Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 110, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 September 1931 — Page 10

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Talking It Over BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Bept. 16-Back yard gossips of baseball tell me it is all set for Hack Wilson to move over to the Phillies next spring, presumably in exchange for the slugging Chuck Klein and a hale of dough. Wilson ha* had a very singular career In baseball. At one time he belonged to tne Olants. But due to a clerical oversight In not Including his name on the reserve list, he was lost to the club. Within a few vears he became the hardest hitter in the National League. Last vear he set a league record for home runs. He ever, finished ahead of Ruth and he set the big league record for runs batted in. This advanced him to the important monev ciass. There was an interesting note in his negotiations for anew contract —a note which emphasized the awe with which even the plavcrs regard Babe Ruth. Wilson was asked how much monev he thought he ought to get. “Well. I'm worth half as much as Ruth anvwav.” he answered. Ruth gets SBO,OOO. Wilson ultimately ,ot $35,000. a record salary for a player in his league. In less than twelve short months. Wilson finds the biscuits have turned to concrete. Overnight he lost his genius for hitting long smashes into the stands. He worked up a mental fever, broke training, got Into a brawl, was dismissed and fined by the Cubs, and Is now a baseball outcast. A vear ago he W’as on top of the world, today he's lust another guv who was good when he had it. The change in the ball undoubtedly contributed something to Wilson's fall from greatness. He belonged to that mushroom school of sluggers who came into prominence with the vivacious pellet. A year ago n s '-eng files went for home runs. This season, with tne vait deadened, they fell into the hands of outfielders. tt a a UNDER any manager but Rogers Hornsby, the collapse of Wilson would not have been considered unusual. The setting Was such as to make it understandable without any important mental reservations. The fellow would get his hits with the lively ball and he couldn't otherwise. To me this sounds convincing enough. And vet there is a popular feeling that Wilson's grief is tied up in some wav with Hornsby's management. A correspondent urges me to do something about the frightful situation, charging that 'Hornsbv Is a lealous person with a vile temper, and that it is obvious he made life so miserable for Hack that he became discouraged and auit on the 1ob.” This is Quite improbable and not a little fantastic. To begin with. Hornsbv. regard him as vou will, is much too smart to leopardize his managerial success bv ruining the best hitter on his ball club. Moreover it isn't likely that a player getting big monev for the first time would allow the personality of a manager to impede his own progress. I mean It is difficult to picture Wilson going to the bat and saving to himself: “That Hornsby’s a mug. I'm going tc strike out." Hornsbv is a strange character. People sav he's a trouble maker. He has been in several bitter controversies. They fired him in St. Louis after he had won a world championship. A vear later he was dismissed bv the Giants amid mysterious circumstances. Last fall he replaced the popular Joe McCarthy as manager of the Cubs. In some wav the impression was developed that he had schemed to get McCarthy's lob. What the actual facts were In all these Incidents. I don't profess to know. But the net result has been that Hornsby Is not a great popular figure and whenever anything unpleasant or untoward occurs on a ball club with which he is associated there is nlwavs a rush to pin the blame on him. If Hornsbv is guilty of all the plots and Intrigues that have been laid at his teet. it is astonishing that he has had any ir.:e left to set batting records and win pennants and the records will show that in these details he has been fairly successful. tt tt tt I DON’T know how Hornsby and Wilson hit it off in a social way. Off hand, the only time I recall Hornsby mentioning Wilson’s name was In connection with that world series game a couple of years ago in which the outfielder missed a couple of fly balls in the suit. An outfielder accustomed to playing the sun field would have made the catches. The balls were not hard hit. But Wilson lost them in the sun. they went for hits, and helped tne Mnletics win. Wilson's performance was v’holl.v excusable. He shouldn’t have been playing the sun field in the first place. That night I was standing with Hornsby and several other players in the lobby of a Philadelphia hotel. Wilson came down in one of the elevators with his 4-. year-old son and walked out into the street. “That guy’s heartbroken" commented Hornsby. “I hope we can go out there and win for him tomorrow." I don’t believe those words represent precisely the venomous mouthing of a sinister character.

Down the Alleys BY LEFTY LEE

Tuesday night's play found twenty-three leagues in action at the different drives. At the St. Philip's alleys the No 1 League cames were rolled. Michaelis Builders and Casidv Fuel taking three from Markev Auto and Kistner-Meece Battery as Trule won two from Prlma. Tom Vollmer. H Barrett and Dan Abbott turned in the feature counts with marks of 656. 640 and 631. Casidv Fuel has won six in a row to take the lead in this race. Two-Rame wins ruled the Central States League. Commercial and Coins defeating Catalogues and Pcstaße Saver. Comptometer Leaßue play resulted in a triple win for Adders from Dividers and a i two-Rame victory for Subtractors from Multipliers. Sack's Specials and Kroger Grocery took the measure of the P. R. Mallory and Chevrolet. winninß three Rarnes during the Intermediate series on the Uptown allevs. while Community Case. Illinois Na- ; tional Supply and Schultz Furniture were I losing the odd game to Easterns Thir'-rh I and Central Sales and Mrs. Mills Pies, j Shaw again showed his class waen ne ; clustered games of 217. 232 and 233 for a total of 682. Jarboe had a 646 count with ; a 252 high: Parker. 620; Runyon. 619. and O Gorman. 601.

