Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1938 — Page 26
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STATE ‘CHAMPIONSHIP HOPES ARE "HIGH | AT BEDFORD’
"Team Forged | Aheac After Chasir,g Slump
Town All Se! for Big Celebration; phn Torphy. Star of Quintet.
(Editorial, Page 20; alls Details, Page 31)
(Last of a 2 Series)
Times Special BEDFORD, ‘Ind, March 25.— Every day’s not & aoliday in Bedford but tomorrow's going to be, because no. one in town vill be paying attention to any sort of work. Everybody in this limestone center of 13,000 people will be concentrating on 10 high school boys who will e out on Butler University’s Fieldhouse floor concentrating on winning Bedford's first state high school basketball ehampienship. The 800 or 900 fortunate enough to obtain the ducats to the state final will trek 76 miles northward over State Road £87 to lend their vocal support to-the Stonecutters of Coach Paul R. Lostutter. The disappointed 12,0005 odd will battle for pole positions around their radios so as not to miss a minute of what promises to a brilliant game etween Bedford and Hammond's jldcats, favorites to win the championship. Backers Not Blindly Loyal Bedford is quiet today, the kind of quiet that goes before a tornado; the atmosphere is Charged with an electricity that will mount hourly "until 2 o'clock tomorrow. And, the local fans hear what they ex- _ pect to hear along about 9 p. m. tomorrow, the resultant explosion will probably shake so much limestone out of the quarries that dozens of quarrymen will be forced into unemployment. People’ hereabou's aren't blindly loyal to their team; they admire their boys because they are good students and excellent leaders at . school; all the important posts in the student organizations at the high school are held by boys on the
team. Bedford left the opening barrier fast last December and ‘was bound on a nonstop drive through all opposition when som-thing. happened at Vincennes during the Old Post tourney at the turn of the year. Washington’s Hate! oD chopped the Stonecuters winning streak at 11 games. From-then on fhe Cutters wandered aimlessly about, losing frequently. They looked very much like numerous other Bedford teams which had skyrocketed away at the season’s start only to. falter in midseason. John Torplkr the Star Bedford won its sectional, but no one| paid much attention; the team was expected to zet that far, at least. But when Lostutter’s lads came slashing through Seymour, © New Albany, Central of Evansville and Martinsville in regional and semifinal action, Bedford's state championship’ hopes sored dizzily. z+ Star of the team is a southpaw named John Torphy, the fellow who tied and*beat Martinsville in the double overtime climax of the Vincennes - semifinal Johnny's bad leg is just about - healed now—it was while he was hurt that - Bedford's fortunes sagged—and the home folks expect him to make any All-State team selected at thi e finals. Teaming with Johnny is Don McLeod, who is the same height— 6 feet—and weichs 170, four pounds less than John. Eugene (Cy) Perkins handles the center's chores while Bill Torphy ~ and Roy Riggs stand guard duty. The Torphys are brothers. Perkins fought his way out from ' behind the 6-foot-4-inch shadow of Owen Roberts to take away Roberts’ regular center job this season. Cy is 6 feet tall, weizhs 170 pounds. Roberts, weighing 190, is the tallest and the heaviest of the first 10. Riggs, 5 feet 1072 inches and 160 pounds, furnishes all the sparking the Cutter machine requires whilé Bill Torphy stands like a 6-foot-1-ingh- 185-pound chunk of granite, keystoning the whole Bedford structure. Charles (Red) Caress and Roberts handle most of the relief’ work, but Harry Ste, John Robertson and Claude Boruff are 2lso capable reserves. Expect Thrilling Game Fans expect a brilliant game when Hammond anc Bedford meet because beth teams have been thoroughly coachec in all departments of the game. Hammond has a slight edge on the offensive side, balanced by Bedford's better defensive /ability, as measured by previous performance. In 31 games =zgainst the best competition available, the Stonecutters held the opposition to an average of 22 poinfis a game. Meantime, the ‘Cutters have averaged nearly 28 points’ per game, getting 865 markers altogether. Lostutter, a veteran coach in Hoosier high school basketball warfare, believes he has a steady, smart team, probably the best he’s ever turned out. With his tournament experience and the boys’ brains and spirit, Bedford fans can’t see how the team can lose. :
AMATEURS BOX TONIGHT J. Herbert Hartman, president of| the Hoosier Athletic Club Boosters ~ Club, has announced that a card of amateur boxing os will. be held at the H. A. C. Gym tonight at 8:30 .o’clock. A number of battlers who appeared in the Golden Gloves - tournamerit here will be on the program.
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Bedford's Stonecutters (above) hope to crush Hammond's husky Wildcats when they battle tomorrow at 2 p. m. in the opening game of
the finals of the state basketball tourney at Butler Fieldhouse, | 900 supporters are expected to accompany the team.
About
Indiana Teams Advance In Catholic Net Tourney
CHICAGO, March 25 (U. P.).—Fourteen teams, including the defending champions, Fenwick High of Oak Park, Ill, began second round play today at Loyola University in the 15th Annual National Catholic
Interscholastic basketball tournament.
