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Matthews Hicks, 135-pound novice, draws back a right to swing on Lewis Hewett as Lewis gives him trouble with the forearm. Hewett withstood the blow well and won by decision.

After a savage attack by Daniel

McGee buckles and loses by a knockout in the second.

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SPORTS...

"By Eddie

Ash

GOLF, like baseball, has a winter stove league and the tee boys eat it up while dreaming of a new season of battling Old Man Par. . . . So here goes for a batch of links chatter picked out of the mail: By winning the Oakland Open and San Francisco National Match Play

Open Championships in a span

of 11 days, Jimmy Demaret,

the straight-shooting Houston star, has taken a fast and. broad lead over competing professional golfers on the tournament

trails.

His twin victories in the San Frangisco Bay area plus a sixthplace finish in the Los Angeles Open give Demaret $2375 for his month’s work on the Pacific Coast and 66 points in the P. G. A. Harry

Vardon Memorial ratings.

For the first time, Demaret now plans to play the entire winter circuit, and because of his brilliant California performances, probably will be one of the year’s greatest stars. Jimmy Hines, of New York currently, is second in the Vardon ratings with 36 points; Horton Smith third with 28 points, while Ben Hogan of New York and Dick Metz of Chicago are tied for fourth place with 26.

Four California Titles in Three Seasons

DEMARET IS the only two-time winner in the 10-year history of the San Francisco National Match Play Open, and he is also the only player ever to win four California Championships in three seasons: The San Francisco in 1938, Los Angeles in 1939, and the Oakland .

and San Francisco again, this year. Oddly enough, the Oakland and

San Francisco tournaments seem

to go as an entry. . . . Dick Metz won both last year.

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TED TURNER, professional at Pine Valley, N. J, and Pine Needles, Pinehurst, N. C., drew down the $100 for the longest drive in the Dapper Dan Club's prelude attraction to the $10,000 open at wildwood (Pittsburgh District, 1939) when he hit out a screamer

of 336 yards.

Jimmy Thompson, regarded as golf's longest hitter, outdrove Turner by 24 yards, but his ball kicked off the fairway a foot into

the rough, the carom costing him

the one prize offered. Clayton

Heafner of Charlotte, N: C., was third with 332 yards.

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BOBBY JONES, golfdom’s abdicated ruler, recently spent a few days at the Augusta, Ga., National Golf Course, which he helped to

design. . . 1g season, Bobby pointed out, in an

. The masters tournament is going to be held April 4-7 this

effort to snap the bad weather

jinx that has been dogging it lever since it was started. Each year when the Masters is played Jones comes out of his

golf retirement to participate.

Golfers Give Old Clubs to Schools

THE “old clubs” drive of the 1939 season greatly pleased Melville

Keim of Northmoor, chairman of

of the Chicago District Golf Association. . .

the junior promotion committee . Greater activity in

tournaments and rounding up of sticks is planned for next year. . . High schools will be benefited mostly. In line with this idea the junior committee of the C. D. A. conceived the plan of staging wooden cup tournaments at various clubs. ... The entry fee was $1 or a used weapon, and the prize was a snappy cup carrying an appropriate inscription. The popularity of the plan was demonstratéd by the donation of 740 clubs, 38 bags and $61 in cash. . . . This will go to the Board of Education for distribution among schools. . . . The clubs will be

used in student group instruction.

Clubs donating were Calumet, Idlewild, Itasca, Knollwood, Lake Hills, Lake Shore, Northmoor, Oak Park, Onwentsi:, Ravisloe, Riverside, Ruth Lake, South Shore and Twin Orchards. , . . Others expect

to be enrolled in this year’s drive.

