Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 290, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1924 — Page 9
THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1924
Excellent Pitching UNUSUAL EARLY FORM IS SHO WN B Y MA NY HURLERS
Boston Braves at Top After Winning Two Games Cleveland Gets Away to Poor Start, Bv HENRY L. FARRELL United Frees PtafT Correspondent NEW YORK. April 17.—Tight pitching, unusual for this time of the year, has heen a feature of the infant season in the major leagues. The good form shown by the pitchers may he result of good conditioning in the South or may come from the new rule curtailing the use of new balls, or may come from both.
Low score games prevailed in the two opening days. Lefty Cooper, the Pittsburgh veteran, let the Reds down with five hits Wednesday. Jack Bentley. the Giant southpaw gave the Robins four hits and held them hitless for six innings. Jack Quinn, the veteran Red Sox spit-baller. held the slugging Yanks to six hits, three of which were scattered over the first eight innings. Ed Rommell, the Athletio star, stopped the Senators with five hits and Whltehill, the Detroit rookie, made the mauling Cleveland Indians content with seven hits. Braves on Top With the Boston Braves on top, the National League standing presents a strange appearance today. Pictures of the standing probably will be taken by Christy Mathewson, to be hung on the walls of the club house for balm late in the fall. The American League also is slightly upset with the Cleveland Indians In last place and the Detroit Ti- I gers on top. The other clubs are all I tied for second place. The Tigers prob-1 ably will remain within striking dis tance of their present position, but the Indiana will not trail for long. Yankees Lose The Yankees In losing to the Red j Sox Wednesday started to bear out j some of the predictions that were i made about them. The Yankees have to lose some games, but champion j teams do not fall asleep so soundly j that they allow two double steals to j be perpetrated on them in one inning George Sisler. the star manager of j the Browns, again caused Joy to the thousands of fans who are pulling for his come-back when he hit a double ’• and two singles, scored a run and ac-1 cepted eight chances perfectly. MANUAL AT KOKOMO South Side Track Team Meets State Squad This Afternoon. The Manual track athletes went to j Kokomo today where they were to | meet the thinly clads of Kokomo high school. Coach Morrison took seventeen men on the trip. The men who made the trip were Malone. Blatr. Rubush. Clark, Grimes, Stoeffler, Carnagua, Boswell, Freers Volrath, McCallister. Harmeson, Hut ' ton. Scott, Marshall. Thompson and Walrod.
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SHORTRIDGE OUT FOR SPRING SPORT Baseball Season Opens— Tennis and Golf Tourneys, The Shortridge nine was to open Its baseball season today against Law rence High School at Riverside Park Coach Street's boys are ready for the game and are hopeful of starting off with a victory. Athletic Director Simon P. Roache has recently added two games to the schedule, with Morton of Richmond and the Indiana State Deaf School. Spring sports are starting with a bang, with the opening of the baseball season and the calls for the spring tennis and golf tournaments. Secondary awards will be given to the winners in the golf and tennis tournaments and many students are expected to turn out for them. TYPO BASEBALL MANAGER Johnny Ashe Chosen to I /cad Ixvcal Printers on Field. Johnny Ashe is the new manager of the reorganized local typo base ball team. He elected at a meeting of the diietcors Wednesday night. Ashe has had considerable experience as a player. The Indianapolis printers are members of the Union Printers' National Baseball League and the locals wilj compete in the tournament at Chicago this summer. Ashe will have to hurry his plans for the season, as the typo nine Is booked for a game one week from Saturday. CATHEDRAL H. S. CAPTAIN John McNeils is the captain of the Cathedral High School baseball team this season. He was elected on Wednesday afternoon. He has played left field for three years and this season is trying for third base. The squad has been cut to fourteen.
Here and There in Majors
| ASEY STENGEL., the home run j I | hero of the 1923 world's series, i 1 took hold of one in the tenth inning Wednesday and rode it out of the park, the Braves beating the Phils 4 to 3. Max Carey, antique Pirate outfielder, singled in the ninth, went down on a sacrifice, stole third and went home on Traynor’s single with the run that beat the Reds, 1 to 0. Hooper scored from second on a single by Eddie Collins In the tenth inning and the White Sox won from the Browns, 3to 2. Sister got a double and two singles. Whitehill. rookie pitcher who beat Cleveland out of second place In the American League last fall, outpltched Coveleskle in a pitchers’ battle Wednesday and the Tigers beat the Spokes, 6 to 1. Heilmann hit a homer with one on. LATEST SPEEDWAY ENTRY French Schmidt Special Listed to Start Here May 30. The latest entry in the Speedway race May 30 is a French Schmidt Special which last year was raced here as one of the Mercedes cars. A Mercedes racer was bought by H. Albert Schmidt, a French automotive engineer who is living in this country, and re-designed according to Schmidt's own ideas. Alfred Moss, English pilot who has been here for some time at the Speed way. is working on the car and hopes to obtain the nomination to drive the speeder.
