Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 June 1937 — Page 29

By Eddie Ash

CLAY BRYANT HELPS CUB DRIVE 8 2 8

YOUTH SHINES IN RELIEF "ROLE

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FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 1937

PAGE 29

Night for Dizzy

Dizzy Dean went to ¢ carnival recently and came away loaded with prizes, but failed to win a thing at the baseball-throwing booth.

LAY BRYANT has proved himself to be the most effective relief pitcher in the National League. ... Ask Uncle Charlie Grimm and his Chicago Cubs. . . . The young right-hander chalked up his sixth victory of the season yesterday at the expense of the New York Giants.and defended first place for the Bruins. . . . Only one setback is on his record. . . It’s something to cheer the thousands of Cub rooters and Bryant has become the new idol of the Wrigley Field mound staff. The pitcher was almost left out on the Pacific Coast this spring when the Cubs broke up their training quarters and started home back in April. . . . He had poor control at the time and his ability to come through was questioned by Manager Grimm and his coaches. . . . However, Grimm played a hunch and retained the six-footer, and the hunch has paid rich dividends.

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FOLLOWING a brief trial with the Cubs in 1935, Bryant was turned over to Birmingham in the Southern Asso-

* ciation where he scored three victories, losing eight. . . .

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Hurling mainly as a relief artist for the Cubs in 1936, he accounted for only one winner and lost two games. . . . While at Zanesville in 1933, Clay registered 16 winners, dropping nine for the Mid-Atlantic League champions. « » . In addition he operated in the outfield and batted .387. + « « The New Orleans Pelicans next employed him, after which he landed among the Cubs.

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ANNY TAYLOR is leading the home-town Indians in doubles with 13. . Oscar Eckhardt is out in front in triples with 4. . A three-way ‘tie exists for the home run leadership and five is high, on the records of Fred Berger, George Archie and Taylor. . . . Archie is best in stolen bases with nine and Buck Fausett leads in sacrifices with 12. . .. Jim Turner, former Indianapolis flipper, batting .407, is finding big league pitching to his liking. . . . Jim has obtained 11 hits in 27 times at bat for the Boston Bees. . . Chuck Klein is paiting 336; Rabbit Warstler .228 and Johnny Cooney .296.

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TN a recent game Beweeh the Tigers and Athletics no chances were accepted in the Detroit outfield. . . . And no errors. . . . The Jersey Giants, the New York Giants’ Class AA farm, struck bottom in the International League the other day. . . . Travis Jackson is the manager. . . . Physicians have assured Hank Leiber that he will be able to play ball again, by Aug. 1 af the latest. . . . The Giants’ outfielder was struck in the head by Bob Feller in the first week of April, but he wasn’t taken to a hospital until May 4. . . . He has gained some weight, but is weak... . The bean ball blow affected his vision and brought on severe headaches. " n ” 2 ” 2 AID attendance at the Louis-Braddock fight was 41,675 and total attendance 45,722, according to official report of the Illinois Athletic Commission . . . Both boxers split 50-50 with their managers . . Referee Tommy Thomas received $250 for a half hour’s work ... Ten years ago this week Bud Taylor, the Terre Haute Terrier, retained the American bantamweight leadership when he outboxed Tony Canzoneri over the 10-round route in Chicago before a crowd of 18,000 .. . Two Golden Gloves products now hold world ti‘les, Joe Louis and Barney Ross, the welter king . . . Both fought in tournaments at Chicago.

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IMMY ADAMIC of Michigan is tagged as a comer in heavyweight fistic circles . . . It is said an Eastern prize fight syndicate has offered a juicy bankroll for his contract . . . Mr. Adamic is described as a “terrific” puncher. . . . Freddie Steele is still dodging the first-rate challengers for his middleweight crown. . .. Ted Yarosz and Fred Apostoli are two of the best 160-pounders who are camping on Steele's trail .. . Since winning the title Steele has made little effort to prove he is the bona fide king of the division . . . Babe Risko and Gorilla Jones, a pair of veterans, were defeated by Freddie, but they are not what they used to be.

Petillo Enters Roosevelt Race

SOUTH GROVE LINKS SET BARGAIN DAYS

NEW YORK, June 25.—Three more American racing stars threw their crash helmets into the Roosevelt Raceway ring today and

said they'd fight the foreign invaders to the finish in the 300-mile

George Vanderbilt Cup and a $70,000 pot of gold. They were: Kelly Petillo, winner at Indianapolis in 1935; Billy Winn, American hero of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup race; Billy DeVore, sensational newcomer to Indianapolis. They wheeled their cars into line three-time winner at Indianapolis; Ted Horn, Pacific Coast flash and 500-mile race veteran; Russ Snowberger, the racing blacksmith, and others. who will race against the swiftest cars and foremost drivers © of Europe.

A “Bargain Day” beginning today and continuing each Friday for the remainder of the season, has been announced at the South Grove. golf course. A fee of 25 cents will be charged for the 18-hole round of golf. South Grove is the only municipally owned course to operate at the reduced fee, it was said.

