Vines Is Tops in Singles > V By Joe Williams Ellsworth Vines won 12 of 50 singles* matches ¦mfc- i a a a Indianapolis Times Sports played indoors during the winter. The pro titleholdcr Many Shifts in Big Leagues took five out of seven from Tilden, lost only once in 25 n mm starts against Stoefen. beat Lott every trip and topped Phillies and Reds Lead List INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 1935 PAGE 12 Xusslein in 10 of 15 tennis tilts. a a a Good Break for Mark Koenig REDS, DODGERS LEAD NATIONAL LEAGUE YORK, April 20.—Ignoring the headlines and study- NKWing the lx)x scares I find somewhat to my astonishment that a few other changes have been made in the personnel Phils, Pirates Hold Down Tribesmen Seek Third A. A. of big league teams besides the transfer of Babe Ruth to Hits Homers in Pairs the Braves from the Yanks. Victory at Toledo Indeed the Ruth transaction, while epochal as a matter Third and Fourth Places; in Tilt of public interest, was only one of an extraordinary large number of team changes. To come immediately to the point, Cards Blanked By Blanton Today; Thomas on Rubber not one major league club took the field this year with the same lineup that opened the 1934 season. Pittsburgh Rookie Aliows World Champions Only One Hit; Indians to Wind Up Initial Road Trip With Double-Header Not even the two clubs that fought it out for the World Series, the Tigers and the Cards, presented the same lineups, though the Tigers came Brooklyn Wins Double-Header Over Braves; Tomorrow; Cotelle and Heath Shine as Killefermen very close to it; their only change was in starting White in center field where Doljack had been a year ago—and White as the season rolled along Grove Victor for Red Sox. Defeat Mud Hens by 6-to-3 Score. had established himself as a regular anyway. BY LAWTON CARVER BY EDDIE ASH a a o a a a United Press Staff Correspondent Times Sports Editor. addition to adding new faxes practically all of the clubs saw fit to NEW YORK. April 20.—Casey Stengel’s Dodgers and Chuck Dressen’s TOLEDO 0., April 2C. —Posting a record of two victories and one switch certain players from one position to another. The world cham- Reds are enjoying the thrill of a first place tie in the National League defeat in their first three games on the road the Indians now enter a IN week-end consisting of three tilts in pion Cards furnish a typical example. The weak spot in the Cards' pennant race, although they may skid from their perch any time now. heavy two days before setting sail lineup a year ago was center field. To correct this young Terry Moore In a topsy-turvy scramble of last season’s trailers, the podgers, who for their home opener at Pern- stadium in Indianapolis on Tuesday. was brought in from the American Association, and apparently he is finished sixth in 1934, and the Reds, who were in their customary cellar The Hoosiers pinned back the 1 Toledo Hens in the answer. position, have as rivals the Phillies, seventh last season, now third, and feathers of the Mud lier out of the box in the opening starter here 6 The opening day lineup of the 1934 Cards saw Gene Moore in center the Pirates, who have moved front fifth to fourth. the series yesterday, inning and it was in this frame to an even break in two field. Terry Moore was in that spot this year, and young Delaney was The Pittsburgh club maintained 3, following that Como Cotelle stole home re- incidental, battles at Columbus, and this after- on behind the bat instead of Davis. The other changes were an even .500 percentage yesterday by j lief pitcher Paul Sullivan, a left- right cashing outstanding pitch- noon the Tribesmen will tackle Med wick and Rothrock exchanging places in left and field. in on the hander. Como tried to duplicate Fairbanks Horse ing performance of the season. It Freddy Haney's pastimers in another tt a a ana the theft of home in the third, •was a one-hit, 3-to-0 shutout by Big conflict at 3 p. m. (2 p. m. Indianap- j but in the National League which showed the most changes olis time). Thomas, the vet- was nabbed. He played a dandy two clubs Darrell Blanton against the world Myles game in the field and was in of were Phillies and the Reds, Has Infected Foot eran right-hander obtained from the THEin their 1935 starting lineups 1934 the champion Cardinals. battle up to his ears. which had nothing to lose by wholesa.c ex- St. Paul in a trade last fall, will two very ordinary