Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 286, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 April 1931 — Page 22
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Talking It Over
BY JOE WILLIAMS-
Editor’* Not#—Joe William*’ physician* have ordered him bark to bed for • complete rest, and pending his return to work—which may be next week—bit column will be bandied by member* of the World-Telegram staff. BY CHARLES E. PARKER NEW YORK, April 10—Perhaps this “gag-the-coach rule” is not so bad for intercollegiate league baseball as the unanimous protest made against it by the undergraduate •e.ptatres ifc*wK indicate. -Uidy OoalLey. whose Columbia last the league opener to Yale in eleven innings, has become, overnight, a booster for the scheme. He asserted no other college battle ever supplied him with quite the thrills that he extracted from the Yale fray. That statement would be significant If only for the reason It came from a coach whose captain, Ed Obey, had circulated the petition demanding a rescinding of the law. And when thought Is taken ot the fact that the assertion came not from the winning but from the losing coach It takes on added Importance. Coakley was not delighted, exactly, with the result of the contest. He frankly declared that the game surely, and the result possibly, would have been quite different, hiad he been on the bench with a free tongue rather than far back in the grandstand damning his own damns or damning the league dam. as the case may have Been. And any semi-expert and not a few tyros were able to spot situations In the game wherein a word or two to the unwise would have done a brisk business. A rather striking example came in the first half of the ninth Inning, with Columbia leading 3 to 2. one Yale man out, none on base and a count of three balls and two strike s on Fred Llnehan the Yale rightfielder and football ace. The second of the two strikes charged aalnst the Eli came on a foul In which the ball rolled a few yards from the plate That particular ball had picked up quite a bit of grime In the course of Its service. It was not an easy object for the batsman to gauge as it came whizInz at him from the pitcher’s box. Under such circumstances it was a very good ball for Columbia to keep In play, and had Coakley or any shrewd coach been directing the team at the time he would have shrieked or bellowed to the Columbia catcher, "go get it!” But spring had come to Buck Sweetmr.n, the Columbia catcher. The birds w ire singing sweetly. The air was redolent with growing things. It was a time for lazy enjoyment rather than for seemingly unnecessary labor. So why chase a few yards for a ball when the umpire, Tight behind him, had his pockets loaded with others? The sphere that his umps handed to Sweetman was a brand new one. right out of its tinsel-lined box, and when, in due course of time, it was served up to the aforesaid Linehan its snow-white roundness caused it to stand out like a huge balloon. And Linehan. reaching way around his neck to start his swing, crashed it smack in the middle for a home run to rob Columbia of a 3-to-2 victory and carry the game into extra Innings and a Columbia defeat. That was one of several things that might not have transpired had not the “gag-the-coach rule” been In force. A bit of swinging here, a bit of waiting there, would have brought lilts or walks to Columbia batsmen. Taking merely two bases on a bona fide three-bagger, in another case, was scarcely what an on-the-bench coach would have ordered, yet it happened in the tenth inning, with the score knotted at four-all. And it is doubtful that Coakley inwardly approved of the repeated grooving of the ball which enabled Yale to whack out two doubles and a single in the eleventh inning and win the game, 6 to 4. But Andy Coakley liked it—all but the result. He spoke of the well-filled stands at Baker field and the fact that every one present remained until the last out was made That, to Coakley, indicated that the public is especially interested in the experiment and is ready to spend a season watching its workings. On his own account he enjoyed observing how well his teachings had registered with his bovs and, on the whole, was pretty well satisfied tt tt tt THIS attitude was distinctly opposite that indicated by ‘‘Smoky Joe” Wood, the Eli mentor. The latter, possibly because his tongue had been mulled all afternoon, would not go into detail as to his objections, but in a few crisp words he made known his hope that the league officials, at their meeting, would rescind their action in answer to the plea of the student captains.
