The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-06-11
-FIRPO'S RIGHT SWING INV THE SECOND ROUND
 TO JAW K. O.'S HERMAN
INDIANS AND THE DODGERS SHOW UP PRESEASON DOPE

NEW YORK, June 10.-Grunting along, five and one-half games in arrears behind the light-running and heavy hitting New York Yankees, any person interested may now dis cover the Indians, a ball club under the leadership of white-haired, rickety- legged manager named Iris Speaker, who wasted vote for Blaine.
 Back in April it was informally agreed by all except Speaker, who Is old and contrary, that the In dians had no more chance to take part in the quibbling for this year S pennant than the Nassar junior var sity
 Now. turning to the National league it may be seen that the party of the third part is the Brooklyn ball club. known as the car fare carabi- . nieri or jitneys, so-called after the Flatbush fetish, the United States nickel. which is the most common denominator in the Brooklyn budget, Once Champions
 Three years ago come October these two ball clubs played in world series, but thereafter they fell away and pretty soon there was nothing much about either team to suggest the champion. Last sprins Walter Reuther. the only man on the Brooklyn team who had betrayed any talent In 1922, refused to sign con tract for this season on a contingent agreement. because he said nc pitcher could hope to win ball games for the terrible team of which he was so unfortunate as to find him self member.
 Since the season really got started these two ex-champion ball clubs which were supposed this year to be going through the dreary process oi renewing their poke by assimilatins new players. have repudiated the rating previously assigned to them and are actually daring to hope tha' they may meet again in another world series this fall. Very few players remain of the 1920 worle series teams, but the managers. Fri: Speaker and Wilbert Robinson. art still in office and still making mucf of little by the same methods.
 McInnis Release a Mistake
 Speaker made an error in releas 1 ing Stuffy McInnis. his unerring frs base man. last winter, in order tC say, that artists $12,000 salary. and there
  Frank Brewer, a substitute tutfiel der at first As Hooks Wiltse, thu ancient pitcher, once stepped to frs base in a world series crisis for/tht Giants, and was star at the unac customed post, so is this Browel meeting the emergencies of his jot just as well for Speaker.
 Robinson had to rejigger his en tire club after the first two weeks but the new combination clicked, hi. pitchers began tC' pitch far beyond the class of their team. IS those other pitchers did for him in 1920 and the Dodgers have now won 2i ball games, placing themselves bu' one and one-half games astern of the Pirates in second place. They arc eight games behind the Giants. oi course, and those are many games tc retrieve. but the pitchers of the Giants are ailing or failing jus enough to suggest again the oft sore throats, stone bruise and { bunged elbow can put last years pen nant winner in this years dungeon Reuther, who won 21 ball game last year in one way and another fo the car fare carabinieri-and mucl worse club they were than the. are now-has won so far this yea but three of the 25 Brooklyn con
 quests. On the other hand. Dazz. Burleigh Grimes eight and Leo Dick
 erman, a fresh caught tyro of thi
 seasons haul, has won five. Capt Zack Wheat has been hitting .405, an, | the team has been clubbing .2Ss
 which is higher than the average o
 the Tigers, the leading team of hit
 ters in the American league.