Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 198, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 December 1929 — Page 10

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Talking It Over BY JOE WILLIAMS

New York, Dec. 28. TT mu.st give Mr. James Joseph Tunney Intense mental anguish and a swelling sense of the futility of enforced righteousness as he sits among the silences of his Connecticut retreat and ponders the present immoral trend of the prize fight industry. You may recall that Mr. Tunney in the days of his refined ring posturings .was looked upon as a square chinned youn: evangelist combining the best qualities of a Billy Sunday and an Amle McPherson whose blazing purpose in life carried him among the delinquent cauliflowers where he preached the stern gospel of leveling. I think it was William Muldoon who issued something approximating a diocesan paper t in which he declared Tunney had contributed more to the moral uplift of the business than any champion in the past forty years. a a a Ro tceJous Mr. Tunn*v In hJs eruaadf to make thU thf beat of aJI toftwJble world* for tbe l*ft hook and thr rirht eroas that on frequent oefaalons he addrejised boys' club and younr men’s sodalities on the racy aubjeet of manllneaa In sport and not even sporadic heeklln** on the part of a narrow-minded press demanding to know. "How about that waltz with Bartley Hadden out In St. Paul, eh, how about that one?” were sufficient to de-er or disturb him HUM XT seemed reasonable in view of all this that when Mr. Tunney left for the blue book and the romantic coast of Italy at least a few scattered strands of his splendid influence would endure and that when and if sinister temptations lured, the boys would have enough honor to turn their heads and murmur: “No, our Gene wouldn’t like it.” But it appears that the boys are not a gTeat deal different from the Jungle heathens who wait until the missionaries have caught the boat back home before they toss their gideons high into the air and start looking around for a nice, plumb, squashy traveling salesman with pink Jowls, from the states to barbecue. * 0 M Thin, of course, is quit#; deplorable and If it were not for the fact that Mr. Tunney managed to make a million or so out j <*f the racket while striving to gild it with ; the soft pigments of virtue I can well Imagine that he would be completely inconsolable. Within the past two weeks, for Instance, Madi*on Square Garden haa been the scene of two of the strangest spectacles the eyes of man or beast ever looked upon. U*n FIRST there was the stirring picture of Mr. Phil Scott of Eng- ‘ land falling to the floor with Bar- ; rymore dramatics in the second round after taking a slight swishing l caress on the panties from Mr. Otto Von Porat and both of the gentle- j men walking almost immediately \ thereafter to the payoff window and i splitting $35,000 with scarcely crack- | lng a smile. * n m And a week later in the same rin* Mr. Benny Bass, who it develops was named after the customers, eommonlv known as fish, who patronize his theatricals, took a couple of good natured shots at the Jaw of Mr. Tod Morgan In the second round and the party of the second part promptly ro’led over and played dead, thereby fcrgeitlng all legal and family rights to the Junior lightweight championship which up to that moment he owned and operated. nun From a betting angle the affair was most unsatisfactory because so many people seemed to know in advance precisely what was goihg to happen and when that even the extraordinary proposition of 6 to 1 being offered against the defending j champion was not sufficient to beguile the wagering gentry. a a a TO me this was the most regrettable phase of the development because, what with one thing and another, this has not been a very profitable, winter for the hard working gamblers around the Garden and here wheii they get a swell chance to recoup the thing blows right up in their faces and Just because the proper amount of finesse and dexterity w*s not employed. 2 FAVORITES ADVANCE Jacobs and Seligson Doped to Clash for Junior Net Crown. By f nil. i! Press NEW YORK. Dec. 28.—William Jacobs of Baltimore and Sidney Sellgson of New York were favorites for the championship as the fourth round of the National Indoor Junior Tennis championship tournament opened today. Jacobs and Selivson. seeded first and second respectively, have won their matches decisively and are expected to meet in the finals. DEMPSEY REFUSES OFFER By l niti <1 l’ress CHICAGO. Dec..2B. —Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion, has rejected an offer for a twenty week's vaudeville engagement, because It would Interfere with his fight promotion work in Chicago.

