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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1930
Page
2
Joe Williams surveys American tennis, praising Bill Tilden and Ruth as old stars who boost US prospects. He notes Tilden’s dramatic Wimbledon comeback, the Davis Cup plans, and a youth surge led by Wilmer Allison, shaping a hopeful national team for international play.
Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees challenge the Philadelphia Athletics as they seek to reclaim the American League lead in a doubleheader at New York. The standings show Washington and Philadelphia in a tight race with New York bearing in on top. Crowder earned a fifth straight win for Washington, while Cleveland dropped further behind. Brooklyn moved atop the NL, Cincinnati and Chicago split, and Giants edged Philadelphia in a high scoring 13 to 12 slugfest.
Brooklyn star Babe Herman drove in both runs for the Robins in a 2 1 victory over Boston. He doubled in the fourth, scored on Wright's single, homered in the sixth, and added a single for three hits in four at bats.
In Springfield, Massachusetts the Philadelphia Athletics lost 9 to 3 to Springfield of the Eastern League with rookies Hollstrom and Supplee exiting early and Schores shutting out the last four innings. In New York Eddie Murdoch defeated Lope Tenorio in a 10 round bout while Sammy White drew with Eddie Shapero in a separate match.
A large Broadmoor Country Club pro amateur event drew twenty one pairs with many new faces. Riverside pro Russell Stonehouse and Bill Reed posted 67, followed by Lance and Sammy Simpson also 67 and Heinlein Buckett 67 to win. Indianapolis Women’s Golf League ends with Meridian Hills beating Highland 7 to 1 for the title as Mrs. Lee lauds the season and trophy plans for next year.
Jose Santa, 26, 255 pounds, height 6 feet 8 inches, sailed on the Olympic and arrived in New York Monday night. He announced his aim to beat Primo Carnera and then face any top American fighters, flashing gold teeth more impressive than Paulino Uzcudun's.
Meridian Hills Country Club women upset Highland Club 7 to 1 in the Indianapolis Women's Golf League final at Broadmoor. Mrs. E W Lee of Avalon presented the trophy to Mrs. Ben C Stevenson, Hills captain, after the win.
US Davis Cup head and Tilden spar over eligibility as France series at Roland Garros looms July 25 26 27. Davis Cup committee chairWear says he hopes Tilden will join the American team while Tilden cites a newspaper syndicate contract as the obstacle.
Five Holy Cross players from the title team signed major league contracts or join minor league affiliates. Gene De Sautels and Jimmy Shevlin joined Detroit. John Ryan linked with Chicago White Sox. Jerry Shanahan signed by the St. Louis Browns. Joe Dougherty went to the New York Yankees. Oral Hildebrand drew scout attention after striking out top hitters in an exhibition but did not sustain elite form.
Toledo hammered the Indians 9 to 1 behind a night debut for the Trojans as Connally silenced Corridon with ten strikeouts. Bevo Lebourveau doubled twice and led the league’s hitters while Ernie Wingard homered for the Hens and Hildebrand worked six innings for the win.
A large crowd attended the Riverside park wrestling card Monday night. Seven bouts produced wins for Jim Browning over Young Gotch and Red Beers over Ralph Hancock. Draws occurred between Scotty Blake and John Murphy Chet McCauley and Speedy O Nea l Merle Dolby and Everett Hoppes Johnny Carlin and A B Scott Earl Lewis and Young Price. Ed Baker was disqualified against Ray Rice after winning the first fall. Other results included Davis over Peters Lonsberrv over Hemcricks and George Jackson defeating Bill Limp.
In Chicago on July 8 Gallant Knight, seen as Gallant Foxs main rival for the 60000 Arlington classic, impressed railbirds by a three quarters work in 1 14 3 5 while Gallant Fox began his training with Earl Sande aboard a steady mile in 1 50 2 5.
Do You Know That Aavo Nuami the Flying Finn says he should have run twenty seconds faster when he broke the six mile record and vows to win the Olympic marathon in Los Angeles in 1932 despite comments by Clarence De Mar and other American runners. Two pitchers from the 1914 champion Braves remained active near the New England front. Dick Rudolph managed Portland and Lefty Tyler worked as an umpire before the league split. Athletics average ages about 28 to 31 years with last year noted. Brooklyn Won a pennant was 1920.
