Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 July 1948 — Page 27

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THURSDAY, JULY 29, 1948

Yanks May Garner Unofficial Team Title

"Cuts and Bruises, but Nothing Serious, Hamper

American Squads’ Pre-Game Workouts By LEO PETERSON, United Press Sports Editor LONDON, July 29—King George piympiad today in a scene of pomp and. splendor. Standing in the royal bdx, royal insignia in gold, the King said: “1 proclaim 14th Olympiad of the modern

‘Olympic Calendar

Dressed in the ‘blue uniform of admiral of the fleet and flanked by Queen Elizabeth and High jump. Princess Margaret Rose, the King| anais). ddressed the approximate 6000 390-metar dash (first and second rounds) athletes from 59 nations and the soo-meter run frst round). estimated crowd of 75,000 spec-10.000-meter sings a tators after a half-hour parade Basketball preliminaries. up Olympic way to Wembley poncing (team foils preliminaries). BA Fa party was met at Wrestling free-style preliminaries. he royal entrance of the sta-| dium by the committee and

TOMORROW Empire Stadium

to the royal{stadium’s green turf

he games, None of the specta-|lined with white edgings,

oyal entrance until after the!as

the chosen representative ing’s party was seated.

{Donald Finlay, a British hurler

Flags of each of the 59 com-'took the Olympic oath in behalf

peting nations fluttered on each of all of them. ide of the Olympic way, a six-|

he games. Athletes from all the nations marched in the parade, led by the yreek contingent. Other nations Nollowed in alphabetical order, ith Britain at host marching ;,

had begun.

Massed bands and a brigade of | ards, headed by 100 pipers, led he march along the quartermile Olympic way. Thousands of heering fans without opening

of the games.

Actual competition in

| morrow. oute. i

The only major countries ab- |

squad members, was still a prohibitive choice to take the unofiicial team title. Cast in the role of a dark horse was Sweden, the only nation which figured to win nearly as many events as the Yanks. A consensus of coaches and contestants was that the USA was sure to dominate men's track and field, men's swimming, bas-

Dapan. Russia was invited to rompete but failed to set up the ecessary organization, while Gerany and Japan were not asked. Bulgaria and Romania withdrew t the last minute. 3 The picture was far different rom the last Olympic games at Berlin in 1936. Then Adolf Hitler personally led his goose-stepping Germans in the opening ceremony th Japan playing a major role. Outbreak of the war prevented he scheduled Olympics in 1940 nd 1944. No Incidents There were no incidents to mar he official beginning of the mmer games, in contrast to he winter games at St. Moritz, Bwitzerland, where an internal /. 8, hockey controversey left floubt as to the good will the mes were supposed to generife. A hot sun, giving Britain anpther record-breaki heat, beat a ing ir y miss), the modern pentathlon. sembly. In women’s competition, the Thousands lined the roads to|Americans were slight choices the Olympic flame carried by Ver Holland in track and field orch bearers. on the closing|®0d Over Denmark in swimming. ges of its 1500-mile, 12-day| I1e American squad goes into ourney from the foot of Mount the games singularly free of any lympus in Greece where the serious injuries, There were a ssic originated. raft of minor bruises and cuts, At the stadium, hundreds however, including a strajned cued at the box offices at 7 back suffered by back stroke swimmer Robert Cowell; a cut eye which kept flyweight boxer Frankie Sodano of Philadelphia out of sparring yesterday; a swollen elbow bothering javelin thrower Dr. Steve Seymour; and a cut requiring 10 stitches in the head of field hockey goalkeeper John Slade, who was able to .continue { playing. § On tomorrow's opening program are six basketball games |at Harringay arena, fencing at Wembley, wrestling at Karls {Court and six track events—high {jump, heats of 400-meter hurdles, {heat of 100-meter dash, heats of

ing. The Yanks were rated “probable” winners in the boxing tournament and “possible” champions in the modern pentathlon. If the Americans live up to these predictions, they will walk

is no official: point score or team championship in the Olympic games. Sweden was given a good chance to win six events—soccer, water polo, canoeing, gymnastics, shooting, and (if the Americans

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The 12th annual Shakamak Open swimming championships will be held Sunday, Aug. 8, at Shakamak State Park in conjunction with the National A. A. U. junior men’s platform diving ‘event, | The National men’s junior platform diving is expected to attract! several outstanding divers from several parts of the country. There will be 15 events for men and women in the open swimming meet.

