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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1928
Page
2
New York August report profiles William Pickens, noted promoter, planning a St Paul to New Orleans river swim with a show boat and prize purse. He teases appearances by Gertrude Ederle and Johnny Weissmuller, with Norman Ross aiding and a $50,000 prize for winners.
A scrambled list of horse names and entries appears, including Hawthorne items such as Black Flyer Red Stars and Stripes Shasta Flapper and Oh Susanna. Names like Jan Coughlin Jack Haskell and George De Mar appear amid other apparent racing or breeding terms.
Terry Druggan and Frankie Lake, known Chicago beer industry figures and racehorse owners, were barred from Hawthorne Park after a Thursday paddock brawl with jockey Arthur Prendergass. The stewards said the ruling follows Illinois Turf Association rules against disturbances on race tracks and will apply at major tracks across the United States and Canada.
Baseball standings show teams from the American Association and National and American Leagues with winloss records, percentages, and team names including Indianapolis Minneapolis Milwaukee Kansas City St Paul Toledo Louisville Columbus St Louis and others in a compact league calendar. Key leaders include New York and Philadelphia with strong marks, while Boston and Chicago trail in their leagues.
Indianapolis hosts Louisville while Columbus visits Toledo. St Paul travels to Minneapolis as Kansas City meets Milwaukee. Boston plays Brooklyn and Philadelphia hosts New York. Cincinnati faces Pittsburgh, Chicago meets St Louis, and Detroit confronts Cleveland. Washington visits Philadelphia and New York plays Boston.
A Friday slate shows many games with varied innings and tallies. Notable results include a 28 run explosion in St Louis against Pittsburgh, a 15 run Boston showing in a loss to Brooklyn, and tight shutouts for New York and Philadelphia in separate tilts. Teams mentioned include Columbus Milwaukee Minneapolis St Paul St Louis Chicago New York Boston Brooklyn Philadelphia Detroit Cleveland Washington and Pittsburgh with multiple pitchers named in box scores.
The United States relay team won the 800 meters final in Amsterdam setting an Olympic record of 9 minutes 36 15 seconds. Japan and Canada followed, with Hungary Sweden and England behind. Team members Austin Clapp Walter Laufer George Kojac and Johnny Weissmuller led from the start as Weissmuller coasted after the first hundred.
California triumph praised for eight brawny collegians and Don Blessing’s epic leadership and coxmanship. The U S crew held a narrow lead over Great Britain in points, finishing three quarters of a boat length ahead of the English eight in the 2000 meter final. Earlier Penn A C double sculls won its heat from Canada, with Kenneth Myers of Bachelors’ Penn Barge Club taking other podiums.
Next Tuesday night Ft Harrison presents the Punch Bowl fifth card with ten and six round bouts. Notable matchups include Howard Mitchell of Cincinnati vs Jackie Purvis of Kokomo and Smiley Ryan vs K O Brown of Ft Harrison in six rounds, plus Jimmy Meyers of Cincinnati vs Claude Payne of Harrison in a curtain raiser.
A large crowd watched Broad Ripple boxing Thursday night. Tiger Purvis of Kokomo defeated Smiley Ryan of Indianapolis in a six round main event. Semis saw Billy Bentz stop Everett Kuhn in three, Hap Williams KO Earl Monroe in three, Paul Schubert beat Dick Anderson in four, and Ray Hurt beat Walt Smith in four. Cecil Hurt and Billy Moore of Indianapolis meet in a six round top next week.
Morgantown Ind Aug 10 Morgan town Indians set to host Indianapolis A B Cs Negro club Sunday at Garfield No 3. Both squads tout strong lineups with Hills Camp set for Aug 19 and games sought for Aug 26 and Labor Day.
Boxing results from multiple venues report KOs and decisions. Harry Ebbets wins by second round knockout in Freeport. Johnny Grosso stops George Neron in fourth. Armando Schecikels wins on a foul over Marty Savers in seven. Petey Burns outpoints Johnny Burns over ten. Mahen and Hoon draw in Chicago. Lou Terry defeats Escalante in Los Angeles. Ward Sparks bests Herman in Los Angeles. Gallagher defeats Malay in Chicago. Haakon Hanson beats Floyd Hubert in six rounds. Paul Swiderski stops Leo Lang in twelve seconds in West New York.
Burleigh Grimes of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Larry Benton of the New York Giants each seek to reach 30 National League wins this season. Grimes has 20 victories and Benton 18, as Jim Bagby of the Cleveland Indians stands as the last major league pitcher to achieve the mark.
Indiana Bell Telephone and J. J. Madden teams clash today at Riverside No 6 after last week rain postponement. A Telephone victory secures the Manufacturers League pennant. Madden win forces a playoff with Advance Paint for the title.
In Louisville on Friday the Colonels beat the Indians 1 to 0 in a pitching duel between Malcolm Moss and Steve Swetonic. Sicking drove in the decisive run after a ninth inning rally as Matthews’ error helped set up the score. Betzelites gain on leaders while Brewers surge into the race with a lengthy winning streak.
