Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 249, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1931 — Page 11

FEB. 25, 1931.

THIRTY-FOUR AMATEUR QUINTETS OPEN STATE TOU RNEY

Seymour Is Beaks’ Foe Local Team on Opening Card of Five Games Tonight. Five games will open the state amateur independent cage tourney at Noblesvllle armory tonight, In which thirty-four teams will compete for the next four days for the crown now held by Yorktown Merchants. Indianapolis Deaks, winner of the local sectional and one of the fa'•*6ritea in the state event, will get under way at 8:25, opposing Seymour. G. &J, Tires, the other local entrant, will not open until Thursday night. First round games will be played tonight, Thursday afternoon and night and Friday afternoon, with econd and third-round games on the card for Friday afternoon and night and Saturday morning. Semifinals will be played Saturday afternoon, with the titular tilt carded for Saturday night. Tonight’s schedule: 6:4s—North Judson vs. Tipton. 7:3s—Crawfordsvlllc vs. Bridgeport. 8 25—Indianapolis Deaks vs. Seymour. 9,ls—Noblesvlila DeMolavs vs. Wilkinson. 10 05-Moorriand v. Kairland. Whiffy Cox Paces Field By Times Special JACKSONVILLE, la., Feb. 25. Turning in a 71, one under par, on the water-logged Cedar Hills course, Whiffy Cox, Brooklyn pro, was out in front today as play started on the second eighteen holes of the Florida open. George Christ of Rochester was just one stroke behind. Sixty-three players started Tuesday In a slow drizzle. Many w’ell-known golfers were far behind, including Johnny Farrell and Denny Shute, who had 18 and 80 respectively. Approximately $2,000 will go to the winning pro.

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.__ Bv United Press CAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 25. *3 Alarmed by the absence of so many of his regular players, Manager John McGraw was scheduled to arrive here today and take personal charge of the Giants. Pete Donohue, Clarence Mitchell and Joe Heving are the only regulars in camp. tt tt a SAX ANTONIO. Tex.. Feb. 23. _ Irving Jeffries, infleldcr. Is working with the White Sox batterymen tn hopes of landing a berth on the pitching staff. Manrxer Bush, remembering the practice lost bv bad weather last spring. Is working his athletes more than two hours a day. tt tt tt ST. PETERSBURG. Fla.. Feb. 35.—A1l ot the Boston Braves, save Bruce Cunningham and Rabbit Maranville. were •cheduled to be on deck todav when Manager McKechnte takes tha Tribe out for a workout. An all-dav rain limited the Braves work to a long skull practice Tuesday. tt tt a CLEARWATER, Fla., Feb. 25.—Rain kept the Brooklyn Robins idle Tuesday, the boys spending their time welcoming the new arrivals, Ray Moss, Vai Picinich and A1 Cohen- A1 Loper. first string catcher, still is confined to his home in Tampa, recovering from an attack of the flu. 'T'AMPA, Fla., Feb. 25.—Pitcher I. Eppa Rixey was the only batteryman absent today when the Cincinnati Reds resumed training activities. Rain prevented outdoor work Tuesday, the men confining their activities to an indoor medicine ball workout. St tt tt PENSACOLA. Fla., Feb. 25.—A nineinning scrub game w'as scheduled today for the Boston Red Sox. A heavy rain cut short Tuesday’s practice, everybody being forced to scurry for cover Just as batting drill started.

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WINTERHAVEN. Fla.. Feb. 25.—First squad of Phillies batterymen was due here todav. Connie Mack, manager of the world champion Athletics, was their companion on the trip. Mack returned north for the annual presentation of the Philadelphia award, and now Is back to .loin the Philadelphia A’s at Ft. Myers. He announced all the Macks are signed except "iminons. who will not discuss terms until he Joins the team In April. tt tt tt ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., Feb. 25.—Joe McCarthy gave the twenty-four men in the Yankee camp a complete holiday here Tuesday due to a heavy rain, but hoped to resume active training today. tt tt tt SACRAMENTO, Cal.. Feb. 25.—Another lengthv workout was on the card for the Detroit Tigers here todav. Manager Buckv Harris expressed pleasure at the showing of the Walker brothers. Gerald and Harvey. up from Evansville of the Three-I League seeking outfield berths. MEDAL AWAITS IoNES B;i United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 25.—Bobby Jones was scheduled to arrive here today to be guest of honor Thursday at a national A. A. U. dinner at which he will receive the James E. Sullivan memorial medal. The medal is five inches in diameter of solid gold, and valued at between SSOO and S6OO. Jones will retain the medal permanently. A crowd of 1,500 is expected to pay $3.50 a plate to attend the dinner.

