Indianapolis Times, Volume 36, Number 290, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1925 — Page 27

FRIDAY, APRIL 17,1925

SENATORS AND REDS SPARKLE EARLY IN AMERICAN AND NATIONAL LOOPS

Victories in April May Loom Large 1 When ‘Stretch’ Days Come—Cincy Pitching Has Been High Class.

Bv Times Special NEW YORK, April 17. —Remembering that a ball game won or lost In April counts just as much as It would In September, the pennantwinning games of 1025 may be in the bag right now with the schedule only three days old and some of the ball clubs still in a training camp mood. The Senators, for instance, have taken two out of three games thus far from the Yankees. There have been many cases in which two teams came to the end of the season with

Curley Raves About Munn ‘He Doesn’t Know as Much About Wrestling as a Pig Does About Knife and Fork,’ Says Jack.

Bv Times Special NEW YORK. April 17.—Jack Curley. the wrestling promoter, whose herd of bellowing bulls has been Uvlng on a, starvation diet for more than a year, opened his larynx and laughed hysterically Thursday over the defeat, of Wayne Munn, otherwise kpowm as “Big” Munn, the Nebraska varsity football player, by Stanislaus Zbyszko, who flopped Munn twice and took the world championship away from him. “Asa wrestling champion. Big Munn is a big bum." Mr. Curley giggled, “and he doesn’t know as much about wrestling as a pig knows about a knife and fork. Any lightweight who knows the elementary holds could tie him in a four-in-hand knot. Against a real wrestler of his own weight he'd last about as long as a nickel In a Broadway cabaret •‘The wrestling business in the Middle West has been run by the dirtiest gang of crooks that ever lived, and I’ve been trying to tell the public so for months. “Munn—why the big stiff couldn’t throw a fit if he had epilepsy. Rut he was big and strong and looked the part, so a lot of people thought he was a. real champion,'' Curley used to run olg wrestling shows In New York, but. the title changed hands too often and the public, becoming suspicious, stayed away from tlrA matches, killing the game in the best wrestling town on earth. Os late Curley has been trying to revive the business here, but with little success. CUE STAR AT CLAYPOOL Fancy Shot Expert to Appear Here Daily in Exhibitions. Johnny Saunders. fancy shot pocket billiard player, was to appear at the Claypool parlors today in two exhibitions, afternoon and evening. He will show here dally for one week. The exhibitions are scheduled at 2:30 and 8:30 p. m. and are free to the. public. Next Thursday will be “ladles’ night.” Gene Henning, manager of the parlors, Is planning matches next week for Saunders with some of the leading players in this vicinity as opponents. The matches will be for 100 points at line-up pocket billiards. HE WOULDN’T LISTEN! Mrs. Munn Says Site Advised Husband to Postpone Match. Bil United Press PHILADELPHIA. April 17. "Wayne never would have lost the championship if he had listened to me,” Mrs. Munn said Thursday night. “He had a, raging fever and I wanted him to call off the match with Zbyszko, but be wouldn’t do It.’’ Munn said today all he wanted was a return match with the champion.

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less than a two-game gap between the winner and the loser of the symbolic dry goods. It is easy to lose a game in April when the chill is still in the air and the crowds are slim and silent und inclined to huddle near the hot dog kennels, but It can never be won back once the official scorer rips out his page and mails It to the president of the league. Reds Pitchers Deliver The Cincinnati Reds, whose pitchers are the class of the team, outranking the defensive squad, have turned in three earnest mid-season jobs in three games with the Cardinals and the Reds now lead the National League. They will tumble, of course, but when the leaves begin to turn and the boom of the football Is heard again intruding on the wow-wow of the ball orchards, those three winnings and the one defeat that the Giants took from the Braves In the opening game .t Boston may decide the order of finishing. Hard to Steady Own It is always hard for the teams to steady down to their jobs in the early weeks of the season because the conditions aren't very inspiring and September is such a long way off. In some cases, the managers aren’t sure of their lineups or haven’t made up their minds whether to keep or send away certain vaguely promising athletes, principally pitchers. In Thursday's game st Brooklyn, for instance, Wilbert Robinson of the Dodgers, tried out Rus.i and Roberts in the box and lost a game to the Phils, 8 to 1.