Red Sox Manager Quick Thinker By SEA Serr ict BOSTON. Dec. 28.—Heinie Wagner, new manager of the Red Sox. Is a keen Judge of baseball ability, and was of great assistance to Bill Carrigan. During the last month of the 1929 campaign, the Red Sox were a mighty tough team to beat. Wagner is quick to take advantage of a situation. Carrlgan used Heinle's judgment almost as much as his own. He habitually called on the old shortstop for advice. Newspapermen often found Carrlgan hard to interview. “He's a guy who will ‘yes' and ‘no’ you to death," said one. Often Carrlgan would tell the newspaper boys to go and talk to Wagner. "Whatever Heinie says about it will be all right with me," was one of Bill's pet pUrases.

Griffiths Whips Risko But Fails to Qualify for Sharkey Bout

Battle New Year’s Eve

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George Kerwin.

George Kerwin, Chicago, and Steve Culver, Bridgeport, Conn., will clash in the feature ten-rounder of the New Year’s eve boxing show at the Armor. Five four-round prelims and a six-round semi-windup complete the card. Culver is a newcomer to the middle west, but brnigs a fine record of k. o. wins over many good easterners. It will be Kerwin’s fourth showing at the Armory this season, he havingbeaten Billy Rose twice and stopped Sammy Price or previous scraps in. the Legion ring. The main event New Year’s eve will be presented early, at the request of many fans who have social engagements later in the evening. Three of the four-round prelims and the six-round semi-windup will precede the Kerwin-Culver feature and two prelims will follow- the main go.

Six Hanley Brothers Figure in Prominent Grid Roles Football Sons Make Dad Happy as Result of Their Many Achievements; Three Are Coaches.

By NBA Service SPOKANE, Wash., Dec. 2f.—‘ Ten years ago folks in Spokane were saying that the six strapping sons of Thomas E. Hanley constituted the most remarkable football famwHky endy an< * Harold was a substitute left end., Myron Hanley at that time was a star performer on prep gridirons, while Leland and Homer tackled and lugged footballs

Down the Alleys WITH LEFTY LEE

The St. Philip A. C. 200 scratch sweepstakes will get. under way today, the first squad taking the drives at 2;45 p. m. Saturday's schedule: 2:45 P. M.—H. Woerhave. O. Michaelis, Herb E. Hill. J. Michaelis Sr. 4 P. M.—Marmon-Roosevelt squad. 5:15 P. M.—K. Olldewell, R. Swartz, S. Houck, R. Joyce. R. Switzer. J. Wakeland, Williams, R. Westfall. 7 P. M.—H. Bohne. L. Fahrbach, T. Strieker, M Mathews, L. Dugan, J. O'Grady. M. O'Grady. S. Harold, J. Prochaska. 9:30 P. M.—Barrett, C. Couner, Decker. Hurley. Dichman. Meixner. W. Roth, E. Ferrell. 10:45 P. M. —E. Remmetter, J. Talbert, H. Kotonbach. P. Orphy. The 7 p. m. squad at the Uptown alleys, in the 100 scratch sweepstakes, will be composed of local women bowlers. Entry money will go Into a special prize list to be won by the girls finishing first and second. While the Meridian Garage team was taking the odd game from the Gausepohl Trunks, the Ballard, Majestic Radio and Marotts won three from the Hare Chevrolrt, Wagner, Atwater Kent Radio and Hooslcr Club Coffee in the City League play at the Elks Club alleys. Dave James rolled the best individual total, securing 626 with games of 207. 193 and 226. Morris had 616: Myers. 605: Selmelr, 611: Mack. 613: Snyder, 603: Wiesman, 602: Mahoney, 611. and Wheeler. 611. The Mclntlre Machine team was the only club able to win three in the fast Washington League play at the Illinois alleys. the Prima Beverage auintet being the victims of this team's 2.950 series. The Wheeler Lunch, Hudgin-Caster. Hoosier Op tleal. Coca-Cola and Banquet Ice Cream won two from the Tuxedo Feeds. Oefter-ing-Litzelman Coal. Indianapolis Mint Five, Schmitt Insurance and Watkins Rebabbitt in the other contests played. Robinson. .TunVias and Stone staged a prettv race for high total. Robbv winning out with 638 to the other boys. 635. Jung hit for 607: Rosemever, 605. and Baxter 611. High single game went to Stone with a score of 267 in his second try. The Burdsal Paint and .Bums Employment girls won three games from the Stewart Radio and Gray, Gribben and Gray in thr Indianapolis Ladles League play at the Indiana alleys. In the other two contests rolled the Hoosier Pete and Em-Roe won th* odd Fame from the Phoenix Press and B. and O Some good individual totals were rolled by members of this loop. McDaniel leading the field with 580 on games of 211. 180 and 189. E. Meyer had 546: Hdan. 58*: Alexander. 5.85; Miller. 527; McKinnon, 515, and Crane. 50.5. The Novelty team won three from the Variety in the Odd League play. The Geiger and Peters team took the leading Vonnegut Hardware boys for two games in the A. C. E. S League play at the Pritchett alleys. The General Asbestos. Hetherington-Bemer. Brandt Bros., and Tanner * Cos., also won two from the Wege-Stanford. Grav-Bar Electric. H. J. Baker and Architectural Club. \ aughn and Happy were the only two to reach tbe 6<X) mark, their totals being 626 and 622. In the B. and O. league play the Superintendent team b’d an easy tlm taking thrre from the Stores, as the Motive Power and Car won two from the Dispatchers and Transportation. A 609 *otal rolled by Secretary Rafetery was mod enough to lead the field in the Big Four League n’'v Friday nleM Oarinfer was **co n d with * of T**in nlsv results showed the Sycamore, Mlssonrian and Mot"' Ouen tak'n thrre from th* Ros-al Palm. Lake Shore and One*n ettx Limited, aa the O*>'o State Limited and Southwestern Limited won from the Hudson River and Msnnd City. The only contest rolled In the Fountain Square Ladles League resulted In a twotime win for the Coca-Cola girls over the Schultz Furniture Company. Kenney Powers has his Stanley Jewelry which is composed of railroader's, lined-up to attend the meet of the American Railroad Bowling Association, which win h* untied on the Adams Recreation alleys in Columbus 0.. during March. The Adams alleys provide all the modern features in the bowling game, and have a l*yv.t 0 r twenty-six allevs on one *oo’. This will be the eighth annual meeting of the American Railroad Association and all local teams are invited to attend.

