Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 242, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1934 — Page 10

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By Eddie Ash Hamas Thinks His Legs Will Hold Up nan Steve Feels Hurt by Sports Scribes

S TEV E HAMAS, the 25-year-old former Penn State footballer who took Max Schmeling, former heavyweight champion, for a fistic ride in Philadelphia the other night, admits he has a bad knee, but hastens to add that it held him up for twelve rounds against the German, and out of that engagement he feels that the old grid injury is on the mend. He has been fighting in the professional ranks only three years and thinks the New York sports writers permitted their personal opinions to sway them when they declined to give him a full measure of credit for the upset. This column is going to string with Hamas in his grievance. The New York scriveners failed to give him a tumble on their advance fight stories and figured the bout as little more than a workout for Schmeling. It’s true that Hamas is handicapped by bad legs, but this writer is ready now to take his word for it that the “pins” are coming back. When in college at Penn State, Hamas won eleven sports letters, more than any other athlete in the school's history. He starred in football, boxing, basketball, track and lacrosse. Moreover, he won the intercollegiate heavyweight boxing title. a a a a a a FROM the pointers this column can gather from hearsay among his oid companions at Penn State. Steve Hamas evidently has all it takes to make a champion with the possible exception of a highly developed killer instinct. Against Schmeling he showed a left hand second only t* Tommy Loughran's—and from the number of times he has fought Tomray, he must have picked up his pointers from the Philadelphian. He has the bobbing and weaving tactics of Dempsey, and some of the calculating style of Tunney. He is one of the few college graduates in the prize fight ring today. nun GRANT, quarter back under Knute Rockne in 1920 and 1921, j ha- returned to Notre Dame coach of the back field under Elmer Layden. Coaches throughout the country are sure to check up closely on Grant's work this year, not because he was a quarter back under Rockne. but because he has been a sports writer. Grant goes from a position as critic to one where he has to produce the boys who make the plays for the sports scribes to write about. So the sports editors will watch him closely, too. If Notre Dame comes up with a peculiar backfield this vear, coaches will ask. ' Who ever told that sports writer he could coach?" If Grant's backfield is a slashing success, all the football writers in the country will rush to print with ' What this country needs ire sports editors as coaches.' For instance. Indiana and Ohio State, with Don Peden of Ohio university laughing up his sleeve. He used a triple-threat on the athletics directors to put more tobacco in the old tobacco box. 8 n tt tt tt tt ANYWAY. Chet Grant played football with two mighty fine teams at Notre Dame. The 1920 team won ten games and lost none. That was the year of George Gipp, immortalized by Rockne as one of the greatest football players of all time. Frank Coughlin was the captain that year. The 1921 team, when it played lowa, bumped into three of the toughest football plavers who ever drew on a cleated shoe. As Chet Grant rattled off the signals he looked down into the upturned face of Duke Slater, and in that lowa bark field were Captain Aubrey Devine and that super-plunger. Gordon Locke. Notre Dame scored in the first half when Johnnv Mohardt heaved a long pass to Kiley, who ran thirty yards for a touchdown. The Hawkeyes retaliated by sending Locke time after time through Slater. Locke tore through holes ripped in the line by the giant Negro tackle. nan a a a lOCKE finally crashed over for a touchdown. Ip the first half also u Captain Devine kicked a field goal. After that both teams struggled to the point of exhaustion. Notre Dame came dangerously close to another touchdown, but the lowa line held at critical times. That was the only game Notre Dame lost that year. Grant can look back on a splendid record—one defeat against twenty victories in the tyvo years during which he was quarter under Rockne. a a a a a a ALTHOUGH Bruce Barnes, the lanky pro tennis player now playing with Bill Tildens troupe, may deny it, the following yarn is told bv some of his pals as being honest to gosh: George Lott, the cleft - chinned Chicago veteran, was taking the Texan on a tour of New York. Lott was driving his gas buggy and started through the Holland tunnel. He told Barnes that the proper thing to do was to hold one’s breath throughout the 9.250 feet of the tunnel, because carbon monoxide gas, released through the car's exhaust, would be fatal if breathed into the lungs. Barnes, not knowing the length of the tunnel, fell for the yarn and nearly burst before he hazarded a breatlf. And did George get a great big laugh! The tennis players, amateur or pro. must have their fun. No work and all play makes Jolly Jack of Jacksonyihe a dull boy.

