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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1929
Page
2
Cleveland August 26 The writer discusses early air races noting difficulty tracking leaders in flight and praising pilots who dive sharply for speed. References Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and Commander Barney Oldfield compare past and present racing. Predicts cross country travel will boost national leagues and a possible World Series between East and West Coast clubs.
Sunday results show Washington and Pittsburgh claiming their second straight wins while St Louis and Indianapolis were eliminated after losses on Saturday and Sunday. The Union Printers league schedule listed 2 PM games at Riverside diamonds with Chicago Cincinnati and Washington New York matchups, plus a four day 72 hole medal golf tournament at Avalon.
The Chicago racing schedule moved to Lincoln Fields for a thirty day meeting starting today. Attendance across tracks has broken records this summer, and Lincoln Fields could surpass rival showings as the season continues.
Don R. French, a lawyer, scored a hole in one at Riverside Golf Course on Sunday. Attestations from H. J. Galloway and M. Z. Fulch confirm the ace on the number three hole, with the ball curling up the hill into the cup.
Bruno Betzel's Indians rest at home after a rough weekend in Columbus where they lost a doubleheader 2 1 and 6 4, won 11 4 in the opener, and faced banishment protests led by Bill Burwell. Attendance neared 10 000 as the Senators won 11 of 13.
A state championship endurance swim began Sunday at Broad Ripple park with twenty nine entrants. In the early hours two swimmers exited the event. Norris Kellam leads the state endurance competition as squads of five race daily at 3 p.m. Bottles feed hot liquids to contestants while boats supply dry foods.
A composite table from the first year of the Big Six shows Oklahoma and Nebraska tied for first with strong all-round teams. Iowa State ranks third, Kansas fourth, Missouri fifth, and Kansas State sixth.
Robert T. Jones Jr. will be seeded No 1 in the 1929 national amateur championship at Del Monte California as the United States Golf Association announces the draw. The top ten includes Van Elm Voight Ouimet Sweetser and Johnston with eight seeds after qualifying. Vacancies filled from the second ten if needed.
About 600 printers and friends attend the national type baseball and golf tourneys and reserve for the Tuesday fifth program at Fort Harrison. The card features three ten-round bouts including Jimmy Sayers of Lafayette vs Indianapolis rival Kid Woods, plus Otto attribution Terre Haute vs How ard Mitchell Cincinnati and Lou Lovelace Terre Haute vs Jimmy Sansone Cincinnati, plus a four round and a six round opener.
Catherine Wolf of Indianapolis, the city tennis champion, is invited by Harry S. Walsh to join the central west women's team for an exhibition against the British Wightman Cup squad in Chicago on September 2 and 3, honoring her wins over Marion Leighton and Clara Louise Zinke.
Semi Pro and amateur notes summarize Martinsville Pirates loss to People's Outfitting Co after Johnny Bright struck out 17. Sunshine Garden beat Paris Cleaners 6 to 2 with a lone Cleaners rally on a hit batter and Sanders fan total. Riverside Grays fell 5 1 to Stilesville. Brown allowed seven hits and fanned ten.
In Chicago on August 27 Strangler Lewis former heavyweight champ meets Matros Kirilenko tonight in a heavyweight wrestling bout The event pits two noted grapplers from a long list of baseball stars named in today’s wire report.
George Lance of Terre Haute defeats Dwight Mitchell of French Lick one up after a back‑and‑forth battle that extended to the 36th hole at French Lick Hills. Mitchell led by two at the turn but Lance rallied with birdies and clutch putts to claim his third consecutive Indiana championship.
Tommy Puckett faces George Downey in a six round semi windup at Broad Ripple on Thursday night. Downey impressed in the Ripple ring after knocking out Joe Napolitano recently. Frankie Jones meets Billy Moore in the ten round headliner with Moore having stopped Charlie Shine and Jones stopping Tommy Leiper in prior Ripple appearances.
London Aug 26 Sir Thomas Lipton Irish sportsman will sail Tuesday for New York to discuss arrangements for the international yacht races to be held in the United States in 1931 Lipton is building another Shamrock yacht to challenge again for the America's Cup.
The Pennsylvania Railroad golf tournament at South Grove links saw B. Sweeney of Chicago win with 84, three strokes ahead of G. G Rossetti of Columbus. Others included W. H. Poiter of Indianapolis tied for third with 88 and a large field from Logansport, Chicago, Toledo, Indianapolis, and Columbus with scores ranging from 88 to 106.
Bushy Graham of Utica meets Vidal Gregorio of Spain for the bantamweight title in Philadelphia. Harry Lenard faces Jose Diaz for the Cuban feather crown while Alf Ross meets Eddie Dempsey and Benny Tresito fights Dave Adelman in preliminary bouts.
Yorktown Indiana August 26 Strauss Says of Indianapolis beat Muncie Athletics 5 to 4 in ten innings. Cash despite a strong start earned the win for Strauss Says allowing few runs. Ewing worked well for Muncie with men on base. H Cruse drove in four runs for Strauss Says.
The Big Four baseball team defeated Indiana Harbor Belt 6 to 5 at Brookside Saturday to secure a spot in the New York Central Lines championship series against the Eastern division winner. Bill Francis pitched superbly with two early shutout innings, and three double plays, including one with the bases loaded in the ninth, highlighted the defense. Kelley Eller and Arnold led the offense while Williams provided power in the middle of the lineup.
George J. Jennings Jr., of Chicago, defended his national parks tennis title by defeating Jack Delara of Los Angeles 6-4 6-4 6-4 for the singles. He then partnered with Robert Considine of Washington to take the doubles title by beating Charles and Leo Lejeck of Chicago 6-3 9-7 8-6 in Buffalo on August 26.
Chestnut Hill Mass August 26 National doubles tennis championship play begins at Longwood Cricket Club with thirty two teams including twenty eight American and four foreign entrants for the undefended title held by George M Lott Jr of Chicago and John Hennessey of Indianapolis Hennessey retires from season tour after return from abroad and a Davis cup challenge failure Lott reunites with Johnny Doeg Santa Monica Calif Hennessey rested due to illness Victors in Newport casino doubles last week defeated Tilden Hunter and Mercur Hall Lott and Doeg favored to win the national title.
Midwicks of Pasadena California defeated Ft Leavenworth Kansas 12 to 7 to win the United States Polo Association twelve goal championship in Chicago with the final score noted.
In 1929 tennis review Sarah Palfrey, 16, Boston area contender, is hailed as a future top player. Bill Tilden endorses her, noting three more years to mature. Also highlighted are Helen Wills, Phoebe Watson, Betty Nuthall, Molla Mallory, Helen Jacobs, Mery Greef, and a wry note on Montreal boxing pricing.
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