Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 31, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 April 1936 — Page 23
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By Eddie Ash FIRST SHUTOUT OF A. A. SEASON m m m AND INDIANS ARE THE VICTIMS
pesky Blues were in the city for the last time today until June 5 and it will be all right with the Indians if they forget to come back. They were poison to the Redskins last season and are staging a repeater. The score yesterday was Blues, 5; Indians, 0. It was a one-round knockout, three of the runs coming in the first stanza. A1 Sothoron’s Milwaukee Brewers, who have been upset twice by the rejuvenated Kentucky Colonels, are to open a four-game set with the Hoosiers tomorrow. This is one team the Tribesters scalped in 1935 and maybe the home athletes will get started after all. It will be ladies’ day tomorrow. sud Tinning, anew hurler on the local staff, is slated to go out there wrestle with the merry men from Missouri in the series finale this afternoon. He was with Columbus last year and has seen service with the Cubs and Cardinals. John Niggeling was marked up to breeze ’em through for K. C. The Indians are still In that tail-end tie with the Toledo Hens, no wins, one tie, two defeats. Minneapolis and Kansas City are sharing the league lead with two wins, one tie and no defeats.
The name is Philip Rausac Page; height, 6.114; weight, 180; throws lefthanded. He’s the bird who achieved the honor of hanging up the No. 1 shutout in the A. A. this season and he is the guy who blanked the Indians with six hits. Jim Turner, who opposed him, was nicked for 12. Page used to toss the sphere for Penn State College before entering league hail. He has had three trials with Detroit and one with Brooklyn. nun ERRATIC fielding in the initial session wrecked the Tribesters. A chance to retire the Blues runless was muffed when Sherlock threw wide attempting to complete a double play on Scarritt. Alexander drew a disputed pass, over the Redskins’ protest. McC ull oc h smashed a long fly to right and Dunlap was slow getting to it and it went for a triple, tallying Alex. Madjeskl’s single brought in McCulloch. That put the Indians in the hole, where they remained. u n tt The Tribesters had runners on first and third with none down in their half of the first, hut the next three men bounced out to the infield. Another elegant chance was ruined in the third when, with the bases loaded and two away, Alexander speared Riddle’s hot shot down the first base line. Threats were few after that. n n n KANSAS CITY scored in the eighth and ninth to get its five total. The Blues got two breaks. In the eighth Madjcski’s pop fly fell in front of Heath and rolled foul, but Umpire Swanson ruled the ball haa bounced up and struck Heath before rolling out of line. Scarritt scored from third on the play. In the ninth and wind helped Page's long wallop sail over Bouza's head in center and he tallied on Marshall’s single. a u n Bob Fausetl, Tribe third sacker, left the game in the eighth to hurry home. It was reported that Robert Jr., 18 months, was seriously ill. Manager Killefer lost no time in making a change as soon as the information was brought to him from the stadium office. Bob Kahle went in for Fausctt. an a VINCENT SHERLOCK returned to the lineup after being a holdout. He signed a contract at 1 p. m. and went back to work at once. He batted .298 last year and hopes to improve the figures. He was stopped by Kansas City's Page, however. The Page with the Blues and the Page with the Indians are unrelated. u tt tt Eddie Marshall, K. C. shortstopper, holder of the A. A. consecutive game hitting record of 43, had a perfect day at bat yesterday. He walked the first time up and then got four straight singles.
Bergere Works Up Edge for ‘soo’ in Stunt Cars Daredevil Driver Ready for Speedway Grind After Spinning Through 36 Automobile Upsets. Cliff Bergere cooked up something new to keep himself in trim between 500-mile races—passenger car turnovers! Bergere s recipe was simple. Take one shining new automobile, collect a crowd of 20.000 persons, speed the car into a ditch at 60 miles an hour—and see what happens. In his case, all happened for the best. The car flipped, the crowd gasped, and Cliff stepped out in nonchalant style.
