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OE LOUIS gives Bob Pastor two rounds to stay in there with him on the night of Jan. 29. ... The Brown Bomber is five pounds over fighting weight, but has plenty of time to ease it off. . .. He is working with four sparring partners and stiffened two of them the first day in camp. ... Joe fell asleep at a party in New York the other night, proving he’s still a “great big boy.” . . . An early “big” football game this year will be Texas Christian vs. Ohio State at Columbus on Sept. 25. . . . It means the Bucks will have to hustle to reach form. ... As for the Christians, they're “usually in shape by August. . . . ‘Nothing interferes with football in Texas. . . . Lloyd Waner signs, Paul holds out. .~ . In other words, the Waner brothers have split on terms offered them by the Pirates. . . . Paul wants more on the line. . . . He topped the National League in batting last year. 8 E-3 2 8 = » MARQUETTE University track team is going to have a “sure” first place winner this year for the first time since Ralph Metcalfe completed intercollegiate competition. . . . Ed Burke, sensational high jumper, has become a sophomore and will represent the Milwaukee school in competition. . . . As a freshman Burke set the track world agog by jumping 6 feet 8 15-16 inches. . .. The Marquette phenom also is a crack hurdler, but will stick to the high
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® 8 » HE Pacific Coast League will open on April 3 and ciose on Sept. 19, with a play-off to follow... . The Los Angeles club has an= nounced a 25-cent bleacher price for 1937... . Each team in that circuit has the right to fix its own prices. . . . Forty cents for bleachers has been the rule. . Cap William Neal, the Louisville Colonels’ G-whizz man, is having trouble reaching a working agreement with the Brookiyn Dotigers, who balked on the first set-up. . . . Louisville needs players, and fans there hope the hitch in the proposed agreement will be removed shortly. . . . Rudy York, Detroit's rookie first sacker who was
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250 Fighters Enter City’s Largest Meet
Competition Is to Begin at 8 P. M. and Last Until 11:30 P. M.
Forty per cent of the net receipts of the Golden Gloves Tourney goes to The Indianapolis Times Clothe-A-Child Fund, 60 per cent to the Bruce P. Robison Post for Legion philanthropies and amateur sports,
With the entry list closed and standing at 250, the fifth annual Times-Legion Golden Gloves amateur boxing classic is to swing into action at the National Guard Armory tonight at 8 p. m. and continue until 11:30 p. m. From 20 to 25 bouts will be staged at the first show and boys from four divisions are to answer the bell—135-pound Novice, 160-pound Novice, 126-pound Open and 135-pound Open. Each bout will be scehduled for three 2-minute rounds to a judges’ decision and under the tournament
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Dana X. Bille Resigns Post At Nebraska.
Will Take Position at Texas University as Atlrletic Director and Coéch.
By United Press AUSTIN, Tex., Jan. 22.— {jana X. Bible, whose 20-year coacling record is one of the finest in football, was en route to Lincoln 'tday to tender his resignation at ile University of Nebraska and iipcept a new post as athletic direcior and football coach at the University of Texas. The new job reportzily will pay Bible $18,000 a year for 10 years. Bible said last night he fad accepted the Texas offer, but that he wanted to report at Lincoiil before he agreed formally to the jroposition.. He will reorganize tii¢ Texas athletic department. Whether that means the resignations of (lie men who worked under Jack C levigny, who resigned this fall affiy three years, was not announced. | Bible is not a newcomer to the Southwestern Conference, fit it was
board, said his group has adhered ! to a policy of “not talking about the coaching situation” until a new coach actually is selected. Students and sport fans placed in unofficial nomination for the job such well-known coaches Lynn Wa-1 dorf of Northwestern; Francis Schmidt .0of Ohio State; Bernie Moore of Louisiana State; Clark Shaughnessy of Chicago; Fred Thomsen of Arkansas; A. N. (Bo) McMillin of Indiana, and W. H. Browne, assistant Nebraska mentor,
Champion Advances In Handball Meet
By United Press WASHINGTON, Jan. 22. — Sam | Atcheson of Memphis, today ad- | vanced to the semifinals in de- { fense of his National Y. M. C. A, handball championship. Atcheson, who defeated Rudy Harris of Minneapolis, 21-9, 21-5, was scheduled to play Jack Schwartz of Washington, in the
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at Texas A. & M. that he riade the reputation that earned him the call to Nebraska in 1928. - He ian the | Texas Aggie team 11 years find won | the conference title five times. At Nebraska Bible’s record is even more enviable. He won the Big Six Conference title six out ¢7 eight vears. His conference recor: shows 34 victories against three delzats and three ties. Only in 1930 lid his team finish worse than sgiond.
