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SPEEDING INCIDENTS j RECALLED BY HOWARD j WILCOX, OLD DRIVER I By T. E. "POP" MYERS. ! INDIANAPOLIS. May 10. Seeing ( Ralph DePalma push his car to the j pit after it had., stalled when he wai J five miles from first place at Indi-; anapolia in 1912 was the funniest thing ' that Howard Samuel Wilcox could ( think of when we interviewed him. ; He is slated to drive a French Peugeot , in the International 500-mile race to! be held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Monday. May 30. j In fact Wilcox claims he shook in i his seat with laughter every time he j swished past DePalma who was pit- j

ward bound. Then we found the inside reason. Poe Dawson, who was in second place, took the lead when De Palma broke up and Dawson and Wil- j cox were on the same team, and were to split the race winnigs. I Wilcox, whose middle name is Sanvj uel. was born at Crawfordsville, Ind., ! June 24. 18S9, and was married in 1917 at Indianapolis. He is the father of Howard Samuel Wilcox. Jr.. a year and a half old, who will sit in his mother's lap at the race this year. Traned Under Aitken. One of the mast skilled drivers today racing, Wilcox was schooled by that old master, the late John Aitken. Wilcox rode as mechanic with Aitken in 1909 and soon became proficient i enough to handle his own cars. His j most important victory was the winning of the 500-mile race at Indianapolis in 1919. To be either a policeman j or a lawyer were the ambitions of his i boyhood days, but he evidently could not decide Avhether he would be a i policeman, and arrest trouble makers. ! or be a lawyer, and free the people policemen corral, so he abandoned both ideas after two years in high school and became a race driver. I "My greatest thrill was when 'Pop j Myers, manager of the Indianapolis Speedway, handed me a check for $20,000, the prize for first place in the 1919 race," he said. Wilcox is frank when he says he likes the Indianapolis course because "it pays more money than any other track and you can get the checjc cashed after you get it." He trains for his race meets by playing handball, his favorite sport, and doeB not intend to quit racing despite the fact that his family objects He knows no fear in a race and would start all over again if he were a boy. Wilcox smokes, is interested in music and is the owner of an auto accessory store. REDS ARE IN EAST FOR FIRST REAL TEST NEW YORK. May 10. The Reds arrived here Monday night after an allnight ride and they will open their first -eastern series-with the Brooklyn Dodgers Tuesday. This will be the first real test of the Reds this season, as they have 18 games to be played j on this trip, and they will miss their; regular morning practice which they have been having. Pour games will be played with Brooklyn, New York and Boston, in the order named, and three each at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. There will be no double headers played this trip. Manager Moran is well satisfied with the pitching he is beginning to get from his hurlers. Moran will work the following pitchers in the Brooklyn series: I-iuque, Marquard. Brenton and Rixey. Marquard is anxious to get at the Brooklyn club because they were, so anxious to trade him last season. Brenton also thinks be can hold the champions. His game last Saturday with Chicago showed that he is a much improved pitcher. HOLLANSBURG WANTS TO BOOK CONTESTS HOLLANSBURG, O., May 10. The Hollansburg Independent baseball team opened its s-eason with a victory ovcr the Richmond Senators on the local diamond Sunday afternoon by the score of 7 to 0 Garthwaite, on the mound for the Hollansburg nine, was very effective, striking out batter after batter. He was given excellent support in the field by his team-mates. Next Sunday the team will iourney to Fountain City, where they will play a nine-inning game. Any team wishing to book a game with the Hollansburg n'-no should write Bart Beetley, North Seventh street. Richmond, Ind. Tom Gibbons, Harry Greb May Mix Before Moose (By Associated Press) TOLFDO. O. May 10. Negotiations are undfr way for a 12-round bout b?twepn Tommy Gibbons and Harry Greb to be staged here the week of June 20. under a.supiccs of the Loyal Order of Moose, the International convention of order is to be held hore at that time. Fromoters of the enterprise said today that Gibbons has agreed to the match and that Greb probably would acept the offer that has been made him. It is estimated that more than 50.000 members of the order will be here durinc that week. Toe bout would be for the American lightheavyweight championship, it was an nounced. Bresnahan May Return fn f)frffc a Rnrbftfnn r . T r (By Assoctated Pre3 TOLEDO. O., May 10 The return of Roger Bresnahan as an active participant in a baseball game appeared likely today when Bresnahan who is president of the Toledo club of the American association announced that ; his efforts to obtain a suitable backstop had been unavailing. Bresnahan has been out of the game two years and is not in first class condi- ' tion to take up heavy toil. He is in Toledo but is expected to join the club in Milwaukee within a ; day or two. Bresnahan last spring save Nig Clarke a bonus to sign a Toledo contract but released the veteran shortly after the season opened. Frank Laabs last year with the Hamilton club of the Michigan-Ontario . league, who was sent to Toledo on a 30 day option, was returned to that club.

