Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1938 — Page 8

~ By Eddie Ash |

DETROIT HOPES REST IN ROWE

BUT MICKEY IS WARY OF HIM

feeling in the camp of the Detroit Tigers is that La Schoolboy Rowe stages a comeback they’ll win _ “he pennant... . He looks all'right and he says he feels all “7 ght, but the final answer won’t be known until he pitches ~ i big league competition in early May. Shr Manager Mickey Cochrane has no way of knowing hat 1938 holds for Rowe so he’s making his plans to go ong without him. ,. . The Tigers have a good pitching “aff without Rowe, and- with him pitching as he did on {he pennant winners of 1934 and 1935 they'd have a great arling corps. : : Rowe has pitched in two spring games, and hasn’t had

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<helf last season. . . . Rowe himself is optimistic, but will vot cut loose in the North until it gets warm.

: » 2 s ” ” ”n : ETROIT finished only 13 games back of the Yanks last year with Rowe winning only one game, Cochrane get“ng beaned, and Rudy York playing enly half a season.’ . .. If Rowe comes back and wins 19 games, and York selts 45 to 50 homers, the Tigers can easily threaten the Zanks’ crown. : The three bright spots in the Tigers’ outlook are Jank Greenberg, Charlie Gehringer and Rudy York. . . . Greenberg led the league in runs batted in last year with 183. ... He looks great and there’s every reason to believe ne’ll be close around the top again. . . . Gehringer led the league in batting with .371 and at 35 still seems to be able to go at top speed or thereabouts for a couple of more seasons. York, more confident behind the plate, is likely to create havoc on the offense and seems certain to crowd Greenberg, Gehrig and Di-Maggio in the runs batted in . department. : ~~ The Tigers hope to trump the Yanks’ siege guns, Di Maggio, Gehrig and Dickey, with Gehringer, Greenberg and York on three counts—hitting, home runs and .runs batted in. : » ” 2 2 o # 2

OCHRANE’S main problem is to get a pitching replacement for Rowe, providing he doesn’t come back. . . . Right-now he considers his “big three” Tommy Bridges, Elden Auker and Vernon Kennedy, who came from the White Sox. . . . For his fourth starter he figures on Boots Poffenberger, the chunky right-hander who came up from Beaumont in midseason and won 10 games. Other pitchers Cochrane counts on are Jake Wade, a southpaw who'll be a star if he can control his stuff; Roxie Lawson, an 18-game winner last year; George Gill, George Coffman, and Harry Eisenstat or Joe Rogalski o : 2.8 8 i 2 un 8

N the Detroit infield the only doubtful spot is third, where Mark Christman, up from Beaumont, seems to have an edge over Don Ross from Torchto because of his aggressiveness. . . . Greenberg at first, Gehringer at second, and Billy Rogell at short round out the infield. Dixie Walker from the White Sox will play center, Pete Fox right, and either Roy Cullenbine, up from Toledo, or Jo-Jo White left. Cul-

recurrence of the shoulder ailment which put him on the.

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| Grid Star, Signed as Publicity Gag, Proves to Be Tops as Ballplayer.

By HENRY M’LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 929 —It’si a shame that Mrs. Alger’s -boy, Horatio, is not here to write this story, ause it is a success piece that qut-successes anything since “From Bootblack to Banker.” -

It concerns one Sammy Baugh, and how that young and handsome Texan, in the short space of 10 days, moved from the unenviable position of the rankest rookie on the squad to the point where he is the regular third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, : When the National League season opens three weeks from now Baugh will be at third for the Cardinals. That’s not a guess on my part, either. That comes ‘ straight from Frankie Frisch, who bosses. the Gas House gang, and is seconded by Joe Medwick.

Frisch told ‘me. “He can’t miss. And I'm just @s surprised as you are. When he came to camp I thought he was ‘just a football player, who could do us good only as a publicity gag. There were at least six players I rated above him.

exhibition games, I said “There's no use kidding around, I'll put that football player on third and show the boys just how bad we can look’.”

he has handled 16

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with a 44,” Medwick said. what an arin! whip that football around!

Florida right now.”

“He's a cinch to get the job,”

When we started looking so bad. in

Put on third, almost for a joke, Baugh has been the sensation of the camp. In the three full games| chances as beautifully as Pie Traynor ever did.

“You can’t get one by him, even 66 And No wonder he can He's as sweet a fielder as you'll see in

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| President Sam Breadon Denies Cedar Rapids fends Policy Toward Little Minors.

