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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1926
Page
3
At the Drivers Dinner general manager Anest Smith of the AAA acted as toastmaster and elicited laughs with clever remarks about drivers. Winners and staff received prizes while humor touched on new babies, race dates, and annual Speedway events.
United Press reports Gertrude Edevele, noted woman swimmer, will sail for Europe today to begin training for another attempt at swimming the English Channel this summer.
Jimmy Finley of Louisville will fight Johnny Nichols of St. Paul in a ten round main event at the new Beech Grove open air arena on Eighth and Main Streets Friday night. Nichols comes from the Mike Gibbons stable and Finley just returned from a winning California campaign.
At Saint Andrews on June 2 the American foursome team led 3 to 1 after 36 holes. Sweetser and Van Elm, Jones and Gunn, and Mackenzie with Gardner beat British pairs while Ouimet and Guilford were defeated. Weather aided a large gallery as 18 morning holes showcased Gunns 44 foot putt and Gardner’s two 40 foot putts.
Scheduled games include Columbus at Indianapolis Kansas City at Minneapolis St Paul at Milwaukee Toledo at Louisville American League Betrote at St Louis Detroit at Cleveland Lynehington at New York Kia at Boston National League St Louis at Chicago Boston at Brooklyn New York at Philadelphia Washington at New York Philadelphia at Boston Boston at Brooklyn Cincinnati at Pittsburgh Weather and rain affect several matchups with notes on wet grounds and postponed games.
The Raines Club hosted a noon luncheon at the south side school lunchroom for Manual High School track and baseball athletes. Arthur Truitt presided with principals, coaches, and athletic director in attendance.
Cathedral High School baseball wraps its season with a Friday game at Mooresville as part of the commencement day program. Healy is likely to pitch for the locals.
Crawfordsville Indiana June 2 Former Indiana University football star Max Kidd has been chosen as grid coach at Crawfordsville High School. He will replace W O Puckett who resigned to re enter State Normal.
Harry Greb won on points against Art Weigand in a ten round bout at Buffalo Tuesday night. Weigand, a local boxer, fought hard but was outmatched by the former middleweight champion.
Shortridge High School golf? No tennis. Shortridge defeated Tech five matches to one. Gill Worthington and Christopher Wood won doubles for the Blue and White. Tech and Shortridge girls were set to clash this afternoon.
The Butler freshmen baseball team defeated the sophomores 6 to 2 Tuesday at Irwin Field in the annual post season game. Freshmen numerals will be awarded after a coaches meeting today.
At the Indianapolis club banquet Finis Lockhart tops a $88 100 driver payout night, collecting $35 600 from Speedway for first plus $4 000 Firestone, $500 Champion Spark Plugs, $1 500 Ethyl Gas, $9 500 lap prizes, and $100 Prest-O-Lite. Harry Hartz is runner up with $10 000 Speedway and additional sponsors. Diamond medal honors go to Peter De Paolo.
The A A A standings show Tommy Milton in second and Harry Hartz in third before the race at the speedway Monday. The $4,000 lap prize money left over after the race was called off at 400 miles will be returned pro rata to 200 donors, each receiving $20. Ernest Smith, A A A general manager, served as toast master at the dinner.
The French national championships began with a strong field from France England and the United States. Defending American champion Helen Wills Suzanne Lenglen Didi Vlasto and Kathleen Godfrey were favored in early women’s rounds. If Wills and Lenglen advance undefeated they are poised for a likely meeting on June 11. Lenglen appeared fine while Wills showed fatigue.
Mexican middleweight Bert Colima knocked out Owen Phelps in the second round of a ten round bout after two knockdowns in the first round. Colima delivered a second round knockout Tuesday in Los Angeles.
Tribe baseball team returns to first division after beating Columbus Senators 3 to 3. Jack Wisner set to start on the mound in the second game.
A six member Indiana Rainbow Division committee visited Washington Park Tuesday with flowers to greet Hank Gowdy of Columbus. Gowdy, with the 168th Infantry, recently had an operation and is resting at home. The Senators secretary will notify Gowdy of the missed greeting.
Wiggam took first at Crooked Creek Gun Club’s weekly trap shoot Tuesday with 48 of 50 targets. Slinkard and Grinsteiner tied for second with 47 each.
Lord Woolavington's Coronach led from start to finish in wet conditions to win the Derby, with Lance Gaye second and Colorado third. The mile and four furlongs took 2 47 45, as rain drenched the course and crowd turnout fell short of forecasts. War Mist, the American-owned entry, finished among the nineteen starters.
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