Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 283, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 March 1927 — Page 11

MARCH 3, 1927

o, xva i SHARKEY IS 2 TO 1 FAVORITE TO BEAT M’TIGUE IN NEW YORK TONIGHT

PURDUE TO FACE GOPHERS Crippled Boilermaker Squad Views Minnesota Tilt With Apprehension. Bit Times Special •• LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 3.—A crippled Purdue basketball squad took its last long workout of the week here this afternoon, with the £ahie with Minnesota at Minneapolis Saturday, as its objective. • The result of the Michigan game early in the week was not unexpected, but disappointing. Wilcox left a hospital to catch the train, Wheeler sported two badly bruised legs, and Hodges was limping from a painful charley horse. This combination of physical handicaps rendered the Boilermakers a much less formidable team than usual against •the powerful Wolverine quintet. The game with the Gophers this week-end is being viewed with some degree of apprehension because of that fact. The squad will be in a little better shape, but far from near its top form. Minnesota gave Pursue a great fight for honors in the 'first game here. • Purdue must make a good showing in its last three games to maintain a record set by past Lambertcoached fives, only one of which ever finished out of the first division. The team travels from Minne apolis to Northwestern for a game on March 7, and Chicago ends the season here March 12.

CUBS’ $50,000 ROOKIE QUITS HOLDOUT CLASS . English, Toledo Star, Accepts Terms Same Day as Ruth —Other Early Baseball News.

111 a riiited Press t CHICAGO, March 3.—Two of base- > ball’s most prominent holdouts having agreed to 1927 baseball playing ; terms during the past twenty-four ; houfs, the spotlight turned today to ' the warmer climates, where some 450 :ball players are getting ready tor the •1927 season. The two are Babe Ruth and El’wood English, the $50,000 Cub Rookie ;who has been dissatisfied because | Toledo, from whom the Cubs got : him, did not share the purchase price ! with the rookie. L Ruth agreed to sign in New York Tate Wednesday for three years at $70,000 per year. j English is on his way to Chicago to sign, according to the Cubs’ manegemenfc Whether he or Toledo ave ground in the argument was not announced. Cards Speed Up In the camp of the St. Louis Cardinals, the team Rogers Hornsby led to the world’s championship last year, there are thirty-one players. A new manager, Bob O'Farrell, voted the most valuable player in the National League during 1926, has assumed the helm. The Cards are one of the outfits which have been fortunate with their weather so far. A blazing sun has served to speed along the conditioning at Avon Park, Florida. With the Giants At Sarasota, in the same State, forty potential Giants are already to the point, where practice games are bast of the program. Rogers Horns,by. leading the regular\against the subs in one of these six-inning affairs, saw his outfit get something j like fifteen hits—not bad for six in- : nings at any time of the year. Frank Wilson Shines !- The Athletics, picked by many critics tog lead the American League this year; are working tit Ft. Myers, Florida. One bright spot ii\ the Philadelphia affairs is the work of a young rookie. Frank Wilson, an outfielder who played with Waco, Texas, last yeaa. Sammy Hale is playing third base with the regulars instead of Jimmy Dykes. Browns’ Stock Improves : George Sisier has thrown quite a bit of hope into the Browns’ affairs

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Near-Capacity House Will Witness Tex Rickard’s Elimination Bout. B 'xE\V and YORK, March 3. —Two of the ring’s most garrulous heavyweights, Jack Sharkey and Mike MeTigue, will meet tonight in another of those elimination bouts-by which Tex Rickard seeks a challenger for the crown of 'Gene Tunney. Sharkey and McTigue already have had a battle of words and the Lithuanian is several thousand syllables ahead of the Celt. “I may end up ‘Old Rattlebones' in the first round,” Sharkey announced on the eve of battle. "Remember Mickey Walker once beat him 'ynd then reflect -on what I will do.” McTigue demurred. “About four rounds for Sharkey —just to show him something about boxing—tiien I’ll knock him lucking,” the Irishman promised. A near-capacity house probably will be on hand for the bout. Sharkey was a 2-to-l favorite in the betting, but there are enough ring fans who believe that if McTigue is able to reproduce his fight against Paul Berlenbach he will be hard to stop. Sharkey probably will have more than twenty pounds weight advantage and is almost a score of years younger. He has not fought since he whipped Harry Wills last autumn. TENNIS DEMONSTRATOR 81l Times Special LONDON, Mart'll 3.—Suzanne Lenglen lias contracted to appear in Albert Hall, hitherto reserved for meetings and symphony concerts. Suzanne has been booked as a tennis demonstrator, during July and August.

