Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 August 1938 — Page 9
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Henry Still 3-1 Favorite; ‘Shifting Battle to Garden After Delay Boosts Gate
Challenger Would Be First Man in History to Hold Three ~ Crowns if He Wins; Lou Weighs 1341/4 While Rival Tips Scales at 134.
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By HARRY
United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Aug. 17.—Henry Armstrong surges out into a pool of hot light at Madison Square Garden tonight to try to convince friends and foes that he can lick any man in the world between 118 and 147
pounds.
The first man he must convince is a tough little Italian named Lou Ambers who will be in the ring with him, jabbing, fighting, ducking and running to protect his lightweight title. * If Armstrong wins—and the odds favor him three to one—he will be the first man ever to hold the featherweight, lightweight and welter-
weight championships at the same time. Win or lose, it will be a momentous nights in the life of the little Negro and he met this crisis by, of all things, writing a poem: “The rest of the world is blacked : out . The only place left is this squared . in
ring. Under the glaring lights a man I must rout Or myself become a beaten thing.”
The hoys backing Armstrong in-
sist his punching is more rhythmic than his meter. Both fighters made the | lightlimit easily when they weighed in officially this morning. Ambers weighed 134%, threequarters of a pound under the limit. Armstrong weighed 134. Big Crowd Expected i ‘This little argument between
Ambers and Armstrong was sup‘posed to have been settled a week
.agoe tonight, but rain fell at the
‘Poio Grounds and Promoter Mike Jacobs decided to take the bout in-~ ‘side Madison Square Garden. It probably will turn out to be one of ‘the smartest things he ever did. _ It looked like a skimpy $60,000 ‘gate at the Polo Grounds, but in the
‘Garden tonight there probably will
be 17,000 customers who will pay around $130,000. Armstrong, a murderous puncher who has knocked out 35 of his last 38 opponents, is the boy who is drawing them. There is only one kind of battle Armstrong knows how to fight—to start punching when ‘the bell rings and keep his fists flying unlil the round is over. Every fight Armstrong gets into is a darkfown sirutter’s brawl, and if you don’t think so ask Barney Ross, who lost his welterweight title to the Negro last May and took the licking of his life in doing it. : Ambers’ Record Cited Most of the money riding on Ambers was placed there because some believe no championship fight ever should be a three-to-one shot. Ambers, they argue, is no Shine doll and his record bears them out. Should Ambers win, he will take over Armstrong's welterweight title in the 26 states under the jurisdiction of the National Boxing Association. The New York State Commission will not give Ambers the welterweigth title if he wins. No one disputes Armstrong’s right to Ambers’ lightweight championship if he wins. So, tonight, as Armstrong puts it in another verse of his epic poem— “I go prancing down the aisle Feeling eagerness and dread And proudness—I'm a fighter in style Wonder if I'll be remembered when I'm dead?”
Fight Facts
NEW YORK, Aug. 17 (U. P.).— Facts on tonight’s fight: Principals—Lou Ambers, Herkimber, N. Y., world lightweight champion, vs. Henry Armstrong, Los Angeles, world featherweight and welterweight champions. Titles at Stake—World lightweight and National Boxing Association’s welterweight. ‘Distance—15 rounds. Site—Madison Square Garden. Promoter—Mike Jacobs. . Betting—Armstrong 3-to-1 favorite. Expected Crowd—17,000. Expected Gate—$130,000. Division of Purse—Ambers, 3712 per cent of net; Armstrong, 222 per cent. Starting Time—Main event, 8 p. m, (Indianapolis Time). Radio—N. B. C. Blue Network.
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Q—About 1907 or 1908 at Colma, Cal, Tommy Burns koncked out Bill Squires in one round. Exactly how much time had elapsed when the knockout occurred? PY “A—Two minutes end eight seconds after the. start of the fight. Squires: was being counted out—the Yesult of a right hook to the jaw. The date of the bout was July 4,
@Q—Did Jersey City ever win the pennant in. the International League? ~~ A—=Yes; in 1903.
