Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 288, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1931 — Page 10

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INDIANS ON TOES FOR INAUGURAL WITH SAINTS TUESDAY

Burwell and Riddle Will Form Battery Betts or Harriss Expected to Hurl for Invading Apostles; Carl Lind and Oral Hildebrand Added to Tribe Roster; Bisons Win Sunday. TnW., BY EDDIE ASH business Trib , e P a3timers ar e Poised for the important tion pes , ky st ' Paul Saints in the American Associa-

tion , T* 6 v ‘ iC ***** ra ui saints m the a: Burwiu a hcre Tuesday and the veteran Bill 51 assigned the heavy task of facing favorites on the mound. Johnny batt?rv ii!rf b< L 0r ! the recelvin S end of the Indian the Annfi and S, Is , presumed Manager Leifleld of Call on Walter Betts or Slim Harriss the mask Pltchin S. with the slugging Fenner behind ft® curtain ralser the local baseball stag( r the annual parade downtown. Both and w-d i Pa J t C i Pate in this event - al °ng with floats XfL* A ¥ bands - Game time will be at 3p. m. SnntA o^ nerS , TueEciay - beginning the thirtieth u the t b . lg mlnor loop of the middle west, are: taTcKS*' Milwaukee at Columbus and Coion n iS :ii i ng * only lhree games back of the champion burning up with

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through. Anyway, the Tuesday fracas here promises to be a red hot scrap, with the Tribesmen satisfied they are in fine condition to give the strongest of opposition a battle all the way, especially with Burwell out in the center of the diamond. Hildy and Lind Obtained The Indians made two player additions over the week-end. Carl Lind, second baseman, was obtained from Cleveland, and Oral Hildebrand, the youthful flinger sold to Cleveland during the winter, was returned to the Corridenites on option to gain more experience. Lind performed with both New Orleans and Cleveland last year, batting .307 for the Pelicans and .247 for the big leaguers. Emmett McCann is slated to play second in the A. A. opener, owing to the fact Pilot Corriden will not have time to train Lind in his style of play before the league starting bell rings. In the closing exhibition game of spring at Washington park Sunday, the Buffalo Bisons grabbed the laurels, 5 to 2, in a light hitting fray. The Indians annexed two out of three in the series and concluded their tuning up schedule with the remarkable record of thirteen victories in sixteen starts. Walks Help Bisons Both clubs employed three hurlers on the Sabbath, with Lee Daney showing best for the locals. The Bisons got to Boone in the fourth to gain the lead, which they held and increased in the fifth and sixth. Russell Pence, a free agent, who used to perform in the Texas League, tried his hand the last four stanzas. Wilson, Gould and Wertz occupied the mound for Buffalo. Home runs featured the exhibi- | tion windup, Koenecke poling one for the Indians and Wrightstone for the Bisons. Hits were four for Buffalo and five for Indianapolis, but | Boone and Pence were liberal with j passes and the visitors were helped by nine walks. ALIGHT drill today wound up the Indians’ preparation for opening day. Plays and “signs" were rehearsed and batting and fielding drills were staged. Manager Corriden held a long meeting with his pastimers and it was announced everything was set for the jumpoff. T. J. Hickey. president of the American Association, will attend the local inaugural. The league prexy usualiy goes to the opener in the pennant city and the LocisvUle Colonels may send up a homl when tbev learn he selected Indianapolis, last in i!)30, to watch hostilities. Oh. well, perhaps he’s economizing on mileage. Anyway, Indianapolis welcomes him. Len Koenecke led the Indians with the stick in the closing tilt with Buffalo Sunday, collecting a double, home run and walk. His four-base smash came behind a walk to Walker in the second. Wrightstone kissed one out of the park over the scoreboard in the fourth with Shir.ners on ahead. It was tough (toine for Boone in that round. He walked three and was touched for a double ana homer. The Bisons collected four thefts during the afternoon. Ralph Shinners pilfering twice. Narleskv dropped a good throw as Ralph swiped third in the fifth.

