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By Eddie Ash TWO TRIBESMEN IN ‘FIRST TEN’ B B M COONEY OFFICIAL A. A. LEADER

WITH Johnny Cooney leading the batting parade, the Indianapolis ball club landed two places in the “first 10” of American Association hitters, official averages reveal. Cooney spanked the horsehide at a .371 pace and Riggs Stephenson finished with a mark of .343. It is necessary to play in 100 or more games to gain “rating” recognition and Cooney performed in 142 and Stevie in 147. Ralph Rhein, Iloosier rookie, batted .414 in 10 games. Nearest to Cooney were Gill, Minneapolis, .361; Arlett, Minneapolis, .360, and Alexander, Kansas City, .338. Others in the “first 10” were Simon, Louisville, .352; Winset. Columbus, .348; Krecvich, Kansas City, .345; Cullop, Columbus, .340, and Powers, Toledo, .339. Earl Webb, Milwaukee, 1934 leader by a fraction over Vernon Washington, Indianapolis, hit .328 in 1935 and was shipped out of the league to Knoxville. Frank Sigafoos, Indianapolis, topped the A. A. in 1933. He is with Louisville now and Washington is a member of the Chicago White Sox.

COLUMBUS won the club batting title with an average of .299; Indianapolis was second, .297, and Minneapolis, the pennant winner, was third with .295. The Indians copped the stolen base honors with 104 theft j and Toledo was run-ner-up with 103. Minneapolis, with a short-fence park, chose to bat Ym around instead of stealing and Was credited with only 26 thefts. a tt tt The Millers blasted 191 home runs avri the other short-fence clubs, St. Paul and Milwaukee, hit 117 and 111 round-trippers respectively. Indianapolis was “tops” in “runs scored by opponents,” holding the combined enemy to 750 markers in 154 games. The Iloosiers tallied 852 times. OTHER Tribester .300 hitters were Johnny Riddle, .326, Como Cotelle, .329; Fred Bedore, .313, and Mickey Heath, .301. Heath poled 20 homers and the league leader in this department was Johnny Gili, Minneapolis. with 43. Fred Haney, Toledo, led the base pilferers with 29 and Vincent Sherlock, Indianapolis, was well up with 23. Sherlock missed hitting .300 by two points. a an The South turns out some marvelous football machines, but when the Hoosiers play basketball down there the Dixie lads are pushed out of the picture. Indiana demonstrated this Saturday by swamping Vandei bilt, 56-18. The Commodores couldn’t fathom the situation and were sunk. JOCKEY GARRISON never made a better finish than the Butler Bulldogs when they exploded a last-

Baumgarten in City for A. B. C. Tourney Confab Secretary of National Organization to Meet With Local Promoters; Accompanied by Collier.

BY BERNARD HARMON TjMjMER H. BAUMGARTEN. sec- ■*-' retary of the American Bowling Congress, arrived in the city today to confer with officials of the Indianapolis A. b. C. Tournament Corp., who are in the midst of an extensive campaign to make the coming tournament at the State Fairground Coliseum the greatest

event in its history. Mr. Baumgarten, who spent the week-end at the Central States tourney in Cincinnati. was accompanied by Chuck Collier, Brunswick-Balke - Cos 11 end e r Cos. representative. who will have charge of the install ation of

