Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 275, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1923 — Page 7
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1923
SPORTS p if ~i p JL GOLFING -L O ‘■•• s o V_y BOXING V/ R R i.V DIAMOND JLV nr °'. S T t A RACING A Sand Q OTHER O THRUSTS _____ THE Boston Rex Sox seem to be the Good Samaritan team of the American league. It has always been the Yankees’ motto, “When in trouble or in need of a player, see the Red Sox.” It seems as though the St. Louis Browns have adopted the same policy. On the heels of the .Announcement that George Sislec will not be able to join the team on April 2, comes the rumor that the Browns are after George Burns, first baseman of the Red Sox. Sisler is suffering from a sinus infection that followed an attack of the flu and is far from condition to play. His shoulder, injured last season, Is bothering him also. Tt seems almost certain that '.he Browns will be without the great iirst sacker’s service at the start of the schedule. A representative of the Browns was at the Hot Springs camp of the Red Sox Tuesday and according to Arkansas gossip Burns was the subject of discussion. The proposed deal, it is thought, would be a cash transaction. -I- -i- -ITt’s one thing' to make a deal for a player and another thin? to get him to siai Shorten sent his contract hack to the St. Paul club, but neglected to attach his signature. Shorten was obtained from Ciney !n the Rube Benton deal. Manager Kelly Is sore. I- -I- -Illlinois University is sending its tennis team on a southern training trip. That’s class for you. -I- -I- -i* The Bogalusa lire department made a run recently. The fireman in the driver's seat put on so much speed he drove the truck beyond the blaze and had to be headed off. NOTRE DAME BASER AI.LERS START OX THEIR NINE-DAY SOUTHERN JAUNT THURSDAY". SIXTEEN MEN MAKE THE TRIP. THE FIRST STOP IS ST. MARYS. KY\ V 1 'I Press reports have it that McGraw says he is satisfied with his expensive, piteher-firstbaseman-hitter. Jack Bentley. What else could a manager say after putting out some §(>5.000 more or less for a player. -|- -!- -|- Aid ■* Kroun did not lost* hi** hititn£ **ye oit-r the long winter. Some birds run hit .at! some can’t—iliat’s ail there is to It. Ask 4:ty Kirke, he knows. Many of the leading golf pro--sionais of the country are asmhling at Pinehurst, N. (~ for !.e open North and South championship which starts Thursday. + -|- -!- Art Fletcher got a head start on his contemporaries. He wai* put out of a game in the South by Howard Holmes, new American League umpire. Holmes wanted to •how the National League that they couldn't foo! around with an American loop “You’re out*’ czar. -i- -i- -iJOHN MOORE OF INDIANAPOLIS IS THE NEW SWIMMING CAPTAIN OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY. -I- -!■ -IKeports from London are to the effect that Beckett, the great canvas kisser, has been matched with the deposed hero. Georges Carpentier of France on June li in London. That’s a regular comeback battle. Both trying it. -I- ‘l* -IThe sawmill of the Great Southern Lumber Company is an immense plant. The machinery handles a 100foot log the same way that Jay Kirke makes a ball-bat look like a 11 mthpick. Militaries to Practice The Militaries held an enthusiastic work-out last Sunday at the Blake St. diamond and another session is on for next Sunday morning. Every one should be out Sunday, as an important business meeting will follow practice. The following players, who were out last week, are asked -o be .n hand: Murphy. Hanley, Snodgrass. Kerr, Brady, Lee, Golder, O’Neill, Radigan. Other former players of the Militaries who would like to try out are welcome. Y. M. S. Meeting Tonight The Y. M. S. baseball club will have a meeting tonight instead of Friday as planned. All of the players are asked to be at the manager’s house, 726 Cottage Ave.. at 8 p m. Last Sunday the following players were out for practice: Reale, Leusse, Schott, Kempe, Hessman, Kirchner, Mathews. Coburn, Suding. Klalber, Butch, YYirrters, Spitznagel. E. Kuhn, Staehlin, Jones and Casey.
