Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 57, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1923 — Page 9

WEDNESDAY, JULY 18,1923

Luque of Cincinnati Reds Is Outstanding Pitching Sensation of Big Leagues

PAN STAR IS ACE OF MORAN’S MOUNDWORKERS Team on Giants' Heels as Great Hurler Turns in Fifteenth Victory, By BILLY EVANS Often one pitcher going- at top speed makes a ball club. This is particularly true if the club didn’t bank strongly on the showing of that pitcher. Adolfo Luque of the Cincinnati club is easily the pitching sensation of the major leagues. He has made the Reds a dangerous contender for the fast going New York Giants. Last season Rixey, by his sensational work, kept the Reds in the race. This year Luque has supplanted Rixey and then some. Jinx Changes to Rixey The jinx that pursued Luque last year seems to be on the trail cf Rixey this season. Inability of Luque to Kn consistently last year was a big ndieap to Pat Moran in his quest for the pennant. Getting away to a bad start in the spring of 1922 Luque had his troubles winning, no matter how well he pitched. The very best he could do was win thirteen and lose twenty-three games for a percentage much lower than that recorded by his club When the 1923 campaign opened Manager Moran had his douhts about Luque. Some of the experts on the National League circuit figured the Cuban was slipping. Luque immediately proceeded to upset the dope and has kept on doing It. Fifteen Victories Luque, including yesterday's double victory over Boston, has scored fifteen victories and suffered only two defeats. Strangely enough, the Chicago Cubs won both games by the scores of 2 to 1 and 2 to 0. Luque pitched brilliantly in the two defeats, the breaks of the game, which went against him. deciding the issue. In the first game at Boston yesterday he was taken out for a pinch hitter and Rixey hurled the last three Innings, but Luque got creidt for the win. Then he returned to the box in the second fray of the day and won easily. Os the fifteen games won by Luque, seven came in a row. Only thirty runs have been made off Luque's delivery in his remarkable pitching performance covering twenty-two games, in several of which he acted as relief An additional proof of his yglfectix-eness can be gleaned from the that he leads the National League in strikeouts.

BASEBALL STANDING ~ - AND i ~ CALENDAR.!

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lost. Pet. St. Paul 54 28 659 Kansas City 48 31 .608 Louisville . 45 38 .542 Columbus 41 38 .51 S Milwaukee ,41 43 488 INDIANAPOLIS 38 46 .452 Minneapolis 31 49 .388 Toledo 30 54 .357 AMERICAN LEAGCE W. L. Pet.l W. L. Pet. N. York 68 27 .675 Phila 40 42 .488 Cleve.. . 40 38 .541 Chicago. 38 41 .481 Bt. Louis 42 40 J>l2j Wash. .. 34 47 .420 Detroit. 40 41 .494| Boston. . 29 48 .377 NATIONAL LEAGCE W L. Pct.l W. Y. Pet. N. York 55 28 .655 Brklyn. . 42 39 .519 Cincin. . 60 30 .625 3t. Louis 43 43 .506 Pittsb.. . 48 33 ,582i Boston. . 23 53 .284 Chicago. 46 40 .529| Phila. .. 23 58 .284 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Indpla at St. P. Col. at K. C. Louis, at Xian. Tol. at Mil. AMERICAN LEAGUE Bn Y. at Det. Wash, at Cleve. Phil at L. Eos. at Chi. (two games). NATIONAL LEAGCE St, L. at N. Y. Pitts, at Bos. Cin. at Brook. Chi. at Phil. Yesterday’s Results AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Columbus 000 400 001—6 8 1 Kansas City 000 010 OOO—I 8 1 Sanders. Hartley. Zlnn. Caldwell, Skiff. Toledo... 242 005 2lt>—l6 19 3 Milwaukee 021 055 613—17 21 3 Bedlent. Giard. MoGloughlin. Anderson: Keefe. Bigbee, Pott. Shinault. Louisville 001 400 500—10 13 2 Minneapolis 220 0003 100—8 10 5 Koob. Sothoron. Cullop. Meyer: Schauer. Ayres. Grabowski. AMERICAN LEAGUE N#w York 000 000 000— 0 4 3 Cleveland 020 510 50*—13 20 0 Maya. Bengough: Uhle. O'Neill. Washington 010 000 010—2 0 l Detroit 11l 010 00*—4 8 0 Mitchell. Ruel: Johnson. Bassler. Boston 000 000 001— 1 7 3 St. Louis ....... 000 330 3v—lo 16 0 t Fullerton. Walters: Danfortb. Severeid Philadelphia 000 000 100 —1 5 2 Chicago 300 004 01*—8 7 0 Heimach. Naylor. Walberg. Perkins. Rowland; Cvengros. Schalk. NATIONAL EAGCE (First Game) Omcsnnati 000 000 400—4 9 1 Boston 000 002 100—3 8 1 Luque. Rixey. Hargrave. Wlngo: McNamara. Benton. Smith, O’Neil. (Second Game) Cincinnati 003 003 300—9 10 3 Boston 000 000 203—5 10 0 Luque Hargrave; Oeeehger. Benton, FilEhjgim. Smith. IRucago 100 000 002—3 9 0 New York 000 014 11*—7 12 0 ‘Osborne. Fussell, O'Farrell: Ryan. Snyder Pittsburgh 000 000 101—2 10 2 Brooklyn 000 600 00*—6 7 0 Morison. Kuna. Gooch: Smith. Taylor. (Ten innings) gV Louis 000 001 001—a 9 0 Philadelphia 000 000 100—1 T 0 Toney. Ain smith. Rina. Henline

