Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 301, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1927 — Page 21

MARCH 25,1927

AMERICAN-OWNED HORSE THIRD IN GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE

1926 STAR TO RACE AT HOME Crusader, Champion Three-Year-Old Not Going Abroad. By Jimmy Powers NEW YORK, is coming back to the races. The brilliant son of Man o’ War, champion 3-year-old of the 1926 season and leading money winner of the American turf last year, will furfill all of his engagements in this country during the 1927 season. He will start his campaign at the spring meeting at Havre de Grace. Crusader’s owner, Samuel D. Riddle, under whose colors Man o’ War also raced, planned after the running of the Pimlico Cup handicap to retire Crusader to stud. “I have changed my plans and wish to announce that contrary to the reports I hear circulated that Crusader will be shown on European tracks and would never race in America again, my horse will' be running on home tracks this summer,” said Mr. Riddle. “My trainer, George Conway, reports that Crusader is wintering well at Glen Riddle Farms in Maryland. He is being exercised every day and is in excellent condition. His training will continue for his first engagement at Havre de Grace.” Crusader had a remarkable record ■in 1926. He scored victories in the Belmont stakes ,the Riggs Memorial, the Cincinnati Derby, Dwyer Stakes, Havre de Grace handicap, Jockey Club Gold Cup and the Suburban handicap. He scored nine victories in all. His total earnings are $166,033, He was beaten in the Withers when he ran second to Espino. He was also beaten by Edith Cavell. His 'last winning race was the running of the Riggs Memorial handicap at Pimlico Nov. 1. In this race at a mile and a half he won easily, beating Mars. Twelve days later he was asked to pick up 126 pounds in the Pimlico Cup handicap at two and a half miles and the weight told ofa him. Edith Cavell, whose sire was also Man o’ War, had the feather of 93 pounds in that event and Crusader ecrtild do no better than carry the black silk of the Glen Riddle Farm to a second.

AMATEUR BASEBALL

riie Daily A. C. baseball team will prarIce Sunday at Riverside diamond No. X : ' f Cj P- ,n \ The followins- players are ri cld to attend: Ray Nnti%!. J. Crawford, rbuelile, Van. Ray Cole. George May >cH any others wishing to tryout. Foi information call Belmont 1530. The Indianapolis Keystones will practice a< Garfield Park Sunday at 2 p. m. l.ast years players and any others der.ns t° tryont are requested to be present, teams are asked to get in toneh v. ith the Keystone management In regards In dates. Address W. J. Schroek. 739 Lincoln St., or eall Drexel 5390-R. There will be a meeting of the Mars II .1 team on the diamonds at 2 o. m. Ail players must be present., For games in latter part of April address Karl Fcri c. 1351 Richland St. The Westsids Llghtfoote have organized for the season w.th the following line-up: Dutch Murphy. Mehaffey. Jake Harlan, John Moore. Pat Oates,Mike Ilaney, Bonev ■'Jtevens. Speck Edwards, Dan Maronev, Joe Henderson, Frank Castle, Red Cissel. For games with the Lightfoots. eall Belmont 1764 and ask for Denny Connelly. ~ The Fldeltls are entering the field again this year with a fast team. They will play both city and road ball. . Practice will be held at Garfield Park Sunday afternoon if weather permits. All players and those wishing tryoute are asked to he present. For games call Drexel 6754-W and, 88k for Bud or write Tom O’Brien. 1124 Fletcher Ave.. Newcastle, Seymour and Greencastle take notice. , The Midways will hold their first practice Sunday at Garflehl No. 1 at 2 n. m. AH players and tryouts are urged to attend. MAT TOURNEY CONTINUES AMES, lowa, March 25.—The N. A. A. U. wrestling tournament continued today, with Michigan, Illinois and lowa Universities still In the running.

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Sprig Finishes First in Great English Classic; Bovrii 111, Second. Bu United Press AINTREE, England, March 25. A woman owner triumphed In the greatest jumping race in the world today when Mrs. M. Partridge's Sprig won the Grand National from a field, of 36 others. G. W. Pennington’s Bovrii 111 was second, and the American-owned Bright’s Boy was third. Stephen Sanford owns Bright'.s Boy. Betting was 8 to 1,100 to 1, 100 to 7. Mrs. Patridge's victory was the first for a woman in the Grand National since Mrs. H. Peel’s Poethlyn won consecutively in 1908 and 1909. The only other woman winner since the race was r‘—tsd in 1874 vyas Lady Nelson, ; jVon with Ally Sloper in 191' A romantic story was refilled by Sprig's victory. Mrs. Partridge, 74-year-oid woman, received the horse from her son, Richard, who was killed in France a few weekes before the armistice. Richard Partridge bred Sprig in France a few weeks before he went to the front, and his bequeather the horse to his mother. “The animal means moi-e to me than anything else in the world,” Mrs. Partridge said after the race. Sprig ran fourth in 1926, after" blundering along the route, and fourth in 1925, after slight preparation. Sprig’s jockey was T. Leader Jr. Newspaper estimates of the grand national crowd last year varied between 100,000 and 250,000 -and hotel owners said that this year’s demands for accommodations have been greater than in 1925. The number of persons around the finishing point last year was estimated at 75,000, while nearly 20,000 gathered at the first turning point. Large crowds were gathering today near each of the jumps, to watch the riders triumph or spill.

