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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10
OFF Blackboard
BY VERN BOXELL

NNE of the five best teams in the
" state, but not one of the smart
est. That about takes care of Co
lumbuS because any team which
doesn't stall more successfully with
a APPOINT lead and minute to go,
certainly can't claim many laurelS
for cerebral functioning.
Speed? Does the mental image
conjured by the word Bulldogs show
you a numbering, heavy-footed ag-
gregation chiefly reliant on sheer
power? Well, consider yourself dis
abused because these Columbus Bull
dogs have plenty of speed and then
little more when it's needed. Their
official name might we'll be Ante
lopes. (Deer, deer, whatta crack.
THIS aforesaid failure to stall
l. saw Frankfort bridge a four
point gap with two looping field
goals from midfoor by Unroe and
Lawhead to send the game into
overtime, But the Bulldogs speed
carried them roughshod over the
Men of Case in the extra five min
uteS for three field goals which took
the starch out Of Frankfort as a
90-degree-above temperature does
from boiled shirt at a dance.
Frantic heaveS at the basket
brought only new gray hairs to the
dinlinutive Frankfort mentor and
the best the Casemen could do with
their share of the extra period was
to convert two Columbus misde-
meanorS into two points.
Some $500 of the faithful who
believe there is no sport but bas-
ketball and Ishaa is his prophet,
spent an evening gravitating be-
tween the heights Of jubilation and
the equally well known depths of
despair as the score huctuated like
a seismograph during what Cali
fornia Chamber of Commerce calls
a ''local atmospheric disturbance"
The score at the end of the half
was 11-all; 1928 at the regular
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ScOZZa In
Ring Clash
Buffalo Light HeavieS to
Battle for Commission
Crown Tonight.
BIZ Omitted Press


BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 10
Jimmy Slattery comes within strik-
ing distance of the light heavy
weight championship for the third
time tonight when he squares off
against Lou Scozza, a fellow towns
man of Buffalo.
Stats had had two previous
shots at the 175-pound title. He
was soundly belted by Paul Berlen-
bach and Outpointed by Tommy
Loughran. AS the class has no
champion at present. the New York
state athletic commission has agreed
to recognize the winner of tonight's
bout as title holder for sixty days.
Within that time the winner must
meet Make Rosenbloom, the Harlem
clown, in defense of the title. To-
nights bout will be over the cham
pionShip route. fifteen rounds to a
decision. Slattery is a 10 to z
favoritc. Both men are light for
the division, weighing about l67
pounds.
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/ ALKING
IT OVER
BY DANIEL
NEW YORK. Feb. 10.

NEW YORK, FEB. 10.
TAKE it from Mel Sheppard. one
- OF the greatest middle distance
runners Of all time, We are heading
for the 400 mile. and may get there
in time for the next Olympics, az
Los Angeles. Shep is the coach OF
the MillroSe A. A, which staged its
annual carnival in the Garden Sat
urday night, and he has a back
ground more prismatic and inter
esting than that OF any other one
time track champion who still is
in the game.
al do not believe that Nurmi's mile of
SIC will remain on the record book
more than few years more" said Shep-
pard Saturday. leo Lermond may do IL.
Martin Of Purdue may come along. Per-
haps 70 win fall to the lot Of stin another
foreigner to eclipse the Finn. But 1t will
be dane.
II often wonder what We could have
accomplished about twenty years back had
ws adopted the method now in vogue.
Eurmi turned the trick by holding the
watch on himself and proportionlng of
his EFFORT. This scheme has been adopted
quite generally. and 1t viii lead to that
400 miIe-snd maybe better"
n
Ana when Mel spoke of "Some OF our
lads" he meant, among others. Melvin w.
Sheppard, who in his day was invincIbIe.
but nov IA represented In the record book
by only one entry-the American mark of
Ito $40 for 600 yards. made In 1910. And
even that he must share with Tom Camp
bell. who tied fl twelve years later.
n
WELL. the pros" at last have
w landed Dutch Carter. In the
early Dos, at Yale, Carter was the
outstanding pitcher of the college
ranks. In fact. think he was the
best hurler in the history of base
ball at old Eli
While Carter was in college, and
for several years after his gradua-
ton, every club in the National
League was after him. The Giants
were the most persistent bidders for
his services, but always Carter gave
the same old answer, mo profess
sional sport for me-"
e
And today, after having fought Oft the
ieAEuers In his youth. Carter finds that
at last he has succumbed to the lure Of
professional baseball. True. he isn't going
to pitch again. But at that imagine he
could step into the box and do a lot
better than some OF the Fingers I saw in
the majors last season.
~
Carriers appointment as direct or Of the
Brooklyn Club by John A. Heydler was
an inspiration. Dutch is popular and
has the background. Though peace has
been declared on the Brooklyn front, there
is no telling when war will flare I'D again
Ana II war comes. Dutch is likely to
smother it with merry quip and license
to practice Law in the state Of New York.
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Nelson BeSts
Olympic Champ

