Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 229, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 December 1926 — Page 12

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Playing | the Field With ItILLY EVANS EECENTLY J wrote an article dealing with the intentional pass In baseball. The fact hat Babe Ruth, baseball's greatest slugger, received eleven bases on hails in the last world series Prompted the story. Prior to the opening of the series, Manager Rogers Tlornsby of the Cardinals said Ruth was Just hu-

man and he had issued orders to all his staff to pitch to him. For a time they did, and then in one game Ruth made three home runs and put an entirely different aspect on the situation. While it. Is doubtful ts the Intentional pass Is ever abolished,

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there is no denying that It is one of the most unpopular features of the game. I commented upon several suggestions that had been offered to the evil, and asked the fans to write me and tell me what they thought about it. PLAY UNPOPULAR jrpIHAT was about two weeks j I* | ago. Since then every mail !-■ ■ * brings from one to five letters expressing disgust of the intentional pass. While all seem a unit in the belief that the Intentional pass should he abolished, only a few offer suggestions as to how It coujd be done without hurting the game. I am taking the liberty of printing one of the suggestions that, to my way of thinking, have some merit. “Mr suggestion." writes a Chicago fan, “deals with the unintentional as well as the intentional pass. If a pitcher lacks control to the extent that lie makes only four pitches to the batsman, all of them being tailed halls, he should be penalized. “The suggestion applies only when 'here are four pitches to a batsman and all of them are called balls. That is usually the case when an intentional pass is issued, the pitcher throwing the ball so wide of the plate that the batter eoulds't reach It were his bat twice as long as ordinarily used. “Ts five or more balls are pitched, there would be no penalty, as the batter had been given an opportunity to hit and failed." GOOD SUGGESTION OERE is the interpretation of the suggestion as offered by the Chicago fan. Allow the base-runners who are not forced to advance, one base. Allow the base-runners who are forced to advance, two bases. When the bases are empty, allow the batsman who receives four straight balls to go to second base. It’s a simple solution of the evil that certainly has some merit. T would like to see some of the clubs try it out in spring training.

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COBB, SPEAKER AND ATTORNEYS TO DISCUSS ACTION FRIDAY

LOMBARD DEFEATS BUTLER Bulldogs Fail to Break Up Stalling Tactics of Slickers Bp Times bipedal . GALESBURG, 1111., Dec. 30.—Butler University of Indianapolis went down to defeat here Wednesday night before the fast Lombard- five, the local team nosing out the visitors, 25-24. The Illinois outfit started off fast and were in the lead. 19-8, when the first half ended. The Indiana team came back strong and dazzled the locals with a wonderful display of passing and shooting. Butler failed to stop stalling tactics In the last few minutes of the contest. Diehl and Mosher were best for Lombard, while White and Chandler .were outstanding for Butler. It was the second game for the visitors against an Illinois team, Butler downing -Wesleyan on Tuesday night. Tonight they will play Chicago at Chicago. Summary: Lombard (25). Ilutlrr (24). Murphy £ ou<M Mosher £ )£ h j}e flail . . 0 Christopher Hanseman ,Q - JuiCX Subetitutf B ' Lombard l Niehotaim. i Butler > Wakefield. Chandler. Fiord. V’romuth. Vic Id ?oaJs —(Lombard) Diehl 16'. Mosher < 4). Murphy i 2 ):■ Butler i White l*). Chandler (3). Wakefield. Holtz. Foul goaißLombard i Diehl (2). Moaher; 'Butler' Chandler (41. Christopher. Bum. MITT SHOW Three New Fs.ces on Saturday Bering Card. Three of the boxers to appear on the Washington A. C. card .at Tomlinson Jlall. Saturday afternoon are newcomers to Indianapolis fans. They are Harry Roberts, St. Paul; Frank Kutel. Milwaukee, and Joe Ortez, Spain. Roberts. •> light heavyweight, will fare Joe Sekyra. Ohio mauler, who nia-’c mi 'ninreiw ye showing in ills first appearance here recently. Kutel will swap glow witlt Roy Wallace, Tt -ightwood middleweight. while i iter, will mix with the flashy Merle Alto. *1 All of the bouts to go eight rounds and will be of two and onehalf minute duration. • In the other three scraps Babe Ruth, tough little Louisville boxer, is to meet Johnny Murphy, local featherweight. Don Carson will fight Jimmy Sayers of Lafayette. Carson and Savers recently fought a whirlwind eight-round go at the Elks Club. Sayers gaining a slight edge. Red McDonald. Toledo, will meet Tate Langford, Louisville. They are lightweights. The show will start at 2:30.

