APRIL 1, 1927 , THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

THREE TEAMS LOOM AS CONTENDERS FOR NATIONAL LEAGUE PENNANTPirates, Reds and Cards

Appear as Best to BillyEvans.

By Billy Evans,American League Umpire and NEA Service

Sports Expert

Five National League clubs, to myWay of thinking, are entitled to beranked as 1927 pennant contenders.The other three must go Into thealso-ran class.

In order to get the propositionmore definitely before fandom, I amgoing to immediately eliminate threeclubs—Boston, Brooklyn and Phila-delphia.—from serious consideration.

I cannot hold out much hope for"Stuffy” Mclnnis, new manager ofthe Phillies. I fear he is to followIn the footsteps of his predecessorsfind finish last. The pennant stuffsimply isn't there.

While I cannot figure Boston asa pennant contender by the wildeststretch of imagination, still I cansee where the Braves have enoughstrength to be troublesome.

Brooklyn will get pretty goodpitching and should offer a fairlygood offense, but I fear the stabilityof the infield will be the cause ofmuch worry for Manager WilbertRobinson.

To the Phillies is consigned lastplace, with Boston and Brooklynfighting it out for sixth place, theBraves having a slight edge.

Since the St. Louis Cardinals wonthe pennant last season, also theworld championship, they are de-serving of initial consideration inthe matter of pennant possibilities.

Unquestionably, the holdout situ-ation has hampered the spring train-ing of several of the Cardinal stars.Even should they sign before theopening of the season, it strikes methat the condition of several willhave been seriously retarded be-cause of failure to agree on terms.

Another angle that enters stronglyinto the Cardinal situation is that ofmanager. The club will be pilotedby Catcher Bob O'Farrell, a greatreceiver, making his debut as leader.

Will the quiet, soft-spoken O'Far-rell be able to get as much workout of his players as the dominantHornsby? I doubt it.

‘‘O’Farrell has a chance to repeatif they let him alone,” says formerManager Rogers Hornsby, "but un-less he asserts himself, he will haveat least two other executives man-aging the club for him. That will befatal.”

I do not like the chances of theCardinals to repeat nearly as muchas I would if the same aggregationas last year were representing St.Louis. The odds are certainlyagainst the Cardinals.

McGraw has a good-looking ballclub. Incidentally New York hasJohn McGraw as manager, which issome item. However, I have my

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Billy Evans’ “Playing theField” column is the favoriteson of The Times family today,being featured under the "Meetthe Folks" heading on the firstpage of the second section.

Billy will be back on thesport page again Saturday.

GOLF MEETHagen, French Tied for First

in Tourney.Du limes Special

PINEHURST, N. C„ April I.—Wal-ter Hagen and Emmett French, with141 each, are first; Bobby Cruick-shank, with 143, is third, and PeterO'Hara, with 144, fourth in the racefor the 1927 united North and Southopen golf championship.

Hagen went into a tie for firstplace by an afternoon of brlllllantplaying.

Johnny Golden and Johnny Farrell,who fought it out at Atlanta lastweek for the professional southernopen golf championship, ave trail-ing with 148 and 146, respectively.

IS FAVORED‘Wise Money’ on Paolino 10

Win Tonight.Bu United Press

NEW YORK, April I.—Paolino,Basque heavyweight, was a favoritein the betting today to win fromHceney, New Zealand, when they

meet in a ten-round bout here.Wise money was backing Paolino

on the theory that he was too strongto be knocked out in ten rounds, thathe would win a point victory by hisaggressiveness if the bout went thelimit anu that he could punch strongenough to win by a knockout.

The contest will be another num-ber of Tex Rickard’s heavyweightelimination tournament and also thefirst time the test will be given tothe ruling of the New York boxing

commission that 50 per cent of theadmission tickets must be sold on theday of the fight.

Successful Pitching#BY GROVER. ® NEASE *VC* fV.Veteran Pitcher of World’s Champions

mHAVE pitched close to 600games in my career in theNational League and, of

course, I have not won all of them.I have taken my trouncings likeall of the boys, but I guess thereare three games that stand outmost prominently.

serious doubts as to his pitchingstaff. If it comes through for him,McGraw is going to be a contenderall the way.

Os the other National League con-tenders, the Pittsburgh Club im-presses me most. It seems to haveno weakness and is well supplied asto reserves. It is a much betterclub than it showed lupt season.Dissension then robbed it of muchof its strength. Despite this, thePirates always had a chance.

Donie Bush is a capable, aggres-sive, resourceful manager, who willget everything possible out of theclub. I would say that he hasdropped into a pretty soft spot asmanager. He has a fine chance togo over in the first year.

Cincinnati has great pitching. Iwould rate its twirling staff the bestin the National League. That fea-ture alone entitles it to serious con-sideration in trying to pick the win-ner.

