Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 309, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1931 — Page 12

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Talking It Over BY JOE WILLIAMS -

New YORK, May 8-You can add young Mr. Wesley Ferrell to your list of supremely self-confi--4 r.t athletes—along with the Cobbs, the Hagens, the Tunneys and t.re Tf.dens. Mr. Ferrell is good, knows It and admits it. Asa further introduction you may recall reading that he pitched -the first no-hit gsme of the season the other day. When he came up in 1928 Cleveland decided he should be sent to a smaller club, where he could work regularly and gain experience under fire. Billy E"ans, general manager of the club, had a talk with him. We have arranged to send vou to Terre Haute. f-M'i Svens, "where you will get a better chance to develop. I believe alter a season there and another season with some club in *ne American Association you will be about ready for the majors ” Your.J Ferrell t aid he supposed he would have to go to Terre Haute 11 that was the way the club felt about him. but that it was a stupid move to rnnke "I wouldn t have any more trouble winning for Cleveland than for Terre Haute." he remarked most casually. a a a WELL, he went to Terre Haute and nobody could beat him. He won twenty ball games without getting up so much as a mild sweat. The next year he came back to Cleveland and won twenty-one ball games for the Indians, and everybody tabbed him right off as the best young pitching prospect since Christy Mathewson's time. Along toward the close o l the reason Evans ea'.’-ti the young man into the business office to talk over next year's contract The talk was to be on the basis of the number of games he had won up to date—a matter of twenty or so ‘Tm not through winning yet." angered Ferrell "I'll talk with you when the reason Is over—and at mv terms. Some time later they had another conference. Evans conceded that the young man had had a splendid year with his twenty-five victories and that he deserved • better contract. "But remember this,” added Evans, “very few’ ycung pitchers have a good eecond year in the majors 1 can name you a dozen off hand that started out like champions in their first year only to fail miserably the following year. A young pitcher who makes a sensational start always teems to run into a jinx In his second year" Ferrell knew the answer to that one too. "If you can pitch you don’t have to Worry about a jinx,” he said P S—He got the dough AT the moment Ferrell is the highest salaried 23-year-old pitcher in the history of baseball. Ths highest salary ever paid a big league pitcher was $25,000. Dazzy Vance of the Brooklyn was paid that last season As pitchers go. Dazzy is now an old man. At Darzy's age, Ferrell probably will be making twice that amount. They call him the second Matty, and already he is making considerable more than Matty, still immortalized as the perfect pitcher, ever made. Matty’s highest check called for only SIO,OOO a year.

Derby Colts Clash Friday By Tima* Special LOUISVILLE, May 6. Leading western candidates for the Kentucky Derby indulged in final workouts today in preparation for the mile preliminary purse, a condition event scheduled for Friday. Sweep All went the half in :47 3-5 and the mile in 1:41 1-5 Tuesday. Boys Howdy circled the mile oval well in hand in 1:42 1-5. Spanish Play sped three-eighths in :39 end was scheduled for a fcrisk trial today. Prince D’Amour coasted a mile in 1:46. Pittsburgh and Insco, other western stars, were expected to take final workouts today

