Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 63, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 July 1931 — Page 15

WIT 23,1931

GIANTS’ PENNANT HOPES FADE ON TRIP

Seven Defeats Drop New York to Fourth Spirit of McGrawmen Broken by Six Losses in Eight Starts Against Cubs and Cards: Reds Coast to Victory. BY LEO H. TETERSEN, United Pre Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 23.—Pennant hopes of the New York Giants have faded considerably since they began their second invasion of the west ten days ago. When the Giants left their home grounds they were in second place and were regarded as a serious tnreat to the St. Louis Cardinals for the National League leadership. Since that time. Manager John J. McGraw's boys have gone from bad to worse and today they were in fourth place, eight games behind the Cardinals. The Giants dropped a notch in the standings Wednesday when they lost a 4 to 3 decision to the lowly Cincinnati Reds. Apparently the six defeats In the eight games against St. Louis and Chicago had broken the spirit of the Giants for they played listless ball and Red Lucas coasted to victory under wraps.

Baseball Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet. Bt. P*ul 61 41 ..Ml* Louisville 41) 47 .510 Minneapolis 48 47 .505 INDIANAPOLIS 46 46 .195 Milwaukee 46 46 .195 Kansai City 46 47 .496 Columbus 46 48 .469 Toledo 13 M .413 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pci. W. L Pet. Phlla.. , 66 25 .725 St,. Louis 40 48 .455 Wash. 57 34 626 Boston.. 33 54 .379 New Yk. 50 36 .581 Detroit. 34 57 .374 Clevel.. 44 45 ,494;Chlcazo. 31 56 .356 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet.l W. L. Pet. ft Louis 57 34 .626 Boston.. 43 43 .500 rklvn.. 61 40 .560,?ltts’O*h. 37 48 .435 Chicago 48 40 ,545:Ph11a... 37 52 .416 New Yk. 46 39 .541 Cincln.. 33 56 .371 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Kansas City at Milwaukee. Minneapolis at St. Paul. Only rames scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at Boston. Bt. Louis at Washington. Detroit at New York. Cleveland at Philadelphia. NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston at Chicago. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. New York at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at fit. Louis. Results Yesterday NATIONAL LEAGUE (First game) Brooklyn 200 040 000— 6 7 3 Pittsburgh 000 206 llx—lo 10 3 Shaute. Day. Quinn and Flclnlch: Trench and Phillip*. (Second game) Brooklyn 030 000 000— 3 10 1 Pittsburgh 000 101 000— 2 9 2 Helmach and Lopez; Krcmcr and Phillips. New York 000 011 010— 3 8 2 Cincinnati 110 020 OOx— 4 13 0 Mltcnell. Morrell. Chaplin and Hogan; Lucas and Asbv. Sukeforth. (Eleven innings) Boston 200 002 000 00— 4 9 1 Chicago 000 002 002 01— 5 12 1 Zachary. Setbold and Spohrer. Cronin; Malone. Bush and Hemslcy. Philadelphia at St. Louis: postponed; Tain. AMERICAN LEAGUE (First game) Chicago . 200 000 000— 2 7 1 Boston 000 200 001— 3 6 2 Faber and Tate: MacFavden and Berry. (Second game) Chicago 200 120 004— 9 15 1 Thomas 000 000 111— 3 6 0 Thomas and Grube; Morris. Kline. Durham. Cir.ston and Ruel. Connolly. (First game) Detroit 100 101 000— 3 8 0 New York 100 010 000— 2 0 Uhle and Grabowski: Rhodes, Pipgras and Dickey. (Second camel Detroit 103 000 100— 5 9 1 New York 203 112 OOx— 9 12 0 Bridges. Sullivan and Hayworth: Rufllng and Jorgens. Cleveland 200 001 000— 3 6 2 Philadelphia 110 010 40x— 7 13 0 Harder. Jablonowski and Sewell: Walberg and Cochrane. fit. Louis 001 230 020— 8 15 0 Washington 400 000 000— 4 6 0 Gray and Bengough. Crowder. Burke and Hargrave. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Columbus 002 200 013— 812 0 Kansas City 020 000 003— 5 10 1 Gudat and Desautels; Sanders and Padden. Indianapolis at St. Paul, no game: played last Sunday. Toledo at Milwaukee, no game; played last Sunday. Louisville at Mtncapolis; no game: played last Sunder.

