Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 233, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 February 1935 — Page 20

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By Eddie Ash BULLY FOR PURDU E AND LAMBERT mm* AND INDIANA IS NOT FAR AWAY

Coach Ward (Piggry) Lambert has his Purdue University basketball team well on the way toward another Big Tn title. The half-way mark in the torrid race finds Purdue on top the heap with five wins and one defeat. Indiana University is the only other team which has lost but one Conference contest, but the Hoosiers have played only four league opponents so far. The Boilermakers will journey east to play Fordham at New York Saturday night and Temple at Philadelphia Monday night before resuming play in the Western Conference. Indiana will have a battle on Its hands at the Crimson fieidhouse Saturday night, meeting the strong Minnesota squad. -On paper the teams look evenly matched since they are the only two Coherence members which have been able to defeat lowa.

Keep Dates in Mind IF Indiana and Purdue both keep on winning, their own series should pack the Jefferson gym and the Indiana fleldhouse to the rafters. The first game is scheduled Feb. 18 at Lafayette while the second will be played at Bloomington one week later. Both dates are on Monday nights^ During the 16 years Lambert has been coach at Purdue the Boilermakers have a big edge in their series with Indiana, having won 18 out of 22 games. In addition to Indiana, Purdue will h.’ve to hurdle Illinois, Wisconsin, Ohi"> State and Northwestern .before it ran clinch the Big Ten 'title. Illinois handed the Boilermakers their only setback in the first game between the two schools at Urbana. Northwestern. Wisconsin and Ohio State also promise to pave a rocky road for the Lambert men to follow. Indiana still has eight conference games to play. They must meet lowa and Wisconsin once each and Purdue. Northwestern and Minnesota twice each. It's a tough assignment for the fast-stepping Hoosiers. lowa will be met at Bloomington Monday. m m m Trainer Lotshaw Calls SPORTING a brand new car. Ardy Lotshaw returned to the old home town yesterday and chinned with some of the boys ne used to know in local diamond circles. Lotshaw is the trainer of the Chicago Cubs of the National League and the Chicago Bears of the National Pro Football League. Andy is making his annual visit here before packing up for sprir® training at Catalina Island, off the coast of California. In the old days Lotshaw was the home run king of the minor leagues and in 1917 helped Indianapolis win the American Association pennant and little world series. He played first base or the outfield. Lotshaw was to give Chuck Klein the once-over today and pass an opinion on the weak leg of the Cubs’ flv chaser. Chuck is doing a little road work now and is confident his underpinning soon will be as strong as ever. He is under the treatment of Jim Pierce, trainer of the Louisville club, who resides here. Klein has not siered a 1935 contract, but declares he is not a hold out. He will go to Chicago shortly to debate the question with Cub officials. It is said the Hoosier Hercules is satisfied with salary terms but wants a two-year contract at the figures offered rather than just for one year. a m m Cochrane Always Alert TOE WILLIAMS. New York Worldsi Telegram sports columnist. Is hobnobbing in Florida taking in the sunshine. The colonel is a firm believer in the "June in January" idea. He ran across Mickey Cochrane down there and soon learned that the Tiger manager never lets his thoughts drift away from his ball club. The Mick’s problem this winter is to remove the "Dean brothers’ curse" from the mind of Schoolboy Rowe, ace Tiger pitcher. Joe Williams is lavish in his tribute to Cochrane Ho writes: "Mentally Mickey works the whole year through. I doubt that even the owner of the Detroit Club realizes how deeply Interested Mr. Cochrane is in the possible success of the Tigers. When I say this. I have in mind some of the managers of the Tigers—and also a mid-Victorian picture of the owner of the Tigers. To be brutally frank, the owner of the Tigers never suspected there was such a guy as Mr. Cochrane until he finally came along. *T said early last fall—being, if I must, a bit of I-told-you-so-about-the Tigers—that the greatest baseball deal of the year was the one which brought Mr. Cochrane to the Tiger*. "It requires no mental depth to ma<e such a statement. The Tigers had a good pitching staff in the raw. the Tigers needed a catcher, they also needed a manager. Mr. Cochrane was the answer to all three. On top of that he imbued the club with an unbelievable will-to-win spirit."

