Indianapolis Times, Volume 38, Number 191, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1926 — Page 10

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STIRRIN’ the DOPE By VEDDER GARD

■—iERE'S a little story that Hyou rfiay believe or not. It is just a yarn spun from the fertile brain of some alumnus or undergraduate, and no offense is meant to any one concerned. A Princeton man told us the tale. You know, Tad Jones, coach of Yale, is quite a stickler for the proprieties of grid etiquette. He is a director in the Y. M. C. A. and more or less of ja puritan in the ethics of sport. As 'the story goes—before the Princeton football scrap Jones admonished his grid warriors to be gentlemen on the field of battle; true, chivalrous knights of the pigskin. In the dressing-room of the Princeton team, Coach Bill Roper also gave his final instructions. Bill advised his players as follows: “Boys, be gentlemen—but gentlemen at their ROUGHEST!” , * * * E moderns are tame. The IVV 1 Benn Y Friedman of \ J ancient time was a remarkable athlete. His name was Ben-Hur. The huge stadium in which Ben did his stuff makes the college structures of today seem insignificant. (At least, that's the way it looked in the movie). The Benny of today throws forward passes—and usually there is no one killed. The Ben of yesterday tossed cliariot wheels left and right—and if somebody wasn’t killed the spectators were disappointed. Both had amazing skill. But a football game is a nursery pasttime compared to the chariot races of old.. (That’s the way it looked in the movie)/ We modems are tame. * • * mF t-eal football players are made in the fires of adversity, then watch out for some of the University of Indiana gridders next year. Those sophomores should be tempered steel for the season of 1927. Think of meeting Northwestern twice and Notre Dame once in four weeks’ time. Imagine playing two of the strongest teams in the land in such a schedule* with Wisconsin thrown in between. % Any ordinary team ought to look easy for the I. U. footballers who are used to opposing the best. Mississippi A. and M. had a good club, but it wasn't half good enough for the team that has beep meeting the Purple and ‘‘lrish'’ all season. Indiana is slowly coming along in its grid development. It may have been a good tiling to encounter such strong competition this year. Coach Pat Page is the doughty engineer of the Crimson train on the uphill climb.' Slowly, but surely, the movement is upward—even in defeat. It has been said by all who have seen I. U. play this year that the eleven never quit. Even when opponents ran up points at the start of the game, putting the contest almost hopelessly out of reach, the Crimson battled on. That spirit is encouraging, even inspiring. It is the best sign that things are on the upgrade at I. U. Next Saturday, at Purdue and Indiana tangle. The Boilermakers are considered the stronger elub by most fans. Tt is a fighting outfit and the logical choice to win. But one must remember tliat dope is not reliable wlien such rivals meet. Just how far up the hill Indiana IT. has climbed may be determined in Saturday’s fray. The annual struggle will be more or less of an altitude register.

Basketball Notes

The Indianapolis Ramblers will clash 'he <tr >inr Merchant five otf Lawrence tonigrht at Liberty Hall, at 8. The Black t , independents will play in the curtain raiser at 7 p. m. The Ramblers desire road irames with fast State clubs. Yorktown Swit7.ee. Nawcastle Chryslers. Morgantown and other teams write manager at .809 N. Tavoma Ave., or call Webster JU6O-W. The Pals Club basketball team, a local fraternal organization, js back in the field again this season after an absence of two years with a strong aggregtion. The Pals are reedy to book gamrs away from home, until they secure aticess to their own gym. Strong city and State teams desiring games are asked to write athletic manager. Pals, 1804 Union St. The Communal Boys Club Midgets basketball team, last year’s city junior 185pound champions, will be in the field again this rear for the fourth conscuti'-e season. Newcomers on the roster of the Midgets are Joe Seroti. Bob Sherman, Rnbv Risobere ana M. Rer.-ns. Kokomo'' VSts-et*- Tef;.v- 1 ette “Y” Juniors, Hoosier Aces, Richmond .. ea- i e " ShelbyvilY Ramblers. Huntington. Vincennes “ if" Cardlna’s and all other strong junior ouintets in the city and State take notiee. F— ~am ' - bene or write Coach Abe Goldsmith 1088 Union St Drexel 110,8. A , ■ c.mriny afternoon to be I played at the Communal gym.

