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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-06
Purse-Grabber Attacks Girl

Miss Sophia Passo, II, of 933
South Capitol avenue, reported to
police yesterday she was seized near
her home by Negro thief who
threw her to the sidewalk and rob-
Der her of her purse containing only
a small amount. A similar attack
was reported by Ruth Anderson.
Negro, 8161a Fayette street.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-06
Card Party Arranged

Pocahontas council No. $50 will
hold a card party next Thursday
at the home of Mrs. May Thayer.
1447 South Talbot street. Mrs. Hazel
Swego is the chairman in charge Of
the arrangements.
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PAGE 8

jackers. is said by officers to have
identified Sims as one of the trio.
A second suspect. Irving Cum
mings. II, Bloomington, is being
held in another jail
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-06
Big Four EmpIoye Dies

The funeral of William Augustine,
BOG East Sixty-sixth street, will be
held at 10 tomorrow morning in the
Royster 81 Askin funeral home.
The body will be taken to Rossville
for burial. Mr.. Augustine died Fri
day, following short illness. He
was an employee of the Big Four
shops, and a member of Prospect
Lodge TIA, F. g. A. M.
Surviving him are a son, Earl
Augustine, and daughter, Mrs.
Pauline Shadrick.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-06

Every time you let tangled nerves get the
best of you. Every time you bang the
door off its hinges, or want to scream, "
you're taking it out of yourself.
Door banging, screaming and such
antics are rude to say the least, and
make your family and your friends I'M
comfortable . d. . But - most important,
each fit of temper you give way to is sap
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-06
Young Rites Arranged


Following an illness of three
years, Peter N. Roeder, So. of 942
South East street, died yesterday at
his home. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed
Mr.. Roeder had been employed in
Indianapolis for twenty-six years
years preceding his illness as a.
cabinet maker He was a member
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles
I'll, the Lincoln Mutual Benefit So
ciety, and Sacred Heart church.
Surviving him are the widow
Mrs Eleanor ROeder; a daughter,
Miss Louise ROeder; two brothers,
Charles M. ROeder and Nicholas
Roeder, and a sister, Miss Josephine
ROeder, Madison.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-06

Mrs. Noble Morgan, Indianapolis,
and a sister, Miss Florence Belle
Fogg, Haverhill, Mass.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-06
RICHARD BECK,
GOLF OFFICIAL,
is DEAD HERE
Ex-SpaIding Store Mana
ger Passes at Hospital;
Rites to Be Set.

Richard L. Beck. so, 857 Udell
street. died last night in the Metho-
dist hospital He formerly was store
manager for the A. G. Spalding
sporting good store and had been
starter and scorer for a number
Of city golf tournaments.
Surviving him are the widow; his
mother. Mrs. Jane Beck, and two
sisters. Mrs. o. E. Crawford and Miss
Jessie Beck. Funeral arrangements
have not been completed.
Young Rites Arranged
Funeral services will be held at
2.30 tomorrow for John D. Young.
81, in the Hisey 81 Titus funeral
home. Mr. Young died yesterday
in st. Francis hospital, following a
three months illness.
Surviving him are two daughters.
Mrs. Herman S. Drake and Mrs.
Daisy Towles; five granddaughter,
and grandson.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-11-06

ping your own vitality. making the next
tantrum easier, running your health,
your digestion, your disposition.
Watch your nerves. Get your full
amount of sleep every night. Eat regu-
larly and sensibly. Find time for recre-
alton. And smoke Camels for Cancels
costlier tobaccos never get on your
nerves.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
State Colleges May Drop
5-Year Eligibility Rule

of new rules as drafted by William
A. Blanchard of De Paw, state Sec
rotary.
Two sore spots exist in the state
organization, one the f1ve-year rule
and the other the handling of eligi-
bility, or lack of it.
In the days of depression the I'M
business Of the five-year rule reveals
itself more than any one expected.
1t rules that an athlete who at
tends college for two years and then
finds himself unable to continue for
lack of funds, and drops out to
work two years, finds himself I'M
able to compete in athletics when
he resumes his educational career
because he originally entered school
five years before. That something
will be done about this rule is prac-
tically assured. Others states abol-
ished it.
Inasmuch as the life of athletics
in Indiana colleges seems to hinge
On their ability to confne the major
portion Of their athletic contests to
intra-state competition, some action
seems necessary to combat the eligi-
bility stynie. In drawing up their
1884 football schedules several
schools have dropped this and that
team" from the program. Inference
seems to be the extent of the reason
for the action. Meetings of the
Indiana Intercollegiate conference
come and go and nothing is ever
said or done about the question.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
BY JOE WILLIAMS
L.. SrnrinI SnnrfS Writer

