The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-06-10
H1hE
AROUND THE BASEBALL
TICKER
By VEDDER GARD

case goes CHUCK, CluCh, CllSrN ei4tN
the scores Of the various games
come in over the yellow tape.
You will imagine at least a dozen
big league managers are following
the fortunes of their teams over
the tape. Everyone is so wise
so free with criticism. But don't
think some of the boys are dumb.
Not at all. -
The old "stand-bys" get so ac-
customed to reading between the
, figures that when team puts IN
a new pitcher or player gets
a. home run or an inning is a long
while in coming in they can tell
fairly close just what is happening
before the machine goes cluchs'
cluck, and prints the results.
It is an exact science with
some. There are ticker hounds
who can tell by the SOUND
whether club has made some
runs or is credited with a goose
egg. There is difference in the
cluck!
But the conversation is the
thing! What line, what a line.
Can you imagine MeKechnie
starting Songer when he's got all
those other pitchers
"There go the Brewers again.
Four rms in the third. What's
got into those birds? They didn
look so hot out here"
Another homer for the Baby.
Wow. see the old boy ramDle.
Those Yankees are plenty tough.
.rDazzy Vance today.s I never
figured he would go. Looks IKE
Brooklyn now. Dazzy is right.
He's got a horrible team back Oh
him, though"
"What's the matter with the
Giants? They beat me every
day. Fitzsimmons and Flor
ence. just as leave have Wisner
and Hartley"
"Tvson hits a home run. He
beat the Indians several times
out at Washington Park. "
"There they go again. Inc
Braves are hitting that pill. Bet
Jack Hendricks is glad his Reds
have left Boston"
can you imagine sthat2 NC
Quad beating the Tigers And
against Whitehill, at that. CoDp
doesn't know how to run that
club -.
"Who'H pitch for Minneapolis
today? Guess it doesn't make
much difference. They're play
ing Milwaukee. Two to one it'll
he a left-hander against the Mill
ers.
Look who's on the mound for
K. c. Mr.. Sheehan is back IN
the league
"Lookee at Pittsburgh go. l
told you so. They got the class
washington? Say that bunch
of punks cant inAaNball game.
They all get a raise in salary ana,
then have a good time for year.
Good night. Ferguson now pitch
no for washington. Marberry is
in there every day"
"WeH, there it is. why can't
one Of my teams come from be-
hind? That knocks ruefoff. -Four
to tbree-beat by one run. 1t
might as well have been a mil
lion. / give up. You cant pick
'em." -.
"Sing 'em, brother, sing"
J. = 4
RI HERE was never any petter
Ill illustration of the unfair
ness of the present method
of crediting pitchers with victories
and defeats than Wednesday,
Brooklyn and Cincinnati game.
Dazzy Vance struck out fourteen
Reds and permitted seven hits and
three runs. y
He was taken out in the ninth
for a pinch hitter and Brooklyn
tied the score at to 3. ) McGraw
went into the game and pitched
one inning, the tenth. The Robins
scored one run and McGraw held
off the Reds. McGraw, in the
records, is credited with one more
victory.
We ask you, is that right? Is
that nice way to treat Mr.. Vance,
who labored for nine innings with
considerable success. Common
sense says pazzy should have
credit for the game.
1t. is a problem almost unsolv-
able. The statisticians have got
around It by the pitchers earned
run averages. However, that
doesn't help the looks<of the win
and lost" column.