From Big League Training Camps

i DODGERS BEAT BROWNS TARPON SPRINGS. Fla.—The Brooklyn Dodgers won an 8-to-5 exhibition game from the St. Louis Browns, 'with Nevers, Stewart, Beck and Blaeholder dividing the nttching duties. The losers used Barnes. Cantrell and Clark on the mound. ATHLETICS DOWN BUFFALO PALMETTO. Els The Phileifelnhia Athletics defeated the Buffalo Inetrnatlonals by a -to-3 score In an exhibition game her. Walberg went the full game for the American Leaguers. CLEVELAND HUMBLES CARDS LAKEIAND, Fla.—Cleveland’s Indiana humbled the worlds ehamnion from St. Louis. 0 to 1. in an exhibition game here. Four Cardinal errors made their task easier. COBB FINED SIOO FT. METERS, Fla.—Ty Cobb must pay a fine of SIOO for refusing to ienve the field at the behest of Umpire Frank Wilson. during an exhibition game. here, a week ago, according to an eiLct of Judge h. M. Landis, organized baseball commissioner. GIANTS ON BATTING SPREE ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla.—The New York Giants accumulated considerable batting experience when they downed the St. Augustine team, 13 tc 4. In an exhibition game here. Grimes ar.d Henry were given practice on the mound, ' CUBS LEAVE CAMP CATALINA ISLAND. Cal.—The! Chicago Cubs have left their training camp here and tomorrow will play the first of a series of exhibition games between here and Kansas City. They will face the Los Angeles Angels in their first tilt. PITCHERS ARE INEFFECTIVE TAMPA, Fla.—Four Washington Senators pitchers were ineffective against the Philadelphia who won a 12-to-5 exhibition game here. BRAVES TRIMYANKEES ST. PETERSBURG. Fla.—The Boston Brave? beat the New York Yankees. 10 to ft. in a poor exhibition of baseball. The Braves were aided by four errors. Both teams scored twelve hits. SOX WIN SERIES WICHITA FALLS. Texas—The Chicago White sox settled the question of supremacy between themselves and the Wichita Falls team by winning the third and last game of the series decisively, 15 to 6. Harry Salte, former Springfield, Mass., high school pitcher, has been signed by Albany of the Eastern League.

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Outfielder Wid Matthews spearing a high one in the Tribe training camp at Sanford. He’s the same fleet fielder as of old.

CITY BOWLING GOSSIP " ■ 11 'By Lefty Lee —■ " ■

Saturday morning at 9:40 the tenteam contingent of local Elks will leave for Milwaukee, to roll in the Elks national tourney to be staged at the new Elks home, ’fhe captains of the teams to go from here are Harry Cobler, Henry Peachey, Harry Graff, Jess Pritchett, Harry Krels, Seth Klein, H. Pearce, Lee Remmetter, Paul Taylor and Earl McFerren. Some of these clubs rank with the leading teams of the country and the locals are expected to plenty of wood. Jerry O’Grady, Tini Strieker, Frank Lauck, Basil Vanier, Frances Raftery and OHie Canning comprise the team selected to represent the local K. of C. at the “Casey” national tournament now running in Detroit. These boys will leave Saturday morning, roll their five-man event Saturday night and the|r doubles and singles on Sunday. The local women bowlers will be in Terre Haute over the week-end, rolling their events In the Womens’ State Tourney now in progress at the Central Academy alleys. With eleven men teams and all of the ladles’ clubs competing out-of-town it seems to us the Illinois alleys mixed doubles are going to be short. The Capitol No. 2 League games resulted in a three-time win for the Mineralites and Postoffice over the Block Optical and Robbins Body outfits while the Gregory & Appel, Lovejoy and Eastman Cleaners were taking the odd game from the National Refining Company, Standard Grocery Company and Kahn Tailoring Company. .1 Myers was the only bowler to reach the “600” mark, having games of 2§6, 224 and 171 for a total of 651. His 256 game w r as highest of eighteen “200” games. “Dude” West cut down the 5-7 split on three different occasions. The Print Craft League games resulted in a three-time win for the Pivot City Inks over the Allied Five, while the Pressmen No. 17 and O’Brien Inks were winning two out of three from the Press Assistants and Indianapolis Engraving Cos. Schpring rolled a pretty game, having counts 0 f 222, 222 and 212 fir a total of 656. This is what you might call rolling “deuces wild.” Carmin had 607 and

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JACKIE REYNOLDS VICTOR IN INITIAL LEGION SHOW Muncie Scrapper Puts Up Clever Performance in Armory Wind-Up—Prelims Are First-Class.

