Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 April 1951 — Page 20
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Tribe Faces Milwaukee
‘Here Again Tonight;
- heaven last night, and who awakw.ened today as happy as a cherub, said his pitcher tonight will pe When the Indians launched spring
McCall Tosses. 3-Hitter
Chilled but Cheering Crowd of 6713 See Indians Win Opener, 7 to 4
By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editer With the 1951 opening game victory box score all wrapped up and placed on display in Victory Field's trophy room, the Indianapolis Indians today spent most of their free hours thinking up new ways to make it two straight over the Milwaukee Brewers. in the second of the new season’s inaugural series tonight. New Tribe Manager Don Gutteridge, who broke out in a yardwide smile after the last out last
night, and who slept in baseball Be that as it may, the opening game tension is off, tension built
up since far back in early March
the ever-popular Elmer Riddle, of training in Kissimmee, Fla. Then the baseball family firm of Rid- through a rugged exhibition dle, Riddle and Riddle. game schedule of 19 games. Tension Is Off But the whole training job, Elmer's brother, Johnny, a for- well done, paid off. The Indians mer Indianapolis and former big Won their opening game, 7 to 4, league catcher, and Johnny Jr., before a shivering but cheering of Cathedral High School, are a crowd of 86713, probably one of cinch to be close by tonight when the best “cold weather” brother-uncle starts firing ‘em off anywhere this spring at league
the mound against the invading openers except in some big league § $
Brewers. Bob Hall, righthander, cities. is slated to “go” for Milwaukee. Johnny McCall threw a three-
crowds BE
Game time is 8:15 and there are hitter; Lloyd Gearhart, Frank “only” 153 games to go, 76 at Kalin an d Nanny Fernandez home, 77 on the road. belted home runs, Fernandez
foot double to center.
Kalin
McCall for a hit, Merson moving to third. {Dallessandro stroked into a dou- ™ [ble play, Merson scoring. Whereupon the Tribe artillery {broke loose. Kalin walloped a : |nomer over the scoreboard, Fernandez blasted one over the left field wall, Ed Stevens walked, Jim Mangan smacked out a triple. {Four runs, five hits. The Brewers failed to get a hit off the Indians’ Johnny McCall until the fourth, when George 0) ] Crowe got a blooper to short cenGearhart ter. The Tribe lefty blanked the Ma !vigitors until the seventh when a - {walk and two hits accounted for Smoke Signals {2 run. THE WESTERN UNION turned]
Fernandez
A Rough Ninth
a lot of business yesterday. More, First time to work nine inningy several wéeks ago, fominated an|
than 40 “good luck” messages this spring, McCall got into hot were received by Tribe Manager water in the ninth as he and his Don_ Gutteridge during the day infield got the jitters. The Brewfrom fans in Kissimmee, Fla, ers tallied three runs in the final where the Indians trained thisiround without the aid of a hit. spring. He was happy to answer] Two walks and three errors, by them late last night with the good pon Hedrick, Ed Stevens and Mcnews, wiring the highlights. It's Call himself, resuited in three a safe guess his message Was Milwaukee runs and two Brewer costed on Kissimmee's main stem rynners were on base when the today, at Gus Tress’ newstand. |game-ending out was made. It . 8 3 was the ninth consecutive home The opening game was “offi- \opener victory for the Redskins. cially opened” when Norm Bep- | "yi jwaykee used three pitchers, lay, the Voice of Victory Fleld, {the Indians one. The home boys called out, “Attention, please! | 1.4 13 hits and left 13 runOwner of car with license No. |, 0 otranded. Milwaukee made zyx-*%, you left your motor ., errors, Indianapolis four. running. |Nine Brewers were left on base. Charlie Gorin was the losing pitcher. Now for the long, long trail.
= Nd ” ALTHOUGH the shirt numbe®s of most of the Tribe players. were reshuffled from their spring train-' . ing numbers, soft-voiced, hard- Tribe Box Score hitting Frank Kalin retained his MILWAUKEE No. 13. Two hits, one for all the AB ‘R way; two walks, two runs batted lsh SS en in, one run scored. Kalin, Gear- Basso ed . hart, Fernandez, McCall, all will Moss. if be heralded on Kissimmee's §ifonireer Broadway and in the lobby of the Montas, rf... Brahman Inn, Tribe headquarters Gorinyp ... there, where the players gathered pearson around the piano for songfests Liddle. p with Earl Turner rippling the : keys.
