Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 290, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1931 — Page 11

APRIL' 15, 1931

Major League Races Get Off to Flying Start; 115,000 Fans See Opening National League Games

Cubs. Cards and Giants Out in Front: Root Stars on Bruin Slab: Klein Clouts Pair. BY GEORGE KIRSEY l nited PrfM Staff Correapondent CHICAGO, April 15.—The fifty-fifth pennant race in the National League was underway today with three of the leading contenders victorious in the opening games. The St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs and New York Giants—one. two, three m the 1930 race—all won their initial games of the 1931 season. by the same margin of four run?

The Brooklyn Robins, the fourth team favored in the pennant pursuit, were beaten by the Boston Braves, 7 to 4. A total of 115,000 spectators witnessed ,the opening ginjes, I only 5.000 less than Ithe National Le'ague [ record set last year. The largest crowd, ; 45,000, saw the Cubs, under Rogers

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Hornsby, triumph over the Pittsburgh pirates at Wrigley field, 6 to 2, The Cardinals began their defense of the National League pennant by beating the Reds, 7 to 3, before 30,000 at Cincinnati. Collecting fourteen hits —the day s biggest total in the National League —the Giants won from the Phillies, 9 to 5, before a 20,000 crowd at Philadelphia. About 20,000 attended the Robins-Braves game at Boston. Root Delivers Pitching honors for the day went to Charley Root. He let the Pirates down with four hits, and did not allow a run until the eighth inning. He was the only National League pitcher to . go the route. The hitting heroes were Riggs Stephenson, Cubs’ outfielder; Gabby Hartnett, Cubs’ catcher; Chuck Klein, Phillies’ outfielder; Wally Berger, Braves' outfielder, and Jimmy Wilson, Cardinals’ catcher. Stephenson was the only National Leaguer who played the entire game with a perfect batting average for the day He. had two walks and two singles in four times at bat. Hartnett got a home run and a double, driving in three of the Cubs’ runs. Klein Gets Pair Klein, who hit forty home runs last season, clouted a pair of circuit clouts in the opener against the Giants. Berger, one of the prize rookies of last year, hit a single, double and triple in four times at bat in the Braves’ victory over the Robins. Wilson hit two singles and a double in the Cards-Reds game. There were six home runs in the opening games. In addition to two by Klein, Ott and Critz of the Giants, Stripp of the Reds and Hartnett of the Cubs made one each. The winning pitchers were Root, Cubs; Rhem, Cardinals; Fitzsimmons, Giants, and Sherdell, Braves,

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THEY’RE in for a big season oi it at Woodstock. Golf, we’re talking about, and the Woodstock Country Club. They always have a good program out there. Just leave that to Vance Smith. This year Vance added a Father and Son tournament, which will be played on July" 11. The grand opening will be Saturday, April 25. The annual spring handicap tournament. the Memorial day event, the annual June handicap tournament and a flag tournament on the Fourth of July also are carded. Club championship tournament play will begin Sept. 5 and end on Saturday, Oct. 3. To prove Vance Smith has things a little bit different at Woodstock, he advises us there will be no dinner following the opening day event. The complete schedule follows: April 25—ODPr.ins tournament. Blind par. Prizes to winner and runner up. Mav 9—Qualifying round spring handicap. Plav tor Edwin Forrev trophy. Prizes to runner up. Last rear's full handicap. MC-ch plav. Sixteen low scores to qualify. Mav 15—First round spring handicap. Mav 2?—Second round spring handicap. Mav SO —Decoration day Medal play. Full handicap. Prizes to winner and runner up. , . Semi-final round spring handicap. Juna. G—June handicap. The score for each' Saturday in June will be added. Medal plav. Full handicap. Prizes to winner and runner up Finals, spring handicap. June 13—June handicap, second round. June 20—June handicap, third round. June 37 —June handicap, fourth round. Julv •}— Flag tournament. Medal play. Full handicap ...... Julv 11—Father's and Son s tournament. Medal p’.av from scratch. Julv 18—Ball sweepstakes. Entry fee. one ball. Medal plav. Full handicap. August. I—Ball sweepstakes. Entry fee. on* ball. Medal play. Full handicap. august 22—8a1l sweepstakes. Entry fee. one ball. Medal oav. Full handicap. September s—Club championship, Qualifying round- Sixteen to Qualify. September 7— T abor day. Match Play fg’inst car. Three Quarter handicap. Prices *o winn*r and runner up. September 12—Chib championship. F.rst ro'>nd Match plav. . , . September Mub championship. Second round Match plav. Consolation fiistht. Ft t round. S"'temb*r 28—C'.ub chamicnsh.tp. Serr.lfina’s Match plav. Consolation flight, semi-finals. , October ?—Club championship, PTnals. ?6 holer Match plav. Consolation flight, finals. IS holes. a a a Fred Sabre. who does bis golfing at South Grove, knows bow to stick ’em up there. Fred fired a Number 4 ironshot at the green across tbe lake and did he stick it there? The bail came to rest in a fork of a tree and it took a well-aimed rock burled by Ward Monfort to allow Fred to continue on the turf. a a a This is what we would call a happv marriage Georg* Wagner and his wife both are d-ed-in-th.e-wool golfers. Late-horr.e-to-dinner alibis will be understood end George’s stories of sinking forty-foot putss probably will be met with yarns lust as big a a a Thev are watching for George Peterson’s arrival at tbe Grove every day now. Reports have it that George will be attired In a complete ensemble and the eolor is pink a a a Chip Shots from Kenneth Loucks informs us that Dave Mitchell fired a S5-41— 76 in his first time out at South Grove .this season. Dick Caristedt has affiliated •*“w;th the Grove club and is expected to i Uniter the club team. Dick I*. warned to ,t the old “buck ”

