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SPORTS

By Eddie

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ED DIDDLE, Western

Kentucky State Teachers’

College basketball coath- who will bring his champion Hilltoppers to Indianapolis next week for the N. C. A. A. tourney, is a former football mate of Bo McMillin, Indiana

University grid mentor.

Big Ed played with the Centre College Prayin’ Colonels during Bo’s time there. . . . Diddle coaches base-

ball and ‘basketball at Western, which is located at Bowling Green, Ky., where the Indianapolis Indians trained one spring. Part of the Indians’ training consisted of playing Diddle’s college

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JOE SGRO, Indianapolis Golden Gloves lightweight, got his

Chicago Tribune sponsored team

‘picture in the New York News on his first visit to the big town . . . which is batting 1.000 in the publicity league. Goldeni Gloves squad is quartered at the Hotel New Yorker. .

. The Western . The tackles the Atlantic Seaboard

champions in Madison Square Garden Monday night. Savior Canadeo, welterweight champ, was named captain of the

Chicago team yesterday. +... ‘He

is a graduate of St. Norbert's

College and his brother, Tony, is captain-elect of the Gonzaga"

‘University football team.

Leonard Is in Paychek’s Corner

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BENNY LEONARD, who happens to be conditioning z Paychek for his fight with Joe Louis, points out that.boxers whose

first names begin with the letter J

-He lists them in order:

have an affinity for the hea J.. L. Sulljvan,

J. J. Corbett, J. J. Jeffries, J. Johnson, J. Willard, J. Dempsey, J. S.

key, and of course, J. Louis.

The former lightweight champion, who retired undefeated in 1925 after a reign of eight years, is at Dr. Joseph Bier’s camp in Pompton Lakes, N. J. with Paychek, Trainer Henry Jacobs and Johnny's

sparmates.

And Benny promises he will get in the ring with Paychek for

private strategy sessions starting tomorrow.

. He claims such aid

enabled Paychek to whip Maurice Strickland in their return after

Johnny lost their first clash. 2 2 s

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NATURALLY Leonard picks his charge to upset the champion,

. His reasons: boxer, rather than a slugger. . . can punch, too. . hook to the body” Benny adds:

Moreover, the Godoy fight convinced me he is slipping. . . .

is ready to be taken.”

“The man who beats Louis must be a fast, smart . Paychek is a beautiful boxer. . . He has a fine straight right and a great ‘left

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“Louis ‘can’t think his way out of trouble. . . .

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Thanks Times for Amateur Ball Co-operation

Mr. Eddie Ash, Sports Department, Indianapolis Times—

After 18 years’ activity in the interests of amateur baseball, both

locally and nationally, as a member and officer of the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association and a vice president and director of the National Amateur Baseball Federation, I announce my retirement as of this date. For the last 15 years it has been my privilege and honor to serve the amateur baseball teams, players, managers, backers and fans as secretary-treasurer of the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association. During these years of pleasant association with you and the members of your staff, I have always found a desire on your part to co-operate and assist amateur baseball in every way possible, Whatever success the association a\has enjoyed’ or whatever I, personally, may have contributed to amateur baseball, was due, to a large extent, to the co-operation and assistance given by the sports writers, sporting goods dealers and my tolleagues at all times. Permit me, in this humble way to extend to you, your staff and The Indianapolis Times, my sincere thanks and appreciation for the many courtesies shown me and the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association. Sincerely yours, F. EARL GEIDER.

Maki's Flowing

Stride Wilts

Deckard as Record Falls

CHICAGO, March 16 (U. P.).—Taisto Maki, Finland’s world champion distance runner, headed for Kansas City today and another leg in

his Coast-to-Coast exhibition tour,

apparently satisfied he is rounding

into form for his “race of the century” with Greg Rice. Maki, running with the same flowing stride made famous by the

original Flying Finn, Paavo Nurmi, miles last night in a match race with Tommy Deckard, former national steeplechase king from Indiana. Maki’s time of 14:01.9 was hailed as a world indoor record for dirt track foot racing. It was, however, 6 full seconds under Rice's recent three miles in 13:55.9 on Madison

P Square Garden’s boards.

