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JOCKEY JAMES STARS IN WEST

TLLINI BASKETBALL PAYS WELL

By Eddie Ash

In Wales there is a game called “Purring.” It consists of two men holding each other at arms’ length

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1936

and kicking each other in the shins,

CHICAGO bowler, using a five-fingered ball for a vear, has reached an average of 194 with best game of 277. « «+» More speed and less hook, he says, ... A filly named Disco will be racing as a 2-year-old next year, ... She is a full sister of Discovery. . .. Jockey Basil James was up on 24 winners during the recent Bay Meadows race meeting on the Coast and won the $500 Bing Crosby prize. . . . Illinois is employing a razzle dazzle system on the basketball court and has found it a crowd pleaser. . . . The boys flip and atch the ball much in the fashion of the Colgate football team and shoot and pass from all angles. . . . Doug Mills is in his first season as coach there and has made his quintet the best box office attraction in years at Urbana. . .. The St. Louis Cardinals paid $12 a share dividend to stockholders for 1936. . .. Which is a $2 increase over 1935. . . . Dizzy Dean is sure to jot it down in his holdout book. » ” » » ” ” ALPH GULDAHIL, St. Louis golf professional who earned $7682 in tournament play in 1936, made only £54 in 1935. ... King Levinsky and Maxie Rosenbloom are matched in Los Angeles on Jan. 5... . Joe Louis has been offered £100,000 to box Rosenbloom on the Coast... . Freddie Steele, who has never boxed east of the Rockies, looks the part of a real champion, according to Chicago fistic exThe Tacoma middleweight king is training there for a New Year's battle in Milwaukee against Gorilla Jones. . Steele's mother accompanied him from the Northwest to serve as his cook. . . . Which she always does when Freddie has an important fight coming up. . .. The champion 18 24, ” » n un ” n

OF LOUIS has earned close to $750,000 in 32 fights. . . . His first bout J a professional was staged on July 4, 1934, and he received $50. And if the Brown Bomber goes through with a plan to engage in ohts in 1937 he'll be in the millionaire bracket by 1938. . . . He's the eatest money-making machine for a non-champion in the history of profession . The main problem now is finding opponents for the Tigertown punchel . Joe prefers constant action in the ring to keep his weight down . Moreover, sparring partners don't relish the punishment they absorb even when Joe uses pillow gloves,

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The Evansville club in the proposed reorganization of the Three-T League will be operated by Manson Reichert of Evansville and Joe M veteran minor loop manager who has been identified with the St Louis Cardinal organization, . . . Mathes will sever connection with the Cardinal chain Jan. 1 The Indianapolis club offered to sponsor Evansville, but the boosters in the Pocket City chose to operate as an

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NONNIE MACK, who reached the seventy-fourth milestone vester- . dav is erect and active. . . . He makes it a rule to rest, unturbed. a couple oi hours before every ball game. . . . In 1930, Mack received his highest honor when he won the Bok Award as the most valuable citizen in Philadelphia during the preceding year, . .. This award carried with it the cash sum of $10,000. . . The veteran baseender was the only man in sports ever to win the distinction. Usually it goes to someone distinguished in arts or science. . . Connie won nine American League pennants and five world cham- , or Philadelphia. . . . J And despite advanced age, Mack is training

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Eddie Ainsmith, a catcher with Indianapolis when Ownie Bush piloted the Hoosiers, has been promoted to the American League staff of umpires . After hanging up his glove, Ainsmith turned to the “guessing” profession and developed rapidly in the Southern Association. ” » ” n ” ” NHUCK KLEIN of Indianapolis may team up with other ball playG er-bowlers and participate in the American Bowling Congress tourney in New York in March, if they can arrange to roll before leaving for training camp. . .. Lou Gehrig, Jimmy Dykes, Tony Cuccinello and Rav Schalk have been mentioned as Klein's companions on the squad . Schalk, who is manager of the Buffalo club, owns a large bowling establishment in Chicago.

Sport En thusiasts Here

FOX PACES Hi-Brus Win

Top-Scoring Team Honor

: | East Sider Gets Big Count in Indianapolis Loop at Pritchett Alleys.

