Indianapolis Times, Volume 34, Number 252, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 March 1922 — Page 10

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BASKET-BALL

EDDIE ASH

DODGERS WORK OUT KINKS IN PRACTICE TILT Portly Brooklyn Leader Is Hopeful Over Prospects for Coming Season. FLOCK OF ROOKIES Special to Indiana Daily Times and Philadelphia Public Ledger. By Cl I.LEN CAIN. JACKSONVILLE, Fla ~ March 2.—With only two days of practice on the field the Brooklyn team staged a regular hall game Wednesday between the first and second cluts, which the former won by a score of o to 0. A three-bagger by Neiss was the batting feature for the first team. Alyer made a single and a doable, each hit accounting for a run. Bishop, Aurer and Dell pitched for the regulars and Brown, Gordonier and Schupp pitched foi the second team. Each of the six pitchers allowed a regular quota of two hits apiece. Six Innings were played under perfect weather conditions. Each team made seven hits, but the regulars hit when hits meant runs. That tells the story. Rain greeted the Brooklyn team here Sunday and the season training grind was begun on a wet field. Not until Wednesday could the players line up in their positions and try to field or run the sacks. Wilbert Robinson, manager, told me today: “I know nothing at all about the rookies or the condition of the regulars The men worked out Mon iay and Tuesday and they merely worked themselves into a condition where they have sore muscles and sprained legs. Not until they have become suple and accustomed to the toll can I begin to figure on wbat they will do for the oause.” To see a Brooklyn practice one must cross the beautiful St. Johns River here on the ferry to the south side park. There they play on i grass diamond and a big, fine field. The players like the town and they swing into the routine that marks the beginning of the long campaign in good spirits and there is comradeship and the confidence that goes to make morale for the team. Grimes and Johnston are the unsigned two that worry the management. Wheat will report late on account of sickness In family Smith, Ward and Taylor are the only other absentees, but they will roll in this week. Brooklyn has carried more recruits South this year than ever before, there being twenty rookies in the squad Os these. Bert Bishop, a left-handed pitcher of Clearfield, Pa., and Bert Griffith of New Orleans, an outfielder, loom right now as the sweet and promising members of the green peaches on the big league trees. Griffith is very fast, and he is alert and sensible and has a way about him that pleases those in control. Bishop looked goed in the box Wednesday. Bisbip, be it known, paid his own way to come down here and try out with Robinson. Robinson has one great worry and one worry that is not small. The first is the shortstop position and the second is the third base job. Even if Johnston comes to terms, the portly pilot will lack a finished lnfielder at the third corner. Sam Crane will start at short. Robinson pins his faith to Olson vho has been gioved over to second base and who *lll be depended upon to steady ar.d I aoh the infield. “Cne wise and de-f-ndable veteran can accomplish wons -rs in an infield.” .quoth Robbie unto gie Wednesday. "A second sacker can call the piav for first and short and also coach the tiiird baseman. Olsen knows, and I depend upon him to steady and balance my new infield. Olsen, By the way. reports in fine condition. In batting practice Tuesday he hit the ball so hard that Robbie flew into him. “What are you trying to do to my Infielders?” he demanded, “kill them? go slow, man.’* Ole Man Myer was a wolf Wednesday in the practice game. He hit the ball on the seam for a double and a single that ruined the rookie chances for the game. High, who was at third for the first team, played a swell game. He takes the ball from either sid< and handles himseif cleanly and cotffidentlv. Another day like Wednesday will see the Brooklyn team in full swing. Robinson started the season last year under a heavy handicap. He had bad weather the first three weeks at New Orleans. The wise and patient old fox seems set for a great year. He is in fine spirits and while he will not say so, yet his bearing and manner indicate plainer and stronger than mere words that he has high hopes of letting loose a most formidable entry In the National League race this year. Twenty rookies and ten of them looming large and luminous in the baseball sky, a perfect park with a grass diamond, balmy weather and friendly omens in the Southern sUes.-all tend to Wilbert's peace of right, 1922, by Public Ledger Company. JOPLIN SWITCHES LEAGIE-S. JOPLIN, 510., March 2.—Having cropped out of the Western League by selling its franchise to the league owners. Joplin Wedhesday afternoon virtually became a memlicT of the Western Association. A provisional lease on the local ball park was given Ray Winder, owner of the Chickasaw, Okla., franchise in the Western Association. TANKEES GET IN LINE HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 2.—Wally Schang was expected to sign a Yankee contract here today. Sam Jones and Erin Ward will then be the only holdouts. Carl Mays signed anew contract yesterday and Ruth has agreed to terms. HEN'S ON THE WAT. TOLEDO, March 2. —In charge of Roger Bresnahan president, and Fred Lud erus, manager, the first contingent of the Toledo base-ball club of the American Association left here Wednesday for the training camp at Bristol, Tenn. Some One Finally Comes to Defense of Athletes ST. LOriS, March 2.—A defense cf college athletes was offered by David Klnlev, president of the University of Illinois, at luncheon before the Chamber of Commerce here Wednesday. The educator did not condone the action of four letter men of the university for their professionalism In the Tay-lorville-Carllnville football games, but stated that when It was considered that "only four out of the institution’s nineteen letter men fell for the temptations, the incident seems of much less magnitude.” “To read some of the editorials.” he continued, “particularly in some of the highly moral weeklies of the east, where sins perhaps are more easily hidden, one would think that the University of Illinois was in a moral eclipse.” Mr. Kinley asserted that "not mire than 2H per cent of the students American universities are giving any reason for criticism of themselves or their institutions.”

