Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 253, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1921 — Page 6

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Baseball Gossip, Basket Scores , Bowling and Boxing

Indians On Way South for Lengthy Spring Stay

Manager Hendricks and Owner Smith Lead Big 1921 Squad to Dixie Camp. MANY GAMES SCHEDULED * By EDDIE ASH. With a mixture of regulars and rootles, Jack Hendricks piloted his 1921 Indians out of Indianapolis this afternoon on the first lap of the journey to the club s spring training camp at Crowley, La. The ball players were aboard a special car In which they will be housed until they unpack at the little Louisiana city early Friday morning. The party left here over the Big Four route and tonight at Louisville their car will be transferred to the Louisville & Nashville for the lengthy trip to New Orleans. Arriving in the Crescent City late Thursday night, the "Housler special” again will be transferred, this time to the Southern Pacific for an all-night ride to Crowley. PASS THROUGH GULF RESORTS. After leaving Louisville behind the Indians will start invasion of the real South and will pa-s through Nashville. Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile before reaching New Orleans. A number of gulf resort towns will be glimpsed by the Indians, including Pass Christian, Ocean Springs, Pascagoula and Gulfport. H. M. Mounts, traveling passenger agent of the Louisville & Nashville, will accompany the baseball squad as far as New Orleans in order to point out the many interesting points along the L. & N. route. He has accompanied Indianapolis ball clubs South before and is well versed In the art of pointing out the high spots In scenery for tourists in Dixieland. President William C. Smith, Sr , of the Indians reached the city from New York last night to join his squad. Assistant Secretary Heywood Smith was ready to accompany the party also unless Vice

Franklin Steps Out to Wallop Pagemen in Second Session Brown Leads Butler Attack With 17 Points—Strohl Stars for Franklin. FRANKLIN, Ind., March 2.—Franklin athletes wrecked the perfect I. C. A. L. standing of the Butler College basketeers when they defeated the Bulldogs, 31 to 27, In a bitter struggle her last night. Franklin was trailing. 14 to 9, at the half, but they came back with a world of fight In the second session and threw the visitors to the short end of the score. In the first half the long goal shooting of Hooker and Leslie was the feature. and for a time it looked as though Butler had the game in the old victory bag. In the final half, however. Coach Thurber’s team came ba’k and displayed a brand of basket-ball that the Butler defense was unable to stop. The majority of the Franklin shots were taken from under the basket, after some clever passing. The most sensational goal was scored by Graham, Frankiin center, who. with a Butler guard on him. made a one-hand whip shot from the corner of the floor that hit squarely in the hoop. The big factor in the Franklin win was the play of Strohl. Franklin guard. His defensive work, dribbling and passing, was more than the Indianapolis athletes were able to account for. Strohl fed the ball well to Graham and Rich, who did the heavy scoring for FTanklin. After the first session. Hooker and Leslie were kept under a heavy guard and were unable to break through for anything like a decent shot. At one time during the second period, Franklin heid a nine-point lead, but the foul shooting of Brown, Butler floor guard, narrowed this margin. Brown, incidentally, was the high point man fur Butier, getting fifteen foul goals out of eighteen chances. He also caged one field goal. Tfye game ot times was rough, but Referee Head and Umpire Craigle mastered the ceremony In fine style. TIGERS HAVE FULL FORCE GREENCABTLH. Ind., March 2.—D * aaw will fare Wabash here Thursdav Eight with regular Tiger line-up in the final game on the Old Gold basket-ball schedule. Paul White, star center of the De Pauw five, has been declared eligible and will take his old position as §lvot man In the last contest. White been Ineligible since the first of the semester and only last week Mark Bills, the other Tiger pivot man. suffered an attack of the mumps. But gloom has ('one, for White Is eligible and In good orm, due to constant practice. Coach Buss held the last of a series of hard practices for the Tiger squad last night. Plenty of speed was shown in the workout, and considerable time was given to perfecting a de' use calculated to stop the rush of tb< Wabash team. Tiger scouts hove recently been getting down the Vaughan style of play and final practices have been regu’ated somewhet by these observations. Tlgar preparations for the contest were to be completed at the close of a basket-shooting drill this afternoon. Seldom, If ever, has a basket-ball game excited such interest on the De Pauw campus. AH houses of residence are exnei tbig many visitors and alumni hack fcr the game. Without a doubt, the Bowman gymnasium will be taxed to its capacity. All the best seats already have been sold, and only reservations on the end sections could be dbtaiued today. MOWE MUST SHIFT LINE UP RICHMOND, Ind., March 2. —A shift will be made in the Earlham line-up for the Franklin game tomorrow night, Coach Mowe announced today. A change will be made necessary by the fact that Beck, floor guard. Is barred by I. C. A. L. ruling, which prohibits a player from taking part In an I. C. A. L. contest during the first year after he has changed schools. Goar will be shifted from his forward berth to the guard Job, thus leaving the offense, position vacant. Mowe has not announced' his choice for Lawler's running mate, hut it !s probable that the other forward position will he either Townsend or Hadley. Both men can be count**! on as point-getters. The probable line-up Is as follows: Lawler and Townsend forwards: Carey, center, and Goar and Johnson, guards. ' New Yorker Places Bid for Title Cue Meeting NEW YORK, March 2. —Charles Kline, a local billiard academy proprietor, today offered a purse of $15,000 for a world's championship 15.2 balkline billiard match between Willie Hoppe and Edouard Horemans. The offer is conditional upon the players agreeing to play 4.500 points, rloremans. who is Blaytr-g an exhibition match here with Jake Schaefer. Is leading his young rival today, 1,600 to 1,320, In their -4,800point match. Ray Must Take Rest CHICAGO, March 2.—Jole Ray, longdistance runner of the Illinois A. C., has pulled a tendon in the calf of his right leg, an ex Kay disclosed today. Ray was Injured in the First Regiment A. A. tndoor track and field game Saturday. It is the same injury that handicapped Bay In the Olympic games last summer. He will be unable to compete in the Eastern meets, but may be sent into the Central A. A, U. Indoor championships.

