Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 171, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 November 1927 — Page 22

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PLAYING /AFIELD With Billy Evans

EAST to watch the PrincetonYale game, I had a most interesting chat with a famous track coach, one who has won several intercollegiate championships, in which he gave me anew angle to a very important play in baseball. The track coach’s suggestion had to do with players scoring from

third on fly balls that are caught by the outfield. With a ball game all even, the scoring of such a run is often the determining factor in the final result. This play usually makes much trouble for the umpires, since the question is invariably raised as to

whether or not the runner held his base until the ball was caught. Asa rule, the runner on third beats the play a trifle in his effort to score. This puts it up to the umpire’s judgment and the line of demarcation is often very fine. U tt tt It Is customary in baseball for the runner himself to gauge the play and pick the proper spot forleaving the bag. # # n MAKE START LIKE SPRINTER THE thought of the track coach on this play is revolutionary. He is of the opinion that the coach at third should do all the thinking on the play, that the runner should be guided entirely by his judgment. The theory of the track coach is to inject the fundamentals of the sprint race into the play. Instead of having the runner start from a distorted position, that naturally must handicap his getaway by being Compelled to watch the flight of the ball, let him take a position as do the entrants in a 100-yard dash. The runner would assume the crouch position of the sprinter awaiting the crack of the gun. He would pay no attention whatever to the course of the ball. The starting of the runner would be entirely up to the coach. His shout to go would be to the runner as the firing of the gun to the sprinter. n tt tt My informant insists baseball managers are overlooking a strategic play of vital importance in failing to use the sprinter’s start with a runner on third, tt tt a Plays at the plate are often decided by inches, a small fraction of a second. Making the runner follow a ball and deciding when to break for home wastes more than the fraction by which a runner is often retired in a close play at the plate. The coach in question who offered the suggestion has turned out several famous sprinters. There is no question as to the correctness of his theory. It would be interesting to see some manager try it out. ATTUCKS ELEVEN WINS Local Negro High School Team Downs Xenia, Ohio, Squad. Crispus Attucks, local Negro high school team, defeated the Xenia, Ohio, eleven at Washington Park, Thursday, 12 to 0. Logan, scored for the locals in the opening quarter and Webb scored in the third period. Locals displayed a fast-moving offense and a stronger line than showed in earlier contests.

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Army, Navy Teams Taper Off Training Coaches Declare Rival Elevens in Perfect Shape for Battle. Bu United Press NEW YORK. Nov. 25.—The advance guard of the Army and Navy invasion reached New York today and coaches declared both service elevens in perfect shape for their battle at the Polo Grounds, Saturday. Both squads were to taper off their training with light workouts on the gridiron this afternoon. The Cadets and Midshipmen will arrive in New York, Saturday, and go direct to the game. The Cadets will be permitted to remain in New York over night to attend a theater. Meanwhile in betting circles, the' Army team is a 2-to-l fs,vorite. Speculators have boosted the price of tickets to SSO. Navy coaches have announced that Sloan and Smith will be at the end positions, and Hardin will play center. Hanagan, Lloyd, Hansford, and Clifton are the first choice for the back field with Paris, Coffman, Miller and Bauer as reserves. Coach “Biff” Jones of the Army announced his probable lineup would be Harbold and Bom ends; Sprague and Perry, tackles; Hammack and Seeman, guards; Hall, center; Nave, Wilson, Cagle and Murrell in the back field. LOGAN RAPS ARTESIANS Martinsville Bows to Basket Rivals on Home Court. Bv Times Special MARTINSVILLE, Ind., Nov. 25. A basketball rivalry affair was resumed here Thursday night between the state champion Martinsville High School eleven and Logansport, and the Artesians went down to a 32 to 21 defeat. Logansport, led by Dickerson and McCarnes, smashed its way through to a fifteen-point lead early in the fray and never was headed. Berries were ahead, 21 to 9, at the half. Two thousand eight hundred fans saw the game. . SACRED HEART GAME Sacred Heart High School five meets last season’s Sacred Heart stars in a feature game tonight at Sacred Heart hall on Union St. A large crowd is expected. Play starts at 8 o’clock.