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March 29 (U. P.) President Sam Breadon denied. today controlled the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, club to action of Judge Kenesaw Mounta Landis in making free agents of 100 players in the Cardinals’ farm’ system.

owned or controlled by any one club. He said the Cedar Rapids club had. been free to sell its players and that the Cardinals were not obliged to buy. any player from that group. Judge Landis’ decision last Wednesday made free agents of all but one player ‘on the Cedar Rapids club and all players involved in deals between the Cardinals. and - Cedar

Rapids and affiliate ciubs since Jan. 1, 1936. : | The Cedar Rapids club was fined $568, Sacramento in the Pagcific League, $580, and the Springfield, Mo., club $1000. Other teams involved were Manett in the Arkansas-Missouri e; Crookston, Northern League; Mitch-

clubs in the same league cannot be

had violated » rule that two Indians Land New Receiver Carolin Chandler Obtained From n Montreal.

Times Special | ; BARTOW, Fla. March 29.—Manager Ray Schalk of the Indianapolis Indians bolstered his catching staff today with the addition of John (Tex) Cahndler who was obtained

ell, Nebraska State League; Fayetteville, Northeastern Arkansas League, and Newport in the Northeast Arkansas League. i “I regret more than anything else that these small leagues may now be seriously embarrassed to operate again this year,” Breadon said. “I regret, too, the loss of jobs bf a number of young ballplayers in theserdays of unemployment.”

Financial Difficulties .

have been commended instead of penalized by Judge Landis for enabling the Monett club to continue functioning when it appeared the club would collapse because of financial difficulties. In June, 1937, Breadon said, the Monett club was unable to pay its players and appealed to the Cardinal System for aid. Springfield held the option to select seven of the players on the Monett club. Because the club appeared to be ready to fail the System guaranteed the pay rolls and current bills with the understanding that ownership of the club would be taken over this year. Breadon denied these was any attempt at secretiveness in transferring players to Monett. He admitted

Breadon said Springfield should

on option from the Montreal club of the International League. The new backstop played with the Royals and Little Rock last season and is a graduate of the University of Alabama. ; Buddy Lewis remains as the team’s No. 1 catcher and other tryouts are . John Stats and Albie Budash. - Yesterday was the last open date on the Hoosiers’ spring training program and the team was in Avon Park today to meet the Toronto Internationals. ® Things pepped up around the Tribe training camp yesterday with the -arrival of Vince Sherlock, regular second baseman. Sherlock has been on the holdout list and while it was not learned whether he had come to terms with the management it was thought likely. that an understanding of some sort had been reached and that when the season started bt would be cavorting as usual about the keystone sack for the Redskins. At this stage it begins to look as if other positions in the infield will be filled by Jim Pofahl at short, Bob Fausett at third and first base a tossup between Bob Latshaw, Doug Wheeler and Mike Martineck, The last named, a new candidate

lenbine has all the earmarks of a real find, and may wind up a regular. . . . Chet Laabs will do utility duty. .... York will have Ray Hayworth and Birdie Tebbetts as his catching assistants.

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EAU BELL of the St. Louis Browns, the unsung hero of the majors, is rattling the fences with whistling drives during spring training. . . . He hit .340 for the tailenders last season, which is fancy clubbing, and it’s just his bad luck to be playing with a losing outfit. Harry Eisenstat, southpaw pitcher with Louisville last year, is having the time of his life in Florida. . . . Harry was declared a free agent by Judge Landis after the Brooklyn club had completed a deal with

is finesse at the plate. Even without it, though, he is doing all right. In his three games he got four hits in twelve trips, and he wasn’t looking at busher pitching, either. The pitchers that worked against him were Gomez, Ruffing, Murphy, and Pearson of the Yankees, and Vernon Kennedy of Detroit. He can play in the National all season without looking at any hotter pitching than that.

Monett was unable to pay a protec- | tion fee of $30 to the National Association this year and that the Cardinal System advanced the money and $715 in salaries. The plan was that the Monett club was to be taken over by Springfield when the old corporation was dissolved.

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for the initial sack, arrived today.

LUKE APPLING OUT FOR THREE MONTHS

1.0OS ANGELES, March 29 (U. P.), —Luke Appling, White Sox short stop, will not play baseball for three months, his physician announced + today.