Steve Culver

in back lots and on grade school playgrounds. Ten years later we find Dick occupying a head coach’s position at Northwestern university, a post he has held since 1927. The eastern all-stars that meet a similar group of western players in San Francisco New Year’s day, are being groomed by Dick, in conjunction with Andy Kerr, Colgate coach. Myron Hanley—he Is known as Mike now—is one of the football coaches at Columbia university. He gained fame on the gridiron at the University of Washington. Roy is an assistant to Dick at Northwestern, while Leland, familiarly known as Lee on the Northwestern campus, recently concluded a successful season as regular quarter back of the Wildcats. Tom Hanley, thd father, himself a former athlete, is in the lumber business in the northwest. “All the money in the world isn’t worth what I’ve got in those boys,” declares the elder Hanley, a dyed-in-the-wool football fan today because of the achievements of his sons.

College Court Results

Duquesne. 35; Adrian. 17. Georgetown, 38: Columbus Council. 30. . St. John’s (Brooklynl. 21; New York A. C., 13. Seventh Regiment, 31; Davis and Elkins. 27. Baltimore U., 24; Georgia Tech, 22. Butler. 39; Vanderbilt, 14. . Cathedral. 51; Alumni. 29. Penn A. C.. 61; Drexel. 23. ACCEPTS PRO POST By United Press CHICAGO. Dec. 28.—Ralph Jones, for ten years football coach of the Lake Forest Academy team, has signed to coach the Chicago Bears, professional eleven. The reported salary is $12,000. SYRACUSE DROPS BRUINS By United Press SYRACUSE, N. Y. t Dec. 28.—The Syracuse American League basketball team defeated Chicago Bruins, 19 to 14, at the Armory Friday night.

Giant Stockholders Allege Stoneham Stole $500,000 Group Says Qlub President Used Funds for His Business Enterprises; Renew Fight Monday.

