Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 118, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1934 — Page 11

By Eddie Ash ‘Coolies’ Improve on Chinaman's Chance a a a When You Call Cardinals That—Smile!

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'J'HE Coolies are coming! Fact is, the Coolies are one £ame out of the National league lead and are snapping at the heels of the chesty New York Giants. Last spring, in Florida, the St. Louis Cardinals were compelled to stand for a lot of razzing on the part of the Giants and other high-salaried clubs and were described as “cheap coolie help.” It was hard to take. The Coolies are coming! No loud guffaws out of the Giants now, when the Cardinals are mentioned. That jittery feeling has replaced the laugh. The New Yorkers are still the betting favorites, because they are one full game ahead, but they are on thin ice nevertheless. The season closes Sunday and the Giants have only three games left to play and the Cardinals five. a m a a a a IT'S well known In baseball that the Cardinal bosses write in small figures when filling out player contracts, but it also is well known in baseball that a player must accept the terms offered or quit the organized game. He is at the mercy of the club owner. The players who got a break and landed with the wealthy.*liberal clubs are unlikely to fry the Cardinals in coolie grease any more. The underpaid boys have clinched the second-place pay-off in the National League and are even threatening to overtake the Giants and make them swallow the harsh words. The spring training joke is no laughing matter now. a a a a a a NOT long ago Pilot Frankie Frisch of the Cardinals said: “I am a manager with two strikes on me.” The "strikes” were the two Dean brothers' rebellions, one over poor pay and the other over ducking an exhibition game. Frisch's error was m suspending the boys during the second strike. He lost their services several days. Fines would have been sufficient punishment. The brother Deans entered baseball with strong physiques, but with hill billy schooling. Perhaps the college reared Frisch overlooked the fact, until too late, that the best way to handle mischievous boys is to spare the rod and laugh off a few antics. The time that the Cards had the brothers under suspension, especially in the case of Jerome Dizzy, may cost Frisch a pennant in his first full year as a big league manager. a a a a a a REGARDLESS of the swing of midwest sentiment to the Cardinals, the Giants are entitled to a medal of sportsmanship. Last Friday Philadelphia was scheduled at Brooklyn. The Phillies and Dodgers agreed to postpone the game until a later date to permit the Cardinals to play off two "washed out” games in Flatbush. It required the vote of the eight clubs in the league. There was not a dissenting ballot. The Giants, although being chased by the Cards, chipped in with their approval. St. Louis won the double header and out of it came the no-hit, norun game pitched by Paul Dean. With the consent of the Giants, therefore, their own chances of winning the pennant were lessened and the Chinaman's chance of the "coolies” was improved. Give the Giants a double merit mark for being big potatoes. Under the rules they were in a position to cast a dissenting voice, which would have prevented the playing of that twin bill. a a a a a a INDIANAPOLIS will receive part of the world series money. The Chicago Cubs will receive a “third place cut” and yesterday the Bruins grew generous and announced full shares practically to everybody on the raster, including the clubhouse boy, Joe Bernardi. Indianapolis men awarded full shares of third money, National League end. are outfielder Chuck Klein, coaches Johnny Corriden and Barney Kelly and trainer Andy Lotshaw. The regulars also voted full shares to catcher Benny Tate, who was given ms unconditional release last month, and to Don Hurst, Bob O'Farrell and Jim Weaver, who joined the club in midseason. a a a a a a MANAGER BILL TERRY of the New York Giants last winter insulted the Brooklyn Dodgers by asking, "Is Brooklyn still in the league?” Now the Giants must meet the Dodgers in the last two games of the season. It would be just too bad if Casey Stengel s boys happened to be the club to knock the New Yorks out of the pennant. a a a a a a WHAT the big yacht races needed was Jack Dempsey as referee. It is said the protest angles to the American Cup event created so many heated arguments m and about gilded Newport that the elite turned to throwing champagne bottles, kicking over tables, twitting noses and otherwise acting in the same fashion as bourgeoise sports goers who toss beer bottles at a baseball umpire. It takes a disputed sports event to level Yankeedoodledandies and start the melting pot simmering.