♦ Down the Alleys ♦
Eighteen local teams are scheduled to bring the team event of the state meet to a close, rolling on the 10 p. m. squad Saturday. May 2. This sauad includes the best Indianapolis has. and it would not surprise state bowlers if the new champion appeared in this group. Starting on Alley 1. the lineup is: Prima Beverage. Emrich Hardware, Falls City Lager, Fountain Sauare Barber Shop. Kasper Furniture. Old Gold Cigarettes. S. and S. Body and Fender Repair. Ideal Cleaners. Auto Equipment. Gray, Gribben & Gray. Wheeler Lunch. Selmelr Towel. Indianapolis Tool, Indiana Garage, Coval Stars. Bailey Realty. Marott and St. Phillip A. C. Two game wins were in order during the Link-Belt session on the Illinois alleys. Roller Chains. Silent Chains. Sprockets and Snaggers defeating. Tuning Chains. Crawlers. Conveyors and Casting. A 243 by Stub Mathews at the finish featured. Sweetheart Bread won the entire series from Gardner Specials, as sugar Creek Butter and 101 Stores took two from Illinois Recreation and Banquet Tea. during the Essential League play. I Watches and Pearls won the odd game from Diamonds and Rings, during the Kay Jewelry Ladies League play. Coca Cola. Blue Point Service and S. and S. Service were the big winners during the Universal League series at the Pritchett alleys, taking three games from Emrich Hardware. Mallory and Welland and Outlaws, as Claman Lunch. C. R. Akers and Standard Oil won the odd game from Blacker Chili. Kavo and Auto Equipment. Busses tossed a 670 to lead the field, having games of 197. 230 and 243 Runyon rolled 630: Chritianson, 625; Scheible 614. and Miller. 603. Actuarial won three games from Stenographic. as Medical took the odd game from Record during the American Central Life Ladles League plav. La Fendrich had an easy time taking three games from Wheel Sandwich Shop, during the Elk League contests on the Hotel Antler drives. Other games resulted iti a two-game win for Heidenreich. White Star Gas and Ollendorff Watches over Smith Bakerv. Blacker Chili, and Stafford Engraving. Marshall rolled the onlv 600 series having games of 179, 243 and 213 a total of 633. But. one game was completed in the uptown Ladies Matinee League Pedigo Grocery took the odd game from Peck's Grocery during this play. Komstohk rolled Thursday Ring Results Bv United Press AT MILWAUKEE—-Frankie Battaglia. 159, St Paul, defeated Haakon Hanson. 156 3 . Chicago. (10). Rogert Bernard. 134. Flint. Mich., won from Harry Dubiinskv. 130. Chicago. GO). AT PATERSON. N J.—Al Diamond Paterson 150 defeated Alf Ross. IHI. Spain. ■ 10: Charlie Krauchl. 158. Switzerland. stopped Nicky Williams. 159. Jersey AT DENVER. Col.—George Manlev, Denver light heavyweight, trounced Charley Belanger of Canada in a slow ten-round bout. Each had won one bout previously. AT VINCENNES. Ind —Tracv Cox. Indianapolis featnerweight, knocked out Ginger Gordon of Vincennes in the seventh round.
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DISSENSION IN CUB RANKS UNDER HORNSBY DENIED
Failure to Win Spring Games Stirs Rumors Bruins Break Even in 30 Exhibition Tilts; Club Physically Fit, but Poor Pitching Proves Costly; Bell in Great Form. . BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Pres* Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, April 10.—As the Chicago Cubs move nearer home for the opening of the major league baseball season Tuesday against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the question ‘‘is there dissension in the ranks of Hornsby's team?” becomes more insistent.
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Hornsby gave another demonstration that he will not tolerate haphazard efforts on the playing field when he sent Pat Malone to the showers wheh the latter forgot himself long enough to wind up with men on first and second bases and permit a double steal at Fort Worth.
Chicago Gains Hockey Edge By United Press MONTREAL, Quebec, April 10.— Chicago's Blackhawks today held a two-game to one lead over Les Canadiens of Montreal, defending champions in the five game Stanley cup series for the world’s professional hockey championship. The Blackhawks scored their second consecutive victory Thursday night when they came from behind to defeat Les Canadiens, 3 to 2, after 53:50 of overtime play. NIDY AND DRAKE MEET The eight-round headliner at Riverside tonight will bring together hard-punching junior welterweights, Glen Nidy of Terre Haute and Ray Drake of Kansas City. Bret Waggoner and Lefty Nicholson, also junior welters, will toe the mark in the six-round semi-final. Four four-rounders will complete the entertainment. The first bout will start at 8:30.
