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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-14
Hoosiers to Play First Exhi-
bition Contest-Rookie
Shortstop Shines.
BY Eddie Ash,
Times Sports Editor

SANFORD, Fla. March 14.-Base-
ball today. Indianapolis and Cincin-
natl at Orlando. Bruno Bethel was
scheduled to take his Indians over
to the spring camp of Jack Hen
bricks Reds this afternoon to en-
gage in an exhibition contest, the
first of the year for the Hoosiers.
The big leaguers have been in
Florida longer than the Tribesmen
and the Bretzelites were to get their
first look at advanced pitching. The
Tribe manager planned to use the
following lineup:
Voter, 3b; Warstler, SIS; Wyatt,
II; Russell, rf; Bethel, 2b; HOlke,
1b; Florence and Snyder, catchers;
Rice. Of; Boone, Schemanske and
SwetOnic, pitchers.
Sixteen players were to make the
Orlando trip, the others remaining
in Sanford for q workout under
Trainer Pierce.
Fielding Is Brilliant
The stock of Harry Warstler,
rookie shortstop from North Canton,
Ohio, assembled in an amazing degree
over the weekend. His fielding
skill fairly bristles with brilliancy
and the club bosses are eager to
get line on the youngsters bat
ting ability. If the lad covers his
position under fire as we'll as in
practice he may develop into a SEN
sation.
Shortstop Comello, Pitcher Baker
and Catcher Thomas turned up With
sore arms Saturday and were not
asked to extend themselves in the
| Sunday drill.
Eddie Sticking took a workout at
shortstop Sunday and his perform
ance was encouraging. He went
light on his throwing, to protect his
arm, which has a habit of failing
MIN in the spring. The long throws
from deep short bother this veteran
but he has been going so well al
second he has decided to move over
| to the other position frequently, tc
see if he can overcome the handi
cap He refuses to say at this time
however. that he intends to become
an official candidate for the short
fielding berth.
Pitchers Koupal and Schupp start
ed to cut loose Sunday and i'm
pressed Manager Bethel with their
form. They did some winter play
ing in California. Koupal displayed
fine speed.
Owner Smith is carrying on ne
gotiatiOns i'm an effort to land
south-paw hurler. Schupp is the
only left-handed twirler in camp,
and Manager Bethel Is worried
over the situation.
Two players are yet to report
Outfielder Matthews and Larry
kopf, veteran shortstop, who has
asked for a trial. Kopf has the
necessary experience, but to what
extent he has gone back in fielding
| and hating remains TO be seen. He
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-14

Sanford boasts of tffty miles OF
pavement. Streets are wide.
THE CITY SUBSTANTIAL HAS
TWO DAILY PAPERS, THE EVE
MING HERALD AND THE
MORNING TINES. EACH AS
SERTS IT is THE COUNTRY )
GREATEST AND QUESTIONS THE
OTHER S. RIGHT TO EXIST.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-14

in pictures. He toiled with an its
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES" truck
crew"
Manager Bethel was conversing
with Ray Kolp, former st. Paul
pitcher, now with the Cincinnati
Beds and boastful Ray said, I'm a
cinch TO win in the National League.
All they have to do is put me out
there. My curve is too good for tho
sluggcrs in this league Despite
the ego. Kolph Is a capable twirler
and HIGH .powered goat getter.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-14

Pitchers Koupal and Schupp start
ed to cut loose Sunday and i'm
pressed Manager Bethel with their
form. They did some winter play
ing in California. Koupal displayed
fine speed.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-14

Bethel gets a big kick frequently
when he Is introduced to a stranger
who gets his name wrong and re-
marks. "Glad TO know you, Mr..
PretZel."
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-14

