The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-06-11
TALKING
1T OVER
BY JOE WILLIAMS

EBBETS FIELD BATTLE FRONT,
June 1l.-Saintly hush--it's st.
Louis hush - enveloped the Ebbett
Field battle ground today, broken
only by the twitter Of Cardinals.
A truce, necessitated by league
law, has been declared in the war
Of attrition between the Flatbush
Fusileers and the Hornsby Hussars,
and the latter force has moved to
another sector.
Your correspondent is happy to report
that neither army has any dead 10 bury
respective medical units. however. are
working overtime. endeavoring to restore 70
health and active service the many
The last outbreak was not sanguine fray.
FuSilee Mickey Finn with a lacerated
brui5ed. Jaw and t1' a tender c tummv. had to
ne taken from the field. but not because
they were unable to move under their own
steam. The other casualties suffered their
wounds a dav or two before.
Fusilocr Finn and Hussar urges we're
the first to meet and the last 10 part in
Fridays action, They established contact
Just west Of the shortstop area. Hussar
Jurecs fred verbal yollev as the oDen-
lnR gun II contained 60 the report was.
items relating 10 the ancestry Of Fusileer
Finn-items which he was prompt TO deny
before he blazed sWav with left TO the
Jaw and a right to the solar plexus.
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A 8 Hussar urges fell before TINS
IA onslaught, Hussar Woodie Eng
fish rushed to his rescue, jumping
on Fusileer Finn from behind. And
then reinforcements from both sides
were rushed into action to engage
in a general, though generally harm
less melee. 1t was really difficult at
the time to distinguish between
those who sought to make it war
to the end and those who strove to
make it an end to the war.
The latter proved the more numerous,
for the firing ceased after a few minutes
--tnat Is to say. all the firing except that
done BY Umpires KLEIN and Reardon who
hrea Fusileer Finn and Hussar urges out
OF tho game.
In sport page language. the hectic rela-
tionahlp between the Dodgers and the Cubs
vas featured Friday in the concluding
fist fight between third baseman Finn, oil
the cast side Firms. and shortstop urges.
OF the BROOKLYN Jurgeses-the former a
Dodgsr and the latter despite his Brook
lyn upbrinRing. member of the Cubs.
members Of both squads had been drawn
Deacemakers.
-, + ALSO vas featured with a Dodger
victory by the score of to 3 with those
ex-cubs, Hack Wilson and Danny TAYLOR
furnishing the defensive fireworks. while
four ex-Reds-Joe Strip. Tony Cuccinello.
CLYDE Sukeforth and George Kelly-took
over the offensive program and carried it
through very successfully indeed.
DAD blood between the Dodgers
ID and Cubs developed in their
very first meeting at Chicago a
month ago. 1t seemed the aim of
the starting Cub pitcher to shoot
the ball at the heads of the Dodger
batsmen.
The following day, another Cub
pitcher did the same thing. In an
other Of their games Burleigh
Grimes spent almost the entire aft
ernoon sending them at Joe Strips
chin-so often, in fact, that Joe,
who is a good dodger as we'll as a
good Dodger, drew four consecutive
walks.
:, The BROOKLYN boys failed 70 retaliate in
TO step on Crimes face when the latter
fell flat In his path while rushing over to
cover first and Ike passed 1t up.
Some one. however. must have been
talking to the Brooklyns since then for
when the Cubs arrived here the Dodgers
seemed determined to give blow, for blow
There was more evidence of the custom
Of busting EN- off when the series opened
here. This time. however. the Dodgers
did not take 1t calmly The series had
progressed only briefly when Lefty ODoul
who had lust ducked one beaner, stepped
close play at first and Grimm was forced
into retirement.
And as the series progressed, the wing
ing of Finn was answered by the wingins
OF Hartnett and a bean ball heaved at
Cuccinello was answered with a spikes
first dive at urges by Lopez.
Other things of similar nature Spruced
up the engagements and there. was every
indication the bows were spelling for the
real fight that developed Friday.
Whether the Cubs have learned their
lesson will not be revealed until the teams
meet in Chicago next month. but the
wounding of Grimm and urges and a
probable fine and suspension to the latter
as well as the loss of three out Of four ball
games and the evacuation of first place
should be enough to give them pause.