Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 297, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 April 1934 — Page 12

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N ew April 23.—1 t isn't precisely true that the big town is enjoying open betting again after a lapse of twenty-six yeabs. There is open betting at the tracks, all right, but enjoying is scarcely the descriptive. The truth is the return of the bookmakers produced so much confusion and worked so many hardships that if the record crowd which stormed Jamaica for the first meeting of the metropolitan season hadn’t been in a gay, adventurous mood a man’s size riot might easily have developed. I am not sure just where the blame should be if indeed any blame shold be placed at all. Facilities generally were inadequate. So far as these apply to purely physical accommodations the management may be absolved on the ground that it was caught unawares by the unprecedented rush. a a b bub FOR the past several seasons, when the sport lay picking listlessly at the coverlets, any attendance approximating 5.000 was considered exceptional at the local tracks—wherefore to be besieged overnight by an all-time record turnout, and this at one of the minor tracks, was something that left the management not only popeyed with amazement, but more or less flustered. Since It was demonstrated on the basis of even one day’s play that the only ailment from which the sport ever seriously suffered was the absence of cash speculation, the more vital criticism must be leveled at the conduct of the betting ring, its awkward machinery and its attendant handicaps. m n u m u o BRIEFLY, the betting ring as it was unveiled on opening day will not do. For an upstate county fair it might work out all right, but for a metropolitan track it is distinctly and definitely insufficient. To begin with, the space is too limited for comfortable action and besides the operation of the books is too laborious and unsystematic. I have no sympathy with the explanation that the betting arrangements were deliberately designed with a view to decorum and inconspicuity as a sop to the reformers. Why, may I ask? Was the fight for forthright, direct play-and-pay wagering made in the interest of the professional goody-goodies, or was it made in the interest of the large army of sportsment who support the turf? If we are to have betting—and both branches of the legislature as well as the Governor have agreed that we should have betting why can’t we have it with civility and convenience instead of in a madhouse atmosphere that is suggestion of a free-for-all fight on the docks? ft St tt ** ** ** THE Jockey Ciub should stop pussyfooting. They have finally got a betting bill. Either it is a good betting bill or it isnt. If such salaried moralists as the Canon Chases and the Preacher Millers w r ant to make a test case of it, let them do it. I fail to see where the situation is helped by substituting confusion for system. A bookmaker is just as much a bookmaker standing on a stool operating in full view as on a strip of tan matting almost submerged in a struggling mass of men. It doesn't make him any more or less a criminal, does it? You had to be a real good man to get your two bucks down on opening day. By comparison the five o'clock subway rush was a dignified, orderly procedure. Hats were smashed, clothes were torn and shins were barked. One sortie was usually enough. After that you decided to be a disinterested spectator. B b b - * ° THE result was to maJke practically everybody at the track as ardent apostle of the machines. Some of the regulars even yearned for a return to the old immoral days of last summer when the oralists made their last stand on the lawn. In fact, after the third race, if you knew your way around, you could do business with an oralist. There was more than one in action. The failure to provide facilities for the ladies was a mistake, too. This does not grow out of any notion of sex inequality; it is merely a heritage from the old days, a custom handed down from one track generation to another.

Cincinnati Team Leads in Women’s Bowling Tourney

BY PAUL STRIEBECK The Tommy Doll's team of Cincinnati, which rolled into first place in the women's International bowling meet Saturday night, held that position through last night's play. Two changes were made at the Jess Pritchett Recreation alleys in the team standing last night, when the Windy City Five of Chicago rolled into second place with a score of 2,488. A change also was made in the third place position when Forsythe and Gale team of Syracuse, N. Y„ went into third place