The Rules Contestants are required to do two things—1. Name each player. 2. Tell one additional interest ing fact about each one. On the twelfth day mail your answers to the Times Sports Editor. No answer should be sent in from day to day. All must be retained until you have (lie twelfth and Ihen send them in together. All answers must be in by midnight Tuesday, April 3. Tho answers and the prize winners will be announced Saturday, April 7. Neatness, correctness and the interest of the fact given about eac.i player will be considered in making prize awards. The list of prizes: Two season passes to Indianapolis Ball Club games and ten individual tickets to the opening game, April ID.
Indians Will Break Camp Thursday and Start on Homeward Trip
lEXHIBITIONS IN EVANSVILLE ANO IE HUT’ NEXT Tribe Will Open Home Exhibition Games Next Tuesday ; —Giants Have Edge, Bv EDDIE ASH Times Staff Correspondent BOGALUSA, La.. March 28.—This was wind-up day for the Indians’ exhibition ; games in Bogalusa and they were to close the local series with the New York Giant colts this afternoon. Thursday the Tribesmen will take a long drill in the morning and then pack up and wave Bogalusa the fond farewell. As Indians and Giant colts prepared to enter today's skirmish, the New Yorkers held a three-to-one-game advantage. I The McGraw seconds won on Saturday. Monday Tuesday, and the Tribe copped the Sunday conflict. Therefore, in an effort to grab off the final battle here. Manager Hendricks had | Burwell and Caret siated for mound duty i this afternoon j The score Tuesday was Bto2 in favor of the Giants Seib and Fitzsimmons, the sore arm duo. divided the work < n the mound for the Indian®, and it was easy for Seib. but harsh for Fitz. The Giants got only three hits and one run off Seib in four innings, and the run was a gift due to a skull play on the infield. As for Fitz. he didn't fare well, and the defeat was charged against him Fielding features were contributed by McGuire and Rawlings of the Giants and Sicking for the Indians. Ernie Krueger opened up with his throwing arm and nipped two attempted thefts. After the Giants' star southpaw, Cvengross, took the mound the Tribesmen stopped hitting and failed to get one safe hit in the last four Innings. Brown kept up his clouting with two triples and Payne got a brace of singles ; off Lucas, the Giants' starting pitcher, j McGuire and Higbee hit homers over the short right-field fence. Campbell was changed back to third base Tuesday and Whelan performed at second. The second and third base jobs are beginning to be sources of worry to Manager Hendricks.
j In Camp With the j TRIBE AT BOGALUSA 1 —By Eddie Ash— *
“Three cheers for the spring flowers," said Cal Crum after a woodland walk, 'but as for the spring bugs. ( can’t give 'em much!" Ppg Cavet predicts he'll have a big j season. Sherwood Magee is out ofj the league. Leo Payne was relating war-time experiences. He fought with the British. He was sent out with a mine detail once and was helping in the min- : ing of a hill a long way off from the British trenches. While the explosive was being planted a number of Germans showed up at the top of the hill. “No wonder England turns out such good long-distance runners," j said Leo. A southerner asked Cavet: “Say. tall man. didn’t you pitch for Mobile?" "I did that,” answered Pug. “but don’t ask me when." Jess Petty hopes Dick Wade, .Minneapolis, makes good at Washington. Wade is one batter Petty never could handle. “Pears” Bartlett says if Heals Becker wasn't in the league Indianapolis ; would have another mainstay righthander. Leo Payne refers to Bogalusa base-1 ball as the "Lumber League." A person can't very well hit the sawdust trail in Bogalusa. All the i sawdust is used as fuel at the lumber j plant. A black youth approached Bill, Smith Jr. and said: “Has you all got J a mascot fo’ yo’ ball team? Ah lives J in South Bend, Ind., and An wants to ; get home. Ah'll work mighty cheap.” The club couldn’t use him and the boy will have to find some other means of returning North. Ralph Shinners, former Indian, now j cavorting with the N. Y. Giant Sec- 1 onds, spent the winter in the wilds of northern Wisconsin. He is in superb shape and still has hopes of making the McGraw first squad. Fred Fitzsimmons and “Spud” Campbell are buddies. Fitz says because Campbell is called "Spud” j doesn’t mean he is “little potatoes." One party of five drove 100 miles I to take in the Tribe-New York game ; of Sunday, March 25. Natives of Lou- i isiana care little about distance. The fattest man the Indians have j seen during their Bogalusa stay used i ■ ' j Exhibition Games TUESDAY RESULTS Cleveland Americana 9 15 4 Brooklyn Nationals 6 13 3 Batteries—Covelcskie, Morton aid O'Neill: Reuther. Griggs, Vance. Decatur and Do Berry, Taylor. St. Louis Nationals 3 9 O Boston Nationals 0 1 0 Batteries—Desk, Mohney North and Ainsmith: Oescliyer, McNamara, Braxton and Gowdy. Mobile Soutnern 7 15 1 Philadelphia Americans 7 11 2 Batteries—James, Fulton, Long and Heav:i g Schilling. Jones. Ozmer. McMillan, Helma h, O'Neill and Perkins, Brutrgy. Minneapolis (A. A 3 5 3 Memphis (S. A.) 7 13 3 Batteries —lundberg. McGraw and Mayer; Wills, Treon and Lynn. Cincinnati Nationals ..311 2 Washington Americans 4 14 1 Batteries—Donohue. Couch and Hargrave: Zachary, ilollunrsworth. Warmoth and Gharrity, Ruel Detroit Americans 13 16 l Rochester Int, rnationals fl 8 5 Batteries—Moore. Pillette and Bassler, Woodall: Wiener. Farley and Comack, Cubbe. St. Louis Americans 8. 10 2 Wichita Falls Texas League 2 9 Batteries—Kolp. Dan forth and Severeid: Uptmore. Odom. Ruth and Flaherty.
RILLY EVANS’ DIAMOND PUZZLES NO. 9
Can you identify this baseball player and tell an interesting fact about lam? This is one of a dozen “Diamond Puzzles" being printed consecutively h\ The Indaiauapolia Times The twelfth will be printed Saturday, March 31. Save your answtrs and send in the twelve before Tuesday April 3. to tin Sports Editor of The Times. Correct answers and prize winners will be announced Saturday, April 7. HERK. is a real modem star, who jumped Into the front ranks in one short year. Regarded as a valuable man one year, but not a great star, he came into his own the next season and is now one of the most talked about players in the game. His sudden rise to fame is largely the result of an Invention of the brain. His overnight success was made possible by perfecting an unusual style, that was so entirely different that the opposition was much puzzled. There is no telling to what lizzv heights he would have ascended had he been with a championship ball club. Another Puzzle Tomorrow
to play center for the Tulane Univei city eleven in the old live-yard dayi The “sheik" craze hasn’t struck Be galusa; but there are a number c drug store cowboys seen. A ball took a bad bound on th rough infield at the Bogalusa par and struck Spud Campbell on th head. "This must be skull practice, said Spud. Jay Kirke uses th< longest ha permitted by the rules He’s goin to undress an infielder some day wit one of his terrific drives <)n° reason the Tribe players ar anxious for the season to open Is b< cause they want to see Umpire Jir Murray In anew suit. The leagu buys the umpires their Held clothe this year and Murray can’t escap being a dude for once. "Now 1 know wnere ox tail sou comes from.” exclaimed Tom Whelm when he saw a team of oxen haulin; logs down a road near Bogalusa. Jack Hendricks took a stroll on evening recently and on visiting th Bogalusa station Ip- found a numbe of his players there waiting to watci the night train go through. Her: deicks returned to the hotel Immed atelyl and placed tho ban on the sim ing of "Home Sweet Home” by th club quartette.
