Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1938 — Page 17

By Eddie Ash

WHEN PICKING BECOMES PICNIC

FOR EXPERTS

— is the time of the year when all Hoosiers becdine basketball experts and go into the “picking” business.

“n+ The idea is to put the finger on the highschool tournament winner long before the eliminations begin. . . . The fact that 800 teams, more or less, accept the issue doesn’t

| halt the typical Hoosier prognosticator. . . . His pockets

' are lined with hardwood aiigies

and he goes to bat

+. With all the confidence of a champion, and let the jeers , of skeptics fall where they may! 5 It’s customary, in one’s mind, to Slimitiate about 790 . teams and concentrate on 10 or 12. . . . Of course, it ~ doesn’t always work out that way, but the amateur expert - has his formula and sticks with it year by year. Sie Many dopesters will begin with Central of Muncie - at this stage of the picking game. . . . The Bearcats have wsompiled a 15-game winning streak against leading teams in different parts of the state and this record naturally

-.is outstanding.

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NOTHER species of cat—the Wildcats of Hammond— ; also stand out in the pretournament fanning bees. . . . .- Chester Kessler is their coach and he has the boys play“ing a sterling game. . . . They scared Muncie in losing a 39-38 overtime tussle on Feb. 2. . . . The squad has the * brawn to stand up through hard battles. A team from the far northern sector has never survived a state tournament, yet Hammond fans believe their Wildcats will disprove the theory that “they look good in ~ the north and ordinary at Indianapolis.” Oddly enough, both Hammond and Muncie feature tandem center combinations. . . . Big Henry Young and " Jim Carnes share Muncie’s pivot berth. . . . Hammond ‘ordinarily uses Wally Ziemba most of the game with _ Sterling Scott, a cloudbuster, always seeing some action.

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OU could do a lot worse than name Huntingburg’s Happy Hunters 5 inherited by Paul Cauldwell. , . . In his first year there the Hunters have won 17 of 18 games, losing by one point to Bedford.

« « « “Yeah, but who've they licked?” some skeptic might ask. . ..

Well,

Jasper twice, Vincennes twice and, anyway, who'd they beat last year before they nearly grabbed the state? ~¢ Although they've been getting belted around some here lately, ‘Jeffersonville and New Albany are still “up among ‘em” in most championship considerations. . . . Against them is the fact that they ‘may not be in top shape after hard schedliles. . . . Jeffersonville, _. particularly, “has: traveled all over the state.

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EDFORD is up and at ’em again. . . . The Stonecutters are apparently recovering from a midseason slump and heading back

“toward the top. . .

. Central of Evansville and Vincennes are being

eyed with some trepidation by prospective tourney foes because of their able coaching by Mark Wakefield and John Adams, two men

who know how.

Do your sentiments favor the center of the state? .

. The defend-

* ing champions, Anderson’s Indians, haven't been going at a title

. bace this year.

. Glenn Curtis of Martinsville looks more every day

like the cat whicii has designs on the canary as his Martinsville

"-Artesians improve with each game.

_ string with; he’s won four times. ’ EJ 2 2

« +» «» Curtis is a good man to

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ASHINGTON’S Continentals came home last Friday singing

paeans of praise for Greencastle’s Tiger Cubs. . . “Whew! Those shorties run a guy silly and that

“tinental Whew-ed.

~ Johnson at center gets into the air like a kangaroo.”

. One Con-

. Crawfords-

“ville is another team well-liked in certain knowing quarters, Greens- " ‘burg has plenty of backing and, most any day, you're liable to hear = someone say, “I wonder if that Everett Case has got something up at

“= Frankfort?”

, Case is like Curtis; he brings fair-looking teams along at thestagend of the season and polishes them and brushes them up till they

shine like new.

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OHNNY WARD has something up at Tipton which his fellow . Ward's Blue Devils don’t care whether

have been scanning warily. .

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they get in close fo do their shooting; they’ve a pair of stringy flingers "named Jim Kutz and Loren (Hop-Skip) Derrickson who stand around - the center of the floor and hammer in two-pointers. °° Elkhart is now established *as the year’s Eastern N. I. H. 8. C. ~ champion which means that the Blue Blazers had to burn their way

Just some of the State’s best northern teams. . . .

