Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 213, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 January 1932 — Page 12

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Talking It Over BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—An automobile show is where people to to sit in Rolls Royces and buy Fords. . . . I wrote that line a long time ago. It isn’t any better now except that It is probably more fitting. Anyhow I drifted into the automobile show at the Grand (Central palace Tuesday night and the picture didn't seem complete to me.. .. Somehow I have developed the feeling that there ought to be a law against holding automobile shows unless Henry J’ord. Barney Oldfield and Mr William Hickman Pickens ate among the exhibits. I go back to the horse and buggy days When it was a granj thrill to ride In a rubbed tired surrey behind a gray mare, and I can remember when the automobile first came Into prominence, and even to this day It shocks me when I hear people talk about, new tangled automobile gadgets and not mention Ford or Oldfield, ©r Mr Pickens. I suppose I can explain this feeling on the ground that I first looked upon Ford ns an automobile race driver—and, of course, everybody knows the great fame that Oldfield achieved later In this specialty. As for Mr. Pickens, he fust happened. I understand that one of the first cars Ford ever built—maybe the very first—ls Still In existence, and that It Is still historically. the most famous of all racing machines. The old ‘‘((99." Some of you ©too: old timers may have heard of It. It was a scrawny-locklng, thin-bodied thing, painted red, and looked something like a modern flyweight as to structure. As I remember the story, the car wouldn’t run after Ford built it and he sold It to a man named Tom Cooper, now deceased, who renamed the contraption the “Cooper Special.” Unless I am wrong. Oldfield broke Into the racing game through an attempt to make this car go. He was working for Cooper and tried to solve the car’s mechanical difficulties by Inserting a rubu.t!l,be ln tbe ? as tank ana blowing mightily into the device. '"lth Oldfield sitting in the back scat, providing wind for the first force-feed system on record, and Cooper driving, the car Wes able to go as last as fifty miles an hour on a straightaway course. 8 0 0 f | ''HIS performance attracted the A attention of a young imaginative young promoter, Carl Fisher, creaftir of the present 500-mi!e course at Indianapolis, and what followed will be known as the beginning of the speed era of America. Fisher brought the combination into Detroit for an exhibition. For some reason Cooper was unavailable s the driver, and so Oldfield was pressed Into the breach. He had never driven a car up to that time. In fact he had ridden ln a car only twice before, each time as wind blower —a circumstance which may serve to Justify a lot of his lat.r day characteristics. Driving a car for the first time ln his life, Oldfield went five miles ln the record time of 5:28, oeatlng the several other awkward entries by more than half a mile . . "and without a cigar,” as the gentleman tells the story in present day glow. Asa result of this performance, the Cooper Special”—built and disavowed by Ford—became a famous car. It was also around this time thac another of my early sports page favorites came Into distinction—Mr. Pickens, the promoter. Mr. Pickens decided he could do'xome good with this astonishing creation, so he went to Cooper and made a deal. “I didn’t have any money, but I gave him my word ” Mr. Pickens later told me. I’ve known Mr. Pickens for years. One thing he never runs out of is his word, or even words. 8 0 0 WHEN Mr. Pickens bought the car, he went out on his own. Oldfield meant nothing to him. Later they came together and in due time formed one of the most interesting sports combinations the world has ever known—maybe not the most important, but, I’ll repeat, one of the most interesting. It’s a typical story how they finally got together. Mr. Pickens was ln Salt Lake City. A local chauffeur was driving the car. Nejther the car nor the chauffeur •was doing any too well. Mr. Pickens, as usual, was down to his last word. A grave problem confronted him. Here he was ln the town's leading hotel and without anv money. Mr. Pickens needed a pair of shoes. It was a simple matter to hove them sent to the hotel C. O. D. Mr. Pickens ordered six pairs of shoes. A couple of hours later Mr. Pickens sent the shoes back and demanded a refund — nd in some miraculous way got it. Oldfield, amazed at Mr. Pickens’ ingenuity, decided that he would be a good guy to string along with, being himself a commercial soldier of fortune. And thus was launched the Oldfield-Plckens combination. There Isn’t much more to the story. By this time the 'Cooper Special” was pretty much of a wreck. What remained of it was in a railroad freight house and the company demanded $l4O. "I wouldn’t give that much dough for all the automobiles in the world,” sneered Mr. Oldfield. Saying which. Oldfield and Mr. Pickens went on about their business which, extending over a long stretch of years, must have been exciting and novel, if not lucrative. The last I heard of Mr. Pickens he had filed suit in bankruptcy, and Oldfield was working as a bond salesman, having lost more than $900,000 in the market crash. But I hear that Hcnrv Ford is still thumbing his nose at the wolf. Grand American Shoot Planned By t'n itnl Press DAYTON, 0., Jan. 14.—The 1933 Grand American Handicap trapshooting tournament probably will be held at Chicago during the World's Fair. Delegates from the various states will be asked to#pprove such a plan when they meet here in August. The executive committee of the American amateur Trap Shooting Association decided on such a program Wednesday. This year’s Grand American will be held at Vandalia, 0., Aug. 22 to 27 inclusive. The purse is SIO,OOO, the same as last year.

