Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 271, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1933 — Page 13

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By Eddie Aslhi Bonus Plan Is Delicate Arrangement m m Hollywood Players ‘Sent to the Hills’ Tommy Taylor Fight His Way Back

\yEs FERRELL, Cleveland's sensational young pitcher who has won 91 games in his four years as a big leaguer, was offered a cut from SIB,OOO to $12,000 this year, lie balked, and a bonus system was agreed upon. Ferrell signed for $12,000. If he wins 20 games he gets $14,000. If he wins twenty-five games he receives $15,000. Ferrell is a player who has a wholesome respect for the dollar. He has been hard to do business with ever since entering the majors, lie also is a fellow, with temperament. His quarrels with Manager Peckinpaugh, his public announcement that Joe McCarthy was the best manager in the majors ,and his walking from the box unbidden have been widely publicized. Ferrell will want to win twenty-five games badly. He always has wanted to win. but there are many customers in Cleveland who lost faith in him at times. Naturally, since he is the-best pitcher Cleveland has, Manager Peck will picl him to pitch against the more formidable teams, just how Ferrell will tike this under his new contract is very much in doubt. The bonus plan for pitchers has proved one of baseball’s worst evils. It foments bad feeling among the players, makes each player with a bonus contract an individual business man and frequently opens breaches between player and manager. Some years ago pitcher George Uhle signed a Cleveland contract similar to Ferrell's. One of the infielders used to blow up upon occasions, sind when he went into these streaks it seemed to cost big George money ievery time. It is said to this day Uhle looks upon that infielder with a fishy eye. 000 tt tt a WTT AND PLAYERS WERE IN BAD SPOT. y-pHE Hollywood club of the Pacific Coast League was a frightened A group of ball players when the earthquake struck Long Beach. ’ That city was the Hollywood training camp and nearly all players were in t he Robinson hotel dining room for the evening meal when the rumble started. Two pastimers were injured, Otis Brannon and Vance Page. The latter dove through a plate glass window. Brannon was caught in tlie debris and was not missed until Manager Oscar Vitt checked his sc ;uad. Vitt and other players dashed back and dragged Brannon to safety. His leg was caught and there was a wild scramble getting him out. Manager Vitt jumped through where a window had been and led his •mm to the beach away from the falling buildings. The young players weije frantic. And that wasn’t all. Somebody shouted “tidal wave” and Manager Vit t again assembled his players and all ran for a hill. Vitt finally charr temd a bus and took his team to the highest hill in Long Beach. When Vit*| first registered at the hotel he was assigned to room 319, but it was noisy and he was changed. The wall caved in on his old room. Fror n this description baseball fans who never have experienced an earthquake will realize Oscar Vitt spent one bad evening.. tt tt tt tt a a ‘THROUGH’ LAST YEAR; MANAGER THIS YEAR. OI'JE year ago Tommy Taylor was a veteran minor league ball player well past 30, jobless, and marked “junk” by the Memphis Chicks. Today he is manager of the Knoxville club, planning his 1933 attack on Mem phis and otiier league rivals. After the Memphis release Tommy, always confident, boarded a train for Knoxville, baby member of the leagn e, thinking the Smokies might need an outfielder. Tfaylor asked for a job and got it. He hustled from the start, nailed .down the center field post, and became Knoxville's most popular player. But one day Tommy crashed into the fence going after a fly ball and broke his leg. Thylor was through! That was the general consensus. But after long workouts all winter he says the leg is as good as new. Whether Tommy plays or not, he's the Knoxville manager, the position having been presented to him by club officials. It pays to hustle. u n n u a AND THE WIND BLEW THROUGH HIS WHISKERS. JACK REYNOLDS will make one of his frequent visits to Indianapolis Fri Way night and go to the mat with Whiskers Kolln in the main wrestling bout at the armory. Kolln is the grappler who had anew rule pi need in the mat code in Michigan. His opponents found rude pleasure in grasping Henry’s beard and wrapping it around his neck and the beiv,whiskered man appealed to the Michigan commission officials, who finally banned the whisker hold and put it in the same class as the strangle hold. It is not thought the speedy Reynolds will be compelled to resort to beard-tpulling tactics, unless, of course, squirrels hop out of Henry’s long whisketss. In that event, Jack may have to adopt strong protective measures, or' take out a hunting license before entering the ring. u o a a a KING* LEVINSKY, the Chicago fish peddler who has made something oj' a success as a beak buster, has none of Gene Tunney's pretensions to scholarly ability. The Kingfish was detained once when Chicago pol ice were rounding up people who seemed to have no visible means of support. The cops asked him his occupation. And he told them, “Jewish. Last year Levinsky happened upon a party viewing the total eclipse ! through smoked glasses. Someone handed the glasses to the Kingfish and he looked long and earnestly at the phenomenon. Then, handing! back the glasses, he said with seriousness: "Boy that’s bad ain’t it!’*' " tt tt it it it Babe Ruth’s $52,000 salary this year will be trimmed to about s4l 000 after he pays federal and state income tax. His pav is up there where the levien are heavy. * tt o u o u Last {Sunday, with perfect weather, the Yankees, minus Ruth, played the Boston Braves in St. Petersburg and drew only 500 cash customers Babes public stayed away. Perhaps the incident led to the signing of the slugger Wednesday at a figure above Owner Ruppert’s original offer. * * * a tt a Connin Mack Jr. is a candidate for the freshman pitching staff at Duke university and his coach is Jack Coombs, who used to star on ths mound unvaer the lad s dad. Young Mack stands 6 feet 5 inches. * * • Walter Johnson passed up the chance to purchase the Jersey City club on tin l ’ advice of Clark Griffith, his old boss. Johnson would have had to sigif a $20,000 note, payable to the International League and baseball prospects are anything but rosy in Skeetertown. * * * t, . T J ie . Ne ?’ Giants and Yankees may have to operate on hard 2° th 'u Raie an indefinite period. The funds of both are tied up in the Harriman bank, New York, pending the settlement of charges agaflnst an official. The Giants' account was reported juggled.

