Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 231, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 December 1935 — Page 21

Brown-Cox Fight Near Reality—So They Say Local Welter Returns From Australia Eager to Square Off With ‘Natural’ Rival.

BY PAUL BOXELL H ERE is flash news for Indianapolis boxing fans! The big “natural" for which local mitt customers have been clamoring long and loud is reported in the making W illard Brown vs. Tracy Cox. Local boys of ability and repute, both Brown and Cox have scores of followers in the city who will plunge into hot debate on announcement of the match. Brown and his manager. Arol Atherton, are willing—in fact, eager to line up the tussle. They already have approached the Hercu’es A. C. with terms. Cox and Sam Slotsky, his guide, can't quite make up their minds. They're worried about the weights. "They needn't be,” says Brown. ‘‘Tracy can come in at 145 and I'll train down to that mark for him.’* Brown, a full-fledged welterweight, usually fights at 148 pounds. The bout apparently would be a ‘‘natural” of the puncher-boxer variety. Cox throws pile-driver mitts. Brown slices and cuts with sharp, stinging .tabs. Why is Brown suddenly so anxious to meet hard-hitting Tracy? ‘ For several reasons,” he explains. "After six years of having a good time in this game. I’m ready to settle down and see what I really can do I have a family now, you know. Yes sir, a baby girl born Thanksgiving Day. Is my chest pushed out!” tt a tt n tt tt “I WANT to work my way back into the big time, and a victory over I Tracy would be the best way to start. Also, Im personally curious to see what I can do against him. I believe I can whip him, but I don’t want to go on record as saying that I will. That may sound strange from a prize fighter, but I find it’s smarter to talk about victories after you win them. ’ Cox and Brown squared off here about three years agq, the former winning a decision. Tiacy cinched that fight when he landed one whopping punch on my stomach,” says Willard. Both scrappers are young, successful. At various times, each has been rated among the first five of their division by national boxing commissions and publications. If arranged, the bout will come off within two or three weeks. ana n tt a TJ ROWN has fought three fights in Indiana, winning them all, since 13 returning recently from a long fistic campaign in Australia. It is interesting to hear him recite colorful incidents that happen in the ring on that far away island. He is a pleasant, good-looking chap, not at all a boxer braggadocio. Despite his six years in the blood and bruise arena, he hasn't a single scar, except two recently absorbed cuts above his eyes. He got those in Australia. When I left Indianapolis, says Willard, ‘‘some people were saying I cou'dn t take it because I didn't allow myself to stop many punches. I won my fights by taking the least possible punishment. Well, I wish those folks could have seen me in Sidney when I fought Bobby Wilson, another Yankee campaigning over there.” "The Australians are rabid fight fans and demand plenty of glove throwing. So all main events there are 15-rounders. Each round goes for three minutes, and a large clock beside the ring ticks off the seconds to assure the customers they aren’t being short-changed.” a tt tt tt tt n I WAS .lust getting warmed up in the first round with Wilson when he brought tip a sizzler that nearly tore my chin off. I dropped in a heap, completely fogged. Now in Australia they have a gong device which tolls off the 10-count instead of the referee, it. was the first time I had been on the floor, and when I heard that gong through the haze I thought the round was over I got up, started to wobble to my corner and—it still hurts me lo think of it—something hit me that felt like the drive shaft of a locomotive. "I don’t remember what happened after that, but my manager and the newspapers the next day told me that I struggled up, was knocked down four more times, then came back to nearly kill Wilson and win the decision. They say I hit him with everything but the water bucket.” Those eye cuts?—they were administered by Jack Carrol, Australia’s welterweight champion, who, according to Willard “gave me the only real plastering I’ve ever taken.” Carrol is ranked among the first 10 of the N. B. A. a a tt a it tt “L_T E couldn’t break an egg with a straight punch,” says the local youth. ,71 f " But he has a jab that cuts like a knife - An d what a beauty of a left. Before half the 15 rounds were gone, the skin above both mv eves was split wide rpen. That worried me, because I always had been able to protect my face. I didn’t come back against that baby! Mv seconds tossed in the towel at the end of the thirteenth.” But the writer mustn’t give you a wrong impression bv stressing these bouts which Willard voluntarily mentioned. Brown won considerable more than he lost against tough opposition return* some da™ 8 b °° Ster f ° F th<? l£md ° f the ' bushmen and hopes to wlth ß CanS ma ‘ n deSlre m R ° ing baCk iS t 0 take up a P romised rematch But he’d rather meet Tracy Cox first.

