Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 September 1949 — Page 16
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Indians, Millers On
Tech's 1949 Football Team and Big New Scoreboard
VISIT i Mound for
m result of
last
it Victory Field tonight. Johnson ie slated
under way Torts C het place Hox
Ayers, veteran rignthander. The first of the best-in-seven series is scheduled to start under the lights at 8:15. Tickets purchased for. last night un-
played contest will be "good for the delayed opener. Three Games Here teams are to remaini here three games are played;
The until after wh to. Minr series Under the
polis to complete the
new schedule, games
are to be staged here "tonight, tomorrow and Friday, with an open date Saturday for trawel. This would call for the teams’ to|
Seated (left to right) are Tech Right End Pete. Lupus, Right Tackle Herb Quand, Right Guard [°C © ton ia Minneapolis on we Fomy-Zitson, Center Romeril, Left Guard Gordon. Rindflish, Left Tackle Phil Rushton and = yiapager Tommy Heath of the Left End Myron Moriarity. Backfield (left to right) are Quarterback Les Gerlach, Left Halfback Russ Millers annour ed (hat He Has Meadors, Right Halfback Don Scharbrough and Fullback Gilbert Bierman. Tech's mammoth new slated Dave Barnhill. right handel, scoreboard is 35 feet high and will be dedicated along with the field lights Friday night prior to AR an k cked fo pite ry the Howe game, oo last night, :
Queen Tomorrow
Big Green fo Open Lights Lopez Mentioned =. %:c" And Season Against Howe [or Braves Joh iii
{the box tomorrow
has a 11-9 record, or i * . . day, and Q n, who finFestivities for Friday Night's Game | } ET ny wills = . ». - ’ 1 € i I 5 e i Set by East Side High School | ‘News to Me," Tribe 22.9 reco rd, pitched Sunday. . | . . . ynez indicat that Y Tic i By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOUS Chieftain Replies yy Rez tieated URL OR They're going to do a lot of unveiling out at Tech High School's] A United Press dispatch out of Joe Muir (0-8). football stadium Friday night—and one of the things they might Boston today said that Al Lopez,. The Millers Barnhill had a uncover could be a football team, traditionally Tech. manager of the Indianapolis In-'regular season record of 7-10 and -Tech's-Light-Brigade,. alumni, friends, seniors, et al, will turn dians, “has an inside track” to Ayers finished with 12-16.. ° ont to witness the turning on of field lights, the first in | the Fast Side succeed Billy Southworth as man-| Although the Indians were bit: | school’s history. 0 ager of the Braves in 1950. terly disappointed when they
4 quarterback berth. Gerlach can, That massive three-story, con- heave 'em and Meyerrose, who crete scoreboard that looks like placed second in the state quart
a cross between a stone fortress ne for the second straight
Southworth was relieved in mid- failed to repeat as pennant win-| August as Braves pilot because of ners, they hope to seize upon this “nervous” condition. At the post-season playoff opportunity to
and a pill-box, will stand as pow- year last season, could be the time, however, Boston club offi- recapture lost glory. erful Ja nhe Basie: Suton io break-away runner around town [clas said Billy would return next Looking Ahead Ly none in - Ar. has fie Redskins fiow Wabi (He the stuff. | Today’ s UP story predicted that ee Wo oor poi a o
cles for size, uniqueness and picturesqueness. 3 p | Russ Meadors will be at half- Southworth would succeed Buck Then they'll unveil their 1049 DRCK: Weighing 148, and Don walters as Cincinnati chieftain 1 fn 1hey li Inve {Bcharbrough at the wingback.|1950. football team. They aren't bubbl-| Gibert Bierman, at 180, will be! Topez said he had not bee { over with a carload of P ad n n apng at fullback. But there will be proached for the Braves job. He optimism at Tech now. They, {P r the Braves j e don't have that kind of experi-| Sthers, pointed out that he is under conence, physical and traditional Season Is Promising tract with the Indianapolis club stature so characteristic of Tech| Joe Sexson, a sophomore 190- fOr another year. teams In the years back. But pounder with, speed, will play a Former Braves Catcher R I d a wood boys and lot of ball, and so wil others, n-| Senor Al formerly caught tor TOUrney Reslate some pretty good big boys. And cluding Sophomore Bill Norris, a the Braves. Under baseball law.| Reshuffling of the schedule in anh more optimistic ‘about|good blocker. | however, no club can “approach”| feshulliing (
putting a football team to §o| Brad Shelton will aid the ends| pores, Defore gaining chgent She Sweet 16 softball tonmngmen
from the Indians. {was brought about vesterday| with “the scoreboard and after- and Bryce Bledsoe, a 200-pounder, Naturally, Lopez would like to, When the tourney was postponed
Y achieve this goal, they will a, nto knock off Minneapolis and de[pend upon St. Paul to eliminate third-place Milwaukee. That would match Indianapolis
Sweet 16 Softball
dusk football than last year. (To Davis. 305 na senior of the,™ ret to the majors as a pilot. [Que to wet groun ds. Not Much Nucleus trio. In addition to the Braves, it is] HH. G. Englehardt, director of . sald the White Sox also would the tourney, announced the
They don’t have much of 8 poh Neff and Mike Walker, like to lift him from Indianap- Changes at Municipal Stadium.
