Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 January 1939 — Page 15

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HN HENRY LEWIS relaxes at cards and wonders “ what is in store for him. . . . He is in camp at ~ Summit, N. J., where he is preparing for the fistic. match ~ with Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis at New York next Wednesday night. . . . The big fellows are scheduled to ‘throw punches over the 15-round route and Joe's title will be at stake. Many boxing observers believe John Henry is too light to stand a chance against the Bomber, but -he expects to weigh 184 pounds and Jack Dempsey scaled only 183 the hot day at Toledo in 1919 he slaughtered Jess Willard.: However, the wise boys “point out that Louis is vastly more capable than was Willard and that

Lewis is not a Dempsey of

the dynamite gloves. John Henry's handlers profess to believe that he

will outbox, outmaneuver

and outthink Joe. . . . If Joe doesn’t contact early and end the show before the customers get seated. Lewis scaled 174 in the last defense of his light heavyweight crown and : took down the decision ‘over Al Gainer in 15 sessions on Oct. 28. . . . He has been boxing since he was 18 and will be 25 in May. . . . “He is only 12 days older than Joe. on In addition to size and punch, Joe has an advantage in that he has been submitted to much less wear and tear than the challenger. . . . However, John Henry accepted the match and apparently believes in himself. . . . His courage never has been questioned and perhaps he figures his educated left hand will keep the champion off ‘balance enough to prevent that deadly haymaker from finding the button.

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D G. BARROW, new president of the New York Yankees, managed the Indianapolis club in 1905 and. it finished sixth. . . . ‘Bill Clymer piloted Columbus to the American Association pennant that year, and Kansas City, newest Double A member of the Yankee : haseball chain, wound up in the A. A. cellar. ». Joe Cantillon managed Milwaukee, W. H. Watkins was at the Min- “ neapolis helm, Charles Dexter at Louisville, Mike Kelley at St. Paul, and Toledo had two pilots 34:years ago, Mike Finn and J. Ed Grillo.

: ¥ 8 8 : 8 8 8 rIMMY DYKES’ White Sox finished in sixth place, 16 games out of

John Henry Lewis

the first division in 1938, and from the looks of the 1938 roster

the Alabaster Hose will have a struggle to better that record. It’s tvue the Sox were visited by an unrelenting siege of illness, injuries and ‘postponements last season, but it’s also true the team was weak from the outset in more than one department.

If the team is fo climb out of the American League second di-:

vision it must do, so with practically the same players who toiled last _ season, with the exception of the unfortunate Monte Stratton, who lost a leg in a hunting accident, and he was the team’s leading pitcher last year with 15 victories. TERY S88 » 2 2

F the seven new players added by the Sox since tHe close of last season, six are minor leaguers. . . . The seventh is Eric McNair, who has been obtained from the Red Sox. : Dykes is again listed on the active list. . . . Thus he continues as the oldest player in the majors, having passed his forty-first milestone. . Ted Lyons, at 38, is one of the game’s veterans, also. The Sox will enter the American League race with the major burden being carried by a dozen or so players who have passed the. 30year mark.

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@® ® Joe Williams— - NEW YORK, Jan. 18.—One of the mild sagas of sports last year was the spectacular way in which Bill Stewart, the old baseball umpire, piloted the Chicago Black Hawks to the hockey championship his first season

as manager.

In the regular league season the Hawks had finished sixth but in the playoffs for what is known as the Stanley Cup the old umpire managed to land on top. There aren’t many sports in which a really bad team can win the championship but hockey is one. Everybody admitted the Hawks were a bad team, It was a surprise they even qualified for the playoffs.” It was something of a miracle that they went through the playoffs to take the title. Even so it was generally conceded Stewart had done a fine job as manager. Rating him off his record, it would be hard to see how he could have done a better job. » ” ” y oT some days ago Stewart was tossed out on his ear. Maj. Frederic McLaughlin, who is better known as Mr. Irene Castle, didn’t like the way things were _ going with” his Hawks, though they were going just as well, if not better than at -a corresponding stage a year ago. : ‘The Major’s approach to any problem concerning his Hawks is unfailingly simple and direct. He

