Indianapolis Times, Volume 33, Number 276, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 March 1921 — Page 6

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Baseball Gossip , Boxing , Amateurs and Other Sports

lEDSKINS OFF ON FIRST LEG OF HOME TRIP James at New Orleans and Baton Rouge Will Close Southern Card. THINGS LOOKIN’ GOOD I>v EDDIE ASH. Dally Times Sports Editor. CROWLEY, La., March 29.—jack Henricks’ Indians said their farewell to rowley shortly after noon today and might they will be quartered in New irleans, resting for tho opening of a wo-gaute series with the Brooklyn Naonals Wednesday. The Hoosiers broke training camp amid ypical Southern adieus and the baseball mosters here urged Owner Smith and danager Hendricks to consider this lively ittle city when plans for the spring work if 1322 are being considered. Promises vere made that any flaws would be eradcated and that baseball interest in this ocnlity would be stirred up double what t was the first year of Crowley's Tenure into the big diamond game. Tin Tribe directors thanked the local reel* tents for the hospitality shown the Hoolier plavers dnriug their stay here, but hey di<f not commit themselves definitely ■egartling their next year's spring trainng plans because of business reasous. Only one day of practice was missed ind that was Monday, the next to the ast day before departing. The breeze >ecame too frigid for a regular workout nd due to the fact that the majority of ilayers are in shape. Manager Hendricks ssued a vacation proclamation. Lee Bartlett, the phenom rookie, probibly will draw the Tribe pitching asslgnnent for the first Brooklyn game in New irleans Wednesday, and if he shows good nrm it is possible that he will be pernitted to try the full nine inning route. Walter Rehg, the team's leading hitter 9f last season, may get a chance In one of the Brooklyn games. He has been given plenty of batting practice since his rrival at Crowley Saturday and he made inown a desire this morning to be placed n the line-up at New Orleans. Outfielder tob Kinsella is stlil incapacitated for active duty and for this reason Manag-u Hendricks desires to hurry Rehg into form. Kinsella's braised thumb is not showing the improvement expected and there Is danger that he will not be able to swing back Into action for another Manager Hendricks failed to hear before leaving Crowlev from Owner Powers of the Los Angeles team regarding his proposition to trade Cliff Brady for pitcher iVie Aldridge, and it looks as though that promising deal is off. Hendricks saw nothing but encouragement in the deal when he planned It Monday. bin today he said that, due to the failure ot the Los Angeles club to show any Interest in his proposition, he was of the opinion that It was useless to pay out good money for Brady. The Indians do not peed Brady new, but Hendricks was willing to buy turn In order to use him In a trade. There is no concealing the fact that the Indians would like to have Vic Aldridge, and though the Los Angeles team, has turned down the Brady offer. Owner Smith still stands ready to buy Aldridge at a reasonable figure. Manager Hendricks does not mean to overlook anv chance to bolster his battery at both ends, because he Is flrmlv convinced that he has a pennant-w'nnlng club In both the infield and outfield departments and that he needs only strong pitching and catching ammunition to assure Indianapolis a championship machine. The Indians will get snother look at Babe Rnth in action while they are in New Orleans. The Yankees meet the Brooklyn team there Friday and it’s an ofT day for the Hoosiers. following their two games with the Dodgers. After witnessing Ruth and his mates* perform, the Indians will depart for Baton Rouge to meet the Lou Diana T’niversity nine Saturday and the .Standard Oils, a strong' semi-pro outfit [Monday. The contest with the. Oils will Imark "the Hoosiers’ final game in the fjutb. ns they are due to hop back to LA Orleans next Sunday night and prefor the return trip North, Mart.ng morning.

Pitchers Form Rb State-wide Organization M:irh. Indianapolis. has hc p n president of the State Horseshoe Association. The association rganizM March 16 and h -s becom** Of the National 11 ora* shoe Association. other officers |He<i were L I*>. Lacey, Columbus, vice ; George Brown. ludinnapolis. jajßotarv. r.mi \V. G. Whitney, In.Jianaptreasurer. He; club desirous of becoming a mem will be supplied wit a all Information SKA written request from the secretary. city league meeting will be held In department at the city hall MPKvrrow night at S o'clock, which date BPjJB. be the last to enter clubs for the season. Bicycle Rider BM Opens 22d Cycling Year N J, March 29,-Frank L. who for twenty-one years has defeating the best professional blgpjaTe riders from all over t 1" worl 1. his twenty-second yea: in cycling Velodrome here by winning tin* Ri.or Gillen stakes, a five-mile open ffijjßnt, from Pete Moeskops, Reggie McAlfred Gonllet and John Bedell. attended an opening bicycle meet were present. 'iavy Team Leaves Home BpniLAnELrillA March 20.- -Definite was made here Monday the naval academy would be reprerAvi 1 at the University of Penn sylvania ■jffSm carnival on Franklin field -vpril 20 has been given permission to romXVAwav from home. Commander llow officer of the naval academy the management of the earthat the middies would enter the medley relay, the two-mile colrelay, discus and javelin throws and the pentathlon, or all-round championship event. Madden Wins Suit I.EXINGTON, Ky., March 20—A verdict for the defendants was returned In Circuit Court in the $25,000 damage suit brought against John E. Madden, mUllonaire Horseman, by James Brooks, suing by next friend. .Tames Ellis. Brooks claimed' the defendant acted under a “pretended contract of apprenticeship,” and compelled him to take transportation an a car loaded with horses and go out of the State. Plaintiff stated he remained In Madden's employ frouw the last of October, 1017, until Dec. 2. 1019, when he '‘escaped." An appeal to the Court of Appeals was granted. START FOOTBALL PRACTICE. CAMBRIDGE, Mass., March 29—Head Coach Robert Fisher surveyed the prospects for the Harvard football eleven of Dext fall when spring practice for the gridiron squad began Slor.day. He found & likely back field In tl-.e making, but a ne full of holes. Os the fifty men who Reported for the three weeks' drill most were candidates for line positions and Fisher said he would devote much of his time to them. The Crimson spring season this year is starting later and will be shorter than In recent years, making it possible for Capt. Keith Kane of the eleven to report for the varsity crew, irhere he rowed last year. A. B. C. PROGRESS. BUFFALO. N. Y., March 09.—The Paunders five-man team of Toronto. Ontario, shot Into first place In the fiveman event In the A- B. C. tournament here last night with a total of 3,066 pins. Bowling In the doubles and singles was devoid of any scores high enough to win place among the ten leaders. F. Dollsh and E. Roepp of Cleveland, carried off the honors In the two-man event with a total score of. 1.198. F. Gresewell of Cleveland registered the best score la the singles, having a total of 646 pins. ENGLAND BEATS FRANCE. PARIS, March 29. —England defeated Franie In a.x International rugby football idffla here Monday. 10 to 8. A record

