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EfSPOKISS
Ross Leading A. A. U.
Faddler During 1919;
Broke Five Records
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Total of 41 Marks Established
in Various Branches of
Amateur Sport.
Twelve track and field —eight running,
three walking, and one pole vault—rec
ord# that were broken last year, were
accepted officially at the recent annual
meeting of the National Amateur Ath
letic Union. Vj
Seventeen swimming marks, ten set by
women competitors and seven by men,
Including five by the remarkable Norman
Ross. also will bo placed on the books.
Besides the twenty-nine records the A.
A- U. officials recognize as noteworthy
SjHWormances three track and field feats
and thirty-five swimming performances,
by women and twenty by men,
fcf which number Ross is responsible sos
fifteen and Perry McGlllivray four.
Balancing the new marks the record
committee erased from the books forty
eight feats, Including seven running,
twenty-four walking, five hurdle rac.ng,
nine weight throwing, and three swim
ming, that heretofore have been chron
icled as noteworthy performances. These
were discarded because they are not at
standard distances or weights.
Whisker Hold Decides
Russian Mat Encounter;
Safety Razor to Victor
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Two Russians
suspected of bolshevist sympathies
wrestled for one hour at a mammoth
boxing and wrestling carnival for Amer
ican doughboys in Russia In a field near
Vladivostok under Knights of Columbus
auspices, according to a letter received at
K. C. headquarters today.
Interest of the spectators was begin
ning to pall over the long drawn out
contest, when one of the Russians entan
gled his fingers in the bushy whiskers
of his antagonist, gave a husky yank, and
soon had him on his back.
But the joke was not altogether against
the vanquished, for to the victor was giv
en a prize which he would have a sacri
fice his flowing beard to use—a safety
razor.
Bezdek Says He ! s Still
in the National Game
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Hugo Bezdek,
Brmer manager of the Pittsburg Pirates
Hid coach of the Penn State football
today denied a report that he “is
through with professional baseball for
all time.”
“My career in professional ball Is fin
ished as far as the Pirates are con
cerned,” said Bezdek, “and it remains
to be seen whether or not I have a fu
ture In the game.”
Bezdek denied he has been offered the
managership of the St Louis Cardinals.
Vancouver Is Seeking
Salt Lake City Franchise
VANCOUVER. B. C., Jan. 2.—Robert
Brown, president of the Vancouver base
ball club, continuing his efforts to ob.
tain a berth for this' city In the Pacific
Coast baseball league, has telegraphed
a tentative offer for the Salt Lake fran
chise. Brown wants the Salt Lake own
ers. if they do not want to sell, at least
to let Vancouver be the home city of the
Salt Lake club for five weeks in 1920.
Quincy After Berth
QUINCY, Til., Jan. 2.—Representatives
of tha.l.ltma Rotary clubs and the
chamber of commerce formulated .plans
lust night which will bring Quincy back
into the Three-I league in 1920. Com
mittees were named to solicit SIO,OOO as
iifstarter for preliminary expenses and
preparations were formulated for the
organization of a fans’ association, which
will handle the affairs of the team.
BOWLING
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Changes In the standing of the Nor
dyke & Marmon Inter-department league
are due tonight when the eight crews
take the floor at the Capitol alley-. Capt.
Schott is expected to lead his Inspectors
to a victory over the Connecting Rods,
pace setters. Schott’s team hus been
climbing right along and will be a hard
one to beat.
Another hot contest Is on the card
when the Toolroom hooks tip with the
Cutters. These two clubs are strong ri
vals and are bunched In the loop stand
ing. _
The Marmon 34s of ’the Commercial
league will be favorites to annex the
local motor car championship from the
National Autos Sunday at the Central.
The former squad copped the first series
last week, coming out 117 pins to the
good.
A large crowd is expected to witness
the Scrap between tho. leaders of the
Commercial and Manufacturers Quite a
“stake” is up for the winning crew.