Indianapolis

Is Awarded

2 Grand Circuit Meets

NEW YORK, Jan. 27 (U, P).— The Grand Circuit harness racing begins in Indianapolis June 24, and continues for 14 consecutive weeks with the final meeting being held in Lexington, Ky. the last week in September. Good Time Track at Goshen, N. Y., scene of the Hambletonian was assigned the week of Aug. 12. The Hambletenian, richest trotting special, will be run on Aug. 14. At the conclusion of the National Trotting Association’s board of

_stewards meeting yesterday, Presi-

dent E. Roland Harriman predicted “the best season in many years.” A week of racing at Mineola, N. Y., beginning July 22, followed by two weeks at the Narragansett running track were included on the program. Other dates included: July 1, Anderson, Ind.; July 8, Toledo; July 15, Goshen (historic track); Aug. 19, Springfield, Ill; Aug. 26; Syracuse, N. Y.; Sept. 2, Indianapolis; Sept. 9, Reading, Pa., and Louisville, Ky.; Sept. 16, Delaware, O., and Sept. 21, Lexington, Ky.

Continue Trials in Crosby Tourney

DEL MAR, Cal, Jan. 27 (U, P.).— The second half of the first round of the fourth annual Bing Crosby $3000 professional-amateur. golf

tournament teed off today. The fleld was so large that half the players posted their first-round scores yesterday and the rest of the entries were to shoot their qualifying round today. John Thoren of Woodland, Mass., and Paul Gardner of Beverley Hills, Cal, scored a best ball of 64 in the initial round. Cliff Spencer of Washington, D. C., topped the first half of the field in individual honors by carding a 69 for the first 18 holes.

Park Seeking 2d Victory of Week

Park School's basketball team, which scored a 45-24 victory over Harrisburg High School last night, will play Francis Parker of Chicago this evening on the Park floor. The game is scheduled for 8 o'clock. Lanky Mike Keene sparked an attack that sent Park to a 13-6 lead last night over the Fayette County champions, and after that the prepsters were never in trouble. Park held a 24-13 margin at the intermission, Keene scored six field goals to take high-point honors, while Purcell tallied 10 points to pace the

; losers.

Elwood Is Giant-Killer

Panthers Snap South Side’s Long Victory String.

By UNITED PRESS

Elwood High School's basketball team was entitled to wear the crown as “giant-killer of the week” today after an astounding 28-26 upset defeat of Ft. Wayne South Side, the same Archers who had won 13 straight games without defeat. The loss was the Archers’ first in a regularly scheduled game since the 1938 season when Bedford overturned them. South Side, however, continued on the victory trail to win the state championship that year. Elwood’s victory last night was gained the hard way—on 2a lastminute basket by Nuding, substitute forward who replaced Muff Davis, Central Conference scoring leader, with only 40 seconds left to play. His game - winning bucket came at the }8-second mark and the two teams conserved the final seven seconds so ably that it took three minutes by the clock to play them. Kokomo Surprised

Another upset victim was the highly-regarded Kokomo five, which went down before Richmond, 30-27, on the Red Devils’ floor. Baumgartner led the Richmond five to its second North Central Conference triumph of the season with nine points. The Kats lost out after holding an 18-16 edge at the halfway mark. For messing up conference leaders, though, the palm went to the western division of the. Northern Indiana High School Conference, where the three leading clubs all took it on the chin from outfits back in the pack. East Chicago Washington was tripped, 35-32, by an improving Hammond Tech quintet; Gary Froebel, the second-place five, was downed by Gary Horace Mann, 19-16, and Gary Lew Wallace, which held thirtl position, took a 34-30 trimming from Valparaiso’s unpredictable five. In both the North Central and Southern Conferences results ran to form with the exception of the Richmond-Kokomo melee. Marion’s Giants pounded another nail into their drive for the North Central crown by sinking Lafayette, 44-27, after holding a 17-15 lead at the half. Anderson’s fast-stepping Indians pounced on Frankfort, 29-23; Muncie Central edged Tech, 22-21, and the crippled New Castle team, minus two of its regulars, whipped Logansport, 25-15. Washington, pacemaker in the Southerny Conference, hac a close call at Evansville, edging Central, 32-30, after trailing at the half. Evansville Reitz scored a 29-22 triumph over Bloomington. Vincennes scored its seventh league victory, downing Princeton, 30-23.

