Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 278, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1933 — Page 18

By Eddie Ash Ma jors Watch Actions of 1932 ‘Cripples’ a m m Jumping Joe Tagged as Coining Leader tt tt 9 Sport Sidelights Discussed at Random

QOME of the major league question marks are Dazzy Yanee, A1 Simmons, Charlie Gelbert, Del Bissonette, Travis Jackson and Tommy Thomas. They are great players laid low or handicapped to a large extent by injuries or illness last year. Max Carey of the Brooklyn Dodgers counted a lot last \ ear on Bissonette’s batting and defensive ability on No. 1 sack, but a failing ankle and an infected tendon got the big boy down. Some ?ay that A1 Simmons' disappointing work with the Athletics last year was due to differences of opinion with dub officials and unpopularity with fans. Later it was learned ATs slump was partly due to a poisonous infection caused by faulty molars. He is with the White Sox this season and is their chief hope. Travis Jackson's bad knee was a constant worry to John McGraw and Bill Terry, and a big detriment to the Giants’ defense last season. Jackson, one- of the flashiest of short fielders, slowed up so much th3t he wa almost valueless, playing in only fifty-two games. Pitcher Dazzy Vance was bothered with rheumatism which may have accounted for his mediocre showing with the Dodgers. Burleigh Grimes, just a shadow of the great hurler who stopped the Athletics in 1231. was a loss with the Cubs. An ailing appendix, recently excavated, caused the trouble Vance has been changed from Dodgers to Cardinals. Tommy Thomas, one of the aces of the Washington Senators’ pitching staff, worked but little with a bad arm last season. Washington missed him in a big way during their bid for the flag in the junior major circuit. Charley Gelbert played well for the Cardinals last season, but a hunting accident during the winter makes it impossible for him to take the field in April. For a time it was feared one of Charlie's legs would be amputated. Early days of the impending big league races will tell if these famous pastimers are going to return to form. Good reports have been received on Simmons. Thomas and Vance, while the others of the above group, Jackson, Gelbert and Bissonette are still in the doubtful class. a a a a a a CHICAGO FAVORS SAVOLDI TO SUCCEED LONDOS WRESTLING sharps in Chicago think the next heavyweight wrestling champion in the Jim Londos chain will be one of three young grapplers, Joe Savoldi, Jim McMUlen or Everett Marshall. Savoldi is the Chicago lavorite to succeed Londos. if the Greek Adonis ever wears out, although McMillen also has powerful support up there. Marshall tops all of tiie pachyderms for popularity in St. Louis and environs. Savoldi is pressing London as a gate attraction in the Windy City and age is sure to slow down the Greek strongman sooner or later as the new crop ol young giants develop and learn all of the angles. Dr. Ralph Wilson, the Hoosier Hercules of the mat, has ironed out a lot of kinks since he entered the professional field from Indiana university several years ago and feels in the "pink'' to maten Jumping Joe’s football tactics at Tomlinson hall here Monday night. It might supply some old-time Notre Dame-Indiana rivalry excitement. a a a ana } BASEBALL pilots must have their jokes. The Milwaukee Brewers 3 picked up two rookie tryouts off the Cream City sandlcts this spring named Mike Kaczkowski and John Kozlowski. Blood pressure of box scon keepers and printers must be protected, decided Manager Frank O'Rourke. Tie instructed Kaczkowski to shorten his name to Mike Casey and Kozlowski was given the new “handle" of John Kohler. By this means O'Rourke took two Polish boys and separated them into one Irishman and one Dutchman. bob bub (CUCKOO CHRISTENSEN of the Brewers was lifted out of his lobby lounge chair one day recently when Larry Bettencourt, outfielder, lrpoited to the Milwaukee club at Hot Springs. Larry is a recent bridegroom and had his wife with him, but Christensen wasn't sure. Mrs. Bettencourt entered the hotel wearing Marlene Dietrich pants and carrying a shot gun. “How was I to know?” said Christie. “I thought at first it was a raid and Larry was nabbed.” tt u a tt tt ts Mercy Montcz, once a major in the Mexican army, is just a trainer and masseur now with the San Antonio ball club. As one player said: “Well, he's sure of his pay now, anyway.” B B B B B Beer at 3.2 may not have the required kick, but the bottle itself will be heavy enough to make umpires groggy if the fans in the big league pziK.s start a shown*. Not a few will be looking for an excuse to achieve the distinction of tossing out the first bottle. 888 B B B The cellar-dwelling Boston Red Sox are said to have shaken off the inferiority complex. Tom Yawkey, new owner, inherited $4.000 000 from his mother and $3,400,000 from his foster father. That's < nough scratch to make a Georgia Cracker with the hookworm feel like putting on the war paint. ° *** B B B TJABE RUTH, at $52,000, will receive far more in salary this year than V , any wh , olc trai ” in American Association for the entire season ol play, exclusive of managers and executives. A. A. clubs will carry p aycrs ' 1011 salai y is S3so ' which multiplied bv eighteen equals $b,500 per month for a team. Moreover, all players won't receive as much as $350 a month. The A A. will play 154 games, the same as the games!' CXPertS flSUr ° Ruth wiU be luck * v if he participates in 100 tt tt tt R ILL KNICKERBOCKER, former Toledo short stop making a gallant! . land a regular job with Cleveland, was an unknown when he applied for a tryout with the Hens just a few years ago. And voun" Bm uas broke, so he slept under the Toledo grandstand before the club officials discovered his hideout and invited him to bed and board B ill was not long in crashing the pay roll after that. a a ' "j Ownie Bush, manager of the Cincy Reds, announc'd in Tampa today wha he believes will be his opening day lineup against the pStsburah Pirates at Cincy. April 12. It follows: Morrissev. 3b : Grantham ”b Bo* p : M “ rC ' Cf: "****• S'D.”octar