College Cage Scores

Army. 25, Duke 33. Pennsylvania. 27. Navy, 35. Princeton, 31; Lehigh. 21. Columbia, 72; Cooper Union, 19 Western Reserve. 53; Denison. 39. Wittenberg, 30; Marshall (W. Va.), 31. Miami. 25; Ofiip U„ 23. Defiance, 43; Dayton. 35. Otterbein. 36; Kenyon. 28. lowa State Teachers, 33; Columbia. 34. Olivet. 22; Kalamazoo, 17. Virginia. 27; V. M. 1.. 23. Oklahoma Aegles, 28: Washburn. 31. State Normal, 41; Illinois College, 26. Bradley, 26; Eureka. 22. Oregon. 33: Gonsaga, 31. Duquesne, 38; Pittsburgh, 21. N. Y. U„ 39: Rutgers, 24. Syrncuse. 23; Foraham, 16. • West Virginia. 43; Temple. 35. WEDNESDAY H. S. NET SCORES Flora. 33: Delphi. 17. 4 , Grobel (Gary). 31: Washington (Bart (Ft Wayne). 30; Central (Ft. Ilf ilarv'B (Huntington). 31: Decatur Central. 16. Scottsburg. 33; Salem. 21.

Wednesday Ring Results

AT RAN FRANCISCO—Madison Dix. 156 Bellingham. Wash., technically knocked ®ut Joev Silver. 158. San Francisco. '10). AT ST. LOUIS—John Schwake, 224, Webster Groves. Mo., defeated Angus Snyder. 197, K isas. <10); King Tut, 145, Minneapolis, drew with Jackie Brady, 144, Syracuse. 10); Johnny Kaiser. 128. St. Jiouls, outpointed Howard Scott, 125. (10); Dave Barry, St. Louis, defeated Bobby Allen, both featherweights, (8); Larry Fruit. Indianapolis, won from Roy Logsdon. St. Louts. FITZSIMMONS HOLDOUT Bv Timet Special NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—Big Fred Fitzsimmons, veteran right-handed pitcher, today joined Bill Terry and Mel ott as Giant holdouts, wiring the New York Giants from Arcadia. Cal., that the contract offered him was unsatisfactory. Fitzsimmons formerly pitched for the Indianapolis A. A club. Johnny Vergez, third baseman, was given a substantial raise by Charles Stoneham when he learned Vergez was expecting an addition tfc his family. Vergez made good as a rookie last year.

ELEVEN QUINTETS BATTLE FOR COUNTY LAURELS

Four Share Top Berth Southport, Warren, Decatur and Ben Davis Are Favorites. Eleven Marion county high school quintets will battle for title nonors in the fourteenth annual cage tourney opening at the Armory Friday morning. One of the closest struggles for the crown in history was predicted today. Four teams ranked at the top of the contenders, but upsets are expected. Southport, with a quintet of sixfoot veterans, including the same team which eliminated Technical from the sectional tournament last year, was picked as the top favorite to succeed Beech Grove as county champion. Ben Davis, 1931 runnerup, was another leading choice of the dopesters. Decatur Central and Warren Central are other leaders. Indianapolis city schools are not included in the county association. First round action opens Friday, with Ben Davis opposing Warren Central at 9 a. m. Castleton takes on Acton at 10 o’clock and Lawrence opens against Southport at 11 o’clock. Beech Grove gets under way at 1:30, taking on Oaklandon, and at 7 p. m. with the winner of the Ben Davis-Warren Central tussle. Championship and consolation elimination games will continue through Friday night and all day Saturday. Saturday’s sessions start at 9 a. m. and 1:30 and 7:30 p. m. Danville Five Central Foe Coach Harry Good is sending his Indiana Central Greyhounds through lengthy practice sessions behind closed doors this week in preparation for the encounter with Central Normal of Danville in the University Heights gym Friday night. Special attention is being given to individual instruction and by Friday night Coach Good hopes to have his team in perfect mental and physical trim. Butler is the only Hoosier team holding a win over Danville in the last two years.

