Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 August 1936 — Page 20

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illiams Baffled by Berlin Bedding; Has Trouble With Newspapers; Can't Get Tea

Joe Sits Up Five Nights Before He Discovers Huge Pillows Are Detachable; Waiters Startled When He Asks for English Beverage.

BY JOE WILLIAMS . Times Special Writer

ry ERLIN, Aug. 20.—This is a more or less personal piece, and you may

- AP want to skip it. . .

. If you can read nothing but English and must

have your newspaper with your matutinal eggs don't come to Germany. You will wind up shooting either your wife or yourself. Reading the daily newspaper is a habit like smoking opium, washing

back of the ears and catching the 5:14 for Bronxville.

When it is sud-

denly taken out of your life the nerve system and mental structure begin

to crack, and you wonder why you ever surrendered to the urge to

travel. ; The London pa-

pers offer small comfort. They are always a day or two late and no American who is accustomed to getting his Monday paper at 17 p. m. on Sunday can be expected to adjust himself to such a feeble compromise. There is a gnawJoe Williams ing fear you are at least twentyfour hours behind the big news of the moment. Maybe Mary Pickford has really married Buddy Rogers by now and you know nothing about it. Stay-at-homes can appreciate the

= gheer horror of such a predicament.

This is my first trip abroad and practically everything over here is as new to me as a baby’s first yawn. I am gradually getting used to the continental beds, not to mention the bath towels. The beds are designed for people who can’t make up their minds at the outset whether they want to sleep in a straight line or a curve, if at all.

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HE first several nights are not important because you return to the hotel in a state where nothimg matters anyway and if in the morning you discover you have crawled under the bed instead of 4n it you simply realize you stayed too late at the Femina. The New Yorker abroad is a peculiar animal. He won't go to a night club at home more than once a year and then under protest, but as soon as he hits a spot like Berlin he must see them all ‘This is a form of madness that becomes increasingly baffling when it is admitted the foreign night club

on is little more than a garnish imita-

tion of the Broadway original. . . . But to get back to those ‘trick peds. There is a sharp angle at the head resembling a miniature bob

~ gled run. If you happen to be an

innocent abroad you look at it and | gay, “Well, if the Germans can sleep that way so can I.” I tried sleeping sitting up for at least a ‘week before I learned this was neither an old German custom nor azi regulation. . as rise at the head of the bed created by a stuffed device which ks very much like a tackling dummy the girls at Vassar might use. It is detachable and may be yemoved in an instant. The Germans call it a Keilkissen or wedge pillow.

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TS the American, who is accustomed to burying himself under five or six coverings, blankets, comSorters, sheets, etc., the continental _ beds offer still anothep phenomenon in the steppdecke which is, to re‘lieve your suspense instantly, a large flat linen envelope stuffed with feathers. This is your bed covering and it is all the bed covering you get. . The first several nights I slept on top of it instead of under it, freezing in the chill air, but grimly determined to be continental at any sacrifice. ‘While the steppdecke is an inter- - esting adventure it is as nothing compared to the badelaken. I predict that in due time the badelaken will sweep America like a storm. As a matter of fact the first time I used a badelaken I imagined I was

in a storm of some sort. It required

the combined services of the kellner, the maedchen and the diener to extricate me from its voluminous fold-

” 2 2 BADELAKEN is what the Germans call a bath towel. It is about twice as large as the tarpaulin they use to cover the infield at the Yankee Stadium and no doubt ‘was designed originally for weight lifters and shot pases, No ordinary man has any business trifling with it, particularly if he is “not in the pink of condition. There is no record of the number of innocents who have been suffocated using a badelaken, but the total must reach astronomical

be any set formula for using a badelaken. Apparently it doesn’t make much difference whether it is le off the ht foot or the with the vardon grip or the overlapping . I have been using’a technique all my own which consists of placing the badelaken on the floor and yolling myself up in it like a bock‘wurst, But this is both trying and and as an alternative I ut resolved to quit taking entirely. Cleanliness may be to godliness, but the badelaken

siglaldb,

. MONG my assorted peculiarities

Makes Plea for Owens

Writer McLemore Urges Sullivan Award for Great Runner.

