Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 August 1936 — Page 19
RELIABLES TO SHOOT AT $5000
30 STATES IN SEMI-PRO PLAY
HE state semi-pro title, won by the Indianapolis Kingan Reliables, carries with it representation in the national rney at Wichita sponsored by the National Semi-Pro eball Congress. . . . Champions of 30 states are to com2 and the cash prize to the winner is, $5000. . . . There also
talk of a trip to Japan. ... Dates at Wichita are Aug. 14
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Appearing before big crowds will be old stuff to Reb gsell, manager of the Hoosiers. . . . He used to shine on e mound, in the outfield and at the bat in both big leagues nd the American Association. . . . and when Reb hit ’em,
Naturally, the town wags are saying the Kingans brought home the bacon from the state tourney at Terre
‘Haute, which is all right with
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improvements being made the New York Yankees say the
WY seating capacity of their park will be increased to 100,000 . with the Yanks heading for the World Series the share to each winning
yer this year may reach $10,000
you. A crowd of 65,000 turned out at
. And for a record. . . . There's a melon
Cleveland last Sunday to watch the
Zankees play Steve O’Neill’s second-placers. and on the previous Sunday
3 Chicago the Yanks played before 50,000.
. What with all of that
wealth rolling in Prexy Jake Ruppert of the ‘New Yorkers is going to have a tough wrestle with his income tax report next March. - Attendance is up 29 per cent in the American Association over a
corresponding period last year. .
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‘While the Cubs and Cards are fleck and neck in the National ge race, they are comparative ngers. .. . . The Cards haven't i in Chicago since May 10, and » ‘Bruins haven't Performed in Louis since May 25. . They a four-game series in the dy City today. ” o ” Oscar Eckhardt, Indianapolis’ stalwart rightfielder, remained in @ction last week in spite of a sore arm and a “stitch” in his side. . . . 3t hurt him to swing and it hurt to throw, but the Indians are going ‘glong without a fourth fly chaser and the big Texan stayed at his 38t to help the Hoosier cause. . . . Bekhardt’s batting average took a dive, but he is to be applauded for courage. 2 x =» D SCHACT, cld-time Pacific % ® Northwest fight referee who ‘trains the Chicago White Sox, pre‘dicts that Freddi Steele, newly crowned world middleweight champion, will be outpointed by the first food boxer he mects. “Steele is a nger,” says Schact, who has offisiatea in hundreds of bouts in -32 . “A fast man can beat him to be Funes. ” 8 8 = Johan Yott, who drowned while ng in White River here ay night, used to be one of fianapolis’ best independent footplayers when local sandlot grid was at high pitch and the 5 waged yearly warfare with erful teams over the state. . . . was a courageous gridder and ys in the thick of the hard play. »
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ESTERN division clubs of the ¥ A. A. opened home stands to- , opposing Eastern invaders. . .. idianapolis is at Minneapolis, uisville at St. Paul, Columbus at waukee and Toledo at Kansas .- The teams will battle in that tory through Aug. 16, the Hoofinishing at K. C. on that date. ‘They will hustle to Indianapand arrive on the afternoon Aug. 17, playing off a postponed e with Columbus that night.
oosier Grappler Stays in Olympic
hard Voliva Disposes of Foe From India.
United Press BERLIN, Aug. 4. — American stlers continued to win in the free-style Olympic tournament alg y. ” Middleweight Richard Voliva of Hoon gton, Ind, disposed of am Rasul of India in his pnd-round match, and Frank s of Cushing, Okla., beat Joseph eimer of Canada with a halfglson in six minutes 17 seconds. The only American casualty in eliminations yesterday was vyweight Roy Dunn of Gate, a.,, who was defeated by Nils irlinds of Sweden. nn was eliminated finally towhen he lost to Werner Buerki Switzerland In 49 seconds. Ray ons, Duke, Okla., light heavyt, eliminated Thomas Ward of Britain on points. a third-round bantamweight : Ross Flood of Blackwell, Qkla., Cesar Gaudard of Switzerland e fall in 8 minutes 21 seconds. d thus was eliminated.
