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~ TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 1937

Johnny Lewellen, Diver, Gets Places Divers Ways

Muncie Swimmer Really Wanted To Compete In Diving Championships—He Hitch-Hiked To Yale.

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BOSS KILLEFER STARTS WORK ON INFIELD

Buck Fausett | Look Announces He

By JOHN W. THOMPSON HERE is a young fellow from Muncie, by name John

Lewellen. For the last couple of years he has been doing some expert diving for the Hoosier Athletic Club. Last year he won first place in every | meet in which he competed.

This year, John, a student at the Ball State Teachers College, has been winning about 75) per ‘cent of- the

events in which he has competed. -| For several months John has been expressing to Bud Sawin, the |

Will Sign U Hoosier swimming coach, a desire to get into (the swim at the Na- int i ict tional Men’s Senior Championships to be held at Yale University next League Publicity Chief Visits week-end. But circumstances seemed to be stacked against Mr. Lew- - -_- Pr Camp and Reveals Pow Last week-end he plunged in, and with the aid of the H. A.C. in the matter of an entry fee, Mr. Lewellen is going to compete in the cham- erful A. A. Clubs. pionships at Yale. He has hitch-hiked all the way to the meet, according to Mr. Sawin. He will spend the week practicing and over the By EDDIE ASH week-end he will take part in the highboard diving events. BOWLING GREEN, Ky., April 6. —Satisfied with his pitching, catching and outfield departments, Manager Killefer directed his war-

s # » : ® 8 ® . Y2 can’t slow down the boys out at Pleasant Run golf course. They whooping today toward bringing the Tribe infield up to Class AA stand-

were scheduled to romp through the first tourney of the season ard. :

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Montanez Is Winner Over Lou Ambers

Close Decision Iss Given to Puerto Rican After Champ Shows Well.

By United Press NEW YORK, April 6.—It was a close fight and the galleryites thought Lightweight Champion Lou Ambers had won, but referee and judges unanimously agreed that Pedro Montanez, Puerto Rican, had

Out Vince, It's a Curve Ball--Stee-rike!

out there Sunday. But Mr. Armington, tha weather man who is a stanch Irvington supporter, must have got his dates crossed because

it rained the Pleasant Valley boys out.

That didn’t stop them, though. meager reports it must have been

They held a meeting and from my pretty interesting. Plans for the

‘Indianapolis Public Links Association activities: were discussed and also

ideas concerning the club tourneys.

played in May this year. Paul Frame is president of the Tomlinson is secretary and

swell start at the Irvington clio. n o 2 HAVE very distinct memories ass

Ed Mooney is understand that Dale Lentz has gotten

The club ehampionship is to be

Pleasant Run organization. Stuart Public Links representative. 1 his: membership drive off to a

” ® ” ociated with the Pleasant Run Golf

course. My harrowing es perience has nothing to do with golfing

and it happened long before I was being initiated into a se night. the-bond, Our persecutors turned the golf course with some

night and Bill and I took six or seven

fastness of the back nine.

zn 2 ® wi 1 first heard about John

Bill Frosch, now an announcer

vazue instructions.

he club was taken under the city’s wing.

boys’ society in Irvington one for WIRE, was my brother-in-in a grave-yard north of It was a dark, starless hours to beat our way out of the

cret

us loose

® n - 8 Henry Lewis coming to town Friday

night to do fististuff with one Vincent Parille, whom we, as others, shall call the heavywzight champion of South America, I was

not overly moved.

But the thing is taking on unusual aspects now that I've had time

to trundle out the records. about 1932. is the cold fact ti at non Lewis at that time gained

James J. Braddock, world champion among

process dodgers. Of course that was

For there, nestled among the statistics

e other than this same John Henry

victory over none other than this same

the heavyweights and the

five years ago and Lewis is five years: older now.

But so is Braddock and he still is champ.

Uptown Tenpin Meet to End Tournament Season

By EERNARD HARMON The season's final local bowling tournament is to be staged at the

Uptown Alleys April 17, 18. It is man teams.

to be a 1020. scratch classic for five-

Tournaments at the North Side drives have always proven popular

and, with the season drawing to a close,

attract a record entry. The usual handicaps and entry fees are to prevail in the Uptown affail, teams being handicapped 80 per cent of the difference between thei league average and 1020.] Entry fee is $10 a team, including’ bowling charges. The present schedule calls for squads at 1, 3:15, 5:30, 7:45 and 10 Saturday and at 11 a. m, 1:15 p. m., 3:30 p. m. 5:45 p. m, 8 p. m. and 10:13 |p. m. Suriday. = Additional squads are to be added if necessary.

