Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 27, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 23 September 1929 — Page 6

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SPORTS

FOOTBALL IS CHIEF TOPIC OF CONVERSATION Most College Teams Get Started On 1929 Seasons Saturday By Frank Getty, UP Sports Editor New York, Sept. tS. — (U.R> — Football, the most appealing ot collegiate sports, claims the nation's attention this week. For some time earnest yonng men from coast to coast have been preparing for the season's opening. Next Saturday will find the stadiums of some 100 colleges crowded with followers of the gridiron game. From now on, the contest for sectional. intersectional and national honors will be a serious goal. Thus far west, having demonstrated Its superiority during the season of 1928—with the exception of the game ' which gave Georgia Tech the mythical national championship — boasts even stronger elevens for the present fall. The east has little to offer, at the present writing. New York university. the strongest team in this section last fall, admittedly faces difficulties during the coming season. Carnegia Tech is reputed to be stronger than ever, although the Skibos have lost Harpster, the All-America field general of 1928. The Army, with the idea of its supremacy exploded, must prove itself again. It is only fair to state that the lid was lifted officially last Saturday. On that occasion, more than one dozen games were played. West Virginia, which has one of the best—if least advertised —elevens in the east, de-i seated West Virginia Wesleyan, 16 to 0. Other results were: Baylor, 88; S. F. Austin, 0. Adrian. 44; Detroit Tech, 0. Clarkson, 6; Alfred. 0. Dusquesene, 14; Edinboro, 0. Oregon State, 37; Willamette, 6. Rhode Island 19; Arnold. 0. So. Methodist, 13; Denton, 3. Stanford, 45; West Coast Army, 0. Next Saturday, however, will see some of the leading teams of all territories in action. The changes in the rules have been so slight that the average spectators need not be troubled. The gridiron game is approximately the same, with all its parreniel charm. The “Big Ten” schools get in 4; play, the Pacific coast will be alive with action, and eastern gridirons will be likewise engaged. o INDIANA FOOTBALL SCORES High School Stivers (Dayton, O.), 32, Shortridge (Indianapolis), 12. Dugger 13, Wiley Reserves (Terre Haute) 6. Sullivan G 9, Shelburn 0 Albion (Ill.) 6, Petersburg 0 Bloomington 13, Bloomfield 9 Peru 19; Noblesville 6. Marion 12, Bluffton 0 Whiting 6, Hammond Tech 0 Bobart 36, Valparaiso 6 Plymouth 13 .Rochester 6 Goshen 42. Laporte 6 Emerson (Gary) 25, Mishawaka 0 * ■Connersville 40, Columbus 7 Kokomo 25. Wabash 0 Boonville 44. Owensville 0 Elkhart 35, Bowen (Chicago) 0 Washington (E. Chicago) 19, Parker (Chicago) 0 Kirklin 27, Elwood 0 Michigan City 20, South Bend 6 Roosevelt (E. Chicago) 6; Hammond 0 Froebel (Gary) 26. Crown Point 0 Horace Mann (Gary) 25, De LaSalle (Chicago) 0 Peru 19, Noblesville 6. Bloomington 13, Bloomfield 9 College Manchester 55, Concordia (Fort Wayne) 0. o f ♦ HOME RUN CLUB —(U.R)— I ♦ LEADERS ♦! Ruth, Yankees 46 Ott. Giants 40 Wilson, Cubs 39 Klein, Phillies 39 Hornsby, Cubs 38 Gehrig. Yankees 34 Foxx, Aethletics 33 Simmons, Athletics 31 O’Doul, Phillies4o Bottomnely, Cardinals 29 Hurst, Phillies 29 Yesterday's homers: Gilbert, Cardinals: Herman, Dodgers; Terry, Giants; Hornsby,, Cubs; Reynolds, White Sox; Durst, Yankees, one each. . Totals National League 520 Amreican League 577 Totalsl297 o JUNIOR BAND TO MEET There wil be a meeting of the Junior band at the high school gymnasium at 7:30 o’clock tonight. All band members are urged to attend. Fresh Oysters.—Schmitt Meat Market.