Irish Defeat Washington; Manual Drops Greenfield

Closing their home season. Cathedral high school's cagers defeated Washington’s Continentals last night. 25 to 21. Manual downed Greenfield in the Redskin arena. 21 to 16. Broad Ripple dropped an- j other contest, losing to Elwcod. 34 to 14. and Smithville took a 13-to-ll win over Crispus Attucks last night at Smithville. The Irish and west siders fought I closelv through the first half until . field buckets by Carson and Roll- , yans gave the Dienhartmen a 12- I to-8 lead at the intermission. Washington rallied in the second half after J. O'Connor left the game with four personal fouls, and tied the score at 17-all. but in the final j quarter the Irish pulled away to victory. Cathedral iJSt Washington *2l* TG FT FF FC. FT PF ! 2 2 2 Howard.f . 2 1 *' WConnr.f. 1 1 2 Cherry. f .1 0 4 Rohvans.r 4 2 1 Htne.c J J J JO Cornu c 0 1 4 Luzn tc 1 ? ; Shields c . 1 0 1 Kasnak.e . 4 1 1 hiel f 1 1 0 Roberts.? . 0 10 Feeney c 0 0 0 M Donid.l. 0 0 0 ; GOCnnr.f 0 0 0 M Mahn.g 0 0 _ _ _ j Totals .. 9 1 10 Totals .9 3 U, * score at Half —Cathedral. 12 Washing- i tor. 8 „ R’feree—Goett. Umpire—Cretgen. Manual rallied in the final quarter to defeat the Hancock county seat basketeers. The score was knotted at 7-all at half time and Greenfield led. 12 to 11. at the end of the third period. A Redskin spurt in the last eight minutes decided the game. Summary: Manual <2l • Greenfield 16* ro FT PF FG FT PF Yovan f . 1 0 2 Johnson.! .001 Hunt f’.. 0 2 • Culley.f 4 2 2 Brandon f. 2 10 Nidiolson.f 0 0 0 Wagener.c 1 2 3 Popo.c . . . 2 0 2 Wahl 2 2 1 0 Shore* 0 0 3 Kcknhst.e 0 1 0 Logan.g... 10 1 Costntno.g 10 3 Totals.. 7 7 8 Totals .729 Score a: Halt Manual. 7 Greenfield. 7. Referee—McClain Umpire—Bender. j By 1 tme* Special ELWOOD. Ind.. Feb. 17.—Elwcod hung up its fourteenth victory in nineteen games this season by de- 1

Can Giants, Senators Repeat ’33 Wins to Prove Greatness?

BY JOE WILLIAMS Time* Special Spert* Writer XTEW YORK. Feb. 17.—1 t was Mr. Ty Cobb. I believe, who first remarked the true test of any championship ball club came the second year “If the team is able to repeat it Is a real ball club." said Mr. Cobb. “If it falls, it was lucky to win the first year." Let’a aee how many real ball clubs the majors have had beginning with 1900—supposedly the start of modern baseball. In the National League, Pittsburgh won three in a row. J9Ol- - the Giants won in X)4 and repeated the following season. Chi-

feating Broad Ripple of Indianapolis. 34 to 14. here last night. Havens and Silvey starred for the Elwood Tigers, while Sampsell led the Broad Ripple scoring with six points. Summary: Elwood (34• Broad Ripple 1 14< FG FT PF FG FT PF Silvey.f 4 1 1 Schloot.f .012 Etchison.f 10 4 Sampsell.f 2 2 1 Havens.c 6 4 0 Drullinger.s 0 0 4 Frazier.*. 0 0 1 Kelly.g . .10 1 Baxter.* . Oil Nelson.g. . 001 Watters.g. 12 2 Johnson.g. 0 10 Moore.f ..1 0 OHogatt.c... 12 2 Kurtz.c 0 0 1 Totals .13 8 10 Totals... 4 6 11 Score at Half—Elwood. 17; Broad Ripple. 4 Referee—Smith. Umpire—Bruce. It U l imes Special SMITHVILLE* Ind.. Feb. 17. Holding tight on defense, Smithville high school netmen took a 13 to 11 game from Crispus Attucics of Indianapolis here last night. Jacobs, local guard, kept White. Attucks star, from scoring. Summary: Smithville (13. Attucks Hit. FG FT PF FG FT PF BRvnlds f. 0 1 2 Knox.f 0 0 1 ARvnlds.f 0 0 0 Smith.f ... 10 1 M Cann.c. 0 0 0 Ksng.c 2 0 0 Wooden.g. 2 1 0 White c . 0 1 0 Jacobs.c . 3 1 0 Woods.g. . . l 0 1 Sims.f ... 1 0 0 Totals .5 3 2 Totals ..5 1 3 Scire at Half—Smithville. 8: Crispus Attucks. 7 Referee—Rake. Fights Last Night AT CHICAGO—Vince Dundee. 162. Bal- ; .more, defeated Ben Jebv. 162. New York TO •. Kid Leonard. 160. Moline. 111., defeated Frank Battaglia. 160. Winnipeg > 10>; Harrv Dublin.-kv. 144. Chicago, defeated Tracey Cox, 144. Indianapolis TO 1 ; Leo Rodak 131 Chicago, defeated Moon Mullins. 127. Vincennes. Ind. iß>: Jimmy Christie 128. Chicago, defeated A1 De Rose. 126. Chicago i4>. AT HOLLYWOOD—Georgie Hansford. 13 > Los Anceles. outpointed Tommy Paul 130. Buffalo. former N B A featherweictr champion ilOi: Hovt Jones. 135. Burbank Cai . decisioned ftito Martinez. 132. Los Angeles <6i AT DEL MONTE. Cal—Carmen Barth. If Cleveland, decisioned Kmc Darcv. 166. Los Angeles <6>: Sandv Robinson. 158 Fresno, beat Garv.no Dominguez. 160 Del Monte ■4 > AT TI'CSON Anz —Sammy Mande.l 142. Rockford. 11l . knocked out Chico Vasquez 143 El Paso 6. Bill Celebron. Rockford. 11l knocked out Bobby Sorio. El Paso ili

cago ruled for the next three years. Pittsburgh won in 09. but failed to come back. So did Chicago. TO champions. The Giants won in ’ll. 'l2. T3. Then came a stretch of seven years during which no pennant winner was to repeat. If Mr. Cobb's theory is correct, this must have been the all-time low for baseball quality in the National League. b a tt 'T'HE Giants came back in "21 and % ruled for four consecutive campaigns. Unquestionably these were McGraw's greatest teams. For the next five years there were five different champions. St. Louis won in ‘SO and repeated in ’3l. Chicago won in JR, but was not good enough,