President Smith felt sufficiently recovered from a last-of-Fcbruary cold to make the journey. BIG SQUAD TAKES TRIP. The ball players began arriving Tuesday and last night and this morning saw a big squad assembled ready and anxious to hurry the jaunt in order to don the baseball togs. Douglass Baird, Eddie Sicking and Bob Kinsella, the big leaguers, obtained in the Henliue deal with the New York Giants, were on hand for the trip. These athletes are expected to prove mainstays in the coming American Association race aud their work at Crowley will be watched with interest. Manager Hendricks declared himself satisfied with the squad, but stated that negotiations are still on for more pitchers. Firstbaseman Covington aud Outfielder Rehg are the only players still unsigned, but Hendricks is confident they will join the club later. Tex aud Walter do not like strenuous spring training. < Secretary Clatter remains here to direct the oiling up of the Washington Park “machinery" for the exhibitions to be staged by the Indians on their return North in April. full exhibition CARD SCHEDULED. The Indians are booked for seventeen games in the South, starting March 10, and when they return home they will engage In five more. During that time the rookies will got a chance to show their caliber aud the weaker ones will bt weeded out. This will be Owner Smith's second season as the financial backer of Tribe hopes and he is confident that Manager Hendricks will have a flag contender from the start. Smith knows Indianapolis demands high-class baseball aud he is going to great expense in order to give the fans what they want- In other words, he believes the gate returns will well repay him for the expense a winner costs. Manager Hendricks has announced two work outs daily at Crowley and also that the breakfast call will be of the early variety. He is of the opinion that professional athletes rre well able to stand the hardest kind of work and that only by consistent hard practice is It possible to get a squad into shape. .

mmiL ‘CON GAME’ CHARGES FILED CHICAGO, March 2.—The eight indicted members of the Chicago White Sox. charged with throwing the world's series games of 1919 to Cincinnati, will be , tried on charges of conspiracy to obtain money under false pretenses and operating a confidence game, it was revealed Tuesday by George E. Gorman, assistant State's attorney, who fiied a bill of par tioulars before Judge William E. Dcever. The trial has been set for March 14 The bill relates that as a result of a “confidence game" and fraudulent pretenses. Ditchers Eddie Ci-otte and Claude Williams obtained SIO,OOO and $5,000, respectively, and that Outfielder ' Joe Jackson obtained $5,000, aud the other defendants other large sums of money, the exact total of which is unt known.” ' Charles C. Nims of Chicago was specifically named In the bill as one who j was victimized. ‘ His loss was placed at j $250. RECEPTION FOR GOWDY. GALVESTON, Texas. March 2.—‘'Buddies” from the Rainbow (12d) division, will welcome Hank Gowdy to Galveston, according to an announcement Tuesday by Adrian Levy, commander of the local i post of the American Legion. | The lank catcher of the Boston Braves I will arrive with the first contingent ol Manager Mitchell's players, probably March 7. Tentative plans ot the local ! legionaires contemplate a reception or a smoker in Gowdy's honor. Gowdy was ! one of the first stars of baseball to desert the diamond after the United States entered the war. MARTIN JOINS CUBS. AVALON, Oil., March 2.-Elwood MarI tin. former Pacific C*oast L<vigiie pitcher, | was the latest arrival at the Chicago N'a--5 tionals' spring training quarters here Tuesday. He was with the Cubs last year. The squad of Cub pitchers and catchers yesterday passed an hour tossing balls about, then went for a twelve-mile blue over Catalina Island hills. Pitchers Alex- : ander and Vaughn were exempted from | the hike while they played golf. ASSOCIATION “IMPS” SIGN. , CHICAGO, March 2.—President Hickey of the American Association announced ; Tuesday that four of his staff of eight umpires had been signed for the coming season. They are F. R. Connolly, who has officiated In the American Association for ten years; Cornelius Daly. George 11. Johnson and W. P. Shannon. WANT KOPF WAIVERS. CINCINNATI, Ohio, March 2—Waivers I have been asked for on Larry Kopf by I the Cincinnati league baseball club. It ; was announced here tonight. Kopf Is n i hold-out and to the request for waivers was appended a note stating the amount of his salary and the pmouut demanded by him. SENATORS GET WILSON. COLUMBUS Ohio., March 2.—Manager Rowland of the Senators has uunounced the purchase of Catcher Art Wilson from the Boston Braves. Wilson anti Hartley are expected to do all the Columbus catching. CLUB OWNERS MEET. NEW YORK, March 2.—The club owners of the International League will meet here tomorrow to act on the sale of the Akron franchise to Montreal interests and the changes In the schedule necessitated by the transfer. HERE'S ’NOTHER RUTH. SHREVEPORT, La., March 2.—Another rookie with a leaning toward home runs was uncovered yesterday in the New York Yankee camp. Norman McMillan, lufl'.ider from the South Atlartic league, hit three drives over the left field fence:ROBBY LEAVING EARLY. NEW YORK. March 2.- Manager Wilbert Robinson of the Brooklyn Nationals 1 announced Tuesday he would leave for i New Orleans Friday In order to greet the Dodger squad when It reports for spring training there next Tuesday. BAKER JOHN'S BABE'S CLUB. NEW YORK, March 2.—Frank Baker, former home run king, has signed a contract to play third base for the New York Yankees next season. Turners vs. Martinsville on Local Floor Tonight A real basket battle will be fought on the South Side Turner floor tonight when j the Turner and Martinsville Eagle teams : come to grips. i Bobbv Records, the Trafalgar player i who helped defeat the Turners in the State amateur finals Saturday night, along with Bowen of the Broad Ripple Joy-Glooms and Curtis, former De Pauw star, will be in Martinsville harness and fighting hard for the scalp of the south side combination. Johnny Hennessey, former star of the Em-Boe team, will open his 1921 stand with the Turners, working at a forward fiosition with either Johnny Rice or Walie Mtddlesworth. “Hank’ Stevens, the other crack forward of the Turner club, has decided to remain out ot action for a few more days, so that he may fully recover from his recent illness. “Red” Underwood, center, and Brook Secrest and “Tubby” Stevens, guards, will complete the local line-up.

