Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 July 1950 — Page 15

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LaMotta’s Reputation Not oo Good, So Victory Means Little NEW YORK, July T1—Probably no visitor to our| ment as that which faces Tiberio Mitri in his attempt : win the middleweight championship from Jake LaMotta in the Garden pit tomorrow night. Should he win, the acidulous comment will be: “So what? Everybody, beats that bum.” And should he lose, he will

Italy of 1948—has a much more epossessing one, the yar to their distress, no doubt, must {confine themselves to building { B up opinion of the critics, as theline reach of the fighter. At that

But Several Challenge Ruth's Mark

And 3 Are Within Striking Distance

_By STEVE SNIDER, United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, July 11—Major league hitters are unloading ~reatest home run barrage in major league history but they're still’ running behind the two gaudiest marks in the little red record book. That's the book thar. chronicles the deeds of Babe Ruth and @ the 1947 New York Giants—860 round trippers for the Babe in 1927 © land a total of 221 for the slugging Giants of three ‘seasons back. 4 | But as the 16 clubs paused 8 or T — 1 the annual All-Star game, re - : Fea {were an unprecedented number of ag eam fo . ture challengers shooting at Ruth's Mat Card Tonight

{“Super-60” with three within; ,, Australian tag-team battle

striking distance. will top tonight's pro wrestling Ted Williams of the Boston Red 414 at the outdoor Sports Arena.

Sox is one behind Ruth's record. rhe pout. n wil |pace, Ralph Kiner of the Pitts- | pie e Sou, 4 Foun awn in ‘burgh Pirates is two behind andignd the Golden Eagle, a masked ele al. Tr ied op Taman, against the Great JoJo, {roly-pol Mexic he d as a team, are 10 behind the poly an a

worst middleweight in the world, a dubious distinction currently

title. Thus, no matter how the! fight goes, Signor Mitri does not! figure to enjoy an enchanting

Mitre has four inches the better!

if he can jab at all or use a 1 {left with any skill, this advan

may prove valuable in a valid win.’

fof it in the matter of held by LaMotta, title or nol eof reach, ha)

tags

teammate Tom Marshall, of Tex{of the campaign. 'the two Eagles here two weeks

Kiner in Good Spot |ago. It’s for two falls out of three jor 90-minutes.

Although Kiner long has be-' Gil La Cross, of Boston, and! lieved that some left-handed hit: Eric Pederson, of Hollywood, will!

|Glants of ‘47 at an identical stage a5 Marshall and Jo Jo defeated;

Water ing isn't ol girls iaming Fhe surf power is t ecetior navigates his rubber skies through choppy waters of lsar River, near Munich.

he PR 3 RN ani evening. | ow a Bh, RE

OFF HAND, it would seem unbelievable that any middleweight

| WE WILL NOT know until after the fight tomorrow night, whether -LaMotta is still the!

The man fo the right of the net is one v He's Ted Schroeder, the

could possibly rate lower than worst middleweight in the world.| make good in tennis,

our sterling champion, but the)

he; he should lose his title, and|

Ted used few of his

gamblers<—oh, yes, they are still along with it his unique standing] Western tennis tournament at Woodstock. Birr fell, 6-1, 6-2.

around Mr, Hogan—evidently regard the visitor as pure gorgonzola. The latest run down showed LaMotta 8-5 choice. As a matter of fact, not a great, deal about Mitri is known on!

this side. He is unbeaten with 20 dleweight champion of all time, | wins and three draws, but most 2 common blatancy on the part of contemporary sports heroes, |

of his victims look like head waiters, adagio dancers and retired vintners. Total strangers over here. In his only American appearance to date he fancy-danned his|

way to an easy win over one) a/Motta is not the all-time cheese p young man of many commend- champion of his division, and, ifi/Spectators. able qualities, but unfortunately, Spite of the esteem in which I punctuated

Dick Wagner, undoubtedly

in the fight game, I, for one, do not want to forget the becoming modesty with which he wore his! fofty laurels. { . No one ever heard LaMotta {boast that he was the worst mid-|

by the ways he was satisfied to|

be known for just what he was:!

{Simply the most horrendous of (his day and age. Such dignity and delicacy are rare in these times.' The fact is, of course, that La-|

important reason why local bows don't always alifornia cannonball and No. | player i in the nation. | tricks in subduing Jim Birr (far left) yesterday in the opening round of the '

|ter, probably Williams, would beat Pen the two-tiit card at 8:30, |nim to Ruth's record, the big Bue > ™ lpg ht-hander is in a good spot, | & good =pot. | Amateur Baseball Home runs are his business and . ahi {while he is running behind Ruth nas So ai} for 73 games he is three homers Excavating, Riverside yon

News, Ricerside |ahead of his own pace for last Side Saints vi. Mallory,

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‘Western Tennis Tourney

Running True to Form

Ted Schroeder Leads Field Into Second

Round After ‘Toying’ With Jim Birr

By FRANK ANDERSON

Like Jane Russell's bathing suit, the Western Tennis Tourna-|

ment is running true to form.