Grid Giants Sign 7

NEW YORK, July 29 (UP)—

INDIANAPOLIS The New York Giants of the Na- : tional Football League have an- ¥. 16TH ST. SPEEDWAY nounced the receipt of signed conHURRICANE tracts from DeWitt (Tex) Coul-

renee (Cards Fail

a blue-fenced enclosure bearing the open the Olympic games of London celebrating the’

tish organizinga. m. séeking tickets. or mne gan, but now, after the club has

pox by Lord Portal, president of with its red running track and|blown two in a row to the Brook-

nearly|lyn Dodgers, there were reports ors was permitted to use the'8000 athletes stood at attention

| Boy Scouts released thousands|vored to repeat as champions of ane thoroughfare resurfaced for of pigeons, symbolizing the an-|the National League, the Cards [cient Greek ceremony whereby|started miserably in 1947, losing pigeons were released to inform the country that the Olympics|/dropped nine in a row.

Then, from out of a tunnel ing the training period that two to the stadium, came a British of his veterans, Terry Moore and runner bearing the Olympic flame {to light the torches which will {continue to burn for the duration

the the club’s losing streak was not : .{because of Dyer's managerial Jay tickets jammed the parade| Eames, will not begin until to aus ag

The United States, despite re-| ent were Russia, Germany and Ports of some dissension among

ketball, rowing and weight lift.

off with the unofficial title. There|.

Olympics Get Under W

Dyer Faces Ouster if

Old Spirit Gone As Club Flounders

By OSCAR FRALEY Usited Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, July 29 — With

that old “Cas House Gang” spirit

er hurdies (first round and semi- Nothing but a faint memory and|:

the club playing listless baseball, the St. Louis Cardinals were believed ready today to dispense 'with the services of ' Manager Eddie Dyer. Dyer was placed on “probation” last week by Owner Bob Hanne-

that Dyer certainly would be the fourth big league pilot to get the ax this season, Onee before, early last season, Dyer’'s job was in jeopardy. Fa-

11 of their first 13 games as they

Dyer disclosed this spring dur-

Marty Marion, saved his job for him that time. They were called in by Sam Breadon, then owner of the club, but they insisted that

Veterans Fail But it's the veterans who are letting him down this season. In the first game of the current series with the Dodgers, it was Moore's misjudgment of a fly which booted the game. Then, as the Redbirds lost the second tilt yesterday, errors by Stan Musial and Country Slaughter—two of the club's real pros—were glaring defaults in a 12-to-4 shellacking. They aren't deliberate misplays, that's a cinch. Moore was mentioned as Dyer’s’ successor last season, but Hannegan asserted recently that to rgplace Dyer with Moore would be like jumping “from the frying pan to the fire.” Spirit Gone It's just that the spirit which typified those old Cardinal teams of the past is gone. Even such recent clubs as the 1942-'43-'44 pennant winners were high-flying, shoot-the-works outfits with an

a

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TWIN FIGHTERS—Twin brothers, John (left) and Gerald LaBroi (right) of Gary will appear on tonight's professional fight card at Sports Arena. John has been matched in a six-rounder with Jennings Brotherton of Louisville and Gerald will fight Bob Roberts of Indianapolis for four rounds. All are lightweights, card will get under way at 8:30,

1000 See Juniors Play Twin Bill at Victory Field

By FRANK WILSON Junior Baseball,

as the organization presented its| Young's single. annual All-Star night. Three star laden teams and the champions of Class A competition last year participated before 1000 fans. The youngsters displayed some

Side All-Stars defeated a similar team from the West Side, 2 to 0, and the Riverside Cardinals, last year’s champs, squeezed a 6 to 5 decision from the Class A Stars. Chosen for their outstanding play were Pete Kappas, West Side pitcher, and Ben Cook, Class A star outfielder, as the Stars of the Stars. Kappas started for the West Side team, pitched three innings, struck out seven East Siders and allowed but one hit in His time 4 Xie oun. ‘Cook a Lowery and Falander, Thorpe, Anderson. four innings of play, stoie second |Sisersite

threw to third baseman : Bill

by him and Allen pranced in with the winning run. Both games were for innings. The line scores: East Side . ( West Side ... «+. . 000 000 0—0 2 Garland, Privette, Shannon, Harris and Shaughnessy, Hawkins: Kappas, Smith,

seven

cave 000 11 McDanjels and

twice and scored the first Class| Merits, Hardy. [ Roembke, A Stars’ run in the second in.|JamRbell George; Heagenman, Turner

ning.

