Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 254, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1921 — Page 8

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Spring Baseball Gossip, Basket-Ball News, Bowling, Boxing and Other Winter Sports

HENDRICKSMEN LOOK TO FIRST STUNTSOFYEAR Seventeen Players Compose Party Speeding Toward Crowley for Spring Work. TOSSERS ARE OPTIMISTIC By EDDIE ASH. Daily Times Sports Editor. ON BOARD THE INDIAN SPECIAL EN ROUTE TO CROWLEY, La.. March 3. —Seventeen members of the Indianapolis baseball squad were breezing through DlMe today with Crowley, La., as an objective point. One other Tribesman was to be picked up at Mobile, while the others were expected'to join the squad at the training point. The tribe was expected to reach the Crescent City tonight and arrive in Crowley bright and early Friday morniug. Manager Hendricks has announced he will allow no grass to grow under his athletes’ feet. The tirst practice of the year will start Friday afternoon, according to Hendricks’ announcement. PLAYERS SWAP "PISH STORIES.” Swapping yarns, playing cards and telling ’fish stories” have occupied the squad most of the time since tae beginning ol the trip, although the beautiful Scenery through which the railroad runs has not passed unseen by the Tribe players. 'lt is an optimistic crew which Jack Hendricks will work with. Even the rookies! rookie seems to bubble coniideuce which means all positions on the team will be hotly contested. The veterans of the gams are anxious to break in right and get the winter k.nks out of their soupers. Those members of the Tribe on board the Indians' special were listed as follows : Cavet, pitcher- Schreiber, luflelder; Shinners, outflelaer; Sicking, intielder; Baird, infielder; Gossett, catcuer; Whitehonse, pitcher; Kinsella, outfieider; Voyles, pitcher; Van Dyke, outfielder; Morrison, outfielder; Lutzke, lnfielder; Downey, pitcher; Ettling. pitcher; Bartlett, Attreau, first basemen: Dixon, catcher; Wiggam. trainer; William C. Smith, owner; Hayward, Smith, assistant secretary, and Jack Hendricks, manager. A. J. SMITH JOINS AT MOBILE. A. J. Smith, the Charleston catcher, will be picked up at Mobile, Ala., this afternoon, while Stryker and Jones will join the club at Crow ley. Manager Hendricks is not worried over the fact that Covington and Reug have not sent In their signed contracts. The big Texas first sacker delivered an nitlmatum list season that he would not report for spring training again so long as he played ball. He said one week wn enough for him to get in condition for the season, which means he will nut join the team until it returns north. Spring training is also obnoxious to Walter Rehg, who claims he always get hurt during early workouts and is never in condition to open the season at top rate. ajfeivr"'' il Tr-T-i RULE AGAINST GEORGES. STOCKHOLM. March B.