Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 192, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 December 1931 — Page 12

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Talking It Over BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Dec. 21—Not so many years ago, a rawboned, Young roughneck named Jack Dempsey came to New York and declared that he wanted to fight the local talent. His technique wasn’t *o good, as revealed in his first Manhattan battle, but his spirit and punch were described as sweet. Probably you have heard of him since. a a * v , an .oth*r vounßiter carried {JjnjKi. .'£ Uh similar awkwardness and exrilbltfd thu same ability to cteliver a hard sluk to an adversary's chin. Mavbe vou’ll ***** or him too. I mean that youngster named Kin* Levinskv. I. ma Y annear to be nattlnß things rather strong to compare the Chicago flshinonger to the grand old man mauler, but ?l, v e the lad his due he actually looked better than the tormer champion did on his first appearance here. II winning the unanimous decision of the Judges and referee over the most scientific heavyweight in the country isn’t a good showing then the Pour Marx Brothers are a team of tragedians. Today Levinskv Is the talk of Hew York and If there Is one bov In the country to whom New Yorkers will warm. It Is the game young Jewish lad from the lake iront. No one can call Tom Loughran a bum. In fact the reason the Garden was rather sparsely filled for their fight was because the great majority thought the match was a poor one. By all the rules and regulations. Tommy should have given Mister Levinskv a very nice ballroom lesson. For years. New York has been looking for a Jewish heavyweight and the wav It looks now It is close to getlng one. Levinskv should pack anv arena to the chandeliers on his next appearance. He has color, stamina, spirit and a good right hand smash, which, if you ask me is about as much as can be reoulred of anv battler. Or do you like to see them swing axes? a a MAX SCHMELING’S tour, according to report, is to be elaborate. All the important spots of the nation are included. It will he interesting to note how his visits affect the crowds that attend exhibitions, providing, of course, crowds do attend. tt U B With Jack 'Dempsey, the crowds have been mostly those who either saw him in his prime or have heard the legendary tales that grow around a champion, and have a great desire to see. him even though they may not believe him to be on a par with the best. The big majority of Dempsey audiences are all for him. He has been a Woolworth of the boxing came on the trip that closed out west last week. His opponents may not have been the last word in quality, hut were right there In quantity. And no one kicks about quantity wnen it comes to money. With Schmeling. there is likely to be a change of attitude. Even now there are cries of. “Why doesn’t he fight Sharkey again?” There still are a few skeptics who would like to have the German prove he is a real champion. Sharkey’s battle with Mickey Walker once more indicated that the Boston sailor was not the finest piece of fighting machinery on record. And. if such is the case, why doesn't Schmeling take him on once more? , , Der Maxie, who shortly is to sal! for New York, has been away so long that one gains the impression he is returning only because he wishes to be in a country that takes depressions In stride. It may be Joe Jacobs shyness, or should 7 sav carefulness, that is keeping Schmeling awav from Sharkey. For years, little Joe has been carefully nursing fighters along—picking spots for them. And it may be that he doesn’t know what to do with a real fighter now that he has one. If Jacobs’ anxiouness is not the reason why he Is endeavoring to be so cagey, then the report to the effect that Schmeling is managing himself is true. The Sharkey match is the one certain big money shot for the ferocious Frankfurter—-the only one unless Dempsey returns, which is doubtful. SETS BOAT RECORD By Timex Special LONG BEACH, Cal., Dec. 21. Piloting his speedboat at a 62.29 mile an hour clip, Disk Loynes of Long Beach established anew record for 625 class boats. The former mark was 61.77 miles an hour.

