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Sports Rotndiper — By EDDIE ASH 1500" In Category of ‘Race. That Never Ends’

IT'S TIME to get down to wark on the 500-Mile Race, the next one, that is, plus the writing in of the new

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SUNDAY, JUNE 1,1852 ~~

1-5, Plays 2 Here: Today:

cal and Jack Wilson of South-

Times’ Special _|port are winners of the third ~LOUISVILLE, Miy 31—lannual Indianapolis Times The third - place Louisville! senior . Athlete of the Year

'Colonels bumped off theirjawards in the Marion County

h schools for 1951-52. traditional rivals, the Indian- son of Mr. and Mrs.

has

xson, japolis Indians, again today, mak-'Ward Sexson, 1931 Hoyt Ave.

records posted. i in the last oné , ... which was finished on ling # six out of eight’ over the|completed one of the most illus-

the track, all right, but that isn't the half of it.. -Ohe Speedway classic ends, another. starts, in the Speedway office and on newspaper desks . . . It's a race that never ends for the management and the newspapers, and for some fans, too, of course . . fans arose to head for the exits less than 48 hours ago, as soon as Troy Ruttman received the checkered flag, one said, “Well, how about next year?” You can’t beat this Hoosier speed spectacle for the countless questions its close followers ask from one race day to the next . .. Louisville has its Derby Day, even its Derby Week, but if questions asked by phone and lettér mean anything, then the 500-Mile- presentatfon is the world’s longest race in the amount of mileage covered both on and off the track. : It's getting so. the. rapid. speed. fans, {i i to argue about than the Hoosier high" tool basketball kids, and adults, too . . . Which is a healthy sign of course, afd is as it should be.

3] iday’ s “thriller will be disctrssed until the next one ‘comes up. °- All of which furnishes the reason forthe best betaine. -e, which must be Rpt Rite on tiie Big Iw: "over, a new sheet of figures must be compiled immediately. «+ « Also the traffic and transportation operations must be . studied to spot flaws or- bottlenecks, . . The Speedway itself - has proved it pays to be ever watchful for improvements , . . The Greatest Race Course in the World now is also the Greatest and Safest. The 500-Mile wos abandoned during the two World Wars but it never ended for the boys in service, especlally those who - fought in the last one . . . Letters streamed in from all fronts and training camps, all loaded with queries about the big race down through the years. » » s ¢ » » » IN THE July issue of the magazine, Sport, Tris Speaker points out that he used the platoon system in baseball 32 years ago . . . He managed Cleveland in 1920 and masterminded the team to its first American League pennant and to a World Series over | Brooklyn ... It's Speaker's answer to Ty Cobb’s blast against the system, .. Tris still is connected with the Clevéland club in the capacity of consulting coach. The double setback suffered by the team on Memorial Day didn’t discourage " the club's pennant-hungry fans . . . Eight hundred Clevelanders organized an excur‘sion and followed Al Lopez’ team to New York for the week-end séries with the Yankees . . . It was ~ a scheduled three-game set, yesterday, today, tomorrow, but yesterday's tilt was rained out’, . . Tris Speaker jgined the Cleveland club as a player, in 1916, coming from the Boston Red Sox in a big deal . . . He was elevated to manager in 1919 and stayed on until he resigned in 1926 . . , The old Grey Eagle is well preserved physically . . . He ‘works with both the Cleveland varsity and its minor league farm clubs in spring training time, » » n : » » ” The congressional committee which suggested there should be several major baseball leagues instead of just two neglected to suggest where players might be found to stock all those big leagues . . . The two in existence have to fill out their rosters with players who do not measure up to big league caliber , . . Some who come down to the American Rerague tion in “24-hour recall” deals, and are required to play regularly, soon learn they actually haven't got enough on the ball to keep in step with the minor league pace (.. Fact is, there's a shortage of competent players in both majory and minors, « « « Nowadays it's just about as difficult to swing a player deal

in Class Triple-A as it is in the majors. = » » = un »

AFTER A poor start, Chicago's White Sox have come back and are keeping within striking distance of the leaders, , . . Young players are the main ® ig

factor. . . . But don't overlook the work of the veteran Eddie Robinson, first base-

man, , , , Last year was his best in the | majors. . . . He collected 20 homers and § batted in 117 runs on a batting average of .282. . . . Now he's swingirig in higher hitting figures, above .300. . . . His bat is helping the Pale Hose gun for the top [™ of the loop . . . They finished fourth - Ed Robinson last season. . , . Robinson played with the Cleveland _pennant winners of 1948. , . . He is 31. .. . The Texan was traded to Washington in 1949 and was landed by the White Sox during the 1950 campaign. . . . Proof of Robinson's durability will be found in the record book. . ‘He played 15) games last year, » ” ” o ” There's ans something new turning up in baseball . . . Pitcher Duane Mehn of North Central College,was batted off the mound in the fourth inning by Lake Forest College the other day . . , But Mehn gained revenge . . . Shifted to left field for the remainder of the game he added a double with the

bases filled in the fifth to his third-inning home run with ane on, and North Central won, 8 to 7.

