Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 141, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 October 1927 — Page 26

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PLAYING AFIELD

With Billy Evans-

rTTt NUTE ROCKNE must work on IM the theory that the bigger IAV,|l AV, | they are, the harder they fall, in compiling the annual football schedule for Notre Dame. Each year, the famous coach of the “Fighting Dish” tackles a sched-

ule that would be the cause of grave I concern for the I average mentor, but not Rockne. In the west, Notre Dame takes on | two elevens from j the Western Conference group, Minnesota and Indiana. The result of these games I will offer an excellent chance for comparison with the Big Ten.

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Annapolis and West Point are met in the east. Rockne has already added the Navy to his list of victims. Georgia Tech, which recently set the South to talking by its defeat of Alabama, is also on the Notre Dame schedule, as is Southern California. If Notre Dame goes undefeated through such a schedule, which includes the cream from every section of the country, Rockne will have good grounds for claiming the national title. * * * QUITS PRO FOOTBALL At "| CHANCE to become a sure enough big leaguer apparently has caused Walter French of the Philadelphia Athletics to cut down on professional football. He has signed to assist in coaching football at Swarthmore. French gained game in football and baseball at West Point. Connie Mack signed him because of his proficiency in the latter. For a couple of years French did little more than warm the bench as a big leaguer. In the fall he annually switched to pro football. , A year ago, he suffered a shoulder injury that for a time threatened to seriously handicap his career as a big leaguer. When the trouble mended, he got a chance to work as a regular for the Athletics and won his spurs last season. His batting featured. Now with a chance to become a major league star, French has apparently decided the chances taken in football are not in keeping with the possibilities offered in baseball.

Tune In on WFBM

The Notre Dame-Indiana grid contest at Bloomington Saturday will be broadcast over WFBM, Indianapolis Power and Light station, from the stadium by Blythe Q. and Tommy Hendricks. The station will be on 1090 kilocycles, 275 meters. Scores of other outstanding games throughout the country again will be provided through the courtesy of The Indianapolis Times.

Semipros and 3 FOOTBALL South Side Junior gridders defeated the Indianapolis All-Stars Thursday, 18 to 6. BASKETBALL Great Western basketball team has organized lor the season and desires a practice game for next Tuesday. Call Main 0335 between 8 a. m. and 5:30 p. m. and ask for Mr. Davis. RCSHVILLE, Ind., Oct. 21.—Rushville Independents. State basket champions, will be in the field again this season with a stronger team than last year. Fast State teams having access to gyms and desiring games write Gene Kelley, P. O. Box 83, Rushvill, Ind. Moorsville Phi Delta are putting an exceptionally fast net team m independent circles this season with ex-high school players from Martinsville, Monrovia, and Plainfield in the line-up. w^S?f s D a^ edesired with fasfc State teams, write Pud Ferguson. Mooresville. Ind.

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Imposing Program of Battles This Week-End in Middle West

Some National Grid Interest Attached to Penn-Chi- ' cago Tilt. NEW STADIUM OPENS Michigan Dedicates Spacious Field; Many Othen Features. By CLARK B. KELSEY, United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—The football season in the Middle West reaches one of its “peaks” Saturday with an imposing list of games on the day’s program. From a national standpoint, chief interest will center at Chicago where Coach A. A. Stagg’s improved Maroons play the University of Pennsylvania. Penn was defeated by Penn State last week and Chicago showed surprising strength in defeating Purdue, conqueror of Harvard. Stagg’s eleven is the favorite over Penn, but not by much of a margin. No Title Bearing The Penn-Chicago game has no bearing on the championship of the Big Ten conference, however, and Mid-Western fans will be more interested in the Michigan-Ohio State game at Ann Arbor and the Northwestern-Illinois battle at Evanston. Michigan, although undefeated, did not look impressive against Wisconsin last week and many followers of the game believe the Wolverines will lose to Ohio State Saturday despite the disappointing showing of the Buckeyes against Northwestern. This game will dedicate the new university of Michigan stadium. It will seat 80,000 and 90,000 with temporary seats added. Northwestern, looked upon as a candidate for conference champion, meets Illinois in a game which may develop surprises. Illinois will be playing her first conference game of the year and is primed for Northwestern. The Wildcats may have reached their zenith against Ohio State last week. Notre Dame at Indiana ' Notre Dame battles Indiana at Bloomington and the team which held Minnesota to an unexpected tie last week may provide more trouble for Rockne’s “Irish” than is expected. Minnesota, following last week’s disappointment, is expected to win from lowa at Minneapolis. Purdue and Wisconsin meet in the only other major game on the midwestern schedule. Wisconsin looked good last week despite its defeat by Michigan, but Purdue is powerful. Barring upsets such as those of last week, Saturday night is likely to find the conference standing unchanged. No Seat Famine at I. U. Stadium Bil Times Special ' _ , BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Oct. 21. L. L. Fisher, Indiana University football ticket manager, stated today there are plenty of seats left for the Notre Dame-Indiana game and predicted there would be an ample supply on hand for “late comers Saturday. The stadium here seats 22,000, Fisher said, and the capacity can be increased easily by use of the temporary bleachers. Fisher’s estimate on the crowd, at present, is 19,000. According to Fisher’s figures there will be 4,000 good reserved seats still on the market Saturday morning.

