Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 187, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1928 — Page 11

DEC. 26, 1928.

Shortridge and Technical Pointed for Court Conflict Saturday Night

‘Rajah’ Cops Swat Honors in National Hornsby Finishes on Top With Average of .387 for Season. BY WILLIAM J. DUNN •T'nUed Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. Dec. 26.—Rogers Hornsby is "Rajah” of the National League batting lists once more. The veteran second baseman who wore the uniform of Boston during the 11928 campaign, hit the ball for an average of ,387 to gain his seventh batting championship in nine years, official batting record of the league, released here, showed. . Hornsby's triumph was not unexpected for unofficial averages placed him far ahead of Paul Waner, 1927 champ, who finished second this year with an average of .370. Fred Lindstrom, New York, was third with .358. Pirates Hit Hard Team batting honors went to the Pittsburgh Pirates, who, although finishing fourth in the pennant race, hit the ball at a .309 clip. The Pirates were the only ones to finish above the .300 mark. The .293 average of the New York Giants gave them second honors. In addition to furnishing the league batting champion, the Boston,, Braves also placed two other men, Sislor and Richbourg, will up in the lists. Sisler was fourth with a .340 percentage, while Richbourg's '336 placed him seventh. If an all-star team were selected on the basis of batting ability during the 1928 campaign, the Braves would have three representatives, New York three. Pittsburgh two and the champion Cardinals one. The team would line up as follows; Position Player Vet. Outfield, P. Waner, Pittsburgh 370 Outfield, Rlchbours, Boston H3 Outfield, Hafey, St. I.ouis Mil Fist base. Sisler. Boston 941> Second base, Hornsby, Boston 31*7 Third base. Lindstrom, New York 858 Shortstop. Wright. Pittsburgh 310 Catcher, Hogan. New York., 883 PitrJjer, Grimes. Pittsburgh 8!i! Incidental honors were well distributed throughout the league. Lloyd Waner, Pittsbubrgh, went to bat more often than any other player—6s9 times—and obtained 180 one base hits, more than any other. His brother, Paul, scored the most runs, 142 and hit the most two baggers, fifty. Tie for Home Runs Jim Bottomley, St. Louis, winner of the league’s most valuable player award, hit the most triples, twenty, and tied Hack Wilson, Chicago for the home run championship of the circuit with thirty-one. Bottomley also had the most total bases, 362. Kiki Cuyler of the Chicago Cubs, tool? the base stealing honors, pilfering thirty-seven in 133 games. Pie Traynor, Pittsburgh, led in sacrifice hits with forty-two.

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St. Philips A. C. will meet the fast Eighth Christian Commanders at the St. Philips gym Thursday night at 8. A cur-tain-raiser will be played at 7 o'clock. For eames with the Saints call Belmoi t 0593-J or address St. Philips A. C.. 535 Eastern avenue. The fast stepping Kirschbaum Netters made it seven in a row when they defeated the St. Patricks. 55 to 31. H. Kempler and Feltman starred for the winners. Kirschbaum Bulldogs defeated the Universals, 36 to 31. Lovinger and Klor plaved best for the Bulldogs. Riverside Olympics will practice tonight at Thirteenth and North Alabama streets. All players are urged to report. Uniforms will be issued. For games write George Salge. 2427 or call Harrison 3378. Three games will he played at the South Side Turner gym Thursday night. The St. Patricks H. N. S. will clash with the Reserve Loan Life Insurance quintet In the feature game. The Lauter Boys’ Club will play the Shamrocks and the St. Patricks Y. L. S. will take on the West Newton girls. East' Tenth Deaks announce the addition of Tommy Wilson to their squad Strong state teams desiring games with the Deaks. write R. W. Ebcrhart, 3209 East Tenth street. 18.000 SEE ICE FRA Y Bn United Preen NEW YORK. Dec. 26.—Eighteen thousand hysterical fans saw the New York Americans score in the dying minutes of the season’s greatest hockey game at Madison Square Garden Tuesday night, defeat the New York Rangers 1 to 0 and assume undisputed leadership of the National Hockey League. A scrimmage at the Ranger net put Goalie Roach off his guard and Rabbit McVeigh slipped the puck past him. CLAIMS CHAMPIONSHIP LIMA, Peru, Dec. 26.—K. O. Brissert, Peruvian welterweight, today claimed the welterweight ship of South American after his knockout victory over Alberto Quinones, Uuruguay, in the seventh round of their Christmas bout here.

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Rogers Hornsby Official batting figures of the National League show Rogers Hornsby, the Chicago Cubs’ latest addition, leading the circuit for 1928 with an average of .387. It was the seventh time in nine years Hornsby has annexed the honor and his margin over Paul Waner, the Pittsburg star, was seventeen poi i its.