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the 32 brand new alleys that will adorn, the Coliseum building. Work on the* laying of the alleys will probably start about Feb. 1. Local officials have been highly commended by Mr. Baumgarten for their efforts in making the great indoor classic an outstanding event. Officers of the local organization are Paul Crosier, president; Daniel O'Niel Jr., and Walker Winslow, vice presidents; Norman Hamilton, secretary and Chares C. Cray, treasurer. a a a FIRST place in the annual ‘Pot of Gold” tournament, w-hich was concluded last night after two week-ends of action at the Hotel Antlers Alleys, w r as won by the Dutch Master Cigar team of the Universal League, through a margin of one pin over Acetylene Products Cos. of the Fountain Square Recreation loop. A 7-10 split in the tenth frame of Jack Hunt's final game for the Acetylene's robbed his quintet of its opportunity to cop the top money. The Cigar team combined games of 960, 880 and 980, with a handicap of 258 to total 3078. while the runnerup aggregation used 82 gift pins and games of 961. 983 and 1051 for a 3077. Bud Argus tossed a 652 to set the pace for the winners, while Phil Bisesi with 631, Hunt with 606 and Bert Bruder with 600 gathered most of the pins for the Acetylenes Third money was won by the Main Office team of the Fietcher Trust League through a 3047. which had elevated them to first place at the conclusion of Saturday night's session. The team gained its position through the aid of a 304-pin handicap. Bob Dittrich turned in a 640 for the team’s best solo count. A 436 handicap aided the Indo-Vin aggregation of the Kiefer-Stewart League to wind up in fourth position, while Cook’s Goldblume,] which had led over the previous' week-end. finished in fifth place. Other teams to cash were Lieber Brewers (.Indianapolis League),

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minute rally and out-steamed the Purdue Boilermakers, 41-39. Purdue lost a chance for a tie when the jitters took charge of Stines as the gun went off. He “blew” two free throws. On the other side of town the Tech High gym was in an oldfashioned “tumultuous turmoil” when Tech and Frankfort played two overtimes to no-decision. a a tt Santa Claus, Ind., enjoys a rather odd distinction. It's one of the few Hoosier hamlets or bends in the road getting along without a basketball team. a it it Umpire Charlie Rigler, who died Saturday, once forfeited a minor league game from atop a box car outside the ball park. The home fans were after his scalp and refused to let him enter the grounds. a a THE Baseball Writers Association is going to buy their own meals and drinks at future World Series and relieve the club owners of expense and grief. Press box and press room “crashers” consumed most of the chow and drained the bottles while the scribes were occupied with their work. PRIMO MILLER, Rice Institute star tackle, closed his football career this fall, got married and then turned to professional wrestling for a living. “It won’t be any tougher than playing against Southern Methodist and Texas Christian,” he explained.

3007; Falls City Hi-Brus (Fountain Square Recreation), 2995; Bath Buds (Kiefer-Stewart), 2994, and Foundry (Link Belt), 2982. Special prizes offered during the event were taken by Union Title, Cook’s Goldblume and the Fletcher Trust Main Office aggregations. Lorenz Wiesman, who conducted the event, announced that prizes would be distributed Wednesday or Thursday. The narrow margins that separated several of the prizewinning quintets necessitated a recheck of all scores. a tt The tenpin spiders of the city greeted the arrival of winter W'eather last week with a vol’.ey of strikes that brought out the best five days of scoring recorded during the present campaign. Individuals and teams alike launched record-breaking assaults on the elusive maples, five solo counts passing the 7011 mark, while more than a score of others were well over 650. Bob Kelly’s 732, rolled in Wednesday night's matches of the Uptown Recreation circuit, was the top individual series of the week. A 725, posted in the South Side Business Men’s loop by Paul Stemm, represented his initial 700 of the season, while a 722 garnered by Ted Kuhns in the Insurance League proved the highest individual total in the loop's history. Dan Abbott passed the coveted mark for the first time this season with a 721 in the Indianapolis League, while John Fehr's 70S in the Fountain Square Recreation gave him a total of three 700s for the season. tt tt tt A matter of a few pins stood between several other pastirrers and the much sought total. Jess Forysthe connected for a 698 in the Uptown. Fehr missed his week's No. 2 with a 692 in the Printcraft, Jess Pritchett Sr. fell short with a 692 in the Optimists and Ed Stevenson and Charley Cray in their Fountain Square Recreation games tossed 6905. Pritchett added a 680 in the Indianapolis to his week's work: Stemm featured a 667 in the Fountain Square in addition to his 700; Fehr added to his accomplishments with a 651 in the Indianapolis: Dad Hanna turned in a 686 in the Commercial and a 659 in the Washington and Don Johnson went big with a 678 in the Fountain Square and a 650 in the Courthouse. Cook's Goldblume turned in a pair of team totals that topped every aggregation in action, assembling a 3264 in the Fountain Square and a 3230 in the Indianapolis Nine other quintets turned in 3000 or better totals. Marott Shoes and Falls City collected 3135s in the Fountain - Max Patton Case a 3096 and Libber Brcttc. - 3046 in the Washington. Set-Up a- '-4. Bowes Sea! Fast a 3050. Marott's a 304.3 and Acetylene Products a 3000 in the Indianapolis and Newman's F-V a 3042 In the South Side Business Men s. The 992 floor awrage of the Fountain League on Friday night was the highest of the season, and the best assembled in the city in a number of years a a Records in feminine ranks were also sent tumbling. Sunshine Cleaners establishing new season marks for teams with a 1006 high single game and a 2775 total as Mrs. Evelyn Wiseman posted a 648 for anew high individual mark. Race Johns, who starred in the Sunshine recordbreaker also passed 609, reaching 608 in her three g^mes. SANTA CALLS ON BILL Times Special NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Staten Island neighbors of Bill Shakespeare, Notre Dame back field star, were so proud of his football deeds that they gave him an automobile yesterday. The presentation was made j by Joseph A Palma, borough president.

