Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 57, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 July 1930 — Page 13

JULY 16, 1930.

ROBINS, CUBS OPEN 5-GAME SERIES AT BROOKLYN TODAY

Pace-Setting Robins Retain Three-Game Lead Over Champs Chicago to Oppose Third-Place Giants After Tilts With Leaders; McGrawmen Tackle Cards at Polo Grounds Thursday. BY GEORGE KIRKSEV United Pri Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 16.—The first of a series of crucial mid-season battles among the National League leaders opened today with the pacesetting Brooklyn Robins pitted against the second-place Chicago Cubs In a double-header at Ebbets field. The Robins and Cut* will play five games in four days in Brooklyn, and then the Cubs will move to the Polo Grounds for another series of five games in four days against the third-place New York Giants, opening Sunday. This stretch of ten games in eight days against their two leading rivals threatens to make or break the Cubs as serious pennant contenders.

Brooklyn held a three-game lead today over Chicago, with the Cubs three games ahead of the Giants. The St. Louis Cardinals. In fourth place, were one game behind the Giants. Robin Hurler* Shine At this stage of the race, Brooklyn seems better equipped than either the Cubs or Giants for a fight to the finish. The Robins' pitching staff, with Vance, Elliott, Clafk and Phelps, bearing the burden. seems the most dependable mound corps of the three contenders. Infield worries have retarded the Cubs since they took to the road, and six defeats In their last eight games against second division clubs illustrate the plight of the National League champions. Giants’ SUIT “Shot” The Giants’ pitching staff has been reduced almost to a whisper by rival sluggers during the last few days, without a dependable starter on the whole staff. So hard put is John J. McGraw for pitchers that he had to use both Fred Fttisimmons and Joe Heving against Cincinnati on Sunday, and again on Tuesday, with only one day of rest. Following today’s game against Cincinnati, the Giants will open a five-game series in four days against the Cards at the Polo grounds Thursday. When the Cubs move to the Polo grounds the Cardinals will go to Ebbetts field to battle the Robins in another five games in a four-day series. RIVERSIDE RING BOUTS Several weight divisions will be represented in the bouts at Riverstde Friday. The featherweight class will show Herb Jones against Allen Smith; Billy Cox, bantam, will meet Davey Lloyd; Roy Woods, bantam, will box Young Leach: Kid Colekect, junior welter, will tangle with Ray Slocum; Pat Cowden, lightweight, will face George Downey, while the main event will bring together Packy Graham and Jack Matthews, heavyweights.

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—Baseball Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. I- Pet. latuisTille SS 31 .640 SI. Paul SO 30 .331 Toledo 4* 33 .552 Minneapolis 42 13 .111 Kansas Cits 41 12 .131 INDIAN A POMS 30 4* .129 Columbus 37 SI .*-1 Milwaukee 31 53 .391 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet. Phtla... 50 29 .067 Detroit.. 40 48 .455 Wash 54 29 .051 Chicago 32 50 .390 New Yk. 49 35 .583 St. Louis 32 53 .376 Clevel... 42 42 . 500 Boston.. 31 52 .313 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet W. L. Pet Brooklyn 48 30 .615 Boston.. 38 41 .481 Chicago. 47 35 .573 PltUbgh. 37 43 .403 New Yk. 43 37 .538 Clncln... 35 44 .443 St. Louis 41 37 .526 Ph11a.... 27 49 .355

Big Leagues

Firpo Marberry chalked up his fifth successive victory in pitching Washington to a five hit, 3 to 0, triumph over Detroit, but the Senators were unable to gain on the first place Athletics. an n Heavy hitting bv Mickey Cochrane. Jlmmv Foxx and Bin* Miller gave Philadelphia an 11 to 6 yirtory over St. Louis. Rube Walbere and Ed Rommel! held the Browns hitless until the ninth, although they gave St. Louis three unearned runs in the third on five successive walks and a sacrifice. a tt tt New York outslugzed the ChicaßO While Sox. 9 to 5. to Bive the east a clean sweep of the davs - sames. Herb Pennock allowed the Sox fourteen hits but won his same when the Yanks pounded out six runs in the seventh and elßhth lnninks. a a a Effective pitching by Rookie Bob Osborne and timely biting by Stephenson, Cuvier, Wilson and Hartnett gave the Chicago Cnbs a 6 to 8 victory over Boston. Gabby Hartnett rlinched the victory when he hit hfs twentieth homer of the season and scored Grimm ahead of him In the eighth. tt tt a Tonv Cuccinello. rookie third baseman, led the Cincinnati Reds in their 14 to 8 win over the New York Giants. Cucctnello drove in six runs with a single, double, home run and sacrifice fly and scored twice himself. tt tt tt The Indians suffered their first defeat in a four-game series with Boston yesterday, when the Red Sox pounded Clint Brown and Walter Bean for a 13 to 4 decision. Danny MacFavden held the Indians in cheek throughout the contest.

