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Indians’ Gus Bell L Montag's .636 Average Is Tops; Musial, Mitchell Dominate Majors Speedway Race

American Association

Gus Bell,

Indianapolis = right-

American League

An even dozen hits in-24 trips fielder, leads the American As- to the plate has placed Dale MIt="§ iis outfielder, holds the top

- sociation in five departments of chell, Cleveland outfielder, in the swat according to league statis-LAmerican League batting lead tics compiled through last Wed- according to Howe News Bureau nesday’'s game.

Bell had scored eight runs, col-|

triples.

| figures,

Al Zarilla of Boston has a big sea-|/ seven in the doubles department, en Tom Henrich of New York leads

other hitting departments, leads !n triples with three and three

Philadelphia Third Hasemian, tics compiled by lected 12 hits for 26 total bases Bob Dillinger and Detroit sopho- - including four doubles and two/more, John Groth place second Suess. With Jones of Puila {and third, respectively, with averRookie Bob Montag, Milwaukee ages of 424 and .423. flychaser who hit .423 in the Class B New England League last son and topped the loop In sev

Association hitters with a .636 players share home run honors

average.

firstsacker, posted a

ond place.

Gene Major,

notch a 2-0

Lou Limmer, 583 for sec- i

TEAM BATTING

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Milwauk Ade 3 RL A M BATTIN ri d 1 Hwaukee 51 132% TEA ATTING thr cto 3 pls 24 25 37 56 2 2 .298 ABR R H TB HR 8B Pct three vi eS any no losses ¢ 63 00 4 3 3296 New Y 208 77 25 188. 8 | 3M TEAM BATTING n 0 1153 8 0 283 Cleve 1 2 4 78 4 0 29% 1 7 106 6 3 278 Bost # 6 101 131 4 2 .282 mrookiyvn a 3 % n fk 23 Ki 45 710 4 § .242 Phila 279 8 74 108 7 8. 265 Phila 33 44 8 28 6 ©o.. Te 60 96 8 2 231 Detroit 137 38 60 80 5 0 253 New York 207 28 55 8 8 1 Bt 37 8 3 1 .210 Wash 02 31 50 68 3 3 .M8ichicago 99 18 26 33 4 0 FIELDING BL fa RB on 3.3 28 Pusey 19 35 8 10 3 P PO A E Pot Cag a. es 'St Louis 228 21 54 3 3 Minneapolis 1 0 0 3» 992 TEAM YIELDING | E Pet Cincinnati 206 18 48 1 ¢ 9 Loutsville 14 0 198 8 5 943 Detroit 3 0 195 84 3 08% Boston m2 4 a4 98 17 1 fiwaub 7 ) ! filsaakee 4 8 JB 8 3 SLND. $3 Hom TEAM FIELDING 8t. Paul 5 0 134 61 8 961 New k 2 0.213 9% 4 8h DP TP PO A KE Kansas City 8 0 188 12.10....960 Boston 3 2 2" 100 : $33 Brookiom . 