Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 129, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1927 — Page 18

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With Billy Evans EOOKS very much as if this might be a busy winter season in major league baseball circles, the American League in particular. The runaway race made by the Yankees this year has made apparent the fact New York must be halted, if the

American League race is to be at all interesting in 1928. Recently Manager Bill Carrigan of the Boston Red Sox announced he was ready to trade any man on his ball club, if he believed the shift would help him.

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“The trouble with this trade talk,” says Carrigan, “is none of the other clubs want to give' you anything in return.” The Cleveland and St. * Louis clubs musts be rebuilt while Chicago must at least be rejuvenated. Detroit has trading material, also Washington. Asa matter of fact, all the clubs, with the possible exception of New York and Philadelphia, could stand a bit of tinkering. mF Owner Ball of the St. Louis Browns goes through with his intention to put George Sisler or the market, there is sure to be lively bidding for his services. Sisler’s very serious eye trouble undoubtedly has handicapped his play, but he still is quite a first baseman and could be used to advantage by a number of major league ball clubs. It is a known fact that after a player has been in the same city a great many years, he very often outlives his usefulness to that particular club, yet, given a change of scenery, he takes on renewed life. There are in the American League a half dozen veterans, each with two or three more years of valuable services left, who would do much better if transferred elsewhere. CUYLER MAY GO D— —ION’T take it for granted that all the trade talk, as well as the actual transactions, are going to be confined to the American League. John McGraw of the New York Giants thought he had an excellent chance to win the National League pennant. So did I, as I watched the team in spring training. The Giants fell short and, in so doing, revealed several weaknesses. No one knows better than John McGraw where the club must be strengthened, if it is again to be a serious contender. The leader of the Giants isn’t the kind of a manager who remains silent and sits idle when there is work to be done. It looks as if Pittsburgh would be in the market with “Kiki” Cuyler and he should be an even more interesting trade prospect than the great Sisler. since he is much younger. Columbia Club Golf Tournament Luke Lincoln was first low gross for eighteen holes in the annual golf tourney of the Columbia Club at the Indianapolis Country Club Thursday. Lincoln, in addition to winning first prize, took the first leg on a club championship trophy presented by J. T. Moreman. Elton Lefler, first low net for eighteeen holes, took the first leg on the Duragold cup offered by eight Kokomo players who competed in the tourney. ' Low gross for thirty-six holes was T. Orbison and low net for thirty-six was W. H. Lincoln. B. Whitcomb was low gross for. nine holes and P. W. Fox low net for nine. Eighteen holes, low gross, for men over 50 years, was won by J. W. Stout, and low net by A. V. Conrad.

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Yankees* Daring Baseball Deciding Factor in Second of Series

Toledo Annexes Series; Palmero Scores Shutout Bit United Press TOLEDO, Ohio, Oct. 7.—The junior world’s series baseball title rested with Toledo, champions of the Association, today. The Toledo Hens scored their fifth and deciding victory over Buffalo, representing the International League, Thursday, 4 to 0. Palmero pitched the victory and drove in the first two Toledo runs in the second inning, with a single. Buffalo won only one game. Thursday’s score: Buffalo ABSOA! Toledo AB HO A Tyson, cf . 4 2 0 0 Lebour’u, rs 4 3 1 0 Fisher, rs.. 4 1 2 0 Maguire, 2b 3 0 6 8 3r’n’d, lf-2b 4 2XO Marriott. 3b 4 1 0 X Bison’te, lb 4 012 0 Veach, 1f... 4 1 0 0 Cohen, ss . 4 2 3 6Grimes, lb. 4 0 6 1 Malone, 2b. 1 0 2 5 Koehler, cf. 4 3 1 0 Andrsn, 3b 2 1 0 0 O’Neill, c .. 3 1 6 0 Taylor, 3b. 2 0 0 1 Cote, ss ... 3 0 7 3 Carter, 0 0 0 Palmero, p. 3 1 0 2 Pond, c 0 % 4 1 Proffitt, p.. 2/I 0 3 ♦Ogden ... 1 0 0 0 Hollgwth, p 0 0 0 0 Leverenz, p 0 0 0 0 Totals ..33 924 16 Totals ...32 10 27 15 •Ogden batted for Proffitt in seventh. Buffalo 000 000 000—0 Toledo 020 000 20*—4 Runs Lebourveau, Koehler, O'Neill, Palmero. Errors—Malone, Carter, Maguire. Stolen bases—Marriott, Lebourveau. Sacrifices Malone, Maguire, O’Neill. Double plays—Maguire to Cote to Grimes (2): Malone to Cohen to Bissonette. Struck out—By Palmero, 4: by Proffitt, 1. Hits —Off Proffitt, 7 in 6 innings; off Hollingsworth. 2 in 1-3 inning; off Leverenz, 1 in 1 2-3 innings. Bases on balls—Off Proffitt, 1; off Palmero, 1; off Hollingsworth, 1. Wild pitch—Proffitt. Left on bases Buffalo, 8; Toledo, 8. Losing pitcher— Proffitt. Umpires—Pinneran and Guthrie. Tim?—l:s6. Scarlet Fever Hurts Illinois Bn United Press URBANA, 111., Oct. 7.—An extensive change in the Illinois lineup was effected by Coach Zuppke, following quarantine of Humbert, fullback, Marriner, tackle, Richman, guard, and Schutz, center. The four men are members of Sigma Phi and a case of scarlet fever was found in the fraternity house.

