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Talking It Over nr JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Mr. Pet* Hurley came over to my table *>nd spoke, as follows: "Say what is ®ll this stuff I am reading in the 1 sports page about abolishing the Hying wedge? a a a P.X-'iiZ I started out to tell Mr nJ about th * flvlns wrcle* in football ‘'tDDosed lethal aimiUtfS __„YC“V tlw oepole of today do not knew , a ” about the living wedffe,** sneered Mr. Hurlev. who as bov and .nan has been waiting on tables around Broadw *X. ‘ OT * ereat number of years. you mav not know it. voune man. ’ continued Mr. Hurlev. "but I nlaved on he filing wedge that this country ever knew." Thin was surprising indeed because I nd no Idea that Mr. 'lurlev had -ver nlaved anv football or that he haand gone to anv institution devoted to eltner turner 0 r lower education ... The fact la." went on Mr. Hurl-v, tnese football nlavers practically stole me Jiving wedge from Jack's old nlace in Sixth Avenue, and I wish to state that it was a verv rough niece of business even in those times.” Then it came out. Mr. Hurlev dates hack to that, hilarious Broadway era when V ?' 8S nosslblr for one place—suen as •tack s—to stand out as the renter of exettement. and It seems that it was something of a ritual with the bovs to wind un at Jack's. Al that time. Mr. Hurlev was a broad shouldered voung Irishman with a ’.’air of adventurous fists and because of these gifts and others he was elected to *he captaincy of Jack's flving wedge, a distinction which entitled him to serve as the spear head of the machine. Those who criticise the flvlnc wedge in football today do so on the ground that the odds against the individual are unfair and so it would seem that there c a definite relation on between the modern maneuver and the one of which Mr. Huelev speaks. Certainly, from what I can learn, the Individual in Jack’s never had a chance once the flv'na wedge swung into action. Os course, it mav be that the individual w'as never entitled to a chance. Mostly he was a person who had made himself nbtect.ionable. At surh times Mr. Hurlev would assemble his team mates and go to work In less distinguished circles '.he operation was known as the bum's rush. a a a AS I understand it, Mr. Hurley and his associates would, at a given signal, form themselves into a human wedge and go roaring through the bar room and in an astonishingly short space of time the place would be cleared of all such persons whose presence was no longer deemed desirable. It develops that the living wedge o sir. Hurley’s dav was directed mainlv ar. college football plavers who came to Jack’s to break training, and because of this fact Mr, Hurlev thinks it is reasonable to assume that, the football plavers appropriated the Idea from him and his plav mates. "The best fights we ever had at Jack’s.” confided Mr. Hurlev. "was after the old Vale-Prlnceton games. I mean when tbev used to plav at Manhattan Field bark in the '9o's. The score of the game didn’t njake anv difference. Those guvs would come from the field and nlav the game all over again in our joint,. "You would be surprised if you ..new how manv all-America tackles and full hacks we used to send sliding nut into Sixth avenue on their ears. At the o/ one season we had won so .itanv decisions over all-America men that I decided to si*, down and write Walter ramp a. letter protesting against his prejudices. "I do not wish to appear boastful but I think the records will show that every man who won his letter on Jack’s Ovine wedge was an all-America performer and vet because we did not. go to Yale or Harvard nr Princeton we were ignored. You can not blame me when I sav l have never had anv respect for these allAmerica teams.”

- Scrap With Adgie Will Be Redman’s Fourth for Legion

Jack Redman of South Bend, state heavyweight, title holder, who Js to meet Matt Adgie of Philadelphia in the main event of the weekly Legion boxing show at the Armory Tuesday night, will be making his fourth start of the season here. Redman has proved himself a clean and aggressive performer on all his former local showings and seems to merit the Hoosier heavy crown bestowed upon him by the Indiana athletic commisison. His first scrap in Indianapolis was with Walter Pickerd in defense of his title, and he stopped Pirkerd in an early' round. Next, Redman

Stove League Chatter BY EDDIE ASH

THE New York Giants have i scheduled thirty-one spring exhibition games and followers of the McGraw clan are advised to prepare for a rare exhibition of slugging on the part of Len Koenecke, the fly chaser purchased from Indianapolis. During his three training trips to Florida with the Hoosiers, Len was the outstanding swatter of the grapefruit league and his ability to hit for distance fairly staggered big league opponents. Fact of the matter the Indians crashed In heavily with victories on Koenecke's powerhouse punches, but it wasn’t until 1931 that Len was able to continue the ball walloping after the Tribe returned north. . ana Len marie the grade in a big way j last year and for a long stretch was poison to American Association 1 pitchers. Swinging lefthanded, he solved the southpaws as easily as ! the righthanders and a real slump j failed to cut him down until the last week of the campaign. It is said John McGraw's plans call for Koenecke to be given a regular assignment at the outset with the Giants, forgetting the fact he will be listed as a rookie in the majors. This is quite an honor to be bestowed on a yearling luring the winter by a big league pilot. a a a THE Giants will train in Los Angeles this spring and the first squad will leave for California on Fob. 14, pitchers and catchers going first. The rest of the athletes will depart ten days later. The McGrawmen will meet the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates and Detroit Tigers as well as several Pacific Coast League clubs. The team will make only four stops after leaving the coast, playing Detroit at Kansas City, at Springfield. 111., and at Detroit, then closing the tuneup program with the Army pastimers at West Point. N. Y., on April 11. a a a Athletics and Phillies will go to it again to determine the spring championship of Quakertown. It hardly would be wise to play this series in the fall, for by that time the Athletics usually are on top in the American and the Phillies usually are found playing around with the misfits in the National. The teams will meet in seven, games this spring, two in Florida and five in Philadelphia. a a a BURT SHOTTON, Philly manager. has mapped out a schedule of twenty-five exhibition contests and the club again will pitch camp at Winter Haven. Indianapolis has made trips there in the past, but this year the Indians refused to accept a date at Winter Haven without receiving a return date at Sarasota. The distance is too great for a single game, the round trip requiring all day and part of the

