Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 290, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 April 1934 — Page 10

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By Eddie Ash Sports World Will Miss Old Lefty Lee 4T no News of Scribe’s Death Stuns Tribe Camp

J? VANSVILLE, Ind., April 14.—He is entitled to five stars. All of the fun has been taken out of spring training now. Lefty Lee is dead. Good old Lefty, Leo Faust. He passed away yesterday afternoon following a long illness. Courage and a strong heart kept him going for many weeks. Lefty was the bowling writer for The Indianapolis Times when he first “blew in,” and he continued in that capacity for several years. Later, he added a column for the interest of the fishermen and it gained instant popularity. Lefty also went to the front for the hunters, and his articles were well received. lie was a pioneer in putting more bowling gossip and fishing gossip into the columns of the Indianapolis newspapers. Moreover, he worked late hours to help out the Times Clothe-A-Child Christmas fund, and his friendly connections with the bowling fraternity always got results. He was a brilliant salesman without knowing it. a a a bub NOT all of Lefty Lee's sports interest was confined to bowling and fishing. He had a nose for news and during his travels around the city he picked up many items and “leads’’ that helped out both The Times sports staff and city staff. Lefty was especially alert on gathering “human interest’’ news. This aptness extended to baseball and the 500-mile race. He was a rabid baseball fan and auto race addict, and his tips on stories out of dugouts and garages sparkled with humor and information. a a a a a a LATE yesterday afternoon this column conductor walked into the lobby of the Vendome hotel, Indianapolis’ baseball headquarters, Thp exhibition game between the Indians and the Cincy Red Colts was over and the Indians had won—their first victory of the spring training exhibition play. It was Manager Red Killefer's birthday and it was Friday the thirteenth. Everybody was in high spirits. Going to the hotel desk to obtain a room key, we were handed a “two star” telegram, a message of death. The news of the death message had spread around the lobby. Ball players of Indianapolis and Cincinnati stood by. Nobody talked. We saw the “two star” sign and grew weak. The clerk backed away. Fumbling for a while, we finally tore off the cover of the wire in bits and read the message. It was from Carlos Lane of The Times, saying: “Lefty Lee died this afternoon.” We couldn't eat dinner. We were “through.” Good old Lefty. u b u bub AT his age, and at our age, it won’t be so long until we are together again discussing bowling, fishing, baseball and other sports. Lefty Lee never paraded his service for his country. The records, show however, that he was in the World war, and in France, and also previous to that he was a United States sailor, -working on a warship that went around the world. There was real “man power” behind Lefty Lee. B B B B B B IT'S rather hard to work under the normal circumstances when you are knocked out by the death of a member of your own staff. The passing of Lefty Lee is the first break in the ranks of Indianapolis sports writers for many years. How-ever, the news must go on and it may be interesting to Indianapolis baseball fans regarding the “numbers” of the players. Here they are: No. I—Vernon Washington No. 2 —Johnny Riddle No. 15—Bill Thomas No. 3—Fiank Sigafoos No. 16—Bob Logan No. 4—Jimmy Shevlin. No. 17—Johnny Cooney No. s—-Dudley Lee No. 18—Jim Turner No. 6—Harry Rosenberg No. 19—Red Killefer, manager. No. 7—Vincent Sherlock No. 20—Stewart Bolen No. B—Ernie Wingard No. 21—A1 Butzberger No. 9—John Miljus No. 22—Como Cotelle No. 10—Fred Bedore No. 23—Hal Chamberlain No. 11—Joe Sprinz No. 24—Ed Berringer No. 12—Ray White No. 25—Joe Lawrie No. 14—Jack Tising No. 26—8i1l Wyss B B B B B B SHADES of roly-poly Bernie Neis are flitting about the Milwaukee Brewers with Rudy Laskowski trying to win an infield job. Rudy is a protege of Neis' and was taken to Knoxville in 1932 when Bernie was managing that club. Over night, the kid was a sensation. He was but 17 years old when he stepped into the class A Southern League, but in his first fourteen games he hammered the ball for .426 and played a bang-up shortstop. He was getting rave notices all over the loop and Bob Allen, the club president, was rubbing his hands in anticipation of a fat check. But after a month of it. something snapped and young Rudy went to pieces. He was hitting .292 when Knoxville released him after ninety-seven games. Last summer he appeared in the Mississippi Valley and Middle Atlantic Leagues. He just celebrated his nineteenth birthday on March 25, so he’s too tender to be classed as a definite flop. Rudy is a brother of Walter Laskowski. seeking a catching berth with the Toledo Mud Hens.

