Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 84, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 August 1929 — Page 12

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From Clown to Crown May Mark Batting Splurge of Babe Herman

Pennant Goes Aloft at Tribe Lot as Blues Are Met in Fourth Struggle BY EDDIE ASH Retaining fourth place by handing the league-leading Blues a surprise defeat Friday. 8 to 2, the Indians felt much better today as they prepared to raise their 1928 pennant at Washington park preceding the fourth tilt of the series with Kansas City. The Kaws also are here Sunday for a single struggle and Milwaukee will invade the Tribe lot Monday. Any way you take it there was expected to be some enthusiasm uncorked at the ball grounds this afternoon even if the 1929 Indians fell

far short of the success achieved by President Hickey of the A. A. reached the city Friday afternoon robe on hand for the flag ceremony ted v and to help the Betzelites and Gwv.:i Norman Perry send aloft the first pennant captured by Indianapolis since 1917. Players to March A band was employed to stimulate feelings in the matter of flaunting the bunting to the breeze and there was to be a parade of both Indians and Blues to the flag pole, with the Indians toting the coveted gonfalon. Dutch Zwilling's Kaws, holding a lead of 9V4 games in this year’s race, were eager to get a peek at the cloth and dream about next year when they figure it will be their turn to stage a “pennant day.’’ And it might be well to state at this time that much of that lead piled up by the Blues has been gained at the expense of Bruno Betzel’s champions of parts, for the record shows that in eighteen clashes between Indians and Blues the Zwilling pastimers have snared thirteen of the games. Jonnard Stops Leaders The pacemakers got stopped cold Friday, however, in the third of the series, when Claude Jonnard turned ’em back with five hits, the big fellow allowing only one safety after the third stanza. He fanned six of the visitors. Since coming down from the Chicago Cubs in the Ken Penner deal Jannard has been solved for only twenty hits in twenty-eight innings

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tween the average ball player and the star. Just a half stride in speed will do it; just an additional split second on getting away with a throw; just a few points in a batting average—that’s all that separates the great player from the mob. I haven't picked my. all-America team yet for 1929 and the more I study the records and averages the tougher the job looks. There are so many fellows who rate nip and tuck at their positions. Take second base, for instance. How is a man going to choose between Tony Lazzeri of the Yankees, Charley Gehringer of the Tigers, Rogers Hornsby of the Cubs. Hughey Critiz of the Reds and three or four others who might be mentioned? When I first started picking them about eight years ago. I went into the thing as a sort of lark. It was a novelty. But the longer the thing goes on, the more popularity it has and today I figure picking the allAmerica team is one of the most important things I have to do each season.

Always Good New Ones And each year it gets tougher, too, for it seems to me that each year the crop ox new players wno come up are a little better than the fellows of the year Defore. The boys were tanung aoout the team in the clubhouse the other day and Sam Byrd remarked: “Well, this year, Babe, I suppose most of your team will be maae up of Chicago Cub and Athletic players. They seem to be the standouts.’’ Maybe those two clubs will have a majority of the men and maybe they won t. You know the fact that a team wins a pennant doesn't mean, necessarily, that that team has a lot of stars at the various positions. What it takes to win a pennant is balance —and a tail-end team is apt to have a few individual performers who can do their particular job better than any men on the pennant winner. Not a Star, but Valuable There's a lot of difference between picking a team where the men are the best at their position in the league, and picking a team of men who have been most valuable to their club. A fellow like Jimmy Dykes, for instance, is a mighty valuable man to his club, yet Jimmy doesn't rate as the best second baseman or the best third baseman or the best first baseman in baseball by a long ways. Anyhow, what I started out to say is that the further this allAmerica selection goes, the tougher it gets and the keener the competition for places. When I started picking the team there were fellows like Cobb and Speaker and Schalk and Sewell Aid Hornsby, who were standouts. You couldn t keep them off. They were as natural as anything. Today there aren’t so many of those “naturals" left. There are two or three, sure enough—two or three fellows who will place on any man’s team, and who rate with the stars of all time. But where you've got three men like that, you've got six others to pick who are nip and tuck. When you’ve got Foxxs. Terrys. Gehrigs for first base; Lazzeris. Homsbys, Gchringers for second: Kamms. Lindstroms. Traynors. Whitnevs and Frichs for third—well, tv s to^ph. Major Homer Leaders XUIn, ** v !’’'* . WII*"” TnM - 22 Pott ~ Gehrlr. Tf*'*** 1. cimmi'M. athletics -• HoTHTbT. C"*> * Fottom>*v. Cardinals “ Hurst, rfcillits GOLDSTEIN SCORES K. O. H’t United Prr * BROOKLYN. Aug. 17.—Ruby Goldstein, east sidjf Junior lightweight. knocked out Joey Keufman in the eighth round of a scheduled ten-round bout at Coney Island stadium Fridav night. weighed 141, Kaufman 1373 t.