Marathon Golf Anew marathon golf record has been chalked up in Clevalnd by Rudolph Supan, 22-year old postal clerk. Supan, former University of Illinois links star, lasted sixteen and one-half hours over 267 holes. He wore out a dozen caddies. His average score was a little more than 80. FIVE UMPIRES GO IN LEAGUE ROW Phyle in International Causes ‘Strike,’ By United News NEW YORK, July 18.—The “downtrodden” umpires of the International League have been driven back to their windpads and shinguards under the crack of the knout in the hands of John Conway Toole, president cf the circuit. The strike is off, gve umpires are missing, two are likely to wear the welts of discipline and one new one, recruited In a hurry, began his servitude in the game at Rocheeter Tues day. Toole, in New York, said the strike of his ball yard magistrates originated in a misunderstanding- He fired W. J. Phyle, one of his umpires, for falling to work in a double-header at Toronto, July 12, Toole said. The report of Phyle’s absence from duty in Toronto did not reach Toole until Monday and meantime Phyle worked in the Balti-more-Rochester game in Rocheeter Sunday, making a sour decision. When Phyle was released the next day, some of his fellow umpires thought the umpirical authority was being undermined as they took it for granted that Phyle's release was'due to the uproar over the disputed decision. Umpires McDevitt, Geiael, Magerkurth and Derr have Quit. O’Toole said. Geisel lives in Indianapolis.

JOE LYNCH ‘DETHRONED’ BY N. Y. COMMISSION Burman. Chicago Bantam, “Given” Title—Greb-Wilson, Aug. 31. By United Xescs NEW YORK, July 18.—In another bloodless, gloveless battle another world champion was rapped with the boxing commission's cancellation stamp Tuesday and reduced to the rankest ranks. Joe Lynch, bantam champion, was nullified by fiat of the commission for failing to fight Joe Burman of Chicago and Burman was named regent of the bantamweight division. This goes for New York State only. The commission approved a match for Aug. 81, at the Polo Grounds between Johnny Wilson, the long inactive middleweight champion, and Harry Greb of Pittsburgh. WHITE FAVORITE TONIGHT Chicago Lightweight Odds-On Choice Over Richie Mitchell. By United Setcs NEW YORK. July 18.—Charlie White, the Chicago lightweight, is a dollars-to-kopeks choice in the betting on his fight at the New York Velodrome tonight against Richie Mitchell of Milwaukee. White stopped Mitchell In the tenth round the last time they fought, but was almost stopped himself when Mitchell banged him on the chin in the fourth round. .Johnny Buff K. O.’d L‘y United Press v NEW Y'ORK. July 18.—Johnny Buff former flyweight and bantamweight champion, reached the end of his string Tuesday night when he was stopped in the ninth round by Harry Catena, New York flyweight. MAJOR HOMERS YESTERDAY Hauser. Athletics. I—ll : Brower. Cle-e----!ami. I — 9: Snyder. Giant*. I—s: Durst. Brown. I—s. Groh Giants I—4.

In Training! Bu Unit'd Sews CHICAGO. July 18.—What good are orders from the coach if you don’t obey them. Ole Magnuson, Northwestern University football player, wanted to know Tuesday. Ole was foreman of a jury trying a damage suit against an Evanston theater brought by two negresses who claimed they were forced to sit in the balcony and refused main floor tickets. The evidence was heard and the jury retired. The bailiff counted noses soon afterward and one was missing. The missing juror Was found later at his home just climbing into bed. “Coach's orders are orders. It was bedtime for me,” Ole explained. Anew jury will be impaneled.