PURDUE FAVORED OVER INDIANA IN NET CLASSIC

Hoosier Rivals Open Big 'Ten Title Battle . Brilliant Form Shown in Pre-Conference Games Gives Boilermakers Edge in Tilt at Lafayette Tonight; Wooden and Suddith Feature Fray. BV NORMAN E. ISAACS Hoosier college basketball tonight reaches its first climax of the 193132 season with Indiana and Purdue scheduled to clash at Lafayette in the season’s Big Ten opener for each team. Literally speaking, the affair probably will be similar to a Fourth of July celebration, only noisier. Bare facts show that Purdue has a glittering early record, that Purdue apparently outshines Indiana at every position on the floor, that Purdue figures to win by ten points any way you figure, and that Purdue ge s a break by playing on its home floor.

Bare facts, however, oftentimes lead dopesters astray, especially in contests where teams are traditional rivals and one of the two goes into a spurt "far over its head.’’ Boilermakers Show Power Everything figured in, however, can lead only to one conclusion, that Purdue will win. The Boilermakers have displayed tremendous strength in their early games, while the Crimson, on the other hand, have shown just slightly more than mediocrity. Purdue should win, but by no stretch of the imagination, can any one see a ten-point margin in the offing. That is, of course, unless the Boilermakers go “hog-wild.” Indiana probably will be keyed up for the struggle much more than the Engineers and Purdue will run into some mighty fancy basketball players, regardless of what the downstaters' season record says. Two Standouts Sally Suddith, he of erstwhile Martinsville fame, is the key man of the Indiana team, just as Johny Wooden, who also hails from Martinsville, Is the trigger of the Purdue drive. Both are the slashing, hard-dribbling, tricky type and both arc basket snipers of marked ability. The teams probably will line up like this: INDIANA PURDUE Tucker ~F.. Eddy Campbell F.. Kellar Dicker C Stewart Suddith G Wooden Zeller G Parmenter BATTALINO FACES FELDMAN NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—Bat Battalino, busy champion of the featherweights. will defend his crown against Lew Feldman, promising young New Yorker, at Madison Square Garden Friday night. Bat is favored in the scrap, scheduled 1 for fifteen rounds.

i was pitted against Harold Mays, an ; easterner, and the South Bend Negro easily won the decision. His 1 th ; rd showing was w'ith the wellknown Battling Bozo of Birming- | ham. Ala., and the Dixie boxer grabbed a close decision by keeping away from punches in his inimitable style. Matchmaker Ely has handed the state champ no bargains in the way of opponents so far, and Tuesday j night's foe, Matt Adgie, has beaten Bob Godwin, winner over Bozo, and also has whipped Billy Jones, favorite to win the Chicago light [ heavy tourney.

night. Moreover, about all one receives in Winter Haven is a sun tan. The tourists there are not baseball minded. a a a Rogers Hornsby's Cublets. consisting entirely of young players regardless of position, will head for California Feb. 13 and the veterans will leave on Feb. 23. The Bruins’ exhibition card calls for thirty games and big league teams dated are the Giants, Pirates and Tigers. The Usual crop of tilts will be played with Coast League teams. A fourgame series with Kansas City at Kansas City, ending April 10, will wind up the tuneup for the Chicagoans. ana BUCKY HARRIS, boss of the Detroit Tigers, will have a real line on his men before the bell rings in the American League April 12. The Tigers will play thirty-three exhibitions and will report to the California camp on Feb. 19. Exhibition action will start on March 8 with the New York Giants April 10. Four battles will be waged with the A. A. Blues at Kansas City. a a a George Gibson, new pilot of the Pittsburgh Pirates, will direct his men in thirty spring games, beginning March 13. A dozen tilts will be played with major league outfits. fourteen with Clas AA teams and fourth with Class A clubs. George will start his pastimers off in a split double-header at Oakland on March 13, playing morning and afternoon. Oakland also will oe the scene of a split double-header on March 27, with a. m. and p. m. games between Oakland and the New York Giants. a a a Carey hasn’t even managed the Brooklyn ball team in a single game, yet his troubles are proceeding undep a full head of steam. He needs an outfielder, Glenn Wright is taking treatments for mushy ankles, and Del Bissonette underwent an operation recently on his throwing arm. a a a It is announced that the customary tw© spring games between the Braves and Red Sox will be played again at Boston. There had been reports that the contests would be called off. but the two teams will meet at Fenway park on Saturday, April 9, and at Braves field the following day. a a a Lou Gehrig, one of the members of the party of major league ball (players who played exhibition in | Japan, declared the biggest surprise I of the trip to him was the reaction of the Japanese Jto the finer points of the game. He found them to be keen students of baseball. Lou complimented the Japanese players on their fielding and running, but doubts if they ever will become efficient hitters.

