Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 62, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 May 1936 — Page 32

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OLD-TIMER HAS USUAL CONTEMPT FOR MODERN FIGHTERS

Choynski, Greatest Jewish Heavyweight, Respects Only Louis; Tunney Just ‘Fair’ Aging Veteran isn’t All Praise for Contemporaries, Either; \ c :t::<mmons Was a Cur,’ He Tells Williams; Whipped Many Famous Scrappers in His Day. BY JOE WILLIAMS Time, Special Writer CINCINNATI, May 22.—Everything about the gentleman suggested a Shakespearean ham. He was tall, gray and sparse. He wore a flowing silk bow tie. A heavy gold chain dangled from his waistcoat. He walked with conscious dignity and there was the roll of thunder in his voice, as he spoke of the days when he fought Corbett, Fitzsimmons, Jeffries and Johnson. For this gentleman was no relic of the ancient drama; he was Joe Choynski. first and last of the great Jewish heavyweights. He’s rising 70 now and is out here doing the best he can. He has a vague connection with one of the local athletic clubs. He has a hacking cough, is not al-

together well, but is mentally alert. Like most of the old-timers he hasn’t much respect for the modems, though he admits Joe Louis, the young Negro, may be good. He has never seen

him in action. Jack Dempsey is the only modern fighter he would give you a quarter for. He insists Gene Tunney was no better than fair, says he couldn’t come forw a r and, couldn’t feint and knew nothing about weaving with his head. But if Mr.

Williams

Choynski is critical of the moderns, he sings no lasting rhapsodies to the old-timers. Not to all of them anyway. To him Fitzsimmons was a cur. That's the word he used. And he didn't smile when he used it. “Yes, young man,” he repeated, “Fitzsimmons was a cur.” I asked him to explain. "It is something that needs no explanation,” he snapped. an u IT was evident that for some reason Mr. Choynski did not hold the freckled walloper in high esteem, and my suspicion was his bitterness stemmed from a personal matter. Certainly there is nothing in Fitzsimmons’ record to suggest he lacked a fighter’s heart. He came off the floor, or far from behind to score some of his most notable victories. No better yardstick for measuring human courage in the ring exists. Let's make a brief study of Fitzsimmons’ rcrord. When he beat Gus Ruhlin in the fifteenth round he was so battered and dazed he thought it was the sixth round. The bell saved him in the first round of his match with Tom Sharkey at Coney Island. He came back and stiffened the sailor in the nexr round. Jim Corbett had him on the floor at Carson City before he finally scored with the historic solar plexus punch. And Ms. Choynski—ah! That's it. Mr. Choynski had him out, dead to the world in a Boston ring when the bell rang and the cops stormed the arena. There is no record of the two ever having met again and this may explain why the Jewish gentleman still carries an active enmity sos him. But I’m sure it will take more than his testimony alone t?.< convince followers of prize fighting old Ruby Robert had a faint ticker. an o STARTING as an amateur in his home city of San Francisco, Mr. Choynski went along vo battle all the great fighters of his generation, and while he never weighed more than 165 pounds, frequently less, he compiled a flattering record. He was that rare combination of the ring, a clever boxer and a tremendous hitter. He undoubtedly would have won the championship if he had been a bigger man. He was a middleweight mingling with heavyweights. As I have already related, he flattened Fitzsimmons, he had Kid McCoy on the floor, knocked out Peter Maher, Jim Hall and Jack Johnson, held. Tom Sharkey and Jim Jeffries even. Jeffries has always said Choynski hit him harder than any man h? ever faced. . . . "Asa matter of fact. I beat Jeffries.’’ insists Mr. Choynski.” A baseball umpire by the name of Jim McDonnell refereed the fight. I thought I had won easily on points. When McDonnell raised Jeffries' hand I said, ‘What's the matter with you. Does a fellow have to hit nothing but some runs to win with you?” Mr. Choynski laughed reminiscently. It was evident he considered this a very neat crack. FALL CREEK ATHLETICS Fall Creek Athletics and East End Dairies are to clash in a Circle City League game tomorrow afternoon at 3 at Brookside diamond No. 1. Players are asked to report at 12:30.

