yesterday. He was dohnnie Mantz Mantz, Who is from | pr Today's survey of the | ‘Long Beach, Cal, got his baptism of speed in the midgets. Last i the biggest a dy Eo Indicated hat S08 | year he competed -in three big car races on the coast and won ) p aternity making their : i " : time trial attempt the first day. 8 two of them, finished second in the other. ye Ted Horn, national champion arrived yesterday and expects YESTERDAY'S run bv DeVore was his first ever on the ME to make lg Sualification run tomorrow unless hé runs into | Indianapolis track with the six-wheeler. After he returned the car » trouble wit 8 Maserati today. ~The car already has been out | to the garage for minor adjustments, Billy sald he was ‘'sats-
on the track, with George Connor at the wheel, and Cotton
fied” with the prospects of the unique car. » " " u ” ® : n » .
Citation Set For Preakness
Race Tomorrow Looks. Like 4-Horse Affair
By LEO H, PETERSEN . United Press Sports Writer
BALTIMORE, Md: May 14 The question before the Preak-| ness entry box at Pimlico today | was: How many horses don't know] any better than to match strides with Citation, the Calumet Comet, | ‘in tomorrow's 57th annual --run-| ning of the $100,000 added Preak-| ness Stakes. It loked like the answer was going to be three. While their task and objective.
naught. Even the last horse in
AB the field will pick up $5000, Expected to be entered against Citation were--Sylvester- W.- La-i brot Jr.’s Bovard, C. V. Whitney's Vulcan's Forge, and King Ranch’s Better Self. ; They figure to lose the race but no money: -First-pitace-will-bet worth about -$95.000.. with. $20,000. to second, $10,000 to third and | $5000 to fourth. . The definite withdrawal of Wil-| liam Helis’ Salmagundi narrowed |
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list of 80 reported entries has begun to dwindle. The four-cylinder, REC Special entered by Paul Rounds, of Englewood, Cal, won't get here; ran iuto trouble getting the car built in time. As fore- | cast in The Times the other day, the Suttle Steamer Special-—the car reported to be steam powered-—-won’'t show up. The entry has been withdrawn, the Speedway. office anhouncM. -
to Bap one of the Novi pilots of 1947. said he was Ay make a first-day time run in the Lou Moore car which is a
along Gasoline Alley was that someone suggested putting a four[place passenger body on the Don Lee Mercedes. The idea being | that since that many drivers have claimed they are signed to drive | it, they can all go along for the ride and do relief duty without ‘| pit stops.
in to the Don Lee team. Other reports said the Novi aS ave cation run tomorrow, * pe to replace any driver with a relief pilot if he fell below 125 miles MORE CARS 8 v8 8 9 ny per hour during the race, Thus, it was generally accepted that * were on the track yesterday than at any tim
mail from Bombay, India, yesterday. The clipping from the Sun- | | day Sun Standard there on May 2 reported Horn's victory In the | first Atlanta, Ga., race of the year under the headline “Horn | Wins Atlanta. " |
. 4 * : . HORN has joined those who have predicted” record speeds 1 A AN nd Tarlavad * othi i for this year's “500.” Upon his arrival here yesterday, Ted said: ed r a - al 0 £8 “Any one who beat: me across the finish line is going to have to : be going faster than 120 miles per hour for the 500 miles.” Horn
! id h tL much rerned about wheth he won th A $500 D | suid" he wasn't too much concerned about whether he won the || For. fis Little As own
“is to be in first place at 500 miles on race day.” |
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CHAMPION TED HORN received a newspaper clipping by |
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car owner—one of the grandest guys in the fraternity-—died last | th h. Stop in tomorrow. No red ta aie NO week. Peters’ car was brought here last night by Frank Delroy by mont S P Pr. of Paterson. N. J. Delroy built and redesigned the car that Rose elay.
and Floyd Davis drove to victory in 1941. Holland drove it on . > dirt last year and Chitwood qualified it here and went out on the 45th lap with gear trouble. Mrs. Peters plan to sell the car after May 31.
