Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 126, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1924 — Page 16
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Play Ball! Baseball's Supreme Umpire Speaks; Teams Prepare for Action
LANDIS REVIVES ‘PEP’ IN DIAMOND CLASSIC Washington Forgets Troubles of Giants and Goes Ahead With Plans for Series"Opemng Saturday, •By HENRY L. FARRELL United Press Staff Correspondent —- m WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—With the word of Commissioner Landis for it, that nothing can stop the 1924 world’s scries and with ihe two ball clubs gathered for the operting game, Washington had survived Thursday’s hVsteria and today was ready to forget jhe dirt thVown at the New York Giants.
In a rather warm session with the newspaper men Thursday night. Landis said it was time for some people in authority to keep their shirts on and the series would be played despite the eommeent of Ban B. Johnson, president of the American League, and Barney Dreyfuss. owner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. Landis was shown copies of the statement by Johnson that the series should be called off and the comment of Dreyfuss that the surface had only been touched in the investigation. Probe Not Ended “The investigation will be stopped only when the men are dead,” Landis said. The commissioner blew up when a newspaper man asked him why he condemned Jimmy O'Connell and Cozy Dolan to banishment from baseball on their testimony and absolved Frank Frisch. Pep Young and George Kelly on their testimony. He was told the public, after what had happened in 1919, was entitled to be given the testimony of all the players implicated in the scandal. He indicated the public would get the details when he got good and ready to make them public. The Giants arrived Thursday night and were hurried to the Wardman Park Hotel, which has been made their headquarters. Hugh Jennings, assistant manager of the Giants, said the team was in good spirits and would work out today in the local ball park. Not Much Betting Weather conditions remained almost perfect and the promise has given for clear and cool weather Saturday. Washington feels certain the Senators are to win the series, but there is little betting on the games. Thej-e is practically no New York money around, and there may be none until Saturday, when the Giant supporters arrive. The Giants aren’t sure of their line-up. Groh came here with the team, but he wasn't sure he could take his place at third base. Frank Frisch, captain of the team, will play on second, however. McQuillan. Barnes and Nehf are ready to pitch, Jennings said, but the choice will not be announced by McGraw until he looks them over
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before game time. Nehf, however, is considered almost sure to pitch the first game. Walter Johnson will pitch the first game for the Senators. FRANKLIN IS ALL IT UP’AS 111 FOR GAME NEAPS Coach Duggan Refrains From Predictions on Butler Scrap Saturday, I R>J Times Special FRAWKLIN, Ind.,. Oct. 3. • Steadfastly refusing to voice an | opinion or prediction, .Coach Ed | Duggan has the Franklin College students ‘‘up in the air” over the annual Butler-Franklin football clash at Indianapolis, Saturday. But the football players received no j mercy this week. Work, steady, • grinding work, was the daily afternoon program. Interest over the game has reached a feverish heat here.and the whole city is hashing over the possibilities and probabilities. Every I ene will be in Indianapolis, Saturi day. The Baptists’ starting line-up forthe melee is as much mystery as the innermost secrets of King Tut's tomb. Constant shifts have been made to find a greater punch. Franklin football "experts” declare.' however, they know just about what the line-up will be. It is as follows: Chapin, quarter back; King and Vandivier, half , backs; Red Rohrabaugh. full back; : Buck Rohrabaugh. center: Burns ! and Homsher, guards; Worther and Mummert. tackles: Payne and Frid . die. ends. Among the reserves will ]be Underwood. Wilson. German, ! Shepherd. Crater, Van Tuyl, Peteri man and Tudor. Franklin fans are pinning much faith in “Bud" Chapin. 140-pound quarter back. The game Saturday will be Chapin's first college game. He was quarter back of the freshman team last year, buj was out most of the year with a broken shoulder. Although small, Chapin is rated as the fastest man on the team and a quarter back with a head for calling signals. HUGE CROWD EXPECTED “Indianapolis Day” at Irwin Field as Baptists Come to Town. Butler College officials expect a huge crowd at the Franklin game Saturoay. Tt is "Indianapplis day” and t*o bands will help celebrate the occasion. Organized Boy Scouts will be admitted free of charge to the south bleachers. The world series baseball game will be announced by innings. Coach Page has worked hard with his reserves this week. It is thought 1 that reserve strength may have an i important bearing on the outcome. The starting line-up is in much doubt.
