Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 240, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1921 — Page 6

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Baseball News, Basket-Ball Scores and Notes, Billiard Gossip and Other Winter Sports

BUTLER QUINT FACES WABASH CREW TONIGHT Page’s Men Get Acid Test in Battle With Scarlet Tossers. FLASHY CONTEST SURE The basket-ball eyes of Indiana will focns on Indianapolis tonight when the Wabash and Butler College quintettes get down to action on the Irvington floor. The game promises to be the biggest college hardwood event ever offered In this city, and will, in many respects, throw a great deal of light on the State collegiate championship. While the record of the Wabash fire Is more Impressive than that of the Bulldogs, due to the fact that the Scarlet athletes have gone forth to battle ip stronger fields and floated their flag triumphantly, the strength of the Bine and White combination is not to be denied and they will put up a great fight before giving' any ground on their home floor. BOTH HAVK FINE RECORDS. There Is little roo mfor comparison between the two teams as a result of games played. It Is true that Butler fans have some right to crow about their victories over the Vincennes Y. M. C. A. team and State Normal, and the fact that Butler defeated Eariham by a bigger margin than did Wabash. But this right is talren away from them by The Wabash victories over Purdue’s Boilermakers, who twice humbled the athletes of Bat Page. Butler will have one advantage tonight, that of playing on their home floor. The Scarlet crowd is more familiar with larger stamping grounds and does not work any too well when crammed too Close. It was a small floor that enabled State Normal to defeat Wabash, the Teachers/ taking long shots over the powerful Wabash defense. Butler will, no doubt, try this same style of game tonight. Bat Page has in Hooker and Leslie two of the best long shot artists In Indiana and if they are running right tonight they will give the Scarlet goatl getters a lot to do to keep up with thenu. THORN" IS NEW WABASH KEGItAB. Wabash, however, will have three men on the floor who will count points when given half the chance. They are Golds- I berry, Adams and Thorn. Goldsberry, j chosen by Pat Page as center on his All- . American prep school team after the tournament at Chicago last year, and Adams have been piling up points for Wabash all season. Thorn, however, Is just getting started as a regular, but doing a very nifty job of it. This young ster has been the life of tue Scarlet team since he “caught on’’ and a lot of foils will go to the game tonight with the Intention of giving him a good once over. If Butler can beat the Wabashers to- i night the success of Page with Itutler . atnletlcs will go down as one of the | greatest feats in Indiana collegiate ath- i letlc history, because the Wabash team j of this season rates high among th? coun- : try’s leaders, whereas Butler. In previous years has not turned out a quintette capable of causing a stir in Indiana's secondary ranks. The game will start promptly at T :43 o'clock, and those desiring to get any thing as good as standing room are advised to slip off to an early start. DE PAUW TAKES ON VINCENNES GREEXCASTLE. Ind., Feb. 15.—De Pauw’s basket-bail quintette will take the floor against the Vincennes I. M. C. A. Cfirrt five hero tonight In the first contest the Tigers have played since meeting defeat at the hands of Indiana at Bloomington last week. For the most part members of the Old Gold basket squad have been resting and recuperating, following the strenuous northern trip and Conference of last week and the we-k before. The Tigers won every game piayed while ou the trip defeating Notre Game, the Michigan Aggies and Detroit College by decisive scores. But the long strain had told on the squad, and when the Old Gold basketeers met ludlaca last W ednesday night they weie defeated by the State Uam. Everything points to a Tiger victory tonight. The squad has fully recovered from the Ntigue of a series of hard games on strange floors and all membes are now in good condition. As for the Vincennes "Y" agggregation It handed Wabash a defeat earlier in the season and was later given the short end of a score by De Pauw. Nevertheless, the Ft. Backville squad has been hitting a lively ciip and a good contest is predicted for tonight.

