Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 265, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1933 — Page 12

By Eddie Asia AL Smith. Pitcher, Stirs N. Y. Interest 9 m m Comedian Joe Makes Debut in Kawtown 9 9 9 Miami Truck Surprise of the Depression

r piIERE is a busher lefthander] (linger trying out with the New York Giants who holds a “political” edge over the other rookie candidates. Ilis name gives him an advantage and the lad is sure to meet with instant popularity if he makes the grade and reaches Gotham wearing the livery of the Polo ground color bearers. The reason is, his name is A1 Smith, though he is no kin of Happy Warrior A1 of the Sidewalks of New York. Yount; .Smith, the pitcher, was employed with the Winston-Salem N C. nine last year, where he turned in seventeen victories against nine

| defeats. He struck out 142 batsman in 200 innings and held the enemy to 68 runs in that time. He is 24 and possesses v hat the boys call “ample speed,” a fair curve and a deceptive screw ball. Manager Terry plans to carry nine hurlers after the final squad cut is made and has told friends Al Smith stands an excellent chance of sticking around as a second stringer. The Giants are short on southpaws, anyway, Carl Hubbell, the club's ace thrower, being the only other lefty on the staff,. Hubbell won eighteen games in 1932 and had the fine low earned run average of 2.50. Smith has been placed under the personal coach- | ing of the veteran catcher, Tom Clarke, who declares the youth has the important requisite of courage under fire. It's a grand opening for young Al, if he can

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make it. Brown derbies and cigars will be his for the asking on Broadway. It's worth the hard try. The Piedmont product, like the average young lefty, is inclined to wildness, and mastering control will be his chief task if he is to stay on the main line. ana nan JOE BROWN PUTS ON ACT AT K. C. lOE E. BROWN, movie comedian of ycu-said-a-mouthful fame, who now holds some financial interest in the new baseball setup in Kansas City, got on the job in Kawtown Wednesday and endeavored to demonstrate that he used to be a league pastimer. The K. C. Blues’ batterymen start spring training there today and Brown reported a day in advance to pep up the fans. Brown was a minor leaguer at one time and old records show he played third base for Denver about twenty years ago. It also is said Joe landed in the majors long enough once to grab a cup of coffee before hearing the rattle of the tinware. Anyway, the comedian is credited with supplying part of the backing for Tris Speaker, new manager of the American Association Blues, who with others, is trying to revive diamond interest in Kansas City. The United Press describes Joe’s bow as a baseball “magnate” in Kawtown Wednesday. “Wnere is this ball park?’ said Brown as he emerged from a train with Tom Mix, cowboy movie performer. “I own an interest and I want to inspect my property.” Lee Keyser. nev. president of the Blues, and Manager Spcake- obliged. Mix accompanied the party to Muehlebach field and acted as catcher and then as pitcher until Brown knocked the glove off his hand with a line drive. “I can crown that apple,” Joe shouted. “I am a good third baseman yet, taking it by and la r ge. and can hold six baseballs in my mouth.” "We have a third baseman,” replied President Keyser, and with that the group went back to town. Joe promised to attend the opening A. A game in Kansas City and act as cheer leader for Speaker’s hopefuls. wins FOR*GILBERT AT HIALEAH park* JOHNNY GILBERT, champion jockey of 1932, with a startling victory on Charles 0.. In the Florida Derby, finished the Hialeah park meeting at Miami with thirty-six victories, three more than Duke Bellizzi, his nearest competitor. A careful, heady ride on the R. M. Eastman Estate's colt, which paid 10 to 1 in the pari-mutuels, gave Gilbert a wellearned triumph over Jungle King, the highly regarded Greentree colt which was an odds on favorite in the betting. Buddy Hanford, third in the Hialeah jockeys’ standings, had a double victory for the concluding day, winning with Wise Advocate in the third race and Constant Wife in the Hialeah Juvenile championship. Like Gilbert’s final victory, Hanford's win on Constant Wife was an upset. Slapdash being tile favorite in the championship race. The jockey leaders’ standings, showing number of winning mounts for the meeting: Johnny Gilbert, 36: Duke Bellizzi, 33; Buddy Hanford. 31; Silvio Coucci, 20; Alfred Robertson, 13; Charles Corbett, 18; Don Meade, 12; Jim Smith, 12; Hank Mills, 10; G. Riley, 8. With a season of forty-five days compared with thirty-nine days in 1932, the Hialeah races played to a total of 196,353 spectators compared with 91,988 in 1932, with a total in pari-mutuel handle of $8,038,643 which was $1,795,958 larger than last year. The state of Florida, with its 3 per cent tax on pari-mutuel play, realized $241,159.29 to distribute among its many counties, sixty-seven. The Sunshine state also profited by $50,758.27 in taxes on race track gate tickets and $16,614 in taxes levied against the many persons employed at the Hialeah course. The tax on admissions is 15 per cent. a a tt a a a BILL TERRY, manager of the New York Giants, is engaging in word battles with Native Son boosters out in California. He wanted to take his team out of the state after the first terrifying earthquake. After another severe shock. Bill’s players evacuated the club hotel and went out to pitcher Fred Fitzsimmons’ poultry ranch at Arcadia and slept with the chickens. Their hotel had danced on its foundation, four big windows fell out and one wall sprung a crack—and the players were living on the tenth floor! tt o a a a a Basketball has become so popular in Chile it is rated a major sport and a national tournament was held recently at Santiago. Now you know where your missing Hoosier friends are hiding. a tt a tt tt tt The Washington Senators have a lefthanded rookie in camp who never “put up” at a hotel before he joined Joe Cronin’s pastimers at Biloxi. He's from “Areezonie.” Indianapolis once had a pitcher who leaped out of bed and dashed down the hall when his room phone rang the first morning the team was on the road. He thought it was a fire alarm. Moreover, he slept in the raw. a st tt tt u tt Frankie Frisch of the Cardinals, still holding out on salary, said when he first looked at the terms offered him for 1933 he thought the club bosses had mistaken him for the mascot. His 1932 contract was cut more than half. a a tt tt a a Early in the Lefty Gomez-June O'Dea romance, the Yankee southpaw lost an exciting thirteen-inning game to the White Sox and while riding back to town with his darling, now his bride, he felt worn and disappointed. June endeavored to cheer him up and said: “Don't take it to heart, honey, you'll go out tomorrow and beat them.” The sweet thing thought her sugar pitched every game for his team.

