Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 121, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1933 — Page 19

SEPT. 29, 1933

SKY BALL PLAY IS STARTED IN CITY DISTRICTS First Instructions Are Given in Times*Em*Roe Company Contest. The battle is on and the best wielder of the new sity bail racquet Is a gore winner. The Time* and the Em-Roe Sport tag Goods Company announced the contest Thursday, and already reports are coming from various sections of the city from children who desire to step into the fray. Boys and girls ranging from 9 to 19 are eligible to enter the three divisions of contestants. Forty-five prizes worth more than 1201 are to be distributed to the city winner in the sky ball contest. Three Divisions The three divisions are junior, intermediate and senior in both boys’ and girls’ classes. Sectional tournaments will be held Oct. 14 and the finals Oct. 21. Instructions have been issued for the four approved methods of playing sky ball." Included in the list are the straight sky ball stroke, the choker, the ocean roll and the turn wrist. Today The Times gives you the instructions for the first two and the others will be printed Saturday. How to Play Sky Ball—Hold sky ball paddle level in front of you body so that the staple is on the upper side of the bat. Take the ball in your left hand and hit the ball straight up in the air. It is very essential that the ball be kept going straight up. Choker—Catch rubber about ten inches from the paddle between thumb and under finger of your left hand. Turn bat so that the staple is on the upper side. Now. instead of reaching down to the ball with the paddle, bring ball to the bat by jerking it toward th* bat with your left hand and hit ball toward the ground at a 45-degree angle. Practice Is Needed A little practice will perfect these two strokes and that half an hour or so you spend here and there after school might well be spent m practice. Every boy and girl who gets his or her sky ball first will be that much ahead of the field. The practice will count in the long run when the prizes are being presented. Watch The Times for additional details of this contest staged with the Em-Roe store Those other strokes will be explained and the dates for the sectional tournaments also announced. Clip the coupon on this page. It's your entry blank for the all-city contest.

NAB BEGGAR SUSPECT Negro In Arruvd of Threatening Woman When Refused Aid. Thomas Montgomery. 33. Negro, no address, is held on a vagrancy j charge following identification by Mrs Charles Baker. 1710 Milburn street, as a beggar who chased her from her home Thursday when refused aid Ernest Brown. 18. Boulder. Colo., also faces a vagrancy charge. He is said to have become abusive Thursday when refused aid at the home of S. J. Sternberger. 4002 North Pennsylvania street. HINDU POET WILL TALK Svimi Yoganada to lecture in Series at Hotel Lincoln. Swami Yogananda, Hindu author and poet, will begin a series of free lectures at 8 p m Wednesday in the j Travertine room of the Lincoln. The subject of his first talk will be “Everlasting Youth." This will be followed on successive night* by lectures on ' The Surest Way to Prosperity." "Greatest Science of Healing." "Spiritual Marriage.” "The Highest Science of Super-Concentration and All-Around Success—Yogod a." SOCIAL CLUB TO DANCE Young Peoples Group to Hold Fall Roundup at Hall. The Young Peoples Social Club of Indianapolis will give a fall "round- j up" dance Tuesday night at Assumption Hall. 1105 Blame avenue. John McMullen, chairman will be assisted by the Misses Antoinette Dorn, ILary Dorn. Rosemary Higgs. Rose Cleary, and by Maurice Walle. Francis Biemer and Francis Otto. BARRYMORE KIN FINED Ethel Colt. Daughter of Famed Actress. Admits Speeding. Bfl rm ltd Prrn WHITE PLAINS. N. Y, Sept 29 —Ethel Barrymore Colt, daughter of Ethel Barrymore, was fined $lO in White Plains court on charges of speeding Thursday. The lady was doing fifty." a patrolman testified. J -j guess I'm guilty, your honor," said Miss Colt.

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Skyball Contest Entry Blank Name Address hast Birthday MARK X. VOI R AGE. CLASS Junior Class Intermediate Class Senior Class R to 10 inclusive 11 to 14 inclusive 15 to 19 inclusive Using Washington street as the north and south dividing line and Meridian street as the east and west dividing line. Mark X In the section in which you live. Southeast Northeast Southwest Northwest Hold this blank and give it to the official in charge of contest on the day of contest. Tournaments in each section 9:00 a. m Saturday, Oct. 14th.