a .a = ” ¥ =» ~. AMONG: LOCAL boys starting’ careers in organized |, baseball down in the little minor leagues are Bob Allen, @tcher, Jerry Kane, southpaw piteher . . . The former is

Tris Speaker

with St, Augustine in the Class D Florida¥State League, the latter with Mayfield, Ky., in the Class D Kitty League « + « St. Augustine is a’ Boston Braves farm while Mayfild I. is a Pittsburgh affiliate , . . Both ads played amateur hall |

in Indiariapolis with Harry T

Horiburgers Fal Cot

2 Angles.

. As one group of "long fly turned the trick for the High School for all-around ath- Su

it’ has a longer “stove league” than baseball , , . Last |

§5ne Fee BAL hh, Hr Satan {noon,+Rill. Abernathie and Ch ar ie) {dianapolis Indians meet §

wTribesters this season, The, score trious, all-around athletic careers was. 7 to 5. . Louisville's first run, chalked upischool history.

in the third, came in without the aid of a hit. An error, a walk, a/%on, 5304 Madison ‘Ave, had no

wild pitch, a hit batsman and a Peers in the history of Southport

lletic and academic achievement.

Both outstanding athletes have bfen cited by The Times for “their all-around athletic and academic achievements, bringing honor ‘and, distinction to their respective schools for the city ‘and county . ‘school | years being completed.

‘home boys. i 4 xn. =

POOR PITCHING plagued the | Indians again and George Zuve- | rink, today’s starter, who was de-' feated in "a relief role by the ‘Colonels in Indianapolis last;

Thursday, took his lumps again will! today. He was solved for nine hits], The I-inch TOP Wires and in. five and one-third Innings, | ounty - award winners Wedneswith three .Tribe errors contribut-| 'day. A banquet will honor the ing to his downfall. [two athletes, their parents, prinLsoGeotge. also. issued five walks, ricipals, athletic directors and

made a wild pitch and hit two coaches at Hotel Lincoln at 6:30 (batsmen. He struck out three.

‘Ray Narlesk! and Bob Chakales|™ : a

‘also saw service on the Tribe, PRESENTATION of the tromound. |phies will be made by Times Ed- | - Having lost two of three here| itor Walter Leckrone in preand one to the Colonels in the {game ceremonies at Victory {Hoosier capital, the Indians. will | Field Wednesday night, now return home to battle the! Both award winners will be {St. Paul Saints in a douileheader honored guests of the Indianapone eRehaYy LG YIN eIne Min-. Tribe. are slated, to pitch for the neapolis Millers at 8:15 p. m. Ir s TAA a Luke Walton, Veteran sportsAN ODDITY of today’s game easter of WISH, will introduce was the fact all Tribe runs were Mr. Leckrone before game-time. earned, whereas - only three. ofl “9.8 3 Louisville's markers could be SEASON AND WILSON have counted as earned. Tribe errors their outstanding versatility in helped Louisville score four times. athletics, academic achievement The miscues made by Malmberg, and mental attitude on and off Conyers and Jack Baumer allithe field. cost runs. It coincides with a| The awards are based on baseball pattern—the breaks. us- sportsmanship, leadership, scholualiy go against a losing team.|arship, mental attitude and othThe ‘Colonels also used threeler qualities - of character and pitchers, Harry Taylor, Hershell|citizenship. Freeman and Jim Hisner, The| The two finalists were chosen Tribesters collected eight hits; the Kentuckians 12. The Colonels|dates in the city and nine panelalso committed three miscues. lists in the eounty high schools.. Pappy Taft Wright, Louisville's] 2 =:

JOE SEXSON of Techni- |

in the annals of Indiana high § Wilson, son of Mrs. Cecille Wwil- ,

| Wednesday. {lie Relations Director Ted" Sulli-

from a select field of 10 candi-|

{seven walks, the Louisville hur-

aged left fielder, batted in. three] of Louisville's seven runs. and!

scored one. Young Tomimy Umphlett, rookie centerfielder, up from Class D, collected four ot. the home hits, » » »