Is Feature at Start of Major League Baseball Season
Baseball Calendar
AMERICAN ASSOCIAfION W. L. Pet. INDIANAPOLIS 2 0 1.000 Louisville 2 0 1.000 Toledo 1 0 1.000 Columbus 1 1 .600 Kansas City 1 1 .500 Minneapolis 0 2 .000 St. Paul 0 2 .000 Milwaukee 0 i .000 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. | W. L. Pet. I Detroit.. 2 0 I.ooo| Boston.. . t 1 .500 t Wash. . . 1 1 .600| Phila .. . 1 1 .500 St. Louis 1 1 .500 j Chicago.. I 1 .500 N. York 1 1 ,500| Cleve... . 0 2 .000 NATIONAL LEAGUE W L. Pet. | W. L Pet. Boston. .2 0 1.000 P burgh.. 1 1 .500 Brooklyn 1 1 .500] Cincin.. . 1 1 .500 St Louis 1 1 .600 Chicago.. 1 1 .500 N. York 1 1 .5001 Phila 0 2 000 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION MINNEAPOLIS at INDIANAPOLIS. St. Pan! at Louisville Kansas City >t Columbus Milwaukee at. Toledo. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Boston Philadelphia at Washington. Clevelanf at Detroit. St. Louis at Chicago. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at New York. Boston at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at Cincin tali. Chicago at St. Louis. Yesterday's Results AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Mllwaukee-Toledo. rain Kansas City . . OXO 102 510—10 13 1 Columbus 000 000 050— 5 |i 2 Batteries —>K C.i Schupp. Wilkinson and Skiff: iCol.) Sanders. Demgree. Ketchum and Hartley. St. Paul 100 210 000—4 11 0 Louisville 20 000 021—5 11 2 Batteries—(St P ) Merritt and Allpn: (Louis.) Koob, Tineup and Brottem. Meyer AMERIC AN LEAGUE New York 001 000 005—6 6 0 Boston 240 110 01* —0 11 4 Batteries—lN V , Jones Bush and Sehang; , Boston l Quinn and O'Neill Philadelphia 301 110 000—0 10 <! Washington 001 000 000—1 5 2 Batteries—(Phila., Rommell and Brtiggy (Wash.) Mogridge McGrew and Ruel. Cleveland 000 100 000—1 7 2 Detroit 101 021 00*—6 10 0 Batteries—(Cleve ) Coveleskle and L Sewell; (Det.) Whltehil! and Bassler. (Ten Innings) St Louis 001 001 000 o—2 13 0 Chicago 000 011 000 I—3 0 1 Batteries—(St. L. I Danforlh Pruett and Severeld: (Chi.) Blankenship and Schalk. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 000 000 001—l 4 3 New York 200 022 01*—-7 8 0 Batteries —(Brklyni Grimes and Deberry: (N. Y ) Bentley and Gowdy. (Ten Inlngi) Boston .... 000 010 002 I—4 13 2 Philadelphia .. . 120 000 000 o—3 7 1 Batteries—( Boston I Marquard McNamara j Stryker adn E Smith; (ifhUa,) Carlson. I Gia-ner and Wilson Pittsburgh 000 J>oo 001—1 * 0 Cincinnati 000 (K>o 000—0 5 2 Batteries—(Pitt* > Cooper and Schmidt; (Cmcy.) Luque and Hargrave. Chleago 400 006 310—13 IT St. Louis 100 201 000— 4 12 3 Batteries —, Chicago) Alexander. Osborne and Hartnett: (St Louis) Haines, North. H Beil. Delaney and Vick.