Armour Wins Miami Event By Timeti Special MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 4.—'Tommy Armour, little Detroit pro, today held the Miami open golf crown. He finished nine strokes ahead of John Kinder of Caldwell, N. J„ in the seventy-two-hole play ending here Sunday, scoring a 285. Mike Tumesa of Elmsford, N. Y.. was third with 295. Johnny Watson of South Bend. Ind., had 301 to finish twelfth. Neal Mclntyre of Indianapolis was fourteenth with 302 and Hank Miller, La. Porte, Ind., was far down the, list with 311. 65 Teams in Links Event By United Prett SANTA MONTCA, Jan. 4.—Sixtyfive qualifying golf teams will play the final eighteen holes of the Santa Monica $2,500 open golf championship today. Thirty-three teams scored 72 or better in a high wind Sunday. Thir-ty-two qualified Saturday. The leaders Sunday were Laddie Heilman and Ed Gayer, Los Angeles, tied with Earl Berryhill of Tulsa and Kv Laffon of Denver for scores of 34-31-—65. Closely following were A. G. Sato. Japanese star, and Paul Runyon oj White Plains, N. Y. with 665. ’

-Pin GossipBY LEFTY LEE • Loui ? vi i le - Kv - barely escaped Llf. * atß of , o £. R * 3ad same, and won the f,ew ... Ye ar’s classic on the a total °t 1-342. Reiss fitted with a 222. 276 and 266. dropped to came back with a 246 and then fini& e *< witl L. a P° or 162 to Rive the stars following him new hope. Fonnie Snyder. Jocal star, tried hard to catch him. out ? a ,V° be satisfied with second place, with .Other prize winners were: j. .ei;r. 1.313: L. Lotz. Terre Haute. 1.311; W. Holtman. 1.283: F. Farman (last year's win- £ er) ; Ft- Wayne. 1.277: O. Jensen. Terre Haute. 1.250: A. Heiss. 1.249: and W. Jensen. Terre Haute. 1,232. Consolation prizes we ls„ wo ,P b . v F - Frame. Danville. 111., with 2*„ 279 Haislun. 268. and L. Weisman. 269 The boys lived up to advance predictions and the railbirds remained until the final ball reached the pits. With each ball carrying the hopes of victory, the local West Side Furniture girls and the Coca-Cola girls of Terre Haute, staged one of the prettiest matches ever played at the Hut. The Indianapolis girls won the first game by three pins, lost the second bv the same margin, and then nosed home with the final game and match, with 871 to their opponents 870. The final score was West Side Furniture. 2.454: Coca-Cola. 2.453. Burnett and Wiesman were the high scorers for West Side, while Collins starred for Coca-Cola. Marott Shoes also returned from Terre Haute with a win. defeating the Acadamv Five. 2,966 to 2.828. The veteran Harry Coblers displayed his strike ball for a leading cout of 647 for the winners. Terre Haute pastimers all bowled well with the exception of Oscar Jensen, the Anchor, rolling one of his poorest sets in years, having but 483. The Grants Ice Cream performers of Louisville proved they were lust as good on the Hotel Antlers drives, as they were at home, and again defeated the Johnson Chevrolet team with a total of 3.004 to the local boys 2,898. The first half of this match, was Graves Ice Cream. 3.022; Johnson Chevrolet. 2.887. for a final score of 6.026 to 5.785. With Armstrong and Kagel hitting in big league style the Roepke Floral girls scored an easy win over the Springman Fish team of Louisvile. at the Hotel Antlers drives. 2.572 to 2.409. Springman displayed the best form for the visitors. The family debate of the Prest-O-Lite company found the Prest-O-Lite Battery team a winner with a grand total of 2.589. Prest-O-Lite No. 1 was next with 2.523. the No. 2 team third on 2.407. and No. 3 fourth with 2.232. Earl McCarty found the pocket during the 400 doubles play on the Illinois drives, and hit a total of 711 on games of 196. 246 and 269 to lead Faust to a win with a score of 1.322. Dr. Knue and Phillips were second on 1.315. and Faust and Miller, third with 1.304, A large entry rolled in this event. The Casadv Fuel, team is leading the St. Philip’s No. 1 loop, one game in front of Michaelis Builders, with a record of 32 wins and 16 defeats. Pritchett has a mark of 198 to lead the Individual list. Vollmer is next with 195. The Dichman Plumbers have a topheavv lead of twelve games in the St. Philip's No. 2 League and appear a cinch to cop the pennant. Young Johnny Murphv is the individual leader, five pins up on Martlndale. with an average of 785. Coca-Cola and Pitman-Rice girls are sharing the lead in a hot race for top honors, in the Ritzy Roller League, with twenty-one wins and eighteen defeats. The Housewife’s Friend team is ready to step in if the leaders falter, being but one game away. L. Orphey leads the girls in this loop with an average of 166. In the east, where duck pins receive the big play, the bovs are battling for the world s championship. To prove they go for this game in that part of the country, a purse of *I.OOO goes to the winner. The entry fee sot this event was SSO per man.