nucteus-thig year; just five letter po iy. gentors: wi releve the ot aro Travelin to ; Stadh youngs ose baséball ~ob-: 8. 8... have een. fen, But ters coming guards, and Sam Stuckhardt, &fervers doubt that the Indians Dooked for later in the week up are getting Re a aie 185-pound sophomore, will belor the parent Pirates would per- The card: might get tougher y' |stopping ‘em through the middle) my Lopez to get out of their rou nigh ‘fesuie D £ Mar ket hs nie Ty |
promising. [at center, clutches. Last year the Green wavelets, | Gene Turnipseed and Meadors —————————— after rippling along with one-'will handle most of the kicking. : touchdown losses early in. the Meadors dropped out of compe- Speedway will Hold year, became rather tempestuous tition last year. Ea - at the season's end, engulfing; Coach Longshore will unveil st West Tourney Shortridge, 18 to 7, in the mud. more newness. He'll use a little gle vaway galt Clive md 1d- more T and variations, ahd ho ast-vest medal play tourna: The biggest regular backfie pe will> be played Saturday according to Ken Loucks, club
Underwood Sim
man last year hit less than 155.the coming Big Green wil Men! «Phis-year-thiy-smatleny back. af. sweeten things up for Tech, PEST ime ti L Stic FS! foursome san aliticst hit { Members of the club ene 0. ad and the biggest close to 18 Longson and Torres west of White River qualify for u Coach Fovard inougthorey ; M 0 |the West team and an equal num- Discuss Playoff { ne, one oO e Iver of players living east of the Officials of thé Indianapolis city and one of the smaiieat 18 cv e to raw river qualify for the East team. Amateur Baseball ie the last 10 years at Tech, Sart na! “Wid BI” Longson and En-/The winning team will be guests will meet at 7:30 tonight in City two starting guards at 135 an rique Torres, who claims to. .be Of the losers at a buffet.dinner in Hall to m fitial arrangements
ake
146. This year the Big Green will Mexican wrestling champ, sfuffied the club Saturday at 6:30 p. m for completion of the City Series be bigger. The line should average (. . qraw last night in the Arm- John Banich will captain the Capitol Oil and DeWolf News are 175 pounds and the backfield. ory for the main event. West team and Walter Haliburton scheduled to n eet in - the fina} after juggling, could hit the 170 Longson, a 238-pounder, won Will captain the East. rame this week me 1 be a n : the first fall in 30 minutes when: “We e eeper an last he applied a headlock to the 232- Y k M k D Pi year comments the Tech head- pofind Mexican. But the tables an S a e aring ays master, ‘we should have some were turned in the second fall good speed In the backfield and and Torres won in 22 minutes
we'll be heavier In the line.” He's—thinking. too. about next year, although only three or four juniors will be used in the start-
with a flying. body scissors. They wrestled 18 minutes in _the final! fall without a decision yrieh . Al Lovelock, 228, won the semi- You might not Agree with 1
On Defense, DiMaggio Gs
rv JOE DIMAGGIO. World the Sah s are a very good
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ing lineup this year to start off. windup when Joe Dusek. 234 defensive cluh. They are known better for hitting . Moriarity, Lupus at Ends smacked referee Dick Patton Teatns hen shift. the Hneup frequently, as injuries have forced A couple of basketball-playing Ivan Rasputin, 244, took the U8 to do, seldom are top. defensive clubs ends,” Pete Lupus and Myroniopener from Hal Kéene, 220, with a Shut Jot Ine expan the ry | oe e de fans e 140 n't care about Ss. Most i rs t p r ercen » y (Razz) Moriarity, probably will ® bear hug 8 ! ‘ elder with a 1.000 percentage may v aero ci not be as valuable as another at get the starting - call against 970 i SY. «on that play, an ha he also .is Howe Friday. Moriarity is only S k C | blind, b he h look a , ) Ji The 1000 man may naver ecause he has to look at a junior and could be a com- toc