THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR, FIUDAY, MAV 0, 10m

BASEBALL, BOXING, GOLF, SWIMMING, BILLIARDS, BOWLING NEWS TENNIS, OTHER NEWS •JOHN W. HEAD, EDITOR" "CURLEY ASH, ASSOCIATE' Strangler Lewis in New Role* ANOTHER AUTO Tennis Is Keeping Step RACERARRIVES Robert F. "Strangler" Lewis, the wrestler, was married at Mercer, Pa., yesterday afternoon to Dr.. Ada Scoit. The wedding was FOR BIG EVENT With Baseball in A. E. F. the culmination of a romance begun two :years ago iu San Jose,' Cal., Leaves This Morning for Game Today and Sunday With | when Lewis suffered a broken leg in a wrestling bout .-md.Rr. Scott, then a railroad surgeon, attended him. The nwrm^' imil been Dario Resta in City arfd Helps to Keep Men .in Conditioned Frame of Mind, as Well, as Patsy Flaherty's Proteges—Satuflay Will Find Athletes! Hits Homer in the Third scheduled for Youngstown, O., but as the Ohio 1»« i>r-\\ \<-<\ \\\>n ,,ae Start Work—To Drive a in Fine Physical Condition—Taking Its Place With National of the contracting parties be a resident of t!v *',,!(• \< u;.-. .1., ..i,.(j & . ... Witnessing Kentucky Derby—Several Men on Team Not in Inning. to have it at Mercer, Sunbeam. Pastime, Basket Ball and Track—Net Players May Slay Condition—Cavet' Will Pitch First Game, Rogge Next. Overseas for Time to Play in Matches. |- BROOKLYN, N; Y., May 8.—Tom Dario Resta, winner of the 1916 cham- Griffith's double in the first inning and , ionshlp race on the Indianapolis motor his «peed-way, and victor In'the contest for BY JOHN W. HEAD. Igotikted the home plate against the i drive over the right field fence in "Tennis Ss. taking its place along- 1 •ie American driving championship Isphere will do much for its international Kansas City, club, but failed by inches, j the third for a home run won today's side of baseball, basket ball and track standing." The Louisville Colonels will find that Duke has made several errors andncted by the A. A. A. that year, picking- on cripples this afternoon will-outfield, but that was due more to $| ! game from the Phillies by 2 to i. • athletics' in the American Expeditionary That the recognition thus .accorded singles and a double scored the Phillies' as arrived in Indianapolis for- the in- tennis in-the army's athletic program be a rather dangerous occupation, .for i lack of condition than anything, else, Force to keep men in a contented frame is of particular significance is seen in n n j only run in ' tho seventh. Pfeffer -rnational,500-mil6 Liberty sweepstake? .the battered Indians are Just in the -"^^ Dukw(]1 e ]11{e]is y»™, ™ Home run—Griffith. you." , . aaments. With him, Washburn and a being followed by the Louisville Colonels, i bases—Sicking1, Adams, Myers. . Sacrifice bodies, and the- embodiment of several Who will be here on Decoration day for I Picked up in his batting and has. been hit—Pfeffer. Double play—Balrd to improvements in the engines that 'make Sending Teams'Around. young player from the. Pacific -coast a double-header. hitting them with-old-time ability. Pearce; Base o'n balls—Off PfelTer,, 1. Hit 3** consWerab'ly faster and more pew- : Thus Col. Wait C. Johnson, athletic named Breck, who played remarkable June 1 and 2. ar_e_ ope_,„n. dates fo.„r. th„ e Tex Covington didn't show^any espe- by pitcher— By Watson, 1 (Griffith). erful than heretofore. ' tennis at Cannes—and gave Williams Indians, but on June 3 ,the first swing | cial prowess with the bludgeon last Strucuck out—B y Watson, 1; by Pfeffer, 5. officer of the A! B. P., -writes to Gedrge his hardest, match, running him to tv,-o around the western end of tho circuit 1 season, with the Indians, but last year Will Drive a Sunbeam. T. AcJee, president of'the United States aeuce sets, In each one .of which he ••will be on. It opens with Milwaukee as shouldn't be taken as a barometer of a HAMILTON BEATS CARDS. That the Sunbeam.