fires his manager—and evidently Bill Stewart

it doesn’t make any difference whether the manager has just won him —

a championship with a cheap club or not. The Major's technique is not new to sports. If has been used for years in college football and professional baseball. The Major came into big time hockey in 1926 and since that time he’s had 13 different managers. "There was a time when the St. Louis ‘Cardinals used to have a new manager every time you looked around. The Brooklyn Dodgers used 10 have a similar reputation, 8 on » 2 » ” UT the Major seems to be in a class by himself, He seldom keeps a manager around long enough to learn his first name. It seems

the Major has a very imaginative mind and reeks with bizarre theories

about hockey. The blowup with Stewart came when the Major wanted him to sit in the gallery and watch the games from there. “That’s the best place to see all the action at once,” the Major argued. “You sit in the gallery and let Paul Thomson run the team from the bench.” This was the tipoff to Stewart he was on the way out You can’t get much farther away from your team than the gallery and there isn’t much solace in ‘the knowledge there is always a nearest exit. One of the many managers the Major had was a priceless gent named ‘Godfrey Matheson. He was right down the Major's alley. He was loaded down with theories. His background was scant.

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SHOSE must have been weird days around the’ Chicago rink. One ‘of Matheson’s ideas was that the best way to develop a goal tenders proficiency was to give him a lot of work, so in practice he had his goal tenders knocking down pucks thrown at them from all angles. Not shot, mind you, but thrown, and sometimes three or four pucks would be thrown at once.

‘The brilliant ' Matheson also introduced the bench whistle fo

’ jockey. Every toot of his whistle had a meaning all its own. One

last for a pass, two. for a shot at the goal, three for a formatien shift

n the era or offense. It is a matter of record that the artistry gid not. § Improve under the strange coaching methods of ‘was a new adventure born ut’ o:

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HAWKS

Boast Record

In 12 Starts

Ben Davis to Be First Tourney Opponent of Decatur Central Five.

8 By LEO DAUGHERTY The Decatur Central High School Hawks are not worrying much about the Marion County basketball tournament which comes up this week end at Warren Central’s gym. The defending champions have a record of 11 won and only one defeat and they think they're pretty much equal to this week’s occasion. Coach Robert Gladden’s husky youngsters have lost only to Bain‘bridge and then by one point. The thing that irks them about that reverse was that it had to occur on their own floor. Their impressive record includes a victory over Murray Mendenhall’s

| Ft. Wayne Central quintet and that

by a 10-point margin of 32 to 22.

Hawks, Cardinals Have Feud

The Hawks are county champs

I by reason of a 29-27 victory over

New Augusta in a double overtime argument at Southport last year. They came up to the 1939 titular

tory over Southport which was the identical score of their game the previous year. Southport and Decatur Central have an ancient feud which is pretty much unrecognized. Their

hardwood, but on the baseball diamond as well. years, the Cardinals thumped the Hawks, 6 to 4. Coach Gladden isn’t worried about the draw for this week-end’s classic ‘but he is trying to cool his boys off for a struggle which he believes will be sizzling hot.

Against Ben Davis

The first assignment for the defending Hawks is against Ben Davis’ Giants at 10 o'clock Friday morning. If they win that one; which they are doped to do, they come up against the winner of a game -between Speedway and Oaklandon, which in the records is conceded to the boys from race town. Here are the way the teams | ine up for the gunning: > FRIDAY First Round Game No. 00 A. M.—Franklin Township vs. New Augusta 2—10:00 A. Decatur

M.—Ben Davis 3—11:00 A. 4— 1:30

"vs.

Central. M. —Speeaws vs. Oaklandon. P. M,—Beeth rove vs. Southr

5— 2:30 P. M.—Castieton vs. Warren Central. ‘Second Round M.—Lawrence Vs. Game No. 1. M.—Winner Game No. 2 vs. Winner Game No. 3. SATURDAY

Semifinals

6— T:00 P. Winner

T— 8:00P. M.

8— 1:30 P.

9— 2:30 P. M.—Winner Same No," 6 vs.

Winner Game FINALS

10— 8:00 P. M.—Winner Game No. Winner Game No.