Indiana Relay Men Set 2 New Marks Fuqua and Hornbostel Are Anchors on Teams. By Times Special LAWRENCE. Kans., April 23. Two Indiana university relay quartets hung up records in the Kansas relays here Saturday, snipping the tapes in such sensational low times that the marks are expected to withstand many efforts to lower them. The Crimson mile and two-mile relay teams, anchored by Ivan Fuqua and Charles Hornbostel, set up the records. The mile team, on which Fuqua was anchor-man, sprinted the four laps in 3:16.15, lowering the time of the 1932 Indiana team in the relays, while the two-mile quartet ran the distance in 7:46, to beat the old mark held jointly by Chicago and lowa State. In the’ mile feature race, Glenn Cunningham conquered Gene Venzke. of Pennsylvania, by twenty yards to finish in 4:12.7.# Cunningham and Venzke will meet again next Saturday in the Penn relays in Philadelphia. HA-MAR AND AYRES TEAMS LEAD LOOP The Ha-Mar team leads the Church and Club League in the Table Tennis Association here, while the L. -S. Ayres team is high in the Century League. The HaMars have won twenty-nine and lost seven, and the Ayres team has copped 102 and lost 42. The Church and Club League's five leading players are Hausman. Zimmer. McNeely, Olsen and Marmalad. and these in the CenturyLeague are Waldo, G. Kaiser, Spellman and Hausman. LOU MEYER VICTOR IN ASCOT ROAD RACE By United Press LOS ANGELES. April 23 —Covering the rough, hilly course in 2:46.33, Lou Meyer, three-time national automobile racing champion, piloted his small stock car to victory in the 150-mile Targo Florio road race at Ascot Legion Speedway yesterriay. Meyer beat out fourteen competitor! in a spectacular finish which found him and Ted Horn fighting a close battle for the lead. The winner held it from the 107th lap. forcing Horn into second place A1 Gordon wound up in third place. Cliff Bergere in fourth, Danny De Paolo in fifth. Stubby Stubblefield In sixth, Rex Mays in seventh and Woody Woodward in eighth.

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position on a count of 2,449. The standings of the first five teams are: Tommy Doll's Five of Cincinnati, 0.. in first place with 2,615; second place, Windy City Five; third place. Forsythe and Gale; fourth place, Gold Label Beer of Neehah, Wis„ with 2.427, and fifth, Moelder Coal Company with 2,418. In the last squad of the doubles and singles yesterday, R. Sanders and A. Bates of Middletown, 0., rolled into first place with a 1.133 total. R. Sanders had 177, 165 and 183 for 528, while her partner, A. Bates, mowed the pins down for 190, 214, and 201, for a smashing total of 605 Second place went to G. Hatch and P. Friedel of Cleveland, with a total of 1.118. G. Hatch turned in games of 179, 181 and 201 for 561, while P. Friedel counted 174, 214 and 169 for 557. The doubles team of S. Parker and B. Ekstrum of Peoria, 111., scored 1.089 for third pla?:e. S. Parker collected 202, 129 and 138 for 469, while her partner, B. Ekstrum fired 225. 183 and 212 for 620. The 620 of B. Ekstrum is the highest individual three-game total rolled in the tournament to date. Fourth place position is held by C. Wessendarp and C. Nordman of Cincinnati, with 1.087, while E. Flaig and C. Buring came through with 1,072 for fifth place. In the singles event R. Sanders of Middletown is first with a count of 582 on games of 225, 165 and 186. Second place went to G. Hatch, who counted for 181, 194 and 196 for 571. In third place is L. Brown of Dayton, 0., and R. Suchon of Cleveland, with 560 apiece, while in fifth place position is A. Fisgus with 545. In the all-events, C. Buring of Cincinnati, is on top with a total of 1,691 for the three events. In her five-women set she collected 573; in doubles. 566. and singles. 552. R. Sanders of Middletown, is in second place with 1.621. R. Sandeis counted 511 in the team event, 528 in doubles, and 582 in singles. Third place shows G. Hatch with a series of 1,602. In the team event she had 470, doubles. 561, and singles, 571. Today marks the fifth day of this tournament with doubles and singles heading the list. Tonight at 9:30 teams will again take up the reins with more of the outstanding women keglers taking the drives. Two outstanding teams to roll on this squad is the Hartman Fruit and Produce Company of St. Louis, and the Ziegler Bear team of Milwaukee, Wis. A great match same was witnessed by the fans that a; tended the session at the Pritchett alleys between Falls CityBeer team of Louisville and the Falls City Beer team of Indianapolis. The Indianapolis team conquered the Louisville team by a margin of 322 pins, with Indianapolis scoring 3.171 and Louisville 2.849. In individual plav. Jack Hunt supplied the thrill* when lie counted for a 289 same on his final try. On the twelfth ball Huna was high, and left the four-six split, but managed to have a pin kick down the sixth pin for this smashing game. Jack counted with 206 and 235 on his other two games to result in a 740 for The three-game total. Rav Roberson and Tom Quill collected 651 to 624 to aid Hunt Louisville had Herfel and Krauss with 616 and 612 to top the scoring of the Fails Citv Beer team of that citv. The singles and doubles of the American Legion National Telegraphic Bowling Tournament was rolled at the Pritchett alleys last Saturdav. The team of Roberson and Hunt mowed down the maples for a score of 1 313. Hunt collected 703 on games of 228 228 .and 247 as his partner Robeison was couhtmg 610. The doubles team of C. Mack and L. Fihrbach counted 1.261 Mack had 643 as Fahrbach showed 618 The other doubles team of F. Llvengood and R. Woods scored 960. In the singles event Hunt again fiame to the front when he collected 194. 258 and 248 for a 700 even. C. Mack was next in line with 595. L. Fahrbach 580. R Roberson 538 and R. Woods and F. TUvengood 535 spite*.