Saturday’s Cage Scores

CITY SCHOOLS Tech. 30; Rushville. 20. Washington (Indianapolis), 29: Zionsville, 23. GART TOURNAMENT Wallace, 27; Roosevelt Chicago!, 20. Hammond Tech. 27: Emerson (Gary). 26. Horace Mann 39; Hobart. 18. Hammond Tech, 25; Wallace 13 (fiinal championship!. OTHER SCORES Warsaw. 20; Pierceton, 17. Center Grove, 17; Morgantown. 14. Leavenworth. 38; Laconia, 15. Central (Evansville), 23; Reitz (Evansville!. 8. Alexandria. 30: Jeffersonville. 22. Elkhart. 13: Valparaiso 11. New Palestine. 29: Rossville. 18. Jasper. 26; Alumni. 19. Connersville, 20; Washington. 18. Clinton, 38; Maumee (Toledo, 0.1, 15. New Albany. 15: Salem. 11. Paoli 22; Mitchell, 21. Central Catholic (Ft. Wayne). 43; Ligonier. 29. South Side (Ft. Waynel, 20: Columbia Cltv. 19. Cannellton. 15; Troy. 9. Central (South Bend). 18: Mishawaka. 14. CHEVIGNEY SEEKS JOB By Time* Special SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 4. James Needles today resigned the head football couch position which he has held for the last nine years at San Francisco university. Jack Chevigny, former Notre Dame star, was among the applicants for the job. * #

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Shelby Forwards Shine

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Although beaten by Columbus and other strong quintets, the Mackmen. of Shelbyville rank as one of the state's outstanding prep quintets. Featuring the play of H. T. McCullough’s Shelby five is the speedy work of two star veterans at forward. Both Gunning and Lackey are big, fast and boast accurate basket eyes.

12 Coast Athletes Named on All-America Track Squad

By United Prett NEW YORK, Jan. *4.—Pacific coast athletes won twelve of the thirty-six places on the all-America track and field team for 1931 chosen by Dan Ferris, secretary of the Amateur Athletic Union. Six members of the Los Angeles A. C. were awarded berths on the mythical aggregation. They were Frank Wykoff in the 100-yard dash; Vic Williams in the 440-yard run, Robert Maxwell in the 220-yard low hurdles, Harry Hinkel, walking; Herman Brix, 16-pound shotput, and Jesse Mortensen, decathlon. The other Pacific coast athletes chosen were Edwin Genung of the

Tournaments Threaten to Muddle Ring Title Problems

BY DIXON STEWART United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—The championship tournament craze has hit boxing and unless ruling bodies of the sport reach an agreement, soon will rival wrestling with a different ‘‘w'orld champion” in every section of the country. Already boxing has two world flyweight champions. Tournaments in progress or under consideration promise to prove extra title claimants in the middleweight,light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. And as in wrestling, where Jim Londos, Henri Defglane and Strangler Lewis are recognized as “world champions” in their own particular strongholds, each of the boxing champions will be king in his own domain. Midget Wolgast of Philadelphia is recognized as the world flyweight boxing champion in New York and Pennsylvania by the right of victory in a championship tournament sponsored by Madison Square Garden two years ago. Young Perez of France is champion of the division in Europe and states controlled by the National Boxing Association by virtue of a knockout victory over Frankie Genaro of New York. Wolgast and

