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The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26

mates wanted. From then on they
had things pretty much their own
way.
Seeing the Irish basketeers work.
ing against Butler, Blackboard
couldn't understand how they
dropped two games this season to
Pittsburgh. In a little reunion after
the last whistle he picked up this
information from Billy Sheehan of
South Bend, captain of Notre
Danes baseball team in 1924: The
boys were just of at South Bend.
If they'd played like that tonight
Butler would have beaten them
twenty points"
4 L FEENEY, Notre Dame alum
L n nus. and state safety director
as we'll as athletics commissioner,
was at the game. So was Elmer
Layden, one of the Four HorSemen,
and now football coach and ath-
leticS director at the Irish school.
An amusing anecdote came to
Backboard'S ears in the fieldhouse
Saturday evening. He was talking
with Heze Clark, Times reporter and
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
Winners Are Announced as City
Pin Event is Brought to Close

The city bowling tournament
found no changes in the leaders
over the final weekend play at the
Central alleys. In Class A Hoosier
Pete was team winner with 3,082;
second, NIausner Beer, 1882, and
third, Fox Restaurant, 2,97S.
Glass B found Auto Equipment the
winners with 1859, and runner-u
position went to Jardine Bros, with
2,946; Coca Cola, with 2,794, cap
tured third. Glass G found Raab
Coats first with 1888; second, Sur
veyors, 2,546, and Optimist No. /,
third, with 2,524.
Walt Hickman and Leo Ahearn
held down the Glass A doubles with
1854; r. Smith and D. Glubka
closed in second place with 1928,
and third honors we're taken by D.
Nordolt and H. Shriver with 1925.
Winners of the Class B doubles
went to H. Maher and E. Stark,
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26

sinister touch to any of his fights.
Win, lose or draw he has always
been in there leveling. There
should be some sort of reward for
that. To be known as the heavy
weight champion would mean a
great deal to him. I don't believe
anybody would begrudge him the
distinction.
But financially it would do him
much good. Loughran isn't the
type the customers tear down
fences to see. He isn't a hitter.
Tunney never was a draw. Madison
Square Garden lost 100000 the
first time Tunney appeared in the
ring without Dempsey. He wasn't
a hitter either. 1t was Dempsey
not Tunney who drew those tre-
mendouS gates.
Even so, Loughran is the only
one who can make any sort of profit
out Of this bout which brings to-
gether two men so funevenly
matched as to size, weight and
power, that, in any other sport, it
would not be allowed by the authori-
ties to take place. Loughran can
achieve an understandable ambition.
and he can make a little money
But what can Carnera gain?
What will it add to his prestige to
knockout or outpoint man eighty
pounds lighter? Inevitably the
public response will be: What of
it?" There is nothing admirable
about a victory where all the phys
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
Big Ten, Missouri Titles
Hang on Games Tonight
wisconsin Invades Purdue: Butler Will Meet Drake on
Bulldog FieIdhouSe Hardwood: Indiana Faces
Chicago CagerS in Bloomington.

and McCloud. forwards; Cole, s.
foot -8-inch center and Abram and
Curry. guards, probably will start
for the Iowans.
Butler will wind up its campaign
this week, playing at Wabash 'on
Wednesday night, and finishing
against Washington university in
St. Louis Saturday night.
Tonights game will be the last
home appearance of Baird, Ben
Parrish and Frank Reissner.
This weeks schedule also will close
the season for the majority of Hoo
sier college teams. The schedule is:
TONIGHT
Wisconsin at Purdue.
Chicago at Indiana.
WEDNESDAY
Manchester VS.. Ball State at Muncie.
Earlham at De Pauw.
Butler at Wabash.
THURSDAY
Evansville at Oakland CITY.
Franklin at Indiana Central.
FRIDAY
Concordia (Ft. Wayne at Battle Greek,
Mich.
SATURDAY
Indiana at Purdue.
Ohio State al Notre Dame.
Butler at Washington.
Valparaiso at ConcOrdia (Milwaukeel.
Concordia lFt. Wayne) at Joliet. Ill.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
Fight Gate
Sale Slow
Good Weather Might Pull
Loughran-Carnera Go
Out of Red.

