The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-10-07
TALKING
1T OVER
By JOE WILLIAMS

GW LOrtEAf wv is--At 70 SfA
IN dent the AS and the Cards
are going to fight it out on the
Spalding Reach line if it takes all
winter, and part Of the following
spring. Rafting along the rails TO-
ward that dear old Philadelphia the
AS we're again out in front like an
ant eaters snout Their lead was
neither as wide as a door nor as
deep as well, but it was something.
True to the forecast of the experts,
the strategy of McGillicuddy, the
sly old fox of the dugout, played an
important part in Mondays victory
which dissolved the two-two knot.
Young Jimmy Fox slapped one into the
bleachers for the full distance to score
a team mate ahead Of him for all the runs
made during the afternoon. This is what
IS called out-Foxxing the opposition.
n
SO far the series has been a complete
indication for the administration's stano
on prohibition. Burieigh Crimes pitched
another fne game and was knocked OIL
Up 70 date. be IS out two ball games. He
viii 20 down in history as Joe Morgan
The man who could not win.
This is what moralists have been teach
ing The world all along. II must be
gratifying to the z. Scott McBrides to read
Of the consistent success of the dry pitch
ers in this great ivory jubilee. II may
even come to light in future days that
baseball is a vehicle of propaganda linked
arm and arm with the temperance league.
Maybe congress ought to start an investi-
cation.
THE unsung heroes Of the
Il games so far are the experts.
After the first two games they
handed the championship to the
AS and went back to their bridge.
Then the Cards came along and
won the next two. With character
istic open-nindedness and unas-
sailable logic they turned right
around and handed it to the Cards.
What could be fairer than that?
Il
Now McGIlllcuddy's club is again on
top. This confuses the issue somewhat.
When one team refuses TO accept a cham
pionship after YOU hand the thing TO it,
unlocked for problems arise. In such cir
oumstances the only thing TO do IS to
adopt = philosophical attitude and write
that anything can happen. In order to
achieve sr airy touch it is always best TO
add land probably will
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At any rate II, has bee = tough series
6 6H5 t dsys II 22q S' and 20 F When al
fellow had to do was stay IN MS room;
the American Leaguers had won again.
This is The first series since 1925 that
the magnuts have shared in the swaR 30
any apprecisbIe extent. Last year thev
shared in one game. The two previous
years they shared in none. As everybody
knows they do not get cut until four
games have been PLAYED. Monday was the
fifth game. Wednesday will be the sixth.
and if the as lose they will share in the
seventh.
counIs o, years 2 ag . Colonel Jacob
Rupert had to return more than $4,000
in cash admissions because his Yankees
had ended the series abruptly. The. colonel
is one of those strange magnuts. who have
. sporting interest in their clubs When
ne returned the money he said nothing
msnt vas that By winning il four games
his team had demonstrated that It was a
great ball club-"Just as I always said
IL was
4 4
He was asked If It wasn't hard to turn
back the money.
you can not have your cake and eat
it, be replied. This phrase has since
been immortaliIed by philosophers. poets.
slogan writers. pastry cooks. and free
thinkers.
Il Il
FHE righteousness of the dia-
mond athlete is well known, but
In spite of the fact that all the
money from now on goes to the
magnuts, you will note the boys are
still fighting with enormous ardor
and enterprise. This easily is ex-
planned. There is difference of
81, 700 between the winners and the
losers end, and this difference re-
mains as is, no matter how much
more money is accumulated in the
general fund.