PENCE was knocked down by a I Wrightstone liner in the seventh, but recovered in time to erase the runner. Pence is a righthander who has been out of league ball for a couple of years and is striving to stage a comeback. He used to pitch for Dallas and once was on the Chicago Cub roster. Curt Walker contributed a marvelous catch in the ninth when he raced to the ncoreboard m deep right and nailed Wrightstone’s drive with one hand. A throw to Boners, doubled Shinners off first. Olson turned In a dandy same at second for the visiting International Leaguers. Montagu© fouled off about a dozen before he retired in the fifth He was off form in the field and miscued twice. Lefty Liefield’s Saints may add more talent later, but just at present the following represents their roster for the opening of the championship race: Pitchers —Betts, Herriss. Bream, Murphy. Prudhomme. Van Atta. Munns. Catchers —Fenner and Snyder. Inflelders —Roettsrer, lb; Saltzgaver, 2b: Hopkins. Sb: Wanninscr and Morrissey, ss. Ontfielders—Davis, If; Anderson and Durst, cf; Paschal and Jones, rfi Bossard, utility. Wood Delays Speed Trial By United Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla., April 13. Gar Wood, American speed boat driver, again was forced by high winds today to postpone his attempt to recapture the world’s speed record on Indian river here. A twenty-one-mile breeze was blowing at right angles across the river early today and weather officials announced there was no prospect of its abating before nightfall. After receiving the reports. Wood announced he would cancel his attempt today. Coach Takes Bride By Times Special VEEDERSBURG, Ind., April 13. Uiss Margaret Bogan, Veedersburg, und H. James Ward, coach of Hillsboro high school, were married at Washington. JENNINGS TAKES CROWN CINCINNATI. April 13.—George Jennings of Chicago, national public parks tennis champion, won the western Indoor tennis title here Sunday, defeating Larry Tieman of Cincinnati, defending champion, in sh/. finals, 6-1, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4-

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INDIANAPOLIS .. , AB R H O A E Montague, ss 4 n 1 1 2 0 I Fitzgerald, cf ” 4 0 0 3 n 0 fe r ?- r i f b J 0 1 I ° 2 2 I Koenecice. If V.V.V.V. 3 1 2 2 0 0 Narleskv. 3b 4 0 0 0 1 1 Riddle V b 4 0 0 4 3 0 i c 4 0 1 7 1 ft D&nsy. and 1 0 A a } S Boone, p . # 0 0 0 i n n i Pence* J ° 5 ° 0 0 I ence - t> 1 0 0 0 3 0 Totals .....33 2 5 27 u Monahan batted for Boone in fifth BUFFALO _ t ab r h o a e Cote, ss ..... 5 0 0 1 1 1 Stover, cf 4 n 1 g n o Shinners. If ."2 2 0 n n n wrightstone. 4 1 1 n 1 0 Olsen. 2b 2 1 0 33 n Brown, rf3 o 8 ? o 8 ir/ el 3i> rs ° ? ° ° o o aax. 3b 2 1 l o 3 o Crouse, c 2 0 0 7 2 0 VHson. and 1 0 0 0 1 0 Gould, p X 0 0 1 0 0 k? rr . 1 0 I 0 0 0 Wertz, and 000010 Totals 28 1 1 27 u 1 Hawks batted for Wilson in fourth. Kerr batted for Gould in eighth. Indianapolis 020 000 000—2 Runs batted In—Koenecke (2). WrighthV?? e Hawks, Olsen. Cote. Two-base ..Its Riddle. Saxo. Koenecke. Home runs —Koenecke. Wrightstone. Stolen bases— Olsen. Shinners (2). Saxo. Sacrifices—Shinners. Crouse. Double olays—McCann to Montague to Bonnra; McCann to Bcnura’: Wa.xer to Bonura. Left on bases—lndlanapoiis. 6: Buffalo. 8. Base on balls—--03 Boone. 4: off Wilson. 1: off Pence. 5: 2r ™£ Ttz - i- Struck out— By Daney. 3: by Wi.son. 2: bv Boone. 2: uv Pence, 1; bv Gould. 2: by Wertz. 1. Hits—Off Danev, 1 in 3 innings; off Boone. 2 in 2 innings; off Pence. 1 in 4 innings: off Wilson. 2 in 3 innings; off Gould. 2 in 4 innings: off Wertz. 1 ir, 2 innings. Hit bv pitcher—By Daney (Brown). Winning Ditcher—Gould. Losing pitcher—Boone. Umpires—McGrew. Parker and Gavnor. Time. 1:55. SATURDAY’S GAME Buffalo 000 000 030—3 9 1 Indians 000 102 lOx—4 10 1 Eatteries—Love, Bloomer and Munn, Crouse: Cvengros, L. Barnhart, Mulroney and Angley.

