Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 77, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1927 — Page 8

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Playing the Field - -—With Billy Evaru~-'

r—jODERN baseball fans know MNick Altrock only as a clown, yet he was one of the greatest southpaws the game ever has produced. The Herb Pennock of today is the Nick Altrock of twenty-five years ago.

Recently while sitting in the room of my hotel at Washington, with leg propped high in the air, recovering from a knee injury, Altrock dropped in to see me. “Just 1e a rned you might never be able to umpire again,” said Nick, as he poked his head through the

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opened door, “and I wanted to ask you to say a good word for me to President Johnson. “I am about ready to retire as coach, even though I’m just past 50, and I’ve decided when your eyes are no longer good enough for the duties of coach you immediately become eligible for the umpiring job.” I assured him that I thought he was entirely too young to start umpiring, but I would be glad to give him the requested boost when he made up his mind that he was ready to take up umpiring. Nick never took life or baseball too seriously; perhaps that is why he has gotten so much out of both, and has always been hale and hearty. ' YANKS TOO POWERFUL ICK having had his little \ joke we discussed the fine tribute the people of Washington had paid Walter Johnson, which naturally caused us to talk past and present conditions in baseball. Like most of the oldtimers, Altrock insists there isn’t as much to the game today as there was twenty or more years back. “It’s largely a matter of power with the lively ball in use,” he said. “The Yankees simply have too much stuff in the old power house when they turn loose Ruth, Gehrig, Lazzeri and the rest of that mob.” Nick, lest you have forgotten, was a member of the famous Chicago White Sox of 1906, which won the American League pennant that year and then went on to defeat the supposedly invincible Chicago Cubs in the world series that fall. Altrock worked and won the first game of that series, 2-1, defeating Mordecai Brown. No one figured him as the pitcher to open the series. Ed Walsh was favored by most of the critics, with “Doc” White as second choice. Nick Altrock told me how It happened and for the first time the real reason why he pitched the first game of the 1906 is revealed. HAD BET ON GAME EN those days Nick Altrock was firmly convinced that beer taken in proper quantities was a fine tonic for a pitcher. Being German, Nick favored large portions served in steins. The night before the first game, Nick spent five or six hours testing the various brews in a Chicago case Late in the evening, or perhaps it was early in the morning, when he tired of hearing some Cub supporters shout the praises of that team, Altrock wagered SIOO against $309 that the White Sox would win the first game. Altrock thought he could heat any team when right. When he knew it was his turn to pitch, he always bet on himself. When the morning of the first game dawned, he learned that he had wagered SIOO on the outcome and to his great dismay, he felt he would not be the selection of Manager Fielder JOhes. About an hour before game time, noticing Manager Jones seemed to be in a highly nervous condition, Altrock asked the reason. It seems Jones didn’t want to waste his ace, Ed Walsh against Mordecai Brown, then the star of the Cubs. “I don’t know who to pitch,” said Jones. “Why not me?” said Nick, and Jones replied, “the job is yours.” Altrock pitched and turned in a pitching classic. It won his S3OO and started the Cubs on the wry to ruin. YANKEE BOAT FIRST Little Spitfire Cleans Up for Duke of York Trophy. By United Press SOUTHAMPTON, Eng., Aug. 9. Little Spitfire, American entry of Mrs. J. M. Rand, won the Duke of York’s motorboat race trophy today by taking the third heat. The craft also won the first and second heats. Today’s victory was the first for a non-British oyher. The time for today’s 30-knot heat was 62 minutes, 53 seconds. WILD A. A. GAME By United Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 9.—St. Paul defeated Columbus, 15 to 6, Monday. A homer with the bases filled, a triple under the same circumstances, and several arguments with umpires that resulted in banishment from the game of four men, were some of the high lights.

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State Amateur Golfers Finish Out Their Qualification Tests

Star Detroit Swimmers in Ripple Meet Team of Five, Including ‘Borgy,’ Enter —Martha / Norelius Listed. Borghild Johaenesson of Detroit, swimming under the colors of the Detroit Yacht Club, known as "Borgy,” will be one of five swimmers from that city entered in the Indiana- Kentucky A. A. U. events at Broad Ripple, opening next Tuesday night and continuing Wednesday and Thursday. Miss Johaenesson was winner of the national junior 100-yard back stroke in 1926. She is entered in the open 400-meter free style event, the Middle States diving, the national junior 300 free style, the Middle States fifty-yard free style, the open 880-yard free style, the Middle States fifty-yard free style and the open 100-yard free style. Also entered on the team of the Detroit Yacht Club are Harry Burr, Horace Craig, Charlotte Bohman and Jean Berridge. Martha Norelius, 1924 Olympic champion and queen of the freestyle swimmers, will be at the Rippie meeting. The information came from Charlotte Epstein of the Woman’s Swimming Association of New York. With Miss Norelius will come other champions, perhaps Miss Lindstrom, medley champion, and Ethel McGarry. swimmer of international reputation.

