Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 268, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1923 — Page 6
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Cincy Reds Loom as Real Pennant Contenders in Early Spring Dope
MORAN’S CLUB !N SOOTH IS FOIL OF CONFIDENCE Players Working Hard for Pat in Southern Training Camp Grind. BY BILLY EVANS ORLANDO, Fla., March 20. What chance have the Cincinnati Reds to win the National League pennant? The fine showing of the team last year unquestionably gives the Reds a right to be considered a strong contender. On paper the club looks mighty strong. A man to-man comparison with the other leading clubs really makes the Reds stand out. There isn’t a single glaring weakness on the club. However, the one thing that has impressed me most about the Cincinnati club was the spirit of the players, the loyalty that each man has for Manager Pnt Moran. Players Confident The Cincinnati players fee! that they have a fine chance. They are equally positive there is no better manager in the National League than Pat Moran. Morning and afternoon practice is Manager Moran's program. It calls for the players to be on the field at 10 in the morning and 1:30 in the afternoon. Desiring to renew some old acquaintances among the players, I decided to get out to the bail park early. I arrived at 9:3. To my great surprise I found the entire squad in uniform and hard at it. When Manager Moran arrived at 10 the players had a good start on him. Back on the Job In the afternoon I motored out to the park with Joe Tinker, famNus Cub star of other days, and Manager Pat. We aimed to reach the park at 1:30 and arrived on the dot. The same situation again presented itsi-lf. all the players were in uniform and tinder way. When Manager Moran arrives the practice stunts follow a systematic course laid down by the leader of the_ Reds. With watch in hard. Pat di-~ rects the work of the pitchers and hatters. He sets aside a given amount of time for each department of play, and at a word from him, it is discontinued and the boys go on to something else. The Cincinnati squad has the old spirit, harmony is everywhere.
BILLY EVANS’ DIAMOND PUZZLES NO. 2
Can you identify this baseball player and tell an interestins fart about him? This is one of a dozen ' rniond Puzzles' being printed con's vutively by The Indianapolis Times. Tile twelfth will be printed Saturday, March 31. Save your answers aud send in the twelve before Tuesday. April 3. to the sports editor of The Times. Correet am. vers and prize-winners will be announced Saturday. April 7. * BILITY to do something a little /\ better than any one else i.s ■* what brings sucess in any line of business. This fellow was so endowed in certain features of play and as & result attained high favor with fandom. It so happens that fandom is exceedingly fickle. You must constantly show the lovers of baseball, otherwise they soon forget the deeds of the past. It’s not what you were, but what you are today with the baseball bugs. For that reason this bird will have to continue his little specialty, or soon lose the hero worship that has been showered on him. Some of bis rivals who are pressing him closely are ready to step into his shoes if he fails. Another Puzzle Tomorrow The Rules Contestants are required to do two things: FIRST: Name each player. SECOND: Tell one additional interesting fact about him. One diamond puzzle will be printed daily for the next ten days, making twelve in all. On the twelfth day mail your answers in to the Sport Editor, The Times. No answer should be sent in from day to day: all must be retained until you have the twelve: then send them in together. All answers must be In by midnight, Tuesday. April 3. The answen and prize winners will be announced Saturday, April 7. Neatness, correct spelling, originality and the interest of the fact given about each player will be considered in making prize awards. Here is the list of prizes: Two season passes good at all home games of the Indianapolis ball club and ten individual tickets to the opening game here April 19, making twelve friM* in all.
Pat Moran Looks Over Rookie Hurlers in Hopes of Finding Major Loop Winner
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MANAGER MORAN STUDIES FOUR "HOPEFULS” IN ACTION AT ORLANDO.
By v FA Service ORLANDO, Fla., March 20 —Manager Pat Moran of the Cincinnati Reds is satisfied to stand pat on his club for the coming season. The foxy leader of the Kola lias only a limited number of recruits in the southland. Os the entire squad of youngsters
Hie Tribesmen's Hang-Out at Bogalnsa
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THE INDIANS ARE SEEN HERE AT INFIELD PRACTICE AT THE BOGALUSA BALL PARK. THE HOUSE ON THE LEI T IS THE PLAYERS' CLUBHOUSE. NEXT MAYOR SULLIVAN'S PRIVATE STAND AND THE MAIN GRAND STAND, SHOWING THE PRESS BOX IN CENTER. THE FLAG IS HOISTED EVERY DAY.
