Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 March 1939 — Page 14

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SAINTS MAY BUILD. OWN PARK BLUES FAVORITES AT A. A, POST

CLEVELAND, March 21 Ww. P)—Doneld.

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ST PAUL'S Saints, American Association ris may build their own park for 1940. . .. The Lexington Park lease runs out at the end of the 1939 season and it is ‘reported that negotiations for a renewal have not progressed smoothly, : The Apostles set a new home attendance record “last year and the club is

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: camp at Tarpon Springs, Fla. . and promises the home fans ! . another flag contender. “~The Saints lost to the Kansas { city Blues in the A. A, playoff

‘finals last year but their pres~tige was not damaged and base‘ball enthusiasm in St. Paul is

‘again at a high pitch.

. Kansas City will go to the “post next month as the 1939 ‘ pennant favorite, the same as ‘last spring. . . . The Blues finished second .in the 1938 race “and knocked off the powerful - Newark Internationals ‘in the Little World Series. . . . The : New York Yankees are feeding ‘plenty of talent fo the Blues and they will be a hard club to kick over. Backed by .the Boston: Red Sox, Louisville’s Colonels, cellar dwellers for two years, see prosperity in the offing and have “graciously” offered the coal hole to others without mentioning any names. Minneapolis, sixth last year, thinks it has improved its club in more ways than one while Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Toledo and Columbus have yet to complete their lineups. , . . The Brewers are waiting for the Cubs to unload surplus players, Indianapolis .is sitting on Cincinnati's doorstep, the Mud Hens: are casting hungry eyes ° toward the Detroit Tiger camp and the Red 3irds are at the mercy of the Cardinals. :

St. Paul Leads Pack in Penniints

ANZEL’S APOSTLES won the 1938 A. A. championship by a margin of six games over runnerup Kansas City. Indianapolis, fourth-place finisher, landed 13%2 games behind the Apostles. “inia _'The order of finish: St. Paul, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, ‘Toledo, Minneapolis, Columbus, Louisville. St. Paul has copped eight pennants since the organization of the _* league in 1902, which is tops by two over Louisville, Minneapolis and « Columbus. . . . The following table shows the number of times the . eight’ teams finished in each position during the 37-year span: Ist 2d 3d 1th 5th 6th %th 8th 4

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: gbs-Indian at Short for Brewers ST year the Milwaukee Brewers played only five exhibition 1.5. before opening the league season and the team was late in rounding into form. ... . This year Manager Mickey Heath scheduled 18 games in the South and reports from Ocala, Fla. indicate the club is in better condition now than it was at the close of the entire spring work last seasad. . ... The A.-A. gong rings for the Brewers at Louisville April 13. Bobby Mattick, wha was with Indianapolis several weeks last year, is playing short for the Brewers and doing a swell job, according to Heath. . . . And until a better man comes along Mickey says he'll ‘play first. base himself against righthanded pitchers and use Ralph “Winegarner against southpaws. :

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Joe Williams— ill AMPA, Fla., March 21.—The daffiest baseball town in the country? Well, it may be Brooklyn but Warren Giles disputes the claim. His vote goes to Cincinnati. There may be a bit of pardonable prejudice in this. Mr. Giles, an apple cheeked, keen eyed fugitive from Moline, Ill, general manages the Reds. He runs the front

office and puts the players on the field. He doesn’t like the word daffy, either. He thinks spirited is better. “What's daffy about being enthusiatic over your baseball club?” he demands. “Baseball was founded on spirit and when that is lost the game will die.” Mr. Giles is capable of giving yQu a long discourse on the merits of civic consciousness. To him it is distressing that some towns can take their baseball in a cold, matter of fact manner. He fears his indicates a soulless community.

He Knows About Brooklyn’s Baclround

R. GILES knows all about Brooklyn traditions and background. He remembers when Charley Ebbets used to get upron a soap box back of home plate before and after a game and discuss the club’s problems with the customers; how Uncle Wilbert. Robinson would get jammed up in traffic on the way from debating the strategy he used on the diamond that afternoon. “That was fine stuff,” beams Mr, Giles. “If helped preserve intimacy between the club and the customers. What too many baseball people fail to realize is that while they own the franchise the club belongs to the people, at least, they take the position it does.” It is Mr. Giles’ notion that nothing should ever be done to dis« courage this passionate illusion. In this connection he admits Brooklyn has done a fine job but he insists Cincinnati has heen even more ardent in nourishing the fraternal touch. .

