Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 January 1940 — Page 23
SPORTS... By Eddie Ash
PUSH OVER a bit, boys, and make room for Roscoe Goose, who rode a Kentucky Derby winner, and wishes to . explain a situation. which has puzzled even the.scientifically inclined all through the intervening 27 years. 2 . “Yes, sir,” avows Roscoe, “I steered that Donerail home on top in 1913. The payoff on him is the Derby record —$91.45 for every $1 bill that backed him. Sure, 1 was surprised. But not half so much as this Donerail. Coming back to weigh out, he caught himself a case of jitters, and when they tried to hang a floral horseshoe around his neck, I'll be danged if he didn’t oppose ’em. Kicked plenty of holes in the after noon breeze, and carried on shameful. . : “Well, I bumped around on Donerail’s back for quite a spell, while the good people tried to tack on the posies, but when the officials “* signaled me to hit the ground, and come and weigh in, I slid off Donerail, hauled off the saddle, and I weighed out. I then figured the day's business was finished, and was high-tailing it for the jockey room, when I heard some people yelling at me, and waving me to come back to Donerail. :
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“I LOOKED at where they pointed, and sure enough, they had the flowers around his neck, and the photographers wanted a picture. I went back, climbed on Donerail, and the boys shot our picture. “And that, gentlemen, is explanation of how it happens that of all Derby winners snapshotted with flowers around the neck, and a jock smiling down, Donerail is the only one without a saddle for the Jockey to sit on.”
Dit Coupled With Roman Flag
DIT HAS GONE TO work at Lexington, Ky., and the way he is - performing has caused many persons with open minds on the Kentucky Derby to hazard the guess that this fellow may be the one to furnish Bimelech the stoutest argument during the 66th running of the classic at Churchill Downs, on May 4. : Nobody ‘knows just how good is this son of Transmute-Ingrid, for the reason that he was used only as the secondary gun in the Arnold Hanger equipment through 1939. Hanger’s main reliance last year, in 2-year-old stakes, was Roman
Flag. DIT WAS late coming to the races, and did not start until the autumn. . . . The first time he raced greenly, and was beaten at Aqueduct by the speedy Ekwanok. ... But he won his next out, and blazed five furlongs in :57 4-5—just a fifth of a second off the track record. . . . After that he reeled six furlongs in 1:12 4-5, and never was under pressure. \ His greatest performance was in the Breeders Futurity, at Lex- ’ ington. . . .. Off poorly, he trailed for a while and then he was like a tornado. He was flying through the stretch, mbved into second place, and was closing in on his stablemate, Roman Flag, the ultimate winner, when his jockey, Willie Garner, perhaps riding to orders, checked - him down, and Dit finished second to Roman Flag.
He Is Bred for Distance Running
WHETHER DIT could have caught Roman Flag has been the subject of much debate. . . . Some contend that Roman Flag, after moving into a commanding lead, was snugged down, and just coasting through the stretch; others assert that Dit would have run away from him, had Garner let him run to his best speed. Dit is bred for distance, he has the conformation of a router, and in every start as a 2-year-old, he finished full of run. and with an eagerness to go on—and on. . |. . Practically all other Transmute off springs have been superb mudders, and, on-a slopping or heavy track, Dit might become a standout. | : ” # 2 : DIT'S LEGS were fired the end of the 1939 season so as to strengthen them to their limit. . . . He had two months of loafing, and now is under saddle and will get some slow, preliminary tests at the Hartland Stud, former home of Johnson N. Camden. . . . The only difficulty encountered to date Is to keep him checked down. “It'll take a champion to beat this fellow,” they'll tell you if you visit Dit’s quarters. s E- 4 2 HOCKEY SCOUTS are trailing the University of Minnesota ice team. . . . The Gophers have averaged around eight goals a game in putting -together nine straight victories. . . . They have registered 69 goals against 13 for opponents and no team has made more than two goals in a game against the Gophers. Marty Falk is regarded as one of the outstanding goalies in collegiate circles of the United States and Canada. . .. Larry Armstrong is the Gopher coach. . . . Johnny Mariucci of Eveleth, Minn, a rugged defense man, polished skater and stick handler, turned down pro offers in order to play football and hockey at Minnesota.