STANDINGS W. L. Pct. Chicago 94 50 ,653 Pittsburgh 84 61 .579 New York 78 64 .549 | Sr. louis 70 71 .496 Brooklyn 67 77 .465 Philadelphia 63 80 .441 Cincinnati r 63 80 .441 Boston 54 90 .375 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. L Pct. Philadelphia ... 100 45 .690 New York 84 62 .575 Cleveland 76 68 .528 St. Louis 75 69 .521 Washington 68 77 .469 Detroit 66 80 .452 Chicago 56 87 .392 Boston 56 87 .392 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W. L Pct. Kansas City 107 52 .673 St. Paul 97 61 .614 Minneapolis 85 74 .535 Lousiville 73 84 .465 Indianapolis 73 86 .459 Columbus .... 73 86 .459 Toledo ... 63 95 .399 Milwaukee 63 ’ 96 .396 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York. 5; Chicago, 4. Brooklyn. 7-0; St. Louis. 2-4. Cincinnati, 3; Philadelphia. 2. Only games scheduled. American League Washington, 7; Philadelphia, 6. Detroit, 5; St. Louis, 0. Chicago, 7-1; New York, 4-3. Cleveland 7: Boston 4. American Association Indianapolis, 13-2: Kansas City, 1-5. Toledo, 2-5; St. Paul, 5-9. Louisville. 9-7; Milwuakee, 5-1. Columbus, 2-11; Minneapolis. 7-3. Q

HARD PRACTICE STARTS TODAY Chicago. Sept. 23. —(U.R)—Big Ten football teams with preliminary practice out of the way. today Began the serious work of pointing for their initial games. While only four of the conference teams were scheduled to get into action next Saturday (all of the four against minor opponents) there was a distinct attitude of “win the first 1 game" in the various camps. The preliminary (practices have corrohrated the early opinions that Illinois, Wisconsin. Michigan ami Minnesota have the better chances of ' winning the championship. The Illini, with a great veteran nucleus to build around, has shown, ' well in practice, as has Minnesota. The Gophers have a fine backfield but must strengthen the line. However. several young linemen look good and there is the possibility that Coach Doc Spears will shift Bronko Nagurski back to his old line position. so good is the Minnesota backfield. Michigan, which lost little by graduation outside of PommereniYig, already i« beginning to show the fire and drive which Coach Harry Kipke always has instilled into his teams, and Wis<(msin, engaging in secret practice already, is reported to have great (prospects. However, Coach Glen Thistlethwaite is said to be bothered some by holes in his line. Chicago, Ohio, Purdue and Indiana are uncertainties. Purdue appears to have a great backfield In Welch, Harmeson and Caraway, and Coach Jimmy Phelan believes he can develop a line which will hold for the good backs. oM. J. Campbell Os Geneva Is Captain At Purdue Lafayette. Ind., Sept. 23—M. J. Campbell of Geneva, was appointed a captain in the Purdue R. O. T. C., according to a rating announced by the University military department I today. The appointments are based |on the student's activities in the R. O.T.C. corps, scholastic record in military classes, and his record at the summer training camp at Camp Knox, Ky. The Purdue unit is the largest col lege artillery organization in the United States and the only one with completely motorized equipment. It is regarded by the War Department as one of the best university military organizations, and for the last ten years has been awarded the rating of “Distinguished" or “Excellent” by the staff of inspecting officers. Campbell is a senior in the school of mechanical engineering. ——■ o The Brooklyn Robins divided a double-header with the St. Louis Cardinals, who once had pennant ambitions, winning the first game, 7 to 2, and submitting to a shut-out at the hands of the rookie, Grabowski, in the night cap, 4 to 0. 125 lbs. of Anaconda to the acre is equal to 300 lbs. or more of any other fertilizer. Decatur Produce Co. 18-20-23

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23.1929.

PAUL HANCHER and DAVE HELLER, both high school boys were euccessful in the guessing contest. Paul had a 16 point difference and Dave guessed a difference of 17 points. Since both guesses were turned in at almost the same time, the boys will have to draw straws on the tickets for the Bluffton game. —oOo — Send in your guesses folks—the successful guessers on the next three games all get tickets for the Bluffton game—and the first lady who wins, gets a box of “made in Decatur” candy. —oOo— This has little or no news value, as it is a very common occurrencehut —Bluffton high school Tigers lost another football game Saturday afternoon at the hands of the Marion high school Trojans. —oOo — Score. MARION, 12; BLUFFTON, 0. Most all of the college teams of the middlewest get into action next Saturday — Busy days, these are at colleges -and reports are that all Indiana colleges will have some good teams when the first whistle sounds next Saturday. —oOo — Manchester and Concordia opened the state college football season last Saturday. Manchester won, 55-0. —oOo—

