Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 37, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 April 1936 — Page 23

'APRIL 23, 1936

RECENT GOLF RULING IS FAIR, JOE WILLIAMS MAINTAINS

Stymie Branded ‘Luck’ by Scribe in Agreement With New Ban by Western Body Block Play on Green Unfair Reward for Poor Putt, Is Indictment; U. S. G. A. Shies Away From ‘Change in Basic Idea of Game.’ BY JOE WILLIAMS limn Special Writer NEW YORK, April 23—Out West where men are men and stymies don’t count, golf is going to be different this year. And it’s going to be different because stymies don't count. The Western Golf Association has so ruled.

For the benefit of the nongolfer it is stated here that a stymie is neithe.- a rare bird nor a ferocious animal; it is a term used to describe a pretty awful state of affairs on

the putting green. It has been estimated by morbid statisticians that the stymie has driven more men to drink, broken up more happy homes and launched more cases of active neurosis than any other condition known t o man, woman or crooner. If you do not believe this to be

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true just stand by while we contact our roving reporter down there mingling with the citizens in the street. . . . All right, take it aw’ay Graham "And what have you to say about the stymie, Mr. Plain Everyday Man, keystone of the republic and backbone of the nation?" "Well, all I can say is that at one time in my life I was very happy and contented. I even used to be able to look at pictures of Tommy Manville and his wives in the newspapers without getting too ill. I listened with an understanding tolerance to Hoover’s radical suggestion to balance the budget and feed the poor. . . . "And then one day there came a change. The world lost its russet glow. A poisonous venom trickled Into my soul. I growled at cooing babies. For the first time in my life I found myself questioning the nobility of Major Bowes. A stymie had ruined my life. A stymie on the home green that cost me four bucks.” tt tt THIS is only one of many pathetic instances of the untold misery the stymie has caused among a civilized people. Very few persons realize it but even in such a. primitive, barbaric country as Ethiopia the stymie is frowned upon. Only yesterday I learned from Mr. Webb Miller, the war correspondent, that certain days are set aside in Ethiopia for frowning on the stymie. All kidding to one side, as Mr. Dizzy Dean would say, it might not do any harm if the stymie was abolished everywhere. Someone once characterized it as the unfair reward for a poor putt. This will do until a better indictment is composed. Any time you stop your ball in front of the cup, thus blocking my entrance to the cup, that is luck— It is bad luck for me and good luck for you. In my case the penalty is unwarranted; in your case the assistance is equally undeserved. tt n tt THE Western Golf Association is more liberal and less respectful of conventions than the parent body of American golf, namely the U. S. G. A., so the execution of the stymie out on the wind-swept plains did not come as a jolting surprise. It remains to be seen now if this pioneering action will have any repercussions among, the old-time religionists and true believers of the game. It may in time, but when that time will be is anybody's guess. The U. S. G. A. is slavish in its devotion to the traditions of the governing body of golf in England, the Royal and Ancient, and the very suggestion that the stymie might be considered unwanted would undoubtedly be enough to start a rowdy free-for-all in the ranks of this august organization. a tt it THE U. S. G. A., therefore, probably will continue to lift the haughty bcezer to the Western Golf Association and all others who feel earnestly and sincerely that the stymie has no place in golf until such time as the Royal and Ancient secs fit to moderate its opinion. One of the U. S. G. A. officials explained to me that the official reluctance to do anything about the stymie beyond giving it the chill was based on the fear that one such departure from the basic idea of the game, which is "play the ball as it lies,” might lead to others and that in due course the game would be so emasculated that it would lose its original appeal. And of course there is something in what the gentleman says. But the broad fact remains that in informal play nobody enforces the stymie rule any more. There are three million golfers and 5727 golf courses in this country and the only time and only place the stymie is respected is in the national championships. NAMED GOLF TRO Time* Special LOGANSPORT, Ind., April 23. Paul Bunger, local golf pro, has been named instructor at the Logansport Country Club for the new season. He assumed the new duties today.