A senior, veteran

this year’s Blazers are so potent that a couple of the ’36-'37

Te have been doing relief work. . ..

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They've lost two games, both

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URL FRIDDLE, who used to bring Washington fives to the state tournament with a great regularity, is carrying on in Ft. Wayne

where Murray Mendenhall’s Central club left off. . . .

At South Side,

= Friddle has produced a team so strong that only North Side and La

- Porte have beaten it.

La Porte has keen on Elkhart’s heels in the Eastern N. I. H. 8. C. all season and the Slicers may make the league standings look silly by

» turning off the Blue Blaze in the tourney. . .

. Elkhart won the game

< that decided the loop champion by whipping the Slicers, 31 to 26.

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THER teams are going well enough to command consideration in

any so-called group of favorites.

. « « In the home sector are

Decatur Central and Shortridge. . . . Richmond, also is playing topnotch

basketball.

Just take a stab at a map of Indiana and you'll probably come ¢lose

to pinning the champion. . .

.. The race looks fairly wide open at this

distance as the State has a large stable of dark horses capable of kick-

1ing over the best of dope buckets.

Irish Invade Bloomington Saturday for Track Duel

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Feb. 17 (U. P.).—Notre Dame University’s

track squad comes here Saturday for what is predicted will-be one of the

- fastest indoor duels of the season. to be set.

Eight new meet records are expected

The 1rish have a big edge in the weight and jump events; the Hoo-

siers will be masters in the dis-® tances. The relay probably will de- _ cide the winner. The Indiana quarpped the mile relay last week against Ohip State in 3:24, while * Notre: Dame=did 3427.3 to win over

tet stepped

+ Illinois:

A slam is almost certain for ‘Notre : Dame in the pole vault and shot Langton and Dean, *~Irish swing men, all have vaulted “ over 13 feet this year. Their com-

2 5s put: Gibbs,

Faymon! . Mandjiak and Sim

: : ' H ‘haven't put it over 42.

60-yard dash with Clifford, Shiel

and Couglin. Allen, Indiana's hope, « hasn't equalled the times of the

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tive indoor

DREW

: petition will be Shoemaker of In- * diana, whose best mark is 12 feet , Beinor, ch heave the 3 shot consistently over 44 feet, with . § Parmanvie hitting near 47. The

also might Sweep the

», who set a new fieldhouse record last week in the 440 with a and Elliott, are likely to hit a full second ahead of

y outdoor record of an edge in the 880 ' over Francis of Notre Dame, will * team with Miller. Francis, “however, a second’s advantage in com-

jumped 6 feet 2 inches and 6-3 in meets this year, probably will break the meet record of 6.27% in the high jump. The high hurdles are a tossup between Capt. Mahoney of Notre Dame and Werman of Indiana. The Hoosiers are In better condition than the Irish because of early training for the New Year's games in New Orleans.

DODGERS ORDERED INTO EARLY TRAINING

NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (U. P.). — Twelve Dodgers were named today ds | by Brooklyn General Manager Larry MacPhail to report to Hot Springs for preliminary spring training next Monday. Announcing that 20 Dodgers had signed their contracts, and five others had come to terms with contracts in the mail, MacPhail named these players to report to’ the Arkansas spa: Pitchers Max Butcher, Luke Hamlin, Waite Hoyt, George Jeffcoat, Van Mungo, Fred Fitzsimmons, and Bill Posedel, Catcher Babe Phelps, Infielder Leo Durocher and outfielders Kiki Cuyler and Heine Manush. The regular spring training begins at Clearwater, ¥la., March 4. First Baseman Buddy Hasset remained the No. 1 holdout wary.

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Indianapolis

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1958 .

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PETE ERNST PACES

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For Top Score

Barbasols Take First in Team Honors With 3229, Snyder Leading.