Pharis Tire Five Falls Before Kaser Bowlers

In the Washington League at the Illinois alleys. Kaser Tire Company was the only team to win the entire set. due to Black with 656 and Bright with 618. Pharis Tire was the victim, and had a 605 by Rudbeck high for the lasers. Although Dankert had 659 and Baxter 607 for Fall City Beer, this team was given a two-game setback by Mausner Beer, which had Blumer counting a 615. John Blue and Lazarus featured the series between Coca Cola and Schlitz Beer when they collected a 669 and 634 for Coca Cola to take the odd game from the latter. A 641 by Brown for the Herman Schmitt Insurance Company resulted in a double victory over Hoosier Optical Company, with Newman Candy Company taking the odd game from Berghoff Beer in the remaining contest. Scaring ran high in the Fountain Square Recreation League at the Fountain Square alleys last night. Goldsmith Sales had Holt and Hill topping the scoring with a 670 and 660 to give the Dr. Pepper team a two game lacing. Hyatt was best for the losers with 646 Mounts. Tedrowe and Pierson had 641. 623 and 610 for Oeftering Litzelman Coal Company, but dropped a twin bill to Silver Edge Beer, with Bisesi and Haislup best for the winner* with 630 and 606. Stevenson ana Smith, with 644 and 600. put the Seven Up team across for two games over Indianapolis Towel and Apron Supplv. whicn had Danna with 608 Sauters Tavern counted the same way from Beards Brake Service. Behrens was best with 602 lor the winners. Barbasol won their entire set from Elks Boosters, with L Fox and Fulton leading the scoring for the winners with 626 and 601 Marcut Shoe won by the same margin from Antler Aliev Five. Jones-Maley had E Striebeck with the league leading toial of 662. and Jess Pritchett with 610 to cop a pair from Indiana Wheel and Rim. with Argus 631. Meeker 625 and Burnett 602. Fall City Beer lost a pair to Hoosier Coffee, when Schriver and O Brien shot 646 and 600 for the winners and Hunt had 608 best for the losers. Scoring of the Block Optical Ladies' League was on the up grade in last night s performance, with Mayer and Weismen outstanding with 598 a|d 591. Team play resulted In three game wins for Mausner Beer. Bowes Seal Fast and Marott Shoe Store, over McGraw Insurance. S. A: S. Service Station A: Cos. All other series found Beard's Brake Service. Julian Goldman Union Store and Kingsaurv Beer being shaded by Fox s Jail Birds. Rea! Silk and Jack C. Carr Company Other high individual scores are Wit’hem. 578: Bunch. 566: Meyer. 562: Fox. 561. Finn. 557: Gibson. 538: Broich. 534. Reimer. 525; Johns. 524: Meeker. 523. Casney. 513 Mahonev. 512. Court. 511; Alexander 510 Miller. 505; Orphv Rice, and Touney. 504, and Lathrop. 501. Three to nothing victories ruled the Construction League at the Pritchett drives with Geiger and Peters. H C. Em Materials Companv and Mil-Vac-Co Vapor Heat scoring shutouts over Freyn Brothers. Domestic and Industrial Insulators and Hart Oil Burners. Remaining contests were two to one in favor of W P. Jungciaus and Brant Brothers Company from Johnson Maas Companv and Railroad Building and Loan Companv. Rabcld with 601. including high single game of 253. headed the individual list. Carl Hardin forged to the front In the Post Office League with a high count of 672 on games of 252, 218 and 202. H:s Three Trippers had no opponents. Ail other tilts were two out of three, with Citv Case and Mixies downing Illinois Street Btatlon and Four Trippers Sanders had the only other 600 total, this being a 602. * Two to one was the verdict of the Central ®t*'es Envelope League at the Pritchett allevs with Commercials and Catalog* winning over Baromals and Coins Cnrrv wa* high with 607. The Onivts Bifocals was the only team to wm their series in the Optical League and this was from Optometrist, at the Pritchett *Uevs. Continental Optical and Blocks Optical Company lost a double-