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Sartor Wins Dyer Award — Washington High Senior Is Honored for Athletic, Scholastic Marks. Herschel Sartor was presented the Dyer Medal, in honor of his outstanding athletic and scholastic records, at the annual Awards Day program yesterday afternoon on the Washington High School football field. Sartor, a senior, is a threeletter man. The George Washington Men's Club plaques were awarded to Capt. Robert Flack in football, Herschel Sartor in basketball, and Capt. Julian Weddle in track. Coach Henry Bogue made the following presentations in football: Freshmen Buttons—Beuke. Buttz. Cantor, Coats. Eastwood, Ferguson. Hart, Herrin. JefTras. Jones. Jumpp. Lucas. McCalip, Peyton, Towel. Rice. Roth, Shaw. J. Sipe, W. Sipe Sullivan, Sumner, Townley, and Woods. Minor Block "W”—Boswell, Brandenburg. J. Davis, Farmer, Kersey, Overbeck, Patrick. Read and West. Major Block “W”—Cain, Carter, Cooley, C. Davis. Dean. Capt. Flack, Green, Howard, Jaynes. Kasnak, Linn. Milan, Pottenger, Richards Sartor, Schaub, Shoemaker and Zunk. In basketball, Coach Rowland Jones made the following awards: Freshmen Buttons—Beaslev, Beuke. Coats, Hammond, Herrin. JefTras. Jones. McCalip, Peyton, J. Sipe, Sumner and White. Minor Block “W”—Carter, Eacen, Gantz, Harrah. Kersey. Leerkamp. Meyer. Miller. Sanders, Short and Thompson. Major Block "W”—Hardin. Kasnak. C'apt. Lasley. Lentz. Pottenger, Sartor and Shoemaker. Track honors presented by Coach Cleon Davies: Cross-Country, Minor Block “W”—Allen, Cauble, Dolan Johnson, Oilman and J. Weddle. Freshmen Buttons Ballard. Canter, Coats, Coffman, Eastwood. Goodnight, Hammond. Irwin, Jones, Jumpp, Layton, McCalip, Peyton, Rice, Roth. J. Sipe, W. Sipe. Sullivan, Tnwney, Woods, White and York. Minor Block “W”—Dorrell, Flack, Jaynes and Leerkamp. Major Block “W”—Bainaka. Beaumont, Brandenburg. Brunlng, Carter, Dean, Dolan, Howard, Johnson, Kersey, Menchhofer. Milam. Oilman. Russell. Sanders, Sartor. Stewart, B. Weddle ants Capt. J. Weddle. Letter sweaters were presented to Eugene Brandenburg, Arvill Menchhofer, Herschel Sartor and James Stewart for running on the secondplace relay team in the state track meet. Richard McKenna was given a letter for his services as student manager. Mars Entries Are Favored in Derby By United Press AURORA, 111., May 22.—Eleven spirited 3-year-olds went to the post today in the fourth running of the $12,000 added Illinois Derby, the last-minute withdrawal of Grand Slam and Bow and Arrow established the Ethel V. Mars entry, v The Fighter and Sangreal, a 6-to-5 favorite. Although Bold Venture, winner of the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, was missing, the Fox Valley Jockey Club feature was regarded as a major test for a half-dozen young sprinters which still hope to beat Morton L. Schwartz’s chestnut colt. A. G. Tarn's Rushaway, Louisiana Derby winner, was a 4 to 1 choice, with Dnieper and Reelon next in the betting. KLICK TESTS MONTANEZ NEW YORK. May 22.—Pedro ; Montanez, who has won 15 straight j lightweight battles, is to tangle with Frankit Klick at Dyckman Ovai ; here on June 8.

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Out of Turn and Into Stretch

Standings and Results

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L. Pet. St. Paul 23 12 .657 Milwaukee 2t 11 .656 Kansas City 20 11 .645 Minneapolis 19 13 .594 Louisville 14 21 .400 INDIANAPOLIS 11 17 .393 Columbus 12 22 .353 Toledo 9 22 .290 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. 1. Pet. • W. L. Pet. N. York . 22 11 .667 Chicago .14 14 .500 Boston ..23 12 .657 Washington 17 18 .486 Detroit .. .18 14 .563! F'de,phia. 10 20 .333 Cleveland 17 14 .548! St. Louis .. 7 25 .219 NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet. W. L. Pet. St. Louis. 19 10 .655! Cincinnati 15 17 .469 N. York .19 11 .633)805t0n 14 16 .467 Pittsburgh 16 13 .552)Brooklyn . 12 19 .387 Chicago.. 15 15 ,500!Phdelphia 12 21.364 Games Today AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville at Indianapolis (night). Toledo at Columbus. Kansas City at St. Paul. Milwaukee at Minneapolis. AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit at Cleveland. St. Louis at Chicago. Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Brooklyn. St. Louis at Pittsburgh. Only games scheduled. '

