The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-16
talking
IT OVER
WITH JOE WILLIAMS

FORGETTING football for the
II moment-it can be done if you
are willing TO submit to struggle
the sport news Of the day is:
1. Lands seeks to unscramble
Brooklyn mess.
2. Yanks release old Cy Moore.
;. Giants stockholders sue Charles
etonehan1.
Lands or some one certainly
should do something about Brook
Ign. The situation is getting no
better with great haste. Half Of the
club Is owned by the Ebbets estate.
The other half is owned by Steve
McKeever. The two controlling in
terests are openly hostile. What one
proposes the other opposes. AS bust
ness men they function with
sophomore comicality.
A T present Wilbur Robinson is
n the bone Of disSension.
Though 1t is quite possible Robin
son, plump and proud Of it, might
object to being referred to as
bone OF any sort. The Ebbets peo-
pie want him to remain as man
ager and president of the club. Nc
Keever says this can be done only
over his dead, clammy body.
Roblnson's contract expires Jan. 1. at
which time" promises McKeever, with
characteristic suavlty and diplomacy, II
% tax: his S sssE and shTGw " c GTs into
resentlnE = city which IL separated from
New York proper would be third ranking
hazArdIy and seemingly without purpose
point, headed for nowhere and 4 safe
wager to get there.
TINE release of Wilcey Moore by
J. the Yanks does not come as a
surprise. He was of little value last
season and not Of great value the
season before. His was the usual
fate of the sinker ball specialist.
This type of pitcher does not last
long. The sinker ball ceases to mys-
tify after you have swung against
1t a few times. It's behavior usually
can be anticipated. For the brief
space Of one season Moore was a
truly remarkable pitcher, but after
that he was just another farm hand
in fiannels with the New York in
sigma stenciled across his wiShbone.
The FIRST year Moore reported one of
Miller Higgins Sbservant iieutenants
aon't bring your arm back far enough on
peSnr tS"t w sst y Here do it this
Moore watched the demonstra-
ton in silence and then apologize
ally informed the learned man that
he couldn't bring his arm back any
farther because it had been broken
years before and the bones had moi
knitted properly. BY July of that
same year Moore had won fourteen
games and was the pitching sem
sation of the league, and he had
not changed his wind-up.
THE suit against Owner Stone
J. ham of the Giants demanding
an accounting may or may not lead
to interesting developments. 1t Is
no secret that complete harmony
does not reign among members Of
the official family of the club.
Sooner or later such conditions in
an organization inevitably produce
a rousing defamation.
Mr.. William F. Kenny OF TRANSATLANTIC
barbering note, instigated the current legal
action. He bought into the club about n
year ago and his intentions and ambitions
have been the subject OF furious specu-
latlnn in baseball ever since.
n II
Kenny has plenty of those mil
lions, Is a dominant character and
up to now has been content with the
role of minority Stockholder in
anything. There is mounting evil
dence that he wants to get hold OF
the Giants. On the other hand,
there is no evidence that Stoneham
wants to let them go. Perhaps Judge
Lands should look into this also, or
maybe it's a job for the Carnegie
Foundation.
TN this connection Tim Mara, the
i bookkeeper, broker and football
magnate, has been mentioned for
the presidency of the Giants in the
event Kenny is able to buy control.
This appears to be news to Mara,
and not particularly good news, at
that. ct wouldn't have a ball club
If they gave me one" said Mara to-
day. Can 1t be that he has con-