Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 292, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1934 — Page 15

APRIL 17,1931.

Sixteen Clubs on Marks for Start of 1934 Race for League, World Marks Managers Send Ace Hurlers Out Today to Get Flying Start in Campaign That Looks Most Hotly Contested of Any in Several Years. BY JAC K CUDDY I'nited Pre* Staff Correspondent NEW YORK April 17—Thrilling mound duels wore expected to feature opening day of the 1934 major league baseball season. Sixteen major leagues clubs today start Irom scratch in the National and American pennant races. Most manne rs '-eeking a flying get-away, entered ace flingers. Hence the anticipated • irnour of more than 200.000 fans were assured of grand pitching batt.i'S. in addition to the usual ceremonial hodge-podge of band Inuring flag raisings, first-ball throwings, and peanut-hotdog-scorecard symphonies.

Mechanic Injured as Racer Crashes on Speedway Wall Fred Keeling Suffers Minor Concussion in Accident. A pilot and his mechanic escaped death by a slim margin when their rac.ng car smashed into the retaining wall on the northeast turn at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It was the season’s first crash on the brick oval. Orville Baker, owner and driver of the Forri V-3 mount, was shaken up and his riding mechanic, Fred Keeling, suffered a mild brain concussion and hand injuries when the racer’s steering knuckle broke and it rode the wall for several yards and dropped outside the track without overturning. Baker was driving about sixty-five miles an hour when the accident occurred. He was out to test anew motor In a car that last year failed to quality for the 500-mile Memorial day race. Boyle Enters Three Cars Wild tifll Cummings was back on the track yesterday, tuning Mike Boyle’s eight-cylinder Miller which landed the pole position in the qualification tests last year. Michael J. Boyle, wealthy and persistent challenger in the annual 500-mile classic, will enter three cars this year. The best showing by a Boyle car was third place in 1926. There seems to be a jinx riding with the Boyle entries. Or perhaps his drivers take too liberally his yearly orders to: “Burn 'em up if you will, but keep ’em out in front.” Those commands have earned fir him. among the drivers, the nickname ' Pole Car Mike.” Cummings last year put a Boyle car on the pole, qualifying the first day at better than 118 miles an hour. Wild Bill is the only driver Boyle has named thus far. Frank Brisko. of Milwaukee, who qualified last year at 118.388 miles an hour, arrived in the city yesterday to prepare his four-wheel drive Miller for the big grind. He will be at the Speedway within a few days. I. U. LISTS GOLF CARD Nine Meets on Schedule for Crimson Links Team. By Time* S)>crittl BLOOMINGTON. Ind„ April 17 - Nine meets appear on the 1934 Indiana university golf schedule as announced today by William D. Ramsey, assistant to the athletic director. Tryouts will be held for the golf team April 21 at the Bloomington Country Club. The schedule: April 28 at Louisville; May 7 at Purdue: May 12 at Louisville; May 14 at Illitioif: May 16 at De Pauw; May 19 at Purdue. May 21-22 at Big Ten meet at Evanston: Mav 24 at Notre Dame; May 26-27 at State meet at Notre Dame. !)v\(i\(i Every Tues., Thurs. and Sat. Moran's Tavern 42nd and Fall Creek Rlvd. Load .Musir. (.mid Food. IV V. 18.13 mmmmmmmammmKmmmMmmmmKm

