Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 295, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1936 — Page 14

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By Eddie Ash 43 CITIES IN GOLDEN GLOVES MEET B B B TWO RINGS HERE NEXT WINTER

GLOVES champions of 43 cities from 13 states are to battle in the Chicago Tribune's Tournament of Champions on Feb. 24, 25 and 26 in the Windy City. The Indianapolis Times-Legion team will depart for the scene of warfare Sunday morning and establish headquarters at the Medinah Club. On the first night the boys in the four lowerweight divisions will see action, fly, bantam, feather and light. On the second night the schedule will call the other classes, welter, middle, light-heavy and heavy. Survivors are to perform on the third night and the winners will return to Chicago on March 6 to engage in the Tribune finals. The Indianapolis champs will be accompanied to Chicago by Tourney Manager Fred De Borde of the Bruce Robison Legion Post, other post numbers and two trainers, Porter Stewart and Wilbur Boyce. A group of fans also will make the trip to root for the local amateur scrappers. The Times-Legion tourney, which closed lavSt Friday, was witnessed by bigger crowds f han at any of the three previous annual glove classics here. The box office record also was smashed, which puts the event up in front on the Indianapolis sports calendar.

IN 1937 the Times-Legion show will be staged with two rings going at once and side by side. Seating capacity will -be sacrificed In order to shorten up the tourney and to avoid a topheavv program on the final night. The scheme will be to reduce the field to 16 bouts on the last evening, all finals in both Open and Novice divisions. h a a The Indianapolis champions will live in big league fashion on their journey to Chicago next week. They will be taken on a sight-seeing tour and will he allowed four meals a day, breakfast, luncheon, dinner and an additional meal after midnight. The fights will keep the boys up late. Dinner will be light owing to th>3 fact it will be the last repast before the glovers enter the ring at Chicago Stadium. non WHO put the jinx on the Indiana U„ basketball team at Columbus? The Hooslers will meet Ohio State again at Bloomington, but unless Purdue is stopped the best the Crimson can do is finish second. The battle between Purdue and Northwestern at Evanston Saturday stacks up as the Boilermakers’ toughest hurdle. It is going to be played before a capacity house. The Wildcats twice got within two points of Purdue in the closing minutes at Lafayette last Saturday. B B B Maybe it’s true, so go pluck yourself some greenbacks.. We mean about money growing on trees. Anyway. a total of 517,708.877 was bet at the Santa Anita race track in California in 46 days.. It's a 100 per cent increase over last year. And that’s the state that Is giving unemployed visitors the bum’s rush. B B B MORE reservations have been made for the 1936 Kentucky Derby than ever before since the classic became a fixture. There 11 be 5000 more seats this year, but the traffic jam and congestion will be the same. It means the "down in front” shouting will break all records. tt B B ONE of the highlights of the Texas League's base b al 1 schedule for 1936 will be an AllStar game to be played in Dallas July 25. Players in this game will be selected from northern and southern halves of the league. The game will be played as part of the sports program of the Texas Centennial Exposition which opens June 6.

Board May Probe Wisconsin Affairs Western Conference Heads to Hold Meeting. By United Press CHICAGO. Feb. 18.—The University of Wisconsin's athletic “mess” may result in an investigation by Western Conference faculty representatives at a meeting here Feb. 29. Dr. George A. Works. University of Chicago, chairman of the faculty conference committee, testified at Madison last week before the board of regents discharged Dr. Clarence W. Spears and Dr. Walter E. Meanwell. Under a conference policy, athletic control is vested in the faculty rather than in the board of regents, Dr. Works declared. The right of regents to usurp faculty control probably will be discussed at the Feb. 29 meeting. Dr. Works indicated. Three League Tilt* on State Schedule Three Indiana conference games and one non-conference contest comprise the Hoosier collegiate basketball schedule tonight. Conference games include Butler at Wabash Franklin at Hanover and Manchester at Ball State. Rose Poly entertains Eastern Illinois Normal in a non-conference engagement. GAMES IS HOODOO TO COACH AT ROSE POLY Times Speeinl TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Feb. 18Coach Phil Brown of Rase Poly has just about given up hopes of ever seeing his basketball team line up against Eastern Illinois Normal. In the last few years, operations and blizzards and such have prevented Brown from watching his Engineers go against the neighbor staters. Rose Poly and Eastern Normal quintets are to clash here tonight, but Coach Brown will remain at home again. He has the mumps. EXCURSION Sunday, February 23 $0,50 CINCINNATI Hamilton $2.30, o*ford; *2.00, liberty; *1.65. Connemlllt; *1.20, Ru*hvill. Lv. 4:85 A. M. C. T. Returning It. Cincinnati 10.50 P. M. K. T. Over WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY, February 22nd. tow Railroad and Pullman fares to all points from Friday. Feb. 21. to Sunday. Feb. 23. Return limit Monday midnight. Phones LI neoln 6401-6105 van