BY BERNARD HARMON

A few more outstanding scoring achievements had today been en[tered in the Indianapolis Bowling | League's season's records, for in last | night's session at Pritchett’s, the | pastimers cut loose With some fancy totals. Topping the individuals was Larry Fox, smiiing East Sider, whe passed the 700 mark for the first time this season, while in action with the Bowes Seal Fasi quintet. He totaled 706 from games of 267, ! 902 and 237, which, with Lou | Daugherty's 670 and Ed Striebeck’s | 624 boosted the aggregation to a | 3042 and a triple victory over the opposing Coca Colas, The Seal Fasts used games of 1056, 1006 and | 980 for the big series, Team honors, however, went to | the World Champion Falls City HiBru five, which topped opponents with & 3071 from games of 1009, 1010 | and 1052. Four of its five members | passed the 660 mark, Joe Fulton getting 639. Freddie Mounts 626, Carl | Hardin 618 snd Ray Roberson 605. | The big series was good for & dou- | ble win over the Hudepohl Beer, | which had as its heavy scorers Ed- | die Hornberger with 639 and Don McNew with 608.

Packards Get Revenge

Despite the fac: that Barbasols | rolled up 8 3042 total, Packard Motors got revenge [or their double | defeat from Jess Pritchett's aggregation in last week's Beam Recrea- | tion session, by winning two of last | night's tilts. A 1103 final game, following openers of 939 and 1000, boosted the Barbasols to their big total ang won them their lone game. Walt Heckman's 618, Leo Ahearn's 614, John Blue's 611 and | Chuck Markey's 603 featured for the winners, while Don Johnson with 675 and John Murphy and Pritchett with 650s starred for the losers. Lieber Beers continued their winning ways, handing Indianapolis Power and Light Co. a triple setback through games of 943, 1048 and 1012, good for a 3003 total. Freddie Schleimer with 649 and Bob Wuensch and Phil Bisesi with 616s were the winner's top scorers. Marott Shoes nabbed a shutout [cver Marmon-Herrington, chiefly | through the heavy firing of Carl Mindach and Ed Stevenson, who turned in series of 622 and 616. Paul Striebeck added another bulging | series to his long string of scoring accomplishments, getting a 660 for the Marmons, In the remaining team match IL.

53 Ayres, aided by Frank Argus’ 661

and Jack Hunt's 650, nabbed an odd-

| game decision over Fenderick Res-

| taurants, which had Manual Schi-

Give Santa Tough Task

“holas vells “Whoa!” for Blitzen at Indian-

he's in for a

smokestacks with equipment Hoosierdom's latest sporting fad. The fad—you'd never guess what it is, even if you are an enthusiast yourself—is skiing! This, mind you, isn't a prediction. It's fact, straight from the town’s leading sporting goods stores. Not only have they sold more of the ironed-out barrel staves this year than ever before, but are unable to meet the demand for them!

Publicity Is Cause

The men behind the counters blame the situation on publicity | and the pervisity of human nature.

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to Donner and

apolis he'll discover tough time For one thing, his pack will be bulging with the most bicycles, bob eds, fishing poles, golf bags, outboard motors, shotguns and other sporting goods that he's had to deliver here in a long, long time, But th is somewhat understandable. Ihe rub is going to come when looking like the coffee mug | of toothpicks in the corner rant. tries to get down the

necker's 631 as their top solo count. Dawson Gets 657

| defeated the Roberts Milk five 29 | to 28 in a closely contested struggle.

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Ali Baba Signed To Appear Here

Sioming of Ali Baba, one of the most publicized heavyweight wres: tlers in the nation, for the Armory wrestling card next Tuesaay night, as announced today by Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules A C | Carter is hoping to get Babe Zaharias. one of the Zaharias “gang,” | to oppose the Turkish star. It Zaharias agrees to the match it will be NECEsSary for him to be reinstated into the good graces of the State Athletic Commission. The 230pound Babe is under temporary suspension for using rough tactics in a bout here several weeks ago. Ali Baba has never appeared in a local ring. He stepped into the headlines several months ago when tossed Dick Shikat, the German, who was claiming the title after beating Danno O'Mahoney. Ah recently went to a draw with Everett Marshall after Marshali had gained a decision over him in & one-fall tussle Carter reports that Orville Brown will see action on the bill, as will Am Rascher.

COOLER CAPTURES

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Harrv Cooler today remained in the state three-cushion billiard tourney running, following & 50-to-40 victory over Harry Rubens in Cooler's parlor last night. Each had a high run of five and the contest went into 84 innings. Cooler's victory came after Rubens had knotted the score at 40-49.

