Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 283, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1923 — Page 12

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REPORTS from the South say American League patrons are to be treated to a surprise when they look over Harry Heilmann, hard-hitting right fielder of the Detroit Tigers. Always a great ball player, Heilmann appeared to be handicapped by a goodly number of pounds of superfluous weight. Last year Heilmann became a handball enthusiast. He played at the game ail winter, making his home In Detroit, where handball is a popular Indoor sport A daily work-out at handball, plus some care as to his diet, has worked wonders with Heilmann physically. At present the big feUow is lighter than at any time during his major league career. This time a year ago Heilman tipped the soales at 230. His present weight Is an even 200. The loss of the thirty pounds is .--aid to be reflecting Itself In Heilman ? work. There Is more grace to his batting swing and he Is covering more ground than ever before. -I- -I- -!- Among the honor guests on the occasion of the second annual indoor meet of the Pennsylvania Athletic Association, to 7, will he Harry C. Hubbard. Hubbard is flir one of the most ar8g . , 1 dent supporters of the 1 various sports proBKPPPyS moted by the local Hk y M Pennsy association. '*% Mi He helped organize JH a nd promote the Pennsy Grays basebail team twenty years ago, and since PHBHkHH ' that time has been actively engaged in furthering not only | that particular line of jfe : isport, but also all .*• other activities put on by the local boys, jjfe N Hubbard recently was placed on the PennH. C.HVBBARD sylvania roll of honor after having reached his seventieth birthday, and is now employed with the L. Strauss Company of this city. His ardor pertaining to Pennsy activities was not diminished by bis retirement from active service, and he has recently devoted himself to furthering the construction of the new Pennsy Grays ball park here -I- -I- -IDenlal that Chris Jordan middleweight wrestler, ever defeated Gu Kalllo. welterweight, has been made by W E. Ellis of Columbus. Ohio, who looks after Kallln's Interests. Ellis says Jordan and Kalllo never have met. Eilis says Kalllo is willing to meet Jordan If first given a chance with Reynolds.

Amateur boxing- at the Rialto Theater tonight. The management ot the theater ? lana to hold an amateur fisticuff perormanee each week and negotiations are on to engage some of the best talent in the city for the shows. It Is said the bouts will have A. A. U. sanction and will be staged under A. A. IT. rules and regulations He*e Clark will be official referee. The show tonight calls for fire bouts, the first at 7:30. -I* 'l* -IHarry Frazee, owner of the Boston Red Box. replacement battalion for the New York Yankee shock troops, has turned down an offer from Chicago interests to take the club off his hands. + I* -INotre Dame baseballers lost another game on their spring trip to CarsonNewman College at KnoxTllle. Tenn. The score was 4 to 1. Brilliant Gelding cut off the Irish's chances to score, although they outhit the winners. -I- -I- -IPaddock. the great California -printer, will 1 save Tuesday for Paris to enter the International collegiate track and field meet there in May. •I- -I- HFloyd Johnson, the lowa heavyweight, ran into a Tartar at Grand Rapids, Mich., Thursday night, and in the opinion of a majority at the ringside was held to a draw by Joe Tchman of Toledo, who was outweighed twenty pounds. -I- -I* -IINDI4NA AND WABASH GET TOGETHER TODAY ON THE DIAMOND THE FIRST TWO GAMES OF THE SPRING SERIES WERE POSTPONED •I- -I- -(- A. F. Borden of Peru, Ind.. was elected captain of the Purdue wrestling team Thursday. He is a Junior In standing and has wrestled two years in the 158pound class. NET STARS ARE VICTORS By Vnitcd Vetcs FEW YORK, April 6—After a dingdong bout. Vincent Richards, the youthful member of the American Davis Cup team, defeated Percy Kynaston, 6-1, 10-8. Thursday afternoon and entered the semi-final round of the national indoor tennis championship tournament. Francis T. Hunter. the champion. plpying through, won from Herbert L. Bowman, although forced to a third set, 3-6. 8-2. 6-0. Frank T. Anderson and Howard Voshell survived also. Anderson beat Harry Bassford 6-4, 6-1. and Voshell won from G. A. Dionne. 6-2, 6-0. Hunter vs. Anderson and Richards vs. Voshell are the pairings today in the The finals will be played Saturday. ‘Y’ CIRCUS TONIGHT The annual Y. M. C. A. circus will be the attraction at the local "Y" tonight and Saturday. One of the features is the comedy tumbling troupe directed by Heinie Pooler. The team has been rehearsing regularly and promises to give the spectators a series of fast and furious flops and funny falls. The program also includes parallel and horizontal bar exhibitions, ring work and many novelties. Amateur Baseball Any team wanting the services of a good shortstop or second baseman. 17 years old. cal] Circle 9565. between 8 and 5.30 P. M. The Riley Tigers have organized a fast 'ram under the management of I Skinny) Man love The battery work will be atken rare of by G. Dailey and Henry, pitchers, with Yaver doing most of the receiving. The following men should report Sunday morning to receive equipment and practice: C. Dailey. M. Dailey. Springer. G. Longraeyer. H. Glazing. Darbro. Watson, ODonrll. J^avsj^ Commisky. L. Smith. B. Henry and

