Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 40, Number 99, 8 March 1915 — Page 6

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the Richmond Palladium and sun-telegram. Saturday, march 6i9i5

Sports and athletics

Baseball Polo Bowling R. H. S. FALLS AFTER VALIANT FIGHT IN FINAL New Castle's Victory by Two Points Sends Spectators Away From Coliseum Heartbroken and Downcast TEAM PLAYS WELL After Being Outplayed in the First Period Lawson Comes Back, Snatching Game From Fighting Locals. New Cattle, 23; Richmond, 21. Richmond's elimination from the state basket ball championship on a two-point margin was heart breaking to almost two thousand supporters who filled the Coliseum. The fight displayed by the Red and I White during the first half was a surprise both to New Castle and the fol- ! lowers of the team. During this period they outfought and outplayed their opponents, so the score stood 12 to 5 in their favor when the gun was fired. Team Bombards Basket. Had all the shots fallen through the net during this half, New Castle's rally near the close of the game would have held no terror for Richmond. Brown, Laning and Porter bombarded the New Castle basket repeatedly during the half. The contrary ball would hit the rim of the basket, hesitate for an instant then, instead of falling inside, drop into the hands of some player. Time after time the crowd came to its feet for a cheer as the ball hit the basket, only to be disappointed when it fell out. For the first twenty minutes practically all the play was under the Richmond goal, New Castle getting only one field goal, because of the guarding of Pitts and Bavis. The manner in which these two men worked together was sensational. They covered their men all the time. Johanning, who went In for Laning when the center who was slowing up, was injured, played a scrappy game. Lawson Break Loose. T awGon showed his calibre .i in the rn'ond half, his playing alone overv:til:i: .the Richmond lead, - although 'if If ad rested first with-one- te&pi ar-r''fUcft with another?- Lawson-'s i-y.:r fiold goals in this period were from apparently impossible angles. 'Once vKb . v Richmond player on his har.k he tossed the ball over his head for a basket. Another time when he tacked against the railing he made a one-handed shot which went true. This was agonizing to Richmond rcoters, who had seen Just such shot3 by their own players miss the basket by hear's breadths during the opening session. New Castle's play during the last period entitled them to tbe game as they outpassed and outshot the locals, who were considerably weakenedd when Laning slowed down. Several times Porter, the little Napoleon, threatened to repeat his shots which were the cans of Rushville's downfall in the afternoon, but luck seemed against him. Line-up and summary : New Castle. F. F.G. M. F. Kampe 2 7 9 1 Gordon 2 0 0 2 Lawson .. 4 0 0 5 Williams'- o o o 2 Chrisman ... 0 0 o 3 Ross 0,0 0 3 Totals .....8 7 9 19 Richmond. F. F.G. M. F. Porter 1 2 3 1 Brown 3 7 7 1 Laning 2 0 0 2 Pitts 0 0 0 3 Bavis 0 0 0 7t Johanning 0 0 0 2' Total 6 9 10 16 Referee Swain, Notre Dame. j Scorer Whiteside, Chicago. Timekeepers Logan, Earlham; Sul 11 van, Indiana. WEEGHMAN REJECTS OFFER FOR JAMES BY LEASED WIRE. CHICAGO, March 8. "Bill James of tbe Boston Nationals came to Chicago prepared to go south with my club," said President Weeghman today. "I looked over his contract and to my sorrow found the ten days clause had been removed. As far as I know his Boston contract Is legal, and I have not made a practice of signing contract jumpers. I told James we could not do business with him, much as I would like to have him on my club. He left for the east Sunday, undecided as to what he would do this season. "Possibly I should have signed the Boston- star, but I still have some respect for the law, even if I am a baseball club owner." EMPIRES ADVANCE TO FIFTH POSITION The Empires, by taking the best two out of three from the Machine five. Increased their percentage and went Into fifty place, the Machine crew dropping Into seventh place. Berker pulled down high score in his first game, rolling 194. McQueen rolled the only 600 or better total, making 511.

