Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 March 1937 — Page 15
By Eddie Ash
COLLINS KEY MAN WiTH BRUINS
MUCH DEPENDS ON THE RIPPER
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F Rip Collins regains his old batting form all will be well with the Chicago Cubs... In six years with the Cardinals the veteran first baseman fell below the .300 mark - twice and his best season was 1934 when he biffed the horsehide at a pace of .333 . .. Last year, however, the Rochester, N. Y., product slipped to .292, which isn’t poor, of course, but it isn’t slugging. The popular Ripper thinks the change of scenery to Chicago is going to restore him to his previous ranking as a consistent hitter and he is hustling like a rookie just breaking in . . . However, Collins is 31 and it will require constant training to keep that old eye cleared up . .. Manager Charlie Grimm says that the Cubs lost the pennant at first base last vear and is confident the presence of the
seasoned Collins will make a big difference in the new race.
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AS a matter of fact Pilot Grimm is willing to designate the Ripper as the key man in the hopes of the 1937 Bruins . . . Good-Time Charlie said the other day, “Collins can handle the base like no one else. His fielding makes him so valuable that if he hits .290 he'll be the best first sacker in the circuit. At least I think so. We shall build around him, and when the outfield problem is settled we are going to be hard to stop. We lost 26 games by one run
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MATEUR boxers of this district desiring to compete in the In-diana-Kentucky A. A. U. championship tourney at Gary on the nights of April 6 and 7 should contact Fred De Borde, 476 S. Meridian St., Indianapolis, who has a supply of entry blanks on hand. . . . The Gary Post-Tribune A. A. and the Gary High School A. A. are sponsors of the meet... . The winning contestant in each weight class will have all expenses paid as a member of the Indiana-Kentucky A. A. U. team entry in the Senior National A. A. U. championship tournament in Boston April 12, 13 and 14. . . . Each winning contestant also will be awarded a robe and trunks for use in the National fistic classic. . . . The winning team at Gary also will be awarded a suitable trophy.
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OXERS duly registered with the Indiana-Kentucky Association of the A. A. U. and a resident of either Indiana or Kentucky may compete in the Gary event. . . . Official team and individual entries must be filed with Norman S. Werry, the Post-Tribune, Gary, not later than April 1. ... Entry fees must accompary all official entries. ... A fee of $1 per contestant will be charged and all entry fees will be turned over to the Indiana-Kentucky A. A. U. . . . A transportation . allowance of 2 cents a mile will be allowed all contestants, also coach or trainer where team entry consists of four or more contestants. _. . Rooms will be provided contestants and coaches in the Hotel Gary and an allowance for meals will be provided contestants and coaches from noon, April 6, until noon, April 8. n
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HE basketball team of the Geneseo, Towa, High School landed in T the round of 16 of tournament play in the Hawkeye State. . .. The school has only 60 pupils and more than half of them are girls. _. . Harold Hartman, the coach, is principal and teacher as well. . . . Aside from the school the only other “building” in Geneseo is a filling station. . . . What! No postoffice? . . . Just like good old Beaver Dam in Hoosierland. . . . Joe Savoldi is on a wrestling tour of South America and Jim Londos is exhibiting the mat art in South Africa. ... The Warner system of football is to be followed at Iowa under the new coach, Irl Tubbs.
Five Teams in Race for Tenpin Loop Leadership
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By BERNARD HARMON The Barbasols. who recently defended their city bowling champion title by hanging up an all-time record, face a tough assignment in protecting their present lead over other teams in the Indianapolis League. The champions are at present enjoying a five-game edge over the second-place Falls City Hi-Brus, who are closely pressed by Marott Shoes, Bowes Sealfasts and Packard 4 Motors. The last four named Have | League, Len Sylvester set the pace been showing great improvement o among soloists With a 650 that re-
ate re out to overtake Jess | AT Toreren five, which has |Sulted from games of Be 235 and dominated the top spot in the city’s | 167. Combined with Jack Thibofastest loops for several years. ont Ae Yop oun boosted Tonight's matches at the Pritchett | Sg ® Nei Hilgeimeler Te Alleys finds the Barbasols facing the The winners featured & 1067 a toughest opposition of the leading | o, ne ” Oth standing In quintets. They tangle with Pack-|%€ TUNE: SOVIET wut g inards. Falls City, who faces Hude- | dividual series were Paul Field's pohl Beers; Marotts, who clash with | 638, Tommy Thompson's 635, Ollie Marmon-Herrington, and Bowes, | Krebs’ 614, Koffel's 611 and Bob who face Coca Cola, should have | Bollinger’ 605. easy sailing, although some of the | Neil King topped the scoring of lower teams have been firing some | the Patrick Henry League at the nifty totals of late and are con- | pritchett Alleys with a 640, that was