College Games Tonight Northwestern at Notre Dame. Butler at Chicago. De Pauw at Wisconsin. ORDERED TO REPORT Hii I vital I'nss COLUMBIA. Mo., Dec. 30.—University of Missouri basketball players were ordered to report today, in the midst of the Christmas vacation, in order to gee in shape for the opening game with the Kansas City Athletic Club live next week. OPENS WITH VICTORY tu United Press • CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—Loyola University opened Its basketball season with a 17-9 triumph over North Dakota State College.

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Joint Meeting of Players anc Counsel Scheduled in Toledo. in United Press DETROIT. Dee. 80. Ty Cobb, hrough his attorney, today made overtures to Tris Speaker for a joint meeting of counsel at Toledo Friday (o perfect legal plans for their fighl The "Georgia Peach." who arrived here late Wednesday from Cleveland, went int oconferenoe with his attorney. Judge James O. Murfih. following which announcement was authorized that Muritii had communicated with Speaker's attorne, William 11. Boyd. After the Ohio meeting Murfln indicated a statement probably will be Issued setting forth the legal course to be- followed In the OobbSpeaker action to clear their names of scandal. "Smoky Joe" Wood. Yale baseball coach, and former American League pitchtng ace, also implicated in the scandal, did not put lnan appearance at Judge Murfin's office. It was understood he had left New.Haven early today. Asked what he thought of the latest statement of Fred O. West, in which the Detroit baseball field em ploye asserted lie bet money which "Dutch" Leonard and Joe Wood gave him on a horse race instead of on the alleged scandal ball game of Sept. 25. IHID. James O Murfln. Ty Cobb's attorney, said; "Well. ? guess I better not say anything about West’s newest statement because, you know. West's gets me my tickets at the ball park on days when Navln field Is a sell out.” SAYS OTHERS GUILTY Swede Rlsberg, Blacklisted Sox Flayer, Issues “Startling" Statement. fit/ United Press i CHICAGO, Dec 3U. —Any knowledge of any baseball scandal which Charles (Swede) Risberg. former shortstop of the Chicago White Sox. says is in his possession will be wel corned by Judge Kenesaw M. Landis, the baseball commissioner said here today. Risberg. one of the seven members of the White Sox, who was banned from baseball, because of his alleged part in "throwing" the 1919 world's .series, is working on a farm near Rochester, Minn., and in an interview there said: "I can implicate twenty big leaguers in a baseball scandal, but Judge Landis never will ask me w-hat I know. The facts are there, but they don't want to know them." Landis emphatically denied Rlsberg's startling statements and said: "Most certainly he would be welcome." Beyond that statement the ex-jurist refused to budge. He has given out no other statement since making public the Speaker-Cobb in* vestigation.

West’s ‘Good Thing’ Paid Well

Bu Lnited Press NEW YORK, Dec. 30. —The “good thing” at the races which Fred West, named ln-the baseball scandal, said was bet on In 1919 Instead of an alleged “fixed’’ ball game, really was a good thing, reference to racing records showed today. Panaman, the horse named by West as having been bet by himself and Joe Wood, ran in the first race at the Aqueduct race track on Sept. 25, 1919. and won easily. Jockey Frach, the chart of the race showed, held his mount just back of the leaders for most of the seven furlongs, then spurred him on the stretch to win by a length and a half from Thunderstorm, the second horse, with plenty of speed leA in him. Track odds on Panaman were 13 to 5, although West, according to his story, did not get that price. As he explained It, he took a shorter "Bookie’’ price In Detroit to enable him to collect immediately after the race, Instead of waiting until the next day, when the book paid off on the official prices.

