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Fencing Shoulders After seven years of fencing, Tully Friedman's vight shoulder 1s two ond He's

captain of the Northwestern Univers sity team,

PLAY TONIGHT

Warren Central to Meet £0 Tech in First Game Here; wa Wg Rockets to Oppose Manual

Lawrence Is to Encounter Marion County Champions in

By Eddie Ash

SCHUMACHER CURES ARM INJURY

Indianapolis Times Sports

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THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1937

STATE TEAMS IN SECTIONAL

Harry Cooler Sets Can Either of the Play Billiard Record; a, I Beats Ramsey /@IAN)

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HAL READY FOR REGULAR TURN

WwW ETGHING 190 and feeling in sound physical condition, Pitcher al Schumacher of the Giants is confident he will be able to take his regular turn on the mound this .. Prince Tfal's pitching arm failed him in a mysterious manner in the fall of 1935 and he was an in-and-outer last season and lost more games than he won, although he did come through with a swell performance in the fifth game of the World Series. . . . During the winter the popular hurler discovered his ailment in 1936 was an accumulation of fluid on his right elbow, an injury similar to that for which Fred Fitzsimmons of the Giants was operated on the year before, , . . However, Schumacher’s injury was detected in time,

season.

(SON Harry Cooler registered a new high run record of 10 to defeat Walter Ramsey, 50 to 31. last night in a state three-cushion billiard tour- | | ney match. The former record was

operate,

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Now Hal claims the salary wing is as strong as ever |

and he is anxious to prove it in exhibition games after he |

has had the proper amount of became a regular with the G

training. . . . Since Hal first | iants in 1933 his endurance |

was a question mark. , . . He does not employ the body |

average hurler, and the strain on his arm is tremendous.

« .» But his weight 1s better n vears, which is another rea confidence. n

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~ : I Giants’ catcher, will be given footsteps, having been sighed by the

in the International League this year.

of the Houston sandlots. . Haffev and nephew of Chick, former Red outfielder, Tom is a third sacker.

..» Tom Hafey, a brother of Pittsburgh's Bud * St. Louis Cardinal and Cincinnati has signed with Binghamton of the N. Y. DP. League, . « .» Bob Kober, umpire in the American Asso-

ow than it has been in four son for the right-hander's n

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JRANK MANCUSO, 18-year-old brother of Gus Mancuso. New York

an opportunity te follow fn Gus’ Giants’ Jersey City farm for a trial . +» The youngster is a product

ciation the last two seasons, will officiate in the Southern Association

this year,

Walter Peckinpaugh, son of Roger,

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OE JUDGE, first baseman for the

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Washington Senators many years,

has been appointed baseball coach at Georgetown University, . . .

former major league plaver and

manager, is a candidate for the nine at the University of Michigan. ,

He {s an infielder, same as dad. . . .

Jack Doyle, scout for the Chicago

scheduled to meet tomorrow

a high run of eight. The match last night went to 82 innings. Although the veteran Harry got off slowly, gaining only 13 billiards in 41 innings, he soon swung into | the record-breaking pace. He | chalked up the next 37 billiards in | the same number of innings and | was out in front to win. { Coolers triumph puts him in a tie | for first place with Lou Spivey, both

¥ ; . | with eight victories in nine matches. follow-through which characterizes the delivery of the | >

Neal Jones is third with seven vietories and one defeat, Al Greenberger and Ramsev are night. | INDIANS SIGN SANDLOTTER limes Npecial CLEVELAND, March 4 -—Yohnnv | Mervar, Cleveland sandlotter sioned |

QOINNY MS CARTRY

| last summer by the Boston Red Sox, |

has become the property Cleveland Indians. to be “farmed”

of the | He is expected

to the Indians’

| Zanesville, O., club.

ays dy

TERRY HAY BERN TRYING 1 DUNT W/AEE NTE QUGOUT FOR REE YEARS NOW = BT

HE GIANTS SLOWDOWN 1 A WA CK WHEN RES NOY

IN THERE wa

tered on the outcome of the local sectional meet at Tech Gym. The in

petition to be played between

Oentral,

The wmecond game will feature

| Broad Ripple against Manual, The

MESLIE

third contest, at 8 p. m, is to ha between Lawrence and the 103% Marion County champions, Decatui

| Central,

The city champion, Washington, [ix the favee'ite in the first game to morrow at 9 a. m., when the Ooan | tinentals take the floor against | Onklandon. New Bethel will play | Castleton th the 10 o'clock game and New Augusta faces Ben Davis in the 11 o'clock tilt | Shortridge, winner of the sectional | here last year, will not play until the | first afternoon game tomorrow at 2 |p. Mm, but will have stiff opposition

| in the form of the Oardinals from |

Southport,

| Beech Grove is to play Acton at |

first game in the Indianapolis com- |

Tech, the host school, and Warren

Third Contest on Initial Program at Teoh High School Gymnasium.