—George Carpentler, European heavyweight champion, was notified by police authorities today he could not give a scheduled exhibition here tonight. The Swedish Boxers’ Union, which is arranging a big amateur tournament, protested to city officials that the appearance of a professional fighter, even in exhibition work, would have a bad effect on the game and would hurt their show. LONDON EIGHT OFFER. NEW YORK, March S— Tex Rickard, promoter of the Dempsey-Carpentier heavyweight championship contest, announced Wednesday the receipt of 8750,000 offer for the bout from London. The offer, in cable form, was signed by George McDonald of the London Olympia. Rickard, wb has until the end of the month to se ect a site for the contest, announced that he would give the proposition due consideration. LYNCH HAS MATCH. CLEVELAND, March 3. —Joe Lynch, bantamweight champion, has been matched for a ten-round bout with Joe Burman of Chicago here March 10. Burman is to make 118 pounds at 3 o’clock. Bryan Downey of Cleveland and Battling Ortega. Western mid lelweight, meet at Canton March 17 In a twelve-round go. STECIIER VS. 7.BYSZKO. NKW YORK. March 3.—Joe Stecher and Stanislaus Zbyszko will meet here March 14 in a finish wrestling match, it was announced today. MULLEN AND BLOCTv. SIDNEY, Ohio. March 3.—Hope Mullen, who won over Freddie Block, the Cleveland middleweight, has been matched with Johnnie Paske of Buffalo, at Erie, Pa., March 9, for ten rounds. OTHER THURSDAY EIGHTS. AT NEW YORK—Midget Smith and Martin Collins drew in twelve rounds. Charlie Beecher won a decision over Dick Loadman in twelve rounds. Johnny Nuff defeated Frankie Daly in twelve rounds. Phil Bloom defeated Jimmy Kelly in twelve rounds. Hennessey Stars First Time Out With Turners Johnny Hennessey was the shining star of the South Side Turner 60 to 22 victory over the Martinsville Eagles on the Turner floor last night. Hennessey opened the scoring for the Turners with a field goal from the center of the floor on the tip-off and continued bombarding tbe hoop through >ut the contest, getting eleven field goals and three foul markers. "Hank” Stevens. Turner forward, who bas been ill for the last two weeks, was back in suit last night and showed all his old form. He played the last five minutes of the game and registered five times from the center of the court. Underwood. Rice. Barnum and Grund algo connected for their share of the points. The Turners showed plenty of class in the contest last night, going to the front at the start and staying there throughout the game without beinj- bothered. Bowen was the only member of the Martinsville team who could hit consistently. Lauter Grays on Top The Lauter Grays won their eleventh straight contest by winning from the Apollos, 19 to 6. Higgs featured the contest for the Grays. Hard practices will be In order fur the Grays uext week in preparation for the Junior tourney. The members of the team are Itiley, Moran, Fay, Krause, Higgs, Keppey, Ferree, Bradley and Boss. BASKET SCORES _ INDEPENDENT. Riverside Triangles, 37; Ferndale Triangle*, 17. Pottawattamie, 17; Cathedral High, 12. Pottawattamls. 35; Hoosier Pilots. 23. Turners, GO'; Martinsville Eagles. 22. Logansport Legion. 41; Culver, 13. Logansport Legion, 38; Royal Center, 24. Marlon Legion, 17; Wabash Legion, 14. COLLEGE. Columbia, 22; Yale. 12. <3relghton, 20; Valparaiso, 24.