Pete Ernst today was high in local bowling activity with a 246-226-223—695 series rolled in the Indianapolis Leagte at Pritchett’s Alleys, while the Barbasols topped the team list with 3229, Fonnie Snyder led the Barbasols with 665, John Fehr had 657, Don Johnson 645, Jess Pritchett 639 and Lee Carmin 623. Their opponents, the Falls City Hi-Brus, totaled 3157 as Joe Fulton hit for 684, Paul

Roberson 601 and Carl Hardin 600. Ernst paced the La Fendrich Cigars to 3137, Dad Hanna firing a 682 and Bert Bruder 604. King’s Kegelers had 3062 as Owen Fancher shot a 685 and Mose Collins 631. L. S. Ayres finished with 1162 for 3019, Jack Hunt getting 644, Frank Argus 633, Bill Brunot 619 and Joe Michaelis 615. Fred Schleimer toppled 634 pins, Leo Ahearn 631, George Schmalz 620, Arch Heiss 617, John Blue and Chuck Markey each 616, George Meeker 610, Perc Henry and Tom Selmier each 606, Jim Hurt 604 and Fred Mounts 600.

Seal Fast Wins Three

~ Bowes Seal Fast was a triple winner and Barbasols, La Fendrichs, Conkle Funeral Home, King’s Kegelers and Louie’s Tavern triumphed twice. Scores of the Barbasol-Falls City match: BARBASOLS

Fehr ..cocececeeeses 216 208 JORNSON .ccccvcceces 187 199 Carmin ocecoovoessss 192 216 Snyder .ceceececccss 214 265 186— 665 233 216 190— 639

1042 1102 1085—3229 FALLS CITY

235— 65% 259— 645 215— 623

Totals

152— 601 203— 649 246— 623 214— 684 181— 600 1126 1035 996—3157 John Eder was outstanding in the Interclub League with 634, King getting 621 and Bill Faust Jr., 614. Exchange Unity swept its series and Mercator Bears, Universal Indians, J. C. C. Cees, Mercator Tigers, and Linco won by a two-out-of-three margin. Earl Davis showed the way in the Eli Lilly loop at Pritchett’s with 612 and Hester Scheer’s 539 was high in the Eli Lilly Ladies circuit. Gladys Lane came through with 537 to lead the Fendrick Ladies’ League at the Indiana Alleys. Bailey Insurance, Boyden’s Bakery and Lane’s Radic Service captured three games while A. & P., and Old Gold won twice. Al Schoch hit for 639 for first position in the Post Office circuit, Lopaens firing a 612 and Salisbury 60

Roberson P. Striebeck . Cray . Fulton .... Hardin ..ccoes0cccee

Zimmerman Hits 653

At the Parkway drives, Zimmerman had a 653 and Mitney 612 in the Chevrolet’ Commercial Body loop. In the Durham Shade circuit at the Parkway establishment, Heaton was best with 607. C. & H. Sandwich Shoppe, Pilots and Linder Bros. scored triple victories and Terminix captured the odd game. Kurt Lieber topped the Uptown Recreation League with 670, Miller getting 647, Fred Shaw 630, Harry Link 627, Bob Newlin 625, Larry Cobler 621, Norm Hamilton 619, Dan Hornbeck 616, Earl Goodhue 611, Ray Fox 605 and George Godwin

games and Hoosier Pete, with 2996, Fehr’s X-L Beer, L. Strauss and. Ko-We-Ba Coffee gained two-out-of-three decisions.

Clark Shows the Way

A 622 by Clark was outstanding in the Automotive League at the

Hotel Antlers. Federal Mogul Bearings made a clean | sweep and Hoosier Casualty, U. 'S. Tires and Monarch Motor finished in front twice. In the Link Belt Ewart loop at the Illinois drives, K. Williams led with 607. Francis Raftery featured the K. of C. session at the Pennsylvania Alleys with 616. Blackwell Funeral Home gained a shutout victory.and Toney Davis Service, J. E. Kernel Optical, Pittman-Rice Coal, Scott Trucking and Hoosier Optical took two games. A 610 by Teague set the pace for the Medical Society League at the Pennsylvania plant and Behrman'’s 590 was high in the U. 8. Tire loop. _ Bill Wischmeyer’s 587 took first honors in the Mutual Milk circuit at the Fountain Square Alleys.

