Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 183, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1923 — Page 18

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Majors Discourage Extreme Player Prices —Class AA Leagues Accept Draft

MOVEMENT BEGUN TO CURB FRENZIED FINANCE DEALS Purchases of $50,000 and $1 00,000 for Minor Stars Opposed—Draft Agreement Calls for $5,000, By United Press CHICAGO. Dec. 14.-—Prices of $50,000 and SIOO,OOO for minor league. baseball players are things of the past, if a movement led by the New York Giants is successful. From a source considered reliable it was learned that the Giants, who were ,among the-first I to start raising prices, are now in the van of a movement to dellate j them.

It was pointed out the Giants balked at paying SIOO,OOO for ‘Lefty" Groves, star pitcher for the Baltimore - team of the International League. They were interested in another play--er or two. but dropped out because the prices were considered too high. I,ast Year’s Proposal Committees from the majors and 't. Pacific Coast League and the Association finally came to v )an agreement on a modified draft ar-f-rangement. In reality It Is the form , proposed by the majors last year. It ‘••was accepted by the Three-I and West- ' era Leagues :n 1923, but rejected by the big minors. ' The Class AA draft price was placed at $5,000 Thursday night, although the minors battled long for SIO,OOO. Players sent to the two leagues from the majors will be subject to the draft, unless they are recalled by options. If two teams bid one player, the player is to go to the team lowest in the percentage column. Only one man can be taken from each club. The International League, the other Class AA loop, did not agree to the drafc plan. Many Magnates Depart Practicably all of the big leaguers and most?of the minor leaguers had left the city today, but a few still remained to clean up odds and ends of business. One of the first deals announced following the change in the draft situation was a big three-cornered deal involving the Chicago Cubs, the Seattle Coast League team and the Rochester International League club. For Elmer Jacobs and Fred Blake. Seattle pitchers, the Cubs gave Pitchers Percy Jones and George Steuland, Second Basemap Cliff Brady, a catcher who will be named later and a sizeab'e wad of cash to complete the deal. The Cubs had to buy Brady from Rochester.

RIPPLE GYM IB SEATMOREFANS .Local School Plans Increased fc A Crowd Capacity, : f: They can't crowd them in out at Broad Ripple and a plan is under way to double the seating capacity of the gym so that everybody that wants to can see the basketball games. There is great interest in the Ripple High School team, which is going good this season. Monrovia is the Rlpole five's opponent Saturday night and the visitors are expected to be a tough proposition. Coach Wann, however, has his squad going at a good clip with Myers and Stahl at forwards. Jackman, center. Parr at floor guard and Smith at back guard. PURDUE AT EARLHAM Boilermaker Five in Second Garry of Season Tonight. By Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 14.—The Purdue basketball squad left here this morning for Richmond, where the Earlham five will be met in the second game of the season tonight. Those making the trip were Captain Gullion, Spradling. Tavis. Newman, Jones, Taube, Sparks. Robbins, "Wellman, Rigsby and Sanderson. _ Washington U. of St. Louis, coached by the former Purdue star, Don White will play here Monday. TECH GRIDDERS HONORED Fifteen “Ts” Awarded Membeis of City Champion Team. At a banquet given the football •team by Technical High School the Silver cup emblematic of the city high Chool grid championship was a wardand monograms given the players. “ Fifteen block ‘'Ts" were given as follows • ' Babcock. Clift. Garrison. Gordon, Harrell, Hicks, Jegen. Komblum. Maxwell. Moore, Rah- Riffey. Riley. Rush and Searcy. Monacrarr.s were given to Bauermeister. Clarke Collyer. Councilman, Doarmin. Fox. Hawkins Hickman. Honk. Johjison. McCain, Myers, Newman. Ringwalt and Sohmulte NET COURT INJURIES By Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 14. Claude Wise is in the hospital, having undergone operations on each hip on account of injuries sustained in a 'basket ball game. Glen Alfred, a high school student, • broke two bones in the back of one hand Thursday afternoon while practicing basketball. City Hilliard Meet In the city billiard meet at the Board of Trade parlors ■Shane (5(4 defeated Thompson (40) Thursday night by a score of 50 to 23. Tonight Frye plays Dick Johnson.

Hockey Draft Bu United Pres PITTSBt'ftGH. Dee. 14.—Bitterly criticising American hockey players who were declining- appointments to the American Olympic team for selfish reasons, W. 11. Haddock, president of the American Hockey Association, said the players would be drafted anfl if they refused to go they be barred from the game.

