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THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 1937

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LOCAL PINMEN TO DEFEND A, B. C. TITLE

Hi-Bru Quintet Baseball Still Is Old Game of Hit and Run to Tribesmen Faces Tourney um oe ui Pins Tonight

‘Season Record Posted by . Jack Hunt in Local League Play.

By BERNARD HARMON

Local activities are secondary in bowling circles today, as Indianapolis fans await news of their world champions, the Falls City HiBrus, who defend their A. B. C. title on the 1937 tournament "alleys in ‘| New York City tonight. When Capt. Charley Cray of the 1936 title holders leads his aggregation to their Aalleys at 10:30 the entire Indianapolis tenpin populace will be pulling. for a repetition of last year’s performance in the State Fair Ground Coliseum that netted them a 3089 total and the five-man championship. In most sports competition, | champions often repeat, but in the

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Coach Layden Has His Football Boys Out for. Spring Practice—Just as if They Needed It.

By JOHN W. THOMPSON NEVER could see much logic to playing golf. seemed like so much wasted energy. Fellows would tell me that it was the’ greatest sport on earth. But I couldn't see it. It seemed to me that you just spent a lot of time batting a4 white pill over a lot of ¥ either wet or burnt orass at an unheard of hour either too early or too late and all you were:when you were through,

was tired. But that was before I played. Well do I recall the first nine holes I sought out. I say nine holes buf if the mileage had been accurately counted it would have been more like the distance covered in 36 holes | of regular play. That baM was the goldangedest thing for curving one 4 way or the other that I ever saw. It may have been because the ball | was ro good. I don't like to alibi but it is true that that first ball was one I found in the water nazard out at Pleasant Run. { I don’t know to this day why it took me 12 strokes on that second hole. Of course; it. may have been because the clubs I used weren't so hot. .I don’t like to alibi. But it is true that those clubs, all three of them, were ones I had salvaged out of the attic after they'd laid there three winters. And I don’t suppose the fact that the head kept dropping off of the niblick had any pleasant effect on my game. My first nine holes were played under a blazing sun. There had been a heavy dew and I could barely see through the rising steam. When I finally waggled back to the clubhouse I was a perfect specimen for an experimenting chiropractor. And then is when it first dawned on me that golf is the greatest game of them all. .

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T probably isn't news| to many people that they're playing football at Notre Dame, not even if it is out of season. Coach Elmer Layden, rated the best after-dinner speaker in’ the Middle West and a pretty good football coach to boot, has finally gotten his proteges out on the gridiron after two or three false starts. Coach Layvden will keep his boys humping until May 2. On that day they are to play the regulation game which tops off each spring football session. It should be a whiz. If you can imagine a better football game than to see the best team in the country playing itself then you won't want to see this one. In honor of the late Johnny O'Brien, who was killed in an auto accident March 12. this vear's season-end game will be known as the Johnny O'Brien Memarial Game. The Irish mentor was end coach and in charge of freshman track at the time of his death. He was captain of the 1931 Notre Dame track team, world record

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15 Teams Enter Skating Derby

Fifteen teams, representing all

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Indi | ; 'SYCAMORES CANCEL . Indians to Encount r First Real a iS Competition in Today’s Contest

Times Special By EDDIE" ASH Yesterday's box score follows: the third stanza in which the regu-

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TERRE HAUTE, Ind., April 8.— Indiana State Teachers College

holder in the 60-yard high hurdles and a star end in football. He was

known as “One-Play O'Brien” because he got into the Notre Dame- ©

Army game in 1928 with one minute left to play. He snagged a long pass from John Niemiec and ran for a touchdown which gave Notre

bowling game it's different, and.the Brus are out to set a precedent. Never in A. B. C. tournament history has a team carrying the exact

BOWLING GREEN, Ky., April 8. —Scheduled to tackle stern 'competion for the first time, the Indians

Dame a 12-to-6 victory. The Notre Dame Alumni Club of St. Joseph Valley will co-operate with the Monogram Club in sponsoring the football game in Johnny's

memory.

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THINK someone owes the Y. M. C. A. some sort of trophy for perpetuating the sport of volleyball. Any number of other organizations have attempted to start and continue volleyball leagues but none keep at it like the “Y.” : Tonight they are to start a spring intra-mural tournament at 7:30 o'clock. Four teams have been formed and they are to play a complete series. Ralph Leas and M. L. Payne are in charge of the two teams which will play the first game while Enos Pray and Carl Jeffries are captaining the other two outfits.

