Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 61, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 July 1927 — Page 12

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Playing the Field With Billy Evan*— ~—

S““i UPER-STARS in sport are the exception. The super- . I star is one who can repeat as champion when all tradition and precedent is against him. Ty Cobb is a super-ball player, Bobby Jones, a super-golfer, Earl

Sande a superjockey. These three are constantly performing the seemingly impossible. In all sports, the champions at times fail to run true to form. In golf, this condition exists to a more pronounced degree than in perhaps any other sport. That is what makes the showing of Bobby Jones in the recent British open

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all the more remarkable. Jones, at one time last year, held three of the four major titles—that of British open, American amateur and, American open champion. Jess Sweester held the other British amateur chafnpion. Jones lost his American amateur title to George Von Elm after remaining the favorite to win up to the final round. He lost his American open title this year when, following a year with law books during which he had little time to practice, he shot poorly at Oakmont. That is, poorly for Jones. Disappointed at his showing at home, Jones at the last minute decided to defend his British open title after having previously announced that he wasn’t going over. BOBBY’S RIGHT AGAIN — 1 -i RRIVING in England in time A to get. just enough practice to properly tune up his game, Jones in the British open proceeded to play four of the greatest rounds ever recorded in a major golf championship. * He played his first round in 68, five under par. He took 72 to negotiate the next eighteen holes. His third round was played in par 73, while the last eighteen was done in 72. His third round was the only one he shot in as much as par figures. Thus for the seventy-two holes of play, Jones needed only 285, seven under par, for the historic St. Andrews course. He was six strokes ahead of his closest rival. Incidentally his score of 285 was six strokes better than the best score ever made in the British open and one below the best American mark. It was well for Jones that*he was at the top of his game in England, for Robson and Boomer, British pros, in finishing in a tie. for second, equalled the best previous total to win a British open, 291, made by Jock Hutchison. COBB, JONES, SANDE Ty Cobb, as a batsman, is probably the only player in the history of the game who can be compared with Jones for consistency. Back in 1907 Cobb began to prove his worth at the bat. He led the American League that year. That was simply a forerunner of baseball’s most remarkable batting feat, the leading of the American League for nine consecutive years. Tris Speaker broke the spell in 1916, despite the fact Cobb batted .371 that season. Then followed three more years in which Cobb showed the way. Since, 1919, when Cobb began to slip a trifle, no player has been able to lead the American League in batting for two consecutive years. Like Cobb and Jones, in baseball and golf, Earl Sande has been a consistent winner as a jockey. Stars like this trio are few and far between In the sport world.

BASEBALL CALENDAR

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet. Toledo 55 35 .611 Milwaukee 53 38 .582 Kansas City 52 39 .571 Minneapolis 50 44 .532 St. Paul 49 44 .527 INDIANAPOLIS 39 54 .419 Columbus 36 55 .396 Louisville 36 61 .371 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct.i W. L. Pet. N York. 64 25 ,719iChicaga. 47 44 .517 Wash... 51 35 .593!5t. Louis 35 50 .412 Detroit. 47 38 .553 Clevel... 37 53 .411 phila... 47 41 ,534!805t0n.. 23 65 .261 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. I W. L. Pet. Pittsbgh 51 31 .622 Brooklyn 40 47 .460 Chicago 54 33 .621 Phila.... 35 51 .407 St. Louis 50 36 .581 Cincin... 35 52 .402 N York. 48 43 .527 Boston.. 31 51 .378 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Kansas City. Louisville at Milwaukee. Toledo at St. Paul. Columbus at Minneapolis. AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Chicago. Washington at St. Louis (two games). Boston at Detroit. Philadelphia at Cleveland. NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh at Boston (two games). Chicago at Philadelphia. Cincinnati at Brooklyn. St. Louis at New York. Yesterday’s Results AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville 000 003 000— 33 3 Milwaukee 010 201 51*—10 11 3 Holley. Mullen; Eddleman, Young. Toledo at St. Paul; no game: played as part of Tuesday's double-header. Columbus at Minneapolis, postponed '(rain). NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 002 000 000— 4 6 0 New York 000 002 012— 5 13 3 Brillheart. Blake. Harnett; Grimes, Henry, Songer, Taylor. (First Game) St. Louis 000 100 000— 1 5 1 Brooklyn 000 200 00*— 2 7 2 Rhem. H. Bell. Snyder; Petty. Deberry. (Second Game) St. Louis 000 001 000 02—*3 11 0 Brooklyn 000 000 001 00— 1 8 2 McGraw Slierdel. Alexander. Snyder, Schulte; Elliott. Ehrhardt, McWeeny, W. •■Clark, Hargreaves. (First Game) Pittsburgh 000 000 012 — 312 1 Philadelphia 001 000 03*— 4 10 0 Dawson, Spencer; Mitchell, Wilson. (Second Game) Pittsburgh 201 201 000— 6 14 2 Philadelphia 020 002 001— 5 10 1 Hill, Gooch; Scott, Sweetland, Willoughby, Ulrich, Decatur, Jonnard, Wilson.