5 eats -notchers. | stant Has iy Roni ng ¢ the lone honor count of the gather-
Another 700 series was added to ing. the seeson’s scoring feats as the| In the Rotary Club session at regular Tuesday hight loops went | ine tndiana Alleys, Clarence Hill through their paces. Dan Abbott in | showed his Nels is cals With &
one of his few Commercial League A ! appearances, tossed games of od 634 series. Holt threatened with a
236 and 214 for a 720, his first entry | 621. In the Rotary Men’s Employees into the select class this season in |100p at the same alleys, Joe Danna league competition. | topped the scoring with 607. Four other members of the loop | ~The top team score of the evepassed 600, Kegrice getting 636, | ning’s performances came from the Meier 610, L. Jacobs 603 and Switzer | Rolles Printing team of the St. 601. Spencer House Cafe and Ben | Philip No. 1 League at the St. Harrison won shutouts over Geo. J.| Philip Alleys. The East Siders, with Maver and Indiana Film Transit, | Al Kriner at 620, Chuck Markey at Jack Hunt's 675 in the Hoosier | 612 and Leo Foley at 605, posted Athletic Club session at the Pritch- | ames of 1036, 1027 and 951 for a ett Alleys was good for city-wide | 3014 and a two-game victory over runnerup honors. He reached the | Cook's Goldblume. No 600s were big series through games of 215, 213 | posted in the remaining matches, and 247. His Hatfield Electrics failed | Won by Falls City Extra Pale,
to lend him much assistance and | Michaelis-McCahill and Ten Pin |:
Inn through odd-game decisions, Leads Feminine Bowlers Ake's 613 in the Auto Transporta-
the opposing Indianapolis Office | Supply, led by Don Johnson's 626, | nabbed a shutout victory. Argus Top Scorer
| Kernel Optical and John Hancock |
: 612 that was good for honors of Insurance also turned in three game
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wins, Barrett Coal and Bowes Seal Fast being the victims. paced the Kernels with a 632, while
| is and Wilbur Roesner's 610 in|: Bd Weigel | orm
Owen Fancher’s 622 and Larry Fox's | 607 featured for the Hancocks and |
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Joe Argus Jr. again showed su-!
premecy over Community Alleys. He topped rivals in last night's series with a 661 from 222, 235 and 204, leading Advance Paint Co. to a three-game victory over Hudepohl Beer, Indiana Law School also turned in a shutout, Seven Up being the victim. Price's 616 and Stonecipher’s 602 saved L. S. Ayres & Co. from a shutout at the hands ¢f Indiana Candy Co. The Ayres=
men nabbed the middle game with
a 1002. Five Pennsylvania League pastimers posted honor counts in the loop’s session at the Pennsy Alleys. Harold Deal led the quintet with a 656, Paul Moore had 647, Clarence Baker, 629; Carl Moxley, 625, and Clark Andrews, 600. Deal reached his topper through games of 233, 210 and 213. In the Pritchett
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the Indianapolis Power & Light Co. circuit at the Fountain Square were other outstanding solo counts of the evening. In feminine circles, Lucile Bramel's 563 in the Tuesday Night Ladies’ League at the Pritchett Alleys, was good for honors, She finished with a pair of 223s after a 117 opener. Josephine Ostheimer reaahed 559 in the same loop, using a 211
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Eva Dawson's 559 and Alice Shea’s 550 were the Gray, Gribben & Gray's League's top scores. The
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Poll of Local Basketball Coaches Shows Enthusiasm Over New Conference Rule
Vote Today on Other Regulations.
By STEVE SNIDER
United Press Staff Correspondent
removing the center jump from the
prep school, Y. M. C. A. and backyard pickup game in the nation. Sentiment favoring this most drastic change in 46 years was reported overwhelming after the National Coaches Association recommended the jump be curbed. Their vote was 60 to 9—most of the opposition coming from the deep South.
In addition to the coaches’ support was a sheaf of questionnaires reporting the attitude of 1600 hand-
basketball. Approximately 1000 fa-
jumps at center.
“Backers of the proposal could have gained enough support to pass it last year, but we agreed to wait at least another year before approving a major change like this,” said Henry V, Porter of the rules com-
| mittee. “The vote was about 50-50 in 1936. |
Any sort of majority is enough to carry the measure,” he said. The committee also will consider two other suggestions indorsed by the coaches: 1. That the three-second rule be applied only in front of the free throw line, thus reviving the effective pivot play. 2. That the offended team may decline its free throws after a personal or technical foul and place the ball in play at the side of the court. Two of the recommendations will eliminate much of the roughness that has crept into basketball.
