The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-12-23
MTGUE HOPES FOR ANOTHER CHANCE AT LIGHT HEAVY crown
lFTIRRIN'
the DOPE
By vEDDER G RID

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1.-THE other day we were talk
ing to couple Of fans who
were busy panning has,
iketball official for being blind"
why, we saw the ball hit the
edge Of the blackboard at least a
half.dozen times" they said, land
the referee never called it out Of
bounds"
What's wrong in that sentence?
If you know this years rules the
the error is obvious. The regula-
lions this season state that the
ball is in bounds if it bounces back
into the court after striking the
edges of the blackboard.
A short time ago a rabid rooter
was telling A. l.. Trester of the
Indiana High School Athletic AS
ISOLATION how rotten" referee
was. Trester asked the informant
if he had read the rules this year.
NO" said that gentleman.
Have you read last years
rules?"
mo"
did you ever read the rules?"
well, / must admit l never
did,"
Does this need any further COM
ment?
In looking over the boxing
champions of 1925 don't fail to
cast your optics on Dan Cupid.
He most surely put Champion
Dempsey down for the count and
is about to stop Young Strib-
ling. The Georgia youth is to be
married next Saturday. He says
he will not fight for some time,
and may quit the ring.
let out the skates if this
weather keeps up. Wish it
III would get cold and stay
cold throughout the winter so we
could emulate our neighbors. the
Canadians, and enjoy the fastest
sport Of them alice hockey.
In the largest eastern cities the
national game of Canada seems to
be coming into it's own. Tex Rick
ard is popularizing the pastime at
Madison Square Garden with his
team of Americans. Yale also plays
at Tex's rink.
Hockey is one of the most
spectacular of games and has
proved popular everywhere it has
been played. This is an age of
speed, and sport followers demand
that modern commodity. Hockey
surely fills the bill.
BY the way, RED" Grange
ought to take up the sport 1t is
mighty close to the ice business
much nearer than football.
We see where Tod Morgan is
the Junior lightweight champion
whatever that is. We didn't
know the young man was fight
ing.
1NDY LOTSHAW, former In
IAI dianapolis resident, who
E1 played with the Indians in
1917 and later was retained by Hen.
bricks as trainer, is Just about the
last word when it comes to getting
the grapes in the capacity of ath,
letic trainer. In the spring he goes
to California with the Chicago Cubs
on the spring training trip. Right
now he is in Florida with the Chicago
Bears, pro footballers. Andy makes
himself SO useful and is such a hard
worker he becomes an indispensable
part Of the show.
Here's what a Chicago paper said
about Windy" Che doesn't like to be
called that any more) when the Bears
departed for sunny Florida:
Trainer Andy Lotshaw, the only man In
captivity that can perform the work Of
four men as easily as he can that of one,
loaded Red his retinue and his team
mates into their private car.
Andy was in his glory while the bust
ness of the getaway was being performed
The trainer, practical physician. advisor
and friend of all gentlemen athletically in
clined on whom the Bears appear to de-
pend for everything. did not disappoint
them.
He supervised the loading of the equip
ment, the luggage. the trunks, and more
important than anything else, at least az
Tar as Andy was concerned. the rubbing
table. He did all this and then managed
eulogizing speech about the merits OF the
Bears and he was still speaking when The
train pulled out.
r7NDIANA UNIVERSITY is
getting more publicity out
J of Coach Migrants East
ern" all-star football team than it
ever did for any eleven Of its own.
Out in San Francisco, where a
game is to be played on Saturday
with an all-star aggregation from
the West coast for benefit of the
Shriners' hospital fund, the boost
ers are whooping things up.
Tickets are being sold in tents
on the streets by men in foot
ball uniforms. A parade was
scheduled for today when the In
gram outfit was due to arrive in
Frisco.
On Tuesday, INLAY, captain Of
this years California University
eleven, tossed football from a
415-foot building to the famous
Brick" Muller, all-American end Of
seasons past, who snagged the pig
skin in those huge hands and
arms.
There is one thing in favor Of
the Charleston-in this cold
weather, instead of the old-fash-
toned stamping of feet to keep
warm, the youth of the land
stands on the corners and filings