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By Eddie Ash CUBS HAVE SMART COMBINATION m n m FROM HARTNETT OUT TO CENTER

r jpIIL main reason the Chicago Cubs are destined to be hot after that National League pennant again this year is the presence of the combination of Catcher Gabby Hartnett, Shortstop Billy Jurges, Second baseman Billy Herman and Center !• ilder Augie Galan. When a ball club is strong “through the middle,” catcher to center field, it is fortunate. Hartnett is one of the best receivers in the history of the game and he can hit. The keystone combination of Jurges and Herman is snappy on double plays, the latter is a consistent swatter, and Augie Galan, who will patrol the middle pasture this year, is the tops in all departments of play. Galan played left field last season and turned in a neat job. Pilot Chailje Grimm thinks the lad will be even better in center. Add good pitching to a strong defensive team and it doesn’t require a flock of runs to gain the upper hand. The National League champions are set except at first base. Grimm has returned to the position and will be understudied by young Phil Cavarretta, last year's regular. At any rate, that is Grimm's plan. The hustling Phil may cause the chief to change his mind later. The Cubs won the 1935 pennant with Cavarretta on the initial sack and forced the Tigers to six games in the World Series. Fair enough.

non PAUL DERRINGER, star pitcher with the Cincy Reds and a golf addict, has been ordered to “pay up'' or stand suspended from baseball. His wife got the decision in a court case, charging “ungovernable temper.” The cost is 150 bucks a month temporary alimony and SSOO attorney fees. That'll take the hop right out of his fast one. The ball club concurred with the judge. nan Lcft-han'>d catchers are a thing o* the past in baseball, but in the nineties the Phillies had a southpaw receiver and he was the real article. Jack Clements was his name. He’s one of the few old-time ball fans left in Philadelphia. nan INDIANAPOLIS high schools are passing up baseball. Most cities the size of the Hoosier capital have high school leagues in the diamond sport. Little Southport is back with a nine. Two former Southport pastimers in the majors are Oral Hildebrand, Cleveland hurler, and Chuck Klein, Chicago Cubs’ outfielder. nun Johnny Moir, who holds the Notre Dame single game and single season scoring records, In basketball, also is reputed to be an excellent first baseman. Born in Scotland, he eame to this country at the age of 8. He had never seen a baseball or basketball previously. nan IN recent years baseball managers have been accustomed to “hatless rookies” reporting at training camp, but Manager Frankie Frisch of the Cardinals has anew one. Lou Scofflc, young outfielder, came to camp hatless and socklcss. And he doesn’t wear baseball socks while playing. “He’ll wear ’em if he makes good, though,” says Frisch. nan The “Black Grange” of Hawaii, with hula-hula hip action, has been signed to play football next fall with the Brooklyn professional league eleven. Anything for a laugh. n n u LEO NORRIS, trying out for the shortstop berth with the Philly Nationals, spent nine years in the minors before the major scouts gave him a tumble. He is especially efficient at the plate when runners are waiting to be batted in. He was at Minneapolis five seasons and is durable. He played 154 games in 1935. | nan RUMORS from the South say Vincent Sherlock is to be returned to the Indianapolis ball club. Brooklyn is well-stocked with second sackcrs and it is said Manager Casey Stengel believes Sherlock needs at least one more season in Class AA ball. Okay, Casey, it will be all right with Hoosier fans. McDaniel , Clayton Get Trophy Awards Kelsey McDaniel and Jack Clayton, Shortridge High School basket players, have been awarded the Dr. G. E. Underwood trophies, given annually to the outstanding members of the varsity and reserve squads. McDaniel, sharpshooting forward, led the team in total points. He is a senior. Clayton, lanky junior center of the reserve team, was second in high point honors on that squad, and saw some service on the varsity, playing a winning role in the Lebanon game. The trophies have been presented for the last three years by Dr. Geo. V. Underwood, father of a former Shortridge athlete. Bud Underwood, who won seven letters at the North Side school. Local ‘Y’ Natators Oppose State Rival The local Y. M. C. A. swimming team is to travel to Fort Wayne Saturday for a dual meeting with the “Y” squad which defeated the local team earlier in the season. The locals are to compete in the state senior Y. M. C. A. championships at Huntington, March 28. Members of the local team which will make the trip this week are Don Pittman, John Barkhaus, Bill Barkhaus, Howard Krick, George Burgess, Howard Ehle, Dick Hunt and Bill Wylie. GOPHER NINE TO PLAY SIX GAMES IN SOUTH Timet Special MINNEAPOLIS. March 19.—Minnesota’s baseball team, champion of the Big Ten Conference, is to leave next week for a six-game tour of Louisiana and Mississippi. In the South, the Gophers will open against Louisiana State University in a two-game series at Baton Rouge Monday and Tuesday. They will play Mississippi A. & M. Wednesday and Thursday, and Mississippi University on the two days following. BURMAN TO MEET KNOX Timet Special CHICAGO, March 19.—Charles (Buddy) Knox, Dayton. 0., heavyweight scrapper, and Clarence (Red) Buman, Baltimore protege of Jack Dempsey, signed last night for an eight-round bout at Chicago Stadium March 27.

