Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 202, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 January 1929 — Page 26

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Talking It Over WITH r>E WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—A funeral vault Wednesday, where mourners mourned. A hockey rink Thursday night where steel blades flashed and padded bodies clashed. A fight arena tonight, where fists will thud against quivering flesh and mad men roar—that’s the Garden. And somehow the Garden seems faithfully to reflect the spirit of its dead master in its mighty flow of endless energy, constantly shifting scenes, and veneer of razzle dazzle. a a a A close-up of Tex Rickard, showman and promoter, would reveal these same qualities, and they were the qualities that made him the greatest sports manipulator of all time. a a a IT WAS FITTING THAT HIS JOURNEY TO THE GRAVE SHOULD HAVE STARTED FROM HIS BELOVED GARDEN. IT WAS FITTING, TOO. THAT THE CEREMONY PROFOUNDLY RESPECTFUL. SHOULD AT THE SAME TIME HAVE SMACKED OF PAGEANTRY AND COLOR. THE TWO HIGH PRIESTS BEFORE WHOM THE DEAD MAN WORSHIPPED. a a a THAT less than an hour after the bronze casket had been wheeled through a side door into the sunlight in West Fiftieth street, the Garden staff men were at work getting the big hall ready for the next attraction —a hockey game Thursday night. This news would have caused the dead maestro to smile; he was proud of the efficiency of his organization. a a a From the executive office of the Garden, printed sheets of the program of the ceremony, including the eulogies, the time length of the talks and the order of the cortege were delivered to the press workers. Old Tex would have liked that, too. “Always see that those newspaper fellows have something to write about,” he would say. a a a • I RATHER THINK PLACING A TIME LENGTH ON THE EULOGIES WOULD HAVE APPEALED TO HIM. TOO. HE NEVER HAD MUCH PATIENCE FOR PRELIMINARIES. a a a “npHE people want to see the main JL bout, they don’t care, who you put on in the prelims,” he’d say Jyhen you criticised the nondescripts who preceded champion and challenger in one of his battles of the pfentury. And Wednesday old Tex himself was the main bout. The Garden never played to a stranger iqyowd. The “nice people” of whom Rickard had grown so fond in recent years because of the influence and prestige they brought to his enterprises were there in glamorous slumbers, stern faced, somberly clad, carrying high silk toppers. a a a Jack Dempsey sat with the honorary pall bearers, overcoated, wearing a high stiff collar, slit by •a black silk tie, and holding his 'silk top hat rigidly against his bulging chest. A thin veil of tears ■eame and left his reddened eyes at Intervals and his colorless lips worked with a feverish nervous•ness. a a a * THERE WERE FIGHTING MEN THERE •#HO HAD HELD WORLD TITLES, 'OTHERS WHO HAD FOUGHT UNFORGETTABLE BATTLES. MANAGERS WHOSE NAMES WERE ONCE BETTER KNOWN THAN RICKARD S, PROMOTORS I£HO THREATENED TO DRIVE HIM TO THE WALL WHEN HE INVADED TIfEIR fICACRED REALMS ELEVEN YEARS AGO. BUT WOSE RESENTMENT SOON ■•CHANGED TO ENVY AND THEN TO RELUCTANT ADMIRATION. TOHNNY DUNDEE pays his re•fl spects. He was fighting as far hack as 1910. He has been in more jjghts than Rickard promoted, and is still fighting. Dundee’s friends want him to quit. Tex Rickard was Urged not to match him again. His comment was: "I hate to have to tell man he’s grown too old to be of ;sny use.”

$. H. S. Gridders Card Ten Games ■Z. Ten games are on the 1929 Short ridge high school football program, as announced late Thursday by athletic officials at the north side school. One of the features of tjie city champions’ program is a night game on Sept. 27, at Clinton, slate champions. The complete .Card: -Scot. 13—Westfield, there. •Bebt. 30—Stivers of Dayton, here. •-Sept. 27—Clinton, there might game). Oit. 4—Lebanon, here. •“Oct. 11—Open. ‘"Oct. 17—Elwood. here. "" Oct. 25—Washington, here. ' Nov. I—Cathedral, here. Nov. B—Richmond, there. * Nov. 15—Manual, here. ...Nov. 22—Tech. here. M’LARnTn" 8-5 FAVORITE NEW YORK. Jan. 11.—The first boxing contest held in Madison Square Garden since Tex Rickard s death will take place tonight when -Jimmy McLamin. Vancouver tB. CJ Jightweight, meets Joe Glick, rugged •Brooklynite, in a ten-round bout. Z McLamin will not be required to Jnake the lightweight limit tonight •tend it is doubtful if he can again icalo 135 pounds. McLamin is an y-to-3 favorite.

