Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 237, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 February 1935 — Page 12

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By Eddie Ash JESSE OWENS, NEW SPRINT ACE m m • OHIO NEGRO SURE POINT GETTER

JESSE OWENS, Negro star trackster of Ohio State University, took down three firsts and a second (18 points) when the Bucks defeated Indiana University last Saturday in an indoor meet. Keep your attention on this young streak. lie is tagged as the sensation of the Big Ten and looks like a sure shot to land a berth on the United States Olympic team of 1936. Owens is out of Cleveland and when in high school there smashed record after record. You'll hear a lot of Owens during the remainder of the indoor season and again when the boys take to the outdoor cinders. Many track observers already are conceding the two sprints and the broad jump to Jess in the Big Ten championship event. He runs without effort and covers ground like the Bluebird. Many •printers are inclined to bear down so much when in action that they appear to be suffering agony. Not so Jesse Owens. He flashes ahead in a manner that indicates perfect ease and rhythm. The O. S- U. ace takes off fast and picks up speed He differs from Ralph Metcalfe in this respect. The Marquette U. N :ro champion usually annexes the sprints by a burst of speed near the tape.

B B B (Hants Try .V. 1). Lefty LEFTY WILSHERE of Indiana University will not be the only Hoosier college rookie in the majors this year. Wilshere is a youngster on the staff of the Philadelphia Athletics, joining the Mackmen last summer after the close of college in June. The New York Giants found a Hoosier product near their doorstep. H*’ is Charlie Huisking. formerly of Notre Dame. Huisking is a southpaw and is built for mound work. He stands 6 feet 3 1 - inches and weighs 205 pounds. The big fellow resides on Long Island and is 22 years old. Hos been ordered to report at the Miami training camp with the first squad of Giants consisting of batterymen. m m m John Mil jus, A Gift MISS HELEN MGRAW is secretary of the Cleveland Americans and she "owns” a pitcher. He is John Mil jus. who tried to hurl for the Indianapolis club last year. Several years ago when General Manager Billy Evans of Cleveland was absent, Pittsburgh asked waivers on Miljus, the “wild pitch king.” Miss McGraw decided that Miljus was worth the waiver price and put in a claim for him. "He's yours.” said Pittsburgh. However, under the rule then in effect Cleveland was compelled to pay $16,500, the price Pittsburgh had paid for the veteran the year before. And Cleveland had to take him. Miljus was through as a big leaguer and Cleveland was “stung.” Recently Miss McGraw had a birthday and a party was arranged for her in Evans' office. Among the gifts was a letter from Judge Landis, awarding her Miljus* contract. Old John is out of the game now. He Is known in Cleveland as the $16,500 headache. BUB When Hickey Steps Out THE American Association Presidential Sweepstakes is under wav as prospective candidates tickle themselves with the idea of grabbing off Thomae J. Hickey's job when he retires. The veteran leader of the American Association, at 72. has decided to make this his last j year at the helm. T. J. feels the need of a rest and doesn't want to hang on until iCs too late to enjev retirement. He's been in office many years, solved hundreds of touch problems and was smart enough to keep. the league together a couple of years ago when it was practically out on its feet during the low part of the depression. Veteran sports writers all over the league are being mentioned as candidates. The elevation of Ford Frick to the National League presidency has given the A. A. scribes some political aspirations and wires are being pulled here and there for this and that logical successor.” Serving as prexy of a baseball league has shortened the lives of many men. but rugged Tom Hickey took ’he position in stride and appears to be about 60 instead of 72. The Columbus club evidently thinks it is destined to run off with the pennant this year. Maybe it will. It's a powerful aggregation. Anyway, it is said George Trautman. Coiumbus prexy. has suggested a split season. The guess is that he will be voted down. Incidentally Trautman frequently is mentioned as the next prexy of the league. He is of the go-getter type, but whether he can out-talk and out-fox the sports-writer candidates remains to Be seen. m a • Lee vs. Relloise THE aggressive, two - handed puncher, Paul Lee. Indianapolis featherweight, will box in Chicago Fridav night on an all-star card at the Chicago Stadium, meeting Mike Belloise of New York, one of the best fighters at his weight m the Ea st It will be a six-rounder. Belloise is ranked third in the lust of select featherweights published in the last issue of Rmc Magazine. Kelse McClure, nanaccr of Lee. said his protege has been promised a chance with Freddie Miller in a couple of months if Paul succeeds in gaining the nod over Belloise# Miller of Cincinnati, is world's feather champ. On the other hand. Belloise is out to place himself in line for some “money" engagements in Chicago with Leo Rodak. Jimmy Christy. Everett Rightmire and other popular Windy City glove tossers. The Chicago card Friday will consist of ten bouts of six rounds each. All the principals are youngsters battling for prestige.