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IKIRKEROMPSIN SOUTHERN CAMP Jay Swings Long Bat With All of Old-Time Zest, By Times Special BOGALUSA. La.. March 28.—01d Jay Kirke romps around the Tribe training camp like a big kid. If age has made its inroads on Jay, he doesn't show it in the springtime, tra la. And how that huge fellow likes to bat! If batting practice could be held by moonlight. Kirke never would go to bed. He makes the ball sing when he connects properly, and he surely looks good in an Indianapolis uniform. That is what the other players say. meaning they won't have to worry this year when Kirke steps to the plate He's on their side now. Louisville will tell you Kirke has slipped, but the Indians say he didn't show age last season when he opposed them on the diamond. He hits too well to be classea as a slipping veteran, and, furthermore, he is imbued with a desire to convince his new bosses that they made no mistake when they obtained his services. He likes the change that brought him to the Indianapolis club. Kirke has a splendid disposition. lie keeps himself in shape. He doesn't, kick over the traces and lives up to all club rules SPEEDWAY COMMUNITY TO HAVE BOXING PROGRAM I*rest-o-I<ite Good Will Committee Makes Arrangements. The Prest-o-Llte Good Will Committee Is arranging a boxing program at the Speedway Community House Saturday night. The card follows: Eddie Webber va Battlinx Moore (both of Indianapolis), four rounds Barney bolt. Brownaburtr. va. K. O. Grlbben. Greenwood, four rounds. Knockout Wilson va Jerry Morgan (both of Indianapolis), six rounds. Monty MeGown, Indianapolis, vs. Battling Emeu, Cm- uinati. ten rounds fraternal loop meets One More Team Needed to Complete Roster of Organization. The Fraternal I/eagtie will hold a meeting at the Em Roe Store tonight. Five teams have entered the league and President Murphy would like to hear from one more team. Any team desiring to enter the league should have a representative present at this meeting or get in touch with Ray Murphy. Drexel 1607 or call Callahan, Km Itoes. Manager Baker of the K. of p. No. 56 is especially urged to be present. BRIDGES WORKS FOR BOUT To Meet Joe Cook in Marion, Ind., Show Tuesday. Bobby Bridges, local welterweight, is in training for his ten-round bout next Tuesday night with Joe Cook, the Peoria (711.) boxer, who Bobby meets at Marlon, Ind. Bridges in working at the Mitchell Athletic Club with Sidney Glick and Benny Levy, the latter a bantamweight contender of Canton, Ohio. A. B. C. Leaders I ~? (*rmin Parkway*. Chicago 2.PHI **( hwibb-Polloclc* B uffalo 2.052 Belmont Drutfiu Toledo 2.044 Brook* Oil*. Cleveland .2,1*1 ft Peoples Daw No 1. Ch*Cßffo 2.1)14 TWO MAN EVENT K Kolckr-J. Milwaukee 1.20 ft o Klatt-J Burmuirtter. Chicago I.2Hft R Clayton-D O. Ostrander. Toledo . . 1.2K1 W. Nif*h;iu-C. Frank. Louisville ... 1.27 H W. Roflsit'T-E. Pieree. Chicago 1,270 SINGLES <\ Baumgartner. Cincinnati 724 M. McDowell, Cleveland 71i VV. Klwert. Toledo 711 !•". Wilson. Toledo 705 C. Srhnsck. Syracuse 700 ALL EVENTS M McDowell. Cleveland 2.003 rhalcraft. Buffalo M .. 1,04 ft C. Moses, Toledo 1.03 H L. Dunn. Chicago 1 ,833 K Bower. Dubuque. lowa 1.020
