The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-12-16

Nov that the Indianapolis ball
4 club has assumed a .front-
runner position in the stove league
the fans are beginning to think of
Inc 1882 opening game and already
number Of reservations have been
mleo with Walter Riley, secretary.
The lid litter next April IL also will
mark the formal opening of new
Perry stadium and plans are under
way to make it an event long to be
remembered.
Thirty-fvo players are on the winter
roster and another Hy chaser and a third
catcher will be obtained later. Several of
the FASTENERS viii be disposed Of before
spring, but the current outlook seems to
indicate about thirty athletes will be
taken to the Sarasota (Fla.) training
camp. The Indians are going big league"
next spring and hope to return north
with every department set and all hands
in ship shape.
The early birds ordering April tickets
N oDs hae b oeea i2pEdn9g te a
shopping along with their Christmas pur-
ehases, M J. Spring Of the Lone Star Se-
for seven box seats for the inaugural
struggle Of 1882. Art Link Of the Balfour
Cheese company also is in hitting mood
and has eight box seats clinched for the
Tribe opener Others include entire box
reservations by Jim Yuncker Of the Coca
Advance SS Paint Pain cor Company II ownie Bush
hooks up with Minneapolis az manager
and II the Milers draw the indianapolis
I'D hitter the 1882 opening day surely VIII
be a Scl-Out
furnishing touches we're put on
II Perry stadium early this week
and Owner Norman Perry may
move his office out there Thursday.
After the move, all Tribe baseball
business will be transacted at the
stadium the year around. After the
first of the year Perry will leave for
Florida and Jack Hendricks will be
chief Of staff at the park and will
team with Secretary Riley in COM
pleting arrangements for spring
training. In the meantime the park
ground men will continue to doll up
the plant.
Tribe club officials arc keeping in
touch with Manager Emmett Mccain, who
resides in Philadelphia. and not thing is
being overlooked in the way of the build
MP Of the Hoosiers for 1892. McCann is
elatcd over the possibilities of the Tribe
and is scanning every item dealing with
the player movements other American
Association clubs. St. Paul and Milwaukee
are organizing menacing machines, Column
bus is holding frequent huddles with the
st. Louis Cardinals about talent and
Louisville and Kansas City are keeping
their eyes open. Minneapolis has not
strengthened to date and the Toledo club
is an orphan.
ownie Bush and Bill Clauer of Indian
apolis got chilled over the proposition OF
chise, now in receivership, but there is
reason to believe they will listen to an
offer to take over the club under an agree
ment that would not require az gam1p2le
on their part. The Hens finished in the
cellar and in financial mud this year.
T AIRY GILBERT has been pro-
IL NOTED from manager to general
manager at New Orleans and the
veteran jake Atz will be the new
field pilot of the Pelicans. Gilbert
was a star in the American Asso-
citation years ago, playing with the
Milwaukee champions of 1913.
Other famous fly chasers with the
Brewers that year were Happy
Felsch, Newt Randall and John
Beall. Gilbert is an idol with New
Orleans fans and has been there for
q IOnty ctrptpb
ATT created history in the Texas League
some seasons ago by plotting the TT.
Worth club to numerous remnants. He
was boss at Shreveport this year. His real
name is said to be ZiegeImeier and 1t is
stated he changed II TO Atz early in his
baseball career when, as a busher his club
owner was getting by on shoestring and
paying off his players in alphabetic order.
From last on the pay roll, Jake jumped
himself TO the early psy-off before the
club boss ran out Of toad skins
Atz describes pitcher Dizzy Dean as the
right handed Ri;be Waddel and predicts
fbe big Cardinal rookie will be a sensa-
ton in the majors IN two years; ReSn t MJs
season and jake will tell you the IanS
swarmed out to see the laxative hurler
In Shreveport, according to Atz, average
attendance week day was 400: but wneh
Dizzy hit town the gate sweAed TO 1'ooo'
Il
TOMMY GILL, star with the
a Baltimore Internationals, class
AA. this year, is entitled to moan
against chain store baseball. He
was purchased by Washington
during the 1891 campaign and
finished the season in the majors
The other day the Senators
turned him over to Chattanooga OF
the Southern Association, class A
Hence Gill is denoted despite the
fact he was a mainStay just this
year in a league of higher classiti-
cation. He is entitled to better
break on his record.
IT.
walter HOfke manager of the Quinc!
Three-I team this year and former mrs
sacker for Indianapolis, has signed VIII
Tcrre Haute for 1882 and viii pilot TN
Tots HOIke has been successful as a helS
boss In the little minors. He succeeds
Frank Kohlbecker. The Quincy club cap
fured the pennant under Holke's guidance
during the 1881 campaign,