Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 41, Number 86, 19 February 1916 — Page 6

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THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND 23UN-TELEGKAM, SATURDAY, FEB. 19, 1516. Fair Fan Flays Facetious Account of Polo Game -- Backs Home Team '-- She Knows the Game Too BY MRS. E. P. HORNEY.

Will you kindly find space in your paper for the following? While I don't care to become popular through the columns of your paper yet I feel duty bound to reply to Mr. Duning's. letter or editorial which appeared in your paper Thursday night. Mr. Duning terms our boys as "Polo Hopes." It seems as though the polo hopes, so called, have caused Muncie to change her line-up three different times. Early in the season they annexed Fahrner, then Kid Williams and now Mr. Newton. It seems that Muncie felt her inability to compete with our "polo hopes" or why these radical changes in her' lineup when her boys are professionals direct from the East and her home town. While the Richmond boys are made up of Sox Quigley, the only man among them who has played professional polo even up until last winter. Lew Quigley has been out of professional polo some five or six years. While O'Metz has been out longer than that. Then there is Evans and Fry both of whom never played professional polo. I am not using this as an apology but as an explanation as it seems that Mr. Duning did not know

Waynetown Attack Crushed Before Richmond Defense

CLOSE GUARDING HOLDS TOtlETOlTO HELPLESS FOR SWEET VENGEANCE

It was the evening of December 28, Richmond high school basketball team, or part of it, had just trooped off the Waynetown floor a battered, defeated and disappointed aggregation.' With Pitts and Meranda, regular guarding combination, out of the line-up, the Quakers had offered a game but futile struggle against the Purple and Crimson and had proved unequal to the task of holding the Waynetown crew. Clarence "Nap" Porter, diminutive forward of the R. W. S. crew, pausing in the act of removing, a perspiration stained red and white jersey, glancing over at his faithful running-mate, Brown, remarked: "Brownie, old man, with Cy and Johnny in the game we could win by twenty-five points."

Locals Turn Trick. ".Make it thirty," rejoined the wearied Brownie. At the Coliseum last night, just six weeks after the game at Waynetown, while members of the Richmond high school team were being congratulated , for the 40 to 19 victory over W. 11. S., at least two members of the local five were disappointed, to say the least. "Well, we didn't make it twenty-five Urownie." It was C. Porter talking. "Yes. and we didn't make it thirty, either," rejoined the stocky captain. "But wo did make it a twenty-one majority," chimes in Roland "Cutey" : Dollins. comedian and star sub cen- ! ter of the team. "So what's the use of ! croaking. Ain't 41 to 19 a pretty good , score. It suits me, anyhow," con- ' tinued he of lengthy proportions. And that settled it. Whether every . member of the Richmond team was 1 satisfied with the 40 to 19 total rolled ' up against the invaders matters little to every one of the some two thousand ' fans and fanesses who were with the j R. H. S. every minute during that rapid fire argument. Local Five Off Form. True, Richmond high should have defeated Waynetown by a considerably i larger majority. The proteges of Nohr i have played better games this season. ! But at that every member of the team ; w as in the game to give his best. And ! that "best was sufficient to attend i to the needs of the trans-state host. Close guarding work of the rival ! faction made it appear at times that ! the game was slow. Guards of both ' teams with instructions to "smother" certainly were fulfilled to the digit. Pitts and Meranda, Richmond guard detail, was. however, more effective . than the Henderson-Switzer combine I as statistics on the score sheet indii cate. In full justice to the Waynetown 1 team it might be said that the group of ; youngsters making up the crew are as I clever, clean, speedy and game a set i of leather tossers as have worked on ! the Coliseum floor this season. As per press notices, Forwards Reu1 ben Merrill proved the bright spot in 1 the visiting line-up. He of the exten- ' nlve reputation was responsible for j thirteen of his teams total of nineteen. For Richmond. C. Porter proved an ; individual light. His seven field baskets . combined with consistent floor i work were factors bearing on the victory of the Richmond high. The score: Waynetown Gla. Fls. F.Msd. 4 0 ft 0 ft 0 Pts. 13 4 0 ft 0 19 Merrill, f .... Bolen. f Swank, c Henderson, g. Swltzcr, g . . . Llvingood, g. . 4 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 n o Totals Richmond. Gls. Fls. ft o 4 0 ft 0 ft F.Msd. Pts. Porter, f ... Brown, f . . . It. Parker, c Pitts, s Meranda. g DolliwV g Jcstup. s . . Totals . . . 0 ft 6 ft ft 0 0 6 Swank. 14 12 10 4 ft 0 0 40 4p . 3 2 '. 0 . ft . 0 .17 Fouls Waynetown : (ruled out): Bolen. pt; Merrill, pt; Henderson, 2 f, Livingood. t. Richmond: Brown 2 pt; Porter. 2 pt.; Parker. 2 p: Pitts, p; Jessup. t. Time of Halves Twenty minutes. Rereree Harrington, St. Mary's. Attendance 2,000. ALL BRUISED UP COLUMBUS. Ind., Feb. 19. A broken arm, sprained ankle, broken thumb and dislocated finger were the extent of injuries George Bisel. 40, received in a fall. -

