Illinois Faces Purdue in Final Home Game
Times Special reports Urbana game Friday night as Illinois hopes to close the season strong despite weak shooting. Coach Ruby may reuse Barnes Daugherty Hellopeter Mauer Reynolds lineup after Lafayette. Purdue in top form aiming to hand Illinois its first home defeat this conference season.
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Ernie Knifes In As Plant City Camp Coach
Ernie on Hand IE KRUEGER, hard hitting catcher for the Indians, arrived at the Plant City camp today. He is a valuable man and his coaching of pitchers in the spring is not the least of his assets.
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Match at Lincoln yields two falls for Birch and Chisman
Shorty Birch and Kid Chisman each captured a fall in a wrestling match at the Lincoln banquet hosted by the Sinclair Refining Company on Wednesday night. A third fall was ruled a draw.
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Krueger Robertson and Sicking Report to Camp
Plant City Florida March 5 Catchers Krueger and Robertson and second baseman Sicking reported for the tribe camp and practiced. Bush may try Robertson despite uncertainty while all Indians except Steele Allen Christenbury Clarke are in camp. Florence arrives to work behind the plate as holdouts include Allen Clarke and Outfielder Christenburg.
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De Pauw and Franklin College Set for Midseason Handoff
Franklin awaits a pivotal home clash with De Pauw at the college gym, a rematch after Greencastle where De Pauw won 26 to 16. Tigers coach Wagner foresees a tough fight as Franklin seeks revenge for prior defeats this season.
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Local Plans to Reenter National Amateur Baseball Federation
Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association announced reentry into the National Amateur Baseball Federation after a Wednesday meeting at city hall. Changes include mandatory league and team registration before April 1 and clubs filing certified rosters and box scores with the secretary. diamond drawings will occur on or before April 15.
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Indianapolis golf star Nelson falls in opening round
Erwin Nelson and partner Willie Dow lost in the opening round of the professional best ball tournament. Their opponents, Tommy Armour and Mike Brady, toppled them 8 up with 7 to play over 36 holes in a brisk Wednesday round.
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Tournament draws crowd at Indianapolis Invitational on Fletcher Avenue
A packed house witnessed the third round of the Indianapolis Invitational net tourney at Second Baptist Church gym. Next games are set for Monday with results showing Rankling Kids 16 and Atune Athletes 32, Butler Memorial 98, Lutheran Redeemers 82, St. Ang Y. P. Co. 30, Edwin Rayers 6, Woodside M. E.'s 1% and Ed Ray Jrs. 28.
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Kepner Wins Rapid Fire Three-Cushion Title at Coolers
Kepner defeated Merrikan 15 to 10 to win the rapid fire three-cushion billiard tournament at Harry Cooler’s parlor on Wednesday night. A similar event is planned for next Wednesday with handicaps repeated as before.
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College Net Results Wednesday Games
Wabash routed Butler 85 to 31 and Amherst beat Williams 39 to 31. Harvard led Connecticut Aggies 34 to unknown as other scores were incomplete.
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Pioneer Pitcher John Ward Dies After Pneumonia Attack
John M. Ward a 65 year old pioneer baseball star who pitched and played infield for the New York Giants in 1883 died in Augusta Georgia after pneumonia. He later became a successful lawyer and was noted as a top golfer on Long Island courses.
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Nurmi Sets Two Track Records at New York Games
Paavo Nurmi, hailed as the world's greatest runner, established two new records at the 106th Ins.try games in New York on Wednesday night. He covered one and one eighth miles in 4 554 5 seconds and 2000 yards in 4 593 5 seconds, breaking his own marks for both distances. Willie Ritola came up one second short of matching his 2 1 2 mile record of 11 45. Nurmi departed for Hamilton Ontario last night.
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Fate Takes a Hand at Warren Central High School
Coach Mowrey’s Warren Central team faced misfortune as a small pox outbreak forced vaccination of players Hilkene Franks and Jolly, with Jolly possibly suiting up. Last year Cumberland and Shadeland merged, now Warren Central aims for the county title while luck wanes.
