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By Eddie Ash
Hard Days Seen for Indians in West
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Sox Declare Ferrell Has Lost Fast One
the exception of two groups of picked aces, partici
pating in the world’s fair baseball feature in Chicago
today, the big league pastimers, both National and American,
‘were idle this afternoon. A moratorium was declared in
major circles to permit the eyes of the diamond universe to
turn toward the Windy City to watch the outcome of a classic
that promises to develop into a yearly specialty. It was just
•another day in minor league circles, however, and the Class
\AA teams and others followed their usual routine.
Red Killefer had his Indianapolis Indians at Kansas City
to open the second swing of the season around the western
half of the Hickey loop. The Hoosiers are scheduled in Kaw
town for four days and then they will hit the northern trail,
playing in Milwaukee, St. Paul and Minneapolis. After the
Miller series the Tribesmen will visit Toledo and Columbus
before returning to Perry stadium on July 28 to battle the
Louisville Colonels in another “appreciation night’’ offering.
All games at Kansas City, except Sunday’s, will be played
under the lights at nights.
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Outfield Fails Red
THE Indians are not smacking
the sphere hard enough to keep
them in the first division much
longer and it looks like tough going
in the west. Killefer s outfield has
fallen short on the production of
base hits and it will take exceptional
pitching to keep the club from slip
ping down in the race.
The Tribe pilot has made several
efforts to bolster the attack, but has
found that there are strings at
tached to the talent that is available.
The Indians do not employ optioned
players and it seems that big league
scouts have managed to tie up
nearly everything in the minors that
would help the local nine.
Something may happen shortly
that will give Killefer a break, but
just at present the outlook is blue
unless a few of the boys with low
batting averages come to life and
start banging the ball to the safe
spots. Losing that second game to
Toledo Tuesday. 3 to 0, when Jack
Tising held the Hens to four hits,
was a blow that hurt.
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Say Wes Is Troubled
MEMBERS of the Chicago White
Sox may be wrong in their
opinion, but they were authors of
a rumor the other day that said
Wesley Ferrell has lost his fast ball.
The Sox tossers declare they were
told in Cleveland that it’s the guess
there that Wesley has seen his best
days, the reason advanced being
that the great hurler is troubled
with an old injury that compels
him to depend on “slow stuff”
rather than speed
Ferrell is a young man as ball
player ages go and it will be a
sad twist of fate if his salary whip
deserts him now. Moreover, Cleve
land. as a team, is more or less
upset. A change in managers failed
to help and heroes of last year
stayed in the same old hitting
slump.
Just recently the club owner, Alva
Bradley, said the season now had
progressed far enough to dismiss
all alibis for poor batting and it is
_evident he plans a wholesale sha.ke
,V >v before 1934.
Eddie Morgan, once an idol and
“business man holdout,” was re
leased to New Orleans ’ast week,
a drop from big time to Class A.
There are three Class AA leagues,
but Eddie w-as pushed over them to
a lower classification.
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Cronin Keeps Going
JOE CRONIN, the boy manager
of the league-leading Washing
ton Americans, plays as well as di
rects the teams. Predictions were
made the double duty would cause
him to fold up. but Joe is cracking
the ball hard and fielding in the
same style that won him the rating
as the best shortstop in the game.
He gave a demonstration of level
thinking in a recent game at Cleve
land that proved he is still “all
there” in the upper story. Bob
Burke was weakening on the mound
and Cleveland was launching a ral
ly. Cronin dashed in. patted Burke
on the back and whispered encour
agement, telling him he soon would
be out of the hole.
However, at the same time, while
giving his hurler the “pat” of con
fidence. Cronin was using the other
hand behind Burke’s back wig-wag
ging to relief pitcher Bill McAfee
in the bullpen to hurry and get
warmed up.
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Joe Heving Moves Up
Manager fonseca of the
Chicago White Sox is hard up
for starting pitchers and has advised
Joe Heving he will be assigned to a
regular turn. The lanky right
hander was drafted from Indian
apolis last fall and was taken to
serve in the bullpen as No. 1 relief
man.
Joe measured up to expectations
and “specifications.” as a rescue
hurler. but apparently some of his
work was “too good.”
Anyway, Fonseca is going to take
a chance with Heving and start him.
The former Indian may make the
grade, but the American Association
guess is that he won’t last the route.
The full distance was too much
for the Kentuckian in class AA.
where most of his fine record was
built on pinch-pitching, stopping
rallies and in pulling games out of
the skillet.