Reports Are Encouraging on Sale of Opening Day Tickets

While Manager Killefer sends his pitchers and catchers through the two-a-day practice routine at the French Lick spring training camp, the advance sale of tickets for opening day at Perry stadium is going forward. Business picked up with encouraging speed after the bank holiday ended. Reservations are being made and ducats are on sale at the big Tribe plant, where Walter Riley, secretary. 3 Newcomers on Friday Mat Bill Three newcomers have been signed by matchmaker Jay Gardner for action on Friday's four-event wrestling card at the Armory. Two outstanding junior middleweights, Henry (Whiskers) Kolln, unbeaten in two years, and Steve Nenoff of Bulgaria, tangle in the two falls out of three feature. It is Nenoffs first start here. Leo Donoghue, popular Florida star, tests lota Shima. an old favorite here, in the top semi-windup, and Harry Burris of Anderson makes his local debut against Ed Baker, citv light heavy. John Purdy Os laPorte will appear in the opener at 8 30. with Bud Westfall as rcfeiee. FOUR BOUTS SCHEDULED Four fistic bouts will be staged by the Harlem A C. at the Indiana avenue arena Friday night. The main go will be supnlied by Wildcat Carter and Roy Woods over the eight-round route. CUBS RELEASE ROOKIES Bu Timet Special CHICAGO, MarcH 16 Mike Kreevich. outfielder, and Del Yount, rookie infielder, have been released by the Chicago Cubs to Albany of ihe International League, on op- | lon.

and Dale Miller, assistant “sec,” are supervising the transactions in tickets. Milwaukee will be the visiting attraction in the lid-lifter on Tuesday. April 11. Reports from French Lick relate that Chief Killefer is “bearing down" on the batterymen to the extent they are sure to be in shape to give the infielders and outfielders some real pitching to look at when heavy batting drills start next week. The inflelders and fly chasers are not due at training camp until Sunday. Several of the Tribe's mainstay performers still are listed as holdouts and unless there is a last-min-ute rush of the players accepting terms some delay may be met in shaping up the lineup for the early exhibition games that will be played in the south after the Indians pull stakes at French Lick March 28. MILLERS RELEASE FITZ By Time* Special MINNEAPOLIS. March 16—Ray Fitzgerald, fleet center fielder who caught on with the championship Millers after being dropped bv Indianapolis of the American Association club last season, was handed his release by Minneapolis Wednesday Art Ruble, who led the A. A. in batting last year, deserted the holdout ranks and signed his 1933 contract Wednesday. CAN ISIIS NAMES JOY Ry I'nitrrt Bren* BUFFALO. N. Y„ March 16. William (Hikeri Joy, who was assistant coach at Fordham for six years, today was appointed head football coatch at Canisius college here.

