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f 14 Entered In Diamond J

Batters: Feller Has It Again

Bob Holds Red Sox To 6 Hits, Wins 7-3;

Yanks Keep Winning #%

By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Sports Writer

NEW. YORK, May 6— There was °

gad news today for the batters— Bobby Feller is stellar again. | “The Cleveland : whiz - ball ex‘pert, perhaps not so fast as in ‘other years, nevertheless demonstrated that he was still quite a "pitcher yesterday when he set

down the Boston Red Sox on six hits to win his first game of the season, 7 to 3. Showing no trace of the shoulder: soreness that forced him out)

of: Cleveland's opening day game

on Apr. 19 and kept him idle #ince then, Feller bore down beautifully when he needed to, ‘tiring a little in the eighth when ‘he had a 7-to-1 lead and serving up home run pitches to Ted Wildiams and Bobby Doerr. He| -mtruck out four and walked six. + «Feller's return to winning form now gives the Indians their full pitching strength of Gene Bear-| den, Bob Lemon, Steve Gromek, and Early Wynn as the other starters—probahly the best staff dn. the majors. {

a. Boudreau Gets Riled «> Cleveland Manager Lou Boudreau, usually the “perfect gentle-| man," got riled when he thought| Boston Pitcher Harry Dorish was|

throwing at his head and a near cently, took the Kurtis-Kraft Special for a 126-MPH ride at the ‘skirmish resulted, Joe Gordon, Indianapolis Motor Speedway early today. ; ( The young Californian, surprised and satisfied with the Kurtis-|Seley’'s Kraft's performance. will wait now for the first day of qualifi-

Orestes Minoso. and Ken Keltner ‘Hit Cleveland homers, ' «The White 80x management ‘took down the home run fence in| “Comiskey Park becatiise apposing ‘batters were getting the most use ‘out of it, But the torrid Yankees -got a key homer by Tommy HenTich afyway and went on to top the Chicagoans, 7 to 5. Alle ‘Reynolds won his second game but needed relief help from Joe Page. Ei . At Detroit, the alert Tigers won their fourth straight game, 8 fo 5, from the Athletics, with Aaron Robinson's homer the de‘oiding blow. Young Ted Gray ‘won his first game as George Kell set the Detroit batting pace gefting a double and two singles,

McCullough Out for Week

will wheel a Maserati while Banks w has driven here in recent years, | Offenhauser engine. J

» » » " » | cone date Parsons Reaches 126 MPH mii. a sot snare of that hyjall of this years 14 probabies '® ° In Kurtis-Kraft Special

Californian Pleased

Lou Rassey’s Auto Shippers Special Arrives

By LOUIS ARMSTRONG Johnny Parsons, winner of the Arlington, Tex. 100-miler re-ia year ago.

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cations, May 14 The number of cars at

drive...

Grooved Piston Bpecials toured the track yesterday under the hands of Rex Mays and Duke

look at the inner workings.

Rex took his first trip around the bricks and asphalt yesterday in his French gray Novi, When asked how he liked the ride, he said, “I haven't gone fast enough

Johnny Mize of the Giants pieked the perfect time to hit his 300th big league homer, breaking Up a game with the Pirates in the 10th inning when he drilded a ball into the upper right field

seats for a 3 to 2 victory. Edlturns. ..Btevens hit a Pirate home run|low 110 miles an hour per lap.

earlier, !

Catcher Clyde McCullough suf-/the seats of the Novis have ex-

fered a badly bruised right arm when hit by a pitched ball and will be out of the Pittsburgh Aingup for a week, - At first it was believed the arm was broken. The Dodgérs made it three In a row ‘over the Cincinnati Reds, ‘defeating them 7 to 5 on the margin of Billy Cox's two-run homer in the eighth. Cox, told to bunt, misfired twice, then smashed the ball into the left field seats;

A homer also paid off in viewho!

tory for the Cardinals,

to tell yet, But so far it's OK.” It was the first time Rex had {driven a front drive car on the | Speedway. had a few points to learn About| how the big V-8 handled down the homestretch and through the | Mays kept his speed be-