Cathedral Opens National Basket Title Action Today

fit/ United Press CHICAGO. March 23.—With the defending champion, St. Patrick's high of Chicago, safely ensconced in the second mund, parochial prep teams from all iOarts of the country faced a full-day of first round games in the national Catholic basketball • tournament at Loyola university today. Play started tlhis morning, with three games befone noon. Five games are carded for this afternoon and three for tonight. With three games Metcalfe Again Breaks ; Record By United Pret HAMILTON. Ontario. March 23 —Ralph Mete tlfe of Marquette uni- i versity registered h is thii and victory of the indoor seasa a over Emmett j Toppino of Ne\~ Orleans Wednesday night when he established a new Canadian indoor record of :06.1 for the 60-yard dash, equaling the world mark. DONIE BUSH INJURED Hi/ l tilled Press FT. MYERS, Fla., March 23.Manager Donle Bush of the Cincinnati Reds hurried back to the Reds camp at Tampa today after the game w ith the Athleticsi to have his j infected left foot treated. Infection | set in because of a. neglected blister.

played Wednesday night, and eleven on tap today, two contests Friday morning will wind up the first round. St. Patrick’s opened the tournev Wednesday with a 30 to 23 victory over Gibault high of Vincennes, Indiana title runner-up. St. Xavier of Louisville, former holder of the title, served notice that it will be a strong contender bv overwhelming St. Thomas Military academy of St. Paul. 28 to 14. St. Marys of Huntington, Ind., moved into the second round, defeating St. Joseph of Cairo, 111., 17 to 12. Four more Hoosier quintets, including Cathedral of Indianapolis, state champion, open action today. Jasper academy met St. Bonaventure of Sturtevant, Wis., at 11 a. m. today and Reitz Memorial of Evansville tackled Routt of Jacksonville. 111-, at 1 p. m. Cathedral opened action against Our Lady of Victory academy. Lackawanna, N. Y., at 3 p. ,n. in the final night tilt. Central Catholic of Ft. Wayne faced St. Francis Xavier of Green Bay. Wis., at 9. 8 LEFT IN LINKS PLAY By Times Special PINEHURST. N. C„ March 23 Eight survivors battled in second round matches of the North and South women's golf tournament today. Favorites, paced by Maureen Or cutt, defending chamnte' - ' * Opal S. Hill, western title, holder, easily advanced in Weuaesouj opening play.

