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DETROIT TIMES, JUNE 16, 1942
SPORTS
By LEO MACDONELL—
igers Could Be Called
'Fond Fathers' Club;'
Majority Are Daddies
TURNESAS MAKE UP ROYAL FAMILY’
The Tigers were talking about Father’s Day, which, as you
know, comes next Sunday—a day the mamma and the children
buy fifties for the proud papa.
“Suppose you'll get a tie?” flip Birdie Tebbelts, a bachelor
man, cracked to Rip Radcliff, father of a swell 8-year-old boy.
“Why a tie?" Radcliff wanted to know.
“To hang yourself with for what the Tigers did in Boston/*
Tebbetts laughed.
“Why blame me, I didn't play in Ronton?" Radcliff de
manded.
Kidding aside, the Tiger team is pretty much of a "fond
fathers' club,” what with more than half of the squad of 24
being married and the daddies of one or more children. As a re
sult of which, Tiger papas ought to have a field day next Sunday,
when the gifts start flowing in .
from the downtown stores.
With three children--two
girls a is
squad.
But Del Baker, the manager
himself, has the most candidates
for the team -two boys. Other
dads include Virgil Trucks, Paul
(Dizzy) Trout, Erie McNair, f :
Don Ross. Doc framer. Tommy /
Bridges, Johnny Corsica. Roy
Henshaw Hal Manders |/ p '
Manders. first cousin of
Bob Feller, has a son who is J
Eed after the former Cleve- Jr,
pitcher. Besides Tebbetts, tw turn
irated Tiger bachelors in- >
elude Charley Oehnnger and
Barney McCosky. ;/</ *.V '
Most Amazing Family
The mention of Father's
Day brought up the matter of
big sport families. In baseball,
the famous Delehantys and the
is one) and the DiMaggios, of R |p RADCLIFF; RAY JR.
course, are mentioned.
Bridges, golf as well as baseball-minded, pointed out the
Turneaas aa the most amazing ‘‘sport family” of them all.
“If the Barrymores are the royal family of the stage, then
the Turneaas are the royal family of golf." Bridges suggested,
pointing out that there are seven Turnesa brothers, all fine
golfers.
Willie Turnesa, at somewhere about 26. the youngest of the
brothers and winner of the National Amateur championship a
few years back, waa a resident of Detroit until he joined the
navy recently and was » member of Meadowbrook, out in the
Northville area. Willie is at Norfolk.
Joe Turnesa, the most graceful of the brothers,-was beaten
for the National Open in 1926 when Bobby Jones made one of
his stirring finishes. Corp. Jim Turnesa, who went to the finals
of the National PGA tournament in Atlantic City with Sammy j
Snead recently, is reported to have the most power.
All Were Taught by Johnny Inglis
The Turneaas by ages are: Phil 45, Frank 40, Joe 39. Mike
33. Doug 31, Jim 29 and Willie 26. They were all taught by
Johnny Inglis, veteran Fairview (New York) professional. Their
dad was greenskeeper at Fairview for 32 years.
In this connection, Detroit, for a number of years, boasted
of one of the most famous golfing families in the nation — two
families, in fact. Both were Beaupres - and the two families used
to battle each other in a big family golf meet each spring.
b
The writer joins the ex-champion’s host of admirers »n con
gratulations to Lieut. Jack Dempsey of the United States Coast
Guard Reserve. The commission was a grand birthday gift to
the former heavyweight titleholder, who a week from tomorrow
will celebrate his forty-seventh birthday. Jack was born in
Manassa, Colo.
"I’m happier than the day I won the world title," Dempsey
was quoted as saying.
He had tried to join the army in January, but was rejected
because of his age and lack of previous military experience.
Should Erase Any Old 'Scars'
When Dempsey says he is happy, we can well believe it.
His enlistment in the current war should go a long way in eras
ing mental, if not physical scars left from the first World War
when, the victim of misdirected advice, he permitted himself to
be pictured as some sort of a hero in working togs and patent
leather shoes holding a blow torch or some other implement of
labor in a Philadelphia shipyard. t
The picture of a husky prize fighter “fighting” in a shipyard
didn't set well with many peisons in the land and, as a result,!
Dempsey was the object of a deluge of criticism.
At the time somewhat of a bumpkin— unsophisticated at
least—Dempsey did not appreciate what he was getting into.
And friends felt sorry for him. However, he came on to over
come that sad experience to become one of the best liked sports
characters, if not the best, in the country. He is doing his best
to wipe out the old score. More power to him.