- Werber’s Purchase Peps Up Fans HE other day the Reds anounced the purchase of Third Baseman Bill Werber. Third base has been one of the Reds’ disturbing problems. Werber is expected to solve that. Two or three hours after the announcement. Mr. Giles began receiving wires of congratulation from Cincinnati fans. They came from people he never heard of. They were rapturous in anticipation of the effect Werber’s addition would have on the club’s pennant chances. One of the wires inquired about World Series reservations. Another referred to Mr. Giles as the master mind of baseball. Lie all basebali towns, where emotions run high, Cincinnati is capable of angry manifestations. One day last year when the Reds were losing, a lady fan sought Mr. Giles out in his office. She didn’t know him by name. She had asked for the manager’s office. “Are you the manager here?” she asked. “Well, I'm called the general manager.” “That’s all I wanted to know,” she said—ana with that she expressed her scorn in a very unladylike manner. She spat on Mr, Giles’ tie. «Ask Brooklyn if they can match that one,” challenged Mr. Giles, proudly.

One of His Friends Calls

NOTHER time when the Reds were making pennant gestures and then had the misfortune to go into a slump, the phone rang in Mr. Giles’ home. It was after midnight and he had retired. “Is this Giles of the Reds?” “Yyos.” “And you are responsible for that team out there, aren’t you?” “Yes.” “Well listen to this,” — What Mr. Giles heard was one of the most devastating Bronx cheers that has ever been transmitted over the wires, followed by a crash which indicated the irate gentleman had wrenched the phone from its moorings. Some one wanted to know if Mr. Giles made it a practice to accept phone calls from fans at all hours of the night. ~~ “Certainly,” he flushed. “They are my friends.”

" Blackbirds to Take on Loyola in Tourney Finals

NEW YORK, March 21 (U. P.).— St. John’s five that extended LoyThe East will be favored slightly ola into overtime before bowing,

51-46, in the semifinals before a over the West when Long Island. ..citv house of 18.206 in Madison

University and Loyola of Chicago|square Garden last night, meet tomorrow night in the final| Long Island vanquished Bradley of the second annual New. York|Tech of Peoria 36-32. In a preWriters’ Invitation Basketball Tour-|liminary the two teams eliminated nament. in -the first reund played to: decide The L. I. U. Blackbirds were the fifth and sixth places, and New ice because they were regarded Mexico's Aggies scored over Roa-

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Evansville’ S Are aDetermined and Enthusiastic Outfit| They'll Go Up Against Franko Without Having Seen

Hot Dogs Play—That’s Coach King’s Policy; City Calm Over Basket Success.

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give up the ship” determination. There are other peculiarities about this squad, too. By nods, handshakes and conversations wit each other these boys generate a will to win like a Scottish regiment gets when the bagpipes play.

They Don’t Need Pep Talks

It is a matter among the boys themselves, and doesn't take any outside priming. On this subject their coach, Harry King, remarked: “This is my 12th year at Bosse, but’ I have never had a team quite like this one. Their enthusiasm for the game never flags; and it doesn’t take any dressing room histrionics to keep up their fire. “When we confer at the end of the half, I explain very matter-of-factly the mistakes we have made and what I think we should do to correct them. The boys build up their own competitive edge.” Even with such a team this city seems to be taking its basketball calmly enough. It is in the midst of an oil boom for one thing, and then its size may have something to do with it. Widespread interest in high school basketball in any section of Indiana seems to run in inverse proportion to the size of the town. y : Classes Held as Usual Although the students did considerable yipping and yapping at a pep session yesterday to commemorate Bosse’s victory last Saturday in the Evansville semifinal tournament, Members of the squad were given a day of rest from practice, however, and Coach King was host to the hoys at a dinner in his home. Unlike so many strong squads, Bosse doesn’t have a star center, but it does have two gaod pivch players in Bob Jenkins and Edward Cozine. Both could use some polishing, Coach King said, but they do have one virtue. They never have their bad nights in the same game. If Jenkins, the usual starter, isn’t hitting with any more frequency than a paralytic playing a base drum, Cozine will be shooting with uncanny accurancy, and vice versa. Without doubt, the best player cn the team is Jim Myers, a siffi-foot, black-haired boy who is a potent package of muscles, reflexes, co-or-dination and intense’ skill. He is the climax man to whom they feed the ball when the going is tough. Rugged and tireless, he is rated as one of the most efficient basketballers turned out in this region in many years.