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OTHER MONDAY BOUTS. AT ROCHESTER, N. Y.—The scheduled fifteen-round bout between Cal Delaney, Cleveland, and Irish Patsy Cline, Newark, was stopped by the referee In the fifth round on trie claim that Cline was stalling. AT PHILADELPHIA—George Chaney, Baitimcwe, knocked out Billy Angelo, York, Pa., in the fourth roqnd. AT BOSTON —Johnny Clinton won a decision over Jimmy Fruzzetti in ten rounds. AT NEW TORK—Joe Gorman, Portland. Ore., defeated Frankie Edwards, New York, in fifteen rounds. AT PITTSBURGH—Joe Lynch, bantam champion won a newspaper decision over Young Pinehot, Charleroi, Pa., in ten rounds. AT DETROIT—CarI Tremaine, Detroit bantamweight, .was given a newsphper decision over Jabez White of Albany, N. Y., In a ten-round bout. KOKOMO MATCHMAKER. F. C. Clemens, Kokomo, has been named matchmaker for tho organization formed by the boys of the Kokomo Rubber Company, formed for the holding of wrestling and boxing matches. The organization will equip a gymnasium for holding the matches. Mr. Clemens desires to hear from managers of wrestlers aud boxers. Larry McLean Was Own Worst Enemy; Career a Varied One His Laughs at Discipline Cost Ilim Job, and, Finally, Life. NEW YORK. March 29—Larry McLean, killed In a saioon brawl in Boston recently, was a quaint character. The old saying, “he was his own worst enemy,” only too often true of men In the sport game, applies in his case. Everybody who knew Larry liked him. and only his weakness for the merry-go-round of life prevented him from being the greatest catcher ever produced by the game of baseball. At that, lissfat hearted and frivolous and rarely takftig baseball ns a serious business. McLean was regarded as one of the best backstops of bis day. He was a wise man in behind the willows, and few could break up plays In the position better than Larry. He was a big man, perhaps the tallest catcher ever In the big leagues, and weighing well over 200 pounds. He had a splendid arm. and eould hand the ball out over the batsman's head down to second base with marvelous facility.

