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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1930
Page
2
Joe Williams surveys the idea of moonlight baseball in the Western League adding night games to boost weekday attendance. He cites lighting challenges, potential appeal to business crowds, and possible effects on umpires, players, and schedules with practical and humorous notes.
Brooklyn Robins extended their streak to seven straight by taking two from St Louis in thirteen innings and two games total. The Pirates lead was not yet secure as the Giants lost to Cincinnati and Chicago edged Philadelphia 8 7. The AL saw Indians rally to beat Boston in ten innings while Babe Ruth powered the Browns past Washington.
United Press reports Sunday crowds totaling 193000 attended eight major league games across seven cities including a Robins Cardinals double header in St Louis. Attendance by city listed for American and National League matchups totals 76000 for the day.
Baseball highlights list top hitters home run leaders and RBIs from the week with names such as P Waner Herman Robins O Doul Stephenson Comorosky Jackson Hartnett Klein Wilson Terry Simmons Reynolds Cronin Fisher and teams Pirates Phillies Cubs Giants Athletics Senators Robins White Sox Cardinals.
Six of eight first round European ties decided with two more to go. Australia beat Switzerland in Zurich while Spain defeated Belgium in Antwerp. Japan toppled Hungary in Budapest and Yugoslavia swept Sweden in Belgrade. Great Britain and India already secured two wins each, with Poland vs Romania to finish in Warsaw as darkness halted the decisive match.
Mut Wimberly dominates the state meet with top all events total of 1862 and a 691 singles. Ed die Kraft trails by eight pins as Charlie Cade leads singles with 1845. Falls City two boys lead team standings with 2824. Mueller-Nash, Shell Gas, Burns Employment reach womens nationals in Paulsville Kentucky with good scores. General Electric team places third in their event.
Lloyd Waner star outfielder of the Pittsburgh National League ball team is a patient at Union Memorial hospital and is not permitted to receive visitors. He had his appendix removed in winter and has been in poor health since. Hospital authorities declined to reveal the illness.
Times Special reports Relampago Saguero of Cuba defeated Spanish welterweight Hilario Martinez in ten rounds in Havana on Sunday.
Baseball results from the American Association and leagues show Louisville 5 Columbus 10 in a game with scattered scorers. Indianapolis at St Paul and Louisville at Minneapolis listed as rain. Other scores include Milwaukee 9, Toledo 8, Kansas City 9, Cincinnati 7, New York 7, Boston 8, Chicago 4, and Detroit 7. Multiple games referenced with pitchers and line scores. Seventeen teams or more appear in standings, with daily results and notes from May 5.
A new boys baseball league is being organized by boys from south side Baptist churches. Churches to be represented include Acton, Cumberland, Beech Grove, Bethel, Bluff Avenue, Emmanuel, Garfield Park, Friendswood, Hillcrest, Mt. Pleasant, Southport and New Bethel.
Reporting from a college baseball game between Central Normal and Chicago with final tallies showing Central Normal at 14 and Chicago at 9 in a nine inning contest. S Dake anchored the effort for Chicago while notable plays came from multiple players on both squads.
Ivan Fuqua broke the century dash mark with 9.7 seconds to spark Brazil at the fifth annual Kokomo relays. He also anchored Brazil’s wins in the half mile and 1 500 yard relays as Brazil high school topped Kokomo 27 points, with Peru and Tech Indianapolis tied for second at 16.
Art Shires, Chicago White Sox first baseman, vows restraint after past exploits and forfeited $60 000 to play baseball cleanly. He says Hodapp is a good friend after two on field collisions and credits Donie Bush for his renewed approach while predicting a stronger team performance this season.
Indianapolis baseball notes praise Dutch Hoffman and Clyde Barnhart as Indians climb into elite slugger ranks. Corriden reshuffles batting order with Sicking leadoff, Hoffman fifth, while rookie Hooks shows promise and may play outfield.
Fifteen leading 3 year olds are slated to start in the $50 000 added Preakness next Friday at Pimlico. Gallant Fox the Kentucky Derby favorite is the likely winner in the mile and three sixteenths race. Other probable starters include Desert Light Crack Brigade Armageddon Woodcraft Full Dress Michigan Bay Fortunate Youth Alcibiades Swinfield Snowflake Sun Craig and Sweet Sentiment.
Max Schmeling returns to the United States at New York on the S S New York after a nine month stay seeking the heavyweight title. He will meet Jack Sharkey of Boston at Yankee Stadium on June 12 in a fifteen round bout to decide Gene Tunney’s successor. Schmeling weighs 190 pounds and expects about 187 for the Sharkey fight and will begin training in Endicott New York.
Race Lord, an interested spectator at the Kentucky Derby on May 17, will be Edward George Villiers Stanley the seventeenth Earl of Derby. He insists the name is pronounced Darby. Lord Derby, a popular English landowner, soldier, statesman, diplomat and sportsman, plans to return home for the English Derby at Epsom Downs on June 4.
Bill Cummings of Indianapolis led wire to wire to win a 100 mile A A A dirt track race in Langhorne Deacon Litz finished second Freddie Winnai third Bill Albertson fourth Frank Brisko fifth Zeke Meyers sixth Wilbur Shaw seventh Fred Frame eighth and Jimmy Gleason in the field
Les Marriner arrives in Indianapolis for a ten round bout with Jack League of San Antonio at the Armory. League also present. Marriner accompanied by his father and manager Scott Marriner. Other bouts include Sergeant Craig vs Matt Burman and Willie Erne vs Otto Atterson, with Irish Chamberlin facing Jack Hendricks and other prelims.
Kokomo Black Cats of the Negro National League beat the Indianapolis Triangles in the season opener with a Jackson homer and Zach Spencer striking out fifteen. Dean pitched well for the Triangles. Other notes include Catholic League results and Municipal League games across Indianapolis.
Ira Hall of Terre Haute captured the five mile and fifteen mile races in Louisville on Sunday while Cowboy Hardy of Chicago won the ten mile event. Al Jones and Doe Oldham of Indianapolis finished second and third in the fifteen mile race with Hardy taking second and Frank Sweigart third in the five mile. Hall again was second and Sweigart third in the ten mile.
Northwestern coach Dick Hanley announced during spring practice that captain-elect Henry Bruder will be in the backfield next season. Bruder has recovered completely from a broken leg suffered last fall.
Thousands of turf followers packed Churchill Downs for Derby workouts on May 5 as Prince Atheling led the mile and furlong efforts. Sydney, Jack Spratt, Big Stuff, Roll Em Down, and High Foot turned in notable times as betting odds shifted among Gallant Knight Tannery Desert Light and Gallant Fox with primary favorites.
Three bouts fill the weekly wrestling card at Tomlinson Hall tonight led by a two out of three falls main event between Ralph Wilson of Indianapolis and Cowboy Jones of Wyoming with a two hour time limit. The heavyweight semi final features local heavies John Bartee and Ed Baker, plus Scotty Blake of Anderson versus Sammy Wangler of Russia in the opener at 8 30 p m. The two supporting bouts are one fall or thirty minutes each.
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