Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 277, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 April 1924 — Page 9
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1924
Judges Selected for Puzzle Contest— lndians May Secure Pitcher Morton
H.S. NET TOURNEY AT CHICAGO GETS TO SECOND ROUND Last of Opening Contests on Schedule —Games to Be Played Hourly, Tuesday Scores Manchester (N. H.). "8: Boise (Idaho). 19. Florence (Mise.). 27: Medford (Ore ). 25. Wichita (Kan.L 39: Simpson (Birmingham). 29 <Overtime. 1 East (Columbus. Ohio). 44: Manual (Albuquerque. N. M ). 18. Battle Creek iMich.t. 28: Council Bluffs 'lowa). 13. E! Reno (Okla.). 18; Spokane (Wash.). 17. Painted Post (N. Y.). 19: Lane Tech (Chicago). IS. Madison <S. D ). 25; Superior (Wis). 21. • Two overtime periods.) Walla Walla (Wash.), 61: Charlottesville <Va.). 15. ' By United Press CHICAGO, April 2.—Twenty high school teams will get their first competition in the national interscholastic basketball tournament at the University of Chicago today in the second bracket of the meet. Pittsfield. Mass., defeated Rock Springs. Wyo., 21 to 12, in the open | ing game today. / The second round of preliminaries were to be played by the hour until 6 p. m. At 7 p. m. the first games of the second round will open with Florence. Miss., opposing Wichita. Kans.. two of the survivors of yesterday’s games. [Losers in Tuesday's contests were to open a consolation meet at 2 p. m. SPRING GAMES IN , PUBLIC DISFAVOR National League Clubs May Not Play Each Other, By United financial TAMPA. Fla.. April 2. —There shall be no exhibition between teams of the iNational League during the training season next year. This seems to be the trend of thought among the players in training in Florida. A grumbdng has been more distinct and at last has been heard by the public and olTicials. reported pointed today. Whether pressure brought to rbear on the officials will be great r enough to cause a change in policy I next veaf cannot be stated at this time. The trouble seems to be that the players object to being doped out before the opening of *he official season. They would rather follow the example of the American League and postpone meeting oth?r members of their circuit until the start of the regular j schedule. Fights and Fighters CHICAGO—Bob Roper, veteran heavyweight fighter. will retire from the ring after hie scheduled bout with Bud Gorman at Kalamazoo Friday night. he announces. Bob claims to be the veteran of 101 fights and to have been knocked from his feet on only one occasion. NEW YORE—Tex Rickard probably will Cmote the Tunny-Carpentier fight, which been signed by Billy Gibson, in the Jer sey City arena on June 20. it is understood here. Tunny and Carpentier hare agreed to terms, but no promoter has been secured for the fight. NEW YORK—Pa! Moran. New Orleans lightweight, and Louis V! rent Ini Chilean champion, will meet in Madison Square Garden, Mar 20. it was announced today NEW YORK —Match makers at Madison Square Garden are trying to arra-ge a sixround bout between Young Stribling and Jack Delany to be fought Mar 9 as a feature semi-final to the first apearanee of Quintln Romero. Chilean heavyweight champion. No opponent has been selected yet for Romero CHICAGO—Jack Bernstein of New Tor* former -junior lightweight champion, has agreed to meet Sammy Mandril. Rockford s-vapper. at Louisville. Kr . May 18. the night before the Derby. Bernstein has been holding out for money, but is said to have . mme In when he learned the promoters were ! fter Pal Moran to take his place.