last year’s machine. and has registered fifteen strikeouts. He got errorless support Friday. The Indians threw a mass attack at Tom Sheenhan in the fourth inning and scored six runs on four hits, two walks, a wild pitch and one miscue, and ten Hoosiers batted during the rally. It was “ladies and kids’ day” and a crowd of 2,300 enjoyed the triumph of the Tribe over the first place opponents. Pea Ridge Appears Pea Ridge Day, who hurled the last two rounds for the Blues, was nicked for two runs. It was worth anybody’s money to see Sheehan trying to get somebody out in that fat fourth, seven Indians batting before one was retired. Only one Indian reached base before Layne launched the fireworks in the fourth and the explosion of hits and runs was unexpected. Herman Layne led the Indians with the old ash Friday with three hits in four efforts. He also stole a base. Connolly turned In a neat game at second and clung to more than one violent drive. Warstler tossed out Seeds in the eighth from back near the grass. He made a mighty throw to get the runner. Warster also made a spectacular grab of a wild Jonnard throw in the second that perhaps prevented a Blue tally. . .Both K. C. runs were the result of walks. Grigsbv getting around in the second and Nicholson in the seventh. Swift fieding by Grigsbv held Matthews’ drive in the seventh to two bases. Sheehan had Jonnard fouled and fanned him three times. Riconda went back of third in the sixth and robbed Warstler of a bingle.. Knothe also grabbed a hot shot off Warstler's bat in the second.

Babe Ruth Says: Picking All-American Team Gets Tougher Each Year.

DETROIT, Aug. 17.—You know it’s not until a fellow starts going over the records trying to pick an all-America team that you begin to realize just how many very good ball players there are in the big leagues—or what little difference there really is be-

Big 4 Leads Rail Tourney Mt. Carmel to Play Leaders Here Today. Big Four A. A. of Indianapolis, undefeated leaders of the New York Central Lines championship elimination series, western division, engage Mt. Carmel, sharing second place, today at Brookside No. 1 at 3 p. m. Several hundred fans will accompany the Mt. Carmel team here on a special train of fourteen coaches, asecording to Superintendent Kelley of the Cairo division. Approximately 2,000 local fans also are expected to witness the battle. Mt. Carmel is one of the hardest hitting outfits in the western district. * Richardson or Francis will be on the mound for Indianapolis today. Standing of the New York Central lines, western division, elimination series, follows: w. L. Pet. Indianapolis 4 0 1.000 Mt. Carmel 3 1 .750 Cleveland 3 1 .750 Hammond 2 1 .667 Bucvrus 1 2 .333 Detroit 1 3 .250 Pittsburgh 0 2 .000 Chicago Junction 0 4 .000 Indanapolis Big Four plays at Pittsburgh Monday and later plays Hammond to complete its schedule in the elimination series. Western division champs meet the champions of the eastern division later to decide the New York Central Lines titlu. Doctors Don’t Know Cliftcn Bruce, star lineman of last year’s Texas Christian varsity team, developed a strange spinal ailment during the summer and Bill not be able to play this fall. Doctors have been unable to diagnose the trouble. Another Brother Act John McDonald and his brother Henry may be the guards on the Maryland varsity team this fall. John was a regular last year and Henry was one of the stars on the freshman team.

Did You Know That—

JOHN M’GRAW says the Giants wouldn't be where they are if Roush hadn't been hurt. . . And if Lindstrom hadn’t entertained some tonsilitis. . . And if Larry Benton could get the side out. . . The Cubs are contenders for the ice cream eating championship of all times. . . Tom Gibbons, when he was in training for his most important fights, used to inhale a quart of ice cream every night. . . The Babe used to train on hot dogs and pop. . . And Gehrig keeps himself in shape by eating eels.

Despair of Managers in About Six Leagues Reaches Swat Heights. IMPROVES IN FIELD Hall of .400 Fame May Have Another Hero. BY BERT DEMBY United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Aug. 17— Can Floyd C. (Babe) Herman, whose clumsiness in the past has been the despair of managers in at least six leagues in which he has played, become the fifth .400 hitter in modern baseball history? Until this year, a prediction that Herman would take his place alongside Rogers Hornsby, George Sisler, Harry Heilmann and Ty Cobb would have been laughed at as hard as thousands of fans once laughed at the Babe’s awkward movements on the field. But the way Herman Is batting now it would not be surprising to see him finish the season above the .400 mark, If he does this he will achieve an honor which many have tried for but only four have attained. Blossoms Into Star That the Babe suddenly should blossom into one of baseball’s stars is the greatest surprise of the year. Until recently he was an awkward fielder, so awkward in fact that he had been guilty on more than one occasion of allowing a batted ball to hit him while he was trying to field it. But with the improvement in batting Herman has become a different player all around. Os course, he is no Tris Speaker in the field, but on the other hand, he is far from being the clumsy player he was even as late as last fall. He’s Real Clouter Perhaps the secret of his success at the plate is his straight-away hitting. In the Robins’ last visit here he went through four games without hitting what might be termed a fly ball. His every drive either was a sizzling liner or a hard hit grounder. Twice he hit line drives within six feet of Woody English, Cubs’ shortstop, which ware past English before the shortstop could move. Recently Herman hit a line drive which cleared the center field fence in Cincinnati and that fence is about 410 feet from the plate. As matters stand now, Herman is batting .413 and has less than fifty games to go. If he can obtain two hits out of each five times at bat for the rest of the season then Hornsby, Cobb, Sisler and Heilman must, move over and give him room on their bench.