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Stemm Shines in Pin Session Tops Local Leaguers With 744 Series as Marotts Soar to 3155. BY BERNARD HARMON Paul Stemm, heavy-hitting anchor man for the Marott Shoes, today had another 700 series to .as credit, for in last night’s session of the Indianapolis League he pounded the pocket for a pair of 258’s and a 228 to soar 44 pins over the coveted mark. Oscar Behrens, another Marott member, was also in great form, and with games of 209, 257 and 230 totaled 696. Carl Mindach posted a 635 and the combined scores of the trio formed the backbone of the Shoemen’s 3155, which was tops in team scoring. Games of 1060, 1122 and 973 gave them the big series and a shutout victory over the opposing Coca-Colas. With four members over the 600 mark, the A. B. C. Champions, Falls City Hi-Brus, assembled a 3066 series that was good for three wins over Stube Club. Carl Hardin’s 649, Ray Roberson’s 640, Red Mouts’ 628 and Charley Cray’s 602 enabled the champs to fire games of 1003, 982 ancl 1081. Paul Striebeck starred for the losers with a 649. Licbcrs Win Two Dad Hannas 669 proved a big help to Lieber Brewer’s in their double win over Bowes Seal Fast. Earl Goodhue helped the Brewers along with a 630, while Larry Fox with 628, Fonnie Snyder with 621 and Dan Abbott with 615 kept the Seal Fasts in the running. The winners closed with an 1111. Jack Hunt posted a 668 as Acetylene Products dealt the leading Cook’s Goldblumes a double beating. John Fehr’s 610 was tops for the Cookmen. Roy Haislup and Thad Tedrowe with 635 and 601 paced Sterling Beer in its sweep over Klee’s SetUp; Phil Bisesi tossed a 604 to lead Lieber Lagers to a two-time victory over Crystal Flash and MarmonHerrington, with Walt Heckman’s 314 as its best series, nabbed a pair from L. S. Ayres & Cos. Friejie Stars in K. of C. Jake Friejie, rolling in the Knights of Columbus League, featured the scoring of other loops in action. He went on a striking spree in one of his games that netted him a 278, and boosted him to a 641 total. Earl Prange nabbed honors in the Eli Lilly League when he nosed out Ed Huck by a single pin. Prange totaled 615 in his trio of games. The only other honor count of the evening was posted by Francis Ake of the Auto Row League. He had a 605. Leading scorers of other loops were as follows: Firemen No. 1, Branson, 591; Postoffice, Salisbury, 585; Indianapolis Power & Light, Weathers, 576; Polk Sanitary Milk, Kirby, 573; Wm. H. Block Cos., Green, 550; Federal, Doddridge, 524, and Eli Lilly Ladies, Jordan, 505, Detectives in Victory Fay Davis’ Detective quintet nabbed a victory over Leon Galbreath’s Roy E. Steele Shoe Repairs in a match at the Pennsylvania Alleys last night. The law-enforce-ment boys tossed games of 949, 812 and 851 for a 2612, while Galbreath’s five totaled 2523, through games of 881, 819 and 823. Phil Miller of the winners and Perk Holtman of the losers lived up to expectations in posting the top solo counts. Miller, aided by a 270 game, totaled 638, while Holtman paced his team with a 619. Ben Davis Seeking Thirtccnth Victory Ben Davis High School will be seeking its thirteenth consecutive baseball victory when the Giants oppose Southport’s Cardinals this Monday. The Giants scored No. 12 ever Decatur Central. 8-to-3. Score: Decatur 210 000 o—3 3 0 Ben Davis ... . 220 040 x—B 7 0 Shanklin. Butler and McGill; Reynolds and Buzzard. TERRY MITCHELL LOSES Time* Special YOUNGSTOWN, 0.. April 23.The local heavyweight fighter, Jack Traemmel, earned a decision over Terry Mitchell of New York in the 10-round windup here last night. Going Fishing? MEN’S M LENGTH JKIBBER BOOTS ....$2,98 Kinney’s Shoe Store 138 East Washington Street

National Water Polo Contenders

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TEE TIME

OUT at Sarah Shank there’s an engaging young fellow by name, of Kenneth Findlay who is making his debut as a club pro. Not that Ken is a novice at the business, for he has been close to golf and golf pros