Here's Yale Again XT'ALE is king of the upsetters. X Who will forget the defeat of Princeton by the New Haven Bulldogs last football season? It startled the sports world. And last night the mighty New York University basket - ball team, boasting a string of 27 consecutive victories, invaded the home of the tenacious Bulldog and dropped an overtime contest. Yale is tough. There's anew spirit over there and the Eli boys really ficht. They refuse to admit defeat and when * setback does occur the Bulldogs will be found scratching and biting to the old bitter end. It takes a powerful foe to outscore ths Blue at anything nowadays.

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L. S. Pratt Posts New Skeet Record Breaks 129 Targets in Row at Local Range. Anew state skeet record was posted yesterday when L. S. Pratt, crack local marksman, shattered 129 consecutive clay birds at the Indianapolis Skeet Club, 16th-st and Emerson-av. Mr. Pratt held the record last year at 104 straight breaks, but that mark was topped by C. p. Free of Indianapolis at 124 in a row. Mr. Pratt also is Midwest Open champion and holds the state title m the VlO event, with 47 breaks in 50 targets. L U. TO PLAY NEBRASKA By Timru Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Feb. 7. The Indiana University football team will meet Nebraska in 1936 and 1937. it has been announced here. The first game will be played Oct. 17, at Lincoln. Date for the second contest, also to be played at Lincoln, has not been set.

OFF IHfMDMMII vhb wammmmmmmmHmsX by paul BaxELLmmmmmummsm BACKBOARD squared away and took a good look at the pairings for tomorrow night's goings-on. "Dogonnit.” muttered he. “Every time I hit 'em off right and get the folks to thinking I'm right up with Walt Winchell when it comes to this prediction stuff along cum?* an extra-tough week to queer me. Walt’s prettv good on those blessed evtrts, but he steers clear of Hoosier basketball ”

If you will go back into the history of the past week you’ll find that the above soliloquy refers to th'i mutterer’s p.cking performance of lost week when he named 16 winners in 20 tussles. But that was last week. Tomorrow night's bill is crammed full of upsets and fiip-the-nickel outcomes. Ah, well, go out and flip jour nickel with the rest of ’em, Backboard. The folks out there want to check up on the schedule, anyhow. a a a Washington at Xoblesville . . . might as well dig right in with a tough one . . . picking Noblesville because IS straight walk-awaj’s are too good to turn down . . . our city champs will give ’em a better fight than they've had for many a week, though . . . Cathedral at Southport . . . the Irish have improved but it's difficult to gauge just how much . . . I’ll risk a cake or two on ’em . . . Bedford at Franklin . . . the death struggle of the going-downers . . . somebody’s going to hit rock bottom and who more aptly than the Stonecutters? . . . Tech at Connersville ... if this show were on the Tech stage. Backboard's bouquet would go to the Cannons . . . but since the performance is down thar he's selecting the Spartans to plow through by a point or two ... Bloomington at Newcastle . . . yep, you're right, Billie of Bloomington. Backboard does give the nod to the Trojans . . . and j’ou're right again—what difference does that make? Brazil at Jeffersonville ... a devilish affair . . . the Red Devils vs. the Red Devils ... or, in case that confuses j’ou, the Demons vs. the Demons ... Backboard is tempted to sneak out of it by picking the • Satans” . . . but that still being elusive he comes right out and saj’s, of course, Jeffersonville . . . Brazil knocked off Greencastle Tuesday night, which tabs the Red Devils i Brazil) as a powerful outfit in any event . . . Shelby rille at Columbus . . . the Bulldogs aio the most up-and-com-ing quintet in the state . . . though Backboard can't figure out why after watching then against Tech ... so he strings with those steady Bears . .. a a a And white on the subject of ShelbyTitle. Backboard slip* off the Friday nicht routine and steps over into the Saturday nicht ronfusion lone enouch to take a jab at a came there . . . out comes that faithful nirkel. and—of all thine*! —it's heads! ... so, can't snitch, cotta ‘trine with those Blue Devils by a few points. * a a Rushville at Greenfield—'Turning back the calendar to Friday again . . . tagging Rushville's Lions cn the basis of performances turned in by both teams against boys of our home town last week. Martinsville at Greencastle . . . Martinsville upset Bedford the Tiger Cubs fell to Brazil—so what? . . . get out that coin. Backboard . . . all ready, flip . . . and it saj-s Greencastle. by a head . . . Logansport at Frankfort . . . the ole' boy's been doing so well by Frankfort that he goes right ahead and chooses the champion Berries without a qualm, quiver or quip. Richmond at Muncie . . . the