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Tech and Shortridge Take Over Entire City High Net Stage for Rivalry Renewal Only One Home Game on Bill for Christmas Week-End, but That’s Full Program in Itself; Big Green Record More Impressive; Ripple Plays at Zionsville. BY PAUL BOXELL The next several days being allotted to city high school students for Christmas vacation only one basketball game is carded for local consumption this coming week-end. But what the card lacks in quantity, it makes up in interest, for that one contest pits Tech against Shortridge Saturday night in their annual bitter-meet at the East Side battlehouse. Though the record of neither is sensational to date, their collisions usually always result in a ruckus royal and their hundreds of pupil patriots have a screaming good time, the like of which seldom is heard or seen in any other state prep classic. Cathedral’s varsity plays an alumni quintet tonight at the Irish gym, and Broad Ripple travels to Zionsville Friday night in the only other games on the Indianapolis schedule. Tech sports by far the more impressive record as the rivals A swing into drills for the scrap. The Big Green men actually can M

point to two victories, but they have a behind-the-scenes record which puts them in a far more formidable light. The Cannoneers shoved off to a slow start, as Indianapolis quintets invariably do, displayed promise as they put up a rugged scrap before losing to highly regarded Newcastle, came through with their first victory against Rushville, repeated over Columbus last Friday night and climaxed the string last Saturday by dueling Frankfort to a 31-31 tie. Frankfort Strong Team Frankfort has lost only one game —that to unbeaten Tipton—and has been drawing praise from state observers while gaining victories over strong “Big Ten” adversaries. The teams still were knotted up after a double overtime at the local gym Saturday night, sc Coaches Bayne Freeman and Everett Case decided to call it a night and be content with honors even. The scoreboard was balanced. 2929, at the end of regulation time. Reeder hooked in a one-hander to nose Tech ahead early in the first overtime, but Vaughn came through with his fifth basket and they were right back where they started from. No one could find the hoop in the second additional session. In five games Shortridge exhibits one triumph, a double overtime decision over Greencastle. Southport, Greenfield, Noblesville and Shelbyville all put the Blue Devils down for the count. Coach Kenneth Peterman refuses to admit discouragement so soon, however, being confident that he has a potentially strong club. Though he is glaringly short-handed in “beef” and heighth, he believes he has a group of alert and speedy ball-handlers. Teacher vs. Pupil The contest this year is enrichcnea by the addition of the old teacher vs. pupil angle. Bayne Freeman was captain of the Franklin High School team several years ago, and his coach was Kenneth Peter- ! man, a youngster, just getting his first sample of mentoring tribulations. Later, Peterman moved to Wiley of Terre Haute and Freeman became coach at Bedford, both producing strong teams from time to time. School may be adjourned, but basketball practice goes right on for the boys on the teams. They’re willing, because they’ve got some things on their minds they hope to settle. The Shortridgers want make amends for their string of setbacks. The Techites are anxious to paint over two black marks placed on their record last year by their most rivalrous foe. Hi Bru Pin Team Wins Third Place City Bowlers Score 2932 in Central Meet. By Times Special CINCINNATI, Dec. 23.—The Falls City Hi Bru five-man bowling team of Indianapolis ■won third honors in the Central States bowling tournament, which closed here last night, with a score of 2932. Top honors in the team division went to the John G. Eppings, of Louisville, with a 2970. The Hank Smiths, of Detroit, 0., were second with 2949. Sixth place went to Bowes Seal Fast, also of Indianapolis, with 2888, and Centliver Beers, of Fort Wayne, toppled 2870 pins for tenth. Acetylene Products, Indianapolis, were thirteenth with 2863, and Cook's Goldblumes, Indianapolis, sixteenth, tallying 2854. By spilling 1290 pins, John Fehr and Jesse Pritchett, both of Indianapolis, ranked second in doubles competition. A Detroit pair piled up 3121 points. In the “all-events” rating Charles Cray, Indianapolis, took second with 1888. Local Pro Quintet to Tackle Goodyears The U. S. Tire professional basketball team is scheduled to meet the Goodyear Tire and Rubber j quintet of Akron. 0., in the Armory ! next Sunday, officials of the local club announced today. On the following Sunday Alabama Pitts, formerly an athlete at Sing Sing and now a baseball player in the International League, will bring a team of net stars to the Armory. The Kautsky A. C.s are to furnish the opposition. The Tires’ scheduled game at Jasper yesterday was postponed indefinitely. KEIFER LOWERS OWN MARK IN BACKSTROKE Times Special CHICAGO, Dec. 23.—A 17-year-old swimming star, Adolph Keifer. | has lowered his own world record 16 seconds. In the annual city high school tank meet Saturday he did the 100 yards backstroke event in 57.6. His best previous mark for the distance was 592. which Keifer established last April in Indianapolis.

