Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1939 — Page 13

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By Eddie Ash

~ YALE STARS BORN TO BASEBALL ® 8

COLLINS AND WOOD AID THE BLUE

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Dartmouth Wins PRINCETON, N. J., March 8 (U. P.).—

Dartmouth clinched the Eastern Intercollegi-

ALE UNIVERSITY'S baseball team isn’t lacking in famous big league names. . . . In picture above you see Capt. Eddie Collins Jr., at left. . . . He is an infielder like his illustrious father. . . . Joe Wood Jr., right, follows “in the pitching footsteps of Coach Joe Wood, center. "Through the influence of Eddie Collins Sr., general manager of the Boston Red Sox, the American League team is to play Yale at New Haven in an exhibition game in mid-April and it is sure to be a great day on the Bulldog campus.

Collins was the king ot second sackers while a member of the Ath<

letics and White Sox, a wander in the field, a great hitter and fast on the paths. Smoky Joe Wood is in the books as one of the all-time mound greats. . . . He threw a fast ball that whistled, and like other pitchsrs of his day, was a horse for work. " s = ” ® n OU GEHRIG, the New York Yankees’ Iron Horse who has been around long enough to know a pitcher when he sees one, predicts that Oral Hildebrand, the Indianapolis product, will win between 15 and 18 games for the McCarthymen this season. Gehrig faced the Hoosier on many occasions when the latier worked for Cleveland and the St. Louis Browns, and says, “He's a great pitcher and finally has found his real club.”

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EO MILLER, Thdianapolis club president, arrived in Tampa yesL terday and watched the Reds go through the paces. . He'll remain at the Cincy camp until the Indians open. their training at Bartow. . . . The 1939 destiny of the Hoosiers rests upon what tae "Reds turn over to them and it won't take President Miller long to get a line on what's what. Manager Ray Schalk of the Tribesters, who is in Chicago, hopes to cut himself a piece of American Bowling Congress pie in the Cleveland tournament before taking off for Florida. >

.|derwood, rangy guard.

Joe Williams—

IAMI, March 8.—They are trying to put the heat

under Joe E. Widener down here. A State Senator, one Ernest R. Graham, cranked up his legislative prerogative yesterday and flipped a dozen hot questions across the middle for the New York turfman to blink at.

Demanding a State Senate investigation of Widener and his agents at the Hialeah race track Big Six Graham said, “If information reaching me is correct, and some of this information came from no

less a person than the Governor, Widener and his henchmen have done

more to corrupt Florida than any | other person or persons.” With this demure and soothing start, Graham began to work the corners with such naive questions as (1) Did Widener and his agents have a part in closing up a rival track? (2) Did they try to influence decisions of the Supreme Court? (3) Did they pay money to ' pass tlre parimutuel bill? (4) Did they pay money for favorable racing. dates? (5) Did they lobby against a business program (designed to cut the racing week from six days to five)? (6) How tnany legislators has Widener on his payroll? (7) Is Widener or any of his agents connected with the underworld?

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AVING filled the bases, Speed Ball Graham proceeded to call on his cunning with this statement: “If Widener has been a benefactor of the state, he then has been greatly wronged and in fairness to him 1 think a complete investigation should be made of his activities and those of his henchmen. If they have not been

play its weekly games.

corrupted, then they should be -vindicated.” You "will note the sterling statesman does not say Widener or his agents are guilty of any of these megsy things; he just wants to know if it could be at all possible. | Widener made no attempt to answer the questions categorically in the local gazettes today. What he said was: “It is extraordinary that I should be faced with something like this after all I have done to be as good a citizen as I know how, and to do all I could for this section of the state.” The turfman did not seem to be angry but it was clear he was very, very hurt. 8 = 8 » ” 2 O™= Hunter Lyon who is described formally as Widener’s public relations man took it upon himself to answer one of the questions. - He said, “Not more than six or eight legislators were employed’ -at Widener’s track during the season just closed. Around town Lyon is envied for his many beautiful friendships in the vicinity of Tallahassee where the lawmakers meet in solemn con- " clave to serve the people at duly appointed intervals, but nothing sinis-

Joseph E. Widener

ter sho@ld be read #to this because Lyon is a charm boy and te know

him is to love him.