Hoosier A. C. Scrapper Is in Training for Big Meet George Mulholland Prepares Wg Jgi to Enter in Light Heavyx .% j ffeSL The A. A. U. boxing championships, / to be held In the Hoosier Athletic Club gymnasium starting tomorrow night ftf-alßi - and continuing through until the finals are reached amateur boxers ■ one meet. In vain have the auL. thorities of the Hoosier Athletic -'wMHWqpp" Club searched for a worthy ops ■ /<: \ ponent who might give George A Mulholland a run for his money. , in this show Mullholland will be v up against the classiest field he . - \ has yet met. Included among the ) . \ entries is Alexander Bush from I• g \ Culver Military Academy. Mul'i ‘ \ holland Is a national champion / \ ’ \ and has been training strenuously , f \ i to get down to the light heavyJ** | weight limit. He can hit quick \ and hard with either hand and \ \ should and Bush meet In the Jjr mm is a Butler College student, as is; /. k Aajg Orner, entered in the welter- ' jjW ' Alf weight class from the South Sido . yif George Llpps of the H. A. C. j .A| mf t Yjj|f states that all boxers must weigh! W • Jm In at 3 p. m. Thursday at the Hoosier Club, corner of Bratt MM (Pim and Meridian Sts. The house is |3H r # practically sold out for the Agm A first night, although a few s* * 1,0 W’ GEORGE MULHOLLAND
JONES TRANSFER TEAM TO MEET NEXT SUNDAY Local Baseball Club Gets Ready for Coming Season. The Jones Transfer baseball team will be in the field again this year with a good outfit. There will be a meeting next Sunday at 1 p. in. at 2531 E. Tenth St. The following players are asked to be present: 11. Jones, C. Jones, If. Van Arsdale, V. V;m Arsdale, Barrett, l'lne. Thompson. Fohrneder, B Schmeder, Seitz, Turner Wallace, Gallagher, Clause. Mann and Wampler. For games call Webster IDSO or write If N. Jones, 2531 E. Tenth St. New Augusta, New Palestine, Acton, Falrland, Stones Crossing, MooresvilU Shelbyville, Castleton, Aurora, Brook lyn and first class city teams take notice. “Who Cares?” Wow! Z:rsg! Evcrybody's fox-trotting it. whistling, humming, this medley of melodious hysteria packed full by Eddie Elkins* Orchestra served hot on Columbia KS New Process Record flj You'll fin! ‘ Blue" on KB the other side. 75c at sis COLUMBIA DEALERS mmjto AMUSEMENTS
SHUBERT-MURAr *** s Tofstluy and Wednesday. April 3-4 TIIKKE PERFORMA N( KS ONLY IT WALTER Hampden SEATS NOW SEIZING Mrnt Performance Prior to It* Production at thr National Theater, THE R!NG OF TRUTH A powerful dramatization of Robert Browning’* masterpiece. “The King and the Book.” Dramatized by Arthur Goodrich and Rone A. Palmer. Mr. Goodrich being the author of the great George M. Cohan .mirces*. “So Till* Is Isondon.’* Walter Hampden as Capon Saeehi. supported by u powerful augmented compiiny. WEDNESDAY MATINEE, 2 IN M. HAMLET’ Wednesday Evening at H:ls “A NEW WAY TO PAY OLD DEBTS” PRICES—Eve., 50c to SJ.r.O, Milt., Stic to S.-.V) MOTION PICTURES “THE GLIMPSES I OF THE MOON” Bebe Danels—Nita Naldi I Overture “THE BLUE DANUBE” I MODEST ALTSCHULER Musical Director Funniest Comedy Ever “PEST OF THE STORM COUNTRY” Harp Solo “Le’gende” Miss Ruth Rainier Doors Open Noon
JACK FOURNIER MAKES GOOD THREAT; RETIRES W ill Manager Semi Pro dub at Centralia. lilt l titled Trees CENTUALIA. 111.. March 27.—Jack Fournier, first baseman traded by St. Louis to Brooklyn, made good his threat to retire from the major leagues by signing to manage a semiprofessional club here. Tlie Indiana Travelers will hold a meeting Thi.r-iluv at 7:30 t>. m. at Nineteenth St. ami Arsenal Ave. The following piayerr are rent. -: (1 to be present: Fcr< ifleld. Bhejike, gink \'ofile Dishes. Hondvshell. B- Wdbur. T Wiltr:r atm others wishing .a tryout, tor Srarne'S. address 11 C Givitlen. 11*25 Ko*)Scvelt Ave., or ea!! Webster 6980. AMUSEMENTS D Ml W “MISS NEW YORK JR.” with Hilly Hagen and Anna Toebr and If— \ t lIOKCS OF—l6 Tonlte Is Vmutenr Nile