McMillin Mentioned | As Bible Successor By United Press : li LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 22.---Univer- | sity of Nebraska officials tiiined re- | gretfully today to the taci of selecting a successbr to Dana 3. Bible, who goes to the University of Texas as head football ccach and athletic director. . > Prof. R. D. Scott, chairman of the
a big man with Milwaukee last season, has notified the Tigers their first salary offer caused him to laugh and then snarl. . . . In other words, Rudy is a holdout,
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OHNNY RIDDLE, Indianapolis catcher, sends word from California that his “bad” knee is no longer annoying him. . .. Pie Traynor, manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, says maybe his club's scouts will trail the veteran Hoosier backstop next season. . . . Good receivers are scarce, except in the Cardinal chain, which has a monopoly. . . . Milt Steengrafe, former White Sox pitcher, will umpire in the Coast loop next campaign. . . . He broke in as a guesser in the Cotton States League in 1936. . . . Johnny Coulon, old-time bantam champion, is managing Owen Woods, a promising welterweight of Chicago. . . . Top Row, winner of last year’s Santa Anita Handicap, Will not seek to re- | m0 Sh Fo Lote ee Shop, | pill], Dunes, Indiana Rove peat the victory in the $100000 event on Feb. 27... . Owner A. A. | 3055 Market St, and Haags Ole | iam Murs. Indianapolis, Kingan A A. Sse Baroni says the little horse is too sick to run. | pool Hotel Drugstore. Tickets will | 4 7200" Denson, Indianapolis, Oliver | A air Sorc De : 2 : : [be irensierred to the Armory box | Arnon Ina anna. A Tany Hester, Indianapolis, Boyce A. C HE best-named catching aspirant on the major league map this | office at 6 p. m. IA. c.. ne > Str Po a pp Marvin Pritchett, Indiana Boys’ School, Soring will he Minper i ¥hose bapiiomal name is Ciuries, The _complete entry list is as | Horr Heatrue Ena enale | K, Cc. Green, Indianapolis, Washington -.... He was farmed out by the Phillies to Hazleton in the New York | follows: aonty Frosmen, | A. €. Nee ; Pennsylvania League last summer and is now aiming to crowd himself | piiackell Stone. Indianapolis. Senate doe} Charles Ye, Pa Harrison, into the Philadelphia catching staff already manned heavily by Man- Flyweight—112 Pounds Eddie Carpenter, Richmond. Commun- | , Jimmy ~ Loyd, Indianapolis, ager ¥immy Wilson, Earl Grace and Bill Atwood. . . . Nipper was a college baseball star at Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, and proved his right
Lee Prettyman, Indianapolis, Bess A. C.! itv Gym. | A. A. : Alfred Osborne, Indianapolis. Bess A. cl. Harty Christie. Richmond, Community | , Earl Christian, Indianapolis, Kingan to his nickname by throwing out five Wake Forest College base runners in his first varsity game.
Tommy Le Fevre, Indianapolis, Oliver | Gym | , Russell Lunsford, Indianapolis, Kingan 8 #8 = 2 » =
5 Steele, Indi lis, Oliver A. C | ior Julien, frodvn x oi Cel ! Lee eC. lanapolis, ver A. C, 0 nglehardt, ndianapolis, mipdde ioe : Jimmy Williams, Indianapolis, Oliver | tached. | Roy Lewis, Muncie, Delaware A Three Sioux Indians from St. Louis University have entered the Golden Gloves boxing tourney in the Mound City. . . . They are Emil Red Fish, Orville Night Pipe and George American Eagle.
rules no draws-may be called. The event will stretch over four weeks | and other dates after tonight are | ; ; Ci : : Jan. 29 and Feb. 5 and 12. t : Drawings to pair the boys will el Lee (One Round) Bess, who fought 267 bouts during his career as made at the Armory just before to- | a professional boxer, has developed his son, Milton, to a point wher2 night’s program. The weigh-in and | the lafl is rated one of the strongest contenders for the title in the | physical examinations were to be| Open lightweight division of The Times-Legion Golden Gloves tour- | held there this afternoon starting | ney. In the picture the veteran One Round (at left) is shown giving ‘at 2. | Milton a few pointers as last-minute preparations for the competition Admission prices are 50 cents for | which opens at the Armory tonight. : general, and $1 for ringside re-| ie , served. The first row in the balcony Eugene Simmons, Boyce {also is reserved. Downtown ticket A.C. : :
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A. C Lee. ; | William Rodgers, Indianapolis, Washing- | Club. : * | Fred Schneider, Indianapolis, a Lightweight—135 Pound in the Santa Anita Handicap, is said to be Exotude, and that the real Blue Boot is in Texas. .. . It sounds like California football before the colleges cleaned up. . .. Graduate gridders from the Midwest and South used to go out there and prolong their careers under phoney names.