Series Figures

By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Pertinent facts on the third game cf the World Series today: Contestants-*- Pittsburgh Pirates, National League winners, and New York Yankees, American League champions. Place—Yankee Stadium, New York. Time—l:3o p. m. (eastern standard). Probable Batteries —Lee Meadows and John Gooch for Pittsburgh— Wiley Moo’-e or Herb Pennock and Jack Grabowski for New York. Umpires—Moran at the plate; Ormsby at first; Quigley at second, and Nallin at third. —Standings— Won. Lost. Pet. New York 2 0 1.000 Pittsburgh 0 2 .000 First game at Pittsburgh, New Yofk, 5; Pittsburgh, 4. Second garpa at Pittsburgh, New York, 6; burgh, 2. Attendance and receipts, two games: Attendance, 83,081. Receipts $365,455.00 Council's share 54,818.25 Players’ share 184.382.05 Clubs’ share 124,254.70 HENNESSEY EXHIBITS Johnny Plays Tennis Matches Before Notre Dame Students. Bn Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Oct, 7. John Hennessey, noted Indianapolis tennis star, played in exhibition matches at Notre Dame courts Thursday. Johnny defeated Bud Markey in singles, 6-1, 6-1 and paired with Ruckelhaus lost in the doubles to Markey and Griffith, 6-4, 2-6, 3-1. The final set was cut short.

Pirates’ Bad Form Makes Yanks Smile Hoyt Indicates His Club Is Laughing Way Through Big Series. % BY WAITE HOYT, Pitcher, New York Yankees Bit United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—After two splendid action days in Pittsburgh, we arrived here hi New York today rarin’ to go, with expectations of

four straight victories. The New York Yankees stepped out and took the second victory in two days, beating the Corsairs at their own game. A few singles, a double or two (I am writing frojn observation, not statistics), were sufficient in deciding the second contest. A wellpitched game by

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t Pipgras was the feature. I said in Thursday’s article Pipgras would not allow over five hits. My mistake. I was two hits out of the way. He permitted seven. Pirates Lack Pep .Frankly, the Pirates are pepless. The team thus far has showed no fight, no speed. lam not belittling the Pittsburgh players. They must be good or they could not have won the pennant. Their spiritless plaj may be due to the contrast which our club offers. The Yankees are having a good time, laughter, jokes and encouraging chatter prevails. We have not hit a home run as yet. Pittsburgh critics offer the laughable reason the National League ball is slower. Well, we beat them two games with that ball, so look out for the lively one in our park. I asked Earl Combs why he uad not hit more frequently. His answer embodies a fact which has awakened me to the truth. He said: “I have been looking for more stuff from the Pittsburgh pitchers than I have seen.” He is right. They have shown neither smartness nor truability. I do not doubt but what they are great pitchers. Something is wrong. f They Await Hill Miller Huggins remarked in the clubhouse at Pittsburgh that Miljus and Hill would give us the most trouble. So we are now concentrating on Hill. Beat him and we will win. Dugan made a stellar play Thursday which is worth mentioning. A foul ball hit into the temporary box seats apparently was falling safe. Dugan pushed spectators aside and caught the ball with one nand. As he describes it, “I picked the ball right off some bird’s nasal organ.” Baker Is Victor in Alger Scrap By United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 7.—Sergt. Sammy Baker, welterweight, outpointed Billy Alger, Phoenix, Ariz., in ten rounds here Thursday night. Joey Medill, Chicago, lightweight, outpointed Jerry Dolan, Chicago, eight rounds. Chester Bush, New Orleans, middleweight, outpointed Johnny Holly, California, six rounds. Lope Tenerio, Filipino lightweight, defeated Russ Whalen, Chicago, ten rounds. Rolleaux Saguero, Cuban heavyweight, defeated Art Wiegand, Buffalo, technical knockout, first round.

