Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 303, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1936 — Page 20

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By Eddie Ash A. A. RED BIRDS ARE SHAPING UP B m n COLUMBUS SEES BRIGHT SEASON

W ITH the exception of more and better pitching, which they feel sure will be delivered in due time, the Columbus Red Birds appear to be well fixed to make a race of it in the new American Association campaign. And the team looks the part of a balanced outfit. There is a big drive under wav in the Buckeye capital to snatch another pennant. Phil Weintraub, once a member of the Indianapolis Indians, will be seen cavorting at first base. The Chicago Jewish pastimer learned a lot about baseball since his rookie days with the iloosiers. Asa matter of fact he was cut loose here and that demotion evidently served to put new ambition into his big frame. He climbed all the way up to the majors to the Giants. Another former Hoosier on the Columbus infield will be Eddie Montague, who is slated to hold down the shortfield. A1 Cuccinello is to be the second sacker and Don Gutteridge will be at third. Other infielders on the roster are Eddie Delker, Larry Burton and Fresco Garibaldi. Outfielders are John Winsett, Chick Fullis. Nick Cullop, Hal Anderson. Don Padgett, Cecil Gerriott and Enos Slaughter. A1 Spohrer is listed as No. 1 catcher and Paul Chervinko No. 2. The latter is said to have the earmarks of a star. The mound staff has not been completed, but mentioning several are Copeland, Klinger, Max, Stout, Seats and Martynik. j

IF Hcinie Manush. Boston Red Sox outfielder acquired from the Washington Senators this winter, hits what he believes his golf score indicates he will. Owner Tom Yawkey will be ready to hand him an increase in salary. The veteran turned in a card of 367 during the baseball players’ winter links tourney in Florida and Manush asserts that his batting average in the American League race will be the same figure. Good sales talk, Hcinie! u a tt Ppdro Montanez, the Puerto Riean lightweight fistic challenger, has a passion for automobiles and flashy clothes. Jimmy Bronson, American manager, won’t let the lad meddle with fast buses, hut does allow him to splurge on raiment. You can't blame Bronson for protecting the old meal ticket. nun BUCKY HARRIS, manager of the Washington Americans, has a new name. He is called “Buck Harry’’ by Roberto Estallella. the Cuban infield recruit. Roberto is having a tough time picking up English. He has an odd name for every member of the team. The Cuban's first visit in the United States was late last summer. n n tt Elza Thompson, Timcs-Legion Golden Gloves hrayweight, drew a lot of attention to himself in Chicago on account of the size of his feet. His ’’Big Fourteens” were the talk of the “Tournament of Champions" at Chicago Stadium. If rules permitted Elza io employ his “dogs” as weapons his fighting career would be made. a tt a WHEN the New York Yankees sold First Baseman Bud Hassett to Brooklyn, Lou Gehrig’s dream of switching to the outfield was shattered. He had been led to believe Hassett was being brought along to serve as his understudy. Iron Horse Lou had hoped to move to the pasture to save his legs and thereby prolong his career. a u Al Simmons is many pounds overweight and the worry in the Detroit camp has begun. The Tigers put $75,0”0 on the line for the veteran and he is expected to he the champions’ “b'g punch” in the outfield. And now Mickey Cochrane has ordered Old Pal Al to use a lighter bat. tt tt THE American Association will have eight regular umpires and two alternates this year, but the alternates will be emergency men. one in the Eastern half of the circuit and one in the Western section, “to be available on call.” a a a Tom Oal.v, Boston Red Sox coach, has an unique claim to fame. He hit a home run before the late King George V "away hack when.” Tom was playing with a globe-trotting nine at the time. a tt tt HANK LEIBER. who threatened to quit the New York Giants over a salary controversy and take up coaching at the University of Arizona, used to be a star athlete there. He was a member of the football, baseball and wrestling teams. u u a The name “Little Giants” is in baseball now. It is the nickname adopted for the Greenwood club of the Cotton States League, owned hy Manager Bill Terry of the New York Nationals. Terrv Seiects 11 Baseball Pupils Giants’ Manager Eliminates Field of Hopefuls. Bji United Press PENSACOLA. Fla., Feb. 27.—Manager Bill Terry of the New York Giants announced the names of the 11 outstanding pupils retained in his baseball school today. They will remain in training and the more promising will be shipped to farms at Greenwood or Nashville. The stars: Roy Piester, St. Albans, N. Y.; Andrew Skurski. Rockford. 111.; George Kovack. Gary. W. Va.; Chris Abraham. Gapac. Mich.; James Mascatelli, New York; Jose Lovetere, Millsboro. Pa.; William Yarewick. New York; Robert Carpenter. Chicago; John McKete. Auraro. 111.; William Bonne. Hudson, N. Y.; Joseph Tekely, Neffs. O. The first three are outfielders, the fourth a third baseman, the fifth a shortstop and the last a catcher. The other five are pitchers. INDIAN BEATS DEAN By United Pres* LOS ANGELES. Cal., Feb. 27. Ming Chewaki, Oklahoma Indian grappler, threw "Man Mountain" Dean of Georgia in the windup event of the local mat show last night.