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Lon Warneke ALL the great predictions for this years Chicago Cubs seem to be coming true. One of the club's outstanding pitchers, Lon Warneke, hurled his second game of the season against the St. Louis Cards yesterday—and it was his second one-hit tilt. National League fans are expecting the youthful Cubs’ righthander to set anew record for single-hit games this season.

Charlie Strack Up Against Tough Foe in ‘Gentleman Joe’ Sol Slagel Faces Dick Lever in Semi-Final at Armory Tuesday. Charlie Strack, the popular Boston heavyweight mat ace who has gone undefeated here in three important bouts, will be up against tough competition at the Armory Tuesday night if “Gentleman Joe” Cox, powerful Kansas City wrestler, lives up to his reputation. Strack, a former United States Olympic star and twice holder of the amateur heavyweight championship of America, is the grappler who came unheralded to the city a short time ago and then upset Man Mountain Dean, huge Georgian, in three minutes. He followed that victory by winning over two nationally prominent huskies, Dick Raines and Jim Parker. “Gentleman Joe” is of the rough and tumble type, and is the grappler who recently defeated Chief Chewchki by out-roughing the Indian’. Cox also recently floored Matros Kirilenko, the Russian. In two appearances at the Armory in supporting matches, “Gentleman Joe” easily defeated Jagad Singh, the Hindu, and Pat Flannigan, Salt Lake City. Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules A. C. figures the bout as one that will provide more than the usual amount of action and reports that Armory fans are displaying keen interest in the tussle. Sol (Rubber Man) Slagel who provided Jim Londos with real opposition here two months ago, returns to clash with Dick Lever, Arizona, in the semi-windup. In the opening bout, the tall Roland Kichmeyer, Oklahoma, tackles Karl Davis, former Ohio State grid star.

♦ Standings ♦

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lost. Pet. Minneapolis 4 1 .800 Toledo 3 1 .750 INDIANAPOLIS 2 2 .500 Columbus 2 2 .500 Milwaukee 2 2 .500 St. Paul 2 3 .400 Kansas City 2 4 .333 Louisville 1 3 .250 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct.‘ W. L. Pet. Detroit . 3 1 .750 Cleveland. 2 2 .500 New York 3 2 .600 St. Louis 2 2 .500 Philadel 33 .500 Wash. ... 3 4 .429 Boston -.3 3 .500 Chicago .1 3 .250 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet.l W. L. Pet. Chicago 5 0 1.000 Boston .. . 2 3 .400 New York 5 1 .833 St. Louis . 1 4 .200 Brookln 4 1 .800 Cincv ... 1 4 .200 Pittsburgh 3 2 .600 Philadel .-0 6 .000 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION No games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE No games scheduled. Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATON iTwelve Innings) St Paul 000 011 002 QOO — 411 1 Milwaukee 030 010 000 001— 5 14 3 Heimach, Fette and Guiliana; Braxton and Rensa. Minneapolis 030 003 240—12 14 2 Kansas Citv ... 200 205 000— 9 15 2 Starr. S. Cohen. Marrow and Hargrave; Harris. Shores, Fullerton and Brenzel. Louisville at Toledo: rain. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington 000 000 301— 4 10 3 Philadelphia 001 000 020— 3 12 1 Thomas and Berg: Mahaffey and Hayes. St. Louis 201 001 011— 6 8 0 Chicago 102 110 000— 5 5 0 Weaver. Newsom and Grube; Earnshaw, Wyatt and Shea. New York 100 130 102— 8 10 0 Boston 000 610 000— 1 8 1 Gomez and Jorgens: Rhodes. Walberg, Pennock and Ferrell. Detroit at Cleveland; rain. NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 420 202 212—15 22 0 St. Louis 000 C2O 000— 2 1 2 Warneke and Hartnett; J. Dean, P. Dean, Winford, Heise and V. Davis, Delancey. Boston 203 100 000— 6 12 0 New York 100 001 012— 5 11 0 Brandt, Frankhouse and Hogan: Fitzsimmons. Salveson. Bowman ancf Richards. Pittsburgh 400 000 001— 5 10 0 Cincinnati 010 201 000— 4 12 1 French. Smith and Grace: Si Johnson. Benton, Shaute and O Farrell. Philadelphia 000 013 001— 5 9 2 Brooklyn 001 200 G4x— 7 15 1 Hasen. Grabowski. Darrow. Moore and J Wilson: Carroll. Benge. Perkins. Munns, Mungo and Lopez. KODAK MEETS SHEA By United Press CHICAGO. April 23.—Leo Roriak, former Golden Gloves champion, will seek his seventeenth straight profesional victory in a ten-round featherweight bout against Eddie Shea, Ohicago vfteran, at White iCity tcpiht.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1934

