Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 269, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1928 — Page 12

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MIAMI BEACH. Fla., March 7. Your correspondent happened to witness here the chaste spectacle of a 37-year-old native, one Henry Cottinger, Jr., by name, battling an

all ig a tor in the Malone Rcm an Pool, while 5,000 cash customers provided a 820,000 gate. The megaphone man introd need Mr. Cottinger as God's gift to unexempted courage. He further indicated. m a singu--lar 1 y restrained manner, that Mr. Cos 11 in g er’s act surpassed all known exploits in

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sheer daring and primitive adventure. tt tt tt Mr. Cottinger conceded both weight and length to li's foe, and from where I sat it did not seem that he had any great difficulty in winning. Even a set of New York boxing judges would unhesitatingly have given the decision to Mr. Cottinger. B r t> THERE is practically no sophis- j try or skepticism in my makeup. and when the megaphone man said Mr. Cottinger was doing something no other human would even dare attempt I had no trouble believing him. I should have liked to have seen the alligator show a little more fight than he did, considering it was j a, return match between the two. taking the megaphone man at his word. I regret to report there was very little action of any sort. It may be, of course, that Mr. Cottinger's victory in the first fight, was so decisive the alligator knew’ he was whipped before the opening blast rolled out in the semi-tropical atmosphere, and as a consequence he decided to take the easy way out. 1 WOULDN’T want to say for sure that he took a dive or that the match was in the bag, but he certainly didn't put up much of a scrap. With characteristic enterprise, I interviewed Mr. Cottinger in his dressing room before the battle and learned from his very own lips that this is the toughest racket in the ■ world. And just to show that it requires j something more than sheer nerve to j dive into a pool and swap punches | with an alligator, Mr. Cottinger, j paused in the midst of his dressing j to ask me if I had a drink. a a a I remarked in my usual goodnatured, easy-going way that in the old care-frec days when I was standing up to the bar with the boys, I used to go home and fight alligators all night, and on certain special occasions I would tackle j pink lions and purple boa con- j strictors. MR. COTTINGER thought this: was very good and laughed airily. “But,” he added, “this is not getting me a drink.". Mr. Cottinger brings his alligator to the pool in a coffin-like crate. This is placed on a barge and launched. The megaphone man warns you how terrible it is going to be and the orchestra loses itself in a lugubrious funeral piece. The lid is removed and the alligator crawls laboriously into the W’ater, his bored attitude seeming to say, “Gosh do I have to go through this all over again.” Mr. Cottinger plunges in after him. Presently he comes to the top, holding the alligator by his pacldlelike jaws with one clinched hand and swinging toward the barge with the other. tt B B This is about all there is to it. Mr. Cottinger throws the alligator on the barge, turns him over on his back, rubs liis tummy affectionately, and the beast goes sound asleep, thus reminding you of Jack Sharkey, who also is prone to periods of sleepfulness in the middle of his fights.

Fights and Fighters

PORTLAND, Ore—Jack Renault, New York htavvweight. scored a technical knockout over Roy Burger, Dodge City, Kan,, third round. ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Pat Haley. Philadelphia middleweight, and Jackie Horner, St. Lewis, fought a ten-round draw, declared by the referee after the judges disagreed. NEW YORK—Phil McC-raw, Detroit, was held to a ten-round draw by Bobby Burns. Brownsville. Lou Kersch, New York, beat, Tommy Gervel, Shenandoah, Pa., in the semi-final. „ , _ READING. Pa.—Joe Kuhns. Reading, won the decision over Ray Mitchell, Philacieiohia. in an eight-round bout. PARIS. March 7.—George Cook, Australian price fighter, defeated the French heavyweight champion, Moise Bouquillon, ten rounds. Cook won handily and Bouquillon was credited with only two clean blows in the entire fight. STRIBIING BEATS CHUCK Bn Times Special CLEVELAND, Ohio. March 7. William (Young) Stribling, Georgie heavyweight, won from Chuck Wiggins, veteran Indianapolis mauler, twelve rounds, by decision here Tuesday night. Postpone session The regular Wednesday night session of the City Basketball League has been postponed, because of the conflict with the Notre Dame-Butler game. The game to be played at the Hoosier A. C. gym will be staged at a later date.