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Whole New Castle Aggregation Lands Places on-First and Second Honor Teams. While Only Three Teams Get Representatives on Premier List Brookville Men Placed in Roll with Richmond and Henry County Teams.

ALL-DISTRICT TEAM. Selected by Pall. First Team. , Player Position School Gordon, forward ......New Cattle Bozzard, forward . . . . . . Brookville .Lawson, center .New. Castle Bavis, guard .Richmond Williams, guard ...New Castle Second Team. Kampe, forward New Castle Brown, forward Richmond Laning, center Richmond Chrisman, guard New Castle English, guard .". Brookville Pia yers from only three of the teams which appeared here in the district tournament of which New Castle was declared winner were awarded places on the First and Second All-district teams as selected by the Palladium's sport department. The entire membership of the New Castle team was honored with positions on the two fives selected, while three Richmond players , and . two Brookville men, were recognized as showing unusual ability at' their positions. Three New Castle men were placed on the first team and two on the second. One Richmond man, Ewart Bavis, made the first team, while Brown and Laning were lined up with the seconds. Brookville received recognition, one man being placed on each team. Many Good Guards. Selection of men for some of the guard and forward positions was difficult as the eight schools represented had an abundance of material. In picking the players, the purpose was the present two lineups which would afford well-balanced teams, which could pass, shoot, block plays, throw fouls, dribble and in fact play the game as well as it could be played by high school players. At center Laning and Lawson stood out as superior to all others. Both outjumped their opponents, were ac-" curate in goal shooting, carried the ball down the floor in good style and were big obstacles ?f In "-breaking1! up plays. Lawson threw more field goals than any other man in tbe;. tourney, which gave him. a sha4e.'OTer Laning. The Richmond eenter wn'lje almost as good as Lawson could not stand the strain and slowed up during the second half of the final game. English, the Brookville center, showed his strength in blocking plays. His ability to interfere with the other team's work and carry the ball to his forwards entitles him to a place on the second team.

FORTY K. I. 0. MANAGERS ATTEND LEAGUE MEETING

Ball Clubs Form Defensive Association to Fight Selfish Tactics of Dick Smith and Ed Rohrer, Who Control Independent Circuit. The largest and-most enthusiastic meeting of Semi-Pro managers ever held in thi3 city was staged in the lodge room of the Eagles' club Sunday afternoon. The spacious and beauti fully furnished room of the Eagles was given the once over by all present and all expressed their pleasure and thanks that the lodge extended them Ine use of its room. A spirit of boosting and friendliness to all prevailed throughout the entire meeting and you can put i down that the K. I. C. association of which Richmond is a member, will be the biggest and best Semi-Pro organization in this section of the country. Ignore Rohrer Crowd. Dick Smith and Ed Rohrer, manager of the Cincinnati Shamrocks, instigator and chief behind the throne of the Independent baseball league, who were quoted as saying that any team which affiliated with the K. I. O. league would get no bookings with their teams were given the go by and turned down flat by former teams who were members of his league. An example of this is the Connersville club, managed by Honest Jack Remington, who has always been a booster for Rohrer's league, but who flopped into the K. I. O. and stated that he had never fully understood the K. I. O.'s proposition as it was alays misquoted to him by the few friends of Rohrer's league but now that he had attended a meeting of the K. I. O. that he was for the league heart and soul and that only K. I. O. teams out of Cincinnati would be given bookings by his team. Shad Cunningham, of Muncie, was another who was heard from by telegram. Names of Managers. Forty managers and representatives of the best Semi-Pro teams attended the meeting, nineteen of whom came by special car from Cincinnati. The complete list of those present is as follows: J. C. Reuther, Cincinnati Muldoons; William Sims, Uricho club; C. Kopp, Uricho; Podge Weihe, All Professionals; J. Benny and D. Ashner, All Professionals; -H. Felvwisch, H. Bacon, Blue Licks; S. Caldwell, Tuxedo Athletics; S. Kennedy, Ludlow White Sox; L. Hoonveger, C. Mc Carthy, Goodfellowship club; V. W. Astler, corresponding secretary of the K. I. 0.; Joe Dixon, president; John Spinney, father of amateur baseball in Cincinnati; Charles Becker, Per-