PLAY ADVANCES IN. : PARKS NET DOUBLES
: Ralph Brafford and Hank Campbell, top-seeded pair in the men’s doubles, were. Scheduled 2% play Harry Teeguarden an ulton in a quarterfinal match in the City Parks Tennis tournament at the Pall Creek courts at 5 o'clock today. : Brafford and Campbell .defeated Disher and Richards, 6-1, 6-1,
- yesterday.
Roger Hooker and Harold Justus will play Riley Hancock and -Victer Kingdon in a semifinal match at the same time. ‘Hooker and Justus entered the semifinals by defeating Brauer and Evans, 6-4, 6-4, yesterday and Hancock and Kingdon defeated Hilliker and Sunman, 6-4, 6-3.
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Don Budge Wins in Rain
Goes to Quarterfinal of Newport - Tourney.
NEWPORT, Aug. 17 (U. P)—A heavy rain halted play in the 22d annual Newport invitation tennis
today after three seeded players and the last surviving foreing entry had reached the quarterfinal round. It began falling while top-seeded Don Budge of Oakland, Cal, was playing Archie Henderson of Chapel Hill, N.'C., but they were in the last game of the second set, and continued. Budge, seeking his third and retiring leg on the Newport challenge bowl, won easily 6-4, 6-3. Seventh seeded Bitsy Grant of Atlanta, Ga., advanced to the round of eight, beating Jack Kramer of Montebeilo, Cal.,, 5-7, 6-4, 6-2. Sidney B. Wood Jr. of New York, seeded eighth, toppled Hal surface of Kansas City, 7-5, 6-1, in their fourth-round match. The Frenchman, Yvon Petra, won from William Murphy of Chicago, 6-4, 6-4.
MANCHESTER - BY -THE - SEA, Mass., Aug. 17 (U. P.).—Top-seeded Alice Marble of Beverly Hills, Cal, defeated unseeded Virginia Wolfenden of San Francisco today, 6-1, 8-3, in a quarterfinal match of the 14th annual Essex County Club Women's Invitational Tennis Tournament. In a postponed second-round match Thelma Coyne of Australia upset Mrs. Johnny Van Ryn of Austin, Tex., fourth-seeded American, 6-4, 6-2.
CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., Aug. 17 (U. P..—Australia’s chances of gaining the Davis Cup challenge round appeared today to depend on 19-year-old. Jack Bromwich, the only topflight tennis player in the World who swings a racquet with eithér hand. The men from “Down Under” open play tomorrow in the interzone final against Germany at the Longwood Cricket Club. The winner of the three-day, best of five matches series faces the United States in the challenge round early next month at Germantown, Pa.
Atkinson Adds To Roque Lead
LAKESIDE, O, Aug. 17-(U. PJ). —With only one game remaining, George Atkinson of Indianapolis was well on his way today to retain the National Roque Championship. He defeated Phil Wolf of Bellevue, O, 32 to’5, and R. 8. Kimbrough, of Dallas, 32 tc 28, bringing his standing to 431 in 14 games. Later; he was to meet 15-year-old Wallace Martin of Waco, Tex, in a game to determine first position. Atkinson had to score 16 or more points in his match with Martin to win. Martin’s standing was 282 in 13 games. . Atkinson defeated Grant R. Dazey, of Indianapolis, yesterday | 32 to 6, to bring his standing to 367 points in 12 games. Martin lost to R. S. Kimbrough, of Dallas, 32 to 14, and closed play with a total of 348 in 12. William Van Dyke, of Greenville, Tex., ranked next with 441 in 15. In the second division, E. C. Davis, of Wichita, Kas., led with 238 in nine. Robert Barr, Toledo, topped the third division with 200 in eight.
