The Indianapolis News from Indianapolis, Indiana • Page 34

Eisht: Regional Centers to Be Scenes of Battles for. Survival, as First Round Victors Struggle for Places at Finals Play to. Begin at 10 o'Clock Saturday Before Bleachers With Fans. For Bczkr Saxics One JUL Morning Packed JBr tfce CBitW rrtl a week of Intensive drill, slity four Indian basketball team, representing tk erttm of various sections of the state are ready for the lecond renewal of the "battle for the survival or the fittest Brlgbt and early Saturday rooming some or i.0 fans, raay fee more, will take tha trek to tha regions! ctnUrt whara these slxty four teams will iwlor Into action. By Saturday night these same thousands will trak noma again at leset three fourths of tham sad ceneA by defeat of tbair favorltes.

Oaly Slateea Waaara. JOaty sixteen tea ma can emerge iRBn in tha eight centers, and these alxtaaa will than be ready 'or tha and greatest teat tha state iinaie to te purca in These regional battles are etjre. aa aur aa anythlna ever la in Indiana baaket tall, to treat tha fans to aome i a at at liy a trick of tha draw several of tha etronger squads in tha atata wiu ba thrown toreltier la tnia preum Inary round of fighting and tha number of fairorltea for tha tltla thereby reduced. Te Ceateetlag Ceaters. At exactly It o'clock.

la Bedford. YU Wayne, Graancastla. Kokomo, 1'arflnavIIle. ilunele. liuahvllle and avouth liend.

10 bos will get Into alon. inform 119 mora take tba floor at 11 o'clock tha original number of entries will have been reduced by tlrhlr la vera. Tha race in tha reglonals will ba faat ana many oi me ao canea atrx l.orsa quintet that survived the npenlnc round will ba called upon to demonstrate that they ara equal to tha task for which they have been picked. Tba Regleaal Teaaae. Tha teama which get lato action Saturday ara: New Albany.

Bedford. BrJatow, Ilontlngsburg, Wash inaton. Vlncennea, Central of Evane Tllle, OwenaTllle. Franklin. Garfield Terra Haute.

Uurf.tr, Urasil. Itoaedale, Beymour. LUnton. Mtr tlnavtlie. Patriot.

North Vernon Con nerevllle Dutlervllle. Ituabvllle. hbelnyviile, Aurora. Jllchmond. Sum rniCvllle, Htiort ridge of Indianapolis.

Noblesvllle, Hherldan, Mnncle. Greenfield. Newcastle, KMgevllle. Monon, rs wfordavllle. Oxford.

11 1 1 labor o. Frankfort. Weat Point. 1'ittsbero. Dalnbrldre.

Deedavllle, Klora. Jlunt Infion, lyoransoort, Kokomo, Portland. Marion, Laketon. li ruffian, Keadallvllle. Berne.

Central of Ft. Wayne, Larrans e. Frraeaae, An. aola. Columbia tty, Laporte.

Valparaiso. Katt Chicago, Nappanee, South Bend and Plymouth. Ap1 so with htifh tha heat of Indiana's fit blah school basket ball teams will get under way ones gain. Overshadows All Elee. One thing Is certain as tha teams pvlnr Info play, there will he at lesst' eJity four Indiana towna where the subject of baaketball will oTrhdow averythins; else, taklns; ita place along with such events as a great diaaater.

tha aaaitnation m. President, and far averahadow Ing urb things aa mere oolltlcs. baseball, boxing, the league of na tions and the crisis in tha French cabinet. terra tiro. Indians hss often been accused of being "basketball crazy" and this week end will go far toward proving tha allegation correct.

And the enthusiasm will not tva confined to the sixty four towns with teams still in tha race, for over the state practically every man. woman and child Is Interested In the contest. TUfW STRIBLING GO IS HOPELESS TANGLE Baugh. Cibson and Governor Martin Say It Is Definitely Cancelled. MIAMI.

March 12 A.R Thousands of feet of lumber roughly nailed together to resemble a stadium at Hialeah park was all that remained today for tha many fight fana who had paid for ringside seats to tha Tunney Strlbllng ten roand bout, scheduled for tonight. Btagh Glvea la. Tha plans for tha bout received several shocks last night and finally emerged a complete wreck when Promoter Jessa Baugh. of Indiana polls, anounced there would ba no flght Governor Martin also took a hand, nd sent orders to Sheriff Henry Chase, of Dade county, to "allow on prise fights in Dade county. The sheriff said he would cairy out tha Governor's orders.

