Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1938 — Page 24

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By Eddie Ash | GLAD HAND FOR OUR VISITORS

BIG DAY FOR OUT-OF-TOWNERS

Despite a heavy cold Dizzy Déan - blanked the Yanks with one hit in

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HE third leg in the race for the state high school bas- : kett all crown will be run tomorrow and Indianapolis is one of four centers in which semifinals are to be played.

‘+ « + Ind anapolis is out of the competitive picture, but sports-gc ors here are ready to welcome the teams from “over the state and let the field goals fall where they may. Rus! ville, Greencastle, Columbus. and Anderson will

send de ‘gations to support

their hustling teams: and

Tech’s cy napus and gym will be the scene of an assortment of ay 3 i and ribbons as the boys and girls make a

holiday ¢ : Comj,eting schools have requests, but the demand did

it in the capital city.

been supplied with ticket not exceed the supply and

there are.a number of pasteboards available to the public for tomo row’s three games. . . . The extra tickets are being hel: at the Tech financial office and will be disposed

of on a fi st-come-first-served

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ERNIE (ANDRES of Jeffersonville, Indiana University’s All-C:ference guard in basketball, set an I. U. scoring record when he tallied 162 points in Big Ten play this

winter. . .

The total is the highest number of points ever .

scored by an Indiana player during a Conference season. The previous Indiana record was 147 points, set by Branch MiCracken, now coach at Ball State Teachers, in

1930, whic replaced the mark

of 125 points set by Harlan

Logan in 1925. . . . Logan is now editor and publisher of

- _ Scribner’s ‘magazine.

_ John Townsend, Indianapolis, Michigan’s 1938 basketball cartain, has been denied the honor of playing on a

Big Ten championship team,

but he leaves an all-time

Wolverine scoring record in Conference competition. . . . As a sophomore Townsend tallied 108 points, as a junior 123 and a: a senior 135 for a total of 366. Not in: the books, however, is the record of Townsend’s brilliawt passing and team play. . .. They will be recorded in the memory of his coaches, teammates, opponents and

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Two Kinds of Ball Players

ILE M'<ECHNIE, manager of

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the Cincinnati Reds, says the

simplest way is the best way in baseball. . . . “The smartest strategy,” chirps Wilkinsburg Will, “is to score more runs than the opposition.” , . , He explains there. are smart players and dumb

players, and that the wise ones can that the dumb cannot. to think bevond' their capabilities.

grasp ideas, plays and signs, and

. « « The dumb become befuddled when asked

McKechnie asserts that with men like these, he doesn’t attempt to be a master mind, but tries to place himself on their level. ...

To them, he believes, the best sign is no sign. .

« « They are left to

think only of hitting, running, fielding and throwing.

2 # . AJOR Philacclphia Athletics need

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lsague observers still wonder why Connie Mack, whose

a hard-hitting shortstop badly,

permitted Bill Knickerbocker to hop from the lowly St. Louis Browns

to the New York Yankees. When <nickerbocker returned

his unsigned contract to the

Browns, Bil + DeWitt, vice president, gave him permission to make a deal for :imself and asked what minor league club he preferred.

Knickeriocker telegraphed Joe phoned hin in Los Angeles. . .

. McCarthy, who promptly tele-

. The Yankee director told Knick

that he int( aded to, string along with young Joe Gordon at second base and Fi nk Crosetti at shortstop, but that he would like to have

him as a be kstop for that pair as Knick 1 /plied he would gladly

well as Red Rolfe at third. carry bats for the Yankees. ...

So McCarth'/ got him for $20,000 and Don Heffner. . . . He considers

it one of th smartest deals he ever made.

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GC EORGE TRAUTMAN, president

s & = of the American Association, has

establisi 2d ‘spring headquarters at Avon Park, Fla. and. makes

daily trips {2 one of his club’s camps. . .

. Minneapolis, Columbus,

Kansas City! Louisville and Indianapolis players are working out in

the Sunshin: State.

The New: York Giants are trying to land Dick Siebert, first sacker,

to send him ;o their Jersey City farm. . .

. Dick is with the St. Louis

Cardinals. . . . Siebert was with Indianapolis in 1936 and with Columbus last year. . . . It is said the Cardinals do not wish to sell him as three

of their Doulle-A farms want the slender pastimer. . .

