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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-25
City Bowling
Gossip
BY Lefty Lee

Last night found the alleys all
over the city in darkness. No
league games were rolled as the spirit
of the season prevailed, and all of
the boys were infected.
Turkey today is the menu for the
Hornbergers, Elders, Weismans and
Scearses, Eddie Hornberger and
Mrs. Weisman winning the turkeys
offered by the Capitol alleys Eddie
secured 267 which withstood all the
other boys efforts. Mrs. Weisman
had game of 234 and won by wide
margin.
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I 926 LOWER
|. U. Grid Receipts Fall Be-
low 1925 Mark.

BIZ Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec, Is
Total receipts of the four home foot
ball games at Indiana University this
fall mounted to $21,113.1S. The
amount was more than $4,000 less
than the receipts in 1925.
Profit was made on all games this
year but the Mississippi contest. An
attendance of 1914 was recorded at
the Northwestern game. in spite Of
bad weather. The Kentucky State
game drew 5000 spectators, and the
De PAW game was witnessed by
4,S75. The Mississippi tilt drew the
smallest crowd, 2,119.
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TURNER TILT
South SiderS to Meet Mis-
souri, Squad Sunday.

The South Side Turner's will meet
the Smith Radio Specials of Girar
deau, Mo-. at the Turner gym Sun
day afternoon. 1t will be the Spe-
Gals first trip into Indiana and will
be the only game played with a Hoo
sier team
The Missourians have not been de
feated this year and are expecting
to take the measure of the local
squad. Members of the Turner's who
will most likely see action are How
ard, Richards, Hutchinson, Roberts
Eberg and Davis. The game will
start at 3:15 o'clock.
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DEFENDS SPEAKER

Jack Graney was with Cleveland
In 1919 and played left field in the
game which Dutch" Leonard al
legged was framed.
Meeting Graney on the streets of
Cleveland, a few hours after the al
legged scandal was made public, I
asked him what he thought of the
charges.
"They are nothing short of ride
ulOus," he replied. mo one could
make me believe Iris Speaker fig
ured in such q deal.
Il played for years under Speaker.
He was a tough loser, always wanted
to win. Why, he played as hard in
an exhibition game as a regular con-
test.
"A lot more conclusive proof than
has been presented so far must be
shown me before I would give the
charges the slightest consideration. "
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Drawing Power Duel,
With Ruth the Favorite

Blu United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-New York
ers are looking forward to q draw
ing power" duel between Babe Ruth
and Rogers Hornsby next year, and
are betting upon the Yankee
slugger.
Hornsby, great batsman though
he be, hasn't the personality of the
"Bambino," is the general opinion.
It is realized here that the former
manager of the Cardinals Is no
Snowman" and Ruth is nothing
else but,
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b. United Press

BIZ United Press
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-As denials
Of Ty Cobb, iris Speaker and Joe
Wood grow louder and stronger
than the testimony involving them
in a thrown" game seven years ago,
a strong reaction among baseball
fans everywhere has set in. -
Fans who at first believed Judge
Lands must have had convincing
evidence before he would besmirch
the names of such popular heroes as
Cobb and Speaker now are demand
ing the high commissioner furnish
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MAJOR LEAGUE DEBUT

IT. OR a moment the converse
ton shifted to the days gone
IT, by. 1 took occasion to re-
mind Jack that I certainly was glad
the day he decided to quit pitching
and become an outfielder.
! do you recall that game in the
old Highland Park at New York,
when you were walking the batters
on four wild ones as fast as they
came to the plate?" l asked.
TIL never forget tiny Ameri-
can League pitching debut" he
replied. "The home plate was
swinging that afternoon. / just
couldn't catch up with it,"
Then I reminded Graney how
he finally got ball close enough for
the batter to swing at, line drive
resulting that struck Graney on the
pitching hand, breaking one Of the
fingers.
teck exhibited a badly SCARED
finger as exhibit A
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Columbus Owner to Sell TO
Reds, Report.