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Murphy Wins, Loses Cue Tourney Games Joe Murphy played two matches in the state three-cushion billiard tournament yesterday at Cooler’s parlor, losing to Field Dailey. 50 to 49. in the afternoon and defeating Sonny Pilz. 5 to 41. at night. The afternoon contest was closely fought, with Dailey eking out his slim margin of victory in 82 innings. High runs oi four were pasted by both players. Murphy triumphed over Pilz in 70 innings. Both had clusters of five. Larry Shapiro and Harry Rubens meet in a tourney match tonight at Cooler's.

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DEAR BACKBOARD—WeII. Manual couldn't stop the Continental Jones Boys, so it looks like it's up to Cathedral. Season records speak against the Irish, but that's just what will tool the Washingtonites. Don't let ’em fool you. Coach Jones wasn’t holding out Lasley and Emrick at Noblesville for the sectionals, but for Cathedral!

a a a Attention, County Fans! Backboard stands Inrormed that the New 7 Bethel-Acton game next Friday has been moved to the Beech Grove gymnasium to provide a bigger seating capacity. Bethel edged Acton one point in a season tilt and raised it to two markers in the county tourney. The main game will start at 8; prelim at 7. SHELBY GOES STORY-BOOK Dear Boxell—This is just a line to remind you that the Shelbyville Bears are still pushing 'em up. Speaking of tournament play, do you know that Shelby now has an A-l ball club on the bench at all times? In other wotxls, a 10man team. I give you warning—watch "The Bears of Blue River.” ABE. r a a “TWTEWCASTLE and the flu beat I l the Panthers, 30-19.” says Walter Bradfute at Bloomington —pointing out that Davis and Wahl, Bloomint ton regulars, were under the weather and out of the game... Newcastle and Marv Huffman beat Tech, 35-.4 .. . judging by notes being received here, the Techites were stunned to pieces by Herr Huffmans canning accuracy ... a postal card arrives from a Hoasier net follower in Villa Park. Illinois, who informs you that Illinois is well phased with the 16-team state final system it has patterned from Indiana ... the Illinois finals iised to include only eight teams, sezzee. and “just take a look at the attendance figures of Indiana and the Illinois‘state’then!”

City Champions to Test Irish Quintet Dozen Victories, Goal of Continentals. Washington High School’s city basketball champions will be gunning for an evt i dozen victories for the season w en they wind up their schedule at ainst Cathedral's Fighting Irish at ihe Butler Fieldhouse Friday night. The powerful Continentals have won 11 of 15 games, including their victories over Broad Ripple and Shortridge in the city tournament. Their victory string at one time reached six in a row before it was snapped. Coach Rowland Jones allowed the champions a vacation from I drills yesterday and regular workouts were lo be resumed today. The game Friday will be the seventh annual renewal of the rivalry. The record stands even, with each school boasting three triumphs. The West Siders will be out to avenge a defeat by a narrow margin handed them by the Irish last year. The mam tilt Friday will begin at i 3. A reserve fray will start at 7. Butler to Entertain Central Normal Five Butler University will attempt to strengthen its claim on the state i conference basketball championship tonight against Central Normal in a tilt at Butler Fieldhouse. The Bulldogs have Won seven consecutive conference games. Central Normal is in second place. In other games tonight. De Pauw will play at Franklin and Valparaiso will invade De Paul of Chicago. SHUCCO SCORES RING WIN OVER JOE KNIGHT B Jf Cnitrtl Prrst MIAMI. Fla.. Feb. 12. Tony Shucco. fast-punching, shifty Boston light heavyweight, today claimed a place among the outstanding challengers for Bob Olin's world title. He outpointed Joe Knight. Cairo GaJ contender, here last night in 10 rounds to earn his second decision over the southpaw in three starts. Their second fight was a draw. Shucco weighed 175 t* pound leas Knight, ♦

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I. U. RAPS lOWA Crimson Quintet Tied With Purdue in Big Ten Race After Scoring 34-30 Victory Indiana to Invade Wisconsin Stronghold Saturday, While Boilermakers Seek Revenge Against Illinois; Hoosier Rivals Collide Next Monday. By Unitfl Press CHICAGO. Feb. 12.—The coming week-end shaped up today as the probable hot-spot of the Big Ten basketball race as a result of games last night 'in which Indiana gained a tie with Purdue for the Western Conference lead and Wisconsin advanced within striking distance of both.