WALLACE, LUCAS, O’DOWD ON NEXT FORTIG CARD Boxers Well-Known Here Engaged—Large Crowd Sees Tuesday Night Scraps, Roy Wallace, Indianapolis amateur mit wielder, who has won high honors in national, city and State tournaments, will make his first professional ring appearance at Ft. Benjamin Harrison next Tuesday night, when he clashes with Billy Starr of Cincinnati in an eight-round semi-wind-up affair. Starr is of the same type as Wallace and only recently' graduated from the amateur ranks in Ohio. Lavel in August In the feature bout next week. Johnny Lucas of St. Louis and Mickey O'Dowd of Muncie will go ten rounds. Strong prelims will be arranged to help the card. Louie Lavelle of Anderson will perform at the fort In one of the August shoWs. In the weekly scraps at the Army reservation last night, the K. O. Jeakle-Jlmmy Dalton main event was called a draw by Captain Wilson, referee. Numerous ringsiders thought Jeakle was entitled to victory, but the referee thought otherwise, and that settled it. Jeakle proved the better boxer. Ijee Does Comeback In the semi-wind-up of eight rounds, Bobbie Lee was given the decision over Battling Jeakle, K. O.'s brother. Jeakle started out like a whirlwind, flooring Lee in the first session, but Bobbie came back none the worse for wear and soon had the Battler taking things more cautiously. The feature bout of the preliminaries was between A1 Dager and Jack Gardner, two 180-pound boys, who mixed it like a pair of flyweights and who expended enough energy in swinging to harvest the Kansas wheat crop. Dager won. In the other two prelims Kid Roberts beat Buddy Johnson and George Fleshman got the decision over Paul Schuppert. A capacity crowd witnessed the weekly fisticuffs.

■ ■ ■ ■■ INDEPENDENT AND AMATEUR

The Jackson Red# will hold an Important meeting tonight and the following players a r e asked to be present: May. Arnold. Williams. Stonehouee. Hanley. Rohr. Baldwin, Lewis, Hedge Butler, Lutze, Faucott The Reds desire a game for Sunday In the 16-16-year-old class. The Marion Cardinals will meet tonight at 1612 Woodlawn Aye. at 8 o'clock. The Turner-Beech Grove team will play Acton at Beech Grove next Sunday. Last week the Beech Grove outfit went fifteen innings to defeat the Keystones. 3 to 2. The Eastslde S. 8. League standing Is as follows: Centennary 10 1 POO Downey Avenue 0 2 810 Heath Memorial 6 6 .600 Buttler Memorial 4 7 384 Englewood 3 7 300 Westminister 1 10 091 Next Saturday's games are: Downey Avenue vs. Centennary, Riverside No. 1; Englewood v Buttler Memorial. Willard. The Westminister game is forfeited to Heath Memorial. One of the best rames of the season is expected Sunday when the Acme Juniors and the Christ am ore Juniors meet at -Riverside diamond 9 at 3:30. Both teams have won thirteen games without a defeat. The Acmes will practice tonight at 5:30 For games with the Acmes call Belmont 0467 and aek for Eddne, between 4:30 and 5:30 The Shamrocks hold a permit for Riverside No. 10 for Sunday at 3 p m. They wish to meet some fast Indianapolis team For games call Main 8555 between 5:30 and 6:30 p. m. and ask for Ed. The Saint Philip baseball team will practice tonight at Brookside Park The H N. S. team will be met next Sunday at Beech Grove. The manager of the Seirater Towels and Y. P. C.s are requested to call Webster 1939 In regard to games. The Olive A. C.s holds a permit for Sunday and wants a game. The Golar Juniors are requested to call Drexel 6113 between 6 and 6:30 p. m. Last Sunday the Olives defeated the Hottentots. 9 to 0. and the Boys’ Club Midgets, 6 to 4. in a double-header.

