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

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Border Plants Are Now in Decay and Gay Resorts of Other Days Look Unhappy Foreign Gambling Club Is No More and Tijuana Course Is Mass of Weeds and Debris; Once Playground of Rich Americans. BY JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer TIJUANA. Mexico, Feb. 28—A 20-mile drive takes you from bustling San Diego over the American frontier into the gay and romantic land of the dons, except in this instance the gaiety and the romance are wholly theoretical. Once a flaming ball of fire in the sphere of Good Time Charlie, Tijuana and environs are now just another motley collection of onestory tourist shops, smelly bars, for the most part deserted, and scattered houses that range from a valiant attempt at modernity to medieval

mud huts. As if symbolical of the lugubrious present, the very first glimpse I got of this former Mexican hot spot was that of a peon piloting a mel-

ancholy pig down a dirt road. This did little to stimulate an imagination that had embroidered exciting tapestries of darkey e and senoritas, tinkling mandolins and matadors in red velvet plush. The main street in the town, Calle De Revolucion, presented a pic-

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ture of greater interest to the visitor, though it was impossible to escape the clammy feeling of stagnation that had settled over the whole place. A street merchant offered native gimcracks for sale, a case music box ground out “The Lady in Red,’’ a fuzzy-faced photographer urged the senor to pose for a picture in the prop donkey cart. Former Baseball Player We paused a* Tommy Downey’s American bar. Tommy used to play baseball in the old Western League. Tommy admits things have been tough since the new administration, headed by P.esident Cardenas, put the snorer on gambling, thus destroying about the only sound excuse anybody would have for coming here. Across the street from Tommy's joint are the charred remains of the famous Foreign Club which burned to the ground some weeks ago. During the period of its existence it was the most consistently successful gambling club within reasonable prices of the American sucker. The stockholders annually cut up a net profit of $1,500,000. Opened Track in 1016 Mr. James Wood Coffroth, the gifted dahlia grower, is, of course, responsible for Tijuana’s position in the sporting scene. He starved the original race track here in IDI6. It wasn’t exactly eye filling in point of beauty, but it was popular with the saps and in due course business was so good the promoter was able to offer purses of SIOO,OOO. Today the track is a mass of tangled weeds and debris, but the outlines of the racing strip are still visible. Nothing remains of the grand stand and paddock, but the white and green clubhouse is still here, having been taken over by the government as a sort of frontier office. A senora paced the upper deck of the old clubhouse singing a lullaby to a drowsy infant. Mr. Coffroth was surveying the place for the first time since he turned his back on it seven years ago and walked into retirement. His eyes fastened on the pacing senora —“You wouldn’t believe it now, but some very famous people used to sit up there on our big race days.” He named a list of Governors, Senators, financiers, bluebloods and picture stars that would fill a column. He also named a famous producer who welshed on a $60,000 bet. The party still is producing and the bet still is unpaid. But Mr. CofTroth’s enterprise was

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a mere side show compared to the incredible Agua Caliente development which came later and which, like old Tijuana, now lies prostrate under the stifling blight of Mexico's newly aroused concern for the morality of the peon. Everything about the Agua Caliente setup is unbelievable. To begin with it is unbelievable to think anybody would ever erect such a magnificent plant in a desolate, arid, squalid region. And it is unbelievable that today the gorgeous buildings, still glistening in their newness, lie idle, almost neglected and just about forgotten. They say it took $10,000,000 to build the casino, the hotel the pool, race track, dog track and golf course. 4 Franklin Seniors Await Final Game Times Special FRANKLIN, Ind., Feb. 28.—Four seniors on the Franklin College squad will don togs for their last game of intercollegiate basketball tomorrow night when the Grizzlies meet Wabash here. The seniors are Capt. Henry Poison, guard, Paoli; Fritz Miller, center, Darlington; David Barrow, forward, Franklin, and Charles Irvine, forward, Indianapolis. The Wabash game originally was scheduled for Feb. 13, but poor weather conditions made it impossible for the teams to meet. The game will end one of Franklin College's most successful basketball seasons in years. After a slow start that brought four straight defeats, Coach Roy Tillotson found a winning combination that so far has won eight of the 14 games played. Tillotson issued the call for baseball candidates Tuesday. CLUB OWNER DIES By United Pr<s% GALVESTON, Tex., Feb. 28. Shearn Moody. 40, president of the Galveston Texas League Baseball Club, and widely known business man, died here today of pneumonia. HOOK FACES SALICA Times Special HOLLYWOOD. Cal., Feb. 28Henry Hook, Indianapolis bantamweight, is on the short end of the odds for his 10-round battle here tonight with Lou Salica, the “Brooklyn Trolley Dodger.” The Hoosier weighs 119 pounds, the New Yorker, 118. Basket Results COLLEGE Indiana State, 36; Ball State, 38. De Pauw, 36; Wabash, 28. Central Normal, 36; Valparaiso, 34. North Carolina, 31; North Carolina State, 2(1. William and Mary, 47; Virginia, 33. Missouri, 31; St. Louis U., 22, HIGH SCHOOL Brownstown. 26; Crothersville, 24. Howard Township, 30; West Middleton, 2t. Tampico “E,” 23; Little York, 17.

