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Two Indianapolis Boxers On Way to Boston Bouts

Elza Thompson and Milton Bess Hope To Carry Hoosier Colors Far in National A. A. U. Meet.

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By JOHN W. THOMPSON WO Indianapolis boys are taking the longest trip of their lives today. For if one were to stop a Greyhound bus out on the road between here and Boston one would probably find big Elza Thompson and little Milton Bess, Indianapolis’ two top-notch Golden Gloves boxers, on their way to the National A. A. U. boxing championships which’ are to be fought in Boston next week. The two Negro boys, well known in local boxing circles, were tickled about their victories when they stopped in our office yesterday ‘after returning from Gary where they won the right to go to the finals. Big Elza had little difficulty in gaining the finals. His total fighting

time in the Gary ring wouldn’t give most of us time enough to sit down. But it gave his opponents enough time to topple. His first fight

“lasted approximately 1% minutes while his final one only took about

18 seconds. His handlers said he looked the best they had seen him. Little Milt, fighting in the 135-pound class,-had more of a battle with his opponents. He went through four long grinds, winning a decision in each one. Elza said that Milton really showed some talent in whipping the strong competition furnished him. One thing both Milton and Elza want to do on their eastern trip is to work out once or twice in Stillman’s Gymnasium in New York. Lots of famous fighters have worked out-at Stillman’s and I suppose it is something like carrying a rabpit’'s foot.

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N the April issue of Scholastic Coach a full page is devoted to Indiana’s Don Lash. Part of the page is given over to an excellent strip of action photographs, filmed in sequence, demonstrating Lash’s stride. Also on the double-page spread are identical pictures taken of Archie San Romani, the Kansas State Teachers’ College runner, showing the form he uses. The accompanying article points out that Romani uses a more fluid style of running than Lash, although there are a great many doubts as to Fhedior it does Romani any good or not. The article explains, and shows by the pictures that Lash’s stride is not an orthodox one, that the first contact he makes with the track is with the side of his foot. And it tops the whole thing off by exploding the sports experts’ theory that Lash runs the entire race on his toes. 8 2» #8 They say that Paddy Driscoll, the new Marquette University football coach, is overly enthusiastic about the size of his grid squad which has turned out for spring practice. | * But Paddy is careful to stay away from any pre-first-season pre- - dictions. It’s a smart move. He says he hasn't seen enough of the boys yet, that the biggest problem is with the backfield. And whose isn’t in these days? I'm not one to predict either but I wouldn't be surprised if there was a bit of spectacular razzle-dazzle in the Marquette grid attack next season. You see, the Milwaukee circus grounds once stood where the Marquette Stadium is now.

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| HEY'RE expecting between 300 and 400 high school and college coaches at the football clinic which the gridiron doctors are putting on at Purdue University today and tomorrow. Among the consulting “physicians” will be Dr. Clarence W. Spears, University of Toledo; Lundy Welborn, South Side High School, Ft. Wayne; Doug Kerr, Horace Mann High School, Gary; Earl Pike, Garfield High School, Terre Haute; Glenn Holmes, Oak Park, Ill, and Paul Brown, -Massilon, O. The affair will be gotten off to a big start with a banquet tonight at which Dr. Thurman B. Rice, of the State Board of Health, is to be the chief speaker. Others who Na address the gathering are Dr. Edward C. Elliott, Purdue president; A. L. Trester, commissioner of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, and Keith Crown, Indiana Coaches Association, who will be toastmaster.

Charge Major Leagues Violate Antitrust Laws

By ALLEN C. DIBBLE United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, April 9.—Department of Justice attorneys, investigating charges that Major League baseball regulations violate anti-trust laws, today studied a 15-year-old Supreme Court ruling which appeared favorable to the club owners. The Department undertook its inquiry at the request of Rep. Raymond J. Cannon (D. Wis.), who charged that the reserve clause in Major Leaguers’ contracts is a restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman

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Renault Is Doorman Jack Renault, one-time contender for the world’s heavyweight championship is a doorman at a 42d St.