Indiana must invade Wisconsin Saturday, while Purdue entertains the fifth-place Illini. By coincidence, Wisconsin is the only team that has defeated Indiana and the Illinois boys hold the only conference victory over the Boilermakers. The Hoosier quintets will open the first of a two-game rivalry series next Monday night, when Indiana invades Lafayette for a tilt with Purdue. The Crimson netters will be hosts to the Boilermakers at Bloomington on Feb. 25. Ohio State cemented its grip on fourth place last night, defeating Northwestern, 41-29, while Indiana was shoving lowa dowm the confer-

. . . “Everyone is talking about great centers this year,” postals Rough and Tough from St. Paul, "but you should watch our Elson play the position like it should be played. He scored 19 points in the final game of the Decatur County tourney, which we won” . . . “It should be Blackboard’ because at times you need erasing.” snickers Howe M. I. Doen . . . which is a new way of giving “1” to this column <gonna let that go through, Mr. Proofreader?) ... I shouldn’t say another word about a guy who makes a crack like that, but the gent goes on to whisper that "Tecnical is the real dark horse in the local sectional” . . . and that may be news to you ... St. Paul was leading Greensburg's Pirates, 12 to 5, at the half . . . but a half-time lead nowadays “don’t mean a thing if you can’t keep up that ping” . . . and the Pirates returned to win hardily . . . the St. Paulians couldn’t find the hoop in the a f termath . . . Coach Ward gave his entire squad a workout when Tipton blanketed Windfall, 47-13 . . . everybody rushes to be the first to open the season, but no one considers it an honor to be the first to close the season—wonder why? an DULL PLAY MARKS JEFFS 19TH VICTORY—says a huge streamer on the Jeffersonville News. Wat this state needs is more dull play. nan DEAR Backboard—Come down to Greencastle Friday night and look in as the Tiger Cubs—the smallest, fastest and fightingest team in the state—“take” Jeff of Lafayette. The Tiger Cubs close their season at home Tuesday, Feb. 19, playing Brazil. If you're looking for a fast, fighting team, come down either night. DOT and DASH n tt n IF you want to preserve for posterity you lame as a pivot marvel. don't jo east, young man, don’t go Basketball, as it is played and refereed in the New York metropolitan area, is a severe trial to our popular corn-belt pivoters. Interesting is the description given by an eastern commentator on the way the New Yorkers go about it. Quoting from an article in Scholastic Coach, a national sports publication: “We don t know what kind of treatment is accorded the pivot player man in the bucket) in other pa ts of the country, but around rur way the defense has been gi’.ing him the works. From the point of view of justice, rather than legality, the defense has a good case. A first class pivot man —one of those tall, strapping and stretching fellows who can shoot off either foot with either hand—is practically impossible to guard successfully. So. if the defense is to stop him they must resort to mean extraordinary, come what may ... A great team. Kentucky, lost by one point and several dozen half-Nelsons to the best team east of Pittsburgh, south of Syracuse and north of Lexington, Ky., —New York University. The New York team could not stop the Kentucky pivot man without keeping “in close touch with him,” which is putting it mildly.” The Kentucky pivot man was Leroy Edwards, formerly of Tech. And the boys around the state used to weep crocodile tears in the dressing room post-mortems because even their most ingenious mayhem attempts failed to ruffle big Leroy. THURSDAY. FEB. 14 A Day of Double Import! Valentine Day and PICKIN’ DAY! Where will you be on Thursday, Feb. 14? All youse guys and youse gals have been on Backboard's neck to name the old finale winnah—well, here's the dope. ijackboard has chosen Thursday, his regular pickin’ day. for divulgence of the great secret that lies beneath his faithful cravat (the white one’. Get your stones ready, let your missiles fly—but remember, it's Valentine Day, to<x and somebody oughta come through with a heart-y approval ’

