Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 March 1923 — Page 9

SATURDAY, MARCH 24, 1923

Pennsy Railroad Athletes Will Hold Big Sport Carnival April 7

■boxing, wrestling, pool, BASKET-BALL, VOLLEY BALL AND SHOOTING FEATURES i Five Hundred Are Expected to Take Part in All-Around Contests—B,ooo Coming to City Meginness in General Charge, Arrange me uts are under way for staging the second annual indoor athletic meet of the Southwestern region of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Indianapolis April 7. It will be a classic among railroad athletic events and will.be participated in by 500 athletes from points as far east as Columbus, Ohio; St. Louis, Mo., to the west, from Louisville, Ky., on the south and from Logansport. lnd., and Chicago, 111., to the north. Delegations of visitors, sport fans and spectators numbering V \OUO will accompany the various teams and contestants to this city. Special transportation facilities will be provided and a local committee of 100 will look after the welfare of the guests on that day.

The State Fairground Coliseum has een engaged for the major contests, ncluding boxing, wrestling, track vents, volley hall, basket-ball, indoor uaseball and rifle shooting Swimming contests will be held at the Y. I VI. C. A. Bowling matches will be polled at the Central Alleys. Pool and billiards will be played at Cooler’s Billiard Parlor. Trap shooting will be engaged in at the Indianapolis Cun Club. The guests and participants and spectators will be welcomed by Mayor Shank. He will also referee a feature boxing bout between Hunk and Hank Floyd, juvenile boxers, ages 7 and 8 years, respectively. These two youngsters hall from Richmond, lnd., and have been featured at many of the Pennsy Athletic Carnivals. Basket-bail Tourney Features af the meet include basket--I,all and volley ball contests for the championship of the Southwestern region; the. Indiana general division will be represented by Terre Haute. Ind., fast quintets, both girls and boys, who are chi-mpions of the grand division. There will he a galaxy of new talent from the city and outlying points of the Indianapolis division. Fifteen local boys headed by Manager F. P. Endsley will participate* in the boxing bouts to be staged at the Coliseum. Five local girl bowlers, champions of the Indiana Grand division will vie with the best lady bowlers of the region for championship honors. A group of local men bow lers will roll match games with fast teams and individuals for the championship of tile region. R. A Scott of this city is hairman of this activity. Rifle shooting will he on the pro--am and fast teams with crack shots, ill be entered by Terre Haute, Ind., his city, Logansport, Ind., and Cincinnati, Ohio, for the regional honois. Trap Shooting Trap shooting contests will be taged at the Indianapolis Gun Club ange west of the city and a special lain will be provided by the Pennsy carry participants and spectators 'i> and from that place. Devotees f pool and billiards will bt given a teat at Cooler’s billiard parlor where match games for the regional championship will be played. W. A. Harvey is chairman of that activity. Music will be furnished by a band of 100 under the leadership of Band Master J. F. Crane of Terre Haute, ind. There will be dancing in the evei ing. The general committee in charge of arrangements for the meet is as fol- ;• ws: H. E. Meginness. general chairman: Paul A. Kne-se. assistant to general chairman and manager of publicity: J.. L. Doen. chairman of finance: H. R. Voelke;- chairman of buildings and grounds: IL B. Reynold* chairman transportation: 1). P. beach. c hairman entertainment committee; J. \V Quill, chairman booster committee.

250 REPORT FOR T FCK BASEBALL I Mammoth Squad Answers Coach Klngsolver’s Cali. Baseball enthusiasm at Technical High School is at high pitch and more than 200 diamond performers : nswered the first call of Coach Kingolver. About fitifty additional candl dates came out Friday. Nothing in the way of practice was possible on the first days. An effort was made to get the mammoth turnout into some sort of workable order. First practice will be held Monday .ftemoon at Brookside and all of the candidates will ho given a chance. Among the old men back will be •ordan and Schultze. catchers. Peterson, pitcher. Gordan, infielder, and Rush and Van Arsdale, outfielders. There are a number of other players who have a good rep in the amateur anks. Tech has not lost a high school baseball game in three seasons. MAPLETON A. C. BOXERS COMPETE IN STATE MEET Six Amateur Mlt Artists Enter Ring Tourney at 11. A. V. Boxing classes at the Maplelon Athletic Club arc making good progress in the fistic art and Bobbie Bridges, club professional, has a number of youngsters getting in shape for the Indiana Kentucky A. A. U. boxing Meet at the Hoosler A. C. March 29. -0 and 31. Six boxers have already shown enough class to' warrant their entry in the 6how. They are Earl Bourne, Russell Doughty. Thomas De Farco, Richard Garrison and Neil Sorensen. In the early part ot next month tfe'- Mapleton club will stage a boxing show at its gym and will match the M. A. C. boxers against those representing other athletic qlubs In the city.

