Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 245, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1921 — Page 6

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Basket-Ball, Boxing, Bowling Gossip, Winter Baseball

HOOSIER FANS GIVEN ANOTHER FEATURE WEEK Indiana and Purdue Each Has Two Conference Scraps— Wabash Plays Twice. BIG TEN STANDING*. W. L. Pet. I W. U Pet. Illinois „ 6 1 .SSOiMinnesota. 4 4 .600 Indiana ..6 1 .850 Michigan.. 4 4 .600 Purdue .. 4 3 .571 lowa ..... 2 4 .333 Chicago .. 5 4 .555 Ohio 2 6 .250 Wisconsiu 4 4 .500,Northw'n. 1 7 .125 Three Western Conference games and the Butler-Wabash contest at Crawfordsvilie will be serred tomgnt as the first course of this week's appetizing basketball spread. The Crimson athletes play two games this week, meeting lowa in both of them. They are in lowa City for thi first of these scraps tonight, and Friday night they take on the Hawkeyes on the Bloomington floor. lowa kicked a terrible dent in the dope can Saturday night by coming through with a win over Purdue, but this is not causing Crimson fans to lose any of their confidence In the team to score a pair of Big Ten victories this week. HARD TASK FACES PtRUm Purdue tonight is scheduled against Illinois at Urbana. and Saturday night they take on Northwestern at Evanston. This had prospects of being a mighty gloomy week for Lambert’s naen, unless they can uncover more trumps than tbev have shown In recent games. Illinois is the clnb that is fighting It ont with Indiana for the conference lead. Wisconsin battles Ohio at Columbus in the other Big Ten scrap tonight. Pat Page wall take his Butler quintette to Crawfordsviile tonight for their second battle of the season with the Wabash crew, under Coach Pete Vaughan’s wing-. This is the only big game to be played on an Indiana conrt tonight and it is getting all due attention. Tomorrow nijjht will bring the De Pauw and Earlham teams together at Richmond and the Dentals and Rose Poly Into action at Terre Haute. De Pauw defeated Earlham at Greencastle and the Dentals defeated Rose in Indianapolis earlier In the season. Both victories were scored by comfortable margins. so it looks as though the Quakers •nd Engineers are in for some rough use tomorrow night. Chicago meets Minne*ota In the Conference attraction lo* Tuesday night. TALPO TACKLES D. QUINT. Valparaiso and Notre Dame will have the stage all to themselves Wednesday night. The Vaipo athletes are clearing their decks for battle with Creighton at Omaha Saturday night, but the scrap with Notre Dame Wednesday Is considered of . much more importance to the Keogau protege*. The Irish hold one vii tory over A'alpo. Then there will be a let-up In collegiate circles until Friday night, when Wabash travels up to Notre Dame for their second contest with the Irish, and , Butler engages the Earlham combination 1 •n the Butler floor. This is also the night for the Indiana-lowa affair at \ Bloomington. The Saturday night schedule is alive j with Interesting events. Purdue takes on Northwestern at Evanston in the second Conference contest of the week for the Boilermakers. Earlham and the Dentals play here. Illinois takes a crack at Michigan at Ann Arbor. Valparaiso tangles with Creighton at Omaha and Rose Poly and State Normal meet for the third time of the season. Normal already has two wius over the Engineers. UPSETS KNOCK DOPESTERS OCT. The games played Saturday night by Indiana teams brought forth some of the wildest upsets the present season has fostered. The most prominent of these were the lowa win over Purdue, the Ohio victory over Chicago, the Hanover triumph over the Dentals and the Franklin slaughter by Kalamazoo College. Indiana and Illinois continued their neck-and-neck chase for the conference pennant by w'iDntng their contests with Northwestern and Wisconsin, respectively. A field goal by De nority in the last minute brought the Indiana University athletes their 23-to-21 win over Northwestern. Indiana had a wide advantage in this scrap until a few minutes after the second half opened. The score stood 17 to 3 in favor of the Hoosiers when the Purple started a rally that tied the count at 21-all. After the tying field goal, De Ilority grabbed the ball on the tip-off, dribbled down the floor to Immediately under the basket and scored the winning points. The teams battled hard without scoring from then until the final whistle. Illinois could not gain anything like a safe lend over Wisconsin until the closing moir/nts of play, when Vail and AA'alquist registered three baskets from the floor In rapid succession. The final count was 17 to 9. In the first half, ■Wisconsin’s smart passing game appeared too much for the Suckers, but thrilling guarding by Vail and Sabo proved the equal of the visitors’ offensive game. Wisconsin had defeated Illinois in a previous contest. PI RDIE LEADS FIRST HALT. Purdue held an 8 to 2 lead over lowa at the close of the first half of their fight at lowa City, but some distance shooting by Shimek In the second session kept the Hawkeye total growing steadily until the Hoosiers were finally met and passed In a spirited brush during the closing scene. The final score was 20 to 15, and Shimek registered fourteen of the lowa points. Ohio broke throngh the Chicago defense to a 31-to-30 victory with less than u minute to go. after having fought an uphill battle from the start. Chicago held a decided advantage at the close art the half, but Ohio used a trick offense in the second session and soon took all the steam out of the Maroon defense. The Hanover athletes swooped down on the unsuspecting and overconfident Dentals and put over a 3S-to-29 victory on the Athenaeum court. DeKyne was the only Dent who played up to standard In this scrap. Kalamazoo held an 11-to-3 advantage over Franklin at the close of the first session, and came through with a final count of 18 to 13. The Franklin athletes lest all their form in an attempt to close the gap during the second half. After getting away to a flying start and holding what appeared to be a comfortable lead through must of the first half, the Notre Dame basketeers weakened and dropped their third straight game on a Nebraska floor, 39 to 21. to the University of Nebraska. Captain Mehre was the only Hoosier who could hit the ring consistently.