After a conference laat night with Cornelius Vsnderbllt. and Dudley Field Malone. attorney, whom he hoped to back the fight. Baarb msde tne rinai announcement that there would ba no flsrht. Mr.

Malone said the only the fana 6ould get their money nack would be to coneflcate tne lumber In the etadlum. Tunney and Strthlins; each had been advanced $1,000 for training rniri. Miami business men had also arreed to back tha fight, but were unsoccesaful in saving the bout. Caffcatle Basket Taaraey. CHICAGO.

March It. Tha selec tion of, four additional teams will complete the list of thirty two entries In the rational Catholic Inter seholsstlc basketball tournament at Loyola University. March IS tl The twenty eight tesms already ex tended Invitations to participate ara the sectional champions of nine teen states. 1 1 Oa Hit Shaw Pragrasa. Tony heavyweight Italian, will meet Mlks Romano.

In a finish bout at Tomlinson hall next Thursday night. On the same bill will appear I'at McQlll and Bill Dema trsl. the. CreeJc Shop Martinis YTIde Too ClukwTta 66LJ0C2" Younger men call this tan style "Hot" and older men say it is com fortabie so it satisfies a lot of men. Petot value that wears well.

AU StjUs One Price 1 12 East WasHnstca St. iYiSZ'J i i rt rt 1 ,1 BUTLER SPORT STAFF Their Order Nowl Scores of men shopped around have) their order nowand why shouldn't Z3 9. lj 'liuUUla TAILORED TO MEASURE FROM PURE VIRGIN VOOL MAY BE REORGANIZED Board of Directors to Meet Contract Said to Be Ready i for Hinkle. important action with regard to possible changes in the athletic coaching, staff at Butler waa ax pected by students at the school to d3 when the board of directors of the college was to meet for con of the coaching situation rriamy arternoon. May Get 5ea Dlreefer.

ine question of whether or not Paul Hinkle. acting ad coach a tha Irvingtpn college since tha resignation of Pat Page. would be of rerea a contract to remain in that capacity or whether he would be reiamea aa coach of basketball and oaseoaii and a new man secured as director of athletics and coach of rooioau. was rumored to be the greatest problem which was to come oeiore tne board. Shorty Morrison.

Manual trsek Nach. tha best pronpect to fill the, position or track coach, which Is open at Kuiier. was expected to get SIDT1 appoinimenu omer addition to tne coaching staff of assistants win oa considered at tha meeting. Ta Give. Oat Awards.

Numeral and sweaters for players on the Butler varsity and freshman' baskstbsll teams during the season recently completed will ba given out In the college chapel at noon Wednesday of next week President Rabert J. Aley announced Cauliflowers Training aa he never trained be fore. Merle Alte. who meets Harold Cmith. of Chicago.

In the main event of tha National A. boxing show at Tomlinson Hall. Monday working Ilka a Trojan to get down to the 123 pound limit, agreed on for the match. A former scheduled match between the two waa called off at the last moment when Alte showed up overweight, and the local pug le determined this shall not happen again. Harold Smith is due to arrive in this city Saturday noon.

The Chicago boy Is reported to be In splendid shape, haying just returned from a barnstorming tour of the west. HOLLYWOOD. March 12 CA.P.) Fidel LaBarba. flyweight champion of tha world, meets Vlck 'King, Australian bantam champion, In a ten round bout here tonight; The flyweight title will not ba at stake. irS RATHER DESULTORY PRACTICE FOR INDIANS AT HOT SPRINGS CAMP LITTLE ROCK.

March 12. The sun at times came through the clouds Thursday, with tha result that tba battery members of Indianapolis ball club In camp here were able to get In a workout of an hour and a half. The exercise was not as hard aa It would have been had the day been warmer and the ground mora favorable, but exercise It was, nevertheless, and Trainer Jamea Perce. In charge of the squad, was very well satisfied. The consisted of easy tnrowing and work on the diamond, which waa followed with the customary baths.

There have been no arrivals at the Indianapolis headquarters In tha Kastman hotel since Tuesdav. but additional players are expected at any time. Four Milwaukee pitchers reached Hot Springs Thursday. They were Burke and three recruits. Others are doe Friday, and the entire Brewer club Is expected within the next couple of days.

