Indianapolis Times, Volume 32, Number 273, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1920 — Page 8

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INDIANS SMOKE PEACE PIPE; TO STAY AT PETE Owner of Park Undergoes Change of Heart —Tribe Meets Cuban Club. O’MARA. SIGNS CONTRACT Rogge to Join Club —Shinners Looks Like Find of Season. By EDDIE ASH. Times Sports Editor. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 24.— Back in their spring training “home lot” the Indians today stacked up against the Havana Stars, Cubans, in the first game of a two-day series at Moorefield park. While the Hoosters did not anticipate winning from the island stars, yet they did get the benefit of excellent honest-to-goodness practice. Manager Jack Hendricks had every reason to be reasonable happy today as a result of the events of yesterday. He marched his tribe out to the park with a chesty air of “Oh boys.” For be it said that the looming clouds of dispalr and gloom have generally given way to brighter blue. DOC. MOOREFIELD COMES THROIGH. Yesterday morning the Indians were homeless insofar as a training camp was concerned, due to difficulties over an argument with Doc Moorefield. owner of the park, who, it is said, retained the tribe's share of the gate receipts of Monday's game with the Cincinnati Reds, City officials intervened. Mayor Laug intercepted In behalf of the Hoosiers. A pow wow was held. The Indians were on the war path. The pale faces of the Sunshine City listened to the argument. Doc Moorefield was button-holed. City officials, newspapermen and Indianapolis club officials held forth with Doc Moorefield. Hurrah. Doc admitted he was wrong in the argument. He produced the “dough” due the Indians. Then Mayor Lang insisted that Owner Smith maintain his training headquarters for the Tribe in St. Petersburg. Owner Smith agreed. The peace pipe was lighted and smoked. O MARA SIGNS .JOHN HENRY. In the meantime Ollie O’Mara, Tribe slugger third baseman. attached his "moniker” to a contract with the Indian boss, after a per.od of holding out that was becoming boresome. Ollie accepted the terms previously offered by Owner Smith. Ollie is now a 1920 Indian. The Steel league was after Ollie, but he decided that the road back to the major league was through the Indian trail. Also Ollie figured that with the Indians he would be in the best of hands in other words, he rather enjoyed the company of Owner Smith and Jack Hendricks. Therefore with O’Mara in line “officially,” the Indians stacked up allpowerful on the field, “The Brooklynite” on third, Schreiber at short. Wolf at second and Tex Covington on the initial sack. ROGGE AND SMITH TO JOIN CLCB. Hist. There is every reason to believe Jimmy Smith, former Cincinnati Red, will come through eventually, and if he does, oh, boy, how's that for a classy infield combination? Talk about your inner works. Say. shake a leg, Jack. Hook that Red Leg, won’t you? Additional good news today: Rogge. Clint Rogge, a first-class Double A performer, will join the squad soon. Rogge was dissatisfied under the former club ownership, and now that he had exchanged greeting by mail and wire with Owner Smith he appears to have buried his grouch and is willing to come back and do his best for the Tribe. Outfielder Rehg, Infielder O’Mara and Pitchers - Cavet and Murray are still nursing training bruises, but the squad as a whole is shaping up gradually. It won’t be long until pennant-contending-recognition will break out. Deals are still on for pitchers and another catcher. Also another outfielder is needed. Offers baiting prospects are expected to be grabbed up soon. Ralph Shinners, recruit outfielder, continues to preform brilliantly. He looks like a find, a forty-two and a half karat. Manager Jack Hendricks also has a smile today, because, coupled up with his professional worries, he was forced to bear up under the strain of an operation performed on his wife. He learned todav that she underwent the operation successfully. OH, BOY, AIN’T IT A GRAND, ETC. HEN-SAINT SERIES. PADUCAH, Ky., March 24—The Mud Hens, after another perfect day in which two strenuous practice sessions were indulged in, are ready for the clash with Mike Kelley’s Saints here this week-end. Capt. Joe Kelly, who is bossing things while Roger Bresnahan is running around trying to line up some of his holdouts, is a horse for work and he keeps the athletes hitting the pace. BRAINARD JOINS TEAM. ALBANY, Ga.. March 24.—Infielder Fred Brainard joined the Columbus Senators yesterday, having been on the road since last Friday in coming here from his home In New Mexico. Pitcher Cv Barger, who was purchased from Memphis, has been Instructed to join the club In Chattanooga Friday. Home runs by Bischer and Wagner featured yesterday’s 5 to 3 victory of the regulars over the Yannigans.

