Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 272, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 March 1928 — Page 10

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Talking It Over WITH JOE WILLIAMS

MIAMI EEACH, Fla., March 10. —Mr. William Brcslin of Clinton, N. Y„ is wintering here at the exclusive Roney Plaza. Mr. Breslin happens to be Jack Britton, the

veteran fighter and twice holder of the welterweight. championship of the world, and while it is true he is wintering at the exclusive Roney Plaza there is more to the story—a chapter that is streaked with pathos. Britton has a winter job here. He’s what you might call a wet

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nurse to the tired business men who come down from the North, to recharge their physical batteries. He boxes with them and puts them through a routine of body benders. For this he is paid five smackers an hour—some hours. For a man who has tasted the highest honors that boxing can offer, j who accumulated, through tireless energy and thrift., a fortune of $200,000, only to lose it all, or practically all, in one unfortunate investment, Britton’s present position, as top groom to torpid livers is hardly anything to laugh about. a tt a Britton’s bankroll was swept j away when the Florida land boom j took him for one on the chin | three years ago and he went down ! for the full count. It was the first j investment of any consequence he , had ever made. tt tt tt BRITTON'S fighting genius flowered before the days of big purses. He began professionally in 1904, a mere matter of twenty-four years ago. Money came hard and i he was schooled to hold on to it. j Wtlh him frugality and ring success ; advanced in tandem-style. “Funny thing about life,” philoso- j phizes Britton. “For years I con- j quered an urge to play the horses, j and time after time I fought myself | to keep away from the stock market, j Once I came near going for the oil j racket, and finally I had to fall for | this.” a a tt He goes about the drab work of , deflating waist lines and eiiminat- j ing jowls with a whole Jot more ] ardor and earnestness than the j Jack Sharkeys of today show in j their condescensions to accept paltry $25,000 purses. a a a Occasionally he boxes with! Mr. Tunney, the elegant cham- ! pion. Much of the wizardry that | made him one of the marvels of the s ring still remains with him. It’s a j tingling treat to watch him feint and slip punches. For two or four rounds he is still probably the most finished ringman in the game. A remarkable thing about him is the condition of his legs. Britton at 44, with 292 fights behind him, including more than a score of j twenty-rounders, bounds around the j ring ilke a youth. Those vital qual- j ities of suppleness and elasticity are still there. Britton hopes to have several! fights this summer. Like all old ! timers of sport he is reluctant to j quit, and besides he has to eat. j And then, there are the kids, three j or four of them. They are talking of matching him j with Lew Tendler over in Philly. “A couple of ancient guys like us ought to be a sensation,” chuckles Britton. b tt n It probably wouldn't be a bad fight at that, this threatened battle of the centenarians. Tune in on Fight Monday Night THE heavyweight bout next Mon- ! day night between Jack Shar- ; key and Johnny Risko at Madison j Square Garden will be broadcast by the Scripps-Howard Newspaper League of which The Indianapolis Times is a member. The fight will be put on the air over the National Broadcasting Company network. Headed by WJZ, a network of stations including WLW of Cincinnati and KDKA of Pittsburgh will! start the blow-by-blow description beginning at 8:30 p. m„ Indianapolis time. Graham McNamee will be at the microphone. j \ ~ | Fights and Fighters FT. WORTH, Tex.—■•Kid" Glover. Dallas lightweight, and Johnny Rivers. El Paso, fought a draw, ten rounds. ‘'Racehorse ■ Rogers. Dallas, and ' Red" Lewis. Houston, middlewelghts, fought a draw, four rounds. OMAHA, Neb.—Joey Medill. Chicago lightweight, defeated Tomrav Grogan, Omaha, ten rounds. Trust Kennedy. St. Paul, defeated Kid Ray. Wayne, Neb., eight rounds. HOLLYWOOD—Joe Lohman, of Toledo, and Tony Fucntc. Mexican heavyweight, fought a ten-round draw. BUFFALO, N. Y.—Frankie Genaro, New xork, N. B. A. flyweight champion, won a ten-round decision over Frisco Grande, Filipino fighter. SYRACUSE, N. Y. —Jack McVey. New York middleweight, scored a decision over Frankie Kearns, Utica, in a ten-round bout. ROUNDING INTO FORM By United Press NEW YORK, March 10.—Slowly rounding into the form which won the Poughkeepsie regatta, last year, the Columbia varsity crew Thursday participated in its first outdoor workout of the year. Eric Lambert, captain and stroke of the 1927 eight, set the pace for his mates and did not seem to be hampered by his recent throat operation. KOJAC SETS RECORD By United Pres* NEW BRUNSWICK. N. J., March 10.—George Kojac, Rutgers tank star, established anew intercollegiate record of 1:05 9-10 for the 100-yard back-stroke swim.