-cars are fit to National Lawn" Tennis Association, de- was several times holding • the .match the-opponents. All four of the western ball player's ability. They, had .too scribing condition's In spbrt over seas. point—we, are sure to make -a good clubs will be played before the Indians many other things, to think about. PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 8.— The Pitts- capture:first honors in the Indianapolis showing, in the interallied tournament. return to their own .back yard. burgh Pirates won their first home game With reference to the army's program, This season TeX is putting a mighty Liberty Sweepstakes has ample guaran- he says: "We are endeavoring'to in- 'If It is In your mind to write to-any wallop into his drives, with the result today by a score of 4 to 2 from St.. Louis, culcate throughout Europe the Ameri- .of our prominent tennis players here Hendrlcks A^ter Pitcher, that he has connected for .three triples Hamilton holding the Cardinals to five tee in the fact; .that. the formidable urging, them to make effort to get back ' 1 hits. Sherfleil pitched well until the sixth can love for outdoor sports. Our Inter- .The Indians an? in such a crippled- and « a home•. r Jn the game" ._ s. , o, n the, . hom, e innlnp+1...J*.,,., whetwivnt hji'ej passeuds d two men, fol- Resta has.consented'to.'.drive one of allied games in June, we hope, will have to. the United • States during jtm'e, •• eat ln u please forbear, for -I • am firmly con- ; condition now that Manager~Hendrlcks card. .It appears, as If this walloping lowed by a droppe,.._.-d fl„ by Smith lii cen- , *jfT fl ence In this direction.. In : flrst-sacker was going to be in for a ter and hits by Boeckel and Schmidt, each addition to the games, we are sending yinced- that all of them can • do more -= has Jumped on the road, again in an great season. of the aafe blows brin&lns in two runs. good to ithe tennis game •- during the '• The visitors' runs were scored in each athletic, .teams to- most of the allied iiext two''op three-months over here in ''• effort to bolster the pitching staff. The countries; .rowing and- tennis especially, : instance by a slnsle following a two-base Europe,, from an international-- view- releasing of Jean'Dale yesterday to the! COLONELS GET BARBARE. hit. The score: as well.as/basket ball,,receiving major point,, which I think we very much wislr'-" Sajt Lake team of the Pacific Coast St. 1* AB H O A Pitts. ' AB H O A consideration. We .are. arranging to League, put the pitching staff down to The Colonels have finally grabbed a Shotton.If. 3610 Terry.s.... 4133 send tennis teams to the Various- cities to.'develop; than, they could do fop.: the " four men. Two of these men are not shortstop to plug up the hole on the Smitli.cf.., 4120 Cafey.cf... 2 I 2.0 in Fraace, to Belgrairii Italy,' Portugal, game back hbtne. -They -will -ali' be • Stock,3 3 2" 1' _ Stengel,rf.. 4130 bftck for' next year'.s program and' I ' In. their best condition. Cal Crum has team which has Jbeen filled by a Louis- Hornsby.3. 2 and- again back .to 'London: We hope beefa'nursing a lame back but is. much rf 4 2lCutha-vv,2.. 4' 1 23 e w Wh lcl think If they are willing to stay Amer- - ville semi-pro. The Pittsburgh Pirates S'ltiltz.ff... J 0 1 OlSa.ler.l 3 211 0 S?i ^ l t , 5 Q^* tournaments ican tennis cati well spare them for better and may be available ior tlie Pnulette.l. 3 Oil OlBr.eclcM,3.. 3103 will «lve. to-tennis In the Eastern Hem-. this;season over here." \, . : . " Sunday game against Louisville. -Bob lave turned over Walter Barbare to the Mlller,2.... 4 1- 2 SIBIsbee.If, „ 2020 Steele suffered a. spike wound in the' Louisville and it is likely that he will Snyd«r.c.. 4 0 2 2lZltszman,If. 3010 sewntfi inning of Wednesdays game be in the games against the Indians, Shfrdell.p, .1 1 0 2lSchmiflt,c.. 2 1 3 2 Hnrstnin.p.. 0 0 ,..Q l!Hamiltda4Li_2_ 9_ 0. .2 out occasionally, It will' not be. long .un- sna-may-not-be-able-to- work-for-a-few- l l e fam liar c ; days. Meadows.p 0 0 0 Oi l 11 h , ] : : Wn>t of tbe rallblrd This leaves only Rogse and Cavet In The Colonels have a surplus of 'demons.. 