The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-08-31

The Yanks hung on until nearly Ju
only last week that the Giants start
THE weeping in Harlem and the
i crashing OF teeth in the Bronx.
however, is as nothing TO the pull
ing OF hair In Brownsville. the
muttering OF imprecations in Green
point. the bowling Of heads in
South Brooklyn and the rustiness
Of the turnstiles in Flatbush. For
the Dodgers have let down the
faithful once again.
The officials Of the Brooklyn club
are rather hardened to h%air-pull-
ings. muttered ~imprecations and
bowed heads. but the rustiness of
the turnstiles is giving them pause
for thought. There is something
about an empty ball park that stirs
the cerebral processes Of magnates.
Il has the same effect on them as
the third immersion on a drown
ing man.
DROOKLYN fans have been in
ID dignant before. In fact. Brook
lvn fans seem to be born indignant.
as any National League umpire will
confirm. But this is the first time
the Flatbush faitful has been in
different. And between Indignation
and indifference there is a wide
gulf. a gulf which is translated into
dollars and cents, a language which
is understood by even the most OBJ
fuse Of magnates.
The same fans who used to howl
their rage from the stands at
Ebbets Field now hold their indig-
nation meetings in the back of JOe's
ice cream parlOr Oh in front OF
Sullivan's bar. They're following
The Dodgers through the sporting
finals now.
It isn't because the Dodgers won't
win the pennant that the club lacks
the support of its fans. The aver
age Brooklyn fan is ar intelligent
judge Of playing talent and realizes
that Manager Casey Stengel will
perform a sort of minor miracle to
bring the flock home fifth.
DACK of this dissatisfaction at
ID the Dodgers is tho fact that
the Brooklyn club finally has been
deprived of its time-hOnOred prom
Use: wait till next year For
next year promises to be no better
than this. which, in turn. was no
better than last.
The sort of talent which the
owners buy for Stengel consists Of
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT pickupS. odds and
ends grabbed from remnant cOun-
tiers. Some are castofs who def
nitely proved that they lacked big
league ability even before they
reached Ebbets Field. Others are
unknowns. who. if they are big
league possibilities. won't make the
grade for several years.
d ASEBALL in Brooklyn has been
ID supported long and Loyalty.
Even this year. the attendance. due
to early season SplurgeS. probably
will exceed that of 1884. But the
crowds in the past week sound a
warning. Five hundred and three
IA the paid attendance for
Wednesdays game with Cincinnati.
It's getting SC that the road secre-
tary of the visiting club no longer
has to take off the stiles. He can
count the customers from his seat
in the ball park.
1t looks as though the worm has
turned. The private gathering of
the last week indicate that this time
it is the fan who is telling the mag
mates: wait till next yearl' And
the wait till next yearl" of tie fan.
unlike that cry by a magnate. is
not a promise. It's a threat and
n which the owners will do well
to heed.
THE financial condition of the
Il Brooklyn club is as Shaky as
the team which it puts on the field
every day. There is talk that the
bank which holds the notes may
force a sale this winter.
BY the time President Ford Prick
gets the muddled situation at
Braves Field cleared up, he will find
a similar financial tangle awaiting
IN Brooklyn. And the r-amihcationS
of the Dodger muddle. with various
sets Of heirs suing and counterSu-
ing. is such that Prick will find him.
self a busy gentleman.