The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-14
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Observation-Disclosures NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
~1ASKETBALL must have
X peculiar literary effect upon
those who coach the game.
1t seems as though every mentor
wants to tell the world all about
how to make more points than
the opposition. Coach Barry OF
the University of Iowa is the latest
to put 1t down in blaC~ and white.
His book is just out.
We always are reminded of the
advice of Coach Blood, former
Passaic IN. j. High School bas-
ketball professor, when one of
these dissertations on the hard
wood sport comes out.
The wise man from the East,
now coach at West Point, said a
mouthful when asked his formula
for a winning team. Blood will
tell, so the saying goes-and here's
what he told Get the ball; keep
the ball. put the ball in the bas-
ket." What is more simple?
Ned Niles, the luckiest man in
baseball, pitched for Cincinnati
Reds Friday in an exhibition at
Butler. Pa. against semi-pro
outfit. Friday, the Thirteenth,
means nothing to Ned. He allowed
thirteen hits and eight runs, but
:. Cincy got a dozen tallies. Fate is
~ ways kind to Ned.
jug Drum won the other day
at Saratoga. If there's anything
in a name that horse should be
a sure winner-especially ON
wet track.
1HE veterans in baseball are
the hardest to manage.
- They all know too much.
In some instances, maybe, their
viewpoints are better than the
managers. But that's not the
point. Every enterprise must have
a directing head, whether it be
baseball or some other business.
Loyalty. after all, is one of the
greatest virtues.
The Pittsburgh dissension was
not entirely unexpected. Rumors
of mutiny in the ranks Of the Pi-
rates have been rife last year and
this. Something drastic had to be
done.
The officers are hard as flint
up i'm Flint, Mich. Who ever
heard of raiding a golf club for
liquor? We always thought that
was part of the game.
The Indians made one run on
Thursday and the same on Friday.
A run a day keeps the pennant
away.
CT Ellen WILLS has always
H been such a nice girl.
We would like to see her
play in the national meet, in
disobedience of her parents in.
structions-and win it. This
would shock every one, even the
" tennis experts, who gradually
are coming to THE viewpoint that
Helen's operation likely will
cause the California girls de-
feat and loss of her American
title.
A. G.. Buffum, national rogue
champion, appears certain of re-
tanning his title in the Warsaw,
Ind, meet. Now you tell one.
Something else one can not +
blame the gentleman fora sci
enlist says that it's the female
mosquito that does the biting.
These women!
The Rub.Tex baseball team is
scheduled at Bridgeport, Ind, on
Sunday rubber contest, so to
speak.
Afraid we'd have to let that
man score in Billy Evans base
ball puzzler--in spite of the
rules. A famous preacher once
said: eff the rules of grammar
interfere with my speechs I dis
card them" Guess we'd have to
discard the rules. Then the pro-
test would be allowed-proving
us wrong. But we wouldn't be-
lieve 1t.
f~7ODAY'S FABLE-As soon
as the Haugh Hotel is
moved the Soldiers and
Sailors Monument in the Circle
will be transferred to a site to be
determined later and the Indian
apolis ball club will take over the
Circle for a new ball park.
~ Fame, indeed, is fleeing. just
off hand, we can think of eight
world champion Pirates who are
no longer on Dreyfuss' pay roll.
They are Carey, Adams, Bigbee,