The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1923-05-07
SCHMUTTE
PITCHES
ONE-HIT
GAME
PREsT-O-LITEs LOOK GOOD
RUDE WILBUR HITS EN-
PLENTY OF RAZZ5ERRIEs

RUDE WILBUR HITS EN-
PLENTY OF RAZZsERRIEs
" GOD. bad. and indifferent-That
describes the various brands
of ball one sees in the Satur
day leagues. A glove. a baseball and
a bat are emblems Of dash and vim
the Indifferent can not be excused.
It was a beautiful Saturday after
noon, but those teams that made
dozens of runs felt the chill breeze Of
evening before they were through.
Supper tasted Just that much better.
Schmutte Of the Real SILK team
kept up his sensational pitching.
For six innings he continued his
no-hit twirling against the Cres-
cent Paper club then Tommy Tel
Ter lined out a clean sharp hit
single to center. Tommy did a
dance on first and Schmutte only
smiled. One hit in two games is
the southpaw's record.
Bader. a clever third sacker also
looks good at first for the Real Silks.
Benny Fultz when he went into the
box Saturday had plenty on the ball.
but his support was wObbly. Benny
smiled when the jumps called some
bad ones, but he was sore" Just the
same.
The bases are there to touch. Many
Of the players don't seem to know it
neither do the umpires.
HUM. ID; French, 2b; Osborne. IS;
steinfelt. 30. Pretty good! It's the
Odd Fellows infieId layout. The team
IS stronger than ever. If anything.
Long Boy Comstock was swapping
them over Saturday. He throws from
his elbow down.
Rube Wilbur. catcher Of the De
Molays. is hitting hard. In his first
six times up in the F'raternal loop he
chalked up six hits. Fair enough.
Most anything can happen in some
of these games. One team gave the
other six outs in succession at River
SIDE Saturday to get the fracas over
with That's original anyway. The
box score. no doubt. looked like the
game. Slightly twisted.
In one OF the games that was
being efficiently handled by the
umpire. one team argued con
tniually. They might have thought
that was showing a good fighting
spirit-but it looked more like
grade school boys on the corner lot.
It's not like the old days-in this
age of automobiles even the mascot
has a car.
Tl-s razzberry crop is plentiful this
spring. Said berries grow best around
first base and third base coaching lines
near baseball diamonds.
Tennis shoes are for tennis.
Percy Percifeld Of the De Molays
has curve that IS a fooler.
There's always one King Rooter
with every team. He's not elected,
but just gets that way naturally. He's
self appointed.
Quite a few of the infielders need
masks-others arms. and still others
heads.
An arm, an eye. and d head-and
the greatest of these is the head.
Read the rule book through at the
next meeting.
Bill Doak ought to be proud of that
glove he has his name on. Everybody's
buying it. It doesn't help some of
them, however.
Plenty Of curves is the amateur
pitchers motto. Control seems of
secondary Importance. tt ought to be
the other way around.
certain young player al bat
laughed at the umpire when he called
one a ball that split the plate. He'll
learn some day that the arblter always
has the last laugh.
The Prest-o-Ldte team looked good
again ii it's defeat Of the Eli Lilly
club. The winners played perfect ball
behind Bowman's pitching.
The Indianapolis Coal Company
players wear a huge question mark
on the back of their uniforms. The
Citizens Gas team seemed 10 know
the answer and won, to 8
What's the matter. II doesnt seem
right to see Fairbanks-Morse losing
every Saturday. Bemis Bag turned
the trick. Saturday. Pep EN- up
Ross.
Some scores reminiscent of We olden
times were In Saturdays results {.
l. and W. beat John Hancock Insur-
ance. 30 to I, and First Baptist count
ed the same amazing total against
North Park.
No one viii ever know just how
many the Odd Fellows ran up against
the Printers as somebody accidentally
on purpose lost count and turned in
the score. ~ to I. It was at least
twice as big as that.
Heinzmann, who has pitched the
last two years at Noolesville, has trans
ferred his efforts TO Upton. He won
his first start against Elwood although