Indianapolis Times, Volume 37, Number 284, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1926 — Page 11

MARCH 1926

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A. A. MUSINGS about the American W Association race this seai son? How are the clubs stacking up in spring workouts? One hears a lot about the major league clubs, but not so much about the big minors. In the first place five new managers will strut their stuff in the A. A. Their “newness” has only to do with the Association. AH of them are old in experience. Bill Meyer, great little catcher, Louisville manager, is not even new to the A. A. He knows the league and the batters like a book. He has a task in taking Joe McCarthy’s place as boss of (lie much changed champs. Casey Stengel at Toledo and Hank Gowdy at Columbus are major league veterans of much renown. They will find out that the A. A. is not much slower than the majors. Their clubs at present do not look as though they are going anywhere except the second division —and far down at that. NEW I\. C. BOSS Spencer Abbott is the new Kansas City boss. He knows minor league ball thoroughly, having managed pennant winners at Memphis and Tulsa. Abbott, we believe, was a scout last season for Brooklyn. It is said the veteran is of the driving type of manager. The other addition to the managerial ranks is Jack Lelivelt, who will try his luck with Milwaukee and temperamental Mr. Borchert, president of the Ilrewers. Association fans will remember Lelivelt from former days. He played first base in this league. His last efforts were for Louisville, after starring for the Millers. He is not new to the job of leadership, as he has managed in the Western. THREE REMAIN The three managers to survive the hectic Association season of 1923 are smart Mike Kelly with Minneapolis, blustering Nick Allen of St. Paul, and our own fighting Ownie Bush. The personnel of the various clubs has changed as much as the general shift of the managers. Fans hardly will recognize some of the teams. Even the umpires will be different: Think of not being able to yell “Robber” at Murray or Finneran or Freeman. Times do change—rapidly. From wliat we can gather Indianapolis and Minneapolis seem to be favored the most as pennant contenders by the sport writers around the circuit. Both appear to haTC powerful clubs on the attack. The Indians' infield looks about the classiest in the loop. The Millers have been having plenty of trouble in .spring exhibition games with Texas League teams. In fact, last week, Houston took five straight games. Minneapolis has been running into bad weather and it Is said the pitchers are not in shape. ALL NEED PITCHERS That’s the cry all over the A. A. Every club wants hurlers. They ARE sorta important on a ball club. Maybe you’ve noticed that. Every club is depending on the Majors for a couple of hurlers. St. Paul always causes trouble and this year is likely to see tlre Saints somewhere in the first division. They really have only two regular pitchers, Schupp and Roettger. Ponder and Kolp were hold-outs, the last we heard of them. Stories from St. Paul state that Wera and Stuvengen, two recruits, will be seen at third and first, respectively, when the season opens. Much of the Saints' chances may depend on hcnv those two gentlemen come through. ABOUT EQUAL STRENGTH Louisville, Milwaukee and Kansas City appear of about equal strength and, on present outlook, [should be hanging around the botItom of the first division or top of ■the second four. Sk Toledo and Columbus seem mimed to bring up the rear Hhilcss Casey and Hank have HAne sort of copyrighted injecSHLi that makes first division out of tail-enders. fyKjaLch and every one of the outdoped to finish high EswCffw, have the same lament. pitchers. We hope to jSSgs4eni soon from the majors.” most successful in the likely to he the most !ls> ' Kte* ll now, Indianby the way. is lookof those aforemengfwfeflffiHitchers. seems to be the she league. raBHKH * * • dear Gaston! °* the Giants *° iv,u>a> ’ g lie. Manager 11 1 ■' • 111-1 1 *• ;■ the National ow . isn't that p|l|§iP' i.i" si. i...in-: s ‘'hances tie > ■■■•' . l)ii;u lie might probably doesn't i' il |e: < Then'iV,jff^*,vjvTS~l ’a" l hurlers are New cast It>l W#. ‘ Hfe ''hampion 'it (ulvrr ~ " 'l"oda>. ?•; ' "lie |H' ***■■■ i hi "tj: ’e> u.

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Manager Bush Beams as Guardians of Inner Works Perform in Brilliant Style Today’s Game Off. By Eddie Ash Times Sports Editor HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 30. —Ownie Bush's glorified infield had its snappiest practice of the spring Monday and the little boss of the Indians was tilled with glowing admiration as the pastimers did their stuff.