Indianapolis Times Sports

$52,000 Is Ruth's Pay Babe Takes $23,000 Salary Cut After Short Conference. By United Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 23.—Babe Ruth has agreed to sign a one-year contract with the New York Yankees for $52,000, and when the big fellow fills out this document within a few days, he probably wall be signing for the last time as a regular player. In agreeing to take a $23,000 reduction from last year's salary, baseball's most famous holdout, and highest paid player launched his t ventieth year in big league baseball and his fourteenth season with the Yankees. He is 39 years old. These thirtynine years make an “ancient” out of a ball player. No one knows this better than Ed Barrow, business manager of the Yanks, who generally is understood to have been responsible for the $50,000 contract sent Ruth in January. Unless the Babe has a magnificent record this season, he proba!.’;* will be offered such a small salary for 1934 that he will accept a position as player-manager with some other club. The agreement was reached at a ten-minute conference Wednesday in Ruth's pent house apartment. Colonel Jacob Ruppert, owner of the Yanks, and Ruth each claimed a moral victory after the conference. Ruth originally had demanded $60,000, and Ruppert had insisted he would pay no more than $50,000. The Babe will work out with the Yanks before today’s game with the Braves, and he will be in the lineup Friday when the Yanks again meet the Bostonians. Cage Receipts Down SIO,OOO Receipts for the two-day finals of the Indiana high school basketball tournament - played here last week were estimated today at $30,000, approximately SIO,OOO less than last year, by Arthur L. Trester, commissioner of the I. H. S. A. A. In spite of the decline in attendance, the association will not sustain a financial loss, Trester said. Total expenses for the tournament will approximately be $28,000, he added. HOPPE RETAINS EDGE By Times Special CHICAGO, March 23. Willie Hoppe, balkline champion, held a 300 to 275 point lead over Welker Cochran, three cushion titlist, after six blocks of play in their 600-point tri-rail challenge match here. Hoppe won the Wednesday afternoon block, 50 to 26, and Cochran won at night, 50 to 36. They continued play today.

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CHICAGO, March 23.—8i11y Sullivan, versatile young diamond star whose .316 was the best batting average turned in by a Chicago White Sox pastimer iast season, intends to quit baseball, he said Wednesday. Sullivan graduates from Notre Dame law school this year, and will be admitted to the Indiana bar on April 3. He already has secured a position with a financial firm. He also gave as reasons for returning an unsigned contract to the Sox the fact that he had been asked to catch and that his salary had been cut from SIO,OOO to $6,000. Sullivan's favorite position is first base. tt tt a ST. PETERSBURG. March 23.—Aided by four errors, the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the New York Yankees, 3 to 2. in Purdue Football Clinic to Open By Times Special * LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 23. Two hundred high school and college football coaches from Indiana and neighboring states are expected to attend the annual grid clinic at Purdue U.. Friday and Saturday. Elmer Layden, Duquesne U., coach, and the Purdue coaching staff of Noble Kizer, Mai Edward, Guy Mackey, Glen Harmeson, and Jim Purvis, will conduct the twoday session. Leadine high school coaches, including Walter Fisher of Muncie, C. C. McConnell of Princeton. E. L. Moore of Lindblom. Chicago; V. R. Rutherford. Terre Haute: Francis Crath, East Chicago: Andy Gill. Michigan City; Chuck Bennett, Laporte: Don McAllister. Waite high. Toledo; Lundy Wellborn, South Side of Ft. Wayne; G. W. Landis, Linton, and Keith Crown, Horace Mann of Gary, also are on the program. Major John L. Griffith. Big Ten commissioner; A. L Trester. I. H. S. A. A commissioner; Dr. E. C. Elliott of Purdue and Layden will be principal speakers at a banquet Friday night. CAGERSMN semi-finals By Times Special WICHITA. Kas., March 23.—Oklahoma Presbyterian college cagers, defending champions, battled the Kansas City Steubens in the feature semi-final final battle of the national A. A. U. women’s basketball tournament here today. In the other bracket, Dallas (Tex.) Golden Cyclones, Babe Didrikson's former team, faced the Wichita Thurstons. FIGHT PICTURES HERE Pictures of the Primo CameraErnie Schaaf heavyweight bout—the bout fatal to Schaaf—will be on view at the Alamo theater, beginning Saturday, it was announced by the Alamo management today. The theater is located at Illinois and Ohio streets. COURTHOUSE FIVE JVINS A goal in the final minutes by Kerst gave Courthouse five a 7 to 6 victory over City Hall in the feature tilt of the amateur roller polo league Wednesday night at Tomlinson hall. Printers downed Ramblers, 4 to 2, and Riverside Rink swamped Statehouse, 12 to 1, in other games.