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High School champion, Jim Canning and Earl Mayer. Clayton Nichols, Walter Chapman, Fred Gronauer and Bob Phillips comprise the Indianapolis team. The match was scheduled for 9:30 a. m. Norman Thompson is the U. S. G. A. representative for the Arizona foursome and is also official scoreboard keeper for the national tournament. John Niblack represents the Indianapolis team.
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In the high and” low handicap tournament held by the Hillcrest ladies yesterday afternoon the team of Mrs. E. R. Snider and Mrs. Court Alfs captured low gross honors with 216. In second gross were Jiflia Rowe and Mrs. William Binder, 219. Mrs. William Hutchinson's 89-11— 78 and her partner, Mrs. R. W. O'Neel’s 128-33—985 won the net division with a 173. Mrs. William Bookwalter, 102-13—89, and Mrs. W. Rohling, 122-33—89, were second. 8 » 2 : A driving contest instead of the ladies’ tournament is scheduled at Broadmoor today. i
The finals of the Speedway Club championship will be played Sunday. Ray Robertson has reached the finals and Pete Ernst and Don Rink are to play their semifinal match Saturday. s 8 = 3 The Pleasant Run team will play a return match with the Rae Park Club Sunday at Rae Park, Terre Haute. Pleasant Run récently deifeated Rae Park, 5212 to 221%.
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YT SEaolus matches will be held by the Indianapolis Women’s Golf ‘Association at Meridian Hills Monday. Meridian Hills will’ play the Country Club-Woodstock team, Highland is paired with Hillcrest and Fleasant Run will compete against Broadmoor. Highland is leading with 34% points. Hillcrest follows with 32,
Bowling .
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The Alpha Bowling league will hold an organization meeting tomorrow at 7:30 p. m. individuals interested in this 750 average league which will bowl Thursday evenings at 6:15 o'cloc call DR. 2150.
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City Water Polo Champs
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The above members of the Garfield water polo team are the champions in the City Recreation Department League, having proved their superiority in the season’s games with Willard, Ellenberger and Rhodius Parks teams. They lost an exhibition game last night, 4 to 3, to an All-Star team composed of players from the other teams. The match concluded the year’s water polo program in public park pools. : Composing the Garfield team are, front row, left to right: John
GOLFING
UESTS of Indianapolis last night and today were the four men Who are representing Phoenix, Ariz, ment at Cleveland, starting Monday. Before continuing their journey they were to play with the Indianapolis team on the Coffin course. The team is composed of Milt Coggins, Southwestern Amateur title-
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Pleasant Run has 29, Country ClubWoodstock 28%, Broadmoor 25, and Meridian Hills is trailing with 13. The last round of team competition is scheduled for Sept. 19 at Hillcrest.
t ” 2 The Riverside Golf Club will meet
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Ray Koch, E. Kautsky and Ernie
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Louis Mahern of Rllenberger last night scored the deciding goal
with 30 seconds of play remaining of Willard tallied two goals and
Mathews, Garfield’s captain, scored
Bike Races Given Sanction by A. A. U.
The Cycling Committee of the
Indiana-Kentucky Association Ama--
teur : Athletic Union, has granted a sanction for the final bicycle race
of the Marion County Democratic Central Committee’s Rally and Basket Picnic, to be held at the State Fair Grounds, Saturday, at 2 p. m. There will be a 25-mile team race, in which 66 riders are entered. A special invitation race for the Leroy Donnelly trophy and a one-mile invitation race for the South Side
to break a 3-to-3 tie. Joe Swallow Bill Barchaus of Rhodius one. all three of his team’s points.
Baking Company trophy, in addition to several match races for the riders registered in the A. A. U, who use racing bicycles. The winners of the 25-mile team race will be given a four-day trip to Washington.
Charles E. Wehr, chairman of the Cycling Committee of the IndianaKentucky Association Amateur Athletic Union, announced today that the A. A. U. National Bicycle Championships will be held in Gar= field Park, Chicago, Sept. 17-18.
