Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 311, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 April 1928 — Page 13

A.PKiL 25, 1928.

Dempsey Is 2-1 Favorite to Win Trial Kearns’ Suit Against ExChamp Almost Completed in Federal Court. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 25.—Closing arguments started today in the trial of Jack Kearns’ suit against Jack Dempsey for $534,360 and Federal Judge John C. Knox was expected to submit the case to the jury late this afternoon. Evidence introduced by the defense purported to show the contract on which Kearns bases his suit never was recognized by either party and that Dempsey and Kearns continued to split “50-50” until the final break came. The plaintiff bases its case on the strength of testimony introduced to show Kearns signed for Dempsey to meet Tunney before the expiration of the contract between the two Jacks and is legally entitled to one-third of Dempsey’s purse for the Philadelphia bout. The bookmakers who have followed the trial have quoted the mythical odds of two to one that Dempsey wins. The outcome of the suit will have no immediate effect on either Dempsey or Kearns, they both maintain. “I will not return to the ring if I lose,” Dempsey said.

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Tuesday’s Hero—Babe Ruth, who got his second and third home run of the season off Horace Lisenbee, Washington hurler. Herb Pennock, the Yankee’s southpaw ace, let the Senators down with but three hits in defeating them, 4 to 0. Lisenbee, who suffered his first defeat in three starts for the capitol team, was reached for seven hits, three of which accounted for all of the Yankee runs. A crowd of but 782 paid customers saw Grover Cleveland Alexander add another to his long string of victories when he twirled the Cardinals to a 7-ta-2 win over the Reds. Alexander held the Redlegs scoreless for the first seven innings. After a shaky start, in which he allowed the Phillies to put across three runs, Jess Petty, regained his confidence when his Brooklyn team mates came back with four runs in the same frame, and held his opponents scoreless until the last inning. The Robins won 12 to 7. The St. Louis Browns made it two out of three in their current series with Cleveland, when Johnny Ogden, former Baltimore Oriole pitching star, allowed the Indians seven scattered hits, to win, 6 to 2. Nine hits accounted for all of the Cubs runs in their 7 to 2 defeat of the Pirates. Two of the Chicago’s hits were home runs by Stephenson and Hartnett. Singles by Metzler and Barrett and a sacrifice fly to Falk in the tenth inning brought Chicago a 5 to 4 victory over Detroit. The Tigers reached Thomas for fifteen hits, but did not insert them as timely as the Sox. A powerful offensive, led by Tris Speaker, carried the Athletics to an 11 to 6 win over the Boston Red Sox. Hauser contributed two homers. SCOUT SCHOOL TO END Dinner Will Close Course for Masters, The scoutmaster’s training course, held every Monday night for ten weeks at the First Presbyterian Church, will close with a dinner and indoor camp fire ceremonial at the church next Monday night. The closing activities also will include a hike and an overnight camp in tents, Saturday and Sunday, under the direction of F. O. Belzer, local scout head, and S. L. Norton and H. J. Hunt, assistants. The New York Giants, by winning twenty games in succession in 1916, have the distinction of the longest winning streak ever made by a major league team.