FTER copping the first game Tuesday, the Brooklyn Robins returned to normalcy Wednesday and were beaten by the Giants, 7 to 1. Frisch and Southworth ldt homers. F*ive runs were piled up by the Yankees In the ninth inning, but they got going too kite and the lied Sox won, 9 to 6. Old Jack Quinn, twentyone yea vs in baseball, hurled for Boston. He was with the Yankees twelve seasons. Working hard on three pitchers, the Cubs beat the Cards, 13 to 4. Alexander filled the biases in the ninth in ning, but got the side out on a force by Hornsby and a double play. The Athletics knocked Mogridge out <V the box in the first inning and beat Washington, 6 to 1. REYNOLDS IN BOUT IHERE Jack to Wrestle Steve Smith at Broadway April 25. Local wrestling fans are looking forward to one of the best bouts of the year next week at the Broadway Theater, when Jack Reynolds will try conclusions with Steve Smith In a finish match on April 25. Smith was assistant coach of the Olympic wrestling team at Antwerp. Belgium, in 1920. Aside from being a powerful man, Smith is said to be exceptionally clever. Reynolds, who coached the Indiana Unverslty grapplers to a tie for first place, undefeated, In the Big Ten race, is expected to arrive here Friday from Chicago to complete arrangements for the bout.
CHANCE HAS OPERATION White Sox Manager to Remain in HopiLaJ Several Bay*. By Cnited Pre CHICAGO, April 17. —F*rank Chance, manager of the White Sox, is resting easy at the hospital, following a minor operation for sinus trouble on Wednesday. He will remain In the hospital several days.
Fights and Fighters
NEW YORK—Appeal* to modify the aixround rule for minors. to repeal the $lO per round rule for preliminary boxerri and approval of anew rule to permit champions to submit a list of six referee* to the oommiseiou for championship bouts were made by the National Sports Alliance to the boxtug commission. NEW YORK—Frank Churchill, manager of Pan oho Villa and Charley Cook and Georgie Marks, who were suspended for irregularities connected with the weights made in the Villa Marks bout, have been ninstited by the boxing commission. BOSTON—FinaI details were arranged today for a ten-round contest here Saturday night between Harry Greb, middleweight champion, and Kid Norfolk, negro lighthcavywelght champion. BUENOS ATRES Luis Firpo. South American heavyweight, will be back in the United States within a month to resume his ring activities, Juan Homes, representative of Tex Rickard, said here today
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AMATEUR MEETING FOR FINAL PLANS Baseball Association Wants Two More Sunday Loops, The local amateur baseball association will hold a meeting tonight at the city hall, 7:30. Final organization plans will be made. All leagues must turn in their registration fees in order to hold the diamonds assigned to them for the season. An effort will be made to line up two more Sunday leagues composed of independent teams. All those interested in this venture should be present. Final reports vill be heard from league presidents on the amateur opening day parade arrangements for Aprit 26. .Umpires Harming. Noffke and Lucid are requested to be present. The Fraternal League will meet before the general affair.
PLENTY OF ROOM AT BOXING TRIALS 1,200 Seating Capacity for Olympic Tryouts Here, Charles Huff, chairman of the floor committee for the Olympic boxing try-outs to be held at the Indianapolis Athletic Club Thursday night, April 24. and Friday jjight. Aprij 25, states that the seating capacity in the big gymnasium has heen increased. due to some recent changes, and that approximately 1,200 people will be able to get choice seats. A spe-ialty constructed ring, con forming In evert,’ manner to the A. A. U. specifications, is now being built under the supervision of Huff. Boxes have been placed along the balcony. Entries for the try?outs are con tinulng to pour In and indications are that a large list of Indiana's and Kentucky's best amateur boxers will be on hand for the iry-outs.
Dewß^ cHil? by Mty Evans QUESTIONS 1 What t* an Illegally betted belli 2 'an a batsman taae hi* base II hit by a aiowly "iltched ball? 8 Ha* a base runner the right to eteal on a foul tip that i caught? 4 If a fair ball strike the umpire on foul ground, vhat happen*f 5 What hippoc* if a fielder prevent* a r nner from tv vhlng a base by obstructing his progrmaf ANSWERS 1. A ball batted by the bat.nnan with one or both feet outside the lines of the batsman’ position. 2. The degree of speed 1* given no consideration. if, in the opinion of the umpire, the batsman tried to avoid being hit 3. The base runner aertalnly ha* such right. 4. The ball i considered In play at etich a time. 5. The ->a*e runner is entitled to that bu The Indianapolis Blues wiU hold their weekly meeting at the Km-Roe sporting goods store. Friday evening at 7:30. The Blues neef. the Indianapolis Cardinals Sunday in a practice game at Rhodius Park. Games are wanted with the fastest Slate team* Address Paul Felix. 1628 N. Sher man Dr
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runners is E. W. Carr, a pol___J tential Olympic point winner. Oddly enough Carr prefers swimming to running, and spends most of his time in the water. Carr thinks his swimming helps his running due to the exercise hie legs get.