By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Another chapter of the internal fight among officers and directors of the New York Giants will be made public Monday when attorneys for the rival factions will file briefs and support-

Purdue Busy Two Nights pit Times Snerial LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 28.—Two teams from other parts of the country will be met by Purdue's basketball hopefuls within a threeday period beginning Monday night when Vanderbilt invades Memorial stadium. Montana State’s high scoring crew is expected to extend the Old Gold and Black on New Y’ear’s night. The injury to Johnny Wooden that occurred a few hours before the Butler game temporarily his disrupted Coach Lamber’s plans, for he had been counting heavily on the former Martinsville star. With Purdue’s student body at home for the holidays, the two vacation features will allow plenty of opportunity for outside fans to see the Boilermakers in action on their home floor. The Montana State New Year’s night feature will provide the first meeting between Cat Thompson, Montana State forward, and Stretch Murphy, Purdue center, selections on last year’s mythical All-Amer-ica quintet.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Chicago Bout Closes Like Mat Contest Taylor Claims Injured Back in Ninth and Mastro ' Takes Honors. BY BERT DEMBY United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—An unfortunate ending of a scheduled tenround bout between Earl Mastro and Bud Taylor, Friday night, has left fistic fans as much in the air as ever as to the legitimate middle western challenger for the featherweight title now- held by Bat Battalino. The fight ended in the ninth i round when both Taylor and Mastro went through the ropes and sprawled on the floor outside the ring. As they felltfTaylor was on top. Previous to the dive out of the ring both fighters had been slugging toe to toe and both were off balance when they hit the ropes. Groans From Taylor There was an expression of agony on Taylor’o face as he hit the floor. Mastro scrambled to get back in the ring, but Taylor’s w r eight held him down and he did not regain his feet and the ring until the count of eight. Meanwhile Bud lay groaning in agony. The time-keeper and referee continued the count and Mastro’s hand was heldup as the winner. However, in the confusion at least twenty seconds elapsed between the time the two hit the floor and w-hen Mastro was awarded the fight. Bud could not move for at least five minutes. He was fully conscious but could not control the lower parts of his body. Doctors finally took him to his dressing room and began to massage his back. The doctors said one of the main back muscles had been “pulled.” Mastro Hurts Hand Mastro required a doctor’s care. His right hand w-as swollen to twice its normal size when the glove w-as taken off and doctors said it appeared one of the main bones was broken. The fight was one of the most sensational ever seen in Chicago. Earl carried the fight during the majority of the time after taking the first and second rounds. Taylor won the third but Mastro grabbed off the fourth, fifth and sixth. The seventh w-as fairly even and Taylor took the eighth.

H. S. Scores Friday

Shelbyvllle. 27; Shortrldge, 22. Greericastie. 39; Roosevelt (East Chicago), 29. Greencastle Reserves, 35; Lebanon (O ) Varsity. 26. Central (Evansville), 24; Brazil. 21. Knightstown. 19; Morton Memorial. 15. Salem. 48; Jeffersonville. 24. Connersvllle. 28; Newcastle, 20. Alexandria, 27; Attica. 18. Eminence. 44; Morgantown. 24. Paragon. 46; Hillsboro, 26. Linton. 31; Swltz City. 28. Michigan City, 26; Elkhart, 12. Muncie, 46; Bedford. 17. Batesvllle, 21; Sunman, 14. Rochester. 21; Peru, 20. Wilev (Terre Haute). 26; RushVUle, 24. Rushville Reserves. 30; Everton Varsity, 10. Prairie. 36; Clay, 28. Young America, 26; Galveston, 21. Lincoln, 18; Lucerne. 13. Nappanee. 51; Mishawaka, 15. Goshen, 25; Plymouth. 19. Froebel (Gary), 23; Whiting, 18. Horace Mann (Gary), 21; Valparaiso, 14. Emerson (Gary), 31; South Side (Ft. Wayne i. 19. NASSER LOSES BY K. 0. Terre Haute Battler Stopped in Second Round by Schuman. By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—Solly Schuman, Chicago, won a technical knockout from Johnny Nasser, Terre Haute, second round, bantamweights; A1 Greenfield, Chicago, won a five-round decision from Jackie Cohen, New York, featherweights; Edgar Norman, Norway, defeated Soldier Turk, Detroit, five rounds, light heavyweights, and Harry Dublinsky, Chicago, won a five-round decision from Benny Golden, Los Angeles, lightweights.