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WHEN Henri Cochet, French tennis star, arrived in New York to join the professional troupe of Bill Tilden, he found things weren't so hot as in his native land—what with those Paris riots. He’s warming his ears. Cochet will join the pro tennis barnstormers after they return east. They performed in Indianapolis last Tuesday.

Dodgers Drop Glenn Wright By United Prefix NEW YORK, Feb. 17. Glenn Wright, one of the outstanding shortstops of the past decade, has been given his unconditional release, the Brooklyn Dodgers announced today. Wright is 32. He has been in professional baseball for thirteen years, five of which were with the Pittsburgh Pirates and five with Brooklyn. He was field captain of the Dodgers last year, but had a poor season because of the recurrance of an old arm injury. He also had trouble with Manager Max Carey. The combination is believed to have resulted in his release. In 1933 he appeared in only sev-enty-one games, with 192 trips to the plate. His bating average was .255, the second lowest in his major league career. During his hey-day, Wright was an excellent batsman and one of the most active fielders the game ever knew. In 1924. while with Pittsburgh, he set a National League record of 601 assists. His big batting year was 1930 when he batted .321 and made twenty-two homers for Brooklyn.

Four College Games Listed By United Press Four college basketball games will be played in Indiana tonight, and four Hoosier teams, including Purdue and Indiana, will play out of the state. Notre Dame will entertain Pittsburgh at South Bend. Pitt has been the only team to defeat the Irish in twenty-eight games. Other state games are De Pauw at Ball State, Franklin at Wabash, and Central Normal at Evansville. All are return games. Manchester college will invade Western State, Kalamazoo, Mich., in an attempt to avenge an earlier defeat this season, and Concordia of Ft. Wayne will meet Concordia of Milwaukee at the latter city. Love Captures Main Mat Bout With the match standing one fall each. Billy Love was awarded the victory over Jim Mellon in the main go wrestling attraction at Tomlinson hall last night when Mellon was disqualified for applying “strangling” tactics. Mellon captured the first fall in nineteen minutes, with a combination crotch and slam, and Love annexed the second toss in thirteen minutes with a top body spin. The grapplers were in action for ten minutes on th ethird fall when the referee called a halt. In the semi-final Tommy Tassel dropped the first fall to Bill Cantrel and then rallied and annexed the next two and match. Jean Fox threw Ed Slaughter in eleven minutes in the one-fall prelim bout. MAXDELL ROCKS MEXICAN By l'nit at Press TUCSON. Ariz., Feb. 17— Sammy Mandell. former Rockford (111.) titleholder in the lightweight ranks, pushed a two-fisted attack from the opening bell to win a technical knockout victory over Chico Vasquez. El Paso Mexican, in six rounds here last night. EX-CCE CHAMP DIES By Unitol Brest< ROCHESTER. Ind.. Feb. 17. Henry Meyers. 71. former Indiana state billiard champion, died yesterday after a lingering illness. It was also recalled that Meyers managed a semi-professional baseball team on which Harry G. Leslie, former Indiana Governor, played.

jto repeat. How about the Giants of '33? Are they good enough? Chicago was the first championship team in the American League. The White Sox won in 1900 and repeated the following season. Boston repeated in ’O3. 'O4; Detroit had a ! three-year stretch. 07. 08, 'O9. and a young fellow named Cobb was the I team's bright flaming star. The Athletics came close to owning the longest championship run in baseball. They won in TO, ’ll, failed in T 2 and came back to win two more in T3. T 4. After the T 4 series Connie Mack dismantled a team that if kept together probably would have won at least two other I titles. For consistency in perform- j

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1934

Three Tied in Cue War Bozeman in First Place as Hoppe, Cochran, Layton Press Close. By United Press NEW YORK. Feb. 17.—Johnny Layton and Willie Hoppe were up again today in a tie with Welker Cochran, defending champion, for second place in the world threecushion billiard championship. Cochran and Hoppe will try to take sole command of the position in today's matches while Layton is idle. Meanwhile, young Jay Bozeman will attempt to retain his lead in the tourney. Bozeman is matched against Allen Ball; Cochran tackles Arthur Thumblad, and Hoppe faces Tiff Denton. In the fourth match, Otto Reiselt meets Len Kenney, tail-ender in the tourney. Hoppe, former “boy wonder” of the cue, overwhelmed 71-year-old Alfredo De Oro last night in the tourney’s shortest game of twentyeight innings. Layton, ten times holder of the title, turned back Augie Kieckhefer, 50 to 47, in fifty frames. It was a close, hard-fought match. Kinrey Matsuyama, national champion, beat Otto Reiselt last night. 50 to 38 in fifty-two innings, for his fifth victory in nine starts. The Japanese trailed in the early innings but tied the count in the sixth. He went on and his high run of seven in the thirteenth gave him a lead of 19 to 10. He held a comfortable lead for the rest of the contest.

