The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-14

newcomers. Byrd was used fire.
uuently in the New York lineup
last season and in ITO times at bat
hit 1922. Cooke and Chapman were
sluggers with st. Paul and Gomez
starred on the mound in the Coast
League. Shawkey holds to the
opinion the Yankees are the only
team in the league with a chance to
head of the Athletics. other clubs
that have bolstered have too far to
90 to menace the Mackmen, accord
ing to Bob.
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A small, but talented part Of In
dianapolis occupied Chicago
pound sleeper Thursday night con-
sisting of owen J. Bush, White Sox
manager, and Bernard Michael
Kelly. new SOX coach. Spring train
ing for Ownie and Mike has begun
and they Will be away from the
home town until April 9 when Sox
and New York Giants stop of here
for an exhibition.
DUSH will lead his squad OF White
ID Hose FASTENERS out of the Windy
City Saturday at IL a. m. for San
Antonio, where rehearsal exercises
will start at st. Mary's college Mon
day. His two ace Fingers, Lyons and
Thomas. signed up a few days ago
and it is said Owner ComiSkey was
forced to give them $4,000 each.
They room together and probably
two-timed the boss.
II
Barney Mike Kelly had an experience in
baseball that perhaps stands alone. He
caught for two American Association clubs
in the same game one day in 1918. the
last contest Of the season abbreviated by
the war. lie was behind the bat for To-
Iedo at the start of the fray and finished
catching for Louisville. And the follow
ing day Mike reported TO Uncle Sam at
Camp Taylor.
r. was a double-header at Louisville
July Is and Kelly was with the Hens.
Bresnahan was Toledo manager and part
time catcher and chose to work behind
the plate for his club in the first tilt.
saving Kelly for the second. Age had
sapped Bresnahan's endurance. He was
exhausted after nine innings and between
games retired to the club house and sought
TO cool of and rest by frequent dosages of
bottled beer And the second game got
under way with Kelly catching for Toledo
and Never for Louisville
I'm the early innings Meyer was
4 injured and could not continue
and he was Louisville's only back
stop. for all ball clubs had depleted
ranks by that time, as each day
saw one or more players called to
the army. Manager Clymer was up
against it, and after conference
and agreement Kelly was loaned to
Louisville to finish out the contest,
and the worn and putting Bresna-
han returned to action for Toledo.
And as Kelly recalls it, he helped
Louisville win, 7 to 2, with Auol1o
Luque pitching.
Hack Wilson will have to do some hustl-
ing on Catalina island this spring during
the Cubs training grind. He weighs 2l5,
like n fire plug And the name Hack
was coined from Hackenschmidt, the
wrestler, and not because Wilson re-
sembIes a hack-rear view.
q
When Hack was in court the
other day fighting a damage suit,
the attorney for the plaintiff re-
ferred to him as a center base
man." Of course the plaintiff lost
the case. And anyway, the judge
was an old-time ball player and the
popular Gabby Hartnett was chief
witness for the defense.
DAN JOHNSON is another who
ID thinks air transportation de-
velopment eventually will extend
the big leagues to California and
Mexico. 1t Will be long time,
though. before club owners will con-
sent to transporting all their high
priced eggs in one basket. Humpty
Dumpty never came back!
Cotton Tierney. Lacquer and war vet,
vfu manage the Joplin Miners of the
Western Association this year. He used
with Kansas City in the a. a. Nearly
every season sees him with a different
minor league team nowadays. Tierney
always has taken baseball as more or less
Of an outing.