Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 January 1938 — Page 17

By Eddie Ash

GENIAL JIM FROM SHORTRIDGE

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Another Comeback?

Jimmy Braddock, who hits the comeback trail again tomorrow night when he mixes with “Modest” Tommy

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AFTER two years of faithful waiting, Jim Birr, formerly of Shortridge, Indianapolis, finally got his chance in the Indiana University basketball picture and made good with a vengeance this season. . .. He was starting center for the Hoosiers when they opened their Big Ten season as a result of giving an outstanding performance on Indiana’s holiday trip to the Pacific Coast. . . . Hardwood fans in Los Angeles named Birr the most popular player when Indiana and Purdue achieved a grand slam in the “double, double-head-er” out there in December. Genial Jim, who stands 6 feet 3 inches, has been in the opening lineup in Indiana’s five championship race games this month. . . . He has contributed 14 field goals against Western Conference opponents. . . . The tall Hoosier developed slowly last season but hit his stride near the end the campaign and won a letter. . .. Birr also played reserve end on the football team. . .. lle is a good ball handler on the hardwood and valuable on backboard play. Indiana’s next appearance on the court will be against Butler here on Feb. 1. . .. And then to West Lafayette on Feb. 5 for a battle with the rival Boilermakers.

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un " s the Big Ten’s leading scorer with 90 points in five games, chucked em in as follows: 16 points against Indiana; 13 against Michigan: 18 against Purdue; 29 against Chicago, and 14 against Minnesota. . . . The average is 18 a game. The Western Conference record is 172 points in 12 games posted in 1937 by Jewell

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Young has compiled 60 points in four 1938 games for an average of 15. Ernest Andres of Indiana shares third with Powell of Wisconsin at 5

55 in five games and fifth is Rooney of Wisconsin at 54. . Kundla of Minne-

sota, fifth high at the close of last season, at 106, in down in the 1938 standing with 24 points in four games.

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VICTORY at Northwestern Saturday will place Michigan on top in the Big Ten standing at four won, one lost. . . . Regardless of which team wins, Purdue will ease into second place for the idle Boilermakers will stand at 3 and 1. . , . In the only other Big Ten tilt Saturday Illinois and Ohio State will be battling to get even with the board at .500. . . . However, it will be just tco bad for the loser. The comparative score boomerang: Bethany College defeated Geneva, 55-47; Westminster beat Bethany, 66-40, and then Geneva ruined the form players by slamming Westminster, 30-27.

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ITH a record of nine two-year span and 23 Peoria is riding the basketball clouds. . . Getz, scrappy guard from Goshen, Ind. . He is the only senior among the regulars. . . The other four starters are juniors. Dar Hutchins, 6-4 center, is the team’s outstanding performer. This winter Bradley has rolled over Indiana, Nebraska. Utah, Western Kentucky, St. Louis, Xavier of Cincinnati, Centenary of Louisiana, Macomb Teachers and Millikin of Illinois.

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ROFESSIONAL basketball handicappers had the right slant on the Indiana Central-Butler game. . . . Choosing the Greyhounds they marked the odds at “do by 3 points, don't by 5” . . . And the

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to 12 straight Central boosted its point total to 577 for an average of 48 a game. Wibs Kautz. Lovola University's top scorer, did not tackle basket»all in high school until his senior year. . .. He was occupied by other ports.

Richmond and Anderson Name Golden n Gloves Lads

Ernie Bonsall, manager and instructor of the Community Recreation lub of Richmond, announced today that his team of 13 amateur boxers will compete in The Times-Legion Golden Gloves tournament Jan. 28,

eb. 4, 11 ‘and 18. Manager Bonsall has one of the] ?Delout Scott. 160-pound Novice; Bob

| Crubison, 147-pound Novice. Del Hutton of the Anderson Athletic Club entered three boxers in the Indianapolis event. They are Jack Warren, heavyweight Novice: Vic Hutton, 175-pound Novice, and { Paul Mains, 147-pound Novice.

eading stables of boxers in the state | and this is his sixth year in Golden | Gloves competition. Team members: Melvin Tevis, 126-pound Open; Forrest Tevis, 118-pound Open; Jim Jones, 175-pound Open; Russ Ben1ett, heavyweight Open. | Clarence Wyatt, 135-pound Nov‘ce; Irvin Wiles, 147-pound Novice; | Toe Robinson, 135-pound Novice: ene Lathrop, 175-pound Novice; Tim Cooper, heavyweight Novice. Dick Bennett, 175-pound Novice; Yack Fradello, 160-pound Novice;

ENTRY

(Forty per cent of the net proceeds of Golden Gloves tournaments | goes to The Indianapolis Times | Clothe-A-Child campaign and 60 per cent to the Bruce P. Robinson Post for Legion philanthropies and amateur sports. The ticket sales will open Monday.)