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PARILLE IS HELD IN SPRINGFIELD JAIL

Off to Boston, These Boys

Babe Davis Is On Way Here As Substitute

Promoter Carter Attempting

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- abandonment of the Federal League,

anti-trust laws. @ The ruling Government attorneys

found was in a decision delivered by Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in May, 1922. It held that major

league clubs do not engage in interstate commerce and are not subject to antitrust laws. “The business of providing public baseball games for profit between clubs of professional players in a league between clubs of rival leagues, although necessarily involving the constantly repeated traveling of the players from one state to another, is not interstate commerce,” said Holmes’ opinion. It was delivered in favor of the National and American Leagues in a | suit originally brought by the Balti- | more, Md., team of the Federal] League after the two major circuits and all teams of the Federal League, except Baltimore, had signed an agreement in December, 1915. The Baltimore club alleged that the agreement, which resulted in the

was a restraint of trade and in violation of the antitrust law because it provided that players must sign contracts before playing with any club operating under the agreement. The club alleged the agreement gave the American and National Leagues control over practically all available skilled players. The District of Columbia Supreme

Court held in favor of the Baltimore Club and awarded damages of $80,000, which - were trebled under provision# of the antitrust law. The District Court of Appeals reversed the decision and was upheld by the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeals made a specific defense of the reserve clause employed by: Major League baseball clubs. The clause provides that the club and player enter into a contract at the close of the year “for the succeeding season at a salary to be determined” by the respective parties. “The number of players which each club was permitted to employ was limited to 22,” said the Court of Appeals. | “It is admitted that this was a reasonable number and that none of the clubs retained more players than it needed. If the reserve clause did not exist, the highly skillful players would be absorbed by the more wealthy clubs and thus e clubs in the League would so far outstrip others in playing ability that the contests between the superior and inferior clubs would be uninteresting and the public would refuse to patronize them. “The reserve clause and the publication of the ineligible list, together with other restrictive provisions, had the intended ‘effect, viz: Of preventing players from disregarding their obligations.”

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Vincent Parille, South American heavyweight boxer, who is scheduled to fight John Henry Lewis, light heavyweight champion of this country at the Armory .tonight, is being held by immigration authorities in the Springfield, Ill, jail, Lloyd Carter, local promoter, was informed today. The immigration officers in< formed Carter that Parille had overstayed his permit in this country and would be held for deportation. Carter, speaking from the office of Sam Murbarger, Indiana State Athletic Commissioner, asked the authorities in Springfield to allow Parille to come to Indianapolis tonight in the custody of deputies, but the Springfield officers said permission for such an action would have to come from the immigration office in St. Louis. Carter still hopes to make these arrangements, he said late this morning. In case Parille is not permitted to appear, Carter said that Babe Davis, heavyweight from St. Louis, is already on his way here to substitute for the South American.

By ALLEN PURVIS

John Henry Lewis, light heavyweight champion of the world, first laced on a pair of boxing gloves when he was 4 years old—and hasn't fain them off since then except to eat.

‘The modest young boxer—he turns 23 next month—admits he’d rather fight than eat. “I've been raised in the game and as far as I'm concerned there isn’t anything else,” he says. He arrived in this city at 2:30 p. m. yesterday and took a day of rest before tangling. with Vincent Par-

in a 10-round overweight bout toe night at the Armory. Lewis trained for the fight in Chicago. Lewis claims he inherited his love for the game. . His father owned a gymnasium and ran a boxing show in Phoenix, Ariz.. when John Henry was still a young boy. He would put on the gloves and fight exhibitions before he was big enough to climb into the ring by himself, Fought 78 Bouts

Since breaking into the pro ranks, Lewis has fought 78 bouts. He lost only six of these. The one victory he is most proud of is his decision scored over World's Heavyweight Champion James J. Braddock five years ago. Lewis met Braddock twice, losing the first time. Maxie Rosenbloom, former light heavyweight titleholder, is the only fighter holding an edge over Lewis. Rosenbloom beat him three out of the five times they have met. Lewis took the light heavyweight title from Bob Olin of New York City on Oct. 31,. 1936. Since then, he has defended his title twice— once against Lyn Harvey in London and once against Jack McAvoy in Madison Square Garden.