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By HARRY GRAYSON f ; Sports Editor,’ NEA Service LAKELAND, Fla, March 2¢—Even more important to the Detroit Tigers than Schoolboy Rowe’s arm is the battle that Gordon Stanley

Louisville. : Then Harry upped and sold himself to the Detroit Tigers and received $7500 in cash and a 1938 contract calling for $6500. . . . Not, bad for a youth of 22. . ., Eisenstat gained a free agency when he called Judge Landis’ attention to the fact that Brooklyn had farmed him out a fourth :me, which is against the laws of baseball.

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RNOLD BREDEWATER of Greensburg, who is expected to be the mainstay of Purdue’s pitching staff this spring, was the leading hurler of the Big Ten last year as a sophomore on an earned-run basis. ... He also led in the number of innings pitched and was second in the number of complete games pitched. . . . The Boilermakers are on a spring vacation trip in the South where they are booked for six games. . , . Thef will open their home season against Wabash on April 12. :

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League’s mightiest hitter. A Pretty Big Jump

So sure is Frisch that all Baugh needs is polish at the plate that he has told Sammy to throw away his glove, forget about fielding, and concentrate on developing a swing with the bat. The Texan has the He has proved that by knocking longer balls in practice than Medwick. But his wrist and foot action are faulty. One of those helping him find a better stance and swing is Medwick, the National

Cochrane is now waging within himself.

Surgeons undoubtedly have warned Mickey Cochrane not to

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play. Another blow anything likes the one he suffered, when he failed to get his head out of the way of Bump Hadley’s fast ball last summer, easily might prove fatal Owner Walter O. Briggs doesn’t want Miracle Mike to risk further injury, but— Cochrane isicavorting around first hase at the Bengals’ training base here with all the pepper and enthusiasm of a busher. He never looked or felt better, and such a

in tight spots.

who weights 187 pounds and stands 6 feet 2, moved. to -the - Bengals’ Beaumont farm, where he won 17 and lost six. He has control and a deceiving knuckle ball and does not try to pour the pill past hitters. He comes up. with the enviable reputation of possessing plenty of courage

Oddly eriough, Selway, who is attracting attention, has no record to speak of ‘although he has been

Hornsby Directs. Team Dur‘ing Bush’s Absence.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, March 29 (U. P.)—Rogers (Rajah) Hornsby, one of baseball's greatest righthand hitters, conferred today with Mike Kelley, owner of the Minneapolis Millers of the American

All teams entered in Bush-Feezle softball leagues that have not yet paid their forfeits will meet Wednesday at 8 p. m. at 136 E. Washington St. PR.

. The Sportsman’s Store Softball League will meet Thursday night at 8 o'clock in the store. Teams desiring to enter must be represented or call McDaniel, Li, 4224.

The Ajax Brewery Corp. will sponsor an independent softball team this season in the independent night league at the new Belmont

+ Appling, who played in 154 games, hit .317 and drove in 77 runs last year, broke both bones of the lower right leg when sliding into second base Sunday in a game with the Cubs. Dr. Robert W. King of the Golden State Hospital said Appling would be able to leave the hospital in a few days. ? :

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at it prfessionally since 1932. Tulsa turned him out into the cruel world when his arm went on the Fritz last term, and he was picked up by Ft. Worth in time to cop two and lose ohne. Selway Invincible It was in the Texas League playoff and Dixie series that Selway performed the feats that caused Detroit to purchase his contract. L Edward . practically was invincible in the two series, twice shutting out Little Rock, the Southern League champion, to bag the Dixie debate. |: | There is plenty of him. He weighs 190 and is six fet three in height. Pitchers unlikely to enjoy any great degree of success are Alton Benton and - Carl Doyle, former Philadelphia Athletics bought from Memphis; Stanley Corbett, up from |

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Association, on a propesal to return to Spang baseball. Neither Kelley nor Hornsby would discuss details of the “proposition,” but it was rumored that the Millers might take Hornsby on as coach or assistant manager. Hornsby, former manager of the St, Louis Browns and other major league clubs, will be in charge of the Millers this week while Manager Ownie Bush .is out of town,” Kelley announced. He also has been placed on the Millers’ hotel roll.