Vanderbilt Yacht Takes Fourth Race, Retains Cup British Skipper Withdraws Protest and Admits Defeat; Declares He Will Not Challenge Again. BY SIDNEY B. WHIPPLE United Press Staff Correspondent NEWPORT R I . Sept. 26.—The America’s cup, won eighty three years ago from’ the fleetest of English schooners, remained today safely in the possession of the trustees of the New York Yacht Club, once more successfully defended against British invasion Its retention, however, bv virtue of a four to two victory by Harold S Vanderbilt s vacht. Rainbow, over Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith s sloop. Endeavour, left bitterness, dissension, and some dissatisfaction which may never be eradicated.

It was almost certain that the Royal Yacht Squadron, whom Sopwtth represented, will not challenge for the cup for many a year. Sopwith himself said he would never race for it again. The climax of the race series off Rhode Island coast came four days ago when the British skipper declared he had been fouled by the defender. His protest against illegal racing received scant consideration from the committee designated by the New York Yacht Club to decide protest*. The committee did not say Sopwith was right or wrong in his contention he had been fouled by the defender. It merely said that it would not listen to the complaint because Sopwith, skippering the great royal blue yacht, had failed to hoist his protest signal soon enough. Sopwith. a sportsman who spent a million dollars to bring the fastest yacht ever seen in British waters — or in American, for that matter — across the Atlantic to compete for the most treasured possession of the yachting world, was disconsolate and more than a little disappointed with the outcome of the contest. He made no excuses for the various incident* that contributed to his downfall. He admitted many of the mistakes that cost him the cup. But he plainly resented the action of the race committee in waving aside his demand for a hearing. A second climax, or perhaps an anti-climax, came yesterday when the American sloop, out-sailing the Britisher on one leg of the triangular course, came home fifty-five seconds in advance of her rival, with red protest flags flying from the shrouds of both racing boat*. Vanderbilt, who finally won the race, had protested Sopwith’* tactics In Jockeying for the start. His protest was met by a counter-protest from the English boat. For hours after the race was physically won. the question was open whether the

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race committee would uphold one or the other skipper. Sopwith Settles Issue In the end, it was Sopwith himself who determined the matter by announcing he would withdraw' his protest and go back, to England, never again to compete for the cup. •T do not feel,” he said, “that I can go further with my protest, since I actually won the start on which I had based my protest, and then lost the race in a fair fight, afterwards.” Bike Trials Set for Willard Park State Title Events Billed in Two Divisions. Elimination trials for the state championship bicycle races will be held at Willard park Saturday and Sunday. Sept. 29 and 30. it was announced today by Charles E. Wehr, Indiana representative of the Amateur Bicycle League of America. The Willard track is located at Washington street and State avenue and is a quarter-mile course. The championships will be held there Sunday. Oct. 7, in two classes, juniors and seniors. Junior eyents are open to riders 16 years old and under, as of Aug. 1. Competition will be on a point basis: First, five points; second, three; third, two. and fourth, one. Gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded. Entry blanks may be obtained at the local sporting goods stores. Mail entries to Charles E. Wehr. Postofflce Box 502. Indianapolis. Ind. Championship events follow: SRMOR CLASS'. JUNIOR CLASS. •i-Mile *rrtrh. scrilfb 1-Mile scratch. 1-Stile scratch. X-Mile scratch. ?-Mile scratch. 10-Mi c scratch. 5-Stilc scratch. WIZARDS RESUME SESSIONS The Wizard A. C. football team will resume practice tonight after a three-day rest period. Coach Inman plans to stress correction of errors made in Sunday’s practice game when the Wizards defeated the Beech Grove Reds, 7-0. All regular players and new "candidates are urged to attend. MIDWAY SQUAD PRACTICES The Midway A. C. football team will hold a practice session tonight at 8. All players are urged to attend. The Midways need several good linemen and backs, and all tryouts are welcome. Lynch, Merkie and Glover notice.