Semi-Pros and Amateurs

Games next. Sunday will be the third round tor teams in the Em-Rce Junior and Senior leagues. Last Sunday s battles supplied plenty of hitting and runs. Interest In the early contests was encouraging and a successful season is promseci. The league nines play on city park diamonds. Club standings: Junior Lesguge. Class B West Union ... 1 0 Feld Generals... 1 0 Assumption .... 1 0 Beech Grove.... 0 1 Bt Phillips .... 1 01 Junto* M005e.... 0 2 Senior League. Class A R-hodius Cubs... 2 0 Orioles 1 1 Riverside Aces.. 1 0 Cardinals :** a o Forester Cubs .. 1 OAm Settlement.. 0 2 ♦ Bowling ♦ BY LEFTY LEE r\r anchor for tho Stoct© Shoe *285 and 333 to total 70f. and cop siv. three-game total of the season in h r .v,ffi 'ta?s p Castdy Fuel; 3. Outlaws; 4 Geisen Fuel? Casadv Fuel. 1.126; high single game fndividual. Chuck Klein. 280. Next ’.onda v and Tuesday nlgnt members of the St. witlln No 1 and No. 3 league? will roll r h 2o§ scratch singles sweeps*akes_ entry lee will be Si 50 par man which includes bowling. Another 380 doubles suee-pstnkes will be rolled on the lillhois alleys, 5 jog Sunday The usual entry fee of sias will be charged which includes bowling. Duck Pin bowlers are organizing a league to roll on the Illinois ailevs Frida\ n.gnt. aii nlavers Interested are reouested to attend thV meeting at the alleys at 8 p. m. Friday night. a r \v of A. won the championship A,f*t'hA commercial League, when they took the first game from the Indianapolis Power and Light bovs. Tuesdav night Union Title was the runnerup Individual honors were won bv Don Johnson, t nion Title star, with an average of 200 for the season. Oeftertng-Littelman Coal rolled a total of 9 022 to take three games from Indianapolis T. and A. Slippiv during the Fountain Square No. 2 League plav on the South Side ale's All other contests were decided two to one. Stah.hu: Jewelers. Prospect Social Club and Wizard Machine defeating Odd Five. Service Products end Klee and Colemar. Joe Danna starred during this set with games of 2,8. 182 and 235 a total of 695 Guntz rolled 6e5: Wheeler. 619; Kerr. 631: C. Power. 63.; Bevfried. 621. Foerfster. 601, and Hockeaemith. 626 The Intermediate League games on the Uptown ailevs resulted in a three-game win for Kroger Grocery and Mills Pie from Smith and Illinois National Supply, and a two-game win for Schultz, Banquet Ice Cream and Martin Truck from Hoosier Furniture, Easterns and P. R Mallory Company. Six hundred totals were plentiful. Rilev rolling 613: A Kimmel. {S3 J. Kirrmel, 606: Leavitt, 649: Hamilton! 606; Palmer. 624; Shaw, 615; Rinne. 925. and Green. 614. Two-game wins ruled the Delaware league play, Schmitt Insurance, Rough Notes and J. J Speaks defeating Capitol Ice. Thomas and Evans and Blackhawks. A 597 by Miller led this league Feeney Furniture, Schussler Packing and Glesen Froducts won three games from Komstohk Candy. Medical Glass and Peerless, as United Tire took the rubber trom White Rose, during the Ladies Social League senes on the Hotel .Antler drives. American Legion games showed a triple win for Haywood-Barcus and Bruce Robinson over Indianapolis Post and 40 and g. and a two-game victory for Irvington and Memorial from Madden-Nottingham and J. H. Holliday Jr. Bailey lea the Individual scoring with a mark of 63* on games of 314, 196 and 234; Hofstatter Eel £OB, and (Untied, <Ol.

DIZZY SPEED PROMISED DURING 500-MILE TRIALS

Record Field Likely to Spur Competition

Pilots Will Be Compelled to Step Lively During Qualifications to Feel Safe; Starting Lineup for Classic Limited to Forty Cars. BY NORMAN E. ISAACS Scanning the greatest entry list in the history of the 500-mile Decoration day races here, Speedway experts are beginning to conjecture just who will make the qualification grade and just what speed will be necessary to place a car in the select forty. Os the entire list of seventy-two entrants, one can be excluded from the regular speed qualifications which start May 23 and continue until the day before the race, and that car is the Diesel job, which will be wheeled by the veteran Dave Evans.

Risko Beats

Baer, Coast Heavy Star By United Press CLEVELAND, May 6. Johnny Risko, the Cleveland rubber man, bounced back into the circle of ranking heavyweights today through his ten-round victory Tuesday night over Max Baer, young California boxer. Mauled into defeat with appalling regularity-all winter, Risko returned to his home lot to completely upset the reckonings of experts who had said he was “through.” Baer’s slowness in starting accounted largely for his defeat He obviously was the superior fighter, but his offensive was delivered too late to overcome the majority Risko had built up * Wabash Takes Third Straight By Times Special GRANVILLE, 0., May 6.—Wabash college diamond pastimers continued their winning streak in Ohio Conference competition here Tuesday by trouncing Denison, 14 to 6. It was the third win in four days for . the Hoosier nine. Lafollette was the winning hurler, while Denison used three slabmen. THREE YANKS ENtEr By United Press LONDON, May 6.—Three Americans—Douglas Fairbanks, Charles Lewis and Paul Azbill—were included in the draw for the thirty-six hole Gold Vase tournament at Sandwich May 9. Seventy players are entered