By United Press
MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 26.-It's up to
the weather man now whether
Wednesday nights world champion
ship fight will be a financial success
or a bust.
If the weather is warm and clear
when Primo Carnera steps into the
ring to defend his heavyweight title
against Tommy Loughran, the last
minute rush Of customers is ex-
pected to pull Madison Square Gar
den out of the red for the fifteen
rounder.
Colonel John Reed Fitzpatrick,
president of the Garden, admitted
today: THE advance sale, frankly,
has been disappointing. However,
it's beginning to show some real
life. A last-minute rush for tickets
will put it over very we'll"
Meanwhile Tommy Loughran has
shifted his fight preparations to
Miami to stir up more interest. He
is taking his final workouts at the
Garden stadium, where the fight
will be held.
Both fighters will take their last
workouts today. They will lay off
tomorrow.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
Three All-Heavy Mat Bouts
Are Billed Here Tomorrow

Milo Steinborn, German strong
man" heavyweight wrestler of ST.
Louis, weighing 220, has been signed
for the opening bout on the Her
cules A. G. wrestling card at the
armory tomorrow night. He will
oppose Joe Cox, 215, an experienced
grappler from Kansas City.
Signing of Steinborn and Cox COM
pletes Matchmaker Lloyd Carter's
all-heavyweight program, which he
figures is one of the strongest cards
he has offered local mat fans in sew
eral months. Three bouts are on
the bill, the first at $780,
Abe Coleman, 200, of New York,
who claims the Jewish heavyweight
championship, and the rough Lou
(The Grea) Plummer, 230, of Bal
timore, headline the show. Their
match has created more than the
usual amount of interest and indi-
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
Mile Stars Split HonorS
in Indoor Track Campaign
By United Press

By United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-GIenn
Cunningham and Bill Bonthron are
tied now with one victory each, but
apparently they will not meet again
this season to determine their in
door running supremacy.
Cunningham, of Kansas was
forced to crack Gene Venzke'S in
door 1,500-meter mark and set a
new world mark of minutes 52.3
seconds to nose out the gre:t
Princeton runner Saturday night in
the National A. a. U. champion
ships at Madison Square Garden.
The week before Bonthron
hurled himself through the tape
just three inches ahead of Cum
ningham in the Baxter mile of the
New York A. G. games. Venzke,
Of Pennsylvania, ran in both races
and finished strong third in each.
Bonthron will run in the inter-
collegiate A A. A. A. games a week
from tonight. That wiz be his fare
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
TERRY PRAISES FRIEND

By United Press
MIAMI, Fla, Feb. 26.-Bill Terry,
manager of the New York Giants,
planned to leave training camp to-
day to attend John j. McGraw's
funeral in New York on Wednes-
day. He will go alone.
Terry was saddened by the death
of the man who picked him as his
successor to manage the Giants.
John McGraw was one of the
best friends I had in baseball, "
Terry explained.
HE was my one and only major
league manager. Whatever I am in
the game, I owe largely to him. He
took me in as a green rookie and
persuaded me that I could be a
good first baseman. He taught me
the game.
when he decided to retire back
in 1892, it was McGraw who
boosted me to manager. Then he
gave me valuable information about
managing-and he never interfered
in the slightest
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26

Negro who is obviously pleased at
the absence of legal restraints, sing
out Justify:
Anybody here want to bet on
Carnera?"
Some one mentions that the odds
are to l on Carnera. The
Philadelphians aren't interested in
odds, except that to l is to them
reflection on Loughran. Even
money is good enough for them. A
smallish gent with rimless glasses
pulls out a wallet, and with a
sweeping motion plops it on the
table.
"All or any part of it on Tommy
and I'll give 4 to l." he cries.
Something family resembling a
burp put a period to his offer. There
were no takers, though your cor
respondent remained inactive only
through great pressure.
This gives you a picture of the
local LOughran sentiment. I fear it
is built more around the man than
the fighter 1t is a sentiment that
is not generally felt. I mean with
respect to his chances of winning
the championship. There isn't much
in his record that makes him stand
out. You can't get away from the
fact that HamaS and Sharkey
stopped him.
PERSONALLY I'd like to see
Il Loughran win. He is a straight
shooter. There has never been a
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26

