Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 June 1950 — Page 17

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By EDDIE ASH, Times Sports Editor Before aE an 18-game American Association home '» stand tonight, the Indians paused today to say farewell one of their star pitchers, Frank Papish, southpaw. inner of four games and loser of but one, he was snatched up by the sagging parent Pittsburgh Pirates, and in return, the Tribesters are to receive Forrest Main, righhanded relief specialist. With the Indians last year, Main won nine games and. lost Tribe Box Score seven but his earned runs per Ee game aver; DOthing 10: vennerat x oats =EHOUt ABOU. "TE was 5.0% oe In ann -the latest “shut= tle deal” this morning, Tribe |p: Business Manager Ted Sullivan|Jbten. sald that Manager Al Lopez ap-{Kretiow, proved the player exchange be- an Pip cause it will give him a better] , balanced staff, with five active Sn doubled for Kretlo righthanders and four lefthand- NpIANAIG ers. Rikard, of 3 “Too Many Southpaws' Joe : With Papish wearing the Tribe v “is . livery, -the team had five south-|sareii, ‘cr ins paws and four “righties,” exclu- Soi3g sive of Johnny Hutchings, strictly Ballinger 3 a short-term relief man, ure. » : Lopez probably figured he was st tou IAS topheavy with lefthanders and] {INDIANAPOLIS could well use Main, a strong-| Inardte Sutied Io-Sueveiis, hits Battin armed 28-year-old giant stand-| {6 Con aif ure Pets

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Papish wag sent ‘to the Indians} on a 24-hour recall option, hence] nell belted a line drive home run it's no surprise to see him re- over the left field barrier. turning to the majors. The Pi-| Roy Sievers, the Bfowny’ center rates evidently sent him down for fielder who was named American Lopez to get in shape, which was league “Rookie of the Year” in done. 1949, was held hitless and Pierro fanned him twice. A St. Ibuis threat” in the reighth was nippéd by_a great throw. Ray Coleman batted for {| Kretlow and doubled to the score''board, The drive barely missed 2 Culley Rikard’s glove.

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Pitched a Two-Hitter His only defeat was in a 2-to- 1! game when the Indians weren't hitting. The southpaw’s victims were Kansas City, Milwaukee,| Kansas City and Columbus, one two-hitter, After tretaing 2272 Victory Field customers to a 4-to-1 viec- _ tory over the St. Louis Browns Dish deep fly to Tom Saffell in -Jast-night, the Indians. wiil tackle; $e0i€r and Coleman. took .off. for the Milwaukee Brewers tonight, third after the catch. But Saffell in the first of a three-game series, | {Few a long distance “strike” to which calls. for a double-header| Don Gutteridge, who gloved the tomorrow. {ball én the first hop and put it

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DETROIT, June 13 (UP) ~The, Detroit Tigers, terrific on tour, open the defense of their slim American League lead tonight in’ a home ball park that seems tol" favor the other fellow, ‘While the St.

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pen - margin at Philadelphia, | the” pa opened {home stay against the Philadel-| o/Phia Athletics in the first night’ game of the season here.

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9'rookie Bob Hooper. Meanwhile, Minneapolis and 8t.| the: Kokomo Country Club spon-|,..e the semifinal-and feature: Birds oo met Bho 3-2-4 nly to “concede Maxim about ~The -Tigers weren't sure what Paul-saw- seven home runs go by sored by the Indiana PGA Ves ther ‘AAA drivers competing plummings, ' Baker (5) ‘and Jonnmon: 20 pounds and take a shot at the tune to sing. In the face of their the, Hons ds When their tilt was terday. | will be Leroy Warriner of Indian- Central Ofice or re. 300 000 0 7 2 7 light-heavy crown for 20 per cent rampaging road record—24 wins How Be after three and one-half pr. .4or shot a 68, two under par, apolis, last week's fastest quali- “Onmircia White; Hoda ao Schenk. lof the gate, ‘ and five losses— "home sweet | INNINGS, esa, aints leading, 11] land Brown made a two-stroke fier; Potsy Goacher, Aaron Wood- Dicer 000 230 5-10 & 8 However, Jack Kearns, Maxim's “1/home” would sound hollow. The| "Hey night have made the Fee {contribution to give the pair a ard, Foster Campbell, Chuck York and Rane, A Battista ne Foust. manager, said that the $25,000 or Bengals have lost nine and won| ord ey Ine €C~| 32.34 total of 66 over the par T0 Stevenson and others. {chants vs, TREW 1048, RCA; 8:20, Owls va, (40 per cent of the gate “doesn't

eight at Briggs. Rolfe Jubilant Detroit Manager Red Rolfe was| jubilant enough over his blazing swing through the Fast, capped] by a victory over the second-place

at Boston.

figured New York and Boston the|© top contenders for the pennant,|

“Sure, some of the boys have |

heads and are bound to cool off sooner or later. It's how much they cool off that's going to de-| 14 cide our chances,” he said- —and| he said it seriously. “We just get Hal ‘Newhouser| working right again and- Virgil Trucks comes up with a sore jarm.” Rolfe said.