Southport Comes Through

La Porte suffered its first loss in the eastern division, N. I. H. 8. C,, falling before Mishawaka, 38-29, while South Bend Central downed Michigan City, 46-37. The victories sent Mishawaka and Central into a tie for the league leadership with four victories and one defeat each. On the Marion County front, Southport and Speedway. scored victories while Ben Davis -lost to Plainfield, 26-21. Southport and Columbus went neck-and-neck down to the wire, with the Cards edging their downstate hosts, 33-32. The halftime count wac 17-17. Speedway scored a 33-30 victory over Mount Comfort. Terre Haute Garfield was to play Brazil and Flat Rock, Ill, was to engage Lyons this afternoon’ in semi-final games of the Wabash Valley Tournament at Terre Haute. Garfield's victory over Plainville was the only surprise as the teams moved through the’ quarter-finals last night. Some of that state’s “name” teams were busy last night with non-con-ference games. The Hunters of Huntingburg scored a 37-27 victory over their neighbors from Jasper, while. Muncie Burris turned it on to

given a boost when New Albany trimmed Hammond, 35-23, on the downstate floor.

Handball Monopoly

DETROIT, Jan. 27 (NEA).—Lloyd Brazil, Detroit basketball coach, has won the - all-university handball singles championship for the last

five years.

beat Wabash, 46-26. The south was’

Where to Go

TONIGHT Basketball—Wabash vs. Butler, Butler Fieldhouse, 8:15. Manual vs. Decatur Central, Tech gym, 8:00. : i Rushville vs, Shortridge, Shortridge gym, 8:00. Parker Academy vs. Park, Park gym, 8:00. Morton Memorial Heart, 8:00. TOMORROW

Hockey—Indianapolis. vs. Springfleld Indians, Coliseum, 8:30.

TUESDAY

Nrestling—Bronko Nagurski vs. Dick Raines, Armory, 8:30.

Deckard Runs Mile Tonight

‘I'd Like a Chance’ at Fast Company, He Says.

vs. Sacred

BOSTON, Jan. 21 (U. P.).— Tommy Deckard, a great two-miler, believes there is a place for him in top . flight mile company, and hopes to prove it tonight in the 16th annual Prout Memorial Games. The slender, black-haired Indiana University graduate, was entered in the two-mile race by Chairman Bill Kennedy, but now he wants to match strides with Glenn Cunningham, Charles Fenske, Archie San Romani, Louis Zamperini, Blaine Rideout and John Munski. Kennedy made Deckard a provisional entry in the one mile, and it is expected he will be given last minute permission™to switch. “I'd like a chance to prove to myself that I do or don't belong in that particular company,” Tommy said. “I feel like I'm in the best condition of my career, and can hold my own at one mile with the best of them.” Deckard reportedly turned a mile in 4:10 on Indiana’s seven lap track recently.

Card 3 Matches In Billiard Meet

Three matches are scheduled next week in the state three-cushion billiard tournament being held at Harry Cooler’s parlor. Cooler will play Joe Pilz Monday evening, while Al Greenberger and Guy Moore are paired in a match Wednesday. On Friday Phil Greenberger will meet Morris Morris. Moore and Walter Ramsey, both unbeaten in two matches, lead: the

standings, while Phil Greenberger|p

and Cooler each have won one match in as many games. Last night Ramsey defeated Al Greenberger, 50-47, in 76 innings.