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Since he is slightly inferior to Laning in all-round knowledge of the game, he is shifted to guard. Myer for Cadiz played well. Forwards Show Form. Weeding out the forwards was a difficult task, as all played cfever games. Among the men who had to be considered . were Porter, Brown, Richmond;. Werking. Bookout, Hagerstown; Ainsley, Connersville; .White, Mooreland;, Tits worth and Stoops, Rushville; Kampe, Gordon, New Castle, Bozzard and Priest, Brookville. Porter, Richmond's little Napolean must be eliminated because of his size. Porter proved a good lea'der and played a hard game. Brown while closely covered succeeded in eluding his guard by clever playing and was instrumental in breaking up numerous plays. His field goals earned his place on the second team. Werking and Bookout, although good could hardly be classed with any of the four to receive special honor. Stoops, Rushville's star, put up a great game against Mooreland butVwas shaded, for individual honors by the billiant work of the Richmond guards. Priest was so closely guarded by Williams that he did not have a chance to show his ability at basket shooting. New Castle Star. Gordon of New Castle, scored the second highest number of field goals despite his opposing guard, breaking loose almost at will. His floor work and passing were exceptionally good. Bozzard's ability to throw foul goals and to dribble won him his place. At the guard positions, the work of Williams, Bavis and Chrisman made it easy to select them. Williams was the most powerful of the guards. He had endurance, size and speed. When it came to blocking plays and taking the ball down to his forwards he was a whirlwind. Ewart . Bavis sprung a great surprise on supporters of Richmond by hi3 playing during the entire tourney. While Bavis had played good basket ball he was not considered eligible for district honors.. The way the stocky little fellow stopped the Cadiz plays aroused the Admiration' and respect of everyone. The hackneyed word, "brilliant" falls to describe his play' against Rusnville, lie had the RushviiW attack completely thwarted in the last half. . He played the same high class game against New Castle, but was unfortunate in being called for seven fouls, some of which were extremely doubtful. Chrisman's close guarding of Priest entitled him to a place on the second team. kins-Campbell; Dick Kenney, Richii.vfjivj , in ubuiuciii .rv. vr. opauiume, William Berning, Perkins-Campbell, of. Cincinnati. Other cities represented were Dayton by Harry Huckins, Shamrocks; James Dowling, Shilos; Adam Ruehl, Reserves. Hamilton by H. Page, Hamilton Hoovens; Rushville. Ed Davidson, manager of the club and A. C. Hiner, of tbe Rushville Republican; Richmond, Marlon McCleery; Richmond, Red Sox; Frank White, Vigrans Reserves; Dick Kenney; NewCastle Maxwells, Tommy Ritter; Anderson, Eli Cates; Indianapolis Reserves, I. L. Johnson; William Vogel, of T. T.'s, G. B. Wilkins of Charles C. Carr Co., R. L. Beck, Indianapolis, J. Steinkamp, H. Patti, George Reid, George Brehm, Karl Allison and Lynn Shaw of Richmond. Henry Patti of the local club was unanimously chosen as chairman. He thanked delegates for making the meeting a success by attending. Men Favor Idea. All managers expressed themselves as being heartily in favor of the policy which the association has adopted and that they were pleased to be a member of so worthy an organization. Joe Dixon, president, explained the organization of the K. I. O. as taking place in December before the largest gathering of amateurs ever staged in Cincinnati. Raising money properly to finance clubs was another reason for the association. Oftentimes said Dixon, managers have come to me after games and stated that they had been held up by certain men after the games the later refusing to go through with their end of the contracts. - "To avoid this it was necessary to organize for our own protection. Its my idea that games should be won on the field of play and not afterward. Ninety-nine per cent of the best teams in Cincinnati are now affiliated with the K. I. O. so you can see just what the feeling is towards our opponents." . "The Hamilton Hoovens are through with the Independent Semi-Pro league