Babe Ruth Says

smart out there on the mound. They knew how to pitch, and they studlid their business and were interested in it.

But here's the point I want to make. Not all the smart pitching was confined to those bygone days, not by any means. Despite the fact that a lot of old-timers insist otherwise, there are smart pitchers in tne game today, pitchers just as smart and just as cunning as any of the old-timers you can mention. Don't misunderstand me, when I talk about smart pitchers I don't mean pitchers who have a wide variety of curves and trick stuff. Asa matter of fact, the thing works out quite the opposite, for pitchers never really get smart until they begin to lose some of their natural stuff and ha’ e to depend on the old bean to get by the tough spots.

A fan wrote me the other day and wanted to know who was the smartest pitcher in the American League. That’s a puzzler, but after thinking it over carefully I’ve about decided

Today’s Games AMERICAN ASSOCIATION No games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Phiadelohia at Chicago. New York at St. Louis. Boston at Detroit. Washington at Cleveland (two games). NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh at Boston (two earnest. Chicago at Brooklyn (two games). Cincinnati at New York. St. Louis at Philadelphia. Yesterday’s Results AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (Twelve innings) Toledo 101 023 124 000—14 17 7 Columbus 003 233 120 001—15 18 5 McQuillan. Tate. H. Smith, Rabb. Heimach and E. Smith. Henline; Doyle, Jones. Miller and Devine. Kansas Cltv 103 020 Oil— 8 13 2 Minneapolis 000 403 000— 7 8 1 Malev. Holley,' Thomas and Anglev: Lundgren. Dumont. Hill, McCullough and Gonzales. Milwaukee 100 100 000 - 2 9 1 St. Paul 102 103 00X— 7 9 2 Robertson and Young; Harriss and Fenner. NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 010 202 000— 5 9 1 Boston 200 000 100— 3 9 3 Osborn and Hartnett: Frankhouse, Cunningham. Cantwell and Cronin, Gowdy. Pittsburgh 000 000 000— 0 1 0 Brooklyn 030 100 Olx— 5 8 0 Brame and Hemsley; Clark and Lopez. Cincinnati 330 220 022—14 15 1 New York 100 01.3 300— 8 13 2 Kolp. Benton and Sukeforth; Hubbell, Heving. Fitzsimmons. Pruett and Hogan. St. Louis 210 000 400— 7 12 2 Philadelphia 012 020 010— 6 10 I Grimes and Mancuso; Hansen, Collard, Elliott and Rensa. Davis. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 000 102 000— 3 9 1 Detroit 000 000 000— 0 5 0 Marberry and Ruel; Hoyt. Sullivan and Hayworth. New York 000 300 240 9 18 3 Chicago 010 200 Oil— 5 14 0 Pennock and Bengough; Caraway, Walsh and Tate. Boston 110 440 lit—l3 16 1 Cleveland 001 021 009— 4 12 2 MacFayden and Heving; Brown, Beane and Mvatt. Philadelphia 104 100 104—11 15 1 St. Louis 003 000 003— 6 4 2 Walbere. Rommel! and Cochrane; Blaeholder. Styles and Manion.

ST. LOUIS, July 16. YOU hear a lot these days about the smart pitching there used to be in the old days, and fans are constantly talking about the cunning of Ma tty, ThreeFingered Brown, Young, Coombs, Bender and Plank. I know they're right, too. Those fellows I’ve mentioned were cunning and

that Herb Pennock gets the call. Herb knows his pitching onions and he knows opposing hitters, too. His comeback this year has been the most amazing thing in baseball to me, and I'm telling you that there are just two things which have made it possible. One of these is his perfect control and the other is just natural cunning and the ability to use his head. Listed among the really smart pitchers in the American League, I would put Sam Jones of the Senators, George Uhle of the Detroit Tigers, Ted Lyons of the Chicago White Sox and Jack Quinn of the Athletics. Those fellows may not have as much stuff as a lot of other pitchers, but just the same every time they go out on that rubber they're tough becruse they know what to do and how to do it. They don't depend on their arms to fool the batter. They out think him as well. (Copyright, 1930. by The Christy Walsh Syndicate and The Indianapolis Times)

Pickerd, Darcy Top Fort Bill Tuesday; Anderson Wins Veteran Eddie Easily Outpoints Henry Falegano in 10-Round Tussle,