BASKET-BALL

In a snappy game featured by the fast passing and airtight defense of the winners, the Silent Hoosiera, representing the Indiana State School for the Deaf, defeated the Fairbanks-Morse at the school gym. The winners scored first and were never headed. The losers were forced to rely on long shots at which McCoy starred. Bates was hlgh-point man for the winners, •coring 11 points. The score at the end of the first half was 12 to 11 In faror of the winners. The final score was 28 to 23. T-e Silent Hoosi'ers met the school alumni Saturday night at the school gym. This game, and the one w ith Fairland H. S. this week finish the season for the deaf school. Wednesday evening at the Riverside gym the Pottawattamie meet the Riverside A. C.'s and the South Side Stars hook up with the Riverside Triangles in a donble-beader that should furnish some good entertainment. GCX CLUB BESULTB. A high wind was responsible for the unusually low scores at the regular weesly Indianapolis Gun Club shoot Saturday. Slinkard led with 00 “birds” out f 100 a:id Wiggam and L. Chevrolet were tied for second with 74. Beginning next Saturday a series of Saturday handicap contests of twenty-five birds will be staged. The high man in each squad will gecaiva a box of cigars.

Amateur Basketeers Mark Time for Play in Tourney Finals Turners to Represent Indianapolis in Games With 19 Other District Winners. FIRST ROUND PLAT. Thursday. 7 P. M.—Pendleton vs. Fairland. BP. M.—Joy-Glooms (Broad Ripple) vs. Westport. 9 P. M.—Turners vs. Terre Haute .Y. Friday Morning. 9 A. M.—Bellmore vs. Fairbanks. 10 A. M. —Yorktown vs. Advance. 11 A. hi.—Trafalgar vs. Wolf Lake. Afternoon. 2 P. M.—Muncie Maroons vs. Kingman. 3 P. M.—New Albany vs. Gary. 4 P. M. —Converse vs. Sandborn. 5 P. M.—Darlington vs. South Bend. Twenty of the fastest independent amateur basket-ball teams Indiana ever boasted of will gather in Indianapolis Thursday morning to start their battle for the Hoosier pennant In the finals of Wayne Ernmelman’s second annual championship tournament on the Y. M. C. A. floor. These twenty teams represent twenty districts into which the State was divided for the sectional games, and each is the championship team of Its respective district. Two teams in which Indianapolis fans are chiefly interested are the South Side Turners, champions of the Indianapolis district, and the Joy-Gloom team of Broad Ripple, champions of the Valley Mills meet. The Joy-Glooms won the local meet last year and play most of their games here, which makes Indianapolis fans feel as though they really are .representative of Indianapolis bas-ket-nail. The Turners, who have known nothing but bad luck in both the 1920 and 1921 tournaments, would stand a great chance to get away with the State prize if they were able to put their regular line-up on the floor, but ’’Hank'’ Stevens, Turner forward, who is in a goal-getting class by himself, is still confined to his bed with the mumps and will be unable to get In the big fight. The Turners got through the sectional without ‘’Hank,” but it is doubtful if they can pull the same trick in the State flay. Wallie Middlesworth, a Shortridge Ugh School teammate of Stevens, is taking bis place in the Turner line-up. This youngster has been playing a great game, but thero isn't an amateur forward in the State who can fill the sick player s shoes when it comes to putting over the point argument. The field that will fight it ont here In the finals next Thursday, Friday and Saturday is considerably larger than was the one *hat staged the first independent amateur State scramble last year, owing to the fact that more entered the sectionals this year and also due In part to the fact that the State was divided tnto smaller districts. Several of the teams that made strong fights for State honors last year will be minus when the next State tourney starts, for they were eliminated early In their respective sectionals. John Head and Benny Evans will referee all the games. Wayne Emmolmann will present a silver cup to the winning team and gold basket-balls to every player on this team. Season tickets for the tourney Ann's were placed on sale at all sporting goods stores In the city today. Single session tickets will be gold only at the ticket office before the games. SOUTH BEND “Y” WINS. SOUTH BEND, Ind., Feb. 21.—Defeating Elkhart by a gcore of 49 to It), the South Bend Y. M. C. A. won the northern Indiana independent amateur basketball tourney here Saturday night.

