The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-04
TALKING
IT OVER
BIZ JOE WILLIAMS


The annual rumo- that the aged
gentleman is about to step down
and hand over the managerial reins
Of the Athletics to Eddie Collins Is
again going the rounds.
Connie tells you there is nothing
in it. II want to stay in baseball
as long as 1 can" he says. There
is no good reason why he should
quit. His noodle is as nimble as
ever.
year aKo he out-maneuvereG the Cubs
III every turn and this year he has handled
the Athletics fauItIessIy against the Card
tnais. that squeeze play he put on in the
arst Rame-and / understand It was his
play--stIii remains the hiEh SPOT In the
series.
The experts are criticising Gabby
Street for starting the eccentric
Flint Rhem in the second game.
They claim he had neither poise nor
the stuff to work in such a critical
contest. The outcome OF the anne
would seem to confirm this opinion.
But Street has made an unusual
case of Rhem this year. In his day,
street was something OF a Anem
himself Growing older, he cnangeo
his mode Of living
s....t q a very liberal minded ana
sol.vant man. It vas easy for MIN ~
coue a sympathetic supporter Oh Nne'
-. has fathered him throughout the sea
sor A few weeks ago when the gto'eSeus
I,dr.nning story broke and Rhem cIa'"eu
:. bad hen held captive by two Dloau
,,.v vunmen--or was 1t ginmen!-s'e.'
s.IIsd Rhem 10 his room and told MIN W
forget all about the incident
you aren't going to o BE- tf &c save W You
esLe .fc u1orld series NY pitching plants
are al made out, and you are s5,e 70 T nsv
The second s sonsd enough sish and Rheu uT
ddqGsRbsek was that the celebrates nto f SO foo
didn't have enough on the po9@'o W
4 smart hitting ball clup'
TINE best pitching the Cardinals
have shown so far came from
two substitutes, Lindsey and Jonn-
SON both of whom performed a1ter
Phem had failed in the secono
vame. Lindsey pitched two ana a
third innings and none OF MACK
men was able to get to first pase,
Johnson walked two of the llrsG
three hitters to face him, but olo
not Weld either a hit or run III JIG
two innings he worked
whether Lindsey or Johnson could nave
r,sintaiped such a pace over fuiI iehk.n
k,ll came is something else. Lindsey IN
.,-ticuIar. looked as II he could nave
r,tched ALI day. He is massive ienow
,,ith No treat amount of imagination anu
a hin, a world series game is Just anOtner
ball game.
He came into the game and stopped the
as dead in their tracks at tllle WE" tn,I
they we're hitting the sst W Usually has to
nave 4 lot on the ball to. stop Team III r,t q
hitting mood. The psySchoi9gys o OF 1g him
and very likely is.
Y lindsey is something OF
sketch. The first year up with
cleveland he deserted the club be-
cause he couldn't get the kind OF
biscuits around the hotel his wife
cooked for him. 1t was his thought
that if 4 fellow had to neglect his
eoicurean desires in order to become
another Addie Joss then basepan
was hardly the business for him.
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Lindsey used to pitch in the Southern
rearue. One Of his team mates was Dixie
walker, a fast ball pitcher. who had a
couple of big league trials walker was
= professional bad man. He carried a
shot gun around the circuit with him. On
occasions, he would become very malan-
shoIy and only the cOmpanionship OF
Lindsey would bring sOlace to his de-
pressed mind.
Lindsey did not care particularly for
walkers company, but he had deep and
abiding respect for walkers shotgun. one
night in a Pullman, Walker did noS wish
Ia sleep alone. SO he compelled Lindsey to
get out of his berth and sit beside him.
He handed Lindsey the shotgun and said:
'Now " anybody tries to annoy me give
him both barrels" Lindsey sat up all
night from Memphis to New Orleans with
the shotgun across his knee guarding the
troubled slumbers of Walker.
IF this is not sufficient insight into
/ the charming personality of the
Cardinals righthanded finger. you
may be interested In another episode
in which Walker figured promi-
nently. Walker liked to take long
walks after midnight, and his favor
tic walking companion was Lindsey.
On a certain night in Nashville. Walker
and Lindsey went for long walk. At
intervals, Walker would stop, throw back
his head. and emit a long ear piercing
shout. After which he would turn to
Lindsey and make him exercise his tonSils
in similar manner and chord.
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In due time an officer of the law ap-
preached Walker and ventured 70 lnoulIe
lust what, Walker and his companion were
doing and why.
We're hoIIerinK. and we are going to
boiler some more" he answered. Turn
inx 10 Lindsey he added. land yoV are GO
ing to hoIler right with me, amt you
JIM Whereupon the two threw back
their noble beans. opened their cavernous
mouths wide and tore of another beautiful
scream.
walker and Lindsey were late for
the ball game the next day. They
had been detained the rest of the
night and a large part of the fol-
lowing day in the local jug.