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1048 WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 8, 1948 ’ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Tribesters Point for

Grandslam i in Toledo

Champs Have Won 8 Straight There, |p With 3 to Go; Gird For Playoff ‘Royals Have don

Times Special TOLEDO, Sept. S—Having won eight straight games in this dst oe Mud Hen city on thie Maumee, the Indianapolis Indians aim to - eam Y Goig™ make it a grandslam by taking three more. cult The champion Tribesters had a slight letdown x stake on Labor Day and Tribe Manager believes that now's Bloodworth Named id trot, the time to start girding his pennant winners for the post-season For Second Base e Horse- playofis. in victories He wants the Redskins to gets now alltime Tadtanarone: mer | NEW YORK, Sept. 8 (UP)— the Zole back in winning stride, sharpen! TeC- Four members of the pennant- . ’ ord, and their ed back batting eyes and tighten their de-{jooks like cinch. They ha winning Montreal Royals, includrst turn, fense, just like they performed] a iy. JBYS ing today » : won 98 and lost 50. ; rt wait, when on the road to the American| The Indians were happy to hear} C0 ned to the Intersiahalfway Association nd Zag. oat popular Les Fleming, theirliegm by members of the loop's ud spot, Since Toledo is Jack Hallett's|long-ball hitting first sacker, had| Baseball Writers Asociation. esl and home town, he probably will drawibeen voted the league's “most Syracuse gnd Buffalo landed) by Zip tonight's Tribe mound assign-/valuable” player. All membersi;y, places each, with Toronto, | 2:08 2/5. ment. He pitched the pennantiof the Shamps think the big fel Rochester. and < Newark getting clincher against Columbus - richly deserved coveted berth each, Jersey City t winne dianapolis last Thursday. diadem. : Baltimore fatled fo land & single} driven , Bob Malloy, author of 21 viegooed] Helps Pirates [P™ THE WATCHFUL EYE—Under, the guiding eye of Coach Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle ny Clam pis 8 rena Win Four in Fi A Former Indian these four Bulldog grid veterans go through their paces at the opening Butler pracon the in Four in Five Named along with Hopper from, 4; terday. (Left to right}, C ls, C he is Skipper Lopez's choice to pitch the Royals were Pitcher Jack| Tice session yesterday. (Left to right), pe Ott Hurrle, Capt. Francis (Mo) Moris 30 2 the playoff opener in Indtanapolis| Ted Beard, former Indianapolisip, i, ‘Second Baseman Jimmy| arity, Halfback Dick Bennett and Tackle John Murphy. 1 in th next Tuesday against the third-|Star, helped the Pirates ease intel; quorth, formerly of Indian- : «so = e place finisher, either St. Paul or|second place in the Nationall, \h.."" 1a" ghortsto eld drive League race last t. - He got|oPols, P Bob 4 dri Columbus nigh! 8%! Morgan B ¥ . - The Indians have defeated sev- py hit sng baited In 0S ru Here is the 1948 all-star team: ut er duie Hy repa vos or | enth-place Toledo 14 times in 19 in Pittsb 8 Manager—Hopper; first base— clashes, the Hens winning their urgh. Glen Nelson, Rochester; second— Louisville, quarterback; James if were: five in Indianapolis, no less. The Pirates have won four out|Bioodworth: third—Willie (Pud) Usually around 44 FEAR iSO oN September - anguished (Rogenstihl, Zionsville, halfback; 34 ) (Run Iw The Redskins are scheduled|of five since Beard joined them, Jones, Toronto; short — Morgan;/Moans and groans are heard from college football camps through-ir.; meary, Indianapolis; half ’ here through Friday, after which|{moving from fourth to #econd.|outfielders — Johnny Groth, Buf- Out the nation. : ; a TAN ! 1 they will invade Columbus to|He is batting 313. * falo; Chet Laabs, Buffalo, and oaches are moaning about the lack of depth and assistant og ‘halfback: Ralph "Chap: Ee s close out the regular schedule,| The Bues are to play in Cincin-{Clyde Vollmer, Syracuse; catcher 00aches are groaning about the lack of anything to work with. ; : . £ 3 meeting the Red Birds in a sin.|natl tonight and tomorrow. after-|—Ken Silvestri, Newark; right.| ' But from the vicinity of the Butler University practice field no/fian. Indianapolis, end: HAY ‘ gle contest Saturday and in a|noon. Beard's number is 17. His/handed pitcher—Banta, and lert-| Such distorted sounds will bel 0,5 (0p ba” nied out (Fisher, Coal Fork, W. Vi, end:| femal omnis : > double-header. Sunday. Indianapolis number was 4. The/handed pitcher—Frank Fanovich,| heard. All is quiet, and there are th 4 Jim Hauss and Lawrence Jones, Ottawa, Ill, end: gh Neri i "i | s In these remaining six games, Pirates are batting him third, his| Syracuse. definitely men working. A guards, an Bon Hinkle, Indianapolis, center: home Wednesday, 3 the Indians expect to soar over Indianapolis regular position. Groth, the Buffalo rookie, was| Although all is not just as|Phil Reisler took over the tacklesiy, yy. v\" wunts Indianapolis, 3 ra vin the top vote getter, being named Head Coach Paul D. (Tony) Hin-(and ends. Hinkle worked With, ackle; John Murphy, Logansport, +H s ® e on 33 of the 34 votes cast fd the [kie would have it, things are pro- the fullbacks, tackle: William Hamilton, Louis : Clutch-Hitter Flemin 1s league scribes. gressing nicely. Yesterday morn-| Hinkle has 21 lettermen as 8 ville, "guard; Kurt Kyvik, Ft > Hensl I mA le sight el os "os Capt. [1 Ayn, guard, and Knute Dob t ogs hove 's remost © ese were kins, Indianapo - Winner of Coveted Award en oy Team Victors for the first practice session of|Francis (Mo) Moriarity, a plung- ret TS ull x= In Pro-Am Tourney the 1048 season, just one week|ing fullback; last year's captain, in a few days, is Kenny $ 5 By EDDIE ASH, Times Sports Editor Times Special late in taking place. Center Ott Hurrle; place- ock of Indianapolis Shortridge i 3 2 The Susmplon raped. Indians still are collecting laurels) NEW CASTLE, Ind, Sept. 8—| But the usual preliminaries specialist and guard, Ray McSem-|ang Purdue fame, who last year : : despite the act they wrappell up the pennant in decisive fashion By scoring a 63 a foursome led by (were dispensed with for all who[eck, and Quarterback Bill Bylves:i¢ransterred to Butler. Smock is i : a week ago. Wayne Hensley of. Anderson took [reported were very much in shape.[ter, & two-year veteran a8: &iserving jury duty. : This time an individual Is crowned league champion, none other|a one-stroke victory in the pro-| Assistant Coach Wally Mid- {Junior Lost from last year's squad are n than 148 Fleming. I hes rugged first sacker, the American/amateur tournament here today. |dlesworth, recently returned to| Other lettermen who will glad-|Vince Gatto, sophomore fullback : 1 ation’s clutc ng king, author of 141 runs batted in. Playing on Hensley's team were|the Butler campus after a year'siden Hinkle's perspective are and Orville Williams, | 3 In a poll of the league's sports Don Scott of New Castle, George retirement from the coaching|{James Warrenburg, Indianapolis, “hipped half. Gatto is not 1 5 writers, Fleming was overwhelm-| Brown of Indianapolis and Stan|field, went right to work with|fullback; David Peterson, Indian-|returning to school and Williams : 4 ingly named the league's “most|Graves of Indianapolis. Juarterbacks and halfbacks. Linelapolis, quarterback; Edward Fike, lis scholastically ineligible. 3 7 Why his __|valuable” player of 1948. He : : e polled 23 votes of the 31 cast by : | the AA's Baseball Writers Chap- ; ter. The award includes a $100 TOW savings bond presented by the ¢ Stake” : "ar a : i According to the announcement ght), ese § k from league headquarters in Co- ' lumbus, O., Fleming had not a ght), ese L single close competitor for the ’ ER honors, even though every player » {in the circuit is eligible for this year - old (RE ; annual award. | All-Star Choice