Play Second Round Games in State Catholic Basket Tourney

64 H. S. Fives in Regional Meets Today Anderson‘Favorite to Win Event at Own Tourney Center. BY DICK MILLER Time* Staff Correspondent ANDERSON, Ind., March 10.— Broad Ripple of Indianapolis, Cicero, Tipton and Anderson high school teams gathered here today for the regional tournament games of the Indiana State High School basketball championships. Long lines of automobiles from surounding towns were headed here as game time neared. Local school authorities said 4,800 persons were certain to witness the games. Tipton and Anderson met in the first clash at 2, while Broad Ripple played Cicero in the 3 o’clock game. The winers play at 8 tonight to determine the regional champion and the team to go to the finals at the Butler University field house at Indianapolis, next Friday and Saturday. The locals were heavy favorites to win the local regional. Three hundred fans accompanied the Broad Ripple team here.. K. V. Ammerman, principal of Broad Ripple, was honored with the support of the Broad Ripple Chamber of Commerce at the game. Play was held In sixteen regional centers today to determine the sixteen teams that will come to the Butler fiedl house next Friday and Saturday to battle for the State championship. March 2, 740 teams were contenders for the title. Play in sixty-four teams remained in the running. These sixty-four divided, four to a regional center, today to .determine the survivor who qualifies to enter the finals.

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CC. PYLE and Tim Mara claim they have succeeded in putting professional football across in New York. No figures were quoted for the public board of directors, but there is no reason to suspect the gentlemen of whistling out of a tough spot because at this time last year Mara was frank enough to admit that his toy, the New York Giants, caused him to go on the nose for $60,000 and Pyle and his boy, Red Grange, confessed that they had been disappointed when they counted up the *cash. tt B B What of it? it might be asked. What if professional football does go over in New York? B B tt New York is not such a sucker town as legend would have you believe. That six-day bike race laugh that is thrown at New York is like the Ford funnies, the mother-in-law quips and prohibition jokes which have benn barred from the big time variety circuits. B tt B It is not an indication of a moron town. It is the registration of real enthusiasm on a large part of a population that is genuinely interested in the cycling game. BUB CAUSE OF POPULARITY IT was interesting and significant also to read recently in the public print of a voting contest conducted by‘a Paris periodical to determine the most popular athlete in France. The winner was Lucien Michard, the professional bike riding champion. B B tt Rene Lacostc, the world’s international tennis champion, was the closest to Michard, but more than a thousand votes in the rear. tt tt B Bike riding holds the same popularity in Belgium, in Italy, in Holland and in other foreign countries and when you stop to calculate the number of New York residents of Latin and foreign extraction you | may realize why the six-day bike races pay.

NEW York won’t fall for every- 1 thing. Thumbs have been I turned down so much on wrestling I that Jack Curley, the greatest | piano-mover magnate in the world, had to give it up and turn to boxing. Wrestling, too, had principally foreign patronage but the foreigners soured on the sport and quit going. tt tt Professional tennis was good ' enough for only one shot and j numerous trick stunts failed to ! get a rise out of the public. tt tt it In braving the act of pioneers ! in trying to sell professional football in New York, Pyle and Mara were told that it was impossible. They were told that professional football depended for its life upon star players who were bally-hooed off the college gridiron and that there weren’t enough star players to go around. They were told that the obliging foreign element would not dig in the pocket. tt tt tt They were told that there was | too much high class college foot--1 ball in New York and witbin easy reaching distance and that there were no old grads or “two sheets to the wind” undergraduates to go out and whoop it up for the dear old Giants or the dear old Yanks. ENTRIES REACH 73 By United Press CHAMPAIGN, 111., March t.-En-tries from Notre Dame and the College of the City of Detroit i brought the total entries to 73, in ! the Illlinois Relay Carnival to be held here March 17.