J. S. Pistol Ace Fires Perfect Olympic Score
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. Most of the gain is in the West,
Farm Girl Is Natural Star
Stephens ‘All Wrong’ in Form, but Shines Just the Same.
By United Press ERLIN, Aug. 4—Helen Stephens, the Fulton (Mo.) flyer, is the greatest woman track athlete in the world to Coach Dee Boeckman of the American team even though
she does run_“all wrong.” Speaking strictly as a coach but with a twinkle in her eye Miss Boeckman told today just how bad the Stephens running form is from the expert point of view after first
win the women’s 100 meters final as convincingly as Jesse Owens con: quered the men. “Helen is a greater athlete than Babe Didrikson,” the coach said, “because Helen has more muscle and is more versatile. It must be vemembered that Helen is only 18 and probably won’t reach her best form until the Olympics of 1940 when she will smash three or four world’s records depending on the number of events she enters.” Then Miss Boeckman took up the question of Miss Stephens’ poor form. “Well,” said Miss Boeckman with her tongue in her cheek, “Helen has poor form since she runs too upright. Her arm action is| faulty. While posing for photographers her form is E cotilenty but when she runs a race she just forgets everything that we try to teach her and cuts loose for the tape.” Miss Boeckman predicted that the German women—who lived in an athletics camp as a group for three years—would win the Olympic team championship.
World Games
at a Glance
By United Press . Unofficial point standings for track and fleld on a 10-5-4-3-2-1 basis: Men’s—United States, 46; Germany, 31%; Finland, 30%; Japan, 5%; Sweden, 5; Holland, 4; Great Britain, 2 Argentina, 1. a Women’s—Germany, 16; Poland, 4; Austria, 3; Japan, 2 Olympic champions crowned yesterday: 100 Meters—Jesse Owens, United States.
Hammer Throw—Karl Hein, Germany. Weight Liftin (featherweight) — Tony Terlazzo, United States. Today's program: Track and Field—Broad jump trials, 200-meter trials, 400-meter hurdles semi-finals, women’s discus finals, 200-meter trials, women’s 100meter final, broad jump final, 400meter hurdles final, 800-meter final, 5000-meter semi-final. Wrestling—Semi-finals and finals. Modern Pentathlon—Shooting. Fencing—Foils (women’s individual elimination round), foils (men's team semi-finals), foils (men’s team final). Field hockey, soccer and polo all in afternoon. Yachting both morning and afternoon.
JOCKEY IS SUSPENDED
Times Special SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y, Aug. 4—"Unfair tactics” were
Ny Aug. 4. Lieut. Charles today
Jr. of St. Petersburg, a perfect score of 200 to-
pistol competition of the
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Wins Second “Crown With Record Leap
U. S. Stars Take 4 Titles; Hornbostel Is Fifth; Lash Qualifies.
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finals, covering the distance in 11.5 seconds. Glenn Hardin, the yellow-haired Greenwood (Miss) star who finished second in the 1932 games, won the 400-meter hurdle title for the United States—America’s first triumph in the event since 1924. Johnny Woodruff, long striding Pittsburgh Negro, won the 800-meter title, which broke Great Britain's domination of that event which began in 1920. Woodruff was the first
| American to win the 800 since Ted
Meredith came out of nowhere to score a surprising victory in the 1912 games. | Mario Lanzi of Italy finished second to Woodruff. Charles Hornbostel, Indiana, was fifth.
Beats German Rival
Owens’ second jump in the finals in which he reached 26 feet 3 9-64 inches to again shatter the mark he had just broken produced one of the most dramatic moments of the Olympics thus far. He streaked down the runway almost unnoticed by the crowd which was jubilantly “heiling” Lutz Long of Germany who had tied the Negro’s earlier leap of 25 feet 9 27-32 inches. Owens had shaken Long’s hand and then the German took the salute of honor from Hitler. But even while the informal gesture was being made the Ohio State youth flashed into the air, legs kicking, and came down with a grin over the 26-foot mark. There was na doubt when he jumped that his mark would be the best ever measured in the Olympics —until his next leap. That was his 26-5-21-64 jump. Long’s jump was sufficient to give bim second place, however. Naoto Tajima, Japanese veteran of the 1932 Olympics, took third place with 25 feet 4 and 47-64 inches. Arturo Maffei of Italy and Wilhelm Leichum of Germany tied for fourth with 25 feet 4 11-32 inches and in sixth place was Bob Clark of San Francisco whose jump of 24 feet 11 7-32 inches was below his best.
