Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 36, Number 255, Decatur, Adams County, 28 October 1938 — Page 8

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WRITERS FAVOR PRO FOOTBALL OVER COLLEGE Sports Writers Say Pittsburgh Team Not Up To Pros By George Kirksey, (Copyright 1838 by VP. New York. Oct. 28.— nJ.fy'—The University of Pittsburgh has the greatest college football team in the country but it would be outclassed by the best of the professional elevens, a United Press poll of sports editors and writers decided today. Os the 135 ballots cast. 112 named Pittsburgh as the best college team, but only 38 favored it over the professionals. Because of widespread discussion about the class of the 1938 Panther squad, writers and editors were submitted questions with these results: Do you think Pitt is the outstanding college team of the country? Yes. 112: no. 16; no commitment. Do you think Pitt could defeat any first rate professional team? Yes. 38: no. 72; maybe, 25. Most of those who questioned Pitt's greatness wanted to wait until after the Fordham game Saturday before unqualifiedly hailing Tennessee. Santa Clara ond CaliDr. Jock Sutherlands eleven. A few believed that Texas Christian, fornia coud beat Pitt. Flint Dupre, of the Dallas Dispatch-Journ-al, quoted coach Matty Bell, of S. M. U., who lost to Pitt last week, as believing T. C. U. could turn the trick. A typical comment from the Pitt yes-men came from Russ Green. Mahonoy City (Penn.) Rec-ord-American: "The Panthers are the Yankees of college football. They have power, precision and timing, and their offense and defense approach perfection. They're big enough and strong enough."' The vote showed that 53 per cent favored a pro team to defeat Pitt, 28 per cent chose the Panthers. and 19 per cent were on the fence. R. G. Lynch, sports editor of the Milwaukee Journal, believed Pitt would fall before the professionals because it would be unable to stop their passing attack. He said: ‘‘Pitt's line would havb trouble opening a hole in a pro line. Pitt should be able to score but they could never stop a passing attack . like Green Bay. Washington or the | New York Giants would throw at them.'' Joe Vai, sports edito r of the New York World-Telegram, believed that in a “money game with, the prestige of pro football at stake the pros would win decisively. The pros play 12 games and can't go all out in every game. That's why they are sometimes off form." Hal Sharkey. Newark Evening News, believed Pitt would lose “because it hasn't the reserves to cope with the 25 or 30 first class i men which such clubs as Green

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Bay, Giants, Detroit, Bears and Redskins have." John Bentley, Lincoln (Neb.) Journal, said Pitt might win one out of three from a pro eleven, and added: "I doubt If the all-star pro game in Chicago can be used as a basis of comparison between , college and pro football. The pros are stil Itoo mature and poised for (Tie college elevens.’ Most of those who championed Pitt favored them whole-hearted-ly. Jack Ludden, sports editor of the South Bend News-Times, said: "The pros are worse than the wrestlers. Pitt's down-the-field blocking and fast charging line against passers would ruin the pros who can't do much of either." George S. /Mderton. of the Lansing State Journal, opined: “Professional football is filled with silly mistakes third rate college teams wouldn't make. The college boys have the brafWh and don’t let anybody kid you that they aren't the equal physically." Eddie Jacquin. Champaign (Ill.) News-Gagette. rapped the pros: “The professional teams are putting on a, good show and that's all They couldn't score on half the good college teams.” Morgan Blake. Atlanta Journal, said: “The pros couldn't stand the furocious tackling of the collegians. In college ball the tacklers knock 'em down. In pro ball they pull 'em down by mutual agreement. The pro game isn't the gruelling combat the college game is." JUNIOR LEAGUE CHANGE LIKELY American League May Adopt “Modified Ball” For 1939 Chicago Oct. 28 —(UPI American league officials considered today the feasibility of adopting a modified Ball" for the 1939 season, similar to the so-called "dead” bail used in the national league William Harridge. American league president, revealed las’ night hat managers of'some teams have conferred with sporting goods manufacturers with the idea ot changag the extremely “lively" ba.l, which sluggers have knocked out for homers with comparative ease. The national league adopted its 1938 ball at a meeting in Chicago last December, and although its use showed it wasn't as ■ (lead” as advertised, the league intends to j keep it in play. It is a "modified" I ball, one not as lively as the one us I ed by the American League. The ■ seams too. are raised slightly. “The main object in changing to a ! ball similar to that used iu the National League." Harridge said, help the pitchers. The higher seams , enable them to get a firmer grasp on the ball, and therefore have more control.” The national league voted in 1938 . for a ball with a thicker hide and an extra thread in the stitching. The tnlcker cover was designed tc I cut down bouncing qualities, but tests proved it almost as lively as

