Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 46, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1925 — Page 8

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15 CARS RACE IN LOCAL EVENT—LOUISVILLE ‘WILD’ OVER COLONELS

100-Mile Grind at Hoosier Speedway on Pendleton Pike Attracts Daring Dirt Track Pilots. The Hoosier Motor Speedway was scheduled to open its summer season today with a 100-mile race. The starting list was limited to fifteen and the qualifications were to be made at the track late this morning. Those that failed to get into the fifteen permitted to start in the 100-mile event were to compete in a twenty-mile consolation race, just before the long dash in the afternoon.

The curtain raiser was to start promptly at 2 o’clock and the 100mile dirt track race as soon as the twenty-mile event was finished. The field of starters was undoubtedly the best half-mile track contingent that ever has been seen at the local speedway. Chief interest centered in Fred Harder in his Clemens car mount because it is said to be the fastes small car in the middle west. There was a front drive racer, to be driven by Herbert Green. Dutch Baumann, Young Howdj Wilcox, Joe Huff and Louis Schneider, motorcycle cop, were other well known local drivers who were to compete. The Jones-Whitaker Special, driven by Shorty Cantlon, of Detroit, is the same car that JonesWhittaker had entered in the 500mile race. Ft. Harrison traction cars from the terminal station and Hoosiei Stage busses from the bus terminal, were to be the transportation used for race fans not driving their owi cars. The speedway is at Thirty eighth St. and Pendleton pike.

Windup at Toledo

INDIANAPOLIS AB R H 6 A F. Matthewb. c f . 4 1 l 1 0 0 Sicking, 6b ... 4 0 2 2 2 0 Rah*. If 4 0 1 1 0 a Hodapp. 3b ... 4 0 1 1 j 0 Yoter, rs 4 0 0 2 0 I Schreiber. es .. . 4 0 0 4 4 0 Robertson, c . . . 3 0 1 2 1 0 Hill 0 1 0 0 0 0 Florence, c .. . 1 0 1 1 0 0 Sriimandt. lb . . 3 0 0 7 1 0 Alien, lb 2 1 1 1 0 0 Rcheman.ike. n. 1 Q 0.1 2 Clarke 1 0 0 0 0 n Fitzsimmons, n . 0 0 0 1 2 0 C'rristenbury ... 1 0 0 0 0 0 Hr nry, p 0 0 0 0 0 ° Totals 35 3 S 24 13 1 Kill ran for Robertson in eighth. Cl irke batted for Schemanske in sixth Christenbury batted for Fitzsimmons in eighth. TOLEDO AB R II O A F H'llis. 3b .... 4 0 0 1 2 <• Nicholson, of . . 3 0 0 2 0 > Straiid If 3 2 ~ 4 0 fi Webb, rs 2 1 13 0 < Sohliebner. lb . 4 0 2 10 2 0 Schulte, c ? 1 1 2 n 0 Kelly. 3b 1 0 2 1 4 0 Fnglish. ss . . . . 3 0 0 2 6 ( Tunney. 0 .... 3 0 0 , 0 0 Totals 28 4 8 27 14 0 Indianapolis 000 000 030—3 Toledo 200 110 00* 1 Three-base hit Sohliebner. Stolen bases Nicholson. Yoter. Sacrifices Tunney. English. Left on bases—lndianapolis. 5: Toledo. 8. Bases on balls—Of! Schemanske 5: off Henry, 1, Struck out. —Bv Schemanske. 2; by Fitzsimmons. 1 be Henry. 1: bv Tunney. 1. Hits —Off Schemanske. 6 in 5 innings: off Fitz=im mons. 1 in 2 innings, ofi Henry. 1 in 1 inning. Passed ball—Schulte. Losing nitclier —Schemanske. Umpires—Chill and Hayes. Time —1:55. PIRATES IN RUN-FESTS Pittsburgh Club Makes New Record for Major Leagues. Over a two-game stretch the Pirates recently turned in a total of 45 runs. They got 21 one day and 24 in the next tilt. This is no doubt anew record in the major league play, in fact ha a modern mark.