Off The Backboard BY VERN BOXELL

WHEN speaking of Alexandria, I please use that awesome tone With which you refer to Muncie, Newcastle, Columbus and the big boys. ’Cause these Tigers are right lip there with that group. u b With one provision, you ran five the teams that beat Red Orner’s pastimers Inn* and loud aplause—and rest assured that your hands will not suffer from bruises or your arms from weariness in doing; it. And that one provision, in dignified terms, is called overconfldepce. There's no question, at least ih your correspondent's opinion, about the ability of the Madison county huskies. It begins to appear that the Tigers have reached the same conclusion. And unless Red Orner can prove otherwise by some very forceful words, it will be up to some rival to administer the bitter potion of defeat. a a b We have it on very good authority of nn Alexandria home-town booster that Mr. Orner is one man who can bring about a deflation of the Tigers’ estimation of their own ability. Over the week-end. Mr. Orner’s boys found it very difficult to shake off Hartford City and Shortridge. It took an extra period to subdue the Airdales by a three-point margin. And Kenny Peterman's incal snipers almost thrust a pin into Alexandria’s high-flying balloon of hopes. B B B It is only natural that their future foes Will be ’'shooting'’ for Alexandria. It will be quite a feather lor the quintet, if any. that Anally knocks them off. All this space in print which the Tigers have attracted by their spectacular play has made them the objective on many schedules. Personally. Ole' Backboard would like to see ’em go through. b b tt A loss to Alexandria is no great tumble for Shortridgc. Anderson, Hartford City and Washington aren’t such bad company, and thev. too. have felt the Tigers’ claws. If Santa Claus brings Coach Feterman Just one forward . B B n Contrary to most small town teams, Alexandria is not a "one-man" outfit. It is verv much a five-man team. Wells Is the headliner, of course, but when he's put behind the nine ball, as he was in Saturday's appearance against Shortridge. then Thtas and Blak*> can take care of the poini getting. Welcome would be just that to anv coach who needs a Class A back guard, and Whaley does a creditable job of floor guarding. B B B AS a talking point, Mr. Orner might point out to his Alexandria boys that Hartford City, which almost gummed up the works for the Tigers Friday, took an awful shellacking Saturday at the hands of Cathedral of Indianapolis. The score was 36 to 20. With a veteran outfit. Joe Dlenhart has his Irishers ■pointing for a state and national Catholic championship. If the O’Connor boys. Ford, Sweeney and Clemmons continue their recent improvement, there may be a hometown national champion in Indianapolis. B B B AU the way around, It looks like a big year for local hardwood followers. In the prep field, in addition tc Shortridge and Cathedral, there's Tech and Washington. Tim Campbell's east siders are Columbus bound today to battle Frank Newsom’s five tonight. It's no easy task to muzzle these Columbus Bulldogs. The Job has been accomplished but onre. and since that time the downstaters have improved many

Rangy Veterans and Sophs Carry Illini Big Ten Title Hopes

EDITOR’S NOTE—Following i Us* first of a scrit* covering prospects of Western Conference schools for the 193182 basketball season. BY JOHN B. MILLER United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Dec. 21.—With a fast breaking offense built around veteran players and the tallest squad since Craig Ruby became basketball coach, the Illini hope to start the conference season with better luck than befell them in 1930-31, v

NOTRE DAME CAGERS TAKE ON SPEEDY WILDCATS

Purple Is Favorite McCarnes and Lockhart Are Former Hoosier Stars With Northwestern. By Timex Special NOTRE DAME, Ind., Dec. 21. Notre Dame and Northwestern, arch collegiate athletic rivals, will renew their feud on the hardwood tonight when the Purple cagers, defending the Big Ten crown this year, take on the Irish at 8 p. m. The Wildcats will be seeking their seventh win in twenty starts against the Hoosier quintet. Five of their six triumphs have been in the last seven starts, however, including two triumphs last season. Joe Reiff, rangy junior forward, is the key man of Dutch Lonborg’s highly-polished offense. Bob McCarnes, former Logansport high school ace, who is captain and center of the invaders, is another stellar pastimer. Bob Lockhart, who starred with Martinsville, has returned to his guard post this year after being out during the last campaign with a knee injury. Elmer Johnson, a veteran, will team with Ricff at forward, and A. C. (Bus) Smith, will work at guard. Northwestern will be a slight favorite in tonights game and the return battle at Evanston on New Year's eve. But coach George Keogan’s team, already beaten twice, hopes to catch the Wildcats off guard tonight and get back into the win column. More than 3,000 fans are expected to witness the battle.

Butler Joins Valley Loop Butler university today held a membership in the Missouri Valley athletic conference. Admittance of the local school was announced Saturday after approval of Drake, Grinnell, Washington of St. Louis, Creighton and Oklahoma A. &. M., present members of the league. Butler officials said today that Valley conference rivals would be carded in as many sports as possible for the next campaigns. Since most of the schedules have been drawn, the Bulldogs will not be able to book full conference cards until 1932-33 seasons. COLEMAN AT DECATUR DECATUR, 111.' Dec. 21.—80 b Coleman will manage the Decatur Commies of the Three-I League next season and will have a working agreement with the Detroit Tigers. He piloted Evansville the last four years under the similar arrangements with Detroit. Coleman has piloted several clubs in the little minors and was Boston Red Sox coach in 1926.

