The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-20
Cruising
in Sports
by EDDIE ASH.

BASEBALL records disclose that
- Joe Cronin, new Washington
manager, is not the youngest pilot
ever to handle major league team.
The honor belongs to the late Jake
Stahl, who was appointed chief Of
the Senators late in 1904 at the age
OF %. Cronin is rs. Jake went up
from Illinois university to the Bos-
ton Red Sox and later was traded
to Washington. After only two
years in the big show Jake was
named pilot. In 1912 Stahl bossed
the Boston Sox and led them to the
pennant and worlds series title. He
was first baseman.
IL is rumored the Pittsburgh Pirates
will buy controlling interest in the Kansas
City A. A. club and that Eddie (Dutch)
I"iiling will be replaced as manager by
Art Griggs. However, II il said Zwilling
VIII be given employment in the business
ohice. The word is out that Owner
Muehlebach Of the Blues is hard up for
cash and is encouraging the Pittsburgh
connection. Art Griggs has directed clubs
Tor the Pirates in the Western League and
Is rated smart developer Of young talent.
GENERAL years ago when Joe
~ Mccarthy managed the Chicago
Cubs his team piled up a mess of
runs on the Boston Braves and de-
spite the fact the Bruins were far
out in front, Mccarthy remained
on the coaching lines shouting for
more runs. Emil Fuchs, chief of
the Braves, jokingly asked Mac to
nave some mercy, pointing out that
the Cubs already had enough runs
to win an entire series. In 1929,
after the world series game in which
the Athletics scored ten runs in the
eighth inning against the Cubs to
come from behind to win, 10 to 8,
Mccarthy met Fuchs and said:
well, Judge, after that exhibition
today you know why I've been yell
ing for more runs all my life. We
had EN- 8 to 0 and got sunk"
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Hog on hOof. The other night in New
Yerk i.iO1 pounds Of wrestling tonnage
gfoaned, grunted and grimaced on the
same card Six matches between heavy
weights were staged and the elephants
weighed all the way from 2Os to 235. The
promoter had a heart for the customers.
however, and the longest match was 30
minutes and the shortest minutes. Total
time for the six bouts was 80 minutes.
Fat I'd Lewis was in the main event and
consumed" his opponent under twenty
minutes. The old racket. Big crowd, long
bout. Small crowd. short bout.
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II ENNETH FIELD, Elknart Qnd.)
N product, is one of the best
pGnters in the east He plays with
the Army eleven and is sharp
shooter with his toe in driving the
ball out of bounds near enemy goal
lines. Dick King, star Army end,
looks the part of All-America talent.
He is bear for making tackles and
at finding way to horn in on
nearly every play. Edgar Leach,
Negro corporal, is Kings mascot
and it always is arranged to have
place for him on the Army bench
to keep the good luck rolling Kings
way. The West Point ace is super
stitious that way, and as a result
the mascot obtains better view of
games than the cash customers.
Thirty years ago ten Indianapolis dia-
mond FASTENERS were holding down jobs
with prominent professional leagues. They
were Ted McGrew, at Terre Haute; Jack
Grim, at Columbus; Ed Hickey, Omaha;
Monte BevilIe. at Kansas City; AL Whit
ridge. at Minneapolis; John White, at
TOrOntoi Pat O'Brien, at Nashville; Willie
Damann, at Des Moines; Glen Liebhardt,
League. McGrew is the lone member of
that group still in baseball and is an UNI
plre with International League.
A MONG eight players recalled
L n from Jersey City by the
Brooklyn Dodgers is Ike Boone,
outf1elder. He has been back and
forth between Brooklyn and the
International since early in 1881. The
Giants have released Eddie Moore.
inflelder, to Dallas in a deal for
Byron James, second baseman.
Waivers have been asked by Gin
cinnati on Larry Gilbert, third
sacker. Johnny Tobin and John
Fisher, college phenoms with Ford
ham, will be tried out by the Giants
next spring. 1t is said Brooklyn
is willing to keep Hack Wilson if
he will accept big cut in salary.
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The Chicago Indians football series was
launched in 1903 and the MarOonS trimmed
the Hoosiers. "a to o. The schools have
met on the gridiron nineteen times and
Chicago has landed on top in seventeen Of
the games. Indiana won In 1910, TO o,
and last year. SO to g. The record Of
seventeen defeats in nineteen tits with
the MarOons is one big reason the 1882
Crimson warriors hone to duplicate their
1881 triumph at the Midway-and then
there's that Pat Page-Indiana rivalry mat
ter. Purdue and Northwestern have FLASHED
seventeen times. with the wildcats holding
the edpa nine vtcfOrfes IN etpht fh.