Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1927 — Page 13

MAT 19, 1927

BRISK ACTIVITY AT SPEEDWAY; PILOTS TUNE UP MOUNTS FOR RACE

Drivers Wheel Cars Over Brick Oval —Annual Classic Nears. By Norman E. Isaacs Business was brisk at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Wednesday, where preparations were going on in full blast for the fifteenth international 500-mile motor classic, May 30. A dozen or so pilots jockeyed their mounts onto the brick oval turning in many practice laps. Others busied themselves around their garages putting their speed creations in shape for the grind. George Fernic, the Roumanian driver of the French Bugatti, wheeled his bus out and went around the track several times. Fernic is unable to speak a word of English and Buddy Marr, his relief driver, carries qn conversation through word signs and diagram drawing. Peter De Paolo took his frontdrive Miller Special out for an airing early in the day, later retiring to his- garage, which he shares with Tony Gulotta. The pair had a victrola going through the afternoon, and many of the boys gathered there. Pete and Tony have the neatestlooking garage of the whole lot. Frank Elliott pulled his front-drive Junior Eight Special out for a few warm-up laps late in the afternoon. Elliott’s bus is a neat-appearing little car and apparently is capable of turning in a lot of speed. Cliff Bergere, whom Steve Hannagan, Speedway publicity expert, describes as “the Bostonian with the French accent and a mustache as pointed as Tex Rickard’s conversation,’’ had his Miller Special out and was doing some fast laps in the' afternoon. Bergere formerly was a double in the movies and shows signs of' having a “heavy foot.” Wade Morton's red Duesenberg Special was in action humming around the oval. Wade apparently is anxiouSv to'get a lot of practice to his credit, as most of the other pilots are. Others glimpsed out on the track were George Souders and his W. S. White entry and A1 Meleher's Miller Special. Many of the railbirds are watching and hoping for Frank Lockhart, youthful coast speed demon, who won last year's race. Lockhart is stationed far over and is expected to wheo\ his "gas buggy” onto the bricks any time now. • Ochs A. Porter, official timer for the races, was'out giving things the “once-over.” Porter’s electrical timing devices will be installed in time for the qualifying trials next week. Ralph De Palma, probably the best known racing driver of all time, who has been trying to repeat his victory of 1915 at Indianapolis almost every year since, may be seen at the wheel of a Duesenberg Special, according to advices from the Duesenberg racing camp today. De Palma, desirous of having another whirl on the bricks which have been a treadmill of fame for him, and the Duesenbergs have been having no end of consultations on the subject of Ralph's participation In the coming event. Naturally the Duesenbergs are eager to have Ralph drive. And with Ralph showing a disposition to drive there seems little likelihood of any hitch in the arrangements. Reports from the Speedwday office this morning stated that no damage had been done by the gale. The track and stands remain in perfect condition. HUDSON IS HIGH GUN Hammond Man Wins AU-Day Registered Shoot of Local Club. D. M. Hudson, Hammond, Ind., was high gun at the all-day registered shoot of the Indianapolis Gun Club Wednesday. Hudson broke 147 out of 150 targets. J. Fry, J[asonville, Ind., and George Wendling, North Salem, Ind., tied for second with 145 each. C. L, Slinkard took first place in the 25-target handicap event, breaking 24. Hudson and Buse tied for first in the doubles event, each cracki/ig 43 targets out of 50. Wendling was high over all.

Baseball’s Big Four

Hornsby's average dropped perceptably when he went without a hit in four times up. , Cobb and Ruth were idle- when rain spoiled their games. Speaker w'ent hitless in two attempts. Field- Home AB. H. Pet. ins. Fums. Cobb ... 103 43 .417 1.000 1■" Hornsby ... 100 41 .370 .080 Ruth 103 33 .320 .962 0 Speaker N .. 98 31 .316 .972 0 CANCEL H. S. TILT Showers Wednesday caused the cancellation of the Manual-Conners-ville baseball game. Neither coach could find an open date in the schedules to play the contest at a later date.

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One of the new members of the gasoline speed clan happens to he a former inhabitant of the movie colony at Hollywood. Cliff' Bergere, pictured above, formerly doubled for the gallant hero of the silver screen when the going became a trifle rough. Bergere will pilot a .Miller Special in the coming ."500-mile International sweep flakes at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway May 30. Cliff has exhibited some nire speed in his eit.ly practice spins.