Grand Circuit Results (At Kalamazoo, Mich., July 17) 2:09 Pace (three heats: puree $1,000) Radio, b g (Thompson) . 113 Hal Abbee, b g (Murphy)........ 6 2 I Cagey Jones, b g ( Egan) 2 4 2 Lapaloma, c m (Wolverton) .., ... 33 4 Walton McGregor also started. Time—2:o4l4, 2:05%, 2:06%. Three-year-old Trot (three heats: puree 52,000) Etheilnda. b f (Cox) ill Hollyrood Leonard, b g (Tallman) .222 Bo Guy b f (Horan) 3 8 8 John Gallagher ch m (McMahon) . . 4 7 6 Joe Me, Queen, Etta. Orange, Prince, Ettagle also started, Time—2 :09 Vi . 2.0814 . 2 08 14 . Two-year-old Trot (two heata: puree $2,000) Mr. McElwayn, b c (White) 1 1 Colonel Bosworth. b c (McDonald) .... 3 2 Erla Guy. b f (Murphy) 3 8 Athlale. bg (Cox) 4 4 Panin's Gift also started Time—2:o9%, 2:09% 2:18 Pace (three heata: puree $1,000) Glen P. b g (Putnam) 1 1 2 Laddie Patch, b g (Egan) 6 3 1 Black Direct, blk g (Taylor) 3 2 3 Myron Cochato, b h (Valentine) ... 2 4 dr Cigarette. John Pershing. Jessie White also started. Time—2:oß%. 2:07%. 2:09%. BATTLING SIKI IN MOVIES Berlin Film to Put Out Drama, ‘The Black Boxer.” Bjj United Sews BERLIN, July 18.—He may be no beauty to look at but some strange charm of Battling Sixi’s has made possible the advance sale in many countries of a movie film in which he is to play the hero. The Planet Film Company of Germany has Slki’s promise to come here and strut through a drama to be cabled "The Black Boxer.” There will be one big light scene. Lear Jumps Brewers Bu Timet Special MILWAUKEE. July 18.—“ King” Lear, second baseman of the local American Association club, has joined the outlaw Nash Motor team of Kenosha, Wls., In the Mid-West League. Pitcher Gearin has been sold to the Philadelphia Athletics, according to rumors here.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

STATE HORSESHOE EVENT WILL BE REPEATED HERE Board of Agriculture Announces Prizes for Winners at Indiana Fair —Best County Tossers to Compete, Under the direction of county agricultural agents horseshoe touvnaments are being held throughout the State in preparation fo* the State championship contests, which will be held at the Siste fair this year.

Prizes totaling $325 are to be awarded to winners in the State competition. the State board of agriculture announced today. Every county la expected to be represented in the State contests this year. Sixty-five counties had teams in the competition last year. John H. Skinner, dean of the Purdue University school of agriculture, will be In charge of the contests and M. L. Clevett will be the referee. National rules are to be followed. In addition to the cash prizes several medals are to be awarded. Saints Even Series INDIANAPOLIS AB R H O A E Chrintenbnry. rs . 4 0 1 1 0 0 Sicking, 2b 3 0 0 1 3 0 Rehg. If 4 0 0 3 0 0 Brown, cf 4 Q 0 6 0 0 Klrke, lb 4 0 1 7 0 0 Krueger, o 4 1 2 3 0 1 Jftnvrtn. s 4 0 4 3 1 0 Campbell. 3b 4 1 0 1 3 0 Hill, p 2 1 1 0 3 0 •Whelan 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ftueimmone. p . . . 1 0 0 0 0 0 Total* 35 3 9 24 8 1 •Batted for Hill tn seventh. 8T PAUL AB R H O A E Christensen. cf. . . 4 1 3 1 0 0 Bone. m 3 0 fl 2 5 1 Morae. 2b 4 X 1 7 1 0 P.lggert. rs 4 0 0 1 0 0 Dreseen. 3b 4 X 3 1 4 1 Haa*. If ... 4 1 I 3 1 0 Gonzales, o ..... 4 X 3 8 0 0 Book, lb 5 0 1 9 1 0 Markle. p 3 0 0 1 3 0 Total* Bft 8~ 10 37 16 2 Indianapoll* 000 010 003—3 St. Paul 300 003 00*—5 Twobaae hit*—Janvrln, Hill. Gonzales. Three-base hit—Haa* Home-run—Krueger. Stolen base—Haa*. Sacrifice— Boone. Left on baaes—Bt. Paul. 6; Indianapoll*. 7. Base* on balle—Off Markle. 2. Struck out —By Hill. 4: by Markle. 3. Htta—Off Hill, P tn 6 inning*: off Ftt**tmmon. 1 in 3 Inning* Losing pitcher—Hill. Umpire*— Landry. Connolly and Pleva. Time—l:Bs.