Lash In, Deckard Out
Don Lash of Auburn, Ind., out to “redeem” himself for his crushing defeat in the 10,000 meters, qualified in the first heat of the 5000 meter run today by finishing third. There were three heats with the first five men in each heat qualifying for the finals. None of the three to qualify in Lash’s heat made a serious effort to run and were content with placing. The heat was won by Umberto Cerati of Italy in 15 minutes 1 second. Harry Siefert of Denmark was second in 15 minutes 2.8 seconds, Lash third in 15:4.4 and Ilmari Salminen of Finland fourth in 15:6.6. An American casualty came -in the second heat when Thomas M. Deckard of Bloomington, Ind., failed to qualify. His heat was won by Gunnar Hoeckert of Finland. - Under cloudy skies, Owens won the third heat of the 200 in 21.1 seconds—a tenth of a second belter than the Olympic record set in 1932 by Eddie Tolan of the United States who swept both the 100 and 200meter events. Owens, who twice equalled the Olynipic record and once shattered the world mark, in running the heats and finals of the 100-meter race, was far short of his world record of 20.3 for 200 meters. Because he enjoyed a following wind, it was certain that his new Olympic mark would not be recognized.
- Tops Discus Records By United Press BERLIN, Aug. 4—Jadwiga Wajsowna of Poland broke the Olympic and her own world record for the discus throw for women today with a throw of 146 feet 7 5-16 inches. Women use a discus somewhat smaller ang lighter than the one used by the men. The Olympic record is 133 feet 2 inches, set by Lillian Copeland of the United | Suates in 1932. Miss
Wajsowna up for acce a mark of 14 feet 7 9-10 mots.
Socce y Je Loses
EE se Fencers Win.
By Unite Press
blast.
| TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1936
Bob Cole, a pitcher in the Cot
League. for Sin
‘ Francisco, is a nephew of Bert Cole, former star hurler with the old Detroit Tigers and mow on the staff of
Coast loop umpires.
JESSE OWENS NEARS ‘TRIPLE’ IN OLYMPICS
Regains Title ; U.S.
Glenn Hardin, pictured here, today gave America its first 400-meter hurdle championship in the Olympic Games since 1924. Hardin triumphed over a fast field in Berlin, with a time of 52.4 seconds, fourtenths of a second slower than the Olympic record he created in a trial heat of the 1932 games. In winning, Hardin gained a victory he failed to score in the. 1932 games by a step when he finished second to Robert Tisdal of Ireland. The Southerner was one of four Yankee athletes who won Olympic titles today.
[Trosky, Rowe and Gehrig in Bat Limelight
Yankee Lou to Play Despite Injury; Detroit Ace Stops Slugger.
BY FRANK MURPHY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug. 4.—The baseball spotlight played on Lou Gehrig and Hal Trosky, a pair of American League sluggers, today. Gehrig, iron man first-baseman of the New York Yankees, announced that he would play in his one thousand seven hundred and fifty -fifth consecutive big league contest today at Boston, despite
the wrenched
back that forced him to the sidelines in 'the thirteenth inning ef Sunday’s game at Cleveland.
TEE TIME
BY PAUL BOXELL
"OT much doing in the big-time golf line this week, and it’s probably a good break for the game. The Olympics are running full With their all-sports -international appeal, the world games are more than apt to shove contemporary athletic events into the background. The public eye is iowered on the doings of Uncle Sam's boys and girls in Berlin. And it might be added the public eyebrow is raised on the doings of Uncle Sam's Olympic officials en route to and within Berlin, Golf, though undeniably an international pastime, isn’t included on the Olympic program. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don’t believe the ancient and honorable game ever has been a part of the world meet. Correct me again if I'm slipping, but there seems to be no good reason why it shouldn't be.