Demons Live Up to Name The Brightwood Demons, girls’ basketball team, lived up to the name in the tournament held Friday and Saturday of last week. First they defeated the Holliday Hot Shots in a hot contest, 18 to 16. The Hollidays had lost only one game all year, and that was to the Brightwood team. Then on Saturday night the Brightwoods had to play two games in succession. In the first game of the evening the Demons downed the C. C. Club. 19 to 7. In the final the Speedway Five was defeated 22 to 18. The Brightwoods are proud of their record as they have no firm backing them. It is a group of girls who have got together at the Brightwood community center gym. The following are members of the team: Capt. Madge Gray, Viola Duckworth, Marina Evans, Eva Sawyer. Gretchen Klee. Louise Lewis, Lilly Miller. Margaret Murt. Lois Jones, Katherine Wolf. Alice Demmary. Lola Pfeifer is coach. MEET OPENS National Prep Basket Tourney Under Way. Bu United Press CHICAGO, March 30.—Forty of the country’s best high school basketball teams went into a national tournament at noon today that will culminate Saturday night with one of the teams being crowned cham pion of the United States. Among the teams entered are three of the quintets which placed in last year’s national meet, back with a year's experience. They are Westport High of Kansas City, El j Reno, Okla., and Wheeler, Miss. Early favorites looming in the meet are Charleston. S. C., Westport of Kansas City and Newton, Kan. A. A. U. Refuses Big Ten Request Bit United Press NEW YORK, March 30. —Murray Hulbert, president of the Amateur Athletic Union, has sent a snappy and emphatic letter to r A. G. Clevenger of Indiana University refusing to comply with the latter's request that athletic clubs he asked not to enroll Western Conference college athletes until after graduation. The president of the A. A. U. pointed out to Clevenger, who is chairman of the athletic directors of the Western Conference, that the latter had admitted his inability to control athletic students under his jurisdiction. He added that many colleges did not share Clevenger's views regarding athletic clubs, and that dates for the A. A. U. championships always were fixed with consideration for the college year. CHAMPS FAIL TO HIT Noble.svllle Elks, 1925 Bowling Champs, Get 2,581 Fins. The Noblesville Elks, national Elks’ howling champions in 1925, failed to repeat their performance of last year here Monday night in the national tourney, and could get only 2,581 pins, not enough to put them up very far in the money. The Ashtabula (Ohio) club, which was the only other squad to roll Monday night, collected 2,595. The Ohio howlers coudl do nothing startling in singles or doubles. The alleys are “dark” tonight as far as tourney rolling is concerned. A local delegation takes the drives on Wednesday night. The meet then will not be resumed until Saturday, when a number of out-of-town bowlers will be seen in action.

CATHEDRAL BASEBALL Local High School to Participate in Diamond Sport Again. • Fifty candidates are out for the Cathedral High School baseball team. It will be the first time for two years Cathedral has been represented on the diamond. Coach Benedict is in charge, succeeding Vincent, who is busy with next year’s football hopefuls. Five games have been scheduled, but Benedict hopes to slate other strong teams. Games scheduled: April 14, Southport here; April 16, Beech Grove, here; April 23, Broad Ripple, here; May 14, Noblesville, here; May 21, Noblesville, there. LOCAL FIGHTERS WIN Murphy, Wilson and Cappadora Victors in Louisville Bouts. Bn Times Special LOUISVILLE, Ky„ March 30. Three Indianapolis fighters won here Monday night at the Savoy Theater. Johnny Murphy, Indianapolis, scored a technical knockout over Stanley Baker, Louisville, in the fifth round. Rip Wilson, Indianapolis, won a newspaper decision over Bip Luntzel, Louisville, in a sixround prelim. Joe Cappadora, Indianapolis, knocked out K. Yama, Japanese fighter, in the first round of a scheduled six-round go. Red Herring won a knockout over Howard McLean, Louisville, in the eleventh round of (the main bout. -—*■