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Champ Opens Way for Ring Go With Louis Baer Is Willing to Battle Detroit Negro for Title, He Declares. By United Prctt SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7 Heavyweight Champion Max Baer has no intentions of drawing the “color line” in defending his title, he said on his arrival here to “see my folks.” Ancil Hoffman, his busy little manager, agreed from his ranch at Roseville. ‘‘Max will fight a Negro for the title, but that’s all,” Hoffman said today. They may be called before the end of the year for a showdown on their statements should Joe Louis, Detroit Negro, continue to develop at the pace he has maintained since making his professional debut. Boxing men who recalled the inability of promoters to match Jack Dempsey and Harry Wills, the great Negro of Dempsey’s time, had been inclined to believe that Baer also would draw the line against Louis. The nation’s No. 1 boxing partnership, however, refuses to agree to meet Leroy Haynes, a Los Angeles Negro, on a card now T being planned. The card is being arranged as a benefit for Mrs. Frankie Campbell, widow of a boxer who died while fighting Baer in Recreation Park here. It tentatively has been set for Feb. 15. Baer has consented to appear against any opponent the state boxing commission may select, but not against Haynes. Fred Feary, a Stockton (Cal.) youth who once held a national amateur title, has been mentioned as a possible opponent.

Bearcats had their day against the Frankfurters —now they’ll return to form and fall before the Red Devils. a a a Anderson at Jeff of Lafayette— The Jeffmen to salt away the North Central Conference “peanut” in a tilt that will be tighter than a size 4 derby on your correspondent's thatch should he hit hal& of these right . . . which means, you’re concluding, that the tilt won’t be so close alter all. . . . a a a Flash! Flash; The word has just arrived via Backboard’s grapevine telegraph that the Washington-Cathedral battle set for Feb. 15 has been recharted from the Washington gym to the Butler fieldhouse —Feb. 15, at the Fairview fieldhouse it is, folks. a a a Knightstown to trip Broad Ripple, says I, Manual to trounce the county champs at Decatur Central, Marion to trim Alexandria, Kokomo to trap Lebanon, New Albany to tree Vincennes, Peru to transgress Delphi, and Washington to trample Seymour. a a a No! No! A thousand times no! The movement to revise our timemellowed state basketball tournament was thought dead for this season at least. But now it pops up again in the suggestion that anew round of eliminations be inserted in the tournament setup. The scheme, agitated by a few things our state Legislature has NOT done, would have one sectional and two regionals to precede the state finals at the Butler fieldhouse. Thus, under this new-fangled system the sectionals would be held a week earlier and only four teams would come to Indianapolis for the final round. Great Scott! FOUR TEAMS in our great, glittering grand finale! The lease on the Butler fieldhouse by the I. H. S. A. A. still has two j'ears to run under the present tournament stipulation. Four teams here in a one-day event would not bring in enough revenue to pay for the use of the fieldhouse. How are you going to overcome that? a a a WHAT'S wrong with our handsome Hoosier tourney as it has been staged for the past 24 years? The fans aren’t kicking—they love it for what it is—the boys who play aren't kicking—the coaches aren't kicking—the physicians aren't kicking—the majority of the sports scribes aren't kicking. What's all the fuss about? a a a It may be the old-fashionedness in me, but I'm of the strictly personal opinion that, our present 16team final being the colorful and wholesome classic it is. it's best to “let well enough alone.” Drastically changing it will be the surest way to topple basketball from the high, proud place it holds in Indiana. City H. S. Cage Card FRIDAY Knightstown at Broad Ripple. Cathedral at Southport. Manual at Decatur Central. Tech at Connersville. Washington at Noblesville. StinesviUe at Crtspua Attacks. SATYRDAY Martinsville at Cathedral. Shelbvville at Shortridge. Newcastle at Tech. Peru at Washington. Masonic Home at Manual. Broad Ripple at Brownsburg. Crispns Attucks at Louisville. ICE BOAT FINALS CARDED fly l ailed Pre*i KALAMAZOO, Mich., Feb. 7. Final races of the Gull Lake ice boat regatta were to be run today. The Fritz, owned by Fred Jungbluth, Madison, Wis., showed its heels to all the heavier Class A craft in yesterday's competition.