NTEWSYORK. Dec. 6.-An inter-
IN esting and possibly significant
item in connection with the de-
cision to invite the Columbia foot
ball team to compete in the Rose
Bowl classic-as the Pasadena real
estate enterprise is tenderly called
is that the invitation was based on
superior scholastic rankings.
As a group the Columbia team
stands higher in classroom work
than any other Columbia team in
history. and by a singular coinci-
dence the team is one Of the best,
If not the best, Columbia has ever
developed.
While both factors. mental and
mechanical, probably influenced the
selection. the official announcement
from the coast indicates quite
definitely that the high brain voltage
of the team was much the more i'm
portant of the two
In naming Columbia over Michi-
gan, Army. Nebraska and others. .
the announcement read, due con-
sideration was given the high
scholastic requirements of the uni
versity and the academic achieve
uents of the men on the team"
Ont know what this makes the
boys who play football at Michigan,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06

Continentals' gym Saturday. Coach
Jones yesterday used several COM
binationS in an effort to find one
which would click more smoothly
than that which the west siders
opened the season.
Coach Joe Dienhart cut his squad
yesterday. Those remaining on the
Cathedral team are: Carson, Kill
niger, Rohyans, Mcmahon Sweeney,
w. Conner, G. O'Connor, Shiel,
Shields, R. Conner, Feeney, and j.
O'Connor. Cathedral will play at
Flora Friday night
Park schools varsity will play
Kirklin high school Friday at the
local gym. Coach Lou Reichel used
as his varsity in scrimmage yester-
day: Alex Carroll and Bill Nc
Murtrie, forwards; Bill Birthright,
center; and Allen Carroll and Irv
LemauX, guards.
Coach Tim Campbell pushed his
Tech cagers through a tough scrim-
mage yesterday Friday the Green
and White five will go to Muncie to
play the Bearcats, and will return to
the local gym Saturday night for a
tilt with Richmond.
Out at Shortridge, Coach Kenneth
Peterman sent his Blue Devils
through long practice session yes
terday to get them in shape for their
opening game with Greenfield, there,
Friday night. Peterman has cut his
squad to ten men.
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Army. Nebraska, etc, but the in
ference is hardly flattering.
THO my knowledge this is the first
l. time football team has ever
been decided upon as a desirable
opponent on the basis of intelh-
gence. Heretofore the main require
ments have been power. speed and
skill. Perhaps this is prophetic Of
a new era in competitive sports,
with the high forehead replacing
the bIacksmith's chest.
Since this appears TO be distinctly
an innovation, even in football, it
will be necessary to await develop
ments. Also it is possible only to
speculate as to how gray matter as
opposed TO red corpuscles would
operate in other sports, if at all.
The leading intellectual among
major league ball players is Mr.
Moe Berg. the Washington catcher.
1t so happened that the Washing
ton team opposed the Giants in
the last world series. But I doubt
if the fact that Mr. Berg speaks
seven languages, including the sign,
had any bearing on the arrange
ment. The series just worked out
that way, and even with his extraor-
binary gifts Mr.. Berg was unable TO
talk the Washington club into the
championship, despite favoring
winds.
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1t isn't likely the prize ring will
move too rapidly to adopt a system
of cerebral competition for the rea-
son that the I. Q. in this sport has
never been excessively acute. though
it did register a slight upward trend
when Mr.. Gene Tunney boiSterously
embraced Shakespeare.
T RECALL that in his last appear
4 ance in the ring Mr.. Tunney OPP
posed a gentleman whom he had
formally invited to be his vis-a-vis
one Tom Heeney. But Mr.. Tun-
ney's interest. I have always be-
lieved, had less to do with his OPP
ponents mental equipment than his
known mediocrity as a fighter.
If I am to believe what some Of
the boys tell me, the more brainy
your opponent is in golf the easier
it is to outscore him. Mr.. Walter
Hagen once told me that one Of the
chief attributes to success in golf is
a nonthinking mind. An active
mind means too much imagination
and too much imagination means a
faulty concentration" explained Mr..
Hagen.
"A thoroughly dumb guy ought to
do great, then" I commented.
"A lot of thoroughly dumb ones
have" agre d Mr.. Hagen. Attempt
ing to make no point at all. I
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
RaScher Celebrates Repeal by Peeling
Himself Mat Win Over Frenchy Baffert

