Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 126, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 1922 — Page 8

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Official Ball Tosser Is Missing in First ‘Serious’ Game —Age Old Custom Is Discarded and Yanks Lose

By WESTBROOK PEOLER United Xetca Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Oct s.—Pancho Snyder buckled himself into his pneumatic camisole. Art Nehf threw him a couple for luck, Whitey Witt walked up to the plate for his first time at bat in a world series, Bill Klem grunted a coarse, “let’s go,"and the refutation of the mathematical probabilities of baseball began to operate steadily against the Yankees Wednesday afternoon.

YANKEES DEFIED BASEBALL TRADITION IN OPENER AND THE FIGHTING GIANTS WIN With Chance to Tie Score in Ninth Inning, Huggins Gambles to Win and Loses—Evans Figured a Sacrifice Play— Frisch Stopped the Drive. By BILL, Y EVANS American League L'mpire and NEA Sports Editor POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, Oct. s.—The Yankees defied baseball tradition in the opening game of the world series and lost. In the ninth inning, with the stage set for a chance to tie, the Yanks elected to play to win. A double play resulted, erasing the final chance. With the score standing 3t02 in favor of the Giants, Pipp opened the ninth with a single. Straight baseball called for Meusel to sacrifice. What would the Yankees do in the big pinch of the day? 1 figured Meusel would move Pipp to second and set the table for Schang or Ward to tie up the ball game. On the first ball pitched Meusel tipped off his intention. He started to take a lunge at the ball, but it was outside, and he managed to hold back. The next pitch was perfect. Meusel took a long driving swing. A line drive to right, on which Frisch made a pretty play, retired Long Bob. It was an easy matter to double Pipp at first, as he was off with the pick. That one play spelled slow music for the Yanks. Huggins gambled with fate, played to win, and failed.

A play that came up in the fourth inning really was a key to the Yankee system. It forecasted the events that took place in the ninth. For three innings the two teams had been held scoreless. Dugan started the fourth with a safe drive to left. Would the Yanks play for a run? With Ruth up the sacrifice was passed up for the hit and run. Ruth tapped to Fr sch . and Dugan was forced at second. Defeats can usually be charged to some slip in the play. The opening game proved no exception to the rule. The defeat of the Yanks and the passing of Bush can be attributed to a slip on the part of the Yanks' star p.tcher. It was a physical, not a mental error. For six innings Bush had pitched wonderful ball. When the Yanks gave him a margin of one run in the sixth and added another in the seventh, the game seemed sewed up. With one down in the seventh Kelly tapped weakly to the left of Bush. Just as he handled the ball, he slipped to the grouhd. Kelly, who would have been retired by fifteen feet, was safe at first, credited with a shabby hit. Stengel and Snyder followed with hits, filing the bases. It was a trying situation that Bush faced. A base hit meant two runs tying up the game. Smith was substituted as a pinch hitter for Nehf. Bush pitched his heart out work ng on Smith. Then he got a break. Smith hitting into a double play, re Lr;ng the side and ending the G ants’ rally. When Bush slipped fielding Kelly's tap. he dug a hole for himself that caused him to spend his ebbing energy in order to get out. He went to the firing line in the eighth with Grim determination but lacked his stuff. The first four men to face him hit safely. Two runs were over, and men on first and third when Hoyt was called to the rescue. In this inning Bush with the bases filled, failed to handle the ball that Emil Meusel hit directly at him. Good fielding offered a force at the plate, and a possible double play at first. The ball bounded off Bush'3 glove into center field. The courage of the Giants was the outstanding feature of the National leaguers play. McGraw’s team simply refused to be denied. The unusual feature of the threerun rally in the eighth was the hitting of the first ball by the Giants, a custom not in favor with McGraw. WHITE SOX WIN Defeat Cubs in Opening Game of Series. By United \etrs CHICAGO, Oct. a. —While National League stock was booming at the Pclo Grounds, the American League White Sox were industriously wiping up the field with the National League Cubs here Wednesday in the first game of Chicago’s baseball consolation series, which the Sox won. G to 2. About 10.000 fans divided their attention between the diamond and the world’s series scoreboard as Red Fabei toyed with the Cubs and Mulligan, leading the Sox attack, drove cut a homer, a two" bagger and a pair of singles in four trips to the plate.. Jones, on the mound for the Cubs, issued eight passes and the sox were further assisted by two Cub errors. NET CALL AT TECH Black Gets New Material Together for Basket-ball Practice. The first call for basket-ball was issued at Technical School Wednesday. The call was for men from other schools who had previous experience. Most of last year's squad are out for football and will not be available until the grid season. The net seaton will not open for Tech until late I In December, but Black wants a line an his new material. Leverenz. former Purdue, player, is ass:sting Black. . ; Amateur Football CASTLETON. Ind„ Oct. s.—The Jaatleton A. C.s defeated the Broad Ripple team, 13 to 0. Games are wanted with good teams playing in the 135-pound class. Oct. 8 is an open , late. Call Washington 0895. All : players are requested to be at practice I Friday night. C. C. Clark Notice C. C. Clark who played on the Fair- j banks-Morae basket-ball team last 1 season Is requested to call Reed at' the Fairbanks-Morse factory. N

