Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 222, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1920 — Page 5

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MAT INTEREST PICKS UP IN TITLE MATCH Wrestling Fans Turn Attention to Caddock-Stecher Bout Jan. 30. CHALLENGER CONFIDENT By JACK VEIOCK, Internatioanl Nows Sporting 1 Editor. NEW YORK, Jan. 24.— There's going to be a titanic struggle at Madison Square garden Jan. 30 when Earl Caddock and Joe Steelier meet for the world’s heavyweight wrestling championship. Caddoek, the recognized champion, and Stecher, his most formidable rival, are not fond of each other. Fact is there's a feud on between them. While Caddoek was in France word was passed around that he had retired Hearing this report Stecher laid claim to the heavyweight title and proceeded to advertise hiHlself as champion. Caddock returned to find Stec-ber wearing bis shoes, figuratively speaking, and he was much peeved. fiJB.OOO GOES TO WINNER. This situation made the matching of these two grapplers a bigger plum than ever, and promoters all over the country went after the match. It remained for Jack Curley to land the big plum, however, and when the lowa gladiator meete the Nebraska farmer boy Jan. 30 it will be for the biggest purse that was ever hung up In the east—s4o,oo4 with $23,000 for the winner. The match is the wrestling event of the year. It will attract many mat fans to Gotham from widely scattered points. Caddoek and his rival have met before. In 1917 they grappled at Omaha, Neb., the match to be decided by the best two ent of three falls. Stecher took the first fall from the lowan after one hour and 22 minutes of struggling. Caddoek came back and took the second fall in one hour and 40 minutes. Then, when the referee called the gladiators to the third fall Stecher failed to show up and the match was awarded to the lowan, who promptly claimed the heavyweight championship and was generally acknowledged as the rightful champion. Cnddoek has since defeated both W! dek Zbyszko and Strangler Lewis, who with himself and Stecher make up the “big so nr* who dominate the heavyweight wrestling. STECHER TO BE HEAVILY BACKED. Despite the decision Caddoek holds over Stecher as a result of the Omaha match the admirers of the Nebraska boy are far from satisfied that Caddock is the better man. They are going to back Stecher to beat the lowan when they get together here for their finish match. Stecher is confident, too. He is so confident that he would gladly agree to wrestle Caddoek, winner take all. In size and weight these two big grnpplers are about evenly matched. Stecher having a slight advantage. Jack Curley says Caddoek will weight about 192 pounds in condition, while Stecher will tip the beam at about 196 when fully trained for the match. Stecher will depend on his deadly body scissors to defeat the lowan. That scissors has accounted for victories scored by the Nebraska boy over both Lewis and Zybszko, and once It/Is securely clamped on an opponent there is little left but the shouting. Caddoek has no particular hold that he calls his best. He is known as the “wrestler with a thousand holds,’’’ and he is just about as versatile as that title would impiy. Os the two, Caddoek is the faster, where Stecher is more inclined to be methodical. Regardless who wins this match, one thing will be satisfactorily settled, and that is the world's championship. Once that is settled let foreign countries send on their best to attempt to lift the title which rightfully belongs to America. -

BOXING WXLDB-SHABKEY LONDON BOUT. MILWAUKEE, Wls., Jan. 24.—Arrangements have practically been closed for a return boxing match between Jimmy Wilde, flyweight champion of England, and Jack Sharkey, New York bantam, the affair to take place In London probably in May, Dave Hughes, backer of Wilde, announced today. Sharkey was given a newspaper decision over Wilde in their recent meeting In Milwaukee. BRENNAN AND WOLGAST DRAW. BAY CITY, Mich., Jan. 24.—Frankie Brennan of Detroit, s’ate middleweight champion, and Johnnie Wolgast of Cadillac fought a ten-round draw here last night. JACK. KETCHELL WINS. BROCKTON, Mass., Jan. 24.—Cyclone Jack Ketchell, Seattle, was given the decision over Chick West of Holyoke after tyrelve rounds of fast milling here last night. JAMIESON BEATS MAGIRL. MILWAUKEE, Jan. 24.—Ted Jamieson, former light heavy scrapper In the A. E. F., shaded Art Maglrl here Friday night In ten rounds of fast slugging. Jamieson showed less class in his bout than he did a week ago against Bob Moha. ' WOLFE SHADES BI RMAN. BUFFALO, Tan. 24.—Kid Wolfe, Cleveland bantamweight, shaded Joe Burman, Chicago, here last night in a ten-round bout. SAN DOW HAD MARGIN. HAMILTON, Ontario, Jan. 24.—Sammy Sandow, Cincinnati, had a good margin over Johnny Russell, New York. In their ten-round bout here last night. Southport Breaks Even SOUTHPORT, Ind., Jan. 24.—The Tech nical high school seconds of Indianapolis defeated the local five here last night in a fast game, 21 to 18. The game was a thriller from rhe start. Coach Black of the Indianapolis team did not have nil his regulars present because he was saving them to use in the four-cornered * tourney at Brownsburg. The Cumberland high school team, which also met the Southport team, left the floor at the end of the first half when the score was standing 2 to 0 with the locals.leading. The local high school girl team lost a thriller to the alumni girls. 3 to 2. lowa Star Ineligible lOWA CITY, la., Jan. 24.—The Hawkeye basketball team was weakened today when the athletic board put a ban on E. E. Worth of Sioux City, the lowa center, who has been a recent factor of Importance in defeating the Purple and Badgers. Worth must secure higher standing in the classrooms to be declared eligible. WEST NEWTON TEAMS BUSY. The Morristown High school five defeated the West Newton team last night, 20 to 17, the latter squad finding the Morristown floor a handicap to work on. The game was fast, with Davis doing valiant- work for the losers. The West Newton 150-pound team, which has been showing good form in independent ranks, desires games. Call Prospect 1425 and ask l’or Keeler. STEERS OREGON CAPTAIN. EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 24.—‘ Bill” Steers, star quarterback of the 1910 University of Oregon team, has been elected acptaln of the 1020 team. BEAT COLUMBUS COMMERCIALS. COLUMBUS. Ind.. Jan. 24.—The Southport Independents defeated the Columbus Commercials here last night, 22 to 16.

