Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 259, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 March 1934 — Page 25

MARCH 9, 1934

STATE HARDWOOD PLAY ADVANCES TO SECOND ROUND

Sixty-Four Teams Await Regional Tournaments Nine Former Champions Still in List, Although Martinsville, Defending Titlist, Is Out: Tech to Play at Anderson. Representatives in the annual h:gh school basketball tournament finals, one of the classical sports spectacles in the state, will reward sixteen quintets in as many sections of Indiana tomorrow night as play in regional tourneys is concluded. To one of the sixteen a week from tomorrow night in Butler fieldhouse will go the coveted state cage title, which only six schools have won more than once, and which the defending champion can not defend this year. Sixty-four sectional tourney winners compete tomorrow.

S.R.O. at Gym By t nited Presn ANDERSON. Ind.. March 9. All of the 4,800 seats in the Aderson gymnasium have been sold for the regional basketball tournament here tomorrow, Anderson high school authorities advised today. More than 3,000 were distributed in this vicinity; Tech of Indianapolis was allotted 1,135, and Mt. Comfort and Plainfield each took 250. Tech and Plainfield open the meet at 2 to morrow afternoon.

Printers and Gecklers Mix With the Stuck Coal Company well out in front in the local amateur roller polo league race, interest will be centered on the battle for second position Sunday atternoon at Tomlinson hall between the Rolles Printers and the Geckler Red Devils. A win lor the Red Devils wall throw the two teams into a tie. This game will be played at 1 o’clock. At 2 o'clock the Stuck Coal Company will meet the Monroe Flyers. Standings in the amateur loop are as follows: W. L. Pet. Stuck Coal Company 8 2 .800 Rolles Printers 5 5 .500 Geckler Bed Devils 4 6 400 Monroe Flyers 3 7 300 At 3 o'clock the Indianapolis professional team will meet the Richmond club, which defeated the locals, 3 to 2, on their last trip here. ’•’*? game going into overtime.

New Scoring System Will *\ Aid Lesser Track Teams

BV FREI) BAILEY United Pr o ss Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, March 9.—A new system of scoring has turned the anual Big Ten indoor track meet, to be held at the Chicago fieldhouse tomorrow, into a "free-for-all.'’ No team with only one or two outstanding stars can run away with the championship as in previous year, the officials believed in chasing the scoring rules. Place points will become more important and the value of first place diminished. The new system provides for the scoring of five places instead of three. First place will be worth 5 points, second 4. third 3, fourth 2 and fifth 1. Michigan, which trailed Indiana by a fraction of a point in 1932 and by four points last year, was expected to benefit more than the defending champions by the change in scoring. The Wolverines have one outstanding star, Willis Ward, and several high-class men. Coach Billy Hayes, of Indana, has been at work developing several promising sophomores who may spring several surprises at the meet. Charles Hornbostel and Ivan Fuqua are the outstanding Indiana stars. Hayes’ "Mystery man of the meet was expected to be Ettore Antonini. the big football end. who has developed, according to Hoosier observes into a shot-putter of exceptional posibilities. He'll have to tie good to beat Dave Cook of Illinois. Michigan and Indiana have had the meet pretty much to themselves the past two years, but this year Illinois and Ohio State both have

SI X.. MARCH 11TII $7.50 C ™ ATI f j - Hamilton • S3.SO OXFORD *J 00 LIBERTY *1 .% rOWKHSVIU.E *1.20 R 1 SIIVII.LF. AND RF.TCRN I.v 4 3.1 A. M.. C. T. Returning. It. Cincinnati 10:.XO P. M.. E. T. Phone* 1.1. 6401 HH. S3R*. -rTW CAPS-#” New patterns, the kind you won’t see elsewhere. LEVINSON Hatter | We Specialize in Steaks and Chops R glMi.tv dinners CHARLEY’S jf RESTAURANT £2* 144 East Ohio Street Legal Rates 20 MONTHS TO PAY H WOLF SUSSMAN. Inc. 239 W. WASH. ST. I \ a : n [ Opposite BtatrhoiiM> 9H