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New uniforms for the Indians were distributed to the players today, and on Tuesday the athletes will appear decked out in dark blue trimmed in white. Home and road •unies” will be the same. Owner Norman Perry selected blue and white because that color combination will make a better showing when the Indians play light ball later in the season. Player numbers follow: 1. Wclfe. 12. Koenecke. 2. Narlesky. 14. Bonnra. 3. Montague. 15. Cvengros. 4. Walker. 16. Daney 5. Corriden. 17. Smith. 6. C. Barnhart. 18. Burnell. 7. Mcnalian. J 9. L. Barnhart. 8. McCann. 20. Mulrcney. 9. Fitzgerald. 21. Holshouser. 10. Angley. 22. Boone. 11. Riddle. 23. Hail

Carl Lind, infls’der, and Oral Hildebrand, pilcher, coming down from Cleveland. were not present at practice today and will be outfitted and numbered Tuesday. Jack Bornholt and Russell Pence was on hand, but were minus numbered blouses. TRIBE EXHIBITION AVERAGES „ AB. H. Pet. Bonura 42 16 381 Fitzgerald 57 26 .351 Montaeue 57 19 .333 Koenccke 51 17 .333 WalK.er 08 22 .324 Angley 34 11 .324 s*<*£ls 32 10 .313 C. Barnhart 14 4 286 McCann 19 5 ,20s Wolfe 25 6 .240 Narlesky 64 15 .234 •Monahan 25 3 .120 Semi-Pro and Amateur j Baseball Gossip Western A. A. will be in the field again this year. All players are to meet at the manager’s house Wednesday night to discuss plans for the season opener on April 19. City and state teams write John Finchum, 1016 Rybolt street, for games. Indianapolis Orioles went through a stiff practice Sunday. Joe is requested to get in touch with Kelso before Tuesday night. Orioles will meet Tuesday right at Joe's houte. All players are requested to be on hand at 7:30 p. m. Irvington Trojans desire Sunday games. Call Bob Gladden, Ir. 3708. Kingston A. C.s of Kokomo opened their practice season Sunday, with several candidates trying out. One of the strongest clubs in the Kokomo district is expected. Kingstons will open their home season on May 3. Strong clubs desiring games write George Doyle, 1313 North Armstrong street, Kokomo. Monarchs Indoor ball team has been organized by Mike Vaughn. There are seventeen tryouts. The Bunker Hill club will be played Tuesday afternoon at Fall Creek park. For games write Mike Vaughn, 1517 Northwestern avenue. COPS JONES TROPHY By Times Special AVALON, Santa Catalina Island, Cal., April 13.—Vince Petrich won the Bobby Jones trophy awarded in the first annual Santa Catalina island amateur golf tournament Sunday with 131 for the thirty-six holes. Johnny De Paolo, brother of the race driver, was second with 132. GEORGE DUNLAP VICTOR PINEHURST, N. C., April 13. George Dunlap Jr. of Princton, intercollegiate champion, annexed honors in the north and south amateur golf tourney Saturday, defeating Samuel Parks, Pittsburgh, 6 and 5. HELENE SETS ANOTHER BUFFALO, N. Y., April 13. —Another record was added to Helene Madison's list today alter her 27 4-5 seconds performance in the sixty-yard free style here Sunday. The time is 3-5 of a second better than the former mark of Ethel Lackie.

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Among the new Indians is Howard Fitzgerald, lefthanded hitter from the Lone Star state who is protecting the middle pasture for Johnny Corriden’s hopefuls. Fitz has come fast since the Tribesmen reached Washington park and his long swats were frequent highlights as the local pastimers bowled over visiting teams during exhibition tilts. Fitzgerald played in the Texas League several years and was a popular performer in that circuit. In the field the lanky fly chaser has delivered up to expectations. He came to the Indians along with pitcher Holshouser in the deal that sent pitcher Jonnard and second baseman Connolly to Milwaukee.