BASKET SCORES

COLLEGE. Illinois. 17; Wisconsin. 9. Indiana. 23; Northwestern, 21. lowa. 20; Purdue, 15. Nebraska, 39; Notre Dame, 21. Hanover, 39; Dentals. 28. Ohio State, 31; Chicago, 30. Penn. 22; Cornell, 20. Dartmouth, 21; Columbia, 18. HIGH SCHOOL. Tech. 21; Crawfordsviile. 6 Mooresvllle Freshmen, 20; Tech Freshmen, 9. .Culver M. A., 52: Bowen (Chicago), 14. Rushville. 30; Raleigh. 6. Arlington. 28: AVebb, 19. Manilla. 17; Carthage, 14. Fairvlew, 56; New Salem. 12. Rushville. 47: Arlington 8. Manilla. 23: Fairview, 16. Rushville. 38; Manilla, 13. Cutler, 41; Burlington, 17. Flora. 34; Delphi, 28. Bringhurst. 43; Deer Creek, 16. Cutler, 75; Camden, 27. Flora, 84; Bringhurst, 32. Cutler, 49; Flora, 21. Arcadia, 48; Westfield, 24. Arcadia, 87; Noblesville, 10. Sheridan, 39: Atlanta, 12. AVestfield. 30: Cicero. 9. Carmel, 21; AYalnut Grove, 15. Fishers. 19; Boxley, 12. Arcadia, 60; Sheridan, 6. Westfield, 14; Carmel, 10. Arcadia, 43; Fishera. 17. Seymour. 41; Clear Springs, IS. Clear Springs. 19; A'allonla, 13. Seymour. 45; Cortiand, 15. Clear Springs. 12; Freetown, 8, A’allonla, 62; Medora, 9. Cortland, 22; Houston, 8. Seymour, 40; Browngtown, 24. Clear Springs, 17; Crothersvillo, 9. Etna Green. 17; North Webster, 5. Syracuse, 17; l’rincton, 10. Atwood, 14; Claypool, 9. Etna Green, 10; Burket, 9. Syracuse, 20; Atwood, 13. Monrovia (girls), 12; Martinsville (girls). 11. Covington, 58; Wallace, 16. Covington (seconds), 22; Danville, 111. (seconds), 10. Southport, 23; Manual (seconds), 13. AV in gate, 18; Darlington. 13. Syracuse, 18; Etna Green, 10. Pendleton, 34; Newcastle, 23. Pendleton (seconds), 17; Markleton, 7. Windfall, 27; Fairmount Academy, 15. AA'indfall (seconds), 24; Fairmount Academy (seconds), 11. Jefferson, 28; AA'abash, 18. AV'est Middleton, 21; Russiavllle. 11. Greentown. 29; Union Township, 16. Howard Township, 27; New London, 8. Greentown, 42; New London, 8. Greentown, 28; Howard, 23. Windfall, 7; Fairmount Academy, 15. AA'indfall Seconds, 24; Fairmount Acedemy Seconds, 11. Roaehdale, 19; Brazil, 17. Plainfield, 31; Brownsburg. 24. INDEPENDENTS. Fairland. 19; Boggstown, 16. Blue Ridge, 20; Todd Specials (Shelbyvllle. 16. Shelbyville Independents, 19; Waldron, 14. Fairland, 32: Blue Ridge, 11. Shelby ville Independents, 30; Shelbyville Outlaws, 19. Fairland, 29; Shelby ville Independents, 21. Kingman, 38; Wingate. 30. Yorktown, 86; Hartford City, 18. Kingman, 24; Otterbein, 23. Otterbeln, 36; Jackson. 30. Brooks. 28; Oxford. 17. Kingman, 36; Freeland, 23. Kingman, 70; Brooks, 18. NIXON IN FOLD. BEAUMONT, Tex., Feb. 21.—A1 Nixon, outfielder, sold last fall by the Beaumont Texas League Club to the Boston Nationals, has mailed his signed contract for 1921 to the Boston club.

Barnum Sure Was Right PARIS, Feb. *l.—His “magic” touch did not avail Johnny Conlon, former bantamweight champion and strength neutralizer, Friday when he was traveling from Geneva to Pari*. Johnny became engaged in conversation with a young lady nnd told her of his exploits In restating the efforts of the strongest men of France to lift him.. The girl volunteered to attempt to lift the former purilist, and Johnny consented to the trial. She failed. Subsequently the American discovered his pocket book, which had r<k>twined a large amount of money, was missing.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKET GOSSIP

