Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 296, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 April 1931 — Page 11

/APRIL 21, 1931_

Dale Miller Is Appointed State Amateur Organizer

Appointment of Dale Miller of A. o. Spalding <fc Cos., prominent Big Ten basketball official, as state representative of the United States Amaeur Baseball Association, was nounerd today by Leslie Mann, national director. Miller began this week with the work of organizing leagues in Indianapolis and appointing city representatives for senior graduates of the American Legion Junior Association. Drive has been launched by Mann for the organization of an international amateur baseball tournament, between Japan. Honolulu, Canada, Mexico, Cuba. Panama and eight United States teams to be played In California next year in connection with the Olympic games. United States will be divided into eight divisions and there will be tournaments to decide the winner of each section after each city that Is a representative of the U. 8. A. B. A. has selected its champion. National Municipal Baseball Association affiliated with Mann's organization recently. HU organization is backed by a SIO,OOO gift from organized baseball and a similar

RUTH’S LESSONS—No. 1

BABE EXPLAINS THE HIT AND RUN PLAY

BY BABE RUTH WELL, boys, here is another baseball season started and it is time for us to go back to our lessons. I know most kids don’t like to 6tart back to school again, but I think this school is an exception. During the winter I got a number of letters from boys who kept all the articles of our series last year. And what do ycu suppose these letters proved to me? Not only that the boys paid a lot of attention to these instructions, but that they were interested in a great many things that I did not have time to take up last year. "What aix>ut the hit and run play?" was the query in one boy’s letter. He said he had read about it ever since he was able to read, but he did not fully understand It or know wljen it should be used. Then there were questions about the squeeze play, how to arrange a batting order, rules on running bases, how a pitcher should warm up, how to avoid accidents and collisions in the outfield. j

Asa starter, I am going to tell you boys something about the hit-and-run play. One of my good friends among the baseball writers, the late Bill Hanna, always insisted It should be called the run and hit play. "The man on first starts to run before the ball is hit,” Bill used to argue, and the argument ended right there. He was absolutly right. a a a THE idea is chiefly to break up a double play by having the runner so far on his way that he can not be forced at second base if the batter hits on the ground. An advantage found in this play is that the defense partly is broken up before the ball is hit, as either the second baseman or the shortstop must be on his way to cover the bag. It’s a good play against a pitcher with control who usually has the ball near the plate. Against a pitcher who is wild it isn’t so easy. The reason is simple. The first and most important rule of that play concerns the batter. He always must get a piece of the ball. That Is the big league way of saying that he must touch the ball with his bat, if only to foul it. when this play is being made. That prevents the catcher from throwing out the runner at second. Under no conditions should the batter let the ball go by him without trying to hit it. Try to hit the ball whether It is inside, outside, high or low. a a a ONCE the hitter and runner have the sign that the play is on, the runner must keep going unless he learns the ball is in the air. Then he must hurry back to avoid a double play. Otherwise he must run and the batter must hit. When is it best to use the play? When a slow runner is at the plate, one who is likely to be doubled if he hits the ball on the ground. I don't advise using it when a fast man is at the plate. Try straightaway hitting then, as he probably can beat a relay if the runner is forced at second base. Do not figure that you must use this play on the first pitched ball. It is better to fake a steal before trying it. This will show the batter whether the second baseman or the shortstop is going to cover second base. Once he finds this out, the batter can swing fast or slow, so that the ball will go toward the place which the player has left. The perfect hit-and-run play shows a ball going through the spot which a player has left. Try to outguess the pitcher. He sometimes breaks up the play by pitching so far from the plate that the batter can’t reach the ball. Get him in a position where he can’t afford to throw one wide. Above all, if you are the base runner, make sure that the batter knows you are running. If you are the hitter, make sure you get a piece of that ball. (Copyright. 1931, bv The Christy Walsh Syndicate and The Times) IRISH THINLIES IN ACTION Cathedral high school thinlies were scheduled to oppose Brownsburg at Butler bowl this afternoon. Cathedral’s thinlies are showing improvement with each meet, with freshman stars turning in good performances.