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And just to think, if Dempsey had Joined even as much as the second army of the Potomac nothing would have been said. If Carpentier and Dempsey meet in the proposed title bout how about Jess Willard and Joe Beckett for the curtain raiser? Wbat will happen if Dempsey is eliminated in prize ring circles because of his lack of war record, someone asks. It’s painful to give the reply, but at this stage it can be said that the fans probably will have to stand for Fred Fulton as the champion. So get ready for an increase in the price of cheese. If Babe Ruth slumps in Bis batting next season no one can place any blame on Manager Huggins of the Yankees. Miller has taken time by the forelock and announced that he’ll not make any move toward advising the big fellow liow to swing on the ball. Yale wants to be certain of breaking back into the win ranks. The Bulldog track team is going to meet the Britishers in the spring. • • Two hundred Nebraska wrestling fans will journey to New York to witness the Caddock-Steeher match. No doubt the Gotham crooks will be at the station to introduce the westerners to the art of frisking Bobby Jones, kid golfer, wants to visit England to show his skill, but dad won’t let him. Bobby may be a champion golfer, but Papa Jones is still boss around home. 0 It takes more than city pride to enable a citizen to stand up for Indianapolis these days. Bill Byron, the singing umpire, Is going to make his side line the main line. Bill is a steamfltter and has been collecting quite a liberal number of smackers in the winter time. In fact. Bill makes so much money at plumbing that he can't afford to play baseball. Funny, they call Bill a robber, thief, highwayman, yegg and everything else, but no one ever thought to call him a lead pipe worker. “Gentlemanly’’ battles with the .umpires will be permitted in the American association this season. That’s the trouble with the system of umpire baiting In the past—who can be trusted to exercise the proper judgment in drawing the line between “gentlemanly" and "ungentlemanly’’ arguments? After a batter has just been called out. on strikes, with three balls to his credit, can he argue with the umpire without malice in his soul? Can a golfer sing “Good Morning, Merry Sunshine,” after missing a twofoot putt in the deciding hole of a contest? Free speech is fine business if the speaker isn't too free. Wonder if Jimmy Wilde really wants to meet Pal Moore again? Moore and Wilde met twice in London. The scraps were, lively with a wide difference of opinion as to which one of the uildgdets was the better boxer. Pomimch Tortorlch offers the Briton $15,000 to box Mocre in New Orleans. Tommy Walsh, one of Moore's business handlers, wires he has personally guaranteed Wilde $lO,000 if he will consent to a match. And Wilde apparently is deal. Wilde can’t gracefully sidestep a meeting with Moore over here. The fans want the match. He owes it to Moore, who met him twice in London. And the purse is a generous one. There is no excuse for his refusal. Joe Birmingham came very near piloting Cleveland to a pennant in the antebellum days. Joe was a real manager when it came to putting the punch into the diamond battle, but, perhaps he was too young then for the job, for there arose bad feeling on the team and it became a “house divided.” Joe dre*r the can. A few years passed along and Joe comes back strong as manager of the championship Pittsfield team of the Eastern league. It was a remarkable team from all angles, but particularly was it strong in putting over the big punch. Joe taught his boys how to score runs and they scored ’em. CMlelal figures show Pittsfield scored five runs to the game. Pittsfield didn’t lead in anyFormer Mrs. Dempsey Says She Financed Jack SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24. —According to a letter received from the divorced wife of Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey, the latter dodged the draft by claiming that he supported her. It was mailed from Wells, Nev., her home. Mrs. Dempsey declares that instead of being supported by Jack she herself was taking financial care of the champion. She adds that her husband never worked in any shipyard, but had his picture taken at one in Philadelphia. Her statements, she claims, are corroborated by letters in Dempsey's own handwriting, telling how he and his manager. Jack Kearns, deceived the draft boards and gained a rating of Class 4A.