The addition of llolke. tlie improvement of Voter, the usual flashy Sicking and Schreiber and the presence of Klugman in the utility role combines to give Indianapolis a superb group of inner workers. This combination is worth shouting about. Holke is a chatterbox, likewise Yoter, and a silent Tribe infield is a thing -of the past. The pepper is there this spring. Klugman also is a chatterbox and he practiced in ah infield positions Monday and performed admirably. Sehmandt and Ilodapp, quiet type of players, have been replaced by two noisemakers, who put plenty of “go" into their work. Vex, sir, it’s a dandy—a glorified—infield. Rain Spoils Game Tlie weather turned against the Indians again today and their game scheduled with Little Rock at Little Rock was called off on account of rain. Showers fell in Hot Springs nearly all Monday night. This is the third time rain has knocked the Indians out of a game. The Bushmen have been able to play only one contest this spring. Another effort will be made to meet the Travelers at Little Rock Friday. Today's game was called off in time to save the Hoosiers the expense of making the trip to the Arkansas capital. The Indianapolis Times correspondent with the Indians will broadcast doings of the Tribe shortly after 9 o'clock tonight from KTHS. New Arlington Hotel. Hot Springs National Park. Buck Schemanskp, pitcher with the Indians last year, was in uniform Monday for the first time this spring. He reported in good shape and won’t require much work to get readied up. He participated in ihe bowling sport frequently the past winter and competed in the national tournament at Toledo. Schemanske stands six feet two and weighs 197. which is nineteen lighte- than he scaled at the of the 1925 season. Pitcher Carl Ray, southpaw, is the only absent Tribesman now. Hayward Smith, road secretary j joined the Tribe party in Hot Springs Monday.

told Monday The foothills of the Ozarks have not been supplying the proper brand of training weather the past few days and some of the athletes arc finding it increasingly difficult to get in shape. It was cold again Monday with occasional showers. Efforts of other clubs to pry loose an outfielder from the Indians have met with frowns from Manager Bush. He said today he thinks he’ll keep the crew of five, namely, Stephenson. Matthews, ltehg, Russell and Wyatt. Each and every one is too Valuable to put on the market, according to Bush. Three bat right handed and two left handed and he’ll mix them up against different pitchers. Catcher Ainsmith, who has been on the injured list, was ordered to get out in the open today and .take some exercise. The club bosses\are worried over the backstop department. Catchers Worry They must know definitely shortly, whether or not Ainsmith is going to be able to play in his old form. He appears to bo certain of it, but the Indians will he handicapped seriously, April 13, when the season opens if Eddie is not available for duty. Manager BuSh chased balls Monday and let Trainer Pierce hit to the infield. Ownie has been working too hard. He has not been still a minute during the daily grinds. Fact of the matter, he works harder than the majority of Tiis players. i CHESS BY WIRE Bu United Press CHICAGO, March 30.—Private wires linking Chicago and New York for eight hours Saturday will enable local chess experts and the experts of New York to engage in the annaul telegraphic chess tournament. I* Mae Mirt * NATUROPATH 2351 Ashland Are. Rail. 6339 The following ailments respond quickly to onr electrical trealment. Nervousness, Rheumatism, Kidney Trouble and Neuritis. Phone now fur appointment. New Spring Hats $3 $4 $5 Krause Bros or Vnlupw” I ‘‘The Courthouse If* Opposite L T s*' LEON Tailored to Measure Men’s Suits & O’Coats Salesroom and t>hop 854 MASSACHUSETTS ATK. Daniels “Best Clothes Values” Meii s All-Wool CIQ7C OVERCOATS . . Pl/o I D tVhere tt nxlmiclon Crosses Delaware

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Red Hot From Hot Springs By Eddie .Ash HOT SPRINGS, Ark., March 30. There is no “fear complex” in the make-up of Ownie Bush, fidgety manager of the Indians. He fears no ball club. “We’re as good as they are,” is a favorite expression with Ownie. He is a deep believer in the “breaks” of the game and Is always scrambling for them and urging his pastimers to do likewise. Win today and let tomorrow wait, is the way Bush figures. He refuses to worry about the future and defeats are discussed quickly and faults pointed out, then forgotten. Don’t grieve, Ownie advises, and get plenty of sleep. Owner Smith is another who refuses to grieve over disappointments. He always figures things even up eventually. Little Rock was scheduled to play the Indians at Hot Springs, Sunday, March 2t. The game had been heavily and widely advertised and an overflow crowd was expected. But an all-day rain spoiled the party,-ami Smith kissed many, many dollars, goodbye. Someone offered Owner Suit It sympathy ami started to console him. lie leaned hack in Ills chair anti said: "Oh well, I have a good hall club, and I’m eating good ami sleeping the same. la*t it rain.”