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Century Lunch Cops Pin Honors With 3042 Total Team Sets Pace in Printcraft Games When Butch Zix Tosses 685 for Individual Laurels. BY BERNARD HARMON ROLLING in the Prmtcraft League at Pritchetts, “Butch” Zix outscored all pin rivals in action on city alleys last night, and when Carl Hardin joined him with another of his brilliant series, the two-way combination led Century Lunch to a 3042 series and team honors of the evening. Zix opened with a pair of 210 sand followed with a 265 that netted him a 685. Hardin totaled 658 in his trio of games.

The Lunch aggregation used games of 997, 980 and 1065 for the top count and a shutout victory over the opposing Pauley’s Printing Cos. Walt Heckman’s 661, from games of 184, 210 and 267, was second high in the loop and good for city-wide runnerup honors. Owen Fancher joined him with a 625, but the hard-hitting pair failed to make a sweep of the series for their Indianapolis Star quintet. Advance Electrotype outscored the Star boys in the initial tilt. John Fchr, with 606, led Cornelius Printing Cos. to a double victory over Bingham Rollers, who had Eddie Ton Eyck’s 619 as their cop solo series. In the remaining team match, Quality Flowers won tw.'ce over Roiles Printing Cos., Geo. 1 Scheidel's 612 for the winners being the top scoriffg feat of the series. a tt tt CARL MINDACH’S Diamond Chain series cievated him far above the 600 mark and gained him the show position among the soloists of the city. Through games of 219, 246 and 195 lie totaled 660, pacing his Tools team to a triple win over Chains. George Mize was again in the honor class, a 619 putting him over in last night’s series. His Sprockets team also benefited through his brilliant series, shutting out Specials. tt tt a IN the Automotive League contests at the Illinois Alleys, Howard Abraham, who has the distinction of being one of the city’s 300 bowlers, set the pace with a 641 series. He was in action with Hoosier Casualty Cos., and the leading total helped the quintet to a double victory over Phillips “66.” The only other honor series of the session came in the Eagle MachineG. A. Mellett clash, won by the former over the shutout route. A1 Zich, had a 615 for the winners and Emmett Killicn a 616 for the losers. Beard Brake Service and JonesMaley, Inc., nabbed three games each over Inland Battery and Denny Motor Service in other team contests. a a tt AMC Shirts was the only team to escape defeat in the L. S. Ayres & Cos. session at the Tritchett Alleys. It won three games from Franklin Luggage, while other contests were decided over the two-to-one route. Belnord Shirts, Grunows, Matrix Shoes, Kuppenhcimer and Phoenix Hose were the two-time winners. Stokoi, Knox Hats, Elgin Watches, Ashcraft Shirts and Estate Ranges were their victims. Paul Barnard with 626 was the leading individual scorer. tt tt A trio of 600 shooters emerged from the Parkway Recreation League matches at the Parkway. Cecil Laxen was the pacemaker with 621. Frank Black had 607 and Freddie Shaw 605. Triple victories resulted for Kingan Cos.. Coca-Cola. Farmer’s National and Beich Whiz over Roberts Milk, Miller's Tavern, Ritz Tavern and Bowers & Hindle. Pearson Cos., Inc. and Wharf House won twice each over Garrick Theater and Acme-Monon Coal Cos. tt tt tt Bemis Bags tossed John Bentley’s league-leading 619 and a 608 from Nan Schott at the opposing S & S Service Station in the Universal League matches but the best they could do was to win one game and then they needed a 1044 to turn the trick. Three additional honor counts emerged from the session, which was held at Pritchett’s. Bud Howe led Capitol Ice to a triple victory over Russet Cafeteria with a 606; Heidenreich Florists, paced by Phil Bisesi’s 604 won twice from Dutch Master Cigars and Kennedy Fire Fighters used Fay Rugh’s 605 in winning twice over Blue Point Service Station. In other clashes Pennsylvania Railroad and Volmer Bros. Meats took two each from Polk's Sanitary Miik Cos. and Louie's Tavern. tt tt tt John Barrett was the only 600 shooter of the St. Philip Ng. 2 League and the M. C. MescaUs were the only three-game winners.- Barrett led the individual scor-