1000! wlll.be heard around:t&e.big brick oval Bicycle Race ctf shape to fling at the Colonels. It ap- pitchers, but it is likely that only about . . a -s ha.f>. V wit* o,.« , and,the track" take on Us wonted aspect pears at the present time as if Cavet Jour of the bunch now on hand will be Totals., 30 524131 Totals...'^9 ~8 27 13 preliminary to a big 500-mile race. The majority of drivers are expected: to ar- will pitch todays game and Hogge will kept. Davis, Corey, Long and Stewart • 3'Batted for Boretmttn in the; clefith. get the call on Sunday, with Cal Crum are likely, to remain with the club. Capt. Batted for Meadows In the ninth. rive about the middle ,of the month; being the pitcher on Monday here Neal, business manager of the club, has St.' Louis...-0 0.0 0 10 0 1 '0—2 with a straggling of l^te. comers' who against Louisville. Pittsburgh.. 00000400 '—4 will stop' off/to' race at the Uniohtown hopes of grabbing another first-class (Pa.) Speedway on • May 17. By May Open the Season Four men .is not enough for S club to tiurler to bolster this end of the team. Errors—Smith. Sherdell.- Two-base hits' nave doins the hurling. Powever, with —Sfferdell, Smith. Boeckel. Sacrifice hits 20 the -tracTtAwlll have reached the peak two off days in one .week the men —Shotton, Boeckel. Double play—Stock their -paces on a iteck before of its-activity, and the eyes of the rac- Many ; amateur bicycle : riders ,o f :'ih- '•-- should pet enough rest between games Bruno Betzel, who worked for the to Miller. Bases on balls—Oft Sherdell. constructed for ing world will once more be concen- to be able to run along until another Indians a few weeks last season, is back 4: off Hamilton, 4, Hit by pitcher—By anS their trated on Indianapolis, where, on' May ;dlanapolls .are. .expected to. - compete -iin Hamilton, 1 (Sherdell). Struck out—By Hi;.'a world's . champiofcship and the the flrst-riee of the season Saturday at • pitcher is grabbed. Manager Hendricka in the lineup for the Louisville club Horstman, 1; by Hamilton, .2., Winning , : ; went to Chicago yesterday morning and after a layoff of ten. days,, due to an pitcher—Hamilton..' Losing pitcher— interest. .What Coatalen awa -d of a cash purse of J50.000 will be the Indianapolis Athletic -.and Canoe may be able to land a man from either Injured leg. Bruno is considered quite a Sherdell.. ' ,cars from their Louisville games. vills's fly, tho batter taking: second. Resta and Coatalen will probably make urday shoot will be held as usual. -. The handicaps are so/ arranged., that the "' Ailing pitchers is not the only thing NIEHOFF IS SHELVED. Maranvllle's fly. the batter'faking second. their headquarters -near the Speedway, 'registered shoot, which has been post- lads lesg -experienced, along,: with thosS : that Is worrying Manager Hendricks. Marftrivllle reached third, on an out and pbned', would have been the first one in without 'regular 'race, bicycles,, will have-- ; where Jean; Chassagne, thirjj member of : ; : Dick Gossett, one of his two catchers Bill Clymer and his Seattle club In scored the winning run'on Powell's single. the."state this, year.-;.: -. . -.": .. ' - a lead, over the field; ' . . •: -; has a lame back -arid Is not available the Pacific Coast is having a tough The score: '. . . , the combination, already holds -forth— The Canoe, Club has arranged ' to = for service. However, if Leary shoulc Boston. AB H O A N. Y. AB H O A this. 6b they can be close to their work •spread'. a -"feed!' to, the racers, ThV.1- become incapacitated Gossett woulc time to set started. Bert NIehoff, who Marnvllle.s 024 4IT?urns,lf. 40- - 1- 0- event is. -attracting a large number- of V was considered the class of the league Herzog,2.. 6" 2 2 6 YounirfY.YounT.rf " 432 0 na.not lose any tfrae hi preparation v-THREE-!LEAGUE,: halve' to . Jump into harness; Edson at second base, has been shelved be- PowBll.rf.. 311 1 Chase,! 4 118 2 youngsters and it was at' .first ' thought^ Hemingway Is still out of the gam J.Smlth.3.. 