Indianapolis Times Sports

30 Fives in State Meet Three Indianapolis Quintets Compete in Amateur Title Event. By Times Special TIPTON, Ind., March 16. Thirty j teams from all sections of Indiana i are scheduled to take part in the | fifteenth annua] state amateur inj dependent basketball championship tourney which gets under way here on Sunday. Games are scheduled for Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and finals on Wednesday. The schedule includes practically every outstanding amateur quintet of the state and local fans are expecting the Tipton Legion five to be a strong contender for the -own. Jhe schedule includes five unde- ! seated teams. Indianapolis Places Three ! Indianapolis will be represented , by three teams—the U. S. Rubber I team, Flanner-Buchanans and St ; Patrick five. The U. S. Tire quintet ; earned its way to the state finals by winning the Indianapolis city championship and the FlannerBuchanan team was runner-up.' St. Patricks were entered in the state final games by w inning second place in the Bridgeport district. Emmelman Is Sponsor The annual state championship tournament and sectional tournaments are sponsored by the Central States Association. Wayne Emmelman of Indianapolis, George Russell of Gary and Charles Gray of Tipton have been appointed by the Central States Association as the committee in charge of the tourney. Twenty-six sectional tournaments were sponsored by the association in Indiana, with an entry of 571 teams The annual affair was started fifteen years ago by Wayne Emmelman. The schedule: SUNDAY AFTERNOON (MARCH 19) 9' }?22'~£- n ! I(>rson vs. Muncie. 9 1 :4n~~£ 0l S 0m0 vs - Martinsville. 4 2 vs - Nsw Palatine. 4. 2.3o— Connersivlle vs. U. S. Tires of r „„„ Indianapolis. k Y s - Whitestown. 6. 4.lo— St. Patricks of Indianapolis vs. 9 . Crawfordsville. 1. s:oo—Columbus vs. Yorktown. MONDAY AFTERNOON (MARCH 20) 0 9n~ j WOOd vs - Mooreland. in 9 ?£~£!? va , n<e vs - Wawaka. }?• Ij:i? Chester)on vs. Lafayette. 19 i?2~? l,n .l ln S ton vs. Gary. 19 j Bend vs - Kn °x. 13. 4.4o—Winnners Jeffersoville district ys. winnmer Bloomfield district. MONDAY NIGHT 14. 7:oo—Graysville vs. winner derbv dis--15/ 7: 50 Ind pis Fla nner and Buchanan 38th Division Aviation. ,7 S on - - !nners names 1 and 2. 1R in : 9n jji! nners names 3 and 4. •is 10.20—Winners games 5 and 6. TUESDAY AFTERNOON (MARCH 21) 20 W9rtr nnners names 7 and 8. o, I —Winners games 9 and 10. 99 4 ™~im lnners names 11 and 12. 9? 7 nnrrs names 13 and 14. 94 E:no~]X; nners names 15 and 16. %i' s nnprs names 17 and 18. 9K 0 42~w! nners names 19 and 20. 9.4o—Winners games 21 and 22. WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON (MARCH 22) Semi-Finals 9R 4 2?~]K! nncrs names 23 and 24. J - ,t;Sfcrjyj nn; ‘ rs earcies 25 and 26 97 iK SD "’ NIGHT (FINALS) .9, 8 30—Winners games 27 and 28.

Lefty O’Doul Takes Quakes in Stride; Lives in ‘Rubber’ House

BY JOE WILLIAMS

New York World-Telegram Sports Editor TyjTIAMI, Fla., March 16. Francis J. O’Doul, the Brooklyns’ star slugger who led both big leagues in hitting last year with .368, a mark up of thir-ty-two points against his 1931 figures, was talking about quakes. “I can remember the>one we had back home in California in 1906,” said O’Doul, “and although I was only 9 years old at the time, I’ll never forget it.” It was the “shake” that caused San Francisco to be rebuilt. O'Doul can still remember seeing bricks fly through the air as if they were feathers and that people who were sleeping were blown right out of their homes, bed and all. O'Doul had another experience with a quake five or six years ago in his native city, but since he lives in a home that has been built especially to scoff and sneer i.t such disturbances, he does not believe any real danger exists. The house is constructed in such a way as to expand with the force of the shock and settle back to its normal pattern afterward. O'Doul spent the past winter in Japan teaching the collegians how to hit. “They have a quake over there almost every afternoon, but for the most part they are mild tremors—so small that over here we would throw 'em back in.” O'Doul was beseeched to regale the assembled ear benders with his impressions of the Japanese as interpreters of the great international pastime, baseball. “They can field right along with us now." spoke Lefty, “but they are short on hitting. What they