O’Shocker and Lewis Matched Pat Signs to Trade Grips With Former World Mat Champ. Signing of Irish Pat O'Shocker, a favorite among local and state wrestling fans, to meet Ed (Strangler) Lewis in the headline mat encounter at the Armory next Tuesday night was announced today by Matchmaker Lloyd Carter. Lewis is a former world champion and O'Shocker is rated near the top in heavyweight circles. Carter rates the tussle as a “natural” of the “big time” style and figures it will come close to packing the Armory. Frank Speer and Irish Pat drew 3000 fans at the N. Penn-sylvania-st arena last Tuesday. Otto Kuss also will see action on the card next week and Carter plans to send him against a formidable opponent. Last Tuesday night saw Otto engage in local warfare for the first time in several months and the former Indiana University star demonstrated that he has learned many new holds. The husky Pete Schuh was Kuss’ victim

Hatchets Hope to Stop Scoring Ace Set Defense for Plainfield in Closing Game. Washington High School's basketball squad spent yesterday's practice session drilling on defensive tactics as Coach Jones sought a means of stopping the heavy scoring of Forest Weber, elongated pivot star of the Plainfield High School quintet. The Continentals close the current campaign on the Plainfield court tomorrow night. The 6-foot-6 center has been the scoring spearhead of Plainfield for the past two seasons. In the last six years, the West Side team has salvaged only one contest between the two teams. Three seniors are on the roster which will make the trip.

Cagers on Spot, Await Tournament Road Maps Play Last Games Before Annual Eliminations; Eight Local Fives Finish Tomorrow.

BY HARRISON MILLER “Beware of the rides of March,” is the current caution of some 802 hardwood coaches in this Hoosier state of hardwood fever. All but one'' of that number will be "taken for a ride” during the fateful month. The powers that be are to detail the various routes over which the one-way excursions will be made this week-end in the Tower of Trester on the Circle. Announcements of sectional, regional, semi-final and final

drawings are to be made Saturday. Meanwhile, teams will forego being put on the spot by fortifying their squads for the tourney grind with eleventh hour preparations in the final games of the regular schedules this week-end. Eight contests, all of significant importance, are billed for local aggregations tomorrow. The quintets at the Hoosier hub will test their tourney prospects as follows: Shortridge at Anderson. Tech at Franklin. Washington at Plainfield. Pittsboro at Manual (afternoon). Broad Ripple at Greenfield. Mooresville at Ben Davis. Warren Central at Oaklandon. Mount Comfort at Decatur Central. With little exception, the local aspirants will start the tournaments from scratch, and the arrangement of the Indianapolis sectional pairings will influence the destinies of the various teams. Season records leave few handles for prognosticators to choose a champion. Ben Davis with a triumphant march of 21 victories boasts the best record, whereas Shortridge, against heavier competition has registered 10 victories in lo starts, and last week vindicated its loss to Manual, the city champion. All teams will come into the stretch abreast and may the best fan win his prediction. a a a OTHER eyes are shifting northward as Cathedral goes in quest of the state Catholic toga. The Joe Deinhart-coached squads of past years have clinched many of the parochial diadems, and attracted the spotlight at the national meet. With another strong squad this season, the Irish may find the hurdies harder to vault. St. Mary’s of Huntington, defending champ, is a threat to repeat although represented by anew team. Central Catholic of Fort Wayne, the tourney opponent on Cathedral’s regular schedule, bowed by a single point on the Irish home court. Then there is Reitz Memorial of Evans-

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Last Cage Scrap for Five Butler Bulldogs

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/CROWDED off their own floor or holding it down against the invasion of Notre Dame? These five Butler University seniors were found on the edge of the Bulldogs' fieldhouse court as they made plans for their last stand of the season Saturday night, when they oppose the Irish here at 8:15.

