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—— 1 ALKING It Over WITH JOE WILLIAMS

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 7. —There's quite an ado around here today over what the boys call the battle for the century. It is felt that on the outcome of this struggle by Babe Ruth for a SIOO,OOO contract in 1930 depend the ambitions of the Yankees for a fourth straight pennant, and an American League record. This Is an unusually interesting camp; it harbor? the highest priced

rookie of the year, the SIOO,OOO Lyn Lary, shortstop from Oakland of the Pacific Coast League. It parades Sam Byrd, sajd to be the best looking young outfielder in the country. It features an effort to convert Mark Koenig into a third baseman. And then there are the four marks

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brothers—question marks—They are: Herb Pennock, Tony Lazzeri, Wiley Moore and Earle Combs. It will be recollected by the students of baseball that when the Yankees knocked the St. Louis Cardinals for a row of empties in the 1928 world series, Pennock was out with neuritis, Combs was on the side lines with a fractured wrist, Lazzeri was doing his best in spite of a serious arm injury which threatened to cut short his diamond career, and Moore was in the grandstand, mourning the loss of his sinker. tt tt tt Pennock, Lazzeri and Combs are as good as new while Cy remains a mystery. Yankee hopes seem to depend largely on liow the four marks brothers come out of the ether. But after you have discussed Herb and talked about Tony, you come right back to the Babe, and that battle for the century. tt n ft “AS RUTH GOES. SO GO THE YANKEES.” THE TRUTH OP THIS APHORISM HAS BEEN RECOGNIZED EVER SINCE THE BASEBALL WORLD WAS AMAZED BY THE SALE OP RUTH EY BOSTON TO NEW YORK. tt tt tt THIS man Ruth has been a human apart from and unlike all others. ‘‘They say I am good for only four years more,” the Babe laughed as he polished his pet bats today. “I may be able to last longer. I may begin to slip sooner than that, but I’m not ready to settle down by the baseball fireside in my carpet slippers and annftunce that my best days are behind me. Hitting sixty-one home runs would be a terrific job. But I wouldn’t want to say that I couldn’t do it. I’d advise you to watch the Babe this season; the old eye stil is there.” tt u n For a young man who has been advertised all over the country for - in ore than two years as the big fiure in a $125,000 deal, Linford O’Leary Lary is modesty itself. And to make matters all the more satisfactory, the Californian seems to be a real find. LARY LOOKS LIKE A TWO-HUNDRED SPEEDSTER AROUND SHORT. HE IS A RANGY KID. BUILT ALONG THE LINES OF TRAVIS JACKSON OP THE GIANTS, ABOUT 5 FEET II INCHES IN HIS SOCKS. AND SCALING CLOSE TO 17U POUNDS. U tt St LARY Is a right-handed hitter. > This boy, whose family originally was O’Leary, has no illusions about himself or the task before him. He relaizes it’s a big jump from the coast league to the champions of the world. So Lynford Lary Is a silent, thoughtful young man, given to fancy shoes and a philosophical phizz.

MAIN SQUAD EXPECTED bu United Press WINTER HAVEN, Fla., March 7. —The main body of infielders and outfielders was scheduled to join the Philadelphia Phillies today. Third Baseman Pinky Whitney and Terry Lyons, rookie shortstop, arrived Wednesday President John Heydler of the National League visited the camp Wednesday.

