Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 12, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 May 1934 — Page 36

By Eddie Ash Frenzied Finance Returns to Baseball 0 0 0 Wealthy Clubs in ‘Race’ for Di Maggio

■pRENZIED finance in baseball was supposed to be a thing of the past, but when millionaires start dickering for the same player, the sky is the limit on the bank roll. Reports are heard that President Tom Yawkey of the Boston Red Sox and President Jake Ruppert of the New \ork \ankees aie shaking their coin bags at each other over a young pastimer in the Pacific Coast League, outfielder Joe Di Maggio, 19, an Italian lad with a marvelous record. Scouts of both Red Sox and Yankees are imploring their clubs to make the purchase from the San Francisco Seals. Last year the youngster hit safely in sixty-one consecutive games. He is touted as a fine fly chaser, consistent hitter, strong of throwing arm and fair as a runner. He hails from the North Beach section of San Francisco and broke into league ball in 1932, picked off the sandlots without cost by the Seals. * # , nun * DI MAGGIO batted in 169 runs in 187 games last season and led the coast loop in that department. He hit for an average of .340 and among his 259 hits were 45 doubles, 13 triples and 28 home runs. He stole ten bases a rather low total compared with the top flight pilferers Joe Sa” boosted So a job and lame by his brother Vince. In the spring oi 55 vKcTwaa with the seals and asked the club owner for permission lo let iSe to the park and practice with the leaguers. The request was granted with the proviso that the boy bring his own suit and bats now joe is the star of the league and brother Vince is just another ball Sayefwtth another club. In other words brother Vince lost his Seals job to brother Jce. Several major teams have made offers for Di Maggio, but it looks as though the frenzied finance race has settled down to a battle between the Yankees and the Red Sox. TTALIAN ball players are making great headway in the big leagues and A are proving strong gate attractions as well as ace fielders, hitters, nitchpr? and catchers Off hand here are a few Italians going big in big time company: Oscar Melillo, second sacker with the Browns; Dolf Camilli, first baseman with the Cubs; Tony Lazzeri, third sacker with thp Yankees* Harry Lavagetto, second baseman with the Pirates, Eime £mba a rdt catc“r r wi.h the Reds; Joe Catoarella, pitoher with the Athletics, and Zeke Bonura, first baseman with the White Sox. T'HE Bejma now playing shortstop for Rogers Hornsby s amazing St. Louis Browns is Oflie Bejma, formerly owned by the Indianapolis club. He made a slow climb up the baseball ladder after losing out with t e Indians, but there he is, holding down a major berth. Ollie was a second sacker when he tried it with the Hoosiers. * # # ANSWER to Baseball Fan—Chuck Klein’s batting average, including Thursday’s game is .331. He has been at bat 142 times and has obtained forty-seven hits for a total of ninety-three bases. The Hoosier Hercules has scored thirty-three runs and batted in thirty-two, proving that he can get round the paths himself, as well as drive others around. n n n nun ANSWER to Fight Fan—Jimmy McLarnin will weigh in twice for the welterweight championship bout with Barney Ross at Long Island bowl Monday. He will weigh m at noon to make 145 pounds, under a side agreement with Ross, and will step on the scales again at 2 p. m. for the official weigh-in of the New York boxing commission calling for 147 pounds. The 147 is the official welter title poundage. The commission has no interest and supervision in the 145 issue.

30 Cars Await Tests in *soo’ Qualifying Trials

BY VERN BOXELL Traffic as heavy as a midtown jam on Saturday afternoon looms at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, where approximately thirty cars are expected to struggle for the nineteen remaining places in the Memorial day 500-mile race during the next four days. Idle for four days pilots ready to qualify today will get under way at 2 o clock, with the closing time set for 7:02. After fourteen heavy - footed chauffeurs had swept into starting positions last Saturday and Sunday, the lists were closed for three days. Action was scheduled to start again yesterday, but rain stepped in and ruined the program. The early morning downpour stopped shortly after noon. When the track had dried, Harry MacQuinn, local dirt-trick star, in the Debaetz Special, a four-cylinder Miller creation, warmed up for his trial, but the showers started again before he could get under way. Thirty-six cars remain in the official entry list, with three already scratched. At least thirty of these are likely to be ready for trials before the deadline Monday afternoon. Os the fourteen already qualified, five are four-cylinder jobs, eight

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have eight-cylinder powerhouses, and one is a sixteen-cylinder buggy. Eight-cylinder creations also predominate in the remaining field, with seventeen in this class. The fours total thirteen, and there are three sixteens and the two Diesel oil-eaters. It’s the consensus along gasoline row that the fours will have it all over the eights when the five-cen-tury grind gets under way on May 30. In last-week’s elimination tests, the little motors consumed far less fuel, and this is regarded significant in view of the forty-five gallon limit placed on the gasoline supply for this year. Zeke Meyer, popular veteran who finished in a Studebaker last year, may be seen at the wheel of Rick Decker’s frontwheeler this year. Decker attempted to qualify the buggy last week but quit on the first lap. Meyer took the car out yesterday for practice and may be the starter. The car is powered with an eight-cylinder Miller motor. Johnny Seymour, former motorcycle star, will return to the “500” this year in the famous “catfish,” ultra-streamlined car entered by Fred Frame. It’s the same buggy which set a 149-mile-an-hour straightaway record for four-cylin-der cars on Muroc Dry Lake in 1931, with Stubby Stubblefield at the wheel. The car also was raced here two years ago.