FABER IS PROVING BAGBVS NEMESIS; HAS BEATEN PREMIER HURLER TWICE

Jim Bagby, the southern lad with the drawling voice and the wicked arm, who hurled thirtyone victories for the Indians last

Batters9 Mean Sticks This Year Threaten Mace Records of Past

IJ.T KHA.NK ;. IKKt: In the gentle springtime some young men's efforts are centered upon lovemaking; others take unto themselves a hickory bludseon and devore their little selves to assembling more records. The way those youths are accomplishing it in these early days of the 1&21 season constitutes a ghastly review for slinging persons who pride themselves in hit stinginess. In all the years the game has endured the vallaners never have walloped within a million miles of their present walloping marks. Singles, doubles, triples and homers have been volleyed off of bats in bewildering and defeaning ralvos. These are among the rather astounding hitsmith happenings in the inaugural week: One player finished the week with a batting mark of 1.1)00. Four hit .600 or better. . Eleven hammered .500 or beyond. Thirty-one clouted letter than .400. Of the 137 men who disported in How They Stand NATIONAL LEAGUE Clubs W. Pittsburgh 16 Brooklyn 14 New York 12 Chicago 9 Cincinnati 9 Boston 8 I. Pet. .800 .636 .632 .500 .409 4 8 7 9 13 12 400 Philadelphia 6 13 St. Louis 4 12 " AMERICAN LEAGUE Clubs w. L. Cleveland 15 6 Washington 11 9 Detroit 12 10 Boston 8 7 New York 9 S St. Louis 8 12 Philadelphia 7 11 Chicago 5 12 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Clubs W. L. Indianapolis 10 7 Kansas City 10 7 Minneapolis 9 8 Louisville 10 10 Columbus 9 9 St. Paul 10 11 Toledo 9 12 Milwaukee 71 10 GAMES TODAY National League Cincinnati at Brooklyn. Chicago at Philadelphia. St. Louis at New York. Pittsburgh at Boston. American League Boston at Chicago. Npw York at Detroit. Philadelphia at St. Louis. Washington at Cleveland. American Association Columbus at Kansas City. Toledo at Milwaukee. Indianapolis at St. Taul. Louisville at Minneapolis. .316 .250 rct. .714 .550 .545 .533 529 400 .389 .294 Pet. .588 .588 .529 .500 .500 .476 .429 .412 Games Yesterday National League. i (1st game) ! At PhiladelphiaR. H. 0 5 11 Brook'yn 000 020 0; ! Philadelphia ... 000 000 2002 S Grimes and Miller: Smith Weinert and Bruggy 2nd game). R. H. E. Brooklyn 001 O00 010 0 2 8 0 Philadelphia . 000 001 100 1 3 9 2 Cadore. Mil jus, Pfefler and Krueger, Millor; Causey and Peters. (No other games scheduled). American League. At St. Louis R. H. E. Detroit 402 100 07 10 1 St. Louis 000 201 25 9 2 (7 innings rain). Oldham and Ainsmith; Cullop, Bolund and Billings. (No other games scheduled.) American Association. At Kansas City ' R. H. E. Milwaukee 000 102 00 3 9 0 Kansas City 301 000 00 4 S 0 Schaak, Keifer and Gossett; Bono

and McCarty. (No other games scheduled).