Sitting, in at Tribe Park
RNIE KRUEGER caught one just right in the third inning Wednesday and hopped the ball over the low fence in left center for a home-run, the first of the season here. Whelan was on latse at the time. Whelan got away with the shortfield job and accepted every chance except one. He slammed out one hit and sacrificed once. Campbell hanged out a single and triple. His three-base knock in the seventh was a game-saver. Hill went to Burwell's rescue in the fifth and did a neat Job of it. One tiling to Hill s credit, he is a strong batting pitcher. SHE Millers were desperate and used fourteen men in an effort to pull the game out. They had the score knotted once, hut the Indians drew away from them. The Tribe negotiated two double plays, making five in two days. Henri Rondeau is getting away to a sensational start at bat for the Millers. Three hits Tuesday and four Wednesday. Four for extra bases. Bongo Joe CYuitiilon. former Miller manager and now connected with the club In the cai>acitv of scout ajid office executive, attended Wednesday's game. ltast is East, but Mr. East of Minneapolis hits ’.em in all directions. The giant appears as though he in tends to hit .400 this season. Ts n.n opposing pitcher passe* Mr. East, then said opiiosing pitcher has Jay KJike to face. SHE .Millers feared Krueger in the seventh "Wednesday and gave him a walk to get at Hill The gift pass filled the liases and brightened Miller hopes for a sideretiring double play. Krueger dashed for second on the first pitch to Hill and Hill drove a hot grounder to Critz. The Miller second sacker sum-
TWO NOTRE DAI PLAYERS INJURED Ash and Dunne Hurt in Transylvania Game, By Times Special LEXINGTON. Ky.. April 17.—Two Notre Dame baseballers were put on the hospital list here Wednesday in a game won by the Irish nine from Transylvania, 13 to 1. Ash and Dunne of the visitors received injuries sliding into second base. Ash fractured an ankle and Dunne received a had sprain going into the same base. The two men are in St. Joseph's Hospital. Ash's home is in Indianapolis. McGrath, on the mound for the South Bend team, allowed only four hits. Nolan, Notre Dame first sacker, who has been hitting hard on the trip, added three more to his string. One of the hits was a homer. Farrell also hit for the circuit.
College Baseball
GAMES OF WEDNESDAY At Annapolis—Navy. 4; Harvard. 2. At Princeton —Princeton, 2: Vermont. 0. At Wc-at Point—Lafayette. 12: Army, 7. At Philadelphia—Pennsylvania. 6; Lehigh, 2. At Ithaca—Cornell. 10: Niagara. 0 M Charlottesville—Virginia, fl; Syra etise. 4. At Boston —Boston College. 22: Northeastern, 0 At Lexington—Notre Dame. 13 Transylvania. 1.
bled momentarily and lost a chance for a double killing. He got Hill, but Schmat dt scored and then Campbell smacked a triple and drove in two more markers. Tuesday and Friday of each week is to be "ladies' day" at Washington Park. When school vacation time arrives kids' days will be Tuesdays and Thursdays. Catcher Turner, Cotton States rookie, was released to the Terre Haute club on an optional agreement Wednesday night. Secretary Clauer announced today he was mailing out passes as fast as he received the pastboards from the firm handling them. The pass record book was lost and Clauer was forced to list anew one. Annual pass holders who fear t hoy have been overlooked will receive their tickets shortly.
TIMEL Y TIPS —to AMATEURS
Says HEIN IE GROH Third Baseman, New York Giants Y peculiar style at the plate has been the subject of many an l___ article by the baseball writers. I think I am the only major league batter who stands directly facing the pitcher. It. Is not a style that is regarded In baseball as good form, yet I have been decidedly successful with It. The fact that 1 tinaly work into the customary batting position as I step Into the ball is entirely overlooked. So after all it is my original position only that Is different. Every batter has a certain style that is most comfortable to him. He should use that style. Ordinarily, I think making over a hatter's style is a mistake. Be original. Don’t imitate.
MILLERS AND TRIBESMEN CONTINUE HARD SERIES Indians Scramble Through to Another Victory—Whelan Appears in Role as Shortstop and Delivers, Third game with the Millers today and Tribe fans were prepared to sit in on some more excitement at Washington Park. The Millers are batting like fiends, but despite their heavy stick work the Indians nosed them out both Tuesday and Wednesday. The score Wednesday was 10 to 7 in favor of the Bushmen.
