Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 April 1950 — Page 34
By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOLUS
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL in Indiana is like a rolling
snowball. It's getting bigger and f
day it'll get big enough for C something favorable, of course.
do something about it—
atter as it rolls along. Someommissioner L. V. Phillips to
And the commissioner won't have to give it a push,
It has its own momentum now nd the powers that be will <gee. to it that they keep the ball of enthusiasm rolling Mr. Phillips is for it. He'd like to give his customers the gervice they want. All they have to do ig put in their
order. He'll try to oblige. So will the Board of Directors
whenever and wherever all
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. teams and 9899 plavers. Softball teams numbered --358 and their players 7908. In 1948 468 teams plaved base-
ball, embracing 10687 plavers. In softball, it was 351 and R122,
~ » ~ THE FIGURES don't attempt to substantiate curtailing . of
pring football practice two vears ago, nor do they try batting around the pros and cons of base
ball or football.
They do show a decided trend and trends can be indicative of the real hand-writing on the wall. “Someday 1 can visualize a
high sthool baseball teurney,” says L.-V. P. Of course, it won't be like our basketball, but we'd like to see it grow.” If the coaches and everyone want it we'd be more than happy to co-operate,” he adds. All anyone needs-is to make the proposal and get some oomph behind it.
state
» = » A STATE-WIDE tourney hinges on one tremendous factor. W-e-a-t-h-e-r! Look at April. It's rough on spring sports.
concerned take However, a tourney might look the necessary something like this action Half or more of the 491 baseJi te Prep baseball ball-playing schools are of the me s here to stay. rural or smaller school variety Angelopolous Let's look at tHe which means that many of them figures. Mr. Phillips has to deal finish their academic years in the _ in figures, too. So does his as- first and second weeks of May. pista! Robert Hinshaw the, some, however, would compete 5 © “P at HSAA's CPA and chief statis in a state tourney eliminations, tician ) . Some 250 teams or so might com- ’ ” pete, say from the middle of May BASEBALL is on the ipgrade. through {¥e middle of June May Boftball is decreasing. So are and June weather should be prethe teams participating. And so dominant ly fair, which Words S04 nly temporary postponements, are their team memberships fiat " membership Sectional playoffs, similar to Look: In 1946, 423 high schools iy. 64 centers in basketball, might | were playing some kind of base. start it. Regional playoffs, about ball in the state . . . bless those 2 week apart, could rollow. Final football-looking scoring sprees eliminations could be played in ~N b : .E i Indianapolis, Bloomington LaaNumber of players ncluded favette Terre Haute, South Bend were 9.814. Three hundred eighty or elsewhere. ' softball teams were playing soft s 2 = ball. An their umbers we ' 8.442 i+ their. Aumb fT MOST SCHOOLS would be out " oy by the first week of June. The Here are ‘this vear's Th , . I finalists might “Tun nto. the secBaséball 491 teams, and ro ) ond week feams nated hardballers. Softball 303 ¥ ¢ Toit ndwict the tal " eariie night sandwich | t 68668 sofeballers That's e- A ® we ‘
of rep baseball activity. Gar y has five baseball-playing Hammdnd has all Terre Haute has all five and all the county teams slugging it out
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Evansville, the football hotbed points to all six schools, Including Mater Del. All six field teams in South Bend jut’ the biggest surprise is Ft Wayne. The City of Churches has what is regarded as the 'arg
est amount of participation in softball and baseball per capita for a city its size than any other in the country, That isn't an IHSAA fact. It's Ft. Wayne's.
From the Ringside—
Simmons May
Get Chance
Against Parker Friday
Sylvester to Get Crack at Title
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If He Wins or Makes Good Showing
By JIM HEYROCK A contender for Gene Parker's state lightweight crown has been sought over the past few months and it appears Sylvester Simmons has been voted the man most likely to succeed At least he'll get a chance to prove his right to contend According to the present plan, Parker and Simmons will be on the semifinal Friday. -night-in-the-Armory. - The battle, if it is signed by the ———— Indiaanpolis Boxing Center, will patrons saw a bé over eight rounds. And then, scraps. if Simmons wins or makes a good showing, he'll get a crack at the championship, a ” R= PARKER, Indiana's “hottest” prospect at the present time, could be stopped in his climb toward the top. Simmons is a southpaw and has been improving rapidly Bill Roberts, in recent appearances here. Of-PoY of boxing, X course, there'll be no title bout fighter as’ a middleweight. between these two if Parker is that probably never will be. He able to send Simmons down for weighs 207 now, The fans are the count Friday night hoping for a battle between Joe Sgro will be thinking only Roberts and Willie Clemmons. If of revenge Friday night when he {hat one comes off, Roberts may meets Jimmy Sherrer, Milwau. Wish he were a Jniddleweight kee's pride and joy. Joe has been
good program of
. ” - ” IT SEEMS to be just luck with Good. " : They have had good cards consistently. The battle between Bobo Drago and Bob Roberts was one of the best. It was fast and, hard-fought,
more than
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training hard and expects to PME tn work on the State Athletic in weighing the same as-he' dif ommission again. Thy have against John LaBrol in his last another gripe. : appearance here.