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Cuyler His Own Ross
IT is said trouble is brewing on
the Chicago Cubs and that
Hazen Ki Ki Cuyler has gained the
ill will of Manager Charlie Grimm
and Prexy Bill Veeck. The club
chiefs thought Cuyler was ready for
regular action a week ago. when re
ports to that effect were reported
filed by the club surgeon.
Cuyler cracked an ankle bone
during spring training and has used
up half the summer to, recover.
Moreover, he told Grimm and Veeck
he was going to make up his own
mind about returning for regular
duty and would not take orders re
garding his condition.
Ki Ki always has been more or
less independent, and anyway the
Cubs are eight games out of first
place. In the meantime Hazen con
tinues to draw full pay while con
valescing on the bench as a pinch
hitter. If the Cubs launch a win
ning streak, watch Ki Ki step. He
thrives on heroics.
BRANOM SLIPS DOWN
Dudley Branom. southpaw first
sarker pushed out at Baltimore
when Del Bissonette was sent to
the Orioles, has joined the Williams
port in the N. Y.-P. League.
New Red Sox
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Mel Almada
Fred Muller
SCOUTING in the Pacific Coast
League, General Manager
Eddie Collins of the Red Sox
picked up Fred Muller, second
baseman, and Mel Almada, out
fielder, both of Seattle.
Horse Sense
BY O. RE VILLA
T ATONIA, Ky„ July 6.—Eddie
Haughton, who w r as so handy
w’ith a halter in Chicago in claiming
good horses from other owmers,
seems to be the center of attraction
here. Eddie started Kibitzer in the
last race Wednesday and there were
three claims in lor him. Harry Una,
who ow’ned the nag previous to the
claiming in Chicago, w T as the lucky
one on the draw’ betw’een the three
claimers and the hoss now’ is back
in the Californian’s stable. Incident
ly, Kibitzer threw a stifle during the
race, but its Una's horse, regardless.
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Jockev Bill Moran, who was riding in
the east for Greentree has returned and
will do the booting for the Western di
vision under the direction of Jack Mid
dleton. Bill took unto himself a bride
while in the east. The young lariv hails
from New Orleans.
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Jockev Gilbert Elston, who rode Gold
Basis to victory in the Derby Saturday,
drew the wrath of the fudges while astride
Oh Dave in the eighth and will spend the
next five days on the ground thinking it
over. Sammy Rennick is also starting a
five-dav vacation for the same offense on
Slash.
0 0 0
George South, who W’on the Independ
ence Handicap Tuesday on Cousin Jo, who
had not run since July 4th last year, has
been engaged to ride Jessie Dear in the
Quickstep handicap here Saturday.
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COL. MATT WINN reports that
ten grand more passed through
the mutuel machines July 4 than
did one year ago on that day.
Maybe “Proxperiky" is on the way
down the*home stretch.
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William H. Dwyer, chief stock holder
of (he Coney Island plant at Cincinnati,
arrived today to take up the matter of
opening the plant with the forty-five
day meet as soon as the state grants the
license to operate. The Jockey Club plans
to spend much money in making more
improvements on the plant before the
opening date. If the dates asked for are
granted they will conflict with the dates
at Dade Park, Evansville.
0 0 0
A canvas of the horsemen shows there
will be about an even break among
those stabled here in shipping to both
tracks Coney Island will get several
horses from the Arlington park meet
that would not race at Latonia.
Equipoise Hurt ,
Resumes Work
By Times Special
CHICAGO, July 6.
which forced the last-minute with
drawal of Equipoise, handicap
champion, from the Stars and
Stripes handicap Tuesday at Ar
lington. practically have healed and
the turf star is being pointed for the
Arlington handicap on July 22.
Equipoise was injured in a work
out here last Saturday.
M'CLURE. WILLARD IN
WATER POLO TUSSLE
McClure Beach meets Willard in
a water polo game at Willard to
night. The game is the first of the
season for these two teams, mem
bers of the city recreation depart
ment water polo league.
In the opening game, Ellenberger
won from Garfield Wednesday
night on a forfeit when the Garfield
players failed to return to the water
at the start of the second half.
Ellenbreger led 3 to 0 at half
PHAGAN SHADES PURVIS
By Times Special
CHICAGO, July 6.—Jack Purvis,
Indianapolis welterweight, made a
great rally but dropped a close de
cision to Johnny Phagan, Chicago
Negro, Wednesday night. Phagan’s
left jab won him the shade verdict
although he was down for an eight
count in the final round.
LEHIGH SIGN SC ALV ER T
BETHLEHEM. Pa., July 6.—Paul
Calvert, former Purdue football star,
was signed today by Colonel N. A.