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Urban Faber, at left, and Jim Bagby in action. year, is headed for an equally (rood record this year. But there seems to be one big stumbling block in his path. Same block being Urban Faber, pitching ace of the devastated White Sox. Faber and Bagby have met on the mound twice this season and both times Faber has beaten Jim and the Indians by the simple process of holding them to two hits, the Sox getting the necessary ran to pass the goose egg handed the tribe each time. Bagby led the league in victories last season. the bi league uniforms, C9 more than half batted .300 or more. Five of the 16 big league clubs hit for an average better than "00. The Phillies lead with .335. Indians second with .333, and the Cibs were third with .315. The National League hit within a small fraction of .300 and the American cracked for .29S. The National aggregation averaged nearly 12 hits to the game and the Americans ten. In that single week the heavy artillery work was as follows: American. National. Doubles 80 97 Triples 36 43 Homers 19 16 The fans who hungered for hits hits and more- hits certainly must be satisfied now. How conn? this fusillale? Well, first of all, it's natural for batters to get off to a flying start in the early weeks. That's because pitchers round into form slowly. Their flippers, despite strenuous treatment under Southern skies, do not thaw out until well along in May. Meanwhile the batters, with their orbs 'and muscles attuned gather in a harvest of safeties. But this season the boys especially those in the National League have hit at a more furious springtime clip than ever before. The rea.-on for that probably is that both circuits now are 1 using the well-hopped "hop"' ball which sails over the hills and far away every time its bumped. Home Runs Growing. The ball used in the American in 1920 had a curious trick of travelling faster and farther than any ball did before. Home runs became the rule, rather than the soul-stirring exception. And, as a result the fans fairly fought their way into American League parks. For who doesn t like to see those long distance drives? While the American was having an orgy of homers, the National wasn't doing anything of the port. Its 1 patrons had to be oonlent with an occasional homer. Which didn't con tend 'em at all. Arid, so the folks who make tlip ball for the Nationals became a trifle "smarted up" and gingered up the 1921 ball to a point wheie it equals the American globule in flying power. And so everything !s all even again except the tempers of the pitchers who used to begrudge the opposition five hits daily and now are yielding a doren. (Copyright ltWl By Klnc Feature Srndlrntp. Inc..) Frush and Chaney in Big Boxing Show CBy Aasdolaterl Prssj CLEVELAND, O.. May 10 George (K. O.) Chaney and Danny Frush of Baltimore, will appear in 12-round decision bouts during an open air boxing show at Dunn field here on the night of June 2. Chaney will meet Billy McCann, Cleveland lightweight, in the main bout. They are to weigh 133 pounds at 3 in the afternoon. Frush is matched against Eddie Wallace of New York in the semi-final. They are featherweights. LIGHTWEIGHTS TO CLASH (By Associated Press) PITTSBURGH, . May 10. Johnny Dundee, New York, and Johnny Ray, Pittsburgh, lightweights, will meet in the first open air boxing show of the season here at Forbes Field Saturday afternoon. May 21. Sport writers who viewed the recent Dundee-Ray match were unable to agree as to the winner, and the return bout was arranged. j BUY CUNNINGHAM. I (By Associated Press) CHATTANOOGA. Tenn.. May 10. President Strang Nicklin of the Chat-1 tanooga Southern association club an-1 nounepd today the purchase of Pitcher I PliTininir)QiTi 4rVsm tVi a TVaI rAit AmAfl. ) u.uuuumu iiviu iuc xj 1. 1 j i - .Arum.. jcans. Cunningham pitched for Chattanooga last year, but was recalled by Detroit irx the fall.