Baseball Calendar

" AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lost. Pet. .Toledo ...' 22 II 'con Milwaukee .65 ft Kansas City £3 50 .558 Minneapolis 61 56 .521 INDIANAPOLIS 48 65 .425 Louisville 44 72 .379 Columbus 42 70 .375 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet.l W. L. Pet. N. York 76 31 ,710iChicago.. 52 56 .481 Wash... 63 42 ,600 Cleve 45 62 .421 Detroit - ! 55 48 .534'St. Louis 41 63 .394 Phila.... 55 50 ,524i805t0n... 35 70 .333 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. I VT. L. Pet. Chicago. 64 39 ,621ICincy... 49 56 .467 Pitts.... 60 42 .588 Brklyn... 46 59 .438 3t. Louis 59 45 ,567!805t0n... 38 60 .383 N. York 57 49 .538 Phila 39 62 .386 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis at INDIANAPOLIS (postponed: two fames Wednesday'. Kansas City at Columbus (two games). Milwaukee at Toledo (two games). St. Paul at Louisville. ' AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit at Boston. Cleveland at Washington. New York at Philadelphia. (Only games scheduled.) NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at Chicago (two games'). New York at Pittsburgh. (Only games scheduled.) Yesterday’s Results AMERICAN ASSOCIATION St. Paul 120 402 060—15 19 2 Columbus 000 060 000— 6 15 2 Zahniser. Gaston, Siemer; Fishbaugh, Harris, Bird. Minneapolis 010 010 000—2 7 0 Toledo :.. 302 000 00*—5 11 1 Wilson, Middleton. Krueger: Wisner. O'Neil. Kansas City at Louisville (played as part of double-header Saturday). AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 000 100 010—2 7 3 Boston 021 000 00*—3 5 0 Stoner, Carroll, Woodall; Ruffing, Hofmann. Hartley. Cleveland 000 005 001—6 9 2 Washington 001 000 000—1 7 1 Shaute. Autry; Johnson, Marberry, Burke, Ruel. St. Louis at Philadelphia (wet grounds). Chicago at New York (wet grounds). NATIONAL LEAGUE New York at Pittsburgh (rairi). Boston at St. Louis (rain). Brooklyn at Chicago (raini. (Only games schedule*!.)

, Tribe Finally Does It

MILWAUKEE _ . „ ABRHOAE Elsh, rs 2 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson. If 2 0 0 0 0 0 Riconda, ss 4 1 2 1 2 0 Griffin, lb 4 1 2 11 0 0 Lear 2b 3 0 1 3 6 0 1 Brief. If 2 0 0 0 0 0 I Luce, rs 2 0 1 5 0 0 j Strohm, 3b 4 1 1 1 2 0 Gerken, cf 3 1 1 2 0 0 Qrwoll 0 0 0 0 0 0 McMenemy. c 3 0 1 l o 1 Young ... i 0 0 0 0 0 Sanders, p., 1 o 0 0 1 0 Eddleman. p 2 0 0 o 1 0 Johnson 1 o 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 9 24 12 1 Orwoll batted for Gerken in ninth and walked. Young batted for McMenemy in ninth. Johnson batted for Eddleman in ninth. INDIANAPOLIS „ ... . AB R H O A E Matthews, cf. 4 0 1 5 I 1 Connolly, ss 4 1 0 2 7 0 Yoter. 3b 3 1 0 0 0 0 Russell, rs 3 o o 3 o o Holke, lb 4 1 3 13 0 0 Layne. If 4 0 1 0 0 1 Miller. 2b ~3 1 0 1 4 0 Florence, c ~3 1 1 3 o 1 Schupp. p 2 o 1 o 0 0 Boone p 0 0 0 0 1 0 Burwell. p l o 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 5 1 27 13 1 Milwaukee 010 120 000—4 Indianapolis 000 320 00*—5 Two-base hits—Riconda. Schupp. Matthews. Sacrifice hit—Russell. Stolen base—Strohm. Double plays—Miller to Connolly to Hoike; Matthews to Connolly: Holke (unassisted). Left on bases— Milwaukee, 5; Indianapolis. 6 Bases on balls—Off Schupp, 1; off Burwell, 1; off Sanders. 2; off Eddleman. 1. Struck out —By Schupp, 2; by Burwell. 1; by Sanders. 1. Wild pitches—Sanders. 1; Eddlem.an ’ Passed ball—Florence, 1. Winding pitcher—S:hupp. Losing pitcher— Eddleman. Hits—Off Sanders, sin 3 2-3 innings: off Schupp. 5 in 4 Innings; off Eddleman. 2 in 4 1-3 Innings: off Boone, 3 in 1 Inning; off Burwell, I in 4 Innings. Umpires—Johnson and Goetz. Time