BOXING LAWLER WHIPS VAGLER ATLANTA Ga., March 24—Jack Lawler, Omaha, got the decision over Benny Valger, the “French flash.” in a tenround bout last night. Lawler had the nest of five rounds and the other five were about even. They are featherweights. ANOTHER STECHER WIN. ALBANY, N. Y., March 24.—Joe Stecher, world’s heavyweight wrestling diampion, today holds a decision over Mort Henderson, whom he defeated In straight falls. Law Change Aimed at Dempsey ALBANY, N. Y., March 24.—World War Veterans, members of the state assembly, today succeeded in amending the Walker bill legalizing boxing to prevent any one convicted of evasion of the draft from participating in a bout in the state. “This amendment is directed at Jack Dempsey,” assemblyman Lewis Cuvillier, its proposer, declared. Senator James K. Walker, minority leader and Introducer of the measure, agreed to the amendment. Furious Cops Money in Lincolnshire Handicap LINCOLN, England, March 24.— C. Harry’s Furious won the Lincolnshire handicap here today. Lord Glanely’s Scatwell was second and A. Thorburn's Moneith third. Twenty-nine horses started. HE’S MINISTER’S SON. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., March 23. Homer Norton is trying out for an outfield position with the Birmingham Barons. He is the first of a family of seven athletic brothers to turn professional. His father Is a Methodist minister and for seventeen years there has been a Norton boy prominent in athletics at Birmingham Southern college. SPORTS ON SUNDAY. BOSTON, Mass., March 23.—Towns and cities in the Bay state will decide by ballot whether Sunday amateur sports will be permitted, according to anew bill which has passed the state senate body. GOSH! NO WONDER. CARBON HILL, Ala., March 23.—80 b Loveless, “iron man,” ia chief of police at Carbon Hill, suburb of Birmingham. He receives $256 a month, free rent, light, gas and water. That’s why he won’t sign a contract to pitch for the Athletics

WITH THE BIG LEAGUERS

GIANTS. AUSTIN, March 24.—John McGraw’s objection to a Boston newspaper reporter umpiring in the Red Sox-Giants’ series almost resulted in a break between tbe clubs, it was learned here today. Manager Barrow, however, has telegraphed to Ban Johnson, asking .that an American league umpire be sent with Bill Brennan. BROWNS. OKLAHOMA CITY, March 24.—George Sister led the Brownies to their ninth straight victory here yesterday. George has his batting eye in great shape, getting six hits out of seven times up. Jimmy Burke pitched his recruit, Burwell, for two Innings, and he showed up well. St. Louis, 21; Oklahoma City, 10 *BRAVEB. COLUMBUS. March 24.—Detroit Tigers went down to defeat before the Boston Braves, 3 to 0. Oeschger and MacQulllan for the Braves held the slugging Bengals to seven hits and Tiger errors gave the Braves openings for their tallies. REDS. TAMPA, March 24—The Reds and Washington Americans play their second game today of the eighteen-game series. The world’s champions won the game yesterday, 6 to 4. Luque pitched five innings. CUES. PASADENA. March 24.—Rain and mist have seriously interfered with training of the (’ubs during the last few days. The Bruins got only half a day’s practice yesterday because of the weather. Coaches Announce Shortridge Thinly Clads in 2 Meets Will Perform First at Willard Park Against Manual and Lebanon. By WOODY'. North side coaches today announced that the Shortridge High school thinly clads have been entered in two track and field events and will probably be slated in a third during the next week. The Blue and White athletes will first compete for honors In a three-cornered meet with Manual and Lebanon at Willard park, April 30. The otlyer event In which they are entered Is scheduled at Terre Haute, I-nd., May 7. Normal, Wiley and Gar3eld High schools will offer the locals opposition in this meet. The coaches have started running the thinly clads through their paces and they are showing better early-season form than any other team that has traveled under the colors of the north side institution. Powell, who won statewide recognition two years ugo at Noblesville in the 100-yard dash and broad jump, is included in the Shortridge roster this season and. Judging from his performances during the past few days, he is going to burn up the tracks. Track and field sports bare taken a big boom at Shortridge and, besides the men who were on the teem last year, several promising youngsters are out for positions, and athletic mentors are confident of developing a few star performers. This afternoon at 3 o’clock the annual Junior-senior basketball game was played. For the juniors the following were slated to perform: Thomson and Mlchenor, forwards; Africa, center, and Escol and Vorhes, guards, while the senior hopes were to be centered on Riley and Caldwell, forwards; Elmore or Churchman, center, and Stevens and McLeay, guards. MOBILE SUITS ’EM. MOBILE, Ala., March 24.—The Colonels yesterday attested their approval of Mobile as a training camp by completing arrangements to return here’ next spring. The club has been here nine days and has not lost a practice. Moat of the days have been superb. The Louisville club is the first to have signed a 1821 camp. ON JOHNSON’S TRAIL. NEW YORK. March 24. —Reports that Jack Johnson is trying to smuggle him self Into the country led a force of detectives to search the Ward liner Monterey from stem to stern today when she arrived from Mexican ports. They failed to find him.