ART FLETCHER IS OPTIMISTIC OVER PHILLYJOTURE Believes Team Will Shake Jinx and Will Finish Season in Sixth Place. By BILLY EVANS LEESBURG. Fi;_, March 24.—Art Fletcher, new manager of the Phillies. is an optimist. Fletcher reached the ranks of stardom as shortstop for the New York Giants. Trained in the school of John Me Graw, Fletcher thinks victory all the time. Placed in charge of a team that many critics are unkind enough to consign to hist place, Fletcher is in no way discouraged. He plans to make a better showing than the Phillies did last year. Regardless of where they finish the Phillies of 1923 will play with a mu, h better spirit than did the team of las: year. When defeated they \>iil go down fighting rather than meekly accepting the reverse, with the thought that the playing of the game merely brought the season that much nearer to the close. Theories of Fletcher Fletcher never fails to impress upon his players that they did not finish last in 1922. The Phillies have held down the tail-end position for so many years that Fletcher wants bis players to keep in mind the fact they did not finish there last year. The other point that he keeps driv ing home is that by finishing sixth the club will show a substantial iin provement. Pitching that is certain to be better. An infield that will be 2a per cent better. Catching that will he worthy of the pennant winner. An outfield that will show a much improved player in Curtis Walker picked up by Fletcher to soon develop into a real star. There you have the reasons for Fletcher's optiinisn). Fletcher feels that Boston is better than an eighth place team. How ever, since the Phillies beat out Boston last, year, Fletcher sees no rea son why they cannot repeat. In cidentally Brooklyn is the other club 1 that he feels he has more than an I even chance to nose out. The Probable I/me-1 p The club will present, practically i the same line-up of last tan', with the exception of Sands at short and Holke at first. Sands looks good. Tn all probability Williams, Wal ker and Lee will start irj the outfield i The ability of Williams is well j known, l/ee has promise, while Cur , tis Walker looks like a sure enough , star. Walker Is the youngster secured ; from McGraw in one of the several j deals made by I’hilly with New York. Favorite A. C.s Practice i The Favorite A. C. baseball club will hold its first practice Sunday morn ing at Riverside Park. All players who have signed up and those wishing j to try out are asked to be at the park j at 9:30 prompt. MAROTT FIVE IN - A. B. C. ON SUNDAY Local Champs to Try Luck in ‘World Series' Meet, The city champions, Marott Shoe Shop five, will try their luck Sunday in the A. B. C. tourney at Milwaukee. It is the second Indianapolis team to roll in the big meet. Captain Heuslein and his crew of pin busters left today with the good wishes of the local fans speeding them on their way. The marks set so far in the A. B. C. conipe- : tition are not so high that the locals cannot surpass them if they have a bit of luck and the plus are falling for them. The next Indianapolis rollers are on the schedule Thursday, March 29, when three high-class clubs compete. Claman’s Dairy Lunch, Central Alley Five and Ballard Ice Cream go after the maples on that date. All the rest of the Indianapolis entries roll over next week end. March 31 and April 1. Darkies of Bogalusa refuse to consider Battling Siki one of their, race. They refer to him as "one o’ dem fo’en blacks.’’

Railroaders First and Then In for All Varieties of Athletic Contests —That’s the Pennsy Crew Here

id;FT. H. E. MKGINNEB. GENERAL CHAIRMAN. CENTER RIFLE TEAM I V’PKIt K"V. . I .I'.FT -1,, |j|< :>!T: C WOODALL. C. WILKINSON. .J. JEFFRIES. H. BENNETT. !>WKK U"W M. V AMES E! DENZLER, H. C. LITTKELL. G. GROVES AND W. H. SHIELDS. UPPER RIGHT: PAI R \ KRIESE. ASSISTANT TO GENERAL CHAIRMAN AND MANAGER OF PUBLICITY. INSET !I* *RS> - SIKE TEAM LEFT To RIGHT: E. E BUTCHER, J. K. JENKINS, if. E. DENZLER. CAPTAIN; A R < ..ARR AND I * \ LKNKHARDT. LOWER LEFT: BOXING SQUAD. LEFT TO RIGHT. BACK ROW: HoLSAPI'LK. FOX. BORDEN, McATTEE. FRONT ROW, LEFT TO RIGHT: PARRISH. KRAUSE, BIRCH, WHITE AND WIR SON. CENTER: F. P ENDSLEY, MANAGER PENNSY BOXING TEAM LOWER RIGHT: TOM GAR LAGILEIC SPRINTER.