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The Senators and Red Sox were .scheduled for a special inaugural at Washington yesterday, assisted by President Roosevelt, but ram washed it out and shifted it to Boston This left the fields in the two circuits intact for today’s opening. The four National League games, in particular, promised heated mound competition, with seven of that division's topnotch hurlers engaged. In the American League five big-timers pitch. At New York, the world champion Giants had Carl Hubbell groomed to oppose Ed Holley, ace of the Phillies. Hubbell, after his amazing 1933 season, stands out as baseball's foremost pitcher and the game's most valuable player. In this curtain-raiser Hubbell was handicapped by the absence of the Giants’ crack backstop. Gus Manruso, while Holley was bolstered by the presence of the Phils’ new catcher-manager, Jimmy Wilson. Chuck Starts New One The clash at Brooklyn was figured for plenty of sparks, pitting Big Ed Brandt of the Braves against young Leslie Van Mungo of the Dodgers. Brooklyn's new manager. Casey Stengel, w’as to coach off third. Over at St. Louis, Dizzy Dean, ace of the Cards, had drawn as an opponent that dependable workman, Heinie Meine of the Pirates. In Cincinnati, Lon Warneke of the Cubs faced Si Johnson of the Reds. This game was additionally interesting because Chuck Klein was making his first championship start in a Cub uniform, and the Reds were performing for the first time under the colors of their new millionaire owner, Powel Crosley Jr., and with a brand new catchermanager. Bob O'Farrell. In the American League, Joe Cronin called upon his stellar twirler, Earl Whitehill, to uphold the laurels of his pennant-winning Senators, against Dusty Rhodes at Boston. Buckv Harris, new manager of the Sox, slated Rhodes because his newly acquired ace, Lefty Grove, is out with a lame arm. Hildebrand to Start This Boston encounter was certain to command plenty of attention because it brought together the Senators, whom most of the experts have picked to repeat for the pennant. and the Red Sox. who are believed strengthened enough to mount into first division A battle of the ancients was slated for Chicago, with Sad Sam Jones, probably the oldest flinger in the majors, taking the mound for the White Sox. against 35-year-old Firpo Marberry of the Tigers. At Philadelphia. Lefty Gomez, ace of the Yankees' staff, was opposed to young Merritt (Sugar) Cane, holdover from last year's staff of the Athletics. Young Oral Hildebrand of the Indians and George Blaeholder of the Browns were figured for a red hot show at Cleveland. DR. WILSON IS NAMED Feeney Appoints Wrestler to State Position. Appointment of Dr. Ralph Wilson, former Indiana university wrestling star and professional wrestler, as the state athletic commission's physician in the Evansville district, was announced late yesterday by A1 G. Feeney, state athletic commissioner. Wilson succeeds Dr. Joseph Welborn, Evansville, resigned.

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Leo Durocher Is Granted Divorce bv Court in Cincv St. Louis Cardinals Player Obtains Decree on Cross-Complaint. By t'nited Press CINCINNATI. April 17.—Leo Durocher. St. Louis Cardinals' infielder was granted a divorce from Ruby Hartlett Durocher today at conclusion of a lengthy hearing in domestic relations court. Judge Charles W. Hoffman held that the grounds advanced by Mrs. Durocher, who filed the original suit, were not sustained by the evidence, and granted the decree upon the baseball player's cross petition, charging her with gross neglect. Mrs. Durocher was granted custody of their child Barbara, 2, until further orders from the court, but Durocher was given the privilege of visiting the child. Making it clear that he was not allowing alimony, Judge Hoffman ordered Durocher to pay for the support of the child to the amount of $25 weekly until October 1, and $lO thereafter until further notice. It was evident that in making this arrangement the court took cognizance of Durocher's seasonal occupation as a ball player. Hearing of charges and counter charges which flew back and forth between Durocher and his wife was ended late yesterday after the baseball player had described how he struck his wife, on one occasion, when she denied that he was the that her husabnd received many father of their child. Mrs, Durocher testified in court letters and telegrams from feminine admirers in the various cities in which he played baseball, and he countered with the allegation that she ‘met men in hotel rooms” in the same cities during their travels. Mrs. Durocher denied the latter contention. MICHIGAN GRIDDER OUT Bv Tinifs Special ANN ARBOR. Mich., April 17. Bill Renner, forward passing star on Michigan university’s football squad, dropped out of school yesterday because he was behind in his classwork. He returned to school three weeks ago following an appendicitis operatioh in Youngstown, 0., his home. START SOFTBALL PLANS Plans for starting intramural softball baseball teams at Shortridge on Monday. April 23, are being made by Lieutenant George Naylor, who will coach the sport. The games will be played at the Shortridge fieid. Because of bad weather, the plans for a city softball league, in which all the city schools would take part, have been dropped.