ars to Run reach the tough chances Fhe the bail every instant. The outpetitor, (0) Mid k 97 i ' varvihine elder. is.deaf,-but he may have 970 guy is trying for everything. He ! / Tony, Zilson, 165-pound wrest- n ! get Trac He often is ZONE 10 e up with 2 split second to look for the ling toughie. will be a stronghold| Stock hard-top passenger cars one which saves a game. shortstop oF at one guard and Gordon Rind- will provide the racing action fs 5 = I never saw Rizzuto. collide with flish, 185-pounder and a transfer tonight at the West 16th Street! THAT'S WHAT 1 mean about anyone. It looked as if he ran
from Texas, 1s the other guard Midget Speedway. Yankee defense. All season we nto Johnny Lindell one day last
and a senior. At tackle, Herb Leading the list of local driv- 'had men making the tough play Year. That was just a light Quandt, runfdefup in the state ers who Will compete is Frank {n the Tight spot. nudge, - and Johnny caught up mat finals at 165 last year, will yikes Indiana Central College Our infield may not have the Phil like a baby. Phil caught team with Zilson on the right| student who returned to - his best fielding record in the league, the ball : side and. Phil Rushton, 190-| studies Monday. Mike has an- But we have fellows who-think Just one more, Tommy Henpounder, who will play another nounced he will continue to com-|/they can make every ‘play..and Tih made it in Wasnington.” It tackle. Harry Romeril, a letter- nete tn all the races at the local never worry hou! the err was on a 1 u. pop close 10 the man, pivotman, will be back track Sometimes that- takes courage dugout Tommy was falling as The backfield will see Junior Other favorites scheduled to as well as skill! Phil Rizzuto is Ne caught the ball, but held onto “ - “. 5 ' T"y11¢0) 10 1 "a ry Les Gerlach and Senior Allen race tonight are Dick PasswWater. one of the best I have seen going !l. even though. he had the wind Meyerrose, a fine competitor and Chuck Scharf, who Sunday night back for 4 pop in short left fleld, Kno ked out of him It was a speedster, competing with Soph-'set a new track record of 20.40! That is a danger play. Only 8un- EFeat play, because Tommy knew omore Jerry Koehler for the Bill Van Allen, LeRoy Warriner day_.in the St adium Ed Stewart the danger of falling into the - - {Prank Roessler, Boh Manion and and Sam Dente collided under a Patrack ahd dugout. He was out ud Moneymaker pop fly several” weeks with a cracked , Times trials for the events are, When Phil goes backward fear- knee and cracked right ribs. . m. with the first heat event lessly at full speed we know he's _ But you dont get: hurt loafing 8 o'clock: . ready to take the ball. 4%» is go , NOW CONVINCED oe Socd he has our confidence oI Ready for Immediate Wear ah pi . elder Mian teoders Rap kK me why the fielders Stacks or Pants 3 ( » py . AMERICAN LEAGUE don’t’ shout for the catch. They Out—3atiote will mans Ih media . G ABR HN , do. But people in the stands gen- | alterations Take then TRY Williams. Boston . 141 832 137 183 381 erally are shouting too, and the Kell, Detroit 13 iy 1 Dillinger. 8t. Louis 13 ns o 1a 3 flelders can't he ar. LEON TAILORING co. DiMaggio. Boston 171 540 118 113 313 ” 235 Mass Ave, 12 the Middle o Mitch eveland 112 564 a 1M 312 RIZZUTO "ee ee vf, vou might . * the First Niock NATIONAL LEAGUE El 8 ! G AB R H t § Rotnson, Brookivn 141: $44 10 180 Slaughter 1 135 S00 169 138 Musial, St. Louis 141 845 113 180° 330 Kiner. Pittsburgh 115 49) ” 18 310 LAST CALL FOR Marshall, N. York 138 435 78 134 Jos no SUN iner. Pir oa Musial, Cardinals sn flllems, i 78a ger, Cubs +o
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- Action Gets Under Way Tonight; Ayers Is Slated to ‘Go’ for Minneapolis
By EDDEE ASH, Tirhes Sports Editor With both mound staffs better prepared for the ordeal as a’ night's pastponement, were all set today to get their American Association _playoft action Gnicago
the Indians and the Millers