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PHILADELPHIA—Johnny De Mario. Philadelphia. 136. won the decision over Tony Sclortion. Norristown, Pa., 135, ten rounds; Jack Gallagher and Ernie Carar, both of Philadelphia, fought an eight round draw. BUFFALO. N. Y.—Art Weigand. Buffalo. 175, won the decision over Roleauz. Chicago, 171. ten rounds: Genaro Pino. Chicago bantamweight, knocked out A1 Paul, Buffalo. ORLANDO, Fla. —Tony Letop, Tampa, bantamweight, knocked out Carl Cavelli, Pittsburgh, in the eighth round; Bobby Wilson, Orlando. 127, knocked out Henry Martinet, Havana. Cuba, third round. PHILADELPHIA—Johnny Harko, Manchester, N. H„ won a judges’ decision from Mike O’Dowd. Atlanta. Ga.. ten rounds. Andy Tomasky, Pittsburgh, won an eight-round decision from Jack Daly,

111,000 Persons to Witness Saturday Conflict on Soldiers Field. CALIFORNIANS ARRIVE Westerners to Work Out on Stagg Field. BY CLARK B. KELSEY United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Nov. 25.—The largest crowd ever to watch an intercollegiate football game will see Southern California play Notre Dame at Soldiers’ Field here Saturday. The teams representing the best football played in the Middle West and on the Pacific Coast will perform before 111,000 persons. The attendance will exceed by 1,000 that at the Army-Navy game in the same stadium last year. Southern California arrived here early today, after a long train Jump halfway across the continent. The Trojans planned a short workout on Stagg Field, playground of the University of Chicago Maroons. Notre Dame’s team was to arrive later in the day from South Bend. Knute Rockne’s Ramblers have completed their training and are ready for the game. Notre Dame was quoted as a 6 to 5 favorite over the coast eleven, tutored by Howard Jones, mainly because Don (Beau) Williams, Trojan back field star lies in a Los Angeles hospital with a wrenched back, sustained in the Washington State contest last Saturday. $50,000 Put Up About $50,000 has been bet on the contest at 6-5 odds. Trojan backers were willing to put up even money if given a three-point margin, but there were few takers. Chicago today assumed a collegiate aspect. The entire loop district, inoluding municipal buildings, stores, office buildings and hotels, was decked out in bunting—the old gold and cardinal of the Trojans and the blue and gold of Notre Dame. Complete Sell-Out Tickets for the game have been sold out for a month, and scalpers are risking—and getting—s2o for $3 seats. The.e was reason to believe, however, that many who have held tickets back would put them on sale Saturday, thus flooding the market and driving the prices down. More than 4,000 Californians will be in the stands when the game starts. Thee advance guard already has arrived, and Mayor George E. Cryer of Los Angeles is en route here with the main body of Trojan rooters. The weather turned sharply cooler today. This was regarded as favorable to Notre Dame, for the Irish have been accustomed to handling the ball on snowswept fields, while the coast team has been playing in balmy weather. CHESS PLAY DELAYED Bu Times Special BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 25.—Alex Alekhine was ill Thursday night and the thirty-third game of the world’s chess title match was postponed. Alekhine has a lead of one game over Capablanca., GRIFFITH BASKETBALL Bv Times Svecial GRIFFITH, Ind., Nov. 25.—Crown Point High School net five defeated the Griffith team, 21 to 11. In the girls’ game Crown Point won, 41 to 22.