WATWOOD NAMED PILOT

Times Special HOUSTON, Tex. Dec. 24. —Johnny Watwood, former outfielder with | the Chicago White Sox and Boston | Red Sox, is to manage the Houston | Texas League Buffs next season, it | was announced today by President | Pred Ankenman. Watwood will re. Ira Smith who is to join the St. Louis Cardinals pitching stafl.

| chandise, is moving at a pace which | betokens the return of better times.

In other words, a little thing like | ‘Weiland and Hendrixson staged lack of heavy snow and mountain a nip-and-tuck race for honors of sides can't stop an Eastern rage the St. John Evangelical League at from taking hold in Hoosierdom. the Fountain Square. The former “It's just like the outboard motor | nosed out his rival by one pin with business,’ one store manager said. a 640. In the team clashes, Fisher “Indianapolis is the nation’s largest | Bros. Electric and H. Reiman & inland city—but we sell more boat Sons Florists downed Sauter's Cafe motors of this type here than do | and Herrmann Funeral Home three retailers in St. Louls, where they | times, as Spreen's Grocery nabbed have the nation's biggest river at | the odd game from Cochrane

their door.” | Drugs. King Sets Pace

Sporting goods, like other mer- | Vaughn King had no trouble | setting the pace for his Inter-Club

‘Sales are up a good 20 per cent rivals in their session at Pritohett's. | over last vear, dealers here reported. | His 619 series was the only honor

It is estimated that a total of [count posted. Shutout victories of

| $350,000 will have been spent in the session were turned in by Uni-

Indianapolis for Christmas gifts of | versal Yankees, Junior Chamber of this type. | Commerce Washes, and E. Z. Bake

Home Sports Popular

Indoor and home sports are becoming increasing popular, it ‘was reported. Table tennis, squash and

| Flour, | The Knights of Columbus League | session at the Pennsylvania also | produced but one 600 shooter, Joe Cangany topping the mark by 17

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BOWLERS WITH 706 SERIES

Jesse Owens (1) stole the Olvmpic show, George Caroff (2) lifted

the world pole vault mark to 14 feet 6! inches.

the one-girl track team from Misso

Elwood Pattern Team Is Victor

The Elwood Pattern Basketball team is today one of the leading contenders in the annual holiday basketball tournament being conducted at the Dearborn gym. Playing in a first-round game at the gym last night the Elwood team

Both teams played heads-up basketball, but the Roberts team couldn't keep up with the shooting Elwood’s Patterson, who scored 10 of his teams points. In another game played at the gym last night the Indianapolis Flashes, led by Bordash, former Cathedral star, who tallied 16 points, defeated the Polk's Milk team 47 to 21. The only other game played in the tournament last night ended Crawn Products, 36; Link Belt Ewart, 23. The Hook's Drug team forfeited to the Wayne Park Garage five,

BASKETBALL NOTES

The Fort Harrison Trojans today boasted a 34-t0-27 victory, gathered from the Pennzoil basketball team last night at the Fort. Collins collected 16 points for the winners. The Trojans announce they are open for games after the first of the year. Bookings may be made by telephoning Fort 107.

The Olympic-Syrian League schedule for Sunday is to offer three games beginning at 2 p. m. In the opener, Fort Harrison will oppose Homestead; at 3 p. m., Riverside A. A. and Diamond Chain teams are to clash, and at 4 o'clock Brinks Express team will meet the Musketers.

Kirshbaum Center's squad will have an undefeated record to defend Sunday when it meets the Falls City team in the Kirshbaum gym at 3 p. m., The Kirshbaum netters defeated Decatur All-Stars, 38 to 24, in their last game.

East Washington Auto Glass players today held a 39-t0-38 victory over the Lawrence Trojans, after an overtime game in the Pennsy gym last night. Huston paced the winners with a total of 17 points.

The North Side Red Devils are setting a fast pace, having won their last two contests. They ran up a 50-t0-22 victory over Willabrooks and eked out a 22-t0-21 win over the Falcons,

The Thomas Sinclair Oilers face a week-end schedule of two games. They will oppose the Switzer-Cum-mins team Saturday night, and on Sunday will meet the Furnas quintet in Dearborn tournament play.

For games with the Crimson Tide, 17 to 18-year-old class, call

Jesse

Ishort of his world mark of 26 feet (8% inches.

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the Olympic 110-meter hurdles in

Cheer as Tracksters Make Their Marks Louis Looks

For Big Year

Brown Bomber to “Shoot the Works’ for Comeback and Title.

