Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 December 1936 — Page 23

MONDAY, DEC. 21,

WRESTLING

Unimportance Is Unequaled, |

Williams Says

Curley Demand for Monday Night Monopoly Brings Ban Suggestion.

The commission’s attitude seems | to be that if there must be wrest- | ling it is advisable to get it off the calendar speedily and with a minimum of strain on the community’s tolerance. The only alternative the commission seemed disposed to sugRest was the elimination of wresting on all nights, including Mondays.

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hose who follow wrestling close- | ly say that because of the conflict | between the promoters the sport has | sunk to a low level. This is like saying the aroma of the civet cat has lost something of its native sweetness, Not even the oldest settler can remember when competitive wrestling was anything but a smelly fraud As far as the local presentations go, wrestling has been accepted as | an innocuous diversion mainly because of the expert showmanship and disarming candor of Mr. Curley. Whatever class the alleged sport has was due to his intelligent respect for the public. He never tried to sell them anything they didn’t want. Always he seemed to appreciate that | even the gullibility of the boobery could be stretched just so far. This probably explains why most people feel that if wrestling is to! continue hereabouts Mr. Curley! should be the head man, He at least has standing among the vil- | lagers. The others, to quote Miss | Ethel Barrymore, remind you of something that crawled out from! under a rock. { Baseball Suspicion Confirmed |!

I'he official averages confirm al suspicion that must have existed throughout the baseball season, namely that the two leading hitters were Luke Appling of the Chicago White Sox, and Paul Waner of the Pittsburgh Pirates. ! They topped their respective leagues. To Appling goes the distinction of being the first batting champion thé White Sox ever produced. Off hand this comes as something of a surprise considering that Joe Jackson, the greatest of all natural hitters, served an extended stretch ! with the Chicago American Leaguers But the surprise fades when it is remembered Jackson was contemporaneous with Ty Cobb. Jackson may have been a better natural hitter than Cobb but he wasn't a better competitor. Jackson | began to fold whenever he felt | Cobb's hot breath on the back of | his neck. In the run. down the] stretch it was always Cobb who won. | Cobb Copped the Titles | Mainly because of Cobb's presence in the line up Detroit has accounted for 18 batting championships since 1900, the birth of the league. This! is more than three times as many | as any other club in the league can | show. Cobb won 12 of the 18, nine | in a row once, and three in a row another time,

H oosier Basketball Quintets Eliminated |

Timer Special | EVANSTON, Ili, Dec. 21. —-With Hoosier teams eliminated, the annual St. George Catholic High School basketball tournament went into the semi-final round here today. |

It was the result of

| planned

| posing clubs in St. Paul and Mil-

| divisions: Mrs. William Bennett,

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BY JOHN W. THOMPSON

‘Double Feature’ Problem Threatens Semi-Pro Basketball Realm: Still, it May Be Answer to Entertainment Question.

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T OOKS like the double feature, or cut rate, is going to “hit the basketball business. From Leon Kempler, coach of the Kempler Radio Five, semi-pro team, comes the announcement that the Fraternity League, playing games every Tuesday night at the East 10th-st gymnasium, will feature three basketball games in the evening's entertainment for a nickel a game. All the teams in the league boast high school

and college stars. Paul (Dizzy) Trout, regular guard on the Kempler team, and star of the team’s games, is going to drop out for the remainder of the season, The reason? Well, Paul happens to belong to the Detroit Tigers’ baseball club and when they found out that Diz had been injured in one game here, the management wired that it would be best for Paul, they thought, if he stayed out of basketball until next spring, when he could start training for the baseball squad. Mr. Kempler also agreed, so there's no argument. " # » ROM Gene Roberson, who seems to be an avid Ben Davis backer, comes the announcement that Coach “Cat” Wooden's five is going to stage a comeback from its early season slump, two nights before Christmas, with a win over Southport. Of course, We aren't sure that Mr. Roberson can be counted as a sooth-sayer, or even if he could, whether the prediction would work on a basketball game, but he makes it just the same. Any takers? The Ben Davis quintet was scheduled to play Washington Dec. 19, but they chose to hold the Continentals until Jan. 30 when they will entertain Coach Rowland Jones’ boys at the dedication of the new Ben Davis gym. = » ” ” »