Dental Leader ROY WITTER. Precious things come In small packages. Roy Witter, captain and floor guard of the. Dental team, is small, but is one of the brainiest and cleverest bas-ket-ball players in tbe State. His guarding and floor work during the season has been a feature of the Dentals’ play. Ills work ajalnst Butler College tonight at Tomlinson Hall in the deciding game of the city series will be watched with Interest. The fact that Witter has not an eagle eye for the bßsket prevents him landing a berth on mythical team. R- v REDS GO SOUTH. CINCINNATI, March 3.—Eleven players of the Cincinnati National League Baseball Club assembled here and left for the South Wednesday, headed by Manager Pat Moran. Other players who did cot come to Cincinnati, will go to the training camp at Cisco, Texas, direct from their homes. INJUNCTION AGAINST AKRON. AKRON. Ohio, March 3.—A temporary injunction restraining the Akron Exhibit Company, controlling the Akron baseball team, from disposing of any property other than the league franchise, was granted by Common Pleas Judge E. D. Friteh Wednesday. The petition, which asks for appointment of a receiver, was filed by the F. C. Newman Company. It claim* that the assoeiation owes the firm $15,000 for building the ball park. TIGERS GET STARTED. DETROIT, March 3. —Battery men of the Detroit Americans got in their first work at the San Antonio training camp Wednesday, according to dispatches received here. A heavy rain forced Coach Dan Howley to call off the initial practice Tuesday. Three Pacific coast recruits, Johnny Bassier. Beit Cole and Carl Holling, have reached the camp. Manager Ty Cobb was expected to reach San Antonio today. TRIS STARTS WELL. CLEVELAND, March 3.—With Catcher Steve O’Neill serving the bail in but ting practice, Manager Trls Speaker of the Cleveland Spokes inaugurated the spring training season at Dallas by driving two balls over the fence, according to advices received here. The champions were greeted ideal weather. Pitcher Jess Petty and Outfielder Ernest Jeanes, a recruit, reported yesterday. Jim Bagby was expected today. FILL OF AMBISH. CHICAGO, March 3.—William Gleason, manager of the White Sox, upon his arrival here today said that his renovated team would be In the running this season. “We will have a squn-1 that will be a contender for the bunting." said Gleason. Twenty players, chaperoned by Charles Comiskey will leave here tomorrow night for trie training camp in Waxahachie, Texas. LEAR FINALLY SIGNS. MILWAUKEE, March B.—King Lear, obtained from the Giants in the deal which sent Catcher Gaston to the McGraw club, signed a Brewor contract Wednesday. Lear has been holding out for a bigger salary, but when the club refused to meet his demands, he signed up. The Brewers leave for their training camp at Gulfport, Miss., Monday. M’KECHNIE WITH MILLERS. PITTSBURGH. March 3—Joe Cantillon. manager and part owner of the Minneapolis club of the American Association, was in this city yesterday and announced that he lad signed Bill McKechnie, Pirate lnfielder, who recently was sold to the Minneapolis club. McKechnie will report for duty at Oklahoma City, March 15, he said, and added that he was pleased with the transfer. BASKET-BALL The Riverside Triangles cut another notch In their victory stick last night when they defeated the Ferndale Triangles 37 to 17. The Riverslders were holding a 14-to-5 edge at half time. Johnson and Bradford headlined for the winners, the former caging nine field goals and the latter five. Yager put up a stonewall defense under the basket and forced the Ferndales to use the long distance route. For games with the Riverside Triangles address H. E. Anderson, 25 South Meridian street, or call Randolph 9249 between 6 and 7 p. m. Franklin and Earlham will bring to a close their season tonight in the final I. C. A. L. contest of the season. Earlier in the season the Earlham team defeated the Franklin five at Franklin, but the rejuvenated Thurberltes, after their victory over Butler, are confident of bringing their season to a close in a blaze of glory. Although Beck, one of Eariham’s regulars, will not be In the line-up. Coach Slows is fortunate in having Townsend to send into the line-up. Franklin -will probably be without the services of Kingsolver. The fast Northeastern team of Brightwood won over their opponents, the Brightwood M. E Church, by a score of 28 to 6, Wednesday evening. Hagan of the Northeastern* was injured during the first half of the game, but finished up the entire game, making twelve of the Northeastern’s points. Coomler and Rogers also played a wonderful game. For games phone Circle 2791 and ask for H. D. Hagan. Teams in any class can book games with Christamore quintettes at any time. The Christamore A. C.s, Triangles, Juniors, Comets and Midgets have been bumping them all off lately and are now looking for hot competition. Call AVebstex $l3O and ask for Clayton. The South Side Turner Actives will meet the Bunklin A. C.s Saturday night at the Turner gym. The Turners are on tbe program for a contest on the same night with a strong aggregation. Last night the Turner Actives defeated the Tartars, 25 to 20. The Riverside A. C.s won a forfeit game from the Salt Lake Club last night. AA ith the score 21 to 21 at the end of the second period, the Salt Lake Club refused to decide the contest by overtime play. LOGANSPORT, Ind.. March 3.—The local legion basket-ball five scored a victory lust night when the Culver Legion quintette an 1 the Royal Center net squads were both defeaied by decisive scores. The Culver tossers were burled beneath a 44-to-13 score, while Royal Center submitted to a 33 to-24 drubbing.