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I. A. C. to Hold Amateur Meets The 1931 Indiana-Kentucky A. A. U. basket tournaments for men and women will be held here on March 3 and 4 under the auspices of the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Winners will be awarded trophies and each will be given the Amateur Athletic Union’s district allotment to national tournaments. The national meet for men will be held at Kansas City, March 9 o 14. The women’s national will lb held in Dallas, March 23-28. Entry blanks have been sent to eligible teams in the two states. Entries close Feb. 27. The tourneys are limited to teams that never have played for other than expense money. JOE SAVOLDI VICTOR SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25.—Joe Savoldi, former Notre Dame football star, made his Pacific coast professional wrestling debut Tuesday night, defeating Howard Cantonwine, lowa grappler, in two straight

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Ruth Prepares to Fight for Homer Crown, High Salary

By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 25.—Babe Ruth’s efforts to regain his homerun laurels, and incidentally to earn renewal of his SBO,OOO contract, which ends this season, promise added color for the 1931 baseball season. It was a decided blow to Ruth’s pride when Hack Wilson of the Chicago Cubs won the 1930 crown with fifty-six home runs to his forty-nine, and he is determined to prove Wiison a mere pretender. Adoption of the new “dead” ball virtually ended Ruth’s hopes of surpassing his own major league record of sixty in a single season—a feat he believes he would have accomplished last year if he had not

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Brilliant team and individual shooting featured the St. Philip No. I League play, Monday and Tuesday night. In the team event Giesen Products rolled the season’s high single and three game totals with scores of 1.121 and 3.080. Chuck Klein starred with a 280 finish, for a total of 6j7. Meyer had 657: Stewart. 614; Rohrman, 597, and Jess Pritchett 555 to secure this total. Giesen won three games from Steele Shoes. Klein’s 280 count is the high individual game of the season. All other contests were decided two to one. Coco Cola, Prima Beverage and Michaelis Builders defeating Casady Fuel. Outlaws and Braser. Frank Hickey rolled the second high three-game total of the season when he hit for 683, which included a 267 game. Charlie Stick rolled a 278 game ana 619; J. Michaelis had. 650; Schleimer. 620; Hausser. 637, and J. Barrett. 625. Hauser's 63’’ i,s his first total over the 600 mark. M.chaelis Builders finished strong for a errant of 1.088. As Bill Moran says, “this loop is getting too tough for me. Elmer Burt was the reason for a widespread search by local printers In Cinclnunatl over the wek-end. Elmer faded out of the picture early Saturday night, and is still among the missing. One tournament in which we are sure to finish at least third is the meet for local bowling writers to be rolled on the Indiana alleys Sunday. This column will not argue about the pins, logs or matches being o. k., but we will insist that total pins count. Play will be over the five game route, between Harshman of the Star. Koelling of the News and Lefty Lee of the Times. Webb Walace of the Indiana is promoting the event, and will reward the winner with a gold medal. Hoosier Motor. Gibson Cos., State Auto, and United Tire, won three games from Shaver-Nash. United Motor. Lauth Chevrolet. and Pure Oil, as Eagle Machine won the odd game from Wallerich during the Automotive League series. Bartholemew copped all high honors when he finished with 262 to total 660. Wimberly had 643 and Rassmussin. 610. I The Fountain Square Lefthanders defeated the Uptown Portsiders in a special

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match on the south side alleys. 2.750 tq 2.682. a big finish of 1.010 putting this team over. Behrens and Art Haagsma were the leading pin getters for the winners. while Johnson showed best for the north side club. The final half of this match will be rolled on the Uptown alleys next Sunday. The familiar names of Johnson and Mounts, appear in the 600 class of the Commercial League play. Johnson rolling 636 and Mounts. 611. Dale Miller has an attractive list of prizes ready for the American Legion bowlers, whin they roll their second annual team tournament on the Hotel Antler alleys March 8. and expects an entry of fifty teams. To date Miller is assured of four from Ft. Wayne, three from Terre Haute, two from Richmond, two from Kokomo and two from Frankfort, in addition to all the local combinations. The entry fee is $lO per team. The event is open to all Legion Posts and 40 and 8 members. Entries close midnight March 4. The prize list follows: High Team Score—Commander F. L. Young trophy and cash . ward. Second High Team—Silver trophy and cash award. Third High Team—Silver trophy and cash award. High Team Score (Single Game)—Adjutant Ollie A. Davis Trophy. High Individual Score-Cash award, a High Individual Score —Cash Third High Individual Score—Cash award. High Score, One Game—Cash award. Second High Score, One Game—Cash award. Third High Score, One Game—Cash award. Everything should be in perfect shape for these boys as Miller has appointed Lorenz Weisman, Eddie Hofstatter and Bob Bailey, as the bowling committee in charge of all playing ararngements. Runyon and Shaw staged a prettv battle for top honors in the Intermediate League, the former nosing Shaw out, 633 to 631. Rolling a total of 2.531 pins the White Rose Gae girls took high three-game

Hoppe, Cochran Still in Front By United Press NEW YORK. Feb. 25.—WiUIe Hoppe of New York and Welker Cochran of California continued to lead in the international 18.2 balkline billiard tournament today. Hoppe scored his second consecutive victory Tuesday, defeating Kinrey Matsuyama of Japan. 400 to 143, in eight innings. Cochran also won his second match, defeating Eric Hagenlacher of Germany, 400 to 183 In fifteen innings. I. U. THINLIES FAVORITE By United Press EVANSTON, Feb. 25. ruled a favorite today to win the quadrangular track meet against Northwestern, Minnesota and Purdue at Patten gymnasium Saturday night.

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