Walter Pickerd, local heavyweight k. o. artist whose latest ring achievement was a quick knockout victory over Joe Packo, will return to the Ft. Harrison punch bowl next Tuesday night to oppose Len Darcy of Michigan in the ten-round main event. In Tuesday’s feature, Eddie Anderson, Wyoming lightweight punched out an easy ten-round victory over Henry Falegano of Des Moines, substituting for Steve Smith. Falegano showed ability to take the punches, but Eddie’s aggressiveness won him every rour.(S but one. Max Smith, local middleweight, easily defeated Eddie Staten in six rounds, and Red Holloway won on a technical knockout over Billy Moore, Terre Haute welter, in the fourth. Red Myers, Terre Haute, shaded Ray Mitchell of East Liverpool, 0.,

THE INDIANAPOLIS Ti^ES

Singer and Mandell in Top Shape Sammy Ready to Defend Title in 15-Round Bout Thursday. BY DIXON STEWART United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 16.—A1 Singer, New York's current aspirant to the lightweight throne, has completed training for his fifteen-round bout against Lightweight Champion Sammy Mandell at Yankee stadium Thursday night. Both boxers showed impressively in their final hard drills Tuesday. Singer boxed several rounds and appeared primed to go fifteen rounds at a fast clip. He weighed 134 Vi pounds after the workout and has no weight-making worries. Mandell limited his work to ten rounds of floor exercises, bag punching, rope skipping and working on the pulleys. He trained vigorously and impressed observers with his wind, apparent strength and readiness for battle. The Mandell camp continued to make a secret of Sammy's weight, but announced he was below the stipulated 135 pounds. MACK, SEIGEL SIGN NEW YORK, July 16.—Eddie Mack, Pacific coast lightweight, has been matched with Willie Seigel of New York in the opening ten-round bout on the Kid Chocolate-Jack (Kid) Berg card Aug. 7. Eddie Murdock of California meets Baby Joe Gans in the ten-round semifinal.

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in a six-rounder. Mitchell was down for a nine count in the final stansw. Battling Renlide of Ft. Harrisoo lost to Dominic Petruzzi when Referee Cooley stopped the bout in the third round and disqualified Renlide for lack of action. In the opening four-rounder Tuffy Mitchell earned a shade over Chuck Smith of Shelbyville in four rounds. HEAVY BOUT DELAYED Bu United Preftn CLEVELAND, July 16. The heavyweight bout between Johnny Risko and Tom Heeney, scheduled for Thursday night, has been postponed until Tuesday night, according to Promoter Eddie Meade. The fight has been delayed because of a shoulder injury suffered by Risko during a training session.

British Golf Champs Enter CHICAGO. July 16.—Two former British amateur golf champions, Cyril Tolley and T. Phillips Perkins, will compete in the western amateur tourney here next week for the title now held by Don Moe of Portland, Ore., it was announced today.

Major Leaders —— By United Press -----

(Include Games Plavcd July 15.) LEADING HITTERS G AB R H I’M. O'Doul, Phillies 73 288 66 117 .406 Klein. Phillies 78 Sls 79 125 .397 Stephenson. Cubs.... 65 222 39 8* .396 Terrv. Giant, Bft 326 75 127 .390 Herman, Robin* ,7 .715 76 123 .390 HOME RUN SLUGGERS Ruth, Yankees... 32 Berger, Braves.,. 24 Klein. Phillies... 26 Foxx. Athletics.. 23 flilson. Cubs.,.. 24 Gehriir, Yankees. 23 HITS Terry, Giants ~ .127 Hodapp. Indians..l23 Klein, Phillies ... 125 Rice. Senators ...121 Herman, Robins . 123 RUNS BATTED IN Gehrig. Yankees Iftft Foxx, Athletics.. 86 Klein, Phillies. 93 Ruth, Yankees. . 85 jimmons, Athlet’s 90

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Clark Hurls One-Hit Tilt for Brooklyn Bu L'nitrd Pret* BROOKLYN, Juiy 16.— William W’atson Clark, stair Brooklyn lefthanded pitcher, turned in the first one-hit pitching performance of the 1930 major league season Tuesday when he twirled the Robins to a 5 to 0 victory over Pittsburgh. The victory was Clark's tenth of the season and his first shutout in seventeen starts. Pie Traynor’s single in the second inning was the only Pirate hit, only twentyeight batsman facing the Brooklyn pitcher. Traynor died stealing and Engle, who led off in the third inning with a walk, was the only Pirate left on base. After walking Engle, Clark retired the next twenty-one bats-

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men in order. He struck out four batsmen. Clark sacrificed his usual period of rest so that Manager Robinson could save his right-handers for the series with Chicago. READING SIGNS GREENFIELD Pitcher Kent Greenfield, recently turned loose oy Brooklyn after failing in the Texas League, reported to the Reading Keys of the International League last week.

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