“Y” Grappler Seeks Bout With Canoe Club Star TOM TALON 18. The Y. M. C. A.'s wrestling star, Tom Yalonis, has issued a challenge! to Bane of the Indianapolis Athletic a£d Canoe dub for a match two out of .three falls. Valonis has been showing / consistent form and believed he the necessary skill to put over a vfttory on the crack Canoe dub wrostlin J captain.

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thing else, excepting in the percentage of games won. But as long as Birmy’s boys Can score five runs to the game there is not likely to appear any teaifi to beat ’em out. Joe developed a mighty good pitcher, too, in Garry Fortune. Pittsfield likes Birmy and Birmy 1L es Pittsfield, but if be duplicates that performance another year we're likely to see him back in the majors. HELPED TRAIN FRENCHMAN. When baseballers get together there is always a good story or two In each one’s system. Charley Hitte, former trainer of the Cleveland Indians, recently returned from war service. Charley has spent most of his life in some army or navy. He was too old—he would not say how old—to get into the uniform of Uncle Sam, but he crossed into Canada and got by. He feels satisfied that he accounted for a few Germans, thus besides serving hh country, avenging the death of his own son, who was killed in action. Charley says he did considerable boxing during the war and that he whipped the best heavyweights in the Canadian forces. (And Charley must be in the fifties.) Discussing Carpentier he ventured the opinion that Georges would give a mighty good account of himself. Charley once ad a gymnasium in France and he says he helped to tutor the European champion. Charley at one time was Col. Roosevelt’s boxing instructor.

Purdue Delivers in Pinch and Defeats Rival Indiana Five Lambert's Basketeers Win, 17 to 9, Before Big Crowd at Bloomington. MUCH SPEED DISPLAYED BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 24.~Purdue university has the jump on Indiana In the renewal of athletic relations between the two state rivals as a result of the basketball game here last night In which the Boilermakers finished vic- ! torious, 17 to 9. Coach Lambert’s men | displayed wonderful passing and team work and their accurate handling of the i ball enabled them to get a lead that I the Crimson could not overcome. At least 4,000 fans were jammed in the building jto witness the struggle and every fan got a thrill of some sort even if the : locals did lose. The spirit of rivalry I was keen but splendid, and every one went away happy over the successful manner in which the two schools resumed their athletic battle after a lapse of years. • j Indiana was somewhat weak on Its | attack while the Purdue men were strong 1 In this department and swept down the ! floor for the needed points. The Purdue guards worried the I. \V. basket shooters to such an extent that the Crimson' athletes lost their accuracy. Church was the speed demon of the vlserors and the manner in which he got over the floor was marvelous. White starred for the Boilermakers in the second period by scoring four times after the Indiana guards had smothered other Lafayette shooters. The first half was only 8 to 7 Purdue, hut the battle was terrifie. because Purdue scored its eight points before Indiana got started. Then when *he Crimson braced and came within one point of tying the cheering of the Indiana rooters was deafening. However, It was only a short time after the opening of tire second half until Purdue boosted its total and kept on boosting it while the Crimson was not allowed a field goal. Outstanding star* were Church. \\ hire j and Miller for Purdue and Dean and Byrum for Indiana. Preceding the game, Indiana's football players, who participated in the Syracuse triumph last season, were presented with | sweaters and gold footballs. Previous to this Maj. O’Brien, commandant at the | Indiana military post, made a brief speech J of welcome to Purdue and lauded the re- ; sumption of athletic relations between the i two state institutions, i Lineu pand summary of the game: Indiana (9). Purdue (17). Jeffries Forward Tiison Schuler Forward White Dean Center Campbll Phillips Guard Church fcyrum Guard Miller Field goals—Dean 1, Schuler 1, (’amp bell 3, White 3, Tiison 1. Fonl throws • Dean 5, missed 2: White 3, missed 2. Referee—Young UlMnol* Wesleyan). Umpire— Reynolds (Chicago). Time of halves —2O minutes. Substitutes—Wakefield for Jeffries, Dobbins for Phillips, Coffing for Campbelll. DENTALS FALTER SECOND HALF FRANKLIN, Ind., Jan. 24.—The Indiana Dental athletes gave Franklin a scare in the first half of the basketball game played here last night but the i Tooth Pullers could not keep up the pace and Franklin won. 40 to 16. Franklin got the first goal on a ahot by Pike. Then McPherson tied the count and a minute later gave the visitors the lead on a foul goal. For the first fifteen minutes the Dentals held the lead and the Baptists seemed unable to break through the defense of McCarthy and Witter. Then Pike and Hatton found the baskets and the half ended with the score Franklin 16, Dentals 12. The first ihn f was a splendid exhibition of j bz aketball. The Tooth Pullers did not seem to be i the same team when they started the second half. Their passing and goal shooting, instead of being first class as it was in the opening period, seemed to have been lost. Franklin penetrated the Dentals’ defense and bombarded the goal. Reeve, who was the star of the Dental team, was injured when he ran into the hleachers In the first half and W'hite was used In his place. The Dentals missed Reeve’s basket shooting. Pike and Hatton were the stars of the E’ranklln team. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 24.—Earlham’s basketball team disposed of Butler in an I. C. A. L. encounter on the Richmond coliseum floor 37 to 22 last night. The Quakers jumped into an early lead before the Butlerites were able to collect themselves. At no time during the encounter did Butler have the Quakers worried. However, in the last half Butler came back stronfi and scored fifteen points to the Richmond team's fourteen. Short and Hall divided the scoring honors of the evening, scoring fourteen points each for the respective teams, the Butler man being the only member of his quintet able to connect with the loop with any regularity. Carey, the lanky center of the Quakers, played a whirlwind game and chalked up eight points before he retired. Every man on the Earlbam squad got into the game before the final whistle. Butler sent in Daniels for Rosenthiel during the last half and this change seemed to make a decided Improvement In its playing. Tourney Leaders Doubles. Tucker-Ra-smussen ’• 1,221 Joseph-MoCarty 1,130 O.uinn-Dugan 1,179 Comstock-Bryson 1,160 Fox-Schraid 1,156 iKruder-Solteu 1.154 Haokerd-Hackerd 1,145 Hchott-Hornbcrger 1,139 McElwoine-Ugelman 1,130 Fox-Peters 1,119 Singles. Liebtag 656 Sourbier 636/ Taffe 624 Joseph 624 E. Irish 616 Hamilton 616 Martin 614 Trotter 612 Harsh man 609 Hargltt 603

