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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-02-21

Auction Bridge. During that time
his daily auction Bridge Pointer
will he omitted, hut will he re-
sumed laterJ
by Milton G. Work
In all Contract counts thus far
proposed, fewer than four honors
in one hand are disregarded Abroad
four honors in one hand generally
count 100 points; four in one and
fifth in partners, $50; five honors IN
one hand or four Aces count zoo
points. In this country the genera
practice is TO count four honors i'm
one hand. with or without fifth IN
partners, at 100 and FIVE honors IN
one hand or four Aces at $50.
Contract has a feature, peculiar TO
itself in the counting Of games,
which has not been mentioned pre-
viously. In Bridge when rubbers arc
played (but not in Progressive on
Duplicate. in which there are no rub
bers) a bonus Of ESQ Is allowed 10
the side first winning two games,
but no bonus for winning any ono
game. In all forms OF Contact there
Is a bonus for the first game Won
by a side and n larger bonus for
their second. Following that prac.
tlce a side winning rubber In two
straight games secures a larger rub.
her bonus than a side winning two
games out Of three. Abroad the gen
eral custom is to allow 100 for the
first game and 400 additional for
the second game. In this country
some players allow as little as 100
for the first game and 800 for tho
second: but the majority favor 200
for the first and 500 for the second
in other words, ZOO for a rubber
in two straight games, or 500 net
for the best two out Of three.
Next Monday we shall hear about
the Vulnerable" feature and how
It affects the scoring.
Copyright, John F. Ollie Company
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Oklahoma of Yellow Back
Novel Does Not
Exist,
Ey NJ. e. Tracy

OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLA, Feb. Il.
Your average tourist looks for
something queer on entering Okla
homa. He has learned too much
from the movies, stunt advertising
and yellowback noyels. He revels in
the thought of blanket Indians, anti
evolution laws, busted booms, two
gun sheriffs and fake oil stock.
Let us look at the other side of
the picture, not for Rabbits sake,
but Just as a matter of information.
Stand the people of Oklahoma in
line and only one out of thirty would
be an Indian, while not one out of
fifteen would be colored. The other
twenty would be ordinary
folks, with a good sprinkling of col
lege graduates. flappers. "jellybeans"
and millionaires, especially the lat
ter.
Oil pays Oklahoma an enormous
amount that equals So a week for
every man, woman and child in the
State. The corn crop equals some
seventy bushels for every voter, the
wheat crop forty.five bushels and the
oat crop eight.
Besides this, there is quite bit Of
coal, more natural gas, some fruit,
truck and timber and dairy COW
for every family. AS everybody
knows, the Oklahoma cotton crop is
second only to that Of Texas.
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Fewer Than -Four HonorS
in One Hand UnCounted
in Contract

lin response 10 numerous re-
quests. Work is writing on Con
tract for several days instead OF
Auction Bridge. During that time
his daily auction Bridge Pointer
will be omitted, hut viii he re-
sumed laterJ
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Telephone operator small fortune at
casino. She got the right numbers
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restraining the Interchange thought and opinion or
subject whaerConsttuton
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Better to be loved and bossed than never to b
loved at all.
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1t isn't the brevity of skirts that worries fathers
it's the short length of time they're worn.
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Amateur Baseball

Mars Hill desires to schedule practice
games for April u and -. Write Earl
Fertis. 1851 Richland st.
Lincoln Highways. fast local Negro
team, travelling out of the city, is sched-
hear from Bedford, Bloomington. Ander,
son. Seymour. Bicknel. Connersville and
Rushville. Write Gus Fleming 2l29
Massachusetts Ave, or call Webster 6774.
indianapolis Triangles and Keystones
played a spirited practice game Sunday
with neither team showing midseason
form. The Triangle pitching staff of
Hoffman Baldus and Kelly displayed good
form, holding the heavy Keystone hitters
strong teams for may. Address 16 E
Orange St, or call Drexel 1864.
Universal A. Cs held strenuous work.
out at Garfield Park Sunday. Price, Uni
versGi mound ace, showed good form.
Aichorn is showing well behind the bat.
A meeting will be held Wednesday night
at the home OF Williams. l40D Ringgod
Ave. A captain will be elected The
Universais challenge the Connersville
Betsy Ross nine. For games write Ralph
Adams ADAMS ,o I2ld Bradbury Ave, or call
, The Indianapolis Sunday School Baseball
League was organized at meeting held
at the EN- Roe sporting goods store. The
lesgne VIII play class 4 ball and will be
affiliated with the indianapolis Amateur
Baseball Association. Following officers
were elected: President. Floyd Paris: vice
president. Wilbur r. Williams: secretary
treasurer, Walter Wilson. The next meet
ing OF the league will be held Wednesday
AZ Inc I'm Roe store. All teams interested
IN the league shcWld have a representative
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Commerce Chamber
Boosts Game