enough into Mr.. Baffert's abdom-
inal machinery that all was over
but the grunting. Back in the ring
after the rest period Rascher went
headIong into his opponent again,
and, eight minutes later, the fans
were looking for their coats and
bottles.
Cowboy McCarrol, who learned
his wrestling in the tossing
badlands of Idaho, found that
throwing Irish Pat O'Shocker was
something more Of a job than heav-
ing the bull.
The ruddy Mick from Salt Lake
City, in the evenings other main
go, added to Utah's new found pres
tige by clamping a deadlock on Nc
Carroll in seventeen minutes, and
by repeating the act five minutes
later to win the decision.
In the first event on the program
Tom (The Bad Wolff Marvin and
Babe Caddock of New York went
twenty-five minutes until Marvin
threw Caddock with chinlock.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
HeavieS Under Dempsey'S
Care Don't Attract Cash

vomica of pugdom used to chatter
light frivoloties anent socks on the
noggin and punches in the puss,
was given to the concessionaries for
peanut storage.
So you see, 1 have no love for the
Garden, but I feel it my bounden
duty today to put in lick against
the sports writer's who are CRITICS.
ing the Garden for losing control
of the heavyweight situation. Sew
eral of my fellow workers have ex-
pressed the opinion that Dempsey's
hold on the leading heavies is a
sign of dumbnesS in the Garden ad-
ministration, and that if RicKard
were alive the Garden still would be
tops in the fighting business.
I'm not so sure. I wouldn't be
surprised that if Tex were here he'd
take one look at the present crop OF
heavyweightS, sigh a long sigh, and
take to selling silk hosiery. Perhaps
the Garden boys are smart in not
fooling with the heavyweightS right
now, and concentrating on hockey.
Dempsey, it was announced yes
terday, has signed bridegroom
Schmeling and Tommy Loughran
for bout in Atlantic City in jan
uary, and has a head full of
schemes for King Levinsky and a
host of others. But will Jack make
any money? The best answer to
that one is that he had a natural
last summer in Baer and Schmeling
and yet, even with the help of a
press as friendly as a politician on
the eve of election day, wound up
making exactly nothing. Of course,
there is the possibility that Jack
and his associates are not inter-
ested in money, but are just pro-
noting for the jolly fun it offers.
The main objection have to the
Gardens position is, that, with
Dempsey controlling most of the
heavyweight contenders, it may be
forced to use Sharkey against Car
nera again. And, personally, I could
do without the Sharkey man for a
long, long time.
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merely mention that Mr.. Hagen has
won more national championship
than any other American profess
sional.
Whether intelligence is an asset
or a liability to a football player
does not exactly post a new ques-
ton. 1t mas long been argued by
the coaches. Rockne always wanted
smart guards and quick-witted
quarter backs. zuppke wants his
guards to leave their noodles in the
dressing room. Thinking takes too
much out of them" he claims.
=
FINDER Haughton the quarter
~ back was practically a swivel
chair executive. His job was to do
the thinking-the ten others did the
work. Haughton used to instruct
the Harvard scouts particularly to
assay the mental ref1exes of ap-
preaching opponents. and he was
never very happy when he learned
he was going up against mentally
sluggish team.
1t was his theory that it was
much more difficult to deceive a
dumb team than a smart team. His
reasoning was that smart players
were quicker to react to guile and
fakery on plays and thus permit
themselves to be lured out Of po-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
Eastern Grid Coaches
Offer to Help Little
for Rose Bowl Game; Anderson ProtfeTS Services
to Lions Mentor