FLAGSTEAO IS OVERDUE lit/ United Press BRADENTON. Fla., March 7. Outfielder Ira Flagstead was the only player overdue today in the Boston Red bex camp. Hal Rhyne, infielder drafted by the Philadelphia Athletics la t fall from Portland obtained oy the Red Sox on waivers, arrived Wednesday. CHANEY TO MEET CHICK Carl Chaney of Bloomington, Ind., will meet Bobby Chick of Texas in the semi-windup of the weekly wrestling card Monday night at the Cadle tabernacle. Chaney was a pupil of Jack Reynolds while the latter was wrestling instructor at Indiana university. Gus Kallic will meet Silent Olsen in the feature bout. WORKS ON LEFT HAND I! if United Press NEW YORK. N-irch 7.—Following the advise c. Tack Dempsey, James J. Braddock, Jersey City light heavyweight, whose right stopped Tuffy Griffith, is hard at work developing his left hand in preparation for hi> meeting with Jimmy Slattery of Buffalo in Madison Square Garden next Monday night. MISS DUNN VICTOR Elizabeth Dunn won the women’s indoor golf tournament at Jimmy Summer’s indoor school Wednesday with a 49. Mrs. Roy finished second with 50. Twenty women particiLO'IOLA UNDEFEATED /: • United Press CHICAGO.- March 7. Loyola dosed s victorious basketball season her* Wednesday night winning 30 to li, over the University of Dayton flv*. The north shore toesers completed their schedule witho*it a de-

Warstler ; Connolly Show Up Great Around Keystone Sack

Wabash Bows to Butler in Cage Thriller Scarlet Warriors Go Down Only After Great Basket Exhibition. The scarlet of old Wabash bowed to the blue of Butler Wednesday night in one of the greatest exhibitions of basketeering skill Indianapolis has witnessed this season. The Bulldogs triumphed, 27-to-22, in a thrilling struggle at the field house before about 6,000 fans. Although the Indianapolis collegians connected for twelve field goals and the visitors only five some remarkable accurcay at the charity stripe by Pete Vaughan’s Little Giants kept the Cavemen always within striking distance of the fleet Butlerites. The teams battled on even terms during the initial session, the score being deadlocked at 4,6, 8 and 11. White broke the “even-Stephen” aspects of the affair with a long field goal to give the locals a 13-11 advantage as the baby howitzer ended the period. The Butler team spurted in the second half, but the always scrapping Cavemen came back to threaten again. It was Butler’s last home appearance of the season and they will ring down the curtain Friday night against Notre Dame at South Bend. Summary: BUTLER G F TPI WABASH GP TP Chandler,!.. 3 X 71 Adams,! 2 2 6 White,! 4 1 9 Chase,! 2 4 8 Hildebrand.o 3 0 6 Groves.c 113 Hosler.g 0 0 0| Howell,g 0 33 Bugg.g 2 15 Brooks.g Oil Christopher,g 0 0 0 80wman,!.... Oil Totals ....12 3 27] Totals 5 12 22 Re!eree—Feezle. Umpire.—Miller.

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ED HAMMOND of Louisville will be A1 De Rose’s opponent over ten rounds as the feature scrap on the Cadle tabernacle boxing card Friday night. De Rose formerly did his scrapping out of Newark, N. J., but has been residing here this winter. According to information received by Promoter Jimmie McLemore, Hammond has been going strong around Louisville. De Rose and Hammond each will weigh around 126 for the bout. In addition to the main go, there will be a six rounder and three prelims of four rounds each.

Semi-Pro Fistic Card Complete Ten ’touts with an added threeround exhibition is tongiht’s program for the weekly semi-pro fistic show at Arol Atherton’s gym. Kid Woods will meet Jackie Coogan in the exhibition. The following three-round bouts are scheduled: Dannv Dexter vs. Bill Clark. Red Yeager vs. Mickey McCo.’mack, Vernard Trester vi. Jess Stewart. Walter Hunt vs. Lmdy Cauden. Young Frankie vs. Kid Walker. Joev McHugh vs. Don White. Jimmy McDowell vs. Bobby Ferraoane. Ted Sowders vs. Curley Boyd. Ray Manning vs. Harry Babrick. Oene Hurt vs. George Johnson. CUBS IN GOOD SHAPE Bu United Press AVALON, Catalina Island, Cal., March 7.—The Chicago Cubs rapidly are getting into tip-top shape. Wednesday’s workout was the hardest thus far of the training season and the Cubs appeared in good condition as they went through their paces. Cliff Heathcote and Riggs Stephenson showed up well in the outfield and at bat.