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At any rate, last night's cold INDIANAPOLIS weather attendance at Victory merson 2v........% 5 5 2.3 § 5 Gearhart. cf 32-2 1 6.60 Field topped the attendance at a iba 3°32 1%1.8:8% two major league opetfers, Na- Kalin. i ane d 32. 3 0 6 tional League at Boston, Amer- |IrTrandez, 3b... bo cdo—g—gm—tray Mangan, ¢ .... «4-0 1 5 0 ican League at St. Louis, and Mangan, © 4 03 1 } 3 the other two Association Mccall o sd 0 1 8 | |i openers. Take a bow, Indian- | 75, 3% 7 137 8 4 apolis. MUwAuKeS .. ....v.ei.veeeh 000 000 103—4 yw 8 INDIANAPOLIS 100 042 00x—7 MRS. DON GUTTERIDGE _ Runs Batted In Gearhart. Kalin 2
Fernandez. Mangan. Dallessandro, Pearson, watched the game and her hus- Reed a o-Base as - Meson, McCall Three-Base t—Mangan iome Runs band manager from an enclosed Gearhart. Kalin. Fernandes Double Plars “ -Stevens to edrick, Clarkson to Crowe box on the roof. i had 3 seat Left on Base—Milwaukee 9. Indianapolis down in. front,” she said, “but I 13 Bases on Balls—Off McCall 1 Gorin 3 : ’ 3 ter t—By McCall @idn’t bring along my Eskimo en- "Garin 4 Liddie 1 Hits OF Gorin 3 in > J . LS i Orr in gemble, so Business Manager Ted 4: innings, Jester 3 in 115, Liddle 1 in 2 I . » i Wild Pitch—Gorin. Losing Pitcher--Gorin Sullivan came to my rescue. I sat Umpires—Padden, O'Connor and Stewart
with Mrs. Sullivan,” Since Hus. T'me—2:43. Attendance—6713
band-Manager Don had not by aa 8 yesterday located a suitable house Mud Hens Shake Beto
or apartment here, Mrs. Gutte-|
! . . . ridge said she would return home Mire, Trim Saints: tonight (Pittsburg, Kas.). “Funny thing,” she added, “my husband Colonels Blanked has a car but no home, that is, in Indianapolis. Anyway, our son By United Press {s in school, his daddy’s team| The Toledo Mud Hens, long a won, and ‘I think I'll postpone second division regular in the living here until after the schools American Association, spotted St. in Pittsburg are dismissed for Paul five runs in the first inning summer.” vesterday and then went on to win, 6 to 5 in their season opener. George Lerchen, center fielder
» ” . Senor Al Lopez, after winning his first big league managerial start with Cleveland, didn't forget his old Indians. ‘He wired a package telegram, to Tribe President Owen Bush, Vice President Frank E. MecKinney and Manager Gutteridge, wishing them all the luck in the world, plus greetings to Indianapolis fans,
{troit Tigers for more seasoning, Paul Campbell, Frank House and Don Lund each smashed a home run for Toledo. Lund's was a pinch four-bagger scoring three runs in the eighth. The Kansas City Blues, under |new. management, held Louisville ee» to only four hits as they started WHEN THE INDIANS were the season with a 3 to 0 victory. {ntroduced before last night's Cliff Melton, 38-year-old southcrowd, three members of the paw newly acquired from. San spring training squad were miss- Francisco performed on the ing, that is, as of Monday's squad./ mound for the Blues. These were Pitcher Bill Rose, | The Minneapolis game at Catcher Mel Brookey and In-/Columbus was postponed. fielder Melvin Malak, It was said,
the parent Pittsburgh Pirates |HSAA Coaching School :
notified the Tribe management] to send Brookey and Rose to Set for Purdue Aug. 6-9 Charleston in the South Atlantic/| The third annual coaching League. Malak, a rookie off the|school of the Indiana High School Toledo sandlots, returned home. Athletic Association “will be held Rose, who also was not under Aug. 6-9 at Purdue University. contract, said he would pass up| Topping talks on football and the Charleston offer and returnibasketball will be Coach Charles home. But Brookey, who was on Caldwell of Princeton University lend-lease from New Orleans, was and Henry Iba, cage coach, of unhappy about the Pittsburgh or-/Oklahoma A. & M. Purdue's grid der. He had been under the im-/coach, 8tu Holcomb and basketpression that he would be re-|ball coach, Ray Eddy, will also turned to New Orleans, since heitalk. had signed a New Orleans con-| Purdue Track Coach Dave Rantraciyn the first place.