Tribesmen Face Brewers After Series Finale Today

BY EDDIE ASH STRUGGLING along five and one-half games behind the league-leading Saints, the Indians today complete their second series in enemy territory at Minneapolis and tonight the Tribesmen will hustle out of the Flour City and go to Milwaukee to open a. four-game set with Marty Berghammer’s Brewers on Thursday. Incidentally, Indians and Millers are in a tie at the bottom of the league standing with both clubs screaming for pitchers. Inability of Bill Burwell and Mike Cvengros to stand the gaff has been

Although Mazelln, Cathedral pitcher, struck out eleven and allowed but eight hits in seven innings and Yelton gave up but three in two innings, Cathedral lost to Question Marks, 24 to 6, when fourteen errors allowed eighteen unearned runs to cross the plate. Cathedra! made fourteen hits off three Marks pitchers, Ed. O’Connor leading the attack with two singles and a triple. Irving Trojans swamped Indianapolis Reserves, 13 to 1, last Sunday. Saturday, Trojans meet State Highway at Rhodius No. 1, and Sunday Western A. A. at the old Butler diamond. _West Side Chevrolets defeated Haynes Stehite of Kokomo Sunday, 4 to 1. Chevrolet lineup includes: Griffith, Burch. Zenkin, Heyden, Johnson, Jackson and Lidsey. Fast state clubs wrlght or wire William Rider, 1531 Bellefontaine street for games May 17 and 7. Seymour. North \ ernon and Peru, notice Ostermeyer, Cavalry hurler in the Spades ciub indoor league, turned in a no-hit, no-run performance Sunday against Omega Phi Alphas, winning 8 to 0. Flashes beat Cleaners, 10 to 0; Liehr club tripped St. .Toe. 14 to 4. and Spades club nosed out Vonneguts. 10 to 9, in other games. Spades play Omega Phi. St. Joe meets Vonneguts, Cleaners play Liehr club and Flashes tackle Cavalry in games next Sunday. Baker Brothers would like to secure a good pitcher, right or left-handed Call R A. Johnson. Lincoln 8793. Sims Coal and Buildings team will meet at Garfie.d park tonight for practice. Sims have May 30 open for a doubleheader with a strong state team. May 10 and June ana July dates for Sundav games also open. Sims would like to hear from strong state teams. Write C. G. Harries. 904 Madison avenue, or call Drexel 2809. ■<. B ?i U! L ßrc ! u lf. rs ’ ni ? e will plav the strong >,• 51. S. at Riverside No. 1 Sunday. All .players are requested to be at the diamond at I p. m. Indianapolis Dull Dogs desire a pract’ce r,?z nf ' * Jj o *! team for Sunday morning. Oatc Hiil Flashes, notice. For information call Lincoln 4641. Ask for J p ray lor. A feature Municipal League gam? is scheduled for Brookside Sundav when Gaseterias and Kevstones clash Both teams won their opening games last Sunday. Hohman and Wilbur will form the Gaseieria battery and either McCurdv or Weimer will hurl for Kevstones with E Kiein doing the receiving. United Cabs have organized a fast club and would Ilk? to book games with city and state teams Cabs want a game for Sunday. Call Belmont. 3441. ask for Moore or write Ed Bencik. 1210 West Washing! ton street. Indianapolis White Sox have organized s strong road ciub and would like games for May and June. Write James L. Connell. (27 Congress avenue. Managers of junior teams desiring to compete in the American Legion tournevs tais vear mav get full information and entry blanks from anv sporting goods store m Indianapolis or bv addressing G. W Thompson or Dale Miller, state athletic officer, A. G. Spalding and Bros.. Indianapolis. Several important changes h"'e been made in the national rules for this season s plav. Principal ■ among the changes are the change in the are rule, number of players on a team and the date of enrollment. Teams have until midnight of June 29 to get their entry in. Strong state clubs desiring games with the fast Indianapolis Meldons are requested to call or write R. J Stehlin. 918 Olve street, or phone Drexel 3679-J. Jack vornnolt. promising southpaw who made the spring training trip with the Indianapolis A. A. club, is tne ace of the Meldons’ mound staff. red birds buy dean COLUMBUS, 0., May 6.—Paul Dean, right-handed hurler and brother of Dizzy Dean, has been purchased by the Columbus Red Birds from Houston of the Texas League. He will report immediately to the Association dub.