MAJOR LEADERS

LEADING BATTERS Player—Club G AB R H Pet. Terry. Giants 20 55 10 25 .455 Sullivan, Cleveland... 20 60 8 26 .433 Dimaggio,\ Yankees... 16 73 17 30 .411 Medwick, Cardinals... 29 125 19 51 .408 Stone, Senators 21 61 16 23 .377 HOME RUNS Foxx, Red 50x.... lOjCamim, Phillies... 6 Trosky, Cleveland 8 Gehrig. Yankees... 6 Dickey. Yankees.. BJ, Moore, Phillies.. 6 Ott, Giants 7| RUNS BATTED IN Dickey. Yankees.. 43!Trosky, Cleveland. 30 Ott. Giants 35 Foxx, Red Sox 28 Medwick, Cards.. 30! RUNS Gehrig. Yankees.. 43!J,Martin. Cards . 29 Gehringer, Tigers. 36 Cramer, Red Sox. 29 Dickey, Yankees.. 30|Cuyler, Reds 29 HITS Gchringer, Tigers 52!Moore. Giants 48 Medwick. Cards.. SllDemaree, Cubs 47 Jordan, Bees .... 491 Lewis, Senators... 47

On College Diamonds

Notre Dame, 8: Indiana, 5. Indiana Central, 6; De Pauw, 3. Colorado, 5; Colorado State, 4. Missouri, 6; St. Louis U., 5. Holy Cross, 8; Williams, 2. Boston College, 7; St. John's (New l'ork), 2. Oregon State, 11; Idaho, 6. TROJAN STAR TO COACH Times Special LOS ANGELES, Cal., May 22. Garrett Aroelbide, former University of Southern Calfornia star, has signed to coach the football team at Arizona State Teachers’ College, according to an announcement made here yesterday.

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Results Yesterday AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Kansas City 203 001 400—10 13 1 Minneapolis 201 100 110— 6 15 2 Vance. Moore and Madjeski; McKain, Grabowski; Baker and George. (Seventeen Innings) Louisville. 002 000 011 000 000 00— 4 18 2 Toledo .. . 001 030 000 000 000 01— 5 16 3 Schaefer. Marrow, Southard. Bass and Thompson; Hare and Linton. Milwaukee 100 110 010— 4 13 3 St. Paul 200 000 010— 3 11 2 Harniin and Dickey; Fette and Fenner. "American league (Fourteen Innings) Philadelphia . 001 100 000 000 00— 210 2 Chicago 101 000 000 000 01— 3 13 j Kelley and Hayes; Whitehead and Sewell. New York 104 040 000— 9 12 1 Detroit 022 011 031—10 17 1 Gomez. Murphy. Hadley. Kleinhaus and Dickey; Sorrell. Sullivan. Crowder. Kimsey and Cochrane. Washington 022 000 300— 713 i Cleveland 010 000 003— 4 8 1 Whitehill. Russell and Millies: Hildebrand. Gatehouse and Pytlak. Boston 003 000 003— 6 8 0 St. Louis 000 001 010— 2 7 2 W. Ferrell and R. Ferrell: Hogsett, Tietje and Hemsley. NATIONAL LEAGUE Cincinnati 100 000 010— 2 4 1 Boston 000 001 Oil— 3 9 3 Stine and Campbell; Lanning and Lopez. Pittsburgh 000 010 006— 7 11 1 Philadelphia 200 000 200— 412 1 Blanton, Birkofer and Todd: Johnson. E. Mcore. Jorgens and Grace. Chicago 100 001 101— 4 13 1 Brooklyn 000 000 000— 0 7 2 Henshaw and Hartnett; Frankhouse and Berres. St. Louis 010 000 003— 4 7 0 New York 100 000 001— 2 8 0 P. Dean and V. Davis: Smith and Mancuso.

Greyhounds Beat De Pauw Nine, 6-3 Three Tallies in Seventh Provide Margin. Indiana Central College conquered the De Pauw University Tigers, 6 to 3, in an intercollegiate baseball game at the University Heights diamond yesterday afternoon. The Greyhounds tallied three runs in the seventh inning for the gamewinning margin after the Methodists had forged into a 3-to-2 lead in the previous frame. Keene, on the mound for the locals, allowed only six hits. Score: De Pauw 000 U)2 000— 3 3 Indiana Central .... 020 000 31x— 6 11 3 Armstrong. Hoey and Schiller; Keene and Collier. PORTNEY EDGES LODER By United Press NEW YORK, May 22.—Jack Portney, 142. Baltimore, outpointed Teddy Loder, 142, Keansburg, N. J., in the 10-round windup event here last night.

