Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 247, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1930 — Page 12

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TALKING IT OVER BY JOE WILLIAMS

Miami beach. Fia., Feo. 24. There Is practically no betting on the gripping international issue concerning the relative fighting abilities of Mr- Phil suffering Scott of London, and Mr- Jack Sharkey of Boston, who are to interpret the intricate twists and turns of the unmanly art here for a tourist trade on Thursday evening- I am told the odds are 5 to 1 against the Britisher with no takers and gentlemen learned in such matters predict that the figures will soar to unexampled heights for a heavyweight battle before the gong is sounded for the first round. pan a What betting that ha* been dene has k been pf a freak character, auch a* calllnz the round of the knockout. As to the proposition Os Mr. Scott going the distance the betting is even money that he will not. It also is even money that he will claim foul, and attempt to win the flzht in this manner—a manner with which he is not totally unacquainted. a a a YOUR correspondent does not hold Mr. Scott in high esteem as a fighting man, having seen him knocked out in one round by Hansen, fold up against Von Porat and perform none too impressively against the unfinished Campolo. On these limited observtaions he is compelled to agree that the current betting quotations are more or less justified. tt St tt However. T am alarmed to note that all the other experts assembled here for golfinz. bathinz ad night-clubbing entertain similar views, and the one or two of them who have taken the trouble to visit the training camps report that if Mr. Sharkey doea not win by a knockout in six rounds he ought to be bound head and foot and thrown into the neighboring ocean. a a a USUALLY this is an ominous sign, because when the experts go ’ wrong, they do so in a fine, stirring way. My wounds from the first Demsey-Tunney debacle are still too fresh to make reference to it, as a substantiating instance. Only a few adventurous souls conceded Tunney a chance in that one. and yet Tunney won the fight to all practical intents a few' seconds after the bell when he met the champion's opening rush with a stiff right, hand smash that shook him to his heels. Mr. Scott i* bigger and stronger than Tunney and there are times when hr looks to be a very fine boxer But I am not sure that he has any of the other qualities which enabled Tunney to overcome ridicule and fight his way to the Championship. To begin with Mr. Scott s fighting temperament is not of the be I do not believe he likes the bruising bus - ness, whereas Tunney. in *P>‘c his protestations to the contrary, did Mr. Scott does not impress me as being at all confident or sure of himself. x WOULD like to be able to figure 1 where Mr. Scott has some sort of a chance because he is a likeable bloke out of the ring, possessing a simplicity that becomes his craft, and etner taming no particular illusions about himself, unless it is that Buckingham palace will go in mourning if he would happen to lose and that the pound sterling will slump in value. But on his recor<i_and more especially on his psychology he simply does not figure to win against a man who was good enough to stop Loughrar and who by every law of the ring ought to be better now than he ever was. U tt tt Thev are savins: that you never ran tell about Mr. Sharkey. This is true. He has a spotty record which stamps him as an an in-and-outer. capable of brilliant flashes and again incapable of anything, higher than the rim of mediocrity. But esen conceding this he seems to stand out ,o far over the Britisher that he figures to win no matter what kind of a night he has in the ring. YORKTOWN TAKES TITLE F> GREENWOOD, Ind.. Feb. 24. Yorktown Merchants, early favorites, annexed the state amateur independent basket title here Saturday bv defeating St. Patricks of Indianapolis. 26 to 19. in the finals The winners were in front, 15 to 11. at the half. Wolfe and Joris led the Yorktown j scorers. Yoliler, Bratton. Shafer and Eber were other ex-Muncie Bearcat stars in the lineup. Kelley, Queisser and Clark led the losers.

H. S. Basketball

1 OCAI SCHOOLS Tech. 26; ShelbyvlHe. 23. Tech reserves. 27: Shelbyville reserves, 21. Shortndge. 34: Peru. 15. , .. Shortridge reserves. 3*. Broad R.pple re*f Cathedral. 36: Garfield 'Terre Haute). 17. Roosevelt (Garv>. 34; Cnspus Attucks. 28. STATE SCHOOLS West Bader.. 39; Loogootee. 5. Flat Rock. 40: Columbus Reserves, 38. Franklin. 23; Rushvllle, 22. Aurora. 65; Brookville. 18. Clinton. 43: Marshall. 111.. 25. French Lick. 54: Mt. Olvmpuc 18. Washington. 35; Wiley 'Terre Haute', .8. Greencastie. 58: Sullivan. 18. Beech Grove. 35: Plainfield. 31. Mooresvllle. 42: Ber. Davis. ... Connersville. 38; Greer.sburg. 36. Froebel 'Gary). 36: La Porte. 25. Leavenworth. 45; Oriole. 40 O'* ensviUe. 89: Boonville. 12. Soisberrv. 36 Bloomfield. 20. Marion. 25 Wabash. 22. Cnsman. 27: Griftitn. *. Centra! .Ft. Wavne'. 44; Emerson (Gary. 12. , West Newton. 22: Lawrence, li. Muncie. 48 South Side .Ft. Wayne'. 2.. atral i Evansville l . 19; Champaign. 111.. Evansville . 35; Stewartsville. 25 Winslow. 35: Reitz (Evansville'. 25. Switr Cl tv. 29. Cloverdalc. 28 Crawfordsville. 2S; Delphi. 23.

