Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 267, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1925 — Page 27

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RICKARD IS GUILTY, VERDICT Jury Convicts 'Tex’ of Conspiracy to Violate Interstate Commerce Law, TRENTON, N. J. t ' March 20. George L. “Tex” Rickard, fight promoter, was found guilty of conspiracy to violate the interstate commerce law in transporting films of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight by a jury shortly before midnight last night. Sentence will be passed Tuesday. Four of Rickard’s associates were also found guilty and one was acquitted. Fred C. Quimby, head of the firm producing the films; Teddy Hayes, secretary to Jack Kearns, who Is manager for Dempsey; Jasper Muma, "Washington newspaper man, and Frank Flournoy, matchmaker at Madison Square Garden, were convicted. Jim Dougherty of Pelperville, Pa., tight referee, was acquitted. The penalty provided for conspiracy charge is a SIO,OOO fine, two years in the Federal penitentiary, or both. The penalty for transporting the films is a fine of SI,OOO.

Sport Shorts

I ball clubs often hold a sort of pell ovr other teams. That ia, on • club may be particularly easy pa axing for another, regardless of their respective standings in the league. Obviously, pennants are sometimes won and lost in this manner, the feat working both way*. * * * Back in 1909 the Chicago Cubs held such a hand over the Boston Braves. In the twenty-two games played between the two teams that season the Cubs won all but one. That, according to the records, Is the most games one club ever won from another during a season’s play. , * * • Tn the American League Boston, in 1904, whipped Washington twenty times to but two defeats, and the Athletics turned a similar trick on St. Louis in 1911. * * * B" 1 ABE ADAMS, veteran Pittsburgh pitcher, took part in nine games during the 1924 season. He was credited with three victories and charged with one defeat. He pitched forty innings all told. • * • Bill Weiss, captain and star guard of the University of Chicago basketball team, is a family man. Weiss is married and the father of a 4-year-old son. And besides, the Maroon ia a pretty nifty football playt er, though an injury kept him on the ' sidelines moat of last season. RECORDS DOWNS MATTY Boston Grappler Takes Two Out of Three Falls. Tommy Record of Boston defeated Matty Matsuda, two falls in three In a' welterweight wrestling match at the Broadway Theater Thursday night, taking the second fall with a headlock in 37 minutes 37 seconds and the third with a “slam” fall In 8 minutes and 50 seconds, after the Jap grappler had annexed the first down with an arm lock in 25 minutes and 47 seconds. Record’s victory in the second fall came after he had applied thirteen deadlocks In rapid succession and had worn the wily Nipponese >ut. Matty took twenty minutes’ rest, but camo up for the final tussle it* a weakened condition. He started in fast, however, and in a frantic endeavor to pull Record away from the ring ropes, to which the Boston mat man was clinging, the Jap fell on his back and was promptly pounced upon and pinned, it being announced that he had the, “wind knocked out of him.” Matsuda showed much more wrestling skill at all times than his opponent acd but for carelessness at times might Love been winner. * In reply to a question put to him I yesterday, Burns expressed the opin--7 ion that Wayne (Big) Munn was an “accident,’’ and had no real wrestling ability. He intimated that Strangler Lewis, Munn and others now in the limelight as a consequence of the controversy over the questionable defeat of Lewis by Munn was not clean sportsmen, and was very bitter in his denunciation of them. Burns is 64 years old and appears in splendid physical condition, which he attributes to the fact that he has never used coffee, tea or liquor or tobacco in any form. PUCKETT IS CAPTAIN Kokomo Youth to I>ead Del’auw Net tors Next Year. Bv Timet Bnedal OREENOASTLE. Ini., March 20. —John Puckett of 7loko*no whb elected captain of the 1926-26 De Pauw basketball team at an athletic smoker held here last night, Puckett la a sophomore and a member of the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. Ills selection was a popular one on the campus. The Tiger net men to receive “D” sweaters are: Hirt, Puckett, Ward, Stewart, Sturtridge, Adams, Wilson, Struck, Roe. SOCCER LEAGUE ACTIVE Rovers Slated to Play Shamrocks at k at Soccer Park Sunday. The Rovers are scheduled to play tbg Shamrocks in the second round of the Indianapolis Soccer ’ mgue, Sunday, at Coccer Para, Eighteenth St. and Sugar Grove Ave. Follow Ing member# of Rover team are requested to appear at the dressing rooms before 3p. m.: Short, J. Bruce, Gregory, Robertson, C. Bruce. Bohne, Ferguson, Craine, Clayton, Bohne, Write, Alexander, Muilany, Swart? and Eutroscbe.

