Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 304, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 February 1936 — Page 26

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By Eddie Ash TORCHY PEDEN, HELL ON WHEELS a m m HAS 10 SPEED BIKES ON HAND

CIX-DAY bike racing has many interesting angles that sports goers in this part of the country know little about. Qycle road racing was held here last summer and there was a noticeable renewal of interest in the wheelmen. The events jwi.l be repeated this year. Local pedalers will be surprised to |know the cost of some of the bikes used by the six-day marathoners. Torchy Peden, one of the better known riders, has a two-wheeler that cost about SIOO. |' Known as Hell on Wheels, Peden is a giant and it takes ;4lot of bike to hold him up. He stands 6 feet 21/2 inches and Weighs 220. He packs three special mounts around the racBng circuit and keeps seven more all readied up at his Canadian home. I . Torchy buys special spokes of heavy grade and often purchases a thousand at a time. The rims of his wheels also are heavy and the hubs than the average. He is a tire destroyer and sometimes burns up tight pair in one six-day grind. The Canadian loans new saddles to amateurs who are glad to break them in because he never calls for them unless the amateur is willing, jrorchy has been riding as a professional several years and has won 27 Mx-day events. And previous to that he represented Canada in the 1928 Olympic games. But Peden admits his greatest thrill came when, as a hoy, he saved his meager warnings doing odd jobs and bought a bright red bicycle with spokes that glittered in the sun.

a 8 Jj-'LZA THOMPSON, local Negro JLj Golden Gloves champ, had one of his No. 14 shoes autographed by Brown Bomber Joe Louis. Big Elza forgot his fighting trunks the last night of the Tournament of Champions in Chicago and it was a difficult job locating raiment for him to wear. All trunks o.Tered by others were too small. Somebody finally showed ingenuity and when Elza entered the ring he looked like he was going swimming. 8 8 8 Further proof that Pitcher Lefty Grove was a real comebacker last year was his record against the champion Detroit Tigers. He beat the Bengals five times and lost once. 8 8 8 PREXY GEORGE TRAUTMAN of the A. A. says the baseball situation at Louisville has cleared up and that the fans there are a.v sured .of a strong nine. Burleigh Grimes, the new manager, has made a hit with Kentucky rooters. Citizens bunched their bank rolls and got the Colonels out of the doghouse. a 8 m The dugouts at Perry Stadium were flooded the other day and it was four feet deep in the player runways. Old Salt A1 Hall succeeded in directing the current toward the river and no damage occurred. 8 8m Basketball is one of the few sports which draws better at the beginning than at the end of the season, except at Tipton, of course, where the citizens never have to watch the home boys lose. 8 8 8 According to oiin Gentry, superintendent of Col. E. R. Bradley’s Idle Hour Farm near Lexington, Ky„ the famous horseman probably will train three colts for the Kentucky Derby this year. They are Bien Joli, Banister and Eow to Me. A lot of Bs there. Bradley is the Big B man of the turf.

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Michigan Ace to Swim Here Tom Hainey, freshman at the University of Michigan, tops the list of entries in the men’s national junior 300-yard individual medley event to be held at the Indianapolis Athletic Club pool tomorrow night. The event, consisting of free style, backstroke and breastroke swimming, headlines the aquatic program. Hal Benham and A1 Rust are to represent the I. A. C. Another Michigan student, Fred Robinson of Indianapolis, has entered the Indiana-Kentucky A. A. U. 100-yard free style event.' He will compete with Colin Thompson, Bloomington High School paddler, and Robert Marsh, Indiana University natator. Thompson, who established an Ir.diuna-Kentucky 220-yard record here recently, will attempt to set a new national interscholastic mark over that distance in an exhibition match. The women’s middle states 100yeard event and 100-yard backstroke also arc on the card. Joan Fox, Betty Clemons, Rosemary Delatore and Helen Lee Robinson will compete for I. A. C. Jane Seager, Elizabeth Marshall, Caryl Gaines will represent Hoosier A. C. Hal Benham will defend his middle states championship in the diving exhibition which concludes the program. ‘Y’ AQUATIC CREW TO SPLASH AT COLUMBUS The swimming team of the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. is to travel to Columbus tomorrow afternoon for a dual meet with the Columbus Foundation for Youth squad. The Columbus team won a meet here earlier in the year. The same local squad that defeated De Pauw University will make the trip.

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They’re Coming to Town With Notre Dame

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Johnny Ford.... Home Again

“'T'HE Toast of the Nation” is X the praise theme sung by all Manhattan after Notre Dame had come out of the West to upset New York University’s vaunted warriors on their own 80-foot Madison Square Garden floor. And rightly so. After beating the Violets with a decisive 38-to-27 score, the Irish trounced Pittsburgh’s Panthers, 43 to 27, and rapped Kentucky with a 41 to 20 lacing, the worst suffered by the Colonels since Coach Rupp started building teams. The manner in which the Irish achieved 19 victories in 21 games may be witnessed when the net snippers pictured above swing into action at the Butler fieldhouse tomorrow night. Johnny Ford, ex-Cathedral ace, returns home to make his last college appearance before a local crowd. Ford, a senior, tallied 10 points against Butler last year. The action on the right is death warning to opponents. When Moir draws a bead on the goal it’s “bad news,” because he has averaged 12 points a game over the long season. Against Pittsburgh he established an alltime Notre Dame scoring record of 219 points with a 25-point

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scoring party that also set anew Irish single-game record. The South Bend ensemble of stars will attempt to register consecutive victory No. 13 at the Fairview fieldhouse tomorrow

Patty Berg Invited to Join Curtis Cup Squad Minneapolis Girl Is Youngest Ever to Be Named on U. S. International Golf Team. By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 28. —Eighteen-year-old Patty Berg, freckle-faced Minneapolis high school girl, today hail the distinction of being the youngest player—men included—ever named on a golf team representing America in international competition.