20 Colleges Enrolled for Olympic Hardwood Trials t Purdue Not Included in List Which Favors Notre Dame and Indiana for Title Next Month. Twenty college teams from Indiana, Illinois. Michigan and Ohio are to compete in the Fifth District Olympic Basketball Tournament early in March. William F. Fox, district chairman, announced after entries closed

Hoosier Rannerup in Target Tourney Bj/ United Prc ■ a KANSAS CITY. Mo., Feb. 27. The East-West team race and Interstate target championship feature today’s program of the thirty-second annual Interstate trapshooting tournament, in which gunners representing 15 states are competing. The team race will be 25 flyers, 30-yard rise, with SIOO added money going to the winner. The Interstate calls for 200 targets at IS yards. Phil Miller. Kansas City amateur, was high gun man in the opening day events, blasting 98 of 100 targets at 16 yards to pace a field of 25. Miller also won the doubles championship with 48. The race was at 25 pair. A. C. Byrd. Terre Haute, Ind„ and C. G. Wilson, Kansas City, tied for runnerup with 44. The challenger flyer cup race went to Herman Peterson, young lefthanded snooter of Dillon, Mont., who scored a 23.

; ville, the team that polished off the locals early in the meet last year. Deinhart s squad plays St. Andrews i of Richmond Saturday morning at 111. “''l’'HE first shall be last—” a Biblical phrase, rang all too true lin 1935. The first name drawn ! from the hat in the IHSAA pairings last year was ANDERSON. Well, who won the final plaque? a a a Frankfort and Tipton, two of the torch bearers in pre-tour-ney predictions, are separated only bv 21 miles and the county line up there on Road 28. yet their paths diverge farther with each tournament until (and if) they get to the finals. The Hot Dogs have their own sectional and play at the Lafayette regional. Tipton is to play in Sheridan, the winner of which : goes to the Marion regional, then to Muncie’s semi-final meet. Frankfort. if still surviving, would be chased up to the Gary elimination center. THE Hot Dogs have lost only to Tipton and are the choice of most pickers. Tipton is undefeated, a debit in tourney qualifications, since no team has gone through a perfect record to win the state finals in its 25 years. THE other blemish on the Frankfort record is a tie. It resulted I from Tech's supreme effort of the year. 31 to 31, which may mean something in this man't town when the scramble starts at the East Side gym next week. CRISPUS ATTUCKS TO PLAY TWO CONTESTS Crispus Attucks High School’s basketball team will be in action tomorrow and Satudray with a road trip and a game on the home court. The Tiger squad is to work out ; again today with a light drill for the matinee encounter at Plainfield Boys School tomorrow at 3:30 on the local floor. Saturday night Attucks will play at Morgantown.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1936

From left to right in the picture are Dorrance Rogers, Wolcott; Roscoe Batts, Scircleville; Scott Armstrong. Fort Wayne; Ralph Brafford. Indianapolis, and Toy Jones, Peru. All except Rogers have been regular fixtures in the Bulldog lineup since their sophomore year and have experienced victories over some of the major

last night. The district committee will meet here Sunday to select the site and Butler University fieldhouse has been selected tentatively, but- bids from the Chicago Stadium and the Chicago Amphitheater will be considered. Indiana, co-leader with Purdue in the Big Ten Conference, and Notre Dame, one of the nation's leading fives, are outstanding in the field. Purdue did not enter. Other entries include : Indiana—Butler, Central Norman. De Pauw, Indiana State and Ball State. Michigan—Detroit and Wayne (Detroit.) Ohio—Cincinnati, Miami. Western Reserve, Ohio Wesleyan and Ohio State. Illinois—Northwestern, De Paul (Chicago), James Millikin, Macomb Teachers, Northern Illinois State Teachers and Armour Tech. Conditionaal entries were received from Illinois, Knox, Western State, Wittenburg and Marietta. According to present plans, the committee will select four or six teams with outstanding records and the remainder will play in sub-dis- j trict tournaments for the remaining eight places in the district tourament field. ‘Too Much,’ Purdue Says Times Special WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 27.—Officials of Purdue University announced here today that the Boilermakers had declined to enter the fifth district Olympic basketball competition at Indianapolis next month because of the additional strain required after a strenuous Western Conference campaign. “Coach Ward Lambert feels that it is asking too much of the members of the team to subject them to a hard tournament training period after the championship drive in the Big Ten and the additional contests on the present schedule,” Robert C. Woodworth, athletic publicity director, stated. “Purdue has been through an unusually hard campaign this season ana still has two more games. After all. the men are in school for an education, and the Olympic tournament would draw the season out too long,” Woodward added.