Seabiscuit Out of Feature at Anita

ARCADIA, Cal, Jan. 27 (U. P.)—~ Seabiscuit was withdrawn from today’s $10,000 San Felipe, six-fur-long Santa Anita feature. The large field and the chestnut champion’s unfavorable post posi tion—number six in the entries— caused the withdrawal, Howard said, but Seabiscuit’s stablemate, Kayak II, remained eligible at ‘the regular scratch time. The field was reduced to 15 when Mrs. A. Pelleteri’s Speedy Firozepore also was withdrawn.

Hostak and Hoosier Will Fight Monday

CHICAGO, Jan. 27 (U. P).—Al Hostak, Seattle, recognized by the National Boxing Association as middleweight champion of = the world, and Tony Zale, Gary, Ind., ranked No. 5 contender, held final workouts today preparatory to their overweight 10-round bout Monday. Hostak was a 3-to-1 favorite.

> Tf, A’s Sigh Beese PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 27 (U. P)). —Receipt of a signed 1940 contract from Herman Beese, left-handed pitcher obtained from Memphis of the Southern Association, was an-

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F inish Near in . McCoy Derby

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Jan. 27 (U. P..—Jockeying for the .- Services of Benny McCoy, emancipated Detroit second baseman, entered the home stretch today with the Philadelphia Athletics, Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgers out in front and the finish less than 48 hours away. When McCoy becomes eligible to sign a contract at 12:01 a. m. Monday, he will have before him offers of at least $40,000 for his signature and an additional $10,000 a year salary under a two-. * year, contract. The three leading bidders will be represented here over the week-end with Earl Mack present for Philadelphia, Bill McKechnie rushing fo enter the Cincinnati bid and showman Larry McPhail fiashing the Brooklyn roll,

Butler Waits Wabash Five

Bulldogs Will Risk Lead ih Game Here Tonight.

Who's Tops In County?

Manual and Decatur Central Will Decide Tonight.

Tonight’s Schedule Manual vs. Decatur Central at Tech. Rushville at Shortridge. Cathedral at Silver Creek. Crispus Attucks at Central (Louis-

ville). Howe at Silent Hoosiers.

Tonight we learn who's the champs—the city champions or the county champions. In the big Tech gym, Manual, tops within the city limits, meets Decatur Central, current wearers of the county crown. That engagement promises to be feature of the evening’s program here, with only one other major game scheduled—Rushville vs. Shortridge. His forces weakened by the injury of Bob Paddock, and the ineligibility of Bob Harris, Coach Kenneth Peterman may have to call on his reserve forces. Probable starters for Shortridge are Dave Strack, Chuck Benjamin, Larry Yeager, Pat West and Walt Freihofer. In the opening of the week-end’s last night, three teams “came back with their shields” but three others fell in the frays. Washington: beat Connersville here, 34 to 29; Broad Ripple bounced Carmel, Hamilton County champions, 27 to 17, and Sacred Heart won at Trafalgar, 27 to 17. Tech, however, went down before the Bearcats of Muncie in an upstate game, 22 to 21; Howe went to New Winchester and took a 45-28 beating while Manual bowed here before New Augusta, 25 to 18.

The stage is set for Wabash College's Little Giants to pull the “goliath” act and possibly dump Butler, undisputed College Conference leaders, from its first place, at 8:15 o'clock tonight in the fieldhouse. The local Bulldogs are on top of the loop with three victories against no defeats. Wabash, which has won but three of its 13 starts this season, has annexed two out of three league games winning over Rose Poly and DePauw while losing te Oakland City. It will be the 27th meeting of the two schools and during that time the Little Giants can count their triumphs over Butler on one hand, winning five against 21 defeats. " For the first time this year, the Bulldogs = will meet an opponent smaller than they. The height advantage will be widened by the insertion of Harold (Red) Braden, Ft. Wayne junior, into the Bulldog lineup to replace Byron Gunn, a Junior. Gunn, out with an injured knee, will not return to action until the Ohio State game, here, Feb. 3. Braden is six feet tall, two inches above Gunn. : All but one of the 10 probable starters on both teams tonight are Indiana high school products. Two of these are local graduates: Wabash’s Carl Klein of Shortridge and Butler’s Dietz of Washington. Probable starting fives are: ) Wabash Diet

Klein

Washington Game Is a Rough One

The Washington - Connersville game proved to be a rough and tumble affair, with Miller and Gerrish leading the scoring. Trailing one. point, 15 to 14, Martin Dragon went into the game at the start of the second half and put his mates ahead with two fielders. The Continentals resorted to a stall in the last quarter and the Spartans were unable to do much about it. The summary:

Washington (34). Connersville (29).

