Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 221, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1935 — Page 16

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By Eddie Ash BABE RISKO OUT OF THE NAVY m m m FIRST CALLED SAILOR PULASKI

i saw the world champion there on the canvas I could hardly believe it, but it was such a pleasant sensation I kept right on knocking him over.” It was Babe Risko speaking, a former sailor out of Uncle Sam’s Navy. Babe is the new middleweight sensation who, as an “unknown,” startled the fistic world recently by flattening the 160-pound champion, Teddy Yarosz of Pittsburgh. The champ was knocked down six times before the referee called a halt to save the title holder from further punishment. It was an ‘overweight” match and the crown did not pass to Risko, but Syracuse Babe is able to make the official middleweight poundage and he will be put to the test tomorrow night in New York, where he meets Vince Dundee, former king of the 160-pound division. - Babe Risko is an ex-bell hop and his real name is Henry Pylkowski. He is a Polish lad. He first fought under the name of Sailor Pulaski. Later he grew to admire Johnny Risko. the Cleveland warhorse heavyweight, adopted the trade name of the Cleveland baker boy and preceded it with Babe. |

a a a Seagoing Champion RISKO took up boxing when he was assigned to the U. S. S. Gilmer. He went on to win the Bcouting beet middleweight title, and at Panama, in 1931, where the Navy holds the annual combined Atlantic and Pacific championship, he captured the 160-pound crown. The Syracuse mauler annexed the Service championship again in 1932, but there was no qualified opponent for him in 1933. After the time spent on the U. S. S. Gilmer, Risko served on the Concord, Arkansas and Dobbin. His capacity was carpenter's mate. He returned to his home last year. The Babe's manager is Gabe Geno/ese, an ex-bar-ber of Syracuse. The youngster spent ten months fighting ,n small towns, taking what he could get in the way of earnings, and it seldom amounted to much. The manager of champion Teddy Yarosz thought it a picnic to go to Scranton and let his meal ticket punch Risko full of holes. The upset followed and the name Babe Risko flashed across the country and Yarosz returned to Pittsburgh on crutches and thoroughly disillusioned. ana Umpire Is Announcer HARRY GEISEL of the American League umpire staff, will be guest announcer at the TiniesLegion Golden Gloves boxing show at the Armory tomorrow night. Mr. Geisel was umpire-in-chief in the seventh and last game of the 1934 world series when Ducky Wucky Medwick drew a fruit shower from the Detroit bleachers. Speaking of the world series it has been learned that Judge K. M. Landis next year will restore the customary authority to the umpires with the exception of naming the amount of player fines when the athletes go haywire. The umpires will be invested with their old rights of banishing the players from the classic the same as during the regular season. The umpires did not possess this “privilege” last fall. Commissioner Landis usurped it. a a a Problems of a Coach IT'S a good idea to have a couple of good, big men on your basketball team. Coach Rollie Williams of the University of lowa agrees, but you have your troubles with them, nevertheless. Williams, whose Hawkeye squad is leading the Big Ten. had to work out a plan whereby his team could travel by day, because Ivan Blackmer, 6 feet 5 inches, and Mat Walsh, 6 feet 6 inches, couldn't get any rest doubled up in Pullman berths at night. a a a Bou'liritf in the Dark AFTER having rolled a 220 and a 209 game, Vernie Croslev, Evansville bowler, started in on his third string. Right in the middle of it the lights blew r out in the building, leaving the slides in darkness. A couple of Vernie’s friends held flashlights on the pins while he finished his third game. A spare in the tenth frame, and a strike in his extra block gave him another 209 game, for a series of 638.

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Sarpolis Slated to Face McMillen in Mat Melee

A main go match between Karl (Doc) Sarpolis and Jim McMillen is in the making for the Armory next Tuesday night. Lloyd Carter, matchmaker, has signed Sarpolis and expects to close with McMillen tonight. The heavyweights will appear on the weekly Hercules A. C. wrestling program.