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1920.

Rival Gymnasts and Turner Squads Meet on Athenaeum Court Basket Followers Promised Thriller Tonight on the Physical Ed Floor. SOUTH SIDERS ACTIVE Today the interest of local independent basketball fans was centered on the South Side Turner-Physical Ed contest, scheduled to be played tonight on the Athenaeum court. The game will start promptly at 8 o’clock so that there will be plenty of time left for dancing after the smoke of battle has cleared away. The Turners and Physical Eds are the otnly Independent teams scheduled to clash here tonight and a record crowd Is expected to turn out for the contest. Both teams are in condition to put up their greatest game. TURNERS SHARPEN BASKET EYES. Capt. Rice called his Turners out last night for a practice game against a fast amateur team and, after twenty minutes of fast going, the squad seemed as fresh as they were before starting. Three practice sessions this week have caused a noticeable Improvement in the teamwork of the south alders and Hennessey and Ricp have been hitting the rings from the difficult angles of the floor. The huskies from the North American Gymnastic Union, giving the splendid record of the Turners due consideration, have also put in several hours of practice since their exhibition game with the Em-Roes last week, and they believe they have enough speed to lower the colors of the Turner outfit Capt. Seelback, who has' been wearing the Red and White uniform since 191", will be relied upon to keep a line on Johnny Rice and the followers of the Gymnasts, believe that the former Manual star will have considerable trouble in scoring The Physical Eds would not announce their lineup today, but Manager Yolratb stated that the Turners would start with Rice and Hennessey, forwards: Seidensticker. center, and Secrest and Grund, guards.

SHOWING CLASS AS STATE SECTIONAL APPROACHES Left to right—Paul Kinnaman, V. Whelchel, H. Helm, P. Clark, K. Russell, W. Schull, B. Deakyne, R. Slocum and N. Blue, coach.

One of the fastest basketball teams in the state, FortviUe high school, composed of a husky, scrappy squad of basket shooters, has entered the state sectional tournament, with the determination to play any high school quintet

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TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE. Doubles and Singles. —7:18 P, M.— J. Hupke and G. Loechle. E. Sudhrock and H. Bohne. C. Brandt and W. Hanging. E. Vahle and J. F. Westmeier. P. S. Spelcher, singles. H. Brlnkmeyer and H. Plel. A. Pie! and H. Fuehrlng. B. Unlversaw and V. Schneider. T. E. Berg, singles. Herb Schmidt and J. Geiger. —0:16 P. M.— W. Murray and J. Moore. G. Mize and F. Blaes. A. Southard and H. Thatcher. O. Bush and C. Campfleld. T. Tlernan and G, Kirkboff. P. Henry and H. Tegeles. C. Hebbie and C. Moxley. J. Speicher and E. Dlstler. Charlie Liebtag gave ’em the old time sleep kick last night and got himself a 656 total In the singies. This gives him the top position in.the race and Ted Bourbier, his nearest opponent, is lost in the fog. Liebtag was the big, but not the only starlight of the evening in both the singles and two-mam The new singles leader started off with a 225. finished , the second game with 194 and had enough stuff to knock off 237 In the final game. Rex Joseph’s hook could not have worked better If he was leading it with a chain. He got 624 and went into a tie with Taffee for the third place. In the first round Rex captured 244 wooden soldiers and several rounds of applause. Everett Irish got 235 In one game and 616 in the three of them. The fifth position belongs to him at present. Hargltt posted the tenth place total, but the world will never know how near he came to being nosed out by Soltau, who posted a 237 In his final effort. As It was George and John finished the evening with 603 and 602, respectively. Johnny Blue had three nice games and one feature count would have carried | him far up among the leaders. Brn.'’r couldn’t do anything but look puzzled and call the pins bad names. Broden had double centuries In his first and second games. His third one put him in the “also rolled’’ class. Hornberger got an arm load of misses, splits and all tboae other little things that are bound to get aronnd at tournament time, in his first game, and the j .two big counts he got in the other j frames didn’t do any good. McCarty made ’em like it in the first game, but they made him wish he had his entry fee back in the second and third. Borchert finished Iris first game lookingHike the season’s best dope spiller. Hts