The Diesel, under the entry spe- \ cifications, need only to exceed an 35-mile-an-hour gait for four laps 1 to win itself a place in the starting lineup. The others, however, will have to do ninety for four laps to to even get consideration and it’s almost a cinch that the boys will have to do considerably better than 100 miles an hour to feel safe about themselves. Big Darkhorse Field Perhaps an even twenty cars | could be named as almost certain , starters right now, leaving only : nineteen positions to the more or i less darkhorse field of fifty-one drivers, some of them as yet un--1 known. Billy Arnold, last year’s winner, I won't have any worries about quali♦ftcations, driving the mount which carried him to victory last May 30. Shorty Cantlon, in Bill White's new sixteen-cylindered job, can be placed in that class, too, And then come Louis Meyer, the 1923 champion; Bill Cummings, the Indianapolis boy who was fifth in last yenr's race; Leon Duray, holder of the lap and qualification records; Louis Schneider, the formal local motorcycle cop, and Tony Gulotta. Among Other Stars Then, too, there’s Ralph Hepburn, one of the best; Phil Shafer, the genial red-head; Peter De Paolo, 1925 winner and holder of the fivecentury mark; Bill (Speed) Gardner; Ernie Triplett, Frank Fanner, Deacon Litz, young Phil Pardee, Russ Snowberger, Lou Moore, Lora Corum, co-winner in 1924 with the late Joe Boyer; and an additional host of famous speedsters who have not even been mentioned yet. Os the five 16-cylindered cars entered, there may come a champion. Four of the world's finest drivers will sit at the steering wheels of the big gas buggies and one may come home leading the pack. INDIANA STATE BEATEN By Times Special CHAMPAIGN, HI., May 6.—ScorI mg four runs in the first inning, i University of Illinois reserves coasted j to a 7 to 1 triumph over Indiana ! State Normal here Wednesday.

a heavy blow to Pilot Corriden. These two veterans were winners last year with the last-place team. Kent Greenfield, the former Mg leaguer who was released by Louisyilie after winning two early season games, is expected to bolster the Tribe staff. He knows how to pitch at any rate and doubtless will deliver if he stays in shape, Greenfield served in the majors with i the Giants. Braves and Robins. His arm ' went bad up there and he was shoved oft i . H * was, knocked out of I tne box at Louisville after posting two 1 but explains that the Colonel bosses J u . d ™ent. In letting him go. (A ss ,?$ s , h i s salary wing has recov?c L fc , s iP strength. His age is given as of’ expeUence VoUnK ln !or Players MIKE KELLEY, Miller boss, is striving to land mound talent from the Cincy Reds and Chicago Cubs and was in Chicago Tuesday conferring with officials of the two big league nines. Indianapolis previously had sounded out both clubs and got no encouragement. knocked out the third series frav at Minneapolis Tuesdav and there wasn’t appear' C on f °thA he fl.'M dia t? Milters to appear on the neld. It was drpnrhpri Rain a.so washed out the Louisville fit fv 1 ®‘ et T u esday U and at Kansas 1 eftv Toleco Hens and Blues were held thlf et A Kr °A Un(is and cold w ®ather. * In ha® A' A. game staged Columbus was n wHH M An W ?h ke o' 'i 4? 1 Bud Pa rma!ee hv S °o t: h.® Re 3 Blrd mound, but got D,nch?s a deceDtJve delivery in ?e Art Shires is finding the claas of ball Played in the American Association no easy exercise. He is on the crippled list and is out of the Brewer lineup. The 'big attraction’’ got away to a fast start as a minor leaguer and the pace knocked him out. However, it is said he is due back at any time. Catcher Hungling Is subbing for Shires on the initial sack. CASEY STENGEL, Toledo pilot, has delivered a warning to-his athletes to watch their step. Two of the Hens. Mulleavy and Koehler, figured in an auto smashup during the Hens' recent visit to Milwaukee and Bevo Lebourveau collided with the law as a. result of a night out. The three pastimers are among Stengel's key pastimers. Prexy Tom Hickey may order a spanking. The veteran Frank Eromer is slated to displace Ernie Smith at short stop for Minneapolis. Emmer heretofore has been * filling the utility role. Smith has been erratic on the defense and Emmer is rated a better swatter. It is said Mike Kelley is displeased with his innerworks. TRIBE BATTING FIGURES {,”>• A i SS"“” vv.:;:v::v sj j *; McCann 68 £ ru talker 6n £9 Isi? Hoenerke 51 16 .314 NtrleskT .■ 64 go .31* Fitzgerald 65 go ? oo £iasi ,rnh * rt W ISOO mP..::::;::::::::—:: $ { ;g GRID STAR NEAR DEATH By United Press DALLAS. Tex., May 6.—Bruce Kattman, former Southern Meth- ■ odist university football star, was said to have only a “fighting chance" to recover today from bul--1 let wounds inflicted by fleeing automobile thieves. Kattman saw two men drive j away in' his car and pursued in a machine driven by a friend. He stepped on the running board of i his own car as he drew alongside i it and was shot in the face and arm. U. S. CUPPERS REST MEXICO CITY, May 6.—Members of the United States Davis cup team were en route to their homes today for a brief rest prior to meeting Canada at Montreal, May 21, 22 and 23, in the second round of sobs winp*tition.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Success of ‘Big Four’ Hurlers Makes McGraw’s Giants Pennant Contenders

