Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 May 1952 — Page 28

Cobb in He Gave New Stars sg Blast

: ARTICLE in the current Sporting News, Ty bb, one of baseball's super all-time greats, is apologizg to Some extent for a “piece” he authored in a national $ i a couple of months ago. .. That piece e,” titled “They Don’t Play Baseball Anymore,” stirred up a storm in the national pastime . .. The old Georgia Peach was charged by critics with turning his back on the game which made him famous and led to his becoming a millionaire through investment connections made while he was the diamond idol of the nation. In a re § cent letter sent to J, G. Taylor Spink, his long-time close, personal friend, who is { editor and publisher of Sporting News, Cobb said, in part, “I was trying to help | bageball, not hurt it. I did not turn on Ty Cobb the game. Some have said I blasted Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams. That's untrue, I have carefully read the story and my reference to them is in no way a blast. I acknowledged their ability and it was with a sense of regret that I pointed out what they failed to do.” « Fans who read the original Cobb article will recall be especially deplored failure to use the sacrifice and stolen base as offensive weapons in today's baseball strategy . . . He pointed out that Clyde Milan stole 88 _— for Washington one season, while in another campaign, Eddie Collins pilfered 81 for _ the Philadelphia Athletics. Cobb himself posted the American League and all-time modern major league record when he pilfered 96 times in 156 games in 1915 with jaylor Spink Detroit. Bob Bescher, Cincinnati, posted he National League modern record with 80 in 1911, playg 153 games. > . Getting down to comparisons, Cobb wrote Taylor , “only two big league clubs stole more than 80 ast season, the Chicago White Sox with 99 in the perican and Brooklyn with 89 in the National. Stars eh as Williams, DiMaggio, Kiner and Musial stole only of seven bases last year, with DiMaggio none. ‘Last year 66 leading big ‘league players failed to \ single ¢ time and 61 other sacrificed o

* basebol! todoy kn't the game as Cobb layed ely ball_has made the big difference , . ."Low-score were the rule in the Georgia Peach's days i . . before | was doctored with rabbif . . , When the lively bill managers started playing for the “big” inning . . . jot the runs in bunches . , . instead of one ot a time like in the Cobb era . . . One “big” inning nowadays often overcomes io half dozen innings of Ty's old-style strategy, the steal, the crifice and the hit-and-run. Power is king today . .. something the indiovapals Indians is ie their rapid Sle toward the American n's if. & ®

SEEMS AS ‘though the individual ih t Te Highest priority at the Speedway has been overlooked in all this pro and con, about unionizing the racing fraternity [, Brler Rabbit, than whom there is no whomer on race ly, when he gallops down the home stretch ahead of roaring chatiots in the pace lap, rates an opinion on | perplexities out there . . . ‘After all, he's a yearresident and his annual unscheduled sprint on the d's greatest race course is viewed as a good luck n by the Srivers.

‘Some "years ago. Johnny Coulon, the old world’s bantomght boxing champion, earned some extra bucks by appearing in small-time vaudeville with a “you-can't-lift me” act , . . Strong men tried it and failed . . . Now Johnny, in his elderly years, is doing the same stunt on TV programs . . . He challenges the most muscular wrestlers, among others, and they still can’t lift him off the floor from a standing position . . ,

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more each day they don’t like Indians, The Indians, Hoosier variety, ibundled up their bats and headed {west last week. Today they still were looking for their first vietory in four starts. Although the Indians were able to touch the American Assoclation’'s top pitcher for 11 hits, the Milwaukee Brewers blasted out a 13-8 victory last night. It was the seventh vic tory against one loss for the Browers’ Virgil Jester,

BUT MILWAUKEE collected

Pitchers. Ray Narleski was off to a good start, striking out the first four batters and seeing the fifth foul out to the catcher, But from then on, it was a hit-