John McGraw bet a king and a frayed nine-spot against a pair of Miller Huggins’ most reliable aces and the Giants whipped them 3 to 2, scoring their runs in the eighth inning which they entered on the short side of 2 to 0 score. The excitement was moderately intense. but the people contained their emotion like a city council voting to repair the paving in Spruce St., and if any shouting was done it was only Aunt Martha yelling yoo-hoo to one of the Smith girls from back home in stickney. A1 Smith, who used to be Gov-

inf IS HAPPY IS CUTS TIKE FIRSTI SECIES Former Gotham Baseball Idol Comes Back to Scene of Early Triumphs. By LUCILLE F. SAUNDERS f nitrd Press Staff Correspondent NLIV YORK. Oct. 5. —“What do I think of the game? Great:” “How would I like to have teen out there? I'd rather have been there than sitting here," Thus Christy Mathewson, former ! idol of baseballdom, -summed up the first game of the world series, and the first baseball game he has seen :n twenty-six months. Unmarked by the long siege of illness he has been through, sun-browned is an Indian, hearty and firm of handgrip, Christy came back yesterday from Saranac to see the baseball's aristocracy perform. A thumbed newspaper clipping was in one hand. “How the Giants and Yanks compare read its headlines. Christy saw the game from the grand stand behind the wire screen, whore he likewise held a handshaking reception. His entry was the signal i for a rising cheer fromo the fans. A battery of camera men raced ; after him. | “Over here, Matty,” cried half a i dozen. “No, over here.” pleaded another | group. And Matty smiled for all. From the moment of his arrival his keen interest was apparently on the game. Someone mentioned a formei Giant player long since bushLeaguing. Matty interrupted to quote the man's batting total for the season. So closely had kept in touch with the game that the most obscure details were at the tip of his tongue. He was obviously much concerned until the eighth inning. When the Giants filled the bases and there was no outs, Christy’s broad grin was pushing through again. The Giants tied the score with two tuns. Christy about-faced. “How do we look?” he demanded. As Frisch scored the third run for I the Giants, Christy sighed contentedly ' and while the same player made a | double play on Meusel’s drive in the ninth Mathewson gripped the table : tensely, then turned around again and beamed when it was over. He is a happy man today. BOUTS START EARLY Four Matches on Tomlinson Hall Program—Disabled Soldiers Invited. The fistic program being staged by the I. O. O. F. band at Tomlinson Hall Friday night will get an early start, the first bout to be sent on the way promptly at 8:15 p. m. The three other ten-round boxing exhibitions will follow in order. Pekin Kid Herman, who meets Babe Asher of St. Louis in one main go, is a veteran who fought here a few times several years ago. He is a hard puncher and doubtless will give his younger opponent plenty of opposition. Local boys on the card, numbering three, were reported in shape today. Visiting scrappers were to arrive today to top of their training for the Frl day action.

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ernor of New York State and hopes to resume his job this fall, was escorted across the field with acclaim and brass music from a band of individual artists. Judge Landis tossed the famous whited mattress into characteristic disarray. But in violation of every world series tradition, the management somehow contrived to omit that ancient world series ceremony without which heretofore the event would pot have been considered official—nobody threw out the first ball. Bill Klem simply picked anew ball out of his pocket, rolled it down to Art Nehf, and

FIRST PICTURES OF THE SIKI-CARPENTIER FIGHT IN PARIS

,7 Showing the peculiar crouch used by the Sengalese battler which baffled Georges Carpentier. P.cture shows a tense moment in the early rounds of the fight between Carpentier and Siki.