NEWCASTLE H. S. TEAM Knights town Eleven to He Met Saturday—Kozell Is Star. i By Timex Special NEWCASTLE. Ind., Oct. 3 | Smarting under the one-point defeat ' handed them at Hartford City last j week-end. Coach Gordon’s high | school eleven is ready to go Satur--1 day against tjie invading Knights- ’ town team. Two games this year 1 lost by small margins, the | other defeat being to the strong i Muncie squad by one touchdown. Gordon has Rozell at centeA and I he is playing a whale of a game, j Against the Muncie eleven he was ! the defense of the local team and ! last Saturday carried on the same battle against Hartford City. After Saturday, other games follow: Manual here, Oct. 11; Greenfield here, Oct. 18: Richmond, there, j Oct. 25; Marion here, Nov. 1, and Wilkinson, there, Nov. 8.
Ted Moore Wins By United Press NEW YORK. Oct. 3.—Ted Moore, English middleweight, won the decision over Italian Joe Gans in a hard-fought twelve-round bout at the Rink Sporting Club in Brooklyn on Thursday night. Hankers’ Golf Meet By United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—The annual golf tournament of the American Bankers Association opened here today. Between 300 and 400 bankers were entered in the meet, which is an aftermath to the bankers’ convention. Versatile Ball Player In George Kelly the New York Giants have one of the finest first basemen in baseball. What’s more, George can be pressed into service at nearly any position on the diamond. Despite his great height he plays a bang-up game at second, and has filled in at third and in the outfield. *
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EDDIE DYER S THRILLING evening for Sidney CJick, local lightweight,'is planned by Eddie Oyer, Terre Haute, when the boxers clash in one of the principal bouts at\ Tomlinson Hall Monday night. Click outpointed Dyer several weeks ago, surprising even his most ardent followers. Dyer believes he can return the compliment. Patsy Kocco. Chicago, will meet Eddie Welsh, South Bend middleweight, in the other half of the double wind-up. There will be three other bouts.
AMATEURS IN CONTEST HERE Siebler Tailoring Nine to Meet Locals Sunday, The Siebler Tailoring Companyteam of Cincinnati, class A winners of that city, will play a selected team from the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association at Rp •erside Park diamond No. 1 on Sunday at 1:30 p. m. The local club wifi be under the management' of Oscar Buehler. The Cincy club is managed by Izzy Siebler. The contest wall be started early so the visitors may catch a train.
