Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 128, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 October 1927 — Page 10

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PLAYING AFIELD With Billy Evans

p ■ S the abolition of the scoutI A ing system, to which a numl**l ber of the leading colleges have agreed, going to purify the game of football? I don’t think so. Asa matter of fact, it is my belief the rule is going to breed deception, make for

hypocrisy. Just how valuable the scouting systefn in football really is only the coaches can answer. A majority are keen for it, while few, if any, say it has no particular value. Therefore, it must be more or less worth while. Once upon a time f o o t b all scouts tried to

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conceal their identity, but seldom got away with it. Some years ago the leading coaches decided to be above board in all things pertaining to scouting. When a coach sent several men to scout a team he would inform the opposition of his intent, requesting they be supplied with seats, and so forth. The scouts would then be 'welcomed by the rival college and given every consideration. Under the nonscouting system, hypocrisy is sure to enter' into preparation for the various big games, since dope is sure to be slipped the coaches from various sources. * * * MORE AID TO BATTER ——-IESPITE the fact Babe Ruth jj hit sixty home runs the past season and his teammate, Lou Gehrig, was runner-up with forty-seven, there are still those who believe the pitchers are again getting the upper hand. Some years ago, when such a condition really existed and most games were pitchers’ battles, the lively ball and the ban on freak deliveries were introduced to handicap the pitchers. The reform desired was accomplished. > Recently, I received a suggestion from R. W. Williams, an attorney of Wytheville, Va., relative to the foul strike rule. Here is his suggestion: “Do not count the first foul hit by a batter a strike. You no doubt have often noticed a batter compelled by the exigencies of the game to let one in the ‘groove’ go by. He fouls off the next one. Asa -result he is in the hole and forced to swing at any ball that is doubtful for fear of being called out.” I have no doubt but that the suggestion of Mr- Williams would make for more batting, since it would have a tendency to prolong the batter’s time at bat. USE OF RESIN BALL r IMERICAN1 MERICAN LEAGUE pitchers A, I are wondering what action l**l will be taken on the resin rule after the retirement of President ■Johnson. During his long connection with the American League he founded, Mr. Johnson always has been against deception. He so regarded the permitting of the pitchers to use resin. While baseball rules permit the pitcher to use resin, American League twirlers have neveronce asked for it and, as a result, only pitchers who actually had it on their person used it. No doubt the thought of the successor to President Johnson will determine the policy of the American League next season relative to the much discussed resin bag.

C ufith weal bowlers EFTY LEE

The pins were falling in the Indianapolis league games at Pritchetts alleys, no fewer than nine games going over the “1,000” mark, the 1,053 of the Pioneer Coffee team being high. Marotts *had high three-game total getting 3,039 on games of 1,007, 1,009 and 1,023, which gave them a two out of three game win over the Silver Flash team. The 3-F Coffee, Blue Point and Hotel Severln boys also won two out of three, the Pioneer Coffee, Bemis Bag and Robinson Coal being the victims. Coco-Cola No. 1 and FurnasSchoen won three from the Virginia Sweet and Falls City Lager outfits. Richert made It a perfect week when he rolled games of 186, 204 and 261 to top the field with 651. On Monday night this boy cracked them for a count of 674 to lead the Recreation League, making his grand total 1,325 for an average of 221 per game. Others who reached the 600 mark in Indianapolis League were: Westover, 602: English, 602; Hofstatter, 606; Rassmussen. 621; Wiesman, 644; Cobler, 641; Naughton, 624; Snyder, 606; Mounts, 627; Carmin, 613: E. Striebeck. 621; Hueber. 634, and Abbott, 626. Forty-nine games of better than “200” were rolled, the 261 of Richerts’ being* high. Santa Maria’s and La Salles won three games from the Pinta’s and Calumets, while the Isabellas and Marquettes took the odd game from the Columbeans and Nina’s in the K. of C. League games at the Century alleys. Jerry O’Grady had .an ordinary night so A1 Krebs slipped in and took his copyrighted high total with games'of 211, 192 and 187, a count of 590. High single game went to Schnor when he rolled 247 In his first try. Deery also rolled a fine game'getting 243 in his second try. The Indianapolis Traffic Club Bowling League opened its reason Wednesday night at Pritchett's Recreation alleys, four clubs rolling. They seemed to be evenly matched as two out of three wins ruled. Jones and Sedgmans defeating the Leliands and Cotrells. The City Trust Cos. and Fletcher American National won three games from the Bankers Special and Farmers Tiust Cos. in the Bankers League games at the Central alleys, while the Continental National and Marion County State Bank had to fc l?a content with a two-out-of-three Sin over the Fletcher Savings and rust Cos. and- American Central ife. Hurt had 612 on games of Wjjo4, 219 and 189 for high total. PearTson chased him with 608 oy games of 215, 195 and 198. H* Uptown League games resulted in a thrM-time win for the Fort Pitt and Trv--1 M* teams over the Metal Craft and Pttt-man-Rlce outfits. Two out of three were won bv the 'Omar Baking Conjpany, CocaOelo and Kries Transfer from the FiftyFourth St. Merchants. Artificial Ice Company and Uptown five. The boys are