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Match Play for Title Begins * at Terre Haute Wednesday. • " DIDDEL TAKES LEAD Scores 146 Medal —Simp- # son Close With 147. By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 9. Will Diddel, Indianapolis, five times State amateur golf champ, flashed into the low medal lead early this afternoon with a 72 on his final eighteen holes. His total of 146 placed him one stroke ahead of John Simpson, defendingfcnamp, who shot a 147. Diddel's card: Out 433 545 4 4 5—27 ! 3 3445434 5—35—72 BY DICK MILLER Times Satff Correspondent TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Aug. 9. With the cups located in the corners of the greens, scores in the qualification round of the twenty-seventh annual Indiana State amateur golf championship mounted here today ipr mafcy of the players. An association ruling provides that the cups shall be placed in the corners on the second day of the qualification round. The cups were in the center of the greens Monday. The players had more or less difficulty on the greens and many had as many as ten strokes over their Monday totals. It was felt here today that a score of 160 probably would place one in the championship fligh*. Eighteen holes were played Monday and second eighteen today. Thirfy-Two In Title Flight Match play for the thirty-two qualifiers in the title flight starts Wednesday. In addition to the championship' bracket, sixty-four other players will be paired up in four consolation flights of sixteen players each. Ed Flannigan, Crawfordsville junior, maintained his good form here today with a final eighteen-hole score of 77, bringing his total for the qualification round to 151. Homer Davidson, Marion star, cut down his Monday total by eight strokes, but still was the possessor of a total of 162. Some early nine-hole scores today were: Glen Lance, Ten - e Haute, 41; John Lehman, Purdue star, 36; Bobby Resener, Kokomo, 41; Dwighc Mitchell. Indianapolis, 43, and Ray Jones. Indianapolis, 37. Eighteen-tple totals of early finishers today and their qualification totals: W. Diddl"?. Indianapolis. 72—146. J. Simpson, Torre Haute, 73—147. B. Patton, Indianapolis, 93—186. J. Baker, Indianapolis. 82—168. ,T. Wise. Logansport. 91—177 F. C. Smith. Gary. 93—192. H. D. Biddle, unmatched. 94—197. Ed Flannighn. Crawfordsville. 77—151. P. B. Tavlor. Greencastle. 82—167. H Davidson, Marion. 77—162. F. Fishback. Terre Haute. 86—177. •T. Fspie. Terre Haute. 92—175. G. R. Lank. Kendallville (withdrew). R. Cole. Kendallville (withdrew). G. Van Winkle. Terre Haute. 88—175. E Thomas. Indianapolis. 88 —174. For the State team championship, the Highland Country Club squad of Indianapolis had a two-point lead for its low four at the end of Monday’s play. The quartet had taken 300 strokes. Monday was a hectic golf day. The sun greeted the early starters. The noonday whistles brought rain in large quantities and most of those on the course were drenched.

Fights and Fighters

HOLYOKE. Mass.—Matty Mario. Staten Island, defeated Johnny (Kid) Savage, Syracuse. N. Y„ ten rounds, decision. Jackie Bradv. Syracuse, beat Nate Kawler. New York, ten rounds, decision. TROY. N Y. —Harry M’artone of Jersey City won from Eddie Dempsey of Philadelphia in the eleventh round by a technical knockout. BUFFALO, N. Y. —Tommy Loughran. Philadelphia, won the decision over Benny Ross of Buffalo in a close twelveround bout. Johnny Helstein, St. Louis, defeated Art Wander, Buffalo, in six rounds

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The national public ljnks championship for 1927 belongs to Carl Kauffman (left), who defeated

WORK OF VETS GIVES TRIBE 5 TO 4 WIN OVER BREWERS Schupp, Holke and Burwell Figure Prominently in Monday Victory—Ferd Injured by Thrown Bat.

Splendid work by three vets enabled the Indians to eke out one victory in the four-game Milwaukee series that closed Monday. Schupp, Holke and Burwell produced in style and the Betzelites annexed the wash-day contest, 5 to 4. Ferd Schupp felt bruises of the struggle today and no doubt figures the jinx is on him. He cleaned the sacks Os mates in the fourth inning with a crashing double to the right center field fence, moved to third on a wild pitch and then got beaned by a thrown bat. Ferd Takes Count With two out Matthews rolled to Lear and as he left the plate he tossed his hitting stick in the* air toward the home dugout. Schupp started for home /when Matthews connected and was struck by the flying bludgeon. Ferd toppled over unconscious. He was revived within a short time, but the shock forced him to give up pitching for the day. It was a terrible, “reward” for clouting that double in the pinch, but was accidental and a lesson to Matthews and his bat tossing habit. Schupp’s double put the Indians in the lead 3 to 2, but the Brewers jumped on Boone, wh6 relieved, and scored two markers in the fifth on three singles an 1 an error by Layne, taking the lead, 4 to 3. Holke Connects In their half of the fifth the Hoosiers got busy and pounced on Eddleman for two runs, Holke driving in both tallies. Eddleman got in the fracas when the Indians knocked Sanders off the mound in the fourth. • Holke’s pinch single, his third of the afternoon, put the Tribe out in