Three Have Same Alma Mater

Hotter than an angry guy’s collar are Harold Kuebler and Charles Rayburn, but despite their sharpshooting, these two aren’t as good all-around technicians as Myers. Incidentally, all three went to Vogel Grade School here and learned to play basketball on an outdoor court. Syl Barnett, Henry Sauer and Bob Bernhardt also see considerable service, while Don McKinney, the team josher, is still partially crippled up from an injury received in sectional play. McKinney may be able to perform a valuable service even if he does have to spend considerable time polishing a section of the bench. On 3 sphinx-faced team such as this, sometimes there is a: tendency for the boys to key up tighter than an old corn plaster and humor can help to relax the tension.

Central Was Tough

As for Bosse’s regular season record this year, it won nine and lost six, but four of the defeats were by margins of one or two points. Its competition has all been against southern Indiana teams, chiefly because it was impossible to arrange

its schedule to get South Side of

Ft. Wayne on an open date. In the sectional it defeated Cynthiana, 41 to 14; Poseyville, 38 to 15, and Central of Evansville, 28 to 22.

|The final sectional game against

Central was a particular heart stopper, since its rival city team led 11 to 2 early in the engagement before the Bulldogs put on their drive. During the regionals Bosse dropped Lynnville, an experienced team, 36 to 23, and then nosed out Owensville, 28 to 26. The Owensville game was as close as Bossee came to being eliminated, since the Kickapoos piled up an early lead but slipped badly in the last quarter.

Trounce Alices Soundly

Bosse heat Garfield of Terre Haute, 31 to 22, in an afternoon semifinal tournament game and then walked through Vincennes, 37 to 22, in the night game to give the Alices the worst defeat they ever have suffered on an Evansville floor. If Bosse can turn back Frankfort and Franklin can win over Burris of Muncie in the two afternoon games in Indianapolis Saturday the finals. will bring together teams coached by members of the old Franklin “Wonder Five,” a legendary team in Hoosier basketball history. King was a teammate in high school and college of Robert (Fuzzy) Vandivier, Franklin's present coach. Although Coach King is taking numerous soundings to determine Frankfort’s strength, ‘his squad has next

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By TOM OCHILTREE Times Staff ‘Writer EVANSVILLE, March 21.—They call this city’s entrant in the finals of the state high school basketball tournament the Bosse’ Bulldogs, and, | all things considered, that is a particularly appropriate name, For: this team, one of four survivors still competing for the crown, is composed of the same boys who won only four games all last year. if that isn’t bulldog tenacity to come back after such a disheartening record,

Whether these boys beat Frankfort High School's favorite Hot Dogs in the first Saturday afternoon game of the finals at the ‘Butler Fieldhouse in Indianapolis or not, there can be no doubt about their “don’t

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Roller Derby Opening Set

Skaters to Take Over Butler Fieldhouse March 28.

The annual Roller Derby comes back to Butler Fieldhouse on March 28 to continue for about three weeks wt nightly shows except on Sunay. A National meet is planned this year to be held in New York during the World's Fair and Indianapolis skaters will have a chance to conipete if they show enough speed and endurance, according fo the promoters. ‘In the Roller Derby a White team competes against a Red team, and each consists of 10 active racers and not more than five alternates. There are five couples on each team in active competition .during each three-hour skating period, from 8 p. m. to 11 p. m;, and each couple is composed of a man and a girl wearing identical numbers. The girls skate for 15 minutes; and then are relieved by their partners, who skate the next quarter hour. There are “jams” as in sixday bike racing, with a skater who attempts to gain a lap being allowed two minutes in which to pass one or more opponents. Gaining a lap scores a point for the White or Red. team and the final award goes at the end of the race to the team having the highest point total. Relay races and “open house” races also score points. “Open house” occurs twice each night and is the only time when the boys and girls skate together and when the race is not stopped by a fall.