‘Breaks’ Prove Positive Factor in Opening Game of Series

H. S. Elevens in Six Games This Week All Local Grid Squads to See Action Friday and Saturday. Six games are on tap this weekend for the approval of local high school football fans. Five contests are to be played Friday, three at home and two on the road, while a sixth contest is to be played in the city, Saturday. Friday, Tech will clash with- the always powerful Male High eleven of Louisville at the East side field. Plenty of excitement is expected as the Male team generally is followed by a large crowd of staunch supporters. Crawfordsville will play Washington at Washington Park. It will be the west siders’ first home contest of the season. Seymour will play Boys’ Prep at the Prep Field. Shortridge will take on Morton at Richmond while Manual will journey to Newcastle. Saturday Jeffersonville will invade Indianapolis for a game with the Cathedral eleven at Washington Park. The visitors are expected to afford the local Irish lots of fight.

(§pHniis Bn XEA Service . 3 EST POINT, N. Y., Oct. 6. JVY7J Watch Harry Wilson! You I ** I hear that any time you see the Army eleven in action, for Harry Wilson is one of those fellows you

just have to watch all the time. Wilson, a veteran halfback, is captain of the Army eleven this fall, and, as in previous*" seasons, is expected to be one of the great backs of the Nation. Few halfbacks will rate better than Wilson in all-round ability when the sea-

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son is over. * By brilliant dodging from a quick turn of the hips, the Army leader is possessed of a seemingly uncanny ability to gain through a crowded field. He Is an unfailing catcher of punts and an implacable tackier on defense. One easily can realize, how valuable he is to the Army attack when it is learned he scored approximately two-fifths of all points scored by the Cadets last year—9s out of 240: lOWA TROUBLED Bn United Press lOWA CITY, lowa, Oct. 6.— Need for a good punter is causing University of lowa mentors trouble as the game with Ohio nears. The lowans also need more strength at the end positions.

finding thd range on these drives and in last night’s session turned in twelve games of better than •'200.” the 236 of McGali being high. McGail also carried off top honors over the three-game route,.getting 621 on games of 188, 236 and 197. Pressmen broke the first-place tie in The-'Times Bowling League at the Indiana alleys Wednesday, taking the Composing Room down the line two out of three. Mailers took three from Display, as Circulation No. 2 also handed the Editors a three-time lacing. Classified took the odd game from Circulation No. 1. Faust, leading pin-toppler in this loop, was far and away “off,” getting 181, 184 and 139. Eggert and Copley passed the “200” mark, Eggert with 204 and Copley with 217. The league standing: * w. L. Pressmen 9 3 [Classified 5 7 Mailers 9 3 Clrc. No. 2 .... 5 7 Composing .... 8 4 Circ. No. 1 .... 4 8 Editors 6 6! Display 2 10

