Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 117, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 October 1928 — Page 27

OCT. 5, 1928.

Four Big Battles on Mid-west Grid Bill

Power Plays Detroit Nine in Tourney Indianapolis Club Takes Easy Victory in First Game. /.’.// Times Special DETROIT, Oct. s—The Indianapolis Power and Light baseball team competing in the national industrial tourney in progress here, today was to meet the Chrysler Motors of Detroit, in a second round contest. Both Indianapolis and Detroit clubs won their opening games Thursday, Chrysler defeating the Firestone Rubber team of Akron, Ohio, and the Power and Light riding to a 7 to 1 triumph over the Philadelphia Company Club of Pittsburgh. Two defeats eliminate a team from the tourney. Box score of Thursday’s Pittsburgh-Indianapolis game: Pittsbgh. AB HCA E| Indpls. AB HCA E Colclasr.ss 4 0 7 oißirch,2b.... 4 2 8 0 Muck.cf.... 2 0 4 OiOsborne.ss. 5 2 9 0 Welsh,lf... 4 0 0 0 Flynn,3b... 4 33 0 Shields.lb. 4 2 9 2lßrau'gn,cf.. 4 0 10 8e11.2b 3 0 4 Oißussell.lb.. 3 316 0 Kine.rf.... 2 13 0 Roberts.rf.. 3 12 0 Loeblg.rf... 10 1 0 F10vd.1t...• 3 0 0 0 Fritz,3b.... 3 0 5 0 Kelly,C 3 0 4 0 Blerwlth.c. 3 13 Olßader.p ..4120 Foster,p... 3 1 1 0| Totals ..29 537 2! Totals ...33 12 45 0 Philadelphia 100 000 000—1 Indianapolis 102 220 OOx—7 Sacrifices—Russell. Kelly. Two-base hits —Shields, Bader, Osborne. Birch. Threebase hit—Shields. Horae runs—Flynn (2 >. Struck out—By Bader. 3; by Foster. 3. Stolen bases—Muck, Russell. Floyd. Bases on balls—Off Bader, 1: off Foster. 3. Double plays—Colclaser to Shields: Cofclaser to Shields to Fritz; Osborne to Birch to Russell: Birch to Osborne to Russell. Umpires—Sarvis and Rollo. Tuesday Lineup for Legion Show Almost Complete Major Greene, Legion matchmaker, was shy just one performer today to complete his card for the Armory show next Tuesday night. As soon as the Major finds a suitable opponent for Chet Smallwood the program will be all set. With this one spot to be filled, the weekly fistic party will line up as follows: Ten Rounds—Eddie Anderson, Cody. Wyo., vs. Tommy Crowley, Pittsburgh; 130 pounds. Eight Rounds—Sammy Price, Indianapolis. vs. Tate Langford, Louisville; 138 pounds. Six Rounds—Chet Smallwood, Terre Haute, vs. opponent to be selected; 135 pounds. Six Rounds —Mickey O'Hara, Louisville, vs. Ehrman Clark, Indianapolis; 130 pounds. Four Rounds—Chunky Ewing, Hollywood, vs. Billy Rhoades, Southport; 185 pouutls. Sammy Price, who is to clash with Tate Langford in the semi-windup, is the hard slugging youngster who licked Mickey O’Dowd of Muncie at the fort recently. STAR IN KICKING PRINCETON, N. J., Oct. 5.--Gra-hall Jones and Trix Bennett starred in kicking as the Princeton backs were sent through a kicking drill for the game with Vermont Saturday.