SH0RTRIDGE BASKETBALL CREW1EAVES FOR fUNCIE Shortrldge'e basketball hopefuls left for Mnncle, this afternoon with high hopes of returning to this city Saturday night with the privilege of competing In the state finals out at the fairground next Friday and Saturday. To accon pllah thla. which nae never before been done bv a Shortrldge basketball team. the local sectional winders must overcome the powerful HummttviUe aggregation, and If successful in that contest, the winner of the Nobles vilre Sherldan go. Coach Burton sent his sqnad of ten through a final workout In the north side gym Thursday afternoon, and the Blue and White appeared to ba In excellent shape at that time.

The Short rid ire mentor has drilled both on offensive' and defensive play this week Jn scrimmage, sessions between the two teams composing tha rer tonal squad. The players who made the trip are Don Woods. Holt. Christopher. GUI.

Tom Woods. McXaught. Worthlngton. SUtton. Peacock and Anderson.

Lead Sis Day Rldera. NEW TORK. March 12 a1p.) Reggle McKamara and Franco Geor getti. the Itallan Amer'cap team, still maintained their lead In the six day bicycle race at Madtaon Sqeare Garden today. At 8 a the 107th hour, they had traveled 1.55? mtlea and laps.

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NEW YORK ST. OrEN SATURDAY EVEN" INC 254 MASS. AVE. TTTE IXniAXArOLTS XFVVS, FRIDAY, jrATittl 12, 102(5. They Have Coolidge Dispositions Jbl5 i jr i 1 ft 'V: UH 4 The main thing about theae boys in this picture is that they are hard to beat.

They are about as excitable as sleepy mules. i They will walk on the floor mid deafening cheers and what we mean is that they will WALK not run. They don't worry. They don't fret. They just go out there to stop SHORTRIDGE REGIONAL SQUAD.

era alone ana tnevit io nVloek tomorrow morning. 'era alone and they things. Let won't bother you a bit. They are teAnderson v. i.

vii s. al. It won from Pendleton. 20 to I. the Queerest the state.

lrt the semi final game and aeieaiea Alexandria. 28 to 22. in the final AND Along the Regional Rialto The Goal Rush to the World Court will be continued throughout Boosierdom Saturday. Bath night moves up a notch. Basketball fans are all dressed up, but only about 25,000 of them have some place to go.

The eight regional supreme courts, or goal fields, can not care for more than that number in their balconies. Ducats are prized as Shylock prized them. The sixty four defendants, who are suing forx Mister Ihsaa bas ket crown of 1926, are each other's juries. The coaches, legal advisors to the sixty four BIG TENS involved have spent four months in structing the defendants. Those who are contending Saturday in supreme courts South Bend, Ft.

Wayne, Kokomo, Muncie, Greencastle, Ruahville, Martins ville and Bedford are the survivors of the two days' trial that t6ok place ast Friday and Saturday in Mister Ihsaa's sixty four district courts. Following two rounds of highly intensive argument, Saturday, sixteen defendant cases will be continued next week in the World Court, the highest tribunal in the League of Basketball. One week from tomorrow night Judge Competitive Elimination will hand, over to one jury of the sixteen World Court contenders a clear title to Mister Ihsaa's crown. At this time 718 high school basketball teams, composed of 7,180 boys, taught by 718 coaches, cheered on by thousands and thousands of fans will be ready to salute the champions in the fifteenth annual championship meeting of the Indi ana High School Athletic Association and begin preparations to seej that the same thing does not take place in 1927. Thus runs the basketball world TUB XEWS AtL COtPTIlESCB TEA Jf ATmi)AT.

Fred Brick Taaag, wldely kaowa Wester Cewfereaee hasket Taall af lelal aad a part a writer, Taaa selected hta 12 AM Caafereaea basketball teases. whlcTa will ba releaaed la Tba News Satarday. Drlek haa beea pleklag Big; Tea baaketball teama for aeveral 7rara aad he area every saaa fa the Big Tea la actios aeveral tlsaea dwrlag the playlag aeasaa. ladlaaa' aad Pardee, la a tie for leadlagr heaers la the Big Tea tkla year, are aat fargrattea by Vaaag. anlaa Brlek'a ehalcea.

Over in Mr. Thomas's grocery store in Fountain City the boys gather round to see what's going; on in the basketball world. Mr. Thomas takes the paper and holds open house. The consensus oi opinion rack, in the dried beef department is that Kokomo will be the next stte champion.

The paper arrives around 6 and if you'd like to eat on time you're asked to do your grocery gettin' early. 9orappW Sed DevUa from the town ef Buck a oomia' to the barn, aeet Votta ya rot over there. Mister Bir Boy Baaket bail BraaU I A Colum'bus High SchooUgrad misunderstood a remark made by Shootin 'Em 'some time ago. We spoke of the Franklin five being the only high school team we knew of that stepped into college and went along merrily. The Columbus fan calls our attention to the fact that the Columbus High School team once defeated Hanover.