| Fairest and v Finest See Fightin’ Cop Win Bout NEW YORK, March B.—BUI Spengler, New York fighting cop, and a member of the Olympic team, bent Gordon Mnnce, amateur heavy weight, in a throe-round bout last night at the Commodore Hotel. The bout was the feature of the International Sporting Club's first “ladies’ night.” New York’s fairest and finest, in their finest, saw the program. DENTALS WARY OF FOUL GOALS Accuracy of Brown Gives Clark’s Squad Something to Work Abcfut. When the Indiana Dentals meet Batler at Tomlinson Hall Thursday night the Tooth Pullers are going to be wary about making fouls. Brown of Butler gave a wonderful exhibition of foul goal shooting at Franklin last night. ' The Butler guard kept Coach Pat Page's tenn in the running against Coach John Thurber's Baptists by shooting fifteen foul goals out of eighteen chances. No playei on a college team has equaled this murk ! in Indiana this year. I Butle-r is confident of a victory over the Dentals. Their failure to hit the basket from the field In the Franklin game is considered just a case of “an off night,” aud Butler will try to close Its season by defeating the Dents. A hard scrimmage yesterday left the Dentals In shape for a light work-out today. Coach Clark s Tooth Pullers appeared to he hitting thei, stride and a i squad of fifteen Dentals reported for practice. The long scrimmage showed the Dents had the endurance to go the full forty minutes at a fast pace. A. A. U. Basket-ball KANSAS CKTY, Mo., March 2.—The entry list closed here Last night for the national A. A. U. basket-ball championship tournament with thirty-five teams. The tourney will open in Convention Hall here next week.

