Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1952 — Page 14

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

TUESDAY, MAY 6; 1952

iants On ‘Operation Mirccley,

Ball Club Has Only == ‘Committed 6 Errors

By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Sporis Writer

Leo Durocher is directing another “operation miracle” with his jaunty Giants, who ought to be charged with arson the way they're burning up the western end of the National

League, These sure-fingered. strong throwing, timely hitting EUYS have won seven straight games behind the most brilliant pitching ner for the Browns, was batted year the Indield which Durocher out of the box for the third! a sald makes this “my kind of a straight time. team” has committed only two) Ralph Branca pitched fouri errors. The club has made only| yu pay and struck ouf seven

# A other four | oN Tn Bl he by pitch- 8s the Dodgers sent the Pirates : to their fifth straight defeat

ers and catchers. In their all-victorious sweep | 8nd the 15th in the last 16

through the West, including a | games. Andy Pafko hit his bitterly contested 8 to 2 deci | seventh homer and Gil Hodges | sion from the Cubs yesterday, got his first, + the only error committed was * na | EB by Bill Rigney, a substitute | THE INDIANS put over three THE BIG FOUR_Cinvlad pitching has been the most efficient in the major leagues for four shortstop, filling in At & game rung in the 10th on a homer by years, and this quartet are out to make it five. They are, left to right, Bob Lemon, Mike Garcia, | | in Pittsburgh in the late in- (Boy Avila, successive triples by Early Wynn. and Bob Feller, (NEA) |

Here's a Matman Who Relies on "Wrestling"

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Jensen banged out a double and single. Ned Garver, 20-game win-

nn & » WHITEY LOCKMAN, the con- Kinder, pitching in relief after

verted outfielder who had to’ learn R osen tripled off Mel Parnell, Shoving Incident

suddenly to be a first baseman Pied a side muscle and may

out of action for some time. The when Durocher brought him in 0 Red Sox tried vainly to tie it * Loads Robb fo play the bag last summer, hasn't!in their half of the 10th with four |

Reibel Named Rookie of Year

Earl (Dutch) Reibel, who ap{peared at the Indianapolis Caps’ hockey camp last fall on a tryout

basis, is $300 richer today. | Reibel, who scored 76 points lon 33 goals and 34 assists, has |been named the American Hockey |League's rookie-of-the-year and also will receive the Dudley (Red) |Garrett Memorfal Trophy. The hustling center received {four first-place votes from Coach‘les Ott Heller, Indianapolis; Bun Cook, Cleveland; Mud Bruneteau, St. Louis, i |Providence, ‘ lof a possible 45 and 14 over his : Iclosest rivals, Bob Hassard and | [Gordie Hannigan of Pittsburgh.

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made a bobble yet. Neither has pinch-hitters. Clyde Vollmer nit/() if U i p y |a homer and Dom DiMaggio dou- u mp re osf |

steady Alvin Dark at shortstop, nor bas Davey Williams booted

“otie yet dt second “where he IE doing a great job of replacing

Eddie Stanky. Bobby Thomson, just as much of a defensive standout at third base as he was in center field, has made only one error. The contras

bled, but Early Wynn bore down and struck out Don Lenhardt and 'WaIt “Df6ps, “gaihing hid fourth victory in relief for Bob Lemon.

Ripple Hurler Fans

is all the more striking when Seven in No-Hitter

is noted that the Braves, the shakiest team defensively, have committed 39 errors thus far.

Yesterday's victory was a typical one. The Giants made only four hits oft lefty Paul Minner; but it was all they needed behind perfect defensive play and the standout relief pitching of Montia Kennedy, the almost forgotten southpaw. Kennedy took over for Jim Hearn and pitched one-hit ball for 6); Innings, holding the Cubs hitless for the final five. Wes Westrum hit a homer after Dark singled for two runs and the winning tally came when

Minner erred on a bunt by [Fran

Lockman, after which Thomson tripled. » "on IN, THE LIMITED activity, yesterday, the aroused Senators. made it three straight over the Browns, pummeling them to the count of 13 to 1, while the Indians made it two in a row over the Red Sox at Boston, 2 in 10 innings. In the 8 only other

National Sion a abd to. 1 de-

Dodgers over the Pirates in a rainshortened, eight-inning game. The brigade of ex-Yankees per-| forming for the ators came through for them in a 15-hit thumping. Spec Shea pitched

four-hit ball for seven innings|

and Archie Wilson and Jackie Jensen were big men at the plate. Wilson batted in five runs on a double and two singles while

Bill Meade has won two of his three starts as a Broad Ripple High School pitcher this year, but the second yesterday was a neat 1-0 no-hitter. Mead struck out seven and al-|

mate Darrel French. -

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13522 H. 5. Athletes In 16 Track Meets

“The Indiana High School Athletic Association said today 3522 athletes from 287 schools will the Participate in 168 sectional track the, ats Friday and Saturday. The total was 23 schools and 245 entrants above last year. The bigest field-—208 hopefuls —will gather at Frankfort and the smallest —1686—at Gary where Roosevelt will ‘defend its state crown. The next largest field was at (Muncie, with 274 competitors,

lowea one runner to reach sec-| ond base yesterday as the Rock-! ets blanked Southport. His lone! run was a home run by team-

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CINCINNATI, May 6 (UP) — 'Utripite ‘Beétty “Robb, Who' was |fined two weeks ago for allegedly {pushing Manager Eddie S8tanky of "(the St. Louis Cardinals, turned in (his blue uniform to National League President Warren Giles today. Giles, in ABNOUNCING thé resigaes said Robb had been asked {to continue on the National League's staff “if he felt he could work efficiently.”