BY ROBERT LA BLONDE United Press Staft Correspondent DETROIT, Dec. 24.-Surrounded by a pile of Christmas gifts and greeting cards, Joe Louis, Detroit's contribution to the prize fight in. dustry, cocked a pair of fists in front of his eyes today and promJocd to “shoot the works” during

The Brown Bomber is at homa for the holidays, shaking hands with hundreds of ebony-colored friends who feel certain he will be heavyweight champion of the world before next Christmas, “And I'm not going to disappoint them either,” Louis told the inter viewers, “Next year fs gonna be my bige gest. Right now I'm ready to fight anything and everything they put in the ring against me. As soon ag I get through celebratin’ the holi« days watch my smoke. I'm going to train harder than ever befora | and the more fights I have the bets ter for me. Just tell 'em to watch Joe Louis during 1037.” + | Louis’ ambitious program, which | he feels certain will bring him tha | heavyweight crown when he meets

14.2, after completing his semi-final

in 14.1, a world record. Glenn Morris (5) established a new world figure | the winner of the Schmeling-Brad-

in taking the Olympic decathlon,

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Owens Leader in 1936 Track, Field Review

NEW YORK, Dec. 24 —(NEA)—A review of the 1936 track and field

Jesse Owens.

In four appearances in this country, in the Big Ten, N, C. A. A, and dual meets with Michigan and Wisconsin, Owens was unbeatable in his four specialties—100 and 200-yard dashes, 220-yard low hurdles and

broad jump. ® Against Wisconsin, the amazing Negro youth of Ohio State cracked the century dash mark, doing it in 9.3, but the record was not allowed because of a favorable wind. Owens’ climax performance came in Berlin where, in view of an immense Olympic audience, he whipped two victories in the 100 and 200-meter dashes and ‘the broad jump. It was the finest athletic feat in years. Owens’ triumph in the broad jump probably was the most dramatic moment of the games. Lutz Long, German star, had tied Owens’ best mark near the finish. The crowd was in an uproar cheering Lutz when the Cleveland marvel, taking a quick look in the direction of Herr Hitler's box, streaked down the runway, launched his trim brown form into the air, and came down 26 feet 526-64 inches from the take-off, a foot better than Long's effort, and far beyond the previous Olympic record, although

Not Whole Show

Owens tied the Olympic and world | record of 10.3 seconds in winning the 100-meter event, his final mark of 10.2 being disallowed because of a favoring wind. His 20.7 seconds in the 200 meters was a new world and Olympic record for the distance around one turn, Owen's feats, while they were predominant in the Olympics, didn't completely overshadow the accomplishments of such athletes as Glenn Morris, Archie Williams, Johnny Woodruff, Forrest (Spec) Towns, Glen Hardin, Kenny Carpenter, Cornelius Johnson, Earl Meadows, and Helen Stephens. Morris, Fort Collins, Colo, automobile salesman, set a new world records in the decathlon when he ran up 7900 points in Berlin, besting his own mark set earlier in the year by 654. Williams, slim Negro from University of California at Los Angeles, |

annexed the 400-meter run, beating | Arthur Godfrey Brown of Great | Britain in :46.5. Woodruff, colored University of Pittsburgh freshman, passed Edwards of Canada and Lanzi of Italy in capturing the 800meter run in 1:529.

Vaults to Record

Towns won the 110-meter hurdles in 14.2, after completing his semifinal in 14.1, a world record. Earl Meadows’ 14 feet 215-16 inches in the pole vault was plenty to win that event. Kenny Carpenter's record Olympic discus toss of 165 feet 729-64 inches won top honors, The

badminton equipment sales are UP | ning in taking honors. Scott Truckover last year. Big gains also are ino and Hoosier Optical were threenoted in bicycle, gun, golf and skate {ime winners, other clashes being departments. decided over the two-to-one route. Isaac Waltons likewise are in for Ben Parsons topped the 600 mark pleasant surprises tomorrow. by one pin in outscoring Automo“We've sold 20 per cent more tive League members at the Antlers, tackle than a year ago,” a clerk | while Milt Wimberly missed the said. “Better stuff, too. Last year | select class by one pin in topping they'd argue half an hour before Link-Belt pastimers at the Illinois, buying a $10 item for $5. This year | Mathews with 501 was head man they willingly put out $15 for the in the Schwitzer-Cummins loop at same article!” the Parkway; Prior Smith outdis-

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elongated Negro, Cornelius Johnson, took the high jump with an Olympic | Bier. The team is to play ih a .o5nq leap of 6 feet 715-16 inches. | tournament at the Presbyterian | These Olympic accomplishments | Church Monday night. The tOUr- | gign't detract a whit from the nament is being conducted by JOhn orig record feat of George Varoff

