Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 53, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 July 1928 — Page 10

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Talking It Over WITH JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, July 23.—This is about as good a time as any other to get steamed up about amateurs. A fellow who can’t get

steamed up in this kind of weather ought to have his head examined, along ■with those who do get steamed up and stay, that way. It appears certain that Mr. Tilden, the onetwo. is definitely through as a high or low ranking amateur tennis player player in this or any other country. I suppose the world ii

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time will recover its composure, and, in some heroic way shake off its. .grief. While the passing of Tilden from amateur tennis is in itself not entirely unimportant since he was the greatest singles player of his generation. the circumstances touching on and appertaining to the event transcend the individual. tt a tt As you know Tilden is one of the populous fraternity known as player-writers. Which is to say that when he lays aside his racquet after a match he takes his pen in hand. One of the differences between Tilden and many of his frat brothers is he actually writes his own stuff. tt at 1 BECAUSE Tilden violated a certain clause of the official tennis rules governing the commercial live's of players he was deposed as captain of the Davis cup team. Whether he will later be declared a professional does not matter. He Is as good or as bad as a professional now. Tilden was convicted on a charge of contributing epic passages to the journalistic world, these passages having to do with a tournament in which he was currently active. For this intense interest in improving literature he received money. Tilden’s case, so far as this column is concerned, simply serves to emphasize a complex situation in amateur athletics that has grown steadily more complex because of the lack of decision, evasive tactics and generally coddling manner in which the authorities persist in handling it. a tt tt Perhaps out of the present hubbub will come a demand if not a desire, for a frank showdown followed by the creation of an honest, sham-proof amateur ruling which will be devoid of all subterfuge, equivocation and suppressed deceptions. a an POSSIBLY Mr. Merrick or some one of his illustrious ilk will even go so far as to say that anybody in tennis who takes money in any way is a professional. The simplicity and directness of such an attitude would have to be admitted even though the virtues of common sense and consideration were lacking. Personally I think this would be an Improvement over the present arrangement which appears to place a premium on a man’s agility in taking low and high technicalities in full stride. Tilden has always been something of a law unto himself, a gentleman of vast ego and no little independence of spirit, and it may be true that not everybody is sobbing because he tripped inelegantly over the red tape of a rule which he helped to weave with his own meticulously manicured talons. This happens to be something else. I find greater interest not to say astonishment in the thin feeble line of demarcation which in his case was wide and formidable enough to separate Hell from Paradise. tt tt. If he wrote about the tournament in which he was playing he professionalized himself, according to the rules. If he wrote about anything else he didn’t. The money he was paid—and paid mainly because of his distinction as a tennis player—did not matter. And if the money was not the main point what was?

Big League Stuff

Bed Faber. Chicago White Sox pitcher, singled in the eighth inning Sunday, driving in two runs and winning his own game from the Yankees. The White Sox got only seven hits off Henry Johnson and Wiley Moore, but they were enough to win. 6 to 4. . Washington moved into fifth place bv defeating Detroit. 8 to 2. Garland Braxton pitched a good game for the winners. Douthit and Holm doubled in the ninth inning and pushed across the run that enabled the St. Louis Cardinals to defeat Philadelphia. 8 to 7. Hudlin and Levsen issued five passes to St. Louis batters in the fifth inning and the Browns defeated Cleveland. 8 to 5. Morgan, rookie first baseman for Cleveland. hit a home run with two on base. Dasxy Vance had the better of Burlelrh Grimes in a pitchers' duel in the first game of the Brooklvn-Pittsburgh doubleheader and the Robins won, 5 to 0. Pittsburgh came back to take the second rame. 6 to 5. Adolfo Luaue pitched good ball for Cincinnati and the Reds won their third straight game from Boston. 5 to 4. Delaney gave the winners' only seven hits, but was wild. Charley Root, premier National League Silcher in 1927. showed a return to form, eld the Giants to four hits and the Chicago Cubs won. 4 to 2.