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Hll United Press PRAGUE, Czejcholsovakia, March 19.—United States today won the world men’s table tennis doubles championship when Jimmy McClure of Indianapolis and Bud Blattner of St. Louis defeated Standa Kolar and Otker Petricek of Czecholsovakia, 21-11, 21-7. 21-8, in the final round. It was America’s second triumph in the tournament, for la£t night Ruth Hughes Aarons of New York annexed the women’s singles title. The women’s doubles championship went to Marie Kettner and Marie Smid of Czechoslovakia, who defeated Maris Votrubec and Olga Depetris of Czechoslovakia, 21-14, 21-18, 13-21, 21-11. Standa Kolar, Czechoslovakia, won the men’s singles title by defeating Alexander Ehrlich, Poland, 19-21, 21-14, 16-21, 21-12, 21-19.

Much Depends,on Play of McCarthy’s Italians * * * nun Lazzeri, Crosetti and Di Maggio Are ‘lmportant’ to the Future of Yankees.

BY JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 19.—Mr. Joseph McCarthy of the Yankees extended the hand of sympathy to Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia today. It seems that the Italians are causing him some concern, l 0 0„ Will Signor Tony Lazzeri stand up at second base for another season , Will Signor Frank Crosetti be able to function ably on his madeover knee. Will Signor Joseph Di Maggio live up to his advance billing in the outfield?

To be sure, there are other con-cern-causers on the squad but the Irish Duce of the Yankees feels that if his three Latins come through he will have small need for ice packs,

headache wafers and psychiatrists. Normally as outspoken on baseball matters as a hoarse clam, Mr. McCarthy flatly observed today the Yankees would have won the American League championship last year if Crosetti hadn't developed what Nick Altrock calls a “cartridge" of the knee.

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“If Crosetti hadn't picked up that cartilage,” said Mr. McCarty, “we would have won the pennant by four or five games. We were in the lead when he was forced out of the lineup. He was out of action for 62 games. We missed him plenty.” The doubt concerning Signor Lazzeri grows out of his aging leg muscles, which makes him an uncertain proposition as a regular second baseman. This is no way to tell in advance how many games he will be able to play. He played in 130 games last year, but when the infields hardened under the late summer sun he became a liability. The moans of his aching dogs as they moved their weary forms from spot to spot were more than strong men could bear to hear.

