Daily Tribune, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 18 March 1916 — Page 5

MARCH

(WON ELIMINATED IN STATE TClflfflAHENT

Champions of Fifth District Meet Defeat In Initial Fracas At Bloomington, 40-17.

LAFAYBTTB IN SEMI-FINALS,

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 18^lalairette, by an cut victory ever liberty Cetiter, 60 to 19, went into the aeml-flnala In the state high school basketball tournament, being conducted at Indiana university. It was the first same of the morning play and the Lafayette boys were rail of Kinder. Campbell, the Lafayette center, was the 'Star for his team while the Liberty Center honors went to Buchner.

Lafayette's victory means that It will play Martinsville* which defeated the strong Lebanon team last night, this evening. The final same to decide the artate hick school ahampionahip will be played toalffht.

By Ralph H. Whiter

AM predicted in them columns, Clinton hlyh, Fifth district champions, did' not weather its first gairie with Crawfordsville In the initial round of the state high school basketball tournament In progress at Bloomington.'Clinton inaugurated Friday night's series of games fcy losing to the powerful Crawfordsville quintet, 40 to 17, and was thereby eliminated from the state struggle.

Crawfordsville was expected to defeat Clinton, indeed, the college town five is liked tb have a say regarding the state championship throughout the entire tourney. Coached by Wabash college basketball experts and pitted against the Little Giants in practice games galore, Crawfordsville high is a powerful aggregation and should at least land in the flnal contest. Clinton fought hard from start to finish, it is reported, but superior team work and condition caused the downfall of the Fifth district title holders.

Clinton earned the right to compete in the state tournament by defeating Rookwlle high, 24 to 16, in the recent sectional tourney staged at the K. of C. hall.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March IS. Seven of the 16 high school teams which came to Blootmngton Friday to decide the basketball championship of the state this morning remain An the running for honors. TKey are Liberty Center, Lafayette, "Valparaiso, Vincennes, Kokomo, Crawfordsville and Martinsville. The nine teams eliminated in Friday's play were Bloomington, "Washington, Elkhart, Hopewell, Cicero, Brookville, Seymour, Clinton and Lebanon. 411 the day's games were fast, the climax coming last night in the bitterly fought struggle between Martinsville and Lefcunon. Lebanon had many more shots at the b&sket than their opponents, biit failed to win because of the better shooting of Martinsville. 1 I

De Pauw Star In Big Meet

NEW TORW, March 18.—The field of 200 athletes in the annual indoor senior national track and field championship games of the Amateur Athletic union here tonight include many of the best men in the country and new records are expected, especially lt\ some of the short runs. The Chicago Athletic association and the Illinois Athletic club have sent large delegations to meet the pick of the eastern athletic organizations and colleges.

Among the athletes entered for these contests are Dave Caldwell of the Boston Athletic association, the 1,000 yard champion John W. Oveion, of Yale, who- defeated Caldwell last Wednesday night, and Ivan Myers of the Chicago A. A., who is a student at De Pauw U., Greencastle, Ind.

HARVARD ELECTS GRID LEADER.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 18.— Harry H. Dadmun, 18, of Arlington, Mass., waa elected captain of the Harvard varsity football team Friday in place of J. A. Gilman of Honolulu who recently became ineligible- through inefficiency in studies. Dadmun, who played rieht guard last year, was a member of the Tufts team in 1914, and under the college rule next fall will be his third and last fleas9n.

CUB LEADER INJURED.

TMAPA, Fla., March 18.—Joseph Tinlter, manager of the Chicago Nationals, was painfully injured here on Friday when his automobile struck a poit. He was pitched against the windshield and crashed about the head anrl face, a glass fragment cutting his eyelid. Physicians advised quiet, possible injury to the eyeball.

BOXER KILLED BY BLOW.

PHILADELPHIA, March 18.—Andrew Crowley, a featherweight professional boxer of this city, was almost instantlv killed last nl?ht in a bout with Mike" Malone, also of Philadelphia. Death, according: to the police, was caused by a blow in the larynx in .the third round. Up to this point the bout had been on even terms.

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NEW YORK, March" 18.—If Joss Willard, heavyweight chafnpion of" the world, rloesn't hand a beating to Frank Moran, the' Pittsburgh redhead, when they clash in New York March* 25,- ths chances are many critics who sit at the ringside will hand him a' panning-.

