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By Eddie Ash GRAND NATIONAL MOST TRYING m m a RACE OF FOUR MILES, 31 JUMPS

(irand National Steeplechase is to be run over the perilous Aintree course at Liverpool, England, next Fri- | day. It’s the tops of endurance events on the horse race calendar and any bangtail that finishes’is entitled to an extra sack of choice oats. The distance is four miles, 856 yards, and added to this most trying distance are the hazards consisting of 31 jumps. 1 he ,iumps range from four to five and one half feet and the classic usually is marred by bad spills injuring both jockeys and horses. You often see flashes of the spectacular falls in the news reels. The Grand National is 97 years old and draws one of the largest crowds on record. The biggest field was in 1929 when 66 horses went postward. At the finish, however, only a few still were galloping. Owing to the hazards and distance luck plays a heavy part in the event, probably as much as staying qualities and ability to clear the many jumps. # Thirty-seven have been named for this years “Grand” and six American-owned are included. Tvvnty-seven faced the barrier in 1935. Rcynoldstown won last year’s renewal and Golden Miller copped in 1934. Both have accepted the issue again. Best-liked American-owned horse is Pete Bostwick’s Castle Irwell, which the young sportsman will ride. 2d is the lone American-bred jumper In the race.

u a a TN' an exhibition tilt the other day between the Pirates and Cubs, played at San Antonio, the Bruins won, 4-0, but failed to touch Jack Tising, former Indianapolis hurler, trying out with Pittsburgh. Jack worked three innings, struck out four Bruins and held thrm hitlcss and runless. a u a 808 KESSLER, Purdue basketball ace and leading scorer in I the Big Ton, will be heard on the air this evening. He is to be inter* viewed by Andre Carlon, WIRE sports commentator, at 5:45. Kessler Is slated to play in the all-star game at the Armory tonight when former Purdue netters and Purdue seniors battle a team made up of Notre Dame seniors. Kessler is more or less “everybody’s choice" as allAmerica forward. an tt A Hock of geese flew over Indianapolis and headed northwest the other day. And they were in tenpin formation. Maybe that was a salute to the A. B. C. n tt tt BABE RiCKO, middleweight boxing champion, is a “win or lose” fighter and when he’s in action the fans get their money’s worth. His fight, "platform” is: “I don’t want to fight a draw. I want to win or lose and I hope my opponents feel the same way about it.” He was knocked out some time ago in an over-weight non-title go by Jock McAvoy. The Babe is a former sailor. ts a tt Leroy Haynes, the latest Negro heavyweight “sensation,” was born in Fort Wayne, Ind., but reared in Los Angeles. He has lost two fights, both to A1 Ettore. He is a murderous puncher, but needs a lot of rough edges knocked off his fashion of sparring. His quick win over Primo Camera has placed him in line to fight for fat purses. tt tt tt UNTIL this year, as far at Pitcher Dick Coffman was concerned. the entire American League consisted of St. Louis and Washington. His first major league job was with the Senators, who traded him to the Browns. Later St. Louis traded him back to' Washington, and still later the Nats returned him to the Mound City, He’s with the Giants now. tt tt a When night baseball time rolls around in Indianapolis this year Monday and Friday will be "ladies’ nights” and Tuesday and Thursday will be “bank nites.” tt it u Mickey cochrane, boss of the Tigers, has ordered Schoolboy Rowe to lay off sinkers and floaters and stick to straight pitching, fast ball and curve. “He'll be the greatest in the league this year,” says Mickey the Mike. “He’s through experimenting.” tt tt Now Arkansas has a derby and it will be run at Oaklawn, Hot Springs, Saturday. That’s the horse track with a glass-inclosed, steam-heated grandstand, which makes it possible for the customers to lose their money in comfort. HOOSIER PUG DEFEATED CHICAGO, March 20. Ladle Slake, South Bend (Ind.) scrapper was outpoined by Bob Tow, Alexandria (Va.) heavyweight, here last night in a slow six-round match.

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BLACK INTERESTED IN LOUIS-ROSENBLOOM GO By United Press LOS ANGELES. March 20.—Prospects for a Joe Louis-Maxie Rosenbloom fight in Los Angeles this summer appeared bright today as the Brown Bomber’s manager wired a group attempting to stage the bout that he was interested in their offer. Julian Black, the manager, said that he would give an offer of a $40,000 guarantee “every consideration” if it held good after Louis fought Max Schmeling.