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In Kansas City Monday night, Maki races Walter Mehl, formerly of Wisconsin. If Maki had been pressed, he

% might have approached Rice's rec-

ord last night. Deckard, however, was a beaten man at the end of two

miles and before he realized what|_

had happened the Galloping Finn had distanced him by half a lap. Maki was three-quarters of a lap ahead as he raced into the tape.

Writer’s Son Stars

PHILADELPHIA, March ‘16 (NEA).—John Drebinger Jr., Pennsylvania’s star miler, is the son of the president of the New York Chapter of the Baseball Writers n.

scored a smashing victory at three

Silent Hoosiers Win In National Series

The Silent Hoosiers needed only one more victory today to win the national basketball championship. among schools for the deaf after defeating New Jersey, 28-22, last night. : The game was the first in a series of three at the Silent Hoosiers’ gym. The second game was scheduled for 3 o'clock this afternoon, and the third will be played at 7:30 this evening.

Benjamin and Swaim Win Trophies

Chuck Benjamin, junior Blue Devil guard, and Bill Swaim, reserve guard, who was promoted to the varsity before the sectional became the seventh recipients o: the coveted Underwood Trophy awards yesterday in an auditorium program: given in honor of the Shortridge team.

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Records Are in

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MARCH 16, 1940

Here's how the Butler Fieldhouse will appear tonight,

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for a Beating;

Michigan Is Favored

Wolverines Expected to Take 1 and 4-Mile Races; Show Starts at 7 Tonight in Fieldhouse.

Bedecked with ribbon, flags and bunting, the Butler

Fieldhouse this morning took

on the atmosphere of a super

Hollywood production. Starting tonight at 7 o’clock, Butler presents the best in collegiate trackdom at the Indoor Relays

in the Fieldhouse.

Preliminaries were scheduled for 2:30 this afternoon in the 60-yard dash and hurdlés and the shot put to thin the field of 352

competing athletes from 26 schools.

The 15-event program tonight will include four university and four

Colorado Wins N. Y. Tourney

" NEW YORK, March 16 (U. P.).— Basketball’s national championship belonged to a Western team —Colorado University’s Golden Buffalos—¢

for the first time today.

Colorado, champions of the Rocky Mountain Big Seven Conference for the last three years, won the third annual national invitation tournament last night with a 51-40 triumph over Duquesne University of Pittsburgh. Oklahoma's Aggies, champions of the Missouri Couference, took third place with a 23-22 victory over De Paul of Chicago. Duquesne, two-point victor over Colorado in an early-season overtime game, put up- a better batile than the final score indicates. Only a 10-point surge in the last seven minutes of nlay give the Buffs their 11-point winning margin Duquesne, winners of 19 out of 20 games before last night's loss, stormed from behind twice to tie the score in the second half. The Dukes went ahead for the first time at 31-29 and battled on even terms foir five minutes. Again the score was tied and again the Dukes led, this time by three points, but two field goals by Doll, who won the “outstanding player of the tourney” award, put the Buffs on top to stay.

Indiana-Ohio Loop

Meets Tomorrow

The Indiana-Ohio Baseball League will hold its second meeting of the year at Smith-Hassler’s. 219 Massachusetts Ave, at 1 p. m. tomorrow. The league consists of the Gold Medal Beers, Indianapolis Firemen, Muncie Citizens, Kautsky A. C., Lafayette Red Sox, Brazil Eagles, Dayton Monarchs and Middletown Arnco, both Ohio teams. Prospective teams for the league for the coming season are Terre Haute Deep’ Vein Coal, Ft. Wayne A. C, Rushville Merchants, Indianapolis ABC and the Indianapolis Lincolns. These teams and any other prospective teams should attend the meetings. For further information call Ross A. Smith, LI1200.

Finn to Grapple Soot Tuesday

Matchmaker Lloyd Carter is sending the popular Finnish wrestler, Lew Nyman, against the aggressive MacKenzie, Edinburgh, Scotland, in the semi-windup on the Armory mat program next Tuesday night. Both Nyman and MacKenzie have shown here twice and are undefeated. The 225-pound “Doc” is oe aggressive style. Lew scales

Two leading light heavies, Billy Thom of Bloomington, Ind., and the Great Mephisto, Newark, clash in the main event.