Two match games will feature the formal opening of the Central allevs. the j Team Without a Name meeting the Marott ! Shoe Shop, and Geisen Products’ women playing the men's team American Legion games on the Hotel i Antler drives resulted in a three-game win i for Memorial and from Indianapolis Post and John HoUldav. and a two-game win for 40 and 8 from Bruce Robinson. Lorenz Weisman had counts of 181 208 and 235 to lead with a total of 624 - This loop s series for next Tuesday night has been postponed, as the tovs will be in Detroit rolling in the American Legion National tournament. The Purchasing Agents rolled on tne Pritchett allevs. Cash Discounts taking three from Price Hammers when Charlie Cray uncorked a 629 series. Sharp Tactics also won three from Brow Beaters, due to Oene Blanford's good work, while Quotations and Past President won two from Follow Up and Net 30 Davs. The Jess Pritchett girls stepped out after the first game proved too close for comfort and defeated the Schnetoer leam bv a wide margin during the Women’s Social League plav. Other contests were decided two to one. Marott Shoe. Wrest Side Furniture and Geisen Products defeating Our Gang. Roepke Floral and Kornetohk Candv. Hohlt made a bid for .he free air ride when sne Umsheo with *l4 to total 545 McDaniel had 538: Finn. 530: Alexander. 529. Rosner. 506 Bunch. 505: Mueller. 505. and Pvle. 502. High single game was rolled bv Dorothy Finn who had 243 in her second try. A 616 series bv Shortall of the S. and S Bodv team featured the Delaware League piav. Ruffl showed the bovs of the Marott Shoe League how it was done when he clustered strikes for a count of 251. Koepper counted 604 to lead the Automotive League bovs. with consistent games of 194 204 and 206 To hear the Lions roar Wood entered

MURRAY, HOOSIER LINKS PRO, BATTLES ARMOUR

16 Left in Title Play Hagen, Farrell, Diegel and Dudley Upset in v P. G. A. Event. • By United Press RUMPORD, R. 1., Sept. 16. Tommy Armour, defending champion and former national open title holder, was one up on Walter Murray of Valparaiso, Ind., at the halfway mark of their thirty-six-hole battle in the Professional Golfers’ Association tournament here today. The 1931 British open champion had a sparkling 34 on the first nine and bagged a 39 coming in. B'J United Press WANNAMOISETT COUNTRY CLUB, Rumford, R. 1., Sept. 16. Sixteen prominent professional links pastimers battle in the second round of the Professional Golfers Association annual championship today. Walter Murray of Valparaiso, Ind., who finished third in the Hoosier state open title play, engaged Tommy Armour, 1931 British open champion and defending title holder, in a thirty-six-hole struggle today. He ousted Eddie Schultz of Troy, N. Y., Tuesday, 6 and 5. Walter Hagen, five-times champion and pre-tourney favorite in the current struggle was on the sidelines today. He was beaten Tuesday by the little known Pete O’Hara of Verona, Pa. He had plenty of company, for Johnny Farrell, one-time national open champion, bowed to Jim Foulis of Chicago; Leo Diegel, three-time P. G. A. ruler, was upset by Wild Bill Mehlhorn, and Ed Dudley, Western open champion, lost to Cyril Walker. The survivors, with pairings for today, are: Willie MacFarianc Tuckahoe. N. Y. vs. Horton Smith, Detroit. Cvril Walker. Saddle River. N. J.. vs. Johnny Golden. Norton, conn. Pete O'Hara. Verona. Pa., vs. Tom Creavv. Albany. N. Y. Bob Crowley. Haverhill. Mass., vs. Billy Burke, Greenwich. Conn. Abe Espinosa, Chicago, vs. Bill Mehlhorn, New lork. Foulis:"Hi r nsdal". t Hl C ° ,UmbUS ’ ° ” vs ' Jim Tommy Armour, Detroit, vs. Walter Murray, Valparaiso. Ind. Gene Sarazen. Fresh Meadows. N. Y vs. Paul Runvan. White Plains, N. Y. Gene Saracen, the medalist, was the only prominent player to score an easy victory Tuesday, defeating A1 Espinosa of Chicago, 9 and 8.