WORLD’S SERIES MILLIONS

Bu United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—With record receipts of $1,207,864 in 1926 the total receipts for the world’s series since 1903 reached the staggering sum of $10,770,312. The players, out of this huge sum, divided $3,797.514.90 and the club owners $5,209,520.65. The remainder went to the league treasuries, the national commission and its successor, the commissioner’s office. Following is a table showing the figures: Gross Players’ Clubs' Nat. Com. Receipts. Share. Share Sli^re. 1903 $50,000.00 .... / 1904 No series }305 , $27,394.20 $3070.03 $6,840.77 1906 / 106,550.00 33.401.70 62,493.30 10,655.00 1907 , ,4 101.728.50 54.933.30 36,622.26 10.172.85 1908' 94,975.50 46,114.02 39,363.03 9 497 55 1909 188,302.50 66.924.90 102,547.35 18,830.25 1910 173,980.00 79,071.93 77.510.07 17 398 00 1911 342.164.50 127.910.81 180,217.44 3.4,036.45 1912 490,449.00 147.572.28 293.831.82 49 044 90 1913 ...., 325,980.50 135,164.16 158 218.29 32 598 05 1914 225.739.00 121.898.94 80 266.16 22 573 90 1915 320,361.50 144,899.55 143.425.80 32 036 15 1916 385.590.50 182.927.45 184 104.00 38 559 05 1917 425.878.00 152.888.58 230.401.62 42 587 80. 1918 179.619.00 69.527.70 92 129 40 17 961 90 1919 722.414.00 260,349 66 389,322.94 72 241 40 1920 564,800.00 161.182.06 347.157.94 56 480 00 1921 900,233.00 292,522.23 472,075.82 135 034 95 1922 605,475.00 247.309.71 164 873 04 72 591 11 1923 1.063.815.00 362,783.04 ''535.469 72 159 572 24 1924 1.093.104.00 331,092.51 598 945.89 163 965 60 1925 1,182.854.00 339.644.19 332 900.84 177 428 12 1926 1.207.864.00 372,300.51 654 383 89 181 179 60

ISOLA’S WORTHY WINS Winner of Rich Race Adds Another Victory to List. B'i Times Special ATLANTA, Ga., Oct. 6.—lsola’s Worthy, recent winner of 000 Hambletonian Stake at Laxington, Ky., Wednesday added the 3-year-old trot at the local Grand Circuit meteting to the list of victories already piled up. The purse was $2,000. Fullworthy won the SI,OOO 2:14 trot and Lucy Wood took the 2:15 pace for Southern horses. 1

Third Inning of Drab Baseball Contest Kills Pirate . Chances. POWER NOT BIG FACTOR Proof of Uncertainty of Diamond Sport. BY BILLY EVANS, / American Lea sue Umpire and NEA Service Sports Editor ' PITTSBURGH, Oct. s.—The proved a far more positive factor than the punch in the first game of the world series. New York got the breaks and won. Pittsburgh had the punch or power and lost. In sizing up the series, I constantly have stressed the fact that the unexpected break very often has rendered power a negative factor. The opening game of the series offered convincing proof. The New York Yankees, perhaps the greatest aggregation of sluggers in the history of the game, scored three runs in the third inning to win the ball game on just one robust hit, a single, by the irrepressible Babe Ruth. George Grantham provided the opening break. Three others followed in rapid succession, to give New York a lead that never was relinquished. Error on Easy One Grantham, the Pirate second sacker, retired Combs, first man up in the third inning, on a flashy stop of a hard hit ball, for which he went far to his left. Koenig followed with a slow rolling grounder, not nearly so difficult a play as Grantham had just executed, but he erred grievously and the Yank shortstop was safe at first. That slip proved to be the undoing of the Pirates. It seemed to unsettle the usually iron-nerved Kremer. Ruth singled on the first pitch, sending Koenig to thirdTwo costly bases on balls followed, forcing a run over the plate and leaving the sacks still loaded. At this