FINALS 111 GIRLS’ TOURNEY TONIGHT Hottentots Will Meet Maplen ton Maids for Title, The Mapleton Mauls and tin Hottentots will meet in the final game of the girls' city basketball tournament at the Mapleton A. C. gym tonight, by virtue of their .semi-finals wins last night. The Hottentots defeated the KeeM>ne T--a< her*. 9 to 2. and the Mapleton Maids beat the Heath Me inoriaß. 2 1 to IS. The Mapleton Maids humped into rougher going than they had anticipated. but they managed to weather the storm. Tonight's game for the Em-Roe cup at id tie- tight to meet the Dayton Presto Rite girls at the local “Y” next Saturday evening, will he called at v3n and will bo preceded by a curtain rats, r between tin* Mapleton boys’ team and the Theta Alpha Kappa five from Butler. Boss Smith will referee the girl.-' game. The Mapleton club will give anew basket-ball to the lost r in tonight's finals. BOY,S’ CLUB IN FIELD Practice Sunday at Garfield Park If Weather Permits. The Roys' Club baseball team will practice at Garfield Park Sunday at 10:30 p. nv if weather permits. Anyone wishing a try-out is asked to be present. Ago or size does not enter into tlie eligibility requirements. Will the following men get in touch with A M. Goldsmith, Abe Needletnan. Ilersohel Rudy, Ralph Pringle. David Klor, Gus Bova, Bob Rang. Joe Hollowltz, Bernle Zier, Max Fishman. Alfred Franklin, David Klapper. Hyman Gold, Abe Feltman, Tommy Greenberg, Joe Rubin, Sackoff, Abe Simpson, Sain Rubin and Bill Gray. For games call Stewart 2693 or write .Max G. Goldsmith, 1022 Union St., Indianapolis. Ind. MUNCIE CLOSES NET SEASON WITH TOURNEY By l nitcd Press MUNCIE, lnd., March 24 —The bas-ket-ball season In Muncio was closed ofilcially today with tut independent tournament in which professional teams from eastern Indiana cities participated. The last game will he tonight at the Y. M C. A.

Amateur Baseball

Mapleton baseball candidates will work out tomorrow atieruoon at Riverside diamond No ! All players wishing' to try out arc invited, whether they are club members or not The Arsenal Cubs will ho'd a meeting Tuesday m,-lit :>no all players are requested to be there to try on their suits. A manager 1 wanted to manage the team. The Cutis won the city championship last year and have most ol their old players on the lineup this year.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Big Tri-City Bail Meet Is Assured CUFF DURANT TO

St. Louis to Be Host to Indianapolis and Omaha Amateur Clubs. .T, Walter Jarvis, superintendent of parks and recreation. started his career as president of th City Amateur Baseball Association off with a bang Saturday with the announcement that a three-cornered series of tin oe guinea had been arranged between the amateur champs of Indianapolis. Omaha and St laiuis with the city of St. Is.uia acting as host through the courtesy <>f the parks and recreation department. The series will be a throe game af fair and will be held late in Septemher, after the champion of. each city is decided. Efforts are being made now, Jarvis said, to have Minneapolis. St. Paul and Milwaukee play a threecornered series and have the winner of this series compete with the three teams at St. ianils, making It a four cornered affair. Jarvis returned from St. 1/ouis Sat urelay morning, where lie had gone to complete the arrangements. The ai ranging of the intercity games is a big thing for amateur baseball and much credit Is due the new amateur baseball bead. Other officers elected Friday night at a meeting were: A. E. Carr, vice president: Edward E. Mcßride, secretary, and Itlggs, Measurer. The season will open hero April 28 and the league teams are “rarin" to go. GAME OF SOCCER PROVING POPULAR Success of Sport in City Due to Untiring Efforts, The eighth scheduled Soccer League game will bo played Sunday between the Indianapolis Soccer Club and the Hoosler Rovers. These two city teams have been great rivals ever since soccer started In Indianapolis, and this is partly (he reason why soccer lias gained such a strong foothold In this city the past year. Much oredlt. must lie given to S. K. Henderson and G. O. Baton. These two men have devoted the greatest part of their spare time to the promotion of soccer In Indianapolis. At the present time they are working hard on Introducing soccer In the public schools, and also In high schools. Henderson is president of the Indianapolis Soccer Club. Paton Is vice president. The game Sunday with the Rovers will be played at Soccer Parte, Indianapolis Soccer Club’s field at W. Eighteenth St. and Sugar Grove Ave., at 2 p. m_

