Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1920 — Page 17

CHAMBER PICKS ATHLETIC BODY Committee Anointed With Wellbaum as Chairman. F. Coffin, president of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, announced today the appointment of an athletic committee which will have charge of co-operation on the part of the chamber with athletic and sporting events in Indianapolis. George B. Wellbaum was named chairman by Mr. Coffin prior .to the chamber’s participation in the opening day of the A. A. baseball season here. Many of the members of the new committee co-operated with Mr. Wellbaum in that connection, and Mr. Coffin has stated that additional members of the athletic committee will he announced shortly. In addition to the chairman, the committee Includes James H. Lowry, Wallace O. Lee. Roltare Eggleston, Joe Kelly, G. Vanßiper, Ray Thompson. John W. Head, Eddie Ash. Horace H. Fletcher, Rev. F. S. C. Wicks and Charles Carr. Myers' Encounter With Dugey First Time He'd Been Put Out of Game Hy Myers of the Robins, who recently engaged in a fist battle with Coach • •scar Dugey of the Braves after that member of the Boston club had enraged the Robin by making him a target for uncomplimentary remarks, has received a letter from President John Heydler of the National league referring to the unfortunate incident. President Heydler, in view of Hy s c-xemplarv conduct on the field since he broke into fast company, hesitates to punish the player, but hopes he will not be called upon to review a similar case in Which Myers is involved. This is Hy's twelfth year as a professional ball player, and until the contest in which he exchanged blows with Dugey he was never put out of a game. Football Injuries Often Retard Collegians Who Enter League Baseball

“Frank Frisch was fortunate as a football player." said John McGraw recently, in commenting on his new infield star, “in that he did not sustain an injury of such character as to hamper him in his ball playing. “Any number of prospective major league stars have failed to attain greatness because of the results of injuries they received on the gridiron. “Harry McCormick, for one, would have been a real great ball player had he not injured both knees and one shoulder while playing football at Bucknell. “There is Dave Robertson, too. Dave probably would have been as fine a lefthanded pitcher as there is in baseball today, but In the last game of football he played In college he hurt his left shoulder and he hasn’t been able to throw a curve ball sic<ee. “Only the fact that he is a good hitter enabled him to remain in major league baseball. “Those two are notable examples of what I have in mind. There have been many others.” JOHN L.’S MANAGER HERE. Among the ringsiders at the Carpentier boxing and wrestling carnival at the state fair grounds tomorrow evening will Frank Hall, former manager of John L. Sullivan; Tom Bendlovv, widely known golf course architect, and Charles Rexford, hotel man. These promiuents are coming tip from West Baden to see the famous Frenchman act and Frank Hall's opinion of Carpentier's chances to win the heavyweight crown will be well worth hearing. Hall managed Old John L. when the “Boston strong boy” was In the midst of his best ring days, and he has many stories to tell of the battles SuUivan appeared In. A. B. C.’s Win Again ST. LOUIS. May 2?—The A. B. C.’s of Indianapolis yesterday defeated the St. Louis Giants. 7 to 4. in a hard-fought game. The Giants’ pitcher, Carr, was driven from the mound in the eighth inning after the visitors tad loaded the bases. Johnson was hit hard, but kept the blows well scattered. PIRATES ADD PITCHER. PITTSBURG, May 28.—Officials of the Pittsburg National league baseball club announced here today that It had added the name of Johnny Watson, a pitcher, to the teams roster.

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Bastian Meets Pike in Semi-Finals of Conference Tourney CHICAGO, May 28.—Fritz Bastian. Indiana university racquet wielder, who last week won the Hoosier state college championship, today was to take his stand against Pike, Chicago university, in the semi-finals of the Western Conference tennis tournament. Vories, Chicago, and Wesbrook, Michigan, were to clash in the other singles match. The semi-finalists played great tennis yesterdav and all except Bastian went through'their matches in easy style. Bastian's road was a hard one to travel. The first round of the doubles was started yesterday afternoon with Indiana, Chicago. Northwestern, Wabash and Wisconsin teams qualifying.

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CINCINATI, May 28.—The champion Cincy Reds must have two or three pitchers and a couple of good utility men very soon or they will find themselves out of the race, according to local fans. The team got by last year very shorthanded because it was lucky enough not to have any Injuries of importance early in the season. This year Daubert, Groh and Rath have already been out of the game and the pitching staff is weak, with only six hurlers. not including Charley See. Player Breaks Ankle FRBANA. 111., May 28.—H. 11. McCurdy, I'nlversity of Illinois baseball catcher, broke his left ankie. He was leaving the field after practice and attempted to slide to a bag on an unused diamond.

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Oh, Bill,You Tell Em! The Greatest Event of Its Kind Ever iP# Held in Indianapolis. Elks’ Athletic Festival Georges Carpentier Champion of Europe—ldol of France fK M.And an All-Star Program of Wrestling and Boxing & \ ;fy , - | Exhibitions. * j COLISEUM |7 * J State Fair Grounds K:A| Saturday Night, May 29th ml Seats Selling 111 N. Illinois St. Mw Jr BUY ’EM NOW! E V \ And Avoid the Rush. mSB* Prices, SI.OO, $2.00, $3.00. All Seats Reserved. Plenty of Free Parking Space for Automobiles. Doors Open 7 o’Clock. Starts H|l Promptly at 8:30. || LADIES INVITED

