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HOOSIER

TEAR LOOSE IN COLD WE

By Eddie Ash

POLAR BEARS THRIVE

8.08

ATHER

AYBE the Indians had the right dope after all when they chose Kentucky for a spring training base. . . .

It was colder than all get out

in Toledo yesterday, but Red

Killefer’s Polar Bears thrived on the frigid atmosphere, slammed out 10 blows, Eckhardt belted one into the next county and Vance Page easily subdued the Texas-trained anc sun-tanned Hens. ... The Miilers are home in their

bandbox. . . . Can’t you read

the scoreboard? .. . Minne-

apolis, 12; Kansas City, 2. ... And three home runs by the home nine, two by Ralph Kress, a new number in the

league. Hawkshaw Latshaw,

Hoosier

rookie first sacker,

banged out a double and a single at Toledo, scored a run, batted in one and tickled his mates by defending his position fair enough, making good on two tosses to Page when the Tribe chucker covered the bag.

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HE Milwaukee Brewers finally- tasted defeat, but gave the Saints a merry chase of 10 innings. ... It was at St. Paul and the Brewers’ first away-from-home game. . . . That homer smacked by Eckhardt yesterday was the first of the campaign for the Hoosier team. . . . Charlie Dres-

sen’s plan to build Gas Ilouse Gang No. 2

at Cincinnati has

been given a lot of publicity, but the original Gas Housers finished in front again yesterday in a wild tussle. . . . Dressen may recover, but will carry ‘scars. . . . His team scored nine runs in one inning—and lost! y

82 2-2 ATTING averages soar during enjoys a big day. . . from .333 to points, from .250 to 350. . . .

# # early season when a ball player

. Latshaw of the Indians jumped his mark .388 yesterday and Eckhardt boosted his average 100 Kress of Minneapolis, last year with

Washington, is a right-handed hitter and it takes a pretty good sock

to clear the left-field fence at Minneapolis. . . . It’s tHe right-field barrier that is short. . Kress crashed one out of the park at’ Kansas City where

feet. . his power,

. The distance is 336 . As evidence of

the left-field wall is 391 feet from home plate.

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AVIN FIELD, Detroit, is a jinx to the Cleveland Americans. In the last three years the Forest City team has lost 19 out of 23

played in the Tigers’ park. contract, Bob Feller, automobile during the season. New York scribes say the Yankees

the Iow a ‘agr arian,

. It is said that under his Cleveland

is barred from driving an He gives ‘er too much gas. . . . handed Tommy Henrich a bonus

of $18,000 for joining them after Judge Landis declared him a free

agent.

has vet, to make the big league grade. . ./And just three years in league baseball.

got it by asking questions. . . . » His home is Massilon, O.

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. That's a chunk of money for a 22-year-old.

. And he

. Give the lad credit. . He

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EFTY GOMEZ’ career record against Washington is 16 games won

and 16 lost. . . . It's even up for the Yankee twirler. Weaver's record against the Yankees is nine won and the same number . Monte is doing |a fine comeback with the Senators.

lost.

beat Gomez Tuesday on opening day a

Monte

Yankee Stadium. Pitcher

Julio Bonetti, who relieved Jack Knott of the Browns in ‘the game with the White Sox at St. Louis yesterday, was ohtained recently from

* the Des Moines club of > Western League. .

. He is a right-hander.

Henry Hastens 1 to Put Bike Expert in Right

By HENRY

M’LEMORE

United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, April 23. _ today, being as the season "almost mad for informatio downright selfish of me, I as that Charles Grimm lo a toupee; that Bob Feller while warming up; that C that Mickey Cochrane has lar season. : But I can’t help it. I must write on bicycling today, and if that makes you mad you have gnly Monsieur Pierre Dubois, constructeur, 49 Avenue Rosney, Le Perreux, Paris, France, to blame. Because it was his brochure—advertising his handmade, built-to-measure bicycles— which arrived today, that made my subject imperative I, am right now in the midst of measuring myself for one of M, Du-

bois’ tailored machines - which, ac-|

cording to his literature, fit as snugly as a glove, and have air-cooled | handlebars and grips, and are fully ite with pump, bell, and carrier. - Ample Directions

| M. Dubois gave directions for measuring. Here they are: “Stand in your stocking|feet and with distance exactly 12 inches between them, measure the exact perpendicular distance from the bones on which you sit to the floor. GET IT RIGHT. This is most, most important. “State your sex. | “State your weight with diothing. | “State sex of bicycle.” Then this note: “Bring suede jacket or } sweater, Knickers or shorts and lisle golf hose with you. Ladies should order man's cdycle unless they intend to wear skirt with ample pleats. Knickers are most practical. Bring your camera! France is beautiful.” Yes, France is beautiful, M. Dubois, but it wouldn't be with me whirling down the roads in lisle golf hose and pleated skirt. Not even if the machine on which I whirled was one of your male bikes, with its gor-

geous plumage flying in the winds

from the air-cooled handlebars. Not So Fast!

