Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 186, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1931 — Page 11

BEC. 14, 1031

COLLEGE FIVES BUSY

Purdue to Test Irish Pittsburgh Invades to Play Indiana, Butler and Boilermakers. Indiana collegiate court squads lace a busy week, opening tonight with Butler’s lntersectlonal affair with Southern California and the invasion of Wabash by Franklin. A feature of the week's program will be the invasion of Hoosier hardwoods by Pittsburgh; annually one of the east’s best quintets and twice national champions in the last five campaigns. Indiana U., conquerors of a strong veteran outfit t Notre Dair.e, will be the first to battle the Panthers, on Wednesday night at Bloomington. Purdue will take on the Smoky City trssers Friday at Lafayette and Butier will get the third shot on Saturday at Fairview field house.

Purdue at South Bend Notre Dame, upset by Indiana in last week’s feature encounter, will try a comeback against Purdue at South Bend Tuesday. Everett Dean’s Crimson five showed great form in nosing out the Irish, 23 to 18, Saturday. Sudfiith, the sophomore star, and Dick and Zeller, veteran aces, set the I. U. pace. Notre Dame also performed well and will be strengthened for Tuesday’s battle by the return of Johnny Baldwin, brilliant guard, who was out of the Indiana battle due to illness. With his veteran stars clicking in midseason style, Piggy Lambert of Purdue appears to be headed for another great season. Johnny Wooden, Kellar, Eddy, Stewart, Parmenter, Porter and the rest of the Boilermakers also played brilliantly in opening the season Saturday with a 52 to 23 trouncing over Washington of St. Louis. De Jernct Shines Indiana Central, undaunted by two setbacks, will take on Franklin Friday night at the Grizzly town. Despite brilliant work by Dave De Jernet, the Greyhounds dropped their second start Saturday to Ball State, 25 to 22, being unable to halt a late Cardinal rally. De Pauw, off to a flying start with a win over Franklin, gets into action Thursday at Richmond against Earlham. Other games this week: Thursday—Central Normal vs. Ball State at Danville; Valparaiso vs. Concordia at Milwaukee, Wls.; Oakland City vs. State Normal at Terre Haute; Manchester vs. Hillsdale at Hillsdale, Mich. Friday—Valparaiso vs. Lutheran seminary at Milwaukee.