Tennis Stars Open Tourney j By United Press PINEHURST, N. C., April 13. . Play in the thirteenth annual north 1 and south tennis championship beI gan here today while forty-eight men and twenty women entered. Frank X. Shields, New York, was : seeded number one in men’s com- ; petition, followed in order by Clif i Sutter, New Orleans; Johnny Van j Ryn, Philadelphia: Bryant Grant, I Atlanta; Berkeley Bell, Austin, Tex.; Marcel Rainville, Montreal; J. A. Wright and Bertram Hommell, Absecon, N. J. Women’s seedings in order are; Mrs. Marjorie Gladman-Van Ryn, Philadelphia; Mrs. Marian Jessup, Wilmington, Del.; Marjorie Sachs, Boston; Virginia Rice, Boston. Millers Obtain Gene Moore By United Press CINCINNATI, April 13.—Eugene Moore, youthful outfielder, was released tc Minneapolis of the American Association on option today by the Cincinnati Reds as the first cut in the club’s spring squad. Twenty-six active players now remain on the Red roster. Moore played with Dallas in the Texas League last year.

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Max Schmeling to Arrive Tuesday for Ring Exhibition

A real “Coney Island” bus, appropriately decorated, will carry the boxers on Tuesday night’s fight card in the baseball parade Tuesday afternoon. Immediately after the parade the fighters will be taken to the Armory for the weigh-in and physical examination, and then the Legion committee will go to the Union Station to meet the Max Schmeling party, which will arrive over the B. & O. from Springfield, 111., where Schmeling stages an exhibition tonight. With an escort of motorcycle officers, the party will be taken to the Claypool, Schmeling’s headquarters while here. ♦ Bowling ♦ BY LEFTY LEE The third weeks play cf the Round Robin tourney, which roled on the St. Philip A. C. alleys found Johnny Fehr in front for the days play with a four game total of 840. on games of 211, 212, 203 ana 214. Fonnie Snyder was on his heels finishing second with 839. Bill Moran, who finished in the runner up position last week rolled 829 for a grand total of 2.476 to take second place for the three week’s play, Frank Hueber leading with 2,504, adding 822 to his previous two sets over the 800 mark. I. O. Grady passed Jess Pritchett for third place having 2,455. Pritchett has. 2.439 and G. Miller in fifth place. 2,436. Next Sundays play will be held on the Central alleys. Indianapolis Post Office teams No. 1 and 2 defeated Terre Haute No. 1 and 2 in a special match on the Central alleys Sunday afternoon. Teams No. 3 and 4 from the “Hut” evened things up, however, by taking the local No. 3 and No. 4 quintets. Wall was responsible for the No. 1 team win with a total of 638. while Wilson put the No. 2 team across with 632. Fred Schleimer finished on top In the 'ndividual race of the printcraft League with an average of 196 for the season. Eddie Hornberger was second with 192 and O. Woodard third. 191. Flint Ink ran off with the Pennant, having the remarkable record of 72 wins and 12 defeats. Indianapolis Star was second, eleven games behind the leaders. Indianapolis bowlers found a spot in the first ten of each event in the K. of C national tournament at St. Louis, the final standing showing Boren Insurance in sixth place with a total of 2.925, C. Stick and W. Sargent, eighth in the doubles on 1.214 and Tim Strieker. Fred Schleimer and Ci Stick, fifth, eighth and tenth in the sing*es with marks of 665. 660 and 653. Dr. Kune and Faust won the 380 doubles at the Illinois alleys with a total of 1.296 Herder and Meditch were second with i 277 •>nd Mieditch gnd E. Heckman third, 1.253 Next week-end another 380 doubles will be roded on these alleys. B. and O. Cars assumed the lead In the class B division of the Industrial tournament on the Hotel Antler allevs. when they turned in a total of 2.709. Wehlage made this possible fcv shooting a beautiful series of 647. having games of 209. 214 and 234. In class A. the Hare Chevrolet team topped Union Ttitle bv fifteen pins, taking the lead with a total of 2.840. Pratt Street Gas is bird on 2.762. A 249 start bv Arnold was the reason the team of Arnolds and Schmutte reached first place in the doubles event, with a total of 1.133. -Partlow and McMahan are rext with 1.123 and Reynolds and Stark third on 1.120. In the singles division. Eddie Schott. Mer-non star, reached first place when he firisned with a great 25S to total 672. Kls other counts were 202 and 212. D. Hanna is second on 658 and L. Fahrbach third. 648. Den Johnson was in a class bv himself over the nine-game route, piling up an allevents total of 1.923. an average of better than 213 pins per game. Dad Hanna has the high single game score for the met with a game of 267. A squad at 6 p. m. tonight will bring this meet to a close. Price is holding a lead of two Dins over Morns in the American Central Life Ladies . having a mark cf 162 to 160. \\eibse in third place has an average of 146. Feenev Furniture tossed the best threegame senes of the week for women teams, having a mark of 3.591. Dorothy Finn’s 603 led over the threegame route, while Johns copped high single game honors with a big 266 score.