Point Getters By Nat Holman

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•PARTICULARLY effective is this Dasketball play featuring the double back-tap. The forward, X-4, feints in for the tap, cutting close behind center, 0-1. X-l makes a back-tap to X-2; the latter while in mid"air taps oack again to X-3. X-l, immediately after the tip-off, cuts around X-4 and 0-4 to receive a loop pass from X-3. Attucks Bolsters Defense for Tilts J. Beck Makes Top Bid for Forward Berth. With the loss of Harding cutting down on the height of the squad, Coach Radford Morris is stressing defense in basketball drills at Crispus Attucks High School this week. The Attucks courtmen face a strenuous week-end, meeting Ellettsville here Friday and traveling to Morgantown Saturday. The tilt with Morgantown will mark the first net meeting of the two schools. With Harding declared ineligible, the leading candidate for the forward berth is J. Beck. The Attucks Tigers have played 10 games to date, winning six and losing four, and have 12 left on the schedule. The school is considering a plan to send the team to the National Negro tourney in Gary in March, if the Tigers wind up the season with a creditable showing.

Indianapolis Times Sports

Field of 107 Eager Boxers Awaits Annual Times-Legion Golden Gloves Tournament Opening Session of Fistic Carnival Set for Tomorrow Night at Armory; Title Winners to Represent City in Champions’ Meet at Chicago. A field of approximately 107 high-grade fighters awaits the opening tomorrow night of the annual Times-Legion Golden Gloves tournament at the local Armory. In addition to the glory that goes with Golden Glove titles, the eight Open class winners in the respective weight divisions will receive free trips to Chicago to represent Indianapolis in the Mid-West Tournament

The two grapplers are former Big Ten Conference athletes and are rated high in pro mat circles. Sarpolis, weighing 222, hails from Erie, Pa., and McMillen resides in Chicago. Jim scales 225. McMillen is recognized as one of the five best heavies in the game while Sarpolis, an exponent of the flying hook scissors hold, is boosted as one of the fastest workers in the profession. He held the Big Ten heavyweight mat title a few years ago when he attended the University of Chicago. Jim was a grid ace at the University of Illinois. Lou Plummer, rough Baltimore husky, will be seen in action on the supporting card. Dick Raines, the “Texas Tornado” also has been signed to appear in one of the early tussles. Billiard Ace Visits Local Cue Parlors Kelly Offers Exhibitions at City Rooms. The “Better Billiards” drive sponsored by the National Billiard Association will be resumed here tonight with the appearance of George Kelly, widely-known cue expert. His first major victory was accomplished last year when he won the national pocket billiard title out of a field of ten players. Kelly was runner-up for the world’s title in the 1932 tournament. Tonight the touring ace will open at the Dougherty parlor, 134!i N. Pennsylvaniarst, at 7, and will move to the Uptown Recreation, 4169 College-av at 9:30. Tomorrow he will visit the Columbia Club at 12:30, the Board of Trade at 3:30, the Parkway Recreation, 3358 N. Ulinois-st, at 7 p. m. and close his stand at the Fountain Square Recreation gt 9:30. Kelly will explain the fundamentals of the game as well as give demonstrations of fancy shots. The exhibitions will be free to the public, including women. Ross-Klick Title Fight Is Postponed By Times Special MIAMI, Fla., Jan. * 24.—The world’s junior welterweight title fight scheduled here tonight between Barney Ross, defending champion, and Frankie Klick has been postponed because of cold weather which struck Miami early today. According to an announcement made by W. S. Farnsworth, New York, one of the promoters, the bout will be held next Monday night. Arrangements have been made at Miami Stadium to handle a crowd of 20,000