Notre Dame's fighting Irish laced the Notre Dame freshman team, more than 100 points last Saturday. And Coach Rockne says his team is just FAIR this year. —oOo — The N. E. I. officials have a clinic tonight at 8 o'clock at the Hotel Keenan —open to the public. These meetings are worth attending, as the various interpretations of the complicated niles are discussed. —oOo — You remember the one last week by Footbawls, speaking of Roger Swaim: “And say Speaking of Sports we hope both your daughters marry Democrats when they grow up"—well here's the answer: “And as for you Richard, we hope that your son grows up to be a hotter Democrat than you are and has to live in WINCHESTER. '—“Speaking of Sports,•' Bluff,ton News. Now that we both have our families disposed of here’s another wild shot from Roger's typewriter: “Tnere’s a point to be taken up. As an outcome of the football game last Saturday in which the Yellow Jacket-? were distressingly upbraided for having any idea they could play football, Dick started a campaign to have all officials carry rule books. He has not to our knowledge any connection with any sports concern promoting the sale of rule books and is apparently sincere in the mattes. “SINCE Dick is FOR carrying 4mle books, we are absolutely against it and will give opr reasons. First, an official, licensed, should know his business and know what's in the rule books. Whoever heard, for example a physician carrying around his journals. or fixing his car so as to install a library of books for emergency occasions? “Secondly, carrying a rule book would cause a needless inconvenience. No referee we know of. especially in basketball, wants to skirt the floor, with* a rule bpok on his hip, and to peruse it every time a yelling mob, rant* over his decision. No more use to carry a rule book. Dick, we say. than to carry also a three-inch thick catalog from which to order trunks at once on the field of play, should some player tear one. “While Kay Julian, contemporary sports scribe may. be supporting you we want you to know that Frank Buckner, his team mate Is absolutely against it. Frank’s a referee himself and doesn't want to search about the house for a book every time he goes to some game. “Yet maybe you’re right Dick, but we wouldn’t want to admit it if you were.” —oOo— My, my, those arguments remind us of the kind Messrs. Elliott and Chambers advanced last Friday. Mayi>“ little fish always bunt the shallowwater. —oOo — Please bare with us folks and we’ll briefly try to answer the Tom Heflin of our'west suburb: Answer to paragraph one: No Mister Speaking of Sports, to be real honest with you there wasn’t a< play in the Auburn-Decatur game that was close enough for a rule book to be needed. The idea grew out of the fact that Footbawis learned that most , anyone who paid his dollar an.i bought himself a whistle could officiate in Indiana. You say an official who is licensed ’ should know his business and know i what’s in the rule book. Just what • steps have to be taken to get a license ; in this old Hoosier state of ours ? And

Scores Technical Knockout 'MRS. MU .»■»— Tuffy Griffith of Chicago won from George Cook. Australian heavyweight, by a technical knockout September 20. Photo shows Tuffy assisting George *o his feet. Cook’s seconds tossed a towel into the ring after the Englishman had been knocked down twice in the fourth round at Chicago.

Roger, any human being who can memorize a rule nook in basketball, baseball or football isn’t fit to be at large.-that guy should be with Ringling Brothers — there must be more paragraphs in an official rule book than there are empty houses in our west suburb. And that one about the doctor carrving his journal—don’t forget it a doctor seven years to get a frame for his license and it takes an official less than seven days to send his dollar into the I. H. S. A. A. secretary and get his license back. If your doctor hears of your comparison — he’s liable to take an extra cut at your appendix. —oOo— And the one about Frank Buckner being a referee—that's surely a mistake. Are you sure he's a referee — Frank Buckner, we've heard of the name—does he admit he's a referee. The only statement we can get

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i about him is from a certain redhead- , ed gentleman here, who used to try to go with the same girl Frank did — ■ and we hesitate to print what he J called Mr. Buckner—but It wasn't a . referee. —oOo— WE STILL HONESTLY AND TRULY BELIEVE THAT AN OFFICIAL SHOULD CARRY A RULE BOOK WITH HIM. Now Mr. Speaking of Sports, and Mister Kay. we’re perfectly willing to sign a temporary truce during the five days of the Bluffton Street Fair. We highly recommend the Bluffton fair for all lovers of free entertainment. Don't fail to see the most harmless wild animal in captivity. THE BLUFFTON TIGER. —oOo— But folks when you go over there don't throw balls at the nigger babies ox. monkeys —it might be Joe Simmons. (Apologies to Lon Chaney.) —oOo— Roger, we'll meet you at the knitt-j

