Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 223, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 January 1924 — Page 6

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Miller Joins Indians — H. S. Drawings Feb. 23 —-Nable to Box Taylor Here

FORMER DODGER CATCHER ACCEPTS BUSH’S TERMS ‘Dutch'Got Early Start on Local Lots and at Manual Majors Many Years —Managed Atlanta, i Manager Ownie Bush of the Indians today completed negotiations with Catcher Otto (Dutch) Miller and the big backstop agreed to accept terms offered by the Tribe. A contract was mailed him by Secretary Clauer this afternoon. Miller Is an Indianapolis product and spent his major league career with Brooklyn.

After about twelve seasons with the Dodgers, during which time he caught world series games. Miller tried the managerial game last year and piloted the Atlanta Southern Association team. He took a regular turn behind the bat for Atlanta. Played With Manual The “big Dutchman” received his baseball start on Indianapolis lets and jwith the Manual Training High School nine. He was also a football player at Manual. Leaving Indianapolis, he played minor league ball, .and his work caught the eye3 of Brooklyn scouts. Once established with the Dodgers, Miller made good at Brooklyn for many seasons. He has made his home in Brooklyn for a number of years, but lias made frequent trips to In dianapolis to visit his parents and home-town friends. Three Catchers on Roster Manager Bush now has three catchers, Krueger, Miller and Dixon and he believes the club is set in that department. One of the receivers may be dropped after the season gets under way. W. C. Smith, Jr., vice president of the Indians, returned to the city late Tuesday. Ho sail his father, W. C. Smith, Sr., president of the Tribe, would not return until late in February.

CANADA’S HOCKEY TEAMSENSATION Canucks Are Speedy in Olympic Competition. By United Press . CHAMONIX, France, Jan. 3d.— Canada's spectacular hockey team, which has been the sensation of the Olympic matches, continued its swe“p over all opposition here this morning by defeating Switzerland, 33 to 0. England defeated Belgium, 20 to 3. in another of the morning contests. The Canadian team is considered by most of the critics here as being sure of the championship. Nothing ever has been seen in Europe to compare with its dazzling speed and brilliant execution. The American hockey team, making its second start in the Olympic championship matches, defeated France. 22 to 0, late today. The Americans had an easy time winning, but faded to show form comparable with the Canadian team. At the completion of the curling championship England had totaled the greatest number of points and won the championship. The ski Jumping contests, the most spectacular event of the winter games, started today under the most ideal conditions. ThorllfT of Norway won the first event on the ski program when he finished first in the fifty-kilometer marathon race. His time was 3:44:32.

PAUL BERLEKBACH IS LIGHT HEAVY K; 0, Artist Is Out of Middleweight Division, By United Press MEW YORK, Jan. 30.—Just when It se-jined the middleweight class was about to be blessed with a lusty, bouncing, slam-barg boy. to enliven that gloomy household on Tin Ear ■Terrace, there comes a confusion of orders and the Mttle stranger arrives at the house next door. Paul Berlenbach, who stopped Frank Carbone in Madison Square Qdrden, scoring his twenty-third consecutive knockout thereby, proved to be a light heavyweight and not a middleweight at all. This caused some gloom among the customers who had hoped for a fighting middleweight who would be reminiscent of Stanley Ketchel, Bob Fitzsimmons and other great ones of the now decadent class. Independent Basketball The Abe Martins will play the Pals tonight :it the Community hall. All players are requested to meet at the Second Baptist gym at 7 p. m. Kenny. Roberts. Hoffman ”and Grimsley take notice. The Indianapolis Midgets defeated the United Brethren Juniors. 22 to 17. Teamwanting gamrs in the 1 H I 4-year-old class call Drexel 4207 after 5:30 p. m. and ask for Orie. The J. TV. U. team defeated a Are composed of St. Joe and Shamrock players, 40 to 80- For games in the 10-year-old class call Stewart 1031 and ask for Delbert. The Hoosier Celts, after two weeks’ jiractiee are ready to book games again. The Ramblers especially are requested to take notice. Teams in the 18-20-year-o!d class call H. N. Jones. Webster 580. The South Side Rovers, playing in the 15- 16-year- old class, desire games with teams haring access to gyms. For games call Draxel 5420-4 and ask for Paul or Bill. Stage All Set Now that Casey Stengel is to be a member of the joke Boston Braves, he will have an excellent setting for his comedy stuff. COLUMBUS, Ohio—Frankie Robb of Dayton, won the judges’ decision in his tenr -<1 bout with Jakie Mellman, Columbus till)—,