* * * MR. M'CARTHY has young Don Heffner around as a sort of human foot ease for the Italian’s dogs, but the Baltimorean is scarcely a Lazzeri just yet, and certainly not in the clutches where the old black shirt with his great poise and assurance is supreme as a team player. The speculation involving Di Maggio is that which naturally accompanies all widely publicized freshmen making their first appearance on the varsity. Os all the newcomers to the majors the San Francisco youngster is the most furiously ballyhooed. He came to the Yankees heralded as a tremendous right-hand hitter, a remarkable thrower and a great fielder. He hit .399 in the Pacific Coast League last season. McCarthy has had ihs critical stare on him for a couple of weeks now and is convinced he did not accumulate that .399 average swinging against footballs. . . . *Tve seen enough of him to be sure he will

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Indians’ First Team Collects Dozen Tallies Regulars Total 13 Safeties as Rookies Lose in Practice Tilt. Time* Special WAUCHULA, Fla., March 19. The Indianapolis Indians divided their squad yesterday and played the first practice game of the spring training session. With the exception of pitchers, one team was made up of regulars and the other of rookies. Logan, Wright and Sharp took turns at pitching for the rookies and were pounded for 13 blows, the regulars winning, 12-1. Hartley, Bouchet and Tom Gallivan hurled for the winners and six hits were distributed. Ralph Rhoin, second sacker, led the attack of the regulars. The Hoosiers are rounding into excellent form and will be all set to open their exhibition schedule at Arcadia Saturday, playing the St. Paul Saints of the American Association. Hoosier Catholic Five Starts Fast Evansville Scores Decisive Tourney Victory. 111/ United Pres* LOYOLA UNIVERSITY, Chicago, March 19.—Reitz Memorial High School of Evansville, Ind., eliminated La Salle, Philadelphia, 29 to 18, as first round battles continued today in the National Catholic scholastic basketball tournament at Loyola University. With Leo Seib, hard-driving forward, looping 15 points on seven field goals and a free throw, Reitz led all the way. Frank Kruba, six-foot-three-inch center, was high for the losers, tallying six points on three baskets. Central Catholic of Decatur, Ind., was to oppose Holy Family of Union City, N. J., and St. Mary’s of Anderson, Ind., was carded against St. Mary of Dunkirk, N. Y., in games later this afternoon. Results last night: DeLaSalle of Chicago, defending champion, 57. Council Bluffs, 9; St. Xavier of Louisville, 46, Ashland, Wis., 26; Our Lady of Victory, Lackawanna, N. Y., 32, Okmulgee, Okla., 15.

hit any kind of pitching. He’s got a good eye, a good swing and a good stance. He doesn’t offer at a ball until just before it begins to break, and that means he will be hard to fool. He can’t help adding to our power.” n n n JOE M'CARTHY might have added that the Yankee power can stand a vigorous shot in the arm. Once famed for its brute-like force, the Yankee power in recent years has acquired a gentle tenderness that mocks the Ruthian era. Detroit, Washington and Cleveland out-pow-ered the Yankees last year. Philadelphia, fifth in team batting, was only a point behind. There is a crying, almost hysterical, need for another dynamiter. Not all the experts are fully sold on Di Maggio. They say h> is a dead left-field hitter, which is to say he seldom hits the ball to center or right. They point out, too, that right-handed slusrgcrs, such as Di Maggio, never prosper in the Yankee stadium. Neither Jimmy Foxx nor A1 Simmons has ever approached .300 in the stadium. They also question Mr. McCarthy’s decision to play Di Maggio in left field—a particularly difficult field in the stadium, because of the sun and the sweep of the stands which causes the winds to play fantastic tricks with the ball. They think he should be placed in right field, where his powerful arm could be capitalized to a greater extent. nun "DUI Mr. McCarthy has two pretty 13 fail right fielders in George Selkirk, who replaced the gifted Ruth last year, even to absorbing the heroic ’ , 3" on the back of his uniform, and in Roy Johnson, who was taken over from the Boston Red Sox. Besides which Mr. McCarthy feels if Di Maggio is half the ball player he is said to be he ought tc be able to play any position in the outfield standing on his head. This is admittedly a gaudy practice, but it seems to work in Brooklyn. There are other human question marks in the Yankee picture. The slender gentleman who is known to | the trade as Goofy Gomez is one. The ace of the pitching staff, he won! only 12 games last year. Ordinarily he ought to win more than thati without half trying. Possibly this is! what did happen, though there are other explanations which seem to fit the case better. He was 20 pounds overweight. It seems that in the Orient last winter he acquired an enormous fondness for Japanese beer.

THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1936

Looking ’Em Over at Wauchula

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The Indians of 1936 are hustling in their spring training camp at Wauchula. Fla., and reports indicate the Tribesters are going to return home in April right in the “pink.” Picture shows Owner Nor- * man A. Perry, left, and Manager Wade Killefer watching and discussing the Hoosier diamond pastimers. Looks like the good old summer time, eh? The photographer “caught” the Redskin bosses when

Tourney Teams Reach Round of 16 Under Direction of New Coaches

BY PAUL BOXELL Three teams which have reached the round of 16 in the Hoosier high school basketball tourney are playing under the direction of coaches new to them this season. Wendel (Ike) Ballard has produced a semi-finalist, comparatively a finalist in previous years, during his first year of mentorship over Shelbyville’s Golden Bears; ditto for C. E. McConnell at New Albany and Tom Rea at Washington. Ballard moved from New Albany to take over the reins at Shelbyville last fall after Paul Lostutter transferred to Bedford. McConnell moved up from Princeton to fill the New Albany vacancy. Rea shifted from Jasper to Washington after Burl Friddle cepted a call from South Side, Pc Wayne. Ballard brings his Shelbymen to the Tech goalhouse here this Saturday to mingle with Crawfordsville, Connersville and Anderson in tourney play. Last year Ike’s New Albany club was ousted by the histo'vmaking Jeffersonville Satans in a bitter sectional skirmish. Bulldogs Show Strong McConnell sprang a series of upsets down around Vincennes and Washington way to pull his Princeton dark horses through to the Butler fieldhouse last year. He has turned up this campaign with a rangy quintet at New Albany which stands as a definite championship prospect. The Bulldogs won 18 of 20 season games, but more to the delight of their home fans trounced super-rival Jeffersonville in a firstround sectional reunion. I u will be possible for Shelbyville and New Albany to meet in the tourney only if both push through to the final conflict. Rea consistently turned out competent teams at Jasper, bringing a spunky little gang here in ’34 which stole the show, and he has kept right in form this season at Washington. The Hatchets trounced Vincennes in the regional final and are causing no little concern in the camp of their first-round semi-final so They clash at Vincennes. Among the Old Faithfuls The round of 16 is not anew spot for several old faithfuls, the boys whose names fit in with the state finals like Gimbel and Trester. There’s Everett Case at Frankfort, Cliff Wells of Logansport, Connersville’s Mose Pruitt, and Glen Curtis of guess where? Murray Mendenhall probably should be included in that old faithful clan, since this year’s team is his fourth from Central of Fort Wayne in something like 11 years. Archie Chadd, chief of Anderson’s title defenders, coached his first Indian squad in ’33. H. T. McCullough is hardly a novice at Crawfordsville, but his team this year is the first from that city to surviva the regionals in 13 years. It is boyish-faced Wilbur (Strings) Allen's first venture into the circle of 16. Strings stepped into Orville Hooker’s shoes at Newcastle last year, but his team was bowled over in the sudden regional uprising by Richmond. The Trojans play at Muncie Saturday. Riley of South Bend. him reached

they were seated on the bench in the little Florida town. Chief Killefer evidently is pointing out to the Tribe t prexy that with a little more strength here, and more bat power there, the Hoosiers will make another hard fight of it in the next American Association race. And it won’t be long! April 12 is the date of the opener, Kansas City vs. Indianapolis at Perry Stadium.

