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center ond dead right. Many a ball Gehrig hit to center and right 1 ond ‘which were caught would be home runs today” ... L. W.,, £132 West 169th St. Bronx. J

Roy Caruthers, Tarrytown, N. Y. § "It.is proper to keep in mind Gehrig was a standout

and Crosetti. Jolting Joe had no such competition. Even ‘nomenclature side with Gehrig. Any child knows that you can't ‘jolt’ a ball as far as you can ‘larrup’ it. They did call him Larruping Lou, didn’t they?” J. L. Young, 2834 Heath _Ave., Manhattan.

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By Joe Williams -

Plan Set to Operate Cards if. Saigh Loses

her and whatever became of Captain Billy's Whiz Bang? zippy publication of the yesterday which may explain why

Pp op never engaged in pantie raids.

Life's Ben Hogan stunt got off to such a dawdling start ¥réd Corcoran had to be called in to give it a transfusion. omehow the racing picture seems incomplete without Earl de. Baseball's high brass has already set up a tentative

$plan to operate the Cardinals if Owner Fred Saigh is jailed #0n income tax rap. Joe Louis picks Charles over Walcott, #going along with the price which is 1 to 3. awe :

¥ » If the Marciano-Matthews fight goes through credit two men: Jack Hurley and Lee Savold. Hurley's crafty matchmaking and inexorable ballyhooing (this fighter is currently fea-

tured in three national magazines) have made Matthews most |

“talked of fighter in the country—and it's still a question whether he can fight. Savold exposed Marciano as an earnest, muscular

{performer with only row latent ability.

» sn ns ” . THIS RUBBED considerable sheen off the New Englander's KO over Louis and made it advisable in the interests of a profitable payday to re-establish himself. Finan-

cially, he's in an ideal position. He'll get as much out of and he wants to win by such a

Matthews as out of meeting the Charles-Walcott winner, and should he beat Matthews big, as the boys say, he becomes more attractive than ever as heavyweight challenger. There's never a shortage. of hot. potatoes, as any beleagured politician will fell you. New Jersey's going to keep a box score on motorists, an idea not calculated to enchant the hit-and-run specialist. For the first time Japan has developed a world champion prize fighter. A form of aggression the Western world finds easier to understand. * -Today's baseball isn't as lively as it used to be and it seems appropriate to ask: “What is?” The sorry plight of the Pittsburgh Pirates suggests that while Branch Rickey may be many things he's not Long John Silver, as some of his critics seem to suspect. The congressmen who could find nothing wrong with baseball obviously have not watched Carl Furillo try to bat this season. i Fn yu on -

. . » Marginal comments on the was DiMaggio-better-thon-Gehrig debate: “Overlooked is the fact this is not the Yankee Stadium Gehrig played in. Since his time center has been shortened from 490 to 461 feet with proportionate reductions in right

shag

- » - » . . . “BASEBALL IS a team game. You want the best pos-

bl ‘man for each position. On the all time picks it's either former Indiana welterweight

ge Sisler or Lou Gehrig at first. Nobody who saw them ‘has ever picked DiMaggio over Speaker in center,”

ven in’ the presence of the great Babe Ruth. Not to neglect ucl‘femarkable players as Dickey, Combs, Lazzeri, Rolfe

Sam Snéod’s advance on a golf book (which he won't even

NEW YORK, May 26—Putting one little word after an-|

for the nontitle bout.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES *

Keed' Wants To Make Win Decisive Here

By JIM HEYROCK | THE “KEED” wants to leave no doubt in the minds of hoxing fans that he can be master over Fitzie Pruden, the Canadian who is ranked No. 10 in the welterweight divi-

world’s weight champion, went through a brisk workout yesterday in preparation for his meeting with Pruden Wednesday night

» “ Grounds Coliseum, ’ Heyrock The Cuban Kid looked in the pink of condition but it was evident the narrow victory over Pruden several months ago in Milwaukee bothers him a little. In that scrap Gavilan took lonly a split decision over Pruden

margin Wednesday night that there can be no doubt about his superiority. ” ~ - 2 PRUDEN also worked out yesterday. He has little to say about the bout but gives observers the impression he is confident he will make a good showing. There was a crowd of fans yesterday to watch Gavilan and Pruden go through their paces at Farb's Gym, 18 8. Alabama St. Meanwhile Matchmaker Al Farb signed the last of the preliminaries. Colion CHaney, Indianapolis policeman, was signed to meet Jackie Thompson of Detroit in an eight-rounder. The ChaneyThompson fight will follow the 10-round Gavilan-Pruden bout, which will be televised from coast to coast. :

