Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 April 1949 — Page 40

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Encouraged ¢

“Indians Will Be All Right, Veteran Prexy Declares

Prospects

UNLESS the

nant and coasted the from a Florida vacation to New

the other day . . aglow with confidence over the ‘A fir squad under his wing now. ning pitchers, a second baseman and an outfielder, all of Triple A

yet. Dale Coogan could wonder and wouldn't something. 1 hope he makes it. He's a fielding genius and is bat. ting well, too" | body will get a better line on the Indians when they play the Cineinnati Reds next Friday, at-Rich- « mond, and in Indianapolis Satur"day and Sunday ..; The Redskins had a weak training schedule in the Bouth, since all opponents were members of leagues of lower classification than the American Association . . . The National League Rods have been practicing and playing since Mar. 1 and will be in season-opening form when thay tackle the Tribestars . . . + President Bush predicted it will be no soft touch for any team in the ar... “More slubs will make un better fight of ‘It than in 1048." he said , . . “All

“spond guiore; punch, & determination to finish in ston

Was Ar A Sad s « The former Pittsburgh first sacker, Jersey City

@ Indianapolis Indians are seven or eight| games out in front, President Owen J. Bush doesn't eat good or sleep well . , , Last year he walked the deck on the roof at Victory Field any time the Tribesters looked as though they were in for a licking . . . which wasn’t often . , , But he was) a little jumpy until the Redskins finally wrapped-up the pen- : remadfider of the way ,

spring ing there thik spring and remained with the club until raining . And believe it or don’t, Bush returned home all

. Us “We'll be all right,” Ownie said last night, “Al Lopez has

p ut first base Kd Stevens plenty of competition! quality. Can't tall abe be A boy | for the Pirates’ Arst base job, , . | that be The 1048 Indianapotls star is out-,

1 hope ia that we come close to

iy Seszso-long reserve strength took the heart out of rival managers.”

Orleans when the Redskins opened

new season's outlook at the Tribe But we'll need a couple more win. » » ” | LES FLEMING I» giving young

{batting Stevens, . . , As a matter! lof fact, Les has been outsiugging’

.. Bush said every- Ralph Kiner, the Bucs’ ace long-

ball hitter. . , . The squat Flemling’s long drives have been high {lighting his team’s offense, .

{8tevens will outplay Les in the!

[lel but there is hardly a chance {to force the vetergn to the bench on flelding alone, , . . Fleming hits

away for his drives to clegr. r » » THE Roller Derhy Is coming back to Indianapolis , . , outs doors, at the ball park, In June, when the Indians are away from home on & long trip... » Both boys and girls still are

Ohlcngo, and going big. . . . The Derby people will bring their own portable track to Vietory UIE wad the sempatition will - he on a team basis, as usual, ” » » 5 STAN ROJEK, Pittsburgh's fine shortstop who turned in a great all-around performance last year, in having trouble emerging from & spring training batting slump. . « « At one stretch, he was “up” 20 times without a hit , , ..and 71 times with only 13 blows. , . . In the event Rojek falls to come out of it, Pete Castiglione’s chances to stick with the Pira

¥ . ” LUKE APPLING had a red face In California recently and i$ was not from a sun burn, «x + The White Sox shortatop pesed with a movie queen just before an exhibition and was enthralled. , . , That cost Kim, . , , In the secon®l inning Appling reached first on a single; forgot to Keep his aye on the ball, and was ploked off. 3 . 8" THE New York Yankees are headed for trouble, . , . Manager Casey Stengel seema to be wore ried . . . and for more than one Jos DiMaggio doesn't

{rannon, yo. jook an if he's going to have a good season and first hase still}.

i# open After severk! experi

f+ .» Moreovet, Johnny Lindell, the]

ottfielder, is trying to piteh again, | That was Lindell's trade before his hard hitting led the manage ment to switch him to the pasture,

Former Batboy and Player Behind Pitch at Elks’ Fete

A Big Night Is Promised All By

out of piay-Torspay baseball,

Hu the amateur leagues, Brother Battery Herbs father, Walter, was

Carrying on the family tradi

‘Hon, Art Quelsser, counin, played -

. for Butler U1, and received try- ~ outs with both the hometown Indlans and the Chicago Cubs, and

