The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-15
Cruising
in Sports
BY EDDIE ASH.

"A CCORDING to opinion ex-
4 n pressed in New York over the
1our-for-two player deal. between
Giants and st. Louis Cardinals. the
columbus Red Birds Of the A. A.
are in line to be benefited by the
transaction. The guess in Gotham
is that outfelder Ethan Allen and
catcher Bob O'Farrell will be sent
10 the Cardinal farm at Columbus.
The New York experts figure the
zeal SINNERS down TO pitchers Wal
ker and Mooney for pitcher Starr
and catcher Mancuso. The addi-
ton of Walker and Mooney to the
Cardinal staff gives Gabby Streets
club three lefties and the guess now
Is that Bill Walker will be passed
on to Chicago Cubs, leaving Halla-
han and Mooney to do the heavy
southpawing for st. Louis.
n
OFarreli has been labeled as through
as big league backstop and the Giants
are happy TO land Gus Mancuso. He Is Of
the hustlinR tyne and already Is slated to
become FIRST string receiver under Man
49, MI ArfFNs uihpiAtiuE inc NlEdnGC
shanty Hogan. Moreover. Mancuso il an
Italian and his presence will offset. to some
extent the Mussolini popularity enjoyed by
the two Italians with the New York
Yankees. Lazerr and CrOsetH. Mancuso
used to perform in the American Asso-
citation with Minnea polls.
THAT was funny situation in
n volving southpaw Walker. He
got into a mixup with John Nc
Graw In 1881 on one of the road
trips and packed up and prepared
to leave for his home town He
won sixteen games ard lost nine
that year, after being prevailed
upon to stay on with the team.
However, the assertion was made
that Bill could not pitch for Nc
Graw. Well, the Little Napoleon
dropped out of the managerial pic
ture during the 1882 campaign, and
Walker showed practically no eff
fectiveness, his record being eight
games won and twelve lost.
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lhere viii ne anOther DrOther feature IN
the big leagues next year. Lou Finney, up
from Portland, who is tagged 10 play left
field for the Philadelphia Athletics in
place Of Al Simmons, sold to the White
Sox, is a brother of Hal Finnev, catcher
with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Lou is %,
Hal is %. Lou bats left-handed and throws
right-handed. Hal bats right handed.
Lou swatted the horsehide for the healthy
average Of 1851 this year in 1876 games.
n IT.
COMEBODY'S wise crack about
~ times are so hard the her
mits are living together" isn't half
of 1t. Judge Lands, the baseball
commissioner sitting on a salary
fortune, caught bad cold and i'm
mediately a line formed with pro-
spective candidates. Anyway, from |
the local Cross Roads, a story was
sent out boosting Governor Harry
9. Leslie for the position. The
Cross Roads yarn said Lands
planned to retire. He won't. The |
job pays too well. No baseball power
will GUST the judge, who Graves the
limelight while collecting rich wages. !
His agreement with baseball, call
ing for three more years, reads:
The commissioner snail hold office
for seven years and shall be eligible to
succeed himself Upon the expiration of
his term or upon his resignation or
death during his term, his successor
shall be chosen by a majority of club
owners. In the event they fail to agree,
then the President of the United States
shall appoint his successor.
BOSTON reports say Bill Nc
- Kechnie, Braves manager, has
big reason to spend most of the |
winter in the crying room 1t is
said he lost out on a bonus of $40 900 |
when his club missed by six percent
age points of landing in the first di-
vision of the National League The
Phillies beat him out of fourth place
by one game. 1t seems that Nc
Kechnie's contract called for the
club to add ten grand" to his pay
in the event he landed among the
first four teams.
The football radio program for today
will he found elsewhere on this page.
WKBF, indianapolis, will 90 off the air
this afternoon from LAS to D. m.
TO permit the Purdue Wisconsin game
broadcast over WBAA, West Lafayette. The |
stations have the same wave length. AL
Feeney, indianapolis sportsman and for
mer all around star athlete and football
coach, will join the National BroadcastinE
Company group OF air aces today, and |
will team with Bill Munday in describing
the NOtre Dame-Drake contest No local |
outlet has been assigned for this game. |
IL will be sent over the NBC-WJZ network,
starting at 1:45.. Feeney knows all of
the mechanics of football and is equipped |
to give true picture of the action. The