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

The Indians returned to daylight
ball today and were to battle the
Toledo Hens in the fourth and last
series tilt at 3 p. m. Fridays series
opener with Columbus will be
staged at night and it will be free
night for women and children. After
Friday, the remainder of the Co
lumbus series will be played in the
afternoon.
Beginning next week, until fur
Their notice, the Indians will play all
games in the afternoon except
Thursday and Friday contests.
Wingard Settles Down
Toledo made 1t three in a row
over the home nine under the lights
Wednesday night, 6 to 4, a sixth-in-
ming rally good for three runs put
ting the visitors cut in front and
they remained there. Ernie Win
gard, Hen southpaw, settled down
after the second Stanza and held
the locals runless. Manager Stengel
was on the verge of derricking the
slender hurler at the start, but
Wingard suddenly hit his stride and
went on to win.
Hildebrand, Griffin and Cvengros
were employed on the Tribe mound,
the first two named both being
knocked out in the sixth. Hide
brand weakened with men on bases
and the Hens started Strengthening
out his fast ball. Griffin relieved the
youngster, but was no improvement
and Cvengros went to the box and
checked the rally. Mike was too
late, however, for there was no bar
rage left in the Indians bats.
Hildebrand Balks
Hildebrand spotted the Hens one
marker in the first when he per.
mitted Koelnler to steal second IN
molested, whence he scored on &
short single, and in the second
Stanza the Tribe youth committed
balk and paved the way for an.
other Toledo run.
Singles by Wingard, F. Walker
and Koehler accounted for the Hens
third tally in the fifth. The indians
jumped off to three runs in thu
first round and put another acros;
in the second, but after that Win.
gard tied them up when runners
were in position to score.
Narlesky led off the third with
double and was left, and in the
eighth he reached third with none
down and the next three Indians
were erased on easy fly balls
Double plays executed by Toledo ir
the third and sixth were important
factors in discouraging the Tribe
attack.
TACK HENDRICKS, assistant to
- owner Perry and Tribe scout
recommended the purchase Of
Frank Sigafoos and put through the
transaction with Cincinnati. Scout
ing for the Chicago Cubs in 1880
Hendricks saw Sigafoos perform ir
about thirty games. Formerly with
Detroit and the White Sox, Siga-
foos was sent to San Francisco in
the Smead Jolley deal and later
was sold to Los Angeles. He stole
twenty-five bases last year.
According to Hendricks. Sigsfoos batte6
at clip in the neighborhood of $50 be-
fore Coast League clubs installed the might
lights. He saw service in twenty game,
with the Reds this year and batted .277
He is said to be fast and particularly
swift on double plays. He is % and his
home is at Easton, Pa. The new Tribe
infielder was developed in the Texa.
League.
Sigafoos was at bat 702 times In the
Coast circuit in 1880 and collected 2l4
hits. including nineteen home runs, nine
triples and forty-six doubles. His runs
batted-in record was 103 and his fielding
percentage was .e75.
Lee Daney. sent to Peoria in the Sigafoo,
deal, opened the season with all the
promise in the world of sticking with the
Tribesmen this year, but in recent starts
enemy clubs have been solving his stuff
after few innings. He annexed The
Tribes first victory Of the year, defeatine
st. Paul during the curtain series Ii
April.