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ence tabulations. 34-30; Wisconsin beat Chicago, 26-24, and Minnesota took Michigan, 29-26. Standings: w, L. Pet. Pts. O P Indiana 5 1 .833 219 175 Purdue . . 5 1 .833 217 183 Wisconsin 5 2 .714 193 162 Ohio State 6 3 .667 304 275 Illinois 4 2 .667 215 191 Minnesota 5 3 .625 260 269 lona 4 4 .500 272 270 Michigan 1 5 .167 141 172 Northwestern 1 6 .143 170 207 Chicago 0 9 .000 259 346 Etnire Clinches Game By Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 12. Etnire, Indiana reserve, scored a field goal in the last minute to clinch a bitter basketball tilt with lowa here last night in which a tie for first place with Purdue in the Big Ten Conference race was at stake. Etnire went into the game w 7 hen Wendel Walker, Hoosier guard, was put out on personal fouls late in the encounter. With a minute to go Indiana was ahead only two points, 32 to 30. lowa took time out and when play was resumed, Fechtman, center, tipped the ball into Etnire’s hands. The reserve sped under the basket untouched to put the game on ice. Indiana had held an advantage throughout most of the closing period, after the score had been deadlocked at 14-all at the inter-, mission. Barko and Blackmer led the late lowa rally which threatened to tie the count. Summary: Indiana (34 1 . lowa <3O l . FG FT PF FG FT PF Kehrt.f... 4 1 2 Barko.f ...4 2 3 Stout.f .2 1 1 Rosenthl.f . 2 4 1 Fechlmn.c. 0 1 3 Blackmer.c. 3 0 3 Gunning.g 3 2 2 Grim,g .... 1 1 1 Walker.g . 33 4 Bobby,g ... 11l Etnire.f .. 1 0 0 Totals ..13 8 12: Totals ...11 8 9 Officials—Referee. Levis (Wisconsin). Umpire, Lane (Cincinnati!.

Capacity Crowd to See Golden Gloves Windup Prizes for Champions and Rurners-Up in Times-Legion Tourney Are Announced; Neill Is Injured. A capacity crowd for the finals of the annual Times-Legion Golden Gloves boxing tournament at the Armory Friday night was predicted today as the 39 surviving fighters hammered away with increasing ferocity in their respective training quarters. Open class title winners from the eight weight divisions will be sent to Chicago to represent Indianapolis in the Mid-West Tournament of Golden Gloves Champions, Feb. 25-27.

Basketball a a a Independent, League and Amateur Results and Notices.