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Giant Colts Win INDIANAPOLIS AB R H PO A E Purcell, rs . 2 0 0 2 0 0 | Schott, lb 1 0 0 2 0 0 S.cking. ss 3 0 0 4 3 0 Brown, es 4 0 2 0 0 0 Kirke. Ib 4 1 1 10 2 0 V helan, 2b 3 0 0 1 2 1 Payne, if 4 0 2 1 0 0 Campbell. 3b 4 0 0 2 1 0 Krueger, c 3 0 0 4 2 0 Seib, p .10 113 0 Fitzsimmons, p 2 1 1 0 2 0 Totals 31 2 7 27 15 1 NEW YORK AB R H PO A E Rawlings, sa 5 2 2 2 4 0 , McPhec, 3b 1 2 2 0 1 0 ! Shinners. rs 5 0 1 1 0 0 Stengel, cf 3 1 1 3 1 0 Higbee. If 4 1 1 3 0 0 McGuire, 2b 4 1 2 3 2 0 Dempsey, lb 4 0 1 9 0 0 Kernan, c 3 0 0 6 2 0 Lucas, p ... 2 0 0 0 1 0 CvengTosa, p.. 2 1 1 0 0 0 Totals 36 8 11271 T 0 Indianapolis 100 100 000—2 New York 000 111 050—8 Two-base hits—McPhee, McGuire. Threebase hits—Brown 2. McPhee. Home runs— McGuire. High bee. Sacrifice—Purcell. Double plays—Rawlins to Dempsey. Whelan to Sicking to Kirk”. Bases on balls—Off Fitzsimmons. 3; off Lucas, 1: off Cvengross, 1. ! Struck out —By Fitzsimmons, 2: hy Seib, 1: by Lucas, 1 : by Cvengross, 5. Flits—-Off : Seib, 2 in 4 innings: off Fitzsimmons. 9 in 5 innings: off Lucas, 7 in 0 innings: off Cvengross, 0 to 3 innings Left on bases—lndianapolis, 5: New York, 4. Umpires—Caret and Voight. Time—l:2o. CITY ClfS TO ' KEET THURSDAY Brookside Odd Fellows Organize Baseball Team, The Brookside Odd Fellows, local amateur champions, will hold an open meeting at 1516 N. Tuxedo St. on Thursday evening. At a recent meeting of the directors of the club it was decided to place a club in the Fraternal League. j AH of last year’s players, Huhn, ] French, Osborn, Grund, Goetts, G. Katzenberger, Redmon, Harrell, Weist, Teller, Rubush, Comstock. Beatty, Berglen, Peerce, Oliver and Noffke are : urged to attend. This meeting is open ’ to any other Odd Fellow ball players ! of the city who wish a try-out. For Information call Webster 453S after 6 p. in. and ask for A1 Isidolf. The Hoosier Cubs will practice Sunday morning if the weather permits at Riverside Park at 11 a m All of last year's players and those wishing tryouts are asked to be present
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ARGENTINIAN MAY SUBSTITUTE FOR BIG JESS WILLARO 'Farmer Lodge’ Is Barred From Meeting Firpo—'One Big Flivver,’ Is Opinion. By HENRY L. FARRELL, United Press Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, March 28.—Luis Angelo Firpo, the South American giant, may take Jess Willard’s place and fight Floyd Johnson in the big char ity show here on May 12, according to word going around today. Although Willard has been reported as training strictly and doing well at Excelsior Springs, it was intimated from a source close to Firpo that the South American has been asked to be ready to take the place of either furhter in the event that some dispute arises to break up the card. Johnson broke all sprinting records getting out of his match with Tom Gibbons, and although improbable, it is possible that he might be seeking a hole to get away from Willard. Firpo signed a contract right after the Brennan fight in which he agreed to appear on the card against an unselected opponent and also to go In a3 a part of the main bout if one of the principals failed to go through with the agreement. The South American was all set to take on a couple of exhibition bouts and do a little stage work when Tex Rickard notified him that he should do nothing that might prevent him from acting as pinch hitter on the card. As Luis Angel is to get $15,000 as a prize for fighting for sweet char ity, he paid heed to the words of Rickard. After the promoters of the show had looked all over the country for an ideal set-up and had decided upon farmer Lodge, the huge Minnesota "jaw-breaker" the boxing commission came along and ruined the plans by refusing to permit Luis to battle with the farmer. The commission wants Firpo to fight the Canadian, Jack Renault, but all hands have joined in the chorous — "that fellow's too tough right now.”
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