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“war-time” ball player, but Man- Bob CHhesnes, highly - touted ager Billy Southworth of the rookie pitcher of the Pittsburgh Braves had one test and ap- "Pirates; pitched and “slugged his’ parently has cashed in on it. way “to HIE first major-league
“Our boys kept saying Voiselle Phils at _Pittsburgh.. On the’ was hard to hit, and so 1 figured mound, he yielded only one run he might be of more help withiand six hits in 7% Innings beus |said. | blister.
Yesterday in edging "JORBNY [were rained out. “Schmitz of ‘the Cubs; 2-to-0,-in- a’ wo duel at Chicago. In addition he Major Leaders struck out seven batters and By United Press handed Schmitz, a luckiess lefty; oo AMERICAN LEAGUE his fourth loss. Schmitz ‘also
the Ned OF Wobabié starters fol AIR SCOOP COOLER—Anthony Granatelli of Chicago, the first to pass a serve
Jockey Club, operators of Pimlico,| ©r's fest at the Speedway this year, adjusts an oil-cooling device on his Grancor9 reyest the Maryland Fate} Werner Spl. that also has a longer-than-usual nose. The extra length is an air-scoop vacin missio TD or Th eEIOR | hi pd Granatelli hopes will bring about better engine cooling. Air is sucked in and over the triple crown to win only: It was' engine and released through side vents.
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he Kingans vs. Jets | 2 Night Midget Races
tion appeared a sure bet to go off
En In Amateur Tilt Scheduled for Week-End
gods of racing luck are against him--and that appears to be only thing which could stop _— Kingan's A. A. will meet the
. night racing this week-end at the Brown. the track, of course, would net Allison Jets at Riverside dia-
will include eight new KurtisThe: feature of the wrestling 12:30 p. m. g Stan Smola, Marlin Prince, Ver-|
Kraft Offenhausers scheduled to show at the Armory next Tues-! Sunday's Indianapolis. Ama- pe- driven by Johnny Roberts: hon Rogers and Gene Hartley.
day night will present Johnny teur Baseball Association games Don Brennan, Byron Fisher, Mar- on oa St. Speedway will Demchuck, Canadian titleholder, are: vas uw » yr TSt night show of the and Young Bull Montana, chal-|y Municipal Rel Beech Grove vs season Sunday. Time trials will
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for the junior heavyweight cham- cae Ne P FS JineA89 Relianie ar Rives: Plonship of the world. City Leagiue—Union Printers vs. Ru Petree “ONT ake His Ares cofeieria, aL. Biverside No. 4. South Side.
Balnis VE. oughton Excaval ng al River. appearance tide No." 17 Van Camp Hardware vs. Meat crowds b before Indianapolis Cutters Union at Riverside No. 5: Perris ut is well known nation- Pood Market vs. Indiana State Farm af
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The field of AAA drivers. will {be boosted by the return of 8am “Hanks of Alhambra. Cal. “Hanks {wassa hot-shot here-at the start lof last season. Louis Durant of
| two local tracks. ” its usual profit. {mond No. 1, and Mallory’s will] Speedrome on Kitley Ave. and. p. ak JN ut Sm ~ play E. C. Atkins at Riverside Road 52, will inaugurate its drivers back again . are. Bob! Demchuck to Meet {diamond No.2 -in- tomorrow's Tots senson tomorron night with Breadfng, “Swede Carpenter, Red Monta f Titl jl aufasiurers League games. gn open competition show that Layton, Bill Fry, Tom Cherry, nana tor litle {Both ‘games are scheduled -for
H 2 .|gave up only four hits but yielded williams. Boston .... 20 0 30 {five walks. Singles by Al Dark Zstilla. 8 Louis ... 16 0 € 24 4 n
through with his third victory In Williams Red Sox 3 Dob. Cleveland. . § {four starts by blanking the RUNS BATTED IN ne mv Cardinals at St, Louis, 5 to 0, as Williams, Red Sox 38 Majeski Athletics n G f Tai The midgets will switch overlin Hunt, Fred Early, Teddy Rob- the Giants took nver first place Eelther, Cleve, der, Reds lo a full program of scheduled inson, Roy Johnson and Buster — oo eerste ©