A Big Ten basketball champion
ship. and a Missouri Valley Confer
ence cage title will be at stake in
two games on the Hoosier collegiate
hardwood program tonight as the
1933-34 net campaign swings into
the home stretch in Indiana.
The Big Ten race will be over if
Purdue defeats Wisconsin in La
fayette tonight. Victory would
clinch the crown for the Boiler
makers, giving them their third
conference championship in five
years. Defeat tonight would force
them to win from Illinois and In
diana. providing Wisconsin wins its
remaining conference tilts, in order
to capture the title.
Butler also can sew up cham
pionship tonight as the Bulldogs
play in Butler fieldhouse. Butler is
the defending champion in the Mis-
sourl Valley loop.
Whether Indiana will remain IN
the first division of the Big Ten Will
depend on tonight's game with Chi
cago, in Bloomington. Other Big
Ten games listed for tonight are:
Northwestern at Michigan, and Iowa
at Illinois. Purdue beat Michigan
Saturday night, Indiana won from
Illinois. Wisconsin whipped OHIO
State. "a to 38, and Iowa beat Min
nesota, 33 to 80.
Coach Tony Hinkle of Butler salc
this morning that Roscoe Bats
sophomore star. probably will not
play tonight owing to injuries SUI
fered in the Notre Dame game Sat-
urday night. :,
A feature of the game will bt
a scoring duel between Frank Baird
Bulldog ace, who now heads tn'
conference, and McCloud, Drake
high man, who is second. Smltf
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26

counting 1915; second, M. Fut-
terowe and w. Virgins, 1,211, and
third, E. Faust and j. Maughton,
LII.
The victors of Glass c doubles
were DR.. wilkins and DR.. Beatty,
counting 1,138; second, F. Hartrich
and E. Freihage, with 1,101, and
third, T. Young and F. Huston,
LOTT.
The singles crown went to Johnny
Fehr on a count of 652. j. Murphy
was second with 649, and r. Hill
third, with 646. The tourney all
events crown was annoyed by Paul
Stemm with 1,949.
In Glass B the singles honors went
to r. Dittrich with 568; second, H.
Smith, 641, and third, j. Whitesett,
637. In Class G, D. Caster was out
in front with sos; second, B. Cadick,
SCI, and third, T. Young, $50.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26


