Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 201, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 January 1934 — Page 10

I By Eddie Ash ! New Hilliard Champion to Visit City m m m Rudolph Passes Cp the Violin for Cue |

jC'RWIX RUDOLPH, the new champion of the pocket billiard:- world, will play Indianapolis a visit tomorrow and will give an exhibition at the Columbia Club for club members and their guests. He won the title in a recent tournament at Chicago, dethroning the perennial king, Ralph Greenleaf. Rudolph hails from Cleveland, and to annex the pocket cue crown he captured seven matches against only two losses, ills best run was HO; best game, 0 innings; total points scored, 1,058; total innings, 160, and grand average. 6.61. Rudolph’s exhibition at the Columbia Club tomorrow will be staged shortly after boon, at 12:30. He will demonstrate fancy shots, difficult shots, trick rolls and other interesting angles of big league pocket billiards. The Columbia Club has arranged to bring other cue artists to Indianapolis on future dates, including Willie Hoppe, Charles Peterson, Andrew Ponzi and James Caras. The National Hilliard Association of America planned the “tour of the champions” to stimulate a pastime that for years was a reigning sport during the winter months. The green cloth aces are endeavoring to restore the old popularity. a a a non IT is said Erwin Rudolph passed up a career as a concert violinist in favor of nudging the ivory balls over the green cloth. For this reason the billiard chiefs describe Rudie as a player who handles the cue with the grace of a fiddler drawing his bow. The chanpion will give three exhibitions in Indianapolis, at the Columbia Club Tuesday, and at the Board of Trade billiard parlor Wednesday afternoon and at Daugherty's on North Pennsylvania street Wednesday night. The exhibitions at the Board of Trade and Daugherty’s will be open to the public, with no charges. a a a a a a ONLY three players in the American League received 100 or more bases on balls last season. It is the lowest number of century walkers in years. The three who walked most frequently were Babe Ruth of the Yankees and Mickey Cochrane and Max Bishop. The outstanding pedestrian in this trio is Ruth. Since he started in Boston nineteen years ago and became in turn a great pitcher and the greatest of all hitters, the Babe ha: been passed by pitchers 1,933 times. This string of figures includes the 114 walks he took this year, and hints at the respect he still instills in hurlers who have to cope with him in the pinches. Obviously. , the Babe’s advancing years, his creaky legs and the theory that he is all through, have little weight with a pitcher suddenly confronted by one George Herman Ruth with a bat in his hands. Even though the Babe batted only .301 this year, the third lowest average of his career, he remained the most threatening batter of all. Over the years, on passes to first base, Ruth has walked a little more than thirty miles. a a a natt FREDDIE HEIMACH, the veteran southpaw pitcher, went six years without making an error. He accepted 79 chances in 1923; 43 in 1929; 44 in 1930; 52 in 1931; 51 in 1932 and 6 in 1933. He saw service in only ten games with Brooklyn in 1933 and pitched in only parts of the ten. Over the six-year stretch Heimach played with St. Paul. New York Yankees, Toledo and Brooklyn. He participated in 190 games and had 275 total fielding chances, consisting of 33 putouts and 242 assists and no miscues! BBS B B B oPORTING NEWS of St. Louis, the baseball bible, desires to straighten >3 out the fans on the “ten year rule.” It says, in part: “There seems to be a misconception among fans as to the rights of a player who has given ten years of service to the major leagues. Many seem to think that when a player has completed ten seasons in the big leagues he automatically is entitled to his free agency, should he demand it. Such, however, is not the case. The contract of a player who has been in one or both major leagues an aggregate of ten complete championship seasons shall not be assigned otherwise than to another major league club, without his written consent. This means that the player can not be sent to the minors unless he consents to such a transfer. The ten-year player does not become a free agent if he is sent to some other major league club. But if he does not desire to go to the minors and no major league club claims him, the ten-year man must be given his unconditional release, which leaves him free to make whatever connection he wishes. As long as he is retained in the majors, however, the ten-year player has no more rivileges than any other and is under the control of the club by which * is reserved." BBS 808 ENRY M’LEMORE of the United Press, says: “If someone should v. _ a “ankle up to you and ask for a perfect simile you could offer nothing I finer than—as permanent as a swimming record. The ink never dries' on a swimming record, so fast do the boys and gals splash them off the pages. Our suggestion is that the time for all distances be placed at zero and the whole thing forgotten until somebody comes along who j can negotiate any span of water in nothing flat. Judging by the manner in which the mermaids and mermen have been attacking time, such a swimmer is only five years off.