“Since he feels there is an existing situation. which prevents this, we accepted his resignation,” Giles said. “Anything further on this matter must come from Robb. It is a closed matter with the league office.”

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ROBB'S ONE-SENTENCE lef. Siter of resignation to Giles read, “Please accept ‘this as my resigjnation from your umpire staff as lot today." The incident which apparently led to Robb’s resignation occurred in the third inning of a game be-

3/ tween the Cardinals and Reds

Apr, 22 in Cincinnati.

Shortstop Solly Hemus and Stanky protested a third strike

called on Hemus and Robb ban-

ished both from the game. Stanky denied he Had shoved Robb and Giles, who saw the

the other way around.

He fined Hemus $25 and Stanky $50 and said Robb had been fined “an amount far in excess of the total amount. fined the two players.”

Robb joined the National League staff from the International League in 1947 and worked in two all-star games.

and 260 from 29 schools—the

In St. Louis, Stanky said he

most schools entered at any ses- was ‘very sorry to hear” of

|sion—will be at Huntington,

| Robb's resignation.

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By JACK WELSH

When Verne Gagne steps into the rag onighkt-at-tho-Armeryy Tes wrdstling fans may see the shades of Gotch, /Hackensmith, Strecher, and Londos all over again, Gagne, who meets rugged Bull Montana in Billy Thom's weekly grapple fest, is the No. 1 television mat attraction coming out. of the Chicago area. Many local mat fans may ask twice about the name, principally because Chicago TV wrestling shows are not picked

up in Indianapolis. » ” »

VERNF 1S NOT the fly-by-night sensation. He does not capi- . talize on fancy hair-dos, silk capes and monacles such as the likes of Gorgeous George, Baron . Leone and Gene Stanlee among others. Gagne's stock-in-trade is - gcientific wrestling . . . those precision maneuvers that can render an opponent helpless almost. in-, stantly, Gagne has two ambitions—to win the world's heavyweight

Verne Gagne

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{end at Minnesota and played with| ‘the star-studded El Toro Marines during World War II, The pro offers were tempting but the

title and pull the sport out of tric good-looking young man knew he ihe thes I. doldrums that wanted to be a wrestling cham-|

have encroached since the early pion. 30's. § turning pro in 1948, Gagne won the world’s funtor,

yerne has Sone a long WAY I ineavyweight crown last year but n was forced to give it up when he! Gagne stands slightly over 6-|.4u1dn’t make the weight. ¢ foot and weighs 215 pounds. His| vyerne has his sights set fox the, birthplace is Robbinsdale, Minn.. biz one now. And there are few, but since making wrestling his| at experts who say he won't! career Gagne calls Minneapolis make it. ‘ i {

ome.

A graduate of Minnesota Uni-|p: ; versity, Gagne won the Big Ten Fight Results

He was oe N ath a ii 1-3 iario | i ariford. Conn, out a ation "| po, De Hore. 145. § ‘d yn (10). legiate Champion 2 ir 19g748. pa Re Pa.—Joe Giardello. wile

GAGNE WAS ‘MEMBER of the! AGO. Pready Pawson, 140. Chicago

inted Norhan We! 39, Detroit ( Mass. —Gearde Sherman, ih

"Ho ing the trip to England. Since Shes, ipa Sammy Walker, appling for pay, Verne has had Ga ini Pep, 130, HartSra 500 matches and his defeats|Bait CL kaa oy can be counted on two hands. The burly Minnesotan was Ebalat, 13 6. Milan, Tia1y. (30). dun guided into the pro ranks by Tony Strecher, brother of the internationally famous Joe Strecher. ? Thom, who also received his first lesson from Tony back in 1916, is high on his praise of| | Gagne. | “This boy does everything right.| {He is clean cut, and exceptionally| | agile in the ring. His speed and | 43 | co-ordination in downing an op-| ponent have s el d o m been! | equalled.” { Gagne has been touted as the next champion among the heavies.! And deservingly so. It was only| / two months ago in Chicago that Verne held Lou Thesz to a one-| hour draw. This performance is/ {the highlight of Gagne's career to date. | = ”

VERNE GAVE up a shot at pro, football to concentrate on wres- | tling. Gagne was an All-American |

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