Times Baseball Problem By BILLY EVANS TAKE nothing for granted in baseball. If you doubt that statement just glance over the following situation: It is the last half of the ninth inning and the home team is trailing by the score of 5 to 3. Then things started to happen. Three times during the inning it seemed as if the home team had put over the three runs required to win the bail game. As many times the crowd rose to its feet, gave the mighty shout of victory, then to its great dismay something had happened which erased the much-needed runs. Perhaps half the crowd left the park believing the home team had scored a 6 to 5 victory. During the course of the inning not a basehit was actually made by the team at bat. Neither did the team in the field make a fielding error, nor did the pitcher give a base on balls. Despite this the home team appeared to have won the game on three different occasions, but didn’t. Six men were used by the home team to complete this unusual inning. Aside from the three outs necessary to complete the last half of the ninth, three other outs were apparently made. Even the umpire played a part in the confusion that naturally resulted by sending a player to the clubhouse. How did it all happen? (Send in your answers at once lo Billy Evans Contest Editor. Two season baseball passes to Washington Park, given by The Times, are the reward for the two best answers, and ten admissions to the opening Indian game also will be awarded for the next T answers.)
FOUR CHOSEN TO PASS ON FANS’ ANSWERS RECEIVED Pat Page, Clauer, Indian Secretary, Geisel, Umpire, and Jarvis, Amateur Baseb all President, on List, The list of judges for the Billy Evans baseball puzzle contestconducted by The Times has been -selected and include a representative group of sport authorities of Indianapolis. These judges wist pass on the answers, using as a basis of comparison the solution as advanced by Billy Evans.
The group of judges include Fat Page, athletic director of Butler College and nationally known sports coach, Wiljam E. Clauer, the secretary of the Indianapolis baseball club; Harry Geisel, International League umpire, and R. Walter Jarvis, president of the local Amateur Baseball Association. The Times feels as though no better group of men could possibly be obtained for the task ot selecting the winners in the puzzle contest than those securea. Tonignt at midnight ends the contest. Answers in the mail before midnight will bo accepted. It is the absolute dead line and no other answers will be considered mailed after that time. Many more fans got in under the wire this morning at the last minute. The puzzle has aroused tremendous
Amateur League Diamond Drawings for Season
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AMATEURS DRAW LOT ASSIGNMENTS Nine Leagues of City Get Diamonds for Season, Diamond assignments for nine class A and AA amateur city leagues were complete today. The assignments were drawn at a meeting Tuesday night of the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association. Play In each league, except the Sunday morning loop, will begin on Saturday. April 26, and will continue throughout the summer on Saturdays until Aug 7. There will be fifteen meetings in all. This arrangement, officials said, will allow each league three rounds of play.
Too Much Snow By United Brest BALTIMORE, Md„ April 2. Races scheduled for today at Bowie race track have been declared off on account of the snow. There will be racing Thursday, however, according to James F. O’Hara, head of the track. The race program on Tuesday, opening day, also was called off
interest and The Times wishes to thank those who have shown their appreciation of the opportunity to receive season passes to Washington Park by working hard at the solution.
PROGRAM COMPLETE FOR WASHINGTON A. C. SHOW Three Six-Round Bouts Arranged as Preliminaries by Matchmaker Harter for April 7 Fight Card, The Washington A. C. fight card for April 7 at Tomlinson Hall was completed today by matchmaker Steve Harter when he signed up boxers for three six-round preliminaries. The show which will be featured by a ten-round go between Bud Taylor and Ai Pettingill, nationally-known bantams, includes thirty-six rounds of fisticuffs.
The three prelims are as follows: Leon Pritchley, Kokomo, meets Young Sunbeam, Terre Haute; Allen Watson, ex-amateur bantam of this city, meets Johnny Sawyers, also of Indianapolis; Billy Murray, east side lightweight, meets George Flelschman, another local product. In the semi-windup of eight rounds Battling Car] Stewart, hantam of .lop lin, Mo., clashes with Billy Long of Terre Haute. Bud Taylor and A1 Pett.ingUl, southern bantamweight, discovered by Pete Herman, twice bantam champion of the wor'd. will try to settle the dispute as to who la the leading contender for an open-air shot at the Polo Grounds in New York against Goldstein this summer. Each has posted a $2,500 forfeit with the New York State boxing commission, demanding the first crack at Champion Abe Goldstein. PettingiU is scheduled to arrive in Indianapolis sometime on Thursday and will complete his training here. TIGER-PURDUE THURSDAY De Pauw Diamond Hopes Rest on Veteran Crew. Bv Times Special GREENCASTLE. Ind., April 2. The De Pauw baseball team will open the season at Lafayette Thursday afternoon when the Tigers and Boilermakers meet at Lafayette. Coach Ashmore has a veteran squad with the exception of the pitching staff, but the De Pauw mentor believes he will have at least two good hurlers to rely on. Paul Jones, the star Tiger track athlete, is working hard for the Penn relay', and from all Indications he will place with the best in the country at this meet. GIANTS, WHITE SOX HERE Two Major Chibs Will Play Each Other on April 11. The New York Giants and Chicago White Sox will play aji exhibition game at Washington Park, April 11, Secretary Clauer said today. The two teams are heading North on a barnstorming tour at this time. The Indians will be on the local lot at this time, but w ul be spectators after their daily routine.