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Butler and Notre Dame Teams Ready for Clash Here Tonight

Fifteen Thousand Fans Expected to See Basket Clash Between State Rivals; Lineups Are Tentative. The Duller and Notre Dame basketball teams today were reported in excellent shape for their basketball battle at the new Butler Held house, Forty-Ninth St. and Sunset Ave., tonight. The Bulldogs, defeated by the Irish at South Bend recently, are anxious to even matters up with the powerful Keo-gan-coached outfit. Fifteen thousand fans are expected to crowd their way into the huge neiv Butler structure to witness

Cross-Country Men on Fourth Lap of Marathon " VICTORYVILLE, Cal.. March 7. —From mountain barriers into the withering heat of the Mojave Desert, Charley Pyle's “bunion derbyists” walked forth here today on the fourth lap of the Los Angeics-to-New York foot race. A thirty-seven-mile trek through the arid desert regions to Barstow faced the limping aggregation which Tuesday half crawled and half stumbled up steep Cajon Pass through the Sierra Nevada range. The colorful Hopi Indian, Nicholas. Quomawahu, finished second in the race here from Bloomington, a distance for forty-four miles. The second place, however, gave him actual leadership of the marathon, rankings in which are computed on an elapsed time basis. His time was bettered by Nestor Erickson, a Finn. Sa razen Takes Open Golf Title NASSAU, Bahamas, March 7. Gene Sarazen. former United States national open champion, won the title in the Bahamas open golf championship tournament by defeating Johnny Farrell, Maraaroneck, N. Y. The match was won on the third hole of the play-off when Sarazen sunk a birdie. They were halved at 132 for the 36. Bobby Cruickshank ranked third, with “Wild Bill” Mehlhorn fourth and Art Demare fifth. TUESDAY BASKETBALL Indiana. 2-7: Illinois, 23 love-tlmc). Muskingum. 47; Duquesno, 21 PiUsourgh, 33; Washington and J?ffersort. 32. Southern California. 27. Washington, 26.

PLANT CITY, Flo., March 7. Action was to speed up in the Tribe training camp today as Manager Betzel started to point his club toward the opening of the exhibition schedule with Baltimore at Auburndale next Monday. Bruno planned to divide his squad for a short scrub game at Adelson Field this afternoon. Betzel figured he would line up his teams as follows today: Team One—Warstlcr, ss; Connolly, 3b; Layne, if; Jacobson, cf; Iteb Russell, rs; Holke, lb; Betzel, 2b; Spencer, c; Speece, p. Team Two—Corridon. 2b: Asher, 3b; Anderson, .s; Yde, If; Mueller, cf; Walsh, rs; C'hct Russell, lb; Riddle, c; Thompson, p. Owner Jim Perry promised to umpire the tilt. Ollie O’Mara, former star thirdbaseman who “jumped" the Indians, way back in 1920 and went to the “outlaws,” has been reinstated in organized baseball and is back on the Tribe eligible list. He will be sent a contract and if he signs it the club officials then will decide on what to do with him. When O’Mara jumped he caused the Indians much grief and knocked them out of a big deal that would have meant rich financial returns. The peculiar part of the O’Mara case is the fact that he jumped after the Tribe met his own terms. Owner Perry, Manager Betzel, Coach Corriden and two newspaper men, motored to Winter Haven, Tuesday afternoon to visit the camp of the Philadelphia Nationals. The Phillies work out twice daily. Fred Hunter and Joe O’Rourke, old-time Indians, are helping Manager Burt Shotton wrestle with the Fhillie problem. The Indians continue to stick to the one-long-session-a-day plan, starting at 10 o’clock and winding up at 2. This schedule will change when games are played. Under the Betzel system of training, the golfers and fishermen among the Tribe squad get time to follow their favorite pursuits in the late afternoon. Tuesday’s fishing party consisted of Thompson, Holke, Leverett, Jacobson, Anderson and Schcmanske. The rubber-shirt veterans weakened under the burning sun Tues-

