Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 214, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1923 — Page 6
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Hughie Jennings Picks All-Time All-Star Baseball Team —Frisch on Third
FOfiOHM FLASH IS CLASSED US HEHJUTEI Roger Bresnahan Chosen at Old Position—‘Big Six’ Is Choice for Slab Work. WILLIE KEELER HONORED Now Choose Your A!l-Stai Team and Mail to Sports Editor of The Times.
Jennings Picks All-Star Team Catcher—Roger Bresnahan. Pitcher—Christy Mathewson. First Base—Ge-orge Sisler. Second Base—Larry I.ajoie. Third Base*—Frankie Frisch. Shortstop—Hans Wagner. Outfield—Ty Cobb. Outfield—Tris Speaker. OuMleid—Willie Keeler.
By HUGH JENNINGS PICKING an all-time all star team Is a big proposition. Baseball has produced many star players for every position. In some cases the line of discrimination is very slight. In making my selections I have been guided by team value. I have considered the dispositions of the players as well as playing ability. While some oC the experts will no doubt disagree with certain of my selections, still, I feel that all things considered, my team combines every essential feature of play. I have placed Frank Frisch, now playing second base for the New York Giants, at third. That Is his natural position. He is one of the greatest of modem players. Until Frisch arrived I would have selected Collins, but Frisch's remarkable ability makes me string along with him. Bresnahan for Catcher Bresnahan for catcher because he was not only a fine receiver, good bitter, clever baserunner, but had the ability to lead off in batting, which is a won'B*fful help for any team in the catching department. Mathewson is my pitching selection. His combination of speed, curves and change of pace, plus almost perfect control, made him the ideal pitcher. Sisler at first base because of his hitting, fielding and speed. Add to those three assets a fine baseball disposition. Lajoie for second base because of his careful and wonderful fielding. Lajtde's ability to catch a thrown ball and touch a runner with the same motion was uncanny. Frisch Wonderful Player Frisch at third for his general allround excellence. He Is a wonderful athlete. Wagner at short because of his fielding, hitting and base running. Wagner, with his loose, awkward style, was just the opposite to the graceful Lajoie, yet his fielding was just as effective. My outfield of Cobb. Speaker and • Keeler combines all the requirements for stars. I would like to manage a ball club comprising the ability of the men j i have selected. I feel that I would be very successful, and some of the experts would surely dub me the "miracle man’’ or the "wonder manager.” Th.s Is Hughle’s idea of an all-time, nll-f rar team. What would your team look like? Write the Times sports (cps.rtment.
Independent Basket-ball
Thf D’amord Chain Social and Athletic Club is to slage a grand frolic Wednesday evening. Basket-ball games are wanted by the Diamond Chain team. Greensburg. Tizton. Shelbyville and New Augusta take notice. Write jamts Willard. Diamond Chain Manufacturing Company, Indianapolis. Tie I.auter All-Stars defeated the Gattiing Gun Club. 22 to 20. and the Blue Ridge Five. 3T to 6. The Stars have not been defeated this year. For games call Belmont 2039 and ask for Jim. \ The Boys’ Club Midgets defeated the Y. H. A. Midgets. 14 to 8, in a close guarding game. This makes the Midgets twelfth straignt victory In as many start* The Midgets would like to schedule a game with the Maywood Junors and other strong Midget team*. For games call Main 1902 aid ask for Caldwell or write Midget manager. Boys’ Club. 449 S. Meridian St. The Pals’ Club desires to book games with teams playing lu the 10 to 17-yesr-n!d class who have access to playing floors. Can Dreael 8572 between ti and 7 and ask ■nr Ezra, or address E. Kofc-Tibenr. 618 Meridian St. Maver Chapel. Tech Night School and Heath Memorials take notice. The Simmons Marvels basket-ball team would like to book games with city or State teams having access to gyms. The following teams take notice: Y. P. C.s. Real Silk. Mapletons, St. Pauls, Boys’ Club, New Augusta, Beech Grove. New Palestine, Kdgewood and Clayton. Call Drexel 7541, or eddress Mickey Gleason. 505 ti Prospect St. The Do Shi Kal girls' team of the Third Christian Church defeated the United Brethren girls’ team, H to 6. In i game at the winners’ gym. It is the second victory oyer the same team for the Do Shi Kai’s. Other Monday Bouts At Baltimore —Kid Williams, exbantam champ, outpointed Young Montreal in twelve rounds. Williams’ advantage was slight. At Louisville —Johnny Lucas, who meets Louie Lavell at Indianapolis next Monday, decisively outpointed Buck O'Brien In ten rounds. At Terre Haute—Roy Herr outboxed Jackie Barnhart In ten rounds, and Mike Erode stopped Bobby Russell in nine rounds. - Y. P. C. Girls Win Y. P. C. Girls’ hasket-ball team de ! seated the Heath Memorial Girls. 19 to 5, Saturday night. The feature of; the game was the all-round teamwork j of the winners. College Results Monday Notre Dame, 29; Armour Tech. 14. Northwestern, 19; Purdue, 17. lows 18; Michigan, 17.