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Three remaining first round con-® tests also were to be decided today. John’s College High, Washington D. C,, 41, St. Stephan’s Mission, St. Stephan’s, Wyo.. 37; Lasalle, Cumberland, Md., 37, Augustine, Austin, Minn, 26; Catholic High, Baton Rouge, ., 28, St. Mary's Menasha, Wis, 25% St. Francis Mission, St. Francis, . D., 38, Holy Family, Bayonne, N. J., 22; Lehigh, Chicago, 39, Cannius, Buffalo, N. Y., 33; St. Ignatius, Chicago, 29, Calvert, Baltimore, Md., 24: Reitz Memorial, Evansville, Ind., 35, Central Catholic, Wheeling, W
“ from St. Aloysius High School,
Va., 33; St. Mary’s, Anderson, Ind.
CHICAGO, March 25 (U. P.). ~—A . 6-foot' 2-inch ° forward
New Orleans, La. scored 32 points for a new tournament record today to lead his mates to a 41-to-28 victory over St. Mary's Academy, Dunkirk. N. Y., in the National Catholic: Interscholastic Basketball Tournament at Loyola University. The forward, Rene (Tex) Galatier, dropped in 13 field goals :and six free OWS.
31, St. Veronica's, Ambridge, Pa., 29; St. Francis De Salles; Morgantown, W. Va. 33, St. Mary’s Paterson; N. J, 29. Anderson 3h
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Basketball
Final entries for the Indiana District: Walther League Tourney have been received. The tournament, to be held at Pennsy Gym, on tomorrow and Sunday, has 12 teams entered. Seven teams will battle for titular honors in the Senior Division, which includes powerful fives from Sherwood, O., Ft. Wayne and Lafayette. The Columbus, Ind. junior team is picked as the top contender in its division. As ag added attraction, the Emmaus and St. John girls teams will meet x curtain raiser at 1:30 p.m.
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Sunday preceding the championship finals. : The schedule: SATURDAY . (Junior Division)
M. 1; :00—Kendallville vs. St. Paul (Ft. Wayne). olumbus vs. Trinity (Evansville).
:00—Immanuel (Hamilton, O.) vs. Win
\ ner of 1 p. m. game. (Senior Division) 2:00—Sherwood vs. Wanatah, Ind. 4: 90—Fmipsus cndiagapolis) vs. St. James 5: o0—whittly, Ind. vs. St. Paul (F. 8: 00-51% Joni E (Byanston, Ind.) vs. Winner am 9: o0—Wianer of § p. on. game vs. Winner f 5 p. m. game. SUNDAY M (Junior Final) Bolt of 2 p. m. game vs. Winner p Se Final)
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NINE IRISH NETTERS AWARDED DED LETTERS
SOUTH BEND, END, Ind, ‘March 25 U. P.).—Nine men were, awarded basketball letters at Notre. Dame University for the past season, Athletic Director Elmer Layden has announced. Of these, six will graduate in June. Returning next year will be cap-tain-elect | Earl Brown, Eddie Sadowski’ arid Paul Du Charme. The ‘others are Johnny Moir, captain Ray Meyer, Mike Crowe, Paul Nowak, Tommy Wukovits and Tommy Jordan. Coach George Keogan predicted that despite the heavy loss by graduation, “Notre Dame will have a strong but not a great Your next
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raiser to the professional basketball game between Jewell Young's AllAmericans and the New Yorks Celtics at Butler Fieldhouse Monday. Referee and umpire for the contests will be A. E. Pitcher and Homer Stonebraker, who handled the recent Celtic-New York Renaissance game at Butler. The game will be one of a series of three to be played between the two teams hext week. They will meet again on Wednesday at ‘Muncie and on Thursday at the North Side High School gym in Ft. Wayne. Monday's games here ar€ scheduled to star at 7 p. m. and 8:30 p. m.
INDIANA STARS TRIP
YOUNG’S TEAM, 60-48
BLOOMINGTON, March 25.—Indiana and Purdue were all even in their professional basketball rivalry after Indiana’s All Stars: had thumped Jewell Young's All-Amer-icans, 60 to 48, here last night. While Wendell Walker limited the flashy Young to nine points, Jim Birr of Indianapolis and Vern Huffman led the All Stars winning offensive. Johnny Sines led the AllAmericans with 14 points.
Marion Crawley Takes New Post
Times Special
~ GREENCASTLE, Ind. March 25. —Marion Crawley, athlete and local High school bas-
ketball coach, prepared today to assume the coaching duties at Washington (Ind.) High School where he was signed to a three-year contract yesterday. Crawley will succeed Wendell Walker. ex-Indiana University football and basketball star, as athletic director and head coach at the Washington school. Walker, who played basketball with the Indiana All-Stars at Bloomington ‘last night, withheld comment. The Greencastle team went to the last round of the Indianapolis semifinal last Saturday before bowing to Columbus. Crawley had been connected with the local school for seven years, Syer since his graduation from DeAUW.
