Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1936 — Page 12

STRANGE TALES ABOUT SEGAL

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NEW YORK, July 4—I1 see Toy the papers that sterling) sportsman, Mr. Harry Champ Segal, is back in trade dealing in domestic and imported cauliflowers. His activities of the moment include the management of one David Crowley, a British featherweight, one Sandy Mec-

Donald, a local heavyweight, Carnera of Poland.

and one Leon Ketchell, the

It has been some several years since Mr. Segal graced the prize rings with his debonair manner and mysterious powers. He used to bé quite a figure in the manly art. He managed Charley Phil Rosenberg and, later, K. O. Phil

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But Mr. Segal was always getting into jams due to his boyish enthuglasm which at times took him into strange channels, and finally he turned back on the prize-rings and entered the race horse business as an owner, intent upon improving the breed. - But here again Mr. Segal got into more jams. It just seemed people

didn’t understand him. There was the time,

for instance, when the

Jockey Club had him under investigation and before the investigation was completed he took it on the lam, as the boys say.

Well, he didn’t exactly do this, but he deeded the ownership of all his oat munchers over to his wife Mollie, so theoretically he was out of the business, and since the Jockey. Club didn't have anything against ~ Mollie it chivalrously called the investigation off. : 8 8 8 It was a funny thing, that investigation. Some one claimed a goat named Don Pedro at Saratoga and immediately shipped him to Mr. Segal’s stable at Aqueduct. The Don was a bay thing with white markings. It disappeared mysteriously - for three. weeks. When it showed up again it was a complete bay. All the white - markings had been dyed. The Jockey Club thought this most queer and started to investigate. __ The Jockey Club is cold and unemitional. It hasn't much artistic sense. Somehow the Jockey Club developed the vicious notion the horse had been dyed for sinister purposes, that maybe it has been racing at other tracks during its absence from Aqueduct under an alias. Anyway, the heat was on pretty hard and Mr. Segal quickly transferred all his horses to Mollie, all except old Don Pedro; he never started again, that I can recall. 2 -8 2

1 mentioned that Mr. Segal was _ always getting into jams in the prize rings, and he was. They suspended him and his fighter of the moment, Rosenberg, for life in TIlinois. It was in connectiomwith a fight with Bud Taylor of Terre ‘Haute, a great bantamweight in his day. Rosenberg was the bantamweight champion of the time. The fight never did take place. Mr. Segal was accused of using politics and “other influences” pertaining to the appointment of the referee.

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HEN there was the time when Mr. Segal’s champion turned in a phenomenal performance against the rugged Eddie Shea of Chicago at the old Velodrome. I say phenomenal because everybody in town seemed to know Rosenberg was going to knock out Shea and in what round—and up to that time Shea had never been on the floor. Shea’s manager later told me that two hoodlums, well rodded up, walked into the room the night before the fight and threatened to pistol both him and his fighter with messy thoroughness -if Shea didn’t ‘go into the waves in the fourth round. For some reason it had to be the fourth round.

UT perhaps you can put this 3 down as sheer fiction, typical of an adventure-starved yoke] with . a melodramatic mania; what prob- . ably happened was that when Shea . and his manager found that everybody in town was betting on a fourth-round knockout, they decided to make it unanimous and nat spoil anybody's fun, including their own. * Mr. Segal was contributing his unique and extraordinary talents to the prize rings in the days when a fighter could win or lose on a foul and one of his fighters, K. O. Phil Kaplan, a middleweight, was peculiarly susceptible to fouls. Anyway he had a lot of them in his record. Fouling was a racket in those days, and bets were made on a basis that if a foul occurred all bets were off. This was a soft touch for the sure thing boys. If they could win on the up and up ‘they fought honorably; if they got into severe difficulties they fouled out. This protected the bets. Big Jim Farley, now the Postmaster General, took the stand in court one day and accused Kaplan of deliberately fouling another fighter. Big Jim was practically the boxing commission itself then, and he had been around long enough to sense that most of the fouls being eommitted were phonies. It was about this time that Big Jim introduced the no-foul law, and, strangely, there hasn't been a foul since. I suppose it is just a coincidence.