Indians Bump Richmond in Speedy Roller Polo Tussle

With the goalies carrying the heavy duty assignments. Indianapolis roller polo team defeated Richmond, 4 to 2, at Tomlinson hall Sunday. Brunton, Richmond goal tender, made forty stops, while Pence, local net guard, completed thirty-eight blocks. Butler, first rush of the Indians, scored three of the local points and Lewis the other, while Quigley did all the counting for the visitors. In the two preliminary games.

West Favored in Feature Tussle on Muddy Gridiron

Hi/ United /‘reus SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. I.—' Threat of rain today dampened the enthusiasm for the ninth annual East-West Shrine charity football game and sent the heavier West team into action a slight favorite over a speedy club of college stars representing the Erst. The weather bureau announced that chances were about even that ths gaudy uniforms of several thousand parading Shriners will be drenched and that the two teams will struggle on a muddy gridiron The field was covered during interLRVINSKY. SCHMELING AGREE TO RING TILT Bit United /’>■< m CHICAGO. Jan. I.—Negotiations for a heavyweight match here between Max Schmelmg. German exchampion, and King Levinsky. Chicago contender, were nearing completion today. Beth Schmeling. through his manager. Joe Jacobs, and Levinsky have tentatively agreed to the match for Feb. 16. at the Chicago Stadium. Schmeling will sail from Germany fer New York. Jan. 11. according ‘o Jacobs, and arrangements for the match are expected to be completed on his arrival in this country. JONES IN OLD FORM ATLANTA. Jan.. L—Playing before a small gallery and in a drizz- , ling rain. Bobby Jones, former ] king of golfdom. showed fans he i was ready to enter tournament I competition any time by covering Atlanta's new municipal course in sub-par 67. four strokes better than perfect figures. UNDERWATER EXHIBITION Professor Enoch. 73-year-old swimming expert, who claims the j world’ record for staying under water 4 minutes 46 1-5 seconds, made several years ago, stayed under water 3 minutes and 3 seconds at the Schwenzsr hotel Sunday night in a * year's eve exhibition.

Rolles Printers defeated Monroe Specials. 5 to 4, while Stuck Coal five romped over the Geckler Flyers. 6 to 1. The Indianapolis pro five will travel to Terre Haute today to open league action there in Shrine Temple tonight. Red Collins, well known to local fans, will lead the Terre Haute five, to be known as the Reds, and several locals fans were expected to make the trip to ; see the rink game revived in the ! neighbor city.

mittent rains last night and remained under protection until game time. Coaches Percy Locey and Orin 'Babe) Hollingbery named big Mike Mikulak of Oregon and Larry Stevens, stellar U. S. C. guard, as co-captains of the westerners. Charley Ceppi. Princeton a 11-America tackle, and Nick Lukats, Notre Dame half back, were selected by coaches Dick Hanley and Andy Kerr ‘o lead the East. Duquesne Plays Miami Warriors Hi/ United Pr> gg MIAMI. Fla.. Jan. I.—Duquesne university, playing its last game under Coach Elmer Laytien before he goes to Notre Dame as the Irish mentor, meets the University of Miami here today in the annual Palm Festival New Year's football classic. Coach Layden. of Four Horsemen fame, rated his boys three touchdowns better than the Hurricanes, who are coached by Tommy McCann, former Illinois star. Coach Bob Zuppke of Illinois has been aiding McCann in getting the Hurricanes into shape for today's game. ATTUCKS MAY ENTER NATIONAL NET PLAY Crispus Attucks high netters are planning on entering the national Negro basketball tournament at Roosevelt high in Gary. March 28, 29 and 30, officials at the local school said today. Expenses attached to sending a team to Hampton, Va.. where the event has been held the past few years, kept Attucks from entering, but with the event scheduled in a central location, the chances of the locals to enter have been increased. Rocsevelt won the national title the past two years.