HIT AOO In VVORI.D SERIES. I Furthermore, McLean was a natural j hitter. In the world's series of 1913. ! when the Giants faced the Athletics ail 1 shot to pieces. McLean took Chief Myers' j place behind the bat, played errorless ball | and hit .500. | It was after that series that the other I members of the Giants, cutting up their money, failed to include McLean for more than a pittance in view of his work, and broke the big fellow’s heart. McLean made ills big league reputation with the Cincinnati Reds, long before he came to the Giants. He came to 1 New York late In the season of 1013. and * it was because of his short term here that ! year that the other players did not think he was entitled to a full share of the series money. McLean was born In 1881 In Fredericton, N. H.. and started playing ball at the Washington Grammar School at ! Cambridge, Mass. He also attended the (Cambridge Manual Training School, i finally graduating from there. In ISOB he played first base for-the Newton team of Cambridge. In 1900 he went to his home town, Fredericton, and managed the ball club there, then catching a time for the St. Johns club of New "Brunswick. Next he was signed as an extra catcher for the ! Boston Red Box. Needing more expe rlence, be was sent to manage and c-tch for the Halifax club of the Nova Scotia League, remaining there until 1902. CUB SCOCT FIRST FOUND HIM. In 1903 he went to the Nashua club of the New England lacague. Jab* Morse, scouting for the Chicago Cubs, saw l.im and signed him. McLean did not hear any more from the Chicago club after signing, and was picked up by Cleveland and put on first base. The Cubs heard ,of him there and claimed him, then sent him to St. Louis In a trade with Jack Taylor for Mordeeal Brown and Jack O'Neill The | Cardinals shipped him to Portland, j where he remained until 1907. The Reds then bought him. kept him until the winter of 1912, when tie was traded to I St. Louis again. j In 1913 McGraw traded Otey Crandall (to the Cards for McLean, ktid for a J collide of years the big fellow figured (as M'-Gntw's sjeond string pitcher, j With the Giants. McLean behaved well for a time, theu commenced to cause ! McGraw trouble. He was not a vicious j fellow In any sense. He was always good natured. and Joking and took life genierally as a big laugh, but club discipline j meant little to him. I ROW WITH MeGR.MV : ( AI'SED RELEASE. | Finally McGraw cut him adrift In St. I Louis and one hot summer night MeLenn appeared, with a number of companions, at the Hotel Buckingham, where MeGrnw, Dick Kinsella, his scout, and others were sitting out in the courtyard. McLean seemed to have some grievance against both McGraw and Kenseila, and started a row with them that ended his (career with the Giants for good. He was around New York for a time, ! then appeared in the moving pictures, i He seemed to be doing well, and several managers wanted to give him another chance In the big leagues, but McLean apparently had no great desire to resume baseball. In February, 1913. McLean had a row In a poolroom in Cincinnati in which Ms arm was broken, but on that ocension he was trying to act as a peacemaker. In these days' of inflated baseball values a Larry McLean would be worth SSU,OUO to any ball club. gfIWUNG si mmmmm m ■■■■■■■■••••• Andrews of the Nordyke & Marmon team and Albers of the Inter-State Car Company team, tied for high score of the evening, rolling 246. V Andrews rolled the best game of the evening, hitting in the three games, 222, 235 and 246. Rubins of the Newsboys team, in the Star League, rolled second high score, being one pin behind the leaders. Kuhn of the Vonnegut Manufacturing Company team took the prize for low score, rolling 90 in one game. He was closely trailed by Wilson, Star League, with 92, and Myer, Inter-State, and Hillman, Wheeler ■>& Son, who hit ’em for only 97. The evening’s bowling was conspicuous by the absence of spectacular work. Golfers* Elect Officers The South Grove Golf Club elected Webb Wallace, president; R. A. Clark, vice president, and M. R. Williams, sec-retary-treasrer, in a meeting that started the organization work for the coming season. R. W. Barrier wag made chairman of the handicap committee, Joe Kelly of the tournament committee, and G. Brown of the membership committee. The club has decided on a membership campaign and plans to enroll a large number of those golfers who play on the municipal course. A full program will be arranged by the tournament committee. The early demand for lockers Indicates that the approaching season will be a Tery popular one for the South Grove links. The only fee required at South Grove ia locker rental

Famous Indian to Coach Boilermaker Gridiron Warriors p Dietz, Former Carlisle Star, Named to Succeed ‘Butch’ Scanlon at Purdue. LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 29.—The glad news that Purdue has at last signed a football coach was set loose yesterday afternoon by Athletic Director Kellogg. The new coach, William H. Delta, although never given the publicity that has been received by several of ths prominent mentors of today, has a good record to back him when he takes np his work at Purdue on April 4, the opening of spring football practice. He gained his start by playing with the Carlisle Indians four years. He played on the Indian team In 1907, 1908, 1910 and 1911. The first and Inst years he was a big factor In defeating Harvard. In each of these two years. Carlisle lost one game. The three years following his graduation were spent in assisting Coach Warner In turning out strong elevens. In 1915, 1916 and 1917 he took np the reins of coaching the Washington State University of Pullman, Wash. The first and third years he brought the Pacific coast championship to Tacoma. The second year his eleven took second place. In 1917 Brown University came out of the East with the Btsr Pollard at their head to battle with Washington State, but were defeated In a hotly contested game. The following year he left Washington and coached the Mare Island team, which copped the Pacific coast championship. That ended bis coaching until he starts here next year. Spring practice will start next Monday and a record crowd of candidates are expected to turn out. The new coach is pleased with the prospects before him at Purdue and is anxious to get to work. Ills choice met with the approval of the student body.

Twelve Registered Shoots Carded for Local Trap Firers Marksmen of City Get Opportunity to Gain High National Rating. Beginning next Saturday, the Indianapolis Gun Club will have registered club shoots two Saturdays In each month, which will give the trap shooters the opportunity to shoot in twelve registered events between Saturday and the end of September. This, incidentally, is an opportunity for the shooter to fire at 1,200 targets, which will count on his yearly record. Heretofore the only targets which tho trap shooter had counted on his yearly average were those shot at special tournaments. This arrangement made It pos slide for a great number of shooters to fire at enough registered targets to have their averages show In the Trap ShootAssociation 'activities. The seufi-monthly registered shoots at the Indianapolis Gun Club will make it easy for all local marksmen to lire at cough targets to gain a high rating In the national association. No entries will be accepted after the second event, April 23, has been finished. The dates for the registered shoots are: April 2 and 23, May 7 and 28, June 4 and 25, July 2 aud 23, Aug. 6 aud 27, Sept. 3 and 24. The annual registered tournffment of the Indianapolis Gun Club will be held March IS and 19. There also will be the regular weekly practice snoots held at the Indianapolis Club. EIUfARDS AMATEUR PEAT. DETROIT, March 29.—Walker Calder- I wood. Detroit, and W. It. Brewer, E. \V. I.ookatmugh and H. B. Kuhns of Chicago j were winners in the Initial games of the: amateur three cushion billiards champion- i ship tournament, which opened here on Monday. Tbey defeated L. A. Httbn, Chi- j cago: G. 11. Loubach, New York, und H. \\. Sutcliffe, Chicago, respectively. The Lookubaugb-Lauhach match fur ntshed the best exhibition of the day, Lookuhaugh running bis fifty points In sixty-one innings, with a high run of ten, while his opponent made but twentyeight points. Lookabaugha ten was ths nest run, four and three being the best effort of the other men.