T'ae schedule for the Industrial League games to be played tonight at the Broadway M. E. gym; I:3o—Kresges vs. Garfield A. C. 8:30 —Phillips 66 vs. Zimmer Paper Prod. 9:3o—Wayne Park vs. McCrorys. Standings W. L. Pet. Wavne Park Garage 9 2 .818 Garfield AC 7 4 .636 Kresge 5 and 10 6 5 .54a Zimmer Paper Prod 5 6 .455 Phillips 66 5 6 .400 McCrory 5 and 10 1 10 .091 The Christamore Settlement will sponsor a tournament during the week of March 4. All teams interested are asked to call Belmont 1175. Christamore teams want games for the remainder of this month. The Hoosier Clippers, led by Kleppe .and Hunt defeated the Mickcvville Flyers. 29 to 13. The Clippers desire to book city and state teams. Call Riley 7194 and ask for George Jr. The Indiana Inspection Bureau will meet the Continental Optical Cos. five tomorrow night at 7:30 for the leadership of the league. In other games, L. S. Avres will meet Wm. H. Block's at 8:30 and the Hoosiers will test Hibben Hollwegs at 9:30. league Standings W. L. W. L. Ind. Insp. Bur. 9 3Wm H. Block.. 6 6 Cont. Optical 9 3 Hoosier A. C... 3 9 Hibben Hollweg 7 59. S. Ayres 2 10 The South Side Orioles, in the 13-15-vear-old class, would like to book games with teams having gyms. Call Ben Hines at Drexei 3123-W. between 5 and 6 p. m. The Oak Hill Spartans beat the Union Printers last, night. 45-15. Eudaly made 31 poi is for the Spartans. The Spartans will i ay the Indianapolis Glove five tomorrow night at Brookside at. 7. The Spartans "B' 1 will meet the Kokomo U. B. tonight at 22nd and Broadway-sts at 8. The Indianapolis Bears downed the East Side Trojans. 23-22 Lynn. Stevens. Lamond. Koons. Woods, C. Doan. F. Doan and Rhoades compose the Bear team. Phill Miller is coach. The Bears will play at the N. C. A. G. U. gym tonight. The Little Giants A. C. nosed out Indianapolis Athletic Club cagers 17-16. and also hold recent victories over Botch Grove C" team. Meridian Heights Juniors. Thev lost a close decision to the Y. M. C A.. 27-29. The Little Giants, listing 19 wins against seven losses, desire games in the 17-15-vear-old class. Call Harrison 2215-R or Talbot 0404 and ask for Tom. South Side Buddies, notice. The St. Joseph Juniors lost to the St. Anthony quintet at the St Anthony gym. The St. Joseph squad is seeking a return match to be played at the Joseph gym. The Beech Grove Boosters, a cage team made up of former high scrool stars and other basketbaU pastimers of the Beech Grove district, oes .re games with strong, fast fives such as Plainfield. Indianapolis Flashes A squad. Brightwood and Kautskv Reserves. As many games as possible are wanted for the next few weeks. The Boosters have access to the Beech Grove High School gym on Tuesday and Thursday of this week. Opponents mav bring own official. For games call Drexei C938-W and ask for Herman. The Kaufman-Straus girls team of Louisville. Kv.. wants a game with an Indianapolis eir'.s five. The S'raus team won the Louisville city championship last vest and this season the Kaufman tossers have won 32 games against five losses. Indianapoiis girls team interested write Sidney Hildebrand Kaufman-S:raus Cos Louisville Ky. Managers or coaches of Indianapolis Demons and Real Silk Hosiery girls team are requested to communicate with Mr. Hildebrand by letter. The Beech Grove FERA five defeated the So-Athics. 34 to 15. 3riton. Kiette and Fletcher starred for the winners. The FERA team wfill meet the Riverside Merchants tonight at Beech Grove. Action will begin tlig n.

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Neck and Neck With Boilermakers

HOOSIER basketball reigns supreme in the Western Conference as Indiana and Purdue rule the roost. Coach Everett Dean’s Crimsonites pulled up even with Ward Lambert’s Boilermakers last night when lowa was trounced at Bloomington. The “Hoosier Big Ten Twins” have won five games and lost one each. Statistics are about even. too. Indiana has tailed 219 points in Big Ten competition and Purdue 217. Indiana opponents have scored 175 markers and

In addition to the free trip, handsome prizes will be awarded to the winners and runners-up in all divisions of both classes. Prizes for the eight Open champs of the local amateur tourney have been announced as high-quality suede jackets. The jackets are on display in the window at Em-Roe Sporting Goods Cos., 209 W. Washington-st. Prizes for the Open class runnersup are Melton cloth jackets with suede sleeves. Novice winners will receive leather belts with gold buckles suitably engraved, while Novice runners-up will receive leather belts with silver buckles, also engraved. Team Colors Are Selected Tournament officials have adopted red and black as the official colors for the annual Times-Legion Golden Gloves team and representatives who go to Chicago will be presented with black satin trunks trimmed in red. The trunks will become the property of the boys. Across the right leg of the trunks will be engraved the word “Indianapolis.” The Bruce Robison Post, which annually sponsors the tournament in conjunction with The Times, will furnish robes for the local fighters during the competition at the Windy City. Across the backs will be written: “Times-Le-gion Golden Gloves.” The robes are wine color. Tickets are going rapidly, tourney officials announced today. In addition to the heavy local demand, many requests for tickets also have been received from out of town. Reserved seat tickets are on sale at the Claypool Hotel Drug Store and Lemcke's Service Shop, 108 E. Mar-ket-st, while they last. 25 Bouts are Assured Twenty-five bouts or more are assured for the final action, depending on how many Novice champions transfer to the Open division. Five city Open champions remain in the competition. Finals of the Novice class and semi-finals and finals of the Open class remain to be fought Wilkes Neill, strong Y. M. C. A. contender in the middleweight Open division, has been forced to withdraw because of an injured hand. He had been reinstated after an opponent was disqualified on charges of professionalism. Referees for Friday night’s final session have been announced as Heze Merle Alte and Happy Atherton. Members of the tourney committee are Frank Collman, post commander; Paul Beam, committee chairman: Roy Rodgers, clerk; Fred Dcßorde, Carl Gates. Rudolph Kyler, Ray Parsons and Cecil Stalnaker. The first bout Friday will start at 8 p. m. REDS RELEASE BENTON By 'I imrs syreial CINCINNATI, Feb. 12—Larry Benton, only native Cincinnatian on the Reds’ baseball club, has been given his unconditional release. Benton was a pitcher and 10-year pian,