CHAMPION HOPPE ON SHORT END IN EXHIBITION HERE Willie Loses Cue Match When Schaefer Springs Long Run of 297, Young Jake Schaefer uncorked more cue thrills Tuesday night and he defeated Willie Hoppe, world's balk line champion, in their Indianapolis exhibition. The total score for the two day program was: Schaefer, 1,600; Hoppe, 1,444. Schaefer hung up a string Tuesday night that made the eyes of the spectators stick out. He closed with an unfinished run of 297. It required only five innings for Jake to score 400 points. Hoppe averaged 55 Tuesday night, but this high mark wa3n’t in the running with Schaefer's average of 80. The cue artists played their 1.600point exhibition here in four blocks. It was the best exhibition of billiards ever staged In Indianapolis. Hoppe registered a run of 235 Tuesday afternoon. Harry Cooler arranged for the visit of the cue masters here and each session drew capacity crowds to the Occidental parlor.

In Tech Net Spotlight ff I' 1 ECHNIC A E j I ' I High School 1 A I basket ball,ers take a Southern jfe. jaunt this week-end mk & A to play two of the -p. the State oti suep cesslve nights. Bed ford is to be met Friday and BloomL ington on Saturday. Rabe is one of Coach Black's mainOLD JACK SIGNS 10 DO AN ACT Montreal Agrees to Let Johnson Box Homer Smith, By United Press j MONTREAL, Jan. 30.—Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion, act,- has to meet Homer Smith, COACH BLACK ’YUnVii cert n hon crVi t Hava T7V\K 1Q

CATHEDRAL DROPS GAME Locals Lose Double Overtime Thriller to Gibault High. Cathedral High School, which seems to specialize on these overtime affairs, dropped a thriller to Gibault high of Vincennes Tuesday night at K. of C. Hall by a score of 29 to 28 In a double overtime contest. It looked as though Cathedral would win in the first half, which ended 12 to 6 in favor of the locals. The regulation game ended 28 to 28. In the first extra period neither team could score and In the second over-time one free throw was made by the visitors. Costello was the main scorer for Cathedral with six field goals. Daily was the point maker for ■'he winners. ROSE POLY ALUMNI MEET Athletic Matters Discussed by GradsEngineer Five at Ixiyola. The Indianapolis Rose Poly alumni met Tuesday night at the Spink-Arms Hotel and discussed athletic scatters. Wilbur Shook was toastmaster. President Wagner of Rose Poly and Athletic Director Heze Clark were present. The Rose Poly basketball team meets Loyola at Chioago Saturday, ■she Chicago five is strong, having held Notre Dame to a one-point victory at South Bond. v