Indianapolis Times Sports

JOHN RIDDLE HAS PERFECT DAY AT BAT

Hoosier Catcher Poles Five Blows as Indians Capture Long Struggle From Blues Series Finale at K. C. Goes Ten Innings, 9 to 7; Tribe Holds Second Place as Milwaukee Is Invaded; Errorless Game Streak Is Stopped. By Times Special KANSAS CITY, Mo., May 25.—The Indians donned their fighting clothes yesterday in the series finale with Roger Peckinpaugh’s Blues, came from behind and captured a ten-inning victory, 9 to 7. The triumph enabled the Tribesmen to cling to second place in the A. A. race as they departed for Milwaukee to open a three-game set with Allen Sothoron’s Brewers today. It required seventeen hits for the Indians to put over the win at Muehlbach field yesterday owing to the fact the Cowboys also had their eyes on the ball and collected fifteen blows. Johnny Ridlde, Indian backstop, was the big gunner of the day with five hits in as many times at bat, one wallop going for two bases.

The Indians won two out of three in the series, giving them a record on the current road trip of five games won and four lost. Lefty Logan for the Tribe and Lefty Hockett for the Kaws were the starting pitchers yesterday and both were relieved in the late innnings. Red Wright was credited with the victory and Hobo Carson was charged with the defeat. Blues Lead, 4 to 0 The Blues piled up a 4 to 0 lead before the Hoosiers got started. In the third stanza the Killeferites tallied three runs and then stepped out in front with two markers in the fifth. Kansas City tied it up in the sixth and in the eighth the Tribe crossed the plate twice to gain an advantage of 7to 5. In the ninth the Blue rallied and put over two markers to send the see-saw contest into overtime. In the tenth the Hoosiers stored the ball game away. Bedore singled, Sherlock walked and Riddle beat out a ’’drag” bunt, filling the bases. White batted for Wright and flied to Kreevich, Bedore scoring after the catch. Lee forced Riddle at second, but in trying for a double play, Niemic, K. C. shortstop, threw low to first and Sherlock scored.

Errorless Streak Halted The struggle required 2 hours and 23 minutes. Three errors were chalked against the Indians, breaking their ’‘errorless game streak.” They went seven consecutive games before a miscue was made, and Dudley Lee committed the first “boot” early in yesterday’s tilt. Frank Sigafoos was next to Riddle in the Tribe attack with three safeties, including one for two bases. Vincent Sherlock smote a triple and single. Tribe Batting Figures At Bat Hits .Pet Rosenberg 113 43 .381 Bedore 119 43 .361 Riddle 54 19 .352 Cotclle 41 13 .318 Sherlock 100 31 .310 Cooney 139 43 .309 Sprinz 57 16 .280 Washington 94 25 .266 Sigafoos 109 26 .239 Lee 133 31 .233 Windup With Blues (Ten Innings) INDIANAPOLIS AB R H O A E Lee. ss 6 0 0 0 1 1 Cooney, cf 6 2 2 4 1 0 Sigafoos. 3b 5 2 3 2 0 0 Cotelle, rs. 0 0 0 0 0 0 Rosenberg. If 5 2 2 7 0 1 Bedore, lb 5 1 1 8 1 0 Sherlock, 2b 4 2 2 5 2 0 Riddle, c, 5 0 5 4 1 1 Logan, p 3 0 0 0 4 0 Wright, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 x White 1 0 0 0 0 0 Chamberlain, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 45 ~9 17 30 10 3 xWhite batted for Wright in tenth. KANSAS CITY AB R H O A E Stumps, cf. 6 0 1 4 0 0 Alamada, rs 6 2 2 3 0 0 Kreevich, If 6 2 1 4 1 0 Connatser, lb A 4 0 2 11 4 0 Tavlor. 3b 5 2 2 0 2 0 Gautreau. 2b 4 1 1 2 1 0 Niemiec, ss, 4 0 1 3 2 1 Brenzel. c 5 0 3 2 0 0 Hackett. p 3 0 2 1 4 0 Carson, p 2 0 0 0 0 0 xMoslf 1 0 0 0 0 0 Totals .'>.44 7 15 30 14 *1 xMosolf batted for Niemiec in tenth. Indianapolis 000 320 020 2—9 Kansas City ... 022 001 002 o—7 Runs batted in—Taylor (2). Gautreau (2), Sigafoos. Washington (2). Riddle (2). Sherlock. Connatser, White. Niemiec, Bedore. Two-base hits —Sigafoos. Riddle, Tavlor. Three-base hits—Taylor. Sherlock. Stolen base—Lee. Sacrifices—Connatser, Logan. Gautreau. Left on bases—lndianapolis. 8: Kansas City. 10. Base on balls —Off Logan, 1; off Carson. 1. Struck out —Bv Logan. 2: by Hockett. 1: by Carson, 1. Hits—Off Hockett. 13 in 7‘i innings: off Carson. 4 in 2 ! i innings; off Logan. 13 in B' 2 innings: off Wright. 0 in 2-3 inning; off Chamberlain. 2 in 1 inning. Winning pitcher—Wright. Losing pitcher—Carson. Umpires—Clavton and Dunn. Time —2:23.