Chicago is the mystery club. Itdidn’t look like a first-division teamto me last spring, yet it finishedfourth, with a percentage of .532. Itwas the dark horse of the race, acontender most of the way, and by

its showing added much interest.On paper, the Chicago club of

this year is no more impressive thanlast. Yet it has two strong points,a mighty good manager and a veryefficient pitching staff, feauringCharley Root, Tony Kaufmann, Per-cy Jones, Fred Blake, Guy Bush andsome capable reserve performers.

Os the five contenders I wouldrate Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and St.Louis as the most formdiable, withthe possibility they might finish inthat order, while New York and Chi-cago form the second tier of proba-ble winners. Boston, Brooklyn andPhiladelphia bring up the rear.

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The one thatgave me the big-gest thrill wasthe 2 to 2 tie ofnineteen inningsin the fall seriesof 1925 betweenthe Cubs and theWhite Sox. Herewas the old boy,close to 40, stillstanding the se-vere pace.

I enjoyed pitch-ing that game.for it convinced

me that the arm had plenty of firein it. The Sox scored their runs inthe third inning, and couldn’t touchme again until darkness stopped thebattle.

I felt so free and smooth thatafternoon, in spite of the damp, cold,raw weather that I believe I couldhave pitched ID more innings.

The game that brought the saddestheart throb in my career was playedin St. Louis during the summer of

1915. After a pitcher has been at itso long he craves for the fame of ano-hit game. And here was one allbut In my hip-pocket.

Only one batter had reached firstbase on me up to the ninth inning

with two out. Luderus missed aslow, twisting grounder down thefirst base line that allowed MillerHuggins to reach first base.

That was all right, for I traveledon without allowing the Cardinals ahit up to retiring two in the ninth.

Artie Butler was the batter. Iwas never so determined in all mylife to fool a batter as this one. Iwas good and fast back in 1915 andI zipped two curves past him. He

swung and missed. One more was

all I needed to get over. Anotherburning curve, and stepping away,

he clipped it for a dinky pop fly toshallow center. Dave Bancroft andDoiie Paskert tried to get it, but theball fell between them for one ofthose pop singles. I have neverbeen that close to a no-hit game

since, and I guess I never will beagain.

One of the best games I everpitched was a loser—Ahe 2-1 defeatI suffered in the 1915 world serieswith the Red Sox. I pitched betterin that game than when I won theopener, 3-1, allowing five hits, threeof which were flukes.

From Big LeagueTraining CampsBROWNS RAP SHREVEPORT

BHREVEPOR. La.—The St. LouisBrowns had no difficulty defeating theShreveport team 14 to fl. while membersot the Chicago White Sox looked on.

KNOCK OFF YANKEESWEST PALM BEACH. Fla.—A ninth-

inning rally scored four runs and on:.hiedthe Cincinnati Reds to defeat the NewVork Yankees. 4 to 3.

PIRATES WIN ONESAN' ANTONIO. T.-xas—The Pittsburgh

Pirates beat the Detroit Tigers, 8 to 4.The National Leaguers broke a 4-to-4 tiein the eighth by concentrating their attack.

PLEBES LOOK GOODBu United Press

ANNAPOLIS, April 1. Threestars of last year’s plebe team havebeen placed in Navy varsity foot-ball team because of form shown Inspring practice. They are Clifton,Weichel and Springs.

Fights and FightersBAN ANGELO. Texas—Billy Hallas.

Coshocton, Ohio, won two out of threefalls from Ed Olson. Minneapolis.

DF.S MOlNES—Kenneth Hunt. PenMoines, outpointed Rus Alexander. lowaCity, in an eight-round match. They arelight heavyweights.

TACOMA. Wash.—Fred Lenhart. Spo-kane light heavyweight, won an officialdecision over Harry Dillon. Canada, in asix-round match.

BUENOS AIRES—Mario Bossisio. Ital-ian welterweight champion, knocked outLuis Gaitieri. former Argentine championin ttie tenth round.

MEADVILLE. TZ—Johnny Shupaek.Patterson lightweight, knocked out FhilRosen. Albany, in the eighth round.

CHICAGO—Hans Steinke defeated JoeWlazio. Brooklyn, in straight falls.

CHICAGO—Harry Forbes, Columbus.Ohio, won the decision over Harold Smith.Chicago, in a ten-round fight. Thelighters weighed in at 121 pounds.

SENATORS BEAT CARDSTAMPA, Fla.—The Washington Sen-

ators made it three straight from the St.Louis Cardinals b.v winning. 5 to 4.

ROUSH SIGNSChampion Holdout Comes to

Terms With Giants.Bu United Press

JACKSON, Tenn., April I.—EddieRoush, baseball's champion holdout,was here today with anew uniformof the New York Giants, anew con-tract and an added reputation forgetting what he wants.

Roush signed a three-year contract,to play center field for the Giantsafter remaining on the banks of anIndiana fishing creek till the train-ing season had been almost finishedand the Giants had to admit theirdesperation for his services.

Tho terms of the contract were notknown, but it was estimated that hissalary would be between $23,000 and$25,000 a year.

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