but not the shrewd Mr.. Little He
explained TO the United Press,
"Why-any one Of those fellows
might tip us off to something that
would help to beat Stanford-or at
least keep the score down"
The board of strategy already in
cludeS such nOtableS as Chick Nee
han of Manhattan; Jim Crowley Of
Fordham; Jock Sutherland Of Pitts
burgh; Hunk Anderson of Notre
Dame; Lud Wray. coach Of Phila-
delphia's professional team, and Bert
Bell, former Pennsylvania coach.
Others probably will be added soon.
Some of these grid mentors will
lend a hand in putting the Lions
through their PAGES at Baker field.
Others will visit New York, sit in
at a couple Of practice sessions, try
to pick flaws and offer suggestions.
Some will be used as consulting en-
glneers on matters Of conditioning
Little is preparing for d football
game. He's facing a tough PROPOSE
ton. one that will require all his
ingenuity to wriggle out Of. So Cali
fOrnia fans can expect to see one
of the slickest teams that ever
visited the coast, despite its lack of
man power.
Columbia will take the field a
decided underdog. Jack Doyle,
Broadway betting commissioner, an
nounced opening quotations as: So
against Columbia, and 1-3 against
Stanford.
To make matters worse, Joe Fer
rara, veteran tackle and outstand-
ing lineman, has been declared in
eligible. The co-captain elect failed
in some Of his mid-term eXamina-
tons, and unless special tests can
be arranged, he IS not likely to get
into the game.
Joe Richavich. a reserve tackle in
1882, who was counted on to be a
first-string man in 1888, has re-
gained his standing after being on
probation all season. He may get
into the game if he rounds into
shape. With Ferrara out, Richa-
yich'S return would give Little four
tackles.
Little has had no chance to scout
the Stanford team, but he expects to
get an idea Of their plays from
friends on the coast, newspaper de-
scriptiOnS Of games, etc.
Il guess Tiny ThornhilI is still
using the Warner system at STAN
ford" Little remarked. But I'm
not sure. In fact 1 don't know a.
thing about that team-yet."
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Rascher that Mr.. Baffert halls from
Canada, where it has been permiss-
ible for some time to wheedle a
quart from legitimate stock.
If Mr.. Baffert had been an Amer
lean with one of those cast iron
stomachs (de) generated by bath-tub
gin and other questionable distill-
ates, Mr.. Rascher probably would
have had skull fracture this morn
ing. 1t was Mr.. Rascher's head
on contacts with Mr.. Baffert's mid
riff that finally decided the match.
For some twenty-three minutes of
their exhibition, Mr.. Rascher eluded
the deadly key-locks that Mr.. Baf-
fert practices upon all and sundry
opponents Then one came along
that he didn't have the answer for,
and his shoulders graced the mat.
That was all of that, as far as
Mr.. Rascher was concerned. He
used his head Literally and f1gura-
lively And in eleven minutes by
the better grade watches around the
ringside he sank his skull deeply
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
BY DICK MILLER

In most instances it is, "the calm
before the storm" but with the
affairs of the Indiana Intercollegiate
Conference it usually runs, the
storm before the calm" AS the date
of the annual meeting, Saturday
morning, Dec. 8, in the Claypool
hotel, approaches, plans for a
stormy session begin to formulate
among the athletic directors.
This phase does not differ greatly
from past years, but usually the col
lege leaders who carry a disgruntled
attitude always seem to fail to find
floor champion, or hesitate to
speak for themselves. 1t is not at
all unlikely the 1888 meeting will
revolve itself into the usual meeting
of officers with a few Of the flock
looking on during the reading OF
the secretary's report.
It is recalled, however, that last
year efforts we're launched to have
the obsolete rules and bylaws OF
the organization rewritten, re-codl-
fed or something done to bring
them up to 1888 standard Of ath-
letics and to meet present-day prob
lens. 1t is our understanding a
caucus meeting in the Claypool Fri
day night will be held for the pur-
pose of approving or changing a set
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
BY CARLOS LANE

1t was, as the saying goes, a
stormy night upon the ocean, which
is always bad thing for the sailors,
not to mention the passengers
aboard.
There were, also, a few land
squalls that sank more than one
earth-bound canoe as prohibition
went the way of all flesh when
Utah succored the twenty-first
amendment at 4:31 central standard
time yesterday afternoon.
But it was gala evening for
Mr.. Andy Rascher, the very up
coming Indiana representative
in the heavyweight graphing So
ciety.
Mr.. Rascher anointed his Atomic
brow with an important laurel last
night as he measured Mr. Al Baf-
fert's French Canadian length twice
on the canvas in the feature per-
Torrance on the Hercules A. G.
wrestling card at the Armory.
1t possibly is fortunate for Mr..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
BY HENRY M'LEMORE