Weaver Going After \ Next Olympic Games With Fancy Offers Los Angeles Would Pay All Expenses of Foreign Teams for 1921 Meet. NEW YORK, March 2.—80 b Weaver, president of the A. A. U., is going to Lucerne In June to get the 1924 Olympic games for Los Angeles. He is going loaded with the most tempting halt that has ever been offered to foreign nations. Los Angeles will bring the athletes of every foreign nation to the Pacific coast, take care of them while they are there an.l send them home —free of charge. "I believe our Invitation will he considered very favorably,” Weaver said in a letter today. 1 Sweden and France have written let - : ters to the boss of amateur athletics, assuring him of their support when the i vote comes at the international meeting for a site for the next games. Last summer in Antwerp the English delegation also expressed their favor of holding the next games in America. There seems little doubt that the foreign nation*, with the opportunity of u fine trip with freight paid, will consider the invitation favorably. “We have every argument in our favor as far as climatic conditions are concerned.” Weaver says. "With the new stadium we will build, w-e will have one of the finest places in the world to conduct every branch of sport* on the Olympic calendar.” While no definite plans were mentioned, ft is understood that the Los Angeles committee plans to charter a ship and eollect the athletes of ail the Eurupeau nations, bringing them to the coast and sending them home the same way. This would make the games the most representative and the best In history, as the smaller nations have always had difficulty In getting the money necessary to send representative teams to the games. Purdue Basketeers Set for Closing Battles of Season LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 2. —Purdue is a scene of much action along athletic i lines this week The basket-ball team | has two more games for this week, which ! will wind up the season. The squad arrived Tuesday morning from Ann Ar- | bor and did not engage in any work ; out in the afternoon. A light practice was to be held this afternoon to get the team limbered up for the Indiana game ut i Bloomington tomorrow evening. lowa will ring down the curtain Saturday night in the Purdue gym. Ray Miller, star back guard on the Purdue t?am, received a badly Injured elbow in the Michigan game, which will hinder him in Ills playing in the next two games. The swimming and wrestling teams are scheduled for dual meets Friday evening. The former will make their only appearance before the home crowd this season when Indiana sends their tank learn here. The mat squad goes to Illinois for the fifth mart of tlie season. On Saturday night the medley relay team will compete at Illinois. Sixteen high schools will compete In the Lafayette sectional tournament, which will start here with two games ! Thursday evening aud wind up with the finals oii Saturday afternoon. It was necessary to start the meet a day earlier on aoount of the Purdue-lowa game Saturday night. Jefferson or Lafayette Is doped to win the tourney without any trouble, as West Side was disqualified for late entry. BASKET-BALL - ! The Turner Actives will play the Tartars tonight at the Turner's Hall. This game is a curtain-raiser to the TurnerMart Insville scrap had promise to be a fast contest. The Tartars won over the Biraos at the “Y” last night. The newly organized Technical night school team lost a hard-fought game to the Wesley Chiipels last night by ti score of 10 to 8. The Tech night school would like to book games with 14-16-year-old teams who have access to playing floors. For games call H. N, Jones, Webster 1580. Plans for a city 18-year-old tournament will be made at a meeting of managers and representatives of teams in that class tonight at 8 o'clock at the Meyer Chapel gym, West and Norwood streets. Quintets wishing to enter are requested to send a representative: Two good games aro promised tonight on the Riverside court when the Riverside Triangles hook up with the Ferndale Triangles and the R. A. C.s meet the Salt Lake Club. Tlie first gaone Will be called at 7.30 o'clock. Tho Westminister Midgets handed the Crows a 28-to-14 beating on the Westminister floor last night. The Midgets have a long string of victories aud are bidding strong for the 14-year-old championship of the city. The Meyer Chapel basket-ball five db-* feared the Irvington independents lust night on the latter’s floor by a s> ore of 25 to 6. Quinnette, the center of the winners, starred. CROOKED CREEK SIIOOT. Slinkard, with forty-seven birds in fifty shots, won the weekly shoot at the Crooked Creek Gun Club yesterday. Haddatb was second high gun with fort.ysix hits, and Wiggaan ranked third with forty-lo ur.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 1921.

Levis Has Card of Eight Spring Games for Crimson Outfit To Take on Tennessee and Georgia Nines—Has Good Talent Out. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 2 Twelve Indiana University battery candidates are working dally In preparation for the Southern spring baseball trip, which Is scheduled to begin March 30. All candidates for team positions will be called by Coach George W. Levis within two weeks. Keen competition exists among Walker and Faust, letter men from last year's squad, and Wooton utility pitcher for two rears, for the mound position. Pruitt, Carlisle aud McCarty, pitchers from last year's freshman squad, and Hanna are promising material. Six pitchers probably will be taken on the Southern trip. Minton, Lang. Kidd and Newton are showing up well for the backstop position, but a call has been Issued for additional candidate*, for the catcher's Job. Tho general call for candidates will be made March 8, according to a statement made by Coach Levis today. Eight games will be played on the spring trip starting with the University of Louisville on March 31. Other games announced for the two-weeks’ schedule are: Lebanon, Tenn., April 1; Vanderbilt College, Nashville, Tenn., April 2; Auburn College Auburn, Ga., April 4-5; Camp Beaming, Columbus, Ga., April 6; Mercer College, Macon, Ga., April 7- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn., April 8. BASKET SCORES COLLEGE. Franklin, 31; Butler, 27. - HIGH SCHOOL Ctimberlatid. 19; Greenfield.. IS. Greenfield Girls. 4; Cumberland Girls, 3. Beech Grove, 25; New Palestine (seconds. 16. Beech Grove Girls, 13; Acton Girls, 6. INDEPENDENT. Knrt-Te Se, 26; Den Zre, 22. Wesley Chapel, 10; Tech Night School. 8. Meyer Chapel, 25; Irvington Independent*. 6. Em Roes. 65; Rushvllle, 11.