Wingard Will Be Indian Next Year; Other Gossip

BY EDDIE ASH When the Indians were held idle by wet grounds Tuesday the club officials put the holiday to smart use. They bought Ernie Wingard from the Toledo Hens. He is a versatile pastimer and is capable of performing in three positions—on the mound, at first base and in the outfield, though not an expert in the fiy-chasing art. However, the lanky Ernie has demonstrated real class as a pitcher ands t sacker and his current batting average is quoted at .305. tt tt tt Ernie had a big year on the mound with Milwaukee in 1928 and the following soring was declared a free agent by Judge Landis when the baseball commissioner out the dynamite under a number of clubs when he exposed a wholesale “cov-cring-up” practice. Indianapolis lost catcher Roy Spencer at the same time. tt tt it Wingard signed with Toledo in 1929 and has been with the Hens since. He will remain under the wing of Casey Stengel for the rest of the’current season and report to the Indians next spring. The amount of money involved in his purchase w’as not disclosed. Ernie collected twenty-four homers in 1930 and has eighteen to his credit this vear. He throws and bats left handed, and is rated a mainstay winning hurler when not worn bv service in other positions. Manager Stenzel said Wingard is not subject to the draft. tt tt tt TODAY was another off-day for the Tribesmen, and on Thursday morning they will depart for Louisville to wage warfare with the Colonels through Sunday. The McCann boys will return- to Perry stadium next week to close the season

the second game for Teeth and crasned the maples for a score of 244. His total for two games was 402. Citizens Gas won the final game from A. C. W. of A. during the Commercial League plav when Rick drooped to a mere 124. Hoosier Pete also faded in the final to let the Central States bovs capture one game. The other contests were shutouts. Ballard, Crescent Paper and Compac Tent defeating Jewel Tea. Geo. J. Mayer Cos. and Eagle Machine. Hanna rolled a 624 series to top the field. Hendricks was next with 617 and Thomas third on 601. High single game went to Tutterow when he finished with a 256 Dashes and Free Wheel nosed out Springs and Down Draft for an odd game victory during the roll-off of the Duesenberg League. Barrett Coal and Indianapolis Office Supply were three-game winners during the Hoosiers A. C. League games, defeating Holcomb & Hoke and Hoosier Specials, while Indianapolis Drop Forge and Bowes Seal Fast won two from Centennial Press and E. B. Oscars Tire Company Hueber conned all high honors with an even 600 on games of 235. 213 and 152. Single pin victories featured the Speedway League contests. Prest-O-Lite. Inc., and Speedway Lumber taking the odd game by this margin from Rosner Drug and Allison Engineering, while Grande Hardware was trouncing Prest-O-Lite three in a row. A 258 game bv Stark featured.

Major Leaders

LEADING BATTERS Player and Club G AB R H Pet. Simmons Athletics 120 483 101 184 .381 Ruth. Yankees 133 489 135 183 374 Morgan. Indians... 128 457 86 162 355 Cochrane. Athletics 117 446 84 154 345 Gehrig. Yankees .. 143 572 153 197 .344 Klein. Phillies 139 558 118 192 .344 HOME RUNS Gehrig. Yankees <4iAverill. Indians... 30 Ruth. Yankees*.. 401 Ott. Giants. .. 28 Klein. Phillies... :UI u ™ BUNS BATTED IN Gehrig. Yankees i72Cronin. Senators. 122 Ruth Yankees.. 146 Chanman. Yank's 115 Averlll. Indians. 134 Klein. Phillies. . 115 DEAN FACES’CALDWELL By United Press BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Sept. 16. Dizzy Dean, young phenom with Houston of the Texas League, and veteran Ray Caldwell, ace of the Birmingham (Southern Association) Barons’ slab staff, were slated to open on the mound in the first game of the Dixie title series here today. Seven games are carded l<£ the series.

West Side Mainstays

Herewith are pictured two of the mainstays with the Washington of Indianapolis Continentals. The west side high school gridders opened their new football season last week by swamping Southport and Coach j Henry Bogue seems to have a squad I of aggressive and enthusiastic lads under his wing to battle for prep honors this fall. Norman Long is Washington captain and Hedge bears the reputation of being a power in the kicking*- department.

Herewith are pictured two of the mainstays with the Washington of Indianapolis Continentals. The west \ side high school gridders opened their new football season last week by swamping Southport and Coach Henry Bogue seems to have a squad \ of aggressive and enthusiastic lads under his wing to battle for prep honors this fall. Norman Long jy—t wn is Washington captain and Hedge . B bears the reputation of being a ! - -Bk ' —l,. '

Norman E. Long, left, captain and end; Bob Hedge, half back.

City Nine Faces Omaha in U. S. Play; Ft. Wayne Wins

By United Press CLEVELAND, Sept. 16—With a record of four consecutive victories, Cleveland, only remaining unbeaten club, was favored to win the National Baseball Federation tournament as it clashed today with Montgomery, Ala., in the fifth round of the tourney. Cincinnati, defending champion, was to meet Ft. Wayne, Ind., and Omaha, Neb., was to play Indianapolis in the other fifth round contests. Flint, Mich., drew a bye through the round. Cleveland advanced to the round undefeated Tuesday when the local entry swamped Cincinnati, 13 to 2.