the limelight for the first time in history nuder the guidance of Coach Owen. Robert McCarnes, Owens’ assistant at Riley, won the Gimbel Award while playing with Logansport in ’2B. Logansport and Riley are to clash in a first round fracas at Gary. Alfred (Peedad) Campbell started worrying about Kokomo basketball just last year, and didn’t get past the regionals. His Kats look strong iri the Muncie semi this time, however. He’s getting quite a reputation as a master of defense, especially after the way his lads applied the shackles to Tipton and Marion. G. L. Fisher’s Warsaw fivesome last season was touted as a real

Joe Savoldi Signed With Sonnenherg in Mat Bout Champion Dick Shikat Cancels Appearance Here; Shires to Return as Armory Main Go Referee. Joe Savoldi, 218, and his high-geared “drop kick,” will swing Into action against Dynamite Gus Sonnenberg, 212, former world champion, in the main go on the Hercules A. C. mat bill next Tuesday night at the Armory, It will be the “Jumper’s” first appearance here in more than a year. ... .

Art (Whataman) Shires, former major league ball player, ex-pugilist and footballer, will serve as referee. The “Great One,” who has shown that he is as capable as any mat official to perform here, v;as third man in the ring for the ZahariasO’Shocker bout of March 10. Savoldi. former all-America gridder at Notre Dame, replaces Dick Shikat as Gus’ opponent. Joe Alvarez, of Boston, who is Shikat's manager, last night notified Matchmaker Lloyd Carter that the German world champion refused to appear here next Tuesday. Carter immediately switched to Savoldi and believes that a meeting between Sonnenberg and Joe will prove of more interest to local and state fans. The Shikat agreement was made with Alvarez. Sonnenberg, a former all-America star at Dartmouth, is credited with revolutionizing wrestling by injecting the flying tackle. He was undisputed champion in 1928, gaining the title from Ed (Strangler) Lewis. TRIANGLES TAKE MEET Comets Defeated in Finals of Junior Cage Tourney. The Triangles captured the Christamore Junior baskteball tournament by defeating the Comets, 32-22. The summary; Flashes, 38; West Side Cubs, 17. Flashes. 27; East Bide Cubs. 16. Triangles. 59; Boys Club, 16. Indians, 31; St. Josephs. 15. Ccmets. 31: Hawks. 27. Triangles. 30; Flashes. 37. Comets. 38: Indians. 28. Triangles. 32; Comets. 22.

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comer, but didn’t make the grade. Not much was expected of Ms ’36 edition—Newcastle is wondering. Coach Mantz of Froebel beat Hammond three times this year, and even if he loses as expected to Frankfort, he will have three feathers in his cap as far as Gary fans are concerned. Coach Wakefield has made Central of Evansville the question mark of the Vincennes round-up. Don’t stake your life, or even a ten-dollar bill, on it, but here’s the way this seer sees the semi-final survivors: At Indianapolis—Shelbyville. At Vincennes—Martinsville. At Gary—Frankfort. At Muncie—Newcastle.

City Amateur Net Champs in Prelim Inland Containers Billed on Kautsky Program. The Inland Container quintet which recently annexed the city amateur hardwood title will oppose the Crown Products five tomorrow night at the Armory in a preliminary to the Kautsky-Notre Dame Seniors contest. The curtain raiser will start at 7:30 with the ex-collegian players taking the floor at 8:30. Bob Kessler, Big Ten high scorter, is to be seen in the Kautsky lineup with other former Purdue stars. WINS M’NUTT TROPHY Times Special NEENAH, Wis., March 19.—The Akron (O.) Post 1433 yesterday captured first place in the national American Legion gallery match for the Gov. McNutt rifle trophv.

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Bronko'B “Little” Brother Marion Nagurski, brother of the famed Bronko of the Minnesota football team, graduates from high school at International Falls this year. He tveighs 200 pounds. Marion hasn’t “picked” his college yet.

Fans in 4 Competing Cities Grab Up Tickets to Basket Semi-Final at Tech Goalry Complete Sellout Likely by Game Time; Anderson Holds Season Victories Over Each of Three Rivals, Meets Connersville in First Round. That Anderson, Crawfordsville, Connersville and Shelbyville fans ar® “all in a lather” over their teams’ participation In the semi-final high school basketball tournament is revealed by the manner in which they are grabbing up tickets for the event.