It's all we ll accept nis apoiogy. For those who are interested we'd like to announce that Nick Frigo, of Loeansport, is pickin' Logansport to win the championship In 1927. And so's his old man, we suppose, and everybody else's old man in Lo ganyport, eh. Cliff 7 THE ON'LY DARK HORSE THAT WASN'T A NIGHT MARE! iWfr DCnT uaht TO tOtli 'vfl3 the orjjJPAgK tiog5e vicTQgiour Gallopin forth to the Regional Riot, Wearin the colors of Shootin 'Era's bam. Races the swiftest A urorian "Wild Thus runs the Margie and Harold idol's yarn.

Martinsville ruined our dark one ''Victorious''; Brazil put a halter on fast "Valley Ironical stumbled to make Shortridge glorious; Aurora The Wild One" it's now up to you! In case you hve not had enough basketball you might drop in st Logansport Friday night and see Everett Case's Frankfort second teatm bump into Cliff Wells's Logansport seconds. Logansport loses only one man this year from its first and second teams. Martinsville refused to play the Logansport seconds for a state championship. There is a shortage in quantity rather than quality at Martinsville thi3 year and 1 Caatiaaed Page Thirty five. Em i' REGIONAL 'BONNETS TOSSED IN RING FPU SATURDAY'S BASKETBALL SMS y.

i 1 1 I a 64 Sectional Winners to Resume Basket Offensive Will, 'iv 1 .1 I Hi TV i rt I xr Seated. Left to Right Peacock, Molt WorthingtonJ Christopher, Gill, D. Wood." Upper Row Burton, Sutton, T. Wood, McXaught, Anderson. They just go along easy and every once In awhile they score.

When the 1 game is over they usuauy more points than the other fellows. Now and then they go on passing sprees and theother team can't find the ball. They shoot long or short and score often enough to keep their oppon enta on a field goal chase. Their manner is as convincing aa It la unusual. Shortridge basketball players will never have weak hearts.

They do not play halfas much with their legs and arms and hands as with their heads. Summitville" the team they face Coach game. Alexandria had defeated Lapel, after Lapel had eliminated Anderson. The Summitville boya are rangy. They have more weight and hight than Shortridge.

These things probably never will occur to the Shortridge boys, whq will be out there for thirty minutes work. They Just won't seem to be Interested In anything except cas ually arranging to come back to Indianapolis as contenders In the fifteenth annual championship meeting of the Indiana High School Ath letlo Association. Coach Burton is their psychology professor. When Shortridge walks on the floor it seems to be a standing invitation to the next victim. In silence they seem to say to opponents, "Come on out and take your licking and have it over with." HERE 1TIS AGAIN.

THE OEMPSMLLS BUNK All Thats Needed Is in Cash Michigan City Mentioned. J. LOS ANGELES. Starch 12 (U.P.) Jack Dempsey and Floyd Flttslm mons, fight promoter, after a long conference her announced that final articles of agreement looking toward a Labor day bout between the heavyweight champion and Harry Wills had been signed. All that remains to bind the deal, they say, is the posting of guarantees and they promised before night falls.

in caah will have been deposited In Los Angelea banks. Of this sum Fitzalmmons expects to produce $100,000. "The match Is now assured' Fitafmmons told the United Press. "It will be held on Labor day either In Chicago or Michlcan City." LJ 1 Compares Cards' Strength With That of Pittsburgh A. B.

C. BOWLERS BUSY TOLEDO. March 12 (A. Pins are expected to fly tonight when the Jlret of the out of town teams make the drives in the American Bowling congre's tournament here. Fifteen New York teama are on the first aquad tonight.

Several Chicago teama are on the schedule for the: second shift. Lleb ta Coach Badgers. MADISON. March 12. Tom Lleb.

former Notre Dame track and football star, will Join the University of coaching stsff next September, according to an announcement here. INDIANA ATHLETES SEEK THE BIG TEN TITLES Wrestlers Have Fine Chance, With Swimmers, Tricksters Showing Well. BLOOMINGTON. March 12.i The lure of three Western Confer ence championships Is attracting tne attention of a trio of Indiana University athletic teams today and tomorrow. The wrestling team Journeys to Lafayette for the 'Big Ten Individual title struggles, and Coach K.

