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Talking It Over BY lOE WILLIAMS

TAMPA, Fla., March 21. —No American League manager has ever won four pennants in a row. Connie Mack has a chance to turn the trick thi* year with his Athletics. Can he do it? “I think we arp strong enough to win again," Mack told me during Sunday's game here with the Cincinnati Reds. ‘‘lt all depends on the players." Which struck me obvious enough t.o he superfluous. I was beginning to suspect that, the old gentleman had turned wisecrackcr on me when he added: /Bv that. I mean the olavers may have become softened bv so muih success that thev mav be betrayed into a tcehng of over-confidence That is the greatest danger we face.” Mack ascribed the defeat of the Athletics bv the Cardinals in the world seties last fa.l to this same atrophied emotion, though a great mnv neonle still Insist ihat John rentier Martin was the guv. There was a marked difference in the solrit. of the two clubs in that series.” said Mack. "I was aware of !t. before the first | game was over. Our men were Just as keen to win as the Cardinals but somehow thev rouldn t work themselves up to a feverish fighting pitch. To them it was ‘ust another series They had won two i in a row. aid the incentive to fight had worn off. a a a ‘‘/''VN the other hand, the Cardinals were full of fight. For them winning a world series was a novel experience. They took nothing for granted. They had been beaten the year ' jefore and they realized that if they were to win they would have to battle all the way. The Martin boy was an example of the kind of spirit it takes to win a championship. In greater or less degree, this spirit inflamed the whole team. “It mav he that losing the series was a healt.hv thing for our men. It, mav Inspire them to come hack and fight all the harder. Thev can no longer call themselves the greatest team In baseball. At least thev are no longer the world champions. This mav make a great difference In their future conduct. If It does, I think we can win again.” Mack looks for a closer fight in the American League than he had a year ago when the Athletics dominated the rare 1 so completely >s to prompt rumors that he i Intended to dismantle the club In order to heln equalize competition. "The Yankees look like the learn we will have to beat ” savs Mack, “though the Senators and the Indians seem stronger.” nun MACK professes to be surprised at the Yankee's willingness to send Tony Lazzeri elsewhere. "That young fellow Saltzgavor must he a mighty fine ball player if the Yankess are ready to give him Lazzeri’s job. I always thought Lazzeri was a great ball player. Certainly he always played well against us. On many occasions, much too well.” Incidentally, the Lazzeri situation con- 1 tinues to he cloaked in mvsterv. Manager i Joe McCarthy savs he knows what Laz.- 1 reri can do and that he Is merely expert- 1 mentlng with Saltzgaver. a rookie lrom St. Paul. Never the less I happen to known that, anv team with a good pitcher can have Lazzeri in trade. So Mack Is probably right, when he savs the Yankees have decided thev have a fine hall plaver In Saltzgaver. At, anv ‘rate, Saltzgaver will be at second when the opening ball Is thrown. With Crosetti at short, this will give the Yankees a brand new combination around second, one totally lacking in big league techioue. If not exactly noble. It at least Is an Interesting experiment.

Phar Lap Cracks Record to Grab $50,000 Caliente Race

By United Prrxx AGUA CALIENTE, Mexico, March 21. Phar Lap, the huge, sorrel “wonder horse” from Australia, which won the $50,000 added Agua Calicnte handicap here Sunday, was groomed today to continue his American turf invasion on Chicag% tracks. This massive, red gelding which threw track clay into the faces of ten United States thoroughbreds as he thundered down the stretch to clip one-fifth second from the t rack record in his first race on this continent, will rest a couple of weeks and then be moved to the middle west. He already has been entered in several races at Arlington park. Finishing two lengths ahead of J. A. Best's Reveille Boy Sunday