Special to Game

The alumni In this city have arranged for a special train to the I. U.-Purdue football game at Lafayette* The special will leave the Union Station over the Big Four at 10 a. m. Saturday and is due at Its destination 11:30 p. m. The train will leave Lafayette at 6:30 p. m. John L. Nlblack, chairman of the committee in charge, is taking care of arrangements in conjunction wtih T. B. Sampson of the railroad company. Nlblack may be reached at Main 5908. The general public is Invited to take advantage of the special train. PURPLE EASY FAVORITES Bv United Press EVANSTON, Til., Nov. 16.—Coach Thlstlethwaite of Northwestern, boss of the only undefeated team In the Conference except Michigan, has his team hard at work in preparation for Town, this week-end. The Wildcats are top-heavy favorItes to win Saturday and hopes are high here that Minnesota will defeat Michigan and thereby give Northwestern a clear claim to the Conference title.

TWO ANNUAL RIVALRY GRID CLASSICS WITHIN STATE SATURDAY

ALABAMA IN ROSES FEATURE Dixie Eleven Expected to Play Stanford on Coast New Year’s. By United Prettn LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 16. Alabama University’s champion football eleven again will represent the South in the annual post-season intersectional classic at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on New Year’s day, it appeared today. Stanford, only undefeated Pacini' coast conference team, is almost certain to be the far West opporient. The tournament of ros/es committee, which stages the annual event, already has signed a contract with the Southern university, it was learned today. Stanford is expected to send a formal invitation to the Alabama eleven this week, a formality incident to the preliminary arrangements for the New Year's battle. NET CONTEST

Meteors Clash With Miami, League Leaders. The Indianapolis Meteors will meet the Miami Indians, leaders of the Central Indiana Basketball League, at Hawthorne Community House, Wednesday night. The visitors have not lost a game while the locals have not won. The Meteors, with Callahan, lanky center, back in the line-up, hope to surprise the visitors. The Miami team is made up mostly of'Galveston Y. M. C. A. players. Thursday night the Meteors play at Richmond. A number of west side fans are planning to make the trip. League standing: ... , W. t,. Pet. Miami. 4 0 1 000 t orktrt-n 5 1 750 Shelbyville a i 750 Portland .9 1 750 Kokomo 2 1 a HR Kushvillo 2 2 500 Gaston . . 1 2 aa.'J Matthews 1 a••.-,() Richmond 0 4 .000 Indianapolis 0 4 .000 FIFTY OUT FOR TEAM Approximately fifty candidates reported for basketball at first call issued at Cathedral High School, Monday. The youths assembled at K. of C. gymnasium. Dugan. Yeazel, Huffnagel and Healey of last year's club are hack. The coach has not been' named as yet. A selection will be made shortly, . / Two games remain on the football schedule: Cathedral at -Central of FI. Wayne and St. Bernard of Springfield. Ohio, at Washington Park.

—LOOKING ’EM OVER—

Some publicity matter was received addressed to "The Resort. Editor” and the managing editor referred it to the sports editor. What Ails Our Students—Ale? BALTIMORE —The Johns Tlopkins-St- John’s football game was marred by several fist fights between rival students. At one time there were nearly a dozen separate battles whi4i verged on a free for-all until police succeeded in the collegians. Mother, may I go tcytlie football game? Yes, my darling daughter .. . Just park yourself with another dame . . . But don’t go near the slaughter. * ,'^k FLANAGAN'S RUN—The Notre Dame lad from Texas appeared to have some Tdxas steer in him as he thundered o’er the greensward. The Army didn’t have a lasso. Policing Eastern college gridirons presents anew problem to the cheeses of police ... It .used to be a soft assignment, but it’s a riot squad’s job now. From the Elks’ Club bulletin—Bring your wife to a boxing show. She might get a few pointers. When the final gun cracks—duck! The rah rah boys are not rough . . . They’re merely emotional. > In the Horne Feme League No more “Wictrola” music tonight, boys . . . There are some new neighbors and I’m closing at twelve. . . . The custodian hasn't “felt ’em out” yet.