BIZ United Press
COLUMBUS. Ohio. Dec. 25.-Indi-
cations here are that the Columbus
Senators will be under a new owner
snip after next Monday.
This belief was founded on the re.
port that Thomas e. Wilson of Chi
cago, present owner of the Senator'S,
will accept the offer Of Garry Herr
mann, president Of the Cincinnati
National League club, Monday.
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earnest In the big
COW barn where
the local sectional
and State final
basketball tourna-
ments will b @
h e | d. Bleachers
w ere dismantled
last year after the
finals and stored
away. They were
salvaged this year
and zimmerman is
supervising TIL g
construction work.
Twelve thousand
seats wiz b g
erected with addi-
tion al standing
room. Along with
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BENNY LOST NINE POUNDS

RW NEA NFfFTcC
ANN ARBOR, Mich, Dec. 25.-
Benny Friedman, captain of Mich
igan's football team, has revealed
that he lost nine pounds the after
noon he played Minnesota at Mime
apolis, the last game of the year.
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The basket aggregation repre-
senting the Polk Sanitary Milk
Company has won four games in
the Capital City League and has
escaped defeat. The outfit man
aged by Earl Myers has much real
talent on it's roster. including
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HOW CLUB OWNERS GET EVEN
Off the Blackboard
BY NORMAN ISAACs

1t was day of rest and peace for Buffers Bulldogs today
But vacation for the METERS will be short Paul Hne athletic
director and head coach the vngton institution believes
Christmas day lot but Christmas vacation to us
not thing All last week the Blue and White performers
drilled hard in preparation for of Illinois
Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday going be big
for local colleoans
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BETTER DAYS FOR SAM
'@Tar Baby" to Be Given Benefit.
Gets Christmas Check.

BY INne8 SDcotdI
BOSTON, Dec. 25.--Sam Langford.
the Boston tar baby" who lost his
money and his eyesight since hts
boxing career came to an end. was
able to buy q turkey for Christmas
and is feeling pretty good about It.
Reading the Negro heavywelght's
plight New Yorker sent a ohechx
and Sam went shopping on ChriIz ~
mas eve.
New York fight fans are arranging
a benefit show for Langford, who ia
looking forward-as best he can with
his increasing blindness--to better
days,
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M'INNIS IS CLEARED

Pitcher BOland Denies Giving
"StufTy' Easy Ones" to Hit.
BIZ Times Special
DETROIT. Dec. 25.-The name Of
"Stuf'y" McInnis, newly appointed
manager Of 4the Phillies, has been
cleared of all connection with the
fixing" of games or the deliberate
granting of base hits to fatten bat
ting averages in the shady days Of
1919.
Bernie Boland, who pitched for De-
troit in the now famous game
which led to charges that drove Ty
Cobb and Iris Speaker out of base
ball, has denied saying he pitched
softly to McInnis so that "Stuffy'
could hit 300.
II pitched as hard to him as to
any one" said Bernie.
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WILSON AFTER WALKER

BIZ Y Ia NFTIItG
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-New names
are beginning to flash into the box
ing headlines following each upset,
but veteran is back-again. Johnny
Wilson, former middleweight cham
pion, has challenged, Mickey Walker
for a bout in New Jersey in .Janu-
airy. 1t is rumored Walker is all set
to accept and Humbert Fugazy is
working on the plans.
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OL Lie S1SNcldllO
team. 1t was the
exception when a
day passed with
out one Of his
copyrighted laugh
stunts.
In the heat of
a pennant race,
when the nerves
of the athletes
were worn to a
fragile, it was
Graney who re-
lieved the ten
sion.
1t always was
fair weather with
Jack. He was an
an optimist who
ao,,1l
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-25
GRID MEETING DEC. 29
300 Football Coaches to Attend
Session i'm New York.

