Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1941 — Page 11

~ TUESDAY, MARCH 11,

THE BACKBOARD

By J. E. O'BRIEN

(First of four columns analyzing the semifinal tournaments. Today's article deals. with the Vincennes tourney.)

THERE’S NO stranger among the foursome paired off for play next Saturday at Vincennes’ Coliseum. Washington, Bloomington and Evansville Bosse are fellows of the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference, and Bedford {sone of the best friends of the

SIAC family. _ This means that everybody _ghould know everybody else’s sef, erets, and unless old teams have ' learned new tricks in the last week or so, no club should be startled by the defense or offense it has to face. The Stonecutters, who lost to Washington twice and split their two-game series with Bloomington, will meet Bloomington in the 1:30 p. m. engagement. Apparently the limestone club possesses considerably more power than the dopesters figured, for it emerged from a sectional and regional that boasted two other apahle teams, Mitchell and Jeffersonville. Moreover, Bedford _ had only one close call—that in the semifinal game of the regional ournament where Salem’s Lions were eliminated, 26 to 25. . They say that at Terre Haute last Saturday Glenn Britz's Purple Panthers looked like a miniature of I. U's Fireball Five with their passes that bounced around like a steel marble in a pinball machine. Actually the Panthers haven't had a bit of trouble on the tournament boulevard so far. Martinsville was expected to beat the Monroe County club, yet the Artesians fell short by nine points. Neither Gosport nor Gerstmeyer could extend the Panthers at Terre Haute. Here are the tournament records of the two clubs:

BEDFORD

Bedford, 55; Tunnelton, 17. Bedford, 52; Heltonville, 18. Bedford, 46; Mitchell, 28. Bedford, 26; Salem, 25. Bedford, 49; Jeffersonville, 41,

BLOOMINGTON

Bloomington, 51; Ellettsville, 43. Bloomington, 52; Unionville, 28. Bloomington, 43; Martinsville, 34. Bloomington, 36; Gosport, 26. Bloomington, 29; Gerstmeyer, 15.

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Tribe Hurlers Reach Camp

Times Special BARTOW, Fla.,, March 11.—Indi-

anapolis Indians batterymen were arriving today to begin preparations for the opening of spring training tomorrow. Bartow officially welcomed the Tribe back for the fourth training season last night with a dinner honoring club executives. Mayor

C. E. Williams and M. E. James, president of the Chamber of Commerce, addressed the officials. President Norman A. Perry ‘Sr. was unable to attend but was represented by General Manager Leo Miller, Secretary Dale Miller, Manager Wade Killefer and Trainer Al Ritter. Killefer told the guests that the playing field was in good condition and that the rest of the 32-man squad would arrive March 17.

Landis Declares Agreement Void

CHICAGO, March 11 (U.P.) — An agreement between player George Petersen and the Binghamton Club of the New York Yankees’ system was declared void today by Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis, who ruléd Petersen a free agent. Commissioner Landis said that in July, 1939, a Yankee scout induced Petersen and his mother to sign an agreement that he would enter into a regular contract with Binghamton at the end of his high school athletic career. On July 24, 1940, according to Landis, the scout induced Petersen to send Binghamton a telegram purporting to present terms for 1941 service.

Third 8-Rounder Set for Friday

The last of the three eight-round matches making up the triple-wind-up for Friday night's Business Men's Sports Club fight card at the Armory is announced by Matchmaker McClure, who states he has signed a pair of lightweights in Eu Eulien of Milwaukee and Jackie Conway of St. Louis. The other two eight-rounders— Johnny Denson vs. Leonard Bostick and Sammy Scully vs. Charley Eshman—had been announced previously. Buddy Wright of Dayton and Johnny Williams of Danville, Ill, who fought a fast four-round cur-tain-raiser to the first club card, have been rematched over the same route for Friday night.

