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Indianapolis Times Sports Threat in Western By of the favorites in the west- Eddie Ash ONEern amateur golf title play Indianapolis Times Sports this year is Billy Howell and south- Gullible Rookies Have Not Vanished ern links fans are sure to see some high-class driving and putting m * m when he competes in the tourney at Pytlak Cleveland Supplies Laughs JULY 24, 1933 PAGE Memphis this week The annual of INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, 12 struggle started today. r bijr league PI J''HE ELMER THE GREAT type of rookie was Finally to have passed out of baseball, but it seems Field Launches Here’s the New Swimming Queen Put supposed Record Hoosiers •> that Cleveland has turned up with an unsophisticate the writers of diamond fiction and movie scenarios has missed. Play in Women's Golf on Brakes at Toledo He is Frank Pytlak, the dandy little catcher who served terms in the International League and American Associa- High Despite Fem- Pound tion and was thought graduated from the jrullible “bush” Enthusiasm at Pitch Heavy Rain as Indians Rally After Losing Two and Out 20 Hits stajfe. The “tall jfrass” cropped out on him, however, when inine State Tourney Opens at Highland: Defending in Second Game Sunday: Daglia and Chapman he first visited New York with the Clevelanders. Champ Awaits Match Action Tuesday. Shine: Finale on Today. a a a a a a was assigned to a room with Willie Kamm, veteran third BY DICK MILLER By T-mi-t Bprrinl With a record entry of 119 the annual Indiana 24—Red Killefer's Indians made a mighty comeback PYTLAKsarker and the hall club was quartered on the thirty-third floor of players, twelfth TOLEDO. July Women's Golf got today over the Sunday bill, win- a New York cloudscraper hostelry Kamm informed the rookie that the Association state championship under way against the Toledo Hens in the second half of twin Highland Golf Club links. Shedding that poured forth twenty hits. It was high time the Tribesmen hotel earned guests free on the elevator to the eighth floor, but charged and Country skies ning. 15 to 1. by pounding out much-needed rain failed of the links queens something in a big way. They lost to the O'Neill past inters a ' fee of 10 rents above that Pytlak took the bait and on going a to dampen the enthusiasm accomplished "lift beating in the first tilt of to his room got out on the eighth floor and walked up the many addi- and they took to the fairways prepared to battle the elements. Saturday night. 3 to 0. and also took another champion qualify Jack Tising hard help the Hoo- tional High*, to the thirty-third. The Cleveland manager got wind of Taking advantage of her rights as defending to 1 the Sabbath attraction. 10 to 5. tried to Bend, winner in of the Hens kept the attack the Joke and put the rookie wise. automatically. Mrs Penn G. Skillern of South 1932. sat sier cause Saturday, but Winegarner Tribe the club veranda and the strive for the remaining smothered. a a a a a a on watched others fifteen places in the championship flight and other places in the remain- The Hens combed Turner and Logan for fifteen blows in the first also told Pytlak that New York gangsters were in control of ing flights. Mrs. Skillern claimed the No. 1 position in the match play struggle Sunday, while the Hoosiers got ten ofT Lawson. Healey and KAMM. the city and that it was customary to pay of! the hoodlums when- bracket, but waived her chances to capture the beautiful prize goes Powers walloped homers for the Hens. The Indians jumped ofT to n ever they for a collection." veteran thst asked For instance, the informed to the medalist today There were no withdrawals today. flying start by scoring four runs in the initial inning, but were overtaken his busher roomie that the big outlaws were in the habit city of hooking Match play in an me mgnis win in the third and never were in the money after that. Turner folded and each member of the Cleveland club for $5 for room protection," and open Tuesday at 8:30 and from then was retired in the sixth. that if the sum wasn't paid, they would invade rooms and tear up any- on through Friday there will be golf The Hoosiers were embnrrased by thing