Cuts Out Roughness
Reducing the number of center jumps to one at the start of each half, the overtime period and after double or technical fouls will cut down the bruising body contact around center 40 or 50 times a game. Harold G. Olsen of Ohio State, chief backer of the jumpless game in the successful drive to remove it from the Big Ten code, explained the rising popularity of high speed basketball was due to the fact too many big men were kept on the squads “merely to control the tip.” “We can eliminate most of our freakishly tall centers under the new Big Ten rule and give the spectators a game they’ll like even better,” he said. “There still is plenty of room for big men on rebound shots.” George Edwards, basketball coach at the University of Missouri, was
association, succeeding Dr. Carlson of Pittsburgh. William Chandler of Marquette was named first vice president; B. T. Grover of Ohio University became second vice president, and Nat Holman of City College of New York was named third vice president. John Bunn, Stanford, became secretarytreasurer.
Catholic Tourney
By United Press CHICAGO, March Catholic of Ft. Wayne, Ind. is to meet St. Patrick's of Kankakee in the opening game of the national Catholic high school basketball tournament tonight. Del:aSalle of Chicago, defending champion, is to appear in the second game at the inaugural session, playing St. Ambrose of Davenport, Ia.
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To Open Tonight!
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Coaches’ Association Will Shortridge Mentor Only High |
CHICAGO, March 17.—Basketball | rule makers met today to consider |
cage code governing every college, |
picked experts from every branch of |
vored a reduction in the number of | new ruling follow:
| Butler University—The enthusiasm
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to the new rule and even may say [that I am in favor of it,
| I am in favor of the rule.
School Staff Member to Oppose Faster Game.
The majority of Indianapolis basketball coaches have expressed
themselves in favor of the new basketball ruling which will abolish | the center jump after a team has| scored. | Only one coach, Kenneth Peter-! man of Shortridge, opposed the new rule in a poll taken by The Times. He maintained that the omission of the center jump would lessen interest of spectators. Dale Miller, former basketball official and now business manager of the Indianapolis Indians, also expressed favor for the new rule. He admitted, however, that the resultant speeding up of the game may | be harder on the players’ stamina. Statements made in regard to the Coach Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle, for the new rule has been mounting on the Pacific Coast for three years. Stanford has employed the new style successfully. I wouldn't say that it will speed up the game necessarily. It makes a different game out of basketball. There will be higher scores and I think the elimination of the jump will tend to open up the defense, too. I think its O. K. Coach H. C. Good, Indiana Central College—The idea has been tried for three years on the Pacific Coast and I understand it has not
degree. As it has been worked out I'm in favor of the new rule although it will necessarily remove tall men from the center jump. |
Coach Bayne Freeman, Technical High School—Of course the public is concerned, for the new rule would be taking something out of the game. Personally, if I had a big center I would be against the rule, but I never had a good center so I am in favor of it. A held ball often is a decided advantage for one team so the new rule, I believe, would even the game up more. Coach Kenneth Peterman, Shortridge High School—I would rather have the center jump in the game. | The tall men always have been spectacular and the center jump has been of great interest to spectators, | S0 you can see what would happen | if it were abolished. I doubt if the rule is adopted universally.
Coach Rolland Jones, Washington High School—I have no objections
At least | I would like to see it tried a while. | However, I doubt if the rules committee ever adopts it. I believe the new rule would speed up the game considerably.
Coach Joe Dienhart, Cathedral High School—I am in favor of the ruling because it will give the average team a break. Of course, tall men still will be useful on rebounds, but they will lose their importance to a great extent if the center jump is eliminated. The new rule would speed up the game and hence it may be harder on the players. Coach Lou Reichel, Park School— It will speed the game up and lessen the importance of these tall fellows. I| think it will be adopted by the high
Coach Oral Bridgford, Manual Training High School—I am in favor of the rule because I believe it would speed up the game and give the small team more of a chance. At any rate, I would like to see it tried in the high schools and believe it will be in another year,
Coach Frank Baird, Broad Ripple High School—I favor eliminating the center jump. It would speed up the game and keep it closer. Control of the ball means more than anything else in a basketball game. I wotld like to see the new rule tried in the high schools and I believe it would work there as well as in the colleges.
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Dwarf Speedsters to Be Seen Tonight
The {wo midget cars shown in seem to be riding along nicely.
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ture was snapped at the races in Chicago last Sun-
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But their drivers, Marshall Lewis (left) and Emil Andres (No. 5) will
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Both Lewis and Andres will be in the field at the Fairgrounds Csliseum tonight. another crack-up which took place in the Chicago races Sunday is shown, as Ray Richards (left) and Tony Willman knock the straw marker flying and go into & spin. Behind them is shown Jimmy Snyder they are shown going the wrong way on the track. | who managed to avert the crash.
