Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 50, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1936 — Page 34
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‘NEVER RAINS BUT IT POURS,’ MOANS MICKEY TO JOE
One Wallop After Another, Cries Cochrane, and Every One Where It Hurts Most Tiger Pilot Is Referring, of Course, to Detroit Injury Epidemic; Col. Williams Agrees Greenberg-less Champs in Tough Spot. BY JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, May B—There wasn’t a cloud in the sky, nor the slightest suggestion of foul weather in the atmosphere, and yet Mr. Mictoey Cochrane was most positive on the point that it never rains but It pours. The reporter had heard that phrase somewhere before, and thought It very pretty. Did Shakespeare write it? Or was it Col. Stoopnagle? "I don’t know who wrote it,” snapped the manager of the world champion Detroit Tigers, “but it fits us to a *T\" The reporter got it. “T” for Tigers, eh? “No, ‘T’ for terrible, and I'm talking about the kind of luck we’ve been having if you didn’t know. Just one terrible wallop after another, and every one where it hurts the most."
Mr. Cochrane did not seem to be battered up. There were no visible wounds. His health appeared to be all that it should be. Perhaps he was like all generals and suffered only in a technical sense, reserving the more material
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agonies for his infantrymen. This wasn’t so. True, big Hank Greenberg had gone down in action with a double wrist fracture, and Jack Burns, who had been recruited from the Browns as a replacement, picked up an ugly spike wound, and there
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were still other casualties among the privates; but General Cochrane hadn’t escaped the wholesale blight. Not by a long shot, or by a Bold Venture if you prefer. The season had scarcely started before Mr. Cochrane stuck his thumb in the path of a foul tip and was forced out of the line up. This in itself was an ominous thing. tt tt tt THIS wasn't all, either. Some days later Mr. Cochrane read a book and it went to his head. Or rather to his eyes. Anyway he couldn’t see for several days. It may have been a technical book on umpiring, judging from the result. The luck of the Tigers last year and the year before was traditional. They went through two full campaigns without a major injury, and they won two championships in a row. In picking them to make it three straight this spring, baseball observers added . . . “If their luck holds out.” Well, it looks as if it’s beginning to turn, and turn completely sour. When Mr. Ccchrane starts sticking his thumb into foul balls, things look dark. Relatively speaking, of course, the injury to Greenberg is the staggering blow. He comes close to being the back bone of the Tigers’ offense, and experience has demonstrated you can not replace a back bone with a wish bone. tt FOR the next two or three months Mr. Cochrane won’t be able to do much more than wish he had Hammering Hank back in the lineup driving in those runs. Hammering Hank drove in 170 runs for the Tigers last season, which was exactly 40 more than any other slugger in either of the two big leagues was able to do. The Tigers were leading by five or six games when they clinched the pennant, and while the records are not available, it seems reasonable to assume Hammering Hank must have won at least 20 ball games, maybe 25, all by himself. So you can imagine just how greatly his bat is going to be missed. tt tt a TO offset the absence of Greenberg for three months—and it’s going to be all of that —the champions will have to start clicking at top speed in every department. And it so happens that up to now they have been clicking in very few departments. It’s little incidents like this that cause Mr. Cochrane to squint into the golden sunbeams of a May afternoon and moan, “It never rains but it pours.”
Semi-Pro, Amateur Baseball Notes
Schedules tomorrow in Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association circuits follow: Co-operative League—Ztfferin Trucking vs. Mailable Iron, at Rhodlus No. 1; Walt's Terminal vs. Roy Steele's, at Riverside No. 3; Smitty All-Stars vs. Real Silk, at Garfield No. 3. Em-Roe Factory League—Herff Jones Cos. vs. Chevrolet Commercial Body, at Riverside No. 4; Link-Belt Cos. vs. union Printers, at Brookslde No. 1; Rockwood Cubs vs. Marks, Inc., at Riverside No. (1. Manufacturers League—E. C. Atkins vs. Klngan Sc Cos., at Riverside No. 3: U. S. Tire vs. Rockwood Mfg.. at Riverside No. 1; P. R. Mallory vs. U. S. Corrugated Box, at Riverside No. 5: Fort Harrison vs. Chapman-Price, at Fort Harrison. Metropolitan League Tuxedo Theater vs. Smitty All-Stars, at Eltenberger; 49thst Merchants vs. Salcoms, at Garfield No 2; Tom Joyce vs. Oak Hill Merchants, at Brookside No. 1. Grover Winings Hudsons are to work out at Garfield No. 3 this evening in preparation for their game at Crawfordsville Sunday. Abel. Green or Jordan are to take care of the pitching assignment with Beam behind the bat. State clubs desiring games ttrite Earl Beam. 1536 Gilbert-av, Indianapolis, or call Drexel 4J13-M. Bennett Coal is to practice today at 4:30. Errickson, Van Uleet and Robison, take notice. Uniforms are to be Issued to Eagles f (layers at Riverside No. 3 Sunday at 1 nstead of the Eagles Hall as was previously announced. Practice will be held following the distribution of uniforms. Any team desiring the service of a left-handed pitcher get in touch with Aloyslue Cleary. 133* 8. Arlington-av. Indianapolis. between * and 6:30 p. m I * That Look Natural Are vou aged prema- ? turelv hv artificial looking plates? 1 Facial Restoratioh (T M.) PL, ATE (Reg l .if® The Beautiful Piste thet restores a youth:|g|fui appearance. VSm Dr. Friadland ' 2nd FI. Lemckc Bldy.
