Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1940 — Page 14
‘SPORT Sos
By Eddie Ash
: TWO FORMER University ‘of Minnesota stars are members of the Bismarck, N. D., Phantoms who performed at Butler Fieldhouse Monday and last night in the second annual national independent basketball tournament of the Interstates Basketball Association. . . . They -are Martin
"Rolek and Gordon Spear.
Finnegan and Burk, teammates are former North Da-
kota University hardwood heroes and Acey Olson is a ~
product of North Dakota Aggies. . . . The independent tournament : has produced grade A basketball and several individual cage hawks of -
exceptional skill,
A national cullege cage tourney staged here in the early Twenties . * at the State Fair Grounds, was a financial flop in spite of plenty of ink
in the press. .
8 = 8
. Wabash, all-powerful at the time, won the event.
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IN AN EFFORT to teach the ball players to gain a faster break ° and run for first base after hitting the ball, the Cleveland Americans
have engaged the services of John ton University track star.
(Speedy) Rush, former Princes"
Rush, who was a champion dash man in college, will report to
the Cleveland training camp early next month.
Speed, and
more speed, will be the Cleveland keynote, or just like Rapid Robert
. Feller pitches.
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Durocher Visions Summer of Ease i
PEE WEE REESE, the shortstop up from Louisville, dheckien in at the Brooklyn training camp Monday and won instantaneous ad-
miration during a lively workout. for Leo,” Manager Durocher cracked
“It looks like an easy summer to Scout Ted" McGrew on whose
recommendation the Dodgers shelled out plenty of lettuce for the
20-year-old rookie.
Reese, who should have been’ present in the Clearwater camp last Thursday- became confused, he explained, when he received three
separate wires from the Dodgers’ front office; .
. The first ordered
him to camp on Feb. 15, the second advised. him to report on Feb. 18 and the third called for his appearance Feb. 25, “So I took the matter in my own hands,” Pee Wee explainéd, “and decidéd to compromise on the 19th.”, . . Well, that’s fair enough
thinking for a kid:
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SPORTS WRITERS in San Francisco are going to have a busy
Sept. 28 this year. . . on that date with Stanford meeting Santa Clara taking on Utah,
. A football double-header is scheduled there
University of San Francisco and
Auburn's Rambling’ Plainsmen, who play only one grid game at home, will live up to their name next fall, with football games sched-
uled in Dallas, Boston and cities in between. . . .
The Plainsmen will
play four teams which participated in Bowl games last, New Year's, including Tulane, Georgia Tech, Clemson and Boston College.
18,000 Watch New York Glovers
THE NEW YORK News Golden Gloves Open and Novice finals were fought before a crowd of 18,000 at Madison Square Garden the
other night. . .. The boys were picked
lights for infroduction and trumpets blared as they were presented. - | -
. . The showmanship went over big
out from the darkness with spot-
with the crowd.’
For the information of Indianapolis Golden Gloves fans who plan on attending the Tournament of Champions in Chicago next week: Prices for Monday and Tuesday shows are 40 cents, 66 cents and $1.10; for Wednesday show, 75 cents, $1.10 and $1.65. ; Address ticket requests to Golden Gloves Ticket Manager, Tri-
bune Tower, Chicago, Ill .- Make to Chicago Tribune Charities, Inc.
checks or money orders payable
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It is impossible to léarn in advance in whichyor. the three rings
the Indianapolis boys will box. 2 2 =
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WILLIE HOPPE, who used to give an annual performance in Indianapolis, has filed his eawy in the 1940 world three-cushion
billiards championship tourney to April 2,
be held in Chicago March 11 to
Hoppe has held every billiard title at one time or another, last
holding the 'three-cushion crown in Cochran in a challenge match.
1935 when he defeated Welker
. . Cochran took the title away from
him later in the year in the last world tournament held. , . . Hoppe also has dominated the balk line game for 20 years: . This year’s ‘tournament will embrace 90 games, 24 more than
any previous tourney. instead of once around, as formerly.
.. It will be a twice around round robin affair
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Godoy Used fo
Be Only a Pug
But Look at Him Now
By HENRY M'LEMORE
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United Press Staff Correspondent LOS ANGELES, Feb. 21.—There may be a better, quicker formula
for success than staying the distance
with Joe Louis in a prize-fight ring,
- but those of us who sat around Arturo Goddy’s hotel suite here yesterday
have our doubts.
Even marrying the boss’ daughter, or winning, the Democratic primary in Alabama doesn’t furnish as quick a cut to fame and fortune,
Three weeks ago, before Godoy went 15 rounds with the champion in Madison Square Garden, he was as unknown as the cause of a common cold. His name was a‘ household word in only one household—that of Mamma and Pappa Godoy, somei where down in Chile. Now you should see him.
