Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 285, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 April 1931 — Page 15

APRIL ft, 1931.

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Toronto Leafs Close With Indians Today Burwell Will Make Last Mound Appearance Before A. A. Lid-Lifter: Tribesmen Come From Behind to Win Long One Wednesday. BY EDDIE ASH Whacking and whittling away, the rampaging Indians of Johnny Corriden climbed from the depths Wednesday in the series second with Toronto, came from behind a 10 to 3 handicap and captured a tenlrir.i't' struggle. 13 to 12, to chalk up their tenth victory during spring. It • a humdinger struggle with the Hoosiers winning because they took advantage of every opening, ran the ball out and waltzed home triumphant by exercising the old courage and determination. Twentyeight players saw service, fourteen to the side.

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•Ten innings Wrdncdav) INDIANAPOLIS AB R H O A E Mo ±!> 5 2 1 5 2 1 1.0 i’erald, cf 4 1 l i o 1 Bonura. lb 6 l 3 14 l 0 Waikrr. rs . . 6 0 2 2 0 0 C Barnhart. If 5 2 110 0 Narieskv. 3b 4 2 1 0 5 0 Wolfe. 2b 5 1 0 3 5 1 B ridl?. c 3 2 1 3 1 0 Vornholt. and 1 o 1 0 o 0 Mulronev. n 1 0 0 0 1 0 HjOtl CM 1 1 1 0 0 0 I. Barnhart. t> 0 0 0 0 0 0 Anjrlev 1 ] o 0 0 0 Hall. D 1 0 0 0 2 0 Total* 43 13 12 30 17 3 Koenccke batted lor Mulroney In seventh. Anglev bated for L. Barnhart in eiKhtli. TORONTO AB R H O A E Alorehart. 2b 4 o 0 33 0 Burke. 2b 0 1 0 0 1 2 Richardson. 3b 6 l 2 1 1 0 Rogell. sc 3 1 2 1 2 0 Dollack. : > .2 1 1 2 1 1 Babbitt, rs 5 2 0 2 0 0 McHenry, cf 5 3 2 5 0 1 Strong. If 6 2 3 4 1 1 Saeviuj. lb 5 i 3 7 o o Laly, e 5 0 l 4 1 0 But. nerger n 4 0 0 0 1 0 Davis 1 0 0 0 0 0 Kiser, p, 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hhanklln. p 0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 46 12 14 *29 12 5 Davis butted for Butzbergfir in eighth. •Two out when winning run scored. Toronto 024 012 102 o—l 2 Indians 030 00 261 I—l3 Runs batted m .-strong (6). Shevlin, C. hart, Vornholt, Butzberger, Daly. Richardson. Fiizcorald. Bonura >2i, Montague. Anglev, Narle.ikv. Doljack. Wolfe. Two-base he , Sneviin. Bonura. Strong. Koenccke Montague. Uldale. Three-base hit -Strong Home runs -C. Barnhart, S'rong. Richan.son. Doijack. Stolen base -Shevlin. sacrlhce —McHenrv. Double pie-. - Narlo! kv to Wolfe io Riddle. Base on balls -Off Vornholt. 2; off Butzberger, 4; off Mulroney, 1, off L. Barnhart. 1; oft Hall. 1; ofT Kizer, 2; off Shanklin, 2. Struck out, By Vornholt, 1. by Butzberger. 3: bv Mulrouev. 1, Hits--Off Vornholt, 5 in 2 innings ana 5 batters in third inning; off Mulroney. 7 in 5 innings; off L. Barnhart. 1 in 1 Inning; off Hall, 1 in 2 innuii'.s: off Shanklin. 2 In 2 innings; off Butzberger, .n 7 innings: off Kizer. none 'Pitched to three batters). Left on liases —lndlanapolus. 10; Toronto. 11. Hit by pitcher- Bv Ki-cr (Riddle). Winning p,teller Itall Losing pitcher—Shanklin. Umpires— McGrew and Gaynor. Time—--2.25. tt tt tt KEN STRONG, who used to . pack the grid leather for New' York university, turned in the best fielding feat of Wednesday when he sprinted to the left held corner and made a back-handed catch of Henry Bonura',s low line drive. It was tough on Bonura. but a thrill for the fans Strong covered ground in nothing fiat to catch up with the sphere. Strong batted in six runs. a a a Out of the lineup for some lime, Clyde Barnhart, reappeared and on his first trip to (lie pi. (r -enl the pellet soaring over (he left field barrier (or a bomr run. Other eireoil nallops acre pnlsd bv Richardson and Doljack of (he Leafs. a tt tt Following the lone struggle, Ed W. <6; eve i Harter gave the Tribe officials a dinner party at the Indianapolis Athletic chib Umpire Ted McGrew and sports editor* were o'her guests surrounding the festive board. Baseball, past and present, formed the heavy end of the conversation. Years a;:r> Harter was hot boy lor the India’s „id liner was business manager of The Indianapolis and Newark Federal*. tt a a Immett McCann was given a day off to gel bis Cimil> settled for the season in Indianapolis. Howard Fitzgerald was dee for a rest todav on account of a blister on his heel. HENRY BONURA* added three more hits to his spring collection Wedne. day, and handled the first sack duties in a capable manner Hmy has come to the front in rapid fashion since the Indians came up from the south. "Thntta baby!" is his favorite pepper phrase a a a Kizer entered the game Wednesday as Toronto relief pitcher in the rtghth and proceeded to walk Narl-sky and Wolfe and lo wHd pitch one Into the rib* of Riddle He s removed and Shanklin ttnishrd. Baa The Leafs .started rapping Vornholt in the -econd ivnd blasted him to the showers in ttie third. Mulroney relieving. Both Mulroney and Leslie Barnhart were taken ou: tor pinch hitters Mulroney was ineffective, however. Starting for" the first ttinv before the home fans, young Vornholi vi.is not up to the form he displayed