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St. Louis Climbs Near Lead as Dizzy Dean Knocks Off Bucs and Phils Rap Champs Race Is One of Closest in History of National League and Paves Way for Many Possibilities; Both Teams Scheduled for Action Today. By United Press NEW YORK, Sept. 26.— I The current scramble for the National League pennant threatens to prove the closest and wildest in the circuit’s history. There are strong possibilities that this stretch struggle between the leading New York Giants and the St. Louis Cardinals may wind up in a tie and result in the first official play-off the league ever knew.

Tigers and Yanks Share Top Honors in All-Star Voting American Loop Players Pick League’s Best. BY LESLIE AVERY United Press Staff Correspondent ST. LOUIS, Sept. 26.—The 1934 American League champion Detroit Tigers split honors with the New York Yankees today when each landed three members on an allstar American League team selected by polling players of the junior circuit. St. Louis and Philadelphia were the only teams failing to get a man on the mythical nine with Cleveland, Boston, Washington and Chicago eich gaining one berlh. Outstanding in the voting were Charlie Gehringer, Detroit secondsacker, and Vernon Gomez, Yankee portsider. Each received unanimous support in the poll, conducted by Sporting News, national baseball weekly. Every vote counted was for these two stars except their own. Rowe Is Popular Schoolboy Rowe of the Tigers easily was the choice for a righthanded hurler, getting 132 of the 154 votes cast. The all-star American League team as chosen by 154 players in that circuit: First Base —Lou Gehrig. New York. Second Base—Charlie Gehringer, Detroit. Shortstop—Joe Cronin, Washington. Third Base—Bill Werher. Boston. Right Field—Ben Chapman, New York. Center Field—Earl Averill, Cleveland. Left Field —A1 Simmons, Chicago. Catcher—Mickey Cochran*, Detroit. Pitchers—Vernon Gomez, New York, and Schoolboy Rowe, Detroit.

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Jim Reynolds has been selected to manage the squad that will oppose the Negro all-star baseball team at Perry stadium Saturday. The fracas will bring to a close the current season of the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association. Ted Tebay’s Negro pastimers captured the game at the stadium last Saturday by a 6 to 3 count, but Reynolds believes he has a squad that will whip them this time. The tilt will begin at 2:30, and admission will be 25 cents, with children under 12 admitted free if accompanied by adults. Proceeds will be used for the new officers to organize an carry on the I. A. B. A. work next spring. Players for the rival teams have been chosen from manv of the leading clubs in the city. Reynolds has named Schonaker and O'Brien of Mallorys, Booz and Boroughs of Atkins. Gatti. Noble and Foley of U. S. Tires. Seals and McFall of Lillys, Laurie of the American Association Indians, Whitehouse of Real Silk. Elam of Rose Tires. Williams of Patrick Henrys, and Baird, Morrison. Babcok. McClain and Hazelwood of the Sanitary Board. Tebav has elected--pastimers from the Baby Lincolns. Columbia A. C.s, Monarch*. Kingans and Sanitary Board to perform on his squad. Probable starting pitchers will be McClain for the Reynolds team and Cooke for the Negro allstars. Fountaintown won the deciding game of a series from Shelbyville. 2 to 1. Raerich hurled for Fountaintown. with Skinner and Evans on duty for the losers. Morristown plays at Fountaintown Sunday. Mooresville Merchants turned In a 2 to 1 victory over the Real Silk nine Sunday. Score: Real Silk 000 000 100—1, Mooresville 000 200 OOx—2 Weddle and Hayden: Forrester and Jennett. Himes Barbers defeated Clermont. 5 to 4 Barbers want a road tilt for Sunday. Mooresville and Castleton. notice. Call Belmont 1301 and ask for Himes, or write D. B Himes. 1403 South Belmont avenue. Indianapolis. Cloverdale Grays and Bloomington Gables will tangle in the deciding game of a three-game series Sunday. Russ Paugh of Cloverdale and Lefty Hazel of the Gables will be the opposing slabsmen when the game starts at 2:30. If the Gravs win they will hold a margin over every semi-pro club to face them this season. Fiftv-Second Street Merchants will tackle the West Side Cardinals Saturday a* Riverside No. 7. and want a game for Sunday. Call Washington 4444-R after 8 p m TECH VARSITY STRONG IN PRACTICE TUSSLE The Tech high school varsity football team romped to a 70-to-0 victory over the second team yesterday afternoon in a practice game. Danner, Crofts, Jordan and Stench scored two touchdowns each, while Edwards. Wildman and Dobbs accounted for three more. Tommy Snyder, half back, is recovering from a sprained ankle and is expected to be in shape for regular duty soon Tech opens its season this week-end against Wiiey at Terre Haute. ALUMNI FIRST FOE The Crispus Attucks grid eleven will open the season against the Alumni squad at the new Attucks field Friday afternoon. The school team has Deen holding lengthy workout sessions in preparation for the tilt. Holliday at end has been teaming with Harding to form a formidable passing combination. Smith has been showing best at the quarter back post. WALLICK IS VICTOR NEW YORK. Sept. 26.—Leo Wallick. Germany, threw Hans Schnaebel, Germany, in the feature bout of a wrestling show At Ridgewood Grove area* last nignt.