Garfield High Netters of Terre Haute Are Going Fast
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THE Garfield High School net team of Terre Haute la starting off right where it stopped last season. In the 1922 finals of the State tourney Coach Hanna's five was the darkest of dark horses and went to the final game with Franklin. The team made a great showing In the tourney play after a rather poor start during the season. This season the Gar-
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field boys are starting fast. They want a little consideration before they get to the meets. They started to play rather late, but they started fast. Only five games have been played this year, buj all of them have been vie-
GOLUMHIIIFTEI is™ coach Henderson of Southern California Offered Eastern Job. 81/B 1/ United Stir* SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 16.—University of Southern California students are anxiously awaiting the decision of football Coach Elmer Hen derson on the offer reported to have been received from Columbia University. The offer suggests a salary of $lO.000, according to reports. Henderson, known up and down the Pacific coast as "Gloomy Gus," now has a national reputation since the team he coached was the only coast eleven to win its EJst-West game this year. He is product of Oberlin College and came to U. S. C. from Broadway High School, Setattle, in 1919. Prior to Henderson’s advent in southern California, U. S. C. was having its troubles winning from the small colleges of the region. In four | seasons "Henderson has brought the ! team to the top, the climax coming last New Year’s day, when it defeated ! Penn State. 14 to 3. JOHN TRENCK, CATHEDRAL STAR, JOINS Y. P. C. TEAM i C!ub Journeys to New Albany Tonight. John Trenck, former Cathedral basket-ball and football star, today signed to play with the Y. P. C. basket-ball team. Trenck was a “C” man In baseball, football and basketball. The Y. P. C. five have two hard ] games scheduled for this week. To- ! night they play the New Albany C. jC. C. at New Albany. The southern Indiana team recently defeated the , locals. 1 Thursday night the Belmont A. C. j will be met on the Y. P. C. floor. The | Belmont line-up consists of some of | the fastest independent players in the city, among whom axe Carpenter, Nevitt and Dunn. *
Honus Wagner Gets Last Laugh on Hoosier Joker
It was a long time in coming, but if Hans Wagner, the famous exPittsburgh ball player, has heard about it he probably is thinking it was well worth waiting for. “It" is a chance to laugh at one of the men who made Hans the butt of a practical joke which ivas h ©raided from coast to coast back in 1915. Hans was with the Pittsburgh P irates in an exhibition game with the Marion Boosters, semi-pro team at Marion, Ind.
Ora Drischoll, Shi Birely, the late Tony George, Bert Fowler, Homer Gant and other sportsmen and practical jokers of Marian had been making all the celebrities who came to the Grant County seat the victims of a "snipe hunt” hoax. Hans was easy for them. They inveigled Wagner into going seining on the farm of “Josiah Ferguson. ’ played by Shi Bireley. Then they had a fake sheriff chase him half a mile and arrest him. He was put in the county jail and held for half an hour while it was decided to give him a night/rial. The ‘Trial” was held in the Circuit
tories. The most notable has been over the Jefferson High squad of Lafayette. A decisive victory was reg-
Triple Threat The triple threat player in baseball is the very latest thing. That is the title conferred on Jack Bentley, former Baltimore star, who is to get his big chance this year with the New York Giants. i Bentley can do three things well—pitch, play first base and bat. He was the leading pitcher in the International League. He also played first base when not pitching In mighty clever style. Asa batsman he was rergarded as one of the most dangerous in the league. McGraw will be in a position to use Bentley as pitcher, first baseman or pinch hitter.
