Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 96, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 August 1933 — Page 17

AUG. 31, 1933.

GIANTS DEFEND N. L. LEAD IN BRAVES SERIES

“Boston Frails by Six Tilts: Bncs Threaten N. Y. Noses Out Cards and Reds Bow to Beantowners in Wednesday Tilts: Pirates Only One and Half Games Out of Second Place. BY .1 \t K CUDDY 1 nited Maff Correspondent NEW YORK Aug 31 Despite the difference of six games, the New York Gian*'- .• < f the National League, and the fast-stepping Boston Braves w r< slated to ojVn a so-called crucial" series of six games in four days at Boston today. Both club approached the series with winning streaks, the Giants having won t< nos thr ir last thirteen starts, and the Braves twelve of their last fourteen If th< split the series—each winning three, the Giants will .stiil be six games ahead of the Braves, but the third-place Pirates may have gained on the leading pair. The Giants and Braves maintained their difference of six games Wednsd;:-. when bJh club- won out in the ninth inning, New York Shading St I.nu. sto 4 and Boston nosing out Cincinnati, 3to 2.

Fast Oval Predicted A fast track and record limp are 1 in prospect for the stars of the harness racin'? world when they line up for potion at the Indiana lair oval starting Saturday. There will be six days of racing during the Hoosier fair, with the largest and one of the classiest fields ever signed here for competition. Two feature events of the entire program are the Governor's 2:15 pace and the L S. Ayres trot, both scheduled for next Thursday and boasting brilliant Acids of Grand Circuit stars. One of file favorites in the Governor's event is Colonal Tom, the big gelding which stepped to a record of 2:00 3-5 in the Illinois state fair raring last week, defeating a Held of big lin stars. Colonel Tom will get a real test in Thursday's race here, however. Abbie Scott a sure starter, has re.ced better than 2:03 and is improving. Hal Abbe has won on the big wheel in fast time and Miss Abbedale, another starter, ran two beats in better than 2:03 last week. PI KYIS IN At I lON Jackie Purvis, local welterweight boxer, managed by Kelse McClure, will take on Honeyboy Brown of Louisville in a ten-rounder at Quincy, 111., tonight.

♦ Standings and Results ♦

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION' W I>. Pet W. L. Pet. ColumbU*. 92 47 .661 Yoledo. ... 67 74 .475' Minn. .. 81 fit .563 Louisville. 64 76 .457 INDPLB . 74 '>6 529 Milwaukee 61 82 427 St. l’;uil . 71 4!17 Ktlli City. SJ* 85 .393 j AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pet W L. Pet Wash .. 82 43 .656 Detroit ... 63 66 .488' New York 73 50 391 Chicago... 60 67 472' Cleveland. 67 63 815 Boston .. 55 73 .430 Phlla 63 19251 Louis.. 47 81 .364 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pci W L. Pet New York 73 47 .608 St. Louis.. 67 59 .532' Boston . . 69 55 .557 Brooklyn'.. 52 70 .426 ruts 67 56 34.5 Phlla . 50 72 .410 j Chicago.. 69 58 543 Cincinnati 48 78 .381 Games Today AMERH \\ ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Columbus. Louisville at Toledo Minneapolis at Kansas City. 6t. Paul at Milwaukee itwo Earnest. AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston at New York. Cleveland at Chicago. (Only games scheduled ! NATIONAL LEAGUE gt. Louis at Brooklyn (two games'. New York at Boston. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. (Only games scheduled • Results Yesterday , AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (First Garnet Louisville 660 000 000 - 0 9 1 Columbus .. . . 11l 102 02* 812 0 Penner and Thompson: Winford and OeJancev. . „ ♦ Second Garnet Louisville 000 002 100 3 8 1 Columbus*.’.!”'. 001 100 011— 4 5 l Hatter and Erickson; Heise and Connies. wt'r.neapolis ........ I*'o 100 00. 314 1 k nsas Citv TANARUS! ... 020 001 01* 411 1 Isclaw Hilchcr and Glenn. Carson and re si. St 'ul at Milwaukee; no game: will be pio i later. NATIONAL LEAGUE m, Dnuis 220 000 00O— 4 9 1 New York 660 400 001 510 1 Dean and O Farrell. Schumacher and •fancuso. Cincinnati 600 002 (HKL 2 5 0 £• J~l ioi 000 ooi 3iii Si Johnson ' and 'Lombardi; Betts and BDOhrer. Pittsburgh 600 311 000— 5 13 2 Philadelphia *'SM> 666 001— 1 *- - Birkhofer and Grace. Raa.and. Elliott. Ltska and Davis eh ;r ??? Ml SOO ME IW 0 B and'Hartnett. Thurston and Lo-