Lineups Given for Polo Tilt Starting lineups for the Rich-mond-Indianapolis roller polo game at Tomlinson hall tomorrow afternoon are announced today as follows: Richmond Indianapolis Bricker First Rush Butler Hawkins Second Rush Lewis Bulla Center Quigley Null Half Guye'r Brunton Goal Pence Richmond and Indianapolis are the leading clubs in the league race. The visitors boast a veteran lineup of brilliant performers and are especially well-fortified at the three important positions of first rush, center and goalie, Bricker, Bulla and Brunton playing these stations. The Indians seem to have found a winning combination this season, the only newcomer in the lineup being Guyer, who proved a tower of strength on defense and has become a favorite. There will be three games Sunday. At one o'clock the Stuck Coal Company will meet the Monroe Flyers, and at two o’clock the Geckler Red Devils will tangle with the Rolles Printers, these two tilts being scheduled games in the local amateur league. The professional game will start at three o’clock.

Murphy Makes Run of Seven Scoring twenty-seven points in the last twenty innings, including a high run of seven, Joe Murphy of Indianapolis won his second consecutive game in the state threecushion cue tourney at the Cooler parlor last night. Joe's high run was the best of the tourney to date. Murphy won by a margin of 50 to 30 over T. Brooks in eightysix innings. The match was deadlocked at 23-all just before Joe launched his rally. AT CALIENTE First Race ($400; claiming: 3-year-olds and up; seven furlongsj—xNanamay. 102; xKrumm, 100; Veruzza. 107; xßud Elder 107; xßright Sun. 107; xHindu Jim. 107; Gold Dollar. 103; O'Bovle. 116; Plenty French, 103; xPolly Leach. 106. Second Race ($400; claiming: 3-year-olds and up; seven furlongs i—Cantannddle, 103: xMlss Toston, 98; xWhite Heart, 111; xGolden Cliff. 103: xMailliw. 103; Bill Andy, 105; Mon Cheri. 103: xCarol Hills. 102; xKay R.. 98; xßlack Spot. 98. Third Race ($400; claiming: 3-year-olds and up; five and one-half furlongs)—Tommie Kirnan, 109; Nada. 95: Lady Conard. 108; Old Kickapoo, 113; Ciofton. 113: Cash Play. 109; Bowcroft. 113: Donald. 109; Prince Bow. 109; Poor Pan. 109: Jennie Gal 108; Lord Algy. 109. 'Fourth Race (S4OO : handicap: 2-vear-olds: four furlongs (—b-Bon Champ, 102: b-Mv Madelvu, 112: May Rap. 108; a-The Flower. 100: c-San Luis Rev: a-Kent. 108: c-Hope Lorin.g 106; Broadway Breeze. 110: Goodwood. 112; Lois Pan. 118. a-Pasadena entry. b-Mrs. A. M. Creech entry. c-San Luis Rev and Lighton entry. Fifth Race ($400; claiming: 3-vear-olds and up: 1 1-16 milesi—x-Maior Lanphier. 108: x-Centerlane. 109: x-Gold Clasp. 90-x-Seth's Hope. 109: x-North Shadow. 108: x-Happy Fellow. 113: x-Manitobian. 104. Sixth Race (1400: claiming: 4-vear-olds and up: mile and seventy yards) x-Charles Clarke 105; x-Atcines. 110; x-Frank D.. 105: x-Publication. 110: Lampasas. 115: x-Enro. 105: Friar's Choice. 115. Seventh Race ($400: claiming: 3-vear-olds; one mile)—Wittocook, 103; Marv Ellen S.. 103: Warring. 113; Carmel. 108: Rising Hour. 98: Little Urchin. 103: Ccdo. 108; Boston Kiddv. 103: Darraugh. 103: Irene F.. 108. Eighth Race ($400; claiming: 4-year-olds and up: one mile and seventy yards: xßessie Lou 104: Tab. 114; xChatteron. 109; xOrange Plume, 109; xDon Fernando, 109: Architect. 114: Transmission. 114: Lord Vale. 114: xKing Caress. 109; xHerdsman. 109: xHeisemudaer. 104; xCynara. 104. Ninth Race (substitute: $400: claiming: 4-year-olds and up: one mile and seventy yards:—xDark Colleen. 104; xArgue. 105; xFor Play. 109; xQueen Ann. 104: xßea. 104: xDazzle On. 109: xJaz Pal. 109; xßefore, 109: xSieg Margon. 109; xHal Dwyer. 109; xGavlene C.. 104; xFair Bov. 109. xApprentice allowance claimed. Weather, clear: track, fast.

ance his teams of that era were the best baseball ever had. a a tt BOSTON won in 15, T 6, and then came a four-year lull that produced four different winners. Among the nonrepeaters was one of the great teams of all time—the 1919 White Sox. Technically they prove the exception to the Cobb theory. They could have repeated if they had wanted to. They sold out. Beginning with 1921 every subsequent American League pennant winner was able to repeat once or twice. The sequence was not snapped until a year ago. when Joe McCarthy’s Yanks, topheavy favorites to do it again, went sprawling in the mire on their regal snouts, i