TULSA ROOKIES STAR WEST PALM leACII, Fla., March 7.—Two Tulsa recruits appear to have the inside track for the third base job on the St. Louis Browns. Don Dondero, whose batting brought praise from Manager Dan How’ey, is now demonstrating he also is a flashy fielder. Ed Grimes also nas been showing up well at the hot corner. With Earl Mcl v ly, outfielder, here, only Lu Blue, rleinie Manush, Frank O’Rourke nd Frank McGowan are absent. OWNIE’S PIRATES WORK Bit United Press PASO ROBLES, Cal., March 7 Hoping for the return of summer weather in place of Wednesday’s coolness, Ownie Bush’s Pittsburgh Pirates prepared for their first practice game today. The San Francisco Seals will play here Sunday. Pie I Traynor took another mud bath yesterday to relieve a pain in his hip. SIX-DAY BIKE RACE NEW YORK, March 7.—The team of Georgetti and Debaets was ahead in the six-day bicycles race again today, but Belloni and Beckman and Cugnot and Blanschonet were crowding them for first place.

Flashy Indiaji Performers Faster Than Ever in Training Camp. IN EXHIBITION FRIDAY Betzel’s Men to Take on Sarasota Nine. BY EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor SARASOTA, Fla., March 7. There’s no hesitation around the keystone sack on the Indian infield that is being put together down here in spring training camp by Boss Betzel and Coach Corriden. Faster

than ever is the prediction of The Times’ correspondent regarding Warstler and Connolly, who helped, to a large extent, in the winning of last year’s pennant in Tom Hickey's circuit. Warstler’s speed was established last season and he is equally as swift this spring and has more confidence. Moreover, he is

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showing more batting punch. In the case of Connolly more than one baseball observer in Sarasota has remarked about the improvement Bud is making in snaring hard grounders to the right and left and in on the grass. The popular second sacker actually has increased *his speed as a result of following instructions in running given by Coach Corriden. . Bud Draws Cheers He is getting down to first faster and in Wednesday’s practice game he executed a play back of second that brought wild cheers. It was a diving stop of a solid grass cutter that no one thought Connolly had a chance to reach. No practice tilt was on the menu today, but Friday the Indians will take on the local nine in a regular exhibition. It will be staged in the afternoon. The Pelicans beat the Red Snappers Wednesday, 9 to 4, in a sixinning skirmish that saw keen rivalry exhibited. Warstler was the batting hero with a home run, single and walk in four times r t the plate. He was on the winning side.

Speece Clouts ’Em Byron Speece drew loud applause by smacking a triple and single for the losers. He played left field and came through with a running catch that robbed Hauser of a hit. Teachout and Osbern divided the pitching for the Pelicans and helped the Snappers to eight safeties, Gorman and Speece each getting two. Love and Daniels hurled for the defeated team and the former was bombarded. It was his first mound appearance in training camp. tt tt tt Clyde Barnhart operated at third for the Snappers and it is evident he has much weight to take off. Actions of Emory Osbern, rookie flinger, pleased the bosses. He uncorked a fast breaking curve. tt tt tt LEN KOENECKE COLLECTED A DOUBLE AND SINGLE AND PETE MONAHAN BLEW HIMSELF TO THREE SINGLES. KOENECKE’S DOUBLE WAS A SOLID SWIPE. St tt tt Roy Spencer nailed two runners trying to steal, and Riddle and Munn also demonstrated excellent throwing skill from behind the mask. a a tt Ken Penner and Bill Bunvell, veteran right-handed hurlers, joined the Tribe party Wednesday, the former in time for a light workout. High water in Georgia put Burwell’s train several hours late. tt tt tt THERE’S NO NEWS FROM WID MATTHEWS, THE LONE HOLDOUT. THE TRIBE PARTY HERE NOW INCLUDES TWENTYTHREE PLAYERS, OWNER PERRY, MANAGER BETZEL, COACH CORRIDEN, SECRETARY CLAUER, TRAINER PIERCE AND TWO NEWSPAPER MEN. t: tt tt Manager Betzel planned a long hitting drill today to be followed by infield and outfield practice. JOE DUGAN IS HOLDOUT Bit United Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 7. With George Harper, veteran outfielder obtained from the St. Louis Cardinals, expected to reach here Saturday and Dr. Eddie Farrell expected to sign his contract any day now, the Boston Braves' only serious holdout is “Jumping Joe’’ Dugan, veteran third baseman bought from the Yankees. EVERY YANKEE SIGNED Bu United Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 7.—Tom Zachary, veteran southpaw, lias signed his contract, leaving the New York Yankees without a single holdout—a situation which Miller Huggins claims to be a record for a world championship ball club. Huggins is beginning to devote nearly all of his time to his pitchers, featuring efforts to give a chance of pace to Fred Heimach and Floyd Van Pelt.