It seems to be Lyon’s notion that the Graham outburst was provoked by the fact that there wasn’t a sufficient number of the Senator’s own followers on the Widener payroll. : 2 8 |» | ese QoME of the fast ones Graham shot at Widener’s bean are pretty ridiculous at that. The one about forcing a rival track to discontinue, for example. This referred to the Gulfstream track which folded after four days this year. What happened was that a smooth stock salesman su¢kered a young Pittsburgh contractor into a spot whére he suddenly found an incomplete track on his hands ad no money to move. This was a bad break for the young Pittsburgher but Graham's attempt to tie Widener Ip in it is either stupid or designedly unfair in face of the known ac We are not so simple as not to believe that it takes a certain amount of suger, judiciously aistributed among statesmen, to pass a

parimutuel bill, to command Javorable dates and gbiain wanted -legislation. In fact,

Warriors Out to Trip Southport

Members of Team Have Been Playing Together Since First Grade.

By LEO DAUGHERTY Times Staff Writer

NEW WINCHESTER, March 8— An ambition which was born more than 32 years ago in the hearts of the basketball fans of this community has been realized. New Winchester owns the Danville sectional basketball crown and the Warriors of this school are gearing themselves for the fight in the regional at Anderson next Saturday. Neither the boys who gather around the baseburner in the garage at the bus stop, nor Coach

Amos ‘Shelton, nor the boys who

make up the team, will venture a guess on the Warriors’ chances against Southport.

“We've been trying for 12 years to

win this sectional,” said Carl UnWhen he said 12 years he meant that all the boys on this club have been playing the game together since they were of first-grade age.

* Take County Title

The 32-year-old ambition had its inception when the New Winchester team, one of the first organized outfits in Hendricks County and one of the first in the-State, won the county championship by reason of two victories in three starts against Amo. The | championship pennant | still hangs in the corridors of the school, which sits hard by the highway and went unnoticed by passing motorists until its current rise to basketball attention. : There followed a long goal and victory famine at the school, which didn’t end until the 1913-14 season when the team wént to Bloomingfon and engaged in the state baskefball tournament at Indiana University, the state tourneys still being in their infancy. The team lost out that year, Wingate winning the championship, and it wasn't from then until four years ago when Coach Shelton came over from Central Normal College that New Winchester renewed its reaping of hardwood spoils.

Only 25 Boys in School

Beiween 1914 and the arrival of the, tall Mr. Shelton, the Warriors won few games. Neither Coach Shelton nor the boys kept any accurate check on their successes since he grabbed the helm, but they

estimate that during the last four|

years they have won about 64 games, which is fancy goal harvesting in any league. There are only 25 boys in the high school, but out of that quarter hundred Coach Shelton has a squad of 10 who have been playing together, either indoors or outdoors, ever since they were about 6 years old. They include Carl Underwood, Herbert Cline, George Joseph, Harold Lieske, Richard Clark, Ray McVay, Donald Buechler, Junior Jones Fred Moore and Leon Pierson. Clark’s father, Carlos, and MecVay’s father, Conrad; both played on that 1913-14 team and probably are this town’s most ardent fans. Junior Jones’ father, Roy E. Jones, is high school ‘principal, and. the team’s official scorer.

«+ « And Pitch Hay

Around here they credit Richard Clark's uncle, Frank Hayes, with being the man who gave basketball its biz incentive hereabouts. Years ago, he purchased an abandoned church and converted it into a gymnasium, the first one in Hendricks County. Basketball is a year-around sport here. The high school team sometimes practices as long as six hours a day. They play it outdoors in summer. “Play basketba:! and pitch hay is about all we do,” explained young Mr. Underwood. “And, man alive, car you pack away the sow belly after you've played for several hours.” About 400 come out of the countryside around here to see the team The only thing that gripes the Red and White is that 30-to-25 loss to Bainbridge. The Warriors had the boys from Archie Chadd’s home town, when all of a sudden, the ball struck one of the ceiling lights, short circuited them and they had to call the game off right then and play it over several nights later. Bainbridge had gotten accustomed to the floor and walloped the Warriors the second time they clashed. They’re Not Boasting