Semi-Pro and Amateur Notes

ST. TATS AT PKNNSY St. Patricks nine will hold its first practice of the season at Pcnnsv nark Sunday Twin nracticp will be held between entries of the Municipal and Catholic League teams. Following players are requested to report Shoenacker. Cruce. Burkett. Zinknn. Ken Williams Swede Vachter. Woods. Praether. Burrows. Hunt. Sullivan and all others wishing trvouts. Beth teams will plav Sundai afternoon ball and all home games will be placed at Pennsv park, which they have leased for the season. Rov Schoetiaeker is reouested to call Drexel 1871 and ask for Lefty Morrison. Pflumville Tigers will practice Sunday at Pflum s diamond at Bethel avenue and Raymond street about 1 80. Hickey. Tor.y. Weimer. Spits Wolf. Wick and all trvouts take notice The I W W indooi team, claimant of the 1982 citv championship will practice at 2 p m at Willard park Saturday. Cadwalter. Jackson. Kelthlev Barr Hevrion. Schaubhut. O'Connoi Hupmuc Sehr. Plaseneame Oill. Logan. Dwyer Bradhurt. Martin Miller. Greenwood and Barnes are asked to report ‘.o Manager Igclman Riverside A A and Red Men have combined their squads and expected one of the strongest young team.- in Me citv The team will practice at Riverside No. ! Sunday, weather permiting. All former players and tryouts are asked to report West Side Aces will practice at Riverside No. 7 Sunday at 1.30, and all players are asked to be in uniform. A good pitcher and outfielder are wanted Sibe of Scott Trucking, notice A practice game is wanted with a fast club Mohawks take nonce For games in April and Mav. write Jim Collins. 1209 West New York street. Sholtv will have a strong nine in the Municipal l eague again this season. All last year players and trvouts are asked to report at Brookside. Sunday at 2 p m

Beer Return Brings More Worries for Big League Diamond Pilots

BY DANIEL M. DANIEL. Ntw York Wnrld-Tflnram Snorts Writer Birmingham. Ala.. March 31. Asa Yankee special trundled up through Florida Joe McCarthy looked out of a window and sighed. • more worries for the baseball manager. "With beer coming back, the manager will have to keep a closer watch on the players and see that they do not abuse their new liquid privileges." h'' continued "In the days beiore prohibition, a cold glass of brew was a corking pick-me-up after a hot ball game. But one glass leads to another, and that’s the way it goes. More worries for the manager.” In the old days, ball players who guzzled the bock of the spring, the pilsener of the summer and that quaint St. Louis specialty which was