Lucas Signs With Pirates

WAS it some sly idea of a cut on the world series v |RnB cash next fall that provoked the sly smile on the face of Red gg||| Lucas as he penned his name to : M. a contract with the Pittsburgh * ' Jill Pirates for 1934 at his home in Bfpf ibrMemphis. Tenn . the other day? ||||||| i||| ■' For several years Red has been > BKS§ with the Cincinnati Reds and IB|||i& 11 he's said to be what the Pirates ™ need for another pennant. " J jf /

WAS it some sly idea of a cut on the world series cash next fall that provoked the sly smile on the face of Red Lucas as he penned his name to a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates for 1934 at his home in Memphis, Tenn., the other day? For several years Red has been •with the Cincinnati Reds and he's said to be what the Pirates need for another pennant.

(Jf) theß. a - ckb -°- ard XjS \J By CARLOS LANE

AND so, the mystery is solved—at least in part. Pete Jolly's Muncie Bearcats last night told the Hoosier basketball worl dthat Newcastle wasn't riding quite as high as a lot of the fans believed after the Trojans conquered Anderson and Tech in one week. It wasn’t easy so rthe Bearcats. The score shows- that. But, then, the Muncie quintet hasn’t been figured as one of the state's best teams this season, inasmuch as the Bearcats have been defeated, not frequently, but sufficiently to put them out of most serious thoughts as The Jollymen beat Newcastle, 16 to 14, on the Trojans’ floor, with a contender for state honors. Kleinfelder leading the attack for the Jollymen.

ONE of those things that happens rarely in basketball startled the fans that packed the Martinsville gym last night to watch the Artesians tangle with the Washington Hatchets. Three overtime periods failed to Break a tie, and the game finally was called at 17 to 17. Cathedral moved up a notch in city competition last night with a four-point victory over the Washington Continentals in the Irish gym. I was the last home game for Joe Denhart’s men. And tonight they play in Peru. Peru, by the way, won an overtime battle at Alexandria last night, 22 to 20. Rohyans paced the Irish last night, collecting four field goals and two free throws, for ten points. Cathedral won 25 to 21.

MANUAL’S late rally provided a 21 to 16 victory for the Redskins over Greenfield . . . Bloomington showed a renewed spirit last night in winning from Sullivan, 27 to 16, on the Panthers’ hardwood ... it should be an interesting battle tongi'nt at Shortridge . . . Anderson managed a 24 to 22 win over Bedford, for whatever that’s worth . . . and Brazil pulled out with a 21 to 20 shade over Linton at Brazil . . . Jeffersonville show’ed its strength against Manual of Louisville, winning 40 to 11 . . . and the Columbus Bulldogs upset the dope with a 21 to 20 defeat of the strong Rushville quintet . . . Monument City should know ho wit feels to be really walloped . . . Lagro sent them home last night on the very short end of a 75 to 9 count. Just for the fun of it, Backboard picks for tonight: Bloomington at SHORTRIDGE; Shel by v file at TECH; CATHEDRAL at Per u; BROAD RIPPLE at' Zionsville; and Elletsville at CRISPUS ATTUCKS. A clean weep for the Indianapolis quintets. tt tt tt ONE observer broke into the annual Washington-Vincennes rivalry the other day to remind the Hatchets and Alices to stop worrying about each other and think about Jasper, if they had any tourney hopes this spring . . . not bad advice . . . Elwood Yeager, Connersville center, is out of the game with an infected foot ... If I were one of the dogs that had to chase Townsend around all night. Id be sore about it, t 00... Robert Blunt, Scottsburg bank cashier, takes all medals for loyalty . . . in more than twenty years he’s not missed a regularly scheduled game that Scottsburg played, and has slipped up on only two sectionals... Hall, of Greensburg, slapped Bee, of Greencastle, on the floor the other night, and was stung—by the ref. . . write your own moral . . . Art Beckner, who has brought Yorktown along with only one defeat this season, will run for county clerk in Delaware county . . . how many votes will his opponent get in Yorktown? tt tt a ALONG about—well, ever so many years ago—at the time Backboard was painfully studying his readin’ and ‘ritin’ in grammar school, he indulged unwisely in the bdyish pastime of tossing very real bricks at a meek enemy, the kid from next door.

The Washingtons won. Are they good enough to repeat? These are the questions that remain to be answered as the athletes crawl into their store clothes to get ready for the spring training trips which begin next week. If the Giants are a real club they will repeat, and so will the Washingtons. Or can there be a flaw in Mr. Cobb's theory? The Giants were more of a surprise in victory last year than the Washingtons. Indeed, there are still a number of skeptics who insist it was all done with mirrors. Only a few days ago Mr. Max Carey, the Brooklyn manager, charged the Giants were a lucky club, that they won on the 6reaks.