Rodenberg to Ride in Rockville Races

i Times Special ROCKVILLE, Ind. July 4—More than 25 riders are expected to com-

Out for Year?

ANK GREENBERG’S broken left wrist apparently is going to keep the big first sacker of the Detroit Tigers out of the game for the remainder of the year. On removing the old cast that had been placed on the break that occurred early this spring, following a fracture in the 1935 world series, medicos found Greenberg’s wrist imperfectly healed and were forced to encase it again. Here is forlorn-looking Hank with the new cast.

Louis F ades, Lewis ’ Talks

With Joe Out, John Henry Decides to Go After Braddock’s Title.

BY STEVE SNIDER United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, July 4—Max Schmeling took only one brown man out of Jimmy Braddock’s life, Light Heavyweight Champion John Henry Lewis declared today, and that the brown man left is just the one to take over the heavyweight boxing crown. “I beat Braddock when I was 18 years old,” Lewis said. “I beat him again two years later, but they gave Lim the decision. He had just one more fight after that before he met Max Baer and he couldn’t have got much better.” Thus another who once whipped t h e Cinderella man, encouraged by the Braddock comeback and the subsequent bursting of Joe Louis’ superman bubble, bid for a spot in the heavyweight picture. Lewis, who began training today for his 10-rounder against Max Marek of Chicago at Comiskey Park, July 10, is fed up with the peanut money he’s cashed in on his light heavyweight belt and longs for a piece of a good purse. The proposal has progressed past the idea stage. He said his handlers have posted a $2500 forfeit with the New York boxing commissio in anticipation of a match wi some topflight heavyweight, pref-

{erably NOT Joe Louis.

“I'm in favor of letting a Louis match slide for awhile,” Lewis said. “We've been negotiating with Max Baer; but almost any of the good ones are O. K. with me.” ‘When the Phoenix Negro won the light heavyweight title from Bob Olin at St. Louls last winter, his crowd appeal boomed as he devel-

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SATURDAY, JULY 4, 1936

the American Association’ 8 in Milwaukee next Friday.

third annual all-star game

Records ] Fall as Lash Wins Final Tryout

Tireless |. U. Ace Runs Far Ahead of Rivals in . 10,000-Meter Event.

BY HENRY SUPER . United Press Staff Correspondent

PRINCETON, N. J, July 4—A

track and field tryouts in New York comes off in Palmer Stadium today with the nation’s foremost athletes clashing in the forty-eighth annual national A, A. U, track and field championships. More than 200 stars, including practically all men who will seek to extend Uncle Sam’s track and field dominance in the Olympics this summer at Berlin, sought titles in 22 events. : One title was decided last night when tireless Don Lash of Indiana sped to victory in the 10,000-meter event, cracking a batch of records. Lash, who qualified for the Olympic team by winning, turned the distance in 31:06.9. He broke Tom McDonough’s American citizen record of 31:24 made in 1932, and Joie Ray’s championship mark of 31:28.4 set in 1628.

Others Far Behind

The men who finished far behind Lash—Eino Pentti of the Millrose A. A, New York, who was second, and Stanley Wudyka, Philadelphia, third—also qualified for places on Uncle Sam’s team. Lash was timed for the intermediate distance of six miles in 30:09.6, bettering Hannes Kolemainen’s American record of 30:20.4 established in 1934 and W. J. Kramer's American citizen's standard of 30:43.4, set in 1912. The defending champion, Tom Ottey of the Penn A. C., dropped out at the fifth mile. Seven championship records were bettered in the A. A. U. junior championships held yesterday.

Beard Has Retired

Seventeen of the stars who won championships af Lincoln, Neb., last year will defend ‘their ldgurels today. Four champions will default—and one, Percy Beard, 110-meter high hurdle titleholder, has retired. Eddie O’Brien, Syracuse, winner of the 400-meter, will pass up the meet to concentrate on the Olympic tryouts. : Eulace Peacock, 100-meter and broad jump winner, will not compete because of an injured leg. Although eliminated in the Olympic semi-final tryouts last week in Cambridge, Peacock hopes to be eligible for next week’s tryouts by the American Olympic Committee and still make the team. Joe McCluskey of New York, 3000meter steeplechase and 5000-meter run champion, will concenterate on the steeplechase,