-Pin GossipBY LEFTY LEE

The Hoosier Pete ladies' team and the Hooiiter Pete men met in a special match game on the Illinois alleys to decide if (hr, men or women were to clothe a child for Christmas. Pete saw so many teams and leagues entering into the spirit, and taking care of the kiddies, that he decided to do his bit. Being sponsor of the two trams he was undecided as to which one should receive credit for the child, and the match game was the result. A big finish featuring Lilly’s 208 and Crane with ‘‘o2 derided the contest in favor of the men. 2.366 to 2,301, and the child to be added to the list of those cared for will be a boy. Tuesday night the Hoosier Pete girls’ team will roll the Banriuet Ice Cream men a special match on the Delaware alleys. Herman Boline turned in a brilliant 707 count to lead the Kistner-Meece Battery team of the St. Philips No. 1 League into first place during the Pot of Gold play on the Hotel Antler alleys. Bohne's counts were 236, 236 and 235. a record for consistency in high scoring, and the team came in with a three-game mark of 3,160. Cc.sady Coal, paired with the Kistner team, had a wonderful chance to put this event in the bag when they started with games of 1.013 and 1.019, but dropped to 013 in the final for a third-place total of 3,105. The Highway Club of the Fraternal League rolled into second place with a count of 3.131. Leonhard and Kinney having counts of 607 and 614. Plav in this event will be resumed next weekend. Earl McCarty and Faust were the winners of the 400 doubles at the Illinois alleys over the week-end, having a total of 1.337, counting .3101 actual pins to add to their thirtv-slx-pin handicap. Lee and Wimberly won second place with 1,318 The Anderson All-Stars defeated the Illinois alley five in a special match at the Illinois alleys Sunday night, 2.936 to 2.885. This match was a thriller all the wav. the boys from Anderson having but a seven-pin lead at the end of the second game. The West Side Furniture girls’ team traveled to Kokotno and met. defeat at the hands of the Kokomo five, composed of men, 2,555 to 2.348. The girls were ofl the form that, featured their play Friday night, Meeker accounting lor the only 500 total. Going Into the final game seventy pins down the Lauth Chevrolet team of the Washington League stepped on the gas and won the final by a margin of 87 to take a seventeen-pin lead in the first, half of a home-and-home series, with the St. Catherine five at the Fountain Square a'leys. The final half of this match will be played on the Illinois alleys Jan. 10. Fox’ Houghs treated Burts Irons that way during the Avalon League play, taking (he entire series. Zimmer's Trays and Hutchinsons Tee's also took three from Hunker's Caddies and Day's Divots, as Young's Drivers won the odd game from Darnaby’s Putts. The old goose feather salesman. Bob Darnaby, joined the ranks of the "700 clubs," games of 234. 216 and 259 giving him a total of 709. Cray had 681; Fulton, 646, and Selmeir, 602. The Whams staved In the race for th top honors when they tripped the leading Mobeducklings two-out-of-three during the Rough Notes League plav on the Delaware alleys. Pod Eves kept pace bv taking ih odd game from Alarns. while the last olaec Hot Shots gained ground when they defeated the Stars two-out-of-three. E Rice scored a 602 for the Pod Eves. Team standings to date show Mobeducklings leading with 22 wins and 11 defeats, and the Whams and Pop Eves tied for second place with a record of 18 wins and 15 set backs. Casadr Fuel gained another game on 'be Michaelis Builders in the St. Philip No 1 League when thev won two from Markev Auto, as Kistner-Meece took tv o (torn the Builders. Trule also won two from Giesen. as Prima took three from Kirschner Auto. The girls of the Ritzy Roller League decided their games two to one. Kirbv-Dunn end Coca Cola defeating Housewife's Friend rnd Plttman-Rice. A 216 came bv H. Hsusser featured. Rdlblrds explaining Jess Pritchett's big average explained that his marks were onlv scored in the Pritchett drives. Saturday Jess took his Coca-Cola oulntet to the Hotel Artier drives to roll in the Pot of Gold, and fell down "hard." his three games showing a '‘mere’’ 702. Chuck Klein thought his 380 series esraped the eve of the "razz hounds.” but Is taking It all In fun. as this was his first time on the drives since last winter.

Scores of College Net Games Saturday

STATE COLLEGES Ball State. 25: Indiana Central. 23. Earlham. 37: Oxford. 19. Indiana. 23. Notre Dame. 18. Purdue. 52: Washington. 23. OTHER COLLEGES Augusta. 35: Buena Vista. 33. Carleton, 35: T owa. 26. Chicago. 32: Bradley. 29. Harvard. 40: Tufts 23. North Dakota. 24: Concordia (Moorehead Mlnn.l. 15 Illinois. 31: St. Louis U.. 17. Lovola. 35 Brigham Young. 30. Michigan. 27: Michigan State. 5. Dartmouth. 41: Mlddleburv. 19. Minnesota. 40: Oklahoma A. and M . 27. Mornlngstde, 22: Wavne Normal (Neb.i. 12 Northwestern. 22: Southern California. * n bhlo State 30: Missouri. 17. Pennsylvania 33: Franklin and Marshall, 20. Pittsburgh. 20: TemDle. 21. South Dakota. 41 N‘'hraka 36. St. John a college. $3: Hampton-Svdnev aoUuta. ML

Car Victim

Francis Quinn

FRESNO, Cal., Dec. 14.—Francis Quinn, one of the west’s most daring young speed pilots, died ‘‘at the wheel” Sunday—but not while roaring over the bricks of a speedway. The 28-year-old Los Angeles racer was injured fatally in a headon collision when pinned beneath his overturned car. Claude French, his mechanic, was slightly hurt in the crash, which occurred when they were returning to Los Angeles from Oakland after postponement of races scheduled at the latter place. R. Frasher, driver of the other car, also was hurt slightly.