Falls City-Cook Match Features Tenpin Tilts Goldblumes Top Team Totals With 3111 as Carl Hardin, Hi-Bru Ace, Sets Pace Among Soloists.

BY BERNARD HARMON WHEN the Falls City Hi-Bru clashed with Cook's Goldblume in the Indianapolks League session at Pritchett's last night the feature scoring of the evening resulted. Although defeated in two of the games, the Blumes stacked up the city’s best total, a 3111, as Carl

Hardin of the Brus outdistanced every pastimer in action on local drives with a 6'Bo. The Brus. in winning the first and second tilts counted 1036 and 1037, but they took a severe drubbing in the final affair when they dropped to 979 as the Cookmen tossed an 1110.

A 660 from Johnny Murphy, Don Johnson's 654, Lee Carmin's 610, Jess Pritchett's 600 and John Fehr’s 587 netted the Cook quintet games of 1005 and 996 which, coupled with their big finale, boosted them to the big series. Hardin used games of 243, 225 and 212 in Assembling his topnotcher. and when Joe Fulton totaled 614 and Mount’s 602, the Brus emerged with the two wins and a 3052 total. Rivaling the Cook-Bru affair in scoring was the L. S. Avres-Lieber Brewer series, taken by the former, two to one. When Joe Michaelis’ 658 was backed up by Bud Argus’ 635, Bill Brunot's 611 and Don McNews’ 608 the Ayres aggregation ran up a 3043 total from games of 995. 1047 and 1001, The Lieber team wound up at 3052. when John Blue with 655. Dad Hanna with 634 and Leo Ahearn with 626 made games of 943, 1037 and 1072 possible. Marott Shoes done most of their scoring in a 1082 middle game and fell five pins short of 3000 as they downed Acetylene Products Cos. three times. Lefty Behrens' 639 and Ed Stevenson's 623 featured for the Shoemen. while Bert Bender's 653 was topis lor the losers. A trio of 600 totals gained Sterling Beer an odd-game decision over Crystal Flash Gasoline. Dutch Myers at 630, Raymond Fox at 612 and Roy Haislup at 608 were the winners' big scorers, while Gene Zwissler's 607 was the best the Gas team had to offer With Nan Schott at 614 and Chris Rassmussen at 604. MarmonHerrington took two games from Stube Club, which failed to place a member in the honor class. The Stube’s halted the Marmons opportunity for a shutout by winning the final game by a two-pin margin Led by Larry Fox's 611, Bowes

Seaifast nabbed a pair from Klee's Set-Up, which had Alex Kriner's 599 as its best offering. The Bowes copped the initial affair through a two-pin margin, while the Klee's used the same difference in taking the final. 1024 to 1022. Lieber Lager won twice over Coca Cola. Phil Bisesi topping the scoring of the winners with 624 while George Campbell paced the losers at with 625. tt tt tt Every leam match of the Uptown Recreation session of last night developed at least one 60ft shooter, with Joe Danna leading- the pack at 036. He tossed a trio of 200s that proved of great value in his City Market team's double decision over L. Strauss & Cos. A quartet of the coveted series emerged from the C. A D. Battery-Harper’s Garage tussle, won by the former, two to one. Too much Dennerline proved the downfall of the Garage quintet, for Fred with 655 and I.arry with 605 were tfce feature shooters of the Battery aggregation. Ned McKinnon and Freddie Shaw breezed over the 600 mark with a pin to spare to top the scoring of the losers. Pug Leppert's 624 proved enough edge to give Bader Coffee the only shutout victory of the evening. Coca Cola was on the receiving end of the triple loss. Roll e-Ba Coffee won a pair over Kimme! furniture. Jack Underwood being the top scorer with a 605. Norman Hamilton’s 605 was the best Hoosier Pete’s had to offer in their two-game victory over Beck’s Coal Cos. 8 tt tt Jim Hollenbaugh and Martin Pohl outin a lhe loon P .° lk n S ? n h Hary M!lk Cos "rivals SouaVe AMevi’ Tw Ch c S at {he Fountain Pohf -u ~T tL e f °r mer had 636 and Foni 629 Hollenbaugh s big series was rium b nh k n 0n '* £ f the Butt ermilks double Jh'umph over Nursery Milk, while Pohl’s ake fhe'^A 000 ate C lllk er! ough edge to Pro f „ „ dd Bame t ,rom Frisco Cheese as morf fortunate 'han other Gu l er e ncVJ o s'it Wlrnln?^ its series from Guernsey Milk over the shutout route s Orangeade was halted once bv Sweet Cream Buttermilk in the remaining team series. n tt a _.”he Stokelv-Van Camp pastimers wen? paced by George Amos, who gathered 613 pms in his three tries Team results or the matches at Pritchett’s found Bean Hoke Beans Honev Pod Peas and Strained S£ P ii r! 0T J? abv a? 'w’o-time winners over berry Ba' ce*™* Tomato Sou P and Crano tt e Gus Mueller led the Indianapolis Power and Light Cos. soloists with a 608. but he was closely pursued by Wilbur Roesner and lines Egan, who had 594 and 591. In the team clashes. Credit Departmetn and Accounting Department blanked Mill-st and West Plant No. 2, while Mill-st Research, H cst Plant No. 1 and Morris-st took twotimers oyer Line Department. Hardinr-st Research and Harding-st. The circiut bowls at the Illinois. tt tt tt Pin-spi'lers of tb> Eli Lilly Men’s League found 6po a difficult target to hit in last n'ght'9 games at the Pritchett Alievs so John Crosby walked off wuh the solo honors on a 578 Extracts. Elixers and Svrups were victorious in all three games against Dentals Powers and Pills, while Iletins w-ere halted once by Tablets tt a a Caravan Club and Umveral Indians escaped defeat in last niebt s session of the Inter-Club League at Pritchett s. Thev took shutouts over Exchange Unity and