Some Snappy Players With Notre Dame

At the top is Christy Flan- __ r- *f cooler’s parlor Thursday 'ni agan, Rockne's best half back Kepner ran out in eighty-one , ’ . ... ... nings. He had a high run of i ball toter, at the left you see Two southpaws are to meet Leppig, a guard on the Notre night. Leo O’Connor will op; Dame machine, and lower Doc Neighbert right is John Smith, guard, CASE FOR LANI captain of the up-state crew. \ 3 s They will be among the grid Jf warriors to be seen in action W I Oklahoma city, Oct against Indiana at Blooming- MJk J) SS|| Commissioner K. ton Saturday. The I. U. ath~ ,4r . Landis may be called 11 po letes surprised the football decide the contemplated w ttgrU last So(-

At the top is Christy Flanagan, Rockne’s best half back ball toter, at the left you see Leppig, a guard on the Notre Dame machine, and lower right is John Smith, guard, captain of the up-state crew. They will be among the grid warriors to be seen in action against Indiana at Bloomington Saturday. The I. U. athletes surprised the football

world last Saturday by holding Minnesota even and the Cream and Crimson are ready to give the snappy N. D. eleven a busy afternoon.

—Looking ’Em Over—

Hypnotizing Mairas, Fall Models All of the rivalry at a college football game is not confined to the field. The campus cut-ups are hard put trying to outdo each other in a race to see who escorts the prettiest frail into the stadium. Wonder what the coach of a consistent losing team thinks about? Probably doesn’t think, merely prays. Some elevens are hi the shadow of their own goals so much the safety man never gets to see what midfield looks like. Can’t Take It With Him About the best he can do is to dash up just before the opening kick-off, lass the fifty-yard line and then pass out of the picture. He becomes exhausted and breathless, shouting: “Hold ’em, gang!” He wears corns on his back rubbing against the end zone fence. Where the Chalk Marks End About the only time he ever gets to make a tackle is when an opponent Is crashing over for another touchdown. His tackling is superb, but superfluous. He neVer looks at the scoreboard ’cause the numbers on it don’t interest him. They belong to somebody else.

WITH EDDIE ASH-

Some Day Is Right Some day, if fortune smiles, he’s going to pounce on a loose ball and run home with it to convince his old man he made the varsity. “Back to the wall” doesn’t fully describe the condition his team usually is in. “Backs on the ground” is better. We Have With Us Tonight— But what a whale of a difference a few years make. Ten years from now he’ll be a prominent alumnus and “one of the greatest, flghtin’est, best scoring quarter backs the old’ school ever had.” Speech! Speech! COLLEGE FORDS RACE 2&W United Press DES MOINES, Oct. 21.—Twentyone aged collegiate flivvers, driven by Drake University students, will race from Des Moines to Grinnell, lowa, tomorrow.

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KEPNER BEATS SPIVEY In Three-Cushion. Billiards; Two Southpaws Tonight at Cooler’s. Cleve Kepner downed Louis Spivey, 50 to 33, in the State threecushion billiard tournament at Cooler’s parlor Thursday 'night. Kepner ran out in eighty-one innings. He had a high run of four. Two southpaws are to meet tonight. Leo O’Connor will oppose Doc Neighbert.