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Brookside A. A. will practice at Brookside park this evening and Friday evening. All players must attend tonight's meeting at 911 N. Oakland St. A game is desired for Sunday. Call Ch. 5694-J at 6 p. m. A special meeting will be held at 8 tonight for the Municipal Gardens baseball team. All Saturday afternoon players must be registered at this meeting. Printers will be played Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at Rliodius Park. St. Philip A. C.s will play the Indianapolis Reserves Sunday at Brookside. All players are asked to attend practice Friday evening. Indianapolis Nu-Grapes will hold a special meeting Thursday night at 530 S. East St. Sunday the Bottlers will take on the strong Haynes Stellites at Kokomo. May 6 and 20 are open. State teams desiring games write Roy Gaghan, 530 S. East St., or call Drexel 4933. Silver Flash team will meet at 225 E. Washington St.. Friday night and will open their season at Bloomington Sunday against the Bloomington Commercials. Seymour will be played May 6. For games in June address W. T. Day. 6316 Ferguson St„ or call Humboldt 2825. Y. M. S.-Indianapolis Cubs game scheduled for last Sunday was cancelled because of rain and will be played at a later date. Next Sunday the Y. M. S. will meet the Universals at Garfield No. 3, in what is expected to be a fast game. Y. M. S. have open dates in May and would like to hear from fast city and State teams. Call Drexel 3848-M or write Arthur Beck, 606 Terrace Ate. Rtlev Cubs will play the Bovs’ School at Plainfield Saturday. Cubs will practice Saturday morning at 9:30 and the following players are requested to attend: Ford. Nevitt. Roark, Captain Eyster, Fox, Hughes. Dobbs. Shell, Barger, Prestwood and Spencer. For games, with the Cubs, who play in the 14-IC-vear-old c.ass, call Belmont 0696 and ask for Harry. Indianapolis Triangles will practice this evening at Garfield Park. All players take notice. Triangles have open dates for May 6, 20. 27 and 30 and would like to hear from fast State teams. Write H. E. Beplay. 16 E. Orange, or call Drexel 6664. Bloomington Commercials. Peru C. and 0., Kokomo, Elwood and Bedford take notice. Indianapolis Reserves will play a practice game with the St. Philips A. C. at Brookside No. 3 at 2 p. m. Sunday. There will boa meeting at 8 Friday night at 2001 Roosevelt Avc. Alii players and those desiring tryouts are asked to attend or call Cherry 5411 and a3k for Art. Lauter Boys Club will practice Sunday morning at 9:30. All players meet at the club house. Lauters desire a practice game for Sunday afternoon with a team playing in the 16-18-vear-old class. Lauters hold a permit for Riverside. Call Belmont 3641 and ask for Red Wincel. Fishers’ Red Arrow Juniors have organized a team to play in the 12-16-vear-old class. For games write William Miller. Jr., Fishers, Ind. Carmel. Indianapolis, Noblesville. Atlanta and Castleton teams are requested to note. Next Sunday will be Roy McMurtry day at the Green House baseball park when the Keystones plav the Lincoln Highways at 2:30. Keystones will donate their share of the receipts to Roy McMurtry. who is in C. C. Pvle's cross-countrv marathon and who is in need of funds to carry on. On May 6 the strong Acmes with Wally Hurt on the mound will be the Keystones' opposition. St. Patrick’s have a permit for Garfield No. 2 at 3 p. m. Sunday. A game Is desired. The team will practice Friday eve- | ning at Garfield. Call Garfield 0116.

Willie Bets—And Collects You can tell Edmund Guggenheim, of the wealthy cop-per-mining family, whatever you choose about the golfing prowess of Willie Macfarlane, and he’ll believe you. Tell him Willie has just played a round in 18 and he’ll hardly bat an eye. The American golfer tells the story of how Guggenheim, Macfarlane and two others were playing over the Guggenheim private course on Long Island when they came to the sixth hole, a 135-yard stretch with a punch-bowl green set into a nillock. Mr. Guggenheim offered Macfarlane attractive odds that he wouldn’t make the cup in two. Macfarlane promptly did just that and collected. Five times the bet was repeated, and five times Willie collected. On the seventh bet Willie didn’t make it in two—he made it in one! Whereupon Mr. Guggenheim quit betting.

rich Los Angeles open where he won first prize of $3,500 with a total of 284 strokes. a tt a FARRELL’S sensational round of 63 in winning the La Gorce prize was the most spectacular performance of the season but he was pretty even with Smith on the season's scoring, Smith’s average for thirty-four rounds was 72 2-34 and Farrell's for thirty rounds was 72 12-30. Gene Sarazen played in only a few tournaments, but he did exceptionally well, financially, winning more than $3,000. He won the Miami and the Miami Beach open and tied Farrell for first at- Nassau. His average score led the field He played eighteen rounds for an average of 71 1-18, the only player to get below 72. The earnings of Bill Mehlhorn and Tommy Armour also exceed $3,000. Mehlhorn played in nine tournaments and won three. Armour also played in nine and although he failed to win a first prize he was consistently up neay the top. The $2,000 class Included Harry Cooper, A1 Watrons, A1 Espinosa, Joe Kirkwood and two newcomers, Billy Burke and Henry Ciuci. WINNERS AND WINNINGS THE list of major tournaments and winners follows: Los Angeles open—Macdonald Smith. La Gorce open—Johnny Farrell. North and South open—Billy Burke. Texas open—Bill Mehlhorn. South Central open—Macdonald Smith. Florida open—Henry Ciuci. West Coast open—Al Espinosa. Bahamas open—Gene Sarazen and Johnny Farrell. El Paso open—Larry Nabholtz. Palos Verdes open—Macdonald Smith. Miami open—Gene Sarazen. Long Beach open—Bill Mehlhora and Leo Diegel. _ Miami Beach open—Gene Sarazen. Richmond open—Bill Mehlhorn. International Four Ball—Johnny Farrell and Gene Sarazen. HiGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL MISSING NEAR SEYMOUR Young Man Dropped From Sight Nearly Week Ago. 11 y Times Special SEYMOUR, Ind., April 25 —Willard B. Waskom, 26, is mysteriously missing from the home ot his mother west of here, having disappeared last Friday when he left the house saying he was going to walk to Seymour to ( see a doctor. He had suffered a' slight chill Friday morning, his mother told authorities. A search of the district around this city has been made by authorities and descriptions of the missing man broadcast from Louisville, Ky., radio stations, but so fai not a clew has been obtained. Waskom is 6 feet, 1 inch tall, weighs 175; has black curly hair and blue eyes. He is principal of a high school at Harrodsburg, Ky.

