Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 May 1951 — Page 26

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Senate Gro

Being'Laid For Inquiry

Basketball, Football - Boxing in Spotlight

By JOHN A. GOLDSMITH

United Press Staff Corréspondent WASHINGTON, May 11--Senate crime were laying the groundwork today for a searching examination of “the fix” in amateur and professional sports. Basketball, «boxing and football are expected to figure prominently in the new phase of the crime committee's investigation. Public hearings are not expect ed to resume for some time. Com mittee members are concentrating their efforts on drafting legislarecomm *nda-

tion to carry out tions in their recent report on na-tion-wide organized crime

Chairman Herbert R. O'Conor indicated yesterday that fixing of sports events probably will share the spotlight with illicit narcotics

traffic during the group's extend- trials-will be made by WFBM-TV 4nd George Connor

ed inquiry. The Maryland Democrat also introduced Richard G. Moser, the committee's new. chief counsel. Moser, a. Republican corporation attorney from Summit, N. J., told reporters that he and O’Conor are especially interested in corruption involving “young people.” Other committe sources revealed that: ONE: The group has working closely with New York! District Attorney Frank Hogan,|

who is expected to make avail-lg,04 cover of tire tread thus far $100 going to the third, fourth and

able information on basketball

“fixes” in Madison Square Gar- didn’t help conditions. The show- qualifying speed in the star‘ing

den. TWO: The committee has compiled some information on boxing. The Pennsylvania Athletic Commission has furnished its files on fight managers Tom Tannas, Frank Palermo and Felix

“Bocelccio. .

THREE: Milwaukee gambler Sidney A. Brodson, who ‘told the committee he suspected the Garden basketball fixes before they were revealed, has supplied confidential information on unsavory connections of several professional football stars.

House to Probe ‘Reserve Clause’

vy United Press

B WASHINGTON. Mav 11- The “reserve clause” in baseball Hlavers’ contracts will be investigated in June by the House Monopolies Sub-Committee.

| .- Rep. Emanuel Celler (D. N.Y.) chairman of the “sub-committee,

said that contracts of professional football and basketball players may also be scanned for possible violations of the anti-trust laws. | The ‘reserve clause” binds a! player to the same team from one season to the next and blocks his signing a contract with any other team. !

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ST. PAUL, Minn., May 11 (UP) | —Delegates to the 48th annual convention of the American! Bowling Congress elect new officers, discuss rules changes and choose a site for the 1954 tournament todav

Miami. Seattle and Ft. Worth were lending bidders to get the big bowling show three years hence. The 1952 tournament will be held at Milwaukee. Chicago

gets it in 1953 John Canelli, Toledo, was listed as a likely successor to John Sullivan. Louisville, as president of the ABC. Frank Baker. former Salt l.ake Citv newspaperman designated as successor to Elmer H. Baumgarten. who has been ABC secretary since 1932,

Was

Torzewski Heads Fall Holy Spirit Bowlers

New officers for the Holy Spirit Bowling League for the fall seasn are Dan Torzewski, president Roy Weiper, vice president; Betty Sargent, secretary and Paul Payleitner, treasurer, : Officers for the Summer Bow!) ing League starting May 14 are Father McPartland, president and Harry Jackson, secretary and treasurer

Solunar Tables

AM AM Minor Majer Minor Major Today 9:40 3:25 1000 3:50 Tomorrow 10:28 4:30 16:48 4:35 3unday 11:10 4:55 11:30 5:2 M y 11:55 5:40 6:00 It sda y 12:1% 4:25 12:40 6:45, Wednesday 1:00 7:15 1:30 T:35 Thursday . 1:45 8:00 2:18 5.05

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Beg for Weatherman’s Smile in Opening

Qualifications; 4 Cars Threaten Speeds

By BILL

The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is ready to go to bat with its opening qualification tomorrow for the 500-Mile Race May 30, but is begging for,a pleasant assist from the

weatherman.

Today's early weather vepoyt forecast fair and warmer Fh : € a J 0 for tomorrow, ‘but it slipped a ecloudy-and-occasional-rain

report into today's forecast The weather and the prep-

aration of the Speedway's track has taken five of the practice days since May 1. However, weather or not there's

going to be qualifications, but barring anv surprises, I.can’t see any more than 10 race cars that are sure to make an attempt to norrow 11:30 Although the track will be open at 9 a. m. for practice and driving tests, qualifications will not get underway until 11:30 a. m. They will close at 6 p. m. and reopen Sunday at noon. Telecasts of

Start at

portions of the

from 2 to 3 p. m. tomorrow and 3 to 4 p. m. Sunday. If any speed records are broken the performances will hinge on one of four. cars, who came here with the best preparation. This would include the two Novi Pure-

lube Specials with Chet Miller and Duke Nalon behind the wheels; Jack McGrath's Hinkle

Special, ‘and 1950 winner Johnnie

been parsons in the Wynn's Friction gay

Proofing Special.