Looks to Heavyweights

Now his only objective is to break into the heavyweight ranks and take a crack at the title. “I'm having all the overweight bouts I can now so I'll be in shape when I step into the heavyweight class for good.” Lewis isn’t sure when he’ll start his campaign for the heavyweight title, but he hopes it will be soon. “I'm going to defend my title once more and then try to put on some weight. |[I think I'll be all set for

—Times Photo.

Shown wishing each other luck in the National A. A. U. championships to be held in Boston next week are Elza Thompson (left), heavyweight, and Milton Bess, 135-pound fighter, who won the right to compete in the finals by victories in the state meet last week-end. Both Thompson and Bess were members of The Times-Legion Golden Gloves team which represented Indianapolis in the Tournament of

Champions at Chicago.

the heavyweights this summer,” he said.

. The best way for a fighter to’

keep in shape, according to Lewis, is to fight just as much as possible. “Td fight every day if I could,” he says. He just fought last Friday at St. Louis, flattening Red Berry in the fifth round.

Has Brother Fighter

Lewis has one other brother in the fistic game. Paul Lewis, a lightweight, has been fighting in Arizona. Another brother, Christy, just retired from the game. He fought as a middleweight on the Pacific Coast. Fighting was the rule in the Lewis family, but there was one exception. John Henry is proud of his brother Joel, who is in his first year of medical school at Harvard University. “He's really making something out of himself,” Lewis said. Of course, Lewis’ idol is Joe Louis, the Brown Bomber. “Louis is the best heavyweight fighting today. I think he'll beat Braddock if they go through with their fight in Chicago, and I believe he could whip Schmeling if he got another

"chance,” he said.

After his bout here tonight, Lewis will entrain ‘for Omaha, Neb., where he is to meet Millionaire Murphy next Saturday.

4 Preliminary Bouts On Tonight’s Card

Four preliminary bouts have been arranged on tonight's Armory boxing card. The first fight will begin at 8:30 p. m. Jimmy Cooley is to be referee. The preliminary program follows: Ten Rounds — Joe Smallwood, Pittsburgh, vs. Allen Mathews, Negro, St. Louis, middleweights. Eight Rounds—Charlie Dawson, Little Rock, Ark., vs. Archie Moore, St. Louis, Negro, middleweights. Six Rounds—Norman Tierre vs. Charlie Light, both Indianapolis Negro welterweights. Four Rounds—Buss Reid vs. Bill

Brownlee, Indianapolis, lightweights.

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Waner Accepts Pirate Contract

By United Press. ~ PITTSBURGH, April 9. — Paul Wanner, the National League's leading hitter, signed a contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates today in Dal= las, Tex., The Pittsburgh Press said in a copyrighted story., Waner, one of the few remaining “pig time” holdouts in the major leagues, accepted the Pirate contract after a half hour conference with Manager Pie Traynor in a Dallas hotel, the Press said. He will join the team tomorrow.

GOLFERS TO REVISE PRO-AMATEUR RULES

Golf professionals and leading amateurs in the city are to discuss new rules for holding pro-amateur tournaments at a meeting to be held at 7:30 p. m. tonight at the Hillcrest

Frosh Diving Feature Event Of Swim Meet

Al. Patnik’s Exhibition Is Cheered by Crowd Attending N. A. A. U. Championships.

By HENRY SUPER United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW HAVEN, Conn. April 9.— The diving of a -21-year-old Ohio State freshman was the talk of the

town today as the National A. A. U. indoor swimming championships entered the second round. Blond-haired Al Patnik of Homestead, Pa., inaugurating his second year of “big time” competition, was the only star to break the ranks of four defending champions who appeared in the opening session of the three-day meet in Yale's Payne Whitney pool—and he did it by defeating two of Uncle Sam’s premier

divers.