Basketball

TOURNEY ENTRIES CLOSE * or the senior division of the west Slde sectional of the city Sunday > h^ air l e 2f , were closed at noon today teams completed their regisK*t‘on for the meet which will be played Si *he Dearborn hotel gymnasium Sunday. ?her® stiU are openings for two junior teams whose members comply with the and tor two teams in the ■Jf/® Managers who wish to enter their teams, call Cherry 5554 for 1 Drawings for the first round of play will be made Friday at 7 P. m. at Dearborn. One of the most interesting games of the ?e e nth p i? yet l Saturda/n K i a Rht S at° East Tenth gym. Keystone and East Tenth ptycet. wh e n Shell Oilers clash with Real Silk Shamrocks at 9 p. m. Real Silk girls play English Avenue girls at 8 p m oflers have won five of their sit gamec inJ SC ?i re D ? 5S po i n ts against 143. For games atsfevisvs. “* <' * ajr-w.v; x a°& M •3£„ a & sssssg also starred. Score at end of regulation ifF® '£ s <l et * *$ an d stood 29-all * b *l ? rs * ; over time period ended. A mii?i.t M if by i Buin the last half loca?s te ° f pay lced the same for the time e i,] u H p Y u l be eliminated part of the time in the feature game between Strauss Says men s team and the Taylor Trunks champion girls’ squad at the Hoosier AC B „ up , day afternoon. The Jump will be °nly at the start of each quarter PP held balls. Following each score the bail will be put in play under the ??n P r?i n *n te * m ’? basket with the ride not scoring the point in possession. It will be the first time this method of play has been used locally. Admission price Sunday will be 50 cents for all seats. 9w!? n A t 0? Tr °Ja n s thumped Post Office. rf.> to -r. 13- < ln a Six league game. Friday. Trojans wil meet News Blue Streaks at 8 R .m. at old Butler gym. A second g a me with East Park has been changed io Monday. Ciothers came from behind ln tne final minutes to nose out Morgantown Green Lanterns in a thrilling battle, 38 inH 35 Tm B e U i? nt shots . by oln S er Reeves and Bill Sadler gave the Danville team the victory. Clothiers led 20 to 18 at the half, but Lanterns loaned ahead in the second period until the last minute. Lanterns Journey to Tipton Sunday to play American Legion. St. Johns defeated Immanuel, 25 to 9 and Danish Lutheran beak Second’ Evangelical, 19 to 17, in South Side Sunday School League games. St. Johns now shares the lead with Immanuel, each with four wins and a loss. Games are played every Tuesday night at St. Paul hall. v;ilgreens play Diamond Chain in the opeaing game of the Industrial League card tonight at 7:30 at East Tenth gym. Flnnner-Buchanan quintet oppose East Tenth Merchants at 8:30 and Indianapolis Reserves take on Inland Box at 9:30. Junior Buddies team desire games in the 15-17-year-old class with teams having access to gyms. Call Drexel 2082. ask for David, between 8 and 7p. m. Junior Buddies B team desires games in the 14-16-vear-old class. Write Nathan Seizer, 1027 Maple street. Junior Eagles would like to schedule games in the 12-14-vear-old class. Eagles dropped their second game In three years recetly. For games write Rube Mendelson. 135 West Ray street. Hardwood Kids, notice. Sears Cabinet defeated Riverside Olympics Wednesday. 42 to 28. Riverside Olvmplc 3 team thumped Walcott Wildcats 41 to 20. and Real Silk girls* club beat Olympic girls, 21 to 13. ln other tilts. East Tenth Pirates want games in the 14-16-year-old class, with teams having access to gyms Beech Grove. Heath Flyers and St. Johns, notice. Call Cherry 6231 after 5:30 p. m. Klngan’s regular basketball team desires games with fast state and city teams on sny date except Tuesday nights. Kingans is made up of former high school and college players and have not been defeated this season. Crawfordsvllle Zionsville. Jamestown. St. Pats and others, call or write John Herman. Jobbing department. Kingan Cos. The Lauter All-Stars desire a game for Friday night. Any team interested call Belmont 3641 any time Friday. A game also Is wanted for Sunday. Riversides, Holy Trinity, Turner Flyers take notice. The Lauter Midgets want a game for Friday ln the 12-14-year-old class. Call Belmont 3641.

Turners Tackle Indians

An all-Indian team known as the First Americans, hailing from New Mexico, will furnish the opposition for South Side Turners Sunday afternoon at 3 as the main attraction of a triple-header program. Turners have lengthened their Thursday night practice session and the entire squad is expected to report at Turners gym at 8 tonight. The outfit possesses speed and ability wt&ch is likely to upset the Turners.