Miss Dunn, JMrs. Stevenson in Finals of State Golf Tourney

Ring Feature at Fort Has Fans Talking keen Interest Develops in Byrne-Wiggins Scrap on Tuesday. The spontaneous whoop of approval which greeted Captain Clark at Ft. Harrison Tuesday night when he announced next week’s headliner between Jimmy Byrne and Chuck Wiggins bore eloquent testimony to the fact that local fans enjoy feeing the big fellows in action, and that the memory of their former clash in the Army arena is still fresh. ■ Chuck was in shape, the best shape he has displayed here in a long time, and there were plenty of fans who declared it was only his superb condition that night that saved him from a beating. As it was, Wiggins was forced to use every trick in the book to outpoint the rugged Kentuckian. Wiggins is working outdoors for the Tuesday scrap, which means a lot to him, as he is signed to meet Jack Delaney in Cleveland in two weeks, and a defeat by Byrne possibly would cause a cancellation. Byrne is fighting in one of the prelims to the Dempsey-Sharkey battle tonight.

What Latest Figures Show on Scrappers

Dll United Press NEW YORK, July 21. Jack Dempsey has a slight advantage over Jack Sharkey in height and reach, and Sharkey has the advanweight and youth. Physical statistics on the big heavyweights follow: DEMPSEY SHARKEY 32 age 24 19414 weight 196 6 ft. 114 in.... height 6 ft. 75 in reach 74 in. 17 in neck 17 in. 14 in biceps 1314 in. 4214 in chest (norm.) 41 in. 451* in chest (exp.) 45 in. 1314 in forearm 12 in. 9 in wrist 7% in. 35 in waist 3414 in. 22 in thigh 22% in. 15 in calf 1514 in. 814 in ankle 9 in.

WITH THE BIG LEAGUERS

Ott, pinch hitter for the New York Giants, singled in the ninth inning and scored two runners to give New York a 5-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs. The defeat sent the Cubs back into second place, as Pittsburgh divided a double-header with Philadelphia Wednesday. Travis Jackson was one of the hitting heroes of the game. The Giant shortstop got three hits, two of which were home runs. Pittsburgh and Philadelphia divided a double-header, which permitted the Corsairs to get an even break of the series. Mitchell held the Pirates in the first game and the Phillies won 4-3, but in the second Carmen Hill was effective and Pittsburgh won, 6-5. Two big innings gave Washington a 5-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox in the last game of the series. Neither Thomas, who started for the Sox, nor Zachary, the Washington hurler, was able to last the complete nine innings. Ward and Peckinpaugh were both hurt in the game, but neither will be out for long.

(First Game) Cincinnati i... 200 010 100— 4 8 1 Boston L.. 010 010 000— 2 9 3 May, Piclnich; iVertz, Edwards, Urban. (Second Game) Cincinnati 100 000 000— 1 4 2 Boston 100 000 01*— 2 9 1 Nebf. Hargrave; Genewich, Gibson. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 020 003 000— 5 10 1 Chicago 100 000 200— 312 0 Zacnary, Braxton. Ruel: Thomas. Cole. Jacobs, Schalk, Crouse. McCurdy. (No other games scheduled.) SPECIAL WIRE REPORT i Dempsey-Sharkey Fight by Rounds Received at Tomlinson HalL Indications are there will be a large crowd at Tomlinson Hall tonight when Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey fight in New York for the right to meet Gene Tunney for the heavyweight championship. Both have many supporters here. The ringside wire to the Yankee stadium which will be looped to the stage at Tomlinson Hall was tested out Wednesday and found in order. Aside from a description of the feature fight by rounds, the pre--lim and sidelights of the big battle will be announced. It is likely Dempsey .and Sharkey will enter the ring about 7:45 o’clock Indianapolis time. All the Credit You Want at Cash Prices * PENNSYLVANIA TIRES Consumers Tire Cos. 301 N. Delaware St.

