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ET VE carefully to and from Indianapolis tomorrow and to and from Butler Fieldhouse. . , . Don’t let tball exuberance while at the wheel place yourself and ‘others in jeopardy. . . . Play it safe, there will be many youngsters in cars; don’t speed, watch and obey all + traffic signs. . . . Hold yourself together until you get the car perked in the old garage at home. : Allow ample time for the trip and you’ll enjoy the + gamae all the more. . . . Everything has been done to protect the fans and it’s up to the individual motorist to = do his share. . . . Followers of the winning team are especially requested to use 100 per cent driving judgment on the journey home to participate in the celebration. .

f It’s great to win, but the championship is not worth

one single frightful accident. . , . There will be other itournaments and’ other championships and this is just “one of 27 in the Hoosier State. # # » Et 4 » 8. Bas SKETBALL celebrities from out of the past and college and university coaches from many parts of the country are headed for the Hoosier high school finals. . »«« News of the “natural” setup with four wonder fives left in the field spread over the land and college hardwood chiefs are coming on the run. .., . Perhaps to look for

~ talent. « « + Well, perhaps. : 2

- Colleges everywhere have completed their basketball “schedules and the coaches feel the need of a little vacation, * 80 it’s Indianapolis or bust. . . . It’s a bargain for the lucky - persens holding tickets, what with three games involving the cream of Indiana’s interscholastic hardwood teams and rone a former champion. . . . A situation which adds color to the competition and brings into the picture a fresh - rush of basketball enthusiasm. - Indianapolis heartily welcomes the players, the ‘ “coaches 2g, the relatives of all concerned and the thousands

“-of fans. ... So, nine rahs for everybody—Columbus, ;

Ham nd, Bedford and Ft. Wayne.

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Cro nin Cracks Whip in Camp

CCORDING to spring training baseball chatter, Joe Cronin, the former “boy manager,” is giving the Boston Red Sox a hard ride dn their tuneup camp at Sarasota, Fla. .. It is said for those who remember the Gold Sox as a team of self-satisfied prima donnas, this year’s camp would be a revelation. . . . The watchword of their practice is “Iustle,” and some of the veterans are groaning under the lash of the whip, After five years of disappointments and failures the Red’ Sox are “turning over a new leaf by paying more attention to base 1 than to fishing and golf. / [

‘Tom Yawkey, ‘multimillionaire owner of the club. has assumed a serious aftitude toward his ball team for the first time since he “bought the franchise. .". . Including his original investment when he ‘purchased the club in 1933, Yawkey has poured $3,500,000 in the Red Sox grist mill. . . . For that he’s had two fourth place clubs, one fifth,

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Battleship First U irst U. S.-Bred Horse to Take British Classic

Americans Cheer Themselves Hoarse as 11-Year-0ld Steeplechaser Displays Pluck of Famed Sire.

AINTREE, England, March 25 (U. P.).—Battleship, plucky little son | of Man O’ War, charged like his sire to the finish of the Grand National today and became the first American-bred horse to win the world’s great-

Battleship von from the Irish-bred Royal Danieli in a hair-line finish that sent nearly 300,000 spectators inte a frenzy.

the winner of the 100-year-old race. |. It was a two-horse finish. Sir Alexander Maguire’s Workman was a poor third in the field of 38. The many Americans in the throng cheered themselves hoarse when: the result was posted, elated that a son of America’s greatest thoroughbred should at last capture the honor for which Americans have ‘contended so long. ° Three times in the history an American owner has won, but never with an American horse.

Carried 160 Pounds

Battleship is an 11-year-old chestnut horse by Man © WarQuarantine. One of the smallest horses in the race, he carried 160 pounds without difficulty, Low weight was 140 and top was 175, carried by Royal Mail. Battleship is owned by Mrs. Marion Scott, formerly Mrs. Dupont Sommerville and the wife of Randolph Scott, American film actor. Battleship began his racing ca-

and won four out of 10 starts that year. In 1930 as a 3-year-old .he won 10 races on the. flat. He began light training as a steeplechasér jin 1934 but was not campaigned & great deal until he was sent after the great prize today.

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Many Drop Out As usual in the Grand National, many dropped out and only 13 finished. The other 23 fell or ran ‘| off the course. H. R. Bain’s Rock Lad was injured and had to be destroyed. Battléship was lightly held: in the betting at 40 to 1. Royal Danieli, owned by H. C. McNally, was 18 to 1 and Workman was 28 to 1. Arthur Sainsbury's: Blue Shirt and James V. Rank’s Cooleen started joint favorites at 8 to 1. Cooleen finished fourth. Mrs. J.

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B. Snow’s Delachance, Americanowned was fifth. Red Knight was sixth, Blue Shirt seventh, Hopeful Hero eighth, Under Bid ninth, Bachelor Prince tenth, Lough Cottage eleventh, Provocative 12th and Drim last.

Walthour Signs For Grind Here

Eight riders have been signed for the second annual international Indianapolis six-day bike race to be held at the Butler Fieldhouse April 3to9.

The latest entries announced by George Harvey, director, are Dominick Camastro, who competed here last year, Jimmy Walthour and Freddie Zach.