“played later In the minors. Art

was & heavy-hitting catcher who

and cousin Ralph

Indianapolis sandlot teams. Series: Plotures Included

yi Filsworth Vines, Vie Ghessl,: Herb Plews, BR Nine® Chairman Quelsser has arranged; FOUX Miquet, Frenchman Who ,....niiy was driven from coast or: “4H 6 is ; FPlews. Big Nine's top rae menu. Dinner will claims the European heavyweight! to const at an average of 533 Snes prarvert 5 Wood and batter with & 407 last year, made, “be served at 6:30 and motion pio- wrestling championship, and San MPH. : hie Hagheet. of the Masters ih oy of 1inois ine Bits, The tures of the 108 World Series dor Smabo, former world's title- oo. =. {tourney at Augusta, Ga. which hc. ot se a0 0 3 3 | will be shown after the diners poder, have been paired for SEVERAL classy amateur winds up tomorrow,’ also will be. ne Ara Ren and Sohal} round the fat-l ction in the first event of Tuse-| Baseball players here, piqued (Invited. | gonage Karhohi: Fam and] In to bo master oC, MENS Armory wrestling! because they can't make a few | . | top city and state bucks as players this season, SUT PLAY IT tives willl rons "hia NWA. Crows peainat| SS thinking about donning the I] serra wire vee | | Imaroue. To Sound] Bue calling. balls and 1 8 the dinner yovioan. = he | strikes. The wmps get paid. | + RIGHT EQUIPMENT io {Ml Diablo, masked matman, is. Eas | n Fielder’s Glove, $2.98 i ® dinner 1s open to the public slated to mest Al Lovelock, Ca- Munn Needs Help : TSE MLE. + Jodge members, Pre- nadian, in the semi-windup bout. | AN festivities will start at ~— "| BAST LANSING, Mich. Apr.) be noe attendance will > Manchester Nine [—Coath Biggie Munn of Michi] Trapper Medel, $1.08 ! : Qualner Shad Indio Tech ™ State has 232 spring hopefuls Catchers Glave, 34.95 i cat on | na ‘to select football replacements’ Lf NE nd Ouetnte wh

hall, BA:

by Albany, N. Y., in 1037. He 4ried “out with Minhsapolis under Fuah in 1038, Injured a leg and dropped

turned to Indianapolis and played

pitcher and his uncle, A. ~ H. Quetsder, wax a laague catcher.

Carl Queisser, Merk's hrother, © played for both Butler and Indi- Merb ana and later in local amateur, a performed at second hase on strong Miquet and Szabo

At Els spring's Kika’ part)

_ Herb Queisser af Tribe Party

Paired in Mat Go.

Prexy Bush hurried}

to all fields and no fence is too far|

Reports

skating in the event, now In

Queisser . . . Elke’ Impresario! record.

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Join Veteran Professionals At City's Public Golf C

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The Staff

WITH THE appointment of Dick Miller as receiver for, the Indianapolis. Jets, it looks as though ‘our fair city might be headed for the same hockey-bas-

The Arena owners of Providence, Washington and St. Louis ‘who hold the franchises in the American Hockey league, presided over by Maurice Podoloff, commissioner, also hold the franchises to the professional basket ball teams in the Basketball Association of America, also ruled by Mr, Podoloft. It Miller is stiff running the Jets next fall, it 4s expected that the BAA club will play its games again in the Fieldhouse. Als though the Coliseum is Miller's backyard, if he were to play pro basketball games there, he would Interrupt hockey practice, special shows and publi¢ skating. ® The hockey season next fall will open here Oct. 23, NN ET SPRING VACATION has found some of the city conches and athletic directors getting somes relaxation. For one, Ath. fetie Director Charles Dagwell of Tech han gone to Florida for a week, . . . Tech's wrestling coach Bil Treichler and Mrs. "Sire in New York with ) 120 from some ; schools, group loft apolls at 1040 p. m, Friday night and will return late in the week, Last year: the Treichlers chaperoned 80 pupils to Wash

est about night football next fall They'll begin preliminary work

$3300 short of the cost of installa-

tion. Manual has $6200 and the total cost will be $9800. Con-

. »” » OOPS. Bill McCrary, fiest as sistant to Johnny Moore In the Firestone garage at the Indian. apolis Motor Speedway, Was referred to errorvously last week a8 an ex-Manual cheerleader, Instead he was a student-man-agor of athleties, : ® » 0» IF THE Austin convertible,

{tor Speedway, completes {seven days and seven nights ‘grind, it will be the only foreign jear to hold a U. 8B stock car

{The week's run would amount

power Auto that has a #é.inc wheelbase and a 7.25 compression ratio, An Austin 40-horsepower oar

| NORTH MANCHESTER, APr. from. and apparently he needs

19 (UP) — Manchester pened 15 ail he can jbasctan teason today with & 140. Munn loses four of his top — tory the! Two

over Indiana Tech,

kethall monopoly enjoyed elses where,

ington, D. C. A " » . MANUAL officials are in earn-|

to Install lights next Friday still

IU Nine Tops |

Irish Pastimers BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Apr, § (UP) Indiana University, helped again by six Notre Dame errors, hung up! ts second win over the Fighting irish today by a T to 5, score. 1t was the third consecutive non-conference victory for the Hoosiers,