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stage, Manager Ownie Bush showed he has unlimited confidence in his pitching star, for he left Kremer on the rubber to work out his salvation. A force out at second allowed another run to drift over the plate. A costly error, followed by two bases on balls, with a hit }nixed in, had given New York two runs. It seemed as if those three breaks were enough, but the fourth and all important one, was to follow, permitting the third soft run to score. He’s the Goat Catcher Earl Smith of the Pirates figured prominently in this plt.y, first as a near hero, then the goat. With Gehrig on third, Lazzeri at first and Dugan up, Tony started for second. Smith faked a throw to that base, then cleverly whipped the ball to third, getting Gehrig off the bag. Traynor who handled itlie ball, made a beautiful stop of Smith’s hurried throw. As Gehrig da'bed fQr the plate, his avenue to third having been cut off. Traynor followed the dazzling pickup with a perfect throw to Smith. Gehrig would have been out ten feet but the ball got away from the Pirate catcher and Gehrig scored what proved to be an all-important run. That one inning tells the real story of a rather drab, poorly played world series game, in which two of baseball’s greatest pitchers failed to show their true form. Both Hoyt and Kremer, starting pitchers, were unsteady and failed to finish. The relief pitchers delivered. Johnny Mil jus of the Pirates showed meone of the best curve balls I have seen in years. He was practically unhittable and certainly will be heard from later on if he can continue that brand of hurling. Upset Hug’s Dope The use of Wiley Moore to save the faltering Hoyt has upset Manager Huggins’ pitching selections a trifle. Prior to the start of The opener, he informed me he would use Moore in the second game, provided he wasn’t called on as relief pitcher, following with Pennock in the third and opening game at New York. Ownie Bush, courageous pilot of the Pirates, is certain to come back with Aldridge. The great success of Johnny Miljus’ curve ball against the 'Yanks has paved the way for Aldridge. who also boasts a deceptive hook. •

FIRST IN GOLF. MEET Dr. Paul Hurt Winner of Annual Doctors-Dentists’ Tourney. Dr. Paul T. Hurt won the annual doctors and dentists’ golf tournament, Wednesday afternoon at Highland Country Club with a low gross score of 75. dentist, was second low gross with 77. JOCKEY NOW ACTOR Tommy Meade, a former jockey, is now on the road with a New York show.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

’Twas a Gloomy Day for ‘Pop’ Warner

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SAKE several minutes off to take in this scene in Saturday’s defeat of Stanford by St. Mary's. It well explains why “Pop" Warner’s team, heralded as probable winners of the coast championship again this vear, couldn’t beat Coach "Slip" Madigan's St. Mary’s eleven. The white-sweatered lad leading the interference is “Biff” Hoffman, Stanford full back. He failed to open the way for the Stanford ball carrier. Please note the players of both teams sprawled about. The elusive Stanford backs couldn’t evade St. Mary's tacklers, as one can see here, and that is why “Pop” is boiling over the defeat given his team.

Notes and Gossip From Scene of Diamond Classic

By United Press —— ITTSBURGH. Oct. 6.— About D four hundred fans used a _* sledgehammer instead of uicKeis to get into the park Wednesday. It was revealed after the first game that one man had wielded a hammer, breaking the screen on a Sennott St. window, and he and many others squirmed through the opening before police stopped the procession. „ Mayor Walker of New York was well satisfied with the opening contest. “If the Yankees can win without hitting, what will they do wtyen they hit?” he asked. -

Gehrig and Miljus Only ‘Natives’ Playing With Title Contenders Lou Born in New York and John in Pittsburgh: Big Pitcher of Serbian Descent.

BY PAUL W. WHITE United Press Staff Correspondent PITTSBURGH, Oct. 6.— Only two men on the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Yankees are natives of the cities they represen* but those two may become outstanding heroes of the 1927 world series. , They are John Miljus, the Pirate's right-handed hurler, whose record makes him 7 one of baseball's most traveled pitchers, and Lou Gehrig, first baseman and slugger de luxe of the New York Yankees. In the first game* of the series, Wednesday, it wasn't Miljus’ fault that the Yankees won, 5 to 4, but Gehrig on the other hand had a lot to do with it. Stops Threatened Rally Miljus, the lohe player of Serbian descent in the major leagues, came to the mound ,in the sixth inning, replacing Remy Kremer. Lazzeri was