The track hasn't attained a

and yesterday's day-long rain ers buttoned up all track activity. The tardy track opening and weather also has revised the average speed it is going to require to get in this year’s starting field of 33. That's one good reason why only the quick and ready cars will go tomorrow. No driver wants to run slower than 131 miles an hour, believing that any slower average speed for the four qualifying laps will be bettered during the remaining five trial dates when the track should be several miles faster.

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NO. 5 ROOKIE—Rodger Ward, a former P-38 pilot, is the fifth freshman “rivar to pase a driving test for the 500-Mile Race. Ward did it Wednesday .in the Deck Manufacturing Ce. Special. Other drivers getting the: AAA's approval are Go'don Reid, Mike Nazaruk, Chuck Stevenson and Gene Force.

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probable list of qualifiers also could include-Freddie Agabashian rranatelli-Bardahl Special; Tony Bettenhausen Mobiloil Specal Duane Carter, Mobilgas Special; Sam Hanks, Peter Schmidt Special; Mauri Rose, Pennzoil Spe cial, and Mike Nazaruk in the Jim Robbins Special Rookie Chuck Stevenson also can be considered as a possible starter in the Marchese Bardahl Special, and if Mack Hellings! crew can iron out its difficulties

and test-hop the new TuffanelliDerrico front-drive, the car should be listed. too. - f any other cars are pushed to the starting apron they could be Cecil Green, John Zink Special Blue Crown Spark Plug Special. Drivers are gunning for $10,000 in Speedway qualification prizes ! this year. Tomorrow's pole-winning car cold earn as much as $2750, according to the Speedway front office, in addition to the Rex Mays Memorial Watch and the Bowes Memorial Trophy : The fastest car each qualifying will receive $500. Second fastest will receive $400 and on down the line with $300, $200 and fifth fastest times The fastest field of 33 will be worth an additional $1000

Some Will Wait Tne qualification records, "endangered this year by Miller, Nalon, McGrath and Parsons are Walt Faulkner's 136.013 for one lap and 134.343 for four laps. He did it last year and will not defend this year. Faulkner's car, a new _Agajanian Grant Piston Ring Special, is not due here until next week. J. C, Agajanian's Featherweight Special®that Faulkner drove last vear is at the track for Troy RuttIT CHieT Methaic Clay Smith arrives here late today he may have Ruttman ready to go tomorrow The entire qualification opener is full of “ifs” and the weather holds the trump card. Owners, who want their cars up near the front of the starting field, will risk a few sacrifices tomorrow.

what they are going to have to better in speed. It should be very interesting. " 2 ” BILL (CANTRELL, the Motor Trends Special, will go ,¢ after the world's speedboat speed ;,

Michigan.

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' [ 11:14 A. M.—Bill McCune, - : - | 160.323 that Stan Sayres of Seat- bell vs. Marvin Heckman: Los Crews" ager Al Lopez sald today the Hope was so bad that he for- |p 0/00, prohibition? a Sl py raciice, are in WW 2 } Iph Heinlein, Bob Bue ic : -0500, A rket. He. Wash, set last year on Lake tl.2l A.M ~ Raiph J} ejniein, Jordan” acquisition of Outfielder Sam’ got his usual running patter of | Ang you can’t blame the citt-| oe? Jo, phous FR ankitn_g or r ot ashington rap ko TEST FLIGHT Chapman “definitely gives us a gags as he strode across fair- ‘zen, even the non-bettor, for be-' Rone 3 [G.-Enelhard!-or Mike Coron, ; 8 ei va} A Molo Fraser Meredith Nicasll inning: combination.” indi- ways from rough to rough. But i tt DAYTON, 0. SPEEDWAY is "55 AWG des Bik mover © 0 oeland Indi wd following Wim on his advertising Ruttman as a com- So Me POY hives we 2100 the Claveland Indians ere, the crow iis ' ' petitor in Sunday's racing pro- Re {0eq S771 Lanet seeking. still further to practice round for the British Shop Leon's Mondays te 8 pM. other days te 5:30 gram, but Ruttman never signed strengthen the team. Oren Sots 7RszLy Jangli oh Te - ; nates ; om - $ een. - san yo) dase, re Ne Puce Count on Count Turf The 35-year-old Chapman was a sini = the Night” as sunday . 3 illia 5 rove, a. : : & ya 5 ia “ 2 : BALTIMORE. May 11' (UP) acquired yesterday in a straight Hope was about to putt. en ae mE kat oe Count Turf, Kentucky Derby win- deal with the Philadelphia Ath- “We didn’t keep the score— » § ‘hanic ; . o : » f IRON nani ner, remained today as the only letics for Alle. Clark and Lou it was too bad,” Hope said. rOr. the ney axesy Special, Af was the Tribe's third In his warm-up here last year,

here awaiting the arrival of thei, four-cylinder that was designed jp, by Gordon by . Ludwig Lesovsky. helped build and rode with Wil-

11 AM 135 miles an hour on water, but Vero Cork, Bob Schuman

likely Derby horse that the Mary- Klein. It

Schroeder and built petween Stevens finishers on May 26.