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rivals with 575 at the Pennsylvania; ° Technical Schedule was tops in the Indiana Ladies last week-end. | at the Pritchett Alleys with a 514 will play at Shortridge. Tech holds | tracts and Tablets won the odd

Emory and Nard tied for Mutual ‘both having 538s and Horning's 504 The Tech basketball team 4s rest- League at the Indiana. hands of Frankfort and Columbus the soloists of the Eli Lilly League The Green and White squad is t0 series. Powders took three games mond. The following night they Tletins, Elixers twice outscored Exvictories over Kokomo and New- game over Syrups in the team

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Times Special NEW YORK, Dec. 24 —Benjamin (Small) Montana, Filipino fiyweight champion, was to sail on the Aquitania today for London. He is to fight Benny Lynch, Scotch claimant of the European title, there Jan. 18. The match is scheduled for 15 rounds.

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cisco. Varoff, a young janitor, sct a new world mark in the pole vault in the National A. A, U. meet at Princeton, soaring 14 feet 6% inches, and then failed to qualify for the U. S. Olympic squad in the final trials at Randalls Island. Other outstanding accomplishments during the year were those of Don Lash, Indiana distance runner, and Helen Stephens, the Missouri farm girl. Lash sliced one and three-tenths seconds from Paavo Nurmi’s twomile mark in doing the distance in 8:53.33 at Princeton. He failed to come near that time in Olympic competition, however, Miss Stephens set anew world record in the 100-meter dash, finishing in 11.7 at Providence, and came through with a spectacular Olympic victory, finishing the distance in 115 seconds, for a new Olympic mark. She otherwise proved herself a one-girl track team.

Des M oines Signed As Farm by Browns

Times Special ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec, 24 —The St. Louis Browns have added Des Moines, of the Western League, as their third “farm” club, it was announced today. The agreement, which provides for an option on players at the end of the 1937, was similar to that signed recently with the Terre Haute Three-I Club.

SAN ANTONIO PILOT

TO BE ZACH TAYLOR

| Times Speeial

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. 24. — |

The appointment of Zach Taylor,

| former catcher with Boston, Brook-

lyn and Chicago in the National

| League, as manager of the St. Louis

Browns’ farm here has been con-

| firmed by the Browns.

Taylor will succeed Bob Coleman, who will manage a Boston Bees’ farm,

SEEK TRAINING SITE KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Dec. 24 — The Knoxville Smokies of the Southern Association are seeking a new training site for next spring.

| The park at Tifton, Ga., where they

were last year, recently burned.

Indianapolis Railways

| dock bout next September, was seconded by his co-manager, John Roxborough.

Fight-a-Month

“A Dbig-fight-a-month campaign is being arranged for Joe for 1937," Roxborough said, : “After he lost to Schmeling it meant another climb to the top of the heavyweight heap. But the strange part of the program is the fact that none of the fighters Jos met in his first climb to fame care

(roodyear Squad First in League

The Akron Goodyear professional busketball team, which is scheduled to meet the U. 8. Tires here at Pennsy gymnasium Sunday afternoon, is undefeated in the Midwest | to meet him in the ring again, Conference and has annexed three | That's a pretty good indication that games. The quintet is a member of | Louis is by no means burned out the eastern division of the circuit, | or through.” Fort Wayne is western leader with | The first major engagement in three victories and one setback, In! the Brown Bomber's big campaign non-conference tilts the Goodyears | IS his fight with Bob Pastor in have won one contest and lost two. |New York on Jan. 20. Louis will The Akron sharpshooters split box in two exhibitions before he even in two battles with the Uni- | meets Pastor, He is scheduled for versity of Pittsburgh five, Charlie | S1X rounds in Buffalo, N. Y,, on Jan, Shipp, former Indianapolis high 11 and another six-round exhibition school athlete, plays with the Ohio | 2 Minneapolis on Jan. 14. aggregation, Shipp attended Ca. | m— ss thedral. Other Goodyear pastimers are Ray Morstadt, former Marquette star; Malcolm Bush, from Bethany College; Bob Preusse of Akron University; Al Lauchisis, Armour Tech; Melvin Windland, Mt. Union College; Fred Conrad, Ohio State: Russell Oschenshirt, University of Pittsburgh; Howard Ginaven, Ohio Wesleyan, and Joe Popeko, Mercer University. Miswest Conference statistics, inVig conference games only, fol- | ow:

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