Cubs Clicking

Perfectly to Win 5 Games Pitchers, Batsmen Function Brilliantly to Give Team Lead. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspsndent CHICAGO, April 23 Five pitchers, five victories, a perfect road record—that was the boast of the Chicago Cubs today when they came home to open the season tomorrow j at Wrigley field against the Cincinnati Reds. •‘lt looks like the old road jinx is broken at last,” remarked Manager Charlie Grimm. For the past few years the Cubs have been a notoriously weak club on the road, but very tough to beat at heme. Last season the Cubs won thirty-one games and lost forty-five away from home, and the season before they could only win thirtyseven against forty defeats in a pen-nant-winning year. During this twoyear span the Cubs won 108 games and lost forty-seven games at home. One Hurler a Game The bright spots in the Cubs’ early drive to the National League lead have been: Phenomenal pitching, in which the Cubs’ hurlers have held the opposition to eight runs and twenty-two hits in five games. The team's flaming spirit, fired anew by Chuck Klein and Tuck Stainback, the dashing rookie out- ! fielder. The timely batting of Klein and Stainback and the comeback of Billy Herman. Manager Grimm has sent five pitchers to the mound and seen each of the quintet deliver a brilliant performance and go the route to win his game. Lon Warneke opened the season with a one-hit masterpiece against the Reds, and five days later delivered another one-hit game against the Cardinals yesterday. Malone Has Reformed With the season not yet a week old, Warneke would seem to have a chance to threaten Grover Cleveland Alexander’s major league record of four one-hit games in one season, a trick he turned in 1915 with the Phillies. After Warneke’s brilliant start, Guy Bush followed with a six-hit game against the Reds, allowing only one runner to reach base until he had an 8 to 1 lead Pat Malone, the reformed bad boy, wheeled into action next with a five-hit game against the Reds, in which four of the blows were scratchy. Charlie Root then beat the Cardinals, 2-1, allowing nine hits, but pitching masterfully in the pinches. Warneke came back yesterday to handcuff the Cards, 15-2. It hasn’t been all pitching with the Cubs. Stainback and Billy Herman lead the Cubs in batting, each with .409, followed by Klein with .385. Cage Tournament Receipts $151,083 Trester Releases Report on Basketball Finances. A total of $151,083 was paid by Indiana basketball fans to witness the sectional, regional and state tournaments in March, A. L. Trester, commissioner, announced in a financial report here today. The sixty-four tournaments shower receipts of $88,151.10 and regional tourneys one week later had gross receipts of $27,940.51, the report showed. Fans who witnessed the final tournament paid $34,992.30. The I. H. S. A. A. share of the total receipts was $32,708.87, from whicn was paid a SIO,OOO rental fee to Butler university for use of the fieldhouse for the final tournament. High schools of the state received $63,597.59 in transportation and entertainment expenses. Other costs of the tourney amounted to $7,820. Indianapolis drew the largest sectional crowd with receipts of $5,907.70. The Muncie regional, with receipts of $4,105.25, topped the sixteen second-round events. Anderson was second highest in receipts at both its sectional and regional tournaments, totaling $4,600.50 at the first, and $3,277.50 at the second event.