Many drivers who have been in

perienced difficulty in turning the cars. There is no differential in the front end and in turn both front wheels move at the same speed. Nalon, on the other hand, whips his cream colored model around as if it were a midget. Last evening he was speedin down the homestretch when AAA officials closed the track. He put on the brakes, spun the wheel and

Hanks and Banks Racing Team

"Sam Hanks (seated) and Henry Banks will form the racing team for D. A, Cott's two entries this year in the 500-Mile Race. Hanks

the 80 back to the garage when the will go wet or dry, but we could ®8tinian almost did it again in rack w. se f -lengine developed an oil iy a x ia The car is the old Frank Brisko|bothered the colt, which was bred arms nas 3 ot i Jeary fa sey's Auto Shippers Special that{Maserati which went out after|by Louis B. Mayer and purchased Ft a vine | dat nd Cal George Lynch of Detroit willithe first lap of the race last year.|by the Seléy’s for $31,000 when A, ounte: ~ {Hanks was clocked unofficially Mayer sold out his stable. Meanwhile, the two Novi/yesterday at a little more than which!120 miles an hour,

Halt Is First Mount To Be Posted for 75th Running of Classic

Olympia Is Prohibitive Favorite to Grab Diamond Jubilee Edition of Turf Crown

er of the past few days would the fact that he was the 13th enhold out. x : id Parke, Twenty minutes before the Personally, sald. Pa deadline, red-haired Hirsch JaSO! 41 4 cucumber, cobs came in with Palestinians i 4 With Olympia, Hooper will bel... \\ 10 complete the Derby after his second ‘derby victory in as many starts. He won with field at 14 horses, barring any ¥ last-second surprises. 3 Hoop Jr, in 1945, the first time Jacobs, asked which. was the he came to Col. Matt Winn's!, io beat id: “Ol classic, J Oar. a rl Eddie Arcaro, who will ben the ial inion an —n aboard Olympia, will be trying, ‘tno’ Wood Memorial after 1 for his fifth derby victory. : skipping over a puddle in the Wages ‘War of Nerves home-streteh, Entry No. 10 was J. A. Kin-| 1 costs each owner $1000 to ard’s Coldstream-bred colt, Johnsienter a horse in the Derby. In See er Monte Furie wasedlvmurs, Be might win. L800 if 5 0 to e st, us a cu by standing with his hand on the Ci ply pa 2 80 y door to the entry booth for a full Emotional Wallop, Too +120 minutes before, stepping inside] Also to be won-—and who can to sign up his colt. 5 place a price on it—is the emo“We aren't afraid of anybody,” tional wallop a man feels when he grinned, “and that Includes he ‘sees. his horse draped with my brother Ivan.” Ivan, the old-iroses in the winners’ circle while er Parke, trains the Derby fa-{100,000 racing fans roar acclaim vorite, Olympia. to his new champion. Johns Joy, a son of Bulldog,| Once entered, a Derby candicost Kinard $32,500 at the Keene-/date may be scratched up to 45 But

“I'm

ill drive the car Russ Snowberger t has a Maserati chassis and an

winning two stakes as a two-/were pretty definitely committed year-old. to run, come rain, shine or snow. As soon as Parke left the, Topping the list of expected booth, Anton Rupelt, assistant|entries was Fred Hooper's Olymtrainer for John Goode, stepped|Pia, the favorite at 6 to 5. But up to enter Ky Colonel, the Bal-|Olympia has yet to prove himseif ladier colt that won the Bash- unbeatable, a fact that gives the

ford Manor Stakes on Derby Day|Derny more aver han 2 hay

The 12th horse to be entered Scared all opposition off the track

with Citation and Coaltown. was the Wea, Conn hope, J. 8. Clifford Mooers' Old Rockport,

| for example, beat Olympia in CalOn. making the OE esl | fornia earlier this year, and Pal-

With Performance;

= {8echrest remarked:

Mud never has|the Wood Memorial. Greentree

leak, use some rain.”

with Ben Jones saddling Ponder. Song Shot Entered The others expected to go toA colt that may go to the posti morrow are Woodvale Farm's «on» las one of the longest - priced Halt; Ky, Colonel, owned by John Wilbur Shaw, Speedway presi- horses in Derby history joined the| Goodwin: J. A. Kinard’s John's

sighed . up Seneca's| Town; Model Cadet, and the 100oim to-1 shot, Mrs. ‘Albert Roth's SeA probable 100-to-1 shot, Sene-| neca’s Coin. ca's Coin is running mostly to

after the race is over. satisfy Mrs. Roth's ambition to Accessory prizes of $24,900 al-| gee or colors in a Derby.

