The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-06-15
CITY MARBLE
STARS VIE FOR
TITLE FRIDAY
Times to Send Champion to
Worlds Fair at Chicago
for Full Week.
II IN FINAL ROUNDS
Judges Are Chosen for
Great MibS Event at
Willard Park.

The worlds fair, skyscrapers, Lake
Michigan-Chicago itself, Americas
second largest city-that's the award
to The Indianapolis Times city
marble tournament winner, who will
be crowned Friday.
Final play will be held at the
Willard park tennis courts at 9 Fri
day morning, and seventeen sec
tional winners will dream tonight,
the eve of the final play, of how
much of Chicago they will be able to
see in a weeks stay, after they have
won the city championship.
Robert Noffke, II, of 1912 North
Keystone avenue, School 38 pupil,
was one of the latest to win his way
into the final play, when he won the
sectional championship Of Oak Hill
playground Wednesday afternoon.
Noffke went through his first
game with ease, winning over three
other boys, and then shot straight
and hard to win two decisions over
Rubin Davis, II of 1902 Roosevelt
avenue, School 38, who also had
won MS carrier game.
Last Sectional Today
Noffke, by winning that sectional,
brought the number who will play in
the final up to sixteen. Last of
the Sectionals was to be played at
100 today at the indianapolis Or
phans' home.
Almost all the sectional winners
showed marked ability in reaching
the finals. All gained their posi-
lions only after hard play, possible
fluke victories being eliminated this
year through a change in rules.
Billy Dyer IA, of 957 West Thirty
third street, winner of last years
city championship, and this years
sectional at Riverside park, will be
defending his crown
Billy Is anxious to retain his
crown, for the award to be made to
the winner, weeks trip to Chi
cago and the worlds fair, with all
expenses paid, exceeds that which
Billy received last year.
Leaves Here Sunday
Winner of the championship will
leave Indianapolis Sunday, June 25,
, accompanied by a chaperon, pro-
Vlded by The Times, and after ar
irving there and making headquart-
ers in one of the downtown hotels,
will start on his first sightseeing
tour.
= The indianapolis winner will start
play in the western divisional
tournament Monday morning, and
every morning until Thursday, un-
less eliminated early in play.
Winner of the western divisional,
and the Indianapolis champion will
have splendid chance, will leave
Chicago by airplane Thursday Tor
Atlantic City, NJ j., where he will
play the Eastern divisional champ
IN nine-game set for the national
mibS championship.
During the stay at Chicago, the
indianapolis winner will make sight
seeing tours, and visits to the fair,
when he is not playing marbles. If
the local player wins the western
divisional he will be accompanied
to Atlantic City by the same
chaperon, and if he loses he will
remain in Chicago until Sunday
when he will leave for home.
Play in Four Rings
In Friday mornings finals here,
four boys will be placed in three
rings, and five players will be placed
in a fourth ring. The first boy in
each ring to gain two decisions will
be declared champion of his ring,
leaving four players for the semi
finals.
The four ring champs then will
be divided into two groups and each
group will play three out of five
set.
Winners then will play the final
game, which will be decided by VIC
tories in nine games.
Officials for The Times finals will
be H. w. MiddleSworth, city recre-
alton director; Bob Nipper and
Clifford Courtney, supervisors of
indianapolis Fairgrounds; Sergeants
Frank Owens and Tim Mcmahon of
the police accident prevention bu-
reau, and representatives of The
Times
Sixteen Already Winners
Winners of sectionals already
played include:
Riley Playground-Dexter Duke. 10. of
924 River avenue, School AZ
Fall Greek Playground-Jack hewitt, II,
81 81 S2e East Fall Creek boulevard. School
Garfield Park..Blly Peed. 10. of 1928
Calhoun street, School 10.
Spades Park-Stanley Smith. IL of
1oIf Tecumseh street, School So
7q EtnSsn6erser PaTk-Bin shultz. IL. of
'S Mn M9Tih C9lorado avenpe School So
1921 King avenue. School rs.
Hawthorne Playground-Jesse gilbert
son. L. OF IS South Mount street. School
Riverside Park-Billy Dyer. IA. of e57
West Thirty-third street, Shortridge high
Rhodius Park-warren Fowler. Il. of
lllo Reisner, street School az
s,d SriSn166wood I pslsa,ysr9und1Lawrence Hes
St c Franc de Sales Catholic school.
,OhriStisn Park-Kenneth Conoway. IL,
Brookside ParkEJames Kieinhelder II.
OF 1919 North Denny street, School 81
Willard Park~iri IRELAND, Il, Of as
American ,Settlement--Frank Stefanko,
IL OF l0S West Washington street. ST
Johns Catholic school.
Greer Street Plsyground-Joe Piccione.
IL OF 622 Stevens street. Holy Rosary
OAK Hill Playground-Robert Noffke, IL
OF ds,S North Keystone avenue, School Ss.
orphans Home-To be played at 1:S0
UTILITY WINS BATTLE
Declared Publicly Owned in Opinion
From Attorney General.