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has relatives in the Windy City, and plans to leave Saturday. Stonehouse and Heinlein intend to dig out for the tourneytown Sunday evening. Good luck, gentlemen! As an afterthought, you’ll need it, because the field you’re bucking includes plenty of topnotchers like Johnny Rcvolta, Tommy Armour, Ralph Gudahl, Leonard Dodson, Orville White, Jock Hutchison, Abe Espinosa and A. M. McNair. it tt it VITINDY CITY qualifications will * * be played over the Olympia Fields courses. The first threesomes are to start off at 8:30 Monday morning, and Courses 1 and 4 will be used alternately. The distance, 36 holes. An interesting angle on the Chicago meet is the entry of a father-and-son combination, probably the only one in the vast national field of 1278. Jock Hutchison Sr., pro at the Glen View C. C. for 20 years and winner of numerous major titles, will be trying to undescore one Jock Hutchison Jr., just as a matter of paternal pride; they hope to wind up together under the 15-man wire, of course. Jock Jr., this year was appointed pro at the Four Seasons Club of Pembine, Wis. V tt tt UNLIKE all other sports, golf in Indianapolis high schools must be practiced in a catch-as-catch-can manner. The golf teams do not drill systematically as do the other athletic squads, and the reason simply is that the necessary free facilities are not available. Whereas the schools have their own football fields, track ovals and basketball courts, student golf links are, of course, out of the question, being a matter of magnitude far beyond a few hundred feet of soil. Numerous high school links teams throughout the state are getting in their steady practice licks just the same, according to Coach Simon Roache of Shortridge, who is in charge of the annual state prep tournament, and they are doing it through co-operation of their city public course officials. That is, the high school coaches are allowed free use of the municipal courses for their tryout sessions, team practice rounds, and actual season matches. Mr. Roache is campaigning for a similar setup in Indianapolis. When local high school teams want to practice up for a match on a public course, each boy pays regular rates for every round he plays, according to Mr. Roache. “That would be all right,” says Mr. Roache, “if every boy had the means, but many have not.” It is the Shortridge mentor’s petition that the local courses donate their grounds to high school students and for matches with other state teams until the end of the school semester June 1. “Such free use,” he claims, “would bring many more students into contact with the game and eventually create enough devotees to really prove profitable to the city courses.” Lafayette has special arrangements with the country clubs for gratis play when the schools are host to visiting teams, Mr. Roache recalls. Among others having crack teams because of free, and consequently frequent, practice are Columbus and Culver. SPEAKING of Culver makes Coach Simon Roache chuckle and think of John David, one of his Shortridge aces last year. “When we played Culver, John opposed a fellow by name of King,” relates Mr. Roache. “John defeated him. A little while later, this same King hooked up with Lawson Little in a big amateur tournament and gave the Californian a terrific battle before bowing out. “And did that please Johnny! The next day he paraded before us with an exaggerated strut, patted his chest, and whooped; ’Look me over. I'm the guy who beat the guy who almost beat Lawson Little!”’ tt tt tt And, by the way, wouldn't it be all right to call Mr. Roache’s team the “Simon-pures?”
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Indians in Tailspin as They Invade Kansas City Times Special KANSAS CITY, Mo., May B.—The Indians of Red Killefer, saddened by three defeats in a row at St. Paul, reached Kawtown today to begin a three-game set with the second-place Blues. And it looks like more grief for the Tribe.