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the champion were to have a preliminary weighin weeremohy today, which will be televised over WFBM-TV at 5:30 p. m. Both appear in top condition but probably will be a few pounds over the welter limit

o - » THE FIRST fight on the Wednesday night card will be a six-rounder between Joe Sgro,

champion, and Madison Morgan of Chicago, starting at 8:30 p. m. The main event will come next,

in the Fair

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will attempt to qualify.

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WAITING AT THE GATE—Nine race cars, covered with trapalin, were fined up in the garage area yesterday at the 500-Mile track, ready to qualify if the rain stopped. # didn't and an exira six-hour period was Jranted today. No. 96 is the Brown Motor Special Gene Force of Richmond

lin the October classic. » And right out on the Victory [Field green;sward, no less, The Cleveland |Indians, the preseason favorite ‘to capture the |A merican {League, moved {into town today from St. Louis, and they'll take lon the hometown Indians in an exhibition attraction under the lights at the Tribe park tonight. Al Lopez’ pastimers\are playing up to their eoeon bouquets and are leading the AL race by {three full games. The good

Ash

‘gerial career in Indianapolis, is lenjoying a fine sophomore year as a skipper in the big show after finishing second in his freshman

By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, May 26-—Al Rosen, Cleveland's baseball Spartan from Spartansburg, 8. C, stuck his oft-busted nose into the business of winning the home run and runs-batted-in titles today and if he comes through the Indians may win the pennant without too much trouble. Rosen, whose nose has been broken 11 times, was disturbed because injuries put him out of two games this year after he had gone through the two previous seasons without missing any action. But he is back in action now and the Indians are especially glad he was around for the second game of yesterday's double header with the Browns. After St. Louis had won the opener, 7 to 5, and led, 2 to 1, in the seventh inning of the nightcap, Rosen came through with a three-run homer, his 10th of the year, and young Sam Jones went on to gain a five-hit, 6 to 2 victory.

Rosen Looking Toward RBI Title As Homer Helps Cleveland Win

pace for the Browns with two homers, driving in four runs. Steve Gromek suffered his first defeat.

o » - IN OTHER American League action, the Senators divided with the A's, losing 2 to 1, as Bobby Shantz won his seventh game, and winning 1 to 0 behind Lou Sleater’s seven hitter, The White Sox twice shut out the Tigers, 3 to 0 on Joe Dobson's five-hit-ter, and 1 to 0, as Marv Grissom pitched a three-hitter to shade Art Houtteman. The Yankees and | Red Sox were rained out in Bos-| ton. : The Cubs took a firmer hold on third plate in the National League by topping the Pirates, 5 to 4, on Dee Fondy’s two-run homer in the ninth, and the Cardinals edged the Reds, 7 to 6 as Tommy Glaviano drove in the winning run with his second double in the seventh. The second game at Cincinnati was rained out. The Dodgers at Philadelphia and the Giants and Braves at New York also were

followed by an eight-rounder, a six-roudner and a four-rounder.

gins at 9 p. m. | . The main eventers will have| their last bit of boxing before the fight in today's workouts. Tomorrow they intend to take

long walks. Then,

* The telecast and broadcast be- | Red Sox in the American League

1 3-14 19 : Curt Barna (3) 17 » postponed. 1 UE , y 1 12 © Boston ... «12 ADD ER FE 0 Pittsburgh 6 30 167 v XI (4), Rratle : INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE w ory, Nux ik = "Bork in. Montreal i) Losing. Pitcher

write) was $7500 or more than most of our top flight novelists rate. A divorce is seldom becoming ond besides Eleanor always * looked better in @ swim suit. Headline: “Phils Give Up On Church.” It's the wretched spirit of the times there's pressure on _ Ike to. come home anid discuss the issues and Yankee fans would “like to know how he stands on the deal which sent Wilson, Shea ~| and Jensen to the Senators. * © There must be more original and imaginative ways to break into literature than to expose hoodlumism in boxing. Incomplete “is the news mice prefer gum drops to cheese: because sometimes “you can't tell the difference.