Four of the six schools with more than one state hardwood crown are still in the running. They are Franklin, Frankfort, Muncie and Lebanon. Martinsville's Artesians, who won the tourney last spring, were eliminated by Bloomington in sectional play last Saturday. Wingate, the sixth repeater, also was knocked off in sectional play. Martinsville, Lebanon and Franklin are the only teams possessing three state crowns. Three Must Go Out Other former champions who will play in tomorrow's regional meets are: Newcastle, 1932 winner; Vincennes, winner in 1923; Bloomington, 1910 winner; Marion, titlist in 1926, and Washington, 1930 victor. Muncie or Newcastle must be eliminated, since they meet in the Muncie regional. Likewise Wash- : ington or Vincennes will go out, and both may depart in favor of a dark i horse. Jasper. Lebanon and Frank- 1 fort also are paired in the same regional at Lafayette. Regional play opens in each of the sixteen centers at 2 p. m. tomorrow, with a second game at 3, and the finals at 8 tomorrow night. Tech Is Favorite Thousands of fans are expected to crowd gymnasiums in all parts of the state to witness the last elim- j ination meets before the state finals ' at Butler next Friday and Saturday, j Special trains will carry Indian- | apolis fans to Anderson, where the ! strong Tech quintet, one of the leading teams in the state, will meet j Plainfield in the first afternoon game, and, if victorious, will play the winner of the Anderson-Mt. | Comfort tilt tomorrow night. Tech and Loganspodt, neither of ' which has ever won a state meet, j are top favorites in this year's meet. I No Indianapolis team ever has j ccpped a state title, although Tech 1 went to the finals in 1929, losing, there to Frankfort.

exceptionally strong teams and the new system of scoring may help them considerably. The Illini are coming back in track, as shown by an impressive record in the dual meets this season. Cook is a standout among the shot-putters and Irving Seely. a teammate, has shown the best early season form of the pole vaulters. Other stars counted upon to add points to their teams total are Marsh Miller, of Illinois, distance runner; Joe Schoeninger, of 111 - nois, hurdler; Jack Fleming of Northwestern, middle distance man; Captain Sidney Dean, of lowa, dash man; David McQueen, of Purdue, dash man, and John Roberts, of Chicago, a pole vaulter. I. U. Natators Down Butler Taking firsts in all nine events, and setting six new pool records in Butler fieldhouse last night, the Indiana university swimming team defeated the Bulldog natators, 62 to 22. Tom Mathers copped individual honors with first places in the 50 and 220-yard free style events. Summary: 400-Yard Relay—lndiana 'Shemaites. Sparks. Mathers. Hamineri, first; Butler iThomas MacDonald. Wood. Ryan), second. Tune. 4 minutes 24.8 seconds. iNew pool record. > 100-Yard Breast Straoke—Coon. Indiana, first; Clark. Butler, second; Koss. Butler, hird. T.me, 1 minute 21.2 seconds 400-Yard Relay Freshman Exhibition— Indiana .Klezmer. Finier. Strack, Schneidermani Time. 3 minutes 52 seconds. 200-Yard Breast Stroke Freshman Exhibition—Myers. Indiana, first; Ochiltree. Butler, second. Time. 2 minutes 48 2 seconds. 'New pool record.! 150-Yard Back Stroke—Hi?hlev. Indiana, first; Davies. Indiana, second; Clark. Butler. third. Time. 1 minute 57 seconds j 'New pool record.' 50-Yard Free Style—Mathers. Indiana. 1 firs’; Sparkes. Indiana, second; MacDonald Butler, third. Time. 26 8 seconds. New 1 pool record i 440-Yard Free Style—Hammer. Indiana, first Ryan. Butler, second: Wood. Butler. ; third Tune. 5 minutes 53.7 seconds. New pool record. > i 100-Yard Free Stroe—Sparks. Indiana, first; Bryant. Indiana, second; MacDonald. Butler, third Time. 61.3 seconds. 'New 1 pool record i Diving—Biedinger. Indiana, first. 112 8 points. S’ewart. Butler..second. 103 points; Hammerman. Indiana, third, 82.5 points 220-Yard Free Style—Mathers. Indiana first. Shermaitis. Indiana, second; Ryan. Butler thud Time. 2 minutes 42 seconds New pool record i 300-lard Medley Relay—lndiana 'McCormick. Coon. Hammer', first. Butler 'Stewart. Clark. Thcmas'. second. Tune. 3 minutes 48 3 seconds. MURPHY HOLDS LEAD Larry Shapiro, one of the leaders in the state three-cushion billiard tournament was shunted out of a tie for first place last night when he lost to Joe Murphy. 5D to 33. in Harry Cooler's parlors. It was Murphy's fourth win without defeat. Murphy won in fifty-nine innings. Tonight another undefeated player. Lew Vogler. will meet Neal Jones in further tourney ccmpe- | titicn. BROWN’S HOLDOUTS IN WEST PALM BEACH. Fla., March 9 —The St. Louis Browns’ 1934 roster is complete. First baseman Sam Burns, las of the holdouts, signed yesterday. Meanwhile third baseman Art Scharein entered the fold at St. Louis.