Screen Built to Hold Down Salary Hike to Klein, Some Fans Charge 12-Foot Addition to Philly Fence Trick Business Scheme, Certain Parties Now Declare.

Bu Times Special PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 17.—This world is just full of unfeeling and unsympathetic folk who are up to all sorts of conjecture and surmise. For example, there are those who say that the Philadelphia National League ball club erected a twelvefoot screen over the celebrated right field wall recently to stave off expected salary demands by Chuck Klein in 1930. These people insist that with Klein going the way he was in the Philadelphia park it was poor business to build that screen while the boys were in the west, poor business unless the club sought no protracted financial negotiations with Klein during the winter. At first blush this charge seems without foundation. But then again there may be a little understanding among some of the magnates to dis-

Semi-Pro, Amateur Baseball Notes

Cadillac-La Salle team will play at Zionsville Sunday. All players are requested to meet at Eleventh and Meridian streets at noon. For games in September write H. Miller. Burke Cadillac Company, or call Ri. 7401. Dady A. C. will meet Edgewood X. C. Sunday at Longacre. Edgewood defeated Dadys in an eleven-inning game, 2 to 1. Nubolt or Hoffa will be on the mound for Dadv's with Burnett or Bally pitching for Edgewood. First Baptists will play the Indianapolis Printers Saturday at 2:30 at Riverside No. 2. All players are requested to be at the diamond not later than 2. Johnny Bright. Peoples Outfitting Company mound ace. will try for his sixth straight victory Sunday at Beech Grove when the Oufilters tangle with the Reds at 1 p. m. All players must be at 1349 Union street not later than noon. Miar is requested to call Dr. 1359. Indianapolis Red Wings now are managed bv Blue Mahern. Sunday they will meet St. Catherine H. N. S. at Brookside No. 2 at 3 p. m. The batteries probably will be Fralick and Speaker for the Saints and Burrell and Roempke for the Red Wings. For games call Dr. 1213, and ask for Bennie. Y. M. S. and Indianapolis Cubs clash Sunday at Pennsy park at 3 p. m. Both teams have been hitting a fast pace. Schaefer or Rearick for the Y. M. S. probably will oppose Eaton on the Cub mound. Y. M. S. has leased Pennsy Park for the month of September and want games. Call Dr. 3848-M and ask for Art. Riverside Aces meet the Plainfield Boys’ school Saturday at Riverside No. 2 at 12:30. Midge is requested to get in touch with Van immediately. Sunday the Aces plav the Lauter Boys at Riverside No. 4 at 12:30. Aces have lost on two games this season. A fast game is expected Saturday afternoon at Riverside No. 1 when Sahara Grotto plays Hayes Body Corporation. This game is from a long standing grudge and both teams will present a strong lineup as follows: Sahara Grotto— Schoefiecker. ss; Tuttle, 2b: Nipper. 3b; Hinkle, lb; Blessing, cf; Getty. If; Beuhler, rs; O’Cain or Atkinson. c Ewing, p. Hayes Body Corporation—Flynn, ss: D. Smith, 3b; Martin, 2b; Schott, lb- Daly. If; Floyd, cf: Smith, rs; Brown, c Pendergrast, p. Irvington Nehis. with fifteen victories and one defeat, will meet the Weber Milk Company at Eienberger Sunday. 3 p. m. A game is also wanted for 1 p. m. Nehi’s want games with strong city and state teams. Indianapolis Cubs. Holy Cross and Y. M. S. take notice Manager of Shanklin Club and Riverside Olympics are asked to call Irv. 4065. Manager of the Indianapolis Triangles is requested to call Mike Qaulters before noon today or after 8 o'clock tonight, Ch. 0214. Triangles are scheduled to play at Bedford Sunday.

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Old Baldy Delivers

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THREE months ago Lucky Baldy was considered too old for plowing and his owner sold him for $25 to Bill La Perle, an Oakland (Cal) fireman. His new owner entered the 2T-venr-o!d hors-* in a trotting race and he won it. He also set a record of 2:13 for a half-mile track for a horse his age. The old fellow and his owner are pictured above.