‘Listen to ’Em Roar’ °
He traveled across country’ in the elegance of a maharajah. His brief stops at such points as Kansas City ‘and St. Louis brought out:cheering crowds. He was interviewed and photographed and his listeners hung. on his words like acrobats on a horizontal bar. Los Angeles and nearby ‘Hellywood, neither of which is unaccustomed to celebrities, were excited by his arrival. The ‘man nobody knew three weeks ago was besieged by so many offers and invitations that his charge d'affaires could not
handle all of them and.was forced |
to engage an assistant by the day. .The movies wanted him. “Hollywood called up to ask him if he
were available to make several short].
subjects and even the mighty Zanuck expressed an interest in having him play in a new. supers production, “The South American Way.” Radio concerns Kept his phone busy. The theaters went right out and hired him. His hotel room was a mad-house, what with phones clanging and Jbellhops flying in and out. He Makes Some Choices
Godoy couldn't accept. all the offers. There were too many even| for a set of Siamese twins, working in double shifts. - So, with the aid-of his tour manager, Billy McCarney, he sifted them out and took only the best. He must leave within 10 days to fulfill engagements in Buffalo, Peoria, Sauk Center, .and way points. For the moment he is much more ¥ of an attraction than the man who licked him. Louis beat him, and kept the title, but dropped into comparative obscurity, while Godoy was vaulted into the position of a - national figure. McCarney, the old carpet bugger of boxing, who is handl Godoy on tour, says the South American should be champion today. “Godoy was the aggressor ‘throughout, » Billy said. “You never have seen a heavyweight champion with his back to the ropes as much as Louis against Godoy, I think ‘Godoy got:Louis by his complete ck. of fear before the fight, and
‘early round. In the fourth or fifth round Joe nailed Godoy with a left,
‘and right that carried all the power ‘he had. Godoy: Just kept walking
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When Cathedral High School
suggest you read what
‘takes the floor against Michigan | City in the state Catholic tourney Saturday at ¥f. Wayne, one of the”| Irish boys you may hear a lot from is Co-Capt. Kenny Geiman., Joach Joe Harmon, speaking page in Off the Backboard, has to say about the “favorit
We n the Dex
5 More Signed In Mitt Show
® Five more mitt performers for Priday night's Finnish Relief Fund boxing show at the Armory were named today by Matchmaker Kelse McClure, who states there will be 36 rounds of fisticuffs on fhe program—the feature 10-rourider bhe-
Eddie Boyles of Cleveland, the 10round semi-windup between. Buddy Millard of this’ city “and - Young Harry Wills of Cincinnati, and four four-round scraps. One of the prelims has. been local middleweights in action, Wesley Kemp meeting James, (Tiger) Kiggins. - The latter is a porter at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, and he was urged to seek a place on the card by some of the club members who have listened to his boasts of
[fighting prowess.
Three other local pugs have been signed, but their opponents have not been selected. Young Tony Canzoneri, flashy young featherweight, will appear in one of the four-rounders; Noble Bowers, light heavyweight, also will show his wares, and Willard Troutman, erstwhile high-ranking amateur mitt tosser will make his pro debut. Eddie Mader has been doing some hard training the last few days and has been: boxing some fast-sesdions
© |with' Buddy Millard. Both look to
Artgro Godoy . . . there's little of this wood-hauling now.
Demaret, Penna
Eye Big Cash
. HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 21 (iJ. P). —Jimmy DeMaret of Houston and Tony Penna, Dayton, O., met today in an 18-hole playoff for the $1000 first prize in the Western Open golf tournament. DeMaret came from behind’ to tie Penna in yesterday’s final - round: He sank a four-foot putt on the last hole of the 72-hole tournament for
a 7 and a 293 total, after Penna had s toa 73 during the afternoon. The loser in the playoff will take second prize of $700 Sam Snead. ~ White - Sulphut Springs, W. Va., leader at the half-
way mark, was runner-up and took
be in great shape for their fights, it is reported. - Reserved seats may .be obtained at the Claypool drug -store and at the Lemcke Service Shop.
Tilden Plays Hendrix.
