Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 265, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1923 — Page 12

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SPORTS P i p i- BASKET -L o o vy BOXING V-/ R R 1 v DIAMOND xv np '.". S T m Sand Q OTHER O - TUBISTS .1 The past indoor track season has been a series of strenuous events for the fan and it is not without a feeling of relief that he welcomes the short period of calm between seasons which will give him an opportunity to relax a bit and familiarize himself with some of the new records and new names appear:n*r in the list of stars. Joie Ray, of course, has been the big noise as usual, an>l In contributing even more than his yearly quota of new time still reigns supreme among middle distance men. Ritola is the most illustrious of the new-comers and claims, without any argument, the most meteoric rise to fame of any of the latest athletic phenoms. Loren Murchison is another who has been performing throughout the season at the top of his form. Jimmy Connolly is another of the veterans "Who refuses to give way to new talent and even when he hung up anew time in the two-thirds mile, the roan who pushed him to his limit was Ray Watson, an Olympic team mate. The seventy-yard record is at present 1 1-10 second faster than it was last year due to Harold Lever of Pennsylvania, who is in his last year of collegiate competition and has for the hist three years been one of the country’s fastest for less than a hundred yards. -I- -I' IThe Maywood Grays baseball club will bold a meeting tonight at the poolroom in Maywood. The following players are asked to report- Cooke, White. Henderson. Hathaway. Monday. McCray. Martin. Robbins. Lynch. M Clunsr. Manual. Berry. Orr. Pattman. Hodg-e. Burk and others wishing trycuts. -I- -I- -!- L. S. Hubbard of Michigan tied the record of 1:52 2-5 for the 150-yard backhand stroke In the trials for the conference swimming championship iast nicht at Northwestern pool. Ralph Breier. Northwestern, won the preliminary heat in the 40-yard in 10 seconds for anew record. The Gophers with eleven led in the number of qualified for the fancy diving tests.

Tex Rickard announced that Luis Flrpo. South American conqueror of Bill Brennan, will meet an unselected opponent in a semifinal to the Willard-Jobnson Pout in the charity show on May 12. -I- -I- -!- BILL BRENNAN WHO SUFFERED CONCLUSION OF THE BRAIN IN HIS BOUT WITH FIRPO rS REPORTED WELL ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY. -I- -I- -ITHET MUST BE HOLDING THOSE PINS UP WITH GLUE AT THE A. B. C. MEET AT MILWAUKEE. AT ANY RATE, THE MAPLES P.E FUSE TO FALL. NO TEAM HAS GONE OVER THE 2.500 MARK SO FAR. -!- -!- -!- ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM KANSAS CITY OF THE NATIONAL A. A. T. BASKET-BALL TOURNEY, UrSETS ARE MARKING THE PLAY. WHAT THOSE MISSOURI IIOPESTERS MEAN IS THAT KANSAS TEAMS ARE GETTING BEAT. A MINNESOTA FIVE AND A CALIFORNIA TEAM KNOCKED OFF TWO OF KANSAS’ FAVORITE TEAMS. -I- 'l* -ITlie same thing is happening to these Dempsey stories that happened to the boy who cried, “Wolf, wolf,” until nobody believed him. The wild yarns are losing their kick. -I- -I- -ITHE ADHERENTS OF DK VALERA IN IRELAND HAVE DECLARED A BAN ON ALL SPORTS ST. PATRICK’S DAY. AND SIKI MAY HAVE TO FIGHT THE WHOLE IRISH REBEL ARMY. THAT SPORT BAN ON A HOLIDAY HAS A VERY FAMILIAR SOUND. -I- ‘l* -IBryan Downey got the decision over Phi! Krug in a twelve-round bout at Orange, X. .J., Thursday night. -I- -I- -IRED ROBERTS HAS ACCEPTED A COACHING JOB WITH THE WAYNESBORO COLLEGE IN PENNSYLVANIA. RED OF CENTER COLLEGE FAME WILL HAVE CHARGE OF BASKET-BALL AND FOOTBALL NEXT SEASON. -I- -!- -IThr Maple-tons defeated the Femdil© Triangle© in an overtime game Thursday nierht at the Maple-ton gym. 2S to 24. Malone was the st ir for the winners. The Mapleton Maids lost to the Hottentots, 9 to 5. I zees burg, Fla. LEFTY WIF.NERT WILL BE REGULAR HURLER FOR THE PHILLIES IF HE KEEP-; UP His PRESENT FORM PITCH ING FOUR INNINGS FOR THE REGULARS HE AT.OWED THE YANNIGAN3 ONLY ONE HIT THE REGULARS WON 7 TO O. At Tampa, Fla. “Chick” Gagnon, former Holy Cross star, who was obtained by the Senators from Detroit, has temporarily replaced Peck on the regulars In the inter-club games and Manager Bush admits he is highly pleased with his work at shortstop. At Hot Springs Os the fourteeen days the Boston Red Sox have spent here, they have been able to get only five pood work-outs, and Frank Chance hasn’t ha<r more than a casual look at his rookies.

