Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 290, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1931 — Page 10

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. Talking It Over

BY JOE WILLIAMS

BY DANIEL World Tol*frm Sports Writer PlnrhHHtlnr for Joe William*. Wbo U lU. NEW YORK, April 15.—Did you note one startling difference in the Yankee system of play in the stadium inaugural? Certainly you did. Joe McCarthy has converted the New Yorks into a base running club. They thought they had enough power to do away with that old-time feature during , the Huggins regime. They stood fourth in the American League with only ninety-one stolen bases last season. But this time they’ll lead the show. That looks like a safe prediction. Before the tint Monday. Joe McCarthy had the ntnal meeting of the club. Like ctrtnc a lighter the final instruction* before the entry into the rinr. He had a message to deliver. ■'Boys, if I do nothin* else I want to make yon run those bases. ’* Joe said. “Outside of this club there is only one real catcher tn thia league. and they say he’s no wow when it comes to throwin* the ball. Let’s make them all throw. Let's run for all we are worth." The resuit? Babe Ruth. v.ho stole only ten bases in 145 games last year, went right out and pilfered second in the very first Inning. Dustv Cooke stole one in the fifth. All the Yankees were on their toes, ready to take advantage of every opportunity. The McCarthy mark was on the old ball club. Small wonder that Joe felt proud in the clubhouse after the time. True, one game hardly Is a test. But those Yankees looked as if they were going somewhere. a u a WHEREVER fans get together and talk about the Yankees, the first questions are these: “How does Ruth get along with McCarthy? Is the Babe still sore over having been passed up as manager?” Ruth realizes all this, and he is more determined than ever to make good for McCarthy. When Colonel Jacob Ruppert looked about for a successor to Miller Hugigns, Ruth felt that he merited the job. But when Colonel Jake decided to supplant Bob Shawkey with McCarthy last October the Babe no longer had any managerial aspirations. When it became known that Joe would get the job, Ruth was one of hit staunchest boosters. Now the Bam is out to show McCarthy that he means everything he says. The first man to congratulate Ruth when he lifted his first home run of the season into the right field bleacher in the seventh inning Tuesday was McCarthy. The Babe is rushing things a bit this year. The whole club is rushing things. Last season he did not get No. 1 until April 25, when he drove a homer off Milt Gaston in Boston. He followed with No. 2 off Russell on April 27, and it was May 4 before he got his third, off Thomas in Chicago. “That bird fn Chicago can't get away with it again," says Ruth, referring to his being pushed into the home run tjackf round by Hack Wilson's 56 last season. ut now comes Chuck Klein, the man who hit a couple for the Phillies Tuesday. Ha will have to be watched. a a a IN the eight opening games in 1930 a total of 78 runs was registered—4l in the American and 37 in the National, Brooklyn’s 1 to 0 victory over the Phillies kept the National count down a bit. This past winter saw both major leagues change the official ball. The American raised the stitches, the National followed suit and increased the thickness of the cover. Dnrine the recent training season pitchers felt and hefted the new baU and some of them opined in a sage and erudite way that hitting would be cut down. This writer was assured by the late Ernest S. Barnard that the so-called new ball was more or I less a hoax, and we have reached the con- j elusion that he was correct. In Tuesday's openings seventy-nine runs j were scored—forty-three In the National and thirtv-stx in the American. With its i 1931 Panacea—that thick-covered, thick ; seamed ball—the old league saw its opening dav run output increase by six. All of which again emphasizes the fact that hitting will not be cut down until the Inside of the ball is changed.