BY HENRY M’'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent BERLIN, Aug. 20.—There is but one sensible nominee for the James Sullivan Memorial Award for 1936 and that one is Jesse Owens, the “Midnight Flyer from Ohio.” He stands so far ahead of all other American athletes in the way of achievement for the year that there is no second. And there can not be a question as to his sportsman-

ship or character. No winner of the award — and the list includes Bobby Jones, Barney Berlinger, Jim Bausch, Glenn Cunningham, Bill Bonthron and Lawson Little—ever dominated his field more cleanly or wore his laurels more modestly than the Negro Ohio sprinter. His superb performance in the Olympics—the “Owens Olympics” as the Germans termed it—makes him a natural selection for the highest award in American sport. His four gold medals would be enough to earn him a unanimous vote, but Owens did more than that. Even more important than his feat of tying or breaking an Olympic record in 13 of his 16 appearances on the track or at the jumping pit, was the manner in which he completely won over to his side the crowd which at the start of the games resented even his appearance in the stadium. Wins Crowd on First Race

Germany, under the oral lashings of Adolf Hitler and Josef Paul Goebbels, has been driven to believe that Nordics, and Nordics alone, count. Before the games started German papers carried editorials in which they pointed out that while some of the “blacks” on the American team might win, German athletes who were beaten by them should not be downcast or disappointed, for it was “the same as being beaten by animals.” Then Owens started running. I'll never forget his first appearance in the opening heat of the 100 meters sprint. He had not covered more than 50 meters when the tremendous crowd of . nearly 100,000, thrilled by his burning speed and perfect form, shook the stadium with its applause. Behind him, hopelessly beaten, were a half dozen Nordics, but the Germans forgot their lessons in the excitement of watching a champion. From that first race the crowd was his—completely his.

Silence for His Jump

How thoroughly they appreciated him was never better shown than in the broad jump finals. Late in the competition the German, Luz Long, produced the most prodigous leap of his career to tie Owens. When Long's jump was announced, the crowd was beside itself with joy, which was natural, for out of a clear sky had come a man—and a German—to do something which no competitor of any other nation had been able to do— gain a tie with the “super athlete.” Then Owens walked to the start of the jumping runway and poised himself for his final effort. The cheering stopped abruptly. Jesse had not waved his hands for silence. Those 100,000 accorded it without request. And when he sailed into the air to land well past Long's mark, the cheering surpassed even that which had greeted the German athlete’s jump. : Of all the athletes who were mobbed with autograph books and cameras, Owens was the most gracious. Every time he jogged around the track, dozens of spectators in front row seats begged him to pose for a picture. He never refused and with the click of the shutter, always smiled, made a little bow, then

appreciated his thoughtfulness when the victorious 400 meters relay team walked to the victory stand for the Olympic accolade. The gentlemen of the International Olympic Committee who stood by to award the medals attempted to place Owen on the topmost, center pedestal. But he pushed Ralph Metcalfe — another wonder sprinter who never quite first place, and with it, the center pedestal—onto the post of honor. Yes, the Negro boy fulfills all the requirementsfof the Sullivan Award.

CITY GRIDDERS MEET The Broad Ripple A. C. football squad will hold a meeting Sunday at 3 at 63d and Bellefontaine-sts. Last year's players and new candidates ‘are to attend. » SCHIFF

SHOE REPAIR DEPT. Men's, Women’s and Children’s

Half Soles

AUTO LOANS

| and Refinancing 2! —_ Y | 3

WOLF

carrot for which his owner, E. J. Baker of St.

Spot, the stable mascot, seems to be enjoying the | Charles, Ill., is making Greyhound stretch his neck.

The great gray gelding recently set a world threeheat record at Goshen, N. Y. where he won the 1935 Hambletonian on the Good Time track.

Turf Officials of 18 States Gather

By United Press

DETROIT, Aug. 20.—Turf repre- | IN

sentatives of 18 states will open a convention of th€ National Association of State Racing Commissioners tonight. Sessions, which will continue through Saturday, are being held in connection with the opening of the fall race meeting at the Fairground. : Walter H. Donovan, Miami, Fla. president of the state¢commissioners, arrived in Detroit today. One of the chief aims will be- to perfect a unified racing code among the 18 states now governed by racing commissioners. Other subjects for discussion will be starting systems, a national examining board for trainers, a jockey protective insurance in case of accidents, and plans to make the saliva test more effective in stamping out the narcotics evil.

Horseshoe Champ | to Play Tonight

Ted Allen, world champion horseshoe tosser, is to appear at the Fall

Creek courts tonight in a program |s

of competition and exhibitions. His appearance is sponsored by the Fall Creek Horseshoe Club and was arsanged by Paul VahSickle, secretary of the group. The 27-year-old champion successfully defended his title in 1935 at Moline, Ill, averaging 75.5 per cent

ringers in 23 games. He will play [£04

several 50-point games against leading local performers tonight and will complete the program with a demonstration of specialty events. The courts are located at Fall Creekblvd and E: 30th-st. There will be no admission charge.