paced the Indians" 13-hit attack
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
To Make It Two Straight Over
were their Honors, Gov. Schricker and Mayor Bayt. The "Guv" is letting the city's chief executive know just how to toss that first was the first for them at the helm of the locals.
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SIGNALS—Official batteries for the opening game last night OFFICIAL SCORER—Mrs.
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United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Apr. 18—Even after only one full day of play
{there seemed to be some significant items for the trend spotters
ia res a ... that's more like it. Warmer weather would be more like it. too. ny ‘Merson hit a double and a That's what's running through the pretty head of Miss Catherine _ single, Dim Dom Dallessandro. Akin, 6565 Pleasant Run Blvd., South Dr. pitch . . . high and fast. X | poked out two hits. Gearhart ‘ y vs . . SRR = . Bf (belted his homer in the first Y k Ph H Sh Th 3 punt ‘S00 Entries anks, Phillies Show Their Successive Homers { ° The Indians’ big inning was the 7 i | S 0 'Afth, the “grand slam.” Merson Swell to 68 Cc ass in eason eners |touched it off by slamming a 385- By CARL LUNDQUIST
Latest Nominations /today as the champion Yankees and Phillies started out exactly as ——— B ' R ki S . {they did a year ago—and the Browns demonstrated why they're > rowns ooKie caucier | The entry field for the 500-Mile everybody's best bet to finish last. Brownies, Too,
Indianapolis Motor Speedway auto race reached 68 today, the bats of the Red Sox with just six]
same as last year, and more than twice the number of starters al- plied the hitting punch with a
lowed in the May 30 starting line- homer and a double. up. ! In Brooklyn Robin
The two latest nominations, started out just wh postmarked before the Apr.
! Roberts
homers and a two-run
| Santa Monica, Cal, with a driver plied prodigious I still to be selected. o¥ {Jackie Robinson got
| wick, N. J. Who entered a car|of the Dodger tallies.
|eight-cylindes. be'expected role by being tormented
Mase at! to driven by newcomer ud Sennett, 17 to 3 by the White Sox in St. rocking-chair job -as he coasted nings before being beited out by ridian Hills Country Club. along to the 19-hit, 17-to-3 White ye hits and two walks. Sox Triumph in St. Louis. Zarilla batted in four runs with and each scored at least one run. gefeated Lafin a homer, double and single.
Louis.
Los Angeles.” Pitchers Dominated
| Sennett was the 15th rookie.
'chosen to drive in this year's) rhe pitchers dominated almost “500.” All must pass 100-mile
driving tests on the brick-and- everywhere. At Detroit, Bob
asphalt oval before attempting to Lemon won a magnificient 2-to-1 qualify. { Speedway Shaw also anonunced that vet- Lefty Hai Newhouser’ It took an|
{eran Duke Nalon, Sherman Oaks, i ’ 4 error by Shortstop Johnny Lipon| jCal., would again team with Chet to let home the winning run in|
I ee wer: of the 1. ninth after Larry Doby| |" Nalon drove a Novi to thirq doubled and went to third on a! place three years ago. He broke sacrifice. Lemon was sharper all| |all race records up to 50 miles in the way. giving up both hits to} 1949 before he crashed on the Gerry, Priddy, who also stole north turn. Neither Novi got into home for Detroit's only run. New-|
last year's 33-car starting field. houser yielded eight hits. f ee Also significant, perhaps, was|
rr | Larry Jansen’'s 4-to-0 victory for| Attendance Falls {the pennant-aspiring Giants over NEW YORK, Apr. 18 (UP) —/the Braves in Boston. Jansen Opening day baseball attendances gave up just five hits, striking | tumbled this year. out four and walking only one. | A total of 171,678 saw the first Cubs See Omen
full program of the year yesterday. Last season 252,700 saw the, The Pirates, who still are supposed to finish last, remained on
