The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-12
Stove League
by EDDIE ASH =.

Dali magDdJeS are ONeIuOAAlS
this thing called depression and are
taking advantase of conditions to
put through some uncalled for
economy measures. Here and there
several clubs lost money last year,
but these same teams would have
been in the red ink even if every
body had money. Their mines we're
so weak the customers would have
been absent anyway. If the mag
mates are headed for the poor house
why don't they keep the price up
in the clouds on their franchises?
Try and buy any big league club
for song.
Take the Pacific Coast League this year.
Attendance was only $4,000 short of 1880
and the 1881 season was two weeks short
er than the 1880 schedule. Figure that
one out and it is eveident the league drew
better this year than during the previous
campaign. Well, the star ball players
over the land haven't had their say vet
about the wage cutting hysteria. Most
of them still are of the opinion the win
ming clubs have no grounds for grievance.
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Now that the big leagues have reduced
t tI1tiT rosters roster to twenty-three lbut not
want the fans to believe they are sacri-
nclng something: AS matter of fact.
some OF the major outfits seldom carried
more than twenty-three in midseason. In
the American, Association the player limit
is twenty and only a few clubs have been
carrying the limit throughout the cam
paignS. However, agitation was launched
a few weeks ago to reduce the A. A limit
to eighteen and this may be done.
IT would be we'll for A. A. clubs
l. with pennant hopes to think twice
before looping off two athletes. In
juries and sickness may throw a
| contender out of the race at any
time. indianapolis won the pen
nant in 1917 with a short roster, but
was lucky to have Andy Lotshaw as
trainer and used him to fill in at
first base and in the outf1eld when
the injury jinX struck. In the little
worlds series that fall the Indians
were compelled to gain permission
to borrow Jay Kirke from Louisville
to play first base in place of Jack
Leary who was crippled.
What A laugh will go IN if the Cincy
Reds ask pitcher and pinch hitter to ac-
cept salary cut. He has been under
paid only about S25, 200 during his career
with that club. not counting worlds series
profits if he had been with flag win
ner. He won fourteen games and lost
thirteen this year with the sub-celiar
jewellers and four of his defeats were by
one run. In four of Reds games his
mates failed to score.
Lucas resides in Nashville and was talk
ing to friend the other day when ad-
vised that Hack Wilson had been traded
to the St. Louis Cardinals. That just
The Cubs Giants Dodgers and other
from the Queen City time and again, but
in the big money.
WHEN any one asks Lucas
w where he plays ball, he avoids
naming Cincinnati until cornered.
The conversation usually goes as
follows:
Where do you play ball?"
"In the majors"
"Where?"
In the National League
What city?"
Cincinnati, damit!"
Detroit has obtained pitcher Pete Dag
liza from Oakland of the Pacific Coast
League for a sum of cash and catcher
John GrabOwski. Daglis had an earned
run average of asa this year. worked 919
innings and struck out 1872 batsmen. His
won and lost record was poor, but the
Tiger scouts believe he is worth a major
trial and assert statistics will show he
is better hurIer than thirteen wins and
twenty defeats would indicate.
Manager Stanley Harris of Detroit Is
and offers. pitcher Hogsett and catcher
Hayworth for the veteran first sacker Joe
Judge, ana pitcher Fischer. The Tiger
pilot and Judge are old buddies and for
n1er main cogs of the Senators. There is
no question that Judge would prove an
able lieutenant for Bucky in handling the
Detroit machine. Harris was reappointed
realizes he is on thin ice as Tiger chief