Some Start! By United Press NEW YORK, April 15. Tuesday's American League hero was Babe Ruth, who started his eighteenth major league season with a home run and a single in three times at bat. Ruth also stole a base and turned in two excellent fielding plays, making a shoestring catch for the final out of the game BOSTON, April 15.—Tuesday’s National League hero was Wee Willie Sherdel, Boston Braves’ southpaw, who scored one run, made two hits in two times at bat and held the Robins at bay as a relief Pitcher as his team trimmed Brooklyn, 7to 4. His double in the seventh sent Quinn, oldest major league pitcher, to the showers

Rochester Is Flag Choice Du (Suited Press NEWARK, N. J„ April 15.—The Rochester Red Wings ruled as favorites to capture their third consecutive championship today as the 1931 International League season opened. Rochester, a St. Louis Cardinal farm, drew Newark as its first opponent. Newark showed unexpected strength in spring exhibition games, when the club -won thirteen in succession. Other opening games: Toronto at Jersey City. Buffalo at Reading. Montreal at Baltimore.

♦ Bowling. BY LEFTY LEE

Bill Shine and Alex Kriner rolling on the final squad of the Industrial meet at the Hotel Antler alleys stepped into first place in the doubles event with the remarkable total of 1.263. rolling games of 428, 424 and 411. Shine hitting for 646 and Kriner 617. Sehmutte and Arnold in second place were more than 100 pins behind the winners with 1.138. Partlow and McMahan finished third with 1.123 Eddie Schott’s 672 series withstood the final assault and he carled oil first place. Hanna was second on 659: Fahrbach third. 648: Kriner. fourth. 639. and Snyder, fifth. 626. Don Johnson was the all-events winner with a total of 1.923. Billy Shine was a real threat at the end of his team and doubles play with a total of 1,296, but a 566 series In the singles stopped him at 1.862 which was good for second place. Class A team championship was won by Hare Chevrolet with a score of 2.84d. Union Title was second with 2.825 and Kav-O. third. 2.790. Class B play found the B. and O. cars In front with a score of 2.709. Kahn Tailoring in second place had 2,672. Citizens Gas Scrubbers were third with 2.594. Indianapolis Drop Forge ran away from Hoosier Optical in the Hoosier A. C. League play, taking the entire series with ease. All other contests were close and hard fought. Centennial Press and Holcomb & Hoke taking two from Erbrich Product and Barrett Coal, as Peerless Electric won three from Indianapolis Office Supply, taking the final game by a margin of one Din. Patterson Shade rolled games of 900. 932 and 893 a total of 2.725 to take three games from Feeney Furniture, during the Ladie’s Social League plav on the Antler drives. Lillian Bunch scoring 607 for the winners with Eames of 193. 220 and 194. White Rose Gas also won three from Peerless, as United Tire took the odd game from Komstohk Candy. American Legion contests resulted in a triple win for Haywod-Barcus from Mad-den-Nottingham, and a two-game win ior Memorial and Irvington from Indianapolis Post and Bruce Robinson. Spencer led the individual play with a series of 618 having games of 192. 212 and 214. Stahlhut Jewelry took three games from the strong Oeftering-Litzelman Coal team in the feature series of the Fountain Square No. 2 league. Wizard Machine and Klee & Coleman also won the entire series from Indianapolis T. & A. and Service Products, as Prospect Social took two from Odd Five. Smith came back with games of 231 and 246 after a start of 148 to lead the field with a total of 625. Roth had 616; Tompkins. 605. and Werner, an even 600. Crescent Paper Company team knocked down all their pins in one game during the Commercial League play on the Illinois alleys, setting a seasons record for this loop, in their second trv with a total of 1.110. Tutterrow led off with a 232. Seibert had 197: Quinette. 195: Mounts, 239. and Hendricks, 247. to make this score possible. Team results showed Crescent Paper and Union Title taking two games from Ballard and Indian Refining, as Central States. I. P. and L. Cos.. Motor Tire and Citizens Gas won three from C. and G.. Holcomb and Hoke. Geo. J. Maver. and Jewel Tea. Red Mounts shot a great set. having games of 194, 239 and 252 for a total of 685. Hamilton was next with 608. Don Johnson finally stopped his 600 string with a 539 count. Bemis Bag Company team will leave for Peoria on Friday to take part in the national tournament between the sixteen branches of the company. Saturday and Sunday. The company's team from Indianapolis is composed of E. Kerr, H. Shoemaker, G. McDaniels. H. Kleis. E. Whetstine and W. Schomeyer, captain. All members bowl regularly in the Fountain Square Industrial Leage. COLONELS BUY FUNK LOUISVILLE, April 15.—With the purchase of outfielder Elias Funk from Detroit, the Louisville Colonels believe they have brought their j strength right up to last year’s power in the outfield and at the i plate. The Tigers released Funk to Sac- ! ramento, but he refused to report |to the coast club. He was a star in j the A. A. as a member of the Saints before going to the majors. BRIGHT MOUND STAR Following the 3 to 0 triumph over Park schoql Tuesday, Manual nine will meet Cathedra! at the south side damor.d Friday. Bright, Red | and White hurler, struck out fifteen | batsmen and permitted but four j hits in Tuesday's encounter. Four Fark errors handicapped R. Cline, who gave up five blows for the losers. I. U. BEATS XAVIER By Times Special , BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. April 15. With Wright holding the invaders to four hits. Indiana pounded two Xavier of Cincinnati hurlers for ten hits and a 10 to 3 triumph here on Tuesday.