. He cannot be

optioned agaih and the Cards have a problem on their hands.

Amateur Basketball

The India’ apolis Red Shields will clash with ‘the Indianapolis Blue Shields at €:30 p. m. tonight in the opening; game of the Salvation tour: zment here, the first sponsored bi the Army in Indiana. Games are/'to be played in the State Armozy. Drawings were held yesterday in

4 the second game, Anderson wil clash with Ft. Wayne in the thir{ and Richmond meets Newcastle i= the fourth. All player: are affiliated with the character-biilding youth program of the Salvation Army. .Games wii: be played tonight and on Saturdsy morning and Saturday afteraoon, with the semi- —_ finals and finals scheduled for Saturda : !

.- Taylor a 21 points rispectively, led the Indianapolis ¥1. I. A. Club to a 49-

trophy was awarded the winners, . emblematic fof the Southern Indiana M. I. A: championship.

Seventy-five players, managers and official® attended the annual banquet of jthe Merchants’ League at the Hocsier Athletic Club last night. Pavsi second and third-place trophies wee given to the Hoosier A. C. Big 1 our A. A. and Hibben--Hollweg, re jectively. 3 Gene Cr ner, star of Martinsville’s 1933) state champion Artes-

‘ians, was 8 arded the outstanding

player medal. Cramer played with the Hoosier team. Herman Ward of Big Four was given the sporismanship medal. : George Bender, league president, made the presentations.

Rockwood Buddies play Fashion Cleaners at 8 p. m. tonight in the first semifinal of the “Top Team” tournament being played at the Central Y. M.C. A. At 9 p. m,, the Hoosier A. C. and the Mt. Jackson Tire & Battery Shop clash in the other semifinal. Scores of last night's games:

Rockwood, 25; Y Seniors, 18. Hoosier A. C.. 42; Goldsmith's Secos, 33. Mount Jackson, 40; Memorial Baptist, 25.

All Rockwood Buddies are asked to report at the ¥Y Gym at 7:30 p. m. For games with the Buddies, who have won 37 and lost 9 games, write Leo Ostermeyer, 1631 English Ave,

tourney

FT. WAYNE FIVE IN CATHOLIC TOURNEY

FT. WAYNE, Ind., March 18 (U. P.) —Central Catholic of Ft. Wayne today accepted an invitation to compete in the annual National Catholic High School Basketball Tournament to be played at the | Loyola University Gym in Chicago March 23-27. St. Mary's of Anderson, State Catholic champions, and Memorial

tomatically - entered the meet by virtue of their standings.

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‘| the Bulldogs outhit the Redskins,

of Evansville, State runnerup, au-.

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Kitzmiller, Jim Glass,

the fate of the 1938 state prep net title

left to right, are Harold

Columbus Likely to Extend Champs, However, Is Belief |

‘Defense Vs. Offense’ Headed for Showdown; Greencastle Meets Rushville in Opener.

(Radio Details, Page 29) (Last of a Series) .

“Defense vs. Offense” will be the subject discussed in Tech’s court of basketball relations tomorrow afternoon and many court; followers believe

will ‘hinge on the decision.

Archie Chadd and his Anderson Indians will line up in favor of defense at 3 o'clock and attempt to convince the reckless Columbus Bulldogs

that the play’s the thing. '«. The Bulldogs aren't particularly interested in plays, having come through .19 times in 26 games: this year without resorting to planned attack. Columbus gained its contempt for planning from Coach George H. Boots, who was one of Ward (Piggy) Lambert's brighter stars at Purdue. Distracted - opponents have come to hail Columbus as “Purdue Prep” because of the firewagon habits of tie Boots machine, much like Lambert's Boilermaker style.’ Chadd, two-time winner in his last three ‘cases at the state’s hardwood bar, will present a strong case for the defense. He's of the opinion that strategy reigns supreme even in this season which saw so many teams abandon all but one play: Sling the ball to the man in the open and let him bang away. # . Columbus’ firing at the Greensburg regional is no true scale by which to measure the free flinging ‘of the Bootsmen, for they took only 100 shots in two tilts. Once this season, they fired only six less shots in one game. Most of the time, their per game quota hovers between 70 and 80. ‘The ‘Batting’ Averages Anderson made 95 attempts at the basket in its regional but here’s the story: The Indians hit 18 fislders, the Bulldogs got 32. Slashing those statistics down to readable figures, one discovers that