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Baseball Bits] j GARRY'S SUCCESSOR STILL UNKNOWN NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—N0 agreement regarding the selection of a man to succeed Garry Herrmann as chairman of the national commission has been reached by the major leagues, according to John A. Heydler of the National league, who returned to headquarters here today from the west- Heydler said he believes the chairmanship situation has been cleared up by Herrmann's resignation and that the committee appointed to choose anew chairman will net In due time. MAYS DECISION REVERSED. NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—The appellate division of the supreme court reversed decision yesterday on an appeal of By-, ron Bancroft Johnson, president of the American league, and of the St. Louis and Cleveland Americans from an injunction issued by Supreme Court Justice Wagner, which restrains them from interfering with Carl W. Mays eontiu!ug as a Yankee pitcher, pending the final outcome of a suit brought against them by the New York club. BRIDWELL AS MANAGER. ROCKYMOUNT. N. C., Jan. 24.—A1 Bridwell of Portsmouth, 0., has been signed to manage the local club of the Virginia league this season, it was announced today. Bridwell, formerly an infielder on the New York Giants, managed the Houston club of the Texas league last year. Boys’ Club Wins in City Basket League The Boys’ club defeated the Lavite" Boys’ club, 37 to 7. in the third round of the City Amateur Basketball league lust night. Alpert led in scoring for the win ners with four field goals. The Boys’ club is rapidly rounding into shape for the 150 pound sectional basketball tourney here. Next week the club will play the Debonairs aud a fast game is expected.

off its feet. Coach Blue Is proud of his boys. FortviUe always has supported a good basketball team, aud teams of past years have trounced many state teams, including some of the fastest soldier squads ever developed at Ft. Benjamin

other two attempts didn’t amount to much, however. Rex Joseph also looked good In the doubles, getting 595 pins. McCarty, his partner, tramped in with 585 and the pair moved up to the second highest doubles position. Brnder and Soltau took sixth place in the doubles with 1,154, and the Hackerd brothers are seventh with a 1,145 count. Soltan got 615 sticks in his three games. Frank Hackerd didn't get organized until hts third game, when he knocked down 245 clubs. This was the best onegame score last night. Joseph got 231 in hts first doubles game. McCnrtv got 214 and 224 In the second and third. LEAGUE LEADERS LAST NIGHT. Nordyke & Marmon league, Ryan (Assemblers) 234 Big Four League, Boettcher (Claim Prevention) . 21.0 Diamond Chain league, Blaes (Blaes). 212 Ryan went big for one game in the Nordyke & Marmon circuit, with a 254 count, registered for the benefit of the Assemblers. Rapp also went good for this outfit and they wiped the Office off the alleys. Malott put the Engineers to sleep when he opened up with a 225 for the Inspectors. They woke up just in time to find out they lost three. Hugh got the other double century score of the loop for the Cutters against the Machine Shop. They also took three wins, making it a clean-sweep night In the league. The Woods of the Diamond Chain league didn’t have anything special to hand out, but the Bettege crew was a lot worse off and had to be satisfied with three defeats. Peterman came near breaking Into the two hundred class, but a spilt in the last inning of his first game knocked him cold. The Southards had to keep going every minute to take two games from the Blaes combination. Mr. Blaes hmiself j did good work, getting 212 in his last ] game. The Mullikins. with their 500 totals. I didn’t have a bit of trouble losing all 1 their games with the Moores. A 219 score knocked down the one j game laurels in the Big Four loop. ! Boettcher got It In his middle effort. Boettcher was the only one who per- I formed up to scratch for the Claim Pre- ! ventions and the Locals couldn’t give I them a thing. The Majestic No. 1 tnen were off in j their first game, but they braced and won the following two from the Transportations. The Majestic No. 2 had no such luck against the Accountants. Pressler and Coppola had a bit of

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150-Pound Tourney Popularizes Basket Sport in Indiana Opportunity for Independent Amateur Teams to Prove Class Makes Hit. SECTIONALS AND FINALS Thousands of basketball fans throughout the state are looking forward to play in the Indiana 150-pound amateur basketball championship tournament. The event will be the first (if its kind ever held in the state and this year it has put more interest in the amateur game than has ever been taken before. Sportsman all over the state have become enthused over the proposition and several of them have joined forces with Wayne Emmelman, who is promoting the event, to help make it a success the first year. Tournament games will be played in Indianapolis on two different occasions. On Feb. 4 and 5 the local district play will be held at the Marion club, and the finals will be fetaged on the Y. M. C. A. court, Feb. 2S and 29. The state has been divided into nineteen sections, and the winners of each sectional will come here to compete in the big games. There are a record number of classy amateur teams in Indiana this season and it is a safe bet that the games played in the flpa 1 round here will afford the fans some of the best exhibitions ever put on by amateur combinations. MANY FORMER HIGH SCHOOL STARS. Practically every entry list received by Emmelman includes the names of two or three former high school stars, and in many cases the teams are composed wholly of boys who went big in the high school ranks last season. Crawfordsville and Wingate probably will be the strongest teams to come hear fiom out in tile state. Among the local entries are four teams that hove gene this far through the season without being defeated, and it is • a t of" them will show the best. However, quite a few' of the fans, who nave watched the play closely this year, believe that it will be up to the'Turners. Debonaires. or Pair- Dice to bring the first championship to Indianapolis.