Bergere started this unique method of making a living just after he had participated in the Indianapolis classic last Decoration Day, and has just returned to
the speedway with a record of turning the same car on its back 36 times without suffering a scratch himself. Between stunt appearances. Cliff went to New York and assisted the Police Department of that metropolis in conducting a safety campaign. During this drive, however, he was unable to persuade the powers-that be that auto turnovers would be of
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much value to the public safety. On the race track, Bergere does not indulge in trick rides. He came to Indianapolis in 1927 with the record of being a daring Hollywood double for movie stars, as well as a competent racing driver. Since that time he has finished six of the eight 500-mile races he has started. ‘ Why, the Indianapolis race is a mild adventure compared to the stunts required in Hollywood,” the tall, debonair Bergere admitted. “One director asked me to ride a motorcycle off the palisades near Santa Monica, and make the drop to the bottom with a parachute. 11 refused, and they engaged another j double for the job. His chute failed to open and he was seriously in- j Jured. I don't mind changing planes in mid-air, or crashing into a fence, but a stunt that's certain to fail i isn’t worth trying.” Bergere also has "doubled” as a driver in the movies, doing the racing scenes for pictures in which Richard Arlen and Red Grange were starred. In his own right, at the Speedway, Cliff has established himself as a ater.
Game Figures
KANSAS CITY AB R H O A E Marshall. ss 4 0 4 3 2 0 Marchand, rs 5 0 0 2 0 1 Scarritt, If 5 2 2 1 0 0 Alexander lb 2 1 0 15 1 0 McCulloch, cf 4 1 1 3 0 0 Madjcskl, c 4 0 2 0 1 0 Hopkins, 3b 4 0 2 0 4 0 Schulte, 2b 4 0 0 2 3 6 P. Pane, p. 4 1 1 1 5 0 Totals 36 5 12 27 16 1 INDIANAPOLIS AB R H O A E Bluepe. ss 4 0 1 3 2 0 Fausett, 3b 3 0 l o 3 0 Kahle, 3b 1 o 0 1 1 0 Dunlap, rs 3 0 1 0 0 0 Berger. If 3 0 1 3 1 1 Heath, lb 3 0 1 10 0 1 Kiddle, c 4 0 0 6 1 0 Sherlock. 2b 4 0 0 33 0 Douza, cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 Turner, p 3 0 0 0 2 0 Crandall 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 32 0 6 27 13 2 Crandall batted for Turner In ninth and walked, Kansas City 300 000 011—5 Indianapolis 000 000 000—0 Runs batted in—McCulloch. 2: Madjeski, 2; Marshall. Three-base hits—McCulloch, P Page. Two-base hies—Hopkins, Duniap. Bluege. Sacrifice hits—Alexander. Double plays—P. Page to Marshall to Alexander; Kahle to Heath. Left on bases—Kansas City, 7; Indianapolis, 10. Bases on balls— Off Turner, 2; off P. Page, 5. Stiuck out —By Turner. 2. Umpires—Swanson and Guthrie. Time—l:sl.
TRIBE BATTING
(Pitchers Not Included) AB H . Pet. Lawrie 5 3 .600 Riddle 14 5 .375 Bluege 14 4 .286 Dunlap 13 3 .231 Bouza 12 2 .167 Berger 13 2 .154 Heath 10 1 .100 Fausett 13 1 .077 Sherlock .., 4 0 .000 Kahle 4 0 .000 Latshaw 1 0 .000 Chicago Trounces Boilermaker Nine Wins 22-16 Victory in Wild Conference Slugfest. l imes Special CHICAGO, April 16.—Purdue University dropped the opening game of its Western Conference schedule to Chicago, 22-to-16, here yesterday in a wild-scoring fracas that was replete with hits and bases on balls. The Maroons pounded two Boilermaker hurlers for 20 safe blows, scoring heavily in four innings, purdue coupled 12 hits with the wildness of Chicago pitchers arid held a 14-to-13 lead at the end of five innings. Each team committed four errors. Score; Purdue 000 680 200—16 12 4 Chicago . 114 075 04x—22 20 5 Rosser. Bartz and Krause; Laird. M'astrofsky and Shipway.