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♦ Standings ♦

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W, L. Fct. Minneapolis i- 13 .b3O IMHAiNArULIS II 14 .041 Kansas City IV 16 .515 Columbus IT 16 .515 Louisville 15 IT .469 St. Paul 15 IT .469 Milwaukee 15 IS .455! Toledo 13 80 .394 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L. Pet. W L. Pet. New York 19 12 .613|Wash 16 17 .485 Cleveland 15 12 ,556iBoston ... 15 16 .484 St. Louis 15 14 .517 Phila 11 18 .379 Detroit... 16 15 .516!Chicago .. 11 18 .379 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L Pet. W. L Pet. Pitts 19 11.633 Boston ... 15 15 .500 St. Louis 20 13 606!Brooklyn.. 14 18 .438 Chicago 21 14. .600iPhila. 11 19 .367 New York 20 14 .588; Cincinnati 723 .233 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Milwaukee. Louisville at Kansas City. Toledo at Minneapolis. Columbus at St. Paul. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Chicago. Boston at Cleveland. Philadelphia at Detroit. Washington at St. Louis. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh at Boston. St. Louis at Brooklyn. Chicago at New York. Cincinnati at Philadelphia. Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (Eight Innings) Louisville 011 200 41— 9 14 1 Milwaukee 010 000 61— 8 12 4 Weinert. Bass, McKain, McLean and Erickson: Stine. Hutcheson, Pressnell and Rensa (Game called to aUow Louisville to catch train. Toledo 100 110 021— 6 11 2 St. Paul 001 222 OOx— 7 10 0 Larkin, Bowler. Doljack and Garback; Fette and Fenner. Columbus 100 002 002— 5 11 2 Minneapolis 031 000 40x— 816 0 Teachout. Cross and Gooch. ODea. Petty and Hargrave. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 100 000 020— 2 7 0 Chicago 000 100 000— 1 3 1 Gomez and Dickey; Gaston. Gallivan and Madieski. Washington ...000 050 000— 512 0 St. Louis 300 100 20x— 6 7 3 Weaver Burke. Stewart and Phillips; Coffman. Wells and Hemsley. Philadelphia 000 100 Oil— 3 8 1 Detroit 200 400 OOx— 6 10 3 Marcum and Berry, Moss; Markberry and Cocrane Cleveland at Boston, rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 000 001 000— 1 4 4 New York 102 111 lOx— 7 12 1 Tinning. J. Weaver and Phelps; Hubbell and Mancuso. Pittsburgh 100 010 140— 7 13 1 Boston 011 000 001— 3 11 1 Swift and Padden: Brandt and Spohrer. St. Louis 000 202 300— 7 13 0 Brooklyn 000 011 001— 3 10 1 Carleton and V. Davis; Leonard, Perkins, Herring. Munns and Lopez. Cincinnati 000 000 000— 0 3 1 Philadelphia 000 011 21x— 5 10 1 Si Johnson, Shaute arid Lombardi; Davis and Todd. BUGLER AND CENTRAL NINES RENEW SERIES The Butler and Indiana Central baseball teams were scheduled to meet this afternoon at the University Heights diamond. The Greyhounds took a 6-to-3 victory over the Bulldogs earlier in the season. Pattie, who pitched the earlier game for Central, was expected to be on the mound again today. TORONTO IN NET MEET TORONTO, Can., May 25.—Toronto university will take part in the United States intercollegiate tennis tournament. School officials report that a team will be sent to Philadelphia for the meet, scheduled for June 25-30.