SUN - TELEGRAM, RICHMOND,

GIANTS-ARE READY FOR ALL OPPONENTS Manager Earl Cooper of the Richmond Giants, a local colored nine, announces that his team is organized for the coming season and is booking games. There has been another Giant team organized in Richmond and Cooper announces that hit organization is the Giant team that played here last year. Cooper has practically the same line-up as he had last season, with a few exceptions. For pitchers he has R. Mitchell and B. Mitchell from last year and a lad named Joco from Terre Haute. Larkins will do the receiving. He played last year with the Detroit All-Stars and is said to be quite a sticker. In the outfield . Cooper, C. Mitchell and C. Tate will work. All three men are good fielders and are dangerous men with the willow. Cooper has rounded np a fast set of inflelders which consists of Gee or Knox at first base, Harris on second, E. Tate at the hot corner and Franklin in the short field. Clay will be utility man. The men have been working daily and are fast rounding into form and 1 from all indications promise to be one of the leading independent teams in this vicinity. The Giants will open their season at Lynn with the independent team of that city May 22. Teams wishing to book games with the Giants are urged to write Earl Cooper, 804 North Thirteenth street, Richmond, Ind. Chips and Slips The prim tnr of a court room is occasionally lighted by a shaft of humor. Similar bright moments fleck the sombre gloom of baseball's supreme court. Here is a letter which recently found its way to Judge Landis' desk amid a mass of other correspondence from major and minor league magnates: . "Dear Judge: Me and Mike want you judge to get baseball things cheajv i er. ou can do it. Gano, the store J keeper wanted a dollar 10 for a baseball and its worth P0 cents, mavbe 75. he wants Dollar 25 for a bat. The noble Gano says it is a tacks that makes thera hygli, maybe he is a Iyer but you know'judgp. Make him come down if he don't come down we can't have any ballteam and the roscoe Bear cats won the champenship easy last f-ar and the kids hope you will hurry. Resp.. Steve Kalpus, Cap. i Mike Hogan. pitcher. You maybe have herd of us, we v. on five games in a row last year and Mike pitched them all cheep balls is awful hard to curve we want to use league balls." The umpire is a dreary curs, His is a sorry plight: For should he call a player out, One-half the fans will fight. And it he call the rummy "safe," The other half will "beef" And call him "crook" and "Jesse James." And "Cut-throat Mike" and "Thisf." But should the fans, by chance, agree. The players call him "Chump," And "Blank-blank-this" and "Blank-blank-! hat." Oh, pity the poor Umn. W. R. Hoefer. Just before Easter a eentlman out motoring with a friend noticed that they were crawling along a thoroushfare where previously they had been accustomed to go at full speed. He asked why the car was run so slowly. "Why." explained the driver of the! oar with nAi-f t nnivoto "ovorr. ! hndv's rarrvmir immi rarripn tr.ni5 now and you caji't run over a man without risking a puncture." Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion of the universe, was given a royal reception on his arrival at Atlantic City to establish his 1 raining ouarters for his fight with Georges Carpentier Dempsey was present at two lunchcons, three dinners i.nd a midnight s-upper and also was hauled before a number of meetings. Hundreds surged to the railroad station for a glimpse of the pugilist. Mayor Edward L. Bader, as chairman of a reception committee, was the first to greet Dempey. At a given signal from the city hall, siren whistles about the resort shrieked and automobile horns were blown in' tumultuous lioise. Dompsey will prove himself & bigj srpnt ir he ooe-n t allow tins sturt to go to his head. White Sox Territory Being Invaded Today fBy Associated Press) CHICAGO, May 10. The season's first invasion of White Sox territory by the clubs on the Eastern .half of the circuit begins today with the Boston Red Sox scheduled in the first of a four-game series, to be followed by Philadelphia. New York and Washington for four games each. Although the young White Sox pitchers have not fulfilled Manager Gleason's preseason training expectations, he says he is confident he can teach them greater effectiveness in Major League compnay. Two-thirds of all window glass blown by machinery. is esiindigestion la mot graft alar form, dry to, me with viefcr me watar. kat me caii, mrwferakly AaC QUICK RELIEF! Prte, 25-50-75 ALSO IN TABLET FORM MASK BY eOTT BOWKS MAKERS OF SCOTT'S EMULSION is

