Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 July 1948 — Page 27

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| THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1948

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES .

JCleveland To Win A.L. Pennant, Says Boudreau|

Splitting With Yanks

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He ng bled With Second String Pitchers *

“Hy CARL LUNDQUIST, United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK: July 22--It's easy to listen to a manager who says flatly that “we're going to win the pennant” and even after watch3 shakily through a split double header, there seemed c today in oat Lou Boudreau had to say about Cleveland. «we're the best team in the American League,” Boudreau said, before Cleveland dropped a 7 to 3 decision to the Yankees, then came hind

ing hig club go shakil to be logic

on Jim Hegan’

feo Delt home run to win a 12 Major Leaders

grand 5 nd game victory.

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* williams, Boston . 263 0 EA veland © 312 ie

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* vaTioNaL save a]

tring itchers, he cashed ih on % AB HX

to win- the -nighteap and parko,’ oh Lo 50 104 s ready to pitch Bob Feller and | a - 8 n,. 339)

» Lemon in a bid for a sweep Holme, Boston...

I remaining two games. In Great Spot

-o've managed to. stay up ther

Reds 2 “We're-in a great spot because gy Musisl, Cardinals ; He Gun Yanks, 30 | o

nis far without too much helps Stephens, R. Sex 78 Williams, R. Sox. . Boudreau . said. ¥i Now I think he is ready to start ning consistently and along gt Detroit, 6 to 1, as Walt Mas-

Feller,”

ith the staff we've already go

certainly figure to stay Upleven though giving up 12 hits.

here the rest of the way.”

Cleveland was the psychological ryn fifth-inning rally that clinched ctor by-a wide margin as they tne victory. | ed. from behind to top the Wankees in the second game, geteight Li An the Seventh hth innings as y = Bg 10 hits and a walk in Pitched route going ball to give lief. The Yankees blew an 2

hb 4 lead in which Tommy Hen-

ch led the way with a homer

nd two doubles and George Mec buinn also homered. The

high-riding Red Sox moved into a third place tie with

Musial, St. Leuis.. 531 a 1M

41 ® 9 om HOME SUNS (Ener, Pirates .. 26/Kel Cleverd, 22 Mids, Gian RUNS BATTED IN

ggio, Yanks 78|Kiner, Pirates ... Gordan, Clevel'd. 75

titerson escaped serious trouble

i

Masterson’s triple featured a four-

The Dodgers swept to 9.teo-3 and 7T-to-1 victories at Chicago as Ralph Branca and Joe Hatten

the hot Brooklyn boys a record of 16 wins in 19 starts. Branca {won his 12th victory in the opener

son. as the most’ damaging blow. Reds Lose The Braves beat Ewell Black-

giving up a homer to Bill Nichel-|

Amateur Day Field Events Entrants Set

Program . to Be Held Between Games

By FRANK WILSON Field event participants for the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association's Amateur Day pro {gram at Victory Field Sunday were announced last night by the managers of the league's teams. Each association member team was allowed to enter two partiei. |pants in each of the three field events which will be staged dur.

{ing the intermission between the

two scheduled games. The three events will be catch.

jer’s accuracy throw, base running

and outfielder's distance throw. Sunday's twin bill, the 37th such annual affair held by the association, will pit the leaders of the four amateur leagues. In the opening game at 1:15 the South Side Saints, City League leaders,” will meet Moore Mortuaries, Big Six loop pace set» ters.

The field events are sched-,

{uled to start at 3 p. m. Kingan's|

Reliable, the leaders of the Mu-| nicipal League, will play E. C. Atkins, Manufacturers League firstplacers, in the second game. The field events participants]

and their team amliaonss CATCHERS THROW-—A. E. ompR jand Bill Swinford, Boughton Bi {Lowell Youn, and ‘Charles Maas, Kingan's

oare ries; Emil Kaiser Bas ler, E. C. Atkins; Herb crite hfe

C. Worrell, Lind ge Air

Yankees by defeating the well of the Reds for the third|Ses®y

ite Sox, 3 to 1 and 10 to 9, t Boston for their ninth victory|at Cincinnati as Warren Spahn n 10 starts; Joe Dobson pitched scored his eigh ix-hit ball to win the first game Torgeson and Jeff Heath backing or his 12th victory eof the sea-/up his seven-hit pitching with on. Bobby Doerr got four hits home runs.

Min the opener and scored one o

Khe two runs in the ninth inning|gave the Cardinals an 8 to 4 de-|P bt the second game in which Tex cision over the Giants at 8t.