4012 D6yle,2 6 0 Z 2 •With the arrival of Resta and the that about : twehty-fiye would compete,' c with a broken rib, while Sammy Cran cause he had failed to get going with his Sunbeam cars at the track courted Rockfora.;';.;;'.::,;.;^..r ;...,..'. 774 but if the weather is good there .will . bum ankle, received last season with 2 0 ,3 OKauff.cf 510 0 e aotlv tle Molin«.,....:'..,. -..v... -..'.... -i- .5 \i- . Is still limping about on his injure Holke,!... 4 017' 3lHmmerrnn,3 6 1 6 rM, ,, ! !. '«* Goul and °K '"'; Terra7 Haute at- Bva-n.svllle shortstops who have two sourii the catching. Bobby Schang will likely 'Robertson, 0 0 0 0 legs. Sammy has been sticking to th G.Smlth.p.. 0000 game despite the Injury. break In behind''the bat for Hill in a short time. Jack Knight la playing sec- Totals, i 3ft 7 S3 21 PHIl*OUPHI» BOSTON KANSAS CITY/ , It was expected that Ollle O'Mara ond now. Totals... 39 88322 'Would get here last week so as to glv "Ran 'for Dubuc In the tenth. IMDIANAPOUS, Vt. LOUIS CINCINNATI/ Sammy a rest, but no such luck. How Boston 0 1 0, 0 0 0 1 0 0 0*1—3 ever, Sammy will likely be at JilsZbes Mike Keller Is going along at a great New York 0.0:0 0 0 2 0 00 0 0—2 : In the Louisville game. He has starte< clip now, and with the addition of Dan Errors—Maranville, Holke, Chase, Doyle, to put the wood on the, ball now.an Boone at third, he will be fixed In fair Fletcher. Two-base hits—Nehf, Maran- surely will be-one of-the most value shape. DavHsph, who was purchased ville 2, Dubuc, Younp. Three-base hit— from the Cincinnati Beds to replace De- Kauff. Stolen bases—Young. Holke, Her- men on the .local club.. It has bee: Pate, has been released. to make room zopr 2, Powell Sacrifice hits—Holka, J. many a season etfnce guch a flashy In for Boone, who refused to report to Smith, RlgRert, Burns, Chasai Double fielder worked .before .the home fans play—Nebf to Maranville to Holke. Bases' a .member of an Association team. the Toledo club. . . on balls—Off Dubuc, G; off Nehf, 2. Hit . The- addition of Josh**Devore to the by pitcher—By Nehf, 1 (Fletcher); bv club has plugged up that big hole in Dubuc, 1 (Rlfrsert). Struck out—By the outer works. Although a bit heavy BUTLER AND WABASH NET Dubuc. 3: by Nehf. 1. Losing pitcher— • Josh appears as If .he has a lot o G. Smith. good baseball left In his system. LADS FAIL TO PERFORM '• moves around pretty fast yet. In the two games he has played with the In Butler-Wabash tennis matches ached- "Benny Leonard" received ?18,000 for flrst base; Hornsby, shortstop; Vltt, dians, he has collected three blows uled for yesterday afternoon were, c&lled Matchmaker Looking boxing twenty-four minutes in his fight third base; Speaker* Young and Hooper, two of them being line smashes to the oft'on account of rain. #he Butler meet outfield; Johnson; Alexander; Vaughn, outfield, while the pther one was of the with Indiana University -will, have to bo for Training Quarters with Willie Ritchie."—News Item. Pitchers.- '-,-.'.. . .• • , ' scratchy variety. •'' postponed Saturday unless tne sun drya ; up tho courts sufficiently.- The local The last iiamed trio would be nothing Duke Eellley doesn't seem to have tennis players have been unable to n and J. W.. Harri- would .nof be interfered with -by the man. The others were sold for smaller commission, WILLARD'S=WEIGHT. ,, °J Jt may have been tlia* the Teutonic No charge accounts; '• . . . stuns. field marshal,was stymied entirely too Theatrical stars. Including I YOtfg^fc the saving! singinc and delivering: addresses Which ' Thero will be a moetln* of the members' pounds. of the rational Motor Car baseball club You can figure, fhls out fpr youurselft . brotutht a flood of subscriptions from orris the crowd. Tho rally netted more at the factory tonight'at 8 o'clock. Impor- In 1914 when' he boxect*Carl «M> Athletic Club to High Grade tant matter!) -will* come up for discussion he weighed 242. In 1915 When he .fought than SIO.900,000. and it Is requested that all members make Jack Johnson after a long siege of an extra effort to attend. training • he weighed around 246.