AMUSEM ENTs
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-03-14
EASY TO HANDLE

s'f--7 REAT pitchers always are
II ~ the easiest to handle" "
said Manager-C Bob
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
By Y. F. MAI

field this week has been the advance of the KuO-
mnchun out of Shensi into Honan. Several towns
in Honan have been taken and the defending gen.
era is reported to have fled for help first to Chang
Tsung- Chang in Shantung, then to Sun Chuan-Fang
in Kiangsu and finally to WI Pei-Fu in Honan.
None of these generals seemed to be in a position
to help him.
No action against the nationalist forces either
by Feng-Tien or WI Pe-Fu troops, is reported along
the Picking Hankow railway in Honan. WI Pei-Fu
is still trapped between his old enemies and his
former allies, the latter apparently hostile
as the former
Conditions in the northern capital are unchanged.
Precarous finances still handicap the actions of the
so-called northern government. The Minister Of
Finance, Mr.. Pan Flu, is pleading without results,
for small loans from the local Chinese bankers.
The various military leaders of the anti-nationalist
forces are making money by working their print
ing presses but the people growing increasingly
wary of currency which is rooted in printers ink
and not in silver reserves
In Kwangtung, things remain calm. The sup
preston of banditry is going At the Sin-Indo-
China border the pirates who killed French Con-
sui recently have been captured and executed Troops
have been sent to clear the land around Biass
Bay and notification has been given to the Hong
kong Government to arrest any pirates running
across the frontier. There reports of direct
ton against the pirate chief, Lo Kwai, supporter
of the rebel chief, Chen Cheung- Ming, who still
makes his headquarters in Hongkong.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
Cantonese Correspondence

Chinese circles about the meaning of the increas-
ing naval concentration in Chinese waters The
third flotia from Malta reached here some time
ago and followed by cruisers from the East
Indian Squadron. Now we are told the fourth flo
tlla is its way, allegedly to replace the third.
Indignant comment appears in the Chinese press
and even in foreign circles there is much wonder
about the significance of this warke demonstration.
The advance of the nationalist forces into Cheki-
ang Province, adjacent to Kiangsu Province in
which lies the port of Shanghai, continues. There
is every indication that winter campaign will take
place. Anti-nationalist forces reported to be
coming from Shangtung along the Tientsin-Puko
Railway. The vanguard of these troops is already
reported in Marking the south side Of the river.
On the other hand the nationalist troops have been
advancing unchecked and there we-substanti-
ated reports of a refusal to fight on the part of
several of Sun Chuan-fang's generals in Chekiang.
These reports have received confirmation in the
withdrawal of Suns forces which ntrenched
at Kashing in the northern part of Chekiang, to
Sunkiang in southern Kiangsu.
Nationalist forces are pressing on toward the
river. Military reports state that preparations
under way for an attack on Marking and Shanghai9
to be undertaken simultaneously by troops advanc-
ing from Anking in Anhui from Kiangsu and from
Chekiang.
Far up the river in West Hupeh, the capture of
Ichang is reported which will probably lead to de-
cisve developments in West Hupeh and Szechuan.
An event of major Importance in the military
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1927-02-05
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On the Road Up Hankow Way

with thanks to Rudyard Kiping for the inge)
BY the mighty River, surgip
There's Chinese soldier watchin and know he waits
Come British sodier-come Hankow way
Come you Hankow way
Where the Canton armies lay,
Can't hear their roan can't the armen play,
On the Eankow
Where the spittn maxims say
Where the dawn of freedoms comin red ankow
rs uniform is yaIer with little tabs Of green
An lis rifle an his y'net they awful mean,
While the open is he enough
For ell thru it fyn with freemans kick that's tough
and bay nets made of STEEL
Gawd's strewth they make you feel,
That the hempire nearly squea
On the Hankow
Meath the screamn shrapnels spray,
Where the dawn of Freedoms
Well cooped Shanghai with the
An barbed wire fence around an SUPP Yaws
Their little tinkln banjoes we IN Mandaay
An them Chinese the
"Bloomin Chinks' to say,
eve n Mandalay)
they the
Down the bloomin' Yang River,
To gunboas in the bay
An the dawn of freedoms comm crimson up way
Ship somewhere West of Suez-ship the very first
For the Cantonese comm punderbund to burst,
And stop in fray
For them Chnk fight like bazes they Hnow
Comm Hankow way,
We in Chinese clay,
An ear them Chinese singin' while the rapid firers
On the road up Hankow way,
Comm the bay,
For the dawn Of freedoms COMM up way
r. Monteith.
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B.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21
Friedman to March
In Palestine Parade