North Carolina Netters Win Southern Laurels

ATLANTA, Ga„ March 2 —North Carolina University won the college basket ban championship of the Soiuh bere last night bjr defeating Mercer Onivetsity, 40 to 28, In the final round of the 1922, toornament. Georgia Tech won from Alabama University, 33 to 23, the match to decide third place. S, S. League Meeting A meeting of the Sunday School Basketball League will be held at the X. M. C. A. tonight to organize for tms season. Bylaws will be discussed and officers elected. The prospects are good for a much stronger league than last year, when sixteen teams wer> enrolled. All Sunday schools intending to enter teams ghcaid b represented.

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Edwin Morlne of Culver Military Academy, holder of the national interseholastic indoor plunge record, won the Indoor plunge championship of the Indiana A. A U. recently In the Culver Academy tank. Morine’s mark in the A. A. l\ competition was 74 feet 3 inches In-one minutes, 3 feet 9 inches under his interschola tic record of 78 feet, but the plunging cadet immediately came batik and In a meet between Culver and New Trier High School of Chicago, which followed the State A. A. U. events. Morlne exceeded all of his previous records by going 78 feet in the plunge. Second and third places In the plunge also went to Culver. John Forrest Dillon of Topeka, Kan., took second place and Williams was third. Culver easily won the meet with New Trier, 40 to 19. The New Trier swimming team is the high school champion of Cook County, Illinois, including nil the Chicago high schools and academies.