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Worm’s Eye Basketeer Huddle

WHEN Marquette university’s cagers get into hot water they go into a huddle like gridders. Above you get a worm’s-eye view' of them talking it over. Starting at the bottom and reading clockwise are: Ernie Kukla, center; Co-Captain Ed Mullen, guard; Co-Captain Adolph Gorchyka, forward; Ray Morstadt, forward, and Cy Rubado, guard.

♦ Off the Backboard ♦ BY CARLOS LANE

WHEN your regular correspondent returns to action in the near future, his pinch-hitting pal has one recommendation w'hich he intends to make. One of these days soon, Mr. Lane faces the very difficult task of picking his nominee for the 1934 high school basketball champion of Indiana. It sounds simple, and it is—just like the Einstein theory. Friend Carlos probably has some definite ideas of his own, which will be augmented as the season rolls along. But. in case he hasn't already done so, there's one hat I’d like to toss in the ring. You guessed it the first time—Tech.

B B B This is occasioned bv the manner in which Tim Campbell's flashy quintet disposed of Shortridje Saturday night before a depression crowd of 5.000. The or'y reason there weren’t more was the total absence of sitting and standing room. Led by Johnny Townsend, the eastsiders subdued the Blue Devils. 28 to 25. B B B And when we say “led by Townsend," that’s just what we mean. Not only your pinch-hitter, but the *secret operative was on deck, widely separated by thousands of people. But apparently young Mr. Townsend looks the same from all angles, for the unanimous verdict of this duet stamped the husky boy as Indiana's best prep basketball player. And here’s anew tag for the modest boy who is making basketball history for Tech—we have Jerry Jacobs Enters Meet Jerry Jacobs, popular local player, who captured the southern pingpong title in 1933 at Louisville, will enter the state meet to open here next Thursday, officials announced today. The action will be held in L. S. Ayres’ auditorium Thursday, Friday and Saturday, with Dick Mills defending his crown against a field of top-notchers at the table game. Jacobs, who plays a slashing game, is regarded as one of the most colorful players in the middle west.

Rosters of Rival Teams ! In Rose Bowl Battle j

COLUMBIA. STANFORD. Uatal L. T Moscrip larkel L. T Reynolds Pinckney L. G O’Connor Wilder C Bates lizamba R. G Corbus Riehavich R. T Callowav McDowell R. F. Smith Montgomery .. ..Q. B Aiustiza Barabas L. H Maentz Brominski R. H Hamilton F. B Grayson COLUMBIA SUBSTITUTES. Ends—Chase, F.rhardt, Kerrigan and Furey. Tackles—E King, Demshar, Palenchar. Guards—Migliore, Davis and Maroon. Centers—Ciampa and Ketchum. Backs—Tomb. F. King, I.inehan. Schwartz. Chippendale and Maniaci. STANFORD SUBSTITUTES. Ends—Topping, Carison, Packard, Trompas and Morgan. Tackles—Brown. I.ettunich, Palamountain, Hohverda and Dunn. Guards—Rouble. Adams. B'ack, Fowler and Maino. Centers—Muller, Blanchard and Brandin. Backs—AfTlcbaugh. White. Sim. Hillman. Todd. Van Dell, Bronstein and Reisner. Radio Broadcast—'NßC-WEAF network. IVKRF, Indianapolis; 3:15 p. m , central standard time. CHICAGO TABLE NET TEAM BEATS LOCALS The Chicago five-man table tennis team defeated a picked squad of local players, 14-5, at the Indianapolis Table Tennis Club in the Board of Trade building Saturday night. Sering and Work starred for the winners, while Jerry Jacobs and Bob Rowe accounted for the local points, winning two doubles matches; Rowe two singles events and Jacobs one. FREE IS SHEET VICTOR Breaking forty-seven out of a possible fifty targets, C. O. Free captured the Sunday shoot at the Indianapolis Skeet Club with three to spare over Pratt and Stump, who broke 44 each to tie for second.