High School Scores

Crawfordsyille . .36 Kvansville 212 Bloomington 13 Liberty 32 Jefferson 24 Rochester ......23 Hagerstown ....73 Kokomo 32 Southport ......20 Richmond 40 Lebanon S Princeton ....17 Bedford 12 Connersville . .16 Thorntown ...19 Huntington . . .17 Middletown ..22 Marion 14 Shelbyville , Waynetown .13 .19 HERE COMES LIBERTY. Liberty hastens to assure us that Connersville played her strongest ltm up last night. At that there is some difference between 73-2 and 32-16. SEE WAYNETOWN GAME. Captain Thad Gordon, George Ross and Homer Klinger, members of the New Castle 11. S. five, were on the side lines at the Coliseum last night. N'. H. S." meets Waynetown at New Castle tonight. . HAGERSTOWN WINS. Hagerstown's 73 to 22 massacre of Middletown, O., H. S., last night was (ecisive to say the least. CRAWFORDSVILLE WINS. Crawfordsville. doped to win the state classic, didn't disappoint Its adherents last night. The route of Lebanon, 38 to 8, came as a surprise to the most optimistic backers of the prospective state champs. WATCH MUNCIE FIVE. Thad Gordon, captain of the NewCastle H. S. crew, says: "Crawfordsville looks good to. me but keep your eyes on Muncie." FRESHMEN DEFEAT GARFIELD QUINTET Offering a brand of basketball that was just a bit too clever for the Garfield boys, the high school freshmen team last night walloped the varsity of Garfield junior high school, 25 to 12. The game was played in the Garfield gym. The score: Garfield, 12. Freshmen, 23. Sparks Ewbank Arnold Runnels Forwards. Mason Morris Center. Tittle Retz Cooper Rethmeyer Guards. Baskets: Ewbank, 6; Mason, 2; Tittle, 2; Sparks, 2; Runnels, Rethmeyer, Retz. Foul Points: Runnels, 3; Sparks, 2; Retz, Ewbank. FIGHTS GALLED OFF Because the attendance did not guarantee expense money, the scheduled ten-round bout between Art Stigall and Kid Cole at the Ft. Wayne avenue K. of P. hall last night was called off. Walter Polk, manager of the bouts, refunded money to those who had paid to gain admission. The Bat Brown-Ame Carpenter fight likewise fell through. Carpenter failed to appear. In the preliminary four round battle between Kid Moore, of Dayton, and Kid Cotton, local boy, Moore received lots of punishment, but stayed with Cotton the full route. There are 2.000 the United States. savings banks in

this or overlooked this fact else he would have had a different story to tell. He went on to say that the Muncie boys demonstrated some of the finer points to our polo hopes but failed to state just what these fine points were. As Mr. Duning states it was a great game for Muncie. Simply because she won. But where was her floor work ? She does not play polo from the scientific points of the game. Mr. Newton's position was center. Did he play his position? No he played about the cage more than in the center of the floor where he should of been more than he was in order to of played his position. I challenge Mr. Duning's remark, in the second par- , agraph where he states that Mr. Newton approached Manager Art Campbell on the train after they had started for Richmond and asked to enter the game. If that be the case how did it happen then that Edgington was on the bench instead of the former utility man and where was this bench man if it was decided after boarding the train to let Newton play. On farther Mr. Duning states that Newton did not

Plow Horse Beats Regulars Followers of the ponies are still laughing at the recent clean up made by a horse named Cabrio at the New Orleans track. Cabrio an 18 to.l shot, showed her heels to the field in a recent race, but no large killing was made as very few were in the "Know." . Cabrio, it seems, is nothing more than a plow horse and in addition to bearing the odium of drawing a plow across the Mississippi bottom lands had been in a railroad wreck. But some one had a hunch that Cabria could win in this particular race, so the horse was entered and she won easily.