Off The Backboard — BY VERN BOXELL ~

IF’ ole Backboard were a swan, this would be his swan song. And it would be entitled '•Congratulations.” dedicated to Newcastle’s Trojans, Oliver Hooker, Bob Stranahan and the wise guys who came galloping home on the Tro,ian band wagon. Now that it’s all over, who was more deserving of winning Mr. Thsaa's purple toga than Hooker's Trojans? It was a fitting climax to a brilliant season for the Rose City boys. They were the class of the annual classic out at Butler's playhouseThey had everything a champion nppds—the heart, the stamina, the ability and the desire to win. Orville Hooker had a great team. It. was an all-star aggregation molded into a smooth-running machine. thoroughly schooled in fundamentals and the finer points of the game. No champion ever was more popular. a a a The Trojans’ attitude and their ability In play through four hard and heated tourney tussles with very few personal fouls aided in winning the hearts of the .15.000 onlookers. And above all. the triumph over the Trojans In Hoosierdom's greatest indoor spo ts earnival probably will mark the beginning of anew era In Indiana high school basketball. \ Speed, the one predominant faetor that lifted oasketball to the pinnaele of sports in Indiana, the ehief characteristic that .*.■> mined thousands into spaeious field bouses where hundreds sat before, ts due to play a return mfajement. One glanre at the tourney results will ronvlnee you that speed had the edgein the 13.1? title ehase. Winamac. that courageous band of battlers from the north, and the title-winning Trojans both employed the fast break. Greeneastle and Bosse. the semi-finalists, wasted no time tn starting down the floor. In fact, few of the bis sixteen let trass trow under their feet when they rained possession of the leather. And the slow boys were left In the shade. a a a "To the vietors helont the spoils,’’ hut ole Backboard is going to pass out some more laurels to three eourateous quintets who made the 1932 title race one of the best in many moons—Cicero, Bosse of f'vansville and Winamac. There hi\t been dark horses in the r*sl. but Winamac was one of the blackest es black nats —you’ll hear about them lor years to come. They were a treat bunch. Sport fans all eheer the winner. But here are three treat big whoopees Irom the heart for Winamac. May there he many more like ’em. a a a Thus ends another Tear for Backboard, and a disastrous one at that. If sou look • t It from the nlrklnt antic. Vinrennes and Cathedral—and thev threw grapefruit at Rudy Vallee! a a a “And whv didn't vou nick Newcastle. Jlk*| A old vou tO . ssid the little clrl. WtU, vou we. 1 didn't think they could

TRIBESMEN BEGIN FINAL WEEK OF FLORIDA DRILL

Four Big League Tilts Left on Dixie Program Cards, Athletics, Yankees and Dodgers to Be Met in Exhibitions Before Indians Depart for North Next Week for Final Tuneup Battles. - BY EDDIE ASH Times Sport Editor SARASOTA, Fla., March 21.—The last of the Indian holdouts has accepted terms. Pitcher Joe Heving, one of the hurlers obtained from the New York Giants in the Len Koenecke transaction, was due in camp today to start belated spring training with the Hoosiers. He wired from his home in Covington, Ky„ over the week-end that he was ready to report and begin some hasty exercise. He wa* ill when the Indians first pitched camp and later rejected the Tribe offer. If his health has returned. Heving will be figured as a mainstay performer. His record indicating that he evidently has the necessary skill to become a star in the American Association. With the addition of Heving, the Indians will have fourteen pitchers in Sarasota and there will be no shortage of batting practice

Ford Given High Honor By United Press CHICAGO. March 21.—St. Patrick's high school of Chicago today war, the possessor of the National Catholic basketball championship as a result of its 22 to 20 victory over another Chicago team, St. Mel, in the final game of the Loyola tournament Sunday night. St. Patrick won the game on free throws, making two goals out of nine chances. St. Mel had four free throws, missing all of them. The all-American Catholic high school team picked by officials was named as follows: Forwards Thaddrus Mahaleo. S. Thomas. Scranton. Pa., and Pete Curlev. Father Rvan, Nashville. Tenn. Center—Martv Peters. Spalding Institute. Proria, II!. Guards—Donald Allen. St. Mel, Chicago, and John Ford, Cathedral. Indianapolis. Cathedral of Indianapolis, pretourney title favorite, lost to St. Mel's in a quarter-final game Saturday, 27 to 23. DE PAUW ATHLETES TO DINE By Times Special GREENCASTLE. Ind., March 21.—An all-sports banquet is being planned by the “D” association of De Pauw university, organization of letter men. It is planned to have Robert Zuppke. Illinois coach, as principal speaker, according to Rex Moffett, president.

