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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
By Eddie Ash
Pre-Tourney H. S. Elves Just as Good
Get the Ball; Keep 1t; Throw for Goal

ETs get rise out Of the old timers this high school
basketball situation The current FASTENERS at least the
majority, unable believe their whenever they
hear granddaddy any other patriarch remark that
the high school quntes of the onggone days before the
frenzied tournament just good if not better
than the ves of today The youngsters apt to
mark, Ha, that od-fashoned game sissfed No high
pressure coaches No finals spur the teams. No
cys prestige stake the record Of its high school
team Just bunch of boys out for little recreation and
Jun, with perhaps one game a week.
Well, this column is going to string with of the
high school es that built the foundation for the net pastme
IN Hoosierdom Vars and yars ago. For instance, Man
ua and Shortrdge of Indianapolis and old Charlottesville
AT the moment don't recall the few other stout aggeg
TONS but convinced the skill of the bygones matched
the lads Of today tournaments tournaments and it also
is this columns belief that the top flight ves of the pre-
hysterca possessed superior endurance and ability
bear up in the we-known clutch
TT will be necessary ask the assistance of odt basketball fans to
into the Of high basket
GAYS Fg years FORM 1Gg you Know Ay"ay at Manual "a
They made basketball talk walk shpshooes shfy
game shortridge kept
~ % t, i ppe sop mem oso[e arriving at Ihe scene
Manual and sh0dgs are going to tengh Games between Manual
produce fireworks With elimination tournaments ahead tilt
high schools the brought
Nowadays may licked ngOouy rival quintet during
the regular but doesn't always much what with city
blind nyatonal and what it, booked which old
and finals
doubtless we'll
everything demands today the old did
the
what takes Moreover there were smart coaches during the pre-
they employed of the
the of today dozen Ernest Blood
school that
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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

ridge METERS to the limit this
season and Coach Tim Campbell
is taking nothing for granted.
Broad Ripple likewise plays but
one game this week, but that is
enough for Ed Deiderich's small five
as the big Ben Davis team will
form the opposition on Saturday
night, the game to be played in
Shortridge gym.
Cripus Attacks expects two hard
tussles this week, one away from
home at Bloomington, where they
will tackle the Hi-Y five, and the
other on the local floor against the
Shelbyville Hi-Y five.
Coach Emory James has strong
schedule arranged for the Attacks
squad this winter, several members
of the I. H. S. A. A. being on the
card, and he is anxious to get over
these two Hi-Y games, which will
mark the close of the warm-up
program.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

NEW men in pubic life are SC
Il considerate of their constituents
as Mr.. Ruth, few so all-revealing in
their full stock of assets, few so
willing to lay all their cards on the
table It may be that in his par
ticular case the insistence Of the
public is greater, the critical mood
more eXacting.
do not recall, for instance, that
Major Fiorello La Guardia was COM
PEELED to undergo any such ordeal
before he was accepted as the
new mayor Of the city. There
seemed a singular lack Of interest in
his waist line and the size Of his
forearm. No taxpayer demanded to
know his weight.
= =
r HOPE it doesn't mean that there
i is deeper interest in Mr..
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
County Net
Plan Ready
Eleven H. S. Elves Slated
for Annual Play on
Jan. 1918.

The drawings for the annual
Marion county high school basket
ball tournament will be held Satur-
day morning. Jan. 6, Principal Ray
Addington Of Southport high, where
the tournament will be held, an
nounced today. Tournament dates
are Friday and Saturday, Jan. II
and 13.
Eleven teams will take part,
Sc lthport, Ben Davis, Warren Cen
trail, Decatur Central, Lawrence,
New Bethel, Oaklandon, Acton, Cas-
Teton, Beech Grove and New Au-
gusta.
Plans call for the opening tits
Friday morning, Jan. II, with addi-
tional games Friday afternoon and
night. Consolation games will &C.
cupy the Saturday morning session
with semi-flnals in both tourna-
ments Saturday afternoon and the
the final games Saturday night.
indianapolis city teams do not
compete IN the county event.
Fred Totten of New Bethel high
school and president Of the Marion
County High School Athletic Asso-
citation will be in charge of the
schedule drawings which will be
made Saturday morning in the
county superintendent office,
fourth floor, courthouse.
Southport will be defending the
championship it won last year when
the Cardinals edged out Warren
Central in the final game. The
Baker brothers, Chester of Franklin
and Tom Of Bargersville, who have
officiated in the tournament for
several years, will be back on the
job to toot the whistles.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Independent Net Notes