Saturday Football l\ \ I.l’ll A BETH \L ORDER WITH HOME TEAMS la ST HD FIRST Alabama Poly vs. Clemsun. Brown vs. Colby. Bueknell \ s.. Uallaudet. Butler vs. Franklin. California vs St Marys. Carr,ogi“ vs. ThieL Odarville vs. Eurtham. Centenary vs l.oyola. Centre vs. Valparaiso. Chi, ago vs. Missouri. Chicago V vs. Lake Forest. C-miiinati vs Georgetown. Colgate VS Alfred. Columbia vs. id Lawrence. Cornell vs. Niagara. Dartmouth vs. MeQill. Detroit vs. Ohio Wegleyap. Ervi. i, ille vs. Danville. Florida vs. Stetson. Furman vs. Alabama Georgia T<vh vs Va. Mil Inst. Harvard vs. Virginia Holy Cross vs St. John's. Indiana vs. De Pauw. low.a vs. Durant. Kalamazoo Nr vs. Notre Dame Fr. Kansas vs. Oklahoma Agricultural. K' utneky vs, Louisville Kenyon vs Case. Knox vs. Wilber?arce. La. State vs So Western. Louisville vs. Bethel. MurijU-dte vs St Mary's. •M.slogan vs. Mitmi. Michigan Agri. vs Olivet. Minnesota vs. N,rth Dakota Mississippi vs. Arkansas Agri. Mississippi Agri. vs. Miilsaps. Nebraska vs. Illinois. Northwestern vs. So Dakota Notre Dame vs. Lombard. Oberlin vs. Baidwin-Wallace. Ohio Northern vs. BlufHun.’--Ohio State vs. Purdue. Pennsylvania vs. Frank.-Mar. Penn State vs. N. Car. State. Pittsburgh vs. Lilayette. Princeton vs. Amherst. Rutgers vs. Let,. Val. St. Viator vs. De Paul. St. Xavier vs. Transylvania. Sewanee vs. Carson-Newman. S. Dakota Slate v . North Dakota Stats. Swarthmore vs. Susquehanna. Syracuse vs. Mercer. Tennessee vs. Emory-Hcnry. Texas vs. Phillips. Tufts vs Conn. Agn. Tulane vs. Miss. Coll. Tulsa vs. Haskell. Union vs. Middlebury. Univ. So. Cal. vs. Pomona V. S Mil. Aca. vs. St. Louis 11. S. Navy Aead. vs. Williams-Mary. Vanderbilt vs, Birm. South. Vermont vs. Providence. Washington-Jcfferson vs. Bethany. W ash - ngton-Lce vs. Maryland. Washington State vs. Pacific University. Wesley;, Rochester. W. Virginia vs. Allegheny. Williams vs. Bowdoin Wisconsin vs. lowa State. Wittenberg vs. Ohio University. Wooster vs. Obcrbein. Yale vs. North Carolina.
M’GRAW AFTER ROUSH Giants’ Boss-Seeks to Obtain Cincy Star in Trade. Having won his tenth pennant, John MeGraw is casting out lines for next year. Not satisfied with his outfield, he seeks to get Ed Roush of the Reds in a trade. Dusty Garrett in West Dusty Garrett, former MichiganOntario League catcher and infielder, and well known in this city, where he resided several years, caught for the Eureka (Cal.) Independent team this year. He is employed in the postoffice at Eureka. The team was a member of the Humboldt County League. When in Indianapolis Garrett resided at 5308 Wfnthrop Ave. Finley, Iloeco Matched By United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—Jimmy Finley, hard hitter from Louisville, and Patsy Rocco of Chicago are matched to fight in one of the three tenround bouts at East Chicago, Oct. 10. They will scale 150 pounds. INDEPENDENT FOOTBALL The Western Ramblers are holding- a park permit for Sunday and would like to hear from a good team in the 63-70-pound tloss. Triangle A. C., Christamore Juniors. One-Elevens take notice. Call Humpy at Gircle 5903 after 6 p. m. The Marion Cardinals will practice this evening at 7:30, Sdelener Ave. ana Harlan Sts. A game can be arranged for Sunday by calling Ed at Drexel 6634-W.
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Winning Flag Saves Marberry By XPA Service . n j ASHINGTON, Oct. 3.—Only the fact that Washington has won |\)d I the American League pennant keeps Pitcher Fred Marberry I VV I from joining the major league "Bonehead Society.” Had the pennant race ended in a tie or "Washington lost by a onegame margin, Marberry would have become as “famous” as Fred Merkle. ' s Here is the situation that gave Marberry his chance to do his ivory stuff. It is the tenth inning and Washington is leadifig, 14 to 13. In the last half of the inning St. Louis fills the bases with one out. A tough spot for any pitcher. The batter hit the ball back to Marberry on a sharp bound. The stage is set for an easy double play. There is only one place he should throw the hall, the plate, to cut off the tying run, also making it possible for the catcher to complete a double at first. What did Marberry do? He whirled and threw the ball to second base. Os course, nobody was covering and the ball rolled to the outfield, two runs scoring, defeating Washington. Beat that one if you can. Since Washington won the pennant that bone will not go down into baseball history on the same page as Merkle’s failure to touch second and Heine Zimmerman's footrace with Eddie Collins.