BY DIXON STEWART Cnited Pres* Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. May 6.—John McGraw’s New York Giants, generally recognized as “the strongest team in the National League, outside of pitching,” now are getting the best pitching in the league and seem highly dangerous contenders for 1931 championship honors. Success of the Giants’ hurlers and the development of a “big four”— Clarence Mitchell, Fred Fitzsimmons, Carl Hubbell and Bill Walker —has been the outstanding surprise of the year. Before the season opened it was conceded that the Giants had the best regular lineup in either league, but critics predicted that weak hurling would prevent them from playing an important part in the pennant race. McGraw's insistance that his club would get good mound work i and battle It out with St. Louis : and Chicago for the flag was re- I garded as optimistic “ballyhoo,” I but developments have borne out McGraw’s contentions. In eighteen games played to date, the Giants have required relief pitchers on only seven oc- j casions. Eleven starting pitchers j finished their games, with New' I York winning nine of the contests, j On two other occasions the original j twirler was lifted for a. pinch hitter ; in the eighth inning, and in both ; instances the Giants won. The re- |

—— RUTH'S LESSONS—No. 3 BATTING ORDER IS IMPORTANT POINT

BY BABE RUTH THIS is the time of year when all managers are dreaming of getting away to a good start, even the leaders of boys' teams. They know that a good start gives a team a lot of confidence and that is good to have at any time. One way of getting the most out of a team is to arrange the batting order in such way as to keep the hitting strength where it will do real damage. Os course, taking it by some particular game, the batting order may ;eem all wrong. The fellows expected to do the hitting may do nothing of the kind. The men down near the bottom, where hits are not expected, do most o fthe stickwork. Well, that can't be helped. But over :he course of a week, or a month, or a season, some particular batting order works out best.

I remember one batting order j that Miller Huggins arranged at a training camp one year and it j lasted through one whole season | and most of another without a | change. But that was unusual. It seldom happens that the same j batting order goes through one sea-1 son or half a season. When teams j are' hitting or scoring below normal the managers like to shift the order in which the men come to the plate. ana THAT’S all right but my advice is to do as little shaking up as possible. Try to get your men arranged according to their hitting j and let them stay in that order. If j they slump they will ccme out of it. j I don’t mean that a batting order never should be changed. But avoid too much of it. It gets players all mixed up when they have to take signs from different runners or hitters all the time. Always lead off with a good waiter, a hitter, who judges a pitched ball well and is not so likely to go after bad ones. A small hitter is to be preferred over a big one, because the size makes it difficult, or easy, for the pitcher. But a big hitter with a good eye is I a better leadoff man than a little ! fellow who is not so good in judging balls and strikes. The idea is to j get a runner on base early ana thus ! handicap the pitcher. NEXT in the batting order should j be a fair hitter who can sacrifice. Either a hit or a bunt will make it tougher for the pitcher, j Then follow’ with the second best i hitter on the club. Sometimes a! manager puts the best hitter in the i third spot, but usually they give this place to the second best. This gives us a good wraiter, a fair hitter, and a good one just ahead of what is called the cleanup position. Fourth position is the spot for the best hitter on the club. This places I him w’here he is likely to drive in the greatest number of runs, and that is the whole idea of a batting arrangement—putting men where they can do the most good, or the ! least harm. Next to the cleanup post, put the third best hitter of the team. He will drive in a lot of runs, as all i the men ahead of him are good at getting on the bases. Then, too, such an arrangement keeps the real hitting strength where it is likely to break out at any time and break up a ball game. nan SIXTH and seventh places are. mainly a tossup. Usually the ’ hitters in these spots do not stand out particularly. I believe in put- j ting the one who hits a ball farther | than the other in sixth, and follow ; with the shorter hitter. For eighth place put your w’eak- 1 est hitter. If you change catchers ; frequently, put the catcher eighth j and pitcher ninth. If your pitcher is a really good hitter, as so often happens among ! boys’ teams, forget he is a pitcher and put him fourth, or wherever he fits. In the majors the pitchers bat last, because they usually are weak hitters, and also because different j ones are in the game every day, (CoDvrieht. 1931. by The Christy Walsh ! Svrtdicai? and The Tiroes \ PLAN A. A. U, MEET By Times Special KOKOMO, Ind., May 6.—lnvitations to the annual Indiana-Ken-j tucky A. A. U. track and field meet I on July 4 here will be sent to 800 j colleges, high schools and athletic . clubs in the two states, it was announced today by J. R. Townsend, head of the committee in charge. A two-mile steeplechase, six-mile run. 74-yard relay and 3,000-yard ■ relay, in addition to the regular I track and field events, are on the : card. Seventeen events are planned. SOUTHPORT RALLY WINS ’ By Times Special SOUTHPORT, Ind.. May 6. j Pushing over two runs in the final ! frame after the visitors had scored | five in their half gave Southport j high school nine took an 8-to-7 win over Beech Grove here Tuesday.