Final Game to Be Played Tonight at Cathedral Gym. FEATURES OF FRIDAY Excellent Basketball Is Evening Program. BULLETIN St. Mary’s of Anderson defeated Washington Catholic, 20 to 16, in the first game of the State Catholic High School tourney this morning. Rt. Mary’s will play in the semi-finals this afternoon. Eight teams remained in the battle for the State Catholic High School basketball championship when the second round of play began at the Cathedral gym today. The teams were St. Mary’s of Anderson; St. Gabriel's of Connersville, and St. Andrew’s of Richmond, all of whom drew byes through the first round Friday. Washington Catholic, Central of Ft. Wayne. Shelbyville, Decatur and Cathedral each defeated their first-round opponents. Two thousand fans crowded the gym to capacity to witness the night games. The two evening contests provided excellent basketball. The highly touted Ritz Memorial team of Evansville and tho Decatur Catholic met in the evening opener. Decatur won, 23 to 20. Cathedral upset the snappy Jasper Academy team in a late rally. The score was 23 to 18 at the final gun. Sacred Heart, Indianapolis, fell before the fast St. Joseph's team of Shelbyville in the last game of the afternoon. 32 to 18. Bamhorst and Dellerkamp were heavy scorers from the field. Sullivan and Beechman played best for the locals. Central Catholic of Evansville experienced little difficulty in disposing of Gibault of Vincennes, 18 to 9, and Catho'ic High of Washington romped over Hammond Central, 32 to 12. Hennessey Loses to Frank Hunter Pei United Press PALM BEACH, Fla., March 10.— Francis T. Hunter, New Rochelle, won the Florida lawn tennis singles championship by defeating John Hennessey, Indianapolis, Friday by a score of 6-2. 15-13. 6-2. One of the largest society crowds of the sports season witnessed the furious battle between the two national ranking stars. The Hoosier fought desperately in the second set and the crowds j cheered his valiant efforts to stem 1 the attacks of Hunter.

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Nine exhibition games, involving t a dozen major league clubs, were I scheduled for today, but inclement weather in the South may be the cause of postponements. A number of star players who were moved about in the winter baseball trades were to be seen in action in their new uniforms for the first time. SENATORS VS. BRAVES TAMPA, Fla., Marc h 10.—Mayor McKay of Tampa was to thrown out the first ball when the Boston Braves played the Washington Senator* here this afternoon. Burkie. Zachary and Lisenbee I were chosen by Manager Bucky Harris | to work for the Senators. ATHLETES VS. PHILLIES WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 10. —With two fresh casualties among the regulars, the Athletics arrived here today for an exhibition game with the Phillies. Cochrane, first string catcher, was nursing a dislocated thumb, while Second Baseman Max Bishop was minus a finger nail. Burt Shotton, manager of the Phillies, named Sweeland, Willoughby and Taber for mound duty against the Athletics. THE-ONE-A-DAT CI.EARWATER, Fla., March 10.—The Brooklyn Robins now work but onro a day. Manager Wilbert Robinson having derided upon this plan in preference to one involving a morning and afternoon session. WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 10.—The Reds and Browns were to open their exhibition series here today, wtih Crowder, Beak and Coffman named as pitchers by Manager Dan Howley, and Manager Jack Hendricks’ choice uncertain. SOX VS. SHREVEPORT SHREVEPORT, La.. March 10.—If weather, which already has interrupted the exhibition game schedule permitted, the Chicago While Sox and the Shreveport team were to do battle here this afternoon. GIANTS MEET NEWARK AUGUSTA, Ga„ March 10.—After a day's idleness, due to a rain storm, the New York Giants hoped today to start their exhibition series with the Newark International League club. PLAYS NEW ORLEANS NEW ORLEANS, La,, March 10.— Manager Roger Peckinpaugh was to display his remade Cleveland Indians this afternoon in an exhibition game with the New Orleans club. TEANY NAMED CAPTAIN Brazil Man to Head State Normal Netters Next Season. By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind.. March 10. —John Teany, of Brazil, center of j the Indiana State Normal basketball | team was named captain of the | 1928-29 squad this week. • Twenty-seven men have reported | for basbali practice at Normal. Six of this number were members of last year's team. VOIGHT COMES THROUGH P,y United Press PALM BEACH. Fla., March 10.— ! George H. Voigt, Washington, dej seated Albert R. Hakes, 18-year-old i New York student, to win the final j Friday in the Palm Beach amateur golf tournament, 7 and 5.