Harrison. This year Coach Blue claims to ha,ve a well-balanced team. Already FortviUe has triumphed over Hartford City, Summitville, Lapel, Danville, Pendleton and Plainfield, as well as other smaller town teams. their old stuff with them, enough to send the Freight Claims higher than the Mechanical Engineers each time. Irvin got a 202 for the Engineers in the second game. Beauchamp didn't pet a splinter in his first two games, but he scored 222 in the closer. BEAM'S KICKBACKS, By HANK. Honor Roll—Evans, Nords Tigers, 233; Distler, Brunswick Tires, 224, 203; Collins, Independents, 224; Tegler, Pleasant Drives, 210; Zimmerman, Easterns, 203. Nord's Tigers ran true to all expectations when they took all the try out of the Triangles for all three wins. Evans was the big gun with 233, which also led the league. One swallow does not make a summer, yet one good bowler missing from a team some times produces dire results and thus it ran. Joseph was missing from the Brunswick Tires’ lineup anil they dropped two to the Y. M. 8. Mercy, kainerad, mercy! The lvestlers tramped all over the St. Clair Place boys and drew closer to the leaders. It took a rolloff to decide the supremacy between the .Southsides and the Prospect Gas teams, and the luck ran the Southsides' way when the "gas ’em boys” drew two wide open splits. After a quiet sojourn in the realms of “Don't Care” the Pleasant Drives awoke to a stern realization and, led by Charlie Stegler, they smothered the Ferndjiles, who seemed to have their miml upon the basketball championship. The Brunswick Tires were all shooting in form in their postponed game with the southsides and took all three when Distler smote them for 224 and sent, the south end boys away talking to themselves. Neal King says: “It has to be done,” aud away new the Ferndales before the Kestlers’ fire. Result, three more games for the Kestlers’ win column. The World’s War Veteerans cleaned the Independents for a couple. Collins saved the first game for the Independents with a 224. Mohr shot a good stick all the way. The Hoosier Oils smeared oil all over tlie Justice Motors and carried away a couple when reinforced by Capt. Sammy Sands. “Don’t be too sure,” is mighty good advice, which the Easterns know now to be true. The lowly Daniels, led by the “Peerless Trio,” Bailer, Keyser and Nick, carried away the last one. The Butcks boxed up the American Railway Express for all three, amidst alibis galore. \ If all the wood that Henry got in the setto with the Y. M. S. was put together , there would not be enough to supply a wooden leg for a crippled grasshopper. Now there is a broken radiator and a half dozen chewed cigar ends lying amidst the ruins of twelve and thirteen alleys. Danny Schott also abused this set of alleys when he lost slv pocket hits, and along with Hueber helped Henry out in a beautiful outlay of new-found words. There is a strange rumor that the Tigers’ “little leather collar” has at last found a resting place. No more will it adorn the wrist of him who dogs, behind, for SchleirneP says so, and as said collar is in Fred's hands he knows. From now on the little attachment will hang on the wall with the Tigers’ 'average. BEN DAVIS WINS. The Ben Dfivls Independents defeated the Greenwobd Independents in the Ben Davis gym-last night, 25 to 10.

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Steve Yerkes Reported Listening to Offer ir. Pennsylvania Oil Loop Steve Y'erkes is threatening to leave the Indians for independent ball in the Oil league in Pennsylvania, according to stove league dispatch from Pittsburg today. This is the same organization which Pitcher Bob Steele joined after leaving the Indians during the pennant race last season. According to the Pittsburg dispatch Yerkes has been offered a proposition to become a player-mana-ger. Steve lives at Reading and no doubt could land a berth in the Independent league easily, but it is not thought that he will desert the Hoosiers. He played in the steel league in 19X7, but his chief reason for that move was because he had a hunch that organized baseball would not last the season—which it. didn’t. As this is about time for the players to attach their signatures to 1920 contracts the Yerkes report probably is, In part at least, holdout propaganda. Two Extra Periods VALPARAISO, Ind.. Jan. 24.—Valparaiso high school won its seventeenth consecutive basketball victory last night ovi r Emerson of Gary, 28 to 24. Two extra periods were necessary to play off ties. Directors Gather to Make Drawings for Marion County Meet High Schools, Exclusive of Indianapolis, Prepare for Games Here Jan. 30-31. The board of directors of the Marion County High School Basketball association was to meet late today to draw up the schedule for the Marion county tournament, which is ✓to be played on the Marion club court Jan. 30 and 31. There are fourteen teams entered in the event. Including such strong outfits as Castleton. Ben Davis, Broad Ripple and Oaklandon. and some good basketball is promised. A. W. Dicus of Broad Ripple High school stated today that more interest is being shown in the tourney than was expected in its first year and there is no doubt but that the Marion county association will become a prominent organization within a short time. Mr. Ficus is president of the association and C. W. Williams of New Bethel Is secre-tary-treasurer. Indianapolis high schools are not members of the organization. Several counties in the state have put organizations of this kind over with great success and the county tourneys are given credit for the great showing that some of the smaller schools make in the state meet, as they put the teams, in condition and get them acquainted I with the long, hard grind of tournament | play. Therefore, when they go into the t state meet they know how to regulate: their speed so that they will not be “ail in” before the early rounds have been played off.