BENNETT'S QUINTET LOSES TWO GAMES Bud Bennett and his Buckeye help worked mighty hard in the series with the Kentucky five of the A, S. M. in the games at the "Y" alleys last night. But despite the fact that the Buckeyes totaled higher in team totals, the. Colonials took the breaks and two games of the series. VETS SLOW DOWN; DROP TWO GAMES The Vets, leaders of the Kaysee since start of the season, evidently are beginning to weary of the pace. After that three game disaster the other night, along comes the Tipperary five and takes another whack at the erstwhile consistents. Work of J. P. O'Brien featured this series. Week's Schedule of Sport Events for Local Fans Saturday. Basketball Independent games at Y. M. C. A. Bowling A. S. M. League, afternoon and evening at Y. M. C. A. alleys. Industrial matches at city alleys. HERB HART STARS FOR PURDUE VARSITY "The guarding of Hart and Captain Stinchfield was in the main responsible for the victory of Purdue basketball five over Northwestern, last night," reads a dispatch giving details of the Purdue-Northwestern game which the Boilermakers took over by the figures 13 to 12, at Lafayette, last night. Herb Hart, is a Richmond boy and formerly played guard with the high school team here., ,

Frank Duninj

SPORT WRITER.

Great Uhlan Retired

C. H. G. Billings, the famous New York millionaire and sportsman, has confined the reports received here from time to time, that Uhlan, 1:58, the greatest trotter the light harness world has ever known, has been definitely retired from further speed tests. , According to Mr. Billings, who owns the horse, the black gelding will rest on his laurels of the world's record mile in 1:58, a quarter in 27 seconds, a half in 56 1-4 seconds, and a number of other performances that stand as world's records. In the future Billings will use Uhlan as a saddle horse. The son of Bingham is now 12 years old, but still retains his fleetness of foot.

BRUNTON DROPS GAME. Ray BruntQn, manager of the Richmond Independent basketball team, has cancelled the game scheduled with the Mooreland Independents., The

outshine his running mates, Williams and Fahrner. 'Neither did he outshine his running mates on the opposing team. For instance look at their rating. Newton made two goals. Lew Quigley 3 goals. Newton's shortest time was 45 seconds. Lewis Quigley's 4 seconds. Muncie's goal tend is a professional while Richmond's goal tend is only a polo hope. Yet it took longer to get the sphere past O'Metz than it did past Pence. .And again our "Hope" Lew Quigley got 13 rushes, while our professional Williams got 1. Mr. Duning, I believe, is a friend of Mr. Newton for had he compared these facts he surely would not have lauded Mr. Newton so broadly. Mr. Duning goes on to say the game would have been a walkaway for Richmond had it not been for the spectacular and near-uncanny work of Pence, the Muncie goal tend. Yet he is very stagey in his line of defense. For instance he made several stops that from performances he went through looked very difficult to make yet the sphere barely reached him. "That Pence is the peer of anything wearing shin guards today and so on" quoted from Mr. Duning's let

Herbie Logan Comes Back With World of Speed

game was to have been played at Mooreland tonight. In times of peace London contains sixteen embassies and legations representative of foreign countries.

ter. Can they really be called shin guards. Rather I think name them a board fence or back stop of a bill board suits them better. Again he goes on to state that Pence had 46 stops and O'Metz 23, and that means Richmond rushers were just twice as aggressive as their opponents. That means then that Richmond rushers outclassed Muncie rushers in speed or ability or floor work which ever Mr. Duning means. Again that the game was won by the inability of O'Metz to stop the sphere rather than Pence's wonder work. I have followed Mr. Duning in all his write-ups and know from his tone that he is not for the home team. While not to be pointed but just by way of illustration. Supposing U. S. and Germany were to come to war. Which side would Mr. Duning take. "Germany" Why? Because she is his Fatherland and he would naturally think her right. Again if his family and their neighbor were in a dispute he would take his family's side. Why? Because he thinks them in the right. Why then does he not be just as fair to his home Polo team and not use the tone of a knocker ?.