Did You Know That— Dempsey is making up with all his estranged friends. ... He shook the hands of Jimmy Dougherty and Senator Wild Bill Lyons and called it quits. . . . Kearns m*. be i*-xt. . . . But Jimmy Bronson never. . . . Drennon, the good guard of Georgia Tech, wouldn’t mind doing squads right and w.*ong at West Point. . . . T- : Cleveland baseball customers think their team should hi ve gotten something besides dough for Summa. . . . But ConEie Mack said no when they sail Dykes or Rommel. . . . Even if she gets to be an amateur again Suzanne never will play Helen Wills.

Indiana College Basket Teams Carded for Plenty of Action

Logan’s Net Squad From Dixie Here Hope Haven Lads of New Orleans Play Cathedral Squad Saturday. The Hope Haven basketball team of New Orleans, accompanied by Coach Charlie Logan and the Very Reverend Peter M. Wynhoven, Duilder and director of the Hope Haven trade school, were sightseeing in Indianapolis today after corning north on a net trip. The Crescent City netters, since leaving home, have played in Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee and Indiana and on Saturday night will battle the local Cathedral high school quintet at Cathedral gym. The intersectional clash has stirred up much local interest, and although Cathedral is favored to neat the lads from the south, Coach Logan believes his team will make it a great struggle. Hope Haven won the championship of the New Orleans Catholic School Athletic League four consecutive seasons. The Saturday feature will start at 8 p. m. Eight players are with the Hope Haven squad and they form a cosmopolitan aggregation, two being Italian, four French, one Spanish and one Irish.

Off the * | Backboard *—By Norman E. Isaacs —

IT may interest you to know that the 6 foot 6 inch young man who goes by the Norwegian monicker of Murphy and plays basketball for Purdue is leading the Big Ten league with a batting average of 27 points in two games. Mr. Murphy made himself prominent as the league’s leading slugger by knocking in eleven field goals and a few incidental free throws against those Chicago boys earlier this week. Nearest Mr. Murphy in the matter of total bases is a Mr. Ervin of Ohio who is sporting a 21 point average, garnered on a matter of eight field goals and five charity heaves. Mr. Murphy’s sturdy teammate, Mr. Harmeson, who hails from Indianapolis, is number three in the circuit with 20 points. “Harmie” has looped in nine field buckets and a pair of free throws. a a a The one and only Charley Logan and his Hope Haven basketball team of New Orleans pulled into th city today. The Southerners will meet Cathedral at the Irish gym Saturday night at 8 in an honest-to-goodness intersectional battle. The Crescent City squad is composed of only seven members, but each one is quite husky the Cathedralites are in for ■an interesting battle. For your information the Cathedral gym is at North Meridian and Fourteenth streets. a a a TONIGHT is when Griz Wagner and his Franklin collegians pay Butler a visit at the Bulldog fieldhouse. Butler has been setting a

fast pace and is rated a heavy favorite over the Baptists. Bill Bugg, the burly guard, is out of the locals’ lineup and his loss will hurt. There’s no doubt about that. Because when G r i z unleashes “Cat’’ Wooden, the rampaging little

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sputtering around .vnd the Bulldogs may be forced to step high, wide and handsome in an effort to keep ahead of Griz’s boys. Another star on the Franklin team is Wooden’s running mate, Bain Freeman, the old Franklin high school captain. Freeman is playing his second year with the Franklin squad

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and he has a rather accurate eye for the hoop. Which makes it just that much tougher—for Butler. We think Butler will win. But they’re not going to stop to try out a few new Charleston steps while they’re doing it. Twill be a battle! 9 0 0 MR. BACKBOARD—HERE IS ONE FOR THE ‘ NET POLO” COLMUN. DUE TO THE FLU AND OTHER HANDICAPS. EBERHARTE EAST TENTH DEARS WERE FORCED TO RESORT TO BARBARA FRITCHIE BASKETBALL—‘SHOOT IF YOU MUST”—TO DOWN THE FISHERS SQUAD AT STSHERS THE OTHER NIGHT. 35 TO 24. STRICTLY DEFENSIVE ALL THE WAY, WHICH OF COURSE. WOULD HAVE BEEN A PERFECT ALIBI HAD THEY LOST. HUCKLEBERRY FINN. e a a Indiana will meet Pnrdue at Bloomington, Jan. 19. Additional comment Is unnecessarv. Indianapolis fans can obtain ! tickets it the Indiana university extension center, lri East Michigan street. So many Hoosiers ean’t be wrong! OBTAINS PACING STAR New Yorker Purchases May E. Grattan: Tutored by Pitman. By Times Special NEW YORK. Jan. 11.—J. C. Thompson, New York, who sold the fast Grattan Royal pacer. Widow Grattan, 2:02*4, for a reported price of $20,000 last fall, has purchased the 4-year-old pacing filly. May E. Grattan. 2 lli*, from Walter Wilkins, Little Palls, N. J.. and has turned her over to Earl Pitman, New Jersey trainer, to tutor.