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THE SPLIT enabled Cleveland to stay three full games ahead of the second place Senators and

race. Rosen, now leading the majors in homers with 10, also is setting the pace in the American in runs batted in with 26, and has

only a few limbering up exercises/boosted his average to a fancy| and some they'll ‘take in a show or some other form of relaxation. {Wednesday they'll rest until fight time. ’ t

.338, second high in the league. In the opener, Duane Pillette gained his fifth victory, despite being tagged for homers by Luke

! | | |

Easter, Larry Doby, and Harry:have come across the finish line then saw that big Novi and Duke; — with Miller a car-length in fronticoming out of the southeast]

washed out.

Simpson. Dick Kryhoski set the |the winning run with his fifth ning St. Paul.

season. Lopez is the man who |brought Indianapolis its first peninant in 20 years, 1948, and in 1949 {he added the Little World Series championship to the Victory Field ‘trophy case. His Hoosier Indians {finished second in 1949, a mere {half game behind pennant-win-His 1950 Tribehomer at Washington, but the sters also wound up a close Senators broke up an 0-0 duel in second. the second game when Pete Run-| 4 8 4

with a single to give Sleater higjup to town today and the Cleve"second straight win since coming|landers and Hoosier Indians are over from the Browns. Loser Bob to square off at 8:15. Lopez’ Hooper yielded but five hits. jclub split a doubleheader in St. Grissom, given a 1-0 margin in! Louis yesterday while the Indianthe first inning when Al Zarilla apolis Tribesters were held idle tripled and scored on Houtte- by an all-afternoon rain. Tribe man’s wild pitch, went on to score officials were compelled to posthis first victory, striking out six/Pone both games with the Columbatters and walking only one. bus Rea Birds, who moved Jo In the opener, the veteran Dob- Svise, 2 edging

skins here Saturday night, 6 to 4. son gained his sixth win, topping Tribe Manager Gene DeSau-

Virgil Trucks, Detroit's mno-hit| ¢ ;¢ plans on using Bob Kerrihero. Al Carrasquel drove in two gan and Bill Abernathie on the Chicago runs with a single. mound, and it is believed Skipwr SE per Lopez will send Dick Rozek FONDY, WHO had hit three| and perhaps Mickey Harris to singles prior to his homer, was| the Cleveland rubber. the big wheel in the Cub victory

hit a double and homer for the Bucs. The Cardinals won a battle of Course.

extra base hits from the Reds) TE 1 CAL"

. 0" » SHANTZ BECAME the first

American, Leaguer to win seven |

|games a8 Gus Zernial provided

in which Enos Slaughter and|

Hatton hit Cincy homers.

| IF CHET MILLER, Bill Vu(kovich and Freddie Agabashian| had run their 139 qualifying laps) at the same time, they would

Notes From the Speedway

this season. In early-season games, the here and he had been told by! Indians defeated the Mud Bill Holland to stick close to him | Hens three out \of four. The and learn the track. Wallard| Tribe's new series with Toledo lost Holland in the traffic and! will extend through Wednesday, and Louisville is to play here Thursday night, after

|8enor, who launched his mana-|

nels drove in the winning run| AL BROUGHT his regular line- g

at Pittsburgh. Ralph Kiner, get-/its Triple-A farm club on an| ting back into form after beingiopen date. To present the exhi-| superintendent, out a week with a back injury, bition, the Indianapolis Indians| pointed president of the Board of | postponed a date with Toledo, Control of " with the Mud Hens’ consent, of School Athle