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-I hold no
brief for Madison Square Garden,
and haven't, as my colleagues well
know, since that day when James
Joy Johnston so ruthlessly did away
with the preSSroom.
1t was there, upon dull after
moons, that one could Saunter in,
fill ones pockets with weeks sup
ply of cigarets, get nip of tea and
bitters, and converse with the
charming mugs and thugs who are
the backbone of boX-fighting.
But no more. James Joy hung
paddock on the pressroom door,
emptied the coffee urn out the win
dow, pocketed the smokes, and, I
suppose, drank the tea and bitters.
And the little room which provided
such a cozy salon where the haut-
monde, ne plus ultra and nux
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
BY JACK CUDDY
United Press STAFF Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. 5.-Coach Lou
Little was busy today organizing a
brain trust" or board Of football
strategy, to assist him in sharpening
the Columbia Lions fangs for its
tussle with Stanford in the Rose
Bowl.
Eastern football circles were tax
ing the Pasadena tilt seriously, and
already many of the sections most
brilliant gridiron tacticians had
volunteered to help the popular
Lou.
Some coaches might have de-
clined such offers, feeling that too
many meisters might spoil the brew;
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
Four Tied in
Billiard Play
BIZ United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-The worlds
championship pocket billiard tour
nament entered it's third day Of
play today with Ralph Greenleaf,
defending titleholder, tied with
three other competitors for the
lead, each with one victory and no
defeats.
Erwin Rudolph, Cleveland; An
drew Ponzi, Philadelphia, and jim
my Caras, Wilmington, Del, each
have won one game and were tied
with Greenleaf in first place.
The schedule called for Greenleaf
to meet George Kelly, Philadelphia,
national champion, in tonight's
feature match.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
Saints Name
Bob Coleman

By Times Special
ST. PAUL, Dec. 6.-Bob Coleman,
last year pilot Of the Beaumont
Club of the Texas League, was to-
day named manager Of the st. Paul
Saints for the 1884 season. Official
announcement was made by Bob
Connery, Apostle president.
Coleman is veteran minor league
pilot and catcher and has had four
teen years of managerial experience.
He caught for Columbus in 1913 1915
and 1916.
The new st. Paul chief has man
aged clubs at Mobile, Terre Haute,
san Antonio. Evansville and Beau
mont. Emmett Mccain piloted the
Saints last year until his resigna-
ton late in the campaign. Phil
Todt finished out the 1888 season
as manager here.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
High School Cagers Put
Through Routine Drills

Indianapolis high school basket
GERS went through routine practice
sessions this week in preparation for
games between today and Sunday.
Manuals cagers will take on Ac-
ton in the Manual gym Wednesday
afternoon and will play at Ben Da-
Wis Friday night. Coach Oral
Bridgeford pointed out mistakes
the boys made in the New Palestine
game last week and sent them
through a heavy scrimmage yes
terday
Washington will face two foes this
week, playing at Mooresville Fri
day and meeting Southport in the
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
rains Aid or Hindrance? Take the for Example

sition. leaving openings for the ac-
tual blow
The less imaginative players, on
the other hand, as Haughton fig
ured it, blissfully ignored the de-
coys, stayed put, and more times
than not, stopped the ball-carrier.
Of course, Haughton may have
been wrong. In rebuttal, Mr.. Little
presents. his Columbia 'Hiforrids, "
who are to engage Stanford in the
battle Of brains on New Years day.
Mr.. Little seems to have. convinc-
ingly demonstrated that dumbness
in football players may be impor-
tant but not altogether necessary.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-12-06
Ball State
Net Victor
Shuck'S Free Throw in Last
Minute Beats De Paw,
Il to 20.
By United Press

By United Press
GREENCASTLE, Ind, Dec. g.
Ball State Teachers college won a
hotly contested basketball game
from De Paw here last night, 81
to 20. A free throw by Shuck, Ball
State forward, in the last minute
ended the scoring.
The Muncie team trailed, 10 to 6,
at the half. The score was tied
three times in the last period. Arson
and Herman led Ball States scor-
ing with seven points each. Town
send, center, led De Paw scorers
with seven points.
Rail- State (of1 M paury ION,