With Tribe at Bat

REGULARS

„ . AB. H. Aver. Before 18 7 .389 Spnnz 8 3 .375 Tee 22 8 .364 Rosenberg 22 8 .364 Cooney 03 8 .348 Sigiifoos 23 g .348 Washington 23 7 .304 Ridd'e 12 3 .250 Shevlin 21 4 !190 c °telle 2 0 !000 FITCHERS AB. H. Aver. Logan 7 3 429 Turner 3 0 j)00 Tjsme 2 0 .000 Thomas 1 0 .000 Bujfberger 1 0 .000 Jus 1 0 .000 Bolen 2 0 .000 Baringer 1 0 .000 WON AND LOST T G. W. L. Logan 2 2 0 Thomas 1 0 0 Tising 2 0 1 Baringer 2 0 0 Butrberger 10 0 Bolen 1 0 0 Note—One tie game played. M'CLURE, ADAMS TO' PLAY IN PADDLE CLUB Jimmy McClure, national pingpong champion, and Lester Adams, city table tennis titlist, will meet in a feature ping-pong contest in the Paddle Club at 8 tonight. Miss Amelia McClure, city women's table tennis champ, is paired with Florence. Wiggins, state pingpong* champ, in another contest in the Paddle Club.

Turner to Hurl Tomorrow

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Jim Turner TO Jim Turner, Indians’ right-handed hurler, goes the honor of opening the season for the Indianapolis American Association club on its home lot,*Perry stadium, tomorrow. Manager Red Killefer today said he would start Turner on the hill against the Toledo Mud Hens in the first tilt of the second series between the locals and the Toledoans.

♦ CHOOTING PAIJ ♦ By Dick Miller IV

ALL the depressions were in the greens at Pleasant Run Sunday. There was no sign of financial worries among the municipal links players who like to do their “shinny” playing at the popular east side course as 512 golfers tramped the links’ putting surfaces. The first foursome left the starting tee at 5:20 a. m. Then beginning at 5:50 on through 2:50 in the afternoon there was an unbroken chain of foursomes leaving the tee at five-minute intervals. Also, whenever starters Oscar Pierce and Wayne Wood found it possible, a stray foursome was sandwiched in.

CLARK ESPIE was on the job until dusk last night. Clark, the east side representative on the Indianapolis public links team at the national tournament the past few years, has been hitting the ball on the nose in near par figures so far this season, but Sunday he was busy getting new members for the Pleasant Run men’s club. Clark is vice-president of the organization and a good salesman, too. He not only obtained signatures but the cash on the line, or should we say palm as he stood near the eighteenth green with his invitation to join for all the finishers. tt # e INCIDENTALLY the Pleasant Run Club will hold its first tournament of the season next week-end, with blind par arrangement settling the prize winners and a galaxy of prizes to be awarded. Ed Mooney is president; Espie, vice-president, and Larry Sullivan, secretary and treasurer. SPEAKING of municipal clubs means that we must urge all members and those interested in joining the Coffin course men’s organization to be at South Grove clubhouse hall tonight for a meeting. Remodeling of the Coffin clubhouse makes it impossible to meet there. A1 Wysong, president; Malcom Carlysle, vice-president, and Jack Snow, secretary and treasurer, have the organization work well under way and you will miss something if you are not there at 8 p. m. 000 ONE would never have known that the Hillcrest blind par tournament yesterday was just an early season event. The boys were getting right down to their putts, smashing the gutta percha a mile from the tees and some very acceptable scores were turned in. Asa matter of fact so closely contested was the tournament that three players tied for first place. W. G. Craig won first by drawing from a hat. Blind par was 71 and Craig had a 91 gross with 20 stroke handicap allowance for exactly that count. Bill Hutchison had 84 with 13 handicap and A. A. Stein also had 91 with 20 stroke allowance. tt o tt IN spite of the cold weather, eighteen teams took part in the mixed two ball foursome play in the afternoon, and Mrs. Gordon Cloyd and W. F. Bockwalter took first honors with a gross 92 and 23 handicap for a net 69. Prizes were awarded for first, third, fifth and so on and Mrs. E. C. Hurley and Vance Oathout with 94-20—74 and Dr. and Mrs. G. D. Timons with 99-25—74 tied for third. Mrs. Vance Oathout and E. C. Hurley with 104-28 —76 took, fifth j and Mrs. W. F. Bookwalter and Gordon Cloyd captured tenth with 104-21—83. The Krutsingers and the Wassons swapped marital partners and tied for fifteenth place. Mrs. E. C. j Krutsinger and Herb Wasson scored a 118 with 32 handicap for net 86,; while Mrs. Wasson and Mr. Krut- j singer did a 110 with 24 handicap for the same count. The last prize for eighteenth place went to Mrs. A. S. Rowe and 93 net. 00# BIG DAVE MITCHELL, who for years has made South Grove his headquarters, was at Coffin for the week-end and was very happy today over his performance. Saturday he went out in par 37, and then dropped twenty-foot putts on Nos. 11 and 12 for birdies and captured another when he approached dead to the needle on No, 14. The trip home in 32 was for a total of 69, three under perfect figures. 000 YESTERDAY Dave mixed up in j a fo-irsame with Ralph Stone- i house, Maurlfce Feeney anti Bert : Bruder and \Raiph had to sink a 1