THE BONS will GE SCRAMBLING TOMORROW,

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT

07 a. m.—John Hare Jr. Jack .Leer Clayton Nichols, Bob Crouch

nd Jockey Club could count on deal its scheduled showdown race Athletics. Preakness and Charley Harris.

_. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Defending Champions John Da- il 49 A M.--John Mahan, vid and Dick Stackhouse of Me- Jim Bayless. Bill Dunes at iG ridian Hills will tee off against , .. , yn ig awaiting garold Cork and Bob Schuman ; Rr smith. Darrel McFall Hillcrest at 11 a. m. Sunday 12:.10P.M

Jim Jones. Glenn Green vs ¢ lead the dwindling field into Bob Blaney. Clark Barrett record Jee on Gull Lake inthe annual four.ball tournament ‘ r antrell’s new boat, at South Grove. Sunday's pairthat he wants to name “Why ngs:

Lopez Seeking

John David. Dick Stackhouse Further Deals CLEVELAND, May 11—Man-

within 10 days with the They had previously

Derby obtained Pitchers Lou Brissie and

Ferrier and ~ Hamilton Pace - ~ Golf Tourney . x recs

nament since winning the i ters in April, shot only a 68—but|of the Amen clean-up in Brooklyn relationship, between the books

From Williams Says—

In Sports i: Be Frank

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Writer Favors a Try

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FRIDAY, MAY 11, 1951

{about bookmaking in this cou

lout police corruption. - They

"NEW YORK, May 11—There is-one positive thing

ntry—you can't have it withgo together like Joe Miller

The shocking Brooklyn disclosures is an old story. It

But Leaders Keep Wary Eye on Hogan

By United Press

Instead.of diminishing, the

'W. Va. May 11—It was a battle|yian't dominate the of putters as Jim Ferrier of 8ani¢ i.e he came close. Prancises ny Bos Jguilton Of jury puts the finger on 77 memvansyile, nd. ed fe ter Jniolbers, including an assistant chief the second round of the ireen-|; coector, who worked with him

brier Invitation golf tournament : ; i vag, so bountoday, furtively watching for Ben 200 cut In on ine 5) gs 30 actus

Hogan's big push itiful a bushel basket Ferrier, already second leading 21 used 10 ay 3 58 Day moriey winner among the touring Jo. PP y pros, .shet a six-under-par 64 in'” ? : ed ia. the opening round yesterday and| From time to time such dis

Hamilt ; st be-| Closures hit the headlines and par oy Was just one stroke be |shake the indignant citizen. There

Brooklyn

jod of penance. Then it starts

Hogan, playing in his first tour: Per > playme rN No lasting good came

Mas- all over.

he did it with a late finish that|a dozen years back when 48 mem-

The grand here.

started the front runners worry-| bers of the force were exposed as!

ting. In many of our states betting on horses is as legal as at-

"tending church services. In one of

them, Nevada, all forms of gam-

ER AORBC

Gene Cox vs

Joe Ryan vs

ing. bookie partners. Behind the leaders came Toney, x a Penna of Cincinnati, O.; Sammy; ARE WE to assume fron this Snead, White Sulphur Springs, continuing futility that there is | Va,, and George Fazio of Consho-|no way to divorce law corruption ; hocken, Pa. at 67, and Hogan, rom illicit gambling? .Dutch Harrison and Henry Pic-| All we have to go by is the ard of Cleveland, O., at 68. evidence up to now and it's not |encouraging. . . | The urge to gamble has been Publinx Trial Set {with man since the lamentable lepisode in the Garden of Eden. . |The corruptible police officer has no such Biblical justification unOn Coffin Course {less it is accepted that the ser{pent was the first bookmaker. of is ; | It is so easy to say honest law Qualifying Round enforcement is the answer, but {I've been hearing that since I was To Be Held June 17 knee high to Con McCreary. The Indianapolis District willj 2 8 u have its qualifying round for] WHEN Frank (Hands) Costelthe United States Golf Associa- lo appeared before a Senate com‘tion Public Links Championship mittee in Washington last -year, ‘ lat Coffin Course June 17, it was he was asked: . lannounced today by Judge John| “How can Cengress stop bookL. Niblack, Indianapolis repre- making?” sentative of the USGA. | “Stop horse racing,” the racket Qualifications will be over 36 king answered. ’ holes with the low shooters rep-| But this wouldn't stop bookresenting central Indiana in the making. finals at Brown Deer Park, Mil- It would merely shift the acwaukee, Wis., July 7-14. cent to baseball, football, basThe exact number from this ketball’ and such. district who will be in the finals! The only reason the bookmaker has not yet been announced. The features horse racing is that it number has been six or seven in is the most popular form of betpast years, however. Entries, made on USGA forms, must be in the hands of the committee by June 1. The committee .selected by bling ‘are legal, including marJudge Niblack to conduct the riage. event: Ken Loucks, Charles Kil-| It is popular to blame the citilion, Carl Knotts, Glenn Green, zen of late for all the evils that Arnold Bodine, Maurice Metzger, accompany gambling. You are Bob Crouch,- Clayton Nichols, sternly warned that if you didn’t Francis Jones, Reese Berry, Doug- bet there’d be no bookmaking. I

