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THURSDAY, DEC. 14, 193%

‘THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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For 1st Win

Barons Out RRA

ACKBOARD Over Caps

By TOM OCHILTREE

Cleveland Hockey Team Is

After all. what's a basketball column that doesn't make selections. It's like meat without salt. an Indian without feathers, a song withIn fact. as some of our biggest taxpayers would put it, “it’s a | (We heard that last muttered remark, sir, and we want you to |

oul words stinker.” know that we resent it keenly.)

Seeking to Cut Locals’ Western Lead.

Cleveland's Barons, who have yet

0. although our technical knowledge of the.strength of Hoosier has- 0 score a victory over the Indian.

kethall teams is extremely limited, we regard this seeming handicap as a apolis Capitals this season, will pay

happy eaincidence, vou must have heard about “fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” Tt's hard to see how that fits in exactly, except to re-

port that very few newspapers have |

angels working on their sports desks. So here is the old master-mind stuff on tomorrow night's games.

NEW CASTLE OVER RICHMOND. And I hate to think of what is going to happen to those poor Devils, LOGANSPORT OVER MUNCIE CENTRAL. Tt didn't look that way on paper, but I threw the paper away, ANDERSON OVER This is another reason why fans end up in padded cells. KOKOMO OVER LAFAYETTE. Personally, I'd take Kokomo and five points against the entire Russian Army. RUSHVILLE OVER CONNERSVILLE. Those Lions really roar,

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OVER SEYMOUR. |

their second visit to the local ice this evening to batle our hockey boys. The puck goes mh motion at tains are members of the Indiana 5:30 at the Fair Grounds Coliseum. University basketball squad. That | age clube have met twice, the should he enough to take care of Caps scoring a 3-0 victory in a game A lot of heavy thinking. here and deadlocking the Ohioans, Tes 1 to 1, at the Cleveland Arena. Cg n | But that was back in November, a OE ay 1 Whe. am. ANA Coach Bill Cook thinks his Banounced today. Originally the Irish rons have come far enough now to were to play St. Mary's of Ander. show the Hoosiers a thing or two son there this week-end and meet Besides that, Cleveland has had litSt. Joseph's here Jan. 26. tle chance to narrow the gap beThe game with St. Joseph's was tween the two teams during the moved up, however, and the St. western clubs’ recent eastern swing. Mary's tilt dropped since Cathedral! Although a Baron victory this is to play in a tournament in evening wouldn't knock the Capitals Anderson Dec. 30 in which St. out of first place in the InternationMary's, Central Catholic of Ft. al American's western division, it Wayne and Memarial of Evansville would hoist the Cook club to within also are to compete, [striking distance of the Caps. In-

Garden Cage

Fifteen former high school cap-

[standing on nine wins and three (ties, while Cleveland, with six vie[tories and three ties, has 15 points. | Manager Herbie lewis of the

‘Caps flew into town last night with

Times Phote, Coach Frank Baird (left) discusses strategy with Bill Mclick, a forward and the only sophomore on the Broad Ripple varsity net squad, The Rockets won their first three starts, hesting Westfield, Wowe and

Franklin Township, and are to play at Plainfield tomorrow night, Y Y a Two Cager-Gridders

226 Linksmen To Pass Up N. Y. Trip In Miami Open

stars

COLUMBIA. Ma, Dee. 14 (U. P). Blaine Currence and Clay Cooper, both football and basket. ball at the University of Missouri, will pass up the court team's trip to New York and Philadelphia in

Nelson and Picard in Fight For Year's Top Honors.

¥ven their own fans don't know | how this one is coming out, | MARTINSVILLE OVER GREENS-' BURG. As easy as a cake-walk, SHORTRIDGE OVER SHELBY-| VILLE. A little home-town loyalty! here,

Play to Begin

First of 15 Double-Headers Scheduled Saturday.

