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Italian Battery in Majors > By I ISt Eddie Ash (not Indianapolis Sports The firm of Mcola and Giuliani a spaghetti SEMI-PRO TO PAY Times TITLE SSOOO firm) is operating for the St. Louis Browns. Mike mm* Media, Italian pitcher, willcurve the horsehide to Tony trt WICHITA PLANS WORLD SERIES’ PAGE 4 SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1936 Giuliani, Italian catcher. They are class AA graduates. semi-pro nines of America are going to stage a “world series.” The tourney is to be held in Wichita, Kas., Aug. 14 to 26, and the sponsors say it’s sure to be a success. STATE TEAMS STRIVE TO REACH FINALS Forty-eight commissioners are to be appointed by the Na- tional Semi-Pro Baseball Congress and they will supervise play in respective state tournaments. Fieldhouse Decked in Bright Bulldog Timber Topper Title Not Decided Today as For the information of Indianapolis and out-state semi- pro clubs the party to get in touch with for all details is Regalia for Big Starting Raymond Dumont, Box 2202, Wichita, Kas. First place Parade of Awaits Pistol Usual; 16 High School Fives prize in the “world series” pays SSOOO. Big league and mirtor league scouts will assemble in Wichita at tourney Track and Field Champions Tangle in New Semi-Finals time to grab off any talent that looks promising. Vern McMillan of Terre Haute has been appointed Indiana com- Vivid Decorations and Colorful Ceremonies to Embellish Four Tourney Winners to Make Up Championship Field missioner and the Hoosier tourney is to be held there. Guest of honor at the Hoosier opening may be Art Nehf, Rase Poly graduate and former Annual Butler Carnival Tonight; National at Butler Fieldhouse Next Week; Games Carded star pitcher with the New York Giants. Charles Nehf, father of Art, plana to aid the Terre Haute affair. Luminaries to Seek New Records. at Local Tech'Gym. All state tournaments are to be run off between July 1 and Aug. 1, if possible. The national semi-pro classic is an added feature to the BY HARRISON MILLER BY PAUL BOXELL baseball calendar and is being encouraged by organized baseball. It The Butler fieldhouse is embellished in an array of color for its It seems a bit strange to be talking about semi-final tourneys going is said the big leagues are ready to give the event the official nod by once-a-year parade of track and field champions tonight. on in four sections of the state today when a habit of long-standing offering a trophy or a sum of cash. Luminous whitewash lines spread diagonally across the resilient would have us blaring about the final day’s activities at Butler fieldhouse, nan sand and clay loam floor, outlining the lanes over which Jesse Owens, but that's the way it is. Robert Louis Stevenson is a Dan Caldemeyer, Bob Collier, Larry Holmes and others are to sprint in Last year, the 16 regional sur- freshman at Indiana University the hurdle and dash events. SEMI-FINAL NET vivors of the state high school and he's going out for the football Kautskys in Vivid banners, pennants and stream- basketball tournament clashed in team this fall. William Shakes- tit are suspended from the arched SCHEDULES the grand windup at the local field- peare is through at Notre Dame, beams of the big top which houses Indiana Lads house one week later, but today but Henry Longfellow still is in Butler’s three-ring sports circus. those corresponding 16 quintets play school at Northwestern. Chicago Meet More than 300 champions from vari- Teams participating in the semi- in four newly inserted semi-finals. ous conferences, representing 22 col- in Meet final tournament of the state high And even for the victors their work SC ARP ATI*who died fol- leges and universities, eagerly antici- Gain school basketball championship is not done. TONYlowing a fistic bout in New Ail-Americas Warm Up With pate the flag-raising and ceremonies series are to play games at 2 and 3 . The four teams still standing York, won 19 straight up to which will touch off the fourth an- afternoon with the winners after tonight's titular battles take bouts this the nual carnival. Hoosier Quintets Play at 8 tonight. The pairings, up task of keeping Butler's field- the fatal affair with Lou Ambers. 