The whistle that will be heard around the state! : At exactly 7 o'clock tonight referees will puff the teams into action | ih each of 84 sectional centers throughout Thdiana, sighifying the stail of the first games in the annual State High School Tourney, Local interest, naturally, fs cen-&- .

= RR sly [ TONIGHT'S LOOAL GAMES Tb me=Tech vs, Warren COene | tral,

8p. m=Broad Ripple vs, Manual

9 Pp. me=Lawrence vs, Decatul Central,

champions in final engagements a8 the 84 centers Saturday night, the ans nual sports festival will progress ints the regional stage at 18 points, then into the semifinal round at four cen ters and finally narrow to the foul aggregations that will meet here ad Butler Fieldhouse Mareh 27 for they state title, More than 100,000 spectators ave expected to witness the sectional eh counters with attendance ranging in size from B00 to 800 at smalleg communities to B000 at the Indian apolis tournament, Under a change adopted a veaw ago, the 1. H. 8. A. A. elected to

Cubs, is beginning his 50th year in baseball. . . . According to Sporting News, the national baseball weekly of St. Louis. affairs between the Cardinals and Dizzy Dean have reached such an impasse that it would not be surprising to see the lanky pitcher remain inactive this year,

start all 84 sectionals on Thursday this year in order to abolish wharevep possible Triday morning and aftw er'noon sessions and reduce strain of

[3 o'clock and that game will close [the first round. The first game of | the second round is to be played at [4 p. Mm. tomorrow

unless he is sold or traded.

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Two outfielders, two infielders and three . ++ Help is promised by Brooklyn. .

. » But Brooklyn

. Fred Perry, the bounding Briton, and Ellsworth American tennis pro, will clash in Louisville Festival, meeting on the night of May 6.

during the Derby . . . Eddie Roush, formerly

the Indianapolis Federals, New York Giants and Cincy Reds.

Is working out with the Boston Bees—just for the fun of playing.

. Bill McKechnie, Keeper of the on the old Hoofeds

Bees, and Roush were teammates

.. And Eddie once was considered the champion

holdout, having remained on his farm an entire season to gain a point.

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Gene Ford

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promising young pitcher who joined the Boston Na-

tionals after graduating from the University of Towa last summer, was

a recruit from whom much was expected this spring

. +» But he has

been lost to the Bees for at least this year and maybe forever. . . . Returning to college last fall for a visit, Ford fell from new bleachers

while watching a football game and injured his spine.

necessitated an operation.

Ba rbasols Ra

«%» The ‘fal

ise Average

In Indianapolis League

By BERNARD HARMON The Barbasols, who recently set & new record ih the city tournament, had today raised their Indianapolis I few pins short of 1011, The quintet, in last nights’ session of the loop, turned in a 3328 total

when every member passed the 800 and 1115 with a 698, Don Johnson had 688, | Lee Carmin 673, Johnny Murphy 640 and Jess Pritchett Sr, 629. The | heavy scoring gave the champions a sweep of their series over IL. 8. | Ayres & Co, which had Jack Hunt's | 67¢ and Bud Argus’ 632 as their feature totals Packard Motors cracked out & 3177 that won {it two games over Bowes Seal "ast, which totaled 3025 in its three games, The double defeat send Bowes into third place in the team standings, the Falls City Hi-Brus taking over second place by trouncing Coca Cola three times,

Every Packard pastimer was in the | getting 665, |

600 class, John Blue Chuck Markey 643, Bobby Wilmoth

John Fehr set the pace®—-

| shooter was also the limit

{ * | Inter-Club session at the Pritchett Grimm

bowling | CAgUe average to a

mark to give it games of 1003, 1120 |

wound up with games of 233 and 244 that gave him a 641 and scoring honors of the session. Prior Smith's

| 640 was good for individual honors

of the Polk Sanitary Milk Co. loop at the Pennsylvania Alleys, One 800 | in the |

doubles centures that carried him to | a 629, The only honors series of the | Knights of Columbus League at the |

