Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 151, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1927 — Page 12
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| iNUTE ROCKNE is one of the lIC I mos t interesting figures 1 1 the sport world. In all probability, Knute Rockne is one of the very few, if not the
only coach, who . doesn’t have to worry from year to year as to his football berth. The reasor : I Knute Rockne allways delivers, no j matter how many stars he may lose from year to year. I Somehow, among the freshmen class Ihe always seems to have in reserve players just as good.
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This is Rockne’s eleventh year at Notre Dame. At the close of the present season, teams coached by him will have played in more than 100 games under the Notre Dame colors. Knute Rockne is a product of Notre Dame. He learned his football under Coach Jess Harper. On his graduation he assisted Harper for a year or two and when Harper retired, he recommended the naming of Rockne as head coach. * * * Piloted ’l3 Eleven ET was in 1913 that the name of Rockne first broke into the headlines. He then was a star player. It was that year the forward pass combination of Dorais, at quarter, to Rockne, at end, smothered a great Army team 35-13 and was the start of an amazing string of victories over the West Pointers. Rockne was the captain of that team as well as an outstanding star. In 1917 he took over the coaching reins. His captain that year was Jimmy Phelan, now head coach at Purdue, the man who treated Harvard to a real surprise this year by trimming the Crimson, 19-0. * * * mN the ten years Rockne has coached at Notre Dame, prior to this year, his record reveals eighty-three victories, eight defeats and two'ties in ninety-three games played. Victories in the first five games of the present season brings the games won total to eigh-ty-eight, a most remarkable record. Despite the fact Notre Dame for years has played the hardest sort of schedules, in no season has a Rockne-coached team lost more than two games. In three of the ten years, his teams were undefeated. Football experts look on Rockne’s team of 1924 as his greatest achievement. That was the year he gave to the football world the “Four Horsemen,” another name for one of the greatest back fields in the history of the game, composed of Stuhldreher, Crowley, Miller and Layden. While Rockne has produced countless great players at Notre Dame, I have his word for it he regards George Gipp as his greatest. Rockne’s 1924 eleven, regarded as his best, was conceded the national title by the grid critics.
Shortridge Net Squad Practices Coach Enoch A. Burton Is working daily with his Shortridge High School basketball team which will open its season schedule Dec. 10 against Pendleton at the north side gym. Burton has sliced his squad to sixteen men and it will be relnforced at the close of the grid season by football men. The Blue and White schedule: S ec - Pendleton, here. Dec. 16— Elwood, there. Dec. 31—Tech. Jan. 7—Muncie. there. Jan. 13—Broad Ripple, here, , n - if—Martinsville, here. Jan. 20—Tipton, here. Jan. 21—Seymour, there. Jan. 25— Washington. Jan. 28—South Side (Ft. Wayne). Feb. 3— Greenfield, there. Feb. 4 —Garfield, here. Feb. 10— Mooresville, there. Feb. 11—Rushvllle. here. leb. 17— Greencastle. there. Feb. 21 —Manual, here. Feb. 24 —West Lafayette, there.
ISemipros and s—' 5 —' FOOTBALL Olympic A. C. will hold an Important practice session on the lighted field at Riverside Park tonight. New plays will be rehearsed and all players have been requested to attend by j Coach Weaver. Garfield A. C. football team will play the Bpades A. C. at 2:30 Sunday at Spades Park. All players expecting to play must report for practice tonight at 7:30 at Shelby and lowa Sts. Ferndale Triangles will play the College Cubs Sunday. Injuries have handicapped the Ferndale club. Ferndales tied the Olympic A. C. team last week, 6-6. Triangles will practice tonight at King Ave. and Tenth St., and all players are asked to report not later than 7. GILBERT BACK IN GAME Michigan Star to Be in Action Against Chicago. Ttv United Frees ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 2. Louis Gilbert, Michigan back field star who was out of the Illinois game, will be back Saturday against Chicago, according to Coach Tad Weiman. Weiman said Gilbert’s infected arm was healing rapidly, and denied the player had been disciplined at Urbana. THE COMEBACK TRAIL jßi/ United Frees NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—Jimmy Goodrich, former lightweight champion, will launch a drive for a title match with Sammy Mandell, present titleholder, against Izzy Grove, at the Pioneer Athletic Club tonight. Grove has developed from a preliminary boy to a prominent lightweight in the last year. ARMY POINTS FOR N. D. Vu United Press WEST POINT, N. Y., Nov. 2.—lnjuries, while not serious, will hamper the work of preparation by the Army football squad for the Notre Dame game, Nov. 12. Only a light ■tttisput was held Tuesday. i
Big Ten Football Outfits in Battle Array for Saturday Games