to toe the rubber for the second-|
sibr” Tribesters and he Is expected to be opposed by Bill
Probable Lineups
MILLERS INDIANS (281) Hofman 2b (279) Beard.rf (348) Maguire.cf,_ (.300) Cassini.2b (311) Mueller rd (312) Fernandez.3d | (391) Workman.lt (340) Fleming.1b i | (362) Dandrid’e:3b (342) Dalles'ndro,cf (281) Brady.e (307) Kalin If (270 Harshman 1b (268) Peters.ss (283: Jenr (263) Turner.c (13-16) Ay
(11+8) Johnson.p
and St. Paul in the playoff finals, and the winner would represent the American Association in the Little World Series against the International League playoff win- | ner. Last St. Paul
year, finished
third in the regular race and de-', teated -the—pennant—winning-Jn-
toltwo cities would have to be en-| meer Johnson, who {1arged to accommodate the fren ™gosion I ics fvostponed. 7aI0). worked last [led customers.
Don’t Dare Relax: But the Indians don't dare let
ldown against Minneapolis in the
series starting here tonight. The Millers can maul that ball, high ‘and far, and are hard to beat when their pitchers deliver. The Mill City pastimers almost] lousted Milwaukee from third Iplace in the waning days of the reg ular campaign, they were that 0 But the Indians were just as “warm” in the last week of pennant competition and feel capable of keeping the ‘streak’ going in the playoff. The weatherman fouled up all play-off games in the American Assoaiation and Leagge last night. The Milwaukee at St. Paul tilt was postponed because of cold and threatening weather. In the International. rain knocked out sey City at Buffalo and MontJer at Rochester.
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BASEBALL CALENDAR
| AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L.
layoff Opener Munger Recalls 1946 “Days or Glory in 1-Hit!
|New Lo 3 5% 8 Gi Ee EE 1 Victory. Over Giants Fault, $8 i ih | Big George Wins Crucial One for Cards; Le witin keno ufoct pet. OB. Brooks Keep Pace by Beating Reds in 10th (Eegiafans x “ BT . By STAN OPOTOWSKY, United Press Sports Writer New : 14% 2% NEW YORK, Sept. 14—Big George Munger’s impas« Eianureh ite 8 Ww 5 * sioned pitch to relive his days of bygone glory powered the
| St. Louis Cardinals another step closer to the National GAMES TODAY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION | League pennant today. TK The rifling red-head from Houston, Tex., stepped out of his infantry lieutenant’s uniform in the nick of time for the
_ last month of the 1946 sea- |” "nat run almost stretched the
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RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
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New Ratinterd" ead g ison. He scored two vital vic-| cardinal lead to two and a halt t. Louis at New York
|games, for the Brooklyn Dodgers [tories then to help the Cards gar el, To Ae Er
to the flag, and then he won the 'timies before they scored three {deciding game of the World Series). .ne in the 10th to beat Cincin{against ‘the Boston Red Sox. nati, 6 to 3, in a hair-raiser,
(vost: That was the last pennant thef Nip-and-Tuck Game !cards won. The Reds took a 1-0 lead In
Gaines polis at
ra | Poli waukes at St Paul (postponed, cold} AMERICAN 1 EAGUE
Sicage 010.000 3 8 3
Washington aid rp 1.300 0 100 100—3 7 1.9 In that moment of unbridled \the third. The Dodgers tied it caver and Early eng pitcher AVelk. glory at Fenway Park three years 1-1 in the fourth, and went ahead
Berrol voir .... 200 001 000 4 9
300 001 00-4 8 § ago, the Card whoopers couldn’ tf
2-1 in the top of the seventh.
| WRB, Gray and Robinson, Swift: |contain themselves. “Wait til |Kramer. Parnell and Tebbeits. Winnink poxt year,” they sang, “Munger’ll| Grady Hatton homered with =. Louis at “New York 3), (postponed. win 20.” He didn't—fell four one on in the bottom of the rain
But no one was discour- seventh to make it 3-2 Cincine ‘Again the cry: “Wait 'til'nati, The Dodgers tied it 3-3 in
Philadelphia (postponed. short.