They Couldn’t Get the Colonel Out in 1933 —Tasty Fan Mail Is Missed

BY JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Sports Writer XJEW YORK. Jan. I.—About the ~ only resolution I plan to make for the new year is not to be too good. I mean as an expert. I was entirely to good in 1933. They couldn't get me out. Personally I suspect I was swinging over my head. Or maybe it was the lively ball. Now I think it is all right for an expert to be right once in a while, if only by accident, but there is such a thing as carrying the practice to an extreme. The public responsibilities are too great and there is always the danger of being betrayed into accepting a run of insane luck for fixed oracular powers. I would like some sort of plan by which I could be right on a big event, say, the heavyweight championship one week, and wrong on another big event, the open golf championship, for example, the

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agreed that Johnny is the best big man who has pastimed on a prep hardwood in Indiana for many moons—and that includes some pretty good ball players. Until you’ve seen Townsend handle that ball, you ain’t seen nothin’, mister. He's the picture of poise and precision. a tt a He's (he personal product of our old friend, Tim Campbell. Three years ago at this time. Tim had him growing up on the second team—and he was red hot then. “Why don't you move him up to the varsity team?’’ we asked. And the answer is one that you’d expected from a man like Tim Campbell, a real coach for any man's son. “He's too young, only 16, and I don’t want to hurt his health. But you'll hear from him some day.” At the tail-end of that season, Townsend had moved up to the varsity and was going in big league style. Last year, he b'ossomed into a real star, and your correspondent tagged him “Indiana’s best.” And that still goes. a a a The game? Well, it was Townsend this and Townsend that. lYou can say nice things like this about Johnny, because he can "take it"—a rare at'ribute for a high school athletic star.) Os course. Johnny has some excellent support, and with some more experience, it appears that Tim Campbell's boys will travel far. This year. Tech appears to have some capable reserves, a rarity at the east side school a a tt It was Shortridge's first setback—and it's going to take teams playing ball like Tech did Saturday to beat them. That isn't diplomacy, it’s the truth! Kenny Peterman also has a snappy looking club which will develop with experience—and the city and sectional tournament should provide some Class A fireworks if Tech and Shortridge get together again. tt tt tt But that Johnny Townsend—he’s the Babe Ruth of basketball. And does he wow 'em! a a a Shortridge, Washington and Cathedral got belated Christines presents today. James Birr, elongated center candidate of the Blue Devils; Johnny O'Connor veteran guard of the Irish, and Edwin Howard, one of the city's most versatile athletes and a veteran forward at Washington. all became eligible today and will perform with their respective quintets this week. They were caught in the wholesale ineligible lists at city schools which followed independent basketball tournaments last year after the state high school tourney. Their suspensions from the I. H. S. A. A. terminated today. tt a a You’re batting 1.000 Carlos! And that should be enough for New Year’s day. —VERN BOXELL. Ring T ourney Date Changed Because several contestants requested one more week for training. Arthur Paetz, chairman of the committee in charge of the Marion county amateur boxing championsTiip, changed the date of the annual ring tourney, moving the starting time back to Jan. 20. The tourney will be held at South Side Turner hall.

College Basketball

GAMES OF SATURDAY Indiana. 30: Maryland. 17. Purdue. 42; Washington (St. Louis). 25 Notre Dame. 37. Northwestern. 21. Wisconsin. 37: Butler. 27. Pittsburgh. 27; Ohio State, 18. Washburn. 38; Omaha university. 28. Nebraska. 32: North Dakota State. 29. St. Thomas iScranton, Pa.). 45; Georgia Tech. 31. City college (New York), 51; George Washington university. 25. Teachers, 25; South Dakota Illinois. 37; Augusta, 26.

next. This would sort of even things ' jup and prove that after all I am | only human, but lovable with it all. a a a THE element of suspense is important to a writer, too. There | is very little excitement in predictI ing that the Giants will whip the Senators in the world series if you are positive when you write the prediction that it is bound to be j correct. After repeated successes, i you get the feeling of infallibility. It is not a pleasant feeling. But as the year rolled along and ! one bold statement after another—such as, to be specific, that Jim j Jeffries would never fight again—was duly confirmed by factual de--1 velopments, I realized I was in the grip of anew, strange force. This was disturbing. i Possibly it was clairvoyance. Or [ a divine dispensation granted as a reward for right living and clean 1 thinking. My best friends wouldn’t