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GR3 ODER IS COAST LEAGUER Stvers. Who Played With Cracked Vertebrae, on Frisco Team. By .V FA Srr-irr SAN FRANCISCO, July 4.—A slight frame and for one season, an injury amounting to a broken neck, couldn't keep Vernon “Skippy” Stivers from becoming one of the greatest football players the Pacific coast has ever produced. And a little chariness at hitting curve balls isn’t going to keep him from starring in professional baseball, either. "That's the way I feel about it, anyhow," says Stivers, who is being carried by the San Francisco Coast League club as an extra fielder this year. Forty youngsters tried for places with the Seals. Two were kept. Stivers is one of these. Only 140-Pounder They laughed a little when the 140-pounder trotted out with the football /squad at University of Idaho three years ago. But mention his name up there now. and the students doff their hats and talk softly. In those three years little "Skippy" as the- mainspring of a light team made Idaho a dangerous contender each rail, and he w;is everybody’s choice for All-Pacific Coast quai terback. Last year in practice he injured a vertebrae in his neck. A fraction of an inch more would have meant death. The team was built around Stivers. So he had a special harness made and played in every game, again winning All Coast honors, and keeping news of his injury secret ali season. Turned to Baseball With his three years of collegiate football over. Stivers turned to base ball. He looks good to stay with he Seals ali season as a shortstop and third baseman. He fields well, is a flash onthe bases, and, barring a tstrangeness to Class AA curve pitching, is an acceptable batter. "I like both games,” says Stivers. "I got the most out of football while I could play—and I'm out now to get the most out of baseball. And in the fail I can do some football coaching, I guess.”

Basebail Standings

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lost. Pet. Louisville 54 23 .701 St. Paul 38 34 .528 INDIANAPOLIS 39 35 .527 Kansas City 37 35 .514 Toledo 36 39 .480 Minneapolis 34 42 .447 Columbus 30 41 .423 Milwaukee 28 47 .373 / AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. | W. L. Pet. Wash.. 48 23 ,676 ! S Louis 34 39 .466 Phila.. 45 24 .652 N York 31 39 .443 Chiogo. 38 32 543ICleve. . 30 42 .417 Detroit 36 37 ,4931805t0n. 23 49 .319 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct.l W. L. Pet. Pittsb; 41 26 ,612!Cin<nn.. 33 34 .493 N York 42 27 ,609|Phila.. 30 38 .441 Brklyn. 37 32 .636|Chieasro 31 41 .431 S Louis 35 35 .500lBoston. 26 42 .382 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Louisville (2 fames), Toledo at Columbus (2 fames). Milwaukee at Kansas City (2 games). St Paul at Minneapolis <2 games). AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at Cleveland (2 fames). Washington at Boston (2 fames). Detroit at St. Louis (2 fames). Philadelphia at New York <2 games). NATIONAL LEAGUE New York at Brooklyn (2 games) Cincinnati at Pittsburgh (2 fames). St. Louis at Chieafo (2 games!. Boston at Philadelphia (2 games). Yesterday’s Results AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (Ten innings) Louisville .... 000 000 000 3—3 9 1 Columbus .... 000 000 000 o—o 9 4 Dawson. Wilkinson. Redman; Northrop. Urban. Milwaukee 200 000 000— 2 7 2 Kansas City ... 401 012 40*—12 19 0 Bell. McMenenjy; Messenger. Snyder. AMERICAN LEA GUE Washington .. . 400 020 131—11 21 1 Boston 000 000 <XH) — 0 4b Coveleskie, Ruel; Zahnlser. Ross, Pieinich. Philadelphia 000 000 000—0 5 0 New York 000 100 00*—1 7 O Gray, Waliberg. Cochrane; Shawkey, B^ngough. Chicago 500 200 012—10 11 1 Cleveland 120 000 200— 5 10 3 Lyons. Schaik: Karr, Myatt. Detroit 015 010 010—8 12 1 St. Louis 11l 000 010—4 12 1 Dauss. Bassler: Davis, Stauffer. Hargrave. NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 200 020 002— 6 14 2 Philadelphia ... 420 003 01*—10 14 J Barnes. Gibson; Decatur. Wilson. (Ten innings) St. Louis ... 000 104 020 3—lo 16 3 Chicago 041 000 000 1— 8 9 1 Dickermann. Dyer. Sothoron. O’Farrell; Blake. Hartnett. New York 300 000 000—3 9 1 Brooklyn 020 100 03*—6 16 0 Greenfield. Snyder; Osborne. Deberry, Cincinnati 040 210 010—8 13 2 Pittsburgh 000 000 000—0 4 2 Donohue. Hargrave: Adams. Morrison. Culloton. Gooch. FOR THE~WORLDIERIES! Washington Fans Just Can’t Wait for Big Eevnt. Btl United Pros _ WASHINGTON, July 4.—Officials of the Washington Senators have announced that more applications for world’s series have been received than they could take care of. The stands have been increased to accomodate about 6,000 more spectators than last year. The club is not accepting applications and will not until the pennant is cinched.