In Quarter-Finals MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Feb. 21 (U. P.)—Big Bill Tilden, staging a comeback, plays Young Art lendrix
{of Lakeland, Fla., in a qaurter-final
match of the $2500 Southeastern Professional Tennis Tournam ent totay. Fourth-seeded Bruce Barnes of Whité Plains, N. Y., meets Walter Senior of Chicago, seeded No. 6, in the only other quarter-final match on the day’s schedule. Completing third ‘round play, Lloyd Budge, brother of the. former amateur champion, Don Budge, faces Frank Rerich of New York,
Hammond Defeats’ Detroit Eagles
DETROIT, Feb. 21 (U.- P).—A rebuilt quintet. from Hammond upset the league-leading Detroit Eagles 43-39 last night in a National professional basketball game, throwing the league into a questionsie status. ; Before the last place Ciesars ran on the floor last night, Detroit with 18 victories and 8 losses was assured of a play-off position in the astern division. But the defeat meant that
four games, or the Akron Goodyears must lose one to. assure Detroit of the. championship piayofls.
Ripple Rockets Play Cardinals Tonight
Southport High School's $s basketbull’ Cardinals will do the entertaining this evening for Broad Ripple’s Rockets in the first game of the week. involving/ local teams. Game. time is ‘8. o’cloek. Probable Broad
thirdeplace for. his
tween Eddie Mader of New York and].
matched up and will show a pair of |
the Eagles must win one of ifs next
Big 10 Record? ‘Hapac Wonders
‘CHICAGO, Feb. 21 (U. P).— That one game Capt. Bill Hapac
‘of Illinois missed because of ill- |
ness :not only cost the Illini an excellent chance of ‘winning the Big Ten basketball championship but probably will prevent him, from setting a new scoring record. Hapac leads the conference with 108 points in seven games, an average of 15.43 points per game. When Jewell. Young of Purdue rang up the present record of 184 points in 1938, he averaged 153. Without that’ game he missed, however, the Illinois star must average 19 points a game in his last four even to tie Young's all time mark. Paul Armstrong, Ine diana forward, ‘climbed back into third place with his 16 points against Iowa Monday night, giv=ing him 84 for the season. Official leaders: Bi Ha ac, Illinois.. Die ein, North’wn. Back Armstrong, Ind’'a. Gene Englund, Wis'n, Don Car Jim Rae, Ye Sieg ow Bianken. Purdue.
qi Menke, Indians... Charley Pink, Micigan.
Where to Go—
TONIGHT Basketball—National Tournament of “Champions, Fieldhouse, 8:00. t TOMORROW . Amateur Hockey—Kuhn’s vs. County Officials, Coliseum, 7:30. FRIDAY Boxing Finn relief show, Armory. SATURDAY Basketball — Butler vs, DePauw, Fieldhouse, 8:15. SUNDAY Amateur Hockey—Sportsman’s Store Vs. Indiana Fur Co., Coliseum. MONDAY
Basketball—Butler vs. Notre. Dame, Fieldhouse, 8:15.
Three Pirate still On Holdout List
' PITTSBURGH, Feb, 21 (U.'P.).— Three Pittsburgh Pirates—sShortstop.
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Handley and Pitcher Russ Bauers—
Pitcher Bob Klinger messaged Agreement to his 1940 contract from his i home in Allows, “Mo., last
. “I flew here TWA to see you.” ; To ; i i or Ba formation Reserintionsy » Your Travel Agent, or .
Lincoln’ A588
; National Cage | : Meet Goes {To Semi-Finals
Stewart - Warner Plays |
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.} house, : ‘ -Indianapolis and basketball teams| from Wisconsin, North Dakota and]
7 failed t6 appear for its game.
‘tinued in his good work for the .| winner, cashing in nine baskets.
1 Wichite
" Bismarek, N. D. 48. “Bangor, Me. 21.
‘| In the nip-and-tuck ree for the in-
Arky Vaughan, Third Baseman Lee| remained on the holdout list today.
Kenosha Tonight
a: Schedule : Diy vs. Spokane, Wash, °
9:00-—Stewart- Warner .olis) vs. Kenosha, Wis.
The National Tournament of
{Champions whirlg I inp the semi-{. u
finais tonight at the Butler Field-
with Stewart-Warner ~ of
Washington still in the fray, The Stewart-Warner five, Victors over the Universal Oilers of Kansas last night, 39 to 34, was declared state independent champions at a meet last week at Anderson. ’ ,In other games last night the Bismarck, N. D.; team, coached by Mayor Neil Churchill, beat’ Bangor, Me, 48 {lo 21; Kenosha, Wis, downed Reading, O. 36 to 20, and the Athletic -Round Table : outfit from Spokane, Wash. drew a victory ‘when the Enid, Okla; téam
Suddith Siars Stewart-Warner’s. sparked by the spectacular. shooting- of Sally Suddith, former star at Martinsville High School. He scored nearly half his team’s points and turned in an outstanding floor game, Before going to the showers on four personal fouls, Carroll, tall Wichita pivot man, counted 10 field goals for the Oilers, : The Emerson Pills of Bangor, Me, traveled all night over snow-covered highways and arrived here about noon only to fall before the suave Bismarck team. Finnegan, : former North Dakota University star, con-
The losers’ play was featured by Tracy. Reading Outclassed . Despite the good work of Zurick, Reading, O., appeared outclassed in its loss to the sparkling all-around play -of the Bernacchi Drug team of Kenosha, Wis." The summaries;
Stewart-War. 39. Wichita (Ras) 1.