WV NOdNutS 10 itIenu
Session i'm New York.
BIZ Onited Press ,B
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Dec. ga. A.
Stage, coach of Chicago University
w. o. Roper of Princeton; Maj. John
L. Griffith, commissioner of athletics
of the Western Conference, and G..
w. Kennedy, chairman of the Prince
ton athletic board, will be the
principal speakers at the annual
meeting of the football Coaches AS
ISOLATION in New York. Dec. 80, DIR.
j. w. Wilce of Ohio State University
announced today.
More than 800 coaches and ath-
letic directors are expected to attend
the one-day meeting.
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PLAYING
the FIELD
With BILLY EVANS =

"a HEN Jack Graney was starr
NXI inig with the Cleveland ball
club, he always was the life
bf the party. A mighty fine player,
he also was a valuable asset to the
club, because Of his temperament.
On the long training trips in the
spring, there never was a dull mo-
hent when Graney was a member
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A GOOD MEMORY

lT~ HEN the conversation switched
Ill back to the game of Sept.
III rs, 1919, between Cleveland
and Detroit, now under heavy fire.
Don't you remember something
unusual about that game?' 1 asked,
trying my best to jog his memory.
AS pulled that one, a broad sniI~
came over Graney's face, then he
! broke out into hearty laugh.
could see that Graneys sense
of humor had not deserted him.
and I Joined in the laugh myself
when he answered.
Sure / remember something
uMusual about that ball game.
Take a look at the box score and
you will see that made three hits.
Say I never will forget that ball
game"
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-25
II BETHANY GAMES

BIZ UNIIeU PFe8S
BETHANY, w. Va, Dec. 20
The schedule for the Bethany Col
lege basketball team includes seven
teen games. OF this number eight
will be played at home. Six games
are scheduled with West Virginia
schools, including one with the
Mountaineers.
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LOOKING EN- OVER
JUST LIKE AN AMERICAN TOURIST

LIKE AN AMERICAN TOURIST
arrested while
in $ rapidly. -.
to getting disordery while = country.
record Eight big league
let out. Mother scandal And Babe Ruth and
his S150,00O demand yet TO come
THERE'II PLENTY OF SEATS
weakened his by trading
he'll have trading stamps
Chicago White ball park the other
Probably an 10
UNDER FALSE PRETENSES
Stribng Lehman again
The a
the a
be the liquor evil that worried Nation
it's the evil liquor.
NOAPPETITE
they had Christmas
dressed
We'll, won't players loafng md
shade of the grand
HOW CLUB OWNERS GET
York
There : TO NEE in the spring And
Drawing Card Hornsby has been added the A.
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losses and the latter with 10 field
goals and 8 from the foul line.
other teams in the Capital City
League are Indiana Highways. FIT.
Harrison, Fletcher Savings, Post
Office and Sugar Creek Creamery.
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former high school and college cage
performers.
Wade and Hutchinson Of the
Folks are the leading point get
ters OF the Capital loop, the former
with 33 field goals and Z foul
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-25
Friday Basketball
HIGH SCHOOLS

HIGH SCHOOLS
Seymour. IS; Lebanon, "a
Scottsburg "A Austin. 49,
Crothersville. %: Hanover. IS.
Bainbridge. So: Roachdale. l6.
Arcadia. 25; Frankton "a.
Oakland City. ..33; Hazleton. ~.
fkrownstoSwgn' S "a; North .3It o Vernon 10.
Young America, 81; Warren, 25.
Gas City, 10; Summitville. 10.
West Point. So: Battle Ground 90
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-25

Have you secured your partner for
the Mixed Merry Widow doubles at
the Elks? This play, starting to-
morrow, will run the entire week
and into Sunday, Jan. 2. This play
reminds the writer of Johnny Baron
and his Leaderkranz alleys out east
years ago. The sweepstakes out
there ran for two weeks at a time.
You could shoot as often as you
liked, as long as you changed part
ners each time.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-25

Coach Mark Wakefield has sew
eral brilliant young net perform
ers on his Tech High School squad.
Outstanding among them is Maur-
ice Massey. erstwhile football star,
who has the reputation of being
one of the most accurate shooters
in this part Of the State. He will
be seen in action against Short
ridge on New Years day at the
new National Guard armory.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-25

Johnny Elder came very close to a
perfect 300 to win the turkey offered
by the Century alleys, having eleven
strikes in row and leaving the
6-10 spare on his final ball, which hit
trifie high, giving him 298.
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NATIONAL TITLE FLAVOR TO POST SEASON GRID C0NFLIC
FOR POCKET CUE TITLE
Rudolph to Play Champ Greenleaf ir
450-POint Match,

bU OOFECW ITCoU
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.-A chal-
1enge match for the national pocket
billiards title between Ralph Green
leaf and Erwin Rudolph, will be
played in New York on the evenings
Of Jan. 20, 81 and %.
The match will be at $50 points,
in blocks of $50 each night.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-12-25
BABE RUTHs IDEA