Independent Basketball

Lauter All-Stars Seniors team desires a basket tilt for Fridav night. Any five interested call Belmont 3641 and ask. for Kelley. Woodside A C.s basket team would like to bock games with city fives having gvms. Call Dr. 0802 and ask for Joe. Manager of Tabernacle Flashes please call above number. Rhodius. Central Avenue M. E.s please notice. Broad Ripple and Unitv M. P. will tangle in the final game of the North Side church tournament at Olympic gym next Monday night. Ripple, led by Combs and Rowland. thumped Riverside M. E.. 31 to 19. and Unity nosed o.’A Temple Baptist. 29 to 25. with Ameter and Butler leading the attack, in semi-final travs Wednesday. Old Augusta faces Temple Baptists at 6 30 and St Joan of Arc meets St. Philips at 7:30 in preliminary games next Monday. St. Philips A C. winds up its season tonight at St. Philips hall, playing Plainfield Merchants at 8 15 p. m. In a preliminary tilt at 7:30. St. Philips grade school meets St. Catherine grade school. Central Avenue M E. and English Avenue Bovs' Club ovintet tangle tonicht at 7:30. Central pastimers will meet at 6:30 tonight at Sixteenth and College avenue. For information call Phil Liehr at CH--0628. TOMMY RAPS ARIZMENDI By Timm Special SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. March 16 —Young Tommy, Filipino featherweight. spotted Baby Arizmendi of Mexico four pounds and finished with a rally to grab a ton-round decision in a lively battle here Wednesday night. a

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, JIARCH 16, 1933

Cochrane and Foxx —Juniors

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Here are the junior Cochrane | and Foxx of the Philadelphia Athletics. The boys are shown on the beach near Ft. Myers, Fla., where their dads are training for the coming baseball season. Young

Cunningham, Toppino Win; Two \\ or Id’s Records Broken

BY STUART CAMERON United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, March 16.—Two world records w’ere shattered and one equalled, Glen Cunningham settled his score with Gene Venzke in the mile, and Emmett Toppino evened matters with Ralph Metcalfe in the sprint Wednesday night as indoor track paraded its brightest array of stars in the season’s grand

Cubs Trounce Chicago Sox By United Press LOS ANGELES, March 16.—Chicago Cubs trimmed the Chicago White Sox, 13 to 7, in their first spring meeting in many years Wednesday. Paul Gregory, Johnny Wilson and Chad Kimsey were the victims of heavy Cub slugging. Kiki Cuyler hit four for four, including a home run and double. English homered in getting three for four. Mule Haas and Al Simmons led the White Sox slitters. Score: Chicago (A). 004 100 020— 7 14 1 Chicago (N,. 304 220 20x—13 17 1 Batteries—Gregory, Wilson, Kimsey and Berry; Malone, Warneke and Z. Taylor.

need over there to develop real ball players—and what they never will get—is professional baseball. The powers don’t want professional baseball. The amateur game contributes enormous sums to the upkeep of the colleges, and nothing is going to be done to discourage this source of revenue.” “Well, maybe it's a good thing they don't turn out any Jap professionals,” sighed Casey Stengel, Brooklyn coach. “It’s tough enough as it is, trying to hold your job against the Urbanskis, the Jablonowkls and the Cuccinellos.”

• Down The Alleys •

Jess Pritchett Wednesday again led the PH-rhen th n e League, at the prhehett alleys, scoring a total of 761 with games of 237. 255 ana 259. Don Johnson had 680 and Fehr. 612, and the Barbasol team rolled 3.229 to take three gomes from Thomas Lunch. Tony McC nn apd Stich hit for totals of 687 and t 0 ? lve the _ st - Philip A. C. an odd game win over Seven Up The losers had 608 IReI and Bruder rc| l !in e totals of 645 and ™£ ddi€ ( ' St 1 r ® lb€< s!S stems to have recovered some of his old-time form, as he proS.n ed /-^ no l her honor count of 618 to lead a ?i er t 2,, an , odd same win over Fishbach Grille. The Marotts had F Fox fl°„ x ®h d Weisman pounding out totals of 608. 647 and 641 to score 3,059 and take A ■.e'lfre set from Underwood Transfer. Arch Heiss and Bohne were over the line for Underwood with 607 and 601. oA? chO S. h -A Miller and McCarty counted 620, 607 and 604 for Wheeler Lunch, and they won two from J. P. Johnson & Cos., who had Brunot rolling 635. Gregory and Appel scored 3.002 to win the r-bber from Coca Cola. Honor counts in thL set were: l^ Iton - J 65 , 8: Moore. 643; Argus. 631; West. 605. and Woodard. 602. Odd game wins ruled the St. Philip No. 1 League games on the St. Philip drives. Cain Lunch. Trule and Casady Coal debating Richards Drugs. Coca Cola and Mic-Lis-McCahill. Johnny Murphy produced the feature counts, rolling 679 with a single game mark of 250. Vollmer rolled 626 M. O'Gradv. 610: J. Barrett. 617; J O'Gradv. 621; Mounts. 610. and Stich. 609. The Lions team of the Inter-Club League robed anew season's record of 3 132. Laving games of 1 005. 1.003 and 1.074. Helrnerich. Tvner. Fancher and Goldman made this mark possible with totals of 689 675 615 and 604. Other 600 totals were V. Kmg. 615: Broshears. 606. and Malarkv 600. The usual flock of 600 totals appeared during the Uptown League contests on the No-th Side drives. Wilson leading the field with a total of 703 on games of 257 244 and 202 Kuhns had 662. Bader 633: So ’rbeir 633: Kimme!. 664: Millington. 602; Scolten 663; Koe'.line. 641: Mathews. 627Kreis. 621: Rowlev 615: Thomas. 600Lang. 618: Behrens. 618: Hornbeck. 643: Stevenson. 601: Forsvthe. 644: Kcllev 600Hunt. 648. and Soencer. 653. The j, W. Bader Coffee team had every member over the 600 mark and rolled a total of 3 195 with games of 1.035. 1.089 and 1.071. Whe“ler's 608 total led the Soark Plugs to a triple win over the Lawrence Ramblers during 'he Antler Recreation League series on the Hotel Antler drives. Exchange Club also won three from Fort Harrison Officers as Oeftering-Litae'man Coal took two from Beach and Arthur. Arnold's opener of 253 cooped single game honors The Parkway Recreation series resulted in a two to one verdict. Pit? Theater and CitlT-rs e-oke def=a*i"e v ae i e Creek and Pa'-H r cteane-s Os'h.eimer had a 594 series to lead this nlav. No changes appeared in the standings of the teams in the A B C meet at Columbus The feature team to take the drives Wtdr's J at night was n r'ub cn—nosed of the Ohio State basketha’l ouir.tet The N>vs found the pocket harder o hit than the basket, and b*oha no records The %rst of the out-of-town teams will appear tonight and hold the drives over the weekend. Tonight's schedule wilt nut twentvtwp tan-s from Davton. one C!“ve!and and one CMl'ieothe team on the runwavs and new leaders are almost certain to appear. Se’l and McFeelv again shared honors in the Eli Lillv League. Seal rolling the high game of t>n and McFeelv a threegame total of 575. Whit sett and Jackson battled lor too