against Toledo and Columbus. The contest postponed Tuesday will be played off during the final visit of the Hens. tt tt tt Owner Norman A. Perry of the Indians has offered the free use of his new stadium for a charity game on Monday Sept. 28, the day after the A. A. season closes. Profits will go to aid the unemployed, if arrangements for a game are completed. It is planned for the Indians to play the Columbus Red Birds in the charity tilt. Salaries of players end when the league curtain falls, but it is presumed the majority of Indians and Birds will find a way to remain in the city for an extra day and donate their services. tt tt tt Pat Crawford, first baseman of the Columbus club. and Ray Starr. Rochester International League Ditcher, have been purchased” by the St. Louis Cardinals. The two players will not report until next year. Columbus and Rochester are Cardinal “farms.” tt tt tt The season is closed for sales, purchases and player transfers and will remain in force until after the draft, which is scheduled to open the day before the start of the world’s series. Thirteen players owned by Norman Perry are subject to the draft, but. only one can be taken. Tribe draft clfßiWes are Curt Walker. Ray Fitzgerald, W. Miller. G. Smith. Frank Sigafoos. Jonah Goldman, Emmett McCann, Berlv Horne, Arch Campbell. Henry Bonura. Marty Girffin. Frank Mulrooney and Leslie Barnhart. The last three named are out on option with the Reading Internationals and young Barnhart has been going so well he may be grabbed by one of the major clubs. tt tt tt IT is rumored Billy Southworth will succeed Nemo Leibold as manager of the Columbus Red Birds next season. Southworth is the pilot of the Rochester Red Wings. Both teams are controlled by the St. Louis Cardinals. It is also reported that “Specs” Toporcer will be named boss of the Red Wings to succeed Southworth. There is every indication, therefore, that Leibold will be casting about for a job this winter.

The Columbus club bosses hope to have their new park ready bv spring. It will seat 20.000 or more, according to current plans and will cost $350,000. the same as new Perry stadium here. Price paid for the land w r as not disclosed. Towers for lights for night baseball are incluoed in the plans though there is no certainty the Birds will play night games next season. tt n tt A feature at the new Columbus plant will be sixteen private "boxes de luxe” atop the stand to be sold at top prices to fans who desire to witn*ss games in privacy. The press boxes also will be on the roof. The grandstand proper probably will follow the design of Perry stadium, with several rows of box seats, a big reserved section and many rows of general admission seats tt * tt MIDNIGHT Tuesday was the deadline for player sales and Art Shires wasn’t purchased, unless news of a deal failed to be put out by Mihx aukee. If the Great One wasn’t sold in a last-minute transaction h *. will be subject to draft. However, it has been reported more | than once that owners of big league I clubs entered Into a silent agreement to “punish” Arthur by letting him remain in the minors another | year. •t a a Lew Riggs, young Columbus outfielder. Tuesday drove out his sixth home run in I Six days. That’s smacking ’em on the j kisser. Riggs is owned by the Cardinal chain and is a capable pastimer both on ; the infield and out in the pastures. tt tt a Bill Jurges. inflelder. has been shipped back to the Chicago Cubs bv Louisville He failed to click against American As- ! sociation pitching. H was loaned to the j Colonels in the Billy Kerman deal.

RETZLAFF SHOWS FOhM By Times Special NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—Charley Retzlaff, young Duluth heavyweight, learns lessons from defeat. Retzlaff. making his first start since his defeat by Joe Sekyra two weeks ago, returned to Queensboro Stadium Tuesday night and scored a fourround knockout over Gene Stanton, Johnny Risko’s Cleveland protege. The Duluth heavyweight showed better form than in any of his previous thirty-six professional bouts. A

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Diminutive Mike Skryp permitted the 1930 champions only five hits. Montgomery dropped Flint into the second division, defeating the Michigan nine 6 to 1. Omaha eliminated Dayton, 0., 5 to 3; Indianapolis finished Scranton, Pa., 15 to 0, and Ft. Wayne put out Pittsburgh, 9 to 6, in other fourth round games. Power and Light nine of Indianapolis triumphed as it pleased, pitcher Larry Reno blanking the Scranton club. Schott and Weathers connected for homers in the fifth and Reno and Weathers clouted circuit drives in the sixth. Eleven runs were scored in these sessions.

Illinois Links Star in Front By United Press WANAKAH, N. Y., Sept. 16. Third eighteen holes of the women’s Western Golf Association’s medal play derby was start today with Miss Helen MacMorran, Winnetka, 111., holding a one-stroke lead over her nearest opponents in the championship flight. Miss MacMorran scored a 175 at the end of thirty-six holes Tuesday to creep ahead of Mrs. Marion Turpie Lake, Flushing, L. 1., who had led at the end of eighteen holes. Mrs. Lake began today’s eighteenhole round with 176, tying for second place with Miss Peggy Wattles, Buffalo star.