LAWRENCE SQUAD BUSY Merchants Down Anderson; Play Ramblers and in Chicago. Bv Times Bvecinl LAWRENCE, Ind., Nov. 16. —The 'Lawrence Merchants, Class A. representatives of the National- Independent Basketball Association (Columbus, Ohio, district), defeated Anderson, 52 to 29, in the first game of the association schedule. Wright played well for the win- | ners./ The next road trip for the local Marchants will be. to Chicago ,next Sunday. Lawrence will play the Indianapolis Ramblers Tuesday night. The Merchants have.a few open dates for road games with State and out-of-States teams. Address Harolu Ransopher, Lawrence, Ind. THREE CUSHION MEET. Harry Rubens tied Walter Ramsey for the lead in the State three-cushion billard tourney Monday night by defeating Neal Jones, 50 to 40. Dick Merrlken and Joe Hunter play tonight. Hunter, by a victory, could tie Ramsey and Rubens for the lead.

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Fans Perk Up Over Indiana-, Purdue and Wabash-De Pauw Conflicts. Every good tiling must come to an end. But the climax of the col lege football season in this State endeavors to furnish enough excitement on the final Saturday to keep the fans in arguments for several of tlie long months in between *easons. The annual rivalry struggles between Purdue and Indiana and Wabash and De Pauw are on the grid program this week-end. I. U. goes to Lafayette and the Scarlet travels to Greencastle. One of these invaders is the choice to cop from the “home •boys"; the other visitor is rated second best. Wabash and Purdue are the two favorites—which does not mean, by any means, that they will win. . Hard to Dope “Experts are seldom ablt to dope | accurately the outcome of the yearly battles. Previous scores must be cast aside, for records are as nothing when the rival elevens line up “to do or die.” All of the clubs are hard at work. The Boilermakers are In good shape after a comparatively easy game against Franklin last week In which substitutes got plenty of action, with the in just long enough to keep them keyed up. Jake Spencer, the veteran guard, hurt in the Northwestern conflict, is the only one not in shape. Coach Phelan has impressed upon his men that I. U. is not going to be “soft.” Purdue wants a victory over the Crimson as Its record against the Bloomington eluh in recent years has not been very good. Despite mud and rain Coach Page of Tndiana put his charges through a strenuous workout Monday. The gridders are in fine fettle after the Mississippi A. and M. victory.. Garrison, the Indianapolis youth who aided materially In the downfall of the southerners, was hurt In the game, but is expected to be ready for [ Purdue.

Stephenson seems to have won the full back job by his good showing in the Notre Dame and Mississippi! contests. He is a good punter and also has carried the hall well. Part of the proceeds of the T. TT.game will go to the Walter Camp memorial fund. Coaeh Hughes of De Pauw started his men bn a strenuous week of practice Monday and kept his proteges after dark on Blaekstock field in preparation for the Little Giants. The Tigers did not play last Saturday, but watched the Wahash-Illinois fray at Urbana. Air Attack Wabash showed a good passing attack in Its last two games against Butler and Illinois and will have a few new ones t-sprlng on De Pauw. The squad came through the Illinois scrap in fair shape and this week Coach Vaughan will stress, among other things, ways and means of slopping Sturtridge, De Pauw's greatest offensive threat. McCorkle, big linesman, injured in the Butler game, probably will not he able to play.

Grid Officials to Take Exam

Football 'officials will take an examination Nov. 29 at the final meeting of the Indiana Officials’ Assocla-y tion. All of the whistle-tooters will be graded, with three factors entering into the classification. There will be 11)0 questions to be answered in the test. Reports on the work of officials as turned in by coaches will be considered. Each official’s experience also will be taken into consideration. Next Monday night the annual busfriese meeting will be held. Election of officers and directors will be held. All members are -expected to be present. GAMES NEXT YEAR Bu United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—Columbia will meet Cornell at Ithaca Oct. 29, and Pennsylvania* at Philadelphia Nov. 12 on the 1927 football schedule, it was anounced today. A game with Wiljjams here Oct. 22 is the only other contest definitely arranged.