JOHNSON ANGRY, WANTS COURTS TO PROBE GAME Ignored by Landis, American League Head Becomes Excited and Suggests Cancellation of Series, By United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—Ban B. Johnson, president of the American League, will confer with his attorneys in Washington Sunday to prepare a plan of Federal Court action in the baseball scandal involving two New York National League members, he announced.
Johnson said he was determined to see the guilty ones punished. At the same time he said he believed the world series between Washington and the Giants should he called off. “I that the investigation of the scandal should be made by the Federal courts," Johnson said “I also believe such an investigation will uncover an astonishing lot of scandal in the ranks of baseball." Johnson is angry because he was not officially notified of the confession of Jimmy O'Connell implicating "Cozy” Dolan in attempts to bribe the shortstop of the Phillies to throw a game between the Phillies and Giants. “Commissioner Landis musF have known of this before he left for the East and I do not understand why he did not send me word." Johnson said. „ “The government should pro tent baseball and eliminate the rott,-n influences at work to corrupt the game,” he said.
Nut Cracker The Football Rules COACHES. PLAYERS AND BY STANDERS ARE ASSEMBLING IN MOB FORMATION FOR ANNUAL UNSCRAMBLING OF WORLD’S MOST BEWILDERIN'I CROSS-ROAD PUZZLE THE FOOTBALL AM’LES. Tackle and t tumble regulations consist mainly of hand turned ambiguities and custom-tailored contradictions with a liberal sprinkling cf misleading inconsistencies. Many of the maim and murder sport mica moan nothing, and most of them mean i<-* depending on the political beliefs of the interpreter and whether or not the situation really calls for a threecard draw. An on side kick, for instance, is not an on-side kick when the goal posts are decorated in werping wistaria but. on the other hand, a victory for Fulton over Firpo might change the complexion of things altogether. On shift plays the men must come to temporary halt, break at com trianil of referee and keep one foot on floor in executing masse shots. mN days befo. t forward pass the slug and slaughter game was not all cluttered up with amendments, injunctions and selflubricating protocols. WHEN A HALF BACK HTT A GUARD THEY DIDN'T REND FOR A RULE BOOK, THEY SENT FOR AN AMBULANCE. Old-fashioned form of athletic homicide may have been harder on gladiators but tt was easier on spectators, who demanded their touchdowns raw. sudden and without legal complications. • • • Mr. Walter Camp Is the only man in America who knows the football rules backward, and that seems to be the way they are generally slapped on. • • THE CLEATS AND CLOUTS PASTIME RUNS LARGELY TO BONE AND MUSCLE AND THE SAME MAY BE SAID OF THE RULES.
S. S. TURNER BOXING In preparation for the coming city and State championship boxing bouts, the South Side Turners have engaged the services of Roy Whitney, former manager of Mike Brody and Stanley Dorsey. Whitney expects to turn out a winning team for the Turners this year and is issuing an invitation to the amateur boxers of Indianapolis to come down to the Turner gymnasium at 30(5 Prospect St., Oct. 6. Pigskin Primer What are angle plays in football? When the player carrying the ball starts as on an end run or long slant and suddenly cuts sharply in .or out, it is referred to as an angle play. Explain the term shift formation? Usually after a team lines up, by a series of shifts, whereby the men change their positions, they arrive at the formation desired and get the play away before their opponents can, get firmly set to meet it. The shift play is in the nature of a surprise attack and much of its success depends on the speed with which it is executed. Light-Hitting Champions Joe Judge, Sam Rice, Goose Goslin and Outfielder McNeely carry the punch of the Washington club. The Nationals are a light-hitting aggregation for a pennant winner.
