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PAGE 42 INDIANAPOLIS STAR. SUNDAY, 3IAY 5. 1948 Homers By Johnny Mize, Ernie Lombardi Pace Giants9 Victory Over Cubs Retains Crown With K.O. Legion Loop To Operate As Independent League Kennedy Yields Only 5 Hits In 5-To-l Triumph Joyce, Reynolds Signed For Main Event At Armory Jimmy Joyce, Gary lightweight, and Sparky Reynolds, local wel First Softball Card Of Season Slated Tonight The first softball program of the season is scheduled tonight at Municipal Stadium, South West Street, starting at 6:15 o'clock. Moose Lodge will face Speedway VFW in the opener, Eli Lilly will Chicago, May 4 The New York Giants broke loose with three home runs today to back up the five-hit pitching of Young Monte Kennedy and defeat the Chicago Cubs, 5-1, before 5,560 fans who Shivered in 42-degree weather.

run in the eighth when Prim walked Vince DiMaggio. Bob Blattner and Kennedy singled off Relief Pitcher Paul Erickson to score DiMaggio. Their final run Turning down a proposal to play under the banner of Junior Baseball, team managers of the American Legion Junior Baseball League at an organization meeting Friday night voted unanimously to play as an independent league. Fourteen 11th District American Legion posts will have teams in the district Legion competition this season. Ten of these teams will be financially sponsored by the Ford dealers of Indianapolis.

Play in the Legion league will get under way June 14 and the team with th highest norront. terweight, have been signed for the 10-round main event of the boxing program at the Armory Friday night, Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules A.C. announced last night. Joyce is expected to sc'ale 138 pounds for the catchweight affair, with Reynolds probably entering the ring at 145. Joe Cronin, manager of the Boston Red Sox, was shown to the group by a representative of the Ford Motor Company, who stated that this picture is available to be shown to all groups of Junior Legion players throughout tht city.

College Tennis Ohio State 8, Purdue 1. DePauw 7, Earlham 0. Northwestern at Notre Dame (postponed). Minnesota 8, Wisconsin 1. Illinois 6, Michigan 3.

Kalamazoo 9, Illinois Tech 0, Princeton 8, Georgetown 1. Chicago 9, Iowa State 0. Th victory evened the two-game series. Johnny Mize and Ernie (Schnoz-zle), Lombardi were the big guns In the artillery attack the Giants launched against the Cubs' Ray Prim. Mize smashed two homers and Lombardi had a homer, double and single.

HARRY (PEANUTS) Lowrey started the scoring when he slashed one of Kennedy's pitches into the left field stands with two out in the third inning. But Mize hit the first pitch of the fourth inning into almost the same spot counted when Sid Gordon doubled and came home on Lombardi's single. KENNEDY HAD the Cubs at his mercy most of the way, and scattered the five hits over as many innings. Only once was he in trouble. In the sixth he filled the bases on two walks and a hit batsman with one out, but then A top-ranking lightweight, Joyce has scored knockouts over Ted Christie, Chicago; Roy Lewis, Muncie, and Jackie Graves, Minneapolis.

He holds decision vpr i N- fi LX forced Bill Nicholson to pop out and Mickey Livingston to fly to center. Score: N. Y. ABH-O. A.Chi AB A niKncy, .1 i 3 4 Lowrey.

3 4 2 1 1 meet Bob's Triangle Grill at 7:30 and Kingan will play Castle Bam at 8:45 p.m. Ell Lilly, managed by Chauncey Taylor, will represent Indianapolis in the state circuit playing at home on Sundays and on the road Wednesdays. Mobley Plumbing of Greens-burg, Fuzzy's All-Stars of Greenwood, Bundy Brothers of Cambridge City, Aurora Merchants, Crystal Flash of Shelbyville, Cummings Diesel of Columbus and Stauts Manufacturing of Conners-ville complete the league. Lady Of Lourdes Wins Our Lady of Lourdes swamped St. Rita, 15 to 1, at Ellenberger Park and Holy Cross drubbed Cathedral, 8 to 3, at Willard Park In Catholic Youth Organization Softball League games yesterday.