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In Spotlight.With Wolverine Machine

Left to Right: Benny Friedman, Coach Fielding Yost, Benny Oosterbaan.

Presenting not the Three Musketeers but the Three Michiganders, Coach Fielding Yost, Quarterback Benny Friedman and End Benny Oosterbann. This very important trio from the University of Michigan will

HIGH SCHOOL GRID DOPE SCRAMBLED IN INDIANA Week-End Games Jumble Dope as Season Nears Close — State Title Claims Uncertain.

By Dick Miller The Thursday, Friday -and Saturday grid frays among tho high schools last week went far to scramble the various State title claims of the prep elevens Tech of Indianapolis gained another victory fgr the sea-son over the Elwood team at Elwood Saturday. Trailing, with two minutes to play, j the Tech team scored two touchdowns and pulled through a winner, 13 to 6. Cathedra) took on an out-of-State opponent, St. Xavier of Louisville, Ky., at Washington Park, Saturday, and faltered in the second half, to ! lose, 12 to, 0. The score does not tell the eondplete story, for the locals J looked at times vastly superior to j their Kentucky rivals. „ Breaks such as come in football] gave the Xavier #>oys their chance* and they interceded forward passes I and ran one over the goal line and planted another close enough to take it over later. Boys' Prep took on Carmel at Prep field, and emerged/ victor by one point, 13 to 12. State School for Deaf and Seymour played a 0 to 0 tie. Mlsha\SskarGary Tech is a member of the Indiana Big Ten, high school football organi- 1 zatlon, but has suffered three de- j feats that sets the Green and White j welt down Ihe ladder. Mishawaka. has 1.000 per cent, and the same goes for Emerson of Gary. Gary, j however, has playeU but two games and finishes out its schedule next Saturday with South Bend. If Gary wins it -shares the title with Misha-1 waka. South Bend has lost one game to I Mishawaka. Central of Evansville J lost to South Bend. Marlon lost to Mishawaka *.nd Muncie, and Morton of Richmond has also lost games. The game Saturday at South Bend undoubtedly will be a whiz with Emerson endeavoring to keep its slate clenn. Getting out of the Big Ten, there is Wabash, a team that lost to Emerson by a scant margin of 3-0. Although Wabash won all its games in the northern Indiana Wabash Val-

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ley League, along came Marion and beat them, 6-0. Wabash Valley Down southwest the western Indiana Wabash Valley league was in a four-way tie beftue .Saturday. Lin ton, Jasonvllle, M;n-shalt and Casey were all undefeated. Dope had it that Marshall and Casey would meet on Thanksgiving, to settle thrf Illinois side of it, and Linton and Jasonvllle to settle the Indiana side, of it. The Illinois side of 6t will he fought, but Sullivan stepped in and smashed Linton's hope Saturday with a 14-0 victory. If Jasonville defeats Linton Turkey day, they can share the title, if not, it goes to Illinois. Down in Evansville the city title Is in doubt, with Reitz a favorite. Tech .and Short ridge will battle next Friday for the public high school ititle of Indianapolis. Picking the champion of Indiana high school football, at this time, looms as an almost impossible task. A number of teams have good claims to*the honors. N. Y.-U. COMING WEST Coaeh Meehan’s Team I .eaves for Nebraska Wednesday. Bu United J*ret NEW YORK, Nov. 16—Chirk Meehan put his N<Av York University squad through its final scrimmage of the season Monday in prej>aration for the Nebraska game at Lincoln, Saturday. The players leave Wednesday for the West.

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country. So far this year it hasn|t performed nearly as efficiently. But the team has kept its record clean in the Big Ten. In the first clash with the Gophers this year Michigan won, 20 to 0, hut is expecting a close fight Saturday.

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PURDUE SET Hu United Preen LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. % 16.—A light opened Purdue's preparations for Indiana here Monday night. Coach Jimmy Phelan has his entire squad, with the exception of Jake Spencer, veteran guard, in fine condition for the Saturday finale to the 1926 season. PAGE KEEPS 'EM BUSY Hu United Prenn BIkJOMINGTON. Ind.. -Nov. 16. A intiddy field and dark skies failed to check Indiana University's preparations for. Saturday’s game with Purdue. Coach Pat Page sent his men through a stiff workout here Monday night.

