Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 295, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1928 — Page 24

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Talking It Over WITH JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, April 6.—Trying to dope a baseball team on form In spring games is not unlike drawing a prophetic bead on a heavyweight challenger in the gymnasium. One gets you about as far as the

other, which in most cases, is not even off the first tee. The Giants without Hornsby weren’t expected to go anywhere in particular. It may ultimately develop that they w'on’t. Yet they are going through sundry forms of Southern opposition like a Dempsey fist through a China chin.

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The Yanks with Ruth, Gehrig, Pennock et al. weren’t expected to lose so much as an inning, except perhaps in an odd moment of excessive merit. Yet they have had more trouble winning from nondescript class G outfits than the glittering Jimmy Walker has escaping the news reels. a r This contrast in early spring form can mean little or much. Underlying the successes of the Giants and the failures of the Yanks may be certain factors undiscernible to the weary experts which hold the answer to a shocking upset. tt tt tt THE Yanks are a peculiar ball club—a ball club largely individualistic. You don’t figure them on form, you figure them on moods. In the space of one year they jumped from seventh place to championship distinction. Only a ball club given to artistic impulses and spiritual urges could have done that—something that no other ball club in history had ever done. The McGraw personality is asserting itself in the brisk play of the Giants this spring. By the same token the placidity of the Huggins’ temperament is to be seen in the equally unbrisk play of the Yanks. A driver by nature, McGraw wants to win all the time. A victory against the Millsaps College team may mean nothing to anyone else, but it’s a victory to McGraw. He never wants to be on the losing end of anything. Watch him in a pennyante poker game. You’d think he had the Rockefeller oil leases at stake. tt tt tt Huggins is more restrained. He likes to win but defeats don’t bother him. Not even in the heat of a pennant drive. His attitude is that tomorrow is another day. (Turn to Page 27)

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Indians Buy Onslow , First Baseman With Rochester Last Year

With Holke in Slump, Owner Perry Makes Purchase for Protection. BATTED .311 IN 1927 Fielded .996; Deal Is Made Through Cardinals. BY EDDIE ASH Feeling it would be a wise policy to protect his club at first base in the event Walter Ilolke fails to emerge from Ids spring batting slump, Owner Jim Perry of the Indians today completed a deal through tile St. Louis Cardinals for the purchase of Ed Onslow, initial sack guardian for the Rochester Internationals last season. Like Holke, the big fellow from the eastern Class AA circuit is a veteran, his age being 34, but the Tribe .bosses decided to gamble with him under the circumstances of necessity. Holke finished poorly last year and his batting during spring training has been far below his usual early form. It was the fear that the popular Walter would not improve that moved President Perry to angle for Onslow and create some competition for the first base job. Onslow was ordered to join Birmingham in the Southern Association this spring, but balked at the transfer South and filed a request to be placed with an American Association team. He did not take spring training, but he notified Secretary Clauer of the Indians today that he has been taking light exercise at his home in Scio, Ohio, and that he figured it would not take him long to reach playing condition. The new Indians’ first sacker batted .311 in 1927 and turned in a fielding mark of .996. He is a brother of Jack Onslow, St. Louis Cardinal coach, and bats and throws left-handed. The purchase of Onslow does not mean he will be given Holke’s position without a struggle, for Walter has good qualities and doubtless will offer stiff resistance in the battle to retain his position. Tire Cards obtained right to Ons-low-’s services when they purchased the Rochester franchise and transferred the Syracuse team there. Hurst, star young first baseman, owned by the Cards, took Onslow's place and it was then efforts were made to send him to Birmingham. Onslow's 1927 batting record: Games. 95: ?.t bat, 354: runs. 50; hits, 1T0; total bases. 137: doubles. 15: triples, (i; no home runs: sacrifice hits. 11; stolen bases. 11; base on balls, 39; runs batted in. .’>7: struck out, 18; per eentaee, 311.

Favorites in Basket Event Meet Tonight Sensational Carr Creek Team to Piay Vienna (Ga.) Quintet. ft.ll I'llilril Press CHICAGO, April 6, —Two outstanding favorites, Vienna, Ga., and the sensational Carr Creek, Ky., five, will meet tonight in the quar-ter-final round of the University of Chicago's tenth annual National Interscholastio basketball tournament. The Georgia team, a pre-tourna-ment favorite, entered the fourth round by defeating Oak Park, 111., 40 to 18. The Illinois five offered little opposition. The Kentuckians, who played their first basketball game in a regular gynasium in the State district tournament only two weeks ago, survived the third round by defeating Bristol, Conn., 19 to 13. Today’s schedule: 4P. M. Canton. 11l , vs. St. George, Utah. 7 P. M. Grand forks, N. D., vs. Alexandria, Va. 8' P. M. Morris. Ala., vs. Ashland. Kv. 9 P. M. Vienna. Ga„ vs. Carr Creek. Kv.