I and five lengths in front of J Mickel's Scimitar, Phar Lap boosted his total earning to $332,350. He now is topped only by the American horse, Sun Beau, which has earned $376,744, as the greatest money-winning thoroughbred in turf history. Phar Lap's co-owner, D. J. Davis, hopes that within a few short months his amazing animal will have nosed out Sun Beau for the record. When Phar Lap flashed past the judges, bringing a roaring ovation from 25.000 frenzied fans, he was . timed at 2:02 4-5 for the mile and Ia quarter, one-fifth of a second better than the record established by last year’s winner, Mike Hall. He carried the heavy impost of 129 pounds with Jockey William Elliott up.

keen nn that fast pare. And besides, there was Miincie in the regional—and none of ihe Troians were very big—anad their re- ! serve strength wasn’t so very much — and—” i "Uh-huh. But I told you to nick Newi castle after we saw them nlav, didn’t I." "AH right, all right! Let's go to the 1 show." a a a Gobs of raspberries were falling from the upper deck of the press box. "Whatsa matter up there.” queried your correspondent. "You picked Vincennes. 1 picked Newcastle. Yah-h-h-h.” This from Mr. Chieo Farbrough of tjie Frankfort Times. I "Prove it. pal, prove it," was our quick and witty comeback. And bright and early this morning the W allace in Speedy Drill Roy Wallace, through an absence of many months from local rings, has lost none of his drawing powers, it was proved Sunday afternoon when the Victory gym was jammed with ring fans to watch the i Brightwood bruiser wind up his ac- | tive training for his match with ! Buck Everett of Gary at the Ar- ! mory Tuesday night. Roy cut loose on his sparmates and showed he has plenty of confidence in his right hand, which X-ray photos prow to be completely healed. Press clippings received here about Buck Everett's showing with Jack Dempsey in Milwaukee last month place the Steel City boy in a favorable light. Everett rocked Dempsey in the first round. SAVOLDI TESTS ARNOLD A strong card to support the fea- ' ture offering between Jumping Joe i Savoldi and Sailor Jack Arnold at | the armory Friday night is being arranged in the semi-windup. Ad (Tough) Herman, German veteran, will tangle with a newcomer, Davy Jones, in a one fall time limited event. Savoldi and Arnold will tussle for (wo falls out of three under a time limit of two hours. Two other bouts are also to be arranged. Savoldi will be making’ ms second appearance here, the former Notre Dame irid hero having eiased Hardy Kruskamp, the ex-Ohio State grid ace, j several weeks ago. WINS BOAT TITLE MIAMI BEACH, Fla.. March 20. William Crawford. New York, Unii versify of Miami junior, won the prized Colonel E. H. R. Green j trophy in unlimited outboard competition here Sunday.

from now on in. The squad went back to double drill routine today after a light workout Sunday in which only rookies and players reporting late took part. The rest of the athletes were given a day off, and several of them went deep water fishing out in the gulf. Walker, Campbell, Lowell and Norman Perry Jr. hired a boat and brought in a large catch that weighed about 100 pounds all told. Club officials went to Tampa to sec the Cincy Reds play the Philadelphia Athletics and other pastimers spent the day on the golf links or in scenic motoring south of Sarasota. ✓ 1 The next game for the Indians ; will be with the St. Louis Card- ! inals at Bradenton Wednesday. On Thursday, the Tribesmen will participate in a charity exhibition in j Sarasota, meeting an independent nine with Tom Angley of the Indians acting as captain of the tow r n team. A few other Tribesmen also will j perform with the independents. The Philadelphia Athletics will be met in Sarasota next Sunday and on Monday, March 28, the Hoosiers will break camp and go to St. Petersburg to tackle the New York Yankes, The Indians will be on their way out of the state at that j time and on Tuesday, March 29, they will collide with the Brooklyn Nationals in a feature attraction at Jacksonville and depart that night for Indianapolis, where eight more exhibitions will be staged before the opening American Association game on April 12. Toronto Internationals, New York Yankees, Cincinnati Reds and Chicago White Sox will go on parade against the Tribe in Indianapolis.