Pennsylvania Alleys were posted |

Alleys, Fries opened with a pair of | |

members of the Pittman Rice Coal Co. Charlie Stich with 627 and Shorty Vogelsang with 600 were the heavy hitters. Pastimers of Automotive League at the Antlers | also had difficulty in toppling the

638, Dad Hanna $29 and Leo Ahearn 602. Larry Fox featured for the Seal Fasts, his 700, from games of 2586,

200 and 244, being good for city. |

wide solo honors of the Dan Abbott class, totaling 615. The

used games of 1020, 1092 and 1065

evening.

for their classy series, while Bowes | were: | 585; Continental Baking (Pennsyl- |

[ vania), Keller, 582; Link Belt Ewart | vent to ‘crack down as he threatened

reached its 3025 on 1050, 968 and 1007. Hardin Regains Lead

Carl Hardin paced the Hi-Brus with a 623 that regained him the top position in the individual ave erage standngs. He lost the posi-

tion to Paul Stemm in last week's tain Square), Morehouse, 548 and | from St. Louis, at

session, but when the Marott anchor man failed to reach 600 in last night's series, Hardin moved {o the

front a few pins ahead of Johnson, tournament will not be resumed un- | Shui HR Tac, vhirg, Wii In the Hi-Bru-|til Sunday, the management of the 2r¢ veterans

the Barbasol ace, Coca Cola series, Joe Fulton also passed 600, getting 613. In other matches of the loop, Marott Shoes won twice over Fendrick Restaurants; Marmon Herrington outscored Indianapolis Power & Light Co. twice and Lieber Beer nabbed the odd Hudepohl Beer, Oscar Behren's 660 and Harry Wheeler's 617 featured for Marott's; Nie] King's 617 was tops for Fendrick’s; Arch Meiss with 607, Paul Striebeck with 603 and Frank Alford with 601 paced Marmon's Ed Cooney and Virgil Kehl had 657 and 637 for the Light Co.; Bob Wuensch gave Lieber's a 658 and Bert Bruder's 590 was best for Hudepohl’s. Hamilton Posts 685

Norman Hamilton, city association secretary, took time out from his various tournament duties, and fired his season's top total, & 685, in the weekly session of the Uptown Recreation League at the Uptown Alleys, He posted games of 215, 246

and 224 that led Hoosier Petes to | Beck's Coal |

a triple victory & Coke.

over

| ter's 803, that led the scoring of the was also in the select | winners |

game over |

maples, Tutterow's 614 easily out- | distancing the field. Finishing with a 257 game, Wiegand reached 607, the top total of the | St. John Evangelical League at the | Fountain Square Alleys. Pete Ries-

Eli Lilly loop at Pritchett's, was the only other 800 series of the [evening's league play, High scorers of other Winter (Parkway),

leagues | Pinnel,

(Illinois), Williams, 578; Post Office (Central), List, 577; Indianapolis | Medical Society (Antlers), Moorman, |

| Matthews, 574; Mutual Milk (Foun- |

LETTERS AWARDED PURDUE ATHLETES

Ry United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind, March 4.-— Eleven major letters were awarded

Purdue basketball players last night at the 15th annual basketball banquet. Players honored were: Eugene Anderson, Franklin, Thomas Dickinson, Lafayette; Glenn Downey, Michigantown; Vincent Holloway, Battleground; Dale Hutt, Indi anapolis; Paul Malaska, Crawfordsville; Carroll Mangas, Union City; James Seward, Indianapolis; John Sines, Lafayette; Jewell Young, Lafayette, and Harry Zink, Monticello.

[can bet we won't make the same | | mistakes we did last vear,” he said.

bering only 29--is the smallest ever 575: Schwitzer-Cummins (Parkway), | Selected for spring training.

hole.”

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| pain quick. Soon the torn (or callus) loosens |

As Team to Beat Abou

| By United Press

CHICAGO, March

4. — Charley

Py United Press lad and pitching marvel, satd he Dean, the St. Louis Cardinals’ ace