-OFF the BACKBOARD By NORMAN E. ISAACS

THE basketball season is moving along rather swiftly and by now the followers of the court pasttime should know just how and where their favorite teams rate. Indiana is one state where the folks start talking state finals along m December and January. By February it is the main portion of aU talk-fests and in March the fans arc Indianapolis-bound with fire in their hearts and a box of couga drops in their pockets. u t Sixteen teams compete in the state finals. The best sixteen do not always get that far, simply because some sections of the state develops a larger number of good squads than other sections. n tt HERE'S the sixteen best teams in the state, at the present writing. We’ve picked them without regard to sectional or regional centers and you can use your own Judgment. If you don’t like the way we pick ’em. drop us a postcard or letter telling us why. Here goes: Bedford Greencastle Columbus Crawfordsvllle Martinsville Wsshineton Muneio ■ <E, Chicago) Newcastle Anderson Technical , Sevmour Loqansport Washington Horace Mann (Gary) SJielbyvHle Vincennes nan NEXT TUESDAY WE BELIEVE FRANKFORT WILL STEP INTO THE SELECT LIST. THE CASEMEN WERE SUSPENDED FROM THE I. H. S. A. A. UNTIL JAN. 1 BECAUSE OF A LITTLE CASE OF PROSELYTISM. FROM WHAT WE HAVE HEARD THE FRANKFORT LADS ARE BIG, FAST AND READY TO GO ANY TIME AND WILL BE A SERIOUB CONTENDER FOR THE STATE CROWN THIS SEASON. n tt tt MR. J. E. C. of Greencastle, Ind., who wishes to be known as “A Square Fan” writes us and says he thinks this column should be renamed “Crawfordsville Calling.” He also wishes to know T if we hail from Crawfordsville and pleads for impartiality. We are extremely sorry if our boosting of Crawfordsville has slighted Greencastle. The Tiger Cubs defeated the Athenians and deserve plenty of credit. That victory rates them higher than the C’ville squad and when we listed a team of twelve “best” earlier in the week, it was without regard to their positions. We still say Crawfordsville has a fine outfit. Greencastle can take its cue from that statement as to where it ranks. One of the feature games of the week-end wil be played at Kokomo Friday night where the Wildcats take on their old foe, the Marion Giants. Neither team has been setting the state on fire, but the in-

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Indianapolis Rivals Resume Practice for Tilt at S. H. S. Gym. GREEN HEAVY FAVORITE Much Interest Displayed in Fracas. Shortridge and Technical high school basketball teams were to resume practice today in preparation for their city series clash at the S. H. S- gym Saturday night. Tech has romped off with all Its games with city rivals this season and is a heavy favorite to beat the north aiders. Nevertheless, a large amount of interest is being displayed in the impending conflict between the high school rivals and a large crowd is expected to witness the fracas. Technical last week took a 35-to--20 victory over Manuel while Cathedral was downing Shortridge in a hard-fought battle. The probable starting lineup for Technical will be Davis and Cullivan at forwards, Hill at center, Lowery floor guard, and Parrish, back guard. McCullough and Shutllcworth are expected to start at the forward positions for Shortridge with Kiger at the pivot post, Bulliet at floor guard and Clark back guard.

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Chicago Pug Ranked High; Packs Punch Tuffy Griffith, Hard Punching Chicagoan, at Cadle Friday Night. Tuffy Griffith. Chicago scrapper who meets Chuck Doris, one of Michigan’s leading light heavyweights, in the feature bout on the Cadle Tabernacle boxing card Friday night, bears the reputation of making “short work” of his ring opponents. Griffith, a contender for the light heavy crown, hold k. o. victories over such battlers as Mike McTigue. one round; Joe Anderson, four rounds; Jimmy Mahoney, three rounds; Jackie Williams, one round, and Del Fontaine, four rounds. Tuffy's latest bout was a tenround decision over Charlie Belanger last Friday night. He is rated as an aggressive scrapper carrying a real wallop. A1 De Rose, Newark. N. J., and Tracy Cox. Indianapolis, featherweights, have been in hard training all week for their bout, They are rematched for the eight-round semi-windup. Last Thursday Cox won over De Rose as the result of an unintentional foul In the fifth round of an eight-round scrap. The two scrappers were anxious to meet again. Promoter Vaughn Richardson has announced that four prelims of four rounds each also will be on the card, local “comers” appearing in these matches with the first one to start the card at 8:30 o’clock.

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Girls ’ Net Loop Games on Jan . 3 The Hoosier Demons and the Pennsylvania railroad teams are tied for the lead in the Girls’ City league, each boasting two victories and no defeats. The league’s weekly sessions are held on Thursday nights, but the teams this week will not be in action because of the Christmas holidays. The feminine court pastime s will resume play Jan. 3 at Liberty hall. Hawthornes meeting the Y. W. C. A.. Penns.v playing the East Tenth girls and the Hoosier Demons meeting the Hottentots. The league standing: W. L ! W. 1,. Hoosier Demons 2 0 Hawthorne 1 l Pennsv Rv 2 OV. W. C. A 0 2 East Tenth 1 1 Hottentots 0 2 MINNEAPOLIS IS WINNER Uli l/nlted Vrt ** MINNEAPOLIS, Dee. 26—The Minneapolis hockey team defeated their rivals, St. Paul, here Tuesday night, 2 to 1. The game was one of the fastest of the season and witnessed by ?. capacity house.

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Cathedral Works for Washington Cathedral high school basketeers were to resume practice today for their game Thursday at the Irish gym against Washington (Ind.) Catholic. The down-staters gave the Cathedralites a scare last season and the locals are working hard for the game. Gallagher’s eye. which was injured in the Shortridge game, is improving rapidly and he is certain to be back in action against the Washington squad. DENY CONTRACT SIGNED Mayes McLain Has Not Been Made Coach, Officials Say. llv I nil"/ I’l tan lOWA CITY, la.. Dec. 26.—Despite Mayes McLain’s statement he had signed a contract to become freshman football coach at lowa university next year, Dr. Paul T. Belting, director of Athletics, today said McLain had not been made coach and added no such motive would be made.

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