Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 June 1931 — Page 10

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BUCKY HARRIS MAY TAKE OVER SECOND FOR DETROIT

Tiger Pilot Hopes to Check Long Losing Streak by Returning to Action; Giants Cut Cards’ Lead

Bengals Beaten in 15 Out of 17 Starts; Two Star Infielders Are Out With Injuries. BY LEO H. PETERSEN United TreM Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 4.—Handicapped by injuries, the Detroit Tigers have been unable to shake off the slump which has buried them deep in the second division of the American League and it appdbred probable today that Manager Bucky Harris would return to active playing in an effort to bolster up his team. Harris, a great second baseman when in his prime with the Washington Senators, has been conditioning himself daily and unless the Tigers start winning, probably will return to the lineup although he has taken part in only a few games the last two seasons. Injuries to Dale Alexander and Charley Gehringer, youthful first and second basemen, respectively, are held accountable for Detroit’s poor showing, although the pitching stafT has been more or less erratic. With Alexander and Gehringer, two of the best hitters on the club out, Harris has shifted Owen, a shortstop, to first, with Koenig at second. Drop Seventh Straight The combination has not been functioning any too satisfactorily, however, and many close followers of the Tigers believe Harris will be playing second before the end of the week. Detroit dropped its seventh consecutive contest Wednesday to Washington, 2 to 1. It was the Tigers’ fifteenth defeat in their last seventeen games. The contest was a hurling duel between Bobby Burke and Vic Sorrell. Burke did not allow the Tigers a hit until the seventh, while the Senators scored two runs off Sorrell in the first, but could do nothing the remainder of the game; Two of Connie Mack’s “big five,” Lefty Grove and Jimmy Foxx, teamed to bring Philadelphia its second straight victory over Chicago, 2 to 1. Grove allowed only six hits, while Jimmy Foxx’s home run provided the deciding margin. It was one of the seven hits allowed by Ted Lyons. Vosmik’s Homer Wins The St. Louis Browns went on a batting rampage to defeat New York 8 to 6. The Browns pounded three Yankee pitchers for sixteen hits, four of them going to Melillo and four to Levey. Walter Stewart yielded ten hits, but was effective in the pinches, striking out eight men. Joe Vosmik s nome run In the eleventh inning gave Cleveland a 5 to 4 victory over Boston and stretched the Indians’ winning streak to nine contests. Vosmik also got two singles. The Indians had things their own way until the eighth, when the Red Sox tied the score at four-all.

Baseball Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lost. Pet. St. Paul 23 17 .575 Louisville 22 17 .564 Columbus 22 19 .537 Milwaukee 21 #2O .512 Kansas City 20 22 .176 Toledo 20 ' 22 .476 Minneapolis 19 22 .163 INDIANAPOLIS 16 21 .100 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct.l W. L. Pet. Philadel. 30 10 ,750;ChieaRo.. 17 23 .425 Wash. .. 26 16 .619 Detroit.. 18 28 .391 N. York 23 17 .575 St. Louis 14 23 .378 Clevel’nd 22 20 .52llBoston .. 14 27 .341 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct.l W. L. Pet. St. Louis 35 12. rf76|Brklvn.. 20 21 .488 N. York 24 14 ,632;Philadel. 19 21 .475 Chicago 22 16 .579 Pitsburgh 18 23 .439 Boston.. 20 19 .Sl3lCitiev 10 33 238 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo at INDIANAPOLIS. Columbus at Louisville. Minneapolis at Milwaukee. St. Paul at Kansas City. AMERICAN LgAGUJ Chicago at Philadelphia. St. Louis at New York. Detroit -at Washington- • • Cleveland at Boston. NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston at Pittsburgh. Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at St. Louis Philadelphia at Cincinnati