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~The Model Creamery team will practice at Riverside No. 9 Saturday and Sunday at 1 p. m. For games write Fletcher Perkinson, 2204 Broadway. =

Ave, Stadium. The team will | be made up of players ‘of Tast year’s Rockwood A. C. First practice will be held tomorrow at 5 p. m. at Finch Park.

keen obssrver as Charley Gehringer suspects that he'll return to the active playing list and get in the thick of things once the gong rings. Cochrane will be 35 on April 6, but there is plenty «of baseball in him yet, and to one of his disposition catching would be much easier on his nerves-than sitting in the dugout. Detroit is about ready to give up on Birdie Tebbetts, and Ray Hayworth ot a first string backstop. I asked \the peerless Gehringer if Rudy York could catch. . “Guess he’ll have to, if Cochrane doesn’t,” replied the American League batting championf It is easy to see that the Tiger regulars are not exactly sold on York as a catcher. $

Much Depends on Rowe

“Everybody on the team wants to help Sammy,” Medwick said. “He's a swell guy. He wants to learn. He's willing to work. And he has all the heart in the world. I guess he would have to have that to take the keatings he got in pro football. I saw him in a couple of games and he took a licking I wouldn't take for 50 grand a year.” After talking to Frisch and Medwick, I visited Baugh. Sam is the original silent man. His conversation is strictly a “yes”. and “no” business. But I stayed with him long enough to learn that he would prefer baseball t© football because “I could last longer,” and that he hoped Frisch and Medwick were right in their Appraisal of him. “This is a mighty big league to make all in one jump,” he said in | one of his rare conversational out-

, The Purdue schedule calls for 26.games and includes nine Western Conference tilts.- Butlér is to be played here April 19 and the-Bulldogs will perform at West Lafayette May 11. ~~ The loss of Capt. Red Bresling, star third baseman, who broke his ankle while sliding during practice, will cripple the /Boilermakers’ at- . tack... .He led the team in hitting last year with 378 mark.

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GARY, Ind., March 29 (U. P.).— Indiana-Kentucky A. A. U. bo champions will be crowned gfe : tonight with the Gary A. A. d Bendix A. A. of South Bend leading the battlers into. the semifinals. Terre Haute, Evansville, . Ft. Wayne, Lafayette, Indianapolis, East Chicago, Kokomo and Marion

also are among the survivors. 4 ‘Results of last’ night's bouts in

By United Press /

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 29.—The Yankees play their last exhibition game at St. Pete today when they entertain their American Association farm hands, the Kansas City Blues. The world champs massacred the Blues, 14-2, yesterday for a season record of -eight victories and six defeats. They play the Dodgers at Clearwater tomorrow before beginning their homeward swing through eight states.

. WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March held the Bees to seven hits for an 929 —The Senators, losers in five of |8-2 triumph. The Dodgers have 10 starts this year, tackle: the Co‘ | won five in nine played. .

lumbus Red Birds here today in| the finale of their two-game spring series. The Senators beat the American Association club, 11-2, in their first game. :

BILOXI, Miss, March 29.—The Cleveland Indians came here today for the last pair of their ex-

hibition serie§ with the Phillies. They divided their opening brace played at New Orleans. The: Phils took an 8-2 licking from the * Tigers yesterday, their ninth defeat in 15 spring starts. Cleveland, idle yesterday, has lost . seven, tied one and won five.

TAMPA, Fla, March 29.—The Cincinnati Reds will come here again next year for training, General Manager Warren Giles announced today. It will be the ninth straight year for the Reds in Tampa. Seeking -their. 12th. victory in 15 exhibition starts, the Reds meet the Red Sox here today. They blanked the Senators 3-0 yester-

day. oe The Sox fought an uphill battle, scoring five runs in the ninth, to “down Toronto of the International League 13-9. .1t was Boston's sixth |

victory in 13 tilts. : BATON BOUCGE: La,, March 29.

P.).—The Chicago Cubs broke up a tight baseball game with a fourrun rally in the ninth inning, defeating Los Angeles, 9-6, yesterday. A triple by Garbark following singles by Tony Lazzeri, Reynolds, Triplett and Mesner gave Chieago the four tallies. Lazzeri had a homer, a triple, a single and a pass in four tries at the plate.