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, MARCH 23, 1933

Four Cubs in Amateur Mitt Meet

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WITH a big entry list promising action galore, Marion county amateur mitt champions will b decided at South Side Turner gym Saturday night in the annual touiiney. Several clubs have entered strong teams, and the field is one of the classiest in the history of the event. Indianapolis Cubs Recreation CVib. a west side organizs.tion, has entered the four battlers shown abovet They are, left to right, Bernard Cangany, bantamweight, runnerup in,the recent Times-Legion Golden Gloves tourney; Joe Smith, flyweight,; Ralph Saunders, lightweight, and Curley Rose, welterweight.

Indians to Leave for Dixie Invasion Friday

By Times Special FRENCH LICK, Ind., March 23. The Indians of Wade Killefer bumped into more spring training obstacles today when the weather turned sour again and as a result it won’t take the boys long to pack up and move out of here Friday afternoon. The Tribesmen will go to Memphis for exhibition tilts with the Southern Association Chicks on Saturday and Sunday and then invade Texas for a xveek, practicing and playing Ft. Worth and Dallas. The Indians "took to the hills” again Wednesday as their diamond on the flat ground was too soft to hold up under action. Two drills were held in the sunshine and the day’s work closed with a long hike late in the afternoon. The Indian pastimers have been denied heavy batting practice on ac-

Ross Hammers Petrolle to Gain Chance at Ring Title

BY KENNETH D. FRY, United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, March 23.—The lightweight boxing division, ruled at the moment by Tony Canzoneri, has a capable heir-apparent in youthful Barney Ross of Chicago, who mixes brains with left hooks, right crosses and an amazing ability to duck. With Tony a ringside spectator, young Barney Wednesday night

an exhibition game Wednesday. A single, sacrifice and error in the eighth inning gave the Cards the winning run. Joe Medwick hit a home run off Gomez in the fourth inning. Both Gomez and Charley Devens turned in good pitching, whi.e Dizzy Dean and Tex Carleton were impressive on the St. Louis slab. tt tt tt MIAMI, Fl\, March 23. —Brooklyn Dodgers traveled Thirteen innings to defeat the Buffalo International League club. 2 to 1, in an exhibition game here Wednesday. Johnny Frederick's single scored the winning run. FORT MEYERS, Fla.. March 23. Philadelphia’s Athletics captured their fourth straight exhibition victory Wednesday with a 7 to 6 triumph over Cincinnati. Jimmy Foxx, slugging first sacker, got a single, double and triple off Bob Smith and Larry Benton in four times at bat. tt tt B CLEARWATER. Fla.. March 23—Hammering Weaver and Meadows for thirteen hits, the Thillies defeated Newark in an exhibition game here Wednesday. 8 to 2. Elliott, Rhem and Collins held the International League champs to seven blows. B tt tt BILO&I, Miss., March 23.—Fine pitching by Walter Stewart and Alvin Crowder, and a home run by Cliff Bolton, rookie catcher, with the bases crowded, featured ashington's 9 to 4 win over Atlanta in a practice game here Wednesday. LOS ANGELES, Cal., March 23.— New York Giants hammered out fourteen hits to turn back Pittsburgh in. an exhibition game Wednesday, 8 to 5. A four-run rally in the seventh inning clinched the game. Manager Bill Terry homered for the Giants in the fifth. 0 0 0 NEW ORLEANS. March 23.—Clint Brown hurled five fine innings as the Cleveland Indians nosed out New Orleans. 3 to 2, in an exhibtion game here Wednesday. SAN FRANCISCO. March 23—Blanked for seven innings. Charlie Grimms’ Chicago Cubs uncorked a savage rally in the eighth, scoring six runs and nosing out the Mission club of the Pacific Coast League Wednesday, 6 to 5. Seven hits, including triples by Demaree and Taylor, rattled off the bats of Chicago hitters after they had been held to a meager two safeties by Bert Cole and Wayne Osborn. The teams play again this afternoon. TIGER FOX TO PERFORM State Heavy Champ to Fight at Harlem A. C. Friday, Tiger Jack Fox. Terre Haute Negro, will clash with K. O. Petes in the main fistic event at the Harlem A. C. Friday night. The arena is at 438 Indiana avenue. Fox is Indiana state heavyweight champ. Bulldog Tate, Indianapolis, will battle the Masked Marvel, New York middleweight, in the semifinal. There will be three other, bouts, the first at 8:30. GRADE NETTERS TANGLE Wayne township grade school teams will tangle in a basketball tournament at Bridgeport community house, opening Friday at 4 p. m. and continuing through Saturday. Ten teams will compete. H. R. C. GUN WINNER Hoosier Rifle Club nosed out Eleventh Infantry in a team -match at Ft. Harrison range Wednesday night, 1,072 to 1.071. Maj. Boles with .189 and Platte with 189 led the winner, while Holodzeak with 183 and Meeks with 181 topped the losers.