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Elmer Riddle, veteran right- on Coleman sliding in-—a double hander holding a 4-3 récord, is to|P!ay. O'Connell also contributed | face Bob Coleman's Cream City|tWo. brilliant plays. pastimers on the mound. The] The exhibjtion cost the Indians| Brewers were in town last night|the services of Eddie Bockman, and took a busman’s holiday by, regular third sacker, for probattending the Indians-Browns ex-|ably a week. While at bat in the hibition. first inning, one of Kretlow’s fast | inside pitches smashed Bock{man’s fingers, against the wood and he was forced to retire from ithe game.

Five and One In six clashes between the Red-| gkins and Brewers this season,| the Indians annexed five, but that | was before the Tribe taok off on!

Fi Baseball : — Bgay Sls: the third- phen ase a Indians "are one-half game be-| Calendar

two and one-half games behind leading Minneapolis,

‘ifs’ to be a real favorite,” Rolfe theorized. “If our hitters don’t

ers can keep up without much relief which we don't have—Detroit may be tough to beat out.” It's the hitting departmenf that cheers Rolfe the most. Third

secutive batting crown. His current .381 average tops the Test) of the ieague; Four of Kell's teammates are above the .300 waterline. Hoot Evers swats at a .363 clip, Johnny Groth at .332, Johnny Lipon at 327 and Vic Wertz, 314. : The Yankees start a 14-game

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“the menu at Victory Field to 3 night, It's- also “Coronation 7 Night,” Ted Sullivan Night, that| as City : 10 is, ie . +20 27-438 10 ig The Tribe's business manager | Taledy »»» ; is to be crowned officially. as! Won 1.0m Pos. gs | “Minor League Executive of 1949.” New Bk rears 18 894 oi This distinction was bestowed Boston oo ----- CE upon Sullivan by Sporting News, Washington = # 458 i. the baseball weekly. Chase phia - 32 .360 18 Notables and Band legs NATIONAL RA ee “ al on Lost Pct. GB The “coronation” ceremoniesis tous ........... Web Lt 3s will be held at home plate prior Priaaeiohia var 28 is 8 34 to the game, starting at 7:45. ives 23 81 8 There will be a band and a large | Chicago 3 us 84 group of baseball notables. on Pittsburgh 31.380 134 Cincinnati 31 28 14a hand to. pay honor to. the hard- —— working front office chief. | GAMES TODAY

Congratulatory ti to AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Rgratulatory elegrams Milwaukee 5 INDIANAPOLIS, 8:15 p. m

Sullivan were piling up at the| st Paul at Toledo (night), f Tribe park today and they came| Minneapolis ai Columbus (night). from all over the baseball world. | ning AMERICAN [Rasps tat i ’ » Yas ington a ouls (2) tw . In last Riguts Special Blac. N New York at Chicago {mene C oston at Clevelan (nig jon B k china er = Philadelphia at Detroit (night; Leaguers wound yp on the short] NATIONAL LEAGUE end of a surprise party. Chicane of Al night ht games) Young Bill Pierro, Tribe rookie| §t, Louts at Philadelphia. righthander, was - assigned to| Giisoarshh 2% Boston. handie the mound chores and he itp . : ; 8 DAY gave them all he had, which] RESULTS YESTER 4 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION amounted to a four-hitter and|routsvitte ... 0 000-4 8 8 9 nine strikeouts. Only run tallied, ERE re pps Clark, Habenich 9 sseima off the slender hurler was a St" Paul at Minespolls (called end of homer by Don Lenhardt. in the 3a. rain} Only games scheduled

third inning. He issued Tve AMERICAN. LEAGUE i as N hed walks, two coming in e 0 games NATIONAT, LEAGUE frame. No games schedu

Goes the Route It was no easy assignment and Exhibition Baseball Ne : = although "Pierro tired J lost lueland (A) 8, Plitsbureh (NX) 4 n y ings) control in the ninth, he a pines ins 0. Serikalon 1H 3 pulled himself together and got Sanat (i 9, Detroit A 'o ned, at i 0 allow in. the sidé out with ‘two ‘runners _ cinnatl to. cate rain). ngs lo “gtranded. y Gains

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;| Detroit, face Cleveland in a night tilt. Washington travels to &t. Louis for a double-header. 4 It's an arc-light program throughout the National League, too, The leading Cardinals, on tour after 10 triumphs in 12 starts at home, meet the thirdplace Phillies. Chicago plays at Brooklyn, ~ Pittsburgh tests the iNew York Giants and the Braves host Cincinnati.