COLISEUM SET FOR NETTILTS Special Preparation Made for Comfort of Spectators and Players. Indianapolis high schools are seething with excitement over the sectional bas-ket-bull tourney, which opens tomorrow l morning at the Coliseum. After weeks and weeks of work tbe Coliseum has been put in readiness for the tourney in which sixteen higii school teams will compete for the honor of playing in the regional tourney at Bloomington one week from Saturday. The court at the Coliseum has been constructed according to regulation high school dimensions. The court is seventyfour feet by fifty feet. Construction of bleachers immediately around the playing floor, along with the regular stands, will accommodate 8,000 people comfortably. In ease of necessity, plenty of standing room will be available. DRESSING ROOMS AND SHOWERS. Special dressing rooms and showers have been installed In an effort to make the athletes comfortable. Special heating apparatus has been i laced in the building, which will insure the spectators' comfort while watching the athletes battle for supremacy. Teh three iocal schools have been al(Continued ou Page Nine.) Buchheit Resigns Assistant's Post at Tiger School GREENCARTLE. Ind.. Ma-ch 3 —L. O. Buchheit will surrender Ills position ns assistant director of athletics at De Pauw at the end of the present school year, he has announced. Thereafter he will devote all of his time to the management of the university shop, of which he is proprietor. Coach Buchheit became instructor of physical education at De Pauw in the spring of 1919. Later he was made assistant director of athletics to Coach Buss. He was successful in rounding out a championship track squad upon a nucleus of two letter men. In addltiou to his track work, Buchheit assisted In football roachlng and directing the reserve football squad, and also assisted In the direction of varsity baseball, of which he will have full charge this season. He will also remain in charge of track work until the close of school. AA’hlle a successor to Buchheit has not been named, it Is thought that CoH'-h Fred A. Walker will either actively take over this branch of work or rime a man to succeed Couch Buchheit. CREIGHTON BEATS VALEO. VALPARAISO. Ind, March 3—A desperate rally by Valparaiso University in the last half fell short h re hist nigliv aga'nst Creighton University, the Cornhuskerg winning tiie contest, 2fl to 24. The locals took a short lead-in the !lrt half, but were unable to bold it Ecklund's two long shots near the close of the final period tr*-aten -d the visitors’ lend. Kearney with seven field ca Is was the bright star for the Creighton team.