FLUSH KIDNEYS OF POISONS AND STOP GETTING UP NIGHTS

Thousands of men and women wonder why backache bothers them —why j they have to get up often at night—- ' why elimination is irregular and pain--1 ful. 1 Any one of these symptoms means : that your kidneys and bladder need attention now before these minor 1 symptoms develop into serious trouble, i To flush out waste poisons and acid 1 from kidneys, sooth your irritated bladder and put healthy activity into

Managers of Tournament

Fred Gorman

the DACKBO^ L/By CARLOS LANE

THE stage is set and the last rehearsal called for Mr. Ihsaa’s annual springtime drama of the hardwood. Tomorrow in sixteen Indiana cities the cast for the big show will be chosen from sixty-four applicants for posts in the limelight of basketball glory. The only riffle .in the smoothness of the action, as far as Indianapolis is concerned, is that Tech may walk onto the stage in much the same predicament as an actor rehearsing with a broken jaw. If Johnny Townsend, undisputed star of the local company, must be supplanted with an understudy as the curtain lifts tomorrow afternoon the whole show may flop for the capital city followers. On the other hand, if Johnny snaps out of a nasty cold which has bothered him all week, it still looks to Backboard like a big-time chance for Tech. The latest repi rts from the east side were that the big Green and White pivot man is suffering less from his affliction, although he still isn’t in tip-top shape for a pair of hard basketball tilts.

THERE are hound to be some , merry arguments in the six- j teen regional centers tomorrow as \ many old-time stars come back to bid for the bright lights and head- j lines again, and as a few dark j horses stick in a stubborn demand ; for a place among the Hoosier cage luminaries. One of the merriest should be in Martinsville, despite the absence of Glen Curtis’ Artesians from the competition. For the first time in eleven years Bloomington survived j the sectional meet that annually matches the Panthers and Martinsville, and will compete in a regional meet against Brazil, Wiley of Terre Haute and Linton. Off hand, the fracas between Bloomington and Brazil at 3 in the afternoon seems to promise the most excitement. Another entanglement that should take on the appearance of a convention of thunderbolt manufacturers is the affair at Vincennes, where Washington and the Alices, old-time rivals for the trip to Butler fieldhouse, fear each other but fear Jasper more. And who is there to say that the Muncie-Newcastle party will touch even the hem of drabness? Just to mention a few of the others that should be interesting: Rushville-Connersville, Wabash-Kokomo-Marion, and HammondMichigan City-Valparaiso. b a a GABBING a little the other day with K V. Ammerman, Broad Ripple high school principal, I. H. S. A. A. control board member, and assistant manager of the state tourney, Backboard learned that press reservation No. 1 this year went to the publisher of a newspaper in Greentown, Ind. Who publishes that sheet? None other than Deke Noble, who stepped away from his post in Kokomo as one of the state’s best known sports scribes to buy up the Greentown publication this winter. Can any of us imagine Deke passing up a state meet? tt a a THE shining light of the newer band of contributors of Off the Backboard is back again (and although he promised it would be the last unless the Loganberries come through for him Backboard hopes he repeats often) with another lilting verse dedicated to hardwood hostilities in general, and to Cliff Wells’ boys from Logansport in particular. Make way for The Old Professor: LATIN AND LOGANSPORT Mindful of ambitious Caesar and the mournful fate he met When his star of slory faded, when his destined moon had set; When ambitions rose to thwart him. as He had Rome at his feet Jealous Brutus didn’t like it and he soon turned on the heat. Now the Old Prof is ambitious, but he lacks a Caesar's fame. Yet he knows far more than Caesar ever knew about the game, For poor Caesar, in his glory, never heard of basketball— Possibly they never played it in the hinterlands of Gaul. Caesar won so many victories even I forget each one. And his soldiers thriiied him deeply as they daily fought and won. But dear Caesar couldn't truly know the joys the Old Prof knew When the Logansporters for the Prof came gaily marching through. Though I'm just an Old Professor, there’s ambition in my dome. And I sympathize with Caesar and the glory that was Rome— Though he ruled a million people, in his hand controlled their fate. I am. too, a kind of Caesar when I enter my own gate. • So. the Old Professor sends his greetings to Cliff Wells' fighting men. And I hope that on some morrow we shall somehow meet again. And when the tumult and the shouting comes again along this way. You'll find me, the Old Professor, with a few wise words to say. THE OLD PROFESSOR BBS HERE'S a statement that it will be up to Brazil to a-snwer tomorrow. And, if Brazil can't, then it's just possible that either Linton or Wiley of Terre Haute can. Dear Backboard—lt has been many a moon since a Bloomington quintet merited