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Black Buddy

RY MAX RIDDLE • Copyright. 1934. bv NEA Service. Inc.l THE greatest question mark of all the Derby candidates is Mrs. Payne Whitney's Black Buddy. The son of Bud Lerner will be coupled with Spy Hill under the pink with black striped sleeves of the Greentree stable, the same colors which the marvelous Twenty Grand carried to victory. Black Buddy is a horse of great speed, has a change of pace almost comparable to that of Equipoise, and is game and will come again when headed. In May and June it seemed that Mrs. Whitney had another Twenty Grand in the making, but after his three straight victories, he could not win again. His second in the United States Hotel stakes was a splendid performance, but while his seconds in the Saratoga Sales stakes and the Grand Union Hotel stakes were excellent performances, they were not those of a champion, or even of the Black Buddy which won the Juvenile and National Stallion stakes at Belmont Park. a a a WHAT the trouble may have been is almost impossible to analyze. It may be he shone in in June merely because he had matured faster than the other crack colts. One thing, however, is certain. Almost invariably he was forced to carry excessive ■freight packages, and was usually conceding the other horses large chunks. Let the United States Hotel stakes performance stand as the sort of horse he could be, and was. He was carrying 127 pounds, one more than the Derby weight, and was giving the winner, Red Wagon, ten pounds. After setting most of the pace, he swerved in the stretch and dropped back to third. But he came again, raced into second position, and was gaining at the end. WHAT makes Black Buddy’s misfortunes seem unjust is the fact that the handicappers never seemed to give him a break. For example, though he had not won a race in his last six starts, he was forced to enter the futurity trials with top weight of 125 pounds. And yet, though he was far back at the quarter, the game horse came up from sixth to third after Coucci had given him a rather bad ride. Black Buddy has had a long rest. ; and should come up to the Derby in his best shape. There will be no weight penalties in the Derby, and the horses which beat him from Saratoga on will at last meet him at level weights.

Fights Last Night

AT NEW YORK—St. Nick’s-Tonv Falco, 142 Philadelphia, stopped Phil RaiTertv, 143, New York isi; Leonard Del Genio, 134, New York, stopped Johnny Matuskos, 135, Brooklyn (2i. AT CHICAGO—Harry Fierro. Chicago, defeated Bobby O'Down. Sioux City, lowa cß> at 122 pounds; Lenny Cohen, Chicago, 155. defeated Bud Dempsey, 122, Chicago isi ; Johnny Liston 160. Chicago, defeated Eddie Allen. 154, Indianapolis (4j. AT MILWAUKEE—Tait Liftman, 167, Cudahy, defeated Kid Leonard. 162, Moline. 111.. T. K. O. (lot; Tony Bruno, 159, Milwaukee, knocked out Jackie Purvis, 155. Indianapolis il); Frankie Misko, 152, Saginaw. Mich., defeated Mickie O'Shea, 153, Chicago (6). AT SAN FRANCISCO-Kid Chocolate, 132. Cuba, decisioned Frankie Wallace, 133. Cleveland. tlOi; Baby Manuel, 130. New Orleans, decisioned Patsy Burke. 132. Los Angeles, <6i; Herman Collins. 145, Cleveland. knocked out Joe Rondpn. 146, Redwood City, '3 l ; Benny Marquez, 132. San Francisco, technically knocked out Todd John. 134, San Francisco. (2 1 ; Andy Kelleher. 136. San Francisco, decisioned Johnny Fasano, 137, San Francisco. <6. GREYHOUNDS AT DANVILLE Indiana Central's track team will travel to Danville Saturday for a dual meet with the Central Normal thinlv-clads. DeJernett, Brown and Corbin are the only Greyhound trackmen back in uniform this year. * MOTION PICTURES B' feature i* 1 lobby enter- * s great program ' Jg '"SPRING / higgles —MARI i§ NY ROSS—ANN Kk HERN Hf “ONE IS GUILTY’ RALPH BELLAMY SHIRLEY GREY J 4 r'™ rultl THI 6i G RlCrOi.ll BIG TRIPLE SHUWiy ‘Gambling Lady’/jf with Barbara Stanwyck, 1^ Joel McCrea, Pat O'Brien yjp? jr iSjf fl -LOOK FOR THE JM SILVER LINING" JgH 3-Reel Version of "Sally" The Thrills Shod FRIDAY! FRANK BUCKS WUDOJKb