Leads Church Loop

Ed Kruwell turned in a 580 to head the St. John’s Evangelical League at Fountain Square. Fisher Bros. and Schuster Coal swept their series while Holsapple Market and Wheeler Lunch annexed the odd game, Sid Seligman tied with Laux in the Central No. 2 circuit, each connecting - for 560. Pontiacs, 46th Street Cleaners, Oak Grove Butter and Eberhard Tire were triple winners and General Tires, Stark & Wetzel, Dorsey Funeral Home and Inland Battery earned double triumphs.

' The second ‘annual 1020 ' scratch classic will be held at the Indiana Alleys Feb. 26 and 27 and entries now are being accepted, Oscar | mj ree Behrens: tournament secretary, said |/ Three ay

In City Loop

Striebeck 649, Charlie Cray 623, Ray

601. J W. Bader Coffee won three]

Here are Profs. Paul G. Fay (left), DePauw University psychology professor, and L. L. Messersmith, physical education professor, at work on their device by which they check the distance traveled by a basketball player in a game. The equipment is a miniature basketball court,

Conner Out, Irish Battle Plainfield

without the services of forward :

Jack Conner, who is on the sidelines with an infected eye, Cathedral will go after its 11th victory in 19 starts tonight when the Irish play host to Plainfield a the Cathedral gym. A drill on defense and foul shooting constituted the workout through

| which Coach Joe Dienhart sent his

team yesteray. Six seniors will be playing ‘their last game on the home floor for Shortridge, when the Blue Devils meet the Manual Redskins at Shortridge tomorrow. They are Don Bruce, Bill Stautz, Emory Schlake, Lester Moreland, Bill Swinford, and Nelson Burrin. Bruce, Stautz, Moreland, and Schlake are members of the starting five, The Blue Devils ran through a lengthy workout : yesterday afternoon in preparation for the clash. A drill on fundamentals and a scrimmage against Coach Claude Keesling’s city champion reserve team were the features of the practice session.

BUDDY BAER GIVEN BOOST BY TUNNEY

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 (U. P.) —Buddy Baer, Maxie’s “little” brother, is one to watch in the heavyweight championship division, according to Gene Tunney, socialite, businessman. and ‘ one-time champion. Tunney, here to attend a board meeting of a distilling com of which he is a director, hazarded the guess that Buddy is better right now than Max Schmeling. “He’s big—almost too big—but he can handle himself and punches well,” Tunney said. “Buddy could probably beat Schmeling, but he couldn’t stand up to Joe Louis.”

GOMEZ COMPLETES RENO RESIDENCE

RENO, Nev., Feb. 17 (U. P,) —Six weeks’ residence today had been completed by Vernon (Lefty)

‘| Gomez, New York Yankees’ pitcher,

but he declined to say whether he would: seek an immediate divorce from June O'Dea, New York singer. Thomas Craven, Gomez's attorney, said Mrs. Gomez had not signed a power of attorney. The pitcher intends to remain in Reno |. fob 8 a time, the attorney said. . Gomez has a suit for sepaMe a a on file in New Yor

HORNSBY DROPPED | AS PILOT PROSPECT

SEREVEPORT, La. Feb. 17 (U. P.)~-The board of directors of Shreveport’s new Texas: League baseball club indicated today that a team manager would be selected from within the Texas League. Hubbard Jonnard, Galveston pitcher, was discussed for the man-

| ager’s berth.