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Hudson Tied for 2d at Net
Times Special NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb.
21.—
dividual scoring leadership in the International - American Hockey League, Tony Hemmerling of the New Haven Eagles is holding down first place today. And tied for second are Ronnie Hudson of .the Indianapolis Capitals and: Norm Locking of the Syracuse
Stars, whose recent five points have |
made them the week’s best performers. : The leading scorers:
Hemmerling, New Haven .... 19 Judson, Indianapolis wera 2
Filmore, Vspringfel 3artholome, Cleveland * .e 5 Kaminsky, Springfield eevee
Record Field oe in Santa Anita Derby
"ARCADIA, Cal, Feb. 21 (U.P). «Names of candidates for the sixth running of the Santa Anita Derby were dropped through the entry box | today and all signs indicated that a record number of starters will parade to the post when the bugler calls the field tomorrow for the $50,000- race. Owners and trainers began filing Uuoigh the.racing secretary’s office ortly after dawn. Although: most Shorfly an .called for a field of perhaps 25 or more 3-year-olds, officials of Santa Anita Park said they ex-
pected no more than 21 starters.
Sh Kansas City, 3 hours 22 'min.; Los ae Ee 13 hours 33, min. TWA is. |}
to 1 io ur a od min,; New York, 4. hours 9. min.;
airline ‘Goast-to-coast.
(Indianap-
victory was|
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that
And That Goes
for Hoosier basketball . players, Everett Babb: has decided fhe less attention . the: referee pays to the booers, the better off he’s going to be. And that goes for the two teams on the floor, too. “If a referee gets flustered by the fans, he’s not going to be able to give the game the attention it should have,” said Babb. “I haven't called a technical foul on a crowd for a long time and I don’t intend to.”
No Use Booing
If Mr. Booer thinks he’s going to get Babb mad over a couple of lusty Bronx cheers, he might as well forget about’ it now. “Any more I don’t hear the fans at all,” Babb confided. And that’s the advice he gave his 22-year-old son when he got started out in the whistle-tooting business three years ago. “I told ‘him to keep his mind and eye on the game and let the fans| alone: He's coming along fine and shows good judgment in making his .j decisions.”
Goal in the Backyard o
Everett” Jr. got seriously tied up| with basketball when he was 12 ‘years old. The Babbs moved out to. a 15-acre place on the outskirts of Westfield, Ind., and one of the first things the elder Babb did was put up a goal in the backyard. Most any warm evening you'll .| find "father and son out playing and "| keeping in shape. Everett Sr. is 45 now and basketball is still his fa} 'vorite sport, whether as referee or participant. As to the ‘participant side of Mr.
.|Babb’s career, that started a long time ago—back in 1914 or earlier.
The Em-Roe Sporting Goods. Co. had a whirlwind team at that time and the boys cleaned up on about everybody around here. On the roster was such names as Babb, of course, and Glick Kline, Harry Schoenemann, Benny Evans, Lynn. Smith, Oscar Behrent and Al Feeney. ¥ ‘All but Schoenemann, who now lives' in Washington, Ind. are around town and Mr. Feeney, you know, is Sheriff. :
Lambert ‘on Squad
Another name on”the roll was Piggy Lambert. Yes;” the same
.| Piggy Lambert whos pretty much
in the basketball - Business up at Purdue University. Piggy joined the team in 1917 and played two years.