Fighter Dubs Takes a Loss
Back from a motor holiday to Manager Neal
Jacobs and his good lightweight, Harvey Dubs of Windsor, re
port the loss of one of the fighter’s trunks (no, no. not ring
trunks—trunks for clothes and such, you know).
“The trunk was blown off the top of the ear and contained,
among other valuables, six suits of clothes and his passport,”
Jacobs explained. "We didn't discover the loss until we were
150 miles farther on at the next oasis. Harvey wanted to dress
dinner. No tuxedo! Losing the visa is tough—it is a joh
Pgetting another. As far as the clothes are concerned, Harvey
can win all those he wants In the ring." (What about priorities,
Neal?)
It is Capt. Louis J. Giffels of the marines now. The former
general manager of the Detroit Olympia, who later moved to
Buffalo to serve in a similar capacity at the Arena in that city
and who recently was called back at his World War rank of
lieutenant, was promoted to captaincy for his good work at the
Philadelphia navy yards.
"Work 15 hours a day, but like It," Captain Giffels re
ported to his old golfing buddy, Joe Lenihan, the well-known
; Insurance and hockey timekeeping fellow of these parts.
York Has Most —Three,
But Baker Hes Most
Ballplayers—2 Sons
Watrous, Harbert Named as Challengers
PAGE 13
Johnny Adams,
Jess Higley Ride
3 Winners Each
Former U. S. Champ
Brings Home Both
Ends of Daily Double
By LEWIS H. HALTER
It begins to look as though Ihe
best way to get winners at the De
troit race track is to forget all
about racing charts, past perform
ances, track and wind conditions
and the latest word from Madam
Zombie. Just concentrate on pick
ing between the mounts of appren
tice Jess Higley and jockey Johnny
Adams and it’s almost even money
you have the winner.
Higley and Adams, who are run
ning 1-2 in the race for riding hon
ors at Detroit, will try to open up
a few more lengths on the field
today. Yesterday they rode three
winners apiece. Of the other 38
riders on the grounds, only Kemp
ton Knott and Nunzio Pariso were
able to get a winner. Both arrived
at the Fair Grounds a week late,
but Higley is leading the field with
23 winners and Adams is second
with 19.
It was the second successive day
that Higley, the 21-year-old Wells
(Nevada) product, had bagged a
triple. He brought Mrs. H. P. Bon
ner’s Unbuttoned along in the
stretch to win by almost a length
from Samuel Smutzki’s Fate in
the Flying Colors Purse, run as
the fifth race.
OUTSIDER TAKES IT
Then he came right back with
the outsider, Three Clovers, for a
$12.60 mutuel in the United Na
tions Purse. The best finisher on
the grounds, he brought the gray
gelding tlong with a rush to out
gain a nose decision from the pace
setting 6-5 favorite. Ball Player,
owned by the Tall Trees Stable
of Mrs. FYank J. Navin.
He closed his triple with Anita
Chiquita in the seventh race. Here
is a filly that has been stopping,
but Higley got her away on top
and kept her going to win by four
lengths from the well played Pe-
Iragra for a $19.20 payoff.
Adams, former U. S. riding
champion from lola, Kan., started
right out by riding the daily dou
ble. composed of Itchin at $26.60
in the first and Lochlea at $23 in
the second. Sixty-three fans each
collected $162.60 on the double as
I the result of Adams bringing these
i horses from behind. He wound up
the day even with Higley by scor
ing in the last with Imitra, a
510.40 wager, which won hy four
.lengths from Aranmore with Mae
H. third and Scrooge, the Tall
Trees' 9-5 favorite, back among
the also rans.
Warmerdam Out
For Record
EVANSTON. 111., June 16 (INS).
—Track and field stars of the Pa
cific Coast and the Western Con
ference were ready to engage in
, their sixth meeting at Dyche Sta
dium at twilight today, with the
athletes from the far West re
garded as heavy favorites again
to carry off team honors.
I Aside from the usual list of
track and field events, which
always attract a large crowd,
Cornelius Warmerdam, world’s rec
ord holder of the pole vault, and
Dwight Eddleman of Centralia,
111.. High School, national prep
champion, will make exhibition ap
pearances. Eddleman has jumped
6 feet. 6\ inches.
Warmerdam will take off on a
specially built 150-foot runway in
another attempt to vault 16 feet.