ready have been posted with ad-| Asked what she would do if ©dds list at 5 to 1, and the Greenditional awards expected before geneca’s Coin should pull an| tree entry of Capot and Wine List the race. amazing upset, she thought for; Was 6 to 1 along with Old RockThis year, for the first time, 80ia moment and replied: “I guess Port. Halt was 8 to 1 and John’s per cent of all ‘entry fees will be|I would retire him and put up a Joy 10 to 1. added to the prize fund, plus the statue of him at the farm.” But

Palestinian was rated second

“(Continued From Page One) Roth's horse weren't improved by 4

field when Mrs. Ava P. Roth of| joy; Duplicator; Lextown Jacks Moose Lodge, Garfield 3: C Nalon were undergoing moderate|dent, announces the prize money, .. ono or Loo

strip-downs today so that Chief|for the 1949 classic may reach an |.

Mechanic * Bud Winfield. might|all-time record of $180,000, The exact figure won't be known until

choice to Olympia in the probable F

| Then came the string of long|

FRIDAY, MAY 6,

Tennis Clic Here Tomorrow

The Central Indiana Association determined to tennis back in the Indianapolis sports spotlight, will hold its second annual clinic tomorrow on the Riverside courts. \ Co-sponsors of the clinic will be the City Park Department and Kirshbaum Community Center. The clinic, to start at 1:30 p, m., will be conducted by Julius Sagalowsky and is free to the public. Sponsors will furnish balls. Aiding Sagalowsky with instruction will be Jimmy McClure, Ralph Bradford, and Murray Dulberger.

Shortridge Wins 3-Way Golf Meet

Shortridge High School took a and Broad Ripple yesterday at

5 scores. Howe tripped Broad Ripple, 12

ridge 316, Howe 327, and Broad Ripple 331. Pete Burkholder, Balch and Bill Kerr of Shortridge tied for medplist honors with 77s. 5

Week-End Amateur Baseball Schedule

MANUFACTURER'S LEAGUE

amorrow — (All Jaman at 3 p. m., at Riverside.) Boughton Exeavating vx, E. C. Atkins, diamond 2; Capitol Oil vs. DeWolf News, diamond 4; Stout Field vs. Allison Jets, diamond 6: Naval Ordnance vs, P. BR. Mallory, diamond 1. MUNICIPAL LEAGUE "

(All games at 2:30 p. m. Pendleton.) Edgewood Merchants vs, Indiana Reformatory, 1:30 at Pendleton; Tryon vi

i ol Bousnt 4 Excavatln ’ Riverside 6;. South ide Saints vs. DeWolf News, Brookside 1. : CITY LEAGUE

unda (All games at 4:30 Moore ortuar Riverside 2; M n

. except at

'® arine Reserves vs. Conti-

Sunday (All games at 2:30 pn, m.) Ange Air Products = vs, Fall Athletics, Rhodius 1. Star . |Kirshbaum Center. Riverside 1. Kennedy {Tank vs. 8ack's Used Cars. {Eagles Lodge vs. Simpson side 4.

three-way golf meet from Howe!

Coffin, defeating both by 13 to

to 5. Total scores were Short-|

ubilee Kentucky Der

Little State Track Meet Date Changed

May 21 has been set as the new date for the Little State College track meet which will be held on

Tennis| Cardinal Field at Ball State, The place|meet originally was slated for

May 14. ‘ Homer Allen, Indiana Intercollegiate Conference secretary, ex-

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the Purdue swimmer broke his 7 own record in the 100-yard breast stroke ; ming it in 58.5 seconds. His 7 old mark of 59.4 was only re- 7 cently recognized as an official world mark.

event, swim-

including Notre Dame, Purdue and Indiana, was shifted from . May 21 to May 28. Little State officials decided, to move theft event so that the meets would still be held on following week ends

Amateur Softball

» rountsin Square AC. softball will pins a double-header in Waverly, a ned’ oh 0 B pcunia SOE Blay ars Managar Hyatt Johnson is looks

plained that the Big State meet,

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raised by the Citizens’|even the owner smiled at the idea |shots—Ky. Colonel and Ponder at

115 to 1, Model Cadet at 30 to 1,

tributed as lap prizes. If attend. ance warrants a bonus by the track as large as last year's the

: ; » . : . 8 = total award list will be more than Tomorrow's Kentucky Derby Starters

the already slim chances of Mrs. and, of course, Seneca’s Coin,

the race car roared through the {hastily opened pit-fence gate to the garage area.