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Possibilities are revealed in the following table: GIANTS G. W. L. Pet. Win 3 96 57 .627 Win 2 95 58 .621 Win 1 94 59 .614 Win 0 93 60 .608 CARDINALS G. W. L. Pet. Win 5 96 57 .627 Win 4 95 58 .621 Win 3 94 59 .614 Win 2 93 60 .608 Win 1 92 .61 .601 Win 0 91 62 .595 The Cardinals were scheduled to entertain Pittsburgh today, while the Giants were host to Philadelphia. Cards Figured in 1928 Only twice before have National flag races, been so closely contested, according to John Heydler, president of the National circuit. They occurred in 1908 and in 1928. In 1908 the Chicago Cubs and Giants ran a dead heat, except for a game which the Cubs protested because Fred Merkle failed to touch a base. They played off the protested game and the Cubs won, taking the pennant. In 1928, the Cards smashed through in the final week to win by two games over the Giants. The National League constitution provides for a three-game playoff series in case there is a tie for the pennant in the final standing. Thus far this never has occurred. Heydler explained that if a deadlock did result, the league’s board of directors would aecide the site or sites for the playoff. The Cardinals whittled the Naational League leaders’ lead to one game yesterday by downing Pittsburgh, 3 to 2, while the Giants suffered a 4-to-0 shutout at the hands of Curt Davis and the Phillies. His 28th Victory Dizzy Dean went the entire route for the Cards and allowed only six hits, holding the opposition scoreless until the ninth inning. It was the elder Dean’s twenty-eighth win of the year. “Arky” Vaughan homered for the losers in the ninth. Fred Fitzsimmons was the losing pitcher and victim for the Giants. He allowed five hits in the third and fourth innings, which, coupled with a costly error by Catcher Mancuso, allowed the Phils to score all four of their runs. Lqu Gehrig celebrated his 1,500 th consecutive regular major league game by driving out his fortyeighth homer of the season as the New York Yankees blanked Philadelphia, 5-0. This homer bettered Gehrig’s best previous aggregate of forty-seven, made in 1927. In the only other scheduled game, the St. Louis Browns shut out Cleveland, 3-0, giving Bump Hadley victory in an eight-hit pitching duel with Mel Harder. Princess Peg Ties World Trot Mark Palin Is Pilot in Upset Over Lord Jim. By Times Special LEXINGTON. Ky., Sept. 26. With Sep Palin of Indianapolis guiding her, Princess Peg equalled a world’s trotting record in winning the $14,000 Kentucky Futurity here yesterday. It was an upset. Lord Jim, the favorite, in winning the first heat, lowered the season's record for 3-year-olds. Princess Peg's 2:01% in the third heat set a season mark for 3-year-old fillies and tied the world mark. She is owned by J. I. and E. T. Lyle, Plainfield, N. J. Harness race experts said the time for the four-heat event was the fastest ever turned in by 3-year-olds. CAPTURES AQUEDUCT FEATURE NEW YORK, Sept. 26.—William Graham's little 3-year-old flash, Open Range, added to his laurels yesterday by a victory over J. E. Widentr’s favorite, Sickle Hear, in the Bay Shore handicap at Aqueduct. Open Range ran the six furlongs in 1:12 4-5. Quel Jeu followed the Widener colt to place third. v

