Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 177, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1928 — Page 30

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Landis Starts Listing Minor League Clubs Controlled by Major Magnates

C 5 "* . . y raising in Sportland WITH EDDIE ASH WE will say Grantland Rice turned in a neat job FOR Collier’s in picking his all-Ameri-can tootball team. It’s more of an all-geographical squad than anything else it seems to us, and no section of the country unless it be the far west, can find a loophole to register a squawk. The easts get the lion’s share of honors. Rice added a rumble seat trio consisting of two linemen and one back. The three “added starters” probably would have preferred no mention for in years to come they won’t care to boast about making the all-American rumble seat squad. To look at the lineup the sub trio gives the impression they are goating in. SMOKE VAN SICKLE jF FLORIDA! HE'S NO. 14 AND HANGING ON TO THE LIST SOMEWHAT IN THE MANNER HIS OWN STATE PROTRUDES OUT FROM THE MAINLAND. MAYBE THAT’S A GIFT TO FLORIDA FOR FLOPPING OVER TO HOOVER. THE kick gradually is disappearing from the “all” business In football of national scope. There are too many good players in too many places. Furthermore, it’s impossible to give football and basketball teams national championship Recognition. The best that can be done is to award and credit sectional fend tournament titles. Lena Blackbuine, White Sox pij lot, is proving a popular winter manager at least. He has a sense ; of humor that makes him lucrative copy for the scriveners. He Is easy to approach and doesn’t 1 go into a shell when interviewed. HARRY GEISEL, Indianapolis, one of the American League guessers, attended the American {League meeting and drew rounds of applause in the Chicago dailies because of his sartorial elegance and flashy dress. The “man from home” gave the lobby boys an eyeful. THE CODE OF SPORTMANSHIP ADOPTED AT ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FORBIDS BOOING AND HISSING GAME OFFICIALS. WOULDN’T IT BE SWEET IF THE ROOTERS WOULD DASH OUT AND KISS THE OFFICIALS—ACCOMPANIED BY A SLY' KICK ON THE SHINS. THE code also says ll l ini rooters should applaud opponents who make good plays and never attempt to rattle an opposing player, such as the pitcher in a baseball game or a player attempting to make a free throw in a basketball game. Well, well, well! Why not have the rival athletes hold hands between halves. George Moriarty, suceeded as manager at Detroit by Stanley Harris, has been reappointed an American League umpire. Tiger players who failed to get along with George better hit at anything that looks good when he? is behind the plate next season. COLLEGE BASEBALL CHAMPION6HIP SERIES GAMES IN JAPAN DREW 40,000 AT A SATURDAY GAME AND 55,000 AT A SUNDAY TUSSLE. EVIDENTLY 15,000 JAPANESE HAD TO WORK SATURDAY AFTERNOON. ADMISSION. GRANDSTAND, 50 SEN, OR 25 CENTS YANKEE MONEY; 25 SEN FOR BLEACHERS. WILY Jap officials imported an American umpire for their big games, Ernest Quigley of the Na- ■ tional League getting the 5,000-mile assignment. To add to his velvet, Quigley is conducting coaching schools over there in baseball and basketball among the little brown men.

And if the Japs care to learn football, Quigley can teach it He’s a former college all-round coach and a good one. What better life than that? Big money in summer at home, more big money during winter in the Orient PITTSBURGH HAS GONE PITCHER CRAZY. OWNIE BUSH SNARED ANOTHER BUDDING STAR THURSDAY WHEN THE PIRATES PURCHASED LARRY FRENCH, STAR SOUTHPAW OF THE PORTLAND COAST LEAGUE CLUB. FRENCH WAS A HERO OUT THERE AND HE COST A NEAT SUM. The A. A. loses its funny, acrobatic outfielder. Walter Christensen, with Columbus last season, goes to the San Francisco Missions in the deal that sends Outfielder Swanson to Cincinnati. The Reds own Columbus. Christie seldom failed to entertain the fans with clown antics and his visits will be missed by many Washington park customers.

Amateur, Independent Basketball Notes

Memorial Baptists, All-Baptist League champs for three years, defeated the strong St. Philips team Thursday night, 41 to 22. For games with the Baptists write W. N. Wilson, 1437 North Holmes avenue. Phy-Cul Regs desire game with fast city *nd state teams playing in the 16-18-year-olds class. Write C. E. Heidenrich, 3603 West Washington street. Indianapolis Crows with three victories to their credit challenge teams plaving in the 16-17-year-old class. Call Ri. 0C72 and ask for Harry Vinstein. SAINTS WIN ANOTHER The fast-stepping St. Patrick's H. N. S. added another victory to its list Thursday by defeating the Y. M. S., 31 to 25 It was the ninth straight victory for the Saints. Saints will meet the Woodside Merchants tonight in the feature fray at the Pennsy gym. The Woodside Juniors will play the Shamrocks at 8 and a girls’ game will open the bill at 7.