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LOS ANGELES, March 29.—~The Hollywood Stars, turning six walks into five runs in the sixth inning, defeated the badly bruised White Sox, 11-9, yesterday. The Sox also scored five runs in the sixth, but were unable to catch the Stars in

; PACRAMENTO , Cal, March 29 (U. P.) ~The Pirates and the Sacramento club of the Pacific Coast League will meet here today in the second and last game of their spring ‘training series. Yesterday, the Pirates won, 8 to 7. The National Leaguers got 15 hits from JFrietas and Card while Brown and

SEMIPROS IN NORTH

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. March 29 will spend | (U. P.)—A, B. Scott of Hammond |

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ONTARIO, Cal, March 29 (U. :

Changes Made in - Wrestling Card

Abe (Half Pint) Coleman, rugged New York husky who is recognized as Jewish heavyweight wrestling “king,” will attempt to check the winning streak of Dorve (Iron Man) Roche, 220, in tonight's feature mat attraction at the Armory. Roche, ex-coal miner from Illinois, has been a consistent Armery winner. The supporting card sends John Katan, 235, Canada, against Warren Bockwinkle, 221, St. Joseph, and Ray Villmer, 222, St. Louis, against Irish ‘Dan O’Comnor, 222, ‘Boston.

Wright, carded to face Katan, and Henry Piers; scheduled to. oppose O'Connor, will appear on later pro-

“The - “kangaroo k” is Coleman’s special offe and he figures it ‘will lead him to victory. over the rugged Roche. has tossed some of the best in the game. The main event is- for two falls out of three with other bouts being one fall affairs, - ‘ ta

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With or without Cochrane, the Detroit club once more will rise or fall with Lynwood Rowe, Even with Vernon Kennedy, the battling Bengals, as Cochrane calls them, haven't enough pitching to match the New York Yankees without the perenmial Schoolboy. i? ’ It was Rowe who stopped the Yankees in 1934. It was Rowe and General Crowder who won key games from the Ruppert Rifles and other first division outfits in 1935. It is top early to know whether the bad spot in his shoulder, which. sent Rowe home early last season, has been ironed out. The tall dealer

of El Dorado has not yet cut loose.| cann

- Arms that back, however, in Rowe's mind. Cha Ta “I'd pitch this: entire season for nothing if I thought my arm would be all right,” he says. Rowe's return to form would give the Tigers five pitchers capable of taking the outfit any distance. The others are Tommy Bridges, Elden Auker, Kennedy ‘and Roxie Lawson. Backing them up are Boots Poffenberger, - George Gill, Slick Coffman and the southpaw, Jake

There .are 17 pitchers on the

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Laughlin, back from Indianapolis; Woodrow Wilson Davis, who toiled

‘who served with Louisville last year, and who was acquired as a free agent. war Hira Christman Shining

* York has too much power to be left on the bench even if he doesn’t catch. © So the vast Indian .and Hank Greenberg and Gehringer again will the heavier Detroit

on. > ; 25 Billy Rogell figures that it is fis turn for a big year at shortstop. Mark Christman, who hit. 291 and stole 46 bases for Beaumont, right “now has re Marvin Owen at third base, although Don Ross has not been dismissed. Ros not yet 23, Tony shor other infielders. : ‘The regular outfield will be: Chet Laabs, ]

the Beaumont subsidiary; Pat Mc-.

for Toronto in 1937; and Harry Eisenstat, a left-hander who had trials with the Brooklyn Dodgers,

hit .305 for Toronto. Piet and Frank Croucher, a tstop recaled from Toledo, are

xie Walker, and Pete Fox, ‘White and Roy Cullen-

Tht Seven Ups will practice Saturday and Sunday at Riverside. Last year’s players and candidates are urged to report. For games write Bill Rider, 923 E. 19th St.

West Side Merchants will practice tomorrow at 4 p. m. at Grande Avenue Park. Last year’s players and tryouts are requested to attend. A raclice game is wanted for Sunday. ‘all Belmont 3638. er Ty

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PITTSBURGH, March 29 (U. P)). -~Dayvey Day, hard-hitting Chicago | lightweight, put Tommy Speigal of Uniontown, Pa., on the canvas twice {while gaining a 10-round decision over the Pennsylvanian in .the feature bout ‘at Motor Square | Garten last night. The knockdow1is occurred in the second round.

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NEW YORK, March 29.-—-Big Chief Sariooke,” Okla.,-pinhed Boris Demitroif, Bulgaria; -Jim Lond Greece, downed Dean Detton, Salt a ry Ey Rane tourney will compete in the state | Y2uiorna, Bp ing Song, semipro a Terre Haute | Abyssinia; Dropkick Murphy, Bos-| late in July and the winner there | ton and Becker, Germany, will go to the national finals in 3 here last Wichita, Kas., Aug. 12 t0 24. | Other district centers established

has : ea are Richmond and Michigan . CLEARWATER, Fla, March 29.— | McMillan said. Lae Tigers sought revenge today for | .