9. EA -u ; $ olumbu 1 0 85 5 10 5 ashington i sburg oambusie 3 3 J3 10 2% ieveiand 5 0 132 52 4 979 Boston 110 240 108 1 INDIVIDUAL BATTING Philadelphia 3 3 324 3% " mn Cincinnati 3 : 3 3 . gy " St Ouls New or . o (Includes all players, exespt pitchers, in : INDIVIDUAL ‘WA ING Philadelphia 11 0 22 97 1 jhree or more games making at least one tIncludes all players, except pitchers. In!Chicago 3 0 81 48 ft AB H 2B 3B HR RBI Pot three or TN “ih Yah RBI Pe (te louls a Mt 3 0. et. | 57 riir 8 : INDIVIDUAL BATTING fheniat tl : 1 1 i 4 Lehner Pan ig 3 2 g ! : ‘n meiides all players, except pitch i mmer, - A Miteche ‘ley i thr illims. Mpls 18 8.2 1 0 0 hd Wakefield NY 371 0 0 0 1 Is iBa'hide or mire eames with ab Jest) akeman ! Mapes, NY 18 1 1 4 4 A dehter Lou 28 1 4 3 0 0 6 440 Dilliner. Pht 33 14 i 2 0 2 424 Ward, Chi AR 5 73 38 mam a As, 2 0 0 -3 417 Groth det 8 1 ay 8 3 423 ‘Musial, StL 1 § HWorkmn. KC 22 go: Fo 409 Wright. Bos ja 0 0 © OO 4 417 Jones, Phil 5 15 1 3 Grunwid, In 5 4 2-0-0 3 108 Phiitey. Chi is: LQ @. "2 409 ‘Hodges, Brk iw 12 4 ne" 13 3 { 9 0 1 385 Riza ta NY 1 11 3 } 0 3 4 Dark, NY 2 0 4] , In 1 4 2 t 8 VOArit tL "4:0 1 3 400 Westl t Dandrds,. Mpls 18 6 2 0 5 3758 Colaman, Stl Bo -c@ cof - QQ: 400 Patio Chi | b 0 : 0 Bimpagn, ie ? 3 : ° : 304 Wellman, Phil § 3 eS 4 1 1 400 Ennis. Phil 9 15 1 385 3 8 rarill 08 2 " 6 " erehen, Tol 28 1 i 0 2 1 © an, Wa h ia 6 2 9 9 2 3 Slompwn. NY 1 : a Kropf, \ 4 0 8 357 Henrich. NY 19 /7 0 3 2 10 B68/Smalley, Chi 11 4 4 Btevens, Ind 14 0 0 2 35 Doby. Clev. 18 "7 1 0 1 6 368 Adams, Cin 1 164 arnl, Col 0 8 350 Goodman, Bos 41 15 0 0 2 8 36868 Robinson, Brk 31 11 5 Bockman, Ind 20 450 Williams. Bos 11 4 1 0 1 § 364 Wyrostek Cin 23 8 ‘348 Costa, Col. 3 348 Evans. Wash 14 § 0 1 1 3 ..3 mpa'n, Brk 26 9 6 nd. Tol 3 1 8 333 WJiohnsn. NY 17 6 3 0 0 § Sisler, Phil 9 10 5 Baseall, Ind 1 § 33 lollar, ®tL 17 6 3 0 2 3 ae os Bb 1 3 vder, KC 21 333 Michaels. Chi 17 8 0 0 | « {Terwil'er, Chi 12 4 3 iebe. ‘Tol 8 31 NY #01 4 8 211 30 jeftcat. Chi 9 3 333 Barnacle, Tol 3 33 Bauer. NY 2:3 1.0) 390 Maguire. NY 3 1 333 Morect fo 3 § FL Naod Su. 3 8 4 8 3 1 3 Reese. Br in 11 ‘34 rtin, Lo ‘oleman, NY 27 9 3 233! Natisin, Col 26 0 4 308 Boudreau.Clv 18 6 1 0 0 3) Morgan. Bre 22 1 0 | Migging, Col = 26 2 408 Lenhardt StL. 18 ¢ 3 9 | 333 Kilner. Pity 28 1 ° 8 D’ Connell, Ind 13 0 B08 Majeski Chi 18 6 0 0 333 Crandall. Bos 33 10 0 33 right. Lou 0 300 Keltnier, Bos 3 1 0 0 0 3 Bert hy Sir 6 I'S 0 3 Wetsnber, Mil 10 ) 300 