Baseball Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION \V. L. Pet. St. Paul 09 57 .635 Kansas City 81 73 .526 INDIANAPOLIS 80 74 .519 Milwaukee 77 76 503 Columbus 77 78 .197 Minneapolis 74 81 .477 Louisville 70 85 .452 Toledo 61 95 .391 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct.l W. L. Pet. Phila.... 99 43 .697: St. Louis 59 82 .418 Wash... 85 56 .6031 Detroit.. 57 86 .399 New Yk. 84 57 .5961 Chicago. 55 86 390 Clevel... 71 68 .5111 Boston.. 54 85 .389 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pct.l W. L. Pet. St. Louis 95 49 .660 Pittsbgh. 71 72 .497 New Yk. 84 59 .587: Boston.. 61 81 .430 Chicago 76 68 .528! Phila.... 60 85 .414 Brklyn.. 74 70 .5141 Cincin... 53 90 .371 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION No games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at Boston. St. Louis at Washington. Detroit at New York. Cleveland at Philadelphia. NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston at Chicago. New York at Cincinnati. Philadelphia at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh. Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville 310 200 306—15 20 3 Columbus 020 010 110— 5 14 0 Williams and Shea: Winford. Heise. Littlejohn and Bruckman. Delaney. Milwaukee 100 002 000— 3 6 0 Minneapolis 100 001 000— 2 8 2 Caldwell and Manion: Benton and Hargrave. Toledo at Indianapolis: wet grounds. Kansas City at St Paul: played in dou-ble-header last Sunday. AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 000 000 101— 2 7 2 New York 001 031 04x— 9 11 1 Bridges. Sullivan and Ruel; Rhodes and Dickey. (Ten innings) Chicago 100 001 000 0— 2 11 1 Boston 101 000 000 1— 3 9 0 Lyons and Grube: MacFavden and Connolly.

Tuesday Ring Results

AT QUEENSBORO STADIUM. LONG ISLAND ClTY—Charles Retzlaff. 195 Vi. Duluth. Minn., knocked out Gene Stanton. 197*6. Cleveland. 1 4>: Steve Hamas. 194’,2. Passaic. N. J.. knocked out James J. Russell. 184 Vs. Vancouver. B. C.. fit: Tiger Thomas. 168. Philadelphia, defeated Umberto Curi. 163 1 a. Argentina. <Bi: A1 Rowe. 134. Philadelphia, knocked out Eddie Oliva. 135. New York. AT LOS ANGELES—Ace Hudkins. 173 Vi, Lincoln. Neb. won decision over Dynamite Jackson. 205. Negro. Los Angeles. * 10 1 . Sandy Casanova. 172. Los Angeles, outpointed Jim Merriott. 172. San Francisco. (101. AT PORTLAND—WesIey Ketchell. 163 Vi. Portland, won technical knockout over Georgie Dixon. 160. Negro. Portland. (-it. EASTER IS NAMED AID FRANKLIN, Ind., Sept. 16.—Ty Easter of Watseka, 111., former allstate tackle at Franklin college, has been named assistant grid coach at Franklin. He will assist Coach Tillotson and will be in charge of the line candidates. Franklin tackles Butler in the opening game of the season on Friday night, Sept. 25.

Athletics Clinch Flag; Seek 100th Triumph

Victory Today Will Make Mackmen First Big League Club in History to Win Century or More Games for Three Consecutive Years. BY DIXON STEWART United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—Philadelphia’s world champion Athletics today were assured of their third consecutive American League pennant and needed only one more victory to become the first major league club to win 100 or more games a season for three consecutive years. Connie Mack's great club clinched the American League championship Tuesday with a 14 to 3 triumph over Cleveland, while the second place Washington Senators were losing to St, Louis, 5 to 4.

National Ring Group Ranks Fistic Rivals By United Press DETROIT, Sept. 16.—The leather pushing fraternity received its annual rating here Tuesday night from the members of the National Boxing Association at its annual convention. The N. B. A. is official in thirty-seven states. Three of the divisions—light heavy, middleweight and junior lightweight—were declared without champions. Tony Canzoneri, New Orleans, was declared champion of both the junior welterweights and lightweights, the only double title holder. Primo Camera was named thirteenth in the list of heavyweights, headed by Maxie Schmeling as champion, with Jack Sharkey second. Tracy Cox, Indianapolis, was ranked fifth among junior lightweights, back of Kid Chocolate, A1 Foreman, Benny Bass and Lew Massey. WOLGAST AND GRANDE TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept. 16. Midget Wolgast, world’s flyweight title claimant who defeated Happy Atherton at Indianapolis last week, will tackle Frisco Grande, Filipino battler, in the top ten-round bout on Bud Taylor’s fistic card at Shrine temple here Thursday. Wolgast and Grande have met twice, the Midget holding a decision and draw. Five other bouts are on the card.

Michigan Has Best Chance in Big Ten for Unbeaten Eleven

EDITOR’S NOTE—Following is the second of a series on Big Ten football prospects. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY -United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Sept. 16. —All things considered, Michigan appears to have the best chance of any Big Ten team of going through the 1931 season without losing a game. Summarized briefly, Michigan’s prospects follow: Seventeen out of twenty-three letter men back. Twenty-one sophomores comprising some of best material in ten years.