At Speedway Before the War, Rick and His Go Cart

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HI, there, Eddie old boy, where’d you get the cart? Run that thing up an alley before it falls apart and blocks traffic. Yes, it may look like a toy now, but eighteen years ago it was one of the top flight speed creations and Eddie (now Col. Edward V. Rickenbacksr) was mighty proud of the job. It was a Duesenberg and Rickenbacker drove it in the 500-mile race of 1914 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Rick’s Duessie was a warhorse for endurance and it had plenty of speed for cars of the era. With a ltttle better racing luck Rickenbacker would have been in a position to land higher on that May 30 eighteen years back, but as it was he finished in the money anyway, in tenth place. 000 EDDIE O’DONNELL, Rick’s mechanic in the old Duessie, was killed in Los Angeles in 1921. Rick went on after 1914 and eventually became a flying ace in the A. E. F. during the World war. From the roaring ways of America’s race tracks Eddie went to the roaring and flaming clouds and established himself as America’s No. 1 flyer. Now Colonel Rickenbacker is president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and is out at the 500-mile track again watching the younger dare devils tune up their priceless and sleek mounts for the next fivecentury grind over the bricks on next Wednesday.

Three Grappling Clashes Offered on Card Tonight Light Heavies Make Up Hail Mat Bill. A three-bout program, featuring light-heavy grapplers, will be offered local wrestling fans by promoter Jimmy McLemore at Tomlinson hall tonight, starting at 8:30. Elmer Guthrie will grip with Clete Kaufman, Ohio veteran, in the two-falls-out-of-three main event. Guthrie celebrated his return to local competition after a two years’ absence last week by downing Frank Newport, Ft. Wayne, in straight falls. Kaufman battered Cowboy Bobby Chick in his last local start. A sensation in the east, Leo Wallick, German light heavy, will make his local debut in the semi-windup against the veteran South Bend matman, Leo Alexander. This also will be a two-falls-out-of-three tussle. Alexander once wrestled Hugh Nichols, light heavy king, here. Wallick last week downed Johnny (Swede) Carlin, local ace, in straight falls in a Camden (N. J.) ring. An experienced Hoosier middleweight, Irvin Robbins of Scottsburg, will make his local debut in the opening one fall joust, clashing with Ed (Mule) Harrison, former University of Missouri athlete.

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ILLINOIS TEAM BEATS STATE IN 13 INNINGS By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., May 25. McCaleb singled Pricco home in the thirteenth inning to give Eastern Illinois Normal a 4 to 3 victory over Indiana State yesterday. Score: Indiana State 000 000 011 010 o—3 7 7 Eastern Illinois oio 001 000 010 I—4 9 3 Fitzhugh and Tedrick: Spence. Williams and Waters. I. A. C. SWIM TONIGHT The I. A. C. swimming and diving championships will be held in the athletic organization’s tank tonight with swimmers from the Huntington and Indianapolis Y. M. C. A.s, Hotel Antlers, Indianapolis Athletic Club participating. Two unattached entries also will compete. The opening event is at 8 o’clock. Because of the large number of entries, four of the seven championships will be conducted in heats. The first event will be the women’s national junior 300-yard individual medley swim. WINS FACULTY GOLF NOTRE DAME, Ind., May 25. The Rev. George L. Holderith, C. S. C., varsity golf coach, defeated Tom Conley, assistant football coach, 4 and 3, to win the faculty links championship here yesterday.

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Bill Finally Misses One T JILL KLEM, veteran National League umpire who boasted he never called one wrong decision, sidlied his record the other day when he ruled that Brooklyn’s young pitcher, Emil Leonard, had, balked. Umpire Bill Stewart in the field advised Klem the other way, and Old Bill reversed his verdict. Old age creeps up.

MAJOR LEADERS

(By United Press) LEADING BATTERS Player and Club. G AB R H Pet. Hemsley. Browns .... 22 85 8 35 .412 Reynolds, Red Sox .. 31 128 21 51 .398 Hendrick. Phillies ..21 64 10 25 .391 Gehrig. Yankees 31 115 26 44 .383 Leslie. Dodgers 33 121 17 46 .380 HOME RUNS Klein, Cubs 12 Foxx. Athletics .. 9 Gehrig, Yanks .. 10;Dtt. Giants 9 Bonura. White S lot v RUNS BATTED IN Gehrig, Yanks . 40 Klein, Cubs 32 Medwick, Cards ■ 36 Suhr. Pirates .. . 31 Reynolds, Red S 33 Bonura. White S 31 HITS Reynolds, Red S 51 Medwick. Cards • 48 Manush. Senators 50 Urbanski, Braves 49 Moore. Giants .. 50*

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M’CARNES APPOINTED COACH AT SOUTH BENS By Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 25. Bob McCarnes, former Logansport high school and Northwestern university cage star, has been appointed a coach on the Central high school staff here. McCarnes coached the St. George parochial school team at Evanston, 111., the past two years. He was winner of the Jake Gimbel sportsmanship medal in 1928 and captain of Northwestern in 1932.