ALUMNI WIN The Manual High School basketball team succumbed before the sec-j ond-half attack of the glumnl In the annua] game between the teams Wednesday night and suffered an overwhelming defeat, 70-36. The varsity played good ball in the first half and held the old stars to a 27-25 lead. The Red and White weakened, however, in the last half and the veterans boosted the score up high, Rubush, Turner and Elrod were best for Manual, while Noll, Higgs, Martin, Hutton and the Harmeson brothers shared honors for the alumni. Edward A. Gardner, president of the Roines Alumni Club, which sponsors the game each year, announced the club would hold Its annual meeting for the election of officers at the Board of Trade library Sunday afternoon. YACHT RACE ENTRIES Bu United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 30. —Two challenges have come from Norway and one from Holland for the Seawanliaka cup and the Scandinavian gold cup, international yatch racing trophies. The races will be held next summer In Long Island Sound. SIGNS 1927 CONTRACT Edgar C. (Sammy) Rice, star out-fielder-of the Washington Senators, has the distinction of being the first of the regulars of the team to sign a 1927 contract. Manager Harris and Walter Johnson have holdover contracts. TO LEAD ASHEVIEIJI . Larry Gardner has agreed on terms to again lend the Asheville team of -the South Atlantic League. He took charge of thq Tourists during the 1926 season and did very well. His contract calls for him to play.

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Famous Major Batsmen Fight to Clear Names in Baseball Disturbance

Tris Speaker (left) and Ty Cobb gJdjWjWi. are picliircd lure ;i> runlomd fl&' p*| < * 'ng** in 4 lev eland. Ohio, on ways and f||x H ' means of lighting Hie charges of "Dutch” Leonard that tliej framed a 1919 ('leveland-Detroit baseball U&r’ ■-• aSHaSII game. The two e\-managers ,<>n 4f(|p- yBB Milled with a 4 leveland luwjer. ** % M l-ater Cohli went to Detroit lo eon ■ ay for with Ills personal altoi nev I ans A are waiting for these famous dia- f SsT'mond heroes to announce their plan m I ■ arHHHHk aHr V- •’ injaHni

Cobb-Speaker Straw Vote QUESTION —On basis of evidence published to date do you think Ty Cobb and Trie Speaker guilty of scandal charges? ANSWER—(Yes or No) QUESTION —And do you believe they should be excluded from baseball? ANSWER—(Yes or No) Your name, city and street address (Note —Mail or bring your answers to Sports Department, Ae Indianapolis Times.)

BALLOT SCORES 132 TO 2 IN FAVOR OF PLAYERS Cobb and Speaker Continue to Hold Sentiment of Public —Opinion in Other Cities.

A count of ballots In The Times’ poll of public opinion In the Cobb-Speaker-Landls American League baseball controversy showed 134 coupons received from fans up to noon today. And the “score” showed 132 fans expressing an opinion of "not guilty” and only tw r o fans upholding Judge Landis’ charge of * : guilty.’’ The “score” of 132 to 2 means that diamond followers refuse to be convinced of the scandal charges against the veteijan stars on the basis of evidence published. In the meantime Commisisoner Landis refuses to comment on the manner in which the public has Jumped on the band wagon In favor of the great batsmen whose records were besmirched by Dutch Leonard, the dlsgrunted pitcher. Maybe He’s Waiting It is hard to believe Landis would rule out Cobb and Speaker on Aims) charges and if he lias more evidencec he is keeping it to himself or Is waiting to uncork another "batting rally” against the athletes. Several big league baseball experts are beginning to rally to Landis’ support and for that reason it is suspected tho commissioner has been ncouraged to stand pat. His main weapon, of course, is the correspondence between Cobb and Leonard and Joe Wood and Leonard following the 1919 season, the year the alleged “thrown” game was played. He takes the attitude, evidently, that Cobb and Wood did not offe a convincing alibi for those letters. Poll in Eight Cities Eight papers of the Scripps-How-ard league, including The Indianapolis Times, are taking a poll of opinion on the question of scandal accusations, and sentiment Is overwhelmingly back of Cobb and Speaker. The straw vote standing In eight cities Is carried elsewhere on this page. Coupons will be collected and mailed to Judge Landis next Wednesday unless new developments, crop I out In the controversy that would change the entire complexion of the baseball disturbance. The Times will continue to re-