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Rockets Have Little Trouble With Carmel

The Rockets of Broad Ripple didn’t have much trouble from the Carmel team and led 13 to 7 at the half. Carmel got an early lead on Harry Dawson's opening score but Joe Dawson, Hubert Powell and Alex Christ went ahead to pace the Rockets with eight points each for the victory. The summary: Broad Ripple (27).

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In the curtain-raiser attraction scheduled to begin at 7 o'clock, Butler freshman will get their first crack at inter-collegiate play, meet ing Wabash rhinies.

Tonight's State Card Is Heavy

By UNITED PRESS Indiana’s college cagers return to the wars with a vengeance after a few days rest—during which they had no more to do than take se- > mester examinations — with eight Carmel (17). games on the docket tonight. Headlining the program is the Butler-Wabash clash here. At South Bend another top battle is in prespect with the Northwestern Wildcats, who already have one victory over Notre Dame, tangling with the Irish for the second time this season. Other scraps are Huntington at N. C. A. G. U,, Franklin at Taylor, Manchester at Central Normal, Earlham at Evansville, all conference struggles, and River Forest, Ill., at Concordia and Lawrence Tech at Tri-State.

Archers to Meet

Planning an indoor range and indoor championship, the Indianapoiis Archery Club will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the Casino GarMen’s

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Manual Is Cold, Very Cold

If last night's game may be taken as a preview, Manual may have extra trouble with Decatur Central tonight. The Redskins failed to score even one point in the first and final quarters ahd never overcame New Augusta's 10-to-0 lead garnered in the first period. A South Side attack in the second quarter, led by speedy Glenn Smith, brought the count to Manual 13, Red Devils 15. at the half, but timely scoring on the part of New Augusta’s Gerald Young and Bill Moore kept the victors on top. Capt. .Bill Moore of | (Continued on Page 11)

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JRDAY, JAN.

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In one of the most vicious fights of the night, Earl Paul, 126-pounder in the open] division, drives hard right to Jim Buhr’s head and Jim weaves and ducks.

decision.

3000 See Fighters in Bangup Second Show ;

Earl Paul Decisions Jim Buhr in Vicious Encounter; Training Launched for Third Program.

By EDDIE ASH :

With Times-Legion Golden Gloves

ession two off the calendar,

Indianapolis’ slambang boys launched anpther week of training today to work out the bruises, sharpen punches and improve their wind for

the third series of leather pushing

at the Armory next Friday.

Evidently the amateur fistic performers are eating thicker steaks this year or have discovered the secret of| perfecting the old haymaker,

At any rate, before 3000 fans at the Armory “punch bowl” last night 10 knockouts and four technical knockouts were chalked up on the Golden Gloves tally sheet. Nine matches went to a decision and there were two defaults on the scheduled 25-bout program. According to an unofficial check, the tournament officials figure there are 37 boys remaining in the Open class and 83 in the Novice, a total of 120. The official eligible list will be published early next week.

They Blaze Away

Tournament attendance picked up in a large way last night and the customers were in an uproar on several occasions when the lads blazed away with both gloves and fought it out toe to toe. It was a record show for boys bouncing off the deck as Young America waved goodby to caution and let fiy from the hips. One of the standout bouts in the Open class paired Earl Paul, Rhodius Community Center {featherweight, and Jim Bulr, Northeast Community Center. They are graduates from last year's Novice class and both proved fhey could take it as well as dish it out. Bud Cottey was in Paul's corner and Casey Jones handled Buhr. The popular kids opened up at the starting bell and rammed punches home in a rapid exchange. Paul was sent to the ropes by a righthander but bounced back, charged in and it was a furious mixup.