count of door weather and the men are eager reach the southland. Les Barnhart, righthander, is expected to di\aw the opening mound assignment $t Memphis. Ben Lady, Beech Grove rookie, has impressed Manager Killefer and the will be given a thorough trial jiuring the games in Dixieland. Lady' is 17 years and appears to possess jiatural talent. He will be tried in \£he outfield. Art Queisser, Indianapolis lad on the catching staff, may be left at Memphis with the Chicks, it is said. The Indians will carry two backstops and the regulars, Tom Angley and Johnny Riddle, are in fine shape. Tom and Johnny are far ahead of most of tHp players on condition. They worked out for a couple of weeks before the squad reported at French Lick,

proved his right to a chance a$ the lightweight crown by decisively outsmarting and outboxing Billy Petrolle, the derailed Fargo Express. Ross won by a wide margin in ten rounds before some 16,000 spectartors at the Chicago stadium. In nine out of ten' rounds, Rossi beat Petrolle to the punch. Not once l did he let Billy get set to throw those vicious left hooks. When Petrolle wanted to punch Ross kept him off with rapid, stinging left jabs. When Petrolle stood off and waited for an opening, Barney stepped in with round house rights and lefts swinging to Billy’s battleworn features. Petrolle couldn't keep up with Ross, although Barney’s punches didn’t seem to bother Petrolle much at any time. Ross weighed 135 pounds; Petrolle scaled 137%, and in justice to Billy, it might be mentioned that he probably lost a little effectiveness cutting his weight to that figure. Stripp lakes Dodger Terms By United Press MIAMI, Fla., March 23. Joe Stripp, third baseman of the Brooklyn Dodgers, surrendered in his holdout war today, accepting the club's terms. He will be the last Dodger to sign a 1933 contract.

Independent and Amateur Baseball Notes, Gossip

J. W. Bader Indians will practice at Riverside diamond No. 1 at 2:30 p. m. Saturday. Following players are requested to be present and any one wishing to try out; David. Eader. Turk, Cline, Williams, Percifleld, Newgent, Brown, Long. Crill Anderson. Charles Anderson, Orvis. C. Smith. Collier Brothers, Dickey. DeMott, Woodrum. Taylor. Hutzell, Good. Forster. Reed. Massey. Johnson. Henderson. Cox, Sheets, Gale, Carey. Stokes. Hellmer, John Smith. Guy. Day. Stiles, Purcell. Eichel, Lauer Brothers. Marsh. Nielson, McKirn, Coffin. J. Brown, Elmer Brown and Lefty Perede. The Indians are ready to book games with fast state teams. Frankfort, Loogootee. Shoals. French Lick and West Baden. Notice: For games write the J. W. Bader Athletic Association. 2818 North Capitol avenue. At a recent meeting of the baseball committee of St Patrick's Holy Name Society, it was decided to organize two baseball teams to represent the society. One team, which will be managed and coached by Eugene iLeftyi Morrison, will be entered in the Municipal League. The other team, under the direction of Carl Klaiber. will be entered in the City Catholic League. The age limit on players in the Catholic League this year will be 25 years. A meeting of all plavers interested In playing on these teams is called for Friday at 8:15 p. m. in St. Patrick's hall, 946 Prospect street. Weather permitting, a work out will be held at Pennsy park. Any strong team desiring the services of a left-handed pitcher, write or call at 535 North Beville avenue, or call CH-erry 3591-W. ask for Marion Wilson. The Ruralton A. C.s will hold a meeting Friday. March 24. at J. Thertacs house, 3001 East Washington street, at 8 p. m. All players and tryouts please attend. J. Moore and Schalbert take notice. The A. C.s desire to hear from Elwood. Tipton. Shelbyville. Greenfield, Columbus and other state nines. Address V. Hev. 553 North Tacoma avenue. CRIMSON HONORS HODSON By United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. March 23. —Glendon Hodson of Amo. senior, was elected honorary captain of the Indiana university basketball squad for the season just closed by unanimous vote of his teammates Wednesday. Hodson. forward, played three seasons with the varsity squad. CAGE TOURNEY PLANNED An independent basketball tournament will be staged at Olympic gym next week, opening March 29. and continuing on April 3 and 5. Managers of Service Cleaners and Old Augusta and Lvnn of Broad Ripj jle are asked to call Cooke at HA-rrlson

