Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 298, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 April 1931 — Page 12

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Bambino’s Injuries Serious

By United Press BOSTON, April 23.—Babe Ruth, the New York Yankees SBO,-000-a-year star, Injured In Wednesday’s Red Sox game, must remain at Peter Bent Brigham hospital “at least two or three days” and even after his release, must remain out of the game temporarily. Dr. Francis C. Newton, who with Dr. John Homans, is attending the patient, told the United Press today the home run king was suffering from "severe muscle and nerve injuries, the extent of which has not been fully determined yet." It was indicated another X-ray would be taken today. An X-ray taken Wednesday night showed no broken bones. Ruth injured his leg when, dashing for home plate, he collided with Charley Berry. The Babe remained in the game but had to retire after aggravating the injury in going after Tom Oliver’s fly at the left field cliff. Newspaper men admitted for a five-minute visit to the big room on the third floor of the hospital found Ruth lying flat on his back, puffing a cigar with evident enjoyment and apparently suffering no severe pain. By the bedside were two huge wreaths, one six feet high and bearing a red banner with the word “success” on it, which had been presented to Manager Shano Collins of the Red Sox, Wednesday, and which he sent to Ruth. Also at the bedside were Mrs. Ru’h and two special nurses. Zt V o RUTH’S injured leg, unbandaged, was covered with a wooden frame to keep the bedclothes from pressing on it. "I had a pretty good night,” the Babe said. "I thought sure, though, that I had a broken leg, and if I hadn’t seen those X-ray plates I’d have bet my life on it. The pain was awful. "This afternoon, if it stops raining, I’m going to hear a baseball game by radio for the first time in my life. I'm going to listen in on the Yankee-Sox game. I had Johnny Igoe * his old friend of his Red Sox days) get this set in here for me this morning. Dr. Newton explained that in a case such as Ruth’s there was little that a doctor could do. "It’s something that nature has to cure,” he said, “and about all we can do is to see that the patient gets the necessary rest." Ruth indicated that upon his discharge from the hospital he would go home for a rest instead of accompanying his teammates to Washington.

Semi-Pro and Amateur Baseball Gossip

fn practice tilts Sunday. Lourdes nine of the City Catholic League drubbed Tuxedo Merchants, 9 to 2. and Question Marks of Sacred Heart downed a formidable pickup team. Feeney toiled on the htil for Lourdes while Sauer and Zins, a new pcrtslde, divided the task for the Marks. Lourdes enters the Catholic loop this season with a strong young team, probably the youngest outfit In the league. Question Marks and the St. Catherine club have not been aSected b ythe 21year rule and both these south sick aggrefations will be represented Dy cemparaively young clubs. According to Rev. George Dunn, head of the Cathedral representatives in the loop, he has a snappy bunch blade up of former Cathedral high school players and several Butler collegians. Keystones and Midways will clash at Greenhouse park Sunday at 3 p. m. Keystones will practice Friday, weather permitting. and all plavers are requested to be on hand. Keystones will play in the Municipal League this season, every other game being scheduled for Greenhouse park. Thev will open the season on their home diamond May 3 with Baker Brothers nine as their opponents The league schedule calls for an open date every fourth Sunday. Managers desiring games with Keystones on these days. address W. J. Schock. R. R. 1. Box 594. Drexel 7753rlng 1. Ramblers defeated Shelbvville in a hardfought game Sunday. 9 to 7. Ramblers cinched the contest in the seventh Inning when Ellisburv hit a homer with the bases loaded. Pat Dickey pitched an excellent game for the Ramblers. Ramblers have open dates for. April 26. May 3 and 25. They will play Fountalntown on May 10 and Shelbyyllle May 17. For games write Clarence E. Smith. 203 South Detroit •treet, Indianapolis. FRANKFORT. Ind. —Frankfort regulars are being organized for the season and will play a majority of their games on the road. Star pastimers of central Indiana are in the line-uo. Regulars expect one of the fastest teams in recent season. Treon Getty. Wallssmith. Johnson. Crickmore sand Chick Harris are requested to write the manager of Regulars at once. For games address Charles Mason. Frankfort. Ind. Due to a cancellation by Kingston A. C.'s of Kokomo. Arvin Heaters are without a game for May 3. State clubs destrtng games with this fast road club write or wire William Rider. 1531 Bellefontalne street. O’Hara Sana will meet West Side Merchants in a practice game Sunday at a diamond to be named later. Al members of Sans sje requested to be at the corner of Dearborn and Tenth streets not later than 1 p. m. Sunday. Davis take notice. Sans plav their opening game Sunday. May 3, at Fountalntown. Sans are without a game for May 31. Fast state clubs call or write K. R. Spillman, 840 North Oxford stret. Cherry 3418-W. Indianapolis Twilights have access to a diamond and want a game with a city team for Sunday. Twilights also have open dates for May. Call Dr. 5625. ask for Homer Hall. Editorial All-Stars and Trotters, Times’ rivals. were scheduled to clash this afternoon. Trotters ltne-up Includes: O’Connor. 3b: Meyers. 2b; Thorpe. If; McHueh. cf: Sheehan, lb: McClure, ss; Whitney, rs: Rohrman. c: McGrath, p AU-Stars: Hunter, cf: Richards, ss: Meek, c; Lane. 3b: C. Baker. If; F. Baker, if; Boxell. 2b; Knight, rs: Isaacs, p. Indianapolis Cardinals had a complete attendance at their meeting Wednesday evening, and final preparations were made for their opening game Sunday. Glen Tumev. slugging Cardinal shortstop, was elected captain for 1931. succeeding Isadora Cohen. Card second sacker. who has held the captaincy since the birth of the club. Glen Tumev led the Cardinals at the bat last season with a .444 average. The Cards will oppose Indianapolis Orioles Sunday. BALL INSETS DE PAUW By Times Special MUNCIE. Ind., April 23.—Led by Jones, who won the high and low hurdles, high jump and placed secand in the broad jump for 18 points. Ball State track team nosed out De Pauw here Wednesday, 684 to 574. Julian led De Pauw with victories in the mile and half mile and second in the two-mile.