Series Opening Battle in Figures

NEW YORK . AB R H O A E* Combs. Cf 4 0 0 4 0 0 Koenig, ss 4 2 l 2 2 0 Ruth, rs 4 2 8 5 0 0 Gehrig, lb 2 1 1 9 1 0 Meusel. If 3 0 0 2 0 1 Lazzeri, 2b 4 0 1 2 5 0 Dugan, 3b 3 0 0 0 0 0 Collins, c-n 2 0 0 3 0 0 Hoyt, p 3 0 0 0 0 0 Moore, p 1 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 30 ~i 6 27 10 1 PITTSBURGH \ AB R H O A E L. Waner. cf ...4 2 1 1 0 0 Barnhart. If 5 C 1 3 0 0 P. Waner. rs 4 0 33 0 o Wright, ss 2 1 1 1 5 0 Traynor, 3b ,4 0 1 1 2 0 Grantham, 2b 3 0 0 5 3 1 Harris, lb 4 0 1 8 2 0 Smith, c 4 0 0 4 1 1 Kremer, p 2 1 1 0 0 0 Miljus. p 1 0 0 1 3* 0 Brickell 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 4 9 27 16 2 Brickell batted for Miljus in ninth. New York 103 010 000—5 Runs batted in—By Gehrig,, 2; Wright, 1: Lazzeri, 1; P. Waner, 1; Barnhart, 1. Two-base hits—P. Waner. Kremer, Koenig. L. Waner, Lazzeri. Three-base hits— Gehrig. Sacrifices—Wright, 2: Gehrig, Dugan. First base on errors—New York. 1; Pittsburgh .1 Double plays—Lazzeri and Gehrig; Wright, Grantham and Harris. Left on bases—New York. 4; Pittsburgh, 7. Bases on balls—Off Kremer. 3; off Hoyt, 2; off Miljus. !. Struck out— By Kremer. 1; by Hovt. 2; by Miljus. 3. Hits—Off Kremer. 5 in 5 innings inone out in sixth!; off Miljus, 1 in 4 innings: off Hovt, 8 in 7 1-3 innings; off Moore. 1 in 1 2-3 innings. Hit bv pitched ball— Bv Hovt. L. Waner. Time—2:o4. Winning pitcher—Hoyt. Losing pitcher— Kremer. Umpires—Quigley, Nallin. Moran and Ormsby. BASEBALL NOTES Silver Flash baseball club will meet at tire home of the manager Friday night. Flashes will close their season at Bloomington Sunday with a double-header. Flashes will have anew ball park /next season at Broad Ripple. > Indianapolis Casting Company, defeated Thorntown Sunday, 6 to 0. Dick, pitcher for the winners, fanned twelve men and allowed one hit. Casters will play Carmel. Ind., Sunday. FOOTBALL NOTES O’Hara Sans defeated Battery B, Ft. Harrison, 3£ to 0. Sunday. Important practice 7:30 p. m. Friday night. All players expecting to see action in Sunday’s game must attend. Call Li iccl 18X4. between 8 a. in. and 5 p. m.. r mte H. Engelhardt, 1524 N. Dearborn • BEATS DANO Bu Times Special ■ - 1 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.. Oct. 6. Johnny McCoy, Cleveland, won an unpopular ten-round decision from Pablo Dano, Filipino boxer, here Wednesday. HAD LITTLE OPPOSITION New Orleans furnished Wichita Falls with little opposition* in the annual Dixie series as the Texans won four straight games.

Manager Ownie Bush of the Pirates can’t escape the “Kiki” Cnyler controversy. A group of fans In Harrisvilie. Mich.. Cuvier’s home town, sent Bush a telegram urging that the outfielder be placed in the line-up “for the sake of ‘Kiki's’ falher and mother.” The city council will meet next Monday morning, instead of afternoon as customary. If the series goes six games the teams will be back here Monday and the council realized there would be no quorum after 1:30 p. m. Lou Gehrig, Yank first baseman, was the honor guest at a Phi Delta Theta function at the University of