Yank Netters Battle French By United Press. NEW YORK, March 21.—Gregory S. Mangin, new national indoor tennis singles champion, and Francis X. Shields, runner-up, tonight meet Christian Boussus and Jean Borotra, respectively, in two opening matches of the international team match play with France. George Lott and John Van Ryn, new indoor ' doubles champions, face Borotra , and Boussus in doubles play Tuesday night. The series,, which the United States is favored to win, will be coneluded Wednesday night when Mangin tests Borotra and Shields . opposes Boussus. BLUE ON NET CARD KALAMAZOO, Mich., March 21. Western State Teachers college will i entertain Butler university tennis team htjre May 18 in a dual match.

mailman trots in with the proof. Early reports indicate that Chico, Robert (the nld mustached maestro) Stranahan and Louie Huff of Rloomington were the only scribblers to hook onto the Trojan hand wagon. That is. they were the only ones to pick 'em out and out. which, after all, is the only way that counts. a a a Butler's banquet tonight, Newcastle’s later , pr oVidlnj . Mr stranahan wnemAmVsorry? ember ' anft then ll ' s aII overa a a The man-at-the-next-desk hands me this and explains that the Bronx cheering section at the fletdhouse was the rottenest, lousiest, meanest, putridest. dirtiest (come, come Vern. where’s your vocabulary) thing he ever had heard. But ole’ Backboard can CO him one better. How about that lowdown storv going the rounds about a certain favorite being "bought off” in advanre. There’s no punishment too tough for the ehaps who started that yarn. But here's the "next-desk" letter: To the city of Indianapolis and its soealled sportsmen: You gave Indiana a fine Impression of sportsmanship at the state basket tourney When the majority of you booed and hissed the Tech squad every time the boys took the floor. There ought to he a law to keep guys like you at home where you wouldn’t get a Chance to make fools of yourselves In public. Such action never has been heard or seen at any previous tourney. If you don’t want the annual tournament here, keep up the attitude. Yon are the type of people that if you had been on the floor and it happened to you. you’d run home crying because vou Were insulted. . a a a TWO HOMETOWN BOYS It looks, savs I to Tracy Cox. as if we nulled a bloomer. It serms Greeneastle gummed the works. at least it’s current rumor That when the final game was played the Putnam County hovs Here seated In the bleaehera making mighty little noiSe. I think, savs I to Tracy Cox. we spoke right out of turn When we opined that Boxell had plenty vet to learn. The bov’s all right, thev tell me. with a heart of solid gold. It's not his fault the Vincennes team got laid out stiff and cold. Let’s tell him. though, savs Tracv Cox. that while we sympathize And offer him condolence on his picking most unwise. We’re standing pp to tell the world, although thev missed the crown. We're stronr for good old Greeneastle— Ol'R OWN HOME TOWN! EARL McKFE (Born in Greeneastle Jan. 1. 1*19.) TRACY COX (Born in Greeneastle Jane 11. 191 t.) 1932 Basketball—R. I. P.

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Independent Net Tourney Opens Action will start in the independent basketball tournament in University Heights gym tonight at 6 p. m. Teams entered will draw before the first game and four tilts will put all teams in action before the evening is over. Teams entered are Speedway Flashes, Zionsville, Brookside Boys Club, North Side Trojans, Riverside Aces, Southport Wildcats and Fortville Deacons. Gelbert Signs CaFd Contract By United Press ST. LOUIS. Mo., March 21. Charley Gelbert, St. Louis Cardinals shortstop, signed his 1932 playing contract after a brief conference with President Sam Breaden of the National League club at Bradenton, Fla., today, according to word received here. Signing of Gelbert leaves only Chick Hafey in the Cardinal holdout ranks. '

Bulldogs and Trojans Share Honors at Blue Net Banquet

Tonight will be honor night at Butler with a group of ceremonies all crowded into a l banquet sponsored by the Utes club, sophmore organization, at the Campus club. Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle will be the recipient of special tribute, his varsity and freshmen squads pi’aised and the Newcastle championship Levinsky Wants Dempsey Scrap By United Prefix CHICAGO, March 21.—Plans for a match between King Levinsky, Chicago heavyweight, and Mickey Walker, who fought a draw with Jack Sharkey last summer, were temporarily halted today when Mrs. Lena Levy, sister-manager of Levinsky, announced that he would remain idle until Jack Dempsey announced his decision regarding a comeback this summer. The Chicago stadium has made overtures to both Dempsey and Levinsky for a ten-round bout outdoors this summer. Levinsky won a newspaper decision over Dempsey i* a four-round bout with big gloves at the stadium Feb. 18.

