Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 April 1938 — Page 6

By Eddie Ash y DON FRENCH IS RELIEF KING

WINS TWO GAMES FOR

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RSEVERANCE has made a winner out of Don French, the Indianapolis Indians’

relief pitcher from Mount

Pleasant, Mich., and his performance against Milwaukee yesterday probably earned him advanceme it fo a starting role. . . . The blond Wolverine relieved Red Phillips in the second inning with two out, three runs in and the Brewers on a rampage. | French applied the brakes immediately and held the visitors to two hits and one run the remainder of the game, 714 innings. . . . He struck out three and issued two “walks. ... And since Don’s mates came from behind to finish in front, 5 to 4, he got credit for his second victory since the new season opened.

The righthander served

with two clubs last year,

Teledo and Indianapolis, and finished with three victories and three defeats. . . . Wildness handicapped the hurler and after the close of the campaign he went home and kept pitching with a target used as a plate. . . . Don worked all winter to conquer control and apparently succeeded.

and in 1514 ininngs of toil

2 ® 8 : ; 2 8 nN RENCH has worked in four of the Indians’ 10 games

has given up only two bases

on balls ‘while rolling up 10 strikeouts and holding oppoents to six hits and one run. . .. He hit one batsman. . .. It’s a remarkable record and stands as proof that when the arm is young and the legs sturdy there’s always a chance to go places by sticking to a task. ... Don’s 1938 record

prior to yesterday: : April 18—Entered game in relief role in sixth inning with Min-

neapolis leading, 3-2. Stopped Millers’ cold, two hits four stanzas. Struck out three, hit one, walked none,

French winning pitcher. : . April 20—Took up pitching against St. Paul in eighth, Saints ahead,

3-0. Allowed one hit and no runs in two innings.

none. : April 23—Called from bull pen in eighth against Kansas City, none

out, one on. Halted K. C. rally with Indians ahead, 10-7.

Tribe was shut out.

* three in row in eighth, allowed one walks.

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and no runs in Indians won, 5-4.

Fanneéd one, walked

Retired

hit in ninth but fanned side. No

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T develops that Manager Jimmy Dykes traded Zeke Bonura to Washington without letting Louis Comiskey,

owner of the White Sox, in on

the secret. .. . After Bonura had been told by Clark Griffith that he had been traded, and that Bucky Harris wanted him to come to Orjando, Fla. at once, Zeke got a telephone message from Comiskey,

Sox vice president, arranged the de so hot for it.

as Bonura kept holding out, the collar. . . with a club like the W ¢ to impress that on the New Orleans Italian. . . «

who told the first sack

Baseball men still are trying away from Chicago—and for Joe

. Jimmy felt

closed,

Schumacher six, Gus Mancuso has been with Danning four. . Grounders in 193 Carthy his first. . ‘uniform for six seasons,

‘ marks in the National League in

try to maintain the pac and Marvin Duke, promo

taken a big jump i

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er to sit tight. .

. . Dykes and Harry Grabiner. al, but it seems Comiskey was not

to figure out how Griffith got Bonura Kuhel, at that. . Dykes became hotter and hotter under that Bonura wal very fortunate to be hite Sox, and finally became tired of trying

. . It seems that

And the deal was

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HERE is not a rookie on the list of the New York Giants’ varsity

this spring.

Last year two International

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school and prep school ball teams in in any previous year. : At the New York desk of Ernest Quigley, National League supervisor

of umpires, during baseball seasons. .. . " tional League office this year, and

Carl Hubbell has been with the team for 10 seasons, Castleman three, Gumbert two, and Melton one. . the Giants for five seasons, and Harry . . Mel Ott completed his 12th campaign with the Polo 7, Bartell nis third, Whitehead his second, and Mc- . . In the outfield, Joe Moore has worn the Giant Leiber four, and Ripple two. League 20-win pitchers made their the persons of Cliff Melton and Bob * Weiland. . . . This year another pair of 20-win International grads will e, Bill Lohrman, Giants’ buy from Baltimore, - ted from Montreal to Pittsburgh.