times. Any way yon look at it. Edwards and company Is in for one tough evening. a a a While Tech and Shortridge are waging their annual pre-tourney debates, It would be to their advantage not to overlook Washington. Out on the west side, the Continentals are moving at. a swift clip. Crawfordsville took it on the whiskers Friday night,—and the Athenians aren’t being taken lightly these days. a a a On a whole, Marlon county teams arc taking down more than their share of decisions, and the annual title tussle should provide thrills and chills galore. Southport stepped into the big time long enough to thump Bosec and Reitz of Evansville over the week-end. ana If these tie games become numerous the basketball rules committee will have something else to worry about. Jeff of Lafayette and Logansport played to a 9-to-9 decision with three extra sessions tossed in for good measure. a a a That loud cheering you hear is coming from Connersvilie. Your old friend Mosc Pruitt has another brilliant five in the title race. If you don’t think they’re in the chase. Just look at that 23-to-!> triumph over Shelbyville. And Shelby isn’t used to being treated with that much disrespect—not even by Connersvilie. And it is rumored that Ennis, the Spartans’ great guard, is on the sidelines with a bad ankle. a a a A few reasons why basketball still packs ’em in in Indiana... .Bloomington knocks the props out from under Bedford and then takes a 30-to-9 spanking at Vincennes which makes the Alices mighty stern spankers Washington of East Chicago starts out like a northern contender, and then takes nose dives for Whiting and Peru and Peru enjoys its vacation in the north by also drubbing Horace Mann Greencastle bumps off Washington, proving that when you're up. you're up and when you’re down, you’re down.... Scottsburg. conqueror of the team that beat Martinsville, gets a hair cut and shave by Jeffersonville, so who cares if Brad Lair did go back to ole’ Kaintuck Franklin beats Martinsville and Newcastle noses out Lebanon, and there are some strong teams, which should provide some good figures for your dope book Valparaiso. another northern threat, eats dust from Froebel's heels, making the man bite the dog and providing a good storv.... and is it any wonder that bewildered dopesters have started to wonder where it will all end and who will be on top when it does end? ITALIAN - BGXER~WINS BUENOR AIRES, Dec. 21. Domingo Cicarelli of Italy outpointed Bernardo Torrijos of Chili in a twelve round scrap here Sunday.

Tribe Official Averages, 1931

G AB H TB 2B 3B HR RBI Aver. Anclev 115 363 136 216 16 5 18 99 .375 Koenecke 163 634 224 357 23 19 24 131 .353 Rosenberg 35 112 37 49 10 1 0 .. .330 *R. Fitzgerald 140 493 161 236 24 9 11 100 .327 Sisafoos 107 420 137 193 30 4 6 70 .326 Lowell 10 34 11 13 2 0 0 .. .324 Walker 143 494 159 220 23 7 8 85 .322 McCann 126 448 141 201 29 8 5 80 .315 t-Yoter 89 342 103 131 16 3 2 40 .301 IBedore 134 478 142 194 30 8 2 59 .297 Riddle 116 346 101 140 18 3 5 46 .292 Goldman 82 315 84 118 24 2 2 26 .267 Kroner 37 130 34 49 5 2 2 .. .262 White 15 52 13 21 4 2 0 .. .250 •Includes Kansas City figures. ■(lncludes Columbus figures. flncludes Columbus figures. RBI indicates runs batted in.

Twelve players on the varsityroster this year are more than six feet tall. Six letter men, including Captain Elbert (Babe) Kamp, have returned and good sophomores are plentiful. Captain Harper, a forward, is the only regular lost. Ruby’s trsk is not one of finding material but fitting it. The Illini started last season with five conference losses, then did an about face and won seven consecutive games, playing the best .ball in the Big Ten, Rubg .would

Block Trojans’ Grid Title Claim

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ALTHOUGH Southern California has received national championship rating on their season’s record, the Trojans must stop the unbeaten Green Wave of Tulane to prove their honors. Bernie Bierman and his bril-

New Golf Ball Finds Favor With Pro Stars; Cooper Captures Open

BY GEORGE H. BEALE United Press Staff Correspondent PASEDENA, Cal., Dec. 21.—The United States Golf Asociation’s new and heavier ball was launched favorably today with a majority of the country’s leading players expressing delight with its performance. Although the ball, the same size as the much discussed balloon ball and .06 of an ounce heavier, may not be used officially until Jan. 1. practically all the men who competed in the $4,000 Pasadena open played with it. Harry Cooper, Chicago, whose 70 over the Brookside Course Sunday

Part of Dempsey-Firpo Gate Pops Up in Giants’ Troubles

By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—An item of $81,500 which allegedly “disappeared” from the Dempsey-Firpo fight gate in 1923, today drew the attention of federal tax investigators and the New York state legislative committee to the suit of Francis X. McQuade against the New York Giants baseball club. McQuade, former treasurer of the Giants, is seeking reinstatement, back pay at SIO,OOO a year, and a commission of $8,150 for ‘‘services in getting back $81,500 which disappeared from the Dempsey-Firpo fight gate.” '

Five Games on College Net Program; Butler Trips Pitt

Indiana collegiate court pastimers have declared a moratorium on cage activities during the holiday season, and only five encounters are listed for the week. Notre Dame entertains Northwestern tonight and Butler goes to Illinois. Central Normal takes on Hanover at Danville on Tuesday and Hanover comes here to battle Butler on Thursday. Tony Hinkle’s Bulldogs caught the Pittsburgh Panthers in a vengeful mood Saturday after their lacing by Purdue, and the Smoky City boys forced Butler all the way before bowing to a 23-to-20 edge at Butler fieldhouse. Pittsburgh, it appears, is at its best against a foe using the delayed offense, for the-Panthers almost handed Butler the same bitter defeat pill which they forced down Indiana U. in an overtime encounter. Purdue, with its slam-bang at-

like the team to start out. where it left off then. After three or four mediocre years. Illinois may again be at—or very near—the top of the rung. The letter men, besides Captain Kamp, include Robert Bartholomew and George Fencl, forwards; Caslon Bennett, center; Bob Kamp and Boyd Owen, South Bend, Ind., guards. Hudson Hellmich, tallest of the six-footers, is a sophomore center. He stands six feet, four inches. Another promising recruit is Albert