Baseball Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lost. Pet. St Paul 1 0 1000 Toledo 1 0 1 000 Milwaukee 1 0 1.000 Minneapolis 1 fi 1.000 INDIANAPOLIS 0 1 -000 Kansas City 0 1 .000 Columbus 0 I .000 Louisville 0 1 .000 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet.! W. L. Pet. •Jew York 1 0 1.000 ; Boston -.0 1 .000 Cleveland 1 0 l.OOOlChicago.. 0 1 .000 Phila. ... 1 0 1.000 Washing.. 0 1 .000 St. Louis, 1 0 1.000 Detroit ..0 t .000 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct.f ‘ W. L Pet. New York l 0 LOOOiPhila.'... o l .000 Boston.. 1 0 l.OOOßrookl.vn. 0 1 .000 st. Louis 1 O 1.000! Cinctnpati 0 1 .000 Chicago.. 1 0 I.ooo'Pittsburgh 0 1 .000 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION St. Paul at Indianapolis. Minneapolis at Louisville. Kansas City at Toledo. Milwaukee at Columbus. AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit at St. Louis. Chicago at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Washington. Boston at New York. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at Boston. •St. Louis at Cincinnati. New York at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at Chicago. Results Yesterday NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh 000 000 020— 2 4 0 Chicago 020 ICO OSx— 6 10 0 French. Grant and Hemslev: Root and Hartnett. New York 001 100 502 9 14 0 Philadelphia 003 010 100 5 9 1 Fitzsimmons. Having. Walker and Hogan. O'Farrell; H. Elliott. J. Elliott. Watt and Davis. St. Louis 000 100 313 7 10 0 Cincinnati 000 002 00! — 3 9 3 Rhem. Lindsey and Wilson; Benton. Koln and Sukeforth. Brooklyn 301 000 000— 4 11 2 Boston 000 122 llx— 7 13 3 Quinn. Clark. Heiraach and Lopez; Zacharv. Cantwell. Sherdel and Spohrer. AMERICAN LEAGUE (Eleven Innings! Philadelphia .... 100 000 001 13— 5 9 l Washington 100 000 100 10 — 3 9 1 We.lfcerg. Grove and Cochrane; Brown. Marberry. Crowder and Spencer. Boston 100 000 030— 3 8 1 New York 020 300 lOx— 6 11 0 Moore. Durham. Morris and Berrv; Ruffing and Dickey. Chicago 100 111 OOO— 4 8 1 Cleveland 000 030 02x— 5 14 0 Thomas. Braxton and Tate: Ferrell and Sewell. Detroit 000 300 000— 3 3 St Louis 040 120 OOx— 712 0 Whitehlll. Sullivan, Hogsett and SchangStewart and Ferrell. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis ?oS 001 202—10 15 2 Louisville 001 000 030— 4 10 3 Benton and Hargrave; Marcum. Penner. WiUiamsand Bhea. Milwaukee 341 001 511—15 21 3 Columbus 010 002 070—10 1 5 5 PolU. Caldwell and Maaton: Ash. Miller, Jones. Beckman. Chapman and Desautels. Hinkle. Kansas City 000 000 ooo— 0 6 1 Toledo 009 202 OOx— 4 9 1 Sheehan. Fett* and Peters: Connally and 2xi?or&i6r<

CORRIDEN MAKES CHANGE AFTER LOSING OPENER

Lind Billed at Second and McCann on First Holshouser Slated to Face Galloping Saints on Mound in Series Second; Durst-Betts Combination Ruins Indians in Inaugural of Season Tuesday. BY EDDIE ASH Times Snorts Editor The Indians have played one game in the new A. A. campaign and already their backs are against the wall, pushed and tossed about- bv the pesky St. Paul Saints when the rivals tangled up in the 1931 lid 'lifter Tuesday on the greensward in Norman A. Perry’s West Washington street open air emporium. The score was 8 to 3 and the pennant-favorite Apostles upheld the pre-season forecast of their devastating power. Moreover, they have a fence buster playing center field, Cedric Durst by name, whom the Hocsier fans won't forget for some time when they recall his base hit record of home run, triple and double, driving in four runs, one more than the home nine totaled. Anyway, the opening fracas is out of the way once more, and today the athletes settled down to the daily routine over the long trail of 168 games. Herman Holshouser for the Indians and Slim Harriss for the visitors were expected to be occupying the firing step when the series second got under way at 3 p. m. It's a four-game set, extending through Friday, with Minneapolis billed to invade Washington park Saturday

