Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1931 — Page 11

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Slab Staff Below Par Yanks Counted Out Despite , Presence of Star Sluggers. Editor'! Vote; Thli in the third of a series on 1031 prospects of the various *na)or league baseball clubs. BY HENRY McLEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. March 25.-Despite ‘he pres°rrn of the astute and hustling Joe McCarthy, it is believed extremely unlikely that the 1931 edition of the New York Yankees Till better the performance of year's team, which finished a poor •third in the American League race McCarthy, making his debut as manager of thi Yanhas made few changes in the lineup and the the team is expected to open the championship season ith the following regulars: Combs, cf; Lary, ss; Ruth, rt, Gehrig, lb; Lazzeri. 3b; Chapman, 2b; Cooke, or Iloag, If, and Dickey, c. Pitching, just as in 1930, is the Yankee’s _big problem. McCarthy has been unable to obtain any new pitching talent and Johnson, Pipgras, Ruffing, Pennock and Sherid again will do most of the work. Infield Unsettled To make matters worse, Plpgras, recuperating from an appendicitis opertaion, will not be available until May 15. The club's rookie flingers—Gomez, Weaver, Weinert, Rhodes, Barnes and Brown—have not displayed anything startling, and McCarthy will be lucky to cull one real pitcher from the lot. McCarthy’s worries do not end with the pitching staff. At the present time McCarthy also is undecided as to both his infield and outfield. Tony Lazzeri’s work at second base has impressed Mc-.-Carthy to such an extent that he is seriously considering shifting Tony back to his former post at second and putting Ben Chapman or Sewell on third. Left field is the unsettled outfield post. Cooke can not hit southpaw pitching which may result in his benching in favor of Sam Byrd, or Myril Hoag, the $75,000 Pacific Coast beauty, Ruth in Shape The Yankees, however, have their strong points. The club can hit with the best of them as was proved last year when it topped the league In team batting. Ruth is in great Shape and it’s an old baseball axiom that "as Ruth goes, so goes the Yankees.’’ Gehrig, improving by the year, both as a fielder and hitter, should hold his .375 batting pace of 1930, and Lazzeri, in a slump last season, should bat .330 or better.

South Grove Plans Season ~v South Grove Golf Club, winner of fourteen of sixteen interclub matches during the last two years, will curtail its schedule this season, it was announced Tuesday. Contests will be arranged with Pleasant Run, Riverside and Rea Park of Terre Haute. Edwin Dorsett was appointed team manager •by President Kenneth Loucks. Following committee chairmen were named: Membership, George Elliott; greens, George Peterson; tournament, Ott Miller; finance, Jack Crawford; house, George Salge; handicap, Robert O’Haver; judicial, Dave Mitchell; audit, George Wagner. ROSALES RING VICTOR By United Press PORTLAND, Ore., March 25. Rosy Rosales, 173, Cleveland, was s he favorite of the fans who hooted when Charley Berlanger, 176, Winnipeg, was given a ten-round decision over him here Tuesday night. IRISH TIIINLIES WORK Coach Heze Clark has been sending the Cathedral high school track team through daily workouts. Stout, Breen, O’Connor, Stunkard, McCreary. Dwyer, While, Kelly and Lee have been showing best. Travel Dollars v and Travel Time Put them back in your purse —the dollars you save going by Greyhound bus ! Then settle back in a deep-cush-ioned reclining chair for a pleasant trip, on time-saving schedules —to cities a few miles distant or a few thousand. \ Hundreds of Sas’ings Like These: SPECIAL EXCURSION —Evansville— Round Trip $7.20 One Way $4.00 Low One-Way Fares Marion ; 52.15 Cincinnati $2.75 Chicago $4.00 St, Louis $5.00 Toledo $5.00 New York SIB.OO GREYHOUND - “ Traction Terminal Bus Depot, Illinois and Market Sts., •Thones—Lin. 2222 or RI. 4501. Also Yletcher Savlncs * Trust Cos. Fonji. and Ma-hrt Sts. ■Phone Bile/ 133*

