Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 252, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1928 — Page 12

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Talking It Over WITH JOE WILLIAMS

Florida bound, Feb. 28.—This train rumbling along through the South somehow suggests Mr. Thomas Heeney, the Irish-Austra-lian. It has the stolid ruggedness

and evident<quality o f dependability that Mr. Heeney has shown in all his fights and, like the heavyweight contender, is not as fast as it might be. Heading for Miami you have .the feeling the train will not break any speed records, that it merely will win on points, not by a knockout and again

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this suggests Mr. Heeney, who arrives at his destination in much the same way. Mr. Heeney is a conspicuous figure in the headlines these days by reason of his fight Thursday night against Jack Delaney at the Garden, one of those elimination developments which may or may not determine the identity of Gene Tunney’s opponent in June. a u a The financial details of Mr. Heeney's American activities make thrilling reading and furnish further proof that the quick May to opulence is through such academic and scientific channels as are to be found In bulging biceps and granite fists. tt a tt ABOUT a year ago, Mr. Heeney landed in this grand and glorious country with two extra shirts, a pair of M’idening eyes and enough small change to get to ’Frisco. He wasn't adverse to doing a little fighting for Tex Rickard, maybe in a semi-windup or preliminary bout, but he had no visions of doing any serious fighting. Mr. Heeney is extraordinary in that he has no tremendous regard for his ability. He had heard much of the superior abilities of .American ringmen and he was content to be a sideline observer. ‘‘l wanted to see New York, go to ’Frisco, and then take a steamer home,” Mr. Heeney confessed to me last week. ‘‘l wanted,to have a fight or two, but I wasn’t sure I could make the grade, I certainly never figured I would be in there mentioned as a contender for the world championship.” Rarer, indeed, than a day in June is a modern prize fighter who doubts his own greatness. tt tt a For fighting Delaney, Heeney will get 25 per cent of the house. It Is estimated the house, in this instance, will reach 8150,000, which means Mr. Heeney will get $35,000 for his end. And if this comes to pass, his total earnings for the year he has been here will reach the SIOO,OOO mark. tt a a I WOULD call this a fairly neat pickup for a young man who came here for no other important purpose than to send some picture postcards back to Aunt Emma and Uncle Alfred. Mr. Heeney is not exactly a young man, as the boys go in the beakbusting business. He says he Ls 29. I suspect he is in the middle thirties, at least. He is graying at the temples and has those tell-tale webbings around the eyes that indicate a strenuous and extended period of habitation in an earthly world. He has done more fighting in the past twelve months than in the past five years, a circumstance which explains the metamorphosis of the visitor from an ordinary European heavyweight—and most of them are very ordinary—into a ring performer who will pay a bigger income tax next March than the average captain of industry. starting against Charley Anderson, whom he dismissed with an airy gesture in nine rounds, Mr. Heeney has sponsored an active program embracing nine battles in all and including as opponents Paolina, Maloney, Sharkey and Risko, a a tt His has been what you might call a triumph for steady, conscientious labor, rather than spectacular ability.. In all his fights where a real issue was involved, he has been just good enough to win, or just good enough to look as If he should have won.

Up-to-Minute Big Ten Facts and Figures

STANDING W. L. Pet. TP. OP. Indiana 8 2 .800 411 275 Purdue 8 2 .800 360 270 Wisconsin 7 2 .777 257 205 Northwestern. 6 3 .607 275 374 Michigan 6 4 . 600 330 309 Chicago 4 6 .400 229 257 lowa 3 7 .300 319 379 Ohio State ... 3 8 .273 310 399 Illinois 2 6 .250 216 296 Minnesota INDIVIDUAL SCORING G. T. TP. Murphy, Purdue ...... 41 22 104 McCracken, Indiana 40 27 107 Oosterbaan. Michigan 50 11 111 Walter, Northwestern 31 21 83 Poster, Wisconsin 31 15 77 Wells. Indiana 33 15 81 Van Heyde. Ohio State .... 28 20 75 Wilcox, lowa 23 31 77 Gist. Chicago 31 5 67 Correll, Indiana 30 18 73 Nvdahl. Minnesota 21 21 63 Stark. Minnesota 26 16 68 Fisher. Northwestern ...... 24 ll 59 Behr, Wisconsin 23 13 59 How. Illinois 23 58 GAMES THIS WEEK TONIGHT Chicago at Northwestern. THURSDAY UlinaU at Northwestern. SATURDAY Chicago at Illinois. Michigan at Indiana. lowa at Wisconsin. MONDAY’S RESULTS Purdue, 45: Minnesota. 27s(at Lafayette). Indiana. 49: lowa. 39 (at lowa City). Michigan, 45; Ohio State. 39 (at Columbus). BELL TELEPHONE LEAGUE —Games Last Week— Chief Engineers, 27: Commercial, 24. Plant Engineers, 27; Accounting. 22 Plant Maintenance, 18; Western Electric. 15. Team Standing Won Lost. Pet. TP. Plant Maintenance. 8 0 1.000 258 wfcatern Electric .. 4 4 . 500 165 Commercial 4 4 .500 204 Plant Engineer S 5 .375 175 Chief Engineer .... 3 5 .375 195 j Accounting 2 $ >350 15V A