Soare in Firat Softball Notes The East Side Stars scored their : ! first run in the initial inning, Sothal"Kangt 31 Bench Grove: Bagram Gene Mangin, East Side short-|were as fo ows: Holy Rosary 4, Our y stop, got a pass off Kappas. Helgi "giiter bi Cpthedral 3, Little Flower 1 stole second and scored as West| Tonight's schedule in the Em-Roe Civie Side second baseman Bill Bruce

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ft Leabue at Beech Grove Stadium

; 4 as Loliows: nt hI. Holy osary n rred gro .|Hap’s Tavern; 8: . m., ns 3 e on Loran Potter's under 0 4 M Bar: 9:30, Mechanics Laundry vs.

Jim Colbert scored the d

rden’s Milk,

unquenchable all for one and one for all attitude,

Dyer kept it burning in 1946 when he brought them back again! to win the pennant. But the Cards started tailing off last season. |

i This season it Is a different) story. The Cards were winging along out in front early. As late] as May 30 they. twice had blown three game leads. Now they are; tied for third with the lightly-| regarded Giants, well off the, pace, : { Answer in Clubhouse The answer can be seen in the! Cardinal clubhouse. There is none of the old spirit and eager an-| ticipation of the game ahead. It's! a dull, methodical preparation

lacking the fire of yore. No longer do the players rouse each oth-| er with spontaneous chatter and! this deficit shows in the record. | Dyer long has been criticized | for his manner of handling pitch-| ers but you can't overlook the fact that he won the pennant in!

800-meter run, women’s’ discus, 1946

Amateur, Independent, | Semi-Pro Baseball

. : | The Frankfort Owls defeated | the Second Army baseball team of Ft. Meade, Md., last night at Frankfort, 7 to 4, for their| eighth straight win. Bob Shep- | ard, on the mound for the Owls, allowed the Army nine only five! hits and struck out 10. Harry 3

led the attack for Frankfort, |

[sah one of them getting two E

| Moore Mortuaries took over ‘frst place | in the second group of the Twilight lea ues | ast night as they defeated Stout eld, | §

18 to 3. Other DeWolf News 9, Allison Jets 5, and Boughton Excavating 4, Lincoln | SChirbpractis 4 (eight innings, called, darkness).

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and rookie former Utah

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The Class A Stars and the Cardinals went into the last inning TUR Out on the annual All-Star all tied up, with five runs each, (Suthe after being selected to play The Stars failed to score. The ®t ’ ! Cardinals’ second baseman Bill] pretty tight baseball as the East/Allen came up with one out and Mendation to Dixie Walker of the Td Schciteder of Glendale, Cal: received a base on balls, With Pittsburgh Pirates, the National] VO Played a big part in AmerRonnie Nelson at bat Star catcher |.eague's player representative in Logan Shannon let the ball get|Sessions with club owners, asking away from him and Allen went|that such players be fined two all the way to third. Shannon|Weeks pay and be

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In Western Tennis

SOUTH BEND, July 29—-In-! {dianapolis’ four entrants in the Western junior and boys’ tennis

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{of play. Charles DeVoe of Indianapolis, {seeded ninth in the junior singles, |was beaten by fifth-seeded Jerry | DeWitte of Vallejo, Cal. Charles and partner Bill Bastian of In-| dianapolis, Jost their junior! {doubles match to Gill Bogley and {Jack Yates of Chevy Chase, Md, {8-6, 6-3.

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Michigan and Dana X. Bible served on the staff of the “top of the nation” coaching school at Adams State, Richardson asked | them to recommend a successor fog, Neal Mehring who resigned to accept a coaching position at Nebraska. | “It Purdue beats us,” Leahy re-| plied, “hold the job open for me.” Richardson said that an un-

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