Flashes, Kautsky A.C. Win City Cage Meets; Other Basket News

KAUTSKY A. C. CHAMPIONS Led by Pete Bailey, former Indiana Central star, the Kautskv A. C.’s captured the Gold Medal championship Saturday night at East Tenth gym defeating Bond Bread team in the final game. 20 to 11. Flanner and Buchanan won the playoff for third place, dropping the East Tenth Triangles. 19 to 16. Kautskv w r on its semi-final tilt from the Triangles. 33 to 25. the smallest margin to which it was held in five contests. Bond Bread held Flanner and Buchanan wiroout a field goal for twenty-four minutes in its semi-final tilt and won by an 11 to 10 margin. . . . .. . , Gold medals were presented to the following players named on the all tourney team. Durham and Thompson. Kautskv A. C.. forwards: Shipp. English Avenue Bovs Club, center: Cosgrove. Bond Bread, and Modlin. Flanner and Buchanan, guards. Plavers named on the second team wno recieved bronze medals are Huesing Indiana Bell Telephone Cos. and Reinking. Bond Bread, forwards: Heinline. Planner and Buchanan, center: Pete 3?ilev. Kautskv A. C.. and Andrews. East Tenth Triangles, guards. Durham recieved the snecial award made to the outstanding player of the entire tourney. Plavers on the championship, runner-up and third Place teams were presented with gold basketballs bv the Central States Basketball Association. FLASHES TRIP CHAMPS Indianapolis Flashes defeated the B. & O. Railroad quintet., defending champions in the east side sectional of the citv Sunday tournament, bv a one b°. in t 44 to 43. in the final game at the Dearborn Hotel gymnasium Sunday night. Beiser. Flash forward., dashed under the basket for the winning field goal in the last minute of Plav. ___ During the contest the score was tlea sixteen times with the Flashes holding a 28 to 26 advantage at the half. Art Reinking shared the scoring honors for the Flashes and Sullivan and Skoir.p were high point men for B. & O. In tn . semi-finals. Flashes defeated Spades. 44 to 15. and B. & O. eliminated Brightwood. 49 East 1 Tenth Kniehts won the playoff in the junior division, dropping O Hara 3an„ Juniors. 30 to 11. in the final encounter. Kniehts won their semi-final contes, from Arsenal Bulldogs. 24 to 8. and Sans Juniors defeated Dearborn Hotel Juniors. 27 to 18. Butler Juniors lost to English Avenue Bovs’ Club after leading at the half. R. Queisser and H. Queisser were outstanding on offense and Bridge starred on defense for the losers. Teams with gvms wanting games with Juniors, call Humboldt 6758. ask for Herb. Irvington Whippets added three more wins to their unbeaten list by downing Oak Hill Flashes. 23 to 17; Merit Place ME 24 to 13, and First Presbyterian. 27 to 13. Broadway Epworth League plays Kingan Office team at 8:30 tonight at Droaoway gym. At 7:30. H P. Wasson giiiS’ team, plavs League Girls. Sam Subwav team desires games in the 13-to-15-vear-old class. Teams having access to gvms. call Talbott 6982, esk for Gaby, between 6 and 8 p. m. Edgewood A. C. won a double-header from Water company Wednesday night. 13 to 9 and 29 to 25. Pollard and Smith led Edgewood scorers. and Emory brothers starred for the Water quintet. Morgantown Green Lanterns defeated Red Johnson's Gosport Blue Moons, 46 to 30, holding a IS-to-15 lead at the half. Wallace, substitute forward, was outstanding for the Lanterns, and Red Johnson, former Morgantown I. (X O F. star, scored twenty-two points for the losers. Indianapolis Meteors lost to the American Legion team at Tipton Sunday. 33 to 29. A second-half rally, led bv Carter and Duke, enabled Meteors to knot the count, but Tipton used the stall to score | the final winning baskets. For games with Meteors, write or call Flovd Carpenter, i Acme-Evans company. The strong Swayzee Hv Red independent basketball team defeated House of David quintet. 51 to 29. Friday. The Swayzee tossers will meet Converse Independents at ‘-Ooavexa* Tuesday. For games with By

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Washington A, C., Seattle, in the 880-yard run; Richard Barber of the University of Southern California. in the running broad jump; Robert Kelly of the Olympic Club, San Francisco, in the hop, step and jump; William Graber of the University of Southern California, in the pole vault; Robert F. Jones of Stanford university in the discus throw, and Kenneth Churchill of the University of California, in the javelin throw. Percy Beard of the New York A. C. was the only athlete to win two berths on the team. He was chosen for the 70 and the 120-yard high hurdles.

Genaro attempted to 'kettle the title dispute a year ago but fought to a fifteen-round draw. In the light heavyweight division, Maxie Rosenbloom is recognized as champion in New York, having won a tourney sponsored by Madison ‘ Square Garden after the retirement of Tommy Loughran. The N. B. A. ; now 7 is conducting a title tournament in Chicago and soon will | name anew champion of the division. The middleweight throne has been vacant since the retirement of Mickey Walker. The N. B. A. now is conducting a championship i tournament in and soon I will name a “w'orld champion.” j Madison Square Garden also has announced plans for a title tourney. ! There is little question of Max Schmeling’s right to the heavy- ! weight throne, but he is not recognized in New York and the N. B. A. is threatening to vacate his | title and select anew champion. Schmeling lost favor with General John Clinnin, president of the N. B. A., because his manager. Joe Jacobs, turned down Chicago stadium’s bid for a SchmelingMickey Walker title bout in favor of an offer by Madison Square i Garden to stage the same fight in Florida.

Red, address the manager at Swayzee, Ind. Games are desired with teams having access to a gymnasium. Road games are wanted during January. ..The Black and Orange quintet set back Wolcott A. C.. 48 vo 7, in a slow and uninteresting game at Brookside. Burks and Snyder starred on offense while lies and McCoy were best on defense. Manager of the Sacred Heart team is requested to call Washington 1424-4 as soon as possible. Indianapolis Reserves and South Side Merchants will battle at 8:30 Tuesday night at the Dearborn hotel gym. These teams play a fast game and an exciting battle is promised. , , E , a „ s * ; Ten tb Pirates want games in the 14-16-year-old class with teams having access to gyms. Cal Ch. 6231 after 5:38. ask for Otis Morris. Indianapolis Midways defeated Mohawks and Great Western Oil five to increase their record to twelve wins in fourteen starts. Midways plav Irvington Trojans at Pennsy gym Tuesdav at 7p. m For games, call Dr. 6074-W. ask for Frank. St. Pats and’Edgewood, notice. Schedule for next Thursday night in the St. Joseph Junior league will open with Zippers playing Leaders at 7.30, followed bv St. Catherines and Arsendal Bulldogs at 8:30 and Woodsides and Ramblers at 9:30. The State Avenue Blues desire a game for Saturday night with a team having access to a gym. Games are wanted in the 20-22-year-old class. Call Cherry 4960 and ask for Hank.

