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BOWLING
MAT INTEREST
PICKS UP IN
TITLE MATCH
Wrestling Fans Turn Atten
tion to Caddock-Stecher
Bout Jan. 30.
CHALLENGER CONFIDENT
By JACK VEIOCK,
Internatioanl Nows Sporting 1 Editor.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.— There's going
to be a titanic struggle at Madison
Square garden Jan. 30 when Earl Cad
dock and Joe Steelier meet for the
world’s heavyweight wrestling champion
ship. Caddoek, the recognized champion,
and Stecher, his most formidable rival,
are not fond of each other. Fact is
there's a feud on between them.
While Caddoek was in France word
was passed around that he had retired
Hearing this report Stecher laid claim
to the heavyweight title and proceeded
to advertise hiHlself as champion. Cad
dock returned to find Stec-ber wearing
bis shoes, figuratively speaking, and he
was much peeved.
fiJB.OOO GOES
TO WINNER.
This situation made the matching of
these two grapplers a bigger plum than
ever, and promoters all over the country
went after the match. It remained for
Jack Curley to land the big plum, how
ever, and when the lowa gladiator meete
the Nebraska farmer boy Jan. 30 it will
be for the biggest purse that was ever
hung up In the east—s4o,oo4 with $23,000
for the winner. The match is the wres
tling event of the year. It will attract
many mat fans to Gotham from widely
scattered points.
Caddoek and his rival have met be
fore. In 1917 they grappled at Omaha,
Neb., the match to be decided by the
best two ent of three falls. Stecher
took the first fall from the lowan after
one hour and 22 minutes of struggling.
Caddoek came back and took the second
fall in one hour and 40 minutes. Then,
when the referee called the gladiators
to the third fall Stecher failed to show
up and the match was awarded to the
lowan, who promptly claimed the heavy
weight championship and was generally
acknowledged as the rightful champion.
Cnddoek has since defeated both W! dek
Zbyszko and Strangler Lewis, who with
himself and Stecher make up the “big
so nr* who dominate the heavyweight
wrestling.
STECHER TO BE
HEAVILY BACKED.
Despite the decision Caddoek holds
over Stecher as a result of the Omaha
match the admirers of the Nebraska
boy are far from satisfied that Cad
dock is the better man. They are go
ing to back Stecher to beat the lowan
when they get together here for their
finish match. Stecher is confident, too.
He is so confident that he would gladly
agree to wrestle Caddoek, winner take
all.
In size and weight these two big grnp
plers are about evenly matched. Stecher
having a slight advantage. Jack Curley
says Caddoek will weight about 192
pounds in condition, while Stecher will
tip the beam at about 196 when fully
trained for the match. Stecher will de
pend on his deadly body scissors to de
feat the lowan. That scissors has ac
counted for victories scored by the Ne
braska boy over both Lewis and Zybszko,
and once It/Is securely clamped on an
opponent there is little left but the
shouting.
Caddoek has no particular hold that
he calls his best. He is known as the
“wrestler with a thousand holds,’’’ and
he is just about as versatile as that
title would impiy. Os the two, Caddoek
is the faster, where Stecher is more in
clined to be methodical. Regardless who
wins this match, one thing will be satis
factorily settled, and that is the world's
championship. Once that is settled let
foreign countries send on their best to
attempt to lift the title which rightfully
belongs to America. -
BOXING
WXLDB-SHABKEY LONDON BOUT.
MILWAUKEE, Wls., Jan. 24.—Ar
rangements have practically been closed
for a return boxing match between
Jimmy Wilde, flyweight champion of
England, and Jack Sharkey, New York
bantam, the affair to take place In Lon
don probably in May, Dave Hughes,
backer of Wilde, announced today. Shar
key was given a newspaper decision over
Wilde in their recent meeting In Mil
waukee.
BRENNAN AND WOLGAST DRAW.
BAY CITY, Mich., Jan. 24.—Frankie
Brennan of Detroit, s’ate middleweight
champion, and Johnnie Wolgast of Cad
illac fought a ten-round draw here last
night.
JACK. KETCHELL WINS.
BROCKTON, Mass., Jan. 24.—Cyclone
Jack Ketchell, Seattle, was given the de
cision over Chick West of Holyoke after
tyrelve rounds of fast milling here last
night.
JAMIESON BEATS MAGIRL.
MILWAUKEE, Jan. 24.—Ted Jamieson,
former light heavy scrapper In the A. E.
F., shaded Art Maglrl here Friday night
In ten rounds of fast slugging. Jamieson
showed less class in his bout than he
did a week ago against Bob Moha. '
WOLFE SHADES BI RMAN.
BUFFALO, Tan. 24.—Kid Wolfe, Cleve
land bantamweight, shaded Joe Burman,
Chicago, here last night in a ten-round
bout.
SAN DOW HAD MARGIN.
HAMILTON, Ontario, Jan. 24.—Sammy
Sandow, Cincinnati, had a good margin
over Johnny Russell, New York. In their
ten-round bout here last night.
Southport Breaks Even
SOUTHPORT, Ind., Jan. 24.—The Tech
nical high school seconds of Indianapolis
defeated the local five here last night in
a fast game, 21 to 18. The game was a
thriller from rhe start. Coach Black of
the Indianapolis team did not have nil
his regulars present because he was sav
ing them to use in the four-cornered
* tourney at Brownsburg. The Cumberland
high school team, which also met the
Southport team, left the floor at the
end of the first half when the score was
standing 2 to 0 with the locals.leading.