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BULLETIN Times Special NEW YORK, Jan. 26. — Eddie Shore, one of hockey’s great veterans, undoubtedly will play with the Springfield Indians in their engagement Sunday night at Indianapolis, it was reported here today. Owner of controlling interest in the Indians and recently sold by the Boston Bruins to the N. Y. Americans, Shore will not “play for the Americans before Tuesday night,” officials declared.
The air-minded Providence Reds had nary a goal today to show for two stops on their swing of the International-American Hockey League by chartered plane, The Reds set down first at Cleveland and lost, 2 to 0, which was nothing to get alarmed about, considering the Reds had beaten Cleveland two nights previous. But after last night's game with our Capitals, which the hometown boys took by the topheavy score of 8 to 0, even the charming hostess probably couldn't cheer the Reds on their trip to Pittsburgh. The Capitals marked the victory down as another in their march to the western division crown and sharpened their skates for Sunday night's tussle with the Springfield Indians. Accompanying Springfield for that visit, accord-
||ing to word received here from
Maurice Podoloff, league president, will be the rough-and-tough Ed-
Indians. At the same time, however, announcement was made of Shore's sale by the Boston Bruins
{| to the New York Americans.
Less than 10 minutes after the
| start of last night's game, it was || evident the issue had been decided. |Egan Maybe Ab Demarco of the Reds
realized what was to come when Referee Bill Shaver ordered him
to the penalty box on a charge
of tripping Buck Jones. Demarco beat his stick against the boards and showed in general his disgust at the decision. As he left the game Manager
' | Herbie Lewis inserted five front
line men for Indianapolis—Ron
| Hudson, Hec Kilrea, Syd Abel, Carl
Liscombe and Don Deacon, "Doing It the Quick Way
Hudson scored first at 8:46 on assists by Liscombe and Abel. Fifty-five seconds later Liscombe batted in the second Indianapolis
ing a hand. : That was working fast, but nothing like the Capitals did on the third goal. Abel got this one, and the total time elapsing from the face-off until the red light was burning Was 8 mere five seconds. Even with six defenders guarding the goal a minute later, Providence
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Times-Legion Golden Gloves tourney at the Armory. The tourney’s second show is to be held tonight. Donald Brammer by technical knockout in the first round. Carlisle, an aggressive battler, has yet to perform.
Reds Wing On With 8-0
||die Shore, one of hockey’s greatest|M ||lnames who now is owner of the
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Bill Thomson banged in goal No. 4 after Douglas’ attempt had been turned aside. Once in the second period Don Deacon found himself in the attacking zone with only the puck as a companion. But he accidentally flipped the rubber biscuit backward in his haste to get on toward the goal. “The only break I get and I muff it,” he muttered. “Another one like that and I'll be heading for the foreign legion.” The Capitals scored their fifth goal in the second session, Liscombe doing it on a solo jaunt. All through the game there had been minor brawls and it was apparent _ these misunderstandings were ing to come to a head. There were the Jones-Wilfle Starr feud in the first session, the Jones-Starr-Jackson tangle in the second and Eddie Bush’s personal argument with Normie Mann at the opening of the third.
“And in This Corner--"
The blowoff came after Ross had scored for Indianapolis at 10:31 of the third period. Jones and Bill McKenzie squared off in front of the cage and went to it. The brief encounter earned both a five-min-ute session in the penalty compartment. Earlier Bush tallied after taking a pass from Thomson. Indianapolis’ eighth and final goal was scored by. Deacon at 14:44. Summary:
Indianapolis (8) Providence (0) oore Goalie Stein
Left Defense Jackson Right Dejense Leésieur,
enter arr Deacon Left Win Sherwood Hudson Right Wing Giroux Spares— (Indianapolis) Whitelaw, Bush, Thompson. Liscombe, Kilrea, Wilder, Douglas, Keating; (Providence) Shill, McKenzie, Steele, Desilets, Ambois, Demarco, Mann,
ilson. Reféree—Bill Shaver, Linesman—Don
—Score by. periods— ndianapolis :
rovidence First Period Scoring — {Indignapolis) Hudson (Liscombe, Abel), 8:46; Liscombe (Kilrea, Hudson), 9:45; Abe] (Deacon, Liscombe), 9:50; Thomson (Douglas, Ross),
143, Penalty—Demarco (tripping). Period Sosring = (Indianapolis)
~— |Indianapolis) :48; Ross (Liscombe, con (Whitelaw), 14:44. nes (major for fisticuffs), McKenzie (major for fisticuffs). Saves—Indianapolis (Moore), 26; Providence (Stein), 37..