Thumped in Opener

ST. PAUL . „ AB R H O A E Durst, cf 5 2 33 0 0 Saitzgaver. 2b 4 0 2 3 1 0 Paschal, rs 5 0 2 1 0 0 Roettger. lb 6 1 2 7 0 0 Davis. If ..5 1 1 5 1 0 Fenner, c 3 1 0 3 0 0 Honklns. 3b 5 0 2 2 1 0 Morrissey, ss 4 2 1 3 4 0 Betts, o 3 1 0 0 2 0 Totals 39 8 13 27 9 0 INDIANAPOLIS . AB R H O A E Montague, ss 4 1 2 2 6 0 Fitzgerald, cf 3 0 0 1 1 1 Bonura. lb 4 0 1 11 2 0 Walker, rs 4 1 1 1 0 • Koenecke. If 2 o 0 0 0 0 C. Barnhart, if 2 0 0 0 1 1 McCann. 2b 4 1 1 2 6 0 Narlesky. 3b 4 0 1 2 3 0 Riddle, c 4 0 1 6 3 0 Burweli. and 1 0 0 2 2 0 Monahan 1 0 1 0 0 0 Dancy, n 0 0 0 0 0 0 Angley 1 0 1 0 0 0 L Barnhart, n 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cvengros 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 3 9 27 24 ~2 Monahan batted for Burweli in sixth. Angley batted for Daney in seventh. Cvengros batted for L. Barnhart in ninth. Saints 000 006 020—8 Indians 000 IQO 200—3 Runs batted in—Durst. 4: Saitzgaver. Hopkins. 2; Morrissey. Walker. 2: Anglev. Home runs—Durst. Walker. Three-base hit—Durst. Two-base hits—Durst. Hopkins. Morrissey. Sacrifice hit—Betts. Left on base—St. Paul. 9; Indianapolis. 6. Bases on bails—o3 Burweli. 2: o3 Danev. 1; off L. Barnhart. 1; off Betts. 1. Struck out— By Burweli. 4; by Betts. 2. Balk—L. Barnhart. Hits—Off Burweli. 10 in 6 innings: off Daney. none in one; off L. Barnhart. 2 in 2. Losing pitcher—Burweli. Umpires— Goetz and Brown. Time. 1:41.

Tribe Chatter

ORAL HILDEBRAND, back with the Indians on option from Cleveland, may be sent against the Saints during the current series. He donned anew Tribe “unie” Tuesday and took a light workout. Carl Lind, also here on option from Cleveland, worked in at second during morning practice today. a a a With rain threatening all day, the Indian club officials were satisfied with the opening day attendance. The outcome of the game, however, hit them hard. Leading 1 to 0 in five Innings, they felt confident the Indians were going on to win. Official paid attendance was 5.254. a a a It's a good guess that baseball attendance will take a tremendous jump in Indianapolis it the club ever succeeds In finding a choice location to build a modern plant with plenty of grandstand seats and out of the smoke district where traffic can be handled in swift fashion. Well, you can not say the Indians have not tried to do that very thing—southwest, east and north. ana LEN KOENECKE showed the old courage Tuesday and while striving to make a catch on Morrissey in the fifth the Tribe left fielder crashed into the bleacher fence and knocked himself out of the game, Clyde Barnhart taking his position. Koenecke made a wild dash for the flying sphere and barely missed holding it as his speeding body struck the barrier. It went for a double. a a a Narleskv had tough luck as a hitter. Hopkins robbed him with a fancy stop in the third and in the seventh Paschal raced in fast and gloved his line drive. 1 a a a Narleskv came through with a itrnarkable catch on Paschal in the first Inning when he ran all the way to the player’s gate and grabbed a high foul. It was a marathon run. a a a CLYDE BARNHART left his feet and made a dive for Cedric Durst’s wallop in the eighth, but couldn’t hold on and it bounced away for a triple. It was a gallant effort. a a a Johnny Corriden and the Indians received a hearty send-off from Tribe followers and floral baskets were presented by the American Business Club. Indiana representatives of the American Legion and by the Men’s Club of Little Flower church. a a a The Leader store distributed hundreds of ‘ bug chirpers” to the fans and the mechanical crickets came in for a big play whenever the Indians showed signs of rallying. a a a Handling the honorary ball. Governor Harrv G. Leslie was short of time to warm up and his pitch was high and inside. Louis Borinstein. president of the Chamber of Commerce, acted as honorary catcher and Mayor Reginald Sullivan was the honorary umpire. a a a THE city park board’s float was awarded the loving cup for the most beautiful float in the opening day parade and the cup for the most unique float was presented to the Leader store. Th£ American Business Club won the prize for having the most members in the parade. a a a The crowd at the ingugurai battle stayed loval to the Indians all the way and was still shouting and pnlling for a rally as the struggle ended. The constant enthusiasm of the fans was an impressive feature of the opening in the faee of the defeat for the home team. That tvpe of communitv boosting net always has existed at Washington park.

