The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-06


The big leaguers were held to
four blows, three off Cvengros. Cas-
ton was touched up for eight safe
ties, with the Indians punching their
drives in the first and third stanzas.
Fitzgerald contributed pair of
doubles, Koenecke hit for two sacks
and Montague for three. Koe-
necke gyped himself out of a triple
in the third when he failed to touch
second and was tagged out, the
blow being recorded as a single.
The Easter fray was run off in the
fast time of 1:18 and the royal root
| ers present saw some Snappy play
at times and were delighted with
the manner in which the home nine
came through in the pinches Evil
IDENTIFY the new Indian outfit has it
all over last years aggregation in
the important matter of finding the
safe spots when mates are on the
scoring bags.
Manager Corriden now will turn
his attention to more practice at
completing double plays. Mon
tague and Andrus had trouble Sun
day in making the throw to first,
although the infield came through
twice with twin killings.
There's peculiar angle to the Indians
spring training record. Finishing in the
A. A. cellar last year. the Tribe bumped
off the Iast-pIace PhiIIie Nationals in FIori-
da and followed up this achievement by |
crocking the cellar dwelling Red Sox of |
the American League. It's a laugh for |
many. but a pain in the neck to Managers
Shotton and Collins.
Three umpires are working the Red Sox
Indian series. NcGrew. Connolly and GAY |
nor. Connolly is a youngster coming UP |
Connolly family of diamond guessers. Nc |
Grew is g. regular arbiter in the National |
eagne a1a is shaping up for the new cam
starting out in the profession.
Montague's triple in the third Sunday
sailed out near the flag pole. He accepted
ten chances in twelve attempts at short
One of his miscues was on relayed throw
to FIRST that landed in the stand.
Henry Bonura, the New Orleans heavy
weight. made his first appearance before
Tribe fans and got away with the duties in
good style. He got one hit and one theft |
Corriden's hurlers protected their tel. l.
tory and handled seven fielding chances.
Indian Lee Daney is surprising everybody
this spring by constant effectiveness. The
youth has taken on weight and has plenty
of courage out there. His trouble last sea-
son consisted of blowing up after a few
innings of action.
EITzGERALD came in fast for
IL divers short fly in the second. |
The Indians new center fielder COW |
cred his terrain with ease. The |
veteran has been coming into his |
stride in a gradual manner and has |
cleared his batting eye. He col
lected four hits over the weekend,
including circuit wallop and two !
doubles.
No hits were produced by the Tribe back |
stops, both Riddle and Angley drawing |
blanks in the Saturday and Sunday tits. |
They figure to geo going shortly.
Reeves made a fancy stop on Angley in |
the second round Sunday and turned it
into double play.
st. Paul is becoming agitated over the
way the Indians are cleaning up and |
newspapers up there are asking for the |
lowdown on what Pilot Corriden has on
hand. The Saints will battle the Tribes
men here in the A. A. lid litter April Ia.
The Apostles finished second last season
with fast-running, powerful lineup.