header to Fox Optical Companv and Softlite Lenses. Yuick was best with 583, and Koerner next in line with 580. Onp series in the K. of C. League resulted in a three-game win and this was Block Optical Companv over Finneran Grocery, with odd game tilts going to Penn Coal Companv and Scott Trucking Companv over Hoosier Optical and J. J. Blackwell Ar Sons. Pittman Rice Coal Company will roll later. G. Kernel was best with 593. Blanks were handed to the Hydraulics, and Stopostats in the Stokol League at the Delaware alleys by the Automatics and Efficients, while the remaining contest was declined two to one in favor of Even Temperatures over Substantial. Cox was best with 541. The Prest-O-Lite League at the Central allevs had Torches and Floodlights unable to win a game from Acetylene and Cylinders, but the other series found Generators squeezing through for one game from Pyrofax. Hussang was high with 548. The second annual 1.050 handicap tournament will get under way at the Illinois allevs this afternoon, with approximately sixty teams shooting in this event. Pins to be used in this tournament have come direct from the A. B C. tournev in Peoria. It has been announced that about $l5O will be paid for first place in this affair. Contest to Decide Roller Polo Title Indians and New Britain in Fifth Tilt Tomorrow. The mythical world's roller polo championship will be decided in Tomlinson hall tomorrow afternoon when the Indianapolis Indians and the New Britain (Conn.) quintet tangle in the fifth and rubber game of the "world's series.” The easterners and Indians are champions of their respective leagues, and in the series here thus far have split the first four games, the New Britain team evening the score with a 5 to 2 victory over the locals Thursday night. At the outset of the series interest lagged because of the belief that the New Britain five, making a business of the game, would outclass the Indians. The play of the latter has been sufficiently sensational to keep the easterners on the defensive, and the clubs are rated as even. The tilt will start at 3 p. m. There will be an amateur league game at 2. Bargain coupon tickets, three admissions for a dollar, are on sale at the Claypool pharmacy. Lineups to start will be: Indianapolis * New Britain Thompson Rusher Peregrin Lewis Rusher Davies §u;gley Center ...., .Lunderville uyer Half Morrison Pence Goal Jette PURDUE GOLFERS WIN Open Season With Victory Over Detroit University. By United Press LAFAYETTE. Ind., April 14. Purdue university's golf team opened its season here with an 114-to-64 victory over the University of Detroit yesterday. The Boilermakers gained a 5-to-l lead during the morning in bestball foursomes, but were hardpressed in the afternoon individual matches.

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Who Will Say That Here Is Not, in a Dozen Years, the King of Swat/

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Tribesmen Turn Tables Against Cincinnati Colts on Killefer’s Birthday Indians Hit Ray Kolp, Reds’ Regular, All Over Lot for 10 to 3 Victory as Owner Norman Perry Watches; Weather Is Bad. EVANSVILLE. Ind., April 14—Red Killefer's Indians are going high, wide and handsome. They won a ball game yesterday, and by a decisive score, 10 to 3. Moreover, the noble Indians emerged from a hitting slump and pounded the horsehide all over the park. Still playing in wintry weather and with a devastating wind blowing, the Tribe pastimers went to the front for Manager Red Killefer and his birthday, and made the Cincinnati Colts look silly. It was proof that if some of the veterans care to take a chance to cut loose, they are a pretty