DiMagwio. Bos 34 11 0 0 © 324 | KI etki Cin 18 B > 33! Leveille, Ind 10 300 Wertz. Det 3 10° 3 0 1} S33 pare L, Cin 1 3 Lyons. Lox 3 86: Fain. ‘Phil 31 10 0 0 J 4 323 Biko Bil 3 4 41 avin, To 286 DiMaggio. NY 40 12 4 1 1 10 (300 Beard. Pitt 3 Broome, Col 23 280 Kell. Det 27 8 2 0 0 32 208 Waitkus, Phil 33 10 3 Dr ovo Jou 3 3 Rosen. Clev 17 8 00 0 2 B 3m Gaviano 4 2-3 ie alla. KC 3 Easter, Clev. 1 3 © 204 © wh Rt 14 4 "a Simmons. StP 11 § 273 Yost. Wash 24 7 2 0 5 293/Catacl'a Sil 14 4 6 assini, St 1 313 Pesky. Bos 3 11 1 0 280 Miller, StL 35 7 280 oten. K } 27 Collins. NY 7% 0 0 284 Usher. Cin 1m 8 31 Plersall Lon i 388 cost. Phil #110 i 380 jookman. NY 2 28 AXOS. t ephens, Bos 4 2 3 ‘ { nderson, StP 18 250 Woodlngs, NY 18 5 0 1 .278/Stanky, NY 22 6 iat, In 241 Guerra. Phil 18 5 1 0 78 Whitman. Phil 15 4 ole, KC 3 5 Kozar Wash 22 6 | 0 73 Rojek, 19 5 apman, Lou 231 Noren, Wash 22 6 1 0 ‘ i Slaughter, StL 23 6 fas for. stp 3 33; De ars, BIL. 11 3 0 © 73 Snider. Brk 23 6 « and, 3 A pee Bet 2 T 3 0 5 2 Musiler, NY 31 ”3 3 16 1) A pute. Wash 2 os - err, Bos rand nrg ®t basin, Pri 33 x 78 350 Stalin. etn - 1 » ne, 4 . decoe n hofner, Col 3 3h Stringer. Bos 4 i 0 0 80 Lowrey. Cir 8 2 h rescher, Ki 3 2l4iCHnsberg. Det 13 3 1 0 31 Blatnik. Phil 4 1% 0 YL aGirza, Tol 200 Hegan.- Clev 13 3} 2 0 3] Hammer, Phil 37 9 0 Witek, Xe 20 X Priddv. Det 27 4 0 0 222 Purillo,. Brk 34 8 1 ati] fo aon in ig 4 48 gicinty 2 {231 gan, » pton hi . homson. N 2 hy: Tmknsn, Mpls 1 . Mele, ash 0 : 0 3 432 Russell, Brk 13 3 0 2 Wilson Loy 32 . 8 Priend. Bt, 23 § 0 1 17 Loapta, Phil 22 0 0 Sanders, Mi i 182 Lindell. NY 14 3 0 0 14 Marshall. Bos 34 8 0 0 0 estelll, Ind 28 J79 McCosky, Phil 24 5 1 © 208 Gordon, Bos 27 6 1 9 3 4 Vico. Tol # 172 Stewrt. Wash 15 31 0 200 Blood'wth. Cin 14 3 1 0 © Tipton, StP 187 Adams, Chl 18 0 200 Hopp. Pitt 0 4 0 0 ogk. Tol 12 2 0 187 Masi. Chi 10 3 1 . FElllott. Bos 33 6. .1 ph 2 Gilbert. Mpls 12 2 0 187 Doerr. Bos 41 0 J98 (Marsh'an, NY 22 4 ! 2 Innings, Mpls 12 2 0 187 Kryhoski, t 26 3 3.0 402 Rier. BI; HH 2 0 ¢ Knickrbk. Tol 25 4 1 4% Sievers, Stl, 26 5 0 ¢ J83 @chpend't. StL. 29 8 1 1 Srancato, SIP a 3 J 1 4 HY Jatts, os 3 : b 0 4 . Cioliat hil 1 § } 0 1 erat. ee fn “33% ¥ernon ov She tr Ha Hs , : pendiotn, SP 33 3 1 0 13 O'Brien. Be i $1 : 167 Fornans Bite 24 3 13} ? Bero, To a3 0 0 120 Gustine, St i8 1 0 A87 vy itwhiler. Cin 16 2 0 0 1 Ballinger, Ind & 1 o& 0 0 An TTAS hi 18 