HERBIE LOGAfJ PILOTS QUAKERS TO VICTORY OVER CHRIST CHURCH

' Fast and spectacular is a time-worn, overworked phrase, but it serves to describe the 51-27 argument taken by the Quakers of Richmond, from the speed merchants of Christ Church, Cin cinnati. A speedier game than that follow-up offering to the Waynetown Richmond affair at the Coliseum last night is a quantity not forthcoming in this region every seven days. From start of play the Quaker-Cincinnati mix-up was one brilliant flare of speed work. Both teams appeared in the pink and both aggregations were out with no idea of dropping the battle. Although the Queen City crowd showed brilliant flashes of team and individual play, the local team had it on the visitors from the first jump, and only the dogged efforts of the C. C. C. outfit kept the. team in the running. The outstanding feature of the game was the come-back performance of Herb - Logan, of Earlham basketball fame. For the greater part of the season Herb has been doing mediocre work. His playing has not been anything like in days of yore, when an an account of field goals running up in the double digits was to be expected. Last night Logan revived to oldtime form. His floor work, his basket shooting, bis passing and all around performance was a revelation to the big gathering of fans. Thirty-one points, representing ten field goals and eleven foul goals sums up the work of the former Quaker light. And after giving Logan his just deserts the fact that the rest of the team "also played" must not be overlooked. Every member of the team from Lengthy Al Laning to Ray Dismal Jones played to form. With the exception of the first few minutes of play, when the Cincy crew Ly virtue of a field and free point baskets, enjoyed a brief lead, the Quakers lead from the start. But after the Quaker machine, with Logan at the wheel, once gained momentum, there was no stopping till the final shot. The score: EARLHAM WINS FROM FRANKLIN FRANKLIN. Ind.. Feb. 19 The season's surprise of the I. C. A. L. was staged last night at Franklin, when the Earlham college team playing a whirlwind game slipped up on the unsuspecting Baptists and escaped with the 24-17 set of figures. The game was perhaps the best seen on the local court this season and though the local team lost was interesting to one of the largest crowds ever attending a basketball game here. Fay Winslow. center of the Quaker team, played a great game and it was largely through bis efforts that the Franklinitcs were set back with the minority. The speedy center of the Maroon and White trapped six field coals and was a "bear" at all arnnnrl offensive work. Meeks, Templin and Bundy were other Quaker stars. : For Franklin Vandlver, forward, played-the most consistent game.

Eagles' Hall Richmond, Ind. Under Auspices of Quaker City A. C. Wednesday, February 23, 8:30 P. M. Terry Nelson VS. . Hal Stewart Philadelphia, Pa. 10 Rounds 138 lbs. Ft. Wayne, Ind. Young Abe Attell VS. Happy McHenry . Cincinnati, Ohio.' 10 Rounds 130 lbs. Lima, Ohio. Frankie Rogers VS. K. O.Young Pittsburg, Pa, 6 Rounds 145 lbs. Cincinnati, Ohio. General Admission, $1.00. Ring Side Seats, $1.50. Tickets on Sale at Cigar Stores and Cafes. For Information Phone 1747. Sam S. Vigran, Match Maker. Lou Bauman, of Cincinnati Referee.

Cincinnati. Gls. Fls. F.Msd. Pts. Koebel, f 2 2 4 i Harrington, f. 1 0 0 2 Dietrich, c . . . 1 0 o 2 Alberts, g ... 3 1 0 7 Dahl, g 2 0 0 4 Shafer, f .... 2 2 4 6 Totals .....11 5 8 27 Quakera. Gls. Fls. F.Msd. Pts. Logan, f 10 11 5 31 Jones, f .... 1 0 0 2 Laning, c .... 4 0 0 8 Parker, g .... 2 0 1 4 Schepman, g. . 2 0 l 4 Wiechman, g. 1 0 0 2 Hampton, g . . 0 0 0 0 Totals 20 11 7 51 Fouls Alberts 5, Dahl 4, Dietrich 3. Jones 2, Laning 2, Hampton 2, Schepman 2, Koebel 2, Shaefer 2. Wiechman. Time of Halves Twenty minutes. Referee Little, U. of C. Attendance 2,000.

RICHMOND LOSES FIFTH TO MUNCIE BY CLOSE MARGIN MUNCIE. Ind., Feb. 19. The mighty Quakers again fell before the Muncie Polo team here last night by a score of six to five in one of the hardest fought games of the season. Tbis makes the fifth straight defeat the Wayne county boys have met at the hands of the locals and the eighth straight victory for Muncie. Following is the lineup. Score and summary: Muncie Position Richmond Williams L. Quigley First Rush Fahrner S. Quigley Second Rush Edgington . Evans Center Houston Griffith Halfback Pence O'Metz Goal. Score: First Period. Caged by Time ...Fry 9:15 ...Edgington 5:02 Team Richmond Muncie .. Second Period. Richmond . ...S. Quigley 1:35 Muncie Fahrner . 4:25 Richmond S. Quigley 1:06 Richmond ...-L. Quigley :43 Muncie Williams 6:10 Third Period. Muncie Williams 1:57 Richmond ....L. Quigley 1:50 Muncie Edgington 4:32 Muncie Williams 5:40 Summary: Rushes Williams, 10; L. Quigley, 4. Stops Pence, 25; O'Metz, 28. Fouls Evans. Referee -Fletcher. Timer McKin. Scorer Boehm. Dogs and smoke are said to make General von Hindenburg happiest, the first including those of war and the latter that of both tobacco and battle.