Four Hoosier state athletes shared
in the laurels at the annual Mill
rose A. A. games in New York Sat
urday. Bert Nelson of Butler, who
recently established a new indoor
record for the running high jump,
won his speciality over Bob King,
the olympic champion, and Leo
Sexton of Georgetown, while Jack
Elder of Notre Dame captured first
in the sixty-yard sprint.
Orval Martin gave Ray Conger his
hardest race of the year before los
ing the mile run by a. few yards. The
victory was decided in a last lap
sprint. Siyak, Butler, was third.
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City Junior
Quintets in
Title Tilt
Tire 5uddies, Flashes to
Clash at st. Philips
Gym Wednesday.

indianapolis Flashes and Rose
Tire Buddies will clash Wednes-
clay for the city junior basketball
championship. The two quintets
entered the finals of the Em-Roe
18-year-old tourney Sunday in semi
final contests at st. Philips gym.
Kirshbaum Bulldogs forced Flashes
into an overtime, losing, Is to Is.
The score at the half was II all.
Bulldogs took the advantage in the
second period and were in front two
points with minute to play. Davis
Gagged long attempt, knotting the
count at 1915 at the end of the
game. Belser scored the winning
field goal in the overtime. Guilt
van topped Flashes scoring column
and Yosha starred for the losers.
Rose Tire Budides had an easier
time disposing of Shelby Cleaners,
A to %. Buddies held a 10 to 16
lead ut the intermission, but Clean
ers took % to 10 lead at the start
Of the second period. Three baskets
by Levi gave the Buddies an adj
vantage they never lost. Levi scored
fourteen points and Riesberg ten
for the Tire quintet. with Davis
starring on defense. Mier, with fiji
teen points, led the losers, with the
all-around playing of Bertram out
standing.
The championship game will be
played Wednesday night at 1880 as
a prelim to the city championship
amateur tourney district finals at
st. Philips gym.
Saturday results in the junior
event were:
Shelby Cleaners SO; wizards. "a: Broad
way Aces, %; Holy Name. 10; Woodside
A. c.. "a; Sophomores. 10; Rose Tire Bud
dies. 10; st. Philips Boys Club. is.
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PURDUE, WIS CONSIN TOP BIG NINE AT HALF MARK
DID YOU KNOW THAT

DOBBY JONES dearest de-
ID sire is the British amateur
that's the only important
golf tourney Bobe never has
won Leo Durocher, who
has been sent to the Reds, was
regarded by Miller Higgins as
the best fielding shortstop he
ever had seen in the majors
e. Hug always insisted that
if Leo would adopt a style of
biting that Hug suggested, he
would bat 300 Durocher
tried, but never could make it
=. Bill Hartwell. who acted
as sparring partne. to Phil be-
fore one Of SCOTS swoons in
New York, says he used to be
given the office by Jimmy
Johnston to lay off abusing his
lordship.
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Operation Has
Gus on Shelf

RI Times Special
PROVIDENCE. R. I, Feb. TO-
Gus Sonnenberg, who claims the
worlds heavyweight wrestling
championship, will not be able to
participate in another match for
three or four months, DR.. John A.
Bolster, local surgeon, stated today
Sonnenberg's condition was re-
ported very favorable this morning
at Hope hospital where on Satur-
day he underwent an operation for
an abSceSS in the groin.
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Motor Squad
and Big Four
in City Tilt

With a al to 40 victory over Nor
gantown, state independent cham
pion, last week, the Marmon Motor
basket quintet has visions of making
the Big -Four its next victim and
breaking the railroaders' list of ten
consecutive victories in the City
League.
The Marmon meters have been
showing improvement in each game
for the last few weeks. The game
Tuesday night at the Y. M. c. A,
is scheduled to start at 9 o'clock.
In the other two league tits, the
Sahara Grotto and Earl Radios are
scheduled to play at o'clock and
the Beech Groye-Hayes Body game
is to start at 8.
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Six Teams
Remain In
Title Race
Chicago, Ohio and Mime
sofa Definitely Out of
Net Chase.


