Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 286, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 March 1928 — Page 10

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Talking It Over WITH JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, March 27.—The pachies waddled back into the garden Monday night. This is the name by which bull wrestlers are known to the grapple and gouge trade, and is obviously a derivative

o f pachyderm, which is “Tunnesque” for elephant. Snapping the black whip over the pachies as they lumbered up the main chute to the corral swinging their trunks menacingly and glowering at the natives through muntinous eyes, was the aid ring master— Mons. Jacques Hurley.

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The old ring master has been putting the pachies through their routine for so long he has begun to take on the general form and quiet demeanor of the beasts himself. I hear that at times he even goes out with his herd and grazes on the succulent grass in the low lands of Central Park, defying both the constabularly and his gastric juices. ff tt tt It isn’t that times arc hard with Mons. Curley. Rather, he has a deep and abiding emotion for the pachies, and he likes to be with them. It is one of his little mental weaknesses and dates back to his childhood when a cannon hall used by a vaudeville juggler fell and hit him on the head, flattening the cannon ball and rendering it valueless. tt a tt ONE night last week Mons. Curley dressed one of his pachies up in mufti and rode him side saddle into ye ancient La Hiss Tavern in the funny forties. It was in the nature of a public feeding, and was interesting both as a curiosity and a spectacle. It proved that these pachies sure can stow away the fodder. The good Mr. La Hill was guilty of an excusable mistake in providing a bale of hay, a sack of bran and three bushels of peanuts for Mons. Curley’s guest—one of the Zbyszko brothers, I think it was. Even though the pachies bear a strong physical and mental resemblance to their jungle counterparts they have nothing in common at the table, especially when the eats are free. He tells you in all seriousness that one of these days the sport jyill come into high favor. “No sport has been subjected to more abuse, ridicule and larceny than wrestling. Yet it has not only survived, but has grown each year in popularity.” a a a Mons. Curley so surprises you when he reveals that more than 300 colleges adopted wrestling in the past four years that you neglect to comment laughingly that tills may serve to Explain what is rrong with the modern college products. a a a AS another evidence of advance he points to the fact that a $25 admission was charged for the Strangler Lewis-Joe Steelier bout in St. Louis five weeks ago—the highest tariff wrestling promoters have dared to sponsor in fifteen years. The match drew close to $60,000. “What wrestling needs most,” contends Mons. Curley, “is a central head, a sort of Judge Landis with complete authority and a sympathetic interest in the sport. Wrestling is the oldest sport in the world, yet it has never known any supervision or regulation.” Recently Mons. Curley persuaded the New York Athletic Commission to recognize Mr. Hans Steinke as the world’s catch-as-catch-can champion. Whether this distinction is important depends on the commissioners’ ability to convince whoever may be interested that .they know more about wrestling than some of their past decisions would indicate they knew about boxing. a a a Monday night Mr. Steinke waddled into the garden and exchanged indiscriminate and unpartisan snorts with Mr. Wladek Zbyszko. Hans emerged the victor of a rather listless and mediocre exhibition of titan grappling.

Early Baseball

lUXEY, HIQUE DUE ST. PETERSBURG. Fla.. March 2 7.—Eppa Rixey and Adolpho Liique were selected by Manager Jack Hendricks of the Cincinnati Reds to pitch today’s exhibition game against the New York Yankees. PHILLIES ‘THROUGH’ LAKELAND, Fla., March 27. The Philadelphia Phillies completed their Florida exhibition schedule Monday by beating the Reading Internationals here, 7 to 3, giving them six victories and seven defeats. MORE PRACTICE WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., March 27. —Another practice session featured by a game between the regulars and the yannigans was scheduled for the Brooklyn Robins today. Wednesday the Robins depart for Miami, where they play the Boston Braves. BRAVES MEET A S FT. MYERS, Fla., March 27. The Boston Braves hoped to make it two straight over the Philadelphia Athletics by taking today's game. It was doubtful if Tris Speaker would be ready to play because of a sore shoulder. DEFENDS TITLE ,NEW HAVEN, Conn., March 27. The figure skating championship of the United States will be defended at the arena tonight. Nat Niles of Boston is defending champion. NEWT MOORE FARMED OUT The Yankees’ brother act was divided recently when the New York club farmed Newt Moore, brother of Wilcey Moore, out to the Selma, Ala., team for seasoning,