The local high school girl team lost a
thriller to the alumni girls. 3 to 2.
lowa Star Ineligible
lOWA CITY, la., Jan. 24.—The Hawk
eye basketball team was weakened to
day when the athletic board put a ban
on E. E. Worth of Sioux City, the lowa
center, who has been a recent factor
of Importance in defeating the Purple
and Badgers. Worth must secure higher
standing in the classrooms to be de
clared eligible.
WEST NEWTON TEAMS BUSY.
The Morristown High school five de
feated the West Newton team last night,
20 to 17, the latter squad finding the
Morristown floor a handicap to work on.
The game was fast, with Davis doing
valiant- work for the losers.
The West Newton 150-pound team,
which has been showing good form in
independent ranks, desires games. Call
Prospect 1425 and ask l’or Keeler.
STEERS OREGON CAPTAIN.
EUGENE, Ore., Jan. 24.—‘ Bill” Steers,
star quarterback of the 1910 University
of Oregon team, has been elected acp
taln of the 1020 team.
BEAT COLUMBUS COMMERCIALS.
COLUMBUS. Ind.. Jan. 24.—The South
port Independents defeated the Columbus
Commercials here last night, 22 to 16.
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And just to think, if Dempsey had
Joined even as much as the second army
of the Potomac nothing would have been
said.
If Carpentier and Dempsey meet in
the proposed title bout how about Jess
Willard and Joe Beckett for the curtain
raiser?
Wbat will happen if Dempsey is elimi
nated in prize ring circles because of
his lack of war record, someone asks.
It’s painful to give the reply, but at
this stage it can be said that the fans
probably will have to stand for Fred
Fulton as the champion.
So get ready for an increase in the
price of cheese.
If Babe Ruth slumps in Bis batting
next season no one can place any blame
on Manager Huggins of the Yankees.
Miller has taken time by the forelock
and announced that he’ll not make any
move toward advising the big fellow
liow to swing on the ball.
Yale wants to be certain of breaking
back into the win ranks. The Bulldog
track team is going to meet the British
ers in the spring.
• •
Two hundred Nebraska wrestling fans
will journey to New York to witness
the Caddock-Steeher match. No doubt
the Gotham crooks will be at the sta
tion to introduce the westerners to the
art of frisking
Bobby Jones, kid golfer, wants to
visit England to show his skill, but
dad won’t let him. Bobby may be a
champion golfer, but Papa Jones is still
boss around home.
0
It takes more than city pride to en
able a citizen to stand up for Indian
apolis these days.
Bill Byron, the singing umpire, Is
going to make his side line the main
line. Bill is a steamfltter and has been
collecting quite a liberal number of
smackers in the winter time. In fact.
Bill makes so much money at plumbing
that he can't afford to play baseball.
Funny, they call Bill a robber, thief,
highwayman, yegg and everything else,
but no one ever thought to call him a
lead pipe worker.
“Gentlemanly’’ battles with the .um
pires will be permitted in the American
association this season. That’s the trou
ble with the system of umpire baiting
In the past—who can be trusted to exer
cise the proper judgment in drawing the
line between “gentlemanly" and "ungen
tlemanly’’ arguments? After a batter
has just been called out. on strikes, with
three balls to his credit, can he argue
with the umpire without malice in his
soul? Can a golfer sing “Good Morning,
Merry Sunshine,” after missing a two
foot putt in the deciding hole of a con
test? Free speech is fine business if
the speaker isn't too free.
Wonder if Jimmy Wilde really wants
to meet Pal Moore again? Moore and
Wilde met twice in London. The scraps
were, lively with a wide difference of
opinion as to which one of the uildgdets
was the better boxer. Pomimch Tor
torlch offers the Briton $15,000 to box
Mocre in New Orleans. Tommy Walsh,
one of Moore's business handlers, wires
he has personally guaranteed Wilde $lO,-
000 if he will consent to a match. And
Wilde apparently is deal. Wilde can’t
gracefully sidestep a meeting with Moore
over here. The fans want the match. He
owes it to Moore, who met him twice in
London. And the purse is a generous
one. There is no excuse for his refusal.
Joe Birmingham came very near pilot
ing Cleveland to a pennant in the ante
bellum days. Joe was a real manager
when it came to putting the punch into
the diamond battle, but, perhaps he was
too young then for the job, for there
arose bad feeling on the team and it be
came a “house divided.” Joe dre*r the
can. A few years passed along and Joe
comes back strong as manager of the
championship Pittsfield team of the
Eastern league. It was a remarkable
team from all angles, but particularly
was it strong in putting over the big
punch. Joe taught his boys how to
score runs and they scored ’em. CMlelal
figures show Pittsfield scored five runs to
the game. Pittsfield didn’t lead in any-
Former Mrs. Dempsey
Says She Financed Jack
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 24. —According
to a letter received from the divorced
wife of Heavyweight Champion Jack
Dempsey, the latter dodged the draft by
claiming that he supported her. It was
mailed from Wells, Nev., her home.
Mrs. Dempsey declares that instead of
being supported by Jack she herself was
taking financial care of the champion.
She adds that her husband never worked
in any shipyard, but had his picture
taken at one in Philadelphia.
Her statements, she claims, are cor
roborated by letters in Dempsey's own
handwriting, telling how he and his
manager. Jack Kearns, deceived the draft
boards and gained a rating of Class 4A.
“Y” Grappler Seeks Bout
With Canoe Club Star
TOM TALON 18.
The Y. M. C. A.'s wrestling star, Tom
Yalonis, has issued a challenge! to Bane
of the Indianapolis Athletic a£d Canoe
dub for a match two out of .three falls.
