Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 February 1939 — Page 14

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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1939

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Babe Now a Teacher. JACKSON, Miss., Feb. 8 (U. P.).—Babe Ruth has signed as -an instructor with the Ray L. Doan school of baseball, it was an nounced today. The "college has been " moved here from Hot Springs, Ark.

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“ANYTHING THAT GOES FAST” . .

That was the theme of Bill Cummings’ life. From motorcycles to fast racing automoThis photo was taken at the Speedway just before he drove his motorcycyle around the track at a high rate of speed. The famous race driver died today at Methodist Hospital, victim of an ordinary traffic accident.

biles, Wild Bill climbed the ladder to fame.

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THE OLD HEAVY FOOT .

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None of the qualification trials at the Speedway here was complete without a b " speed from Wild Bill. Here he is streaking down the straightaway last May to gq his car at a speed of 122.392 miles an hour. His was so popular race drivers usually referred to him affectionately as

In 1934 he won the 500-mile race.

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True to the tradition of the Speedway, Wild Bill had close and loyal friends. trio was a familiar sight in “Gasoline Alley.” Waldo Stein, the Firestone racing tire engineer, is kneeling tc test the tires of the Cummings mechanic, helps out with a hand-punip.

robs the Speedwaj, of one of its most colorful figures,

car, Bill looks on seriously.

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while Cotton Henning, Bill's Cummings’ death today

By Eddie Ash DODGERS BANK ON WHIT WYATT

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MAKES A GALLANT COMEBACK

HITLOW WYATT, who will be 30 before the 1939 season ends, joins the Brooklyn Dodgers this spring banked on as a starting pitcher and regarded as one of the finds of 1938. . . . He receives his fourth big league trial with one of the best American Association records in the books. The big right-hander had four trials in the Amerjcan League with no marked success, having performed with Detroit, Chicago and Cleveland. . . . While with Evansville in 1928-29, the Georgia farmer impressed major observers as one of the grandest prospects they ever looked at. ... Yet he couldn't make the big league grade. : : He finally came down with la sore arm, was operated on, and didn’t find himself until last year, when he won 23 games and lost only seven for Milwaukee. . . And he turned in nine shutouts. Always fast, Whitlow developed a splendid curve with the Brewers and is the latest example of old-age

pitching success. . . . He credits much of his comeback in

1938 to Allan Sothoron, Milwaukee's 1938 manager, and

points out that he was worked out of turn only once. It would appear that a pitcher is never too old to pitch .... or to learn how to pitch. ... Whitlow’s elbcw was operated on in 1934, and his arm felt better, but weak. . . . Each year the salary whip got stronger and he blazed ‘em py the boys in the A. A. last season, struck out 208 in 254 innings and had an earned run average of 2.37. In the deal for the hurler, Brooklyn gave $25,000 and Pitcher Buck Marrow and promised two others, . ... He was scouted by Ted McGrew, Indianapolis, who roamed the minors for the Dodgers last year.

” ” ” ” ” 0 WEN BUSH, part owner, president and manager; Frank E. McKinney, part owner and vice president; Al Schlensker, secretary; Jim Pierce, trainer. .. . All of Indianapolis, but the definite baseball setup down in Looieville. . . ; The traditional rivalry of the old days probably will be revealed this year when the Kernels come to town. |

The advance men of the big leagues are checking in at the . Spas to begin the boiling out treatment. , . . It’s the preliminary to spring training and a month from now the Southland and California will be going full blast in the diamond picture. . . . To the youngsters it will be pleasure, to the veterans it will be back to the mines, 2 8 8 2 2 = OU COMISKEY, president of the White Sox, reveals he ordered Manager Dykes to dispose of First Sacker Zeke Bonura last spring. . . . “It’s the only time I ever told Dykes what to do in five years he’s been manager,” the Chicago American leader said recently. , : “Bonurs, always suspected that I made $2,000,000 every season and wanted a hunk of it. Any time my club draws around 500,000 :at home, I'll give the boys a slice of the profits. “Attendance fell below 400,000 last year because of early season injuries and bad weather on what would have been big days. That's the reason we had to slice 1939 salaries off the top players.”