» Tribesters will

which Indians and Colonels |

On Little Injuns Cleveland Stops at

BM Victory Field Tonight For Exhibition Tilt

| . By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor | Local baseball fans. who are looking ahead with pleasant anticipation to watching the World Series on tele\vision next fall, tonight are offered the rare opportunity of seeing in action one of the teams most likely to participate

three-run homer, his 10th oft: | the season. He's leading the team in runs batted in as well as in homers. Cleveland's .300 hitters are . Mitchell, Rosen, Avila and Doby, with Boone and Simpson hitting close to

the coveted circle. ” EJ

= TOP EXECUTIVES of the [Cleveland club and its farm sys{tem are due in town to attend a {press reception in the afternoon before taking in the game. It's |the first time the chiefs have as{sembled here since the Indianaplolis club became affiliated with [Cleveland. | Chieftains slated to give their {seventh=place Hoosier Indians and Victory Field the once-over lare Ellis Ryan, president, who is jalso president of the Indianaplolis club; Hank Greenberg, gen= manager; Mike McNally, system director; Eddie Stumpf, farm system business manager, and Joe Broderick, [Cleveland stockholder, who is vice president of the Indianapolis club,

Tribe Averages

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BATTING AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI AV Stirn 4 0 a 0 ¢ 0 O° S500 Baumer 16 1 6 1 @ 1 3 .J18 Gear. .. 39 6 14 3 0 3 8 . .359 {Nielsen .. 98 233 32 1 20 .327 (Higdon .. 36 5 11 0 0 a 9 .306 {Pope ....114 23 34 3 2 2 14 .208 ‘Malmb. ..137 ‘15 37 2 3 © il .201 iWilson ..123 20 31 5 1 1 .252 Restell . 4 2 1 0 0 3 1 250 Smith ..105 17 25 4 3 10 .238 {Conyers .120 10 25 3 0 4 22 .208 r..154 ‘3 10.0 0 1 3 .188 ‘Mont. ... 61 6 11 1- 6 3 6 .130 {Hu n pas vn . 3 9, Stolen bases—Wilson §. 5 se: {2, Conyers 2, Malmberg 2. ‘Turner MonVv

0. Sacrifices—Wilson 2, Smith, Team batting .253.

| PITCHING | CG WL IP R HBBSO jAbern. .. 9 3 3 41 BB 8 12 Dickey ....10 1 1 33% 16 13 Sipple ... 14 1 1 33 16 10 19 INarleski .. 8 3 3 54% 32 58 34 41 Kerrigan .. 9 1 I-15 3 0 16 Papis aot 4 30 10720 3% 10 iChakales .. 2 0 0 ‘5 4: 5.4 3 Zuverink :: 2 0 0 4 1 4 0 3 Wild pitches—Narleski 5, e. Hit batsmen-—Abernathie 3, Kerrigan 32,

Narleski, Papish.

IHSAAMakes

Cleveland is stopping off to ns TWO Changes v

| E. C. Boyd, Clinton school

has been ap-

the Indiana High tic Association and {R, B. Miller, assistant. superin{tendent of Hammond Schools, has {been appointed to the same po-

Dick Sisler homered for St. Louis return to American Association|gition of the IHSAA's Athletic

Borkowski and Grady action tomorrow by meeting the ad EN ono Mud Hens in a twi-night double-

‘header, first game at 6:30. ol L.-V. Phillips, commissioner - of jwill be the first week-day twin bill to be played by the Redskins f

Council.

[the ISHAA, announced the [changes last night. The new ofcers take office July 1. The {board members under Boyd in{clude George Adamson, athletic {director at Sandborn High School; {William H. Welch, Star City { prineipal; C. H. Filiott, Butler [High teacher, and Loren Chas{tian, principal of Muncie Central. Boyd succeeds Robert C. Jones,

t (have been 47 feet or three car-

in the rain were four ducks, a gag| his second straight British Ama-lup against the Hoosier, farm-

of Vukovich. Agabashian would turn. Wallard moved in behind Nalon| switch to Derbytown to con- {Huntsville as president. Miller reon the backstretch and was liter-| tinue their series Friday and |Places H. C. Benedict of Vevay as ally pulled into the northeast Saturday. "Ubsrintendent. ' turn by Nalon’s tow. That was| Several members of the Indian- hillips also announced that the the last time Wallard ever got apolis Indians have seen brief/IFiISAA was investigating the posbebind Nalon. iservice with the parent Cleveland|SiPility of reducing the athletic its - {Indians and tonight's exhibition! Sigil nge of Indiana boys z contest will have its “reunion|from 0 19 years of age. Thus The track will be closed Thurs. NOPMan Opens Bid langle.” | far, the majority of state districts PRESTWICK, Scotland, May o p | favored the current 20-year limit. 26 (UP)—Dick Chapman of Pine- | —

day for its annual bath. a... \ s & =» . MANAGER AL LO ex- | THE ONLY qualifiers yesterday hurst, N. C., began his bid for pected to start his OE MR. DISNEY HATS

lengths behind Miller, = " » SPEEDWAY President Wilbur Shaw has announced the track will be open for practice tomorrow and Wednesday for the 33 starting cars.