Galaxy of Track Greats Ready to Compete for Butler Relay Laurels

BY HARRISON MILLER It’s Jesse Owens & Cos. vs. Michigan's foursomes when Butler University goes “big town” tomorrow night with its indoor track carnival at the fieldhouse. Count on Indiana’s corps of distance runners to make a three-way scramble for top honors and such squads as Penn State, Pittsburgh, Notre Dame, Michigan State and Purdue to disrupt the best laid plans of the favorites. Ohio State finished second in the total point standing last year with 28' 2, just six less than the twicewinning Michingan squad. Owens paced the field with record-breaking performances in the dash and low hurdle events. The broad jump is inserted in the program this year for the first time, and the Buckeye Negro holds the world record in that event. Another Negro Flash Conceding Owens 15 points in his three specialty events, the advantage is still with the Hoosiers and Wolverines. The top payoff for individual events is 5 points. The honors in the relay events are graduated downward from 10 points for the winner. Coach Larry Snyder has uncovered another Negro flash at Ohio State, Dave Albritton, who not only is favored to win the high jump, but set anew fieldhouse record. Charles Beetham, one of the fastest 880yard runners in the nation, will bear the burden of carrying the baton in several of the relay races. Beetham will anchor the Buckeye two-mile group which flashed to a new mark here last year. It is in that event that Penn State’s crack quartet is entered. “Cut-throat competition” looms in the other relay events. Michigan, winner of the mile and four-mile contests In 1935, brings almost the same combinations this season. The band of Wolverine quarter-milers relayed the baton over the mile distance at the Big Ten meet last week in 3:21. The record held here is 3:26.5. Fred Stiles. Harvey Patton, Frank Aikens and Stan Birleson will carry the stick. Collier May Break In Sam Stoller of Michigan, last week equalled Owens’ world-record time of 6.1 seconds in the Big Ten and may cut into Ohio’s total in the sprint. Bob Collier, fleet Indiana dashman. also is slated for points in that event.

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Standing, Left to Right—Coach J. Wendell (Ike) Ballard, James (Chizzy) Buchanan, Gergory Ricke, Ed Page, Louis Lawson, George Means, Manager Glen Mrrohy. Front Row—Claude Hendricks, Fred Wagner, Bill Bird, Kenneth Ray, Phil Gutting, Francis (Franny) Ray and George 1 Byland. '

Indiana has four outstanding distance runners—Don Lash, Duke Hobbs, Tom Deckard and Jimmie Smith, who will be seen in the fourmile and two-mile relay races. Collier will join three of them in the medley event. Purdue, paced chiefly by Moore and Glendenning, will make a bid in the longer relays. In the individual events, the hurdle races stand out as the best exhibits on the program. Dan Caldemeyer, 1935 champion in the high timber event, will have a tough job giving Indiana those five points again. Bob Osgood of Michigan, chased him to the tape in the Big Ten meet and Larry Holmes of Butler has been brushing the obstacles in world-record time. Holmes, Owens, Laskey of Pittsburgh and Oliver of Miami head the field in the 60-yard low hurdle events. The world records in both hurdle events were established at Butler in 1934. Don Elser of Notre Dame, holder of the shot put mark, is favored to repeat tomorrow night. He bettered his Butler distance of 48 feet 9% inches last week in the Central Conference Intercollegiate meet. Class Coming From Kansas The class of the college relay events will come from Kansas. The two Kansas State Teachers schools from Emporia and Pittsburgh again will hold the limelight. Emporia w r on the college mile and two-milt events last year, and Butler captured the medley arrangement. Western State of Kalamazoo also is a contender.

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With a large share of the champions and runners-up returning this year, another slashing of records is expected. Nine of 14 tumbled last year. The existing marks and champions follow: 60-Yard Dash—Owens (Ohio State), 1935, :06.1. 60-Yard Low Hurdles—Lambertus (Nebraska), 1934, :06.7. 60-Yard High Hurdles—Sandback (Purdue), 1934, :07.4. Shotput—Elser (Notre Dame), 1935, 48 feet 9% inches. High Jump—Ward (Michigan), 1934, 6 feet 5Vs inches. Pole Vault—Seely (Illinois), 1935, 13 feet SVs inches. Mile Run—Cunningham (Kansas), 1934, 4:17.9. University Mile Relay—Michigan, 1935, 3:26.5. University Two-Mile Relay—Ohio State, 1935, 7:53.5. University Four-Mile Relay—Michigan, 1935, 18:02.6. University Medley Relay Michigan State, 1935. 10:29.2. College Mile Relay—Kansas Teachers of Emporia, 1935, 3:27.2. College Two-Mile Relav—Kansas Teachers of Emporia, 1935, 3:27.2. College Medley Relay Butler, 1934, 10:43.1. Ross May Defend Title in Australia By United Press CHICAGO, March 20. Barney Ross, world’s welterweight champion, and Jack Carroll, champion of Australia, have agreed to terms for a title match in Australia next November, Sam Pian, one of Ross’ managers, announced today. Pian said he talked to Charles Lucas, Carroll’s manager, over trans-Pa-cific telephone yesterday and he agreed to guarantee Ross $45,000 for the match and SSOOO expenses. The fight probably will be held at Sydney, Australia.