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Local fans recall with delight the Reamer Roberts-Fighting Ferraris bout of a few weeks ago. It provided a thrill a second, The two lads will battle again Monday at Harter's big show In Tomlinson Hall, eight rounds. Five bouts are carded. Forty-four rounds in all.

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TONIGHT Shortridge at Cunibei laid -Manual at Frankfort. Advance at Litton Bloomington at Martinsville Ben Davi- at New Augusta. Central (Evansville) at Viueeuue*. Oonnersviiie at Anderson. Cartilage at Knightstown. Cambridge City at Richmond. Crown Point at Emr*ra (Gary). Decatur at Kendaliville. Eminence at .Morgantown. Fairmount at Elwood. Flora at ScirCleville. Fairland at Greenwood. Ft Wayne Central at Warren. Greenfield at Kuxhvllle. Greencastle at Columbus. Greensburg at Brookville. Huntington at Loganeport. Jefferson (Frankfort) at Colfax. Kokomo at Tipton. Lebanon at Sheibyville. La Porte at Froebel (Gary). Montpelier at Hartford City Mt. Comfort at Carmel. Mitchell at Bediord. Michigan City at Elkhart Muncie at Portland New Ros- at Wingate. Noolesviiie at Sharpsville. Oaklandon at Maxwell. Orleans at Seymour. Paris at Wiley (Terre Haute). Pendleton at Lapel. Rennselaer at Monticeflo. Spieeiand at Newcastle. • Bcottsburg at Corydon. Stilesville at Bam bridge. Southport at Smithville. Thomtown at Darlington Valparaiso at Hammond. 'Vest Lafayette at Lafayette. Waynetown at Crawfordsvllle. Wolf Lake at Ft Wayne 'South Side) West Newton -at Brownsburg. SATI RIIAY NIGHT Ben Davis at Manual. Lizton at Shortridge. Monrovia at Broad Ripple. Muncie at El wood. Invitational tourney at Ptttsboro. Owensville at M.t Vernon. Anderson at Manou. Delphi at Logansport. Eminence at Plainfield Vincennes at Franklin Rochester at.Thomtown. Huntington at South Bead. Clayton at Mooresviile. Milford at Goshen. Richmond at Wabash. Valparaiso at Plymouth. Ifazi !ton at- Poseyvllle. Shadclami at Lawrence. Pleasantville at Lyons. Newcastle at Cadiz. • Southport at Oolitis. Emerson at Froebel (Garyi Lowell at Hammond. Brazil at Sullivan.

S f cve League Deals

Hu United ,\>l ce CHICAGO. Deo. 14. Memphis lias purchased Yam Yaryan t catcher, from Seattle, ami lias sold Catcher Pete Lapan to the Little Hock Southern Assaciatiou club. The Beaumont (Texas! club bought Outfielder Harry I’urcell from Denver. He for mt-riy played with Indianapolis. Dallas bought Pitcher Sehnman from Sioux City 'lowa) club and sold Pitcher Claude Davenport to St. Joseph, Mo. Beaumont, after buying Pitcher Kiilingin from, the Braves. and Swede Bernßen. catcher, from Nashville, traded Infieldcr Joe Doyle to Chattanooga for Catcher Morrow and lnfielder Harry Stupp to Atlanta for Center Fiedle- Mlk (1 Burke. Diek Hoblitzell, old first baseman of ths Boston Red Sox. will manage the Charlotte. N. C„ South Atlantic League club next year The Reading iPa.l team has received Oscar Tuero. another veteran and a pitcher, from Atlanta, in exchange Tor Ray Bates, and Catcher Pat Haley from Nashville for Infielder Thomas and Pitcher Enzman. Mobile bought Outfielders McGuire and Pratt and Pitcher Atkins, from Rochester. Richmond has traded Dave Robertson, former major league player, to Atlanta for Jim Guy on. Nashville figured in another big deal when it bought Catcher Bob Wale* from Grand Rapids. Mich., and sold Pitchers I.efty Harris, Parson Lankeuau and Connie Field to the London club of the Miehigau-Ontario League. Out Match Nets 516.76 The Henning-Wilcox pocket cue matches at the Claypool Wednesday .cleared sl6.7fi for the Elks’ Christmas fund. Wilcox defeated Henning in two blocks. The billiard stars will meet again' 1 next .Wednesday, p laying both afternooir and night, I*B points to each block.