3 0 © 187 Ryan. Bos 3 4.1 6 1 Wilson, KC 21 2 1 0 © 095 Mujlins, Det 25 4 3 0 dO piank. Rt, 9 | 0 0 0 CWkmn, Mpls 16 1 1 0 © 063 Kokos. StI a7 } 0 J48 wratton. cin 19 2 0 0 0 ordrski, Tol 17 1 6 0 0 058 Moses, Phil 1 0 0 J43 wavean. stT 160 { 0 1 6 ¢ PITCHERS’ RECORDS Gordon, Cley 168 2 0 0 Is an, BY ti 1 8d 8.1 M Cot. ¥ Brremming, ToL Ther St R 1 3-3 08% Cooper. Cin 20 1 0 0 0 1 alor, 0 0! Fremming ol. 0 2 Zernial, Ch 3 7 gk " . . Haddix, Col 1 0 Herbert. Tol [| WL WwW L PITCHERS' RECORDS Madison, K. €. 1 0 Marlowe, Tol 0 1! Trucks. Det 2 0iScheib, Phil 01 - wou ’ wo Lf Pierro, Ind 1 0 Kpsenski, Tol. 0 1 Lopat, NY 2 0 McDermott. Bos 1 1 spahn. Bos 3 0'Roe, Brk 1 13} Federico, Lou. 1 0 Taylor. 8t P, 0 1 Bearbrah: Wash 2 -0i Wyse, Phil 1 1iRoberts, Phil 2° 0 Newcombe, Hrk. 1 1 Estock, Mil 1 of Andrmds. 8t. P, 0 1 Houtteman, Det 2 0 Page, N 1 1 Chambers. Pitt. 2 0 Pollet, St. L. 1 2 ixon, Lou 1 0 Crimian, Col. 0 1 Lemon. Clev ! O/Kinder, Bos 1 2 Sain. Bos 2 0 Rffnsbrgr, Cin. 0 2 McDonald Lou} 8 Ford K€ 61 Kellner, Bil 1 0 RBrisste, Phil 02 Podbielan: Brk. I 0 Donnelly, Phil—0 2 Buchecki, Lou. 1 0 VanCuyk. 8t. P. 0 1 Parnell Bos 1 Wight, C 0 2 gtaley. St. L 1 0 Meyer, Phil 0 2 Wilhelm, Mpls. 1 0 Chandler. StP. 0 1 Nagy, Wash 1 0 Hutchinson, Det 0 1yiiian “Ark 1 0 Jones. N. Y. 0 3 DelDuca K C. 1 0 Clark. I ) 0 1 Feller, Ciey lo Byrne, NY 81 Lanter. St. L. 1 0 Koslo, N. ¥ 0 2 Butland. Tol. 1 0 Martin, Mil. 0 1 Gray. Det 1 0iScheib, Phil 0 11 3ush. Chi 1 0 Bickford. Bos. 0 1 Riddle. Ind. 1 0 Bailey, Mpls. 0 1 3; Johnson NY 1 Ofapal. Bos = 3 1 pickson. Pitt. 1 0/Smith, Cm. 0 1 Landeck, K 1 0 Modiea, Ind 0 1 Pre r ‘cl 10 Kee ner, nl 0 1 Schmitz, Chi. 1 0 Brecheen, St L. 0 1 Howell, Mpls. 1 0 Habenieht, Col. 0 1iGrnce, Cok ARSAYS, Chl Werle, Pitt 1 0 Munger. St L 0 1 Gromek, Clev 1 OlAlbrecht; STL, 0 1 2 . Gorman, K. ©. 1 0 Ho KC 0 1 Sarr, StI 1 1Plores. Cley 0 1 Knstnty, Phil. 1 0 Simmons, Phil. 0 1 LaPalme, Ind. 1 0 8loat, Tol 0 1 Hudson, Wash 1 1 Masterson. Bos 6 1 Dublel, Chi 1 0/Donovan, Bos. f 1 Zabala, Mpls. 1 0 Brown, St. P. '0 1 Dobson Bos 1 1lHarris, Wash 0 1 [Banta Brk 1 0 Peterson. Cin. 0 1 Smith, Mil 1 0 Powers, lou 0 1 Garver, Stl, 1 Wynn, Clev 0 1! Ramsdell, Brk. 1 0 Hetki, Cin. 0 1 uir, Ind. 2 1 Faszhola, Col. 0 1 Shantz Phil } 11 Overmire.8STL 0 1 Chesnes, Pitt. 1 1! Wehmeter, Cin. 0 1 Alexander, Lou 1 ? Raschi. NY 1 liRamey, STL 0 V+ Jansen, N. Y. 1 1| Hogue, Bos 0 1