jjOWLING 1 The Canners took three from the ByProducts in the Kingan League Wednesday night. The Jobbers and Paymasters won two each. Collins of the Paymasters was high with 234. Copeland of the ByProducts was next in line with 220. The Eagles took three straight In the American Club loop. The Stripes won two out of three. Caldernead of the Eagles celebrated something with 252 pins in his second game. Martin of the Stripes was next best with 210. Spirited competition resulted in the First Baptist League when the Tigers and Bearcats met. After each team had taken a game the decisive contest was tied at 890 after splendid bowling. In the roll-off the Bearcats won, 85 to 74. Lane saved the day for the Bearcats by totaling 222 at his position of anchor. ,Y. Smith got 239 maples in the final battle. The Lions defeated the Wolves in the odd game. All of the struggles were close. The Lions staged a comeback after dropping the first. Two out of three vitcories ruled in the Stutz circuit, the Coupes, Roadsters, Four Cylinders and Chassis fives bringing home the bacon. There was nut a 200 count posted. McNaughton of the Four Passengers came closest with 197. The Tails took three straight In the Elks No. 1 League from the Hides. Pollard set a fsat pace for the winners with scores of 181. 259 and 230. Peachy of the Hides got 237 pins in the second game. The other matches were two-out-of-three affairs and ware won by the Antlers. Ears and Eyes. Johnson of the Antlers had counts of 225, 258 and 183. MeNeeley of the Teeth also had a huge total of 258 in bis second game. The Parcel Checks and Trainmasters were three-tiine winners in the Indiana Union Railway League. Valuation and Car Service fives won two contests each. E. Powers and Short of the Car Service sqliad were tied *lu the final game with good counts of 210 each. Smith of the Parcel Checks with scores of 214, 193 and 194 showed the test stuff of the night. The Indiana Daily Times team defeated the Paper Packing Company in a special match game with a total score of 2,298 to 1.971. The Times five won every game. The high score of the mafeh was posted by Veregge of the winners, in the first game, when he knocked down 209 maples. A. B. C. GETS SLOW START TOLEDO, Ohio, March 2.—The Rev. Father Haggerty, Cleveland, Catholic priest, one of the staunchest, followers of the “ten pin game,” and his GordonOtts team, composed of students for the priesthood, will form the feature five in the squad bowling at the American Bowling Congress here tonight. Yearly Father Haggerty leads a hara to the tournament and their appearauce Is always a great attraction. Tonight will also mark the advent of other out-of-town bowlers, two teams from Decatur. 111., being billed besides the outfit from Cleveland. Opening of doubles and singles rolling yesterday resulted in bnt one pair, Kohn and Sommers of Toledo, hitting ofT a prize money count. They totaled 1,163. Goodale of Toledo, was the only pinsmith to rap ’em out for a money count In the singles, his total being 581. 37 Colleges Entered in Illinois Relay Carnival TTRBANA. HI., March 2—The Illinois relay carnival to be held here tomorrow and Saturday will see 430 athletes, representing thirty-seven collegs, universities and high schools. In action. It was announced today. The ’runners will traverse a total distauce of 121 miles in the various events. LAYTON HOLDS ON j^HkrLE. MILWAUKEE. March Layton of Sedalia. Mo., w-orlcjSjjL-vB-cush-ion billiard champion. rtßmft title as a result cf his I>* Oro, former titleholder De block match. rs£cr!.s*&4

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I. U. Grapplers Work in East for Penn Matches PITTSBURGH, Pa.. March 2.—-The Inlana University wrestling team Is working out daily In the East Liberty Y. M. C. A. gym here in preparation for Us meet with the champion Pennsylvania State grapplers Saturday night at State college. The team Is In good shap after Its 15 to 14 victory over West Virglna at Morgantown last Saturday, and Coach Jack Reynolds Is sending his men through intensive training for Saturday’s match. The team will remain here until Friday night when it will leave for State College for the match.

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ALL-STAR CARD AT FORT TONIGHT Lots of action is promised by tho boxers billed to appear on the weekly program at Ft. liurrlson tonight. In the main event Joe Walters, Columbus star, will clash with Pat Waist) of this city. These boys are heavy hitters and a slam-bang affair Is predicted. According to reports today Sidney Glick has been placed back on the card and is scheduled to battle eight rounds with Freddie Boorde. Both of these boys are clever. They met at the show at Tomlinson Hall Monday night and Gourde won the decision over Glick an 1 this will be their return engagement. This bout promises to be one of real fast mixing and one that will please all of th efaus. In the preliminary bout of the evening Dick Lynch and Frankie Nelson, t"o local hoys, will meet in six rounds at 125 pounds ringside. These boys are little fellows who know the art of using their mitts and their bout will be one of tho classiest on the card. The 11th lufantry Itand will furnish entertainment during the evening. Women are especially invited to attend hese houts Bouts start promptly at 8:30 o’clock. Fans are advised to take the 7:30 Ft. Harrison car. HERE’S OLD JESS AGAIN. TULSA. Okla., March 2.—Big Jess Willard. now of California, wealthy oil operator, well retuetnbgsed as the glory stepping-stone of Jack Dempsey, heavyweight l oxiug champion, harbors a deeprooted appetite for revenge on the man who knocked him (Willard \ oft the pinnacle of boxing fame. “Big Jess” revealed his secret in an interview here today. His oil Interests have brought him to Tulsa for a few days. It was drawn out of Jess following a suggestion by a sport writer that it might prove profitable to Jess if he considered an offer to take on Carl Morris here “Nothing doing.” said Willard. “I’m having plenty of bouts with ’Kid Crude.’ ” Then, after a pause, he continued: “If I should ever fight again, my opponent will be none other than Jack Dempsey. Lots of people have been talking of the match, but 1 11 never enter the ring again except to fight Dempsey.” ’JiOTHER DEMPSEY SUIT. LOS ANGELES, March 2.—Jack Dempsey was named in a damage suit for $25,000 tiled In Superior Court Tuesday by Owen Bartlett, a house painter. who charged that ho had been badly beaten at the champion’s training quarters Feb. 13. The champion’s secretary, Teddy Haves, and his brother, Joseph Hyrain Deiupsev, also were named ns defendants. Bartle'tt charged that after being emploved to paint Dempsey's establishment. J H. Dempsey ordered him to “quit and got out,” then followed him, and Hayes knocked him down. WILLS VS. NORFOLK TONIGHT. NEW YORK, March 2.—Harry Wills the big, brown New Orleans boxer, (joes Into the ring hero tonight with Kid Nor-