Frankfort Bids Again for Net Title

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Merrill ONE of the annual contenders for Indiana’s prep basket crown again is rated a strong threat for title honors. With two husky veterans as a nucleus, William (Slim) Bausman, who succeeded Everett Case this season, has molded a strong team at Frankfort. The Hot Dogs have been

Links Stars Trail Morrison in Rich Agua Caliente Open Event

By United Press AGUA CALIENTE, Jan. 14.—The battle for the first prize in the $15,000 Agua Caliente open tightened today with the comparatively unknown Fred Morrison attempting to hold a slender lead against a field of golfdom’s greatest money players. Young Morrison, who learned his golf in southern California and has played most of it there, was only one

Off The Backboard BY VERN BOXELL

MR. CHARLES (Snowy) BAKER, whose chief claim to fame is that during 193? he picked Muncie to win the state basketball championship, St. Louis Cardinals to win the world series and Max Schmeling to beat Young Stribling, comes forth with the announcement that Alexandria will win the 1932 state championship, Mr, Baker is editor of “Rough Notes.” I’m afraid he hit a sour note here. 000 When Muncie and Newcastle get together at Muncie Friday night, fans should see a very good exhibition in the Huffman-ly art ot defense. 0 0 0 There are at least two, Hoosier quintets unbeaten. Epsom has won twelve straight and Michigantown fourteen. These are long winnuing streaks in Hoosier basketball —longer than Hazzy Silverburg’s beak. And that’s long, brother, that’s long. 000 Good Ole* Backboard: I had decided to retire from this contributing racket, but after reading a few of the dizzy things you have published from Tech supporters, I could not resist the temptation of jumping back into the argument. (Editors Note—Count ten before you Jump: But if you insist—) It seems that Tech has climbed into prominence lately by beating Muncie and Anderson. That doesn’t mean a thing to old Lillie. No sir, that means that Muncie and Anderson aren’t what they used to be. (Editors Note—Tsc. Tsc.) Now if people continue to think Tech is the “nerts, then that Is all the better, because that will give Shortridge a lot more prestige when the Blue Devils beat ’em in the city tournament. Take Bhortridge for Instance. (Editors Note again—You take ’em. I just took an aspirin. Besides, they’ve been taken too often all ready.) They have fallen Into their annual slump. (Editor’s Note—Same editor: And what a slump!) But that is so much the better. They will be out of it all the sooner. In a couple of weeks, and will be the best team in the state. Don’t forget—in a couple of weeks. THE SHORTRIDGE LtL. It looks like this Lil gay and ole’ Backboard are going to Crash the Shortridge Echo for some more editorials. Big time staff, that’s ns. 000 Dear Backboard—ls you will recall last year, after the semi-finals of the sectionals had been played the whole Tech team found seats in the stands for the final game. The cause—too much basketball on the part cf some six-footers from Southport. Lacking in experience and age. they lost to Shortridge in the finals, but I want to remind you, that every one of them still is going stfrong. Southport has won twelve games and lost one. The team averages S feet, one-half inch in height and 166 pounds, with' three years experience playing together. And that’s something. SKIPPER. Heh heh. I beat you to it. I raid the tame thing Wednesday, Skipper. 000 Dear Backboard —You are bragging about your 1.000 guessing average, but ir you pick Shortridge to win over Cathedral. rm afraid your percentage will take a big drop. The Irish have one of the best teams in the city. How about giving ’em publicity? Talking about round rohrn tournaments, how would this one be—Cathedral. Tech. Shortridge and Washington at Butler field house. FISH OF C. H. S. 000 Dear Backboard—You say that Cathedral is no pushover. Man/ that’s putting it mildly. Cathedral could spot anv team ln the city, with the possible exception of Tech, ten points and still keep their fine record. Drop in at the Armory and watch Mike O’Connor show Seward of Shortridge how to do that foul line pivot. CAPITOL CITY IRISH FAN. 0 % 0 Ten pelata is a let of numbers with Shortridge end Washington in the argn-