DE MAYS HEM CALL OF DIAMOND Plans Started at Meeting for Coming Baseball Season, The Do Molays are planning big : things for their baseball team this i year and a strong outfit is to be put in tho field. Dale M Her has been se-1 cured as coach. Tho first has. ball meeting was held Monday night and an enthusiastic turnout answered the; call. All of last year's team was on hand, along with soino twenty other j ambitious ball towers, who are out to I give the 1922 regulars a run for their places. Tho team will get out for practice as soon as weather permits. All of last year’s players are asked! to turn in their uniforms to Wayne Emmelman at the Em-Itoe store some time this week. Any one interested, who did not attend the meeting Monday is asked to get in touch with Art lank, Drexel IG3O, or address 1G32 Pleasant St. LINCOLN ATHLETIC CLUB ORGANIZES FOR SEASON Former K. 1,. V. Baseball Team <o Be in Field Again. The Lincoln Athletic Baseball Club (formerly the K. L. A.s) has reorganized for the season and elected officers. The players include Chad . wick, Barry, Reedy, Mehaul, Martin, : Ellison, Parrish, Henson, Purdy, Cull. Keely, Borus, Dobenstein, Magee, . Felix, Spillman, Cathiser and Day. The Spades will be played on Sunj day, April 22 at Spades Park in the ; first game of the year. The team will j practice at Willard Park next Sunday, ! weather permitting. Games are want- ; ed with city and State semi-pro teams. Address H. G. Johnson, -ill IhirlanSt. Amateur Boxing I Amateur boxing will be staged each Wednesday night at tho * Rialto Theater, 20 S. Illinois St., beginning April 4. It was planned to start tho i amateur boxing contests this week, ! but the officers of the Amateur AthI letic Union decided not to sanction 1 any boxing contests In the State held before the State championship matches which will he held March 29, 30, and 31, at the lloosier Athletic Club gymnasium. After Buell, Hardwick By United Prr* NEW YORK. March 220 —“Tacks” Hardwick and Charley Buell, two of Harvard’s greatest football stars, may be secured to as3ist Percy Haughton In coaching the Columbia football team. Haughton will start spring woik after Easter.
now in training here six look as if they would he of some assistance to Moran in his fight for the pennant. They are Harris. Sandberg, Abrams, Keck. Fowler and Roberts. Os the sextette four are pitchers. Keck. Roberts, Harris and Abrams Fowler is a promising college infielder, and Sandberg a clever back-
! In Camp With the -| TRIBE Al 7 BOGALUSA lty Eddie Ash —^
HE man responsible for the I statement that It doesn't g*d ■A. cold in Louisiana in March can he accused of being a fugitive from justice. Monday morning tho In dians awakened shaking on their cots. Indiana wintry weather prevailed. Col l rain and cold wind ma le it a gloomy day and called for tho appearance of overcoats again. Some of the Indians play checkers. Manager Hendricks walked in on a Tribe checker party one night recent |y. What a difference a few years j have made in baseball, he said. There is a scarcity of fat men in these parts. Few heavyweights are seen. Bogulusa Is a city of distances and perhaps the great amount of walking necessary keeps tho poundage off. Basket ball is making inroads here. The high school and Y, M. C. A. support net fives. The high school girls also have a team. Tho boys are turning to baseball now. First day in camp Manager Hendricks said he planned to train off twenty pounds. Third day in camp he said he thought ten pounds off would be sufficient. The old beef doesn’t reduce as easily as In former years for the Tribe boss. John Paul Jones, former Tribo hurler. will manage the Meridian (Miss.) team of the Cotton States League this year. Louisiana high schools combine their basket-ball tournaments with track meets. Outfielder Payne, Tribe rookie from the Central League, fought with tho British forces during the war. He was in the battle of Cambrai. He has lots of interesting tales to tell of the Tommies. Pitcher Fitzsimmons is the fat man of the Indianapolis squad. But he won't be fat long. The training grind has started thinning him. Bogalusa youngsters ''can’t understand how Arthur Quiesser can be so good at his age. Bleacher fans who watch the daily drills express amazement over the skill displayed behind the bat by tho Indianapolis kid. Harry Purcell has been taking tho training slowly In the field. His throw-
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stop who went big with Rochester iti the International League last year. Moran is hopeful that one of the four likely pitching recruits will show enough to win a place as a regular. Keck won several games at flat tail-end of the 11*22 season.
ing arm is the chief problem and he is tryirtg to keep the soreness away. Harry had ills tossing (linger worked on by Bom-setter Keene the past winter and Reese advised him to he care ful. Pitcher Cal Crum and Ground keeper Boyd of the Great Southern Lumber Company like to discuss wildcats. They are plannfhg a night wildcat party out in the deep woods Boyd has a kennel of sixteen dogs. Tiie golf dub has a nine hole course and it is a dandy. Harry Purcell asked if Col. Bogie lialls from Bogalusa. Pug Civet <-an do almost everything. He can sew a button on. Tito name of Henry C. Atkins, Indianapolis saw manufacturer, appears on tho membership roll of the Bogalusa Golf Club. Bogalusa derives its name from the Choctaw Indian words “Bogun Lusa.” meaning “Smoky water,” or “Black Creek.”