NEW YORK, June BENNY
Friedman, star quarterback of the
Michigan University football team,
will be one of the athletes in the
parade at the Polo Grounds next
Sunday when Palestine Day will be
observed for the Maccabee soccer
team, which now is on a tour of
the United States. The Palestine
eleven will play the Indiana Floor.
ing team of the American Soccer
League in the main attraction Of
the afternoon.
Among the other Jewish athletes
who will be present will be Pinl1ie
Sober, star runner; Sid ferris, Yale
Okun, Benny Leonard, Ruby Gold
stein and Julius Seligson, tennis
star.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21
HONOR FISCHER
At DEWITT

William Fischer, versatile in.
fielder. has been voted the most
valuable player on the Dewitt Prep
baseball team, which gives him the
distinction of having his name en-.
graved on the Gregg Birdsall Cup.
Baseball letters were awarded the
lightweight and regular team play
ers, as follows: Regulars-Weston
Byng. Nelson Head. George Porter,
Malcolm Trucks. Frank Bastable.
Richard Garrett, Frank Hartigan
and Manager Reds" Ayers. Light.
weights-T. Bradley. D. Bradley,
Walsh, Erquhart, Phiesser, Cox,
McGraw. Huntress, oliver. French,
Roberts and Sharp.
Louis Brown, football and swim
ming manager, will not return to
Dewitt next wear,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21
c. P. D. IS CLOSE
To TITLE

Government Printing Office is
near the first series championship
of the Government Baseball League.
The Printers would clinch honors
by defeating General Accounting
Office in a game scheduled for to-
morrow. Today General Account
ing Office meets the Commissioners
in a postponed contest.
Brownie Lemerise, Of Union
Printers, is leading the batsmen
with mark of .579
Mattingly, of the Commissioners,
with .542; Corbin, of G. A. o., with
500; Montague, Interstate. .524;
Hornsberger, G. A. o., $50, and
Holman, G. P. O.. .515, are Lem.
crises chief rivals.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21

After that game Clark Griffith,
owner of the Senators. said he ex.
pected Reeves to be one Of the SEN
sations of the season. Reeves will
have a lot of trouble ahead of him."
said Griffith, but once he gets the
swing of the job he will be all
right. / am not worrying about his
batting, Reeves has everything to
make a first class shortstop."
In this fourth game he had 10
chances, making six assists and
four putOuts. He covered lots of
land, the observers report, and
frequently thrilled the fans with
his faculty for digging the ball
out Of the dirt. His wing Is q
joy to the Washington players.
At the bat he made three hits in
six chances and his drives paved
a way for victory over the In.
dams. On Saturday be made two
safe drives out OF four times at bat,
but booted two out of seven chances
in the field. Sunday Reeves con-
nected safely in one of his four trips
to the plate and accepted eight
chances in the field without a mis-
cue.
1t seems strange not to see Joe
Sewell rated among the great short.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21
RUTGERS Mines
OUTLOOK GOOD

NEW BRUNSWICK. n. J., June
21.-The Rutgers varsity baseball
team, which completed its schedule
last Saturday with a victory over
Princeton, will not lose a single
player by graduation. In fact, no
member of the senior class partici.
pated in any game during the
spring, and Capt. Gregg Hibbs,
catcher, and Chick Fox, pitcher,
were the only two juniors on the
squad. The remaining players were
all sophomores, including Shang
Lee, utility infielder, and will be
eligible for intercollegiate competi-
ton for the next two years.
The pitching staff, which will
remain intact, includes Karl
GOrdinier, Mike De MucchiO,
and Pete TriOla, all sOphomOres,
in addition to Fox, who was
indicated during the past sea-
son.
Gregg Hibbs will be available for
the catcher's job; and the sophie
more infield composed of Joseph
Irwin. first base; Tex Rosen, sec.
ond; Dick Boettcher, third, and
Toney Bliss, shortstop. are expected
to show great improvement next
spring. The outfield, comprising
Clements. Captain-elect Trojano and
Jack Lord, are hard-hitting com.
bination and seem assured of their
jobs for two years to come.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21
TERIS
VICTOR