Chamaco and Hoppe Lead Cue Artists

CHICAGO, March 16 (U. P.)— Joe Chamaco, Mexico City claimant of the world championship, today shared the lead in the world’s threecushion billiard tournament with Willie Hoppe, New York veteran. Each had won three games and lost none. Hoppe defeated Jake Schaefer Jr. Cleveland, last night, 50 to 26, and Chamaco beat: Arthur Rubin, New

York, 5 50-38.

college relay races, six individual events and one special presentation.

Michigan Is Favorite

After competing teams had arrived in the city yesterday, locker room authorities and downtown coaches began selecting their winners, giving the nod to Michigan in the university team championship race and making it a toss-up between Butler and Michigan Normal "in the college section. Michigan has become a fixed ornament at the Relays, having won six consecutive titles with which to add to seven consecutive Big Ten victories. The Wolverines are expected to capture 20 points with firsts in the one and four-mile relay races. Dopesters see the Micigan squad as possible strong finishers in second and third positions in the other relays. Indiana University, the only other school to win a Relays championship, will provide Michigan its stiffest competition and between the two Relay Ray Sears expects records to be broken in the one, two and four-mile events. Michigan this year has made superior times in the one and four-mile races, clipping 17 seconds from the Butler mark in the latter event at the recent Illinois Relays.

Relays Are What Count

The fight for front positions is more sharp in the relays races because points are doubled that of individual event winners. In the college division Butler, to rdtain its title hold, must outspeed Michigan Normal and Wayne University of Detroit. Because of the large field of 16 colleges, points will be more distributed and harder to get. Butler has been performing well in the one and two-mile relay races this year and strong finishes in the medley and sprint medley races would just about give the Bulldogs their third consecutive title. Sears expects Butler or Michigan Normal to crack .the present college two-mile record. The two teams battled at Illinois‘ last month and Michigan Normal won by a step and set a new Illinois time at (Continued on Page 11)

Galento, Get Goin’, Says His, Honor

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. arch 16 (U. P.) —St. Petersburg hing out a welcome mat for Two-Ton Tony Galento, New Jersey tavern owner and fighter, but promptly withdrew it today when Tony said he planned

[to settle here after “licking a lota

bums” and becoming champion of the world. Mayor Ian Boyer said he would call a general mass meeting as a last resort to prevent Galento from settling here. Galento came to this calm resort, a favorite of the old folks, to referee a fight. :

Baseball Card Made For Park School

An 18-game baseball schedule was announced today for Park School. It follows: April 10, Southport there; April 16, Southport here; April 20, Culver there; April 23, Greenfield there; April 25, Broad Ripple here; April|? 27, Kentucky M. I. here; April 30, Ben Davis there; May 3, Morton Memorial there: Ma 7, Greenfield here; May 9, Broad Ripple there; May 14, Ben Davis -here; May 16, Plainfield there; May 18, Male High School of Louisville here; May 21, Silent Hoosiers there; May 24, Morton Memorial here; May 25, Kentucky M. I. there; May 28, Silent

Hoosiers Bere; and June 1, Culver

Where to Go—

TODAY Track—Butler Relays, 2:30 and 7. Amateur Hockey—Sportsmen vs. Indiana Fur Co., Coliseum, 7:15. Sportsmen’s Show — Manufacturers’ Building, State Fair Grounds, 1 p. m. %

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Hockey—Indianapolis vs. Coliseum, 8:30. TUESDAY

Wrestling—Billy Thom vs. the Great Mephisto, Armory, 8:30.

Hershey,

Pairings Made For N. C. A. A.

Indiana University’s basketball team, Midwestern representative in the National Collegiate Athletic’s Association’s eastern elimination at the Fieldhouse next Friday and Saturday, will play Springfield College in the second game Friday evening, the drawings revealed today.

The Duquesne Dukes, strong East-|

ern contender, will play Western Kentucky State in the tournament opener, and the Friday winners will meet in the Saturday evening final. The complete tournament schedule with game times:

Friday Night 8:00—Duquesne vs. Western Kentucky. 9:30—Indiana vs. Springfield.

¢ Saturday Night

8:15—Winner game 1 vs. winner game 2.