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Braddock Tries Comeback Trail Again Tomorrow

1 1 Prep Fives

To Seek Title At Southport

‘Decatur Central, Defending Champion, to Play in First Bracket.

Eleven county prep teams put in their final hours of work today for the annual Marion County tourney which gets under way tomorrow morning” in the Southport High School gym Decatur Central's defending champions are crowded jnto the top bracket of tourney drawings with Ben Davis, Beech Grove and Southport, three of the “top ranking” contenders.

During regular season play, the champion Hawks dropped both Beech Grove and Ben Davis, but did not play Warren Central, a strong five in the lower bracket, or Southport. In 1935, Coach Robert F. Glad- | den’s Hawks took the county title for the first time in the history of the event, which reaches back beyond 1918. Repeaters a year ago, after a one-year “adbication,” the Hawks are expected to make a strong bid to retain their crown. Franklin Township and Beech Grove open the firing tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock. The complete schedule: TOMORROW 9:00—Franklin Township vs. Beech Grove. 10:00—Southport vs. Oaklandon. 11:00—Ben Davis vs. Speedway City. 1:30—Castleton vs. Warren Central, 2:30—New Augusta vs. Lawrence, 7:00—Decatur Central vs, winner 9 a. game. 8:00—Winner 10 a, game winner. SATURDAY (Semifinals) 1:00—Winner 7% np. m. game Friday winner 8 p. m. game Friday 2:00—~Winner 1:30 game Friday vs. winner 2:30 game Friday.

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Wabash Valley Play ‘Begins Tonight | TERRE HAUTE, Jan. 20. — One | thousand players, representing 103 | schools, will begin play in 13 sec- | tional centers tonight in the opening round of the annual Wabash | Valley tournament. Three centers, Washington, | shall and Monroe City will qualify | two teams each for next week's | | finals, to be played here. The other | 10 centers will send one team each | te the last round of play. | Plainville, Ill, is the defending champion and is considered a strong | favorite to repeat. Among the strong Indiana teams | in the event will be Sullivan, Dugger | {and Wiley of Terre Haute. | In Illinois, Robinson, Oblong and | | Palestine, three of the best entries, will clash in one sectional, at Robin|son, in a “sudden-death” elimina- | tion.

‘Manual- Washington Tilt Tops Card

Two intracity high school rivalry games feature tomorrow's programs of games involving Indianapolis basketball teams. Just one week after they opened City Series varsity play at Tech | gym, Manual and Washington will | meet again at Washington gym. In that game, Manual fell, 27 to 20. Since then four changes have | been made in the Manual lineup. Those taking varsity posts include Capt. Elmer Parkes of the ‘“eserves and Pearlie Hickey, who put on a fancy long-range shooting exhibition during the City Series. Shortridge and Cathedral have moved their game to the Tech Gym in order to accommodate the crowd which is expected to watch these old foes battle. Mutual foes have been Greencastle and Tech. Greencastle beat the Irish py 15 points, Shortridge by five points. Cathedral beat Tech eight points and the East Siders split a pair of scraps with Shortridge. Playing at home for the first time since Dec. 17, Jefferson of Lafavette will entertain Tech in a North Central Conference joust. Coach Bayne Freeman's five will jump back into the North Central pennant swim minus Marvin Hook, plucky little guard who was hurt in Tech's City Series meeting with Shortridge. Hook will be out of action for an indefinite period. Crispus Attucks will play a return game with Roosevelt of Gary. having lost to the visitors, 19 to 12, a short time ago. Jake Caskey's Silent Hoosiers will be at home to Sacred Heart's cagers.

Copple to Direct Athletics at Tech

R. V. Copple prepared to assume the duties of athletic director at Tech High School following his appointment to replace Fred R. Gorman, recently named vice principal. Mr. Copple, veteran mathematics teacher and former freshman net coach, will assume his duties at the beginning of the next school semester, Jan. 31. Mr. Copple came to Tech in 1921 from Roachdale as mathematics instructor and freshman basketball coach. In 1931, he resigned his coaching post, but continued to be actively interested in Tech athletics.

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THURSDAY,

JANUARY 20, 1938

Farr, is the original commuter from oblivion to fame and back again.