Contests involving St. Joan of Arc and Holy Angels, Little Flower and Holy Trinity, St. Patrick and Holy Name, St. Catherine and Holy Rosary and Assumption and St. John were postponed because of wet grounds.

such boxers as Billy Parsons, Danville, 111., and Steve Bellus, New York. Reynolds, In a series of recent bouts, defeated Ralph Carnegie at Saginaw, and Dave Riley at St. Louis, and won twice from Art Robinson at Pittsburgh. He lost a close 10-round decision to Lou Woods at Detroit. AUTO to tie the count.

After four scoreless innings, Mize sent another of Prim's offerings over the right field bleachers and Lombardi followed with a homer into the center field stands. New York picked up another RriHun rf ft 1 2 0 Johnnon.2 2 0 3 0 1 1 10 2 2 9 A 9 Ll'a 1 1 ii i. I 1 9 Cordon, If 4 Mlze.l 5 I I.mbnrdl.c 4 3 4 1 Cavreu.lt 3 1 3 VriiMnir nt A ri'DtifUnr. 9 ft tt 5 2 2 2 Nlchlimn.rf 4 0 1 age on July 12 will represent the 11th District in the Legion playoff which will decide the state champion. The Indiana champion will play in the national meet sponsored by the National Americanism Commission of the American Legion.

It was also decided that play in the local Legion League would, continue until Aug. 22. At the close of play on this date the four top teams will hook up in a playoff series to decide a city champion. A trophy will be awarded to the city champion and in individual award for sportsmanship and mental attitude will be awarded to the player selected by team managers. Harry Geisel, former American League umpire, was appointed to settle playing disputes and protests.

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Andrews, Ex-Boston Brave, FeatlierweiKht Champion Sal Bartolo of Boston stands over his opponent. Jak (Spider) Armstrong of Toronto, Canada, in the ixth round of the title bout at Boston Friday night. Referee Tommy Rawnon waits to start the count which ended the bout. (Associated Prs W'irephoto to The Star.) UTILITY TRAILER Ftr All turpout fZ" dropped close decisions in two previous starts, one of them a Tennessee Reunion To Keep Clevenger From LU. Game four-hit effort against the Cubs, which he lost via an outfielder's three-run error.

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Dorothy Krler is tournament secretary. Incidentally, it's going to be held June 1 and 2. Entry fee is $25. I'p at Iebanon they're boasting about the "Kid King Kegler of Boone County," 17-ycar-old Leon "Hum" Barton. Recently the joniiRstor tossed Raines of 22li, 248 and 279 for a 753 total.

He high average howler in two leaicues, having rolled 23 games of 600 or better this season. Phlliulelphla 20002000 04 Cincinnati .20000230 7 Krmrs Ennla, Hemaley, Miller. Rnna halted In-Wjroaiek 2, Eiinia, Hatton, Llhke 2. Haas 2. West 2.

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Mary Osborne headed the individual standing with a 159 mark, and Harriet Miller was runner-up with 156. Catherine Hausman, shooting 574 and adding a 96 handicap for a 670 total, won the league's sweepstakes. Tech Downs Anderson Links Team 11 To 4 Anderson, May 4 (Spl.) Tech High School's golf team copped its fifth victory out of six starts this season when it thumped Anderson, 11 to 4, on the Grand-view course here this afternoon. Richard Kennedy of Tech took low medalist honors with a 77 card. The Greenclad linksmen's next meet will be the North Central Conference championship at are GENERAL'S PURCHASE PLAN to keep you up-to-date with TIRE IMPROVEMENTS Jungle Park Auto Kill Is Scheduled Today RockviUe, May 4 (SpU Jungle Park speedway's big car aulo races, rained out last Sunday with 26 cars on hand, will be staged tomorrow afternoon, officials of the Midwest Dirt Track Racing Association have announced.

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Charles Van Brotton, formerly of Brussels, Belgium, and now of South Bend, has entered a jeep-powered racer. Raceland Post Given In a roll-off match with Hoosier Coal and Oil, iilon Title copped the crown for the second year in the Realtors' circuit. Snyder, Captain; C. O. tirinslade, llarley Horton, Harold Taylor and K.iiKPne Zweislor make up the Union Title team.

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