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■ William F. Serrick (right) in the final match B,t Cleveland SaturI day. Kauffman, a Pittsburgh

front again, 5 to 4. and that's the way the contest finished. Burwell relieved Boone in the sixth and he stopped the secondplacers, allowing only one hit. a scratch single, in the four innings he operated, and this on top of hurling nine innings Sunday. The two runs scored off Schupp were helped by Tribe errors. An error by McMenemy also figured in one of the Indian runs. Three Double Plays Bud Connolly played a dandy feame at short for the home pastimers and had seven assists and two putouts. Three double plays by the Indians took much heart out of Brewer efforts. Manager Lelivelt used fifteen men in the game, three being pinch hitters in the ninth. Schupp was awarded the pitching victory and Eddleman was charged with the defeat. Washington Park was “dark” today on account of Colonel Lindbergh’s visit here. The game scheduled with the Millers was postponed and it will be played as part of a double-header Wednesday, first tilt at 2 o’clock.

Scraps Tonight at Ft. Harrison

Ten Rounds Norman Wilson, Moose Jaw. Canada, vs. "Chief” Jack Elkhart. Chicago; 165 pounds. Eight Rounds—Ehrman Clark. Indianapolis. vs. Jimmie Hackley, Los Angeles; 133 pounds. Six Rounds—Billy Long. Terre Haute, vs. Eddie Roberts. Indianapolis; 118 pounds. Six Rounds—Private Sammy Adkins. Ft. Harrison, vs. Ross Wilson. Terre Haute; 138 pounds. Four Rounds—Private Rov James. Camp Knox. vs. Private K. O. Brown. Ft. Harrison; 145 pounds. First bout at 8:30.

product, twice had to overcome a lead of 3 up, saw a lead of 3 up he himself acquired late in the match, fade away, and then emerged victorious in an extra hole. Serrick, a New York golfer, played a spectacular brand of golf in the final match.

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Scorers Change Ruling on Game By United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 9—Monday was a bad day for Walter Johnson. In addition to losing his game, 6 to 1, against Cleveland, the veteran pitcher was informed the defeat by Detroit on his “anniversary day” Aug. 2, was chargeable to him and not to Braxton, the American League scorers overruling the local tally keeper. Johnson was leading 5 to 4 against Detroit in the ninth, with one out, a man on second and two balls on the batter. Braxton, who relieved Johnson walked the batter and both runners scored. It was held the two balls unfairly handicapped Braxton. RICKEY SIGNS CONTRACT Veteran to Continue With St. Louis Cards Five More Years. Bu United Press ST. LOUIS, Mo., Aug. 9.—Branch Rickey will continue as vice-presi-dent and business manager of the St. Louis Cardinals for another five years. Sam Breadon, president of the club, announced following completion of new contract negotiations. Breadon said Rickey was mainly responsible for the great organization the Cardinals have built up. SENATORS GET LAMAR By United Press WASHINGTON. .Aug. 9.—8i1l Lamar, slug|ing Athletics’ outfielder, has come to the Washington Senators on waiver and will play left field, with Goslin shifted to center, as long as Tris Speaker continues to nurse an injured wrist.

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Bobby Jones Rated First in Rankings ■■ • George Von Elm Is Placed Second—Jess Sweet* ser Is Third. By United Press NEW YORK. Aug. 9.—Bobby Jones, winner of the British open championship, was rated in first place over George Von Elm, national amateur champion, in the 1927 ranking list of the United States Golf Association. The association said that, in giving first place to Jones, it considered the records of the two. Von Elm defeated Jones last year in the United States open, but Jones set anew course record when he took the British open this year. The ratings, which were first used last year, establish the seeding in the draw for the amateur championship. Other ratings were: 3 J. W. Sweetser. 4F. Ouimet. SW. Gunn. 68. Stein. 7 E. Held. A 8— J. P. Guilford. w 9H. R. Johnston. 10— R. Mackenzie. Stein, Held and Johnston wer not In the first ten rank last year. Those in the second ten this year included D. C. Corkran, G. Dawson, F. Dolp, E. H. Driggs, Jr.; C. Evans, Jr.; W. C. Fownes, Jr.; J. Manion, M. R. Marston, G. J. Voigt and F, J. Wright, Jr.