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Title-Holder Downs Mrs. Kraus, Ft. Wayne, 5 and 4. MRS. PATTEN DEFEATED Final Round to Be Played Friday Morning. BY DICK MJLLER Times Satff Correspondent FT. WAYNE, Ind., July 21.—Miss Elizabeth Dunn of Riverside, Indianapolis, will defend her title as State woman’s champion here Friday morning, against Mrs. B. C. Stevenson of Meridian Hills, Indianapolis. Miss Durn today crashed through her semi-final match with Mrs. Samuel Kraus of Ft. Wayne, five up and four to play. Ft. Wayne’s last championship hope went flickering as Miss Dunn again exhibited her terrific wood game, driving the ball to the green in two shots, her opponent falling behind on the fairway. Never Is Headed Mrs. Stevenson eliminated Mrs. J. C. Patten of Avalon, Indianapolis, today, six up and five to play. Mrs. Stevenson jumped into the lead from the start and the Avalon golfer never succeeded in overhauling her opponent. Miss Dunn was considerably off form in putting and needed twenty pptts on the first seven greens. She bettered her game coming in and was two over par for the five holes. Makes Perfect Shot The Indianapolis telephone girl golfer startled the gallery at the end of the first nine with a spectacular shot. She used a spoon to play from a sand trap and made a perfect shot. She sliced her shot around the end of a bunker. The Dunn-Kraus cards: Miss Dunn 453 646 546—13 . 455 6S Mrs. Kraus 583 636 648—19 456 86 Miss Dunn was three up at the turn and the match was decided when she captured the twelfth and thirteenth holes. Three Up At Turn Mrs. Stevenson also was three up on her opponent at the turn and after halving the tenth won the next three holes in succession. The Stevenson-Patten cards: Mrs. Stevenson ... 564 636 636—15 453 5 Mrs. Patten 674 546 616—48 466 6 The final match is to be played Friday morning. NEAT RECORD San Francisco has a Jewish star named Mishkin who in three years of college football was never knocked out or injured.

Two well pitched games marked the double-header between the St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn. The Dodgers won the opener, 2-1, and the Cardinals the second, 3-1. In the opening game Jess t Petty held St. Louis to five hits. Cincinnati and Boston divided the double-header, the Reds capturing the first game, 4-2, and losing the second, 2-1. Genewich did the hurling for Boston in the sc'ond contest and held Cincinnati to four hits.

Baseball’s Big Five

By United Press Hornsby collected three singles out of four times at bat. Speaker failed to hit safely in four chances. Ruth, Cobb and Gehrig were idle. —Averages— AB. H. Pet. H. R. Gehrig 346 136 .393 31 Ruth 306 110 .359 30 Speaker 323 115 .359 0 Cobb 282 99 .351 4 Hornsby 334 114 .341 16

Wives Not Present

By United Press NEW YORK, July 21.—Neither Mrs. Sharkey nor Mrs. Dempsey will see the fight tonight. The former will not even listen to the radio description, she said, but will remain in her hotel suite and let her husband come home from work and tell her about it. Dempsey’s wife, Estelle Taylor of the movies, is in seclusion in California. MAY TURN PRO Cookie Cunningham, former Ohio State athlete, is thinking of playing pro footoall in Detroit this year. ONLY 50c A WEEK Ladies’ Wrist WATCHES KAY JEWELRY CO? 137 West Washington St. REX ENCLOSURES and Tops — While They Last Less Than Factory Cost Even in summer closed cars are more comfortable than open models. Why swelter in dust and get drenched in sudden rain storms when these unusual Rex Enclosure bargains are open to you. This fine equipment increases the trade-in value of your open car. CALL TODAY TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE Habig Mfg. Company 1035 N. Meridian St. Lincoln 8302 Lincoln 8303