St. Louis 000 010 031— 5 9 0 Washington 000 110 200— 4 7 2 Coonev and Bengough: Brown end Spencer. Cleveland 010 101 000— 3 9 3 Philadelphia 322 002 14x—14 18 1 Harder. Hildebrand and Sewell: Rommel and Palmisano. , NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia COO 000 000— 0 5 3 St. Louis 040 000 Olx— 5 9 0 Dudley and McCurdy; Lindsey and Wilson. fFirst game) Brooklyn 000 002 000— 2 6 0 Pittsburgh 102 000 llx— 5 9 1 Clark. More and Lopez; Meine and Phillips. (Second game) Brooklyn 000 010 000— 1 7 3 Pittsburgh 010 000 lOx — 2 10 0 Vance, Mingo and Lombardi: French and Grace. Boston at Chicago: rain. New York at Cincinnati: rain. THREE TIE IN SHOOT Three shooters tied for top honors at Crooked Creek Gun Club Tuesday, Umbanhowar, • and Benefield each breaking 48 out of 50 in singles. Benefield had a perfect score in the handicap, breaking 25 straight, while Tony, and Sully were high in doubles with -""’v

Semi-Pros and Amateurs

Spades A. C. will play Mars Hill Sunday in the third and final game of their series. each team having won one game. Spades will plav Spencer Korn Parchies on Sept. 27. Spades lost to Reed Powers of Bloomington Sunday. 6 to 4. Young pitching good bali but getting poor support. West Side will play at Bargersville Sunday. Chevrolets would like to hear from fast state clubs for Sept. 27 and OSt. 4. Write or wire William Rider. 1531 Bellefontaine street. Highland A. C. spilt a double-header with West Side Monarchs Sunday and will plav Western Twilights in a twin bill next Sunday. Holy Trinity defeated Riverside Aces. 11 to 3. Next Sunday. Holy Trinity will plav Favette at Favette. All players meet at Holmes and Walnut at 12.30 p. m. Kerns, Metcalf. Ivan. Hites brothers. Wolf. Wallsmith. Brisnick. Powell. Lewis. Kenney and Marchal. notice. A game is wanted for Sept. 27. Call Be. 4586 between 5 and 6 p. m. or write Ed Bencik. 711 Concord street. A baseball suit roll with complete baseball uniform was lost in the city last Sunday morning bv Lester Cruse. Finder please call Drexell 6634-W and ask for Les. Crawfordsville Knights of Columbus nine defeated the Warren Oil team of Lafayette Sunday, 7 to 5. Next Sunday "Caseys” will play Dady A. C. nine of Indianapolis in a return game. Shelby Service Club is without a game for Sunday and are anxious to book a fast club. Call Drexel 1011. ask for Stone, or call Lincoln 1866. betwen 11 and 12 p. m„ or write Ralph Adams at 2025 South Pennsylvania street. O’Hara Sans will play at Clermont Sunday Practice will be held at the park Friday evening. Sans are desirious of signing a catcher for Sunday’s game. Rusie and Barr, notice. Sans are open Sep.. 27 and woild like to hear from a state team. Write K. R. Spillman. 840 North Oxford street, or phone Cherrv 3418-W. or Cherry 4252-W. Question Marks thumped Indianapolis Twilights Sunday. 10 to 1. in a lop-sided encounter. Wuensch started on the hill for the Marks and pitched excellent ball until his arm began to trouble him and he gave wav to Hohman. who allowed three hits and one run in the final frame. Lawrie. stalwart third sacker of the Marks, launched the Marks’ attatk in the fourth witt a home run dnve to the trees in center field.

The triumph placed the A’s 13*2 games ahead of Washington with only 12 to play. The Senators have 13 games to play but can not finish better than second even if they win all their remaining games and the Athletics lose all of theirs. The standings: W. L. Pet. Philadelphia 99 43 .t>‘>; Washington 85 56 .603 St. Louis’ Cardinals have an opportunity to clinch the National League pennant today. The Cards assured themselves ot no worse than a tie for first by shutting out Philadelphia, 5 to 0, Tuesday, while the second place Giants were idle because of rain. The Cards now are ten and onehalf games ahead with ten to play. The Giants have eleven games remaining but can do no better than tie if they win all of their games and the Cards lose all ten of theirs. The standings: W. L. Pet. St. Louis 95 49 .660 New York 84 59 .587 Veteran Eddie Rommell pitched Philadelphia’s deciding victory, holding Cleveland to nine hits while his mates pounded Harder and Hildebrand for eighteen. A five-hit pitching performance by Jim Lindsey gave St. Louis its shutout over Philadelphia. Only two other games were nlaveil in the National League, with Pittsburgh winning a double-header from Brooklyn. 5 to 3 and 2 to 1. Heine Meine and Lair> French pitched for the winners who moved to within two and one-half games of a first division berth. St. Louis not only cut Washington cut of the pennant race but cut the Senators’ lead ovei New York to a single game. Washington got away to an early lead but the Browns rallied to tie the score with three runs in the eighth and won in the ninth on Levy’s single, a sacrifice. Bluege’s error and an infield out. Lou Gehrig’s forty-fourth home run of the season featured the New York Yankees’ 9 to 2 triumph over Detroit. Bvrd and Sewell also hit homers for the Yankees. Oliver's tenth inning single with the bases filled gave Boston a 3 to 2 victory over Chicago.