Tech bumped off another one of the State's best Saturday when they beat Crawfordsviile. 21 to 0. “The bigger they come the harder they fall” is the Tech motto. One lone field goal by Crawfordsviile tells the story of the wonderful defensive game played by Tech, while only hard luck on the basket held the Tech count to twenty-one points. Manual's sensational winning streak was brought to abrupt termination Friday when the Red and AV bite succumbed to Bloomington, 41 to 26. Bloomington recently beat Sbortridge, 45 to 18. The similarity of these scores looks interesting considering the local sectional tourney is less than two weeks distant. “Sbortridge won another game yesterday” starts out an account of the Spiceland game Friday. Where do they get that “another” stuff. Tech has won twelve out of her last fifteen games played. Included In this arc victories over such teams as Bloomington, Kokomo, Bedford, Lebanon and Crawfordsviile. Trior to Friday’s defeat at the hands of Bloomington Manual was going at top speed. Wins over Martinsville, Wiley and Garfield of Terre Haute and Bedford made the south aiders look extremely formidable. The less said about the record of Shortridge the better, but there is no denying the fact that in their recent games the Blue and White has picked up 100 per cent. The fighting north slders cun not be conflted out until they have been eliminated in the tournament Anderson is discovering that there Is many a slip twlxt the cun and championship Coach Staggs’ five toppled before Martinsville Friday, 39 to 22. Earlier in the season Anderson beat Mnrtinsville, tVt to 22. Anderson's start in the State title race was the mast auspicious in the field, but things have not been going to well lately for the upstaters. Rochester, Franklin and Martinsville hold recent wins over the powerful Madison County five while Kokomo and Bloomington w ere only defeated by very narrow margins. Logansport sprang back in the limelight Friday by downing Jefferson of Lafayette, 29 to 24. Jefferson Is another one of the foremost title contenders that is finding the going a little rough on the final stretch. Trobablv never before In the history of the I. H. S. A. A. will the teams go into the tournaments with the dope in such a muddled condition as it is this year. In previous years there always were a couple of five* that kept their record intact, or 'at least the fiold was narrowed, down to two cr three teams that stood out head and shoulders above the rest. This year there will be at least six quintettes entered that are regarded as Laving an equal chance at the honors and there will not be a single one of

Sky Pilots Kick Over Bouts at Benton Harbor BENTON HARBOR. Mich., Feb. 21. Harbor clergymen t ©<ljr plaiinM to n vigorous t**.mpalicn afc'n!n*t the staging of prize tights here. I)r. Paul 11. Yourd, rhetor of the 1 irnt f'oiigregHtional Church, wrote a letter to Governor A. J. Gro*be*ck urging the ?*tate to take tep* to prevent the appearance here >f slack tlohiiMiiv. Johuvon 1h fuhMuled to battle here Aug. 1 during an “Envancipallon d*y” celebration by negroe*. “The moral tone of the commnnlty has been lowered by the matehe*," llev. 1 ourd nid. “Michigan <*re not made by mlniatem and hght will continue," said Promoter I loj<l 1 ihnlmtnoiti.

wmmfjl JTH SpyPuGS OLD JACK IS VICTOR. BOSTON. Feb. 21.—Jack (Twin) Sullivan of Cambridge, 42 years old, Satur- j day defeated Joe Thomas of Diamond j Hill, R. 1., 35, on a teehnlcul knockout j In the third round, in a return boxing ; bout, sequel to a ten round draw fought in Los Angeles thirteen years ago. Tho match whs scheduled for ten rounds. The “old-timers” were rated as light heavyweights Saturday. In Los Angeles ti ey were middleweigbts. Sullivan opened a cut over his oppo Dent's ey * In ihc first round and followed j up tills lead with successive Jabs to the wound. He showered short right and left Jabs to tho body that bothered | Thomas considerably, and the end came j when ho was practically at Sullivans mercy. GIBBONS AFTER HEAVIES. NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Tommy Gibbons, who seeks laurels in the heavyweight division, will start an active campaign next month. The St. Paul scrapper, unable to find opponents in middleweight ranks any longer, has been matched with Charley Welnert, it became known today. Gibbons and Welnert will get together at Madison Square Garden March 2 in a fifteen-round bout to a decision. In view of the fact that Welnert recently has launched a campaign to “come back" as a heavyweight contender and Gibbons ! baa Just Copped Into heavyweight ranks, this bout will be of Interest. ' TWO FEATURE SCRAPS. NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—Two boxing bouts of unusual Interest will be staged here this week. Tomorrow night Louis Bogash, crack New England welterweight. will meet Soldier Bartfleld at Madison Square Garden. On Friday night Willie Jackson and Johnny Dundee will renew their feud. l’helr fifteen-round bout at the Garden will be the ninth meeting between them. STATE BOXING AND WRESTLING. Martin O’Connor of Crawfordsvllie, a light-heavyweight wrestler, is open to meet all comers in his class. O'Connor has had four years' experience on the mat and is desirous of getting bouts with the State's leading grappling artists. Address Martin O’Connor, R. U. 7, Crawfordsville, Ind. Joe (Kid) Ilarrls of Newcastle, welterweight boxer, is seeking matches with fast boys In the 340-pound class. Address M. W. Davis, general delivery, Newcastle, Ind. Answer to H. P.—Jack Dillon does not hold a knockout decision over Harry Greb. Class B Rating AUBURN, X. Y„ Feb. 21.-Application of the South Atlantic Baseball League for a Class B rating was granted yesterday by the national board of arbitration of minor league associations. The board granted the request of the Piedmont League for advancement from Class D to Class C and denied the application of the Western A-ssoctatlon for a Class C rating. N. D. Loses on Track SOI TII BEND, Ind., Feb. 21.—The Illinois University track and field squad defeated Notre Dame here Saturday night. 0 to 29, winning seven first out of the eleven events. Alberts of Illinois established anew Western Intercollegiate record in the high jump, clearing the bar at 6 feet 3inches. The events were close and exciting from start to finish. I. U. Grapplers Win LAFAYETTE, Ind,, Feb. 21.—Indiana University wrestlers administered the first 'cbfeat of the year to the Purdue grapplers here Saturday night, the score being 36 to 16, in Indiana’s favor. With the exception of the bouts in the 135pound class and In the heavyweight class, the matches were fairly evenly contested.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21,1921.