Tribe Bosses Pleased With Work of Indian Ball Tossers

Betzelites Elated Over Second Victory Over National League Club. REDS FALL MONDAY, 3-1 Yde, Boone Work Well on Hoosier Mound. BY EDDIE ASH. Times Sports Editor PLANT CITY. Fla.. March 27. I If Bruno Betzel's Indians were colj lpgiate there would have been a j bonfire and night-shirt parade in ! Plant City Monday night in celeI bration of the second victory over ! Jack Hendrick’s Cincy Reds. At least that’s how the Tribe pastimj ers felt about it anyway. Being professionals, the Betzelites couldn’t shout and carry on like college boys. But they had much fun. nevertheless, sitting around and guffawing over their achievement of annexing two games straight from the big leaguers from the Queen City. The score Monday was 3 to 1, while that of Saturday at Orlando was 3 to 2. The Hoosiers came close to gooseegging the Hendricksmen here Monday so well did Emil Yde and Danny Boone hurl the horsehide, the Reds counting their only run in the third j inning on a bad throw by Spencer, j who happens to be a catcher not I addicted to poor propelling of th. i sphere. Hurlcrs Effective ' Yde and Boone especially were j effective with men on bases and the ! club bosses were tickled with their | work. The fact the Reds scored only j three runs against the Indians in | two battles speaks well ’lie I Tribe pitchers and the club' ' .iing j skill. As one wisecracker n <ed: j “It’s a shame the Reds aren l in the | American Association.” I Cincy tallied in the third round | Monday and the Indians evened it j up in the fourth on Haney's single, j Layne’s double and Jacobson in--5 field hit. In the fifth Spencer tripled after one out and scored on a wild pitch while Anderson was batting for Yde, Indianapolis pushed another marker around in the eighth when Russell singled after one out, moved to second on a balk by pitcher Kolp j and to third on Matthews infield hit. After Holke skied for the sec- | ond out, Russell and Matthews | worked the double steal, the former j scoring. A bad return throw to the 'plate by Ford helped Russell in his ! dash for home. Reds Try Hard Cincinnati tried hard for a rally j in the ninth and had men on third : and first with two out, but they ! were left stranded when Purdy | bounced to Boone. The Reds usd | Lucas as a pinch hitter in the ninth ' and Boone fanned him for the seci ond out. | The Indians were scheduled for a j double practice drill today to smooth out the kinks for the three exhibij tion tilts remaining this week. The Reading Internationals will be met at Lakeland. Wednesday; the St. Louis Cardinals in Plant City, Thursday, and Reading again Friday in Plant City. The Indians were out-batted ten hits to seven by the Reds Monday, but they had one less turn, for it wasn't necessary for them to play the last half of the ninth. a a a A strong wind swept the field | Monday and the pastimers of both | teams used great care in fielding | fly balls. The breeze appeared to help the pitchers with their twisters. a a a Jim Edwards, southpaw, held Indians to three hits in five innings. Ray Kolp, right-hander, was solved for four in three rounds. Yde was credited with the victory and Edwards was charged with the defeat. a a a Reb Russell got two of the Tribe’s seven hits. a a a Layne recovered from a short sick spell and started in left field. He produced a double in two efforts and starred on the defense with three running catches and a fine throw that nailed a Cincy base-runner trying so stretch a single.

Two Reds were caught stealing I by Spencer. a tt tt Matthews relieved Jacobson in the sixth and reached first base on his two appearances at the plate. He fussed around up there enough : to draw one w r alk and an infield | bingle. u a tt ! Yde permitted five hits in five inI nings and Boone five in four inj nings. There were no extra base ! drives made off them. tt tt tt “Pongo Joe” Cantillon was a witness to the downfall of the Reds. Pug Allen, former Tribe outfielder, was another interested onlooker. tt tt b Indians and Reds meet again Wednesday and Thursday of next week in Indianapolis. tt tt a The Tribe exhibition record to date follows: Won one and tied one with Baltimore, lost two to Buffalo. lost one to Reading, lost one to the St. Louis Cardinals, won two from the Cincinnati Reds. tt tt tt According to Owner Perry, the Buffalo club definitely has decided to keep Outfielder George Fisher. Another fat offer for George was rejected. tt tt tt Tribe batting averages for eight exhibition games and five practice games follow: G AB H Pet. Connolly 8 23 10 .478 Walsh 7 14 6 .429 Spencer 12 39 14 .410 R. Russell 13 30 12 .400 Matthews 7 13 5 .385 Betzel 13 43 16 .372 Haney 9 30 11 .367 Layne 11 36 13 .361 Jacobson 13 39 13 .333 Roach 5 6 2 .333 1 Warstler 13 41 13 317 i Mueller 13 34 10 .297 1 Riddle 7 14 4 .285 Anderson 11 30 8 .287 C. Russell 5 16 3 .187 Bolke 13 48 I .146

