The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-09-17
Tribe Leads MiIIerS by Half
Game; Chance for Tie
Tonight.
SUNDAY CONTESTS WON
Yde and Swetonic Pitch;
HoIke Pounds Ball.
Pct Win. Lose.
Indianapolis. .57S 49,. go.
SUNDAY CONTESTS won

ming two OF three games from the
Hens over the weekend while the
MillerS were losing single games
Saturday and Sunday at Kansas
City, the Indians crept back into
the league lead by a margin of one
half game.
The BetzeliteS took a well-earned
rest today but will resume hostil-
tiles against the Stengelites Tues
day. Minneapolis was to play the
Blues again today, however, and
will tie the Hoosiers if a victory is
scored.
Last Week of Race
AS a result of the feat of the
Tribesmen in reaching the A. A. top
again, the last week of the race is
expected to be productive of some
exciting baseball. Indianapolis has
seven more contests to play, two
with the Hens here and five with
the same club at Indianapolis.
Minneapolis has eight games re-
naming, two with Kansas City and
six with Milwaukee.
In the series opener here Satur-
day the Indians lost, g to 7, after
establishing a six-run lead. The
Hens kept working on Ferd Schupp
and finally knocked him out in the
ninth, and it was Manager Casey
Stengel, acting as a pinch hitter,
who drove home the winning run
for Toledo.
Is Hits, ii Runs
Both teams hit hard in the first
tilt of Sundays twin bill, but Yde
was successful in scattering the Hen
hits and Indianapolis Won, IL to 4,
by collecting fifteen safe swats. To-
ledo committed four errors while
the Tribe gave Yde faultless sup
port.
In, the wind-up fray Sunday the
Indians won, to 2, on eight hits
Toledo being charged with nine mis-
cues. Jordan, at third, contributed
three. Swetonic hurled for the win
ners and Walker and Barnes for the
Hens. Swetonic allowed eight hits
and famed five.
Paid attendance Sunday was
5 1900.
Home runs by HOIke and KOe-
necke in the first game Sunday and
Blenkiron in the second featured
the HOOsier attack.
The Hoosiers didn't wait long to
sew up the first game. They
hoped on Cob Buckeye for f1Ye
hits which, coupled with three To-
ledo nisplays, gave them six tallies,
enough to win the game in the first
inning.
Wild Matthews smashed the first
pitched ball past Koehler for base
and rode home on Haney'S drive
for three sacks. Koenecke's single
scored Haney and Spencer's dou-
BILE sent Koenecke to third, from
where he checked in when Veach
juggled the ball.
Spencer checked in on HOIke's
single and WarstIer, who had
reached first on Rawlings error,
scored as Yde's grOunder got
through KOehler. HoIke scored on
the same boot.
Walter Holke was the big gunner
for the HooSiers in the first game.
He got four hits in as many times at
Tat, his list inducing a home run,
double and two singles. Koenecke
also hit for the circuit and collected
three hits out of four plate trips.
Spencer got three bingles, one a
double, and Matthews got a set of
singles for other Indian top hitters.
Buddy Connolly turned in the days
best fielding feature for the visitors,
making fine stop and throw on
Rawlings grounder in the ninth.
The second inning of the second
game Sunday was replica of tho
first frame Of the opener, with the
Hoosiers scoring five runs on four
hits and three Toledo errors. In
the stampede, Buddy Connolly con-
tributed a double, while Toledo's
Jordan uncorked two wild throws
that aided in the Hoosier scoring.
Bill Walker, southpaw from the
Nnuy VOy.ly (NfnJ1fc Oh
ledo, but went to the showers in the
second inning. Barnes succeeded
him, when the Indians began to
patter plateward.
Kyle Anderson. infielder owned by the
daas for has P 3Ta snTrg by the
been playing with Columbia in the Sally
League. Anderson Is former star base
ball ana football player at Chicago. Uni
is Dave. Anderson, former Indianapolis resi-
dent who played ball in Hoosier parts and
in minor leagues in years gone by.
Pittsburgh exercised it's recall privilege
on Outhelder Barnhart but is leaving him
with the Indians the remainder Of the
4; A. season. He is still handicapped by
r,S Claude e. JOnnard, veteran MiIyaukse
Louis Browns to report next Spring.
Rubber" has had several trials in the
majors and his latest sale has the
earmarks of cover up transaction. He
is among the best righthanded fingers in
the A. A.
Americas Polli. ST. Paul hurler, held the
Brewers to one hit the second half of the
Sunday double-header at Milwaukee. the
Apostles winning 5 to O.. The Brewers an
nexed the first. 10 to 8. Polli famed seven
and walked three. 1t was the first one
hit game of the wear in the A. A