these that has not lost at least two games in Interscholastic competition throughout the season. Manual, Shortridge and Tech will embark on the last week of interscholastic competition ojf the 1.920-21 season by meeting some of the strongest high school fives In Hoosierdoin. Shortridge has by far the most strenuous card, playing three games, two away from home and one on the Shortridge court. Tuesday Coach Julius will take his men to Franklin for the banner game of the year on the Shortridge card. Friday the north side contingent will move over to Bedford for a battle with their old rvals of that place. These two teams are apparently the class of the southern Indiana region and both are frequently mentioned as a State championship possibility. The Blue and White will wind up the season Saturday, meeting Pendleton In the north side gymnasium. If the Shortridge five emerges from this week of competition in a satisfactory manner all past errors will be readily forgiven by local followers and a win over either Franklin or Bedford will send Shortridge pre-touruament stock up to the sky. Tech will meet Jefferson at Lafayette Saturday in the last game of the year for the Green and White. It was Jefferson that beat Teeh in the final game of last season a u d then topped it off by eliminating the east slders in the second round of /he State tournament at Bloomington. Saturday’s game will give Coach Black a wonderful opportunity to get revenge and there is not one of the three thousand students at Technical that Is the least doubtful about the outcome. A victory in this game would be pleasing in more ways than one from a Tech viewpoint, for Jefferson this year has beaten both Manual and Shortridge by top-heavy counts. Manual will close the season before a home audience, meeting Thorntown at the local Y. M. C. A.. Saturday night. The Thorntown aggregation Is weak this year as compared with the fives that have represented the upstate school in past seasons and Coach Morrison’s athletes should bring the season to a close In a fitting manner. .Before the Anderson-Martlnsvllle game at Martinsville Friday Rev. Montgomery of Martinsville presented a bronze memorial tablet to the Martinsville High School donated by the citizens of the Artesian t’ity as a thrlhute to Hugh Gibbs, noted athlete of Martinsville, who was fatally Injured in a football practice game at Culver last fall while In training with the De t auw eleven. Prof. A. R. I.eible. accepted the tablet. Students and citizens of Martinsville and a number of basket-bail fans from Anderson were present. In the game that followed the tablet s presentation the Ar teslan City five decisively defeated the strong Anderson quintette, 39 to 22. Tudor and Nash led the Martinsville scoring. The splendid team work of the wluners was a decided feature.

Indiana Will Enter Crack Thinly Clads in National Event Paul R. Jordan, chairman of the charnpiouship committee of the Indiana A. A. V., has received entry blanks from Fred Itublen, secretary treasurer of the national association, for the national senior indoor track unit field championships at the Twenty Second Regiment Armory, New York, Hur t 19. Jordan now is scouting around for some strong athletes to sen i to the national championships as representatives of the Indiana association. The cream of the State's track talent will compete at the Indians meet at Tomlinson Hill, March 2, and it is expected that the men making the best showing in their rospe ctlve events will be sent to the big meet.

Week’s Court Card of Interest to Local Fans

TODAY. Indiana vs lowa afi lowa City. Duller v*. Wabash at Cra>vford*vllle. Wisconsin v*. Ohio at Columbus. Purdue vs. Illinois at IJrbsnS. TUESDAY. De Panw vs. Earlham at Richmond. Dental* v. Rose Poly at Terre Haute. Chicago vs. Minnesota at Mlnueap°Ua. .Shortridge vs. Franklin at FraukiLn. WEDNESDAY. Valparaiso vs. Notre Dame at Notre Dame. THURSDAY. State Independent tournament Thursday, Friday und Saturday at Y. M. C. A. FRIDAY. Earlham vs. Butler, here. Waha-h vs. Notre Dame at Notre Dame. lowa vs. Indiana at Bloomington. Shortridge . Bedford at Bedford. Tech. vs. Jefferson at Lafayette. SATURDAY. Purdue vs. Northwestern at Evanston. Kuriham vs. Dentals, here. Chicago vs. Wisconsin at Madison. Illinois vs. Michigan at Ann Arbor. Valparaiso vs. Creighton at Omaha. Rose Poiy vs. Stale Normal at Terre Haute. Thorntown vs. Manual at Y. M. C. A. Pendleton vs. Shortridge at Shortridge.

