Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 255, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1929 — Page 11

MARCH 14, 1929.

Off the * I Backboard •—By Norman E. Isaac*—*

THE old basketball bug settled right down on old man Indiana today and it was just about time lor coaches, players, fans and other species of the Hoosier tribe, to get the tidgety-fidgets as the hours swiftly sped away, each fleeting hour bringing the state finals high school basketball classic that much nearer. tt tt tt Indianapolis gets those spells every so often. Just aro.md Memorial day. your correspondent sniffs the caster oil, the gasoline and grins at the roar of speeding motors as the tiny chariots of <-peed hurl themselves around the Indianapolis Motor Speedway track in preparation for the annual international 500-mile race. tt tt \ LITTLE LATER IN THE SUMMER THERE'S THE WHIFF OF PEANUTS. SODA AND THE CRACK OF WOOD MEETING BALL AS ALL INDIANAPOLIS SITS UP TO ROOT FOR A PETNNANT-WIN-NING BALL CLUB. IT’S THAT SAME BUG. YOU JUST CAN’T HELP IT. tt tt tt RIGHT now it’s basketball. Everybody’s on edge. Just a few more hours and then the blast of a whistle, the roar of a frenzied crowd and the swish of a basketball flying through the nets—and Indiana’s great winter sport classic will be on tt tt tt “IVho is going to win?” That’s the question of the day. This young man would like to know just as much as anyone else, if only to relieve his mind for the time being. Some time ago we said Frankfort. We still say Frankfort. But there’s fifteen other teams left in the tournament and they say nobody else but themselves, so what can you do about it but just sit tight and wait?

n n n IT LOOKS AS IF IT'fe GOING TO BE A ' GREAT TOURNAMENT. THE TEAMS ARE EVENLY MATCHED. THERE IS NO OUTSTANDING FAVORITE AND ENOUGH “DARK HORSES'’ TO MAKE THINGS MIGHTY INTERESTING. n n n PERHAPS Indianapolis has been bitten by the oasketball bug a bit more than some persons realize. It’s been a long time since we here in the “big city” have been led out of the wilderness into the fertile plains of a state finals tourney. Tim Campbell turned the trick with his Technical team, and Tim has a great chance of bringing home the bacon to the capital city. n n n You might want to hear a little story about this Indianapolis spirit. Up at Cathedral last Saturday night the local Irish were battling for the State Catholic high school basketball crown. During the contest an announcement was made that Technical had defeated Anderson and would compete in the finals of the big meet. A deafening roar went up to the rafters of the Cathedral gym. And we have been told that the cheer that greeted the announcement of Tech's victory was . even greater than the yell that went up as the gun went off, giving Cathedral its second consecutive state high school championship. Semi-Pro Bouts Carded Tonight Ten bouts will be presented tonight on the semi-pro boxing show at Arol Atherton’s gym, 210 East Ohio street. An exhibition contest between Scotty Scotten and Roy Woods at three rounds will feature the program. Billy Sheehan, Bobby Ferraeane, Billy Cox, Harry Babrick, Olin Cross, Smitty Smith, Bill Clark, Jess Stewart and Nickey McCormick are among the “comers” on the card. RAIN HAMPERS GIANTS New York Club Set to Go Through Stiff Workout. li>i United Press SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 14. —The New York Giants have not had a real workout since last Sunday's game with the San Antonio (Texas League) club at Laredo, and Manager John McGraw expected to put them through a long session today, weather permitting. Rain prevented the Gian;s from doing anything Wednesday. OPEN LONG SERIES By/ United Press WINTER HAVEN. Fla., March 14. —The two Philadelphia clubs—the Athletics and Phillies—were ready to open their seven-game exhibition series here Monday. Willoughby, Roy and Baecht were named to hurl for the Phillies. WALLACE IS SUSPENDED On United Press PHILADELPHIA. March 14. Billy Wallace, Cleveland lightweight, has been suspended by the Pennsylvania commission for allegedly giving a worthless check as a forfeit. He will not be permitted to appear jn Pennsylvania bouts until check and protest fee are made good.

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Magee Dies of Pneumonia Famed Player, Umpire Succumbs at Age of 44. B.v United Press PHILADELPHIA, March 14— Sherwood Magee, former foe of umpires as a major league baseball player, who wound up his career by becoming a major league umpire, is dead. He succumbed to pneumonia Wednesday night at the age of 44. He was a left fielder for the Phillies from 1904 to 1914, hen he was traded to the Boston Braves. Two years later he went to the Cincinnati Reds. In 1919 he was injured and released. He played minor league baseball for a time and then became an umpire with the New York-Pennsyl-vania League for two years. He went back again into National League baseball last year—as an umpire. He is survived by his widow, two daughters and a son.