In the photo below
Brown Brothers and Daniel Boone Savage Win in Wrestling Matches
The Brown brothers of Wichita | scored a grand slam at the Armory last night in the weekly wrestling offering. Orville tossed Babe Zaharias, the roly-poly crying Greek from Colorado, in straight falls in the main event and Frank employed a drop kick and body press to bump off Eddie Newman of New York in one of the special semiwindups. Frank's victory was registered in 21 minutes. Thirty-two minutes passed before Orville Brown clamped on his Indian deathlock hold to spill Zaharjas in 32 minutes of violent rough- | housing. The leglock took it out of the blue-eyed Babe and he lasted only eight minutes in the second fall, going down under an airplane spin and body press.
Big Dan Is Aroused
Daniel Boone Savage, hill-billy from Kentucky, had a new one for the customers last night. Mr. Whiskers had his hair pulled and eyes gouged by Cowboy Luttrall of Texas, and he didn’t like it. The huge Kentuckian finally decided he was in an old-fashioned scuffling match and in 10 minutes Luttrall was crying for mercy. Savage compelled the Cowboy to say “uncle” by applying an arm squeeze and head hold. He tossed Luttrall to the floor, pinned him and then yanked his head backward, throwing 260 pounds into play. Luttrall tried to squirm free,
but learned it was useless and sig-
naled to the referee that he was through for the night. Savage described the hold as a reverse cowhead headlock, saying, “Didn't you ever grab a cow by the horns and bend its head backward?” And so that was that, and Daniel Boone Savage folded his tattered blanket and stalked out of the ring on the long end of the decision. The big fellow is short on mat skill, but there is plenty of power in his shoulders and neck.
Nut Shell as Scratcher It was a four-bout show with the curtain-raiser, Al Gets of Boston
downed Andy Chikos of Dallas in 19 minutes, using a slam and body press. They were strangers in the Armory arena and their struggle was tame at times. Approximately 2600 fans sat in on the program. Alabama Bill Lee, former captain of the University of Alabama football team, who has won six consecutive bouts here, may be seen in the main go next week. His bid is in and Matchmaker Lloyd Carter is thinking it over. In last night’s final tussle Orville Brown and Babe Zaharias turned it
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looked like the heavies were going to destroy the ring, ropes, posts and | all. Flying mares and slam holds | were exchanged and during a facesmearing scrimmage Zaharias used a peanut shell as a scratcher. Referee Buchanan, who had been tossed across the ring during the Savage-Luttrall melee, was kept busy breaking strangle holds when Brown and Zaharias tangled. The pace was fast throughout and after
Brown tallied the second and victory fall the Babe was groggy and | out of steam. |
Governor Is
Named Relay Honor Judge
Wallace 0. Lee and George Chronic Also Listed as Honorary Officials.
Governor Townsend has accepted an invitation to serve as honorary referee for the Butler Relays, Her=
mon Phillips, Relays director, has announced. wallace O. Lee and George D. Chronic also will act as honorary officials. G. A. Cooper is to be referee and starter for both the afternoon and night events. His assistants will be Hal Dawson and Gerald Woods. Paul Hinkle, Butler athletic director, will announce the night program. J. R. Townsend is to be head clerk of the course, with Fred Seward, David Burns and F. B. VanArsdall as assistants. Custodians of the trophies are to be Lew Hill, Jake Kiefer, Charles Schaab and Edward Shepperd. Caraway Finish Judge Handly W. Caraway has been chosen head finish judge. He is to be assisted by Thomas A. Britton, George A. Litchfield, Robert Nipper, Homer Allen, Glenn Gray and Edward P. Fillion. Inspectors of the turns are to be Myron Tauer, Lou Reichel, Al Feeney and John Allen. Timers are to be A. R. Coffin, Hugh Middlesworth, Verle Campbell and Richard Papenguth. Don Knight is to be head finish judge of the field. Field clerks will be Don Youel, John Compton, Jack Carr Jr. and Paul Lockhart. Shot put judges will be Theodore Cable and Charles Collins. Judges for the pole vault will be Edward Bradford and William Davis and those for the high jump will be E. E. Reid and Paul Tauer. Dr. J. T. C. McCallum, Butler University physician, is to be the field physician. Harrison Miller has been selected as official scorer. The Relays entry list today was boosted to 24 teams and 358 in=dividuals as 12 additional schools entered contestants in the annual carnival. Miami University, Oxford, O., filed 28 entries. one less than the total entered from the University of Michigan. Others to register were Michigan State, 26; Earlham, 23; Notre Dame, 22; Kansas State Teachers of Em= poria, 21; Ohio State, 17; DePauw, 16; Ohio Wesleyan, 15; Indiana Central, 15; Marquette, 8; Michigan Normal, 5, and Cincinnati, 1.
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