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Bill Burwell was slated to step out today in the last battle with the ! International Leaguers and en- j deavor to go the route as a final ; tune-up for the job of facing St. ; Paul in the A. A. lid-lifter here next ; Tuesday. Women Free Friday. The Buffalo BLsons will Invade j Washington park Friday to open a three-game set, the last exhibition tilts before the bell rings for the 1331 championship race in Tom Hickey’s circuit. Women will be admitted free Friday, with hostilities starting at 2:30. Pilot Corriden used four fliijgers Wednesday and Toronto three, the credit for the pitching victory ; eventually going to Lefty Hall, the ; fourth hurler trotted out by the Tribe boss. A six-run rally in the eighth put the locals back in the 1 contest, the Leafs stepped ahead again by scoring twice in the ninth, j the Indians tied in in their half 1 and in the tenth Clyde Barnhart | walked after one out, reached third : when Narlesky singled on the hit- I and-run and scampered home with ! the winning marker when Paul ' Wolfe drove a long, towering fly to ! center. Indians on Toes The Leafs had the fracas sewed up in the ninth, 12 to 11, with two down and Riddle on second. Fitzgerald bounced to Burke at second, who gathered in the sphere without trouble and then threw high to first Riddle sliding home. The fact that j Riddle and Fitzgerald kept running ‘ on an apparent easy out saved the I day for the Corridenites. A1 Butzburger, young southpaw ! pitched great ball for Toronto for the seven innings he was out there, ! allowing only seven hits. He is a well-built youth from Ohio and the : Toronto club officials believe he will I develop into a phenom. "Butzie” I was carried by the Leafs last year ! as an extra to pick up pointers. He I of Manager Steve o Neill and lives near O’Neill's home in the Buckeye state. Ken Strong, former all-American -ootball star, was the big noise with roionto Wednesday, collecting a double, triple and home run, his homer coming with the bases packed. Ken also came through with two dandy catches in left field tribe batting figures Bonura **' p /‘: Fitzgerald 4<i 1 - *255 Walker El E ’* $ £ Riddle ; *25 ! Monahan ~ - '??? • * I I JO I. C. OPPOSES WABASH Indiana Central baseball team will open the season Saturday at ! Crawfordsville. opposing Wabash college. Coach Good will nominate either Swan or Leßoy to hurl, with Captain Ross behind the bat. Ward at first, De Meyer on second. Simon at shortstop, Walters at third, and Judd. Findley and Wilson in the outfield complete the line-up, with France and Lemme as reserves. Twenty-five Greyhound gridmen reported for spring drill Wednesday. Captain-elect Harold Smith is in charge. TIGERS RELEASE FUNK By l nited Prets DETROIT. April 9.—Elias Funk, veteran outfielder, has been released to the Sacramento Pacific Coast j League club by the Detroit Tigers, 1 it was learned today.