Joe Cuba Bound JOE WILLIAMS, sports editor of the New York Telegram and one of the leading columnists in the country whose interesting articles supply one of The Times features, has gone vacationing in Cuba. He’s on his way to the popular Havana and his column touching on some of the indoor and outdoor sports of that country will be resumed at an early date.

Butler Aces Run Wild as Pitt Tumbles Hildebrand Drops in 17 Points; Charidler Cages 13 Markers. BY NORMAN ISAACS Two sturdy Indianapolis athletes, vision unimpaired, combined -with their Butler university basketeering teammates Thursday night at the Bulldog field house to make things unpleasant for the highly-touted University of Pittsburgh cage squad. The two sharp-shooters were Hildebrand and Chandler, and when the Butlerites had finished their evening’s toil, the Smoky City court squad was on the lean end of a •35 to 33 count. Stay Out of Indiana! The Pittsburghers, boasting a record of twenty-seven consecutive victories, made a woeful error in advancing into Indiana. The easterners were in what appeared to be top form, passed beautifully, guarded well and worked the floor fine. Butler, on the other hand, seemed to be in early season form. The passing of the Indianapolis collegians wasn’t what could be termed neat, and their handling of the leather was rather poor. They fumbled frequently and missed as many shots as Pittsburgh took all night. Hildebrand and Chandler, however, were in rather good shooting shape and the former counted seven field goals and three fouls, a total of seventeen points, while the exTechite dropped in five “buckets” and a trio from the foul stripe, thirteen points in all. 3,000 See Contest Pittsburgh’s best point-getters were L. Cohen, Baker and Hyatt Cohen netted eleven points, Baker, ten, and Hyatt, five. The score was rather close all the way through and the crowd of about 3,000 received plenty of excitement. The Bulldogs were ahead at the half, 17 to 16, and for a time near the end of the game were ahead by six points. The evening’s figures: Butler (35) G F TP| Pitts. (33) GF TP Chandler,!... 5 3 13iZehfuss,f 10 2 White,! 1 0. 2!Arture,f 10 2 Hildebrand,c 7 3 17|L. Cohen,c... 3 511 Hosier.g 0 0 oiHyatt,g 2 1 5 Hinchman.g. 0 0 o ( Wunderlich,g. 113 Christopher,! 1 0 2!Baker,f 4 2 10 Bugg.g 0 1 liGerraio.f .... 0 0 0 Totals ....14 7 351 Totals 12 933 Referee. Kearns (De Paul); umpire. Young (111. Wesleyan). Overtime Fray in Girls' League An overtime battle featured the opening games Thursday night in the Girls’ City League at Liberty hall. After the game had ended with the count tied at 15-all, the East Tenth girls went ahead to beat the Hottentots, 19 to 16. Pennsy downed the Y. W. C. A. five in the first game, 26 to 8. The “Y” girls were unable to connect with the hoop. Hoosier,.Demons downed the Hawthorne team, 40 to 8.