The Ft Harrison show opens at 8 30 with six bouts headlined by a ten round bout between Tommy Cello of Chicago and Spug Myers of Idaho in a rematch from a recent upset. Also on the card are Royal Cox of Indianapolis vs Bruce Britt of Terre Haute in a six round featherweight bout and four other preliminaries featuring local fighters.
Semi-Pros and Amateurs M. 8 defeated Indianapolis Cubs 1 to 0 at Garfield Sunday before a capacity crowd. Reno pitched superbly for the winners holding the Cubs to three hits. Weathers scored the only run with a leadoff double and scoring on Schott's sacrifice fly. Next Sunday a return game is set at Rhodius park.
Times Special reports Richmond outfielder Richard Chapman, star for the Roses, will be sold to the St. Louis Browns as negotiations near completion. Last week Richmond moved pitcher Roy Hansen to Philadelphia of the National League.
All Times Special reports from Jersey City July 8 that Midget Wolgast of Philadelphia, recognized as flyweight champion in some states, defeated Routier Parra of Chili in ten rounds at a Monday bout.
In Orleans on Monday July 8 Phil McGraw of Detroit was decisively beaten by Ervin Berlier of New Orleans over ten rounds in a boxing match.
Detroit signs 22 year old Temple University pitcher Gordon Cy Williams to an American League contract. Williams played for Temple and will join Detroit as a rookie.
The card lists Tonight’s American Association games including Toledo at Indianapolis, Louisville at Columbus, Milwaukee at Minneapolis, Kansas City at St. Paul, and American League matchups St Louis at Cleveland, Detroit at Philadelphia, New York at Philadelphia, Washington at Boston. National League games feature Boston at Brooklyn, New York at Philadelphia, Chicago at Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh at St Louis.
Louisville Columbus Milwaukee Minneapolis Detroit Chicago New York Philadelphia Cincinnati St Louis Pittsburgh and other teams posted results and key batter and pitcher lineups across ten innings or more with notable performances by Williams Tincup Autry Wykoff Davis Maxton Doyle Devine Thomas Sheehan Angley Moore Betts Grabowski Bavid Shea Benton Griffin Herring Sullivan Heyworth Cara way Tate Fitzsimmons Pruett Hering Hubbell O'Farrell Nichols Hansen Collard McCurdy Rensa Malone Hartnett Campbell Styles French Hemsley Bell Haid Lindsevy Mancuso among others.
Bobby Jones and Leo Diegel posted 70s at Interlachen as contenders study the course ahead of the national open. Hagen and Farrell, Dudley, Smith, Goodman also looked strong while Jones tied the course record with a 71, underscoring Jones rivalries and stamina.
A record field is expected for the annual state junior golf tournament in Muncie Indiana at Delaware Country Club. Players aged 14 to 21 will tee off July 24 with the 16 best qualifying scores advancing to 18 hole match play on July 25 and 26. The title match will be 36 holes, a change from medal play to boost interest.
Carl Schmadel to box Jock Malone in the main event at Broad Ripple park on Thursday night with an undercard of merit. At Riverside five bouts headline including Mickey Holder versus Red Lewis, Willie Lambert versus Billy Cox, Jack Reevers against Bob Ferrecane, Herb Aikens versus Frankie Campbell, and Mike Cogan versus Jack McCurdy, plus a sixth bout.
Washington park fans glimpse Rabbit Warstler in the current series with Toledo Hens as Boston Red Sox seek him for big league duties. Tribe brings Narlesky Cicero Mulrooney and Simmons from Boston and Daney is released to Chattanooga.
Al Friedman and Babe Hunt, renowned heavyweight contenders, will clash in a ten round bout at Muehlbach field in Kansas City on Wednesday night after multiple national appearances.
Brad Dock Buck McTiernan defeated Farmer Joe Cooper in ten rounds at Pittsburgh. McTiernan from 152 Swiss Vale won over Cooper of 14513 Terre Haute Indiana. The result came in a Monday bout.
Sammy Hackett of Toronto was knocked out in the second round by Al Foreman of Montreal on Monday. Hackett was down twice in the first round.
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