WIMBLEDON, England, June
21.-Francis T. Hunter, American
entrant, passed safely through the
second round of the Wimbledon
tennis tournament today, defeating
Col. A. r. F. Kingscote, of Eng
land, SO. SO, ga.
KingscOte, who abandoned
Wimbledon several years ago
after running Tilden to within
one point of the championship,
staged a comeback today.
He played superb tennis, but
Hunters stamina and his terrific
forehand drive prevailed when he
broke through Kingscote'R service.
Hunter was never menaced, but the
match was the most interesting of
the first two days Of the tourna.
ment.
Lacoste won his second round
match. defeating s. M. Jacob. Is,
60, 6-3, "a.
J. Kozeluh, of Czechoslovak ia de-
feated r. Dash, of England, 6-1,
81, "a. in the second round.
Miss Bobby Heine, South
African star, defeated Miss e. F.
Rose of England, 6-4, 6-3, .6-.
Shortly after $3.50 the expected
wimbledon Rain came down and
the tournament was suspended
which makes this a normal Wimble-
don tournament.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21
DEEPERUNDERSTAN DING
!. Of THE WHY Of GOLF
ILLS URGED BY STAR
By Robert T. Jones, Jr.

British Open and Southern Open ChampOn)
1t has that might be of assistance to
plagued with hooking scing gain better understanding
OF the likely the trouble than to be told exactly what
ahould be done to correct it.
1t is often mistake think simply that he
should swing his club in a particular
1t far better explain why the ball continues
off line The pupil is then able understand why certain
changes will help and he is better position follow Instructions
quite that golfer has been regard golf
ball endowed with daboca spirit which it always to
seek the spots which the player anxious to avoid
boundary fence yawng bunker have magezng
effect the ball. But the explanation lies the fact that
players have understanding
slice and trying to avoid either they exactly what
Qured to produce the dreaded result
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21

At Boston Bill Carrigan Is having
his troubles. He let Topper Rigney
go and got Buddy Myer, but Buddy
while a whale at the bat, is not
covering the acreage the way II
should be and is not improving
Buddy let's balls get by him that
put the pitchers in a hole. Only
his sticking is keeping him on the
job. Heinie Wagner, coach of the
team, IL having a time trying to
tutor Myer In the art of fielding.
Gerber has been in and out
for the Browns, but he can't be
kept on the bench even though
he Is q light hitter and no
longer q yOungsters Tavener,
BOley and KOenig loom up as
the best three in the league.
Bucky Harris decision to try
Bob Reeves at short after he had
benched Topper Rigney is beginning
to bear fruit. The young collegian
is proving a good ground coverer
and full of life on the team. In
fact, the belief at Washington is
that he will fill the post where
Roger Peckinpaugh used to shine.
When the nervousness wore off IN
his first three games Reeves began
TO find himself in his fourth battle
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21
Max MarstOn Medal
Winner in LynnWOOd

NOBLE Pa, June 21.-Max Mar
ston, national amateur champion in
1923, captured the medal in the So
hole qualifying round of the Lynn
wood Hall golf tournament today
with scores of 74-75-149 on the
Huntingdon Valley Country Club
course.
Marston, who has won three
Lynnwood Hall tournaments and
come into permanent possession OF
the trophy in years past, is also
the holder of the course record,
doing 81, five strokes under par.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21
SEASON HAS BEEN TOUCH
ONE ON SHORTSTOPS

This has been hard American League shorsops Some
of the boys have found that either they have
too fast and elusive for them handle There
performers such have been other
work OF the who travel around the site
unearthed.
Washington has had exceptionally hard time The Chicago
White Sox started out with Roger Pecnpaugh
advisable let Hunnefed in and generally slows
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21
Grabowslli;
TOngue-Twisting
Yank Battery

NEW YORK, June 21.-"Bat-
teries for New York-Styborski
and Grabowski."
American League umpires win
be forced to wrestle with this
tongue-teasing announc m emit
when Styborski, a pitcher from
Pennsylvania State College,
joins the Yankees. He is a
highlander.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21

stops Of the year. for the Cleveland
player is still a young man and
should not be slowing up the way
he had up to his arrival in this
city. Joe, long regarded as the
heaviest hitting shortstop in the
country. was q pretty dependable
young man to have cavorting
around short.
He broke in after Ray Chapman
met his death at the Polo Grounds
right near the end of q torrid cam.
paign.
He never showed the slightest
sign Of slowing up until this year.
and the mystery has been whether
he has been worried about his
failure to hit or whether his batting
has been affected by his poor
fielding.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21
ONE-EYED SWIMMER