Kunhall. Schoneger, Prater and Buck H° r notice. For information, call IR-t-tha,naßfm(,nt „ 0f Arspn ®l Bulldogs bashf* ball ,PE >m has called a meeting for iMm tK. I 1 P 111I 11 ,0 OI 'R-inize a baseball .earn, the age linn; to be 20 years old. u , ,P* a 5 ers wanting tryouts report at H'g ilnna and Ninth streets. A southpaw pi teller and catcher are wanted. For instreet* 1011 Wllte Earl Stcvens ' 84 3 Tacoma Indianapolis Reserves will work out at Riverside No. 4. Sunday at 1 p m All players and tryouts report. F Rice. House t° h K?h t? a s'’v, Vprr holt. K Thompson! E New bold. Noll. Riathle. Mclllvain. Britton. snowball and Garrick, notice. Indiana National Bank soft ball team champions 0 f the Smith-Hassler-Sturni league again are m the field with a strong nine the addition Houge, Han*e> • and Lavton. are confident of another winner Following men are on the squad: Turney Noone. Harris, Mann, Lindop. McGintv Case. Rvgenstien. I.ayton. Houge. Haalev. Cook and Winzenread. For games write Indiana National Bank transit department, care of T Winzenread.

Thursday Fight Results

AT PASADENA Cal.—Jack Von Nov 210. Lcs Angeles, won on foul second round from 1 oin Patrick. 191. Los Angeles' Gene 198™ I’ 2CO ' knocked out Fran k Havward. AT DALLAS. Tex.—Frankie Graham, Oklahoma Citv d.cisioned Midget Mexico lightweight. .81: Kid Granite. Oklahoma Citv defea'd f'U Miller. Fort Worth. ;eetherwe.chts. <Bl.

■ known as steam beer, developed what were known as beer legs. Os course, most managers would I prefer beer-legged players to those afflicted with the 1933 speakeasy jitters. But the whole situation brings back an ancient perplexity. However. McCarthy insisted that, j beer or nc beer, he would not change the rules of discipline which govern the Yankees. They will remain under the honor system. “A player out of shape defeats himself," Joe said. a a a "XX THEN the question of selling W beer in ball parks of the National League was put to John Y Heydler recently he viewed the situation with alarm and tackled the topic with distaste. For in the old days, beer made plenty of trouble In Louisville, for example, the beer was right behind the home plate, | and got into the quaint

Indianapolis Times Sports

Rain Mars Tribe Card Indians Are Held Idle at Dallas Thursday: Try Again Today. P. >/ Time* Special FT. WORTH, Tex.. March 31. Wade Killefer’s Indianapolis Indians i j were rained out at Dallas Thursday, ; w here they were to open their Texas ! exhibition schedule, and efforts were : to be made to take on the Steers again there this afternoon. Manager Killefer had planned to pitch Lefty Logan and Bill Thomas Thursday and it was said he would stick to the same mound assignment today. The Tribe pastimers were able to get in some practice Thursday and the Hoosier tossers are eager to “get going” in actual competition. They : will battle the Panthers here in Ft. | Worth Saturday and Sunday and then return to Dallas for tilts Mon- I day and Tuesday. The Indians have seven contests j on their Texas program before they close training in the Lone Star state and head for the north and home, j Their last tilt in Texas will be on April 6 and they will leave that night for the Hoosier capital. The New York Giants and Detroit Tigers were scheduled to supply the baseball entertainment in Ft. Worth this afternoon. The big league clubs are barnstorming through this territory. 20 Church Fives Open Title Play Twenty Sunday school basketball teams from Indiana and Illinois United Brethren churches opened their second annual tournament in the Indiana Central college gymnasium here today. The ten first-round games and two of the second round will be j played today. The Championship { game will be played at 7:30 p. m. Saturday. Honey Creek, last year's winner, and Columbus, runner-up, J both have entered teams this year. | Illinois will b** represented by teams 1 from Bloomington and Decatur. First round pairings: Terre Haute vs. Anderson; Decatur < 111. i vs. Corinth; Richmond vs. Lebanon: Honey -Creek vs. New Albany: Bloomington t 111.) vs. Mrrion; Kokomo vs. Hartford City; Hunting ton vs. Muncie iNormal City i; Columbus vs. Muncie < Industry i; Leinsic vs, Muncie I Riverside I; and Noblesville vs. Smith's Valiev.