another championship almost tucked away the hats OF
all cage followers in Hooserdom are doed Ward piggy
Lambert Boiermaker COACH Counting the current season.
barring upset. the Lafayette school has been
shared the title nine times since 1906 the the net game
adopted as major sport by the Western Conference
Again counting chickens before they hached this the
fourth time Purdue has the solo style and is
tribute Lamberts basketeers The Big Ten fast COM
pany and the big leagues of the hardwood
Proof that competition tough and close is gathered
from the fact that eleven of the wennne campaigns have
finished with the championship being divided two to tour
ways Purdue has been up there of the since
1921 Wisconsin is the atime leader with ten es won
shared Other schools that have been IN the champion
ship class since 1906 Chicago six times Minnesota 1our
Illinois, three Indiana two Iowa, two; Northwestern two
Michigan, four, and Ohio State, two
MINNESOTA captured Big in 1906 the starting
1 year shared the hono IN lsO For
in undputed possession Oh tn
el and the spotlight and tied with
Minnesota for the penant undputed champion
ship in 1922 From inclusive basket champs
follow: 1906 Minnesota 1908 Chicago 19O9
Purdue Minnesota 1912 Purdue Wisconsin,
1913 wisconsin, Illinois, 1916 Wisconsin, 1917
Wisconsin Michigan Wisconsin Iowa. 1924
Michigan Iowa 1927 Michigan 1928 Indiana
1881 Northwestern 1882 Purdue 1898 1888 North
Ohio State 1884 Purdue with one more victory The second
place wisconsin Badgers will be met at Lafayette tonight and packed
IF tonight will Wisconsin has
Boermak have eight
title will
Purdue Indiana and Illinois and
Wisconsin plays and Minnesota.
facilities
Evansville. recalls spring several
Indians from the south along with the New
exhibition tits at Evansville and Tee
from sunkssed Louisiana where the birds
where the flowers in bloom
barefooted The Tribesmen
headed north the tempera
athletes asleep when their train
the railroad
yards that out
Shrek awakened everybody
berths Quickly sensing
realized they chorus agonizng cries
souhpaw pitcher slender and trembling
person had let out the first shout
seconds thawed out they moved TO
N the meantime the late Tribe
w to
indianapolis exh
off
numbers that it
to ablaze
along the shiverng crowd the
interesting Casey Sengel
member of the Giants
seconds that spring
GONE Indianapolis Golden Gloves cham
- pion of Champions Chicago
night
station WCN Chicago
schedule
follows: tonight night GAS until 1890 and
Gloves
shortly before the bouts begin at 7 m.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26

annapolis, Indiana state women's
champion, lost to Mrs. Ethel B.
schneider, Missouri state titlist, who
in turn was defeated by Miss Oven
den.
The western Open tourney in
1885 will be held in indianapolis,
George Binger, president of the IN
dianapolis Ping-Pong Association,
said today upon his return from
st. Louis. Mr.. Binger presented in
vitatiors from Governor Paul V.
McNutt, Mayor Reginald Sullivan
and other local officials to bring the
matches here. After several confer
ences with officials of the Western
Association, Mr.. Binger said he had
been assured the tourney will be
held here
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
H. S. Results Saturday
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS
Manual ~: New Bethel, Il.
Shortridge. %: Delphi. II.
OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS
New Palestine. 29; Greenwood IS (dou-
BILE overtimel
GreencastIe, 90: Clinton, %.
Plainfeld 80: Garfield (Terre Hauttl. "a.
Madison. So: Edinburg. 7s. '-'-'O'
Bloomfield, 40: Freelandville. IA
Muncie. 81 South Side 1T. Waynel. "a.
Guilfor6. 20; Sunman, Is.
Blackhawk. Is; Graysville, 10.
Carlisle, II; Fairbanks, "A.
Fontanet. IS: Pimento. is.
Clay City. %; Linton % (overtimeJ.
Anderson. 81: Connersviile. %.
Wiley tTerre Hautel. 22; Central
Rsitz iItEvansviue). a: owsnsvslls 40.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
Philadelphia Backs Tommy Lougran Against Champion Italian Giant

ger Dempsey and badly outpoint
him in two rounds. Dempsey was
not only ring-rusty, but ill-condl-
toned. AS the actual fight pro
gressed it was evident that any good
boxer with good legs and full
quota of stamina had little to fear
II would be something more than
ironic if Loughran, who might con-
ceivably have beaten the great
Dempsey for the title, should be
bowled over by a circus giant who
was brought to the headlines through
a series of brazen fakeries, now
openly admitted by his French
manager. Leo See. Or wouldn't it?
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26

TITO his Indiana and Ohio cham
l. pionships, Jimmie Mcclure,
sensational 17-year-old Indianapolis
paddle prodigy, added the Western
Open ping-pong title in st. Louis
yesterday. Jimmie is shown above
in his latest action photo.
The western championship is the
second highest national ping-pong
honor. BY winning it Jimmie be-
comes one of the outstanding con-
tenders for the national crown at
athe United States tourney in Cleve-
land in April.
In the quarter-1naIs IN st. Louis,
Jimmie won from Coleman Clark,
1882 national champion, and entered
the semi-finalS against Carlton
Prouty of Chicago. Prouty used a
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
Y SWIMMER TO TOUR