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Indeed, there were several of the lads in that northern Indiana village engaged in tossing oversize chunks of gravel at each other at the time. Said Backboards nearest ally: “Look out!” Instead, he looked up, and caught a generous fragment of a millstone between the eyes. What brought the incident into today’s column was a letter that dropped on the desk from the morning mail from the ekid who pitched that nose-breaking strike. It’s been half a dozen years or more since we’ve seen each other, but when Colonel Bob Stranahan, the Newcastle sports scribbler, picked up an item from Off the Backboard the other day, the former friend noticed it and had to have his say. tt tt tt WTTH all the personal element deleted to strictly the basketball content of Hank’s note, here we go:: Dear Carlos—Do you recall way back in the dim past when you were *oin* to school in Ligonier that you were beaned on the nose with a rook? I imagine you haven't forgotten it.. I haven’t, because I’m the one who threw it. Now I’m a resident of New Castle and a basketball fan here, of course. So if you remember the incident, don’t vou think you're running quite a risk in belittling that victory of the Trojans over Tech? You know I might start hunting you with another rock. I dare you to print this threat. I don’t believe it could j be considered seriously though, do you? j I just happened to see a reprint of one |of your articles abou the New CastleTech game in the paper here, and though I'd heard you were writing for an Indianapolis paper I was surprised to find you were the author of that. I saw that game, and New Castle deserved to win. I reI minded me of the big games we used to have with Topeka and Wawaka—it wis so different. I've been in New Castle about six weeks now, and was in Detroit for the past six years, and got out of touch with the basketball as the Hoosiers play it. After seeing some Michigan high school games I can truthfully say it takes the Hoosiers to play the game. HANK HARSH, NEWCASTLE. Just a little caution, Henry—writing a column like this, you soon learn how to duck. So improve your ! pitching arm, old man. tt a o PARK school comes into the picture with a contributor, who very heartily disagrees with most of the selections Backboard made to reach the state’s tourney. Dear Sir —I am writing just to inform you that you are slightly off in your predictions as to what teams will reach the finals in Indianapolis. Not only will Angola and Nappanee never see Indianapolis. Yorktown never see the third round in the Muncie sectional. Kokomo never get out of Howard countv. Froebel of Gary never get out of their own gym, but Washington’s first team i couldn't beat the Jasper reserves or the ; Vincennes fourth team, and Tech will be watching the state finals from the peanut gallery in the Butler fieldhouse unless Shortridge and Southport get placed in the same bracket. However, you are absolutely right in that Logansport and Lafayette will cause plenty of trouble, and, if the Berries don't geat beat by the refereeing as thev did last year. thev'll be in that final game : Saturday night. March 17. Green castle, if Oloverdale doesn’t put them out in the sectional plaving with ten men couldn’t beat Townsend of Tech bv himself. Martinsville, Franklin and Rushville will be right in there, but Jeffersonville, if they get out of the southern Indiana, will be on their way back to southern Indiana after the first round of pl3v on Friday. TEMPTATION FROM TECH. TOMMY PAUL STOPPED Los Angeles Schoolboy Halts March of Comeback Road. By United Press HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 17.—Tommy Paul, former N. B. A. featherweight champion, lost ground in his attempted comeback campaign last night when he lost a ten-round decision to Georgie Hansford, Los Angeles schoolboy, in a slow-moving bout at Hollywood Legion stadium. Paul got away to a slow start, but gained ground with his cleaner punching until the last round, when Hansford's tfiggign attack pulled the verdict tn his favor by a slim margin. It was Hansford’s second victory in three meetings with the Buffalo boy.

Cue Leader ONE of the foremost of the world's three-cushion billiard players is the veteran Willie Hoppe, who today is tied for second place in the annual world's three-cushion tournament in New York. He is second only to Jay Bozeman Jr.

Three Thousand Watch Golden Gloves Finals Two 1933 Champions Defend Titles Successfully, One Knocked Out in Semi-Final Bout: Action Stirs Crowd in Nineteen Fights. BY CARLOS LANE Slugging their way to bloody victories before more than three thousand fans in the Armory last night, eight young amateur boxers today held Golden Gloves open crowns for 1934. They will represent Indianapolis in the Chicago Stadium. Feb. 26. 27, and 28. in the Tournament of Champions, the midwestern Golden Gloves finals sponsored by the Chicago Tribune.

Five other lads won titles last night in the novice group, a division set aside for boxers who had no previous tournament experience and were barred from the open battles in which the experienced mitt-slingers were competing. They will be eligible for future Golden Gloves open scraps. Three Soldiers Win The open title lists in the second annual Times-Legion Golden Gloves carnival are: Jimmy Hensley, 20, of 1421 Richland avenue, flyweight. Johnny Krukemeier, 17, R. R. 8, Box 133-E, bantamweight. Carl E. Maxwell, 23, Battery B, Third field artillery, Ft. Benjamin Harrison, featherweight. Jimmy Myers, 19, of 2128 Brookside avenue, lightweight. Merle Roberts, 17, of 929 South Delaware street, welterweight. John Chesunos, 23, Battery C, Third field artillery, Ft. Harrison, middleweight. Harry Christie, 21, Cambridge City, Ind., light heavyweight. Gene Junken, 21, of 1206 South Miller street, heavyweight. The novice winners were: William Sparks, South Side Turners, flyweight; Bud Cotty, Colonial A. C.. % bantamweight; Albert Long, unattached, ‘ featherweight; Ben Lawson, Columbus (Ind.) Boys Club, lightweight; Merle Roberts, South Side Turners, welterweight, and Jack Liebrock. South Side Turners, middleweight. Action Stirs Crowd Roberts first won the novice welter title, and then, when DeLoss Jarrett, Ft. Harrison welter, failed to appear for his bout, Roberts challenged the open welter contestant, Ben Dichner of the Washington A. C., and took the open title by decision. Tom Howard, novice light heavyweight, had no opponent, and there were no novice heayweight entries. Fast, thrilling action in almost every one of the nineteen bouts on the evening’s card stirred the mob into bedlam. There were three knockouts and six technical kayoes. As the final round was concluded the champions and runners-up in both the novice and open groups were called into the ring and awarded trophies and medals by the Bruce Robinson post of the American Legion, which, with The Times sponsors the annual tournament. In the ring at Chicago the Indianapolis boxers will wear red uniform trunks and bathrobes, lettered in white.