BUSy SATURDAY IN BIG TEN GRID Purdue at Ohio State-Ull Teams in Action, Ity Unit'd Presr CHICAGO. Oct. 3.—A1l of the Big Ten Conference teams swing into action Saturday. Purdue at Ohio State is the only meeting between Confbrcnce elevens. Illinois plays Nebraska at Lincoln, Net,.: lowa and Durant will meet at lowa"~f*Uy, Iowa; Michigan takes on Miami at Ann Arbor: Chicago plays Missouri aere; Wisconsin tackles lowa State at "Madison; Minnesota will fight it out on the home grounds with North Dakota: Indiana takes on lie Pauw at Bloomington, while Northwestern will fight off the invasion of South Dakota. BIG TEN GRID MEETING f oo'ball Officiate Discuss Rule Interpretations at Chicago. lift Unit'd Prt** ill CARO, Oct. 3.—Football effl rials >t the Big Ten met with Maj. John L. Griffith, athletic commissioner of the Conference, here this afternoon. The meeting was called so that all officials will have the same interpretations of the rules. Want Net Games The Hoosior Central basketball team would like to have a practice game for next Wednesday night. For games call Lincoln 3294. Ask for Carl.
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REAL OPENING OF FOOTBALL SEASON CARDEDSATURBAY Lafayette vs, Pittsburgh Big Game in East —All Teams Busy, By l nited Press NEW YORK. Oct. 3.—Eight interesting intersectional football games and one international battle will spice up the program which will open officially the football season Saturday afternoon. The season got under way last week with a scattering of games that served merely as the overture. Three southern teams will journey I eastward and one western team will leave its home territory. A Canadian team will cross the border. At New Haven North Carolina visits Yale at New Haven. Virginia invades Cambridge ;to play Harvard. North Carolina ! State plays Penn State at State Col- ! lege. St. Louis climbs the cliffs at West Point to play the Army. McGill University crosses the Canadian boundary lines and climbs the mountains to Hanover to play an international game with Dartmouth. The heaviest and most important game of the day will be played at Pittsburgh, between Lafayette and Pittsburgh. While most of the other major teams are getting tinder way against easier opponents. Lafayette and Pittsburgh will he meeting the strongest, teams on their schedule. Pittsburgh has developed a habit of starting the season with main bouts instead of preliminaries. “Big Three' Aatfiniy The start of the "Big Three” season will be one of the features of the day in the East, while the Western j Conference debut will get the “Big Ten” going with a number of important games. While Yale and Harvard are play- i ing southern teams. Princeton will entertain the President’s alma mater In a game against Amherst in the Princeton jungle. Other eastern teams have easy games.
State Grid Today College Wabash vs. Monmouth at Crawfordsville. Evansville vs. Central Normal at Evansville. Rose Poly vs. Oakland City at Terre Haute. High School Manual vs. Wabash at Irwin field. Short ridge vs. Broad Ripple at Pennsy park. Technical vs. Steele at Dayton, Ohio. COOPERWINS ON COAST Auto Pilot Takes Raisin Day Race —Bennie Hill, Second. By t nited Press . FRESNO, Cal., Oct. 3.—Earl Cooper won the 150-mile Raisin day classic, with Bennie Hill, second, and Tommy Milton, third. Cooper’s time was 1:25:13. anew track record.
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“FUZZ” HUNGATE Bii Times Special OKOMO, Ind., Oct. 3. When the Dayton Koors invade here Sunday to play the local American Legion grid team, Coach Sumner and Manager Spruce will have a few of Indiana's own college stars to hurl at the visitors. Among the number is ‘iFuzz" Hungate, former Butler College star of Indianapolis. Hungate is playing bangup ball at tackle. Dutienhaver, also of Butler; Dick King, Cardwell. Buckholtz and other members of the Legion team are former college men.