MILLER.

LOU MEYER, winner of the 1928 Indianapolis speedway 500-mile race and runner-up this year, is one of the latest to be bitten by the golf “bug.” The noted race pilot, who took his first turn on the links, two weeks ago, was the guest of Neal Grider at the Avalon Country Club stag party Thursday night. n u u Julian Wetzel, charter member of the Advertising Club, was main speaker at the party. The motto of the Advertisers is “Truth in Advertising,” and naturally Wetzel’s subject was “Truth in God.”. His taik brought continued laughter. Bill Hoyer was master of ceremonies. n ft ft The upper locker room of the club has challenged the lower locker room to a golf match Sept. 4. the lowers to reward the victors with a dinner. Bill Langmaid is captain of the lower room, Herman Sielken, former state champ, the upper. ft tt SS Elizabeth abbott, a member of the Avalon Club, will represent the club at the Women’s Western Open, to be played in Cleveland next month. A purse of $l5O was raised at the party to defray ex-

courage 1930 holdouts by means of 1929 screens.

Therefore, what was taken as a gesture to cut down the crop of home runs born of the jack rabbit ball and the handy stand or bleacher may be only a private arrangement to keep hat sizes and salary demands down to normal. Anyway, there’s Klein in a home run slump and there’s the twelvefoot screen.

Big Leagues

RAY MOSS, Brooklyn pitcher, beat the Chicago Cubs, 5 to 2, Friday. He permitted nine hits, but held the National League leaders scoreless until the ninth, when Gabby Hartnett, pinch-hitting for Root, drove in two runs with a double. Three Robins made but seven hits, hut had only one man left on base. Three hits resulted in three runs In the seventh and Johnny Frederick hit his nineteen homer with a man on base in the eighth. The Cub’s lead was reduced to 7V4 games as the Pittsburgh Pirates won from the Boston Braves. WITH PIE TRAYNOR HAVING A PERFECT DAY AT BAT—FOUR FOR FOUR—AND ERVIN BRAME KEEPING THE BRAVES’ TWELVE HITS SCATTERED, PITTSBURGH BEAT BOSTON, 9 TO 3, FRIDAY. tt tt ft After dropping two straight to the PhlUlies, the Cincinnati Reds turned the tables and beat Philadelphia, 7 to 3. tt tt tt Babe RUTH hit home run 32 Friday and the Yankees emerged from their 5-game losing streak by beating Detroit, 12 to 2. Ed Wells held the Tigers to seven hits. Ruth today was only one homer behind Chuck Kleir., Phillies’ outfielder, in the race for the major league home run lead. Bill Shores, Philadelphia relief pitcher, stopped a Cleveland rally in the ninth after two runs were scored and the Athletics maintained their fourteen-game lead over the Yankees by winning, 6 to 5. tt tt tt CHARLIE RUFFING HELD THE BROWNS TO SIX HITS AND THE BOSTON RED SOX BEAT ST. LOUIS, 3 TO 2. ALTHOUGH OUTHIT, THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX BEAT WASHINGTON, 8 TO 6. SEEK HEAVY BATTLE Bu United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—An effort will be made to match the winner of Tuesday night’s bout between George Hoffman, former national amateur champion, and Salvator Ruggirello at the Queensboro stadium, Long Island, with Jim Maloney of Boston. DADO OUTPOUNDS HUGHES Bu United Press HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 17.—Speedy Dado, 112-pound Filipino, won a decision over Tommy Hughes of Ohio in ten rounds. Dado dropped Hughes in the second, but the Ohioan was up before a count could be taken. In the ninth Hughes went down for a four count.