Foxx, the image of his father, is on the right. His dad was home run king cf the majors last year and mainstay first sacker for Connie Mack. Young Cochrane’s “paw” is the famous Mickey of catching fame.

finale, the Knights of Columbus games. More than 16,000 fans in Madison Square Garden saw Keith Brown, Lanky Yale sophomore, soar, to a new indoor world record of 14 feet 1% inches in the pole vault. They saw Barney Berlinger of the Penn A. C. set a new' world mark of 6,174.78 points for the seven events of the septathlon as he defeated Jim Bausch of Kansas City. Earl McDonald of the New York A. C. equalled the indoor world record of :07.4 in the semi-final heat of the 60-yard high hurdles. Cunningham clearly established his right to the title, “king of America milers,” with his third victory over the Pennsylvania freshman this season. He defeated Venzke so convincingly that the fans wondered how Gene could have beaten Cunningham for the indoor 1,500-meter title. Venzke finished fourth. The Jayhawk flier ran the fastest indoor mile of the season, finishing in 4:12, two seconds over Venzke’s world record. Glenn Dawson of Oklahoma was second and Carl Coan of Pennsylvania passed Venzke in the last lap to place third. The killing pace Gene had set during the first three quarters exhausted him. Emmett Toppino, diminutive New Orleans torpedo, gained revenge on Ralph Metcalfe for the loss of his national indoor sixty-meter championship to the Marquette sprinter. Toppino Wednesday night gave Metcalfe his first defeat of the season, winning the sixty-yard dash in the fast time of :06.3, just onetenth of a second behind his own world’s record. STRIPP STILL UNSIGNED Third Sacker Reports at Brooklyn Camp; Dodgers Get Rest. By Times Special MIAMI, Fla., March 16. Joe Stripp, third baseman and last of the Brooklyn holdouts, reported at the Dodger camp Wednesday to talk over terms with Joe Gilleaudeau, club manager. Stripp said he had been working out at Orlando, Fla. A day of rest was ordered for the Dodgers today, Manager Max Carey having decided the players are getting into proper condition rapidly.

WITH LEFTY LEE

score in the Mutual Milk League, the former winning 535 to 532. Pierce. Helm and Holt were the stars of the Citizens Gas plav in the Uptown alleys. rolling totals of 601. 591 and 581. Helm closed with a count of 235. After Dr Dearmin won the medal award of the Medical Society League, with a 244 game, he folded uo and finished with a mere 123. His first game v.as 208. for a three-game count of 575. Dr. Kemper was best over the route with a score of 603. Heat Resisting and Big Swings were the winners of the odd game from Crabs and Chain Treads. during the G. and J. League plav at Pritchett's.