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Tunney and Heeney in Final Stages of Training for Scrap

Dempsey Gives New Zealand Challenger the ' ‘Once-Over.’ MAY WEAR DOWN GENE Tex Rickard Takes Friends to Camp. BY STAN ERSKIN. United Press Staff Correspondent FAIR HAVEN. N. J„ July 23. Tom Heeney now has been looked over by Jack Dempsey, Tex Rickard and fight-lan friends of the promotor. and this is the consensus of their opinion: Heeney is a rugged, tough customer: he is dogged and somewhat slow; he is a better fighter than he has been given credit for being to date, but is of the mauler rather than the boxer class; he ic likely to be cut to ribbons by the slashing technique of Gene Tunney, but has a chance to win if he can stay with Tunney for ten or more rounds and wear him down over the fifteenround route. Rickard came down Sunday to look over the camp of the man who will make up half of his show Thursday night- He brought down with him on his new steam cruiser some twenty-five of his prominent fight fans, including Dempsey. “I think Heeney is in fine shape.” said the former champion. “He is tough and tireless, and while these lighter fellows hit him, he carries well anything they hit him with. Heeney is the mauler type. He’ll keep boring in and boring in, and unless Tunney cuts him up badly in the early rounds I think Heeney will have a good chance to win. “Heeney is very strong. If I were to fight him in the near future I would want to be in the best possible shape before I took him on. I think it will be a good fight and I think it will be a good fight for the fight game, because a lot of people think it will be cinch for Tunney, and I believe they will be surprised in what happens.” Among those who accompanied Rickard Sunday were Coi. Theodore Roosevelt, Kermit Roosevelt, Roy W. Howard, president of the board of the Scripps-Howard newspapers; Bernard Gimbel, Robert J. Bender, vice president of the United Press Association; William H. English and Benjamin Greer. 1 How They Compare Tunney Heeney 30 Age 29 190 Weight 198 6 ft. VA in....Height...s ft. 104 in. 76 'A in Reach 72 in. 17 Neck 17 41 Chest Normal 43 44 Chest Expanded 47 34 Waist 34 14 Biceps 1514 13 X A Forearms 13 23 Thigh..., 25 15 , Caif 154 9 Ankle S'A

Jack McAuliffe Sicks to Belief Challenger Will Win From Gene Former Lightweight Champ Thinks Heeney Will Wear Out Champion in Long Struggle Thursday.

BY JACK M’AULIFFE Retired Undefeated Lightweight Champion (Copyright, 1928, by United Press) FAIR HAVEN, N. J., July 23.—1 saw Tom Heeney work out Sunday and I pick him to win from Gene Tunney when they meet Thursday night. That may sound ridiculous to any one who knows boxing, but I will tell you why Heeney is the better man. He has more endurance and can go fifteen rounds easier than Tunney. Tunney is a better boxer. I have never denied that. But I think Heeney’s bull strength is going to prove too much for the champion. Heeney is ignorant of the art of boxing, and, strange as it seems, I believe that will help him. He will not be worried about feinting and

Local Ctrl Stars in Tennis Meet Bv Times Svecial WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W. Va., July 23.—Miss Muriel Adams, Indianapolis tennis flash, new West Virginia women’s champion, paired with William Clines, Louisville star, here Sunday and won the mixed doubles title. Miss Adams and Cline defeated Emily Johnson of Detroit, and Byron Huffman, Covington, Va., 6-2, i ingles crown Saturday by beating 4-6, 9-7. Miss Adams won the Miss Marywell Wakeford, Washingion, 6-4, 5-7, 6-2.