The board struck the name of Rogers Hornsby the list of possible team pilots because of lack of money to hire a high-salaried

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GREENCASTLE, Feb. 17—Basketball players this year are traveling nearly twice as far in a game as they did in 1931, it was claimed today by Paul G. Fay, psychology

Messersmith, DePauw physical education professor. After checking four DePauw players in four different games, it was found- that each of the men traveled nearly four miles a game. In 1931, when the last check was made, Mr. Messersmith and S. M. Corey, then of the DePauw psychology department, found that the average distance traveled in a game was from 225 to 2.5 miles. Howeyer, since 1931 two impertant rule changes have been made which tend to increase the distance traveled, Mr. Messersmith stated. He referred to the 10-sec-ond rule and the no-center jump ruie of this year. Checking one guard in the Bos-ton-DePauw game, Messrs. Fay and Messersmith found that he traveled 3.9 miles. In the Ball State-DePauw game, one forward -covered 3.96 miles. Another guard moved 3.87 miles in the Franklin-DePauw game. The center traveled 3.97 miles in the Earlham-DePauw contest. The forward, who was followed in the Ball State-DePauw contest moved 12,138 feet on offense and 8798 feet on defense. Because Franklin put on a delayed offense during the second half, the guard checked in that game

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SITE SELECTED FOR BASEBALL TOURNEY

WICHITA, Kas, Feb. 17 (U. P.).—

An Indiana district semi-pro base-|

ball tournament. will be held at Doll's Park in Michigan City the first part of July, Raymond Dumont, president of the National Semi-Pro Basal} Congress, announced toSeries of district tournaments will be held throughout Indiana with the state finals to be held at Terre Haute under the direction of Vern McMillan, state commissioner. Louis A Chinske will head the Michigan City district. The other city already established as a district center is Richmond, ‘under the direction of George Brehm, district commissioner. |

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a wooden base. storage battery and movements which correspond *gistered on the clock-like instrument. Below, a Slossup of in action on the miniature court,

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Times Photos. The “follower” .is attached to a to those of the

Pauw. In the former contest, the ball changed hands 62 times and in the latter 59 times.

.In determining the distance traveled by a player, the professors used a miniature basketball court made of tin fastened on a wooden base. A metal “follower” which is attached to a storage battery is used to follow the player’s movements on the floor. A clock-like instrument records the number of feet traveled.

Prof. Fay totowiflie player, while Prof. Messersmith does the

recording and figuring of statistics.

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Title Chance Spurs Boxers

Adamick-Thomas Bout Win=« _ ner May Fight Louis.

NEW YORK, Feb. 17 (U. P).— The winner of the Jimmy AdamickHarry Thomas fight here tomorrow night will get a shot at Joe Louis’ world heavyweight title in April, Promoter Mike Jacobs promised toe day. Besides New York, Jacobs said he . was considering the home city of the winner for the projected 'fight— Detroit if Adamick wins, Chicago if Thomas is the victor. In case it is held in New York, April 8 will be the date because Madison Square Gare den will be occupied by a circus the following week. The announcement was expected to creaie more interest in the Ada-mick-Thomas fight. It will be the first New York [ gan slugger. previous appearance here, was kayoed by Max Sc title defense against Nathan Mann, New Haven, Conn., contender, at the Garden next week is commanding most interest right now, however. While Louis actudlly will be riske ing his crown against Adamick or Thomas, the champion’s comanagers, Julian Black and John Roxborough, regard: it merely as ane other “tuneup” fight for Louis’ title defense against Max Schmeling in June. : If Mann should win from Louis (the odds are 5-1 against it) the Adamick-Thomas winner will not get a crack at Joe, because Mann ‘is under contract to give the Bomber a return match within 60 days.

Wolverine Paddlers Top Yale, 41 to 34

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Feb. 17 (U. P.). — Michigan's swimming team defeated Yale, 41-34, last night in the first dual meet between the two schools in eight years: It was nip-and-tuck all the way, with Michigan's hairline victory in the final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay, deciding the issue. The loss was Yale's ‘second in a dual meet in the last 14 years, the first having been inflicted by Harvard last year.

REFEREE NAMED FOR JEFFRA-ESCOBAR BOUT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Feb. 17 (U. P.).—Johnny McAvoy of New York was named today to ‘referee the ban RR veiehy ttle fight here Sunday” between Champion Harry Jeffra of Baltimore and Sixto Esco bar of Puerto Rico. The island sports commission has insisted that one of the judges be a local man. The other judge, already named, is Nat Fleisher, editor of Ring Magszine, :

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