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Baseball Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION , W. L. Pet. Milwaukee 5 2 .711 St. Paul ; 4 2 .007 l.ouisville 4 2 .067 Columbus 4 3 .571 Kansas Cltv S 4 .429 INDIANAPOLIS 2 4 .333 Minneapolis 2 4 .333 Toledo 2 5 .286 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet.; W. L. Pet. Wash'eton 4 2 .667 : Chicago... 2 3 .400 New York. 4 2 .661 Phila 2 4 .333 Cleveland. 4 2 .667 Detroit. 2 4 .333 St. Louis.. 3 2 600. Boston. 2 4 .333 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct.i W. L. Pet. St. Louis.. 5 1 ,83:5Pittsburgh. 3 4 .429 Boston 5 2 .714 Philo 2 4 .333 New York. 5 2 .714 Brooklyn.. 1 5 167 Chicago... 4 3. .571!Ctncinhati. 1 5 167 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Milwaukee at INDIANAPOLIS. Kansas City wt Louisville. St. Paul at .oledo. Minneapolis at Columbus. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at St,. Louis. Detroit at Cleveland. Boston at Washington. Philadelphia at New York. NATIONAL LEAGUE New York at Boston. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Chicago. (Only games scheduled.) Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (Eight Innings, rain) Kansas Cltv 000 000 10— 1 7 2 Columbus 011 000 02— 4 6 0 Swift and Susce, Peters; Baker and Hinkle. Milwaukee 101 001 020— 5 U 3 Toledo ... i 001 010 002— 4 8 2 Gearln and Manion; Mays. Bachman and Kies. St. Paul at Loulsvlle. rain. Minneapolis at Indianapolis, rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE (Morning Game) New York 000 201 010— 4 9 3 Boston 101 000 100— 3 8 0 Berly. Heving and O'Farrell; Frankhouse. Cunningham and Cronin. (Afternoon Game) New’ York 000 000 000— 0 6 0 Boston 000 000 001— 1 7 1 Hubbell and Hogan; Seibold and Spohrer. Pittsburgh 000 300 200— 5 8 2 Cincinnati 000 331 OOx— 7 11 0 Meine. Willoughby and Hemslev; Lucas and Sukcforth. Brooklyn 100 013 311—10 15 1 Philadelphia 001 120 001— 5 11 1 Shaute and Lombardi: Dudley. Fallenstein. Wiltse. Watt and Rensa. St. Louis 100 101 000— 3 9 2 Chicago 100 010 000— 2 10 2 Grimes and Mancuso: Smith. Bush and Hartnett. J _ AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 202 000 OOO— 4 6 0 New York 000 030 020— 5 8 0 Earnshaw and Cochrane: Johnson, Gomez. Wells and Dickey. Detroit 002 000 010— 3 13 2 Cleveland 001 113 30x— 9 14 2 Hovt. Hogsett and Schang; Hayworth. Hudlln and Sewell. Boston 001 001 713—13 18 1 Washington 000 002 001— 3 8 2 Russell and Berry: Crowder. Tauscher. Fischer. Burke and Spencer,