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

liant gridiron pastimers are reported to be in splendid condition for the New Year’s day engagement at Pasadena, Cal., in the annual Rose Bowl battle. Zimmerman and Payne are stellar halt backs, Dawson performs at

gave him a total of 281 for the tournament and first prize money of SI,OOO was highly pleased with the new ball. Wiffy Cox, Brooklyn, whose 283 took second money; Fred Morrison, Los Angeles, third with 289, and Walter Hagen and Ralph Gulgahl, both of Detroit, who finished next with 290’s, all thought the new ball an improvement. Hagen was inclined to believe, however, that the duffer will gain more from it than the good player. “Because it’s heavier it won’t slice or hook as easy as the balloon

The $81,500 reputedly was a 10 per cent share of the gate receipts collected from the late promoter Tex Rickard under threats that the fight would be blocked if he refused. Rickard’s complaint to high state officials is reported to have forced the resignation of a boxing commissioner, who was ordered to refund the money. The money reportedly was turned over to the Giants, who refused to give it to Rickard and threatened renewal of an old charge—on which Rickard had spent $200,000 to clear himself —if he persisted in his demands.

tack, kept the Panthers on their heels most of the evening and ran up a big count. After trailing most of the first half and part of the last, Butler staged a brilliant closing rush, Miller and Tackett swishing the nets with the winning points a few minutes before the final gun.

Saturday College Scores

STATE COLLEGES Buller. 23: Pittsburgh. 20. Hanover. 30: Joliet (111.). 22. Evansville. 34: Oakland City. 20. OTHER COLLEGES Western reserve. 23: Yale. 16. Xavier. 26; Carnegie Tech. 21. Minnesota. 41: Cornell (la.), 20. lowa. 34: Nebraska. 29. Michigan. 19: Mt. Union. 16. Svracuse, 25: Pennsylvania. 23. Western State. 36: Chicago. 24. Northwestern, 39: Washington <St. Louis). 17. C. C. of New York. 37: Dartmouth. 18. Cornell. 36: Rochester. 28. Creighton. 41: Brigham Young. 35. ELY LILLY TRIUMPHS Kirshbaum Varsity Gets First Defeat, Bulldogs Unbeaten. Kirshbaum basketball crew w'ent down to its first defeat of the season Sunday night, the Eli Lilly Company team rolling up a 40-to-27 victory over the Jewish lads. Lillys led 27 to 5 at the half. A field goal in the last fifteen seconds of an overtime period by Captain Albert Yosha gave the Kirshbaum Bulldogs a 23-to-22 victory over the Bloomington Ramblers. Bulldogs are undefeated.

(Chin) Kamm, he stands six feet, three and weighs 220 pounds. “Chin,” despite his weight, plays a smooth, finished game at guard. His brother, Jake, who is six feet one, may develop into a good reserve guard. Owen, one of the regulars, had a bad knee at the start of the preconference season, but may see action in the game with Butler tonight, “Chin” subbed ably for him when Illinois trounced St. Louis 31 to 17.

quarter and “Papa” Felts does the full backing. Jerry Dalrymple, all-America end, is captain, and Haynes, the other wingman, also is rated highly. Scaflde at guard is one of the line stars.

ball, and therefore it should aid the poorer players,” Hagen said. “For the most part, it won’t make much difference to the good golfers, although they should be able to pick up a few feet in distance.” MacDonald Smith was the only player who was outspokenly against the new ball. He said it didn’t set up well on the fairway and it didn’t require as fine a touch as the balloon ball. The scores in the open were better all down the line than in the 1930 open, when the balloon ball first was used but they were not as good as in 1929. before the U. S. G. A. changed the ball’s size and weight. The average number of strokes taken by the first five players in the 1929 open was 284.6. In 1930 the average was 283.4, while this year it was 287.6.