West Newton tournament, winning the
final gang Of the event from do Centgai
Outstanding for the winners. Night
Cardinals Saturday night and the Riv-
erside Olympics will be met on Sunday
afternoon For games with the Cards
write Fred Brandt, Bridgeport, Ind.
The Mayer Chapel. King Sons desire
game for Friday night with any team
playing in the 15-18year-old class, Call
Lincoln 5055 after 5 p. N. and ask for
Howard. Forest Cubs and Little Giants
take notice.
The Hilgemier Cubs who dropped close
game to Martinsville, 1922, desire a game
for Friday night. The Cubs led the
ATei2n ans d II 70 3 g. at ha team e P Phe
19-year-old class desiring a game is re-
quested TO call Irvington 3429. Red Rockets
take notice.
The HIgemeier Packers upset the Kroger
A. Cs of Martinsville. 1927. 1t was the
twenty-flrst consecutive win OF the season
battle the strong Edinburg team at old
Butler gym Friday night and the Pabst
Blue Ribbons of Lafayette sunday at
Pennsy gym.
BY defeating the strong Bridgeport
Cardinals. so to 81 the st. Philips A.. C.s
removed one of the chief threats on their
schedule and now feel confident OF main
tanning their undefeated record, at least
through the remainder OF January The
Saints will battle the Armory National
Guard team tonight at $50 with a curtain
raiser between the St. Philips Boys Club
and Fountain Square fves at 1880.
Riverside Cubs desire games in the 16-
18-year-old class. Write Bob Harlan, 1920
West Twenty-third street.
Bridgeport Cardinals won the West
Newton tourney with a final game win
over Mooresville, 80 to 20 They. also
dropped the Central Camels, IS to 81. to
reach the final game. The Central Camels
were behind nine points with three min
utes to go. but rallied to defeat the De-
catur R. c. five. q to IS, in the other
seml-fnal. In the consolation game pre-
ceding the anal game. Decatur defeated
Mooresville. II to %.
The Decatur R c. five desire games,
which can be secured by writing Bud
Coppock at west Newton, Ind Saturday
night they will oppose the Doll Flyers
The Christamore Pirates defeated the
Christamore Eagles. % to l9. in q rough
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

Ruth than IN a fiery La Guardia.
Very likely it doesn't. Probably it
is just a curious native custom. For
as long as I can remember Mr..
Ruth's tonnage and the precise
dimensions Of his girth have been
a subject of passionate inquiry. His
is without question the most
celebrated bay window in all his
tory.
Some time ago, Mr.. Ruth said he
wanted to achieve three ambitions
before be settled down to write his
memoirs-stay in the big leagues
twenty years, play in ten world
series and hit 700 home runs. Two
thirds of the schedule have been
completed. With sixteen more
home runs he will have rounded
out the full cycle of hope
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

~ "a OAA4SAC ROAAANH
The Centenary Gentlemen are de-
Tending champions in the Southern
intercollegiate Athletic Association.
Indiana State this season has won
two games and lost three.
Purdue will be host to Mississippi
tonight. Notre Dame will entertain
the University of Arizona quintet,
which lost its second game in eight
starts a few nights ago to the Boil
ernakers.
Earlham. only undefeated college
team in Indiana last season. is
scheduled to meet St. Johns at
Toledo, O., and Valparaiso, on an
eastern trip, will play at Davis
Elkins Elkins. w. Va. The Uhlans
were defeated last night by Marshall
at Huntington. W Va. % to II.
Friday night, two Hoosier teams
will play at Kalamazoo. Mich. Earl
ham is to encounter the Kalamazoo
Teachers and Ball State has game
with Western State.
Valparaiso will wind up its road
trip tomorrow night at Pittsburgh
against Duquesne. State encounters
will be Wilmington, O., at De Paw,
in return game, and Manchester
at Franklin. De Paw won it's
other encounter with Wilmington.
Big Ten basketball will open in
Indiana Saturday night, when Min
nesota plays at Purdue and NIichi-
gan at Indiana. The two Hoosier
teams have lost only one game each
since opening their present sched-
ules.
The only other college game in
the state this weekend will bring
Indiana State to indianapolis for
an encounter with Butler Saturday
night.
Earlham will play its last game on
road trip against Detroit City COL
lege and Notre Dame has an en-
counter with Michigan State at
Lansing. Hanover is scheduled to
see action at Louisville.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