gOWUNfi ■•■■■■■■■■■■■(!■ ■*— PROGRESS OF A. It. C. BUFFALO, N. Y„ March 2.—Payne and Gerber, members of the Buffalo Odd Fellow team that holds the lead in tho fiveman division, went Into tlie lead In the American Bowling Congress double* here yesterday with a total of 1.201. \V\ Burkhart, also of Buffalo, took the singles lead last night with a count of 036. Arthur Dannhy is second with 600. Gerber holds the lead in the all-events with a totul of 1,804 for his nine games. This 1* the highest count made by a firstnight shooter In the history of the A. B. C. LOCAL BOWLING GOSSIP. Mounce of the Production crew won the top Mttrmon League honors again lust night when he connected fur scores of 237, 202 and 186. Clark of the Toolroom was good for two double centuries, but he wa not quite even with Mounce, He got 211, 212 and 164. Francis of the Connecting Rods was away in a rush, but he couldn't keep up the heavy bombardment. Bean of the Accountant* staged a whirlwind finish after shooting two ordinary coamts. Murphy's 233 was the best single game count posted In the Hearn No. 1 loop. Ferris and Deirner each had a brace of two centurii-a, but their odd game couuts heid their averages down. Henry went over tho big line once and j camped right near it the other two tlrnea. They put tip a mean battle for the gutne honors In the Lutheran Leagtte. Otto ©f the Trinity Browne was high with 235. Sobering of the St. Peter Greys was next with 234 and I.awreuz of the Emutaus Browns came in third with 233. Outside of this ridngs In the Lutheran circuit were pretty quiet. McNeeley lost all opposition for honors In tho Broadway circuit w-hen ha connected for 221 In the third round. Sandstrom and Bartlett were double century men, but they didn’t come near the leader^ The Central Leaguers Just about beat everything else In tho leagaie line for the season when they cut loose with an unlimited supply of double hundred sco!"es. Eddie Harkenrider of the Central Alley combination hit for scores of 239 223 and 202. Hall, bowling with the Marotts In opposition to tho Centrals, was worth 230, 200 and 200. The Centrals lost tlie first game, but won tlie next two with scores of 1.017 aud 1,024. Osthelmer got 219 and 257 for the Strauss Say* team, then went down to 150. English gave the Straus* combination scores of 240, 210 and 201. Strauss heat the Ilinnenkamp Buffet three times. The winners got 1,008 in tho second round. Magel put on a 235, 212 and 194 anchor stunt for the Ilooßier Coffees. Mrs. Gelsel defeated Mrs. Linton, 450 to 374, in thi lr trophy match Mrs. Gelsel posted tho high count of 450. Shelbyville Wants Club in Proposed Ball League SHELBYVILLE, Ind., March J2.—Plans for the organization of a ball team to I represent this city in the proposed southern Indiana baseball league were dismissed at a meeting held here this evening. One of the first attempts of the local fans will be to secure a ball park at an approximate cost of $1,500. Bonds for the construction of the park will he Issued. Several wealthy me.n of the city are behind the movement lor the team. It has been several years since Shelbyville had a representative ball teaan and fsns here aro showing intense interest in the ideas being advanced. Pro-Basket Action CHICAGO, March 2. —Franchises in the national major basket-ball league have been awarded to Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston and Paterson, it was announced today by William Hepinthal, one of the organizers of the new circuit in the professional department of that sport. New York already is in the circuit, so places for three other cities are open. Negotiations aro proceeding, it was said, with Springfield, Mass.; New Haven, Conn.; Hartford, Conn.; Trenton and Camden. N. J. Several applications have been received from Pittsburgh, it was said, but It is planned to include that city In an American league circuit, embracing Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Detroit Akron, Toledo, Louisville, Dayton and Buffalo. ROSS TAKES SWIM. NEW YORK, March 2.—Norman Ross, Illinois A. C., Chicago, Tuesday night won the national indoor 220-yard swlmrning championship of the Amateur Athletic Union. His time was 2 minutes 22 1-6 seconds. Leo Glebel, New York Athletic Club, was second.