Poll of Fans’ Opinion in Eight Cities

Cobb-Speaker Charges 1 \ ■ Not- • Guilty Guilty Indianapolis 2 132 Cleveland . 3 314 Columbus 2 47 Oklahoma City 1 37 El Paso 0 50 Memphis ............... 2 70 Pittsburgh 17 JfiO KrvoxviUs f 24

eeive straw vote coupons and fans of Indianapolis and over the State, who have not tilled out ballots are urged to get busy. Chip Cobb-Speak-er straw vote coupon on this page and mall or bring to the sports department of Tho Times. Thirty fans sent in answers Tuesday. 57 Wednesday and 47 today. Here Is today’s list: THEY VOTE "NO” F E. Stamm. 214 E. New York 81. Carl C. Elder 700 E. St Clair St. Mrs E. L. Ireland. 633 E. Thirty-Sec-ond St. J. W. Andrews, 007 Steven St. 8. T. Stleens, ‘1450 N. Delaware St. H. Kenworthy 318 S. Emerson Ave. * ! L. A. Mulrv Jr,. 922 S. Noble St. Joe Oorellok, 1901 8. Maple St. ta-orse Uonham Hlwood. Jnu. Thomas W Brolley. Grand Hotel. C. .1. Cooper, care of Kahn Tailoring Cos. B. Durbin. 404 H E. Twenty-Eirst St. P. Leonard Spree her. 206 W. FortyThird St. Frank Pickett. 1242 Cottage Ave. Byron Cook. 9U2 N Pennsylvania St. C. Mourna.v. 1202 Orange St. W. U. Lambert. 1042 E Palmer St. J. Frank Roach, Grand Hotel, william E. Manning. Kushvillo. Ind. Mrs. Jack Barry. Richmond. Ind. William Nash. Shelbyville. Ind. Clyde Rogers. 1610 Ashland Ave, Ervin Hueber. 1042 W. Eighteenth St. Lloyd Beckwith. 5114 Guilford Ave R. F. Ellis. 1859 Koehne St. M. D. Collins. 1512 S. Dawson St. Frank Borns. 151 N. State St. E. J. Sexton. 310 Indiana Trust Bldg. Karl Boniner. 2058 Hruokstdc Ave. G. VV. Boyd, 734 Park Ave. Leslie E. Fine, Methodist Hospital Otis Jones. 111.'! N. East St. Galo Kloeppi r. Methodist Hospital. William E. Whaley, 237 '3 E. Pratt St. A. Gresham. 1020 Brookside Ave. R. W. Cook, 333 3. Audubon Rd. Arehlo Kimble. 1002 Harlan St. Albert Boeldt. 329 E. Orange St. Harry Htnnian. 1212 Wade St. C. A? Corns, Woodstock Club. E. H. McCain 824 lamioke Bldg. Joe Casey. 115 N. Belmont Ave. Melvin Martin. 1123 Oliver Ave. Irvin McKay, 810 Marion Ave. W Wernke. 1138 Richland St. • Isaac Rugenstein. 1521 W. Morris 81, Charles Mills. 1)28 Tuxedo St. Veru C. Elect wood. 133 N. East St. Dr. Samuel McGauglicy. 5219 E. Washington St. Sam Wernke, 1138 Richland Bt. T. It. McKay. 810 Marion Ave. Lee Blanton. 1515 College Ave. T. Chick ado mt. 1210 N. Baugh Bt. THEY VOTE "YES” William ReieUweiu. 3116 W. North St. Wayne Emmelmann. 234 K. of P. Bldg. PERFORM AT GALVESTON Thornburg-Lewis Squad Meets Fast Merchants Saturday. The Thornburg-Lewis team will play the Galveston Merchants at Galveston Saturday night. The Bulck five has been playihg great ball of late and, with Fox, star guard, back in the line-up, are ready to book with the fastest teams in the State. Games are preferred with La Porte, Shelbyville, Morgantown, Swayzee and Miami Indians. Write Thornburg-Lewis Buick Sales Company, 3839 E. Washington St., or call Irvin;ton 4343.

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GENE TUNNEY Pestered by Rival Promoters Bidding for Services. Bu I nited P'ess NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—Pestered by gentlen en eagei to hand tyn a million dollars or so. Gene Tunney, heavyweight champion, vas promised an interesting afternoon today before he entrains for St. Louis to fulfill a vaudeville engagement. Rival promoters, Humbert Fugazy and Tex Rickard, have asked Tunney to drop in for a chat which might lead to arrangement for the champion’s first defense of the title. Fugazy has arranged his plans definitely. Place, Polo Grounds, New York. Time, mid-September., Opponent, Jack Delaney. Rickard has) failed to disclose hia plans, save that he would like to match Tunney with Jack Dempsey or the winner of a heavy weight elimination now in progress.