Silent Shot Is Victor in Rich Event Cops $2,500 Handicap at Havre De Grace on Muddy Track. Bit United Press HAVRE DE GRACE. Md., April 17.—J. E. Hughes’s Silent Shot, making his first start of the year, came with a rush in the stretch to win the Harford Handicap, $2,500 added feature of the opening program of the twelve-day meeting here yesterday. The Brookmeade High Quest, also making his first appearance in silks this season, was second with G- W. Ogle's Patchpocket third and the Jersey stable's Character fourth in the field of eight. Silent Shot, ridden by J. Battioli, negotiated the six furlongs in 1:13 3-5 on a muddy track and paid $31.20 in the straight betting. Miney Myerson Takes Lead Miney Myerson was first to show in front at the start with High Quest at the pacemaker’s heels. High Quest shot into the lead at the first j turn and led the pack to the stretch where Mattioli whipped his mount; into a quick lead, coming from far j behind on the outside. In the drive for the wire, High Quest was unable to match strides with the Under Fire colt, but held Patchpocket safe under a hard drive, i Sears Is Favored in Two-Mile Run at Drake Relays Butler Distance Ace May Set New Record in Event. Bp Times Special DES MOINES, la., April 17. : Oklahoma A. & M. and Drake, outdoor track champions of their respective states in 1933, will head a lull representation of Missouri Valley conference squads into competition at the Drake relays here April 27 and 28. The home town Bulldogs beat out such teams as lowa, lowa State and Grinnell in winning their 1933 state laurels. The Cowboys' chief threat was the Oklahoma team. Drake outscored the Aggies last year for the circuit outdoor title and also won this winter's indoor games, in which the Oklahomans did not compete. Butler, second in the indoor meet, will have a strong contingent here for the Drake classic, as will, Grinnell. Washington has a number of likely performers, but Creighton is still weak on track and field. At least one special event is almost. certain to be won by a Missouri Valley representative, who is, incidently, defending his laurels. The event is the two-mile run and the runner is Ray Sears of Butler, who during the indoor season reeled off the fastest two miles ever turned in by an American. Sears’ time was 9:07.4 and was far ahead of his feat at Drake last year, when he won in 9:36.1. Should he duplicate or better his eastern time, then anew Drake record will be the result. Henry Brocksmith, another Hoosier runner from the University of Indiana, hung up the present standard of 9:13.6 in 1932. Carl Rigney of Oklahoma A. & M., holder of the Missouri Valley javelin record, placed fourth in this event at the Drake relays last year and will be back for another shot at the top. BANTAM CHAMPION WINS BY DECISION By United Press PARIS, April 17.—Panama A1 Brown, world bantamweight champion, last night won a ten-round non-title decision fre n Kid Francis of France, at the Palais Des Sports. Brown weighed 121 pounds, Francis, 120. In an exhibition bout, Georges Carpenter, former French heavyweight contender, returned to the ring after an absence of seven years, and boxed four rounds with Georges Fumo, an Algerian middleweight.

SILENT HOOSIER NINE DEFEATS PALESTINE The Silent Hoosier nine staged an uphill fight to defeat the New Palestine high school nine, 6 to 5. The Palestine nine got away to a five-run lead in the first four innings, but after Cooper reached form he held the losers at bay fanning ten batters and allowing only six hits, most of them in the early innings. The Silent Hoosiers will pl%v the Southport high school nine at the Cardinal diamond tomorrow. IRISH NINE IN ACT 10 N Notre Dame Meets Western State Teachers Today. By United Pret* SOUTH BEND. Ind., April 17. The Notre Dame university baseball team was scheduled to meet Western State Teachers college here this afternoon. Western State last season won eleven games in twelve starts, eight of them against Big Ten opponents. MOTION PICTURES ■ Pletnna' Women Who Have Loved. . . Will Love and Cry at the— Mora Moran” Zita Johann & John Miljan On the S le Bill ALINE McMAHON Glenda Farrell—Lyle Talbot

Joe Williams Says:

Baseball Without Stuffed Shirts —A New Utopia. BY JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Sports Writer NEW YORK, April 17. "Weather permitting ...” I wonder if it isn't true that the first time this phrase ever was used it had to do with the impending opening of the baseball season. At any rate, weather permitting.