3 Hoosier Fives Win I. U., Purdue and Irish Cop Honors: Star Tilts on Week’s Card. Flushed with victories over Marshall college and Maryland university fives last week in their eastern holiday tour, Coach Everett Dean's Indiana university five was to battle Temple at Philadelphia tonight in the final encounter of the threegame invasion. Purdue who turned back Washington of St. Louis at Lafayette Saturday night, will tackle Arizona at the Lafayette court tonight and Evansville college will entertain Valparaiso netters in the only other holiday hardwood feature for state college fives at the Pocket City tonight. Easy for Indiana Indiana continued its heavy scoring punch and trounced Maryland, 30 to 17. The Hoosier netmen piled up an 18-8 lead at halftime. Purdue clicked in every department against the Washington five, coached by an ex-Boilermaker star, Don White, and with Fehring and Cottom leading the scoring and Eddy and Shaver passing the ball all around the invaders, the Lambertmen piled up a 25-0 advantage at halftime, and pushed it forward to a 42 to 25 final with ease. George Keogan's fast stepping Irish netters w r on their eighteenth consecutive game and their second of the current season over Northwestern w’hen they tamed the Wildcats at Evanston Saturday, 37 to 21. Big Moose Krause was the main cog in the Irish attack with thirteen points, but was ably supported by Voegele and Peters on the passing end. The Irish w r ere in front, 16 to 11, at half time. Earlier this season they defeated Northwestern 28 to 24 at South Bend. Tony Hinkle’s Butler Bulldogs ran into a snag at Wisconsin Saturday night dropping a 37 to 27 decision to Doc Meanwell’s Badger five. It was the sixth straight win of the season for Wisconsin. Butler except for a brief 5 to 1 lead at the start, never threatened, trailing at the half 21 to 10. Valpo on Trip After playing Evansville tonight, Jake Christiansen will take his Valparaiso team on an extended trip through the South and east, tackling Marshall college and Davis-Elkins, Tuesday and Wednesday night, Geneva at Beaver Falls, Pa., Thursday night and winding up with Duquesne at Pittsburgh, Thursday night. Centenary' will invade the state for a trio of games against De Pauw, Ball States and Indiana State, w'hile Arizona, after battling Purdue tonight, will rest until Thursday and tackle Notre Dame’s undefeated five at the South Bend court Thursday night. Big Ten Action The Hoosier entries in the Big Ten will open action against conference foes this week, Purdue entertaining Minnesota at Lafayette and Indiana battling Michigan at the Bloomington court. Several other topnotch games are included in the week’s heavy program. —Monday— Valparaiso at Evansville; Arizona at Purdue. —Tuesday— Valparaiso vs. Marshall college at Huntington, W. Va.; CSentenarv at De Pauw. —Wednesday— Valparaiso vs. Davis and Elkins at Elkins. W. Va.; Centenary at Ball State. ■ —Thursday— Centenary at Indiana State: Mississippi at Purdue: Arizona at Notre Dame; Earlham vs. St. John's at Toledo. O.; Valparaiso vs. Geneva at Beaver Falls. Pa. —Friday— Ball State vs. Western State at Kalamazoo. Mich.; Wilmington at De Pauw; Manchester at Franklin; Earlham vs. Kalamazoo Teachers at Kalamazoo. Mich.; Valparaiso vs. Duquesne at Pittsburgh. —Saturday— Earlham vs. Detroit City college at Detroit; Minnesota at Purdue; Michigan at Indiana: Wabash at Evansville: Notre Dame vs. Michigan State at East Lansing. Mich.; Hanover at Louisville; Indiana State at Butler.

1933 Records of Grid Teams in Coast Game

STANFORD 27—San Jose State 0 3 —University California. L. A 0 7—Santa Clara 0 o—Northwestern0 —Northwestern 0 20— San Francisco 13 o—Washington 6 21— Olympic Club 0 13— Southern California 7 33—Montana 7 7—California 3 131 36 Won 8. lost 1. tied 1. COLUMBIA 39—Lehigh 0 15— Virginia 6 o—Princeton 20 33—Penn State 0 9—Cornell 6 14— Navy 7 46—Lafayette 6 16— Syracuse 0 172 45 Won 7, lost 1.

