The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1922-06-26
INDIANS CLOSE
AT Home WITH
TWIN VICTORY
Sunday Double Header Has
Great Crowd on Toes
Throughout Afternoon.
FOURTEEN HURLERS USED
Batting Terrific on Both Sides
-Jonnard Returns to New
York Giants.

Jack Hendricks Indians hoped
over to Columbus today for a series
Of games with the Senators and 5000
fans who viewed the double-header at
Washington Park Sunday would have
trailed along today If they had had
the means and the spare time.
How the fans did GOT yesterday! It
was the greatest demonstration
Washington Park has known for
years. Two victories, IA 70 4 and II
to II, for the home team, had the
spectators da6y, especially the second
fracas, which went only five innings
because Of the 6 o'clock Sunday base
ball closing law.
Cavet pitched the Tribe to victory
in the afternoons opener. Extra base
hits fairly rained. Pongo Joe Can
tiIlon used five pitchers without
checking the Indians in their batfest.
Manager Hendricks was banished
early. but continued to watch the
battle from outside the players gate
and he saw his men crown nearly
everything the Miller fingers tossed
up. Manager Jack was permitted
back on the lot in the second con
test and the fans gave him a rous
ing greeting when he returned.
Then the second battle started. The
NIilIers hammered Shea off the mound
at the start Of the second inning and
obtained a 6-to-0 lead before the Tribe
checked the onslaught. Seib relieved
Shea and delivered until the fifth. In
the meantime the Indians had started
to come from behind and had scored
two markers in the second and ten
in the third, making the cor II to s
in their favor. It was about h wild
est inning ever staged at Washington
Park.
Joe Cantillon changed pitchers in
rapid-ire order. but the Hendricksmen
kept mounting the cor In the
.Nurth inning Minneapolis scored n
harkerAnd raised it's total to e
IThe time was growing short and il
was necessary for four and one-half
innings L be played in order to make
1t a game. The first half OF the fifth
arrived and Minneapolis started a
great rally. Seib was knocked u and
Cavet relieved him. Cavet was
knocked out and Weaver relieved him.
lie G44lACA6 S%OAC0 AO0A G4AS 1AA
had the bases filled and Mayer was at
bat. Weaver was wild and Mayer
waited and got the count of three balls
and two strikes. Then Weaver shot one
over the middle OF the plate for the
third strike and the third out The
Indians batted in their half Of the
fifth. the closing bell sounded and the
game was over, Indianapolis winning
IL to IL.
As a result OF the Sunday contests
here and at Louisville. the St. Paul
team crept into the league lead, the
Indians stand second and the Mulers
third. Oh, what a race!
Manager Cantillon used every
pitcher on his staff during the two
games and Smallwood got in both
battles. The Indians used n
pitcher in the opener and four in the
windup. Fourteen pitchers worked in
the two games and only thirteen and
one-half innings were played A rec
ord. perhaps.
While Seib was in the game he got
a triple and double and his hits were
a big factor In the Tribe victory. Tom
WheIan made his first appearance as
an Indian and played right field. His
work was excellent.
The Tribe has lost the services Of
Pitcher Claude Jonnard. The big
finger was recalled by John McGraw
and he left today to join the New
York Giants. He was here on q loan
and McGraw said at one time that he
hoped to see his way clear to leave
Jonnard with the Indians.
Outfielder Vernon Spencer returned
to his. Michigan home today. He prob
ably will be unable TO play any more
baseball this season. He has an in
jured leg that keeps him hobbling and
he is going TO call on Bonseter Reese.
Bob Browne, youthful Miller sacker,
displayed great nerve in the second
inning of the first game when he
made a play after being knocked out
by a ball driven into his stomach by
Whelan. He chung to the ball.
staggered to third base, touched the
bag for a f~orce-out on Kruger and
then keeled over. First-aid treatment
brought him around after several
minutes time-out had been taken.