ERANKLIN READY FOR . CLASH WITH WABASH NETTERS Baptists Expect Hard Fight Out of Little Giants Thursday Night, Bn Times Special FRANKLIN, Ind., Jan. 30.—Franklin College Is looking for a tight battle here Thursday night at the local high school gym when the Wabash five comes to town. Rumors have been floating into Franklin that Coach Vaughan of the Little Giants has been drilling on defense in strenuous workouts. The team from Crawfordsville always puts up a bitter struggle and the Baptists are prepared for a real battle. Defensive tactics, however, have been used before against Franklin and the five always has managed to break through. The more the opposition concentrates on stopping the loeaj's attack, the fewer baskets have to be made, because the other team is not thinking about making goals, but only of keeping the Baptists away. It makes a lowe sreore, but as yet the final result always has been the same— Franklin victorious. Franklin's line-up at the start will be Yandivier and Gant, forwards; C. Friddle, center; Ballard and Wood, guards. The probable Wabash lineup will be Burdette and Englehart, forwards; Chadwick, center; Wyatt and Thom, guards. WORLD’S RECORO BROKEN Bv Times Special NEW YORK. Jan. 30.—The Millrose A. A. indoor track and field carnival at Madison Square Garden will end tonight after an auspicious start Tuesday in which one world’s record was broken. Mercersburg Academy shattered its own world’s record In the one-mile relay by covering the distance in 3:33 4-5.

BLD JACK SIGNS TO DO AN ACT Montreal Agrees to Let Johnson Box Homer Smith, By United Press MONTREAL, Jan. 30.—Jack Johnson, former heavyweight champion, has signed to meet Homer Smith, Michigan heavyweight, here Feb. 19. Johnson passed the medical examination required by local boxing regulations. CLOSE WATCH ON SIKI Battler Finally Started on Last Lap to Minneapolis. By United News CHICAGO, Jan. 30.—Escorted past moist places by three private detectives, Battling Sikl was loaded on a train for Minneapolis Tuesday night. “Well, we’re this far, anyway,” commented Manager Levy, who met difficulties getting his protege here from New Orleans. The Senegalese panther wanted to go to Havana. Siki was in a bad mood. He lost his evening clothes somewhere between New Orleans and Chicago and had to content himself with ordinary attire. He boxes Joe Lohman in Minneapolis Monday night. A. A. U. LEAGUE TONIGHT Turners and De Molays in Feature Game—But ler Sophs-Communals. The efature battle in the Indianapolis A. A. U. Basketball League tonight at South Side Turners’ Hall Is th# De Molay and S. S. T. game. The De Molays defeated the Turners in a previous contest. The South Siders are leading the loop by one-half game The second scrap of the night is between the Butler Sopha and Communal*. The first game starts at 8 p. a.

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BOARD OF CONTROL TO ANNOUNCE PAIRINGS HERE Fifty-Two Centers to Learn of Schedules and Officials Saturday Before Play Starts, The Indiana high schools will have to wait until Saturday, Feb. 23, for the sectional basketball drawings. Until that time the air will be full of surmises as to just who will play who—and then, when everybody hardly can wait any longer, the schedules will be given out.

The regular season games will be over by that tiim.e as it is just one week before the sectional tourneys, which will be played at fifty-two different placets on Feb. 29 and March 1. On that ewentful Feb. 23 the board of control of ttie I. 11. S. A. A. will meet at the Lincoln Hotel In this city and the pairings will be ready at 11 o'clock that morning. The complete cards of fifty-two sectionals Will be, drawn up and the officials in each meet selected. At this time there are numerous coaches who gather in Indianapolis to know just winat they will have to go up against. A number of the sectionals will be lighter this season, with four additional centers chosen. Indianapolis hes the largest entry of any In the State, with seventeen entries from Marion County.