Saturday’s Cage Scores

LOCAL SCHOOLS Alexandria. 22; Shortridge, 20. Tech, 21: Rochester, 14. Cathedral. 36; Hartford City. 20. South Side (Ft. Wayne), 27; Broad Ripple. 10. Warren Central, 23; Manual, 9. Park School. 21; Westfield. 19. OTHER SCHOOLS Warren. 16; Bluffton, 12. Memorial (Evansville). 18; Oakland City, 13 (overtime). Bosse (Evansville), 23; St. Simon’s (Washington). 22. Township, 28; Deer Creek, Emerson (Gary), 25; Whiting, 21. Roosevelt (Eaet Chicago), 31; Williamsport. 24. Froebel (Gary), 29; Valparaiso, 24. Oaklandon, 23; Castleton, 15. Atlanta. 32; Frankton. 22. Oaklandon. 23: Castleton. 15. Atlanta. 32: Frankton. 22. Noblesvile. 33: Huntington. 25. Lanesville. 25: Marengo. 22. Central (Evansville). 24: New Albany, 20. Elkhart. 14: Goshen. 10. Linton. 28: Lyons. 23. Beech Grove. 24; Acton. 18. Petersburg. 19: Bloomfield. 14. Paragon. 21; Patricksburg, 19. Griffith. 46: Ross. 15. Attica. 32; West Lebanon, 21. Clinton. 21: Newport. 21. (overtime). Sheridan. 14; Whitestown. 11. Garrett. 17: Central (Ft. Wave). 16. Wabash. 27: North Side (Ft. Wavnet. 24. Central Catholic (Ft. Wayne). 28; Hunterstown. 23. Logansport. 9; Jefferson (Lafayette). 9: (triple overtime tie). Jeffersonville. 30: Scottsburg. 11. Flora, 14: West Lafayette. 10. Wabash. 26; North Side (Ft. Wayne). 24. Southport. 23: Reitz (Evansvlle), 22, (double overame). Bainbridge. 26; Ladoga, 4. Garfield (Terre Haute). 27: Marshall. 13. Brazil. 20: Wilev (Terre Haute). 19. Loogootee. 22: Odon. 17. (finals of Loogoottee blind tourney). Holland. 20: Huntingburg reserves, 16 (finals of Dubois County tourney). Moral. 18: New Palestine. 17, (finals of New Palestine blind tourney). JUNIOR CHAMPS" PLAY Indianapolis Flashes Battle Frankfort in “Turkey Night” Fray. Indianapolis Flashes, speedy local junior quintet, will tackle Frankfort Merchants, composed of former Hot Dog state championship team members in a “turkey night” basketball game at the Y. M. C. A. court Wednesday, according to J. S. Johnston, coach. Flashes, who won the national 125-pound championship last year at Ann Arbor, Mich., have several veterans in the lineup this year, and have turned in an enviable record. Five turkeys will be given away at Wednesday’s game. IRISH GrTdMEN TIE ST. LOUIS, Dec. 21.—A touchdown by A1 Gebert of the Notre Dame a 11-stars during the last few minutes of play brought a 6-6 tie in their charity game with St. Louis university all-stars before 17,000 here Sunday. Corbett ran sixty-five yards for a touchdown early jn the second quarter for St. Louis allstars. The receipts gave approximately $12,000 to charity. TURNER QUINTET COPS Morgantown Green Lanterns, rated near the top in Hoosier independent cage circles, will come here next Sunday to battle South Side Turners. The locals showed improved form Sunday to upset the speedy Frankfort Merchants, composed of re*cent Frankfort prep stars, 39 to 31, |in a rough contest.

Greenleaf Wins Title New Cue Champion Plays Dethroned King in Final Tilt. By United Press PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 21.—With Ralph Greenleaf of Monmouth, 111., already crowned 1932 world’s pocket billiards champion, play in the three-week tournament will end officially tonight with a game between Greenleaf and Erwin Rudolph of Cleveland, defeated champion. Greenleaf, with ten victories and no defeats, has the championship safely tucked away. Should Rudolph lose to Greenleaf, the former would be compelled to enter a playoff with George Kelly of Philadelphia, to decide the second and third positions. Each would have seven victories and four defeats. A four-cornered tie for fourth place also must be played off by Frank Taberski of Schenectady, N. Y.; Bennie Allen of Kansas City, Mo., Andrew Ponzi of Phildelphia, and Onofrio Lauri of Brooklyn, N. Y. Each of the four has six victories and five defeats. Brooklyn to Cut Salaries By United Press NEW YORK, Dec, '2l.—With baseball magnates agreed to a general reduction of expenses, a drastic slashing of salaries appeared in prospect today as the Brooklyn baseball club met to consider contracts for 1932. Pitcher Dazzy Vance, outfielder Babe Herman and shortstop Glenn Wright of Brooklyn, who drew $22,500, SIB,OOO and $15,000 respectively, probably will receive the largest cuts. Vance appears destined for a slash of SB,OOO, while Herman and Wright are expected to suffer reductions of $5,000 each.

Cummings Cops Second Place

By Times Special •. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Dec. 21.—A sensational finish left Bill Cummings, Indianapolis, pilot, just inches behind Byron Saulspaugh of Rock Island, 111., in the hundred lap auto race at the Legion Ascot speedway Sunday. Saulspaugh developed motor trouble on the last three laps, and Cummings staged a thrilling drive which almost brought him victory. Bob Carey of Dayton bounced over the guard rail twice during the race but was uninjured. Wilbur Shaw, Indianapolis, finished fourth behind Babe Stapp in the feature race.