Jones Ross Abel
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H. S. Leaders Chased Hard
Marion Hangs On to Lead With Eight Victories.
By UNITED PRESS Swinging into the final month of the 1939-40 high school basketball campaign, only one of the state's eight top leagues can boast more than one leader—and that one, more than anything else, because of has a puzzling scoring system by which a game can count for one team and not for another. That is the Northeastern League, where Ft. Wayne South, the state’s only undefeated major club, Auburn, and Ft. Wayne North are deadlocked in first place. However Auburn has fallen before South Side—in a game that counted for South and not for Auburn—and North has taken a tymble before the same Archers—in a game that counted for neither team. South and Auburn each have four victories against ..0 defeats while North has only one triumph and no defeats.
Toughest in North Central
Only other leagues in the state that have undefeated leaders are the Eastern division, N. I. H. 8. C, where La Porte has a half-game edge on Mishawaka, South Bend Central and Michigan City, "with three victories and no losses, the Southern where Washington’s Hatchets stand alone with four straight conference triumps, and the Central, where Elwood stands alone with five straight league victories. The going has been toughest in the North Central where Marion's Giants, seemingly title-bound, have a record of eight triumphs and two losses compared to a record of six victories and three defeats for New Castle, Muncie Central and Kokomo, all deadlocked in second place.
Other Leaders Defeated
Leaders in each of the other three leagues — the South Central, the Southeastern, and the Western division of the N. I. H. 8. C—have each been defeated once in conference play. In the South Central, Rushville holds a half-game edge over Seymour with six wins and one loss: in the Southeastern, Salem’s Lions are well ahead of the field with eight victories and one loss;
land in the Western, East Chicago is
one-half game ahead of Gary Froebel with seven victories and one loss. Only games of major interest played last night involved the Wabash Valley tourney. In those battles a favored Shoals team fell be-
4|fore Tangier, 17 to 16; Brazil edged
out another favorite, Hymera, 31 to
35125, and Terre Haute Garfield showed
signs of returning power, defeating a third favorite, Graysville, 26 to 25. ————————————
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PITTSBURGH, Jan. 26 (U. P.).— Harry Bobo, 208, a part-time preacher with a flair for fisticuffs, looked for new worlds to conquer today after a pear-knockout victory over Henry C oper, Jo New York heavyweight, who two weeks ago stayed 12 rounds with Billy Conn, the light. heavyweight champion. In a fight ballyhooed as a test of Bobo's possibilities as a worthy opponent for Conn, the Pittsburgh Negro defeated Cooper hands down and in the last two rounds of a 10-round battle at the Garden last night he had the New Yorker on the verge of a knockout. : The victory was the 12th straight for the hard-hitting Bobo. Eight of his triumphs have been knockouts.
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Three games in town and a variety of engagements outside, brighten the local basketball menu for tonight—but it'll all be more or less of a premiere for the
morrow night at Tech. Manual is champion in the city and Decatur Central holds the fort out in the county. And now they're going to decide who's who for the combined territory. : Carrying the Hamilton County title, Carmel comes to town tonight to set off the Rockets of Broad Ripple and Connersville will hook up with Washington—the team that didn’t win the city championship. Greenwood’s game tonight with Warren Central, which promised to be one of the outstanding county engagements, has been postponed until Feb. 12. Illness in the Warren Centra] school was reported to have caused the change. Tied for second place in the North Central Conference, Muncie entertains the Techmen—who haven't been doing so well as concerns conference competition. ; Tomorrow Rushville comes to Shortridge to offer some box office competition to the Manual-Decatur Central attraction.
Table Tennis—
Results in Circle City League play last night at Jimmy McClure’s:
Oak Hill A. C., 12; Herff Jones No. 2, 6. Balke and Krauss Lumber Co., 10; Unemployment Compensation, 8. ashington Auto Sales, 16; Herff Jones
Baper Package, 11: P, R. Mallory, 7, L. I. Seeks 14th NEW YORK, Jan. 26 (U. P).— Long Island University seeks its 14th victory in 15 starts against Michigan State in the feature tilt of Madison Square Garden’s eighth basketball doubleheader of the sea-
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Rockets, Continentals Go Into Action Tonight
The Battles to Come : TONIGHT
I~ Connersville at Washington. : Carmel at Broad Ripple. I ech at Muncie, Manual at New Augusta. Southport at Columbus, Harrisburg at Park. Trispis Attucks at Lexington, Ky. owe at New Winchester. Sacred Heart at Trafalgar. Silent Hdosiers at Edinburg, Plainfield at Ben Davis. eech Grove at Masonic Home, Mt. Comfort at Speedway.