FIVE TIILES GO TO H. A. C. BOXERS IN CITYTOURNEY Brightwood A, C, Cops Three Crowns —A, Hunt and Dodd in Good Scrap, City Amateur Ring Champs Flyweight—Cox CB. A. C.) Bantamweight—Watson (H. A. C.) Featherweight—Schmedel (B. A. C.). Lightweight—A. Hunt (H. A. C.. Welterweight—Kepner (H. A. C.). Middleweight—Tjewis (B. A. C.k Light Heavyweight—Mulholl&nd (H. A. C.). Heavyweight—Fowler (H. A. C.). The Hooeier A. C. accounted for five of the city title® in the different classes in the amateur boxing tourney completed Tuesday night at the South Side Turner Hall. The H. A, C. battler* are champion# in the bantamweight, lightweight, welterweight. light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. The Brightwood A. C. won in three classe*. flyweight. featherweight and middleweight. A. Hunt, Dodd -Baffle In one of the best bout* of Tuesday evening’s milling A. Hunt and Dodd, both of the H. A. C., fought a slambang go in which the former was given the decision. Keener of the H. A_ C. proved the puncher Os the party. He put both of his opponents away by technical knockout* in the first rounds. Cox, Brightwood flyweight, poked Daily too often with a left Jab and won the decision and title. No (Vppononta Lewis, Brightwood middleweight, won by default, and Mulholland, H A. C. light heavy, and Ward Fowler, H. A. C. heavyweight, retained their crowns with no opposition. The summaries of Tuesday bouts follow: 112-Pound —Brwflbum (9. S. TANARUS.) defaulted to Dally <H. A. C.). Cox (B. A. C.) defeated Daily (H. A C ), three rounds 118-Pound —Watson (H. A. C) defeated 1 Laiigen <H A. C.) three rounds 126-Pound—-T- Hunt (H. A. C.) defeated Kane (H. A. C.). three rounds. Behmedel (B. A C.) defeated T. Hunt, four rounds. 135-Pound—Maehtnayej- (B A. C.) defaulted to A. Hunt (H. A. C.). Doffd (H. A. C.) defeated Stokes (8. S. TANARUS), three rounds. A. Hunt (H. A. C.) defeated Dodd (H. A. C.). three rounds 147-Pound —Ktrpner (H. A C.) won by teehnical knockout over Oliver (B. A. C.), first round. Kepnor won by technical knockout over Johnson <9. 9. TANARUS.), first round. 100-Pound —Ralph <H. A. C.) defaulted to Lewis (B. A. C.L BRAVES MAY GET RABBIT Matty’s Club Negotiates for Veteran Pittsburgh Shortstop. By United News BOSTON, Jan. 30.—Rabbit Maranville, shortstop of the Pittsburgh Pirates, may lift his voice In anew company next summer. Bickering Is raging between Barney Drevfuss, owner of the Pirates, and Christy Mathewson, titular owner of the Braves. . If the deal is made, Maranville, a leading Brave In the old days of the champion Braves, will wabble at shortstop In the old familiar surroundings. VOGLER - CURTIS TONIGHT State Three-Cushion Champ and Challenger St art Play. Lewis Vogler, State three-cushion champion, and William Curtis, challenger, will meet tonight at Cooler’s No. 1 parlor in the first block of fifty points in their 150-point match. The match will be continued on Thursday and Friday nights. The same seating arrangements used in Hoppe-Schaefer match will be available. The match will be open to the public with no admission charged. Fights and Fighters NEW YORK—Terry Martin, Provldenoe bantamweight, and Bobby Wolpaat, Philadelphia, went ten rounds to a draw. BOSTON—Johnny Wilson, former middleweight champion, won a ten-round decision from Pal Reed, Boston light heavyweight. ATLANTA. Ga.—Young Strlbling, Macon lifrht heavyweight, outpointed Billy Shade, California, in a alow ten-round bout. MONTREAL—Gene La Rue waa knocked out in the second round by Emil Paluso of *• Lak* City. They are flyweights.

New Tribesman L ,a> CATCHER DUTCH MILLER ——-IWNIE BUSH stepped out ( J and landed a home-town product today for the 1924 Indians when he completed arrangements for the signing of Catcher Otto (Dutch) Miller.

