Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 September 1948 — Page 14

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first time since 1028 Indianapolis is the, roud possessor of an n Association pennant. And Indianapolis citizens didn’t waste much appreciation

! 1 shawisg thelr when they found out early in the season that Senor Al Lopez; Tribe manager, was producing a sure-fire winner. Base-

ball fans in the city flocked to Victory Field to watch their boys on the way to the pennant.

In fact they. flocked in such great numbers that new American Associa"tion attendance records were set for 168 and 154-game schedules.

: The man behind all the Tribe wins w as genial, soft spoken Lo A frshan maskger wad he ie’ cul playing pilot. e a ad a

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standing in the third base coaching box waving his arms. He fg ma Anthony Francis Cuceinello, better known as Tony, and coach

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a. Tony's job to keep an eye on Boss Lopez, because Al flashes his signals to urn relays them | And Tony gal ally be put on the spot. It tio sore and in a close play the e runner Maken it, if ed out, then the coach is a bum. he's a ter in yh the fans think he could have made hy Cuept- ’ r" and doesn’t even wear a glove.

flians team who Lopez says is a great morale builder. -dof't to “second guess” in order to tell who that man n, It's hing, the Tribe's ace relief pitcher. Johnny in of Irah dosnt, and bis sens of humor ou. and of the bal diamond i

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team ‘might be new to Al, the game of baseball certainly isn’t, for he had an 18-year career as a major league catcher before joining the Indians.

Lopez started playing baseball in his native city of Tampa, Fla., in 1926. He Dears the ar: catcher of the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1930 and remained with them for six seasons. He then moved over to the Bobton Braves where he served behind the plate for four and one-half seasons before be traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates. He caught for the Bucs through the season and then joined Cleveland in 1947. : As a major leaguer, Lopez caught in 1950 games. He caught 1( i

games in 12 seasons to tie a National League record. In 1941, Al was chosen as a member of the National Leagues AllStap teem:

Tony Cuccinello Hump Pierce Earl Turner

Tom Saffell Ted Beard

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certainly in Feeping with his race. Besides being a good relief pitcher, “Hutch keeps the fans in stitches with his pre-game antics. In a recent game at Victory Fiel ohnny Joined the boys in the outfield in a little running warmup practice. He lum right along ‘with the boys and then suddenly veered to the left and took a short cut through the scoreboard, running in one door and out the other.

There probably isn't an Indian fan who hasn't, at one time or another, seen Big John put on his pitching act. Wearing two baseball caps, with one peak to the front and the * aseball uniform; : John goes through his act which includes winding up and falling flat on his face after the pitehing, looking in one direction and throwing in another, throwing Underhand, Ting blooper pitches and a number of other laugh-getting stunts. Eins

Hutch broke into organized Baseball in 1935, playing with Peoria in ‘the Dhfeel E.

League. His first trip up to the bi es was in 1940 when he joined Cincinnati. He stayed with the Reds anti the middle le} 941 when he was traded to Boston. He started the 1942 season with Boston, but was sent down to Indianapolis.

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