Ben Davis, first opponent of the Decatur Central squad, dropped a 35-t0-23 decision to the champions earlier this season. The Decaturs Royal Blue and Old Gold is a husky lot. It is probably one of the heaviest teams around this neck of the woods. The boys have experience on top of their Three of the five are

8 vs.

seniors. : Two Brothers In First String

They are Howard Huffman and Charles Shanklin, forwards, and Johnny Mills, guard. Vernon Mil-

and Max Shanklin, brother of

‘| Charles, plays guard and upholds

the prestige of the sophomore class. Coach Gladden is the driving type but attributes his success to the willingness and enthusiasm of his

ys. The school has an enrollment of only about 200. About half of if is boys. And about half of those boys came out for the basketball team. There are about 75 families in the neighborhood, but the crowds at the basketball games hover between 800 and 1000. A modest man is Coach Gladden. “I don’t teach them basketball” he “They just learn it.”

Shortridge Net, Grid Cards Set

Shortridge High School’s 1939-40 football and basketball schedules were announced today by Russell S. Julius, athletic director. The complete program: Football—Sept. 15, at Brazil; Sept. 22, at Southport (night game); Sept. 29, Dayton Stivers; Oct. 7, at Culver; Oet. 13, Lafayette; Oct. 20, Washington; Oct. 25, Cathedral; Nov. 3, Crawfordsville; Nov. 10, Tech. Basketball—Nov. 29, Greenfield; Dee. 1, at Noblesville; Dec. 9, at Greencastle; Dee. 15, at Selbyville; Dec. 16, at Southport; Dec. 27, Tech; Jan. 5, Martinsville; Jan. 6, Lafayette; Jan. 18 and 19, city tourney; Jan. 27, Rushville; Feb. 2, at Lebanon; | Feb. 3, Crawfordsville; Feb. 9, Manual; Feb. 16, Kokomo; Feb. 23, at Anderson.

games with Columbus ahd Cathedral |

Beat Chicago Team

Times Special CHICAGO, Jan. 18k. Golden Gloves team representing the Bess Athletic Club of Indianapolis took four out of five bouts from the Chicago Savoy Club here last’ night.

Of One Defeat |

contest by reason of a 30-t0-27 vic-|

warfare is not only torrid on the!

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ler, center, represents the juniors, |

Definite dates = for basketball |

Vernon Miller . . . Jumps Center for the Hawks.

Howard Huffman . . . Crack Shot.

STATE COLLEGES Xavier, 45; St. Joseph’s, 33. OTHER COLLEGES Carnegie Tech, 35; Penn State, #3. Kansas State. 43; Nebraska, 38. Duke, 47; V. P. 1, 35. Wake Forest. 57; North Cardiina, 3% Kalamazoo, 46; Adrian. 15. Olivet, 42; Alma, 38. Central, Michigan, Ferris Institute, 22. Hope, 55; Hillsdale, 32. > Marshall, 23; Cincinnati, 22. Thiel, 37; Hiram, 28. : Washington and Jefterson, minster, 40.

Basketball

The Smith-Hassler Capital City League is to resume play tonight st the Dearborn Gym. The schedule:

WH 00—Drikold Refrigerators: vs. Standard Service. iH 50—Schwitzer-Cummins

hw vs. Fashion 8: +40 Arlington Market vs.| Mt. Jackson 9:30-—Lawrence xs, Furni Furnace Ice Cream. Last night’s results in the Manufacturers’ League: : Sohwitzer-Cummins Buddies, 25; Wilkinson Lumher shion Cleaner Aces, 40; Linco oil"Stokely VanCamp, 29; Beveriilze Papér, Polk’s Milk, 85; H. HP. ‘Ransburg, a. The ‘Franklin Bea Bears are seeking games with teams having access to

Dutch’s

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R. R. 1, Franklin, Ind.

16th straight victory, defeating Riverside M will Juniors were tripped by the, U. B. Silver omy, 29-27. 4

Casters to Vie 2

The Bess Club has produced some | teams of the Midwest's outstanding ama-

teur fighters. a: Yaar Milton

| University,

State Teachers, 61; 7

43; West-|

The Goodwill Buddies + won their M. E., 48-32. The Good-|

Thom Whips Lansdowne

I..U. Coach Uses Toe Hold; ‘Lord’ Unable te Return.