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Meet Tuesday in Armory Ring

Bobbie Williams

These two' sturdy mitt slingers will oppose each other in the Armory ring Tuesday night in the scheduled ten-round main-event scrap of the weekly American

N. Y. Giants Stake Pennant Hopes on ‘McGraw’s Jewish Posey*

BY FRANK GETTY United Prw.s Sinrts Editor NEW YORK, March 10—What Clare Briggs, the cartoonist, would call "the beginning of a wonderful friendship” has sprung up between John J. McGraw, manager of the New York Giants, and his prospective second sacker, Andy Cohen. The gruff old Irishman’s affection for the young Jewish ball player is really a touching thing. Each day,

Looking 'Em Over WITH EDDIE ASn

PLANT CITY, Fia., March 10.— Frequently, in this spring training camp town, when the strawberry market is loose, some of the Indians eat strawberries three times a day. Rookie pastimers, in Florida CV— , .DMNCj Steel (y C) Vr_r on their first trip, get a big kick out of feasting on the berries much in the manner they eat grapes in the North. tt tt B Owner Jim Perry drives a fast automobile and he scorched the highways in this section of the Sunshine State. He made frequent dashes to the big leaguecamps to pick up more baseball knowledge, meet major managers and to talk Indianapolis. Perry is a hustling club owner and he never passes up an opportunity to boost the Hoosier capital. it e tt There is plenty of room on Florida roads these days. Not much traffic. The unemployment handicap has struck this State the same as many States in the North. Tourist business is at low ebb. tt tt tt Herman Layne of the Indians is a twin. The other twin, Harry, also plays ball and is in the International League. Both are .outfielders and speed merchants, Herman being only about a step faster over the 100-yard route. And both are in Class AA ball. One season the twins were with the Bristol club when Joe O’Rourke managed it. Herman and

Harry look alike. It’s difficult to tell them apart and Manager O’Rourke took advantage of the resemblance. Whenever one of the twins was batting better than the other O'Rourke used the stronger hitter in the other’s place sometimes and yet kept both in the lineup throughout the game. O’Rourke discovered a way to distinguish between the boys and he kept the information to himself. m tt Walter Holke and Bill Jacobson, two old tuners and veterans of many big league campaigns, are bunking together on the Tribe’s spring training trip. And they swap many yarns of days gone by. a a tt Pitcher Dixie Leverctt came to Plant City from near Portland, Ore. He rode the rattlers 112

hours, changing only twice, at Chicago and Jacksonville. He was train-dizzy after that journey.

Legion fistic bill. Malone has piled up an enviable pugilistic record in the past few years and has met most of the top-notchers in his division. Williams recently handed Packo a pasting in the