High Scoring Prevai's

Yesterday's league activities developed nifty totals, Lee Carrain’s 723 in the Indianapolis Star's matinee session at the Pritchett Alleys carrying off the individual honors. The league ended its regular schedule last week and Carmin’s 723 that | came from games of 246, 234 and | 243, was posted in the loops annual sweepstakes. The big series was rolled from scratch and won Carmin first place. Owen Fancher tossed 171, 258 and 220 for a 638 which, with a handicap of 16, was good for a 674 and the runnerup position. The chief scorer of the regular league ‘sessions was George Lohman of the Indiana State Highway League, also performing on the Pritchett Alleys. Lohman turned: in a 676 when he pounded the maples for games of 202, 213 and 261. It was a season record in tae league. Jess Smythe was his only rival but he halted far behind atv 601. All team clashes were decided through odd-game decisions. Ar:h Dukes, Engineers, rators gaining the edge over Arch Demons, Road Design, Traffic Survey and Steele Crete.

Carl Wood Gets 72 Games of 233, 223 and 216 gave

Carl Wood a 672 and tre top spot

of the = Transportation Le%gue matches at the Pritchett Alleys. A

teammate, Simmons, turned in 5

627 and the combination gave Chesapeake : a sweep over Baltimore & Ohio. Weimer’s 609 for Indiana Railroad,

the only other three-game winner in

the team matches, conipleted the list of 600 shooters. New York Cen-

tral, Chicago & Northwestern and Southern Pacific won their tilts

through two-to-one decicions.

Every team match of the Evangelical League session a. Pritchett’s Paul Tayto rivals when he cracked cut games of

developed a 600 shooter.

lor, however, proved superior

Road Design ind Sepa- |

& Ohio a 2900 total and

the coming event will no doubt the quintet won twice over Browns. | Fred Behrens paced Red Sox to an odd-game decision over Giants with a 604, and Oito Richter’s 601 was the top contribution for Tigers, who | took two tilts from Cardinals. Ed

{Bronoh had 615 and Bqb Bollinger 613 for the unopposed ite Sox.

| Milburn Top Scorer

i | Five pastimers of the Fraternal | League, in session at the Illinois, | passed the 600 mark, Milburn top- | ping the quintet with a 640. V. | Mall had a 620, Weiner 617, H. Hall | 613 and Godwin 611. Berghoff Beer, Pittman-Moore, Beck Coal & Coke and Gaseteria turned in shutouts in the team clashes. Bright was the lone honor shooter of the Gibson Co. League, rolling at the Illinois. He had a 626. Automobiles triple victory over exports was the only shutout registered in the team contests. Bud Schoch totaled 621 to nose out Dick Nordholt by one pin for honors of the Reformed Church League at the Pritchett Alleys. They

to pass the 600 mark. Immanuel No. 1 was the lone threegame winners of the evening.

Bert Sering’s 618 in the Indian-

apolis Automotive League session | at the Antlers, Mundt’s 625 that was good for honors in the Optimist joey at, Pritchett’s, Morris’ 618, the leading solo count of the Indiana Bell Telephone League at the | Indiana and Dan Logan's 612, the | top series of the Fountain Square Merchants League at the Fountain | Square, were other outstanding | totals of the evening's league play.

Near 600 Mark

Five pastimers threatened the | honor mark but wound up in the 590 class. Skidmore had a 598 in the St. Joan of Arc at the Uptown, oval posted a. 597 in the ion Club at the Antlers, Jake Friejie reached 596 in the Holy Cross at the Central, Bruhn paced the Kroger League at the Pennsylvania with 594 and Lippincott mowed down 592 in the Kiwanis session at the Indiana. Other league leaders were: Indianapolis Church (Fountain Square), W. Arnold, 591; Federal (Illinois), Englehart, 578, and Pptown Ladies (Uptown), Newsom, 552.

TRACK ATHLETE DIES

Times Special

“We are weak at first base,” he said, “and I am trying to obtain a seasoned player for that job. Buck Fausett, the holdout third sacker, wired me last night that he would come in. He cost us $4500, turned in a fairly good job last year and I believe he’ll sign.” Fausett has been a full-fledged holdout, but he is smart enough to know that Indianapolis can still get a replacement, His wire to Killefer said, “When and where shall I report?” Killefer’'s answer was, “Come to camp: We'll talk it over.” The Hoosiers’ leader contacted the Detroit Tigers and Boston Nationals without result except promises, but still remained cheerful and said, “Don’t be surprised if we have two or three new players in here shortly. I_have solved these problems before when pressed for time and believe I have been in the game long enough to solve the current situation.” "Cards to Keep Siebert ° Virtually all chances of arranging the return of Dick Siebert, first baseman, faded late yesterday when the St. Louis Cardinals advised the Indians that the 1936 Tribe star would be retained on the Mound City club’s roster this year. There is a slight possibility that the Cardinals will change their decision, but | it is so remote that Killefer has switched his search to other fields. Rookies Bob Latshaw and Bob Kahle have been doing fairly well at first and third, respectively, at

pitcher, whose delivery

has just reached a point a few feet over home

In the unusual photograph above, Tribesman Gallivan is the | plate. At the left is Vince Sherlock with the bat held ready for a |

dna “kill.” The catcher is the popular Johnny Riddle. is the Indian hoss, Wade Killefer. The picture was taken at the Indians’ spring training camp in Bowling Green, Ky.