Michigan Looms as Barrier to Wisconsin and Indiana Fives

Noted Track Trio Ready for Feature •Mile of the Century’ Carded —Hahn, Conger, Peltzer Matched. Bit United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—Dr. Otto Peltzer, Ray Conger and Lloyd Hahn tapered off their training today for “the mile of the century” in the K. of C. indoor track meet at Madison Square Garden Wednesday night. The last obstacle in the way of Dr. Peltzer competing was removed when the foreign relations committee of the A. A. U. approved, by a vote of 5 to 1, the German champion's application to run in his third and final race in this country. Joseph B. McCabe of Boston, chairman of the committee, cast the dissenting vote. Eastern track fans favor Hahn to win. but look forward to one of the closest races in history.

Hornsby Dons His New ‘Unie’

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Purdue Has Easy ‘Ride’ to End of Big Ten Race. WOLVERINES STRONG Capable of Wrecking Conference Title Hopes. The impressive performances turned in by the University of Michigan basketball team in recent games has left Big Ten followers in a quandary and both Indiana and Wisconsin face what appears to be one of the stiffest barriers of their conference schedules. Purdue's victory over Minnesota last night left the Boilermakers with two more games to play, one with lowa and one more with the Gophers, a rather easy program and almost a “cinch” to finish with ten victories and two defeats. Indiana’s triumph over lowa kept the Crimson right tip with the Lafayette crew, but the Bloomington five has yet to oppose Michigan next Saturday night at Bloomington and Illinois at Urbana March 6. Wisconsin meets lowa at Madison next Saturday, Michigan at Ann Arbor the following Monday and Illinois at Urabana on March 9, a stiff program. Should Michigan's rejuvenated outfit led by its brilliant Benny Oosterbaan, who is leading the Big Ten point getters, upset Wisconsin and Indiana, Purdue will have a clear claim to the title.

Boilermakers Romp

Bp Times Special LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Feb. 28. Purdue captured a rather easy victory from a weak Minnesota team here Monday night, 45 to 27. The Boilermakers’ accurate shooting and flashy floor work had the Gophers trailing from the opening whistle. Summary: Purdue Minnesota G F TP C. V TP Harmeson.!.. 0 0 6 Chapman.f... 12 4 Cummins.!.. 3 2 8 Hovde.f 2 0 4 Murphy.c.... 3 4 10 Nelson.c 3 2 S Shnaiter.g... 2 3 7 Tanner.* 0 0 0 Kfmmer.s... 0 0 3 Otterness.g... 1 2 4 Wheeler.!.... 1 1 3'Nvdahl.g 0 1 1 Eckert .f 1 0 2 Willlams.c... 0 0 0 Wilcox,g 0 1 1 Stark.! 3 0 6 Totals 17 11 43 Totals 10 7 27

Crimson Rap Hawks

D v Timrn Special lOWA CITY, lowa, Feb. 28.—Indiana University basketball team won a Big Ten game here Monday night by dropping lowa, 49 to 39. in a hard-fought battle. The Crimson led at the end of the first half, 22 to 15. Summary: Indiana. lowa. G F TP ! G F TP Wells.! .... 4 3 11 Twogood, !... 2 1 5 Strickland,!. 3 1 7 PlunT.ttt, f.... 2 2 6 Starr 0 1 1 Lawson 2 0 4 I MCracken. c. 6 4 16 Wilcox, c 17 9 Scheld.g ... 0 33 Kintan. g 2 0 4 Cornell, g.... 3 5 lllLauer 0 0 o David. g 4 3 11 Johnstone.... 0 0 0 Totals ....16 17 49 Totals 13 13 39

Wolverines Shine

By Times Special COLUMBUS. Ohio. Feb. 28.—The University of Michigan basketball j team displayed splendid form here | Monday night and defeated a hardfighting Ohio State outfit, 45 to 39. Benny Oosterbaan led the Wolverines with twenty points, mounted up on ten field goals. Harrigan scored seven field goals.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Johnny Favored to Enter Final Round of Meet By United Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla.. Feb. 28. Entering the second round of the South Florida tennis tournament here today, Francis Hunter, Davis Cup doubles player and John Hennessey of Indianapolis, Davis Cup hopeful, were favored to enter the finals. Both won their first round matches easily, losing only one game between them. Interest was centered in today’s match between Victor A. Ponce De Leon, Yucatan tennis champion, who is trying for tho Mexican Davis Cup team, and C. B. Grawn, of Detroit, chairman of the executive committee of the Western Association.