M’Avoy Easy Ring Winner Britisher Flattens Smith in Second Round; Goal Is Light-Heavy Title, By United l 1 res* NEW YORK. Feb. 18 —Jock McAvoy of England, who has stopped Middleweight Champion Babe Risko and fights John Henry Lewis of Phoenix next month for the world light-heavyweight championship, started his second American campaign last night by scoring a tworound knockout victory over Jimmy Smith of Philadelphia. For a time it looked as though Smith was going to give McAvoy a tough time. In the first round, he drove the British middleweight and light-heavyweight titleholder to the ropes. In the second round McAvoy settled down and smashed Smith to the floor with three rights to the jaw.

Glen’s Fooling Again Martinsville Tabbed to Go Long Way Despite Close Scrape With Herb Curtis’ Team.

BY PAUL BOXELL MARTINSVILLE plays a high- school basketball game at Southport this Saturday night. Under ordinary circumstances, such an occurance wouldn't call for more than casual mention. But, though you may insist that it’s far-fetched right now, this observer looks on Glen Curtis and his Martinsville gang as a definite state championship possibility.

For one thing, wily Mr. Curtis is having just the kind of season he dotes on for state tourney preparation. For another, Martinsville appears to have ah easier path than, say Frankfort or Tipton, to the fieldhouse finals. (That’s right, Wilbur, only four teams here this year.) Os course, there’s Bloomington in the sectional, Terre Haute's champ is the strongest the regionals offer, and the survivor of the Washington regional will be tough in the semifinal, but that's still getting off cheaper than will the stronger teams above the State Road 40 line. tt tt a NOW that Bloomington, Terre! Haute and Washington have been offended, let’s go back 'where we started—with Southport. No, Southport is not a state championship hope. That’s a pretty safe bet, even if the Cardinals did hold Martinsville’s Artesians to an 18-to-16 edge last week. Aye, and there is the rub. Anything may be expected in Hoosier basketballry, that’s true, but Martinsville was steaming up a glorious victory streak and Southport was being buffetted about most mercilessly when they met, yet the Artesians totaled only 18 points, two points to the gooa! Some might be rude enough to claim that the brother act had something to do with it. Oh Yes, they are brothers, you know—Herbert Curtis, the new principal at Southport, and Glen, principal and basketball coach for the Artesian school. But it is extremely improbable that Glen was over-zealous to make Herb look good, or that Herb was out to show brother Glen a few new tricks. You can't suppress or inspire a high school basketball team on special occasions with a wiggle of your thumb, you know, despite shadowy hints arid blase claims often made to the contrary. u tt u IT WAS merely one of those exceptional games. And that is just the point. Glen of Martinsville has displayed in the past a marked habit of popping up with one or two of those “exceptional” affairs a few weeks before the arrival of tourneys in which his teams “go to town.” They're playing a return engagement at Southport Saturday and if i Glen is running true to form, the Cardinals are due for somewhat of a thumping. But. even if the Cards go on another spree and. actually upset the Artesians, this corner is still looking for Mr. Curtis to advance his April Fool pranks up into the middle of March. a tt tt MUNCIE may arriVe in Marion for a game Friday night in a rather belligerent frame of mind, j They had quite a time in Muncie ; last week-end when a few Bearcat fans jostled Referee Hugh Vandivier after losing a decision to Frankfort. Threats were flying as Mr. Vandivier departed for his home town—Marion. tt tt tt The Muncie fans worked up their irk when Referee Vandivier expelled one of their players along with a Frankfort warrior after the two lads engaged in a splurge of fistic uni pleasantry a few minutes before the 1 game ended. Coach Everett Case had inserted the Frankfort scrapper into his lineup just shortly before the squabble broke out, and the Muncie wrath enveloped Casey, too. when the notion spread through Lae stands that the rival substitute was put on the scene for the deliberae purpose of ambushing the Muncie ace into a melee that would get him shooed off the floor. In case you didn’t notice, Frankfort won by a sizable gap. * u tt TWENTY wins straight—that's Tipton . . . and Kokomo comes next . . . next Friday, to be particular . a good test it will be for thOL„- tX> toppers, too ~Koko's