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CITY’S 2-WEEK CLEANUP DRIVE IS UNDER WAY Men Assigned to Task of Removing Debris From Lots, Alleys. The weather contributed a thorough drenching to the city’s cleanup-paintup campaign today while city garbage wagons disposed of a winter’s accumulation of trash and rubbish. Two weeks of the attack on dirt is counted upon by city; officials and the fire prevention committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce to transform the city's appearance while eliminating mani' fire hazards. Men assigned by the emergency : work committee to forces of the | sanitary board’s collection depart--1 ment assisted in the task of removing debris from vacant lots and alleys. During the cleanup, paintup campaign which ends May 2, city wagons will carry off all trash deposited in alleys with virtually no restrictions. Regular ash collec- j tion days will be observed during I the drive. Co-operating in efforts to carry ! the cleanup efforts into private premises are the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Camp Fire Girls, Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations, Federation of Community Civic Clubs, and the Marion County Tuberculosis Association. Fifty members of the Bruce P. Robinson post, No. 133, American Legion, made a contribution to the cleanup Monday night when, as losers in a membership drive, they donned aprons and scoured the south steps of the Soldiers and Sailors’ monument. Topeka gets auß Tulsa Western League Franchise Is Transferred. By Timet Special TOPEKA. Kan., April 21.—Failure of Tulsa, to provide a playing field has resulted in the permanent transfer of that club's Western League franchise to Topeka, it was announced Monday by President Dale Gear. The club will be owned and operated by Frank Isbell, one-time Chicago White Sox infielder and former president of the Wichita and Des Moines clubs, who obtained the franchise recently from Mrs. Lucille Thomas. DOMAR IS MAT WINNER Scoring straight falls, Jack Domar, Texas welterweight, defeated Merle Dolby, Ohio grappler, in the main go of Monday night’s mat show at Tomlinson hall. Don Cortez and Black Panther went thirty minutes to no fall. Leo Alexander downed Young Bobo in eight minutes and Walter Johnson tossed Art Hayes in ten minutes. TONY HINKLE TO TEACH Paul (Tony) Hinkle, Butler university basketball mentor, will conduct basketball classes at three summer coaching schools, Butler officials announced today. He will be on the staff of the Albion college coaching school June 1 15 to 20, and will instruct high school mentors at Frankfort, Aug. 23 to 28, in addition to conducting '"e Butler school, the dates for \iich have not been announced.

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Betema, Dr. Elizabeth Conger's coal-black cat, drops her month-old offspring to inspect the poster announcing ’Be Kind to Animals’’ week, which opened Monday. The week’s activities, spe asored by the Indianapolis Humane Society, will culminate with tag days Friday and Saturday. Dr. Conger is superintendent of the city dog pound, which cares for stray canines, but has no facilities for cats. So Betema warmly indorses the slogan.

FOSTER HEADS BAPTIST DRIVE Elected to Presidency of City Federation. Evangelistic and financial campaigns of Indianapolis Baptist churches will be headed by Eugene C. Foster, secretary of the Indianapolis foundation, who was elected president of the Federated Baptist churches of Indianapolis at a meeting in Acton Baptist church Monday night. Other new officers are: Charles O. Lawler, vice-president; T. C. Osborne, treasurer. Warren Bruner, secretary, and the Rev. Clive McGuire, executive secretary. Elected to the executive committee were: Mrs. A. Woodmansee, George F. Woody, Mrs. G. J. Harvey, H. S. Medlock, the Rev. O. R. McKay, Berg A. King and A. D. Moore of Indianapolis; William O. Coleman, Cumberland, and H. C. Berry, Southport. Retired at their own request were Medlock, as president; Lawler, treasurer, and Mrs. J. J. Gilchrist, secretary. All Baptist churches of the city will engage in the evangelistic cam- | paign and in the drive that will include the annual budget of every church in the federation as well as $30,000 for general missionary work.

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Two-in-One By United Prest CEBU, P. 1., April 21.—A freak pair of twins, with one body, two heads, two hearts, two pairs of lungs, four arms, four feet and three legs, was bom to a Filipino couple, Mr. and Mrs. Venancio Rivas, in Lianga, Surigao, it was learned today. The bodies are joined more intimately than most such twins, so that from the stomache downward there is but one digestive system. Because there are two lungs and two hearts, physicians say the freak is remarkably strong and will survive.

CASH BOXJS ROBBED Thief Unlocks Safe; Gets $122 as Loot. From a cash box in an unlocked safe in offices of the Indianapolis Engraving Company, 222 East Ohio street, a thief Monday took $122, according to a police report.