Baer and Galento To Meet Again

NEW YORK, March 11 (U. P.).— Promoter Mike Jacobs announced

today that Tony Galento and Buddy Baer will meet in a 15-round heavy« weight bout at Uline Stadium, Washington, D. C., April 8. This bout, in which Galento is making his first ring appearance since he was knocked out by Bud-

Hatchets are going up against a Evansville Bosse team. - Washington, though, has found its foes just as easy. Shoals has been the only team to even make . a game of it. The Hatchets dusted the Jug Rox, 36-28, in the sectional semifinals. "Bosse looks like one of those teams that fail to hit their stride until the blue chips are down. The Bulldogs had a fair-to-mid-dlin’ season and only on occasions showed signs of strength. One of these was in defeating Central of Evansville in a double overtime nd another was in bumping Bheibyvilie in mid-January. ET BULLDOGS lost their ” \coach, Harry King, when the National Guard was mobilized, and Arad McCutchan is serving as guide now. McCutchan is a former pupil of King’s, centered for Bosse’s strong: club of 1930 that broke Central's © sectional monopoly and is well schooled in the methods preferred ‘by King. AND YOU CAN BET that Mr. Crawley isn’t going to have his boys surprised this year such as they were a year ago by Mitchell's low-gear Bluejackets. For comparison on this contest, we suggest a look at the final game of the Hatchets’ season’ when they staged a fourth-quarter push to down Bloomington, 38-27. The tournament records, if you please:

WASHINGTON

Washington, 60; Odon, 14. Washington, 52; Plainville, 35. Washington, 36; Shoals, 28. Washington, 48; Loogootee, 26. Washington, 52; Shelburn, 34. Washington, 54; Freelandville, 43.

. EVANSVILLE BOSSE

Bosse, 32; Stewartsville, 12, Bosse, 38; Evansville Reitz, 21, Bosse, 39; Mount Vernon, 22, Bosse, 40; Lynnville, 19. Bosse, 31; Ft. Branch, 24,

Saturday night both Bloomington and Washington should still aoe alive, and we'll choose the speed of the Harmon boys and the sharpshooting of Hook Mangin over the skin-tight defense of which Bosse is so proud. ; The Fieldhouse is at 49th St. and Sunset Blvd., Hatchets. You can't miss it.

dy’s brother, Maxie Baer, last July 2, was scheduled originally for Madison Square Garden on March 26.

Collins Appointed

Al Collins, former professional of the Highland Golf course, has been appointed to a similar position at the Sleepy Hollow Country Club, at Scarborough-on-the-Hudson, N. Y.

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Overlin Defeats Mose Brown in 10

PITTSBURGH, March 11 (U. P)). —EKen OQOverlin, New York State micldleweight champion, jabbed his way to dn easy victory last night over Mose Brown, McKeesport Negro. in a 10-round non-title bout at the Gardens. Overlin, 163, won the fight by throwing left jabs at Brown, 16114, while backing away from the burly Negro, who has built up a good reputation for punching during the

last six months. Overlin halted his sniping tactics only occasionally, but once be landed a left hook to the head that floored Brown for a four-count in the third round. It was the only knockdown of the fight. >

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Rice Is Honored For Second Year

NEW YORK, March 11 (U. P.).— Gregory Rice of South Bend, Ind. was voted the outstanding athlete of the indoo rtrack season for the second straight year by the Track Writers’ Association yesterday.

8%! The vote for the chunky Notre

Dame alumnus, who broke both his own world two and three-mile records this winter, was unanimous. He received 80 points in the balloting. Second to Rice was Leslie Mac-

ie Mitchell, New York University's

sensational sophomore miler whose

4.074 in the N.Y.A.C. games

7| equalled the indoor competitive rec-

ords for the distance. He got 22

600 points.

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Palin Desires Race Change

DETROIT, March 11 (U. P).— Directors of the United States Trotting Association at their annual meeting today explained new rules for starting horse races to eliminate

«chances of “beating” the barrier.

Upon the recommendation of Sep Palin, a director and driver of the famed “Greyhound,” the starting count of 14 seconds was reduced to nine seconds and the mechanized overhead device was placed at the

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