Valonis has been showing / consistent
form and believed he the neces
sary skill to put over a vfttory on the
crack Canoe dub wrostlin J captain.
BASKET BALL
thing else, excepting in the percentage
of games won. But as long as Birmy’s
boys Can score five runs to the game
there is not likely to appear any teaifi to
beat ’em out. Joe developed a mighty
good pitcher, too, in Garry Fortune.
Pittsfield likes Birmy and Birmy 1L es
Pittsfield, but if be duplicates that per
formance another year we're likely to
see him back in the majors.
HELPED TRAIN FRENCHMAN.
When baseballers get together there is
always a good story or two In each one’s
system. Charley Hitte, former trainer of
the Cleveland Indians, recently returned
from war service. Charley has spent most
of his life in some army or navy. He
was too old—he would not say how old—
to get into the uniform of Uncle Sam,
but he crossed into Canada and got by.
He feels satisfied that he accounted for
a few Germans, thus besides serving hh
country, avenging the death of his own
son, who was killed in action. Charley
says he did considerable boxing during
the war and that he whipped the best
heavyweights in the Canadian forces.
(And Charley must be in the fifties.) Dis
cussing Carpentier he ventured the opin
ion that Georges would give a mighty
good account of himself. Charley once
ad a gymnasium in France and he says
he helped to tutor the European cham
pion. Charley at one time was Col.
Roosevelt’s boxing instructor.
Purdue Delivers in
Pinch and Defeats
Rival Indiana Five
Lambert's Basketeers Win, 17
to 9, Before Big Crowd
at Bloomington.
MUCH SPEED DISPLAYED
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Jan. 24.~Pur
due university has the jump on Indiana
In the renewal of athletic relations be
tween the two state rivals as a result of
the basketball game here last night In
which the Boilermakers finished vic
! torious, 17 to 9. Coach Lambert’s men
| displayed wonderful passing and team
work and their accurate handling of the
i ball enabled them to get a lead that
I the Crimson could not overcome. At least
4,000 fans were jammed in the building
jto witness the struggle and every fan
got a thrill of some sort even if the
: locals did lose. The spirit of rivalry
I was keen but splendid, and every one
went away happy over the successful
manner in which the two schools re
sumed their athletic battle after a lapse
of years. •
j Indiana was somewhat weak on Its
| attack while the Purdue men were strong
1 In this department and swept down the
! floor for the needed points. The Purdue
guards worried the I. \V. basket shoot
ers to such an extent that the Crimson'
athletes lost their accuracy. Church was
the speed demon of the vlserors and the
manner in which he got over the floor
was marvelous. White starred for the
Boilermakers in the second period by
scoring four times after the Indiana
guards had smothered other Lafayette
shooters.
The first half was only 8 to 7 Purdue,
hut the battle was terrifie. because Pur
due scored its eight points before In
diana got started. Then when *he Crim
son braced and came within one point
of tying the cheering of the Indiana
rooters was deafening. However, It was
only a short time after the opening of
tire second half until Purdue boosted its
total and kept on boosting it while the
Crimson was not allowed a field goal.
Outstanding star* were Church. \\ hire
j and Miller for Purdue and Dean and
Byrum for Indiana.
Preceding the game, Indiana's football
players, who participated in the Syracuse
triumph last season, were presented with
| sweaters and gold footballs. Previous to
this Maj. O’Brien, commandant at the
| Indiana military post, made a brief speech
J of welcome to Purdue and lauded the re
; sumption of athletic relations between the
i two state institutions,
i Lineu pand summary of the game:
Indiana (9). Purdue (17).
Jeffries Forward Tiison
Schuler Forward White
Dean Center Campbll
Phillips Guard Church
fcyrum Guard Miller
Field goals—Dean 1, Schuler 1, (’amp
bell 3, White 3, Tiison 1. Fonl throws •
Dean 5, missed 2: White 3, missed 2.
Referee—Young UlMnol* Wesleyan). Um
pire— Reynolds (Chicago). Time of halves
—2O minutes. Substitutes—Wakefield for
Jeffries, Dobbins for Phillips, Coffing for
Campbelll.
DENTALS FALTER
SECOND HALF
FRANKLIN, Ind., Jan. 24.—The
Indiana Dental athletes gave Franklin
a scare in the first half of the basketball
game played here last night but the
i Tooth Pullers could not keep up the
pace and Franklin won. 40 to 16. Frank
lin got the first goal on a ahot by Pike.
Then McPherson tied the count and a
minute later gave the visitors the lead
on a foul goal. For the first fifteen
minutes the Dentals held the lead and
the Baptists seemed unable to break
through the defense of McCarthy and
Witter. Then Pike and Hatton found
the baskets and the half ended with the
score Franklin 16, Dentals 12. The first
ihn f was a splendid exhibition of
j bz aketball.
The Tooth Pullers did not seem to be
i the same team when they started the
second half. Their passing and goal
shooting, instead of being first class as
it was in the opening period, seemed
to have been lost. Franklin penetrated
the Dentals’ defense and bombarded the
goal. Reeve, who was the star of the
Dental team, was injured when he ran
into the hleachers In the first half and
W'hite was used In his place. The Dentals
missed Reeve’s basket shooting. Pike
and Hatton were the stars of the E’rank
lln team.
RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 24.—Earlham’s
basketball team disposed of Butler in
an I. C. A. L. encounter on the Richmond
coliseum floor 37 to 22 last night. The
Quakers jumped into an early lead be
fore the Butlerites were able to collect
themselves. At no time during the en
counter did Butler have the Quakers
worried. However, in the last half But
ler came back stronfi and scored fifteen
points to the Richmond team's fourteen.
Short and Hall divided the scoring
honors of the evening, scoring fourteen
points each for the respective teams, the
Butler man being the only member of
his quintet able to connect with the loop
with any regularity. Carey, the lanky
center of the Quakers, played a whirl
wind game and chalked up eight points
before he retired.
Every man on the Earlbam squad got
into the game before the final whistle.
Butler sent in Daniels for Rosenthiel
during the last half and this change
seemed to make a decided Improvement
In its playing.
Tourney Leaders
Doubles.
Tucker-Ra-smussen ’• 1,221
Joseph-MoCarty 1,130
O.uinn-Dugan 1,179
Comstock-Bryson 1,160
Fox-Schraid 1,156
iKruder-Solteu 1.154
Haokerd-Hackerd 1,145
Hchott-Hornbcrger 1,139
McElwoine-Ugelman 1,130
Fox-Peters 1,119
Singles.
Liebtag 656
Sourbier 636/
Taffe 624
Joseph 624
E. Irish 616
Hamilton 616
Martin 614
Trotter 612
Harsh man 609
Hargltt 603
INDIANA DAILY TIMES, SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1920.
Rival Gymnasts and
Turner Squads Meet
on Athenaeum Court
Basket Followers Promised
Thriller Tonight on the
Physical Ed Floor.
SOUTH SIDERS ACTIVE
Today the interest of local independent
basketball fans was centered on the
South Side Turner-Physical Ed contest,
scheduled to be played tonight on the
Athenaeum court. The game will start
promptly at 8 o’clock so that there will
be plenty of time left for dancing after
the smoke of battle has cleared away.
The Turners and Physical Eds are the
otnly Independent teams scheduled to
clash here tonight and a record crowd Is
expected to turn out for the contest.
Both teams are in condition to put up
their greatest game.
TURNERS SHARPEN
BASKET EYES.
Capt. Rice called his Turners out last
night for a practice game against a
fast amateur team and, after twenty
minutes of fast going, the squad seemed
as fresh as they were before starting.
Three practice sessions this week have
caused a noticeable Improvement in the
teamwork of the south alders and Hen
nessey and Ricp have been hitting the
rings from the difficult angles of the
floor.
The huskies from the North American
Gymnastic Union, giving the splendid
record of the Turners due consideration,
have also put in several hours of prac
tice since their exhibition game with the
Em-Roes last week, and they believe
they have enough speed to lower the
colors of the Turner outfit Capt. Seel
back, who has' been wearing the Red
and White uniform since 191", will be
relied upon to keep a line on Johnny
Rice and the followers of the Gymnasts,
believe that the former Manual star
will have considerable trouble in scor
ing
The Physical Eds would not announce
their lineup today, but Manager Yol
ratb stated that the Turners would start
with Rice and Hennessey, forwards:
Seidensticker. center, and Secrest and
Grund, guards.
SHOWING CLASS AS STATE SECTIONAL APPROACHES
Left to right—Paul Kinnaman, V. Whelchel, H. Helm, P. Clark, K. Russell, W. Schull, B. Deakyne,
R. Slocum and N. Blue, coach.
One of the fastest basketball teams
in the state, FortviUe high school, com
posed of a husky, scrappy squad of
basket shooters, has entered the state sec
tional tournament, with the determina
tion to play any high school quintet
INMMS
TONIGHT'S SCHEDULE.
Doubles and Singles.
—7:18 P, M.—
J. Hupke and G. Loechle.
E. Sudhrock and H. Bohne.
C. Brandt and W. Hanging.
E. Vahle and J. F. Westmeier.
P. S. Spelcher, singles.
H. Brlnkmeyer and H. Plel.
A. Pie! and H. Fuehrlng.
B. Unlversaw and V. Schneider.
T. E. Berg, singles.
Herb Schmidt and J. Geiger.
—0:16 P. M.—
W. Murray and J. Moore.
G. Mize and F. Blaes.
A. Southard and H. Thatcher.
O. Bush and C. Campfleld.
T. Tlernan and G, Kirkboff.
P. Henry and H. Tegeles.
C. Hebbie and C. Moxley.
J. Speicher and E. Dlstler.
Charlie Liebtag gave ’em the old time
sleep kick last night and got himself
a 656 total In the singies. This gives
him the top position in.the race and Ted
Bourbier, his nearest opponent, is lost
in the fog.
Liebtag was the big, but not the only
starlight of the evening in both the
singles and two-mam The new singles
leader started off with a 225. finished ,
the second game with 194 and had
enough stuff to knock off 237 In the final
game.
Rex Joseph’s hook could not have
worked better If he was leading it with
a chain. He got 624 and went into a
tie with Taffee for the third place.
In the first round Rex captured 244
wooden soldiers and several rounds of
applause.
Everett Irish got 235 In one game and
616 in the three of them. The fifth
position belongs to him at present.
Hargltt posted the tenth place total,
but the world will never know how
near he came to being nosed out by
Soltau, who posted a 237 In his final
effort.
As It was George and John finished the
evening with 603 and 602, respectively.
Johnny Blue had three nice games and
one feature count would have carried |
him far up among the leaders.
Brn.'’r couldn’t do anything but look
puzzled and call the pins bad names.
Broden had double centuries In his
first and second games. His third one
put him in the “also rolled’’ class.