PREPAREJOR FLOODS Mississippi Valley Farmers Move to Higher Ground. tin United Press MEMPHIS, March 14. —With memories of the disastrous 1927 flood still fresh in their minds, farmers in the flood basins of Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi sought high ground with their families and livestock today. Weather officials predicted the Mississippi river would continue to rise. The river already is two to four feet higher than flood stage from Cairo, 111., to Vicksburg, Miss., and heavy rains in the Missouri and upper Mississippi valleys are expected to send it higher. Water lapping at the top of the levees is at the highest point reached since the overflow of 1927. Bit! United Press CEDAR RAPIDS, la., March 14Rivers and creeks in east central lowa continued to inundate lowlands today, drowning hundreds of livestock and sending scores of farm families to seek refuge in nearby towns. IMMIGRANT RULE LEGAL Hoover Will Have to Proclaim National Origins Quotas. By United Press WASHINGTON, March 14—The department of justice has been unable to find legal authority for President Herbert Hoover to postpone beyond April 1 the proclamation of the national origins immigration quotas. The President is prepared to proclaim the new quotas before the date prescribed by law. Unless repealed in the special session of congress next month, they will become effective July 1 this year. CONNIE IS SILENT Bji United Press FT. MYERS. Fla., March 14Manager Connie Mack declined to comment today on the report from Baltimore that Max Bishop would not report unless given a $2,000 increase in salary.

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CALL TROOPERS IN PULPIT WAR Hundreds Riot as Pastor Tries to Keep Rival Out. Bil United Press ALVERN, Pa., March 14—The Rev. Joseph Sproule’s “spiritual filibuster” to prevent another minister from taking his charge in the Methodist church here has developed into a “war” on Church street, one of the town’s main thoroughfares. Today state troops patroled the streets to maintain order after a mob of several hundred threatened Carl Femer, a friend of the Rev. Sproule, deposed minister. Fourteen state troopers dispersed the throng which had forced Ferrier to seek refuge in the general store of Charles Eattoch on Church street. Meanwhile Mr. Sproule held a prayer meeting for some thirty parishoners in the home of a friend. One elderly woman prayed for the devil to give “those heretics, those nonbelievers” their “just dues.” Outside a crowd jeered and hooted as the prayers were offered. “Don’t come back” and “get out of town,” they shouted. His opponents vowed he will not have an opportunity to preach next Sunday in the pulpit. BOOTLEGGER ARRESTED Answers Phone Call; Delivers to Federal Agents. Answering a telephone request for a liquor delivery, Joseph Schmitt, 2259 North Capitol avenue, today realized too late he had been duped by federal agents, who made thj request and received the liquor, two pints of “bonded.” After the “buy,” police and federal men raided Schmitt’s home and confiscated eighty pints of whisky, five gallons of alcohol, a quantity of gin and empty bottles. Schmitt was held under $4,000 bond.

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Taft s Error Bu United Press WALDEN, N. Y.. March 14Ten days after Chief Justice William Howard Taft swore in Herbert Hoover as President a 13-year-old girl has checked up on Taft and discovered that he misquoted the oath of office. She is Helen Terwilliger, who listened to the inaugural ceremonies on the radio and heard Taft say “preserve, maintain and defend.” The constitution reads “preserve, protect and defend.” In a letter to Helen, Taft admitted he had misquoted the text, but not in the way she said he had. He contended he said “preserve, maintain and protect.” "You may attribute the variation to the defect of an old man’s memory,” the chief justice wrote.

UTILITY BEATS VOTE Air California Power Group Fight Against Law. Bn United Press WASHINGTON, March 14—Efforts of California utility interests to defeat a proposed amendment to the state constitution which would have created a water power commission were aired today in testimony before the federal trade commission. Three successive referendums, in 1922, 1924 and 1926, brought this question before the California voters, Victor M. Hartley, secretary of the California electrical bureau, testified. In each of these elections, power interests were active, Hartley admitted, an opposition to the proposed amendment which he said was considered “destructive” to their interests.

FORMAL GAS ACTION SOON City Prepares to Serve Notice on Company. Issuance of a formal legal notice that the city intends to enforce its option on the Citizens Gas Company property in accordance with the provisions of the 1905 franchise is expected within a few days, according to city hall reports today. It is understood that the legal demand for surrender of the property to the city in being prepared by the special gas counsel for the city and will be approved by the board of public works next week. City officials and attorneys for the gas company have had several conferences on steps to take over the properties, and it is said that the plan is practically completed. Another conference will be held today or Friday finally to approve the legal demand, it was said. The $3,000,000 stock can be retired before Aug. 30, 1930, only through earnings of the company or mortgaging of the property after that date, according to the original charter. With creation of the utility district by the recent legislature a bond issue can be ordered to retire the stock at any time. REPLACE ANCIENT BELL Chimes in Mission Razed by Fire; Recast Old Metal. B.n United Press SANTA CLARA, Cal., March 14. —One of the two bells destroyed when the Old Mission Santa Clara was razed by fire two years ago is to be replaced. The bell was to be recast from the original metal, by direction of Alphonsus XIII, King of Spain.

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