HARRY TAYLOR, the. native Hoosier, was batted: off the Lou-*

isville mound in the seventh, dur-|

ing the Indians’ first real uprising, but he received credit for the victory. His team was ahead, 8 to 3, at the time. Freeman lost control in the ninth and the Indians. rallied again. Too little and too late, however. After two runs were in

|got two hits apiece for the losers;

Stirnweiss batted in two runs

apiece. Pope batted in the fifth and last Tribe narker. «8 » » CHARLIE MAXWELL played

a brilliant game in right field for the Colonels. He made all three putouts in the first inning, and in the third made a diving, rolling catch of Malmberg’s low line drive in right center. The Indians’ Lloyd Gearhart made a great catch on a drive by Wright in the seventh. Indianapolis pitchers {issued lers five. Not a single Tribe pitcher lasted ‘the route in the

“|four tilts with the Colonels (one|zenith of a great prep career by,

in Indianapolis, three here). It was both Knothole Gang Day &nd Maiden Boosters Day at

— |tendance was 565 and the pou | crowd totaled 1262.

{Parkway Field, with the boys {taking over the right field namie

and the girls the left. “Kid”

Tribe Box Score

INDIANAPOLIS AB ‘R HB 0 Malmberg 4 1 1 3 A 5 § tirnwelss, . wee df ) 0} B24 +3 9 2 3 oo ¢ 5 6 6 3 0 4-4 ¢ 1 1 6 4 8 2 8 0 } talve, - o : i ° i 1 0 . * eee - bi carnanies 8 i LE : 0 Zuverink, », ,., 2 4 t 6. _1"6¢G Narleski. ». ....000.. 0 & 0 0 0 Rigdon... ...ua 4s. 1 1 1% 6 # Chukales, p. ..,.... 0 © a 0» 1 " Hulsxen v3 . Eu LI y Totals an M WU 3

Hixdon sineled for

N Rosaun. Muted lor ppl in Seventh.

Montsive in uniath Ehakales in

Hutson grounded out for ninth,

LOUISVILLE

Hisner was called in to stop them. (Henke, Warren Central, Dave Pope and Herb Conyers|

city were: Ted Bosler, Broad) Ripple; Orval Brown, Crispus Attucks; Robert Springer, Cathedral; George Gormat, Deaf School; Don Thomas, Howe; Richard Nyers, Manual; Harlan Petty, Sacred Heart; Robert Bruce, Shortridge, and Ed Kernodle, (Washington. Eight other county candidates| included: Ross Page, Beech Grove; Leon Redenbacher, Ben/ |Davis; Harold Holderfield, DecaReese,

rence ‘Central; Douglas

dan, Speedway, and ¥ » =

SEXSON,

OTHER CANDIDATES in the give

tur Central; Ronnie Grimes, Law-|

Joe Sexson '

Jack Wilson

Hump Pierce Quits As Indians Trainer By EDDIE ASH : ** Times Speris Editor Jim (Hump) Pierce; longtime trainer of the Indianapolis Indians, last night announced he has turned in his resignation, effective next Sunday. “Just finally got tired,” the and. Arata 300 . Manager Chuck French and Pub-

van. Having been identified with some branch. of baseball for 'more than half a century, the genial ‘Plerce is widely known in the national pastime, from the little minors on up to the big| show, He gave some indication of ‘his plans to retire when the Indians were’ in training at Daytona Beach, Fla. this spring and then spoke of going through with it before the Indians left-on their first long road trip early in May. | But the Tribe club officials, French, Sullivan, Manager Gene Desauiels and Part-Owner: Owen

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Times Athletes Told About Change

» ” » HOLMES, who was appointed. imanager during last season,

{something of & surprise since he |

kee likes er ‘he said. -

f him and Mr. Quinn,” Holmes said.

Amusements ........ 36, 37 |

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Young Pilot Bursts i Into Tears When He's:

Ry United Press CINCINNATY, May 31—Tommy Holmes was fired today as manager of the Boston Braves. Veteran Charley Grimm was given a two-year contract to replace him.