Stripper Bandits’ Victim Regains Clothes; 4 Held

Search of House for Suit Yields Guns and Radio Believed Stolen. Charles Ray. 221 North Hamilton avenue, today is in possession of a suit, hat and shoes stripped from his body during a holdup Wednesday I night by two Negros. Four Negroes were arrested Thursday night as police recovered the J robbery loot, one having been called from church services to restore a pair of shoes which he said he bought for 15 cents. Ray s suit, originally brown, had been dyed a bright blue. Still wet with dye. the suit was found at the home of Anna Pounds, Negro, 901 West Eleventh street. Buddy Freeman, 1201 Hiawatha' street, and Harold L. Whitlock, 1211 | Hiawatha street, face robbery charges; Floyd Huston, 1200 Hiawatha street, said to have purchased the shoes, is charged with receiving stolen property, and Steve Hill, 1109 Hiawatha street, faces, a vagrancy charge. The hat was found at Whitlock s home. The home of Hill, who is said to j have sent the suit to be dyed, is re- i

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ported by police to have yielded three guns, a radio set and electric clock. Belief that the guns are the proDerty of Harry Bridwell, former police officer, stolen while on display in a window last winter, is expressed by police. NEW PHYSICAL HEAD AT ‘Y’ TAKES UP POST Fred W'. Dickens Arrives From East to Assume Duties. Fred W. Dickens has assumed his duties as the new physical director of the Y. M. C. A., having taken over the position immediately an arrival Thursday from New York. The new director is 44, and has a wife and five children. He was graduated with the degree of bachelor of physical education in 1914 from the Springfield Y. M. C. A. college. He served six years with the association in Philadelphia and later was transferred to foreign service. Mr. Dickens’ work in coaching the Argentine track and field team in the 1924 Olympic games was outstanding, and he also directed the Chile teams.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

CITY STUDENT IS ELECTED BY WABASHCLASS Robert Elliot Is Chosen as Secretary-Treasurer by Sophomores. By Timr* Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. Sept. 29.—Election of class officers for ! 1933-1934 was held at Wabash col- | lege with Robert Elliot, Indianapolis. being elected secretary-treas-urer of the sophomore class. Other officers elected were: Senior Class—Bernard Barton. Crawfordsville, president; William Hassan, Boston, vice-president, and Jack Miiler, Marion, secretary- j treasurer. Junior Class—Neil Ludwig, Peoria, 111., president; Charles R. Robinson, Brownstown, vice-president, ar.d William Stevens, Springfield, 111., secretary-treasurer. Sophomores —J. P. Williams, Lafayette, president; Robert Dwyer, | Monticello, vice-president. Freshmen—Max Engle, Winj Chester, president; Donald Moorehead. Ft. Wayne, vice-president, , and William Cleavenger, Hammond. j secretary-treasurer. Due to its system of selective en- j rollment, Wabash showed the high- ! esc average among ten colleges for j i student ability to think and organize. according to Louis B. Hopkins, president. 60-FOOT BRIDGE FALLS UNDER LOADED TRUCK Boy Severely Cut and Bruised as Floor Collapses. By Vnitcd Pr;t BRAZIL, Ind., Sept. 29—A 60foot iron bridge collapsed and fell into Birch creek near here today when a truck loaded -with thirty j tons of steel rails crashed through the flooring. The driver of the truck, owned by : the Vossler and Dennis Trucking Cos., Indianapolis, escaped serious j injury. Harry Brown, 11, standing on the bridge when it fell, w'as se- j verely cut and bruised.

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FREE MOTORIST HELD IN DEATH OF SMALL BOY Negro Is Released After Coroner Finds Child Is at Fault. A motorist whose automobile struck a child. Aug. 29. causing fatal injuries, was released today after | judgment had been withheld on one charge and suspended in another. The motorist was Oscar Marsh. ; 30. Negro. 1207 North Belmont ave- ; nue. Municipal Judge William H. SheafTer withheld judgment on a charge of speeding, and on a charge ; of reckless driving imposed a fine of $25 and costs, all suspended. Automobile driven by Marsh struck Paul Wilbur Walker, 5. of 19 North Belmont avenue, at Belmont J avenue and Washington street, | while the child was on a scooter. I Death came a few days later. 1 Wilbur Walker, father of the vic-

tim, witnessed the accident. He and his son were on their way home from a grocery. Dr. W. E Arbuckle. Marion county coroner, today explained that his findings in the case revealed no evidence for holding Marsh on manslaughter charges. Dr. Arbuckle said Marsh was several feet from the intersection and had the green "go" sign. The child. Dr. Arbuckle said, apparently dashed out of a filling station driveway directly into the path of Marsh's truck. Police Sergeant Frank Reilly, who investigated the tragedy, said the car traveled ninety feet after striking the child. Democratic Club to Meet A special meeting for members of the employment committee of the Old Hickory Democratic Club will be held at 2 Saturday in the club rooms at the Hotel Meeker.

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GEESE HEADED SOUTH Migration Seen by Indiana Man May Presage Early Winter. By 7 ifi Special BRAZIL. Ind., Sept. 27.—David Lewis, Knightsville. reports that he saw a large V-shaped flock of flying south. It is supposed to be a sign of early winter when the geese migrate so early.

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