earned the 10-round decision. The Herkimer Hurricane's title was not on the line because both fighters were over thé 135-pound limit last night, but there was lit= tle doubt that Lou would. still be wearing the crown had the battle gone the 15-round championship distance. Montanez weighed 1382, Ambers 137. Montanez’s powerful body attack piled him up a huge margin .in the first half of the fight, but Ambers’ strong finish had the Puerto Rican groggy at the final bell. He won the sixth, seventh, eighth and 10th rounds easily and appeared as fresh as at the start, while Motnanez was both leg and arm weary. Victory for Pedro was supposed to mean a title bout this summer, but Madison Square Garden Promoter Jimmy Johnston indicated that the flashy Islander would have to meet the winner of the May 7 Ambers-Tony Canzoneri championeship match “in another “over-the= weight” 12-round battle before he would get a title shot. Few of the 17,000 fans, who paid $54,257 to see the fight, realized what a terrific body barrage Ambers absorbed in the first five rounds. All they could see was Montanez’ head bobbing back and forth as Lou shot home those rapid inside right uppercuts. To the referee and judges, Montanez’ blows appeared to do more damage than Ambers’ although there were less of them.

imes Photo by Wheeler. And the “Umps”

Bowling Green, but the rest of the clubs in the American Association are too stout to gamble with young- | sters at these key positions. | Frank Colley, publicity director of the league, who has visited all A. A.! camps in the South, reached Bowl- | ing Green last hight on the last leg of his tour and informed Killefer Cup Will that the four Western clubs stack up | all-powerful. “St. Paul, Minneapo- | lis and Kansas City are set and ready to go,” Colley said, “and Mil-

the Tribe's spring training camp ni |

Biggest First-Day Crowd.

A.A. to Give Trophy Again

Go to Club Having |

waukee seems to be in a position to present a strong front by open- | ing day. League Looks Stronger

All along the line, the league

were the only members of the loop Nordholt’s

as a whole looks stronger

one team, Milwaukee, which had an unusual all-star roster in 1936 and swept to the pennant and little world series title in decisive fashion. But the Brewers, in my opinion, are not going to be that stout this season, although right now they are a treat.” ” Colley refrained from . discussing the four Eastern clubs, which were paced by the Indians last year, who finished fourth in the regular race and second in the playoffs. “I haven’t looked over the Hoosiers yet, but I know the Eastern teams still are combing the country for replacements in certain positions. 1 hope they make it.” Colley spent many years in the league as a baseball writer at Columbus and is qualified to give an expert’s opinion on preseason forecasts. For the second day in a row the Indians were unable to play on the diamond . at the Warren County fair grounds. yesterday. An early morning rain soaked the infield, but the day was not lost. Manager Killefer took his athletes to the grass outfield and sidelines and sent them through three hours of exercise, consisting of batting, running, throwing and fly-chasing. The pitchers also were kept busy and the only important item lost was infield practice. Commands from the chief to keep active weren't required. The wey turf and a strong wind forced the boys to hustle. Rain Soaks the Field The players hardly had returned to their hotel headquarters when a thunderstorm struck the city and drenched the streets. And the downpour also made the ball park; a mile away, look like a lily pond, a situation which may slow up the Indians’ practice today. The hardest part of the Indians’ exhibition schedule is coming up. They are to play the strong Home-

stead, Pa., Grays here Thursday and Friday, take on the Nashville Southern Association club here Saturday, play a double-header in Bowling Green Sunday, tackling both Nash-

Times Special i COLUMBUS, O. April 6—Following the usual custom in the American Association, President

than | George M. Trautman announced tolast year with the exception of |

day that he would award a trophy to the club in the league which has the largest attendance on its 1937 opening day, Two cups were awarded last year, but this was because of the unusual circumstances attending the openings. The Eastern clubs stared their campaign Sunday while the Western teams made their initial bows be-

fore the home folks on week-days. The Louisville Colonels grabbed

the trophy awarded last year to the Eastern section for the largest Sunday

attendance on getaway day, while the cup for the Western half

of the circuit was taken by Kansas

City.