Gopher Hurler Holds Badgers Without Hit

By Times Special MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 4. A no-hit, no-run game was turned in here Wednesday by Walfrid Mattson, Minnesota hurler. as the Gophers won their final Big Ten •> battle with Wisconsin, 3 to 0. Mattson set the Badgers down in order in the last five innings. Wisconsin is rated one of the heaviest hitting teams in the Conference. SENTMAN OUT OF MEET ***• ■ • y . By Times Special CHICAGO. HI., June 4.—Lee Sentman, the brilliant University of Illinois hurdler, coholder of the world’s record for 120-yard high hurdles and national 220-yard low hurdles champion, will not compete in the national intercollegiate track and field meet at University of Chicago Friday and Saturday, it was said here today. College examinations will keep the star busy at Urbana, it was reported. TECHNET WINNER Scoring decisive victories in four singles and a doubles match, Tech tennis squad closed its season Wednesday with a 5 to 1 triumph over Kokomo. BLUE TRIPS TECH Short ridge links squad nosed out Tech, 7 to 5, at* Pleasant Run Wednesday. Coach Naylor's Blue team, composed entirely of seniors has won twelve matches and tied one this season. BUTLER FROSH TRIUMPH Butlsr frosh tennis team defeated Shortrtdge at Hawthorne courts Wednesday, 5 to 4. The collegians won three singles events and both f doubles.

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Indiana Nine Easy Winner By Times Special ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 4. Lefty Veller, hurling his last collegiate game, gave up five hits and struck out seven here Wednesday as Indiana closed its Big Ten diamond season with a 9-to-5 triumph over Michigan. Three Indiana errors kept the Hoosier star in trouble, while the Crimson pastimers combined fifteen hits and seven errors for their total. Indiana won four and lost four during the Big Ten race, Michigan winning five and losing four. KELLEY SIGNS COLLEGIAN By Times Special MINNEAPOLIS, June 4.—Mike Kelley, manager of the Minneapolis A. A. club, has signed Joe Mowry* star fly chaser and heavy hitter of the University of lowa. He will report on June 10.

Dates for National League Postponed Games Announced

By United Press NEW YORK, June 4.—Dates for playing off postponed games of the National League, together with schedule changes, were announced today through the United Press. Double-headers will be played on the dates set unless otherwise noted. The new dates: AT BOSTON—Against St. Louis. June 20. 21. Aug. 23; against Cincinnati. June 23. 24 (one game moved down from June 22): Aug. 12 (one game moved down from Aug 11): against Chicago. June 28. AT BROOKLYN Against Pittsburgh. June 14 (single game, moved up fro*in

Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis 110 032 200— 9 15 0 Milwaukee 001 110 000— 3 10 2 Henry and Hargrave; Caldwell, Ferrell and Manion. St. Paul 010 000 000— 1 7 1 Kansas City 000 101 00s— 2 6 0 Murphy and Snyder; Bayne and Peter t. p oll >mbus 100 100 101— 4 10 2 L ' 001 030 20s — 610 2 Wetherell. Baker and De Seutcls. Hinkle; Weiland, Penner. Williams and Thompson. AMERICAN LEAGUE SNf P, c.; coo oio ooo— 1 s o Philadelphia 010 000 lOx— 2 7 1 Lyons and Grube: Grove and Hering, (Eleven Innings) Cleveland 300 000 100 01— 5 13 1 Boston . 000 000 040 00— 4 12 2 Brown, Miller, Harder and Sewell; Brillheart, Lisenbee, Durham and Berry. Detroit 000 000 001— 1 3 0 Washington 200 000 OOx— 2 6 0 and Hayworth; Burke and SpenSt. Louis 302 000 030- 8 16 3 New York 010 013 100— 6 10 0 Joh t n?on rt and n Dicke" reU: Pipgras ’ Sherid ’ NATIONAL LEAGUE . . (Ten Jnnlngsi Boston . 000 100 200 1— 4 9 0 Pittsburgh 200 000 010 0— 3 6 0 b £ftssi n ® ,un - McAfee. Seibold and Spohrer; Brame and Phillips. a gi>‘ " g •*• ">*■ ::::::::::: SJB? Sit SI? S Bl,kt - T "' h - St W T^?u k HO 310 003— 9 14 3 S MUrhin ' 000 201 020— 5 9 2 Mitchell and O Farrell- Haines e,„„* Lindsey. Johnson. Raufmann and Wilson. ’ la gray beats rain ' B.W United Press NEWARK. N. J., June 4.—Joe La So? s’’ 5 ’’ \ s f; New York * defeated Abie Rain, 168, Newark (10); Charlie Krausche. 136, Switzerland, drew’ N f j ’uo” me Kreiger ’ 163> Summit,