Prize Winners Tuesday

INDIANS First Home Run—Order for $5 hat. Harrv Levinson, and one case singer ale. Kroger Company, won bv Walker. First Run Batted In—Golf club. Central Rubber and Supply Company, won bv W aiker. First Run—Auto seat covers. Gibson Company, won bv Montague. First Single—ss cleaning order. Sunshine Cleaners, won bv Montague. First Base on Balls—Cigar Lighter. Liggett Drug Company, won by Fitzgerald. . SAINTS „ First Home Run—One dozzen golf balls. Fred HoiUdav. and one case ginger ale Kroger Company, won bv Durst. First Run Batted In—Fishing Reel. VancamD Hardware Company, won by HopFirst Run—Electric Fan. Genera! Electric Supply Company, won bv Roettger. c, F . irst D T ;iPlc—Flftv-foot hose. United States Rubber Company, won bv Durst. First Double—One box cigars. KieferStewart Company, won bv Durst. Balls—Cigar lighter. Sanborn f*e-t.lc Company, won by Saltzgaver. Iflce—Desk pad. Klger-Burnett Company, won bv Betts. Single—One dozen tubes Barba sol. Barbasol Company, won bv Saltzgaver. _ other prizes Pitcher Credited With Winning Game— Electric toaster. Peerless Electrical Supply Ccmpanv. won bv Betts. ouw ‘ y of Winmnsr Team—Electric Iron. ar * ff Electrlc Company, won by Fenper.

manager oi me open-ing-day victims lost no time in putting on the screws and morning practice was ordered today from 10:30 until noon. This was done chiefly because the Tribe pilot planned to shake up the lineup for this afternoon’s game and use Emmett McCann at first base and Carl I*ind at second, battings McCann third and Lind seventh. The move was deemed advisable to make a place for Lind, an experienced hand on the infield. He was obtained from Cleveland. McCann Regular at First Henry Bonura got one hit Tuesday, but is young on the job and during the remainder of the series with the swift-going Saints Camden concluded to give him a rest and , let the ve teran McCann handle the initial sack, his regular position. The big explosion Tuesday was touched off in the sixth inning after one out and with the Indians leading 1 to 0. Roettger singled off Burweli and Davis got lucky and dropped a pop fly double in short left center without taking a firm swing at the ball. Fenner was given an intentional pass, “setting the table” for a double play, but Narlesky at third for some reason failed to reach Hopkins’ grounder and it scooted into left field for a single, scoring Roettger and Davis Fenner reached th'ird on the hit when there was confusion in the Tribe defense and Hopkins ankled to second. I p Goes the Balloon Morrissey popped a fly to short ! center and Fitzgerald muffed it, | Fenner scoring and Hopkins taking I third, Morrissey reaching second. ! The balloon was up. On Betts’! grounder Hopkins was erased be-1 tween third and home, but before he was retired Morrisey dashed to third and Betts to second. This; brought up Durst, who poled the! pellet for a home run over the low 1 fence in deep right, scoring Mor-! risey and Betts ahead. Burweli turned in some smart pitching the first five innings and it was a pain to the fans to see him made the victim of that sixth-in-ning bombardment. Monahan hit for Bill in the sixth. Daney pitched the seventh and Leslie Barnhart operated on the Tribe mound in the eighth and ninth. The Saints’ last two markers were scored off Barnhart in the eighth and it is evident there will have to be improvement in his ffirm if he is to stay around. Betts Effective time. Walter Betts, veteran right-hand-ed campaigner, was not solved for a hit the first three innings, Montague’s bunt in the fourth being the! first safety off the wily St. Paul flinger. In four of the nine rounds Betts succeeded in retiring the side! in order. Curt Walker blasted himj for a home run in the seventh, the! only inning in which he was in a serious jam. Walker batted in the Tribe’s first run in the fourth on a long fly that Davis caught up with out near the left field fence, Montague scoring. It was a marvelous catch in a pinch. The galloping Saints played errorless ball, the credit for no miscues going to Roettger at first who gathered in several bad throws. He also reached into a front box in the third and captured Riddle’s foul with one hand right off the hat of a $1.25 customer. TIGER THINLIES DRILL By United Press GREENCASTLE, Ind., April 15 De Pauw track and field athletes were finishing off their training today for the triangular meet here nith Earlham and Miami Saturday, following indefinite postponement of the dual meet tentatively scheduled for today with State Normal at Terre Haute. WASHINGTON NINE WINS Coach Schockley’s Washington 1 nine won its second game Tuesday, defeating Masonic Home, 7 to 3. Fielding of Blankenship, Continental shortstop, who accepted thirteen chances without an error, featured. Bloemer allowed but three hits for the winners.

