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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1930
Page
5
Walter Eckersall legendary midwest sports figure dies at 43 after heart attack while trying to stand. A famed football general and historian, Eckersall valued endurance and past glories, with funeral scheduled for Thursday in Chicago.
Multiple leagues report wins and high scores on Delaware and Indiana drives. Lutz totaled 645 with a 257 high game for Intertype and Roger Beans, while Jess Pritchett led 631 in a td show at Cleveland. Community Coal and Sargent led 3 080 and 650 respectively as teams posted strong totals and several 600s across leagues.
Y M C A plans a strong semi pro baseball season with Frank McKinney as manager after a successful last year. Training Sundays at Garfield PT08 and a Friday club meeting invite all players to attend. Letters from star players bolster the roster as Indianapolis Midways announce an important meeting with listed attendees. Brookside A s report a Tonguence workout session led by Prather and Schoneker.
Promoter Tom Packs said Battalino world featherweight champion will be offered a $50,000 purse to meet the Benny Bass Eddie Shea winner in St Louis Friday night. Bass’ junior lightweight crown also at stake in the ten round bout. A proposed April 21 clash with Battalino would be staged here if the Benny Bass Eddie Shea winner prevails.
The National Meet team of the Pastime Bowling League, all railroad men, captained by Ken Powers, will compete in the national railroad tournament in Columbus Ohio on April 5 and 6. Members include Day Burlington route, Powers Milwaukee Road, Hasenstab Soo Line, Powers Belt Line, and Kelly Rock Island. Benny Friedman acts as guest coach at Yale practice in New Haven this week.
New York and Boston Southwestern Limited leaves Indianapolis at 2 00 p m The Knickerbocker departs 5 00 p m Fifth Avenue Special at 11 30 a m Hudson River Express at 6 10 p m Missourian at 10 55 p m All tickets and reservations via City Ticket Office Monument Circle or Union Station. J P Corcoran Div Pass Agent 112 Monument Circle Indianapolis.
Maureen Orcutt led the field at the second annual Mid South medal golf tourney for women in Southern Pines with a 78 to sit two strokes ahead of Glenna Collett. Marion Bennett stood third with 81 and Mrs. O. 8. Hill was fourth at 82 as second day play opened.
Vincent Forgione of Philadelphia knocks out Doc Conrad of Newark in the fourth round of a ten round bout in New York. The victory marks Forgione as a rising middleweight contender with Harlem’s Harry Smith and Canadian Charley Belanger also noted in the bout lineup.
Buffalo steaks from a Kansas private herd will be served to the several hundred coaching guests at the University of Kansas relays on April 18. The evening program includes bronco busting steer bulldogging and rodeo acts by cowboys and cowgirls inside the stadium billed as a rodeo with a college education.
George Pavelick of Cleveland fought a ten round draw with Willie Henry of New York. Necro Tommy Lown defeated Jack Graham in New York in four rounds.
In Cleveland Ohio on March 25 prominent leading teams of the American Bowling Congress are expected to show changes as the tournament opens. The event brings together top squads from across the circuit to compete for honors. Teams watchful for shifts in standings and new matchups mark the opening day.
Garfield Bowling Club members John Bashaw and Joe Trawinski, young prospects, roll for glory in Rockaway area alley events. They helped New Jerk team to a 3,576 score, a possible world record, and aim to beat 2,958 to topple the leading New York partans tonight.
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