MANUAL DIAMOND CARD ANNOUNCED V Local H, S, to Play Twelve Games —Southport Friday, The Manual baseball team has been practicing hard with the prospect of annexing the first game on the schedule with Southport Friday afternoon at Southport. The basebajl schedule is made up of twelve games, including two open dates which will be filled later. The first game with a city school is against Shortridge May 9 at Riverside. Shortridge and Technical will be met twice each. The schedule is as follows: April 18, Southport, there; April 23, Shadeland. here: April 25, Lawrence, here; April 30. open; May 2, open; May 6, Greenfield, there; May 9. Shortridge, Riverside; May 14, Tech, Garfield; May 16. Shelbyville, here; May 21, Bloomington, here; May 23, Tech at Tech; May 28, - Shortridge, Garfield. I. H. 8. A. A. Meeting Saturday There will be a meeting of the board of control of the High School Athletic Association at the Lincoln Hotel Saturday. Usual routine business is to be taken up. according to A. L. Trester, permanent secretary.
Seib Released JL YD E SE I B. youthful right-hand pitcher, who tried to do a comeback with the Tribe this spring, was given his unconditional release today. Manager Bush gave the popular player every chance to get his throwing arm in shape, but Seib was unable to rid his shoulder of a bad kink. It is an unfortunate case. Two years ago Seib was a major league prospect, but during the winter preceding the 1923 season he injured his pitching arm and never regained his old form.
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It was thought Manager Bush ■would use Fitzsimmons, the Mishawaka marvel, on the mound this afternoon and Mike Kelley, visiting manager, was believed to have the slim McGraw in mind for the firing line. Bush used Tom Whelan at short Wednesday and this move led fans to guess the Tribe pilot means to start angling for anew inflelder. Bush also more than likely will continue searching for another mainstay pitcher. Mike Kelley is in the market for pitchers also. He has plenty of hitting strength in his Miller line-up, but his twirling staff appears weak. The second game of the season drew 1.500 fans and this is considered a very good attendance for the day after the opening.
Second Victory
INDIANAPOLIS AB R BH PO A E Campbell. 3b 5 1 2 1 2 0 Sicking 6 1 1 2 8 1 Brown, at 5 1 1 5 0 O Christenbury. rl. . 4 1 1 1 1.0 Sehmandt, lb. . . . 5 1 1 8 1 O Rehg. If. 3 1 0 3 0 O Whelan s 3 1 1 5 3 1 Krueger, c 2 2 1 3 0 1 Burwell p 1 0 0 0 2 0 Hill, p 2 J 1 0 1 0 Totals 55 10 9 27 16 3 MINNEAPOLIS AB R BH PO A 0 Mitchell. s 5 1 3 2 3 1 Rondeau, 1f.,..,. 5 2 4 3 0 0 Smith, c 1........ 5 1 1 2. 0 0 East. rs.. 5 1 3 2 0 0 Kirke. lb 4 1 1 12 0 1 Crit?. 2b 4 0 117 1 Grabby. c 5 1 2 1 0 0 MeCue. 3b 2 0 0 1 2 1 •See 1 0 0 0 0 0 Berg. 3b 1 0 1 0 0 0 Grifiln. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mangum. p 3 0 O 0 2 0 t Brogen 1 0 0 0 0 0 Eng. p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 41 7 15 24 14 4 •Batted for McCue in the fifth. ) Batted for Mangum in the eighth. Minneapolis, .001 2 3 000 1— 7 Indianapolis. .40200130 • —lO Two-base hits—Mitchell. Grabby. SmiUi. Hill. • Three-base hits—Kirke, Mitchell, Campbell. Rondeau. Home run—Krueger, Stolen base Rehg. Sacrifice -e- Whelan. Double plays—Sicking to Whelan to Sehmandt: Campbell to Sicking to Sehmandt. Left on bases—lndianapolis,j7 . Minneapolis. 9. Bases on balls—Off Grinin, 2; off Burwell. 1: off Mangum, 1: off Hill. 1. Struck out—By Burwell, 2: by Mangum, 1. Hit* —O Griffin. 1 in 2-3 inning; off Mangum, 8 tn 6 1-3 innings; off Eng. none in 1 inning: off Burwell, 11 in 4 2-3 innings: ofl Hill. 4 in 4 1-3 innings. Hit by pitcher— By Griffin ( Christenbury): by if an gum (Rehg). Wild pitch—Burwell. Winning pitcher—Hill. Losing pitcher—Mangum. Umpires—Finneran and Connolly. Time of game—l:47.
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