A Flow of Crimson

In the second canto Paul's left eye was cut and Buhr’s mouth was bruised but the flow of crimson failed to slow down the aggressiveness of the 126-pounders. The third and last round was a thriller the full distance and the adversaries battled like a couple of tiger cats. Lefts and rights swished. and the pumping of punches had

‘the fans howling in unison. It was

a close, hard-fought match and the big crowd gave the kids a rousing round of applause at the closing bell. Paul got the nod of the judges and referee. ; oy Troutman, Leeper Boxing School Novice featherweight, and Nathanial . Shirley, Fayette Com-

munity Center, had the honor of. ™ | lifting the lid on the night’s festivi-

ties. Troutman had.two many guns and his aim was good. After Shirley’'s third trip to the canvas in the first session, the referee awarded the bout to Troutman by technical knockout. | A couple of perpetual motion gladiators clashed in the second encounter and Walter Shotts, Washington A. C. novice featherweight,

. | decisioned William Bennett, Leeper

Boxing School. They fought head to head and every round produced fireworks.

Shotts Comes Back

Shotts was dropped for a brief count in the initial round, then

came back and regained | lost.

ground by pacing the bout. He had Bennett on the verge of going overboard in the second and won the verdict by slamming home more punches in the third. | Ted Velonis, West Side A. C. featherweight Novice, authored a “quickie” at the expense of Dennis Hanrahan, Leeper Boxing School. In 46 seconds of the first stanza it was all over and Hanrahan was rolling in the resin. Tom Conroy and Charles G

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took turns in hitting the floor. Gal= lier was dropped for a nine-count in the first round and Conroy was inspecting the canvas at the bell, Both were on the deck again in the second round. They were a couple of tired lads atthe end of the third and Cons roy got the nod by doing the bets ter work in the final canto. : Charles Bodel, Stark and Wetzel A. C. Novice featherweight, got a bad break in his bout with George Smith, Senate Avenue Y. M. C. A. Smith planted a sharp blow on Bodel’s right eye during a furious exchange shortly after the opening bell and the Senate Avenue (Continued on Page 11)

Landis’ Edict Stuns Chiefs

CHICAGO, Jan. 27 (U. P.) —Coms missioner Kenesaw Mountain Lane dis, champion of the young ball player, turned: the baseball world upside down again today with his revolutionary proposal to eliminate chain store methods from organe ized baseball. Discrete silence prevailed among jittery magnates in every major league city except Chicago, where the latest Landis plan enjoyed quick circulation. The general bewilderment led W. G. Bramham, president of the Naetional Association of Minor Leagues, to urge Landis last night to wait until next year to enforce the five points. In- his first constructive recommendations for replacement of dis puted farm hand methods, Landis declared, “The essence of this new | plan is that players are to be ac-/ quired by higher classification clubs

for present service only, not for an<

ticipated future needs.” J He suggests that players be as signed outright only for an agreet consideration and all not assignef by a fixed date would be subject to": draft by higher class clubs. Thus the present system of optional agreements, whereby a minor leagurer can be nursed along by the parent club until he is ready or needed in the majors, would be dis continued. To make up for withdrawl of financial support by individual major league clubs, he suggested that subsidies be granted all Class B. C, and D clubs, presumably by the 16 major teams. ; | a . . { . Marion Miley Wins PUNTA GORDA, Fla., Jan. 27 (U, P.) —Marion Miley of Lexington, Ky., scored a 2 and 1 victory over Clara Callender of Long Beach, Cal, to add the Championship of

Women Champions to her golfing trophies yesterday.

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