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Universal Yankees, while Hy-Red, Exchange Service . and Edip’hone were winning twice over A. B. C., Exchange Lame Bulls and Mutual Lumbermen’s Insurance King's 578 was good for individual honors of the evening. tt tt tt Triple winners of last night’s William H. Block Cos. session at the Illinois Alleys were Downstairs Store and Men's Clothing. who won from Apex Washers and Advertisings In other matches. Magic Chef Stoves took a pair from Boy's Clothing and Bigelow-Sanford Rugs' defeated Men's Furnishings twice. Harold Goldsmith ruled the individualists, a 568 gaming him the crown tt tt tt ll'ith Marie Riddle at 520 and Gertrude Byroad at 514. Hoosier Pete’s of the Indiana Ladies’ League totaled 2515, in winning three games over Julian Goldman in the loop's matches at the Indiana last night. One other 500 was registered, Lorene Schenck passing the mark with five pins to spare, as her Lincoln Hotel aggregation took three beatings from Comptometers. Haag's Canteen, L. S. Ayres & Cos., Coca Cola and Kay Jewelry also nabbed series through shutouts, Indianapolis Gl<%e Cos. No. 1, Indianapolis Glove Cos. No. 2, Herman Schmitt Insurance and Cocctail Hour Cigarets being the victims. Sports Sponsor, Kingan & Cos. and Cooper's Lunch won their series through two to one defeats over Old Gold Cigarets, IVohfield Furriers and Dorn Grocery. tt tt tt Art Weishaar with the best solo 'punt of the Auto Row League, led his K rschner Auto Service to a tripit victor, over Johnson Chevrolet in the loop's session at the Antlers Alleys. In other contests U. S. Tire Cos. won a pair from Equitable Securities and Madden Copple took two from Goodyear Service. a tt a Reliable Wrecking used their wrecking tactics on Murphy Poultry Cos in last night's Newman League gathering at Pritchett's Alleys, dowrning tie "Chicss" in all three games. Tony Burrho’s league leading 531 featured the Wrecker's triumph. Berghoff Beers protected their league leadership through a two-time win over B W, Knapp Elecir'>. Additional Sports on Pages 22 and 23 ALL-IV COL FLANNEL SHIRTS tz. 53.95 The Sportsman’s Store. Inc. 126 N. PENNSYLVANIA LI-4224

INDIANAPOLIS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1935

Coach maurice Kennedy and his Noblesville High School basketeers will make a week-end campaign of Indianapolis tomorrow and Saturday. Tomorrow night the Millers are to oppose George Killinger. above, lanky Cathedral esnter, at the Irish gym. Saturday night the invaders play at Shortridge. Star guards on the Noblesville team are Joe Butler, at right, and Albert Thom. left. SET TOURNAMENT DATE Times Special SHELBYVILLE. Ind., Dec. 5. Basketball coaches and Shelby County high school principals, in a meeting here, set Jan. 9 and 11 as dates for the annual county basketball tournament. Games will be played in the Shelbyville High School gym.