WORLD SERIES' SIDELIGHTS

NEW YORK, Oct. 5. FIFTEEN times in the twentyfour world series the team which won the opening game won the series. The Yankees won the first game of the 1926 series, but lost to the Cardinals. The Yankees won the first two games of the ’2l series with the Giants and lost. The Yankees lost the first game in the ’23 series to the Giants, but won. They took the opening game from the Pirates last year and every gams thereafter. WORLD SERIES FIRSTS First Hit—Ruth. First Base on Balls—Bottomley. First Strikeout—Haley. First Double—Ruth. First Home Run—Mcusel. First Error—Maranyille. First Pinch Hitter—Orsatti. For the first time In years Nick Altrock and A1 Schacht. the Washington clowns, did not do their stuff before the game. They were missed more than Mayor Jimmy Walker, who was to have thrown out the first ball, but did not arrive at all. The attendance of C 1,425 fell far below expectations, falling 2.175 short of tying the world scries record of 62,C00 made at the second game of the 1926 world scries between the Yankees and Cardinals at Yankee Stadium.

Yankees One Up

(In New York Thursday; First Game of World Series) ST. LOUIS. AB R H O A E DofUthit, Cf 3 0 0 2 0 0 High. 3b 4 0 0 0 I 0 Frisch. 2b 4 0 0 1 6 0 Bottomley, lb 3 1 2 10 0 0 Hafey. If 4 0 0 3 0 0 Harper, rs 3 0 1 2 0 0 Wilson, c 3 0 0 3 o o Maranville. ss 2 0 0 2 0 1 Orsatti 0 0 0 0 0 0 Thevenow, ss 0 0 0 1 0 0 Sherdel. p 2 0 0 0 3 0 Holm 1 0 0 0 0 0 S. Johnson, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 29 ”T ~3 24 10 ~1 Orsatti batted for Maranville In the eighth. Holm batted for Sherdel in the eighth. NEW YORK. AB R H O A E Paschal, cf 4 0 0 4 0 0 Durst. Cf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Koenig, ss 4 1 1 2 3 0 Ruth, rs 4 2 33 0 0 Gehrig, lb 4 0 2 6 0 0 Meusel. If 4 112 0 0 Lazzeri 2b 2 0 0 0 2 0 Durocher. 2b 1 0 0 0 0 0 Dugan. 3b 3 0 0 2 O 0 Bengough, c 3 0 0 8 1 0 Hoyt, p 3 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 32 4 7 27 7 0 St. Louis ... s 000 000 100—1 New York 100 200 Olx—4 Runs batted in—Bottomley. Gehrig (2). Meusel (2). Two-base hits—Ruth (2i. Gehrig. Home runs—Bottomley, Meusel. Left on bases—St. Louis. 4; New York, 4. Bases on balls—Off Hoyt, 3: (Douthit, Bottomley. Orsatti). Struck out—By Hovt, 6 (Douthit. High (2). Hafey (2). Sherdel); by Sherdel. 2, (Ruth. Durocher). Hits— Off Sherdel. 4 In 7 innings: off Johnson. 3 in 1 inning. Losing pitcher-Sherdel. Umpires—Owens (A. L.). at plate; Rigier (N. L.). first: McGowan (A. L.( second; Pflrman (N. L.). third. Time—l:49.

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Rockne’s Irish Face Tough Foe; Butler in Spot for Upset. I. U. MEETS OKLAHOMA Other Feature Encounters Over Nation. BY NORMAN E. ISAACS The resounding thunder of the heavy artilery on the baseball fronts has drowned out the gridiron broadsides in the football trenches and

sport fans over the nation merely have one eye cocked rather nonchalantly o n several rather important football encounters billed in various portions of the nation. Middle - west - ern fans are interested only in four games, namely, Notre Dame and Wisconsin

