The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-10
: TIRRIN,
The DOPE
SOME RACE!
By VEDDER GARD

SOME bAOLs tf.
E-7HO'S going to win the
NXjl National pennant? Every
w day in every way the sit
/. uation becomes more complicated.
Six clubs are 800 or better. The
Giants, who reached the half-and-
half stage on Friday by taking a
double header from Cincinnati,
are not to be considered out of the
picture.
With Jackson back in the game
at shortsop the team is sure to be
a serious menace for the rest Of the
year. The shortstopper was
great factor in the two victories
Friday. He obtained three hits in
each contest, six blows out of
seven times up.
The Giants pitchers also show
signs of coming to life. The Nc
Grawmen in sixth place are only
six and one-half games behind
.Cincy. the leaders. Quite race.
Even old man Pep" Young of
the Giants got kittenish Friday
and stole second and third on two
pitched balls against the Reds.
If the Pirate hurlers could get
goiag that club would look like a
winner. AS it Is the team is just
fioundering along. Brooklyn has
pitchers, and not much else. Such
is the irony Of fate.
st. Louis is hard to dope. One
day the outfit looks good and the
next day good and rotten. Chi
cago, under the driving leader
ship of Mccarthy, is always
tough. The pitchers are worrying
the Cub bosses. The Bruins are
playing aggressive baseball, how
ever, and are always dangerous.
They hardly look classy enough
for pennant winners.
None of them in the National,
for that matter, Is any too i'm
pressive. The process of elimina-
ton is largely question Of which
is the worst, not which is the best.
Just as soon as the experts
start crying "the Yankees are
slipping" the New York club
goes out and wallOps Cleveland.
Poor old Babe Ruth, bum dogs
and all, hits a home run, as does
Paschal, subbing for the injured
Meusel. Those Yanks are going
to take a lot of beating to get
them out of that top berth.
Ballou failed to blow Friday
against washington, Nhis old team,
and st. Louis won, to 3. The
Brown pitcher withstood the storm
until the eighth. when he was re-
lieved by Wingard. He was wild
to win over his former mates
so wild that he issued six passes.
Eleven Senators talked it over on
the base lines but failed to touch
home, which is a vital and neces-
sary procedure in a ball game.
$50
@HE A. A. u. swim meet at
Broad Ripple pool to be
- held the evening Of Aug. IS
and 10, has a fine program Of
events scheduled. None is more
interesting than the junior ma
tional medley championship at 800
meters. The first 100 is breast
stroke style, the second 100, back
stroke and the final 100, free-style.
1t is very seldom that the
medley winneE is the one doped in
advance. The combination Of
these events brings out phases
which are almost impossible to
figure in advance.
In the medley race everything
depends on the swimmer main
tanning his best form under all
conditions. Some swimmers lose
their stroke badly when fatigued,
while others retain them very we'll
as to- form, merely losing power.
Another important phase Of the
medley is the versatility of the
swimmer, or rather the facility
with which he picks up a change
in stroke. Some swimmers, as
well as some runners, take quite a
while in getting into stride, while
others fall into their best form
with almost the first move.
The f1ckleness of an open cham
pionship gallery is proverbial, but
the Ohio folks, according to press
dispatches, have anything seen in
years beaten for vaccilation. They
rush and scramble up and down
hill after one player, then desert
him without a word and tear
across the course, through long
grass, leaping brooks and climbing
hillocks, to join the gallery of an
other contender who happens to
be doing a bit better.
We can think Of no more suit
Up and Down. The f1lly is in the
sixth race at Washington Park
mot w. Washington this after
noon. Those who wager on the
ponies are usually up or down.
Those lucky enough to have bet
on the aforementioned horse
earlier in the week probably are
up for she paid long price.
-
u TT. Harrison fight fans must
be prepared for Showers at the
next card Tuesday night. We
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