Independent and Amateur Baseball Notes, Gossip

Hare Chevrolet baseball club will practice Sunday at Grande park at 2 p. m. Kinnet. Barr. Dakin. Raffert, Alltok, Bowman, Peters, Ely and Adams and tryouts notice. For information, call Clem, Bel. 0565-W. Fifty-Second Street Merchants nine will play in the Municipal League this.vear and will have a meeting Monday night at 712 East Fiftv-second street. All last year's players and tryouts are requested to attend. BAUMBACH IS HONORED Washington high school cagers were guests of the Minute Men, senior organization, at a luncheon Wednesday noon, at which Louis Dirks, dean of men at De Pauw, and coaches Rowland Jones and Cleon Davis were the chief speakers. Clifford Baumbach was named honorary captain for last season and Robert MacDonald was chosen to captain the 1933-34 team. Seven seniors were members of the squad. MacDonald. Howard and Cherry being the three survivors. BEN E fTTToITIeNNI N G S Tonight, at the Riverside rink, will be held the big benefit skating party for Roy Jennings, who lost an eye several weeks age while playing with the Riverside roller polo team in a league game at Tomlinson hall. The entire receipts will be presented to Jennings, who is an instructor at the Riverside rink. H. R. C. SHOOTERS WIN Hoosier Rifle Club defeated Eleventh Infantry in a team match at H. R. C. range Wednesday, 1.279 to 1,265. Boles with 187 and Platte with 186 led the wieners, while Kolodzeah with 184 and Harris with 183 were outstanding for the soldiers.

Sixteen Hoosier Prep Quintets Set for Opening of Title Chase

Five Newcomers in Final Field for First Time. BY DICK MILLER. With the opening of Indiana’s biggest winter sports show, the twentythird annual Indiana high school athletic association state basketball tournament, just twenty-four hours away, several of the distant teams to take part in the big hardwood classic began their trek to the Butler university fieldhouse today. Others will travel tonight while some of the nearer teams and those who do not play their first game until Friday night will not arrive until Friday morning. The sixteen honor teams, champions of sectional and regional tournament play the past two weeks, when the field was reduced from 771 starters, all were reported in good condition. Slight colds and other minor ailments were reported in some camps, but the team strength of all probably will be top flight when they take the floor for action Friday. Five Are Newcomers The field this year is one of the strangest setups in many years. It contains five teams among the select sixteen that never before have taken part in a final classic. They are Beaver Dam, just a township school without a town or a postoffice; North Side of Ft. Wayne, Wakarusa, Michigantown and Hazelton. Valparaiso once reached the final tournament at Bloomington in 1916. Four other teams—Bedford, Connersville, Logansport and Shortridge of Indianapolis—each have been in the big show in past years and were contenders, but none ever reached the final game, while Greencastle was runner up in 1931 and Kokofho in 1925. The big noise of the present meet may be provided by three of the four former champion teams in the event—Muncie, Martinsville and Vincennes.

Top Bracket Strongest Muncie and Martinsville are in the lower half of the schedule bracket and could crash through to the final game handily and in good physical condition while several of the favorites for the 1933 title, Greencastle, Logansport and Connersville and are fighting it out with Vincennes, Shorttridge, Kokomo, Wakarusa and undefeated Michigantown in the upper half. Franklin, only team ever to win three consecutive titles, is the fourth ex-champion entered. The tournament will open at 9 a. m. Friday with a game between Logansport and Michigantown. Logansport is one of the top favorites to grab the 1933 title. Michigantown is the only contestant to be undefeated during the reason, with 29 consecutive triumphs. Shortridge Opens Action Greencastle, also strongly favored, meets Wakarusa in the second game at 10 a. m. The third game, betwen Connersville and Vincennes at 11 a. m., is expected to present one of the hardest battles of first round play. Shortridge of Indianapolis, winner over Technical in sectional play, will engage Kokomo, in the last game of the upper bracket at 2 p. m. Valparaiso will oppose Martinsville in the first game of the lower bracket at 3 p. m. Bedford is expected to win over Hazelton, another darkhorse, in the 4 p. m. game. Muncie, picked as the strongest in the lower bracket, will meet Franklin in the first night game. Franklin won only two of twenty games in regular season play. Bearer Dam will be a dark horse contender in the final-round game against North Side of Ft. Wayne Friday night.