WRITER PICKS GRID WINNERS ’ United Press Sports Editor Makes Weekly i Selections » 'I ■■ , By Harry Ferguson, r (UP. Sports Editor) I New York. Oct. 28. .U.R> With i a punt, a pass and a prayer, the i weekly attempt is made today to ■ pick Saturday’s footbull winners: California-Oregon State A west coast spy flashes this heliograph . signal across the great divide: California 18, Oregon Slate 0. Columbia-Cornell Cornell unless Luckman starts throwing bullseyes. Harvard ■ Princeton Harvard, which hasn't won one this season, ought to get started here. Close. Holy Cross-Colgate-— A fine spot for a tie. A thin edge to .Holy Cross. lowa-Purdue — Purdue without much trouble. Kansas State-Kansas—A bad afternoon for Kansas. Kentucky-Alabama—The Crimson tide washes everything away. Marquette - lowa State — lowa ; State on past performance. Michigan Illinois — Zuppke may have a surprise up his sleeve, but I j Michigan gets the call. Nebraska-Missouri- Missouri is strong but Nebraska is long over-‘ due and should have a shade the ; better of it. NYU-Ohio State—NYU tries the big leagues and regrets it. North Carolina-Duke Almost everybody says North Carolina is loaded for an upset, but we ll believe it when the score comes in. Duke in a close one. Northwestern-Minnesota Minnesota has barely scrapped through in its last three games. A long , sjiot guess that Northwestern takes it. , Oregon - Southern California — ' Southern California 20, Oregon 7. Penn-Navy—Penn has a narrow ; edge in a game in which anything . can happen. , Penn Srate-Syracuse — Syracuse, ‘ maybe very easily. Pitt-Fordham The game of the day. Pitt gets the call in a bruis- ' er. Rice-Auburn — Rice is beginning to roll now. T. nnessee-Louisiana —Dope says ! Tennessee; a hunch says Louisi- ‘ ana. The hunch wins. Texas-Southern Methodist—SMU ought to have recovered enough ' from the Pittsburgh beating »n .take this one. Texas A. & M.-Arkansas —Arkansas does it with passes. Texas Christian-Baylor—TCU to j remain undefeated. Tulane-Mississippi State — Brunner and Banker will do it for Tu- j lane. Army-Notre Dame—The Irish are favored in a game in which favorites don't mean much. Utah-Denver — Utah, and maybe comfortably. Vandebilt-Georgia Tech —Vanderbilt after drawing straws. Wisconsin-Indiana — Close, with ' Wisconsin favored because Indiana doesn't seem to have a scor- ( I ing punch. Yale-Dartmouth —Dartmouth has the power and only needs the luck. Its predecessor—the ball kept in i use by the American League. The 1 seams, however, gave pitchers a decided advantage and most of 1 them said It was an improvement. o 1 500 Sheets S'jxll, 16-Tb. White Paragon Bond typewriting paper 55c. The Decatur Democrat Co. ts

Athletic Trophy Presented By Lions s£» k £ <=> SQdi ’AMES mMfewtetty • ■ ■■. jMiy'k juBsHBML A trophy emblematic of the championship of the Lions-Recreatlon junior baseball league was presenter! at a recent meeting of the Lions club to the Indians, champions of the league. Pictured above are: standing, left to right:—Dr. N. A. Bixler, president of the Lions club; C. Rash, H. Hammond, A. Kistler. E. Boknecht, R. Foreman. H. Welker. D. Terveer, captain, receiving the trophy; W. Sudduth, L. Baney, Dr. Joe Morris, program chapman presenting trophy. Seated are: George F. Laurent, WPA supervisor; Carl Mies, former league player, speaker at the meeting. The two boys standing by the table are W. Brotner and J King. Obtaining of the trophy was made possible through the Athletic Institute, Inc.

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Today’s Sport Parade By Henry McLemore ♦ ♦ New York. Oct. 28.-KUJB Three of the hottest chunkers of football leather this country ever saw sat around a hotel room last night and told how they chunked it. For two hours room 1100 at the Commodore was filled with nothing mote dangerous than imaginary footballs as Benny Friedman. Sammy Baugh, gnd Sid Luckman told how to knock out a receiver's eye at anywhere from five to fifty yards. Then some over-zealous student of the aerial art went out and brought in three honest-to-goodness footballs. It was hellz-a-poppin' and every man for himself after that. "See that door knob?" Friedman asked. "Well, it's on the five-yard line and has got its arms up. Here goes.” The old Michigan chunker, whose fosses to Oosterbaan made him pre-eminent in his day. faded behind a chair and, with a table blocking for him, rifled one that spun the knob so violently the door opened. “That's fair tossing, pal," drawled slingin' Sammy, the Texan, "but see that picture on the wall?” He pointed to a print of Gainsborough's Blue Boy. "Well, it's twenty yards away and about to make a cut. and here goes one for a touchdown.” With that Sammy wrapped his long fingers around the pigskin, took a leap into the air, and whipped one high and hard. “That’s good for a touchdown." someone cried as the picture swung back and forth from the impact. “And the house detective, too." a more cautious spectator added. But the house man didn't seem to mind, so Luckman. the red-hot Columbia passer, picked out a spot and smacked it with a lazy floater that drifted through the smoke of the room. “Just practicing for those Cor-