Promising Players Often Spoiled With Too Much Publicity Siceet Words Now Being Handed Around Concerning Glenn Killinger. By HENRY L. FARRELINEW YORK, March 2.—Killing ball plavers with sweet words is nothing new to 'the national paitime. Nearly ei-ery season some promising player finds such poison. . ~ From all early ind'catlons the dose will be handed out this year to young Glenn Killinger, “all-American” back, thu-e-letter man and one of the best athlttes developed at Penn-State College, where they build them great. The nicest things in the sport vocabulary were written about “Killy” while he was running wild over the Eastern grdIrons and hardly had the cheers from the side lines besides when his baeball virtues came out to be extolled in print. „ Before he had signed a contract, Hugo Bezdock, his coach, said he was ready for the big leagues. Fred Mitchell said he was sure to make good. Several New York scouts said he was the ripest thing in the country. Before he has doue a lick of work with the Yankees down South the word is filtering North that he is a lovable, clean type of athlete and a second Frank Frisch. If he makes any kind of a showing In the early games he w-ill be exploited to the skies. The same thing happened Inst year to Goldie Rapt). He was killed by sweet words. The writers with the team measured him for a uniform too big to fit. They expected him to do much and when he found himself cut oui for a job beyond his abiHfj- he slumped until the Giants traded hltn to the Phils. Marty O’Toole, the original “beauty,” was a bnllyho. Coming from the American Association booked as a pbenora and the highest priced player in baseball he flivvered. Rube Marquard enme near doing the same thing after he was afflicted with the title of “the SII,OOO beauty.” He soon turned into the $11,609 lemon. The fans expected too much of him and it was only by great courage that Richard “De Marquis” was able to stick it out.

Evangelist Jim

LOS ANGELES, March 2—Within the course of three months, if his plans go smoothly, .Tames J. (Jim) Jeffries, former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, will appear before the American public ngain, but this time as un evangelist. The matter of a contract and publishing of. a book are all that are needed to complete the plans for the conqueror of Tom Sharkey, Jim Corbet, Bob Fitzsimmons and many other shining lights 'of the squared circle. Jeffries asserted today that he became interested In preaching the gospel through a friend, A. F. Rutterer, who has written a book based on the fundamental teachings of the new and ojd testaments and couched In language which all can understand. And It is the teachings of this book that the former pugilist will endeavor to carry to all. Grayson Wins Dog Derby THE' PAS Manitoba. March 2.—William Grayson, driving C. B. Morgan’s famous dog team, Wednesday romped homo an ensy winner of the fifth annual dog derby in the new world's record time of 24 hours 51 minutes for the 200-mile course. The dogs were In excellent condition. Grayson established another record, in the fact that he won she northern dog classic for the second consecutive year, his time in 1921 being a little over thirtytwo hours. 1 Dupas, driving the Dupas-Bancroft outfit, was thirty-six minutes lehlnd Both teams fought it out until jtfggfjUge miles from the finish, when ' iiiTßr- and away.

INDIANA DAILY TIMES, THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1922.

BASEBALL

De Pauw Meets Butler in Wind-up of Net Season GREENCASTLE, Ind., March 2.—The college basket-ball season will close hste Friday night when Butler comes to play De Pauw. De Pauw’s game with Lake Forest Tuesday night was in the nature of a good workout, and with another practice again Wednesday afternoon the Tigers are In trim to set a hot pace for the Indianapolis team. De Pauw is highly desirous of winning this game with Butler.f A great deal of interest has developed and a large crowd is expected out to see the Tigers in their wind-up game.