HORDE OF INDIANAPOLIS FANS TO INVADE ANDERSON FOR REGIONAL

BY DICK MILLER WHEN Tim Campbell, Technical high school net coach, sends his proteges on the floor at Anderson Saturday afternoon to ba : 1e Lebanon in the first regional tournament game, the local team will be backed by more moral support than any Indianapolis team ever has been accorded in a regional tourney. Fred Gorman, athletic director at the east side school, stated today that he expected 1,500 students to make the trip. These will be augmented by a large number of In-

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Defending Laurels as State Champions

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Left to Right—Raymond (Pete) Jolly, coach; Floyd Raisor, assistant coach;. Wallace, Maple, Haskett, Walsh, Sargent, Reed, Swift, Parr, Wolfe, Davison and Yohler.

HERE’S Indiana’s present state high school basketball champions—the Muncie Bearcats —and there’s many fans insisting that the Bearcats are going to be right in the very thick of the battle in defense

Chuck Wiggins Signed to Oppose Sandy Seifert at Armory March 19

Eddie Anderson, Steve McDonald Rematched for Following Week; Tremaine, Shea in Feature Next Tuesday.

March 13—Carl Tremaine vs. yddie Shea. March 19—Chuck Wiggins vs. Sandy Seifert. March 26—Eddie Anderson vs. Steve McDonald. The next three fistic shows at the Armory will feature the above headliners, it became known today as Major Greene disclosed his arrangements. The first appearance here of the well-known Tremaine next Tuesday night is expected to attract a lot of attention. The clash between GIANTS ON RAMPAGE B,u United Press AUSTIN, Tex., March 7.—The first exhibition game of the season resulted in a 23 to 3 victory for the New York Giants over the University of Texas nine here Wednesday. Lindstrom, Jackson and Welsh of the Giants hit homers, while Hopkins of the collegians rapped Carl Hubbell for the circuit on the latter’s first appearance on the mound in the ‘fourth inning.

Off the BACKBOARD * By E°ISAACS

“'7'ES,” cracked the pest in the jL seat right back of us Wednesday night, “they are little. Maybe that’s why they call ’em the Little Giants.. .Uh-huh, that’s a swell shot. . . . Well, I like the girl in the gray hat!” tt tt tt And in “ ’twixt and ’tween” listening to the back seat chatter, your correspondent managed to see portions of a great basketball game between two great basketball teams. Butler, by the way, defeated the Wabash lads, 27 to 22. tt tt tt THE FRACAS DEVELOPED SOME WONDERFUL INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES ON THE PART OF PLAYERS ON BOTH SQUADS. BROOKS OF THE C’VILLE TEAM WAS LISTED AS A BACK GUARD. WHEN HE WASN’T TENDING TO HIS JOB, MR. BROOKS WAS PERFORMING QUITE CAPABLY AS A CENTER, FORWARD, FLOOR GUARD AND FULL BACK. HE TURNED IN A SWELL EVENING’S WORK. tt tt tt THE ample William Bugg of that Butler team also showed a lot of ambition and several times contributed sparkling plays that prevented Wabash scores. Once with the Bulldogs’ defense drawn to one side, Brooks found himself directly under he basket, unguarded. As the leather sphere left his hands, Bugg seemed to leap half way across the court to bat the ball out of bounds He drew a big cheer for his gallant effort. tt tt tt Up at Anderson, they say that Technical and Anderson are “even money” bets in the final game of that regional. That’s funny. The day after Anderson scored' a technical knockout over the Arsenalites, your correspondent, among other boosters for the home town lads, advanced the so-called “alibi” that Tech had lost by such an overwhelming count because of the absence of Parrish and Lowery during tbe major portion of the conflict. * tt tt tt THE ANDERSON BOYS IMMEDIATELY