The red-haired Midwestern girl, who celebrated her birthday last week, was one of the eight players selected yesterday by the Women’s

Committee of the United States Golf Association for the Curtis Cup team which will meet a British team at Gleneagles, Scotland, May 6-7. The team, which will seek a third consecutive American triumph in the biennial series begun in 1932, will be captained by Mrs. Edwin H.

Vare, the former Glenna Collett, who has been American chamipon six times and who played on both former Curtis teams. The squad: Mrs. Edwin H. Vart Jr., Philadelphia, captain. Miss Charlotte Glutting, South Orange, N. J. Mrs. Opal S. Hili, Kansas City, Mo. Miss Marion Miley, Lexington, Ky. Mrs. L. D. Cheney, Los Angeles. Mrs. John D. Crews (former Maureen Orcutt), Coral Gables, Fla. Miss Patty Berg, Minneapolis. Mrs. Frank Goldthwaite, Fort Worth, Tex. Only unexpected member was Mrs. Cheney, whose retirement from competitive golf was announced some time ago. However, it. was pointed out that her inclusion entirely warranted by the high caliber of her golf. With the exception of Miss Berg, the team is the same as that which defeated Britain, 6*4 to 2 1 ?, at Chevy Chase, Md., in 1934. Only absentee from that team Is Virginia Van Wie of Chicago, who retired a year ago after winning the American championship three times in succession. It was learned that efforts were made to bring her out of retirement but that she refused. This year’s competition will com-

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night. New York was halted by , the 13 hoodoo, and for those who take stock in omens or comparative scores, Butler has a fair chance of marking up one of the season’s major upsets.

prise six singles and three foursomes. The team will sail in April.

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Johnny Moir Still Going

The Hinklemen, traveling at their best pace of the season, turned back Purdue University, co-leader of the Western Conference and only conqueror of the Irish this season. Irish-Bulldog tussles on the local court always have been close feuds. Last year Butler lost a 25-to-23 decision with Roscoe Batts on the s* delines. This season, the Irish won at South Bend, 32 to 27. Although Butler has lost seven consecutive games, the Batts-Armstrong-Jones-Brafford foursome which has played five times against Notre Dame teams hopes only for good luck on its sharpshooting. In nearly every game lost, the Bulldogs have out-shot their opponents from the floor, without hitting a good percentage. At any rate, it will be the season’s best sports parade on the local court. The time is 8:15.

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City Prep Net Fives Active as Season Closes Local Teams Taper Off for Tourney With Games Today. A full schedule was on tap for local prep basketball teams this afternoon and tonight, with I. H. S. A. A. schools concluding current schedules in preparation for the sectional tournament, which starts the latter part of next week. The local city and Marion County schedule follows: TODAY (3:20) Pittsboro at Manual. Plainfield Boys’ School at Crispus A'ttucks. TONIGHT Shortridge at Anderson. Tech at Franklin. Washington ai PlaiSfeild. Broad Ripple at Greenfield. Park School at Beach Grove. Silent Hoosiers at Westfield. Mooreseville at Ben Davis. Warren Central at Oaklandon. Mount Comfort at Decatur Central. Cathedral turns to Fort Wayne for the state Catholic tourney, which opens there tomorrow morning, and Crispus Attucks is to travel to Morgantown tomorrow night. FORD TAKES DECISION IN TOP BESS CONTEST Floyd Ford, Bess A. C. lightweight, won over William Helms, Dunbar A. C., in the feature fight of the weekly program at the Bess gym last night. Howard Hammond kayoed Herman Wright in the second round of the semi-final middleweight scrap. In other matches, Alf Osborn, 112, scored a technical kayo over Pete Wheatley and Dave Norris, 130, won in the same manner o*er Jack Sceay, both ending in the second round. Walter Williams, 118, decisioned Fred Arnold.

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SHORTRIDGE FRESHMEN DEFEAT SOUTHSIDERS Shortridge’s rhinies retained their grip on the city freshman basketball crown by defeating Manual’s first year string, 21 to 18, at the South Side gym yesterday afternoon. At intermission, the Redskins were holding the Blue Devils to an 11-11 standstill, but the visitors forged ahead early in the third period. Warriors Win Windup Fray Times Special VALPARAISO. Ind., Feb. 28. The Purple Warriors of Central Normal today ruled the roost of the Indiana College Conference with an unblemished. record of 16 victories. The champions closed their season here last night. However, the perfect campaign was not completed without difficulty, the Warriors eking out a 36-to-34 decision over Valparaiso University in a wild fracas. The teams were deadlocked at the intermission at 15-all and the score was knotted many times during the fray. Five players on the winning squad sank three field goals each, with Wilson adding four free throws for individual honors. Roedel contributed 10 points for the losing Uhlans. Summary: Valparlso (34). Cent. Normal (36), FG FT PFI FG FT t>F Karr.f .... 2 0 2 Williams,!.. 3 1 31 Ruehr.f 4 1 0 Mullin.f. .311 Fierke.c 12 3 Enelehart.f.. 0 0 3 Roedel.k 5 0 l.Rodebush.c.. 3 0 3 Baran.g.... 1 5 3 Wilson.g 3 4 0 Morris, g. ... 3 0 3 Totals... 13 8 91 Totals.... 15 6 11 WASHINGTON FROSH WIN The Washington High School freshmen defeated the Broad Ripple rhinies, 18 to 10, at the Ripple gym yesterday afternoon.

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