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HERE is a steep up-curve in scholastic baseball throughout the country this spring. . . . In every section the national game has n number of participants and there are more high

uniform in the United States than

this significant trend is more than just an interesting fact. . . Mr. Quigley’s title describes only one phase of his busy schedule When he took charge of things in his Na-

began mapping out his work, the

revival of high school baseball loomed large on his docket. “Perhaps it’s a reflex from the Baseball School wave which has

swept the country in r -gone in for schools an

ecent years,” Mr. Quigley analyzed. “Baseball has d now it seems that schools have become equally

enthusiastic in going in for baseball.”

” ” » ” 2 RT GARIBALDI, Columbus third sacker, is one of many fine Italian ball players turned out around San Francisco, among whom can

be numbered Joe DiMaggio and his brother, ¥ince; Tony Lazzeri and

Frank Crosetti. .. . . In fact, Garibaldi played with Crosetti on

the

Frisco sandlots before either of them went into professional ball. . . . Later they were teammates with the Seals of the Coast League. Gari--baldi came into the Cardinal organization in 1936, was sent to Sacra_mento during the early part of the season, then returned. to St. Louis to finish out the year... . He was recalled but sent back to the Cards’ Coast league farm last season where he batted 327.

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Bryant. Epperly. Logan, Lee and O’Dea: Bauers. Brown and Berres, Todd.

St. Lo Cincin Weiland, Henshaw, McGee, Bush and Owen: Derringer and Lombardi.

Brooklyn at Boston: postponed, rain.

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Sale of Dizzy May Have Taken Heart Out of Club, Belief.

Pd By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, April 26.—Baseball’s most perplexing question of the moment is, “What's happened to the Gas House Gang from St. Looey?” A lot of fans are wondering if Sam Breadon’s sacrifice of Dizzy Dean for 185,000 iron men didn’t deliver a stunning blow to the spirit of the Gas House boys. Dean's apparent happiness in his new surrounding with the Cubs hasn’t helped the delicate situation any. There have been veiled hints that Dizzy’s escape from the Cardinal “coolie” team was a putup job by Dean. The word has gone around baseball circles that Dizzy played possum this spring in an effort to get away from the Cards. As soon as Dizzy joined the Cubs he became a changed man. The boys left behind in St. Louis apparently aren't too happy about it. : The Cardinals have the worst record in the majors today, with one victory in seven games. Of course, Joe Medwick, National League batting champion, is missing from the lineup because he has lumbago. When Medwick gets in the lineup. he will add punch and may awaken Johnny Mize from his slump. : Pittsburgh continued its dizzy pace by winning its seventh straight, from the Cubs, 8-6, yesterday. Twice the Pirates rallied to overtake the Cubs. Arky Vaughan’s single with the bases loaded tied the score in the eighth and Gus Suhr’s single produced the winning run. Tony Lazzeri, playing short for the Cubs, hit a homer. : The Red Sox moved into second place in the American League by shutting out Washington, 7-0, behind the 4-hit pitching of Fritz Ostermueller. Buck Ross kept seven hits scattered to pitch the Athletics to a 6-1 victory over the Yankees. Featured by Chet Laabs’ homer with the bases loaded the Tigers crushed the Browns, 10-1. Hank Greenberg hit homer No. 3.

Yesterday’s ' Hero—Fritz Ostermueller, who pitched the Red Sox into second place by blanking Washington, 7-0. He hasn't been scored on in two appearances on the mound this season.

Greyhounds Bow To Taylor Nine

Taylor University rallied in the last innings here yesterday to overcome Indiana Central, 9 to 8. Although Central pushed five runs across in the first frame, the winners tied it up with four in the seventh and scored the deciding marker in the eighth on Giulden’s hit and two sacrifices. Score by innings:

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TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 1938

TRIBE GETS OU

Jimmy Wasdell, Left-Hander, May Add Hitting Strength; Cards’ Nose-Dive

a Puzzle

New Addition to Local Roster Batted .319 for Chattanooga. Heartened by the news that a

lefthanded hitter from the majors is due to join them shortly, the In-

dianapolis Indians hoped to make it ;

two straight over the Milwaukee Brewers today.