Champs on Defense

By United Press PRINCETON, N. J, July 4. — Champions who defend titles in the national A. A. U. championships dere today. Pole Vault—William Sefton and Earle Meadows, University of Southern California. High Jump—Cornelius Johnson, Compton Junior College, Los Angeles. Shot Put—Jack Torrance, Baton Rouge, La. 1500-Meter Run—Glen Cunningham, Kansas. 3000-Meter Walk—Harry Hinkel, Los Angeles. Discus: Throw -—Ken Carpenter, Los Angeles. 16-Pound Hammer Throw—Henry Dreyer, Rhode Island State College. 3000-Meter Steeplechase—Joe McCluskey, N. Y. A. C. 400-Meter Hurdles — Tom Moore, San Francisco Olympic Club. 200-Meter Run—Ralph Metcalfe, Marquette University Club. 56-Pound Weight Throw — Clark Haskins, Detroit Police Department. Javelin Throw—Horace O'Dell, N. Y. A.C. Running Hop, Step and Jump— Ralang Romero, Loyola at New Or-

200-Meter Hurdles — Dale Schofield, Salt Lake City. 800-Meter Run—Elroy Rainn,

1600-Meter Relay ‘== New York Curb Exchange. 5000-Meter Run-—Joe McCluskey, N.Y. A.C. 400-Meter Run — Eddie O'Brien, Syracuse. . 110-Meter High Hurdles — Percy Beard, N. Y. A. C. 100-Meter Run and Broad Jump— | g Eulace Peacock, Tem

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STATE YOUT H CLINCHES OLYMPIC BERTH

In Case You Don’t Find Those Elusive Bass,

Women in Olympic Final Tests Today

American Track and Field Aces to Be Named.

Times Special PROVIDENCE, R. 1, July 4—The women's track and field squad which will represent the United States in the Qlympic Games at Berlin this summer will be decided today when more than 100 feminine stars compete in the finals at Brown Stadium. The 100-meter dash stands out as one of the best events on the program. Miss Helen Stevenson of Fulton, Mo., and Miss Betty Robinson of Chicago, who won the Olympic event In 1928. The latter is staging a comeback following an injury in an airplane crash several years ago. Miss Stevenson is aiming at an-

‘other victory over Stella Walsh, who

will represent Poland this year. She has covered the distance in 113, five-tenths of a second under the world record held by Miss Walsh. The first three finishers in each event will qualify for the team.

Calendar

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Here’s How Big Ones Look on Stringer This Year

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ELL, will you do any better over the week-end? George Godwin, fire alarm dispatcher, who was captain of the Fire Department bowling teams, says he had more strikes at Cold-

water, Mich., this week than his

keglers produced in the American Bowling Congress last spring. Who wouldn’t believe him after seeing the picture above in which Mr. and Mrs, Godwin display 20 rounds of bass? The largest of the six weighs four-and-one-half pounds. The fireman and his wife bagged the limit of bass, bluegills and crappies during five days of fishing at the anglers’ paradise, Randall Lake at Narrows Park. The haul included 42 bass, 13 of

~ which were more than three

pounds. Flies, spinners and plugs were as good as live bait, according to Mr. Godwin, who said the fish were fighting for it. +

Polish Giant to Invade American - Fight Rings; Henry Would ‘Tape’ Him

BY HENRY M'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent : NEW YORK, July 4—Somewhere out in the high seas aboard the Queen Mary, and coming toward this country at a speed too fast to suit those of us who remember Primo Carnera, is a Polish fighter whose dimensions are said to be only a few feet less each way than those of the giant boat he’s riding. His name is Leon Ketchell, and immediately upon his arrival on Monday he plans to launch a campaign against our better heavyweights. His manager,” one Harry (Champ) Seigel, who hired him by cable and has yet to set eyes on him, sent me a blueprint of the “Polish Pyramid” today, and the figures are almost as impressive as they are doubtful. There’s the matter of his 7 feet 3 inches of height, for example. He may be every bit that, but I'll never believe it until he is stretched out on the canvas and I personally measure him. I'll probably have that opportunity the first time he fights. Maybe not, though, for

571 Seigel swears by all that’s holy that

Leon has long been the scourge of Poland, with his tremendous

s06 | punches, endless stamina, and im500 | munity to punishment.