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U—HF Handsome Georges of I J I France is in the spotlight LiJ again. He has already signed to meet Tommy Gibbons at Michigan City, or somewhere else, on July 4. Now comes reports that he will meet Gene Tunney in the East on June 16. Georges must desire action and plenty of it —also the good American dollars, worth much more than the "franc Francais.”
MEETING IS POSTPONED Baseball Opening Day Committees to Convene Thursday. A meeting of baseball opening day committees at the Chamber of Commerce, scheduled for today noon, has been postponed until Thursday noon, it was announced today. The committees will go over work accomplished and further plans for opening day r at Washington park, April 15. The committees are working hard to have Indianapolis the leading city in opening day events. HAGEN WINS TOURNEY Golf Btar Scores 283 in North and South Meet. By United Press PINEHURST, N. C., April 2.—Wal ter Hagen won the North and South annual golf tournament, which closed hose Tuesday. Hagen, playing his last nine holes with a 71, scored a 283 for the tournament. Cyril Walker was close behind him with 285 and MacDonald Smith and Johnny Farrell tied for third place with 28H. Ijebanon Grid Schedule Bv Times Special LEBANON, Ind., April 2.—Sixty grid candidates are on the Lebanon high school field for spring practice. The schedule announced by Manager Ralph Beabout; Sept. 27, at Peru: Oct. 4, at Marion; Oct. 10. Thorntown here; Oct. 17. Kirklin here; Oct. 20, West Lafayette here Oct. 31, CrawfordsviUe here; Nov, 8. at Logansport.
Independent Baseball
The Ideal Furnace baseball club will meet at 1342 Reiener Bt., touight at 8 o’clock. All players are asked to attend this meeting as It Is very important. The Traders' Live Stock Exchange baseball team will hold a meeting at 1244 Blaine Ave., tonight. All members are requested to attend. For information call Tommy Ash, Belmont 8078. Commission Awards Dales Dates for boxing and wrestling shows awarded at the monthly meeting of the Indianapolis boxing commission arc: Boxing—Capital City A. C., May 12; Washington A. C., June 28. Wrestling—Broadway JE C., April 7 and 25.
RECRUIT PITCHERS HOPE OF WASHINGTON OUTFIT Noted Veterans Enthusiastic Over Work of Rookies —Marberry, McGrew and Speeee Show Up Well in South, By JOE WILLIAMS NEA Service Writer TAMPA, Fla., April 2.—Here in the Washington camp the talk is of pitchers, as it is in every camp you hit. It is the talk of great young pitchers and you hear it from the mouths of great old pitchers.