Monday Basketball

„ COLLEGES Butler. 53: Marquette, 15. Indiana, 49: lowa. 39. Purdue. 45: Minnesota. 27. Michigan. 45; Ohio State. .79. Oakland City College, 45; Danville Normal, 44. University o! Detroit. 27; De Paul University. 19. Kansas. 46: Oklahoma Aggies. 44. Washington University, 36; lowa State. 31. Signs With Rochester. Bit I nited Press OLIVE!’. 111., Feb. 28— Earl Miller, former varsity pitcher on the Olivet College baseball team, has signed .or a tryout with the Rochester team of the Internafional League.

Off the BACKBOARD

THE State of Indiana is up in arms. Everyone is telling everyone else just who is going to win this-and-that sectional tournament and why. It merely Ls the annual infection that spreads over Hoosierdom this time each year. Everyone has the "basketball bug” as the seven hundred and forty Hoosier teams prepare for the opening round of battle next Friday and Saturday. The survivors of sixty-four sectionals will compete in sixteen regional tourneys, four sectional winners to each. The sixteen survivors meet in Indianapolis Friday and Saturday March 16 and 17 for the annual State finals meet. ttaa This year Off The Backboard is going to take a ’‘fiver” and today is making an attempt to select the winners of the sixty-four sectionals. Here goes: At Indianapolis—Technical: at Aurora Aurora: at Anderson—Anderson: at An-gola-Angola; at Bedford- Bedlord; at Blultton— Bluff ton; at Bloomfield—Bloomfield. At Clinton—Clinton; at Cannelton Tell City; at Crawfordsville-Cravk fordsville; at Connersville—Connersville. At Danville—Danville; at Decatur—Decatur at Evansville -Central (Kvansvlllei: at F’ora—Flora; at Fowler—Fowler: at Ft. Wayne—Central iFt. Waynei: at Frankfort—Frankfort: at Franklin—Franklin. At Garrett— Auburn: at Garr— Washington IE Chtcpgoi; at Goshen Elkhart; at Greencastle Bainbridce r.t Greensburg Grecnsburg; at Greenfield-Greenfield. At Kendallville—Kendallvllle at Kokomo- Kokomo; at Logunr-port I.ogansport: at JjßGrange-LaGfange: at LaPorte- I.aporte; at. Lebanon-Tipton; at LafayetteJefferson lLafayettei. At Muncie—Central (Munclel: at Mishawaka—South Bend: at Monon—Monticello; at Madison—Scpttsbnrg; at Marion—Fairmount; at Martinsville—Martinsville. At Noblesville—Noblesville: at Newcastle Newcastle; at New Albany—New Albany; at Peru—Peru: at Princeton—Princeton; at Petersburg—Petersburg; at Portland— Hartford City. At Rushville—Rushvllle: at Rochester—

Two Punches and Out!

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Jimmy MeLarnin, Irish lightweight, made his New York debut by knocking over the pride of the Gotham Ghetto, Sid Terris. The betting was 8 to 5 with Terris the favorite. Sid was regarded highly as a contender for the crown in

Rochester: at Richmond—Morton <Richmond' : at Remington-Remington: at Shelb.wllr -Columbus; at Sevmour—Seymour; at Sullivan—Sullivan; at SpencerBrazil. At Terre Haute-Wiley (T. Hi; at teedersburg Covington: at Versailles Versailles: at Vincennes—Vincennes; at Valparaiso—Valparaiso; at Wabash —Wabash. At Warren—Warren: at Winchester Winchester: at Washington—Washington; at Winimac—W'iuimac, at Warsaw —Warsaw. a a a Now. guev.s how many we "hit.” Or how many we "miss.” A passerby just murmured something about a "liit-and-miss-proposi-tion.” The big tramp’. a a a AVERY observing gentleman, a . friend of The Times sports department, gave us a few tips on the Notre Dame-Drake game. Mr. Blank,” for we will leave him nameless for the time being, said that Butler is in for a mighty tough time on Wednesday, March 7, when the Bulldogs meet the Irish at the new field house here. The South Benders, according to the advices we received, handle the ball with beautiful precision and grace while their floor work is A plus. Furthermore Drake's zone-defense turned out to be “pie” for the Irish and there wasn't much to the contest. a a a THAT old-time cry about “one for tlie book’’ has popped up again. In Franklin College's recent game with Muncie the Baptists were attired in white shirts with blue letters while the Ball Teachers were togged out in red jerseys. Griz Wagner, Franklin coach, substituted one of his men during the game and the lad didn't seem to help out much. Griz pulled him out and in-

liis division before MeLarnin polished him off. The knockout happened in the first round. Jimmy hooked a left and then crashed a right to the jaw. The picture show's Terris flattened and tho referee tolling the count.