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, JANUARY 24,1935

of Champions. When eifiries closed last midnight, a total of 107 boxers from Indianapolis and nearby cities had registered with tourney officials. Physical and weight requirements were expected to keep the list near the century mark. Between 25 and 30 bouts are expected to be staged at the first session of the threenight tournament. Opponents are selected by draw. Only fighters with amateur standing are eligible to compete. Nineteen contenders from the Federal Emergency Relief Adminis-. tration’s Marion County recreation committee were among late entrants.. The list also was swelled by a team of six sluggers from Ft. Benjamin Harrison training camp. Fort Champions Enter Two veteran battlers who won their way to the Tournament of Golden Gloves Champions at Chicago last year will lead the Ft. Harrison team in the local event. They are John Chesnus, Marion County middleweight Open class champiorf, and Carl Maxwell, bantamweight. Maxwell also is in the Open class. Other members of the Ft. Harrison team are Mike Kmet, runnerup to Chesnus in the last Times-Legion tourney; Jack Coffelt, heavyweight, Open; Earl R. Clark, welterweight, Open, and Howard E. Bowles, welterweight, Novice. The FERA entry consists of George Hoyt, Arthur McTerry and Leslie Lewis, middleweight, Novice; Claude Williams, middleweight, Open; Chester Capehart and Forest Euliss, welterweights, Open; Alvin Ruble, John earner and Joe Gettys, welterweights, Novice; George Lefferts, Frank Prater and Ray Mumbaugh, lightweights, Novice; James Long, featherweight, Novice; Lloyd Harzig, flyweight, Novice, and William De Werre, Bob Leach and Clemit Cummings, Novice. The lgst three have not listed their divisions. Heavyweight List Boosted Three more representatives from the local South Side Turners Club, from whence comes a large list of well-trained glove throwers and several city-county champions, also have signed up—Dave Buis, lightweight, Open, runnerup in the Marion County championships; Tommy LaFever, flyweight, Novice, and Ralph Sherman, lightweight, Novice. Anew addition to the heavyweight Open contenders is Marshal Kealing, from the Colonial Athletic Club. He has fought in previous Golden Gloves meets. Other late entries include Charlie Benson, Washington A. C., middleweight, Novice; Tim Lentz, Colonial A. C., flyweight, Novice; Ed Brawn, flyweight, Novice, unattached and Carroll Wells, flyweight, Open, unattached. Organizations sending entrants, in addition to those already mentioned, include the Newcastle (Ind.) Athletic Club, the F & K Health Club, the Olympic A. C., the local downtown Y. M. C. A., the local Negro Y. M. C. A. and a number of others. A sizeable list of unattached fighters from both here and other cities has been registered. Bouts Are Three Rounds Tomorrow night’s session of the tournament, to be held at the National Guard Armory, 711 N. Penn-syivania-st, will open at 8 o’clock. The second round of bouts will be Feb. 1 and the finals, Feb. 15, All bouts will be for three two-minute rounds, with a winner to be decided in each encounter. A staff of six reliable officials has been appointed. Tickets for Golden Gloves boxing are on sale at Haag’s Claypool Hotel pharmacy. Prices for tomorrow night and Feb. 1 are 75 cents ringside reserved and 40 cents general admission. Prices for the finals on Feb. 15 will be $1 ringside and 50 cents general admission. Only reserved seats are on sale at Haag's. General admission ducats will go on sale at the Armory tomorrow at 6 p. m. Kilonis Is Obtained for Hall Mat Bout “Gentle” John Kilonis, veteran Greek mat ace, was signed yesterday to meet Johnny (Swede) Carlin in the feature match of the wrestling show at Tomlinson Hall Monday night. Kilonis, a light-heavyweight, is one of the more widely-known Greek matmen. He has been a headline attraction for several years, and is known as one of the original “meanies.” Charles Leigh of Texas, whose attack is featured by a head-lock hold, has been secured to appear in another feature. The matchmaker is searching for a strong opponent for the powerful Texas middleweight. A third bout will be arranged later.

College Net Scores

STATE Ball State, 22; De Pauw, 18. NATIONAL Army, 29; North Carolina. 19. Navy. 55; Western Maryland. 20. Wooster. 55; John Carroll. 26. Vanderbilt, 47; Sewanee, 21.

H. S. Net Scores

LOCAL Ben Davis, 24: Washington (Indianapolis), 23. STATE St. Mary's (Anderson), 26; Southport, 16. North Vernon, 24; Salem, 12. Greenfield, 24; Knightstown, 20. Argos. 39; Pulton, 15. Rushville, 23; Martinsville, 22, Windfall. 27; Frankton, 3h

Amateur Maulers Keyed for Action

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Left to Right—Charlie Benson, middleweight; Harry (Blackie) Silverman, flyweight, and Bill Brownlee, lightweight, all of the local Washington A. C.