FIELD AND STREAM By OLIVER BAI'S.

Why Is the sportsman? This ts a question that he himself is sometimes forced to scratch his pate over. Why does ho take trails that he positively kuows lead him to hardships, danger, toil, fatigue, mental and physical anguish, and yet goes back, time after time, for a further dose of the same? No, the outdoorgman has no need to feel derided and all alone when the pert j city man pops the question, "Why is a sportsman?" He admits with a cheerful j grin that there are hardships, delightful hardships—the snow and the ruin, the insects, the adverse winds, the bninthly tblcketj, but. while ho reaches gropingly for the answer and may flounder in defense. he Is quite sure that there Is some big, firm foundation ou which his reason for being a sportsman rests. Many city dwellers of today have dominion over nothing. Landlord, Job, grocer, all call him slave. For the sake of tha; sheltering cranny In the brick canyon of the city street, no inclination of his but Is heuimedand bound by fear of losing hts burrow In the rocks. Is It any wonder that he rebels sometimes against the restraint of It, the belittling self-confession of Impotence? The day Is fine, but the office, (he fiat, the club, the theater and a thousand artificial things tint have nothing to do with the weather or nature's Inviting mood, deny him. But, more than these even, his own impotence denies him. Ah! The sportsman! Skill with rifle and rod, Knowledge of wood raft, woods, travel, horse, canoe, camp cookery, camp medicine, all the battling qualities that make a man a man in winning comfort and sustenance from nature. These he material benefits. The soul Is not satisfied with a sense of self-reliance alone. There is a craving for the beautiful Implanted In the breasts of all of us. whose yearnings will never be sated. Because of his nature, the sportsman feels these yeanilngs the more acutely. None so humble among us but gets hts major enjoyment, not from the gamo alone, but from the silent beauties of marsh and upland, or fields and streams spread so lavishly on every hand. Scenes never to be forgotten, of natural beauty crowd bis mett-ories; more of them, bout by hour, will unfold as new country Is traversed. Is It not the anticipation of these, as well as the pursuit of game, that lures him afield? Happiness, freedom, health, no fear of age. no fear of death. AA’hy is the sportsman? Shucks! The question answers Itself. SAINTS REPORT MARCH 12. ST. PAUL, Feb. 21.—The first squad of St. Paul ' American Association baseball players will report for spring training on March 12 at Dawson Springs, Ky., Manager Mike Kelley announced here today. He expects • score of men on the first day.

BUTLER ENTERS SCARLET CAMP Another Basket Thriller Is Promised on Crawfordsville Court Tonight. CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind.. Feb. 21. The coming of Pat Page, hts Butler basket tossers and a horde of Butler rooters is expected to be the cause of another great conflict on the AVabash College court tonight. The event will be the seco’nd meeting of the Butler and Wabash teams and a scrap equal in every respect to that staged in Indianapolis last week, w'hen Wabash won, 29 to 25, should be the result. Sickness and injuries have bothered Coach Vaughan's athletes considerably sinee their most recent Indianapolis invasion and it is doubtful if the full power of the Scarlet machine will be seen in tonight's affair. Goldsberry has been showing the effects of his hard work throughout the season and Vaughan excused him from drill since last AA’ednesday. lie was not even In uniform for the Earlham contest Friday night, and It is doubtful if he will start tonight. Thorn is still nursing his Injured knee, ana Grater Is bothered with a heavy cold, hut Vaughan has no choice but to start these stars if he Intends to get any place against the visitors. if Goldsberry starts. It will be at a forward position with Adams. If he does not, then Adams and Schanlaub will be the forwards, with Thorn jumping center and Captain Burns and Grater doing the guarding. Butler, on the other hand, will be here in full force and in fighting aimor. Leslie und Hooker will be the Blue and White forwards. Dyktns will Jump center, anil Dietlerlch and Jones will handle the guard tasks. Hooker and Leslie rate as two of the best floor men In the .State collegiate ranks the Wabash guards will have to step some to keep them uuder cover on the big floor here. It la expected that many Butler students will accompany the team here, most of them riding the special cars. A block of seats has been reserved, and some lively cheering is expected f*um both sides. DENTALS BRACE FOR ROSE GAME The Indiana Dental College basket-ball team will play Rose Poly Tuesday night at Terre Haute. While the Dentals have an early season victory over the Engineers. still Coach Clark knows tiiat if his team doesu't play better basket-ball than it did against Hanover Saturday night, that the Dentals will “get one sweet, trlmqiing” at Terre Haute. Hanover defeated the Dentals, 38 to 29. Overconfidence on the part of the Tooth Pullers played an important part In tho losing of that game. However. Hanover had two men, 11. Powell and Montgomery. who could hit the basket almost every time they got a shot. All the clever pass work shown by the Dentals In other games seemed to be missing in the Hanover game In the opening perioit the Dents passed so hard that their teammates fumbled and, numerous chances for easy shots were missed by the fumbling of tho ball. Th Dentals became disorganized and before the final whistle in the opening half the Hanover team was lending. 22 to 9. The Dentals staged a comeback in the last half, outplaying ahd outscoring Hanover, but the lead was too big and Hanover won. Hard work Is th schedule for the Dentals fiiis week for besides, the game with Rose Poly at Terre Haute, the Dentats will play Earlham in Indianapolis Saturday night.