In September
Waves of Jacobs Beach Whisper That's When
Joe Louis Will Fight Billy Conn
By JACK MAHON
International News Vrvlrf Sport* Wrttff
NEW YORK. June 16 —The war
department will grant permission
for Joe Louis to defend his heavy
weight title once more, in Sentem-i
her. his opponent will most likely]
be Pvt. Billy Conn, and it is with
holding the official announcement
on this only until it is positivel
Conns broken left hand is suffi
ciently healed to permit him to
fight.
That is the latest communique'
whispered by the waves along
Jacobs’ Beach—and is not to be
taken too lightly. It is only natu-l
ral, therefore, as you walk the
strangest of all sports shores these
summery afternoons to hear the
veteran beachcombers "explain
ing’’ all the angles in the case of
Corp. Joe Louis, the war depart-j
ment. the income tax department
and the heavyweight championship
of the world.
Surely by now. you are familiar
with the drama.
Louis has twice risked his title
and taken absolutely nothing in
purses. Now he would like per
mission to fight for himself so he
jean square a tab of $117,000 in
income taxes with his Uncle Sam
uel. hut for some reason the war
department has remained silent on
whether he will be granted per
'CARBON COPY' FINISH—BUT OUTSIDER WINS EDGE
jftSSS
Jockey JESS HIGLEY brought on Three Clovers over the 6-5 favorite, Ballplayer, in the sixth race at
(No. 4) in the last few yards to win by a small margin Detroit track yesterday.
End of Suffolk
Strike Seen
BOSTON. June 16 (INS).—Suf
folk Downs was closed today be
cause of a strike of nearly 100
horsemen who seek larger mini
mum purses and improved living
conditions in the bams. It was !
the first such strike in the his- (
tory of New England horse racing
and the first in the country since
February, 1941, when a similar
action closed the Santa Anita
track in California for one day.
An early settlement of the
strike is predicted.
Spokesmen for the strikers in
formed President Charles F.
Adams of the Eastern Racing As
sociation. operators of the track,
they wanted a minimum purse of
$1,200 at the track. They also
asked for distribution over a day’s
card of extra money accruing
from races which fail to fill and bet
ter living conditions for grooms
and swipes. They said increased
cost of feed and upkeep made the
rise necessary.
Adams announced he could not
fulfill the demands and said the
average purse at Suffolk had been
increased yearly since the opening
of the track. In addition, he said,
operating expenses have increased
20 per cent. •
Tomorrow' is Bunker Hill Day—
a holiday in Suffolk County—and
the $5,000 added Bunker Hill
Handicap is schedued to be run.
Tennis Stars Seeded
For National Meet
NEW YORK. June 16 (INS).—
Don Budge, former champion of
the world; Bobby Riggs, last year’s
National Amateur champion;
Frank Kovacs and Wayne Sabin
head the list of seedings for the
National Professional champion
ships starting Saturday, with dart
of the proceeds to go intojthe
Navy Relief Society kitt>. Qlher
seeded players include l|ruce
Barnes. Texas veteran; Robert
Hannon of California, John No
grady of New York, and John
Faunce of the navy.
mission for at least one more
battle.
W’hy? What’s beHlhd the de
lay? The side street sawmiis are
convinced now that they have the
answer. Here’s the way they have
it doped;
When Conn, who was in line for
a return shot at Louis, broke his
hand on his father-in-law, Jimmy
Smith’s skull in the famous
'"kitchen battle" in Pittsburgh, six
weeks ago, Bob Pastor was virtu
ally pushed into the spot.
Promoter Mike Jacobs worked
on the Pastor-Louis fight and it
was virtually agreed on pending
a final decision, due about a
month ago. Mr. Pastor then
fought Tami Mauriello, was made
a 6-to-l favorite and was held to
a draw’, a very hard-fought draw,
in a 10-round bout.
I The beachcombers claim this
performance, more than anything
jelse, has held up official approval
of the Pastor-Louis bout and that
the w’ar department, anxious to
get all the sugar it can out of
what will probably be Corporal
| Louis’ last title defense for the
duration, is now determined to
wait till the fall and put Billy the
Kid back in there with Joe in
their long-awaited return brawl.
~ Try It Again
Benton, Who Beat Yanks in New York, Newhouser,
Led Them, Pitch in Late-Starting Twin Bill
By LEO MACDONELL
A 1 Benton pitched one of the six
games which the Tigers won on
their recent eastern road trip/
He beat the Yankees. The big
Oklahoman will try to repeat j
against the league leaders in one|
of the two games the Tigers play!
against New York at Briggs
Stadium today.