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Garrott setting a fast pace in recent tussles. Lock*, husky back guard, is ranked as one of the state’s outstanding pastimers. Garrott, tall center, is showing rapid improvement at the pivot. McCarty, a reserve last year, and Cook are the regular forwards, with the former

stroke ahead as the second of the four eighteen-hole rounds started. The hard driving Culver City professional gained a small edge by turning in a brilliant 69, three under par, in the first round Wednesday. Close behind in quest of first money, $5,000, were Leo Diegel, Gene Sarazen, Joe Kirkwood, Harry Cooper Ed Dudley Charlie Guest and Charlie Sommers. Diegel, local professional, Wednes-

ment. However, I am willing to agree that ten points would have been close if the Irish could have hit the bucket against Jeffersonville. 0 0 0 Dear Boxell—l am a red hot school booster, whether my team is winning or losing. As yet, my team, Manual, hasn’t been mentioned much in your column, and I suppose it is because Coach Bridgeford’s boys haven’t shown much yet. But we play Cathedral Friday, and Shortridge l?- r jj and . y ? u c ,an bet the Redskins will provide plenty of trouble for these rivals, as well as m the city tournament. This scrappy little red and white team uses mc, “° of our principal, ”We Can. We Will. We Must.” Let’s go, Manual. ABE. 0 0 0 Hello Boxell—l’d like to put in a boost i? n ? wl ?° really deserves it. She has the best school spirit and is one of the most loyal fans this school, or any aver has seen. Any school would be P£° U( * h ,? v ® an Eleanor.” but I don’t rinrf'f students half appreciate her. h?r ‘tE? v 1 lon ’t even know (ahi do th j n k she gats far too many jabs for the good she dors the school. „ Joiii n t er i tand there is some kind of an ?*ard to be given at Tech to the boy who has the most wholesome influence over the *“ t ‘n athietlcs. why °exclud? than th. c ?l! d 0f ,, n0 better person awnrri 1 t Eleanor to receive the award - I understand she hasn’t missed tbls ve ®r and doesn’t intend to many other tans as she can. Here s more power to Eleanor. BEAU HUNK. tt tt tt Dear Backboard— Ladies and gentlemen look westward for a big noise Because George Washington all ready has taken Craw.ordsville and Richmond and is £®ady for the big noise from Tech. The east siders don t look so hot to me and will go boom in the citT'tourw°uldn’t be a bad idea to your € yc on this Foudray. He wouldn t look bad with the best in the stßte WASHINGTON ELM. Which reminds me shat Mr. Ken Murphy, who chatters of Hardwood in the Richmond Palladium, chattered after the Continentals beat Morton: “Bright, Washington center, was the best pivot man seen on the local floor this year. He handled his assignment perfectly and had an uncanny eye for the basket. The entire Washington attack centers about him and when he is not shooting, he is feeding his team-mates and directing plays in a manner that would be pleasing to any coach in the state.” It appears that basketball hopes at Washington are Bright, because they haven’t Foudray to stop ’em yet. And Howard you and your Baumbach. 000 • „ Twenty Words—No More, No Less Butler thirty four, Wabash eleven. Indianapolis chapter of Wabash Alumni Association cuts annual dues from three dollars to one dollar. ‘Y’ SWIMMERS OPEN Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. will open its aquatic season in a duel meet with the Muncie Y. M. C. A. at Muncie Friday night. Eleven men will form the team which Coach James Clark will take to Muncie. There will be eight events. The following men will make the trip: Wyle, Such, Mclntire, Kingery, Miller, Krick, Servass, Hesselgrage, Pitman, Griffe and another man to be selected.

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day came up to the eighteenth green needing only to sink a fourfoot putt for a 69 and tie with Morrison. He missed it and went down in 70. That gave him a second place tie with Gene Sarazen, who took first place in 1930. Guest, formerly of Hollywood and now of Deal, N. J., and Sommers, until recently a caddy master, were two more that broke par. They scored 71s. Kirkwood had a 72, even par, and was bracketed with Harry Cooper, who won the Pasadena open. A half dozen well-known players followed these leaders closely. They included Ed Dudley and Charles Lacey, with 735; Walter Hagen and George Von Elm with 745; Abe Espinosa, 75; Wiffy' Cox, Clarence Clarke and Johnny Farrell, 765; Tom Creavy, 77. MacDonald Smith, who won the Los Angeles open early this week shot a 78 to land far down in the list. Most of those who played Wednesday will continue through the second eighteen-hole round today, then the low sixty-four and ties will compete in the final two eighteen-hole rounds Friday and Saturday. Dodgers Mail 1932 Contracts NEW YORK, Jan. 14.—Contracts for the 1932 major league baseball season were mailed today to 38 players on the roster of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Dave Driscoll, business manager, announced. Driscoll refused to deny or confirm reports . that the contracts mailed to Dazzy Vance and Babe Herman, the two highest salaried players on the club last year, called for drastic reductions.