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Left to right—Niles Freeland, forward; George Miller, guard; Jerry Neuman, forward.

Although sophomores hold all but two of the berths on the Western Michigan State basketball team which will invade Butler at the locaj, fieldhouse Saturday night, the Kalamazoo (Mich), quintet has dropped only three games in eleven starts. Two of the losses were before the Christmas holidays, to Purdue and Michigan, and the other to Te Paul of Chicago in a hectic battle. Niles Freeland is the speediest man on the West-

Made-to-Order * Brawl ’ Lined Up by Matchmaker Davis and Marshall Secured by Carter to Collide in Top Mat Scuffle at Armory Tuesday. It’s going to be ‘‘every man for himself” It the Armory next Tuesday night. At least, this is expected to hold true insofar e.s the wrestlers are concerned.

H. S. Fives Await Week-End Action Local Teams Priming for 13 Encounters. City high school basketball teams are making final preparations for another full week-end of court activities. Thirteen games will be played by seven local quintets. The Manual netters were released from drills yesterday by Coach Bridgeford, with a light workout on tap for the Redskins this afternoon. The South Siders will play at Decatur Central tomorrow night and meet Masonic Home of Franklin at the Manual gym Saturday night. A long scrimmage was the order of practice for Coach Peterman’s Shortridge Blue Devils. Lighter drills were expected today. The Blue Devils will play one game this week-end, meeting Shelbyville here Saturday. Coach Campbell sent the Tech nemien through a general drill yesterday. The Green sqiad will be seeking its fourth stra ; ght victory at Connersville tomorrow night ar.d will meet Newcastle in a conference fray here Saturday. Cathedral is handicapped by the loss of Johnny Shiel, who is ill with pneumonia and probably will be inactive the rest of the season. Coach Djenhart will take the Irish cagers to Southport tomorrow night. Saturday night they will entertain Martinsville. The Broad Ripple Rockets are being put through the places this week by Coaches Ed Diederich and Frank Baird. Knightstown will invade the Ripple gym tomorrow night and the Rockets will journey to Brownsburg Saturday. Coach Radford Morris is preparing his Crispus Attucks quintet for battles with Stinesville here tomorrow night and Central at Louisville. Ky., Saturday. LONDOS DEFEATS INVADER READING, Pa., Feb. 7—Jim Londos, world’s heavyweight wrestling champion, used a leg split to force Tom Alley, Australia, to quit after '454 minutes of their match here last night.

ern State varsity and has seen action in all the games. Jerry Neuman is a aard-driving forward and George Miller is a great defensive player and star passer. Other members of the squad include Capt. John Miller, guard; Dave Arnold, 6-foot-3-inch center; Devon Smith, a Delphi (Ind.) product; Carl Fischer and George Word. The Hilltoppers will play Earlham College at Richmond the night before coming to Indianapolis to meet Butler.