Hornberger got an arm load of misses,
splits and all tboae other little things
that are bound to get aronnd at tourna
ment time, in his first game, and the j
.two big counts he got in the other j
frames didn’t do any good.
McCarty made ’em like it in the first
game, but they made him wish he had
his entry fee back in the second and
third.
Borchert finished Iris first game looking-
Hike the season’s best dope spiller. Hts
CHARLES LOGAN
SPORT
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GARRY'S SUCCESSOR
STILL UNKNOWN
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—N0 agreement
regarding the selection of a man to suc
ceed Garry Herrmann as chairman of
the national commission has been reached
by the major leagues, according to John
A. Heydler of the National league, who
returned to headquarters here today
from the west- Heydler said he be
lieves the chairmanship situation has
been cleared up by Herrmann's resig
nation and that the committee appointed
to choose anew chairman will net In
due time.
MAYS DECISION REVERSED.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—The appellate
division of the supreme court reversed
decision yesterday on an appeal of By-,
ron Bancroft Johnson, president of the
American league, and of the St. Louis
and Cleveland Americans from an in
junction issued by Supreme Court Jus
tice Wagner, which restrains them from
interfering with Carl W. Mays eontiu
!ug as a Yankee pitcher, pending the
final outcome of a suit brought against
them by the New York club.
BRIDWELL AS MANAGER.
ROCKYMOUNT. N. C., Jan. 24.—A1
Bridwell of Portsmouth, 0., has been
signed to manage the local club of the
Virginia league this season, it was an
nounced today. Bridwell, formerly an
infielder on the New York Giants, man
aged the Houston club of the Texas
league last year.
Boys’ Club Wins in
City Basket League
The Boys’ club defeated the Lavite"
Boys’ club, 37 to 7. in the third round of
the City Amateur Basketball league lust
night. Alpert led in scoring for the win
ners with four field goals. The Boys’
club is rapidly rounding into shape for
the 150 pound sectional basketball tour
ney here. Next week the club will play
the Debonairs aud a fast game is ex
pected.
off its feet. Coach Blue Is proud of his
boys. FortviUe always has supported a
good basketball team, aud teams of past
years have trounced many state teams,
including some of the fastest soldier
squads ever developed at Ft. Benjamin
other two attempts didn’t amount to
much, however.
Rex Joseph also looked good In the
doubles, getting 595 pins. McCarty, his
partner, tramped in with 585 and the
pair moved up to the second highest
doubles position.
Brnder and Soltau took sixth place in
the doubles with 1,154, and the Hackerd
brothers are seventh with a 1,145 count.
Soltan got 615 sticks in his three
games.
Frank Hackerd didn't get organized
until hts third game, when he knocked
down 245 clubs. This was the best one
game score last night.
Joseph got 231 in hts first doubles
game. McCnrtv got 214 and 224 In the
second and third.
LEAGUE LEADERS LAST NIGHT.
Nordyke & Marmon league, Ryan
(Assemblers) 234
Big Four League, Boettcher (Claim
Prevention) . 21.0
Diamond Chain league, Blaes (Blaes). 212
Ryan went big for one game in the
Nordyke & Marmon circuit, with a 254
count, registered for the benefit of the
Assemblers. Rapp also went good for
this outfit and they wiped the Office off
the alleys.
Malott put the Engineers to sleep when
he opened up with a 225 for the In
spectors. They woke up just in time to
find out they lost three.
Hugh got the other double century
score of the loop for the Cutters against
the Machine Shop. They also took three
wins, making it a clean-sweep night In
the league.
The Woods of the Diamond Chain
league didn’t have anything special to
hand out, but the Bettege crew was
a lot worse off and had to be satisfied
with three defeats.
Peterman came near breaking Into the
two hundred class, but a spilt in the
last inning of his first game knocked
him cold.
The Southards had to keep going every
minute to take two games from the
Blaes combination. Mr. Blaes hmiself j
did good work, getting 212 in his last ]
game.
The Mullikins. with their 500 totals. I
didn’t have a bit of trouble losing all 1
their games with the Moores.
A 219 score knocked down the one j
game laurels in the Big Four loop. !
Boettcher got It In his middle effort.
Boettcher was the only one who per- I
formed up to scratch for the Claim Pre- !
ventions and the Locals couldn’t give I
them a thing.
The Majestic No. 1 tnen were off in j
their first game, but they braced and
won the following two from the Trans
portations.
The Majestic No. 2 had no such luck
against the Accountants.
Pressler and Coppola had a bit of
CUE GOSSIP
150-Pound Tourney
Popularizes Basket
Sport in Indiana
Opportunity for Independent
Amateur Teams to Prove
Class Makes Hit.
SECTIONALS AND FINALS
Thousands of basketball fans through
out the state are looking forward to
play in the Indiana 150-pound amateur
basketball championship tournament.
The event will be the first (if its kind
ever held in the state and this year it
has put more interest in the amateur
game than has ever been taken before.
Sportsman all over the state have be
come enthused over the proposition and
several of them have joined forces with
Wayne Emmelman, who is promoting the
event, to help make it a success the
first year.
Tournament games will be played in
Indianapolis on two different occasions.
On Feb. 4 and 5 the local district play
will be held at the Marion club, and the
finals will be fetaged on the Y. M. C. A.
court, Feb. 2S and 29. The state has
been divided into nineteen sections, and
the winners of each sectional will come
here to compete in the big games. There
are a record number of classy amateur
teams in Indiana this season and it is
a safe bet that the games played in the
flpa 1 round here will afford the fans
some of the best exhibitions ever put
on by amateur combinations.
