The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-04-30

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AS a matter of fact, it was a pc
today the Tribe tossers were holdin
Association standing, unseating Lo1
team to fourth position. The thir
and Bob Logan, southpaw, was slf
ment. The series will close with tC
Before coming to Louisville yes
terday the Indians stepped into
stride and bowled over the Column
bus Red Birds at Indianapolis,
to 5, on Saturday, and the three
game winning streak has put lot
| of pepper into the Tribe machine
Jim Turner and John Miljus turned
in brilliant hurting performances
yesterday, the former holding the
Colonies to nine scattered hits and
the latter turning the home nine
back with six sateties. Both
moundsmen went the full route and
Turner pitched eight innings OF
shutout ball. Moreover, after the
second stanza Of the second game
Milius turned on the juice and
blanked the Colonies the remainder
of the way. Paid attendance was
$500.
Siggie Goes to Garden
Manager Killefer used Frank
Sigafoos in right field in both games
Yesterday and thinks he will leave
him there and keep Vincent Sher-
lock at second. Sigafoos agreed to
the arrangement and told the boss
he is ready to give his best in any
position he is placed. The leagues
! leading hitter of last year naturally
prefers his old berth, the keystone
sack. but he shares Killefer'S Opin-
| ion that his best chance to return
to the major leagues is as an out
fielder and not as an lntlelder
Sigafoos got away in the right gar
den yesterday in fine style and &C
cepted three putouts in the open
ing tilt and one in the second. One
of his catches in the opener was
after a long chase over the foul
line. Ernie Wingard started both
games at first base and apparently
has recaptured the job from Jimmy
Shevlin, the huStling lad from
Cincinnati.
The Indians staged smuggling bee
in the second round Of the first fra
cas- yesterday, scored five runs
knocked Phil Weinert off the Louis
vile rubber and put the contest out
of reach of the frantic Colonies
Five hits, including two doubles
reared off the bats of the Tribe in
the stanza and they renewed the
bombardment in the later innings
to amaSs a total of tallies. Johnny
Cooney collected two doubles in the
curtain raiser and Harry Rosenberg
weighed in with three hits, one fol
two sacks. Dudley Lee and Vincent
Sherlock were other Indians to rip
off two hits apiece. The Indians
played errorless ball in the opener
and the Tribe infield came through
with several fancy defensive plays
Lee and Bedore we're especially &C
tive and alert, and Bedore batted in
two runs.
Major John Riddle was the big
gun man of the second Tribe VIC
tory. In the fifth round, with Louis
vile out in front by to 0, Sherlock
drew a walk after one out and Rid
die overpowered the pellet and gave
it a ride over the left field fence fo1
a home run, knotting the game. Mil
jus and Eldon Mclean, Colonel
hurler, then settled down and fought
out a mound battle that was prac-
tically even going into the ninth.
Riddle Wins Game
Wingard opened the Indian ninth
by whistling a single to left. Shev-
lin ran for Ernie and Bedore SaCri-
feed. Sherlock flied out and brought
Riddle up for the clutch" The
Colonies held a long conference, but
after seeing outfielder Vernon
Washington getting ready to bat fol-
Miljus, they decided to gamble or
Riddle and Major John promptly
dubbed a single to left center scor-
ing Shevlin with what proved to be
the winning marker. Riddle hac
the glory, therefore, of batting ir
all three indianapolis runs.
Indian teams of the past made q
habit Of losing double headers il
Louisville and the outcome of the
twin bill yesterday stunned the
Colonies and caused the Tribesmer
to feel that they finally have over
come the Derbytown jinx. Idea
baseball weather was on tap. Frank
SigafooS got only one hit in the two
battles, but his presence in the line
up is sure to give the TribeSmer
more punch as the days go by, and
it also helps clear the right-f1elo
problem that has been puzzling
Chief Killefer.
Against southpaw Phil Weinert
Killefer used a complete outfleld OF
right handed hitters, Rosenberg
Cooney and Sigafoos, and in the Sec
ond conflict opposing a right
handler. he inserted a left-handed
swinger, Como Cotelle in place OF
! Rosenberg. Cooney and SigafooS
bat equally as well against both
kinds of. pitching. Cotelle hit q
double and single, but his blows die
not come at time to figure in the
runmaking. Counting Sigafoos as
a fly chaser, the Indians have five
outfielders, and Manager Killefel
hopes to keep the crew intact if the
player limit does not upset his
plans.
Weather Helps John
Killefer was elated last nigh
over the success of the veteran
hurler, John Miljus. Warm weather
evidently was what John needed
and he proceeded to- dazzle the
Colonies. An error in the out.
field and his own wild throw helped
Louisville to its second run. Other.
wise, Miljus would have duplicated
Turner's feat of holding the enemy
70 one marker. John also fooled
everybody in the third inning wher
he walloped the sphere far ovel
the center fieider's head for triple
In the ninth MINING after fu-o dnuyr,