The public relations department
of the Chamber of Commerce was
busy today boosting the opening
baseball game between indianapolis
and st. Paul here Tuesday. Mayor
rDuvall, who is slated to pitch rhe
first ball, authorized a half holiday
at the city hall.
A detail of Marines will be in
charge of the flag raising at Wash.
ington Park preceding the ball game.
There will be band concert and
the Grotto drill team also will go
through it's interesting formations.
The baseball season in Indianapolis
means as much to the city financial
ly as one big convention, according
to Chamber of Commerce estimates,
and for that reason the Public Rela-
tons department is sponsoring the
special boosting for the Tuesday
feature.
1t is figured visiting teams alone,
over a seasons play, leave $50 900 in
Indianapolis.
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PREXY VIEWS
HeydIer, Johnson, Hickey
See Bright Outlook.

Bu United Press
League presidents are optimistic,
as usual, as they look forward to
the 1927 campaign. Statements fol-
low:
John A. Heydler. President Ma
tional League-There is every indi-
cation this will be the greatest sea-
son in the history of the game. In
terest is greater than ever.
Ban Johnson, President American
League-The American League race
this year will so down in the an
nails Of the game as one of the
greatest. Public interest is at high
pitch.
Thomas J. Hickey. President Am
erican Association-Duc to remark
able attendance in Milwaukee and
Toledo last season. the A. A. crowd
record was boosted Six of the eight
clubs think they have pennant con-
tenders this year and l look for
greater interest than in 1926.
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have trouble picking up the ball.
That fooled both Pitcher Carlson
and Catcher Wilson. The going was
heavy and they figured Cobb
wouldn't try to steal. He did it on
the very next pitch then scored
from second on single, evening the
count. The Athletics won, 81, in IL
innings.
Which simply illustrates the point
that | am trying to make-that Cobb
is still baseballs greatest threat be-
cause of the mental hazard he con-
stantly creates for the opposition,
whether actually in the lineup or
sitting on the bench.
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The Referee

In what town in Georgia was
Tiger Flowers born?-F. L. w.
He was born in Camilla.
Does the Big Ten Conference
hold a golf tournament every year?
Where will it be held this year.
w. NJ. w.
Yes. 1t is to be held at some
north shore suburban course near
Chicago in early June.
Is Jimmy Dykes Of the Athletics
the same Jimmy Dykes that played
second base for Gettysburg in the
Blue Ridge League in 1917?-P. J.. S.
Yes.
Where will the women's western
golf championship be played this
year?-A. S.
At Lake Geneva, Wis.
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STILL GREAT THREAT

N1ECENTLY in a spring city
* series between the two Phila-
iA1 delphia clubs, the Athletics
,eteated the Phillies, p in extra in
hings. 1t was while reading the ac-
count of that game that l realized
what a great threat Cobb still was.
Going into the eighth inning with
Carlson pitching great ball and the
Phillies leading 10, defeat doomed
ahead for the Mackmen.
With Cobb on first base Jimmy
Wilson catching for the Phillies, had
a short passed ball, which he fun
bled several times. Had Cobb known
the ball was going to be fumbled, he
could have reached second easily.
No douI the belief that Cobb was
racing Tor second caused Wilson to
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COACHES
CRITICISE,
NEW RULE
Restriction of DribbIe May
Hurt Indiana Basketball,
Is Opinion.