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Purdue’s 183. And they will meet at Lafayette next Monday and again at Bloomington on Feb. 25. Pictured above are eight members of the I. U. squad. Charles Scott has not seen much action recently on account of an injured ankle and illness, but he’s out on the floor every day rounding into shape. The others are at their peak. The entire state is proud of Indiana and Purdue. Fred Fechtman, formerly of Manual, is the only Indianapolis lad in the accompanying picture. He plays center.

Stole Comes Back to Spill Mat Rival Takes Two Falls After Tassos Wins First. After losing the first fall, Johnny Stote returned to the ring to down Tommy Tassos for two falls and match in the feature wrestling encounter at Tomlinson Hall last night. Stote fell victim to a series of flying mares in 16 minutes of the first spill. He took the next two in quick order, nailing Tassos first with a hard body slam in five minutes and following up with an airplane spin in six minutes. Vern Clark stopped Sailor Trout in straight falls in the semi-windup. The first fall required 13 minutes. A “rabbit blow” on the back of his head put the Sailor away for the deciding spill. The opener lasted 14 minutes before Cowboy Joe Woods flattened Paddy McCormick with a series of solar pluexus blows and an armlock. A fourth and unexpected tussle was added to the program when an irate spectator attempted to mix it with Tassos during the feature engagement. The ‘bout” was shortlived, with the aggressive fan being shoved back through the ropes. Tigers , Bloomington Next on Blue Card The Shortridge basketball team began hard workouts yesterday in anticipation of two games this week-end. The Blue Devils will face the Bloomington Panthers at Bloomington Friday and meet Alexandria at the North Side gym Saturday night. Coach Peterman yesterday drilled on fundamentals and offensive formations. A stiff scrimmage followed. Shortridge and Bloomington have broken even in the past two seasons, the Blue wining, 25-23. in 1932-33, and the Panthers winning, 30-20, last season. Shortridge has won three games while Alexandria has taken two in previous encounters. The record: 1928- —Shortridge, 20; Alexandria, 26. 1929- —Shortridge, 34; Alexandria. 23. 1930- —No game. 1931- —Shortridge. 20; Alexandria, 22. 1932- —Shortridge, 28; Alexandria, 19. 1933- —Shortridge, 26; Alexandria, 24. MANUAL CAGERS DRILL FOR SEASON WINDUP Coach Bridgeford ordered a lengthy defensive drill as the Manual Training cagemen began practice yesterday for them last games on the season schedule Friday and Saturday. George Briggs, center, is inactive, due to an ankle injury incurred in the Decatur Central contest last week. Friday night the Redskins will be hosts to Warren Central. Manual will invade Greenfield Saturday night. THREE TILTS REMAIN ON SOUTHPORT BILL The Southport basketball team has three games remaining on us schedule. Two are carded for this week. Friday night Danville will invade the Southport gym and Saturday night the Cards will travel to Beech Grove. The Southport wrestlers will meet the Bedford matmen Wednesday night in the Southport gym.

Hot Games Dont Sell Hot Doc/s Concessionaires at baV parks favor one-sided games. When the fans get bored they cat, but when it’s a nipand’tuck battle they pay little attention to the pop and hot dog venders. . Unless, of course, they happen to leant some pop bottles.