Others are going to wait and see 4 B il Pi R S d las Crist, Don Rose, Mike Kape- Suppose if I tried to think that going - a ay esumes un ay rak and Earl W. Ensinger. {one through I'd have to admit it

{contained a certain amount of logic. Ot course, if everybody just

. any problems at all. That would be another way to beat Hope Has Faith 2, y eancer, ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, . “a 2 8 : May 11 (UP)—Comedtan Bob | OUR BASIC teobieiy is to elimHope outdid his old rival Bing yop Nothing's gg Crosby at St. Andrew's golf gambling short of world destruccourse yesterday — he played tion—and maybe we aren't too far away from that, either. You

worse. i aren't going to stop it by law.

No Golf Charity; |stopped living we wouldn't have |

|differs only in dimensions and detail.

ling confused when it's legal to

sordid alliance grows in pet on one side of the fence and WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, strength. If this fellow Gross illegal on the other.

Nor does this confusion end If betting on horses is such 4n unspeakable evil, how come the state, the city, even the federal government dips into the racing kitty and comes up with | millions in tax money each year? In some states, notably Florida,

the tracks bank roll a major part

of the educational program.

5 ~ = I AM AN advocate ofgoff-the-track betting. I'm net sure whether this is the answer or not,

fate Finish iis a gesture of reform and & but until solid testimony to the

contrary is forthcoming I must insist it will greatly. weaken the

and the police. If you can go into a state supervised store and make your bet, as is done in Europe, there'll be no need to get in touch with a {bookmaker who owes his security {to a bribed officer of the law. | As matters stand now, we encourage a vast {illicit gambling business from which very little tax money is received and offer

{ temptations to the weak which

would not otherwise be present in such abundance. Worse yet, we are making ne progress whatever in dealing with the problem. On the contrary, as the Brooklyn inquiry loudly proclaims, we are losing the fght. Obviously, there must be a dif(ferent approach. Why not, then, |give off-the-track betting a whirl? { » = = ENGLAND has recently completed a two-year study of the gambling situation. Thirteen distinguished men and women com|posed the. commission. Off-the-track betting has been legal for years over there, but with certain restrictions. This commission recommended lifting all restrictions and proposed offices for cash betting. even to the use of mails, by the general public. The commission disputed that such betting was a ‘‘social evil or an economic strain.” It may be significant that they have no bet-

ting scandals in England. There

is no reason to bribe the chief [Inspector or the corner cop.

Umpires Meet Tonight

| The Indianapolis Umpires’ Association will meet at 7:30 o'clock

tonight at 301 E. New York St. Harry Gould, president of the ‘association, said the meeting is “very important.”

Softball Notes

! The Smith-Hassler Company has 0) ngs in its Sunday afternoon sof league. For information. call FR anklin3597 and ask for Mr. Horrall. Naval Ordnance. United Jets, Bridgeport Brass

{ a= ore restone Hage Py the Thursday -Roe League at Beech Grove Stadium, Priday league line-up ineludes East Side K. C.. P. R. Mallory, New Fork Sentral Ravens, Allied Florists and iana mes. i Teams interested in playing in the Mon- | day night loop are asked to contact Joe | Kelly, 309 W. Washington, LI ncoln-34486.

Lights are installed at Municipal and | Longacre and tne diamonds are ready for | practice in preparation for the Bushs

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Crosby toured the course in championship form despite bad

weather. The weather was per-

bur Shaw in the 1937 winning car. He was in Shaw's pit crew when Wilbur won again in 1940.

Lead in Cup Play BIRKDALE England, May 11 UP)—Frank Stranahan of Toledo, O., and Dick Chapman of Pinehurst, N. C., wiped out a three-hole deficit and led Ronnie White and Joe Carr of Britain, 1up, today after 27 holes of their 36-hole Walker Cup match.

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