John Kyle opened the scoring

for Indiana with a first inning homer. A triple in the fifth inning by Bill Stearman after pitcher Hal Smullen had loaded the bases on walks’ put Indiana ahead, 5 0 2, but the Irish tied|

it up in the eighth when they,

scored their only earned run on] a double by Dick Gledlin and & single by Tommy Martin, f Thies irish errors coupled with | two singles provided the winning runs for Indiana in the last of the| eighth, Indiana won yesterday, 8 to 7, in 10 innings. : NOTRE DAME AB

AVERY, oland.e i... Smullen.n .. fipton.p a

Totals ., The man behind the pitch in staging the annual Elks’ baseball tinued contributions will have to Xl ? “dinner Apr, a8, the night before the Indianapolis Indians open the be the answer, aan TYR PI 4 4 pew American Association season, comes from & family of bal| Tech ia ready to begin work ER, $ 1. | “He's Herb Queéinser, chairman of the banguet committee, [OR its lights for next fall. Cas &earmanat’’ : "He's a former Tribe batboy, serving under Ownle Bush in the|thedral pupils are in a drive for Wii 1: ; early Twenties and under Bruno Betgel in the late Twenties. [Magazine subscriptions to get ¥ Bete 1 » fove for the game led ® .n enough money for installation of [Hf Moore.rt | ~ him fo organize the Kiks' dinner a. roll-a-way bleachers at Cathed- Tesheirp ... : § and funfest three ysars ago. i 5 {ral's basketball games. The Ca. ®"&® em gad] : In hia college days Herb played |thedral freshmen and reserve TUN oneness » A - oe | third base for Indiana’ University players take down the bleachers Indiana iio 100 380 oi ¥ And was signed as a professional about & dosen times a year, [une batted tor Mien. Gitte. Cilegiin, |

\ \ Stearma n i bare bite Oils. Oleditn, Watson. Three. | Ihate hits. Stearman, Ring, Home tubes) Ky) Rtalen base Lavery. Sacrifice Tosheff Double plave-Kositk to Koblosh fo (Hedin, Linton to Bolsud (6 Clediin. | Saft on hasse. Notre Dame & I 1: Baxe on balis~-Of Smullen 7, Tethe Calnitis ruck out fe Mullen

Toaheft 3. Culpitis 1. Hits. .OH Smulisn, £ iin § innings: Toshe®, § In 7 fonines: Lip fon, 3 |} nings: Colntils, 1 in 2 ine pings. Winning piteherColnttis Losing Plioher —- Linton Umpires — White .and

Golfdom's Big Names In Greenbrier Open |

fin the second annual Greenbrier, Open and pro-amateur invitation) tournament May & officials of

ithe resort said today Host professional Sam Snead

to 12.000 miles forthe 90-horse. 2d 13 uther golfers already hava Iilingis to a &-to-0 victory over) e .3 4 THR. entered. The list includes Bobby Northwestern today, keeping the! f

Locke of South Africa, Jim Fer. rier of Australia, Eric Monti Cary Middlecoff. Jimmy Thom-

Reins at Pleasant Run

. ak » EN A [ ! : Alton Smith "i ~ i,

Jimmy Vaughn Takes Over

Mike Pollak Opens Career at Coffin; Wally Nelson Back at Riverside

one-mile and

+8all Torey / Set for Apr. 24

Bouth Grove's second annual spring four-ball golf tournament

{is scheduled to begin Apr. 24, ac-

cording to Bill Russell, club pro who is accepting entries. Last year, 37 two-man teams competed in the tourney won by John David and Henry Timbrook, who will defend their 1948 title.

Other teams already entered are Fred Burnside and Wait Chapman, Chuck Hess and Ellis Brown, Reese Berry and Ollie Hollingsworth, Bob Crouch and Clayton Nichols, Mike Sullivan and Joe Majesky and Henry Bayt and John Banich.

By BILL PITTMAN

One of the men pictured above is sure to be “home pro” for each

of the hundreds of thousands of golfers who use the public links. Each of them is a teacher as well as salesman. And each is capable of handling the job allotted to the golf professional. professional first of all must be a golfer, he must be'a salesman, he must be a counselor and he must he a practical TTT rsyehiologist. Wally Is Dean * At 60, Wally Nelson, qualifies as the Jean of the publinx pros. He began his golfing career at

Michigan State's Davey Captures 4th NCAA Title

LANSING, Mich, Apr. 9 (UP) ~<Michigan State's great Chuck Davey tonight became the first collegiate boxer to win four

erside. Young Jimmy Vaughn, follow ing in his brother Tommy's foot-

Russell will accept entries until Apr. 17. The fee is $2 per man.