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SCORE HIGHEST TOTAL OF 99 POINTS Brown Leads Players, With Twelve Field and Eleven Foul Goals Lawson Runs Close Second. Although Richmond . high did not win tbe title of sectional champions, it did get the high score and tlgh total in points, making 99 to New Castle's 92. Both teams played three games. Rushville stands ahead of Brookville in the consolation championship, rolling up a total of 59 as against 38 for the latter. ' Brown of Richmond made the most points, making 12 fields and 11 foul gioals, a total of 35. Lawson was the individual field goal champion, with 15 to his credit. Bozzard, the Brookville star, made the best percentage in foul goal shooting, making 19 out of 30 chances. Stoops of Rushville came second with 12 out of 24, for a percentage of .600 Richmond made the most fouls, 39, with New Castle a close second, with 38. Summary: Richmond. F. F.G. M. F. Porter 13 3 10 2 Brown 12 11 15 3 Harris 1 0 0 1 Laning 10 0 0 7 Johanning 1 0 0 9 Bavis 0 0 0 12 Pitts 5 1 2 5 Totals 42 15 27 39 New Castle. F. F.G. M. F. Kamp 7 20 21 14 Gordon 13 0 0 4 Lawson 15 0 0 9 Christmas 1 0 0 0 Williams 0 0 0 8 Ross 0 0 0 3 Totals 36 20 21 33 Rushville. F. F.G. M. F. Tltsworth 6 0 0 1 Stoops 9 12 12 4 Martin 6 1 0 7 Brecheisen 2 0 0 11 Winslow 0 0 0 1 Totals 23 13 12 2' Brookville. F. F.G. M. F. Priest 3 0 1 1 Bbzzart 2 19 11 7 English 3 1 3 8 Brown 1 0 0 2 Yount 0 0 0 1 Totals 9 20 15 19 and you can put us down as being heartily in favor of the K. I. O.." said H. Page. Charles Becker another man formerly connected with Rohrer's bunch also jumped into the new organization. Spinney Enters Protest. John "Kid" Spinney who remembered the days when Billy Earle brought fame to Richmond Entre Nous stated that it was time to clean up baseball for the amateurs and that be believed the K. I. O. was the proper medium to do the work. He objected very strongly to .the practice of sporting goods houses of holding up managers for booking games. Dick Kenny, manager of the local team, stated that crooked work had taken his third baseman from him and for that reason he was for the K. I. O. heart and soul and that only teams from Cincinnati belonging to the organization would be booked in Richmond. "Five parks are controlled by the league in Cincinnati: Elmwood, Price Hill, Covington, Delhi and Weihes and you can place this in your hat gentlemen that only K. I. O. teams will show in these parks," stated the president. The next meeting of the league will be held in Dayton, March 13, for the purpose of organizing that end of the league. Officers from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky will probably be elected at that time. RACINE WANTS GAME Racine polo team wants to get back into the polo game again and has asked for booking here some time this month . promising a return date in April. Their proposition is being given consideration by the management of the Coliseum and if proper arrangements can be made the fans will once more get the opportunity of seeing the Wisconsin team in action. It has been several years since the two cities have held an argument on the polo floor and no doubt interesting games should result. If Mr. Campbell of the Muncie five can be persuaded to take Racine on for a game of two on the following night the expenses would be fairly reasonable. Wanted Middle aged woman at once. Call at 1236 Vz Main street.