STAGE SET FOR LOCAL BATTLES IN COURT PLAY Manual and Tech Appear as Strongest Contenders, With Tech Favored. VALLEY MILLS FEARED With the local sectional schedule now drawn and but two days Intervening before the referee's whistle sends the sixteen teams to the tape. Indianapolis fans can sit back, peruse the dope of the past season, figure on the possibility of upsets aud attempt to pick the probable winner of the tourney. Basing all calculations on the popular conception that Manual and Tech have the strongest five entered In the meet, it might be well to look over the drawing aud see just what kind of sledding the two local rivals will be subjected to In order to gain the coveted honor. At first glance, Tech, judging by tlie caliber of the team* that must be overcome, has the schedule In tlie tourney, but when it is considered that tlie Green and White warriors play two games on Friday and two on Saturday in order to gain the championship, it will be seen that they have a big edge on their soaatti side vivals who, if successful In downing Shortridge Friday afternoon, will have to play three times Saturday to annex the honors. Three games in one day subject the strongest teams to a terrific strain and in tlie event that Manual and Tech meet in the finals Saturday night, the east siders should nave a Dig physical advantage over the Red and White. Tech meets Beech Grove Friday morning in the first gam of the tourney and Coach Black's crew should skip through this game with all sails taking the wind. Manual and Shortridge come together at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon in what should be the feature game of the tournament aside front the final contest for the championship. By all signs, dope and bas-ket-ball laws. Manual should win this game, although it is certain that fighting spirit and "baek to the wall attitude” of the Shortridge crew will force the south side aggregation to the limit atid Coach Morrison's five can win only after the hardest kind of a struggle. Assuming that Tech heats Beech Grove, the Green and White will get In action again thut night, meeting the winner of the Valley Mills-Castleton scrap, which, from all indications, should be Valley H. S. Ticket Sale _J Tickets for the Indiananolis sectional games of the Indiana High School bas-ket-ball championship tournaaneaat were placed on sale at all local sporting goods stores today. The number of tickets 1* limit-,j unj early purchases are suggested. Mills. Here the east aider* should meet their first big obstacle, for the winners of the county tournament are regarded as the strongest five in the meet outside of Indianapolis and looon up like a real dark horse. Ben Davis, playing Southport In the next bracket, atid, if victorious, the winner of the Broad Ripple New Bethel fracas. Is doped to reach the semi finals, where they will take on Tech in the event the locals defeat Valley Mills Local basket followers well remember the game Ben Davl* played Tech in the Semi finals of tlie tournament last year and the Ben Davis five has In the line-up thU, season four members of last years quintette. In the county tournament Valley Mills was barely able to defeat Ben Davis, and the two team* are rec ognlzed as being practically of equal strength. The calibre of teams that Manual will meet if the Red and White cotnes through the Sh-rtrldge game as expected are admittedly weaker than those Tech will encounter, but, as said before, the task of playing these three games on Saturday comqs in for a lot of consideration. Manual's second opponent, if the dope rnus true to form, will be the winner of the Acton-Oaklandon scrap, which should result in an easy win for the south siders. West Newton should beat Shadoland. and also in the second round the winner of the New Augusta Cumberland game. Thus, if thing* come around a* expected, Manual will tackle West Newton la the semi finals. West Newton ranks right along with Ben Davis and Valley Mill*, and these three all npepar capable of pushing the ocal fives to the limit fox the decision. Again taking a lot for granted, and saying that in the semi finals Teh will beat Ben Davis, and Manual West Newton, the Indianapolis ream from the east side will play the Indianapolis team from tiie south side In what should be a fitting climax to the most interesting high school touruey ever staged in this city. ! (JPIjPugS mint ROCKY ROAD FOR ‘ROCKY’ MILWAUKEE, March 2.—A rocky road looms ahead for Rocky Kansas, Buffalo (N. Y.) lightweight. Kansas has been offered a match for March 17 with Benny Leonard at New York, and wishes to “crawl” out of his contract to meet Richie Mitchell iu a return match here March 9, despite a signed contract aud forfeit. Tom Andrews has threatened if he does not fill his Mitchell contract a complaint will be filed with the New York boxing commission, which might bar him from boxing in the States which are members of the national body. TO MEET IN CUBA. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 2.—Hugh Walker atid Tommy Gibbons, heavyweights, will meet in a ten-round bout at Havana, Caaba, on March 11, according to terms, accepted by Jay Thomas. Walker's manager. It will be the third meeting this winter for the two boxers. CARSON WANTS ACTION. Don Carson, Indianapolis flyweight, would like to meet Frankie Mason of Ft. Wayne, or any other good flyweights who are looking for real battles. For information address Martin Dyer, 318 West Thirtieth street. IT's up to o-dowd. NEW YORK, March 2.—Johnny Wilson, middleweight champion, today challenged Mike O’Dowd, fortner title holder. "I'll give him one week to sign,” he said. Old Rivals Billed to Meet in Franklin Finals FRANKLIN, Ind., March 2.—With every one of the seventeen teams entered in the Fratiklita tourney ready for the opening game, indications point toward one of the be.st sectionals in the history of the net game in Franklin. Franklin and Shelbyville are the strongest sectional contenders, with Whitelnnd a close second. Franklin has the dope on Slielbyville by reason of the 34 to 17 defeat they handed the Shelby boys recently. The Franklin High School basket tossers are iu fine condition for the tournament and are on edge for the opening game. Franklin meets Waldron in their first contest, which will be played Friday afternoon, and should win without much opposition. Franklin and Shelbyville will meet in the finals if Shelbyville is not eliminated by the fast Whiteland five. RIVERSIDE BASEBALL CALL. All members of the Riverside Athletic Club and other pluyers wishing tryouts with the Riverside baseball team should report at the clubhouse, Thirtieth and White River, at 9:30 Sunday morning.