Hu, gi the victor in a re lief role. It. was Hughson's firs

n since he came back from justin, Tex, where he want to 3 to 2 in the 10th inning when

cover from arm trouble. A's Worst Defeat

The Browns handed the sec-

ond-place Athletics their wors

defeat of the season on their nor field. 17 10 5, on 21 hits in Pitcher Elmer Riddle, who had a

which Les Moss led the way with|i, tne eighth, also hit a Pirate a two-run homer had a triple, mer, and Bab Dillinger stole three ihases including home. Al Zarilla

o stole three bases and go

The Senators topped the Tigers|

straight time this year, 6 to 2,|w th vietory, Karl

f| A six-run rally in the seventh

-| Louis, Harry Brecheen winning t his 10th victory of the season,

The Phils defeated the Pirates,

Johnny Blatnik tripled and Eddie Miller singled him home with the winning run to give relief pitcher

t Lyn Rowe the victory, his sixth.

two-hit shutout until he weakened

YESTERDAY'S STAR — Al t| Zarilla whe got four hits and

stole three hases as the Browns upset the Athletics, 17 to 5.

Final Six Hoosier Golfers Dropped From Publinx Meet

ATLANTA, Ga., July 22 (UP)--It was all over but the trip home for the Indiana participants in the National Public Links olf tournament today "The final six members” of the: Hoosier oup were defeated yesterday in third and fourth reund matches. Of ‘the six only Clyde McEntyre and Mike Pollak of the

dianapolis’ team managed to

ourh round. McEntyre finally

ropped a match to Ben Hughe

| pf Portland, Ore, 2 and 1, ae Chandler Allows defested by John! Legion Player Deal

ollak was Pasikowski of Sharpsburg, Pa. and 1. "Dropping

5 after . the ound ° were

stay in the running through the

CINCINNATI, 0, July 22 (UP)

third|_Baseball Commissioner A. B. Edward Hyde,

harles Hess and Clayton

Chandler rejected a request by|

ichols of the Indianapolis team Pennsylvania American Legion)

nd Nicholas Garbacz of South baseball officials eo

v0 prevent ma-|

nd. Hyde was beaten by Oliver|jor league clubs from signing|

ay, Toledo, 5 Dave Dennis, Independence, Kas.

g and 1; Nicholas by John No-

and 4; Hess by, Pitcher Elmer Toth of the Mo-

* | nessa, Pa., Legion team. Walter W. Mulbry, Chandler's

wack, .Cleveland, 2 and 1, and secretary, pointed out that Penn-

Bpoacs by fgsscon, Ariz, 4 and 8. Willfrid Crossley, shot-maker from Brooklyn, N. Y.,

Kenneth Oglesby, sylvania's Legion baseball is econ-

ducted under different rules than

a steady elsewhere in that each team is

permitted to use two players until

Was still in the running for his/they are 18 years of age.

econd straight title. Crossley, Who has not been extended since ers,

Baseball's rule on Legion play-| Mulbry said, is that nol

the tournament got under way player may be signed by a pro-|

Monday, posted two more easy fessional

club until after “he|

triumphs .yesterday. He got by Passes his 17th birthday.

and 2, in a morning round an hen pelished off Mike Szwedk:

Baltimore,

Toth, "a high school graduate of | d |Perryopolis, Pa., reached his 17th| o|birthday last October, The Bos-|

of Sharpsburg, Pa. 5 and 4, in|ton Braves have shown an inter-

the afternoon play.

lest in signing Toth for one of|

4 Crossley is not a native Brook-| their farm teams, Mulbry said, 8 Iynite, having won last year's!

(§ crown while Atlanta,

Fifteen . other players joine

paving out of Mills All Set

d

Crossley in thn mers aren FOr Lesnevich

§ round. An afternoon round will veduce ihe fei to four players, ‘ho w attle it out over 36 heavyweight holes in tomorrow's semi-finals. eh B EE —— a ———————.

49ers at Full Strength PALO ALTO, Cal,

BOXHILL, England, July 22 (UP)~Freddie Mills, British light champion, went through his final stages of train-| ins today and eyed the ambition a lifetime—‘to beat Gus Les-

July 22 a Aor the world title on

(UP)—The San Francisco 49ers Monday.”

Were at f ay as d

S0-man strength toBruno Banducci DeVich two years ago, revealed and Fullback Len Masini checked | that he felt “one hundred per|

Mills, soundly defeated by Les:

In at the training camp. Ban- Cedt better than the last time I ducel had been 3; salary holdout. IP Gus.”