BASKET-BALL COLLEGE. Indiana. 83; Ohio State, 11. Minnesota, 26; Northwestern, 11. HIGH SCHOOL. Orleans, 12: SmithriUe, 1L Versailles, 21; Vevay, lit. Brownsburg, Girls, 14; Tech Girin, 5. INDEPENDENT. South Bend “X.” 22; Blufftoa Phi Delta Kappa, 14. Bimbos, 29; Flying Aces, 4. Bloomington, IS; Loogootee, 12. - When the amateur basket-ball curtain was hoisted in Indianapolis this season the South Side Turner and Toung Men's Hebrew Association combinations were found to be rivals for the court honors of the south side. Today they are rivals for the championship laurels of the city and tonight will find them mixing in the final battle of the Indianapolis Independent amateur sectional play and in their third contest of the season. The game will be played on the X. M. C. A. court, following a 7 :.S0 o'clock curtain raiser between fbe Diamond Chain and Pottawattami teams. The Turners have gone thronsh the season undefeated, save for that walloping they took from the X. M. H. A. in their first meeting. And the X. M. H. A. have fono undefeated in all games excepting heir second scrap with the Turners on the Turner floor. After losing their first ■crap with the Jewish athletes, the Turners bolstered their line-up by the addition of Wallle Middlesworth and the Stevens brothers, who were on the court When the X. M. H. A. were defeated. The Turners tonight will be without the services of the best amateur pomtSetter In Indiana, "Sank” Stevens. who > under the weather with the mumps, and his loss will be more keenly felt than It was Saturday in the semi-final game with the Leader team. However, Rice *nd Middlesworth, forwards. Underwood. center, and Secrest, floor guard, ■re four dependable goal shootegs. and this combination, with ''Tubby’’ Stevens patroling the back guard should ■how plenty of class. The Hebrews have a deadly pair of point men in Joe and Mike Rosenthal, forward and center, respectively. Joe is a long Suot artist and Mike drops them |n from under the basket, which makes theina duo hard to keep in check. Mike Sagalowsky will team at forward with Joe Rosenthal and Dave Yaver and Ferd Born will do the guarding. These clubs will stand about as evenly matched os ny two teams ever were when the starting whistle blows Each has scored a victory ever the other in recent games, and the scores are so close as to leave little in comparison. Either team. In order to win, will hare to play the brand of ball worthy cf championship honors. , Fairbanks- Morse defeated the Eli Lilly Company five, 43 to 23, and the Houie of Crane nosed out Diamond Chain. 27 to 25, In the Industrial League games last week. Diamond Chain meets Ell Lilly Saturday and Fairbanks-Morse and Ilooav’sf Crane dash U the ether gams.

SUGGESTS JESS BOX FULTON BEFORE RETURN TITLE BOUT

By JACK TEIOCK. International News Sports Editor. NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—1s Jess Willard entitled to a match with the winner of the Dempsey-Carpentier bout? Is there any reason for the boxing public to believe that the Big Kansan Is still capable of putting np a good fight? Here are questions boxing funs have been arguing pro and con since Tex Rickard announced his plan to bring Willard back. The former champion has declared that he wants a chance to make an honest try for a comeback, not because of the money there will be In It for him. but because he believes he can regain the world’s championship. But Is there a good fight left In Willard today? Jess has been out of the ring close on to two years. He is no longer a youngster. He was well past the 30-year milestone when he whipped Jack Johnson. What of him now? It's a riddle the boxing public would like to see solved. If Willard is really la earnest about winning back the title he should have at least one good fight under his belt between now and next Labor day, the dote Rickard has set for his match with the victor of the Dempsey-Carpentier elvish. Willard should take on one or more big, rugged heavyweights and prove to his