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I the last college game of the season on a local court. Coach Paul (Tony) Hinkle today was undecided as tf> bis starting line-up. but it was deemed probable that ne would start Capt. Archie Chadd and Dana (Dink) Chandler at 1 tne forward posts; Harold Holz at center, Clarence Christopher at floor guard and Maurice Hosier at backguard. Christopher is one of the outstanding all-round performers in the middle West and .is the only man who is likely to see the complete forty minutes of action. Keogan was expected to use Capt. Joe Jachym and Frank Crowe at forwards. Bob Hamilton at center, | and Donovan and Smith, guards.! Hamilton was the star of the But-. ler-Notre Dame game at South Bend I and will be watched closely by Butler guards. The game will start at 8:15 and ! will be preceded by a curtain-raiser, j The doors will open at 6 o'clock. Street cars ana busses will operate on four-minute service from the { downtown section at Illinois and 1 Forty-Ninth Sts.

Crowley Outpoints Purvis in Best Scrap on Armory Fistic Program Adelman Has Knockdown Margin Over Lencho: Philips Shews Well Against Terre Haute Pug.

The best scrap on Tuesday night's fistic program at the Armory was the Tommy Crowley-Jackie Purvis engagement. Crowley, a sensational Pittsburgh battler, was all over the Kokomo lad and won The Times’ verdict over the ten-round route. Crowley is a world of speed and again displayed his willingness to mix it up. The fight was the first half of the double-windup card and overshadowed the top half as far as action was concerned. . A knockdown in the seventh round was Davey Adelman's margin of victory over Kid Lcncho of Mexico

Warming Up — with — The Indians

By Eddie Ash

day and spent much time on the rubbing tables after practice. The following huriers operated on the mound during batting drill Tuesday: Schemanske, Boone, Myers, Thompson, Swetonic, Speecc and Roberts. Swetonic took on some needed weight over winter and is looking good. GLENNA BREAKS MARK ST. AUGUSTINE. Fla., March 7. —Miss Glenna Collett, former national champion, today was favored to win the women’s Florida East Coast golf tournament after her record-breaking 74 in the qualifying round Tuesday. Playing sensationally Miss Collett led the field by eight strokes. Miss Collett’s score broke the course record of 77, formerly held by Virginia Van Wie of Chicago, who was runner-up in the qualifying round with 82.

Big Ten Figures STANDING W. L. Pet. INDIANA 11l * .838 PURDUE 9 3 .818 Northwestern t) s .750 Wisconsin 8 8 .727 Michigan 7 5 .583 Chicago 5 7 .416 lowa 7 9 .250 Ohio State 3 9 .250 Illinois 2 9 .181 Minnesota 2 9 .181 REMAINING GAMES FRIDAY Wisconsin at Illinois. SATURDAY^ Purdue at Minnesota. Individual Scoring: Benny Oosterbaan of Michigan still is leading the point-getters with 127 points. McCracken of Indiana has amassed a total of 123 points and Murphy of Purdue has 121. Murphy has one more game to compete in.