#2, 8 8 SEY 2 8 » LL fighters don’t open restaurants after they quit the ring, al- - & though you might think so... . New Castle, Pa., which has produced plenty of good battlers, reports these oczupations. . . . George Chip, the old middleweight champion, is a watchman. Joe, another good middleweight, is a shirt-cutter. Patsy Brannigan is an elevator operator. ... Tom McMahan, who fought Jess Willard, Sam Langford and the rest, is a bartender. . . . Dan Dailey is a mill foreman. .. . Tommy Jones is a traffic commis= sioner. . . . And ‘Battling Terry a tin worker. : : :

Canzoneri Scores Another Victory

No. 7 of a Series

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By LEO DAUGHERTY

OACH Oral Bridgford of Manual’s City champions and Coach Kenneth Peterman of Shortridge’s Blue Devils were in agreement on one thing today. The undisputed point was that the coming sectional tournament involving Marion County’s 16 teams is “wide open.” Both offered the opinion by way of sidestepping a frank answer to the blunt question.of who will win Friday night when these two aneient combatants in affairs athletic

scrimmage at the Tech gym in the | week’s topnotch schoolboy show.

Mr. Bridgford was caught in the act of worrying while driving his

| Redskins through a heavy drill, Mr.

Peterman, of course, was concerned,

/| but both he and his boys from the

north side of town were taking a respite from strenuous rehearsing. Mr. Bridgeford. was worrying whether the vaccinations of his boys, especially the recent ones, would cause them to favor the tender spots and whether they would “take” against a feared Shortridge epidemic of scoring. 2 & =

R. PETERMAN merely re‘marked that he guessed everyone had beep vaccinated and that “were all well and kicking.” The chief of the South Side Tribe, placed in the defensive role on the basis of the records of the two, whooped a war cry directed at the entire Shortridge camp, but particularly at the Blue Devil's Fred Krampe and Bill Hardy.

Krampe still growing? Everytime I see his name in ink they add an inch to his height. He'll be bad for us because he really can dump them in when he’s anchored in the circle. We'll have to concede him about 10 points. “That Hardy is a tartar because of his speed and drive. He'll worry you to death on the defense and he can shoot, too. Of course, the rest of. them are good, but those two probably will bother us all night.” 8 2 2

RIDGFORD insisted that he would not put two players on the 6 foot 3 inch Krampe “because that just robs you of a man,” and that he wouldn’t match the Shortridge pivot score-reaping tactics by assigning a Redskin to make the circle beneath the basket his wig-

wam, He could do just that for Manual man for man will tower above Shortridge. Bridgford has Forward Ed Dersch, 6 foot 2; Guard Norman Williams, 6 foot 12, and Center Marshall Snoddy, 6 foot 1. Snoddy fidgeted on the sidelines without donning a uniform yesterday while Gpach Bridgford gave him

ed breathing spell. It was the first practice that he’d missed since the

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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8 (U. P.).— Tony Canzoneri, a shadow of the fighter who won and lost four world titles in the early 1930's, added a victory over Bobby Pacho of Los angeles to his comeback record to- , day. Canzoneri won his ninth triumph in 10 comeback starts by a close margin after a half hour of dull milling. Devoid of his old-time skill, the New York Italian tired quickly and despite a last round rally that won him the 10-round de cision, was loudly booed. :

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“By the way,” he asked, “is that|%?

what he theught was a much-need-,

this afternoon. ” # ” OSHEN’S limiting of

of whether it was a defensive rec-

ord. , . . Some of the record keep- « «+ They recall that during the 1921-22 season Goshen trailed LaPorte, 19 to 7, at halfway. . « « Goshen put on the heat to tie the score at 19 all and then won it, 21 to 19, in an extra period, holding LaPorte scoreless for an entire half

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ARTY dresses were the vogue for the fanettes who attended a fete the other night. for New Market’s Montgomery County chamhigh school athletics commissioner, is to

pions. . . . Arthur Trester,

Basketball Scores

J STATE COLLEGES Manchester, 48; Ball St: Anderson 45; N. C. A. G. St. Josepl’s. 55; St. Norl Evansville, 45; Western Kentucky

ers, 43. ; Valparaiso, 48; Indiana State, 44 (over-

OTHER COLLEGES Harvard, 49; Northwestern, 44.