McGraw sends a word from Augusta to the waiting fans of Gotham, telling what a remarkable second baseman Cohen is turning out to be. Never before given to undue enthusiasm over a rookie, but gifted rather with a reticence born of forty years association, man and boy, with bat and ball, the manager of the Giants waxes fairly sentimental as he extolls his Hebrew protege. John Waxes Enthusiastic Only Thursday. McGraw remarked that possibly Hans Wagner was better at putting the ball on a runner coming into second base. A short time before that, he had mentioned Napoleon Lajoie as possibly Andy’s equal at fielding ground balls. But the Giants’ boss, despite his association with the famous old Baltimore Orioles, is not one to insist that the old-timers were better. He is willing to give Cohen the benefit of the doubt. When the Giants first arrived at Augusta for spring training. Andy had a rival for the affections of his boss. Each afternoon. McGraw thought up anew eulogy of Melvin Ott. the youngster who has been made from a catcher into an outfielder and from an outfielder into an infielder, but is not finished yet. Ott, it appeared from attention to McGraw's conversation, was the second baseman of the age, and then along came Andy. When John Counted Noses Andy, if he makes good, is John J. McGraw's dream of the perfect New York ball player—a Jewish star. The Giants’ manager has been seeking one ever since he counted noses in the bleachers at the Polo Grounds. Another reason for McGraw’s enthusiasm over Cohen, who now supplants Ott in his affections where second base is concerned, may be due to the absence of one Rogers Hornsby. It may be that “John's Jewish posey” will live up to McGraw’s predictions. The Giants are just about pinning their pennant chances upon Cohen’s making good at second. Exhibition Games Today /'</ United Pres* Philadelphia (A. L.> vs. Philadelphia (N. L.i at Wtnter Haven. Boston IN. L.) vs. Washington. (A. L) at Tampa. Cincinnati iN. L.l vs. Bt. Louis iA. L> at West Palm Beach. New York (N. L.) vs. Newark (I. L.) at Augusta. St. Louis (N. L.) vs. Baltimore (I. L.) at Auburn dale. Chicago (N. L.) vs. Los Angeles at Los Angeles. Chicago (A. L.) vs. Shrevfport av. Shreveport. Detroit (A. L.) vs. Minneapolis at San Antonio. Cleveland (A. L.) vs. New Orleans at New Orleans. RESULTS OF FRIDAY’S GAMES At Ft. Myers—Philadelphia A. L.), 8: St. Louis IN. L.l, 7. At Bradenton—Boston (A. L.l, 9: Boston (N. L.i, 8. At Shreveport—Chicago (A. L.) vs. Shreveport, postponed; wet grounds. A. A. U. TOURNEY STARTS Fifty Teams Entered in National Event at Kansas City. Pit United Press KANSAS CITY, Mo.. March 10.— The National A. A. U. basketball tournament opened here at noon today, with fifty teams entered from a dozen States. Hillyards of St. Joseph, Mo., last year’s tournament winners, entered the lists with two men on the sick list. Cooks’ Paint of Kansas City has an exceptionally' strong team this year, and may go far. The tournament will last throughout next week, with the finals a week from tonight). SIX TEAMS IN EVENT Six teams are entered in the city and Statevgirls’ independent basketball tournament, which will be played at the Y. M. C. A. Thursday and Saturday, March 29 and 31. Entries close at midnight Saturday. The teams entered are the Hoosier Demons. Hottentots Merry Six, Beech Grove, Richmond and Elizabethtown,

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Armory ring after Packo had trimmed Red Uhlan. The main-go Tuesday will be supported by an eight-round semi-windup, six sixrounders and a four-canto opener.