Lightweights Provide Action Outstanding among the nineteen bouts that made up the final round’s program was the scrap in which Krukemeier, fighting under the banners of the South Side Turners, successfully defended his 1933 bantamweight title against Kelly Burgess of the Washington A. C. Burgess leaped from his corner at the bell, and drove his smaller opponent into a corner with a flurry of blows to the face. Johnny countered from the ropes, was driven back again, and returned with both gloves jabbing in front of him to pummel Burgess groggy as the first | round eneded. Burgess came back strong at the i opening of the second stanza, cut Krukemeier’s nose, but weakened as Johnny drove home short body punches that hurt. Just before the bell Burgess went down for one count. In the third Krukemeier resumed his body jabbing, but faded | a moment before Burgess’ last sav- | age attack. Then he came out to stick in a series of hard punches that gave him a good margin on the battle. Krukemeier is a junior in Beech Grove high school. Light Heavy Is Good Perhaps the most promising of the local Golden Gloves winners was Harry Christie, a farmer from near Richmond, who knocked out | Gail Ewing, Colonial A. C., in forty- | eight seconds of the first round of the light-heavy semi-final, and came | back in the final bout to face i Charles Wild, South Side Turners, i who decisioned John Sharpee, Washington A. C., in the semi-final. |. Christie punched Wild viciously in | the final bout, and Wild quit, claim- | ing a broken hand. John Chesunos, a Ft. Harrison | artilleryman, was the second of last year’s Golden Gloves titlists to retain his crown. He took a decision from Michael Kmet, another soldier from the Third field artillery at | Ft. Harrison, by dint of clever inS fighting after Kmet had cut his face j badly in the early rounds. Champ Is Downed Marshall Kealing. Colonial A. C., .the third of last year’s champs to enter the tourney this winter, was knocked out in the semi-final heavy- | weight bout when Tommy Thompj son, Colonial A. C„ swung three hard j blows to his face a minute and forty | seconds after the first bell. ThompI son lost by a technical knockout in ; the heavyweight final to Gene JunI ken, who took a close decision over ! Bob Whitney, of Butler, in the other ! heavy semi-final. Junken is an exfootball player at Shelbyville high school. In the first of the open final bouts, Jimmy Hensely, a grocer’s clerk, took a technical knockout over Maynard Walker, of London, Ind., the referee stopping the fight in the third round. Wilbert Boyce, colored Y. M. C. A., knocked out John Byrne, Colonial A. C.. in the first round of the open | featherweight semi-final bout, but was in turn kayoed by Maxwell in the third round of the final battle. Myers Decisions Smith Jimmy Myers took a decision in three rounds over Rudolph Smith, colored Y. M. C. A., in the lightweight final scrap. The novice events were: Flyweight—Sparks took a technical kayo over James Nielson, tinat-

tached, in the first round when Nielson b-oke a hand. Bantamweight—Cotty won when Manuel Contreas, Washington A. C.. quit with a badly split lip at the end of the first round. Featherweight —Long decisioned Carl Jones, unattached. Lightweight—Lawson decisioned Lowell Parrish, Cumberland. Welterweight—Roberts decisioned Paul Jones, Cambridge City, Miller A. C. Middleweight— Liebrock won with technical knoikout over Ward Hughes, Colonial A. C., in one minute and thirty seconds of the first round.