Edwards Throws Fists After Losing, But Avoids Referee

BY VERN BOXELL Billy Edwards, Texas toughy, may be bad news to his wrestling ring foes, but he's just a "yes man” to Jack Dempsey.

Disqualified by the former heavyweight champion in the final fall, Edwards lost to Abe Coleman, the animated fireplug, in last night's feature tussle of the Hercules A. C. program at the Armory. It was quite evideqj, throughout that Edwards wanted no part of Mr. Dempsey. Perhaps he remembered a previous time when Jack served as a referee. Billy decided to question one of the champ's decisions and got a sore jaw and extra large headache for his trouble. Anyhow, whenever Jack issued an order last night, Billy obligingly nodded agreement. Even then, Dempsey was forced to use some strongarm methods to keep Billy in check. Edwards roughed out Coleman in the first fall to win in twelve minutes. The second flip went to Coleman on a series of kangaroo kicks. The final went only a few minutes when Dempsey disqualified the Texan for roughness. Edwards stormed about the ring.

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HE brought Detroit its first pennant in twentyfive years. Yeah, here is Manager Gordon Stanley (Mickey) Cochrane, the biggest sports figure in the state of Michigan. You see him above, with Mrs. Cochrane, Gordon Stanley Jr. and Joan. Junior is 8 and Joan is 3. Nine rahs and a lot of Tigers for dad! Papa Cochrane is just another farm boy who went to the big city and made good in a big way.

Purdue Boosters in Session Here 0 - ■' Coach Kizer to Attend Big Stag Party. Memories of the old days at Purdue will be recalled at the "Happy Hollow stag party” planned by the Purdue Alumni Association of Indianapolis tomorrow night at 8 o’clock at the Hotel Severin roof garden. The stag party, which will feature talks by members of the Boilermaker varsity and freshman varsity football coaching staff, will supplant the annual pre-season football luncheon. All Purdue alumni and. former students in Indianapolis and vicinity are invited to attend. Prospects for the Boilermaker season, which opens on Oct. 6 against Rice Institute, will be discussed in detail by head coach Noble Kizer, who will make a flying trip to Indianapolis for the meeting, following the conclusion of football practice at Lafayette. Kizer will be accompanied to Indianapolis for the meeting by Mai Elward, Jim Purvis, Guy Mackey and George Stears of the varsity staff, and Dutch Fehring, Fred Hecker and Fritz._Febel of the freshman staff. COACH BOGUE DRILLS CONTINENTAL GRIDMEN Coach Henry Bogue sent his Continentals through a heavy practice session yesterday afternoon in preparation for Friday’s tussle with Bloomington at the west side field. The Washington gridmen were drilled this afternoon on new plays to be tested Friday. The frosh squad went through their first paces yesterday afternoon, with coach Rosasco stressing pass plays. MANUAL SQUAD BUSY Thorough workouts daily are the bill for Manual high school's football team as it prepares for an opening encounter with Carmel here Friday. Ellis and Billiard are showing promise in the back field, while Hartman, Presecan and Rugenstein look best in the line. Freshman football equipment has been issued.