s, . = = ARCH HINDMAN, first vice SGRO W AS at the best condl- president of the National Boxing tion of his career at 143. Sherrer Association and a member of the won a decision over Sgro in Mil- Indiana Athletic Commission. is waukee and it was over that fight in Washington for the annual that Sgro and his former man- meeting of “the NBA executive ager, Tom Benedict, split. Bene- committee : dict said Sgro was not in good The meeting opened vesterday physical shape for the fight. Sgro at the Mavfawer Hotel, Arch inblamed Benedjct and they parted tends to recommend. SAfei¥. pre. “eothpany: Bit “8gry Kriows What cautions for boxing. One of the condition he must be in. chief’ points ‘of business will be It was a pitifully small turnout consideration of a national boxing last Friday night at thé Armory, commission. The. idea for the apparently because the card didn’t national commission comes from look good. on paper. But the 450 Jack Dempsey.
‘Justice Gives 'Maybe' Reply To Redskins’ Grid Offer
WASHINGTON, Apr. 22 (UP)—Charlie Justicé said “maybe” today to the Washington Redskins’ offer of a professional football contract. That was the gist of a three- hour conference between the North Carolina grid star-and Head Coach Herman Ball of the Redskins. Choo-Choo™ said he would let the club know his decision Tues= day or Wednesday. Justice has| ————— been offered an $8000-a-year job that Justice wasn't interested in with the North Carolina Medical P!aying professional ball, but Foundation Presumably, the after talking with the boy I'd ‘Skins matched or bettered this, sayehe was still anxious to play.” figure. | Ball confirmed reports that “The Foundation won't give me | Justice also has been approached, a leave of absence to play foot- bY the Richmond, Va. Rebels) a " Justice said, “so I have to Of the American Football League! make up my mind between foot- tO keep his full-time job with the! ball and the Job in North Caro- Medical Foundation lina.” football week-ends.”
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(( ontinie d from Page 33) or 50 ringers constitute a perfect’ ame, cided upon when the National g The local association expects to Horseshoe Pitchers Association have three 12 team leagues in refused 10 adopt the PIOBTESSIVE. operation this season. Teams will or handicap, system of scoring at play on Thursday nights on the its. convention in Salt Lake City, lighted courts of Brookside uarUtah, last year. Indiana and Ohio
field, Tarkington and Rhodius Parks through the co-operation of the Indianapolis Park Board. | Allison's has entered five teams, Kingan's two, and muitiple entries | have been indicated by Bridgeport! Brass and the Naval Ordinance] plant. { the progressive system, consists League teams will consist of six| of 50 shoes. A contestant re- men. However. a team of 10 men] ceives credit for every point he is recommended in order to assure scores. Over a period of 20 2 full squad for each game. Entry games, or 1000 shoes, the contest- [€ for a team is $30, $25 of which establish an average. is returned to the players in prizes; Based on this average, he wil; be 4! the end of the season. Each allowed a handicap of 80 per cent Man will be expected to carry an AHPA sanction card to defray expenses of the league. Top event of the season for the group will be the American Horseshoe Pitchers’ Association, Inc. tournament, date of which is to be announced later. bles, singles, and all-events titles will be decided. There will be no qualification for the tourney. Sea-
members. of the NHPA broke then withdrew their entire membership and made plans for-a new association The progressive scoring system serves to equalize playing ability and curb marathon championship matches. The game, under
y the difference between his average and 100 points (150 points
Hard- Tops Race Today at W. 16th
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Purdue Tracksters Beat B-W Team
BEREA, O., Apr. 22 (UP)— Purdue University's track squad squashed Baldwin-Wallace University here this afternoon, 81 to 41, in the year's first meet for both teams,
outdoors
) belted a 270-foot homer for the Which gave him. an upset, 2 and one for the winners. er ee a, 11 of Spartans, who won yesterday, 1 Victory over defending cham-| Bob Owens, Rose Poly left fialdter time the pi cchools had! 8 to 5. pion Frank Stranahan yesterday. er, suffered a serious nose injury : or ompeted agai or o o The linescore: But Spencer could not match when struck by his own foul tip. Ey pe 8Aainst one an- ue p00 000 102-3 4 ¢ the brilliant scrambling turned in Ao iv’ Saline J } Michigan State 012 600 00x—3 8 3 by Campbell. ee 2 lark Purdue's Harry Hawke shared (Schroeter and Bower: Adams. Whitmer! "qn “the 37th hole. Spencer was inn: Rhein) calla Whe Jewell. Cool Hester Clar top scoring honors with B-W's ". BO, CTY Og HU ators SE ere SS eer or cme ____Juselk. Another gala hard-top race Stan Keel. Hawke won the shotprogram is on tap today at the Put and took a second in the dis-
West 16th Street Midget Speed- CUS for eight points. Keel won the way. Time trials are slated at 220-yard dash and placed in the : 100-vard sprint, also scoring eight. The only record was etched by Yellowjacket Bill Hillyard who pole vaulted 13 feet, one inch for a new B- W school mark.