Coast Elevens Hold Wide Edge in Interseetional Tilts

BY GEORGE 11. BEALE United Press Staff Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14.—1f there was any doubt that the Pacific coast was playing a higher grade of football than other sections of the country this year it was dispelled Saturday when Southern California swamped Georgia here, 60 to 0. The Trojan victory increased to fifteen the triumphs of coast teams in the eighteen intersectional clashes to date. Only twice have far west teams been beaten and one game ended in a tie. Two contests remain to be played. In five meetings with southern teams, the Pacific coast has won four and lost one. The far west has beaten Rocky Mountain aggregations five times and eastern teams twice without a loss or tie. The coast has trimmed midwest elevens four times, lost to one and tied one. It might be said that many of the

—Stove League Chatter- — BY EDDIE ASH

r | "'HE Bulldog of* the National League, Burleigh Grimes, one of the few moist delivery throwers left in baseball and one of the bigsalaried pastimers in the majors, brought the small price of S4OO when first sold to a big league club. Beginning his diamond career with the Ottumwa Central Association team in 1913, Grimes attracted Detroit scouts and the Tigers paid 400 berries for him in June of that year and three days later Detroit turned him over to Chattanooga in part payment for pitcher Stanley Coveleski. The S4OO busher of 1913 eventually developed into a star drawing SIB,OOO salary. u n Chattanooga overlooked Grimes’ potential ability and released him to Birmingham in April of 1914. Birmingham was skeptical and in May of 1914 sent him to Richmond of the Virginia League but was wise enough to hold strings. The Barons recalled the righthander in 191and he proceeded to win seventeen games and lose 11? that season and followed up with twenty triumphs and eleven losses in 1910. u b u Burleigh's record at Birmingham interested Pittsburgh and he was purchased lor 52.500 in August of 1916. He failed to measure up as a winner, but hung on by displaying the old aggressive spirit. He couldn’t get going in mainstav style with the Pirates, however, and at the close of 1917 was traded to Brooklyn It was with Brooklyn that Grimes started to click and he remained there nine vears. until alter the 1926 season, when the Dodgers passed him on to the New York Giants lor catcher Butch Henlinc. tt a a GRIMES caught his stride again under John McGraw in 1927, and compiled nineteen wins against eight setbacks. Burleigh evidently set up a wail for more salary and was shunted to Pittsburgh for a second sojourn in March of 1928, McGraw taking Vic Aldridge in exchange and perhaps a roll of currency. The Smoky City was to the stalwart’s liking this time and in 1928 he annexed twenty-five triumphs while losing fourteen tilts. B B B In 1929 Grimes grabbed off seventeen wins against seven losses with the Burs and then demanded an increase in payasking $20,000. Barney IJreyfuss heard, but failed to think well of the proposition and Burleigh was on his wav again, this time to the Boston Braves in an exchange of olavers and cash, the moneygoing to Pittsburgh amounting to $30,000. it was said. B B tt O'er winter Burleigh evidently permitted himself to slip phvsicaliy and furthermore there were reports of a salaryargument with Boston. Anvwav. he reported to the Braves after the 1930 campaign was under wav and was in poor shape. He signed for SIB,OOO with the Beantown Nationals. B B B Frightened at the figure on Grimes’ contract, plus the fact the veteran was not ready, the Braves swung a deal with the St. Louis Cardinals and Burleigh made another move, being traded for pitcher Sherdel and Frankhouse. St. Louis assumed the SIB,OOO contract. Burleigh helped the Cards to two pennants. 1930 and 1931, and one world’s series title, this year. Having a surplus of star hurlers, the Cardinals a few days ago traded Grimes to the Cubs for Hack Wilson and Bud Teachout. BBS No player In baseball can match the travels of Grimes in the big show. He has been with six National League clubs and was with Pittsburgh twice. Added to that total of different senior league teams, was his stay for a cun of coffee with Detroit at the American League in 1013. There jfe sixteen nines in the majors ;nl the jams at Burleigh Grimes will be found on