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lity High Net valry Renewal | I for Christmas Week-End, i afiP Itself; Big Green Record e Plays at Zionsville. ! ;ed to city high school students for [. 1 game is carded for local consump- V the card lacks in quantity, it makes \ its Tech against Shortridge Satur- llm „ ' V at the East Side battlehouse. t : sensational to date, their v oval and their hundreds of pupil! * the like of which seldom is heard I li quintet tonight at the Irish gym, j ille Friday night in the only & npressive record as the rivals ‘ B:, Green men actually can Mk pit jp' ***** h nm HHbHH tK Umm |; Hnn 111111111 tMi umii ■! - test of the season when thev tanTOgpHjlff their eighth consecutive victory are forward John Hopkins, pic-

Winter Golfers Head for Miami With New Champ Leo Mallory Captures SIOOO British Purse After MacFarlane Gashes Hand; Florida Event Next. By Science Service NASSSAU, Bahamas, Dee. 23.—Followers of the winter golf trail were en route to Florida today with anew champion in their midst—--24-year-old Leo Mallory of Norton, Conn., who displaced Bobby Cruickshank as holder of the British Colonial Open title. The battle for gold on the Southern links will be resumed Jan. 3 when the field which concluded the fourth major winter tournament yesterday swings into action in the $2500 Miami Open, Florida’s oldest tournament.