Battles for Indiana H. S. Basket-Ball Supremacy On at Coliseum

FINAL GAME TO BE FLAYED SATURDAY 8 P. M. Franklin Is Only Team to Win a Tournament in Indianapolis. The first of two days’ play for the championship of Indiana high school basket-ball team started this morning at the Coliseum and will close with the first game of the second round tonight at 8:30. The play on Saturday will start at 9 a. m. and the championsh.p game will be played at 8 p. m. The semifinals will be staged at 2 and 3 p. m. Saturday. This is the thirteenth basket-ball tournament to be staged in Indiana and the third time the finals have been played in Indianapolis. Franklin, so’far, has been the only team tc. win the championship in this city, winning three years in succession. At the completion of the final game Saturday night Governor McCray will award medals to the members of the ! winning team and the Gimbel prize to j the player showing the best ability | for sportsmanship, playing ability and j mental attitude in the tourney. / SIKI-GEORGES, SEPT. 16 Match on Again in Dim Future, Ascording to Baris Report. R>i United Xetes PARIS, March 16.—The Siki-Car-pentier return match is on again, dated for pentier plenty of time to change bis mind again in case he again gets the shivers in his feet. He did this when lie was recently threatened with a return whipping by the black man. The announcement of the match is made by the French Boxing Federation, which states that t arpentier s manager has agreed. Sikt's acceptance has been received by wire.

Follow Your Team to the Tourney Finals j i >,un '" P COLUMBIA (19) I (S3 ° P M Friday) , RirHMON(M d *.V. j Ri ’ hm ° nd BEDFORD .as | , (2 r M. Saturday) Ml A M. Friday) I Bedford ...I WARSAW (27 1 I (9 A. M Saturday) [ ... CRAW FORDSVH.LE | j il !’ M Friday) MARTINSVILLE | SOUTH BEND I (RUM Saturday) • 2 P M Friday) I t HUNTINGTON | (10 A. M. Sat unlay) j SULLIVAN I J (3 P M. Friday) I 1 ANDERSON | ' FRANKLIN , (3 P. M. Saturday) ' 4 P M. Friday) I._ . 1 PERRYS FILL K | ~ { VINCENNES , A Saturday) | ! ~ p. M. Friday) I LYON'S

BASEBALL GALL ATTECH SOON Green and White Undefeated in Three Year's Piay. Coach Kingsolver of Technical High School will Issue a call for baseball candidates next week. He has a task ahead of him as an entirely new infield must be assembled. He will also have to find a hurler to take Ewing's place. Last season Ewing pitched two no-hit games for the east sitlers and no team got more than four hits off his delivery. Tech has not been defeated in baseball for three years. Preparations are under way for spring track also. Most of last season's squarl has been lost and a new team must be built by coach Black. Maxwell, last year's star miler, is one of the veterans hack and ho should have a good year. Lewis, the star half-miler, has left school.