H. S. Cage Results

GAMES OF SATCRDAY Technical. Indianapolis, 28; Shortridge, Indianapolis, 23. Central, South Bend. 18: Bosse. Evansville, 17. Jeffersonville Tourney St. Xavier Louisville, Ky.), 18; Manual (Louisville), 10. Jeffersonville. 22; Male (Louisville), 20. Male. 18; Manual. 14 (consolation! St. Xavier. 18; Jeffersonville. 13 (final). Gary Tournament Emerson. 25; Froebel, 24. Horace Mann. 23; Wallace, 13. Horace Mann. 21; Emerson. 18 (final).

tell me. They didn't know. All they could say was that "it’s wrong for a guy like you to be right." Later they were compelled to add, "so often.” a a a MY friends were no more surprised than I when Head Play won the Preakness (after being robbed in the derby', when McLarnin beat Corbett. Baer beat Schmeling, Ross beat Canzoneri, Mary Reynolds won the Hambletonian, the Giants won the series. Harvard beat Yale. Notre Dame beat Army, and —well, this is getting embarrassing. It isn't true, of course, that I had a completely perfect record for the year. I missed out on thr CarneraSharkey thing. But rhis largely was due to my great affection for Sharkey. He had been such a credit to the ring, such a genial gladiator and so considerate of the I customers a f all times that I just

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Girls Win 80 Games in Row

Bn SEA Service , Oklahoma city, Jan. I.— The greatest women's basketball team of all time, according to many cage critics, is the Cardinals of this city. Coached by Sam Babb, the lassies have cleaned up on many star fives of the country in the last two years, i Their victims have been strong independent, university and college squads. The team had won eighty con- j secutive victories since 1932, when this article was prepared. The Cardinals first grabbed the spotlight in the 1931-32 season.! Entering the National A. A. U. tour- 1 nament at Shreveport almost un- ! known, they swept through to the finals and defeated Babe Didrickson's All-America Golden Cyclones from Dallas, for national honors. Last year Babb's squad went through the season without a defeat and again defeated the Golden Cyclones in the national finals. Then the Cardinals took a 3,000- ! mile auto trip into Canada to meet ! Percy Page's Grads, champions of the Dominion, at Edmonton. The girls from Oklahoma won the cham- j pionship of North America by taking the Grads into camp in three ; straight games. TWO FIGHTS AT GAME Bn Times Special OKLAHOMA CITY, Jan. I.—The I Portsmouth Spartans of the Na- j tional Pro Football League met a tartar in the Oklahoma City Chiefs, i who tied them in an exhibition j game here Sunday, 7-7. Morgan of the locals and Bowdon | of the Spartans traded punches and were ejected from the game. A spectator punched Wager, Spartan center, during a melee on the side- j lines.

Five Former Collegians on Grappling Card at Armory

Five former college athletes will strut their stuff on the all-star heavyweight wrestling program of the Hercules A. C. tomorrow night at the Armory where a rival mat bout is billed for the main attraction. Featuring the card will be a return clash between Andy Rascher, 208, one-time grid and mat star at

Indiana university, and Lou Plummer, 215, ex-Notre Dame athlete. The encounter which promises to provide an unusual amount of action. Andy and Lou battled to a draw decision Dec. 12, with both claiming a victory, and it is likely that tomorrow’s match will clear up a dispute as to who is the better grappler.

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Tilden Grabs Pro Laurels B.i/ United Press PHILADELPHIA. Jan. I.—Big Tilden. staging the greatest comeback of his career, today held the professional tennis championship of the United States. The lanky wizard of the courts took the crown frem Vincent Richards in three straight sets here Sunday, 6-4, 6-1 and 6-2. Richards held his own in the first set for eight games, but after that Big Bill broke through his service and had an easy time. Back in 1926, Richards defeated Tilden for the amateur championship, and then Richards entered the professional field. The two met again in 1930, both as professionals, and Richards won again. Tilden, who is now 41 years old, returned to the pace that made him America's tennis ace ten years ago in the tournament played here. Two Swimming Marks Broken By United Press MIAMI, Jan. I—Despite choppy waters caused by a hwh wind, Lisa Lindstrom, New York Women's Swimming Association, and Anne Govednik, Chisholm, Minn., each contributed new American short course records in the opening events of the last day of competition in the national Olympic stars aquatic meet held in the Miami-Biltmore pool. Miss Lindstrom, swimming the seventy - five - yard handicap backstroke race, set anew record of 50.6, compared to the former mark of 51.6. Miss Govednik set her thL*d record of the meet in the one hun-dred-meter breaststroke. She covered the course in 1:27.6, compared to the old mark of 1:28.8.