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Cats are going strong . . . the Cats have been bumped only four times this season . . . they’ye won seven of eight since the first of the year . . . If the Tippers tap Kokomo, they can finish unbowed by trimming Huntington ... no team ever has won the state championship after romping through an undefeated season . . . Bloomington scribes eased the inflamation of defeat at the hands of Shortridge by reminding their home readers that Kglsey McDaniels is a native Bloomingtonian . . . Kelsey rang up 17 points against the Panthers . . . One Bloomington account: “It would be safe to say that Coach Pete Phillips sure would like to have Kelsey as a member of this season's team, although the lad probably would not like the suggestion very well if he knew Bloomington's record for the season now stands at three victories, one tie and 12 losses (with no emphasis on the latter)” . . . the Shortridge ace spent his freshman year in Bloomington High . , . Among the latest to come out in definite terms against the new state tourney system are Archie Chadd and Fred Stoler, Anderson coach and principal . . . says a Tipton paper, “Noblesville is considered a tough nut to crack” . . . should the Noblesville netters pull the unexpected in the sectional against Tipton, they’re battle cry from there on undoubtedly will be, “Nuts, to you!” Marion Miley Posts 76 in Links Action By United Press PALM BEACH. FLA., Feb. 18.— Marion Miley, Lexington, Ky., yesterday posted a brilliant 76 to capture medal honors from a classy field and lead the way into the first round of match-play in the annual women's golf tournament here. Lucille Robinson, Des Moines. la., had the second best card with a 79. Stars who fell by the wayside before Miss Miley's blistering pace were national champioh Glenna Collett Vare, who had an 81; Patty Berg, sensational girl golfer of Minneapolis, who had an 83, and Maureen Orcutt Crews of Miami, with 81. WINS BY DEFAULT By United Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.. Feb. 18. —Martin Buxby of Miami won the Florida West Coast tennis championship here yesterday when Weston Painter, Minnesota, Northwestern clay courts champion defaulted in the final rour-tL while trailing, 6-2, 6-1. *

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1936

Training Base for A, A. Umpires Set Arbiters to Work Exhibition Games in South. By United Press COLUMBUS, 0., Feb. 18.—Taking a cue from the major leagues, George M. Trautman, president of the American Asociation, announced today a training base for umpires would be established in Florida this spring. The umpires will spend one week at the Florida base and then be assigned to work exhibition games for Association clubs. Lake Wales, Fla., has been selected as the tentative site for the arbiters training. Trautman also announced contracts have been offered seven umpires iyho were in the league last season. They were: Thomas P. Dunn. W. H. Guthrie, Larry Goetz, G. H. Johnson, Robert Kober, Joe Rue and Chester Swanson. The eighth man, Charles E. Johnson, will umpire in the American League this season, his successor and two reserve umpires are yet to be selected.

Trester Gives Ruling on Cage Tourney Broadcasts Radio Privileges at Finals Granted Three .Stations: Capacity Crowd Stipulation Placed on Other Meets. Broadcasting of sectional, regional and semi-final competition of the Indiana High School Athletic Association basketball tournament will be permitted if capacity crowds are assured, Commissioner Arthur L. Trester

announced today. The principal of the host school may permit broadcasting when he is assured that the capacity of his gymnasium will be sold in season tickets and after he obtains the consent of participating schools, Trester stated. The ruling also provided that the radio station broadcast the entire tournament.' Permission to broadcast the final tournament at Indianapolis has been granted stations WFBM and WIRE, in Indianapohs and WOWO in Fort Wayne, with the understanding that these stations permit hook-up privileges to any station in Indiana. “No fee shall be accepted by any center principal or by any one connected with the I. H. S. A. A. from any radio station for the privilege of broadcasting any tourney,” a ruling of the board of control said. RYBOLT HIGH IN SHOOT Hoosier Rifle Club Holds Practice; Danville Unable to Appear With the Danville Rifle Club unable to appear for its match with the Hosier Rifle Club last night, the local marksmen held a practice shoot at the Hoosier range, registering a 468 score. The individual scores were Rybolt, 97; H. O. Smith, 95; Christie, 93; Ralphy, 93, and Manlief, 90. Basket Results STATE COLLEGE Indiana, 37; Michigan, 23. Earlham at De Panw (postponed nntil March 2). OTHER COLLEGES lowa, 32; Wisconsin, 25. Illinois, 39: Northwestern. 33. Kansas State, 41; lowa State, 25. George Washington, 33; Westminster, 25. Hope, 29: Alma. 27. Wayne, 25; Michigan Normal. 29. Slippery Rock (Pa.), 3i: Waynesborg, 35. Ariiona State. 49; Texas Tech, 34. Oregon, 42; Washington State. 35. Transylvania, 37; Tennessee Wes.'eyan, 82. DePaul (Chicago), 41; North Central. 35. Upper lowa. S3; Lather, 81. Carnegie Tech. 38; West Virginia, 2d. HIGH SCHOOLS Deeatar, 34; Garrett, 23. . Lewisville, 25; Sigpbtix-gprisg*,-JS.