UTTER ROUT FOR ILLMLLORY American Champ Beaten in Straight Games by Suzanne. liy I'nitrd I’rfs.i NICE, France, May 16.—Mile. Suzanne Lenglen demonstrated today her right to the crown as queen of tennis when she defeated Mrs. Molla Mallory, American champion and her greatest rival, at <l-0, 0 0, In the fourth round of the Nioe championship tournament. The defeat of the American champion was a rout. Mrs Mallory had a chance hut she went down gamely. Suzanne had a {Treat day. She was primed for the battle of her life and she played supremely and at times vindictively. To the gallery, the defeat of the American was not a great surprise. Mrs. Mallory has been playing poorly for some time. Montgomery, Ala. Connie Mack’s B team will play | Birmingham here today and the A j team will go to Troy to play Mil i waukee. In a Regular-Yannigan l game, the won, 8-5.

B-YCK ROW LEFT TO RIGHT—ELLER, GROSS, COACH BURNHAM, SHAFER, BRECUENKER. MIDDLE ROW ROC’HSTROH, VOEDESCH, NYIKOS, RHOUTSOXG, HOLLO WELL, MILLER. FRONT ROW—SABO, GROSS, SMITH, EDWARDS.

NATIONAL A. A. 0. EVENT AT CULVER Senior Indoor Plunge Feature of Swim Program Saturday. lilt Times Special CULVER, Ind., March 16.—1n the big water carnival to be held at the Culver Military Academy' swimming pool Saturday, some of the best plunge men in the country will compete in the National senior A. A. 17. indoor plunge for distance. Three Indiana-Kentucky A. A. U. championship events will be held. These events will be the 100-yard free style, 220-yard breast stroke, and 150yard back stroke. Besides the championship events there will be a number of other swimming races and Giving competitions. The Hoosier A. C. of Indianapolis will send a swimming team Entries tor the national plunge event have been received from both colleges and athletic clubs in all parts of the country.

Last Year’s Records in Tonrney Wheeler of Garfield Led Individual Scorers With 53 Points Gant Made 22 Field Goals,

For those who like to look over the dope perhaps a glance at List year's tourney scores and features will be of interest as the teams battle at the i Coliseum for the 1923 high school title. Last year Wheeler of Garfield (Terre Haute) was the high Individual scorer j with 53 points in four games with 16 j field goals and 23 fouls. Vandivier - of Franklin was next with 47 paints. His record was 17 field goals and 13 fouls. Gant led in the number of field goals with 22 in four games. Wheeler made the greatest number of points ii one game with twenty against Marion. Gant counted eight field i goals against Bloomington. Franklin. 27; Kvansvlllo, li. Bedford, -4*l; Atwood. 14. Vincennes. 31 ; Cutler, 33. Bloomington. "0; Manual, 8. Garfield, 'J \ Whiting, 12. Fishers. 18; Goshen, I>. Marion. 151; Rushvilln, 18. Anderson. ‘.’4; Frankfort. 16. Franklin. 32; Bedford. 15. Bloomington, 21 ; Vincennes, 15. Garfield. 30; Fishers, 10. Marion. 20: Anderson, Id. Franklin. 35; Bloomington, 17. Garfield. 3*l; Marion. 17. Franklin, 56 Garfield, 15.

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Carry Hopes of South Bend in Tourney

South Bend and Huntington were tc- tangle this afternoon at 2 p. m. Reports from the Ft. Wayne regional are to the effect that the Benders pre strong. Nyikos, brother cf the Indiana University star, is a big factor in the northern team’s

BAD WEATHER SLOWS UP INDIANS IN WORKOUTS

By EDDIE ASH l imes Staff Correspondent BOGALUSA, La., March 16.—A cold wave struck the Tribe training camp this morning and Manager Hendricks called off morning practice. He hopes to hold a light work out this afternoon. Pitcher Carmen Hill reached camp today. Sore spots are beginning to disappear and a few of the pitchers feel like cutting loose. Bug Cavet was first rlinger to try a curve, and he served it to Jay Kirke. Jay smashed the ball through the box and Cavet was forced to extend himself in order to escape being struck. Manager Hendricks will divide the squad shortly and play a game, ho j said today. The athletes prefer the real action. They want to get tuned up properly to meet the New York

VISITING BOWLERS IN THIRD PLACE Evansville Team Shoots Up Among Leaders. lip I mled Press MILWAUKEE, March 16.-—Visiting bowlers took the first crack at tho 1 ins in the American Bowling Congress tournament here iast night, but displaced only one of tho leaders. The Arlst.o Flours of Evansville, Ind., with a count of 2,691, went Into third place In the team events. Chief Ferner was high on the team, collecting 5X6 for his throe games. Ten marks belter than 2.600 were turned in during the evening's rolling.