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The Junior Baseball schoduls for the Riverside-Rhodius ague Ps {tonight follows: ‘Hawthorne " Riverside Tigers, Riverside 2; Flackville vs. Riverside Cardinals, Riversidé 3; Franklin Township vs. Rhodius, wt elaide 4, and De tral vs. West. 8ide Merchants, Schedule Tor Jriday follows: Cardinals, 1: Flackville vs 2: Rhodlius vs. Ww. y , Prantl Township vs. Decatur Central | | The Piiticos edged the United Brethren |Hornets, 6-4, In a Junior Baseball game at Brookside yesterday. Tires tripped the Braves. 5-4, 10 innings in a B League game at Ellen-|

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The Indians also were held to. four hits, by Lou Kretlow, who worked seven innings, and Clar_ence Marshall, who pitched the eighth. The Browns fielded their - regular lineup. The Tribesters got away to a two-run lead in tbe first stanza without the aid of a hit. Two walks, a hit batsman, an error and ‘an infield out accounted for the tallies. After Lenhardt's homer high over the left field wall made it 2 to 1, the Indians increased it to 3 to 2 by scoring in the sixth through. a combination of two, hits, two “Sacrifices, a walk and | an error. } O'Connell Connects In the ceventh, however, the Redskins demonstrated they had] power, too, when Danny O’Con-|

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New York|§ame on the league-leading Mil- " 3| Yankees by two percentage points] lers yesterday. th lafter their hottest road trip in 15! g|vears, Detroit was ready to send Same series 1 young Art Houtteman to the Winning the finale, 4 to 2, before ter,\Logansport pro, combined to {at 7 p. m., racing at 8:30 p. m, Herfl-Jones, Athletics’ {only 860 fans at Columbus.

Yankees and a three-game Sweep} Conn. (10).

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a > § 8 { AT BEECH GROVE [Maxim is committed to Lee SRE Paul Gross of Sarah hank and Rogers-Darnell Bout | Em Roe Lents fight Fi ht R I arl Brown of Kokomo's Legion esa d30 023 2 2.20..9 ‘Savold in September for British Ig! esu ts. idee retiPRe, Were one stroke behind, ‘Set at St orts Arena amon Herr 1 262 0 Promoter Jack Solomons, but he ’ ese and Moore; Moore and Sanaa n., Hr United Press 135-3267. t t clash between aR “Uarchant is gol oil 04 4" of conceded that Solomons might re CHICAGO-—Joa Arthur, - 1686's, Chicag A re urn ma Myers Ma 620 00 # 1 Maxim if the Robinson offer outpointed Billy Brown, 167, Hartford, Tied with 68s were: Bob Grant, Buddy Rogers and Billy ‘Darnell M Howser” aod Simon; Bader a ease x "Kokomo Country Club, and Gene will headline wrestling action in Celtis union 430 oot 0 : 7 3 was more than $25,000. 3 JE ri x i 200 100 m————— Hav BN. Sonn Trish Tommy Conway, Gary; ; Tom Wright, Mun- the outdoor Sports Arena ring fo- [Ten ve Ma riarity; Curl — d 128'a, New Haven (10) ‘Tcle, and Harry Allison, Rochester; | night. Bohedule for tonight: 7, Prantince Url {| Softball Notes

| 152", New York and Detroit just a darkhorse. { Tony Bove, 146%, A

been playing a bit over their den, N

The biggest surprise of the De-|§ {troit staff is aging—but still effec-| §

cool off too much, if Trucks gets! § | back in shape again, if our start-

Baseman George Kell looks like ¢ he’s on’ his way to a second con-

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900 3 3 The $25,000 offer was made by It wasn't Minneapolis’ fault! Seven events, featuring last oGodees and Gran; RATroh and, 0" Us Teddy Brenner, former matchthat Louisville gained a half-| Nin 0 omo E ve wesley winner Andy Linden, are Sandal Brand roi a tek tod barter maker for the International Boxheduled again tomorrow night Pronsvivapla © 000 004 0-4 4 2ling Club, who said the fight would | Times State Service Hor the Offenhauser midget show § Tackett and be staged in Brooklyn, Newark, The Colonels swept their four-i KOKOMO, June 13—Ellis Brown at the W. 16th Street Speedway. N. J, or Jersey City, N. J, at a with Columbus by of date agreeable to both fighters.

Brenner said Robinson, « the world’s welterweight champion, is

re ander and Murphy,

*Besauie for tonight: 7, 0.

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The rematch calls for two falls Fi 3 bn ie.” 30, Allied Plorists vs oop n wants AE knocked - out © e , Indianapolis arbers Fireston gat Tay a ak Knocked, out Maurice Feeney Ind F out of ‘three, with no time limit. | 1 For Baal onder driving range operator. 1 Eagl All face Billy S8an-! Tonight's Smith. Hasler Twilight Leagite Call a TOLEDO, Ok Cost Ane Lage w schedule at Riverside: Diamond No, 2--| Ind tu Sage shat a outpolived Charlie C ikon, Grant was second behind Har-'dow and ‘The Great Jo Jo willy Indianapolis Railways (West Washi jL00 ar ont Eh y ton) vs . AVA BROTYS: Lad 1190. Toledo (10), {ter by two strokes for the run- battle Erie Oederen Li allies Lilly ve ines lvants Railroad; Diamond He in Minton, pte iE F ree-even car No. 3 incoln ropractors vs mer SHILADEL PHIA Gene Burton, 148, New herup medal laurels. Thirty pros tilts on the foan Legion; 5, Indiana National Bank Paton oD hry 8, Anon lve Indiana al ways (Highland: Hmute; Ind,

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