Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1937 — Page 40
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MR. COBB THINKS COBB IS GREATEST PLAYER, JOE LEARNS
Challenge of Ruth in Golf Tells Feeling
‘Can Beat Babe at Anything,’ Ty Once Stated, Wiliams Is Told.
By JOE WILLIAMS
rimes Special Writer MIAMI, Fla, March 12.--When-the debate turns to the subgreatest ball oratorical three 1a-
evel who was the all time break out iar sectors ra some the accolade belongs to I'v Cobb. To others it is the exclusive property Babe Ruth. to a small but determined minority, the chief spokesman of which in the was John Hans was Ssu-
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glittered in the heavens, Thus Cobb and Ruth was more personal Ruth began rise to fame at about the time Cobb's splenaor was begil And as the years to the
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Relates Pacific Incident
bv way of being a incident that occurred recently on the Pacific Coast, It was related to me today by Fred Corcoran, the shepherd of the tour-
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amateurs hac and one an athletic looking gentlevf middle age. For a man who 24 vears in the major who shot left handed d in & creditable score man was Ty Cobb, For talk was mostly about but pretty soon it turned to Mr. Corcoran, who hapto be from up around Boston said to the old Georgia peach: | do vou think you can beat Ruth at golf?” “Well, when I asked Cobb this question,” relates Mr. Corcoran, “he was drinking a highball As if someone had hit him from behind he dropped the glass, turned to me snapped: ‘I can beat Ruth at You mentioned golf. I'l tell I'd like to have you do. I'd like to have vou challenge Ruth for me. I'll play him anytime, anyany amount.'” n, whose business it is ange golf matches, says he was sed by the complete
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By JOHN W. THOMPSON
Tech's Fast Basketball Squad Is in Excellent Physical And Mental Condition for All-Important Game At Anderson Regional Tomorrow.
SECH is joining whole-heartedly in the international movement toward a more adequate defense. The East Side boys are hoping that their basketball warfare machine will be capable of holding off the onslaught of the Plainfield giant, Forest Weber, when the Green and white tackles llenry Orner's team at Anderson tomorrow afternoon.
All the Tech players are in excellent shape, according to the coaches. And I noted that they were in fine mental fettle as well as physical, They laughted and joked among themselves as they worked ovt. But there is a definite sense of seriousness about the whole squad which seems to me to be just about the right level for a team going into a tough battle
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HE team from the school of the Green and White deserves plenty of praise, along with its youthful coach, Bayne Freeman, for the showing it has already made this season. Although they started out with a bang and hung up several Victories against good teams, they slumped when illness hit the squad Louis Held, who defensive work was one of the bright lights in the Tech attack during the sectional, will be the mainstay in the defense tomorrow. It is possible that he will get the assignment to attempt to hold the high-scoring Weber in check. Held is fast on his feet, handles the ball with certainty and can also drop in a shot or two once in a while when the going gets hot. Jack Richards, the Tech center, also will carry a heavy burden in the Plainfield game tomorrow. He will have the task of jumping against the Plainfield center, Weber is a little over 6 feet 6 inches tall and weighs around the 200 mark. He is fast for a heavy man and can tip the ball in from close range with unerring accuracy which has thrown a great fear into his opponents even before the game starts. n “HE offensive tactics of the Tech team will center around little 1 Carl Bohn, who has set Tech fans' hearts a-fluttering with his spectacular tosses during the season. Bohn hat the unusual knack of being able to “get hot” just when the game gets tight and that is what has made him one of the chief threats in the entire North Cone tral Conference. Coazh Orner has drilled his boys against the quick-breaking little Tech forward but it's still possible that Carl may drop them in just the same Holland, a slight lad with plenty of speed and a nice touch to his tosses, suddenly showed up in the recent sectional as an &dditional scoring scare for Tech opponents. When Bohn and Richards were held in check Holland usually was able to slip through for under-the-basket work which counted. Little Higginbotham also turned out some excellent work during the sectional, Especially in the semi-final game with Decatur Central he was hitting them from all sides, He is also a dependable guard in case some one gets loose on the opponents’ side. The Tech team's statistics follow. NAME WEIGHT Held, 185 Rohn, 140 Stonex, =o 180 Holland, 15 Richards 130 Higginbotham, 150 Dobbs, & 10 Macdonald, , 10 Christensen, Hook,
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threat to the Hill supremacy will be put up by the Collegians, & local team which defeated the Hill team in the second round of the cily [games write Leo Ostermeyer, 1625 Al Lopez, who'll catch 100 or more [games, and Ray Mueller, |
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eighth the Negro independent (7 basketball team of the [requested to report at 6:30 o'clock:
under way tonight
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and Pelham. A The J. T. V. Hill Seniors are de- | nding champs but there are a games and lost 12 this season, Reof strong contenders fOr |. ant victories were over e crown, officials said. The chief qn sy (85-80. Hunt, Dobbs, Wampler, McCleerey and Stauch starred.
urney last Friday night. | English Ave. The five teams representing In- | anapolis include the Hill five, | Indianapolis Packards, | Amigos, and the J. T. V, Hill The schedule for tonight as follows: 6 Pp. m—Kokomo vs Tp m—Wadesville
Collegians. vs, Hill
Flashes.
