The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-06
Indians Need Only One
More Victory to Clean
Up Wings.
NO 3 FOR SWETONIC
Steve Again Beats RocheS-
ter Friday; Russell Poles
Two Home Runs.
BY EDDIE ASH
Times Sports Editor

Needing one more victory to make
them "little worlds series" cham
,pionS, Bruno Betzel's Indians ex-
,pect to put an end to the fall double
a classic here this afternoon.
Bill Burwen is slated to face the
Rochester paStimers on the mound
and he will be opposed, no doubt,
by Herman Bell, big righthander of
the Red Wings. The contest will get
under way at 2 o'clock and unless
the visitors surprise everybody and
turn the tables it will be the last
chance for the fans to glimpse their
HooSier pennant winners in action
this year. Otherwise the teams will
battle again Sunday.
FOur-tO-One Lead
Six "lttle series" tits have been
staged, four in Rochester and two
here, with the following results:
G w L Tic
indianapolis ..... 6 4 1 /
Rochester ...... 6 1 4 1
The team winning five games
takes the series honors, and there
will be no prolonging of the event
after today if the Tribe can pre-
vent it. The Indians apparently
have the Wings outclaSsed with q
preponderance of pitching power
that the International League1s
have been unable to match.
Red Wings DOwnCast
Feeling disgraced to some extent,
by the beatingS suffered at the hands
of the A. A. champions, the Red
Wings aim to give everything they
possess this afternoon in an effort
to escape a crushing downfall in the
anter-league event. The Wings be-
came idols in Rochester by captur-
ing the International League pen
nant and they feel downcast over
the failure to date to give the In
dians real AA competition in the
s'little series.
Steve Swetonic propelled the
sphere in fine fashion at Washing
ton Park Friday while Reb Russell
hit home runs to beat the Wings,
s to 4. It was Swetonic's third
victory in three series starts and
he gave up only seven hits.
Spectacular fielding by Warstler
and Connolly also helped entertain
a small crowd Of $500. Paid at
tendance was only 2,480, much less
than on Thursday, and indianapolis
received another baseball black eye
in the baseball world.
Great Day for Russell
That grand, likable veteran, Reb
Russell, one of the most popular
figures in American Association
baseball, took charge of the batting
honors Friday and celebrated to the
extent of two home runs, single
and a walk. He drove in five of the
Indians six runs, his first homer
coming with two mates on base and
his second with one on ahead.
Both his round trip drives went
over the low fence near the score
board in deep right and the two
wallops took the heart out of the
Wings. Vic Keen went to the full
route on the Rochester mound and
was raped for eleven hits.
Layne Hits for Circuit
The Wings failed to score on
Swentonic until the sixth when
Brown drew walk and Layne'S
drive to center bounced into the
empty field seats for home run. In
the eighth, Brown tripled, Layne
beat out a roller which SWetonic
threw away at first and Colbert
singled, the combination accounting
for brace of tallies. And that was
all for Rochester.
In addition to Russell, other Tribe
Swatting stars were Haney and
Spencer, each with singles. And
Wild Matthews poked out two one
base safeties.
Roy Spencer, great Indian back
stop, was relieved by Riddle in the
seventh owing to crippled wrist re-.
ceived in Thursdays game when he
made hard slide. And there was
some fear felt this morning that Roy
would be unable to perform this
afternoon.