HATS CAPS Has Moved From 37 N. Penn. St. HATS Washington St. Between Meridian and Illinois Streets OPPOSITE NEWS BUILDING 25 Washington Street (Between Meridian and Illinois) Three Stores 41S. Illinois street Cor. Illinois and Markos Sts.

DODGERS. JACKSONVILLE, March 24.—The tri umphant Dodgers, who have trimmed the Yanks In four straight gatuds, resumed their family feud between regulars and rookies today. Mitchell, Mammtux and Mohart gave the Y'anks but four hits In nine Innings and shut them out. ATHLETICS. M’ALLEX, March 24.—The Athletics and Cards engaged in an old-fashioned slugging match ,here yesterday, the Athletics getting twenty-one. hits and fourteen runs, while Brancn Rickey’s men got twenty hits and thirteen runs. YANKS. JACKSONVILLE. March 24.—The Yanks were put through a lengthy batting practice by Manager Huggins today, following their inability to clout the offerings of Dodger pitchers. Tv BATES. HOT SPRINGS, March 24—8i1l Hinchman, veteran Pirate, continued his sensational hitting and yesterday pounded out three hits, Including a homer, and scored three runs in a game. The yannlgans won from the regulars, 9 to 4. WHITE SON. * WACO. March 24.—The White Sox trimmed the Waco team yesterday. Williams was put out of commission for several days as the result of a fast ball striking him on the left forearm. SPOKES. NEW ORLEANS, March 24.—The Spoke yannlgans went to pieces in the sixth and last inning ox yesterday's game, giving the regulars another victory, 8 to 5. \ PHILLIES. BIRMINGHAM, March 24. -The Phllilies have surely found their batting eyes. Thev swamped the locals again yesterday, gathering in twelve blngles.

BQWUNG CENTRAL FIVE GOES GREAT Up-to-the-mlnute reports from Peoria, 111., would lead us to believe that tho Indianapolis bowlers are beginning to show a little of the'.r old stuff. The Central Alley quintet established anew world’s record and a few other marks when they crashed for a 1,127 count in tbe last game last night. This big count gave them a pretty classy looking total and they sneaked up to third place on the list. Don't think each and every little member of the team didn’t help get that big total. Meyer registered at 231, McCullough, 226; Cray. 205; Harkenrider, 236, and Pritchett, 229. Hark got a tnrk. The team hit for 1,008 and 921 In the other games. The Heller Cqals weakened in the last round and lost two battles to the Thornton Coffee Shop In the Capitol No. 2 loop lost night. * , Chryst started the Coffees along tbe route with a 218 push. Miller shot a mean club for the Capitol Specials, but his fellow laborers couldn’t labor and the Krause Bros, walloped ’em twice In the same apot. High counts were specialties with the Hoosier Coffees and they took the Stcgemeiers down the line throe times tn a row. * The New Style Lagers accepted a couple of double renttiry donations from Fahrbach and Schott and they copped two wins from the Hamlltons. The regular Suckey-Crasher battle was fought last n'ght and tbe Stirkcv* crashed the crashers on the beak for two wins and one tie. The Fryers with the Crasher quint didn’t get a whole heck of a lot.-but the Fryers with the Suckcys made up for all lost time.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24,1920.