Coach Billy Thom of Indiana former light heavyweight champion of the world, put a reverse toe hold on Lord Lansdowne of England and made him concede after 39 minutes of wres-

Itling at the Armory last night. The

“lord” was unable to return after the first fall, because of torn cartilage in his knee. Thom kept the Englishman in trouble all the time with his tricky maneuvering and Lansdowne could at no time do much with Thom that Billy did not want done. Lansdowne weighed 178 and Thom,

180. In the preliminary Ernie Powers, 215, Pittsburgh, and Ray Eckeft, 2117, St. ‘Louis, wrestled 30 minutes to a draw in a match that proved to be one of the best crowd-pleasers at the Armory for some time. Roy Dunn, 217, Amarillo, Texas, threw: Babe Zaharias, 238, Colorado, who was subbing for Dick

|Lever, in 18 minutes with a body

scissors off the ropes and a press. Lloyd Carter, matchmaker, announced that he’ has signed Jim|m McMillen, former Illinois University football player who has been absent for the last few seasons for next Tuesday's show. ‘Another newcomer, Mephisto, a light heavyweight who won the championship from Billy Weidner in Ohio last week, also will appear here. Tuesday against an unnamed opponent.

Marquard at Hialeah

‘HIALEAH, Jan. 18 (NEA) —Rube Marquard, former New York Giant pitching star, is employed in the mutuel department at Hialeah Park.

Basketball Scores

North Dakota. 42; North Dakota Aggies, 40 (overtime). . Hamline, 39; St. Olaf, 28. Tulane, 40; Mississippi, 35. - Washington College, 41; Delaware, 26. LaSalle, 34; Mt. St. Mary's, 26.Stout Institute, 59; River Falls, Wis, Teachers; 48. : Youngstown, 36; West Liberty, W. Va., Teachers, 34. Allegheny, 50: Grove City, 44. Muskingum, 52; Oberlin, 87. McKendree College, 36; Shurtleff, 34. Wooster, 34; Mt. 23. Chis No rihern, 38; Denison, 36. : Western. Ky. Hesonure 503 University of Joie 52; California Aggies, 35. Santa Clara 55; Colle ¢ of Facile, 37.

Beloit, 41; Lawrence. wy

on rehead, Ky. Teachers, 41; Tra ansyl-

Ye Getrretown, 50: Cen te

e, 23. water, Wis., Th 53; Mil. waukee AC i

38. Wa shington State, 44.

y 4%; Deny 40. 2 Illinois Wesleyan, 285.

: STATE HIGH SERotLS Frankfort, 20: Lebanon Gary Horace Mann, 31: E. Chicago Wash~

on, Brownstown, 36; Shawswick. 15. St. Jose ph’s. 23; Michigan City st.

Marys: Deca Hi 35; Huntington, 3. , 33: Albion

Wolf po Re he Butler 16. bia ‘City. 0 yne Central Catholic, 47; Colum-

Additional Sports, Page 16

Anderson : St. Mary's. A Middletown, 23.1

Charles Shanklin. . , .

Gloves Show Tickets On Sale Downtown

With the entry list approaching the 150 mark the managers of The Times-Legion Golden Gloves amateur. boxing meet are confident the affair will measure up to last year’s show which set a record in attendance and supplied a barrel of fireworks. The opening night for the current event will be Friday. Other dates are Jan 27 and Feb. 3 and 10. Reserved seat tickets for Friday are on sale at Haag’s Claypool Hotel drugstore and the price is 75 cents. General admission tickets will go on sale at 6:30 p. m. Friday at the Armory. Boxing begins at 7 30.

Visiting Tankers Swamp Butler

Scoring first in all seven events and setting five new pool records, the Huntington A. C. swimming team last night won a 44 to 21 ex-

‘hibition meet from Bufler Univer-

sity in the latter’s pool. Henry Borst of the winners paced his team by setting two of the|o marks. He won the 50-yard free style in 26.5 and the 100-yard free style in one minute flat. He was also a member of the winning 400yard relay team. that set a new

mark of 4:15.1, clipping 6.5 sec-|W 'onds from the old record.

John Dilley triumphed in the 100yard breast stroke and continued

swimming to erase a Butler pool|.

record in the 150-yard event with a time of 1:47.9. Huntington’s 300-yard medley relay group comprised of Shult, Tilkerton and Peters bettered the pool record of 4:27 by 624 seconds to establish another new time.

Tech Frosh Quintet Beaten by Redskins

Manual’s frosh quintet triumphed over a ‘smaller Tech freshman team, 17-13, for its second victory of the season, at the Manual gym last night. The Redskins maintained a lead throughout the game and were never threatened by the Green and White rhinies. Prior to the game the Manual varsity ran through its first workout since annexing the City crown.

