Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-03-24
INDIANS SMOKE
PEACE PIPE;T TO
STAY AT PETE
Owner of Park Undergoes
Change of Heart-Tribe
Meets Cuban Club.
OMARA SIGNS CONTRACT
Rogge to Join Club-Shinners
Looks Like Find of
Season.
O'MARA SIGNS CONTRACT
1x EDDIE ASH.
Tfu.ea 6pox.ts Editor,

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March "a
Back In their spring training home lot
the Indians today stacked up against the
Havana Stars, Cubans, in the first game
of a two-day series at Mooreffeld park
While the Hoosiers did not anticipate
winning from the island stars, yet they
did get the benefit of excellent honest-to-
goodness practice.
Manager Jack Hendricks had every
reason TO be reasonable happy today as
o result of the events of yesterday. He
marched his tribe out to the park with
chesty air of "Oh boys. For be 1t
said that the looming clouds of dispair
and gloom have generally given way to
brighter blue.
DOC. MOOREFIELD
COMES THROUGH.
Yesterday. morning the Indians were
homeless insofar as a training camp was
concerned, due to difficulties over an
argument with Doc Moorefeld. owner of
the park. who, it is said, retained the
tribes share of the gate receipts of
Mondays game with the Ciscinnati
Reds
CITY officials INTERVIEWED Mayor Lang
intercepted in behalf of the HOosiers-
A pow-wow was held. The Indians were
on the war path The pale faces of the
Sunshine City listened to the argument.
Doc Moorefield was button-holed City
officials. newspapermen and indianapolis
club officials held forth with Doc Moore
field
Hurrah. Doc admitted he was wrong
in the argument. He produced the
dough" due the Indians. Then Mayor
Lang insisted that Owner Smith main
tain his training headquarters for the
Tribe in st. Petersburg. Owner Smith
agreed. The peace pipe was lighted and
smoked.
O'MARA SIGNS
JOHN HENRY.
In the meantime Ollie O'Mara, Tribe
slugger third baseman. attached his
"moniker" to a contract with the Indian
boss. after period of holding out that
WAS becoming boresome. ollie accepted
the terms previously offered by Owner
Smith. Ollie is now a 1920 Indian.
The Steel league was after Ollie, but
he decided that the road back to the
major league was through the Indian
trail. Also Ollie. figured that with the
Indians he wouid be in the best of
hands in other words, he rather enjoyed
the company Of Owner Smith and Jack
Hendricks.
Therefore with oMara in line "of-
icially," the Indians stacked up all
powerful on che field THE BROOKLYN
tie" on third, Schneider at short. Wolf
ut second and Tex Covington on the
ROGGE AND SMITH
TO JOIN CLUB.
Hist. There is every reason to believe
Jimmy Smith, former Cincinnati Red.
viii come through eventually, and II
he does. oh, boy. how's that for classy
infeld combination: Talk about your
inner works. Say. shake leg, Jack.
Hook that Red leg, won't your
Additional good news today: ROgge,
Clint Rogge, a first class Double A per
former, will join the squad soon. ROgge
was dissatisfied under the former club
ownership, and now that he had ex-
changed greeting by mail and wire with
Owner Smith he appears to have buried
his crouch and is willing to come back
and do his best for the Tribe.
Outfelder Rehg, Infielder 0'Mara and
Pitchers Cavet and Murray are still
nursing training bruises, but the squad
as a whole is shaping up gradually. 1t
won't be long until pennant- contending-
recognition will break out. Deals are
still on for pitchers and another catcher
Also another outfielder is needed. Offers
batting prospects are expected TO be
grabbed up soon.
Ralph SINNERS, recruit outielder, con-
tinues to peRorm brilliantly. He looks
like a find, fOrty-two and a half karat.
Manager Jack Hendricks also has a
smile today, because, coupled up with
his professional worries, he was forced
to bear up under the strain of an opera
ton performed on his wife. He learned
today that she underwent the operation
successfully. OH, BOY, Amt 1T A
GRAND, ETC.