the Newcastle-M uncie act is
seriously by a newcomer
this year. It's Morton of Richmond,
a team that has been humping off
foes with a surprising regularity this
year.
Pleasant dreams, Pete.
NOUR pinch-hitter has been
i asked to warn convalescing
Carlos to watch Washington's
Hatchets" It is said that by
tournament time, Burl Friddle will
have real quintet battling for
lost laurels. Only one team
has scored twenty points or more
on the Hatchets this year . Aus
tin Smith, Marion's mentor, is hav-
ing difficulty getting his ineXpe-
rienced warriors settled into the
straight and narrow The Giants
beat Logansport, but can find little
else to brag about q. Gas City, a
stones throw from Marion, beat
Jonesboro, op-skip-and-jum
from Gas City, t'other night, which
means more SeCJlODdI tournament
worries for Smith and his Giants.
=. It was Jonesboro's second de-
feat, Hartford City being the only
other conqueror Of the Zebras.
may not set the world
on fire this year, but watch EN-
next season. All Of c. E. Edmon-
sons boys are sophomores and
juniors Bee-ware Walter
Bloomington scribbler.
rates Tech, Muncie and Shortridge
at the top his big sixteen
and Junior x of Southport warns
IF Shortridge lets our Mr..
run wild like they did
Of Tech, then it will be
too bad for the Blue Devile Satur-
day night . which is more than
an idle threat.
HoWya dom, Carlos. and
hoW'm I dom?
VERN BOXELL.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Three Big Ten
QuintetS Win

By United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-The last prac-
tiCe game before the start of the Big
Ten basketball campaign Saturday
night will take place tonight at
Lafayette, Ind, where Purdue meets
Mississippi.
Three teams finished their prac-
tice schedule last night, Ohio State,
co-champion last year, defeating
Princeton, Al to "a; Illinois nosing
out Missouri in the last ten min
utes Of play, 81 to 81, and Michigan
trimming Michigan Normal, 20
to II.
Notre Dame will seek its nine
tenth straight victory tonight when
the Irish meet Arizona at South
Bend. The Irish have won eight
games this season.
GAMES BOOKED
Princeton will play twenty-one
basketball games this year.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Butler Mails
Relays List

Invitoations, 160 in number to
every leading university and college
in the country, asking that they send
representative runners to Indian
apolis on March "a to compete in
the second annual Butler university
indoor relays, were mailed out today
by Hermon Phillips, Bulldog track
coach.
The games attracted most Of the
outstanding track and field stars in
the country last year, and with
galaxy of suitable awards already
purchased, it is expected the field
this year will surpass the 1888 entry.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Browning Is Named Champ
During N. Y. Wrestling Probe

it regarded James Edward Brown
ing of Verona, Mo, the heavyweight
wrestling champion "of all the
world"
The situation was at a standstill
today. Next Tuesday, Pfeffer, a
smallish man who affects a cane
and a movie hero's haircut, and
who, for various reasons, is at odds
with the trust" will once again
affirm, under oath, his charges.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

game. The Pirates will play the Christa-
more Cardinals Saturday night in a
league tilt.
The East Tenth Street Mohawks defeat
ed the Butler Juniors, AZ to Al, with
Thomas and Donaldson starring for the
winners For games with the MohaWks
write Harrell Hoffman, 1877 North Grant
avenue. Irvington Cubs. take notice.
The Memorial Scabookies won double
SO to is, and the other over the Rural
Aces, 50 to 10, running their victory total
for the season to thirteen consecutive
games without defeat The scabookies
preferred Write Kendall. 1912 Broadway,
or city teams such as Kirshbaum Meters,
play in the 18-year-old class. Call Riley
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
ValpO Bows
to Marshall

By Times Special
HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Jan. a
Valparaiso university basketball
players Of Indiana continued to find
the road rough here last night Sand
dropped the second game of their
southern and eastern trip, Marshall
college downing the Hoosiers, %
to IT,
1t was Marshall's first win of the
season and the locals led, 10 to 6,
at half time. Rucinski and Kari,
with five points each, we're best for
Valpo. Tonight Valpo plays Davis
ElkinS
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
TIGERS RELEASE THREE
BIZ Times SpecidI