DUCKS HOLD-UP; STRUCK AUTO Henry Levy Steps Into Street When Accosted. Henry Levy, 60, 842 South Illinois street, was injured early today when he stepped in front of an automobile driven by Bert Mlllette. who lives south of the city. The accident occurred at Meridian aad Georgia streets. Levy told the police he started to walk across the street and that two mn whistled at him. ne said they started in his direction and he thought they were hold-up men. He stepped back into the path of the automobile and was kaiocked down. IJe was seriously injured. He was sent* to the city hospital in an ambulance. Mrs. Laura Kinney, 3209 North Meridian street, wes injured slightly when an automobile in which she was riding, driven by Ruben Baylor, negro chauffeur, collided with an automobile driven by Miss Irma Oker, 23, 120 East Fifteenth street. The accident occurred at Meridian and St. Clair streets. Big Field Ready to Shatter Records in Track Meet Tonight The largest and classiest field of athletes ever entered in an amateur track meet in this city will compete for honors in the Indiana A. A. U. indoor championships at Tomllaison Hall tonight. An ideal running track has been marked off and it is expected that the crack college and athletic men will turn in some new records before the meet closes. Besides the track and field events there will be three special bicycle races staged iiaider tlie supervision of Charles E. Wehr, Indiana representative of the National Cycling Association. The cycle events will be of one, five ami ten-anile duration. The entries are as follows: Ilutler College—T. A. Brown, F. Cady, R. Dawson, It. Doolittle, F. Draper, It. Davis, H. J. Daingerfleld, H. E. Hill, C. L. Ingalls, Ft. S. Johnson, M. Mercer, G. T. Stuart, L. I>. Sparks, E. It. Wilson. A. N. Reynolds. De Pauw—Paul Koebring. Hersehel Davis, Kenneth Mason, Guy Wachstetter. Independent A. C.— Henry Schnitznls, Ralph Bailey, Itussell Sayre, Robert O'Conner, Leslie De Motte, Perdy Nichols, Theodore Van Gestel, John Cady, James Sommer, Edwin Sullivan, Harry Metzger, Frank Garten, It. L. Juduy, Louis Atkins. Y. M. C. A.—Virgil Snepp. South Side Turner*— Karl Hoffman. Indiana University—Paul Moore. Normal College—Max Bullock, Charles Siebert. The following are entries for the bicyclo eveaits: Independent A. C. —Lawrence Root, T>d Gerlaeb, Ivy Gipson. Leonard Kirk. Indianapolis A. C.—Clarence Wagner, Joe Price. City Parks Cycle Club—Howaid Frankhouse, Alien Pickett, Harry Curtis. Fed Basket Honors Won by Kurt-Te-Se Five in Fast Game The Kurt-Te-Se basket quint won the play-off of the tie for first place in the Federated League at the "Y” last night, defeating the Den Zure team, 2fi to 22. A hot pace was set by the Den Zares In the first session, and they were leading at the half, but some “Impossible" shots by Barnuin of the Kurt-Te-Se's • witched the lead to his team aud airtight guarding held the advantage. Lineup and summary: Kurt-Te-Se (26). Den Zare (22). Beam Forward Slaughter Bamutn Forward Black Kempier Center Hawkins Naney Guard Clnmpett Ra her Guard Routen Substitutions—Robinson for Routen, Conn for Robinson, Doub for Naney. Field Goals—Beam 3, Barnum 4, Kempler 1, Doub I, Slaughter 1. Black 4, Hawkins 4 Foul goals—Barnum 8. Hawkins 4. Referee —Feezle. Umpire—Evans. | Columbus Fans Buying Regional Seats; Count Sectional Already Won COLUMBUS, Ind., March 2.—After seeing their basket five gain a decisive vici tory over Shelbyville High last Friday evening the Columbus fans are expecting j to see their team smash through the see- | tUinal touruey here Friday and Saturday to the fifth consecutive sectional j championship. I.ittlo opposition is cxI pected from any of the other fifteen teams in the meet, and local fans are already buying tickets for the regional tourney at Bloomington. March 12. where the winner of the Columbus tourney 'will meet the winner of the Bloomington tourney counting the meet here already won. North Vernon is expected to be the team that will face Columbus in the final game here Saturday night, and as Columbus has gained two victories over tliis team by large score* ibis season, no worries are entertained as to the outcome of this coaitest. FIELD AND STREAM By OLIVER BAGS. Bass fishing early in tho season has been rronounced by mtany anglers as the best of tlie year, but therein lies a condition that all of the angling fraternity do not understand. The black bass spawn in the first days of May if tlie season is not backward, and continue till around the middle part of June. When the season is not closed It can be seen that angling will ba done while the has* nre yet spawning—a condition that many do not recognize. The result Is that Innumerable thousands of females, big with spawn, nre laid to waste, and counties* mlllious of future bass are destroyed, as oue might say, in the very bud. That anglers have such great success at this time of the year is not strange under the circumstances. The parent bass nre guarding their nests, and will drive away any intruder. The pugnaciousness, the ardor they show In home defense, is well known to all students of fish life in our waters. Therefore, when an artificial minnow enters the domain of such a fish the parent will attack it open-mouthed, to drive it away, and crush it. The result is generally a capture, of course, and if it is a female laden with spawn it arouses no query In tlie miaul of the average fisherman. But, beware, Mr. Fisherman, a law has Just been made to guard the spawning of the fish! There seems to be a slight misunderstanding on the part of some sportsmen regarding this new law; but as it actually is the large and small mouth black bass and the blue gill only, nre protected. The closed season being from the 30th day of April to the 16th day of June, thus the real opening of the bats fishing season would be on June 16. but you are permitted to pursue the chase prior to aud including April 30. The penalty for catching, killing, pursuing or having in possession any of these fish during the stated closed season Is a fine of $lO to SSO. to which a Jail sentence of not to exceed ten days cun ho added. All devotees of the big outdoors are interested to some extent in the welfare and conservation of wild life of our State. One of the best ways to help protect fish and game is to belong to a protective association. All the intricate parts of the game are thrashed out at the meetings and many a violation of the law has been nipped in the bud by reports turned in by members. The regular meeting of the Marion County Fish and Game Protective Association will be held at the Dec Ison Hotel next Monday night at 8 o'clock. v Fines Made Light HULL, Quebec, Marcn .. —In imposing light tines today on thirty-six spectators of a cock light, taken tu a raid recently. Recorder Desjardeus said: “In view of the fact that Hull has been engaged -in endeavoring to secure the Dempsey-Car-pentier fight here, I do not see how I could treat this cock fight as a serious offense. It is sport just the game as the other fight.”