The indianapolis Y. NJ. c. A.
swimming team will compete in
meets against two Cincinnati tank
teams there next Friday and Sat-
urday. Coach Jimmie Clark's nata-
tors will meet the University of Gin
cinnati squad and the Fenwick
Club. Last year the local "Y" tank
men won from the Fenwick Club
and lost to the university team.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
KautSkyS Cop
Easy Contest

With their offensive machine
functioning smoothly, the Kautsky
A. c. cage quintet easily defeated
the Chicago Northwesterns, 81 to %,
on the Armory floor yesterday.
In the first forty-fve seconds of
the game Johnny Wooden slipped
under the basket for three field
goals. The Kautskys ran the score
to 10 to 2 in three minutes, and
bombarded the blackboard through
out the first half to lead, 81 to 8, at
the intermission.
Play slowed in the second half as
the KautSkys coasted to victory.
Summary:
Kautsky A. G. SD. Chicago t22l.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26

well to the indoor season. He plans
to hang up his spikes at the close
Of the outdoor season. Cunningham
will appear in the K. of c. games
at the garden on March II, but
Bonthron will not.
Cunningham left for Kansas
yesterday. Walter Marty, high
Jump champion, planned to fly
to Fresno State college, California,
today. Bill Graber, Of Southern
California, will follow by train.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26

other man.
I was playing shortstop for Ford
ham back in 1919, my senior year.
Arthur Devlin secuted me. They
called me "Fordham Flash"
The first time McGraw saw me
in action, he said: Hell, you're no
shortstop." But he toned that down
a bit by predicting that I'd make
a great baSeman-at second or
third. He saw at a glance that my
fielding wasn't accurate enough for
short.
He taught me how to play. Day
after day he would take me aside
and teach me the mechanics OF
coverage. He taught me how to
field. how to bat, exactly what to
do in every emergency. He was as
thorough as a professor. A man with
any natural ability couldn't fail to
make good under such instructions.
They say John ran his team with
a hand of iron. But he knew just
where to apply that iron. He was
out with the steel against older
players who knew what to do but
failed to perform. With the young
sters he was more like father.
He was always encouraging.
The men he developed would fill
a blue book of baseball. They includ-
ed Christy Mathewson, George
Wiltse, Fred Merkle, Bill Terry,
George Burns, Milt Stock, Larry
Doyle, Hank Gowdy, Mel OFT,
Freddie Lindstrom, Travis Jackson
and Carl Hubbell.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26

ical advantages ride with one man.
Thus Camera can win and still lose.
It is not a match for him.
A S I type these lines I am Won
N dering if Loughran couldn't
have won the championship seven
years ago, and when I say this, I am
not attempting to belittle Tunney's
victory over Dempsey 1t was a
victory so easily achieved that Tun-
ney could have been considerably
less formidable and still have won.
A week before the fight I saw
Loughran. who is not a hitter, stag
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26

Jimmie Mcclure
new drop shot and smash system
prevalent among European ping
pongers, and baf1ed the Indianapo-
lis youth in the first set, which
Prouty won, 22-24. Jimmie won the
next, 21-19, and dropped the third,
20-22, but came back and took the
next two, Pip, and 21-9.
In the finals Mcclure downed
Robert Ratcliffe of Chicago, 21-10,
21-16, 1921 and 21-15. Miss Helen
Ovenden of Chicago defended her
women's singles title, and Prouty
and william Condy of Chicago cap
tured the mems doubles.
One of the upsets of the tourna-
ment was the victory of Dick
Holmes of indianapolis over Took
man, St. Louis, Missouri Valley
champ. Mrs. Flo Virgins of Indi-
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
Cotton Gets
Big Ten Lead


BIZ United Press
CHICAGO, Feb. 26.-Norman
Cotton, Purdue forward, held the
individual scoring lead in the Big
Ten today with 101 points. He
scored five field goals and four free
throws for fourteen points against
Michigan Saturday night to gain
back the lead he held early in the
season.
Lyle Fisher, Northwestern GEN.
ter, trails Cotton with 81 points,
followed by Gordon Norman, Min
nesota center. with 81.
The six leaders follow.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
SYRACUSE JOINS LEAGUE