The most drastic change In the
history of basketball made Saturday
by the joint committee in session in
New York has brought a shower of
protests and unfavorable criticism
from net coaches throughout the
State.
The change restricts the dribble
to one bounce, eliminating one OF
the most spectacular plays in the
court pastime. Indiana is vitality
interested in the new ruling because
Of the fact the Hoosier type of game
is built around the dribble.
In commenting on the rule Oswald
Tower, editor of the Official Guide
said: Basketball is essentially a
team game and restriction of the
dribble will reduce the element of
individual play and encourage pass
ing"
Backward Step"
DR.. James A. Nainsmith, inventor
of the game, said the change is a
backward step and predicted the rul.
ing would do away with the most
spectacular feature.
Glen Curtis, coach Of the State
champion Martinsville High School
team, expressed that view, and made
the following statement;
Restriction of the dribble will do
away with the major portion of the
thrills in basketball, and with the
elimination of thrills will go the I'M
certainty in the game and, of course,
large part of the interest"
Against Rule
Ward Lambert, Purdue University
net coach. expressed himself as be.
ing decidedly against the rule and
took no pains to disclose the fact.
THE change will put a premium
on large men and greatly limits the
possibilities of the fast, clever, small
player" said Lambert. 1T seems TO
me the spectacular part Of basket
ball will now be missing. Taking
the dribble away from basketball
might be compared to doing away
with the forward pass in football"
Athletic Director Paul d. Hinlle of
Butler University was emphatic in
the statement the change would hurt
Indiana basketball.
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BY Billy Moore

M lou have read about the use
of the five elementary clubs,
IL the driver, brassie, midiron,
mashie, and putter. Play with these
five clubs will excite you toward
the betterment of your game. You
have mastered the fundamental
style. You need the assistance of
more clubs to execute the shots that
confront you on the present day
sporty courses.
Woven in between the driver and
the brassie is the spoon, another
wooden headed club. The face of the
club is scooped to give loft to the
ball.
In gripping the shaft, take hold
about the middle of the leather
with the fingers, never the palms of
the hands. The thumbs are down
the shaft with only a narrow inner
section resting upon it. Grip the
club firm, but not tight. The hands
must be close together, using a lap
grip, preferably. This prevents the
hands from working against each
other. Stand with the toes on a
straight line, slightly parted for a
free motion. Avoid a wide open
stance. However. use a wider stance
in case of high wind.
The ball should be on a line with
the left heel. You should stand d
short distance from the ball. for an
average shot; closer when shooting
for high loft and against high wind.
Be careful never to get the arms
or body ahead of the ball. Take 4
moderate upright position, with the
body we'll poised and relaxed. With
a steady stance the wind cannot
overcome Your shot.
Straighten the body slightly for a
mid-height shot and bend over more
to keep the ball low. However. do
not get into a crouched position or
balance will be lost. Bend knees a
trifle and keep right heel down on
the ground for an even distribution
of the body weight
Hold shoulders straight at the
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start of the shot. Allow the club to
take a natural lie back of the ball.
Bring the club head back along the
ground, outward and up until you
feel the club head pull the left arm
socket at the back. The left should
be almost straight at the top of the
swim. On the swing back to meet
the ball, use a 'clean-sweep" action,
meeting the ball with a slap, rather
than the "shove hit" You will find
the spoon a most valued club, use
full where distance is to be gained
with loft, where the brassie and mid
iron are useless.
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BurWeII to Pitch Seasons
Opener for Bruno BetzeI'S
Indians.
BY Eddie Ash


What is sweeter than to hear the
umpire shout, PLAY Ball" for the
seasons opening game? And Tues
day is the big day for the diamond
FASTENERS, the thrill-seeking rooters,
and pop and peanut boys and the
street sellers of baseball extras.
Batter up!
In several leagues over the land
the baseball army engaged in last
drills this afternoon, discussed sig
nails and plays and digested final in
structions from managers.
And Indianapolis is included in
the program of choice national pas
time entertainment.
Saints BOastful
Tuesday, at 3. St. Paul and the
Indians will hook up in what is ex-
pected to be a heated encounter.
The Saints. boastful as ever and led
by their scrappy manager, Nick AL
len, often termed the wild Bull of
the A. A" will not be easy to defeat
They think they have one Of the
best teams ever representing St.
Paul.
Pitcher Burwell. reliable Bill, will
draw the Tribe mound assignment,
and all players and fans are willing
to leave it up" to the veteran right
handler.
Since March Manager Bruno Bet
2e' has sent his athletes through the
grind pointing them for the Cham
p!onship campaign and with the ex.
rept!on Of very few all are in good
physical condition.
Two Hits Same Inning
Bethel, the new Tribe field pilot, led
his team to victory Sunday, to /,
over the Rochester Internationals
in the springs wind-up exhibition
tilt. The little manager doubled to
open the seventh inning and before
the stanza closed the locals had
amassed seven markers. On Bruno
second time up in that session he
produced a single. And he played
a dandy game at second.
In Saturdays fray with Rochester
darkness ended action after nine in.
nings with the score knotted at
seven runs apiece, Burwell allowed
only one hit and one run in five
rounds and gave way to Schupp
who found the cold, damp weather
! too nf n hondioo,1 /,
wild.
When Burwel left Saturday
game the count was I to 1 in the
Indians favor.
Rookie Makes Good
The big feature Sunday was the
pitching of Stephen Swetonic, the
Pittsburgh University rookie. He
twirled seven innings. BANKED the
visitors and held them to two
scratch hits. He was well-support.
ed and the small crowd present
glimpsed rare cold weather baseball
Swetonic has made good.
Jack Wisner finished on the Tribe
rubber Sunday and a pop fly that
fell safe in the wind caused him 10
be touched for a run in the eighth
Thormahlen, southpaw, and Nc
Loughlin, a Highlander, hurled for
Rochester, the former allowing only
three hits in five rounds. 1t was
Mclaughlin who suffered the vicious
! Tribe attack in the seventh.
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of yore, picks the ball lie wants to
hit and usually does a mighty good
job of it. Cobb will still he great
hitter when the legs refuse to longer
properly function.
True, he no longer takes the dar-
ing chances that he once took OH
the bases. He neither steals bases
with the frequency he once did nor
stretches hits into extra bases. With
al he continues to be as great a
threat as ever, a constant mental
hazard to the battery men and in
fielders.
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NOVICE MEET
New Phy-CuI Instructor An
nounCeS Boxing Tourney.