Basketball

A meeting of the Banker-Insurance League will be held tonight, 7:30, at the Smith-Hassler-Sturm sports goods store. AU managers are requested to attend. Sixth-round games will be played Tuesday night at the Hoosier Athletic Club gym, with the following scheduled at 7:30' Moynahan Apartments vs. Capital Paper; at 8:30. Union Printers vs Fletcher Trust; at 9:30, Reserve Loan vs. Indiana National. The Moynahans are out in front with four victories and one defeat. League standing: W. L..| W. L. Moynahan 4 l!Capitol Paper. 3 2 Printers 3 2| Fletcher 1 4 Reserve 3 2| Indiana 1 4 Union Printers desire games with teams having access to gyms. Call or write R. L. Elliott, 2424 East Tenth street, Cherry 3121-M. Indianapolis Flashes turned in two triumphs at Huntington Sundav. Flashes' A team defeated Huntington Celts. 23 to 22. with Lvsaght and Reinking setting the pace. Reinking sank the winning field goal in the last minute of play. With Wilson setting the pace. Flashes’ B team dropped Celts B team. 14 to 8. Indianapolis Meteors defeated Capital Silents, 38 to 28. at the Deaf School gym. It was the ninth win in eleven starts for Meteors, who will play Noblesville Boosters, state champions, at the Meteor gym hero Saturday. For games, call or write Floyd Carpenter. Acme-Evans. Spades Independents lost a fast battle Friday night to the Shelby Street M. E. five, 39 to 35. Spades want games for this week and will meet any team on a fiftyfifty basis for gyms. Write George Dilley, 2235 North Dearborn street, or call Cherry 1655 and ask for Bill or Al. South Side Turner girls defeated Hartford Frocks Sundav. 25 to 8, for their eighth consecutive victory. Broadway Epworth League team will tackle the Wizards tonight at 8:30 in the Broadway gym. Broadway girls will play at 7:30. On Wednesday night the league teams will play the boys and girls teams from Fletcher place at the Broadway gym. Indianapolis Universals desire games with fast city and state teams. Write Leroy Everroad, 1399 Hoefgen street. Follownig players are members of the Universals: L. Everroad. Ralph Adams, Harold Jenkins, Glenn Williams, William Dampier, Harry Miller, Avon Foster. Edmund Dunn. Indianapolis Bearcats have rgaaized a strong team in the 18-20-vear-o,d class and are eager to book games. Call Talbot 3606, between 6 and 7 p. m.. and ask for Dick. Turner Flyers, Midways and Wizards take notice. G. and J. netters downed St. Patrick’s in a fast game, 23 to lb Score at half time was 18 to 10. Hart rolled up ten points for the winners, including three field goals. Haynes led St Pats with three goals from the field. Next Sunday afternoon the Saints wil take on the Eli Lily squad at Pennsy gym. Games are wanted for Tuesday and Wednesday with teams having access to gyms. Call Frank Roth, Drexel 0116. Irvington Trojans split a double-header Friday night at old Butler gym. The St. Pats beat the Trojans, 16 to 10. by staging a fast finish. The Trojans defeated Midways. !6 to 14, in the other tilt on the bill. In the doube-header for the Trojans Wood was best on defense and Carey and Gladden were high scorers. The Trojans j went through the double attraction using ; only six players. Question Marks desire games with teams ; having access to gyms. Manager of the j Great Western five is requested to call ; Drexel 2155-M and ask for Duke in re- ! gards to their game with the Marks. The Black and Orange defected I Butler Juniors, 23 to 8. in a charity game at Crooked Creek gym Saturday night White and lies lea the winners, while §ueisser was best for the losers. The lack and Orange five will meet Wolcott Wildcats Tuesday night at Rhodius gym. The tilt is scheduled to begin at 8:30. For games with the Black and Orange call Washington 1424, ring 4. between 5:30 and 7:30 p. m. and ask for Luther. Skippers and Meridian Heights Flashes take notice. English Avenue Bovs’ Club Midgets defeated Indianapolis Flashes 115-oound team. 30 to 27. For games- with Midgets call Drexel 4748-J and ask for Derrell. There seems to be two teams playing under the name of South Side Spartans and to settle the confusion the manager of the new Spartans is reouested to call Sam Langlev. Drexel 2203-J at about 6 p. m. Langlev's Spartans have been in the field for three years.