INDIANAPOLIS WASHINGTON NEW YORK. Dec. 14 NER) — [Dub he pointed out that scouts are

OVER TERRE HAUTE WILEY.| Those Continentals are quicker than a magician’s hand. CATHEDRAL, OVER BRAZIL. The Irish can't keep on losing those Saturday. close ones forever, ¢ The first of 15 double-headers | BRROAD RIPPLE OVER PLAIN- scheduled for the Eighth Avenue FIELD. Because the Rockets have arena pits Long Island against Ore. been red hot so far, gon and C. C. N, Y. against OklaWHITESTOWN OVER HOWE. homa A. and M, But a lot of people hope it's the| Long Island won the 1939 naother wav. (tional invitation tournament, Ore"RRY CENTRAL OVER SA. 80on bagged the Pacific Coast Conhon AT Even a seventh son ference and N. C. A. A, titles. Okla- | of a seventh son wouldn't know homa A. and M. was co-champion | ahout this one for sure. {of the Missouri Valley Conference. | The Tvy League, of which Dart-| MANUAL OVER WARREN CEN-/mauth is the defending champion, TRAL. Those Redskins are better sheng Jan, 6, when Cornell meets than they have showed thus far, Pennsylvania at the Palestra in STILESVILLE OVER CRISPUS Philadelphia. Harvard and Colum- | ATTUCKS. This should be a close bia begin by meeting each other in| one. New York, Jan. 10, when Pennsyl-| ” 4 vania plays at Yale, | CENTER GROVE OVER BEECH Forty-two games will be played| GROVE. No comment. {during an 11-week home-and-home DECATUR CENTRAL OVER round-robin, GREENWOOD, Old D. C. marches| Basketball in other sections of the| on. country is now concerned primarily | ' That's the business. If I missed with pre-conference skirmishes and | the boat, you can write in and com- the beginning of Christmas holiday | plain. If I get enough complaints, tours. . thev still are enlisting guys in the Before the introductory Garden Army, double-headers are staged, all metRay ropolitan teams will have had their | MANUAL'S TWO SMITHS Allen | baptisms of fire, competition willl pnd Glenn—aren't brothers, but as have been widespread in New Engmembers of the Redskins’ starting land, and there will have been the, five, thev are carrying a big share [usual manifestations of mid-Decem- | of the load for the South Side|/ber hoop hysteria in the Middle school. [West Allen is a for- | Fordham, with virtually a sophward and Glenn omore team, was the busiest New | ap guard, Other (York outfit at the outset, The Ram

Basketball swings into big time tempo with the opening of Madison Square Garden's sixth season as an intercollegiate court center

Allen Smith

starters are Wil- appears at Dartmouth Saturday, | Dersch. center, Yale on Rose Hill and at Vermont, | guard. All are 1 | Alleghenies, is considerably . T v Jah Tn Hoosiers to Runin | problem facing this starting five. [(U, P.).—Two Indiana University how they come out at the end of nual Sugar Bowl track meet in New| kids a lot of Cochran, Big Ten low hurdle chamin a bandbox hope, Campbell Kane, will run the varsity. reserve defend his national record in the inta each other ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Dec, 14. Glenn Smith same floor. Rechampion and former Southern |

liam Kniptash, a which will be its third engagement and Robert Pittsburgh makes its annual in-| seniors and the Princeton begins a vacation jaunt lJarger than usSugar Bowl Meet Coach Oral Bridgford is developing | Thus far Manual has won one athletes and a former Hoosier disthe season. vou Orleans during the Christmas holi- | credit for spirit. pion, will vie for the 400-meter hurgym that is so B880-vard race, and Tommy Deckand freshmen steeple-chase, | as they try to (U.P. -~Mrs. Mark McGarry of Chi-| cause the avm champion, finished nine strokes | |

forward: Ed {in five davs, the others being with | Timmons a [vasion of the country beyond the team as a whole my appearing in Toledo Saturday. ual. Biggest veserve strength to go along with| BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Twe. 14 and lost two. But, regardless of tance star will compete in the anhave to give the day, it was announced today. Roy | They practice dle laurels. A sophomore half-mile] crowded that ard, a post graduate student, will! players bang CTR CUTTY TR YI Wins Florida Tourney work out on the cago, Florida amateur woman golf! f= so small, the Redskins only play ahead of Miss Frances Hadfield of

three home games this time, Milwaukee to win the annual city

That's pretty tough on any team, because bovs like to play hefore golf championship vesterday.

their own crowd. If the school board gets around to expanding the

school's facilities, the Manual boys Sports Quix

might stage a revival in basketball. | {

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FOR THE PAST two seasons Richmond has taken New Castle at the rate of two games per season. The Trojans will see red whether Richmond wears that color shirts or not tomorrow night, » n »

answered?