The drawings, made by Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan, produced two intersectional games for the first session and opened the way for a rematch of Indiana and Duquesne in the toirnament finals. The two teams met early in the season at Pittsburgh, with the Hoosiers carrying off a 51-49 decision. That defeat was the only one suffered by| the Dukes in season play,

Not Easy, Mae

Springfield, however, promises 0 be a tough foe for Coach Branch McCraeken’s. Hoosiers in their opener. The Massachusetts five won 17 this season, losing only one, theg defeat being administered by Turfs in January. Coach E. J. Hickox’s Easterners showed themselves to be a highscoring combination, too, this year, being held to less than 40 points only twice. As Coach Hickox told Tony Hinkle, tournament director, in a long distance telephone conversation, “Maybe you Midwesterners haven't heard much about us, but we're confident we will be able to hold our own in the tournament.”

A Balanced Outfit Duquesne’s Hilltoppers claim to

be one of the great “team” basket-|

ball units of the decade. Coach Charles R. Davies has built his club around six men and five of these six have taken high-point honors at least once this season. Paul Widowitz was the team’s leading scorer at the end of the Dukes’ regular season with 179 points to his credit. Moe Becker, last year’s top scorer, followed with 165 points, while southpaw Eddie Milkovich took third place with 130 markers, while Co-uaptain Rudy Debnar accounted for 102 points. Only Lou Kasperik and Bill Lacey, alternate centers, failed to score 100 points. Lacey had 59 points and Kaspernik 78. Western Kentucky State, also known as the Hilltoppers, moves into the local tournament already the victor in two other tourneys. The Kentucky Hilltoppers won the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Association Conference affair and then the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association tournament. In the K. I. A. C. the Hilltoppers have won 32 consecutive tournament games and in the S. I. A. A. 22 out of the last 24 : Single-session tickets for the

tournament will go on sale Monday |

morning at L. Strauss & Co. The seats, all of which are reserved, are priced at $1.10 and 65 cents. Mail orders also are being taken now by Coach Hinkle at Butler University.

Meet for Finns Scheduled March 31

NEW YORK, Mareh 16 (U, P.)— The Finnish Relief Fund track meet, featuring the Pinnish star, Taisto

Maki, has been set for Sunday night, Sauarey

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Bars Face

Hot Welcome

Win for Caps Would Simplify Playoff.

You'll have to give the hockey Capitals credit for foresightedness. Now that they’ve won the western championship of the International American League and taken a berth

in the playoffs, they're ‘doing what they can to simplify those playoff tasks. That’s why Hershey's B’ars can expect a warm reception at 8:30 tomorrow evening when they come into the Coliseum with their skates, sticks and chocolate and white jerseys. Hershey, you see, hasn’t been a bit friendly toward our Hoosiers this season. In the seven games between the two clubs, the B’ars have

and two have ended in deadlocks. And the local opinion is: that these B’ars wouldn't be any more gentle as a playoff opponent. But Hershey couldn’t do any damage if*it didn’t get into the playoffs, and whether the B’ars do is entirely up to Pittsburgh tonight and Indianapolis tomorrow evening. Pittsburgh, Hershey and Cleveland are bunched behind the Caps today within a two-point span, and only the two highest will be eligible for the post-season competition. Pittsburgh plays Hershey tonight and Syracuse tomorrow night, while Cleveland . plays Syracuse tonight and New Haven tomorrew. Of course, Manager Herbie Lewis’ lads must meet and defeat Providence in a five-game series if they're to meet Hershey or anybody else. But it doesn’t hurt to plan, does it?

2 Illinois Boys Head Culver Cagers

Times Special

CULVER, Ind. March 16.—Two

ing of Kempton, Ill, and Guy McGauhey Jr. of Lawrenceburg, Ill, have been elected co-coptains of

basketball team, Coach Russ Oliver announced today. The cadets won nine of their 11 starts this season, McGauhey leading the team in scoring with Gooding runnerup.

won four, the Caps have won one]

high scoring forwards, Todd Good-|

the 1941 Culver Military Academy |,

Campbell Kare of I U.... thé newest threat in the distances.