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By Cyril Walkei rrri NE of the things that seems I 111 *° Mother many golfers is to 1 V'l determine how far apart they should keep their feet when driving and playing long iron shots. There is no set rule that can be followed. For the averaged sized man fourteen or fifteen Inches generally is about the proper distance. For a midiron shot the feet might be a little closer. The best way to tell what your stance should be is to see that your feet are correetiy set so that at the top of the back swing there is a nice sense of balance from side to side, and yet that they do not In any way interfere with the pivoting of the body at the hips. I suggest that exhaustive experiments be made by players who must answer that question for themselves, starting with the feet close together and gradually widening the span until the correct distance is discovered.

Horse’s Fault

B>/ Times Special LONDON, April IT.—While Prince Henry, a brother of llie Prince of Wales, was negotiating the first fetnee of the Crawley and Horsham Hunt Club’s steeplechase, hia horse fell dead from heart strain. Prince Henry’ was uninjured.

Independent Baseball

The Belmont# 'will hold a meeting tonight. at 234 N. Belmont Are., at 7:30 P. m. All player* who are interested In the team should attend. The Acme A. A. will meet tonight at the home or Carl Stone 1535 9 Be iront Ate. All players must report ae lmporaJit buslneie will be discussed. The A. A.’* will moot the North stare. Sunday at Rhodius Park. Practice Sunday at 10 a. m. State teams desiring games should write William Johnson. 82n S. Pershing Ave. or (jail Belmont 4280-W and ask for Bill. Tie I) Molay oasebaH team will play the Merchants Heat and Right Cos. at Riverside diamond No ft, at 3:30 Saturday afternoon. All members and tryouts should attend. The Ideal Furnace Cos. baseball team will meet the Van Camp Hardwaore Cos. Saturday at Garfield, diamond No. 3, at 2-30 p m. ’Hie IdeeJs will clay the Fishers team at Fishers Point, Sunday, at 3 .30 p. m. Indianapolis Cardinals will play a practice game Sunday at Rhodius Park, at 1 p. m. State teams desiring real opposition address W. L. Deatrlok, 1014 River Ave., or call Belmont 0801>. The Hoosier Milk Products team will hold practice Saturday afternoon at Garheld ■ 3. at 2 p. m. Tne Invader baseball team will practice at Riverside No. 10 at 2 p. m. on Saturday. All players are asked to attend by the manager. After Ninth /.ictt-er •Tack Hammond, Harvard baseball captain la well on his way toward equaling the record bung up by Oeorge Owen, all-round Crimson athlete, a few years ago. Hammond hopes to annex his ninth varsity letter this season.

When World Champs O pened Season

IcNEELY, the first man up for the world champion Senators, kisses the first i

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mT has been established that Babe Ruth did not hurt his head when he fell against the wash basin in the smoker.. The extent, however, of the damages sustained by the basin is not revealed. * * • The panhandler asked the kindly looking: old genl in the park for the price of a meal. “An. the first touch of spring.” breathed the eostatie poet. * • • The automobile racers have begun tuning tip for the annual speed classics We suppttse the tune they like best is ’Tntil Death Doth Us Part.” • • * GENE TENNEY HAS REFUSED AN OFFER OF $35,000 TO GO TO LONDON TO FIGHT. . . . THIS IS EASY TO RELIEVE WHEN YOU KNOW MR. TUNNEY DOES NOT DRINK. * ♦ • I - ASEBALL hap changed a I K I whole lot since Aunt Sara used to wear long lace gloves, but we note that Old Sol is still a big favorite with the bright young men who write for the papers. * ♦ • A statistician shows that it cost Michigan students less than 36 cents a game to see their athletic teams in action. . . . We guess they at, least got their money s worth when Red Grange broke loose in the Illinois game. * • * The new* of the prize ring doesn’t seem the same any more now that Bud Taylor’s arm has quit jumping out of place every other Tuesday night. • • ♦ There isn’t one native-born Philadelphian on Connie Mark's squad this year. This is a fine boost for the caliber of Philadelphia's citizenry. • • • r=TjROFESSOR SAVAGE OF I M OBKRLIN SAYS TOO MUCH LU EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON VICTORY IN FOOTBALL. . . . IT WOULD BE HARD TO CON VINCE THE BOYS AT HARVARD OF THIS. * • • The sweet young things have asked waivers on black silk stockings, but the red necked rookies from the sticks still come Into the big leagues wearing white socks. • * • Jack Dempsey is quoted as saying he does riot need a manager. . . . What he means to say Is that he does not need two managers, the new wtfe being quite sufficient. Rooky Smith Victor Rtf United Press HARTFORD, Conn., April 17. Rocky Smith, Battle Creek, won a twelve-round decision from Bob Lowrle, Boston. Tony Travers. New Haven featherweight, won a six-round decision from Earl Baird, California.