By Times Special
DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 4.-Three
members Of the Detroit Tigers nave
been farmed out, it was announced
today.
RoXie Lawson, stellar right
handed hurler, has been sent back
to Toledo Of the American Associa-
ton, and becomes the outright
property Of the Hens. Hub Walker,
outf1elder, was released on option
to Montreal of the international
League, and Joe Sullivan, southpaw
pitcher, went to Hollywood of the
Coast League on option.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Cathedral Is
Cage Winner
BIZ Times Special

By Times Special
LOUISVILLE. KY. Jan. with
J. O'Connor and Dan Rohyans
playing fawless ball, Cathedral high
school net team of indianapolis, ma
ti0nal Catholic champions of 1888,
reversed the dope here Wednesday
night and downed st. Xavier high,
81 to II.
The Saints previously had de-
feated Jeffersonville, Is to 49, and
jeff in turn ran rough shod over
the Irish at Indianapolis for lop-
sided 34-to-15 win, which made the
game here look all Xavier in adj
vance. J. O'Connor, playing his
first tilt since becoming eligible
Monday, handled the ball perfectly
and Rohyans fired in seven baskets.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
BY JOE WILLIAMS

Times Special Sports Writer
NEW YORK, Jan. 4.-Mr. Babe
~ Ruth appeared at Pro. Artie
McGovern's midtown suet salon
yesterday, stepped on the scales,
measured his midriff, tested his
respiratory organs, posed for the
kodaks and exchanged whimsical
bon mots with the baseball his
torlans.
For some strange reason there ap-
pears from year to year to be an
inordinate amount of curiosity in
the general condition of Mr.. Ruth's
health. AT, any rate. at about this
time of the year it is considered
both timely and tumultuous by the
press to inquire into the distin>,
guished gentleman's physical
ness
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
CUE CHAMPION RAPS
TWO LOCAL FASTENERS

Walter Miller and DOC" Bills
were added to the string of victims
of Erwin Rudolph, national pocket
billiards champion, in his second
day of exhibition play here when
the cue champion knocked of Bills,
125 to IS, at the Board of Trade
tables and Miller, 100 to 3d. at
Daugherty's parlors.
The champion turned in a high
run of 81 against Bills, but in the
Miller encounter was required to go
only nine innings for a win, with
a high run Of 46 helping his drive.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Babe Reveals Everything Bceps Tonnage

This is due to the assumption that
a restless public, looking forward to
the diamond battles of July, de-
mands to know in the bleak days of
January the precise state of Mr..
Ruth's equipment and what his
prospects are for meeting the stern
tests of the ball field.
MYTH great and booming
W afability. the gentleman sub
mits to extraordinary intimacies.
His weight is no secret from prying
eyes, his heart beats a public record,
his blood count all open document.
Does one wish to assure himself of
the iron flrmnesS of the gentleman's
hiceps there is no restraint. Step
Gight up, folks.
AT enc of these clinics, I re-
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
HarbO Signs
for Opener

With the signing of Charles
Harbo to meet Bill Honeycutt in
the opening bout, Matchmaker jim
ME NIcLemore completed his card
today for the wrestling show at
Tomlinson hall Friday night.
In the semi-flnal Tommy Tassel
will take on the veteran Joe Hol-
lander. Both men are fast and we'll
matched. The main event is a bout
between the winners of the feature
contests last week, showing Black
smith Pedigo against Roy WEIGH.
Pedigo won ever Ray Meyers last
week and WEIGH was too much for
Tiger Moore.
The first action will start at $50.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Centenary Hangs Up Second
Victory on HOoSier Invasion

On Tuesday night the Gentlemen
from Shreveport nosed out De
Paw, 20-19, and will close their trip
against Indiana State at Terre
Haute tonight
Centenary was ahead, 1910 at half
time, but the Cardinals battled
gamely and brought the game to a
deadlock at 26-all with three
minutes to play. In the remaining
time the invaders outScored the
locals, 8-3 Mathews, who scored
fourteen points in the game, played
the chief role for the winners. Will
son. with ten points, was best Tor
Ball State.
Ball State (29l. Centenary (34.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
BEARS TO TOUR WEST
By United Press

By United Press
CHICAGO, Jan. 4.-The Chicago
Bears. national professional football
champions, left today for an eXhi-
bition tour of five games in Texas
and California The first game will
be played at Dallas, Tex, Saturday
against t Southern Methodist uni
versity all-stars.
The complete itinerary follows:
Jan. 6, at Dallas; Jan. IA, at Los
Angeles; Jan. 81, at San Francisco;
Jan. %, at Los Angeles; Feb. 4, at
San Diego.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04