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ing with 618 and the Mesealls shut out Kamm’s Beer. Other clashes resulted in double wins for Star Headliners, Foresters and Rural Shoe Rebuilders over Sterling Beer, Pittman-Rice Coal Cos. and Print Kraft. tt tt tt In the American Central Life League at Pritchett's, Alf Rafert assembled a 618 to carry off the solo honors.. The threeteam contests resulted in double wins for Joint Lifes, O. L. C. O. and 20-Y'ear Endowment over 10-Year Term, 20-Payment Life and Ordinary Life. tt tt tt In the Kiefer-Stewart. League at Pritchett’s, Taylor and Phillips battled for solo honors, the former winning out 609 to 607 Indo-Vin and Radios won the team matches, two to one. Cigars and Bath Buds being the victims. tt tt it Metal Saws and Purcnasine Dept, won three games each in the E. C. Atkins session at the Indiana. Inserted Tooth and Office took the shellackings. Saw Smithers, Laboratory and Hack Saws won two each from Tool Makers, Silver Steel and Handle Shop in other tilts. Switzer took individual honors on a 607. tt tt a The only 600 turned in by Elks League pastimers in their session at the Antlers was a 603 from Tom Selmier. Triple wins decided three of the four teams clashes. Bailey's Insurance. Indiana Wheel & Rim Cos. and Little-Doo blanking Burasal Paints, Hotel Antlers and La Fendrich Cigars as Heidenreich Florists won twice over Mobilgss. tt tt a All team contests of the St. Catherine’s League resulted in shutout victories for the winners. Trcfy Inn, Sauter’s Tavern, Fountain Square Furniture and Thoman Shoes were the victors, with Weber Milks, Schuster Coal, Wizard Machines and Lauck Funeral Home taking the beatings. Ed Cooney outscored all rivals with a 602. tt tt tt With 90 pastimers in action in the Industrial League at the Indiana, only one emerged with a 600 total. Dick Woodard tossed a 602 that gave him the solo honors. Polar Ice & Fuel, Prest-O-Lite and Republic Creosoting shut out Bemis Bag Cos.. General Outdoor Advertising and Indianapolis Times, while Indianapolis Screw Products. Centlivre Beer. Dilling Candy Cos., Indianapolis Railways. Outlaws and Maccabees took two each from E-Z Bake Flour, Ballard Ice Cream, Indianapolis News. Indianapolis Glove Cos., Inland Container and Strauss &- Cos. tt tt tt Other league leaders were as follows: Link Belt iCentral t, Wimberly, 599; West Side Merchants (Indianal, Jones, 594: P. R. Mallory (Delaware), Diss. 587: Fletcher Trust (Delaware). E. Friehace. 580; Real Silk Mixed (Pritchett's). Livingston. 577; Mutual Miik (Fountain Square i. Logan 572; Newman (Pritchetti. B, Galbreath, 551, and Illinois Recreation (Illinois). J. Beam, 522. First Pirate Squad Departs for Texas By United Press PITTSBURGH, Feb. 28.-A half dozen pitchers and catchers of the Pittsburgh Pirates gathered today for their journey tonight to the new spring training camp at San Antonio. The players scheduled to start from Pittsburgh are pitchers Bill Swift, Mace Brown and Johnny Waco of Kingston, Pa„ and catchers A1 Todd, Tom Padden and Spencer Woodill of Pittsburgh. The group, acompanied by President William Benswanger and other members of the Pirate’s official family, will be enlarged en route to San Antonio by other players who will board the train at various cities. The squad is scheduled for its first workout Monday. Manager Pie Traynor is en route to Texas from the West Coast.