BILLY EVANS’ DIAMOND PUZZLES NO. G

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Can you identify ttd;< baseball player and tell an interesting fact, about him? Tills is one of -a dozen "Diamond Ptiz- /!<■" Ik ing printed cutis, ,’iitively by The Indianapolis Times The twelfth will be printed Saturday, March .'ll. Save your answers and send tn the twelve before Tuesday. ,\p"il 3. to the Sports Editor ot The Times Core -l answers and prize-winners will tie an pounced Saturday, April 7. lAOYS, hero is-ft mini# to conjure “C with. How ttila baby could tickle the pill when lie was at the top of his game. When he stepped to the plate It was customary for the pitchers to cut loose and then offer a prayer. No one ever made the claim that he had a weak ness at hat. Asa matter of fact, he rated equally high in all departments of play with the possible ex ception of base running. What a sweet fielder, and some arm! No one can ever recall him ever having made a really poor throw. This star didn’t go in for the home run stuff, but no third baseman played In very close when he was at bat. Among his many feats as a. big leaguer is a .400 batting average one year. Another Puzzle Monday

A. B. C. Standings

FIVE MAN EVENT Peterson Parkway. Chicago .2,961 Brooks Oils, Cleveland 2,015 Puetosh .fowlers, Cleveland <•... .2,898 Wegner All-Stars, Milwaukee ........8.804 Wiesner Petersens, Chicago 2,889 TWO MAN EVENTS E. Kolaeke-.T. Jacobs, Milwaukee 1,205 E. Mueller-FV Summers, Milwaukee. . .1,278 J. Pratt W. MacDoural. Detroit 1,251 t. Honnin-B. Brookley, Euclaire 1,250 J. Freer-E. Zajac. Chicago 1,250 SINGLES W. Elwert, Toledo 711 H. Wilson, Toledo 705 B. Zollener, Milwaukee 097 K. Schario, Canton, Ohio 695 E, Leo. Milwaukee .... 693

GIANT COLTS IN CAMP FOR SERIES Bad Weather May Cause Postponement of Game. BV EDDIE ASH T;men Staff Correspondent BOjpA I.I’HA, La... March 24. —The Indians and the New York National colts hoped to open their exhibition > eries in Bdgaluua this afternoon, but the condition of the grounds this mofning did not look favorable for a contest. An all day rain Friday put it dnmp blanket over the field and unless the sun came out with full pressure before noon today Manager Hendricks feared there would have to bo .i postponement. The Met! raw seconds reached Bogulusu Friday night and they are Into to remain with the Indians and go North with them starting next Thursday afternoon. The exhibition schedule reads for tho Giant Colts to play four games with the Tribesmen here. One at Evansville and one at Terre Haute before both clubs reach Indianapolis for wind-up of their series. Showers and cold weather held Indians indoors all Friday. Trainer Bullion was tit.' lone busy person and lie put in full days work rubbing sore spots of the athletes. KINGSOLVER TO LEAVE TEEM Popular Coach Will Play Pro Ball. Willie ICingsolver, former Franklin fiash, has severed his relations as diamond and grid coach at Technical High School and left for his home in Franklin today. Ho is contracted to play ball with the Three-I League team of Terre Haute this season, and upon completion of the ball season ho will enter the University of Southern California, tC take a physical training course. “I have the highest regard for Tech: It is a wonderful school and the kids are great,” King said In leaving. Last year KlngsolVer had a fine grid team and his baseball team was undefeated. Tech students held King In great respect and his leaving cast a gleam over the school. While at Franklin Kingsolver won his letter in four major sports and was one of the finest athletes ever turned out at the Johnson Cou tty school. He graduated In 1921.