Field turned out to be some neat little pacemaker for ths Ballard team of the Commercial League. He captured counts of 220, 201 and 201. The Ballards took two games from the Midwest Engines, but lost the third by a margin of one lonely club. The best count for a single effort was that of 244, displayed by Albers, after his first game with the Interstate#. He followed with a 239, then got a tough game. Harsh of the Standard Oils* kicked In with something like this: 223, 199. 204 King of the Vonnegnts went a little better, with scores of 196, 233 and 201. Johnson of the Citizens Gas outfit crashed 'em for even century in the final round. Martin of the Vonnegut team was worth 232 in his second game. Outside of that he didn’t get a thing. The Lntigsenkampa used a trio of blind, men, then won two games from the Wheeler crew of the Manufacturers’ League. Miller of the Wheelers had 239 In his tl ird game and wished he had even half that many in his other efforts. The Msrmons took the one game honors the second time around when they hit for a count of 935. Andrews, Pauley and Walton were their big guns. Heckman of the Midwest Engines startBIttfARDS TOURNEY AT (LAY POOL. A rapid-fire rotation pocket billiard tournament will open at the Claypool parlors tomorrow morning at JO o'clock, with play being carded every day thereafter, Sunday excepted np to and Including Monday, Feb. 21. ‘Some of the leading cue artists In the city will participate and the public if ini ited to attend the matches, free of charge. Gene Henning, former State pocket billiard champion, will officiate aud wiU put up a valuable award for the minuer. Starting Monday, Henning will meet nil comers In 100-polnt line-up pool and will give a StO gold piece to any nlayer defeating him. These games will be played at 10 o'clock In the morning and at 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon. COOLER WIN'S TITLE. Harry Cooler won the undisputed championship of the State last night in the 18.2 b'alkline billiard tournament by defeating Teague. 230 to IH9. Cooler went through the aeries with a clean slate The new champion ran out In the crucial game in sixty six tunings with an aver sire of 3 02-00. The final standing follows : Won. Lost. Pet Cooler . tt 0 1.000 Curtis 5 1 .833 Daily 4 2 .607 league j... 33 .600 Brown 2 4 .333 Lincoln I 5 ,lt-;7 Thornton 0 0 .000 NATIONAL AM AT E l R FINALS. CLEVELAND, Feb. 15.—Charles Heddon, Dowagiac, Mich., and Percy Collins, Chicago, will meet In the final game or the national amateur balkiiue billiard championship here tonight. Collins suffered the first defeat or tho tournament last night at the hands of Edgar T. Appleby, New York. The latter won 300 to 208 in twenty-fire innings. Collins’ deli at came as a distinct surprise and put him in a tie with Heddon.

Mo we to Save Track Stars for Later Meets RICHMOND. Ind., Feb. 15.—Coach Mows, Earlham College mantor, has decided not to send a team to the Illinois relay carnival, which is to be held at Evanston March it, because of the impossibility of getting a team In ebape. Mowe had planned to send a mlie relay team, with Charles In the hurdiea and Ray Johnson in the shot-put. A choice group of qnarter-mtlers promised a winning quartette, but the Quaker coach has decided to save his men for the later meets. Ivy and Johnson always are dependable in the scramble for points. Hopes for a winning entry in the 1111 nois carnival were high until a number of the Maroon runners developed “shinsplints.” Not wishing to spoil chances for a winning track season for the sako of one meet Mown haa decided definitely to withdraw. Pre-season training is still In progress with the usual three nights a week crosscountry run, under the direction of Assistant Coach Higgins. Several new men who entered this semester promise to make the track veterans hustle to hold their regular berths. Skate Mark Accepted. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Feb. 15.—Christ Rusch, vice president of the Western Skating Association, has sanctioned the mark of Leon Grleb of Miiwankee, who shattered the world’s professional and amateur running backward high jump record with a leap of 3 feet 7 inches at the weekly ice carnival of the Municipal Skating Association here Sunday. New Basket Chairman COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 15.—Announcement was made here Monday that I, W. St. John, athletic director at Ohio State University, has been elected chairman of the national joint basket-bail rules committee to succeed Dr. J. E. Bycroft of Prlneetpn, resigned. Basket Injury Fatal CONWAY, Ark. Feb. 15 -Troy Shumate, 19 years old, a member of the basket-ball team of a high school here, died Monday from internal injuries received lu a game Saturday. FRANKLIN VS. HANOVER. FRANKLIN, Ind., Feb. 15.—With the i absence of Pike from the line-up. the Baptists will face the Hanover quintet tonight minus tbe chief cog in the of- | fer.sn. The husky center is out with a bad shoulder received in the MooresvUle Same Friday. The probable line-up will I e Campbell and Graham forwards; Gala .center, and Capt. Woods and I btfunlw Kicrsovar, back guards.