hem. get a 35-cent package of GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules and take as directed. This tried and true medicine always works—you'll feel better in a few days, us this supremely effective diuretic and kidney stimulant drives excess uric acid from the body. But be sure and get GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules—the original and genuine. All good things are imitated. —Advertisement: vj

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Arthur L. Trester

recognition in your column. We believe that we are underrated this year. Any team that can take Vincennes twelve points, Shortridge ten. Shelbyville two and Martinsville one point on three consecutive week-ends is not fust a flash in the pan. However. Brazil is next on the Panther tourney schedule and we have great respect for them. Also, I believe Jasper is overrated because they have not met the needed competition this year to make a good tourney team. A BLOOMINGTON FAN B B B THE last contrib for today reminds Backboard that one of the writers not long ago scribbled a nice piece about Otha Dobbs, the Tech substitute who pulled the Shortridge game out of the fire last Saturday. Now she’s back to claim credit for her choice—and it’s certainly due her. Dear Backboard—Well, here I am. ready for an encore. I wrote once before and you printed my letter, to which I shall refer now. It said that Otha Dobbs, fast Tech substitute, was one of the best men Tech had, and my prophesy surely proved to be correct, as you know if you saw the Shortridge-Tech game during the sectional. Southport was not half as good as Shortridge, but Shortridge got a bad break of being in the same bracket with Tech. Southport, if you ask me, got easy pickings, although Manual tried hard to show them a battle. If you noticed, Southport played the same style of ball that Tech did, but Tech’s Townsend was much better than any of the Southport players. Tech has a grand chance to come through the state tournament with flying colors, and here’s to the Green and White, and let’s hope they keep up the good work. BOTTSEY OF TECH. Williams to Lead Netmen By United Press NEW YORK, March 9.—The United States Lawn Tennis Association announced today that R. Norris (Dick) Willinams, 11, of Philadel(Dick) Williams, 11, off Philadel--1931 and 1932 teams. Williams, former Davis cup ace, former national champion in singles and doubles, and former Davis cup captain, was appointed, it is believed in Tennis circles, to match the methods of modern French and English teams campaigning for the trophy. He succeeds Bernon S. Prentice, of New York, who captained the 193 and 1932 teams. CHAPMAN HITS HOMER By X'nited Press ORLANDO, Fla.. March 9. —Infielder Jimmy Jordan arrived at I the Brooklyn Dodgers’ camp yesterj day and signed his contract. This | reduced the Dodgers’ holdouts to ! three, Ray Benge, A1 Lopez and Hack Wilson. j Glenn Chapman, rookie outfielder j obtained from Indianapolis, also joined the squad. In his first work- | out Chapman drove a ball over the | distant left field fence. Joe Stripp also sent two balls sailing over the same fence. t * ZEHR TO SWIM HERE Danny Zehr, national backstroke champion and Olympic team swimmer, will appear with the Ft. Wayne Y. M. C. A. swimming team in a dual meet with the Indianapolis “Y” splashers in the local pool tonight. Ft. Wayne, the state “Y” champs, recently defeated the local natators in Ft. Wayne. Burgess, Mclntire, Rust and Pittman are the best bets for the Indianapolis team to score. ORSATTI, BREADON TALK By United Press BRADENTON, Fla.. March 9. Ernie Orsatti was expected to come to terms today with President Sam Breadon and sign his contract with the St. Louis Cardinals. They talked yesterday?- but Orsatti insisted his salary cut still was too large.