Thirteen Games Scheduled to Be Played Over Week-End. ■ FRANKLIN AT BUTLER Several Important Tilts Staged Saturday. TONIGHT Franklin at Butler. Indiana Central at Manchester. Huntington at Earlham. Danville at Valparaiso. Hanover at Oakland City. SATURDAY Northwestern at Purdue. Indiana at Minnesota.. Indiana Central at Huntington. Kentucky at Notre Dame. De Pauw at Evansville. Manchester at Muncie. Danville at Concordia. State Normal at Carbondale, 111. Thirteen basketball contests are on the week-end menu for Indiana college teams and plenty of action is billed to be dished out. Headlining tonight’s games is the Franklin-Butler setto at the Bulldog field house. Although the Butler team boasts an impressive record, marred only by a surprise defeat at the hands of Chicago, the Franklin team, headed by the veteran coach, “Griz” Wagner, is given more than an outside chance of trimming the locals in tonight’s fracas. Indiana Central will be at Manchester, Huntington at Earlham, Danville at Valparaiso and Hanoi es at Oakland City, Saturday’s program is much more impressive with both Indiana and Purdue facing Big Ten opposition and Notre Dame taking part in an intersectional struggle against Kentucky. Purdue will meet the strong Northwetsem five at Lafayette and Indiana will meet the weak Minnesota squad at Minneapolis, The N. D.-Kentucky tilt will be played at South Bend. Indiana Central will move on to Huntington, De Pauw will invade Evansville, Manchester will be at Muncie, Danville at Concordia and State Normal at Carbondale (111.) Normal.

City Leaguers Start Schedule The newly organized City Basketball League will start action tonight at Pennsy gym with two games. At 8 o’clock Marmon Motors and Link Belt teams with several prominent netters enrolled, will clash to open the league’s fireworks and in the second tilt Brightwood Big Four and Woodside Merchants do battle. After tonight, there will be three games staged every Friday, the other two squads being Big Four A. A. and Marmon Sales. The Big Four A. A. was the “class” of the old city league.

Indianapolis Included in 1929 Foot Race

Bv United Press SPRINGFIELD, Mo., Jan. 11.— C. C, Pyle’s second trans-continental foot race will begin late in March, starting this time at New York, the promoter announced in a letter to John T. Woodruff, president of the United States Highway Association today. The itinerary includes Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wheeling, Columbus, 0., Dayton, Indianapolis, St. Louis, Springfield, Oklahoma City, Muskogee, Dallas, El Paso and Los Angeles.

Hockey Leadership

By United Press NEW YORK, Jan. IL—The New York Rangers and the New York Americans retained their leadership of the American and International divisions of the National Hockey League Thursday night by victories over Ottawa and Toronto, respectively. The Rangers defeated Ottowa, 9 to 3, and the Americans won from Toronto, 2 to 0. Other results: Montreal Maroons, 1; Chicago, 1. Boston. 4; Les Canadiens, 2. Detroit, 4; Pittsburgh, 1. DEMON S B EAT PEN NS Y The Hoosier Demons defeated the Pennsy GGirls, 19 to 11, in the feature game of the Girls City League Thursday night at Liberty hall. Both teams were undefeated prior to the contest. Viola Duckworth was best for the Demons. Helen Whaley starred for Pennsy. HANSEN BACK AGAIN Bu United Press NEW YORK. Jan. 11.—Knute Hansen, knocked out by K. O. Christner recently, will get a chance to redeem himself when he meets Emmet Rocco, Akron, heavyweight, here Jan. 25. SIGN GIANTS’ CONTRACTS Bn United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Joe GeneWich, veteran righthander, and Bill Walker, young southpaw, have returned their signed contracts for 1929 to the New York Giants.

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THESE two young men—Larry Haar, above, y and Hank Young, captain—a fe said by Coach Gus Tebell at North Carolina State to be the equal of any set of forwards in southern basketball. The Tebell squad expects to prove itself one of the best in the south this season mainly through the work of these two forwards.