sm— . \ Six weeks ago Fleming was ' is called tianded the AA’s mythical Allh has Star team first-base post by a ro wile margin in ‘the league-wide

the 1948 balloting. gh School AMERICAS “Big Moe” is the league's best rry Cas- run manufacturer since 1940,

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Minneapolis batted in 159 tallies when the for the season. A power swinger, Attucks {Fleming has belted 161 hits, in-

{cluding 25 homers, six triples and 27 doubles. In addition to bat-

ting in 141 runs, he has scored 109 himse€lf. In other words, Les has been “responsible for” 250

runs. His current batting average is .316 and on three occasions he has walloped grand slam homers—bases full. He holds the Indianapolis alltime home-run and runs-batted-in records. Fleming was purchased from Cleveland by Indianapolis last]. winter. Retired Two Years On Cleveland's voluntary retired list in 1943 and 1944, Fleming’s best year with the American League club was in 1942 when he patted .202 and drove home 82 runs. The year before he. had been a sensation with Nashville when he powdered Southern Association pitching for 414. Though Fleming hit only .242 with Cleveland in 1947, Indianapolis Manager Al Lopez claims the big fellow still is a big-league ball player despite his 33 years. “As Fleming goes, so go the Indians” is the way Lopez measured Les’ value to the Hoosier Redskins. Other AA players receiving votes for the “most valuable” “{title were First Baseman Mike

Natisin, Columbus; Third Base- ® ® man Al Rosen, Kansas City; Outfielder Ted Beard and ManagerCatcher Lopez, Indianapolis. ‘ n 3

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