DRIVE 01 Cl Millionaire Here Has Entered Four Steeds, With the announcement that Cliff Durant hus entered foui* ears in the international 500-mile nice to be he'd an usual Decoration day at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway conics tlie information that the famous. millionaire son of speed will himself pilot or.e of the cars in the long grind over the historic Hoosler bricks. Durant, with an urge for the thrill which comes with excessive speeds, owns race cars, speed boats and airplanes. but, unlike most wealthy sportsmen, gets his excitement and enjoyment piloting them himself, rather than getting second-hand sensations from a seat in !ho grand stand. Durant has competed In numerous racing events, but probably his most notable victory was at Tacoma, Wash., a few years ago. when he led a field Os the very best pilots to the tape in a sensational finish after a spectacular speed duel for every inch of the distance of the race. Last year Durant entered and drove a car In the Indianapolis event. tie arrived two weeks before the race and spent as much time in his garage toiling on his speed pet as the most faithful and trustworthy mechanic in the entire racing camp. LEWIS AND BINCKLEY MEET FOR TITLE Finish Bout Will Bo Staged in Rochester. Du Cnltfi \nctl NEW YORK. March 24.—Strangler Lewis, world champion wrestler, will meet Clift' Hinckley of Rochester in a finish bout for the title here Monday night. Jim Londos will wrestle John Kaloff and Renato Gardini meets Jack Roller.

The Rules Contestants are required to do two things—1. Name each player. 2. Tell one additional interest ing fact about each one. On the twelfth day mail your answers to the Times Sports Editor. No answer should be sent in from day to day. All must be retained until you have |tie twelfth and then send them in together. All answers must be In by nfidnight Tuesday, April 3. The answers and the prize winners will be announced Saturday, April 7. Neatness, correctness and the interest of the fact given about each player will be considered in making prize awards. The list of prizes: Two season passes to Indianapolis Ball Club games and teu individual tickets to the opening game, April 19.

SPORTS P BASKET P o ** * o V_y boxing R B — R' A V DIAMOND A v Tdust rp RACING Sand O OTHER O _____ THRUSTS ■, , I THE heavyweight boxing situation in this country is getting a little more interesting. -The advent of Luis Firpo with his/cave-man tactics and the improvement shown by Floyd Johnson have given a bit of new interest to the fistic endeavors of the big fellows. Then, there is Willard, the mountain of tlesh. Yes, things are picking up a bit. Floyd Johnson has plenty of work cut out for him. He meets Ray Thompson on March 27 and Capt. Bob Roper on April 16 in Boston battles before going into training for his Jess Willard bout on May 12 In New York. If Roper comes through his fight with Johnson without being too severely damaged. Tex Rickard is planning to give Firpo another trial with the Captain as his opponent in a semifinal to the Johnson-Willard go. At any rate, that is one of Tex’s many plans. Jo,k Hutchison, who won the British open in Ill'll, und came within s stroke of it last year, finishing second, does not intend lo compete abroad this jeer. -!- -I- -!- It is said that corn whisky is cheap in tlie South, but a little party cost Pitcher Scott of the Giants SIOO. The bootleggers’ share was just war tax to what John McGraw collected. -i- -!- -1Keiwrts from New York state that 15ml Taylor and Frankie Genaro, American flyweight champion, have been matched for a tenround bout in Chicago April 4. The fit lo will not be involved, aa the weight is 116 pounds. "Spud" Campbell threatens to writ* a song entitled “There’s a Pine Tree in This World for Us All." •!• -I- -IA star athlete leads a miserable existence. Til den is going to Bermuda to play the leading tennis stars of that island. If Bill gets up any per--piration. it will lie the hot sun and rfbt his opponents that cause it. -I- -I- -11F IT WEREN'T FOR IXTERBECTIONAL FOOTBALL GAMES IN CALIFORNIA AND BASEBALL TEAMS TRAINING IN TKK SOI TII WE POOR DELUDED MORTALS IN’ INDIANA MIGHT THINK THIS IS THl<: ONLY CLIMATE WHLRE THERE ABE SUDDEN CHANGES IN' THE WEATHER. -!- -i- -!- The kids of Bogalusa are strong for Jack Hendricks. He gives them used balls. Ife lines the boys up be tween home plate and first base, has someone drive a ball far to the outfield and the first kid reaching it is permitted to take it home.

ARDIS GRAYBILL Ardis Oraybill is one of the new boys in the boxing team at the H. A. C. He has entered in the featherweight class in the big boxing tournament to be held in the Hoosier Athletic Club gymnasium, corner Pratt and Meridian Sts.. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, March 29, 30 and 31 Ardis is a Tech High School student and lives with his parents at 124 N. Chester Ave. -I- -I- -!- A clucking “flivver” halted in front of the players’ quarters. “It needs a monkey, gland,” uttred Eddie Brown. “You mean a monkey wrench,” said Leo Payne.

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