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U. S. Squads Keep Toiling for Olympiad German, Argentine Athletes Arrive in Holland for Olympiad. BY FRANK GET'fY United Press Sports Editor AMSTERDAM, July 23.—Amsterdam took on an international aspect today with the arrival of part of the German Olympic team and the entire Argentine squad. P. Koernig, noted German sprinter, who will do most of his training with the Americans, went to work immediately. He announced he had decided to withdraw from most of his events and would concentrate on the 200-meter dash. For the first time since the final tryouts at Cambridge, Mass., the American team had a real workout today. The cinder track in the stadium, which was in wretched condition when the S. S. President Roosevelt docked, is in better shape, and many of the sprinters were able to go through their paces. Ray Barbuti, Emil Snyder and Joseph Tierney, quarter milers, were timed around 50 seconds in their event. Lloyd Hahn did the quarter in 52 seconds. Other times were: Ray Watson, half mile, 1:58; Earl Fuller, half mile, 1:58; Nick Carter, quarter mile, 52 seconds; Sid Robinson, quarter, 52 seconds. Albert Michelson was the only marathon runner to take a workout today, the rest of them spending their time looking over the course. “It is the best marathon course I ever saw,” said Joie Ray. “It has no steep grades, and I think I can win easily if some American doesn’t beat me.”

At Ball Park Sunday

LOUISVILLE ,„,ABR H O A E Loftus. Cf 4 2 1 6 0 0 Sicking. 2b 4 2 2 3 1 0 Ganzel. If 4 1 1 4 0 0 Branom. lb . 5 2 3 9 0 0 Funk. 3b 5 0 1 0 2 0 Thompson, c 4 0 1 1 0 0 Nachand. it 4 o 1 3 0 0 Olivares, ss 4 0 1 1 3 2 MOSS, p 3 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 37 7 U 27 8 2 INDIANAPOLIS AB R H O A E Matthews, cf 4 1 0 0 0 0 Connolly. 2b 3 0 1 2 6 1 Haney. 3b 4 0 2 2 3 0 Comoroskey. rs 4 0 1 2 0 1 Layne. If 4 1 1 3 0 0 Miller, lb 4 0 0 14 0 1 Warstler. ss 3 0 0 1 1 0 Spencer c 2 0 0 2 0 0 Burwell. p 2 0 0 0 4 0 Florence, c 2 0 1 0 0 0 Yde. p 1 1 1 1 0 0 Totals 33 3 7 27 14 3 Louisville 000 103 012—7 Indianapolis 000 000 012—3 Home Runs—Branom. Layne. Three-base hit—Ganzel. Two base hits—Branom Florence. Sacrifice hits—Warstler. Moss. Double plays—Sicking to Olivares to Branom: Connolly to Miller. Left on bases —lndianapolis. 7: Louisville. 7. Bases on balls—Off Moos. 3: Burwell. 2: Yde. 1. Struck out—By Burwell. 2. Moss. 1. Losing pitcher—Burwell. Hits—Off Burwell. 9 in 8 innings: off Yde, 2 in one inning. Umpires—Goetz and Johnson. Time—l:4o.

side-stepping, but will go in the ring and fight. Tunney may have a defense that will stop him, but I doubt it. Tunney could put up a whale of a fight. But he is temperamental and that will hurt him when he goes up against Heeney. Tunney always seems willing to let well enough alone. His long lay-off will not help him. When Tunney tires after ten rounds, which I think he will, Heeney, the plodder, will come on strong and win the decision.

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D. G. A. Lowe, the Britisher, who won .he 800-meter event at the 1924 Olympics, has been running so nicely in England this season he appears a likely winner in that event again. At the recent amateur championships at Stamford Bridge, Lowe won both the 440yard and half-mile events. Our American half-milers will have to step lively to beat him at Amsterdam. SOLD TO WHITE SOX Bit United Brens MOLINE, 111., July 23.—Pitcher Robert Weiland of the Moline club of the Mississippi Valley League, has been sold to the Chicago White Sox for $3,000. He will report at the end of the Moline season.

Indians Wind Up With Colonels Today; Brewers Invade Park Tuesday League Leaders Fail to Show Well on Sunday and Lose, 7 to 3; Branom Is Big Noise.