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success. If the five can win its first game Anderson is the next foe, at 19 a m. Saturday morning. The fans will watch the play of South Bend with much inter* st, as the strength of t,i“ teams in the north section is more or less a matter of conjecture until tourney time.

Giants seconds one week from Saturday. The Louisiana Derby will hr- run in New Orleans onuurow and the Tribe tossers are mixing pony talk with their base I*l ll dl cu-rirm**. Jay Kirke received what h<- thinks is a hot up, and he acted like a taco horse all day. Jay has been granted have of absence from the camp Satuiduy night and Sunday to visit relatives in New Orleans.

Down South With The Leaguers

Hot Spi inks. Ark. The entire Pirate squad is now in camp here following the arrival of (atelier Walter Schmidt. The players were idle yesterday owing to a storm. \l Avalon. Cal. The Cubs vent lire,| aito f,n 3 Angeles again today and will meet the Angels in a three-game train- j ing series. With Uiiur -sioi cr I. v. • - .••iid rr-iny • cfV.-r C. !f hr:?” ■ • ” • - hi. t'; IWw , !yn Hob - <>peiK<i tn - rvhibUtou wMon by] 17 to J ; l.ravcs commit!**! . t erre \t New Orleans Bad weather continues to retard the training of the \cw York Nankees. Hlnkej Haines, former Pet in Male football star, may lav retained for the outfield. At San Antonio Two of the prize rookies of the Giants —Me Pee and Jackson —are laid up with bid ankle.; and may not be able to take the trip with Cosey Dolan's second team. Lakeland, Ha. 'Die < level .old Imii.ies are in i.erfeet nhape In *Oar( (lie mvi.soii \j.rll IM. After routing Hie Cincinnati Red* nt Orl.tnne in the tlrst game of (he q.ri.ii: M-rit-s by a score of )0 lo 2, even (he Retie :trt- eonlltlent. “From nmv on our showing i itp to the pitchers," Manager Speaker mill. lodi). At Seguin, Texas Willie K.umm, suffering from a bruised leg will not play again until tho White Sox meet the (bants In San Antonio Saturday. At \ugnsfa, CJa. The Detroit Tiger squad is complete today, Ira. Hagstead and Rip Collins having reported. Collins arrived with l lie pitchers two weeks ago. but was summoned to Texas when his mother became ill.

FORT FIGHTS AGE POSTPONED Show Will Be Held Next Thursday. Tho heavy rain and wind storm caused Lieutenant Oliver P. Newman, matchmaker for tho Ft. Benjamin Harrison Athletic Club, to postpone the boxing matches scheduled for Thursday night at the Army (tost, until Thursday, March 22. The same show featuring four bouts making a total of thirty rounds of boxing will Ist staged next week at Ft. Harrison. Freddie Boorde of Birmingham will no et Jackie Barnhart of Terre Tuute in a ten round bout as the main go of the Fort show. After a number of telephone ren Hosts from downtown ticket holders worn received that the Fort show be postponed been se of the storm. Lieu-t-cant Newman announced that the chow would he held next week. To amuse 3)0 boxing fans, most of them soldiers, who gathered at the Ft. Harrison clubhouse last night Joe ('ipadora of Ft. Harrison and Bobby McGovern of Indianapolis gave i fast three round boxing exhibition. Two so! :;-•(- .scrappers. Battling Hunt and Ore Round Bennett, mixed it In slapbang style for four rounds. \t Orlando, Ha. Pitcher Kppa Rlxey has signed to piny with the Reels, which leaves Eddie Roush the only Red holdout Roush is asking $25,900, just $10,990 pur** than the Cincinnati club will pay him Cleveland yesterday trimmed the Reds, 10 to 2.