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Of course, golf has its own international competitions annually, but they are mostly of a profes-. sional nature. Few are the amateur events of world attraction. The British Amateur probably stnds alone in this respect. It appears an Olympic session every four years would be a healthy boost for the amateur division of the sport. . 8 8 8° NY explanation that golf is not popular in enough nations to merit Olympic recognition should
be met with the answer that, in|
such case, neither is basketball, hockey, or a number of other sports which might be mentioned. A golf meet in connection with the Olympiad could be conducted on
.medal play lines. Here's wagering
entries would be more than encouraging. 3 2 8 2 N the other hand, golf in the Olympics probably would draw disappointing galleries. Even in this country, amateur meets seldom g0 spectacular in the way of drawing crowds. Making an off-hand check, golf
Cincy Club Defeats Richmond Team 7-2
Times Special ‘RICHMOND, Va. Aug. 4—The Cincinnati Reds of the National League appeared here last night for an exhibition tilt and downed the]. Richmond Colts of the Piedmont League, 7 to 2. Babe Herman featured the hitting attack of the maJor league club with a home run. Johnny Leonardo worked on the mound for the home team struck out 10 visiting batters.
JOE LOUIS TO REACH ~ TRAINING SITE TODAY
By Uhited Press| NEW YORK, Aug. 4—Joe. Louis
or his 10-round ‘bout against Jack Sharkey of Boston at Yankee Stacium on Aug.
Bomber has been conditioning him-
self at Stevesville, Mich. for many | weeks.
YGUNG BRFFTON WINS Times Special
and | fairway, 315 yards long. . . .
stands out as the only game played with a ball which does not offer the spectator combat of some sort. That is, golf is ese tirely offensive, with no defcnsive at all. I've known times when my game was particularly offen‘sive. Golf has none of the give-and-take ingredients of basketball, baseball, football, tennis, hockey, polo, or even table tennis; thus, its appeal.rests to the most measure wih those people who appreciate it an art. #8 2 = . "HEN your opponent is teeing off you don’t dare swing your club in front of him in an attempt to block his shot. Although such an impulse easily may stir within
you when you are 2-down going to the sixteenth. What's more, you don’t even dare to whisper when the opponent is putting; let alone do anything by way of protecting the cup. The stymie is the only condition in golf which approaches defense. And 19 times in 20, the stymie is unintentional.
All of which is & roundabout way
of saying that the links game would have no more lure for the general mass of Olympic fans in Japan, or Finland, or Greece than it has for those American sports followers: who stay away from golf tournaments by the thousands.
But, Olympic sports are not de-|’
pendent ‘on attendance. Spectators at weight-lifting contests are practically non-existent. Yet, that event has been on the modern Olympic program since its origin.
® no» : PLEASANT RUN NOTE
Members qualifying for the club championship tournament must play 18 holes in. company with at least one other member not later than this Sunday. Approximately 150 ‘are expected to compete. - Thirty-two will be paired in the championship flight, and in 16 each of the three following flights. Match play is slated to begin the next. week, beginning Aug. 10. Freddy Gronauer is defending champion. Former champs scheduled to compete are Clark Espie, ‘Harold Stricklin and Jack Dalmann.
® 2 =» ILL. HEINLEIN, Coffin pro, add-
ed another state pro-amaieur’
victory to his string when he teamed with Amateur Francis Jones at the Blue River Country Club in Shelbyville to score a net 62 yesterday. . . Next Monday's pro-amateur is billed for the Willow Brook coiirse here. . . . Bill Staples, Columbus amateur, snagged a long-distance hole-in-one at the downstate course yesterday. . . . He aced the No: 2
Manero continues to wonder what happened to that fiery streak he enjoyed in the national open, having placed among the ‘first 10 but still out of the good money in the Seattle open, just closed. . . .
