Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1938 — Page 17
4 THURSDAY, APRIL 1 1938
. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
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. TWO TRACKS BID FOR WAR ADMIRAL- SEABISCUIT CLASH
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| Arlington and Belmont Seek
Race Classic| Chicago Track Offers $100,- |
000; Wants Stagehand in If He Wins. Derby.
NEW YORK, April 7 (U. P.)—
Chicago’s Arlington and New York's |: __ Belmont matched prestige
pocketbooks today in a battle for
_ the honor of staging “the race of * the century” between War Admirai ~ and Seabiscuit.
First announcement of plans to
"match the two great champions °. came from Belmont, but the Arling- .. ton Jockey Club was the first to of-
fer officially a $100,000 purse, the
* largest in history for a two-horse " race.
The Westchester Racing Associa-
. tion, headed by Joseph E. Widener,
almost surely will match that amount and will not insist on the Arlington provision that Stagehand, conqueror of Seabiscuit in - the Santa Anita Handicap, is to be invited to make a third if he wins the Kentucky Derby. When Herbert Bayard Swope of . the New York Racing Commiscion ' ‘broached the subject of a match race to Seabiscuit’'s owner, C. S. Howard, Mr. Howard informed him of the Arlington offer. in touch with Widener, who said
- *#=he would confer with C. V. Whitney
- and other Westchester directors be-
fore he could agree to put up $100,000
The public was not informed of Arlington’s offer until last night when Jockey Club Chairman John D. Hertz announced that Arlington had made. the first bona-fide offer
--of $100,000 for a race between last
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= year’s handicap
and 3-year-old champions. Samuel D. Riddle, owner of War Admiral who won the Kentucky Derby and the Belmont and Preakness fixtures last year and has been undefeated in his* last 10 starts, is expected to arrive here today to confer with both groups. Howard is in California and negotiations with him will be carried on by telephone.
Advantage for Stagehand
If the Belmont fathers decide to post a $100,000 purse, most racing followers believe that it will be more acceptable to. both Howard and Riddle than the Arlington offer with the Stagehand reservation. If it is a three-horse race, it will call for weight handicaps and Maxwell Howard's 3-year-old horse will be carrying only 114 pounds compared to the 126 required for both the 4-year-old Admiral| and the 5-
"year-old Seabiscuit.
At Santa Anita Seabiscuit was
- carrying 130 pounds to Stagehand’s
100 when Stagehand woh by a nose. If Belmont wins the race will be held during the latter two weeks in September. If Arlington wins Hertz wants the race during i first two
Tennis and Golf “Cards Announced
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. April 7 (U. P.) —Six Hoosier rivals and two
_ weeks in July.
. out-of-state foes are on the tennis . schedule announced today by In- : diana State Teachers College. The - coach will be James Nichols, star of
his spring.
last year. Fred Needham of Terre Haute and Lester Milan of Merom, will form the nucleus for the squad The schedule:
pril 7, Eastern Illinois. here: 11, Wa-
: 1 s rr at Crawlordgville: 15, Indiana’ iy
Ban Bi hi castle: 4, Eastern Illinois at Charleston: 7, Armour Tech at Chicago; 10, Evansville at Evansville; 5. Armour Tech, here; 20, Ball State at uncie
Indiana State golfers will meet
. four opponents in a six-meet sched- - ule as follows:
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: their major league careers. - pitchers so exempted were: National * League—William Doak, Phil Doug-
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PREBNS NAN GY
April 14, Wayne University. here: 29, Wabash at Crawfordsville; May ‘3, Eastern Illinois at Charleston; 1i, Armour Tech, P Wabash, here; 37, Eastern Illiere.
here; nois,
Q—Who were the Major League pitchers allowed to continue use of the “spitball” after that type of delivery was outlawed?
A—By concurrent action of the National and American Leagues
. taken at their respective annual : meetings held at New York in De- - cember, 1920, it was agreed that all
bonafide spitball pitchers then remaining in the National and American Leagues be exempt from the operation of the rule against use of the spitball during the balance of The
las, Dana Fillingim, Ray Fisher, Marvin Goodwin, Burleigh Grimes, Clarence Mitchell and Richard Rudolph. American League—A. W. Ayres, Ray Caldwell, Stanley Cove-
. leskie, Urban Faber, H. B. Leonard, . Jack Quinn, Allan Russell, Urban + Shocker and Allan Sothoron.
