The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-15

The total winnings for the day were
$40: The bank. roll now stands at
ha Ard two 1t w Weeks haVe Across re tRe
Board is going on vacation; We prom
Use not to spend any OF the S41S.5O.
clusievly.
ET7E have a great idea. 1t has
IW been thought of only some
" hundreds of times before,
but that makes no difference. Base
ball at night! That's it. We be-
lieve in minor league cities, at
least, such an innovation would In
crease the attendance twofold.
You know there are a few folks
who work. They can not get out
in the afternoon.
All this comes to mind be-
cause of the fine attendance at
the SWIM meet Friday night at
Broad Ripple. Probably more
people we're on hand than at any
time during the trials for the
American Olympic team squad
last year which brought here all
:. of the greatest stars.
People are looking for enter
~tainment at night when they are
forced to pass up afternoon events.
because they are busy with various
tasks. If you don't believe 1t
glance back a. basketball at
tendance over the State. Night
contests help make the sport
popular.
But to get back to baseball. The
diamond pastime played at night
may seem dream. But many a
more fantastic idea has become a
reality.
1t does seem possible that
huge lights might be placed far
enough away from a field SO the
players would escape the glare
and make real daylight effect.
This is a job for Edison and his
associates to work on.
We do not believe any real ef-
fort has been made to perfect
such a lighting system. Many
will laugh at this wild idea. Just
look around and see how many
more wonderful things have been
accomplished.
There isn't much doubt but
that the attendance would be con-
siderably increased at the ball
yards. Saturday and Sunday are
the big days now in minor leagues
and majors, to a certain extent
Night ames may be played at
some future time if some cleo
tr.ical genius really set himself
to the task of working out the
big problem of lighting. And
the turnstiles win click through
out the week, not only on the
last two days.
ENV III E N Lieutenant Porter,
wv last Tuesday night, an
IL nounced that hnny
Croake, Chicago bantam would
appear In the eight-round semi
wind-up Of next Tuesday nights
boxing show, many fans were
lOdI u W InOTIIluT, w uO Iu0
(swear worO is Croake?"
Indianapolis fight fans who at
tended the Carpentier-Gibbo
show at Michigan City last sum-
mer will remember a whirlwind
preliminary in which Mickey Cone
of Kokomo and another little fell
low had the crowd cheering,
bout which was declared a draw
and which was given favorable
mention by all the Chicago sports
writer's.
Well, Johnny Croake was the
"other little fellow" in that bout.
Croake Is one Of the familiar
figures in the rings around the
Windy City, and is known as a
fighting fool" having engaged in
fifty ring battles in the last year.
just what does it take to stop
Louisville? The Colonies got
only four hits on Friday against
Minneapolis and made seven en-
rors. Were they stopped? Did
you ever grab cyclone by the
tail i'm one of its weaker mo-
n1ents? The Kentucky outfit
won with ease, Z to 8.
T1OME of the divers at Broad
Al Ripple must be centipedes
IL or crabs that grow another
foot when one is lost. The an
Snouncer before each dive Friday
night would yell something like
this, Mr.. Churchman, front jack
knife, taken off both feet" or "Mr.
Shields, back jack knife, take off
one foot" The slaughter was aw-
full, but when the swimmers got
back on the platform they seemed
to be all together.