more than a dozen years. But it’s his first position as a club’s No. 1 instructor, and he appears mighty anxious to make a success of it. Disagreeable weather has slowed the start of season activities at the South Side municipal links, but Findlay has been taking advantage of the early sag to tour his new lot and learn the lay of the land, also the greens. He has rounded the nine-hole course three times since he made his first venture on it last Saturday. Previously he warmed up with a few rounds at Speedway and South Grove. He. likes to keep book on birdies he fires and says he has 12 to date this year, scoring his dozenth yesterday. Ken is 24 (he won’t mind my telling you), and has been active in golf since he was 10. He started, like most of them do, as a caddy. He roamed Southern states carrying sticks in various big tournaments until transient caddies became taboo. He picked up pointers caddying for Walter Hagen and Harry Cooper. When Speedway course opened here he served as assistant to Chuck Garringer for four years, interspersing within that time a year as aide de pro at a Glendale (Cal) club. Last year he was Bill Heinlein’s assistant at Coffin. Swinging golf clubs is his business, building and repairing them is his hobby. Findlay succeeds Paul Douglas,' who this season transferred to South Grove. Sarah Shank members are to hold a social meeting at the clubhouse tomorrow night. Don McGuire is club president, Claude Parker, vice president; and Emory 'Thurston, secretary-treasurer. tt tt tt MERIDIAN HILLS has announced its sports committee for the season. The first golf tournament will be held next Saturday afternoon, officially inaugurating the season. Committee members are: Men’s golf—Charles D. Rau, chairman; A. L. Rice, assistant, and the handicap committee, R. W. Showalter, W. F. Kegley, S. B. Lindley and Dr. O. N. Torian; tournament committee, Cecil T. Lykins, Marvin P. Kahl, E. A. Kelly and George A. Meihaus. Women's golf Dorothy Ellis, chairman; and the Mesdames C. N. Carter, assistant chairman; Walter L. Brant, assistant chairman; D. W. Flickinger, Ben T. Parks, H. C. Hagedon, John E. Spiegel, and Ben C. Stevenson. Members of the stables committee —Mrs. E. E. Martin and Mrs. E. S. Retter. co-chairmen; Theodore L. Locke, T. D. Stevenson and Mrs. Walter L.. Brant; swimming pool, E. S. Pearce, chairman; Mrs. George V. Underwood and Mrs. Howard R. Meeker; tennis. Frederick Grumme, chairman; D. W. Flickinger, Robert Mueller and Lucille Jamieson. The greens committee includes Ira A. Minnick, chairman; W. H. Diddel and Ben C. Stevenson. Those on the outdoor sports committee will be Messrs, and Mesdames Carl McCann, chairmen; James L. Murray and C. F. Merrell. tt tt tt THE sharp breezes causing postponed ball games and fishing trips also are putting a chill on good golfing intentions. City courses were barren yesterday in comparison to their usual week-day trade. But club officials are posi-

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pool Saturday night. Front row (left to right)—Winston Weseloh, Dave Ruhr, L. C. Cohn, captain; Harry Queensen and Charles Blitt. Back Row—Ralph Yourtee, Ben Schaller, William Traugott, Roy Davies and Gordon Olson.

tive a stretch of warm sun will start an immediate flow toward one of the highest season attendance figures in years. Tourneys scheduled this weekend will hike enthusiasm up to par at the country clubs. CONCERNING*Patty Berg. . . . She’s 18 years old. ... In her first tourney in ’32 she carded 120. . . . Encouraging, isn’t it? ... By the end of the summer she could break a 100 ’ consistently. . . . Now she is Minnesota state champion, her 75 is women’s record at White Bear, St. Paul, she shares the Ormand Beach record of 73 with Virginia Van Wie, and has tied Mrs. Vare’s low 74 at St. Augustine. . . . Aspires to be a buyer for a department store. ... Is a junior in high school. . . . Has two sisters attending Minnesota University. . . Patty is the youngest member of the Walker Cup team, and is rooming with Mrs. Opal S. Hill, eldest member of the squad, on the trip overseas to meet England’s best. . . . She stands 5-3 and weighs 122. . . . And, as most writers delight to inform you before mentioning her great golf, she is freckle-faced.

On College Diamonds

Wabash, 4; De Pauw, 1. Notre Dame, 18, Purdue, 15. Indiana Central, 12; Franklin, 3. Ball State, 5; Central Normal, 4. Navy, 3; Virginia, 1. Syracuse, 8; Cornell, 3. Manhattan, 9; City College of New York, 6. Columbia. 7; Princeton, 3. Yale, 4; frovidence College, 2. Army, 7; Lehigh, 4. North Central, 6; Armour Tech, 1. Holy Cross, 16; Boston University, 1. Penn State, 4; Juinata, 0. Colgate, 23; Oswego Normal, 2. Dickinson, 18; Bucknell, 2. Muhlenberg, 6; Lafayette, 2. Oklahoma, 1; Nebraska, 0. Missouri, 15; Westminster, 3. St. Louis U., 5; Washington U., 3. Brown, 10; Tufts, 0.