Purses Are Boosted for National Speed Events.

By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 18 —Speedsters competing in national championship events this year will receive higher purses than last year, according to a ruling by the Contest Board of the American Automobile Association. Under the new rules, voted at the board's annual meeting yesterday, the minimum purse requirements for title events was raised from SSO to $75 per mile. Operators of national championship races will have to offeif a total purse of not less than $7,500 for a 100-mile event. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway is well over the require purse in its annual 500-mile classic. Total purse here is $60,000. first place paying $20,000. ST. PAUL DIGS DEEPER By United Press KANSAS CITY. Mo., Feb. 18.— St. Paul was further entrenched in first place in the American Association hockey race after a 3-to-l victory over Kansas City last night.

Pope Rocks Out Victory on Mat New Yorker Subdues Foe With Cradle Hold. Eddie Pope of New York rocked Dick Griffin “to sleep” twice with full cradle holds in the windup of a wresting card at Tomlinson Hall last night. Pope won the first fall from the Detroit grappler in 12 minutes and duplicated in 10 minutes of the second session. Sailor Parker also triumphed in straight falls from Bull Smith in the rern*-windup. Parker tossed the Bull with a slam in 18 minutes for the initial fall, and required the same amount of time to clinch the match with a tackle ard crab hold. The opener was even shorter, with Speedy O'Neil using a body slam to finish Red Strassinger in two minutes. ATTUCKSMEN PREPARE FOR TWO ENCOUNTERS With two games on the schedule this week, the Crispus Attucks basketball team held a short drill yesterday afternoon. The Tigers will play Stinesville at the Attucks gym Friday night, and will travel to Smithville the following night. II MATCHING ii We can match your coat. Over 1000 patterns to select from. | C fl II tailoring CO. I. b U II 131 E. New York SL AUTO LOANS and Refinancing 20 Month* to Pay WOLF SUSSMAN, Inc. 23* TV. WASH. ST. E*,tbU*hed 34 Tear* Opposite Statflteooso. LI-274*

U. S. Chief Sees Stronger Team in Next Olympics

Committeeman Returns From Winter Games Predicting Brighter Show in ’4O; Irked by Britain. BY STUART CAMERON United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK. Feb. 18.—America’s failure to win more than one title at the fourth Winter Olympics in Germany will serve as an incentive to produce a stronger team in 1940. according to Gustavus T. Kirby, treasurer of the American Olympic Committee.

Kirby returned yesterday from Garmisch-Partenkirchen. He said that loss of five of six titles won at Lake Placid in 1932 and a drop from first to fifth in the unofficial team standings doubtless would be interpreted by the general public as a comparatively poor showing by American athletes. “Asa natural result,” he said, “I expect 10 times as much material and a much stronger team for the 1940 games, which probably will be held in Japan.” Kirby said the American performances were courageous and commendable and as good as could be expected under the circumstances. The skating competition in 1932 was under American rules, with the field starting from scratch and skating against each other. In Germany, European rules were used and the skaters competed against the clock, racing two men at a time. In bob-sledding, where America scored its lone triumph, the Red, White and Blue athletes had hard luck. Donna Fox, one of their best drivers was injured and unable to compete. And the bob run was poorly constructed, Kirby said. Kirby’s greatest “peeve” was the

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Baer Needs Ready Money Max Baer is back in training on the West Coast for another start in the fistic game. It is said he is hard up for ready cash. Most of his money is tied up for several years and- the play boy is a fast spender.

