Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-06-03
TRIBE BATTLES
TOSTAY AHEAD
IN GREAT RACE
Old Master Cavet Keeps In.
dams Jump in Front of
Onrushing Blues.
BREWERS AGAIN TODAY

With their lead threatened by the
rejuvenated K. C. Blues. tine Indians to-
day were all fired with the old deter
mination to slip the visiting Brewers an
other trimming and then repeat the dose
In the series windup fray tomorrow
Defeats are costly at this stage Of the
hot Association fight and the HoOsiers
feel that 1t Is up to them to annex the
series from the Milwaukee outfit IN or
der to bolster their confidence for the big
round of games starting with the Blues
here Sunday.
The Blues are right on the heels of
the Indians and other rival clubs are not
far down. which means that a slump
ct this time doubtless would send team
diving toward the second division.
AT any rate, the Hendricksmen are out
In front and they mean to stay there If
effort will do it. Old Master Pug Cavet
walked out on the mound yesterday and
tackled up his ninth straight Sftching vic
tory by turning the Brewers back, to l.
The veteran Tipped EN- up in great style
and would have scored a shutOut but fOA
a fielding error behind him. However,
Pug is not pitching his head of TO tack
to go along and win regularly. Schaak
and Lingrell divided the hurting for the
Brewers yesterday and the Indians sockej
'em both for hits and runs.
Cavet gave up eight hits, but in five
of the nine innings not Brewer reached
first. He walked one man and famed
three. The Old Master went along in
such easy fashion that the visitors prae-
play as If they knew they were up
against IL and, of course, they were not
mistaken in their belief, because Cavet
was out there TO win.
Hank Schneider contributed the field
ing feature by a spectacular catch in
short left field with his back to the
stands. The catch was so unusual and
unexpected that the Brewer base run
oh IN
and as a result Hank doubled one Of
them off base. 1t was a neat piece of
work and Schneider was given big
hand.
Other Indian stars were Morrison and
Baird, both Of whom hit and fielded we'll.
Morrison got three hits, one for the cir
cult and Baird came through with three
singles Doug made one bobble In the
field, but he played so well otherwise
that his bad throw was overlooked Leo
Dixon also came to life with the bat by
cracking out two safeties and the fans
are pulling hard for him to keep It up.
In the contest this afternoon Petty
or Bartlett was to tWirl for the Indians.
Manager Egan Of the Brewers was unde-
cided, but It was known that he planned
to send out one Of his best fippers in
order to try and gain an edge on the
series This was Ladies' Day" at Wash
t1gton Park and feminine fans were ex-
pected out in abundance.
Dick Gossett, former Indian, batted for
@Tumbledown" Schask in the sixth and
drove a long fly to Morrison. Dick was
given a long round Of applause by the
fans In practice Gossett tried his arm
out and whipped the ball around the
sacks Ike q bullet.
The attendance is not what it should
be- The Indians are in first place and
only by the players giving their best eff
forts and Owner Smith his best in
financial way hmas the lead position been
won. The team deserves better support
1t is said that Indianapolis is drawing
lighter at the gate than a number OF the
teams down in the race. Wherever the
Indians go on the road big crowds turn
out, but at home the fans do not show
they appreciate the efforts Of the cl1b
officials to give the city a pennant win
ner In these days Of high rail and hotel
rates and the high cost Of baseball equip
ment a club can't break even on Satur-
day and Sunday gate receipts only.
The Hoosiers added two more double
plays to their record yesterday. The
Tribe inheld is Of big league caliber. The
best inheld work seen at Washington
Park In years is being served up by Hen
bricks present roster, and If indianapolis
likes good baseball now is the opportune
time to go out and witness a few games.