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34 in Rich Jump Race Nine Horses, American Owned, in Grand National Field. BY TOM CREEDON United Press Staff Correspondent LIVERPOOL, England. March 23. —With thirty-four of the world’s finest jumpers ready for Friday’s grand national steeplechase, crowds swarmed into Liverpool today, the vanguard of a half-million fans expected to witness the ninety-fourth running of the classic. Os the thirty-four thoroughbreds, ; nine will try to carry the Stars and pStripes to victory, a feat accomi plished only twice since 1900. Last year there were twelve Americanowned mounts in a field of thirtysix starters, but only three finished, and none in the money. All of the American-owned horses are outsiders in the betting this year. Mrs. M. A. Gemmell's Irish jumper, Gregalach, winner in 1929, and Dorothy Padget’s Golden Miller, making his first grand national try, are co-favorites quoted at odds of 100 to 12. Both are British owned. The only 100 per cent American entry in the race is Mrs. T. H. Sommerville’s Trouble Maker — American owned, American bred and ridden by an American jockey. This 10-year-old jumper is quoted at the long odds of 65 to 1. The American entry receiving the strongest backing is John Hay (Jock) Whitney’s Dusty Foot, which will be ridden by the United States’ best known cross-country rider, George H. (Pete) Bostwick. It will be Bostwick’s first Grand National ride. Dusty Foot is quoted at 40 to 1. Mrs. C. S. Bird’s Heartbreak Hill, a filly, is another American-owned horse receiving considerable backing. Sign Wilson anti Redskin Dr. Ralph Wilson, popular Hoosier heavyweight and former Big Ten conference wrestling champion, will pit his skill against Bearcat Jones, Arizona Indian, in the chief supporting bout to the Joe StecherWee Willie Davis feature match on the Hercules A. C. mat card Monday night at Tomlinson hall. Jones and Wilson will collide in a time-limit bout, while Stecher and Davis will meet in a finish match, two falls out of three. Monday’s show will see Davis, the 240pound “Virginia giant,” in local action for the first time since he was reinstated by A1 Feeney, state supervisor of boxing and wrestling. Stecher. who scales 225, formerly held the world’s heavyweight title. Butler, Artesian Cagers Honored More than three hundred students and alumni of Butler university honored Tony Hinkle’s Bulldog cagers, Missouri Valley Conference champaons, at the Utes’ club banquet Wednesday night at the university gymnasium. Coach Glenn Curtife and his state high school championship Martinsville Artesians also were honor guests. Speakers on the program were Chaplain O. F. Haley of Plainfield boys’ school, Wally Middlesworth, A. L. Trester, A1 G. Feeney Potsy Clark, Jim Bausch of Olympic fame, Hermon Phillips, Fritz Mackey, Professor E. F. Elston of Butler, Hinkle, Curtis and local newspaper men. * ILLINOIS PREP FIVES OPEN TITLE TOURNEY By United Press CHAMPAIGN, 111., March 23. Eight high school basketball teams which survived the rigorous district and sectional tournaments open play today for the Illinois state championship at the University of Illinois. Two games this afternoon and two more tonight will send four teams into the semi-finals Friday night. Saturday night the title will be decided. The schedule of today’s first round games follows: 3 P. M.—Hutsonville vs. Springfield. 4 P. M.—Gillespie vs. Lake View :Chicago). 7:30 P. M.—Mahomet vs. Thornton (Harvevt. 8:30 P. M.—Benton vs. Canton. SWIM CARNIVAL SET A record field is expected to compete in the annual Indiana Y. M. C. A. swimming championship carnival at Butler U. pool on April 1. Ross H. Clarke, local “Y” physical director, announced plans for the event Wednesday. Trials will open at 2 p. m. and the finals at 8 p. m. Bob Goodwin of Butler and Jimmy Clark, “Y” swimming coach, will aid Clarke in staging the meet. RELAY SEATS ON SALE Tickets for the big Butler indoor relay carnival Saturday were placed on sale today at the Clark & Son Claypool drug store, A. G. Spaldings, colored Y. M. C. A. and the hotels Antlers, Severin and SpinkArms. Tickets are selling for $1 for both the afternoon preliminaries and night finals. WILDCATS SIGN RENTNER By Times Special CHICAGO, March 23. Ernest (Pug> Rentner, Northwestern’s all-1 America half back, will return to the Evanston school next fall as backfield coach of the freshman squad, it was announced Wednesday, EM-ROE LEAGUES ORGANIZE The Em-Roe and Em-Roe Junior Baseball Leagues will be in the Held again this season, playing Sundav afternoon baseball. There will be a meeting Friday night at the Em-Roe sporting goods store. 209 West Washington street. Ail teams interested in plaving Bunday afternoon baseball are requested to attend this meeting or get in touch with Carl Callahan at the Em-Roe store.