Austrdlian Tennis Stars May Fail to Enter Davis Meet NEW Y’ORK, March 29.—London newspapers of recent date which have Just been received here contain dispatches from Australia to the effect that In an interview lu Adelaide, Gerald L. Patterson, member of the Australasian lawn tennis team of 1920, stated he "was afraid we would not be able to take part In the next contests for the Davis cup.” It was possible, the dispatch continued, that Australia would not compete, as It was also doubtful whether Norman Brookes would be available. Local followers of tennis, when this report was brought to their attention yesterday, were inclined to ridicule the possibility of an Australasian withdrawal. Tbey pointed to the fact that, even should Patterson and Brookes be unable to complete, Australasiu was still supplied with excellent talent. In O’Hara Wood, J. B. Hawkes, J. O. Anderson, Rodney W. Heath, Randolph Lycett, Ronald V. Thomas and Sidney Doust, Australasia possesses players capable of meeting any other entry in the tourney on at least even terms. Moreover, it was urged that Australasian sportsmanship, so often strikingly demonstrated, would not-permit of a withdrawal merely because of the enforced absence of one er two of the star players. Fire Destroys Scene of Historic Ring Battles PHILADELPHIA March 29.—The Olympia Athletic Club, soerre of many famous boxing bouts, was completely destroyed early todas’ by a spectacular fire of unknown origin which also licked up eight adjoining residences, driving to the streets a dozen .negro families. Four alarms were sounded.

NO CHANGES IN CHAMP LINE-UP

By ROSS TENNEY, Sport* Editor Cleveland Pro*#. DALLAS, Texas, March 29.—Trls Speaker is living up to his announced plan of standing pat on the line-up with which the Indians went through the American League last summer and mopped up the Brooklyn Dodgers for the world's title. Except to move .Toe Sewell up to fifth place in batting order. Speaker hasn't varied his line-up in the spring games. Tris figures on starting the season with five regular hurlers ready to take turns in the box. where he bad only three at the start last spring—Coveleskie, Bagby and Caldwell. The added starters are Walter Mails and George Uhle, both of whom showed great form last fall. Another place where Tris figures he’ll start stronger this year than last is In that left field combination of Jamieson and Evans. Against righthanders, Jamieson hit .319 last season and Evans smashed southpaws for .349. Speaker also figures that’his other right and lefthanded shifts with Johnston and Burns splitting the first base job and Elmer Smith and Joe Wood alternating in right field will help mighty.

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RICKEY HOLDS STOCK. SYRACUSE, N. Y„ March 29.—Branch Rickey, vice president of the St. Louis National League baseball team, and Hiram Mason, also of St. , Louis, are named as each having one-fourth interest In the E. C. Landgraf trust, operator of the Syracuse International League franchise, In a ceritflcate of trust filed In the Onondaga County clerk’s office. Ernest Landgraf, president of the club, is a CO per cent sharelio.der. He claims to have refused $40,000 for his franchise aud players’ contracts earlier in the year. CUBS WIN, 5 TO 4. SACRAMENTO—The Cubs beat Sacramento here yesterday, 5 to 4. Grimes, Cub, first sacker, whanged out a homer with one on. WHITE SOX PLAY ELKS. BROWNWOOD, Texas—White Sox regulars play the Elks team of this city today. Tomorrow they tackle the Ft. Worth (Texas) Leaguers at Corsicana. BAKER SLAY GET BENCH. SHREVEPORT, La.—Frank Baker, once the king sluggtr of the majors, may have returned to baseball to take a place on the bench of the New York Yankees. Manager Huggins has so many Infield i stars that Balter may not be able to make a regular place. BANCROFT ON SICK LIST. MOBILE, Ala.—Dave Bancroft Joined the sick list of the New Y'ork Giants here today when he underwent an operation for the removal ts his tonsils. He Is expected to be in condition to play In the opening game, however, as are also Frank Frisch and Goldie Rapp. WILL GIVE BOND. ST. LOUTS, March 29 Carl Zork and Ben Franklin of St. Louis. Indicted in Chicago Saturday in connection with the baseball scandal and charged with being organizers of an alleged plot to throw the 1919 series, announced they would go to Chicago this week and furnish $48,090 bond for their appearance for trial. In a Joint statement they made a general denial of the charge. The statement declared Zork lost from SSOO to $1,600 on j the series, but that Franklin won $5,000. The two men originally had wagered together about $9,000 against $13,000 that Cincinnati would win the series, the state ment amplified, but that Zork began “hedging'’ by placing beta on Chicago and consequently lost. The men’s counsel denied an assertion in news dispatches that Zork recently supplied Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis with information which resulted In Gena Paulette being placed on the Ineligible list of players. Mr. Zork never appeared before Judge Landis, the statement added. NATIONALS BREAK CAMP. DAYTONA, Fla., March 29. The Washington Nationals' regular squad, twentyfive strong, has ended Its twenty-six-day spring training stay at Tampa. The r*gulars will join the second team at Jacksonville later In the week and will begin a barnstorming trip to Washington through Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia. SPOKES START TOUR. CLEVELAND, March 29.—The world's champion Cleveland Spokes are prepared to end training camp activities nt Dallas and start Wednesday on a barnstorming tour. Manager Speaker announced at a banquet there that h rring accident* the Spokes will train at Dallas again next spring. BOSTON FLAYS MEMPHIS. BOSTON, March 29.—The Boston Amer leans* have left their spring training grounds at Hot Springs, Ark., beginning a trip through the Eastern Central States, during wbieb they will, meet various minor league teams In exhibition games. Their first stop will be Memphis, Tenn.. where they are scheduled to piny today and tomorrow. Three Squares Per Day Habit, Says Evers, and He Proves It to Players L. i