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F\OWN in cld San Antonio, Donie Bush, veteran Indianapolis diamond figure, is building up the White Sox and hopes to give Chicago fans a winner this season. Two of the reasons for Donie’s optimism are shown above. Freddie Eichrodt Heft) another local product, has been doing some high-powered slugging fpr the Hose in exhibition games. He has been used chiefly as a pinch hitter. Nine hits in fourteen times at bat, including three doubles and a home run, is his record to date, and he has scored seven times. In a recent game, he hit safely five times in six trips, including a pair of doubles. Last Sunday, pinch-hitting for Pitcher Caraway, he slammed out a hbme run. Eichrodt was drafted by the Sox from New Orleans, and is battling for the center field assignment. Bill Cissell is shown on the right. Cissell is expected to hold dpwn the regular second base duties for the Bushmen. Bill has added twenty-

Bobby Chick to Oppose McKee Here Friday

Bobby Chick, Wyoming light heavyweight star, and Tiger McKee, New England, have been matched for the semi-windup on the wrestling card Friday at Cadle tabernacle. According to the promoters, there will be no price advance and women will be admitted free. Chick, £ popular grappler, has not been seen in a local ring for more than a year. Feature match Friday will see the return of Charlie Stanton, California heavyweight, against Pat Farley. 320 GRIDDERS REPORT By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 24. Three hundred and twenty football candidates reported to Coach Knute Rockne at Notre Dame Tuesday for spring training. JACK DOOLEY WINNER Jack Dooley won two of three events at Crooked Creek Gun Club Tuesday. He broke 49 out of 50 targets to take the singles and won the doubles with 21 out of 25. McIntire won th ehandicap with 24 out cf 25. AMUSEMENTS BgNKHV ' i r h Iji Ire* Usss-l Jo/lil lUa * if JL± hei 'riU 11 LYRIC I COLONIAL STARTING SATURDAY THE BIRLESQI E SENSATION “SCANDALS of 1931” WITH BUDDY CANE and 24 BIGGEST AND BEST BURLESQUE IN CITY MIDNIGHT SHOW SATURDAY | WE EMI’J.OT UNION lIUUP j | MOTION PICTURES [“SOIOUERIff® HOR “r I

five pounds to his weight, according to Sox officials, and is swatting ’em far and wide. He was slated for third base before the Kamm-Fon-seca deal lell through, but Bush now plans to use him at the keystone bag. . MOTION PICTURES LAST THREE DAYS ! J CHARLIE i, C/upft fIH ..J. ,JW ©jf CITY LICHTS\4 * j A UNITED MXT\ZTS Jtuiuxt,. NL STARTS SATURDAY The Producers of ‘"Reducing;” and “Caught Short” Now Offer the Greatest Comedy Ever Made I [MM * IBEPRODKII HEr WITH FOUR-STAR COMEDY CAST BUSTER KEATON CHARLOTTE GREENWOOD 1 REGINALD DENNY CLIFF EDWARDS |

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O'Connell Gets Job California League Offers ‘Dumbest Rookie’ Chance. By United Prest i SAN FRANCISCO, March 25. j Jimmy O’Connell, who has whiled ! away seven of his best baseball { playing years repenting his errors, ; at last has been offered a job. The second highest priced rookie in baseball records up to 1924 will . play, probably, with the Peninsula League, anew California organizaj tion. James J. Nealon, league president, ! offered him a job today. Other ! baseball officials, organized and unj organized alike, had consistantly I turned down applications of “base--1 ball’s dumbest rookie” since he was ! thrown out of the game in 1924. 1 O’Connell, it is said, was the butt of a practical joke by Cozy Dolan, Giant coach, and offered Heinie Sands, a fielder for Philadelphia, SSOO to “lay down” in a game. Allegedly the whole thing was meant as a joke as there was nothing for any one to gain by the proposition. Joke or not, O’Donnell, spent the i time since 'trying, unsuccessfully until today, to get back into the I game.

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