New Mark Set on State Net Tourney Receipts With $19,006 Total

LARGEST CROWD SAW ANDERSON PLAY VINCENNES 12.500 Persons Jammed Coliseum on Last Afternoon of Big Event, • Interest In basket-ball among the followers of Indiana high school teams has Increased during the year and a new' reoord was set for attendance at the Indiana State net tourney, according to the financial statement made today by F. R. Gorman, secretary-treasurer of the executive committee under whose supervision the State tourney was held hero March 16-17. The receipts show that 7.628 season tickets were sold at $1.50 each, totalling $11,442. and 18.911 single session tickets at 40 cents made at a total of $7.5(54.40. The total receipts of the two-day State tourney amounted to $19,006.40. The expenses of the toiyney were $4,876.35. The net profl tto be divided was $14,130.08. This was a net profit in 1923 that was larger than the total receipts for the State tourney in 1922. The $14,130.05 was divided, 60 per cent going to the I. H. S. A A., which amounted to $8,478.03. and 40 per cent to* the Indianapolis high schools which staged the State tourney, and this amount was $5,652.02. COMMITTEEMEN Members of the executive eomniittee were S P. Roache. chairman. K. V. Amraerman and F. R. Gorman. Expenses Included meals for teams. Including coaches and trainers, for men who devoted their time to making the tourney a success, amounting to $960, and lodging to $043.30. Transportation was another hlg Item, costing $795.78. The referees for the games cost S3OO. Help emplo’ ed at the Coliseum reached 5202. Printing of tickets was $107.50. The other monev was paid out for various things, including the construction of placing floor and bleachers, bandages and first aid equipment, drayage. meals for police assigned to duty at the tourney. signs, towels, medals and printing of programs. The official figures of the executive committee as to the largest attendance showed the largest crowd was present on Saturday' afternoon. March 17. when 12.500 tickets were collected at the doors. The final 1 garno on Saturday night was witnessed by a crowd of about 11.500.

GIBBONS AND RENAULT SIGN FOR GOTHAM BOUT By United Sf’Fti NEW YORK. April 6. Tom Gibbons has taken a quick short-cut to the challenge round of the heavyweight championship tournament. Eddie Kane. Gibbons' manager, in Chicago, accepted over the telephone Thursday the terms offered him by Tex Rickard for a fight with Jack Renault, the Canadian Renault. who is in New York, called at Rickard s office In the Garden tower and nearly stabbed himself with the fountain pen in his eagerness to get his mark on the-pupers. If Gibbons knocks out Renault, he will be matched with Jack Dempsey and all the other heavies—-Wills, Willard, Ftrpo. Johnson and McAulllle—will have to watt. This Is because Commissioner William Muldoon ruled the other day that if Gibbons should stop Renault he could have a Dempsey match. The fight Is to he put on at the Yankee-' stadium. New York, either May 3 or May 11. REYNOLDS GOES OUT OF CLASS IN MONDAY BOUT The wrestling bout to be staged at Tomlinson Hal! next Monday night means much lr. the future plans of Jack Reynolds, local welterweight star, and Chris Jordan. Centralta fMo.) middleweight contender. Reynolds only this year started to step out of his weight class In quest of a footing In the division. Jordan, should he lose to a welterweight, will be out of the running for any consideration fn the middleweight division. On tho other hand, should Reynold? lose to Jordan he will be sent spinning back to his own division, tho welterweight class. BEECH GROVE REDS AND TURNERS CONSOLIDATE The South Side Turners and the Heech Grove Reds have consolidated for the coming season and will play all their home games at tho Beech Grove diamond. The cream of both teams will he picked and no doubt will produce a fast club. The club will be managed by Harry Pierson, who last year piloted the Reds to a very successful season. The booking will he done by F. J. Neu, for years connected with the South Side Turners. Any clubs desiring the TurnerBeech Grove combination for an attraction should write F. J. Neu at 1419 S. East St.