State Teams in Volleyball Meet Greensburg to Defend 1935 Title Saturday. Several out-of-town teams and a Louisville squad are slated for action in the Capitol City volleyball tournament at the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. starting at 2 Saturday. In addition to the 1935 championship team from Greensburg. teams also will represent the Fort Wayne Y. and the Dayton (O.) Y. M. C. A. Eli Lilly and Indianapolis Y teams have entered. The tourney will be a round-robin affair. Capt. Charles Ray indicated that the host team would be represented by the following players: Neal Ireland. Bill Davis. D. C. Jeffries, W. C. Widenhoefer, K. Vogel, Bob Sutphin. Walter Stork. Fred Richards. Ray Pickett and Ralph Leas. MEDLEY MARK~ CLAIMED Princeton Students Show Fast Time During Swim Exhibition. By United I'm* PRINCETON. N. J„ Feb. 27. Three Princeton undergraduates today claimed anew world record for the 150-yard medley swim. In a special exhibition during the Princeton-Columbia meet yesterday, the Tiger team covered the distance in 1:26, breaking the former mark of 1:30.2 by four and twotenths seconds. The team was composed of Howie Willey, Memphis; Dick Hough, Trenton, and Hank Van Oss, Plainfield, N. J.

colleges of the nation. After defeating Purdue and losing dose games to Michigan and Pittsburgh early in the season, the Bulldogs have been stamped with the stigma of a losing streak. In the last seven games their second-half drives have been cut short of victory. As chief ray of hope, teams

Akron on Top in Billiard Tourney Detroit Player Captures Amateur Crown. S'/ United Press DETROIT, Feb. 27.—Jacob Ankrom, Detroit, today held the national amateur three-cushion billiard championship. He completed the play yesterday by defeating Joe Boehling, Detroit, 50-42, in 85 innings for a total of six victories and one loss. J. T. Vandenover, Minneapolis, prevented a championship deadloc by defeating Eugene Deardorff, St Louis, 50-49, in 71 innings. Deardorff finished second with six victories and two losses while Vandenover placed third with five victories and three losses. Other positions went to Jules Stewart, Chicago, fourth; Hyman Colton, Boston, fifth; Walter Beck, New York, sixth; Lester Nelson, New York, seventh, and Boehling, eighth. BASEBALL LOOr MEETS The first meeting of the Municipal Baseball League will be held at Smith-Hassler-Sturm's tomorrow at 8 p. m. Representatives of Fountaintown Merchants and Sexton Coal teams have been requested to attend the meeting with the managers of the teams in the circuit last year.

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Under Leonard's Wing Benny Leonard , the former lightweight glove champion of the world, is handling a fighter whom he thinks is destined to develop into a title contender soon. The lad’s name is Eddie Dunne.

Davies Tripped by Bantam King, Thompson Defeated as Golden Gloves Closes *Luck of Draw’ Against Plucky Times-Legion Fighter, but Big Elza Is Unimpressive as Team Leaves Chicago. BY PAUL BOXELL Times Staff Writer CHICAGO, Feb. 27—The 1936 Midwestern Golden Gloves “Tourney of Champions” was history today insofar as the Indianapolis TimesLegion team was concerned. While 32 survivors of the three-night fight fest were arranging for their return March 6 to battle in the tourney finals, eight Indianapolis scrappers packed up at the Medinah Club and headed for home.

The Hoosier Capital's last hopes of reaching the final round faded last night when Judy Davies, bantamweight, and Elza Thompson, heavyweight, were defeated in thirdround bouts before approximately 15,000 spectators in Chicago Stadium. Others of the Times-Legion team had been eliminated in previous rounds. The original field of 364 was reduced to four semi-fin-alists in each of eight divisions with the completion of 128 bouts last night. The “luck of the draw” was against young Davies as he found himself paired against Johnny Brown, defending bantam champion and ace member of the powerful Chicago Catholic Youth Organization team. Judy Starts Well Brown, a polished boxer and terrific puncher, won by a technical kayo at the end of the first round, but Davies was game all the way. The Indianapolis youth started throwing punches with the opening bell and landed solidly several times. The champ, however, bided his time and carefully opened up midway in the round with short blistering blows. Davies was boring in, though bleeding about the face, when he ran into a piston-like right Turn to Page Twenty-One)

City Meet in Quarter-Finals Corrugated Box, Hook’s in Feature Contest at Dearborn Gym. The quarter-final round of the city amateur tournament will be staged tonight at the Dearborn gym with U. S. Corrugated Box. defending champion, meeting Hook's Drugs at 8:40 in the feature cage game. Hooks quintet surprised the touted Lawrence Trojans last night with a 31-to-28 victory. E. C. Atkins squad, which eliminated Hornaday Milk. 42 to 28, last night will meet Kingans in the windup tilt on tonights schedule. In other contests. Universal Car Loading will engage Inland Container at 7 and Shelby Service will play the U. S. Tires A. A. at 7:50. A consolation bracket game was won, 29 to 27, by the Snack Bluebirds from the Fort Harrison Medics.