PLANS MADE TO RACE EPINARD IN B. S. NEXT YEAR Jockey Club Arranges Three Free-for-AII Events on Eastern Tracks, By United Financial * NEW YORK, Dec. 14. —Epinard, the French 3-year-old champion, will race In America as a 4-year-old, not in a match race against either Zev or In Memoriam, but in a of three free-for-alls over distances of one mile, a mile and a quarter ind a mile and a half on New York tracks. Racing men In this city were ap prised today of the action of the Jockey Club where by it gracefully evaded the necessity of choosing between Zev and In Memoriam. S!iipi>e<l In -Iline According to the plans worked out by Pierre Wertheimer and the Jockey Club, Epinard will be shipped late in June and have two months of training In this country' before he goes into the first trio of races some time In Septemter. They will tie held late in September cr early In October. The three race track owners will be given the opportunity to hid for the races tn which any number of American horses may lie entered. It Is possible Epinard will race in Kentucky or Maryland after the running of his three mees on New York tracks, but the possibility of any other than New York tracks getting one of the big three is very remote. Wise IhN'lsioii When Chairman August Belmont and his associates decided, with Wertheimer's hearty assent, to making the races free for all to 4-year-olds, they did an exceedingly wise thing. The late season races between Zev and In Memoriam showed the pair to be so evenly matched that judging solely on the basis of their starts against one another, neither can be said to hold an advantage. T’nder the existing arrangements hotli colts will be eligfhle to start. FRANKLIN OPENS SEASON TONIGHT AGAINST ROSE State Net Champs at Terre Haute in First Contest.

By Times Special FRANKLIN. Ind., Dec. 14.—The Franklin College basketball quintet, champion' of Indiana last season. In the opening game of the season, is scheduled to meet Heze Clark's Rose Poly aggregation at Terre Haute tonight. Capt/ Forrest Wood, "Fuzzy” Vandivier, Gant, Ballard, C. Friddle, B. Friddle, Rich, I’etterman and Deer, all members of the squad last season, will don suits against Rose. ‘Bobby" Redo Ms. KnaWri as the “chamj*>K>n substitute" to scores of Indiana net fans, at the present time is suffering from a severe attack of rheumatism. There is a possibility he may be in condition to play before the first of the year. "Ike" Ballard, floor guard, has been 111. and In all probability will not play in the contest with the Engineers. ONLY SIX SHORTRIDGE GRIDDERS GET AWARDS Major fitters Scarce as Athletic Hoard Tightens I'p. Only six of .Shortridge s football players received major leti ers for the past season’s work. The athletic board---voted to raise tlie standard of requirements for the winning of letters and sweaters. The following men received the awards: Captain Woods, Parsons, Helndanrich, Thatcher. Shea arid Mayer. Secondary awards went to Sayce, Oakes, Martz, Lakin, Overtree, Chapman. Anderegg, Wheeler, Wiley, Hodges. Kilgore and Hinman. BONO SOLD B Y In DIA N S Tribe Drops Pitcher to New Orleans Southern Club. By Times Special CHICAGO .Dec. 14.—-Owner W. C. Smith of the Indianapolis American Association team announced Thurs day night that he had sold Pitcher Gus Bono to the New Orleans club of the Southern Association. The Indians obtained Bono from Kansas City last season. He did not prove a consistent winner for the Hoosiers.

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' Milstead of Wabash SHOWING THE DIFFERENCE Milstead of Yale By BILLY EVANS, NEA Service Sports Editor. V/i ORLD SERIES games in baseball are no better than the averIV¥ I age run °* °^ £r games played during the regular season, i -1 yet from a sporting spectacle the title series contests demand national attention and play to capacity crowds. It is the prominence of the event that attracts. * * • |r-|-i‘| HE same truth holds good in footbalL When Yale meets HarI\i I var£ * or Princeton, the prominence of these institutions make l the event one of national importance. If a certain player makes a remarkable showing in one of these big games he immediately becomes a nation-wide hero because of the prominence given his deeds. In a meeting between two small college teams some certain player possessing unusual ability might star even to greater advantage than the big game hero, yet have his efforts go practically unnoticed nationally. * • • M 1 " - ”“ ILSTEAD of Yale is rated as one of the greatest tackles of the year. He is sure to get much consideration as an All-American L -I candidate. Milstead began his career at dear old Wabash, where he played two ypars and received coaching under Pete Vaughan, the former Notre Dame-Princeton star. The little Indiana college always turns out strong teams. While at Wabash Allan Milstead no doubt performed as brilliantly as he has at Yale, yet; Milstead of Wabash never would have received the columns of praise that has been slipped to Milstead of Yale.