Orioles Beat Saints * ST. PAUL Ail U H 0 A E Christensen, cf 3 1 3 1 0 0 Boone *s 4 1 1 1 5 1 NVuti, lb 3 0 0 13 0 0 1..-e rs 3 1 2 0 0 0 Drrsscn 3b ... 4 0 1 1 3 0 Haas. If 3 0 0 1 0 0 VUrsp 2b 4 0 0 0 4 1 Dixon c 4 0 0 7 I 0 Markle. p "S 0 0 1 3 0 Totals 31 3 7 *25 10 2 BALTIMORE AB R H O A E Maisel. 3b .... 3 1 1 0 4 0 Connelly, rs . 2 2 2 3 0 0 Jacobson, ct ... A 1 1 0 0 0 Potter. 2b 4 0 0 2 3 0 Bol\ ss 4 0 2 2 1 0 Stieedy, lb 3 0 1 0 0 0 Ja. obs. If 2 0 1 0 0 0 McCarty, c .... 3 0 0 11 2 0 Groves, p 4 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 20 4 8 27 12 0 •One out when winning' run scored. St Paul 000 200 001—3 Baltimore 200 000 002—4 Two-base hits—Jacobs. Boiey. Connelly. Boone Home runs—Maisel, Lee. Jacobson. Stolen bases—Connelly. Jacobson. Sacrifices, Connelly ,2) Lee Sheedy. Double plays—Morse to Boone to Xeun: Boone to Dixon to Xeun. Left on bases—Baltimore. 10: st Paul 5. Firse base on errors— Baltimore. 1; St Paul. 0. Bases on balis —Off Groyes. 3 off Markle. 6. Struck out —By Groves. 11: by Markle. fl. Ump’res —Geisel i Internationa! League): Chill (American Association). Time—2:oo. Wells Applies K. 0. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 3. —Billie Wells, English welterweight, kayoed Tommy Chimp in the eighth round here Thursday night.
FRIDAY, OCT. 3, 1924
HOMER IN NINTH t DEFEATS SAINTS IN BALTO SERIES Markle and Groves in Pitchers’ Battle —Second Game Today, By United Press - BALTIMORE. Oct- 3.—The Baltimore Orioles. International League champions, came from behind in the ninth inning Thursday to win the first game of the “little world series” from the St. Paul American Association pennant -winners, 4 to 3. The second game was scheduled today. contest was a pitchers’ battle between Groves of the Orioles and Markle of the Saints, but the game was decided by home run drives. In the final frame Lee of St. Paul hit one for the circuit, putting his team one run ahead, but in Baltimore’s half after one was out, Connally doubled and Jacobson hit homer over the rifht field fence, wH ning the game. The winners scored two runs In the first inning, one of which was a home run by Maisel- Markle settled down thereafter until the fatal ninth. Lefty Groves, star of the Balto staff, struck out eleven batters. Christensen was the leading hitter for the Saints with three out of three trips. The-*offieial attendance was 5,263 and the total receipts, $7,247.12.
THIRD BATTLE IN SOX-CUBS SERIES American Leaguers Swat Out Victory in Second Tilt, By United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 3.—With their battle for the baseball supremacy of Chicago on even terms, the White Sox and Cubs were eager to get into the third battle of the city series at the north side park today. Four Cub pitchers were not enough to stop the Sox Thursday, but the Nationals were putting a lot of faith in Aldridge, slated to pitch today. Faber was a possibility for tlm Sox, but Blankenship and RobertsJß also were ready. WIN DIXIE CHAMPIONSHIP Panthers Cop Title in Final Game From Memphis. By United Press MEMPHIS. Oct. 3.—The Ft. Worth Panthers, Texas League champions, won the Dixie championship for the fourth time when they defeated Memphis, pennant winners of the Southern Association, 3 to 2 Thursday. The Texas club won four out of seven games played.