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ROLLER POLO MATCH Western Unions, Cincinnati, Play Riversidps Here Saturday. The Western Union roller polo team of Music Hall Itlnk, Cincinnati, will come to the Riverside Rink' Sat urday night to play the fast Indianapolis five. The Western Unions are made up of some of the best players in Ohio, and a hard game is expected. The Riversides have lost but one game out of eight played this season arid still have six games on their schedule at the present time. Lineup of the Riversides: Schaffer and Davis, rushes: Berger, center; Whaley or Kerst, half back, and Byers, goal. GIVEN BELT Finnegan Has ‘Unofficial’ Title in Feather Class. Bn United Preen BOSTON. Nov. 16.—Dick (Honeyboy) Finnegan of Dorchester today had a golden belt to prove that he was the 1 new "world’s featherweight champion.” He ijpcetved this "championship” emblem at the Boston arena Monday night after being awarded the deci sion in his ten round bout with Chick .Suggs. New Bedford Negro. New England ring fans saw the Dorchester feather outpoint his Ne gro opponent in seven of the ten rounds of a battle billed as a “world's championship match.” At no time was “Honeyhoy” in danger, but on three occasions he had Suggs in distress. Finnegan, at 125%, had a slight advantage over his opponent, who weighed 124. Despite Finnegan's victory and his “championship” belt, sporting authorities were dubious today as to whether he stood any chance of being generally recognized as the successor to fx>uis (Kid) Kaplan,, who vacate 1 the world's feather title some time go. EVEN MONEY Gophers Gain Backing for Welverine Contest. Hu United Preen MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 16.—Determined to halt the conference winning* streak of Michigan, the Minnesota foootball aggregation is going through the most strenuous practices of the yqar. Although they have lost one game to the Wolverines, the Gophers are quoted 1 at even money to win here Saturday. DEFENSEIMIPROVED Bu United Preen ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 16. Determined to share In the conference championship, Michigan today set about the work of preparing for Minnesota next Saturday. The Wolverines are concentrating on the improvement of a defense that allowed Ohio State to score 16 points last week.

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DRAKE IS NEXT ON* N. D. CARD Coach Solem’s Team at South Bend Saturday for ‘lrish’ Homecoming. Bu Timrn finr.iat DES MOINES, lowa. Nov. 16. 1 Hoosior football fans will see many variations of the r.imous “Minnesota shift." used when Coach Ossie Solem’s Drake University eleven battles Notre Dame In the Catholics' home-coming game at South Bend Saturday. Solem learned his football undrr the tutelage of “Doc" Williams at Minnesota, playing a star game at ’ end for the Gophers. During his six sea sorts at Drake, Solem has devel oped variations of the line and hackfield shift first employed by Minnesota. That this system produces results is proved by the splendid showing Solearcoached Drake teams have mnrre against their Missouri Valley conference rivals and against strong non-conference elevens In recent years. With a series of new plays wh!< 'urn will be used for the first time agalns® Notre Dame, Solem likely will call upon both of his baekfielr) comhtn.. tlons In an effort to score some' points. '‘Chuck" Everett, Drake’s bright est hall enrrjlng star. Is expected to flash his usual brilliant dashes against Notre Dame, while In Captain Fry, Cook. Beebe, ffustln, Sutherland, Meyers and Johnson, Coaeh Solem has an additional array of ball-toters who will be able to give Knute Rockne's crew a busy and interesting afternoon. A large dr legation of fans will accompany the Drake team to South Bend. ’ N. D. BACK AT WORK Bu United Preen SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 16. Light workouts were In store for the Notre Dame players this afternoon ns the beginning of a week's practice for the Drake homecoming game here Saturday. The victory over Army has broyght much discussion regarding another national championship for thp Irish. ROWING SCHEDULE /?!/ r'nited Prr*s HEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. Yale's 1927 rowing schedule, announced today, includes the regatta with Harvard and triangular races with Columbia and Pennsylvania and with Princeton and Cornell.

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