White Sox Here Three Days; Indians 'Wallop Reds

BY EDDIE ASH Barring weather static and interference, the Indians were to open their last exhibition series of the spring training season today when the Chicago White Sox were to be met in a contest scheduled to get under way at 2:45. The Windy City athletes also will be tackled Saturday and Sunday, and that will end the tuning up j period for the locals with the exception of light drill Monday when they will put on the final touches for the A. A. opener with Minneapolis, Tuesday. Groom Ferd for Opener Manager Betzel was expected to assign Ferd Schupp to the flinging line this afternoon and then cool him off until opening day, for this veteran southpaw of many campaigns is one of Betzel's choices to face the Millers Tuesday in the Association lid lifter. Yde, by pitching brilliantly Thursday, became a rival of Schupp for the opening day assignment for it is Manager Betzel’s aim to use his best lefthander against the Millers, who have a block of southpaw batters. “Cracker'’ Schalk's White Sox drifted up from Louisville for a three-day stay in the Hoosier metropolis. They knocked off the Colonels

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Alex Metzler Certain starters this season in the outfield of the Chicago White Sox—that's the two young men pictured here who were to display their wares against Bruno Betzel’s Indians at Washington Park this afternoon in the first of a threegame series. The Sox remain here

Thursday. The Sox trained at ( Shreveport, down where a certain radio announcer has been trying to start another Civil War over radio wave lengths. But getting back to baseball, the Indians kicked over the Cincy Reds Thursday, 11 to 1. thereby annexing the spring series with the Hendricks Herd, three games to one. The Tribe grabbed two from the Reds in Florida and one in two here, all of which caused the Betzel pastimers to swell with pride. A flying Indian start in the first inning, when they scored three runs, and five more markers in the third, took the breath of the Reds Jakie May was driven from the Cincy mouijd in the third and Beckman finished the inning Ray Kolp, former St. Paul star, completed the mound toil for the Queen City crew. Tribe Gets 17 Hits It made little difference to the Indians—those pitching changes, for they slashed their way along and collected seventeen hits to six for the Reds. Emil Yde hurled the first six rounds for Indianapolis and allowed only four hits and held the enemy scoreless. Swetonic twirled the last three stanzas and one of the two hits off him was a line drive home run by Allen in the ninth that saved the Hendricks aggregation from being shut out. Indianapolis played errorless ball while Cincy miscued three times, j Fred Haney blew himself to four

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Randy Moore Saturday and Sunday for exhibition tilts. Metzler batted .311 for the Sox last season and was considered one of the fastest outfielders in the American League. Moore enjoyed a big season with Waco, Texas League champs, and is reputed to have speed to burn.

hits to lead the local pack and Mueller cut in with three saieties. Pitcher Yde helped pile up the Tribe hit and run total by slamming a triple and single. more stunts like that and Mr. ' ue will get a bomb under his porch tor breaking the laws of the Pitchers’ Union, most members of which are automatic “outs’’ at the plate. The work of Haney and Yde Thursday drew bouquets from the Cincinnati newspaper men who have followed the Reds all through spring training. The Hendricks squad left for home immediately after the contest here and the scribes were singing the blues. It's tough to write a losing yarn as a finale on the road. * It was the biggest score amassed against the Reds during their oxhibit’.on schedule. They play the Cleveland Americans in Cincinnati Saturday and Sunday. The Indians have won six games in their last seven starts. They downed Cincinnati three in four, whipped the St. Louis Cardinals onee and the Reading Internationals twice. Five of the seven contests were annexed before the Hoosiers pulled out of Florida. Fred Haney was put out of business temporarily Thursday in the eighth inning after socking his fourth tangle. He injured his back sliding an dwas relieved by Bud Connolly.

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To Proclaim April 22-28 Fund Week Drive Planned Throughout Nation to Raise Funds for Expenses. Bn I'nllcil Press NEW YORK. April 6.—The week of April 22-28 will be proclaimed “Olympic Week’’ by President Coolidge and a special drive will be made throughout the United States to raise funds to send the American Olmpic team to Amsterdam, Daniel J. Ferris, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union, has announced. Governors and mayors will be asked to follow the President's example with proclamations of their own in an effort to raise the $400,000 necessary to transport the United States to the 1928 games and back again. j Various cities have outlined special drives for spring. Los Angeles is planning a fete in connection with the sectional tryout there June 16. Movie stars, Jack Dempsey, Fidel La Barba and other notables will help entertain an anticipated crowd of 80,000.