(toes "jT"I Y DEFEATING THE MIDDLED I WEIGHT CHAMPION GENE TUNNEY RETAINS ONE SECTION OF THE LIGHT HEAV YWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, THEREBY PROVING . . . WELL, WHAT DOES IT PROVE’ Philadelphia has put the ban on mixed fight* and In the future you must not order plain fried potatoes with your Ruhgum chow mein. The National League is going to start a baseball school for the purposes we guess, of convincing hall players of the futility of trying to -hink. IT MAT BE THAT SENOR IYIiPO'S WEAKNESS AT CLOSE QI'ARTERS IS DUE TO HIS LOFTY DISREGARD FOR SMALL CHANGE. ——"l NNOUNOEMENT IS MADE OF J\ THE REINSTATEMENT OF THE WISCONSIN FOOT HALLER WHO WAS BARRED FOR TEACHING 10 YEAR-OLD BOYS HOW TO SWIM. . . IT DEVELOPED THE BOYS WERE UNCONTAMIN ATED BY THE VICIOUS SPIRIT OF PROFESSIONALISM.

There probably is a great difference between a professional football player and a professional college coach. ... A difference of about $5,000 a year. French tennis official* hare determined to rank Humnno l-englmi high among thr women tennis player* of that conntry. . . . The French are o eccentric! HERE IS NOT ONE OUT | STANDING HEAVYWEIGHT CHANGE. . . . AND NOT ONE EP STANDING ONE. IT MIGHT BE ADDED. College Basketball TONIGHT Franklin at Roeo Poly. Purdue at Earlham. N. A G. U. at Hanover Muncle Norma! at Central Normal De Pauw at Wisconsin. S.-VTI KIIAY Butler at lowa Rose Poly at Indiana De Pauw at Lombard (Illinois* Armotis Institution at Notre Dame Central Normal at Indiana Central. Indiana I,aw and Capitol City five (E Tenth St. gym). State Normal Goes Big By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Dec. 14. The Vincennes "U". five was outclassed here Thursday night by State Normal and took a beating. 48 to 9. Burris and Tudor hit the net consistently with the former counting eight times and the latter, six.

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PRO ELEVENS IN EAST STILL BUSY Canton Bulldogs All Set to Claim National Title, Pu United SeU's PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14.—The Canton Bulldogs, the famous professional football team composed of sandlot athletes and former varsity men from various .colleges, will claim the championship of the country if they i defeat the Frankford Yellowjacketa in i a game Saturday afternoon. This will be the twelfth game of the , j season for the Bulldogs and the worst ; they have done thus far was ot.e tie . score. Boss Miller, former captain of the ! ! Pennsylvania varsity, has been practicing at quarterback for the Yellow ! jackets. Tex Hamer, this year’s captain of Perm, who quit school after the Cor- | nell game, in which he failed to make ; his own team, also has turned to pro- I fessional football, but Is not expected j to get into the Yellowjackets-Biilldog ! game. He has Joined the Melrose Club of Atlantic City, which meets the Bulldogs there on Sunday. The Bulldog players apparently j think nothing of playing two games j In two days. MAROONS PLAY MISSOURI St&gg's Team Adds Shovv-Me Eleven to 11124 Schedule. By United Press CHICAGO. Dec. 14—Chicago Maroons today added the University of, Missouri to the 1824 football schedule, j Missouri will play at Stagg field Oct. 4 Independent Basketball The O'Hara San* are requested to turn tn the money for th-tr sun* a* shod as possible The team pays lu the 1.8 year old class. For (tames call Webster 1081 and ask for Howard or write Harold Ransopher 1207 N Gluey St Speedway. Spade* Midgets. St Phillips Midgets and Christatnores take notice. The Pirate* would like to schedule fame* j In the 14 Kl year-oid ola* Cal! Drrxel ; 8770. between o ;30 and 7 p. in. and ask for j John. The Rambler Midgets desire (tames In the 1.7-14 year old class with teams having ac- | cess to grays Beech Grove and Era-Roe i Juniors take notice. Call Drexel 2652 The Southeastern* will piay the W. A. W j team at the Speedway gym tonight. For ; games rail Drexel 7415 or address H. J Kennedy. 1710 Prospect St The manager of j Fortvliie Is asked to rail or write P H. Mer j rtll. 1200 Linden St . Drexe.l 0842 The Tndlanapo't* Celts want games v lth ; city snd State team* Clermont, Y P. Cs. New Augusta take notloe. Write Abe Gold smith 1022 Union St., or eali Stewart 2603 j after 5 p. m. The St. George Five defeated the St j Mathews team Thursday night in a game ! decided In the last seconds of play. 14 to 13. j Good and Reeves starred for the winners. _____ The W A W basketball team played Its j last practice game last Tuesday snd is ready to book game* with fast 18-yoar-old | teams The W, A W a are a traveling club and want State games. Address W. E Jordan. 531 Highland Ave.. or call Webster i 0120.