ing affidavits. Thursday’s hearing on a motion to include Magistrate Francis X. McQuade, former treasurer of the club, as defendant in the action of minority stockholders produced sensational testimony. Attorneys for the minority stockholders, led by McQuade, charged that Charles F. Stoneham, president of the New York Giants, diverted $500,000 of the company's money to his own use. The money, it was charged, was taken for Stoneham and for numerous corporations in which he is interested. Stoneham and his associates were charged with creating a "dummy” company, the Polo Grounds A. C., under whose direction prize fights at the Polo Grounds were conducted and the club voted 10 per cent of the proceeds. “When the clique . realized the profits from the Dempsey-Firpo Fight were going to figure up to SIIB,OOO they voted themselves a contract whereby the Pblo Grounds park was rented for $50,000 a year, so that then and there they swindled the minority stockholders of the National Sthibition Company (the Giants) out of about $75,000, which Stoneham and his dummies were able to put in their own pockets,” said James A. Delehanty, counsel for the minority stockholders. BANOVIC, COURTNEY SIGN NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Joe Banovic of Binghamton has been signed to meet George Courtney of Oklahoma in a ten-round bout at Madison Square Garden, Jan. 3.

! Trojan Mentor Ends Hard Work j for Pitt Game By T attl'd Press LOS ANGELES. Dec. 28.—From now until next Wednesday, when they play Pittsburgh in the annual New- Year’s day game at Pasadena, University of Southern California football players will take it easy in practice, Coach Howard Jones ruled today. There has been no rough scrimmage this week, but Jones urged his ipiayers to be more careful than us’ial. The workout Friday consisted mostly of defense against Pitt plays. Second team back field men donned green vests and tried plays the Panthers are expected to do Wednesday. After today’s workout the team will go to a basketball game and then to the Vista Del Arroyo hotel in Pasadena. The team will return to Los Angeles for a workout Monday, then use the Rose bowl grid on Tuesday, the day before the game.

Off The ♦ Backboard By VERN BOXELL

Russell Alexander, formerly just Alex, the Hardwood hash hound, now director of publicity at De Pauw, and ole’ Backboard have settled the stalling question. It all came about during a confab Friday afternoon. According to the former Hatchet columnist, the team on defense, seeking the ball, is to be blamed for the stall. Alex contended, and we agreed, that if a team tries hard enough, they can break up any stalling tactics in fairly short order. After that, the thing to do is to follow the fundamental rule, get the ball and keep possession of it. m m a Ed Broulllettc, Washington scribe, daily runs his effort* over about three columns of space. Reason, the Hatchets hare been winning games. Quite the opposite is noticed in towns and cities possessing losing teams. It’s not no hard to say nice things about winners, and then there Is the comment from other papers, but it’s hard to write about losers without knocking, offering alibis, or talking about some other teams. To top that off, the losers get yery little outside attention. mam Today’s Epistles Dear Backboard—Old Timer seems to forget the Important part of a basketball year in these parts Is around March 1 to 20. After the “Wonder Five’s” first year of high school basketball, I do not remember an instance where Fuzzy Vandiver was out-thought or out-fought on a tournament floor. I have been watching tournaments for the past fifteen years and I am still shouting that “Fuzz’’ Is head and shoulders over any players before or since. In ability to pull his team out of tight places. Where the going was roughest, you could always find Fuzz. I watched Marlon and Shortrldge get together the other night. Marlon didn’t win because they were good—Just because Shortrldge happened to be worse. 'Yours for more like Fuzz, Kx-TECH and Ex-BUTLER. Indianapolis. Dear Backboard—The article that Martin wrote In your Monday edition surely did not show the true Shortrldge spirit. Why at Shortrldge, 89 per cent of us have the true blue spirit and back up a winning or losing team. Didn’t we support our football team? So will we our basketball team. We are fighting as underdogs and watch us get red hot In the city tournament. Let’s hear some more about the Blue Devils, and you’ll hear from us again. TWO TRUE BLUES. Number of passengers carried in the United States on scheduled air trips increased from 5,800 in 1926 to 49,700 in 1928.

Purdue Basket Record Shows High Percentage of Wins Boilermakers Have Won Majority of Games Since War; New Conference Season Starts Jan. 11.