SACRAMENTO, Cal., March 29. That eating three meals a day is a habit with ball players was demonstrated here when Manager ETers lifted the ban on the two feeds per day. On arriving here from I.os Angeles he announced to his finely trained athletes that they could eat lunch If they desired, and that hereafter there would be no objection to the noonday grub. Evers was eurlons to learn the effect the rule had on the players and watched closely which ones went into the dining room. He was not at all surprised to notice that only a few of them went In to have their appetites appeased. “That shows that eating lunch Is only a hahlt.” said Manager Evers. "I knew that If I could break the boys Into skipping the midday feed they would continue It. I was anxious to see how many would eat. They do not need the meal and those who did eat today will realize that they made a mistake, and I venture to gay that none of them will be eutlng nfter the season begins.” George Tyler was one of the first to hand his hat to the check girl this morning on the diner. He found an insect of some kind In Ills fruit and he could not finish his meal. He was as hungry as a bear when the lun:h hour came aud he did not make any errors in ordering. He said he felt much better ufter be had* consumed It and looked the part In twirling to the batters in practice. Semi-Finals Reached in Women’s Golf IVJeet PINEniTRST, N. C., March 29.—Mrs Dorothy Campbell Tlurd, Pittsburgh, and Mrs. F. C. Letts, Jr., Chicago, were expected to win their semi final matches tn the women’s citizens North and South golf championship tourney here today. Mrs. Hurd was scheduled to meet Mrs. J. S. Pritchard, Chicago, and Mrs. Letts was to play Mrs. J. D. Chapman of Green wick. Real Battle in Early National Indoor Play NEW YORK March 29.—Entrants In national men's indoor tennis singles tournament at the Seventh Regimen Artnory swept into the third round here today. Vincent Richards, wliaais favored to regain the title; Fred C. Anderson, older of the famous Brooklyn brothers; Arthur S. Cragin, a veteran of the indoor and outdoor courts, nnd George J. Moore, Jr., turned in creditable second-round victories.

the line-up when the team started South was the ability of Sewell to smooth out some rough spots In his fielding. However, ho has followed instructions to be natural Instead of always trying to set himself before throwing. He was the hitting sensation of the club In the early games. In addition to their “big five" of nltchers, the Indians will retain Morton and Clark for chief utility duty and two southpaw recruits will also (tick with the team. They are Jess Petty, with Indianapolis of the Association last year, and Ted Odenwald, a little fellow from Joplin, Mo. The Indians also picked up a sensational young outfield recruit In Ernie .Teanes, a young Texas semi-professional, whom Speaker will keep if he continues the form shown in early games. Speaker Isn’t claiming the pennant, but the Indians figure to be right up there as the White Sox have been riddled and the Yankees don't seem much stronger than last year, when the best they could do was third. They have lost Derriil Pratt, who was tha chief thorn In the side of the Indians in the games that Hugrina' kw.v dnuioq the tribe last season.

FIGHT SITE IS TEX’S NEMESIS Eleventh-Hour Offers Set Back Indefinitely Naming of City. NEW YORK, March 29.—An eleventh hour deluge of offers for the DempseyCarpentler fight today resulted In further delay In the naming of the site. Tex Rickard is in a quandary. He has until April Fool's Cay to utter the Information the fistic public is so eager to hear aud he may wait until the last moment, TwoVconferences today were scheduled to consume the major portion of the promoter's time. John W. Snyder, Cumberland, Md., with a delegation of prominent citizens from his home town, was booked for another conference with the Texan. Snyder conferred with Rickard briefly yesterday but failed to induce him to name the Maryland town. Walter C. Percival, who says he represents a syndicate headed by Solly Joel, London diamond merchant, which has offered .$.">00,000 for the match, was also scheduled to whUpar In Rickard's ear. Meanwhile the peer of promoters scanned telegrams offering this and that, and read over again a belated offer of SBOO,OOO from Dr. W. E. Harrison, who declares that Broken Hills, Nev., will take over the fight and guarantee that amount. The uhneard of towns are getting into print as they always do. “Honestly, I haven’t made a final decision yet,” said Rickard today. “As I’ve said repeatedly. I am giving every angle and every offer the closest attention and I won’t make the final decision until I am certain that I have chosen the best site possible.” Rickard took occasion to deny a repent printed here Monday to the effect that Jersey City would get the match. He said there was absolutely nothing to It. Up and down Broadway, however, they are still wagering brown derbys that the battle will be Staged “somewhere lu New Jersey.” LiV Arthur Will Be Carnival Leader if He Can't Box Again Desires to Return Under Black Manager, However, for Whirl at Title. FT. LEAVENWORTH. Kan , March 29. —Lil’ Arthur Johnson, Jack of the Golden Smile, will return to boxing under a manager of his own race, the former champion declared here today. Jack, busy with his duties as athletic director at Uncle Sam's prison, paused amid smiles to deuy he had any lutenton of signing a managerial eonlra<*t with Al Lippe of New York. Johnson said bis ring futur*' would be directed by Billy McClain of Kansas City, who once promoted bouts for Georges Carpentler in France. The former champion will terminate his sentence on July 15 and will immediately attempt to re enter the ring, he said. “Lil* Arthur's" plaus Include ■ traveling carnival, with personal appearances, in event boxing commission's refuse to allow him to appear In the ring. • Johnson declared he would ”hnr no shun.” He said this included Kid Norfolk, Harry Wills and Dempsey. "And I'd like to meet Mr. Wllllard again,” lie added. . Jack hits but one sorrow concerning his Federal Job. He doesn't get enough peanut brittle candy. "Ah sure wish you’d tell them folks nt Kansas City to send me moah peanut j brittle candy,” he concluded. fIMfIMTO mmmmmmmm+mmmmmmmmmm m m mm