.aged,
Clow eland at NATIONAL _LEAGU
“dians in the first round playoff.| Fino $10 000 T= I 3 next year.” [tHe top" of “the “ninth —The" Reds The Saints went on to win thelg Boon Bons Oe. ers Trinkle.| That was 1948—and Munger's loaded the Dases with a out vo b e b Cullough® Losing pitcher. Boro fast ball was slower than that in the bottom of the ninth, but playoff ut were defeated by, Qulloust 008 0 00 000. 0 1 Carl Erskine held tight and the Montreal in the Junior Series. st "Lou 5 000 00x— 1 8 0 boat tn China. His record was Car t into the 10th. | Should the Indians and the o Koslo ‘and R Mueller Munger and | 10-11. Despair? No, again the game went .into e Saints come down to the currentip =~ (10 Tog "1%e 1013-4 18 L[ery: “Walt "til next year. [ With two out, Marvin Rackley playoff finals, the parks in the Cincinnati 200 0— 0 He's Payoff Pitcher | walked, went to third on Spider
1 000 atten, Erskine and Companeiiy, Wen. | Biackwell and Cooper inning sk
{ Jorgensen’ s single and scored on Munger hasn't won 20 yet, and Duke Snider's single. Jackie Robe he may not this season. But the inson tripled in two more runs— iburly carrot-top has become the and there wagathe 6-3 final score, {payoff pitcher on the Card staff.) Ralph <Xin® hit two homers {A lone right-hander among al (that makes 48), a double and {squad of lefties, he has won 14 53 gingle in Pittsburgh's 11-to-6 CONNERSVILLE, Sept. 14 — and lost but six. He licked the [victory over the Phillies. Those The Tri-State Invitational golf|Dodgers during that mid-July {consecutive homers made four in tourney will get under way here three-game Cardinal sweep which! a row for Ralph and tied a major tomorrow with Indiana the de-| hoisted the Cards into the league {league record. One last night was fending champion. | lead. a grand slammer, his fourth of Defending - the Hoosier title! And last night big George de- the season, also tying a record, will de - Tayne “Timberman - and tjvered his greatest performance . The Cubs and the Braves were Noel Epperson of Indianapolis; of all—a one-hitter against the rained out. State PGA Champion Charlie New York Giants. He faced only! The Red Sox moved to within Harter of Syracuse; Bill Davis, 28 men in the 1-to-0 triumph, and/two and a half games of the Highland; Bill Heinlein, Nobles- | only 8id Gordon's single in the Yankees in the American League ville; Floyd Hamblen, Tipton; second kept him from a no-hit with a 7-to-4 victory over Detroit {John Watson, South Bend, and game. Joe Liafata popped out im- while the Browns-Yanks twin bill iDon Fischesser, Connersville. mediately afterward to nullify was washed out. The Tigers had tr em { Gordon. © (won 10 in a row and took a Charles Signed The Cards got their own run in 3-0 lead in the first, only to fall SAN MATEQO, Cal, Sept. 14—/the first. Stan Musial started to, ‘behind under a 16-hit Red Sox (UP) — Heavyweight Champion swing at a ciirve, but changed his |barrage. Ezzard Charles today was signed mind and pulled back his bat. The| Rookie Bill Higdon stole home to defend his National Boxing As- ball hit the bat anyway and in the fifth to give the White sociation crown against Califor- bounded down the left-field line Sox a 3-to-2 victory over Wash. nia - challenger Pat Valentino in! for a double. Nippy Jones then ington in the only other AL game the San Francisco Cow - Palace, socked him in with a single to played. Cleveland at Philadel. Oct. 14, | right-center. phia- was rained out.
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