REISELT' ADDS TO LEAD World’s Three-Cushion Billiard Champ Wins Third Block. Bu Times Special PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 21.—Otto Reiselt, world’s three-cushion billiard champ, increased his lead over Gus Copulus, Detroit, here Thursday night in their 300-point challenge match. Reiselt won the third block, 60 to 39, making their total 180 to 141.

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CASE FOR LANDIS By Times Special OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 21. —The National baseball council and Commissioner K. M. Landis may be called upon to decide the contemplated withdrawal of Oklahoma City and Tulsa from the Western League. They desire to Join the Texas League.

Tigers’ Clash With Butler Excites Fans Annual Rivalry Struggle on Gridiron at Irwin Field Saturday. The annual rivalry battle on the gridiron between De Pauw and Butler is to be resumed at Irwin field Saturday when the 1927 Bulldog and Tiger elevens line up against each other. The clash has excited the interest of fans throughout the State. A revamped Butler line-up is to face the Methodists. Coach George (Potsy) Clark was dissatisfied with his proteges’ showing and as a result has made several shifts in his forward wall. It is believed here by local followers that stories from Greencastle this week on the injuries of Captain Anderson and Gunn were more or less of the “bear” variety. The Bulldogs expect Anderson to be In the starting line-up. The probable line-ups: DE PAUW. BUTLER. Anderson (173)....L. E (171) Meek Flrebaugh (178)...L. r (174) Haggard Howell (178) L. Q. (168) Fredenburger Kaylor (175) C (173) Floyd Bray (160) R. 3 (169) Clark Shoup (180) R. r (192) Bugg Messersmlth (184).R.E (162) Geisert Brandenburg (138) .Q. B (168) Meeker Scott (180) L. H (155) Nulf Hogan (150) R. H (158) Collier Myers (162) F. 3 (172) Lelchte Officials Davis (Princeton), referee; Coffin (Cornell), umpire; Bayh (T. H. Normal), head linesman) Townsend (Coe), field Judge.

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Shortridge Wins From Elwood by Barest of Edges Elwood dropped a scare into the Shortridge High School football camp, Thursday afternoon, and the Blue and White were forced to battle desperately to gain a 14 to 13 decision over the visiting eleven at the new North side athletic field. Each eleven had an offensive attack which baffled the other. The locals were off to an early lead when after a drive down the field Elwood held on its own 1-yard line and Baxter in attempting to punt out of danger fumbled and fell on the ball for a safety. The Shortridgers drove down the field again and Zimmerman went over for a touchdown. The extra point was missed. Elwood made a gallant comeback in the third period and opening up with an overhead attack scored two touchdowns and one point after touchdown. The locals were enabled to stay in front with a touchdown made by Stewart after another march down the field. The stands were well filled with students and visiting teachers. MANDELL STARTS WORK McLarnin or Wallace to Meet Sammy In Title Go. Bn United Press CHICAGO, Oct. 21.—Sammy Mandell, world’s lightweight boxing champion, has started active train- | ing for his title bout here Nov. 14. | Mandell will meet either Jimmy | McLarnin or Billy Wallace, of Cleveland. •

OCT. 21, 1927

Little Giants Face Colgate at Hamilton Wabash Squad of 28 En Route for Intersectional Clash in East. By Times Special HAMILTON, N. Y„ Oct. 21.—The Wabash College football eleven of Crawfordsville, Ind., was due h?re today for its game with the Colgate University team Saturday. Reports received from Crawfordsville said the Little Giants left the Middle West with a squad of twentyeight players. The Hoosiers were expected here In time to go through a light signal drill in the local stadium this afternoon. It is the longest trip taken by the Indiana outfit since 1921, when the Army was played at West Point. The starting line-up of the visitors was expected to consist of Viner and Lattimer, ends; Captain Loer and Cheyney, tackles; McCorkle and Taylor, guards; Kimes, center; Prail, quarter; Brayer and Coffel, halves, and Berkey, full. The Colgate aggregation has been worked at a high rate of speed all week by Coach Hauser, in preparation for the game with the Hoosiers, and the team Is in flm shape for the conflict. Capt. Bill Timm, end, has been the star of the week’s practice, In which a forward pass attack was perfected.