When he stacks up against Moran hi will have an advantage in weight of fifty pounds, and possibly more. In addition, he will have the advantage in nearly every other wftyy which means bulk and reach and all that sort of stuff which is mentioned in the nieasuremcnt columns. IVhfn,. too, he has that other thuiK, which cannot be disr counted—the title.

It is only natural that ring fans and critics should look to the champion to be returned winner. Tiiey always figure that a champion v. ould not be a champion unless he possessed qualities that art supposed to go in the makeup o£ a title-holder. They fig-ure that he has tho clas.j and that means that he also must possess gameners.

Chatapinn Go/tie Fighter.

In the case of .Tess Willard there is not a great deal of doubt as to his sameness. Anybody who stood up and took the lacing- that Jack Johnson handed- to him for twenty -rounds in thalj memorable bout at Havana which resulted in his annexing th: title cannot be accused of lacking a fighting

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heart. The big Kansan, according to all reports which emanated from tho Cuban ringside, would have been declared fa loser at the end of twenty rounds and Jack Johnson, the only negro who ever held the crown, probably would still be the boss of thein all if the limir. of that contest had been act for twenty sessions.

So in the minus of most followers of pugilism Willard must be given credit oi 'beintj a game guy. His undersized opponent (by comparison only) of March £2, 'Frank Moran, probably has .lust as much claim for being game fighter as has Willard. But the business of class is a'nother thing. Moran, of "course, goes into the fray handi capped physically. Like Willard, he oan punch, but it if? doubtful if his -vallops

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Doping The 1916 Baseball Season with Hugh S. Fullerton

XII—NATIONAL LEAGUE LEFT FIELDERS By HUGH S, FULLERTON

(Copyright, 1516, by The Wheeler Syndicate, Inc).

Total

Offense Defense Value 1024 1013 1017 992 986 976 !»75 971

New York 817 20 7 Boston ...811 20 S Cincinnati .... ...814 203 Chicago 201 Brooklyn ...... .. .793 193 St. Louis ...... ... .784 192 Philadelphia .. .778 197' Pittsburgh .... ...767 204

The difference between individual strengths Of outfielders seldom shows mudh in the figures, but, minute as the differences a,re, they are'large enough to mean a game or two a season won i or lost, and in a close race a game or two is a whole lot. Remember, too, that there is liable to be just that kind nf a race this season. It looks as if six of the clubs have corking chances to be up in the fight all the way, and one of the others, Pittsburgh, refuses to remain a negligable quantity.

This refusal of Pittsburgh to be satisfied to remain down makes the task of doping the clubs at this stage of the game harder than ever. Here I am figuring, calculating and working out the values of each man, and down there at Pittsburgh and Hot Springs Dreyfuss and Callahan are busy trying to buy, beg, borrow or steal players to strengthen the weak spots. Whether thfey can do it or not remains to be seen. They have improved the club nearly a hundred points since I started to work out the dope and they may upset my figures further. However, such changes as tl:ey make probably will be made in time to be included in the final figures.

It is not very hard to select the best left fielder in the National league. He is George Burns of the Giants nor am I surprised to find that Boston ranks second. Stallings' outfield always is a tough one to dope—he keeps switching so much, chafing men from, field to field, so that*^ have had to figure a composite on all three positions. However, I find this does not alter llie figures greatly in any one position.

You fans, perhaps, will think I figure Sherry Magee too low. To explain this, I admit-that I do not esteem Magee nearly tho ball player he is usually credited with being. He is a great individual player,. a poor team- player both-'at bat and on the bases, and li,e detracts somewhat from the team value through his influence. Magee perhaps can play ball atfmost as well as Cobb if allowed to play it the Magee «way, but he did not play ball the Stallings v.'ay last year. He constantly mixed up team play with men on bases,• hit thewrong ball. let tho right one so over, and m-u'e hits after the runners had 'been caught through 1ns failure to protect thenj Unlesfe he learns to fit into the team, play of the. Braves, he is worthless than a -far inferior man *woulil iie. Let us hbpe" he discovers that he

cannot play the game all alone, good as he is. If he doesn't discover it, Stallings will tell him and telling Sherry anything means an uproar. That's the way a fellow has to talk about his friends in this game.

Ctncy Well Up.

Cincinnati is well up both in attack and defense. I had to figure von Kolniiz into some games, and in Chicago's case I found it impossible to keep from figuring that Schulte will be both in left and right many times in spite of Tinker's present partiality for his Federal leaguers. I think he will find that Flack is not quite as good in the National. He is.a grand little ball player.