4 Mat Events Signed

Four wrestling events are scheduled on Friday’s. program at Tomlinson hall, it was announced today by matchmaker Jay Gardner. Johnny (Swede) Carlin tangles with Blacksmith Pedigo in the two-out-of-three-fall feature. Both grapplers have shown here many times. In the semi-windup, the popular Buck Weaver meets Speedy O’Neil for one fall. Ai McKee meets Jack Scott in the top thirty-minute prelim, and Bill Moss takes on Ralph Hancock in the opener. The semi-final is being arranged. This week’s card will be presented at Tomlinson hall instead of the Armory. BILL WALKER TO SIGN Bv United Prett EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., Jan. 14. Although Bill Walker, southpaw New York Giant pitcher, has not signed his 1932 contract, he intends to do so soon, he announced at his home here. Walker declined to say if his contract called for a reduction in salary. STUMPH SKEET VICTOR Breaking 48 out of 50 targets, C. Stumph triumphed at Indianapolis Skeet Club Wednesday. Sully was next with 46.

Schmeling-Walker Title Tilt at Miami Is Called Off by Champion

Early ‘Birds’ By United Press JOLIET, 111., Jan. 14.—Ideal playing conditions today inspired convicts at Joliet and Stateville penitentiaries to start baseball practice. Though it is only six weeks since a belated football program was ended, the prisoners turned their attention to the diamond sport. The tempera-, ture was in the fifties. Veterans of last year’s teams and a number of promising rookies were issued equipment.

Bulldogs Work Out Facing one of the major tests on their 1932 program, Tony Hinkle’s Bulldogs were scheduled for a hard workout today in preparation for Friday night’s cage tussle at the field house with Western State, conquerors of Loyola. A three-game Hoosier invasion will be opened by the Kalamazoo, Mich., collegians tonight at North Manchester, where the Hilltoppers battle the Spartans. Ball State is Saturday’s foe, at Muncie. Three sophomores are regular players wilth the Western State quintet, which has dropped but one game, a six-point decision to Michigan university in the season’s opener. Perigo, , former Delphi (Ind.) star, performs at center. He received an ankle injury in last Friday’s win over Loyola, conqueror of Butler, but is expected to be ready for action against the Bulldogs. Pungo probably will replace him in the lineup against the Spartans and Ball State. Captain Althoff and Hanna at forwards and Herder and Leiphan at guards complete the lineup.

Stove League

BY EDDIE ASH

JACK HENDRICKS, Tribe business manager, and Walter Riley, secretary, were in Chicago today for a conference with representatives of the Louisville, Columbus and Toledo clubs. The subject of the gathering was the American Association schedule. The four western A. A. teams reached an agreement Wednesday and the program now awaits the approval of the eastern half of the league. One chart calls for the season to end on Sept. 18 and the other on Sept. 25. If the Sept. 18 schedule is adopted it will mean a flock of doubleheaders. Opening day will be Tuesday, April 12. ft tt tt OWNER Norman Perry of the Indians has decided to make all parking free at the new stadium this year and there will be attendants on hand to line up the cars. The lane system will be used to prevent traffic tieups in the lots and to avoid confusion. Cinders are now being dumped on the land adjacent to the stadium and the work of leveling the parking fields will begin shortly. The land has been cleared and it easily can be seen now there will be room for thousands of cars, north and west and south of the walls. NEARLY 1,200 tickets have been sold or reserved for the Indians’ opening day game, box seats chiefly. Fans are calling at the stadium nearly every afternoon or phoning for reservations. Secretary Riley or Dale Miller, assistant secretary, are on ticket duty every day from 2 to 4 p. m. Grand stand reserved seats and general admissions ducats are now available as well as the box seats. There are 2,108 box seats at the stadium and 2,244 reserved seats. Grand stand general admission totals about 7,000. 000 TRIBE player contracts have begun to come in, both signed and unsigned, but according to Jack Hendricks not a whole lot of trouble is expected in the matter of reaching terms with the athletes. Some of the veteran Hoosier pastimers are complaining about salary reductions, it is said, but there are no official holdouts at this time, Hendricks stated Wednesday. It is rumored around the A. A. that the high-salaried boys will be asked to accept 10 per cent wage cuts. u St u WITH some individuals, in the majors, who have had their salaries whittled more than 10 per cent, it’s a good guess the club owners are riding for a fall, especially with the players who established good records in 1931. The Giants, for one, have gone too far, according to certain baseball authorities. The St. Louis Cardinals, champions, expect only minor difficulties and will be in a position to make a runaway race if the other pennant contenders get away to a slow start as a result of men reporting late or not at all on account of wage cuts. It is said most of the stars are willing to accept 10 per cent reductions. tt tt tt THE New York Giants’ officials are in a pickle. Their former treasurer, Francis McQuade, won | out in a court battle with Charles Stoneham, president, and John McGraw, and must be paid SIO,OOO back salary a year, with interest dating from May, 1928, to the present and with the privilege of bringing suit any time in the future to collect the same amount annually. The decision left Stoneham and McGraw groggy and apparently had something to do with their wage cuts of 40 and 25 per cent, respectively.