National Cue Artist Here ! Next Month Harry Cooler Announces Exhibitions April 12. 13 of Greenleaf. The' coming of Ralph Greenleaf, national pocket billiard champion, for exhibitions April 12 and 13, was announced today by Harry Cooler, at whose parlor the performances will be given. Greenleaf has been on the road since regaining the title in the national tournament at Chicago recently and his two-day stop here will be the longest he ever has made in Indianapolis. Greenleaf, since coming into prominence in 1919, has held the title more than any other player. Competition has become keen in his class in the last few years, yet in the Chicago tournament the young star demonstrated he still was king of the flock when he is in condition. Local players will appear against him at Cooler’s and he will add fancy shots to each performance. He is almost without a peer as a fancy shot maker. -- Plan for Junior Basket Tourney An invitational junior basketball tournament will be held at the Twenty-Second St. and Broadway gym Thursday, Friday and Saturday of next week and will be limited to teams playing in the 18-year-old class and under. It is hoped to have sixteen entries in the meet. A meeting of ma. agers of teams interested will be held at the gym at 7 o'clock Wednesday night. All junior teams are requested to take notice.

Monday's Box Score

INDIANAPOLIS. AB R H O A E S Mueller, ts 4 0 0 1 0 o Haney, 3b 4 l l 2 4 0 ; Layne. If 2 0 1 3 1 0 | Russell. If 2 1 2 0 0 0 , Jacobson, cf 2 0 0 n 0 n ! Matthews, cf 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 Holke. lb 4 0 0 7 0 0 ‘ Warstler. ss 3 0 0 4 1 0 Betzel. 2b 3 0 1 3 4 0’ Spencer, c 2 1 l 6 2 1 I Yde. p 1 0 0 1 0 0 ! •Anderson 1 0 0 0 o n Boone, p I o 0 0 1 Oi Totals 30 3 7 27 13 1 •Batted for Yde in the fifth. CINCINNATI. AB R H O A E Dressen, 3b 5 l 2 l o o Purdy, cf 4 0 l l o 0 Walker, rs 4 O 2 2 0 0 Kelly, lb 4 0 2 12 0 0 Zitzman. If 2 n l o o n Callaghan, If 2 0 0 1 0 0 Cntz, 2b 4 0 1 o S o Ford, ss 3 0 1 2 4 2 Plcinich. c l o o 4 o n Sukeforth, c 1 0 o l o n Edwards, p 2 0 n 0 1 o Kolp. p o o o n in •Lucas 1 O 0 0 0 o Totals 33 l 10 24 11 2 •Batted for Kolp in ihe ninth. Cincinnati oni 000 COO—I Indianapolis 000 110 01*—3 Two Base Hit—Layne. Three Base Hit— Spencer. Stolen Bases—Spencer. Double Plays--Haney to Betzel to Holke: Crltz to Ford to Kelly. Left on Bases—lndianapolis, 6; Cincinnati. 10. Bases on Balls— OfT Yde. 3: off Boone. 2: off Edwards, 1; off Kolp. 1. Struck Out—By Yde. 2: by Boone, 2; by Edwards. 2; bv "Kolp. 1. Hits —OfT Yde, 5 in 5 Innings; off Boone. 5 in 4 innings; off Edwards, 3 in 5 innings; off Kolp. 4 in 3 innings. Wild Pitches—Yde. Edwards. Balk—Kolp. Winning Pitcher— Yde. Losing Pitcher - Edwards. Umpires— Kelley and Lohr. Time—l:ss. MELDONS TAKE FIELD Local Semi-Pro Aggregation Ready to Book State Games. Indianapolis Meldon Club, one of the oldest and strongest semi-pro baseball teams in the State, will have another fast team in the field this year. The club will be managed by Robert J. Stehlin, pilot of the squad for the past four years. Strong State teams desiring games are requested to get in touch with Stehlin at 918 Olive St., or call Drexel 3679-J. STANLEY CUP PLAYOFF Up United Press NEW YORK. March 27.—The Pittsburgh Pirates and the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League will meet in the first match of the Stanley Cup play-off tonight. The two teams also will play Thursday night and the team making the most goals will meet the Boston Bruins in the final of the American division. Bn United Press MONTREAL. March 27--Lou Marsh and Bobby Hewittson have been picked as officials of the Pitts-burgh-New York Stanley Cup match in New York. HOW ‘RAJAH’ FIGURES United Press FT. MYERS. Fla.. March 27. Rogers Horsnby believes the Braves will finish fourth this season. The Yankees and Pirates, he thinks, will win again. His selections follow: American League National League 1. Yankees. I Pirates 2. Athletics. 2. Cardinals. 3. Senators. 3. Giants. 4. Tigers. 4. Braves.