Three young gentlemen who are about to learn whether they can “take it” in top-notch amateur ring competition—but they aren’t “scared any.” The glove wielders shown in the picture are contenders in the Novice class of the annual Times-Legion

OFF THF? BACKED AHB WUHHHUHMB by PAUL BOXFT l fM'illlil—lMlMlP

THE state slate for tomorrow night, it appears to Backboard, is chock full of catch-as-catch-can tussles and loaded to the muzzle with potential upsets. Picking the “winnahs” is something akin to making the blindfold test. So Backboard ties his bandana across his eyes and goes to work. a a a a a a SHORTRIDGE and Cathedral furnish the biggest commotion in the local fireworks, tangling at the Butler Fieldhouse . . . the Irish probably will show improved form, but a glance at the record sheet is enough to warrant a nod at Shortridge . . . Backboard resists the temptation, given impetus by the city tourney, to dust off his double-headed

flipping coin. Tech goes to Lebanon and it looks like the Green Goalmen are in for more trouble . . . Lebanon is no “great shakes” in the hoop circles this semester, but the Tigers have proven tough to vanquish in their home playhouse .. . picking Lebanon. Manual by 10 points over Beech Grove, says I, and Southport over Evansville’s Reitz. Jeffersonville’s colossal Red Devils haven’t lost an argument in 15 disputes, so why disagree with them now? . . . although Bosse of Evansville stands a good chance to give the Demons a tougher battle than they are looking for . . . Kokomo’s Donnie Matchett will be recovering from a rebellion by his tonsils until about Feb. 1 . . . so it seems the Wildcats will have no more chance at Anderson than they had against Richmond last week . . . not that Kokomo is a one-man Matchett team—what with Cleo Maddox leading the N. C. I. C. scoring . . . but Donnie is a big help . . . picking the Indians a a a THE headliner, all-star, scintillating and most talkedabout revue on tomorrow night’s fare is the return engagement of Logansport's Berries and Jefferson’s Bronchos at Jeff of Lafayette. The advance popularity of this important squabble is nearly equal to the pre-game furor created by the Logansport-Jeffer-sonville affair. u a u The game is important in that the North Central Conference leadership and perhaps the championship is at stake. In addition, the Bronchos will be trying hard to make up for their only lacing to date, handed them by the Berries early in the season. One of the hottest games of last season occurred when the Wellsmen made their invasion of the Jeff gym. The Berries were ahead, 27-24, with less than two minutes to play when Bogan and Korty banked in flash shots for the Bronchos, and the state-champs-to-be went down to defeat. a a a Cliff Weils’ snipers petrified the Bronchos with their uncanny sniping in the early game this campaign. But, taking inventory of the Berries’ slide since that time (which this corner believes was entirely unintential), and the consistently strong performances of the Jeffmen, Backboard again goes against the grain and picks Abie Masters’ Bronchos—by an ear. a tt a BEDFORD was brought down (or up) to the level of its comembers in the S. H. B. (Southern Hot Bed) when the Stonecutters bowed to Washington’s Hatchets last week . . . other S. H. B. members are Bloomington, Vincennes, Jasper, Sullivan a.id New Albany . . . Bedford invades Bloomington . . . the Panthers are moving at a fast clip, but Bedford isn’t out—yet ... in fact. Backboard's intuition says the Freeman fighters will rare up to win by a slight edge . . . Another S. H. B. ccntcct will pit New Albany against Jasptr . . . with Marty Gosman and Cos. of Jasper playing on their home floor, an upset sounds plausible

.. .so here's a vote for Jasper.

Mr. Everett Case takes his re-

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Golden Gloves tournament which opens at the Armory tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. They have the privilege of transferring to the Open class in case they emerge winners in their respective divisions of the Novice competition.

versible Hot Dogs to Richmond . . . Frankfort sailed through Crawfordsville, but Morton is another macter . . . the boys keep saying: “Frankfort will get going pretty soon” . . . but Backboard has just about given up ... so he puts his seal on Richmond. Newcastle has struck the skids —more or less . . . but it seems the Trudge’s know all the answers to Mr. Pete Jolly’s problems, as evidenced by two verdicts over the Bearcats already . . , the Trojans dropped two straight last week, but r hey go up and down in cycles . . . and they’re due to turn up again . . . a a a And don’t peep, “turn up with what?” a a a Upset No. 3 . . . Martinsville to sneak one over on Shelbyville’s