Kerst-Stewart Team

Ahead at Riverside LeRoy Kerst and Helen Stewart, forming Team 1, are leading the roller race at the Riverside Rink with a total of 253 laps. The fastest 20 teams out.of an entry of 53 started and competition is held on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 11:00 to 11:30 o'clock. The teams will skate until they complete 250 miles. The course is 10 laps to the mile. Other leaders: James Maruel and Bonny Brown, Team 5, 249 laps. Bob Monroe and Margaret Weddle, Team 8, 240 laps. Thurman Graves and Vinita Limon, Team 6, 237 laps.

Nine Matches on Butler Net Card

Butler’s hard-luck tennis team is looking forward to the nine-match schedule, announced yesterday by Dr. Henry M. Gelston, faculty athletics committee chairman. The Bulldog racquet-wielders did not win a single match last season. This year’s squad will be made up mostly of sophomores, outstanding of whom is Bob Dietz, basketball star, and John Rabold, 235-pound football player. Jack Hiatt, local player, and Edward Mumma, graduate student at Butler and former Maryland state champion, will assist in coaching the team. Members of last year’s team who have reported are Arthur Mudnt, Harold Howenstine and Robert Fat-

ig. The schedule calls for the opening match to he played against Indiana University at’ Bloomington, April 15, The remainder of the schedule is; At Ball State, April 24; Ohio Wesleyan, April 28; Ball State, May 21; Wabash, May 9; at DePauw, May’ 10; Armour Tech, May 11; at Cincinnati, May 17, and the state collegiate tournament at Barlham College, May 18, 19 and 20.

Par Is Shown No Mercy by Patty

SOUTHERN PINES, N. €.; March 21 (U. P.). — Fatty Berg, national women’s golf champion who set a: new course record Friday, tied it Sunday and broke it yesterday, led a field of 50 entries today in the 11th annual Mid-South Tournament. Miss Berg's card showed eight birdies and 10 pars and gave her an eight under par 7 and a two-stroke of © ever: Mrs. Estelle Lawsen Page > 1

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- Here are the Bulldogs of Evansville’s Bosse High School; who will face Frankfort in one of the afternoon games in the state basketball finals next Saturday at the Fieldhouse. In the front row, left to right, are Bob Jenkins, Henry Sauer, Jim Myers, Charles Bayburh and Boh

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Barnhardt. In the second row, left to right, are Don McKinney, Harry Withrow and Syl Barnett. In the third row, left to right, are Edward Cozine, Harold Kuebler and Dick Lambert. At the top is Harry King,

coach of the Bulldogs.

Buck Takes on Old Mat Rival

Weaver Out to Hold Edge Over Lansdowne.

Headline grappling at the Armory tonight will find Buck Weaver, 180, Terre Haute, going against “Lord” Lansdowne, 178, Barrington, England. The two stars have met on several occasions during the indoor season and Buck holds the advantage as a result of his close victory last Tuesday. Lansdowne, smarting over the outcome of last week’s tussle, is determined to prove his superiority over the “Hoosi r wrestling ace. It is a “heat” match in which anything is likely to happen and the Briton is confident that top honors will. go his way. ‘In their first finish match last December, Weaver came through a winner. Lansdowne evened the score

in a return last January, it being

the first and only Armory defeat for Buck. . Whitey ‘Wahlberg, 183, Duluth, Minn., opposes Jimmy Heffner, 180, Austin, Tex., and Ray Eckert, 220, St. Louis, meets young Joe Stecher, 224, Lincoln, Neb, in other bouts.

128-Pounders in Boxing Feature

The eight-round feature tilt of the Hercules Athletic Club boxing program to be presented at the Armory Friday night will send Herb ‘Gilmore, featherweight champion of Ohio from Cincinnati, against Mckey Brown, Toledo, They will meet at 128 pounds. Gilmore holds victories over Lloyd Tine, George Hahn, Joey Palmo, Joe Marinelli and Patsy Patterson. He drew with Frankie Jarr, Ft. Wayne, Indiana bantam champion. Brown has whipped George Hahn, Jackie Taylor, Lloyd Tine and Gene O'Dell and drew in a match with Paul (Tennessee) Lee, of Indianapolis, some time ago. Seven four-round preliminaries are in the making. Any young boxer wanting a spot on the program asked to get in touch with Matchmaker Kelse McClure, 3115 College Ave., Ta. 4149.