Around the Big League Camps

LOS ANGELES. March 31.—The Chicago Cubs and Pittsburgh Pirates, generally considered as leading favorites for the National League championship, continued ! their four-game spring windup ! series today. The Cubs scored a 16-to-10 victory Thursday in a contest featured by thirty-one hits, sixteen of them for extra bases. The victory gave the Chicago club four out of five games I played this spring. Score: Pittsburgh 402 003 001—10 12 0 Chicago 040 802 11*—16 19 0 French. Harris and Grace; Grimes. Tinning and Hartnett. Z. Taylor. SAN FRANCISCO. March 3!.—The Chicago White Sox wind up iheir local visit today, again meeting the San Francisco Seals, who handed them a 7 to 3 beating in the first of a two-game series Thursday. The Sox were held safely in check by Bill Henderson and Lester Powers, a rookie, who limited them to nine safe blows. At Simmons accounted for two of Chicago’s runs when he homered in the seventh with a runner on base. ATLANTA, Ga., March 31.—Fred Sington, former all-America football tackle at Alabama U., grabbed the diamond spotlight on Thursday when he led Atlanta ei the Southern Association to 4 to 3 win over the Washington Senators. He opened a ninth-inning rally with a triple and scored the winning run. Earlier he figured in the scoring with a double and single and made two sensational catches whioh | cut off Washington scores. Alvin , Crowder, vet Senator hurler. held Atlanta to three hits in six inning. ST. PETERSBCRG. F!a„ March 31 Batting out twelve hits riff Weaver. Duke and Chandler. Boston's Braves defeated Newark. 3 to 2. here Thursday. Leo Man--1 gum held the Bear- in cheek, both Newark ; tallies coming in the ninth inning oft Bob ; Brown. ORLANDO Fla.. March 31.—Boston's Red So.x took an 8-to-2 lacmg at the hands 'of the Montreal Rivals here ThursdayBrown and Welch yvere hammered for ten j hits by the Royals. WEST PALM BEACH Fla. March 31 St. Louis Broyvns yvere forced eleven innings to defeat Buffalo in an exhibition game here Thursday. Herbert, Knott and Grav gave the Bisons eleven hits, while Caraway. Elliott and Signor allowed ten to the Browns. Galveston. Tex., March si.— The New York Giants displayed mid-season form Thursday lin an exhibition game in which ' they beat the Detroit Tigers. 2 to 1. The Giants came from behind to tie the score in the sixth inning, and scored the winning run in the final frame. Carl Hubbell and Herman Bell yielded four hits, while New York found Torn Bridges and Fischer for five.

habit of dipping the beak into foam between innings. There were no I fewer than sixteen breweries in I Louisville, and some of the players were intent on drinking them dry. Finally the league had to step in and pass a rule forbidding gametime consumption of malt beverages by players. Beer was sold in all the ball parks until some twenty years ago. when j a Sunday riot in Cincinnati, featuring gross misuse of beer bottles as ammunition, brought prohibition into the National League. When the Volstead act was passed, the Polo Grounds in New York as j the only big league park in which liquor was sold a a e IN the days of the long ago. before your collegians came and the j tone of the game was changed rre- ; mendously fo* the better, there was

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1933

Well, Maybe It’s That 3.2

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HOW a fielder’s glove usually looks to batsman, and how big a bat usually looks to pitchers on opening day. are indicated above. The trick photography was taken at the New York Giants’ training camp. The boy with the basket glove is George Davis, and the geht wielding the tent pole is Slugger Mel Ott.

BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. March 31.—'The champion New York Yankees added another game to their long list of exhibition victories, defeating the Birmingham Barons of the Southern League. 9 to 5. Thursday. Georg? Pip.gras and bespectacled Pannv MacFavdcn turned in the victory, allowing a total of eight hits. Lou Gehrig hit a home run in the opening inning with two aboard. N r EW ORLEANS, March 31. Wesley Ferrell, ace Cleveland pitcher, made his first mound appearance of the season Thursday, holding New Orleans to two singles in four innings as the Indians grabbed a 2-to-0 decision. Mel Harder granted three singles in the last five frames. Bryant and Reddock. New Orleans hurlers, gave up only four hits, but issued many passes. FORT MYERS. Fla.. March 31—Philadelphia's Athletics were en route to Philadelphia today to open an inter*-city series with the National League Phillies. Connie Mack's team, with Boh Johnson and Lou Finney, prize rookie outfielders, leading the slugging attack, turned back Brooklyn Thursday. 7 to L The Dodgers won the series, hoyvever. three games to two. Thursday’s tilt was featured by a total of twenty-two hits by the teams and five double plays by the Athletics. Johnson drove out three doubles and fanned once in four times at hat. while Finney drove in two runs w-ith a double and single. JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. March 31.—Although outhit. the Phillies nosed out Baltimore of the International League in their final training season lilt here Thursday. 8 to 7. tlliott. Holler. Moore and Prarce save 'he Orioles thirteen hits while the Phils yvere setting eleven. Three Heavy Bouts Billed The complete card has been arranged for the Hercules A. C. wrestling show at Tomlinson hall Monday night where Dr. Ralph Wilson, the “wrestling surgeon,” tackles Joe Savoldi. former Notre Dame grid star, in the feature. Heavyweights will supply all action, with the Savoldi-Wilson encounter booked to a finish, two falls out of three. The complete card: Main Go. Finish Bout—Joe Savoldi. former Notre Dame arid performer, vs. Dr Ralph Wilson, former Indiana university athlete. Semi-Windup. Tim? Limit —John Katan. Canada, vs Irish Pat OShccker. Salt Lake Citv. Prelim time limit i—Tom Bulldog > Marvin. Oklahoma Indian, vs. Abe Kosher. Neyv York. First bout at 8:30. Wilson will have a weight advantage of some ten pounds over his Italian rival, according to Matchmaker Lloyd Carter. Ralph will scale around 210. while Jumping Joe" will be around the 200 mark.

a close affinity between beer and baseball. Spring training was invented for the purpose of boiling the off-season brew out of the ball players. It was for this purpose that Cap Anson took the Chicago Colts to Hot Springs in 1885 for the first training trip on record. Nowadays our baseball luminaires spend the off-season playing golf, traveling and lolling about in leisure. But in “the good old days” your diamond star most often ran a beer saloon during the winter. The ball player of 1933, being a good business man as well as a better technician, is a rational hombre. He is gorng to take his beer as he has taken the speakeasy era—with moderation and a full sense of responsibility toward himself. the game and the public,

Cards, Braves Discuss Trade By United Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. March 31— Manager Bill McKechnie and President Emil Fuchs of the Boston Braves will meet at Richmond. Va., Tuesday, when the Braves play Brooklyn there, to confer on the Tribe’s holdout problem. With the opening of the major league season less than two weeks off, half a dozen Braves have not signed up. Among them is Bill Urbanski, infielder. If President Fuchs is unable to make progress with the malcontents at Richmond, some of them probably will be traded to the St. Louis Cardinals, understood to be willing to give cash, pitchers and an extra infielder for either Urbanski or Dick Gyselman, rookie infielder.

Martinsville Fetes Cage Champs in Lusty Fashion

BY VERN BOXELL Times Staff Correspondent MARTINSVILLE, Ind.. March 31. —Martinsville's states championship basketball team waited two weeks \ for the official victory celebration, but j it was worth it. When Artesian fans pay homage to a title-winning team —the 1033; outfit was the third to come with j their shields, not on them—it's a real party. More than 3.500 greeted and cheered the bashful, blushing rulers \ of the I. H. S. A. A. cage kingdom ; at a giant celebration here ThursGIRL CAGERS COLLIDE Crystal City five, champions of the j Greater St. Louis Girls’ Basketball Association, will battle Real Silk Girls club, local A. A. U. champions, in a feature game at the Y. M. C. A. Saturday at 8:30 p. m. St. Lcuis has lost only two games this season and the lineup includes some of the outstanding feminine players in the middlewest. Jeanette Magre. who plays forward, center and guard, is one of the outstanding pastimers and will be in the starting lineup. PLAY NET SEMI-FINALS Bj Times Special CHESTNUT HILL. Mass., March 31.—Mrs. Arthur D. Hill Jr. iMianne Palfrey). 1930 champion and top seeded star, faced Miss Helen Germaine, New York, in the semifinals of the women’s national indoor tennis championship tournpy here today. Mrs. Benjamin E. Cole, of North Andover met Miss Dorrance Chase of Dorchester in the other semifinal match. L l . ENTERS FOUR By Times Special BLOOMINGTON. Lnd„ March 31. —Three freshmen, Artie Petes and Ollie Cellini in the 145 pound class and Frank Krahulik in the 175 pound class, and Pete Beeson, sophomore heavyweight, will represent Indiana U. in the Central A. A. U. wrestling meet at Chicago today and Saturday. EQUIPOISE IN TRAINING By Timm special MIAMI, Fla.. March 31.—Equipoise, C. V. Whitney's 5-year-old handicap champion which won ten * of fourteen 1932 starts, will make his 1933 debut in the Philadelphia handicap at Havre de Grace on April 22fc.it was announced today,