CHICAGO. Feb. 10.-Purdue and
Wisconsin, the latter co-sharers of
the 1929 title, we're out in front in
the 1880 Western Conference basket
ball campaign today as most Of the
nine teams in the loop had reached
the halfway mark of their
schedules.
Minnesota's surprise victory over
Illinois Saturday night cleared the
Big Nine battle front considerably
and apparently left two teams to
fight it out for the title.
Purdue Indicated
The Boilermakers, with four VIC
tories and no defeats, are at the
head of the parade while Wiscon-
sin is next in line with four VIC
tories and one defeat.
Minnesota, Ohio State and Chi
cago are the only teams that can
be counted out Of the race.
The Maroons have lost six games
and are sole occupants of the eel
lar, while the Buckeyes have won
but one game out of five starts.
Minnesota ranks above Ohio with
two victories in six games.
Michigan Is Third
Michigan is in third place with
four victories and two defeats, while
Indiana, Northwestern and Illinois
are tied with three victories and two
losses.
This weeks schedule calls for con-
tests between Illinois and North
western tonight, Northwestern and
Indiana Wednesday, Wisconsin and
Northwestern, Indiana and Chicago,
Illinois and Minnesota and Purdue
Ohio, all Saturday night.
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TILDEN, PARTNER LOSE

BIZ United Press
CANNES, France, Feb. 10. -
Smarting under his second defeat
within a week, Big Bill Tilden was
only a spectator at the finals of the
Carlton tournament here today. The
American champion, partnered with
Cissie Aussem of Germany, lost to
Henri Cochet and Elizabeth Ryan
in the semi-f1nal of the mixed
doubles Sunday. 1910 and 6-3.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10
LIEB SIGNS CONTRACT

BIZ United Press
LOS ANGELES, Cal, Feb. 10. -
Lieb, former Notre Dame athlete,
who took over the work of Knute
Rockne last fall when the latter be-
came i'll. today had signed a three
year contract to become head foot
ball coach at Loyola college. Los
Angeles. The contract included an
option of five years more and the
salary was believed to be approx
mately $4,000 per year.
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that station. Another idea of i'm
portance broadcast by Street and
approved by many fans is the fact
he intends to start Ernie OrSatti in
right field and keep him there I'M
Ill he makes good or fades away.
The new Cardinal manager thinks
Orsatti has not been encouraged
properly. and American Association
fans agree with that opinion, for
Orsatti was a real demon when with
Minneapolis in 1928. frankie Frisch'S
defensive high light is on making
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10
Independent, Amateur
Basket Gossip

Because teams Of the Capitol City
League have entered the city independent
basketball tournament. ARRANGEMENTS have
been made TO move the three last games
up one week according to William Brown.
president Of the loop.
Aetna Life Insurance won the Bankers
Insurance League pennant by defeating
American Central Life. As to 50 The
Aetna team compiled an average of thirty
i've points per game in league tits. los
ing one contest and winning nine, Aetnas
have been victorious in twenty-five of
twenty-five starts and are ready for the
state independent tourney. They Will be
bolstered bv the addition OF Lyle, former
Purdue PLAYER. and Red Holt. formerly
with Indiana U. Aetna wants games with
Noblesvihe. Kokomo and South Side
Turner's the latter part Of February.
Write Fred Elliott. care Aetna Life In
Surance Company. Illinois building.
Fl Harrison Blue Devils have been re-
organized after a long lay-od under the
coaching OF Lieutenant T. L. Sharburne.
Several new players have been added TO
the lineup. Blue Devils are open for
bookings and would like 70 hear from the
best city and state teams. NOblesVille
Richmond and Spencer take notice. Phone
Cherry 1850, or Sergeant A. r. Harm.
Company NJ. Eleventh infantry.
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COURT RIVALS CLASH

Indiana Central and N. a. G. o.,
local hardwood rivals. clash tonight
at University Heights The game
originally was scheduled for Jan. 10.
but was postponed due to the men
nights epidemic.
Bailey, flashy forward, is ineligible
and will not be seen in the Grey
hound lineup tonight.
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STATE TRACKMEN MEET
BIZ United Press

BH United Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. TO-
Indiana's indoor track team, filled
with the enthusiasm of victory
over Ohio State last week, began
preparations today for the invasion
Of Purdue Friday.
While the HooSierS we're beating
Ohio State, 46l5 TO 3915. Saturday,
Purdue was defeated by Chicago,
81 2-3 to % 1-3 at a dual meet in
the Windy City.
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49, II ot va
all, Street crossed
up the Stove
League by an
bouncing frankie
IFrisch would re-
main at second
base. instead of
being shifted to
third, thus leaving
The hot corner
open to debate.
Joel Hunt, brought
up from Houston,
is said to have a
splendid chance to
please GabbY at
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1930-02-10
KIRSHBAUM FIVE WINS