couldn't go against him. Sentiment certainly cost me that one. I confess also that it took me a rather long time to get around to the Giants. In March I picked them to finish sixth. It was not until late September that I was convinced they would be in the , world series. By this time they had clinched the National League championship. On Sept. 27 I wrote this ; fearless statement: "Nothing short of a revolution or another world war can keep Bill Terry's great team out of the world series.” a a a TEN days later the Giants, as predicted, were in the process of beating the Senators and winning the series. I do not recall this singular affinity of fancy and fact :in any swaggering spirit, but merely [ to emphasize the amazing, mysteri- \ ous power that seemed to control imy prophetic senses all year.

Good at 42 BILL TILDEN still is able to show a lot of youngsters the finer points of the tennis sport and also beat them while acting as instructor. He's 42. but will go on tour, coast to coast, playing Ellsworth Vines in pro net matches.

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Here are two reasons why the Oklahoma City Cardinals are believed to be entitled to the women’s basketball title of North America. Coral Worley, forward, above, and Coach Sam Babb.

and tumble style which Plummer features. Jim McMillen. 222, former Illinois university grid ace, and Sol Slagel 230, ex-Kansas university football star, clash in the semiwindup. McMillen is rated among the five best heavyweights in the game, while Slagel is hailed as the latest sensation in pro wrestling circles. He holds a triumph over Joe Savoldi. In the opener, tomorrow, Dr. Karl Sarpolis, 212, will tackle. Andy DeVito, 215, New York, Sarpolis attended Chicago university at the same time that Dr. Ralph Wilson was at Indiana, and Sarapolis was the only grappler to beat Wilson in a Big Ten conference bout.

City Teams Prepare for National Bowling Tourney

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BY LEFTY LEE The American Bowling Congress international tournament for 1934 will be rolled in the Armory at Peoria, 111. Entries for this most important bowling meet of the season close Feb. 1. Neil King, loca! officer of the A B. C., has secured reservations for Indianapolis teams who wish to make this trip and is giving them out on a first-come-first-served basis. If your team is going to the big show, our advice is for you to contact Mr. King at once and secure one of the choice dates left. That the tournament will be bigger and better than ever is the opinion of all, for the entire state of Illinois will be permitted to enter booster teams this year for the first time. The booster entries in former years, were restricted to teams of the tournament city. This meet is the only meet held that gives the ordinary bowler an even chance to reach tl" prize list. Hundreds of prizes in each division of play are awarded and as all entrants are prohibited from bowling on the tourney drives until the time for the actuai competition, chances are equal. If you have never made the trip, we say enter this year. The bowler who has shot in one Or more does not require urging. In fact, just try and keep him away. The feature event of the dav is the 430-scratch doubles that closes with today's piav at the Pritchett Recreation alleys. The entrants that have rolled in this meet Saturday and Sunday were heavy enough to insure a prize list that is well worth the effort of everv bowler. The entry fee for this play is $2 per man. bowling included. _ . ... The present leaders are Jesse Pritchett Jr and Jack Hunt, with a score of 1.812. While this total may seem to be top heavy over the four-game route, the Railbirds are predicting that at least two or more combinations will pass this mark during Monday’s play At the 430-allowance, a score of 1.720 is par. The St. Philip A C. 200-scratch singles sweepstakes, scheduled for their drives Saturday and Sunday. Jan. 6 and 7. should attract an entrv to exceed any event staged during the season. This meet is an annual event on the east side drives and the attractive prize awards make it hard for any bowler to pass it by. Reservations can be made now by calling Bill Sargeant at the club alleys. Cherry--1210. Another event on the calendar for Jan. 6, 7. 13 and 14. is the 1.000-scratch team

I don't think I could stand another year like that. Life was much more interesting in other years when I was always wrong. People seemed to understand me. they were sympathetic, even encouraging. They wrote me letters in which they said: "Thanks for picking the Cubs, you dope. I beet on the Yanks and cleaned up. I’ll never have to get a job as long as they let you do the column.” You miss letters like that, and l it is always nice to know you are helping people. There is no telling how much misery I caused this year by being so horribly right. I must have cost the community a great deal of money. That isn’t fair, and so I intend to reform and go back to being wrong. At least four j out of five times. I trust I am for--1 given.