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Consensus of Managerial Opinion Reveals Uncertainty of N. L. Race Six Potential First Division Clubs Loom in Senior Major Circuit: Yanks Favored in American.

BY FRANK GETTY I’nitcd Press Sports F.ditor NEW YORK. March 27.—At the end of the first month of spring training a concensus of major ieague managerial opinion obtained by the United Press today revealed but four potential first division clubs in the American League and no fewer than six in the National League. All eight pilots in the junior circuit agree that the following clubs are most likely to finish in the first division: Yankees, Athletics, Senators and Tigers. Tn the National League, the situation. as viewed by the men who will lead the clubs into battle next month, is quite different. The Pittsburgh Pirates and the St. Louis Cardinals are the choice of a majority ot rival managers to fight ir out. for the pennant, but. right there all semblance of agreement ends. There is room for but four clubs in the first division, and yet. the Cubs, Giants, Braves and Reds all want to crowd in. and no two experts seem to agree upon which of the contenders will be crowded out. Brooklyn and Philadelphia will have to be content with the last two places, it seems, although even Un-

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Tonight’s Card at Armory

Ten Rounds—Rov Wallace. Indianapolis. vs. Billv Tcterson, Detroit; 165 pounds. Eight Rounds—.foe Diiion. Indianapolis. vs. Ihrt Smallwood, Sullivan; 133 pounds. Six Rounds—Tracy Cox. Indianapolis, vs. Cherokee Kid. Tulsa, Okla.; 126 pounds. Six Rounds—Eddie Cain. St. Louis, vs. Johnnv Stroup, Indianapolis; IF; pounds. Four Rounds—Lester I’rather. Indianapolis, vs. Rawnoml Neal. Indianapolis; 166 pounds. should be the club to beat, but we will be much better than last year and have no intention of finishing in the cellar. We will be fighting and making trouble for them all. The National League managers were by no means ot one mind. The tremendous Improvement in the Boston Braves, the decline of the New York Giants, uncertainty as to the Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago Cubs, lett every one guessing after the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals had been accorded first division berths by acclamation. A few of the opinions: Ownic Bush: I think the race will be about the same as last year. Bill McKechnie: The club that beats Pittsburgh will win the pennant and I think we can do it. Joe McCarthy: The fans will be surprised at our improvement and strength this season. Jack Slattery: I am sure wc will finish a few notches higher than we did last season. John J. McGraw: We will have an improved fighting ball club.

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Dan Howley Thinks Well of Brownies Pilot Believes St. Louis Americans Are Stronger Than '27 Outfit. V.u I nitrd Press WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.. March 27.—Torn to pieces last winter by Philip Decatsby Ball, who, as president of the club, has a right to do as he pleases, the St. Louis Browns are better than at least three other American League clubs, in the opinion of Dan Howley, who is preparing for his second season as manager of the team. The Browns were so bad last season they gave Mr. Ball a pain he couldn't locate every time he saw them play, so he sent most of the 1927 outfit off on long journeys and got some new players. “There’s no comparison between this year's team and last year's,” Howley told the United Press. "We are better, much better than in 1927. “Just look for a team that’s always hustling and fighting, a team with the will to win, and you’ll see ‘St. Louis’ across the player’s uniforms.” Asked if he thought the Browns would finish as far down as seventh place, their 1927 berth, Howley replied: “No. I don't. We are certainly as good as Cleveland. Chicago and Boston, and. in my opinion, we are considerably better.” The team that beats the New York Yankees, Howley believes, will win the pennant “I am not even hoping that my team will be the one to beat the Yankees,” he said, “but there's a good chance for some other club to turn the trick.” Howley thinks his pitching staff will be considerably stronger this season and ranks his catching staff with any in the league.

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Local Shooters to Participate in Feature Event The Indianapolis Gun Club wilt stage its twenty-fifth anniversary shoot Saturday afternoon at the club traps. The organization was formed March 31, 1903. The tournament committee has arranged an attractive program for the event and a large attendance is expected. The traps will open for practice at 8:30 a. m. and the first event will get under way at 9:30. The tournament committee is composed of George R. Waite, chairman: R. J. Kemper and Seth Klein. BELLE VIEU A. A. BOUTS West Outpoints Levy; Hahn, Parker Box Draw in Exhibition. Chick West outpointed Joe Levy in the four-round feature bout of the Belle Vicu A. A. show Monday night. Ray Hahn and Fi-eddie Parker went six rounds in an exhibition with the honors even. Herb Marsh shaded Clyde Henderson in four rounds and Bud Wilson gave Jimmy Whitney a lacing in four rounds. The scrap was a slambang affair and the best of the evening. Red Abshier outpointed Jake Smith, four rounds.

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