’POOH-POOH’D’’ THE “ALIBI’ SONGS B—Boston. ' B—Philadelphia.

dianapolis followers, all ardent court fans, who will be on hand to witness what is expected to be one of the hardest fought 'temes of the sixteen regional centers, the Anderson-Tech clash f<arurday night. Os course, Tim Campbell and Alva Staggs are not counting chickens before they are hatched, which means that tnt afternoon games between Tech and Lebanon and •I'uderson and Noblesville are not to i taken with a grain of sail. Either of, these teams may upset the dope bucket if they get “hot.”

of its championship laurels. The Jolly-coached crew is regarded as an easy winner ofi the Muncie regional tourney Saturday, meeting Winchester in the afternoon and the winner of the Middletown-Mt.

the Cleveland veteran and the busy Windy City scrapper shapes up as an interesting combat.. Greene has searched the country seeking a formidable foe for Hoosierdom’s playboy, Chuck Wiggins, and in Sandy Seifert, the Philadelphian, the legion matchmaker has a tough, experienced battler. The rematch of Anderson and McDonald was expected following the great scrap they put on last Tuesday night and a capacity crowd is expected to witness the second meeting of the star junior lightweights.. DALE "ALEXANDER STARS Bv United Press PHOENIX, Ariz., March 7.—With four home runs in two days to his credit, Dale Alexander, hard-hitting first baseman purchased from Toronto along with Pitcher Johnny Prudhomme, is fighting tooth and nail, with Harry Heilmann for the first base job on the Detroit Tigers.

AND TOLD US WE WERE FUNNY THAT WAY. BUT NOW THEY SAY THE TEAMS ARE “EVEN MONEY” BETS. WELL! WELL! WELL! tt tt tt RADKOVIC and the rest of the Irish lads up at Cathedral are to make their first defense of their state Catholic high school cham-

Local Bowling Gossip and League Notes

Entries tor the first annual Indianapolis Times classified singles sweepstakes continue ot come .in, .each .mail getting heavier. .The ideas of this meet are to give the bowlers of Indianapolis and vicinity a real prize list at the least possible cost. Merchants of the city are glad to help attain this desire, by donating valuable merchandise prizes. Clip the coupon today and mail it in with your entry. Good scores again featured the Indianapolis League s play at the Pritchett Recreation alleys. Silver Flash Gas team copped high single and three-game honors with scores of 943. 1,037 and 1,052, a total of 3,032, which gave them a two-out-of-three victory over the American Central boys. Meridian Garage. Hukle Special and Marotts also won two each from the CocaCola, 3-F Coffee and Falls City Lager as the Kirschner-Lovick and Hare Chevrolet each took three from the Halgren’s Peoria Life and Auto Equipment. A 1 Strlebeck turned in the high three-game total among the individuals with a score of 660. Karls had 653; McNew. 619; Bowen, 653; Pritchett. 631; Goodwin. 604; Haislup. 630; J. O. Gradv. 645: Hukle, 605, and Cobler, 615. Haislup’s 266 was the high single game score. The Guards were the only team able to win three in the Grotto League games at the Illinois alleys, the Tails being their Babe Predicts Yanks and Cubs Bu United Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 7.—Babe Ruth predicted today to the United Press that the New York Yankees and Chicago Cubs would win the 1929 major league pennant races. Ruth's predictions fellow: American League National League l—New York. I—Chicago. 3—St. Louis. 2—Pittsburgh. 3—Detroit. 3—New York. I—Philadelphia. 4—St. Louis. 5 Washington. s—Cincinnati. 6 Chicago. 6—Brooklyn. 7 Cleveland. 7—Boston.