Local Pin Gossip BY LEFTY LEE “Dutch” Schneider, rolling on the No. 1 team of the Hatfield-Ford League Wednesday made the new city record of 759 bv getting a total of twenty-five strikes out of a possible thirty-six. and bunching all but two of them. Schneider had a double turkey, four, six and eight in a row during the three games and kept his sheet clean by making ail of his spares, one of them being the “baby split” which he cut down. Dutch whose real name is Francis has been bowling but a short ti i r '®r. this being his third season, and in addition to rolling with the Hatfield team rolls with the Pittsford Purity Pie club m the Essential League at the Illinois alleys. One of the best scores ever turned In by a team in a restricted average league was rolled by the A. c. W. of A. team when they hit for a count of 4,063. Their other scores showed games of 902 and 925 which gave them a total of 2,690 and a three-time win over the Dilling Candy team, other games in this, the Capitol No. 2 League, resulted in a two-out-of-three win for the Banquet Tea. Standard Grocery and Post Office over the WheelerSchebler, Gregory & Appel and Ft. Harrlson. Derse led the individual list with ® tot |! t 641 on games of 223, 216 and nn §. m ßleton had 618; Frick. 606; Hanna. 602’ Strack - 610; Lan S- 637, and Wilson, . The entries for the Uptown New Year’s s>ngfes sweepstakes, a handicap affair with 190 as scratch, arc coming in nicely and a, large entry is sure to roll for the attractive prize list which will be up.. The winner of this event will start the New Year with an additional SIOO as the Uptown aeys guarantee this amount for first place. An entry fee of $3.75 will be charged which will include bowling. Bowlers who do not roll in leagues on Monday nights, can get a nice play at the Century alleys where an Individual sweepstakes is held. Entry fee for this event is but sl, which includes bowling lees. In the games that were played in the Merchants Central League, the Keystone Six, Romes Alumni and Lumber Jacks took three from the Bittrich Meats, Graybar Electric and R. V. Law Motor as the Gerkmg Bros, took two from the Sportsmen.. G. Gerking showed the best tota in this loop with games of 203, 207 and 1 <9, a count of 589. Schneider’s 759 total again proves the value of bowling insurance. Schneider is a believer of organized bowling and the Essential League, of which he is a member, is sanctioned, but he secured his big total in a small house league that did enter, the city association. The Kay-O. and Outlaw teams won two games from the Gem Coal and Rose Tires, as the Van Camp Hardware, Polk's Milk and Indianapolis Brne Print took three from the Virginia Sweet. Emrich Hardware and Coca-Cola in the Universal League at the Pritchett Recreation. Carls of the Indianapolis Blue Pr’nt team led this loou with a total of 642 on games of 207, 213 and 222. Smith of the Kay-O team was next with 601 for his three games. Frank Morris is getting the habit of going over the 250-mark in one of his games each league night. Thursday night he helped his team, the Joint Life, to a three-time win over the L. P. C. O. with games of 180, 167 and 256, a total of 603. The Ordinary Life also won three from the Ten-Year Term as the O. L. C. O. and Twenty-Pay Life took two from the Twen-ty-Year Endowment and Annuities, in the American Central Life League at Pritchett’s. WARREN FLATTENS JORDAN SALISBURY. N. C., Dec. 14-Ad Warren, North Carolina heavyweight, knocked out Bill Jordan, Salisbury, here Thursday night in the second round. ODDS ARE EVEN DETROIT, Dec. 14.—Betting was even today on the outcome of the Frankie Genaro-Steve Rocco tenround battle tonight.

Something Important May Occur Later Regarding ‘Chain Store’ Baseball. HARGRAVE SAINT BOSS Apostles Send Pitcher to Cincy; Other Deals. BY DIXON STEWART United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Dec. 14.—Harmony was the prevailing keynote, as American and National League club owners left here today after their joint meeting. Player transfers supplied the chief news of an otherwise drab session. The suggestion advanced by President John Heydler, at the National League meeting, that ball clubs use a tenth man in the lineup to bat for weak hitting pitchers, was presented to the meeting but not discussed. National League magnates were reported to favor this unique suggestion, but American leaguers regarded the proposal as the outstanding joke of the “hot stove league” season. No attempt was made to have the change adopted. Major “Farm” Question Another controversial subjectmajor league ownership of minor league clubs—also was treated with caution. Commissioner Landis was reported to be in sympathy with the minors in opposing the “chain store” ownership of teams, and it had been expected he would ask the majors to agree to dispose of their holdings. President Sam Breadon, of the St. Louis Cardinals, and heads of other clubs which maintain a chain of “farms,” were ready to fight any curbing of their activities. Just before the close of the meeting Landis requested the major league owners to report regarding what minor league clubs they control, but he gave no indication of indorsing the minor league demand that big league clubs dispose of minor league holdings. The magnates voted to open the season nfext year on Tuesday, April 16, and close on Oct. 6, the latest closing date of recent years. Straight Waiver Price Rule changes included a ban on signing of players under 17 years old, and the establishment of a straight waiver price of $7,500. The club owners voted a donation of $50,000 for the American Legions junior baseball tournament and $5,000 annually for five years to the National Association of Professional Baseball Players, for maintenance of a home for aged ball flayers. Players’ transfers announced Thursday included the trade of “Bubbles” Hargrave, Cincinnati catcher, to St. Paul, for Pitcher Zahniser of Betts. Hargrave will manage the St. Paul club, and Nick Allen, manager of St. Paul for the last six years, is expected to sign with the Chicago Sox as head coach. Hoffman, Scott Sold Two major league players, Fred Hoffman, Boston Red Sox catcher, and Pete Scott, Pittsburgh outfielder, were purchased Mission club of the Pacific Coast League. Signing of George Moriarty, manager of the Detroit Tigers during the 1927 and 1928 seasons, as an American League umpire, was announced. He was on the American League staff before he tried managing the Tigers.