Mr. and Mrs. Joe Stahr. Indianapolis, visit the Indians’drill grounds daily. Joe Stahr is proprietor of the St. Elmo case, Indianapolis, and is a personal friend of Owner Smith and Manager Bush. Stahr and Smith have many interesting stories to trade of events of the past in baseball, turf, boxing and wrestling. Yes, they attend wrestling shows — to watch the hoys "suffer.” Stahr went through baseball training paces at Hot Springs before some of the present Indians were born. On one side of the Indians' training park is an ostrich farm. On another side is an alligator farm. “In between,” says Jim Pierce, "is an ‘ivory’’ farm. Ownie Bush was among those who “picked" Marion to win the Indiana high school basketball title. And lie was not a hike-warm supporter. \ lew days before the finals he said: “Everything else being equal, Marion's advantage in reach gives it an edge. I string with Marion, with Martinsville to knock off' in the last game." Rush is a close follower of basketball and football. With apologies to Purdue, Ownie “liked” Indiana in the Big Ten. Louis Todd, Bush's Shelbyville friend, came down with the Indians and stayed two weeks. He donned a uniform every day and roamed in the outfield. Being on a baseball trip didn't diminish his Hoo.sier has ketball fever and he kept in touch with the progress of the final tourney by wire. Ray Sehmandt, former Indianapolis first sacker, the original man born with two strikes op him, is doing a good job of first basing with the Memphis (’hicks, who bought him from the Indians. While with the Tribe, Ray never was ready to bat until he was in the hole. SCHAEFER LEADS HOPPE Challenger Ahead in 18.1 Billiard Championship Match. Jill Times special NEW YORK, March 30. At the end of the second 300 block Mondaynight in the match for the world's 18.1 balkline billiard championship, Schaefer, challenger, led lloppe, title-holder, 600 to 544. The match is for 3,600 points. lloppe won the afternoon block. 300 to 232, making a world record run of 148.

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By Henry L. Farrell I piled Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, March 30—Tex Rickard claims to have signed Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney to meet for the world's heavyweight championship, and he will seek permission of the New York boxing commission to stage the match in the Yankee stadium early in September, despite Dempsey’s denials. Getting a permit from the commission will present more than a slight difficulty, as the board has ruled several times that the champion must meet Harry Wills first, and one of the members said today the commission would stick to its stand. If the commission denies application of a license Rickard will take the match to Jersey City. lie said (his morning that reports he would WIN SHOOTS Warsaw Club and Culver Rifle. Pistol Champs. Itn I nited Press CULVER. Inc!.. March 30.—The Kosciusko Rifle Club of Warsaw and the- Culver Military Academy riffle club today stood crowned champions of the Indiana National Guard and State Rifle Association meet, held here Monday. The Warsaw team won the 22 calibre pistol championship with a score of 448 and Culver finished second with a score <>f 429. I lousier Rifle Club of Indianapolis was thin! with 388. In tile team rifle meet Culver won first with a score of 996 and the Hoosier Rifle Club of Indianapolis was second with a score of 993. The individual champions were: Hi ftp Match (Prone Position*—H ■ rry Turpin. N.-vu .i.-tL. s< ore “no nlu-c Hi extra bullseyrs. Kun M it' ll istnmline Pn-itmn I —mors;.’ T. iti-adv. Culver, hint: rcore. I Kp Pi-tnl Malnh i iliberl—Claude Gn'ia ii. Imtiiniaiinli’c. lir-t ww 94 George Mnwrev, War-aw. "-ore !•:! t'l-tol Mil'll ' 45-Caliber I-—lohn K Hc.uc.-1: Ft Wayne, first core !i9 LOOK EE AT LEE! lie I nited Press MOW YORK. March 3". —Johnny Meyers, middleweight, defeated l.ee (mliles. Negro wrestler from Indianapolis, in straight fails.