penses of the runner-up for city and state women’s golf honors. tt tt tt In the tourney at Avalon Thursday, Thibaddau won low gross honors and Herman Selken low net. a u tt AN attractive blueprint schedule arrived at the desk today. It carried proper atmosphere to announce a golf tournament between the state highway commission and the city engineerss to be played at Pleasant run Saturday beginning at 12:30. A touch of artistry, a golfer with a bag of clubs waiting to tee off, a sketch of the finish of a drive, a smiling golfer who has “shattered” a 100 touched off the placard in fine style. tt a tt The idea of the poster is to gain support for the teams, urging the followers to join the gallery and follow their favorites, with the reminder that there is no fees attached. Schedule reads as follows: 12:30—Bodine (state) vs. Matlock (city). Brown scorer. 12:30—Dunlay (state) vs. Johnson (city). McGuire scorer. 12:35—Wunchell (state) vs. McLeary (city). McArthur scorer. 12:35—Brookwalter (city) vs. KarteptM (city). Waggoner scorer. 12:40—Burkle (state) vs. Spare (city). Miss Spees scorer. 12:40—Reed (state) vs. Lang (city). Miss Bechert scorer. 12:45—Rhodes (state) vs. Merrick (city). Behrens scorer. 12:45—Bartlcson (state) vs. Reed (city). E. Dunlap scorer. 12:50—Harrold (state) vs. Gwlnnup (city). Harris scorer. 12:50—Brunsma (state) vs. Peele (city). Bundy scorer. tt tt tt State golfers who are planning to attend the state tournament at French Lick next week are advised by the Hoosier Motor Club that two routes are available, but the short route recommended. The best and shortest is by way of Martinsville. Bloomington, Bedford. Paoli, with two detours of thirty-four-mile total length. The first detour is five miles north of Martinsville and three miles of it is in excellent condition. The twenty-nine miles of detour between Bloomington and Bedford is hard surface road, but a bit narrow and has several sharp curves. Leave Indianapolis on Road 37 to Paoli and Road 53 from there to French Lick. Distance U 5 miles. The other route is over Road 31 to Seymour and then over Road 50 to Mitchell, then over Road 37 to Paoli and Road 56 6to French Lick. Distance is 151 miles this way and the road from Seymour is not much beeter than the detours on the other route. Reverse Gear Race on Card Amateur drivers who have entered the stock car races at Walnut Gardens speedway are in readiness for the starter’s flag at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. The first race will be a fifteenmile event for Model T Fords and will fee followed by a race over the same distance for cars of any make or model. The final event will be a half-mile race in reverse gear for flivvers. The list of entries includes more than a dozen drivers. * Busses will leave the traction terminal station every hour for the Gardens, thirteen miles southwest of the city on state road 67.

Jonnard Baffles Blues

(At Ball Park Friday) KANSAS CITY AB R H O A E Riconda, 3b 4 0 l 1 2 0 Warnby, 2b 4 0 0 2 4 0 Kuhel. lb 4 0 1 9 0 1 Tucker, rs 4 0 1 0 0 0 Grigsby. If 3 1 0 1 0 0 Seeds, cf 2 0 1 4 0 0 Knethe ss 3 0 0 2 1 0 Angley, c 4 0 1 5 0 0 Sheehan, p 2 0 0 0 0 0 Nicholson 0 1 0 0 0 0 Day. p 0 0 0 0 1 0 Gerken 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 2 5 24 8 1 Nicholson batted for Sheehan In seventh and walked. Gerken batted for Day In ninth. INDIANAPOLIS AB R H O A E Matthews, cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 Layne, if 4 2 33 0 O' Monahan, lb 3 1 0 10 1 0 Barnhart, rs 3 1 1 0 0 0 Snrlnz. c 4 0 1 6 0 0 Warstler, ss 4 110 2 0 Connollv. 2b 3 1 1 1 5 0 Metz, 3b ...1 4 1 0 3 1 0 Jonnard. p 3 0 0 1 1 0 Totals 32 8 8 27 10 0 Kansas City 010 000 100—3 Indianapolis 000 600 20x —8 Runs batted in—Lavne. Barnhart. 2; Warstler. 2; Riconda. Angley. Three-base hit—Tucker. Two-base hits—Matthews. Conno lv, Riconda. Sacrifice hits—Barnhart, Knothe. Stolen base—Layne. left on bases—Kansas Cltv. 7; Indiana noils. 3. Bases on balls—Off Jonnard. 4; off Sheehan. 2. Struck out—By Jonnard. 6; by Sheehan. 2. Wild pitches—Sheehan. 1; Day. 1. Hits—Off Sheehan. 6 In 6 Innings; off Dav. 2 in 2 Innings. Losing pitcher— Sheehan. Umpires—Snyder ana Johnston. Time, 1:44. MANDELL MEETS FRISCO Bu United Press PETOSKEY. Mich., Aug. 17.Sammy Mandel, lightweight cham pion, will meet Frankie Friseo, Chicago, in a non-title bout here Aug. 26, it has been announced.

Girl Tennis Stars Enter Turf Finals Sarah Palfrey, 16,* and Mary Greet, 18, Battle for Trophy. Bu T'vited Prrns RYE, N. Y., Aug. 17.—Sarah Palfrey, 16-year-old Boston girl, and Mary Greef, 18, of Kansas City, were the finalists in the women’s singles division of the Eastern Turf Court championships at the Westchester Country Club today. Miss Palfrey continued her sensational playing Friday by eliminating Mrs. L. A. Harper of Los Angeles. 6-3, 6-3. Miss Greef gained the final bracket by beating Ethel Burkhardt of San Francisco, 6-3, 6-2. Doubles Finals The California team of Mr*. Harper and Edith Cross was favored to win the women’s doubles championship from Virginia Rice of Boston and Clara Louise Zinke of Cincinnati. Mrs. Harper and Miss Cross beat Virginia Hilleary, Philadelphia, and Dorothy Andrus, Stamford, Conn., Friday, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. Miss Rifce and Miss Zinke beat the Palfrey sisters of Boston, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3. Tilden Beats Doeg The final in the men’s singes will take place Sunday when William T. Tilden of Philadelphia meets his pal, Francis T. Hunter of New Rochelle. Tilden beat Johnny Doeg of Santa Monica, Cal., Friday, 6-3, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, and Hunter eliminated W. H. (Bunny) Austin of England, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.

