The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-10-02
Little Series Play Resumed
Wednesday at Wash
ington Park.
HUGE CROWD EXPECTED
Rival Clubs Work Out at
Tribe Lot.
RY EDDIE ASH

Times Sports Editor

Inc CuLlulC ana UIle shouting Is
scheduled to begin all over again at
Washington Park Wednesday when
Bruno BetzeTs American Association
champions and Billy Southworth's
International League pennant win
ners resume play in the little
worlds SERIES"
It will be Indianapolis first
glimpse of the Glass AA classic and
park officials have completed plans
to take care of an enormous crowd.
Several thousand additional seats
have been added and the increased
capacity is expected to meet the de-
mand.
Fine Practice Weather
The Indians and Red Wings drew
perfect weather today for practice,
the teams having been idle Monday.
The local FASTENERS we're to work
out from noon to o'clock today
and the Wings were to take the
field at 2 p. m.
In the four first tits of the series,
staged in Rochester, indianapolis
won two, Rochester one and one
battle went to a twelve-inning tie.
The team that wins five games takes
the honorS.
The Wednesday contest starts at
2 o'clock and it will be the last game
in which the players share in the
receipts. They are permitted 70
share in the first five tits only.
Fans who have ordered 'Iayaway"
tickets for the Wednesday conflict
are requested by Tribe officials to
take up the ducats at once to avoid
congestion at the ticket windows to-
morrow.
Eastern Scribes Here
The Indian baseball plant was a
busy spot today as carpenters and
others put the finishing touches on
| the field seats and new press boxes
for International League scribes and
telegraph operators.
This is the first AsSociation-In-
ternational meeting in indianapolis
since 1917, when the Indians
trimmed the Toronto Leafs.
Boone or Leverett IS expected to
get the Tribe pitching assignment
in the local opener and McCracken
probably will take the Red Wing
mound. Vic Keen, who gave Swe-
tonic a hard fight in the Rochester
opener last Wednesday, also will be
ready if called tomorrow.
In the four clashes staged in the
International League city total runs
by each side were even, with
| twenty-five each. And there was
only a single hit difference in total
base knocks, the Indians piling up
fifty safeties and the Red Wings
forty-nine. Indianapolis got by
with the fewer errors, the total be-
ing seven, to thirteen for Rochester.
Club batting in the four first en-
counters was indianapolis 1909 and
Rochester 1903. The figures indicate
the teams are well matched, but In
dianapOIis still believes it has
stronger mound star If the local
hurlers get going"
| Stephen Swetonic saved the A. A.
champions at Rochester and he will
perform in at least one more game
before the series ends.
There was much complaint about
the poor condition of the field at
Rochester and both teams suffered
on the defense as a result. The In
dians yearned to get home and it is
said the Red Wings also we're glad
to move out here. A football team
used the Rochester park before the
little series" started and the ground
was made treacherous for baseball.
The Red WinsS, like the Indians,
have a strong keystone sack pair
in TOpOrcer, second baseman, and
Colbert, shOrtstOp, and it will be
interesting for the fans to compare
their performance with that of Bud
Connolly and Rabbit" WarStler.
Speed galore Is expected around
that station in the games here.
The local series scheduled calls
for battles Wednesday, Thursday
and Saturday, and Sunday If the
Indians do not win three in a row.
In fact, the series may go over into
next week, because the Indians
need three more titlts to win and
the Red Wings four.
The gate total at Rochester was
about $4,000, but the player share
was not announced. Official series
statistics on receipts will not be
known until the event ends.
Manager Bethel dashed over to
his home in Celina, Ohio, Monday.
He returned with his family this
morning.
Chairs will be placed around the
field Wednesday to take care Of
overflow from grandstand and field
seats.
Batting averages for the junior
worlds series follow:
INDIANAPOLIS
" NJ: / Il 4 4 /.
spencer ............. 10 ABB
OonnolIy ..ss.ssss..s y .4l2
| WdISGler ssssssssssss 10 333
zoe ........sssss..s. 1888
| f1aney .....s.ssssssss ~ D $40
MaCLneWs .'''ssss''. ~ .5OO