Hedden Shifts Scene at Riverside Golf Course; Raises Par Holes Lengthened and Traps Put in to Make Going Rough. The Riverside golfers are going to think they stopped at the wrong place when they go out for their first round this year. Ed Hedden, gronndkeeper, has virtually ripped the place up one' side and down the other, making changes all along the route, and he now hns the course fixed up to stand Second to none In this neck of the woqds. Sand traps have been put in here, bunkers have been removed there, this hole has been shortened ten yards, this hole has been lengthened 150 yards and so on down the line. Hedden Is er thusiastic over the lay of the land at the present time and anxious for the opening day which will be sometime shortly after April 15, to roll around so he can find out what "his boys” think of things. Here's something that may not appeal to a lot of the lucky birds who have been boasting about making the course “near" par. In changing things around, Hedden raised par for the course from 72 to 74. Two strokes are not wry much sometimes, but they look like a mountain at other times. The following Is a brief description of the changes that have been made since last season: Hole. No. I—Shortened fifty yards and sand trapped behind the green. No. 2 —Lengthened lflo yards and trapped on all aides of the green. No. 3 Lengthened ten yard* and trapped on all sides of the green. No. 4—Lengthened 100 yards. No. 5 Lengthened 100 yards, trapped between tee and green and trapped on all sides of the green. No. 6—Shortened thirty-five yards. No. 7—Distance the same but trapped about 150 yards from tee. No. B—Lengthened ten yards. No. 10 —Trapped on nil sides of green aDd center bunker removed. No. 15—Two bunkers removed and green trapped on south side. No. 17—Bunker removed and green trapped on south side. Holes eight, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, sixteen and etghtceh have not been changed. •*

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AN INNING WITH THE AMATEURS By CHARLIE LOGAN

ANOTHER AMATEUR CONFAB TONIGHT A good Idea on how biff amateur baseball is going in Indianapolis this year will be gained by those who attend the amateur association meeting at the city hall tonight. The meeting will be for the purpose of adopting new rules and by-laws, electing officers and admitting the various leagues already organised into the association. R. Walter Jarvis and Carl Callahan, who have been rounding up the teams, say that there will be at least fourteen loops tn the city this season. The park board has Issued orders to have all municipal diamonds in shape for the opening of the ppason and it is planned to build new fields, where there is ample space in the parks. A lot of managers have been talking about getting In the amateur association but they never get around to the meetings. This kind of "monkey business” must stop. If your team wants to enter, enter it. If it does not, take a back seat. Work on the new Premier diamond is progressing and it is possible that It may be used by the Sunday afternoon leagues. The Turner team Is getting in on the Indoor - practice stuff. Manager Buehler says ho is going to put up a hard scrap for the city title. Fifty men out for practice. That's what Manager Evans of the Debonair squad reports. Fifty candidates should mean at least three teams. Let’s go. The Southsiders or© doing their spring training on Norwood street. Window glass is higherin the sky these days, boys, better be careful. "Liniment” Lenabnn says tho rumors about his being signed to swing a towel for the Honest John Reserves are all bunk. Danny Landrigan admits he heaves i wicked water bucket. Bobby Toner isn't going to play this season. He was passing Washington park yesterday and found a loose board. AMERICAN CLUB MEETS BUTLER One of tb© first amateur games of the season will be staged Saturday on Irwin field at Butler college, when tho American club will tie up with the But-

ler nine. The Americans are in good condition after 'several outdoor workouts. Manager Hayes has announced the following lineup in batting order: L. C. Hartman, short: Lloyd Moslman, centet field; H. L. Riohardt, first base; Wilbur Shoook, second; A. V. Roberts, third base; T. Mullins, left field; Harry Templeton right field: Fred Barker, catcher, and Dudley Piatt, pitcher. Pratt has been slaked to start with Sweyney in reserve. The game will be called at 3 p. m., provided the weather is favagnble Hawthorne Tennis Club . Opens Membership Drive Neal Campbell, president of the Hawthorne Tennis clnb. announced yesterday that the directors of the club have agreed on a short membership campaign to precede the opening of the season’s play. He has appointed Edwin J. Wuensch chairman of tb© membership committee, and called on C. F. Davis, L. L. Campbell, I. Watt Pugh and Thomas P. Harvey to serve with him. It is the purpose of tbe directors to raise tbe membership from ninety, where It now stands, to approximately 175, Including junior members and women players. Improvements are to be made on tha clubhouse, and the courts are to be resurfaced under the direction of the grounds committee, of which Fred Gramms !s chairman. E. T. Ellington is chairman of the tournament committee, which will handle the annual city championship tournament in July, and several handicap and club affairs. Chicago and Pennsylvania Clash in Second Contest PHILADELPHIA, March 24.—Eleven members of the University of Chicago basketball squad are in Philadelphia today where the team will tackle Pennsylvania tonight. This will be the second game of the scries of three battles for the national Intercollegiate championship. The final game will be played in the Princeton gym Saturday If Pennsylvania wins tonight. Notice Stanley Feetle, manager of tha Marion club team, requests the following men to report to him at the amatenr meeting in the city hall tonight: Grand, Geott, Rafferty. Porter. Quill, Kelly, Sherman, Day, Noonan, Mattern and Ash.