French Ring Champ Gives Miller Lacing V/ By United Press PARIS, Feb. 12.—Freddie Miller's niche in the featherweight ranks was less secure today. The industrious Cincinnati (O.) claimant to the championship suffered his first defeat in months against Maurice Holtzer, French champion, who won the decision in a 10-round nontitle bout last night. Each weighed 1271.. Holtzer outscored the American in six of the 10 rounds and held one even with a relentless body attack. Ladysman Captures Santa Anita Event By Times Special LOS ANC ELES. Feb. 12.—W. R. Coe Stable’s Ladysman won the SIOOO Claremont Handicap at Santa Anita yesterday after a breath-tak-ing finish against A. C. Compton’s Little Red Wagon. Ladysman, making his debut at the Santa Anita track, came from behind to make up two lengths and flash past Little Red Wagon to win by a nose. The winner’s time for the six-furlong feature was 1:11 and the pari-mutuel payoff, $3.60. $3 and $2.40. Chance Line was third and Okapi fourth. ENTER EIGHTH-GRADE MEET By Times Special NORTH VERNON, Ind., Feb. 12. Aurora, Marion Township, Butlerville, Greensburg, Deputy, Scipio, Paris Crossing and North Vernon basketball teams will compete in an eighth-grade tournament here Sat- : urday. Columbus, last year’s champion, has not entered.

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Oakmont Open Prize Is Won by Mac Smith Veteran Pro Sinks 60-Foot Chip Shot to Capture Nassau Event. By United Press GLENDALE, Cal., Feb. 12.—MacDonald Smith today headed anew section in the annals of tournament golf after he coolly executed a 60foot chip shot to win the Nassau half of the $6500 Oakmont Open. The historic shot came as the veteran Scot approached the 18th green. Spectators mentally put him into a tie with Henry Picard and Ky Laffoon as he lay 60 feet from the cup. 1 Smith swung with his niblick. The ball struck the green thnee feet from the hole and rolled in as though drawn by a magnet. Smith grinned at the gallery, acknowledged their cheer and walked off the course with 31 match points and SSOO prize money. ricard and LaiToon Tie Picard, the Hcrshey (Pa.) pro who won the Agua Caliente Open Sunday, and LaiToon of Denver tied afc 29 match points to win $325 each. Smith, winner of the medal halt of the tournament, increased his winnings yesterday to sllsO when he took the Nassau Sweepstakes. Picard's tie for second today placed him among the leading money winners of the whiter sea* son. Begin Palm Springs I’lay Other winners in the Nassau play were Horton Smith, Oak Park, 111., $225; Bunny Torpey, Kansas Cily, $175; Johnny Revolta, Milwaukee, $150; Ray Mangrum, Las Angeles, $150; Harry Cooper, Chicago, $125 {■ Jimmy Hines, Timber Point, N. Y., $125. Twenty of the leading pros and amateurs of the winter season today started play in the S2OOO Palm Springs Invitational Open, last of the winter money events on the coasL Play continues through tomorrow. SUN FAIRPLAY TRIUMPHS By United Press HIALEAH PARK. Fla., Feb. 12.-* Sun Fairplay, a son of Sun BriarVirginity. carried the Fairfield stable's silks to victory in the San Mateo purse here yesterday. The mutuel payoff was $5.60. Hamas Sails for Bout in Germany Heavyweight Pulls Surprise by Leaving Early. By United Press NEW YORK. Feb. 12.—“ Uncle” Charley Harvey and Steve Hamas, his heavyweight contender, are on the high seas today headed for Hamburg, Germany, where on March 10, Hamas will fight Max Schmeling. Their surprise departure was revealed only last night. They chose darkness and the ruse of an announcement of a Thursday sailing to outwit Madison Square Garden. “Uncle” Charley, who once employed Jimmy Johnston, Madison : Square Garden promoter, as an of i fice boy, feared service of an in* j junction as a result of a wrangle over whether llamas could box | elsewhere. When Hamas signed for the Art Lasky fight he agreed tc meet Baer I at the Garden, if he beat Lasky. He won by a shade, but his manager and the Garden haven’t been able to come to terms for a bout. Hamas is guaranteed $25,000 for boxing Scnmehng. ‘EKKY’ IN FAST WORKOUT By United Press ARCADIA, Cal., Feb. 12.—Equipoise. C. V. Whitney’s 7-year-oid handicap star, caused dockers and railbirds to blink in amazement yesterday when he turned in a mile trial for the SIOO,OOO added Santa Anita handicap to be run Feb. 22. He finished eased up in 1:39 4-5 after stepping the first six furlongs in 1:12 1-5 without urging.