After trailing % to Is at the
half, Kirshbaum Meters staged a
rally, led by L. Kempler and Kauf-
man, to triumph over Julian Gold
man A. and B. quintet of Terre
Haute, A to 38.
Davis was outstanding for Terre
Haute, with eighteen points, while
Cohen and Hylton got eight and
nine points, respectively. kaufman
with fourteen, L. Kempler and
Brodsky with eight, and Feltman
with seven points, led the winners
HOCKEY TITLE AT STAKE
BIZ United Press
BERLIN, FEB. 1o.-Germany and
Canada meet here today for the
worlds ice hockey championship.
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lin in the main go
which will be 10
time limit to a
finish. Carlin was
disqualified for al
legged rough tactics
in a recent bout
with Cortez. That
match was filed
with excitement,
and tonight's meet
is expected to be a
duplication Of the
recent bout. Both
grapplers are re-
ported in top shape
for their nlixup.
NL
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Cophers Pick
Fritz Crisler
and Wie1lla1l

BIZ United Press
= MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 10.-Fritz
Crisler, veteran assistant coach at
Chicago university, today was ap-
pointed head football coach at the
University of Minnesota, to succeed
DR.. c. w. Spears. Tad Wieman of
Michigan university was named
Gopher line coach.
Spears resigned recently to &C
cept the coaching job at Oregon
university.
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TURNER'S DROP CHAMPS

South Side Turner's took the third
and deciding game of their series
with Morgantown Green Lanterns,
state amateur independent cham
pions. here Sunday. 80 to 81. Turn
crs jumped into an early lead, which
they maintained throughout. leading
II to at the half
Hildebrand, former Butler star,
playing his first game with the
Turner's, scored fifteen points. while
Adams was best for the champs with
fourteen.
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SIGNS ON TIGER STAFF

Lloyd L. MesSersmith. basketball
coach at Shortridge for the past two
seasons, has signed a contract as
freshman coach and assistant in the
department of physical education at
De Paw university, his alma mater.
MesSersmith will have charge of
freshman football and basketball
and varsity baseball
Messersmith won distinction as a
member Of Tiger varsity baseball.
basketball and football teams be-
fore he graduated in 1928.
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Stove League Chatter
BY EDDIE ASH

THE old warhorse, Gabby Street,
new pilot of the st. Louis Car
dinals, is beginning to unload some
of his ideas for his team followers to
chew the fat over before the new
camDaipn GETS under uav Eiret IF
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playing time, and 90 to Is at the
overtime.
COLUMBUS has a great center
~ and floor general in Dutch
Fehring. Sheeny Beck, the other
most touted of the Columbus stars,
seemed to be nursing some griey-
ance during the short time he per-
formed and soon found himself on
the bench with four personals and
the Columbus reserves. His basket
eye was sadly off as he had many
shots and clicked cay once.
A young man by the name of
Holland distinguished himself as a
pinch hitter, rambling through the
Case defense and adding punch to
the Fehring-Staples offensive. Schae-
fer was dependable at back guard,
as was Collier, the fifth of the
regulars. Columbus deserved that
game, but it should not have taken
the extra five minutes.
COLUMBUS fans are not the only
~ ones who take the Bulldogs
seriously. The game was mecca
for a rather distinguished coterie of
coaches, Curtis of Martinsville, Jolly
Of Muncie, Friddle of Washington,
Pruitt of Connnersville and yet an
other Pruitt Of Ruslvillle, lent
rather an atmosphere of import to
the event.
As for Frankfort, Blackboard has
reviewed them before. They're up
in the same class with the New
some five, and it would take long
search to find two better pas
timers than MeSsrs. Thompson
and Lawhead. to say nothing of
Unroe, Stroup and Shaver.
y
IT'S impossible for one person to
l. be two places at the same time.
Faced with such a problem Satur-
day, Blackboard fell back on the
solution of using an observer" who,
in this instance. was Charles Oef-
uer, former Terre Haute scribe, who,
in the same instance, witnessed the
Tech Henderson game in our behalf.
Concerning which he has to say:
Techs blocking was the best this
writer has seen this season and the Camp
belImen averaged three set shots TO one
for Anderson. However. Tech missed many
shots near the foul circle and did not
score on follow in. This defect must be
remedied If Tech expects to 90 far in the
/ finals. Although Behmer carried off scor-
ing Iaurels. individual honors go TO Shots
Campbell, Techs tow-headed back guard.
He is basketball smart. Although a vic
tory over the Indians Is always sweet
Hech supporters should bear in mind that
Stages did not open up in this pre-
tournament conflict. For that matter.
neither did Tech. But Coach Stages was
all smiles following the game, and any
time Alva Stages smiles at defeat, you
can wager all is not kosher in the state
of Denmark"
Incidentally. our Shortridge correspon-
dent wants us TO say something about the
playing of Case. Bullet and Mccullough
when the Blue Devils were victorious over
Nashville, recent eonquerors of Tech. here
Saturday, 81 to 80. And so we will. He
also asks us to issue a warning to Tech.
We have. Which reminds that the mail
man stacked four Shortridge and three
Tech letters on our desk this morning.
=
The same coach who, a month
ago, said ego north for your 1880
champion" asserted after the CO.
Iumbus- Frankfort game, "come
south for your 1880 champion"
Well, it's getting warmer in the
central portion. We may tarry
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BIG FOUR IN TOURNEY