Standings and Results
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet. Kansas City 2 0 1.000 Minneapolis 2 0 1 000 Louisville 2 1 667 St. Paul 2 1 [667 um bus l 2 .333 Milwaukee l 2 333 Indiana poll* n 2 [ooo Toledo o 2 .000 Note—lndianapolis, Kansas City. Minneapolis and Toledo in one tie game each. AMERICAN LEAGUE . W. L. Pc Chteafo 3 0 1/00 Washington 2 0 1 300 Boston i o 1000 Cleveland ii .soo Detroit i j 500 Philadelphia o 1 .000 New York o 2 .000 St. Louis 0 3 .000 NATIONAL LEAGUE XT XT X. W L - PCt. New York 2 0 1.000 Pittsburgh 2 0 1.000 Boston l i ,500 Chicago .. ii ,500 Philadelphia I l .500 St Louis 1 1 .500 Brooklyn 0 3 .000 Cincinnati 0 2 .000 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Kansas City at Indianapolis. Minneapolis at Toledo. St. Paul at Columbus. Milwaukee at Louisville AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit at Cleveland. New York at Washington. St. Louis at Chicago. Philadelphia at Boston. NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago at St. Louis Brooklyn at New York. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. Boston at Philadelphia. Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis 202 000 010— 5 12 3 Toledo 300 000 010— 4 10 2 Tauscher and George; Stein. Hare and Union. St, Paul 001 000 151— § • 0 Columbus 220 010 100— 6 9 2 Spencer, Fette. Herring and Penner; Cox. Copeland, Hurley, Macon and Chervino. Milwaukee 120 001 000— 4 10 4 LouisvUle ...........401 100 02x— al2 0 Pf ßreniei, Bass .
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GIANTS AND PIRATES SHARE LEAGUE TOP
Terry’s ‘Key’ Hurler Makes Speedy Start Gumbert Stops Dodgers as First Fight Occurs; Frisch Warms Up. BY HENRY SUPER United Prest Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 16.—Harry Gumbert, a right-handed hurler who came to the New York Giants late last season from the Baltimore Orioles, shapes up as the answer to Bill Terry’s prayers for another ca pable starting pitcher. Gumbert, who worked in six
games and scored one victory, was called the “key man” to the New York staff before the 1936 season started. Upon his shoulders, it was said, would rest the task of injecting new punch into a mound corps that failed in the stretch a year ago. Yesterday h e
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was given his first assignment and came through with a performance that equaled the best National League mark of the new season. The 24-year-old Pennsylvania youth held the Brooklyn Dodgers to four scattered hits and joined Curt Davis of the Philadelphia Phillies as the only National League pitchers .to yield such a small number of blows in two days of competition. Gumbert did not allow a runner to reach first until the sixth inning as the Giants triumphed, 5-3, in a game enlivened by a fist fight. Thanks to Gumbert’s classy job, the Giants today share the National League lead with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bartell Starts Swinging The fight was between Van Mungo, who started in the box for Brooklyn, and Dick Bartell, fiery Giant shortstop. Bartell claimed that Mungo tripped him in covering first base on a bunt in the second inning and started swinging. The two players went down In a heap and it was several minutes before they were separated. Players of both teams rushed on the field and it took the umpires 10 minutes to restore peace. Both players were ejected from the game. The Pirates stayed on top with a 7-6 triumph over Cincinnati. Paul Waner’s single in the ninth, which scored Jensen, turned the trick. The St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs dropped into a tie for second place when the Cards reversed Tuesday’s decision over the league champions. Manager Frankie Frisch’s homer in the fifth—his first hit of the season—with Terry Moore aboard, gave the Cards a 3-2 triumph. Chisox Out in Front The Boston Bees scored nine runs in the fourth to whip the Philadelphia Phillies, 12-4. The Chicago White Sox and the Washington Senators held the lead in the American League, sharing first place with the Boston Red Sox, who were idle. The White Sox whipped the St. Louis Browns, 6-3, while the Senators halted the Yankees, 6-5. Monty Stratton, Chicago recruit pitcher, won his first game. Cleveland's Indians evened their series with the world champion Detroit Tigers. The Indians knocked Tommy Bridges from the box as they scored a 14-7 victory. After the Tigers had knocked Willis Hudlin from the mound with four runs in the third, the Indians lambasted Bridges for seven hits and eight runs in their half of the inning. Bruce Campbell had a perfect day at bat, getting four hits, including a homer.
Yesterday’s Hero—Frankie Frisch of the St. Louis Cardinals, whose first hit of the season—a homerenabled the Cards to whip the Chicago Cubs.
AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 010 310 000— 5 12 2 Washington 000 002 40x— 6 9 0 Pearson. Murphy. Kteinhans and Dickey; liinke, Russell, Coppola and Bolton. 2 etroit 014 011 000— 7 n 2 Cleveland 018 020 30x— 14 17 1 Bridges. Phillips. Hogsett and Cochrane; Hudlin. Hildebrand and Pylak. St. Louis 010 000 011— 3 11 0 Chicago 100 001 31x— 6 11 1 Knott. Van Atta and Hemsley; Stratton and Sewell. Philadelphia at- Boston: rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 000 002 010— 3 4 1 New York 102 200 09x— 5 9 1 Mungo Zachary, Leonard. Baker and Berres. Phelps; Gumbert and Mancuso. Pittsburgh 200 200 201— 7 8 0 Cincinnati 011 040 OOx— 8 10 2 Swift, M. Brown. Birkofer and Padden: Schott. Freitas and Campbell. Boston 000 900 102—12 16 1 Philadelphia 001 030 000— 414 2 Cantwell. Benge and Lopez; Bowman Johnson. Passeau, Pezzullo. Bertrand and Wilson, Grace. Chicago 011 000 000— 2 7 3 St. Louis 001 020 OOx— 3 8 1 Lee and Hartnett, O'Dea; Parmalee and Davis. INTERNATIONAL OPENS By Unilfd Prctt ALBANY, April 16. The 1936 International League baseball season opens today with seven of the eight teams entertaining pennant hopes. The opening day schedule has Montreal playing at Albany, Buffalo at Baltimore, Toronto at Newark and Rochester at Syracuse. International League followers count Albany as the only team out of the running.
Additional Sports on Pages 24 and 25
THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936
Catcher Johnny Riddle, Favorite at the Stadium
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Hit .326 Last Year . . . Looks Good Again
Jimmy Finds Paddle King Still Sets Blistering Pace McClure Gives Champion Viktor Barna Exciting Battle and Again Winds Up With Foot Trouble. Jimmy McClure had blisters on his feet today as badges for a courageous though unsuccessful five-game battle with World Table Tennis Champion Viktor Barna of Hungary.
After losing to the champ by a , single stroke in a lightning match before 500 spectators at the Hoosier Athletic Club last night, Jimmy’s first act was to find a chair near the table ar.d shed his pedal trappings. He surveyed ruefully several threatening red spots on the earthward sides of his bare soles. “Oh, oh," he moaned, “that fellow drives you frantic. Every time you play him he runs you ragged. Look at those blisters—they’re from reversing and whirling so much. I never have this trouble except when I play Barna.” Jimmy Rates High Jimmy, a local youth, rated not far behind Barna if* world circles, was extra-anxious to upset the Hungarian ace before the “home folks.” “Just think,” he repeated, “lost by only two points.” But spectators agreed that Jimmy should weil be proud of his performance. He battled the six-times world title holder to a standstill throughout the five games, staging a thrilling rally in the final before losing, 21-19. Barna won on his unmatchable ability to make placements. The scores were 18-21, 21-19, 23-21, 18-21, 21-19. The Indianapolis Table Tennis Association presented McClure a desk lamp in recognition of his excellent showing in European tourneys this winter. Barna Makes Clean Sweep The match featured an international paddle exhibition program. In other matches last night, Barna defeated Sandor Glancz, also of Hungary, former world champion, 21-16, 21-15; Barna downed Arthur Haydon, English champ, 21-17, 18-21, 21-16; McClure defeated Haydon, 21-9. 17-21, 21-10; Earl Couslon. Indianapolis, defeated Jack Hartigan of New York, 13-21, 21-9, 21-17, after bowing to Les Adams, Indianapolis, 7-21, 21-13, 21-18. Glancz now resides in New York. Miss Ruth Hughes Aarons, world feminine champion, did not appear, having returned to her home in New York after suffering a nervous breakdown in Columbus Tuesday night. Ned Steele of Huntington scored a surprise victory over Haydon in an afternoon exhibition match. The championship tilt of the cit* Grade School tournament was captured by Bill Failey of Orchard School. He defeated Jack Ryder of School 57, 22-20, 21-19.
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Brooklyn Retains Tribe Outfielder Indians Expect Players in Cooney Deal. The Indians are expecting outfield help from the Brooklyn Dodgers. The big league club announced late yesterday that Outfielder Johnny Cooney would be retained and that the deal with Indianapolis was closed. Johnny led tne American Association in batting last year and went to the Dodgers last fall on an optional agreement, which expired on April 15. If the Flatbush team is unable to deliver players acceptable to the Hoosiers. a sum of cash must be paid. Manager Wade Killefer prefers talent and has advised Pilot Stengel of the Dodgers to send one or more fly chasers of Class AA standard.