Ernst Vierkoetter, the German
baker who conquered the English
Channel last summer, has only one
eve. When he was a boy another
lad ran a hatpin into his eye.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21

The Joe SewelI Of six year9
starring at the bat and In the
field is not getting into the
headlines this year,
They say that drives are whistlinE
past him on the left that used to
be easy meat in the old days. The
fact that Sewell has sIumped in
his batting makes his poor work
around short loom up so badly,
for his batting could be depended
upon to drive home many a victory.
Sewell's case is generally regarded
by other players as a slump. He
will pick up. they say. as soon a.
the team hits a faster pace. In
the meantime there Is no one on
the Cleveland bench who can even
measure up to his work.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21

Up to what is properly the finish
OF the actual stroke and until the
muscles relax again and the club
goes up over the shoulder of the
own momentum, the back of the
left hand and the palm Of the
right are upward. But this is
merely the result of what has gone
before and not an end in. itself.
The finish simply indicates that
the wrists have not turned over
and that the right hand has been
more or less suhdued in the hitting
The chief use which have found
for an Intentional fade in driving
il in combating a right to left
wind. British players having
grown accustomed to bothersome
breezes are audacious enough to
ride a wind Of this kind with a
pull or hook and thereby gain
considerable length. My attitude,
however, when confronted by a
side wind has been one purely Of
defense. I am quite happy TO
sacrifice a few yards in order to
keep the ball in the fairway. A
force of the wind gives very good
control.
often, too, a fade is useful to
hold the ball on a dry sloping fair.
way, or to avoid a dangerous place
on the left. When attempting to
drive a straight ball, it is impos-
sibIe to foresee on which side the
error will lie, but if the intent Is
to slice there Is little chance of
being off line to the left.
Now reverting to what said
Mt the beginning about doing the
wrong thing to prevent a slice or
hook, I can now add something,
think. The player stands upon
the tee and he determines that m
all events he must not go to the
right. So, after taking his stance,
he endeavors with his swing to
place the ball to the left. The
likely result Is that in bringing
the club in toward the left he will
slice into the very hazard he was
so intent upon avoiding. In trying
to prevent the slice he will proba-
bly, do what cannot but produce it.
copyright. 1927 by The Bell
Syndicate Incl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21

This much can be said with fair
certainty. but do not care to be
understood as doing much more
than merely guessing in what /
am going to say.
1t has always seemed to me
that the most necessary part of the
golf stroke is the forward motion
of the left shoulder and knee at
the beginning of the downward
stroke, and l think that it is the
exaggeration of this movement
which is the primary cause of the
left to right drift of the ball. This
motion tends to throw the weight
forward and to cause the body to
forge ahead Of the hands and club.
IT Is made up almost wholly of a
lateral shift with little in the ma.
ture of turning.
All this makes for late hitting.
that is the right hand lags and
the club head does not come around
squarely to the ball, the face re-
mining open at impact.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21

After the ball Is struck the
hands and arms do not go out
toward the hole, but slip inside
the line of flight and to the
left. of the objective.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-21


know Of no better way to explain
the cause of slicing than to describe
my conception of the manner of
producing an intentional fade. After
all the controlled fading shot dit.
fers only in degree from the unin.
tended slice which usually ends in
trouble.
To be able to produce a fade or
slice 1t Is necessary to know just
what is meant to be done. The pri-
mary object is to have the face of
the club open or turned outward
slightly at impact. That means that
the hands and shaft must be in
advance Of the club-head. and the
path of the club.head should be per.
ceptibly across the line of play if
more than a little spin is desired.
l find that it is seldom necessary
to alter the stance materially or to
shift the position of the ball with
respect to the feet. unless / want
. virtual rainbow curve.
l usually address the ball in
ordinary fashion except that my
left shoulder possibly is drawn
q little back from the line of
play, and l may stand q very
little closer to the ball than 1
should do for a straight shot.
The position at address should
be designed to restrict the turn
Of the body on the backward
swing so that the plane Of the
stroke will be on the upright
side.