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Ancient Mitchell Pitches N. Y. to Triumph Over Champs as Cubs Thump Rcbins. BY DIXON STEWART United Pres* Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 4.—That hec- I tic National League pennant fight assumed new complications today as the result of the New York Giants ' tripping up the league-leading St. Louis Cardinals, 9 to 5, Wednesday, while the third-place Chicago Cubs won 9 to 8 from the Brooklyn Robins. The Giants’ victory reduced St.; Louis’ lead to a game and a half,! with the Cubs two games farther behind. The first seven National League teams , now are bunched within nine games. Clarence Mitchell, 42-year-old left handed spitball pitcher, was the , hero of the Giants’ victory, holding ; his former teammates to nine hits and never relinquishing the lead after his mates gave him a run in : the opening inning. St. Louis used five pitchers— Haines. Stout, Lindsey, Johnson and Kauffmann—but none was effective. The Giants gathered a total of fourteen hits, including four doubles. The Chicago Cubs took advantage of sloppy Brooklyn fielding to defeat the Robins, 9 to 8. Chicago scored the tying and winning runs in the ninth off old Jack Quinn, who had replaced Dazzy Vance in the eighth. Cuyler’s double, errors by Gilbert and Thompson, Hornsby’s sacrifice and Hemsley’s single manufactured the two runs needed for victory. The Boston Braves resorted to the old squeeze play to win from Pittsburgh, 4 to 3, in ten innings. With Dressen on third and one out in the tenth, Rabbit Maranville laid down a perfect bunt to score the Braves’ third sacker, with the deciding tally. Behind the four-hit pitching of old Eppa Rixey, the Cincinnati Reds defeated Philadelphia, 3 to 1. The Reds collected eight hits off Phil Collins and Elliott.

July 3); June 22, Sept. 13 (single game, moved down from Aug. 26); against Chicago. June 18, Aug. 18: against St. Louis, June 25: against Boston. July 12; against Philadelphia. Aug. 2. AT NEW YORK—Against Pittsburgh, June 20. Aug. 12; against Chicago, June 23. Aug. 23; against Cincinnati. June 28: against Philadelphia. * July 12; Aug. 30; against Boston. Aug. 2; against Brooklyn. Aug. 4^ AT PHILADELPHIA—Against St. Louis. June 24; against Boston. Aug. 4: against Pittsburgh. Aug. 17; against Cincinnati, Aug. 24. AT PITTSBURGH—(AII single games) against Chicago. July 8. Aug. 10; against St. Louis, Sept. 3. AT CINCINNATI—Against Boston. June 7 (one game moved up from June 8); against New York, June 14 (one game moved up from June 15); July 8 game against Pittsburgh was played May 3: against Chicago. Sept. 2; against St Louis. Sept. 6. AT CHlCAGO—Against St. Louis. July 7; against Cincinnati. Aug. 4. AT ST. LOUlS—Against Brooklyn, June 7 (one game moved up from June 8); against Philadelphia. June 14 (one game moved up from June 15: against Cincinnati, July 9; against Chicago. July 12.