nells on Saturday." hr said. When the targets ran out Friedman, Baugh and Luckman sat down and compared notes on the art of passing a football. They put the lie to the accepted belief that a treifleiidous pair of hands is necessary. Luckman's hands are smaller than the average man's. Short, stubby' fingers, and only a moderate spread. Baugh's aren't extraordinarily large. Only Friedman's were large enough to elled after a man. cause comment. Benny's are modFriedman and Luckman grip the ball in the usual manner, that is with the tips of the fingers on the laces. Baugh says he couldn't throw a bail holding it that way. The Texan grabs the ball so that the base on his thumb is on the laces, an dhe holds it way back toward the end, not in the center. All three agreed that the chief essential was wrist snap. The ball isn't thrown with the arm at all, but with a terrific whip of the wrist. This bolds true whether the pass is one of five yards or sixty. The second most essential item is courage. "I hope it's courage, anyway,” Baugh said. "Maybe it’s just plumb craziness that makes a fellow hc|ld onto that ball until he picks out his receiver when a pair of 200 pounders are charging him with murder in their eyes." Luckman. who has been getting a terrible beating each week, smiled and ‘gave his ribs an affectionate pat. “I still got spots on me where a pair of Navy tackles named Wickhort and Eddy worked on me," Friendman said. “And that was a long time ago.” I left about this time, because somebody suggested that I let Baugh knock a cigarette out of my mouth with a short pass. (Copyright 1938 by UP.) o * TODAY'S COMMON ERROR * National is pronounced nash'-on-al; not nash'-nal.

FORESEE CIASH TOIEAO PARTY Writer Forecasts Possible Split In State Democrats Indianapolis. Oct 28 (U.RI Th<> second honeymoon of the. I Hoosier Democratic party may' lend soon after the 1938 election,| partleulaily if the 1939 legislature enacts a direct primary bill as now appears probable, political I observers here believed today. The second honeymoon started with the reconciliation of Gov. M. J ClilTord Towns-nd and Senator Frederick Van Nttys in the interests of party harmony, success of' the 1938 ticket and the White I House aspirations of former Gov. • Paul V McNutt. But it Is likely to end in domes- ’ tic strife in 1940 with a sharp clash for control of the party organization which will be present even if the convention system of nominating candidates is retaint d. but will explode in the open if the direct primary is reestablished, according to indica- . tions here. Although all evidently is harl monious among the Democrats now. there actually appears to be a sharp division jn the Democratic Inner councils, of which there is ample evidence and which rather leaves Senator Van Nuys in the middle. This division. evident during the widelypublicized dispute over Van Nttys' renominTion. Is still between the Townsend group and the Frank McHale-Bowman Elder following from the days of McNutt's administration. ■Some obvious differences are: . 1. The Townsends group has removed many old McHale-Elder aides from exc -Bent political ■ jobs. Most notable there was the case of Charles McAlpin, state purchasing agent ousted in August who was close to Elder. 2. Alex Pursley of Hartford City, fifth district charman, has moved more and more to the front as Townsend's chief “advisor," edging out McHale’s and Elder’s influence 3. Despite the truce between Townsend and Van Nuys and the governor’s intense activity for the , 1938 ticket, the old feeling ap-; pears to exist. For example, I Townsend rarely sneaks directly I for Van Nuys, but urged election 1 of the whole state ticket. Much j of the 1938 campaign literature i doesn't even show Van Nuys' pic-1 turc. More than once the comment has been heard that Townsend is so conspicuous in this SUN. MON. TI ES. 10c Matinee 1:15 Sunday YOU ASKED FOR IT — so we're bringing back one of the most thrilling hits of all time! It's a picture you can see again and again! The poy s*t records In H* Broad* I way run — ond then was cheered from Coast to Coast. Now on the screen its searing drama, its Luman conflict reach even greater heights! CjMvtfn. DEAD END SYLVIA SIDNEY JOEL McCREA Humphrey Bogart, Claire Trevor. Wendy Barrie, Allen Jenkins, & those rough . tough, rowdy "DEAD END” KIDS ALSO —Cartoon & Novelty. Evenings 10c-15c o—o— Tonight & Saturday B UC K JON E S “STRANGER FROM ARIZONA” ALSO — 2nd chapt. “THE LONE RANGER" & Novelty. 1 Both IAVV Nights

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