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Purdue and De Pauw, Butler and Northwestern and Indiana and Oklahoma. Rockne, striving to develop a contender for national honors out of a green squad, faces the first of his many tough foes in the Badgers. The “experts” are not going out of their way to predict anything, which is a certain sign they’re apprehensive about treading on thin ice. Plenty to Gain Up at Evanston Saturday Butler will have everything to gain and practically nix to lose against Northwestern and Potsy Clark’s Bulldogs are going to be traveling at top speed. There’s a chance for an upset. A somewhat weak De Pauw team will face a powerful Purdue aggregation at Lafayette. Indiana faces a stiff opponent in Oklahoma but the wily Pat Page probably will have his crimson outfit ready. Over on the eastern sector, Army’s tangle with Southern Methodist seems to be the headlining attraction. The Southerners are regarded as plenty, tough and Army is looking forward to a hard battle. It’s a spot for another upset. Not Much Here The Navy craft, which was overturned by Davis-Elkins last weekend, is reported all set to sink Boston College. Hobart will be at Dartmouth, Vermont at rinceton, Springfield at Harvard and Maine at Yale. Those contests line up like a group of “set ups.” Over in the far West the OregonStanford game is the top-go. Montant mixes with Washington State and Southern California faces the Oregon Aggies. Southward to the land of Dixie, Centre opposes Tennessee, Maryland plays North Carolina, Carson Newman tackles Kentucky, Virginia meets Southern Carolina and Vanderbilt takes on Colgate in what promises to be the best fracas in the end of the Nation.

The left side of the Cardinals’ infield handled only two chances on ground balls in the opening game, Andy High handled his one chance cleanly, but Maranville booted Dugan’s hard-hit roller in the seventh. Rabbit, however, demonstrated he still retains his skill at bagging pop flies, by going back into left field to catch two of them. His running one-handed catch on Hoyt’s foul fly near the left field stands was one of the fielding features of the day. Sherdel was not downcast over his defeat. “All I ask is that I pitch another fourhit game if I get another chance in this series,” the little southpaw said. IT REQUIRED ONLY 1 HOUR AND 19 MINUTES TO PLAY THE OPENER. BUT TODAY'S GAME WAS E&PECTED TO BE EVEN FASTER AS BOTH CLUBS HAVE TO CATCH A 5:15 TRAIN (EASTERN STANDARD TIMEI FOR ST. LOUIS, WHERE THEY RESUME THE SERIES SUNDAY. ■Wonder what Rogers Hornsby thought about as he sat In the press box and watch the team he led to the 1926 world championship lose to the Yankees? Mark Koenig robbed Frisch of a hit in the ninth when he took his roller in deep short and threw out the “Fordham Flash’ by a step Gehrig making a great stop of a wide throw. RUTH NEVER MOVED WHEN BOTTOMLEY HIT HIS HOME RUM INTO THE RIGHT FIELD BLEACHERS. STANDING RIGID WITH HIS HANDS ON HIS KNEES AND HIS BROAD BACK BENT OVER, RUTH LOOKED NEITHER TO RIGHT NOR LEFT AS THE BALL SAILED INTO THE SPOT WHERE HE HAS HIT SO MANY SIMILAR WALLOPS.

Baseball Classic in Figures

(World Scries Statistics) STANDING W. L. Pet. New York Yankees 1 0 1.006 St. Louis Cardinals 0 1 .OOO SERIES LEADERS Leading Hitter—Babe Ruth (Yankees), .750. Leading Pitcher—Waite Hoyt (Yankees), won, 1; lost, 0. Home Run Leader—Bob Meusel (Yankees), 1; Jim Bottomley (Cardinals), 1. Most Hits —Ruth, 3. Most Runs—Ruth. 2. Most Doubles—Ruth, 2. Most Runs Batted In—Lou Gehrig Yankees). 2; Meusel (Yankees), 2. Most Strikeouts—Hoyt, 6. Most Chances Accepted—Bottomley, 10. Attendance and receipts for the first game of the series follow: Total attendance, 61,425. Total receipts, $224.130.00. Player's share $121,030.20. Clubs’ share, 580.686.80. Commission’s share. $22,413.00. ACMES DRILL TONIGHT Acme A. A. football tteam will hold a blackboard drill at the community house at Rhodius park at 7:30 tonight. All players are urged to attend. Acmes play the Municipal Gardens team in one of the City League opening contests Sunday.

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RED BIRDS IN TOUGH SPOT AS YANKS TAKE OPENER Timely Hitting by Ruth, Gehrig and Meusel Breaks Down Sherdel in Initial Series Fracas.