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AT FAIR GROUNDS Bv United. Press First Race (S400; claiming; 4-year-old* and up; one and one-sixteenth miles) xChiclero, 107; xOlri Bill. 107; Goldndge. 112; xTown Limit, 102; xKing Pin, 107; xf'irst Regiment, 107; xDr. Parrish. 107; Plucky Girl. 102; xEntrap, 107; xFinnic. 107; Lord Dean. 112. Second Race ($400; claiming; 4-year-olds and up; one and one-sixteenth milesi —Big Storm. 112; Isostasy. 112; xSt. Nazaire, 107; Dug In, 110; Monocle. 112; Light Mint. 112; Bright Spirits, 110; xSedgie. 107; Jack Murphy. 112, Judge Direnzo. 112; Royal Sport. 112. Third Race ($400; claiming; 3-year-olds; six furlongsi—Fur Duchess. 105; xMayco, 105: Dessner, 1 15; Whisk Me, 110; Cherokee Sal. 105; Morning Cry, 110; Billy Pat, 110; xFabulous. 110; Bitter Root, 110; xGo Forth. 110; Holligan, 110. Fourth Race ($500; handicap; 3-vear-olri and up; six furlongs)—ai (Little Lad. 108; ibiPharatime, 103; (ci Rubio, 112; Blue Day, 117; (aiEva B, 106; (C)Riskv Miss, 103; Nell Kuhlman. 107; Ladino. ll 4; Jim Dandy, 104; Ep, 105; (b)Zekiel. 118; Don Vern, 105. (aiJ. J. Robinson entry. ibiCattarinich and Seremba entry. (C)T. C. Worden entry. Fifth Race—(sl,soo; added; general Beauregard claiming stakes; 3-year-o!ds and up; one and one-eighth miles) Chrysostom, 116; Open Hearth. 116; Pacheco. 110; Frank Ormont. 112; Bert John. 110; Habanero. 110; Our Justice. 108; War Plane. 114. Sixth Race—(s4oo; claiming; 3-vear-olds; one and one-sixteenth miles)—xßabeson, 108; xSouthland Duke, 103: Vin Noir, 113; xAlmadeln Jr„ 111; The Trainer. 108: xLueulent, 106; xPrince Charlo, 105: xßobby Aveep, 105; Running Heel. .108, xSix Bells. 108; xPcedeeque. 108. Seventh Race—ls4oo; claiming: 4-year-olds and up; one and one-sixteenth milesl —xCliffton's Queen, 103; Star Brook, 110; Happen. 110; Bert John, 115; xPolvp, 110; xWhippercracker. 110; Baggataway, 110; xJack Biener, 110. Eighth Race—(s4oo; claiming; 4-year-olds and up; one and one-sixteenth miles)-xSouthco, 107; News Hawk, 110; Catwalk, 110; Sizzling. 105; Millefiore, 107: Racketeer. 112; xßlighter. 107; xWild Laurel, .’O7; xßrookhattan, 105; Dark Sea. 112. Ninth Race—(Substitute; $400; claiming; 4-year-olds and up; six furlongst Mentality, 112; xSantander. 113; xCloirado. 105; Obstiante Girl, 105; xManners, 113; xlnfinity, 113; xPatangon, 105; Josephine D., 109; xGoodestone. 103; xCharlie, 109; xArlrian. 109, xßill Lutz, 109. xApprentict allowance claimed. Weather. < loudv; track, muddy. Horses listed in order of post positions. AT HIALEAH First Race —($800; claiming; 4-vear-old* and up; one and one-eighth miles) Oneill; 112; Scout Master. 109: xßub McFarland, 104; Olamay, 107;xRoyal Durbar, 104; Garlic. Ill; Carlaro. 112; xEI Puma. 107. Second Race —($700; allounces; 2-year-olds; three furlongsi—Sun Caprice. 112: Lovesick, 115; Miss Fire Fly. 109; no saint, • 15; Goose Creek, 112; Mica Rock, 112; Alaric. 115; Skippy McGee. 115; Mrs. Fab, 112. Third Race—(s7oo; claiming; 3-vear-olds and up: six furlongsi—xDouglas F., 100; Cash Surrender, 105; xSabula. 108; xlrenes Bob. Ill; xMiney Mverson, 113; the Pelican, 120; Croon. 103; Crowning Glory. 116. Fourth Race—(sl,ooo; the Nassau handicap; 4-year-olds and up; one mile) Clarify, 118; Mad Frump, 106; Springsteel, 126; Red Roamer, 99; Sweeping Light, 123; Yonkei, 103. Fifth Race ($2,500 added; the Bahamas handicap; 3-year-olds: seven furlongsi (a i Speedy Skippy, 115; Herowin, 107; Agrarian, 116; Zulu Lad. 110; laißlttyßit, 105; The Triumvir, 102; (ciKievex, 110; IciOpen Range. 116; Chance Flight, 111; Time Supply. 122; Gay Joe, 109; Naval Cadet. 104; Sun Abbot. 105; Croon, 105. laiA. A. Baroni entry. (C)W. Graham entry. Sixth Race ($800; claiming; 3-vear-olds and up; one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf)—Polo Bar, 110; Pot Au Brooms, 108; Pre War, 108; Big Red, 113, xStanaout, 108; xPass Shot. 90. Seventh Race ($800; claiming; 3-year-olds and up; one and one-eighth miles i Traffic Judge, 114: xWaterway. 109; Momo, 109; Pat C.. xCarbon, 109; Dominant Miss. 109: xPlayful Martha. 93. xApprentice allowance claimed. Weather, clear; track, fast. Horses listed in order of post positions in all but fifth race. VINES TAKES TILDEN Has Eleven Matches to Nine in Professional Net Tour. By United Press BALTIMORE, Md„ Feb. 17. Young Ellsworth Vines of California, former world’s ranking amateur tennis player, today stood out as America’s foremost professional star, having beaten Big Bill Tilden eleven matches to nine in their twenty-game transcontinental series. In the final match of the series here last night, the lanky Californian downed his veteran opponent, 6-8, 6-2, 7-5. 6-3, before a capacity crowd of 5,000 spectators.

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