» » = Jimmy Jackson and his me-!

snapped a five-game Philly win-| chanics are having difficulty adning streak ‘when Ron Northey| justing the fuel mixture on the

hit a ninth inning route clout to

provide a 3 to 2 decision.

Howard Keck Special. The car

Red|is equipped with an injector sys-

Munger went all the. way to pitch tem rather than the conventional

his first victory this year for St./type of carburetor,

Louis, Andy Seminick and Bil

Similar in1{jectors are used on airplanes so

Nicholson hit Philadelphia home that the ships may be flown up-

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In a night game in 8t. Louis, bow-/and installed on the car just being to the Washington Senators, fore it was shipped from the West 5 to 3. Red Embree, the losing Coast and there, was no time to pitcher, suffered his fourth de-test the device in a laboratory,

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the way for the win.

Browns’ Mechanics must eighth straight loss in 8ports- bugs at the track. man's ‘Park. Mickey = Haefner,| Pitching “seven-hit: ball, went all around the track

work out the Sam Hanks took several trips

(his Federal Engineering Detroit

The Browns picked up Stan Special, a Magerati, but had to

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trade for Al Zarilla.

LEAGUE STANDINGS yisville Ci iii., 000 003 403 9 17 1 Yesterday. Despite the sweltering SOO-MILE TRACK NATION | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Nite fron Atpwn, ‘Hoffa ar And (heat, 34 coniestants entered the A # mmpanelin:. Bron. HAG 18 | L Pet. aR |Scherbarth: Fox, Johuson, ‘Triner. Map. nine-hole event, TRACK — BE-8316-3317 azak, St Lown: nl HQ RB a 1 _|ville, Prendergast and Burris, , DOWNTOWN—ADAM HAT STORE 1 ke Hees 4 4 A A 313 Golumbus Ci OT 200 004 9 0 Gross winners were Nancy Jen-, 9 N. Meridian St. hoandienit 5 Louis 14 8 : HM (3 {Kansas City 000 8 9 1 king, Dolly Weller, Agnes Bink-! Rainchecks From May 1 , Walker, Chicago . 13 ° - a! addix, Mahernicht, Crimian, Bryant . Honored This Date Only _ AMERICAN LEAGUS 30 ‘ 3 gud Fusselman: Keegan. Hinrichs and /2y and Kaye Kahl. Net winners * ALL THE STARS * Me bey 12 32 qr KOUIEIIle A) ia (Drescher. — {included Zola Adair, Julia Clif- . THE BARS * Biiaver (Boston "1 13 % : 4 ion NATIONAL ITAGUE {ton and Marabeth Savage, ALL arte” Betrall 3 iad floennati 0." 00 300 030 8 re ——— —— { TRIALS 1:30 (0.S.1) Bel.2 BY i . Ho AMERICAN LEAGUR rgoklvn ” 000 004 03x. 1 es { TIME wl ir ans hr w Pel OW. podbielan. Martin and Campaneis "Win: Fight Results FIRST RACE 2:30 (0S.T) ‘Sleveland ning pitcher, Martin. Losing * pitcher. | 9 _ a rdon Giants 6 Groth, Tigers .... ’ . | NEW YORK (Sunnywide Carden). Be. » ha a nox § 86%, "MR 1: BEE RL on or 3 1a 3 Cunt REE Ci | COPBLAR PRICES © FREE PANG v Brows ; of | Phifad Siohia 4 vs | Philadelphia oto 010 0-3 o_o Feseman, 130. New York 8). eS ———— wim. igamoangin pers. 16 Washihgion Bt Joli ald Gareaicin "nie; Survey | gienbens Rx Higa Bhat: {8 st. Lous... ? § 0" “ae Taming. | roth, Tigers .. 18| Rittabyreh Tip ole 9% je 3 ?| : . rr | ; Sowell, casey. Sieisan and MoCulloush, | po! Rid; Jones, man Wl College Baseball Botton ice. fat Om ne Sick neha” Love S| .- Qestyatown 5. American University $ 1 Took k 301 i “Only ramos scheduled.) - Whisper Motor for your antice 10, George Washington 32, Siuindi———— . i Gioia 8: NCTE Hadi Ht AMERICAN, T3AGUR AT vi Ba pies wt Ashington State 4: Oreeon state 3, [Cinclanatl” .. dh floor AMER" 3 0 | things and have more fun. Fe | Plttsbureh on 4]. Kramer, Robinson, Dortsh, Kinder and : any man’s balloon tire bike... Batts; Feller and Hegan, Losing pitcher, | Is just the ticket for riding te