LIVE GOSSIP OF THE RING

folk to show how much right he has to an engagement with Jack Dempsey for the heavyweight crown. Because of his physical advantage Wills Is a 7 to 5 favorite in the betting l ; but there Is plenty of Norfolk money covering the offers. Wills h, expected to enter the ring weighing around 205 pounds, while Norfolk will not weigh more than 185. The bout Is scheduled to go fifteen rounds. BILLY TROUT THROWN. KOKOMO, Ind., March 2.—Jack Fisher of Oklahoma City defeated Billy Trout of this ciry last night by winning two falls in the third and fourth rounds of a scheduled twelve-round match he:. Fisher took both fails with a head scissors lock. Trout defeated Fisher last September. In a ten-round preliminary boxing match, Mike Moran of this city decisively defeated Hollas King, also of Kokomo. PErENOS ON BENNY'S HAND. NEW YORK, March 2.—ls a physician's report on the condition of his right hand is favorable, Benny Leonard will agree today to meet Charley White for the world’s lightweight championship here on March 17. The medical report will be rendered today and will be made known at a conference between Billy Gibson and Ike Dorgan, managers of the two fighters. RE MY DORR “IN BAD.” i NEW ORLEANS, March 2.—By a ruling Wednesday of the stewards of the Businessmen's Racing Association, promoters of the race meet which closed yesterday, Remy Dorr, boxing referee and horse owner, was warned off the American turf and Jockey Coltilettl was Indefinitely suspended. The action was taken after charges had been filed in affidtvits by several owners. METERS TO DEFEND TITLE. CHICAGO, March 2.—Johnny Meyers, middleweight wrestling champion, will defend I Is title here tonight In a match with ileinie Engel, the Dubuque (Iowa) grappler. It will be a one fail match. Several hundred wrestling fans from Dubuque will attend the bout. TOTE FROM MEXICO. MEXICO CITY. March 2. It Is reported here that Jack Dempsey may appear In the ring here on July 4. His opponent has not ret been chosen, but it is said he may be Jess Willard, Jack Johnson, or Harry Wills. LORAIN, Ohio, March 2—Jack Wolfe. Cleveland flyweight, out-pointed Alvle Miller, Lorain, In ten rounds. MILLIARDS 1 COOLER TO PI-AY POOLER. Lewi* Vogier, State three-cushion billiard champion, yesterday accepted the challenge of Harry Cooler to play a 150polnt match for the State championship at the hard angle game and It was arranged to play fifty points cn eaeh of three nights at the Harry Cooler billiard parlors, the first block of fifty points to Cos played Monday night, March 6. The other (wo matches will be held on the following Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Vogier won the title in the recent three cushion tournament held at the Cooler billiard room* In which Cooler finished a close second. By winning second place. Cooler was the first one eligible to cuaJlenge for the title and expects to give the champion a hard run.

CITT THREE-CUSHION MEET. Martin Shane last night retained his lead In the city amateur three-cushion billiard tournament by defeating Charles Soldani at the Board of Trade billiard parlors in a well-played game, 50 to 38. The victory cave Shane tei. wins out of twelve starts, and he has but to win his r>il game tonight to cinch first place. Jho opening gntne between Bd Houseman and James Girard went to Houseinan In 123 innings by a score of 50 to 41. It was the flnnl game for both players. Xlartin Shane and Howard Mitchell play tonight In the final game of the tournament. Should Shane win he will take first place, but a loss to him would place hltn In a tel with Xlitchell, FTyo and Bostoek for first place.

Ringer Champ

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Lucky? Well, he should be. for horseshoes mean a great deal to him in his life. From a field of twenty-two of America's best “barnyard golfers,” C. C. Davis, shown In action here, emerged victorious ami was, crowned champion horseshoe pitcher of the world. The tournament was held at St. Petersburg, Fla. D®is defeated R. P. Spencer of Richer, Okla., In the finals by a score of 50 to 29.

AMERICAN LEGION BOXING Benefit Disabled and Unemployed Ex-Soldiers Monday Night—March 13— Tomlinson Hall BRYAN DOWNEY vs. TEDDY BLOCK (World's Middleweight Title Claimant) (Champion Pacific Coast) Three More All-Star Sv-uts—23 Rounds Seats Ready Saturday—s3, $2.50, $2, sl. (No war tax). Mail Orders Now Address Boxing Committee, 1120 State Life Building.