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WILL INFIELDS LEARN TO LAY FOR RUTH? BOSTON PLAYERS WORK OUT SHIFT FOR HIM

Diagram ahewa hw Red Sox Infield play for Babe Rath. Black figures indicate positions of players when Ruth comes to bat. White figures indicate positions to which they move, the pitcher covering first 00 the play when the ball is finally hit. , A few days ago Manager Speaker of the Indians pulled a clever bit of strategy when he produced an "open defense" shift to check an attempt at a squeeze play by the opposition. Now Stuffy Mclnnis. Manager Duffy's aid on the Red Sox. has devised an infield shift to cope with Babe Ruth's terrific smashes. Babe seldom slaps the ball into the infield and he's slow on getting down to first. So the infield plays deep for his hard drives, depending npon fast throws to the pitcher (covering first) to nail Roth on hard drives which would go safely through the infield if the men played in their usual positions.

POSTOFFICE UNABLE TO HITJIAIL CURVES The Pennsy baseball team defeated the Postoffice baseball team at BxhiI bition park Monday afternoon in a one-sided contest by the score of S to 1. The Postoffice men could not solve the curves of Pitcher Pettibone. The Pennsy got off to a flying start. scoring two runs in the lirst round, and continued to score in every round of the game, but one, their rally coming the fourth when they scored four runs. Pettibone on the hill for the Railroaders, had command of the situation at all times allowing only two hits and fanning fcix batters to face him. While the Pennsy knocked Burley all over the lot and ran wild on the bases. Berg was the heavy hitter of the game collecting three hits out of three times at bat, including a double. Tuesday afternoon the Himes Dairy and the Bankers will play off their first game of the season which was postponed because of rain. From all indications the Bankers are in for a beating, as the Himes crew have been stepping off at a lively pace. Nicodemus, on the mound for the Dairymen, is one of the best hurlers in the league and the Bankers are not very strong in the hitting department of the game. The Score. Postoffice 100 001 2 2 Pennsy 211 40 S 9 1 Barley. Miller and Kluesner Pettibone and Nick. MATCH ZBYSZKO (By Assoi-lated Press) COLUMBUS. O.. May 10. Stanis lau3 ZbyKzko, world's champion heavy weight wrestler,' has been matched with George Kotsonaros. local Greek j ov WarinacrioT nifflit it v an-! nounced today. MATCH KID WILLIAMS (n;' V""'"i!ted 1Pr-J-PITTSBURGH. May l0.-"Kid" Wit Hams, former bantamweight cham I pion, has been matched to meet Patsyi Scanlon, Pittsburgh, in a ten-round bout here May 20. PURCHASE SOUTHPAW. (By Associated Press) KANSAS CITY. Mo., May 10 The local club of the American association announced today the purchase of Oscar Fuhr, left-handed pitcher, for the Chicago Nationals. , SIGNS BASEBALL BILL. SACRAMENTO. Calif., May 10. A bill niaking bribery of baseball players or umpires or the acceptance of bribes a felony was signed by Governor Stephens yesterday. Indiana Brevities LOGANSPORT'-Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Beck, of this city, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Monday. Beck is a printer by trade and toid his visitors how he put in type and printed his own wedding announcement half a century ago. Beck is 77 years old and his wife is 74. Both are in eood health. NOBLESVILLE County Treasurer Llal 3 Constipation Forever Prompt Permanent Belief CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS never faiL Purely vegetable act surely but S IS"" CARTER'S scop aiter the complexion brighten the eyes. Saudi ra SnaHDoK SmDPrlct Bicycle Tires At Reasonable Prices MEYER eV KEMPER

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Finley sold two 6ets of gravel road bonds aggrgating $35,600 Monday to the Citizens State bank of this city at par and accrued interest. There were no other bidders. One" issue for $24,000 will be used for the construction of a trunk line opening on the Indianapolis pike, four miles south of Noblesville, and the other issue for $11,000 is for building the Brown high way near CarmeJ.