Bess Wins Easily Over Indian Pug One Round Bess, local Negro bantam, taught the Cherokee Kid, Indian scrapper, some ring fundamentals along with the finer points of boxing In the ten round main go of the Colored A. C. at, Tomlinson Hall, Friday night. A stinging left jab had the Indian bantamweight bleeding from the mouth and a right to the chin dropped him for a short count in the seventh. It was Bess’ fight all the way. Bess weighed 114, and the Cherokee Kid 118. Johnny Milton easily outpointed Kid Sunshine in the eight-round semi-final. Sunshine made it a poor bout by constant clinching. Shifty Calloway and Georgie Smith staged a sensational scrap with Calloway gaining a slight edgeat the end of the sixth round. The bout was a whirlwind for action. Kid Lewis won over Sonny Oliver in four round and Mickey Dillard stopped Tiger Thompson in two rounds in the opening preliminaries. A fair sized crowd, witnessed the interesting card. City Bowling Gossip The Link-Belt League rolled a doubleheader at the Cer.turv alleys Thursday night. In the first series. Production three from the Chains ;s they creatd an ell-time record lor this loop with games of 917. 953 and 992. a total of 2.862. Sprockets won two from the Core Room, while the opponents of the Grinder and Casting teams will roll later In the second half, the Orders won three from the Castings as the Core Room and Sprockets vopped the odd game from the Production and Chains. Fcthcrtngill led this loon with a total of 641 Houck had 604 and Henderson 601. Haimcntng turned In high single game with a 243. Entries for the brothers doubles sweepsi akes to be rolled on the Delaware alleys Sunday will close at noon today. About ixty teams will roll In this event, the first of its kind locally. The Ears and Eyes took the odd game from the Hides and Shin Bones in the Elks League games at the club alleys. Bailer rolled the high game and high three-game totals with 227. 180 and 190. a count of 576. Jack Hunt has things in fine shaoe for the local bowlers who make the trip to Union City Saturday. This meet will pay some attractive prizes if vou wish to make the trip sec ->y Bailey today. Three-time win. . , u in the Commercial Business League games rolled at the Uptown, the Uptown. Mapleton and Thirtieth taking the Hoodoos. Central and Spokes. Wilhelm had the best total with a 576. The Mutual Insurance. Exchange No. 1 and Optimist teams each won three games from the Exchange No. 2, Lumber Insurance and Universal No. 1. as the Ft. Harrison boys took the odd one from the Universal No. 2 in the Iniercluh League games at the Central allevs. Fi-in of the Optimist team turned in a total of 592. Cutsir.ger Transfer. Standard Grocery, Wheeler-Scheblcr and Mary Lou Lunch won all three from the Gregory <fc Appel, National Penn Cleaners and Robbins Body as the A. C. W. of A. and Eastern Cleaners took two from the Ft. Harrison and Postoffice teams in the Capitol No. 2 League games at the Capitol Zion led with a total of 609. R. Fox had 608. which included the high single game of the night, a 256. Butler had a count of 003. Citizens Gas League games at the Indiana showed the Holders and Ammonias three-time winners over the Statements and Ovens. The balance of the games were decided over the two-out-of-three 1 oute. Tars, Trucks. Cokes, Blowers, Benzol. Gas and Service boys taking the Sulphates. Mains. Screens Meters. Ledger, Boiler and Cranes. Abell was high with a total of 599. Silver Flash won three from the Mary Tou Lunch as the A. C. Bradley No. 2 took two from tile Major Ladies In Ihe Ladies Major League games at Pritchett's. Meyer an a Schneiderman taged a pretty race for high scoring honors. Merer winning out with 565 to Sehneiderman's 564. Two out of there was the order in the Gun Club League games at the Illinois. Gatling Gun. Drums and Gun Squad trimmed the Oasis. Bugles and Camels. Hebblc lilt for a total of 601. Kansas City teams again held the drives in the A. B. C. meet Friday Today and Sunday will see the first of the out-of-town entries, and scores are expected to go up According to a United Press report Friday, t.ho Murhlbnch Brewers No. 2 took the lead with a total of 3.519 plus. A. A. U. GYMNASTIC MEET Annual Event at Indianapolis Turners on March 17. The annual Indiana-Kentucky A. A. U. gymnastic meet lull be held at the Indianapolis Turners March 17. March 14 is the date set for the close of entries. Competition in the regular gymnastic events will take place. Those desiring to enter should communicate with Ernest A. Senkowitz, physical director, Indianapolis Turners, 415 E. Michigan St.