Women Pin Plav Opens State Tourney for Feminine Bowlers Scheduled on Indiana Alleys. The tenth annual tournament of the Women's Indiana State Bowling Association will open on the Indiana alleys Saturday at 6:30 p. m. when twelve booster teams take the drives. At 9 p. m. ten regular local teams and the Kraus Service of Evansville and the BerghofT Brewing of Ft. Wayne will take their turn on the alleys. Sunday's play will consist of a doubles and singles squad at 10 and 11 a. m-, and a booster squad of twelve teams at 7 p. m. Owing to the fact that the bank holiday was in force dui*ing the time for receiving of entries, this year’s meet is the smallest in years, but the officers of the association feel it will be a success, nevertheless, and wish to thank all who have helped them to carry on. The event opening this week-end will be concluded on Sunday, April 9, with doubles and singles play. 72 Swimmers in ‘V* Event A field of seventy-two athletes, representing eight Indiana cities, will compete in the state Y. M. C. A. swimming championships at Butler university pool Saturday afternoon and night. Terre Haute entered two stars, Don Zemlock and Wayns Gallup, today. Ft. Wayne is the defending champion. Other teams entered are Indianapolis, Huntington, Newcastle. Anderson, Muncie and Michigan City. Officials for the championships were announced yesterday as follows : Starter. Paul R. Jordan; referee. Dick Papenguth; timers. Bert Coffin, Russell Julius. Ross Clarke. Leroy Clouse: inspectors, Randall Willis. William Doctor. Robert Barry; judges, Wally Middlesworth, .Fritz Mackey. Francis Hodges. J. R. Townsend. R. B. Morrison. Bruce Foegle, Don Bouermeister, Grant Goodwin, John Prokl. Glenn Workoff; announcer. Bob Goodwin; clerk of course. Heze Clark: diving judges. Dick Papenguth. Bruce Foegle. Paul R. Jordan; scorer, Leslie Graham; guards. William Wylie. William Watson. John Stafford. Robert Brown, Everett McCay.

Big Teams Roll in Elks’ Event John (Dolly) Gray, secretary of, the Elks National Bowling Association. will appear on the Pritchett I Recreation drives today at 2 p. m. i in the lineup of the Maynard Steel 'Elks of Milwaukee. At 4 and 4:50 j p. m. the members of this team will roll their doubles and single events, j Saturday and Sunday will be a : busy time for this tournament, for in addition to the flock of teams from all parts of the country that will roll, the annual meeting of delegates is called for the Hotel Antlers at 2:30 p. m. Sunday. The 1934 award of this meet will ! be made at the Sabbath session and Cleveland is a heavy favorite to re- • ceive the assignment.

day night. And they threw in just as many cheers and just as much j applause for Greencastle's equally j bashful runners-up. who also were j guests. Much credit for the success of the big party goes to Martinsville high school Girls’ Uke Club. They put on a “floor show” that had the crowd "giving the little girls a big hand.” A German band and the Martinsville high school band added to the gaiety, with a dance following the formal ceremonies. Dr. G. Bromley Oxnam. president of DePauw U.. delivered the feature address. Governor Paul V. McNutt and A. L. Trester. I. N. S. A. A. commissioner, were unable to attend. Glenn Curtis. Martinsville coach, the only mentor ever to pilot four Indiana championship quintets, introduced his players, assistants and school officials. C. E. Edmonson, young Greencastle coach, gave a short talk and presented his play- 1 ers. M. S. Mahan, superintendent of schools, was chairman for the celebration, staged by the local Lions club. Indianapolis newspapermen were other speakers. Preceding the festivities at the gymnasium, Ed Kriner, manager of the Home Lawn sanatorium, entertained the coaches, members of the two squads, and press correspondents at a dinner—and what a feed! Martinsville honors its champions in big league fashion. ROQUr~FOUNDEFnDIES By T'nitrd Press ST. PETERSBURG. Fla., March 31.—W. A. Rounds, 67. founder of the American Roque League, died at his winter home here Thursday. Rounds was president of the roque league for ten years. OILERS WIN AGAIN By Times Special TULSA. Okla., March 31.—Tulsa Diamond Oilers, national A. A. U. cage champions, made it two straight victories in their international title series with Winnipeg; Toilers. Canadian champions, with a 41 to 19 win here Thursday. They resume play next week at Winnipeg. 1 DIAMOND LOOP MEETS The Municipal League will hold an important meeting tonight at 3 at the Smith, Hassler, Sturm Company. All managers are requested j to be on hand early as important j business is to be discussed and ’ schedules drawn up.