Critics Believe Washington Will Out-Last Athletics

By Henry L. Farrell rj“T”JEW YORK, July 4.—lt is a IN I legend of major league 1 1 ' I baseball that as thg teams stand on July Fourth they will .finish in October. It does not mean necessarily that the pennant races are over or that the team In first place w r ill win the pennant, but it is an established fact that the championship battles are fairly well settled In early July and that the teams around first place are good for the remainder of the season. It seems certain now that thre Washington Senators and the Philadelphia Athletics will fight it out for the American League and that the New York Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates will settle the argument in the National League.

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MISS EDERLE ATTEMPTS NEAR SUPERHUMAN TASK Gertrude Will Try Channel Swim Accomplished Only by Three Men —Awaits Favorable Moment. 811 United Pr'-e NEW YORK, July 4.—No athletic event on the whole list of strenuous demands the skill, endurance and the courage that is required to swim the English Channel. Rowing is the most exacting of the sports that are commonly practiced in this country but the physical beating of twenty minutes or more in a four-mile race cannot compare to the harrowing torture of a battle against wind and tide for fifteen hours or more.

Swimming the English Channel Is a job that calls for the specifications of a man and a very strong man. In all tinae only three men have been able to cross from the English shore to the French side. It is most unusual then and extraordinary to find a 19-year-old girl who is game enough to make the attempt. Young Gertrude Ederle, one of America's greatest swimmers, is In England now, preparing herself to hop off and head for the French shore some time this month when the conditions are considered favorable. No definite date can be set and she must be trained and ready to take the water on very short notice when skilled seamen believe that tide and wind conditions are favorable. Trial Swim Miss Ederle did not decide to make the attempt until she had tried the stretch from the Battery in New York to Sandy Hook, a distance slightly short of the twenty-mile distance between Dover to Cape GrisNez on the French shore. Her father would not have given his permission if she had not shown in that trial that she was capable of doing the distance under more severe circumstances. Without any nourishment. Miss Ederle swam the distance in seven hours and eleven m.nutfes, cu .

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Many critics believe the Senators will outlast the Athletics because they are an older and more experienced team. In this connection it is interesting that sentiment is favoring a veteran club because of its age. The collapse of the Yankees was blamed upon the age of the team and the success of the Senators is being predicted because of its age. Buck Harris obviously favors veteran players else he would not have stocked the team with Vean Gregg, Dutch Ruether, Stan Coveleskle, Joe Harris, Deacon Scott and Hank Severeid. The Senators were not a young ball club before these veterans were added to the rqster. Harris was one of the youngest players on his team; he Is approaching the age of thirty.

ting seven minutes of the best time ever made by a man on that course. By a mistake in calculations she had two hours of a severe battle agains* a tricky tide, but she pulled up strong with a sprint at the finish. A Tough Task The distance from the Battery to Sandy Hook can not be compared as a trial, however, to the channel course. The average rise and fall of the tide In New York Bay is four feet five Inches, while it is four times as great in the English Channel with fierce currents to correspond. The channel Is almost continuously in a nasty chop and a swimmer can not follow a map line of the shortest distance between two shore points. The course must be altered to meet changing conditions and in the extreme, the swimmer may have to describe a course very similar to a large M. It has frequently happened that a swimmer has been within a striking distance of the French shore when he would be swept so far off his course that he would he unable to get back. Miss Ederle has the mechanical