Mallory enriched himself by SIOOO yesterday when he clipped a stroke from par to beat Johnny Revolta of Milwaukee, this year's P. G. A. champion, for first prize. Trailing Willie McFarlane of Tuckahoe. N. Y., by a stroke at the start of the final 18 of the 72-hole tournament, Mallory toured the course in 67 to post a total of 271. Revolta Takes S6OO Although he shattered par by two strokes, Revolta finished with 272 for second prize of S6OO. Curiosity probably cost MacFarlane S6O0 —the difference between third and first-place money. MacFarlane, who scored a pair of 67s on Saturday's two 18-hole rounds, took a72 yesterday for a 274. On the sixth tee he noticed a piece of scrap iron lying on the ground. He picked it up, examined it and then threw it away. In throwing the scrap, MacFarlane suffered a severe gash on his right hand and from that point played virtually onehanded. ( Goes Strong on Putter A magic putter which enabled him to drop half a dozen 12-footers gave Mallory his victory. He went over par on four holes and scored birdies on five others. The young professional took a five on the first hole with three putts. From then on his putting steadied. He went cut in 35, one over par, and returned in 32. Three players tied for fourth place—all of them four strokes behind MacFarlane. Two of them, Denny Shute, Chicago, and Zell Eaton, Oklahoma City, smashed into the money with 675, while Paui' Runyan of White Plains, N. Y., who was ahead both those players when play began yesterday, took a 69, one over par. Cruickshank, last year’s winner, was well down the list with 288. Horton Smith of Chicago, who won the Miami Biltmore Open last week, had 283. Sam Parks, United States Open champion, took 296. MIDGET RACERS POPULAR MANCHESTER. Engiand, Dec. 23. —Midget auto racing, of the type that is spreading through the United States, has caught on here in a big way. A crowd of 45,000 recently watched a local event.

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SAFELY past Northwestern, the Irish basketeers of Notre Dame face their second major test of the season when they tangle with Purdue on the Jefferson High court at Lafayette tonight. Two veterans ready to help the undefeated South Benders try for their eighth consecutive victory are forward John Hopkins, pictured here doing a bit of “lowdown” dribbling, and Co-Capt. Marty Peters, the big fellow tossing a pass. Peters, who shares the team leadership with Johnny Ford of Indianapolis, plays either at center or forward. Mustangs Wind Up Hard Drill for Bowl Times Special DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 23.—Southern Methodist’s Mustangs held their last hard scrimmage today in preparation for their Rose Bowl, meeting with Stanford. Workouts then will be tapered off for the start of the trip Thursday. Coach Matty Bell’s players are in the best physical condition of the year. The team has suffered no accidents during recent practice sessions.

Joe's ‘Pennant Clincher 9 Flops When the New York Yankees paid $12.000 for Pitcher Pat Malone last April Manager Joe McCarthy was certain that he had acquired the “pennant clincher” but Pat fell far below expectations. In other words the deal was a total washout for the New Yorks.

Purdue Cagers Face Week Brimful of Action; Start Off With Contest at Home Busy Boilermakers Tackle Notre Dame Tonight, California Thursday, Then Strike Out for Eastern Games With N. Y. U. and Temple. Times Special LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Dec. 23 —Two of the Middle West’s highest scoring offenses will be pitted against each other here tonight in the Jefferson High School gymnasium when Notre Dame's powerful combination, undefeated in seven starts, tackles Purdue's speedy quintet in a game that headlines the week's net schedule.

The Irish, with a wealth of material, are expected to be slight pregame favorites, despite the fact that they have won but one game in history from the Boilermakers. / Against the power of the Notre Dame quintet that routed Northwestern without a great deal of trouble. Purdue will match its speed, rapid shooting, and accurate passing, with Capt. Bob Kessler, AllAmerica forward, as the kingpin of the attack. Following the tilt with the Irish, the Boilermaker hardwood speedsters are to entertain California's Golden Bears here Thursday evening in a feature intersectional encounter, and then head for the Eas* to meet N. Y. U.’s powerful quintet in Madison Square Garden on Saturday night and Temple In the Philadelphia Arena a week from Monday. Thursday’s encounter with California here will mark Purdue’s first taste of the Pacific Coast brand of the hardwood game, and according to Coach Ward Lambert, who scouted the Bears in their game with N. Y. U. in Madison Square Garden, Coach Nibs Price’s crew is a dangerous foe for any opposition. The Boilermakers were defeated in a thriller at Indianapolis Saturday night when Butler rallied to win, 41-39. Hitchcock to Lead Yankee Polo Team Five Players Selected to Meet Englishmen. B,y Science Service NEW YORK, Dec. 23.—Five players, including Tommy Hitchcock, the world’s only 10-goaler, were named today to represent America next June in a London renewal of the historic Westchester Cup polo series against England. The team will consist of Hitchcock, Elbridge T. Gerry, Winston F. C. Guest, Stewart B. Iglehart and Michael G. Phipps. A sixth player, Billy Post, was named but he declined an invitation because of business reasons. The United States Polo Association announced that no further se- j lections will be made, so the team probably will carry only one spare j player. The series, last contested in 1930 ■ when America whipped England twp matches to nothing, will be played in London, June 10, 13 and 20 on a two-out-three game basis. , Five C. L C. Squads Carded for Action Times Special NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Dec. 23. Three non-conference games on Friday night and a blind tourney at Windfall Saturday involving two league teams are on schedule in the Central Indiana High School loop this week. Plymouth is host-- to Culver Friday night, Wabash entertains Marion, and Noblesville plays at Jeffersonville. Elwood and Alexandria are entered with Summit - ville and Windfall in the Saturday i tourney?* Should Elwood and Alex-: andria meet, the result will be counted in the conference standings, j Noblesville and Tipton are leading, with one league victory each.