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The Giants won when Lefty O'Doul singled in the ninth with the bases loaded, scoring Joe Moore with the winning run. O'Doul and Manager Bill Terry drove out homers during a four-run spurt in the j fourth that tied the count. Hal Schumacher and Dizzy Dean both j were hit hard, but went the dis- j tance. Boston downed Cincinnati when Rabbit Maranville’s ninth-inning single scored Pinkey Whitney with the winning tally, after the Braves collected eleven hits off Si Johnson while Hurk Betts held the Reds to Ave. Baxter Jordan led the Braves' attack with three hits in four tries. The rallying Pittsburgh Pirates replaced Chicago at third position j by registering their Afth straight! victory, a 5 to 1 win over the Phillies. while the Cubs split a doubleheader with Brooklyn. Big Ralph Birkofer let the Phils down with four hits, while the Pirates collected thirteen off Ragland, Elliott and Liska. including Tommy Thevenow's perfect day at bat with four hits. This left the Pirates one and a half games behind Boston. Chicago beat Brooklyn, 2 to 1, in j the opener, but lost, 7 to 3, in the j second contest. The Cubs made their two runs in the second inning to win the Arst game, when Bill Jurges' single drove in Mosolf and Hendrick, giving Charley Root a mound victory over Hal Thurston. ;In the second game. Brooklyn j bunched some of its thirteen hits off Bush and Henshaw for three runs in the second and four in the seventh innings. Heimach and Ryan held the Cubs to seven hits. No American Leagues games were scheduled.

i (Second Garnet Chicago 102 000 000— 3 7 3 Brooklyn 030 000 40x— 7 13 0 Bush Henshaw and Hartnett; Heimach. Rvan and Lopez. AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled. Major Leaders LEADING BATTERS Plaver Club G AB R H Pet. Klein. Phillies ... 122 491 83 186 379 Foxx. Athletics 122 474 101 168 .354 V Davis Phillies 113 401 41 138 344 Simmons. Wh. Sox 128 540 80 183 .339 Manush. Senators 126 551 101 186 .337 HOME RUNS Foxx. Athletics .. 33 Klein. Phillies 24 Ruth. Yankees .. 28 Gehrig. Y’ankees.. 22 Berger. Braves . . 24 MOTION PICTURES uOlfla —O/i Stage —• 7 BIG ACTS Featuring: DONATELLA BROS. Sidney rage & Cos. Romeros & liuclay Other Big Acts! Slag* Shows Today at 1 •* :H5— 3 :30 —6 :.10—9:2ft 1 I I !] A HOI FAIRBANKS JR. “THE BIG BRAIN” Thrilling Love Drama!

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Ross Real *Fighting Champ ’

Barney Ross, Chicago lightweight, is not' an old fraidy. The youngster only three months ago won the title from Tony Canzoneri. Now he s putting it at stake in a return go with Tony in New York Sept. 12. Barney is shown above in training.

Two Amateur Tilts oil Card With proceeds from the program to be used to defray expenses of the city championship club to the national tourney at Pittsburgh on Sept. 16. two amateur title series games will be played at Perry stadium Saturday. Poik's Milk and Lux Laundry wall tangle at 2 p. m., with the loser being eliminated. Each team has been beaten once. Riverside A. A., defending champion, and Hercules,

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each with two wins and no losses, collide in the second fray. This will be the last opportunity for the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association to raise funds to provide the ejgienses for the champion to the big meet. Lineups for Saturday games: POLKS MILK -,UX LAUNDRY Ross. If Snoderass. ss Schoenacher, 3b Dusan. 3b Tracy. 2b J. Smith, cf Waechter. lb Fornell. lb Babcock, ss . McFall. 2b Adams, cf Gant. If Groves, rs Lich. rs Pohl. c Hazelwood, c Hurt, and Dean, n RIVERSIDE A. A. HERCULES Cisco. 3b McShane. rs Martin, rs Lawrie. 3b Thompson, lb Field, ss Schmutte. n W. Wvss. c W. Bow-man. c Marlev. If Crews, cf Dudley. 2b Robold. 2b V. Wvss. cf Haaks. ss Wurtz. lb H. Altop. If Froelich. p

18 Gridmen Start Drills The first practice session of the new Indianapolis professional football team was scheduled for today. The Indians, as the club will be known, will play their first game Sept. 13, against the Portsmouth (O.) Spartans. Eighteen players wefe invited to

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today's drill by Coach Joe Dienhart. They were: Westaate. Penn U : Humbert. Illinois: Tonnetti. Rose Polv: Shields Indiana. Rhem Indiana. Skinner Purdue. MahafTev. Notre Dame: Trimble. .Purdue. Buttner. Purdue: Dill. Hanover Gross. Central Normal: Brocic Butler: Lonsberrv. Wabash: Rinawait Incnana. Painter. Wabash; Clements. Illinois: Allen. Butler: Fisher. Indiana WESTROPE adds another new YORK. Aug. 31— Jack Westrope, sensational little jockey, ijiade his eastern debut at Saratoga Wednesday with one victory in three attempts. This boosted his string to 199 for the season, thirteen short cf the record set by Johnny Gilbert last year.

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Martin-9 Place 'FC: Glenn Perry-Paul Perrv iCMBI vs *Dler-Saul Bernat fPCi| Sfewart-Bob Poeue iCMBi vs. Vic Kelly* Ed Palmer <FC>. Gala REOPENING of the INDIANA I THEATRE FRIDAY EVE. at 6:30 • SEE SECOND SECTION IN TODAY’S TIMES