BAWLING •mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrn* Indianapolis bowlers spoke pretty well for themselves in the National Elks' tournament at Toledo yesterday. The Elk No. 1 team rolled tnto second place in the five-man division with a total of 2.724 pin* and the No. 2 team rolled Into eleventh position with 2,617 pins. Meyer shot a wicked stick for the No. 1 team. Ills scores were 212,'' 2UB cud 181. Eddie HarkcnUder threw In his hook for 237 plus In his second game with the No. 1 .earn. In the doubles competition, Pritchett and AteCullough found themselves after slow starts und rounded out a total of 1,182 sticks to take first place. The veteran Jess got 231 for the high score honors of the series. Bush and nnrgett pulled In for third honors iu the doubles with a count of 1,168. Ilarkcnrlder and Fox finished in fifth place. Irish didn’t do mneh in his first and third doubles games, but his second round score of 224 Just about squared him with the community. Eddie Harkenrider grabbed off his chunk of the singles honors with a 621 count. Cray ran second with 613 and Meyer was next with 603. ITnrkcnrlder helped himself out quite some little bit with his closing count of 238. Cray wonld have knocked ’em all for a goal If ho had not met a couple of bad breaks In the second frame. Harkenrider again starred In the allevents, taking first place with a score of 1,799. Ed Meyer was next with ten pins less. Frenchie Wants Running Match With Joie.Ray NEW YORK, Feb. 21. —-Josef Guillemot, Olympic champion at 6,000 meters, toduy opened a campaign to bring about a match between himself and Joie Ray. Ray and three other American runners defeated, the French runner here Saturday night over a 3,000-meter route. Guillemot's sponsors were to take up the question this afternoon. ‘Our Mike’ Leaves League Alike Kelly, Indianapolis ball player, who caught for Toledo and Columbus in the Ameriean Association last season, has been released to the Columbia Club of the South Atlantic League, according to Manager Brestmhnn of the Mud Heus. This announcement comes as a great surprise to Mike's many friends and admirers around the A. A. circuit. The peppery catcher covered first base for Tolrtdo for a time last season, but later was loaned to Columbus, with which club he played a great game behind the plate and swung his hickory for a .299 average. Snyder Wingshot Champ KANSAS CITY', Mo., Feb. 21.—Harry Snyder, amateur, Kansas City, won the International wingshot championship over twenty-seven entrants In the feature event of the annual Interstate tournament with a 96 score. MACKMEN START WORK. LAKE CHARLES, La., Feb. 21.—Reports of blizzards in the far North were not disturbing to the Philadelphia athletes. who expected to crack open the 1921 baseball season toduy. With their bats ground down to slugging weight and their gloves oiled, the Athletics expected to begin training operations this afternoon. FOUR HENS SIGN. TOLEDO, Feb. 21.—Signed contracts of four of last year’s members of the Toledo American Association club were received here yesterday, Roger Bresnahan, president of the club announced. They •re Infleider Dyer, Outfielder Wlckland and Pitcher* Brady and Meade.

