The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-01-05

NORMAN PERRY, owner of the
IN Indians, and Jack Hendricks,
his business manager, we're due to
reach Sarasota, Fla, today for a
brief visit to complete hotel and
other preparations for the invasion
of the Tribe FASTENERS in March.
This spring will be the fourth time
the Hoosiers will have trained in
Sarasota, situated about sixty miles
south of Tampa, on the west coast
of the Sunshine state. There is a
colony of ball players wintering
there, including pitcher Bill Burwel
and catcher Tom Angley of the In
dams and Ted McGrew, umpire.
The Tribe officials hope to have one of
the best playing fields in Florida this
spring and IL is understood work will
begin early at Payne park. Sarasota,
filling in the low spots and smoothing
the wrinkles. Games will be played there
with the world champion st. Louis
Cardinals. Philadelphia Athletics and New
York Yankees, and major league managers
don't care to risk high class talent on
rough diamonds. Moreover, the Indians
will work out twice daily this year and
the field naturally will have to be built
up to Withstand added punishment"
It is the plan of Manager Emmett Nc
Cam to have sliding pit at training
latter to supply exercise of the tvpe to
break the monotony of the baseball
routine routine !, The medicine ball also will be
high pressure training. The 1882 SQUAD
will be about the largest ever taken
south by Indianapolis and the. training
the way Of caShen esy TTiBe bgsd in
quarters will be in the business district. at
the the Sarasota hotel, situated within a
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two blocks away at the municipal pier.
Perry VIII go on to Miami Beach follow
ing tne sarasota visit this week and re-
Jack Hendricks plans to head back for
indianapolis late this week.
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T AIRY GOETZ, American AS
IL ISOLATION umpire, has caught
on with the Minneapolis Millers to
handle their spring games in the
southland. The Miller FASTENERS
trained at Hot Springs. Ark. last
year, but will switch to the old
south this spring and their camp
will be at Montgomery, Ala. Goetz
spent one spring, 1880, with the
Indians in Florida. Being a north
ern A. A. club, the Millers do not
return to Minneapolis before the
regular season opens, remaining in
Dixieland until the last.
The American League finally has come
out with official announcement to the sf
feet the circuit will operate with staff of
ten active umDires. This means one arbiter
is due to receive the tinware the league
finishing last season with ten "aetives" md
one lump in chief" 1t is understood the
National League is in agreement with the
American on umpire employment and viii
cut to ten active officials. They will work
in two teams of three and two teams Of
two. and alternate frequently as the league
presidents decree.
60 in big way for Casey STENCIL. re-
Gently appointed coach Of the DODGERS He
was a great card around the American
association during his MANAGERIAL reign at
Toledo and constantly was doing some
thing TO give the fans a laugh or cause
them to roar out a Bronx cheer CASEY
is one OF the few comedians left In fhe
pastime. When the big league draft Gas
held in St. Louis the night before tie
start of the 1881 world series STENCIL lr-
ouired if he had been drafted bv snv of
the leading major clubs. 1t was Casey
who hit two game-vinning home runs for
the Giants in the 1923 world series and
before the next season started John Nc
Grsw traded him 10 Boston. His cnlv
comment on the surprise trade Wss:
Youth must be swerved." He halls from
Kansas CITY. which explains the nickname.
Casey.
EVEN the tail-end Cincy Reds
II have decided to become OPP
timistS in the face of bad business,
and there will be no curtailment of
their spring training program. Bat
terry men viii be given seven weeks
training and the others six. Report