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BAKER’S ADDITION BOOSTS YANKS

NEAV YORK, March 3. —Yankee stock in the coming American League pennant race looks stronger than ever today. Gotham fans who have been predicting that Miller Huggins' 1S)21 entry will dethrone the champion Cleveland Indiana and win for New York its first American League championship are sure of it now. The reason? J. Franklin Baker is back on the job. The veteran third baseman who spent 1920 on his Trimpe (Md.) farm has accepted terms offered him by Colonels Ruppert and Huston. He will arrive here in a few days to sign his contract and will hasten along to Shreveport to get into condition to open the season at third with the Hugginites. Baker will add a lot of strength and balance to the New YorK Infield. He Is not, never was in fact, the flashiest fielder in the business. But lie is steady. And he can hit. With J. Franklin's lar rupiug power added to that of Ruth, Pipp, Ward, Peck and the rest of the members of “murderers’ row,” the Yanks

A. B. C/ PROGRESS. BUFFALO, N. Y., March 3.—A score of 1.108 pins, shot by two different Buffalo pairs in the doubles and 015 in the singles were the high marks in Wednesday's rolling of two-man and individual games iu the American Bowling Congress tournament. There were only thirty Buffalo teams in the doubles yesterday, fifty competing In the singles. G. Hoefner-F. It iupuch and T. Cochrane-W. Clement were the Buffalo pairs to roll the high twi-man sets of the day. Clarence Kinsley made ;he 015 singles total. He was closely followed by H. Schreiber, another local bowler, with a total of 012 pins. Thirty-two local teams occupied the alleys in the five-man event last night. Big Bcores, and plenty of them, were the order with the Elk League bowlers last night. Several of the “Brother Bills” went up for a pair of doublo hundreds. Cobier of the Shin Bones wasn't much I ou consistency, but he looked good in his second game, getting 239 pins. Fox shot 224 and 210 for the Teeth, doing a big lilt toward bringing them a double win over the Ears. Peachey lift the post with 211 for the Hides, came in again fur 211, then finished calmly with 170. Pollard shot two good scores for the Tails, pod so did Westover, but the Shin Bones worked well together and the Tails had to accept two trouncing*. The Heller i mis took th one-game honors of the t apitol loop when whetStine Tedrowe and Noble each hit for a double century in the second round. Their count was 939. Bader was high individual for one game with a 238 score. The Wild W omen of the FairbanksMorse circuit had to show some class in the third round to come out of their match with the Katies on the long end of the game count.

are going to be the nightmare of every pitcher in the American League. Yankee officials are just as enthusiastic over Baker's return as are the fans. Baker reports that he is in good condition, despite his year’s luy off, said Manager Barrow today, “and he expects to be able to whip himself into shape as speedily as any of the seasoned players. He will surely add a lot of strength to the team and we are all mighty glad to welcome him back.’’ Five New York American League players who have been ' holding out,” have surrendered and will report to Manager Huggins at Shreveport, La., next week, it was announced yesterday. They are Wally Schang, catcher; Bib Shawkey and Jack Quinn, pitchers; Aaron Ward aud Wallle Pipp, inflelders. Roger Peokinpaugh, shortstop, and Bob Muesel, utility player, have not yet signed their contracts, but Huggins believes they will report for training with the other regulars.

Dunbar of the Watts kicked over 241 clubs in his initial attempt. Orandstaff had a rather poor night, being able to get nothing more than a 234 score for one game. Double centuries in the Citizens Gas loop were few and rather far between, but Goodwin brought honor to tho gang with his 233 score fur game No. 2. Childs of the Coco-Quinines topped the Ell Lilly shooters with a score of 211, posit*! in his first game. -- Graham bad a hard time getting over the century line in his first and third games, but be tore in for 203 in his middle effort. Miss Kivett again walked off with the Courthouse Girls' League honors with “'•ores of 92, 114 and 128. Her team of Bobbs also took three games from the \ amps. Mrs. Sheridan cut loose for 207 pins in her third game with team No. 5 of the Central Ladles' League. Her other scores were 187 and 172.

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BAYH TO LEAVE NORMALSCHOOL Rumors Have Terre Haute Man Taking Up Place at Wisconsin. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., March S.—With the resignation of Buss and Buchheit at De Pauw comes the rumor here that Birch Bayh, athletic director at State Normal, would leave his post here at the end of tho baseball season. It Is understood that Bayh will go to Wisconsin, where he will be some sort of assistant coach and take a special coly lege course. Mr. Bayh would not comment on the rumor, but It has gained such headway here that It Is a foregone conclusion that he will not be here another season. Birch Bayh is a former State Normal athlete, being a star In basket-ball and baseball, besides featuring In several track events. At present Bayh Is secretary of the I. r. A. L and has turned out a wonder basket team, one which defeated Wabush iu one of the three games the Little Giants have lost this season. Bayh was in the Bervlee, entering as a priI vnte end coming out a major. He is a man beloved by every student In State [ N -.1111:11 i evil use of standing In the com- ■ munlty. B&yh Is also noted as a baskets ball official iu the State. Logansport's Drive for New Gymnasium Meets With Success LOGANSPORT. Ind.. March 3.—A sum of $7 (Vto has already been subscribed to the bond Issue of SIO,OOO which is being floated in order to raise the needed amount to begin work upon the extension of the local high school gymnasium. The remaining $5,000 which Is needed for the complete project has been pledged. The work of putting the plans Into effect is expected to be started within the next sixty days and when finished will give to Logansport the largest high school gymnasium In the State, It Is said. Denmark Sends Defy NEW YORK, March 3.—Denmark will make an attempt to lift the Davis cup. A challenge from the Dansk Lawn Tennis Forbund, the eighth to be received, was , announced by the U. S. A. Lawn Tennis j Association today. i