own satisfaction and tne satisfaction of the public before claiming a chance for the world’s title. He should be willing to do more than that and he need not look for opponents. Frede Fulton would make an ideal opponent for Willard, So would Harry Wills, who licked Fulton, though there is no great pubic demand for Wills against white heavyweights. Fulton and Willard compare favorably. Willard lost to Dempsey in three rounds; Fulton in one round. But today Fulton is a better scrapper .than he was when ho met Dempsey at ’Newark. More, he Is an active fighter and has been keeping as busy as possible. The fact that white heavyweights who profess to have championship aspirations are giving him a wide berth shows what they think of him. For months he has been forced to confine his ring activities to the dusky boys. The others don't want any of his game. Tom O'Rourke, his manager, gives us the answer: “He hits too hard. He isn’t 'clubby' enough for our white heavies. They don’t want any of his ga me.” If this Is the care Fulton Is the Ideal trial horse for big Jess. A defeat of Fulton would be a plume In WillSrd's sombrero and the boxing public would take a real lively Interest lu his comeback. To a man up a tree it looks like Willard's move.

ed with 234, came back for 193 and then fell by the wayside. Jacoby came near giving the 7.enlte Metals a chance in their match with the Midwests. He got elever scores after getting away to a poor start. Lovlck won two games from the Wood Machtes for the Robbins Bodies. ITe connected for scores of 224 and 190 just when his team was In need of tlmbar. Katoa got a 222 for the Woody team in the third round. Vossln, his lead-off rnan, got Just exactly half of that. The Bomis Bags shot s lo* of consistent sticks and dldn t give the I’rest-O-Llte* a chance in tho world to win a game. Gentler and Kerr were high men for the Bemi# team while N'epple got the big scores for the Prest-O crew. It was a hard day for the Grafters of the Courthouse loop. They had it on the Ward Heelers In the first round, but McCann earna back with a strong rally to give the Heelers t* o wins out of three games. McCann's 223 count is the highest that has been posted in the leagu,- to date. Peterson also hit higher than the double century line during the Ward Heel raliy. The Crooks didn't stand a show when matched with the Politicians, who won three games without an effort.

Coaches Like Wrestling CHICAGO, Feb 15.—Hi* Ten Conferfiirf coa*lie ar* hopfi'ul that rli* cotniitg: bout between I’uul UreliL, mat iubtructor of tii© l uiveraittj of Illinois, and Johnny Moyer*. lnlmant of tl.ct middleweight uhamplonnhip, 1 err t rlduy, will instill enthuwl.iwm into the students for the art of grappling. Kobrrt 7u ppko, couch of llio University of illtm>t, a wrestling ciitliublast, hah urjjed hi* football players to take up tho art.