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TEN YEARS AGO. on April 6. 1613. Hank O'Day signed to umpire in major leagues after resigning as manager of the Cincinnati Reds. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. on April 6.e1898, the Pittsburgh Nationals beat Kansas City in exhibition game. 8 to 5. AMATEUR BOXERS LEAVE SATURDAY FORA. A. 11. MEET Five Hoosier A, C. Leather Pushers to Compete in National Tourney, Six men will form the team of boxers sent Dv the Indiuna-Kentucky A A. IT. to Boston to compete in the national sen or A A. U. boxing tournament next Monday and Tuesday Tn, men will start east Saturday morning, accompanied by George I.ipps ot the Hoosier Athletic Club Th’> men forming ihe team are Alex Bush of Culver, middle States light-heavyweight champion; Roy Wallace, national junior middleweight champion; Raymond Hahn, runner-up In the national Junior lightweight class; Merrill Alte, featherweight State champion: George Herman, flyweight State champion, and George Mulholland, national Junior llght-heavy-welght champion In 1922 All except Bush are from the Hoosier A. C. Mulholland may be entered as a heavyweight. Inasmuch as It. Is difficult for him to reduce to the 175-pound limit Mannv Seaman, trainer of Bennie Leonard, will second the Indiana boys.

FIRST PLANS FOR' A. A. OPENING DAY Meeting at C, of C, to Appoint Committees, The lid was pried off the opening of the baseball season at a meeting of the athletic committee of the Chamber of Commerce at noon today. Twentytwo members of the athletic committee met and committees were appointed by Chairman George B Wellbaum to handle pertain features of the opening day festivities That a monstrous parade preceding tho game will be held was Indicated by the call for volunteer floats, etc. Several sub-committee meetings will be caled the first part of next week to porfeot plans of the vanoi/s divisions of the general oommtttee It Is also planned to have a meeting of all the representatives of the civic clubs early next week, at which time a general discussion will be had as to tho part each club will take In the opanlng day arrangements. TECH HIGH WRESTLERS IN STATE TOURNAMENT Eleven Schools to Compete at Indiana University Sattmlay. By Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., April 6 Eleven high aohools of Indiana. Including Technical of Indianapolis, are entered In the wrestling moot to be held at the I. Ti. gym all day Saturday and Saturday evening. Tech wa* the last to enter. Director Stlehm receiving a telephone call Thursday afternoon advising him of the Indianapolis entry. The list of schools includes Tech, Loogootee, Montlcello. Decatur. Gary. La Porte, Columbus. Wiley of Tel re Haute. Bloomington. Bluffton and Garfield of Terre Haute. Matches will be held In the following classes: 100 pounds. 108 pounds. 115 poutarts, 125 pounds. 135 pounds. 145 pounds, 153 pounds. 163 pounds. 173 pounds and heavyweight. According to a ruling of the I. H. S. A A . only one entrant In each event will be allowed the competing schools.

AMATEUR BOXING Tonight RIALTO THEATER 5 —FAST BOUTS— 5 City’s Best Leather Stingers Sanctioned by A. A. U. Starts 7:30 Adm. 50c-75c

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ONLY EIGHT LEFT IN BASKET MEET Almost Certain That Western Team Will Be Champs, TODAY'S SCHKIHXF. 2:30 p M -—Osage. lowa, vs Muskegon, Ml, 1, 409 P M—TiLi-ti, Chicago, vs Kaness, Ci ly, li an 800 r. M.— New Trier. Chicago. v. Oiar-1-slon, S. C. 54 30 P.M. — Kansas Cltv. Mo., vs Rockford ill By Unltrii Pmi CHICAGO. April With the field narrowed to eight contenders, the survivors In the notional mt-rscholastlo basket-bell tournament today swung into semi-final play. It appeared certain that two western teams will battle for the championship tomorrow. • Thursday's results were as follows: Kansas City, 21: Bellevue. Ohio, 16 Rockford. 11l 34' Toledo Ohio. 28 Chat lesion. S c , 36; Walla Walla. Wash.. 26.