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Slashing Game of New Yorkers Sinks Pirate Ship Early. PIPGRAS GOES GREAT Huggins Varies Attack and Gets Results. By BILLY EVANS America.. League Umpire and NEA Serri Sports Editor PITTSBURGH, Oct. 7.—Pitching plus power decided the second game of the world series. The Yankees possessed both and won as they pleased. Lady Luck stood out in the New York line-up in the opener, the breaks decking the issue. Miller Huggins, feeling the fair dame might be missing ir the second clash, decided it was time for his sluggers to irn loose their 'guns and scuttle the Pirates’ ship. They obeyed their mite manager in a very convincing manner. The Yankees, behind well-nigh perfect pitching by Pipgras, played stylish, smart baseball. The Pirates were sluggish, mentally and physically. Overcomes Early Lead Despite the fact Pittsburgh got away to a one-run lead in the first session, New York elected to play a slashing game rather than safety first. Such a system soon overcame the early margin of the Pirates and gave New York three runs in the third, eventually enough to win. Daring baseball, rather than the stereotyped one-run stuff that usually features world,series games, seemed to take the fight out of the Pirates. In the eighth inning, when the Yankees added three more runs to sew the aame up tight, Huggins varied his style and again got good results. Meusel opened this inning with a base hit. Leading 3-1 at the time, proper baseball called for the Yanks to play for a run, in an attempt to strengthen that lead. Upsets Corsairs Lazzeri, in attempting to bunt the first pitch, fouled it off. As he dried his' perspiring hands on his uniform, there came a glance in the direction of the New York bench. A signal from Huggins called for a shift in style. On the next pitch, as the Pirate infield dashed in, expecting a bunt, Lazzeri hit to fight, just out of the reach of any Pittsburgh player. With runners on first and third, New York was again in a big scoring position. Two bases on balls, a wild pitch, a hit, by pitcher and a single followed, three runs resulting. Were it not for a lucky break that Pittsburgh had in this inning on a poorly executed play, there is no telling how many runs the Yanks would have made. With two runs in, no one out and Lazzeri on second, Dugan laid dowfn a perfect bunt. With no chance for a play at third, Gooch threw to that bag. Lazzeri beat the play a yard, but overslid and was touched out. That break spoiled what might have been a Pirate debacle, but it was bad enough. < Mixed ’Em Up Pipgras pitched a beautiful ball game. The possession of a great fast ball, no pitcher in the American League has a better one, and a deceptive curve, he pitched a smart game. Apparently well informed as to the strength and weakness of the Pirate batters, he fed curves to those who liked speed and speed to those who preferred hooks. “The Pirates staggered into a pennant and they are . now staggering out of a world series,” is the way a National League manager characterized the play of the Pittsburgh club in the first two games. That may be rather unkind. The Yanks arc now riding high with Herb Pennock, southpaw ace and undefeated world series pitcher in reserve. ALL-AMERICAN EVENT Bit Times Special TORONTO, Canada, Oct. 7.—An American-born golfer is certain to win the Canadian women's golf championship. Mrs. Alexa Stirling Frasej, native of Atlanta, Ga., but now a resident of Ottawa, was the only player representing Canada left in the tourney. She was to meet Miss Fritzi Stifel, Wheeling, W. Va., today in the semi-finals. Miss Helen Payson, Portland, Maine, was to play Mrs. Anderson in the other semi-final contest. FOR PURDUE BOOSTERS When Purdue tackles Harvard at Cambridge, Mass., Saturday, the feature grid struggle wtll be reproduced on a gridgraph at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium here. Purdue alumni, friends and other football fans are invited to view the scoreboard activity of the Boilermaker and Crimson machines. The contest is expected to start about 2 p. m., Indianapolis time.