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Indiana Stops Ohio and Regains Tie for Lead in Conference Speedy Work Brings Crimson 33 to 11 Win Over Buckeye in Rough Content. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 15—Indiana University’s basket-ball tossers started out last night to fulfill this week's mission of regaining the Western Conference lead when they defeated the Ohio State team, 33 to 11, in the roughest game that has been played on the Crimson floor this season. Although a lot of enthusiasm was cut down by the size of the count, the ma-chine-like action of tlie Indiana athletes made the contest an Intensely Interesting one t owatch, as Marxson, Thomas and Dehorlty covered the floor and passed the ball better thau they* have done at any time this season, and showed to some 3,500 fans that their argument for Conference laurels Is built ou a concrete foundation. The speed at which the athletes were traveling made fouling a common occurrence and before the gun was fired Thomas, Dobbins, Maynard and Blair were removed from the court for overrunning the personal limit. Dobbins went out less than nine minutes after play started, and Maynard, who took his place, got out late In the second session. The Crimson warriors had the edge on their opponents in every department of the game and ran around them for a lfi-to 7 advantage at the close of the first half. Ohio showed more fight in the second session, and it looked at the start as though Coach I.evts' men would have rougher sailing, but Dean, who got seven field goals. Mn-xson and De Hority started a bombardment that soon put the Indiana combination in a position where it was safe for tho* mentor to use his second choice men. Workman and Greenspan played the best game for Ohio. Youn gand Feozle were the officials. Prior to the contest the first-round battles In the middleweight and featherweight divisions of the Indiana University boxing tournament were held. Kasermap defeated Pollock in the middleweight bout and Pfeiffer won a decision over Gehres in their featherweight encounter. Both bouts were of three rounds duration. EAPY FOR GOPHERS. EVANSTON, 111., Feb. 15.—Mlnnssitt* University trimmed Northwestern at basket ball hero last night, 23 t.O 11. o*t and Arnsteln starred for the Gophers, the Jai'er ringing seven baskets. St. Joe Shapes Up for Game With Dentals Here RENSSELAER. Ind.. Feb. 15 —The St Joseph College basket ball team is training hard for its game with the Indiana Dental College quintette to be pi i.ved In the Shortrldge gymnasium at Indianapolis Wednesday. ’The St. Joseph team lost the fastest and hardest fought game of the season on the St. Joe floor Jan. 22. The Deutals won that game by n 2S to 20 more. An early lend gained by tho Dents was more than St. Joe could overcmee, although tho two teams were within three points of each other until the closing minutes of the game. St Joseph hud the lest team in its htstorv this season. O'Brien and Scheidler form a fast guard combination. Curl is at center and Cox and Lain, a pair of clever forwards, are sure goal shots Yank Swimmer Shines HOBART, Tasmania. Feb. 13. —I.udy Lunger, the California swimmer. Monday lowered the world s records in the 300yaril and tho 300 meter swims. in the first event he clipped two and one fifth w-onds .iff the old record and In the latter event nine and one fifth seconds. The record for the :>* yard swim in a tank was 3 minutes 13 33 seconds. It was: held by Norman Ross. j

DIXIELAND IS SPRUCING UP

HOUSTON, Texas, Feb. 15.—Southern U. 8, A. la all set for the “big leaguers." Tho diamond has been put In shape by Imported groundkeepers, tho grand stand repaired, knotholes board-* ed up and the t-own hotel has been spruce'll up for the athletes from the North who demand three squares a day. Town flapper* haTe fixed up their best bibs and tucker, for even a glance from the ‘'dole’’ from the North is welcomed. Small boys have their gloves all oiled up to aid outfielder* In chasing files.

fpjjf^JGS CADDOCK TOSSES GREEK. NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Earl Caddock of lowa is the claimant of the world's lightheavyweight wrestling championship today as the result of his victory over Jim Londos, tho Greek, in their finish match here last night. Caddock and Londos struggled more than two hours before Caddock finally pinned tho Greek’s shoulders to the mat with a head scissors aud wrist lock. The time of the match was 2:oi> :3. NO MORE DAYTON BOUTS. DAYTON, Ohio, Feb. 13.—Boxing was given a blow in Dayton Monday when City Manager W. C. Barber said he would issue no more permits for matches to be staged within the city limits. He based his refusal to Issue permits on the ground that boxing is against a State law. which prohibits fights when * puree Is up. WELLS BOLT OFF. NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—The twentyround boxing match between Battling Levlnsky of New Y'ork and Bombardier Wells, set to be held at London, Feb. 23. has been canceled. This Information was contained In a cable message received here by Lovlnsky's manager. TEST FOR SIEGER. NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Sammy Rieger, former Metropolitan amateur featherweight champ, will undergo ths acid test tonight when he meets Billy Defoe of Rt. Paul, in a fifteen-round bout at Madison Square Garden. Sieger has only recently Invaded professional ranks. WELLING OPEN’S TRAININO. CHICAGO. Feb. 13.—Joe Welling, the Chicago lightweight, accompan'od by Eddie Mahon* v, a Pacific coast 133 pounler, left here last night for Hot Springs. Ark, to train a week In preparation for hit eight round championship contest with Benny Leonard in St. Louis, Feb, 25, OTHER MONDAY BOLTS. AT ROCHESTER, N, Y.—Bryan Downey, Columbus, won a Judge's decision over Augie Ratnor la fifteen rounda. AT CINCINNATI.—Tommy Gibbons oasily defooted Hugh Walker, Kansas City, in ten rounds. AT PHILADELPHIA —Rot Moore lost to Danny Kraruor in the third round when he was disqualified for butting. Jimmy Sullivan outpointed Jack Palmer In eight rounds. Dick Stosh won a draw with t rankle C lark lu six rounda. AT DETROIT —Jack Perry won from Johnny Griffiths In the sixth round when the latter was disqualified for holding. AT NIOW YORK —titanlslaus Zhvszko defeated John Frieberg In 29 minute# 12 seconds with a toe hold. AT JERSEY ClTY—Marin Plettiua defcured Stanislaus stasluk with a double wrist lock Ui 43 minutes 10 seconds.