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Off Goes the Mask . . . He’s After High One
ONE bright spot in the slow start the Indians are making in the new American Association race is the all-round performance of Catcher Johnny Riddle, the No. 1 backstop of the Tribesters. In a way, he’s the Gabby Hartnett of the league, and Perry Stadium fans call him the personification of hustle. Johnny plays baseball the hard way and is a ball player’s ball player. A goot hitter, fine receiver and owner of a sound arm, the Hoosier catcher has something else that sets him off as a star of the profession. Riddle possesses the old bazoo and is a noisy person when wearing the mask as he holds up the pitcher, chatters to the infield and keeps a sharp eye on the whole show. n HE is the oldest player in point of service on the team, so swift are changes in baseball, and during spring training days the big fellow acts as drill master, which explains the nickname of Major. Riddle batted .326 last year and evidently is out to maintain a heavy-hitting pace. Johnny collected five safeties in the first two games, and though held hitless yesterday, it took a circus stop by First Baseman Alexander of the Blues to knock him out of a double with the bases filled in the third inning. If that hit had gone through the whole complexion of the game might have changed. Phil Page had issued two walks in that round and appeared on the verge of losing control. u tt n RIDDLE has had one trial in the majors, with the White Sox in 1930, and is determined to
Tardy Acceptance Hurts Dizzy Dean pitched only 16 innings of spring training ball and it was no surprise when the Cubs knocked him out in the opening game. Dean prolonged signing his contract.
gain a second chance on the big line. He first joined the Indians in 1928, coming up from the Florida State League. Farmed to the Three-I loop that season and recalled in 1929, Johnny batted .271. The White Sox tried him out in 1930 and returned him the same year. Evidence that the hustling Hoosier is improving with age is supplied by the batting averages. In 1933 his mark was .291, in 1934 it was .294 and last year the talkative receiver jumped it 32 points. tt U tt JOHNNY is a graduate of Riverside Military Academy at Gainesville, Ga. He also is a former University of Georgia athlete, home of the Southern Bulldogs. Baseball, basketball and football in prep school and college accounts for that durable physique. The popular Tribe pastimer married Dorothy Cutshaw of Indianapolis in 1932, and his other boss is John L. Jr., age 2'A. COLLEGE BASEBALL Butler, 22; Franklin, 7. Chicago, 22; Purdue, 16. Illinois, 14; Wabash, 2. University of Richmond, 1; Michigan, 0 (5 innings, rain).
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Denson Billed on Tomlinson Card Tonight Four Terre Haute Fighters Also Pitted Against Good Opponents. With Johnny Denson, local Golden Gloves middleweight champion, returning to action and four popular Terre Haute scrappers making return appearances in this city, the Roy Wallace amateur boxing program will present eight top-notch scraps at Tomlinson Hall tonight. Denson will oppose Howard Hamilton, Negro newcomer, in the top three-round supporting bout. Joe Benna, Terre Haute’s Golden Gloves welterweight cnamp. who lost a close decision to Harry Brown recently, but has won all other local fights, will appear in the five-round windup. He will mix punches with Dave Williams, hard-hitting Dunbar A. C. Negro. Johnny, the other half of the fighting Benna brothers team, will encounter a more formidable opponent than he faced in his two previous victories on Tomlinson cards. He it matched for the fourround semi-windup against Marshall Allison, Shelbyville's classy mauler, Slugfest in Prospect In what promises to be a rugged give-and-take slugfest, Jimmy Gustafson, Oliver A. C. middleweight who refused to be floored in several furious battles in the winter tourney at the Armory, will meet the wildswinging George Hoyt, Puritan Bed Springs mauler. Two other Terre Haute fighters are billed for three-round bouts. Dick Lybarger, featherweight champ, will clash with Tommy Davidson, Chevrolet Commercial Body scrapper, and Sammy Baker, heavyweight, will mix with Ben Anderson of Dunbar A. C. Wally Ricks. Indianapolis Star lightweight, will open the show against Kiley Love, Oliver A. C. In the other match, Don O'Day. local lightweight, and Dave Norris are pitted together. The program' will open at 8:30 and Happy Atherton will referee the bouts. LEADING ON"BIKES By United Press MONTREAL, April 16.—The Canadien Hockey Club team, La Page and Audy, was out in front of the nearest rival by four laps today as cycling continued in Montreal's fourteenth semi-annual sixday bike race. 0m KILLED QUICK Peterman's Discovery kills fast, costs little. Stainless can be sprayed on mattresses. Spout on can also puts fluid in mattress seams, behind baseboards, moldings, any place where bed bugs breed. Bugs suck it in and die. Effective 24 hours a day. 25c, 35c and 60c at your druggist's.' Get some now—and get those bugs!