The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-08
Cruising
in Sports
BY EDDIE ASH


and evidently plans to take charge
of the winter baseball headlines.
The purchase of the notables. Sim
mons, Dykes and Haas, from the
Athletics during the world series,
for cash. caused the first ripple of
surprise in the ma ors. It took i'm
portant money to move that talent.
Now, Sox officials are laying plans
for 1888 spring training already.
They have given Texas the go-by
and will send the Alabaster SQUAD
to the once golden west. to Cali
fornia, at Pasadena Harry Ora
biner, vice-preXy and secretary. left
Chicago Friday to arrange for the
spring invasion. One season ends.
another begins. Or maybe he's lust
taking advantage of low winter
rates to treat himself to far west
scenery.
Many diamond fans forget that Babe
Ruth, wrecker of Cub hopes in the 1892
fall classic with his bat, also wrecked
the Chicago Bruins as a pitcher for the
Boston Red Sox fourteen years ago in
the 1908 title series. He was the best
southpaw in the American League at the
time and figured in the title action both
as twirIer and outfelder. Boston won.
four games to two, and in the opening
battle, played in Chicago, the Babe
Banked the Cubs, / to 0.
THE reign of Ruth goes back
Il long way, and he has repealed
the law of averages that says no
one can be hero year after year
and keep the fans bowling for more.
Well the other day, when the Babe
recalled his retirement announce
ment, after playing in his tenth
world series" he is reported to have
said something along these lines:
The Chicago Cubs intend to play
next year, and that makes me feel
ten years younger. Why retire with
competition at low ebb?"
That little world series had a peculiar
twist and supplied further proof anything
is likely to happen in the joke Mime
apolis park of back yard dimensions The
Millers figured if they one of three
Tits at Newark they would clean up on
the Bears at Minneapolis, on the pop hy
home grounds. Three games were
played in MilIertOwn and Newark won EN-
all and the series. What rousing cheer
would go up around the A. A. IL the MilIers
cold get together enough coin and cour-
age to build modern plant Their band
hOy he NJ On
this season. A. A. Notwithstanding All
Afternoon.
THE indianapolis and Columbus
Il parks doubtless will +, the last
ney diamond emporiums erected in
the American Association for some
time to come Toledo and Kansas
City are in desperate way f1nan-
cially, and the st. Paul owner is
striving to get out fro~1 under his
non-paying franchise. Columbus.
Minneapolis and Indianapolis were
the only clubs out of the eight in
the league that we're not sent to
the crying room the last season.
DIG league scribes have succeeded
ID in picking apart the world
series and have checked and re-
checked so thoroughly they are
ready to tell the world the classic
was decided on one pitched ball in
the second game, and Gabby Hart
nett, Chicago catcher, is made the
goat in the final analysis. In the
last of the third inning, with the
score tied, 2 and g. Warneke pitch
ing, he disposed of Sewell. walked
Ruth, Gehrig beat out a hit and
Lazzeri was retired The Cubs
walked Dickey Intentionally to fill
the bases and bring up Chapman,
a righthanded hitter rather weak
against curve balls. Dickey swings
lefthanded Instead of calling for
a curve, the scribes say, Hartnett
called for a fast ball and Chapman
singled on the first pitch, scoring
two runs.
1t is said the spirit of the Cubs was
washed up on that collapse of their
strategy. Chapman's blow gave Gomez
lead that he maintained and robbed the
Bruins Of chance to 90 to Chicago with
an even break In the first two tits. 1t
heat Warneke. touted as their best mound
bet. Chapman struck out on his other
three trips to the plate in that game.
When Chapman broke into the American
Association with st. Paul Indianap polls
pitchers learned he loved to pickle speed.
At old Washington park one day the Tribe
pitcher "dusted him off, with one near
his head and then on the next pitch
curve failed to break and Chapman wal
Hoped the sphere over the fence.