Sports Washington,

Cathedral has lost its first four games, two of them by the margin of a single point. So some school journalist has started the song: “A tisket, a tasket; Now where in -

Q—How many time has the Washington American League baseball club finished second in the league! standings? A-—~Three times—in 1912, 1913 and

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Q-—-How many home runs were hit in the 1933 World Series hetween the New York Giants and the Washington Senators?

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the Pola Grounds. New York Citv, Mel Ott of the Giants hit one in the first game, and Leon (Goose) Goslin of the Senators hit one in the second game. at Griffith Stadium, Washington, Rill Terry of the Giants hit one in the fourth game, and Fred Schulte of the Senators and Mel Ott, of the Giants each hit one in the fifth game,

Big Day for York DETROIT, Dec. 14 (NEA). —Rudy | York, for whom the Tigers are still trying to find the position best | suited to him, was the only pinch-!

bases loaded in 1939.

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(all-star baseball school, Ray Sloan, | promoter, announced today. The school will open at Jackson, Miss, !

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Brothers Hee and Ken Kilrea. The three had been in Boston, where | y conferred with officials of | MIAMI, Fla, Dee. 14 (U.P). the Detroit Red Wings about both The vanguard of a record field of teams’ player problem. | 226 golfers eyeing $10,000 in prize | Herbie said that the two teams money teed off today in the first

[Will have to go along for awhile round of the Miami Open Golf on their mutual assistance plan,

searching for new talent to bolster the lineups of the Capitals and Red Wings, and that the management is ready to loosen its purse strings to swing any deal that will help.

® , wling— A local Marine quintet desires games with teams having access to a gym, and will share expenses. Call Market 0979 after 2 p. m. Fountain Square A. C. is seeking games with teams in the 15-17 year y y y a la ozingo, Medical class which have access to gyms or Murphy, Theitananolis which are willing to share expenses. B. Wisch, Mutual Milk Write Hvatt G. Johnson. business Rassmussen, Indianapolis X x ov ’ E. Schott, Chevrolet Body manager, 725 Shelby St. Trennepohl, M. & WM. . | Hendrickson, Uptown Ree, Myers, Uptown Ree. Fulton, Indianapolis the Bader, Indianapolis Stuart, Indianapolis Paaraaan . Casserly, Indianapolis Eh Lily, . Fox, Indianapolis Unemplayment Kuhns, Indianapolis Haislip. Indianapolis ore | Meniman, Chevrolet Body Gi. Shearer, Antlers Ree,

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Hessman, Ft. Square Ree, Duselager Reer, 24; Gea, J. Maver, 11, :

| hes, In Hanafinin y y £C Kingan Knights, it; Wilkinson Lumber, ehnedy, K. of C. .. 3 (danble overtime), Lee, Indianapolis eather Merchants, 26; Cleveland Wreek. "a.

¥ Paul Gastinean, in Callahan. Ft. Ks R. Riggin, Ft Results in Road League:

Kiesel, K. of BUI Fane. tndianapolis Blackhawks, 37: 1, J. 8, C., 0: Seven Up,

Rehrens, Indianapolis Rethany

Last night's roll of “better-than-600" howlers: Carl Hardin, Indianapolis

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Tonight's schedule in the BushFeezle Thursday League at Pennsy Gym: Ti130-Stewart- Warner vse,