Most of the Tech fans will journey to Anderson by motor. Gorman had planned a special train hut a check of the green and white student body revealed that the caravan -would start moving toward Anderson in the morning and continue until afternoon. All sixty-four regional competitors began tapering off work today and each should be in the "pink of condition" by Saturday. The game expected between Tech and Anderson is expected to develop into one

Comfort fray at night. In Yohler, giant six foot five inch center, Muncie has one of the greatest individual players in the state. He was placed on The Times pre-tourney all-State team this year.

Dempsey Confers With Mitt Moguls

Bn United Press NEW YORK, March 7.—Jack Dempsey is expected here today to confer with officials of Madison Square Garden relative to becoming associated with that organization as a promoter. The executive committee met Wednesday and approved the agreements signed by Bill Carey to hold five big fights in Miami, Fla., over the span of the next five years. The fights will be held in February each year if conditions warrant.

To Wear ‘Specs’ Bv United Press AVON PARK, March 7. Chick Hafey, St. Louis Cardinals’ star outfielder, intends to wear glasses on and off the field this summer, according to outfielder Taylor Douthit, who saw Hafey while in California. Douthit arrived here Wednesday. “Chick wore glasses all winter,” Douthit said, “and told me he expects to wear them on and off the field this season.”

pionship tonight when they meet, the tough Decatur Commodores. Here’s luck to Joe Deinhart and his Cathedral snipers! tt tt tt Bob Chapman, the Marion lad who starred along with “Stretch” Murphy when Marion won the

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victims. In the other sets rolled in this loop the Deputies, Monarch* and Hoofs took the odd games from the Masters, Horns and Prophets. Power led the way getting games of 224, 226 and 194, for a total of 644. Farmers Trust Company won three games from the Marion County bovs in a postponed set of the Bankers’ League. In the regular league play the Maple Road team won three from the Marion County State Bank as the City Trust. American Central Life and Fletcher Americans took the odd game from the Fletcher Savings and Trust Company. Continental National and Farmers’ Trust. C. Power of the American Central team was high with 634. The Pressmen and Mailers No. 1 won three games from the Intertype and Mailers No. 10 in the Star League games at the Delaware alleys. The other games showed the Newsboys and Printers on the short end of two-out-of-three series, the Pressmen and Wrong Fonts being the winners. Two-out-of-three was the rule in the Marmon League series, the Pencil Pushers. Distributors and Experimental taking the 81uggcrs. Overheads and Melters

Did You Know That— Clarence terhune. the the Graf Zeppelin stowaway, was at Miami for the fight . . . working in a coffee shop to get dough for a ducat. . . and Dempsey heard about it . . . and gave him one. . . . Babe Ruth was asked to pick the winner . . . and he said he could pick ’em in baseball, but fights were different . . . and then named Sharkey. . . . Two heavyweights fought in Paris recently . . . one weighed 315 pounds . . . and the other 276.

of the regional thrillers, but as time goes on, the game far north between South Bend and Goshen also is looming up as a ’fight-to-the-fin-ish” affair. Gosnen, wno held pretournament edge, is not favored so strongly now since South Bend won the Mishawaka sectional and displayed a smooth-running, fastpassing attack. Every basketball fan in the state will be watching for returns from Logansport, where Delphi and the Loganberries aro expected to meet

State Catholic Basket Meet to Get Under Way Tonight on Local Court Cathedral-Decatur Battle Expected to Draw Capacity Crowd to Irish Gym: Richmond Five to Oppose Anderson Quintet in Opener.