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fast-steppnig Golden Bears . . . ’null spoken . . . a a a Raving on: Vincennes to submerge Brazil, Franklin to trim Columbus, Washington to manhandle Central of Evansville, Connersville to outkick Greensburg, Noblesville to capture the Hamilton County tournament, thus running the Miller streak to 18 in a row! . . , and Marion to wallop Wabash, thus snaring victory No. 16 for the Giants. a a a A FINE mess our sectional show is in now! Decatur Central flashes tournament form in knocking Ben Davis for the county crown, Washington pops Shortridge within the city limits, then Ben Davis turns around and kayoes our city champions. What a happy little family we’ll have on that Tech hardwood in the late February reunion! a a a According to reports from Greencastle, Ball State’s second victory of the season over De Pauw last night marked the first time in many, many moons that the venerable rivals haven’t split their seasonal meetings. PENN STATE FIVE WINS By United Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Jan. 24. Penn State’s basketball team today celebrated another victory, the 46-to-20 defeat handed the Lock Haven Teachers. Penn State led at the half, 31 to 11, largely through the efforts of Frank Smith and Mike Kornick, both guards.

Washington Is Edged Out by Ben Davis Five Rally by City Champs Cut Short as Visitors Win, 24-23. The Ben Davis court squad upset the Washington Continentals, city high school champions, in an exciting tilt at the Washington gym last night, 24 to 23. Johnson, flashy guard, kept things humming for the visitors as they piled up a 7 to 0 margin in the first quarter and extended it to 17 to 7 at the half. The Continentals settled down to a tight defensive game in the second half and whittled the handicap to one point with but a few minutes to play. But Ben Davis tightened and the gun cracked with the Giants still holding the slim margin. Summary: Washington i23). Ben Davis (24). FG FT PF FG FT PF Hooser.f .. 4 2 2 Bohanan.t. 0 0 0 Sartor,f... 0 0 0 Fincnum.f 10 0 Lasley.c... 4 0 1 Price.c . 3 0 2 Dietz.g ... 1 0 0 Johnson,g .32 3 Emrich.g 0 1 3 Hiatt.g .. . 1 33 Kasnak.f . 0 0 3 Kriel.g 0 0 0 Copeland.g 1 0 O.Dowden.g 110 Totals ..10 5 9 : Totals ..9 6 8 Referee—Messersmith. Umpire E. Baker. Redskins in Workout Free throw drills and defensive formations were directed by Coach Ora Bridgeford in the Manual workout yesterday as the Redskin cagers polished off for their tilt tomorrow night at home against Beech Grove. Play Saturday Night Week-end cage activities will be carried on by three local teams on Saturday night. Tech will return home from Lebanon to tangle with the Columbus Bulldogs, Broad Ripple and Plainfield will clash at the Shortridge gym, and Crispus Attuck will journey to Morgantown. Coach Taylor Hoffar’s Bulldogs have few victims to point to thus far this season and are anxious to bolster their standing with a victory over the Techmen. Coach Ed Diederich has been holding long workouts at Ripple in an attempt to stem the strong Plainfield five. Plainfield plays undefeated Pittsboro tonight, City Rivals Polish The Cathedral netters drilled at length on scoring plays and defensive formations yesterday in preparation for the tilt with Shortridge Friday. The Irish may lose the services of veteran John Shiel, who is inactive with a leg injury. Basket shooting practice from the field and foul line and drills on floor plays are featuring rehearsals at the Blue Devil gym. Packers to Test Queen City Squad Hilgemeiers in Action at Pennsy Gym Sunday. The next opponent of the Hilgemeier Packers, undefeated in 14 starts this season, will be the Becker’s Clothes team of Cincinnati. Tha teams will tangle Sunday at tha Pennsy gym. The Cincinnati team has won 17 of 18 games this season and boasts a strong lineup of former college and high school stars from the Queen City vicinity. Among them is Bob Fredericks, former Holy Cross basketball and baseball star. Sunday’s contest will follow a prelim game between the Indianapolis Midways and East End Dairy teams.