Bv Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind., Dec. 28. Coach Lambert’s 1930 Purdue basketball five will have an enviable record to uphold when it Jumps into conference Competition here Jan. 11 against Michigan, last year’s cochampions, for teams coached by the Boilermaker mentor in the past eleven years hold the edge over all conference foes in the matter of games won and lost. In the period since the war Lambert’s squads stand head and shoulders above all other conference fives on the basis of long-time standing. • The Bolermakers have ORIOLES TAKE M’GOWAN pu Times Special . ST. LOUIS, Dec. 28.—Outfielder Frank McGowan will make another trip back to the minors after several attempts to make good in the majors. The Browns have traded him to Baltimore for Pitcher Holshouser, young right-hander. McGowan saw service in the American Association with Milwaukee and Kansas City. 2 TILTS AT KIRSHBAUM Kir&hbaum Netters take on the Keelarts. one of the strongest road teams in Indianapolis, Sunday afternoon. The Keelarts have established a good .record this year and the game with the Netters promises to, be a real battle. In the preliminary game the undefeated Kirshbaum Bulldogs will play the crack Indianapolis Tabernacle Flashes in a game which will help decide the Junior championship Real Silk mills. MOON BAKER WINS Bv Times Special CHICAGO, Dec. 28—Moon Baker, Los Angeles heavyweight, knocked out Eddie O’Day, Scranton, in the first round Thursday.

Stove League / Chatter BY EDDIE ASH

NOW that Bill Lane, boss of the Hollywood Coast League club, has obtained Pitcher Emil Yde from Detroit, there it is said efforts will be made to develop the stalwart southpaw into a regular outfielder because of his ability to swat the horsehide. Emil was the Indianapolis club’s star pinch hitter in 1928. a a a It is said lane was responsible for changing Lefty O’Doul from flinger to fly chaser and O’Doul copped the slugging honors in the National League last season. O’Doul faded out as a twirler, but always could hit and Lane sent him to the outerworks several years ago. t a a a If Yde follow’s in O’Doul’s steps it will mean another trip to the majors for the swarthy pastimer. He’s not built for speed, it’s true, but he takes a real cut at the plate. a a a Casey Stengel’s Toledo Hens have purchased Pitcher Warren Ogden from the Buffalo Internationals. a a a RAY SCHMANDT, former Indianapolis first sacker. fielded for an average of .992 with Canton in the Central League during the 1929 campaign. Weakness at the plate took him out of the A. A. a a a A keeper of statistics says Lou Gehrig has played 729 consecutive games for the New Y'ork Yankees since he broke In on first base In 1925. Lou thought he was a pitcher at one time and his opinion was changed by Charlie O'Leary. Yankee coach, and the late Miller Huggins, manager. a a a Batterymen of the Milwaukee Brewers will start toiling at Ft, Pierce, Fla., March 4. Other pastimers will reach camp a few days later. ana Old Pat Collins, formerly with Saints, Browns, Yankees and Braves will do the backstopping for Seattle in 1930. a a a ROCHESTER fans figure their club is in line to capture its third successive pennant in the International League. Nearly all the 1929 regulars will be back next spring, the short field being the only position open.

Stanford Holds Edge Over Armv in Coast Grid Classic J Chris Cagle and Biff Jones End Careers With Cadets in Final 1929 Sport Feature.

Bu United Press STANFORD UNIVERSITY. Cal., Dec. 28.— Winding trails of the Stanford campus were filled with football fans today as nearly 90,000 persons marched on the stadium to witness the Army-Stanford game. A majority apparently were of the opinion that Stanford should win, since odds of 10 to 7 were quoted on the Cardinals, who tied for first place in the Pacific coast conference. The weather man had promised the weather would be fair at game time, with a gentle northerly wind, and it was not cold enough for frost. The encounter attracted interest of the nation for several reasons. Christian K. Cagle, all-America half back and captain of Army, was