LEON GRIDMEN SEEK BACKFIELD RECRUITS

The Leon Tailoring squad which will represent Indiana in the Midwest Football League this fall is searching for more backfield strength and will hold an important session tonight at 1735 S. Daw-son-st at 7:30. The entire roster is asked to attend. A blackboard drill of new plays to be used this year will be held. Members and new recruits who are unable to attend are to call Bauermister, Drexel 0148-J.

WINS AT FRANKFORT Times Special FRANKFORT, Ind. Aug. 20.— Bessie G. Axworthy won the first and third heats of the 2:24 trot which featured the Clinton County racing program here yesterday. Nifty Senator took the second in the best time of 2:13%. Each heat was considered a separate race.

HAND CAUSES RETIREMENT

An infected hand slow to respond to treatment has resulted in Bill Lohrman, promising young pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, being sent home for the remainder of the season.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won. Lost. . 80 50

AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L. Pct. Ww. N. York 75 40 .652|Wash. .. 59 Cievel'd 64 53 .547|Boston.. 59 Detroit.. 63 54 .538/St. Louis 44 Chicago. 61 56 .521/Philadel. 41

NATIONAL LEAGUE

W. L. Pct. Ww. St. Louis 69 44 .611|Cincy ... 56 N. York 69 46 .600/Boston.. 52 Chicago 66 48 379 Brkiy .. 45 Pittsbgh 59 56 .513/Philadel.. 40

Games Today

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Columbus at INDIANAPOLIS (night) Toledo at Louisville (night). Minneapolis at Milwaukee (2).

date.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Detroit at St. Louis. (Only game scheduled.)

NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago at Pittsburgh. St. Louis at Cincinnati, Philadelphia at Boston. (Only games scheduled.)

Results Yesterday

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (First Game) 000 002 030— 8 002 000 000— 2

(Second Game)

Spencer, Herring, Rigney and Vance and Madjeski. ghey . Minnea Hs . Milwaukee Bean, Baker, Olson and Hargrave; He and Brenzel. .

000 000 200— 2 300 030 10x— 7 1

001 001 000— 003 000 20x— 51 Tising and Thompson.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

010 000 001— 2

Brook! ew Yor 100 000 02x— 3

New York

000 010 120— 4 002 01 1

Chicago Pittsburgh Henshaw, Root Swift and Padden.

Philadelphia B

oston Walters, Sivess Chaplin and Lopez

Cincinnati and St. Louis

(Seven Innings by Agreement.) nner;

Pct. .615 .561 .530 519 .504 485

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: | New York

Standings and Results

AMERICAN LEAGUE (First Game; Thirteen Innings) Boston 010 000 Philadelphia .. 100 03 son, Marcum and R. Ferrell;

and H (Second Game)

010 000 001— 2 11 1 200 120 02x— 7 11 0

Ostermueller, Russell and Berg: Kelley and Hayes. .

9 0 Ross

110 010 400— 7 12 Washington 020 000 011— 4 8 0

Ruffing and Dickey: De Shong, Cohen

33 and Bolton.

St. Paul at Kansas City; played former

2 70

Cox and Pasek, Fenner; Page and MadJeski. i

5 20 ving

2.81

Hare, Smoll and Linton; Shaffér, Terry

8 1 70

Butcher and Berres; Hubbell and Mancuso.

2 and Hartnett; Weaver,

7 4

00 000 000— 1 223 101 00x— 9°11 0 Kowalik and Grace;

not scheduled.

Trosky, Cleveland 35

Detroit 013 002 101— 8-15 1 St. Louis 070 014 10x—13 15 1

Wade, Phillips, Lawson, Sullivan and Hayworth; Thomas and Hemsley.

Cleveland at Chicago; rain.

MAJOR LEADERS

LEADING BATTERS. G. AB. R. H. Avg. Averill, Cleveland ... 116 473 100 181 .383 Gehrig, Yankees .... 116 438 137 167.381 Weatherly, Cleveland.. 31 46 88 .381 Mize, Cardinals 66 57 100 .376 Appling, White Sox .. 103 396 - 80 147 .371 HOME RUNS Gehrig, Yankees. 38|Goslin, Tigers .. 21 Klein, Phillies .. 2

32|Berger, Bees .... 27| DiMaggio, Yanks 21 RUNS BATTED IN Trosky, Cleveland 119|Goslin, Tigers... Red Sox ..