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SEVERE QUAKE SHAKES EASTi LIGHT Nearly All of Eastern New York, Part of New England Is Rocked. By United Prets ALBANY, N. Y., April 21.—Severe earth tremors which shook nearly all of eastern New York and parts of New England were believed today to have followed what is known to scientists as the St. Lawrence fault, which extends from Quebec province to the Hudson valley. Houses were rocked and windows were rattled by two distinct shocks just before 3 p. m. Monday, which lasted for approximately twenty seconds. No serious damage was reported in any of the affected area. Dr. Ralph E. Wilson, assistant director of the Dudley Observatory, predicted additional shocks within the next few days. He said that these quakes probably were caused by a slight slipping along the St. Lawrence fault, to which several tremors have been attributed in the past. The tremors were reported to have been more severe in other parts of New York state. Clocks were stopped at Glen Falls, and Lake George reported the shocks were followed by a loud roar. Harvard university reported the quake lasted in Cambridge for about two minutes. ARRANGE FUNERAL OF MISS S. T. WALLACE Union Trust Company Clerk Dies of Heart Disease. Funeral services for Miss Sue T. Wallace, 57, Apartment 605 of 111 East Sixteenth street, were to be made today after arrival of her only relatives, two brothers, Lindsay and John Wallace of Milwaukee, Wis. Miss Wallace, for twenty-five years chief clerk to H. L. Cushwa, head of the insurance department of the Union Trust Company, died of a heart attack as she reached her home from work late Monday. Deputy Coroner Dr. Emil G. Winter investigated.

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Ex-Follies Girl Acts to Divorce Negro Physician

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Helen Lee Worthing Helen Lee Worthing to File Suit in Next Few Days, Says Lawyer. By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Cal.. AprU 21. Helen Lee Worthing, former Ziegfeld follies girl, will file suit for divorce from Dr. Eugene C. Nelson, Negro physician, within the next few days, Ruben Licker, attorney for the actress, said today. Licker refused to make public the grounds which the actress would offer. Miss Worthington and the physician were married nearly four years ago, and while often reported separated, she always characterized the rumors as groundless. Last fall the actress went to New York to undergo treatment for nervous disorders, upon advice of Dr. Nelson. She returned here several weeks ago from a hospital at Madison, Wis., and has lived in Hollywood while Dr. Nelson continued to occupy his home in the Negro district.

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DEATH CLAIMS THOMAS LEWIS Pioneer Indiana Lumber Man Succumbs at Home. 11l but a day, Thomas R. Lewis. 71, pioneer Indiana lumber man, died Monday at his home, M 34 College avenue. Funeral arrangements have not been made, Mr. Lewis became ill Sunday following the return from his summer cottage at Lake Bruce. He formerly was president of the Burnet-Lewls Lumber Company, but retired from active business twelve years ago. He was a member of the Broadway Methodist church. Ancient Landmarks lodge, F. and A. M.. and Murat temple of the Shrine. Mr. Lewis was married to Miss Mary Beys in 1885. Following her death he was wedded tc Miss Harriett Bays in 1390. Surviving are the widow, two sons, Lucian W. Lewis and Burnet B. Lewis, both of Indianapolis, and three daughters Mrs. W. W. Timmerman of Cincinnati, Mrs. Dorothy Law, St. Petersburg, Fla., and Mrs. Lillian Fulton, Indianapolis. FIREMAN, CONVICTED AS DRUNK, IS DISMISSED Policeman Suspended for 90 Days for Not Reporting Crash. Found guilty of. reporting for duty while intoxicated, Charles F. James, fireman at Engine House 19. today was dismissed by the safety board. He was tried last Tuesday. The board levied a ninety-day suspension without pay against patrolman Elzie O. Carter on a conviction for failure to report an auto accident in which an alleged drunken driver was involved. According to testimony at his trial last week, Carter boarded the auto with a friend, who Carter admitted had been drinking. The auto crashed and police officials alleged Carter neither reported the accident nor made an arrest.

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