The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-09-12


ton of Gehrig. Foxx is close, but
Gehrig's stead,' playing won hin
his place on my team"
G, r. Barr, Elizabethtown, Ind.
won third place. He was tied WITH
Maloney in the number of players
missed and batting positions cor
rect, the decision being based on the
letter. Barr placed Klein in center
field, while the Babe nominated
Hack Wilson.
Letters Decide
The next three places were de-
cided on the accompanying letters
three contestants being tied with
one selection wrong and three bat
ting positions correct. Amos Jones,
2421 North Illinois street, captured
fourth place. His only error was
Grimes as one of the pitchers.
Joshua Mccullough, Cloverdale,
Ind, whose only error was placing
Combs in center field, was awarded
fifth place, and Carl H. Kloepper,
who placed Manush in left field, was
awarded sixth.
Al Robbins, 1880 Park avenue, won
seventh place from six other con-
testantS who missed one player each
and placed two men in batting po-
sitions correctly.
Eighth prize was awarded John
Osborne, 1880 Orchard avenue, and
ninth to Henry Brown, 1922 Cornell
avenue, No. Is.
Contestants who missed but one
in selecting the players who had two
in the batting list correct, but lost
on letters we're: William Garner, 118
Deloss street: T. Chickadone, IS
Harris avenue; Clarence Richards,
Ewing, Ind, and Dan Ryan, Rush
vile, Ind.
Money prizes will be mailed to
the winners shortly and the other
awards will be sent out as soon as
time permits.
List of Prizes
Prizes are: First, $25; second, SIS;
third, SO; fourth, Babe Ruth glove;
fifth, autographed Babe Ruth base
ball; sixth, autographed Babe Ruth
bat; seventh, one box Babe Ruth
underwear; eight, Babe Ruth's book;
ninth, Babe Ruth baseball game.
Others who missed only one player
but had one only correct in the bat
ting order included: John Young,
Strohm, $50 North Dearborn; James
Laky, Fl. Benjamin Harrison; Ray
Reynolds, 756 Woodruff place, and
j. Caskey, 1855 Stuart avenue.
Oakley C. Fiddler, 81 Federal
building, submitted the most unique
entry, placing his player list and
essay on a cardboard baseball, with
gold stars under the players names
around the edge of the ball. He
made three miscues, however, in
naming his men.
Many Pick Combs
Fans found it hard to agree with
the Babe. Probably the most fire.
quent error was in naming Combs
of the Yankees in center field. More
than two-thirds of the contestants
who missed more than one player
named Combs, placing him in CEN
ter and lead-of in the batting order.
ODoul, Phillies; Cuyler, Cubs; Paul
and Lloyd Waner, Pirates, and
Phillies, were other outf1eld-
ers receiving many votes.
Many placed Terry of the Giants
on first base, some moving Foxx to
third. Gehrig and Bottomley of the
Cards also were mentioned fire.
quently.
One of the rules of the contest
was that Babe Ruth was not to be
yet several selected him.
At second, Lazzeri of the Yankees
received many votes, as did Frisch
of the Cards. Kamm, White Sox,
and Lindstrom, Giants, received
scattered votes at third.
Several Shortstops
Cochrane of the Athletics was an
almost unanimous choice, with only
a few honoring Dickey. The short
stop position was questioned by
many, some naming Kress of the
Browns; English, Cubs; Cissell,
White Sox, Meanwhile, Boston Ma
tionals: Bartell, Pirates and Koenig,
Yankees.
Grimes, Pirate hurler, was an
equal favorite with Bush and
Grove, Ruth's selections, while
Lucas of the Reds and EarnShaw of
the Athletics also were popular.
Approximately $50 of the entrants
missed only two of the player selec-
tons.