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Jacobs Seeks New Site and Demands $200,000 Guarantee. By United Press , new YORK, Jan. 14.—The pro- ‘ posed fifteen-round heavyweight title bout between Champion Max Schmeling and Mickey Walker at Miami, Fla., Feb. 25, has been canceled, and Schmeling’s manager, Joe Jacobs, today is open for a title bout against any opponent, at any place and under any auspices that will guarantee $200,000 for Schmeling. Jacobs notified Madison Square Garden officials Wednesday night that Schmeling would not go through with the Miami match because it seemed like a losing proposition, financially, for Schmeling, and because Jimmy Johnston, boxing manager at the Garden, had been “throwing ice water on tb> affair.” Contracts for the bout were to have been signed Wednesday. Considers Other Offers “We still are willing to fight Walker,” Jacobs said this morning. “But Schmeling must be paid for the fight. He is the world’s champion and I will not permit him to risk his title for nothing.” Jacobs said he was considering propositions from St. Louis, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Atlantic City for a title bout. Any city where fifteen-round matches are permitted can have the bout, he said, if the champion is guaranteed $200,000. He was not particular as to the opponent, he explained. May Enter Talkies Bill McCarney, Jacobs’ partner in the managerial business, investigated conditions in Florida and reported to Jacobs that there was no possibility of making money on the Miami bout. If no $200,000 guarantee is forthcoming, Schmeling may forsake the ring until summer, and enter the talkies, his manager threatened. He said the Universal and R-K-O companies were trying to sign Max for serials. Also, Max might make an extended exhibition tour of the United States. SILENT HOOSIERS PLAY Silent Hoosiers, varsity cagers from the state school for the deaf, will tackle Carmel high school quintet Friday night at Carmel.

Firpo, Saltis Top Armory Card; Eley Faces Koski

Henry Firpo of Louisville and Bud Saltis of Chicago, middleweights, have been signed to meet in. the ten-round main event of next Tuesday night’s Legion boxing show at the armory, matchmaker Ely announced today, with the —inner scheduled to meet Ray Tramblie here on Feb. 2. Firpo has fought here twice in the past, holding Kid Slaughter to a draw and knocking out an opponent in a later contest. Firpo fought his way to the semi-finals of the N. B. A. elimination tourney for the middleweight championship, losing to Gorilla Jones, favored to win the crown. Many ringside writers claimed the decision was unfair. Firpo is rated second in

Down the Alleys

An all-tipie local record for women bowlers was posted by Helen Hausser. a member of the Kirby-Dinn team of the Ritz Roller League, at the St. Philip drives Tuesday night, with a three-game total of 691, secured on games of 235, 210 and 246, fourteen pins better than the previous mark of 677 hel<j by Lillian Schmitt. Miss Hausser learned to propel the Mineralite on the St. Philip’s drives and his confined most of her activities to these alleys, where she is recognized as a star, leading the Ritzy Roller League in individual average. Congratulations, Helen. * Jack Hunt announces a 190 singles sweepstakes for the Central alleys next Sunday. Entry fee will be $1.25, plavers being permitted to roll as often as they desire. The third annual Catholic doubles and singles sweepstakes will be rolled on the Pritchett alleys Saturday and Sunday, the first squad taking the drives at 8 o’clock Saturday night. Sunday's play will start at 10 a. m. with anew squad taking the drives at two-hour intervals. Entries are being accepted now by tournament manager Fred Schleimer at the Pritchett alleys. Play in the Medical Society League at the Central alleys resulted in a triple win for the Cox and Owen teams over Pennington and Day, and a two-game win for Gick and Kemper from Wyttenbach and Bakemeier. The doctors were off their game, a 590 series by Dr. Craft, leading the field. Teams in the Indianapolis League are in a slump, and will have to step on the gas if they expect to retain their unofficial title of the fastest loop in the city. Wednesday night’s leaders were the CocaCola with a single game of 1,084 and the Hollenbeck Press over the three-game route with a total of 2.988. In team play Union Title, Fail City Lager. Marott Shoe Shop and Liebtag Barbers won two from Coca-Cola. St. Philip's A. C., Wheeler Lunch and Underwood Transfer, as Hollenbeck Press, Oeftering-Litzelman Coal and Trule took three from Pritchett Stars. Gregory & Appel and Vollmer Bros. An idea of the low scoring is revealed, with Tarrants’ 653 leading the entire league. Charlie Stich is back in form, his 648 Wednesday night following a 692 Monday night. Bowlers in the Uptown League were hitting the pins in great style, eleven games over the 1.000 mark, and three counts over 3,000 being recorded. The Hanna Register vs. Augustlner Beverage match was the feature, the Hanna team taking the odd game with a total of 3.093 to 3.011 for the losers. Beam’s Recreation. Omar Baking and Coca-Cola also won two ! from Prima Beverage. Selmeir Towel and Giesen Specials, as City Candy won three from Tipton Lvtle Cigar. High single and three-game total goes to Paul Stemm. anchor for the Beam team, who gathered in counts of 269. 223 and 214. to Join the "700 club” with a score of 706. Seventeen totals over the 600 mark were seconded j during this play. The Jess Pritchett Recreation company I has agreed to pay one-half of the entry