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Helped Wreck Our Tribe

Playing center field for St. Paul in the opener here Tuesday Cedric Durst, formerly with the Yankees and Red Sox, hit for a total of nine bases compiled by Blasting a home run, triple and double, batting in four runs, one more than the home nine was able to collect as a team. Durst was developed in the A. A. a number of years ago and was an ace slugger when he graduated to the majors. It was a lucky break for the Saints when they got him back.

Louisville Has Best Gate

Louisville was high in attendance on opening day in the American Association Tuesday, the paid gate there reaching 11,907, Other openers drew as follows: At Columbus, 10,100 At Toledo, 8,000. At Indianapolis, 5,254.

Fifteen Sectional Centers Named for Prep Track Event

Fifteen sectional centers for the fifteenth annual Indiana high school track and field meet, which will be held at Butler oval on May 23, were announced Tuesday by A. L. Trester, I. H. 3. A. A. commissioner. The sectionals will be held May 16. Entries close May 7, according to Trester, who named Fred Gorman, Tech athletic director, and K. V. Ammerman, Broad Ripple principal, as assistant managers. Winning relay teams and first and second-place men in each of the events in ths sectionals will qualify for the final meet. In determin-

Canadian Cup Stars Beaten \ By Times Special PINEHURST, N. C., April 15. Frank Shields, young New Yorker and title favorite, entered the fourth round of the North and South tennis tourney by defeating Marcel Rainville nere Tuesday, 8-6, 4-6. 6-2. Bryant Grant of Atlanta defeated Dr. Jack Wright, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2, in another third round match. Rainville and Wright are Canadian Davis cup stars. Wilmer Hines, John Van Ryn, P. L. Kyanston and Luke Abels were other third round victor.

Semi-Pros and Amateurs

O-Hara-Sans worked out at Brookside Sunday and the club is rapidly rounding into shape for the opening game May 3 at Fountaintown. Practice will be held again Thursday evening at the park and all members not reporting will be dropped from the sauad. Neal is requested to call Cherry 3418-W. Sans desire to book games with state clubs for May 10. 17 and 24. Spencer.- Lebanon and Whitestown are asked to get in touch with K. R. Spillman. 840 North Oxford street, or call the above number. Indianapolis Cardinals will hold a meeting tonight at 7:30 p. m.. at Cook’s restaurant. 2025 Madison avenue. Quinnette, Tumey. Warner. Soultz, Sanders. Burgmann and Pieper are urged to attend. Universals will hold an important meeting at Bob’s poolroom, 1648 South East TENNIS BILL ANNOUNCED Five Matches and State Meet on Butler Program. Five dual meets are on the schedule for the Butler tennis team, announced today by Coach Dick Baxter. Two veterans, Munier and Morgan, will form the nucleus of the Bulldog team, which will compete in the state meet at Earlham on May 21, 22 and 23. Other contests: April 22. Ball Teachers, here: April 29. State Normal, at Terre Haute; May 5, Franklin at Franklin; JJay 8. State Normal. here; May 13. Ball Teachers at Muncie. GRID GAME CHANGED By United Press BOSTON, April 15.—Chicago or Philadelphia probably will be the scene of Dartmouth-Stanford football game, to have been played at Harvard stadium Nov. 28. Plans to play this intersectional classic on the local gridiron went askew Tuesday night when Mayor James H. Curley of Boston 5 refused a permit for the game on the ground that it would conflict with the Boston college-Holy Cross battle, played annually on the Saturday in question. SOUTHPORT THINLIES BUSY Two meets are on the card for Southport thinlies this week. On Thursday coach Pitcher will send his squad against Cathedral at Manual field and on Saturday the Cardinals invade Noblesville. FREEMAN BEATS MONDT By United Press NEWARK, N. J., April 15.—Herb Freeman, New York heavyweight wrestler, defeated Toots Mondt, Colorado, here Tuesday.