College Basketball

STATE SCHOOLS Michigan. 21: Indians. IS Danville Normal. 38; Evansville. 23 Wabash. 21; Notre Dame. 16. Purdue. 42; Minnesota. 24. Butler. 31 Earlham. 27. Indiana Central. 55. Huntington. 28 Concordia 32: Adrian. 30 (three overtime periods'. OTHER SCHOOLS Maryland. 39: Johns Hopkins. 34. North Carolina 43: Saw, 33. Ohio State. 31; Army So Yale. 30. Princeton. 24 Harvard. 34; Dartmouth. 29. Nebraska 52; lowa State. 50 'overtime'. Columbia. 34: Syracuse. 31. Chicago. 23; Wisconsin. 21. Ohio 41: Cincinnati. 35. Wittenberg. 36; Ohio Wesleyan, 3a. Northwestern 34; Illinois. 32. Maryland. 39: U. M 1.. .1 Pittsburgh. 21 1 West Virginia. 19. Drake. 26: lowa. 25. New York university. 42; Carnegie Tech. 21. , Cornell. 27: Pennsylvania. 23. Navv. 4. Georgetown. 3. Western Reserve. 30; St. Xavier. 24 WAS GREAT SIRE Bons and daughters of Fair Play, thoroughbred racer who died recently at the age of 24. took honors for highest prize winners sired by one-horse in 1920, 1924 and 1927.

FISTIC FOLLOWERS OF NATION THRONG TO MIAMI

Thousands Arrive to See Scrap Carnival Spirit Prevails; 19,000 Visitors Pour Into City. BY MORRIS DE HAVEN TRACY United Pres* Staff Correspondent MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 24.—The grand old bally-hoo which has blown the admittedly third rate Sharkey-Scott fight into a world shaking affair, began making its effects concretely evident in Miami over the weekend. It drew 6.000 people into the city from the north late Saturday and Sunday. Another 7,000 had arrived Friday and early Saturday, railroad companies reported, and 6,000 more were due today, the transportation men said. Fifty special cars of fight fans came in Sunday and Sunday night. There were two loads from Springfield, Mass. Boston Sends 300 Another carload came from the Glendale Country Club of Philadelphia, which gives its support to Tommy Loughran in his fight against Pierre Charles. The Cherry Athletic Club of Chicago had five cars with 150 people in them. Eddie Mack of Boston ushered 300 Bostonians into town, coming to root for Jack Sharkey and Jim Maloney, their fellow townsmen. A specail train from Cincinnati was reported due, as are special cars from Indianapolis, Washington, Atlanta, New Orleans, St. Louis and many from New York. Sunday was a pleasant day and the streets were crowded. Everywhere there was a carnival spirit, and there was entertainment for every one. Airplanes roared overhead, carrying people in five-minute rides. The Goodyear dirigible Defender cruised the skies most of the day with passengers. Sneed boats were busy carrying thrill seekers. The training camps of the various fighters were thronged. Promoters Gleeful Promoters of the fight were, outwardly at least, quite gleeful. They said they had sold more tickets than they had at the same period in promotion o f the successful Shar-key-Striblir.g fight last year. They figured it up that if all the 40,000 seats in the stadium are filled they will take in $701,180 of which Sharkey will get $105,000 and Scott $94,000. The rest will go to the other fighters, none of whom get anything like the amount of money the principals will receive although they are expected to put up harder fights, and to pay costs of promotion, bally-hoo, expenses of staging the fight and profits. The total costs, including fighting purses, are expected to run around a half million dollars.