R:30~Capitol Motors Compensation, 2:30-<Kingan A, A, vy, Lilly Varnish,

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Abbott, Indianapolis “ E, Stevenson, K, of C, ..... Miles, Mntval Milk Pierson, Indianapolis Tery Weaver, Central rs Striebeck, Indianapolis Tonight's schedule in the A, A. U. R. Wisch. Mutual Milk > + |, Hueber, XK. of C, League at the Central Y. M. C, A Zimore cle. “Intiinnnpoti T15—Y, Reps ve, Indiana Central Whip- Kulke, St. Square Ree. Pets. Boldt, Indianapolis R:15—Hoosiar State vs. Rutler Bullpups. Wyensech, Indiana polis P15, 8, Tires ve, Stewart-Warner, | Carter, Harvester : Roberts, M. & M. | O. Club dropped Hessman, U. 8, Tires ruder, Indianapolis ‘hase, Indianapolis Gaalema, Indianapolis O. B. Norman, Medical C. E. Cox, Medical G. Hessman, Ft. Square Ree, C. Wood, K. of C

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A 420-serateh handicap tourna- | Western Division ex MENG ix to be held Saturday and | INDIANAPOLIS | ..... 5 3 3 Sr wa Sunday at the Central Alleys, with | Pittshurgh . ? the first squad taking the drives at | Quevelant’ 00.0000 8 31 p.m. Saturday. | Hershey opinion 3 The entry fee is £2 a person, and Enstern Div one prize is to he awarded for every 3 four entries. For further informa- | il tion, call RI. 0036.

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order to play with the Tigers in the Orange Bowl game at Miami, it was decided today They will play with the basketball team at St. Louis Dec. 21 and 22, and then will go to Florida. Named Prexy Howland Johnson has been named president. of the Tndianapolis Hunting and Fishing Club for the coming vear., Other officers named were Ralph Huber, vice president, and Dr, C. M., Wilder, secretary,

Although all except the handful of amateurs entered will be gunning for the $2500 top prize, the tournament will mean more than that to P. G., A, Champion Henry Picard

wr . and National Open titlist Byron The Kilreas, Jack Keating, Scotty Nelson: Who Will Settle their rival

Bowman and Sid Abel Will See (aimg'to the year's top golf honors action for the locals tonight, he here

said, This is the last tournament of 1939, and Picard is only five points up on Nelson in the competition for | the Harry Vardon Memorial Trophy, awarded each vear to the nation's leading pro. The Miami Open is ex- : ected’ to settle their private feud. Royal Crown Colas will play Hope points in the trophy competition 8:15 tonight in the wij) he awarded to the first 20 new Hope Hich School gym. The finishers in the open, so the pressure following Cola players are to report will be on Nelson to cross the line at 6:30 p. m. at 1631 English Ave.: well ahead of Picard. Wenning, Snoddy, Wolf, Johnson. Gill, Glen, Blasingame and Stauch. For games with the Colas write Leo Ostermeyer, 1631 English Ave,

yo py. . De Fillipo Captain NEW YORK, Dee. 14 (U, PD) Louis De Fillipo. center, from New Haven, Conn, will captain the 1940 Fordham foothall team, it was announced todaz

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‘Chicago to Play At Purdue in 40

Timer Kpecinl LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. 14 The Purdue campus was enthusiastic today over the agreement by Uni-

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Indiana Conference

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Dates for 1040 Tndiana Tntercoellegiate Conference track, tennis, golf and cross-country meets will be

set at a meeting of Conference rep[resentatives Saturday morning at the Claypool Hotel, The representatives also will dix-

with the Boilermakers to Lafayette. |

| Athletic Director Noble BE. Kizer announced the change after being notified by T. N. Metealf, Chicago | director, of Maroon officials’ approval, The game, which will be the first meeting between the two school: at Lafavette in 22 vears, will give the Boilermakers four home contests next vear, Other teams which will play here are Butler, Sept. 28: Wik. consin, Oct. 26, and Tndiana, Nav, 25,

Birr's Basket Club Nips Lebanon, 56-46

LEBANON, hd, Dee. 14...Jim

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Birr scored 22 points to lead his |

| AN-Stars to a 56-46 basketball vice tory over the Lebanon Baars here last night. The All-Stars will play the North Vernon professional five at North Vernon next Sunday.

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