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SPORTS Pil TI P O O BOXING vy hi., o DIAMOND AV rp in st rp T RACING C “•* | Q | U OTHER i vJ ; THRUSTS j OHIO State university basketball team has seemingly refuted that age-old theory, that, a good offense is the best defense. Statistics show that the Buck-’ eyes had one of the host scoring; combinations in the Big Ten. In total points they rank next to lowa, who tied for find place. In Johnny Miner, Ohio possessed one of the leading scorers in the conference. Vet, despite all this, they were defeated on all but one occasion. Ohio - State was woefully weak on j defense. More points were scored : on the Buckeyes than on any other unit. la pructic.ii:.' di of its tilts this sason, Ohio mu.:-.- eou:h count-: j era to capture nm.u any ordinary fray,' I having averaged twenty-five points to tin* contest. Against tills scoring power, however, the foe turned in an average of thirty-four points to. the fracas. •I- -I- -ITlx* youngest baseball player in history: That's Dicky tnlemaiVs distinction. He is one year old. I) ( key's dad tins given Pel Howard, business mun*M?cr of ihe Oakland elub. Piii-itlr- t oast League, the " \ iimij man’s'' sigmsl eontract. drafting Dlrkey's service in 10-10. "Bill" Stephenson of Duluth is to ini graduated from Williams. He captain--I the Will; uns hockey t*’am this past season. No.h lag like keeping honors in the family. So, Bill's brother, John A. Jr. was ole "ed to succeed him. Pul you know ;i at — j Th.ds of I, hit-- r ail nr- ;rr.r''rt<M every year ironi M-w so Am-viraii ‘hunters may have something to shoot at: After a long lav . ff Jol.r • y Kill'i'ine is getting r'*dy once more. Il scraps with Eugene Criq ti at the Polo Grounds, June 2. if tin* New York i commission gives Its permission, JOHN P QUINN. BOSTON REP SOX. p PRRPAUING FOB HIS TWENTY-THIRD YEAR IN I’lif i T.SST- Al. BASE ALL "Nap' Rucker. o’il National League pit- her, may roa I. al ITin- cton. These are the tlays when sixteen clulrs in the major leagues have chances to win the pennants. \lso, when hundreds of rookh-H dream of baseball fame and fortune. Represent rti vc iW :--her Ins Introduced a bill t-i the low i J.ti,-ib iiure to ehtninate in terseholaati - all. - " e'l- ts Pit will Mr Ha i.’i-rs !>' I piM ! ■ p. sittvnly not." says .Mr. Shout. speak Inf i for students. Vla bank at ball must have shown a ... whole lot us improvement in iui- y-ar The Elis won the title in the Intercut Ictfiato tcr.iruc In the East Lett .war on a tour thn ~the West But ;-r beat them about forty points. Purdue his turned from haskofball to fho dlajpond sport. Pi ictire has been hel l in the Armory for the last few w.-'ks. Assistant Roach Pierce lias the *•■ .nt In charge, while Lambert is taking a slight rest after j the net. season. JACKIE BARNHART IS READY FOR BOORDE IJglil weights Will I lash at Fort Thursday Night. Jacky Barnhart, Terre Haute lightweight. who meets Ur- ddy Bonnie of Atlanta, On., in the main bout at Ft. Harrison Thursday evening, will nr rive in this city Wednesday morning. Barnhart is a rugged aggressive boxer and should * xtend the clever little southerner to the limit. Happy Atherton. who recently | turned professional, is working daily at Mike Mitchell's gymnasium. At her j ton will swap punches witli Joe Gap ■ IHidoro, Ft. Harrison flyweight, for eight rounds. j Arsenal Cults Meeting \ The Arsenal Cubs will hold a meeting at Eddie Haase's home tonight at 7 o'clock. All players and tryouts are requested to he present.