Babe Ruth says if Jack Dempsey
is worth 100000 for thirty minutes
work. he ought to get $4,000 for
playing all summer
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Recently Miss Helen Myers, star
forward of the girls high school
basketball team of West York, Pa,
scored 81 out of the 73 points made
by her team in a game. Her record
was 30 field goals and one point
from foul, an average of a goal
from field for practically each
minute of play.
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The Elks Club turkey was won on
a three-game total basis. and when
Scearse won this, we claim he made
sure of it, for he had a total of 500
for his three, which is an average
of 26S per game.
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members of the committee in charge
of the State tournament are Fred
German, Technical; Simon p.
Roache, Shortridge, and Russell
Clunie, Manual.
merry Christmas" said Eddie
this morning. So did the Old Set
tier. Now, Wen pass 1t on to. you.
merry Christmas!
Bloomington High School basket
ball teams have an interesting his
tory. Delving into records, one finds
that Coach Montgomery was the
man who first brought net fame to
the University city. He was called
to Purdue in 1916 to teach, and Cliff
ford Wells, now at Logansport, was
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everything. He looked on the humor-
GUS rather than the serious side of
life, the good rather than the bad.
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Today'S Selections
JEFFERSON PARK

JEFFERSON PARK
The Vintner. Lord Martin. Ragtime.
Spandor. Longcamps. Bosh,
Broadway Jones, Already. Bulletin.
Broadway Jones, Cudgeller, Silver Song
opperman Arabian. Polvo.
POMPANO
BIN, Ask Me Albert l..
Colleen o. Benny Rubin, Three DIS,
Gambling Tony, Seanet Red Legs.
Press Gang, Libby Chase, Lady Lena,
Reputation, Pigeon Wing. Corinth.
Martingale. Kinsman. Monastery.
Mazetta. Street Liz. Alta Allen,
TIA JUANA
Dry Joan, May Flower, Big Wig.
Shasta Rock. Normile. Combat.
Ethel Brown, Lampo, Ike Harvey.
Valor, Smart Guy, Keala,
Pegasus, Paavo. Pat,
Cup Bearer. Cross Bow, BeFonia.
FL Cid, My Daddy. Pua.
Star Dust, Lahonton, Remnant. y
HAVANA
Sporting Life. Newt. Berrilla.
: General Seth. Endman. Rimple.
Sarko. Obique, Lilly ID.
La Ferte. Belle of Elizabethtown. Three
sixty
Flying Cloud. Anaconda, Sun Dance.
Clean. Slanderer. Sunny Hill,
~ " sEMiNoLA PARK ''
Beg Pardon, Lou Shank. Old Top,
Bengalese Rotarian, Grace dor,
Sakah. Miss Lane. Sir Galahad II.
Silent Lillian. Dulcy Lou. Iona Wood.
Liberty National. Miles 8. Qpinham,
Signola. Grupstick. Woolworth.
Phidias. Winnipeg, Cup o Tea,
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record. Eight big league
Mother scandal And Babe Ruth and
his S150000 come!
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tcREgTIHes >FaoN THI sHoRTRIpot cATI|