Stevens Stars for Turners in Victory Over Pair-O’-Dice South Side Quintet Shows Speed—Meet Christamore Five Saturday Night. Capt. Johnny Rice sent his Turner “light artillery” after the Palr-O-Dic© last night on the Turner court, and at the close of tbe initial period the court stood 8 to 6 with the “Dice ’ bolding the ©(vantage. In the second round it was a different story. "Hank" Stevens, Johnny Hennessey, Sec rest, Rice and Seidenstieker took np the battle for the south sidere, and they made no bones about stacking up a 40 to 13 win,•Steven* leading the scoring department with seven field goals to his credit. The fans were glad that Rice had started his second string men in the first period, because when the regulars took the floor in the second hair they ran the point, total np so fast that they took all the interest out of the contest. Stevens, the “one man” of tbe Shortridge quintet this season, found the ring In a hurry and every time he got his hands on the ball the scorers chalked np two points. Hennessey and Rice had four field goals each and Reerest and Seidenstieker each registered twice from the floor. .. It was the close guarding of Hennessey, 'Secrest and Reidensteeker that kept the I’alr-O-Dtce count down. This trio covered the court in great style and the losers had to take their shots from all the difficult angles. Underwood sad Rabn were the starlights of tho “Dice” outfit. The former scored three times from the floor and the latter, twice. Fans will be given the opportunity to see the snappy Turner combination in action again Saturday night against the Christa mores. These teams met only once in the city league and the Turners had to battle hard to win by a 1 point margin. Olympic Preparations PARTS, March 24.—Charles J. Harvey, representing the American Olympic committee, has arrived here today from Antwerp, where he went to arrange details regarding the location of units of the Olympic team which will represent the United State*. Harvey said the Belgian Olympic officers agreed to many suggestions regarding track and field events.

NEW YORK IS BUSY SOLVING FRENCH PUZZLE Georges Looks Anything bat Battler—U. S. Can’t Figure Him. CLEVER LOOKING CHAP By JACK Y’EIOCK, Internationa] News Service Sports Editor. NEW YORK, March 24.—Can thi* bo Georges Carpentler? Is this blond* stripling the heavyweight champion of Europe who has come to uncrown Jack Dempsey? New York asked these question* today and brushed imaginary films from doubtful eyes as tbe French champion began to feel at home on Broadway. Twenty-four hours after arriving bore from France, the debonair Georges has both captured and mystified Gotham. Curious crowds linger in tha lobby of his hotel seeking a glimpse. Wherever be appears he is the cynosure of all eye*. His European triumph 1* evidently contagious. It promises to become an epidemic in America. While Georges and his bride were taking in the sights of the metropolic today, New Yorkers were industriously trying to figure how the French boxer, who stands five feet ten inches tall and does not look the 172 pound* be claim*, hopes to dispose of the champion In half a dozen rounds. “How come?” they ask. “Didn’t thi* Dempsey flatten Willard, the behemoth of the age. He did. And since ha became good no opponent has even given him a hard workout. Then where doe* Carpentler figure?” This was the line of reasoning that occupied the minds of the boxing fan* : today. There was no tendency to discount Carpentier’s reputation as a great I fighter or belittle his widely heralded ability, but the fans admit that he simply hasn't the lines of a 1820 model heavyweight champ, figuring that th* Dempsey type is the accepted standard. Compared to the champion, with his greater height, breadth of shoulder and typical fighting feature*, George* leave* much to the imagination when figured as the leading heavyweight contender. But he has come, and as far as popularity goes be has conquered. A* fs> conquering Dempsey—his campaign 1* till In the conversational stage.