Pittsburgh has lacked driving' power in its' outfield for two years now, and evidently Is striving to get some there. I am tipped that there is a whale of a prospect i i Gene Madden, a recruit from Texas, who walloped the pill all over the Lone Star state last year and was tipped to no fewer than five clubs. Brooklyn also has a youngster who is certain to break into some games, but I fear not enough to make his effect on the dope. That is Gene Leyden, the Columbia university man, who broke into the international last year and hit .287, Funny thing—they say he lacks speed, while at school he was touted as a speed demon.

I had to calculate another composite at St. Louis, for Bescher, Dolan and perhaps. Smith will break in in left. I figure Whitted in practically all the games for the champions, but put Good in his plate twelve times. Good will do a lot of subbing around the•outfield because of his speed. However, Whitted is a reliable man,'and he has a lot more %ains and is a better ball player than they usually credit him with being. In fact, I thLnk Moran today prafers him to Magee.

We have also to consider three old friends who are trying again Jimmy Johnston is back from the coast to Brooklyn. lie can hit, especially against weak pitching, but is nc" strong enough. Johnny Beall is to try again at Cincinnati, and good old Josh Devore is back with the Phillies, perhaps' to bring them luck. I figure Johnston will get a trial in a number of games, but the others do not figure to affect the averages at all.

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that those of lis opponent are known to possess. Spveil May 1'iwct Dorr.

In 'many bouts, like the one soon to be staged, between a geo,d big man scrapping a good little man there has been only, one thing that could upset the Oop-j—and lhat is pure speed. If Moran were capable of traveling at faster speed than his opponent he would have a chance to score a victory over Willard in a ten-round contest. There is only, one way that this can be determined and that is by actua,! combat. With speed Moran might Jbo

Burns and Connolly really are the only extra-high class left fielders on the circuit. The others have faults that are serious, no matter how one studies them. Carey of vPittsbuTSjh is the best fielder but cannot hit enough to stay out there regularly, and his coworkers cut down Pittsburgh's fielding figures considerably.

The peculiar thing about these left fielders is the .mildness of their attack. The, average individual on a team shoulti. hit .700 (according to our ay®-

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able to break dbwn the defense of \tho champion, thereby giving him the opportunity to land one of his hard ripht hand Wallops. i

But I the big thine which- concerns Moran more than Willard Isn't worrying the champion in the least, according to views expressed only, recently by the Kansan and Manager Tom JonAs. Willard has made plans of his own for this battle and he is well aware that •peed Is going to be a factor He figures that the Pittsburgh redhead will try to outfoot him over the short route and gain the popular verdict on the score of points rung up.

Wllinrd to Reply Similarly. Willard's answer to this sort, of opposition is going tc be just what few, except those close to 'him, would expect. He isn't going to try to slug Moran's head off while the latter is doing the speed work. Willard will simply speed up himself and make an tfr fort to show the Gotham fans that ho can step some himself. If he1 does that ahd is able to *tep as fast as his lighter foe, few would give the Plttsburgher even an outside chanco to be returned winner.

But one thipg is a cinch, and that is if Moran beats the champion over the ton-round route Jess ^ill lose a lot of adiriirers, and some critics are likely to say harsh things about him. They aro liable to call him a fluke champion'.

tem of figuring) or one-ninth of the total team batting. Now the pitchers and catchers only hit about .460 ind to hold up the team batting strength an outfielder ought to be scored between nine and ten sixty-thirds of the team batting strength. Yet here are fellows scarcely above their allotted 7-63. Brooklyn's left fielders ought to hit better than they did last year, because they are naturally better than that, but there Is not much chance for the others to do better unless Callahan finds a slugger to hit for Carey.

Monday we'll study the American league left fielders. It will be interesting for I suspect we'll find more class there.

MATCH RACE FEATURE.

Crack Relay Teams to Compete At Louisville, Ky. LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 18—Featured by a one mile match race between the relay teams o£ the University of Pennsylvania and Princeton, said to be for the national championship and by the appearance of Ted Meredith, Pennsylvania's noted middle distance man, in the 880 yard handicap, the third annual indoor meet of the Louisville Amateur Athletic federation will be hWd' at the First regiment ai*mory here tonight. More than 200 athletes will compete in the 20 events on the card.