48 Rounds on Harrison Card Next Tuesday Ft. Harrison will be the scene of "bargain bill” glove throwing next Tuesday night, according to Captain James R. Kennedy, matchmaker, who today announced a fistic card of seven bouts for a total of fortyeight rounds. Featuring will be a double main go of ten rounds each. Donald Fagg, "fighting coal miner” of Clinton, who recently defeated Buck McTiernan of Pittsburgh, will meet Frankie Hughes, stiff punching welterweight of Kenosha, Wis., in the top ten-rounder. Hueh.es knocked out Rd Holloway at the armory last winter, and stopped Jack Collins of Flint at Ft Harrison several weeks aeo. He also has beaten Hershle Wilson. Johnnv Face a brot her of Donald, vs ill appear in the other "ten." taklny on Nick CTinwood of Ft. Wavne. Thev are Junior llchtweichts. Ellinwood claims a close ten-rounder with Harrv Dublinskv. in addition to a triumuh over Dannv Deimont. johnnv Face has beaten Otto Atterson. Joe Lynn and others. - NEWARK GETS MOORE Newark of the International League added another outfielder last week, obtaining Jim Moore from the Philadelphia Athletics. Moore is subject to twenty-four-hour recall. With Joe Moore. Giant recruit, also in the Bears’ outfield, the scorers may have their troubles. JACK SCAL7.I RELEASED Jac>. Scalzi. second baseman, former Georgetown university athlete sent to Hazelton by tire Boston Braves, has drawn his unconditional release from the N. Y. P. club. m JW[7JTjK7|Ti7|i NOW V 59 b. W ashing!on st. _3— 136 N. Pennsylvania St. STORES W. Washington St.

Chicago advanced to third place by nosing out the Boston Braves, 5 to 4 in eleven innings. The Cubs came from behind to tie the score in the ninth and won out on Hemsley’s double, a base on balls and Woody English's single, his third hit of the game off Clarence Mitchell, Morrell and Chaplin. Brooklyn remained within six games of i St. Louis by dividing a twin bill with i Pittsburgh. The Robins handed the Pirates ; the opener, 19 to 6. but held on to the aftermath. 3 to 2. The Pirates scored six j runs in the sixth inning of the first game on one hit. four bases on balls, a hit batsman and two errors. Fred Heimach held the Pirates safe in the aftermath after his mates h3d given him a threcrun lead off Kremer In the second inning. The Cardinals and Philadelphia were j Idle because ol rain. Philadelphia increased Its lead in the American league by whipping the Clevej land Indians. 7 to 3. A four run attack J In the seventh inning, featured by Williams* triple with the bases loaded, was j all Rube Walberg needed to register his \ fourteenth triumph. Washington dropped nine games behind the A s bv losing a 8 to 4 verdict to the St. Louis Browns. Sam Gray yielded four runs in the first inning but was invincible ] after, that. New York and Detroit, and Chicago and Detroit, divided doublebeaders. After losj ing the first game 3 to 2, because they could do nothing with the pitching of George Uhle, the Yankees came back to win the aftermath. 9 to 5. Lou Gehrig hit his twenty-ninth home run of the season and Babe Ruth get bis twenty-fourth and twenty-fifth in the nightcap. I The Rod Sox nosed out Chicago in the j first game. 3 to 2. but Tommy Thomas j evened the count for the White Sox In the nightcap, winning 9 to 3. A. L. PREXY ON TOUR j By United Press CHICAGO, July 23. William Harridge, president of the American League, was on his way east today to make a tour of the eastern half of the circuit, and will visit ! Boston, New York. Philadelphia and Washington, in that order. Harridge planned to meet Tommy Connolly, chief of staff of umpires, at Boston today and continue the tour with him.

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Hit Wins

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Woody English WOODY ENGLISH'S batting was a big factor in Chicago's 5 to 4 eleven-inning victory over Boston Wednesday. The Cub shortstop’s third hit of the game, a single, drove in Hemsley with the winning run in the eleventh inning. TWO U. S. THINLIES WIN By United Press COLOGNE, Germany, July 23. The combined Harvard and Yale track team, which defeated a group of Oxford and Cambridge stars last week, added to its laurels Wednesday by winning two first places in an international track and field meet here. Dave Cobb of Harvard In the 880meter run and Joe Crowley of Yale in the discus throw were the United States athletes to win first place*.