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A. au Indianapolis, Oliver George Cunningham, Indidnapolis, Dovle Upchurch, Muncie, unattached | Edward Tryon, Trafalgar, unattached. A.C, Mick O’Brien, Indianapolis, unattached. James Emberton, Morgantown, unatBY HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Editor
| Oliver Gene Edwards, Indianapolis, unattached. | tached. Earl Rutledge, Indianapolis, unattached.| Gene Crane, Indianapolis, unattached. Robert Byrne, Indianapolis, unattached. Pete Whelchel. Fortville, unattached. Ray Heyden. Indianapolis. unattached. Lou Crider, Indianapolis, unattachad, Jack Henderson, Indianapolis, Oliver Jim Miller, Indianapolis, unattached. Cs . Boh Johnson, Indianapolis, unattached. Arthur Miller, Indianapolis. Oliver A, C. Hiawatha Shelby, Indianapolis, unatBill Cummings, Indianapolis, Oliver | tached. 8 A.C, ? ; | Herman Watts, Indianapolis, unattached. Pooert Graham, Oliver Denzel Neville Ingianajiolis unattached, 2Q. - . a > atBiliv. Carlisle, Indianapolis, Oliver A. C. | tached, wan. INGIanapotis. un Elmer Moore, Indianapolis, Oliver A. C. | James Mohr. Indianapolis. Oliver A. Allen Giddens, Indianapolis, Oliver A. NEW YORK, Jan. 22.—If Don Lash learns to distribute his effort uniformly, he may this winter lower Paavo Nurmi’s indoor two-mile record of 8:58.2 and 3000-meter board track mark of §:26.4. Johnny = Martin, Indianapolis, Oliver Lash established the outdoor two-< 3 ‘James Jones, Indianapolis, Senate Ave- | mile figures at 8:58.3. last summer Nobody told Lash about Joe Ray's | nue ¥. M. C. A. ? | on the lightning-like Princeton | American mark of 8:13.2 made cn path. Fighting a wind which blew | the same floor 14 years ago. He eas-| Marshall Allison, Indianapolis, Oliver rain in his face, the Indiana Univer- | ily could have broken that one by | ®t; Gustatson, Indianapolis, Oliver sity boy came within one-tenth of | crowding on a little extra speed and AL witty. Todi i 3 SB a second of Nurmi's mark, the fast- | starting his sprint earlier. As it was, | Fo Bie "fodianmnotis. Sours Side est ever made indoors or out. he had the race safely. won and | Turners. Lash recorded his first indoor vic- | realized that Nurmi’s mark was be-
Bernard Toney, g ! tached.’ Johnny Clapp. Indianapolis. Oliver A. C. BrightLeo Miller. Indianapolis, Oliver A. C. | Elmer Pajak., Ft. Harrison. Walter Williams, Indianapolis, Boyce | Johnny Chesunas, Ft. Harrison. tory in three years the other night | 3 SR was no reason by ankling 3000 meters, 240 yards :
Roland Fraser, Indiananolis. Oliver WOO! . . Robert Simmons, Indianapolis. Boyce Owen Arnold, Ft. Harriso | “'warren Wilcoxson, Indianapolis, Boyce | Nurmi wore spikes when he made | less than two miles, in 8:32.4 to beat |
A C. Chris Olsen, Indianapolis, Oliver A. C. Bill Cossell, Oliver A. C. Ray Olsen, Indianapolis. Oliver: A, C. Ed Englert, Indianapolis, Oliver A. C. Victor Cox. Indianapolis, Oliver A. C. Mis Anderson. Indianapolis, Oliver ‘JB. Crowder. Indianapolis, Brightwood ‘Cleophus ison. Jonn Donnelly, Indianapolis, Kingan | ‘Willard Troutman, Indianapolis, Kingan ! bis record. The field in which Lash | “Ernest Roach. Indianapolis. Boyce A. C. Joe ‘McClusky by half a lap in the competed had to use sneakers. David, Williams, - Indianapolis, Boyce vrooklyn K. of C. meet. | Lash did 2:108 for the first 800 Bennett, Richmond, Critics agree that Lash goes out story almost five seconds under | “Wl jiren Richmond, Community loo fast in the early stages | Nurmi’s record time at that stage. | Gym. , : : : ON oe they sre tight. but a Fun | He hit the 1500-meter mark in | Albert, Young. Indianapolis, Washingner ye 1 rs getter than an | 4:06.2, only three seconds behind School, yutsider can and I've found by ex- | Mat Sherpas Olympic figures in unatSl : { Lon , . perience that I make my best time = ih StL Was tinnhe Middleweight—160 Pounds Vhen I crowd my best running into! p IMS | pgoward Hamlin, Indianapolis, Bess A. C.
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+ he toughest part of a | - : : “edn th 3000-meter comes | Me." explains the Indiana star. “My $n the fifth quarter mile and the | 3S began to tie up. It took me 21 fifth® 400 meters—at the beginning |S€CONds fo run the next 100 meters. of the second half of ghe journey, 1 had lost my drive and was laboring a bit. I was worried despite my
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“There's only one thing to do when your stride shortens and your muscles begin tying up and that is to force yourself and move faster, If you don’t step up the pace you gradually get slower and slower. I pulled out of that tired spell by forcing my legs to move faster. I was running on my nerve then. Any judge ef form could tell the difference. “I finally got striding again and finished strong, but my second half time of 4:26.2, contrasted with my first 1500 meters in 4:06.2, shows how I slacked off. Nurmi ran his two halves much more evenly. He
armory floor suited me better than the more resilient Garden track. The surface felt firmer under foot. ! It was more like the solid cinder or | dirt tracks to which I'm accustomed.” Lash had Nurmi’s 3000-meter record in mind when he started in Brooklyn. He felt that he could come close to it if his legs could . stand the board track pounding.
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