johnny Crosby, boxing instructor
at the Phy-Cul Club. announced to-
day that entries are open for a
novice boxing tournament. The
meet is open to all boys over the
age of 16 who never have boxed in
public.
All entrants will be given class in
struction before the meet in order to
be able to make a creditable showing.
For entries get in touch with Cros-
by, at 210 T.. Ohio st.
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SPARTAS QUALIFY

BIZ UHitCd Press
CHICAT so. April 11.-Sparta A c..
of Chicago will play the Holly Car
buretors for the national soccer
championship. having won the privi-
lege by q 1 to victory over the
Ben MIXERS of ST., Louis in a semi
final match.
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Warming Up With
the Indians

by Eddie Ash
I'll ETZEL'S men finished ahead
Tx in their spring struggles
- with International League
rivals. They defeated Baltimc;r.
lost to Buffalo and tied and won
Rochester The Baltimore and J..
falo contests were staged at the
Sanford Q'la) training camp.
The Indians got seven hits in the
big seventh inning rally Sunday.
The first of the seven runs scored on
Betzel's double, Holke's sacrifice
and Voters single. Reb Russell
pinch hit for Swetonic and singled
to drive in two markers.
Johnny Anderson, new Tribe out
fielder, produced two singles Sun
day on his first appearance at
Washington Park.
The one error charged against the
Indians was ON wide throw by
kopf.
BOB SNYDER CONTINUED TO
MASH THE SPHERE AND POLED
TWO BASE KNOCKS AND WAS
STRUCK BY A PITCHED BALL
ONCE. EACH TEAM STOLE TWO
BASES.
Rabbit Maranville, Rochester sec
ond sacker, amused the crowd with
his clown antics. He's old, but he's
good.
Eddie Hunter, rookie third saelier
from Cincinnati, today was released
on option to the Waterbury club of
the Eastern League, a Class A cir
cult. The Indians have a string on
Hunter and his work will be watched
closely. He is a sturdy lad, agrees
sive, and he owns powerful throw
ing arm. He is being farmed out
for seasoning, as he has had no
league experience. Manager Bethel
believes the yOungster is destined to
develop into capable pastimer.
Here is the roster of the Saints,
who oppose the Tribesmen in the
opening battle here Tuesday:
PitchersLZahniser Heimach, Nc
QUAD, Meade. Belts, Shealey, Jones,
Thomas.
Catchers-Gaston, Seimer, Tesmir
1nfielders-Stuvengen, Mcmillan,
Robertson, Durocher.
Outfielders-Haas, H. Anderson,
Scarritt, Funk.
Utility-Foss, Odom, Lewis, En-
ger.
Manager-Nick Allen.
A RATHER QUIET OPENING,
BUT THERE WILL BE EXCITE
MENT GALORE AFTER THE OLA
MOND STRUGGLE GETS UNDER
WAY.
Gates will open at 1890 and there
will be plenty of seats. The only
tickets sold in advance were for box
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MY answer Ill 4
sense is going &c
be a rather mega
tive one. l would
say that Cobb is
going to be almost
as valuable as a
threat as he will
be when actually
in the lineup.
In other words.
with Cobb sitting
on the b e n C n
Mack has q great
offensive weapon
a player feared 10y
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THISTLES WIN