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Broad Ripple Anticipates Minor ‘New Deal’ in Basket Play as Baird Takes Charge ‘Renewal of Confidence of Players Is My First Objective,’ Says Young Ccach of Rockets; Interest in Team Runs High at Local School. BY TOM OCHILTREE Frank Baird, a tall* quiet, home-town lad. is trying to lead Broad Ripple High School out of the basketball doldrums. This little school on the banks of White River could use an athletic new deal, and this time it looks like it is going to get it.

It has been a long, hard pull for the Ripple athletes. Last season the basketball team didn’t win a game, and the year before was no bed of roses. It wasn't that the boys didn’t try. They played as hard as they could, but the heavier teams from the city’s larger schools were more than a match for them. The school hasn’t had a really great net team since 1928. That year the squad upset a strong Tech quintet in the final sectional game and came close to winning the Anderson regionals. Students Are Loyal Broad Ripple, with an enrollment of 430, is one of those places where every one calls every one else by his first name, and where most of the 1 students ride to classes on bicycles. The student body remained loyal to the team during the dark days last winter, and nom it confidently believes that Coach Baird is about to perform a few minor miracles. The underclassmen talk about the team in the hall, and peek in every afternoon to see the boys practice in the band-box gymnasium. Close followers of basketball will remember Frank Baird as an efficient forward on some of Tim Campbell’s better Tech aggregations. Later he went to Butler and played under Tony Hinkle. These two stylists not only taught him proper form, but also, by indirection, showed him how to handle boys. Coaches in Uniform Coach Baird never ridicules or humiliates his players when they make mistakes, and he doesn’t pace some imaginary quarterdeck and bawl out a hundred orders. He comes out for practice dressed

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Report Hubbcll on Block The guess that the Giants traded Pitcher Leroy Parmalee to the Cardinals for Infielder Burgess Whitehead is being questioned along baseball rou\ Boys “on *he inside" claim it is Carl Hubbell the Sew York club wants to peddle.

in uniform like other members of the team, and when he isn’t playing himself he usually is standing on the sidelines making mental notes of what he sees. “I don’t believe much in this master mind business,” he said. “Usually when the boys are scrimmaging they will be able to figure out the right plays themselves, if you let them alone.” Sounds like Campbell and Hinkle doesn't he? Need New Confidence This job has more to it than teaching his first team how to get baskets. Coach Baird admits he is going to have to be a psychologist if he ever is going to get the Ripples started winning. “They have taken so few games in recent years that the boys have no confidence in themselves,” he said. “That is why I'm trying to get them set for the Westfield tilt tomorrow night. If we can knock them over, and I can convince the boys that they really are good, the rest ought to be easier.” CITY ELEVENS TO PLAY IN HAMILTON COUNTY Times Special NOBLESVILLE. Ind.. Dec. s.—lndianapolis high school football teams are scheduled to meet three Hamilton County elevens next season. Cathdral will play its annual game with Noblesville here Sept. 25, and Westfield will open Manual’s grid card the following afternoon at Westfield. Broad Ripple footballers will invade Sheridan, Oct. 9.

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Splash! Butler University has placed a new team in the sports field. Sponsored by Frank (Pop) Hedden, above, a Bulldog water polo team has beer organized to swim it out with other collegiate squads popping up over the country. Last year a team formed on the spur of the moment entered the Indiana-Kentuckv A. A. U. tourney and captured third place. Hedden is to coach the new team. LOYOLA QUINTET WINS By 1 Hitrii Press CHICAGO. Dec. s.—Loyola University of Chicago opened its bakketball season last night with a 38 to 27 victory over Arkansas State College. The Chicagoans led at the half, 21 to 8. Colon. Loyola guard, was high scorer with 14 points. Langley, guard, topped the Arkansas scoring with four baskets and a free throw. HUNDREDS OF PAIRS OP W. L. DOUGLAS MEN’S SHOES ©GET THEM WHILE THEY LAST OLD PRICES Douglas Men's Shoes . $3.50 to s7.o# Lady Douglas Shoes.. 53.50 to $6.3# Indianapolis Starr tnpm Sat. rrent'ngtj 34 N. PENNSYLVANIA STREET