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Chick Hits Stride HAFEY S big bat is ham- By Eddie Ash CHICKmering out victories for the Indianapolis Times Sports Cincinnati Reds. Illness kept him Babe Ruth Gives Local Fans Real Show idle during most of the early games, but he is back In action now. He m m m crashed a homer at Brooklyn Fri- ! f INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1933 PAGE 8 day in the first inning with the \ Bambino Drives Ball 500 Feet on Fly f ‘ bases loaded. i- SV W gASEBALL fans of Indianapolis still were talking today of Hoosier Collegian Unbeaten the marvelous “show” staged for them by Babe Ruth at Boston Sox in Half-Mile Race Triplett Sets Speed Perry stadium Friday. The big fellow, 39 years old, enjoyed a field day and supplied the spectators with a brand of enter- Buy Stars Record in Trial tainment unsurpassed in exhibition baseball. lie pitched two Spin Innings for the New York Yankees and then transferred his by performance to first base and remained in the entire game. Pipgras and Werber Sold 120-Mile-an-Hour Gait Is At bat the Bambino was “hot.” He walloped a single, Yankees for $35,000 Fastest for Two-Man double and home run, walked once and struck out once, swing- to Yawkey. Cars. ing from his toes. One of his drives was a record for the sta- By Uniter] Press BY NORMAN E. ISAACS dium when it soared to the center field comer, 000 feet from DETROIT, May 13.—True to his Every record standing at the In- home plate. It was a tremendous double and shot off his bat promises, Tom Yawkey has loos- dianapolis motor speedway may go within ened his bank roll to build up his by the boards this year and it and whistled true as a rifle shot to the farthest point may recently acquired Boston Red Sox. seems that it fall to the little the spacious park. four-cylinder cars, now being Within a week he has paid out groomed for the 500-mile race May tt n tt tt " n u nearly $85,000 for new players in 30, to do the sweeping change in Homer Soars Far ! Tising Does Well two deals. The second was com- "The EVANSVILLE HALF-MILE- speed marks. game trouble getting the world champs won the had pleted Friday when Boston bought OuTTo B 6 BAHK CLERK AND DID NoT A That the peril to the records now- 8 to 4, and there was a lot of Indians out in the first inning, standing comes from the little THE RUTH Big George Pipgras, knuckle ball Compete onIIL his / action throughout the pastiming. ; but warmed up in the second and isiraces lastmear-ih IP I machines was demonstrated this m) In his last time up, in the eighth retired the side in order. Jablonow- pitcher and Bill Werber, utility WiGU SCHOOL—- AT INDIANA, KE NEVER. last winter on the Pacific coast and ’ 1 stanza, Ruth caught one just right j ski pitched the last seven innings infielder, from the HAS MISSED A SCHEDULER WORKOuT / Ernie Triplett, the Los Angeles tow- and drove it high over the right I for the Yankees Ernie Wingard New York WK f head, went a step further late Fri- field wall, the sphere landing in the | hurled one frame for the Tribe and Yankees, for a day afternoon when he set up a new- field across Harding street. | then shifted to his regular position price believed to record for the two-man cars at the Babe felt good, even in practice, jat the initial sack. Jim Turner and be nearly $35,000. local speed plant. and the crowd that gathered early Jack Tising divided the remainder Sale of Pipgras, Duray Holds Mark to see the Yankees in batting drill, ; of the Tribe mound job. one of the Yanks’ to With Spider Matlock as riding was treated to some copyrighted Tising scored a popular hit with most dependable Hannagan mechanic, Triplett turned the two Ernie Triplett Ruthlan swats. One of his pokes ' the crowd by registering six strike- hurlers and a and a half-mile oval at a stop- went over the deep right center j outs in five innings. He fanned regular since watched gait of 120.34 miles an hour. field wall and four others easily both Ruth and Gehrig in the sixth. \ fMiiy''' P 1927, surprised Resign Post Record speeds rarely are turned \ cleared the right barrier. There was nothing weak about I r baseball circles. in during practice laps and many fourth Hoosier Prep The Babe worked like a rookie Sam Byrd's home run in the i, **s||* Members of railbirds have the idea that Ernie the * The reserve outfielder hit the After fourteen years \ throughout afternoon, shook session. Red Sox also fourteen as presspress ’’v simply may be winding up his car hands with many well the horsehide over the deep left AwF wishers and were surprised. agentgent for the Indianapolis Motor ||\] A COLLECjIArE for an assault on the 124-mile-an- inked his name on i field wall and in one bounce it f one-lap turned in offi- Tliinlies numerous balls. The deal followed Speedway,peedway, Steve Hannagan will re- / hour record Open ] cleared Sixteenth street, where a HALF-NWLE V*>. ' cially during qualifications Leon at* a the pur- ~J-Wm > by group of boys pounced on closely signign after the 1933 race on May RACE,.,. years Kids | it infoot- chase of \/y; J.,.; Duray several ago. Duray’s Finalists for the annual state higs Two-Time Babe fashion. Rick 303toto join the international adver- i / , ball Ferrell, TTm JT* car was supercharged, while Trip- school track and field meet will b* w’as a group of orphans a a a catcher, tisingising firm of Lord and Thomas, \ :j | /ljT lett’s is not. and Lloyd Brown, New York. determined today in fifteen section* present as guests of Owner Pipgras few M The coast boy has his eye on the THERE pitcher, Hannagan, widely M/vM? al mpets. Perry and Babe said “bring ’em Fitz Receives Trial from the one of the most pole position this year, and while St. Louis Browns for known Finals will be held May 20 aft down here,” when he heard they attendance w as 4,203 and about $50,000. nown publicity men in the coun- f it is doubtful that he can set up the Yankees were w'ell-pleased In obtaining Pipgras and Werber, try,ry, has signed as manager of the mmmmammmmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmSlJmt' v Butler university, Indianapolis}! wanted to meet him. The lads PAID r Pf r f anew qualification record for the with Froebel of gathered j with the turnout. They moved back Yawkey and his vice-president, newew businessbusiness department of Lord | Gary as defending around the New' York dug- i I Wis full tw-enty-five miles, he may go champion. Eddie Collins, * out and Ruth shook their hands, | their scheduled game in St. Louis added another start- andnd Thomas, and will assume his . j A f i ymg out his first time for a one-lap ing pitcher newew duties on I l Hosts to the sectional meets to* gave them a word of cheer and Friday in order to stop off in In- to their roster and on June 1. I ♦ ▼♦ f ' ! #I record, then come in, re-tire and strengthened Steve started his newspaper I Calendar U day are Bosw'ell, Elkhart, then discovered they w'ere two- dianapolis. Anyway, as one Yankee the shortfield, one of work jt MM start after a twenty-five-mile mark. Evansfc i weak in Lafayette, later to In- I ville, Garret, Gary, Tech, Indian* timing him by doubling back for a ! said: “That is 4,200 more than we their spots. r later moving AMERICANAmerican associationASSOCIATION 1 Leon on Hand innapolis. press represen- £ apolis; Kokomo, Marion, Mishawa# second would have had in St. Louis.” Werber is an able, dianapolis. He was Won.won. Lost. Pet. 1 handshake. The big fellow intelligent Milwaukee " 12 6 .667 pulled into Indianapolis tativeitive for Carl Fisher, one of the Duray ka. New' Albany, Peru, Rushvilloi got a laugh out of that. Ray Fitzgerald rejoined the In- player, Columbus*Columbus WW. ‘.‘.‘.l. ii11 9 .550'.550 | Friday he may gallop to the and only 24. He signed founderssunders of the Speedway, during Toledo . 1212 1010 .5451545 1 and on Seymour, Terre Haute Wiley, and Lou Gehrig, the Crown Prince of dians Friday for a tryout, coming with Minneapolis 11 10 .524 bricks early next w-eek for a few the Yanks in 1930 after gradu- thebe development of Miami Beach INDIANAPOLISIndianapolis 9 10in .471.474 I ■'& Vincennes. Swat, played right field instead of up from Knoxville. He played with 'o light trips around the track. Duray Winning ation from Duke andnd other Florida projects. Louisville .in10 12 .455lev. j relay teams and all meit first base and demonstrated he the Tribe in 1931 and part of last university, and St. Paul 10 12 .453 has a ldt of ideas himself about winning first and He has been publicity writer for Kansas cityCity . 9 15 .375 second places ip knows about fly Manager stationed sent to ' 11 '9 itfs I J) something chasing. season. Killefer was Albany, Toledo, New- Geneiene Tunney, Tex Jack 1111111111 speed and he may not let anybody the sectional meets will be eligible Lou was burning up to produce Ray his old in field ark and Buffalo Rickard, R iff w-ithout a a at post center for seasoning.