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deuce on the last hole and break par with a 71 to beat Dave’s even par 72. Ralph three-putted No. 6 and No. 17, but Dave hit out of bounds trying to steer one on No. 15, so the argument was about even. Feeney had 76 and Bruder 82. 000 THE Sunday play at Riverside was just one foursome short of 300, Mrs. Grace Marie Mullen, new starter, reported. Mrs. Mullen formerly sold tickets and was starter at Sarah Shank. She and Miss Anna Gividen exchanged places this year. Mrs. Mullen said the wind caused almost a dead drop off of customers after noon, 000 Russell stonehouse showed the boys it is possible to hit par, even against the strong wind, if you play your shots right. He did a 71, while other members of the foursome, Vai McLeay, club president, hit 81; Herb Stewart, 83, and Charles Babcock, 84. All reported the course in fine shape. Elizabeth dunn, city and state champion, was playing under wraps Sunday. After knocking out a neat 78 on opening day a week ago, Elizabeth came back yesterday for an 83. She bemoaned the fact she had numerous chances to better that count. Indoor Polo Title Series Under Way Chicago Team Bows to N. Y. Five in Opener. By United Press CHICAGO, April 23.—The national indoor polo championships will be resumed tomorrow night at the 124th Field Artillery armory, with interest centering on the second game .between the New York Athletic Club and the Chicago Riding Club. The New York team defeated Chicago, 9-8, in the opening game Saturday night before a crowd of 12.000, largest ever to see an indoor polo game in the west. Buddy Coombs, No. 2 on the New York team, shot the tying goal after the whistle had blown, and then made the winning goal on the first play of the overtime period. The Cleveland Riding Club defeated the Boulder Brook (N. J.) team, 11 to 5. in the first Rime for the national junior title. Both series will be on a basis of two victories in three games. TULSA U. ADDED TO MISSOURI CONFERENCE By United Press GRINNELL, la., April 23.—Tulsa university, Tulsa, Okla., has been made a member of the Missouri Val- ; ley Athletic Conference; Dr. E. D. Strong, secretary of the conference, I announced today. Another school also would be added today, making the circuit one of eight members.

BASEBALL OPENING DAY TOMORROW 3 P. M. INDIANS TOLEDO Box Seats, $1.25 Reserved Grandstand, $1 Grandstand, 75c Bleacher Seats, 40c

Southern Champ Francis x. shields, expected to be on the United States Davis cup team, had a hard time holding his Mason-Dixon tennis title, but finally managed to overcome Bitsy Grant in the tourney at White Sulphur Springs. W. Va., to keep the crown.

Indians Score Even Break on Road and Are Eager for Perry Stadium 1934 inaugural Tilt Killefer’s Pastimers Trounce Birds. 11-4, in Rainy Sunday Game and Earn Draw in Nightcap: Cooney Shines in Outfield: Turner to Face Hens. BY EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor. With a satisfactory road record of two games won. two lost and one tie, Red Killefer’s Indians were in town today poised to lift the 1934 baseball lid at Perry stadium tomorrow, opposing the Toledo Mud Hens. The Hoosiers landed in the city late last night after making a fast run for it following yesterday's double-header in Columbus where they trounced the champions, 11 to 4. in the first tilt and finished even in the second, 8 and 8, darkness ending hostilities. The Tribesters were compelled to gallop to make the 7:05 tram out of Columbus and they went without food until Dayton, 0., was reached. The Sabbath bill was played on a wet field and with January weather prevailing. Rain fell most of the time, but the Indians were determined to come home with a creditable standing and they fought the champ Red Birds off their feet in the first contest and then stepped out and amassed a 6 to 0 lead in the second only to close in a tie score.