College Scores Saturday

STATE COLLEGES De Pauw, 25: Cincinnati. 23. Manchester. 31: Bluff ton (CM. 21. OTHER COLLEGES Wavnesbure. 29: Monmouth. 27. Syracuse. 33: Michigan. 30, Johns HoDkins. 42: Lovola (Md.!. 41. Vanderbilt. 28: Miami (0.1. 22. Minnesota. 19: Carleton. 14. Colgate. 31: Columbia. 23. Michigan State. 29: Cornell. 26. Dartmouth. 39: Manhattan. 24. Lovola (Chicaeol. 26: Bradley. 20. Princeton. 43: Cathedral. 19. Carnegie Tech. 40; Chicago. 39 (overtime!. St. Mary’s college (Winona. Minn.!. 26: Rioon college. 19. St. Louis. 25: Arkansas. 23. Southern California. 24: Pittsburgh, 13. KIRSHBAUMS TRiUMPH Old-Timers Lead Jewish Cagers to Win Over Goldstein’s. Weakened by the absence of regulars and then losing two more first-string men via the foul route, Kirshbaum basketball team plugged the gaps with old-timers, who starred many years ago. and defeated Goldstein Brothers team. 32 to 28. Sunday at Kirshbaum gym. Nate Regenstrief led the scoring. Kirshbaum Bulldogs thumped Indianapolis Universals, 29 to 18, after a slow, ragged start. SCOTTEN MEETS CLARK By Times Special PERU. Ind., Jan. 4.—Scotty Scotten of Indianapolis and Bud Clark of Vincennes will clash here Monday. Jan. 11. for the Indiana featherweight mitt championship. They drew in a previous bout at Vincennes.

Brooklyn Signs Casey i Stengel, Former Toledo Pilot, Named Coach of Dodgers. By United Prett BROOKLYN. N. Y., Jan. 4. Charles D. (Casey) Stengel has been signed as coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers, it was announced today. Stengel is a former star outfielder. His most recent baseball assignment was that of manager of the Toledo club of the American Association. He has had a long baseball career. He played as a boy in Kansas City. The Brooklyns bought him from the Aurora club of the Wisconsin-Uli-nois League for S3OO in 1911. He was farmed to Montgomery in 1912, recalled to Brooklyn that autumn and remained with Brooklyn until the close of the 1918 season. He subsequently played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies and New York Giants, was owned by the Boston Braves in 1924 I and 1925, and w’ent to Toledo in 1926. Stengel played on four world championship clubs, Brooklyn in 1916, and New York Giants in 1921, 1922 and 1923. He also managed the pennant-winning Toledo club in 1927 and won the ‘‘little world j series” with Buffalo of the Interna- | tional League, 5 games to 1. Sharkey to Meet Winner By United Prett NEW YORK. Jan. 4.—Contracts for a fifteen-round bout between Max Schmeling of Germany, world’s j heavyweight champion, and Mickey i Walker, will be signed Wednesday,' it was reported today. The fight, if staged, will take place at Miami. Fla., Feb. 25, by Madison Square Garden corporation of Illinois. According to well informed sources, Schmeling will receive 40 per cent of the gate receipts. Walker’s purse will be 17% per cent. It is said that contracts for a bout between the winner of the Miami affair and Jack Sharkey, to be held ; sometime in June, probably in New York, also will be signed Wednesday. SPEED PILOTS IMPROVED < By Timet Special OAKLAND. Cal., Jan. 4.—Ralph Hepburn and Bryan Salspaugh, {well-known auto speed pilots in- ! jured in a New Year’s speedway crashes here, ivere reported vastly improved today. Both had recovered consciousness and neither showed symptons of skull fractures, physicians said.

Off The Backboard BY VERN BOXELL

MR. RAYMOND JOLLY, who is just plain Pete in the gymnasium. has turned journalist. And in one of his very first articles, the man who produced Indiana's 193031 state championship quintet, stat-

ed very boldly, “The Ornercoached Alexandria aggregation is the greatest basketball team in Hoosierdom this season.” Now that places Mr. Jolly in a very peculiar position. He either is going to lose prestige as a journalist or disappoint a lot of people who think he’s about all the basketball