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WABASH SPEED DOWNS PURDUE Vaughan’s Machine Sets Fast Pace and Beats Big Ten Champs, 37 to 27. LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 2.—The Wabash College basket-ball team was too fast for Purdue, Big Ten champions, here last night and rolled up a 37-to-27 victory In a game that was a whirlwind affair from start to finish. The victory practically gives the Vv abash five tne lest hold on the net championship of the State and Middle West. Coach Vaughan’s machine was hitting on high from the start and the Boilermaker guards were made dizzy trying to break up the under-the-basket work of the Scarlet quint. The red-jerseyed boys from Crawfordsville sprinted around t 1 ti ~(■ ,( a a: t' a t- inil game well in hand at the end of the first half, leading 22 to 14. Coach Lambert started his biggest men, bnt they were unable to cope with the “beef” plus speed of the’ Sea Get. The I’urdue coach mad \ substitutions in an effort to break up the fast charging of the visitors, but the frerh players were unable to overcome toadvantage gained by Wabash and the Little Giants walked off the floor with a ten-point lead. In rhe last five or six minutes of play the new men used by Purdue managed to make some headway against the tired Scarlet athletes, scoring four field goals , °,y. e ' but the mammoth lead plied up by Wabash during its greatest offensive t°o great to break down. ie . p>ay and terrific pace launched by the Wabash point getters nn*7lej Mnier - Purdue tack guard, CraG.V 3 V r , f, ? t occasions. Captain of th , f ' V abash played the greater part of the game handlcaped by a badly dan,, uged eye, but he maintained good defensive qualities. Goldsberry, Wabash floor guard, entered the fray In a slightly weakened condition because of illness, but he played one of his greatest games and his all-round work was one of the outstanding features. “Goldie” got three field goals besides playing a fine defensive game. Peare, Wabash freshmen center, got five baskets from the field, Crane four. Grater one and Adam one. Goldsberry tossed in nine out of ten throws from the fotll line, giving him a record of fifteen points for the contest, ior Purdue Krlegbaum scored four field markers. Treat two. Masters two, and Holwerda, Hawkins and Gullion one each, soboiuer, a Western Conference official, refereed the game.

Krlegbaum and Miller were Purdue's best. The Boilermaker captain was overwhelmed frequently under his basket, but he never gave up fighting and his aggressiveness held the score down. Lon Goldsberry of Wingatp played his best game of tlje season. He had everything. Ills passes were perfect, his floor work was excellent, his field basket eye good and his foul throwing superb. Vanghan made but one substitution, sending Burdette in for Adam near the finish. Adam got only one basket, but be was delegated for different work last night. He acted in the capacity of "feeder” and he “fed” well. Krlegbaum proved the best of the Purdue floor men and he delivered with some fancy work by evading Grater occasionally. With the exception of Miller, Purdue’s starting line up was a changed affair. The now combination seemed to lack the necessary experience to solve the Wabash drives. The starting combination was comprised of heavyweights, but it lacked smoothness. It was apparent from the start that Wabash was prepared to battle its best, and when the flying Scarleteers got under way they were not to be denied. The youthful Pears from Rockville went through the big game in fine style. Ho camped around the Purdue network and when there was any tipping in- to do bo came through splendidly. Grater got Into the Wabash offense in his usual prominent maimer and thrust the sphere Into Purdne territory in able style. Crane had an "on” night and teamed perfectly with Adam. He snagged four baskets. The victory over Purdue rave Wabash tho State title honors, in tho opinion of most critics. The men of Vaughan have been coming strong in their wind-up games. The Scarlet five has dropped Do i’anw, liutler, Notre Dame and Purduo in its last four contests. 26 Gymnasts Entered in Saturday Tourney Entries in the first Indiana A. A. C. gymnastic tournament to be conducted Saturday evening at the Normal College, 415 East Michigan street, closed on Wednesday with twenty-six gymnasts entered. Four of the entrants are from tho Louisville (Ky.) Gym Association, and the remainder are from the Hoosier Athletic Club, the Athenaeum, the South Side Turners and Normal Colieg of this city. Emil Rath Is director of the meet. In addition, elsssses of women dancers from the Hoosier A. C., the Athenaeum and South Side Turners will give special exhibitions of group dancing. Fourteen young women arc entered In the eltv A. A. U. dancing championship, which will ho a part of the gymnastic tournament program.