This slender product of the Homestead = Library Club—which also produced Lenore Kight, one of the leading woman freestylers—won the springboard title from Al Greene of the Lake Shore A. C., Chicago, last night. Three other champions retained their titles. They were: Adolph Kiefer, l.ake Shore A. C., 150-yard backstroke; Johnny Higgins of the Olneyville Boys’ Club, Providence, R. I, and also an Ohio State freshman, 300-yard medley, and Peter Pick of the New York A. C. 100yard freestyle. They were unanimous choices to repeat—and so was Greene until young Patnik began hurling himself through the air with grace and precision never before seen in a diver with so little “big time” experience. :

Patnik Led Greene

Patnik led Greene by a little more than two points at the end of five compulsory dives. When they start-

ed the difficult optional twists and

turns it looked like experience wouid tell, for Greene had finished third in the Olympic springboard event behind the great Dick Degener and Marshall Wayne, both of whom are now professionals. At the end of the seventh dive Greene was out in front by 1.58 points. On the eighth dive he ran his total to [17.78 by scoring .17.10 with a running one-and-a-half gainer with a tuck. Patnik elected to do the same, and he turned the trick so perfectly that the judges awarded him three “10s” and four “nines’’—just about perfect. That broke Green and Patnik won, 145.40 to 143.50. Elbert Root of Detroit, second in the, Olympic high board event, was third. Patnik learned how to dive under Jack Scarry at Homestead. In 1936

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LET'S GO FISHING

we. are short in the stream report department. much anyhow, with the weather not much better and promising to get worse if anything. Next week may be the break and we at least can promise more reports next Friday. . fe From Spencer County Warden Vermillion writes that Eel and White Rivers are very high and the small streams clearing. Pits and streams all high in' Howard, Grant and Tipton, says

the spring fishing school so again Who cares

streams are fairly muddy but the

fishing is fair, reports Warden Byrd. ; Warden Mitchell says that all creeks and rivers are high and muddy in Hancock and Madison.

Weather raw and water cold.

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HAT’S the worst of it. The rest will cheer you up a little. For

Davies and Martin. Both forks of White River are slightly high but clear and fishing has been fine in the last week, writes Warden Several limit catches of bass and some nice strings of

Harrison County. Big and little Indian Creeks clear and fishing

Ohio is milky and fishing is fair.

Big Buck Creek is clear and fishing is good. Jefferson and Switzerland. All water clear, fishing is fine, re=

Yes, it looks like your best chance .is in the southern counties.

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. M. WALLER notes the plea of Leroy Price, retailed here a few days ago, forsome fishing water within bike riding range of In= dianapolis. Mr. Waller says he probably shouldn't do it but anyhow here it is, he writes, and let the best man win. There are lots of bass in Fall Creek from 30th St. up to and above the Keystone dam clear to Fort Harrison, he says. with authority, for last year, he hoisted a three and three-quarter pound bigmouth and a lot of smaller numbers from this stretch, Likewise he lost the usual big ones. Plugs and spinner baits were the

He speaks

Naturally this isn’t the finest fishing in the state, but for someone who just has to fish and hasn’t time or money to go far here is

What we really should do is bury this information deep in the files and convert to our own angling ends. We are surprised at our But what can we do after Mr. Waller has been such

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Here's a last minute report from Ray Denges concerning week-

The water is very high but a day of activity among the silver bass,

he concludes. In fact a few are hitting now if you can get your lure down deep and retrieve it slow, he adds.

finished third in the senior championships. Kiefer, who won the ‘backstroke title for the third straight year, finished second in the medley to Higgins and, with the three points earned by Greene, pushed the Lake Shore A. C. out in front in defense of its team title with 11 points. Three events were scheduled to-day—220-yard freestyle, 220-yard breaststroke, and 400-yard relay. A four-way battle was predicted for the 220 freestyle between Charles Harvard; John Macionis, Yale; Tom Haynie, Michigan, and Ralph Flanagan, Miami. The title

holder, Jack Medica of Seattle, is in Australia. Higgins was favored to retain the 220-yard breaststroke and be a double winner for the second year in a row. A triple battle was seen among the N. Y. A. C, defending team; Michigan, the N. C. A. A. champions, and Yale for the relay title. ————————————e it terete

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