The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-05-13
/ ALKING
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BY JOE WILLIAMS


Editors Note-Joe Williams. sports edi-
tor Of The New York Telegram and con-
Suctor Of the Talking II over column In
Tn, Times. wal a visitor here Monday
and took In the practice action out at
the Roaring Wa7. the Indianap polls Speed
way. where he collected some preliminary
s.ants on the sO0-niie race. Williams
next will 20 to Louisville to gather feed
boz info and high lights on the Kentucky
DeTbyJ
"DITCHING, power and pepper
i they MAKE an unbeatable
combination for the Athletics, SAID
Bucky Harms, manager OF the
Tigers. Its tough enough for any
of the other clubs to muster even
one of those attributes. Ask me. l
know. But when you get three
on one club,-well-, aIld MI.
Harris smiled with a sort of fara-
way look. It might have been envy
OF Connie Mack. Or Mr.. Harris
might have been thinking Of those
pennant winning days in Waning
ton.
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'sTbe Yankees will finish second. con-
finued the leader Of the Bengals. Bob
shavkey has a somewhat dead ball eiuo'
His requirements are not Of the hip MP
hurrah type. But 1t should have enough
nunch and Just enough pitching to lead
everybody but the Athletics.
u LIKE Larry At SHORT AND I
LIKE KOENIG THERE. TOO. 1 HAVE
TRIED EVERY WHICH WAY TO GET
KOENrG AWAY FROM THE YANKEES.
BUT THUS FAR I HAVE NOT Sue
CEEDED. sHAwKEY SAYS HE HAS
ONLY TWO EXTRA INFIELDERS AND
CAN NOT SPARE EITHER KoENIG OR
REESE.
"UHAPMAN is going to be quite
~ a third baseman, and like
the looks of Byrd III left field. But
both lack fire. Take that bird
Combs out in center field. Now
there's a ball player for anybody's
money. I never saw him look bet
ter.
"wni Ruffing help" Mr.. Harris
cbuckied Looks as If he has helped al
ready. Beat US Sunday. didn't he? why
s1ou'dn't he helpP The Yankees gave up
rosody who was essential. burst wasn't
needed.
"AS FOR GOMEZ. 1 AM IN CONFLICT
WITH MY PLAYERS ON THAT YOUNG
MAN THEY SAY HE CAN BE HIT. AND
HIT PLENTY. THEY WOULD LIKE TO
SEE HIM AGAIN SOON. BUT I SAY
HE'S ON THE WAY TO BECOMING A
WHALE OF A LEFTHANDER.
"There is no reason why New
York shouldn't be second. But the
club isn't what it used to be. Well,
I guess that's not exactly news, is
it?"
"VXTHAT ails my own cluo? Mr'
w Harris lost his smile. Well,
everything seems to go wrong. We
don't get the breaks. Our pitchers
lost a lot of games on one bad
pitch.-like the one Dickey hit for a
double Sunday and Gehrig smacked
for a homer on Saturday.
n
eve could use more pitching. blae-
holder? Yes, I've Joined the procession
But il can't be done. We don't seem to
have anybody to spare that St. Louis
could use. think we have picked up
great pair in Hogsett and Wyatt. They'll
settle down soon. But in the meantime
We can't get to hitting. and lot OF
games are lost around the keystone sack.
Perhaps the shift of McManus to shortstop
will remedy that situation, for EogeI can
play third well enough"
IN MAKING AN EFFORT TO LAND
BLAEHOLDER, HARRIS HAS JOINED AT
LEAST FOUR OTHER CLUBS, INCLUD-
ING THE YANKEES. BOB SHAWKEY
STILL is AFTER THE BROWNIE HOLD
OUT. AND FROM THE INSIDE COMES
THE TIP THAT HE IS ABOUT READY
TO OFFER KoENIG FOR BLAEHoLDER
AND O'ROURKE.
There is nothing to report con-
Meeting Waite Hoyt with the Blae-
holder proposition. The st. Louis
club wouldn't take Hoyt,-not with
that $4,000 salary.
ct HAVEN'T seen any amazing re-
4 cruits." Harris resumed. Bur
nett? Well. Joey Sewell will be
back at third before long. Oliver?
Well. I have seen some tremen-
dously improved players, and the best
of that bunch is Carl Reynolds,
center fielder for the White Sox.
There's a young man who has de-
veloped into a star.
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REYNOLDS. and that Washington pitch
ing stan,-they stand out as the features
Of the season to date"