New Winchester this year shows not only a sectional championship, first’ in the school’s history, but an invitational tournament championship, with victories over Clayton and Stilesville, and 11 triumphs against seven defeats in regular season play. The Riflemen practiced up at Anderson last night and have their hearts set on beating Southport and going into the regional final with the victor of the Greenfield-Ander-son game, but they're not boasting abotit what they can or might do. Coach Shelton fears the rugged Cardinals. His boys know what they will be up against. The ‘most her say they will do is that they’ll

Iy. Getting back to that baseburner at the garage, the boys who do their smoking and tobacco chewing there are downright peeved because the sum total of New Winchester’s tickets for the regional is 136. They were purchased, or at least asked for, before the mail bearing them got here. * Clark is the club's only six-footer, but they come hefty and they're ready.

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ate basketball title by defeating Princeton, 138-33, after coming from behind ah eight-

point deficit at half time last night.

New Winchester in Regional After 12 Years

Toiling in Florida—at Least One Is Dopesters

At the left, hard at work in St. Petersburg, is Oral Hildebrand, veteran righthander but a newcomer to the Yankees. He’s a former Indianapolis star: The other pitcher, not so hard at work, is Lefty Vernon Gomez, veteran southpaw, resting in the Florida sunshine while team-

- mates toil.

Hubbell Shows Control; Reds Play First Game

: BATON ROUGE, La. March 8 (U. P.).—Carl Hubbell’s arm still is a question mark, but Giant Manager Bill Terry is encouraged by his easy motion in batting practice. The “meal ticket” worked 15 minutes yesterday, and although he didn’t bear down, he had plenty of control. It was the first time he had pitched for batting practice since his operation last August, and he said afterward, “My elbow felt better than in several years.”

~ TAMPA, Fla, March 8 (U. P.). —The Cincinnati Reds play their first practice. game today and Manager Bill McKechnie put only two of last year’s regulars inte the lineups so he could get a line on new material. Wally Berger and Harry Craft were assigned to the outfield because McKechnie did not have enough newcomers for two outfields.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 8 (U. P.).—Holdout Shortstop Frankie Crosetti considered the New York ‘Yankees’ “final” offer today and indicated he would do nothing before talking to President Ed Barrow, who arrives here Sunday. Crosetti was

,junderstood to be asking $15,000,

about $1500 more than the Yanks offered.

CLEARWATER, Fia., March 8 (U. P.).—The Brooklyn Dodger squad of 34 was complete today and Manager L¢¢ ~Durocher planned another intraclub game. The Yannigans beat the Regulars, 3-2, yesterday despite two home runs by regular First Baseman Dolph Camilli.

ORLANDO, Fla., March 8 (U. P.). — The Washington Senators: were 100 per cent under contract today. The only holdout, Buddy Myer, came to terms after a conference with Clark Griffith, Nat owner, last night.

SARASOTA, Fla; March 8 (U. P.) —With Ted Williams at last in camp, the Boston Red Sox spring training squad was complete today. Williams, sensational American Association slugger last season, caught a cold while driving from his San Diego, Cal, home. He saw a doctor in New Orleans and was ordered to bed, but he failed to notify the club. His whereabouts were unknown until he drove up yesterday.

Amateur Basketball

Play in the 22d annual Central States City amateur basketball tourney now in progress at the Dearborn Gym will continue tonight with three games on the evening's schedule: The Mt. Jackson Tire & Battery vs. Royal Crown Colas at 9 p.m. promises to be the feature contest. Tonight’s schedule is as follows: die Siokeley VanCamps vs. Bethany Bud8—Indpls Flashes vs. Liehrs Tavern.