MANY FORMER
HIGH SCHOOL STARS.
Practically every entry list received by
Emmelman includes the names of two
or three former high school stars, and
in many cases the teams are composed
wholly of boys who went big in the
high school ranks last season.
Crawfordsville and Wingate probably
will be the strongest teams to come hear
fiom out in tile state. Among the local
entries are four teams that hove gene
this far through the season without be
ing defeated, and it is • a t
of" them will show the best. However,
quite a few' of the fans, who nave
watched the play closely this year, be
lieve that it will be up to the'Turners.
Debonaires. or Pair- Dice to bring the
first championship to Indianapolis.
Harrison. This year Coach Blue claims
to ha,ve a well-balanced team.
Already FortviUe has triumphed over
Hartford City, Summitville, Lapel, Dan
ville, Pendleton and Plainfield, as well
as other smaller town teams.
their old stuff with them, enough to
send the Freight Claims higher than
the Mechanical Engineers each time.
Irvin got a 202 for the Engineers
in the second game.
Beauchamp didn't pet a splinter in
his first two games, but he scored 222
in the closer.
BEAM'S KICKBACKS,
By HANK.
Honor Roll—Evans, Nords Tigers, 233;
Distler, Brunswick Tires, 224, 203; Col
lins, Independents, 224; Tegler, Pleasant
Drives, 210; Zimmerman, Easterns, 203.
Nord's Tigers ran true to all expec
tations when they took all the try out of
the Triangles for all three wins. Evans
was the big gun with 233, which also
led the league.
One swallow does not make a summer,
yet one good bowler missing from a team
some times produces dire results and
thus it ran. Joseph was missing from
the Brunswick Tires’ lineup anil they
dropped two to the Y. M. 8.
Mercy, kainerad, mercy! The lvestlers
tramped all over the St. Clair Place boys
and drew closer to the leaders.
It took a rolloff to decide the suprem
acy between the .Southsides and the
Prospect Gas teams, and the luck ran
the Southsides' way when the "gas ’em
boys” drew two wide open splits.
After a quiet sojourn in the realms of
“Don't Care” the Pleasant Drives awoke
to a stern realization and, led by Charlie
Stegler, they smothered the Ferndjiles,
who seemed to have their miml upon the
basketball championship.
The Brunswick Tires were all shooting
in form in their postponed game with
the southsides and took all three when
Distler smote them for 224 and sent, the
south end boys away talking to them
selves.
Neal King says: “It has to be done,”
aud away new the Ferndales before the
Kestlers’ fire. Result, three more games
for the Kestlers’ win column.
The World’s War Veteerans cleaned
the Independents for a couple. Collins
saved the first game for the Independents
with a 224. Mohr shot a good stick
all the way.
The Hoosier Oils smeared oil all over
tlie Justice Motors and carried away
a couple when reinforced by Capt. Sam
my Sands.
“Don’t be too sure,” is mighty good
advice, which the Easterns know now to
be true. The lowly Daniels, led by the
“Peerless Trio,” Bailer, Keyser and Nick,
carried away the last one.
The Butcks boxed up the American
Railway Express for all three, amidst
alibis galore. \
If all the wood that Henry got in the
setto with the Y. M. S. was put together ,
there would not be enough to supply a
wooden leg for a crippled grasshopper.
Now there is a broken radiator and a
half dozen chewed cigar ends lying
amidst the ruins of twelve and thirteen
alleys.
Danny Schott also abused this set of
alleys when he lost slv pocket hits, and
along with Hueber helped Henry out in
a beautiful outlay of new-found words.
There is a strange rumor that the
Tigers’ “little leather collar” has at last
found a resting place. No more will it
adorn the wrist of him who dogs, behind,
for SchleirneP says so, and as said collar
is in Fred's hands he knows. From now
on the little attachment will hang on
the wall with the Tigers’ 'average.
BEN DAVIS WINS.
The Ben Dfivls Independents defeated
the Greenwobd Independents in the Ben
Davis gym-last night, 25 to 10.
HEZE CLARK
NEWS
Steve Yerkes Reported
Listening to Offer ir.
Pennsylvania Oil Loop
Steve Y'erkes is threatening to leave the
Indians for independent ball in the Oil
league in Pennsylvania, according to
stove league dispatch from Pittsburg to
day. This is the same organization
which Pitcher Bob Steele joined after
leaving the Indians during the pennant
race last season. According to the Pitts
burg dispatch Yerkes has been offered
a proposition to become a player-mana
ger. Steve lives at Reading and no doubt
could land a berth in the Independent
league easily, but it is not thought that
he will desert the Hoosiers. He played
in the steel league in 19X7, but his chief
reason for that move was because he had
a hunch that organized baseball would
not last the season—which it. didn’t. As
this is about time for the players to at
tach their signatures to 1920 contracts
the Yerkes report probably is, In part
at least, holdout propaganda.
Two Extra Periods
VALPARAISO, Ind.. Jan. 24.—Valpa
raiso high school won its seventeenth
consecutive basketball victory last night
ovi r Emerson of Gary, 28 to 24. Two
extra periods were necessary to play off
ties.
Directors Gather to
Make Drawings for
Marion County Meet
High Schools, Exclusive of In
dianapolis, Prepare for
Games Here Jan. 30-31.
The board of directors of the Marion
County High School Basketball associa
tion was to meet late today to draw up
the schedule for the Marion county tour
nament, which is ✓to be played on the
Marion club court Jan. 30 and 31. There
are fourteen teams entered in the event.
