The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-04-13

/ boys are not what one would call II
/ their breaks will come when the Amt
starts at Columbus next Tuesday.
meals each day and have obtained n
/ The Indians were scheduled to
mix in an exhibition with the To-
| ledo Mud Hens here yesterday, but
when game time arrived everybody
was frozen. A cold wave hit May
| field yesterday morning and in
| creased during the afternoon. Both
/ Indians and Hens went out to the
park, but after a short workout
both agers-Killefer of the Hoo
siers and Fred Haney Of Toledo
agreed that the wise thing to do
was to protect the health Of the
ball players.
The game was called off. The
HOoSiers and the Hens will try it
again this afternoon and then call
it quits in the Southland. The
Indians will depart for Terre Haute
this evening. where they will tackle
Bill BurwelIs Three-I Leaguers to-
morrow. but they will make the long
trip a little easier by laying over in
Evansville tonight. Headquarters at
Evansville will be the Vendome
Hotel and headquarters in Terre
Haute will be the Deming Hotel.
The Sabbath tilt in Terre Haute
will begin at ? p. m.
The Mud Hens will remain over
night in Mayfield and then go home
TO await the opening of the season
with Louisville on Tuesday. The
Hens did not schedule an exhibition
for tomorrow.
ThOams to Pitch Opener
So far the Indians have played |
four games and have split even. |
Moreover. very little batting prac-
tice has been possible. The athletes
tried some of it yesterday and it |
was so cold they couldn't swing !
without suffering finger stings.
Manager Killefer still has MyleS /
Thomas marked up as his starting |
pitcher on opening day in Columbus
with Riddle catching He changed |
from Jim Turner to Thomas yes
terday when Turner continued to
be annoyed by a slight cold. The |
opening day Tribe lineup is expected |
to be as follows:
Bluege, SIS; Cooney, CT; Stoneham,
RI; Stephenson, If: Heath, ID; Be-
dore. 3b; Sherlock, 2b Riddle, C;
Myles Thomas, p.
The tribe chieftan announced |
today that it will be necessary to
send the Indians through batting |
drill at Perry Stadium in Indianap- |
ciis N Monday. They are short of |
practice and instead Of a holiday |
on Monday it will be more work. The
Trihesters will get out of Terre |
Haute tomorrow night and go to |
indianapolis where they will make !
headquarters at the Claypool until |
they leave for Columbus late Mon
day afternoon.
Killefer Selects Squad
The Indians play on the road, 1T
Columbus and Toledo, before they |
open at Indianapolis on Tuesday, |
April %. Killefer has named the
following players to start with him |
at Columbus on Tuesday: Catchers |
Riddle. Sprinz, Moore; pitchers
Myles. Thomas, Turner. Galliv9n, |
Page, Chamberlain, Sharp, Walsh, |
Elliott, Wright and Harris. Stewart |!
Bolen. veteran southpaW. is on the |
hospital list and won't be available |
for perhaps month.
Jim Elliott has been in training |
at his home in Terre Haute and will |
Join the Indians tomorrow.
Infielders will be Heath, Sherlock, |
Bedore. Bluege, LaWrie and Rhein. |
Outfielders are Stephenson, Cooney, |
Stoneham and Cotelle.
Bob Kahle. shortstop from Rich
mond, has been optioned out to
Terre Haute. Ten other rockies
were notified of their release by In
dianapolis last night but at the
same time they were recommended |
to the Indians farm club at Terre
Haute.
Burwell Gets Nine Rockies
Nine accepted the invitation to
lTV OUT WIFI Oil Duh we'll CluO' !
They were Pitchers Jack Ryan, Earl |
Porter, Yank Terry. George Fisher,
Dora McKain: Infielders Herman |
Bottema and Vern English; Catcher
Nan CootS and Outfielder George |
Ellis.
Another player. Jet Mason, May
field pitcher. who was not under |
contract. has not made up his mind |
about trying out with Terre Haute. /
He has been recommended by Red |
Killefer. however. The rockies re- /
leased by the Indians last night will /
accompany the main Tribe squad to |
Terre Haute for the game tomor-
row.
All of the American Association /
clubs expect bad weather in the /
North next week and the teams that /
have had miserable weather dur
ing spring training may not be so /
bad off after all. The openers on /
Tuesday afternoon will be: Indian /
apolis at Columbus, Louisville a. 4
Toledo. Minneapolis at St. Paul and /
Milwaukee at Kansas City.