Besides Mferedith, a number of qther eastern runners are entered, and the entries include teams and individuals from all local schools and athletic clubs, Cincinnati, Chicago and other middle western cities.

WRESTLING AT BICKNELL.

BICKNELL. Ind., March 18.—Winning two of three falls, Homer McLing, of Bicknell, defeated Charles Strangler of Chicago in a wrestling match held here. Mort Henderson, the "masked" wrestler, is said to be slated to give a demonstration of his skill here within a month.

GIBBONS SHADES SMTH.

ST. PAUL, Minn., March IS.—Mike Gibbons, St. Paul middleweight, outpointed and outfought Jeff Smith of Bayonne, N. J., in a 10-round bout here last nigtyt.

Scores of Friday's Round In State H. S. Tournament

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 18.—The scores of Friday's games in the state high school basketball tournament follow:.

Lebanon, 25 Bloomington, 15. Martinsville, 53 Washington township, 22.

Liberty Center*. 28 Elkhart, 25. Lafayette,\39 Hopewell, 27. Valparaiso, 34 Cicero, 23. Vincennes, 18: Brookville, 16. Kokomo, 37 Seymour, 13. Crawfordsville, 40 Clinton, 17. Martinsville, 16 Lebanon,. 13. —i—

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NEW YORK, March 18. Frank Moran, who is to meet the world's champion heavyweight, Jess Wijlard, In a ten-round bout here pne week from tonight is twenty-nine years old today. He received many congratulatory birthday messages expressing wishes for his success. Moran took matters easy yesterday, but was early on tho road this morrtjng for his reg-ular run of over four miles.

He will box five or six rounds this afternoon in addition to his usual gymnasium, work, but wishes to take on a few pounds in weight bofore the day of the contesj. Today he weighed 202 pounds.

Willard after confining himself to simple exercises and six rounds of boxing yesterday, was out this mornintf for a run of three miles. He is in splendid Condition and ciontident that Moran will not cause him much trouble. This afternoon Jess wilj take on three of his sparring partners for two rounds each and will ask them to follow on with an extra round apiece, lie says hs will have no difficulty in getting under 250 pounds and shows excellenc results from his work so far.

PURDUE POSSIBLE CONTENDER.

Boilermakers Given Outside Chance In Conference Meet Tonight. CHICAGO, March 18.—Points scored for second, third and fourth places iar# likely to prove tho deciding factors in the battles for leading honors in the conference indoor track meet at Evanstofi tonight. On past performances the race should be a neck and neck contest between Wisconsin and Illinois, with Chica-ao a third choice and Purdue a possible contender. If the athletes run true to form displayed in dual meets this season, Illinois should take four first- places, Wisconsin three and Chicago two, with one in doubt. In their dual meet Wisconsin defeated Illinois by a narrow margin and the Badgers have a team well enough fortified to pick up a lot. of smaller points.

In the fifty yard dash, bound to be a close event, Smith of Wisconsin is considered the most likely to win first place.

Amos, of Illinois,, is practically conceded victory in the' 60 yard hurdles, in view of his world re.'ord in the fifty, made at Notre Dame last month. Diamond, the Chicago quarter miler, is granted first place in the 410 by the critics. Arlie Mucks of Wisconsin is another whose claim on his favorite event, this time the shot put, seems to be beyond dispute and Harvery of Wisconsin has done the best half miles in conference competition this season.

If Mike Mason enters both mile ahd the two-mile run and has recovered his health, Illinois is practically sure of first place in each.

The pole vault appears likely to prove a duel between Culp of Illinois and Huston of Wisconsin.

Chicago's fast relay quartet ought to out-distance its competitors with Wisconsin coming close behind.

BICKNELL TO HAVE CLUB.

BICKNELL, Ind. March 18.—Bicknell will be represented in the semi-pTO baseball scramble this season .by a first class team. The management is already at work*organizing for the coming season and a fadt club is anticipated.

The Bicknell club .of last year lost but one game and this season's team will strive to establish as good a record.

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Such ^tate of affairs was brou/shg abc-ut last night by Martin Carlin'.i? -feiftt of Shoafr. Carlin, loser last wfcelP had no trouble in disposing of- Shoafl a first week winner, last night, .winnmf by a score of 60 to 26. The gamevwp a long affair, lasting 170/innings, ,P&8 vioue four i first week losers hsyl a|~ feated first week victors andv i night's encounter plunged the affd^| into an eight-way tie.

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