With the short series standing one game apiece, Indians and Colonels were to meet in the third and finale tilt this afternoon and on Tuesday Jack Lelivelt’s Milwaukee Brewers will invade the local park to take on the Betzelites. By splitting even over the weekend, the Tribesmen clung to their league lead of two games, with Kansas City ana St. Paul close up. With Swetonic in grand form Saturday, the Indians blanked Louisville, 3 to 0, but on Sunday the home pastimers went info reverse and lost, 7 to 2. However, it’s not anew stunt for the Indians to crack on the Sabbath. In fact there appears to be a Sunday jinx on the boys and they can not shake it off. The Betzels got only one hit the first five innings off Malcolm Moss and failed to score until the eighth when a wild throw let a run go over. Layne poled a homer in the ninth and Yde’s single and Florence’s double in the final round, put across the locals’ third tally. Dudley Branom, Louisville first sacker, was poison to Bill Burwell and his home run, double and long single ruined the Indians. Branom crashed a lengthy single with the bases jammed in ,the sixth and it bored through Comorosky in deep right, three runs scoring. His homer whs hit in the eighth with the bases empty and it was a mighty swat over the high scoreboard, Branom scored the first marker

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Tex Predicts Big Gate for Title Fight But Experts Smile at Rickard’s Claim of $1,200,000 Battle. BY HARRY FERGUSON United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 23.—For the sixth time in seven years the great American public is about to pay more than a million dollars to see a prize fight. With $600,000 already in. Tex Rickard, who brings Gene Tunney face Uo face with Tom Heeney at the ' Yankee Stadium Thursday night, is predicting a $1,200,000 gate. Deep down in his heart Rickard fears it may be the last one. Rickard is learning he can’t fool all the people all' 1 the time—at least not without the help of Jack Dempsey. It was Dempsey who started the 51,000,000-gate racket, for back in 1921 a total of $1,626,580 was paid at Jersey City to watch the Manassa Mauler maul Georges Carpentier. That gave Rickard the idea that maybe the sky was the limit. This is what he did thereafter: 1923—Dempsey vs. Firpo, $1,082 590 1926 Dempsey vs. Tunney, $1,895,723. 1927 Dempsey vs. Sharkey. $1,083 529. 1927 —Dempsey vs. Tunney. $2,650,000. It will be noted Dempsey was involved every time. Historians already are writing him down as the greatest drawing card of the ring. Many persons wise in the ways of pugilism believe Rickard’s estimate of a $1,200,000 gate is too high . The ticket sale Is going to pick up fros*now on, for the ballyhoo is in full swing after a painfully slow start. But, experts point out, $600,000 is a lot of money to pick up in the four days left before the bout. Tunney will get $525,000; Heeney, $100,000; another SIOO,OOO probably will be spent in changing the Yankee stadium from a baseball park into a boxing arena; incidentals will eat up about $50,000.

of the fracas in the fourth when he doubled after two out and counted on Funk’s single. The Colonel’s first sacker also turned in a "sweet” fielding game and snared bad throws in expert fashion. Paid attendance Sunday was 4,667. Warstler prevented a Colonel run in the seventh by knocking down Sicking’s single and holding it on the infield. Sicking is the class of the A. A. second sackers this season. He has developed into an artistic hit-and-run batter. WILCOX ANNEXES RACE Indianapolis Pilot Wins at Vincennes in De Luxe Special The De Luxe Taxi company racing team of Indianapolis won more honors at the Vincennes dirt track Sunday. Wilcox and Cummings, driving De Luxe specials, speeded to grab the money. Wilcox won the twenty-mile race and took second in the ten-mile event. Cummings, though bothered by motor trouble, got a second and third in two of the races. Ira Hall, Terre Haute, supplied Wilcox with close competition. Hall captured the two ten-mile, prelim races. Stace Bone, Indianapolis pilot, received a fractured leg when his car turned over.