Park Five Plays Tilt For Paralysis Fund

Park School of Indianapolis will play a basketball game Friday night against Williamsport High School th proceeds of the. contest to go ith I the benefit of the Fight Ins

game will be at Park gym. Park is one of many schools: throughout the country which is

giving proceeds from one of its|

athletic contests to the campaign.

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Here Monday

Former Local Stars Play With Wisconsin Five.

Two basketball players well known

leaders in the Western Division of the National Basketball League, battle thé Kautsky All-Americans at Butler Fieldhouse Monday night. Le Roy Edwards, former Tech star and later an All-America at Kentucky University, and Scott

| Armstrong, former Butler pastimer,

are members of the Wisconsin pro ‘team. Indianapolis, because of its victory over Sheboygan Monday, is within a few points of Oshkosh in the race for the division lead. In addition to Edwards and Armstrong, the Oshkosh team includes Capt. Ed Mullen, former guard at Marquette; Frank Linkey and Ray Adams, former members of the DePaul University cage team; Herman Witasek and Felix Preboski. National Basketball League standin gsi WESTERN "DIVISION w

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Patty Berg Holding Four-Stroke Lead

AUGUSTA, Ga., Jan. 18 (U. P.) — Patty Berg, red-haired national champion frem. Minneapolis, was four strokes ahead of the field today as play began in the third round of the third annual titlist golf tournament. Miss Berg carded a 8, three over women’s par, yesterday, for a 36hole total of 156. Trailing Miss Berg, who won both previous titlist tour-

|neys, was Marion Miley, Lexington,

Ky., with 160.

Franklin Five

Host to Blwe In Loop Fra |

Wabash to Test Ti Tiger adi nt;

St. Joseph’s Tripped! By Xavier. |

Butler’s entire basketball squad was to leave this afternoon for Franklin where it will battle the Franklin Grizzlies tonight in an Indiana College Conference game, The Butler five will be against

seven of eight conference starts date. Butler has chalked up tw triumphs, .the most recent being

1a b54-t0-27 victory last Saturday

‘night over DePauw who holds a view tory over Franklin. s The problem confronting Coach Tony Hinkle today is how to d feat Franklin on its home floor. The

| Grizzlies have not been defeated

in. their own gym for about three years. The same combination which won

| over DePauw will start for Butler

tonight, Coach Hinkle indicated ye terday. This lineup will include Jerry Steiner and Bob Dietz, for< wards; George Perry, center, and

{Lyle Neat and Bill Geyer, guards,

Franklin’s probable starters will be McCracken and Schafenacker, forwards; Anderson, center, and Gerrell and E. Atkinson, guards. Reserve teams from the two schools will meet in a curtain-rais-er.

Wabash and DePauw To Renew Rivalry -

Times Special GREENCASTLE, Jan. 18 A 33 year-old basketball rivalry is to be renewed here tonight when DePauw’s Tigers meet the Wabash Little Giants'in an Indiana Conference game. The two schools have met 56 times on the hardwood, with the Little Giants holding a 29-27 mar gin in the way of victories. Coach Moffett sent his squad through a light tapering off drill yesterday and indicated he would make no changes in the DePauw lineup. Likely starters are Kixmile ler and Landeck, forwards; Franke, center, and Lindsay and Smith,

to Indianapolis fans will appear|guar here when the Oshkosh all-Stars,|®

ds. : ; The probable starting lineup for Wabash: Berns and Vosloh, for= wards; Scheivley, center, and Hawkins and Kitzmiller, guards.

Strong Finish Gives Ohio Team Victory

Times Special COLLEGEVILLE, Jan. 18. — A last-half spurt gave the Xavier of Cincinnati basketball team a 45« 33 victory over St. Joseph’s in a game here last night. Paced by Ray Michalewics, who scored 13 points, St. Joseph's held a 17-15 halftime margin, but was unable to cope with the visitors’ ate ‘tack in the second. half.

Culver Five Travels

Times Special

CULVER, Jan. 18—A prep rivalry of long standing will be renewed in

558 Chicago Saturday afternoon whon 2| Morgan Park Military Academy and

the Culver Military Academy Ma= roons meet in their annual basket-

o0| ball game. Last year Culver won:'a

close one by a score of 38-35 on’ the

93! Culver floor.

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