Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-03-26
INDIANS OPEN
SECOND SERIES
WITH MACKMEN
Athletes Getting Ready to
Give Crowley Fans the
Farewell Wave.
DOWN ATLANTA NINE
BY EDDIE ASH.
Daily Times Sports Editor.

l. CROWLEY, La, March 26.-After dem
Frustrating their superiority over the At
tlanta (Southern AssOctatiOn) team Friday
by downing the Dixie outfit, to l, the
Indians today were ready TO hook up
with the mixed squad of Philadelphia
Athletic rockies and regulars in the first
Of a two game series at the Crowley ball
yard. The HOOsiers previously tied the
Msckmen in eleven innings and then de-
feated them, II to 8, and, of course. the
Hendricks men believed they were capable
Of tossing the hooks into the big leaguers
again this afternoon.
Paul Jones and Charlie Whitehouse
were slated to take turns on the mound
today, with Dixon behind the bat. The
rest or the lineup was to be the same
as 1t was in the contest with the At
1anta team Friday.
The Athletics Will remain over for an
other battle Sunday and then on Mon
day the Hoosiers will divide their squad
fans.
A change In the departing time of the
Hooslers from their training camp was
made today when Manager Hendricks
announced that the squad would leave
mere tuesday afternoon at I O'Clock in
stead Of later that night. as previous
plans called for Under the new ar
rangement the Indians will arrive in New
Orleans Tuesday evening.
On next Wednesday and Thursday the
Ign Dodgers at the New Orleans ball lot,
then they rest Friday and on Saturday
and Sunday they perform In Baton
Rouge against Louisiana State Univer-
sity and the Standard Oil teams, respec
lively. Following the game with the
Oils the THbesmen hop back TO New
Orleans to board a RATHER for Indianap-
oils the morning OF April 4, the schedule
calling for the Indians to reach home
about noon April ,, to prepare for exhi-
bition contests at Washington Park with
Cincinnati Butler College, Detroit Tig-
ers and the Cleveland worlds champions.
As the dog days of the Southland train
ing trip are reached. there are Indications
that the orening day lineup April Il,
when the HOosiers face the Columbus
Senator's, will see either Jones or Stry ker
on the mound. Gossett behind the pa;
Covington at first, Sticking at second,
Schneider at short, Lutzke at third ana
three OF the following four men In the
Outfeld; Kinsella, Rehg, SINNERS and
Baird. The Iast-named is at home in the
gardens as well as on the fnfeld and
probably will be used out there if Lutzke
continues to give satisfactory service at
lxhird base. There are number OF big
exhibition games TO be staged before
April ID however, and new conditions
may arise that may call for a revamping
Of the above prediction Of the opening
fhe Indians got away to a flying start
against the Atlanta nine Friday and 1t
was we'll that they did, because after the
nrSL inning BlLcueT GuECtll OIL the ' AtNA
ers settled down and hurled a fine brand
of ball. The HoOsiers showed four runs
over in the opening frame when they
garnered three of their five hits for the
day. Opposing Purcell, hOwver, at the
start, was the Tribes phenoIh, Lee Bart
lett, and this young fellow did not al
low the visitors to take any hDerties-
They got only two hits of Bartlett during
the five innings he was on the mound
and his perfOrms nee was further tndi-
cation that be means to stick with the
American Association.
Dixon caught another splendid game
but was unable to locate his batting eye,
hitting stride by driving out a couple Of
hard-hit fouls COvington. Schrieber,
Sticking, Bartlett and Attreau got the
hits for Indiana polls and Guyon, Smith
and Purcell for Atlanta. The visitors
scored their only run OF Cavet in the
seventh. the tall sOuthpaw having taken
up the Tribe pitching IN the sixth. The
HoOsier infeld again worked in rapid fire
order.
Joe Guyon, former famous football
player and all-around athlete Of Georgia
Tech, played center field for Atlanta and
..poled out three hits IN as many times up.
eIe hit for three bases once and was pre-
vented from getting a home run on 1t
only by a fast throw from Nandyke TO
Sicking to Dixon. Guyon is a real In
dian and appears to be a speed merchant.
The Tribesmen stole four bases dur
ing the game and they were all clean
steals Their base running in all exhibit
ton games has been Of high order and
Manager Hendricks believes the Indians
Of 1921 are going TO be about the best
team on the paths that he ever has lad
at Indianapolis.