RACING TO START AT COLUMBUS APRIL 24
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Swope got |
Fred Perry
Bowes Five Rolls 3156;
Aims at New A. B. C. Mark
Bowes Seal Fast's five veterans, Leo Ahearn, Jerry O'Grady, Larry
Fox, Ed Striebeck and Dan Abbott were ready for -tomorrow’s invasion of the American Bowling Congress at Chicago after smashing the pins for a 3156 series in the Indianapolis League at Pritchett’s Alleys last night.
apolis League teams, Marott Shoes and King’s Keglers, and the Hoosier Pete quintet of the Uptown Recreation circuit, the Seal Fast pinmen will attempt to overtake the Birk Brothers Brewing team of Chicago. The Birk team rolled a 3234 series
pin lead in tournament team play. Anchored by Dan Abbott's 691, high individual score last night, the Bowes five fired games of 1071 and 1124 at the Fendrick Cigars ‘before dropping to 961 in the finale. Their scores: 176 203 254
166— 575 213— 640 179— 621 256 180— 629 Abbott 235 223— 691
Totals 1071 1124 961—3156 Joe Rea was on Abbott’s heels in singles firing with a 684 compiled for Hoosier Pete in the Uptown Recreation circuit. Other high honors were annexed by Indianapolis loop pinmen, Paul Stemm and Carl Hardin running third and fourth individually with 681 and 660 respectively and the Barbasols taking "second place in team. play with a 3015 total. | Other league leaders: Day, 629, Mutual Milk; Ehlers, 626, .Interclub; Parsons, 624, Automotive; Snodgrass, 620, Durham Shade; Patterson; 613, Chevrolet Body; Markey and Gick, 605, K. of C.; Boys, 604, Postoffice; Adams, 601, St. John’; Ryan, 579, Medical Sopiety; Consavage, 573, Link Belt Ewart; R. Phiel, 564, Central No. 2; Lillian Stevens, 494, Fendrick Ladies; Mary Overbeck, 486, Eli Lilly Ladies.
A.B.C. Standings
CHICAGO, April 7 (U.P).— Standings of the American bowling congress tournament at the Coliseum today: FIVE May TEAMS
Birk Bros., Chicas Isaac Baker yong Erie, Pa. ..... 3087 Colonial ly Ls. oy Steubenville, ‘0... Mystery Men Lou 3 Pabst "Blue Ribbon, ‘Milwaukee DOUBLES
Richard Kriese-Sam Vanini, Buffalo. 1322 Sieve a Vinski- Rey Schultz,
E. Striebeck
ee, 1298 Stanio Rakel-Louis Felix, Cinsinnayl 1293 Merrit Wilson-Fred Taff, St. Louis... 1292
SINGLES
Knute Anderson, Moline, IIL F Cleveland Chicago ... Joe Fliger, Chicago ce Jack Stahl, Detroit ‘issn aidenied .
ALL EVENTS
Don Beauty, Jackson, Mich. <sescscee Jeremiah Plappert, Detroit .. Carroll Davies, Miwa ukee Joe Fliger, Chicag Harold Grogan, Bhicago
Sof hall
A practice game for Sunday at the City Hospital diamond is sought by the Indiana Avenue Merchants. Managers of teams interested call Riley 0652. Out-of-town teams wanting ' home games with the Merchants write John Montgomery, 824 W. 9th St., Indianapolis.
The Tartan A. C. softball team is reorganizing and will meet at 2144 Linden St. tomorrow at 9 p. m.
Managers of softball teams interested in entering a league are invited to attend a meeting at the Em-Roe Sporting Goods Store, 209
"| W. Washington St., tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. A second meeting is: to be held Monday evening. Four’
night leagues are to be sponsored, including two industrial, one independent and one church. For other information phone Bill Britton, Li.
COLUMBUS, Ind. April 7.—A se- | 3446.
! ries of five dirt track racing pro- : grams is planned for ‘the local track
this summer, W. R. Caine, president of the Indiana Auto Racing Association, said today. The association has leased the
: frack and will hold the first meet
ing April 24. Caine said entries will
. be accepted until April 21.
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New Net Code Provides Rest
Extra Time Out Permitted to Relieve Strain.
Times Special CHICAGO, April 7.—Determined to reduce the speed of race-horse basketball to lessen the strain on players, the rules committee of the National Association of Basketball Coaches today made five changes in the rules governing college games. Two of the changes are designed to give players more rest while other alterations in the code were adopted to add further polish to the popular indoor sport. The five changes: 1. Increase of the number of time outs in the college game to five from four. 2. Optional use of four 10-minute quarters instead of the customary 20-minute halves, with two-min-ute rests between first and second and between third and fourth quarters. 3. Exemption of the outer half of the foul circle from provisions of the “three second” rule so that a player not in possession of the ball may stay in that territory more than three seconds without penalty. 4. Prohibition of substitutions immediately after a goal and before the ball is tossed into play from the end zone, unless a team has called time out. 5. Permission for optional extension of the end margin of the court from two feet to four feet from the face of the backboards. No extra time outs were provided for high school contests, but the committee ruled that referees must call an official time out in the second and fourth quarters if -no time has been called by either team during the first four minutes in those periods. Also for high school games next season’s rule on ties reads: The first team to score two points,
23 | either by a field goal or two foul
goals, will be the winner. However, should the teams play through the three-minute extra period with only
13 [one point being scored, the team 310 making the point will be the victor.
Beda SS TT NEW COACH APPOINTED DUBUQUE, Iowa, April 7 (U.P). —Columbia College officials today announced appointment of Leonard Winter, coach at Central College, Pella, Towa, as director of physical education.