♦ OFF THE BACKBOARD ♦

Norman WERRY, the prominent Gary scribe, has turned crusader. Norman's column Saturday contained the “information" that three days prior to the official announcement of the state drawings. he was in full possession of the complete and correct schedule. The really surprising feature of the entire “expose" was the fact that he did not secure the schedule before Feb. 18. a o a The drawings passed through three hands before reaching Mr. Werry, including: “a member of the board, a well-known central Indiana coach, and a prominent, reputable Gary citiien." There is little ouestion as to whom the "well-known central Indiana coacs" is. He probably is the same one who provided Backboard with part of the state finals schedule last year. The other half was riven by a prominent southern Indiana coach. tt a a If the truth were known. Mr. Werry probably first heard of the schedule through a central Indiana sports writer. a a a THE “prominent central Indiana coach” isn't the only one who had possession of the schedule. Werry probably would have found it unnecessary to go farther than Coach Keith Crown of Horace Mann to have obtained at least part of ;.ie schedule. In fact, there probably were at least a dozen coaches and a number of sports writers who knew the cards within two weeks after it was drawn on Feb. 1. a tt b Since the Gary scribe “does not prefer any direct charge," it is difficult to conceive just what the idea was in broadcasting the affair through his column, “Duneland Dribbles.” Such incidents as these, if taken too seriously, might prove injurious to the game. e a o Werry says he "is making public the fact that he had this information in his possession so that every member of the state association will know that some of the members schools have been obtaining special favors’ through some channel." Baa BACKBOARD'S opinion is that although Werry's intentions possibly were good in attempting to provide his readers with a sensation, the attempted '•expose" will meet with little favor among writers, coaches and close followers of the game. Surely the often-criticised Mr. A. L. Trester and his board of control have enough troubles without additional “scandal” already well known. a a a Asa possible solution. Backboard would suggest two things. The schedules for the sectional, regional and state toumevs should be drawn at the same time and given to the newspapers with orders to hold for release, or should be drawn in order, with the sectional schedule drawn a week prior to that event, the regional schedule made the Monday following the first tourney, and the

Record Leap

Bert Nelson AN intercollegiate indoor record that withstood efforts of high jumpers for several years was shattered recently when Bert Nelson of Butler university, cleared 6 feet 6?i inches in the high jump at the Butler-Notre Dame indoor meet. Although swamped by the Irish athletts in points scored, the Bulldogs gained solace in Nelson’s wonderful achievement. Nelson and Joe Sivak, Butler track captain, will compete in the famous K. of C. games at Madison Square Garden, New York, next month. Sivak is a distance runner of note.

Many Prominent Names on Acknowledged Holdout List More Than Thirty Players Continue to Balk Over Big League Terms; Ruth Leads Brigade.

B’l United Press NEW YORK. Feb. 24.—Arrival of the spring training season finds more than thirty prominent players unsigned. Babe Ruth, the lone Yankee recalcitrant, is the most prominent of the group. The home-run king is demanding a two-year contract at $85,000 per season. Other acknowledged holdouts include: WASHINGTON Goose Goslin. Sam Jones, Fred Marberrv, Garland Braxton, Ad Liska, Cronin. Hayes. Tate, Spencer, Charrity, Loepp and Burke. PHILLIES—Chuck Klein, Lefty O’Doul. Pinkie Whitney. GIANTS—Fred Lindstrom, Larry Benton, Bob O'Farrell. CLEVELAND—WesIey Ferrell and Willis Hudlin. WHITE SOX—Art Shires. PITTSBURGH -Burleigh Grimes. BROWNS— Ralph Kress. BROOKLYN—Babe Herman. P.ay Moss, Hank Deberry, Harvey Hendrick, Roy Faulkner. CINCINNATI—Leo Duroclicr, George Kelly. Jakie May, Marty Callaghan, Harry Ricontia. Detroit, the two Boston clubs and the Chicago Cubs report that they have no holdouts. Reporting time for the majority of big league regulars has not arrived and several

slate final card set the Monday following the regional events. a a a AFTER witnessing Anderson's 34 to 33 victory over Frankfort Friday night at Andci’son, Backboard is convinced that two of his previous convictions are correct. In the first place, Staggs’ Indians are going to cause somebody plenty of trouble. Anybody figuring on giving more than even odds on the chances of Tech going to the state should have seen the comeback staged by the Red and Green quintet. Campbell's quintet is capable of defeating Anderson, providing they perform as they have in some of their best tilts this year. With Campbell and Staggs both pointing their quintets for the event, the local regional should be one of the best in the state. With a week to rest before the stale event, both of the mentors will turn on full power in the tilt here, and which ever enters the select sixteen class will represent the local regional in more than the first round, and that's that. a a a Furthermore, Backboard still is picking Frankfort to win the state. With all due respects to the Anderson Indians, who fought baek to victory with a weakened lineup after appearing hopelessly lost, Backboard does not believe that the Hot Dogs “put out,”. The famous block play which aided the defending champs in capturing the title last season was not a part of Frankfort assault on the