VINCENNES IS VICTOR Last Half Spurt Carries Alices to Triumph Over Hanover. Bv Times Special VINCENNES, Ind., Jan. 11. A last half drive netted Vincennes college a 28-to-21 triumph over Hanover here Thursday night. Hanover led at the half, 12 to 4. Summary: VINC’NNES GF TP HANOVER GF TP Henley,!.... 4 0 B!Wallin,! 10 2 Pielemier.f... 4 2 10!Hammer,f.... 0 0 0 Walker.c 0 6 6 Rockwell,c... 12 4 Wanhellb’m.g 1 0 2j Whitcomb,g.. 113 Ballard,g.... 1 0 2|Naab.g Oil Garriott.g... Oil I Telle,c 4 2 10 Totals 10 828 Totals 7 721 MANUAL VSWARREN The Manual high school basketball team is primed for its clash tonight with Warren Central at the south siders’ gym at Merrill and Union streets. The Manual squad has been strengthened by the return of Poppaw, a forward, who has been ill for some time.

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Mat Promoter Also to Go in for Glove Sport Weekly boxing and wrestling cards will be staged at Cadle tabernacle throughout the balance of the winter, Jimmie McLemore, promoter, has announced. McLemore said he has made arrangements to hold wrestling shows at the tabernacle each Monday night and boxing bouts each Friday night. The promoter’s first show at the tabernacle is booked for Monday with a mat card of three bouts featuring Abdul Khan, Hindu light heavyweight, against Glen Wade, Columbus (O.) grappler. His opening boxing show is scheduled for Friday night, Jan. 18, with top prices at one dollar. Five bouts, two prelims of four rounds each, a pair of six rounders and a main go of ten rounds are to be scheduled.

Amateur, Independent Basketball Notes

Hayes Body Corporation team will play the Ft. Harrison "Blue Devils” at Ft. Harrison tonight. The Hayes team will meet the Pennsy Railroad Five Sunday afternoon at the Pennsy gym. The Body squad defeated the Pennsys, 25 to -24, recently. Fast teams desiring games call Li. 6387 or Ch. 5577-M and ask for Mr. Thompson. The Capital City League which has been playing at the old Shortridge gym has discontinued for the remainder of the season. Final standing: WL W L Kay Jewelry... 4 0 Insley Mfg 1 3 P. and E. Ry... 3 1 Mod. Woodmen.. 1 3 Pin Delta .... 3 1 Armour Pkg 0 4 American Settlement basketball team has won five consecutive games. The Settlements wants games with teams in the 18-year-old class having access to gyms. Call Ri. 1622 between 3 and 5. Riverside Olympics defeated Fayette Thursday, 31 to 21. Watterson was high point man. Sunday the Olympics will play the College Cubs at Liberty hall at 2 o'clock. The Indianapolis Times team defeated the St. Patrick’s Shamrocks, 38 to 16. Times’ Five desires a game for Sunday afternoon with a team having access to a gym. Call Norman Isaacs in The Times’ sports department or Windy Nave in the composing room. Broad Ripple Hi-Y club was defeated by the Meridian Heights Intermediates. 23 to 12 in a fast, hard-fought game. Dentry led the Intermediates with eight points. Rippleites would like to book games with teams playing in the 14-17-year-old class Write Leo Leste, 603 West. Fifty-third street, or call Humboldt 1269, between 6 and 7 and ask for Bill. St. Joseph Y. M. C., with victories over St. Melnrad college and Brightwood Bears, would like to schedule games in the 17-18-year-old class. Call Riley 2105. Fonutain Street Community house has a girls’ team desiring games for Wednesday nights. Call Cherry 0986-W and ask for Jane, or write Jane Fry, 2180 Oxford street. Musketeers, a fast local organization, would like to schedule games with fast city and state teams. Call Washington 4322 after 5 o'clock and ask for George. TECH IN GOOD TRIM The Technical high school basketball team today was reported to be in good condition for its game Saturday night with Newcastle at the armory. The Tech seconds will meet the Newcastle seconds in the curtain-raiser. Tech and Newcastle are members of the North Central high school conference and the contest is expected to develop into a real struggle.