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PACE-SETTING YANKS FACE TEST WITH RUTH OUT

Babe Suffers Severe Leg Injury in Spill

Homer King, After Leading New Yorkers Into League Front, May Be Out of Lineup for Month; Hoag Will Substitute. BY DIXON STEWART ■KTirtt, %r/-\T>ir A Elf** staff CorreiDonaent NEW YORK, April 23.—The truth of the baseball axiom, “As Ruth goes, so go the Yankees,” will be tested in the ensuing fortnight. Ruth is out of the game because of an injured leg, and if the 1931 Yarks foLow the precedent set by other Yankee teams In recent years,

their present leadership of the American League will be of brief duration. Ruth has been going great guns this spring, and the Yanks have been the sensation of the league. They have won six of eight starts, Including two out of three from the world champion Philadelphia Athletics, and are leading the pack—a full game in front of the Washington Senators and Cleveland Indians, and three games ahead of Philadelphia. Now that Ruth is out, the Yankees face a real test. Ten of their next fourteen games are against their most dangerous rivals—Washington and Philadelphia. If Ruth is out of these games, or is handicapped by his injuries and the team follows the example of its predecessors, which invariably went into a tailspin when Ruth failed to set the winning pace, they may drop completely out of the race. The extent of Ruth’s injuries still are uncertain. Babe says he

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will be back within a week, but physicians are less optimistic and intimate he may be out indefinitely. Even though he returns to the lineup there is a strong probability that the big slugger wil lbe slowed down by his injured leg and fail to continue his great, early season play.