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The Senators average around 34 years of age. On the other hand, the Athletics one ofthe youngest teams in the major leagues, average around 28 years of age. Mack says he will win the pennant because he has a young team and Clarke Griffith says the Athletics cannot hope to win the pennant because they are too young. The Pittsburgh Pirates as a team are well balanced and they seem to have developed a fighting heart, the lack of which caused so much disappointment in Pittsburgh in recent years. One month ago it looked like the Giants couldn’t be caught in the National League and that the pennant race would be a joke before the end of July. But the

equipment to swim the- distance, she has the courage to fight the water but it remains to be seen if she has the endurance to fight more than a half-day against the cold water and a cruel tide. If the young lady succeeds, she will have scored one of America’s most glorious achievements.

Morning Games Today

National League New York 001 100 000— 2 7 1 Brooklyn 025 201 00*—10 14 0 Batteries —Dean, Huntzinger, Wlsner and Siyder, Hartley; Hubbel! and Taylor. Boston 010 002 321 9 17 0 Philadelphia ~ 007 00 003—10 11 1 Batteries—Ryan. Genewich, Smith, O'Neill: Carlson. Couch and Wilson. Cincinnati 100 001 030—6 7 1 Pitsburgh 100 112 200 —7 9 3 Batteries—Bienmiller, Brady and Hargrave, Krueger; Yde and Gooch.

Independent Baseball

Jewell's A B. C.s were scheduled to play at Orestes. Ind, today and they are carded at Anderson on Sunday. Biggins and Davis wrre to form the battery today For games iu August address Edward Dickerson. 857 Edgemont Ave.. or cal. Randolph 1495. The Rural Red Sox will play at Oak landon on Sunday All players be a! Rural St. and Roosevelt Ave. at 12:30 The managers of Mart'nsville and HtUe Camp ar- asked to get in touch with the Red Sox Address William Pake 2742 Roosevelt Ave.. or call Webster 2090. YANKS IN EVEN SPLIT In their cecent at home stand the Yankees obtained an even break in twenty games. They split four fray series with the Cleveland Indiana. Washington and Chicago, copped three out of four from the Browns and dropped three out of four with the Tigers.

pitching staff suddenly went wrong, although It never was a wow of a staff, ,and the team was almost wrecked by a succession of injuries that filled the bench with disabled regulars. Before the season started it looked like McGraw, with the greatest reserve strength In the major leagues. cotiW not be bothered with injuries, but no one could forecast the string of bad luck that the champions encountered. McGniw blamed the wreck almost entirely upon the lively ball that he says Is being used and he was the first manager to go on record with an admission that there was a jump in the new ball, and a dangerous jump.

WITT IS OUT Whitey Draws Release —St. Paul Gets Beal. Kil rnitrri Prraa NEW YORK. July 4.—Whitev Witt, veteran outfielder, was released unco.ifiitionally by the New York Yankees Friday. Waiter Beall, former International League pitcher, was released under option to the St. Paul American Association club.

With the Majors

FEATURES OF FRIDAT LD B.ibe Ruth hobbled in from second ha -o on a ginf'e and slid across the jilatc with the run that __J xave the tankeea a l-to-0 victory over the Athletics. Zack Wheat's whack in the eirhth innine drove in two runs and enabled the P.obius to beat the Giants, f to 3. Covelcskie had the Red Sox helpless before him and he won his tenth fame of the season for the Washington Senators at 11 to 0. Babe Adams was blasted off the mound bv a four-run ral'v in the *eeoi and innlnc. and the Rods beat the Plrat"s. 8 to 0. Pete Donohue pitched a shutout same. Three hits a pass and an error by Hartnett trav the Cards three r.ins in the tenth innins and a 10 to 8 victory over the Cuba Five run* .cored in the fifth inntny save the TiScr. an Bto 4 victory over the Browns. Ken Williams l<t his eighteenth I homer. Three errors jn the first with two down helped the While Sox to five unearned runs end rave th< m a 10-to-5 victory over the Cleveland Indians. Homers drove in nine runs and enabled the Phihies to beat the Braves 10 to H SIB,OOO FOR PITCHER Brooklyn Pays Big Price for Brown of Ardmore. Rii T nileri Prraa NEW YORK. July 4 —The Brooklyn National League club has pur ' chased Arthur Brown, a southpaw j pitcher, from the Ardmore Western Association club. The price was j reported to he SIB,OOO. He Is expected to report Monday.