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John McGraw

maining contest included in the Giants twelve victories—the opening : game of the season—saw three j pitchers in action. McGraw’s pitchers have been bad . in only two games, five men work- [ ing in the second game of the year, I which the Giants lost to Phil- ; adelphia, 10 to 7; and four toiling j in a 14-inning 7 to 7 tie with Phil-

Wiggins Tackles Rosales T uesday; Chastain Winner

Chuck Wiggins, veteran local heavyweight, will take the first step in his attempted comeback campaign next Tuesday night when he takes on Rosy Rosales, Cleveland, in the ten-round feature of the Armory card. Clyde Chastain, a speedy young Texan, scored a big hit with local cauliflower followers when he punched out a ten-round triumph over Joe Anderson, Covington (Ky.) light heavyweight in an interetsing scrap Tuesday. Chastain outboxed and cutelugged the rugged Ken-

i Baseball Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. 1.. Pet. j St. Paul 11 4 .733 , Louisville 11 6 .847 | Coiunjbus 10 8 .753 | Milwaukee 9 S .500 | Kansas Citv 7 10 .412 I ToJyJo 6 9 .400 I INDIANAPOLIS 6 10 .375 Minneapolis 6 10 .375 j AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet.. | W. L. Pet. | Cleveland 12 6 .657 Wash :o :i .726 : New York 10 8 .555 Detroit... 9 10 .474 Phila... , 8 7 .533 Boston.. 610 .375 Chicago. 9 8 .52915 t. Louis. 511 .313 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet.! W. L. Pet. St. Louis. 11 3 ,786Pittsbgh.. 9 9 .500 New York 12 5 .706.Phila 6 10 .375 Chicago.. 10 6 625 Brooklyn. . 513 .294 Eoston 11 7 Slllcincin 214 125 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Minneapolis. Louisville at St. Paul. Colnmbas at Milwaukee. Toledo at Kansas City. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. Louis. Boston at Philadelphia. Washington at New York NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at Boston New York at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at Chicago. St. Louis at Pittsburgh.

s Major Leaders

Following big league averages, compiled by United Press, include games of May 5: LEADING BATTERS Player and Ciub G AB R H Pet. Ruth. Yankees 11 39 15 17 436 Fonseca. Indians 18 74 17 32 ,432 Alexander. Tigers 19 71 10 30 .423 Berry. Red Sox 12 37 7 15 .405 Roettger. Reds 13 55 3 22 .400 Davis. Phillies 15 45 3 18 .400 HOME RUNS Hornsby. Cuts.... s[Simmon’s. Athletics 4 Stone. Tigers 5 Arlett. Phillies 4 Herman. Robins. 4 Gehrig. Yankees 4 Klein. Phillies * 4: RUNS BATTED IN Cronin. Senators. 21 Averill. Indians... 18 Gehrig. Yankees. 19 Simmons. Athletics 17 Hornsby, Cubs... 18