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I. U. Netmen Rap Illinois in Thriller Crimson Beat Urbana Five in Overtime Big Ten Fray. B’j Timm Special URBANA. 111.. March 7.—lndiana completed its Big Ten conference schedule with a victory over Illinois here Tuesday night, 27 to 23, in an overtime clash, and advanced to the peace-making post in the race for the conference basketball crown. Purdue must defeat Minnesota Saturday to tie the Crimson for top-notch honors. The Hooslcrs were forced to the limit by the hard-fighting Illini and the locals were leading, 11 to 9. at the end of the first half. The count was tied at 22 —all at the completion of the regulation playing time. Dorn was the “big gun” of the Illinois attack and his three field goals and seven free throws accounted for thirteen points. McCrackpn. battling for the Big Ten point leadersnip. was covered closely and restricted to but two free throws. Wells scored ten points for the visitors. Summary: Indiana. Illinois. c, F TP G F TP Wells.f .1 010 How f 1 1 3 Strickland.f. 2 4 8 Dorn.f .... . 3 713 McCracken, c 0 2 2 Drew.c . . l o 1 Corrcll.K ... i 0 2 Dermllns.K... 10 2 Gill.- 1 1 3 Mills.B 1 O 2 Starr.s 1 0 2 Soiiotn. <i ..01, Totals ....10 T IV Totals .... 7 9 23

City, in ten rounds. Other Time's decisions: _ Tony Phillips. Pittsburgh, handed Lon ijovelace. Terre Huute, a lacing in six rounds. Buek Cornet. Ft. Harrison, knocked out Hub Newkirk, Lawrence, in the first round A Ml lev. Indianapolis outpointed Mickey Williams. Indianapolis, in a Eood sour-round opener. The Adelman-Lencho encounter was merely “passable.” Adelman, with a motion picture record at Hollywood, and fighting out of Philadelphia, was a trifle lazy and not overly anxious to force the ; fighting. The Jewish lad. however, was a i very clever defensive fighter. He proved a master of dodging, ducking I and handling himself on the ropes ; His antics had the crowd laughing | at Lencho's seemingly awkward atj tempts to catch him and the Mexi lean missed more than two-thirds | of his punches. j Tony Phillips of Pittsburgh made [ a great showing in outpointing Lon I Lovelace. The crow’d did some unj Just “riding” of the Pittsburgh s Italian, who lacked a punch. Had he ; any semblance of a sock he could have stowed Lovelace away in the early rounds. It was a good card and well attended. Booby Williams of New York will meet Jock Malone of St. Paul in the main event of next week’s bill. VOIGT IS WINNER | By I'll it rtl Pre.it PALM BEACH. Fla.. March 7. J George Voigt. Washington, medalist !in qualifying rounds of the Palm Beach golf tournament, eliminated H. D. Bend, New York, 5 and 4, In the first round of match play.

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Left to right (standing). Viola Duckworth. Lillie Miller, Alda Rufner, Frances Willis, Catherine Wolf, Majoric Hold; (.seated), Alice Demory. (apt. Madge Gray, Coach Lola Pfeifer, Eva Sawyer.

The reproduction shows the speedy Hocsier Demons basketball team which will meet, the Hottentots at 8:15 tonight at the Rhodius Community House. The Demons, State girls' champiojis for the past

(IFF the BACKBOA.R'II By NORMAN E. ISAACS JL-A

Approximately 15,000 persons will jam into the huge Butler Field House this evening to witness the basketballing endeavors of the representatives of two State universities, namely Butler and Notre Dame. The game should be a demonstration of "big league” hard - wood pastiming. Occasionally these so-called “battles of the century” develop into what could be termed “flops of the century.” Despite that however, we are of the opinion that tonight's contest will reveal some high-class pastiming. We still are picking Butler to win. BUB A friend of ours, one who probably knows as much basketball as any official in the State, told us the other day that he thought Notre Dame had one of the classiest outfits lie had glimpsed in many a day. Wc agreed with that but at the same time place Butler’s aggregation in the same category. 4% B B “T. N.” who affixed the letters “C H. S.” after his name, has picked his sixteen finalists and turned them ever to us. His list is composed cf Anderson, Kendallville. Martinsville, Franklin, Central of Evansville, Central of Ft. Wayne, Frankfort. Washington of East Chicago; Crawfordsville, Logansport. Marion. Mish-

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two years, have defeated such strong teams as the Pennsy Girls, Richmond Kodaks and Louisville Blue Moon Dolls. The Demons will compete in the city and State girls' tournament at the Y.