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PENS TOMORROW

Jim Braddock

Tommy Farr

Tommy Farr 8-5 Favorite

Odds Shorten as Braddock Shows Improvement.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (U. P.).—James J. Braddock, the ‘Cinderella Man” of the prize ring, hits the comeback trail again tomorrow night but the odds are at least a million to one against him ever regaining the heavyweight title. Others have tried before--Corbett, Jeffries, Willard and Dempsey—and all fell short of the goal. Nevertheless, Braddock still thinks his fight« ing weapons are sharp enough to keep him in the running for the crown, and he will test them against Tommy Farr, the rugged Welshman. Less than four years ago, when he was 28 and considered a ‘has been,” Braddock launched a comeback that whirled him from relief {rolls to the championship. He hasn't had a fight since last June 22 when | he was knocked out hy Joe Louis. Farr, eight years Braddock's | junior, also has been idle since he | faced Louis. That was last August when “Tonypandy” Tommy amazed everyone by staying 15 rounds with the champion in Louis’ first title defense. The betting odds favor about 8-5. They were 11-5 but dropped sharply when Braddock began to show good form in work= outs late last week. The winner is scheduled to meet former champion Max Baer on March 11, although both already have registered

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Sure, Eddie Neil Was an Adventurer

And Why Not, Says Joe of Slain Reporter

» JOE WILLIAMS Br Special Writer NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—Every edi- | tor who handled Eddie Neil's copy, | either on the sports desk or the | cable desk, said he was a fine re- | porter. Everybody who spent any [time in his company knew him to [be a fine fellow. To be a success as la reporter and a success as a man—that's just about as good a record as a newspaper- ! man can hope to ax: leave behind. In- | deed, it comes | close to being perfect. | They chant a ; requiem over EY what remains of SEER Neil's body yes- | 2 terday. He was fatally wounded | Williams in the Spanish war.

way he went about getting news. | He didn't want it warmed over; he | wanted to be there when the actual cooking was going on, so he could | see for himself. | Neil first became nationally known |as a sports writer. He was popular lin Yhis field of reporuing. particular-

Muncie Defeats Kokomo, 27-16

By United Press

The Muncie Bearcats whipped the Kokomo cagers last night, 27 to 16, for Kokomo’s first defeat in the North Central Conference. Led by Billy Campbell, who scored i4 points, the Bearcats took a 13-9 lead at the half. Although Kokomo still leads the conference with seven wins and one loss, Muncie took a challenging position with six victories and two defeats. South Side of Ft. Wayne humbled their Central neighbors, 41 to 36, to take its fifth victory in the Northeastern Conference. At the opposite end of the State, the Salem Lions edged out North Vernon, 27 to 26, to keep control of the Southeastern Conference.

FOUR TEAMS ENTER PENDLETON TOURNEY PENDLETON, Jan. 20.—A fourway tourney involving Lapel, Middletown, Markleville and the local high Jawel will be played here Saturay The event, which will involve the varsity and reserve -teams of the four schools, will get under way following a draw for opponents Saturday morning. Middletown is ranked as strongest of the contestants.

KEIL IN FLORIDA TOURNEY CORAL GABLES, Fla., Jan. 20.— Richard Keil, of Indianapolis, teed off this morning in the first round of match play in the annual MiamiBiltmore Invitation Golf Tournament here. He is opposing Whitney Curtis of Ft. Lauderville, Fla, in the title division.

. GRAPPLERS IN DRAW NEW YORK, Jan. 20. — Ram Singh, India, and Pat Meehan, Ireland, drew; Juan Olaquivel, Spain, downed Billy Hanson, Oklahoma; Gino Martinelli, Italy, and Sammy Stein, New York, drew

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He was in| a ringside seat, down front watch- | | ing the action close up. That's the |

ly among the fight people for Neil's | best stories were about fights and | fighters. He seemer to have a sympathetic understanding for the

the cult; he had a juvenile admiration for their heroics and an adult | tolerance for their smelly selfishness.