SPORT TIP BITS
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FROM THE PARSON’S PEN.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Parson Davies,
who saw more champs In his day than
aay other man In America, gave out an
interview one day In which he spoke of
all the flghterj of today. We found the
interview in an old scrap hook. It Is
quite interesting, and we print a part
of it below:
“It was ju6t after daylight when Sully
and Kilrain entered the ring, and they
were fighting until after dinner. In that
time the seconds, with the burning sun
shining down on them, had as tough a
time as the principals. You know that.
were worn out picking the men up
or*<sragging them to their corners, things
allowed under the old London rules.”
“Long before the tight ended you
looked all worn out," I btoke in.
“And wasn’t I though,” said the Par
son. “But that -wasn’t all. Long before
the seventy-fifth and last round the bad
blood began to develop. The seconds of
both were sore and disgusted. Two or
three times the gunmen threatened a
display, and it needed a cool head like
Donovan's to wind it up. *
"If ne hadn’t thrown up the sponge
when he did there would have been
murder. I am sure of that.
“I managed both Sully and Kilrain
when they were at their best.” said the
parson. “A great fighter was John L.,
the greatest, perhaps. But Peter Jack
son was great, too —the greatest fighter
of them when it came to deporting him
self as a gentleman—a black Chesterfield,
truly.
“Jack Johnson? A great fighter, too,
but not so great as Jackson, and far in
ferior fcoPeter In sound sense and gen
eralqVJb
A great big boy, I think,
the new Jack Dempsey?
Ti'tmm aEf ne he is the dead spit of Patsy
jW’Tf he is, he will make his mark
fight world.
Ipjjffulton? I have never seen him box,
\|Bjhey tell me he is another Kid Mc
he is, with his weight, height.
he should be able to whip
living. The Kid was the groat- ,
■nter of Ms kWjos I ever knew."
O.tXBUSHER
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They can talk abont their Ty Cobbs,
but they alnt seen Jeremiah Bodkins,
b’gosh. When I get up tiiar In them big
leagues next spring, I’le show ’em what
a real ballplayer looks like. Why only
last summer I stole twenty-one bases in
a game with Sleepy Hollow, and your
dinged Ty Cobb did no better.
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TECH READY
FOR TWO GAMES
The Tech basketball team will take
the floor against Mooresville tonight at
Mooresville in a game marked by the
intense rivalry between the two schools.
It was Mooresville, it will be remembered,
who upset the dope completely In the
sectional tourney at Martinsville two
years ago by eliminating the strong Tech
squad In their first game when the East
Eide aggregation was doped to carry off
honors In that section. Since that time
Technical followers have been relentless
In their demands for revenge against this
little school and every meeting between
the two teams is hailed with enthusiasm
by the student bodies of both institu
tions.
The dope is all in favor of the locals
tonight as Coach Black's men have im
proved 100 per cent in the last two years.
Mooresville, on the other hand, appears
to be woefully weak this year as they
have been serving as door mat to the
many strong teams of southern Indiana
that are running wild this season.
Arrangements for handling what Is ex
pected to be the biggest crowd that has
attended a high school basketball game
this season are being made at the Y. M.
C. A. In preparation for the big double
header tomorrow night between Manual
and Pendleton and Kokomo and Tech.
Manual’s sensational win over Hunting
ton has caused Red and White followers
to perk up and the game tomorrow
night is expected to be the signal for a
general outpouring of Red and White
fans. It is probable that the same com
bination that turned back Huntington
will be used by Coach Morrison. This
consists of Strain and Harmeson at for
wards, Bushell at center and Wertz and
Sommers guards. Manual and Pendleton
will take the floor at 7:30, while Tech and
Kokomo are booked to clash an hour
later.
Although the Kokomo game Is not re
garded lightly by Tech followers it Is
toward the game with Franklin Jan. 9
that Coach Black Has his men pointed.