Plenty of action was dished out to ring fans at the new National Guard Armory Thursday night, where the American Legion staged its first of the proposed weekly boxing shows. Although the crowd was nothing to rave over, every one received full value in action, speed and fight. The fighters were in the squared circle giving their best, and the crowd broke forth with wild cheers on frequent occasions. Jackie Reynolds took a ten-round victory from Spider Lewis of Ft. Thomas in a speedy ten-round windup. The Muncie flash hit the Spider with everything but the four corners of the ring, but the soldlgr boy was too clever and warded off most of Reynolds’ blows by remarkably clever defensive work. Those mitt followers who admire clever defensive fighting may have gotten a kick out of the Clncy boy’s performance, but to the biggest part of the crowd it was rather a pain in the neck. Covering his chin and jaw with his gloves and using his forearms and elbows to ward o(T body attacks, Lewis breezed through the

Chryste 603. Twenty-two games passed the “200” mark the 236 of Garvey’s being high. The Fox Grocery team was the only outfit able to put over a threetime win In the Essential league games rolled on the Illinois alleys. The Sweetheart Bread, Hoff Grocery, Pittsford-Pies and Blue Goose Jelly teams winning the odd game from the Decker's Lunch, Model Bakery, Weaver Milk and Klngan Reliable. The Casings won three from the Links, while the Chains and Sprockets were taking two-out-of-three from the Castings and Gears in the Link Belt league. Wilson of the Casing team was high for the night with games of 212, 18-T and 172, for a total of 568. f FAVORED TO REPEAT’ Bu United Press EVANSTON, IIU March 25.—Wilmington (Del.) Prep school swimmers are favored to repeat their last year’s victory in the swimming events in connection with Northwestern University’s fifteenth annual interscholastic field and track meet which opens here this after* noon. CALLED TO HOME Bu United Press NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 25. —George Murphy, coach of the Yale freshman rowing team, was called to his home in Seattle by the death of his 6-year-old son, Robert. Murphy is a former captain and coach of the Washington crew.

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ten rounds without so much as mussing his hair. The fact that Reynolds did not knock the Spider out is nothing to Jackie’s discredit, for the soldier-pug is one of those freaks of the mit racket, a “fighter who never fights,’’ devoting all his time to defensive tactics. Occasionally the Muncie boy broke through the crust of gloves and forearms, reaching Lewis’ jaw with (terrific smacks, but the blows apparently had little effect in disturbing the Spider. Reynolds was the winner all the way and deserved a lot of credit for his aggressiveness, without which the bout would have been a total loss. The other ten-rounder, however, made up for any deficiencies in the windup, and was voted by the big crowd one of the best slugfcsts ever staged in a local ring. Red Rodman of Ft. Wayne and Brett Waggoner, the Petersburg (Ind.) miner-pug, furnished the entertainment in this number. Rodman, a wild Irishman with flaming red thatch, carried off honors in the first two stanzes and then held his own with the coal digger roitster for the next four innings Starting the seventh round, when most of the crowd thought he was beginning to weaken under the aggressive tactics of his more rugged opponent, Rodman evidently got his “second wind” and began beating the miner to the punch. He carried off honors in the seventh and eighth, and in the ninth had Waggoner so dazed that the Petersburg pug delivered a few low blows, evidently through sheer inability to raise his gloves. Referee Grammel! stopped the contest twice in this round on account of the below-the-belt taps, but allowed the scrap to continue when Rodman said he was not injured. From then on to the final bell, Red shot his opponent- full of holes, and won by a mile. It was a dandy melee. The preliminaries were first-class, especially the four-round opener, between Don Wood of Cincinnati and Lew Spencer of this city. Wood took the first and fourth rounds, Spencer the third and the second was even. Wood finished faA and had Spencer a bit groggy at the final bell. Johnny Baer of Indianapolis and Ed die Hawkins of Cincinnati turned in a good draw, with both dog tired at the finish. Billy Moore of Indianapolis piled up enough points in the second, third and fourth rounds of his go with Bobby Rudrow of Anderson to offset a fast sixth-round finish by his opponent. The first and fifth sessions were even. Captain Clark announced that next week’s Armory show would be featured by the appearance of Jimmy Finley of Louisville and Howard McClain, New Albany, in the main event, and Joe Lockhart of Evansville and Mickey McLaughlin of Chicago In the semi-windup. The Williamsport Club of the New York-Pennsylvania League has obtained John Pasquella to play first base.