Four Jockeys Hurt in Spill By United Press CLEVELAND, June 4. Four jockeys were injured, two seriously, Wednesday in the third race at Bainbridge race track, when their horses fell in a heap at the head of the home stretch. Jockeys Charles Callahan and Will Day were seriously hurt, Callahan with several broken ribs. Day’s head was severely cut. Jockey Joseph Seurlock was knocked unconscious when he was pitched from his mount. Jockey J. O'Malley astride Kranz Baby, was scratched and cut but was able to walk to the stables after the spill. Scurlock said one of the four horses stumbled in the ciosely bunched field. REDS OBTAIN BECK Chicago Cubs’ Outfielder Released to Cincy in Waivers. By United Press CHICAGO, June 4.—Clyde Beck, Chicago Cubs’ utility infielder, was released Wednesday to the Cincinnati Reds on waivers. He came to the Cubs in 1925 from the Los Angeles Pacific Coast League club and also played with Milwaukee.

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Eight consecutive hits in as many trips to the plate have boosted Oscar Melillo, the St. Louis Browns’ speedy infielder, into the thick of the American League batting championship race. He was in second place today with .386, Mickey Cochrane of the A's showing the way with .400. His eighth straight hit was a homer off Sherid in the eighth inning with a mate on the paths and gave the Browns their tying and winning runs in their 8-to-6 triumph over the Yankees Wednesday.

Heavy Matmen on Park Card Heavyweights will feature the wrestling Friday night at Riverside park’s “rain or shine” arena. The

club staged weekly shows at C ad 1 e tabernacle during the winter. Allan Eustice, 225-p ou n and New Yorker, will clash with Steve Savage, 220, of Chicago, in the main go. Eustice won five bouts and lost none at Cadle. A year ago he beat Ralph Wilson at Riverside. Savage holds a draw with John Pesek and is said to be an aggres-

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sive performer of the rough type. Dug Marcell, Canadian heavy, will meet Roy Duncan, ex-grid player of Ohio State, in the semi-windup. A prelim will start at 8:30. Women will be admitted free.

Three Straight for Hens

INDIANAPOLIS , AB R H O A E Montague, ss i 2 2 4 3 2 Koenecke. If 5 1 3 0 0 0 R. Fitzgerald, cf.... 4 0 1 1 0 0 C. Walker, rs 5 0 0 1 0 0 Narlesky. 3b 3 1 2 0 2 0 McCann, lb ..... 3 0 1 6 0 0 Bedore. 2b 3 0 2 7 3 0 Riddle, c 4 0 0 8 3 0 Hildebrand, p 2 P 0 0 1 0 Griffin, p 0 0 0 0 1 0 Cvengros. p ... 1 0 0 0 3 0 Lind I 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 4 11 27 16 2 Lind batted for Cvengros in ninth. TOLEDO „ „ „ AB R II O A E F. Walker, cf 5 0 2 2 0 0 V/erber. 3b 4 0 0 1 o o Koehler, rs 4 1 1 2 0 0 DeVormer. c 3 0 1 3 1 o J. Smith, lb 3 2 1 6 0 0 Haas. If 3 1 1 4 0 1 Knickerbocker, ss 4 1 l 5 3 0 Mulleav.v, 2b 2 0 0 3 4 0 Wingard. and 3 1 2 1 1 0 Totals 31 6 9 27 ~9 ~1 Toledo 110 013 000—6 Indianapolis 310 000 000 —4 Runs batted In—DeVormer. McCann (2), Bedore, Mulleav.v. R. Fitzgerald. Koehler, Knickerbocker. Wingard (2). Two-base hit—Narlesky. Stolen base—Koehler. Sacrifices—Mulleavy. Wingard. Double plays—Knickerbocker to J. Smith: Mulleavy to Knickerbocker to J. Smith. Left on bases—lndianapolis. 9: Toledo. 6. Base on balls —Off Hildebrand. 3; off Cvengros 3; eff Wingard, 5. Struck out—By Hilde--5: by Cvengros 1; by Wingard. 3. HivS—Cff Hildebrand, 7 in 5 innings and two Patters in sixth; off Griffin. 2 in 1 : 3 innings: off Cvengros, 0 in 3 2-3 innings. , Ba!^ —Hildebrand. Losing pitcher —Hildebrand. Umpires Pfeffer. Browm and Goetz. Time—2:o2. TRIBE BATTING FIGURES £nglev *B7 36 P 4 C I4 Koenecke 152 56 i368 iri, C iV ie , 89 30 .337 R. Fitzgerald 22 7 jig McCann ; 148 4 ‘ Walker 150 47 .313 StaXS?"® 165 51 -309 H. Fitzgerald 165 49 .297 Lmd 125 35 .280