the big leagues’ season is about to begin. By sundown today all the teams either will have played their opening games or built up a reserve for dou-ble-headers or bargain day attractions. as I believe they are t e chnically

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called. Fortunately that part of the inauguration which is least exciting has passed into the records. The league presidents have issued their formal statements. I do not know whether you have followed these statements from year to year or not. If not you have missed a stern lesson in consistency. a tt a THE president of the National League will—apd I imagine with no little reluctance—permit himself to be interviewed; and then, in effect, he will announce that: (1) the race will be very close; (2) the teams generally are better: (3) there is every indication that baseball is still the game of the people, and (4) may the best team win. Under similar circumstances the presidenet of the American League will, taking a few moments out of a busy day to talk with the press, allow himself to be quoted along the following broad lines: (1) that the race will be very close; (2) that the teams generally are stronger; (3) that there is every indication that baseball is still the game of the people; and (4> that he will be altogether desolate if the best team should fail to win. Well, as I say. that is out of the way and now that, it is out of the way we can proceed to enjoy, it is to be hoped, the lyrical beauty of the Ruthian swing and the staccato flashes of the Hubbell delivery. There is nothing about baseball that is so eloquent or persuasive as the thundering base hit or the curved third strike, and nothing so deadening as the mouthlngs of the game’s stuffed shirts. n b u BASEBALL is the only professional sport in our country which enjoys the patronage of the President. That is why the Washington team always opens the season a day in advance. On this day the President leaves behind the problems of state to sit with the fans. There have been some Presidents who were genuinely attracted to baseball. But I have been told by some of the Washington correspondents that with some of the Presidents their interest in the openings was not always grounded in deep affection; that on the contrary it was a calculated gesture of good fellowship. As to that I wouldn't know. There is something about the spirit of the openings that should appeal to Presidents as lustily as the man in the street. It is symbolic of a new hope, the guarantee of another chance. On opening day all teams start from scratch. The eighth placer stands as high in promise and possibility as the world champions. I saw one President at a ball game for whom I felt a deep sympathy. This was Mr. Hoover. He made a special trip from Washington to Philadelphia to see a world series game. The great foolishness had come to end. Men were out of work. Breadlines were forming. United States Steel had hit anew low. Panic had become a five letter word in small homes, meaning disaster, distress and disease.

unit ON this day the sun beamed with a golden brightness. There was the zippy tang of an early autumn in the air. Only nature seemd to be ignorant of the growing misery. Through two lines of uniformed officers a stooped portly man walked. Almost mechanically. it seemed, he lifted a hard black derby to cheers that did not come. By his side walked a grayhaired woman, his wife. After a period of strange, shaky silence, during which the stooped, portly man and his wife took their seats in a box, a low, rumbling shout rolleed across the field. It was a community shout of derision. In short, it w>as a full-throated boo. In these few brief seconds all thoughts of the ball game, the intercity, interleague rivalry had disappeared. In their place had come a regimepted antagonism, an uncontrolled public indignation. To this gathering—a typical American gathering—Mr. Hoover represented the nation and perforce he must be responsible for all the evils and ills with which the country was beset; he and he alone was responsible for the fact that John Jones, sittnig out in the bleachers, didn't have a job; that Mr. Smith’s dry goods store had failed; that the Cohen family had been evicted.

Entry Blank The (amateur) (softball) baseball team will enter floats in the Booster Parade on the opening day of Perry stadium. April 24, in competition for the trophy offered by The Indianapolis Times for the best float of an amateur or softball baseball team Team Manager Team Sponsor Address and Phone No. of Manager (Clip, fill out and mail to Carl Callahan, Em-Roe sporting goods store, 209 West Washington street, before midnight, April 19.)

Amateur Ball Teams Invited to Join Fete Times Offers Trophy for Float in Booster Day Parade. With entries of floats in the annual booster day parade April 24 to close at midnight Th arsdav, the Chamber of Commerce athletic committee today isued a final plea to manufacturers, clubs, business houses and amateur baseball teams to prepare a float for the monster procession. This year's parade ushering the baseball season into Indianapolis is expected to surpass those of previous years, both in the number and the decorative quality of floats entered. The Times will offer a trophy for the best decorated float- entered by an amateur or softball basebail team, and other awards will be made for attendance in the parade, for floats and for the best band. The Chamber of Commerce committee will meet at the Columbia Club again Friday to iron out final plans for the parade. At the bottom of this page is printed an entry blank for the convenience of representatives of amateur baseball organizations wishing to compete for The Times trophy. Clip it. fill it out and mail it before Thursday night.