Manager Killefer spent a sleepless night on the train coming down from the Twin Cities. His club jumped off to an 8-0 lead there yesterday and then collapsed in the late innings and the Apostles won, 9-8. It was the twelfth consecutive victory for the league leaders and proved they are worthy of the high position. Lost in Eighth The Saints refused to give up and kept pecking away and caught and passed ihe Hoosiers in the eighth. Indianapolis scored two markers in the first and six in the second, but were stopped cold by Relief Pitcher Gene Trow, who replaced John Rigney during the Tribe’s heavy bombardment in the second round. The Indians’ six-run rally was featured by a home run by Pitcher Jim Turner with one on base. But Turner was belted off the mound in the eighth and was followed by Paul Trout and Jimmy Sharp. Hits were 11 by each club. A home run with two mates aboard by Bill Norman in the seventh put the Apostles back in the game and they went on to win from there. Chief Killefer was bounced by Umpire O’Brien in the first stanza, when the arbiter apparently missed a close play that proved costly to the Hoosiers. Indianapolis was held runless after the second and St. Paul began a slow climb in the third by tallying three times when Warner touched Turner for a four-base wallop with Trow on ahead. A bad throw by Buck Fausett put Trow on the sacks. The Saints eked out another
SOFTBALL Schedule of Sunday’s Inter-Fra-ternity Softball League is as follows: Phi Sigma Chi vs. Kappa Alpha Phi, at Willard No. 1; Eeta Sigma Nu vs. Phi Lambda Epsilon, at Riverside No. 2; Ace Club vs. Chi Sigma Chi, at Brookside No. 2. St. John's is scheduled to meet Sacred Heart at Christian Park Sunday. The following players are requested to report for practice tomorrow evening: Donahue. Larusa. Dosch. Layton. Mullhern, Buckner. Bova. Kent brothers. Brandt. C. Preije and McGintv. For games call Drexel 2734-J and ask for Jake Freije. SEEKSOPPONENT FOR SHERRY ON MAT HERE Matchmaker Jimmy McLemore hopes to sign an opponent for Jack Sherry, Louisville middleweight. tonight to complete the card for his weekly w 7 restling show at Tomlinson Hall Monday. Chief War Eagle. Canadian Indian, and Eddie Malone, New r York, are to tangle in the main go. Morris Caudell and Red Strassinger are billed for the opener at 8:30.
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tally in the fourth, three in the seventh and two in the eighth. And that was curtains. The poor Indians were sunk again. The series opener with the Blues will be staged under the lights tonight at 8:30. A crowd of 4000 turned out for a night tilt here Wednesday.
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Operation Ends Career of Evansville Wrestler
By United Press EVANSVILLE, Jnd., May B.—Sam Carter, heavyweight wrestler, had reached the end of his wrestling career today after an operation for removal of his left shoulder blade. Dr. Ralph Wilson, former wrestling star, who performed the opsration, said Carter would have only limited use of his arm if he recovers. The shoulder was infected following a match a few months ago with Cliff Thiede at Austin, Minn.
Game in Figures
INDIANAPOLIS AB R H O A E Bluege. S5 4 2 3 0 1 0 Fausett, 3b 3 2 2 1 3 1 Cotelle. cl 5 o 1 l o n Shiver, rs 2 1 0 5 0 0 Heath, lb 4 118 0 1 Berger. It 4 0 1 4 1 0 Riddle, c 4 0 0 2 1 0 Sherlock. 2b 4 1 2 33 0 Turner, p 4 1 1 0 0 0 Trout, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sharp, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 8 11 24 9 2 ST. PAIL AB R H O A E Warner. 2b 5 1 2 2 1 0 Rosenthal, cf 4 2 2 fi l o Steinbacher, II 5 1 2 1 0 0 Boken. ss 5 1 1 3 1 0 Norman, rl 4 0 1 2 1 0 Todt. lb 3 0 0 8 0 0 McWilliams. 3b .... 4 0 0 2 3 0 Pasek. c 3 2 1 3 0 0 Rigney, p o 0 0 0 0 0 Trow. P 3 110 11 Fenner l o 1 0 0 0 Roster 0 1 0 0 0 0 Weinert, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 37 9 11 27 8 1 Fenner batted lor Trow in eighth. Roster ran lor Fenner in eighth. Indianapolis 260 000 000—8 St. Paul 003 100 32x—9 Runs batted in—Fausett, Cotelle, Heath <2\, Riddle. Sherlock. Turner <2>. Warner i3). Rosenthal, Boken. Norman (3), Trow. Two-base hits—Sherlock. Boken. Threebase hits—Fausett, Trow. Home runs— Turner, Warner. Norman. Sacrifices — Shiver, Fausett (21, Double play—Rosenthal to McWilliams. Left on bases —Indianapolis. 7: St. Paul. 7. Hits—Off Turner, 9 in 7>/3 innings; Trout. 1 in none (pitched to one batter in eighth!: Sharpe. 1 in 2-3; Rigney. 6 in 1 ipitched to three batters in second!; Trow. 5 in 7; Weinert. none in 1. Bases on balls—Turner, 3: Rigney, 1; Trow. 4. Strikeouts—Turner, 2; Trow, 1. Winning pitcher—Trow. Losing pitcher— Turner. Passed ball—Pasek. Umpires— Guthrie and O'Brien. Time—2:os. WITH INDIANS AT BAT AB H Pct.l AB. H. Pet. Bolen ... 11 5 .4551 Cotelle ... 69 16 .233 Lawrie .. 7 3 .429;Tinning.. 9 2 .222 Logan ... 9 3 .333;Turner ..19 4 .211 Crandall. 3 7 .3331 Dunlap... 27 4 .148 Fausett.. 8! 25 .309|Page 8 1 .125 Berger .. 78 24 ,308iEgerer ... 1 9 .990 Riddle .. 82 25 .395|Latshaw .. 1 9 .909 Bluege .. 81 24 .2661 Trout 2 9 .099 Heath .. 68 1 8 .2651 Sharp ... 3 9 .999 Sherlock. 64 16 .250IKahle ... 5 0 .000 Shiver... 42 19 .238;