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"They say there is nothing befter for the disgruntled or adventurous housewife than a marathon swim of some kind. They just finished one up at the Hoosier Athletic Club. They called it a “swimming cruise.” It was won by Mrs. Robert Barnes who may be adventurous but certainly doesn't look disgruntled. Mrs. Barnes swam a total of 112 miles in the last three months to outdistance a field of 30 swimmers. Mrs. Lillian Free was second with 60 miles; Mrs. E. A. Kemper third with 50 miles. n ”n ” Mike Jacobs, who is a big part of the Twentieth Century Club, has offered Freddie Steele $35,000 to fight the winner of the Apostoli-Krieger match next Wednesday. : Steele's going up!

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championship lineup repeated. The Barry & Ketler team nabbed the top spot in the 1915] event, and the next year, with one change in the lineup, finished first under the name Barry.

same lineup in tonight's competi- | tion that t

face the mapies at the same time and each is capable of stealing the show frecm the champions.

champions, with a lineup composed | of Herman Bohne, Fred Schleimer, Bob Wuensch, Phil Bisesi and Jerry O'Grady. is a real dark horse and may pull a surprise.

Wiesman, long identified as one of

Selmier’'s Caddies. led by the veteran hook-ball artist, Charlie Lieb-

tries who will see action along with the Hi-Brus.

aggregation composed of himself,

removed the wraps today as they | prepared to meet the strong Homestead Penn Grays, Negro National Lélgue nine in the opener of a twogame series. on the Bowling Green spring training diamond. : Red Phillips, the former Detroiter 1936 Lineup Intact who has been looking capable : {enough to earn mainstay rating in The Hi-Brus are to present ihe the American Association, and Lloyd { Johnson, former Coast Leaguer were to share the pitching for the Redskins. It was planned to let the former, a righthander; work five innings, and southpaw Johnson the : remaining four. state | The Tribe's probable starting batC7 | ting order this afternoon was as follows: Sherlock, 2b; Hoover, ss; Eckhardt, rf; Taylor, If; Berger, cf; J. Riddle, ¢; Latshaw, lb; Kahle, 3b; Phillips, p. Joe Hoover, listed as a catcher, has been working out on the infield and was to be used at short instead of Lawrie, the Indianapolis lad who turned up with a sore arm this morning. Francis (Salty) Parker, who is the No. 1 shortstop candidate, vesterday worked out at the position for the first time since reporting. He shared it with Joe Lawrie during

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Sixty Collegians Listed On A. A. Team Rosters

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CCLTUMBUS, O. April 8.—Not so long ago, college men were ‘rare A club that boasted of one player who attended college was better than the average, while two “highhbrows” on the

in| organized baseball.

same team made it most unusual. «© That day is past and now the college man is playing a big part in| baseball. A check-up of players in | the American Association indicates | that 30 per cent have attended col- | lege and that at least half of those | received degrees. 60 College Men Listed ere are 60 college men listed on | Tren club rosters. Leading the | leaghe is the Columbus club with 13, | while Indianapolis is second with 10. | There are nine collegians on the | Kansas City club, eight/ with Minne- | apolis; seven at St. Paul, five each with Louisville and Milwaukee and J three at Toledo. A total of 52 colleges and universities are represented by this group of 60 men. Two or three of the players have attended more than one school, which boosts the total to 64. Heading the parade is the University of Texas with four of its sons in the American Association this year. Next in line comes Holy Cross with three, while there are two each from Lenoir-Rhyne at Hickory, N. C., St. Louis University, the University of . Mississippi, the University of Minnesota, the University of Wisconsin, the University of Iowa and the University of Michigan.

Other Schools Named

Single representatives of the following institutions are found in the league: Albright, Austin Normal, Alabama, Brown, Bowling Green, O., California, Columbia, Chaminade, Colgate, Drake, Davidson, East Texas State Teachers, East Central State Teachers of Ada, Okla. Georgia, High Point, Illinois, Iowa State Teachers, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana Poly. Luther, Millikin. Mt. Morris, Miami, New York U., North Carolina, Notre Dame, Ohio TU, Oklahoma A. & M., Pennsylvania, Penn State, Purdue, Rockhurst, Southern California, Southeastern State Teachers at Durant, Okla., Southwestern, San Diego Military, Texarkana, Texas Chiropractic, Union Theological Seminary, Vanderbilt, Wake Forest, Washington and Lee and Wyoming.

GOLF MEET CANCELED

Bad weather forced the Hillcrest | 3

Country Club to cancel the women's medal play handicap golf tourna-

Percy Henry, Bobby Wilmoth, Hen{ry Bunch and Clarence Mack. Included in the Selmier’s lineup, besides Liebtag, is Tom Selmier, Larry Langben, Charlie Spotts and Bernie Johnson.