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ball pitched In the opening game of the 1925 pennant chase, for a sharp liner, on which he was

TUNNEY BACK IN N. Y. Gene Returns From Hot Springs— Gibson's Ballyhoo. Bv Times Special NEW YORK, April 17.—Gene Tunney, American light heavyweight champion, who Is matched to meet Tom Gibbons here on June 12, was to return today from Hot Springs, where he has been in light training for several weeks. Billy Gibson. Tunney’s manager, got a rise out of the report from Chicago that Eddie Ivane had claimed the heavyweight championship for Gibbons. "Tunney will knock out Gibbons when they meet here and then we ll see who has the right claim to the title.” Gibson said.

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thrown out at first. Steve O’Neill, Yankee catcher, Is the man behind McNeely.

Brief Sketches of Big Stars

GUI \'N MY ATT Cleveland Indians Catcher Born —Little Rock, Ark., July 9. 1898. Major League Career Purchased by Philadelphia Athletics from Houston club of the Texae Iyeague in 1919. Rent to Milwaukee. American Association, In deal for Joe Hauser, In 1921. Sold to Cleveland at end of 1922 season. Outstanding Feats —Batted .342 in 1924, finishing tenth among players participating in 100 or more games. Fielded .978 same season. Hit In 73 runs in 105 frays.

TWO EVENTS Track Meet and Baseball Game Saturday at I. U. Bu Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., April 17 - Morning and afternoon sporting events are scheduled at Indiana University field on Saturday. In the morning De Pauw and I. U. track tennis clash and in the afternoon the Crimson baseball nine meets Rose Poly. Athletic varsity “I”g have been awarded in basketball as follows: Parker, Alward, Winston, latgan, Sponsler, Krueger, Beokner and Senior Manager Miller. Wrestlers to receive the letters were: Eberhart, Held, Hoffman, Reed, Saul. Childs, Fisher and McKee. Swlrpmers honored were: Thompson, Zaiser. Moore, Fiber and Heath. C. O. Swain was elected captuin of the wrestling team for next season. Robert Zaiser of Indianaito11s, former Shortrldge athlete, was elected captain of the swimmers. Freshmen numerals also were awarded. DRAW FOR SOCCER CARD Cup Matches to Start May 2—Games Sunday. At a meeting of the local soccer league drawings were made for the schedule In the cup matches. The first game will be played on May 2 between the Shamrocks and the Rovers. The second contest will take place May 9 between the Rangers and Hblstles. The two winners will meet May 18. The Shamrocks appear to have the strongest club on early season dope. On next Sunday the Thistles play the Roverß In the first game and the Shamrocks meet the Rangers in the second.

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mLLNESS of Babe Ruth, swat king of the New York Yankees, did not keep Mrs. Ruth from attending the opening giime of the season. She was on hunt! with her daughter Dorothy. SOCCER TITLE BATTLE Canadians Meet Shawsheen Team in Struggle Sunday. Btf United Press CHICAGO, April 17.- The Canadian Soccer Club, western champions, left today for Riverton, L. 1., to meet the Shawsheen (Mass.) soccer team Sunday for the national championship.

H.S.STARS IN TRACK ACTIVITY Three Local Schools Meet Strong Opposition in Cinder Tourneys. Local high school track athletes were in the limelight today. Manual. Shortridge and Martinsville were in a three-cornered affair at Willard Park, while Technical. Kokomo, Crawfordsville and Greenfield cavorted over the cinders at Tech field. Some high-class performances should result in both tourneys. Kokomo won the State title last year and has another squad as strong or strongr than in 1924. Walter is the star of the Kokomo team. He Is remembered by basketball fans as the all-State center of the recent final tourney. Technical lias its usual Impressive team and should give the champs plenty of opposition. In the triangular meet Manual Is a heavy favorite because of its good showing this spring. Coach Morrison has <i well-balanced squad. Shortridge appears weak in the field events. The dash men have been showing to advantage. Not much Is known of Martinsville’s strength. Church New Director Bit Times Special _ _ , LEBANON. Ind.. April 17.—Paul Church, former Purdue athlete, has been signed as athletic director of Lebanon High School, to succeed Herman Schuler, who resigned reeently. Church graduated from High School In 1913. Ho played basketball and football at Purdue, besides participating In track.

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