Made to order schedule, with only two games away from Ann Arbor. Michigan, which tied Northwestern for the Big Ten title last year, does not meet either Northwestern or Purdue, regarded as the other two leading contenders for the 1931 championship. The Wolverines’ ccnference games are against Chicago, Ohio State, Illinois, Indiana and Minnesota, and only intersectional game against Princeton. If Harry Kipke, youngest coach in the Big Ten, could bring last year’s eleven, handicapped by injuries and inexperience, through with eight victories and a scoreless tie, he should be able to pilot this year’s outfit to an undefeated season. Michigan’s sophomores promise to crowd cmite a number of last year’s regulars out of the picture. Outstanding of the youngsters are Ted Petoskey. a big end of the Oosterbaan type: Chuck Bernard, center, who weighs 215 and is over 6 feet tall: Harry Stinespring. quarter back wno is a dangerous pass receiver: John Kowalik. a rugged guard: Herman Everhardus. a ereat passer and kicker: Stan Fav. Fred Ratterman and Jack Heston, a trio of brilliant backs. Everhardus. Fav and Heston, second son of Willie Heston of all-time all-America fame and recognized as a much better player than his brother. Willie Jr., promise to see plenty of action in the Michigan backfield Kipke has five letter men back for ends. With Petoskey certain to win one end posiiton. Kipke probably will shift some of his other ends to other positions. Thp Dick of the letter men appear to be Bill Year ana Ivan Williamson. Howard Auer and Tom Samuels, both regular tackles last year, arc back. Omer La Jeunesse. regular last year: Leslie Douglass, reserve: Jav Sikkenga. a made over end: John Kowalik and Jim Conover, are the leading guard candidates. Doc Morrison, all-conference center last year, rounds out a line that promises to play havoc with many a rival’s offensive this season. The Wolverines have two veteran quarter backs in Harry Newman, all Big Ten player last year and Zit Tessmer. who is in much better physical shape than a year ago. and two good youngsters in Stinespring and Donack Beck, sophomores. Captain Ducky Simrall and Jack Wheeler, regular half backs last year, are missing, but there are better men to take their places. Half backs who won letters last year and are back include Willie Heston. Harry Eastman and Mutt De Baker. Captain Roy Hudson will be at full back, and he will have a formidable substitute in Duval Goldsmith, giant Virginian.

Sunday Question Marks and the Rhodius Cubs, two of the city’s outstanding clubs, will tangle at Rhodius park in the second of a two-out-of-three series. The first game was annexed by Cubs. 17 to 16. Jennings County Reds defeated Andersonville Midgets at Andersonville Sunday. 8 to 7 Next Sunday Reds play Lincoln Highways. Negro team from New Albany. Ind., on the North Vernon grounds. Reds Lave Sept. 27 open. Write Howard Daringer.

Gotham City Series Is Off NEW YORK, Sept. 16.—The proposed New York city championship series for the benefit of the unemployed has been abandoned in favor of a double-header involving the New York Yankees and Giants and the Brooklyn Robins at Yankee stadium, Sept. 24. The plan, as approved by a committee of sports writers representing Mayor Walker’s relief committee, calls for the Giants and Robins to meet> in the first game, with the Yankees and Robins meeting in the second. The Yankees previously defeated the Giants in a charity game which netted $59,000 for unemployment relief.

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Quincy Takes Three-I Series By United Press SPRINGFIELD, 111., Sept. 16. Quincy today held season championship honors of the Three-I League as a result of its fourth straight victory in the title series with Springfield Friday night. The score was 3 to 1 and gave the Quincy club a record of four victories and two defeats in the series Tuesday night’s contest was a pitchers’ battle from the start with Wilkin handling the mound duty for Quincy and Hal Smith for Springfield. Score: Quincy 020 090 009— 3 6 1 Springfield 000 001 000— I 6 O Wilkin and Scimcr; Smith, Austin and Snyder. RACE ENTRIES FILED Entries are being received for the dirt track auto races and pushmobile contests at Walnut Gardens next Sunday. Among speed pilots entered already are Howard King, Leon Dehart, Vern McCombs and Vernard Trester. Six entries have been filed for the pushmobile event. The new management hopes to make Sunday’s program one of the best of the season. B ATTAITn H E A By United Press HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 16. Christopher (Bat) Battalino, Hartford, world’s featherweight champion, evened a nine-months-old score Tuesday night when he pounded out a decisive ten-round victory over Eddie Shea of Chicago. Both fighters were over the featherweight limit, Battalino weighing 129 and Shea 127. The home-town crowd of 5,000 chered Shea and jeered Battalino. Shea trimmed Battalino neatly in Chicago last January.