Senators Are Dangerous, But A s Are Picked to Repeat
Editor’s Note—This is the seventeenth of a scries dealing witß 1931 prospects of the various major league baseball clubs. BY HENRY M’LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 10.—It is a great temptation to forget the old sports custom of stringing along with a champion until beaten and choose Walter Johnson’s Washington Senators to top the world-
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games of 212, 202 and 172 to lead the Individuals with a total of 586. Triple wins were in order during the American Can Company weekly session. Bodies. Inks and Cases, defeating Ends. Records and Figures. “Dad" Faust finished with a 229 to cod high single game honors. Wuenscn was best over the three game route with 588. Print Craft League rolled their final series of the season Thursday night. Indianapolis Engraving. Rhodes-Hice and Etter. Flink Inks and Indianapolis Star taking two games from Advance-Wright. C. E. Pauley. Pivot City Inks and Press Assistants. Fred Schleimer continued his 600 string, having a total of 633. Gerking rolled 600; Ward. 602: A. Ward. 600, and Vale. 628. which Included the high single game pf 254. Northwestern State Bank and Fiftyfourth Street Merchants won three in a row from Trout Ma.testic and Bauder Cleaners, while Broadway. Uptown Plumbing and Uptown Garage took two from J P. Johnson. Pratt Street Boosters and United Dental, during the Community League play on the Uptown alleys. The Avalon Country Club Bowling League will roll a handicap singles swepestakes on the Indiana alleys tonight. „ T l ?® third weeks play of the Round Robin Sweepstakes will be roled on the St. Philip A. C. alleys. Sunday afternoon. Jess Pritchett is now In the lead in this event with an eight game total of 1,711.
Woman Owner Short of Funds By United Press TULSA, Okla., April 10.—Mrs. Lucille Thomas, owner of the Tulsa baseball club franchise in the Western League, returned here today and announced she has been unable to raise funds to meet requirements of the franchise. Mrs. Thomas demanded reimbursement for her expenditures should the franchise be given another party. She threatened injunction action if her demands were not met, PREP THINLIES CLASH Four local high school track teams were scheduled to get into action today. Washington, Shortridge and Bloomington met in a triangular meet at the Continentals’ oval, while Coach Paul Myers Tech team invaded Kdkomo to tackle the Wildcats. Greenfield invaded Warren Central in the other event.
The Cubs have been made favorites to win the National League pennant, but not on their form in exhibition games. In thirty games played up until today the Cubs have won fifteen and lost the same number and haven't shown a flicker of cnampionship merit. The club seems to be physically fit, but sadly lacking in their playing against minor league clubs. The pitching has been almost anything but of big league caliber. There is no grounds for the belief that Rogers Hornsby hasn’t the Cubs well under control. He demonstrated that when he dismissed Jess Petty, veteran southpaw, in Los Angeles. After releasing Petty, Hornsby remarked: ‘‘No player is going to make his own rules on this club.”
The loss of spring exhibition games seldom means much. The results of these practice games are not true indicators of the strength of a team. The New York Yankees, even when they dominated the baseball world as no club has before or since, back in 1927 and 1928, always lost a majority of their games in the spring. Another great ball club which is having trouble in its spring exhibition games is the world champion Philadelphia Athletics. Veteran ball players seldom bear down in the spring. The risk of injury is one of the many reasons for the lazy attitude of established stars. They don’t start leveling until the games start counting and their pay checks come rolling in. Hack Wilson, Woody English and Pat Malone are the three members of the Cubs who have been most disappointing in spring training. Wilson is batting only .302, English but .233, and Malone has lost two out of three games. One of the brightest spots in the Cubs’ dismal spring showing is the work of Lester Bell, who seems to have recovered from his arm ailment of last year. He is leading the Cubs’ regulars in batting with an average of .452. Hornsby is just behind him with .428, followed by Kiki Cuyler with .418.