The Thistle Soccer Club qualified
to meet the d. f. C. first team in
the final game for the, cup next
Sunday. The Thistles beat the D.
f. c. Seconds, 8 to O, at Premier
Field, Sunday.
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ther player, with the possible OK
ception of Babe Ruth.
1t may sound rather strange to
say that a player sitting on the
bench taking no part in the game,
may have a direct influence on the
result, yet that is just the part Ty
Cobb will play this summer.
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Bevo Lebourveau, leading A. A.
swatter last season, is with Toledo
again after a trial with the Giants.
Wild cheers by Hen rooters. There's
a baseball town.
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HAS SLOWED UP

80 DMITTING that Cobb is CON
II "a siderably slower, yet it has
g affected only one feature Of
his play, fielding.
Cobb can no longer get the quick
start on a fly ball that was once his
custom, neither can he cover the
wide territory that he could when
in his prime.
At the bat, he is as dangerous as
ever. He still looks them over as
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2,400. Saturday it was 200. And
once more the Indians start the
season deep in red ink as a result
of heavy spring training expense.
Fans attending the opener Tues
day will be interested in the per-
formance of the new FASTENERS. Bet
eel, Kopf, Brickell, Anderson, Snyder
and Wick. There are some new
hurlers, but everybody hopes Bill
Burwell will be able to go the route
to victory.
ROCHESTER, PLAYERS EX.
PRESSED THE OPINION JIMMY
WALSH, OUTFIELDER PUR-
CHASED BY THE INDIANS FROM
BUFFALO, WOULD BE A BIG
HELP TO THE TRIBE. HE WON'T
BE READY FOR ACTION UNTIL
LATER IN THE WEEK. HOW.
EVER.
Bolstered by right.handed-hittin
fly chasers, the Indians look as good
as any other club in the A. A.
Walsh's addition makes them stack
up stronger than last year at this
time because the team is better
equipped on the infield and behind
the bat. And Pitcher Byron Specie
may come back from the Pirates.
There will be no opening day
parade.
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Gates will open at 1890 and there
will be plenty of seats. The only
tickets sold in advance were for box
seats, of which there are not many.
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PLAYING
the FIELD
with Billy Evans

OW valuable will Ty Cobb be
III to the Philadelphia Athletics
J this year?
That question has been asked me
many times since Connie Mack took
over the Georgia Peach. 1t is u
rather difficult query.
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There will be no opening day
parade.
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A RATHER QUIET OPENING,
BUT THERE WILL BE EXCITE
MENT GALORE AFTER THE OLA
MOND STRUGGLE GETS UNDER
WAY.
The Bozeman courier., 1927-12-16
UNCLE SAM HAS
MANY JOBS open
Entrance Salaries Range From
$500 to $4,000 a Year
Examinations Soon

Remunerative- and attractive posi-
tiOns in the government civil service
are now open, according to the Civil
Service commission, and examinations
to obtain eligibles will be held in the
near future.
Among the positions to be filled
and the entrance salaries Of each are:
Junior bookkeeper ($1, 1,32O), assis-
tant 1900 and senior bookkeeper
($1, ,680); associate engineer ($3,000-
$3,6O0), assistant ($2,400-$3, ,000) +;
junior physicist Isl ,860l: junior yeter-
marian ($1,860); elevator conductor
$4,000; telegraph operator ($1,68O) /;
associate Librarian ($3,000); instructor
in shop SUBJECTS ($1,860-$2, ,100l; as
sistant marketing specialist ($2,400'
$3,000); electricians, plumbers,
steamfitter's helpers ($1,140); junior
photographic engineer $1,860); bio
chemist ($3,600); associate chemist
($3,000); assistant bacteriOlogist 49,
400); associate bacteriOlogist ($3,-
000); associate pathologist $3,000) (;
milk technOlogist ($3,SOO); assistant
chief marketing specialist ($3,S00-
$4,000 and associate aquatic biologist
$4,000.
Higher grades are filled through
promotions. Full details of all these
coming examinations may be obtained
from Postmaster w. J. Fransham at
the Bozeman post office.