8S far as college basketball is concerned everybody seems to be getting along all right in Indiana except Notre Dame and Butler. But both these schools have pretty good early season excuses. Mr. Hinkle’s tactics on the up-lift of any year’s team, take time. He might not have a team out of those sophomores until next year, Besides, even if the team-work was co-ordinated, it takes some time for a sophomore to get used to playing in such a big place as the fieldhouse. Personally, it looks as if it might be better for Mr. Hinkle to give in just a wee bit to Piggy Lambert, and turn on the heat for such players as Fawcett, who probably could come through in a fire department style of basketball. The Butler offense seems unduly slow in getting into action. The guards were more aggressive Saturday night, but they went too far. It'll just take time, that's all. Up at South Bend, Mr. Keogan isn’t offering any more excuses than Mr. Hinkle is down here. But it’s pretty well known that the Notre Dame five suffers from lack of practise. Last week Capt. Ray Meyer missed several days practise because of the death of his mother. In addition to that he played the first two games with a broken blood vessel. Paul Nowak is still recovering from an appendectomy and Johnny Moir has to wear a special headgear to protect his broken jaw, Well, we'll see what happens when two tough-luck fives get together when Butler and Notre Dame meet at South Bend Jan. 9.

Ted, Nicholas Is Winner Of Swim Marathon Prize

Indianapolis Athletic Club Bests Minneapolis and St. Paul Teams in Contest.

Santa Claus came to Ted (Saint) Nicholas a week ahead of schedule. The dapper Lyric theater managed paddled his way to an overwhelming victory in the Indianapolis Athletic Club “Mississippi Marathon” swim which closed Saturday | night. Out of Santa's pack Mr. Nicholas

| received a diamond-studded medal |

for swimming a total of 101,000 yards, or slightly more than 57 miles in the 14-day period allotted for the contest, : But Mr. Nicholas’ victory, as he will admit, was no over-night affair. a carefully training period which lasted several months. And his only loss, that of 17 pounds, was really a gain as far as Ted is personally concerned. : Although they failed to reach their goal of 1,000,000 yards the local Athletic Club swimmers finished the marathon well ahead of the op-

waukee. More than 100 I. A. C. swimmers turned in a total of 860,000 yards for the two week period or nearly 500,000 more than the St. Paul team which finished second. Richard Papenguth, swimming director, that the following people are to receive cluo pins for having the best distances in their respective

Mr. Nicholas . © . Medalist

East, West Teams - Feted at "Frisco

By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 21.—College football seniors who will play in the East-West game New Year's Day, got together here today for the round of luncheons and entertainment that precedes the game's training grind. West squad members already were here and the Eastern group was to be completed today. There are 44 men on the two teams, most of them winners of national honors. Andy Kerr and Dick Hanley will handle the East squad and Babe Hollingberry and Percy Locey will coach the Western squad.

I. U. Sports Staff Trips Arranged

woman's division, 33,685 yards; Nancy Scott, girls’ over twelve, 22 - 385; June Fogle, girls’ under twelve 43.880; Dave Gastineau, senior boys, 21,510; Major Willis, Junior boys, 28,180; Betty Clemons, girls’ swimming team, 49,490, and Al Rust, boys swimming team, 49,490.

-al Stars Take Table Net Titles

KOKOMO, Ind., Dec. 21.—Indian- | apolis table tennis experts today | held top ranking in the state after victories in the Hoosier tournament

concluded here yesterday. [ Somes speoiat

Top Positions

Unchanged in Tenpin | Meet

Visiting Bowlers Fail to Oust Leaders of Central States Event.