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Records Tumble in Indoor Track Meet for State Amateurs Butler Athletes Pile Up 341-2 Points to Beat Independent A. C. Squad . BT HEZE CLARK. Pat Page’s first attempt with the Butler College track athletes was marked with success when the Blue and White thinly cladg rolled up a high total of 34V4 points in the Indiana A. A. U. indoor track and field championships last night at Tomlinson hall. The Independent A. C. team finished second to the collegians with a total of 33V& points. Other teams finished In the following order: Normal College, 13; Indiana University. 10; Indianapolis Y. M. C. A., 4, and Indianapolis A. C., 3. The Independent Athletic Club team copped the cycle races, for which no points were given. Points In the track meet were alloted the first four men to finish In each event, but the official scorers failed to include the fourth-place men In the summary and there was some discussion as to which team won until this morning, when Paul R. Jordan, secretary of the Indiana Association, announced that the fourth-place points of the Butler athletes had brought them the winning total. Konrad of Indiana University proved to be the fastest dash man and captured the twenty-flve-yard sprint. SIEBERT STAB IN HIGH JUMP. Slebert, the Normal College star, was the man who put over some record peri formances. The big athlete was a close second In the dash and In the Jumps set new Indiana A. A. u. marks. In the high Jump he cleared the bnr at 5 feet liMi inches. Juday, the Independent Athletic Club star, was only an Inch under that mark. Slebert again scored a first In the standing broad Jump. He jumped ten feet, but was only a fraction of an inch ahead of Garten of the Independent A. C. Bullock, the Indiana University pole vaulter, was forced to go eleven feet to bear Garten In that event. The height is remarkable, considering that the men bad a limited space In which to run on a slick floor. Draper, tho Butler College star track man, set a pace far too fast for his opponents in the 1,000-yard run, and was far In front of the field in that event. Doolittle, the Butler distance runner, outclassed Ms opponents In the two-mile event and the stride of this speedy distance man is sure to win him races against the best runners In the West. He sprinted tho last lap as If he were (Continued on Page Nine.)

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TRIO OF GREAT HOOSIER COURT TILTS TONIGHT __ . Wabash Takes on De Pauw and Purdue Tackles Indiana in State Scraps. BUTLER VS. DENTS HERE The prize basket-ball battles of the 1921 season will be fought tonight when the four strongest rivalry sets in the State get together and take their final, whacks at each ether. The Dentals and Butler meet on the Tomlinson Hall floor at 8 o'clock in the thick of their series of games for the In-’ dlanapolis collegiate title, Purdue and Indiana meet at Bloomington in their second game and one that will put either of them decidedly out of the Western Conference running. Wabash and De Pauw, probably the toughest court rivals la Indiana, will go to the mat at Greencastle in their second meeting of the season, and Franklin battles Earlham at Richmond. Hoosier basket interest Is divided into three equal parts for these contests tonight. Indianapolis, however, is, naturally, more excited over the Butler-Dental affair than the others. In the opening game of the ButlerDental series on the Butler floor the Pagemen won through their ability at the foul line, the Dents getting one more field goal, but failing on the free range. Then the teams got together at the Y. M. C. A. and the Tooth Pullers came along with something like a tiiree-poinl victory. This second contest was a great fight and It showed the teams as evenly matched as a pair of court machines caa possibly be. So there Is little so-called dope to be spilled on tonight’s game and the fans of the city will be satisfied with a victory for either club. The Pagemen will come back fighting mad at the Tooth Pullers tonight because of their recent beating by the Franklin comblnatlonbut the Dents will be ready for any sort of action and are confident that they caa (Continued on Page Nine.) Additional Sports Page 9