UMPIRE CHILL CLEARED IN CLEVELAND SLAYING Alleged Confession by Companion Exonerates Oilio, Police Say. 'By Time.t tspicial CLEVELAND, Jan. 16 —Umpire O' lie Chill, formerly of Indianapolis, late Monday was cleared of all connection with the death of Edward McGregor late Saturday night Chill was in the party at which McGregor met his death, but had noth ing to do with the slaying, police said An alleged confession by G-orge C. Roedl exonerated Chill and Robert J. Burke. Roedl is said to have fired 'the shots which killed McGregor - Roedl, according to the police, said he shot McGregor after McGregor had shot at him twice. Y* LEADERS GO ON TRIP AFTER TONIGHT Locals to Play in Micliigan and Northern Indiana. After meeting the De Molays on the Y. M. C. A. floor tonight, the “Y” Leaders basket-ball team will depart on a road trip calling for three games. , On Wednesday night the leaders 'will play Hope College at Holland, Midi., o r i Thursday the Grand Rapids "Y” at Grand Rapids and on Friday the Huntington College five at Huntington, Ind. Indianapolis Boxers Win By Timet Special CONNERSVILLE, Ind., Jan. 16. j Indianapolis boxers made a clean I sweep of the bouts staged by the I Jackson Athletic Club here Monday I night. Jimmy Dalton knocked out | Eddie Dennis in two rounds; Don Car- \ son easily outpointed Jimmy Sayres, | and Ray Rivers stopped Kid Lowe in three rounds. N. A. G. U. at Central Normal By Timet Special DANVILLE, Ind., Jan. 16. —The N. A. G. U. five of Indianapolis plays here tonight, meeting Central Normal College of this city. The stock of the | locals has jumped since the recent ap | pearance of Francis, a former Danville high school player. He is a good shot and a clever floor man. The Y. M. H. A. Midgets won from West Side Juniors and the Terre Haute Midgets last week. For games call Stewart 2893 and ask for Abe after 5:30 p. m.
Court room before 400 citizens who had gathered when news of the Joke sread about town. Witnesses swore to all kinds of terrible things about Hans. Then he was found guilty and “sentenced” to thirty days in jail. Just when Hans despaired of ever getting out of trouble the perpetrators told him it was a joke. But now it is Hans’ turn to laugh. 'Josiah Ferguson” Bireley was among twenty northern Indiana hunters fined In Federal Court in Indianapolis recently for violating the game laws.
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istered last Friday over the fast Jeff team, and Terre Haute lads are dreaming their dreams early this year. Although the team lost Wheeler, the player who made such a remarkable record In Jhe State meet last year, the class shown in the first games proves that the aggregation .••gain is formidable. Clinton, Brazil, Wiley, of Terre Haute. Sullivan, and Jefferson are the list of victims so far. Hanna, the little coach, fills his team full of fight and besides that teaches them plenty of basket ball to go along with the scrap. He does not ray a great deal, but lets his outfit say it with field goals. He is from Indiana University and first stepped into the spotlight last year when his high school five fooled wise dopsters and pushed aside all opposition until the mighty Franklin championship club was plnyed in the last and decisive struggle. J. J. Machilng is the athletic manager.
FACinCCORSTLRSDEFYK.M.LAiIS Vote Against Commissioners* Draft Rule. By United Srirt PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan 16—The first gun in the threatened warfare between major and minor baseball leagues was fired late Monday when the Pacific Coast League, at Its an nual meeting here, voted five to four to abolish the recent Landis draft ruling. VV. 11. McCarthy, president of the Coast League, who has been on the warpath since Baseball Commissioner K M. Landis upheld the right of each major league club to release fifteen optional players subject to draft, instead of eight, as before, cast the deciding ballot. Los Angeles, Portland, Oakland and Salt Lake supported Landis, while San Francisco. Vernon, Sacramento and Seattle supported McCarthy. The motion to abolish the draft was made by Charley Graham of the San Francisco club, and was carried after a spirited challenge by Cal Ewing of Oakland, of McCarthy’s right to cast the deciding vote. The McCarthy faction takes the position that it should be able to con- | trol and own the players whose salaries It pays. By the same five to four vote, the '■ league adopted a 25-player limit, pro viding for 25 experienced players and 5 players without minor or major league experience. BUTLER IN LAST HOME NET GAME UNTIL FEB. 3 Rose Poly Is Opponent Tonight at Irvington Gym. F.utler plays its last horn© game tonight against Rose Poly at the Irvington gym until Feb. 3. Following the Rose contest final examinations will occupy the attention of the Butlerltes. The Engineers have not showed much strength this season and the tilt should not be very difficult to put in the win column. The main tilt is to start at 8 p. m.