champion Philadelphia Athletics in the 1931 American League campaign. The senators, with the same team that finished but eight games behind the Athletics last season, certainly appear* to be tho only outfit with more than an outside chance to foil the A’s hopes of winning a third successive league championship. The Senators have the best rounded pitching staff in the league, plenty of punch at the bat, and a strong defense. Given their share of the breaks they may bring thqr national capital its first world series since 1925. The Athletics, just as in 1929 and 1930, nill depend upon the “big five”—Grove, Eamshaw, Simmons, Foxx and Cochrane. These five men, all in their prime and all super-players, still have the defensive and offensive strength to bring the A’s home in front. Therefore, the Philadelphians must be accorded top ranking with the other clubs named to finish in the following order: Washington, New York, Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, St. Louis and Boston, Philadelphia is named to repeat but must have the all-season services of each of the “big five” to accomplish the task. New York, under the hustling, driving, magnetic Joe McCarthy, is the “mystery” team of the league. Given better pitching the slugging Yankees might batter their way past both the Senators and Athletics. At present, however, the mound staff is a trifle wobbly and little hope is held for its transformance into the equal of the A.s and Senators’ pitching corps. Cleveland is named for the remaining first division berth, but may have to yield to a vastly improved Detroit outfit. The Tigers lack a punch but are blessed with a large number of high-grade pitchers. THURSDAY WRESTLING RESULTS By United Press AT YONKERS. N. Y.—Gino Garibaldi. Italy, threw Casey Berger. Texas; Herb Freeman. New York, defeated Vanka Zelezniak, Russia. AT SCRANTON. Pa.—Dick Shlkat. Germany, threw Taro Mvaki. Japan: George Manish. New York, defeated Sur. Jennings, Oklahoma. AT BOSTON—After losing the first fall in 20 seconds. George Zarvnoff of Russia defeated Pay McKay of Memphis. Tenn.
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THE new Barnhart with Johnny Corriden’s Indians is Leslie, right-handed flinger from New Orleans, who was obtained in the Hildebrand deal with Cleveland. He won thirteen games and lost nine for the Pelicans last year, and in the fall worked one game for Cleveland and finished a winner. He has done well for the Hoosiers during spring training.
Big League Camp Notes
THURSDAY EXHIBITION SCORES Detroit (A). 6; Pittsburgh (N). 4. Cleveland (A), 1; Birmingham (SA), 0. St. Louis (N). 2: Memphis ISA), 1. New York (N). 7; Chicago (A), 6. Boston (A). 10: Columbus (AA), 4. Boston IN). 9: Baltimore (IL). 2. Brooklyn IN). 12: Hartford (ELI. 8. Washington (A). 10: Philadelphia (N). 5. New York (A). 17: AshvilJe (PL), 4. Indianapolis (AA), 5: Toronto (IL), 3. Buffalo (IL). 4: Louisville (AA). 0. i By United Press MACON, Ga., April 10.—Earl Mattingly, who was released by the Brooklyn Robins after three weeks of spring training, today was en route to Brooklyn with Manager Robinson and his charges. Mattingly’s pitching against the Robins in exhibition games here with Hartford won him anew chance with the big leaguers and he is expected to see action in the series with the Yankees, starting at Brooklyn Saturday. The Robins closed their stay here with a 12-to-2 victory over Hartford. tt ft tt LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 10.—Lack of batting punch continued to worry Manager Peckinpaugb as the Cleveland Indians met Louisville in an exhibtiion game today. The Indians were held to five hits at Birmingham Thursday, but won their game, 1 to 0, when Brown and Lawson limited the minor leaguers to three blows. tt tt tt BALTIMORE. Md.. April 10.—The Washing .on Senators invaded Baltimore today for their final road test before meeting Rochester and Baltimore, at Washington, in their closing exhibition games. The Senators celebrated their homecoming Thursday with a 10 to 5 triumph over the Phillies. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., April 10.—Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies were scheduled for long workouts today in prrparatio n for Saturday’s closing game in the annual “city series.” The Phils already have clinched the series, three games to one- but- hope to add another victory, while Connie Mack’s Athletes are counting on Earnshaw to give them a second triumph. ST. LOUIS, April 10.—St. Louis’ major league teams, the Cardinals and Browns, arrived home today and palnned brief workouts in preparation for the “city series” competition Saturday and Sunday. The Cards closed their exhibition tour Thursday at Memphis with a 2-to-l victory while the Browns were rained out at Wichita. BOSTON, April 10. —Boston baseball fans turned out in force today to welcome the Braves and Red Sox, who returned from, their annual spring training trips. The Braves closed their tour with a 9 to 2