Semi-Pro and Amateur Baseball News, Gossip

Mid-week practice will he held by the Beanbloesom A. C. nine in preparation for the opening of the Industrial League season Saturday. All players are requested to be at Rhodius park ai 2 p. m. Thursday. Ft. Harrison will be the first opponents in the league race. Final practice session will be held by the Acc Coal nine at Riverside diamond No. 5 Wednesday afternoon. 3 to 6. Uniforms will be distributed at, the office Thursday night at 6:30. and all plavers are requested to be present at both meeting. Council members in the Interfraternity League are requested to attend an important meeting in the Severin. Thursday night First round results in the league were: Phi Sigma 23. Beta Sigma Nu 11: Phi Lambda Epsilon 24. Beta Phi Sigma 8. and Phi Beta Sigma 12. Kappa Alpha Phi 10. Ace Club defeated Mercury bv forfeit and Delta Sigma Nu. and Omega Xi will play their first round tilt later in the season. Earl Morgan manager of the Frankfort Independent Merchants writes that his club wants to book games with strong Indianapolis nines Industrial and other organized soft ball teams who have placed their names with Floyd Hassler are requested to be represented at a meeting tomorrow night in Smith-Hassler & Sturm sporting goods Store. Dean Brothers soft ball team will practice at 4:15 p. m. tomorrow and Friday at Montcalm field. Sixteenth street and Stadium drive. All players are requested to be at both practices. Teams desiring practice games are asked to call Lincoln 3432 between noon and 1 p. m. and ask for Al Carey. The Highland A C nine will practice at Brookside tomorrow at 5 p. m. Players take notice. Airtight pitching by Wilson, who allowed only two blows, and a home run by Bomb aided the Fairview Cardinals in downing the Brookside Aces. The Cardinals will engage in a double-header next Saturday. All players on the Midway Flyers are urged to attend practice at Garfield park diamond No. 1 at 5 Friday. The Shelbyville Merchants have organized for the coming season and will play all their games at McCabe's camp Teams wishing <o book with the Merchants are requested to write James MahafTey, 217 North Pike street. Shelbyville, Ind. Indianapolis Midway's and Cook's Goldblume nines will open the season at Garfield park diamond No. 3 Sunday afternoon, An important meeting will be held Friday night at which time uniforms will he issued and Tate. Bradbury. Simons, Foster and Schuck are requested to attend. The Question Marks, members of the Em-Roe Sunday league will hold an important meeting tonight in St. Cecelia hall at 8 Practice sessions tomorrow and Friday night at, 5 will be important sessions and all players are requested to attend. An umpire seeking to connect with a strong Sunday afternoon league is requested to communicate with John Sullivan at 3626 Kenwood avenue. The Indiana Democrats and Indiana National Bank will meet in a practice game at Willard park at 8 tomorrow night Ingelman. Shipp, Coffin. Huesing. McFall. Martin. V. McGuire, Hayden, L. Davis. R. White. T Bova, Gearings and Barr are requested to be present. The Rex Tavern A. C.s have changed their name to Bennett Coa! Companv nine and will play in the Mai-':tic League on Saturday They desire Sunday games and teams desiring tilts can write Harry Wincel, 1110 South East street or call Drexel 2852 and ask for Virgil. Buck Higan is requested to get in touch with the manager tomorrow night.. The Warren Aces have reorganized for the coming season and desire city and state games. They also would like to arrange a practice game for Sunday at their diamond located at East Tenth street and Post road. Players and tryouts are requested to be at the field at 1 p. m For games write E. Wilson. 202 South West street. Al! members of the Po-A*hic baseball team are requested to attend an impor’ant meeting tonight, at 8 in Christian park when league registration cards will be signed. Capita! City Beverage Company baseball nine to be known as the Atlas Beers will play in the Commercial League on Saturday afternoon. Their opening gam* will be on April 28 against the Patrick Henry Beer team. Field manager will be Weymouty Bowman while business manager will be Tom Fitzgerald. Greer A. C will practice at the playground at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon players and tryouts are asked to report Teams desiring games phone Drexel 2934 and ask for Tom. Two Gridders Join I. U. Baseball Club By Timm Bprrinl BLOOMINGTON. April 17—The Indiana university baseball team’s outfield, weakened slightly by the recent shift of Charles Howorth from left field to first base, has been strengthened by the reporting of Vernon Huffman and Red Holinquest. The two hard-hitting sophomore outfielders were released from spring football practice when the sessions ended Saturday.