Stockyard Disposal Scheme Is Rejected WASHINGTON, March 2.—Plans of Swift & Cos. and Armour & Cos. for dlposal of their stock yards interests, proposed Feb. 7, were rejected by Justice Stafford in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia here today. The court objected to the plan on the ground that it continued Jor too long a period the control of the yards by the packers. Stafford’s decision is a victory for the government. The plan provided for sale of the yards to holding companies. Stafford warned the packers unless they sold the yards and their stock quickly the court would be disposed to taka charge and direct the sale itself. LEGION TO TRY PLAN IN FOURTH Indiana District Chosen for Model Drive. Special to The Times. GREENSBURG, Ind., March 2.—At a meeting of the State executive committee of the American Legion in Indianapolis, the Fourth Congressional district was selected to try out the model membership campaign proposed by the national organization of the American Legion, which, if successful, will be extended to every State, it was announced here today by Philip Stapp, executive committeeman representing the Fourth district. An appropriation of $1,500 has been made by the executive committee to finance the campaign and the drive will be directed by professional organizers, including executive committeemen from other districts, assisted by State Commander L. R. Gignilliat, National Commander Galbraith and other national executives, ail of whom will come into the district to aid in pushing the drive. The Fonrth district w r as selected as a model rural district to try out the national organization plan, which has proved effective in cities, and It Is desired to make Indiana the model State for legion organization. Preparations for the drive will occupy three weeks and the solicitation of members will cover two weeks. The exact date on which the drive will start has not been announced. Teach Bible With Aid of the Movies Special to The Times. RICHMOND, Ind., March 2—The Grace M. E. Church of Richmond probably is one of the first churches in the State to apply moving pictures to the study of the Bible as a feature of the Sunday school lessons. The new educational methods will begin next Sunday. ArrungC'ipents have been completed whereby a Bible story will be shown in moving pictures to illustrate each Sunday's story. Boys and giris attending Sunday school are given free tickets to the picture shows given in the church on each Tuesday night, which is observed as Community night.

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MARION DROPS 1 WORK TO SEE J HARDINGS OFO Thousands Crowd Around Historic Front Porch to - Pay Tribute. MARION, Ohio, March 2. — The old front porch on. Mt Vernon avenue beai'd many a fervent “God bless you” today as the home folk ot Marion came out to bid farewell to old Doc Harding’s boy and his wife, who started at the bottom of the ladder and are now about to step on the top rung. President-alert and Mrs. Hardin** putting all official care* behind for a brief time, stood on the front porch while their lifelong paid them a final trlbcta A sliver plaque was presented in name of the people of Marion by Dr. T. H. McAfee, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church, where the Hardings worshiped here. But the real tribute was wrung In th* thousands of wann handclasps *nd ths earnest expressions of “godspeed” which rame from the neighbors as they filed by after the presentation ceremony. Factories, shops, stores and homes wera locked up. Thousands of farmers drovs in. Scores of friends from Cleveland, Columbus and other nearby cities came. Flags and bunting decorated the buildings and streets. There waa the stirring bond music. The farewell was personal, not political. Everybody in Marion was there. The old cronies of Harding's younger days were there. There was Dick Crissinger and Jim Prendergasrt, the town’s leading Democrats, who burned up hundreds of gallons of gasoline hauling weary front porch visitors around town last summer. They were there because they loved Warren Harding and Florence Kling. Harding did littie worir. His train, leaves for Washington early In the evening. With the appointment of Senator A. B. Fall for Secretary of the Interior, Andrew W. Mellon for the Treasury and Will H. Hays for Postmaster General officially announced, President-elect Harding's Cabinet selections have all been confirmed except that for labor, which he hopes to announce today. Gen. Wood has under advisement the offer to become Governor General of the Philippine*. He expects to confer with Harding In Washington after lnaiaguratlon and will make known his decision then.

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