Series for

By United Press The Stanley Cup playoffs, “world series” of ice hockey, begin tonight with six teams going into action on three fronts. In series “A” between the first and second-place clubs, the champion Boston Bruins tackle the runnerup RAngers at New York in the first game of a best-of-seven series that will send the winner tg the cup final. The Bruins, who set five new

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Athletic Probe Started

PITTSBURGH, March 21 (U. P). —Charles W. Bowser stepped into big-time football coaching today with a three-year confract at the University of Pittsburgh. Pitt's board of trustees at the same time opened an investigation of athletic turmoil at the school. Bowser has been in private business for the past year, but has 15 years of coaching experience, including two terms as assistant at

50 on Hand for Track at Manual

Fifty Manual Training High School track aspirants ‘answered Coach Raymond Van Arsdale’s official call at Delavan Smith Field yesterday.

New equipment was issued and the candidates were advised that heavy work is planned for the first meet of spring, with Brazil here on April 7. Many members of the squad drilled at Butler Fieldhouse prior to the Relays and those wha reported for the first time were: Alboher, Hoyt, Davis, Goldstein, Faulk, Gally, Hawkins, Ritel, Deldman, Hillsman, Gell, Marr, Kennington, Warenburg, Mansiley, Brink, McCrary, Sauter, Kyle, Tyler, Eggert, Hanan, Richardson, J. Smith, Ballington, Baker, Glazier and Rieman. ‘Among the basketball players reporting were Marshall Snoddy, Edward Dersch, Leonard Robinson and Wendal Garrett. Nine meets are scheduled, including the city, state sectional and state finals. The dates: APRIL

Y=--Brazil High School, h JS T#ianzular meet with "Southport and Ben Jatieh ere t ‘Warren Central. So Mune Relays. 2§—City meet.

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3—Triangular meet with and Seymour, at Seymour. 12-—State freien) Meet. 20—State finals meet.

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ALBANY, N. Y,, March 2! (NEA).

New Albany

is |—Pifty-six New York hunfers who

killed or injured fellow sportsmen by accident will not be allowed to renew their licenses this year.

Hockey Leaders to Open

Stanley Cup

records for a 48-game schedule in winning the 1938-39 league title, are

favored at 7-5, although the betting|

is even on tonight’s game. In series “B” the third-place Maple Leafs entertain the fourthlace New York Americans at ‘oronto. Series “C” sends the fifthplace Detroit Red Wings against the sixth-place Canadiens at Montreal. These are best-of-three series, with the winners meeting in a semifinal playoff to determine the finalist.

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Pitt and head coaching positions at two small colleges. Dr. John Bain (Jock) Sutherland, who was Pitt’s coach 15 years, quit March 4 because of “intolerable” conflict between his athletic department and the University administration. After approving the Bowser contract, which reportedly carries an annual salary of $7500, the trustees appointed seven of their members to an investigating committee. This was at the request of Chancellor John G. Bowman.

The committee included such

prominent Pittsburghers. as Ernest| A. W.|

T. Weir, Leon Faulk Jr, Robertson, Arthur E. Brown, Norman Macleod, C. W. Ridinger and Dr. Edward Weidlein.

8 Track Meets on DePauw Schedule

Times Special GREENCASTLE, March 21 ~Dee Pauw’s outdoor track schedule this season calls for four dual meets, one triangular, the Beloit Relays and the Little and Big State meets, Coach Leroy Buchheit announced today. ee Coach Buchheit lost several men through graduation but is counting on a strong sophomore squad to fill the vacancies. : The schedule.

April 22—Indiana Central and Central Normal, April 26—At Indiana State. April 29 Earlham, May 2— ash. May 5—. t Beloit Relays. May 6—At Bail S

May 20—Little Se at Ball State. May 27—Big State at South Bend.

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