| And you say, M. Dubois, that with one of your hand-stitched, embroidered machines “75 to 150 miles may be covered in a day without undue fatigue.” Don’t give me that, my fear Dubois. At the end of 175

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I suppose I really should write about baseball is only a few days old and millions of fans are, n on the doings of their heroes in flannels. It’s guess, to withhold from them such vital facts ves to have his shoes fitted by a salesman with gets nervous if he has to wear a Spanish shawl onnie Mack never has owned a diving bell, and forbidden the Tigers to duel during the regu-

miles I would be “unduly fatigued,”

even if the measurements of the distance from the bones on which

I sit to the floor were accurate to 10 one-thousandths of an inch. As for 150 miles—not even one of your

“nine-speed, de luxe, long distance | touring. tandems,” would enable me | to do that. Not even if it had hot {and cold running water, three-way | ventilation, and wood burning fireplace. ! If, on one of your machines, M. Dubois, 150 miles is a day's ‘travel, I can understand why you stress the point that your machines have “three position” handlebars. I suppose the third or final position of | the handlebars transforms the wheel into a hospital cot and allows

all hooked on to him. How much extra is a doctor, M. Dubois?

the rider to coast into a hospital, | ready to have the pulmotor |

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Just to Kill Time Joseph Tyler, outfielder for the Bisons of the International

an undertaker in the off-

INDIANS OFF TO FAST START ON ROAD

Page Delivers Again in Hen Curtain Game

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Joins Tribe; Eckhardt, Latshaw Star.

Times Special TOLEDO, April 23.—Having won two openers, at home and abroad, both pitched by Vance Page, mainstay right-hander, the Indians of Wade Killefer were a happy gang around their headquarters at the New Secor Hotel this morning. They trounced the Mud Hens in the Swayne Field curtain-raiser here yesterday, 4 to 1, and were eager to do some more leather pounding this afternoon in the second tilt of the series, Manager Killefer was undecided about his mound selection, but indicated it would be one of three, Tommy Gallivan, Jimmy Sharp or Red Phillips. The last-named defeated the Hens at Indianapolis on Monday and: may want another day of rest. Obtain New Player

After the game yesterday, Man- | ager Killefer announced the purchase of George Archie, first baseman and outfielder, from Toledo. It's a safe guess, however, that the ieal has something to do with player business between Indianapolis and the Detroit Tigers. Archie played with Beaumont of the Texas League last year, and Beaumont is a Detroit farm. He | batted 299 in 1936 and his hits included 24 home runs, five triples land 35 doubles. He stole 26 bases and batted in 84 runs. The Texan played in 142 games and his fielding average was .992. The new TribeI ster broke info league ball as a fly (chaser, but played at first base all | of last season. He bats and throws right-handed. Tie for Second

By winning the series opener here the Redskins went into a tie with Louisville for second place in the American Association standing with three victories and two setbacks. The Colonels were held idle at Columbus when the Red Bird opener was postponed ‘on acceunt of cold weather. Page turned in a marvelous performance in letting down. the Hens with four hits in the local lid-lifter. He shut out the Flock for five rounds, giving him a record of 14 consecutive innings without a run against him. this season. His previous start was against Columbus at Indianapolis last Saturday, which he won, 5 to 0, allowing two hits. The slender hurler has held enemy batsmen to six safeties and one run ‘in 18 stanzas, an achievement hard to match anywhere.

Latshaw Hits Double

The Indians opened their blastin the fourth session yesterday and chased three runners around theg sacks off Lefty Joe Sullivan. Rookie Bob Latshaw’s double featured the rally. In the sixth Chet Morgan touched Page for a home run over the right field fence with the bases empty and that was all for the hapless Hens as they tumbled before Vance's wizardy.. In the seventh Oscar Eckhardt, who paced the Tribe's 10-hit attack with three blows, connected for a home run high up in the center field bleachers and the eistance of the drive. was estimated at 450 feet. The wallop was made at the expense

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Ox Eckhardt . . . good for 450-foot bunt.

of Joe Hare, who took up the Toledo mound toil after Sullivan retired for a pinch hitter.