Thundering down the stretch with open throttle, it is on the strip of brick pavement shown above that gasoline jockeys attain their highest speed in the annual Indianapolis Motor Speedway 500-mile race on Memorial Day. Louis Tomei, Portland, Ore., is shown on the main stretch as he qualified the Wheeler Special owned by Mrs. Babe Stapp, whose husband will be in the front row in the Pirrung Special when the 33-car field takes the mark for the green flag May 30. The dangerous northwest curve is shown in the picture. It is here that drivers turn on full stvicm as they leave the bend and head into the main straight-away which passes in front of the grand stands. A sudden lurch of the car when drivers accelerated too rapidly coming out of the turn has caused several of the chargers to hurtle the wall to disastrous results. Improvements on the “death curve” already have prevented serious accidents to Doc MacKenzie, Tony Gullotta and Ralph Hepburn in practice spins this year. Thatcher Captures Trapshoot Contest A. W. Thatcher scored a 45 to win the 50-target trapsnoot event held by the School Men’s Club at the Boy Scout reservation yesterday. Scores: 50-Target Event—Thatcher, 45: Trickey, 40; Mitgen. 39: Moore, 38; Lambert, 38; Thomas. 36; Hobbs, 31. 25-Tarket Event —Johnson. 24: Hiser, 22; Alcorn, 19; Bolander. 18: Hornaday. 18; Loren, 17; Stafford. 17: Markus. 16; Shoemaker, 11; Lett. 10; Grubbs, 7; Wood, 7.

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Factory Loop to Open New Softball Park Industrial- Teams Billed for Inaugural Games in Stadium Here. A newjproject is to be inaugurated in Indianapolis this Monday night with dedication of the Indianapolis Softball Stadium at English-av and La Salle-st. It is the first enclosed softball park to be built in the city and is expected to equal the popularity of similar parks in several larger cities. Many of the city’s strongest teams will play in night leagues in the park, starting next week. Room for 1200 Spectators The park has a full 60-foot indoor diamond and is equipped with a complete lighting system. The bleachers will accommodate 1200 persons. R. C. Anderson is president of the stadium, W. E. Fry is vice president and R. D. Fink, secre-tary-treasurer. The Industrial Softball League, organized by Carl Callahan of EmRoe’s Spoiling Goods store, has the honor of playing opening games Monday night. The league is to play two games Monday night and two Tuesday night. Monday, Prest-O-Lite and U. S. Tires are to tangle at 8 p. m„ with Crown Products and Real Silk Hosiery Mills clashing in the second fray. These teams are rated among the top-notchers in the city.

Middlesworth First Tosser Wally Middlesworth, city recreetional director, is to throw the first bill to C. E. Stoutenburg, vice president of the U. S. Rubber Cos. of Indianapolis. Other teams in the Industrial loop are Schwitzer Cummings, Eli Lilly Cos., Kingan Cos. and Armour & Cos. The Inter-fraternity League takes over the stadium Wednesday night, and the All-Star League Thursday and Friday nights. Chicago Takes Six Straight Matches By United rress CHICAGO, May 22.—The University of Chicago, victor in six straight matches yesterday was a heavy favorite today to win both the singles and team championships in the annual Big Ten tennis tournament. The Maroons’ well balanced team of Norman Bickel. Norbert Burgess, Herbert Mertz and John Shostrom won all its singles and two doubles matches without loss of a set. Northwestern, another favorite, won five matches and Wisconsin captured four as the meet opened yesterday.

BLOCKER BEANS By SEA Service LOS ANGELES, May 22 1 Beans Russel, called the best blocker Southern California football teams have had since Ernie Pinckert, is expected to be a great help to Howard Jones’ 1937 squad.' A freshman back from Oklanoma, he already is said to be able to move opponents out of the way of a ball carrier be f /er than Pinckert ever did.

Curtis Cup Stars to Invade France Yankee Women Golfers Are Carded in Informal Match. By United Press SOUTHPORT. Engl., May 22. Patty Berg of Minneapolis and four of her Curtis Cup teammates left for London yesterday to join Mrs. Glenna Collett Vare of Philadelphia, captain of the team, and Charlotte Glutting of South Orange, N. J. The entire squad of eight will leave for Paris and play in an informal team match against French women on Monday. The American team definitely has completed arrangements to sail for home aboard the Queen Mary on its maiden voyage May 27.

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I. U. Errors Give Irish Victory, 8-5 Hoosiers Out-Hit Visitors but Are Beaten. I Times Special I BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. May 22 Indiana University out-hit the Notr# Dame baseball team here yesterday but tossed away a victory with five i errors at inopportune times, and last to the Irish, 8 to 5. Babe Hosier gave the Irish eight hits, but costly errors enabled the visitors to tally four times in the fourth and three more in the eighth. The Hoosiers collected 11 safeties, but Rvdell and Themes kept them scattered. Score: Notre Dame 000 400 031— 8 8 S Indiana . 110 020 109— 5 11 5 Rvdell, Themes and Kouzelove, Gaul; Hostler and Grieger. (JUST BRING US THIS COUPON! JJEW kind of pads and medicated piaster* (rive surer, quicker, more complete relief than has ever been known before. Patti is ended instantly and corns are quickly, painlessly and safely removed. 12 Pads and ■ Make other methods seem old-fashioned. Also made for Bunions and Calloused McCRORY’S 5 & 10c STORES