Baseball Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet. Milwaukee 5 2 .714 Louisville 5 2 .714 St. Paul 4 2 .667 Columbus 4 3 .571 Kansas Citv 3 5 .375 INDIANAPOLIS 2 4 .333 Minneapolis 2 4 .333 Toledo 2 5 .286 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet.! W. L. Pet. New York. 6 2 730 Chlcago... 33 .500 Wash’gton 5 3 .625 Phila 3 5 .375 Cleveland. 5 3 625 Detroit 2 5 .286 St. Louis. 3 2 600!Boston.. 2 6 .250 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. I W. L. Pet. St. Louis. 6 1 .857'Pittsbgh... 3 4 .429 Boston... 7 2 ,778!Phila 3 5 .375 New York. 6 3 ,667iCincin 1 6 .143 Chicago... 4 3.5711 Brooklyn.. 1 7 .125 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Milwaukee at INDIANAPOLIS. Kansas City at Louisville. St. Paul at Toledo. Minneapolis at Columbus. AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland at Chicago. St. Louis at Detroit. Washington at Philadelphia; postponed, cold. New York at Boston. NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston at Brooklyn. Philadelphia at New York; postponed, rain. Chicago at Pittsburgh; postponed, cold. Cincinnati at St. Louis; postponed, cold. Results Yesterday AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 010 000 000— 1 7 0 Philadelphia 400 000 Olx— 5 7 0 Hadlev. Fischer. Tauscher and Spencer; Grove and Cochrane. Cleveland 110 000 000— 2 8 0 Chicago 100 011 43x—10 14 4 Harder. Jablonowski. F. Thomas and Sewell; Caraway and Tate. New York ...' 400 102 000— 7 11 1 Boston 000 013 001— 5 11 0 Sherid. Johnson and Dickey: Lisenbee. Durham. Kline. MacFayden ana Berry. St. Louis at Detroit, rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston 000 001 300— 4 7 0 Brooklyn 000 000 000— 0 4 4 Zachary and Spohrer: Phelps. Mattingly and Lopez. Philadelphia 003 000 001— 4 11 1 New York 000 101 30x— 5 12 0 Benge. Collins. Sc'nesler and Davis; Mitchell and Hogan.'O'Farrell. Cincinnati 000 011 000— 2 4 0 St. Louis 100 000 llx— 3 13 1 Kolp. Frey and Sukeforth; Johnson. Lindsey and Wilson. Chicago at Pittsburgh, rain. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (Ten Innings) Kansas City 014 100 001 0— 7 9 0 Louisville 310 000 030 1— 8 9 0 Sheehan. House, Fette. Bavne and Peters, Susce; Walsh. Welland and Thompson. St. Paul at Toledo, rain. Minneapolis at Columbus, rain. Milwaukee at Indianapolis, cold.

Wabash Nine Noses Out Ball in Thriller

By Times Special CRAWFORDSVTLLE, April 23. A double-squeeze play in the ninth inning enabled the Wabash college baseball team to defeat Ball Teachers’ college, 2 to 1. here Wednesday. In the final inning, Smith singled after one out and reached third when Chase hit to the center fielder, who let the ball bounce out of his hands. With Smith on third and Chase on second, Coach Harry Scholler ordered the “doublesqueeze” and first baseman Wrona delivered with a perfect bunt down the third base line to let the two runners cross the plate. I. C. FACES BONEBRAKE After cancellation of Wednesday’s game with N. A. G. U., Indiana Central diamond pastimers today prepared for Friday’s encounter with Bonebrake nine of Dayton, 0., here. SULLY SKEET VICTOR Breaking 45 targets, Sully won the 50-target shoot at the Indianapolis Skeet Club Wednesday. Trester followed with 43. Stumph won the 25-target shoo} with 21.

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Ruth has reached an age where be no longer can be expected to shake off injuries in a hurry. Leg injuries are especially dangerous—usually they are the first indication that an athlete is reaching the end of his career. Manager Joe McCarthy doubtless wiil insist that Ruth take no chance of aggravating his present injury by trying to play before he is recovered completely. Hoag Capable Fortunately for McCarthy, the Yankees have a capable substitute for Ruth in young Myrl Hoag, expensive Coast League rookie. In addition, the 1931 Yanks appear to have better spirit than New York teams of recent years, and are likely to continue their hard-fight-ing, “heads-up” play, despite Ruth’s absence. Ruth suffered a severe injury to his left leg in the sixth inning of Wednesday’s game with the Red Sox at Fenway park. He was removed to the hospital for treatment. No bones were broken. Running home in the sixth inning, Ruth crashed into Charlie Berry, Red Sox catcher and took a headlong plunge to the dirt. It was then that he received his injuries—those, which hospital attaches described as a “severe contusion.” Collapses in Outfield Though the leg pained him somewhat, Ruth insisted on remaining in play and everything went along fine until toward the close of the sixth inning. Then, when dashing after a long left field fly driven out by Tom Oliver, Sox batsman, Ruth appeared to stumble as he neared the fast-falling ball. When he failed to pick himself up, fellow teammates came dashing on to the field to the spot where Babe lay prostrate. They picked him up, carried him to the Yankees’ club house and administered first aid.

Butler Stars Enter Relays

Seven members of Butler university’s track, squad, accompanied by Coach Herman Philips, left Wednesday for Des Moines, where they will compete in the Drake relays on Friday and Saturday. Burns, Elser, Mecum, Jones, Urbain, Nelson and Boaz are the members on the trip who will compete in relay and specialty events. Joe Sivak, star miler, will join the squad there after receiving his naturalization papers in Chicago today. Sivak is a native of Czechoslovakia. Butler easily won its second outdoor meet of the season here Wednesday, defeating State Normal, 824 to 424. Burns of Butler won both dashes.