FIGHT RESULTS NEW YORK—Mike Belloise, 1311

724 New York, kayoed Jimmy McLeod, 133, Tacoma, Wash. (7);. Bill Beauhold, 136, Jersey City, outpointed Ed Zivic, 134%z, Pittsburgh (8); Carlos Quintana, 118, Panama, stopped Pete Powell, 11612, Newport News, Va. (3); Ray Nash, 140, New York, outpointed Ace Dundee, 139, Baltimore (6); Ralph Hurtado, 13312, Panama, outpointed Snag Trowbridge, 137, Miami (8).

CUBS, GIANTS HELD BEST BETS

Strength and

There Is Agreement

distanced, like Pompoon.

and string along with the Giants. Give a guy enough string, etc. The experts are ruling out the Cardinals on the grounds that the Cardinals haven't enough experts and they seem to be right at that. Dizzy Dean unquestionably is a great pitcher and Long Lon Warneke has been giving good service, but you run smack out of mound talent after those two. And the infield is filled with too many stran€rs. Be Medwick has about all. the punch the Gas House outfield contains, although Pepper Martin still is a bit of a menace. And as near as I can make out the Cardinals’ catching staff consists of a couple of personable young men who left Columbus too soon. Not Much to Choose

There isn’t much between the Giants and the Cubs. Both have the tightest defensive clubs in the league, with the Cubs’ infield having the bulge, but with the Giants holding an outfield edge because of the superior throwing of Mel Ott and Jo-Jo Moore, who is no relation to Simone Simon. And you can start an argument anywhere between the Loop and Times Square on the relative catching merits of Gabby Hartnett, the ‘omato-faced Irisher, and Gus Mancuso, the swarthy Italian. That would seem to bring us right up to the pitching staffs and here again you have a fine chance of arguing yourself hoarse without convincing anybody. Now that Carl Hubbell is winning again, the Giants have a fine staff—with emphasis on Hubbell, Clydell Castleman, Hal Schumacher and Cliff Melton. The latter, who wears his uniform like Ring Lardner’s Jack Keefe, is a much better pitcher than was imagined when he was puttering aimlessly around St. Petersburg with the Yanks a few springs back. Like Wilcy Moore, Melton can go in and protect a lead and save those seven-inning explosions from being fatal. The lanky Lefty is a more durable pitcher than he looks.

The Junior Varsity Hubbell, Schumacher and Castleman are the pitchers who must win for the Giants, with Melton hanging around for the rescue stuff. The others, Gumbert, Smith and CofIman, comprise a sort of junior var"sity. Charlie Grimm has been getting good pitching from his fledgelings and Jolly Cholly’s grin is a.mile wide as a result, despite frequent attack of miseries in his back. Clay Bryant and a left-hander named Dusty Shoun have won a dozen games between them. Their work bridged the gap when Lefty French was laid up with a broken hand.

French is back now and Grimm is banking on him to team up with Bill

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Cardinals Lacking Pitching

May Not Be

Serious Factor, Joe Finds

Pirates, Like Pompoon, Also Seem to Be Out of It, but

That National Race

Will Be Very Hot.

By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer ; CHICAGO, June 25—There seems to be a decided difference of opinion as to whether the National League is to have a three-club race, a two-club race or a one-club race. Everybody is agreed that Mr. Ford (Sign-or-Else) Frick is going to have a race in his league, but there the amity ends. The majority of the baseball experts insist that it will be a two-club race with the Giants and Cubs scuffling right down to the wire, while a bloc of die-hards holds that the Cardinals will be a factor. Members of the Giants and Cubs with whom I spoke during their series here insist that it will be a one-club race and that the club will be -| the-one to which they are under contract.

The Pirates seem to be out-

Allowing for the fact that ball players possibly may be prejudiced in favor of their own club and the fact that the experts are not exactly infallible, I'll string along with the majority. I'll go even further

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20-game pitcher who has a tough time winning more than a dozen. Curt Davis seems to be farther out of the picture than Alf Landon, if you can remember that far back. Carleton and Root fill in at relief. Looking at the Giants roll over in front of the Cubs yesterday, it takes a lot of courage to still pick ’em to come home in front, but yesterday, they tell me, was one of those days. I hope so. To many of those days and the Harlem fans would holler for the Giants to trade places with the Jersey City farm hands, who aren’t exactly balls of fire if I can believe what I read in the International League percentage tables. Ordinarily, the Giants play very business-like baseball, much more so than the Cubs. The cheerless leader, Mr. William Terry, is strictly a businessman and he tolerates no monkey-shines. The Giants don't cut up very often as they did here yesterday. The Cubs are not psychologically gaited to hold a lead. The two pennants they won in recent seasons, they copped by sneaking up from behind, which seems to be the ap(proved way to win a pennant in the ‘National League, — nobody ever tow-ropes the field as the Yankess di’ in the American League last summer.