The fight for the State Catholic high school basketball championship will get off to a flying start tonight at 7:30 at the Cathedral gym, Meridian and Fourteenth streets. Play will continue over a three-day period with the final game scheduled for Saturday night at 8:15. Ten teams will battle for the title and the honor of representing Indiana in the national Catholic high school tournament at Loyola university, Chicago, March 21, 22 and 23. Cathedral will defend its championship against a formidable array of teams from all parts of the state. The local Irishmen went to the quarter-final round in the national meet last year before being eliminated. The schedule of play follows: THURSDAY NIGHT 7:3o—Richmond vs. Anderson. B:3o—Cathedral vs. Decatur. FRIDAY AFTERNOON 2:3o—Jasper vs. Washington. 3:3o—Vincennes vs. Fort Wayne. FRIDAY NIGHT 7:3o—Shelbyville vs. Evansville. B:3o—Winner 7:30 and 8:30 Thursday. SATURDAY AFTERNOON 2:3o—Winner 2:30 and 8:30 Friday. 3:3o—Winner 3:30 and 7:30 Friday. SATURDAY NIGHT (Finals) B:ls—Winner 2:30 and 3:30 Saturday. Officials at Cathedral have increased the seating capacity to accomodate the large attendance expected. Five sessions, in all, are to be played. A small number of season tickets still are available at the

Bay Barbuti Appears Before A. A. U. in Effort to Earn Reinstatement

Olympic Champion Denies Statements Attributed to Him; Joie Ray Ready to Give Bosses ‘Headful.’

BY GEORGE KIRKSEY, United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, March 7.—Showdown was expected today in the wrangle between Ray Barbuti, Olympic 400-metre champion, and the A. A. U. , Barbuti, who was suspended last Thursday for alleged uncomplimentary remarks about the A. A. U. and its policies, was to appear before the registration committee late today, seeking complete reinstatement and exoneration. Basing his case on the fact that

state high school title a few years ago, Wednesday was elected captain of the University of Michigan team for 1929-30. Those boys certainly put Marion on the basketball map. SURE. WE STILI’ BELONG TO THE “EXPERTS” UNION! DIDN’T WE PICK WABASH?

over this route. Martin took the lead for the Florsheim Shoes given for the highest league game rolled on the Capitol alleys each month by getting a 2„7. Some good scoring also was produced by the boys of the Uptown No. 1 .League at the North Side drives. Game results showed a triple win for the Hanna Register. Metalcrapt and Denham Oil over the American Linen, Ideal Cleaners and Artificial Ice and Cold Storage, as the B. and B. Special and Indianapolis Candy had two-out-of-three verdicts over the Coca Cola, and Bairs Uptown Theater. Hill s 643 was high. B. McCarty hac, 612; Schoneker 616; Bailey. 616; Ci.-ney, 610; Hoyt, 626, and Linton. 617. Stone-StafTord and Stone girls won their second game of the season when they defeated the Miller Sandwich in the last game of this series of the Indiana Ladies League at the Indiana alleys. The Hoosier Hose also won one from the Indiana Theater as the Old Gold and Big Four took three from the Prest-O-Lite and An-heuser-Busch. Behrman was far ahead of the geld in this loop getting a total of 532. John JJennessey in Semi-Finals Bu United Press PALM BEACH, Fla., March 7. Francis T. Hunger of New Rochelle, N. Y., Wilmer .Allison of Ft. Worth, Tex.; John Hennessey of Indianapolis, and John Van Ryn of East Orange, N. J., today were bracketed in the semi-finals of the Florida tennis championships. Hunter beat Fritz Mercer Wednesday, 6-1, 6-1: Allison won from John S. Millen of Forest Hills, N. Y„ 6-4, 14-12; Hennessey defeated C. Carlton Shafer of Philadelphia, 7-5, 10-8; Van Ryn triumphed over W. H. Story, former Colgate star, 6-2, 6-2.

(Saturday night. Delphi, undefeated ! this season, will carry a slight edge | of dope into the lray because Logan s showed poorly in the sectional, but those who know Cliff Wells teel he :nay have had his team under wraps |in the sectional. Anyway you figure ; the game it should be a "battle to | the *eath." In Inost of the other regional cenj ers the advance dope seems to have a winner already picked and they i have their final tourney tickets purj chased.