Bob, Bud Star for Dying Father

LIVINGSTON, Mont., March 16 (U. P.).—Bud and Bob Deegan of Big Timber High School played the best game of their lives at the State Basketball Tournament-last night because it was their dying father’s wish. Emmitt Deegan was proud of his sons when he saw their class B team - play Wednesday night. When he returned home, he suffered a heart attack, and before he died, he told his wife: “Be sure the boys. finish the tournament.” Big timber lost to Anaconda, 26 to 27, but two more points would have provided the biggest upset of the tournament. Bud scored 13 points.

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Baizley Stars, Kuhns Win

Kuhn’s Chevrolets got the amateur hockey week-end off to a swift start last night when they downed the County officials, 4 to 0, at the Coliseum. The Indiana Fur Co. and the rebuilt Sportsman’s Store team will meet on the Coliseum ice at 7:15 tonight. Manager Doug Bowden of the Sportsmen said today Don Eagen would replace Bill Clark as goalie and that Boyd Dudley would start at one of the wings. Bowden himself will quit his offe a defensive assignme George Baizley, Che man, featured last n scoring all four goals. mary: Kuhn's Chevrolets (4) Schiveniein.,

Leibinger Christman Thomas Spares: Chevrolets — Pauli, Rutledge Fleming, Kirby, Hawkes and T. Temp Hi

B: Spares: County Officials—Lewis, Benner, Steele, Irwin and Rowe. Officials—Referee, S. Radford; linesman, Martin,

—Score By Periods— Chevrolets 1 2 1-4 County Officials ’ 0 0—0 First Period gt ny Baizley, 7:15.

Second Period oring_— (2) Balizley, 5:29, (3) Ejzley BE rreel): 12:40.

Hill|and Red Rolfe at third base. %| Dickey will catch and the outfield

Buck Newsom A. L. Starter?

Derringer May Get Nod _ For All-Star Tilt.

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor TAMPA, Fla., March 16.—A breeze off the bay carried the rumor today that Buck Newsom, six feet two rinches of muscle and bone and star of the Detroit Tigers’ pitching * staff, will be blazing them through for the American League when the umpie calls “play ball” tomorrow yin the All-Star game. The hopes of the National League | in the early innings- of the game for the benefit of the Finnish Relief Fund are almost certain to be ride ing on Big Paul Derringer of the ® Cincinnati Reds, a fireball flinger with such uncanny control that he can almost thread needles at the plate, »

Derringer or Walters

Neither Manager Joe McCarthy of the American League nor Man-

ment of the starting pitcher, but McKechnie is known to lean, toward either Derringer or Bucky aces of his own Cincinnati staff. On what he has shown in training this spring Derringer should get the call. Derringer vs. Newsom should be * something to see for the two or three innings they will be in there. Newsom won 20 games and lost eight last season; Derringer won 25 and lost seven.

Stand Pat On Lineups

starting lineups announced earlier © in the week. McCarthy will have a star-studded infield chosen from the Yankees and the Red Sox— Jimmy Foxx on first, Joe Gordon on second, Joe Cronin at Shoptsiop Bi

will consist of Charley Keller, Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, bril-* liant sophomore star of the Red Sox. Against that murderous collection of hitters McKechnie will start 4 Johnny Mize at first, Tony Cuccinello at second, Bill Jurges at short and Harry Lavagetto at third. Ernie Lombardi will start behind the plate. and the outfield will be * Mel Ott, Frank Demaree and Morris

Third Period Scoring—(4) Baizley, 4.40. Saves—Schoenlein, 1 16: mi nt

Arnovich.

March 16 thea 24 OPENS TODAY (SATURDAY)

Daily | P.M.-11 P.M.; Sunday, March 17, 12 Noen-11 P.M.

Champion Men and Women Log Rollers; Hopi Indian Ceremonial Dances; Rifle, Pistol, Bullwhip Marksmanship; Arctic Dave Irwin and Eskimo family; State of Indiana exhibit; Canoe Tilting; Trained Seals; Deep-sea Fishing Demonstration; Fly, Surf and Fish-O Bait Casting Contests; Champion Wood Choppers; Archery; Live-game Animals and Fish; Speed Boats; ‘Model Rifle and Skeet-Shooting. Ranges; Reptiles; Hunting, Fishing and Camp Equipment, and many other attractions.

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