Gehrig, Yankees 117|Foxx, Medwick, Cards.. 113

RUNS

Gehrig, Yankees. 137|Clift, Browns .. 106 Gehringer, Tigers 120{Hale, Cleveland.. 105 Crosetti, Yankees 107]

HITS Averill, Cleveland 181|Bell, Browns ..

.. 168 Gehringer, Tigers 176/Gehrig, Yankees . 167 Medwick, Cards.. 168,

Pioneer Volo Wins

Foxx, Red Sox... Ott, Giants:

111 103

|" Kendallville Event

Times Special i KENDALLVILLE, Ind. Aug. 20— Pioneer Volo triumphed in the 2:14 trot which featured the opening day of harness racing at the Noble County fair here yesterday. -Summary: 2:14 Trot (purse, $300)—Won by Pioneer Volo; Montgomery, second; Lindy D., third. Best time, 2:10. 2:20 Pace (purse, $250)—Won by Cathelyn - Wilson; - Free - Wheeling Princess, second; Azie -Hall, third. Best time, 2:11%. Half-Mile Dash (purse, $50)—Won by Trying; Purple Flag, second; Fibelis, third. Best time, 59 seconds.

Why Gulf is the Gas for August

WHY NOT BEAT AUGUST HEAT by driving someplace for a swim? And if you want to keep your gas bills down, don’t forget you need a fuel with a formula thet fits bot weather. Otherwise your gas doesn’t burn

- completely—part of it escapes

of it goes to work, none of it goes #0 waste. Try Gulf and see!

VonBurg and Hoyt Decide Tie Contest

Play Third Set of Extended Tit at Hawthorne Courts Today.

Norman VonBurg, city junior champion, and Henry Hoyt are to meet today at 4 at the Hawthorne Club courts to determine the winner of their prolonged match in the city tennis tournament.. VonBurg rallied yesterday to win the second set, 9-7, after Hoyt had taken the opening encounter, 6-2, Tuesday when darkness halted the match. The winner will encounter Vincent Meunier, former state collegiate champion, in a second-round tilt at 5 today. Play also will be resumed in the men’s doubles and women’s singles today. Muriel Adams Wins

Muriel Adams, defending women’s champion, advanced easily in her opening test, defeating Helen Elliott, 6-1, 6-1. Helen Fechtman, another seeded entry, was pressed to win from Peggy Kendall, 6-3, 8-6. In the feature match, Ruth Ross lost the first set to Mrs. Russell Fortune, but rallied to win, 4-6, 6-4, 6-4. Dorothy Wilke eliminated Dorothy Duckwall, 6-3, 6-2, Alta Place defeated Josephine Doup, 6-0, 6-1, and Nina Brown conquered Elaine Milholland, 6-0, 6-0, in other matches. In the opening round of the men’s doubles, Fairbanks and Whitaker defeated Hilliker and Webb, 6-3, 8-6; Roth and Hickman defeated Wood and McElvain, 6-1, 6-1; Poore and Schneider defeated Gross and Davey, 6-2, 6-2; Hunt and Horst defeated Holloway and Elliott, 6-1, 6-4, and Vedder and McKibben defeated Bernd and Phillips, 6-1, 6-3. Today’s schedule: MEN’S SINGLES

2 P. M.—Whitaker vs. Wagner. 3'P. M.—Shade vs. McElvain, McMurdo. 4 P, M.—Hunt vs. Wilson, Hoyt vs. VonBurg,

organ vs.

P. M.—Campbell vs. Poore, Driscol vs. McKibben, Meunier vs. winner VonBurg-

Hoyt match. MEN’S DOUBLES 11 ‘A. M.—Goldman-Fletcher vs. Dul-berger-La Follette. M.—Poore-Schneider vs. winner 11 match. :30 P. M.—Buschman-Bastian vs. HickTr M—Horst vs. McKibb . M.—Horst vs. Mc en-Vedder. 5:30 P. M.—Fairbanks-Whitaker vs. winner Malless-Crabb, Nixon-Dowling match. WOMEN’S SINGLES 3 P. M.—Helen Fechtman vs. Doroth Wilke,

o'clock 4:30

M Louise Karle vs. Rosalind Campbell. . M.—Horst-Hunt vs, McKibben-Vedder. Alta Place vs. Nina Brown, Bertha Mueller vs. Marietta Miller.

GEORGE ROSCOE HURT

By United Press . CHICAGO, Aug. 20.—A kick in the face which he received in practice with the College All-Stars, probably will keep George Roscoe, Minnesota halfback, out of the game. against the Detroit Lions Sept. 1, physicians said today. His cheekbone was fractured.