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Voiselle gave up but four hits| All American League games’
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00 i Keltner, Cleveland ... 18 61 14 165 and Bob Elliott gave Boston ore Dillinger, st. outs 10 5 13 354 of its runs in the third while in * NATIONAL LEAGUE the eighth Jim ‘Russell got his, - _ 8 AB .B R ro ~ |fourth straight walk, went to Biatnik, Philadelphia 14 39 ng ae vy ». {third on a wild pitch and scored Furillo. Breokiyn ... 18 33 13 31. 388 jon an infield out. Rigney, New Yor 3 § 15 385 35 MASSACHUSETTS AVE { Ray Poat of ‘the Giants, an-| HOME RUNS | tha ! 2 } vat € » 3 Pa other pitching castoff, came Titer, Clve ORL (Ver sox 3 IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRST BLOCK
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Big Six League Linde Air Products ¥s (Glendale, Cal, a big ¢ i local wrestling: fans and has Navy at Brookside No 1 Moore's Mortu he a ig ar veteran, turned in victories o F y vs. South Side Ramblers at Garfield also may compete. The remaind- | ] ver Farmer no -3. Simpson Studio vs. Sackk ‘Used er of the Offenhauser field will ones, Cowboy Len Hughes and Cars at _Rhodius No. 1: West Side Mer- Lg ’ Tr Manis vs. Edgewood Merchants at River- nclude Mel Hansen, last week's omy Martindale before local he 3 ' 200 triple winner; Gib Lilly who won 9 gather erings. lp games are scheduled to start at the opening feature two weeks iF Breading Parsons |ago; Johnny Parsons, another H Baseball St — {West Coast pilot who will drive H an ings, esu s Pleasant Run Sets {Chet Miller's Offy and Leroy War-, 4] [riner of Indianapotis. jo: oso AMERICAN ARSSUIA TION A AMER TODAY ABCD Golf: Tourney. RR RAR i id Ri pr L t. ¢ i 8 Paw oC s ES on! Ante AN AssociATioN | The first Sunaay morning Fight Results isNAoL 10 643 2 games. at night ABCD tourney inthe history of By ited Prons re Hin skee : a Toledo xi. NDNA Rolls #305" the Pleasant Run Golf CIib Will! WORCESTER, Mass wDon Williams, 143. olumbus.. Ho 30 8 Kansas OW ab Minoespoiie start Sunday, May 16, at 10 a. m. Worcester. Topo Jackie Lov Louisville +, .errnins 1 48 10 (Corumpas_ at “Lotisvii Entries for the event will close at PALL RIVER. Mass. Roy Andrews vd Kansas Ony eva 8. 5 86 4 4 . ® AMERICAN LEAGUE 9:30 a. m. Lowell Mam, sL0Pped Frank Duane, 134, AMERICAN LEAGUE Fntiadelpbia at Now York: . Also on the docket for the.’ Wilkes BARRE, Pu.--Rocky Castellani w L § t inight) 154! igerne, Pa knocked out Leo adelohia... ahs Pet 8 ~ ington Boston aigh Pleasant Run Club is the Bobby & Sawicki, 184. Bo Boston, (4) “- ‘ and 11 5 eas NATIONAL LEAGUE Vaughn Memorial tourney whic : v-¥o x Rn 12 +4] 3 Cincinnati at Chicago paGtE is mow in progress. Golfers en Washington 7101 "9 11 ‘480 © §1.'Boston at Broakiyn night: ’ tered are requested to play 104 CMON casein 1 5 5 Pittsburgh at St. Louis night), . as i p : “ee : 10 pod i? Only games scheduled [rounds as soon as possible, with Chicago 14 17 a handicaps for the final rounds to] NATIONAL IW a0 { RESULTS YESTE RDAY | be established in the first eight. New Ww L Pet GB AMERICAN ASSOCIATION | Qualifying dates for the club argh *teeseny HH 3 sa2 - | (Ten Innings) championship will be from May Broop en S10 7 ses pidvaukee 010 000 222 0— 713 119 to June 6. inclusive. Rules of | Philadelphia Hh I A : Epperly, Triner, Bernardi and Burris. the USGA will govern all play | Posto 130 C10 $00 3 z Pfund, Coffman, Romamo and Ander- this event and summer rules will | Chica { *ison : Cineinnaty 3 i £0 $s be observed. The Service Men's
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