The first game will start at tT
o’clock instead of the customary
1:30. If all goes well this will
bring the start of the second game
around 5:15 o’clock. Thus, 'the
Tigers' management hopes to get
some idea of whether or not De
troit fans want twilight baseball.
If all doesn’t go well, the Tiger
management will be back where
they started from —nowhere. That
is if Mr. Weatherman interferes.
The management will keep a
separate count of the attendances
for the first and second games.
ONLY DAY GAME
Harold Newhouser, young left
hander who had the* Yankees
beaten In three innings in New
York recently, like Benton, will
go back in the second game.
Weather broke up the New York
contest with the Tigers leading,
2 to 1.
The Tigers and Yankees today
will he the only American League
No Operation
For Greenberg
MIAMI. Fla., June 16 (UP).—
Sgt. Hank Greenberg, now "under
observation” in the Miami naval
air station hospital, probably will
not require an operation as first
believed, army officials said today.
The former Detroit baseball star
was stricken Sunday night with
what appeared to be appendicitis
or a kidney ailment. Doctors said
that surgery might be necessary.
Today, however, they reported
that Greenberg was much im
proved and that the operation
would not have to be performed.
Major League
Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W L Pet. *GB
New York 41 13 .759 ....
Boston 32 23 .582 9*4
Cleveland 31 28 .525 12*4
DETROIT 31 30 .508 13 ft
St. Louis 28 32 .467 16
Chicago 22 33 .400 19*4
Philadelphia 25 37 .403 20
Washington 22 36 .379 21
•Games behind leader.
VMTKRnAYK RESULTS
No |tm«i scheduled.
TODAY'S GAMES
New York at DETROIT (2>.
Philadelphia at Chicago (night).
Boston at 8t Louie (night).
Washington at Cleveland (night).
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W L Pet. *GB
: Brooklyn 38 16 .704 ....
St. Louis 32 20 .615 5
Cincinnati 29 27 .518 10
New York 30 28 .517 10
Chicago 29 31 .483 12
Pittsburgh 27 30 .474 12)4
Boston 27 35 .435 15
Philaedlphia 16 41 .281 23)4
•Games behind leader.
YESTERDAY'S REM ITS
Chicago 6-12-0, Brooklyn 0-ft-n Paaaeau
and McCullough. (Head, Allen (S), French
(9) and Owen
New York 6-13-0. Plttahurgh * 7-2. Schu
macher and Danntng; I Butcher, Heintiei
• man (•) and Phelpe.
{Losing pitcher.
TODAY'S GAMES
Cincinnati at Boa too
St. Louts at New York
Pittsburgh at Philadelphia.
teams playing in daylight. The (
other clubs are booked for night
affairs —Philadelphia at Chicago,
Boston at St. Louis and Wash
ington at Cleveland.
Had the Tigers gotten any kind
of a break in Boston, where they
lost all three starts over the re
cent week-end, their invasion
would have been a satisfactory!
one. They were even with the
opposition, five games to five,
going into Boston. They won two
out of three at Philadelphia, two
out of five at Washington and
split with the Yankees in New
York one and one.
MUST BE CAUSE
Then came the terrible blackout
in Boston, where, on top of a defeat
Saturday, they lost two on Sun
day. -the three games by one run
each. The Sabbath day contests
were hectic affairs, in one of which
Don Ross tripped and fell down
trying to snare a fly ball and lost
the game and in the other, accord
ing to reports, John Quinn fell
down in the head and called Rudy
York out at home when to Del
Baker and the Tigers it looked
like the big Indian was safe by the
proverbial mile.
_ Baker protested—a rare pre-
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Although they didn't win, WARREN ORLICK and
MRS. F. W. TULLIS of Monroe Country Club gave a good
account of themselves in the pro-ladies event at Bloomfield
Hills yesterday. Mrs. Tullis. who was playing in her first
competition in this district, helped Orlick's card with a 39
on the second nine, ona of best turned in. It gave them 84.
Passeau Scores
Tenth Victory
NEW YORK. June 16 (INS).—
Claude Passeau has been going up
and down the baseball trails for a
full decade, sometimes as a win
ner and other times as a loser,
but always trying, and seemingly
is about to make this one of the
best years of his career.
The veteran right-hander who
won 20 games for the Chicago
Cubs in 1940 and 14 last season,
already has won 10 against only
three defeats this year and seems
to get better as he goes along. He
is the first major leaguer to hit
10 victories in this campaign.