DROP JUNIOR NET MEET By Times Special MUNCIE, Ind, April 23.—Holding that basketball tournaments inflict too great a mental strain on junior high school boys, principals of Muncie’s five junior high schools voted to abolish the state junior tournament which has been conducted each year under their supervision. It is probable that another city will take up the tournament, but Muncie teams will not be entered.

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First Picture Showing Mighty Babe Being Carried Off Field in Boston

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Photo Copyright, 1931, NEA Service. Inc. Transmitted by Telephoto. Babe Ruth, baseball’s greatest star and drawing card, is shown here being carried from the field at Boston by teammates after the injury to his leg which may result in his being out c* the game for an indefinite period. The man in front-center is Lou Gehrig, another New York Yankee star.

Tribe Has Five More Tilts Before Leaving BY EDDIE ASH The current home stay of the Indians has five more games to be run off before the Tribesmen hit the long, long trail and visit seven enemy camps before returning to Washington Park May 29. Included on the road schedule will be Louisville at Derby time, where the boys will watch the horses gallop in the turf classic on Saturday, May 16, and play off the postponement with the Colonels in a double-header on May 17. Corriden’s pastimers will help St. Paul open its home season next Wednesday, April 29, which will be the starter of the Tribe’s extensive

excursion on nosine grounds. Indians and Brewers failed to get together again here Wednesday when cold weather interfered, and the teams were eager to swing into action this afternoon in the series opener twice postponed. The Tribesmen have been idle since Sunday, and the Milwaukee athletes have not turned a hand since Monday. Friday will end the visit of the Brewers, and on Saturday, Kansas City will invade the Tribe lot for three tilts, the last on Monday. Next Tuesday is an open date in the schedule to permit all the clubs to travel to the w’estem half of the circuit for the second openings Wednesday. Louisville moved into a tie with Milwaukee for the league lead Wednesday by nosing out Kansas City, 8 to 7 t in ten Innings. The winning run was scored when Bayne hit Layne with a pitched ball with two out and the bases full. All other A. A. games Wednesday were knocked out by inclement weather. Dumb work on the bases by the

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Blues enabled Louisville to execute a triple play Wednesday. With Knothe on third and Brower on first Pick lined to Second Baseman Herman and Knothe was doubled up off third. Brow’er thought Herman took the drive on a short hop and raced for second, where he learned he was wrong and was erased for the third out. k tt tt THE injury suffered by Babe Ruth at Boston Wednesday doubtless will be a severe blow to the Bambino’s personal ambitions, as was an injury to his hand last season. At that time Babe was leading his record home run schedule by twelve days with an excellent chance of bettering his 1927 mark of 60 homers. His injured hand kept him out of the game for only a

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Major Leaders

Following big league averages compiled by United Press include games of Wednesday, April 22. LEADING HITTERS Name—Team G AB R H Pet. Vosmik. Indians 7 30 7 17 .567 Berry, Red Sox.. 7 25 6 12 .480 Berger, Braves.. 9 33 6 15 .455 Lever, Browns... 5 20 3 9 .450 Mellllo, Browns.. 5 18 4 8 .444 LEADING HOME RUN HITTERS Stone. Tigers 4;Herman. Robins... 3 Ruth. Yankees 3;Gehrig. Yankees... 2 Klein. Phillies 3; RUNS BATTED IN Ruth. Yankees... lOiGehrie. Yankees. 9 Sheely. Braves.... 10 Hartnett. Cubs.... 8 Klien. Phillies... 9!

week, but handicapped his batting for more than a month and perhaps cost him the 1930 home run championship. tt tt tt This year Babe again started with a rush, and at present he has three home runs to his credit—three more than at the corresponding date in 1930 and one more than in 1927 when he failed to hit No. 3 until April 24. tt tt tt THE Red Birds of Columbus will travel by two T. A. 'T. planes when they leave on their first road trip next week and the Buckeye pastimers will stop in Indianapolis for a short time at 6 p. m. Monday. If you care to see how the ball tossers enjoy the ride be at the municipal airport* St. Louis will be the next stop and then on to Kansas City.