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This Run Beat Pirates Second Time

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Run number three for the Yanks Thursday. Here Is Lou Gehrig, New York first baseman, tallying during the Yankee rally in the third inning. This followed his two-base hit, Meusel’s single and Lazreri’s sacrifice fly. Gooch is the catcher.

DIAMOND CLASSIC GOSSIP

EW YORK, Oct. 7.—ls the M series goes five games it is Is sure to boa million dollar affair. The receipts thus far have totaled $365,455, and since the seating capacity at Yankee stadium is greater than at Forbes field, the $1,000,000 mark will be near in just two more games. Waite Hoyt and Joe Dugan arrived home minus S3BO. That much was removed from their room in a Pittsburgh hotel. Hoyt was the harder hit, losing S3OO. Hoyt’s second Anger on hi* pitching hand has bffn lanced and is hPUnK nicely. A blood vessel broke under the nail when he handled a hard hit ball in Wednesday’s came. The Yankee invalids helped win Thursday's game. Mark Koenig, bruised by a spill in the opener, was the batting hero with three singles in five times at bat and Tony Lazzeri, nursing a sprained wrist, hit safely twice in three official trips to the plate. Max Carey, former captain of the Pirates, who was shipped to Brooklyn when internal dissension disrupted the club, and Barney Dreyfuss, his former boss, are bent on showing that there is no hard feeling. Whenever you look around you find them shaking hands for the benefit of photographers. The Pirates have the two leading batters thus far even if they haven’t won a game. Paul Waner has an average of 7571 and Remv Kremer is neat with ..>OO. The best Yankee record is the .444 owned by Mark Koenig. Pittsburgh batted .246 in the first two games and the Yankees .262. The fielding averages are .986 for the Yanks and .949 for the Pirates. A goodly crowd turned out at the Pennsylvania station in Pittsburgh. Thursday night, to see the teams off and another turnout was on hand to welcome thorn here. As usual Babe Ruth got the biggest hand.

Second Diamond Title Tilt in Figures

NEW YORK AB R H O A E Combs, cf 4 1 1 5 0 0 Koenig, ss 5 1 33 1 0 Ruth, rs 3 ? ? 2 2 2 Meuse!. U 5 i 2 2 2 2 Lazzeri, 2b 4 0 2 2 2 0 Dugan. 3b 5 1. 1 \ J 0 Bengough. c 3 1 0 4 0 0 Plpgras. p 3 0 1 1 2 0 Totals 35 6 11 27 5 0 PITTSBURGH AB R H O A E L. Waner. cf 3 2 1 7 0 1 Barnhart, If 3 0 2 1 0 0 P. Waner. rs 3 0 1 5 0 p Wright, ss 4 0 p 0 0 1 Trayr.or, 3b 4 0 13 0 0 Grantham. 2b 4 0 2 1 2 0 Harris, lb 4 0 0 3 p 0 Gooch, c ....3 0 0 7 1 0 Aldridge, p 2 0 0 0 2 0 Cvengros. p 0 0 p 0 0 p Smith 1 0 p 0 0 0 Dawson, p ...0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 7 27 ”5 ~2 Smith batted for Cvengros In eighth. New York 003 000 030—6 Pittsburgh 100 000 010—2 • Runs batted in—By Barrthart, 1; Ruth. 1: Lazzeri. 1: Koenig, 1; P. Waner. 1. Twobase hits—Gehrif, Traynor, Grantham. Three-base hit—L. Waner. Sacrifices— Barnhart. Ruth, Lazzeri, Gehrig, P. Waner. Stolen base—Meusel. First base on error —New York. 1. Double play— Lazzeri to Koenig. Left on bases—New York. 9; Pittsburgh. 3. Bases on bails— Off Aldridge, 4; off Pipgras, 1. Struck out—Bv Aldridge. 4: by Pipgras. 2. Hits — Off Aldridge. 10 in 7 1-3 innings: off Cvengros. 1 in 2-3 Innings- off Dawson, none in 1 inning. Wild pitch—Aldridge Hit by pitched ball—Combs (by Cvengros). Losing pitcher—Aldridge. Time—2:2o. Umpires—Nallin. at plate; Moran, first base; Ormsby. second, and Quigley at third.