LEGION INAUGURATES GET-OUT-VOTE DRIVE Starts Campaign at Luncheon With Civic, Business Clubs. The American Legion’s get-out-the-vote movement formally was inaugurated at the luncheon Tuesday of representatives of nearly 50 civic and business clubs with the Chamber of Commerce civic affairs committee. Legion members urged an “endless chain’’ whereby every representative present would urge every member of his club not only to promise to wote, but to urge others to vote May 8 in the primary election. Scott W. Lucas, Springfield, 111., Legion national judge advocate, was the principal speaker. “The civic affairs committee succeeded recently in unseating the old council, elected because of apathy of the better class of voters, and in naming a splendid new council,” Edward P. Brennan, Legion Americanism officer, said. “Let us prevent a repetition of such an affair by getting out the vote.” Found Dead in Chair Coroner C. H. Keever was called to 624 J /2 E. Washington St., this morning, where the body of Dan Low, 76, was found ’in a chair by Tom Lester of that address. Death was due to heart disease, the coroner said. Motor Policeman Taken 111. Motorcycle Officer Guerney Record, 446 S. Arlington Ave., was taken home from the Armory boxing show Tuesday night seriously ill. He was reported improved today.

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FAIL TO VERIFY SANDINO RAIDS U. S. Officials Without Word on Kidnap Reports. Hll United Press WASHINGTON, April 25.—State and Navy Department officials were without information today as to reports that an American, George B Marshall, had been killed and three other United States citizens taken prisoner after attacks by rebels on three mines in northeast nicaragua. Every effort is being made by the American legation at Managua and by other American representatives in the Central American country to verify the reports. The rebeys were said to be holding the mines and to have kidnaped a British subject, J. Harry Amphlett, manager of the La Luz and Los Angeles mines, as well as about 100 Indian workers. Although one attack was reported to have taken place April 12 and another April 17, Minister Eberhardt cabled from Managua that he had been unable to verify them. Marine officers in Managua sent similar reports. 300 DOGS IN POUND Will Be Gassed Unless Pets Are Claimed. Dr. Elizabeth Conger, city poundmaster. had 300 dogs in her custody at city dog pound today as a result of the health board order to rid the streets of stray dogs to prevent spread of rabies. Dr. Conger will have the dogs gassed, a painless process, after a ten-day period if they are not claimed by owners. Owners may recover their dogs by calling for them and having them vaccinated for rabies. Dr. Conger said. Police Chief Claude M. Worley issued an order for police to catch all stray dogs in the street and send them to city dog pound. Worley pledged cooperation to Dr. Herman G. Morgan, city health officer, in carrying out his order to kill all stray dogs. Policemen were ordered not to shoot dogs in the street, except in emergencies. Local Man’s Auto Wrecked Py Times Special BRAZIL, Ind., April 25.—An auto belonging to M. H. Coulon, Indianapolis, was wrecked when a large trans-continental bus crashed into it here, the bus driver having lost control of the machine when a front axle broke. No one was injured.