MARSHALL'S FOE INJURED

‘CLEVELAND, Aug. 20.—Edward: (Dutch) Heffner, Sherman, Tex., was forced to cancel a wrestling engagement in Louisville, Ky., tonight because of two broken ribs suffered when Everett Marshall, La Junta, Colo., claimant to the heavyweight title, threw him from the

TEE TIM

BY PAUL

23 BOXELL

PROMISING AMATEURS

As selected by Wally Nelson, pro at Em-Roe’s store here who has been teaching the game for more than 20 years: © “It has been my belief for the last couple of years,” says Mr. Nelson, “that Phil Talbot, of Bloomington, is the most promising amateur in Indiana.” For six years before switching to

Em-Roe’s this summer Wally was

pro at a course in Bloomington, Phil Talbot's home town.

“Phil possesses just about everything needed to make a top-flight golfer,” Mr. Nelson asserts. “However, he has one unfortunate fault which I have seen prove disastrous to his game time and time again.

+ “Phil can’t bear to be outdriven. He plays steady golf until some one beats him off a tee, then he’s more liable than not to blow up. He tries to: kill: the next ball, which usually leads to worse results, and he may not get back on his game during the rest of the match. : “I tried to talk Phil out of it, bu hadn't completely succeeded when. I left Bloomington. Maybe if some of his friends read what I .say, they'll warn him, too, and bring him to concede one of these days that many of the country’s greater golfers are regularly outdistanced off the tees. It’s from the second shot on that they get in their winning licks.”

2 ” 2 " Mr. Talbot may live up to the Em-Roe professor's appraisal as early as this week, if winning the state amateur tournament may be considered indicative of the victor’s superiority over all other amateurs in the state. : The Bloomington Bomber was medalist over 120 starters in the qualifying round of the annual tourney at Terr2 Haute last Monday. Today he plays in the quar-ter-finals and is considered a favorite in the lower brackets to reach Saturday’s finals.

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R. NELSON - picks Freddy Haas Jr., the larruping Louisianan, as the most likely looking amateur he has noticed in his travels between here and the Southlands. { Wally served as pro in Texas and Louisiana for several seasons and it was while he was with a New Orleans club for two years that he met up with Frederick. Wally believes young Mr. Haas is due for a great future if he sticks to our pitch-and-putt game. Freddy already has knocked off a few championships, among the more im-

collegiate.

® 5 = The little wife phoned to ask how hubby George Denny was getting along in his third round match with Miles Standish at Terre Haute. We regretted to inform her George was four down at the turn. “That’s all I wanted to know,” she said. “I'll be seeing him at home tonight.”

portant being the national inter-.

Players who have entered local qualifying trials for the National Amateur may practice on the toure ney course, Highland Country Club, this Supday and Monday, Secretary Clifford Wagoner of the District Association has announced. Indianapolis entrants are asked to get in their practice strokes Sune day, while contenders outside the city are to be allotted both Sunday and Monday. The 36-hole-medal play qualifying round is to be fired Tuesday; starting at 8 a. m. Word still is being awaited from the U. S. G. A. as to how many entrants the local center may send to the finals in Garden City, N. Y., next month. The number allowed us is not likee ly to go over five. However, the next three low grossers in line will become members of the team as ale ternates. .

Early Bowling

vv The Commercial and Washington Bowling Leagues are scheduled to hold meetings at the Illinois Alleys tomorrow night. The former loop, which is to roll at:the Illincis Ale leys, has openings for four teams, The Commercial circuit, which has expanded to 30 teams, is to roll at the Central and Illinois Alleys, Openings for six teams still exist and interested parties are requested to attend the meeting.

The Reformed Church League is to be in session tonight at the Pritchett Alleys at 8:30. Impore tant matters are to be discussed, and all captains are urged to ate tend.

Mrs. Daisy Stuart has been elected president of the Tuesday Night Ladies’ League. Miss Josephine Schmidt was chosen vice president, and Miss Alice Rudbeck secretarye treasurer. Any one wishing to bowl in the league may call Miss Rude beck, Riley 8461, or Miss Ostheimer, Irvington 0218.

WEIDNER IS WINNER By United Press COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 20.—Billy Weidner, San Francisco grappler, pinned The Great Mephisto, Meri« dien, Conn., last night in the feae ture attraction of the local mat card. p

Tip Top Cafe

A real nice place—why not enjoy eating and drinking at low prices.

Ten popular brands of whisky at 10c a drink

Bottled Beer—10c

COMPLETE RESTAURANT -- SERVICE

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ring last night. Heffner was taken to a hospital unconscious.

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