BY BERNARD HARMON

Occupants of the top positions of the various events of the annual;

Central

States tournament re- i

mained unchanged today despite | the heavy bombardment of visiting | pinmen from several Midwest states over the week-end at the Pritchett alleys. . Waldorf Golden Bock of Cleve land was the lone five-man aggregation to nab a spot among the five leaders in the team events. Games of 1124, 1008 and 1057 gave it a 3189 that was good for third place. Every member of the Ohio aggregation passed the 600 mark, Charley Lausche getting 679, Frank’ Franz 634. Warter Ward 632, Ed Koepp 628 and Roy Rice 616. Budweiser of Chicago and J & J Parking of Cleveland threatened to overhaul the leaders but fell short and landed in eighth and ninth positions, respectively. Phe top five places in the doubles event remained unchanged, Joe Davis and A. Graham of Canton, O., being the only pair to threaten. | They totaled 1319 to take over seventh place.

Canton Bowlers Shine

Two Canton bowlers landed among the top five of the singles event, Tim Moran collecting a 705 that was good for second place and Joe Davis, a 691, that landed him in fourth position. Moran garnered his bulging series through games of 224. 214 and 267, while games of 102. 263 and 236 gave Davis his 691. None of the visitors were able to shake up the standings of the top five in the all-events standings. Joe Wilman, Chicago pastimer, was best over the three-game route during the two days of action, a 1977 | gaining him sixth place. He coi-! lected a 714 in his five-man appearance, a 590 in the doubles and a 673 in the singles. The tournament, which opened Nov. 28, is to be concluded next Saturday and Sunday.

Pot-0-Gold Ends

With one exception, the 6) teams competing in the annual Pot-O-Gold tournament at the Antlers alleys Saturday and Sunday, failed to land in the first five positions. The lone aggregation to crash the | quintet of leaders was Junior Social | Club, which took fourth on a 3084, that included a 465 handicap. Several of the city’s outstanding quintets paraded the decks during the two days of action, but were unable to overtake the weaker teams that made use of big handicaps for

| Catholic High School of Hunt-!

ington, Ind, lost to Fenwick of Coulson, second ranking player, 26- |

Oak Park, 34 to 31, yesterday. St. 24, 18-21, 21-14 and 21-14 in the Mary's of Michigan City, Ind., was final match for men. Both repreeliminated by St. Mel of Chicago, sented Indianapolis. 47 to 11. Saturday. | Sally Green, 13-year-old Capital - | City girl, defeated Betty Ann Henry, | South Bend, for the women's echam-

CALIFORNIA'S ELEVEN | ON WAY TO GEORGIA

By United Press \ BERKELEY, Cal, Dec. 21. — The | University of California football | team was en route to Atlanta, Ga., today for Saturday's football game with Georgia Tech. Coach Stub | Allison took 33 men. He plans to! arrive in Atlanta Christmas eve. |

MATMEN GET VACATION

The regular Tuesday night wrestling show at the Armory will not be held tomorrow, it was announced toflay by Lloyd Carter, matchmaker. The next show is to be Dec, 29.

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The scores were 21-17

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dianapolis, did not defend the title.

M ichigan to Open

West Coast Series

By United Press

SEATTLE, Dec. 21.—The Univer-

sity of Michigan basketball team

| will open a three-game series to-

night against the University of Washington quintet. Games will be played Tuesday and Wednesday nights.

Jimmy McClure defeated Earl| py ooMINGTON, Ind. Dec. 21.— Three members of Indiana Univer-

| sity’s athletic staff are going to spend their Christmas vacation traveling. Athletic Director Z G. Clevenger { is to leave this week to attend the ‘annual National Collegiate A. A. meeting in New York. attend the

{| Bo McMillin is to Football Coaches’ Association meeting in New York, after which he is to attend either the Cotton or Sugar Bowl football game on New Year's