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WALBDEFENSE HIT HARD BLOW BY WITNESSES Ex-Chairman Was Benefited by Bank Fraud, Prosecution Charge. (Continued From Page 1) tion. Weaver finally signed the notes, she testified. Attorney Homer Elliott, for Walb, cross-examining Miss Will, asked if she had not called Walb “a bat.” “I cuss when I get mad, but I don’t remember saying that,” the witness snapped back. Denies Heated Remarks “Didn’t you tell one of the La Grange city officials that you’d like to pik Walb apart with tweezers?” Elliott asked. “No,” she answered. “And you didn’t say Walb was a bat and was trying to run everything?” “I did not.” When Elliott asked if the conversation between Walb and Weaver she had related “was actually true,” Miss Wills shouted that it was and wanted to know: “How would you ; know whether it was or not, since yeu were not there?” Made Paper Omit Story Miss Wills then testified that she told John Caton, one of the bank directors, that she knew things were wrong. When the La Grange newspaper printed a story complimenting Walb when he resigned as vice presidnt, she said that she made Caton hav anew edition of the paper printed, omitting the Walb story. Albert Leyburn, Cleveland, Federal bank examiner, one of the witnesses this morning, testified that while he was looking over the mass of La Grange bank paper, some of which later turned out to be forgerlbs, he gathered $62,927.71 worth of it together and showed it to Walb, Weaver and the bank directors. “Walb and Weaver talked most and told me the notes were good,” testified Leyburn. "They said loans were made to those persons and they received money for them. Blow to Defense “If you were shown that Weaver stated Walb had nothing to do with it. you would be wrong, wouldn’t you” Elliott asked. “No,” the witness said. When the defense opens, Walb will go one way and Weaver the other. Walb will present the side that he knew nothing of the situation as it existed in the bank. Weaver will say he did many of the acts to which he has confessed to Federal bank examiners, at the insistence of Walb. The Walb group is prepared for this. It was learned that the Walb defense carries two affidavits sworn by Weaver in which he absolved Walb from all blame. But on the other hand. Weaver’s attorneys will assert the statements were obtained under pressure. Through Tuesday afternoon Glenn Paulson, Department of Justice agent, told what he found as a result of too much pen wiggling within the bank’s walls. He said Weaver admitted to him he had forged notes and made false entries in the books. This was testified to on redirect examination by United States District Attorney Albert Ward. Paulson said that starting Sept., 1923, Weaver admitted he forged notes until the first of 1927. , Entries Cover Two Years For more than an hour the witness read entry after entry that he asserted Weaver had confessed were fake. Eacli month during that period there were alleged fraudulent notes and false entries on the bank books. They started at $5,025 in September, 1923, reaching as high as SBI,OOO in June, 1925. For many months they amounted to abou; $66,000 a month. At this point the Walb counsel

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began wanting to know if there I weren’t other alleged valueless notes j in the bank signed and passed by other persons, including Hobart Weaver, son of the defendant. Pauleson admitted that was true. He admitted there was no other proof of the alleged forgeries than by Weaver’s statement and that a multitude of the supposed note signers denied ever seeing the notes. “Why didn’t you tell these jurors that the totals of all the bad paper weren’t on Walb’s personal account and his company's account?” Defense Attorney Homer Elliott asked. “I wasn’t asked,” the witness replied. Overdrafts Dropped “You were working for the Government and you didn’t care who you got, did you?” Elliott asked. Pauleson admitted that was the situation. Elliott then asked the witness if he didn't know of overdrafts by persons other than by Walb and his company. He said he wasn’t sure. Earlier in his testimony the Goverment expert traced what Walb and his company owed the bank month by month through overdrafts, until the bank was closed in October, 1927. These started at about $41,000 and climbed to $146,334.72 in September. 1925. It was evident from his testimony that some action was taken to cut these after June, 1927, when rumors began floating around La Grange County about all the bad paper in the bank, because the overdraft debts suddenly dropped from $134,887 at the close of 1926 to $85,580 in June, 1927, and then to $65,025 in October, 1927. Elliott also accused Paulson of taking four months to “get evidence against Walb and Weaver.” Walb Subdued It was recalled here that Walb, following the indictment of former Governor Warren T. McCray, spoke loudly, demanding that McCray resign his position and stand trial. He was one of McCray's bitterest critics during this period. However, Wal’o’s attitude has changed - and now he quietly sits in the courtroom, refusing to comment. Whep Weaver’s confession was presented Tuesday morning this correspondent attempted to obtain a copy of it from defense attorneys. Seeing the purpose of the reporter, Walb grabbed the copy from the taand nervously clutched it, loudly proclaiming, “You can’t have this.” Weaver had to be assisted in and out of the courtroom. He suffered two paralytic strokes last week.

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HITS AT WAGES IN OHIO MINES Blames Union, Freights for •Ruined’ Business. Bp United Press WASHINGTON, April 25.—High wages demanded by the United Mine Workers of America ana discriminatory freight rates imposed by the Interstate Commerce Commission, have ruined the business of Ohio coal mines, H. L. Findlay, vice president of the Youghiogheny and Ohio Coal Company, of Cleveland, told the Senate coal investigating committee today. He said competing mines in West Virginia, Virginia and Kentucky have taken virtually all of the markets formerly open to Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois producers because they have tho advantage of non-union labor and relatively low freight rates.