George Washington, 62; Western Re-

serve, 5

St. Lawrence (N. Y.). 38; Hiram (0.),

36 (two overtime periods). Ohio University, 47; Muskingum, 37, Heidelberg, 52; Ohio Northern, 38, Doane, 45; Midland, 38. : Hope, 52; Ferris Institute,

28, St. Mary’s (Mich.), 43; Lawrence Tech, West Liberty (W. Va.) Teachers, 46;

Salem, 44. Westminster, 49; Carnegie Tech Slippery Rock Teachers, 58; (Pa.) Teachers, 53.

Basketball

A team composed of grade school n , 19. boys is seeking games with other 28. Contact Russ

grade school teams. Seller, 906 Mooreland Ave.

Tonight's schedule in the SmithHassler Capital City League: 7:00—~Schwitzer-Cummins Stokols Liehr’s Tavern. - 7:50—Fashion Cleaners vs Cream.

Boy Scout Troop 39 won its fourth straight game by defeating Troop 3 .

South Bend, Riley, to a. lone point during the first half of their game the other night while making 17 themselves-brought up the matter

, 48. California

vs. Furnas Ice 8:40—Drikold Refrigerators vs. Lawrence nzells,

] Liberty in the Smith-Hassler

orate at Monticello tonight when

new gym. . ... Logansport is the foe and Berry fans have gobbled up 500 tickets. : : " = : N 8S. I. A. C. junior tourney is to open at Vincennes Friday night. . . . Eight downstate teams are to be represented, Vincennes, Decker, Huntingburg, Linton, Carlisle, Washington, Princeton and Sullivan. .. . They're getting around to watching Franklin now. . . . Glenn Curtis said before the season was midway that Fuzzy Vandivier’s center, Crowe, would become one of the best in the state. Chet Kessler’s chief worry at Hammond is more offensive power. . « « Sterling Scott is the big contributer. . . . But in five major games Hammond averaged only 20 points. . . . Only. the goofiest. kind of an upset can rob Huntingburg of it’s 20th straight Friday night, , , . The Hunters play Mitchell.

St. Thomas, 36; MacAlester, 29. Defiance, 40; Hillsdale (Mich.), 38. Olio Wesleyan, 36; Dayton, 22. Cincinnati, 49; ‘Wilmington, 36. Bowling Green, 47; Findlay, 38. Mount Union, 38; Otterbein, 30. Peru (Neb.), 46; Nebraska Wesleyan, 37. Luther, 31; Upper Iows, 20. ‘Washington (St. Louis), 42; St. Louis “Culver-Stockton, 39; Tarkio, 37. Santa Clara, 45; College of Pacific, 33. Lebanon Valley, 48; St. Joseph's, 47, Foungstown, 39s Thiel. 35. ; exas, 32; T. C. U., 28. Southwestern, 49; Oklahoma City, 35. California, 36; Alumni, 35. Texas Tech, 53; Flagstaff Teachers, 31. St. Bonaventure, 39; Kent State, 27. Holbrook, 42; Cedarville, 36. STATE HIGH SCHOOL

OLS + J alparaise, 30: La Porte, 28 (overtim®).

. Joseph’s, 39; South Bend Catholic Central, 25. " Columbus, 53; Greensburg, 42. khart, 27.

Howard County Jackson Twp., 21; Burlington, 19. y on, TY

No Sports in Hall

The Works Board today refused {to allow Tomlinson Hall to be used as a sports arena. The Board denied the application of Lloyd who had asked use of the hall for a“series of Friday night boxing programs.

Da a | Carter, local promoter, :30—Mt. Jackson Tire & Battery vs. Salvation Army Green Shields.