Chesbro, one of the greatest spitball pitchers of all time, now a Washington coach, nods his silver head in the direction of a well-built righthander warming up with Ruel. “That’s Fred Marberry. who came up from Little Rock last year,” he tells you.* "That boy will be one of our big winners this year; he has plenty of steam, a nice curve and is as nervy as a Ford driver,” Dangerous Dan McGrew Griffith, the old fox of a bygone day, enthuses as his gaze rests on Dangerous Dan McGrew, a towering bean pole, who is up for his third trial with the Senators. McGrew has a- sinuous windup and when he uncoils the ball seems to come from nowhere and is on the batter before he realizes it. "All McGrew needs.” comments i Griffith, “is a bit more physical coi ordination, a closer union between his I body power and his arm movement.” Altrock. the buffoon of today but the master left-hander of 1906, invites you:’ critical attention to a right-hander from Omaha, by name Bryan Speeee. An underhand pitcher j of the Mays type. Speeee is deadly accurate, and appears able to put the ball wherever he wants it. “Mays No Better” "Mays didn't look any better the I first time I saw him work,” Nick declares. Speeee won twenty-six and los\ four teen in the Western League last sea son and cost the Washington club $26,000. Johnson,, the fire ball king, now on i the threshold of his eighteenth season, and perhaps his last, insists he j i never saw so many good looking pitching prospects on the club at one time. He has flattering things to say of Wingfield, a curve ball pitcher from Memphis, and Joyce, a fast ball j pitcher from New Haven. “Griff ought to get a whole staff i out of this bunch.” he observes. "And he'll need a whole staff if ! you quit," is your conclusion. NEW AQUATIC RECORD Johnny Weismuller < lips 4-5 of a Second off 220-Yard Swim. By l nitrd Sties CHICAGO April 2.—Johnny Weis- j muller of the Illinois Athletic Club) established anew national record for | the 220-yard swim here Tuesday night ! when he won the race in 2 minutes 14 and 4 5 seconds. This was four-j fifths of a second under the world's record, which Weismuller also holds. : The race was one of the events of the National A. A. U. swimming tournament here.
ENTRIES CLOSE IN HOOSIER PIN MEET Records Broken for State Bowling Classic. Bv Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 2. The largest entry list ever received for the State bowling tournament is In the hands of Secretary Jay Short, he said today. Short was unable to give the exact number of entries because all entries mailed before midnight Tuesday, the "dead line," may not have arrived, he said. Terre Haute, with 238 entries, has established anew reoord for the city holding the tournament. Approximately sixty teams have been entered from Indianapolis. Play will be in the Central Academy alleys, beginning April 16. LEWIS BEATS LONDOS “Strangler” Gets Two Out of Three Falls at St. I xml*. Bjj United Press ST. LOUIS. April 2 —Kd (Strangler) Lewis, heavyweight wrestling champion, last night threw Jimmy Londos, Greek Idol, in two out of three falls. Lewis, with a knee-thrust in attempting to apply a head-scissors, knocked London out for fifteen minutes after the third fall. Exhibition Baseball TUESDAY GAMES DALLAS. Texas, April 2. Dallas (Texas league) 4 9 9 Minneapolis (Am. Ass'n) 8 11 4 Batteries—Morris, /Williams, Schumann and I.lngle, Malone. Pryce and Mayer. PENSACOLA. Fla., April 2. New York (American) 4 8 1 Rochester (International) 9 2 2 Batteries —Hoyt. Shawkey and Hofmann. Bengough; Beall. Crowder and Lake BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. April 2. St. Paul (Am. Aes'n) 7 10 3 Birmingham (Southern Ass'n)... 11 12 5 Batteries —Holtzhauser. Merritt and Allen; Hyman, Gray and Robertson, Brandon. JACKSONVILLE. Fla., April 2. New York (National) 6 10 1 Chicago (American) . . . 7 9 0 Batteries —McQuillan, Maun, Gearin and Snyder; Robertson. Connally and Crouse. CLEARWATER. Fla., April B. Philadelphia (National) 4 7 1 Brooklyn (National) ~..0 1 0 Batteries—Ring, Carlson, Mitchell and Henline, Wilson: Diokerman. Decatur. MoPhee and Taylor. Gonzales. FT. WORTH. Texas. April 2. Boston (American) rt 13 0 Ft. W'orth (Texas League) 0 2 3 Batteries—Fuhr and Ptctnlch; Johns, Head and Moore. ORLANDO. Fla., April 2. Columbus (Amarican Association) . 7 14 1 Cincinnati (National) 611 2 Batteries—Palmero, Luther- and Hartley: Benton. Harris, Pries math and wlng<x Banbee#.