Week-End H. S. Card

TONIGHT Ben Davis at Cathedral. Elwood at Shortridge. Manual at Beech Grove. Technical at Greenfield. Lawrence at Washington. SATURDAY Muncie vs. Tech at Armory. Pendleton at Manual. Cathedral at Decatur Catholic. Washington at Bainbridge. Brownsburg at Broad Ripple. NA E GEU VS. SPI IVEY Naegli and Spivey will meet in the final match of the state threecushion billiard tourney at 7:30 tonight at Harry Cooler’s parlors. Neal Jones defeated Claude Holder, 50 to 27, in Thursday’s afternoon match and in the evening Harry Rubens beat Holder, 50 to 20.

Tollege Net Results

(Thursday’s Game) Butler, 35; Pittsburgh, 33. Indiana, 34; Pennsylvania, 26. Miami (Ohio), 43; Earlham, 34. Indiana Central, 49; N. A. G. U, 39. State Normal. 23; Vincennes, 22. Michigan Reserves, 45; University of Toledo, 12. St. Louis university, 27; Drake, 24. Oakland City. 41; Rose Poly, 19.

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YORK, Dec. 14.—Six players from the east, -*• ’ three from the western conference and one each from the south and far west, appear on the Alb America football team picked for Collier’s Weekly by Grantland Rice. It appears in the current issue of the magazine. Rice’s team includes three substitutes or utility men, one from the east, one from the middle west and one from the south. The honored fourteen are named and their positions given on the reproduced

Loyola, New Orleans, on Butler Grid Card Here Next Thanksgiving Day Strong Dixie Eleven to Invade Local Stadium in 1929; James Milliken Booked Nov. 17.

BY DICK MILLER Loyola university of New Orleans, one of the great elevens of the south, a team that held Notre Dame, 12 to 6, this year and always a contender for the national Catholic college championship, will be the opponent of Butler gridders at the Butler bowl Thanksgiving day, 1929. The announcement today was made by George “Potsy” Clark, athletic director at Butler, who added that the 1929 football menu for local fans also will call for a battle here Nov. 16 with James Millikin, champions of the “Little Nineteen” of Illinois and consistently strong eleven. Millikin tied Wabash this year, 6 and 6. “Whether or not the Butler home program calls for four or five games depends a great deal on the team we get to fill the Oct. 19 date,” Clark said. “We held both Oct. 5 and 19 open for Purdue, but When the Boilermakers gave us no answer at the Chicago meeting last Saturday, I went ahead and scheduled Northwestern Oct. 5. Now we find that Washington university at St. Louis went so far with a tentative game they had booked for Oct. 19 that they are uncertain whether they can play us there next year. “There is a possibility that I may be able to book Ohio university," Clark added, “but the place is undecided. The delay also has caused

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scroll above. Pictures of five of the first-string gridders also are shown. Included in Rice’s selection are five players who have been chosen by a majority of the critics in the country. They are Fesler, Pund, Harpster, Cagle and Strong. In announcing his team Rice said he was assisted by Knute Rockne, Glenn Warner, Jesse Hawley, Fielding Yost, Bob Zuppke, Lou Young, Bill Roper, Wallace Wade, Dan McGugin and Clarence Price. He also based many of his selections on personal observation.

Franklin and Earlham to fill Oct. 12 which date was to be offered them. We may decide to play one of the two Sept. 28 and the other on Oct 12.” The Butler 1929 grid card as it now stands, follows: Oct. s—Butler at Northwestern. Oct. 12—Open. Oct. 19—Open. Oct. 26—Butler at New York university. Nov. 2—Butler at De Fauw. Nov. 9—Wabash at Butler. Nov. 16—James Millikin at Butler. Nov. 23—Open. Nov. 28—(Thanksgiving), Loyola of New Orleans at Butler. Reynolds in Victory Bn United Press TOLEDO, Dec. 14.—Gus Kentauf, Minnesota welterweight, lost to Jack Reynolds in straight falls here Thursday night. Reynolds won with leg splits.

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Negro Heavies to Battle Here at Cadle Arena Six bouts with the main go featuring Larry Gains, Buffalo, and Seal Harris, Chicago, Negro heavyweights, are scheduled for the Cadle tabernacle boxing show next Thursday night. An eight round semiwindup will see Kid Woods, 120, Indianapolis, mixing it with A1 De Rose. 120, Pittsburgh. Four scraps of four rounds each also will be on the card. Gains claims the Negro heavyweight championship because of his win over George Godfrey in three rounds at Toronto in September. Harris defeated Chuck Wiggins at Davenport, la., a year ago, Harris also claims a draw with Big Bill Tate. Vaughn Richardson, promoter, will announce his complete card Monday.