. Holmes burst into tears when he was fired by long distance * telephone. Grimm was reluctant to take the job and it took -two telephone calls to persuade him, " Braves General Manager John Quinn said Holmes would remain in the Braves organiza~ tion. :

“doesn't have enough expégience for the <job,” Quinn said.” “We still think ‘the world of him,” he added. : Holmes is a Brooklyn boy and a former Braves star, He was managing Hartford, Conn, a = Braves farm team, when he was called in to replace Billy Southworth as manager. But the team did not prosper, either at the gate or in the - standings. “So we had to make a change,” Quinn sald. y = » > GRIMM'S appointment

CHARLIE GRIMM—He's in.

was |

said only last month, “I have no desire to return to ‘the MBJor leagues.” The veteran baseball man has been serving as manager of the Milwaukee Brewers in the Ameriican Association, oe ‘Braves’

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. ¥ ” ; HOLMES SAID President Louis R, Perini of the Braves woifld arrive here tonight to discuss the future, “Mr, Perini said he was sorry he brought me up so fast, but I have only the warmest feeling for

“I ‘think it hurt Mr. Perini more to have to tell me than it did for me to receive it.” Holmes said he was willing to abide by anything for the best interests of the ball club, and that he didn’t know what sapacity they have in mind for m,

* TOMMY HOLMES—He's out,

to. the pennant that year, and again in 1935, He managed them until July, 1938, and resigned be« An » cause of “poor health and the

1 Bush, prevailed upon him to .it another whirl, Pierce stayed on, then changed his mind again last week and gave definite notice yesterday.

THE wise-cracking Hump, whe alway: has had a way with ballplayers to buck them up, started %Y Ha lin baseball as a sandlot player typical camera shot o fe {before the turn of the century. He in the Tribe's clubhouse. ” {became a semi-pro im Indianapolis and over the state, then on to the! ‘began in 1942, Hump is never {little minor leagues as a player. | lat a loss for words and quick He was an infielder, steady in the] \quips, and he really turns on the

‘field, and- intelligent, although | h h 1 sort of a lightweight with the bat. jlanighs when called upon for a

But Pierce made up for his lack| Jim was given a “special night”

PACKING UP—Every spring

and 18 made, e job of cramming uniforms re other equipment int trunks for the getaw

dvery trip the Indians

Pike Township; Harold Meyer, of longball hitting by becoming'in 1948, the Indians’ last pennant kids, they have been showing lots Franklin Township; Richard Jor- a tricky hitter and he could al-/season, and a large crowd en-°f Progress,” he said. William |

wa" 1 bunt to perfection, |joyed the gala event. Now he'll »..8 =» ibe called upon to step up to the

THE AFFABLE HUMP, who home plate again Thursday be-

who has been one of always kept thew laughing and fore he. bows out next Sunday and Harry Malmberg and George the most widely-publicized ath-|also left them laughing, is to be/When

the

{letes in state history, is rated ane paid tribute at Victory Field néxt|Milwaukee Brewers invade Vic-

of Indianapolis’ all-time athletic eats, Mix 18-awards (letters, medals and trophies in foothall, basketball,” baseball and track sets an all-time high for awards in Indianapolis high | school history, Manual's Jim | Nyers, winner of The Times | trophy last year, earned 12 letters in four sports. Joe won three awards each in| football, basketball and track and four in baseball. ” " » SEXSON, -who stands 6-4 and| weighs 195 pounds, soared to the |

winning the Trester ‘medal after | spearheading his Greenclad team-| matés to the state championship| basketball game in March. An example of his "ability to! “turn if on” came in the local] sectionals as Sexson rallied his| team to win when-Howe held a 39 to 32 lead in the final three! minutes, | Seldom ruffled under fire, | Sexson displayed unusual emotionai and mental stability, possessing rare maturity for a | high school athlete. In football, he was all-North Central Conference, and twice Times All-city back, scoring 85 points last fall. He was picked! on the second team all-America!

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{Thursday night when the Indiansitory Field. [play the Minneapolis Millers. It

(will be in the nature of a testi- Coach Resigns

monial for the veteran. WARSAW, May 3t The ball club and players are George Fisher,

arranging to present Pierce with)..." ng vears as head football suitable gifts for the occasion. |... mG Yeals aa High 28 ball Tribe fans and other friends of|and Frank Sanders Jr, freshman

{Jim who wish to pay honor to him grid coach, was named to succeed lat his Victory Field farewell| [him., [party by joining the players in!