Revised Shortridge Card
The Shortridge High School basketball schedule has been changed since the original card was given out and the Blue and White contests line up as follows for tho remainder of the year: Valley Mills at Shortridge, Jan. 19; Brownsburg tourney, there, Jan. 27; Lebanon at Shortridge, Feb. 3; Shortridge at Valley Mills, Feb. 9; Brownsburg at Shortridge (afternoon). Feb. 14; Shortridge at Franklin, Feb. 16; Ben Davis at Shortridge (afternoon), Feb. 21; open date, Feb. 23 or 24. Bunnan Beats Smith Bu United Preaa DETROIT, Jan. 16.—Joe Burman, Chicago, won a newspaper decision over Midget Smith, New York, in ten rounds here /Monday night. They are bantamweight!.
GREAT FRANKLIN ! TEAM Ifi BATTLE ! WITHOMAR FIDE Undefeated Baptists Face Hard Test in Contest Wednesday at Tomlinson Hall. They’re coining to town again. Franklin, the conquerors of Butler, Wabash, Do Pauw and State Normal will be seen in action against the Omars on Wednesday night at Tomlinson Hall. Johnson County believes in those net players and to prove it about mo are coming over to whoop It up for the "homo boys.” Indianapolis is interested also because the fans here like to see the real article of baskitn.ill as displayed by Wagner'* great gang. It Is expected the hall will tie amined to the rafters. There is not much need In discussing the Baptist team. The same pluy- • ■rs who established their names as household wor<V' throughout : he Suite n high school now seem ben* mi azim- Vandiver. Gant, Ballard and Krtddle in big letters wherever bosketball Is known. Tho five has started out fast and has displayed some of tho cleverest work ever seen on Hoosier college courts. The Omar game will boa real test. Tho Omars will throw their full ; strength at the college quint In an effort to stop the fast flying Frankllnites. The imposing array of former college stars of White, Miller, Moffot, Hinkle, Carney and Vollmer, along with the Independent players, Hennessey and Frankfort, will make [the Baptists travel fast. GREB TAKES SLASHING BOUT FROM LOUGHRAN Champion Earns Six of Ten Fast Rounds. B’l United Seirt PITTSBURGH, Jan. 16.—Harry Grab, light heavy-weight champion, won from Frank Loughran of Philadelphia in a slashing • a round • out at the Motor Square Garden here Monday night. Greh took six out of the ten rounds, getting the third, fifth, seventh, eighth, ninth and tenth. The Quaker City boxer earned the first, fourth and sixth rounds. The second round was even. An odd situation developed in the first round when Oreb, thinking the gong had sounded a minute before the round was over, quit fighting. Txiughrar>. evidently under no such misapprehension, piled into the champion and then, realizing that the latter did not defend himself, stopped suddenly. Both turned toward their corners. They were ordered back and finished out the round. CARPENTIER CLEARED OF •FIXED' FIGHT CHARGES French Federation Makes Announcement After Long Probe. By United Brett PARIS. Jan 16.—A report of the committee of the French Boxing-Fed-eration probing tho Slkl-Carpentier fight clears Carpcntier, Descamps and Hellers of charges that tho fight was to have been “fixed,” It was announced Monday. City Cue Event Brown and Frye play tonight in the city handicap three-cushion tourney !at the Board of Trade parlor. Tarloj ton downed Roger Monday, 45 to 44. Each had n high run of four. COMB HI AND XSTAYS “Hair-Groom” Keeps Hair Combed All Day—Glossy, Well - Groomed
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Prep Players Make Varsity Paul B. Church, former Purdue University football star, is certainly turning out real football players at tho Elgin (111.) high school. Either Church is a great coach or else they grow star footballers out that way. Possibly the great success of teams representing Elgin is due to a combination of both. It is a rather Interesting fact v that every player of the 1920 team that wore the Elgin colors made good at football in college. The outstanding star of the team In a college way Is Farwick, who starred at guard for West Point last season and was mentioned on several all-eastem honor lists.