by announcing publicly that he is pleased to work under Dan Howley, who succeeded him as manager. The Browns are camped at Tarpon Springs, Fla. At Clearwater, Fla., rain has interfered some with the work of the Brooklyn Robins. Bob McGraw, pitcher, who threatened for a while to demand more money, finally has come to terms and things are going fine with the Robins. Weather Hampers Sox At Shreveport, La., Ray Schalk is doing his first work as manager of the Chicago White Sox. The Sox are having quite a bit of trouble with the weather and haven’t done much work. On Catalina Island, Joe McCarthy and his Cubs are having a swell time. McCarthy believed in two workouts a day and his team has progressed so far that already he is banking on three rookies to show well. They are Luther Roy, pitcher, who comes from the Southern Association; Frank Kern, who came up from Okmulgee, Okla., and Harry Wilkie, a third baseman from Asheville, N. C.

Young McCarthy Gets Chance

Bu United Press CHICAGO, March 3. —Pat McCarthy, young fighter from Cambridge, Mass., Avill show liis wares to middle western boxing fans here March 24, when he is to meet Jack Sharkey, the liea\'yAA-eight. Promoter Joe Coffey, Avho made the match, thinks McCarthy is one of the leading lieavyAveights of the country. Pat gained quite a reputation in the East when he scored victories over Sully Montgomery, Harry Persson and Johnny Risko. Sharkey still has a hurdle to leap in his . race to the hop, before coming here. He is scheduled to meet Mike McTigue in Tex Rickard’s elimination tournament in NeAV York tonight.

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City Bowling Gossip ■—■■‘-•"By Lefty Lee The Silver Flash team again led the pace in the Capitol No. 1 League, with games of 998, 1,000 and 1,048, for a total of 3,046. These games set the 11. E. Schmitt boys down for three straight. The Coca-Cola squad also Avon three from the Werbe-Meis-sen boys, beating them in a roll-off of a tie game, 108 to 103. Marolt Shoe Shop and Em Roes won two out of three from the 3-F Coffee and Robbins Body teams in the other Wednesday matches in this loop. AI Rabe, with a total of 063 on games of 225, 193 and 245, was high for the night. Other fiOO shooters were: Haisiup, 635; AI Striebeck, 656; llueber, 611; Stritt, Oil; Parsons, 611, and Liebtag, 620. Harry Kries and Frank Fox challenge Bill Kries and “Fay” Bailey to a ten-game match, total pins to count. Frank says it is now up to these boys to come in or quit talking about it. The Bankers’ League games rolled on the Cetnral alleys resulted in two-out-of-three Avins for the Bankers Special, City Trust. Fletcher Savings and Trust, and Continental Bank over the Marion County, American Central Life, Indiana National, and Farmers’ Trust. Quite a feAV of the boys hit heavy Avood in two of their games, but were unable to put over the third. Pearson was higli witli a count of 599, secured on games of 181, 206 and 212. Ten games were over 200, the 248 game of GratT leading the field. In the Madden-Copple League the Stockroom won two-out-of-three from the office squad. J. Campbell, with consistent games of 191, 189, and 188 for a count of 568, was best in this league. Thirty-eight games were over the 200 mark Avith the 245 game of AI Rabe, secured in his final try, being high. Officially, Lorenz Wiesman Is the city bowling champion, having won that honor in the city tournament a couple of months ago. This does not in any Avay detract from Eddie Hornberger’s feat of leading a large field of the best-in-town over the 24-game-across-48-alley route, which ended last Sunday. An interesting match has been arranged oA’er the Aveek-end, the Century Alley five taking on the EmRoes. Six games, total pins to count, Avill decide the Avinner. Three games Avill be rolled on the Century alleys Saturday night and at 2:30 p. m. Sunday the other three on the Capitol alleys. Walter Wheeler drew a lot of attention Wednesday night when he drcAV the 5-7-10 split in his final ■rame. Bailey scqvs he is going to see Walter shortly to sell him anew ball.