Big Jim Turner, righthander, is slated to pitch the opener at Perry stadium tomorrow afternoon and the guess is that Toledo will use Lefty Bill Perrin, the lad who blanked the Indians in the Mud Hen town. However, Turner gave Perrin a furious argument in that tussle and is expected to thump Steve O’Neill's pastimers here. Joe Sprinz will do the catching as the curtain raises on anew season at the local park. No. 2 for Logan Postponements and the fact that several hurlers were employed in the twin bill at Columbus brought about a change in Manager Killifer's mound assignments for the home stand. Lefty Bob Logan was being saved for tomorrow, but it was necessary to call on him in the first game yesterday after the Red Birds got to Bill Thomas for four runs in the fourth when Mickey Heath walloped a homer with the bases loaded. Logan stopped the champs in their tracks, allowing only two hits in the last five stanzas. The victory went to Logan and it was his second straight of the new season. Bolen, Baringer, Tising and Turner toiled on the Tribe rubber in the second battle, the last named pitching to only one man in the ninth, whom he fanned. The Indians collected fifteen hits in the afternoon opener and twelve in the nightcap. Sigafoos and Bedore got three each in the 11 to 4 triumph and Cooney and Washington nudged the horsehide for three apiece in the second. Johnny Riddle slashed out a hemer -with one mate aboard in the final fracas. Players on Edge Manager Killefer has worked his color bearers into a fighting mood and they are looking forward to giving the home fans a real show. The boys went through snow, sleet, rain and cold weather during their stay in Columbus, but not a single player whimpered, and now everybody is glad to be on the Perry stadium turf and before home crowds. The Indians came within a couple of baseball breaks of returning home with four victories against only one defeat, which would have tied them with Minneapolis for the American Association lead this morning. One of the defeats at Toledo was caused by some careless pitching, and that tie struggle at Columbus yesterday was in the bag for the Hoosiers until after two down in the ninth. It was in this tilt that a side-retiring double play that missed fire gave the Red Birds two extra runs that put them in a position to obtain a draw decision. Cooney Thaws ‘Em Out Johnny Cooney turned in a catch yesterday that helped thaw out the one-thousand fans who defied pneumonia. In the fourth round of the first battle Wilson sent a whistling drive to the fence in right center and Cooney caught up with it after a long run, leaped with one hand and pulled it down before crashing against the barrier. In the ninth of the nightcap Nick Cullop, slugging Columbus outfielder, drove the pellet to the center field fence, a distance of 430 feet, but Cooney gauged it with his eagle eye and dragged it into his glove. It required a long sprint, but Cooney had the legs and Mr. Cullop threw mud all over the place in disgust as his potential home run was turned into a putout.

One Change Likely, With Ernie Playing THERE is an even chance • that Erne Wingard, lanky Indian first sacker, will appear at his old position tomorrow when the Tribe lines up to do battle with the Toledo Mud Hens in the home opener at Perry stadium. Manager Killefer is ready to go with Jimmy Shevlin at the initial comer, but it is felt that Wingard is on the verge of regaining his regular job. Shevlin has been functioning in brilliant fashion in the field, but there is some question about his batting power, although he tore off a triple in one of the Sunday games at Columbus. Wingard has been under the weather recently with a severe cold.