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KAMPE'S WORK CAUSES DEFEAT OF BROOKVILLE Bozzard's Accuracy on Free Throws Prevents Loss by More One-sided Score Chrisman Watches Priest. New Castle, 22; Brookville, 18. Brookville made a brave fight for entrance in the finals and at times it looked as if she would be successful, but New Castle triumphed in tbe last half through the work of that trio, Gordon, Lawson and Kampe. Bozzard's accuracy in shooting foul goals kept bis team in the race in the last half, preventing a more one-sided score. Both teams played a rough game, Brookville's dribbling being matched against New Castle's passing. Brookville excelled all of the eight teams on dribbling but was unable to break loose for shots. Weak passing crippled the otherwise strong team. With Chrisman dogging Priest about the floor, Brookville had to rely on Bozzard for scores. 'He made all but two of his team's points, throwing fourteen foul goals and one field goal. Kampe was the chief scorer for New Castle. Lineup and summary: New Castle. G. F. F.M. F. Kampe ........ 2 6 8 7 Gordon 3 0 0 1 Lawson 3 0 0 4 Chrisman 0 0 0 5 Williams 0 0 0 5 Totals 8 6 8 22 Brookville. G. F. F.M. F. Priest 1 0 0 1 English 0 0 3 6 Bozzard 1 14 5 4 Brown 0 0 0 2 Younts 0 0 0 1 Totals 2 14 8 14 Referee Jones, Indiana. Scorer Whiteside, Chicago. SETSMEET TRIALS Try-outs for the National Hexatnalon meet will be held Thursday night at the "Y," Physical Director Roach announced today. Good marks are expected to be made by Roach's, boys, who have been racticing faithfully. Hnolt iateestr i?"beng taken .In this meet by "the "Y's" throughout the state and it is Roach's desire that his boys come out ahead. ACTS AS SCORER. Official basket ball tournament scores published by tbe Palladium were kept by Coach Whiteside of Earlham, who was appointed scorer of the tourney by Principal Pickell. Mr. Whiteside was assisted by sporting editors of the local newspapers. THE DIVISION CHAMPIONS. Winners. Runners-Up Scores Rochester Shelbyville . .43-27 Rochester Medaryvllle ..55-15 West port Hope 34-20 E. Chicago Whiting 22-17 New Cattle Richmond 23-21 Bloomingdale. .Wiley, T. H... 25-21 Crawfordsville. JM. Richmond. .32-22 Bloomington Martinsville ..33-29 Bluffton Huntington ..34-17 Falrmount.... Kokomo 31-16 Evansville Princeton 71-24 Montmorencl... Burnett's Ck. . 56-14 Hartford City.. Pendleton ...27-26 Thorntown Rossville ....28-22 Academy. Walk -

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- The Buckeyes increased their lead in tbe Seeder race Saturday taking all three games from the hard-working Superiors. Wells featured, with high score of 223 in his first game while Rees, his teammate, was good for high total 523. ' ,-' HIGH SCHOOL STARS TO ENTER EARLHAM Whiteside Lines Up Kampe, Williams and Priest for Next Fall. Coach Whiteside of Earlham did a little flirting with some of the High school stars in the basket ball tourney Friday and Saturday and - from their expressions Earlham will be their habitat next year. Two of New Castle's team members, the Kampe brothers, have already made preparations to attend Earlham next year while it is believed that Williams, the husky- guard, will also enter. He is one of the best guards if not the best that has ever shown in Richmond on a high school team and would make a valuable addition to Earlham's squad. He is .fast and heavy enough to take care of himself with any. Priest, the speedy forward of the Brookville five, and Brown, guard, both crackerjack players like Earlham and if possible will enter next fall. Priest would make a good football player as he is extremely fast and weighs in the neighborhood of 175 pounds. Ainsley of Connersville, Tltsworth, Rushville, and Smith of Thorntown have all signified their desire of entering next year. Meyers of Cadiz, the star of that team, will enter year aft-, er next Whiteside also wants Laning very badly. Earlham will co-operate more in athletics with the high school next year than ever before and with the help and interest which the Coach could Instill in the high school Athletes probably help not only the High school but have a good chance of getting the High stars to enter Earlham after graduation. PROPOSE D TEAM LEAGUE FOR STATE Ritter and Hiner Broach Richmond Club on New Proposition. A six-team baseball league is the latest rumor going the rounds today. The idea comes from Tommy Ritter of New Castle and A C. Hiner of Rushville, who were talking the proposition over with one of the officials of the local club last night. The idea is to have four home teams and two traveling teams, the home clubs to consist of New Castle, Rushville, Connersville and Richmond, and the traveling teams the Perkins-Campbell club of Cincinnati, with a possibility of the Taste Tell team of Indianapolis for the sixth. Only Sunday games would be played in an organization like this. Owing to the unsettled condition of the personnel of the various clubs, it would hardly be possible to start the league season until about the middle of June. This would given the clubs an opportunity to play other than those Interested in the league before and after the league schedule. Over

