The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-04-18

arm cndlrS, venetian DllnQS, CanO-
pies and a red carpeted approach.
The idea obviously is to recapture
some of the old virility of the game,
to recreate the atmosphere that was
present back in the days when Pop
Arson, Buck Ewing, Old Hoss Rad
bourne and their aesthetic like wore
their handkerchiefs in their sleeves
and shifted from golden boxes.
Whoops!
MO matter how comfortable the
L cushions may have been, Buff
falo Joe Mccarthy, the Yankees
manager, spent a very miserable
afteroon. Right off he learned that
Di Maggie, the sensational rookie,
had hurt his injured leg all over
again and would be out for three
more weeks. 1t so happens that the
Yankees dc not need Di Maggie
any more than sentimental song
writer needs the moon. The game
started and the Yankees proceeded
to put on a demonstration that must
have started Col. Abner Doubleday
whirring in his vault. Charley
Brickley at his peak never gave q
more sustained exhibition of kick
ing. Chapman. Gehrig, Lazzeri and
johnson accounted for four boots
or errors. Actually there we're five
errors. Ruffing made one when he
presumed he could outpitch Lefty
Grove.
"A LII during this ordeal, while
4 - baseballs were bouncing out of
the f1elders' hands like capricious
bull frogs, and the ancient Grove
was turning back the Yankees with
a sheer and a high hard one, Buff
falo Joe Mccarthy sat in the dugout
stewing in his own juices. And
then came the eighth inning and
the most unkindest cut of all. Sell
kirk, the fellow they gave Babe
Ruth's immortal No. to, led off.
The score at this point was 8 to 0
against the Yankees, and the shiver-
ing $4,000 scattered through the I'M
mense stands. looked around for
sacrificial goat. AS they looked
around their eyes fell on familiar
figure in tan ulster. This gave
them their inspiration. In unison
they began to chant I'VE want Ruth.
we want Ruth, we want Ruth" And
they kept on chanting thus until Sell
kirk lined into Werber's hand. You
can appreciate this must be quite
embarrassing to a manager who is
trying to get his club Strengthened
out so it can win couple of ball
games.
TINE Boston Millionaires. as the
Il boys are calling Mr.. Tom
Yawkeys slaves, looked like a mil
lion dollars behind Groves two
hit pitching. Most teams usually
do look Impressive behind that
kind Of pitching. Groves pitching
WIS the feature of the opener. He
was putting the ball wherever he
wanted it. The murky skies made
his fast ball look faster than it
really was, but it was fast enough
1t is a delight to watch Grove pitch
these days. He is no longer a rear
back and fire pitcher. He pitches
to the batter'S weakness all the
time and tries to stay ahead of him.
4 IN, xAlN L.
respect to balls and strikes. Clark
Griffith once said no pitcher ever
learned to pitch until he had first
hurt his arm, There's more truth
than delicatessen in that observa-
ton. Walter Johnson was prize
example. Until he hurt his arm
he had only one concern and that
was to throw the ball past the hit
ter. 1t wasn't until he had lost
most of his speed that he paid
any attention to the value of
pitching subtleties. The same was
and is true of Grove, who as
technician, is better pitcher today
than he ever was. Certainly he.
has pitched few more effective
games than the one of yesterday
when the only Yankee to hit him
safely was Gehrig, who singled
twice. :. The press box statistician
has just informed me that this is
Groves third consecutive shutout
victory over the Yankees, in view
of which information possibly MIR.
Groves performance may not be so
important after all. whats
that johnny" ooh. yes the
Yankees did have murderers' row
at one time, but that was years