BY HENRY L. FARRELL NEA Service Sports Writer (Special to The Indianapolis Times) NEW YORK, Oct. s.—lt happened Thursday just as Bill McKechnie and his St. Louis Cardinals had been warned that it might happen. Miller Huggins’ New York' Yankees hustled off with the first game of the world series, 4 to 1. It wasn’t a devastating assault by the murderers. The stadium

wasn’t damaged and no lives were lost, but it was enough timely hitting by Ruth, Gehrig and Meusel that broke down “Wee Willie” Sherdel and made of him, for the third time, a series pitching goat. There is a legend, backed by solid figures, that the team winning

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the first game usually cops the series. Fifteen times out. of the twenty-four series played, the team winning the first game won the series and the Yanks are not immune to superstitions and hunches. N. Y. Artillery Cracks It was a drowsy game and the huge pack of customers were aroused only by the occasional whang of a bat when the Yankee artillery was cracking and by the one smack Jim Bottomley took when he rode the hall over the Babe’s head for a homer and the only counter the National League champs could score. Young Mr. Hoyt was in command through the whole game. He was heartless until the seventh when a period came on him that might be described as a wobble. But if his wobble was getting serious it was overcome by some very snappy fielding by his mates. The smack of the Babe in the first inning was very obviously the stroke that inspired the Yanks and they stayed inspired very definitely. They perked up like they had been given a couple of shots, ami when the languid Robert Meusel slammed the homer thaj; scored the Babe ahead of him in the fourth inning he became so full of pep he

Indiana Faces Dangerous Foe in Oklahoma Grid Team on Saturday Heavy Sooner Squad Veteran Outfit; Pat Page Undecided on Starting Lineup for Fray.

Bn Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. 5. Indiana University has a tough assignment Saturday in attempting to uphold the football prestige of the Big Ten conference against a serious threat from the Big Six conference, represented by Oklahoma. Oklahoma, with a line averaging around the 184-pound mark, is the team which last year downed Chicago, 13-7. Coach A. H. Lindsey has the same backfield to throw against Indiana, with the same ends who snagged the long forward passes which spelled defeated for the

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actuall took five steps around in his pasture. His previous recoid was four steps. llow To Score ’Em The Yanks scored their runs by the best run-scoring method known to baseball. Their Babe got on twice and they knocked him in. Their Marcus Koenig got on once in the eighth and they knocked him in. The Cards couldn’t do that. Hoyt sent them bacx to the gloom of their dugout as fast as they stepped up. Sherdel lost the ball game because he didn't pitch as well as Hoyt. Dropping the first game the Cards are now in the hole. It was reported today that Jess Haines would be sent in to save the second game. The experts couldn’t agree with McKechnie on this strategy. They figured it was the proper spot for “Old Pete” Alexander. If Alex is held off until Sunday he might be able to make only one appearance and apparently the Cards need several of his appearances because the Yanks are off now. They have confidence in themselves, Huggins can play around a little with his pitchers and, it is well known, the Yanks are a helluva team to beat in a tight place.

Local Bowling Gossip

The Lumber Jacks, Weber Milk and Keystone teams won three games from the Service Blues. Slack Poultry and Illinois Meat Market as the Schoen Bros., Bittrich Meat Market. Cltic Realty and Cook Bros, took the odd game from the Coca-Cola. Gerkinr Bros., R. V. Law and Koines Alumni. Wheeler and Irvin tied lor high game with, a 219 score. The Glossbrenner and Haug teams took the entire series from the Brant and Jameson hoys while Hill's Club carried off two in their act with the Wlnegardner outfit. These games were rolled In the American League at the I. A. C. alleys. Two-out-of-three was the rule in the Universal League games at Pritchett s alleys the Virginia Sweet. Nash Tailoring. Kay-O. Indianapolis Blue Print, Van Camp Hardware and Outlaws defeating the Rose Tire. Swick Hardware, Polks Milk, St. Elmo. Coca-Cola and Gem Coal Cos. Gfl Smith led in this loop with 596 on games of 185. 233 and 178. The P. & E.-St Matthews League games at the Fountain Square alleys resulted In a three-time win for the Giants and Tigers over the Robins and Cubs as the Yanks and Indians took two from the Braves and Pirates. The Printing Crafts League rolled on the Delaware alleys the Indianapolis En-