Produces Tennis Champs ONE of the greatest tennis coaches of all time —that's Mercer Beasley. Tulane U mentor. Some of his products are Ellsworth Vines. Cliff Sutter. Frankie Parker. Marjorie Gladman. and Carolyn Babcock, all champions.

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Nenoff, Donoh ue in Main Match Hugh Webb, lccal grappler. will open tonight's armory wrestling show at 8:30 in a one-fall, timelimit match with Marion Mackey of Columbus. O. The feature bout will be a rematch between Steve Nenoff

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dianapolis will tackle Billy Londos, j Chicago, in a one-fall time limit ; event of forty-five minutes. Ed ' Baker. Indianapolis, will collide with Speedy O'Neil, Shelbyville, in the second semi-windup for one fall, half-hour time limit. CITY SOCCER CLUB TO PLAY DAYTON SUNDAYj Indianapolis Soccer Club returns to action on the home field Sunday ! at. 2:30. playing Cincinnati Est Twenty-first and Olney streets. The 1 locals played their final road game last Sunday at Dayton, dropping a 3 to 2 battle and falling to third place in the Tri-State League. The local hooters will play five home games before closing their season. BOOTH SEEKS FRANCHISE By Time* Special NEW HAVEN, Conn.. March 31. Albie Booth, former football, baseball and basketball star at Yale, may turn diamond magnate. Booth is seeking the New Haven | franchise in the defunct Eastern League, which now is reorganizing. The former “mighty atom" of Eli elevens is associated with Jack Cooley, automobile man. If New Haven regains its franchise. Booth i will serve in an executive capacity j and not as a player.

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Star Fives See Action City Team Among Topnotch Squads to Role in A. B. C. till fit Prctl COLUMBUS. O. March 31 Important five-man teams t%m several slates will enter competition at the American Bowling Congress tournamem here tonight. They will include the Ebonite B ,11 team of Covington. K\.; Potter Shoes of Cincinnati. Collingwood’ of Cleveland, Defiance Spark Plug of Toledo. Harry Smoke Shops of New Haven. Conn ; High-Speed Gas of Detroit; Gregory and Appel of Indianapolis; Sanatoriums of GrantRapids. Mich., and the Plattsbur, - of Albany. N Y None of the teams which bowled Thursday night were able to affect the tournament standings in any events. Jackson Bumps City Negro Nine By Times Special JACKSON, Miss., March 31 Indianapolis A. B. C’s. National Negro League club, opened its spring training exhibition plav here Thursday with a 4 to 3 loss to Jackson. Nebbs and Hardy formed the Hoosier battery, with Clark and Bassitt on the Jackson firing line. A. B C.'.s will continue play in the south until mid-April returning to Indianapolis to open its season on April 29. I. IJ. TO HONOR NINE By United Press \ ' BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. March 3f> —Nine members of the 1933 Indiar.r U. basketball squad have been re commended for varsity award Coach Everett Dean said today. Members of the squad who wifi receive major letters are: Glen Hodson, Bernard Dickey, Taylor Hoffar, Woodrow Weir, Willard Kehrt, Robert Porter, Jack Heavenridge, Keith Campbell and Floyd Henry.

and Leo Donohue, their time - limit clash last week being brought to an abrupt end when the referee disqualified Nenoff for roughness. Nenoff and Donohue will clash for two best falls in three tonight with a time limit of one and onehalf hours. In the top semi-windup Johnny Carlin, In-