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Famed Tennis Pros Clash Here Monday Night
| Audy-Ernst Buhler,
Three teams were knotted in first place today as the Indianapolis sixday bicycle race entered its fourth day of competition. Leading the field were the Jules Jimmy Wal-thour-Freddie Ottevaere and Piet VanKempen-Freddie Zach combinations. Walthour and Ottevaere, who have led most of the way, broke a two-way tie with Audy and Buhler eariy 1ast night, dashing into a one-lap lead. About three hours later, the leaders were pocketed behind the bunched field and
® | the other two sombinations sprinted
Ellsworth Vines :
.With the local outdoor season away, tennis fans today looked ahead to the professional tennis exhibition at Butlér Fieldhouse gym Monday night, when Ellsworth Vines and Fred Perry lead their touring troupe into action. A sellout for the exhibition was indicated since only 1100 seats are
27 at Shortridge Answer Golf Call
Twenty-seven candidates answered Coach Simon P. Roache’s first golf call at Shortridge, and practice will begin as soon as a course is chosen. Those reporting were George Sims, Clark Grimes, Dan McConnell, George Deardorff, Jack Kenyon, Quentin Covert, Tim Haniha, Perry Courtney, Fred Hickman, Bill Patrick, Bob Maley, Bill Steinhilber,
| Charles Legeman, Howdy Wilcox,
Ray White, Richard Gilliom, Charles Owens, Jack Larrabee, Bob Stackhouse, Bill Sweeney, Jim Miller, John Pike, Bob Witham, Alfred Speck, Herbert DeHaven and William Niven. White was a member of the Shortridge state champion foursome last year, and Gilliom and Owens are also members of last year’s team. The Blue Devils also won the state title in 1935. eer irr aici
Abe Coleman and Roche Rematched
Dorve (Iron Man) Roche, 220, has accepted a challenge from Abe (Half-Pint) Coleman, 205, Jewish heavyweight mat champ, and the two rival stars will meet in she main event on the Armory wrestling card Tuesday night. It will be for two falls out of three. The return of Bob Gregory, light heavyweight champion of Europe, will be an added feature. Promoter Lloyd Carter s seeking a nationally known light heavy to send against Gregory.
Baseball
Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association application blanks may be obtained at the Sportsman’s Store, 16 N. Pennsylvania St. See H. W. McDaniel.
Union Printers team is to practice Sunday at 2 p. m. on Riverside diamond 7. All 1937 players and candidates are requested to report.
NOTRE DAME SENIOR NAMED TOP ATHLETE
SOUTH BEND, Ind. April 7 (U. P.)~Ennio Arboit- of Oglesby, Ill. Notre Dame University senior, has been named the outstanding athlete of the past year from the Illinois Valley district which covers 2500 square miles near Arboit’s home. Arboit captained the 1937 baseball team as a pitcher and was a halfback on the Irish shock troops last fall.
available. Perry and Vines will engage in the feature match, Berkeley Bell and Walter Senior will battle in the other singles match and Vines and Senior will then pair against Perry and Bell in a doubles match. Tickets are on sale at A. G. Spalding & Bros. and the Sportsman’s Store.
Webb Named Army Referee
Navy Ring Coach to Serve At Ft. Harrison.
Hamilton M. (Spike) Webb, nationally known coach of the U. S. Naval Academy and American Olympic boxing teams, will referee
during the Fifth Corps Area boxing |.
tournament at Ft. Harrison starting Monday, Post officials announced today. Since Webb started coaching at the Naval Academy in 1919, ths
boxing Middies have lost only 11 meets, winning everyone of their meets during the first 12 years of Webb's tenure. As boxing coach of the American Expeditionary Forces during the World War, Webb developed Gene Tunney into A. E. F. light heavyweight champion and coached Eddie Egan, who later became amateur heavyweight champion of the world. Matches in the local soldiers’ tourney will continue on next Tuesday and Thursday with finals to bs fought Saturday. Contestants wiil be from Ft. Knox, Ft. Hayes, Ft. Thomas and Ft. Harrison.
Rain Stops Baseball And Track Workouts
Rain forced Butler University
athletic teams to abandon workouts yesterday afternoon, although a few members of the track squad held an abbreviated drill inside the fieldhouse where the annual six-day bicycle race is being staged. With weather permitting, the Bulldog baseball team, which opens its season here April 23 against Purdue, and the spring football group
will hold their outdoor practices to- |
day.
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forward into a tie. Audy and Buhler continued to lead in sprint points despite the work of Walthour, who starred in
MIDDAY STANDINGS Miles Laps Pts. 1290 .. 1290 . 1290
Andy-Buhler Walthour-Ottevaere ... VanKempen-Zach . Crossley-Yates LePage-Wambst McNauwens-Rodak Spencer-Fiynn Saetta-Peden Heaton-Camastro
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standings with 188 points. On the program for tonight will be a special 220-yard dash against time by the “Montreal Flyer,” Audy. With five American Athletic Union
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~ Three Teams Tied for Lead i in Bike Grind
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SWINSKI WINS ON MAT FT."WAYNE, Ind. April 7 (U. P.), —John Swinski, Scranton, Pa., rege istered a straight fall victory over Gil La Cross, Columbus, O., in the main bout on a three-match wrestling show at the National Guard Armory last night.
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