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

CLASS OF RADIO ANNOUNCERS DESCRIBE RING FEATURE BETWEEN TWO JACKS IT’S A SCRIPPS-HOWARD TREAT

EMPSEY stung Sharkey with Da left hook to the liver and Sharkey winced. Sharkey countered with a left jab to Dempsey’s proboscis and brought the claret and followed through with a short right to the heart. The crowd was in an uproar! That,

radio fans, is a sample description of what may or may not ride the air tonight when Graham McNam e e speaks into the microphone at Yankee stadium,

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New York, when Jack Dempsey and Jack Sharkey battle for the right to meet Gene Tunney for the world’s heavyweight title. And between rounds Phillips Car-

State Bike Races Here in August

Charles E. Wehr, local representative of the Amateur Bicycle League of America, has announced that State amateur bicycle road championships will be held here Aug. 14 at the State Fairground. The city elimination trials will be staged July 31. The event will be divided into two classes, those over 16 years of age in the senior division and those under 16 in the junior division. There is no entry fee, but the contestants, however, must be registered with the amatetir association. Medals will be warded winners. The national champlonsmp race: will be held at Shawnee Park, Louisville, Sept. 10 and 11. Wehr, local representative, can be reached at 222 Hume-Mansur Bldg. JEFF STILL GOING Veteran Jeff Smith is still fighting. He took part in a bout at Denver this month and lost.

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including The In dianapolis Times, arranged with the National B roadcasting Company for this rare radio treat and naturally, being a radio project, it is free to the world for the tuning in. ScrippsHoward officials have

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Fistiana’s Richest Gates Date Winner Loser Place Gate Receipts Sept. 23. 1926 Tunney Dempsey .... Philadelphia -•s2-000,000 July 2. 1921 Dempsey .... Carpentier .. Jersey City 1,626,580 Sept. 14, 1924 Dempsey .... Firpo New York 1 -082,5f10 Sept. 11, 1924 Wills Firpo Jersey City 462,850 July 16, 1926 Delaney Berlenbach... Brooklyn 460,000 July 27, 1923 Leonard .... Tendler Jersey City 452,648 July 4, 1919 Dempsey .... Willard Toledo 452,522 July 12, 1923 Firpo Willard Jersey City 434,260

What Fighters and Pilots Said

By United Press JOHN BUCKLEY—Sharkey will knock Dempsey out within ten rounds. He is in the greatest shape of his career and not a bit worried. I told him what I expected him to do with Maloney and he did it. Now I’m telling you again. GENE TUNNEY—I don’t care—l think I can beat either one of them. LEO FLYNN—This fight won’t go over six rounds and it may end most anytime before that. Sharkey needn’t think Dempsey is going to chase him all over the ring either. He’ll have to stand up and fight. If it does go fifteen rounds, Dempsey will win anyway.

Louisville, stations easily picked up by Hoosier receiving sets.

Make a selection from the list of stations and. tune in about 7:30 central standard time, which is Indianapolis time. The big fight will start between 7:30 and 8:00 Indianapolis time. . ‘ The bout is a scheduled fifteenround affair to a decision, three minute rounds, one minute rest between. Here are the stations included in the broadcast: WEAF. WJZ. New York; KYW, WEBH. WGN. WMAQ. WENR. Chicago. KDKA. WOAE. Pittsburgh; WJR, WWJ, °*WBZ. Springfield, Mass.; W3ZA. WEEX, Boston. WHAM. Rochester; KSD. St. Louis. WJR, Providence; WHAG. Worcester. Mass.: WTIC. Hartford. , WGR. Buffalo; WFI. Philadelphia: WRC, Washington: WCSH. Portland. Maine. WSAI, WLW. Cincinnati. WGY Schenectady. „ _ WHAS, Louisville; WSM. Nashville. WOC. Davenport; WMAF. South Dartmouth. Mass.; WTAM. Cleveland. WFBL. WSYR. Syracuse. KFI. Los Angeles; KGO, Oakland: KPO. San Francisco. KGW. Portland. Ore.; KOMO, KFOA, Seattle: KVOO. Bristow. Okla. WJAX. Jacksonville; WFAA, Dallas. WCCO, Minneapolis. St. Paul. WDAF, Kansas City. WMC. Memphis: KOA. Denver. WOAJ, San Antonio. KHQ. Spokane. KSL. Salt Lake.