Weary Robins Get 4 Hits Off Tom Zachary Braves Hand Dodgers 4-to-0 Pasting as Robbie Uses Pinch Hitters for ‘Sluggers’ o’Doul and Herman; Cards Retain League Lead. BY LEO H. PETERSON United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. April 23.—Brooklyn's weary Robins made their 1931 home debut by taking another lacing, this time at the hands of the Boston Braves, 4 to 0. Old Tom Zachary held the Robins to four hits. Phelps, on the

mound for Brooklyn, turned in a good performance, but his mates continued their sloppy fielding, contributing four errors. In the ninth inning, Manager Robinson showed his disgust over the weak hitting of his “sluggers” by sending in pinch hitters to bat for Babe Herman and Lefty O’Doul. St. Louis Cardinals maintained their lead in the National League by defeating Cincinnati, 3 to 2. Gelbert’s double after Bottomley and Watkins had singled scored the winning tally in the eighth. S. Johnson and Lindsey held the Reds to four hits. The New York Giants celebrated their official home opening with a 5 to 4 victory’ over the Philadelphia Phillies. A three-run rally in the seventh, featured by Critz’ home run, brought McGraw’s men the victory. Pittsburgh and Chicago, who were scheduled to play the other National League game, were rained out.

New York Yankees were in sole possession of first nlare In American League today, but the victory that put them there Weden* day was a costly one, for it deprived them of the services of Rah* p*£ who suffered a severe leg injury. The Yankees triumphed over the Bos' ton Red Sox 7 to 5. e

Washington’s 5 to 1 defeat at the hands of the Philadelphia Athlet-’ ics, while Cleveland was losing to the Chicago White Sox, enabled the Yankees to climb into the leadership. Lefty Grove held the Senators safe all the way, with Cronin’s home run in the second frame accounting for Washington’s only tally. Grove allowed but seven hits and struck out six, while the A/s got £6 Bump Hadley for four runs in the first inning. Behind the eight-hit pitching of Pat Caraway, the Chicago White Sox whipped Cleveland, 10 to 2. The White Sox clubbed* Harder, Jablonowski and Fay Thomas for fourteen hits. Fred Eichrodt, rookie outfielder, got four hits and a sacrifice in five trips. The St. Louis Browns-Detroit Tigers game was postponed because of rain.

Wednesday Ring Results

AT AKRON. O.—K. O. Christner, veteran Akron heavyweight, outpointed Frankie Wnie. Montaana blacksmith, in ten rounds, taking six rounds to Wine's one and avenging a previous loss. AT CHICAGO—Harry Fierro, Chicago bantamweight contender, trounced Jose Slno of Mexico, in ten rounds. AT MILWAUKEE—WiIIie Oster. Boston, was outpointed decisively by Tait Llttman Wisconsin middleweight. In ten rounds here Wednesday. Oster scored a oneround knockout over Llttman recently. Frank Battaglia. Winnipeg, scoerd a technical knockout over WfJUe Dunham. Kansas City middleweight, in the first round. AT CLEVELAND. O.—Bushv Graham, ambitious ex-bantam boss, today had a strong claim to featherweight honors after his sensational victory over Johnny Datto. Cleveland Filipino, in ten rounds here Wednesday night. CUPPERS IN MEXICO By United Press SAN ANTONIO, April 23.—Wilmer Allison and Frank Shields, United States tennis stars, were en route to City of Mexico today for the Davis Cup matches with Mexico next week.

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City Amateur Ball Season Opening Set Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association will open Its twentieth season Saturday on city park diamonds with the largest number of registrations in history. President A. E. Carr of the Association predicted one of the biggest seasons in years, with a greater interest and better teams. Fourteen leagues have affiliated with the assofeation, with a membership of approximately 4.000 pastimers. Among the eighty-four teams now registered are many strong clubs from last year and several promising new aggregations. HEAVY MATMEN BILLED In the weekly wrestling action at Cadle tabernacle Friday night, interesting grappling is promised when Roy (Father) Lumpkin, Georgia heavyweight, tackles Cowboy Jones, the Wyoming matman. It will be to a finish. In the semi-windup Bob Jessen, lowa strong man, will meet Joe Hackenschmidt, Polish giant. There will be a prelim at 8:30. WENDLING WINS SHOOT George Wendling broke 136 out of 150 targets to cop top honors in the all-day shoot at Indianapolis Gun Club Wednesday. C. C. Hickman won the handicap with 44 out of 50 and J. Botkins broke 40 out of 50 to win the doubles. Wendling was high over all with 217 out of 250.

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