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Kentucky Fans Expected to Pack Park for Independence Day Twill Bill With Bush’s Indians. Bit Timra Sprrinl LOUISVILLE, July 4.—Fans of Louisville were all set to give their league leading Colonels a huge send-off today in the double header with Ownie Bush’s Indians from Indianapolis. Local rooters are wild over Joe McCarthy’s team as it continues to win, but more victories are wanted at the expense of tho Tribesmen.

A twin bill was to be played this afternoon between the old rivals, and the Hoosiers were hopeful of checking the wild Colonels to some extent. In addition to the two game.* today another Tribe-Colonel struggle will he played here Sunday. A number of Indianapolis fans are here to view the Tribe in its struggle with the galloping leaders. The Indians came here from Toledo. where they 10.4{ Friday, 4 to 3, and Cropped hack to third place in the A. A. standing. Bases on halls by 3chemnnske ruined the Tribe Friday. Hits were even at Toledo, but fre tickets by Buck proved too much of a handicap for the Indian batsmen.

Tilden Retains Old Skill

Bn '7l Krrrlrfi NEW YORK. July 4 —"Big Bill" Tilden displayed tim of the greatest tennis he has put on exhibition all season when he defeated Vincent Richards in the final round of the metropolitan clay court singles championship here recently. Fact Is. be showed some of the best of his long and stellar career. Beating the youthful Mr. Richards was one thing. But to do It in the decisive manner Tilden did was something else again. Fiv>ru the stuff the champion has displayed to date, he looks to be a "sure thing" bet to retain his national crown this season. GRIB AND GOLF Eddie Driggs. former star grldder at Princeton, has developed Info quite a golfer of note. The other day he won the I>ong Island amateur title by defeating Hamilton Kerr, a prominent nlayer. in the finals, 2 up A great rally on the last nine enabled Driggs to cop.

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Nut Cracker

mT'S Retting bo it'* hard to tell a professional fisherman from an old-fashioned corner store loafer. • • • T.v Cobb’s hoy has Just won a doubles championship at tennis, hut the old man goe* r'ght along getting his triples. • * • MR DEMPSEY'S ANNOUNCEMENT HE MU, FIG if r AGAIN ON JtIT.V t Hc.’H INDICATES HK IS MAKING RUM ARIkARLI • i'ROGIVOSS (N THE ENliUai! SHORT OF SIMOKINO. • • • SKllled as he is with the ukulele. Pane ho Villa still finds It difficult to make Frankie (ienaro dance to his music. * * • champion swimmer, trains w nn bananas, . . . And toll these, no doubt, she ascribes the I fruits of her success. • • • YOU CANT ALWAYS TBLt.j. A MAN WHO IS SKILLED WITH THE CONES MIGHT RE A CRAP SHOOTER A (HIHOPKaCTOR OR A lIASEEALL MANAGER. • • All Jem Carney got for fighting a 74-round fight with Jack MeAuliffc in the old days was a bottle of real ale. . . That would be a record purse in these times. •• * • The Chinese are peeuHar people, but at least they don't get excited over a bird holing out In one. * • • • mT used to be novel to hear of a person who had never seen an automobile Now It Is novel to hear of one who has never been run down by one. MEADOWS IN' FORM Iy>e Meadows of the Pirate* la en. loyinp a good campaign this season He has been quite a bit responi<4bU for the great showing of the MoKechnle team during the last few weeks of play.