16 Remain in P.G.A.Event Match Play Second Round Played Today —Hagen, Manero Tilt Is Feature. Bit United Press _ , DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 2.—Sixteen survivors today entered the second round of match play in the national championship of the Professional Golfers’ Association, with Walter Hagen meeting Tony Manero in the feature match of the day. Tommy Armour and Tom Harmon, Yonkers, N. Y., led off today. The sky was almost clear and a mild “norther” which swooped over North Texas Tuesday night made the air crisp and cool. P. G. A. officials today said this was the richest money tournament ever held. Sixteen thousand dollars in prize money and expenses will have been distributed by Saturday night, when the finals are completed. Tuesday’s matches saw Walter Hagen come from behind to defeat Jack Farrell, Glenhead, N. Y., 3 and 2. Other Tuesday matches: Tommy Armour of Washington, this year's National Open champion, came through the first round with a 4 and 3 victory over Johnny Farrell of Mamaroneck, N. Y. , Gene Sarazen eliminated J. G. Curley, Marlsborough, Mass., 1 up. Harry Cooper. Los Angeles, beat Eddie Murphy. Chicago, 7 and 6. Manero conquered Bobby Cruickshank, 4 and 2 in the*worst upset of the first round. William Klein, East Williston, N. Y.. eliminated Bill Mehlhorn, 1 up. Morte Dutra. Tacoma, Wash., beat Albert Alcroft, Youngstown, Ohio, in the most crushing score of the tournament. 12 and 11. Charles Guest. Los Angeles, defeated Roland Hancock. Wilmington, N C., 5 and 4. Tom Harmon won from John Perelll, California. 4 and 3. Ed Dudley. California, beat James Gullane, Bartlesville. Okla., 8 and 7. Joe Turnesa beat Charles McKenna. Rochester. N. Y., 5 and 3. A1 Espinosa. Chicago. ■ eleminated Mel Smith, Portland, Ore., 5 and 4. John Golden, Paterson, N. J., defeated Charles Koontz, Lincoln, Neb., 2 and 1. Harold Long. Raleigh, N. C . beat Tom Willie, Minneapolis. 4 and 3. Francis Gallet, Wauwautosa, Wis., won from Bob Shave. Aurora. 111.. 4 and 3. TODAY'S PAIRINGS UPPER BRACKET Hagen vs. Manero; Armour vs. Harmon; Espinosa vs. Cooper; Dutra vs. Guest. LOWER BRACKET Sarazen vs. Dudley; ®Gein vs. Turnesa; Golden vs. Long; Gallet vs. Ralph Beach, Bethseda, Md. CHASES ’EM ALL OUT Bit Ignited Press PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 2.—For the second time this season Head Coach Bill Roper excluded newspaper men and the public from the practice of his Princeton football squad. Howe and Caldwell were out of practice, but were expected to work out today. TAKES $25,000 RACE Bit United Press PIMLICO, Md., Nov. 2.—Harry Payne Whitney’s Bostonian won the $25,000 Riggs Handicap from a field of ten crack 3-year-olds Tuesday. Bostonian paid $21.20 for each $2 ticket. The race was run in 2:311-5.
Barnard Well Qualified to Occupy League Chair Vacated by Johnson Club Owners Meet to Choose New President; Cleveland Man Active in Baseball Many Years.
BY CLARK B. KELSEY United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Nov. 2. —Owners t American League baseball clut gathered here today to choose successor to Byron Bancroft John son as president of the league.—An all indications pointed to Ernest i Barnard of Cleveland as their selec tion. Barnard, president of the Cleve
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LONG SCRIMMAGE Bv United Press COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 2. Coach Jack Wilce today sent his Ohio State team through a long scrimmage with a freshman team, using Princeton plays. The Buckeye squad is confident of victory over the Easterners Saturday. LIGHT WORKOUTS BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Nov. 2.—Light workouts are in order for Indiana’s first string men this week. Coach Pat Pare believes that In view of the strength shown by Michigan State, his men will need to be in the best of condition Saturday and he thinks light work is what they need. lOWA HOPES BRIGHT lOWA CITY, lowa, Nov. 2.—lowa hopes have been brightened by the showing of Pignatelli, a substitute quarter back. In this week’s practice the sub has played the reserves off their feet and it looks as though he is destined to assume a regular role. RESERVES FIRST CHAMPAIGN. 111., Nov. 2.—Coach Bob Zuppke, cheered by the showing made by his reserves against Michigan last Saturday. spent considerable time developing the dozen Sophomores, on whom Illinl hopes will depend in the future, today. Art D’Ambroslo. who was suspended from the university for violation of the no-student-auto edict, has returned to the squad. He may play against lowa Saturday. FEARS PASSING ATTACK CHICAGO, Nov. 2.—Coach A. A. Stagg of the University of Chicago concentrated this week on a defense for the long passing attack of Michigan. Stagg feels his team can stop the Wolverine running attack, but fears the passing combination of Gilbert and Oosterbaan. PURDUE INSPIRED LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 2.—lnspired by a defeat of Montana State, Purdue hopes to win its first Big Ten football victory of the year against Northwestern in Ross-Ade bowl Saturday. The Wilcox and Welch backfleld combination is set for a running attack mixed with a forward passing offensive. GREAT BACK FIELD MINNEAPOLIS. Minn.. Nov. 2.—One of the greatest back fields in the country will go up against the strong Notre Dame team Saturday, it was evident today. The line plunging full back. Herb Joesting: the offtackle runners. Nydahl and Almqulst. and the blocking back. Barnhardt. are ready for the game.