Sarazen Wins Florida Event; Boosts Earnings to $6,375

By United Prernt ' CORAL GABLES. Fla., March 21. —Gene Sarazcn's golf winnings for the season were boosted to $6,375 by Sunday’s $2,503 first prize money in the SIO,OOO Coral Gables-Miami Biltmore open golf championship. The sturdy Italian professional from Great Neck. Long, Island, finished the seventy-two-hole tourney with an aggregate of 287 over the rolling course of the Miami Biltmore country club. , He won by one stroke over youth-

With Tribe in Florida

BY EDDIE ASH SARASOTA, Fla., March 21. Emmett McCann’s Indians dropped a close struggle to the St. Louis Cardinals, 2 to 1, in Sarasota Saturday in which the pitching of Archie Campbell was outstanding. He worked five innings and was the first Tribe flinger to go that distance this spring. He held the big leaguers to four hits and one unearned run during his stretch on the mound and struck out three and walked two. The Cardinals noshed over the winnine run in the eighth off John Berly. After two down. Snarkv Adams reached second on a short wild nitch. Watkins was riven an intentional nass and Ford singled, scoring Adams to break the tie. # a t Stout and Starr were in great form for St. Louis and the Indians were held to four hits. Doubles bv Bedore and Lowell scored the lone marker for the tribe m the sixth. Stout had the men of McOnn dazzled and held them runless and hitless for five innings. 808 PEPPER MARTIN played the full nine rounds for the Cards and was a prominent factor in their victory. In the second inning he doubled after one out, made a clean surprise steal of third and crossed the plate when Bedore fumbled Mancuso’s hot grounder. 808 In the eighth swift fielding hv Martin ruined the Indians. Angler batted for Berlj and connected for a line smash to

Speed Ousts Stall in Prep Cage Play; Two Trojans on All-State

1932 Net Tourney Stars On Times Honor Roll + * SELECTIONS BY DICK MILLER —■—- Position First Team Second Team Third Team Fourth Team Forward L ‘ STOUT OSBORNE VOSS GOENS (Winamac) (Bosse-Evas.) (Cicero) (Seymour) Forward HICKMAN WHITE THOMAN EMSHWILLER (Newcastle) (Newcastle! (Newcastle) (BlufTton) Center BUTTERWORTH REDER M’ANALLY JANZ (Bosse-Evas.) (Wlnamae) (Greeneaatle) (Mlrhican City) Guard DAWSON C. WILLIAMS WHITEMAN CLARK (Greeneastle) (Lebanon) (Delphi) (Columbia City) Guar<l HUFFMAN BOINK WALKER GLADDEN (Newcastle) (Bosse-Evas.) (Vincennes) (Teeb-Indnls.)

Basketball returned to its old self at the Butler fieldhouse last Friday and Saturday, and the sixteen final teams who fought it out for the twenty-first Indiana High School Athletic Association championship gave the fans a taste of

high school team will be honor guests as special tribute to Orville Hooker, former Butler net star and a member of the Bulldog national A. A. U.

championship team several years ago. Ralph Hitch, former Butler football player and later publicity director, will serve as t o a s t m aster,' according to Harrison Miller in charge of arrangements. Dr. Walter Scott Athearn, Butler president, formally will announce appointment of Hinkle as new

athletic director, a reward for his six years of coaching champions or near champions in the net field. Judges Harry Chamberlin of the circuit court and John W. Kern of superior court, room one, will be principal speakers and among the 150 guests will be prominent coaches, political leaders and sport writers. Varsity and freshman team letters and numerals null be awarded by Hinkle and Frank (Pop) Heddon, freshman coach.

ful Paul Runyan of White Plains, N. Y.. and the veteran Walter Hagen of Detroit, who tied for ■’ second money at 288, dividing a purse of $2,250. Johnny Farrell of St. Augustine, Fla., was a stroke behind Run- ! .van and Hagen. Accurate putting and excellent iron work in the face of a strong wind, enabled Sarazen to make an outgoing nine of 36 in the afternoon, and a round of 69, two stroke? under par. He had made a 75 in the morning.

renter. It appeared good for two bases, but Martin made a diving stop, recovered in a flash and threw Angley out at second. Tom was first up in that round and would have been in position to score if he had gained the Keystone bag. a a a The spring record of the Indians against major league competition has been noteXprthv. Thev tied the Athietics. defeated the Yankees and lost two games bv onerun margins to the St. Louis Cards. Moreover Rookies have been used at first base and in the short field in all of the tilts. a a a The absence of punrh in ihe Saturday contest caused some concernin camp and the boys will be sent through extended hatting drills during this final week in Florida.