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Out of Red INDIANA’S athletic commission has paid all bills and is out of debt, it was announce! today. Hoosier fistic and mat fans paid $96,149.80 to witness shows from July 2 to Dec. 1. 1931 according to the report, and the commission collected $9,614.98. Os this, a total of $6,006.59 was turned into the state general fund, according t< the report. The ring moguls supervised 236 shows during this period. License fees charged promoters, referees, judges, seconds and others added $6,630 to the coffers.

Miami Turf Park Opens By United Press MIAMI, Fla., Jan. 14. Barriers will- be sprung and thoroughbreds will thunder down the stretch this afternoon, opening the 1932 racing season at the recently remodeled Hialeah Park track. The thirty-nine-day meeting will be started with the Hialeah inaugural handicap, a six-furlong event with $2,500 added. Seven races will be held each day. The meeting will close Feb. 27. with the running of the SIO,OOO Florida derby. More than $1,200,000 has been spent in renovating and beautifying Joseph E. Widener’s plant at Hialeah. A feature of the renovation has been the establishment of an Australian totalizer, at a cost of $250,000. This will handle parimutuel betting. Seven hundred and eighty horses are here for the season. DALLAS GETS CATCHERS By Times Special * DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 14.—Transfer of two catchers to Dallas of the Texas League has been approved by Commissioner K. M. Landis. William G. Styles comes to the Steers from Cincinnati, and Frank Gharrity comes under option from the Chicago White Sox.

the class of Collyer's Eye, with a 280-plus ranking. f A ten-round semi-windup between Carl Eley of Muncie and Sailor Koski of Worcester, Mass., will precede Tuesday night’s feature tilt. They are welters. Koski is a stablemate of Vernon Cormier, and came to this city last week. Three six-round prelims are yet to be arranged to complete the thirty-eight-round program. JONES SCORESACE AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 14.—Bobby Jones, who held the world’s four major golf titles simultaneously before he retired, scored a hole in one on the 136-yard fourteenth hole here Wednesday. He used a No. 4 iron. -

BY LEFTY I.EE

fee for each five-man team using the Pritchett alleys in league play, that rolls in the coming city tournament. This move on the part of the house where the meet, is to be rolled should assure a record entry for the tourney to decide the champions in the various divisions of play. The Business Men’s League games on the Parkway alleys found the Thirtvfourth and Illinois Garage, Bauder Cleaners and Textile Products taking three games from Parkway Specials, TiptonLytle Cigar and King Billiards, as Citizens Coice. Ritz Theater and Sugar Creek won two from Dr. Chambers. Brown and Lag and Safety Boosters. Reed featured this 5" S1 °" Wltb total of 635 on games of 233, 215 and 187. Fifth Floor took the Store Room team for the entire series during the Power and Lignt League piay on the Illinois alleys. Weathers putting this team over with a total of 602. Other games resulted in a two-out-of-three win for Harding street. Meter Department and Washington aveJ T SP M ’ and E. Commercial and Third Floor. Hancock, a member of the Fox team of the Film Exchange League, slijjped up on the pins and after a start of 93 gave these boys enough pins to help them take the rubber from M. G. M.. Columbia also won two from Warner Bros. Lee Folev was the pin spilling star of the K. of C. League, reaching the coveted 600 mark during this loop’s plav on the Delaware drives, games of 192. 203 and 221 giving him a total of 618. Rice was next in line with 602. COOLER PLAYS FOX Joe Fox, a dark horse entry in the state three-cushion billiard title play, will battle Harry Cooler, unbeaten leader, in tonight's match at Cooler’s parlor. Cooler has dropped three foes. Neal Jones nosed out Walter Ramsey in Wednesday’s battle, one of the best of the tourney, 50 to 46 in seventy-five innings. Each had high run c‘ four.

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•JAN. 14, 1932