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Cathedral office and they probably will be sold before the first game tonight. The Richmond-Anderson fracas opens the meet at 7:30. followed by the Cathedral-Decatur battle an hour later. Cathedral's chance of retaining the crown depends largely on the outcome of this game as the upstater five is reputed to be one oi tfie outstanding teams entered in the tournament. The Commodores handed the local entry a 43-12 lacing in December, losing a return game at the north side plant, 22-32. Cathedral has not lost a game on its home floor this season. The Indiana champion will receive a large bronze plaque as a permanent trophy and possession for one year of the oup Which Is to be retained by the three-time winner. Individua. awards to the ten players on the winning team will be gold basketballs. The runnerup will be presented with a loving cup similar to the three-leg affair, but smaller. The Feeney sportsmanship medal which is given to the player in the tournament showing the best sportsmanship and mental attitude will be presented along with the other awards l following the final game Saturday night. The winner of the Hoosier event will play in the national tournament against a field of thirty-two teams from as many states. More than half of these are champions of their respective states. De LaSalle of Joliet, 111., has won the big title for the last two years.

nowhere in the A. A. U. handbook is a rule wherein an athlete may be suspended for verbal comment on any subject, Barbuti will strive to have his name cleared of all charges for which he was set down. The Olympic hero, wants to be accompanied to the meeting by Benjamin F. Crowley of the law firm of Garey, Crowley and Garey. Among the remarks attributed to Barbuti, he has denied making two of the most serious, which had him saying; “I’m through with the gang of fourflushers forever.” “I and other athletes have been lining the pockets of the A. A. U. and its affiliated clubs for years.” However, the lone American track winner at Amsterdam admits he said that certain athletes received more than their expenses and that this is known “to a certain A. A. U. official.” While Barbuti says he does not care to get any athletes in trouble, Joie Ray, who is no longer under the jurisdiction of the A. A. U. has volunteered to appear before the A. A. U. with “names, places, dates and amounts.” It is understood that Barbuti’s lawyer will put this statement to the A. A. U today: “If you are sincere in your effort to want to investigate such conditions, Mr. Joie Ray will be in New York City Monday ready to givq full particulars.”

INFIELD NOT SETTLED Bu United Press TAMPA, Fla., March 7. — The Washington Senators' infield Is far from settled, it was indicated by the numerous combinations Manager Walter Johnson is trying out here. Jack Hayes and Stuffy Stewart were used around second base Wednesday, Ossie Bluege and Joe Cronin at short and Buddy Myer and Elmer Yoter at third. Charlie Gooch, a third baseman, was used at first in lieu of Joe Judge, who is at Hot Springs. USES ROOKIE HURLERS Bu United Press AVON PARK, Fla., March 7. Manager Billy Southworth was expecting to use only rookie pitchers against the Philadelphia Athletics in the first exhibition game of the major league season here today. Among those he plinned to use were Boykin, Heisc, Cochran and Bysce. RUBENS BEATS MILLER Harry Rubens defeated Howard Miller, 50 to 43, in a state threecushion billiard tournament match Wednesday night at Harry Cooler's parlors. Lew Vogler meets Miller Friday night. A victory for Vogler will clinch the state title, while a defeat would throw Rubens and Vogler into a tie, with a play-off necessary. IN RETURN CONTEST Bu United Press NEW YORK. March 7.—Ray Miller, Chicago lightweight, and Jimmy McLamin, Vancouver, B. C., junior welterweight, have been matched for a return bout in Madison Square Garden, March 32. The match was made at 140 pounds. In their first' meeting Miller scored a technical knockout over McLamin. TOM I N CU ItAGO CHIC AGO, * March 7.—Tom Heeney. New Zealand heavyweight, matched to meet Otto Von Porat of Norway in a wind-up here next Tuesday night, was to arrive in Chicago today.