Independent Basket-ball

RESULTS OE THE SOUTH SIDE COMMUNITY LEAGUE. Seventh Presbyterian, 11 j Morris Street Christians, 9. Woodruff Place, IS; Fletcher Place, 10. Woodslde, SO: Thirty-First Street Baptist, 14. Any Junior Sunday school teams of the South Sldo between the ages of 12 to 18 yenrs wishing to enter tournament. Call Drexel 3603 and ask for George Allee. The Morris Street Christiana defeated the C. M. R. five, 45 to 12. last night. Bellger and Ernsting starred for the winrers, scoring thirty points between them Reese and Brown showed best for the losers. The Fountain Street M. E. defeated tho Heath Memorial Seconds, 10 to 9. For games with the Fountain five, call Webster 5311 and ask for Dale. The Roatners lost a fast game to the New Palestine Zlons, lfl to 15. Tho Reamers want games In the 18-20-year-eld class, (.'all Belmont 1964 and ask for Vilhert. South Side Turners and Morris Street M. E., please take notice.

Basket-ball Results

Wabash, 37; Purdue, 27. Pennsylvania, 3i; Yale, 16. Princeton, 27; Dartmouth, 19. South Dakota State, 38; South Dakota University, 16. St. Johns, 25; Hamline, 24. Pittsburgh, 84; Westminster, 25. Duquesue, 59; W. Va. Wesleyan, 24. Smithvllle 11. S., 44; Owensvllle, 15. Creighton (Neb), 38; Buffalo “U,” 20.

FOOTBALL

HIGH SCHOOL BASKET-BALL IN STATE REACHES GRAND CLIMAX AS TITLE STRUGGLES START

SECTIONALS TONIGHT. ANGOLA. 7:30 P. M. —South Milford vs. Salem Township (Helmer). 8:30 P. M.—Lima vs. Butler. • HUNTINGTON. 7:30 P. M.—Wabash vs. Ltnlawn (Wabash). 8:30 P. M.—Warren vs. Clear Creek (H). KOKOMO. 130 P. M.—Wabash vs. Ltnlawn (Kamel. 8:30 P. M.—New London vs. Cicero. LOGANSPORT. 7:30 P. XI. —Young America vs. Royal Center. 8:30 P. M.—Deer Creke vs. Lucerne. NEWCASTLE. 7:30 P. M.—Eaton vs. Kennard. 8:30 P. M.—De Sota vs. Selma. After the usual thrilling Indiana high school basket-ball season, during which fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers have followed the fortunes of Hoosier youths with breathless interest, the home stretch is at hand, with the glory of victory or the sting of defeat in sectional, regional and final State tournaments hanging in the balance. The opening gun of what has come to be known as the Hoosier athletic classic will be fired tonight in five of the sectional centers. The tournaments which will get under way tonight are at Angola, Huntington, Kokomo, Logansport and Newcastle. Tomorrow- and Saturday all of the teams are in action. The following Saturday. March 11, Indiana and I’urdue Universities will entertain the winners of the sectional meets. On the following Friday and Saturday, March 17 and 18, the regional champions will journey to Indianapolis for the final contests. Speculation is rife as to whether or not the southern region of the State will he able to retain Its lead over the upstate high schools, won successfully since 1919, when Bloomington wrested the championship from Lebanon. Franklin won during 1920 and 1921 and has a strong team again this year. Vincennes, with thirty-two victories and no defeats, indicates that southern Indiana will have at least one team besides Franklin on which to place hopes of retaining the title. On the other hand the championship was held for eight years In succession, from 1911 to 1919, by teams in the northern district. The area comprising Boone, Montgomery and Tippecanoe counties turned out all these winners and gained for the district the distinction of being the greatest producer of high school basket-ball material In theKJnited States. Boone County took the championship four times, Lebanon winning three and Thorntown one, while Montgomery County was a close second with three victories, two of which are credited to Wingate and one to Crawfordsville. Lafayette took the championship in 1916. The usual visions of the State cham-

