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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1925
Page
5
A columnist laments hero worship of prep basketball players and the unfair gossip they endure. He notes players are just boys who perform under scrutiny, cites Notre Dame and Iowa games, mentions Red Grange and Tex Rickard openings, and comments on coaches and a potential players union.
The Chicago public schools athletic board will meet next week to act on a professional football scandal involving the Chicago Cardinals Milwaukee team and four Englewood High School players James Snyder Jack Daniels Charles Richardson and William Thompson. Folz said the youths played for Milwaukee without pay and that O'Brien may face league punishment while the players could be barred from amateur athletics.
Shelbyville Eagle basketball team defeats Hoosier Athletic Club 89 to 43 at the high school gym. Hennessey led Eagles with eight baskets while Harreson topped the Hoosiers with five. Captain Sam Kaufman played last three minutes after injuries.
Sam Wernke the Indianapolis born pitcher is moving from the New York Yankees to the Atlanta team of the Southern Association for next season. Fellow Yankee rookie Joe Maley also transfers to Atlanta in the same deal that sends outfielder Frank Zoeller to Miller Huggins' club.
Eighteen players were awarded monograms at the K of C auditorium for Cathedral High School football this season. Major award recipients include Capt. David Harmon Captain-elect Maurice Egan Emmet Mitler Augustus Mueller Geor Mangen Louis Meier Joseph Dugan Crawford Weazel Harold Marks Joseph Reiss Paul Orphey John Walsh Joseph Tynan Kenneth Whittier John Wenzel Francis Fitzgerald Bridget Prennan and Peter OConnor.
Chicago voters will decide at the April 18 primary whether professional boxing is allowed. The common council passed a resolution calling for the referendum on the sport.
Two Friday night college basketball games loom as Hoosier schools host battles. Franklin visits Purdue after last season's overtime win by the Baptists, while Notre Dame hosts Iowa in a cautious Big Ten pre-season test. Indiana foes include Butler at Town and Lombard at Galesburg with several state games also listed.
Merle Alte of Indianapolis is scheduled to boxing on the Paddy Carr benefit show in Chicago this Saturday. The annual Christmas fund card features several boxers to fill stockings for poor Windy City kids. Alte earned a top attraction spot after his sensational scrap with Ray Rychell in East Chicago.
Wycoff of Georgia Tech Martineau of Minnesota and Powell of Davis Elkins scored touchdowns for Bill Ingram's all-star gridders in a Wednesday scrimmage with Indiana University players. The all-stars practice for a December 26 game in San Francisco against a Coast aggregation for Shriner hospital funds. Ingram coached the squad, passing well from quarterback.
Eddie Huffman California light heavyweight outpointed Ad Stone Philadelphia in a 12 round no decision bout. Five New York papers favored Huffman, three called it a draw, one sided with Stone as Stone finished strong. Huffman nearly knocked Stone out in the eighth.
Fort Harrison and neighboring teams feature many ex high school and college stars as action heats up at St Anthonys hall on Warman Ave. The main game begins at 8 30 with a 7 80 curtain raiser between U P Juniors and Clermont Juniors. Fort Harrison edged Joint Shoe Store 27 21 Tuesday.
Kid Kaplan the featherweight champion and Babe Herman the California challenger weigh 124 pounds each for their Madison Square Garden Friday night bout. The New York boxing commission report notes the odds are even.
Sol Epstein, manager of Maxie, hailed his bantam brother after Maxie outweighed by two knockdowns and won on points in a ten round scrap with Mickey Cone at Kokomo Wednesday night. Hiawatha Gray outpointed Joe Hardy in eight rounds on the same card, Hardy eight pounds heavier.
Sid Cole a Denver three cushion expert keeps a winning streak at the Claypool parlors. He beat Murphy 85 to 32 in a matinee exhibition and downed O Connor 35 to 19 in the evening. He was scheduled to meet Martin and Jones in later exhibitions as crowds attended a free public event.
Victor IRST position in the one mile roller skating event at Riverside rink was won by Frank Davis of Indianapolis, earning the State amateur championship. The second series of two mile prelims is set for Riverside tonight, with the two mile finals and half mile finals scheduled for Saturday.
Crawfordsville Indiana December 17 Coach Vaughan tightens Wabash practice focusing on defense after De Pauw beat Indiana at Greencastle. Likely starters include Robinson and De Vol at forward with Dinwiddie or Thompson at center Englehardt at guard while Cowan and McCorkle contend for backcourt duty.
Amateur boxing results from Turner Hall include 112 pounds F House defeating Ne yonking by judges decision. B Fal n S. 8 beat Ped Pounds cos Me M 1. Bowe and Franklin were ordered to ring after first round for not 60 days. Several bouts concluded with knockouts and decisions as listed with fighters from local clubs.
Bob by Barrett a Philadelphia lightweight was fined 100 dollars and suspended thirty days by the Pennsylvania boxing commission for fouling Morrie Schlaiffer of Omaha. He must meet Schlaiffer again and the fine will be deducted from his purse.
Myles Thomas, longtime pitcher for the Toronto club of the International League, was purchased by the New York Yankees in a cash and player transaction announced Wednesday. Thomas developed at Penn State College.
Eastern Illinois Normal College defeats Rose Poly of Terre Haute Indiana 31 to 24 at home. Wilson starred for the visitors with nine points in the contest.
The Silent Hoosiers finish their pre holiday basketball slate with two wins over Whitestown and Burlington H. C. of Frankfort and two losses to Fishers and New Augusta, with an overtime setback to New Augusta. Upcoming 1928 schedule hints at graduation and coaching continuity as Norris guides the team.
Cleo Wysong a rural schoolteacher near Milford Junction Indiana has been signed by the Chicago White Sox for February tryouts in the South. Wysong played catcher for Wolcottville Indiana last season.
In Noblesville Indiana on Wednesday night the Noblesville Elks bowling team lost to the Century five from Indianapolis by a score of 2 616 to 2 552 on local lanes.
Harry Cooler defeated Clyde Martin 50 to 45 in the state three cushion billiard tournament Wednesday night at Cooler's parlors. Ramsey and Bosson meet tonight.
The piece recalls Battling Siki and Mike McTigue meeting in Dublin on St Patrick's Day and McTigue facing Young Stribling in Georgia. It also mentions Lieut Harold Porter joking about a soldier named Private Stock, boom in Key West Real Estate, Liniment use in scandals, Wayne Munn shifting to boxing, Willard's barroom tricks, a shipboard raid on the battleship Texas, and the era of Apartment House Cowboys.
Purdue swimming team prepares for its second meet of the year at Memorial Gymnasium pool in Lafayette Indiana. The event features water polo in the Purdue pool for the first time in the Western Conference this year with the Hoosier Athletic Club as the opponent.
Ten Butler players will ride to Iowa City for a Western trip featuring three games tonight Friday and Saturday. The traveling squad includes Captain Nipper Harker Holtz Keach Wakefield Summers Strole Ronald Chadd and Woolgar with Summers replacing Fletcher who sprained an ankle in final practice and cannot go.
Jake Schaefer rose to the top in 1925 with two high runs in championship billiards. He posted 432 against Hore mans in a challenge match and 400 in the annual titular tournament, defining the season.
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