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Tigers Stage Late Rally to Trip Wabash De Pauw Cagers Pull Ahead in Final Period to Win, 36-28. Times Special GREENCASTLE, lnd,, Feb. 28. With the score knotted at 23-all midway in the final period, De Pauw University put on a scoring spurt to defeat Wabash College here last night, 36 to 28. The teams were battling on ever, terms when Hickman and Kinnally started the Tiger rally. The Little Giants held a 16-to-15 lead at intermission, but O'Haver and Youngblood tallied from the floor and Mason converted a charity toss to put the home team ahead, 20 to 16. Berns and Mason enabled Wabash to tie the score, but Kinnally and Hickman registered eight points to establish a margin which was not relinquished. The victory evened the two-game series -in which Wabash had been the victor, 34 to 25, earlier in the season. Summary: De Pauw (36). Wabash (28). FG FT PFI FG FT PF Hickman.f . 2 3 liEorns.f 2 1 3 Kinnally,! .. 4 1 S Mason.f 5 0 2 Mason,c ... 2 3 4;Heath,c .... 1 1 4 O’Haver,g . 2 3 41Snyder.g .. . 10 2 Yonghbltfg. 2 2 2lDavis.g 12 1 Moore,c .. 0 0 0; Sutton,f 0 10 Bateman,g.. 0 0 0 Rogers,c 112 I Hester, g 0 0 0 Totals... 12 12 141 Totals... 11 614 Referee Dale Miller. Umpire Dana Chandler. Pope and O’Neal to Show on Hall Mat Opponents for Eddie Pope in the semi-windup bout and Speedy O’Neal in the preliminary match are being sought to round out the weekly Monday night mat program at Tomlinson Hall. Sailor Parker, West Virginia grappler. who has been a consistent winner in locai appearances, will attempt to wrest the world junior middleweight title from Billy Thom, Indiana University coach, when they clash in the feature bout. Hoosier, Bright Win Golden Spike Races By United Press SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 28.—Norman Bright, former Stanford ace, held new track laurels today following an upset victory over Glenn Cunningham of Kansas in a mile race at the San Francisco Golden Spikes indoor track and field meet. A blistering stretch drive gave Bright victory by a margin of two yards in 4:16.3, considerably slower than Cunningham’s record. Charlie Hornbostel of Indiana beat Elroy Robinson, Fresno State national collegiate champion, in 2 minutes 5 seconds in a half-mile race. Taking the lead from Robinson on the two final laps, Hornbostel led by six yards at the tape.

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Sycamores Upset Ball State Squad Times Special TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Feb. 23. Indiana State won over Ball State Teachers College here last night, 36 to 28, in an Indiana College Conference basketball tilt to avenge a previous loss. The Sycamores went into an early lead and never were headed, claiming an 18 to 13 advantage at intermission. John Miklozek, rangy center, poured six field goals and two free throws through the nets for the winners. Stout and R. Rudicel were best for the Cardinals. Summary: Ind. State (36) Ball State (28). FG FT PF FG FT PF Eastbrk.f. 2 0 0 Risinger.f .201 Burton.f.. 1 1 0 Lackey.f... Oil Ninton.f. . 3 2 l!Stout,f 4 2 3 Miklozek,c 6 2 2jHesher,c... 0 0 0 Hoffman.g 0 0 2!Shook.c ... 0 2 2 St.Clair.g. 0 0 1 RRudicel.g 4 10 Carr.g 2 3 T Shuck,g ..1 0 1 |MRudicel,g 0 0 2 iSasterlne.B 0 0 0 Totals.. 14 8 71 Totals .11 6 10 VOLLEYBALL PROGRAM Chicago Team Enters Tourney Which Opens Here Tomorrow. With the entry of the Division Street Y. M. C. A. of Chicago, the Capital City volleyball tournament is ready for opening round-robin play at the local “Y" tomorrow at 2. Teams also will invade from Fort Wayne. Dayton, Louisville and Greensburg to tackle the host organization. Greensburg won the meet in 1935.

Otto Kuss Is Scheduled to Meet Marvin College Grappler and Veteran Matched; o’Shocker Set for Lewis. What Matchmaker Lloyd Carter visualizes as the outstanding allstar wrestling show of the indoor season is on tap at the Armory next Tuesday night where several of the nation's foremost grapplers will supply the action. Each encounter has the earmarks of being a "natural” that is expected to keep the fans keyed up. The card: MAIN GO Ed (Strangler) Lewis. 247. Los Angeles, vs. Irish Pat O'Shocker. 227, Salt Lake City. Two falls out of three. 90 minutes. SEMI-WINDUP Otto Kuss, 228. Pine City, Minn., vs. Tom Marvin, 214, Tulsa. One fall, 30 minutes. OPENER Babe Zaharias, 236. Pueblo. Colo., vs. Ernie Zeller, 229, Terre Haute. One fall. 30 minutes. The popular Otto Kuss, former Indiana University mat ace, goes against a rugged and experienced performer of the tricky type when he battles Marvin. The two staged a thriller here about a year ago

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after Otto had Just entered the pro ranks. The Zaharias-Zeller match is expected to result in the “warmest’’ opening bout seen here in months. Babe is a brother of George (Cry Baby) Zaharias and is the same style of aggressive mixer. Zeller, a former Indiana State Normal athlete, returns after several week's absence. O’Shocker, who “won a home” here last Tuesday by defeating rough Frank Speers, believes his speed will serve as a heavy advantage over Lewis in the feature attraction. Irish Pat thinks he can stay clear of Lewis’ famous headlock and wear down the former title holder. Net Gossip Shelby Service is anxious to book out-of-town teams. Call Drexel 1011 or write the manager, 1336 Shelby-st, Indianapolis. Little Giant A. C. defeated the Ex-Craftsmen. 40 to 36. For games with the winners, call Harrison 2215-R or write Tom Connolly, 21 W. 20th-st, Indianapolis.

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