State Tri-Cushion Aces on Vacation Tourney Play Is Suspended This Week. Play In the state three-cushion billiard tournament will be suspended during Christmas week. Harry Cooler announced today. The event, which has been in progress for more than six weeks, is being played in his parlor. The field remains pretty well bunched, with Larry Shapiro and Harry Rubens the only unbeaten contenders. Shapiro has turned in five straight victories, and Rubens has won four games in as many starts. The fastest tilt in the meet so far was played by Walt Ramsey, w T ho downed Leonard Quill in 65 innings. Play will be resumed after the first of the year. The standing: W. 1.. HR Larry Shapiro 5 6 6 Harry Rubens 4 0 X Lou Spivey 3 1 5 Walt Ri-.rasey 8 1 6 Clayton McGregor 2 2 7 Henry Cooler 2 3 5 Leonard Quill 2 4 6 Frank Dougherty 2 17 Phil Grcenberger 1 5 B J. Pilz •> 4 *

Net Gossip I Six Commercial League teams will swing into action tonight at the Dear- | born gym. The schedule: 7:3o—Kroger vs. Hook's. B:3o—Lang's Jeweiry vs. Dependable Cleaners _ 9:3o—Kingan vs. Fountain Square Radio. Inland Box netmen nosed out the Kingan quintet, 30 to 28. in the Armory yesterday afternoon. The contest was a cur-tain-raiser to the Kautsky-Dufly Floral tilt. Results In the Smith-Hassler-Sturm ; League at the Pennsy gym yesterday afternoon follow: Linkert Carburetor, 29: Kingan. 22. Falls Citv Beer. 22: Lawrence, 21. Brink's Express, 29: K. of P. 10. Monite Moth-Proofers, 15; Citizens Gas, 14. Thoman Shoes recently defeated the Linkert Carburetors. 24 to 20. Williams paced the winners, while E. O'Conner and Bunnell were best for the losers. The S. B. A. Girls have access to the Dearborn gym next Sunday, and want to schedule a tilt with some city or state girls’ quintet. For information write M. E. Wright. 39 S. Warman-av, Indianapolis, or call Belmont 2111. Sheet Ranges Open on Christmas Day The Indianapolis Skeet Club range will be opened for shooters at 1 Christmas afternoon, club officers announced today. In a 50-target event yesterday Gribble took top honors with a Other scores: Richards, 45; Cooper, 44; Evans, 44; Payton, 42: L. Winders. 41; Pendlgo. 40, Schofner. 40; Lyda. 37: Billman, 36; R. Smith, 35; Coiner, 34; Harvey. 34; Terrill, 33; Walters, 32; Eades. 31; Corby, 30; Heiwig. 28; Glass. 28; Jones. 26; Egly, 26; O. Smbith, 22; Baker, 18: Sage, 17; Phelps, 16; Clinden, 14; Mack, 12. KAMM HEADS MISSIONS Timex Special SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 23.—8i1l Kamm, former third baseman of the Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Indians, has been named manager of the San Francisco Mission club, for one year. He replaces Charles (Gabby) Street, who resigned to manage the St. Paul American Association team.