BASEBALL CALENDAR

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION I Won. l.ost. Put.! Toledo M 1" | St. Paul 1H I.oil INDIANAPOLIS 14 1C .538 Minneapolis 1) ) 3 Kansas City 15 14 ’; ' Milwaukee 15 11 >1 • Louisville 1 ; 1 16 44k Columbus !• ’lb -310 AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet IV. 1.. pet. X York CO S .ti7S)|.S Louis 13 14 .481 Chicago 17 13 .507 V.'ash. . 1C 15 IM Phila.. 15 14 .517lCleve, I" 15 *4l Detroit. 13 14 .ISLBoston. 018 .333 NATIONAL LEAGUE W, J,. PetJ W. L. Pet. N York IP Ml .055 .8 Louis. 15 1“ .550 Chicago 15 11 ,57718rk1yn.. 13 18 .419 Phila.. 13 10 .5051 Boston 10 14 .417 Pittses. 14 11 so!Cincinti. 720 .259 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Columbus at INDIANAPOLIS * postponed | account ot tornado damage to park >, Louisville at Toledo. St. Paui at Kansas City. Milwaukee at Minneapolis. AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at Chicago. Boston at St. Louis. Washington at Detroit. New York at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUK St. Louis at Boston. Cincinnati at Philadelphia. Chicago at Brooklyn (postponed: rain). Pittsburg!* at New York. I^BML BY BILLY EVANS 1. What is the penalty if pitcher stands on llio rubber with 1 lie bull for a period of longer than seconds before delivering it? 3. What are the rights of the pitcher at tl*e start of each innins? 3. Fielder throws his glove at a batted bail, but misses it; is there any penalty? 4. What happens if the umpire is struck by a batted ball after the IH.ier has made a play on it? , , . . . 5. Base runner is struck by a, batted hall on which no pity has been made; what is the ruling? THIS TELLS IT 1. The umpire has the right to call a ball on the pitcher for the delay. 2. He has a right to throw five balls to the catcher or an infielder as a preliminary warmup. 3. There is no penalty. There must be contact between glove and ball. 4. The ball is considered in play. 5. Baserunner is out, batsman is entitled to first and no runners can advance unless forced. OPERATED ON Bu United Press OMAHA, Neb., May 19.—Earl Cash, pitcher for the local Western League baseball club, was to be operated on today as result of injuries received Monday when he slid into home in a game at Wichita, Kan. SECOND NO-HIT GAME Bu United Press ROCHESTER, Minn., May 19. William Ripon. pitcher for the Mantorville High School team, j pitched his second no hit, no run game of the season. Mantorville defeated Hayfield. 10-0.

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Yesterday's Results AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville 000 000 010—1 0 Toledo 101 000 in—:) o o Deberry. Wi.kii’.iou, 11..'fallen, Mcyor: Maun. He*lug. Milwaukee 000 401 000—5 11 0 Minneapolis 000 000 000—0 7 0 Sanders. Mc.Menemy: Moon. Hrbbe'l. Owens. Keiina. S*. Paul *”l00 000 101—rt 15 0 Kansas Cit.v . 000 004 GO*—, 12 1 Shealy. Heiraach. (as ton; Meeacngcr, Schaaek. Oldham. Shinault Boston 000 101 310—0 n n St. Louis 002 031 11*—S 13 0 Lundgrcn. Wingfield, Ruffing, Russell. Hartley; Vangildcr. Gaston, Never! O'Neill. Washington ... 000 101 100—3 8 1 Detroit 000 410 00*—5 3 Crowder. Braxton, Marbcrry. Rtiel; Whitchill, Basslcr, Woodall. New York at Cleveland, no game. ram. Philadelphia at Chicago; no game. ram. V NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 300 040 000—7 8 0 Brooklyn 020 100 001—4 fl 5 Root, Hartnett; Doak, Ehrhardt. Henline. St. Louis 100 000 000—1 8 0 Boston 000 005 21*—8 13 2 Sherdel, Littlejohn, O Farrell. Schang; Benton. Taylor. Pittsburgh .... 533 01 u 010 —13 18 1 New York .... 000 500 100— 698 Aldridge, Sptnoer, Gooch; Henry. Fitzsimmons. Clarkson, Hamby, Cummings. Cincinnati at Philadelphia; no game, rain.

Tribe Batting Averages

AB. H. Av. Wyat 40 IS .450 Russell 53 23 .434 Walsh 22 9 .409 Holke 103 36 -350 Florence 50- 1 6 .320 Brickell 9 22 .319 Betzcl 94 29 .309 Snyder 4fi J3 .283 Matthews 72 19 .264 Yoter 104 26 -250 Miler 47 U .234 Anderson "*8 13 -224 Kopf 58 " -421 * p ' WHIPPET RACING Bu United Pi ess WASHINGTON. May 19.—What is declared the largest and best field in the history of whippet racing in America has been assembled for action here Friday and Saturday, when capital society will get its fii;st taste of such novel contests. Fifty-two dogs are entered in the featured international handicap for the Speaker Longworth trophy and large' money prizes. KOKOMOfc TRIMS MARION Bn Vimes Soeriai MARION, Ind., May 19.—Kokomo High School tennis team defeated Marion netters here Wednesday. 5 to I. Technical of Indianapolis will play the locals Friday..