Circuit Court Florence Ray was granted a divorce from Herbert Ray, in Wayne circuit court, Tuesday morning, by Judge W. A. Bond. Cruel and in-human treatment, abandonment and failure to provide, were charged in the complaint. Horace E. Boyer filed a complaint for a divorce from Forrest D. Boyer in Wayne circuit court, Tuesday morning. Cruel and inhuman treatment was charged in the complaint. Charles Showalter appeared in Wayne circuit court Tuesday morning to answer to charges of non-support of his wife. He was ordered to pay $6 a week by Judge Bond, and stated that he would try to comply with this order. 0,see little Olga! What does she bring on her tray? Man, tit down! It's a bottle o' Buck cool as m moon tain brooVparkKna; aa the auaahine, color of an autumn day and O! that beer-y, cheery, nippy flavor. Keep Back oa ice and have a happy home! Kitiaaml Bcverac Co., Ckicago -the beery bevem&e' FOREST MONGER 519 North D St. Phonea: Residence 2608, Office 252? Try BUCK Root Beer Tailor & Cleaner For Men Who Care We Call and Deliver C. Carl Young 8 No. 10th Phone 1451 Bicycles ELMER S. SMITH The Wheel Man 426 Main St. Phoe 1R06

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SEN.SPEMCER REVIVES FIGHT WITH WILSON OVER PEACE ADDRESS (Br Aaaoelated Prensl WASHINGTON", May 10. Senator Spencer, Republican, Missouri, revived Monday in an address to the penal e the controversy he had with President Wilson last October during the presidential campaign over what Mr: Wilson said at a plenary session of the peace conference on May 31. J919. The controversy revolved around an alleged declaration by Mr. Wilson that if the territorial integritory of Roumunia and Serbia should be threatened. American forces would be sent overseas to assist them. -' Recalling that Mr. Wilson denied having made such a statement anc also he said he did not have a transcript of his remarks. Senator Spencer, presented the full text of Mr. Wil son's address which he obtained last month from the state department, and which Secretary Hughes wrote him had been received at the department from Paris in July, 1919. From this text. Senator Spencer read the following quotation: "We must not close our eyes to the fact that in the last analysis the miliiary and naval strength of the great powers will be the final guarantee of the peace of the world there underlies all of the transactions, the expectation on the part, for example of Romania and Czecho Slovakia and of Serbia, that if any covenants' "f thi ; settlement are not observed, th United States will send her armies and her navies to see that they are observed. Senator Spencer said he would make no comment on what this record showed, adding that it spoke for itself with convincing force. PRINCETON HONORS EINSTEIN. PRINCETON, N. J.. May 10. Dr. Albert Einstein, originator of the theory of relativity, received the degree of doctor of science at Princeton universitv Monday. Here Is Good News A western physician has discovered a harmless Pile remedy known as Hem-Roid. In many cases of years' standing all distress quickly disappeared. Quigley's Drug Store sells it with money-back guarantee. Advertisement. Altering, Repairing, Retrain Carry and Save Plan JOE MILLER, Prop. Main St Second Floor Preparedness is good stuff for the fellow who wants battery results. Willard Service helps a lot. KRAMER-EDIE BATTERY CO. 1105 Main Phone 2826 c i-i ii-ii-ir-ir-ii-ii--innr.nn.ri-nri FOR SALE Hupmobile Sedan -Passenger, Fine Condition The McConaha Company Phone 1079 Harley-Davidson Motorcycles EARL J. WRIGHT 31 S. Fifth St. New Chevrolet Prices Effective May 7, 1921 Touring 645 Roadster 635 Sedan 1195 Coupe 1133 Light Delivery Wagon 645 Prices F. O. B. Flint, Mich. E. W. Steinhart Company 10th and Sailor Sts. Phone 2955 VULCANIZING Your old tires made almost as good as new by our careful vulcanizing-. We guarantee our work to satisfy you in every way. H. E. Willi ts 17 S Ninth Sjt. (Successor to el E. Stenecipher)