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north, “south. east ‘or wast,
says Everett Babb sr. to ‘his son ‘on the left: “And don’t ever forget
Referee Babb Deaf to Razz—
"| After 93 *years of whistle-tooting :
| Nagurski for the heavyweight wrest-
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for His Son
His sparkling play must have helped & lot, too, for from 1914 through 1919 the ‘Em-Roe team won 87 . straight games and including some church tcurnaments, the boys went ‘undefeated in 132 engagements. Though Everett Sr. doesn’t play any more, he thinks refereeing is a fine way to keep in shape. He doesn’t smoke and neither does his son, whom Everett Sr. is taking. great car e to’ bring up as a first class referee,
‘Thursday, Friday and Saturday. And about that old gag: “Go look it up in your rule book!” Mr. Babb says he never carries one,
Steele Is Tog: : And Proves It
"Ray Steele ist have a philly good reason to challenge Bronko
ling championship. - At least he showed he “had the stuff” when he defeated Milo Steinborn of St. Louis in straight falls at the mat show last night at the Armory. ~The big Californian, whose 218 pounds was 12 less than the scale statistics. for. his opponent, took the first fall in 21 minutes. with a reverse body press and won the second in three minutes with a toe hold. In the supporting bouts Mike Mazurki, 240 of New York, bested Bill Canny, 216, of Kansas City, in 14 minutes with & figure-four body | scissors and Lew Milman, 220, of Montreal, beat, Juan Humberto, '226, of Mexico City, in 25 minutes with 8 half-nelson and & crotch hold.
Conn Will Resume Training Today
MIAMI, Fla. Feb. 21 (U. P)— High. Hesvyweight Champion Billy
to resume training today for his title defense here Feb. 28 against. Gus Lesvenich of New Jersey. Conn was. hospitalized yesterday Yor treatment of an arm’ infection but’ sald he’ “definitely would re-. sume training.” The infection, Conn
|. They'll be working together on| the Em-Foe Girls’ state tournament,
to
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(Crueial Game
Tilt May Decide Who's Champs in ‘League
Tonight's Schedule Butler at Wabash, J Indiana Central at Manchester,
Evansville at Seuthern Tilinols : Normal,
Valparaiso at Grand Rapids. . Franklin at Ball State.
Coach Tony Hinkle pock: eted all his good-luck charms today, brushed up. his old superstitions and gave ‘hig Bulldog cagers the “go” sign for tonight's all-important clash with Wabash College . ab.
Crawfordsville. Wabash' officials were: ready to
thang 8. R. O. sign on the gymnase |
jum portals. The largest _ crowd of the season was expected to wite ness the game that probably: will decide Butler's claim to its second consecutive Indiana College Confere ence championship. Butler wants to win its 16th cone
‘I secutive conference triumph tonight
and. to play this role, Hinkle will take a cast of 14 men. poe
Wabash Wants Revenge £3
On the other hand, Wabash will seek revenge for the 47 to 26 slap
: ping it received from Butler Jan. 2%
in the Fieldhouse. That defeat must have had reverse effect upon the
| Little Giants. Prior to that time
Wabash was slipping so badly that 10 of the first 12 games were lost; Following their defeat at the hands of Butler, Coach Pete Vaughn's boys jumped onto the black side of the ledger and have won the last five starts against Rose Poly, Earls ham, James Millikan, Franklin and Earlham. Such playing has ware ranted a present record of eight victories in 11 games, compared to Bute ler’s 14 triumphs in 20 starts, Butler leads the field in the state loop with an unblemished record of five victories. Wabash is running fifth with six games won and two lost. +The trek to Crawfordsville will be the last road trip for Butler this year. DePauw plays a return game in the Fieldhouse Saturday night and Notre Dame comes. Monday in the season’s finish.
First Five in Shape
Byron Gunn and Bob Dietz will be the forwards tonight and Loren 1 Joseph, only letterman not: to ree ceive an injury or contract any ille ness this year, will start, his 21st consecutive game at. center. Lyle Neat and Capt. Jerry Steiner will be at the guard posts. Steiner is ex= ‘pected to collect the necessary six points to break Butler's 186 scoring mark set by Oral Hildebrand, New York Yankee pitcher, five years ago: Coach Vaughn ..will start. his same five as in the last five games, It is Fisher and Klein, forwards; Rhode, ‘center; and Ransom - and Phillips, guards, Indiana Central, the sole remaine ing rivals of the Bulldogs for: the. first place berth, meets Manchester tonight, and a defeat for Central means that Butler can lose one: its remaining contests and’ stil win the title. A victery, however, would force the Bulldogs to win both games against Wabash and DePauw to emerge victorious. 4
. St. Joseph: Falls
"Indiana State took care of the second rival to Butler's’ champions ship hopes last night, removing St. Joseph’s from the picture by a 39-t0-34 victory. In other battles Central Normal downed Eastern Illinois, 45 to 39, Notre Dame poured through Marquette, 56 to 39; Anderson trimmed Griffin, 42 to 33; Deflance took Tri-State, 37 32; and Western State Teach ers of Kalamazoo, Mich.; tramped on Valpar#iso, 54 to. 39.
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