played 125 conference games since the war and have won more than two-thirds of their starts, while winning or sharing in four Big Ten titles. Although statistics and figures usually tell a rather cold story in recounting athletic achievements, Purdue’s eleven-year conference record provides a convincing tale of consistently dangerous fives. In the 125 games played, Purdue has won eighty-five, while losing only forty, for a victory percentage of .680. Northwestern, Ohio and Indiana have fared the worst at the hands of the Boilermakers, wh’le Michigan, last year’s co-champion, is the only squad that comes within a game of being on even terms with the Lambertmen. Ohio has won only three games out of sixteen starts against Purdue, while Northwestern has managed to win four out of eighteen games. Indiana, Purdue’s traditional rival, has a little better record than Ohio, with four victories out of sixteen games. Michigan and Wisconsin have provided the toughest opposition for Purdue during the period. Michigan has won five games while Purdue has won six. in an eleven-game series, while the Boilermakers have taken six out of ten from Wisconsin. Purdue holds an 8 to 5 advantage over Chicago's Maroons, and has won nine out of fifteen games with lowa. Illinois has been held to only seven victories in eighteen starts, while Minnesota has finished on the long end of the score only three times in ten games. Purdue’s western conference basketball record for the eleven-year period from 1919 to 1929, inclusive, follows: Purdue Opponents Won. Lost. Points. Points Northwestern 14 4 39* 420 Ohio 13 3 3*4 424 Minnesota 7 3 3M 2*4 Indiana 12 4 46* 394 Wisconsin < 4 263 254 Illinois 11 * 320 44* lowa 9 * 33 396 Chicago * 3 397 306 Michigan 5 4 266 ? Totals S5 M iLWI 3,17*

Triangles Nose Out Old Rivals

A successful free throw in the overtime period gave Indianapolis Trangles a 16-15 victory over their old rivals, Indianapolis Flashes. Thursday at East Tenth street gym. Trailing 10 to 6 at the half, the Flashes knotted the count at 15-all at the end of regulation time. Just as the gun ended the overtime play, a foul was called on Van Morgan, Flashes' all-state guard, and Bob Ball made the winning toss. Thirteen fouls were called on the Triangles and seven on the Flashes. Triangles made good on six of seven attempts, while Flashes were able to connect on five in thirteen tries. The teams are members of the Indiana Junior Basketball Conference.

Independent Net Notes, Gossip

Greensburg Red Tags upset the dope bucket by capturing the second annual amateur Christmas day tourney at Morgantown, defeating Monrovia in the finals, 36 to 25. In the semi-finals. Red Tags pulled the surprise of the day by beating Morgantown Green Lanterns, state amateur champions, 26 to 25. Four nights before, the Lanterns had beaten Red Tags at Greensburg. 43 to 23. Lanterns were unable to check the Schrieber brothers and Goddard. Bill McCracken, brother of Branch, the I. U. captain and star, led Monrovia. Branch sat on the coaching bench for the Monrovia squad. Marmon Motor Car Company of Indianapolis wil! play the Green Lanterns at Morgantown next Tuesday night. , Hayes Body Cardinals will practice at Pennsy gym Sunday morning at 10. Following members are requested to be present' F. Foley. C. Beeman, F. Meyers. H. Eppen W. Nellson, W. Martin, J. Jackson. H. Marley. H. McCurry. Hayes plays Holy Trinity Juniors at Holy Trinity hall at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. A fast team playing In the 14-to-16-year-old class wants games with teams who have access to gyms. Call Lincoln 1029 after 6 p. m. and ask for Art Miller, Riverside Cubs. .. _ . Holy Name Juniors play Rhodius Dark Horses Saturday night. For games with Juniors call Drexel 3428 and ask for Red. between 5:30 and 6:30 p. m. Communal Cubs, playing In the 9-to-12-year-old class, would like to get games with teams having access to gyms. Phone Drexel 0346. between 5 and 6 p. m.. and ask for Harry. . .. Galeston Ramblers, playing In the 14-to-16-vear-old class, defeated East Tenth M E. Juniors. 39 to 28. Kirkmond and E. Fowley led the winners. Ramblers are undefeated and desire games with teams having access to gyms. Call Cherry 3235 and ask for Joe. Reserve loan Life Insurance Company would like to book games for next Sunday afternoon and Thursday night with teams having access„to gyms. Call George Sunkel, Drexel 2099-M. Sahara Grotto will resume play again Saturday night after a two weeks' layoff playing Delco Remy at Brookside community gym in an exhibition game. Searle Proffitt, one of the outstanding high school guards in the state with Lebanon last season, has been added to the Grotto lineup. Grottos have a few open dates for road games in January and February. City and state teams playing Saturday night or Sunday afternoon games, write Roy Baker. 1025 Madison avenue.