By LHted Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 26-Syracuse
today is a member of the Interna-
tional Baseball League for the first
time since 1927. A franchise was
shifted from Jersey City to Syra-
cuse at Sundays international di-
rectors' meeting
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
Friends Mourn McGraW
Character of Master-Mind Of Baseball Revealed
in Epitaphs
BY FRANK FRISCH
Manager OF the st. Louis Cardinals
(Written for the limited PreSS)

TFW YORK intended leaving for St Louis today
but am not going Thursday John McGraw is dead
will attend Wednesday.
me than to most men For all Americans
history
of the hadhe who made baseball
moulded them into
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
H0OSIER DEMONS LOSE
By United Press

MAPLEWOOD, Mo, Feb. 26.-
The Shaw-Stephens girls basket
ball team of Maplewood made it
two in a row over the Indianapolis
Hoosier Demons here yesterday. by
defeating the visitors, 47-20. Lille
Miller led the losers with six points.
The Maplewood quintet took the
measure Of tho Hoosiers, 21=13, at
indianapolis refently. -
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
ANDERSON TEAM LEADS
Welper Scores 25S to Put Squad
Over at Delaware Alleys.

Over at Delaware Alleys.
The fifth annual fve-man sweep
stakes at the Delaware bowling al
leys found the Coca Cola team Of
Anderson out in front with 3,205. In
the last game Louis Welper, with
258, put the team across with 1,101
actual pins.
Elks Boosters are second with
1906: third, Old Gold Cigarettes,
1850; fourth, Gabriel Sales, 3,035,
and fifth, NJ. c. Mescal, 3,o10.
This sweepstakes will continue
over the next week and squads are
filing rapidly to the extent that
Dan Abbott. manager, hopes to have
a record breaking entry
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
DAWSON CAPTURES CUP
Chicago Golfer Wins Texas Tourney
From Defending Champ.
By United Press

by JUIItU FTtSS
HOUSTON, Tex, Feb. 26.-Johnny
Dawson, Chicago, won the twentieth
annual Houston Country Club in
vitation golf tournament yesterday.
Dawson defeated Gus Moreland,
defending champion and Dallas
member of the Walker cup team,
five and three, in the thirty-six-
hole finals.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
BILLIARD MEET TIED

Joe Murphy and Larry Shapiro
today held their tie for first place
in the state cushion billiard
tournament at Harry Coolers par
lors. Each has three victories and
no defeats Neither is scheduled to
play this week. Standings in the
r1oeete ara.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
DIAMOND LEADERS SPEAK

By United Press
NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Prominent
men of the sports world, on learn
ing of John j. McGraw's death, ex-
pressed their regrets as follows:
Charles A. Stoneham, president Of
the New York Giants: Il was asso-
ciated with him for fifteen years. I
never knew finer man. No one
regrets his death more than l."
Frank ]. Navin, president of the
Detroit Tigers: His name will live
as long as baseball carries on. He
was one of the most famous and
most able men ever to take the
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
M'GRAW'S RECORD

TOHN M'GRAW won ten
y pennants and two world
championship during his long
reign of thirty years as man
afer of the New York Giants.
He retired in June of 1882
after serving since 1902. The
Giants defeated the Yankees
in the fall classic of 1921 and
again in 1922. The Yankees
downed the Giants in 1924.
The record of the late Little
Napoleon" follows:
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26
Recognize Him ?

THE picture at The right IS Of
l. Jack Dempsey. the old heavy
weight fistic champion, shortly after
he won the crown from Jess Willard
in 1919. He was slender then, with
hardly an ounce Of extra weight
just a boy. Fifteen years make a
lot of difference.
The Indianapolis times., 1934-02-26


l. entire high basketball picture salute the participants in
To ali of the
earned
although Butler played