Froebel, Riley Gary Threats tt tt Frankfort and Logansport May Find Surprise in North.

Timet Special GARY, Ind., March 19.—Froebel of Gary, which survived a state sectional basketball tournament for the first time since 1925, is the next hardwood squad to attempt to derail the Frankfort’s, odds-on Hoosier favorites. The two high school teams will clash in the second afternoon game of the semi-final tourney here Saturday. Oddly enough, it w-as the Hot Dogs that eliminated Froebel at the state finals in 1925. Two Northern Indiana quintets which have uncovered latent power in recent weeks pitted against down-state squads, and each is plotting a “Waterloo” for the favorites. Riley of South Bend, w'hich also came to life late in the season, will clash with Logansport in the other tussle here. nun FRANKFORT’S power and record are well-known throughout the state, with consensus favoring Coach Everett Case’s team to repeat the 1925 and 1929 state championships. Logansport, likewise, is no newcomer. ”■ Logan won over Riley. 31 to 23, early in the season before either team found its stride. Bob McCarnes, former Logansport net star, is assistant coach at South Bend and will fill the role of trying to out-general his old teacher. The sudden rise of Riley in recent weeks following a season of mediocre performances, swept the team to surprise victories in the sectional and regional meets. Coach Boyd (Red) Owen believes that his team can match Logan man for man in individual ability. However, the team won only eight of 19 scheduled games this season. nun lOCAL interest naturally will ceni ter on the host team’s campaign to score a major upset. The team has rolled up 17 triumphs in 21 tilts and has been winning most of its games with ease since nosing out a 25-to-22 victory over Horace Mann a month ago. With the defeat of Tipton last week, Frankfort has the best record of any of the 16 surviving teams. The fact that the Blue Devils have developed a winning punch, coupled with the nervous tension that usually accompanies the top-heavy favorites, has added confidence to local fans. Froebel’s chief accomplishment of the year are three victories over Hammond, champion of the Northern Indiana Conference.

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Officials at Tech High School here, host to the tourney Saturday, have announced that the competing schools have sold out all tickets awarded them and are petitioning for additional supplies. Won’t Last Long Athletics Director Fred Gorman of Tech asserted that several hundred pasteboards have been placed on sale for local consumption at the East Side school, but it is unlikely that any seats will remain for sale on the day of action. Three games are to be played in two sessions Saturday. Anderson's defending state champions are to take on Connersville at 3 o’clock. Shelbyville opposes Crawfordsville at 2. The winners meet at 8 for the right to join three other "semi” victors in the finals at Butler Fieldhouse March 28. Anderson Top Receiver Anderson holds season decisions over all three rivals. The Indians tripped Connersville, 24 to 23; Shelbyville, 35 to 20, and Crawfordsville, 23 to 12. Anderson has received the largest initial allotment of ducats—l4oo. Shelbyville took 900, Crawfordsville, 600, and Connersville, 500. Price for a season ticket to the three games is sl. Puzzler at Vincennes Times Special VINCENNES. Ind., March 19. Dopesters in this section are finding no assistance as they scan the record books for hints on picking the local semi-final high school basketball tourney winner. New Albany and Central of Evansville clash in an afternoon game Saturday at 3 o’clock. Central rapped New Albany near the end of the season, 40 to 29. But New Albany defeated Washington, 35 to 22, in a season fray and the Hatchets downed Evansville’s quintet twice. Washington and Martinsville, foes in the 2 o’clock tilt, did not meet this season. Principal L. V. Phillips of the local high school has announced that the visiting schools have been sent their full quotas of tickets and are expected to ask for more. A rapacity crowd is anticipated for both afternoon and night sessions Saturday. No Muncie at Muncie Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., March 19. For the first time in several years Muncie is to be host to a high school basketball tournament Saturday (Turn to Page Twenty-One)

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