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BECK RETAINS BERTH By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., April 13. Richard Beck has been retained as coach of the Noblesville high school basketball and lootbail teams for next season, his third year here. Fred S. Shanklin, former Frankfort high school and Wabash college star, and for four years coach at the Scircleville high school, has signed a contract to coach at the Sheridan high school next year.

Schmeling will meet two sparring partners in an exhibition at the Armory Tuesday night in connection with the regular thirty-four-round mitt program. The order of the five six-round bouts on the program will be determined by a drawing at the weighin to settle an argument raging among the performers as to which scrap “tops” the card. While the advance sale has been the largest of the season, the Legion announces there still are good ringside seats to be obtained at Spalding’s in the Circle Tower.

Billiard Stars Perform Here Two star billiard performers displayed their wares to local cue fans at Cooler’s parlors today. Willie Hoppe and Welker Cochran, 1,8.2 balkline title rivals, played 200 points this afternoon, and were scheduled to repeat their performance tonight. Each exhibition also included twenty-five points of three-cushions and a display of trick shots. MATMEN DRAW 25,000 By United Press LOS ANGELES, April 13.—Ed (Don) George, claimant to the World’s hevayweight wrestling title, will meet Ed (Strangler) Lewis, three times world titleholder, at Wrigley field tonight before an expected crowd of 25,000 persons. George, member of the last American Olympic mat team, will stake his youth against the experience of Lewis, who has been through more than 3,000 mat battles. Joe Savoldi, former Notre Dame football star, and Myron Cox, will meet in a onefall peliminary. READING BUYS POOLE NASHVILLE, Term., April 13. Jim Poole, hard-hitting first baseman of the Nashville (Southern Association) club, has been sold to Reading of the International League, It was announced here today. MRS. O. S. HILL WINS GREENSBORO, N. C„ April 13. —Mrs. O. S. Hill of Kansas City shot two under par over sixteen holes to beat Peggy Wattles, Buffalo, in the finals of the Sedgefield women’s golf tourney Saturday, 3 and 2.

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Arnold on Way Here Winner of 1930 500-Mile Classic Expects New Record. By United Press NEW YORK, April 13.—Billy Arnold left today for Indianapolis to prepare for his defense of the American Automobile speedway championship, which he won last year when he took first place in the annual international 500-mile race at the Indianapolis Speedway. Arnold believes that competition at Indianapolis this year will be closer than ever. He also believes that the speed record for the event —101.13 miles an hour, set by Peter De Paolo—is sure ro fall. In winning last year Arnold was but 60-900 of a mile an hour slower than the record mark. LOS ANGELES, April 13.—Louis Meyer, 1928-1929 American automobile racing champion, will head for Indianapolis this week to prepare for the annual 500-mile classic. Although he is taking anew mount—an eight-cylinder Millermotored car—to the track, he will remain true to the car in which he finished fourth last year, a sixteencylinder Sampson Special, Meyer said. Meyer won the 1928 classic and finished second in 1929.

Ruth Out to Recapture Home Run Honors, Win Contract Renewal

BY LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Staff Correspondent YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK, April 13. —Babe Ruth came home today. Yankee stadium—“the house that Ruth built” —received its first glimpse of the home run king as he went through a brief batting drill in final preparation for the season’s opener against the Boston Red Sox Tuesday. Ruth had a triple objective in mind as he tuned up his “home run range.” The first was to regain the laurels he lost last season to Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs. Another was to break his own rec-

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HE’S at it again! This George Lance person is the one to whom we refer. George, king of the Indiana state amateur golfers the past four years, during which

time his superiority never has been threatened seriously, and who only a year ago moved here from Terre Haute for permanent res idence and the championship o f the Indianapolis District Golf Association, fired a 68 at the Speed-