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FIRST GAME INDIANAPOLIS _ AB R H O A E ss 5 0 2 1 1 0 Shevlin. lb 5 0 1 12 0 0 Cooney, cf 5 0 1 2 0 0 Washington, rs 5 0 0 1 0 0 Sigafoos, 2b 5 33 1 2 0 Rosenberg If 5 2 2 2 0 0 Bedore. 3b 5 4 3 1 4 0 Sprinz, c 5 1 2 7 O 0 Thomas, p l o 0 0 3 0 Cotelle 1 0 0 0 0 0 Logan, p 2 110 0 0 Totals 44 11 15 27 10 0 Cotelle batted for T homas in fifth. COLUMBUS AB R H O A E Anderson, cf 5 0 0 2 0 0 Moote. if 5 0 0 3 0 1 Wilson, 2b 4 0 1 1 5 0 Cullop, rs 4 1 1 1 0 0 Hodapp. 3b 3 11110 Myers, ss 2 1 0 2 3 2 Heath, lb 4 1 2 14 0 0 Aneley, c 4 0 2 3 0 0 Ash. p 2 0 0 0 4 0 Spencer, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Blades 1 o 0 0 0 o Tctals 34 4 7 27 13 3 Blades batted for Spencer in ninth. Indianapolis 000 030 152—11 Columbus 000 400 000— 4 Runs batted in—Heath t 4), Shevlin. Rosenberg Bedore (2i, Sprinz 12*, Cotelle, Logan. Two-base hits—Cooney. Bedore. Lee. Three-base hits —Sprinz i2i, Shevlin. Home run—Heath. Stolen bases—Hodapp, Sigafoos <2l. Bedore. Left on bases —Indianapolis 7. Columbus 7. Bases on balls —Off Thomas, 1; off Spencer, 1; off Logan, 3 Struck out—By Thomas, 2; bv Spencer, 1; by Logan. 4. Hits—Off Ash. 10 in 7 1-3 Innings; oil Spencer, 5 in 12-3 Innings; off Thomas, 5 in 4 innings; off Logan. 2 in 5 innings. Balk —Logan. Winning pitcher —Logan. Losing pitcher—Ash. Umpires— Swanson and Johnson. Time —1:50. second game INDIANAPOLIS AB R H O A E Lee ss 3 2 0 2 1 1 Shevlin. lb 4 2 l 9 0 1 Coonev. cf 5 2 3 2 0 0 Washington, rs 5 0 3 0 0 0 Sigafoos. 2b 5 0 1 33 0 Rosenberg. If 4 0 1 1 0 0 Bedore, 3b 3 1 2 0 3 0 Riddle, c 3 1 1 10 0 0 Bolen, p 2 0 0 o 0 0 Baringer, p 1 0 0 0 2 0 Tising, p 0 0 0 0 3 0 Turner, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 35 8 12 27 12 2 COLUMBUS AB R H O A E Anderson, cf 5 0 1 4 0 0 "Moore, If 5 0 3 1 0 0 Wilson. 2b 5 0 0 1 2 0 Cullop. rs 3 1 0 0 0 0 Hodapp, 3b 4 2 2 1 1 0 Myers, ss 3 1 0 2 5 0 Heath, lb 4 0 1 13 1 0 Gooch, c 2 2 1 5 4 0 Teachout, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sims, p 1 0 0 0 1 o Blades 0 1 0 0 0 0 Cross, p O 0 0 0 0 0 O’Dea 1 1 1 0 0 0 Greer, p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Angley 1 0 0 0 0 0 Spencer, p 2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 36 8 9 27 14 0 Blades batted for Sims in fourth. O'Dea batted for Cross in sixth. Angley batted for Greer in seventh. iCalled; darkness; tie.) Indianapolis 320 120 00A—8 Columbus 000 502 001—8 Runs batted in Coonev (3). Washington t2t, Sigafoos. Riddle i2j, Moore 12,i. Wilson. Heath, Gooch (3t. Two base hits—Cooney 121. Gooch, Moore. Home run— Riddle. Stolen base—Lee. Sacrifice-Rid-dle. Double play—Tising to Lee to Shevlin. Left on bases—lndianapolis, 6; Columbus. 10. Base on balls—Off Teachout, 2: off Sims. 1; off Bolen, 6; off Cross. 1; off Baringer, 1; off Spencer. 1; off Tising, 3. Struck out—Bv Sims, 2; by Boien, 5; by Cross. 1; by Soencer, 2; by Turner, 1. Hits—Of Bolen, 2in 3 1-3 innings; off Baringer, 3 in 1 2-3 innings; off Tising. 4 ;n 3 2-3 innings; off Turner, 0 in 1-3 inning; off Teachout, 3 in 1-3 inning: off Sims. 4 in 3 2-3 innings: off Cross, 1 in 2 innings; off Greer. 1 in 1 inning; off Spencer. 2 in 2 innings. Wild pitch—Bolen. Umpires— Johnson and Swanson. Time—2:l6. CENTRAL LEAGUE TO START SEASON MAY 17 By T'uitrd Press CHICAGO, April 23.—The newly formed Central League, a Class B circuit composed cf six clubs, will open the season May 17, President E. w. Dickerson has announced. Formation of the league was completed here Sunday with the addition of Battle Creek, Mich., which will be backed by the Cincinnati Reds. The other clubs are Ft. Wayne, Ind.; Peoria, 111.; Muskegon, Mich.; Grand Rapids, Mich., and Springfield, 111.

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