17 Fights—17 Knockouts

“He's had 17 fights,” Seigel said in an unsponsored broadcast yester-

Fet. | day, “and they all ended the same

way—by a knockout.” He couldn't recall the names of any of the victims, but assured me they were first-class fighting men who had

Pct. | never tasted defeat before. Seigel 333 | vigorously denied that 16 of the

victims were cousins of Leon, and under age. Leon, acording to Seigel's charts, 415 pounds,

Campbell Is First in Racing Circuit

Events Slated at Sharon and Winchester Ovals.

Times Special

Redskins in Spot to Go Up—or Down

Pack Closely Bunched as Tribe, Colonels Start Rapid-Fire ' Series.

The Indianapolis Indians had a likely ‘opportunity to make a rapid ascent—or descent—in the American Association standings when they squared off against the Colonels in a concerted four-game series at Louisville this afternoon. The Redskins were scheduled to play the tail-enders a double-header this afternoon and two games tomorrow afternoon. In fifth place, the Tribe was only seven percentage points away from the third-place Millers. Six points below the Killeferites were the sixth-place Kansas City Blues. Minneapolis swept from a fifthplace tie with the Indians into the third niche by whipping St. Paul, § ‘to 4, in the only Association game played yesterday. The victory snapped a seven-game winning streak by the Saints and checked the second-placers after they had swept a series with Milwaukee's top-notchers to pull into a tight battle for the league lead. It was the only game played yesterday. Milwaukee's game with Kansas City was washed out. A double-header also was carded at Columbus today, involving the Red Birds and Toledo. Kansas City was scheduled at Milwaukee and Minneapolis at St. Paul. :

Full Baseball Slate 1 T oday

Attendance. in e in Big Leagues Likely to Reach New Season High.

By United Press NEW YORK, July 4.—Baseball attendance marks for the season were expected to be broken today with all major league teams celebrating Independence Day with doubleheaders. | Barring adverse weather the 16 games probably will draw more than the 290,466 persons who saw the double-barreled Memorial Day pro-

DAYTON, O,, July 4—Red Camp- | gram

bell, Indianapolis race driver, holds a 33-point lead over Everett Saylor of Dayton in the standing of the Central States Racing Association, with two events carded at tracks today and tomorrow. The pilots are to compete for points today at Sharon, Pa., and tomorrow at Winchester, Ind. Campbell has recorded 295 points in races this year and Saylor has 262 toward the association’s championship. Saylor drew nearer the Indianapolis pilot when the contest board awarded him first place in a disputed race at Fort Wayne, Ind., last Sunday. A total of more than 100 points will be distributed at the Winchester track in a six-event sprint program.

British Topper

Most of the teams enjoyed a day of rest yesterday. Only two games were played. The world champion Detroit Tigers smacked out a 9-to-5 decision over the St. Louis Browns for their seventh consecutive victory. The Chicago White Sox topped the Cleveland Indians, 6 to 5.

TEE TIME

MONG the “multitudes” thronging local golf courses today were 32 men bearing down especially hard at Sarah Shank. They were playing first-round matches of the city public links championship tourney. Favorites were Bill Reed Jr., Bobby Dale, Mike Pollack and Charles Boswell, who are scheduled to represent Indianapolis in the national public links competition on Long Island this month. Second and third-round matches here are to be played tomorrow morning and afternoon at South Grove and Riverside. an.» The correct date for that Frankfort Country Club pro-ama-‘teur is July 13. That's a week from this Monday. f ” »

OGANSPORT celebrated its first hole-in-one of the season yesterday, but the ace was not scored by a home town golfer. Joe Ferneding came down from Chicago to loop his tee drive into the 136-yard third hole at the Country Club. ie. 8 : A flag tourney is billed to start at 1 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at South Grove.

LOCAL SCRAPPER LOSES By United Preas HOLLYWOOD, Cal, July 4— Moon Mullins, 129, Indianapolis, lost a 10-round decision to Tony Chavez, 127, of Albuquerque, N. M., here last night in the main event of the local boxing program.