Morgan, a left-handed swinger,

got three of the Hens’ hits and Jim-~

my Adair the other. Salty Parker, former Hen pastimer, covered plenty of territory for the Indians at shortstop and accepted nine chances without a bobble. Adair at second for Toledo also had a busy day with seven assists and one putout. The Hens drew a bad day for their home opener and cold weather held attendance down to about 3000. It was cloudy and threatening the entire afternoon.

Bob Latshaw, rookie first base-

man, is leading the Tribe regulars at the bat with an average of .388 and has hit safely in the five games played. Taylor and Eckhardt have obtained the same number of hits

as the youngster, but have been “up” more times. Figures follow:

AB 'H Pct 18 .388 19 .368 11 .363 20 ..350 21: 285 18 271 19 210 16 7

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Hubbell Is Seeking His Seventeenth

Hopes for Sequel to His ‘Sweet Sixteen’ Established Last Year.

By GEORGE KIRKSEY

United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 23.—The “sweet 16” string of victories turned in by Carl Hubbell at the end of the 1936 season may be extended to 17 today when the lanky southpaw unleashes his screwball against Boston Bees in the Polo Grounds inaugural.

If rain—which has washed out 12 games in the last two days—does not interfere, some 40,000 fans are expected to be on hand when Mayor LaGuardia tosses out the first ball to see the National League's most

valuable player pick up where he

left off last year. The Giants’ main hope of retaining their National League title rests on the left arm of the 33-year-old Oklahoman who has won 20 or more games for four consecutive years. He won 26 while losing six with an earned run average of 2.31, the best in the Majors, last year. When mighty Carl ran up his 16 straight wins between July 17 and Sept. 23, he bettered every modern National League record with the exception of Rube Marquard’s 19 consecutive victories in 1912. He downed the St. Louis Cards and Chicaga Cubs three times-each in that stretch, dropping those two clubs into a second-place tie, five games below the Giants.

Cards Meet Cubs

But the Giants are not the only ones to open play in their own backyards today. The Cards tackle the Cubs at St. Louis; the Pirates entertain the Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh and the Phillies play the Brooklyn Dodgers at Philadelphia. In the American League, New York goes to Boston, Detroit plays in Chicago, St. Louis journeys to Cleveland, and the Philadelphia Athletics go back to Washington where the two teams opened the season Monday. Only three games were played yesterday, the Cards outlasting the Reds in a slugging match tc. win 14-11, the Pirates stopping the Cubs 4-2, and the Chicago White Sox

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the Mound City, 6-1.

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Ww.

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L. 01 F06. Brooklyn.. 0 1.000/Chicago 0 1.000! Cincinnail 0 1.000/Boston.

Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Indianapolis at Toledo. Louisville at Columbus. Milwaukee at St. Paul. Kansas City at Minneapolis.

AMERICAN New York at Boston. Detroit at Chicago. Philadelphia at A Nashinzton St. Louis at Cleveland.

LEAGUE

NATIONAL LEAGUE Boston at New York. Chicago at St. Louis. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at Pittsburgh.

Yesterday’s Results AMERICAN ASSOCIATION: (Ten innings) Milwaukee 000 001 000 1—23 7 St. Paul 000 010 000 2—3 7 Welch .and Pasek,

Milnar and Brenzel; Kansas City x 000 000— 2 7 Minneapolis 312 000 51x-—12 17 Stine, Gibbs. Richmond and Hartja, Breese; Tauscher and Dickey.

Louisville at Columbus; cold weather. NATIONAL LEAGUE

101 002 000—4 10 000 100 100—2 10 0

Lee, Bryant and

Pittsburgh Chicago Brandt and Todd; O'Dea. Bottanini.

St. Louis Cincinnati Si Johnson, Ryba. McGee. Winford and Ogrodowski: Derringer, Brennan, Hollings< worth. Schott and Lombardi.

Philadelphia at Boston: rain. New York at Brooklyn: wet grounds.

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016 004 030—14 100 901 600—11

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St. Stratton and Sewell: Hemsley.

Washington at New York: rain, Boston at Philadelphia; rain. Cleveland at Detroit: wet grounds.

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