8 THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES SEPT. 18, 1922 COACH PAGE CLOSES GATES I ANOTHER WEISSMULLER IS COMING OERTH,INJURIES BROWNS FIGHT WITH AT IR WIN FIELD WHILE '1,500 FIS SEE BACKS TO THE WALL IN B UTLER GRID MEN PRA CTICE FINISHING GAME MB SPEED MCE THRILLING PENNANT RACE Trailing Yanks by Half Game After Win Sunday, St. Attempts by Other Schools to Influence Players to Leave the BIS BIS CIT! Team Batties for Chance to Lead—Shocker Is College to Enter Larger Universities OF TUNE! IN Chosen to Start Again. Is Suspected. Sagalowsky Pitches Good Ball Roscoe Sarles, Hoosier Pilot, By United Press ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 18.—The most important baseball game Behind closed gates on Irwin field Coach H. 0. “Pat” Page; for Em-Roes, Defeating May- Loses Life in Smash-up— of the season was being played here today. has been sending his Butler College football men through long 8 1. Milton Wins Event. wood Grays. to By taking the “rubber” today, the Browns, who won Sunday’s practice drills and scrimmage to prepare them for the first game By Time’s Special Times Tourney Winners. 5 to 1,will jump into first place by half a game in the Amer- of the season, which he played in this city with AVilmington KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 18.— classic, will j 1920—South Side Turners. round 1021—Kiley All-Stars. Roscoe Sarles, race driver of Los An- ( ican League race. If the Yanks are victorious in the final College from Ohio, Saturday, Sept. 23. 1022 —Km-Koes. geles, formerly of Lafayette, Ind., was “little series” they will hold a commanding lead of one The closed gates are not just to keep away the spying eyes of of the world Before a crowd of 4,500 fans the killed when the Durant Special he was and a games. scouts who have visited the field in large numbers during Sunday won the champion- half football Em-Roes driving in the opening race on the ‘Bullet Joe” Bush, king hurler o£ ship of the Times independent ama- the early practice days, but also to halt representatives of a certain new Kansas City board track yester- the majors this season, drew the as- teur tourney by defeating the May- day, jumped retaining rail around signment Miller Huggins. university who, it is alleged, have attempted to induce Butler Grays, to at Riverside Park. the j from wood 8 1. top of the track and fell twenty- Urban Brown ace, was Previous to the finals struggle the the Shocker. athletes to leave that school and go to another. five feet, bursting into flames. Here and There Manager Lee kohl’s probable selec- Em-Roes downed the Yonneguts, 3 to The accident occurred after Sarles ! lion. 2 to 1. in his first try of Coach Page and other Butler athletic men state they have 2, and the Maywoods elim nated the Beaten. had crashed into the rear of a machine land the series, the former Yank pitcher Militaries, 5 to 3, in semi-finals con- in Sport | positive proof that this was done. The field secretary of one of the driven by Pete De Paolo, who had at- ; asked for another chance. “Dixie” tests. It *>.500 people was estimated tempted to dodge tire by Ed- Bayne was last- largest in the West came onto the Butler field and it witnessed the playing of the three a thrown I Davis, Van Cilder and universities Hearne's car. pitching possibilities. games. die Deusenber Saries’ By Dick Anderson minute Brown is said attempted to induce a certain athlete to change schools. mechan.cian. Christopher Pickup,- ••t The weather was cool and bright Thirty-two teams, representing all j ! Angeles, was thrown forty feet | of “slightly Three of the most promising new men of the Butler squad left the sections of the city, started in the Los with the prediction and suffered internal injuries. De ■, has claimed another vie- i warmer.” tourney, which opened Aug. 13. and tim. demon race Irvington school and went to another last week, hut two of these and mechanician, Harry Roscoe Sarles. ; j Fighting with their to Manager Dawson's Em-Roe nine was Paolo his the new speed- backs the Henning, were not injured seriously. SPEEDdriver, christened wall, St. Louis’ Sunday victory ele- men have notified Coach Page that they will be back at Butler when surviving club. Each member City Sunday the who was driving at a way at Kansas with his a be presented a by Eddie Hearne j vated local fandom to frenzied pitch. school opens. will bronze medal of an axle on ~ terrific rate speed when