" TOMORROW
Rushville at Shortridge. Manual vs. Decatur Central at Tech. Parker Academy of {ihieage at Park. ' ‘Cathedral at Silver Creek. Crispus Attucks at Central (Louisville), Howe at Silent Hoosiers. Morton Memorial {Rnighistown) at
Sacred Heart. Warren Central at Pendleton.
Basketball Scores
STATE COLLEGES 2 Ball State, 41; Indiana State, 40, TB.
OTHER COLLEGES r St. Thomas, 31; Hamline, 28. Concord, 43; Morris Harvey, 39. est, Yirinia Wesleyan, 54; West Virginia, 43. Alderson-Broaddus, £9; Davis-Elkins, 52. Mankato Teachers, 46; Moorhead Teachers, 37. Bradiey, 38; Tulsa, 34. Cincinnati, 38; Wilmington, 37 (over. ©
me). . Norbert, 40; Ripon, 35. Calvin, 68; Ferris Institute, 43. Ottawa, 49; College of Emporia, 19. . Emporia State” College, ~61; McPherson, 37. pilin ROS Cy WAYNE COUN TOURNEY At Rickmond Whitewater, 45; Fountain City, 21. Centerville, 42; Green’s Fork, 20. CASS COUNTY TOURNEY At Logansport Walton, 33; New Waverly, 18. Young America, 26; Royal Centre, 21. Metea, 16; Lucerne, 13. TIPPECANOE COUNTY TOURNEY At Lafayeite Stockwell, 32; Clark’s Hill, 21, West Point, 35; Battle Ground, 3% Romney, 34; Montmorenci, 19. 7 WABASH VALLEY TOURNEY At Terre Haute Sangler, 17; Shoals, 16, Brazil, 31; Hymera, 27. Garfield (Terre Haute), 26; Graysville,
WARRICK COUNTY TOURNEY At Boonville
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The second wave of Golden Glovers go over the top tonight at The Times-Legion show at the Nae tional Guard Armory and if this session of punch throwing matches last week’s the customers probably will be sweating like a man in a Turkish bath at the finish of the fistic menu. : : Tournament officials hope to run off at least 24 bouts and make the action continuous from 7:30 with no delay between contests. With an extra week of training under their belts, the Golden Glov~ ers are reported in ship-shape for tonight's ordeal and the slamboree boys intend to make their fling at swing 100 per cent over the three round route.
Fans Are Boosters
Interest in the tournament picked up this week and sports goers who were on hand last Friday advertised the charity event in a big way telling their friends of “the a bang action at bargain prices. Ten knockouts last week (seven technical) broke.a record for a first
show and in the event this kind of “socking” continues the field of eligibles is going to be reduced in short order. - The champions in the eight weight divisions of the Open class will form the Indianapolis team at the Tournament of Golden Gloves Champions at Chicago late next month. It's a three-day tourney in the Windy City and the local champs will be given a four-day free trip plus a complete boxing outfit consisting or robes, trunks and shoes. . y Field of 145 Eligibles
Prizes also will be awarded to the runners up in The Times-Legion Open class, Novice champions and Novice runners up. After the usual shrinkage in pre« tourney entries and 24 eliminations last’ Friday, the current field of eligibles totals 145. Forty-two of the eligibles are in the experienced Open class and 103 in the Novice. Drawings for tonight’s bouts will
be made immediately after the.
weigh-in and physical examinations late today. Since it is an amateur boxing event and sanctioned by the American Athletic Union, no paire ings are made in advance of the weigh-in. In other words, even the Golden Gloves: tournament officials don't know until after 6 p. m. what the setup in matches will be for the night's fistic warfare. ; All tournament boxers were to report at the Armory today between 2 and 5 o'clock for the weigh-in and physical checkup.
Moore Beats Maloof '
In Billiard Tourney,
Defeating Al Maloof in 138 ine nings, 50 to 46, Guy Moore won his second straight match last night in the state three-cushion billiard tournament at Harry Cooler’s. Moore's highest run was five and Maloof’s four. Walter Ramsey will play Al
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