The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-09-08

Winner of second place is w. r.
Wicks, Pennsylvania R. R., local
freight Office. Wick's only mistake
was in placing frankie Frisch of
the st. Louis Cardinals at second in
place of Gehringer.
'WickS was awarded second place
over fifteen other contestants who
missed but one player when his bat
ting order contained the largest
number of men in the same posi-
tons used by the Babe.
Fourteen Miss One
WickS had Simmons batting third,
Wilson fourth and Terry fifth, while
Babe had them batting fourth, fifth
and third. respectively. In other
words, Wicks had but three batting
order misses. Others who missed
but one player selection were:
Frank B. Dowd, 1907 Broadway: Ted
Arnold. 1873 Laurel street; Hugh Gardner.
l02 Linwood avenue: Theodore j. Kruger.
AT Circle Tower building; Paul Caldwell.
Lebanon: Frank Napolitano. 1928 North
Illinois street; Manual LeveY. 1914 Union
street: Harry Schonecker. 1889 Hamilton
avenue: Paul (Ted) Sullivan. 3340 North
Meridian street; LLOYD j. Beck. Plainfield.
Ind: Henry F. Willer. Kokomo. Ind:
Lewis Davis. 1905 South Meridian street;
Robert S. Garrett. Cambridge City. Ind:
Frederick B. Cline. 2O12 North Alabama
street and Wenneth King, AIS East New
York street.
C. Raymond Wagner. 1519 North Talbot
street. also made but one mistake. but his
entry was three days late. being post
marked Sept. 2. The contest closed Aug. 80.
There was a wide variety OF votes
for players in The Times contest,
with the most frequent mistakes be-
ing in the selection of the shortstop,
second baseman and right fielder.
Travis Jacksoni .peppery. Giants short
fielder. was standout choice with Hoosier
fans. with Cronin,, Ruths choice. and
Glenn Wright Of the Robins running ,o E
the. only ones to be tripped up in this
position. The ten big league writers who
selected teams for Ruth also named Jack
w FRIsCH is POPULAR
At second base. Frankie .Frisch Of the
johnny Hodapp. Of Cleveland gave Geh-
ringer a merry battle. with Fr1sch holding
an edge in favoritism.
First base was a battle between the
and and Gehrig Of f"' the Yankees. with the
former hodinR the edEed While set snFq ne P
Traynor of Pittsburgh and Freddie LIND
Strom of the Giants.
Tony Lazzeri of the. Yankees received
votes for third. second and short posi-
lions, while in some few instances. the
entire Giants inheld of Jackson. Terry,
Critz and Lindstrom was named.
In the outfield. Chuck Klein was given
q real tusse for honors by Xxi Cuyier
OF the Cubs and Babe Herman of the
Averil took a few votes from Hack Will
son in center. ODoul and Berger were
Simmons competitors in the left garden.
Wilson and Simmons probably received the
heaviest votes cast for any position ex-
COCHRANE GIVEN. CALL
Mickey Cochrane coastesd n n a. yicto OF
the Cubs had strong fono%ing. |n 1lie
Yanks received occasional votes.
Lefty Grove. Philadelphia Athletics
southpaw ace, came the nearest to being
n unanimous choice Of all the players
nominated. Yves Ferren however had a
tough time disposing of Ted Lyons OF the
Chicago White Sox. other hurlers. WHO
were given support were Malone Of the
Washington and Burleigh Grimes of the
Cards.
Despite the clause in the rules barring
him from selection. several contestants
made the mistake of placing Babe Ruth
in right field Others placed Hornsby at
second base. although the veteran hao
PLAYED only small part Of the season.