Feller, hard at work at spring training quarters of the Cleveland Indians here, said, “I'm not thinking about it right now. The idea in baseball as I see it is to win the game. If I happen to be lucky, how, I might beat that mark.” The boy from Van Meter, Towa, | who left his high school senior class “The trades helped us and you | before he completed his studies to join the Indians alternates pitching lessons at the hands Grimm indicated this may be his | of Manager Steve O'Neill and Ooach | Wally Schang with studies under Frank Valls, instructor of the Wai - ren Easton High School. O'Neill | hired Valls as a tutor to help Bob complete his school work so he can graduate with his class, Valls admitted that if studies his books as diligently as he does his instructions from O'Neill and Schang, he will graduate. [| “You see,” Teller explained “The outfield is a problem,” Char- | earnastly, “baseball is a business ley admitted. “Frank Demaree is| It's just the same as though I might the only one I'm sure of out there. | be studying to be a banker or a Augia Galan will be given every |lawyer—by getting the fundachance to make a comeback and | mentals.” Young Joe Marty may fill our other | A

one team to beat in

Likely to do the beating if the |

every other season. His squad-—-num-

With Collins, obtained | first base, the] Cubs likely will have the strongest | defensive infield in the league. Billy |

Herman, second base; Bill Jurges, |

Jimmy

SEXTON DOWNS BRUNS Demaree, however, was the most

serious of four holdouts pestering the Cubs for more money. He hit 350 last season, easily leading all Cubs, and finished fourth in the final league averages.

| Sexton, California, downed Robert | Bruns, Germany; Bob Manogoft, | Russia, decisioned Harry Jacobs, 1,0s | Angeles; Billy Raburn, [flattened Paddy Mack,

| Tony Siano, Ttaly, bouts here last night.

If Ruptured

By United Press ih ‘wrestling

PITTSBURGH, March 4.-—-¥oot-ball Coach John P, (Clipper) Smith, and his assistant, Aldo (Buff) Donelli, have signed new contracts for three years, Duquesne University President J. J, Callahan has announced. Both men were given sal- | ary increases.

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COACH GETS NEW CONTRACT Jesse James, Oalifornia, downed Of students whose homes are in

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—Bob Teller, 18-year-old Towa farm wasn't worrying about breaking the

major-league strikeout record for one game, which he holds with Dizzy

Each has struck out 17 in a sin-

Alabama Bill Lee Is Mat Headliner

The semi-windup spot on the Everett Marshall=Schinichi (Killer) Shikuma feature wrestling show at the Armory next Tuesday night will go to Alabama Bill Lee, 235, popular young Southern grappler. Matehmaker Lloyd Carter is lining up a strong foe for Lee, who has gone undefeated here in five starts. The Shikuma-Marshall encounter fs a return tug which the latter has been seeking since he lost on a disqualification to Everett several weeks ago. The “Killer,” as Shikuma [is known because of his “sleeper” hold, is the first Japanese heavyweight matman to appear here in

‘| several years, Marshall is recoghized

in some quarters as world's champion,

'TO HONOR IRISH TEAM NOTRE DAME, Ind, March 4 current season will be honored at a testimonial dinner March 18 at the

[Oliver Hotel in South Bend. The affair is being staged by the Villag-

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Sees Cubs Bob Feller Not Worrying Butler Trackmen t Strikeout Record

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NEW YORK, March 4-Frank Notre Dame's basketball team of the |

aa wed

To Meet Purdue

Purdue University's track team | will make the first of two visits to | the Fieldhouse tonight in a dual | meet. The second visit will be on | March 20 for the fifth annual But- | ler Tndoor Relays, Time trials were held hy Coach | Hermon Phillips yesterday afternoon | to determin who would carry the | Butler colors in the meet. The Bull- | dog squad was bolstered this week | with four of the basketball team re- | They are William Gever, | George Perry, George Hiatt and Earl | Gierkensmevyer, CGreyver and Perry will run ih the dashes and middle distance events, Hiatt and Gerkensmeyer will com= pete in the high jump. There will be no admission charge tonight's meet, Coach Phillips announced, |

JIMMY FOXX SIGNS RED SOX CONTRACT

Buy ti nited Press BOSTON, March 4. Jimmy Foxx, recaleitrant Boston Red Sox first | baseman, was signed to a 1037 con | tract by Manager Joe Cronin today | at Sarasota, Fla, it was announced here by General Manager Eddie | Collins,

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{ being scheduled for 2 p,m. Saturday. The Anal game will be played at 8 p. m,

781 Teams Swing Into Action Tonight

By United Press Heavily stu | the vanguard of a field of 781 baskethall teams will swing into action tonight at 64 sectional centers the 26th annual Indiana [8chool Athletic Association | wood tournament, Three hundred and twenty-two quintets will play tonight. The res maining 459 teams are scheduled for first-round encounters tomorrow, After determinution of sectional

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