Cox Gains 5 Up Edge Brooklyn Pro Shines in Rain to Lead Von Elm. Up United Prcns SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 14.—Wilfred (Wiffy) Cox of Brooklyn, who can click off birdies and eagles in a driving rainstorm, was 5 up on George Von Elm, Los Angeles “business man golfer,” today at the last half of the national match play open finals at Lake Merced. Playing the first eighteen holes Sunday in a downpour so heavy that it forced postponement of the remaining rounds, Cox turned in a 74 for two over par while the best Von Elm could do was 80. Cox took seven holes, Von Elm won two and the other nine were halved, placing heavy obstacles in front of the ‘‘business man” for the last 18 scheduled today.

College Grid Saturday

j Alabama All-Stars, 0; George WashlngI ton. 0 (tie). Alabama All-Stars, 7; Catholic U., 0. 1 Alabama All-Stars, 0; Georgetown, 0 ! (tie). OTHER SCORES 1 Army, 17; Navy, 7. Oklahoma, 20; Tulsa, 7. Southern California. 60; Georgia, 0. ANDERSON GIVEN O. K. i Itll Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 14. ' Coach Hartley Anderson, Notre ! Dame grid mentor, was back home ! today after a physical checkup at ! Mayo’s clinic, in which he was reported in good condition.

coast victories were over minor opponents but there is no doubt that such teams as New York university, Dartmouth, Southern Methodist, Georgia, Notre Dame, Minnesota and Utah were representative teams in their sections. More decisive was the Southern California victory over Georgia, rated as one of the strong southern teams. Coach Harry Mehre of Georgie said the Trojan team was as powerful and versatile as any he ever had seen. The Southern California backs had no trouble in scoring the nine touchdowns against the Bulldogs. The coast still would have an advantage even though it lost the two remaining intersectional games, which seems unlikely. The first of these unplayed games will take California against Georgia Tech and the second will bring Tulane west to meet Southern California.

the hooks of seven. It’s a good guess he’ll be on the Christmas card list of railroad passenger agents. ana Speaking of Christmas cards, no doubt Hack Wilson is on the lookout for a sweet one to send to Rogers Hornsby, manager of the Cubs. After Hack’s multiplicity of run-ins with Hornsby this year he felt he was destined to be shipped away to a second division club and out of the headlines. Instead, ihe Cubs traded him to the world champion Cardinals. Os course. Wilson is not sure the Cardinals will keep him. but the pudgy fly chaser hardly will overlook mailing his former boss felicitations of the season. tt tt a WHEN Ownie Bush was manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, catcher Earl (Oil) Smith was with the Bucs, and as the weeks went by Oil fell away in value to the club. A deal was arranged and Smith landed with the St. Louis Cardinals. Later the Cardinals stepped out into first place and on a late season visit to the Smoky city Smith brushed by Bush and said: "Hello, Santa Claus!’* >t it tt Those passing years! In 1914 a raw rookie off the sandlots of Cincinnati jointed Indianapolis, none other than Johnny Hodapp. League baseball was green to young Johnny and after showing brilliantly at shortstop during spring training he "blew up." Ability to hit kept him around and the next season the husky lad was shifted to third, where he made good, earning a promotion in a whopper sale to Cleveland. Comes today and Hodapp Is a fullfledged big leaguer and is honeymooning in Europe. London to Paris by plane and elegant entertainment at various stops. Christmas in Rome, according to latest letters.