GIANTS WIN FIRST

Yankee* AB R. H. 0. A R Witt, cf 3 0 1 1 0 0 Dugan. 3b 4 1 1 O 1 O Ruth, rs 4 0 1 1 0 0 Pipp. lb 4 0 1 10 0 0 R Meusel, If . . 4 1 2 0 0 0 Schang, c 3 0 1 7 1 0 Ward. 2b 1 0 0 5 4 O E. Scott, ss .... 3 0 O O 4 0 Bush, p 3 0 0 0 0 0 Hoyt, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 j Totals 30 2 7 24 10 0 , Giants AB. R. H. O. A E Bancroft, sa ... . 4 1 1 3 2 O } Groh. 3b 3 1 3 2 3 O Frisch, 2b 4 1 2 2 2 0 i E Meusel. If 4 O 1 O 0 0 Yeung, rs . ..... .3 0 0 1 1 2 Kelly, lb 4 0 2 i O 0 Stengel, cf 4 0 1 4 0 0 ) Snyder, c 3 0 1 ft 2 0 | Nehf. o 2 O O O 1 1 Earl Smith I 0 0 0 0 0j Ryan, p 0 0 0 0 0 U i Totals 32 3 11 27 11 3 Earl Smith batted for Nehf in seventh. j Yankees 000 001 100—2 Giants 000 000 OdO —*1 Three-base lit*—Groh and Witt. Saori- I fiue hit—Sehangr. Sacrifice flies—Ward ami ■. Young Double plays—Snyder and Ban- | eroft; Young and Frisch: Scott. Ward ant j Pipp: Fruoh and Kelly First, base on cr I rors—Yanks. L Base on balls—off Nehf. I I : off Bush. 1 Struck out—By Nehf. H: ! by Ryan. 2. by Bu?>h. B. by Hoyt, 2. Passed : | ball—Schang. Hits—Tiff Nehf. 6 in 7 In- j nings: off Rysn. 1 in 2 innings: off Bush, j II in 7 innini* (none out in the eighth!, off Hoyt. 0 ir 2 innings. Umpires—Klein. | Hildebrand. McCornick and Owens. Attendance. 38,000 POLO TOURNEY TODAY Army Four and Indianapolis Club Clash at Speedway. The second game in the annual fall I polo tourney at the Speedway field j was on the card for this afternoon at 3 p. ni. After two postponements j (he Army four from Columbus was to clash with the Indianapolis Polo j Club. The locals won the meet last j year and the Buckeye outfit is j anxious for a victory over last ; season’s champs. The soldiers won j their first game from- the Rolling j Ridge players of this city. AMUSEMENTS

MUrXT Tonight Tomorrow, Sat.—Mat. Sat. PAULINE LORD “ANNS CHRISTIE” PRICKS—SI.OO, 81.50, 62,00, $>.,70. ENGLISH^ THE GOLD DIGGERS Price*—Night, TOc to $2.50. Mat., to *2.

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said, as heretofore reported: “Let’s /o” Bullet Joe Bush, the ancient world series hero of the days when the world series made heroes, went for seven full innings without being scored upon and for six full innings allowing only five hits to the Giants' line-up of eight .300 hitters and one who clouts .270. Joe’s slow-ball was loitering like a roadside. His curve was slewing around corners of the plate and his fast one hopped like a barefoot boy cn a burning deck. And so he went into the seventh.

PLAN SPECIAL TRAIN Make Arrangements for L'rbana Game, A special train and a one-way round trip fare will lie obtained for Indianapolis football fans attending the But-ler-lUinois game at Urhana. Saturday, Oct. 14, if plans of local Butler alumni and students are successful. At a meeting Wednesday Hall Keeling was elected president of an organizat on of Butler alumni, students and football fans which is in charge of arrangements. B. W. Lewis was