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coach anybody could want. As you no doubt know, Jolly’s Bearcats are going to play these Alexandria Tigers whom thei:- chief thinks is the geratest team in Indiana right now, over at Muncie Tuesday night. a a' a It is Backboard’s opinion that Mr. .Tolly's Bearcats much rather would see Petq retain his amateur status as a dopester than to be pawed over by these Tigers. And since ole’ Backboard is not a coach, he can pick Mr. Jolly’s big boys to bump Alexandria, and suffer only the great agony of marking another wrong guess on his record if the Magic City boys should outdo Mr. Phil Baker’s accordian in staging a folding act. ana Os course, all this high-powered predicting is worked out on the theory that j Jack Mann, the from here to there cen- ( ter. is in there waltzing around at the j pivot. The dusky giant didn’t even make : the trip to when Mr. Jolly’s Bearcats took it on the kisser from An- j derson in a four-team tourney. Anderson can forget that victory. It’s no Mann, no ! Muncie, and big Jack enjoyed New Year’s dinner at home with an infected leg. if you can enjov eating with a useless limb. Ruth to Get New Contract By United Press NEW YORK. Jan. 4.-Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees are expected to reach an agreement this week on the home run king’s 1932 salary, SBO.OOO last year. Babe will receive anew contract either today or Tuesday. He is expected to sign without seeking a j larger sum than called for in the new document. Baseball followers believe Ruth will be forced to accept a cut of at least SIO,OOO. Yankee officials expect trouble in signing Lou Gehrig, who got $25,000 last year, Ben Chapman and Lefty Gomez. JONES, COOLER LEAD Share State Three-Cushion Top With Two Wins Each. Neal Jones and Harry Cooler, with two wins and no defeats, were tied at the top of the state three-cush- ; ion billiard tourney as the fifth j week opens tonight at Cooler’s par- ! lor, with Spivey opposing Fox. Ram- j say, with two wins and a*loss is third, and Spivey, defending champion. ranks next with a win and a defeat. Cooler plays Shapiro on Tuesday, Ramsey opposes Cohen on Wednesday, Spivey battles Shapiro on Thursday and Jones tests Cohen on Friday in other contests this week.

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Casey Stengel

After four years as manager of the Toledo Mud Hens of the American Association, Casey Stengel, former big league star outfielder, has gone back to the big show as coach of the Brooklyn Dodgers. World's Pro Tennis Title Play Draws Stars By Timet Special NEW YORK, Jan. 4.—A pretourney tennis carnival will open tonight at Madison Square Garden with Big Bill Tildcn, world’s pro champion, playing Albert Burke of France and Vincent Richards opposing Frank Hunter. Nusslein and Roman Najuch of Germany are others in the two-day event. In addition to these players, Karel Kozeluh, the Czech flash, and Bruce Barnes of Texas will participate in matches at Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago and St. Paul, the player winning the most matches to win the world's pro championship. Greyhounds to Test Earlham After a vacation of two weeks, Indiana Central basketball squad will report Tuesday for practice in preparation for the encounter with Earlham at University Heights gym Friday night. Only three practice seshions will be held before the game with Earlham. The game Friday night is the first of a series of home games that will bring Central Normal of Danville, Franklin college and N. A. G. U. to play on the local court.

IF Mr. Jolly really is serious in trying to find a team better [ than his Bearcats, why doesn't he gallop down to Columbus or Vinj cennes? The know-all, wise guy who cracked recently that all the best teams were in central Indiana apparently forgot these two quintets. Some day he may have to make apologies if one of these, gets a shot at his team, which happens to be none other than the Bearcats. a a a Ole Backboard Is one guy who likes lo see Columbus play. You are certain to j get a run for your money when these Bttilj (logs start action. They’re all bite and |no bark. Mr. Frank Newsom's boys have j lost only to Vincennes this year, and that i was in the' first game of the season. They’ve whipped some of the big ones since, and you can bet there will be more to follow. a a a *u Mr vf°, hn Adams has been taking it on the whiskers for a long time down at Vincennes. Along with his Alices, he was I mJSyff l tbe KPOhight by Mr. Burl I Fuddle and his Washington Hatchets, who i enjoyed some fat years while Mr. Adams ' was having the lean. Right now. Vincennes has the bacKroom bovs guessing and most of the guesses are that Mr Adams has a very, very good team. When Yi" c ® nn ® and _ Columbus get together : down at Bull Dog town on Jan. 22. ole Backboard will be there, and may the £ *y a ™ And that's a promise. Kiner G ° rdon ' Y ° U t0 °' JaCk the Lady a a a 1 Os course, your correspondent is not for--1 setting Newcastle or Bedford as worthy of Mr. Jollv's consideration. Bedford was beaten by Vincennes, but that doesn’t make 'em soft. And Newcastle—vou tell ’em, Mr. Stranahan. a a a And there's Connersville. Backboard has 5f, e w w p rne &i tt> "watch Pruitt’s Spartans ’ Si™ Bmzs. who opes the coluraning aoT*n that wav. As further warning. Mr. Higgs might forward the score of that Connersville-Washing ton game Saturday, which was 20 to 18 for Connersville. with a fodt-note explaining the Spartans last half rally which overcame a five-point lead. Indiana vs. Purdue. The Suddith words of tongue or pen —“J Wooden pick th.t one.” TIRES BEAT TURNERS Firestone Rally Wins; Diamond Oilers Here Next Sunday. Improved South Side Turners gave the fans plenty of basketball Sunday as they bowed to the undefeated Firestone net machine, 23 to 17. The visitors scored first but the Turners forged into the lead on great plays by Hodges and Evans and an 11 to 9 advantage at the half. Burris and Byers led Firestone’s winning rally. Chuck Hiatt and his Diamond Oilers from Tulsa. Okla., will meet Turners here next Sunday. 85 TEAMS IN TOURNEY ’ T 'mrx Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Jan. 4. Eighty-five tearms will play in fifteen sectionals in the seventeenth annual Wabash Valley High School Athletic Association tournament on Jan. 22 and 23, it was announced j today. Finals will be played at Indiana State Teachers college gym here Jan. £9 and 30.' Spencer. Rosedale, Sullivan, Hymera. Clay City, Switz City, Terre Haute, Robinson, HI., Bridgeport, HI.; Lyons, Glenn, Edwardsport, 1 Newport. Fairbanks and Bainbridge ! received sectionals.