I Ing exhibit. —oOo— Ijet's take them as they come. Yellow Jackets, BEAT BR3 AN, ■ — O 111 Watching The Scoreboard Yesterday’s hero: Jack Hendricks, for six successive years manager of the Cincinnati Reds, who finally boosted his disappointing bull club into a tie for sixth place in the National I league by virtue of Sunday's 3 to 2 i victory over the Phillies—and promptI iv resigned his job. P. S. Nobody else has the job. as yet. With Rogers Hornshy socking his 38th homer ot the season, and Klki Cuyler stealing his 4«th base, the pennant winning Cults tpade seven safeties good for an early lead Sunday, but the New York Giants came from ' behind to win a listless contest. 5 to 4. INDIANA PLANS SEASON OPENING Bloomington, ind, Sept 23 — Four varsity “A" teams will practice this week under Head Coach Pat Page, of Indiana University, to prepare for the opening of the season here Saturday when Indiana meets Wabash and and Ohio University in a doubleheader. Page intends to use all 44 men dur--1 ing the course ot the game. No definite lineups have yet been i divulged by the Indiana mentor. Page can figure out no difference between Wabash and Ohio as to relative strength. He will send teams of equal strength against the two visiting schools. Shue Indiana has no regular captain this season, Page will name an offense and a defense leader just before each game. Eight players are outstanding in the list of probable candidates fcr the captaincies. They are; Carrol Ring wait, Indianapolis, guard; Wilbert Catterton, Kendsha. Wis., end Frank Hojnacki. Detroit, Michigan, tackle, and J. W. Unger, West Point, Miss., tackle. Wabash is an old rival, but Ohio U., is a new opponent. The rivalry of Wabash and Indiana dates back to the time when foo ball was in its infancy. Coaches Pete Vaughn, of Wabash, and Page also are old rivals. They started their rivalry when Page was coach at Butler and when Butler and Wabash used to be bitter enemies. Blue foncord Grapes to can. Home Grocery.

UPSETS MM SATURDAY TILTS By Dick Miller UP Special Indiana polls, Sept, 23.--(U.f> ) .. Stl .. things began to happen early diana prep grid circles tin, upsets of startling variety d | W . ,) ed out in the northern section * state when Michigan City ,* South B*nd 2(i to 6 ami nt (larv Emerson trounced Mishawaka r 0. ' ** 10 Andy Gill's Michigan city t hurst forth with a heavy attack J* netted two touchdown* anti pm Bears on the uphill route Burnham’s boys fired some passes just before the close ot theflL period for a lone touchdown and taw or again threatened to score. Emerson was completely dominant ,in their game with Mishawaka th. ; latter team being on the defend I throughout. Goshen, with all Veteraai lin the lineup au<l letter men warm | ing the bench, were far too powerful i for latport? and took the slicers to I town, 22 to 6. Fort Wayne Central showed a pot. I erful offense to down Warsaw 67 t, 0. Froebel of Gary had no trouble with Crown Point, winning 26 to 0 Three Chicago teams met defeat r,n Hoosier soil. Horace Mann of Garv trouncing De La Salle, 25 to ft. an | Elkhart trimming Bowen, 35 to o Washington of East Chicago defeated Barker, 19 to 0. i Shortridge. Indianapolis city chamw ion. lost her second game of the yea,this time to Stivers, a powerful team from Dayton, ()., 32 to 12. Roosevelt of East Chicago defeated Hammond, the team that defeated Shortridge last week. The score was 6to ft. Kokomo, a team that has shown unexpected strength so far this year, surprised central Indiana with a 25 to 0 victory over Wabash. Even mote surprising- was the topheavy triumph of Kirklin over Elwood. 27 to ft. Elwood last week held Clinton to a 6 to 6 tie. Sullivan in the west section revealed they have a smooth offense by piling up a 69 to ft victory over Shelburn. o__ 0 __ In a game which all hut resulted in frostbite for players and spectator! alike, the Cleveland Indians defeated j the lowly Boston Red Sox, 7 to 4. taking 10 innings to turn the trick. Two doubles and two singles off Milton Gas:on in the extra session pirned the trick. , i. mi. n | Get the Habit —Trade at Home. It Pays