Mangin Keeps Crown Gregory mangin still is king of the indoor tennis courts. The brilliant New Jersey youngster whipped Cliff Sutter, Dixie star, in a thrilling four-set battle last week to keep his national crown.

Hoosier Stars in Butler Relays

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The Elks’ national tournament will resume play Friday at the Pritchett alleys when members of the Elks’ No. 339, Pittsburgh, take the drives at 2 p. m. to roll their doubles and singles. A five-man team squad will take the alleys at 4 p. m. Friday's schedule. The local Barbasol team is on top in team play with a score of 3,104. Pritchett and Fehr lead the doubles with 1,315, Don Johnson the singles, 714, and Johnny Fehr the allevents, wtih 1,944. Charlie Tvner scored his third consecutive 700 total while rolling with the Inter-Club League on the Pntcheit alleys. Last Friday night, rolling in the A. C. E. S. League. Tyner started his streak with a score of 730. Monday in the Star League he rolled 709 and followed with the 744 Wednesday night. Malarkev also hit in style during this session, s coring 708. Wright, a member of the Mutual Underwriter team, showed on 634. Tvner also rolled with the Star team in their match with the Muncie Star and led the locals to victory with a 615 count. Indications poinfi to a large entry for the first annual 1,050 scratch team sweepstakes on the Illinois alievs. reservations to date assuring a worthwhile sum to the winning team. The entry will be the limit of the prize awards in this event as all entry money will be returned to the prize list. The entrv fee is $5 p*r team, bowling extra. Reservations can be made at the Illinois alleys, or by calling J ohn Blue or Dan Abbott at Li. 0740. Totals over the 700 mark were produced bv Jess Pritchett and Arch Heiss during the Indianapolis League plav at Pritchetts Recreation. Pritchett rolling 712 with games of 241. 238 and 233. as Heiss counted 701 with scores of 237, 239 and 231. Barbasol led the team olav with a grand total of 3.102. Other 600 totals were: West. 662; Fulton. 661: F Fox. 643: Murphv. 603: Wilmoth. 605 Ra'smussen. 603; Bowen. 622: Fehr. 640: Schott. 637: Wimberlv. 628: Mack. 622: Stick. 606. and Glubka. 614. The Richard Pharmacy team of the St Philip No. V league costed anew season's record game for this loop when

Elwood Puncher to Tackle Dixie Lad in Bantam Scrap

That popular puncher, Henry Hook of Elwood, has been signed to meet Paul Lee of Nashville, Tenn., in the ten-round semi-windup to the Willard Brown-Prince Saunders feature scrap at the Armory next Tuesday night, it was announced today. Local fans seem sold on the Elwood bantam, who has staged some great fights here in recent months. Paul Lee just recently closed a brilliant amateur career to turn pro. He first won the Southern A. A. U. flyweight title and liter annexed the bantam championship of Tennessee. The Dixie pug is a “find” of Kelse McClure, Indianapolis manager, un-