Baseball Calendar —Schedule and Results—

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION CXiibe. Won. Lo'zt. Pei. Kansas City 81 3* St. Paul 71 47 .602 Minneapolis 70 48 .593 INDIANAPOLIS M 3 .471 Louisville t. 53 63 . 406 Columbus 51 63 .430 Milwaukee ... 48 70 .407 Toledo 41 75 .3°3 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct.| W. L. Pet. Chicago .. 72 35 .S73:Brooklyn.. 49 61 .446 Pittsburgh 65 43 .602 Cincinnati. 47 63 .427 New York 61 50 .550:Boston ... 45 66 .406 St. Louis 55 54 .5051 Phila 43 65 .398 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet, I W. L. Pet. Phila. ... 82 31 .726 Detroit ... 54 58 .482 New York 66 43 .606 Washing... 47 63 .431 Cleveland. 58 53 .523iChicago ... 44 69 .389 St. Louis 58 55 .513 Boston 36 74 .327 THREE-I LEAGUE W. L. Pct.l W. L. PCt. Decatur .. 83 47 .573 T. Haute.. 66 .509 Quincy ... 60 48 ,556|Peoria .... 51 60 .459 Ev’sville.. 59 48 .551 iSpringfield 50 59 .459 Bloom’ton 60 53 .531! Danville .. 40 70 .364 Games Today St. Paul at Calumbus. Kansas City at INDIANAPOLIS. Milwaukee at Louisville. Minneapolis at Toledo. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati at Philadelphia (two games). Pittsburgh at Boston. Chicago at Brooklyn. St. Louis at New York <two gamer.). AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington at Chicago. Philadelphia at Cleveland. New York at Detroit. Boston at St. Louis. Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Milwaukee 112 002 035—14 19 1 Louisville 010 313 *4x—2o 20 2 Robertson, Cobb. Temple and MeMeneflay; Moss. Creson, Wilkinson and Thompson. Minneapolis 211 210 200— 917 5 Toledo 020 010 001— 4 9 2 Benton and McMullen, Kenna; Wright, Pfeffer and Hayworth. St. Paul at Columbus (game to be played as part of double header Sunday). NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 000 000 002— 3 9 0 Brooklyn 000 000 3Jx— 5 7 0 Root and Taylor; Moss and Deberry. Cincinnati 100 103 110— 7 13 1 Philadelphia 000 001 110— 8 *3 Kolp, Ehrhardt and Bukeforth; Koupal, Dailey, McGraw and Lerlan, Davis. Pittsburgh 204 301 000— 9 15 I Boston 100 JlO 000— 3 13 0 Brame and Hargreaves; Seibold, Peery and Spohrer. New York and St. Louis not scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 11l 200 001— 6 13 0 Cleveland 001 000 202 5 11 2 Earnshaw, Shores and Cochrane: Shaute. Holloway, ShafTner and L. Sewell, Myatt. Washington 010 000 140— 6 16 2 Chicago ,000 200 12x— 8 13 l Burke, Hadley and Tate; Thomas and Berg. New York 203 020 104—12 15 0 Detroit .. 000 620 00O— 3 7 2 Wells and Dickey; Uhle, Prudhomme and Shea. Boston 012 000 000— 3 6 0 St. Louis 110 000 000— 2 6 0 Ruffing and Heving; Crowder and Schang. Ferrell. Thrce-I League Quincy, 2; Decatur. 1. Bloomington. 5; Evansville, 4. Terre Haute, 6; Peoria. 4 (14 innings). (Only games scheduled.) Atkins y Power Nines to Clash Power and Light and E. C. Atkins nines will clash at Riverside No. 3 today at 3 p. m. in the second round of the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association tournament for the class A championship of the city. River Avenue Baptist drew the bye and will play the winner of Saturday’s game a three-game series for the right to represent this city at the National Baseball Federation tourney at West Baden in September. WATSON AND MURPHY Appear in Headliner at Ripple Thursday; Other Scraps. Allan Watson and Johnny Murphy will headline thee Thursday night boxing card at Broad Ripple- The ooys will go ten rounds. Watson’s performances In local rings the last everal months has won him followers and in Murphy he will meet one of the toughtest boys in his career. There will be twenty-eight rounds of boxing on next week’s card.