playing his last game for the Academy. Another farewell was being enacted by Coach (Biff) Jones of the Army eleven, whose regime is automatically ended with today’s game due to academy regulations to prevent, coaches serving long terms. The contest was the final sport classic of 1929. Intersectional rivalry added more color. Stanford beat Army in New York last year, 26 to 0. By that victory, the Cards were rated one of the best teams of the country. This season neither team has had a perfect record, but both probably could be listed among the ten best in the nation. Army was better prepared than Stanford. The long train ride apparently had no bad effects on the players’ Pre-game opinions were that Cagle’s individual ability would play a major part in determining the final result. Against Cagle the Cards will send four backs, none of whom has received nearly the amount of publicity given him, but as a unit they may prove effective. CAVAUER BEATS MAYS Wins Ten-Round Decision; Johnson Knocks Out Sekyra. NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Paul Cavalier of Patterson, N. J., won a decision over Harold Mays of Bayonne, N. J., in ten rounds here Friday. Jack Murphy, California, outpointed Chris Karchi of New York in four rounds; Larry Johnson of Chicago knocked out Joe Sekyra of Dayton, in the first round; Marty Fox of New York, won from Eddie Herbst of New York, on a technical knockout when Herbst Tailed to answer the bell for the third round; Elpidio Pizarro of Cuba scored a one-round knockout over Jack Goodwin of New j York.

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lowan Still Bit Short of Title Class Tuffy's Win Decisive, but Unimpressive: Shows Improvement. NEEDS MORE TIME BY FRANK GETTY. I nited Press .Sports Editor NEW YORK. Dec. 28.—Gerald (Tuffys Griffiths has established himself as a prominent heavyweight contender, but still looks a bit short of championship caliber. The Sioux City boxer defeated Johnny Risko of Cleveland In a hard-fought ten-round bout in Madison Square Garden Friday night, but failed to qualify for the bout with Jack Sharkey of Boston at Miami next February. If the Garden crowds sends Tuffy in as Sharkey’s opponent it will only be because th e caliber of heavyweight contenders is woefully low. Risko Rallies Late Griffiths won from Risko by a clear margin, but he failed to hurt his opponent, and at the finish Johnny was staging a fierce rally which won the Cleveland baker the applause of the crowd. Griffiths has improved greatly since he last showed m these parts, but he still lacks the class, on his showing Friday night, to oppose a heavyweight of Sharkey’s ability. Six months is not sufficient time to develop a first class heavyweight, and that is the length of time Tuffy has been milling in the unlimited division. Fourteenth Victory The lowan was won all fourteen of his fights as a heavyweight, and is coming along at a fast pace, but he has one or two hurdles to clear before he can be considered in the front rank of logical contenders for the title tossed aside by Gene Tunney. Griffiths, weighing 184 'i, gave away seven and one-half pounds to Risko. His victory was decisive, but unimpressive. GARDEN KEEPS SHARKEY By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 28.—Further complications were added to the heavyweight boxing muddle, today with the announcement that Jack Sharkey has agreed to sign a contract giving Madison Square Garden the exclusive call on his services for another year. Sharkey’s present contract with the Garden expires in February. It is reported Sharkey will receive a bonus of $20,000. With Sharkey again under exclusive control of the Garden, the hopes of other promoters for a bout between Max Schmeling and Sharkey are shattered. ILLINOIS TURF DATES ARE SET Hit X'nitrd Prrsx CHICAGO, Dec. 28.—Tlie Illinois horse racing season will open next year on May 1 with a twenty-four-day meeting at Aurora, officials of the Illinois Turf Association decided Friday. Other dates are as follows: May 10 to July 5, at Fairmount. May 26 to June 28, at Washington park. June 30 to Aug. 2, at Arlington. Aug. 4 to Aug. 23, at Hawthorne. Aug. 25 to Sept. 27, at Lincoln Fields. Sept. 29 to Oct. 11, at Hawthorne. Oct. 13 to Oct. 31, at Aurora.

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