Basketball

Final games of the first round in the gold medal tournament were plaved Sunday afternoon a*: Riverside Olympic gvm. Second-round action will begin Wednesday night with four games on the card. Sunday results were: Pritchett Recreation 33. Riverside Flashers 11: Kingans Regulars 42. Purple Aces 22. Riverside Buddies 42: Black and Orange 16. and Plainfield Independents 33. Kingans Beef House 26. WOMEN NETTERS PLAY SHREVEPORT. La.. March 21. The 1932 national women’s A. A. U. basketball tournament, with twentyone teams entered from seven states, opens here tonight. The championship game will be played Wednesday night. t

the basketball they so enjoyed ten or twelve years ago when the hardwood sport began taking a strangle hold on Hoosierdom. Newcastle won the title, shield and all the other honors that go with the victory, when they defeated Winamac, the dark horse team from the north, 24 to 17, in the finals Saturday night. But the Trojans yielded a little in the way of popularity in the last five minutes to score their triumph. For two days, beginning with the fall of the mighty Vincennes team Friday morning to a comparatively unknown Cicero five and on through the semi-finals Saturday afternoon, the 15,000 rabid fans who jammed the fieldhouse for every session were treated to the old high scoring brand of ball that in many games kept the outcome in doubt to the last second. There were few exhibitions of the delayed offense or the “stall” game and fans were outspoken with their praise of the heavy barrage on the hoop. There was an absence of the advance publicized stars. Because there were thirteen new teams this

Training Camp Notes

By United Prefix FT. MYERS, Fla. Philadelphia Athletics and the Cincinnati Reds resume their battling here today after playing the longest game of the “Grapefruit League” season Sunday at Tampa. The American League champions finally won the game, 6 to 5, after thirteen innings. a a a BRADENTON, Fla.. March 21.—New York Yankees meet the world champion St. Louis Cardinals in an exhibition game here today. Sunday the Yanks swamped the Boston Braves at St. Petersburg. 1* to 5, after Earl Combs returned to his old post in centerfleld. Combs, in five innings, made five hits, one a homer, and drove in five runs. Babe Ruth got four hits. a a a LOS ANGELES—New York Giants meet Detroit here again today, after defeating the Tigers. 6 to 3. Sunday. Harold Schumacher. young Giant Ditcher, was on the mound in the last three innings Sunday, allowing but one hit and hitting a home run. a a a ST. PETERSBURG. Fla. —Ma x Carey’s Brooklyn Dodger’s meet the Boston Braves here today, after Grand Rapids Team Leads By United Prr*3 DETROIT. March 21. Teams from Scranton, Philadelphia, Huntington, Erie, Detroit, Kansas City, East Pittsburgh, Paterson and Cincinnati will try tonight to beat the 2,956 score rolled by Brogers Recreation of Grand Rapids, leaders in the A. B. C. tournament. During the matinee Sunday, a new second-placer developed in the two-men event, J. Gunderson and J. Roscoe of Chicago, arriving with a 1,255. The best singles mark was 668, which V. Bitter of Louisville, shot for a ninth place tie. N. A. G. U. WINS GYM MEET Gymnastic tournament held at the Athenaeum gym Saturday night was won easily by the N. A. G. U. team with a total of 91 points. South Side Turnes were second with 36. Ted O’Donnald of the N. A. G. U. team was high individual scorer with 2,787 points.

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year, the fans had to pick out the stars just as they cropped out in the action. As the tournament passed into the second day after eight first round games Friday, talk shifted to such names as Butterworth. the giant pivot man of Bosse of Evansville, Janz of Michigan City, Boink, the big back guard, and Osborne, the midget forward of Bosse: Voss, the sturdy shot of Cicero and some of the unknowns who had made themselves noticed by their performances in the opening games. It might be said there was an absence of the outstanding class among the ball players which left about twenty-five or thirty of them as near alike as peas in a pod. This particularly applies to the center position and it only can be a personal choice that differentiates between the quartet, Butterworth, Reder, McAnally and Janz. Butterworth had offensive power as well as defensive, was able to move from one end of the floor to the other and work highly effectively at either end. Reder was a great basket shot, was a factor in his (Turn to Page 11)