Ft. Harrison Team Has Fine Record

Ft. Benjamin Harrison is pointing with pride to the record piled up by the soldier basketball team which up to a short time ago had won 29 out of 32 games. Some of the best teams in Indianapolis'fell before the powerful drive of the Post quintet. The team, in the 32 games played, ran up a total of 1,414 points to its op ponents* 875, an average points to 24.2 per game. The record of the team: Ift. Harrison. Oppon.Ft. Harrison. Oppon. 3*2—Pleasant Gr.. 20 41—Real Silk ... 40 44—Sugar Creek. Un til*—Fisher Bed A. 42 05 —polks Milk. . 118 41—E. End Milk. 33 33—Fletcher Tr.. 11;42 —First Baptist. 11 71— Ramsey A. C. 30 27—Phi Delta.... 26 50— Ramsey A.C. 23 4!!—Phi Delta... 35 42—Lauter A. C. 13|31 —Stutz Motors 32 (15—State Hwy... 28 30—Phi Delta... 21 51— L. and H. 31147—Ft. Hayes... 24 40— Ramsey A.C. 18 42 —Ft. Hayes... 32 59—State Hwy.. 27>38—Ft. Hayes... 25 41— Naval Re*.. 30 15—Maim on Res.. 20 15—Law. MercU. 14 Mi—Edgewd. A. C. 33 •18—Flan.-Buch.. 27 17—Marmong ... 61 23—First Baptist 5] 18—lrvngtn. M.E. 19 40—Tab. Presby. 37 1 10—Jones-Whitkr. 27 Captain F. R. McLean, of the Nineteenth Brigade, has issued a challenge to any team playing under A. A. 17. classification for a game or series of games.

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CUE VICTORS Cochran and Horemans Win inTitle Meet. Bu United Press WASHINGTON, March 3.—With a high run of 97 and an average of 66 4-6, Welker Cochran, California, Avon the second match of the 18.2 balkline billiard championship tournament from Kinrey Matsuyama, Japan, 400 to 96, Wednesday night. Edouard Horemans, Belgium, Avon his match from Felix Grange, .France, 400 tp 199.

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Bu United Press NEW YORK, March 3.—Babe Ruth’s yearly salary of $70,000 is more than seven times the entire pay roll of the original Cincinnati Red Stockings of the Seventies, and $210,000 provided for in the neAV contract lie is to sign with the Yankees is only $50,000 less than the amount paid for the entire New York team when it was purchased by Colonel Jake Ruppert and Captain ,T. L. Huston.

NEW ARENA Rickard to Be Guiding Hand of Project. Bn United Press PHILADELPHIA, March 3. Plans have been completed for erection here of a $5,000,000 sports building, similar in design to the New Madison Square Garden of NeAV York, it was learned today. The new arena Avill lie named after Tex Rickard’s showliouso of-sport and Rickard will bo the guiding hand of the project. Albert M. Greenfield, wealthy banker, builder and real estate broker, will head a syndicate -to finance the structure, but Rickard has been signed to a twenty-year contract as manager of the entei* prise.