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MAN'S LINEUP INCLUDES THREE STARTITCHERS Hawekotte, Hon- and Muhl Wfll Hurl for Reserves Managed by WhiteHolmes Plays First. Vigran's Reserves' line-up tor tbe coming season was completed Saturday and Is ready for tbe season to begin. Eleven players have been signed. All with the exception of Kaiser and Long have been seen In the S. A. L. where they made good records, and White is expecting them to have a good season. Three pitchers will be carried. Rus Hawekotte, erstwhile flinger for the Owls, who was given a tryout with the Richmond team last summer, will be seen in center field when not on the mound. Rus is probably the best amateur pitcher in the city. Babe Horr will be carried as relief pitcher? Buck Muhl will also work on the hill for tbe team, giving White two fast ball artists. Buck has a good head and will be a valuable asset to the team. Johnnie Holmes will covert in the right pasture instead of on the first sack. Zeyen will handle first base. The team Is now booking games and would like to hear from any good teams desiring bookings. Their line-up is as follows: Haas, catcher; Muhl, pitcher; Hawekotte, pitcher and center field; Horr, pitcher; Zeyen. first base; Evans, second base; Niebohr. short stop; Kaiser, left field. Stover, third base; Holmes, right field; Long, utility.

Athletic ISotes ofY.M.LCamp On Tuesday eevning there will be no basket ball practice at the Garfield gym, but all members are urgently requested to be on hand at 7:30 sharp at St. Andrew's school for the first minstrel rehearsal BOWLERS ORGANIZE. At tbe meeting of the Y. M. I. Athletic association yesterday afternoon, a bowling league of four teams was organized, and a series of games will begin tonight at the City alleys between the Greens and tbe Blues The line-up of the four teams follows: Greens Henry Knauber, captain; Frank Kahle, George Steins, Walter Dixon, William Fahlsing. Blues Clarence Zeyen, captain: Jo seph Pardelck, Henry Tuecke, Robert Kluesner, Leo Melle. Whites Earl Epping, captain; William Schwegman, Richard Gatzek, Roman Vosmeier, Leonard Vosmeier. Reds Ray Zeyer, captain, John Heidelman, Jack Vogelsong, Richard Sharkett, Edward Glazier. Will Buy Suits. The baseball committee is busy and plans are being formulated to raise money to buy suits, and arrangements are being made for the renting of suitable grounds. DOPE PROVES CORRECT With one exception the dope on tbe district basket ball tournament as out lined by the Palladium was fulfilled by the actual results. Brookville, the dark horse, caused the only catastrophe to tbe dope bucket, although Richmond threatened New Castle with an upset in the first halt of the finals. by four points was the only devlaBrookville's defeat of Hagerstown, by founr points was the only devia tion from the pre-arranged program. Richmond eliminated Rushville and entered tbe finals with New Castle. Vienna builds tenements for Ita ooor. Each building la supplied with a co-operative store for the benefit of the tenants. Shoes This New English Model With a Dark Gray Top Black Top Will CertainlyMake aHit with You