(UP) 51, resigned today

THE FORMER Braves star POT showing of the team.” said he will run the team tomor-| He served with Milwaukee as

Trainer Pierce -bossed

defending champion

irow against the Cincinnati Reds and he is going to have a talk ‘with Grimm when he arrives to take over the team. : He sald his wife knew about the dismissal first and tried to {call him from Boston, but Perini’s call arrived first. Visibly shaken Holmes said, “the .thing that hurts is the fact I'm in love with those kids.” He referred to the rookies that

the season. “This is the biggest thrill of my llite—the honor of guiding these

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Holmes said he was going home to Brooklyn to rest awhile after his talk with Grimm. Referring to the former Milwaukee manager, he said, “its no disgrace to be replaced by a guy like him.” ¥ » » HOLMES is 34. Grimm is 52 years old and a veteran of baseipall, He broke into baseball in 1916. and played through 1936 from 1919 to 1924 with Pittsburgh and from 1925 through 1936 with the Cubs, He became player-manager of the Cubs in 1932 and guided them

collecting gifts, are requested to | contact Frank Sigafoos, the for-| | mer Indianapolis star slugger. | His phone is BR-7467, residence. | His business phone, Indianapolis| Gas Go.,'is MA- 4421, » “ PIERCE'S varied career has| |covered a lot of mileage. After. ‘By JIM SMITH ending his days as a league play-| er, he stepped up and ‘managed | Lead-footed Troy Ruttman will several minor league clubs. Jimiget his first crack at trying to

Milwaukee

also served as trainer for the! {dethrone Tony Rettenhausen as’ Purdue University athletic teams yop no AAA champion at Mil-

(and for a time coached the Boil- {Wate one week from today. baseball squad.

He became trainer for the In- - One of the strongest fields of dianapolis Indians in the early Indianapolis cars and drivers has Twenties and later served in the signed to participate in the third same capacity for the Louisville annual Rex Mays Classic 100|Colonels. During his first hitch mile national championship big with the Indians he served as/CAr race, June 8 at Wisconsin trainer-coach one season. In re- State Fair park. cent years he has “doubled” as Time trials will begin at noon {trainer and road seczetyry, and the 100-mile, fielding the a rv » fastest 16 gualifiers, will line up HIS LAST tenture. .as “Tribe at 2:30 p. m. (CST), {trainer and clubhouse. “doe” w. w. »

BE PE, = | IN ADDITION tb. Beiien g 7 hausén, the defending champion, Mile Classie, the field will intlude Bill Vukovich, who was forced out of the lead on the 192d lap

when his steering mechanism broke and slammed the car into the northeast wall, Jack Me-

senresraan

'500" Drivers Now Eye 100-Miler

and Ruttman, winner of the 500- 3

RESIS Ln Ey Grath, Bill Schindler, - Manuel Ji AMER! Ayulo, Andy Linden, Henryge Louisville 7, . aly ia s u el Banks, Johnnie Parsons, Sam Eh a AK Hanks, Joe James and Duane ciand tv " York, postponed, Carter, : Detrolt at whigeon (Postponed aim. The high-powered field will be t, d fa), ou aon zr '|shooting for Johnny McDowell's Bittabureh' 5, Philadeiphi one-mile record of 36.2 seconds a ' scheduled.) pastioned, rain. (99.04 mph), which he set last - August and the 100-mile record of Jase on TODAY 1 hours afid 6 minutes, 38,91 secpitheader onds set by Beitenhausen last bi EET KEL. Jue. nas, OC Advance tickets ‘may be send ae cured hy writing the Wisconsin

Troy Ruttman

dotted the Boston lineup during|

manager and vice president until May 4, 1944, when he returned as manager of the Cubs for a second time. In 1949 he gave up the manager's job again and in 1950 managed Dallas, Tex., in the Texas at $30,000 a year, the highest salary ever paid a minor - leagues -manager. After only one year, however, he resigned and returned to Mi waukee, Grimm resigned as vice president of the Cubs and took the job as manager at Dallas because “I don’t want to be a swivel chair pilot.” » » »

HOLMES, one of the most popular players in Boston history,

|broké his nine-year playing career

to take the Hartford job last year but also played in 27 games after returning to manage the Braves last June. He has a 10-year major league

batting. average of .304. His best

season was 1945 when he hit 352,

He started in organized ball at Norfolk in 1937 where he hit 25 homers to go with his .320 average. He hit .368 with Binghamton of ‘the Eastern league the next season and then moved to Newark for the next three seasons before joining the Braves in 1042, He always attributed his classy wrist-action to his early bagpunching activities. He started

punching the bag before he was 4 years old and won the National Junior bag punching title at Magis son Square Garden at the ripe

age of 5.

Welsh wes Bifs

. By Jack Welsh

There's a rumor afoot that Chuck Davey passed up his In.

i dianapolis date to keep from

being banned for lifs from New York rings. He didn’t have to. worry about Boston—it specials. 2 izes strictly in books, . » »

- Speaking of Boston, Holmes. was no Sherlock the Braves’ problems, but now the situation Is Grimm, : ws. se Roii Necciai, the finor league strike out sensation, missed train, wrecked a car, and grounded in a pune reach Pitty This lad’s abili

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