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The curley-haired Mills boxed! {five rounds yesterday with four | sparring partners, the majority of | Whom were heavier than he.

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and Joe “Boichtan, 3 Moore and Butch Mm. ry 8;

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Race Driver Lands In Grandstand

KOKOMO, July 22 — Bruce Ridenour, a Kokomo midget race

driver, was injured critically here

last night in a erackup at the Kokomo Speedway. Ridenour, a bus driver, hit the guard rail on the north turn during the fourth elimination race.

The impact broke his safety belt,

tore loose his_shoes and flipped him 20 feet into the grandstand. Attendants at St. Joseph Hos-

pital here reported Ridenour in

critical condition with a possible skull] fracture and crushed chest,

Franklin Track Open For Big Car Races

FRANKLIN, July 22 — The

Franklin Fairground Speedway

will hold its first big-car race of the geason Sunday afternoon when the Midwest Dirt Traek Racing Association holds a series of sponsored races with more than 30 of thé outstanding drivers

of the organization competing.

Time trials start at 12:30 p. m. and the first of the elimination races is scheduled for 2:30.

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WHOPPER — City Fireman Harry. Kauffman, 729 E. Morris St, teok just 20 minutes te land this 35-pound, 45 inch, grey muskellunge in the Chippewa Flowage at Hayward, Wis. Kauffman, vacationing in the northern fishing country, used a [2 |b. test line to bring the beauty in last Friday. He plans to mount the fish himself,

Idle Indians ‘Gain’ as New Coach Voyles Rival Brewers Falter Likes Chappuis

Redskins Could Back Into League Lead | PLATTSBURG, N. Y., July 22.

Tonight If Colonels Repeat Over Milwaukee os Savy ore) By EDDIE ASH, Times Sports Editor

{peared as a professional football You never can tell in baseball. For instance, the Indianapolis Player for the first time yesterday

as the Breo Dodgers of th Indians could regain the American Association lead tonight BY, Ai od SE Tt backing in.

{through their first workout. The Redskins don't play and the leading Milwaukee Brewers Chappuis impressed coaches are booked to meet Louisville again. and observers with his speed and In the event of another Milwaukee defeat at the hands of Dis sharp passing. Head Coach the Colonel cellar dwellers, th 1 Carl Voyles, also new this year, Hoosier Tribesters will take over| me Toni ight the top spot again by four per-| L Pet. %W%L centage points. {Brewers 60 It looks as though the Brewers eindigns 61 38 616 ... ... over-keyed for the Indians and a!, «Not scheduled. re-gction caught them last aight } ax they tackled invading last-/lose in Toledo this .season and place Louisville. At any rate, the|are all primed and rested up to Colonels upped and knocked off|gallop at their best.’ Be league's new pacesetters, &| THe committees in charge of : arrangements for Hump Pierce Prior to last night's game, the] Appreciation Night at Victory Brewers had defeated the XKen- Field, Aug. 5, met yesterday and tuckians 11 times in 15 clashes. mapped out plans to pack the But it's easy to stub your toe n,;; with fans and to load a in baseball, especially against sec-|iruo; with gifts for the veteran ond-division clubs. And the Brew- Tribe trainer. ers got a dose of the “old let- Pioros Comal - Meet

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Moreover, thé Colonels rubbed 0f Frank Sigafoos and Walter, it in by scoring the winnings runs| Riley, a group of Pierce's close in the ninth on a two-tally friends have organized to make splurge. |Aug, .5 a gala night. Pitchers Meanwhile, the Indians are in{Red Barrett and Johnny Hutch, Toledo cooling their heels wait-[ings will represent the Tribe playIng out a two-day vacation, Theyiers and Ted Sullivan the “front traveled yesterday and took an-|office.” ’ other breathing spell today. | Some. of the committee chair. Four-Game Series men are Ed Spangler, Dick Mun. The Tribesters and the Mud! ter, John Noonan, Carl Callahan,| Hens are to open a four-game Bob Barnes, Luke Walton, Nel-| series in Toledo tomorrow night son Gorsuch, Bernard Trigs and, and the Indians have promised Ed Demliow. to go all-out against the seventh! Others active in steaming up) placers. | Pierce Night interest are Bob) The Redskins underrated the Kirby, Moe Robinson, Francis! Hens on their last vilt to Indi-/logue, Bill Lampe, Ray Murrin, saapolis and the Toledo pastimers Norm Replay, Lefty Dalley, Doc t all calculations and predic-| Lich, Jim McKinney, Ban ny ns by winning the series. Spencer, Paul Bellis,

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