The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-07-15
Battles in ColoneItown To-
day and Friday-RivaIs
Play Here Saturday.
BY Eddie Ash

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Louisville early this morning where
a two-game series was to be opened
this afternoon with the league lead
ers. There will be a pennant raising
down there Friday with Judge
/ Lands, commissioner Of baseball,
and T. J. Hickey. A. A. prexy, acting
as special guests to help boost the
occasion.
Carmen Hill was slated for Tribe
mound duty today and Specie or
Wisner will get the assignment
Friday.
Silver Anniversary
The rival clubs will come to In
dianapolis Saturday to play that day
and Sunday. lands and. Hickey will
view the Saturday struggle here on
the occasion Of the twenty-ffth an
niversary Of the American Associa-
ton.
Louisville rooters are making big
plans to invade Indianapolis Sunday
and shout for their Colonels and 1t
is said about 1000 fans will be up
from the Derby city. Secretary
Clauer of the Indians said today he
expects the largest crowd of the
season at Washington Park, Sun
day.
51a Games Behind
The Tribesmen were five and one
half games back Of the leading
Colonies previous to today's con-
fict and four games below the
second-place Brewers. Indians and
Colonies have met thirteen times
this season and the Kentuckians
have captured ten Of the battles.
Only one game was played in the
A. A. Wednesday, Minneapolis down
ing the Saints, to 1. Middleton al
lowed only five hits. Pat Duncan
drove out his seventeenth home run
of the season.
It is said Owner Borchert Of the
Brewers already has promised first
CALI on Outf1elder Shuttle to two
major clubs-Chicago Cubs and st.
Louis Browns. But Otto cares not
what other people think of his
promises. Any way to win ball
games is Borchert's slogan.
The Brewers obtained Second
Baseman Beck from the Cubs when
they were in dire need Of good in
fielder, and they obtained Pitchers
Jonnard and Robertson from the
Browns when they were up against
it for right-handed pitchers.
When a club has a young .405 hit
ter on its roster it's an easy matter
to obtain favors from the majors.
The Dallas club of the Texas
League has presented case to Sec
rotary Farrell Of the national board
Of ARBITRATION in which Dallas as
serts Ossie Orwell of the Brewers
agreed to join that club two years
before he left college,. Orwell is the
player who Joined Milwaukee as an
putfielder and became star south
paw pitcher.
The Toledo game at Louisville,
Tuesday was postponed by rain,
Wednesdays game had been played
as part of double header Sunday.
This left Wednesday open, but did
the Colonel officials play Tuesdays
postponement, Wednesday? No! The
Louisville pitchers had been going
! badly and Manager Meyer decided
to rest his staff for the Indian series.
Manager McGraw Of the New
York Giants was an Indianapolis WIS.,
itor, Wednesday. He was accom-
panied by Dick Kinsella, scout. They
came UP from Louisville, where they
went to glimpse the playing OF
Shortstop Woody English of Toledo.
McGraw and Kinsella stopped here
for q chat>with Owner Smith of the
Indians and left for Pittsburgh,
Wednesday night. English's age Is
20, and he broke In last Nseason off
the lots of Newark, Ohio. He has
displayed astonishing Improvement.