Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-03-18
INDIANS PLAY
GALVESTON IN
FIRST CONTEST
Tribe in Good Shape for Start
of Exhibition Series in
Texas.
HARRY WEAVER IN BOX

MARLIN, Texas, March 18.--Manager
Jack Hendricks, of the Indianapolis
American Association baseball team Eth
day night led his stalwart athletes out
of NaFlin Springs for another 20O- mile
dip closer to the equator, where the IN
dams, who, like d field of thoroughbreds,
are ready for the snap Of the barrier
which sends them into the hrst baseball
game Of the year today with the Calves
ton Texas Leaguers as. their opponents.
Twenty one men are in the invading
party which includes six pitchers. hlll
and Clancy were left at Marin De'a aoi,s
of their inability to enter the strenuous
play of q real battle.
+ The opening game WITH Galveston prob
ably will see Harry Weaver occupying
the pitchers box and either Ernie krue-
ger, late of the Brooklyn Nationals, or
Leo Dixon behind the cage and windpad.
1t is planned to start eaVer ana aItel
& time he is. to be relieved bs Bartlett
who is in fine fettle at this writing.
With Weaver, he Is expected to brlng
the Sandcrabs to the mat for the hrst
victory OF what should be a great season
for the indianapolis team.
For the second game, OF the series W, wlt 7
Galveston manager Hendricks planned
to divide the chucking duties between
Jesse Petty and Clyde Seib. the latter
impression with the Tribe. Setb Is q
right hander and played with the. Staley
Independents of Decatur, Illinois last
season Manager Hendricks also planned
to have Pug Cavet and Clint Rogg in the
bull pen during these games in case the
Galveston club proves to be a gang OF
clubbers.
Following the meeting with Galveston
the Tribe viii hang over in that city fol
short practice on Monday and perhaps
a fishing engagement in the Gulf, and
then will hike westward to. sun An
tonic for the combats with the Giants
which begin on Wednesday with two
games at San Antonio. The Indians and
Giants then will come back to Marlin for
two games on the stamping grounds OF
the Hoosler Prides. The same quartette
of pitchers who will heave the pellet
plateward against the Galveston team
also viii take to sharpshooting at the
worlds champions.
The Indians are in grand shape. They
have enjoyed the finest kind of weather
here in March and there are no com
plants by the players on account of not
getting in condition. Eddie Brown Is
the only player in the entire camp pop
ulation who is not At TO enter game and
he is ready to put on Tribe uniform
for the first time in more than week
Brownie suffered a severe cold last Fri
day and up until Thursday was con
dned to his room in the hotel. He viii
keep company with Hill and Clancy, the
ex-Giant southpaw,, and few OF the
others. The stay homes viii engage IN
two sessions daily at Rimes Park until the
club returns next Friday.
Spencer Rehg and Morrison will be the
outtielders in the games on tue road trip
The regular inheld win DO battle. while
Bill Heine will reinforce the inner guar
dlans in case there Is a mishap. Heine
has proved himself a grand little bal
player.
Clint Royce took to the pitchers boz
In the batting practice Of Friday morn
ing 1t was Clint's first appearance In
the harness and he showed the results OF
preliminary work at his Michigan home
by cutting loose with some Of the curves
which has earned for himself the repn-
tation Of owning one Of the best hook
balls in the Association. Clint Is en-
gaging In one of his few South training
periods, as be ordinarily doesn't Ike to
come down here
Outleder Kinsella will not be a mem
Der of the Indians this year. The young
gardener, who was a member Of the
ty of the New York Giants, was re-
turned to Manager McGraw and will
Join the second team OF the world $
champions at Houston Monday kinsel-
las departure leaves the Indians with
five outfelders, including Walter Rehg,
Lefty Morrison Eddie Brown, Vernon
Spencer and Harry Purcell, the first two
mentioned being veterans of the 1921
crew. Brown and Spencer came TO tho
Indians from the Giants
Purcell represents the only real recruit
Of the lot and was bought by the Tribe
from the Ionia (Mich( team OF the
Central League. His chief stock in trade
is cracking the ball and so far also has
exhibited unusual speed.