He started swinging fists at everybody—everybody, that is, except Dempsey, who appeared anxious to “make something of it,” but couldn't get Edwards to swing. Billy clipped a second, who went down in a heap. The youth decided to fight back, took one wild swing, and then fled. He swung on two more attendants. Then he “popped” and floored his manager before being subdued and led from the ring. It was a big night for the “bad boys.” Karl Davis, the Columbus crusher, had considerable difficulty in disposing of George Hills, veteran Canadian, flooring him after twenty minutes of rough and tumble action. Dick Raines, another wild man from the Texas Panhandle, returned after a long absence to hammer out Bill Boone of Atlanta in ten minutes. Approximately 3.000 fans turned out to see the show. Another card is being arranged for next week by Matchmaker Lloyd Carter.

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Automobiles, refrigerators, radios and what not have been added to the Cochrane household as gifts to the hustling “Clyde Beatty of baseball.” He took a fifth place club and led it to the American League championship in one year. Some jump! Mickey now is sharpening the Tigers’ claws for the biggest fight of all—the world series, beginning in Detroit next Wednesday. The Irishman from Way Down East is sitting in the coconuts —way up high.

Wildcats ’ Chances Slim With ‘Suicide’ Schedule Northwestern Must Have Great Team to Win More Than Half Its Games; Hanley Skeptical. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent EVANSTON, 111., Sept. 26.—The only certain thing about the Northwestern football team is that it has one of the toughest schedules in the country. Marquette, lowa, Stanford, Ohio State, Wisconsin, Illinois, Notre Dame and Michigan will be met in that order. It will take a wonder team to go through that schedule unbeaten, and nothing less than a great team can hope to win more than half of those games.

On paper and in person, Northwestern looks like a winner, but any estimate of the Wildcat’s strength is premature in the face of its suicide schedule. The squad has speed and power, fine morale, ample reserve strength, and the desire to win is keen, but coach Dick Hanley, beginning his eighth season as head coach, thinks he’ll be lucky to wind up the season with better than a .500 per cent average. “Our schedule is too tough and some of our boys too inexperienced to tell what we will do,“ says Hanley. “The line will have more weight than last year and there will be more dangerous running ability in the backfield, but there are too many uncertainties to know just where we stand.” Defensively, the team is likely to be as good, or better, than last year when they held Stanford, far western champions, and Minnesota, second in the Big Ten with an unbeaten record, to scoreless ties. The return of George Potter, 180pound quarter back who led the team in 1931 and 1932 but was ineligible last season; promises to add finesse to the team’s attack. Bobby Swisher, 158-pound sophomore half back from Peoria, 111., is being heralded as the most dangerous runner Northwestern has had since Pug Rentner. He will team up at half back with Wally Cruice, the left-handed passer who broke in as a sophomore last year. Chuck Duvall, twenty pounds lighter than last year, has the full back job clinched. The line probably will shape up with Harry Leeper, shifted from half back, and Verne Anderson,

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The Table Tennis Club squad pulled into a tie for first place with the Wm. H. Block macemen in the second round of play of the Indianapolis Table Tennis League at the Paddle Club. Results of games played: *•* 11 J Jac obs O. S„ 7. ?^f ile r T . Club / Am - N at- Bank. 8. Table Tennis, 11; New York Life. 7. Team Standings W L Prt W™; H _v, Bl °ck’S 32 22 .593 Table Tennis 32 22 593 Paddle Club 30 24 !556 Jacobs O. S 26 28 481 New York Life 23 31 ;428 Am. Nat. Bank 19 35 .352 Leading individual players are McClure, McDowell, Spaulding Ryker and Inman. Next Monday’s Schedule Wm. H. Block vs. New York Life. Paddle Club vs. Table Tennis. Jacobs A. S. vs. Am. Nat. Bank.