Away They Go in Hoosier Hardwood Classic

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—Photo by J M. Moore, Tima Staff Photographer. Opening Moments of State High School Basketball Tournament Finals at Exposition Bldg. AUega of Vincennes, in Dark Jersey, Is J umping for the Ball With Hollar o f Milford on the First Toss Up by Referee Birch Bayh.

Football Pays I. U. Bills

Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 20.—Football last fall brought Indiana University a net profit of $36,220.20 and from a financial standpoint proved the most successful in the history of intercollegiate athletics at the University. The net profits from football were $16,000 in excess of the profits from the previous year. Football pays the expense of nearly all sports at the university. Returns from the 1924 season are being applied to this purpose and to a debt of SIO,OOO carried over from the previous year. The Indiana University athletic authorities stated that any balance would be turned back into improving the athletic .equipment of the university. A new field house seating 10,000 persons is now projected as the next major addition to the athletic facilities. WILL ELECT CAPTAIN Purdue Baskelee. s to Choose Leader Next Wednesday. Bv Time; Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 20. Lafayette Lions Club will entertain members of the Purdue basketball team next Wednesday night. Coach Ward Lambert will Announce letter awards and “P“ men will elr t a captain for the 1925-26 cuintet. Candidates for the captaincy are Carl Cramer, Melvin Taube, Harold Harmeson and George C. Spradling

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EARLHAM BANS BASEBALL Will Concentrate to Develop Winning Track Team. Bu Times Special RICHMOND, Ind., March 20. Earlham College will concentrate energies on track athletics this spring and will eliminate baseball, N. G. Wann, athletic director, has announced. With a nucleus of eight letter men. Coach Wann hopes to develop a team that will make a serious bid for the State title this year. In addition to the State Intercollegiate and State conference, six meets are on the Earlham schedule. They are: April 18—Wbah at Richmond. Abril 25—De Pauw at Oreencaatle. May 2—Cincinnati Athletic Club. Indianapolis Physical Eds and Earlham at Richmond. May —Butler, Franklin and Earlham at Richmond. May Id—State intercollegiate meet at Richmond. May S3—State conference meet at Lafayette. Plenty of Fans Bu United Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 20. Ohio State's basketball team, champion of the Big Ten conference, played to more than 92,000 spectators during the season just closed. In home games alone the Buckeyes were watched by 70,490 fans. Eagles Out to Win Indianapolis Eagles plan to place a strong baseball team in the field. First meeting of the squad will be held at 8 p. m. today at the clubrooms, 43 W. Vermont St. Following players are urged to attend: Allen, Ogle, Ribble, O. Hayes. Peters, the Winsted brothers, Sharp, Flora, Lynch, Scandlan, Wilson and Henson. The club is looking for good pitchers and outfielders.

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Bu NBA Service • NEW YORK, March 20. Every regular first baseman In the American League took part in 100 games or over during the 1924 campaign. And five of them reached the 140-mark and above. Wally Pipp of the Yankee* showed the way with 153 frays to his credit, or just two more than Sisler of the Browns had. Then came Hauser, Atmetics. with 149; Sheely, White Sox, 146, and Judge, Washington, 140. Harris, Red Sox, was well up with 133, followed by Burns, Cleveland, 129, and Lu Blue, Tigers, with 108. EVANSTON MEET~OPENS H. S. Track and Tank Stars t ompete at Northwestern. Bu United Press EVANSTON. 111., March 20 Northwestern University’s annual track and swimming meet for high schools got started today, with more than 60 prep schools being represented. FinaL will be tomorrow. Ideal Furnace Meeting Ideal Furnace Baseball Club will perfect an organisation for the coming season at a meeting at Garfield park at 2 p. m. Sunday. Following members ar# anked to attend. Cookie, Cathcart, Burk, Johnson, Riley, Fultz, Newbolt, Collins, Stokes, Hathaway, Scott Green. Ralph Green, McClung, Henderson, Lynch, Higgs, Elliott, Gillum, Ray Green nnd Sowders.

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