8p. m~—Hill Big Five vs. Ben
Davis,
9 p. m.—Evansville vs. Bloom- |
ington.
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The Fairview Bulldogs, local in- | spendent quintet, will meet the
Meridian Street Boys' Club tonight
in & post-season contest.
The Bull- |
dogs team includes former Fairview |
Cardinals Tabernacle
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players who won the | League championship. | hey won 18 of 20 scheduled season |
contests.
in their last four starts, will play
The Boys' Club Juniors, winners
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Bees May Win
[Af 36 Gains ~ Are Repeated
‘Boston Club’s Chances Slim, But Team’s Manager | Is Optimistic.
United Press Staff Correspondent
By GEORGE KIRKSEY | ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March | 12.—~The Boston Bees could win the |
| National League pennant if they |
| | | showed as much improvement in | 1087 as they did in 1036, CE | boosted their percentage .213 points, | [winning 83 more games than they | did in 1935. The Bees’ chances of doing that | are slim. Nevertheless, indications | point toward definite improvement | in the sixth-place Bees of a year | ago. | Manager Bill McKechnie is opti- | mistic, So is Bob Quinn, president and business manager, “We have a better squad than last year,” said McKechnie, “If we solve | our infield problems we'll do well, We started combing the minors last | July for players and have brought in some of the best men avaiable. I believe I can say that the present | pitching staff is the best T've had in | my eight years at Boston.”
Biggest Pitcher Collection
With 16 pitchers in camp, the Bees have the National League's bigpest collection of hurlers. Danny MacFayden, who made one of the | finest comebacks of 1936 to win 17 games and finish second to Carl | Hubbell in earned runs, will be the No. 1 pitcher, Behind him there will be a mad seramble between veterans and youngsters, It's entirely possible that four minor league stars will round out the “big five.” They may be Lou Fette, who won 25 games for St. Paul; Vic Frasier from Dallas: Ira Hutchinson from St. Paul, and Bill Perrin, a southpaw from | New Orleans. Or they may be Bill Weir, a southpaw who joined the club late last season and blanked the Giants | and Phils in his last two games; | Guy Bush, the old Mississippi mud- | cat, Johnny Babich, recovered from an elbow operation which laid him |
| fering him $22,500.
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By United Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla, March 12.—~The St. Louis Cardinals leave today for Havana where they will engage the New York Giants in a pair of games Saturday and Sunday. They go without Ace Pitcher Dizzy Dean who still demands $50, 000, with Owner Sam Breadon ofObservers predict they will get together at around
| $30,000 in another week or 10 days
HAVANA, March 12 Bill Terry, satisfied with
Manager form his New York Giant batters through a sharp drill today in preparation for two games against the St. Loui: Cardinals this week-end Giant sluggers were held five yesterday in 12 innings as they played a 1-1 tie with an AllStar Cuban nine. Three New York hurlers distributed the same numAl Smith performance
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WINTERHAVEN, Fla, March 12 Manager Jimmy Wilson, follows ing the example of the late John J. McGraw, ordered all of his players to undergo a strict physical examination today. CLEARWATER, Fla, March 12. First Baseman Buddy Hassett of the Brooklyn Dodgers was Burleigh Grimes’ only holdout worry today. Hassett, offered $7500 and demanding $8000, was left outside alone yesterday when Pitcher Van Mungo signed for $15,000, an increase of $3500.
TAMPA, Fla, March 12.--In the Cincinnati Reds first practice game of the season, a nine-inning affair
between picked teams, George Kel- |
Iv's squad defeated Tom Sheehan's nine, 1 to 0, vesterday. The only
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 12.-~Rapid improvement of Pitcher Monte Pearson's wrenched ankle was reported in the New York Yankee camp today. Pearson discarded his crutches vesterday, and ( said he probably would be back in uniform after a couple more days cf rest, In the Yanks’ first practice game yesterday, the veterans overwhelmed the rookies, 8 to 0, with Lefty Gomez showing up better on the pitcher's mound than at any time in the last two years,
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| DALLAS, Tex, March 12-Maxia | Rosenbloom, 189, Los Angeles, des | elsioned Tom Beaupre, 198, Dallas; | Billy Hood, 169, Shreveport, des | cistoned Maxie Long, 168, Dallas; | Joe Elder, 141, Fort Smith, knocked | out Tex Gibbs, 144, Dallas; Jimmy Lacoume, 110, New Orleans, knocked out Tony Ruiz, 116, Dallas; Curtis Howard, 185, Dallas, knocked out Gene Lightfoot, 187, Fort Worth, in boxing here last night
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