good ball club. The Indians picked on Ray Kolp, a Cincinnati regular, yesterday and made him like it. He is the same Kolp who used to make it tough for the Indians in the old days when he pitched for St. Paul. Kolp is striving to make good and be retained on the regular mound staff of the Cincinnati Reds’ first team, but the Indians cut his chances yesterday by at least 50 per cent. Manager Red Killifer was all hopped up over the manner in which his team performed. Owner Norman A. Perry was watching from a front row box and the Tribe “tossers” went to town. ‘‘l'm going to stay around here until the Indians win,” Perry said. He was in Evansville Thursday and the Indians lost, but he got a real bang yesterday when his team rallied in the fifth inning and scored seven runs. The Indians were trailing, 3 to 1, going into the fifth and then stepped out, Ray White started the rally when he batted for Thomas, the pitcher. Ray singled and the fun was on. The Indians walloped the horsehide to every section of Bosse field. They finally won a game, after losing four in a row. The combination of Red Killefer’s birthday and Friday the 13th worked like a charm. Manager Killefer today named the players who will travel with the Indians when they start out on the road to open the regular season: Catchers—Johnny Riddle, Joe A. Sprinz and Bill Wyss. Pitchers—Jim Turner, John Miljus, Bill Thomas, Jack Tising, Ed Berringer, Hal Chamberlain. Stewart Bolen. Bob Logan and A1 Butzberger. Bolen, Logan and Butzberger are southpaws. Infielders Wingard, Shevlin, Sigafoos, Bedore, Lee, White, Sherlock and Lawrie. Outfielders—Rosenberg, Cooney, Washington and Cotelle. Miljus, Sherlock and Washington were ailing today. Miljus had a bad cold, Sherlock was complaining about bad legs and Washington stepped in a hole in the outfield yesterday and asked to be excused from further action. This was a surprise for the Indian officials. They had been led to believe that Washington was a two-gun man from Texas.

Do a War Dance

INDLANAPOLIS. AB R H O A E Lee, ss 5 1 2 3 6 1 Cooney, cf 5 1 2 1 1 0 Washington, rs .... 3 1 1 0 0 0 Cotelle. rs 2 0 0 0 0 0 Sigafoos. 2b 5 0 2 4 3 0 Rosenberg. If 5 2 1 0 I 0 Wingard. lb 5 2 2 14 0 0 Bedore. 3b 1 1 1 1 0 0 Lawrie. 3b 1 0 2 1 1 0 Riddie. c 3 1 1 0 1 0 Sprinz. c 1 0 0 2 0 0 Wyss. c 1 0 0 1 1 0 Thomas, p 1 0 0 0 2 0 White 2 1 2 0 0 0 Logan, p 2 0 0 0 2 0 Totals 43 10 16 27 18 1 White batted for Thomas in fifth, CINCINNATI AB R H O A E Adams, 3b 2 0 1 2 0 0 Westbv. 3b 1 0 0 0 3 0 Shevlin. lb 4 0 1 12 1 0 Morrissey. 2b 4 1 1 1 2 0 Bach. If 3 1 1 1 0 0 Blakelv. cf 3 0 1 5 0 0 Wise, ss 4 1 0 3 1 0 Frazier, rs 3 0 110 1 Stanzack. c 10 12 0 0 Kolp. p 1 0 0 0 0 0 Terhune. p 2 0 0 0 0 0 Manion, c , 2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 30 3 7 27 7 1 Indianapolis 000 170 1 01—10 Cincinnati 210 000 000— 3 Two-base hits—Wingard <2i. Riddle. Sigafoos. Three-base hits—Bach Rosenberg Stolen base —Frazier. Sacrifice— Frazier Double play—Morrissey to Shevlin to Wise. Left on bases—lndianapolis. 9: Cincinnati. 5. Base on balls—Off Kolp. 3; off Logan, 3. Struck out —By Kolp. 1: bv Terhune. 1: bv Logan. 2 Hits—Off Kolp. 11 in 5 innings: off Thomas. 6 in 4 innings Winning pitcher—Thomas. Losing pitcher—Kolp Umpires—Burwell and Pattison. Time—l:43 Purdue, Butler Tie in Baseball Game By United Press ! LAFAYETTE. Ind.. April 14.—The Purdue and Butler university baseball teams tied 7-7 in a baseball game yesterday called at the end of the ninth inning because of darkness. Giannini of Purdue came in on Fehrings long fly in the ninth to tie the score. Lang was on third when the final out was made. Fehring and Lang made the most hits, getting three each. Score by innings: Butler 210 001 300— 7 9 4 Purdue . 302 000 011— 7 13 5 Sutphin and Zimmerman: Elrod, Shut- 1 tieworth and Fehring.

INDIANAPOLIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 1934

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Rafters to Shake As Heavies Meet in Armory Bouts Sarpolis Faces Zaharias, Speer Meets Marvin on Mat Card. A pair of heavyweight wrestling bouts that will jar the rafters in the Armory have been slated as headliners on Tuesday night’s “bargain bill,” matchmaker Lloyd Carter, of the Hercules A. C., said today. Frank Speer, Atlanta (Ga.) husky, will engage an old foe, Tom (Bad Wolf) Marvin, and Dr. Karl Sarpolis, Chicago dentist, will try to extract a decision from George (Cry Baby) Zaharias, the rough Colorado Greek. Speer, a former Georgia Tech gridiron hero, has been undefeated in six starts in the local mat ring, although when he and Marvin met in a single fall bout several weeks ago they went the full thirty minutes to a draw without a tumble. Speer’s contest with the Bad Wolf of Oklahoma marked the latter’s first appearance here as the people’s choice for anything except manslaughter. For once they cheered the two-fisted Indian, chiefly because he was getting a bit the worst of the slugging from Speer. Sarpolis is after revenge. Zaharias beat him with a punch in the stomach when the pair met here recently. and the big boy from the Windy City has decided to forget he’s a gentleman and do a bit of manhandling from the first command to rassle. Both bouts are offered as rival affairs and will be for two falls out of three. Fairmount Track May Open May 26 By United Press CHICAGO, April 14.—Fairmount Park. Collinsville, 111., will hold a thirty-four-day meeting, opening May 26, if the Illinois racing commission approves the dates applied for, Robert S. Eddy, president of the Fairmount track, announced today. It is Eddy's plan to open the Fairmount track two days after the close of Aurora, which is also operated under his direction. Total purse distribution of $135,400 is planned for Fairmount's thirty-four-day meeting. Last year $125,500 in purse money was distributed during a thirty-seven-day meeting.

Lefty Passes

Lefty Lee LONG illness resulted in the death yesterday of Leo Faust, 43, of 3607 Creston drive, a sports writer of The Times. Under the pen name of Lefty Lee he wrote bowling for many years, and conducted columns on fishing and hunting.

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Come on, stick it over, he’ll smack it a mile, The corner lot king’s at the plate. What poise, what a stance, what masterful style, He’ll hoist it clean out of the state. Don’t judge by his pants or the one absent tooth, You don’t hit home runs with your hat. It’s easy to see he’s Ty Cobb or Babe Ruth; He lays down the law with a bat. A sand-lotter, sure, but the tin cans and rocks That are scattered around every base, Don’t detract any thrill or punch from his socks, A hit is a hit any place.

‘You May Quote Me--’

Now Is the Time for All Good Managers to Drag Out the Well-Worn Rubber Stamp Speech, Says Henry.

BY HENRY M’LEMORE United Pres* Staff Correspondent NEW YORK. April 14. —Choutchouc or India rubber. The Greatest quantities of this product are obtained from species of the genus hevea of the spurge family. Central American rubber is the product of castilla elastica of the breadfruit family (artocarpacease); ceara or scrap rubber, of manihot glaziovii of the spurge family; East Indian rubber, of fiscus elastica, of the nettle family, and African rubber of several species of landolphia. of the dogbane family.

Rubber has a thousand uses, ranging from teething rings to diving suits. But its principal use, and the chief reason for its discovery and perfection, I have come to believe, is for the manufacture of rubber stamps to be used by baseball owners, managers and players in issuing pre-season statements. These statements haven’t changed one iota since Abner Doubleday’s time. Every year the same thing. You can go back in the newspaper files of ten years, dig out the pre-battle statements of the baseball heads at that time, and by simply making them read 1934 instead of 1924 have exactly what Terry and Heydler and Frisch and McCarthy will be sounding off within a few days. One of my duties, when the Giants and Yankees get to town, will be to ask Terry and Joe McCarthy for their opinion on the major league season. The subway fare I’ll use in seeing them personally will be a flagrant waste of money, for I can write their replies right now r . Terry’ will say this: “The National League is in for the tightest pennant battle in years. There isn’t a great deal to choose between the Giants, Cards, Cubs and Pirates, but we were good enough to win last year, and with our share of breaks, ought to do the same thing this year. There aren’t going to be any pushover clubs this year. Cincinnati has been strengthened and the Phillies will be in there fighting.” Henry Is Waiting For Surprise McCarthy: “The American League is in for the closest pennant battle in years. There isn’t a great deal to choose between the Senators. Yanks, Cleveland, Boston and Detroit. but if we get our share of breaks, we oughta come home in front. Our pitching is better, and our infield, with Red Rolfe at short, is much stronger, both on offense and defense.” If you talk to the managers of the weaker clubs you'll get something like this: “I’m not promising we’ll win the pennant this year, but we won’t finish last. Well be in there fighting all the way, and the