Carpenter and Banaski in Main Mat Go Tonight
Ray Carpenter, Ohio matman, will oppose Joe Banaski, Polish grappler, in the feature match on tonight’s wrestling card at Cadle tabernacle. They are light heavies. Two other bouts are on the bill, first at 8:30. Women will be admitted free. Promoters anticipate a bout filled with action. Ad Herman, movie player, who performed with Charlie Chaplin in “City Lights,” will meet Roy Lumpkin, Georgia heavy, ip. the semiwindup. A prelim will open the show r . IRISH THINLIES WIN Cathedral trackmen downed Ben Davis at Butler oval Thursday, 68 to 40. Bob Collier, Irish sophomore, \von both dash events, and Dennis Dwyer, Cathedral, was high point man with lHi points. Wilsey of Ben Davis scored 9 points. Slams in the 100 and 220-yard springs enabled Cathedral to win. Lee, the only Irish letter man from last season, won the quarter mile and finished third in the mile. It was the opening event for both< schools. SHARE SKEET HONORS Smith and Benefiel each broke 42 of 50 targets to share first place in the weekly shoot at the Indianapolis Skeet Club on Thursday,
Six Prelim ! Scraps Set Five Six-Rounders and One Four Support Schmeling Exhibition. Thirty-four rounds of action between Armory favorites are .scheduled to support the six-round exhibition appearance of Max Schmeliing, heavyweight champion, on the Legion card Tuesday, The complete bill lolllows: Six Ronnds—Max Schmeling. Germany, vs. two sparring partners: exhibition. Six Round..—Harold Anderson. Flint. Mich,, vs. Mickey Holder. Indianapolis; light-heavyweights. Six RoondM—Donald Fagr. Clinton, vs. Hughie Gray, Lawton, Okla.; middleweights. Six Rounds—Scotty Scotten. Indianapolis, vs. Bud Marshall. Evansville; feathers. Six Rounds—Frankie Hughes. Kenosha, Wis., vs. Red Holloway, Indianapolis; welters. Six Rounds—Jude Strahl. Indlanaixilis. vs. Eph Kirt, Franklin; heavyweights. Fuur Rounds—Dutch Baiting. Morristown. vs. Bay Drake, Indianapolis; Junior welters. Owing to the heavy demand for reserve seats the free list has been suspended by the Legion. Tickets are selling fast at Spaldings and many seat requests from over the state are being filled. Schmeling and his party will arrive Tuesday afternoon.
victory over Baltimore while the Red Sox won their final road game at Columbus, 10 to 4. The teams will meet Saturday and Sunday in city series competition. NORFOLK Va.. April 10.— New York Giants and Chicago White Sox met here today in the fourteenth game of their spring exhibition series, with Thursday’s 7 to 6 eleven-inning victory giving the Giants a seven-game to six advantage. After today’s game the clubs will entrain for New York, where they will play their final games Saturday and Sunday. a tt tt CINCINNATI, 0., April 10.—Two long workouts were scheduled for the Cincinnati Reds today in preparation for their Saturday and Sunday games with the Cleveland Indians. Eddie Roush joined the club Thursday and is expected to play in the final exhibition series. CHARLOTTE, N. C„ April 10.— New York Giants arrived today for their final road game of the 1931 training season. After today’s contest with Charlotte the Yanks will return to New York for two games with Brooklyn. They closed their stay at Asheville Thursday with a 17 to 4 triumph. Babe Ruth’s fourth homer of the year featuring an eighteen-hit attack. DECATUR, 1111. April 10.—A ninth-in-ning rally fell ;ihort here Thursday, and Detroit Tigers nosed out Pittsburgh Pirates, 6 to 4. Rain marred a pitching battle between Bridges. Tiger rookie, and Larry French. Pittsburgh southpaw, only one run crossing the plate during the six innings they worked. Bednar, Buc’s relief hurler, was hammered for five runs in the seventh and eighth innings, and Sullivan was swatted by the Ens crew for four runs after two had been retired in the last half of the ninth frame. A
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Columbus Gets Pat Crawford By United Press LOS ANGELES, April 10.—Pat Crawford, infielder, has been sold by the Hollywood Pacific Coast League club to Columbus of the American Association, because he refused to report to the Stars. He was obtained from Cincinnati in a trade last winter. HELENE SETS ANOTHER By Times Special TOLEDO. 0., April 10.—Helen Madison, young swimming sensation from Seattle, continued her record breaking performances by lowering the 250-yard free style mark here Thursday. Miss Madison made the distance in 3:02, clipping 2 2-5 seconds off the former record set by Josephine McKim. XAVIER SIGNS MOYNIHAN CINCINNATI, 0., April 10.—Tim Moynihan, captain and center of the Notre Dame 1929 football team, has signed a one-year contract as line coach at Xavier university.