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A. A. Playoff War Goes to Final Fracas Birds Pull Contest Out of Fire With Rally; Last Game Tonight. By United Press COLUMBUS. 0., Sept. 26.—The American Association baseball championship and the right to meet Toronto in the junior world series will go to the winner of tonight’s game here between the Minneapolis Millers and the Columbus Red Birds. The league playoff series was evened at three victories apiece last night when Columbus scored five runs in the ninth inning to win by a 7 to 6 score.. Homer Climaxes Rally A home run by Lew Riggs, Columbus third baseman, following Billy Myers’ triple scored the tying and winning runs. A large portion of the crowd of 7,000 swarmed on the field as Riggs blasted the ball over the right field fence with one mate on base. At the start of the ninth, Minneapolis held a 4 to 2 lead. The Millers added two more in the first half of the ninth and seemingly had the pennant within their grasp. Then Columnus put on a "story book” batting performance. Charlie Wilson singled. Manager Ray Blades batted for O’Dea and got a base on balls. Tom Angley batted for Bud Teachout and singled, scoring Wilson. Myers tripled, scoring Blades and Angley. Then Riggs smashed his homer. Petty Fails to Last Jess Petty pitched for Minneapolis until one was out in the ninth and allowed four hits. Ed Heusser pitched seven innings for Columbus and allowed five hits before being replaced by Teachout. Gill and Norris collected home runs for Minneapolis and Sweeney hit one for Columbus. Opposing pitchers for tonight's game had not been revealed today. Score yesterday: Minneapolis Columbus AB H O A AB H O A Cohen. 2 . 4 13 2 Mvers.ss. . 5 3 5 3 Harris. 1.. 4 1 '8 0 Riggs.3. .4 10 3 Hargrav.c 3 12 1 TMoore.cf 4 0 6 0 Arlett.rf 3 0 3 0 Sweenev l. 4 1 11 0 Wright,lf. 4 14 0 Cullop.rf. 4 10 0 Gill.cf ... 4 1 1 0 Wilson,2 .4114 Norris.ss. 3 13 8 Andersn.lf 4 10 0 Ganzel,3.. 4 2 1 lODea.c... 3 0 4 0 Petty.p .. 4 0 0 0 Blades ... 0 0 0 0 Chaplin.p 0 0 0 0 Heusser.p 2 1 0 2 Shaute.p. 0 0 0 OTeachout.p 110 0 I Angley.... 110 0 Totals 33 8*25 lo! Totals . 36 11 27 IT •One out when winning run scored. Blades batted for O'Dea in ninth. Angley batted for Teachout in ninth. Minneapolis 000 300 102— 9 Columbus 010 010 005—7 Error—Arlett. Runs batted in—Myers (2i, Riggs 42). T. Moore. Sweeney, Angley, Hargrave i2). Wright, Gill, Norrii <2i. Two-base hit—Myers. Three-base hits Hargrave. Myers. Home runs—Sweeney, Gill, Norris. Riggs. Sacrifice—Riggs. Double plays—Wilson to Myers to Sweeney; Heusser to Myers to Sweeney. Left on bases—Minneapolis. 3: Columbus. 6. Base on balls—Oft Petty, 1; off Heusser, 3. Struck out —By Petty, 1; by Heusser, 2; by Teachout. 1 Hits—Off Petty, Bin 8 1-3 innings; off Heusser. 5 in 7 Innings; off Chaplin. 2 in no innings tpitched to two batters in ninth i; off Teachout, 1 in 2 Innings: off Shautg, 1 in no innings ipitched to one batter in ninth). Passed ball—O'Dea. Winning pitcher—Teachout. Losing pitcher—Shaute. Umpires—Johnson and Donahue. Time. 2:08. I. U. Loses Two Gridiron Players Huffman Fractures Ankle; Stevenson Injured. By United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Sept. 26. Football prospects at Indiana University this year took a severe setback today with announcement that Vernon Huffman, star half back, will be out of the lineup most of the season wtih a fractured ankle. Huffman was injured when tackled as he threw a pass in a practice game with the freshman team yesterday. The varsity won, 19 to 0. George Stevenson, first string guard, also was injured in the game and will be unable to play when Indiana opens its schedule against Ohio University here Saturday.