OUD TAILOR HID MOORE if; Dili Two Banties Go Ten Rounds at Top Speed. Hy l nited Press CHICAGO, Jan. 16. —Bud Taylor of Terre Haute and Pal Moore of Mem. phis put up a stellar, slamming scrap for a draw in their ten-round go here last night. It was the third time the boys have met and But redeemed himself last night for the last meeting, which w r as generally to Moore. Both battlers went at top speed from the openihg gong. Neither showed marks of the fray except for a cut over Moore's left eye, caused when Bud accidentally butted him. Taylor tore In at the bell and continually tried for a knockout, but was ! unable to land. Taylor’s left hand I was working well and he used It to | good advantage. The first round was i easily Taylor’s and the second went to Moore by a shade. After that each round was a slam with honors even. In the semi windup Jimmy Gore of St. Louis shaded Patsy Rocco of East t 'hioago. Freddie Wilder shaded Ross j Murphy. Jack McCarthy had the betj ter of six rounds with Mickey Kirst j of St. Paul. WALKER EASILY MASTERS LATZO IN WELTER GO i Mickey OisiKxses of llis Challenger in the Third Round. By 7 imrt Sprcint PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 16.—Steve I atzo challenged Mickey Walker tor the welterweight crown and he got his c hance here Monday night. He lasted three rounds. Mickey stepped out at the opening game and scored heavily from the start. Latzo was on the defensive from the start and suffered severe punishment before taking the count In the third session.
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"FUZZY” VANDIVER One of the greatest high school basket-ball players ever developed in this State is now demonstrating that he was ready to graduate to tho college net sport. “Fuzzy” Vandiver was a great forward on the Franklin State championship high five, and in the games so far with Franklin College he has shown the same clever stuff that made him an all-State prep player. He is a great dribbler and one of the headiest, steadiest men that ever stepped on the Indiana basket courts.
GERMAN BOXERS . IH 0.5. DEBUT First Scrappers From That Country to Show Off. By I'nited Xetct NEW YORK, Jan. 16.—Two German prizefighters, the first pugs from th© lager country to mix in an American arena, will be shown off to the customers in the newcomers’ show, at the Garden on Wednesday night. There will be ten bouts of four rounds between hitherto and perhaps henceforth unknown boxers. The Dinkelspeil scrappers ate Urban Grass, a bantamweight, and Battling Anton, a middleweight, meeting Carl Dunne and Jimmy Cancro, respectively. Frenchmen, Italians, Filipinos, Irish men and boxers from the Norse countries have been seen in New York in the last few years, to say nothing of one Belgian, an Argentian and one who claimed to be an American by descent. But. these are positively the first Germans.
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UPSETS FEATURE BIG TEH BASKET SCRAPS MONDAY Northwestern Downs Purdue and lowa Wins Thriller From Michigan. Big Ten Standing W. L. Pet Wisconsin 3 0 1.000 lowa 2 O 1.000 Michigan 3 1 667 Illinois . 2 1 Northwestern 2 1 , .68 - Minnesota 9 Furdue •} 1 •‘l’ 1 " Chu ago O 2 .001 1 Indiana 0 - Ohio 0 3 -OiM* Two surprises marked the Western Conference basket-ball results Monday, and one of the upsets was not at all pleasing to Hoosler fans. Purduo dropped its first game to Northwestern In a tight contest, 19 to IT. The Boilermakers were never able to get started and the Purple fought hard to win their second Big Ten victory. Unlike the Boilermaker teams of the paijt few years. Lambert’s five did not seem to get going. Baskets were very hard to get Monday. The Butler defeat forecasted a lack of punch, but the Lafayette fans hoped it was just a momentary relapse. The defeat seemed to shake the confidence of the squad, however, and the team that went down before the Evanston outfit lacked the dash and spirit that is usually very much in evidence. Gulllon mad© three from the field, Eversman two and Krlegbaum one. Stegeman, at forward for the winners, was the big thorn In the side of Purdue and tossed in six baskets for twelve of the points. McKenzie accounted for the other markers. The much touted Michigan team fell before the lowa aggregation In another one of those tight guarding tilts. The score was close enough for any one, 18 to 17. Field goals were few and far between and the teams battled the forty minutes with neither at any time having a safe margin of lead. * The Hawkeyes pulled the game out of the fire in the last moments of play with two field goals. The game was a thriller. lowa and Wisconsin are now the only two Conference teams that have not lost. The Badgers have won three and lowa two. s Kepner Runs Six Kepner scored a high run of six in defeating Trestler, 50 to 46. in a State three-cushion tourney match at the Occidental parlor Monday. Trestler's best run was four. Henning and Ramsey meet tonight.