The management of the Elder Reserves has an important proposition that he wishes to dismiss with /fils player* at a j meeting at his home, /800 Spring street, tomorrow night. It is necessary that all ; players Intending to start the season with the Elder* attend this meeting. Pat Fox, Buddie Love and Buck Ur*eiiau | are requested to call Elder at Main 86-11 between 6 uud 7 o'clock this evening. ! The Tipton Trojans have reorganized ; their baseball team for the 1921 season and are now ready to book games at j home or lu any part of the State. They j will play Sundays and holidays. For \ games, write L. R. SmiUou, manager, ; Tipton. lud. j Henry E. Ifcirrls, president of the In- | dlaimpolU Amateur Baseball Assocla- | tlon, iiaa called a meeting of the assocla- : tlon tonight at 8 o'clock In the reereaj tlon department of the city hall. Further I plan* will be made to complete the orj gnnlzatlon of the various city leagues, playing on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. Three more teams nre needed to fill qp the Sunday School longue and i two more teams for the Municipal League, j Tentative plan* have closed the Mnnufac--1 turers’ Fraternal, City and Commercial | Leagues, but It Is important that every j team desiring affiliation with the aa-ocla-I tion should have a representative at the meeting. Weber council Y. M. I. baseball team defeated the Morris Street Christian* Church In a practice game, 19 to 13. A meeting of the Y. M. I. will be held Friday night at the clubrooins For ganxp* with this nine address William Smith, 1307 Bridge street. Golden Rule lodge No. 1, Independent Order of Shepherds, will give a bard-tlmo dance Wednesday evening at the P. 11. C. Hall for tha organization's baseball team. The Interurbnn Baseball League will hold Its second meeting at the Em-Roe store tomorrow night at 7:30. It was first planned to have six teams In the loop, but eleven teams have made application for berths in the league. It has been decided to make It an eight-club circuit. It Is urged that all teams hnvo a representative present at this meeting, ns it will be voted on just which eight teams will be Included In the league. A president, vice president and a sec-retary-treasurer will bo elected. Committees will be appointed to draw up the by-laws and a schedule. Any one desiring information on the league should get In touch with Carl C. Calluhuu, at the Em-Roe store. Several former A. B. C. players are Included on the roster of the Dunn Stars baseball team, a fast aggregation of col-, oreil players. The team Is to be manager by H- L. Coleman, who would like to hear from the managers of the Marion Boosters, Frankfort, Greensbnrg or Lafayette in regard to games. Some of the men on the Dunn nine are Hannibal, Baker Davis. Ross, Brown, Lang, McMurry and Clark. Petrie and Moore will do the hurling, and Tractor will ba on the receiving end. For games, address U. L. Coleman, 143 East Market street. The Marlon Ramblers will practice at Fairvlew Park next Sunday afternoon. The Ramblers will be stroug contenders for State honors this season, according to Manager Wellington, who Is taking Ms team to Seymour May 1 to open the season. For games with the Ramblers, address J. W. Wellington, 419 North Delaware street. The Broad Ripple baseball team will meet Thursday evening at 8 o’clock, and all player? are requested to be present. Tickets for the dance to bo given by the team Saturday, April 9. at the Broad Ripple Park pavilion will be distributed. The Broad Ripple team desires games with city and State beams. Address James Osborn, Broad Ripple, Ind. ZBYSZKO. PEBEK MATCHED. CHICAGO, March 29. Stanislaus Zbysako, heavyweight wrestler, and John Pesek of Nebraska today were matched to meet here In a finish match April 13. On the same dnte, Ed (Strangler) Lewis, world’s champion, will meet either Jim Londoa or Renata GardinU