Matchmaker Lloyd Carter, who promotes the Tuesday night mat shows at the Armory for the Hercules A. C., has l;ned up a pair of “naturals” for the top bout and the semi-windup tussle. Featuring the card will be a battle between Big Boy Davis, 236, the two-fisted and lion-like Columbus (O.) grappler, and Everett Marshall, 218, the high-powered Colorado ace, who can be as gentle as*a lamb one minute and as ferocious as a trapped wild cat the next. It is a made-to-measure “brawl” that promises to attract one of the biggest crowds of the season. Davis has been stepping roughshod over nis opponents here and added another victim to his list last Tuesday when he out-slugged Charlie Strack, the former United States Olympic star. Carter is bringing Tom (Bad Wolf) Marvin, 212, the Oklahoma war horse, here to provide a further test for Billy Edwards, 214, and his widely discussed “chiropractic” hold in the semi-windup. Billy flatter.*! Sol Slagel, 255, with a “chiropractic” last Tuesday. H. S. Net Scores | Tipton. 33; Lebanon. 32. Avon. 29: Brownsburg, 21. Castleton, 41; Alumni, 21. Bainbridge. 21; Roachdale, 17. St. Mary's (Anderson). 28: Decatur Catholic, 19. Emerson (Gary!, 37; Horace Mann (Gary i. 15. Hope. 23; Waldron, 20. Mulberry. 25; Stockwell. 14. Camden. 35; Bossville. 23. College Net Scores Huntington (lud.) College, 42; Adrian (Mich, i College. 34. Navy, 34; Virginia. 25. Harvard. 30; Dartmouth, 19. Yale. 33; New York University. 29 (overtime). Hiram. 39; Kenyon, 33. Wittenberg. 35; Dayton. 20. Ohio Wesleyan. 27; Miami. 22. Wiiliam and Mary. 27; U. M. 1.. 23. Duke. 33: North Carolina. 27. Akron, 36; Denison. 21. Mat shall. 41; Ohio U.. 37. St, Ambrose, 34; Coe. 25. Cincinnati. 37; Loyola i Chicago), 23. De Paul, 54; Detroit U.. 33. Georgia Tech. 25; Auburn. 34. Army. 37; Coast Guard, 23. George Washington. 42; Wake Forest. 25,

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Collegian Pitches With Either Arm Kazimer Xevulis, Michifjan State sophomore, pitches a baseball with either arm. The Amsterdam (X. Y.) product has a varied assortment which he serves up with his ripht. His delivery from the port side is limited to a fast ball and curves.

Nation’s Best Table Net Aces Ready for Western High-Ranking Paddle Experts in All Divisions Will Be Seen in Action Here This Week-End. When the Western Open Table Tennis championships get under way at the National Guard Armory Friday afternoon, Indianapolis paddle enthusiasts will have an opportunity to see a tournament second only to the national event in importance.

The tournament will bring to the city every outstanding paddle player in the middle west, and the most w r ide open battle in the history of the Western in both the men’s and women’s singles divisions, is predicted by those well acquainted with the sport. Officials of the Indianapolis Table Tennis Association have been busy for some time securing outstanding players to compete in this tournament, and they are well pleased with their efforts. The response from the nationally known players has extended beyond their hopes. Only Jimmy McClure of Indianapolis, present holder of the national championship, will be absent. He is in London for the international tournament. The Midwest stars have made more rapid strides than Eastern players in the paddle sport, particularly in the men’s singles, as the national rankings show. Bill Condy of Chicago, second on the national list, and Mark Schlude of St. Louis, third, both will be here in addition to Dick Tindall, ranked fifth. Other high-ranking players who will be present are Ed Lewis, Max Rushakoff and Coleman Clark of Chicago. The women’s singles division ranks right up with the men’s singles in talent, with Trudy Schnur, defending champion, and Jay Purvis, both of Chicago, entered. The men’s singles will get under way Friday at 1 p. m., along with the veterans’ singles and men’s doubles. Women’s singles and mixed doubles will start Saturday afternoon, with semi-finals and finals in all divisions Sunday afternoon. Oaks Entertain Normal OAKLAND CITY, Ind., Feb. 7. Central Normal will attempt to repeat an early season victory over Oakland City when the teams meet in an Indiana Intercollegiate Conference game here tonight.

Indiana Central Five Faces Heavy Firing With the Indiana State game moved up to next Monday, Indiana Central College’s basketball team faces three cage rivals in four nights, beginning with N. C. A. G. U. at University Heights gym tomorrow evening. The third foe for the Greyhounds will be Taylor, at Upland, on Saturday night. The tilt with Indiana State will be played at Terre Haute and had been set for Tuesday. The Sycamores gave Central a close battle here recently. Indiana Central has won 11 games in 14 starts this season and holds second place in the Indiana College Conference standing. ■®\ -E/4/