Vance Page was tagged to toss ‘em up for the Redskins with Buddy Lewis as his receiver. George Blaeholder was to pitch for the visitors if he said the word. The big righthander has been on the sick list and has missed a couple of mound turns. Jimmy Wasdell, lefthanded thrower and swinger, is the latest addition to the Tribe roster. He was obtained on option under a 24-hour recall agreement from the Washington Senators and will be used in the outfield, though his regular trade is holding down first base. Washington wishes to’ develop Wasdell into a fly chaser since the Senators are fixed at the initial corner, where the heavy hitting and durabie Zeke Bonura holds forth and probably will remain for several years. Batted .319 Last Year - In 118 games with Chattanooga last season Wasdell batted .319 and in 18 games with Washington his average was .255. He will be 22

years old next month and. has had ;

some experience in the outfield. Behind the brilliant relief pitching of Don French, the Indians

came from behind yesterday and |%

won out in ‘the ninth, 5 to 4, when Andy Pilney delivered a decisive double to center which scored Bill Baker with the winning run. Baker opened the final frame by working a pass out of Whitlow Wyatt and Vineent Sherlock set the stage for Pilney by advancing Baker to second with a neat sacrifice. And Andy lost no time in smacking the horsehide to a safe spot.

Manager Schalk shook up his|!

team again and sent Pilney to left field in place of Frank Doljack. The former Notre Dame star got two hits, stole a base and covered his position in expert fashion by hauling in five putouts. He is a good judge of a fly ball and is not easily fooled by the air currents in the big stadium. Phillips Knocked Out

Milwaukee blasted Red Phillips off the rubber in the second stanza and French. went to the rescue after three runs were in. Don held tne visitors to two hits and ene run the rest of the game while his mates came to life and tied the score in the third. The Brewers got a fourth marker in the sixth and the Indians came back with one to deadlock the count at 4-all on Baker's single and Sherlock’s double. A walk to Chapman, a triple by McCormick and an infield out accounted for two Tribe runs in the second and in the third Latshaw got a life on an error and tallied on Mesner'’s double. A walk, double and three singles good .for three Milwaukee runs removed Phillips from the premises in the second and the Brewers’ other marker, in the sixth, developed from two hits, a sacrifice and a long fly. Mesner came up with some sharp fielding at third and French snared a line drive with one hand in the ninth. It was a blistering blast by Becker and French caught it in self defense to save himself from injury. The victory shoved the Redskins into a third-place tie with Minneapolis. Outfielder Otto Meyers, a rookie, was shipped by the Indians today. He was optioned to Charlotte in the Piedmont League.

Major Leaders

By United Press LEADING BATTERS Player and Club Lavagetto, Dodgers c..c.... Todd, Pirates ..... rensanes Lombardi, Reds ..... sseven Steinbacher, White Sox.... Lazzeri, Cubs

Holland Champ Faces Marshall

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Don French

The Initial local appearance of Henry Piers, 222, of Holland, who is to face Everett Marshall, 220, former world’s heavyweight champion, serves as the top attraction on the

weekly mat card of the Hercules |

As C, tonight at the Armory. It is a “bargain bill” show with the Mar-shall-Piers and Silent RattanStacey Hall bouts being for two falls out of three. Piers, an aggressive matman, 1s rated heavyweight champion of his homeland. He is six feet three inches tall and is expected to provide a real test for Marshall. Hall, a former Ohio State University athlete, drew with Rattan, local deaf mute, in a 30-minute tussle two weeks ago. They are rated among the best of the light heavies. Pat Kelley, 211; Knoxville, Tenn., and Boris Boronoff, 218, a Russian grappler, open the program.