Yesterday the opening round found favorites. darkhorses and|

ialso-rans following the script.

the ping-ping pre-

none of them having to do with/hold him for his unobtrusiveness: ‘cinets of Woodstock.

the manly art of busting beaks. I even entertained the low base! notion he had been carefully screened for the occasion with a view to making the visitor look as attractive as possible. Judging him off that fight, I'd have to-say Mitri-isn't-a- puncher,| either by instinct or as to equip-| ment. Rather, it appeared that he prefers to do it the deft way, with foot speed as an important aly, He may not even be good enoug! to outpoint our magnificent champion, let alone stop him.

: ” ¥ STILL, you never can tell

what's going to happen when La-|

Motta’s in there. As has been re-| peatedly proved, it is no great) trick to beat him, and there was the night that Billy Fox, who couldn’t knock your hat off with | Ted Williams’ bat put him to]

sleep. The general disposition |

|and manly charm, I suspect he is, {aware of the fact. I can name at| {least two wonderful old’ timers,

{who had it all over him. Al Me-| Ted toyed w

{Coy and Johnny Wilson. You

jcould smell them a mile away]

against the wind. laMotta ar Ways feeds: & seds-8 favoring wine: wind:

OK Early Opening “0f Training Camps”

CHICAGO, July 11 (UP) — Major-league teams may open their spring training camps be{fore Mar. 1 next season but in-: {dividual players can’t be forced to report before that date, according to a rule change adopted today. Both the National and Ameri-|

was to view this result with/can Leagues agreed to the new

cynicism,

| Wimbledon champ and won a fe

The nation’s best, Ted Schroe!der of La Crescenta, Cal,

All seeded players. who saw aédtion| erformed well amid the racquet and the hush-like applause of the Lesser lights were just as illuminating.

No. upsets

led the

field into the second round today.|

auto dealer, 6-1, 6-2. Jim lost the,

imatch, but displayed a winning Betty LaFollette | personality. And T

has reincarnated it on the tennis

| ¥igeration man from California,

Ted Serious

{th Jim Birr, the local stewart;

ed could add paraiiette 8. Sarth oo. "Jean Doyle, that vaudeville isn't dead — Birr San Diego, Cal.

In spite of the comic opera gett laspects of the match, Ted was all] lai:

4 PM Flam vs. Burns: {| Anderson: Dulburger vs. Wi 5 P. M Jack Tuero vs. winner of LinneHolzl match Women's Singles 1 PM Arth vs, Turber M “Baker vs. Cadick: Clarke vs. B Mass vs. Mela Ramirez IPM ashi vs. Bole; Eby vs. Gray. 4 P.M —Barbara Green, Los Angeles vs Indlanasois. an vs. win

Sohsrtann ve, {

of QGreen-

Men's Doubles

(Seedings: No. 1--Talbert and Trabert; 2, ! i court. Jim set up lobs of laughter Boi da nd Fam: 3

{among the spectators and seemed, (RENNES {to amuse the good-natured re-|Indianapolis, vs. Koza- William King, In-

Dards and 4. Golden and CQ. "Dev eorge _ Bushman-Dan Morse. |dlanana is 3 PM. —Dixon-Brose vs | Tea Scott, Indianapolls P.M -—Golden-C, DeVoe vs. Max Gollo- | way- -Martin, Indianapolis; Prank Dole-Dul« berger, Indianapolis vs. Shoemaker-Bas-| | M —Sweeney-Kaiser vs. J. DeVoe-Richards-Richardson vs. Howenstein,

Tom Beasley~

|seriousness in keeping his game and partner, Indianapolis; Deimling-Mou-|

under wraps. Birr, who went into *®8* 8 - partner; the ring outweighed Ted by sev Bastian; Ken Griffin p-John Lynn, ‘eral kilograms, was kept busy on apolis, vs. Neff-Briil; [Francisca partner - vs

the quick returns and chalk snap-|7 pers. But Birr turned in a creditable performance against the ex-

soft handclaps here and there. Ted's other seedmates had an

|rule at a meeting with Commis-|easy time of it. No. 6, Grant

However, I'm happy to be able sioner A. B. (Happy) Chandler Golden, the NE Jue. to state the facts were as fol- as a prelude to the 17th annual| holder, knocked off Harry

lows:

been suffering with

For weeks LaMotta had!All Star game. Both leagues had, insomia.| favored the change and player Glenn Bassett, No.7, slipped away

‘erhoff Jr., of nares aH in eX

Tried all sorts of things, even to representatives Marty Marion of from Kenneth Burton of Cleve-

listening to Godfrey sing, but

the.St. Louis Cardinals and Fred-

{land, 6-0, 6-1. And Hamilton Rich- |

got no relief. When Fox, a sym-|die Hutchinson of Detroit had ardson, the young Baton Rouge, he La. No. 8 player, swept by Bob fisted’ Rocky Marciano won his,

pathetic fellow, if there ever was one, learned of LaMotta’s condition, he indicated immediate concern. Speaking with a Swedish] accent—which he always does when emotionally moved — he | said: “I tank I know what to do.”