‘Iting field day for the Brewers,

Every man in their lineup got at least one hit and scored at least once, : The first Indians’ run came in Bobby Wilson doubled and Harry | iberg hit a single. Their second run came in the sixth when Dave Pope belted his second homer of the geason high into the centerfield bleachers. : " . - AL SMITH scored in the ninth after a triple into the left field corner. Frank Kalin went to first

ito replaces Herb Conyers and

drove in Smith with a single, The Tribe threatened again in the sixth but Conyers hit to a ‘double play as did in the seventh. The Indians had another chance in the ninth, ‘but Bob Hutson, recently arrived from Dallas, grounded into a twin killing. The Brewers scored runs on homers in the second from the bats of Johnny Logan, with two aboard, and Al Unser.

. » ” THE ASSAULT on Narleski

continued in the third with a

double by Jim Basso and a single by Jack Dittmer. Dittmer had four for four last night, a repeat of last Sunday's tilt, and it was rumored thé Boston Braves would recall the former University of Iowa athlete, The Brewers added another in the fifth with lefty Bob Kerrigan on the hill for the Tribe. Johnny MeOall went to the mound in the seventh and pitched to Sour batters without y went to A vénth, following M And four more Brewer runs scored.

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‘A SINGLE game will end the series here tonight with Lloyd Dickey going to the mound for the Indians. : Indians’ Manager Gene Desautels said he would write a letter 40 the American Association office in Louisville complaining about the conduct of Umpire George Carney during the Kansas City series. The complaint grew out of several ‘arguments with players. The Indians cut loose two pitchers today. Jim Vitter was released voutright to Reading of the Eastern League and Inman Chambers was released to Wich|ita of the Western League.

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.By BILL EGGERT

temperatures today at the 500And it became a ‘question of

under the hood as they were readied for the i " qualifying day Saturday. A. “forecast o reduced wind} speed also was expected to lend | a help to the practice running which “ was expected to be even with yesterday's action when 18%

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Tribe Topped 4th Time On Trip

THE SPEEDS ROSE with the short Mile track. 11319 feet.

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WEIGHS 1623 FOULDS ~The Howard Keck Kurtis-Kraft Bill Yukovich will drive weighs in at ay scales. That isn't a 50 millimeter machine gun to the right of the front end. It's the starter-shaft, The car has an off-center drive shaft that runs along the left

Speeds Rise, Union erect Fades at 500"

aways, each 3301 feet long; two straightaways, each 660 feet long and four curves, each That totals 13,200; feet. The two and one-half miles

what race car has the most oomph'is measured three feet from the

inner edge of the track. The . {long chutes are 50 feet wide and

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® ® Driver Union By United Press LOS ANGELES, May 14—Troy Ruttman, one of the leading.

cars used the Eggert track. my

Meanwhile, pit-wall chatter of, what speeds it will take to qualify is more prominent than talk of an effort local Teamsters Union 188 (AFL) is making to organize car owners, drivers and mechanics. Union organizers got into the enclosed garage area yesterday. Their propositions and invitation to attend a meeting tomorrow night hasn't stirred much interest. “« 8 =» OUR OWN canvas of the area shows several prominent owners would pull out of this year’s race

to be more of a hobby each year

young drivers on the nation’s racetracks, said today he is opposed to efforts to unionize drivers in the 500-Mile Memorial Day Speedway classic at Indianapolis. Ruttman took issue with an AFL teamsters union local in Indianapolis who said it wanted to get the drivers a 40 to 60 per cent cut on the gate Teoeipts at qualification trials. “I don’t see how they could pay 40 per cent on a one-shot deal like theirs,” said Ruttman, He sald race drivers were

| “individualists, and I can’t see

that a union would do us any good.”