9—Mt. Jackson Tire & Batt Royal Frown Colas. atisry Co. vs:

night in the City tourney at 2% the Drikold Refrigerators led by Bill McDonals, former Tech player, with 14 points defeated the Waverly Oil five, 34 to 27. Schwitzer-Cummins Stokols subdued the Ex-Craftsmen, 26 to 17, while the Kingan A. A. five toppled

Butler Fives Feted Tonight

Coach Tony Hinkle will “pinch

hit” tonight at the annual Utes|

Club banquet to be given the Butler varsity and freshmen basketball teams at the Campus Club at 6 o'clock. Announcements of awards for both teams will be made by Dr. Henry M. Gelston, chairman of the faculty athletic committee. George Perry, William Geyer, Chester Jaggers and Laurel Poland, seniors, will receive gold basketballs ‘and “B” blankets. Elmer Layden, Notre Dame football coach, was originally scheduled to speak but will be unable to appear. Others who will talk in addition to Hinkle are “Pop” Hedden, freshman coach; Judge Charles J. Karabell and Robert Nipper, former athlete at Butler and now football coach at Shortridge. Noble

Ropkey will be master of ceremonies for the affair.

Net Scores

Notre. COLLEGES re Dame, 48; . Dartmouth. ‘38; PE troit 42.

Worceste: Tech norte i Rode State,

Besdiey Tech, 64: Millikin, 47. Peru (Neb.) Teachers, 32;

Teachers, 24. % PROFESSIONAL

National Leazue 48; Akron ' Firestone,

Island Chadron

(Cleveland,

42 (overtime). .

the Edwards Press quintet, 37-27. Babbs and Young were outstanding for the Kingan five.

Results in the Em-Roe Noblesville tournament:

Peterson Lumber, 32; East Side Dairy, 22. Frankton, 32; Lang’s Market, 28. a ontjcello Display, 32; Forse

31. A Noblesville Modern Woodmen, 37; Lapel Merchants, 35.

The Indianapolis Railways and Peoples Motor Coach Co. league will close its season with a banquet at 7:30 p. m. today at the Canary Cottage. Gerald Druley, league president, will preside, and James P. Tretton, vice president and general managsr of the transit company, will present the league trophy to the winning team. George Bender, basketball official, will be the principal speaker.

Eight of the 16 teams in the Marion County Sunday School tournament will pegin play tonight at the Central Y. C. A. The complete first-round adhe: Tonight 95: 90—-Broadway M. E. Yellow Jackets vs. Salvation Army Red Shields. 8: 100—Woodtudl Place Baptist vs. Brook9:00 Then M. E. vs. Broadway M. E.

ni 10:00—1 Avenue Christian vs. Barth

Jowne Place

Saturday

2: 100--Calvary Ba Baptist vs. Flemin, 3:00—Central Christian vs. First Friends. 4:00—Englewood Christian | vs. Memorial

Ba o 5:00—Clermont Christian vs, Speedway

Garden.

Second round games will’ be played Saturday night, with the semifinals scheduled for Monday night and the final contest for next Wednesday night.

Coaches’ Association To Meet Here Friday

The Indiana College Coaches’ Association will hold its annual spring ‘meeting here Friday, it was announced today. At the opening session, basketball schedules for. tie coming year will be set, D. C. Moffett, DePauw athletic director and association president, said. Business sessions will follow.

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Roche Whips Dan 0'G Conner

Decatur Grappler cannler Lites First Fall in 20 Seconds.

Irish Dan O'Conner, 225-pound Boston wrestler, was destined today to have to wait until another time to defeat Dorve Roche, 219, Decatur, Ill Dorve won the last two and deciding falls of their three fall affair after losing the first in 20 seconds, at the Armory last night. O'Conner lost to Dorve the last time the two met here two seasons back and had counted on this chance to even matters. The Irishman won the first fall with a drop kick and body press when Roche missed one of his charging blocks. Dorve then took the second when he forced O’Conner to concede to a reverse arm lock in 14 minutes. The third went to the Decatur grappler when he clamped on a reverse Indian deathlock and surfboard after 10 minutes. Buck Weaver, Terre Haute, and Frankie Hart, Toronto, light heavyweights, grappled 30 minutes to a draw in the semiwindup. Joe Campbell, 216, Los Angeles, conceded to Len (Doc) Hall, 225, Omaha, who used a reverse leg breaker in nine minutes of the preliminary. “Lord” Lansdowne Finnegan, colorful English light heavy is to appear here next week in one of the feature bouts. As an added attraction several amateur bouts will be staged in addition to the regular card.