Ex-Purdue, Irish Players Hook Up Kautskys to Test Seniors at Armory Tonight. Boilermaker hardwood stars who have contributed to Purdue’s brilliant record in the Western Conference in recent years and seniors of the Irish squad which engraved Notre Dame’s record this year are to match talent tonight at the Armory at 8:30. With the exception of George Chestnut, former Indiana Stater who will be at center for the Kautskys, the squad is composed of exmembers of Conference champion teams. j Kessler, who neared the all-time Jtsig Ten scoring record this season, joins two other all-America aces, Johnny Wooden and Norm Cottom, in the lineup. Ed Shaver is the fifth member. The Notre Dame lineup includes Johnny Ford, ex-Cathedral star; Marty Peters, George Ireland, Johnny Hopkins, Frank Wade and Mickey O’Kane. Inland Container and Crown Products will play the preliminary starting at 7:30. Additional Sports on Pages 35, 36, 37 SIMONIZE- $ j .95 ANY CAR I = INDIANA!) • 226 N. Ala.*

TTTHEN the curtain goes up on ’ ’ the high school semi-final basketball tourney at Tech gym tomorrow afternoon at 2, Shelbyvilie’s band of netmen, pictured above, will be “on stage.” The “Bears of Blue River” are to tackle Crawfordsville in the first game of the local meet, which is one of four being held in the state. The Shelbymen, coached by Wendell Ballard, topped a successful season by edging out Franklin in the Greensburg regional finals, 21-19. Kenneth Ray recently became ineligible due to the age limit and has been replaced by James Grinstead, who is not in the picture.

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Five North Central Teams Threaten to Collect Titles in 3 Semi-Finals Tomorrow Trio of Southern League Members to Battle Martinsville in Downstate Basket Warfare; Northern Loopers in Running at Gary. While the North Central Conference, as usual, has most to shout about in the way of members reaching the grand round of 16. the Southern Indiana Conference has a bit of an accomplishment to talk about, too.

Five North Central teams survived the regional and today await the semi-finals of the state high school basketball tournament. Three members of the Southern loop also are tapering off today for tomorrow’s “semi” battles. Perhaps experience has nothing to do with a case like this, but it should be noticed that the North Central was organized several years ago while the Southern league came into existence in 1934. The North Central Is far out in front, though, in the matter of getting representatives into the fourteam finals at Butler fieldhouse a week from tomorrow. It will be possible for Central schools to caplure three of the four semi-final titles; the Southerners can’t possibly grab off more than one, and prospects of that are none too encouraging. * Central vs. Northern Two North Central stockholders, Frankfort and Logansport, appear to have the honor of the league well protected at Gary. In the afternoon games tomorrow, Frankfort meets Froebel and Logansport takes on Riley of South Bend. Froebel and Riley are offsprings of the big Northern Indiana Conference family. It will be possible for a pair of North Centralites to hook up in the night final at Muncie, also, since (Turn to Page Thirty-Six)

Meet Here Draws Collegiate Matmen •Big A. A. U. Event Regarded as Olympic Tryout. Wrestlers from Purdue. Indiana and Indiana State as well as approximately 30 cities in Indiana and Kentucky are to participate in tha A. A. U. mat tourney at the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. March 28. A large number of champions and 1 runners-up have entered the meet; which is an Olympic tryout affair. The matches will be witnessed by Coach W. H. Thom of Indiana who is to coach the United States Olympic team at Berlin. DUSEK DOWNS CHRISTY WASHINGTON, March 20.—Ernis Dusek, Omaha heavyweight grappler, used a flying tackle to bring down Vic Christy of Glendale, Cal., after 43 minutes of wrestling here last night. I Authorized Dealers for Johnson Outboard Motors The Sportsman’s Store 126 N. Pennsylvania LI. 4224