50-32 Triumph Over Three meeting house No Pauses with the 2 o'clock games listed on ! “tourney-fied” when they con- The latter, broken-hearted, said, “It Program vene the Seniors. Catholic Quarter-Final top, follow: at North Side structure was Tony who helped me get my Irish It is to be a spectators’ show. next Saturday for the single-day first break in New York. Three Coach AT INDIANAPOLIS (TECH) Frank Kautsky's “All-Americas” Hermon Phillips, who has Tilts Today. finals. years ago I fought him six rounds seen every major indoor and out- Shelbyville vs. Crawfordsville. champions have one more day of Semi-final were to bo that were so fast the press was at- basketball be- door event in the country as a run- By United Frets Anderson vs. Connersville. decided today at the Tech gym tracted to my progress." fore closing the current season. The ner and coach, and also two Olymp- CHICAGO, March 21. —Eight mid- AT VINCENNES here, Vincennes, Muncie and Gary. local pros are ics, has embodied the best features dle western teams took the floor in Two were tt tt tt j to engage in the play- Washington vs. Martinsville. gatnes carded at 2 and 3 off series of the Midwest of all in the local event. Unlike many the National Catholic scholastic - -—JlhHShßh| New Albany vs. Central of Evans- in the afternoon at each center, son of Babe Pinelll, Na- | League at ¦ track meets, the Butler indoor meet basketball tournament today lor a ville. with the winners meeting at 8 p. m, League the White City gym in Chicago to- games THEtional umpire, is going has no pauses or dull spots in the series of to pick tomorrow’s AT MUNCIE A Game of “Tag” to enter Notre Dame this fall. The morrow following a “warm up” program. finalists. against the Notre Dame Warsaw vs. Newcastle. Ushers and spectators were youngster was one of the best high Seniors at From 7:30 when the lights are Only representatives left after to the Armory last night. Kokomo vs. Central of Fort “play tag” at the local gym school quarter backs in the San doused and a spotlight trained on two days of elimination were from Tech The Irish their day this Wayne. before the boys playing Francisco district last year. He had once the ascending American flag until Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and started week—St. Patrick’s birthday—but AT GARY basketball this afternoon. also plays baseball. When Umpire the final distribution of team* laurels, South Dakota. Reserved last evening was the ” seats are not in vogue at East Plnelli was a player with Cincin- “All-Americas’ Indianapolis fans are to be a The lone South Dakota chal- Logansport vs. Riley of South the night. 50 to 32. Billed to settle given Side goalry, so it was a matter of nati he was an expert wiih the fast-moving panorama of action. lenger was the all-Indian team of Bend. something or other in the matter choosing your own pew, if you could hidden ball trick and worked it Following the opening parade of con- St. Francis Mission, St. Francis, Frankfort vs. Froebel of Gary. of supremacy between Notre Dame of beat the other fellow there. To get three or four times a year. testants and officials, led by the which toppled St. Patrick’s :> . .jj and Purdue, the game merely J mm all their fans gathered en masse, Queen of the Relays, Miss Virginia Elizabeth, N. J„ 36 to 28. tt tt served to emphasize the potency of by Good Margins tags bearing the name of their par- Man Mountain Dean, rassler, Reynolds, and her court, the Uni- Win May the the Kautsky ensemble of stars. Indiana's three representatives re- Fort Wayne ticular town were attached to tickets says he has made more in the last versity two-mile relay squads will sold Old and New mained unbeaten, when St. Mary’s by the four competing schools— two years than his namesakes. Dizzy Both Hot line up for the initial event. Connersville, Crawfordsville, and of Anderson, eliminated Baton Shelby- and Paul. Wonder how Old Diz Johnny Wooden, Champions runners-up will Join Ball League ville and Anderson. Ticket holders all-America be and awarded Rouge, La., Catholic, 29 to 23. In would look wearing Man Mountain's guard of 1931, spurted under introduced their were to wear the tags as they en- the trophies. will earlier second round games, De- whiskers? j hoop seven times to prove that five Finalists immediately tered the gym, making it easy for toe the mark for the 60-yard low catur, Ind., Catholic, bested St. a m tt years of professional dashing have 32 to Mid-Atlantic Circuit Seeks the ushers to direct them to hurdle race, and the victory cere- Mary’s of Walsenburg, Colo., their YORK S first deputy police not diminished his pace. Bob Kes- and Reitz Memorial of Evans- native sections. sler, monies will follow the event. 24. NEWcommissioner, Harold Fowler, all-America forward, 1935, ville. Ind., turned back Lackawanna, New Club. Connersville's Pe*>nocrats,. famed in charge of the mounted twisted six attempts Hinkle over the state for their rooting cops, rode from difficult at Speaker N.