drummed up by Shaw to satisfy|teur Golf Championship today hands. It goes like this:

photographers. Harry

goes on during & 500-Mile Race.

ing of quitting the game. 3 Originally assigned to the No.

fwith an easy 6 and 5 second- | gimpson. rf; Bobby Avila, 2b; Al

8» {round victory over V. R. Lindsay-| Rosen, 3b; Larry Doby, cf: Dale Only as Nas : 7? - » ’ ’ ’ ith’s | he Tn driver, who jounod the| Refrew of Scotland as the En Luke Easter, 1b; Ray(f iadiasapeits | 135-Mile-An-Hour Club last year|P\2Y 8Tind began on the ancient Boone, vss, apd the catcher and 110 W. with his 135.614 qualification in Prestwick Course. All of Amer- pitcher. “ i Wash the McNamara Special, is think-|!C4'8 top hopes except two-time Rasen helped win yesterday's (f Qhesle,,,

winner Frank Stranahan played

second game from the Browns as the tournament opened with }

in St. Louis by slamming a |

33 Ray Brady Bowes Seal Fast first and second round matches. | . | Special, Scarborough had ome Bud Moneymaker Does | | spin in it. He quit and went 1ai | Go EASY WAY back to the McNamara Special Welsh Rare Bis It Again at W. 16th St. : and almost “lost” that car on Bud Moneymaker captured his| the north turn n'a practice run. By Jack Welsh sixth feature stock car race of| TO THE

He believes this isn't his year. = » os IT TAKES a year to learn what

Remember Tony Bettenhausen's

| “an old axiom on insults and in-

the season last night when he won the 25-lap event at the W.| 16th St. Midget Speedway. | Jack Faris finished second and | { Frankie Mike was third in the]

Cliff Chambers of the Cardinals was struck in the face with a line drive yesterday. There's

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spin-out on his 178th lap last| juries about turning the other |main event. ianapoits Railwavi Dimes wil eave |year? He was tailing Mike Na-| cheek but you won’t get Cham- Heat - winners Included Faros, | Bide. Market: and Hiusier every isaruk through the north turn.| pers to believe it. Mike, Jim Irvin and Jimmy Quick. [| {fas "thas 30° minutes ver a ack in 'Nazaruk' slowed down to turn on The semifinal races were won by ess,’ Ban gap Tout Sa is 3 Sal: e «39.

(his ‘reserve fuel tank and Battenhausen went for the brakes to ‘avoid climbing Nazaruk. Rather ‘than knock two cars out of the

Herschel White and Smoky John-!

» » . The weather was only fit son.

for ducks at the Speedway yesterday but it was still the

NOW HEAR THIS—Kid Gavilan (left) and Fittie Pruden get a few instructions from F. S. Pride, Commission, prior to their workouts yesterday.

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$70-939-036-2748 Joos ‘6 Males end of his refresher course as a

race, Bettenhausen went into a

got in Duke Nalon's tow in 1948 and almost went over the wall in the little Iddings Special. It was Wallard’'s first year

drivers who were doing all |

majors.” At the rate Indian-

apolis is going, the new second sacker must be thinking of Pittsburgh and Detroit.

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spin. Nazaruk placed second. te. Squawiing, DISEASE OFTEN MISUNDERSTOOD LEE WALLARD, last year's| Stuffy Stirnweiss said “If I a Dear FeO pl sem airman of the Indiana Athletic ’ growth that ‘becomes 2 winner, relates how he almost| can play here I can play in the edinccly beneath the outer tissues of the

To obtain relief the medicine to be used should first gently remove the veo "Sah eA ar oreth. wth hard his gro 13 80 shows it takes 15 minutes of boiling to des: 1

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