[awaka, Muncie, Bedford, Connersj ville and Vincennes. That's a fail ' enough lineup except that he has picked Franklin to beat Columbus and Vincennes to beat the Washington Hatchets. \ tt a tt Personally, wc think that Columbus is good enough to down Franklin and that Burl Friddle’s AVashington team will outpoint Vincennes. HUB W’HILE ail the regional tournaments are being played yon might take a tip and amble up to the new Cathedral gym to witness some action provided in the State Catholic tournament. Our prognosticating habit is going to take a back-track for this event because most of the teams are too event ly matched. tt tt tt A young man we know quite well happened to say the other day that “the referee is the rules.” How true is that statement ! A lax official and you have a lax ball game. An earnest, snappy whistle tooter and you have a real ball game. Yes. sirec, ! the referee is the rules. You tell 'em I v BUB “Ichabod Crane” of Switz City knocked off a little letter to us just after we had named our choice for the sectional winners. Switz City

W. C. A. court March 29 and 30. A curtain raiser to tonight's game will start at 7:15 between the Ft. Harrison Independents and ihc Pharmacy School team.

j competed in the Bloomfield sec- * tional. We picked Bloomfield, i Bloomfield won. That surely was an accident! ! H. Lyzott, 2545 S. Pennsylvania ; St,. penned a little missive to this | column and the envelope was postmarked March 1. Harry (old us that “the Broad Ripple five led by i Capt. Hunt intends to win the seci tional.” There's a picker for you! | Give Ihc boy a hand, girls! Eight Teams in 5.5. Net Tourney ! The East Side Sunday School j basketball tournament will start at ; the E. Tenth St. and Keystone Ave., ! gym Thursday evening. Games will | be played Friday and Saturday eve- ! nings with the final Saturday night. The tourney drawings: THURSDAY 6:3o—East Park vs. Central A\e. 7:3o—East. Tenth vs, St. John's. ) 830—Woodruff Place vs. Lawrence. I o:3o—lrvington M. E. vs. Brookside. FRIDAY 7 30—Winner 6:30 Thursday vs. winner 7:30 Thursday. ! 8 30—Winner 830 Thursday vs. winner 9:30 Thursday. SATURDAY B:4s—Winner 7:30 Friday vs. winner 8:30 Friday. A silver trophy will be awarded the winner Fiscus and Carpenter I will referee all games.

MARCH V, ISI-o

250 Pennsy Athletes in Tourney Here Annual Meet of Railroads to Be Staged on Saturday. Two hundred and fifty athletes from ten divisions of the Pennsylvania railroad will be here to participate in the big annual indoor athletic meet of the Western Region of the Pennsylvania railroad Saturday. These contestants are from six different States in the Union. The activities to be staged include basketball, volley ball, rifle shooting, bowling (ten pins and duck pins), indoor baseball, boxing, wrestling, pool and billiards. The major event will be held at the new Pennsy Gym. Bowling contests will be staged at the Indiana alleys, and pool and billiards will be played at the Cooler Billiard Parlors. Competition will be keen in basketball, boxing and wrestling. In basketball the fast Ft. Wayne, Ind., quintete will meet either Richmond or Terre Haute, who after the final eliminations of the south section of the region next Wednesday will be the representative outfit of that part of the road. The championship game for the regional honors will be played at the Pennsy Gym. Tt is estimated that more than 2.000 visitors will be here to witness the contests, according to F. E. Strouse, of Chicago, 111., general chairman of athletics of the western region.

LA. C. Paddlers to Meet Stanford The Stanford University swimming team, winner of the PacificCoast Conference, is en route to the National Intercollegiate championship at the University of Pennsylvania and will put on an exhibition of match races against sta r s of the Indianapolis Club in the I. A. C. tank, March 28. After competing in the Intercollegiate championships, at Penn., they will enter the National \. A. U. championships at Chicago. The I. A. c.. although not possessing a galaxy ot aquatic performers, will be represented by swimmers who are Indiana-Kentuoky champs, National Senior and Junior A. A. U. champions.

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