The Brooklyn Dodgers’ experi
ment with “twilight’’ baseball— a
combination of night and twilight
ball starting at 7 p. m.—was
adjudged to be a great new find
last evening, except that Passeau
spoiled the innovation for 15,159
customers who turned out for the
first game ever to be played at
that time of the day, or night.
Passeau allowed the league
leaders only five hits and handed
them their second shutout of the
season, 6 to 0, as Ed Head, Johnny
Allen and Larry French all took
turns on the mound for the Dodg
ers. Young Head was blasted off
I the mound in the third inning and
'charged with the defeat.
Lawson Little J
No. 1 on Hagen's
Squad of 16
Hale America Showings
Will Determine Lineup
Against Ryder Cuppers
By M. F. DRLKENBROD
Walter Hagen has named a
squad of 16 star golf pros, from
which he will pick the 10 who will
comprise the challenging team
in the Ryder Cup match at Oak
land Hills, July 18-19, for the ben
efit of the American Red Cross.
The list, which is headed by
Lawson Little and includes A 1
Watrous of Oakland Hills and
Chick Herbert of Battle Creek;
was announced at Oakland Hills
last night at the first general
meeting of the men who will di
rect the big event.
To get the strongest team pos-.
sible, the Haig will delay his final
choices until after the Hale Amer
ica tournament this week-end in.
Chicago.
ANY DARK HORBEB ?
44 Yon know,” the Haig ex
plained, “there Is the chance
that some player whom we have
overlooked may win at Chicago.
In that event wo certainly will
Include him on oar teem, since
the Hale America Is the war
time substitute for the National
Open.”
Besides Little,'Watrous, Harbert
and the Haig himself, the follow
ing “name” golfers are included:
Henry Picard, Jimmy Thomson,
Sam Byrd, Harry Cooper, Ralph
Guldahl. Denny Shute, E. J,
(Dutch) Harrison, Ed Dudley,
Chandler Harper. Corp. Jim Tur
nesa, Corp. Ed Oliver and Bobby
Jones, who this week entered the
country’s service.
Hagen explained that the com
mittee hoped to obtain permission
from the army for Tumesa and
Oliver to play, also Jones if the
latter consents.
LOCAL CHOICER POPULAR .
The choice .of Watrous, whe
was a member of the first three
Ryder Cup teams, and Harbert,
one of the game's newest sensa
tions, naturally pleases Detroit
and Michigan golf followers.
Among those who comprise the
enthusiastic and capable organiza
tion set on making this year’s
Ryder Cup match the most suc
cessful ever, are two who as
youngsters were connected with
the St. Leo basebidl team, which
around 1910 was one of Detroit’s
strongest amateur aggregations.
One is M. M. (Nance) Burgess,
Oakland Hiila president, who was
catcher on the St. Leo team. The
other is J. Russell Gnao, the men
responsible for the Ryder Cup
matches, who was the team’s mas
cot and who used to carry Bur
gess’ big glove and other equip
ment Those who know the pal*
are positive they'll make a win
ning combination again for this
worthy cause.
One of the first things Burges*
did last night was to announce the
appointment of John P. O'Hara, air
Oakland Hills director for 14 yearai
and formerly president of the dub
for four terms, as general chair**
man. He also will be a winner, a m
who attend the meeting agreed.
O'Hara will be assisted by Hinf
Taylor, who as chairman of thd
1937 National Open and the 1940
Ryder match helped to makft
those events so successful.
This year's match enn pin. Aw
(Continued mi Pag* 14)
State Pistol
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Entries Open
«u
Programs for the state pistß
matches were hetaff mailed todam
to army, navy and marine corpS
shooters, civilian pistol clubs, pod
lice, ROTC, National Guard and
State Troops, all eligible to entea
the tournament at the L. A. Young
Gun Club, Sunday, June 38.
According to Lieut. Manid
Driver of the Detroit Police De
partment, the shoot this year will
be the largest ever held, due tcf
the cancellation of the annual pre-
Perry and Perry matches.
Charles F. Rhodes, police chief
of Pontiac, has been named exec
utive officer. Ralph Picard of Dm*,
troit will act as chief range officer
and Mayor Arthur A. Holmes o£
Lansing, statistical officer.
Advance entries may be mailed
to Max Lee, 10401 East
Those desiring additional programs
also may write Lee.
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Dorrr Boston 4k I*2 24 TS .SVM
Dtrksy, N*w York 22 112 II SS .Mfll
Ftomlnf. Cl-v*lan«l M 111 11 N .SB)
Williams, Boston M ISS IS M ASS
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