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card held here last night. NAMED LINE COACH

‘Times Special

GOLDEN, Colo, July 4.— Steve

1 Hokuf, former University of Nebrasessional

ka and Boston prof football player, has been named line coach of the Colorado School of Mines.

WHEN KLEIN ERRED chuck Klein says Bo Jefi-handed batter ever will bat more at Wrigley Pield, yet Charley did it twice, once finishing with. 331.

TRUSSES For Kind of p! Supports

Fehsenfeld U nable to Make U. 8S. Teas

Times Special CHICAGO, July 4—Dick Gerenes won the three-meter spring board diving event to head a trio of dive ers who annexed places on the Olympic te here yesterday. He scored 163.7 points. Al Greene of Chicago, who was second, and Marshall Wayne of Miami, Fla. also earned trips to Berlin. Frank Fehsenfeld of the Indianapolis Athletic Club, Jim Patterson, Ohio State University, and Albert Patnix, Columbus, O, also competed. Fehsenfeld regis tered 146.13 points, The high platform event will be held today with Degener and Wayne also favored to gain top places.

College Crews in Final Trials

Six Favorite Shells Cross Oars on Princeton’s Artificial Lake.

By United Press PRINCETON, N. J., July 4 ~Just before sundown today on the artie ficial lake given Princeton Univere sity by Andrew Carnegie at a cost of $4,000,000, six slim cedar shells will set forth in quest of the glory of representing the United States in the eight-oared shell event at the Olympic games in Berlin. Two heats will be run at 2000 meters (13 yards short of a mile and a quarter) and the first two boats in each heat will qualify for final Sunday. Princton, Washington and New York A. C. are entered in the first heat, and California, Navy ‘and Pennsylvania in the sece ond. Washington, Princeton, Navy and California are favored to meet in Sunday’s final. The winner may annex the Olympic title as the United States has dominated the eight-oared race since it was added to the Olympic program in 1920,

Gruelling Speed Test

The race is a gruelling speed test, The oarsmen go at a killing pace throughout. In. 1928 Princeton, row ing at a beat of 44 strokes to the minute from the start, led until the last 200 yards when one member of the grew collapsed and California came from behind to win. Brief thumbnail sketches of the six shells follow: Washington — Intercollegiate champion, unbeaten and favored to triumph. Youngest boatload, average ing 20% years. Also tallest, average ing 6 feet 3 inches. White-tipped oars. Boat named “Husky Clipper.”

Princeton ‘Dark Horse’

California-——Second choice. Beaten by Washington at three miles and four miles. Smoothest stroking crew in race. Coach Ky Ebright has crew primed to win Olympic honors for third straight year. Blue tipped oars. Boat named’ “California Clip= per.” Navy—Eastern sprint champion. Fastest strong crew. Trained in sece ret on Severn River, Annapolis, are riving only day before races. Gold and Blue tipped oars, No name. Princeton—Fastest starter. Ape parently found self after poor sea= son. Dark horse. Orange and black tipped oars. Boat named “John Schultz.” =

Strains Arm ‘Muscle By United Prcss ' Y PRINCETON, N. J, July 4A strained muscle suffered by- Jack White, No. 5 oarsman in the University of Washington's eight-oared shell, today endangered the Huskies’ chances of winning the final Olyme pic rowing tryouts. The injury was in White's lef arm, and Coach Al Ulbrickson proe

| fessed no alarm, saying the strain

was a minor one. Others, however,

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Rex Mays Favored at Roby Speedway

Times Special CHICAGO, July 4—Rex Mays heads a list of some of the nation’s fastest racing drivers in today's races at Roby speedway. = The heavy-footed Californian is to compete in a special match race

with Babe Stapp, and is the favorite

in the 50-mile feature event. Othep

pilots who competed in the 500-mile

classic at Indianapolis and have

Briskd, Chet Miller, Rose, Ray Pixley, Gearge Barringer, g George Connor, Wilbur Shaw and

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also are slated.

DUSEK PINS OLSEN By United Press | NEW YORK, July 4 — Erle | Dusek, Omaha grappler, tossed CHff Olsen of Sweden here last night ig the windup event of a wang program. | =

363 North Hlinois 301 East Washington

OPEN EVENINGS

entered are Shortly Cantlon, Frank

Prank McGurk. Four 10-mile events