Hunt Breaks Record

A new city individual record for the season was posted last night by Jack Hunt, a member of the L. S. Ayres Co. team of the Indianapolis

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ment scheduled for yesterday.

| League. The. quintet, rolling its games scheduled for next Wednesday night, was in action after the regular scheduled: matches. The Ayresmen and the Packard Motors, their opponents in the late match, are to roll in the A. B. C. tournament next week. Hunt in topping the former 765 record of Bill Wischmeyer tossed games of 236, 244 and 296 for a 776. With an opportunity to roll a .perfect game within sight, Hunt followed 11 consecutive strikes with a high hit that left th€ 4, 7, 9 and 10 pins standing in his final try. Hunt's team totaled 3050 from 997, 983 and "1070 to shut out the Packards. Bud Argos’ 607 for the winners and Chuck Markey's 610 for the losers were other feature solo counts.

Barbasols Lose Two

: Three other 700 totals featured the Individual performances of last night's scheduled league play. The top series of the three, Dan Abboti’s 713, was rolled Sunday night. Abbott, a member of the Bowes Seal Fast aggregation of the Indianapolis League, which was en route to the A. B. C. tournament last night, posted his total when his team rolled their series in advance of the regular schedule. Jess Pritchett Sr. totaled 712 in the same session, while George Spencer turned in a 703 in the Indiang Recreation. Abbott's leading series was garnered from games of 233, 256 and 224 and set the pace in the Seal Fast's 3293 that topped the performances of other quintets in action last night. The team had games of 1134, 1143 and 1016 that were good for two victories over Hudepoh!l Beer. All other members of the winners passed the 600 mark, Fonnie Snyder getting 675. Larry Fox 667. Ed Striebeck 623 and Lou Daugherty 615. Eddie Hornberger's 653. Bert Bruder’s 636 and Roy Haislup's 609 were the feature scores for the losers who totaled 3001 on 929, 1023 and 1049. Despite Pritchett's big series, Which resulted from games of 257. 267 and 188, Barbasols dropped two games to Marmon-Herrington. The Winners totaled 3063, when Bud (Turn to Page 24)

8 Champions Are Named at Gary

GARY. April 8—Eight amateur boxing champions, crowned last

night in the final round of the In-diana-Kentucky Amateur Athletic Union boxnig tournament, today were en route to Boston to compete in the national senior championships starting April 13. Last nights championship bouts climaxed two days of heated comin which more# than B80 young fighers from a dozen Indiana cities participated. Big Elza Thompson, Indianapolis Negro fighter and Golden Gloves competitor, knocked out Emanuel Williams, Gary, in the first round to win the heavyweight title Champions in the other seven divisions inciuded: 112 Pounds—Mitchell Walton, Gary, feemtioal knockout over James Joyce, 118° Pounds—Horace Willoughby. Terre Haute, technical knockout over Hugh Bur-

son, Elkhart. 126 Pounds—Ray Harris, South Bend, decision over Jackie Nichols. East Chicago. Indianapolis,

135 Pounds—Milton Bess, decision over Robert Lewis, Gary. 147 Pounds—Joe: Benna, Terre Haute, de_160 Pounds—Booker Beckwith, Gary, decision over &worge Latka, Gary. : 175 Pounds—Walter Schramm. East ChiS decision over John Humphreys, South The finalist won their way into the championchip flight by scoring victories in semifinal bouts held qarlier in the evening.

Grid, Net Schedules Announced at Tech

Technical High School's football and basketball schedules for the 1937-38 season were announced today by Fred R. Gorman, athletic director. One basketball game, scheduled with Shortridge, is tentative. The schedules are:

Rootball—Sept. 24, Richmond: Lafayette: Oct. 8. Muncie; Ry Mast ; Oct. 22, Cathedral; Oct. 29, at Anderson; Nov. 5, Washington; Nov. 12, [at

Shortfdee. Basketball—Dec. 3, at Kokomo: Dec. at Newcastle; Dec. 11, Cathedral: Det. Ha at Columbus; Dec. 18, Frankfort; Decy 30. Shortridge (tentative): Jan. 1. Richmond;

infield .drill and then retired for the

day. The ex-Tiger still is under normal weight as the result of an

operation and unless there is a sharp

turn for the better in his physical condition the Indians may have another problem on their hands by the time the American Association opening day rolls around.

Came From Tigers

He was obtained from the Tigers in the Paul Trout deal and from the outset of the transaction was expected to fill the position as a successor to Otto Bluege, who was transferred to Milwaukee.