RICKARD STANDS GROUND May Resort to Court Action to ©•event Dundee Scrap. Bu United Press NEW YORK, March 25.—Articles of agreement for a world welterweight championship bout between Pete Latzo and Joe Dundee, Baltimore, are to be signed her® this afternoon. It was announced by Humberto Fugazy, New York promoter. Tex Rickard, who claims to have a contract with Dundee, said he would resort to court action If necessary to prevent the contest.

CHANGECARD New Main Event Battle for Monday Fights. Anew main bout to replace the Babe Keller-Harry Forbes scrap as one part of the double wind-up on the Arcade A. C.’s boxing show at Tomlinson Hall Monday night was announced Hoday by Laskey Farb, matchmaker, with th* signing of Merle Alte, popular local featherweight, and Moxie Miller of Cleveland for ten rounds. The other main event ten-rounder will present Joe Seykra. the hardhitting local light heavyweight, and Mike Wallace, Cleveland scrapper. The change In the card was’made necessary by a ruling of the Chicago boxing commission that fighters must be in Chicago for; training six days before their bout. Forbes has a fight there next week, which meant he must be In Chicago Monday. Farb canceled Keller's contract after a one-round knockout the young Clevelander suffered Wednesday night at the hands of Clarence Rosen of Detroit. Alte’s record is well known to all city boxing fans who have seen him fight frequently at Tomlinson Hall. Miller, his opponent, is a newcomer to Indianapolis rings, but he brings a record of having met defeated many of the outstanding eastern scrappers. BANTAM TILT Taylor, Canzoneri in Condition for Fight Saturday. Bu United Press CHICAGO, March 25.—Their final workouts completed. Bud Taylor and Tony Canzoneri, who fight here Saturday night for the bantamweight boxing championship of the world, are ready for the gong. Each fighter apparently is in the best condition of his life. The timing of each fighter Is almost perfect. Canzoneri is down to the required weight, having scaled 11814 pounds yesterday afternoon. Tony’s good right hand seems to be his best bet in the fight. He is a body puncher and advance predictions are that he will attemp to wear down the Tepre Haute lad.

SPIRIT SHOWN BY CUBS PLEASING TO MCCARTHY Chicago Club Full of Pep and Fight Can Easily Be Considered a ‘Dark Horse.’

Bu yEA. Service AVALON, Catalina Island, March 25.—“1f we’re any better than we were last year, we will be a tough club.” That's from Manager Joe McCarthy at the spring training camp of the Chicago Cubs here. “The boys look like improved ball players, but you never can tell untH the season Is actually under way.” The Cubs will put practically the same team on the diamond as they did in 1926. They don’t lpok like pennant winners, but they are of flrst-dlvls:on quality and might easily be considered a “dark horse” In the long race for the bunting. “Very few of our boys are what you would call great ball players. But they are a hustling young gang of troopers,” declares the quiet pilot. “I have never seen a gang of fellows show so much pep during spring training. These boys would play a full game ever£ morning and afternoon if I would permit it. “Another thing in our favor Is the youthfulness of the club. Only two men on the entire team have passed the thirty mark, and they both had remarkable seasons last year. In the matter of years, I believe we have the youngest club in the National League.” The Bruins can still use a couple of good pitchers. Charley Root, Kaufmann and Osborne are mainstays of the pitching staff. Bush, Blake and Jones round out the regulars. On the receiving end of the

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battery they are well protected Heading the backstop® Is “Gabby’' Hartnett, who Is one of the best catchers in the league. Aside from that, “Gabby” has more zip and pep than any other man on the squad. The Infield line-up star* with the comical Charley Grimm on first; “Sparky” Adams back at second; Cooney cavorting oround short, and Frelgau rounding out the quartet on third. English, anew youngster, also Is making a strong* bid for the shortstop berth, and will keep Cooney stepping lively If he expect* to retain his job. Hearthcote, Hack Wilson, Stephenson and Webb are listed as the regular fly-chasers. Wilson seems pretty certain to play around In the center pasture and Heathcote is a cinch for his old berth'on the right side of the field. It’s a toss-up between Webb and Stephenson for the third berth. McCarthy also has a bouple of rookies who have shown considerable ability In snapping the high ones that come their way. They also have a pretty fair eye for -socking the horsehlde. The world champion Cardinals, the Giants and Pirates loom as Chicago's strongest opponents. And the Cincinnati Reds must be figured among those who have a chance. It would not be surprising to see the Cubs and Reds battle it out for fourth place, with a possible chance that one of them may be a. thirdplace winner.