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DRIJBBLE BAN IS DEFERRED Basketball Committee Postpones Enforcement Until After Next Season. Bu T nited Press COLUMBUS. Ohio. May 19.—En- ' forccment of the new basketball rule J limiting the dribble to one bounce i | will not begin until after the close | of the 1927-28 season, L. W. St. John, I • Ohio State athletic director an3 chair- j i man of the National Basketball Rules j Committee, announced here late Wednesday. ! St. John's announcement fiLlov.'cd a poll of the twenty members of the committee, which showed a majority in favor of deferring enforcement of the rule for a year, to give coaches, players and officials la chance to ] make suggestions tending to work out some practical limitation of the dribble. St. John’s statement In regard to ' , the committee action follows; I “The Rules Committee believes the I I limitation of the dribble is a necesI sary step in the interests of basketj ball. The committee realizes, however, the difficulties encountered by I coaches, players, officials and others : interested in the game in putting such a change into immediate operaI tion. .and therefore deems it ex- | pedient that its action taken April 9. j 1927. b3 deferred for the season of I 1927-28. i “In the meantime, the committee | | urges that all those interested in the ; ; game make a study and investigation j |of the limitation of the dribble so that all suggestions may come to the Rules committee.”

B. Friddle Chosen Central Coach

B " 77m'•a Snrrinl EVANSVILLE, Ind., May 19. Burl Friddle. former Franklin College i star and Washington High School \ coach, has been appointed coach of the Central High School basketball team here. Irvin (Chick) Springer. Central net i mentor the past season, will devote .his time to the school’s football team in the future.

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~ GOLF THBILI. Von can talk all you like about homers And ninth-inning rallies and such. You can rave about hockey and polo; I’nt sorry I can't hand them much. In boxing and baseball and wrestling There isn't a thrill I have seen To match that heart-tingling reaction Os sinking one clean 'cross the green! mNASMUCH as the most of the city golf players remained away from the links today and visited the storm area, so did we. It‘was not sight-seeing for us. but gathering the facts for the news columns. We certainly were glad when found that none of the municipal or private golf course clubhouses were blown away. We were doubly glad that South Grove suffered no losSr and that our junior tourney will be able to progress as planned. But we are sorry for the hundreds of citizens who lost their homes. However, we have a few things lingering in our system that we are going to tell you about. Dave Mitchell took a trip from South Grove up to Coffin last Sunday and shot the course in 68. Next Saturday will find the new No. 8 green at South Grove will be thrown open, Harry Schopp reports. Os course we offer now for your approval, "Drives.” by the American Red Cross; “Brassies.” by the American Brass Foundry, and “Butts,’’ by the American Power Boat Company. We feel they are all in style these days. But while we are coving tornadoes. we can not cover golf, so we are leaving you for today. Another questton reached the desk today: Dvar Brassie' 1. then' any difference it, the bail aw'd today and tho*e used lei* ami fifteen years a.'u: that u. as Tar as the hard hitting players are concerned: FRED MITCHELL. Pear Fred: Had the question eome from any one el,e hut yon. *ve probably u mild have roomed on you for an answer. We spoke to 'lull celebrities as t hick Nelsom. Harry B*-hnpp, Hoy Smith and a few more in the downtown .port stores and vre find that Hie hall Is vert little different than It was then. liritircfs show that In 1903 Edward Warkwrll drove 366 * ards on the sevenleentlle tee at St. \n.trews .mi sr.

OFFICIALS AND ENTRIES FOR A. A. U. BOXING MEET i Kentucky-lndiana Amateur Fistic Title Tourney at Indianapolis Athletic Club Friday and Saturday.

Final preparations for the Indiana- | Kentucky A. A. U. boxing tournaj ment to be held at the Indianapolis j Athletic Club gym Friday and Satj urday night were made today. Paul R. Jordan, president of the j A. A. U., and “Pep” Krantz, physical { dirtetor of the I. A. C., and host to ; the championship tourney, announce entries of forty-three State amateur J boxers. The entry list will not close