Amate

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ur Pilot

Paul With three each who shared last year runs batted averages show with teammate Ted held by a single player, oJnes in ‘Williams, has jumped off to a|runs batted in with 11 and his gach qualifying date, May 13, 14, lead in that department with 15./teammate Eddie Waitkus in runs og 21, 27 and 28 also are sched-| WN Four pitchers share top honors|scored with 9. the won and lost department

Columbus righthander, was the first hurler to, record in.

the first | pitching table, a

horrors

Vern Stephens,

!delphia {Hodges place second and third with averages of 417 and 414 while Alvin Dark of New York and Wally Westlake round out the leading five with

National League

Stan (The Man) Musial, St.

spot in the initial 1950 National League hatting averages with a 440 average, according to statisHowe News

and Brooklyn's Gil

409 and .400 2 ™- figures.

Warren Spahn of Boston boasts —

of the pitching records with two the top Won and Lost record in wins-no losses ‘each.

__ Amateurs Try Again Today To Open Baseball Season

By FRANK ANDERSON If one rain stops, the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Associa-

“HONS Annual reign can begin to-

day. The boys were scheduled to go to the post yesterday in the

Manufacture weatherman

r's

League,

failed

but the

to come.

through with an assist.

| Yesterday's water-barrage | . {four--gates onthe shelf That -§i¥e usa break in. the weather! .. ..2 ft

put

leaves it up to the three Sunday leagues to get

things the. IABA. The Municipal, {and Big Six loops have come up {with a nine-tilt | Ing two out-of-town contests,

program,

rolling in City

includ-

“rae the Municipal League the de-

Norman Pflumm, manager of

Sack's Used Cars .

. . his team

takes on Kingan's in an IABA

City League tilt at R

today.

Jim Fuchs Sets

- New Shot Record

LOS ANGELES, Apr. 29. (UP) serves --Yale's mighty muscle man, Jim —- heaved the shot 58 feet

Fuchs,

iverside

6; inches to break his old unofficial world's record today as the University of Southern California won a triangular track meet with Michigan State

Yale before 15,000

Coliseum.

fans

and the

SC, NCAA defending champion, garnered 96 points with Liichigan

State,

IC4A titleholder,

gaining

34 and 32 for Yale, pride of the

Ivy League.

fending city

champions,

| Of], is on the road

with

Indiana Pendleton at noon Six Kirshbaum

Reformatory And in the Big Center takes on

Capitol for a game in

the State Farm in Putnamville at 2 p. m. All other JABA games are scheduled for city park diamonds.

The

on-again,

off-again game

i betwoen the Big Six Fall Creek

Athletics and the

DeWolf News

| outfit is off again. DeWolf was

Mich

slated for a bye in its loop because of a vacancy in the seven-| team league. Fall Creek lost out on a game with the Marine Re-| when that organization en- |

igan Pounds Indiana Pitchers

— |

ANN ARBOR, Mich, Apr. 29°

(UP)

Michigan hammered Indi-

ana pitchers for 12 hits today and

took

miscues for

which kept. them oh top of the

advantage

of 10

Big Ten standings.