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ILLINI SWIM MEETS Indiana and Purdue Scheduled on Coach Manly’s Card, fit/ United Press . URBANA. 111.. Dec. 30.—Indiana’s two State universities, Purdue arid Indiana, are included on the University of Illinois’ swimming schedule for 1927. Coach Mnnlv of the local nafators believes he has a likely looking bunch of mer men and expects to make a bid for the Western con ference bunting. The schedule: Jan. 8. Washington; Jan. 14. Iowa: Feb. 12. Purdue: Feb. 19, Indiana; Feb. 25. Wisconsin; Marcli 5. Chicago: March 11-12, Conference meet. BOSSES OF RING DOOMED N. Y. Boxing Commission to Be Abolished Not Later Than March. Bu Times Special NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—The "Three Dukes,” otherwise known as the "fistic papas," have seen the handwriting on the slate at Albany and realize their days In their collective “Duchy" are nearing an end. But they are not going to relinquish their prerogatives until the last moment. "We shall continue to rule,” said James A. Farley, chairman of the State athletic commission, soon to be abolished. "Let no one think we are through until we are put out." chimed in Commissioner Muldoon Commissioner George Brower, sallow. lugubrious third member of the trio, said in a hollow voice that he favored the legislation passed at Albany which wipes out the commission and establishes one-man rule over boxing in New York State. He hopes to be the man. The dukes, who backed Harry Willis until the Negro fell apart of old age in a Brooklyn ring, and who hounded $5,000,000 worth of Denip-sey-Tunney fight over the line into Pennsylvania, and who passed a rule preventing smoking in the fire-proof Madison Square Garden, will pass from office not later than next March. LEIDY DEFENDS TY Bu United Press SAN ANTONIO. Texas. Dec. 30. Ty Cobb Is about as great a ma*n as there Is in the country today, according to George Leidy, coach of the local Texas League Club. Leidy, who sold Cobb to Detroit while Leidy was manager of the Augusta (Ga.) team, warmly defended the "Georgia Peach” in commenting on baseball’s latest "scandal."

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BANTAM KING IS DODGING Rosenberg Warned Title May Be Passed to TaylorGraham Winner. ! ' 'xß\V rs YORK. Dec. 30.—Chnrlex (Phil) Rosenberg, world’s bantam champ, ordered to appear by 10:30 this morning ijnd post a certified check with the State boxing commission to guarantee his appearance ai the Garden against Bushy Graham on Jan. 14. had not shown up at ■ll a. m. Rosenberg apd his manager came Wednesday with bonds to guarantee his appearance and weight to defend his bantamweight title, but Bert Stand, boxing representative, de dined to accept the bonds. Rosenborg was instructed to return today with pit her cash or a certified cheek. Rosenberg, who Is alread> barred in Illinois and other States, faces suspension in New York unless be meets the commission's ultima turn. The commissioners suspect the champion is trying to dodge their or ders in order to get out of the Ora ham match. if Rosenberg doesn't, make the financial grade. Ills title may go t" the winner of a bout between Gra ham and Bud Taylor of Terre Haute Ind.. who is champion in Illinois There has been talk of matching Graham and Taylor for a fifteen round scrap here. STAR TO COACH HASKELL Thomas. Famous Chicago Full Back. Takes Hanley’s -lob Next Year. Bu United Press LAWRENCE. Kan.. Dec. 30.John W Thomas, famous full back of the Chicago eloveh from 1921 to 1923. will coach the Haskell Insti tute team next year, succeeding Richard E. Hanley, resigned. Thomas has been coach at Dan vllle (111.) high School. Hanley has not announced his plans. ENGLISH TO COMPETE Bu United Press NEW YORK. Dec. 80.—The English squash racquets team, due to ar rive here Jan. 23. will enter the United States and Canadian national championships and will tour the East. _ You’ir need formal A x c I o t h e a for New Year’s We h a v / \ them. 19 East Ohio St. 15 N. Penn. St. 139 N. 111. 81 l.— ' "