first full program. The American League fell from top of everybody with their gets} 139,101 to 102.678 and_ the Na- ond straight win, 5 to 4, over the! tional from 113,599 to 69,403. |Cardinals. _ Relief pitcher Bill]
. 000 120 100— 4 9 2 000 000 000— 0 5 1] Bickford, Don-|
New York .. Boston we ip Jansen and Westrum;
LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
INLANAPOLL on Lost Pet qs nelly 3) and Bt. Claire. Losing pitcher—/ Tolade shige 4 2 ickford. | Toledo: ...naPores 1 0 1.000 0 y i 00 Cincinnafl ........ 001 010 100— 3 12 §¢ aia aya : : : Ld °., Chicago . . 321 000 lix— 8 11 0} Columbus ave 0 0 000 1; _ Raffensberger. Byerly 4), Erautt (1), st. Paul yao 1 000 1 Smith (8) and Pramesa:_ Hiller and | Milwaukee yo. 0 1 000 1 Walker. Losing pitcher, Raflensberger.| Louisville 0 1 000 1 Home gun—Pafko. ! ) "AN LEAGU 8t. Louis . . 300 000 100— 4 8 O AMERICA varAoLE Pct. GB Pittsburgh 003 101 00x— 5 7 2| New York ... v1 0 1000 -=— _ Poholsky, Habenicht (7), Wilks (8) and Cleveland ........... } 0 1000 -— Garagigla, D. Rice (8), Dickson, Werle Chicago i : 1 0 1000 — (7) and McCuliough. Winning pitcher, | Washington .. 1 0 1000 -—— Dickson. Losing pitcher, Poholsky. Home 0 1 000 1 runs—Dickson, Westlake. | 0 1 .000 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE i t. Louis ... 0 1 008 1 ‘Bosten ... ,eirerees 000 000 000— 0 6 1] Philadelphia 0 1 000 1 New Yor 002 003 00x— 5 7 0
y Kk 2 Wight, Kinder (6) McDermott (7) and
NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pct GB osar; Raschi and Berra. Losing pitcher, Pittsburgh . ec 3 0 1000 —— Wight. Home run—Jensen. Philadelphia id 0 1000 33 Cleveland .......... 100 000 001— 2- 8 0 New York 1 0 1000 12 | Detroit : ' 001 000—1 2 2 Chicago vieresces 1000 1000 30 Lemon ‘and Hegan: Newhouser and BEGOKITI vn rrenvess 0 ] 900 12 Ginsberg. { OR Ere 1 000 lijichicass ...... 080 000 21217 10 2 | t ouls . — Cioran: ... ry 2 2 Pierce and Masi: Garver, Kennedy (2),
{ Medlinger (7), Bch and Lollar. Losing pticher, Garver. Home run—2Zarilla. |
GAMES TODAY ach, 3) Jolfisen, 3) ra a 4 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
, Wash . 000— Milwaukee at Indianapolis, (8.15 p. m) Prnington 9 io 001 — : : 1 Si nau at Tote bls. (night) (Marrero and Grasso. Shantz, Martin Jinnes City at Louisville (night), 3 Harrig (8) and Tipton. Losing pitcher,
AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at St. Louis (night). | Cleveland at Detroit | Washington at Philadelphia (night) Boston at New York NATIONAL LEAGUE New York at Boston Philadelphia at Brooklyn, | | | {
TEXAS LEAGUE Dallas 3, Ft. Worth 1 Beaumont 4, Shreveport 2 8an Antonio 3, Houston 3 (called after 10 innings to allow team to catch train.) |
Oklahoma {ty 8, Tulsa 7
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION : : Little Rock 6. Mobile 2 (Only ‘games scheduled.) Nashville 5. Atlanta 0 Memphis 8 New Orleans 3 Birmingham 8, Chattanooga 3. | f | | |
PACIFIC
RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION COAST LEAGUE
8an Diego 9, Portland 6
Kansas City 000 001 020 3 10 © > Louisville 000 000 000— 0 4 Ban Francisco 10, Hollywood 8. Melton and O'Neal; Hisner and Scher-| Sacramento 6, Seattle 2, barth | (Only games scheduled.) St. Paul ...... + 300 000 000 3 8 3 ——— oledo 00 011 03x 6 8 0 Fricano, Griffith «8 and Thompson; CHICAGO RINK SKATES Punk, Weiss (11. Poole (5), Bloat (7). Fremming 9) and House,
Minneapolis at Columbus, postponed, co
NATIONAL LEAGUE | Philadelphia 210 002 000-5 9 © Brooklyn 000 002 000— 2 9 2 | _Roberts and Seminick; Erskine, Kihg (8), and Campanella. Losin pitcher— Erskine, Home runs—Goliat, Ennis, Rob-
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Holds Out Too Long
The Yankees, behind the great Vic Raschi, muffled the mighty Start Another
hits in a 5-to-0 triumph at New| Werle saved them for the second ork. Young Jackie Jensen sup- straight day, blanking the Cards Baseball Year
[for the three final innings.
