Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 301, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1928 — Page 27

APRIL 13,1928

Major Leaguers on Home Grounds Strive to Break Into Winning Column

Giants Only 'Big-Time 7 Team to Win for Own Rooters. CUBS GET WORRIED Alexander Turns in First Shutout of Year. BY FRANK GETTY United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, April 13.—With the permission of the elements, the major league pennant races were to be resumed in their entirety today. Citizens of certain cities are rather anxious about this resumption. They have yet to see their home team win a ball game. Not a single American League club has won a home game this season, all victories to date having gone to the visitors. In the National League, the home teams have been more successful, however. The New York Gaints being the only club to win for their own rooters. The spectacle of the St. Louis Browns and the Cleveland Indians leading *the American League procession is an unexpected one, but youngsters called upon by Howley and Peckinpaugh have performed surprisingly well in the initial tests. The fact the St. Louis Cardinals have gotten away to such a conspicuous start is even more encouraging to Mound City fans, for while the Browns are a second division certainty the Cardinals have a great chance to win the National League flag. The principal question disturbing St. Louis rooters was the condition of the club's cripples and the strength of the aging pitching staff. The cripples have been performing splendidly, and old Grover Cleveland Alexander turned in one of his greatest games Thursday against the Pirates. To “Old Pete” went the honor of hurling the season’s first shut-out, and this against a fighting ball club rated as powerful on the attack as any in the league. Meanwhile, the Chicago Cubs are beginning to wonder if they traded away their pennant chances with “Sparky” Adams, for infield weakness has been directly responsible for their loss of the first two games to the Cincinnati Reds. Smith , Calloway Battle to Draw Georgie Smith and Shifty Calloway, local Negro welterweights, fought ten furious rounds to a draw, in the opinion of The Times, Thursday night at Tomlinson Hall in the main event of the All-Negro show.' A large crowd enjoyed the wild melee. It was a good scrap. Jack Hannibal, Indianapolis, light heavy, shaded Battling Randolph, Springfield, Ohio, eight rounds; Jimmy Johnson defeated Buddy Swannagan, six rounds, welterweights; Kid Lewis, defeated Sonny Oliver, four rounds, junior lightweights; A1 Wright shaded Tom Willard, four rounds, junior lightweights. ; MITT SHOW TONIGHT Ernie Weaver and A1 Wright meet in the six-round main event of the International A. C. show at 1079 E. Tenth St. tonight. The remainder of the card follows: Kid Stransburg vs. Ray Manniz, four rouiiiis. Kid Blown vs. Kid Hill, four rounds. Ed Munniz vs. Merle Arthur. Five Negro boxers will be featured in a battle royal. STATE NORMAL ON TOP Bn ’l'lines Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind„ April 13. Rolling up 79 points, the State Normal track squad defeated Illinois State Normal here Thursday. No exceptional speed was shown. The visitors scored 52 points.

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Heeney Attracted Attention After Stopping Negro Heavy in 5 Rounds

New Zealander Advised to Sever Relations With Harvey; Laughed at ‘Knife-Diggers. 7

Editor's ote: This is the fourth of a series of six articles on the rise to fistic fame of Tom Heenev, challenger for the heavyweight crown. BY HENRY L. FARRELL NEA Service Sports Writer UNDER the tough, crocodile hide of the boxing racket, "you may have heard it said, there beats a big, soft heart. Like the wolves of the maligned Broadway, with fangs pictured always bared for the kill, the racket is not that way, they say. There are examples where the