COMIC SAYS SWITCH NO LAUGHING MATTER

GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Stiinukes artinnasnoliy, (night! y A ansas (Only games scheduled.) ¥ (night),

AMERICAN LEAGUR New York at Chicago. Washington at at ¥ 1 priiadefobis at Ri nih) 1Only games scheduled.)

NATIONAL LEAGUR Cineinnati at Boston (night. I Chicago at Brooklyn nights, 1, Louis at New York. ittaburgh at Philadelphia (night).

RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION oledo vis + 38.10 4 17 14, Minneapolis Cee 300 320 143-18 Ibosta, Gentry, flcott and Mord, ,- Bwanson, machin, ._lcone, Lombardo and

yesterday in!

Baseball Results, Schedule |

Major League Leaders

For those who believe in omens, Jacks Town and Lextown at 50,

The Speedway paid $48,800 Horses Listed in Post Position more than the guaranteed purse Horse Jockey Owners Prob. Odds DO SO of $75,000 las year, Jacks Town Taylor Afton Villa 50-1 ® a » Ponder Brooks Calumet Farms 3 ‘ Ky. Colonel «No Boy Joe A. Goodwin Be owe i Olympia Arearo Fred Hooper 8-5 ” : lifford Mooers 8-1 Moore garage out again yester- Old Rockport Glisson Cl ; Model Cadet Scurlock Mrs. Ada L. Rice 30-1 day but made only a few 1ap8. Ly hn’ Joy Adams J. A. Kinard 10-1 The car was rolled back to the | geneca's Coin No Boy Mrs. A. P. Roth 100-1 garage for more adjustments, faCapot Atkinson Greentree Farm . 61 Meanwhile, Moore worked over | yg, McCreary Woodvale Farm Loa the blue No. 7 which Bill Holland |paxtown Richard Lexbrook Stable 50-1 will pilot in time trials next! awine List Dodson Greentree Farm 6-1 week. The. car developed clutch{palestinian Woodhouse I. Bieber f 5-1 trouble Tuesday when Holland Duplicator James Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Seley 40-1

took it for a spin. aGreentree Farm entry.

” ” » Jw . . ’ 54 | George Metzler completed his Win Ladies Event

!driver teats yesterday in the blue} Glessner Special. AAA observers 1 {said he did a “beautiful job” or At Pleasant Run |

{Wheeling the car through the] “Ladies’ Day™ team play at| turns. Metzler is the first be-| Pleasant Run yesterday was won: | ginning driver to pass the tests by Mrs. Noble Reed's team, 26 to {this year. Byron Horne was with-|2215, over a team captained by, In three laps of completing his yrs Hugh Carter. i tests Monday when he crashed] Mrs. C. L. Hoshaw won (lass! {Into a wall on the southwest turn./A individual honors with 93-20!

{He remains in a critical condi-| 3. followed by Mrs. Louis Gropp. ! tion at Methodist Hospital, 3: Iotiewe y orp.

M6 M/DGETS <:

AAA SANCTIONED

Th Tddin . . : Other individual winners: | i J ngs pecials with| Class B-—-Mrs. Alfred Montgomery. 9 - {Johnny McDowell at the wheel Tit ovr, Wis RE ke (was on the track for a short trip Bers Mrs ROTM Bowers, 126-36.90," and SUNDAY

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Meridian Hills ladies, played off their opening meet

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