"in* DiANAS"LA RGt S T >JT DENTAL ORGANIZATION *■

K. V. Ammerman

HERE are the men upon whom the successful operation of the state basketball tournament finals in Butler fieldhouse next Friday and Saturday largely depends. Arthur L. Trester, permanent commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, is manager of the tourney, and Fred Gorman, athletics director at Tech and I. H. S. A. A. board of control member, and K. V. Ammerman, Broad Ripple high school principal and also an I. H. S. A. A. board of control member, are assistant managers. Their plans for a memorable tourney this year are maturing rapidly. They have charge of the entire staging of the meet, and of placing in the fieldhouse of basketballcrazed Hoosiers intent on watching the big hardwood display.

New Britain Roller Victor By Times Special NEW BRITAIN, Conn., March 9. —The New Britain Panthers won the American Roller Polo League championship as the result of an easy 3-to-2 victory over the Providence Bears in the nal contest of the three-game playoff series here. After two scorless periods, the Panthers collected six goals in the third and added two more in the final quarter. Arthur (Kid) Williams accounted for six of the Panther goals. Four members of the championship club, Peregrin, Lunderville, Morrison and Jette, together with two players from Providence club, will tour Indiana in a few weeks, meeting the teams of tthe Midwestern League located in Indianapolis, Richmond, Terre Haute and Ft. Wayne in an east-west series for the championship of the United States.

111 LEON’S 1 SALE-SALES I NEW CREDIT POLICY 1 SENSATIONAL CREDIT TERlyl^ £££* Take Ml tne nme w ———-v § ITo Your Own I I Credit is A-11 J i insure P Me asured-to-the-W3n " - ZTZ-f* \‘m 1 — —— ■ ~T M topcoat nuw. yi| nRDER YOUR SUIT tfrontsare bu at up psii II Your garment be de- I 1 >mu ”rder aI 1 ort anv style you desire, It COATS ON but never taken IB f° rm ’ „ r Topcoat >ou l|L - <° | Irr --T I exact en t.s to 11 spare time. - l Ifg £ P - I 1! I 0 TftILORUY'J _ ./1 ||

Finish Ring Go Tonight Golden Gloves Finalists to Battle Before 20,000 in Chicago. By United Press CHICAGO, March 9.—Thirtytwo amateur boxers, the pick of the middlewest, will compete tonight in the seventh annual Golden Gloves tournament at the Chicago Stadium. A capacity crowd of 20,000 appeared to be assured. The final program will consist of twenty-four bouts, each lasting eight minutes or less. There will be sixteen semi-final battles in the eight weights with the winners fighting it out in the eight championship bouts. Ten of the strongest contenders arrived with a large group of supporters from Detroit and Cleveland. Six were from the Ohio city and four from the Michigan metropolis. Other delegations arrived from Peoria and Gary. Five states —Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Michigan—will be represented. The winners will meet Poland's amateur boxing champions in the fourth international amateur boxing bouts in Chicago, May 18. it was announced. 500 Report for Irish Grid Team By Times Special NOTRE DAME, Ind., March 9. While newsreel cameras ground out hundreds of feet of film. 500 candidates for Notre Dame’s 1934 football squad trotted out on the field to report to Elmer Layden, new head coach, yesterday. Layden has set no time limit on his spring training. It will be concluded, he said, when the necessary work is done. With Layden as assistant coaches are Joe Boland, Chet Grant, Tom Conley and Jack Kline. Dominic Vairo, end, is captain of next fall’s eleven.