Big Four A. A. tossers, following
their 81 to "a triumph over Column
bus Cardinals here Saturday. today
began preparations for the Big Four
railroad tourney at Terre Haute
next Saturday.
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Importance is attached to the
ten-round main go at the Armory
Tuesday night between Pete Zivic,
Pittsburgh featherweight and
Eddie Shea, Chicago contender.
Civic is slated to battle Earl Mas
tro on the next Dempsey card in
Chicago and he is out to make
the best showing possible in his
indianapolis match. These lads
are nationally known scrappers
and Zivic is the former interna-
tional amateur bantam champ.
Interest in the Legion battle is
at high pitch. There will be four
other bouts on the program.
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Ruth (46 homers) $4,000 $1,000
Klein (43 homersl.. 5000 $4,000
The difference $4,000 70,000
1929 Batting Averages-Ruth. .S45; Klein,
Total Bases-Ruth. sis: Klein, 4O5.
Doubles-Ruth, &c: Klein, As,
Triples-Ruth. 8: Klein. 6.
n =
TN addition to being a tremendous
Il power at the plate, young Klein,
the Hoosier slugger. is no SLOUGH as
an outfielder, according to Manager
Shottep'S idea Of fly chasers. The
fact the PhillieS offered Chuck only
$4,000 for 1890 is a shock to the
average fans idea of big league
baseball.
For a good winter cry, outfieIder Tom
Oliver. formerly of Little Rock. probably
had the longest. He was on the roster of
the champion Athletics by draft until re-
Gently when he was waived over to the last
place and hopeless Boston Red Sox The
Athletics we're his New Years cheer. the
Red Sox his comedy valentine.
They like 'em big In the big
leagues. Average weight of the
Pittsburgh squad is 1907 pounds
and average height feet 1015
inches. Ten of thirty-f1ve men are
six-footers.
Red Mum. catcher. who was with the
rt..
1929 season. will be with iris Speakers
Newark Internationals this year. He was
purchased from Albany. Newark also OBJ
tanned Doc Legett from the Braves. Skin
and Stahlman. other Bear backstops. will
be disposed of.
ID ALPH SINNERS, outfelder,
N who graduated from Indian
apolis several years ago, also is on
Speakers roster. SINNERS has
travelled quite some territory since
leaving Washington park. A
devastating bean" ball ruined
Ralph'S major career.
Bill Clymer has collected one sweet
looking outGeld for his Buffalo Bisons this
season and Derby day Is mighty proud of
the lineup. consisting of Heinie Mueller.
Ollie Tucker. Pid Purdy and Al Moore. The
first three named are just a shade below
big league class.
wilbert Robinson thinks he got the bet
ter OF Dan Howlsy by trading Pitcher
Doug McWeeny for Adolfo Luque. Nc
weeny was paid $4,000 last year and won
only four games. In other words the four
victories cost Brooklyn 5000 each.
A ND there's another angle to the
"A fact Luque will be with Brook
Ign. Catcher Lopez. up from At
lanta. is expected TO make good with
the Robins this trip. giving the team
the only Cuban battery in baseball
--Luque and Lopez. Brooklyn took
Lopez from Jacksonville in 1927 and
has had him farmed out, getting
the rough edges eased of.
Bill Mullen, third sacker, has been
sold to Beaumont, Texas, by Harry
Hinchman's Reading Keys of the
international group. He used to be
with the Browns.
The welcoming sign is up at ST.
Mary's college, San Antonio, where
Ownie Bush's FASTENERS will spring
train. 1t reads Ready for Chicago
White Sox and Shires the Great"