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Tribe Buys Sigafoos for Job on Infield Second Baseman, Who Batted .305 for Angels Last Year, Is Bought From Reds; Daney Goes to Peoria: Wednesday Game Dropped. BY EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor The purchase of Frank Sigafoos, infielder, who has major and class AA experience, was announced by the Indians today, and the Tribe bosses feel confident the new pastimer will bolster the attack of the team. He was bought from the Cincinnati Reds, who drafted him from Los Angeles last fall, where he batted .305 in 165 games. Lee Daney, the Redskin pitcher with the Corridenites, will be sent to Peoria in the Three-I League on option as part of the deal, Peoria being a Cincy farm. Sigafoos bats right-handed and will be stationed at second base with Fred Bedore being assigned to the utility role. Sigafoos rates a better hitter than Bedore and has had more experience.

The Indians returned to daylight ball today and were to battle the Toledo Hens in the fourth and last series tilt at 3 p. m. Friday’s series opener with Columbus will be staged at night and it will be a free night for women and children. After Friday, the remainder of the Columbus series will be plaj ed in the ; afternoon. Beginning next week, until further notice, the Indians will play all games in the afternoon except Thursday and Friday contests. Wingard Settles Down Toledo made It three in a row over the home nine under the lights Wednesday night, 6 to 4, a sixth-in-ning rally good for three runs putting the visitors cut in front and they remained there. Ernie Wingard, Hen southpaw, settled down after the second stanza and held the locals runless. Manager Stengel was cn the verge of derricking the slender hurler at the start, but Wingard suddenly hit his stride and went on to win. Hildebrand, Griffin and Cvengros were employed on the Tribe mound, the first two named both being knocked out in the sixth. Hildebrand weakened with men on bases and the Hens started straightening out his fast ball. Griffin relieved the youngster, but was no improvement and Cvengros went to the box and checked the rally. Mike was too late, however, for there was no barrage left in the Indians’ bats. Hildebrand Balks Hildebrand spotted the Hens one marker in the first when he permitted Koehler to steal second unmolested, whence he scored on a short single, and in the second stanza the Tribe youth committed a balk and paved the way for another Toledo run. Singles by Wingard. F. Walker and Koehler accounted for the Hens’ third tally in the fifth. The Indians jumped off to three runs in the first round and put another across in the second, but after that Wingard tied them up when runners were in position to score. Narlesky led off the third with a double and was left, and in the eighth he reached third with none down and the next three Indians were erased on easy fly balls. Double plays executed by Toledo in the third and sixth were important factors in discouraging the Tribe attack. JACK HENDRICKS, assistant to owner Perry and Tribe scout, recommended the purchase of Frank Sigafoos and put through the transaction with Cincinnati. Scouting for the Chicago Cubs in 1930, Hendricks saw Sigafoos perform in about thirty games. Formerly with Detroit and the White Sox, Sigafoos was sent to San Francisco in the Smead Jolley deal and later was sold to Los Angeles. He stole twenty-five bases last year. According to Hendricks, Sigafoos batted at a clip in the neighborhood of .350 be- ! fore Coast League clubs installed the night j lights. He saw service in twentv games ■ with the Reds this rear and batted .277. !He is said to be fast and particularly ! swift on double plays. He is 27 and his i home is at Easton. Pa. The new Tribe i infieider was developed in the Texas i League. Sigafoos was at bat 702 times in the Coast circuit in 1930 and collected 214 hits, including nineteen home runs,, nine triples and forty-six doubles. His runs-batted-in record was 103 and his fielding percentage was .975. Lee Daney sent to Peoria In the Sigafoos deal, opened the season with all the promise in the world of sacking with the Tribesmen this year, but in recent starts enemy clubs have been solving his stuff after a few innings. He anexed the Tribe’s first victory of the year, defeating St. Paul during the curtain series In April.