Nineteen Enter Two-Year-Old Race for Crown liU T'vftrtl Prtts CHICAGO, Aug. 17.—Nineteen 2-year-olds were listed in the overnight entries for the Chicago Juvenile stakes today, expected to decide the western 2-year-old championship. The Warm Stable entry of Try Too and Billy Champ was an equal favorite with the Rancocas Stable entry of Lahor, Khara and Capture Each entry was quoted at 3-1 in the overnight odds. Try Too and Khara have been running in fine form. Khara recently bested Thistle Ann in a sixfurlong and 160 feet race. Morsel also was considered a possible winner. FILLY SHOWS PROMISE Ellice Appears as Contender for 1930 3-Year-Old Honors. CHICAGO, Aug. 17. Ellice, daughter of Black Servant-Five Aces, begins to appear as a possible contender for 3-year-old honors next year. She has been showing well in all workouts and Friday won the feature race at the Hawthorne track, finishing a half length in front of Sis Agnes. Particular and Michigan Boy alto were in the race.

Ring Bill Filled for Tuesday at Harrison; Five Bouts Announced Al Friedman, Wiggins’ Opponent, Has Impressive Record, Fighting in Chicago Four Times Recently.

The big card of the outdoor season at Ft. Harrison fistic arena was completed Friday by Captain Frank ■Schucker, matchmaker, and there will be five bouts, all planned to dish up lively entertainment. The program follows: Main Go, Ten Rounds—Al Friedman. Boston. vs. Chuck Wiggins, Indianapolis; heavyweights. Semi-windup. Eight Rounds —INorman Brown, Chicago, vs. Harod McClain, New Albany; middewetghts. Six Rounds—Chuck Ewing. Terre Haute, ve. Jimmy Rhoads, Southport; heavyweights. _ Six Rounds —Big Boy Donovan, Indianapolis. vs. Joe Brian. Indianapolis; heavyFour Rounds—Willard Chappell, Indianapolis, vs. Red Russell, Kokomo; light heavyweights. The bill consists chiefly of “big fellows,’ as the weights indicate, with three divisions represented, heavies, light heavies and middleweights. This Al Friedman, Boston heavy-

Race Entries Saturday

AT HAWTHORNE First Race ($1,200; claiming; 3-year-oldS and up; six furlongs I— Fairdale, lip; Crofton, 110; Elizabeth Bella, 97; Cold Cream. 102; Gold Mint. 112; Little Gyp. 97; Nora D.. 97; Shasta Lad, 107; Scotland. 119; Princeton, 102; House Girl, 107; Indian Love Call, 114; Bluslhne Malden, 107; Senator Seth. 112; Tyrol. 109; Krlck, 102. Second Race ($1,400; The Edgebrook- 3-year-olds and up; five and one-half furlongs)—Aleader. 97; (aiHynoluxo 107; Flag Bearer, 107; Deerfield. 97; Whiskery, 107; Sandbar 11, 107; (a)Cltek. 107; Black Beetle. 109; General Grant. 117. (a)Black Stable entry. Third Race ($1,500; The Drake; 3-year-olds; mile and seventy yards I— Brown Brutus, 107; Mole Hill. 1017; Uluniu. 112. Suitor, 109; Symphorosa, 102; Dolly Polly, 96; Up Time, 109; Miss Pearl, 96. Fourth Race (SIO,OOO added;. Chicago Juvenile Handicap; 2-year-olds; six furlongs)—Henrlette Hardies. 102; <b)Maudltn, 106; (a) Jimmy Moran, 118; Timour 109: (d)Labor, 111: Plucky Play. 102, (a) Particular. 110: (d)Capture. 114; Lightning Jones. 108: (c)Try Too. 122; Lady Fingers, 110; (d)Khara 112: Ballon Boy. 105; Sydney. 112; Gallant Knight. 118: Thistle Ann. 115; (btMorsell, 110; (e)Btlly Champ. 105: Who Win, 104. (aid. R. Bryson entry. (b'Lemar Stock Farm. (c) Stable. (and) Stable. Fifth Race ($1,500; the La Salle; 3-year-elds and up; mile and seventy yards 1 —Star O’ Morn’. 105; Easter Stockings. 109; Crossed, 103; Blackwood. Ill; War Eagle. 111. Sixth Race ($1,300; claiming; 3-year-olds and up; mile and sixteenth) —Brown Flash. 106; Vimont. 107; Flattery, 101; Armee Navee. 105: Broad Axe, 109; Laundryman, 108; Tamlna. 100; Charmarten, 109; Grand Dad, 107. Seventh Race <51,300: claiming: 3-year-old* and up: mile and quarter I— Spanish Lady, 114; Tom Byrne. 105; Fire Bush, 104’ True Boy. 109; Ryda! Rollcker. 109; Jeff O’Neil. 101: Rasuli 105: Will Bank. 104; Break of Dawn. 105; Tea Tray 105: Gold Handle. 105; Bill Seth. 109; Great Sport. 106; Blind Hills. 103; Duck It. 105: Mekaehee, 104; Billy Basil. 96; FrighHul, 105.