X-Rays Show Break In Sanders’ Wrist

!{ RALEIGH, N.C, Apr, 9 (UP) {~X-rays taken today revealed {that Ray Sanders, Boston Braves first baseman, has a hair-line {fracture of the right wrist. | Sanders injured his wrist while

Local Skaters Wi 112 State Titles

| “Donald Ingram Takes

| "2 Speed Dashes

Times Siate Service FT. WAYNE, Apr. 9—Indian« lapolis scored a grand slam in all the racing events of the state |roiier skating championships herg, tonight. Donald Ingram won both the five-mile senior men’s races. His brother, Paul Ingram won the one-mile inter. mediate junior race and John Lineberry took the twe-mile sens for men’s event. i Eight of the remaining nine events also were won by-Indigfe apolis contestants. Other winners { were: 3 : { Gary Fisher won the Juvenile {Boys’ crown while the Juvenile Girls’ title was taken by Linda {Lou Craig. The Junior girls’ title was taken by Barbara Alspaugh. | Willard Dunlop and Thomas {Powers ‘vere winners in the Nov {ice Men's class, while Mary Mew Ginnis walked away with honors for Novice Women. The Intermea: diate Ladies’ title was won by Sally McClung and the senior men's crown was won hy Bil | Hanley, ; ¢ y | The winners will go to the. | regionals to be held in Milwaukee, May 31, June 1, 2 and 3. T National finals will be held Washington, D. C., sometime in uly. Rex Ogg, age b of Roanoke, set a new national speed record for: youths vnder 10 when he skated {1712 of a mile In 127.9. :

Bears Sign Guthrie

| CHICAGO, Apr. 9 (UP)-—The

Riverside, stayed five years and tagging Sol Hermus of the B8t./Chicago Bears announced today then moved to Beaumont. Tex. in Louis Cardinals in an exhibition that Tom Guthrie, 21-year-old 225 1915. Wally is starting his fifth game, March 30. The first X-rays pound end at Harvard, has signed consecutive season again at Riv- taken at Bradenton, Fla. showed for the 1949 season. Guthrie . imo fracture. Sanders planned to; played at Notre Dame in 1044 as

{return to Boston later in the day a 17-year-old freshman. Later he

by plane

transferred to Harvard.

NCAA titles by taking a UNAni-isteps, Opens Nis frst Season A

mous decision over defending 145 professional at Pleasant Run. of Wisconsin. land has cour golfing brothers. Davey, unbeaten in four years! At Coffin Mike Pollak is’ be-

of competition, previously hadiginning a career as golf pro.

captured national titles in three Mike was runner-up in the state!

lighter weight classes, amateur meet last year and has Completely outclassing Dicken- been one of the top amateurs in son, he scored the most con-{the state for several seasons. vincing victory of the early final/He's bound to go places in the bouts to choose 1949 collegiate professional ranks. = ring kings. The judges awarded] 10 Years Here him all three rounds. | Ken Miles, who came to Sarah R..8 I. iShank from Urbana, Ill, CounTWO Louisiana State fighitersiiry Club, nas 10 years service in came chrough in the first four Indianapolis not counting two tussles of the evening, Wilbur Moss won an anpopular assistant pro .n Urbana in 1925, decision to capture the 125-pound; Lanky Bill Russell has held championship from Mac Martinez sway at South Grove for three of San. Jose State —~and Tad years. At 35 Bill is one of the Thrash, LSU slugger from Lake, youngest of the group: He also is Miss, beat Norm Walker of Idaho an Army veteran. for the 130-pound title, | Another veteran, but of ‘the

The fight was stopped at’ theifairways, is Chuck Garringer,

|years in the Army. He began as!

end of the second when Thrashipro at Speedway. Chuck began {opened a deep cut over Walker's his career at Coffin in 1922 and {went to Speedway Walker's brother, Leonard, be [1940 he Suter defense wore and! some manvfocturer of our more : {came the new returned. to the course last year. - now being driven in an endur WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS. poider o comin SACK tn the Iagt Chuck is: 46. ance test at the Indianapolis Mo. W. Va, Apr. 9 (UP)——A score of two rounds to decision Pat Doughthe Eolfdom’s big names will tee oft erty of Michigan State,

eye.

Wini Hurlers Blank

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in 1829.

vouglas Park there ts {Alton Smith, who has been work-| ling in golf since he was 15. Hel [succeeded Walker Taylor at

{Douglas three years ago, coming {here from New Orleans,

Northwestern, 2 to 0 |h CHAMPAIGN; TIL. Apr. 8 (UP)! (Relief Pitcher Albis Plain led)

Wildcats hitless during his tour! of the last five and one-half! ‘Innings. :

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