lowa Has Edge in Big Ten Meet By United press lOWA CITY, lowa, March 10 University of lowa, qualifying twice as many men as any other competitor, appeared today as a strong contender for the Big Ten Conference indoor track and field championship, to be decided in the finals of the annual event here tonight. Illinois considered a probable winner, lost heavily in the preliminary events which opened the meet here Friday night. In the three preliminary events run off, lowa qualified six men; Illinois, Michigan and Chicago, three each; Ohio State, Wisconsin. Northwestern and Indiana. two each, and Minnesota and Purdue, one each. Big Leagues Give College Umps Trial Barry Breaks in Manner of Evans —Stark in National. Having fallen into the habit in recent years of acquiring most of their new playing talent from the colleges, the two major leagues apparently have decided to pluck additions to their staffs of umpires in the same locations. Perhaps such is not their thought, but it so happens that two of the new arbiters who will expose themselves to the cheers and jeers of the multitude this summer are more or less products of the collegiate game. Sports Writer Named Dan Barry, a Boston sports writer who dreamed of a major league career as a player until an injury discouraged him, will call ’em as he sees ’em in the junior major loop. “Dolly” Stark, whose first experience in pro company will be for John H. Heydler’s league, is the other. Stark is only 30 years old, ! Barry a bit older. Both have been very successful as collegiate callers and Stark has worked one season in a minor circuit. Once Declined Job Ban Johnson once offered Barry a job. The young man declined his offer because he did not care to I work a season in the minors for exj perience, as Ban wished. That was | is 1911. One learns from Barry’s career that he has experienced many [ things that are recorded in the life of Billy Evans, the former umpire ! who now is general manager of the Cleveland Indians. Evans, after leaving college, was covering a game as sports editor of an Ohio newspaper one day when he was asked to substitute for the umpire who failed to show up. He did. One of his decisions led to his being chased over the back fence by irate fans right into a major league job. Headed for N. D. Barry didn’t get to college, although he had been accepted by Notre Dame. An injury to his father forced him to work for a Boston newspaper. He plajed baseball in his spare time. This activity drew the attention of the New York Americans and he was signed, only to be shipped out for seasoning. In the West he was injured, quit the game, and returned to Boston and his sportswriting job. Covering a scholastic game one day he was asked to umpire when the regular arbiter failed to showup. Barry worked the game so well that he was asked to do many more and eventually became one of the most popular umpires working in eastern collegiate circles. Similarity in Start Os course, Barry is breaking in at a much older age than Billy Evans broke in many years ago, but there is enough similarity in their start to hope that Barry will prove as good an umpire for President Barnard as Evans did for Ban Johnson. It might not be a bad idea for Mr. Barry and Mr. Stark, and any other young man who would like to be a. major league umpire, to try and emulate the qualities that made Billy Evans recognized as a great and fair umpire. A few more of his type would be welcomed in either league. Both stark and Barry will find umpiring at this time quite different from what it was when Evans broke in. Umpires no longer are thoroughly disliked both by fans and players. Often, as in the case of Evans, they acquire a prestige and popularity rivaling that of the great players on the diamond. BADGERS TRIM ILLINOIS Wisconsin Ties Northwestern for Third Place in Big Ten. Py United Press CHAMPAIGN. 111.. March 10.— Wisconsin University tied with Northwestern for third place in the Big Ten Basketball conference by defeating Illinois. 32 to 22. The Purdue-Minnercta game is the sole Conference game remaining. The Badgers led at the half. 20 to 14.

At It Again! F if United Press ST, PETERSBURG, Fla., March 10.—Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig have resumed their swatting duel right where they left off at the close of the last season. Thus far. neither has hit a homer in a regular game, and Gehrig Is one up on the Babe with a lusty triple in Friday’s contest to his credit.