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PRELIMS FOR MAT SHOW ARE ARRANGED H. M. Mullendore of Franklin and “Snaky” Kerr of Indianapolis will appear in the first match of the wrestling show’ at Tomlinson Hall next Tuesday night. Jack Reynolds will meet Ray Carpenter in the main event. Hugh Webb of Indianapolis and Walt Keegan of Rochester, N. Y:, will meet in the semi-windup. holdlTaly GRAOOALLY GETS BACK INTO FOLD Jack Bentley, Baltimore Star, Still Refuses to Join New York Giants, By HENRY L. FARRELL United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, March 10. —With a few notable exceptions, all of baseball's dissatisfied are back in the fold arid the hold out army has been reduced almost to a squad. Jack Bentley, the $65,0000 Batlimore player, is the most conspicuous of the hold-outs, and it begin to look as if the star pitcher and first baseman meant it, when he said he would never play unless the Baltimore Club paid him part of the pile the Giants turned over Hr him. Izook for Southpaw .Although McGraw has been quoted as saying that he believed Bentley should be given a part of his purchase price, the Giant leader is looking among the other youngsters in the camp for a southpaw to help out Art Nehf. Zach Wheat, the trusty old Brooklyn outfielder, is making good his threat to stay away from the Robins until Charley Kbhets gives him a better contract. Ebbets has used the old "I’ll trad- 1 you” threat, and lie also has fallen hack without effect ori the other bromide—“play for me or starve.” High Out of Fold Brooklyn also has Andy High, a promising young infielder, to get back into the fold. “Pop" Gleason has Eddie Collins listed as a holdout, hut the greatest of all the second basemen denies that he is a member of the group, and insists that he has merely been delayed it; reporting. The White Sox blamed the Yankees fin getting Collins dissatisfied by -darting a lot ~f trade talk and then failing to go through with it. The Sox officials claim that the American League champions never made n serious attempt lo get Eddie away from j his Chicago job.

FRIDAY, MARCH 16, 1923

PURDUE IN TIE FOR THIRD PLAGE IN BIG TEN RACE Defeat of Indiana Puts Boilermakers on Even Footing With Illinois, FINAL, BIG TEN STANDING Won. Lost. Pet. Trtwa It 1 917 I Wisconsin ><.,....11 1 .917 M ichuran s 4 .967 I Illinois 7 5 .583 Purdue 7 5 .55.3 ' Chirapro 9 9 .500 I Indiana 5 7 .417 I Xortnwestem .3 9 .2of! ; Ohio State 1 11 -OS3 Minnesota 1 11 .083 R;/ Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 16. Indiana lost a thrilling game to Purdue Thursday night when the Boilermakers came to the front in the last few minutes io win, 31 to 29. Eversman’s basket from the floor j made the final points that won. Each team made ten field goals and Indiana made nine from the foul line and Purdue, eleven. It was the margin of victory. Four thousand people cheered as I the two teams battled desperately for 1 the advantage throughout forty minutes of strenuous play. Indiana kept the lead until the final minute. At the half the Crimson team was leading, 17 to 14. Eversman was the Purdue star with live field goals. Kriegbaum, who started at center for the winners, tossed in three ana Holwerda got two. Ilolwerda, Eversman and Robins, threw the fouls and did a good jot) of it with eleven out of fourteen chances. For Indiana Thomas and Knoy got three baskets apiece and Nyikos and Parker each snagged a pair. Nyikos led the scoring with nine out of eleven foul goals. The victory gives Purdue a tie with Illinois for third place with seven won and five lost. Indiana with five won and seven lost is in fifth place. DAVIS TO RESIGN AS HEAD OF TENNIS BODY Honor of Famous Trophy Too Busy With Other Duties. />’)/ Times Special WASHINGTON. March 16.—Dwight F. Davis, assistant secretary of war. announced Thursday that he would tender his resignation as president of th a United States Lawn Tennis Association at the meeting Saturday in New York of the executive committee. Davis, who is the donor of the Davis Cup. feels that his new duties in the War Department demand his exclusive attention.