Champion Gene Has Heart Set on Knocking Out Tom. FINAL DRILL TUESDAY Scoffs at Trainer’s Idea on Milk. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent SPECULATOR, N. Y., July 23. Gene Tunney’s jabbing and running away days are over. Punch for punch, blow for blow, toe-to-toe. That’s the way Tunney will fight Tom Heeney in their heavyweight championship bout at Yankee Stadium Thursday night. Deep down in his heart, Tunney nurses the desire to steal the thunder that once was Dempsey’s. Out of the ring ‘‘Gentleman Gene” is a good enough nickname, but in the ring Tunney aspires to the title of “Gene the giant killer.” To make his dream come true, Tunney is willing to take a dangerous and unnecessary risk. By boxing Heeney, Tunney undoubtedly could retain his title, but the champion is willing to gamble with the Gods and fight Heeney. Artie McGovern, trainer of Babe Ruth, Johnny Farrell, Gene Sarazen and many other athletes, warned Tunney against his harmful habit of drinking a quart of milk after his workout each afternoon, but to no avail. “I know what’s best for me,” was Tunney’s reply. Apparently the milk habit has not proved injurious to Tunney. Fink and others competent to judge say he is in the greatest shape of his career. McGovern, however, says the disastrous effect of drinking the milk after his workout will not make its appearance until after the seventh round. Those close to Tunney say he is punching harder than ever before. Johnny Risko, Cleveland heavyweight, saw the workout and said: “He looks great.” Tunney unleashed all the power he possessed in three right-hand punches in the second round, against Mays Sunday and came near flooring the powerful New Jersey fighter. The champion planned to rest today, but will hold his final drill Tuesday In private. No one will be permitted to-see him in action. N0 - HIT, NO-RUN GA M E Jack Knight Wins for Portland Over Oakland Nine. OAKLAND. Cal., July 23.—Jack Knight, Portland, hurled a no-hit, no-ruh game against Oakland Sunday, in a Pacific Coast League contest. Knight’s work gave Portland the first game in seven starts against Oakland. . ‘

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THE winner or winners of The Times all-A. A. contest that closed early last week will be announced Tuesday. Too much heat over the week-end interfered with the examination of all selections received. And furthermore one A. A. sport writer held out his all-Associa-tion selection until Saturday. The concensus of opinion of the sport writers will be the means of determining The Times winner or winners and if a tie results the victorious guessers will draw’ for the prizes, winner take all. SENT _ TO HELP NEWARK The Washington Senators bought Pitcher Sheridan from Birminghanl and sent him to Newark immediately in order to help Manager Walter Johnson.

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All Set for Tuesday Go at Harrison Wallace and Williams Reported to Be in Best of Shape. Sunday afternoon marked the close of a strenuous week of training on thfe part of Roy Wallace in preparation for what appears to be one of the toughest fights in which the Brightwood boy ever has engaged—his ten-round bout with Bobby Williams at the Harrison “Punch Bowl” Tuesday night. Many close followers of the fistic racket seem inclined to the belief Wallace is due for a trimming. In support of this, they point to the fact Williams made a much betteshowing against Joe Packo than did Wallace, and also are emphasizing the k. o. win of the Syracuse puncher over Billy Peterson of Detroit, There will be no alibis Tuesday night whichever way the scrap goes, for Wallace asserted Sunday that he was in the best of condition. On the other hand, Billy Ames, manager of Williams, wired in Sunday his boy was in top form. Captain Clark reports additional seat sections have been erected at the “Punch Bowl,” and states the advance sale is just as expected--a sellout.

With Major Stars Yesterday By United Press

Babe Ruth—Failed to hit In four times at bat. Lou Gehrig—Oot one single In four attempts. Harry Heilmann—Knocked a home run in four times up. Hack Wilson—Did not hit In two attempts. Paul Waner—Got a single In four times at bat In flrst game and singled and doubled In four times up in second game. Rogers Hornsby—Singled once In four times at bat.

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