Early Football Notes

R. P. B. Football team will practice tonight at 7:30. All players and tryouts report at corner of Blackford and New York streets. Management of Oak Hill Flashes would like to hear from city and state grid clubs at once. Flashes will practice tonight and Friday at carline and Roosevelt avenue. All players must report as uniforms will be issued. The club will also meet Sunday at the usual time. A practice tilt is wanted for Sunday. Sept. 27. Also dates for the regular season starting Oct. 4. Address Larry Coffee. 6030 Crittenden avenue. St. Pat’s grid team will meet at St. Pat’s hall tonight at 8 o'clock. All players take notice. Plans for practice and the season will be announced. The team won seven games in eight starts last year. Coach Rosengarten desires to arrange dates with Noblesville, Shelbyville and other fast independent elevens. Oriental Bulldogs will meet the Spades park at Spades park next Sunday at 2:30 p. m. The Bulldogs believe they have one of the strongest teams since their organization several seasons ago. Dates are open. Call Lincoln 0845.

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Midget Wolgast, world’s flyweight title claimant, will return to local ring warfare next Tuesday night to take on Johnny Edwards of Huntington, W. Va., in the top tenrounder at Ft. Harrison. Wolgast scored a big hit with local cauliflower followers when he defeated Happy Atherton here a week ago. Edwards ranks high among the first ten flyweights. Muggs Kerr was “swinging in the rain” Tuesday night to gain a topheavy verdict over veteran Chuck Burns of San Antonio. The Oklahoma City light heavy tried to make a fight, but Burns couldn’t

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325 Begin Grid Drills I. U. Has Largest Squad in History; 125 Report at Notre Dame. BY VERN BOXELL If numbers mean anything, followers- of Hoosier collegiate grid activities are in for another brilliant -eason. A total of approximately 325 pigskin performers reported for initial workouts at the Indiana “big three” schools Tuesday—Notre Dame, Indiana and Purdue. Notre Dame, as usual, had the largest turnout, 150 enthusiastic candidates reporting for work under coaches Hunk Anderson and Jack Chevigny. Secret practice sessions were scheduled to start today with morning and afternoon drills in preparation for the opening game cn Oct. 3 with Indiana. Irish Lose Two Irish hopes were given a jar when it was announced that Dan Hanley, the Butte “beaut” who was a late season sensation at full back, and Frank Butler, reserve center, would not return to school. Most surprising was the turnout at Indiana, where the largest squad in the history of the school, eightyfive in number, greeted Coach E Hayes as ne started his rirst season as head mentor at the Crimson school. It was the largest first day squad in the Big Ten. Another record squad was registered at Purdue, where 79 prospects, the second largest turnout in the Big Ten, started active work under coach Noble Kizer. Os this number 21 were letter men from 1930, the largest number of returning veterans in the Conference group. Rain Interferes Approximately 655 players got into action Tuesday, the opening day for grid practice in the Big Ten. Rain marred the initial training sessions at most schools, but all coaches kept their squads at work, despite the weather. The following list shows the number of candidates at each school and the number of major letter men back : Indiana 85 13 Pordue .. 79 •] Ohio State 78 16 Minnesota 76 17 Tl’inois *0 12 Michican 57 17 Wisconsin 59 16 Northwestern 53 * lowa 49 15 Chicago 47 7 Hurricanes in Polo Finals By United Press WESTBURY, N. Y„ Sept. 16. Makeup of the final round of the United States open polo championship was to be determined today with Santa Paula, premiere team of Argentina, meeting John Hay Whitney’s Greentree four. One place in the finaL round was made safe for the United States when Stephen (Laddie) Sanford’s championship Hurricane four Tuesday eliminated the other Argentine entrant, Hurlingham, 18 to 5. Sanford alone scored 11 goals, aided by the brilliant play of Pat Roark and Winston Guest. Pop Warner Seriously 111 By United Press I’ALO ALTO, Cal., Sept. 16. Glenn S. (Pop) Warner, 60, head football coach of Stanford university, was under treatment for a serious internal disorder today while his latest team started practice without him. Dr. Granville Wood, the coach’s physician, and Dr. Lloyd Reynolds, San Francisco kidney specialist, reported Warner developed a fever of 102 and chills. He was stricken Tuesday an hour before he was to take charge of the team for fall practice.

be bothered. He displayed a wide variety of arm holds and failed to land a single effective blow. Two preliminaries walked off with the evening's honors. Rov Nidy. Terre Haute, and Franke Gierke, local feather, staged a rousing six-round thumpfest that was crammed with action. Gierke continued to show improved form and Nidv still can take and give ’em without backing up. The official verdict was a draw, but The Times gave a shade to Nidy. George Downey, local feather, was the winner of another heated tussle, gaining a shade over Young Leach in a fourrounder. , The rest of the bouts were lust so-so. Billy Cox and Billy Watson. local feathers, drew in four rounds. A1 Dunbar,: New York lightweight, outpointed Dutch Baiting of Morristown in six. and Billy Rhodes, local heavy, knocked out Billy Meyers in the second round Heavy rain fell through the entire card.