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Athletics Trip Senators in Eleven Innings; Ruth Leads Yanks to Win; Cleveland Beats Sox. BY DIXON STEWART Cnited Pres* Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. April 15— Pre-season expectations that the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators would battle it out for the 1931 American League pennant, with the New York Yankees as a possible “dark horse” appeared justified today. The three favored clubs made impressive showings in their opening games Tuesday and apparently are destined for a flying start. The Athletics opened their campaign, for

a third successive world championship by defeating their most dangerous rivals—the Washington Senators—s to 3, in eleven innings, while the Yankees romped to an easy 6 to 3 triumph over the Boston Red Sox. Cochrane, Simmons, Foxx and Grove, star members of the Athletics’ “big five,”

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played important roles in the Philadelphia victory. Grove went to the mound after the champions tied the score in the ninth and received credit for the victory when successive hits by Cochrane, Simmons and Foxx and a fly by Miller counted the winning runs in the eleventh. 65,000 at New York Although only 3,500 fans were in the stands at Sd. Louis, approximately 127,500 fans witnessed the American League openers. New York had the biggest turnout with 65,000. About 34,000 witnessed the Senator-A.’s tilt at Washington, and 25,000 paid at Cleveland for the Indians-White Sox contest. Babe Ruth and Charlie Ruffing shared honors to the Yankees’ successful debut under Manager Joe McCarthy. Ruffing held the Red Sox safe after the first inning while Ruth led the attack with a home run, a single and a stolen base. It is a baseball axiom that “as Ruth goes, so go the Yankees,” and if this is true the New Yorkers should have a big season. Ferrell Goes Route Cleveland’s Indians rewarded a record opening day crowd by defeating the Chicago White Sox, 5 to 4. Wes Ferrell went the route for the Indians and was hit freely in the early innings, but won when his mates staged three and two-run rallies in the fifth and eighth innings. St. Louis’ 7 to 3 victory over Detroit was featured by the record low attendance of 3,500 and the appearance of six rookie players. Detroit started the season with an entire rookie outfield, while shortstop Levy, first baseman Burns and outfielder Bettencourt made their debut with the Browns. Walter Stewart pitched for St. Louis, shutting out Detroit in every inning except the fourth. DIAMOND SCORES ON AIR NEW YORK. April 14—The National Broadcasting Company announced today that through the courtesy of the United Press major league baseball results would be announced each night over station WEAF. The schedule for the broadcasts follow: Monday, Saturday and Sunday, 6 p. m.; Tuesday, 5:55 p. ni.; Wednesday and Friday, 5:25 p. m„ and Thursday 5:40 p. m. LUMPKIN IS MATCHED Roy Lumpkin, Georgia heavyweight, will clash with Tiger McKee, eastern grappler, in the semiwindup on the mat card at Cadle tabernacle Friday. Ad Herman, lowa husky, will meet Cowboy Jones, Wyoming, in the main go. A prelim will start the show at 8:30. Women will be admitted free, IVTINTIRE SHOOT WINNER Mclntire won the singles and handicap events at Crooked Creek Gun Club Tuesday, breaking 48 out of 50 in singles and 22 out of 25 in the handicap. He tied with Parrish in the doubles, each breaking 19.

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