320 to .189. A mark of 250 is considered normal for making basketball connections. Most people think Anderson can and will win with a constantly alert defense and a fast attack to take advantage of Columbus’ weakness at preserving its own hoop. If the Redskins forget what Chadd’s taught them and, like so many others, fry to match shots with the Doggies, the team that fires most often — and that’ll be Columbus—figures to come home in front. 75 The opponents are nearly evenly matched in height, with Columbus, averaging 170 pounds, having a considerable weight advantage. 1 Two better exponents of defensive | and offensive play would be hard. to find and, if Columbus can concoct a little opposition to Anderson's at-

tack, the 4500 witnesses who jam Tech’s hardwood house probably will see the best prep exhibition of the two phases of basketball in several years,

Preceding the main delmte, Rush-

The Lions entertained Greencastle

last Jan. 14 and took a 25-to-21 tam-

These are the Archers from South Side of Ft. Wayne, strong - contenders for the Muncie semifinal championship. They play Sheridan at 3 p. m. tomorrow. In the front row, Johnny Hines and Frank Belot.

ville and Greencastle at 2 o'clock will argue over who's going to get a crack at Anderson or Columbus in the 8 p. m. session.

In the second row are Don

three innings. the tip and warm up for the Yanks in

Others ought to take

the nearest icebox.

AL SEMIFINAL

ANDERSON FAVORED IN LOC

Beery, Dick Frazell, Bob Bolyard,

Jim Roth and Coach Burl Friddle. Rear row: John Chidester, Dale Hamilton; Don Hire, Leroy Cook and Bruce Klotz, student manager.

Sonne

much fresher of the two finalists.

guard, who has whipped the Cubs

into almost supernuman play when

the occasion demanded. Victory Over Anderson ®

The Tiger Cubs have beaten both Columbus and Anderson and have their share of partisans who believe

they could repeat. Majority opinion differs, ever.

nothing... .. . _ General opition seems to be that Rushville will go down before the Greencastle onslaught. The Lions of Bob Hinshaw played the understudy role all the way in the I. H. S. A. A. show. However, they may pull a surprise. : They weren't given much more than an even chance to get through their own sectional, but they came through easily and upset favored Liberty, 25 to 22, in the final.

ing. There seems to be little reason why the Tiger Cubs shouldn't repeat their earlier conquest and move into the last semifinal game,

Greencastle is captained by Les Oliver, a flaming firebrand of a

howThe young Bengals caught the Bulldogs early in the year while their victory over Anderson —like most victories over Anderson during the season—proved exactly

Practice Battle Set For Indians

Times Special BARTOW, Fla, March 18— Another = nine-inning intrasquad practice game is scheduled for the Indianapolis Indians today after yesterday’s practice wes prevented by rain. Meanwhile, no word has been received from General Manager Leo T. Miller or Manager Ray Schalk concerning the status of five Redskins not yet at the spring training base. ° Those absent are Vince Sherlock, Oscar Eckhardt, Jim Crandall, Jack Rothrock and Joe Hoover. The only definite thing known about any of these is that Rothrock wants to play near his home on the West Coast and has been trying to: get the Tribe officials to trade him into the Pacific Coast League. If the others are holdouts, the Tribe bosses have yet to label them

nently in Manager Schalk’s infield plans.

as such. Sherlock figures promi-|

Records Fall at A. A. U. Tourney

DENVER, March 18 (U, P.).—The Denver Safeways, national basketball champions, faced the Wichita, Kas., Gridleys, their Missouri Val-

ley League rivals, as the 31st Na-

tional A. A. U. Basketball Tournament went into its semifinal’ round today. . Two other top-seeded Missouri Valley entries, the Kansas City Healeys and the Phillips Oilers of

| Bartlesville, Okla., runnersup in the

1937 national tournament, will meet in the other semifinal game tonight. The Safeways set two new tournament scoring records last night as they won their way into the semi-

| finals, 76 to 44, over the Hollywood

Athletic Club. Big Bob Gruenig, the Safeways’ all-America center, set an individual scoring mark of 28 points. The Oilers won an easy 56-t0-36

victory over the Colorado Springs Antlers in their quarterfinals ape pearance.

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