life. The early birds again lined up at day- | the Times. veteran track pilot had re- While Pat has been singing “the his 'car broke causing a wheel to oe The race break at Sportsman’s Park to be in “Sag" Hurls Good Ball. resulting mishap a few minutes before entering blues” about lack of material and thrown and in the to marked ; striking distance for the choice seats. that it be light line men and failure of last Both Em-Roes and Maywoods were Sarles. was badly cut and bruised. the 300-mile classic would “Shucks” Pruett, young University by large delgations of rooters his He that it was his wife’s year's starts to return, he hits also backed Hearne’s mechanician, Ed Hefforman, 1 last. said : of Missouri southpaw, pitched beauti- Playing Umpires Kibble and Schuyler wishes that he quit. been busy seeing to it that the field when was probably fatally hurt. fully in the second game and turned a series of is put in shape. sent them on their way. Robbins The rnai len race took further toll Sarles’ was the worst of the Yanks back with five scattered May- • the Others may New bleachers have been con- the Field started on the mound for the in injuries when Joe Thomas, driving: accidents at track. ; hits. Hoyt was effective in all Sagalowsky for the prove but structed. A year ago there were seats woods and Em a Deusenberg, crashed into Jimmy fatal. the sixth, counte good Sarles was well known when the Browns ig for about 4,000 people. Today more I Roes. "Sag” was in the usual Murphy's special car which had j j Roscoe in three runs. He gave way to a the grid-: though slightly wild at Indianapolis. time he has than 10,000 seats surround With Eddie Ash form and. thrown a wheel and skidded directly ! Time after j j hitter and was found for two Anew press has been built through entire oncoming ! Indianapolis at the speed- Jones iron. box \ times, he sailed the into the path of Thomas’ | thrilled fans more in the eighth. in the center of the west side. Anew j route effectively. Robbins lost con- car. Murphy escaped without a I way here. A lover of speed, he died score board three times as large as the j With the eyes of the baseball world jtrol after a few innings and Martin scratch, but one of Thomas’ legs was by it. old one and twice as high has been | ! focused on St, Louis, other league i relieved him. Martin had pitched Left to right: Lou Talaber, Adam Weissmuller, Pete Weissmuller, injured. the north end the RUTH and Ken Williams constructed at of games are not getting much attention , the Maywoods’ semi-final game, m Johnny Weissmuller. Tommy Milton of St. Paul was the Eight ten games eighteen pleased a host of baseball fans j field. of Butler’s nears. ! which he struck out Mill- winner in the 300-mile race, making j will be played at sea- as the finish of the schedules The Weissmuller family of Chicago welterweight star. The bout will be BABESunday by doing the thing that Irwin field this ! tartes. He was forced to extend him- the distance in 2:46:52.96. He was j Cor. Washington and Delaware Sts. son. The American League sprint gives In- long on athletes. Indianapolis held at the Empire Theater. Adam they do best—each smacked out a four- i self in the first game of the afternoon ;Is hard pushed for the position by Harry All of Coach Page’s "Blues” are not being a hot race J swim fans well remember the per- says he’ll win. Jack says "nothing base swat and the fans were satisfied LADIES’ BUNGALOW APRONS dications of ail the bcause of the gVeat work of O'Rourke j | Ilartz, finished in 2:47:10.28. nineteen Johnny Weissmuller, doing.” An evening of twisted arms, who day. Standard finality percale; without cause. There were way to the wire now and fans will be on the mound for the Militaries. In ! formance of the for the j Frank Elliott. Kansas City, was in light pattern?; 89c val- 1 rtf' letter men at Butler last year and not Em-Koe-Vonnegut Paris; human fish, at Broad Ripple this sum- legs and doubled up bodies apparent- kept in a nervous state and box oifice ; the contest 1 third: Ralph Mulford, fourth; Jerry ues. Tuesday only— one of these graduated. However,, \ mer. He was superlatively good. Next ly is due. SISLER dimmed the V for the Em-Roes and Perci- i j ; ; twirled Wunderlich, fifth. At the finish of light on Ty there have been only nine of these afes of the Browns and Yankees will; ■ ! Tuesday night of tho Weiss- The above picture shows the three that has shone fiel soy the Vonneguts.