loose and confiscate personal baggage Pytlak fell hard for that Star Stables action galore, matches, medal rounds the whipping they suffered in the one. too. and forked over five bucks. The lad knows his way around now for second day losers, putting con- bargain attraction opener and they and not only is one of the most popular players on the team, but has tests. mixed foursomes, all designed At Toledo Sunday were not long in cutting loose with been promoted to first string catcher. Perhaps it paid him to be dumb to give the entrants a full week of a powerful attack in the nigh*cap after all. Dade Park at golf. <Ftrt (iimr i contest. They knocked Nekola out a a a a a a Neal Mclntyre, Highland club INDIANAPOLIS of the box in the second inning with pro. the course KILLEFER was a famous and star catcher in his day, but as ventured the opinion AB R H O A E an eight-run barrage after tallying By it- and four or five strokes hard- 1 4 3 0 manager In Prm would be Lavne. If. 4 2 cnce in the first stanza BILL of the St Louis Brownies he found he couldn t catch 4 2 1 Ky.. July 24. —Res- er today as a result of the rain and Lee ss 1 2 1 the fast ones they heaved at him from the front office. So out went OWENSBORO. Callaghan, rs 5 1 3 1 0 0, Daglia C lips liens' Wings ervations have been made for more he did not add that dampened grips Sigafoos. 2b.... 5 1 1 4 2 0: Bill and in stepped A1 Sothoron, once great spitball pitcher. Sothoron 0 5 0 0 thoroughbreds for the allow clubs to slip and shots to be Wingard. lb 4 0 There was no the Hoo- was more than a spitball pitcher in his day. He had devious ways of than 500 Coonev. cf. 3 o l 6 0 o stopping twenty-flve-day meeting at the missed. Moreover, some water on Beriore. 3b 4 0 0 1 0 0 siers after they got under way and what hall players call "mussing up" a baseball to make it perform Angley, c 4 0 2 2 1 0 track, between Hender- the greens made putting more diffi- 0 2 0 before the curtain fell they had the strange pranks. Umpires tossed out of the game many new balls Dade park Turner, p ...3 0 0 it was cult. The contestants were allowed Logan, p . 0 0 0 0 0 0 Hens hanging on the ropes chasing marred by peculiar defects when son. Kv.. and Evansville. Ind.. (1 Sothoron was on the slab the Chapman . 1 0 0 0 0 announced by the Dade Park Jockey to clean their pellets on greens base hits Pete Daglia was a com- a a a a a a of casual water. Totals S 10 24 10 l Club. The meeting opens Aug. 12. and to lay back 37 plete puzzle to the Toledo sluggers, I Chapman batted for Logan in ninth. S story as a pitcher is a strange one. when he came up Sept. 9. j held them to seven hits and con- to continue through New Champ Forecast TOLEDO SOTHORONto the Browns in 1914. he was recognized as one of the richest tributed to the Tribe attack with a high class field was indicated AB R H O A E prizes ever found. Besides his sweeping spitter he had a good fast ball, A The first social function will take home run and single with the announcement that among Montague, ss 2 0 0 3 2 0 a curve, rontrnl and change of pace. But he could not field his position. place tonight when the annual din- Reis. 2b 5 0 0 33 0 Glenn Chapman led the violent the reservations are Mrs. Payne will be held in the beautiful Power*. If 5 2 2 3 0 0 On bunts or easy taps hit straight at him ne lost his bearings. The ner 0 Indian assault with four hits in Whitney's stables. Jack Middleton Troskev. rs ..... 5 2 3 2 0 six word go around and the boys started bunting on him. 1920. a year clubhouse at 6:30 with an early ad- Detore. 3b 5 4 33 3 1 chances, including a homo run and In head from Latonia, 0 1 in which he won twenty games, Sothoron's fielding average with fourteen journment to permit a good night’s | Lenore Kight Sweenev lb 3 1 2 8 double Tile Tribe outfie’der bat- was .313. the LafToon and horses West, cif 4 0 1 3 0 0 the lowest ever recorded by a regular pitcher. and Yeiser rest before the players cross mashies ! Henley c 4 1 2 2 1 0 ted in three runs, the sam* number the care of T TAIL to the new queen of the , attle girl, was America’s greatest 0 0 0 from Kentucky under in match play Tuesday morning. Lawson, p 4 0 2 over by Daglia.
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