This is without doubt the feature con
test of the year for the east side "School
and the fact that Martinsville upset the
dope Christmas eve and defeated the
Johnson county aggregation by a stx
point margin has filled ■ the locals with
hew hope.
Move to Make Sport
Compulsory in Schools
NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Steps to obtain
enactment of national and state laws re
quiring compulsory athletic training for
high school students win be taken by
the Athletic Research society of Amer
ica, it .became known Thursday. The so
ciety. which concluded its annual meet
ing here yesterday, named the following
committee to frame the proposed legisla
tion.
Dr. J. H. McCurdy, Springfield, Mass.,
Y. M. C. A. college; Dr. J. E. Raymond.
Princeton and Dr. Dudley B. Reed of
the University of Chicago.
The society also plans to wage a cam
paign in favor of requiring physical edu
cation for entrance into and graduation
from college.
WICKERT DRIVES WINNER.
PINEfHURST, N. C„ Jan. 2;—Summer'
weather and an exceptionally good pro
gram attracted the greatest crowd of the
season to the Plnehurst Jockey club New
Year race meeting Thursday. Joe Ham
ilton, a fast bay gelding entered and
driven by Ed Wlckert of Indianapolis,
had things all his own way In the mile
pacing event and won both heats with a
respectable margin to spare. The mile
steeplechase was won in a great finish by
Robert Taylor’s jumper. Algardl, ridden
by Call.
SOUNDS LIKE RAZ. EH?
Say, Tad, if you list December’s big
bouts why not continue and have your
statistician list the fights that occurred
when the moon was full? Equally In
teresting would be a list of the fights
fought at a temperature of 110 degrees
Fahrenheit. And, ,too, those not fought
at a temperature of 110 degrees. And
then you might regale your readers with
a list of the fights at high tide and
those at low tide. These may seen ir
relevant facts, but possibly such data
when assembled would throw light on
the influence of time, tide and tempera
ture on the condition of those experts
of the baby mattress. If you choose
to be merely facetioius, you might list
those fighters who brandished gold ’n
cisors, those whose grandmothers had
quinsy, those who would have had
housemaid’s knee had they been maids.
Anyway, as the saying goes, you inform
them, I am embarrassed by vain repe
tition. As ever thine,
DAN BATCH.
“GRATE” FIGHTERS.
“Deacon" Jones—alias the “Black An
gel”—featherweight, height four feet ten
inches—hit hard enough to cause the
.San Francisco fire and earthquake.
Reference—“ Tad’s" droll tales.
The “Deacon" fought many fights,
some of them with bare knuckles. The
largest purse ever received was not oyer
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Mike Brennan-—the “Port Costa Giant"
height about six feet one inch, weight
about 225 pounds—was considered a pos
sible opponent of John L. Sullivan. In
any event, he was getting a great deal
of publicity.
One day in the office of W. W. Hart
“Young Mitchel's” brother-in-law, the
“Deacon,” sizing up the “Giant," turned
to Joe Soto and remarked: “If dey
give me a I. X. L. shirt an’ a ‘Mussdorf’
hat, ah’li fight Brennan, de conditions
bein' clathve fight baro knuckles an’ he
doan ki-li mo in de shins er stan' on
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Local Publication
Horse Lovers Big Treats
in Holiday Publication
By LESTER C. NAOLEY.
The Christmas edition of the Horse
man, one of the foremost national maga
zines devoted to horses and horse lovers,
published in Indianapolis by the West
ern Horseman Company, is one of the
most attractive numbers ever issued.
Few horse magazines have such *a
widely distributed following as the
Horseman, and Indianapolis is fortunate
in having such a publication. The
Christmas number contains a score or
more of snappy, up-to-date, progressive
feature articles, well illustrated. In
cluded in the special features Is an ar
ticle entitled “Royalty Meets Royalty,"
discussing Albert, king of Belgium, who
recently visited America and was the
guest of C. K. G. Billings In Santa Bar
bara, Cal. King Albert rode Uhlan, Bel
gian sired kmg of trotting champions.