RACE GETTING WARM IN A. B. C. BOWLING TOURNEY
By United Press MILWAUKEE, March 20.—Widely heralded as having a chance to shoot into the lead in the American Bowling Congress tournament five-man event, the Inter-City quintette of New York, registering a count of 2,371. went into fourth place here Monday night. John Koster, who with J. Schultz copped the doubles championship in 1013, was on the team and registered (■ 00 for his three games. W. Heins, anchor man, led his teammates in the snoring, dropping <519 pins on games of 212, 195 and 202. Outside of the change in the doubles late yesterday, when J. Pratt and YV. MacDougall, Detroit, on games of 378, 433 and 440, went into the lead In the two-man event with 1,251, there . were no changes in the first five leaders. Several high 2,500 games were i rolled last night, hut nos high enough i to cause any damage. The leaders: TEAM EVENTS TVtfT'-on Chicago W.u'v r A’i Sf-ti'd, Milwaukee 2.SU-I WVittiiur-I'etersoiiß, Cincugo 2,880
BULL MAY OFF GALL FGB OPENING GAME AN Indians Predict He Will Have Big Season —Served During the War, BOGALUSA. La., March 20, —Bill lbirw'l to pitch the opening game fur '■ Indians against the Colonels a Washington Park, Indianapolis, A 1 ril Ur The assignment of Burwell to carry the burden on the big .’ .y is not official, but early form in *h< t r aining camp makes him the best bet for the job "in the winter books." If nothing unforeseen occurs Bill .* ut ‘ly will be in shape when the A. A curtain --e s up. He has been working f tp: fully and all the Indi | ans pr-dlct he'll have a big season. When Harwell Is on the mound it in like having a fifth infielder ~n the rong on the d< sense, : < his reci rd of a-sista in 192? shows. He topped tile league in the number • ~f a-H-ts si’onvf by a pitcher, his total | ins IT. Bejient of Toledo was t earest to him witli 78 The fact that i:.> hand!- I so many chances is further prt f that lie is an airtight nit - r and U-q - opposing batsmen hitting infield dtlbKors. Burwell was in the service during the war and aw action. One finger in hl throwing hand was clipped by a in.M-itine gun bullet and he tells his •] : ;i,o mates the wound gave him a b- tier curve ball. Travelers’ Meeting The Indiana Travelers will have a ! .-ehall meeting Thursday night at ;31 K. Market St., and tlie following ; ;,i vrs tire requested to he th'-re: Logsdon. Banks. Link, Peril field, Wilbur brothers, Reamer, Deslies. M use,rove. Bolling, Wortz and Linne. Bay in Special Race Bi/ United Press KANSAS CITY, March 20.—Joio 1% -in,i Bay Watson. I. A. C. flyers, will meet in a special 1,500 metre race :n the second annual Missouri valley conference Indoor track meet hero Saturday. Browns on Tour By United Press .MOBILE, Ala., March 20.—The St. Bouts Browns will leave here tonight for their annual exhibition tour. The ti ur will continue until April 11, when the team will start for St I<ouis :i open the regular season, April 17. Sara/on to England l',y United Press MOW YORK, March 20. —Gene, Sarazen, world's golf champion, is n iking plans to sail on May 2 for England in quest of the British open championship, according to a letter rt reived from a friend of his in California. TONIGHT'S MAT PROGRAM Mi In Event- —Jack Reynolds, Indianapolis vs. Ray l urpenUier, Uinenster, Ohio d.Mi). Two fulls out of three to a finish al ealchweichts. Serai-wind-up—Walt Rectum, Rochester. \ V . (ItT) vs. Hitch'Wehh, I mbnnapolis lilt). Preliminary—“ Snaky” Ki-rr, Miami, Kin., (jat) vs. H. M. yiuliemlore, Franklin, Ind„ (135). At Tomlinson Hall at 8:30,
THE 1923 JORDAN RIVER REVUE Indiana University’s Musical Show A nr THURSDAY NIGHT iVI U RA 1 MARCH 22
If You Ulissed BELLE BAKER! You Missed A WOW! Even the Birds Give Up When Belle Begins to Sing And Every Other Act Is a Laugh! KEITH’S OF COURSE!