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The Pat Moran Reds of Cincinnati are due at Washington Park Saturday to open a three-game exhibition with the Indians. Contests will be staged at the Tribe lot Saturday, Sunday and Monday. With the exception of Jake Daubert. who Is 111. and Eddie Roush, who Is a holdout, all the well-known Reds are coming with the team, and the Tribesmen of .Taok Hendricks surely will be put to the test. Old Rube Benton, the much-discussed pitcher whom all Indianapolis fans krxy.v, is now a Rodleg He was with St Paul last season Bubbles Hargrave, also a former Saint, is still going big with the Moran crew Johnny Couch, not so well known here, but a fine pitcher nevertheless, probably will hurl one of the games. Among other Reds coming are Fonseca. Ptnelll. Duncan. Harper. Wingo. Rlxey, Luque and Donohue. w New Trier Chicago. 27; Springville, Utah. 18 Kansas City, • Kan , 33. Weston, Idaho. 30. Tildon. Chicago 35: Motion. Chicago, 34. Muskegon. Mich , 29, Windsor. Colo.. 28. Osage. lowa. 27: Fitchburg. Mass.. 16 Bruno Betzel. Louisville second baseman. ,1s glad Walter Rehg was ordered returned to Indianapolis Betzel Is nursing bruised Ups as a result of bei ing struck by a ball thrown by Walter

OPEN BASEBALL MEETING TONIGHT New Constitution Drawn Up Thursday to Be Voted On, There will be an open meeting tonight at the council chamber of the City (Hall to pass upon the rules and wegulatlons for the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association for this season. At. a meeting Thursday night, officials and presidents of the various leagues met and drew' up a constitution that will be presented tonight Last year's constitution, with a few minor changes, will be recommended tonight. Among the changes was the elimination of all reference to the National Amateur^Baseball Federation* as the local association severed relations with that body. The leagues will be composed of six clubs each, with a player limit of fifteen. It Is planned to play a schedule of fifteen games and end the season Aug 4. No player can take the field under an assumed name. A player must be in uniform in at least three games during the regular season to participate in the championship series

Baseball in Dixieland By United Press VICKSBURG. Miss.— Five runs piled up In the eleventh Inning gave the Chicago White Sox a 10-to-5 victory over the New York Giants. MONROE, La. —Lacing "Dickerman, a rookie pitcher, for five runs in the seventh Inning, the Yanks won their third straight victory from the Brooklyn Robins by a score of 9 to 4. Babe Ruth got one single in four times up. SAN ANTONIO. Texas-With the score 17 to 9 in favor of the Cubs, the umpire called the game with San Antonio yesterday In the eighth inning because of darkness and hungry spectators. Outfielder Fitzgerald was called home by word his mother was dying. PHILADELPHIA. Pa. -Battered and scarred after their training season, the Phillies arrived home today RICHMOND. Va.- The Athletics arrived here today to play one game with Richmond. TULSA. Okla.—The Pirates swamped Tulsa, 10-1. Manager McKechnie announced that George Boyle, local recruit. had been purchased by the Pirates in a deal involving $35,000. TAMPA. Fla.—ln an effort to bolster up his pitching staff. Manager Bush of the Senators is trying out Reil. a young hurler with the Tampa Smokers. MEMPHIS. Tenn—lt took the Boston Red Sox tea Innings 'to defeat the Memphis Southern Association team. 4-3, hero yesterday afternoon. AUGUSTA. Ga. The Detroit Tigers have a team batting average of .362 tor nine exhibition games. Del Pratt is the leading hitter, with eighteen hits in thirty-five trips to the plate. ATLANTA, Ga—The Indians are here for their opening game with the Toronto Internationals. Guy Morton and Jlm Baksted will probably do the twirling.

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PUZZLE CONTEST ENTRIES TO KNOW FATE SATURDAY ' ■ ■ Winners of Season Passes and Opening Game Tickets Published Tomorrow, Watch Saturday's Times for the winners In the Billy Evans baseball picture puzzle contest. The lucky individuals to secure the two season passes to the opening game will be announced In all editions. The list of correct answers will be published, also. The prizes have been well worth working for, and there has been much Interest among the baseball fans of the city in picking the players. The first two winners will certainly be "sitting pretty" this summer. Oh. boy, think of It—a season pass to the ball games. All the answers have beer carefully gone over and we know the winners. You will know them tomorrow. ROUSH DOES HIS STUFF Eddie Says It’s Outlaws for Him and Good-by Majors. By United 'Sexes CINCINNATI. April 6.—Ed Roush, outfield star of the Cincinnati Reds, who, held out for a salary of $25,000, has decided to accept an offer frora an “outlaw’ club and thus to abandon hta major league career. Roush said he gave the Reds plenty of chanoes to retain him If they wanted him at the price, but received cold replies to his letter# regarding terms