HAWKEYES DEFEAT IRISH NINE, 13-9

NOTRE DAME, Ind. April 26 (U. P.).—Notre Dame lost its opening home baseball game of the season here yesterday to the University of Iowa, 13 to 9. Harold Haub, Hawkeye relief pitcher, gave up only three hits in the last five innings. The score: Iowa ...... esesess.. 812 000 020—13 17 3 Notre Dame 500 000— 9 8 6 Wymore, Miller, Haub and McClennahan,

' | Winders; Arboit, Ellis and Kovzelove,

DEPAUW NETTERS WIN

GREENCASTLE, Ind., April 26 (U.

P.).—Winning its third straight match of the season, DePauw’s tennis

Nicholson and Creed To Box at Armory

Nick Nicholson, Shelbyville, middleweight, and Bud Creed, Lima, O, were matched today to meet in the eight-round semiwindup to support the Tracy Cox-Johnny Durso 10round main go on the boxing show at the Armory Friday night. Roy Wallace, matchmaker, said Nicholson has been fighting feature bouts on cards in Chicago, Ft. Wayne, South Bend and Richmond. Three other matches are in the making for the Friday show which is being promoted by the Foster Enterprises Inc.

He Looks All Right After an early season peek at Carl ° Hubbell, Giant fans are not worrying so much. It looks as if the Old Meal | ticket won't be punched too often in

this year’s wars.

tional League balls look very dead indeed when pitchers like Bob Feller and Harold Schumacher are winging it down the middle. , , . Passing Lou Gehrig three times the way he is hitting is tops in something or other ... Barney Ross predicts he will flatten Henry Armstrong when they meet here on May 26 . . . And you'd be surprised how many people think the same way . .. They figure the cagey Ross will make the Negro windmill fight his kind of fight . . . And when that happens the result is usually inevitable. . . . FDR used to play third base for dear old Groton . .. And from the looks of things he is still covering the hot corner : Wonder what kind of price Mr. Jack Doyle, the Broadway bookmaker would give you on this parlay . . . Bourbon King to win the Derby, Max Schmeling to repeat against Joe Louis and Henry Picard to win the National Open? . . . Those Newark pitchers aren’t finding it so easy to win in the American League, are they? . . . Ringside seats for the Schmeling-Louis repeater will sell at 30 smacker per copy. .. . What burns Col. Jacob Ruppert up about the DiMaggio holdout is that the Frisco Kid didn’t keep in training, as Red Ruffing did in a similar situation last spring. . . . And for that reason he is determined that DiMaggio will get no refund for time lost in the lineup. ... What will happen to that new yellow ball when its gets grass and dirt stained? . .. . When Politician Newbold Morris,

TFIELDER FROM SENATORS To em Knock-the-Favorite Club Is Busy on Derby Choice

BY JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, April 26.—Putting one little word after another... .. Don’t look now but the Knock the Favorite Down Club has come up for air again. . . . This is the noble guild of optimists which refuses to have anything to do with the top horse in the Kentucky Derby... . It looks as if the boys may get together on Bourbon King this year, cure rently priced at 30 to 1 in the winter books.

Both the American and the Na-&

fans waiting close to half an hour, he unwittingly may have accom= plished a good deed. . . . The customers aren't interested in these first ball pitchers and it would be a pleasant relief if they were elime inated. . . . It's horse and buggy days stuff anyway. ... I hear from a source as close to Mrs! Sloane as her mascara that Jockey Charley Kurtsinger will be reinstated in time to ride War Admiral against Seabiscuit in the race of the century on May 30. ... Kurtsinger deserves a reprimand for ignoring instructions, but it would smack of persecution to keep him out of the big race . . . and the gracious . Mrs. Sloane isn't that

type. . . .

‘It begins to look as if Mickey Cochrane was right all the time when he said School Boy Rowe's ail= ing arm was mostly mental. . . . Though that’s a queer place to look for a ball player's mentality . .. or is it? . . .-. Anyway the battle side reports are that Rowe had all his old-time zing the other day. . . . Ball players say Bill Dinneen was the best ball and strike umpire in the American League when he decided to retire. . .. :

SUPERSTITIOUS OR SMART? Frank Thomas has his University of Alabama football players change the numbers on their jerseys for every game. .

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