All-Day Shoot Planned at Indianapolis Club

Indianapolis Gun Club will hold an all-day shoot Wednesday, May 13, starting at 9:30 a. m. Traps will open at 8:30 and a dinner will be served. Numerous trophies will be offered as follows: To 93 per cent or over, 90 to 93 per cent. 85 to 90 per cent. 85 per cent and under, high gun in handicap doubles, and high over all; consolation trophy to runner-up in each class, handicap, doubles and high over all. | * All ties will be run off at 25 tari gets, except doubles, which will be j Events are 150, 16-yard i singles targets, six events; handicap, ; not registered, 50 targets* two events; doubles, not registered, 25 pairs, one event. CARSON WILL" PERFORM Bill Carson has been signed to meet Lefty Nickoldeson in the sixround semi-final boxing bout at Riverside arena Friday night. Onie Gahimer s Shelbyville, will meet Cy Dwiggins in the main go of eight i roupnds. Three four-round bouts will complete the card. Women with escorts will be admitted tree.

adelphia. These contests and the opener also against Philadelphia, were the only ones in which the Giants have used more than two pitchers. ' Opposing teams have made only 144 hits and sixty-one runs in eighteen games with the Giants, for an average of eight hits and 3.39 runs per contest. The games include two shutouts; three one-run games; tw'o two-run games; two three-run games; four four-run games; three five-run games; one seven-run game and one ten-run game. Meanwhile, New York batters have pounded out 192 hits for 101 runs, an average of 10.6 hits and 5.61 runs. They have been shut out only once; held to one run once; to two runs once and on nine occasions have scored more than five times, with fourteen as their high mark for the season. In their last six games the Giants have required only one pitcher per contest, with Fitzsimmons and Mitchell -winning two games each and Walker one; Hubbell sustaining the only defeat in a 4 to 3 tilt with Brooklyn. Fitzsimmons’ victories were a two-hit game against Boston and a three-hit shutout against Brooklyn Tuesday. The “big four" has scored eleven of the Giants’ twelve victories, four each by Mitchell and Fitzsimmons, two by Walker and one by Hubbell, with the rookie, John Berly, turning in the remaining triumph.

Illlni Grab Big Ten Lead Bit Tinited Press CHICAGO, May 6.—The University of Illinois baseball team today held undisputed possession of first place in the Big Ten baseball race as a result of Tuesday’s 10-6 victory over Michigan. Michigan, previously unbeaten, was checked by George Mills’ effective slab work. The only other conference team in action Tuesday was Northwestern, which defeated the Hosei university nine of Japan, 6-4. The Japanese team was to play the University of Chicago today.

tuckian and forced most of the action. Leßoy Dougan, Arkansas bantam, made his local bow w r ith a ten-round shade triumph over Jimmie McDermott of Terre Haute. Both boys exhibited a will to punch and there wasn't much difference in the score at the finish. In the six-round events, Roy Pierson shaded Glen Nidy of Terre Haute, and Roy Nidy nosed out Frank Gierke. Frank Rosen, local middleweight, beat Snaky Huff of Jamestown and Willie Yap beat Frankie Fivecoats in the four rounders.

Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Columbus 030 020 210— 8 10 2 Milwaukee 013 000 000— 4 6 2 Parmaiee and De Sautels; Polli, Caldwell and Manion. Indianapolis at Minneapolis, rain Louisville at St. Paul, rain. Toledo at Kansas City, rain and cold NATIONAL LEAGUE New York 200 200 031— 3 14 0 Brooklyn 000 000 000— 0 3 2 Fitzsimmons and Hogan; Clark, Gallivan and Lopez. Lombardi. Philadelphia 004 000 000— 4 8 4 Boston 001 001 IC2 5 9 1 Dudley. Stoner and Davis: Zacharv, Cantwell and 8001, Cronin. Cincinnati 012 010 000— 4 7 0 Chicago 431 OOOODOx— 8 14 0 Frey. Benton and Sukeforth: Sweetland and Hartnett. St Louis and Pittsburgh not scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 004 200 002— 8 15 2 New York 282 102 12x—18 19 3 Hadley. Crowder. Burke. Tauscher and Spencer. Hargrave: Pennock. Ruffing ana Dickey. Boston 000 000 100— 1 6 0 Philadelphia 100 000 12x— 4 11 0 Durham. Kline. Moore and Berry; Earnshaw and Cochrans. Chicago 110 031 001— 7 11 0 Detroit 010 020 000— 3 8 1 Frasier. Faber and Tate; Sullivan. Herring. Uhle and Schang. Cleveland 115 001 030—11 17 0 St. Louis ..A 010 012 200— 6 14 3 Harder, Thomas. W. Ferrell and Sewell: Kimsey. Stiles. Coffman. Stielv and R. Ferrell.