City Bowling Gossip

BY EEFTY LEE Thursday night’s squad of five-man teams were led by the Broadshaw-Korn-blum boys when they roiled a total of 2,753 to take fourth place in the standings of the State meet at Pritchett's alleys. Kennedy led the team across with a fine total of 607. The Union Tire team followed with a total of 2,681. Friday night’s play will call for a 6 p. m. squad of doubles and singles. Quite a few of the local stars are on this squad and some real pin spilling is expected. Friday night’s schedule follows: Doubles 6:00 P. M. Singles 7:00 P. M. Aliev Citv Alley 11. J. Blue-A. Mundt.. .Indianapolis 3 12. B. Sering-W. Pray. .Indianapolis 4 1. H. Sielken Jr.-A. J. Schoen Indianapolis 5 2. R. Bailey-J. Thibodeau Indianapolis 6 3. F. McAllen-W. Myers Indianapolis 7 4. E. McCarty-R. Wuench Indianapolis 8 5. W. Henderson-B. McCarty Indianapolis 9 There are several “soft" spots for the teams yet to roll in the State event. The singles is well taken care of. but tear.; and doubles events are expected to see new leaders over the week-end. Tourney leaders; Five-Man (Regular) , S. Burman Coal Cos.. South Bend ... 2,825 Watkins Re-Babbitting, Indianapo.is 2.793 Lucky Strikes, inciianupons 2,767 Braashaw-Kornblum, Indianapolis.. 2,753 ißooster) Prest-O-Lite Battery. Indianapolis... 2,710 Poik's Sanitary Milk, Indianapolis.. 2,657 LinK Belt Oil Dogs, Indianapolis 2,571 Link Belt Sprockets, Indianapolis... 2,569 S. & S. Service Station, Indianapolis 2,567 Doubles L. Woif-C. Maudlin. Kokomo 1.207 H. Scnneiderman-J. Fonn, Kokomo.. 1.201 H. Horn-C. Knutn. Indianapolis.... 1,199 J. Do Kose-W. Nelson, Soutn Bend.. 1,179 A. Lesiie-R. Hoisington, South Bend 1,156 Singles H. Schneiderman, Kokomo 713 n. Leslie, Soutn Bend 6&6 W. Ramsey, Indianapolis 6.2 J. Haugan, Soutn Bend 64J Lt. Miner, inuianapoiis b 39 All-Events H. Schneiderman. Koxomo 1.864 Frank Alford tossed a series (for which he is becoming famous,, oi 723, witn games ol 240. 236 and 2i4 and a Handicap ox 36, to wm the Shrine League singles sweepstakes at the Illinois Alleys. W. Watkins was second witn 628 wnile O. Buenrer showed on 613. Twenty-three entrants tried lor tne prizes in tins event. “Matty” Mathews, with a handicap of 55, socked the pins for a total of 645, which gave him a total of 700 in the K. of C. League sweepstakes at the Century alleys. Raterty was second with 665, and McCann, third, on 646. The Reverend Fussinegger had 643 for fourth place. Eleven totals of better than 606 were turned in. Mathews also won high single game prize with a score of 235. A singles handicap sweepstakes which is open to all women bowlers of the city is on the schedule for Thursday night. April 19. Mrs. Helen Mueller is in charge of this event ahd can be reached at Drexel 3581. First place in this event will cariy a guaranteed prize. This feature is expected to bring out a large entry as the local girls are preparing fer the women's national tourney which rolls next month. AV. James of the Hamilton-Harris team cut down three 5-7 splits in a row while rolling in the State meet Thursday night. The Hamilton-Harris team was composed of members of the Silent five. All of this team are deaf-mutes. Some flashes of real form were shown by these boys, but too many errors held their total down. Pete Ernst, a young bowler, who has come along in fine style lately scored 581 for the Bradshaw-Kornblum team. Pata is an exceptionally hard worker on the alleys and is giving his best at all times. The Noblesville Elks A team disappointed the gallery with their total of 2.647. This team always has been considered a real pin spilling outfit in State bowling circles. Sam Bradshaw is due for a severe lesson by his tutor Joe Fulton. After weeks of practice under the eagle eyes of Joe. Sam proceeds to turn in a total of 503. However. he was very consistent, getting games of 167. 169 and 167. Failing to start right was the downfall of the Link Belt Production .team as they came strong at the finish with a nice 900 game. Watch John Blue go in his doubles and singles Friday night is our tip for this i summer.

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sporting element of Broadway has extended helping hands to those of its members in need of a lift. Many of them. But there are other stories where the hand was raised to sock or to pull down a man just getting a break. When Charley Harvey set out to get some matches for Tom Heeney, a big, boyish-like New Zealander, who wanted only money enough to get back home, he had the well wishes of ail the mob in the racket, Harvey is one of the finest personalities you would care to meet. A polished little gentleman. A square-shooter. A clean-mouthed man ’whose extremity of profanity is “by jimminy crickets.” Harvey went the rounds, day by day, but no promoter would give his fighter, Heeney, a tumble. British heavyweights had a low rating. Harvey had suffered rating also from his long association with bum fighters. They were glad to see Charley, but they couldn’t do anything for him. Then Harvey finally got Heeney a match with Charlie Anderson, a ham colored fighter, and Heeney stopped him in five rounds. He didn’t crash into the first pages, but he attracted some attention in the racket. He was a “limmie" fighter who wasn’t knocked out. He looked like a prospect. Heeney had enough to live on for a while after that fight, but the same old dodge came when he tried to get some more matches. Then the kind wolves started after him. "Get away from Harvey,” they told him. “He’s an old grandma. You got to do business to get business. Harvey don’t stand in with the Garden bunch. Got to give up a piece to get in. Charley can’t get around like he used to. Get a hustler like Johnston or Flynn who is in with the mob.” Heeney didn't listen to them. He heard them, yes, but he laughe.t them away. Harvey had believed in him when these well-wishers wouldn't give him the time of day. Prospects got so bad Heeney told Harvey to get anybody from Dempsey down and Harvey set out again. He matched him with Paolino. No one else wanted to fight Paolino, but Heeney took the match and that fight was the makings of him.