noon with the first heat event at 2:30 p.m. On hand for the race events will be some of the léading hardtop drivers in the middle west Hester Clark, only dial winner last week at the opening days program, will b& on hand to de fend his laurels. Also.entered. is Duke Kimmerly, Anderson. who last week set the fastest time In the trials and won the first heat event, . ’ Frank Mike, Indianapolis driver who flipped over in the first event last week, has also entered the program for today. The races are sponsored by the Chicago Championship Stock Car club, headed by Chuck Scharf.
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EAST LANSING, Team, dou- 29 (UP)-_Thirty-year-old sophomare Michigan State to a. 9 to 3 baseson league averages will deter- ball decision over Purdue today and a sweep of their two-game series, The only out going he walked three batt one.
Allen Mevyerrose . . .
Here are a dozen of the city's outstanding prep track performers who will compete in the
annual city track meet at Tech Friday afternoon. Three are defending champions. Allen Meyerrose will defend his titles in the 440-yard dash
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or City Laurels Friday
Washington Don Franz... Howe
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of Broad Ripple, may be unable to - compete because -of pulled leg-mus-cels and a throat infection. Teammate Jim Alltop was second to Tinnel in the century last year. Tech's Merle Horton is expected to give Tech considerable strength in the pole vault event with Teammate Frank Morton, who holds the county top of |1-feet, four inches with W. Smith of Crispus Attucks. Jack Vellman, Howe's veteran miler, will defend that title. Howe's Don Franz and Bib Mogle will give the Hornets additional team balance. Deaf School's Ted Hagemeyer is onequarter of an inch off the county high jump top held by Beech Grove's Ralph Cingo. Washington's Bob Hicks will be one of the favorites in the ¢ broad jump. s
Tom — . . . Broad Ripple and-the broad jump, only record set in last year's city meet by Tech. Meyerrose co-shares the best county top of :53.4 seconds in the quarter-mile with Shortridge's Carl Wilson. Dick Tinnel won the century and furlong events last season and will be one 3 the favorites in his specialties. Crispus Attuck's Carlton Terrell currently co-shares two best county season marks to date with Meyerrose. Each has won the 100 in :10.3 and the 220-yard dash in :22.9. tli top dashman, Tom Graves
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Schnaitter Named ‘To Cage All-Stars
Campbell Wins Pinehurst Tourney
Mich., Apr.
Herb Schroeter
“aging” hurler gave up four hits and had a shutinto the sixth, when Both
other Purdue
were unearned.
On. errors, Center Fielder Vince Magi
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insurance | seemed to lose his magic touch: with the putter in the last four hits and -three Purdue round of the 36-hole finals today. It was talent with the putter two homers and Jack Maitlen got
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Campbell tapped his four-foot-
TERRE HAUTE , Apr. 22—Taylor University, collecting 18 hits, swamped Rose Poly, 19 to 6 here! today. Bob Snyder of Taylor got
ship drive this spring.
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Spence Se Madison's
of the 1950 Indiana high school basketball All Stars... Schnaitter, a blond six-foots five center as deadly with a push{shot as on a baseball mound, joined Marion's Pat Klein on the squad which will meet Kentucky's
leream ‘here in June in the annual
benefit game sponsored oud the Indianapolis Star, Hoosier sportswriters and sportscasters awarded Klein the “Mr. Basketball” honors last week. He polled more votes than any of the more than 100 other hardwood stars nominated. Schnaitter, who pitched a no-
{hit game a few days ago, was.one -
of the big guns in Madison's state high school basketball champion-
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