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Big League Liners

.Homers by Snyder and Groh in the sixth inning Tuesday produced four runs and gave th.e Giants a victory over the Cuba. Hauser’s homer was the only tally counted off Cvengros and tne Athletics lost to the White Sox. Goorge Uhle let the Yanks down with four feeble hits and the Cleveland Indians won. Babe Ruth and Bengough were the only Yanks to get as far as seconc. Four singles, a double and a triple accounted for six runs In the fourth Inning and the Dodgers won from the Pirates. Fred Toney bettered Jimmy Ring in a mound battle and the Cards beat the Phils In ten Innings. Steady pitching by Jonrson enabled the Tigers to beat the Washington Senators. Dave Danforth pitched great hail Tuesday and the Browns made It five straigVA over the Red Sox. REPORT JOE BOLEY SOLD Baltimore’s Star Shortstop Rumored Purchased by N. Y\ Yankees. By United Preii BALTIMORE, July 18.—Reports that could not be confirmed were circulated here that Joe Boley, star short stop of Baltimore Orioles, has been sold to the New York Yankees for delivery at the end of the season. The club refused a major league offer of $126,000 for Boley early In the season.

THIRD STRUGGLE BETWEEN TRIBE . AND CHAMPIONS ‘Rub’ Game of Series on in St, Paul —Markle Downs Indians Tuesday, Bp Times Special ST. PAUL. July 18.—With one victory apiece on the series. Indians and Saints unpacked their bats again today with each trying to overpower the other in an effort to capture the “rub” contest. In the battle Tuesday the A. A. champs won, 5 to 3, because of the fine pitching of Cliff Markle, who had some of the Tribe sluggers cowed in the pinches. He was in danger in the ninth, when the Tribesmen scored two runs, but he tightened in time and struck out the heavy-hitting Christenhury for the game-ending out. Whelan Falls Victim Markle’s prowess was especially effective in the seventh, also when the Indians started the inning strong only to see Whelan, batting for Hill, fall a victim to Cliff’s curves. The Saints grabbed two markers In the first stanza and In the sixth they got a cluster fi*of three. Ernie Krueger put some life in the Indians’ final effort by driving a home run over the left-field fence In the ninth. Four Hits for ‘Manny’’ Janvrin collected four hits out of four trips to the plate for the Tribe and Dressen got three safeties for the Saints. Beck, a recent addition to the St. Paul roster, played first base and obtained one blngle. The champions are shaping up in good style again and If their pitching remains effective, they're going to be hard to check in their pennant efforts.

Next Champ?

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Holen Wills, youthful tennis flash from California, is in the East to participate in several tournaments. Many believe she will be the next woman’s tennis champion of the United States. A. B. C.s AND MONARCHS IN FINAL OF SERIES K. C. Wins Tuesday Game—Cuban Stars Next on Schedule. The final game of the A. B. C. and Kansas City Monarch series at W’ashington Park was to be played today. The series now stands two games to cne In favor of the locals. In Tuesday’s contest the A.s lost, 8 to 7, but gave the visitors a scare in the ninth by scoring four runs and coming within one tally of tielng the count. McNair of the K. C. club lilt his second home run of the series. The Cuban Stars open a series of five-games next Sunday with a double-header. . Zivic Is Winner By Times Special COLUMBUS. Ohio, July 18.—Jack Zivic, lightweight, wofi the decision over Shamus O'Brien after twelve rounds here Tuesday night.

FIRPO-DEMPSEY BOUT SURE THIS YEAR, SAYS TEX ‘l'm No Promoter If I Don't Stage It/ Rickard Tells Scribes. By HENRY FARRELL United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK. July 18.—Another promise of something definite about the Dempsey-Flrpo heavyweight championship match was made today by Tex Rickard. “There are Just a few details to get straightened out before I can make a definite announcement of when and where the match Is to be held,” Rickard said. Before End of Year Rickard was willing to say positively that the South American would meet Dempsey for the title before the end of the year, either in the United States or South America. “I have Firpo under contract to meet Dempsey this year and If I am unable to make the match, I am no promoter,” Rickard said. Jack Kearns, manager of the champion. takes the stand that he does not care where the fight is to be held. He Is more Interested in the date, as he wants to send Dempsey against Firpo and Wills before the end of the year. What Kearns Desires Kearns prefers Labor day for the Firpo match and he wants the Wills bout In or near New York around world’s series time. Getting a world’s heavyweight championship near the time of the baseball classic may cause the major magnates to froth some more and they have been frothing plenty all summer because so many fine boxing cards have been placed in competition with the “grand old national pastime.”

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