Babe Not to Share in Exhibition Receipts

81l United Press NEW YORK, March 3. —Figuring 154 games a season for three years, Babe Ruth’s $210,000 will average $455 per game for the Yankee star and in actual time, for an aA’erage game, about $5 a minute. At the end of each inning of the regular championship contests, the Babe will be richer by SSO or better, and eA’ery time he goes to the bat — figuring four times for the aA'erage game—it will represent $113.64. But the Babe will not share in the receipts of exhibition games and the Yankees will play about thirty or thirty-five of them in which Ruth has to appear. OPERATION LAST HOPE Netv York Hockey Player Has Slight Chance for Life. Bu United Press NEW' YORK, March 3.—" Shorty” Green, star Aving of the NeAV York American Hockey Club, who A\-as injured in a match here Sunday night, was to be operated on today as a last' measure to save his life. He received a blood transfusion Wednesday and surgeons for the club said there Avas slight hope for his recovery. PILOT PARRY KILLED Bu United Press LONDON. March 3.—J. G. Parry famous racing motorist, was killed today xvliile attempting to establish a neAV world's speed record.

NORMAN i SAACS

j~p“] VERVTHING is set and 731 I high school basketball teams L±±l are Avaiting anxiously for tho barrier to snap. After Saturday night, sixty-four of the 731 will re'main. A Aveek from Saturday night but sixteen will remain and those sixteen will come thundering down the home stretch. There ought to be plenty ot discuss the next two AA'eeks. Franklin College will Avind up its basketball schedule tonight, meeting Earlham on the Franklin fioor. The game will mark the passing of Noble Lyons, Ray Scott, Charles Salisbury and Captain King of the Baptists. Coach Mirk Wakefield of Technical made known his sectional team afternoon. His squad will be composed of Demmary, Grimsley, Massy. Fisher, Thompson, Cravens, Davis and Miller. Announcement has been made that our friehd Clifford Wells up at Logansport, has signed anew threeyear contract. The contract goes into effect in June when Wells' present contract expires. Coach RoAvland Jones doAvn at Manual has selected his eight sectional players. They are Turner, Harlan, Elrod, Burris, Fox. Boswell, Britton and Rice. Os the eight Turner, Harlan and Elrod are the l>est. Turner is one of the star forAA’ards of Indianapolis. W'ere we to pick an all-city public high school team Ave would select Demmary of Tech and Hitchcock of Broad Ripple at forwards; Jhompson, Tech., center; Massey, Tech, artd Fisher, Tech, guards. That's just hOAV good Tech is. If you Avant four good men, almost as hot as those named aboA - e, we'll let you have Turner and Elrod, Manuel; Wood and Beaman, Shortridge. The Jones-Whitaker team tried to pull an iron-man stunt Wednesday night by playing first in the south side invitational tourney at the Second Baptist gym and then running over to Liberty Hall to play in the C. C. C. tournament. The ‘‘Chevvies” won at the Serond Baptist

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gym, hut couldn't warm up again at Liberty Hull. •, ‘‘Piggy" Lambert certainly Is getting his share ot tho tough breaks this season. lie's got a walking hospital to carry around noA\% A. A. U. MEET Entries for Boxing Tourney Close Saturday. An appeal is being made to all unattached amateur boxers In the city to get In touch with Matchmaker A. Taetz of tho South Side Turners In regard to tho city and county A. A. U. championship tourney, March 7. It Is not necessary to be registered with tho A. A. U. Entries close Saturday noon. SeA’eral local clubs already hnvo entered promising youngsters in tho tournament and some real action will be presented by the “slmon-pures.” Tickets are noAv on sale at Em-Roes and Turner Hall.

If Bambino Behaves

Bu United Press NEW YORK, March 3.—Tho $7,700 deducted from Bab© Ruth’s salary In recent years for a hospital bill and for several fines for violation of training rules will be returned to him before the nctv contract expires If he continues “to beiiavo himself,” a report from a reliable source said. For tho sake of club discipline, the Yankee owners could not revoke the fines Avithout getting a comeback from other players on the team Avhn might feel the hand of discipline.

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