The typical New Yorker, who had neglected, or course, to buy reserved seat tickets, found today that the 34,000 seats in the reserved Yankee Stadium stands were all taken tn advance. The speculators had some and most New Yorkers feei tt beneath their dignity to buy from any one but a speculator, so that was all right. It gives one such a thrill to be a little sub rosa about it aU; it seems Just a little shady and perhaps even wicked. So the typical New Yorker went to the speculator today and found that the following scale of prices prevailed: For $5.50 seats, $lB. For $6.60 seats, S2O. Other classes at an average advance of 200 per cent. The Yankees j and Pirates each made but five assists in Thursday’s game ,anew record for the smallest number of assists in a world series game. Against the Giants on Oct. 11, 1921, the Yankees made only five assists, but the total Thursday of ten for the two teams set anew mark. UMPIRES RETAINED President Frank Scott of the Cotton states League has announced the retention of two umpires from the 1927 staff—Levine and Black.

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Sid Fouls Phil in Second Round Bit United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Another boxing bout ended unsatisfactorily for twenty thousand fans Thursday night at Ebbets field, when Sid Terris, East Side lightweight, lost on a foul in the second round of a scheduled ten-round bout to Phil McGraw, Detroit Greek. Terris was leading when Referee Patsy Haley disqualified him after 1 minute and 27 seconds of fighting in the second round. McGraw, groggy from a savage attack of rights and lefts launched by Terris, crumpled under two low blows. With the fight all his way. Terris rushed McGraw into a neutral corner and then came the foul punches —a left below the belt and a right smash that thudded Into McGraw’s groin fa r below the foul line. McGraw fell to the floor writhing with pain. In a previous meeting last month Terris won a decision after being knocked down four times in the first round by McGraw.

OCT. 7, 1927

Strong Foes for Hoosier Grid Squads It Looks Like Difficult Saturday in State College Circles. Followers of State college football teams arc feeling none too enthusiastic about victory prospects lr. Saturday's grid contests. Almost all of Hoosierdom's exponents of collegiate grid strategy face teams hardly rated as set-ups. Purdue will tangle with Arnold Horween's big Harvard eleven at Cambridge. With “Cotton" Wilcox, injured and out of action Boilermaker fans are pulling hard without boasting. Pagemcn vs. Maroons Indiana meets Chicago in tho Windy City in one of the opening Big Ten contests. Pat Page's club is expected to bump into a strong lateral pass attack. Althouh Knute Rockne was said to be not worried over the Detroit tilt, many look for the Irish to experience tough sledding. Army wm barely able to squeeze over a 6-0 triumph week-end. Potsy Clarke takes his Butler outfit to Urbaua to clash with Zuppke's Illini eleven. Potsy conceded to bo the greatest quarter ever turned out at the Champaign school, is feared by the Orange and Blue. Miliikin at Wabash Wabash will engage James Millikin at Crawfordsville while Hez Clark's Rose Poly outfit invades Greencastle for a contest with Do Pauw. Indiana Central will attempt U take Earlham down the line at Richmond while Evansville and Central Normal will scrap at Danville. Today’s card called for Franklin at Muncie Normal and Terre Haute Normal at Oakland City.

Week-End H. S. Grid

TODAY Louisville vs. Tech at Tech Acid. Crawfordsville vs. Washington at Washington baseball park. Seymour vs. Bovs Prep at Prep field. Manual at Newcastle Shortridgc at Morton of Richmond. SATURDAY Jeffersonville vs. Cathedral at Washington Park. BUTLER GRID SPECIAL A special train will be run to Uibana for the Butler-Illinois game, Saturday, by the Four. The train Is to leave Indianapolis at 8:30 a. m. and arrive In Urbana at 11:20. The special will depart at 7:30 p. m. and pull in here at 10:20 p. m.