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ably — but not nearly as much as Gehrig some of the broken bones, skull injuries from pitched balls, torn muscles and assorted aches Gehrig has endured while playing in every regular game in which the Yankees have engaged since June, 1925. Doc Painter, Yankee trainer, said the wrench was more painful than serious.” It was good news for the New Yorkers, whose 10-game lead in the American League is due in no small part to Gehrig's .382 batting mark. While: Gehrig looked forward to a continuance of his “consecutive game” record, Trosky, first baseman of the Cleveland Indians, looked back on one of modern baseball's finest consecutive hitting streaks. Until he went hitless in four times at bat as Schoolboy Rowe and the Betroit Tigers defeated Cleveland, 9-4, yesterday, Trosky had hit safely in 28 successive games. Over thai stretch, Hal batted .412. The spree boosted Trosky’s sed
‘sonal batting average to .347, left
Lynn Waldorf Gains .on Bierman in Vote:
By Ui ited Press CHICAGO, Aug. 4 —Bernie Bierman, coach of Minnesota's undefeate i Gopher elevens, retained his lead in the 1938 college All-Star coaclies ‘poll today despite huge gains by Lynn Waldorf of Neorthwestern. Bierman's total of points was '129,406, to Waldorf’s 674,908. Meantime, Vernon ‘Oech, Minnesota guard chosen for the All-Star team. to play the Professional Chamepion: Detroit Lions on Sept. 1, annourced he had signed a contract with. the Chicago Bears.
Water Polo Title at Stake Tonight
I. A. C. Meets Hoosier A. C. in Return Match.
The | high-scoring Indianapolis Athletic Club water polo squad will mx with the undefeated Hoosier A, C. tonight at Ellenberger pool in
1| the concluding game of the regular
schedule of the city league. I. A. C, with a lone loss, will endeavor to throw the league lead into a tie by avenging a previous 4-to-3 setback at the hands of H. A. C. at Broad Ripple earlier this season. Witt, Joe Swallow counting nine
id | times last night, I. A. C. blanked |: &@ | Elleriberger, 12 to 0, at Longacre.
Willard Park lost to Longacre, 7.to 1, in the other contest last night. The challengers in tonight's feature match have amassed 102 points in 11 contests this season. Hoosier has scored 63. Swallow, with 39, and Al Rust, with 26, are the individual leaders of the leagtie. Both are I. A. C. members.
‘Sam Klezmer and Louie Mahern are
outstanding scorers for I. A. C. Garfield and Willard will meet in the other tilt tonight at: Ellenberger..
him second to Gehrig in home runs, with 31, and second to his teammate Earl Averill in hits, with 149. The Cleveland<Detroit game was the ‘only contest in either league yesterday.
Yesterday’s Hero — Schoolboy Rowe, who won his third game in eight days and his thirteenth of the season, and snapped Hal Trosky’s: consecutive hitting streak
at 28 games as Detroit defeated Cleveland.
Cards Double Mitt Windup
Wallace Headlines Amateur Fight Bill With Two 4-Round Bouts.
A double windup is to feature the amateur boxing program at the Illi.
nois Street Areng Thursday night, Matchmaker Roy Wallace ane nounced today. Two four-round bouts, both calle ing for the services of popular cene - tral Indiana lightweights, headline the card. In one scrap, Johnny Krukemeier, fighting under the Chevrolet Commercial Body bane ner, is to meet Joe Poindexter, un< attached. Krukemeier gained a close decision in a former clash. { Marshall Allison, Shelbyville, hopes to stop the win streak of Butch Powers, Green City boathouse, in the other main go. Powers ° has won two straight bouts here. Three-round fights already sched< uled pit Johnny Hughes, Columbus lightweight, against Albert Butler, Washington A. C., and Jimmy Guss tafson, Aliver A. C. middleweight, against Ernest Roach, Boyce A. C. Three other three-round buots are to be lined up.
Howard Scott Takes Long Step in Ring
+ United Press WASHINGTON, Aug. 4—Cowboy Howard Scott of Texas advanced a long step toward the top of the lightweight heap by shading Frankie Klick, San Francisco, in 10 rounds. Scott. weight 132, was given a 2-t0-1 - decision over Klick, 134. In the eighth round he was near a knockout over the Californian. A crowd of 2000 saw the bout.
CHUCK WOODS TRIUMPHS Times Special CHICAGO, Aug. 4.—Chuck Woods, the veteran welterweight from Detroit, last: night won a 10e round decision over Milt Aron . of Dubuque, Ia. in the feature bout of the boxing show at Marigold Gare
dens.
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