ROLLS 300 SCORE

Two new state records for women were established recently by Miss

Jennie Hoverson, 24-year-old drug clerk of Madison, Wis. She bowled a perfect 300 score and followed it up with games of 234 and 181 for a series of 715 pins. Her record scores were made in a woman’s league. She is one of few women pin topplers to gain the coveted perfect

score and is ex- Miss Hoverson pected to participate in the women's national tourney. LAW NAMED COACH Captain of 1929 t'ndefeated Notre Dame Eleven to Manhattan. Bu T'nitrd Prc** NEW YORK, Feb. 24 —John Law, captain of Notre Dame's undefeated 1929 football team, has been appointed head coach at Manhattan college.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Not Many Experiments on Roster of St. Louis Browns Killefer Has Smallest Spring Squad in Majors; Hale May Give O’Rourke Hard Fight.

BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. Feb. 24.—The St. Louis Browns have the smallest squad in the majors and are tied with the Washington Senators for the smallest number of new players. There are only twenty-seven players on the roster, including eight newcomers. The new group includes four pitchers, two infielders, one outfielder and one catcher. When the time comes to cut the squad, Manager Bill Killefer will have to dispose of only two players to get inside the major limit of twenty-five. Indications are that the Browns' first string group will be: Blue, first base; Mclillo, second base; O'Rourke, third base: Kress, shortstop; Manush, left field; Schulte, center field: Badgro, right field; Ferrell, catcher. The four players outside the pitching staff w'ho will make bids for jobs are Sammy Hale, third baseman obtained from the Athletics in a trade for Wally Schang; infielder Eddie Grimes, who batted .234 for Milwaukee; outfielder Fred Bennett, who batted .368 for Wichita Falls, and catcher Bernard Hungling, veteran from Newark. Grimes probably will go back to Milwaukee. Bennett, who drove in 145 runs, leading the Texas League in that

members of the above group are expected to sign this week. The Philadelphia Athletics have made no announcement regarding the number of players signed. Ai Sirhmons is reported still dickering over terms and it is possible that other stars are not signed. Sam Breadon, president of t.he St. Louis Cardinals, refused to say how many players have signed. He said no player would be considered a holdout unless he failed to appear at training camp when ordered.

Turners Drop Philips Five South Side Turners added another city foe to their list Sunday by defeating St. Philips A. C., 27 to 22 at Turner hall. Inability of the Saints to solve the Turner defense proved their downfall. Turners were in front 16 to 7 at the half, but a rally brought the visitors within three points of the south siders early in the second period. •

Indians. And any time Frankfort, the best “stalling” team in the state, loses a five-point advantage in the last three minutes of play, with only a feeble attempt to stall, the odor resembles a petrified mackerel. e a a Butler. the midget Indian forward, is the answer to a coach’s prayer. What he lacks in stature and weight he has in speed and shooting ability. When he gets set it usually means two points. a u tt Van Dyke turned in his best performance of the season at backguard. Bat the major honors of the evening were carried off by Mason, a substitute. With Woods and Van Dyke on the bench via the personal route, this youngster started the rally with two field goals, which put the Staggmen in a position to send Butler under the basket for the winning field goal in the last fifteen seconds of play. a a tt Here are a few ox the reasons the fans were on their feet most of the game: Anderson. 7, Frankfort 0, six minutes played. Anderson 9. Frankfort 4. ter. minutes played. Anderson 19, Frankfort 0. fifteen minutes play. Anderson 21. Frankfort 7. eighteen minutes played. Lawhead scored two free tnrows after the gun to make the count 13-21, Anderson at the half. In the second half, Anderson 23. Frankfort 22. five minutes played. Frankfort 28, Anderson 23. twelve minutes played; Frankfort 32, Anderson 27, fifteen minutes played. And in the remaining minutes, 33 to 29. 33 to 32, and 33 to 34. a a tt Incidentally, Frankfort missed nine of twenty free throws, and Anderson made six in eleven attempts. tt tt tt Happy Hazel of the Frankfort Times says we can have the courthouse if we come to Frankfort. We haven’t any room for a courthouse in our back yard, but we’re still picking Frankfort. CRISLER IS HONORED CHICAGO, Feb. 24. Herbert fFritzi Crisler, newly appointed University of Minnesota football coach, was honored at a luncheon which Minnesota alumni tended him today.