Achieved

the

four Hoosier

to 3 victory

strength of |

The werful Fuchs. on the !WO big innings, the win gave po ithe Welverines a sweep of the

fourth throw in the preliminaries. pushed the 16-pound shot about : an inch further than his old un-/S'T2ight conference. triumph.

official world record of B58 -feet|

two-game series and their fourth’

Leo Koceskli, the Michigan foot-

427/64 inches which he set at Dall ace, hammered a homer and Oslo, Norway last summer. That double to lead the hitters. The mark has yet to be declared offi- [055 was Indiana's third in four cial. The official record is held by 100p starts,

Charles Fonville, of Michigan, Bion,

000 ith a mark of 88 feet % inch. | oif35h Sit eifhu™

3 000-3 8 4 42x10 2 1 almer; McGee,

at Riverside force a postpones

the pitching department with]

le Indianapolis Motor Speedway and) ore. Wiltse has placed sixth and

the sponsor, Perfect Circle Corp.. sourth in the time trials and has

of Hagerstown, Ind. WFEBM - TV, with commentary by ‘Earl Townsend and staff announcer Dick Pittenger, will be-| gin the television show at 10:30 (CDT) race day, a half hour piteno before the start of the classic.| mime trials Cameras will be stationed atopgre Only two colums in the batting the paddock stands and Grandleading figures s4and A on the southwest turn. One-hour afternoon telecasts of|

College Golf

LS oy 8 uled by WFBM-TV, Lorre Ehitaso) 4

AL TYE |GET R] WLEIOTGEOR

_ THE INDIAN

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the thrills and spills at the 16th Street Midget Speed nea, tn Perfect Circle Rapidly being touted by Te Be : : {low drivers as the man to § : is Bill Wiltse, Grand * Complete televising of the 500- Mich, Untfl two weeks ago Mile Race, May 30, by WFBM-TV had never seen the local track was announced yesterday by the had never driven in a hard:

vent, Since his

rison,

Fl . 3

al | ghle

APOLIS TIMES

eads AAIn5

WEBM-TV to Air

with Duke Kimmerling, Anderson, {time trial record holder, Jack Har-, Charley Johnson, Johnny ur and a host of others. for the events today | slated for noon with the first {heat event at 2:30 p, m.

“Ma

first appearance

College Tennis

State 4

i Kort

rl Stane 3 fu iS

Bill Wiltse -

Hitting Bra

downpour of rain here this afternoon’ cut short the first Bedford ET ohn Alden Knight's Invitational High School jtaken from John A is tournament over the Otis Park ,, that you will. be fishing in course.

ame

1 0) 1. ue 8 am 6. Northern Illinois 5, Valparaise 2. Wisconsin 8, Notre

| Evansville Reitz were tied for {the lead play was stopped. Evansville Cen{tral had 172 while Tech of In- | dlanapolis and Bedford were tied

{with 176. New Albany had 178 P.M. | Minor Maj bia Howe of Indianapolis had oda 3% 8 The Otis Park course will be oa ‘1:00 the scene this year of the Indiana 3 Fr in Junior golf tournament. 9:25 4:00

__ SUNDAY, APR. 30, 1950

Times State Serviee BEDFORD, Apr. 20—-A heavy The ule of Solunar Pes

riods, as printed below, has béen

BOM | lunar Tables. Plan your days

good territory or hunting in good The eight participating teams cover during these times, if you

were able to play only nine holes Wish the best sport that each-day-before the heavy rains came.

{has to offer. The Major Periods are shown in boldface type. These begin at the times shown and last for an hour and a half or two. hours thereafter. The Minor Periods, ‘shown in regular. type, are of somewhat shorter duration. . ML.

Shortridge of Indianapolis and!

with 170 each when

n 1