Competition By United Press MIAMI BEACH, Fla., March 9.—Blondy Ryan returned yesterday from his father’s funeral at Lynn, Mass., and resumed training with the New York Giants. “So there will be a fight for shortstop,” he said when informed that Manager Bill Terry was considering using the veteran Travis Jackson at short instead of Blondy. “Well, I’m certainly fighting a good man for the job.” However, in the first exhibition game against the Athletics today Blondy may start at short, with Jackson taking third. The regular third baseman, Johnny Vergez, injured his knee and may not be able to play.

Boy Wonder

ONE of the greatest sensations of Canadian hockey in years is 14-year-old Frankie Parker, above. The Port Arthur, Ont., player, who has been playing organized hockey since he was 9, has scored sixty-nine goals in nine Ontario Bantam Hockey League games, averaging more than seven a game. His record is six goals in ten minutes.

Marvin Returns to Armory on Londos-Slagel Program

Two supporting bouts have been arranged for the main go wrestling attraction at the Armory Tuesday night, where Jim Londos, Greek mat wizard, will defend his heavyweight title against Sol Glagel, tne Kansas giant. It will be an all-heavyweight card, with the first match starting at 8:30. Frank Speer, former all-American grid star at Georgia Tech, will return to the local ring to tackle Jim Parker, New York, in the semiwindup. Parker comes touted as an experienced grappler. Speer went to a draw in a rough bout here last Tuesday against Roland Kirchmeyer. The opening tussle will witness the return of Tom (Bad Wolf) Marvin, Oklahoma, who will come to grips with Dick Lever, husky Arizona mat performer. In completing his card for the Tuesday night show, matchmaker Lloyd Carter figures he has lined up a classy program for local wrestling fans. Sale of tickets opened yesterday at the Claypool hotel drug store

PAGE 25

Kingfish Is 7-3 Choice Winner of Levinsky-Neuse! Go May Get Chance at Crown. By United Press NEW YORK. March 9—King Levinsky of Chicago is a 7 to 5 favorite to beat Walter Neusel of Germany tonight at Madison Square Garden in their ten-round battle to determine which shall enter the circle of heavyweight contenders for Prirr.o Camera's crown. Only Maxie Baer and Steve Hamas will stand In the winner’s way to a crack at the title. If neither Baer nor Hamas can be inveigled into the ring with the Italian giant by Madison Square Garden in June, the winner may get the shot. Levinsky is favored because of greater experience, hard punching and ruggedness. Levinsky’s opponents included Camera, Lougnran, Risko and Baer. Neusel, a comparative newcomer to these shores, recently gave Raj Impellettiere a severe beating. He knocked out Stanley Poreda and Les Kennedy and drew with Natie Browp. They are expected to weigh about 200 pounds each. NEW REDS LOOK GOOD By United Press TAMPA. Fla., March 9—Tony Piet and Adam Comorosky, acquired from the Pirates during the offseason, made an excellent showing in their first workout with the Cincinnati Reds yesterday. George Wise, a shortstop from the Topeka club, arrived for a tryout with the Reds.

and Carter reports that indications point to a near capacity house. Londos and Slagel will be meeting for the first time when they square off in the Armory ring. The National Wrestling Association, which recognizes the Greek Adonis as the world’s champion, has sanctioned the bout as a title affair. Thirtytwo states, including Indiana, are affiliated with the N. W- A. Londos scales around 205 and Slagel 230. The big Kansan has gone undefeated in five local appearances and holds a victory over Joe Savoldi, who has won and lost in two engagements with Londos. FRICK IS DECISIONED By Times Special EVANSVILLE. Ind., March 9. Young Jack Sharkey, of Minneapolis, decisioned Bill Frick, former Indiana featherweight champ, in a close ten-round bout here last night. Frick was knocked down in the third frame, but came up without a count.