Golfing Aces Tee Off for $3,500 Prize Other Awards Make Open Play Worth SIO,OOO in Total Money. Bn United Pres* _ _ RIVIERA COUNTRY CLUB, LOS ANGELES, Jan. 11.—A brilliant cast of golfing aces who have followed the moneyed trail of routhern California winter play through preliminary tournaments, teed off today in the Los Angeles SIO,OOO open. MacDonald Smith, veteran Great Neck (L. I.) stylist, is defending his year-old laurels against a threatening field topped by Walter Hagen, now holding his third British open title. Eighteen holes of play were scheduled for today, the same for Saturday and the final thirty-six for Sunday. First prize is $3,500. Among the 124 entrants in this fourth renewal of the 72-hole event was numbered all past winners. In addition to Smith there were Harry Cooper of Buffalo, who led in 1926, and B /oby Cruickshank, New York, who was first in 1927. Youthful Horten Smith of Joplin, Mo„ who won the Catalina open, was next to Hagen as favorite. George Von Elm, former national amateur champion, will head the non-money entrants. Irish Team Plays Kentucky Outfit Bv United Press . , , NOTRE DAME, Ind., Jan. 11— One of the biggest intersectional basketball games of the season will be played on the Notre Dame court Saturday, when the Irish meet the strong University of Kentucky quintet. The Kentuckians annually have one of the best teams in the south. In view of the fact the Notre Dame team at last appears to have hit its stride, the southerners will be in for a warm and exciting evening. YANKEES BUY “‘FARM’ Purchase Blue Ridge League Club; Lazzeri’s Arm Well Again. Bv United Press NEW YORK, Jan. 11. The St. Louis Cardinals’ “chain-store” idea has been adopted by the New York Yankees. Purchase of the Chambersburg (Pa.) club of the Blue Ridge League has been announced by Secretary Ed Barrow. Tony Lazzeri’s arm which bothered him all during last season and kept, him on the bench for many weeks is well again. Wine Meets Byrne Bu United Press „ „ BOSTON, Jan. 11.—Frankie Wme, the 190-pound Montana blacksmith, will' meet Jimmy Byrne, Louisville (Ky.) heavyweight, in a ten-round bout at the Boston Garden tonight.

Local Lads in Prelims of Ring Bill at Armory All set for next Tuesday night's boxing show at the armory, with the exception of the customary eight-round windup, was the word from the Legion matchmaker today. Principals in the eight-roimUer will be announced later. The main event between Eddie Anderson, Cody, N. Y., and Lew Terry, St. Louis, was, of course, the first consideration of Major Greene, and with that feature signed up, the next job was lining up the prelims. which the major accomplished in short order, as follows: Four Rounds—Abe Cohen. Indianapolis, vs. Tommy Fuckett, Indianapolis; I*B pounds. Six Rounds—Shifty Lewis, Indianapolis. vs. Young Jess. Indianapolis; 112 pounds. Six Rounds—Billy Moore, Indianapolis, vs. Bud De Haven. Paris, lil.; 158 pounds. Since local boys have been coming to the front lately with redhot battles at the Armory, the .matchmaker intends to give the home talent every opportunity to show its stuff, with the idea that this city again may develop some representative fighters as in the old days. Five of the six prelim performers on Tuesday’s card, it will be noted, are residents of this city. ABANDONSPUT SEASON Six-Club Western League to Go Back to Old Plan. JOPLIN, Mo., Jan. 11.—Six clubs will compose the Western Association next summer and the split season will be abandoned, officials decided at their annual meeting. Joplin and Springfield, Mo., Ft. Smith, Ark., and Independence, Kas., were the only teams definitely taking franchises.

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Purple Five Faces Purdue on Saturday Wildcats Invade Lafayette for Third Big Ten Conflict. Bv Times Special EVANSTON, 111., Jan. 11.—Set back in its first two conference games, Northwestern’s basketball team will travel to Lafayette Saturday to meet the Strong Purdue team which has won victories in its first two Big Ten starts of the season. Although defeated at the hands of Michigan and Ohio, the purple cagers have not permitted the trimmings to dampen their morale. They will invade the Boilermaker precincts with every intention of ringing up a victory and providing another upset to the hectic Big Ten race. Coach Lonborg probably will start the same lineup which he sent against the Wolverines and Buckeyes. However, it is likely he will make use of several reserve players who displayed promise in recent games. Just what method the Wildcat mentor will take to stop the rangy “Stretch” Murphy, who scored eleven baskets against Chicago, is in doubt. BUYS TOPSY DILLON Bv Times Special GOSHEN. N. Y., Jan. 11.-r Topsy Dillon, 2:26(4, dam of last year's star Grand Circuit trotter, Hollyrood Colin, 2:03, has been purchased by E. Roland Harriman, New York, from the Hollyrood Farm, Lexington.