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Stove League BY EDDIE ASH

TWO right-handed hitters and a southpaw swinger will form the Cincy Reds’ first string outfield at the start of the 1932 campaign. Present plans call for Roettger to hold down left field with Douthit in center and Crabtree in right. The lastnamed is a left-handed batter. The other fly chasers on the roster are Heathcote, Roush and Gene Moore, with Hendrick also available if Mickey Heath returns to play first base. Heath was injured early in the 1931 season and was of little use to the Reds all year. Ban According t Sydney Well, orexv of the Redlecs. he is still in the market for another hard-hitting gardener and it is presumed he is getting ready to unload Roush and Moore and perhaps Heathcote as well. Al! three hit lefthanded. No efforts will he made to land Hack Wilson owing to the big sire of Redland field. The Hacker goes best in parks with short fences. Sg SS tt Spring plans of the Reds call for the , t ~ rv men leave for the traininc camp at Tampa on Feb. 20 and the rest of [he Dlavers one week later. The usual amount o. exhibition games will be played with the exception that lons barnstorming tumps in Florida will be cut out. The infield of the Queen City uastimers looks as though it will be made up of Heath cr Hendrick at first: Cuccinello at second. Striop at third and Morrissev or Durochcr at short. Andv High will be on hand to fill the utility role and he is a real producer in that service. a a a Horace Ford of the Reds is slated to go and young Oscar Blucgc. up from Peoria. Is not figured to stick around long. Some changes are nlanned in the mound staff and the catching situation remains unsettled owing to the injury of Sukeforth. The Reds wilt play in Indianapolis at new Perry stadium early in April. WALLIE ROETTGER will receive a big welcome on his return to Cincy, but doubtless will accept the acclaim with mixed emotions. He is dropping from the champion Cardinals to the National League tailenders, first place to last. However, the big fellow got the breaks last year when he jumped the other way, from Reds to Cards, last place to first and a winning share in the world’s series. a a a Oscar Roettger. brother of Wailie. is on the roster of the champion Philadelphia Athletics and is almost sure to stay on the Mackmen payroll as reserve first sacker even if he fails to oust Jimmy Foxx. Oscar was a star with the pennant-winning Saints of the A. A. his year, hitting .357. He lashed out 217 safeties, including thirty-eight doubles, seven triples and fifteen home runs. He is generally rated a better man than Foxx in the field. American association averages released today confirm unofficial statistics in October showing Art Shires led the league in swatting with a mark of .385. He topped the loop in total hits, 240, and tied for fourth in runs batted in with 131. Moreover, he hit 45 doubles and 8 triples. All of which is good news to the Boston Braves, with whom he will perform next year. Gus Dugas, Kansas City outfielder, recalled by Pittsburgh, batted .419, but was in less than 100 games. Angley of Indianapolis and Lebourveau of Toledo and Columbus finished even as runners-up to Shires, batting .375. a a a Pat Crawford of Columbus, now on the St. Louis Cardinals roster, led the A. A. in homers with twenty-eight and Len Koenecke of Indianapolis, purchased by the New York Giants, was out in front in triples with nineteen. Pick of Kansas City was “tops” in doubles with fiftyeight. Second to Crawford In homers was Davis, St. Paul, with twenty-six, and third was Koenecke with twentyfour. Davis was bought by the Phiily Nationals. Saltzgaver of St. Paul, nurchased by the Yankees, and the veteran Bernie Neis of Minneapolis tied for the stolen bases lead with twenty-six. a a a . Pat Crawaford of the Red Birds batted in 154 runs to gain the honors in that important department of play. Davis of St. Paul was second with .38 and Brauam of Louisville third with 134. Shires and Koenecke split honors for fourth at 131. Swanson of Columbus was far In the lead in sacrifice hits, registering 26. This speed bov also pilfered 21 bases. Putting runners on the sacks and leaving them there represents a weakness in baseball, and Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Kansas City were guilty to the extent of soaring over the 1,300 mark. The Brewers stranded 1.371. the Indians 1.307 and the Blues 1.301. tt u u IN team batting, St. Paul, the champions, topped with .311, Minneapolis was second with .305, and Indianapolis and Columbus tied for third with .303. The club batting statistics of the league as a whole were high, indicating the pitching was below standard. Six : of the eight clubs batted better than i .300, and Toledo hit .291 and Louis- I ville .285. a a a A change in spring training camps has i been made by the Kansas City Blues and Orange, Tex., will entertain Eddie Zwil- | ling’s squad next March. The Kaws have i camped for years at Lake Charles, La. j The Louisville Colonels have purchased a farm for their young talent. It is the i Asheville club of the Piedmont League, a class B team. Louisville formerly operated 1 a farm club at Dayton. Asheville has a | population of about 50.060 and the ball park there seats about 6.000. SEALS NAME CAVENEY By Times Special SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.—Officials of the San Francisco Seals have announced the appointment of Jimmy Caveney as playing man- j ager. He was given a one-year contract. Caveney has been with the Seals since 1928, serving as utility infielder. He succeeds Nick Wil- , liams, who will act as scout and j coach for Portland next year.

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.DEC. 21, 1931

Cox, Watts End Drills T Junior Lightweights Ready for Elks’ Charity Ring Scrap. Hundreds of fight fans visited the Arcade gymnasium Sunday afternoon to watch the final intensive workouts of Tracy Cox and Jimmie Watts, who are to clash in the tenround feature of the Elks’ annual charity show at the Armory Tuesday night. A great many of the Sunday afternon visitors made the trip to the Arcade especially to look over Jimmie Watte, the Atlanta (Ga.) junior lightweight, who has been working out here for almost a week. Watts brought rounds of applause from the railbirds as he tore into sparring partners for six three-minute sessions. Tracy Cox took the spotlight after Watts retired to the showers, and Tracy also boxed six rounds, taking on Speedy Ricco and Leo Landrigan for three sessions apiece. Cox looked to be in splendid shape. Harold Andersen, who is to meet Andy Kellett cf Terre Haute in the eight-round semi-windup Tuesday night, boxed with Norman Brown and Joe Brian, and declares he is fit and ready.