ere he left off |8-to-3 victory over the Reds at 16'a year ago by pitching the Phil- Chicago because they beat lefty midnight deadline, were from the lies to a 5-to-2 victory in which Ken Paffensberger, who previous- lost, as how they lost to the ChiHart Fullerton Racing Team, Inc. Del Ennis and Mike Goliat sup- ly had scored 12 victories in 14 ©2380 White Sox, 17 to 3. e games over them-in the last two seasons. Joseph J. Barzda, New Bruns-|round tripper to account for both pitcher Dutch Hiller's somewhat
" shaky 12-hit The Browns lived up to their gga)x single, triple and homer.
{ ST. LOUIS, Apr. 18 (UP) {Rookie Frank Saucier, last of the major league holdouts, has been suspended by the St. Louis Browns. Brownie President Bill De Witt telegraphed the 23-year-old slugger at his home in Okmulgee, Okla., that Baseball Commissionr A. B. Chandler has been inThey formed of the suspension.
ST. LOUIS, Apr. 18 (UP)—The The Cubs saw an omen in their St. Louis Browns were red-faced and blue today after a black
opening game. It wasn’t so much that they
They gave up 19 hits. . - gave up 14 bases on balls. And : a paced ¥ mallest crowd of the day— Butler Golfers Win a nothing-to-do 5660 —saw the Bytjers linksmen defeated
humiliation. Franklin yesterday, 13'2 to 414.
Lefty Billy Pierce had the day’s a Saryer I ‘he The match was played at Me-
Andy Pafko
triumph with a
Laflin (F) defeated Enyart. 3-0: Sheiton a Seteaind Sarcle 3-0: Manka (B) and rewes (F) . 1%3-1%9; p ‘ - All of the White Sox got hits, feated Kent. 3.0: Edvart and Shelton 8) and Circle, 3-0: Manka defeated Crewes and
Zeke
and Livorst (B)
In the eighth inning the Sox did Kent, 3-0 Washington defeated the Phil- their best, scoring seven runs as =
adelphia A's, 6 to 1, in a night they batted completely through Amateur Baseball duel for Cleveland in which he game as Conrado Marrero of the the order. The P President Wilbur gave up just two hits to beat Senators Spun a neat seven-hitter. Oh, well, today is another day.
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‘Chapman Faces
| PINEHURST, N. C. Apr. 18 (UP)—Dick Chapman, the home town hero, faced hot-shot J. E. (Buddy) Lutz of Reading, Pa. today in the second round of the North and South amateur golf tournament. Ordinarily, Chapman would rate as an overwhelming choice. But: Lutz still was flushed with confidence after his opening round hole-in-one and was ready to spring an upset. Other important second round matches today pitted defending champion Bill Campbell against Jack Coyle of Springfield. Ill, and Frank Stranahan against J. A. McBride of Paterson, N. J. The third round was scheduled (for this afternoon. Lutz provided most of the excitement in yesterday's opening round. His ace was made with a seven-iron shot on the 156-yard ninth hole, after which he proceeded to whip Ray. Pittman of Fayetteville, N. C., 5 and 4.
Wrestling Results
Joe (The Mighty) Titan. 218, Buffalo. N. Y. decisioned the Lone Eagle, 205, | Montreal. Canads { Tony Olivas, Australia, beat Lee Kalima, Honolulu. Johmny Rococo, ld. positon and Antonio Ballargeon, 201, Paris, France, drew. in matches held at the Armory last night.
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