on second wish one out. Dugan sacrificed, Collins walked and then Hoyt hit into a double play. The Pirate twirler was never threatened thereafter. In the four innings he worked he struck out three men, walked one. allowed only one hit, a single by Ruth, and held the Yanks scoreless. Gehrig got a lucky triple off Berner in the first inning. The blow scored Ruth with the first ruh of the game and in the fifth Gehrig boosted his runs-batted-in "total to two when his sacrifice fly scored Koenig. Lou Shines in Field But in the field Gehrig was a real star, performing like a human scoop at his corner f the diamond. He cut off at least two bad errors of his fellow infielders by great stabs and he was poison to ground balls. Gehrig was born in New York twenty-four years ago, and after starring on the gridiron and diamond at Columbia University he entered professional baseball with the Yankees in 1923. Huggins sent him to Hartford of the Eastern League for seasoning. He returned to the Yanks and became a regular, succeeding Wally Pipp in mid-sum-mer of 1925. He “Jumped" Giants Miljus was born in Pittsburgh in June, 1895. His first professional baseball experience was with Binghamton of the New York League in 1914. The next year he became the property of the New York Giants and then jumped to the Pittsburgh Federals. In 1916 he was with St. Mary's in the Interstate League. A year later he was again with Binghamton, being sold to the Brooklyn Robins at the close of the season. He went to war in 1918, incidentally with the same overseas unit as Joe Harris, the Pittsburgh first baseman. When' he came back he played with Toledo. Back With Robins Then he went once more to the Robins. In 1922 he played with the New Orleans and Nashville clubs and in 1923 with Rochester of the International League. He landed with Bridgeport of the Eastern League in 1924 and then was sold to Seattle of the Pacific Coast League. He remained with Seattle until July of this year when the Pirates obtained him. VARSITY, STOPS FROSH Bp United Press \ COLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 6.— The freshmen at Ohio State used lowa plans against the varsity Wednesday, and were unable to score on the regulars. CONCENTRATE ON LINE Bn United Press EVANSTON, HI., Oct. 6.—Northwestern’s line received the greatest attention in a hard scrimmage on Wednesday. The coaches are trying to perfect each man in his work on defense and offense.

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Pittsburgh Wednesday night. Lou was a “Phi Delt” at Columbia. Although reports from New York said the Yankees were now 2-to-l favorites to win the series, the best odds the Hugmen were quoted at here today were K to ,"> and 10 to 7. Betting on today’s game was at even money. Bob Quinn, president of the Boston Red Sox. didn’t think much of the first game. He threatened walk out as early as the sixth inning. "These teams aren’t playing any better than my tailenders. This is no vacation for me,” he said. After the game today the clubs will make haste to entrain for New York on a special train. The 400 baseball writers covering the series also will leave on a special. Encouraging from a Yankee standpoint is the fact that Babe Ruth is still “hot," after his record breaking year, as he showed in getting three hits off pitching designed expressly to' keep him from lofting the ball. The dope received a tremendous kick in the pants Wednesday when the starting pitchers on both sides folded up. Hoyt and Kremer were counted on to turn in two fine ball games. Kremer didn't last through the sixth inning, Hoyt looked for the nearest exit and walked gravely thereto in the eighth. Outstanding bad points of the Pirates' play in the opener were: Paul Waner trying: for an impossible shoestring catch in the-flrst inning with two out and a runner on the bases. George Graiahain booting an easy grounder at second base with one out and nobody on. Ray Kremer passing Muesel with the bases full and forcing a run over. Earl Smith dropping a thrown ball at the plate right in his hands with the runner only two paces In front of him. Glenn Wright holding third on a plav at second base when Traynor. going into the bag with “hoopla" flourish, toppled Koenig to the turf, who lav there some seconds holding the ball. Joe Harris refusing to budge from first base after singling to center when the throw-in was directed to third base to catch another runner. Perhaps it was not unusual that the Pirates should have played generally ragged baseball. They had just come through a terrific fight in their own league, a ''fight that

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Card Completed for Armory Ring Scraps Tuesday The complete card of matches for next Tuesday night's Legion boxing show at the Armory wal announced today by Captain Clark, matchmaker, as follows: Ten Rounds- Farmer Joe Cooper. West York. 111. vs. Johnny Holly. San Francisco; 145 pounds. Eight Rounds--Bobby Bridges, Indianapolis. vs. Frankie Palmo, Cincinnati; 147 pounds. Six Rounds- Jimmy Harris. Cincinnati, vs. Otto Atterson. Terre Haute; 130 pounds Six Rounds—Patsy Drennen. Cincinnati, vs . Eddie Roberts, Indianapolis; 118 pounds. Four Rounds—Howard Mitchell. Cincinnati. vs. Danny Stewart. Indianapolis; 138 pounds. Johnny Holly, the west coast welter, who is coming here to meet Joe Cooper, is said to be in the midst of a great winning streak. Os his last ten fights, Holly won three by knockout, six by decision and one was a draw.