losing to the St. Louis Cardinals at Clearwater, 9 to 8, Sunday. A home run by Jim Bottomley with the bases loaded in the third inning, and another by Pepper Martin in the same round, after Collins singled, gave the Cards six runs to win the game, Vance was the victim of the Cards’ attack. a a a OAKLAND. Cal.—Chicago Cuba look the second game of a double-header from Oakland here Sunday. (5 to 2. after the morning contest was called at the end of the eleventh, because of lack of time, with the score at 1-all. a a a WEST PALM BEACH. Fla.—The Philadelphia Phillies defeated the St. Louis Browns. 4 to 2. in ten innings here Sunday. The Phillies tied the score with two runs in the ninth, and won in the tenth on a walk to Klein, a triple by Scarritt and a saueeze play by Whitney. a a a SAN FRANClSCO—Pittsburgh Pirate* are scheduled to meet the Chicago Cuba in an exhibition game here today. The Pirates won their fourth consecutive victory over the San Francisco Seals Sunday in the afternoon. * to 4. The Pirates conned the morning game, 3 to 2. a " a a SAN ANTONlO—Chicago White Sox defeated San Antonio of the Texas League Sunday. 8 to 4. Sam Jones yielded only one hit in three innings. Simmons was the leading batsman with four singles. Six double plays were made, four bv the home team. a a a MOBILE, Ala.—Washington Senator* lost their first spring exhibition game here Sunday to Louisville, 1 to fi.

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MARCH 21,1932

Trojans On Net Throne Brilliant Newcastle Five Sweeps to Triumph Over Winamac. Newcastle’s mighty Trojans were I nestled on the Hoosier high school | hardwood throne for at least a year j today and the short pants brigade ! goes into retirement for seven i months. Orville Hooker's swift pastimers. j pre-tournament favorites with many ! fans, walked off with the 1932 laurels before 15.000 cheering fans at Butler field house Saturday night, downing Earl Roudebush's j Winamac five in the last game of | the two-day eliminations, 24 to 17. The Trojans were superior i throughout, holding at least a fivei point margin most of the time. | They were in front 15 to 10 at half j time, but the gallant Winamac ; warriors battled all the way to the ! finish. i Last Visit in 1926 It is the first net championship for Newcastle, their only other appearance in the “big sixteen" being in 1926, when they lost to Rushville in a first round game. Although Newcastle has had some fine teams in past years, they have battled Muncie in the regional pla v. and the Bearcats have managed to keep the Trojans on the short end of the score. In 1931. Trojans led the Bearcats most of the way in the regional title game only to lose out in the final minutes, Muncie advancing through the final play to win the title. First Half Even Newcastle's last second field goal b.v Thoman. which resulted in near rioting, gave the Trojans their onepoint, regional edge this year, the Hookers battling on to the 1932 crown. In the final game Reder and M. Stout scored four points each to match four each by Huffman and White, and the teams stood deadlocked at 8 all. Reder gave Winamack a lead with a field goal, but Dakins came through in the pinch with field buckets. White tossed a foul and Huffman another twopointer to give the Trojans a 15-10 lead at the half. Reder looped in a couple to start the second half and the Winamac boys were up within one point of a tie, 15-14. Then White and Thoman connected for two pointers and the Newcastle boys were out in front, never to be headed. Trojans ‘Freeze’ Ball With a lead of seven points, Newcastle resorted to the delayed game, and while it was unpopular with the fans, it is an effective way to win championships—and incidentally that was what Newcastle was out there to do. It is the first title in history for Newcastle and The Times sports staff joins in congratulating the old Butler star, Orville Hooker, and his team in their victory. Newcastle won their way into the final game by defeating Seymour in the first round, 25 to 20. Cicero was taken in stride Saturday morning, 25 to 13. and Greencastle, doped to give the champions trouble in the semi-finals failed, and the Hookermen won, 26 to 18. Winamac, comparatively unknown. unleashed a powerful offense to swamp BlufTton, 48 to 30, in the first round. They upset the dopesters by taking Lebanon into camp, 34 to 31, with a great finish, and dropped Bosse of Evansville with a strong finish, 27 to 23, after trailing, 12 to 4, at the half.

Orville Hooker Wins All-State Tires

Among the hundreds of congratulatory messages and letters received by Coach Orville Hooker and his state championship Newcastle high school basketball team is one of more than just tribute. John Burk, manager of the Indianapolis Sears, Roebuck & Cos., store announced Saturday afternoon that the winning coach would be given a full set of AllState auto tires, and a letter to Hooker today gave him the necessary credentials to collect the award.

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