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WEDNESDAY EXHIBITION SCORES Chicago (N.t, 8: Ft. Worth (T. LG. 8 f tie >. Chicago (A.). 12: New York <N.>. 9. Birmingham S A.i. 4. Cleveland (A.i. 3. Detroit (A.). 7: Pittsburgh N.t. 4 St. Louis (A.K 11; Wichita (W A ). 9. Boston 'A ). 11; Columbus A. A . 6. Washington <A.>. 8; Boston iS.i, 5. Philadelphia (N.i, 6; Philadelphia New York <A ), 11; Asheville (P. L.K 3. Hartford (S- L.i. 5; Brooklyn (N.i. 2. Cincinnati (N.i. 5; Louisvihe (A. A.i. 4. St. Lou!* (N.i. 14: Huntsvhle. 4. Nashville (S A.). 11; Buffa'o (I L.I, 10. Indianapolis (A. A.). 13; Toronto (I L.i. 12. Atlanta <B. A.), 15; New York Seconds (N.i. 8. WASHINGTON, April 9.—Philadelphia's National Leaguers, the Phillies, winners of the city series with the world champion Athletics, invaded Washington today to meet Walter Johnson's Senators. Jumping on Lefty Grove, A's southpaw ace. in the seventh inning for four runs, the Phils copped their third victory in four starts against the Mackmen Wednesday. Hal Lee, rookie outfielder, hit a homer in the seventh. Stoner and H. Elliott pitched for the Phillies. It was the second year of triumph for the National League club. tt a a LOUISVILLE, April 9.—Cincinnati Reds closed their exhibition tour Wednesday with a 5-to4 ten-innlg triumph over Louisville. Frev and Carroll hurled lor the Reds, who were outhit. 11 to 9. BALTIMORE. Md„ April ft.—Boston Braves closed their 1931 spring training road rames today with a contest against Baltimore. Boston dropped an S-to-5 verdict to Washington Senators Wednesday while Baltimore was defeating Hagerstown, 14 to 6. a tt tt BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. April 9 —Cleveland Indians hoped to even the score with the Birmingham Southern. Association team today. Birmingham won Wednesday's contest. 4 to 3. Howard Craghead. coast rookie, was touched for the four runs after Willis Hudlin had blanked the Barons in the first five innings. WICHITA, Kan., April ft.—St. Louis Browns played Wichita today prior to returning to St. Louis for the annual city series with the Cardinals. The Browns won from the wssten leaguers Wednesday, 11 to 9, although outhit, 16 to 10. tt tt tt MACON, Ga., April 9.—Manager Robinson planned another shakeup in the Brooklyn batting order today in an effort to see if he could shake Babe Herman out of his batting slump. Herman has

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done little hitting in the exhibition games. The Robins lost again Wednesday to the Hartford (Eastern League) team, a Brooklyn farm. 5 to 2, Mattingly holding the Dodgers to two hits. a a a COLUMBUS. 0.. April 9.—Boston Red Sox met Columbus today in its last game before returning to Boston. Wednesday the Red Sox downed the American Association club. 11-3, their second straight. tx tt tt ASHEVILLE. N. C.. April 9.—New York Yankees hoped for another victory over the Asheville Piedmont League team today as a result of the heavy hitting they have displayed in their last two games. Babe Ruth hit his third home run of the training season Wednesday as the Yankees defeated Asheville. 11 to 3. Gehrig also got a four-bagger. tt tt a MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 9.—St. Louis Cardinals met the Memphis (Southern Association) club in its last road game of the spring training season. The Cardinals will leave after the game for St. Louis, where they will meet their civic rivals, the Browns, in a city series. The Cards had little difficulty on Wednesday in defeating Huntsville, 14 to 4. Dizzy Dean, young southpaw, was loaned to the losers, but poor support ruined his efforts. # ff ff ff GREENVILLE. S. C.. April 9.—With the scries standing even, Chicago White Sox and New Y'ork Giants met here today in the thirteenth game of their spring training series. The Sox evened the series at six games each by winning Wednesday, 13 to ft. Pitcher Hal McKain, who relieved Thomas in the sixth inning, got two homers for the White Sox. tt u tt KANSAS CITY. April 9.—Brame and Meine, Pirate mound stars, were hammered for twelve hits, including three doubles and two triples, as the Detroit Tigers hung up a 7-to-4 exhibition win Wednesday. Vic Sorrell held the Pittsburghers to seven hits. A thre run rally in the eighth gave the Tigers victory. tt tt tt FT. WORTH, Tex., April 9.—Once more the Chicago Cubs got aawy to a flying start only to fall behind and the Ft. Worth Texas Leaguers gained an 8-to-8 tie verdict with the Bruins. The contest was called to allow the Cubs to catch an early train. Pat Malone had a fotir-run lead up to the fifth.

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Girl Adds New Mark | Helene Madison Lowers Record in 75-Yard Freestyle Race. By United Prtss CHICAGO, April 9.—Helene Mad- ; ison, 17-year-old swimming star from Seattle, held another national record today after swimming the j j seventy-five-yard free style in 43.8 : seconds. The former record was . 45.1 made by Ethel Lackie in 1925. | With Miss Madison swimming the j last leg. the Washington A. C. team | j defeated the Illinois Women’s Athletic Club team in the 220-yard relay race and set anew record of | one minute 56.9 seconds, breaking . * the former mark made by the Worn- j . en’s Swimming Association of New j York.

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