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ing team championships, the first five places in the state meet and three places in the sectionals, will count, in addition to relays. In the sectionals, trial competition will start at 1:30. In the title carnival at Butler, trials in the 100, 220, low and high hurdles and field events will start at 10 in the morning, with finals in the afternoon. The following events are carded, with two races in the quarter-mile, half-mile and mile events. 100-vard dash. 120-vard high hurdles, mile run. 440-vard run. 220-yard dash, 220-yard low hurdles. 880-yard run; mile relay and half mile relay. Field Events—Running high jump, shot put. pole vault and running broad jump. Sectional centers and assignments : At Bloomington Lawrence. Monroe. Brown, Bartholomew. Jacfcson, Jennings. Orange. At Boswell—Newton, Jasper, Benton, Warren. At Elkhart—Elkhart, Noble. Steuben. Lagrange, Dekalb. Kosciusko. At Evansville (Bosse) —Vanderburg, Gibson. Posey. Warrick. Spencer. Dubois. Perry. Pike. At Ft. Wayne (North Side)—Allen. Whitley. Huntington, Wells. Adams. At Gary—Lake. Porter. At Indianapolis (Tech) —Marion, Hancock. Johnson. Hendricks. Morgan, At Kokomo —Howard. Madison. 'Boone, Clinton. Tipton. Hamilton. At Marion—Delaware. Grant. Randolph. Jav. Henry. Blackford. At New Albany—Clark. Floyd, Harrison. Crawford. Washington. Scott. Jefferson, Switzerland. Ohio. At Peru—Miami, Pulaski. Cass. Carroll. Fulton. White. Tippecanoe, Wabash. At Rushville—Wayne, Fayette, Rush, Shelby. Decatur. Franklin. Union. Ripley, Dearborn. At South Bend (Central)—Marshall. St. Joseph Starke. La Porte. At Terre Haute (Gerstmeyer)—Vigo, Clay. Parke, Putnam, Vermillion. Owen, Montgomery. Fountain. At Vincennes—Daviess. Knox. Martin, Greene. Sullivan.

street, Friday at 8 and. m. Ed Dunn. Herman Ayres. John Matthews. Cecil Brant. Red Orvan, Chuck Curry. Bert Kelmeyer. Glenn Williams. Avon Foster. Paul Shanks. Ray Price. Dutch Rudic and Ralph Adams, notice. Sims Coal and Building Material club will meet tonight at 8 p. m. at 954 Madison avenue. For practice game Sunday, call Drexel 2809 and ask for Ernest Wilson. Sims have open dates in May and June for state teams. Linco club will practice at Brookside this evening. All regulars are asked to attend and tryouts are invited. The Lincos played as Irvington Builders in the - Municipal League last season. Lincos play Y. M. S. in a practice game at Garfield Sunday. April 19. Midways will met tonight at 1525 South State street. The south slders would like to open their season against a strong state club. Seymour. Kokomo, Peru. Shelbyvule, Columbus and Greenfield, notice. Call Drexel 6020-W. or write Paul Gray. 1025 South State street. Indianapolis Orioles would like to hear from a fast third baseman and a shortstop. Call at 1910 Union street at 7:30 p. m. Merchants of West Michigan street are organizing a team to play in the Smith-Hassler-Scurm Sunday League and will meet tonight at Belmont avenue and Michigan street at 7:30. Following players report: O. Goad. J. Wicker. H. Lewis. E. Howard. S. McFall. J. Ivan. F. Brisnick, H. Wolf. J. Sherman. E. Kinnev. F. Weber. B. Arvin. P. Kearney. C. McCann, W. Wniffing and M. Londermilk. Oriental A. C.s have a permit for Riverside diamond No. 4 Sunday. April 19, at 3 p. m. and desire a game in the 19-year-old class. A pitcher is wanted and other candidates. Orientals will meet Friday evening at 7:30. For games and other information call at 110 East Michigan street. Fox Turner take notice. Maple Camp Modern Woodmen will practice this evening at Garfield park in preparation for a practice game with the E. C. Atkins team Saturday afternoon on Garfield, diamond 3. All players take notice. Riverside Aces desire a practice game for Sunday. Call Harrison 1383-R between 6 and 7 p. m. and ask for Roy. More candidates for the team are wanted. TEN BOUTS ON CARD Ten bouts including forty rounds of action are billed at Tomlinson hall tonight, with Joe pryan, Jamestown heavyweight, meeting K. O. Brown of Ft. Harrison in the feature eight-rounder. Jack Bymaster of Jamestown and Cy De Wiggins of Shelbyville are rematched in a six-rounder, while Jimmie Dunn of Louisville meets Snickey Huff of Jamestown in a four. Seven three-rounders complete the bill, starting at 8:30.