DEMPSEY—In this fight game there are no easy marks. Sharkey is no sucker. I’m prepared to take anything and everything he has to offer. It’s either he or I and I’m out to get him. I’m better mentally and physically now than I have been for several years and I’m confident of the outcome. SHARKEY—I’m going into this this fight to knock out Jack Dempsey. But I’m not making the mistake of underrating Dempsey. There’s nobody who has more respect for his punch than I. Anyone who thinks he is “gone” is fooling himself. But you can take it from me I’m going in there to knock him out.

Japanese Threat Is Put to Test Bn United Press DETROIT, July 21.—The Japanese threat to the national clay courts tennis title was to be put to a test today when Ryuki Miki met William T. Tilden II in a fourthround contest, and when Yoshiro Ahta met John Hennesssey, Indianapolis ace. The Tilden who will be in this match is expected to be the Tilden of championship caliber. Wednesday he romped through three sets to an easy victory over Emmett Pare of Chicago, 6-1, 6-0, 6-2. Tilden’s drives were terrific and he seemed to have little difficulty in covering the court. Hennessey also is flashing a brilliant game. Othlr fourth-round matches today include: Wallace Johnson, Philadelphia, vs. Charles Leslie, Montreal, and Julius Seligson, New York, vs. Lucien Williams, Chicago. AGNEW LANDS BERTH Sam Agnew, veteran catcher, released by the San Francisco Seals, has hooked on with Hollywood. Agnew had been a member of the Seals for seven years.

Best of Women Netters Appear I By United Press SOUTHAMPTON, L. I, July 21. —The tennis colony gathered here for the invitation tournament at the Maidstone Club looked forward with keen interest to the appearance this afternoon of Miss Helen Wills. Miss Wills was scheduled to play in the doubles with Miss Eleanor Goss of New York, j Mrs. Molla Mallory, the national | champion, and Miss Helen Jacobs of Berkeley, Cal., also were to appear i m singles today. Miss Edith Moore of Montclair, N. J., who defeated Miss Josephine Crookshank of California, Wednesday, was to oppose Mrs. Mallory. Miss Jacobs was to meet Miss Penelope Anderson, who defeated Mrs. Bernard F. Stenz, New York, Wednesday. WATCH RREP PITCHER Big league scouts are watching Ray Farrell, Denver (Col.f high school pitcher.

JTTLY 21,1927

Tribe Rests Friday After Blue Wind-up K. C. Series Ends Today— Burwell Shines in Twin Sill Opener. By Times Special KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 21. The fifth and final fray of the Tribe-Blue series was carded today, and tonight the Indians will depart on a long jump to Columbus, where they will meet the Senators Saturday. The Hooslers have an off-day Friday. The Betzelites broke even in the Wednesday double-header with Kansas City, winning the first tilt, 4 to 2, and dropping the second, 6 to 5. The Tribesmen almost captured both, as they had a lead of 5 to 4 in the ninth inning of the night cap, but “blowed’’ it, the Blues scoring twice in their final swing at bat. Bili Burwell pitched wonderful ball in the opener Wednesday andj was not scored against until the ninth round. He held the K. C. sluggers to eight Wts and proved the batting star ofwhe contest by getting a triple, double and kingle. Holke also poled three safeties in the afternoon opener. The Blues worried Burwell in the ninth by a rally which got them two runs, and they had two runners on the paths before he checked their drive. The Blues used three hurlers against Bill, Schaack starting and Oldham and Olsen appearing later. Leverett and Murray took up the mound task in the second tilt, but Leverett was succeeeded by Schemanske after the fifth, the Tribe hurlers allowing only six hits against ten by the K. C. hurler. It was rather unusual to see the Indians outhit the Blues in both struggles, and losing that wind-up fracas after having the lead until the last stanza was a piece of hard luck. Schemanske was charged with the defeat, which came with two Blues out and two runners on base. Moore scored both with a double. Previous to this afternoon, the series stood three to one in Kansas City’s favor.