THE UNIVERSAL CAR # Forecasting A Tremendous Spring Demand 739,626 more Ford cars and trucks were produced last year than the previous year, an increase of over 50 per cent. i In spite of this tremendous increase in production, it was impossible to meet delivery requirements during the spring and summer months when orders for 350,000 Ford Cars , and Trucks could not be filled. This year winter buying for immediate delivery has been more active than ever before —and in addition 200,000 orders have already been booked through the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan for spring delivery. These facts clearly indicate that the demand during this spring and summer will be far greater than ever, and that orders should be placed immediately with Ford Dealers as a means of protection against delay in securing your Ford Car or Truck or Fordson Tractor. viz Detroit, Michigan f A small deposit down, with easy payments of the balance arranged, or your enrollment under the Ford Weekly Purchase Plan, will put your order on the preferred list for spring delivery. See the Nearest Authorized Ford Dealer

JACKSON DENIES CROOKEDNESS IN SCANDAL SERIES # Joe Says He Played Honestly and Was Unaware of Mates' Plans, By United Press MILWAUKEE, Jan. 30.—Charging that players implicated in the 1919 world’s series scandal had used his name in connection with the alleged “throwing of games" without his permission, ‘‘Shoeless” Joe Jackson took the stand in hi* damage suit for back salary against the Chicago American League Baseball Club In Circuit Court here late Tuesday and denied he had played dishonestly in the much-dis-cussed series. Jackson testified that after the series ended, he was given an envelope and told it contained money about which he had known nothing up to that time. He told about going to see the White Sox officials regarding this matter, but that they had told him to "go home.” Two newspaper men, who “covered” the 1919 series, took the stand in defense of Jackson and testified that as far as they could see, Jackson played great baseball and that not at any time during the series did they see anything which wo#ld indicate he “threw" game*. George B. Hudnall, attorney for the White Sox, however, said Jackson was not discharged because of hla inability to play good baseball, but because of "crookedness” In the 1919 series. Judge Greggory overruled the motion of White Pox attorneys to dismiss the case on a demurrer.

GOTHAM BANTAM AGREES TO MEET HOOSIER FEB. 18 Harter Arranges C&ssy Bout as Feature of Washington A, C, Show —Lads Staged Thriller New Years, Sammy Nable, New York bantamweight, today was signed to meet Bud Taylor, Terre Haute flash, at Tomlinson Hall here Feb. 18 in the main event of ten rounds on the next Washington A. C. fistic card. Promoter Harter arranged the match and he believes he has secured a real boxing treat for his home town.

DONAHUE ADDS NEEDED WEIGHT Cincy Twirier Spends Winter in Easy Fashion, By NEA Service CINCINNATI, Jan. 30.—Pete Donahue of the Cincinnati Reds is one of the game’s greatest pitchers. His only failing is lack of strength, for Pete is a rather frail chap. He is constantly trying to remedy his one failing. It didn't take Donahue long to prove he was a real pitcher, even if he wasn’t an iron man physically. Realizing tt_ : Donahue would be of much more value to the Reds with ten or fifteen pounds added to his frame he Is taking life easy on the coast at the expenses of the Cincinnati Club, so the story goes. Manager Moran has received word from Donahue that the balmy climate of California and the life of a retired millionaire Is putting on many extra pounds of weight.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30,1924

Nable Is very well known in the East and he is sure to give Taylor much trouble. He met Taylor in New York New Year’s day, and though he lost the decision on points, he gave the Hoosier iad ten rounds of milling that had the crowd wild. Harter was forced to bid in high figures for the Nable-Taylor scrap, owing to the fact a Gotham promoter was endeavoring to rematch the little fellows. One reason Harter was successful In obtaining the bout was the fact that Taylor enjoys boxing in Indianapolis and desired to demonstrate his skill here against a high-class opponent. Harter said he would arrange four six-round prelims for the Feb. 18 show. PRESTOS DEFEAT CARMEL Eighth Straight Victory for Local Basketball Team. By Times Special ’ CARMEL, Ind.. Jan. 30.—The Indianapolis Prest-O-Lttes defeated the Carmel Kelts here Tuesday night, 33 to 20, jt being the eighth consecutive victory for the Prest-O-Lltes. Leslie, former Butler College player, made eight field goals for the Prestos and was ably seconded by Hank Stevens, who counted five two-point marker*. Gifford, Carmel forward, registered three fielders as high-point man for the Kelts. Thursday night the Indianapolis team meets Markleville at Markleville.