Chambers of Commerce are arranging for a banquet to bo tendered the leaguers and the Ladies’ Aid Society of the biggest church has apportioned out the work of feeding tho banquet ter s. Texas, the banner State, with seven clubs coming, expects to get at least one look at every “big leaguer" on tlio two circuits. Louisiana next, with four clubs, has hopes of nutfhing Babe Ruth pole out a couple of homers. Arkansas and Florida with two each, are expecting ‘big times" lor a few weeks.

Ponies Pursue Huggins NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—When Manager Miller Huggins of tile Yankees started out to locate a training camp this spring he ' was impressed with New Orleans. After long thought Huggins gave np New Orleans on account of the races, believing that tile counter-sport would hold to many attractions for his athletes. In stead lie chose Shreveport. Now thi the race* have been called off at New Orleans and they will race at Shreveport Instead, so Huggins will have racing to contend with just the same.

Indicted Sox Expected to Make Claim That They Played Their Best CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Attorneys for the eight White Sox players who will go on trial next month on charges of conspiring to throw tho 1919 world’s series, Monday presented a petition to Judge IV. A. Dover asking that the prosecution be compelled to furnish the defense with whatever evidence It may possess against the players. The petition was presented in behalf of three of the players, Joe Jackson, Claude Williams and Buck Weaver. It set forth thataltbough these men were reported to have confessed to part In tho alleged conspiracy they really played their best through the series and made every effort to wiu the games. The petition indicated that the defense mav rest its case on the claim that the players did not carry out the alleged conspiracy and that tho records will show that all played their best. Gopher Students Seek Faculty Board Change RT. PAUL, Feb. 15.—A committee of University of Minnesota students Monday presented to a Minnesota Senate committee a petltloo asking the committee to “request” of President Coffman of the university the removal from the athletic board of control its present chairman and faculty representative, Prof. James Haig and E. P. Harding. The petition recites that “it Is felt by a large majority of the students and alumni of the university that the reason for the failure In late year* of university athletics to measure up to Minnesota standards ‘s due to poor management nnd lack of cooperation on the part of the athletic board of control.” Golf Bugs Out Early CHICAGO, Feb. 15. —Preparation* for *n exceptionally early opening of the golf season were made today by country clubs throughout this lionThe m'ld weather ha* brought golfer* out in (urge numbers, according to club officials, who said gulf bugs will be migrating t-o the links in large droves as early as the middle of March,