Including such strong outfits as Castle
ton. Ben Davis, Broad Ripple and Oak
landon. and some good basketball is
promised.
A. W. Dicus of Broad Ripple High
school stated today that more interest
is being shown in the tourney than was
expected in its first year and there is
no doubt but that the Marion county as
sociation will become a prominent or
ganization within a short time. Mr.
Ficus is president of the association and
C. W. Williams of New Bethel Is secre
tary-treasurer. Indianapolis high schools
are not members of the organization.
Several counties in the state have put
organizations of this kind over with
great success and the county tourneys
are given credit for the great showing
that some of the smaller schools make
in the state meet, as they put the teams,
in condition and get them acquainted I
with the long, hard grind of tournament |
play. Therefore, when they go into the t
state meet they know how to regulate:
their speed so that they will not be “ail
in” before the early rounds have been
played off.
School
!
AT BROWNSBURG TODAY.
2 p. m.—Brownsburg vs. Thorntown.
3 p. m. —Technical vs. Ben Davis.
’ 7:30 p. m. (Girls’ Teams) —Brownsburg
vs. Den Davis.
8:15 p. m.—Winner of 2 p. m. game vs.
winner 3 p. m. game.
4-CORN ERED MEET
ATTRACTS FANS
BROWNSBURG, Ind., Jan. 24.—Hun
dreds of students arrived In this city to
day to -witness the four-cornered basket
ball tourney that was scheduled to start
at 2 o'clock In the Brownsburg High
school gymnasium. The teams are Tech
nical High school of Indianapolis. Thorn
town, Ben Davis and Brownsburg.
In the first game o” the tourney
Brownsburg was scheduled to meet
Thorntown. At 3 o’clock Technical was
scheduled to play Ben Davis. At 8:15
o'clock the winners of the afternoon
games meet for the championship. The
curtain-raiser to the championship game
will be played between the girl teams of
Brownsburrg and Ben Davis nigh schools.
SHORTRIDGE ON HOAD.
The Khortriffge basket squad went to
New Richmond today to take on the local
high school five of that place tonight.
All of the north side players, with the
exception of Stevens, came through the
Franklin game In good shape. Stevens,
who went into last Wednesday’s fray
with a broken finger, hurt It much worse
and has his hand now done up in
splints. He will be unable to play in
tonight’s game. Hls place at floor guard
will be filled by Riley. Eseol, Caldwell
and Thompson, forwards: Mlchenor and
Africa, centers: Vorhoes, Riley and
MeLeay, guards, are the players who
made the trip.
man Cal vs. Rochester.
Manual Training and Rochester will
meet at the Y. NL C. A. tonight in what
promises to be an interesting basketball
scrap, with tho visiting team the fa
vorite, due to tbe fact that it has beaten
some of the strongest squads in the
state. Manual has dropped the last
three games, but the Red and White
followers are hoping for a turning of
the tables in tho affair this evening.
Coach Morrison is expected to have one
or two changes in the lineup when the
squad takes the floor.
Crawfordsville Annexes
Another and Takes on
Champion Em-Roes Next
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind.. Jan. 24-
After defeating the Lafayette “Y” here
last night. 29 to 15, making the seven
teenth 'straight victory for the Craw
fordsville High school team, local fans
are looking forward with keen antici
pation to the big game with the Em-
Roes here next Tuesday. The local quin
tet showed wonderful form last night,
Kirby and Shelton doing the chief work
in tossing field goals, wlille Shelley
tossed seven In from the foul line with
out a ntlss.
Coach Blacker and Athletic Director
McGeath have their athletes doing flashy
floor work and the veteran Em-Roes are
going to be given a hard race for hon
ors Tuesday. All Crawfordsville is ex
cited over the coming contest with the
state independent champs and tickets are
In demand. The local high school quin
tet defeated tbe Indianapolis Merchants
Heat and Light five recently and Is go
ing to make every effort to lower the
colors of the Em-Roes.
Basketball Results
COLLEGE,
Purdue, 17: Indiana. 9.
Earlham, 37; Butler. 22.
Franklin, 40; Dentals, 16.
HIGH SCHOOL.
Avon, 17; Valley Mills, 13.
Yorktown, 24; Desoto, 12.
Muncie, 26: Splceland, 15.
Monitor, 14; Wea, 9.
Newcastle 24; Richmond, 10.
Technical, 21; Sautnport, 18.
Southport, 2; Cumberland, 0 (forfeit).
Fortville, 19; Pendleton, 8.
Jefferson High, 28; Lebanon, 19.
West Lafayette, 21; Chalmers, 10.
Broad Ripple, 25; New Augusta, 23.
West Point, 18; Romney, 17.
' INDEPENDENT.
Crawfordsville High, 29; Lafayette “Y,**
Colored ’*Y t ’* 88; Springfield Colored
“Y,” 15.
Parker Tire, 76; American Can, 4.
BOXING
Salary Boosting by
Giants Alarms the
Other Major Owners
New York Cheers the Holdouti
of Rival Clubs by Open
ing Purse.
McGRAW CLAN HAPPY,
By HENRY L. FARRELL,
United Press Sports Editor.
NEW YORK, Jan. 24. —Charles Stones
bam, owner of the Giants, drew wrinkles
on the 'baseball face today. He creased
the countenances of a score or more ol
GiaDts with smiles by cutting the string!
on his pocketbook and by the satne acl
of liberality he wrinkled the brow o|
fourteen or fifteen magnates with worry
and concern. Soon after descending tb*
gangplank of a Cuban boat the Giant
owner instructed his secretary to baggl
the figures on all the contracts for hlg
flock.