Kellogg, athletic director, as head
freshman coach in football, baseball
and basketball.
WORLDS
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Indianapolis Times Sports
Rival Diamond Stars
Clash Before 49,000
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It’s National League Pitchers Against American Loop
Sluggers in ‘Game of Century’ at Chicago; Junior
Circuit Club Also Boasts Fine Hurlers.
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY,
United Pres, Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO. July 6.—To baseball’s romantic story a new’ thrill was
added today—the first in twenty years.
The monotonous constancy of the sport—ls 4 games, two pennant win
ners, the world series—the same as in 1905, was shunted aside for the
day while the greatest players of the American and National Leagues
met in an all-star game at Comiskey park.
There have been inter-league contests since 1884, world series since
1905, and exhibition games every year from coast to coast, but never
j before have the greatest hitters, the smartest pitchers, the highest paid
stars gathered for an biter-league game in mid-season.
The idea, which originated with a newspaperman, caught fandom’s
j fancy from the first and 49,000 fans, coming from every state in the
union, packed Comiskey park to capacity for the “game of the century.”
Half a million fans participated in the selection of the two teams.
A1 Simmons, Chicago White Sox outfielder, polled the largest total of
votes of any player, 346,291.
Directing this costly collection of
baseball bric-a-brac were Connie
Mack, the kindly manager of the
Philadelphia Athletics, and John J.
McGraw’, the firebrand of the old
Baltimore Orioles and until he re
tired last year, leader of the New’
York Giants.
A. L. Boasts Sluggers
At their disposal today were per
haps the greatest collection of ball
players ever gathered for cne game.
Mack had the mightiest murders’
row of all times m his lineup—Aver
ill, Ruth, Gehrig, Simmons and
Cronin, w’ith Foxx in reserve, any
one of them likely to crack the ball
outside the premises with one swing.
For pitching strength he had Grove,
w’ho for six years in a row has won
twenty or more games, Wes Ferrell,
w’ho for four straight years has w’on
more than twenty games, Alvin
Crowder, sometimes called the
greatest right-hander in the game,
and Oral Hildebrand, Cleveland’s
new star.
Outclassed in offensive strength,
McGraw’s hope to halt the Ameri
can League sluggers rested with his
pitchers, Carl Hubbell, master of
the screw ball; Bill Hallanan, the
cunning southpaw who has won
three out of four world series games
against the American League; Lon
Warneke, the Cubs’ right-hand ace,
and Hal Schumacher, the Giants
new hero.
N. L. Infield Classy
The National League stars had
a classy infield with Bill Terry at
first, Frankie Frisch, Dick Bartell
and Pie Traynor, perhaps one of
the best defensive units assembled
in many years. For hitting strength
the National Leaguers relied on
Chuck Klein, Bill Terry, Lefty
O'Doul and Paul Waner. There
wasn’t any danger of the National
Leaguers banging ’em any farther
than Ruth, Simmons, Gehrig and
Foxx, the four most devastating
sluggers in baseball.
Rumors that Hubbell, on the ad
vice of Manager Bill Terry of the
Giants, had declined to pitch in the
game because of his eighteen-in
ning masterpiece last. Sunday w’hen
he beat the Cardinals, 1-0, w r ere
denied by McGraw’.
“I have picked Hubbell to pitch
the first three innings,” said Mc-
Graw’, “and unless his arm bothers
him w’e’ll stick to that plan.”
Each team was to use three pitch
ers in the game. The batting order:
AMERICAN NATIONAL
Averlll. cf Bartell. ss
Gehrineer. 2b Frisch. 2b
Ruth, rs Klein, rs
Gehrig, lb P. Waner, rs
Simmons, If Terry, lb
Cronin, ss O'Doul. if
Dvkes. 3b Traynor. 3b
Dickey, c Hartnett, c
Grore. p Hubbell. p
Umpires—Dinneen (American) plate; Kiem
(National) first base; McGowan (Ameri
can), second base; Rigler (National), third
base.
Reserve Players—American: Wes Ferrell,
Gomez, Hildebrand, pitchers; Foxx and Laz
zeri. infielders: West and Chapman, out
fielders; Rick Ferrell, catcher. National:
Hailahan. Warneke, Schumacher, pitchers:
Ensriish and Cuccineilo, infielders: Martin.
Hafey and Bereer, outfielders; J. Wilson,
catcher.
YANKS GET COLLEGIAN
Ernie Koy, football and baseball
mainstay of University of Texas
teams, has joined the New r York
Yankees. He expects to be farmed
out to New’ark, in the International
League.