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Rain Hurts Rose Fray Odds on Stanford Cut by Muddy Field: Small Crowd Predicted. B<l United I’n ss PASADENA, Jan. I—Stanford, boasting the Pacific coast's best team, and Columbia, a gridiron leader in the east, were to meet on a sloppy field here today to decide supremacy in the historic Tournament of Roses New Year s football game. Although Stanford has not been at its best in the mud and rain—it suffered its only loss of the year on a wet field —its eleven was a heavy favorite to defeat the lighter Columbia squad of coach Lou Little. It seemed that unless there was a definite break in the weather, the worst posible conditions would prevail, for ram fell continuously throughout Saturday night and all day Sunday. Coaches Are Ready The rain and the threat of having to play in a veritable morass bothered neither Little nor Claude (Tiny) Thornhill, coach of Stanfard. Both said they preferred a fast, dry field, but expressed willingness to decide the issue in any weather and | under any conditions. Bothered, however, were the ticket sellers, who looked forward to one ! of the poorest crowds in years, and Tournament of Roses officials, who | originally designed the annual New Year's game to publicize the sunshine that Pasadena enjoyed through the winter months. Alfred Masters of Stanford and Dr. Edward F. Elliott of Columbia issued a statement that city officials had assured them the playing field would be in shape by game time. Only Loss in Mud So long as it appeared that favorable weather would prevail, J Stanford was held a 12-point fa- ; vorite at 7-to-5 money. The heavy | r.oing, however, reduced these odds. Stanford's intricate offensive ha- | bitually has bogged down when the | going was sloppy. Stanford’s only defeat of the year, a 6-to-0 loss to I Washington, came on a heavy gridj iron. On the other hand, Columbia has become accustomed to begged fields and this combination of circumstances led to a shortening of odds, although Stanford still was a high favorite. FOXWORTHY IS HIGH GUN C. Foxworthy was forced to break 48 out of possible 59 targets to win the Allendale Gun Club shoot and nose out Dawson by one hit. Williams broke 4S and Mclntire 45.

sweepstakes at the Fountain Square | alleys. The meet will be in charge of ! Oscar (Lefty) Behrens. The entry fee lis $5 per team, bowling charges extra. I This annual feature at these drives alJ ways has paid the winning team a purse I of at least S2OO and the entrv this year again is expected to reach a mark that will award the winners a purse of this i size. At the present time Jack Hunt is burn- : ing up the alleys, his recprct to aate oe!mg an unbroken siring of twei.e 600 ‘ totals. Hunt roils four nights each week on uitferenl alleys, which makes this record a remarkable feat. Keep going, Jackl Frank Hueber has been far below his usual game in league play this season, but he still retains me ability to make it hard for the boys to defeat him in match games. Johnny Murphy and Arch Heiss tried to lower nis colors during a friendly contest last week, but found him in stride with an average of 228 pins per game. The Berghoff team of the Washington League is out in lront bv a margin of one ! came over the Coca-Cola quintet. On j paper, the Coca Cola team did not figure | to be in this exalted position when the ; season started, but has surprised the most ardent supporters with some real bowling. Added proof that an outstanding bowler l is more heip than his average would indicate is the fact that the league leading I star. John Blue, is in there ail the tune giving the youngsters of this club the i Poise and confidence needed to make them nara to beat. ' An outsider listening to Carl Hardin tell about his bowling ability would think that I “e was spreading it on thick, but this is one oowler who really can go out and just : about fulfill all his promises. His latest | theme song is that he would be willing to roll any oi the boys a special match game i and to make sure he would have some ! keen competition, he picks on John Blue ; as a starter. Last season. Hardin defeated Oscar Benens in one of the best matches rolled. That match between Frank Argus and Leo Ahearn still is hanging fire. Both of ;hese boys have stated that they were ! willing to roll the match, but they do not ,-eem to be able to get started. The latest story about Argus is that he intends to fly to the national meet at Peoria.

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