Other Tuesday Scraps

By United Press AT BROOKLYN—Lew Feldman. 127 Vi, Brownsville. N. Y.. defeated Johnny Vacca, 124 Vi. Boston (lOt: Harry Smith. 162:;. New York, knocked out Tony Ferrente. 171. New York (2i. AT PORTLAND. OR3.—Maxie Rosenbloom. 178 Vi. World’s light heavyweight champion, beat Leo Lomski. 178, Aberdeen, in ten rounds. Rosenbloom’s title was not at stake. AT LOS ANGELES—Ernie Hood. 116J4, Pasadena, and Raymond Montoya. 119';. San Diego, fought ten rounds to a draw. SALVODI’S FOE NAMED By United Press CHICAGO. May 6.—John Plummer, 210-pound lowan, has been selected as Joe Salvodi's opponent for the former Notre Dame football star's Chicago mat debut Tuesday night.

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Cleveland Nine Faces Battle to Hold Lead Peckinpaugh's Pace-Setters to Get First Real Test When A's, Yanks and Senators Invade West for’Games. • BY LEO H. PETERSEN rnited Press Staff Corresoonfien: NEW YORK. May G.— The champ.onship a- of ths Cleveland Indians, current American League leaders, will be put ic a severe test during the ensuing fortnigh.t After two more sectional contests against the St. Louis Browns, the Cleveianders must play to the four eastern clubs of the league in fourteen games. With the eastern contingent including .Philadelphia, Washington and New Yorx—clubs rated first, second and third, respectively, in pre-season estimates—the intersectional play will furnish the first accurate indication of the Indians’ ability. Cleveland and New York, runner-up in the present race have been the aark horse teams of the race. Cleveland has won twelve games and lost six to gain a two-game lead over the Yankees, but this record is discounted in many quarters because the Inmans* competition has been limited to the reputedly “weak sisters” of the league—Chicago St Louis and Detroit.

Boston is the only weak club in ths eastern group, and it is interesting to note that half of the ten victories which have given the Yankees second place have been won from the Red Sox. Wallop Browns Cleveland increased its lead Wednesday by defeating St. Louis, 11 to 6, and hopes to add two more triumphs over the Browns and four straight from Boston before meeting Washington, Philadelphia and New York in that order. New York returned to second place by defeating Washington, 18 to 8. It was the first Yankee victory in six starts against the Senators this season and New York celebrated by mauling four Washington hurlers for nineteen hits, including four doubles and homers by Gehrig and Reese. Sox Brace Defense The world champion Philadelphia Athletics moved irtto third place when George Earnshaw turned in j a six-hit performance and defeated Boston, 4 to 1. Donie Bush’s Chicago White Sox played errorless ball for the first time in nine starts and pounded out eleven hits to defeat Detroit, 7 to 3. Neither Frasier or Sullivan, the starting pitchers, lasted the game out and the veteran, Red Faber, spitball star, received credit for the victory. First-division clubs made a sweep m National League competition. New York defeating Brooklyn, 8 to 0; Chicago trouncing Cincinnati, 8 to 4, and Boston nosing out Philadelphia, 5 to 4. The leagueleading St. Louis Cardinals and fifth-place Pittsburgh Pirates were not scheduled. Fred Fitzsimmons shut out the

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Brooklyn Robins with three hits, to register his fourth victory. Les Sweetlana, Phillies castoff, pitched the Chicago Cubs to their tenth consecutive victory over Cincinnati, erstwhile Cubs jinx. Wes Schulmerich’s bat gave Boston its victory over Philadelphia.. Tile costly coast league rookies homered in the sixth when the Braves were trailing 4 to 1 and drove in the winning ru n in the ninth I. U, BLANKS DE PAUW By Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., May 6 Held to a single hit by three Indiana hurlers, De Pauw nine bowed to the Hcosiers here Tuesday, 10 to 0. Six errors by the Tigers aided the winners. Shugart, third sacker. only De Pauw hit off Gatti in the fifth stanza. Wright and _.... hurled hitless ball for Indiana TECH PLAYS FRANKLIN Following their 19 to. 3 triumph over Noblesville Tuesday, Tech diamond players today were scheduled to play Franklin Masonic home here. Eleven errors by the invaders enabled the east eiders to gain revenge for an early season setback by Noblesville. DUBLINSKY ON\ CARD By United Press CHICAGO. May 6.—Harry Dublinsky, Chicago lightweight, has signed to meet Tommy Grogan. Omaha, Neb., on Friday night's boxing show at the Chicago stadium, substituting for Harry Lenny of Jersey City.