Four Hoosier Teams Enter By Timet Special CHICAGO, March 16.—Two more Indiana quintets have been invited to compete in the national Catholic high school championship tournament at Loyola U., Chicago, opening next Wednesday. Jasper Academy, one of the leading contenders in the past three tournaments, and St. Mary’s -of Huntington, which won 20 out of 23 starts in 1933, today accepted invitations, boosting the total entry list to twenty-six. Six more will be selected. Cathedral of Indianapolis. Hoosier champion, and Gibault of Vincennes, runner-up, are the other Indiana teams already entered. TWENTY-ONE SCHOOLS ENTER BUTLER EVENT Twenty-one colleges and universities have entered the Butler indoor relay carnival, to be staged at Fairview fieldhouse on March 25, Hermon Phillips, Bulldog coach, announced today. Some of the nation's outstanding collegiate thinlies, including several national and conference champions, will perform in the local event. POLO TILTS ARE CLOSE In city amateur roller polo games at Tomlinson hall Wednesday night Courthouse five downed Union Printers. 3 to 2; Holies Printers defeated Stuck Coal, 3 to 2, and City Hall upset Statehouse. 6 to 3. Riverside Rink team is leading the league with six wins ar.d no defeats and Rolles Printers are second with six victories and one setback It is an eight-club loop. BUTLER ON I. U. CARD By Timet Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., March 15. —lndiana university’s outdoor track schedule has been completed by the addition of a dual meet here with Butler on May 13, Coach E. C. Hayes of the Hoosier, thinlies announced today.

Petrolle Tests Ross BILLY PETROLLE, veteran Fargo Express, who has battered many fistic title aspirants right out of their championship aspirations, takes on another ambitious lightweight contender, Barney Ross, at Chicago on March 22.

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Score Card for State Finals FRIDAY SATURDAY Lotansport \ 9 A M ' ‘ \ Mirbirantown 7 f 8 30 A M. ; \ Greencastle \ l 10 A. M. f / ) Wakarusa 7 ... 2:30 P. M. Vincennes \ / \ 11 * M ' j ) ) \ Connersville 7 f 9:30 A. M. > I Kokomo \ t I 2 P. M. ( ■ / shortrld|t, ‘ * p M. ( O ~ (Semi-Finals) r Martinsville \ (Finals) , • 3 * ” j \ i Valparaiso 7 / 10:30 A. M. , 1 Bedford \ t \ 4P M / Haxelton | j - ... 3:30 P. M. / Franklin , 7:30 P. M. '■ ) I Muncie ... / f 11:30 A. M. > / N. Side (Ft. Wayne)) \ 8:30 P. M. ( ' Beaver Dam 7

Former Butler Tennis Star Upsets Bell, Tests Sutter

By United Press NEW YORK, March 16. With seven seeded players surviving, hot competition was promised today in the quarter-final singles of the national indoor tennis championships at the seventh armory. Dr. Lawrence Kurzrok of New York, former Butler university of Indianapolis court ace, who eliminated Berkeley Bell Wednesday, opposed Clifford S. Sutter, New Orleans, in the feature tilt. Although Kurzrok is not a seeded

Statistics on Cage Finalists

THESE four charts complete statistics on the sixteen quintets competing in the Indiana high school cage championship tourney at Butler field house, starting Friday morning. Seven were printed Tuesday and five in Wednesday’s edition of The Times. MUNCIE Nickname—Bearcats. School Colors—Purple and White. Coach—Raymond (Pete) Jolly. Record—Former Indiana university star and coach of the 1931 state champions. Lost in the regionals to Newcastle who carried on and won state title in 1932, —Number—(Shirt Color) Player—Nickname (White) Pets. Age Height Weight Class Robert Schuck (80b)... 55 C 19 6 2 148 Junior Donald Histand (Don) .. 90 F 19 s—ll 155 Senior Fred Kleinfelder 33 F 18 6 3Vi 170 Junior Charles Budd (Chuck).. 77 G 16 s—ll 168 Junior Gene Smith (Smitty)... 66 G 18 s—ll 155 Senior Gene Clock (Gene) 88 G 17 6 1 • 172 Junior Marshal Burch 44 G 15 s—ll 142 Soph Rav Schecongost 99 F 18 s—lo 148 Senior Llovd Davis (Davie)... 11 C 16 6 1 158 Soph. John Young (Jack) 22 G 16 6 165 Soph. Season Record—l Von 16; lost 6. KOKOMO Nickname —Wildcats. School Colors—Red and Blue Coach—Walter M. Cross. Record—Member of Thorntown high school team (1919) that reached semi-finals and was awarded Gimble prize; also All-State guard position. Graduated from Purdue and was member of Boilermaker net team three years. —Number—(Shirt Color) Player—Nickname (Red) (White) Pos. Age Height Weight Class Ken Bassett 4 4 F 17 5 8 140 Senior James Edwards ll li F 18 6 170 Junior Ralph Ellars 6 6 C 18 6 2 165 Junior William Kreag 33 G 19 5- 10 168 Sen,or Hiram Bender 9 9 G 18 s—ll 170 Senior Harold Moss 5 5 F 17 5—7 150 Junior Robert George 12 12 C 17 6 150 Senior Chester Warrnan 7 7 C 18 s—ll 150 Senior Walter Riffe 10 10 F 17 5- 8 140 Senior Robert Ellis 8 8 G 17 s—ll 160 Junior FRANKLIN Nickname—Blue Devils. School Colors—Blue and White. Coach—Robert (Fuzzy) Vandiver. Rerord—Famous Franklin high school player on championship team of 1920. 1921. and 1922. Also Franklin college “Wonder Five,” 1923, 1924, 1925 and 1926. Seven years coach of Franklin high school teams that have won every sectional. Number—(Shirt Color) Player-Nickname (Bluet (White) Pos. Age Height Weight Class Eugene Anderson (Gene).. 10 10 F 15 s li 140 c nn h Jesse Anderson (Ha-Cha).. 1 1 F 17 fi_ a 130 lonh Joseph Green (Joe) 7 7 G 18 5Z ! fa I^?' John Houghland iHougiei.. 6 6 G 17 5—9 iso mr nr William Campbell < Bill >... 2 2 C 18 it Is? lun Edward Balser (Cherry)... 33 F 18 5 8 I Se?!niRichard Weaver )Dick). .4 4 G 18 t (70 I'll Zion McCHockUn (Ma 0.... 9 9 C 15 Clifton Cannon (Cliff t..... 5 5 G 18 5 8 140 Innh Thomas Barrow (Tommy). 8 8 F 17 130 l^mor Season Record—Won only two games in regular season, in schedule of 20. MARTINSVILLE Nickname—Arlesians. School Colors—Red and Blue. Coach Glenn M. Curtis. Record—Coached championship 1918 team at Lebanon high school. Coach at Martinsville past fourteen years. Developed championship teams in 1924, 1927, and runner-up teams in 1926 and 1928. —Number—(Shirt Color) Player—Nickname ißedt (Blue) Pos. Age Height Weight Class Wayne Garrison 67 67 p 17 s 8 is Clarence Coyle 11 11 g J? t ? 11l fen'or Robert Norman 17 17 o 17 6 170 or B*rl Beasley 37 97 ? 15 5-10 177 l^ph Eugene Cramer 0 0 C 17 6 -170 Senior Kenneth Williams 87 87 p 17 2 g L- \° r . Kenneth Watson 4 4 G IS t 55 ? t Wendell Phillips 9 9 £ ? g 9 {H j™ £ Robert Dale 5 5 g 16 5 9 160 Junior Season Record—Won 13; Lost 9.