The entire group of local high
school fves will be in action at least
once this weekend, with Washing
ton and Shortridge playing two
games. The Blue Devils have a
tough program ahead with two
away from home tits which call
them into action against Lebanon
on Friday night and Southport on
Saturday. Both of these tits will
tax the north siders, but they should
come through with wins on dope.
Coach Roland Jones will have a
couple of much-needed players,
Howard and Pearson, in the lineup
when the Continentals tackle Beech
Grove there Friday night. These
players have been ineligible so far
and should enable the west siders to
come through with wins not only in
the Grove game but against Balm
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04


But in typical Dienhart fashion,
the Irish did an about-face and
Bumped off the Bluegrass boys, 81
to II. With John O'ConnOr in the
lineup for the first time this year,
Cathedral appeared at its best The
lanky performer shines in handling
the inflated leather, and his team
mate, Rohyans, counted seven times
from the field
You can put this one down in your
cage date book as a must-Feb. 3,
Cathedral and Tech. Will you be
there, Sharlie?
IRON the outlying precincts
L comes the information that
among the teams to be watched as
tournament time approaches is jeff
of Lafayette, coached by little
Able Masters. the former Purdue
flash.
Jeff, at present riding the top of
the North Central conference, is
rated the speediest outfit of sharp
shooters in the state, lacking only
height. The Masters FASTENERS face
an ambitious weekend, when they
defend their Big Ten lead against
the Bearcats at Muncie tomorrow
night, and then travel to Corners
vile to battle Sleet and company on
Saturday night.
These two games should give an
inside on the Broncos' real strength.
Is there another Grove on the
jeff team this year? And how
there's two of them. A Lafayette
team without at least one Grove is
as rare as dinosaurs.
All of the Bronc FASTENERS are
veterans, only one performer being
lost from last years squad. And the
Jeffs play the kind of basketball
that the fans go miles to see-foor
length rushes, snappy, quick passes,
and all five of them can hit the
iron doughnut from here and there.
a MOTHER tussle that should
IA pack EN- in this week is
Martinsville at Vincennes-Glenn
Damon Curtis VS.. John CPythias)
Adams. These two veteran mentors
have been rivals for years, and a
victory for either brings almost as
much happiness as a salary raise
Il said almost.
Both Curtis and Adams have
green, inexperienced teams this
year. They're developing rapidly,
however. You know Curtis-the
tournament comes in March, and
that's what they pay of on.
TECH and Shortridge face any
l. thing but easy opposition this
week. The Blue Devils get the first
test, going to Lebanon tomorrow
night. On Saturday. Greenfield
comes to Tech. 1t would be wise
for Tim Campbells boys not to take
Greenfield too lightly. The pas
timers from the nearby town are
not being pushed around this sea-
son by anybody.
Shortridge goes to Southport Sat-
urday night, and you can't laugh
off those Cardinals.
DETE JOLLY must be developing
Il gray thatch at Muncie. The
Bearcat mentor is doing right we'll,
thank you, with a fairly inexperi-
enced team.
But if Pete is looking forward to
tournament time, he is inviting the
filters. Among other things, the
jolly man must worry about York
town in the sectional. Art Beckner,
former Muncie and I. U. star who
originally was slated for the Muncie
coaching berth, only to lose out
through an accident, is coaching the
Yorks, and information from that
neck Of the woods is that Beckner
has turned out a big-time team.
Providing the Bearcats get by
yorktown, there's the regional, and
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
College Basket Scores

Centenary "a: Ball State. 90.
Marshall college Huntington, w. Va,
%; Valparaiso. Il
Michigan. 29; Michigan State Normal,
IL
Ohio State Al; Princeton. 81.
Illinois. 81. Missouri p.
Western State kalamazoo. Mich). 20;
Mississippi college, 81 overtime
North Dakota university, 81 Morning
side, IS
Dekalb Teachers, 80; Whitewater Teach
erS r.
DePaul. 81 Arizona 26
Temple. AZ: George Washington. %
Louisiana Teen, as; West Kentucky
Teachers. 3S.
Stephen Austin Teachers, 80; Rice Insti-
tute As
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-01-04
Off the Blackboard .
BY CARLOS LANE

TN which has preceded and followed the
that Indianapolis
that brought the Capital City
greatest yarthe National Catholic championships
out
and nearchampons for at
intends the practice
FASTENERS Louisville and the
drubbng by St Xavier which
Jacksonville IS Is just after the Jes had Waoped