Wood, Shields Carry U. S. Tennis Cup Hopes New York Youngsters Named to Carry Yankee Burden in Opening Davis Cup Zone Play; Allison Also to Help. BY DIXON STEWART United Press Stiff Correspondent NEW YORK. April 10.—The United States slim 1931 Davis cup hopes rest squarely on the shoulders of two young New Yorkers —Sidney Wood, a flaxen-haired stripling of 19, and Frank X. Shields, dark-haired, 20-year-old stalwart. The two New Yorkers, newcomers to international play, have been named by the United States Lawn Tennis Association as the nucleus for the Davis cup team in competition with Mexico, Canada and .the South American finalist. If successful in these matches they are expected to team with George Lott and John Van Ryn, veteran cup competitors, in European competition. Bill Tilden and Frank Hunter, Davis cup aces of former years, have deserted amateur play and with Johnny Doeg and Wilmer Allison unavailable for foreign services, Lott and Van Ryn are the only veteran internationalists remaining for this year's play.
A1 Simmons Takes Terms By United Press PHILADELPHIA. April 10.—Connie Mack and his world champion Athletics are all set for the 1931 campaign. A1 Simmons, American League batting champion and outfielder, the last player to come to terms, signed his contract here Thursday. Neither Mack nor Simmons would reveal the terms, but it was reported Simmons would get $30,000 for one season. Simmons did not go south with the A.s. but trained at Hot Springs, Ark. George Earnshaw r reported with Simmons and was expected to hurl Saturday’s game with the Phillies. PLAN TURNER NINE South Side Turners are organizing a fast amateur baseball team for the season, which opens April 26, and all candidates desiring tryouts are asked to report at Riverside No. 3 Sunday at 2 p. m. Turners will play local ball and probably enter a Sunday afternoon league. The team will be managed by Paul Miller, former Marmon Eight’s manager and prospective players may call him at Li. 6356, between 8 and 5:30. VEECK EXPECTS 45.000 By United Press CHICAGO, April 10.—William Veeck, president of the Chicago Cubs, said he expected £ crowd of 45,000 to see the opening game of the baseball season here Tuesday between the Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates, providing the weather did not interfere. More than 17,000 of the approximately 23,000 reserve seats already have been sold.
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Lott and Van Ryn will not compete in American zone matches. They w’ill sail for France, May 1, to represent the United States in the French championships and to prepare for the European zone Davis cup matches, in the event the United States comes through in this zone. Allison has been named to team with Shields and Wood in the tilt, with Mexico, at Mexico City. May 1,3 and 5, but is not expected to be available for the tilt with Canada, and the American zone finals with the South Amencrn finalist. Doeg, 1930 outdoor champion and No. 1 ranking player, has announced that he can not take the time from his business affairs to compete in Davis cup matches, marking the first time the United States’ national champion has not been included on the Davis cup team since competition was inaugurated in 1900. Clifford Sutter of New Orleans, Ellsworth Vines of Pasadena, Gregory Mangin of Newark and Berkeley Bell of Austin, Tex., have been named as candidates for the team and reinforcements for Woods and Shields will be picked from this group on the basis of their play in forthcoming southern tournaments. Shields and Wood are ranked second and fourth respectively in national ratings. Shields has been regarded for several years as the heir apparent to the American throne, while Wood was unknown until last season—his first of major competition—when he won four tournaments against first rank competition. He is looked upon as one of America’s coming stars and is ranked by Vincent Richards as the best tennis prospect of recent years. STATE VOLLEY ACTION RIQIMOND. Ind., April 10. —Indianapolis drew a first round bye for the Y. M. C. A. state volley ball tournament to open here Saturday. Gary, Ft. Wayne, Auburn, Newcastle, Kokomo, Connersville, Richmond, Berne, Boswer, Greensburg, Laporte and Huntington are other cities entered