Yankee Cup Team Named By United Press NEW YORK, June 4.—The 1931 United States Davis cup squad will be composed of Frank Shields, New York; Sidney B. Wood, also of New York; George Lott of Philadelphia, and Johnny Van Ryn of East Orange, N. J., the Davis cup selection committee of the U. S. L. T. A. announced today. Shields and Wood, second and fourth ranking players, respectively, will sail for Europe Friday night aboard the lie De France, where they will join Lott and Van Ryn, who sailed a month ago to participate in the French hard-fcourt championships.

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U. S. Amateurs Win; Near Riot Results

BY DIXON STEWART United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 4.— United States amateur boxers today boasted a decisive victory over Italy's 1928 Olympic champions, but the Amateur Athletic Union was undecided regarding the value of amateur boxing as a developer of international good will. ’the Italian-American international series, staged at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night, brought Italy’s first team competition defeat in more than three years —the Americans winning by a margin of five matches to two —but was marred by a prolonged and astounding display of bad temper which did little to cement friendly relations between the competing nations. The demonstration followed a decision giving Louis Salica of New York a victory over Edelweis Rodriguez. 112-pound champion of Italy, in the opening bout. Salica had a decided edge in the first two rounds of the bout and in the opinion of ringside boxing experts was entitled to the decision, despite Rodriguez's strong railly in the final round. When the verdict was announced Rodriguez dropped to the canvas, kicked his feet in the air, bit at his glove and shouted in protest. His seconds joined in the protest. Gallery spectators, overwhelmingly Italian in sentiment, joined in the uproar, booing the officials and showering the ring with coins, paper. cigar stubs, lemons and other debris. Spectators who believed the decision justified, attempted to cheer down the dissenters and the uproar continued for more than half an hour.

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Meanwhile, the Italian coach had ordered his men from the arena and declared he would not allow his team to continue unless the decision was reversed. After a long conference with A. A. U. officials the fighting was resumed, apparently with the agreement that Italy would be given the decision in the next bout. At any rate. Flavo Debonis of Boston was robbed of a well earned decision over Vincio Dallorto, Italian 118-pounder. Debonis outboxed the Italian by a wide margin. Debonis took the decision in sportsmanlike manner and made no protest, contenting himself with the applause of the spectators who left no doubt as to whom they thought entitled to the bout. Luigi Rovati defeated Michael Vetrano of New York in the heavyweight contest for Italy’s only earned decision. In the other bouts: Tony Scarpatl of New York, national 126-pound champion, earned a close decision over Argento Portaleone of Italy; Steve Salek of Boston. New Er.eland. 135Dound champion, outclassed Mario Bianchlnl. champion of Europe: Eddie Flynn of New Orleans, national 147-pound champion. scored a decisive victory over Cesar* Desio. champion of Italy, and Frank Fullam of New York, national 160-pound champion outboxed Aldo Longlnottl, Italian provincial title-holder. 18 THINLIES HONORED Eighteen members of the Butler university track team will receive letters, Coach Herman Phillips announced today. They are: Sivak. Allen. Burns. Knisley. Nelson. Urbain. Jones. Boaz. Phtegley. F. Hadley, Tauer. Mecum. Elser. Bailey. Seerlghi, King. Johnson and Hudson. Sivak. Urbain. Jones. Seeright. King and Johnson are seniors.