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Wabash to Get Test ■ Scarlet Plays Wittenberg Five Tonight; Butler Opens Drills. Three games tonight open a busy week for Hoosier collegiate hardwood pastimers. The first of the annual rivalry classics between Purdue and Indiana, scheduled at Lafayette. tops tonight's program. Another feature scrap billed for tonight will be the invasion of Crawfordsville by Wittenberg college to battle Wabash in a Buckeye conference tussle. The Fighting Lutherans of Witi tenberg rank as one of the strongest quintets in Ohio. They had little trouble in turning back Vanderbilt, southern champions, 29 to 24. last Friday. Previously, Vanderbilt i ha d defeated Ohio State. 28 to 27. | Last season, Wittenberg won | eighteen of nineteen starts, and this year's quintet looms just as strong. Wabash has shown signs of power I* n ear ly tilts and promises to give j the Lutherans a real tussle. Another feature fray on this j wepks card brings Central Normal. J unbeaten by a Hoosier quintet in two campaigns, to Butler's hardwood Friday night. The Danville tossers won twenty-four straight | starts before bowing to Eastern Illinois Teachers last Friday. Butler, beaten only by Loyola this season, will put in a week of intensive drill for the tussle with the Purple warriors. This week's state schedule foli lows: ' t J. tonight I “‘Mao* VS. Purdue, at Lafavrtt*. | xlUe Uet "* re V *' Wabash - 81 Crawfords- ; H ®"g land Citv **• Rose Polv at Terre . ’ „ TUESDAY Da S le *• SL Thomas (St. Paul. 1 Minn.), at South Bend. Normal vs. Eastern Illinois Normal, at Charleston. 111, Evansville vs. Ohio NVeslevan, at Brans- ! vine. WEDNESDAY De Fatiw vs. Ohio Wesleyan, at Greenl castle. Valparaiso vs. St.. Thomas, at Valparaiso „ , FRIDAY Central Normal vs. Butler, at Indianapolis. De Pauw vs. Ohio U.. at Greencastle. Earlham. vs. Indiana Central at. Indianapolis. f State Normal its. Evansville, at Evansville. I Hanover vs. .ft'nderspn college, at HanI over. / / SATURDAY Wabash vst Ohio Weslevan. at Cravri fordsvllle. X j Ball State vs>Eranklin. at. Muncie. I Valparaiso vs. Manchester, at North Manchester. j Indiana vs. Northwestern, at Evanston. Notre Dame vs. Michigan State, at East Lansing. Mich. Purdue vs. Illinois, at Urhana. HI. City Bowling Play Jan. 30 The twenty-sixth annual riiv howling tournament will be . oiled on the Pritchett Recreation drives Saturday, Jan. 30. Entries for this event close at midnight, on Jan. 22. The same rule classifying howlers as 1 used last year will be employed, teams with a mark of .900 or better being in Class A; 825 to 899, Class B. and 824 and under in Class C. j Entry fee is $1 per man in each | event with bowling extra. A feature of this year's tourney is that j each player will receive the same ' drives to play on, every entrant be- ! ing scheduled to crocs the eighteen 1 alleys during the nine games. All entries and inquiries should be sent to N. B. Hamilton. Pritchett Recrej ation alleys, Pennsylvania and ! Maryland streets. Bar Hoosicrs From Tourney w High school cage teams with membership in the Indiana Catholic High School Athletic Asosciation will be forbidden to participate in the national Catholic basketball tournament held annually by Loyola university of Chicago, the board of control of the Indiana group anj nounced today. Jasper (Ind.) academy, a board- ! ing school, will be allowed to enter ! the tournament, however, since it !is not a high school. The annual I Catholic state tournament will be held at the Armory here Feb. 26 ! and 27. The scheduie wall be drawn I Feb. 20 at Cathedral.

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TONIGHT Wisconsin at Northwestern. Indiana at Purdue. Ohio State at Illinois. SATURDAY NIGHT Purdue at Illinois. Michiean at Wisconsin. Minnesota at Chicaeo. Indiana at Northwestern. lowa at Ohio State. perry net “champion luting British Star Beats Borotra in French Tourney. By United Press PARIS, Jan. 4.—Fred Perry, England's young tennis star, won the singles championship of the annual Christmas indoor tennis tournament Sunday when he defeated Jean Borotra of France 3-6, 7-5, 6-1, 6-4. Perry previously had won a share of the doubles title, Dairing with Christian Boussus of France to defeat Paul Feret and Marcel Bernard, French combination. 6-4 6-4 6-3. PINCKEBT GETSJOB By Times Special LOS ANGELES, Cal., Jan. 4. Ernie Pinckert, Southern California's all-America half back and hero of the Rose Bowl win over Tulane started work today as a sports cartoonist on a local newspaper.

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