3 Intra-Conference Contests on Week-End Grid Program. OHIO STATE IN EAST Minnesota Faces Toughest Opponent of Season. SATURDAY CARD Michigan at Chicago. Illinois at lowa. _ j Northwestern at Purdue. Michigan State at Indiana. Ohio State at Princeton. Grinnell at Wisconsin. Minnesota at Notre Dame. The Big Ten Conference football squadrons have arranged themselves in battle array for Saturday’s conflicts and some high-class bombardments undoubtedly will be opened up when the Saturday battles get under way. * Three intra-Conference struggles are to be fought. The high-flying Illinois University machine is being steered for the Big Ten championship by Zuppke and the Suckers will hit some tough opposition in lowa City, where the University of lowa squad under Burt Ingwerson will try to put the Illini hopes on the rocks. Michigan, confidence unabated by the walloping received last week-end at the hands of Illinois, will attempt to put itself back on the victory trail with a victory over Coach A. A. Stagg’s sturdy Chicago aggregation. The game will be played in the Windy City. Evenly Matched Battle The third intra-Conference affair will be put on by the Northwestern and Purdue machines in Ross-Ade Stadium, Lafayette. • The Boilermakers’ classy back field will have a tough outfit to battle while the line will get plenty of exercise from the onslaughts of the crashing Tiry Lewis and mates. Headlining the list of other battles involving Big Ten outfits is the Ohio State-Princeton tangle in the East. It is another intersectional mix-up where the West once more is favored to knock off the East. Minnesota will face Its toughest opponent of the year in Rockne’s assortment of Notre Dame “shock troops” and “trained cavalry” at South Bend. The true power of the Gophers may be revealed in this setto. Pagemen in Shape Michigan State, defeated by the Wolverines, 21-0, early in the season, invades Bloomington for a tilt with Pat Page's Indiana University eleven. The Pagemen are recuperating rapidly from the gallant and gruelling battle they put up against Harvard last Saturday and the entire squad is expected to be in shape for the clash. Another of these so-called “practice games” will be played at Madison between Wisconsin and Grinnell. The Badgers are taking no chancts on figuring in the “goat” end of “notable upsets of 1927” and are going through hard daily practice sessions.
land Indians, has been connected with that club since 1903. He is 53. Uses Quiet Tact Like Johnson, Barnard has had his baseball battles, but where Johnson’s booming voice was his chief weapon, Barnard fought with arms more effective although less noisy. His quiet tact has smoothed over many difficulties. Barnard was president of -the old Western Association in 1901; in 1903 he was made secretary of the Cleveland baseball club; in 1910 he became vice president and business manager, and since 1922 he has been president of the club. Since his ascendancy to the presidency of the Cleveland Indians he has thrice been elected a member of the American League’s board of directors. Knows All Details Barnard’s special qualifications for the American League presidency is a capacity for organization. He knows every detail of the business management of a club from the checking of the bleacher turnstile receipts to the closing of a deal for a SIOO,OOO baseball player. It was Barnard who did most of the drafting of the American League constitution recently adopted, and he was on the conciliation committee, which brought Johnson and Judge K. M. Landis together as fellow members of the major leagues’ advisory council. It was learned shortly before today’s meeting opened that the formal transfer of ownership of the Cleveland club to a syndicate would not be completed until after the meeting. The syndicate had acquired options to all but 172 shares of club stock. N. Y. U. STARS INJURED Jack Connor Has Head Trouble— Lassman Has Broken Leg. Bu United Prens NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—Jack Connor, New York University quarterback, may not see action Saturday against Carnegie Tech. When he appeared for practice Tuesday, it was found he suffered from a head injury received in last Saturda ’s game with Colgate. Lassman broke his leg in the Colgate game. DICK BLACK IN SHAPE Bit United Pres* HANOVER, N. H., Nov. 2.—Dick Black, Dartmouth full back, was back in the game Tuesday and all indications were that he would be In Saturday’s game against Brown. WALTER PINE STARS RV T r nitrd Press PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 2. Walter Pine featured in the U. of Pennsylvania’s practice for the Harvard game Tuesday. He made many long runs from his- back field position.