Tribe Averages

AB. H. Aver. Varjnz 361 118 Barnhart ..329 122 j}"? Warstler 39 > 119 -W> Layne 430 132 .307 Bejma 7* 23 .293 Matthews 416 120 .2..S Monahan 441 126 .-96 Strener 197 66 .231 Connolly 403 1?2 Riddle 85 19 .232 Metz 271 63 .232 PITCHERS IP W L H EB SO Pet. Saoee* 72 6 2 78 30 36 .750 SehOBB ... .. . 170 10 8 153 84 93 -556 Borwell .... 212 12 1 233 *4 1 .429 feaeboot .... 122 6 10 145 50 34 .3<5 Boone . .. 42 1 3 50 19 8 .230 Jonnard ■ 28 1 1 20 9 15 .500 TWENTY YEARS IN RING Italian Joe Gan, Middleweight, Fights Draw on Anniversary. Bu United Press BROOKLYN. N. Y., Aug. 17. Italian Joe Gans. Brooklyn middleweight, celebrated his twentieth anniversary in the ring Friday night by boxing a six-round draw with Henry Goldberg of Brownsville, N. Y.

BASEBALL SUNDAY INDIANAPOLIS V. KANSAS CITY Gam* Called 3 P. M.

_AUG. 17, 1929

Gledhill and Vines Clash in Title Tilt California Pair Win Doubles Crown; Boys’ Champion Is Upset. B ii T'nilrit Prcsn CULVER. Ind., Aug. 17.—Keith Gledhill and Ellsworth Vines, the Californians who have been favored throughout the tournament, were to battle today for the championship in the National Junior and Boys’ tennis meet in progress here. Both won their way into the last round by comparatively easy victories in the semi-finals round. Gledhill won from Junior Boehmer, St. Louis, 6-0, 6-1, and Vines defeated Robert Bryan, Chattanooga, Tenn., 6-1, 10-8. Vines and Gledhill won the junior doubles title by defeating Robert Bryan. Chattanooga, Tenn., and Wilmer Hines, Columbia, S. C„ 8-6, 6-3, 6-1. In the bovs’ division Bernard Friedman, Philadelphia, was favored to win the title as a result of his defeat of Richard Hebard, Wbito Plains, N. Y., defending champion, 6-0, 8-6. Jay Cohn, Santa Monica. Cal., was the other finalist in the boys’ singles division. He won from Frank Parker, ’Milwaukee, 6-4, 6-4, in the semi-finals round.

weight, is one of the “up and coming” scrappers, according to his record. He has scored victories over Ernie Schaaf, Emmett Rocco, Marty Gallagher, Jack Lawless, Jack Gagnon. Joe Monte and others. He battled Tuffy Griffith in Chicago about two months ago, staying ten rounds, finishing strong, despite the fact he lost the decisioin. Because of that great showing, Friedman returned to the Windy City for bouts four times. He was carded to meet Les Marriner there recently, but the bout was declared off when Marriner broke his hand in training. Emmett Rocco, defeated by Friedman, won and lost in two bouts with Johnny Risko. It looks like a hard night for Chuck Wiggins, though it is said the veteran Hoosier has declared he won’t be caught napping. Friedman will reach Indianapolis late today and will work out at the Arcade gym Sunday and Monday afternoons.

National Open Polo Tourney Entries Named NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—Stephen Sanford’s “Hurricane” lineup has the highest handicap team entered in the National Open pony polo championship which will be held at Meadowbrook Club, Long Island, next month. Sanford, a seven-goal player. J. V/atson Webb, 8-goal player, Captain C. T. I. Roark, British internationalist, nine-goal player, and Robert E. Strawbridge Jr., seven-goal player, compose the “Hurricane” lineup. Other strong teams entered are Sands Point, with Tommy Hitchcock, world’s greatest offensive star and ten-goal player, in the lineup; a British team brought over by Earle W. Hopping, father of the young internationalist: and the Greentree four, with Eric Pedley, eight-goal player, and Elmer J. Boeseke Jr., seven-goal player. CHICK AND FISHBAUGH Bobby Chick, Texas, and Leslie Fishbaugh, Newark, 0., have been rematched for the finish bout on Monday night’s wrestling card at B’-oad Ripple. Ralph Wilson will referee the match. In the semi-windup Johnny Carlin will tangle with Merle Dolby, Ohio State university coach, in a time limit match.

Stock Car Races Sunday—2:3o Walnut Gardens Speedway Model T Fords Free-for-All 15 Miles Each V2-Mile Feature Race in Reverse Gear 50c General Admission On State Road 67 Bus Service From Terminal Station