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Six national interscholastic swimming records fall in prelims
The national interscholastic meet at the Illinois A. C. pool saw six records broken and another tied in the preliminaries. Notable swims include Robert Halloran of Wooster Ohio posting the 40 yard time of 1.1925 seconds to beat the old mark, and Walter Grandy of Detroit winning the diving prelims as favorites contend in finals tonight with Lehigh Pennsylvania and others advancing in backstroke freestyle and relay events.
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Harvard Reappoints Bob Fisher as Football Coach
Cambridge March 5 Harvard announces the reappointment of Bob Fisher as head football coach after his resignation was withdrawn. Maj. Charles Daley and Leo Leary named as first assistants to Fisher.
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Illinois House Receives Bill to Legalize Horse Racing
A springfield bill introduced in the Illinois House on March 6 would legalize horse racing with meets limited to 120 days, require $5,000 in fees and 25 percent of net proceeds, and permit betting under the measure.
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Indiana wrestlers travel to Michigan clash without injured Hoffman Swain
Indiana University's wrestling team left Bloomington for Ann Arbor to face Michigan on Friday. Injured Hoffman and Swain could not make the trip, removing two wrestlers from the lineup.
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Local High School Net Tourneys Open Friday Morning
Indiana students anticipate the state basketball sectional meets starting Friday. Lawrence and Tech launch at 9 a m with Martinsville Shelbyville Versailles and Winchester to follow. Other sections begin Friday afternoon or Saturday morning with five teams at Winslow in the smallest meet.
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Major Training Gossip On Clearwater Cubs and Other Camps
Spring camp reports surface from multiple sites as teams push hard drills. Killefer disciplines the Cubs with tough workouts while Grimm sustains a heel blister. rivals vie for White Sox shortstop slot. Tris Speaker trains pitching hopefuls in Lakeland as Donohue shines in Orlando. Cobb and the Augusta camp field key moments. Browns assemble a full squad in Tarpon Springs while missing a few veterans.
Yankees Ready To Finish First After Pennant Loss
St. Petersburg report quotes Miller Huggins praising the Yankees improved spirit after last year’s pennant defeat. He vows to finish first this year. Babe Ruth reportedly still trimming and says eight pounds remain to shed.
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Rose Poly Engineers To Face Louisville In Season Opener
Rose Poly's Engineers travel to Louisville to meet the University of Louisville Friday. The teams last met a month ago with Louisville winning 23 to 22. Coach Heze Clark takes Anderson Schoonover Piper Hillis Franzwa Reinking and Wilson.
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Burns replaces Packo on Washington D C boxing card
Tommy Burns the Michigan light heavyweight was signed by Steve Harter to replace Joe Packo on the Monday night Washington D C boxing card. Packo wanted to fight but injury ruled him out and Burns will face Lobjeck with the rest of the card unchanged and prices held.
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Wabash Five Flashes To Another Triumph
In Crawfordsville Indiana Butler bull dogs rally but fail to overtake Wabash in a 35 to 31 victory. Keach and Griggs both miss key free throws while Benny De Vol sparks a late Wabash surge with three field goals and three fouls.
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Illinois and Chicago split in dual meet fencing and gymnastics
URBANA Ill March 4 Illinois and Chicago split even in their dual meet here Wednesday night the locals winning in fencing and Chicago winning in gymnastics.
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Butler Triumph Sparks Final Drive in Turbulent Game
Nipper Keach and Ronald powered a late push to give Butler a 31 point finale as time expired. Amusements section notes the intense finish.
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Wrestling bout at Broadway Theater with Olson refereeing
Jack meets coach at I U and Tommy Record of Boston will meet tonight for a finish mat bout at the Broadway Theater. The regular show ends early so the grapplers can start at 9 15 with referee Charlie Olson. Reynolds wrestling.
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Mandell Enters New York Lightweight Tournament
Sammy Mandell, top lightweight in the current chase for the vacant title, reenters the New York fight commission tournament in Gotham. He has dodged the first two rounds with byes and will not box before May first, according to the commission chairman.
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Dempsey Opponent Choice Leaves Commission Split
New York March 6 The boxing commission will let champion Jack Dempsey pick between Tom Gibbons and Harry Wills for the next title defense after failed agreement on challengers. If Dempsey picks Gibbons, Wills supporters protest. promoter Santwell notes Dempsey may not train until September.
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