Grappler Koverly and Davis Paired Big Boy Davis, 240, powerful Ohio matman who has been showing to advantage in recent Armory tugs, will return to action at j.he Penn-sylvania-st arena Tuesday night where he will appear in the semiwindup. His opponent will be George Koverly, 220, of Minneapolis. Koverly has not been seen here for 18 months and will be remembered for his clever tactics. One more spot, the opening bout, is yet to be filled. Otto Kuss, 229, Pine City, Minn., has signed and a wortfiy foe is being sought for the former Indiana University ace. The final tug will see “Dynamite” Gus Sonnenberg, 210, former title holder, attempt to halt the winning ways of the “Black Secret,” 220, the hooded grappler, who has gone undefeated here in eight matches. BRITT TOSSES CHRISIY SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., May B. Alvin Britt, Kansas grappler, won over Ted Christy of California in the feature attraction of last night's local wrestling show.
Clevelands Reverse Usual Road Luck, Win 6in Row O'Neill Men Confident as They Invade Crippled Tiger Lair; John Cooney Stars for Dodgers. By United Press NEW YORK, May B.—Big Chief Steve O'Neill and his marauding Cleveland Indians donned war paint and feathers today as they made final preparations for scalping their seventh straight victim—a crippled
Tiger—in Detroit tomorrow. If the Cleveland club can walk away from Navin Field with a victory dangling from its belt, O'Neill will have accomplished something
no recent Cleveland manager has been able to do, and that is convincing the Cleveland players that they are a good road team. After getting off to a bad start on their Eastern road trip, dropping their first four encounters, the Buckeyes dusted off their last six opponents, using only six different pitchers.
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Those six pitchers have allowed only 14 runs, an average of 2 1-3 a game. If they continue at anything like that rate, there is no doubt about the team being a serious contender for the pennant. Only V/i Games Behind Yesterday Mel Harder pitched a 4-to-3 victory over the Philadelphia Athletics, enabling Cleveland to stay a game and a half behind the leading Boston Red Sox, who handed the St. Louis Browns their eleventh consecutive loss, 9 to 6. Jimmy Foxx led the way for Wes Ferrell to chalk up his fourth victory by blasting out home runs Nos. 7 and 8. The New York Yankees kept right up with the Red Sox by triumphing 6 to 5 for their second straight over Detroit. Bill Dickey’s sixth homer of the year, with two on base in the eighth, gave the Yankees their margin. In a sloppily played game the Chicago White Sox made it two straight over the Washington Senators, 11 to 6. Despite being outhit, the Chicago Cubs maintained their top position in the National League by edging out the Boston Bees, 9 to 8, in a 10-inning struggle. Bill Herman’s
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tenth inning double brought home the winning marker. Demaree and Klein of the Cubs and Moore of the Bees connected for the circuit. St. Louis Cardinals scored two runs in the eighth for a 3 to 2 win over the Philadelphia Phillies and kept a half game in arrear of the Cubs. The New York Giants were dislodged from third place by dropping a 6-to-2 decision to the Pittsburgh Pirates. Van Mungo chalked up his third victory of the season as the Brooklyn Dodgers won their second straight, 7 to 3, over the Cincinnati Reds. Johnny Cooney, fastfielding Dodger outfielder recruited from Indianapolis, drove in three rims with a triple and a double. Butler Cindermen Depart for Meet A squad of 18 Butler University trackmen were to leave today for Naperville, 111., for a dual meet with North. Central College tomorrow. Larry Holmes, hurdler and sprint star, pulled a muscle in time trials this week and may not be able to compete. Blackaby, outstanding in the weight events, will be with the baseball team tomorrow. The squad announced by Coach Hermon Phillips follows: Waldo Stout, Robert Welch, Randell Lawson, Charles Brown, Winston Griffin, Lawrence Holmes, Frank Kline, Andy Boa. William Olsen, Ted Pruyn, Milton Wiener, Charles Smith, Henry Sackowitz, Jake Weger, Hgrlan Tyner, George Richardson, Jack Hall and Bill Merrill. Quarter-Century iTT*Same Location ** Famous For Steaks and Good Food Charley's Restaurant 144 E. Ohio St.