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'Five Bouts lon Tonight 12-Rounders Top Fistic Bill at Park: Three Other Scraps. Five scraps, calling for forty rounds, will be the fistic offering under the lights at Washington park j tonight, with action starting at 8:30.! The program will be headlined by a double windup of twelve roundn a double windup of twelve-round bouts followed by a special six and two fives. In the top twelve Owen Phelps, Arizona light heavy, will tackle ' Charlie Belanger, light heavy champ of Canada, and in the other twelve | the local slugger, Harold Anderson, j will endeavor to subdue Harry Dillon, another Canadian veteran light jheavy. The Washington A. C. is promoti ing the show and promises an evei ning of glove thrills. Charlie t Belanger is the best known of the > top principals, but is expected to j find Phelps a ready mixer. Phelps j recently flattened Buck Easterling | at Ft. Harrison. The program will be under | supervision of the state athletic ! commission and ringside decisions I will be given. The card follows: ! Twelve Rounds—Charlie Belanerer, tieht 1 heavy champion of Canada, vs. Owen : I’helps, Arizona, at 170 pounds. Twelve Rounds—Harold Anderson. Indianapolis. vs. Harry Dillon, Canada, at 170 pounds. Six Rounds—Bill Moss. Bloomington, vs. George Blackburne, Harland, Ky.. at 190 pounds. Five Rounds—Kid Slaughter, Terre Haute, vs. Paul Thorne. Flint. Mich., at 160 j pounds. j Five Rounds—Jack Collins. Flint, Mich.. 1 vs. Pug Smith, Indianapolis, at 145 pounds.

Austin Meets Henri Cochet By United Press PARIS. July 23.—Drawings for the opening play in the challenge round for the Davis cup matches to take place Friday, matched Bunny Austin of Great Britain against Henri Cochet of France, to be followed by another singles in which Fred Perry of Great Britain will play Jean Borotra of France.

DeWire Takes Singles Title at State Shoot

ORLEANS, Ind., July 23.—Breaking 195 clay pigeons out of 200, M. E. DeWire of Hamilton captured singles honors in the annual state trapshoot here Wednesday. He was closely pressed for the championship by Ralph Jenkins, Orleans, and J. C. Bird, New Albany, who tied for runner-up laurels with 193. Mark Arie of Champaign, HI., scored 192, but is ineligible for the Hoosier title.

Major Leaders

Following averages, compiled by United Press, include games played Wednesday, July 22: LEADING HITTERS Player and Club G AB R H Pet. Ruth. Yankees 79 283 82 109 .378 Morgan. Indians.... 76 364 49 99 .375 Simmons. Athletics.. 92 375 77 139 .371 Webb. Red Sox 85 330 63 120 .364 Klein. Phillies 89 360 83 129 .35C HOME RUNS Gehrig. Yankees. 28 AverilL Indians... 20 Ruth. Yankees... 25 Foxx. Athletics... 19 Klein. Phillies.... 23; RUNS BATTED IN Gehrig. Yankees. 101 [Cronin. Senators. 84 Ruth. Yankees... 90'Averill. Indians.. 83 Simmons. Athlet's 86 Klein. Phillies.... 83 RHODIUS TEAM WINS Rhodius park water polo team, led by Motflinger, defeated McClure beach team at Rhodius, Wednesday, 4 to 0.

RISQUE RACE VICTOR CHICAGO, July 23. Risque, owned by Mrs. John Hertz of Chicago, was ranked among the nation’s leading fillies today after winning the matron handicap at Arlington park Wednesday. The 3-year-old filly ran the mil ein 1:42 on a slow* track, finishing a length ahead of Manta, Kentucky champion, with Cousin Jo, Kentucky* Oaks winner, third. The race was worth $10,850 to the winner. AMUSEMENTS ~ INDIANAPOLIS THURSDAY JULY 30 CM Presenting Among its 10,000 MARVELS THE ORLAND-MARA SENSATION -MAN CARRYING GIRL ON HIS BACK IN TERBIFIC DIVE THRU SPACE LANDING UPON HIS CHEST ON CHUTE !N ARENA FAR BELOW MORE WONDERFUL ACTS-MORE PEOPLE-MORE ANIMALS—MORE OF EVERYTHING THAN EVER BEFORE TWICE DAILY: 2*B P.M. Door* Open at I7P M. PRICES (AdirikSng to Grew, Menagerie and General Admtu*oa Sea*) ADULTS. 75t. OOIDBD4 UNDE* YEANS. SO, &ZAZ-" I STAND SEATS indadwg SI SO TO ALL Tickets on sale (circns day! at the I Clark & Cade Drug Store, Clay pool I Hotel Building.

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