Name Beretta Cage Captain

Times Special LAFAYETTE, March 8.—Fred Beretta, Purdue's all-conference basketball guard as selected by the United Press, will captain the Boilermakers next season. Beretta, a former Bedford High School player, was elected last night at a Lions Club banquet here honoring the varsity and freshman basketball teams. Awards were made to team members and included 16 major and six minor letters while 23 freshman numerals were given out.

Casters to Meet

The Hoosier Casting Club will meet at 7:30 p. m. today at ths Pennsy Gym. The public is invited.

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Favorites Will Have Rough Going This Week in Regionals. ‘

By United Press The Indiana basketball -experts were softening up today. The line that all season has read “Ft. Wayne South Side, Frankfort

and Jeffersonville are the teams to beat” has been changed—no longer are the “Big Three” given free range in the state high school basketball title. Jeffersonville already is out of the running. Ft. Wayne and Frankfort are still in the race, but now the experts have changed their tune, and admit that even the state champion Archers and the Hot Dogs can expect some hot competition in the regionals Saturday.

Hot Dogs’ Road Is Rough

Frankfort was rated as having the most. difficult path | to trod. The

!|schedule throws the Hot Dogs

against Lafayette Jefferson in the first regional game, and Jeff has been coming fast lately. If Frankfort gets past the Bronchos, it should register regional victory and enter the semifinals af Hammond. Ft. Wayne admittedly is the class of the Huntington regional, but its opponents, Redkey in the first contest, and either Ossian or Union Township in the second, might be able to throw a surprise into the South Side hopes.

Watch Out for Greenfield!

Picking the eventual winner in any one of the regionals cannot be

done with any certainty, but the Hol Dogs and the Archers are the two best bets. In the remaining 14 regionals, all games are sure to be dogfights. Dopesters say that at Anderson, the Indians and Southport are certain to meet in the final, although Greenfield is supposed to give Anderson a tough battle in their firstround game. Evansville Bosse generally is given the nod in the Evansville regional, while at Auburn Kendallville is favored. At Bloomington, the hometown Panthers are picked by the majority of the experts. Hammond is expected to meet a surprising Valparaiso quintet in the final of the Gary regional, and the Wildcats are supposed to win, although the Vikings have been coming fast in the last part of the season.

Greencastle Given Nod

At Greencastle the. local Tiger Cubs and Clinton are expected to meet in the final contest, with the home floor bringing victory to the Tigers. For a long shot, North Vernon over Franklin in the Greensburg

and if the Panthers edge the Grizzlies, it could be termed a minor upset. Franklin has been rated as thc class of the regional for some time, but again a late season rush might

regional—either team could win,|}

pull the Panthers through. Scottsburg, of course, may upset the gope

Park Captain

Bob Cusack is captain of Park School's undefeated basketball team which left today to compete

in the annual Midwest Prep Conference tournament at Morgan Park Academy. Park’s first game in the tourney is against Elgin Abademy tomorrow night. This is Cusack’s third year on the varsity and he is considered of the city’s leading guards. xX ®

bucket in the first game and send the Vernon five out of the meet before the final game. The Logansport Berries receive a majority ¢f the votes to win the title on the’ home floor, although the first tourney game, against Peru, is expected to be the greatest test the Berries could face. The fast-stepping Richmond Red Devils are picked to triumph over New Castle in the final of the Muncie regional, although they must face Muncie Burris in the first game, and might get knocked off. A Richmond flu epidemic, too, may stop the Red Devils. At Marion, the Kokomo Wildcats are favored, while at Plymouth the Mishawaka-Elkhart final is doped about even. Mishawaka has been coming fast, but Elkhart has by far the better season record.

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