WILL DISCUSS NEW BUILDING r Local Realtors to Attend Meeting Tomorrow. Several real estate men from Indianapolis are planning to attend the meeting of real estate men of the northern district of Indiana in Gary tomorrow, according to officials of the Indiana Real Estate Association here. The meeting will be the first to ba held In the north district since district meetings were included in the activities of the State organization. The question of financing real estate sales and new building will be discussed. Another problem £o bo given attention will be the question of the taxation of sales contracts. At the present time sales contracts, as they now are worded, are taxable and R is the contention of real estate men that a tax en the property itself, the mortgage tax and the further tax of the sales contracts places too much taxation on real estate. Ivan O. Ackley of Chicago, rice president of the national organization, will speak at the meeting, as will Joseph W. Work of Evansrlvlie, regional director. Don M. Goss, field secretary of the organization, will attead. Joseph Brittain, president of the Illinois Real Estate Association, will attend the meeting. The business session will begin at 9:80 o’clock in the morning at the Public Library building in Gary. A noon luncheon, will be held at the Y. M. C. A. The visl-' tors will bo given an auto ride about the city and will be taken through the steel mills. An executive session of the board of governors of the Indiana Real Estate Association will follow the general meeting. 3 Telephone Girls Catch and Hold Man Who Insulted Them Three telephone girls pursued and captured a man who they alleged Insulted them near the Indiana Beil Telephone Company's building on North Meridian street this morning. The man took refuge in a restaurant at 216 North Meridian street, but the three girls caught and held him until the arrival of Motorpolice Hudson and Landers. The man gave his name as Clarence Walter, 29, 110 West North street, and he Is charged vith public Indecency and vagrancy. The girls who captured Walter are Mary Clover, C’3 South West street; Mary Roak, South Belmont avenue, and Nell King, 1136 North Gale street. The girls told the police that the man hod been insulting girls near the telephone office for a week and that they planned to capture him.

KNOX FRUIT CROP LOST BY FREEZE Men, Watching Fires in Orchard, Severely Burned. to Th Time*. VINCENNES, Ind., March 29.—-The en,lr _Knox County peach crop, estimated at 75,000 bushels, and most of the apple crop were destroyed last night when the temperature fell to 20 degrees. Much of the young nursery stock was frozen. Three persons trying to save the peaches by burning night fires were severely burned. Thousands of gallons of oil distillate wag burned in an effort to save the fruit crop. Homer Price, 19, guarding tho fires in the Simpson Brothers orchard, dozed off early today after workiug all night. The wind blew some of the fire from the burning oil on him and ha was severely burned from the waist down. Arthur Dotiie. foreman of the orchard, and Emory Price, Homer's brother, threw overcoats over the youth to extinguish the blazing clothes. They, too, were bn rned. Robert Blmpson, manager of the orchard and one of the leading fruit growers of the State, said that the entire poach crop was killed and that most of the apple crop, which is hardier, also was destroyed The ground was frozen and there was frost. The Wabash River was at 13,4 feet, having risen seven tenths of an inch during tho night. PRINCETON, TndT March 29.—The mercury fell to 24 degrees above zero here last night. The sudden cold of last night, and Monday night destroyed twothirds of the Gibson County fruit crop, according to estimates placed on the loss by farmers. Diamond Fatality BLACKSBURG, Va., March 29.—Lawrence G. Sumner of Norfolk, at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, was almost Instantly killed here Sunday afternoon when a baseball bat slipped from tpe bands of his friend and classmate, Otis Forbes, and struck him above the heart. Forbes Is prostrated and Is In the college hospital under physician's care. TO HELP SPEARS. MORGANTOWN, W. Va.. March 20—E. S, Jordan, who played quarter-back on tho 1920 football eleven at Dartmouth, has been chosen as assistant to C. W. Spears, coach of the Mountaineer team. It was announced today by the athletic committee of West Virginia, University.

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More Than Third of U. S . Population Centered in Cities WASHINGTON, March 29.—More than one-third of the population of the United States dwells in the, larger cities, according to statistics made public by the Census Bureau today. The 1920 census shows that of the total population of the United States, 105,710,620, there are 54,314,476 Inhabitants dwelling in cities of 2,500 inhabitants or more and there are 37,770,114 inhabitants dwelling in cities of 25,000 inhabitants or more.

Tom Thieves Third and Last Time at This Feed Foundry •'The third time is the charm!” W hen a burglar made a third visit to the Clones Brothers' restaurant, S3 West Maryland street, early today he found a reception committee waiting to receive him. The members of the “committee” were Detectives Goln4sch and Coleman. As a result Tom Hammoek, 23, negro, Hudson Hotel, was arrested at 4 a. m. today, on the charge of burglary and petit Jareeny . Twice the restaurant has been entered during the last few days by a burglar who stole cigarettes, cigars and money. His favorite way of entering was through a rear door. The detectives investigating decided that he would come back, and they waited hidden in the restaurant. The detectives say Hammock confessed that it was his third visit to the place. Ask for Watchman to Guard Crossing Special to Tile Times. GREENSBURG, Ind,, March s9.*-A movement has been started in Greensburg to get the Big Four Railroad Company to Install a watchman at the South Eapt street crossing, where a Big Four train Sunday morning struck a touring car and injured Jacob Ernstes, a farmer, and bis four children, while returning from church. This point is considered as one of the busiest crossings in the city, due to the fact that 150 school children attending St. Mary’s school use this crossing several times daily for nine months in the year. Funeral corteges for South Park Cemetery as well as for the Catholic Cemetery, are compelled to use the crossing and from fifty to (one hundred automobiles %se this same crossing several times each Sunday while attending services at the St. Mary’s Catholic Church.