DENNY BUSH IS AT PENAL FARM, NOT BY CHOICE (Continued From Page One.) the effect that ho is penniless and will have to serve out the fine and costs amounting to about $l,lOO, also is without foundation. Denny is looking forAvard to the expiration of his “days” on May 5, with the firm conviction that the fine and costs will be taken care of. In the meanwhile he Is putting up the money necessary to keep things boiling In the effort to upset the Judgment that took him to the farm. NOT FORGOTTEN BY OLD FRIENDS. Nor has Denny been forgotton by his , old friends and associates in Indianapolis. ! Among his visitors at the farm has been Thomas C. Riley, a member of Mayor j Jewett’s “good government” board of i works and others whose prominence In the affairs of Indianapolis indicates that Denny is a long way from being forgotten. When Bush first reached the penal farm he was expecting “something soft.” When he discovered that the powers that be had not made arrangements to make his vacation from bis duties in Indianapolis a pleasant one, he started a howl that was heard all the way from here to Indianapolis. Jut how much effect tills howl has had is somewhat of a question, but It Is a fact that the penal farm authorities all know that Denny does not approve of them and none seems to be much disturbed because of it. The principal thing that Is worrying Bush right now Is that he is not in a position to play his usual part in the bipartisan effort of News-Jewett Republicans to capture the Democratic organization. Denny was, for many years, the mainstay of these political schemes and in the progress of them ho was always a welcome visitor in the office of the Indianapolis News, the police station and the city hall. Just at present, when his old friend, Thomas C. Riley, is directing the fight to deliver the Democratic organization to the Republicans, Denny can only help from the confines of the penal farm. If the officials of the State of Indiana do their duty toward the State, Denny will stay at the farm until Just after the city primaries. And If Denny stays at the farm until Just after the city primaries, the people of Indianaapolls have just that much better chance of having their choice for mayor recorded—and counted. Hartford City Veteran Takes Training Course Special to The Times. HARTFORD CITY. Ind., Feb. 21. Ilenry Markin, a veteran of the vmrld war, who lost a leg la action, was matriculated here today in one of the Government's vocational training courses by | A. L. Brady a representative of the de- ; partment. The fact that work Is scarce ; Is causing many men here to investigate the vocational training offered by the i Government. William D. Smith, 69, Succumbs at Marion Ppeolni to The TJm**. MARION, ind., Feb. 21s—William D. | Smith, 09, is dead at the home of his i son, Elmer D. Smith, here. Death re I suited from complications following a | fail in which his hip was broken. Steamer Goes Ashore SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 21—The steamer Alaskan, bound from New York to San Francisco, Is ashore on the Lower < 'altfortna coast, south of San Diego, Cal. The vessel ha* no passengers. The Alaskan is operated by AA’iUlams, Diamond Ac Cos. . Troop Law on Austria BUDAPEST, Feb. 21. —Austria was placed under martial law today to offset threats of a general strike Further re presslve measures were planned in case the discontented pressed their demand for extension of political liberty and doubled wages. North and South Carolina were named after Charles I of England, while Maryland was named In honor of his wife, Henrietta Marla.

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Scriptural Adage Is Driven Home to One Chicago Jailer Extra Chunk of Bread Stops Escape of Prisoners and Saves Keeper's Life. CHICAGO, Feb. 21.—The Scriptural adage about bread cast upon the water returning has a firm disciple here today In Jailer John J. Mforphy. AYhile feeding prisoners In the detective bureau Murphy slipped an extra chunk of bread to John Salaman, under arrest for wife desertion. Salaman was so grateful that he tipped Murphy off to a jail lelivery plot which, according to Salatnan's story, Involved the murder of Murphy himself. Acting on Information given by Salaman jailers searched the cells occupied by four of the most hardened criminals in the jail and found the bars almost cut through by saws that had been smuggled in. Liberation of fifty prisoners In the detective bureau was to have been attempted, Salaman told the police after the plotters had sawed through the bars, killed Murphy and opened the cells with his keys. Objection Shown to Bill of Sen. Steele Special to The Time*. LA PORTE, Ind., Feb. 21—The bill In the Legislature of Senator Claude Steele, La Porte and Starke Counties for a nor- ; mnl school In Michigan City, Instead of In either Lake or St. Joseph counties, Is i approved In principle, but there is objection to the method. Steele's bill is that the county Is to build the school and turn it over to the State. There Is small likelihood that La Porte County commissioners would go to this expense in the face of the necessity for extreme economy, It is believed. It is regarded, therefore, that La Porte County will not be a serious contender with either Lake or St. Joseph for the normal school unless it Is built and paid for by the State.

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CALLS COPS TO LECTURE HUBBY, Wife Raises Burglar Crg td Get Action on Spouse. Mrs. Martin Pavey, 424 North Wolcott street, is tired of being left alone three nights each week Just because her husband, who Is 56, enjoys a fox trot or & waltz. She decided to break up hubby’s “wild nights” when he returned home at 1:30 o’clock Sunday morning and she sent a burglar call to police headquar* ters. Sergeant White and a squad of detectives arrived in record time and surrounded the Pavey home. “Where is the burglai 1” demanded the sergeant as he entered the house. “Oh, there is no burglar,” explained Mrs. Pavey. “My husband, who Is downstairs fixing the furnace, has been to another dance. I am tired of being left alone. I wanted you to give him a good calling down and so sent in the burglar call to get quick action." Pavey admitted he attended a dance at College avenue and Eleventh street and he also admitted he liked to dauce. Sergeant White said he believed Pavey was old enough to attend dances and suggested that Mrs. Pavey “call down her husband herself In the future without calling for the police. Marion Physician, 80, Is Seeking Divorce Special to Tho Times. MARION, Ind., Feb. 21.—Dr. Robert A. Barnes has filed suit for divorce from Johanna Barnes, setting forth that his age Is 80 years and that of his wife 43. He states they were married in August, 1920, and separated Feb. 12, 1921. The venerable plaintiff says his wife dally found fault with him, cursed him, called him vile names, struck him in the face, broke windows, dc*org and household furniture nd refused to prepare his meals, Ell of which annoyed him in hi* practice and drove his patients away, ROLL FARMER DIES. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Feb. 21. Clarence Palmer, 43, a prominent farmer, died Sunday at Roll, north of here. J. A. Palmer and Willis Palmer of Roll, are brothers.

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