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LEFT TO RIGHT—PITCHERS HILL, PETTY, NILES.
1 ANAGER BUSH is counting yj on some of his veteran hurl- ■ J ers to bear most of the pitching burden this season. Petty, who played all winter in Cuba. Is In fine shape. Hill Is rounding Into form.
Warming Up With the Tribe By EDDIE ASH
LANT CITY, Fla., April 2. Pitcher Bill Burwell needs liti__J tie advice on how to get in shape. He knows without/being told and he goes about the Job In a methodical way. In addition to tuning up his throwing arm, Burwell does much fly-qhasing in the outfield to and condition his .',y| with the Indians. Burw ei I did >x> 4 very % well in the games in which v he appeared "*• v * s against majoi v . league opposition .A \ *, s In Florida dur }. , ' ' { lng March. He s \ displayed fine con- . '2v. •- *•- V 4 trol of a low fast bail and a low BURWELL Improve his wind curve, and if he can maintain that skill after the American Association bell rings he surely will be among the league's top pitchers. BurwedJ worked more Innings in 1923 than any other A A. fllnger. Many of the defeats charged against him were caused by poor support. As a fielding pitcher, he is one of the best in baseball. I>ast year he had ninety seven assists. Tom Sheehan was second in assists for pitchers In the Associaition, with elghty-two. Fred Fitzsimmons has decided he cannot be classed as a Rsherman. In six fishing trips Fltz has managed to hook only two little fellows. A golfer was trying to convince Jess Petty the golf sport Is a great game because walking is required. Jess said: “Sure, I know the wajking is good, but there's too much of It.” Pitcher John Gross, who was the first Tribe rookie released, was a popular member of the spring squad, but lack of control brought about his dismissal. He was a hard worker, but he could not pitch strriese. St. Elmo Donne, Plant City realtor.
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Peach Plucker By United News NEW YORK, April 2.—On the right leg of his black silk ring trunks, Willie Stribling, of Macon, Gs. wears an embroidered Georgia peach. “I think I get the Idea,” said Harry Greb, the middleweight champion, "he's from Georgia, so it means he’s a Georgia peach. "In addition,” Greb said, "You may tell the public that I like peach pie with my lunch. I would like o call attention to my motto which is ‘peach plucking neatly done.’ ”
Niles, a rookie, back In the fold after playing “outlaw” ball, has not been ahle to cut loose much because of a kink in his shoulder. He came to the Tribe well recommended.
speaks English. Italian, French, Spanish and a little Greek. He has been a loyal follower of the Indians and it Is said he gave odds of two to one Indianapolis would defeat Washington. A1 L LANG, former mayor of St. Petersburg, called on the Indians when they played Brooklyn at Clearwater. Lang likes to tell of an amusing incident that occurred in the spring of 1920 -when the Indians trained in his city. He organized a welcoming committee, engaged a band and urged all St. Petersburg baseball boosters to be at the station when the Indians arrived. But the Tribe party, with the exception of Yfiee President Smith, missed connections at Jacksonville. Lang had not been informed of the fact and when his hand blared forth and his boosters shouted, there were no ball players there to be greeted. The athletes did not arrix-e until the next day and Lang and his boosters had to do it all over again.