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1 U. Grapplers in College Tourney
STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Mirch ,25 (U. P.)—The Oklahoma A. & M. wrestling team ruled the favorite today as 92 wrestlers from 29 colleges prepared for preliminary matches this afternoon and tonight in the 11th annual National Collegiate Athletic Association. Wrestling Tournament. ~The Oklahoma A. & M. Cowboys, defendign champions, winners of eight of the 10 previous tournaments, appear unbeatable again this year. The team is made up of three N. C. A. A, champions, two members of the 1936 Olympic wrestling team; one member of the Canadian Olympic team and three national A. A. U. champions. The only serious opposition expected during the two-day meet may come from teams representing Michigan and Indiana of the Big Ten conference. Indiana wrestlers participating are: Charles McDaniel, Bloomington, Big Ten heavyweight champion and former N. C. A. A. titleholder; Willard Duffy, Muncie, Big Ten 126-pound champion, who has néver been defeated in a dual bout, and Chris Traicoff, runnerup for the Big Ten 175-pound title.
Softball
DeGolyer Printers will practice
| Sunday at Christian Park. The fol-
lowing players are asked to report at 10 a. m.: Yovan, Mahoney, Blasingame, Springer, Gunn, Taylor, Bardash, Dietz, Brown, Briner, DeGolyer, Billington, Burge and Funk. Candidates Also may report at that time.
A girls’ softball team is to be organized in Fairfax to play in a girls’ league. Girls interested should report to Bud Kaesel at Grande Park tonight at 6 o'clock.
Banner-Whitehill will practice at Willard Park at 8:30 a. m. Sunday.
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Sitting in front is Claude Boruf. On the first row of bleachers, left to right, are Owen Roberts, Roy Riggs, Charles Caress, Don McLeod and Gene Perkins. On the second row are Harry Lee, John Robertson, Bill Torphy and John Torphy. Rear, Paul R. Lostutter, coach.
Table Tennis Meet Reaches 3d Round
PHILADELPHIA, March 25 (U. P.) —Laszlo Bellak of Budapest entered the third round of the eighth national table tennis championships today in defense of his singles title. Bellak, southpaw paddler who won the American title last year, had trouble defeating Douglas Cartland, Rockaway Park, N. Y. Bellak won
the second round match 22-20, 21-16,
12-21 and 21-8. Mrs. Florence ‘Archer, Upper Darby, Pa., staged a first' round surprise - in winning from Georgiana Fossas of Seattle, Wash, Pacific Coast champion, 21-19, 21- 15 and 21-14. Five St. Louis entrants survived the second rounds. These included Bud Blattner, Garrett Nash and George Hendry in the men’s singles, and Marjorie Blattner and Dolores Keunz in the women’s singles.
CUP VICTORY CERTAIN, MRS. WIGHTMAN SAYS
PHILADELPHIA, March 25 (U. P.).—Helen ‘Wills Moody's return to Wightman Cup play virtually assures America of retaining the international trophy, Mrs. George Wightman of Boston, donor of the trophy, said today. “Reports of - Helen’s comeback campaign indicate she can probabls defeat any woman in the country,”
said Mrs. Wightman, who is com- |
peting in the National Badminton championships here. “How ans other three women in the world can beat Mrs. Moody, Helen Jacobs and Alice Marble is inconceivable. n
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Seventh and Eighth Graders To Be Instructed.
In its 27 years of history, To Indianapolis High School ever has captured the highly prized state high school basketball championship. i James Reed, coach of the Taber-
nacle Presbyterian Midgets, and
some others interested in the net game, have decided something should be done about it. So today, Reed announced that a basketball school for seventh and eighth grade pupils would be held in the church gymnasium three afternoons a week during April. The sessions are to be held Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays between 3: 15 and 5:15 p. m. Tom Woods, Shortridge fresh: man coach, is to be an instructor
COLLEGIATE SWIM
W BRUNSWICK, N. J., March
25 (U.P.).—The N. C. A. A. cham-/
pionships, blue ribbon- event of the intercollegiate swimming world, be-
gin today with Ohio State favored | to take the title from University of.
Michigan.
Swimmers from 34 institutions
from Bowdoin, Me.,, to Southern California, will churn the Rutgers pool for the next two days, but Ohio
| State’s paddlers are favored because
of victories over Michigan's defend-
ing titleholders in both -dual com-
petition and the Big Ten championships. ‘ Harvard, champion of the Eastern Intercollegiate swimming league, is rated only an outside chance of upsetting either of the Western Conference teams. - Yale has the largest s entry with 15 men, but is not up to the Crimson in class.
{JACOBS UNDECIDED MEET OPENS TODAY
ON TITLE BOUT SITE
DETROIT, March 25 (U, P.).— ike Jacobs, who controls the world’s leading boxers, said today he would not decide on the site for the world heavyweight championship bout between Joe Louis, present titleholder, ‘and Max Schmeling for several weeks. ; In Detroit to inspect the new , Briggs .Stadiumr as a likely site, Jacols said he would be unable to choose between\New York, Chicago and Detroit until after Louis and Schmeling had completed their tuneup bouts. Te
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JUST JOE MILWAUKEE, March 25—Milwaukee baseball writers have plenty to be thankful for, now that "Joe Juszczah of the Brewers has changed his name to Joe Just.
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