Hail Purdue! Will They Halt Northwestern?
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Here is one-half of the Purdue University regular back field, Bob Wilson of Lafayette and “Dutch” Koransky of Chicago. The other half of the back field is composed of Ralph (Tex) Welch, and Capt. Chester (Cotton) Wilcox, half backs. Other members of Jimmy
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Pin Classic Sought for City in ’29 Meeting Called Friday to Discuss Move to Bid for A. B. C. Officers of local bowling leagues will meet at 12:15 Friday at the Chamber of Commerce building to discuss the advisability of inviting the American Bowling Congress to meet in Indianapolis in 1929 and to make plans for presenting the invitation of the Indianapolis Convention Bureau. The A. B. C. meet is the biggest bowling event in the world and the bringing of the convention here in 1929 undoubtedly would prove a great boost to local bowling and give Indianapolis nation-wide publicity. Henry T. Davis, manager of the convention bureau, and Neil King will preside over Friday’s meeting. JACK IS ‘HORSE LUCKY’ Bit Ignited Press _ . YONKERS, N. Y„ Nov. 2.—Jack Dempsey can pick the winner when horses are concerned if Tuesday’s races at the Empire City track are any indication. Doctor Wilson won the Rainbow Claiming Stakes and Jack Dempsey won a fat roll when he picked the 5 to 1 odds. NO SPECIAL DEFENSE CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Nov. 2.—No special defense preparations are being made by Harvard for Saturday’s game with the U. of Pennsylvania. Neither team has scouted under a mutual agreement.
Yale May Urge Jones to Remain li.il United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—The smashing success of Yale's 1927 football team—a success of which the team’s indifferent play in Its early games gave no Inkling—may lead to the retention of T. A. D. Jones as head coach at New Haven for some years to come. For one thing, Yale alumni throughout the country are enthused over the team’s victories in the Army and Dartmouth games, and if Princeton and Harvard are defeated this month, the demand that Jones remain will be well-nigh Irresistible. He recently announced his retirement.
Two City League Contests Tonight Two games tonight open the City Basketball League season at the Hosoier A. C. at 7:15. The Ft. Harrison quintet will play the Hoosier A. C. five and an hour later the Diamond Chain and Big Four squads meet. The second game will be a resumption of the Interesting rivalry affair of last season, when the Big Four won the pennant by defeating Chain in the last game of the schedule and dropped the Chain team form first to fourth place. Many of the outstanding net performers in the city will be in action in tonight’s games. Dale Miller and Vedder Gard will referee. HOLMER AS PASSER EVANSTON. HI.. Nov. 2.—Walter Holmer will be on the passing end of Northwestern's attack Saturday. Coach Dick Hanlev has Indicated. Holmer's long passes worked well against Missouri last Saturday. Lewis and Gustafson will do the major part of the ball carrying.
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Mike Stopped by Mickey in First Stanza Walker Batters Venerable Light Heavy to Canvas at Start. Bji United Press CHICAGO. Nov. 2.—Mickey Walker, who has possessed both the welterweight and middleweight world’s boxing championships, toda i 3ld high hopes of gaining a th (tie—the light heavyweight. . ..oi.ey's optimism followed an easy victory which he scored over the venerable Mike McTlgue here Tuesday night. Walker beat McTigue to the floor in the first round, using a series of rights and lefts to the body and a crashing right to the jaw. Before McTlgue was counted out he showed one of the gamest streaks ever exhibited In the prize ring. Victim of what might be termed a lucky punch, a right to the jaw, Mickey landed as the round opened, McTlgue was groggy from the start. Asa result of the victory, Walker invades the light heavyweight class and has announced he is after Jimmy Slattery, chief claimant to the title. NAVY CAPTAIN READY It,U United Press ANNAPOLIS. Md., Nov. 2.—Punting and running was featured In a light workout by the Naval Academy Tuesday. Captain Hannegan, who has suffered a weak ankle all season, did a full time practice.