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GREATEST FIGHTER HE EVER SAW. New York, May 28. nere's one from Heltde Miller, sporting editor of Our Navy, the standard publication of the United States navy. Here goes Heinie; “small boys and cripples get back of the ropes”: Dear Tad—l call the hand of your pet diver, Fred McKay, as the greatest linoleum bumper of all time. My candidate is a chocoiate-coated navy mess attendant named Dixie Collins. Dixie, who was as white as Ink river, aspired to become a leading light in the game df sock-o, so he challenges one tough gob named Denny Crowley to a twenty-round ruckus on the quarterdeck of the U. S. S. Chattanooga, in Manila bay, back in 190fi. The quarterdeck of the Chattie measures about nine by nine and a promise, so the ship's lifeline served as one side of the ring while ropes were rigged to make the other three sides. In the second spasm Crowley swings one all the way fro;n the deck caulking and connects with the extreme .southern point of the may of Dahomey. Dixie does a complete back flip and a scallop or two, sails over the lifelines and into the peaceful waters of Manila bay. The referee, a Scranton Irishman named John Kelly, ship's master-at-arms, leans over the ship's side and counts Dixie out ns he is pulling an Australian crawl stroke for the port gangway. Crowley copped the winner's end, while the loser's eud mighty nearly consisted of being decorated with a summary court-martial on the charge of leaving the ship without permission. Yours in truth, HEINIE MILLER, Sporting Editor, Our Navy. OVERLOOKING SOME BETS. Kid MePartland thinks that boxing fans all over the country overlook one of the best fighters when they make no mention of Kid Carter of Brooklyn in summing up the greatest boxers in history. "There's a boy," says the Kid, “who broke more hearts than landlords have

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broken promises. I never saw a gamer or more willing fighter. Many’s the time he looked as though he were done for, only to step right out again, even things up and then pull out a winner. A tough guy! They didn't come any tougher—and how lie loved to mix! Yes, they forgot that boy.” JEFF AS A SPEAKER. Harry Frazee says that he has seen a lot of great speakers, has met quite a number, but the "darb" of all is Jim Jeffries. Frazee, who directed Jeffries’ tour prior to the Johnson fight, was very anxious for Jeff to make a good impression. The big fellow boxed well, skipped a rope and wrestled, hut after the cheers had died away the only thing he did was to make a bow. Frazee thought that if Jeff did a little Chauncey Depew stuff after the cheers it would help the show Immensely. He dug up Jim Corbett In one of the show towns and had "the child of the screen” coach Jeff in a talk. Hour after hour Corbett sat on the stage ns he put Jeff through his stunt. Jeff was to walk out from the wings, step to the center of the stage, and ns he bowed was to chirp, “I thank you from the bottom of my heart.” After that he was to take two steps backward, another smile and off to the right. For three days Corbett and Jeff worked together. Then came the Monday night on which Jeff was to start his act. He did his stunt with Berger, skipped the rope, wrestled, and then down went the curtain. Wild applause, etc. Berger shook Jeff up behind the scenes. “Now’s the time. Jim,” said Sam. “Step qut with a spiel." \jeff, shaking like a leaf and sort of rehearsing to himself stemmed out. The cheers stopped suddenly. Jeff opened his mouth, stuttered a bit and said: “That's swell." . . . , ' In backing up he tripped and almost took a Kellerman. | It was his first and only speech on the , tour.

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History of A. E. F. Sports Given in Record Kept by K. C. War Workers The first official history of the war to memorialize the part played by sports in the winning of the war is “Knights of Columbus in Peace and War,” the authentic record of the K. of C. The authors of the book, Maurice Francis Egan and John B. Kennedy, declare that, just as the battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Fton, so the war against Germany was won on the back lots of America. It is demonstrated that sport was a great factor in maintaining morale among tbo troops, and with the men of the navy. The K. C. historians also pay tribute to the professional sportsmen who relinquished their profitable home pursuits and Jolnyi tl:e K of C. Johnny Evers, Jack Hendricks. Jack Barry, Jake Carey, Jimmy Twyford, Bill Roche, Jack McAuliffe, Alex McLean and a score of others wore the K. C. uniform overseas. Billy Friol ran a K. C. baseball umpire’s school at Coblenz. In all, the Knights estimate that many millions of games of ball were played, as well ns tens of thousands of boxing exhibitions held, while the greatest aquatic events ever held In France were the K. C. water sports at St, Nazaire. In all the Knights spent upwards of 81,000,000 for sports and sports promotion for the A. E. F.. the major part of this sum being for equipment, which was made an outridgbt gift to the men. GEORGES IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO, May 28.—Georges Carpentler, European heavyweight champion, was due to be Chicago's guest today. Carpentier will appear in an exhibition bout tonight at the Illinois Athletic club.

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Ruth 9 s 4 Homers in Three Days Ties Old Hitting Mark Demon statisticians, who searched the records today, were unanimous in saying that Babe Ruth’s feat of driving out four homers in three days has been equaled only once in the history of baseball. The other slugger was Ed Williamson, who, while a member of the Chicago Colts in ISS4, set the pace for Ruth. On June 21, 1884, Williamson garnered a four-base slam off the slants of Ed Buffington, the Boston twlrler. The next game was on June 24, when Williamson hit Jim Whitney, also of Boston, for two homers. The fourrh circuit drive came on June 26 at the expense of Charlie liadbourne, the Providence pitcher. In toe same year Williamson estab liidied the mark of twenty-seven home runs, which Ruth shattered last year. L'mps Crashes Mask Off Dome of Shawkey BOSTON, May 28.—An assault upon Umpire Hildebrand by Pitcher Shawkey of New York in the fourth inning, resulting in Shawkey receiving a scalp wound from the umpire’s mask, created excitement in the first game of the series with the Red Sox Thursday, which New York won, 6 to 1. ROSTAN WAS GROGGY. SOUTH BEND. Ind., May O'Keefe won a decision over Navy Rostan in ten rounds here last night. Rostan was groggy after the eighth round.

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