Crimson Quintet Still Vital Factor in Loop Race After Trouncing Michigan, 37-23 Hoosiers BoiTnce Back From Ohio Defeat to Outclass Wolverines: John Townsend Totals 13 Points for Losers; Boilermakers Have Four Games to Go. By United Perns BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 18— Despite Purdue's unblemished record, Indiana remained a vital factor in the Big Ten basketball race today. The Hoosiers, after losing their only conference contest of the season 48 hours previously, came back last night to whip Michigan, 37 to 23.

Amateur Fives Continue Play Four Games on at Dearborn Tonight; Kinnett Is Inland Star. Four games are carded in the local sectional of the state amateur tournament tonight when first round play is resumed at the Dearborn gym. The Oakhill Spartans were upset last night at the inaugural session when Logan Kinnett went on a scoring spree to tally 23 point' as Inland Container won, 48 to 35. In other games, Universal Car Loading edged out a 19-to-17 victory over the Cannons, Prest-O-Lite deposed Fort Harrison. 27 to 19. and Crown Products eliminated Snack Bluebirds, 34 to 17. Tonight’s schedule follows: U. S. Tire Factory vs. Craftsmen, 7; Linton Radio vs. Stenger's Oasis, 7:50; Armour vs. Shelby Service, 8:40; Link Belt Ewart vs. P. R. Mallory, 9:30.

fact that Great Britain used two Canadian players on its ice hockey team. He vehemently declared that use of such “floating players”—nationals of another country—was directly in violation of the Olympic code of good sportsmanship. Avery Brunaage, head of the American committee, has laid the case before the International Olympic Federtion. “If Great Britain can use Canadians on its Olympic hockey team,” Kirby asked, “why can it not use Canadians, Australians, etc., on its track and field teams and Davis Cup teams?” KUHN RETURNS FOR . PARK SCHOOL GAME The Park School cagers return to action tonight at the local gym in a basketball game with Castleton High School. The tilt was postponed last Friday because of the icy condition of the roads. Coach Lou Reichel’s team was declared in good shape with the return to the lineup of Walter Kuhn, varsity forward who has been ill.

Purdue, with its eight straight victories, has four games left—against Northwestern at Evanston Saturday; Minnesota at Lafayette Feb. 24; lowa at Lafayette Feb. 29 and Michigan at Ann Arbor March 7. Both Michigan and Northwestern, because of their home floor advantage, are possibilities to halt the Boilermaker winning streak. I. U. Has Three Indiana, with eight wins and one loss, has three more conference teams to play—Wisconsin at Bloomington Saturday; Northwestern at Evanston Feb. 29 and Ohio State at Bloomington March 2. The Hoosiers should be able to take Wisconsin but Ohio State and Northwestern present more difficult problems. It was Ohio which handed Indiana its only defeat, at Columbus last Saturday. The Hoosiers defeated Northwestern, 27 to 24, at Bloomington, Jan. 11. It appeared for a while last night that Ohio State had knocked the confidence out of Indiana, but the Scrapping Hoosiers gained their equilibrium in the second half against the Wolverines. Trailing, 14 to 12, at the rest period, the Deanmen forged into the lead on goals by Fechtman and Gunning. Johnny Townsend knotted the count at 16-all for Michigan. Hoosiers Cut Loose Gunning again broke the deadlock and Walker sent the Crimson into the lead. The margin was increased, and, with play remaining even for several minutes, the score stood at 29 to 23 when the Bloomington collegians cut lose with a cluster of eight straight points while holding the visitors scoreless to amass the final score, 37 to 23. Platt knifed the net with a long heave and passed to Gunning for a close counter. Huffman, who tallied 11 points to share honors with Gunning, hit twice from the field as the game ended. Johnny (Turn to Page Fifteen) BIG TEN STANDINGS By United Press CHICAGO, Feb. 18. —Big Ten basketball standings: W. L. Pet. TP. OP. Purdue 8 0 1.090 337 212 Indiana 3 I .838 291 249 Illinois 5 3 .323 219 293 Ohio State 5 5 . 399 308 399 Michigan 4 4 .390 273 232 lowa 4 5 .444 243 281 Northwestern 3 4 .428 245 288 Wisconsin 3 5 .375 218 249 Minnesota 3 7 .309 280 343 Chicago 0 9 .900 229 387 GAMES SATURDAY Wisconsin at Indiana. Purdue at Northwestern. North Central at Chicago (non-con-fercnce). Michigan at lowa. Minnesota at Illinois.

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