EXCURSIONS Sunday, April 19 Chicago $4.00 Leave Indianapolis 12:10 a. m.; returning leave Chicago 9:50 p. m., or 11:40 p. m., same date. See All Chicago Grand Sightseeing- Tour of Chicago by Gray Line Bus—Only SI.OO —bargain rate for excursionists only. Secure tickets and information from ticket agent. Sunday, April 19 St. Louis $5.00 Leave Indianapolis 12:35 a. m.; returning leave St. Louis 5:30 p. tn. or 10:00 p. m., same date. Sunday, April 19 Cincinnati 82.75 Greensburg 81*25 Shelbyville 7oC Leave Indianapolis 7:45 a. m.; returning leave Cincinnati 6:30 p. m. or 10:05 p. m., same date. Saturday, April 18 Cleveland* $5.75 Leave Izdianapolis 11:30 p. m.; returning leave Cleveland 6:CO p. m. or 10:00 p. m., Sunday, April 19. Tickets good in coaches oniv. Children half fare. J Ticket* at City Ticket Office, 112 Monument Circle, and Union Station. Big Four Route

Woods and Cox Sign Local Feather Rivals to Meet at Armory Tuesday. Tracy Cox, the up-and-coming young Brightwood featherweight, will return to the Armory ring next Tuesday night to battle a local rival, Kid Woods, in a ten found main event. * Three early round knockouts featured Tuesday’s program in the Legion ring, with Max Schmeling, the youthful German heavyweight champion, sparring three twominute rounds with two spkr mates in an added attraction. Der Maxie pounded his big playmates in punching-bag manner, Joe Jacobs refereed, and the crowd alternately booed and cheered. In addition to refereeing, Joe Jacobs also collected $1,200 for the six minutes of tapping his champion exhibited. Harold Anderson, latest local light-heavyweight hopeful, turned in his second quick knockout in as many starts, by flattening Mickey Holder in the first round. Scotty Scotten, local feather, also finished his nights’ work in short order, rushing out of his corner at the first bell and nailing Bud Marshal of Evansville with a hard punch to the stomach. Another to the solar plexus put the pocket pug away for keeps. Red Holloway took his second bad beating from Frankie Hughes, Kenosha (Wis.) welter, and folded up in the third round claiming a foul. He walked from the ring to his dressing room, and doctors allowed his claim. Eph Virt, Franklin light-heavy-weight, was awarded a technical knockout over Judge Strahl, Butler student, in the fourth round. Hughie Gray, Lawton (Okla.) middleweight, lost to Don Fagg, Clinton, in six rounds, and Ray Drake, local junior welter, outpointed Onie Gahimer of Shelbyville in the opening four, SEARING ON RING CARD Clinton Boxer Will Meet Gahimer at Riverside Arena. Onie Gahimer of Shelbyville and Virgil Searing of Clinton will top the boxing card at Riverside Friday over the eight-round route. In the semi-windup Bret Waggoner, also of Clinton, will battle Young Renault, Boston junior welter, six rounds. Jimmy Doll and Bobby Vernon will meet in the top fourrounder and two other four-round-ers will complete the bill. STATE TACKLES PURDUE By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 15. Indiana State and Purdue diamond pastimers will tangle here Saturday. Coach Wally Marks-,will have a veteran infield and outfield, but faces the hard task of rounding up anew mound staff. Last season, the Sycamores; stopped Purdue, 2 to 0. I. C. NINE AT WORK Another fielding drill was on the program at Indiana Central today, as Coach Harry Good sent his Greyhounds through practice for the game with De Pauw at Greencastle Friday. Good has shifted his lineup considerably since the loss at Wabash last week, and has strengthened his mound staff by the addition of Whittaker, a freshman.