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Local Big 4 Plays Toledo Basket Crew Indianapolis Team Wins First Round Tourney Game on Friday. 1 By Times Special CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 10.— Indianapolis Big Four basketball tea mwas favored to successfully defend its championship in the New York Central Lines tournament which closes here tonight. The Hoosiers, who eliminated Pittsburgh, SOSO, Friday, were to play Toledo this morning. Victory was to send Indianapolis into the final game tonight against the winner of the Indiana Harbor - Detroit game thi smorning. Detroit was picked as finalist although Indiana Harbor put out Manhattan, the original choice to oppose the Indianapolis in the finals, 29-16. In the other early battles, Charlestown, W. Va., won from Urbana, 111., 59 to 30, only to bow in turn to Detroit, 61 to 22. Toledo nosed out Chicago. 23 to 22. Pittsburgh started bravely enoug’i against the champion Hoosiers Friday and for five minutes was in th running. Thereafter, it was all Indianapolis. At the half the scor® was 26 to 14. Howard, Indianapolis star, withdrew fro mthe line-up after the first half, but re-entered the fray in th last, two minutes. He collected foutf field goals and one foul shot sot nine points. The summary: Indianapolis Pittsburgh O F TP; G F T? Nelson.f 5 2 12 Williams.!... 4 0 * Wehrel.f.... 4 0 B|Lamark.f. .. 4 5 1| RichesonJ.. 5 0 10 McDermott,c. 1 1 a Howard,c.... 4 1 9;Black.g 3 17 Turk.f 0 1 ljßubbles.g.... 0 0 Q Roberts.gc.. 6 2 14 Riant,g 0 O Q Modltn.g.... 0 2 2!Brandau.g... 1 0 a Harticr,*..., 0 0 0 Totals ....24 8 56 Totals ~..13 4 30 A special train of rooters and band from Indianapolis were to arive her* abmout noon today. In the girls' division, Cleveland beat Manhattan, 50 to 11; Detroit, beat Chicago. 30 to 10; and Detroit beat Indiana Harbor, 23 to 13. Cleveland and Detroit play for the title tonight. Briton Leads in Bunion Derby 7 Py United Press BAGDAD. Mojave Desert, Cal., March 10.—As the 141 runners remaining in C. C. Pyle’s transcontinental footrace, set out today on the heat that was to end their first week’s journey, Arthur Newton, 44-year-old Briton, held a time lead. Olli Wanttinen, the 96-pound Finn, stood second in time elapsed as the field set out toda v for Fenner, forty-four miles away. Ed Gardner, the Seattle Negro, was third. The race has left its mark on many of the athletes already. Numerous of them are footweary and their legs are bandaged. They are given the best of care and are examined each day by the caravan's doctors. EXPECT SAFETY DRIVE TO REDUCE ACCIDENTS Improvement in City Condition* Predieted in First Year. Accidents should be reduced 15 pep cent in Indianapolis in the first year of the Indianapolis Safety Council educational campaign, Director Harry M. Franklin declared at a meeting of the board of control of the council at the Chamber of Commerce today. Franklin reported on the recent National Safety Council at tha meeting he attended. Short talks on safety and organization were made by Frederick E. Schortemeier, president of tha board, and Vice Presidents Claud* M. Worley, Dickson H. Bynum, Wallace O. Lee and Clarence L, Kirk. The executive committee, composed of Robert T. Todd, R. 11. Lo sey, Paul H. Krause, Chapin F, Green, E. G. Ralston and W. R. Harding, chairman, also met with the board of control. Permanent headquarters of th Safety Council were opened today at 833 Mcycr-Klser Bank Bldg. ASKS TO SELL ASSETS Keferee Seeks to Dispose of Properlv of Defunct Newspaper. Petition for sale of physical assets of the defunct Indianapolis Post Publishing Company was filed with Carl Wilde, referee in bankruptcy, today by Obie J. Smith, trustee. Physical assets are li: ted at approximately $37,000. ENTERED IN WELCH RAC^ Ui t mted Press LONDON. March 10.—Billy Barton Howard Bruce’s Maryland steeple* chaser, has been entered for the three and one-half-mile Welsh Grand National, to be run at Cardiff Arril 10. His weight will be 164 pounds. Billy Barton is the chief American hope for the classic Grand National to be run over the Aintre* course. Liverpool, March 30. TIES HURDLE RECORD By I nifed Press BRUNSWICK, Maine, March 10, —The world’s record for the 45yard high hurdles, 5 4-5 seconds, was tied by Bernard Lucas, Gardiner, Maine, in a Bowdoin College Indoor meet. ARMY ELECTS DRAPER Rji r nit rtf Vra* j WEST POINT. N. Y.. March 10, —P. H. Draper, Jr., New York, has been elected captain of the Army's basketball team for next season. Criticises Steak; Cook Fights By United Press CHICAGO, March 9.—John Scrizner, 28, walked into a restaurant and ordered a steak. “It wasn't done,’* he complained, whereupon Tom Massee, 30, the cook, attacked th* patron with a carving knife.