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BRADF.NTOWN. Fla.—The Cardinals was to play Milwaukee at Palmetto today. The ! Rlckeymen beat Syracuse in a tight fame | here Tuesday. 6 to 5. Myrl Brown and I Arthur Delany pitched for St. Louis. MOBILE. Ala.—Pat Collins. after two week# out because of a split thumb was back in the catcher's hole Tuesday to help the Browns beat the Mobile Bears. 10 to 5 The Brown# were to play the New Orleans ! Pelicans today. Shreveport Thursday and i Friday Dallas Saturday and Sunday. Ft. | Worth Monday and Tuesday. Tulsa next! Wednesday and Thursday and home on , April 11. JACKSONVILLE. Fla. —A 7 to-6 victory over the Giants Tuesday put the White Sox one up on their opponents in the third of a series of exhibition fames here. Clyde Crouse no'Uided the ball with effectiveness and is credited with the White Sox victory. KINGSM AN. Art*. —The Pirates were completely •übmenreri by the Chicago Cube here Tuesday when the Bruin* ran up the big- end of a 17-to-3 score. In the seventh Inrun?. Ace Elliott of the Cubs broke his riffht leg- in two places while making a slide to second. CLEARWATER. Fla. —Jack Fournier was the onlv Brooklyn player able to pet a hit off Rinc. Carlson a*d Mitchell. and the Phillies won. 4 to 0. Cy Williams hit a homer over the fence with one on. PENSACOLA Fla.—Hoyt and Shawkey let the Rochester International# down i four hits and the Yanks won 4to O. The Rabe jot one double in four times ana
TRIBE’S CHANCES GOOD TO SECURE PITCHEROF TRIS Bush Wants Hurler and Cleveland Boss Seems Inclined to Part With Him s By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor PLANT CITY, Fla., April 2.—After another trip to Lakeland for a con'irence with Trie Speaker, manager of Cleveland Americans, Manager Ownle Bush returned to Plant City with the news that chances of obtaining Pitcher Guy Morton appear favorable. Bush left the practice of the Indiana Tuesday in charge of Ernie Kruger and flitted off to Lakeland. He is very eager to get Morton and believes the Tribe staff will be all set if the speedy right hander can be secured. Speaker promised to give Bush a definite answer on the deal within' a few days. It seems Speaker is willing to send Morton to the Indianapolis club, but other officials of the Cleveland team are not ready to give their consent. __ ” * Light Drill The Indians took only a light drill Tuesday because the diamond was in poor shipe from heavy showers of Monday night. In the absence of Bush, Acting Manager Krueger had the athletes batting and working with the medicine ball. There was no infield practice. Krueger took a long drill himself in throwing to bases. Tom Whelan donned the catching harness and did backstop duty during batting drill. He convinced his mates he would do ao third-string receiver this season. 1 Rehg and Brown practiced throwing from the outfield Tuesday and Rehg said he was convinced Brownie has an improved arm. The Indians will clash with the Tampa Cubans here Thursday and with Stetson University at Deland Friday. To Place Bartlett The Tribe club officials are trying to locate a job for Pitcher Bartlett with a Class B club. Pitcher Seib is to be given a test before the week is out. He has been here a month and Bush believes the time has arrived for him to make the big effort with his arm. He has worked hard, but the of his arm coming bock appear doubtful. Bush discovered today that Campbell is twelve pounds underweight and ordered the Hoosier youth to slow down on work. The third baseman is very thin and will spend the remaining days in the South trying to take on weight. First Baseman Schmandt has reduced his weight twelve pounds and is showing more agility. He has been rather slow in running and fielding.
Meusel smacked over two runs with a double. .., FT. WORTH. Texas—Pitching of Oscar Fuhr, a rookie, who allowed only two hits, featured the victory of the Red Box over the Ft. Worth club by a score of 8 to 0. ST. PETERABURGH, Fla.—More trouble developed at the Braves' training: camp when Manager Bancroft and Stuffy MclnnA turned up with bad ankles. They were u# able to work Tuesday and may not be in uniform today. (. RKE NW. >1 , r S o --Ty have two more srames— one with here and the other itt, AshvtUe Th .relay—iiefore #*.,-• ■ north. Nfcrjf " ORLANDO. Fla—Jf' .cks (rave pH Fonseca the job i In a game tween the Red* umbus Tuesdays heralding the Too*t position is open to question sterans renew their argument Home Here Irish Johnny Griffin, Junior lightweight of Boston, will make Indianapolis his new home, Manager Henry Bowsher announced. He Is working out dally at the Hub A. C. and may appear on a local fight card In the near future, Bowsher said.
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