41,467 Attend

By 1 nited Press FORBES FIELD, PITTSBURGH. Oct. 6. —Statistics on first world series game: Attendance, 41,467. Receipts, $182,477. Advisory council’s share, $27,371.55. Clubs’ shares, $62,042 18 Players’ share, $93,063.27.

left them nerve torn and mentally distressed.' The Yanks, on the ether hand, have had nothing more wearing on their minds than the size of the series spoils since midsummer. Invitations have been received for Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig to play in more than fifty cities on their forthcoming barnstorming tour. A definite date was arranged todd?P for the home run pair to appeal in Kansas City Oct. 15 under the auspices of the Kansas City JournalPost for the benefit of the children’s hospital fund. There were two Yankee heroes in Wednesday's ball game, and one was Columbia Lou Gehrig. The other was old Wiley Moore, who was awakened from his afternoon siesta in the bullpen in the eighth inning and pressed into service in relief of Hovt. A relief it was. too. Gehrig made four plays around first base that no othT first baseman in the game could ha e bettered, and at least two of them rame at extremely rritieal moments. Don't be surprised if he isn't one of the defensive stars of this series, as well as one of the heavy belters.

Hendricks Strings With Nationals Despite Defeat In Opening Tilt Jack Attributes Setback to Nervousness, and Believes Pirates Will Continue to Outhit Yankees.

BY JACK HENDRICKS Manager of the Cinrlnnati Keila iWritten for The United Pressi PITTSBURGH. Oct. 6. The breaks went against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the opening game, but to me they still seem the club most likely to win the series. The fact that the New York Yankees were held to six hits shows that they can be beaten, when things break right for the Pirates. Kremer was not at his best, yet the American Leaguers made only five hits off his delivery, the sixth and last of their blows coming with Miljus in the box. This was a single by Babe Ruth. The Pirates, on the other hand, showed that they can hit Yankee pitching. The Waner brothers were impressive in their first world series. As I viewed the game, there was

OCT. 6, 1927

Hoyt Figures His Club Has Play Cinched Yank Hurler Gives Pirates Poor Rating on First Game Showing. BY WAITE HOYT’ Pitcher, New York Yankees PITTSBURGH. Oct. 6.— The Yankees, with the aid of their splendid defensive play scored victory No. 1. The game was a sweet one to win. Besides giving us the psychological advantage, it taught us many important things about the Pirates. From our standpoint, it was an easier victory than the score indicates. I pitched a sloppy ball game. I didn’t have a "thing.” My fast ball was a joke, my curve ordinary, and I was talked out- of throwing any change of pace. Blister Develops I pitched badly to Paul Waner all day. Besides not having any “stuff" I developed a blister under the nail of my third flhger. Blister or no blister, I pitched a rotten game. I am aching to work again. ** We scored five runs on six hits, aided by several mental lapses on the part of the Pirates, who appeared pepless and nervous. It Is a cinch they will have to improve a great deal to beat us. If I had been pitching against the Detroit Tigers or the Philadelphia Americans, I would have been knocked out in two Innings. “Slow Thinkers” WfTexpected speed and dash from the Corsairs, but somfhow they appeared a slow thinking iall club. For instance, Traynor was on first base, Wright on second, Grantham forced Traynor at second. In trying to break up a double play, Traynor knocked Koenig down and piled on top of him. Koenig couldn’t get up, yet Wright held third base. He could have scored. Slow think'ng. My summary of the game shows this: Kremer was either not himself or he "cousin.” A "cousin” is a ball player’s expression for a pitcher who is easy to fathom. Yanks to Improve Second, if the Pirates cannot beat us when our pitcher is pitching badly and our hitting is slim, they never will beat us when all departments are functioning. Third, that we have discovered the advance advice on how to pitch to the Pittsburgh team is all wrong- I found that out by the fourth Inning. It is my opinion that George Pipgras will not permit six hits to the Pirates. It is our year.

no particular turning point, no one play to which one could point and say: “That won the ball game.” Nervousness, over-anxiety and accidents cost the National League champions their chance of victory. They looked to me like the better ball club, yet in that third Inning, two errors and the failure to complete a double plfiy made all the difference between success and failure. Figures on Aldridge I really feel that things will be different from now on. The Pirates should even matters. Vic Aldridge, if he pitches his best, should be able to beat the Yankees with a fast curve ball. There is no denying that the opening game was somewhat of a disappointment, in that while the score was tight the playing was loose.