School ! AT BROWNSBURG TODAY. 2 p. m.—Brownsburg vs. Thorntown. 3 p. m. —Technical vs. Ben Davis. ’ 7:30 p. m. (Girls’ Teams) —Brownsburg vs. Den Davis. 8:15 p. m.—Winner of 2 p. m. game vs. winner 3 p. m. game. 4-CORN ERED MEET ATTRACTS FANS BROWNSBURG, Ind., Jan. 24.—Hundreds of students arrived In this city today to -witness the four-cornered basketball tourney that was scheduled to start at 2 o'clock In the Brownsburg High school gymnasium. The teams are Technical High school of Indianapolis. Thorntown, Ben Davis and Brownsburg. In the first game o” the tourney Brownsburg was scheduled to meet Thorntown. At 3 o’clock Technical was scheduled to play Ben Davis. At 8:15 o'clock the winners of the afternoon games meet for the championship. The curtain-raiser to the championship game will be played between the girl teams of Brownsburrg and Ben Davis nigh schools. SHORTRIDGE ON HOAD. The Khortriffge basket squad went to New Richmond today to take on the local high school five of that place tonight. All of the north side players, with the exception of Stevens, came through the Franklin game In good shape. Stevens, who went into last Wednesday’s fray with a broken finger, hurt It much worse and has his hand now done up in splints. He will be unable to play in tonight’s game. Hls place at floor guard will be filled by Riley. Eseol, Caldwell and Thompson, forwards: Mlchenor and Africa, centers: Vorhoes, Riley and MeLeay, guards, are the players who made the trip. man Cal vs. Rochester. Manual Training and Rochester will meet at the Y. NL C. A. tonight in what promises to be an interesting basketball scrap, with tho visiting team the favorite, due to tbe fact that it has beaten some of the strongest squads in the state. Manual has dropped the last three games, but the Red and White followers are hoping for a turning of the tables in tho affair this evening. Coach Morrison is expected to have one or two changes in the lineup when the squad takes the floor. Crawfordsville Annexes Another and Takes on Champion Em-Roes Next CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. Jan. 24After defeating the Lafayette “Y” here last night. 29 to 15, making the seventeenth 'straight victory for the Crawfordsville High school team, local fans are looking forward with keen anticipation to the big game with the EmRoes here next Tuesday. The local quintet showed wonderful form last night, Kirby and Shelton doing the chief work in tossing field goals, wlille Shelley tossed seven In from the foul line without a ntlss. Coach Blacker and Athletic Director McGeath have their athletes doing flashy floor work and the veteran Em-Roes are going to be given a hard race for honors Tuesday. All Crawfordsville is excited over the coming contest with the state independent champs and tickets are In demand. The local high school quintet defeated tbe Indianapolis Merchants Heat and Light five recently and Is going to make every effort to lower the colors of the Em-Roes. Basketball Results COLLEGE, Purdue, 17: Indiana. 9. Earlham, 37; Butler. 22. Franklin, 40; Dentals, 16. HIGH SCHOOL. Avon, 17; Valley Mills, 13. Yorktown, 24; Desoto, 12. Muncie, 26: Splceland, 15. Monitor, 14; Wea, 9. Newcastle 24; Richmond, 10. Technical, 21; Sautnport, 18. Southport, 2; Cumberland, 0 (forfeit). Fortville, 19; Pendleton, 8. Jefferson High, 28; Lebanon, 19. West Lafayette, 21; Chalmers, 10. Broad Ripple, 25; New Augusta, 23. West Point, 18; Romney, 17. ' INDEPENDENT. Crawfordsville High, 29; Lafayette “Y,** Colored ’*Y t ’* 88; Springfield Colored “Y,” 15. Parker Tire, 76; American Can, 4.

