Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-31
INDIANS TAKE
ANOTHER WHIRL
WITH DODGERS
Come Back Confident After
Beating National Champs
in Prolonged Battle.
SHOWING REAL CLASS
BY EDDIE ASH,
Daily Times Sports Editor.

81 NEW ORLEANS, La, March S1.-Still
z.rlingling in big league company, the In
<dians today were set to charge back into
5the ranks OF the Brooklyn Dodgers, Ma
7tionaI League champions, after taking
Said champions into camp here Wednes-
#day, 4 to 3, in eleven innings or nigh
HeIass ball.
&RObfnson's outfit in the first contest of
the two game series boosted the stotA
Hof the HOosiers in these parts, and as
4result of their success in splitting the
4spring baseball dope, big weekday
@crowd was expected to turn out this
i afternoon.
zslated to do the Tribe pitching, and
81 both right-handers believed they were
3 groomed to repeat the winning stunt Of
their mates Wednesday. Dixon was as
Il signed the catching duties again, because
& OF the inability of Gossett to recover
from a wrist sprain received at crowley
nearly two weeks ago. Following the
batsle this afternoon, the Indians VIII
res. Friday and then go to Baton Rouge
Saturday for games there on that day
land Sunday before packing up Tor the
st time in the Southland.
S The HOosiers will not get to see Babe
e. uth in action Friday, as they had hoped,
vs. pcause the proposed Yankee-Dodger
sme that day has been called off, New
b6rleans fans will get to witness the
home run king perform, however, as ne
Is due to appear here both Saturday
and Sunday, when the New YORK club
viii tangIe with the National League
champions
Getting back to the Hoosier victory
Wednesday, It was grand achievement
for Jack Hendricks 1921 American As
ISOLATION pennant hopefuls. They tore
Int, the big leaguers in amazing fashion,
despite the fact that Brooklyn used its
best lineup, and so keen was the game
that the fans were usually on their feet
cheering a fast play Manager Robin
son OF the Dodgers did not care 10 see
his boys mauled by an American Assocl-
alton team and he was out on the coach
ing lines barking orders and giving ad-
vice the entire afternoon
BARTLETT DOES
GOOD WORK.
Bartlett, the Tribe youngster, opened
on the mound against the Dodgers and
but for a bad throw by Baird he would
have blanked the major machine. AS 1t
was he retired at the end Of the fifth
with the score knOtted at B and 3 In
order to give Pug Cayet a chance. Cavet
proved the right man for the place, be-
cause he made some the big league slug
gers look foolish with his change Of
pace and he held them OF until his mates
put over the needed marker in the elev-
enth.
! Sherry Smith. star Brooklyn south
and the HOosiers counted twice in the
hrst frame. Rehg singled after two were
out and then Tex COvingtOn hit one to
the center field fence, scoring Rehg. Tea
counted himself when the relayed throw
from the Outfeld got by third base. In
the second inning, Schneider doubled,
Sticking sacrificed and the former scored
on DixOn's sacrifice hy.
The winning marker in the eleventh
saw another COvingt0n timely hit. Baird
walked and Morrison sacrificed. Baird
was out on Rehg's felder's choice, but
While the Dodgers were running down
Baird. Rehg reached second and scored
moment later when COvilgtOn smashed
q long single to center
The Dodgers obtained their three runs
In the third inning when a bad throw
by Baird gave them an opening which
they took instant advantage of. The In
dams refused to crack after that frame,
however, and their strong defensive work
was feature. A fashy double play In
the ninth inning. Baird to Sticking. cut
OF a possible Dodger rally and sent the
game into extra innings.
DODGERS USE
THREE HURLERS.
Sherry Smith retired after the second
inning, when Lamar was used TO hit for
MIN. Al MemaUx then took up the
Brooklyn pitching for seven innings, Civ
ing way TO MOZART in the tenth Catcher
hrueger of the Dodgers was injured IN
fc-A@A " AiEu a IDGA I'D on balT0
bat clipped on a finger nail The injury
VIII keep this DOdger regular out OF the
game for about ten days.
The game Wednesday was the third
extra-lnning affair the Hoosiers have
played this spring. In two of the four
games staged with the PHILADELPHIA Ath-
ietlcs the scores were 3 and 3, eleven in
nings, and aud l, thirteen innings
The eyen-tnning struggle here was
pronounced the most interesting game
paved In New Orleans this spring
Manager Hendricks was still without
any worG-etoday regarding the deals he
= ~ sEg to put through to obtain more
pitching talent and heavv hitting
catcher The Los Angeles t am refused
70 talk trade and Hendricks notified the
Boston Red Sox Wednesday that he could
not use CGn Brady. He had planned to
buy Brady aHd then trade him for
Pitcher Vie Aldridge. The tribe bess is
confident something good win turn up
shortly, however, and is not letting the
battery situation worry him at present