Sunshine replaced showers in western Kentucky yesterday and for the first time since Saturday the Indians wefe able to practice on the diamond. The training pace was stepped up and the boys were sent through every routine in the practice ‘book. Morning and afternoon drills were held and then an intraclub game of six innings was staged in which the regulars thumped the Yannigans, 7 to 1, The crowning blow was struck by Johnny Riddle, veteran backstop, who slammed out a home run with the bases loaded and the mighty poke was made off his brother Elmer, rookie right hander. In previous performamces the younger Riddle looked impressive but that single over-the-fence drive, following a triple and two walks, may move him right out of the picture to another season in the little minors. The regulars collected nine hits and the Yannigans five. Jimmy Sharp and Ox Hartley divided the mound toil for the winners and Elmer Riddle and Tom Gallivan tossed them up for the Yannigans. Hartley made the best showing, allowing one hit in three innings, although Sharp also had a good record by striking out four in three rounds. He issued two walks but held the Yannigans to four hits and

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one run. The red-thatched youngster from California is making a courageous effort to land a starting assignment this year.

Eckhardt Hits Hard

Huge Oscar Eckhardt met the ball with power again and obtained a single and triple. The three-bagger was a whistling line drive to center fleld, bearing out his own boast that he is in better shape than in all other springtime sessions. Johnny Riddle’s home run with the sacks filled was registered in

lars tallied five runs and sewed up the abbreviated contest. Bob Latshaw, the rookie who is gamely fighting for the first-base berth, came: through with a double and single, batted in two runs and acquitted himself well in the field. Bill Lewis, catcher, down from the Boston Nationals, returned to duty after an absence of several days and

bat. He caught the first three in.nings for the Yannigans and on his showing it's a safe guess that Jimmy Crandall is going to have a hard time beating him out of the underi study job to Johnny Riddle. Lewis was called home on -account of the serious illness of his father and remained until the crisis had passed. He has a lot of “pep” and hustle and apparently has set out to give Riddle a race for the No. 1 catching assignment.

Engel Watches Rookies Otto Meyers tore off a triple for the Yannigans in the second inning,

a fine drive to center that put Fred Berger on a deep run. He is a

of the Northern League. Joe Engel, general manager of the Washinglon American farm system, remained at the park all day and watched the rookies perform, after which he stated that places would be found for perhaps seven in leagues grading from Class D to A. Denial was made by both Indianapolis club ‘officials and Engel that a working agreement had been reached between the Senators farm system and the Indians. Danny Taylor, the left fielder, finally got his eye on the ball yesterday and got two hits. He is more or less a gamble and it will require

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canceled four track meets scheduled for this season because a campus building program deprived the thinlies of a practice field. The meets canceled were with Indiana Central, DePauw, Butler and Eastern Illinois. $ An intramural track schedule has been substituted. Plans are being made to enter teams in the big and little state track meets and also for the installation of a year-round track at a later date.

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i NEW YORK, April 8—Wrestling I sccording to Coach Lou Little of Co-

[lumbia, is the best training activity | for football players.

| . | more time to figure him out. He [came down from Brooklyn late last season with the reputation of banging the ball, but failed to bang 1t except in spots, after which he “ran out” on the Indians and fled for home. So it looks like Danny will have to be placed in the doubtful class this spring, according to close observers at training camp. It will take better pitching to classify Taylor. He looks a little weak as a Class AA pastither at the present time and may upset Manager Killefer's outfield arrangement. Norman A. Perry, president of the Indians, announced late yesterday that Kelly Thompson of the Western Kentucky State Teachers College of Bowling Green has been appointed publicity director of the Hoosiers. For several years Mr. Thompson has been field representative and publicity chief for the Western Hilltoppers. He is a graduate-of Western and is to begin his new duties after April 25.

sections of the United States and Canada, are entered in the. roller skating derpy which is to begin April 15 at the Fair Grounds Coliseum. The teams are to arrive here early next week for preliminary workouts. ” Among certain starters in - the derby are Wes Aronson of Portland, Ore., Pacific Coast champion: Ivy King of Toronto, woman roller skate

{ing champion; Esther Runne, Bos[ton; Jay Levy, Kansas City; Fuzzy | Piers, Macon, Ga., and Gene Vizena of East Gary, Ind. : The track is to be finished early next week so that the skaters can practice before the derby opens. It will measure 18 laps to the mile. The derby is to last 23 days and is to be a mythical journey from Les Angeles to Indianapolis. Skating will begin at 7 p. m. and extend to midnight on week days. On Satur=days, skating will end at 1 a. m.

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