Hawthorne hosts a 12 race card with $1200 purses and a Hawthorne Handicap. Entries include Dr Clark Little Marie Shafts Jee per Red Harvey Mib McGee Shasta Monk and Stars and Stripes across multiple claiming and stakes races.
La Grange celebrated its finest 17 year old athlete Dick Mullin after he defeated Tom Cooley of Olympia Fields, 6 and 4, to win the Western Junior golf championship held here Friday.
Jack Quinn pitched the Athletics to an 8 0 win over Washington, keeping pace behind the Yankees. The Yankees beat the Red Sox 5 2 on Gehrig's 20th homer with Ruth and 4razella aboard, while the Tigers stopped Cleveland 8 7 after a late rally. White Sox down Browns 5, Pirates edge St. Louis 2 1 in 12 innings, Lindstrom drives in five for the Giants as Philadelphia Nationals fall 5 4, and Vance limits Boston Braves to five hits in a 5 1 Brooklyn win. Dissonette hits his nineteenth homer.
Dirt track racers Schneider and Frank Brisko traveled to Chicago for the Roby speed kings led by Wilbur Shaw. Louis Way and others compete in Sunday’s fifty mile national dirt track championship drawing local crowds and high expectations.
Hiram C. Haydn of Cleveland won the national Roque League title at Winona Lake and went undefeated with fifteen wins. F C Krause of Long Beach finished second in the title division, while W H Hoagland of Peoria placed third. Rounds of Cleveland led the second division and W Woodard of Bloomington won the third division.
Rochester, Aug 11 Wilbur Jack 27 a Rochester professional golfer and former Western New York PGA champion and twice a national PGA qualifier was killed instantly Friday when his car crashed into a tree Willard L Schutt 27 a World War veteran was critically injured as was Margaret L Powers 19 A second girl said to be Schutt's companion fled the scene and has not been located
Four scraps on Ripple Program at Broad Ripple Park arena showcase Billy Moore and Cecil Hurt in the 155 pound main event. Preliminaries include Noble Clark versus Young Jess at 110 pounds and Young Domoglick against Paul Haley at 135 pounds, with Hamp Williams versus Dick Anderson in another four round bout. Williams earned a knockout last Thursday as Anderson lost closely. The show begins at 8 45 p m.
Dick Miller Rank Fitzgerald aged 18 wins Meridian Hills junior title in a tight final against Don Ellis. Ellis led early and at the turn but Fitzgerald rallied to halve the last hole and claim victory by one hole. The piece notes junior golf growth at the Hills and future state meet prospects.
Babe Ruth went hitless in four at bats. Lou Gehrig hit a home run and two singles in four trips. Fred Indrastrom drove in three runs with a home run and a double in three trips. Rogers Hornsby failed to hit in four at bats. Harry Hellman doubled in four trips. Al Simmons singled in four trips. Paul Waner failed to hit in nine trips. Frankie Frisch singled in five trips.
Times Special from Lansing reports veteran heavyweight Chuck Wig gins of Indianapolis boxed and outpowered Carl Augsburg of St Paul, ending the scheduled ten rounder with a fifth round knockout. Wiggin’s precise outboxing and a assault of punches sealed the win in the Hoosier’s favor.
Babe Ruth refutes rumors of retirement and states he will not sign contracts longer than one year, positioning his future in baseball through short-term deals.
At Rockefeller Park Cleveland on August 11 Lester Stoefen a teen Los Angeles lad and George Jennings Chicago veteran prepared to duel for the national public parks tennis singles title. Stoefen reached the final after Harold Rice Chicago defaulted to save energy for doubles while Jennings beat Ted Drewes St Louis 6 3 6 4 6 2 to reach the final.
BERKELEY BELL of Austin Texas and GREGORY MANGIN of Newark New Jersey reach the Meadow Club invitation tennis final on Eastern crown day in Southampton L I Tilden the current holder of the title is absent. In doubles American Davis cup stars George Lott and John Doeg meet J B Hawkes of Australia and Edward Herndon of New York in the final.
In East Hampton two Berkeley californias Helens, Helen Wills and Helen Jacobs, reach the Maidstone Country Club women s invitation finals after semifinal wins Friday. Wills is the national champion and Jacobs the Pacific Coast champion, set to clash for the title today.
In Rich Ohio Derby Bainbridge Aug 11 ten stakehorses from top stables race in the $12,000 Ohio Derby fifth race at Bainbridge this afternoon. Entries include Golden Racket Force Elizabeth Sun Fire Blackwood Sunny Saint Easter Stockings Petruchio Aviator Prince Bulbo. The event covers a mile and an eighth.
East Lansing Aug 11 tentative list of grid candidates for Michigan State 1928 team includes sixty nine names from which Coach Harry Kipke will likely choose forty players to return for early practice.
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