To him the Jersey Irisher ized the fighting man—a muscular fellow, deadly earnest, game and with an imagination that didn't extend very far hempen boundaries of the ring.

beat Max Baer for

| tastic odds goaded him into the bet. Winning this bet almost ruined Neil as an expert. He started going for

make these things stand up for you. Finds Himself Puzzled I find myself puzzled somewhat at the reaction in certain circles to | Neil's death at the front. other night in a group of Pittsburgh newspapermen, someone “Wasn't Neil the adventurous type?” The implication seemed to be that by nature he might have been disposed to go out of his way to get shot up. This reminded me that the day the cables announced the death of | Neil someone in authority at the Associated Press made a point pub- | licly to insist that Neil wasn't an | adventurer. I don't know what the purpose of this was unless to suggest that the Associated Press| doesn’t as a matter of policy ask| their bright young men to write their leads in thei: own crimson.

venturous fellow, gloriously adven- | turous. and what on earth is wrong with that?

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Middleweights Fill Star Role in Show

Bob Pauls of the Marine Reserves and Jim Johnson of the English Avenue Boys’ Club, amateur middleweights, staged the star attraction in Golden Gloves tryout exhibition bouts at the ‘Boys’ Club last night. It was a slambang affair for three rounds and the judges called it a draw. Boxing was limited to beginners and a large crowd watched the youngsters. Other results: 126 Pounds—Royv Troutman, Lauter Club, defeated Frank Sumner, South Side Turn-

ers. 112 Pounds- Lauter, defeated Loren 160 Pounds—Harry Walker, Marine Re-

, defeated Lester Warrenberg, Boys’

135 Pounds—Paul Bennett, John Ferre, Lauter, draw 118 Pounds—Robert McCloud, and Joe Squado, Bovs' Club, draw

Walter Glaze, iles. Lauter,

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moral and mental eccentricities of |

Braddock was one of his favorites. | symbol- |

thoroughly | beyond the | Neil made a bet on Braddock to! the champion- |

| ship. He wasn't completely sold but | (a loud mouthed pest offering fan- |

the long shots as a steady practice | —and you know how tough it is to |

asked, |

Certainly Eddie Neil was an ad |

What attracted him to the tively |

| the start, what caused him to turn | to the prize ring with its angry | clamorous action, what finally lured | him to the battlefields where guns roar and bayonets glisten? What. | indeed, if it was not the call of adventure? Almost, anybody can be a routine reporter. can bat out an epic on the | long count at Chicago, the parole system or the menace of drunken drivers; but I think

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takes a special quality of energy |

and a special brand of curiosity to be a newspaperman type.

to appreciate this.

| motion which makes big men do big things, even at the cost of life | itself. When we come across a man who is not a creature of habit, no mere cog in a machine, we don't | know what to make of him. It was tragic Neil had to go— {but the rules of the game say | everybody lias has to Wy sooner or later.

DePauw Rallies

Just the |

To Beat Wabash

By United Press In an overtime game last night [the DePauw University cagers de- | feated Wabash, 22 to 19, to push the | Little Giants away from a chance | to win the State College Conference. | Before the game, Wabash had four victories and one loss in the col- | legiate league. Tied up at 18-all at | the end of the last half, Kitzmiller's free throw gave Wabash a lead in the first minute of the overtime. Steele and Landeck then came | through with baskets to clinch the | victory for DePauw. At St. Joseph, Mich., Valparaiso [lost in a charity game to Western State, 51 to 49. Valparaiso led 21 to 20 at the half, but a rally in the last eight minutes of play gave Western a small margin. Sims led the winners with 14 points while Valpo’s guards, Ruehr and Roedel, made 10 apiece. DePauw (22)

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Most of us are probably too small | We are incapa- | ble of experiencing the wild, free! Louisville, 42.

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dle Tennessee Teachers, 31. ton, 46.

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| his home town next June against Max Schmeling unless Mike Jacobs, , | New York promoter who has the eva, 3 Jrahashy i. oo.. 4 | German under contract, turin : Nn State, vl Yaparaise, ‘| thumbs down on the deal. OTHER COLLEGES | Prank MacDonell, chairman of Ohio U., 57; Ohio Wesleyan, 46. the Michigan State Boxing Com-=-Navy, 36; Gettysburg, 31. mission, confirmed reports that are= Army, 56; Brown, 42, { rangements for the fight were vir= Syracuse, 42; Pennsylvania, 39. tually completed. Kansas, 37; Missouri, 32. Long Island U,, 35; George Wash-

STATE COLLEGES Notre Dame, 51; Pittsburgh, 41.

NEW YORK, Jan. 20 (U. P.) = Promoter Mike Jacobs refused to | confirm reports here today that the Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavy= weight title fight in June would be held in Detroit.

Loyola, 53; DePaul, 40, Princeton, 34; Yale, 25. Oregon State, 43; Montana, 31. Western Kentucky Teachers, 62; |

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