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clubs that beat us will know they’ve been in a fight.” Presidents John Heydler and William Harridge of the National and American Leagues respectively, are a cinch to come within a few words of this: “Baseball is in for one of its greatest years. The numerous trades, along with so many changes in management, is certain to create new interest. There are at least four clubs in the league capable of winning the pennant, and a tight, hard battle right down to the finish is what the fans love. May the best team win.” Some day some manager or president, when asked what he thinks of the coming season, is going to stand up and say he personally feels ouselay, that his team couldn’t win the Three-Eye flag, that the new ball is going to make a mess of things, and that he wished he stuck to his original intention and became an undertaker. The man who does this first is assured of a place in | history. TRACK EVENT DROPPED Chicago Abandons Interscholastic Meet 30 Years Old. By United Press CHICAGO, April 14.—The University of Chicago's national interscholastic track and field meet, which has been held for thirty years, has been discontinued, director of athletics T. N. Metcalf announced today. The national federation of state high school athletic associations withdrew its sanction of the meet, which was the only event of its kind in the high school track world. BEG YOUR PARDON! Through an error, a caption above a photograph of Miss Ruth Aarons, of New York, and Jimmie McClure, Indianapolis, mixed doubles pingpong champions, which appeared in yesterday’s Times was "Illinois Miss, and Indianapolis Lad Capture Ping Pong Title.” The headline should have read “New York Miss, etc.”

Flowing Bowl AFTER a year’s residence in New York, the property of the New York Rangers, the Stanley cup. ice hockey's big trophy, has moved to Chicago. Here is Major Frederick McLaughlin, owner of the championship Black Hawks, as he received the

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Two Hundred Girl Track Athletes Vie in Meet in Brooklyn Armory Tonight Compete for National Honors for First Time Under Metric System; Olympic Performers Feature First Big Feminine Carnival. BY JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 14. Girl athletes, checking powder puffs and French heels for the nonce, will slip into abbreviated shorts and spikes tonight for a flirg at new world records in the ninth annual women's indoor track and field championships. These gals have been shamefully neglected this season. Time was when the Dianas of track and field attracted almost as much attention during the winter months as the men. But this year, Cunningham. Metcalfe, Follows, Marty and their ilk have carried on with a minimum of feminine competition to steal she headlines.

Cage Rules Body To Consider New Net Regulations Studies Recommendations by West Virginia Official. By United Press NEW YORK. April 14.—The rules co-ordination committee of the national basketball committee of the United States and Canada may consider several suggested changes in the code at today’s meeting in the Hotel McAlpin. At yesterday's meeting of the boards of approved officials, several changes were proposed in a report prepared by Dr. Carl P. Schott, director of physical education at West Virginia university and chairman of the officials’ rules revision committee. Dr. Schott’s principal recommendations were: The award of two foul shots to a player, who, with a clear path to the basket, is fouled by an opponent running into him from behind. Penalization of teams using the “psychology of delay” at the start of a game. The privilege of refusing fouls as in football, when the basket would be nullified by a prior foul on some other part of the floor. Tightening restrictions on coaching from the bench. A more liberal interpretation of the personal foul rule to permit restricted bodily contact by the defense. Taking time out after goals until the ball is put into play again at the center circle.