A M USEMENTS Perfect Entertainment in a Perfect Theatre, hotoplays that Interest you every minute, ick of the World’s Best Vaudeville Artists, ocketbook prices. Matinees 15-25 c. Evenings 25c-40c. At all hours between Noon and 11 p. m. Daily. n Exceptional Bill of Splendid Vaudeville Now. nita Stewart in “THE WOMAN HE MARRIED.” n Amusement Palace for every member of the family. Lose no time In getting acquainted with the Palace. ast word In Real Laughs, Fun, Merriment and Humor, ovely surroundings and Courtesy, Comfort and Cleanliness, ive theatergoers will realize it’s a great bargain. An Extraordinary Bill of Vaudeville this week Includes laugh hit, “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath,”’ “Carnival of Venice;” song festival, Marshall & E’.laine, also Jos. Regan & Cos.; musical comedy, “The Runaways:” Martini & Maximilian; Fagg & White. Continuous Performances Daily—Noon to 11 P. M. ome in any time and see a Full Show full of huckles, grins, glee, mirth, merriment and laughter, ast dull care away and grab yourself a good time. Every day—Noon to 11 p. m. See the complete show any time, ach hit selected for Real Merit and Entertainment Value, very good thing in selected Short Film Subjects, ach week the entire program changes on Monday. —“NUF SED”—

*, ® SF £3BB* Bj CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE | T’.f || | All the Time—l Until 11 p. m . I B R Special engagement of the distinLa 9 99 9 Tii” guished American comedienne, LILLIAN BURKHART Shura Rulowa and Her Imperial Ballet RINA 1.1)0 BROS,, OTTO & HAMMER, MKI.ROY NIST K HS GLEASON & BROWNING. GRINOELL ESTHER, BELL & GRAY! Dancing in the Lyric Ballroom Afternoon and evening.

BROADWAY Burlesque i . . .. . , ... ... c . LADIES AT MAT., 15c London (ayety (lrl*. Worlds Series Return* Rend From the Stuge. Mg Amateur Night Wednesday. Wrestling Every Night—John Felto* Meet* AH Comer*. MOTION PICTURES

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inning with two runs to support him and the Giants apparently taking his commands. Then long George Kelly, the Giants first baseman and strikeout king of the last world series, clapped one straight at Joe, who skidded going after it; Kelly was given a hit. Casey Stengel, an old man who came hack as an outfielder and heavy hitter this summer, likewise singled. Pancho Snyder, the Giants catcher, singled. The corners were filled with one out. Then McGraw decided to raise Art Nehf. sending in Chatty Smith to pinch for him. Chatty dropped an

- ' :-- - . taa, iffif JfciMtJSSOiThis shows the knockdown of Georges at the hands of Battling Siki in the sixth round of their light. Claims were made that Carpentier kicked Siki when he was knocked down. The picture seems to fully bear out the claim.

j named vice president, and George Cornelius, secretary-treasurer. It is planned to have the special train leave Indianapolis at 8 a. m., Oct. 14. The return trip will he made that evening. Informat.on regarding i details of the trip may be obtained j from the Butler College office. K. L A. Baseball The K. L. A. baseball team will close the season at Brookside Park ; Sunday afternoon In a double-header. Apollos, Spades. Y. M. S. or Pilot A. C. preferred for games. Address i H. G. Johnson, 411 Harlan St.

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insulting poke into the mitts of Everett Scott at short and a double play hauled Joe Bush out of the hole. But the hits were ripening on Bush by now and when he faced the next cluster of Giants in the eighth Bancroft, Groh, Frisch and Emil Meusel singled in succession, scoring two runs and finishing Joe Bush. Waite Hoyt came in from the bull pen and was pasted for a long fly to Witt, which retired Pep Young, but scored the third run. Hoyt then proved Carl May’s estimation of him as a “money player” by fanning two

GRAPPLERS MEET Y. M. S. Good Amateur Football Scrap on For Next Sunday. The Grappler A. A.s and Y. M. S. grid teams clash Sunday at Woodside (Pennsy) Park at 2:30 p. m. in what should be a good battle. Both teams have a following and a large crowd is expected to witness the tilt. It is the opening game of the season for the Grapplera who made a great record last year. The Grapplers practice Friday at Willard Park. AMUSEMENTS.

y SHUBERT t ■audevil l^ 1 SHUBERT-PARK This Week THE “ROSE GIRL” A brilliant musical comedy and vaudeville production with Louis Simon, Shep Camp, lone Wilber, Robert Holliday and Harry Coleman All-Star Vaudeville Cortez & Peggy Althoff Sisters Hoog & Pauly Matinees Daily BARGAIN MATS.