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Prep Track Title at Stake in Meet 108 City Athletes to Vie at 2 Tomorrow. City high school track and field honors are to be at stake tomorrow afternoon when 108 prep athletes participate in the annual meet at Tech field. Five schools are to be represented. Washington’s undefeated squad sets the entry pace with 29 contestants ready for action. Tech and Shortridge are to have 27 entries each, Manual 15 and Broad Ripple 10. Qualifying trials are to begin at 2 o’clock. Record-breaking performances are expected if the weather proves agreeable. A tune-up meet scheduled between Washington, Manual and Broad Ripple this week was called off because of cold weather. 8 Teams Ready for Shortridge Baseball One hundred and forty baseball aspirants at Shortridge High School have been divided into eight teams. Bill Starks, manager of the Shortridge Intramural Baseball League, has announced as captains of the teams, Ben Hatfield, Malcolm King, Robert Craft, Howard Morton, Loren Prince. Luther Snodgrass, Robert Clemens and Dale Conger. Playing captains are to be the catchers on the eight squads. They are: Bill Starks, Malcolm King, Bob Craft, Tom Brooks, Loren Prince, Luther Snodgrass, Harold Ratcliff and Bill Swinford. League games are to start Saturday morning at the Riverside diamonds. BUDDY BAER LOSES OAKLAND, Cal., April 23 Andre Lenglet, 216, French heavyweight title claimant, outpointed Buddy Baer, Livermore, Cal., in a six-round fight here last night.

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Numa Paired With Former King of Mat O’Mahoney and Seattle Star to Mix in Feature Next Tuesday. A match that has been overdue, in the opinion of Leo Numa, 220, young heavyweight wrestling ace from Seattle, is to be staged at the Armory next Tuesday night and will give Leo another opportunity to display his wares against Danno O’Mahoney, 224. the Irish wrestling star and former champion. It tops the Hercules A. C. grappling card of three bouts. O'Mahoney was undisputed world title holder on Feb. 11 when he annexed a thriller from the Seattle matman at the Armory. The stalwart Numa has been seeking a return bout with the Irishman and has asked that Charlie Renthrop, the Memphis mat official, who rendered the decision on Feb. 11, not be considered as a referee for the match Tuesday. Before losing the crown to Dick Shikat several weeks ago, O'Mahoney previously had beaten nis German opponent, and prior to the second match with Shikat had never lost a bout in 18 months cf campaigning in this country. Tire Irishman beat Jim Londos last June to win the championship. FIELD TRIALS TO BE HELD AT ARMY POST The Indiana Field Trial Club, with a membership of 140, is going to hold trials at Fort Benjamin Harrison Sunday morning at 8 and officials expect a large entry. Sixteen dogs have been entered and others will be accepted up to starting time. There will be a Membership Stake included, open to members only with dogs which have never won field trials.

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Tigers See Tilt With Big Leaguers as Rare Chance Coach Messersmith Elated Over Opportunity to Have De Pauw Nine Mingle With St. Louis Cardinals. Time* Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., April 23.—Lloyd Messersmith, coach of the De Pauw University baseball team which will play an exhibition game with the St. Louis Cardinals here tomorrow, is enthusiastic over the "added" attraction on the Tigers’ schedule.

Messersmith was graduated from De Pauw in 1928, coached two years at Shortridge High School in Indianapolis, then returned to De Pauw, where he is baseball coach and professor of physical education. "Playing the Cards is a rare opportunity for the De Pauw boys to mingle with big-time perfortners and play on the same field with them," Messersmith said. Then he smiled and added, "We hope to hold the score down." Coach Messersmith is still a little undecided about his starting lineup against the National League club. His infield, however, will be Schilling, catcher; Bateman, third: Clinton, shortstop; Rominger, second, and Sandberg, first. Harry Rominger is a senior from Indianapolis and a veteran at the keystone sack for De Pauw. The outfield will be chosen from Bailey, Russ Smith, Hickman, Cardos, Merkle and Mackie. Five pitchers are carried on the De Pauw squad of 18: Thomas, Hoey, Stone, Armstrong and Cooper. The Cards are scheduled to reach the city a-ound noon. The game is slated to 3. AVON DEFEATS PARK Winning Nine Takes Advantage of Errors to Score 11-4 Victory. Seven errors afield were mostly responsible for Park School’s defeat at the hands of Avon on the latter’s diamond yesterday. The host club won, 11 to 4. Avon capitalized on two hits and three errors for a fiverun rally in the second inning. Score: Park 030 000 1— 4 4 7 Avon 352 010 x—ll 7 3 Hackleman, Cusack and Hanna; Blsdr, Williams and Ireland.

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Balfour Award Is Given to Huffman All-Conference Man Named for I. U. Net Honor. Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. April 23. Vernon Huffman, Newcastle, co-cap-tain-elect of the Indiana University basketball team, has been named winner of the annual Balfour award in basketball, one of the highest athletic honors of the school. The award is given annually to the athlete who, in the opinion of the selection committee, "brings honor and distinction to Indiana University in basketball.” Huffman, regarded as one of the outstanding players in the Big Ten, was selected as guard on every honorary Big Ten quintet this past season. IftaManitVhHwii: " CLOTHIN6 u.. j*?. Riding Equipment For Men and Women Most Complete Line I Sporttng Goods JACOB’S OUTDOOR SHOP 9 E. OHIO ST.