Inter-City, New Yora 2,871 Portage Parks, Chicago 3.801 DOUBLES J. Pratt-W. MacDougall, Detroit 1.25JL J. Freer-E. Za’ac. Chicago 1.250 J. Laraon-C. Zesman, Chicago 1.240 Wittenberg-Williams, Lacrosse. Wi5....1,338 P. Brautigan-W. Voelz, Chicago 1,333 H. Sharkey-W. Messic-k, South Bend.. 1,233 SINGLES Elmer Lee, Milwaukee 003 >1 Miller. Cincinnati 673 P. Wehermeister. Chicago 672 R. Thiessen, Mason City, lowa 008 P. Mitchell, Chicago 663 ALL EVENTS I. Dunn, Chicago .1,933 W. Messiek, South Bend . 1,801 iGiliiir SHEPPARO MEET HERE ON APRIL 3 Bantam Stars Clash at Tomlinson Hall in American A, C. Fight Show, The boxing fans are going to see Bud Taylor after all. Many were disappointed a few weeks ago when Bud was forced to cancel his fight hero with Johnnie Sheppard of Boston, because of a bad case of boils. But the scrap is on again. The little fellows will meet in the American A. C. show at Tomlinson Hall on April 3. It surely looks like a whiz-hang of a main go. Sheppard in his appearance here against Jimmy Kelly looked like a tough boy. At that time many of the ring fans expressed the opinion j that Taylor would find his match in ; the rugged little Eastern battler. Nate Farb, matchmaker of the j American A. C., received permission from the boxing commission to move , the date of March 28 to April 3. The Taylor Sheppard bout is good news for 1 the follows of boxing. Taylor is : always popular and pitted against ■ such a flashy mit artist as Sheppard it looks like there should he something doing every minute. The preliminaries will he arranged later. HAIR STAYS COMBEDJLOSSY ''Hair-Groom” Keeps Hair Combed—Well-Groomed hair | GROOM Keeps Hair V -r / , J Millions Use It Fine for Halrl —Not Sticky, Greasy or Smelly Get a jar of "Hair-Groom” from any druggist for a few cents and make even stubborn, unruly or shampooed hair stay combed all day in any f.tvle you like. “Hair-Groom” is a dignified combing cream which gives that natural gloss and well-groomed effect to your hair —that final touch to good dress both in business and on social occasions. Greaseless, stainless. "Hair-Groom” does not show on the hair because it is absorbed by the scalp, therefore your hair remains so soft and pliable and so natural that no one can possibly tell you used it. —Advertisement.
AMUSEMENTS
TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1923
INDIANS ACCEPT NEI CHALLENGE OF BOGALUSA T Tribesmen Organise Basketball Team With Lee Bartlett as Manager, By EDDIE ASH Times Staff Correspondent BOGALUSA, La., March .. —The' Indians were to try another ball game today. They attempted it Monday, but were prevented by rain and wet grounds. The big blow Monday knocked the boys out of a day’s practice, but they hoped so make it up today with a double drill. Frigid atmosphere, wind and rain prevented the Tribe ball players turning out Monday. Manager Hendricks had scheduled a practice game between a divided squad, but, due to the cold wind and the showers, he called it off for Monday. Due to the break in outdoor training because of bail weather conditions Hendricks called fi , men- basket-ball, his native State sport. Asa consequence a number of the Tribe players organized a basket-ball team. Eddie Sicking accepted a challenge from the Bogalusa ?. M. C. A. team and a net game will be played Tuesday between the basket-ball players of the Indians and the Bogalusa Y. M. C. A. Pitcher Lee Bartlett was appointed manager and captain of the team, and he announced his roster as fellows: Campbell and Fitzsimmons, forwards: Sicking and Cavett, centers; Bartlett, Krueger and Whelan, guards. Utility plays are Petty and Christenbury. Monday was a hard day for ‘he Tribe athletes. They had enjoyed a vacation Sunday, and when the weather interfered with their Monday practice, they were being pushed back. Asa result of the vacation, two days in succession Manager Hendricks ordered double practice for today and every day thereafter until the exhibition games start with the New York Giant Colts Saturday. AMUSEMENTS Twice Daily All Week “MIDNITE MAIDENS” With 15ENNY SMALL 16—A Chorus of—l 6
SAHARA GROTTO SOCIETY INDOOR CIRCUS Coliseum March 26 to 31 22 BIG ACTS 00 STAR (Till 1 S PERFORMERS 2 PERFORM\N(F.S DAILY NO RESERVED SEATS $1 Admission
RIALTO Today “Uncle's Mistake” Musical Comedy Feature VAUDEVILLE Special Picture “Hurricane’s Gal” BOXING SHOW WED. NIGHT
NOOX TO lt:00 P. 31. jimmy IIOfTOR MVSIC CAfiH AND BAND IT’S ‘TICKLE TOE" MUSIC 808 MURPHY AND Ruth Howell I ADAMS * Duo I MORIN HART, WAGNER &. ELTIS HARVEY & I HERRICK MORGAN i HART CO.— Photo Play BILLIE DOVE —and CULLEN LANDIS ‘•YOUTH TO YOUTH” MATS., 150, 25e. EVES., 260, 400.
MOTION PICTURES | - j Another Hit for JACKIE COOGAN In his Latest Comedy Drama “DADDY” Ov*rtnr#. “William Tell/* Rossini MODEST ALTSCHULER Musical Director Christie Comedy “Second Childhood” Organ Solo “Pavlowa Gavotte” Walter Flandorf Doors Open 12 Noon.