- In Hold Marathon 1916 when he- met Mprani after, train- Suits for Men & Young Men ing for several weeks, he weighed 260. Since that date Wiliard has had three years of soft living. ' As we suggested Here on May 30 Below Prevailing Prices: just above, figure It out for yourself. Champion Trotter of Europe. THE TEN-YEAR MEN. The- Independent Athletic Club Is "How many men are still in the planning a modified marathon running Silko holds the European record of 2:083-10, and is also the league who were playing ten years ago? race to start at 9 o'clock on the morn- Waist-Seam Suits & HABBIS winner of the Lexington Stakes in 1905. Also the victor in the lien, Very few."— Exchange. tug °{ ulay ?0' The ru"ners will- leave «'IGAB CO; On the contrary, the ten-year or the club at Pratt and ^Meridian streets Quarter-lined Silk-lined I'istrlbutora, tucky Futurity in 1906. longer list Includes Cobb, Speaker, Col- and travel a course of six and one-half Indianapolis. Ind. lins. Baker, 'Jackson, Johnson, Doyle, miles north'on Meridian stret to Maple Chase, Zimmerman, McGlnnis, Barry, Road boulevard, east oh Maple road to Merkle, Ames, Luderus, Paskert, Pennsylvania, south on Pennsylvania to Milan, Bush, Magee *md a good many Thirty-fourth street, west on Thirty- $ fourth street to Meridian to the club- more. With the minor league supply house. choked oiT for the last two or three 1 yc-ars, there have been 'too few young- The first two to finish the grind will stars coining up to crowd the old dele- receive gold medals,, the second three gation off the range. -And .most of those get silver medals and the next five will named above wouldn't be crowded out, receive bronze medals. The event will anyway. be strictly for amateurs and will be A $25 value in most Fancy silk linings* conducted under the auspices of the Athletic union. Runners are expected stores. A striking ex- fine materials and cor- CONCERNING HATES. from aU over the state. The contest is I hate to be tapped for a ten an open affair, and any. amateur run- ample of our value- rect tailoring fill every That I will never seei ner may enter, the only restrictions! To have my bally rent moved Up being that.- contestant be over IS years j giving power. Nothing requirement of the most Fills me with misery; of age, residents .of the state of Indiana' But more than all the reat of them and physically fit for a long run of this cheap but the price. fastidious dresser. That make my brain careen, nature. Local entrants 'must report at Oh, how I hate a downhill putt tr-p ChibhotH'v at S:rto P. m. on the On a slippery, sloping green. 29th for physical examination." Out-of- town contestants may report for their 2d Floor physical examination at 8:30 on the ARROW EAST VS. WEST. morning of the face. It i$ expected Merchants Bank Buildint;, Does the West or the East produce hat tr.ls modified-marathon will attract nber of fleet-footed Hoosiers. the greatest Ball players? Do tho stars will be Closed May 27. in bulk romft from the .Atlantic coast or wcot of the Mississippi? A ball club ^COLLARS made up of those born east of tile .Mis- REDS PERFORM SUNDAY. sissippi would Include Schalk and FIT WELL-LOOK WELL ?c'nanfr, catchers; ruith, Covelsskle, The Beech Grovo Rods will meet the- Shawkey and I'orry, pitchers; Slsler, \Vptcm Stars next Snriflny and a fast WASH EASILY ' - ' first base; Collirs,, s.econc. l base; Scott,, gram„._ ....e . 1_3 expecte...^ _____d _ as— , th?...... latte. r 8q-u:u..,_..„l ..Is, short?top; Groh. third base: Cobb, Burns i-sa!d to be one^of the best color?;! teams anrl Roush, outlieid. In the field. The Reds easily bcr.t „.. , tii P/abodi! $ Co., Inc., Troy N Y. Bupps last Sunday,- U to 1. Eco Kartell, t t A -Western-born club would include pitclilns for the winners, struck out nlno Open Saturday Evening Until 10 Q'Clock Killifer and Walters, catchers; Chase, men anil allowed • two hltn in sis