K. Hayes's track and field squad enters the Indoor events at Northwestern while Crimson swimmers will take part in the tank carnival at Ann Arbor. Grapplera Staad align. Of the three( championships. Coach Reynolds's grapplers probably have the best ohance to return with titular honors.

Ralph Wilson, undefeated light heavyweight, la practically certain of earning a sweeping victory. Walter Fisher is one of the favorites to capture the heavy, weight, belt. Fisher has met only one defeat this year, that at Ohio State. Track. Swimmers.

Coach Hayes's track men are expected to make a good ahowlng deaplte the fact they are without an indoor track on which to train. Pepper In the fifty yard daah. 8te phenaon in the quarter mile, and Alexander ana lloae la the one and two mile eventa are the bets for in dividual winners. William Miller. Bloomingtoh.

and Robert Zalaer, Indianapolis, will represent Indiana at Ann Arbor. Mil ler, though only a sophomore, has defeated Purdue and Illinois breast stroke swimmers and Zalser has been a feature performer among the Crimson tankmen, swimming In the free style event. AMATEUR BASEBALL A new Manleton baaeball team formed Thursday otsbt on the north aide. On Tuesday. March S3, a meeting will be held at the home of the manager.

Law renre Walker. S. Capitol The following players are asked to call Don Heavier at Washington 0614 before then. Horace Earl Vahle. William Edwarda.

William Leonard. Harry Bledaoa nil Mleale, Carl Xewbure. Joe Quicley, 4 Wilbur Noll. Bay Oill. Kenneth Hmith.

Bay Woodruff. Earl Huber. Pate gprecher Von Taylor, Harry Connor. Shorty Maya and, Mike Koere. A pitcher la needed by Class A league 'KAH Tailoring 1 tomeasure Infielders Bottomly, Horntby, The ve now and Dell and Hafey, Douthitt and Blade, Outfielders, Almost Certain to Start Season as Regulars for St.

Louis. By Jmhm W. raeterf I Septal lmm4 Wlra fa The dlaaasalla (Conrrlj ht. 102) SAN ANTONIO, Tl, March 12. Barrin accidents, the St.

XftuU Nationals will start the sessoti with Bottomly on first bas Hornsby on second; Theven'ow at hort; Bell at third; Hafey in riitht field; Douthitt in center, and Blades in left field. They have reserve strength all around the square, "better reservs strength." quoth Hornsby, "than any club In' the major leagues." There Is a young chap named Flowers who grows Ilka hothouse plant the more you look at him. It aeemathe St. Louis folk are sorry they can plsy only nine men on a tesm. Were It otherwise Flowers would surety blossom.

He flelda them here and there and all over. He can bat. too, fully as good as the. average who swings In the big leagues these lay a. Reserves Fwreea.

Toporcer rjever could get out of the National League If the Cards essayed to waive him. Tom Taylor may stay with the Cards and hs may go on. Dan Clark, who was with the Boston Americana once' and who can hit the hall a mile, la another to whom Hornsby haa tied up. He can play third. Hornahy ta likely to keep the reaerve material all around for his Infield.

In the outfield he haa Mueller, new Taylor, Jack Smith, Roattger, Holm, Max Flack, lie thought ao much of all of them that he was willing to send hhlnners along to California. Hhlnners Is not a world beater, but he csn play the outfield aa well aa any chap In Claaa AA. Hy aendlng him on llornaby ahows what he thinks of his other man. This Infield of Ft. Louts Is ths thing yon csn admire If you like speed.

Here Is a combination with which llornaby will compare noth Ing but the Inflfld of i Pittsburgh Jtottomly csn. run awsy from (Iranthsm or fluffy Melnnle st first. If Grantham doeen't reapond quickly Stuffy will more than likely atart the aeaaon for Plttahurgh. Plttaburgh haan't any one who can touch Hornahy at eeeond. If tha Carda haven't a Wrlaht and a Tray nor, they have a llornaby and a Bottomly.

Hepeads eie Pitching. If Hornsby gets together a pitching staff that can show something more than pitchers usually show in this generstlon. maybe he will ru Into a challenge of Plttaburgh at once. He Is aching for Just that. Tbevenow Is a better ball, player than he was last 'aeaaon.

He haa more experience and has filled out physically. If he csn play that shortstop position I1 for the Cardinals as well ae the other inflelders lay theirs, he win put the team ft the thick of tne iiant, necauee amateur baaeball tears. Call Kenwood fto.17 that was one little fer p. m. ami auk for Jek.

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