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build anew stadium here was “bunk.” Percentage Basis Rickard said Dempsey and Tunney lead agreed to accept a percentage, hut he would not deny that Dempsey had been assured at least $450,000. Tunney, who is getting ready for some movie work in California, said he would try to force Wills into a fight if the other plans fail. “Dempsey has been kidding him along for a year and he hasn't a chance to get a bout for the title,” Tunney said. No Other Bouts Rickard said his agreement prohibits Dempsey and Tunney from engaging in any other contests. He laughed when he was asked If he had ordered Tunney to get out of the bout that had been arranged with Stribling in Miami. “I had Tunney and Stribling under separate contracts.” he said, “and nil I told them was that if they wanted to fight in Miami they would have to fight and not make a waltz of it.” Tunney insists that the failure of the promoter to put up Ids $50,000 was tlie only reason that he would not tight. PIN TOURNEY Cleveland Pair in Third Place at A. B. C. Bn I nited Press TOLEDO, Ohio, March 30. —Monday was a comparatively quiet day at the A. B. C. tournament here. Only three new names went into the I standings and none of them in first [ place. I “Big Jim" Giblin and Joe Bodis of I Cleveland threatened the leaders of the doubles but fell short nineteen pins. They are in third place. They spilled a neat total of 1.336, Giblin contributing a 693 and Bodis a 643. F. Grcify, also of Cleveland, appeared in tenth place in the singles with a big tist. The John A. Mazzoni team of Louisville. l\y„ started too late to give the five men leaders any anxiety. They closed with 2.975 and went into a tie for fifth place.

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Fat Walsh Fat Walsh of Now York, who meets George Mulholland. Butler College pugilist, in the main event of the Progress A. C. boxing show at 'Tomlinson Mali Wednesday night, is a seasoned rlngster who has tangled with many of the topnotchers. A semi-windup of main go caliber will support the windtip iiout, bringing together Tate Langford of Louisville and Jackie Reynolds of Muneie in their third clash. Each has a victory to his credit as a result of their former battles. \V Mill KNOCKED OUT lla United Press NEW YORK. March 30.—Harry Martonc. Jersey City welterweight, knocked out Georgic Ward, Elizabeth, In the second round with a left to the jaw. t.OI 1 FINALS PINEHI'RST, N. C„ March 30. Glenna Collett, woman's national champion golfer, and Miss IyOuise Fordyce of Youngstown, Ohio., met here today in the finals of the Plnchurst tournament.

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GOOD-BY BASKET FINALS New H. S. Conference Teams Not to Play in I. H. S. A. A. Tourneys. [ Uu Times Soreiol } KOKOMO, Iml.. March CO.—With the formation of the northern Indl ana basketball conferences, to be composed of ten leading teams of the sector, here Monday night, the first step toward ending the annual Indiana High School Athletic Assn elation basketball tournaments was taken. C. K, Hlnshaw, principal of Kn komo High School, was elected presl dent and Miss Katherine Howard. Frankfort High School principal secretary, of the new conference Anderson. Muneie Frankfort. Logatiaport. Rocheatei ! Kokomo. Lebanon and Technical i<r | Indianapolis formed the conferen. j and Marlon is expected to be till tenth member. These teams will refrain from playing In the I. llj S. A. A. busketliull tourneys, I .Members of the league will settl'J the question of supremacy on a i'-i ' ventage basis with each leant at ranging eight twogamo home-anil, home contracts with other mombi (luring the Ncason. Only six sin It two-game series will lie played ne.xt season, as some of the schedules am largely made up. Two two-game contracts will* Is open for any other outside team to complete a twenty-game schedul'i It Is said that other cntiforenc 1 of like nature will he formed short I I In other sections of the State, 'I RETURN BOLT OFF J Bi; United Press M NEW YORK. March 30.—Plutfl for a return bout between Rufl Berlenbach, light last v.vweigH champion and Johnny Itlsko, I'lcvl land heavyweight, have bcifl abandoned by Tex Rickard. Dork® bach will he used only In Ills ovvH class. ■ JARVIS WINNER 1 Bit United Press M PHILADELPHIA. March 3MH Ernie Jarvis, British flyweight. w<H an eight-round decision from Kd<H Leonard. Baltimore. Joey Ross. York, won an eight round deelslH from Jackie Feldman. Baltlmore.