Another article tells “Where #santa
An event that’s electrified all Indianapolis—our
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INDIANA DAILY TIMES, FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1920.
Geti his Racers,” covering the Alaskan
reindeer breeding business.
Tom Gahagnn, an Indianapolis brother
of the editors of the Horseman, a
prominent race horse authority, has con
tributed the best work of his pen In
“Pop,” a tribute to “Pop’’ Geers, the
veteran race driver.
Many of the prominent race stables
and breeding farms are “covered” in
splendid fashion in the Christmas num
ber, including a general discussion of
"Indianapolis—Trainers’ Home,” boost
ing the local field of "horse fans.”
All 1920 records and recapitulated race
results are given In the December num
ber, and “spicy” and “newsy” horse
items make the number especially attrac
tive.
COLORED “Y” BEATS DETROIT.
The colored "Y” basketball team de
feated the Detroit Wolverines in a game
here last night by a score of 33 to 18.
Although the contest was of a fast order,
rough J>lay marred the contest at times.
Capt. Hazard led the loeal five in scor
ing while Bybee and Bryant also dis
played some fast work for the Indian
apolis quintet. Capt. Wheeler was the
star for the Detroit squad. The score at
half time was 18 to 5.
Fish and Game Bodies
and Farmers Urged to
Aid in Saving Birds
The urgent need of co-operation on
the part of the Indiana farmers and
Sportsmen in saving the bird and game
life of the state from death by starva
tion, cold and the many other hazards
that arise to choke out the lives of the
little fellows during the winter months
Is the subject of the letter that has
been sent to the officers, members and
friends of county fish, game and bird
protective associations, by George N.
Mansfield, superintendent of the fish anu
game department of the state depart
ment of conservation.
Mr. Mansfield asserts the importance
of doing something to help birds and
fame through the winter mouths has
een overlooked in the past and he re
quests that the sportsmen of the state
take the matter up among themselves
and do everything In their power to
save the lives of their feathered friends.
Co-operation with the farmer is the
beet plan that, has been introduced to
date. If the members of the fish and
game associations in Indiana would ar
range with the farmers to send feed
that they could scatter to the helpless
creatures when heavy snows make it
impossible for them to shift for them
selves and place shelter houses in trees
on their farms thousands of birds could
be saved each year ana the breeding
expense the state stands would be cut
considerably.
Ski Championships.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2. —The date of the
national ski jumping championship has
been announced by Secretary Eugene
Peterson of the National Ski association.
The event will take place at Chippewa
Falls, Wls., Jan. 26, under the auspices
of the North Star Ski dub.
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Connie Releases Vets,
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Connie Mack isn’t leaving muqh of the
old blood to mingle with thj new on the
1920 Athletic squad. Along with the
signing of two or three dozen recruits
Connie has released Terrv Turner, vet
eral inflelder, outright. He has also re
leased Paddy Livingston and Paddy will
coach the Boston Red Sox hurlers.
But Connie will go way back and
bring into the fold again a member of
the famous team of 1913. He has signed
Danny Murphy, former captain of the
Athletics, as one of the 1920 conches, and
Harry Davis, Connie's first lieutenant,
will be with him again.
Despite the talk to tho contrary. Tom
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PRETTY SOFT FOR PURDUE.
NEWCASTLE. Ind.. Jan. 2.—Coachr
Ward Lambert and his Purdue basket
quintet are having a great time on their
barnstorming trip. They visited this
city last night and easily defeated the
crack local team, 51 to 16. The univer
sity players took the lead after seconds
of plav and it was mere child’s play for
them to stav In front. Tllson, with
seven field goals to his credit, was the
star of the game. Tonight the Purdue
men meet the Chamber of Commerce
team of Kokomo.
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