BOXING

Salary Boosting by Giants Alarms the Other Major Owners New York Cheers the Holdouti of Rival Clubs by Opening Purse. McGRAW CLAN HAPPY, By HENRY L. FARRELL, United Press Sports Editor. NEW YORK, Jan. 24. —Charles Stones bam, owner of the Giants, drew wrinkles on the 'baseball face today. He creased the countenances of a score or more ol GiaDts with smiles by cutting the string! on his pocketbook and by the satne acl of liberality he wrinkled the brow o| fourteen or fifteen magnates with worry and concern. Soon after descending tb* gangplank of a Cuban boat the Giant owner instructed his secretary to baggl the figures on all the contracts for hlg flock. Glee comes, of course, to all the MeGraw clan hut tb®re will be no jubilant throwing of arms by the other clnli owners, most of whom are now engaged in pleading against the demands of some cf their stars for more money. Practically all of the magnates have letter* In their flies in which the high cost of living Is quoted as a good reason to let the players in on a larger division of the spoils. The impression is general that the clicking of the turnstiles will be more regular the coming season than last year and the last season was soma clicker. LEADING REDS DEMAND BOOST. Some of the moguls, like Barney Dreyfuss, are not giving publicity to their troubles. The Pittsburg boss takes tha stand that announcement of holdouts is bad policy and causes contagion. But others, like Garry Herrmann, chief of the champion Reds, have unfolded their problem. “The Cincinnati club, to meet the salary demands of the cnampions, would have to mortgage the park and waive all rights to a penny profit next season,’’ Herrmann said recently. He has Pat Moran, his miracle man, and Eugene McCann, chief scout, out on a diplomatic mission seeking signatures. Jimmy Ring, one of the first of the holdouts, is back in the fold, but they have yet to bring Reuther, Eddie Roush, Heinie Groh. Hod Eller and Greasy Neale around to their way of thinking. The White Sox. who took the minor role in the late world series, are also suffering some of the penalties of greatness. Kid Gleason not only has a collection of “holdouts.” but some are announced “throughers.” Swede Risberg says he'd rather run a restaurant than plav shortstop for the Hose, and Chick Gandil, peeved because Comiskey wouldn’t let him set away to man.ige.ji Pacific coast team, announces he will not answer “here” when th* Kid calls the role down south this spring. Even the Yankees, with a cool million or so in the chest and a pair of liberal owners, have a pair of obstinates to deal with In Frank ’'Home Run” Baker and Duffy I/ewls, who are repeating their annual role of inviting coaxing. Trainer Whitney Brings Chicago Horses Here The Chicago trainer, Al Whitney, arrived at the Indiana state fairground! yesterdav, with four head of trotter* and pacers, and will train ills string out at the local training camp until the opening of the racing season. Whitney is a tnan that has had considerable success as a trainer and driver, having brought out and raced several highclass performers. He brought with him the trotting ranre Aileen Dillon, fiillPA, by Ailerson. that showed ability to trot around 2:10 last fall and that wofi a good race at South Bend, where she took her record; a green pacer by Hedgewood Boy., 2:01; a green pacer by Red Medium,, that trialed in 2:12 last year over a half-mile trad and a green trotter. Three or four more are to be added to hi* stable in a few days.

BItIfARDS CURTIS RUNS EIGHT. Teague and Sullivan were the winner* , in the three-cushion tourney in progress 'at Harry Cooler’s yesterday. Teague won the afternoon match from Martin, 50 to. 36, in 110 innings, while Curtis dropped the evening affair, 50 to 46, la ninety-three innings. Curtis had a uign run of eight, which is the highest of tha torney. HENNING HAS BUBY CARD. Gene Henning, former state pocket billiard champion, is putting in plenty •of practice for matches to come. In addition to the contest with Lease, state title holder, later in the season, he has two special matches in sight, though the dates are indefinite at present. The 300-point match with Frank T/eater a* Memphis, Tenn., remains to be playe<| and probably another match with L. D. j Turner, whom he defeated recently in a 600-point event. Henning is proud ol* his run of ninety-eight made Thursday night, when he allowed his opponent only one shoto in a 100-point game and his followers believe he will be able to regain the state honors. Debonairs vs. St. Marks Tuesday; Team Preparing for 150-Pound Tourney The Debonairs will be seen in action again Tuesday night at the Marion club •when they stack up against the fast St. Marks team, leaders In the Sunday School Basketball league. The Marks are considered to be in the same class with the “Y” leaders and Coach Squires is anxious to see what sort of a showing his “Debs’* can make against them. The Black and 'White men are scheduled with the Leaders In the first round of the local district in the Indiana 150pound amateur basketball championship tourney to be staged at the Marion club Feb. 4-5, and if they come through this contest O. K. they will probably be in on the final fight, as the “Y” outfit has defeated most of the teams entered In this event. The Debonairs lost to the Leaders in an early season game but since that time sevoral new men have been added to their roster and they are much more capable of putting up a real fight. Gibbons Boxing School ST. PAUL. Jan. 24.—Mike Gibbon*, middleweight, and his brother, Tommy, have incorporated the Gibbons Athletic association with $50,000 capital stock to conduct a boxing, athletic, training, and phvsical culture schooL While Mike an nounced his retirement after his recent bout with Mike O’Dowd, middleweight champion. Tommy is still la active training. EASY FOR MAPLE ROADS. The Maple Road A. C.’s defeated Troop 29, Boy Scouts. 57 to 5. The winner* had too much offensive for the scout* and scored at will. Ferguson. Dixon and Klmmel were the big point boys, while Goodman and Gamble starred by their guarding. All Week, Starting Sunday LEW CODY In ‘THE BELOVED CHEATER” AU the ST Varieties mt lew isdrtM.

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