The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-02-03


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GAM BREADON, president of the
~ st. Louis Cardinals, and Branch
Hickey, president, have ad-
vised Manager Gabby Street there
will be no front Office interference
with his methods of handling the
team and that he will be left alone,
and unhampered when the time
comes to choose between Jim Bot
tomley and Jimmy Collins for the
first base berth. Collins is the slug
ging rookie from Rochester.
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Bottomley hastens to turn in a
winter report on himself and de-
clares the routine of outdoor exer-
else he mapped out has obtained
results. The season of 1880 has
been erased from his mind, he as
serts, and aims to step out this
spring and perform in the manner
of the Bottomley of old. II the
meantime the Cubs are hopeful of
landing Bottomley if Collins beats
him out on the Cardinal inf1eld.
Sunny Jim was purchased from
Syracuse for $4,000 in 1922 and de-
spite his flop last year, especially
in the worlds series, the Cubs are
ready to lay a fortune on the line
for his services.
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The address of Kid ChisselI, local
boxer, is Cinderella ballroom,
Miami, Fla. He found the fistic
racket slow down there and took up
marathon dancing, lasting $50
hours. The Kid said his partner
fell asleep after 101 hours and he
went solo for forty nine hours. That
didn't eliminate Chissell altogether,
for he caught on as trainer for the
other dancers. The Kid says if he
can find durable partner he will
enter dance marathon in Havana.
NHARLIE SCHMIDT, the old
~ Detroit catcher, has reached
the half-century mark, but refuses
TO discard the spirit of youth. He is
trying to break into the Western
Association as playing manager.
Schmidt is now a coal miner in
Coal Hill, Ark. Maybe it's the mild
winter that's making the veterans
feel loaded with pepper.
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Nashville has traded outfieIder
Frank Luce to New Orleans for
catcher Don Anderson, who will act
as assistant manager under Joe
Klugman, recently appointed pilot
of the Vols.
TT is said eight Washington play
Il erS are unsigned and the hold
outs include a great battery, Fred
Marberry and Roy Spencer. Club
officials and the catcher are not far
apart over wages, but it is reported
Marberry is prepared to give lot of
trouble. Owner Griffith is trying
to sign him on bonus basis,
guaranteeing stipulated sum with
a promise to pay $500 for each
victory ever fifteen and $1,000 for
each victory over twenty. Marberry
is demanding more stipulated sum-"
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Griffith says it was six weeks on
the season last year before Marberry
rounded into condition and that he
wasn't at his best until the closing
weeks. With Fred in shape at the
start this year, it is believed Man
ager Walter johnson will stand an
excellent chance to battle the cham
pion Athletics from the outset.
DUCKY HARRIS Detroit Tigers
O Will be the first squad to hop
off this year headed for TRAINING.
The Tiger FASTENERS are due to
start for Sacramento, Cal, on Feb.
Is, and the Chicago Cubs will board
the RATHER ON Feb. II and start for
Catalina Island, Cal. Pittsburgh is
the other club to hit the long route
to the west coast. Detroit worked
out in Florida last year. Cleveland
and Brooklyn may join the Cali
fornia visitors in 1882.
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Meryl Hoag, the Sacramento out
fielder with the tiny Chinese feet,
has come to terms with the New
York Yankees. He was purchased
last summer for spring delivery. The
terms of his contract are rather I'M
usual for green rookie. He was
offered only $4,000 at first, but won
the decision after protesting and
received $4,000 with bonus clause
of $1,000 if he is retained.
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The share and share alike plan
of finances in the International
League has been dropped, and here
after the clubs which draw the most
customers viii carry the bulk of the
expense burden. The change was
made to assist the teams with small