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CITY TO SHARE PAVING PROJECT Two Streets Included in $334,000 Contracts to Be Set May L The Indianapolis street improvements are included in fight projects advertised for bids oy the state highway commission for May 1, it was announced today by Chairman James D. Adams. Estimated cost of all projects was set at $334,000. The Indianapolis streets are on federal highway routes, all projects to be financed by federal funds. Local projects include paving 1.089 miles on West street from Washington to New York streets and from North to Fifteenth streets: resurfacing .371 miles on Northwestern avenue from Seventeenth to Twen-ty-first streets. Minimum wage of 50 cents for unskilled and 60 cents for skilled labor is provided under the NRA. Other projects in the letting are: Dp Kalb County—Paving 9 852 miles on sta*'’ Ro ifi 27. Van B iron and Matr. streets from Seventh street to north limit of Auburn. Lake County—Paving 2 931 miles on state Road 29. Fifth avenue from Cline avenue ’o Clark street in Gary Resurfacing 9 652 miles on staFourth avenue from Filmore. to Washington street In Gary. Elkhart County- Resurfacing 1.219 mile* or. state Road 2. Main strep- from Lusher avenue to south limit in Elkhart Lanorte County —Resurf ring ft Jft7 miles on state Road 12. Michigan and Fpnng .’repf> from Washington to Second street in Michigan City Resurfacing 0 071 miles or. state Road 43 Franklin street from Monon railroad to park entrance in Michigan City. Harrison Counfv--Grading and structure* and surfacing with crushed stone on 5 708 miles on road extending northeast from New Boston. FRENCH NAVY TESTS SPEEDIEST WARSHIPS Fastest Maneuvers Ever Held Expected From New Craft. By United press PARIS, April 17. The low, streamlined greyhounds of the new French navy started the speediest naval maneuvers ever held off Brest today, laying down anew tactical naval procedure. Since France developed its reconstituted navy along lines of hard hitting power combined with greatspeed, the old pre-war tactics have been completely discredited. Plans worked out in secret conference last March were to be put into effect and two squadrons, aided and guided by a powerful maritime air squadron, were to give battle in North Atlantic waters.

