The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-12-25
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BY EDDIE ASH

IF the Yankees can improve their
i pitching. they'll be mighty tough
next season. says Bob Connery. st.
Paul president who stands close to
Yankee affairs. Bob is Of the opin-
ion the Shawkey outfit is going to
be murderous with the bludgeon
during 1880 with help from Dusty
Cook. Bonnie Chapman and Bubbles
Hargrave, three 1929 st. Paul stars.
Ruth. Gehrig, Lazzeri, Koenig and
other Yankee vets are sure to have
some new brother sluggers, accord
ing to Connery's view Of the situa-
ton.
Coast League baseball sharpS
continue to boost Gus Suhr, first
sacker purchased by the Pirates.
They say Gus will hit big league
pitching as well as help out the
Pittsburgh infield
Suhr got married recently and
admitted it was partly to celebrate
his sale to the big show. Some one
asked if he got welded before his
batting average went down.
Umpire Brick Owens is going
south with the New York Yankees
and get his legs in shape and Chi
cagO smOg out of his eyes.
CPORTING NEWS, st. Louis,
- after conducting a poll of sport |
writer's, announces Al Simmons, !
Athletic outfielder, as the unofficial
most valuable player in the Amer
lean League during 1929. The |
league abandoned the annual /
official player selection previous to |
the past season. In the sport !
writer's poll Simmons led with forty
points. Lazzeri was second with
thirty-three points and Heinie
Manush and Lew Ronseca were
next, each with thirty-one points.
Cleveland hasn't given up hope of
landing shortstop Mulleavy, owned
by the Toledo Hens, and has offered
$4,000 and two players. He was
with Decatur in the Three-I League
last season and batted .344.
HERB COBB, who goes back to
Il 4 Milwaukee from the Browns,
figures to win more than twenty
games next season, Brewer scribes
state. He won fourteen and lost
seventeen in 1929 with a weak club,
and it's a cinch the Home BrewS
are going to be stronger.
Manager Berghammer, still in the
market for FASTENERS, has OPEN
ings for a catcher, one infleIder,
two outfieIders and a SOuthpaw flip
per. The Browns plan to send more
help.
DURT SHOTTON, Philly manag-
u er. preached the subject of
trade with Dan Howley, pilot of the
Reds, mentioning Pete Donohue.
And Howley replied: Eyes, for
Chuck Klein Shotton also asked
Barney Dreyfuss about trade for
Larry French, and Dreyfuss said:
Yes, for Chuck Klein" The In
dianapolis home run hitter with the
Phillies has made all rival club !
bosses jealous.
Burleigh Grimes visited the offices |
of the Pirates the other day, but |
failed to reach an agreement on
salary. He asks SIS, 1000.
n
THE report that Art Shires is
D. said to have demanded a $25,-
600 contract is said to be bunk and
merely for publicity purposes put
out by Art himself. Newspapers
have begun to toss the pugilistic
notices concerning Shires into the
waste baSket-where they belong.
TOHN MGRAW, accompanied by
~ Mrs. McGraw, will spend the |,
holidays in Cuba and John may re-
main there for more than a month. !
The veterna pilot predicts Dave
Bancroft and Irish Meusel, his !
new coaches, will be of big help to
the Giants.
Christmas cards received by this |
department were of many unique |
and clever designs. Steve Hanni-
gan, Miami Beach; Steve Harter. |
Indianapolis, anu the Indians ball
club ran a close race for clever
greetings. Ray Bronson, away for
years, still remembers The Times. |
He's in Jacksonville.
Sidney We'll, new owner of the !
Reds, will send five players to Co !
lumbuS in exchange for Tony Cue |
cinello, smuggling infelder. This was /
predicted some time ago. 1t is be- |
lieved Purdy. Ash and Strip or |
Dresser will be among the men to |
Join the Senator's.
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