-Pin GossipBY LEFTY LEE 22 CHILDREN CLOTHED Twit more leagues have been added to the list of bowling fraternity donor. In the Clothe-a-Child-t'or-Chrlstmas good will plan being conducted by The Times. This brings the number of children clothed by follower* and boosters of the ten pin sport to twenty-two. The fine response earns high tribute to the bowlers of Indianapolis. Latest leagues to contribute are the A. C. E. S. loop at the Pritchett aHcys and the Plumbing and Heating League at the Illinois alleys. The thirteenth annual meeting of the Central States Bowling Association in Cleveland came to a close with Cleveland bowlers copping the lion's share of the prize money. In the team event the Green Cab team won with a mark ot 3.245. The Euclid-Thirteenth Recreation and Canfield Oil finished second and third with marks of 3,173 and 3.128. All three of these clubs are from Cleveland. Klssoff and Bodis, Cleveland, copped the doubles event with a total of 1.407. This pair hit on a late Sunday squad. The all-events medal also staved In Cleveland when Rov Rice crashed the maples for a total of 2.050. an average oi 228 pins per game. Clark Moses of Toledo made it an all-Ohio sweep when he copped the singles title w r ith a score of 749. Indianapolis teams rolling at Cleveland had the following scores: Fall City Lager. 2.797: Wheeler’s Lunch. 2.767. and Cora Cola. 2,764. In the doubles and singles events. Wheeler Lunch players were best among the Indianapolis entrants. Wimberlv and Hornberger having 1.207 and Berfcerich and Wimberly, 611 and 610 In the singles. Jesse Pritchett was best over the long route. 595 in the team event at Cleveland; 638 in the doubles and 601 in the singles, giving him an all-events total of 1,834. Hank Marino, the Milwaukee star, when asked by another bowler if his team hit in this event, responded with this answer: “No, we were just outside the money with 3,019.” Milwaukee was selected as the site for the 1932 Central States tournament. The final week-end of play in the Indianapolis Elks Pot of Gold meet, featured the Thirty-fourth Street Garage team with the winning total of 3.226. With a handicap of 260 pins, these boys rolled games of 1.032. 53-1 and 1.000 to cop top honors. Comer. Laughlin and Malarkey ivere over the 600 mark. The winning team received a prize of S3OO. Other prize winning totals were: Capitol City Ice. 3.168. prize S150; Kistner-Meece Batterv. 3.160, $100: Michaelis-McCahill, 3.142. S7O; Heidenreich Florists. 3.141. SSO; Highway Club, 3.131. $25: Bailey Realtv. 3.126, *ls; Union Title. 3,122, $lO. and Casady Coal, 3,105, $lO. Casadv Fuel increased their lead to three games over the field in the Si. Philip's No. 1 League, when they took the entire series from Trule Beverage. Mrfrkey Auto service also won three from Giesen Product, as Prima Beverage and Michaelis Builders won two from KistnerMeece and Kirschner Auto. The Michaelis team had an even 3.000 total to cop top honors. Fred Schleimer hit high Individual count, with games of 196. 248 and 212. a total of 656. Pritchett had 628; Abbott. 619; Faust. 606: Murphy. 602; Kaltenbach, 601, and Callahan. 601. While motoring to Cleveland. A! Berberich. a member of the Wheeler-Lunch team, received a bad break in luck. A rear tire on his car blew out and the machine turned over. Berberich. Rov Switzer. Mis. Berberich and her sister were taken to the hospital at Bellevue, O. Berberich anti Switzer were able to leave after treatment for cuts and bruises, but the two women were more seriously injured and W'ere compelled to remain in the hospital. Mrs. Berberich was thrown through the windshield and suffered lacerations on the face and body.

Two Share Top Billiard Berth Neal Jones and Joe Fox battle in tonight’s fifty-point match in the state three-cushion billiard tournament at Harry Cooler’s parlor, opening the third week of play. Two other matches are carded this week, with Shapiro playing Murphy Tuesday night, and Cooler opposing Cohen on Wednesday. Standings: W. L.i W L. Jones 1 0 Shapiro 1 l Cooler 1 0 Cohen 1 1 3pivev 1 l Murphv o 1 Ramsey 1 1 Fo?< o 1 WIN SOCCER BATTLE Locals Beat Turners, 4 to 2 in Sonday Charity Game. Indianapolis Soccer Club defeated a local rival in a charity battle at Twenty-ninth and Olney field, droping the South Side Turner squad, 4 to 2, in a fast battle. Proceeds from the tilt were turned over to The Times Clothe-a-Child fund.