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Lafayette Is Net Champion By Vttilrd Press TIPTON, Ind., March 23.—La-fayette-came from behind in the closing minutes to win the Indiana independent amateur basketball championship Wednesday night with a 39 to 38 victory over U. S. Tires of Indianapolis. Both teams played on even terms during the first half, which ended in a 19 to 19 tie. The Indianapolis team was ahead one point a minute before the final gun. Lafayette advanced to the final round with a 49 to 20 victory over Arcadia, Wednesday afternoon. U. S. Tires won the right to play in the night game by defeating Flanner-Buchan-an of Indianapolis, 23 to 19. Ed Baker f O'Neil in Friday Show The card of four wrestling matches which will be presented at the Armory Friday night was completed when Matchmaker Gardner signed Ed Baker of this city to tangle with Speedy O'Neil of Shelbyville in the opener. The complete program follows: Jack Reynolds. Cincinnati, vs. Henry 'Whiskers) Kolln. Benton Harbor: two in three falls; time limit of one hour and thirty minutes. Leo Donohue. Florida, vs. Steve Nenoff. Bulgaria; one-fall match: thirty minute* times limit. lota Shima. Japan, vs. Harrv Burns. Anderson; one-fall match: time limit. Ed Baker, Indianapolis, vs. Speedy O'Neil. Shelbvville: one-fall match: time limit.

WITH LEFTY LEE

they pounded the maples for a count of 1.108. This team is well down the list in team standings and their great single game effort mav provide the spark needed for an extended winning streak and a climb to the first division. Wheeler's 594 series with games of 211. 163 and 214 led the Indianapolis Railwava and Peoples Motor Coach League play on the Indiana alleys. Estep was next with 550 and Glenn third on 546. No. 500 totals appeared during the Ladies’ League plav on the Indiana alleys. They tried to hit the head pin each time in preperation for the head pin tournament that will be rolled on these drives this afternoon and tonight. The Ft. Harrison Officers will have to be on their game when they roll against the scores of the Oftering-Litzelman team in the Antler Recreation League. These boys scored 2.885 with a 1.015 count in their second try. Chorin and Doolittle scored 655 and 605 for the Coal boys. G. Smith rolled 641 for Double E Spark Plug and they vron all three from Exchange Club as the Law’rence Ramblers won two from Beach and Arthur. Two to one was the verdict during the PostofTice League . play on the Central alleys. City Case and East Michigan Street defeating Four Trippers and Finance. Scoring was low, a 521 set by Huffer leading the field. Dr. Gick was the outstanding star during the Medical Society League plav at the Central, taking the medal award with * 225 game and leading over the threegame route with a score of 625 The two Wischmeler boys were best during the Mutual Milk play on the Fountain Square alleys. W. Wischmeier rolling 579. and E. Wischmeier. 564 Shepherd found the pins falling for him during the Eli Lilly play and produced games of 204. 181 and 212, a total of 597, to lead the field. Holt, the star of the Citizens Gas League fnorth sidei, tossed In a 245 between games of 193 and 195 and easily led this play with a total of 633. The usual flock of 600 totals appeared during the Uptown League play on the north side drives. Hunt rolling 624. Spencer. 604: Shaw. 601 Thoma3. 647: Link. 611: Kuhns. 633: Hill. 637: Lange 647; Quill. 609: Kornbeck. 651: Fink. 617. Hover, 622; H. Kreis, 618. Sourbier, 511; Stevenson. 627; Dawson. 624 Mindach. 617: Koclllng, 621, and W. Heckman, 604

der whose banner Lee w f ill fight in the future. Lee will train at the Washington A. C. gym, while Brown and Hook will work out daily at the Victory. When Prince Saunders arrives in town Saturday it is expected he also will check in at the south side training quarters.

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Two Hoosier track stars who will compete in Butler's color fu 1 carnival at Fairview fleldhouse Saturday are Steve Divich (top), Indiana U. pole vaulter, who got his start at Froebel high school. Gary, and Herbert Sears of Purdue. ex-Tech ace and stellar half-miler. Both were point winners in the recent Big Ten indoor meet, and both w'on state titles in their prep days. A galaxy of nationally -known and Olympic stars will carry the colors of thirty-two schools in Saturday's track pageant.