Butler Seeks League Berth Up Times Special ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 14.—Missouri Valley athletic conference officials today considered the application of Butler university of Indianapolis for membership in the league. No recommendation was disclosed by the athletic directors and faculty representatives after their discussion. Oklahoma City college and Tulsa university a\x applied for membership. Henry M. Gelston. chairman of the faculty athletic committee at Butler, represented the Hoosier school at the meeting here.

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Concerning a customer and a saleswoman . . . (This little by-play actually happened some time ago)

FOR YOUR BENEFIT To eliminate a costly practice which ultimately becomes your burden, the Indianapolis Retail Merchants have adopted the following rules: I. IVonreturnable Articles The following articles for legal, sanitary or other reasons, can not be accepted for return: (a) Bedding and mattresses. (b) Garments that have been altered for the purchaser. .(c) Shoes which have been altered. (and) Combs, hair brushes and tooth brushes. (e) Hair goods, hair ornaments and veils. (f) Rubber goods sundries. (g) Women’s hats which have been made specially to the customer’s order, or which have been worn. (h) All goods cut from the piece at the request of the customer. (i) Articles of wearing apparel which touch the body should they have been worn. (j) All merchandise which has been made to order or specially ordered and which is not carried regularly in stock. (k) No article will be accepted for return unless it is in its original condition. (l) No merchandise of any kind which has been used will be accepted for return. 11. Sales Checks The sales check should accompany all returned merchandise. 111. Gifts | Gifts of all kinds (Christmas, wedding, birthday, etc.) if returned will be accepted only in exchange for other merchandise and will not be credited to the account of the person receiving the gift. IV. Time Any article of merchandise, which for some reason is to be returned to a store, must be returned within a reasonable time—six business days, exclusive of time required in transit.

THE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION, INDIANAPOLIS INDIANAPOLIS SHOE ASSOCIATION FURNITURE ASSOCIATION OF INDIANAPOLIS

Customer (after taking up thirty minutes of the saleswoman’s time by idly selecting two dresses from a special rack): “Please charge and send these frocks to my daughter in so that she may select one.” Saleswoman: “I am sorry, madam; our store has discontinued the policy of SENDING ON APPROVAL, with the subsequent return of a part of the purchase.” Customer (highly indignant): “But, my dear, this is the only store which I’ve shopped that has refused my request. Four other large stores in Indianapolis are sending two dresses each to my daughter so that she may have an ample selection from which to choose ONE.” Saleswoman: “Our store eliminated the ‘sending on approval policy, with the privilege of return,’ some time ago . . . because this ‘service’ proved to be impractical ... an economic waste for which YOU pay . . . because when merchandise leaves the store and is later returned, it isn’t new any more ... it has lost much of its desirability . . . and often must be sold at an ACTUAL LOSS, which must be added to the selling prices of other goods. And, too, madam, the RETURN GOODS privilege is known to be a detriment to health. Diseases can be communicated through ‘returned goods’ and many cities today have regulations prohibiting this practice.” —But the customer hadn’t realized . . . she never gave it a thought. Thousands of Indianapolis women, like her, have never given the matter a thought. —THINK OF IT! Eight frocks to one customer from which to choose a possible ONE . . . eight frocks bundled up and sent out —seven frocks to be sent back after having been tried on and picked over . . . and to grow listless and old before their day. —Think of what the merchants’ stock would be like if every woman in Indianapolis with a daughter to buy for w r as granted this request. —And realize that YOU paid for the “Charge and Send With the Privilege of Return” system ... for wrapping, delivery, checking, inspection and all the processes necessary before those dresses were ready to show 7 to another customer . . . perhaps cleansed, pressed or otherwise refreshened . . . before they could again be offered for sale. —These are only a few 7 of the many reasons why the Retail Merchants of Indianapolis have discontinued this wasteful policy and are pointing out to you, through this campaign, the advantages of eliminating this costly, antiquated “service” in order to present at all times clean, fresh, new stocks at the lowest possible prices. When the Return of Merchandise Is unavoidable ... please do so within 6 days,..sooner whenever possible •

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