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INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, JULY 6,1933
Eight Left in
Tennis Action
Three quarter final matches in
men’s singles featured today’s pro
gram in the annual Fall Creek ten
nis tourney. Tommy Wilson and
Paul Meunier tangled in one match,
j w’ith Joe Stubbs facing Vincent
Meunier in another. Frank Dale
battled Dan Morgan today, while
, Harold Justus and Gene Demmary,
! defending champion, clash in the
| other tilt Friday.
! Women’s, boys’ and junior singles
I tussles and men's doubles matches
also were on today’s card.
Yankee Cinder
Stars on Tour
By United Press
NEW YORK, July 6. —Seven
members of America’s all-star eight
man track and field team sailed
Wednesday night on the Deutsch
land for an invasion of Europe,
where they will compete in eleven
cities of seven countries.
The eighth member. John Ander
son, Olympic discus champion, will
sail for Europe on the Bremen
next Tuesday. The first compe
tition will be held at Stockholm,
Sweden, July 19 and 20. Those who
sailed were Glenn Cunningham,
American 800 and 1.500-meter cham
pion; Ralph Metcalfe, 100 and 200-
meter titleholder; Joe McCluskey,
steeplechase king; George Spitz, na
tional indoor high jump champion;
Johnny Morriss, 110-meter high
hurdles champion; Ivan Fuqua,
Brazil, Ind., 400-meter titleholder,
and Henry Laßorde, discus cham
pion.
Local Driver Is
Harness Winner
By Times Special
CLEVELAND. July 6.—Reynolda,
driven by Marvin Childs of Indian
apolis. captured the featured Rainy
Day sweepstakes, worth $52,400, at
the North Randall Grand Circuit
meet Wednesday.
The 2-year-old star triumphed in
straight heats, covering the first
heat in 2:13 3-5 and the second in
2:10. Ben White’s Ella Brewer was
second in the first heat, and in the
second, Fred Egan gave the winner
a great battle down the stretch with
Harvey Spencer losing out at the
wire.
Wednesday Ring Results
AT NEW YORK—lsadoro Gastanaga,
197, Spain, knocked out Les Kennedy, 192
Los Angeles (6); Charley Massera, 181,
Brooklyn drew with Bob Olin, 175, New
York GO); Sammy Souverio. 176. Hunting
ton, stopped Joe Vokuhl, 176 Germany (1).
AT INGLEWOOD, Calif.—Meyer Grace,
148, Chicago, knocked out Pete Groves,
155. Dallas, Tex.. (1). Mickey Barr. 150,
decisioned Jack Grande. 151 (6).
Still Winning
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TT’S your old friend, Mrs. Helen
-* Wills Moody, queen of the
courts. She's seeking her sixth
Wimbledon championship and
gained the finals today. Queen
Helen never has lost a set at
Wimbledon.
Major Leaders
LEADING HITTERS
Player Club G 'AB R H Pet.
Klein. Phillies 74 301 51 111 .369
Simmons, White Sox 74 307 58 113 .368
v r °n?v(c Se £vjm S " 11 296 51 109 -368
\. Davis Phillies.. 68 242 29 89 .368
FOXX. Athletics.... 71 265 70 97 .366
HOME RUNS
athletics.. 24 Klein. Phillies ... 17
Gehr’ig Y Yankees. 1? Berßer ’ Braves ” 15
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Light-Hitting Cards
Drop 11 of 15 Tilts
St. Louis Trails Leading Giants Five and Half Games
After Bowing to Third-Place Pirates, Who Are
Only One Game Back.
BY JACK GIDDY,
I'nitfd Press Staff Corresoondent
NEW YORK, July 6.—Although the St. Louis Cardinals now appear
the strongest all-round club in the National League, they must snap out
of their batting slump shortly or be heavily handicapped in trying to beat
out New r York and Pittsburgh for the pennant.
Weakness at bat contributed largely to the Card's eleven defeats in
their last fifteen games. Meanwhile, the Giants' amazing pitching enabled
the New Yorkers to extend their league lead to fire and a half games
over the second-place Cards.
St. Louis slipped a half game Wednesday by losing to the Pirates.
7 to 6, leaving Pittsburgh omy one game behind the Cards. Floyd Vaughn's
homer with two aboard featured a fifth-inning Pirate spurt, and a hit
batsman, a sacrifice, a fly, a double and two singles resulted in three
tallies in the seventh.
Pepper Martin of the Cards had a perfect day at bat with a double
and four singles.
Chicago kept pace with Pittsburgh
by dow’ning Cincinnati, 5 to 3, as
Bud Tinning registered his seventh
mound triumph. He yielded ten
hits, but kept them scattered.