Maroons. Pat Page, Indiana mentor, was busy today trying to figure out his starting lineup. With the showings made last Saturday he is still unable to pick eleven outstanding men. Randolph, veteran center who stood out in the line play last Saturday, is an almost sure starter. If his knee is in condition, it is probable Shields, veteran tackle, will receive the call for one tackle berth, and Moss or Unger the other. Page faces his most difficult problem in the backfield.

Gene Sarazen Meets Diegel in Semi-Final White Plains Star Beats Walter Hagen in ?. G. A. Event. Bu United Press BALTIMORE, Oct. 5. For the first time in four years the semifinal round of the professional golf championship opened today minus the swaggering figure of Walter Hagen. For four years Hagen has been champion of these men who capitalize on golf. But Thursday Leo Diegel of White Plains took the measure of Sir Walter and defeated him, 2 and 1, after a thrilling match which was followed, by a great gallery. Hagen was five down at the end of the first nine, but recovered his stride somewhat in the later rounds. The principle interest today was in the match between Gene Sarazen, the only former champion remaining in the contest, and Diegel. In the other semi-final match Horton Smith of Joplin, Mo., was to play A1 Espinosa of Glen Cove, 111. j

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graving and Pivot City Inks taking three from the Press Assistants and Pressmen's Union as the Indianapolis Star and Queen City Inks took two from the Pivot City Inks No. 2 and H. E. Schmitt Insurance. Sargent had a total of 615 with games of 231, 111 and 240. C. Schott was next with 625 made possible by the high single g ime of 267 in his last try. The Link Belt Ladles League Showed a two-time win for the Purple, Russet and Cardinal girls over the Emerald. Blue and Maroon. These girls use the Indiana alleys. The A. C. W. of A., Gregory & Appel and Penn Cleaners were the big winners in the Capitol No. 2 League taking three from the Economy Grocery. WheelerSchebler and Cutslp.ger Transfer while the Banquet Tea, Dilltne Candy and Postoffice nosed out the Selmier. Ft. Harrison and Standard Grocery In two-out-of-three. Zion was high in this loop with games of 212. 232 and 187. a totai of 631. Vandiver had 614 and A. Smith an even “600". Maitis were the only team to take three games in the sixteen-team Citizens Gas League games at the Fountain Square alleys the Statements being the victims. Two-time wins were turned in by the Trucks. Ammonias. Screens. No. 9. Meters. Ovens and Gas over the Boilers. Scverences. Holders. Tars. Cranes. Cokes and Ledgers. Holt turned in the best game when he rolled 246 in his second try. The Outlaws won three from the Stubs as the Triangles and Damfilno took two from the Cellar Rats and Red Hots, in the Indianapolis Water Cos. League games. The Uptown Community League games resulted In a three time win for the 40th and Blvd., and Indianapolis Music Shop over the 30th and Central and Spokes. The Uptown Five. Mapletons and 30th and 111. took two from the 54th St. Merchants. 42nc'.. St. State Bank and Central Buick. Fehr rolled 236 in his second game for high score. The Casting team pulled the feature In the Link-Belt league by downing the hard-to-beat Tool Room two games. Production also non two from the Casings as the Grinders made a riean sween of their series with the Automatics. Glidewcll Kid high total with a score ot 008. Becker was next with 602. BROADCAST GAME WFBM, Indianapolis Power and Light Company radio station, will broadcast the Indiana-Oklahoma football game Saturday afternoon from Bloomington, it was announced today. The broadcast is sponsored by the Washington Bank and Trust Company.

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