Hamilton Bond Issue for Road Building Special to The Time*. NOBLESVILI.E. Ind., March 29.—A bond Issue for $46,000 for the construction of the Barker gravel concrete road in Hamilton County has been sold to the Fletcher American National Bank of Indianapolis, at par and accrued lnterestAnother issue for SIOB,OOO for building the Clarksville pike has been sold to the MoCoun Construction Company, which has the contract to build the road at par and accrued interest. were no other bidders on the latter issue. ‘King of Abyssinia’ and Aid Hang Apr. 22 CHICAGO, March 29.—Grover B. Redding, negro and self-styled “King of Abyssinia,” and Osrar McGavick, his chief lieutenant In a “Back to Abyssinia” movement, today were sentenced to hang April 22, by Judge Kersten, who overruled motion for anew trial before pronouncing sentence. Redding and McGavick were convicted of killing Robert L. Rose of Philadelphia, enlisted man from Great Lakes naval training station, last June which started a small riot on the south side. Minnesota Students Want Baseball as Major Sport MINNEAPOLIS, March 29—University of Minnesota students seeking the restoration of baseball as a major sport will know whether there Is a,chance for It tomorrow when the Senate Board of Athletic Control will review their petition. The sport was discontinued at Minnesota in 1915. EXPECT HARD BATTLE. NETS’ YORK, March 29.—Another chapter will be writetn into Pete Herman’s campaign for a return bout with P.antamweight Champion Joe Lynch Wednesday night, when the former holder of the title engeges in his second bout since returning from England. Herman has mapped out a competitive program which he hopes will earn him another crack at the title. His second opponent Is Willie Spencer, east side bantamweight, who will trade blows with Herman In a bout scheduled for fifteen rounds at the Pioneer Sporting I Club Wednesday night. I

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PREPA ’ FOR MO TS_BANK Preliminary nization of Institution er Way. The following con to effect preliminary organization r, v 'or a Morris plan bank In this city -jpointed at a meeting of a number • -esentative business men at the Cl; > oi lotel yesterday, following an ao 1 s y W. C. Nicholson of New York tl \ Morris plan bank: Charles F. Ct < airman; Fred Hoke, Felix M. J ir er, Ell Schloss, A. L. Taggart and B. L Worthington. A number of those at be imetlnj pledged their financial support to the movement. In his address, Mr. Nicholson expw.ned that although the Morris plan ysUm Is a business proposition, it was trgaLSzel primarily to enable persons oi small means to obtain loans ranging fi >m SSO to $5,000 without requiring them to furnish the ordinary collateral demanded by the commercial bank. Another feature of it, he said. Is that it enables persons to buy goods on the installment plan, paying Ahe merchant cash aud refunding the money to the bank. He said that far from conflicting with the ordinary commercial bank It brings business to the savings house. “It encourages persons who are paying Installments on loans to save at the same time,” he explained. “These persons, with the habit of thrift fastened on them, in time outgrow the realm of tlje Morris plan bank and transfer their accounts to the regular banking establishments.” State Purchase Makes Hospital Farm Addition Special to The Times. LOGANSPORT, Ind., March 29.—The purchase of John Hedde farm composed of 165 acreß by the State was announced Monday by Dr. Samuel Dodds, superintendent of the Northern Indiana Hospital. The property purchased adjoins ths institution aud together with tho 192 acres of ground bought by the Stats some time ago, gives to the Institution 357 additional acres of ground. The complete deal involves a sum of $63,400. The new property which passes into the hands of the State will be transformed into a farm colony, according to Superintendent Dodds. A sum of $10,600 haß beenr appropriated to further this project, but these funds will not be available until next October, It is said. This appropriation will be sufficient to complete part of tho work while It is expected that another appropriation will be made for the Institution as a result of the purchase of 165 additional acres of ground.

AWAIT MURDER JURY REPORT Warsaw Panel’s Verdict Expected Today or Tomorrow. Special to The Times. WARSAW, Ind., March 29. —The special grand Jury investigating the mysterious murder of Leroy Lovett near Atwood on March 11 was winding up its work today and was preparing to report late this afternoon or tomorrow. There was little doubt that it would indict Virgil Decker, 16-year-old pal of Lovett, who confessed to the crime. The question in the minds of people here was whether indictments I would be returned against other persons, charging the existence of a plot to collect 1 $24,000 Ufa Insurance. Virgil carried the Insurance on himself, but he and Lovett | resembled each other almost perfectly and officials asked an Investigation of the theory that Decker wished to collect j the on Lovett's death. A heavy guard surrounded the Kosciusko County jail today. Five alleged murderers, Including young Decker, were In custody. The other four were, charged with robbing the Exchange Bank at Oliver. Ind., last December end with killing a man in the running gun battle which ensued. They were brought here from Marshall County for trial on change of venue. Henry Gross Killed by Electric Shock Ppeetnl to The Times. LA WREN CE B U KG, Ind., March 29 nenry Gross, 37, a veneer worker, was electrocuted and his sister, Mrs. Minnie .Tustis, 32, wife of Waiter Justis, ex-pro-fessional baseball pitcher, was seriously injured at the Justis home during a rain and electrical storm Sunday night. The wind had broken an electric light wire causing it to full across other wires, which started a blaze In the Justis home. When Mrs. Justis attempted to close a switch on the rear porch, she wae knocked unconscious to the floor. Mr. Gross went to the assistance of his sister, and when he placed his hand on the switch, he was killed Instantly. Mr. Gross Is survived by the widow and three children. Mrs. Justis may recover.

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