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respect, appears to have the best opportunity of winning a regular berth. Hale is sure to be retained as utility and may displace O'Rourke at third base. Rick Ferrell and Clyde Manion are expected to do most of the catching. Staff of Veterans Veterans will shoulder the pitching burden. Eight of last year's staff are back, including Sam Gray, General Crowder, George Blaeholder, Warren f Rip) Collins. Walter Stewart, John Ogden, Chad Kimsev ana Dick Coffman. The four additions to the staff are Earl Caldwell, who won twenty-one games and lost fifteen for Waco; Rolland Stiles, who won twenty-two and lost eleven for Tulsa; Herman Holshauser, who won nine and lost ten for Baltimore, and. Fred Stiely, who won ten and lost eleven for Beaumont. Stiely joined the Browns last fall and won his only start. As the Browns need left-handed pitching strength, he probably will be retained. Stewart is the only other southpaw on the club. Stiely has had previous trials with Detroit and Cardinals. RAWLINS SQUASH CHAMP Bn United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—Herbert N. Rawlings of New York won the national squash racquets championship here Sunday by defeating Don Strachan of Philadelphia in the titular match, 15-10, 10-15, 16-15, 15-9.

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Kirshbaum Five Retains Jewish Basket Crown Kirshbaum Netters successfully defended their city Jewish championship crown Sunday night at Kirshbaum gym, turning back their south side rivals. Communal Y. M. H. A., 34 to 29, in a heated overtime struggle. The rivals were deadlocked 25-all at the end of the regular playing time. Nate Kaufman sank a long attempt and Goldsmith connected on a free throw to tie the count with one minute of play left. Feldman, H. Stein and the Kempler brothers were outstanding for the winners, with Becker, Reisberg and Davis leading the Y. M. H. A.'s. Communal Buddies won the Jewish junior championship by trouncing Kirshbaum Bulldogs, 31 to 14, in a peliminary encounter. G. F. TP. G. F. TP. Brodsky, f.. 0 1 IR. Davis. 1.2 2 6 Goldsmith. f 0 2 2D. Becker. f. 1 2 4 Feltman. f . 3 6 12 Woxler, c.... 2 1 5 H. Kempler.c 3 4 10 Smiley, c.... n 1 1 L. Kempler.c 2 1 5 Olshan. k 0 0 0 Madorsky, c. 0 0 OL. Davis, g... 0 1 1 Stein, g 1 0 2 Simpson, g... 1 0 2 Kaufman, g. 1 0 2 Reiswerg, g.. 33 9 Totals .. 10 14 34 Totals 910 34 McLarnin and Mandell Train CHICAGO, Feb. 24.—80th Sammy Mandell and Jimmy McLarnin, generally conceded to be the outstanding candidates for the welterweight title now held by Jackie Fields, rapidly are rounding Into shape for their ten-round bout here next Saturday night. It will be their third match, each having won one fight and the winner hopes for a title bout with Fields.

Meets Purvis

George Kerwin EORGE KERWIN of Chicago, who has emerged victor in his three showings at the Armory this season, returns to the legion ring Tuesday night for a ten-round scrap with Jackie Purvis, who startled local fight followers a few weeks ago by beating Billy Pctrolle. A promising supporting card has been lined up, with Jimmie Sayers of Lafayette meeting Kid Woods of Indianapolis in the eight-round semi-windup, and Willard Brown taking on Earl Baker of Cincinnati, in the top six.

FEB. 24, 1930

Shortridge, Tech Take Final Tilts Blue Five Drubs Peru; Green Defeats Shelby: Irish Win. Three victories in four games were turned in by city high schools Saturday. Tech and Shortridge featured with brilliant triumphs in their final contests of the scheduled season, over Shelbyville and Peru, respectively. Lowery led the Arsenal five to a 26 to 23 verdict, over the Mackmen. The Campbellmen led 13 to 10 at the half. Overman, reserve forward, and Reissner were other Tech stars, with Linville, Kehrt and Patterson sharing honors for Shelby. Case and Bulleitt were outstanding in Shortridge’s 34-to-15 victory over Peru. Jones, Circus City star, was held to four points. The winners led, 18 to 6, at the half. Cosgrove, floor guard, snagged fifteen points to lead Cathedra! to. a 36-to-17 triumph over Garfield at Terre Haute. Ahe Irish led, 1 1 to 9, at the half. Crispus Attucks was nosed out b" Roosevelt at Gary, 34 to 28. Jojr.i- 1 son and Ransom led the ley ils, while Hibbler was outstanding for the Gary five. GENARO VICTOR ON FOI L MILAN, Italy, Feb. 24.—Frankie Genaro of New York, world's flyweight title claimant, won from Orlando Magliozzi of Italy on a foul in the third round of a scheduled ten-round bout, Sunday.