ball clubs Davis Prevents No-Hit Game perimentation. They couldn’t possibly be any worse no matter what they serve ’em up from the Hoosier Heath Hits Homer attempted. The Phillies mad seven changes, the Reds six. Local Woman’s Derby Entry As. he mowed down**the Cards, mound. Hub Walker of Toledo belted a Some of these changes mirror very vividly the uncertainty of base- Blanton, a right-hander fresh out of It will be Thomas’ first regular home run over the right field fence instance, member May Run. action member Red ball as a career. A year ago Blondy Ryan, for as a Not Albany, walked only one and struck as a of Killefer’s j in the sixth, and that gave Mickey publicity has of the world champion Giants, riding the crest of a spectacular By United Press out six in missing baseball's hall of Redskins. He been bothered Heath of the Indians an idea. He with molar trouble recently and wave inspired by his dramatic telegram to his manager. “They can't Ky„ April 20. fame by the margin of a single, came up in the next inning and Phillies’ shortstop. LOUISVILLE. lost ten days, but he advised Man- beat us.” Now he is doing the best he can as the Bluebeard, owned by Mrs. R. B. Fair- which Catcher Davis made in the walloped a homer that went higher installation of ager Killefer last night that he felt One of the many changes made by the Reds was the banks of will second inning. and farther than Walker's drive. member of the Indianapolis, probably equal to the of the when Byrd * accepting Byr-t in left field. I can remember as a not start in the That defeat shoved the Cards into task However, Walker was the batting Sam Babe Ruth. Kentucky Derby be- assignment this afternoon. Yanks was touted as the man who would ultimately replace cause of an foot. a fifth, sixth and seventh-place tie leader of the day with four consec- Byrd shunted off to infected But when the time came to replace the Babe, was Immediately upon of the with the well-liked Cubs and Ruth- to Drill Monday utive hits. Each club collected nine was brought in discovery y ~ Tribe the American Rhine and a young man named Selkirk infection, Bluebeard was out rejuvenated Braves. The Giants—- ' "*^- "< -' ' - ' . **>* blows. thrown The series at Swayne Field here from Newark to handle the assignment. of training. figured to give the Cards a race if \-r • .-,< S It was the fourth straight setback •¦•' h® will with a to- n u a Cold Stream and Direct Hit were the two clubs ever get started—re- £&¦£&&&>.¦ 'i*™.. v:*<S?.W\v M A •:?¦.•. close double-header for the Mud Hens, and Fred u*u morrow and Indians then will Haney, is by the candidates exercised mained on the bottom. the their new pilot, has the the most interesting case of this nature represented only Derby Dolph Camilli leave at once for Indianapolis. No early season TkERHAPS as the yesterday and both made the Derby The baffling Brooklyns, picked by jitters. He was the third base star Koenig. A year ago he was going through the motions game will be played Monday, but JL Mark back from the minors. distance without being extended. their Mr. Stengel to stay in the first for Indianapolis when the Reds' third baseman, after having been fetched YOUNG first baseman, Dolph Camilli, of the Philadelphia Na- will be called out for Hoosiers Giants, an ex- division, earned their first-place tie the Tribesters the substitute infield with the he stands A tionals, is setting the big league home run pace with four circuit a long drill at Perry Stadium in the copped pennant in 1928. Four Todav as a one-man say the hard way—by taking two in a and two get in another World Series. And yet some people clouts in two days. The champion Red Birds pitchers pinch-hitterj cellent.' chance to day over the Boston Braves at Bos- afternoon. to is a hazardous pastime. Camilli, obtained rrom the Cubs for Don Hurst, got his third will the visiting team when the failed lift the Hens out of the roulette Indiana in Victory ton. They won only one there all be mire yesterday, and of the Cubs showed Freddie Lindstrom a’ off Fred Fitzsimmons of the Giants the first Indians lift the lid at home Tues- to add to The opening day lineup last season. four-bagger in inning Haney’s embarrassment both of base. Thus in the sere and yellow of his career the Chicago athlete and No. 4 off Clydell Castleman in the fourth. He clouted day afternoon. his third Giants Are Swamped yesterday pinch batters struck out.