I Program Nearly Completed for Tuesday Boxing ’ When the Legion matchmaker finds an opponent for Eddie Roberts |in a six-rounder at 115 pounds, which freak poundage might be described as the “junior bantam” division, the entire program for next Tuesday night’s fistic show at the Armory will be made up. The card follows: Ten Rounds—Paul Allen. Chicago, vs. Jimmie Hackley, Indianapolis; 132 pounds. Eight Rounds—Royal Cox, Indianapolis, vs. Otto Atterson, Terre Haute; 129 pounds. Six Rounds—Howard Jones. Louisville,, vs. Reamer Roberts, Indianapolis; 126 pounds. Six Rounds—Eddie Roberts. Indianapolis, vs. opponent to be named; 115 pounds. Four Rounds—John Paul Jones, Indianapolis, vs. Danny Denson, Ind.anapolis; ; 155 pounds. The Howard Jones-Reamer Roberts six-rounder is a rematch, these I two feathers having fought a fine contest at the Armory a few weeks i ago. Campus Politics Hit by Gophers Bn United Press MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 14.—The, senate committee of intercollegiate | athletics at Minnesota university j I announced today that because politics had entered into the election of athletic captains, no captain would oe named by the players of the 1929 | football team. The committee recommended that 1 coaches of the various sports choose | captains for the teams as the sea- • son progressed, perhaps a different ployer for each game.

Did You Know That— THE real name of Stumpy Thomason, Georgia Tech back, is Jack Griffin Thomason Bill Alexander, Tech coach, says Mizell is an ideal back And Jack Wilce, retired Ohio State coach, says Wesley Fesler is the ideal end. The Mcßae of Florida, who was named on a coupla All-Americas, was a substitute. Frank Fitz, the California tackle, got out of bed to play in four games. Fleishhacker, of the Stanford backfield, is the son of a multimillionaire banker Who, they say, is putting the whole squad through school Ace Hudkins is a nut on baseball And thinks he could have been a good second baseman if he hadn’t gone in for fighting.

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Indiana Net Squad Downs Penn Quint 8,000 See Crimson Cagers Defeat Easterners in Dedication Tilt. Bn Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. 14. —Before 8,000 persons at the dedication of the new crimson fieldhouse, the University of Indiana basketball team defeated the University of Pennsylvania five, 34 to 26, Thursday night. The crimson quintet, co-cham-pions of the Big Ten, ran away with the game in the first half, the score at that time being 19 to 11 in Indiana’s favor. Pennsylvania rallied in the final four minutes of play, but was unable to overcome the lead Peterson, center, and Schaaf, guard, scored eleven points for Pennsy in the late rally. “Ace" McCracken was the backbone of Indiana’s drive. Summary: G F TP! G F TP Wells,! 4 0 81 Loble.v.l 1 l 3 Stricklnd.f.. 2 2 6 Brodbent.f... 1 1 3 M’Crakn.c... 4 l 9| Bonnivwell.c. 10 2 Correll.g 1 2 4 Schaal.g 33 9 Schied.g 1 1 3 Lazar,g 1 1 3 Ashby,f .... 1 0 2) Noble,! 0 0 0 Jasper,c 10 2! Peterson,c.... 2 2 6 Cooper,! 0 0 01 Reiser,c 0 0 0 Totals 14 6 341 Totals 9 826 Officials—Referee, Frank Lane (Cincinnati); umpire. Maloney iNotre Dame). Nurmi to Arrive in U. S. Saturday Bn United Press NEW YORK. Dec. 14.—Paavo Nurmi will arrive in New York Saturday afternoon aboard the French liner, Rochambeau. The famous Finn is visiting the United States for three purposes: 1. He wishes to continue training with a view to establishing new distance records. 2. He will go to Los Angeles to Inspect the site o! the 1932 Olympic games in his capacity as captain of the Finnish track and field team. 3. He is here on business in connection with the affairs of a Finnish automobile concern. Unless Nurmi changes his mind, he will not consider offers from promoters who wish him to turn, professional. ring” show cancelled Bess and Dencio Fail to Meet— Small Crowd the Reason. The boxing show scheduled at Tomlinson hall Thursday night, featuring One Round Bess and Your.g Dencio in the main go was called off because of a shortage of customers. Five bouts were carded, but none was held. Only about 200 fans showed up, and not all represented cash.