Since all of the clubs in the

league will stage their openings on

week-days this year, unless rain should interfere, President Trautman will resume the usual custom

of giving only one trophy.

Considerable = rivalry exists

throughout the circuit as opening day plans are pushed to insure the largest possible attendance. Louisville and Kansas City again are preparing for huge first-day crowds and may retain the honors they won last year.

However, the other teams in the

league, Minneepolis, St. Paul, Milwaukee, Toledo, Indianapolis and Columbus, all are expecting reccrd crowds to witness their first home games.

SHORTRIDGE THINLIES

Cleveland Leads Giants,

Yanks Knock Five Homers

By United Press

hibition games.

triple. singles in three times at bat.

gi | TYLER, Tex. April 6—The Cleveland Indians led the New York | Giants 4-3 as they met here today for the eighth of their 18 spring ex- | The score was tied 3-3 in the eighth yesterday when ih : «Bad News” Hale came to bat with the bases loaded. He smacked a | feature bout on the all-heavyweight Julius Solters led the Indian aftack with a home run and two

Lou hit the canvas in the first round, but was up with no count, and said afterwards he had slipped. Montanez’ best round was the third when he rocked the champion with two hard rights that left him a ue groggy.

'Shikuma to Face Plummer Tonight

The Japanese “sleeper” hold ex- | pert, Schinichi Shikuma, is to return to the local arena tonight for a tussle with Lou (Boastful) | Plummer, 240, Baltimore, in the

Additional Sports on Page 20

wrestling card at the Armory. The

Georgie Davis set the Giants’ pace with a

homer and three one-baggers.

| DALLAS, Tex.—The New York Yankees Were out for their fifth straight victory since breaking training camp as they clashed with the Dallas ‘Steers of the Texas League today. The Yanks submerged the Galveston Bucs, 13-2, yesterday ‘under a 17-hit attack which brought their two-day total of basehits to 35 and runs to 27. Five home runs were added to the Yanks’ total yesterday.

SARASOTA, Fla.—Manager Burleigh Grimes of the Brooklyn Dodgers after a long conference with Joe Cronin announced today that he had given up hope of obtaining Moe Berg from the Red Sox. He had planned to use Berg as second coach and utility catcher. The Dodgers and Sox play their last exhibition of the year here today.

hibition games.

innings to break a 9-2 lead.

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Times Special

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WINTER HAVEN, Fla—Jimmy Wilson’s rejuvenated Phillies break training camp tomorrow after their game with the Rochester Red Wings of the International League. The Philadelphia Nationals scored their_

third straight victory yesterday, 6 tO | freshman créw on June: 5.

rivals, the Chicago Cubs, 13-9 yesterday to win| the fourth of six exThe Sox collected | Saunooke’s initial 11 runs in the seventh and eighth | ance.

| Dorve Roche, 220, Decatur, Il, in | the. semiwindup. The opener Will | pit Roy Graham, 215, Dallas, Tex, | against Juan Humberto, 216, Spain.

'RED BIRDS WILL DRILL|

For Drill at Culver

CULVER, Ind., April 6.—A squad of 30 oarsmen reported for outdoor drill this week at Culver as the rowing season got under way with the return of clear water to Lake |

last season under the name of the University Heights baseball club, is to hold its first practice session Sunday in Roosevelt Stadium. The team is captained by John Simon, former Indiana Central player. borne, 1083 Hanna Ave., is booking games for the team.

are working out in preparation for the opening race | of the season May 8 with the Fox

River Boat Club of Geneva, 111. Races also have been scheduled with the. Lincoln Park Boat Club on May 28 and with the Wisconsin

3, over the Cincinnati Reds. Fred Tauby, who has reached first base 14 out of the last 19 times at bat,. hit two singles and looks like the starting 1937 Philly center fielder.

SAN BERNARDINO, Cal.—The Pittsburgh Pirates today headed south on a barnstorming tour preceding the opening of the National League season in Chicago. The Pirates ended a month's training in Southern California yesterday by defeating a semi-pro team, 7-3.

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Chicago White Sox defeated their home town

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169, 257 and 205 for a 161 while in action with the Cubs, wich, despite the big series, dropped {wo games fo pirates. Henry Tegele! paced the winners with a 622. George Burch’s 254 finish and Val Schneider’s 256 middle game gave the pair totals of 628 and 615, leading to two victories cver Indians who had Bill Brehob’s 639 as their best solo count. Red Grannaman wound up with a 245 that netted him 616 and gave Athletics the edge in 7 double win over Yankees, which had Ed Menges’ 622 as its best: ohn Bentley anchored Dodgers witli a 609 and

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