Track Coach E. C. Hayes New York for the coaches’ meeting

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leading positions over the initial | week-end of the event. Falls City | Hi-Bru, 1936 A. B. C. champions, fared best among the better teams, | getting ‘a 3050 that landed it in’ twelfth place. The team made use of a 127 handicap for the total. Locomotive Tin Shop nabbed first place with a 3137, that included 511 gift pins; Grain Dealers’ Mutual In- | surance took second money on Aa 3085, through the use of 655 charity pins; Mobilgas was third on a 3088, of which 391 were handicap pins; Junior Social Club wound in fourth and Roy witasr.Commins Grinders were fifth, a handicap of 605 giv them a 3065. ? eivng Fifteen prizes are to be awarded, $9 teams having participated in the event, which was concluded last! night. i BOWLINGRAMS—The 10 teams of the Chevrolet Commercial Body loop, rolling at the Indiana, are | staging one of the closest races of | the city. For two consecutive weeks, | | it has been possible for the last place | team to go into a tie for second | place through three game victory, | | and when they're that close it must | be a race. . . . Ted Seiner fired a | | nice 600 series in the Knights of | Columbus league and then departed for a vacation in Bermuda. . . .! Harry Schornstein still holds a big edge over rivals in the individual average race of the Insurance

league. The Rays and Hitz's are at it ' again—hurling challenges back and ' forth. . . . Jack Hunt and Carl | Hardin have been filling in for Jess Pritchett in the noon-time matches, | and from the latest reports are not ! faring as well as the “old maestro | of the pin lanes.” . . . The Beam ; brothers, Bill and John, are adding another establishment to their string. Their eight-alley Conners(ville plant is scheduled to open | Christmas Day. . . . It’s not too late | to Clothe-A-Child. It's an old | bowling custom.

"THREE MATCHES ON STATE CUE PROGRAM |

Three matches are scheduled this week in the state three-cushion billiard tournament at Harry Cooler’s parlor. The schedule follows: Tonight—Walter Ramsey vs. Cleve Kepner. Tuesday—Neal Jones vs. Al Green-

Wednesday — Harry Cooler vs. Harry Rubens.

Phelan Squad |

Have Engineering

Tonight the Indiana Central basketball team, which handed Butler its fourth consecutive defeat of the season Saturday, is to play host to the team from Lawrence Institute of Technology of the Detroit College of Engineering, at the University Heights gym. The Greyhounds pictured above are, left to right: Tony Sharpe, Rushville; Ray Crowe, Franklin; Everett Swank, Twelve Mile; Joe Bohr, Hartford

Problem to Solve

F | Waiver

Kautsky Five

Drops Rough Tilt to Celts

of Personal Rule Speeds Up Pros at Pennsy Gym.

Members of the Kautsky pros

|to waive the five personal foul

Wl rule for the game and in the

City; Ralph Eaton, Peru; Kenneth Dorton, Hartford City; Hugh Hise, Cayuga, and John Byers, South Bend. The Lawrence Blue Devils are coached by Philip Sachs, prominent in professional basketball circles for 12 years until he took over the coaching reins at Lawrence this year. Last year the team lost nine out of 11 games. This year they have won six straight.

| rough battle that followed failed ™ keep up with the Celts. The absence of the rule should | have aided the local squad but | they were unable to sink their | free throws. They scored but 11 out of 30 tries from the foul line. Next Sunday afternoon the United States Tires quintet is to play the Goodyear Tire and Rubber five from Akron, O., at the Pennsy gym. The game will start at 3 o'clock.

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Huskies in Good Shape for Rose Bowl Battle.

By United Press SANTA BARBARA, Cal, Dec. 21. | & —University of Washington's foot- | ¥ ball squad arrived here today for a six-day practice session prior to in- | § vading Pasadena Sunday to represent the West against Pittsburgh | in the Rose Bowl Jan. 1. | The Huskies will be quartered at | the El Encanto Hotel, although | Coach Jimmy Phelan has not decided which of the three practice fields offered will be used by his charges. Poor weather conditions forced Phelan to move from Seattle. The team arrived with all meme | bers apparently in good physical! shape.

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Secrecy Is to Shroud Panther Drills

By United Press | ARROWHEAD SPRINGS, Cal,

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by besting the Washington Huskies | New Year's Day. Coach Jock Sutherland said gates to Perris Field will be locked against | i; possible scouts and inquisitive news- | % papermen while the Panthers are! sent through two drills daily. | B

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