BANCROFT GOES BIG FOR DAY AS BOSTON MANAGER Dave Negotiates Three Deals and Gets Casey Stengel's Contract In, By United News CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—Dave Bancroft, new manager of the Boston Braves, was very prominent in the Thursday deals at the winter baseball meeting here. Dave secured Second Baseman Jack Kelleher from the Chicago Cubs for the waiver price of $4,000, swapped Horace Ford, second baseman, and Ray Powell, center fielder, for Cotton Tierney of the Phillies, sold Pitcher Fillingim to Beaumont, Texas, and then achieve# the feat of signing up Casey Stengel, erstwhile World’s Series hero, who went from stellar company to cellar company without a murmur. The Cub ownership and management positively denied today that j "Kid” Gleason, veteran White Sox I pilot, was to join the Cubs as coach or assistant manager! Fred Mitchell, former manager of the Cubs and of the Braves, has been given a berth as business manager of the Boston club. Rip King, former well-known college football player, has been signed as a catcher for the New Orleans Cluo

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GREB DENIAL PUTS CHECK TO N. Y. RING REFORMERS Harry Says He Did Not Charge Tunney Fight Was ‘Fixed' — Has Boost for Rival, United Press Staff Correspondent NEW \ ORK, Dec. 14.—Harry Greb, middleweight champion, denied in a letter sent to all the Now York newspapers, that he had been made the victim of “fixed judges’’ when he lost to Gene Tunney in Madison Square Garden Monday night.

This denial probably will upset the plans of' a group of reformers who were prepared to make material out 6f his alleged charges for a fight at Albany to repeal the boxing law. Leaves It to Majority After writing a denial that he had made charges against the judges and the New York commission, Greb followed "with the statement: "While I personally thought I had won, the majority thought I lost and I accept the decision.” When the statement alleged to have been made by Greb was printed in New York, the boxing commission passed it over lightly and having been made in anger and the commission said it was satisfied with the statement made by Greb to one of the commissioners more than an hour after the fight in which he said he had no complaint. It was learned, however, that his alleged charges were to be used in an effort to repeal the boxing law and the commission felt the need of some action. Odds Out of Line Pittsburgh papers carried stories that Greb knew before the fight that j he could not win, and much was made j over the fact that the “wise money” !

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was being dumped on Tunney at 2 t.o 1, although on form the two boxers should have been an event bet. Greb paid tribute to Tunney, saying that the champion had improved wonderfully since he last met him and he caused some surprise by adding: “Dempsey is the only fighter I would bet on to beat Tunney. Tunney can beat Gibbons, and Carpentier would not go five rounds with him.” Fights and Fighters NEW YORK—Joe Tilplitz. Philadelphia lightweight, stopped Ray Pryel. Pittsburg. In the twelfth round Thursday night. YOL'NGCTOWN, Ohio—Battling Owens. Cleveland negro heavyweight. won from George Godfrey. Philadelphia, on a foul in the fifth round. LOWELL. Mass.—Battling McCreary. Boston heavyweight, stopped Jack Thompson, St. Joe, Mo., in the sixth round. CHIQAGO —Joe Burman, Chicago bantamweight. ;s matched to meet Johnny McCoy of Cleveland in the main go of a boxing rarniva! here Dec. 21. Burman leaves for i Australia next month to fight three bouts. j CHICAGO—Ernie Goozeman. Pacific coast flyweight, meets George Butch of Chicago I here Monday night.

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