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way course Sunday. A63 at Speedway equals the course record held by Chuck Garringer, course pro, but Lancs’s 68 was not made under just the same conditions as Chuck’s inasmuch as George played winter rules and teed up some fairway shots rather than dig away in new grass. # ft No one will dispute that a 68 in midApril should win anyone the rubber shafted driving niblic, winter or summer rules. It might be well to say that George didn't miss a 66 very far, as he poked one on the eleventh hole that should have stopped dead at the pin and he hit ’em well enough to catch a birdie on at least one of the first four holes. George was playing with Sammy Simpson against Garringer and Bill Wilkinson. Chuck had a par 71 himself and Sammy and BUI each had 79’s. Had Garringer and Lance been paired up together Sunday in a proamateur event, life would have been miserable for the field. Best ball between the two was 31-33—64 on a 6,300-yard course. tt tt tt Par out 444 435 443—35 Lance 444-434 433—33 Garringer 443 536 343 —35 Par in •••....#.....454 434 345—36 35 71 Lance .........463 434 245-35-33—68 Garringer :::::::::.543 434 345-36-35-71 a a a Lance caught birdies on holes sis, eight, twelve and sixteen. Chuck bagged four birdies and got into an awful lot of trouble on the eighteenth and then came out with a six. tt tt tt POP MEYERS, general manager of the Speedway and very much interested in the golf course, was at the eighteenth green when the boys came in. Meyers was happy, because the perfect w T eather Sunday brought out the biggest crowd that ever played Speedway since it opened two years ago. tt tt a Ed Efrich. Freddy McDermott, former Shelbvvllle pro; Johnny Maguire and Russell Stonehouse, Riverside pro, played in

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ADDITION of Carl Lind, second sacker, is expected to bolster the Tribe defense for the 1931 American Association campaign, which opens here Tuesday with the St. Paul Saints. Lind was sent here Sunday by Cleveland Indians. Last year he played with Cleveland and New Orleans, batting .247 with the American Leaguers. He was hampered the last two years by illness after a brilliant season in 1928.

ord of sixty home runs in a single season. The third, and perhaps most important, was to win a renewal of his SBO,OOO-a-year contract. Ruth’s two-year contract with the New York Yankees, calling for $160,000, runs out this year. And when Babe get his last pay check of the 1931 season it will make a total of $670,000 that he has drawn from Colonel Jake Ruppert’s coffers during the twelve years he has been with the Yankees. “I feel fine and see no reason why I should not have a good season in hitting,” Ruth told the United Press today. “I have been hitting more

another foursome. Freddy wsus low man. Johnny and Ed have become regular season members at Speedway and their faces will be missed at Riverside this summer. a tt a Speaking of crowds, they had them at South Grove Saturday ana Sunday. In fact, our little tour around brought information that capacity was reached at nearly every course in town. At 6 p. m. Sunday there were still players on every green and fairway of the course. B tt tt HERBERT DIETZ, as far as we are concerned, scored the first hole in one of the official outdoor golf season Sunday with an “ace” shot on the seventeenth hole at South Grove. Herb was playing with Joe Craven, Ivan Clark and Bert Clark when he smacked one that carried the 234 yards to the green, took a hop and ended its journey down side of the flag staff inside the cup. And that, folks, is all there is to tell about the first hole in one of 1931. Undoubtedly there will be many more before the autumn rolls around. tt b tt Billy Moore came ia. his feet dragging behind, and inquiry disclosed that Billy had just about bit off more than he could chew—this group lesson business. They certainly are going for golf this year, Bill reports and had a pile of pink slips, each one bearing the name of a beginner, to prove it.

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Saints Have Veteran Lineup for 1931 Race Joe Morrissey, Young Shortstop, Strengthens Infield; Cedric Durst Returns to Outfield; Leifield Needs One Good Hurler to Make Club Title Threat. BY ED SHAVE 6rU tditur. St. Paul Daily Xewa ST. PAUL, M!w., A'/ril 13.—Ekipper Albert CLefty) Leifield and Magnate Itefee/t ./ Connery will place nearly the same club into the 1931 Anu-.rU bu gonfalon scramble as completed last season in second pltoe MA a w ant three games behind the flag winning Colonels. Thefti oiiiy a eoupla of changes in the batting array slated to take to tiie ftej/i at Indianapolis Tuesday, one of these is expected to be beneficial, Put tKc otner is creating considerable wonderment. Joe on,bilious young inf,elder, has come into the picture and it to existed that tie will capture the regular shoitstop position away from w-t Wanninger. That is the hoped to be beneficial change. But Wiley Moore the big hurler who last year toiled more innings than any other chut:tor in the Hicky chain and bagged twenty-two wins for the Habits, is among the missing, the moundman being with Boston Red Sox.

