The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-08-13
BetzePs Tribe Stays Out in
Front by Narrow
Margin.
WIN THREE OF FOUR
BurweII in Form Against
Louisville Sunday.
BY EDDIE ASH

vile three games in four, the In
dams returned home Sunday night
and today packed their bags for a
long journey through the western
half of the A A.. circuit. The league
leaders, still on top by game and
a half, departed this afternoon for
st. Paul, where the Apostles will be
met Tuesday.
The western hostiles are strong,
and it's no secret that two of the
teams out there, Millers and
Brewers, expect to haul the Tribes
men out of first place. Minneapolis
is second in the exciting pennant
fight and Milwaukee is third.
Pitchers Going Good
In way the Indians are not
worried greatly, for their pitching
staff appears to have worked back
into top-notch form, and any club
that gets good pitching fears no
team.
4he Tribe FASTENERS will be away
until Sept l and the current trip
will end. the struggles of the Bethel
ties with the Western aggregations.
for beginning Sept. 1 until the sea-
son closes the Hoosiers will mingle
only with Louisville, Columbus and
Toledo.
Leverett and BurweII
Two victories were registered bv
the Indians in Louisville over the
week end, Leverett beating the
Colonies Saturday, 8 to 0, and Bur-
we'll turning the trick Sunday, Q to l.
Bill Burwell had reason to smile
broadly after he trimmed the
Colonies Sunday, for by beating
them he showed Bill Meyers crew
into the A. A. cellar, Columbus
climbing out by a slight margin.
Needless to say, Louisville fans are
crying about the lowly position of
their athletes.
Bill held the -Derbytown boys to
eight hits and Adam Generosity
busted the apple" OPPORTUNITY and
smacked in both Tribe runs. The
winners got ten hits.
Generously "RObs" BranOm
indianapolis scored in the first
and third and Louisville got its lone
marker in the third. Generously
poled three safe for the league lead
ers. On top of that, the swift Tribe
outf1elder made a great catch of a
long drive by Branom in the ninth
that probably prevented a tied score
Haney, Matthews and BurWell
each delivered two hits and Burrus
got one. The only Colonel to solve
Burwell twice was Olivares, short
stop. Paid attendance was 3,206.
Minneapolis and Milwaukee con-
tinue to chase the Indians. The
Brewers have won seven in a row.
The great drive made by the MiIlers
has excited Minneapolis fans to a
point where they are packing Nicol-
let Park. The Millers drew 5000
Saturday and $4,000 Sunday.
The Brewers got plenty of
breaks" in their series with the
Blues, X. G. errors figuring in two
of their three wins over the week.
end.
First Baseman Griffin was in
jured during practice Sunday and
will be out of action indefinitely.
Jacl; Hayes. collegian rookie with Min
neapo!s, solved S. Paul pitching for four
hits Sunday.
Minneapolis has won seventeen of its
last twenty-five games.
Milwaukee rallied for six runs in the
eighth to beat X. c. in the second half
of Sundays twin bill.
Minneapolis returned Infelder Jacobs to
the Cubs and the Chicago team sent him
to Los Angeles.
Box score keepers at Minneapolis had
seventeen players and the MiIlers thir-
teen. The score was to 8.
Roy. Spencer was the batting star in
Saturdays Tribe victory at Louisville with
a triple and single, driving in two of the
Tribes three runs.
Bruno Betzel's pennant hopefuIs face
nineteen struggles while in the west, four
at st. Paul, five at Minneapolis, five at
Milwaukee and five at Kansas City.
former Indianapolis resident and bali
player, has been sent to Columbia of the
Sally League by Pittsburgh Young An
derson graduated from Chicago "U" the
past June He is an inf1elder. He also
was star football player in college.