Dick Siebert Is Sent to Columbus

Dick Siebert, heavy-hitting and swift-fielding first sacker with Indianapolis last season, today was released on option to the Columbus Red Birds by the St. Louis Cardinals. He batted .330 and fielded .990 in 1936 and was one of the Indians’ most popular players. The Indianapolis club held a claim on Siebert, but canceled it for a cash consideration, according to Manager Killefer, who stated that the Cardinals advised him they would let the player remain idle all season before they would permit him to return to.the Tribe. The Chicago Cubs drafted Siebert last fall and then sold him for the waiver price to St. Louis. During the spring training season Killefer made every effort to land Dick and kept his claim on record in Judge Landis’ office.

FOR FLAG

He Shows the . Boys How

OE CRONIN, doughty manager of the Boston Red Sox, is doing his best these days to realize dividends on all those dollars that his boss, Tom Yawkey, has expended in trying to bring a winning combination to the Hub. Joe's team has won eight out of its last nine games and Joe helped quite a bit yesterday when he smashed a homer and triple that scored four runs as Lefty Grove turned back the

Tigers, 9-0.

K. C. Blues Invade for Five Guiness Tribe Pitchers Fall Before Saints

(Box Score, Page 31)

Starting with a twilight-moon-light double-header this evening,

the Indians are confronted with five games over a period of three days and it’s going to require some tall hustling if the boys are to remain in the first division. Kansas City is the- invading club and it so happens that the Blues finally have hit their stride, coming fresh from Toledo where they pulled the Mud Hens out of a tie for the lead and captured the series at Swayne Field three games to two. Eddie Zwilling’s team is in seventh place, but is only 3!z games back of the third-place Redskins. The first Tribe-Blues tussle this evening is to get under way at § and the second at regulation time, 8:15. A single tilt is booked for tomorrow hight to be followed by a

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St.. Paul made it three out of

four over the Indians last night,

8 to 3, as three Tribe pitchers suffered through a 20-hit attack. First it was Vance Page, then Emmett Nelson and the finisher was Garland Braxton. The Apostles walloped the horsehide to all corners and collected a home run, two triples and four doubles. Bit McCullouch crashed the homer off Braxton in the eighth and the ball landed atop the right field wall and kept on going. Page was thumped for 14 blows in six innings and was

charged with the defeat. Art Herring went the route on the St. Paul mound and scattered

nine hits, holding the Hoosjers run- |

less until the sixth. Young Bob | Kahle was the Tribe’s best hitter | with a double and triple in four attempts. The Indians got by without blowing up in the field, which was unusual. St. Paul also played errorless ball and another oddity was the fact that not a single base on balls was issued by either team. Gabby Street's boys waded into Page’s offerings in the third stanza for two runs on a single, triple and

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‘Cronin’s Team Going Places At Long Last

Hit Winning Streak After Yawkey Stops Spending Those Dollars.

By United Press NEW YORK, June 25-—-Tom Yawkey’s Boston Red Sox were trye ing hard today to shake off their nickname of “@Goldbricks” with a winning spirit that has given them eight wins out of their last nine starts. According to Webster, a goldbrick is “anything purchased as valuable which turns out to be almost or quite valueless.” Yawkey has spent between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 for a pennant winner since 1933, but his Red Sox finishes have been, respectively, seve enth, fourth, fourth and sixth. The heir to the $50,000,000 lumber and mineral fortune of his foster-father took his team of’ the gold standard this year, and began looking for results. The Red Sox began auspiciously, winning seven out of the first 10, to lead the league on May 7. Then, they dropped 10 out of the next 13 and fell to seventh place on May 23. Breaking about even on the next 20 games, the Beantowners have played the best ball in the American League since June 15, losing only one game. They started a six-game winning 'streak in which they bowled over Chicago four straight, and took &

dians stopped them in the second game of a doublz-header last Sune day. They've won their last two against the second place Detroit Tigers. It was the veteran Bob Grove yesterday who shackled the Tigers by scattering nine hits for a 9-0 shute out. Manager Joe Cronin, who cost Yawkey $230,000, highest price ever paid for a ball player, did his share with a home run and a triple that drove in four runs. The victory left them only a paiyg of ganies behind the Tigers, and five tilts behind the .leading New York Yankees who yesterday took a 9-6 decision over the St. Louis Browns. A home run by Selkirk in the seventh and another by Dickey with a mate aboard in the eighth, gave the Yanks their three-run | margin, Thornton Lee did a good job of | scattering 11 hits to Philadelphia {batsmen and the Chicago White Sox handed the Athletics their 10th straight defeat, 7-2. The Washington Senators wen their fifth in a row, slugging three Cleveland pitchers for 14 hits and an 8-2 triumph, In the National! League the leading Cubs had to come from behind three times to defeat the New York Giants, 10-5, to protect their one game margin over the St. Louis Cardinals who walloped the Brooke lyn Dodgers, 13-28.

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