Glee comes, of course, to all the Me-
Graw clan hut tb®re will be no jubilant
throwing of arms by the other clnli
owners, most of whom are now engaged
in pleading against the demands of some
cf their stars for more money. Prac
tically all of the magnates have letter*
In their flies in which the high cost of
living Is quoted as a good reason to let
the players in on a larger division of
the spoils. The impression is general
that the clicking of the turnstiles will
be more regular the coming season than
last year and the last season was soma
clicker.
LEADING REDS
DEMAND BOOST.
Some of the moguls, like Barney Drey
fuss, are not giving publicity to their
troubles. The Pittsburg boss takes tha
stand that announcement of holdouts is
bad policy and causes contagion. But
others, like Garry Herrmann, chief of the
champion Reds, have unfolded their
problem. “The Cincinnati club, to meet
the salary demands of the cnampions,
would have to mortgage the park and
waive all rights to a penny profit next
season,’’ Herrmann said recently. He
has Pat Moran, his miracle man, and
Eugene McCann, chief scout, out on a
diplomatic mission seeking signatures.
Jimmy Ring, one of the first of the
holdouts, is back in the fold, but they
have yet to bring Reuther, Eddie Roush,
Heinie Groh. Hod Eller and Greasy
Neale around to their way of thinking.
The White Sox. who took the minor
role in the late world series, are also
suffering some of the penalties of great
ness. Kid Gleason not only has a col
lection of “holdouts.” but some are an
nounced “throughers.” Swede Risberg
says he'd rather run a restaurant than
plav shortstop for the Hose, and Chick
Gandil, peeved because Comiskey
wouldn’t let him set away to man.ige.ji
Pacific coast team, announces he will not
answer “here” when th* Kid calls the
role down south this spring.
Even the Yankees, with a cool million
or so in the chest and a pair of liberal
owners, have a pair of obstinates to deal
with In Frank ’'Home Run” Baker and
Duffy I/ewls, who are repeating their
annual role of inviting coaxing.
Trainer Whitney Brings
Chicago Horses Here
The Chicago trainer, Al Whitney, ar
rived at the Indiana state fairground!
yesterdav, with four head of trotter*
and pacers, and will train ills string
out at the local training camp until
the opening of the racing season. Whit
ney is a tnan that has had considerable
success as a trainer and driver, having
brought out and raced several high
class performers. He brought with him
the trotting ranre Aileen Dillon, fiillPA,
by Ailerson. that showed ability to trot
around 2:10 last fall and that wofi a
good race at South Bend, where she took
her record; a green pacer by Hedgewood
Boy., 2:01; a green pacer by Red Me
dium,, that trialed in 2:12 last
year over a half-mile trad and a green
trotter. Three or four more are to be
added to hi* stable in a few days.
BItIfARDS
CURTIS RUNS EIGHT.
Teague and Sullivan were the winner*
, in the three-cushion tourney in progress
'at Harry Cooler’s yesterday. Teague
won the afternoon match from Martin,
50 to. 36, in 110 innings, while Curtis
dropped the evening affair, 50 to 46, la
ninety-three innings. Curtis had a uign
run of eight, which is the highest of tha
torney.
HENNING HAS BUBY CARD.
Gene Henning, former state pocket
billiard champion, is putting in plenty
•of practice for matches to come. In
addition to the contest with Lease, state
title holder, later in the season, he has
two special matches in sight, though
the dates are indefinite at present. The
300-point match with Frank T/eater a*
Memphis, Tenn., remains to be playe<|
and probably another match with L. D.
j Turner, whom he defeated recently in a
600-point event. Henning is proud ol*
his run of ninety-eight made Thursday
night, when he allowed his opponent
only one shoto in a 100-point game and
his followers believe he will be able to
regain the state honors.
Debonairs vs. St. Marks
Tuesday; Team Preparing
for 150-Pound Tourney
The Debonairs will be seen in action
again Tuesday night at the Marion club
•when they stack up against the fast St.
Marks team, leaders In the Sunday School
Basketball league. The Marks are con
sidered to be in the same class with the
“Y” leaders and Coach Squires is anxious
to see what sort of a showing his “Debs’*
can make against them.
The Black and 'White men are sched
uled with the Leaders In the first round
of the local district in the Indiana 150-
pound amateur basketball championship
tourney to be staged at the Marion club
Feb. 4-5, and if they come through this
contest O. K. they will probably be in
on the final fight, as the “Y” outfit has
defeated most of the teams entered In
this event. The Debonairs lost to the
Leaders in an early season game but
since that time sevoral new men have
been added to their roster and they are
much more capable of putting up a real
fight.
Gibbons Boxing School
ST. PAUL. Jan. 24.—Mike Gibbon*,
middleweight, and his brother, Tommy,
have incorporated the Gibbons Athletic
association with $50,000 capital stock to
conduct a boxing, athletic, training, and
phvsical culture schooL While Mike an
nounced his retirement after his recent
bout with Mike O’Dowd, middleweight
champion. Tommy is still la active
training.
EASY FOR MAPLE ROADS.
The Maple Road A. C.’s defeated Troop
29, Boy Scouts. 57 to 5. The winner*
had too much offensive for the scout* and
scored at will. Ferguson. Dixon and
Klmmel were the big point boys, while
Goodman and Gamble starred by their
guarding.
All Week, Starting Sunday
LEW CODY In
‘THE BELOVED CHEATER”
AU the ST Varieties mt lew isdrtM.
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