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RUTTMAN ALSO said since,

for owners and many of the me-| ony Hulman became head of the chanics are employed elsewhere Speedway it has given drivers and trek here each year because, more prize money each year and

of their enthusiasm for the sport. Many of the mechanics already! are members of other unions. | Another car owner said yesterday he believes the Indian-’ apolis Motor Speedway Corp. is “doing a great job and outside | interests don’t realize the terrific overhead expense here.” What could be described as a counter-moyve against union ef-| forts was the announcement late yesterday ®he track would “be open for practice until 7 p. m.! dally except qualifying® days.|

Spepdway President Wilbur Shaw the track would open at 10. » YESTERDAY WAS the first decent day this week for practic-| ing although the Weir Cook air-| port weather bureau reported

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ever, was 20.25 miles per hour. When the wind subsided about 545 p. m. Shaw extended the practice time. ‘Duke Dinsmore is a red-hot candidate to sit in the Howard Keck Ferrari, Allen Heath has switched from the J. C. Aga-

ko car. Agajanian will bring one car here and is due tomorrow. ® - . ANSWERING A request for the Speedway’s dimension, the track has 8 two long straight-

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|has improved the track. “Sure, I'd like to have them give more prize money on quali{fying days, but I'll bet Mr. Hulman gets around to that, too, before long,” he said. As for organizing drivers throughout the country, he sald, Don’t make me laugh. You'll never get any two race drivers to agree on anything. We get 40 per cent of the gate on AAA championship races anyhow.” Ruttman, J. C. Agajanian, car

{Smith were scheduled to fly east Tonight,

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practically level. Curves are 60 feet wide and elevated 0.16 feet per foot of width. The top of the curve is 9 feet, 7 inches higher than the inner edge of the turn. If the MerKler Machine Works Special is qualified for the 500-mile race, it probably will mark the oldest car in the lineup. Rex Mays placed the car in second place twice. The engine first appeared here in 19038 and a new chassis was built for the 1948 race.

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. WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1952

LEAGUE STANDINGS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Philadelphia at St. Louis (night). NATIONAL LEAGUE Sinoinnatt Es New York,

By t hlladeianta. Shtabaren at Boston. GAMES TOMORROW AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at St. Paul. Columbus at rapper o at Kansas City. uisville at Minneapolis. AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston at Chicago. Philadelphia at Bt. , Louts (night). Washington at Detrot New York at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE Louis at Boston (nig Bb, Ro at Brooklyn (night) Cincinnati at Philadelphia (night), Chicago at New York.

5 8 MANUEL AYULO is relating a| tingling story of how he almost lost his race car, Coast Grain Special, while trucking it here! from the West coast. A trailer jhitch broke near Prescott, Ariz.’ ‘the car and trailer stopped a few feet short of plunging 1000 feet over a cliff.

‘® ” 2 { Add Art Cross’ name to the list of rookie drivers, who have passed their AAA driving exam. Cross was national midget racing champion last year and Won six out of seven 100-lap-pers here at the W. 16th Strest Speedway. He passed his test in the Ray Brady Bowes Seal Fast Special. 2 - 8 FIFTY-THREE of the 70 cars nominated fdr the 500-Mile Race, are in Speedway garages. 84 8 =» | Chuck French, general mana- | ger of the Indianapolis Baseball | Club, saw race cars for the first | time yesterday. He wishes he could transplant some speed into his outfielders.

Softball Notes

eames. start gt Six League thedule pai! start a American United Life i Insurance, Rho- | aus 1; State Life Insurance vs, Vonnegut | Hardware, Rhodius 2; Blue Cross Insurance vs. Grain Dealers Insurance. Tonight's Bush-Callahan City League schedule (all games start at 6 p. m.): {Indiana Dental School vs. Truckers Afl- | Stars, ° Riverside 2; Williamson Polishing VS. Regal Stares, Garfield 2; Sam's Taivern vs. Kinman Service, Brookside 32. Tonight's Bush-Callahan Majuisciarers League (all games start at 6 mi: Indianapolis Deaf Club vs. Local its,

Riverside 1; Knights of 8t. John vs. {Fountain Square Eagles, Garfield 1; W. J.

Rather than open at 9 a. m., owner, and their mechanic, Clay [Holliday vs. Tabernacle Presbyterian.

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