Maj'or League Comment

Earl Whitehi'.l, Detroit pitcher, struck out ten members of the Washington Senators and the Tigers won 5 to 3. The game was replete with excitement with two men being banished from the field. Johnny Bassler, Detroit catcher, was excused for protesting a decision and later Jack Onslow, Washington coach, was sent to the clubhouse for the same reason. - Bing Miller got four lilts out of five times at bat—one of the hits being a home run—and the St. Idiuis Browns had a field day in defeating the Red Sox 8-6.. Miller incidentally boosted his batting average to .446 as result of his hitting. The Chicago Cubs went into second place in the National League race by virtue of their 7-4 victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers. Neither Doak nor Ehrhardt were able to hold the Cubs while Root toyed with the Brooklyn batsmen. The Dodgers had a bad day in the field, contributing five errors. Wee \< illie Sherdel, left handed ace of the St. Louis Cardinals, had a bail day and the Boston Braves fell on Ills offerings for a series of successive safeties. He was relieved by Littlejohn, but the Cardinals were defeated 8-1. Home runs by Wright and Traynor aided by other timely knocks enabled the Pittsburgh Pirates to smash out a 13-6 victory over the New York Giants. The Pirates landed on three Gotham pitchers for eighteen safe hits. Farrcl of the Giants also got a home run.

until 3 p. m. Friday, when the boxers will weigh in and be examined by the club physician, Dr. Owen. Thomas F. Murray, A. A. U. boxing chairman, is ill .and Jordan and Krantz are carrying on his duties. The tourney this year promises to bo one of the best ever staged by the A. A. U. Tickets for the boxing tourney are on sale at the Indianapolis Athletic Club at popular prices. The gym has a seating capacity of 1,500i Jordan and Krantz announce the list of officials for the tourney ns follows: * Referee*—Capt. Earl Meyer*. Culver Military Academy, and Ward Fowler, Indianapolis. Judges—Ed Clemmons. Edward Zimmer and Neal Wynne. Timers—Paul Jordan and Bert Coffin. Clerks—Arthur Paetz and IV. K. Halliburton. Scorers—Alex Thompson, Henry Bangster and O. D. Eicher. Announcers —Ben Young and Walter Krull. Inspectors—Bob Toehner, Watt Pugli, Thomas F. Murray and Claude Mathews. The list of entries, which shows an abundance of fighters in each class except the heavyweight divisions, is as follows; FLYWEIGHTS Chris Landrigan. South Side Turners: Mike Dudac, Conrad Villa. Frank Almera and Steve Perepski, all of Gary Y. M. C. A. BANTAMWEIGHT Forest House, South Side Turners: nilly Martin. Matt Milligan. Don Ferguson. John Niez, Manual Rayes, all of Gary Y. M. C. A. FEATHERWEIGHTS Clyde Le Mart, Converse, Ind Abie Cohen, South Side Turners: Stanley Reynolds. Phy-Cul, Harry Duff.v. Demon Eseabel. Gary Y. M. C. A.: Marty Lee, Fairbanks-Morse; Tracy Cox, Indianapolis Athletic Club. LIGHTWEIGHTS Jimmie Jackson. South Side Turners: David Kathem. George Carrol. Phy-Cul i John Zale. John Baehich. John Halaschak. Gary Y. M. C. A.: Lewis Spencer, Fair-banits-Morse. WELTERWEIGHTS Max Smith, Phy-Cul: Paul Colarie, George Rogers. Louis Lukie. Hank Rlatt, L. Benson. Gary Y. M. C. A.; Henry Wilson, Fairbanks-Morse. MIDDLEWEIGHTS * Pat Johnson, Louisville Elks Club: Henry Orner, Indianapolis Athletic Club; Charles Cullom, Max Ferbeo. Phy-Cul; Jim Phillips. Tom Schlosser, Nick Panos, Oary Y. M. C. A. LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS Justin E. Russell, Culver Military Academy; Billy Le Manee. Centre College, Ky.; 1 Joe Flores, Gary Y. M. C. A. HEAVYWEIGHTS Walter Sills. Gary Y. M. C. A Llonell < Secombe, Culver Military Academy. COLGATE BEATS MICHIGAN Hu I nited Press > ANN ARBOR, Mich., May If'—The j Colgate baseball team had an easy I time in defeating the University Os Michigan, 12 to 2.

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NEW COURSE Additional Race Track Assured for Chicago District. Bn United Press CHICAGO, May 19.—Alt additional racing course for the Chicago district has been assured through the formation of the American National Jockey Club of which Harry D, Brown, California millionaire and sportsman, is the sponsor. The construction of the new race track will be started immediately, it was said, and the track probably will cost about $2,000,000. “It is my intention to make thia track the most beautiful In America, In general we will follow the plans of tlie Oriental track in Havana," he said Announcement of the new track came simultaneous with passage of a bill in the State Legislature at Springfield, legalizing horse racing and permitting the certificate system of belting. The bill Is now before Governor r.cii Small for signature. NAMED PURPLE COACH “Dutch” Ixmborg to Be Head Hardwood Mentor at Northwestern. Bu United Press * EVANSTON. 111., May 19.—Arthur "Dutch” Lonborg, former football and basketball star at th“ University of Kansas, lias been named head basketball coach for Northwestern University. He recently has been basketball coach at VVnshhurn Col®| lege, Topeka, Kans. K

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