There to no hurler on the staff who looms able even to commence to fill Wiley’s shoes. Not only did Wiley win the two over a score of games last year, but he won sixteen of those in early season at which time he was in the box nearly every day doing stellar w’ork in the relief role and also doing his regular turn. He saved the situation last year in early season when Harriss, Betts, Murphy and others could not function. Who will fill the hero role this spring? The St. Paul infield, consisting of

home runs this spring than usual during the training season. I will not say I will break the record by hitting more than sixty, but, barring accidents, I believe I should he up close to record figures when the season closes.” Ruth appears in the best of condition. His waistline is down. He has lost none of his speed. In fact, in the two-game series with Brooklyn, Babe appeared much faster on the bases than he did last year. While he has much respect for Hack Wilson’s long range hitting, Ruth believes he will be able to recapture the major league home run crown. Wilson wrested the title from Ruth in 1930 when he hit fiftysix circuit blows, nine more than Babe. Ruth’s record year was in 1927. Os the sixty home runs, he made twenty-seven at the Yankee Stadium and thirty-three on the road. Babe does not believe the new ball will effect his home run aim. In exhibition games this spring he has hit for the circuit six times. He also has some doubles and triples to his credit. In his seventeen years as a major leaguer, Ruth has hit 578 homers. That is the same total that Ty Cobb, Hans Wagner, Napoleon Lajoie and Rogers Hornsby have hit among them. But it took the four men a combined term of eighty-two years to equal the figure made by Ruth in seventeen seasons. That is only one of the records Ruth holds. He holds dozens of others. Ruth, however, had won baseball fame long before he became home run king. Asa pitcher for the Boston Red Sox, he was ranked as one of the best hurlers in the American League. His big triumph was a l-to-0 victory over the Chicago Cubs in the world series of 1918. It was that season that he established the record for pitching the largest number of consecutive innings of shutout ball in world series competition. But his natural ability as a hitter took Ruth away from the mound. And as proof for the wisdom of the move there stands today the Yankee stadium—the biggest baseball structure in the world.

/APRIL 13, 1931

I Oscar Roettger, first; Jack Saltzgaver, second; Wanninger or Mor- | r ey short, and Marty Hopkins, : third, is fully equal if not superior to any other infield in the league. Last year the Saints were lamentably weak in a reserve infield, the extra performer being Gerber, who was off color and tossed away several games. The addition of Morrissey has apparently greatly improved St. Paul. Three of last year’s outfielders remain in George Davis. Harold Anderson and Ben Paschal Twx> newcomers are Cedric Durst, a st. Paul hero of several years ago, and Cowboy Jones, formerly of Toledo. Bruno Haas, who ‘had been a member of the St. Paul club since 1920, was traded to Toledo for Jones, and it remains to be proven who was bettered in the swap. Jones is not ranked highly as an outfielder but he can pinch hit Durst Back Again Durst, when previously with the Saints was a .350 hitter, a great run driver and led the league in doubles. If he can come up to his previous form, then the outfield wall be better than last year, but his batting marks for the last three years have not been impressive. But back in this loop he may recover his punch. Connery is on the lookout for a hurler or two and St. Paul’s success may depend on his ability at prying loose at least one capable mound toiler. Carry Big Bats Last season St. Paul batted .312 to tie with the Millers for second place in the loop, but three thin points behind Toledo. If Durst comes through, and Paschal > started so late last year, hits for the season as he clouted last year from July on, the Saints may hit a trifle more. The Saints possessed the best fielding team last year. It should be slightly better this season, with Morrisey at short. Last year Gerber was the poorest shortstop in the league with eighteen boots in the parts of thirty-six games. Give the Saints one good hurler and they will be a tough club to pull below second place. WOMAN OWNER LOSES By Times Special TULSA. Okla., April 13.—Mrs. Lucille R. Thomas has surrendered the franchise of the Tulsa Western League baseball club to Dale Gear, league president, because she Was unable to raise funds to build a ball park. Mrs. Thomas, who acquired the franchise from the St. Louis Browns last winter, was assured she would be reimbursed for her expense in assembling a club. Frank Isbell former owner of the Wichita club, probably will become the new franchise owner, President Gear stated.