CRIME REPORT READY SOON, MOLEY ASSERTS First Part of Kidnaping Survey to Bo Given President. Ft ft l nited I* re* a NEW YORK. April 17.—Raymond Moley, former assistant secretary of state, now editor of Today, announced today that he would soon submit to President Roosevelt the first part of his report on an investigation of racketeering and kidnaping. Marriage Licenses Albert L Utz. 48 Loveland. Ohio, electrician, and Ehzaoeth Nordmever 42 of 1410 Marlowe street. James O. Dunn. 49, R R 2, Box 598, carpenter, and Lucv M. Fisher, 52. of 25 West. Sixteenth street. John L Gillette. 25. of 430 Irving place, tire inspect and Eugenia Irene Kent. 18. of 428 Irvi . .vlace. Paul J. Ja ett, 30. R. R 4 Box 408. shop work, and Bernice E. Stalev. 20. of 819 South Addison avenue, shop work. Fred Poad. 26, R. R 4. Box 225 R. gardener, and Lena Ruebeck, 23. R. R. 4, Box 225 R. gardner, James H. Flovd, 22. of 826 North New Jersey street, machinist, and Luclle M. Summers. 19. of 851 College avenue, beauty operator. James M De Frees, 26 of 930 Park avenue, printer, and Lela Matthews. 20. of 1842 East Fortv-sixth street Loren M. Whittington. 29. Lakewood, Ohio, statistician, and Elt.a Mae Blackburn. 31. at 6140 East Ninth street, teacher. George Mortimer. 32. of 530 East Ninth street painter, and Irene Newbv. 32. of 902 Park avenue John Paul Thoman, 42. of 1243 North Emerson avenu" dairyman, and Heln E Lange 33. of 835 North Tuxedo street, stenogra ph-r Everett E Herman. 20. of 1414 Fwing street, clerk and Mary E. Frost. 17. of 2203 Leslie avenue. Carmen M. Burtzo. 22. of 425 South Noble street, sale man. and Ruth C. Bohannon, 18 of 425 South Noble street. Fiovd M. Baker. 26. of 1312 North Haugh street, salesman, and Candace C Wl.dey. 22 of 1300 North Haugh stre-t. factory worker. Louis E. Wildey. 24. of 1300 North Haugh stree*. stock rierk. and Luella M. Sallee, 18 1856 Rowland avenue. Hubert Thiesing. 20. of 1854 Tallman avenue, restaurant worker, and Ella Jones, 21. of 2209 Avondale place, clerk. Harrv A Upton. 39. of 1022 English avenue, retail merchant, and Coyla R. Bradfirld 31 of 915 Ewing street. Charles F Wagner, 23, of 1153 Knox street, truck driver, and Catherine E. Eck. 20. o; 3501 Sou‘h Meridian street. Aaron C. Biehl 35, Huntington, laborer, and Hulda L. Wilcoxson, 26. of 630’s South West Street Otis McCall. 39 of 38>2 West Tenth street laborer and Annie Swanigan. 32. of 521 West Michigan street. Births Boys Henry and Isabel Davis. Methodist hospitsl Norman and Opal Powers, Methodist hospital. Thomas and Charlotte Selmier. Methodist hospital. Paul and Marjorie Christensen. Methodist. hospital. Frank and Kathrvn Adams, Methodist hospital. Chester and Hollis Brandiein Me'hodtst hospital Paul and Agnes Basso. 227 West Troy. Girls Edward and Marona Copeland Methodist hospital. Mvrel and Edith Farr. Methodist hospital. Charles and Mary Karris. Methodist hospital Roy and Lola Bradley. Methodist hospital. Arland and Freida Patton, Methodist hospital. Hugh and Olr. e Daugherty, Deaconess hospital. Deaths Evelyn Franz. 28 8' Vincent's hospital, appendicitis Clarence A Wathen. 52 Methodist hospital. encephalitis. Maud L Royal. 46. 299 West Thirtythird, carcinoma Her.rv Brook? 55. Long hospval. cardiac decomposation Henrv Mavberry. 52 1321 Alvord. cardiac decomposation. William Henrv Scott, 70. 818 North Wallace. chronic nephritis. Francis M Anderson. 34 35 North Warman. cardio vascular renal disease. Shirley Elnora Carter. 8, Riley hospital, typhoid fever. Louis Desmonds. 5. Methodist hospital, mastotdi Lj. John Carr, 2 hours. S*. Vincent's hospital atelectasis Charles Carr. 2 hours. St. Vmaent'a hoapltal, atelectasis. Sanna Belle Holtpeter. 26 Central Indiana hospital general paralysis. Belle wood, 59. Methodist hospital, ccrecral hemorrhage. Catherin' Jersey, arteriosclerosis Streeter H Smith 57 1010 North Meridian 'wrebral hemorrhage Maria C Ehiers. 84 1309 South Meridian cardm. vascular renal disea John G Pantzer 65 2118 North Alabama hypostaL- pneumonia SaH:e Robinson. 67. 1031 West Vermont, cerebral hemorrhage Wiiliam Shull 78 Central Indiana hospital chronic nephritis Clinton B Edmunds. 49. 2384 School, coronary embolism Jackson Saulsberrv, 67 city hospital, lobar pneumonia Abner Conner 71. St Vincent a hospital, hvpostatie pneumonia Pheobe Tanner, 39 1017 South Worth, carcinoma Pearl Kennedy 45. city hospital, intestinal obstruction Laura Jane Bright. 78, 18 West Thirtyfifth, lobar pneumonia Mollie Ewing. 61. 924 Charles, lobar pneumonia. _ . Rov Bridges. 18 months, Riiay hospviU, empyema,