Clean, Wholesome Vaudeville of Sst* Highest <|nlil\ — Nothing Else. B A Big Surprise for Everyone. j Stars of Yesterday Harney Kagan, Lizzie Wilson sg| Little Mho Kennedy, Tony Williams, Jos. J. Sullivan I and ( orinne In M “A Breath of 0!d Times" 1 Tlie Composer of “Buddies” B B. C. HILLIAM i And Ills Musical ‘'Originalities.*' fS Mel Klee—Stanley Bros. T $ Wells, Virginia & West §| Lowry A Prince— Dias's Monkeys Bgj HARRY J. CONLEY 1 Klee and Old Shoes J I’athe News—Topics—Fables -Mat. 20c, 30c, 55e—None Higher. MOTION PICTURES Some Show! Wesley Barry IN “From Rags to Riches” OVERTURE “Marche Slave” Deluxe performances, including Cirele Orchestra, Grand Organ and Stage —3:00—7; 13—9:15.

.300 batsmen, Kelly and Stengel. Heinie Groh, the weakest clubber in the Giants' regular line-up, contributed most of the unhappiness which the Yankees suffered, with three hits, including a triple, and one walk, for the perfect average of 1,000. As for Babe Ruth, the famous father of the year-and-a-ha ls-old flapper, he had no home runs to offer. But he whacked out a single in the sixth, catching the ball on the tip of his bat, and sent in Joe Dugan from second with the Yanks' first run. Otherwise, he hadn’t such a rousing day, for he fanned twice

WORLD’S SERIES FIGURES Paid attendance, 36,514. Total receipts, $119,036.00. Players share, $60,708.36. Each Club’s share, $20,236.12. Commission’s share, $17,855.40.

FIIIS PROTEST LADY II TIGHTS AT POLOGRQUIIDS Little Tells of Opener in Funny Shorts From Around and About. By CARL VICTOR LITTLE United Press Staff Correspondent POLO GROUNDS, NEW YORK, Oct. s.—Ladies in tights were barred from the Polo Grounds today by General Consent of fandom. The lady godiva, in what resembled a white union suit, who pranced around the bases before the first game of the Yank-Giant city series as definitely eliminated from the picture after the razzing she received yesterday. The lady staged a trick walking contest to amuse the fans. Fans let it be known that they did not want any scantily garbed cuties mixed up with the he-man's sport. “Mr. McGraw, we are here,” said General Blackjack Pershing when he entered a box with Judge Landis, who runs the show. And the crowd went wild. One of the first in line before the sl.lO gate this morning was Miss Sally Brown of Harlem. She picked Siki to win the world series. Instead of rushing to the field when the game was over and cheering up the hard-working baseball play ers. hundreds of fans hesieged Jack Dempsey and allowed him to autograph their programs.

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and on another occasion forced a man at second. Just what McGraw will do for pitching in the second game is a problem which quite a few people are trying to share with John McGraw. He still has Jess Barnes as a first-line man, and beside him has only string workers, Jack Scott being foremost, but a speculation at best, on account of the toothache in his elbow, which put his arm out of business all summer. Huggins has Shawkey and probably will use him. And if Shawkey can’t carry the weight there are Carl Mays and Sam Jones.

HIKE OBTIED IB TRADE FDR TEXGOVINGTON Louisville Slugger to Be With Indians Next Year-Even Swap, Smith Says. Wild Jay Kirke, slugging first baseman of the Louisville Colonels, became a member of the Indianapolis club today. He was obtained in a trade for Tex Covington, Tribe first sacker, the deal having been consummated in New York by Vice President W. C. Smith, Jr., of the Indians and Cap Neale, business manager of the Louisville team. It was an even trade, Smith said, but Tribe fans will insist the Indians got the better of the deal, in a hitting way at least. Kirke is a heavy hitter year after year and is popular with fandom because of his hefty batting. Both players are Association veterans and of the hitting type. Covington has given good service at Washington Park for a number of seasons. He has many friends and boosters in Indianapolis, but the Tribe club officials feel a few changes will do the Indians good and trading Covington for Kirke is the first move toward bringing some new faces to Washington Park next season. In the batting records this season Kirke hit for an average of about .360 and Covington for .302. In 1917 Kirke played first base for Indianapolis in the Class AA series with Toronto and was a prominent factor in bringing the big minor title here. He took Jack Leary's place in the series, Leary having been incapacitated by a broken leg. Ticket scalpers are nil this year. All of the gentlemen have evidently taken up bootlegging.