Camastro made a hit with local fans because of his power and aggressiveness and is expected to show to better advantage in the continuous 24-hour race. , Walthour has mon 10 six-day grinds, the best record of any American rider. At Milwaukee early this month he and Al Crossley finished first in a fast field.

IRISH ALUMNI PLAN TO HONOR ROCKNE

sound | BEND, Ind, March 25 (U. P.).—Alumni of Notre Dame Univ y and the Campus Monogram) Club will honor the memory 0 ute Rockne at mass and a communion breakfast here Sunday morning.

Charles (Gus) Dorais, head coach at the University of Detroit,“ and

one sixth and one seventh. . He is tired of paying fancy prices ‘and getting plain ball clubs. . The whole etmosphere has changed in the: Red Sox camp. . .. The players used to be noted for their fishing ‘ability around Sarasota in the spring. . . . Nowadays they don’t get much time to fisn. . . . On days when exhibition games are sched= uled there are morning workouts.

: 8 nn = NE cay this week Cronin drove 3 his men through a long Jnorning crill, had lunch sent over to the clubhouse from the hotel and then kept them batting and fielding until time for the game. . . . In nine games the Red Sox have won only three, and Cronin has ample reason to step up the pace. - Joe is concentrating on his young pitchers in an attempt to find some flingers to go with Lefty Grove land Jaek Wilson, who may be regarded .as the backbone of the staff at this | | time. . . . Best looking of the young crop are Jim Bagby Jr., son of -the old Cleveland pitcher, and Charlie Wagner, up from Minneapolis.

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Mal Edward, head coach at Purdue University, both teammates of the famods Irish mentor, will talk at the breakfast. Later, alumni and monogram winners. will place wreaths on Rockne’s grave in Highland Cemetery. Rockne crashed to his death in an airplane on a Kansas prairie March 31, 1931.

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[George Vale Paces Bowl ers With 652; Advance Electrotype Tops Team Sooring

George Vale today was the pacesetter in local bowling . leagues, having rolled a 213-234—652 “series during last night's session of the Print Craft loop at Pritchett’s Alleys, Other high scorers in this circuit were Ciresham with 623, John Fehr 615, Bud Schoch 613, Williams 606 and Alex Kriner 602. Advance

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2878. Scores follow; Mawson cc..ccoeeee.. 171 187 185— 548 Sahm sse60000600000s ‘178 159 188— 520 Gresham esssssesses 201 248 174— 628 Sitichaek esssnsesess 190 162 227 3D Schoch cccocecooces - 224 187 _20e— 618 adwns sania T976—2818 Nan "Schott fired a a 821 1 = the Universal League, Sutphin getting 611 and Hollenbaugh 606. Blue Point, Heidenreich, Russet Cafeteria, Tom Buskirk and Guarantee Tire won two games. A 578 by Gatewood led the Thursday Night Handicap League at

Pritchett’s, Morden paced the L. S. |

Ayres pinmen with 584, Gibbs was high in the Diamond ‘Chain loop with 609, while Abe Breadleft and Russell Williams tied in the American Life circuit with 561. George Schmalz turhed in a 651 to head the E. C. Atkins loop at the Indiana drives, Loeper connecting for 631 and Koehler 608. Jim Worthington also shot a 651 in the Industrial circuit at the In-

‘diana plant to tié for city-wide run-

nerup honors. Webb Wallace finished with 258 for 625, John Hausman had 623 and Mike Daly: 614. . At the Fountain Square Alleys, Ray Scherer topped the St. Catherine’s League with 646. Schuster Coal and Trefry’s: Inn captured ‘three games while Fountain Square Furniture and Wizard Machine were ahead twice.

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In the Alpha loop at Fountain Square, Templin showed the way with 559. Bud- Orphey came through with 650 in the Parkway reation circuit, Evan: Stuart getting 640, Roberts 617 and Todd 616. Burger Beer swept its series and Coca-Cola, Hindel Cleaners, Gulfpride and Agar Boxes annexed the odd game. In the Koch Furniture League at the Parkway establishment, R. Bernd grabbed first place with 612.

‘Charlie Lewis was outstanding in | MY,

the Fletcher Trust circuit with 640 and Langley led the P. R. Mallory League at the Pennsylvania drives wth 562. Charlie McCahill’s 587 featured the activity in the Related Foods loop. Dan Abbott rolled 2 634 in the Elks League at the Hotel Antlers. Business Furniture, Don Lee Stoker, Mobilgas and Skinner Radio all scored shutout victories.

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A 625 by Boston was best in the Intermediate League at the Uptown drives, Leppert hitting for 605 and Godwin 603. He led Wiles & Wilson to a triple triumph with 2861, while Uptown Sandwich Shop, William H. Block and Scherer Electric also won three games and Uptown Tavern finished in front twice. At the Ceritral Alleys, Beven topped the East Side Social loop with 575 and Rae’s 555 was high in the R. C. A. circuit.

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St. Louis Tteam Still Leading in A. B. C.

CHICAGO, March 25 (U. P).— Standings in the American Bowling Congress tournament at the Colis

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GOPHERS UPSET ON ICE LOS ANGELES, March 25 (U. P.), —The University of Southern Calie fornia surprised a favored Unie versity of Minnesota ice hockey team ‘and won the first of a twoe game series 5-2, before 3500. persons at Polat Palace last night.

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