Results in the Em-Roe Tuesday Night Speedway League: Bookwalter-Ball-Greathouse, 39; Indiana Farm Bureau, 20. Greyhound Bus, 307 Walt’s Cleaners, 28. International Harvester, 25; Magazine Aces,

esults Manufacturers’ League at the Dearborn Gym: Fashion Cleaner Aces, 22; Polk’s Milk, 20. Stokely Van Camp, 59; Wilkinson Lum“Arlington Market, 31; Beveridge Paper,

Schwitzer-Cummins Buddies, 23; H. P. Ransburg, 20

Casters to Vie

The Indianapolis Casting Club team and the Hoffman Sporting Goods Co. team are to compete in a casting tournament tomorrow cvening at the Tabernacle gym.

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By ROBERT LA BLONDE (Copyright, 1930, by United Press)

Draw up a chair and adjust your spectacles. You are about to learn which. of the hundreds of high school basketball teams in Indiaria stand the best chances of a tri-

umphant march in next montl’s round of tournaments, In an endeavor to round up &n ‘authoritative opinion on this muciargued subject, the United Press polled seven outstanding high schcol basketball coaches, representing every nook and cranny in the state. They were asked which teams in their opinion. and from their experience and knowledge rated as standouts during the stretch drive toward tournament time. After the votes were compiled (remember, the judges insisted they were not :nfallible) the results looked like this: Tops—The state champion South Side Archers of Fort Wayne; Jeffersonville, a team .that has won 15 of its 16 games; and Frankfort, a school with a fine record and a fox for a coach. 2 Hy Second Choice—Unbeaten Huntingburg, a team which has compiled 19 straight triumphs; and the Central Bears of South Bend, beaten only once and coached by Johnny Wooden, an all-time all-Americ in anybody's books. Third Choice—Emerson of Gry, Hammond, Kokomo and Anderson. ‘Fourth Choice—Franklin, Loga:sport and Central of Muncie. : Also Ran—Elkhart, Greencastle, Crawfordsville; Mishawaka, Michigan City, Jasper, Vincennes; Plainfleld, Evansville Central, Reitz of Evansville, Burris of Muncie, Hag-

. |erstown, Connersville, Horace Maan,

Froebel and Wallace, all of Gary, Shortridge of Indianapolis, Richmond, Marion and Elwood. These selections came from the following coaches: Tom Rea, Ritz of Evansville; Johnny Wooden, Central of South Bend; Paul Caldwell, Huntington; H. T. McCullough, Crawfordsville; Archie Chadd, An-

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Rival Coaches in a Fret Over Friday’s Frankfort, South Side and Clash Between Manual and Shortridge|

Both Shortridge and Manual squads were due for serious work

Jeff Rated as State's Best

derson; Chet Kessler, Hammond, and Burl Friddle, South Side of Fort Wayne. : In some instances, these coaches are directing teams which now are riding the crest of popularity and have whirlwind records. But for the benefit of those who feel the selections lean in their direction, no coach named his own club at or near the top of the list. Frankfort was looked upon as one of the powers by every coach in the poll. Friddle said the Hot Dogs appeared to be the smartest and one of the ‘best coached teams in the state, playing a tough schedule an dstanding up under it with plenty of power on both attack and defense. Coach Wooden threw a heavy vote to the state champion Archers, describing them as “a very definite threat to repeat.” . A full compliment of votes went to Jeffersonville,

Franklin Grizzlies

Sample comment on the. other high-ranking quintets: : South Bend (Central)—Handicapped by lack of size but full of speed and aggressiveness. . . , in regular season play they are good but in tournament play not so hot. . Huntingburg—Plenty of size and they have been to tournaments before . + . almost as good as last year. > Gary (Emerson)—Can upset anyone if they get a streak. Hammond—Plenty of power .. . well drilled with excellent defense. Kokomo—Good shooters and fast ball-handlers . . . one of the best. Anderson—Most potential team. in the State, coaches say.

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Four Rookies Sign Athletic Contracts

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 8 (U, P), —Vice President Roy Mack of the American League. Athletics today announced receipt of signed 1939 contracts from four minor league rookies, three hurlers and a catcher, Leon E. Kyle of Pensacola, Fla., Robert Emmett Joyce of Stockton, Cal,, and Carl Byrd of Erwin, N. C.; all pitchers, and Catcher Hal Wagner of East Riverton, N. J, had agreed to terms, Mack said. -

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