TRAINER HURT IN FALL SARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 17 (U. P.).—Andrew Schuttinger, noted trainer, was in Saratoga Hospital to~ day suffering a broken collar-bone. He was thrown from a horse yesterday during an exercise period.
Yearling Sales
"By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer
BARATOGA, N. Y., Aug. 17—~The most interesting phase of gambling connected with the turf has nothing to do with odds. I refer to the current yearling sales. These are held
at night after the drama of the track and the hysteria of the crowd have died out. Breeders from all parts of the country bring their young stock here
{and put the little ladies and little
gentlemen of thoroughbred aristocracy under the hammer. The sales are held in a covered arena and they are attended by all classes of the turf, from socialites to stable swipes. It is at these sales you find the
the really informed racing people. They know all about breeding and conformation and they are motivated by a sporting urge to own a champion. Naturally the breeders want to get as much as they can for their stock and just as naturally the bidders want to strike a bargain. This is where the gambling element, entirely divorced from the bookmakers’ slates, comes in. And it’s very much a gamble. There's nothing infallible about breeding, or conformation either. the two standard guide posts. A well bred yearling will always command respect in the auction ring, and if he happens to be well formed he will command even greater respect. Apparently there is no such thing as a superior judge of young horse flesh. At least casual inquiries into the subject have failed to establish the identity of any one person who is looked upon as a supreme au-
to be that quite a bit of luck is involved. Mrs. Mars Active
As usual Mrs. Ethel V. Mars has been among the most active of the buyers. She is a very determined person and when she sees a yearling she likes, it is difficult to stop her. Nobody has stopped her this year
000 for one baby racer so far, She is accepted as a better than fair judge of racing machinery on her own and she happens to be in the fortunate position that she is generously equipped with money, which, I am told, is always a help. Mrs. Mars went to $18,000 last year for a Man O° War colt, later captioned Warbridge, and he was scarcely worth his oats. She paid a like amount for a Sir Galahad colt, Farrell, and this litile fellow yon all of $90 for her as a 2-year-old. These incidents are typical of the
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history of yearling sales. There is no known way to sure success; you” are ‘just as liable to draw a full formed, perfectly tinted, extra sour lemon as not. That's what makes the sales exciting and fascinating. There is the case, for instance, of Mrs. Dodge Sloane. Very few people had heard of her when she came away from Saratoga one fall with Cavalcade, High Quest, Indian Broom and others. In another year or 50 she was the leading money winner of the season.
She had a pretty wise old trainer in Humming Bob Smith, who once managed prize fighters. Smith liked the looks of Cavalcade and bought him in for the proverbial lyric. Mrs. Sloane was in action this week and bought in some nice look ing stock at fancy prices. Smith is no longer her trainer but he is still around, too, and each night you see him at the sales looking hopefully: for another Cavalcade. He is aflame with the kind of optimism which is peculiar to the turf. Always just around the corner nestles another pot of gold.
EYSTON HOPES FOR RECORD NEXT WEEK
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah, Aug. 17 (U. P.) —Capt. George E. T. Eyston of England, holder of the world’s automobile speed record of 311.24 m. p. h, predicted today that he would shatter that mark next week. ; Eyston drove his record smashing Thunderbolt at 270 miles an hour yesterday, and the trial almost ended in disaster. Fumes from tight brakes filled his cockpit and he was forced to use a respirator which
drew fresh air into the cockpit. He
said the brakes would not have thrown off fumes had they been rubbed down properly. He was pleased with his machine’s performance. He hopes that by next week wet spots on the 13-mile salt beds would be dry so that he can go for a new record. ”
IT’S NEWS TO CLIPPER VILLANOVA, Pa., Aug. 17 (U. P.), —Maurice J. (Clipper) = Smith, Villanova College football coach, today denied reports that he might become head coach at the University of Southern Califorina next year, succeeding Howard Jones.
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