quired the nature of the trouble which seemed to be worrying the young man. “Why, they all look alike to me,” quoth the basketcer. And then it developed that the boy was color-blind. He failed in the examinations lor admittance to West Point because of that reason and certain colors strike his optic nerves with practically the same result. a a a WE do wish that “Larry, I. U. ’27” would have signed his full name because we’d have reproduced his nifty letter in full. Larry thinks our comments on Nick Kearns as a top-notch official were all wet. Larry thinks Nick has adenoids and breathes through his mouth. "Larry” is in favor of the "T. N. T. Chorus” raised by Casual

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More Swimming Records Topple in Chicago Meet By United Press CHICAGO. Feb. 28.—Four world swimming records were broken in the Illinois Womens' Athletic Club pool Monday night, three by Johnny Weissmuller and Walter Laufer, and the fourth by Emma Shemaitis, who aided her I. W. A. C. mates in a 48 to 16 victory over the Womens’ Athletic Club of Detroit. Laufer, Lake Shore Athletic Club, competing against time, completed the 440-yard backstroke in 5:46 1-5, breaking the mark of 6:03 2-5 made by Perry McGillivary in 1919. Laufer's time for the 400 yards of this same swim set another new record. Weissmuller, Illinois Athletic Club, stroked the 120-yard free style in 1:05 flat, bettering another McGillivary mark by more than three seconds. Miss Shemaitis, competing in the 300-yard medley, set anew record of 4:34 3-5.

Bouts Tonight on Armory Bill

AUSPICES AMERICAN LEGION Jimmy Hackly. Los Angles, vs. George Muzzy. Milwaukee, ten rounds. Cherokee Kid. Tulsa, vs. Kid Woods. Indiana polls, eight rounds. Larrv Pruitt. Indianapolis. vs. Bud Snyder, Dayton. Ohio, six rounds. Howdy Stout. Indianapolis, vs. Clict Smallwood. Sullivan, six rounds. Harold Memmering, Lafayette, vs. Bob McDonald. Indianapolis, four rounds. First bout at 8:15.

p NORMAN J E. ISAACS

Comment of the Bloomington World. a a tt “Barney Google" of Crawfordsvillc tells us that “C'rawfordsville is going fine and headed for the Butler Field House.” Baniey also wants us to inform Bainbridgc that Craw fordsville is from five to ten points better. a a tt This is a little tribute to a fine! basketball player and a real ath- j lete—Frank (Cowboy) Lang, former j Evansville football and hardwood star—who died at Tucumari, New i Mexico. Monday. Lang, motoring to visit his sick father at Chandler. Ariz., was ordered to stop by a sheriff, and fearing a hold-up. he refused, and was shot in the knee. Blood poisoning set in. Lang withdrew from Evansville College last week to marry Miss Helen Bays.

John F. Boesinger, Receiver in Bankruptcy.

J?EB. 28, 1928

Gives Heavy Contenders Low Rating McAuliffe Believes Loughran Worth More Than Big Men Seeking Title. BY JACK M'AULIFFE Former Undefeated lightweight Champion (Written for the United Press) NEW YORK, Feb. 28.—1 t is harder to dope out the winners among the fighters who nope to meet Gene Tunney than it is to pick winners at winter race tracks. And when I speak of how hard that is, I know what I am talking about. The heavyweight contenders today are not consistent. Jack Delaney, before he met Jimmy Maloney last year, looked as though he might be a real championship possibility. After losing to Maloney he was a flop. He is doing a little better now, but one can not trust him. Tom Heeney is a slow plodder and lacks the spark which makes a champion. Jack Sharkey, in his fight with Dempsey, looked to me as though he could have whipped Gene Tunney any day in the week. Yet in his fight with Heeney, Sharkey flopped. They don't run true to form. Tommy Lougnran, light heavy champion, looks the best of the lot. Certainly he Is the most consistent. But we must wait and see what happens in the RLsko-Sharkey and Delanry- Heeney fights. GRID OFFICIALS NAMED Referees and Others Chosen for Fall Intersectional Games. B" United Press NEW YORK. Feb. 28.—Officials for New r York University's two important intersectional football games here against Missouri University Nov. 17 and the Oregon Aggies Thanksgiving day have been named as follows: Missouri Game: Referee, Edward W. Cochrane; umpire. Warren C. Giles, W. and J.: bead linesman, M. J. Thompson, Georgetown. Oregon Aggies Game: Referee. Frank Birch. Eariham College: umpire, John P. Egan, DuQiiesne University; head linesman. Walter Eskcrsali: field judge, Wilbur C>. Crowel, Swarthmore

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