That's all there was to it.

{asked for it. The present regulation which prohibits playing any spring ex{hibition games before the second! Saturday of March was retained, (however.

The leagues took only four) {other actions, although they dis-|

Inasmuch as prizefights have a .;ssed several other matters.

fascinating pattern of ending in|

a way that promises to do the baseball coaches from acting as]

promoters the most good in long run, the possibility of ret whether he can fight a lick or] not—winning is not to be ignored. A new face always serves as a8 stimulant in the fight game and! while Mitri's wife—she was Miss|

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season was set aside as the meet-| {ing decided such a decision was] {a league matter. The American, | League earlier had put the rule! lon its books. George Trautman, president of [the - minor baseball leagues, re-| "ported on the effect of radio] | broadcast of major league games| in minor league territory, but] | made no recommendation | major league action. He presented! graphs showing that attendance had dropped generally -and--the!-number of towns affected. He esIto 25 pe decreases ranged from 15

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Out 29th Victory !

BOSTON, July 11 (UP)—Rock-|

{20th consecutive fight and moved |

Richardson was to be busy to-| a step nearer to a crack at the

day with an exhibition against world’s

heavyweight title last

Schroeder at 4 p. m. But most night with a technical knockout!

{Indianapolis players will

have over unexpectedly rugged Gino

[time, not racquets on their hands.| Buonvino of Bari, Italy, at 25 sec-

jseven local hopefuls were left. No. 1 Woman Idle

Los Angeles was a spectator yes|terday. She drew a bye. But No. 2

Top-seeded Beverly Baker of in

[After yesterday’d volleying only onds of the final round of a 10-|

round bout at Braves Field. The swarthy “white from Brockton, Mass, unbeaten his professional career, brought some 5000 fans to their {feet as he battered his balding

hope” |

girl, Laura Lou Jahn, Clearwater, ,,n nent throughout the bout

{¥Fla., caught the crowd's fancy. {Miss Jahn subdued Barbara Smith jof Indianapolis, 6-0, 6-0, 6-1, with) {power drives and backhand.

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| Today's card could be hailed

‘as a double feature. Man's and {women's singles were slated, {along with doubles in the men's section. Of interest to local fans is the doubles match involving {Chuck Devoe of Indianapolis and! {partner Golden. ‘The pair, seeded]

{Bob Martin and Max Gollaway, {both of Indianapolis, at 4 o'clock.

pairings: 8 SINGLES

m ted an, Indianapon -3;: Roy Wilder, Cotpus Christi, Tex de eated John Voe, Ind 6

ston Detmiing. Conneth Jones, n Bil Bastian, Renan defeated Robert Neff, | Martinsville, 6-3, 6-2: Richard Mouledous, | New Orleans. Se feat ed Eharles Goffe. Chica: = den. ca- | gO. Scented Harry Brinkerhio f..

cents, |

APO Anz s, Heteated | - 0, lr 1: Rob- |

. , 6-0; Herber al, defeated Within Hall, aul; Mack Tuer, New BE McLean, Miam!

efeated Richard LeFevre, Charles DeVoe, pester Lowry, i {molenskl { Brill. - Maztinsvil Seaney, ston.

6-4. a sep, defeated Charles.

Elkhart, 6-1.] de! taro | 1;

Indianapolis.

8, Sika dateated Bus san |

efeal on, In , 8-0, 6-1; Jean Clarke, Birmin Als dettated ;Fytan Longsw 1s, § u

ihe playing fields during theis man’s-style game replete with|

for | No. 4, were schediiléed’ to meet

with vicious left hooks and right crosses,

Sidling - in with his unusual crabwise style, Marciano: felled {the barrel-chested Bfionvino for 'a nine-count with a hard right {to the jaw inthe opening round. A smashing left hook knocked {Buonvino down for a similar] jcount in the ninth and only We bell saved him from a KO. — Buonvino proved to be an un{expectedly rugged opponent but was no match for the powerful | {Marciano, who has his eye on a

crack at Ezzard Charles’ heavy- |

by i Ralph Wihubrock. Evaneville’ Ind. | Ad

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. Yesterday's results and today’s Weight crown.

Golf Notes

In city team play at Pleasant Run 3 t m defeated Mend a0 y Club defeated ock. 4-1; Highland defeated Northeide. and Hillcrest defeated Indian Lake,

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Inthe Ly Pro aon bat sogeuer 3 e ester d ‘Sam Drake of rn Jlace with 67's. Jecond po. Toda Hamblen Sinton. pi Mike oak ndianapolis. with

"There will be a Sup Reacting at Cofin clubhouse at 8 p. t odsy.

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