Friends Mourn Death of Leo Faust, Sports Writer

Friends here and afar today mourned the death of Leo Faust, 43, who as Lefty Lee, bowling, ' fishing and hunting columnist of The Times, was one of Indiana’s best known sports writers. Lefty died yesterday in Veterans’ hospital with stomach ailments that had necessitated two operations in the past two months. Messages of sympathy and regret came to The Times today from many of Lefty's pals, big leaguers and sandlotters, from Chuck Klein, National League batting champion, down to lads who can barely shiver the pins for an even hundred on a bowling alley. Chuck telephone last night from Chicago, where he is with the Chicago Cubs, to say simply: “I’ll certainly miss him next winter.” “He was a great sportsman and a great fellow,” Chuck added. “He was one of my best friends. During the off-season when I was in Indianapolis we spent a lot of time together at Pritchett’s. We were rivals in the Indianapolis and city leagues, and we used to have a lot of fun.” Donie Bush of Indianapolis, manager of the Minneapolis Millers, was another of Lefty’s pals. From Donie. in Birmingham. Ala., this morning came this brief tribute by telegraph: “Lefty was a ’good sport and a booster for all sports, especially bowling. Everybody has lost a good friend. “My regret was deep at hearing of Lefty’s death,” said Jesse Pritchett, local alley owner today. “He was a true bowler at heart and the bowlers will miss his timely write-ups, which were eagerly read by all bowlers of this vicinity. I express the sentiment of all who knew him when I say the whole bowling fraternity is down-hearted at his passing.” “One of my best friends is gone," said johnny Beam, owner of the Illinois alleys, where last night for a moment all bowlers bowed their heads a moment in tribute to Lefty. “How we’ll miss Lefty this summer when the lads gather around play

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So tonight the current Babe Didriksons will make the most of their opportunity in Brooklyn's second naval battalion armory. Since the 192 stars from the United States, Canada and Poland are competing for national laurels for the first time on a metric basis, new American marks will be listed in most of the events, and several world marks are anticipated. Classy fields are listed for all events, with ten Olympic performers, eight outdoor and all seven indoor champions included in the entrants. The featured performer quite naturally will be Miss Stella Walsh. Poland, Olympic 100-meter champion and the greatest woman sprinter in history. She hoicks outright or shares every world record from 60 to 200 meters. She is entered in the 50 and 200-meter races. Miss Walsh faces keen competition from Pearl xoung, Williamsburg, Va„ defending champion in the fifty meters, and Annette Rogers, Chicago, defending titleholder in the 200. Anew world record is expected in the latter event as Walsh and Rogers will be running against Olive Hasenfus, Boston, the outdoor champion. Miss Rogers, world record holder in the fifty meters, also is entered in that event, as are Louise Stokes, Boston, national outdoor champion. Clara Herman, New York, who broke th.3 world's sixty-yard record recently, and Mildred Fizzell, Toronto, a member of the last Canadian Olympic team. Miss Betty Robinson, Olympic 100-meter champion of 1928, who was seriously injured in an airplane crash in 1931, will not compete in the sprints, but is expected to run a 100-meter leg of the 400-meter relay for the Lincoln Park Club, Chicago.

bridge,” Beam added. “Whenever you found Lee you could bet he was drumming up a bridge foursome.” “I have known many boosters and many who worked hard to better bowling, but here is one who couldn't be topped,” was the tribute of John Blue, manager of the Indiana alleys. Miller Will Bowl On Local Alleys Joe Miller, individual match game champion, will make twin appear-. ances on Indianapolis bowling alleys today and tomorrow. At 2 :30 this afternoon he will meet a local bowler at the Parkway alleys, and at 8:30 tonight be matched with another pm expert from the city on the Fountain Square drives. At 2:30 tomorrow afternoon and at 8 tomorrow night Miller will roll at the Pritchett alleys against tha best local competition available. Admission is 25 cents. dinnerTo~honor PING-PONG CHAMP The Indianapolis Ping-Pong Association next Saturday night will give a testimonial dinner in honor of Jimmie McClure, 17-year-old national champion, who won his title in the tourney at Cleveland last week-end. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, County Prosecutor Herbert Wilson and other notables will attend the dinner. The association will present a gift to Jimmie in recognition of his feat. The dinner is to be at the Washington. YANKS OPPOSE DODGERS NEW YORK, April 14.—Baseball will have its unofficial opening in New’ York today with the Yankees meeting the Dodgers at Yankee stadium. With warmer weather promised, a large crowd was expected.