Before singling in the fourth, “Doll” Jacobson hit a drive over the left field fence, but the stiff breeze carried it fcul. Warstler had a peculiar batting record Thursday. He fanned three times and got two singles. Nine Indians batted in the fat third inning. All games with the White Sox will start at 2:45. A. A. games will get under way at 3:00. Exclusive of pitchers, Indian spring training batting averages, compiled from thirteen exhibition games and six practice contests, follow: Games AB. H. Pet. Connolly 12 33 15 .I*s llanrv 14 51 23 .451 It. Bussell 17 IS 19 .122 Spencer ill 50 19 .380 Jacobson 17 53 19 .3.58 Betzel 19 65 23 .354 Anderson 15 42 11 .333 layne 15 52 1 7 .377 Mueller lfi 45 It .311 Mai (hews II 26 8 .308 IVarsUer 19 02 1 9 .318! Aslier 7 21 6 .273 lllddle 11 26 7 .269 Roach 8 1 .250 Miller 1 I I .250 C. Russell 7 21 4 .190 Holke 19 (18 11 .161 Florence I 2 0 .000

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Thursday’s Exhibition

INDIANAPOLIS. AB R H O A E Mueller, rs 5 2 3 2 0 0 Haney. 3b 5 3 4 0 3 0 Connolly, 3b 0 1 0 0 0 0 Layne. If 4 11 4 0 0 Jacobson, cf ....... 4 1 2 5 0 0 Warstler, ss 5 I 2 2 2 0 Holke, lb 4 1 1 9 0 0 Betzel. 2b 5 1 1 ,1 2 0 Spencer, c 4 0 1 4 1 0 Yde. p 3 0 2 0 3 0 Swetonic, p 1 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 40 11 17 27 12 0 CINCINNATI. AB R H O A E Dressen. 3b 4 0 1 1 2 1 Purdy. If 4 0 0 5 0 0 Kelly, lb 3 0 1 7 0 0 Pipp, lb 1 0 0 2 0 0 Walker, rs 3 0 0 2 0 0 Allen, cf 3 1 1 2 0 0 Pittenger, 2b 4 0 0 2 2 0 White, ss 4 0 0 0 3 1 Hargrave, c 3 0 33 0 0 Mav. p 1 0 0 0 0 1 Beckman, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Kolp, p 1 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 31 1 6 24 9 3 Score by innings: Cincinnati GOO 000 001— 1 Indianapolis 305 100 02*—11 Home run—Allen. Three-base hit—Yde. Stolen base—Haney. Sacrifices- Layne. Holke, Jacobson. Eiouble plays—Yde to Warstler to Holke: Dressen to Pittenger to Kelly. Lelt on bases—lndianapolis, 8; Cincinnati, 6. Base on balls—Off Yde. 2; off Swetonic. 1. Struck out—Bv Yde, 1; by May. 1; by Kolp. 2. Hits—Off Yde, 4 in 6 innings; off Swetonic, 2 in 3 innings: off May. 6 in 2 1-3 innings; off Beckman, 2 in 2-3 inning: off Koip. 9 in 5 innings. Wild pitch—Kolp. Winning pitcher—Yde: losing pitcher. Mr.v. Umpires—Powell and Kelley. Time—l:4o. GENE A 3-1 FAVORITE Pit l Hi fed Press NEW YORK, April 6.—Gene Tunney was made a 3-to-l favorite to defeat Tom Heeney in their title bout by Wall Street betting commissioners today. The first big bet, $15,000 to $5,000 on Tunney, was reported shortly after the odds were quoted. TWO SOUTHERN OPPONENTS Knute Rockne’s Notre Dame football team will play two southern elevens next fall, Loyola of New Orleans at South Bend, and Georgia Tech at Atlanta.

Convenient Morning Service At 9:35 A. M. Train ' n. 31, daily except Sunday, with most comfortable new Individual Seat Coaches and parlor-dining car serving Baltimore A Ohio meals, non leaves Indianapolis for Itiishville, Connersville and Cincinnati (Central Inion Station). Connecting . . . at Hamilton for Ilayton, T.imo, Toledo and Detroit, and at Cincinnati for Washington, arriving 7:10 A. M., in ample time for any business engagement. [Over $1,500,000 has been spent on "I the Indianapolis Division in im- I proving roadbed, new equipment, etc. J BALTIMORE & OHIO April 36th—Third Anniversary National Limited.

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Action Expected at Negro Show Thre All-Negro boxing show at Tomlinson hall next Wednesday night is expected to produce some lively action for local fisticuff fans. Shifty Calloway and Georgie Smith, local welters, meet in the main event. One of the features will be the semi-windup between Jack Hannibal and Battling Randolph. The latter from Springfield, 0., packs a stiff wallop and may afford good opposition for the classy Hannibal. BRITISH STAR DEAD LONDON, April 6.—Roy Kilner, 37, one of the best-known cricket players in Engalnd, died today in a London hospital from eneric fever, contracted while coaching in India last winter.

“Let’s all go to the opening game and win the prize for the largest attendance in the league.” Opening Baseball, Washington Park Tues., April 10 EMIL FERTIG, Indianap o 1 i s’ Best Known Fan

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