The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-10-07

down the lineup OF the Cubs befO
red-necked, Chuck Klein was replat
flel dand batting third.
Up in the press box scribbling
down the names sat a familiar
baseball figure, enjoying a busmans
holiday. 80 they're finally start
ing Klein, eh?" he unused. We'll,
that's liable to make it ought for
the Tigers. You never can tell when
that big guy is going to hit one out
of the park"
Klein Slams Homer
The speaker was Mr.. Jimmy
FoXx, gifted slugger of the Athlet-
tics, and naturally a partisan Ameri-
can Lacquer. 1t didn't take Klein
long to make Mr.. FoXX look exceed
inglyy good as prophet. He got
hold of one in the third inning and
slammed it high into the center
field bleacherS. There was man
on at the time. And since the final
score was 8 to l in favor OF the
National Leaguers Klein's wallop
was the clincher.
On of those strange, childish fet-
ishes baseball managers bow to kept
the slugging Klein out of the Cubs
lineup as a regular. He hadn't been
part of the combination that won
81 games in row during the sea-
son and for that reason he was
kept on the bench when the series
started. Baseball managers insist
a winning combination should never
be tempered with.
The master mind Of the Cubs was
forced to divorce himself from this
ancient superstition yesterday be-
cause there wasn't much else he
could do Lindstrom bobbed up with
bruised finger, and any way the
Cubs hadn't been a winning combi-
nation since the first game Of the
series. They had, in fact, dropped
three straight games. If the7
dropped this one they were through
without any further debate.
indianapolis Boy Has Chance
And so it was that the veteran
steel worker from Indianapolis who
hits the ball for prodigious distances
when he does smack it and is always
a tremendous threat in any batting
order, was given his chance. He got
two hits and made a long running
catch. His homer was Lie hardest
hit ball of the series. 1t shook
Schoolboy Rowe up like Joe Louis
left hook You felt inclined to agree
with the sentiments of the articulate
gent who jumped out of a field box
on to the top Of the Cubs dugout
and screamed, Hey, you Charley
Grimm-where have you been keep
ing this fellow all these days?"
What makes Klein particularly
dangerous in a short series is that
he is capable of breaking up ball
game with one blow. as was demon
strated yesterday. He is admittedly
an over-rated slugger because he
rose to fame in the PhIlies' trick
ball park where he became the
champion hitter of the National
League in 1888 Sold to the Cubs he
slumped to mark of .301 last year.
This year he dropped under 300 But
even so he outhit LindStrom for the
season and baseball men figured be-
cause of his semi-occaSional power
wallops he should have been in the
Cubs lineup from the start.
1t should not be assumed. how
ever. that Klein won the ball game |
all alone. The Cubs got good pitch
ing from Lon Warneke until he was
compelled to retire because of ali
injured shoulder and they got |
pitching that was at least all right !
from Bill Lee who weathered a ser
ious ninth:inning uprising when the |
first three Tigers to face him hit |
safely
Herman Yields Lance
On top of that young Billy Her
man the Cubs second baseman,
welded powerful lance in the
victors' attack. He paced Klein'S
homer with a triple in the third and
he drove horne the Cubs third and
final run with a resonant double in
the seventh. He was practically
Herman-the- Great himself.
There are some stars who do not
sparkle brightest in the fall play
offs. Schoolboy Rowe may be one
of these. He hasn't pitched bad
baseball. nor has he pitched bril-
liant baseball. The Cubs have won
two games and both have been vic
tories over the Schoolboy He didn't
have enough stuff to outpitch
Warneke in the opening game and
he was the same kind Of pitcher