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plonsblp resting In the hails of one of the Indianapolis high schools are not even visible this year. AH three of the “Big City” quintettes have chalked up poor records this season and are looking to the sectional and possibly farther only as a chance to redeem themselves. In fact the Indianapolis teams have done so poorly that grave fears are expressed In some circles as to one of them winning the sectional title —and this is going to make the Coliseum play turn Into one of the most thrilling district meets in the State. Not this year, as In the past two. Is the local sectional going to be a threecornered affair between Manual, Shortridge and Tech. That is, if the records of the three teams throughout the season tell anything. Manual, Shortridge and Tech have all tried their county contemporaries this year and have not found them wanting. In gome cases their county rivals slipped over wins, In some cases the local athletes were victorous, but in practically all cases the games were hard fought. Getting down to brass tacks, though,

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IDll—Cruwf ordsvilla. 1912 Lebanon. 1913 Wingate. 1914 Wingate. 1915 Thornt own. 1916 Lafayette. 1917 - l/Obanon. 1918 — lebanon. 1619 Bloomington. 1620 Franklin. 1621 — Franklin. : and sizing up the relative strength of the three local schools Shortridge looks I with hardly a chance to win the district I title, weakest, and Tech seems to have , a slight advantage over Manual which I Is offset to some degree by the much 1 harder schedule which confronts the east--1 aiders. Granting that Manual and Tech are Indianapolis’ stronegst entries It is only - fhir to grant that they are going to face a world of trouble In Valley Mills. Southport, Broad Ripple and West Newton before either one of them emerge victorious Saturday night. There's a lot of things that may happen in the two days play at the Coliseum. Upsets are common in the net sport. The 1 suspense will be over in two days. Manual meets Acton at 1 o’clock tomorrow. Tech takes on Southport, county chamtiions, at 3 o’clock and one hour later Shortridge and Valley Mills go to the mat. In the meantime players, coaobes, yell leaders, “I told-you-so’g,” and Fairground j street ear conductors —Get Ready 1 HORSESHOE EXCITEMENT FATAL. j ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 2. ' Excitement over a horseshoe pitching ! game at ’Williams Park was fatal to if. I L. Barnard, 60. winter visitor from Lansing. Mich. Barnard dropped dead of | heart disease.

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NO. CAROLINA IN TOURNAMENT Southern Title Winners Enter National Intercollegiate Basket Meet Here. I Immediately following its victory ever Xlercer College in the final round of tho Southern basket-ball tournament the victorious North Carolina University firg wired its application for entrance into the first annual national intercollegiate basket-ball tournament that is to be held at the Coliseum in Indianapolis ilarch 9, 10 and 11. North Carolina is the fourth sectional winner to gain a place in the running, Wabash, Rutgers and Idaho University already being selected as championship teams to represent their sections of the country. The victory of North Carolina canto after four days of tournament play in which teams from the twenty-six leading universities of the South competed. Tho struggle for the championship was_ hard fought throughout, the North Caroliniana battling their way to the championship with victories over Howard College, Newberry University, Georgia, Alabama University and Mercer. With the experience of a hard tournament week behind them, the boys from Dixie will be a hard aggregation for any team in the tournament to defeat. The decisive ten-point victory of the Little Giants over Purdue, champions of the Western Conference, at Lafayette Wednesday night, makes the Little Giants look better than ever before. The Little Giants are expected to put one of the best tournament teams into the running with a remarkable squad i regulars and first string substitutes that is difficult to match anywhere. Shelbyville Is Expected to Give Franklin Battle in Finals of Sectional FRANKLIN, Ind., March 2.—Coach Wagner yesterday put the final touches on his Franklin high school basket tossers before the sectional tourney which will be held here Friday and Saturday. The Franklin net artists are in the pink of condlGon and every man is “rar'ln’ to go” for the tournament. The local sectional is expected to be featured bv the final game in which, according to dope, Franklin and the crack Shelbyville aggregation will be the participants. Local fans are of the opinion that the Wagnermeu will have to play “all they have” If they emerge the victor from the Shelbyville game. The Shelby Countv boys are coming to Franklin with the Idea of winning the tourney and will be backed by 700 rooters. Franklin has won twice from Shelbyville this year hut since that time Coach Campbell s men have improved In all departments of the game. . .... The tourney will be played in the new Franklin High School gymnasium. Three thousand fans are expected to witness every game. Practically the entire capacity of the gym has been sold in the form of season tickets.