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Baseball Men Score Politics for Move to Impeach Landis Motives Behind Attack on Barrister Obvious, Prominent Major Leaguers Say. By HENRY FARRELL, United Press Sport* Edlt-on. NEW YORK, Feb. 15. —"We were expecting it. It was-bound to come,” John A. Heydler, president of the National League, said today with regard to the move to Impeach Judge K. M. Landis. Heydler was the first to sponsor Judge Landis as the supreme head for baseball, and he almost wrecked the major league before he was able to Ret the American League behind the jurist. Prominent baseball men here refused to comment on the case, saying the motives behind the assault on the barrister are so obvious that no explanation is needed. “Polities, pure and simple, that’s all there is to it,” one of them said today. Before he accepted the baseball job, Landis conferred with legal friends and department officials and, along with his own deductions, he decided it would not be Illegal for him to hold both positions. However, he told the club owners that if the amount of business ever became too great he would give up his place ou the bench. “If the politicians had kept their noses out of It,” a baseball official said today, “the Judge might have resigned from the bench before the middle of the season. But he's a fighter and since an attempt is being made to force him out, he’ll fight theta to a finish. It seems strange the great love for baseball some of these politicians are acquiring all of a sudden” HUHN TAKES COZINOTOX. MILWAUKEE, Feb. 15.—Steve Cozlngton, utility outfielder on the Milwaukee Club last season, was released to the Augusta Club of the South Atlantic league. The Augusta Club will be managed by Emil Huha, Brewer catcher last year. ' . Connie Is Conservative as He Tells of of 1921 Baby Hopefuls PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15.—"1 am not in a position to predict that the Athletics will win the pennant." So says Connie Mack, the lean, lank pilot of the American League tall-enders. “I am trying to build up a ball club that may live up to the traditions of the old Athletics,” he said today. “I could have disposed of several players this winter for fancy sums—such as Joey Dugan for one—but I wouldn’t do it. 'We are taking thirty-five players with us to Lake Charles for spring training. Twnety of these are youngsters who will need careful watching I have hopes that three or four of them will show enough stuff to laud a regular position on the club." Hammond Stars Protested HAMMOND, Ind., Feb. 15.—Hammond’s chance* of winning the State high school basketball championship were \iimmed I Monday, whon the Stale High School 1 Athletic Association, following a protest by Whiting High School as to the eligibility of Donal-i Shelton and Robert Cad- . walader of the local team, suspended , them until the State board of athletic I control could pass on their cages. The players are accused of playing in prac- : tice games while their eligibility was in j question.

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A. A. MAGNATES HOLD SESSION Owners Meet to Adopt Sched* ule and Decide on Draft Issue. * CHICAGO, Feb. 15.—Magnates of the American Association assembled at the Sherman House today for their annual meeting, at which they will adopdj a schedule and determine whether or not they will accept the draft. At tho joint meeting with the majors last month it was the desire of most of the Association club owners to refuse the draft. According to the new agreement between majors and minors a ml nor league can take its choice. However, if it refuses to allow players to be drafted from Its league it in turn cannot draft from leagues in a lower classification. The A. A. club owners were expected to adopt a schedule of 163 games, opening the season April 13. TANKS GET RECRUITS. NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—The advent of three recruits was announced Monday by the Yankees. They were signed by Paul Krichell, the scout whose favorite hunting grounds comprise the college and semi-pro diamonds. Krlehell's finds are Eugene T. Gramiey, a right-handed twlrler from Penn State; John White, who played third base last seaso i for the New York Centra! team at Livingston Manor, and Frank Schwartz, a left-handed hurler from the Kitchener team of the MlchlganOntario League. INTERNATIONAL MEETING. NEW YORK, Feb. 15,—Club owner* of the International League remained o here today to wind up their schedule meeting. Contrary to expectations no change w as announced la the make-up of the circuit. Provision was made for playing 168 games during the season and the full schedule la to be made public next Monday. Offers were received from Montreal, Providence and Newark, N. J, far franchises. YOUNGSTER SIGNS. BROOKLYN, Feb. 15.—A young*** who last season played an Important part in the Brooklyn's pennant fight, and wno seems destined to become a star In hi* profession, has returned hi* signed contract for the next pennant race. He 1* Bernie Neis, a native of the south (Id* of Chicago. Beralo Is primed for the training season and will be among those who report to Manager Robinson at New Orleans March 7. BOTHRT MEN OCT EARL Tv GALVESTON, Texts, Feb. 15.—Fred Mitchell, manager of the Boston Nationals and a squad of twenty-five pltohers and catchers will arrive here for spring training March TANARUS, one week In advance of the regular Braves contingent, according to announcement here Monday. The second squad will arrive March 13. JAKE WANTS MORE DOUGH. POTTSVILLE, Pa., Feb. 15.—Jake Daubert, first baseman of the Cincinnati Reds, has returned unsigned bis contract calling for the same money he received last season. He says he will not sign without an Increase. SENATORS GET HAUNT , KEWAXEEL IIL, Feb. 15.—Leslie Haines of Galva, a catcher, last season with Milwaukee, has been signed by Columbus for the coming season.