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Henry P. Edwards ONE of the leading candidates for the American League presidency, vacated by the death of E. S. Barnard, is Henry P. Edwards, for twenty-six years a Cleveland sports editor and now secretary of the American League service bureau. Barnard’s death was quite a shock to Edwards, who has been ordered by physicians to take a rest. Junior loop magnates are expected to elect Barnard's successor next month. Another leading candidate is William H. McCarthy, former Coast League president. BERT METZGER SIGNED CHICAGO, April Bert Metzger, midget all-American guard of Notre Dame’s unbeaten 1930 football team, has been signed to assist Head Coach Dutch Bergman at Catholic university, Washington.

‘New Ball’ Clouted for 37 Extra Base Hits in Openers

BY LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 15.—The new baseball, it appeared today, is destined for the same punishment the old sphere received. If the antics of the batters in the opening 1931 major league games can be taken as a criterion, the new ball is as lively as the old. In the eight games Tuesday there were thirty-seven extra base hits as compared to thirty-nine in the first games of the 1930 season. Eight home runs, three triples

Tuesday Ring Results

AT BOSTON—Dave Shade, veteran California middleweight, outpointed Leo Larivee of Waterbury. Conn., in a ten-round bout. Shade weighed 160 and Larivee 159. AT CLEVELAND. O.—Joey Goodman, 138. Cleveland, defeated Tommy Grogan. 140 I *. Omaha. (10): Gorilla Jones. 1486. Akron, defeated Paul Pierrone. 149. Cleveland, (10: Chico Cisneros, 126 3 i. Mexico, defeated Jackie Rodgers. 123. Pittsburgh. (6). AT NEW YORK—Joe Scalfaro. 125 H. New York, drew with Tommy McMillan. 127. Scotland. tlOt; A1 White. 172'/i, Brooklyn. defeated Colognato Oresta. 174. Italy, (6). TECH, SOUTHPORT PLAY Tech and Southport, victors in Tuesday contests, will clash on the diamond Friday. The east siders opened their season by trouncing Warren Central, 17 to 0, with Schmitt, Taylor and Simon dividing the mound duties. Southport turned in a 4-to-2 triumph over Ben Davis at the Cardinal diamond, with Branham, Irish and Jordan allowing but two hits.

APRIL 15, 1931

Thompson Cops Title Coast Negro Regains Weh ter Crown in Farce With Freeman. BY LEON BARON lolled Press SUIT Correspondent CLEVELAND, 0., April 15.—Th© welterweight division of boxing took its place alongside the heavyweight branch and its dubiously qualified incumbents today through the twelfth-round victory of Young Jack Thompson, California Negro, over champion Tommy Freeman, Hot Springs, Ark., in a scheduled fifteen-round encounter at Public auditorium Tuesday night. The bout was stopped in the twelfth round when Freeman, his left eye badly battered, was unable to continue. Thompson thereby regained the title which he relinquished to Freeman in their fifteenround engagement here last September. Although the decision itself was not unpopular by virtue of a commanding lead which the Negro built up in the preceding eleven rounds, the fight was a distinct disappointment to the 8,740 customers who paid $46,607.50 to see a forecasted knockout. Instead they saw two fighters, visibly past their prime, skip through thirty-three minutes of long range tapping and infighting that would not have distinguished a school boy brawl. According to the United Press score sheet, Freeman won two of the rounds, two were even and the restwent to the challenger. Freeman’s share of the purse was $21,905.53, while Thompson received $4,381.10.

and twenty-six doubles rattled off the bats as the sixteen teams began another pennant campaign. Opening day extra base blows of last year included the same number of home runs, four triples and twentyseven two-baggers. National League pitchers appeared little benefited by the raised stitches and thicker cover which were expected to enable them to secure a better grip and thereby put more “dope” on their deliveries. Apparently, however, the tide of long distance hitting can not be stemmed. So it appears that perhaps the trouble is not with the ball or with the pitchers at all, but with the batters. Their batting eyes may be more accurate as a result of advanced training methods or it may be that the bat manufacturers are using a different kind of wood Les Canadiens Hockey Champs t By United Press MONTREAL, Quebec, April 15. The Stanley cup, emblematic of the world’s professional hockey championship, rested with Les Canadiens of Montreal today for the second consecutive year. The Canadiens won the trophy Tuesday night by defeating the Chicago Blackhawks 2 to 0 in the fifth game of the playoff .series. A fast, driving attack, featuring Johnny Gagnon and Howie Mcrcnz brought Les Canadiens the victory.