College Baseball

GAMES OF THURSDAY Quantico Marines. 2: Harvard, 1. (Eleven innings.) Indiana, 7: Ohio State, 5. Georgetown. 6; Princeton. 3. Fordham. 19; Catholic University, 5. Notre Dame. 6; Spring Hill, 1. Wabash. 6; Rose Poly, 5. Holy Cross. 17: Richmond. 0. Missouri. 6: Oklahoma Aggies. 2. Michigan. 4-6; Clemons. 2-2. (Both games seven innings bv agreement.!

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Alex Shuts Out Pirates at St. Louis ‘Old Master 7 Holds Pittsburg Maulers to Seven Bingles. lip l ailed Press ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 13. Grover Cleveland Alexander, who started tossing baseballs in the big leagues when some of the stars of today still were in their swaddling clothes, opened his 1928 career here by turning back tne Pittsburgh Pirates, last year’s National League champions, 5 to 0, in the first shutout of 1928. “Old Pete” not only shut out the Pittsburgh outfit, but made a hit, a run, and handled three chances as neatly as he ever did when he broke into big time baseball, eighteen years ago. The Bucs secured only seven bingles. Alex was on top of the game all the way despite the presence hi the opposing lineup of the famous Waner brothers, who were held to a single each. Only one Pirate reached third and only three reached the keystone sack. He struck out three men and passed by one. v In the seventh inning Pittsburgh had the “old master” in something of a hole for a few minutes when two men were on base and only one had been retired. But Alexander lifted himself cut by his bootstraps when he fanned the next batter and fed Grimes some fancy slow ones which ended in a. slow roller to Frisch.

Blindfolded . .in scientific test of leading Cigarettes, Tony Sarg sdms q ld Gold

How Test Was Made Mr. Sarg was blindfolded, and, in the presence of two responsible witnesses, was given one each of the four leading cigarettes to smoke. To clear the taste, coffee was served before

TONY SARO . . • Famous artisf and creator of the Tony Sarfi Marionettes “The test was great fun. I was blindfolded and quite positive I could pick out my old favorite brand. I made the test in the presence of responsible witnesses who enjoyed seeing me puff at a cigarette and then take a swallow of really very delicious coffee. “But I didn’t pick my old brand. 1 picked a cigarette which I afterward

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WATCHING THE SCOREBOARD

Thursday’s hero—Grover Cleveland Alexander, starting his eighteenth major league season, pitched the season’s first shut-out, while the

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Roy Spencer The backstop skill and batting power displayed by Catcher Roy Spencer of the Indians in the first three battles with the Millers hardly could be improved upon in the A. A. In fact Roy performed in big league style. He instilled confidence in the pitchers, uncorked some fine throwing and obtained his share of hits.

each cigarette . . . Mr. Sarg was unaware of the identity of these cigarettes during the test. After smoking the four cigarettes, he was asked to designate by number his choice. He replied, “Number 4,’* which was OLD GOLD.

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Cardinals were hammering Burleigh Grimes of the Pittsburgh Pirates for a 5-to-0 victory. Frankie Frish of the Cardinals has hit a homer in each game his club has played. rPlayers traded by the Tigers to the Browns figured largely in St. Louis’ second consecutive victory over Detroit, 7 to 2. Manusch, Blue and O’Rourke led in rtin-making. A1 Thomas and Joe Shaute indulged in the season’s only close pitching duel ac Chicago, but Langford tripled to g ore Jamieson in the sixth and won lor Cleveland, 2 to 1. Errors by the Cubs again paved the way for a Cincinnati victory, the Reds coming from behind to win their second straight, 9 to 3. Cold, rain and wet grounds prevented all Eastern games from being played. Payne Leads by One-Hour Margin 111 / l ailed Press EL RENO, Okla., April 13.—A youthful Oklahoman and a lanky Englishman renewed their contest for the lead m C. C. Pyle’s transcontinental foot race today as the eighty-five runners left here for Oklahoma City. Andrew Payne, Claremore, Okla., held a lead of more than an hour over his nearest rival, Peter Gavuzzi, Southampton, England. Payne increased his lead over Gavuzzi by five minutes Thursday when he led the English runner on the thirty-seven-mile lap from Bridgeport. Niels Nielson, Chicago, won Thursday’s race in 5:20:26 and advanced to thirty-third place in time standings.

Photograph of Tony Sarg taken in his studio while test was being mode *

found to be OLD COLD, because it stood out, way above the others, in its winning appeal. “From now on, I am smoking OLD COLDS only and recommending them to my friends.. .They are so superior—so pleasing to the taste, and so soothing to the throat.”

Superb Form Displayed in Cue Matches Champ Greenleaf Gives Local Fans Treat; Ends Exhibitions Tonight. Ralph Greenleaf, national pocket billiard champion, will close his exhibition stay in Indinapolis at the Cooler parlor tills afternoon and tonight in matches with local talent. He also will entertain with fancy shots after each contest. The “Streater Flash” treated cue fans to some fine cue propelling, Thursday in afternoon and night performances. In the afternoon he defeated Walter Ramsey, 125 to 42,

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