given the coaching Job. Wells had
been one of Montgornery's forwards
and was then just out Of high shcool,
annd Bloomington fans looked ask
e.nce at the selection because of
Cliffs youth, but he came through
and gave the school a State cham
pionship in 1919. The year before
he had taken the team to the semi
finals of the State. Then Coach
Johnson took the burden upon><his
shoulders and he has held 1t since.
Aside from a notable line of
coaches and players, Bloomington
always has been noted for being
the first high school team in In
diana to use the five-man defense.
The new Northern Indiana Atb-
letic Association has been organized.
The main purpose of the body is to
oppose the present system the I. H.
S. A. A. uses In conducting net
tournaments. The way the northern
schools wish to run the tournament
is to decide the sectional champion
ship through a percentage table and
then bring the winners together to
fight for the State championship.
That system is no better than the
present one. By the method now
used coaches nurse along their play
ers, building them up and putting
endurance into the lads. When
tournament time rolls around the
coach should have well-developed
team with plenty of stamina. 1t is
no concealed fact that the majority
of schools up in the northern end of
the State are dead set against the
I. II. S. A. A.
Perhaps Emerson of Gary is a
little tough" because last season
the school was ordered to forfeit all
basketball games that an ineligible
student had played in. Probably
some of the other schools have been
treated the same way. That is the
schools own fault. Eligibility of
students participating in athletics
should be carefully investigated.
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while
visiting IL is earning rapidly.
Event getting dsodery .
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*. V. zimmerman, principal of
Broad Ripple High School. is making
frequent trips to the Exposition
building, Indiana State Playground
these days. Work is going on in
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Tuesday it is Illinois Wesleyan at
Bloomington; Wednesday, Lombard
at Galesburg. and, Thursday, Chi
cago at the Windy City. The Bull
dogs ought to have an easy time
Tuesday and Wednesday. but Thurs
day will experience trouble. But,
still, we think Butler will win that
one, too.
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Fellow Bowlers-Do you remem-
sweepstake called every one of us
into action. Those were the days
of real sport. Harsh" would pro-
mote the play. and he would see to
it that the entries were in. In those
days it usually attracted one hun
dred entries and they had to roll
against Jerry Pritchett, Fred McCul-
Tough and the other tough boys,
when they were in their prime.
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Cardinal club he hasn't weakened his team by
1ornsby. however he'll have trading
with baseball the club income from weakening
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Chicago White ball park the other
Probably from Overlieated hot league
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The Werbe-Meissen and Deems
Alley Five battle will be resumed to-
morrow night at 1880 at the Capitol
alleys. Last weeks match at the
Illinois alleys the Werbe-Meissen
boys were returned winners by a
score of 1878 to 1886, so red-hot
game is on tap.
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After or before you shoot the
Capitol event step around to Della
ware ST.. and take a shot at the
attractive prizes Eddie Harkenrider
is putting up. Call Eddie and make
your reservations today.
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Martinsville trampled all over Shell
byville Thursday night, the Artesians
knocking off the Camels, 5l-34.
Columbus rode over Franklin 44-36
and Vincennes pushed over Bloom
ton 1926. 1t seems basketball is de-
velOping into game that is all Of
Tense and no defense.
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Evidently most of the Hoosier high
school coaches believe the best Of
Tense is the best defense. The best
example of a game of this sort dur
ing the current season in the recent
contest between Kolomo and
Martinsville which the latter outfit
won, 76-43. One hundred ard nine
teen points is an amazing number
Of points to be scored in forty
minutes of play 1t figures out to
almost sixty field goals in the game.
Three points a minute! Clear the
wayl
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The Capitol alleys are trying to
build up a large entry in their
sweepstakes tomorrow by reducing
the entry fee and giving special
prizes to the boys with an average
of 1876 or under. This seems to be
fair and should be well attended.
The Coconino sun., 1926-03-05
.ALBERS HEADS ELK
ORDER COMING YEAR

Henry L. Albers was elected exalted
ruler of the Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order of Elks at their Tuesday
nights meeting. Othere elected to
office for the ensuing year are: w. G..
Carlson, esteemed leading knight; r.
j. Prochnow, esteemed loyal knight;
f. E. Browning, esteemed lecturing
knight; Tom L. Rees, secretary; Bur
nell Osler, treasurer; r. /. Daugherty,
tiler; L. w. Cress trustee for the
three year term; Capt. j. B. Wright,
trustee for the two year term, filling
the unexpired term of Henry L. Al
bers, who resigned upon his election
to the new office; Fran, Harrison,
delegate to the grand lodge which
meets in Chicago in July, and Henry
Albers, alternate. Officers will be in
stalled the first Tuesday night in
April.
A week from tomorrow night,
March 13, members of the Kingman
lodge are expected to come here and
put on initiatory work before the local
lodge when f. T. McGonigle and 9TH
ers will be initiated.