Charley Grimm's double that cleared
the loaded bases featured a four
run Chicago burst in the first. Chick
Hafey drove out a Cincinnati homer
in the first.
In the American League. Chicago
wrested fourth place from Cleveland
by beating the Indians, 10 to 6, after
clicking off seven runs in the sixth.
The third-place Philadelphia Ath
letics gained on the idle second
place New York Yankees by beat
ing Boston, 4 to 2. Dick Oliver,
picked off the Philly sandlots, made
his debut as starter for the A’s, al
lowing the Red Sox seven scattered
hits. Erie McNair drove in three
Philadelphia runs with a homer and
a double.
Detroit advanced to w’ithin one
percentage point of the fifth-place
Indians by w’alloping St. Louis, 9 to
4, after hammering Blaeholder and
McDonald for sixteen hits. Tom
Bridges held the Browns to six
safeties and struck out nine.
Four Events on
Meridian Card
Four events are on the complete
mat bill to be staged at South Me
ridian arena Friday night by Jimmie
McLemore. Joe Hollander, who drew
with Young Slaughter last week,
will meet Jack Adams, Kokomo
w’elterw’eight, and Jack Scott tackles
Bill Honeycutt in opening bouts
signed today.
Roy Allen, victor in three events
last week, tackles Billy Love, Texas
middlew’eight, and Cyclone Burns
faces Speedy O’Neal in a pair of
two falls out of three top events.
Tinning Wins No. 7
WHEN Bud Tinning reported
twenty pounds over weight
this spring and staggered through
the training season, the Chicago
Cubs considered sending the young
pitcher to the minors. They're glad
they didn’t now. He turned in his
seventh triumph Wednesday.
Brouillard,
Walker Meet
Bit Time* Special
BOSTON, July 6.—Mickey Walker,
one-time middleweight king who
tried his hand unsuccessfully in the
heavyweight class, tackles Lou
Brouillard, former welterweight
champion, in a scheduled ten-round
tussle here tonight. The veteran
was a slight favorite over his rival,
who is 22, ten years younger than
Mickey.
Walker probably will weigh 169
and Brouillard less than 165 for the
scrap. A crowd of 15,000 and gate
of $30,000 was predicted by Boston
Garden officials.'
SLAUGHTERJ/S. NICHOLS
Terre Haute Negro Faces Former
Champion at Chicago.
By Times Special
CHICAGO. July 6. Sammy
Slaughter, Terre Haute Negro wal
loper, tackles George Nichols, Buf
falo southpaw’ and former N. B. A.
light heavyweight champion, in the
scheduled ten-round main event at
Mills Stadium here today.
BATEMAN GETS JOB
By United Press
LAFAYETTE, Ind., July 6.—Sign
ing of Dick Bateman, Kokomo, as
assistant freshman football coach at
Purdue university was announced
today by Noble E. Kizer, director of
athletics. Bateman played end on
Purdue’s football team the past
three seasons.
James Purvis will continue as
head freshman coach and Sam
Voinoff, assistant.
Foe of Londos
• • •
Milo Steinborn
W'RESTLING fans who admire
their grapplers huge and
strong will receive their fill of en
tertainment here Monday night
w’hen Milo Steinborn. husky Ger
man heavyweight of “bear hug”
fame and weight-lifting reputa
tion. tackles Jim Londos. Na
tional Wrestling Association
champion.
The feature will be staged at
Sports arena, new’ outdoor mat
emporium at Pennsylvania and
North streets. It has been desig
nated as for the title by the Hoo
sier athletic commission. Two other
bouts, first at 8:30, will complete
the Hercules A. C. program.
Grant Loses in
Clay Court Play
By United Press
CHICAGO. July 6. Frankie
Parker's path to the national clay
court tennis title appeared easier
today’ as a result of the elimination
of Bryan ißitsy) Grant, Atlanta’s
tiny star.
Grant, who beat Parker for the
tri-state title at Cincinnati last
Sunday, was unexpectedly eliminat
ed in the fourth round Wednesday
by John McDiarmid, 21-year-old
Texan, 6-4. 6-4. Grant, seeded No. 2,
had been picked to meet Parker,
17-year-old Milwaukee boy, in the
final round Sunday.
IZZY STOPS KENNEDY
By United Press
NEW YORK. July 6.—lsadoro
Gastanaga, hard-hitting Spanish
heavyweight, gave Les Kennedy one
of the w’orst beatings of his career
Wednesday night and knocked out
the veteran Los Angeles scrapper in
the sixth session of their scheduled
10-round bout at Fugazy bowl.