Around the Big League Camps

By Timen Special BRADENTON, Fla., March 16. With a 6 to 4 triumph over the Philadelphia Athletics to their credit, the St. Louis Cardinals today tackled the Boston Red Sox. Ivy Andrews, Henry Johnson and Bob Kline were slated to do the hurling for the Beantowners. Fine pitching by Dizzy Dean, Tex Carleton and Paul Derringer gave the Cards Wednesday’s victory over the Athletics. Jimmy Wilson, Bob O’Farrell. Ernie Orsatti and Pepper Martin led the attack on Peterson, Freitas and McKeithan of the A’s. nan ST. PETERSBURG. Fla.. March 16.—A triple and double by Ben Chapman helped the New York Y'ankees square accounts with the Boston Braves in their second exhibition game here Wednesday, 8 to 7. The Yanks scored six of their runs off rookie Ed Fallenstein In the first thr:* innings. Pipgras. Wells and MacFavden pitched for the Y’anks. nan i LOS ANGELES Cal.. March 16 - Smith, I Hale and Mapp. Giant rookie hurlers issued eleven passes to Hollywood Coast I Leaguers In an exhibition game here I Wednesday, and the New Yorkers dropped a 13-to-8 decision to the Stars. The rivals tangled again todav. OAKLAND. Cal.. March 16.—Oakland's Coast Leaguers got twelve hits off Waite Hoyt and Heine Meine, but the veterans were effective in Ute pinches and tho

player, the brilliant form he flashed Wednesday promised to give Sutter, seeded No. 2, plenty of entertainnvnt. In the other feature match, Francis Shields was pitted against George M. Lott. Four other seeded players came through with ease Wednesday, and were matched today as follows: Gregory Mangin, defending champion, vs. Dr. Eugene McCauliff; Sidney B. Wood vs. J. Gilbert Hall.

Pittsburgh Pirates wound up their exhibition series with the Oaks with a 5-to-2 triumph Wednesday. A four-run attack on Lou McEvov. former Yankee pitcher, in the third inning, gave the Bucs the decision. BILOXI. Miss., March 16.—Ed Linke, brilliant young fast ball hurler, starred as the Washington Senators bumped Atlanta, 13 to 2, here Wednesday. Linke pitched five scoreless innings, got two hits in as many trips, scored one run, drove in another. stole home and figured in one of the Nats’ two double plays. a u tt NEW ORLEANS, March 15.—Oral Hildebrand. former Indianapolis A. A. star and one of the most prominent rookies of 1932. was scheduled to make his 1433 mound debut with Cleveland against New Orleans in an exhibition game todas. .'ld Harder and Clint Brown also were nominated for duty today by Manager Roger Peekinpaugh.

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