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Coaching Staffs Lend Advice In Selection of Conference Elevens Evans Names Welch, Purdue, on First Team and Wilcox on Second—Oosterbaan Unanimous Choice. First Team POSITION Second Team Oosterbaan, Michigan End Haycraft, Minnesota Raskowski, Ohio State Tackle Gary, Minnesota Baer, Michigan Guard Matthews, Indiana Reitsch, Illinois Center Rouse, Chicago Hanson, Minnesota..... Guard Crane, Ulinois Nelson, lowa Tackle • Nowack, Illinois Fisher, Northwestern End Cameron, Wisconsin Almquist, Minnesota Quarterback Crofoot, Wisconsin Gilbert, Michigan Halfback .\ .Timm, Illinois Welch, Purdue Halfback Wilcox, Purdue Joes ting, Minnesota..... Fullback ....Lewis, Northwestern BY BILLY EVANS NEA Sports Editor Picking an all-star team is merely a matter of opinion. Even the gameV. greatest coaches differ in their selection of players. In football, as in any other sport, even the stars have their bad days. Should a coach see some highly touted athlete perform poorly against his team, it is only natural he would figure said player wasn’t living up to advance notices and accordingly would leave him off his all-star choice.

In making my All Big Ten selections of 1927 I have had the very valuable assistance of the coaching staffs of nijie of the Institutions that comprise the Western Conference circuit. Best in West Only one player, Oosterbaan, was the unanimous choice of the various coaching staffs. He was recognized as the best end in the West. Joesting of Michigan received eight of the nine votqs. Strangely enough the one that failed t- vote for Joesting didn’t even give him second team consideration. At all the other positions, with the exception of one of the ends and quarterbacks, the men named enjoyed a fairly comfortable margin. Juggie Back Field Men Since there is little or no difference between the modern back field players, many of the coaching staffs juggled the players to suit their fancy in naming a quarter back, Almquist of Minnesota getting,the edge over Crofoot of Wisconsin for that position. Difficulty was found in agreeing on the half back positions, but the consensus showed that Gilbert of Michigan and Welch of Purdue were best liked. It is rather interesting to note that of the four halfbacks named on the first and second teams Purdue was honored with two of them, the brilliant Captain Wilcox and the sensational Welch. Lewis of Northwestern, despite the fact that he was handicapped all season because of injuries was ranked next to Joesting. Asa concrete illustration of what a tough job it is to pick an all-star team, no one staff of coaches named the consensus selection. LASSMAN NAMED PILOT Tackle Elected to Head New York University Eleven in 1928. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 25.—A1 Lassman, tackle of the New York University football team, has been elected to captain the 1928 eleven. The election came immediately after the game at Lincoln, Neb.

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Nacho Defeats Bess in Ten Rounds of Feature Tomlinson Hall Boxing

Old age overtook One Round Bess, local Negro flyweight vet, in the main go at Tomlinson Hall, Thursday night, and only by going to the floor frequently in the ninth round was he able to escape a knockout at the hands of Kid Nacho, the Mexican “chili bean.” Bess was flashy at the start, but his legs gradually weakened and his youthful opponent stepped out to win decisively on points in ten rounds. Somebody turned out the hall lights for a short time in the ninth round, and that was a “break” for Bess. It allowed him enough rest to weather the stormy session. • Frankie Clemons of Anderson won on a foul in the fifth round. His opponent was Young Jack Blackburn of Cincinnati, and Blackburn was losing when the scrap was halted because of the low punch. Clemons showed a powerful left hook. “Shifty Shadow” Calloway appeared to be outlucked in his bout with Mickey Dillard, Cincinnati. Calloway was winning easily in the first round and near the end he put Dillard on the floor with a body blow. Referee Hannibal ruled the punch fair, but the boxing commission ruled foul and Calloway lost. Many ringsiders thought the referee was correct. Hiawatha Gray outpointed Champ Standard of Cincinnati in six rounds. The winner used a left jab to advantage. Georgie Smith was the winner in the battle royal that closed the show.

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U.of Kansas Mixup Aired by Kennedy Doctor Passes Buck to ‘Higher-Ups’; School Politics Are Blamed. Bu United Press LAWRENCE, Kan., Nov. 25. Ominous calm prevailed in the University of Kansas Athletic situation today with rumors circulating involving furtner resignations and charges of faculty interference. The newest development was the denial of Dr. H. J. Huff, track coach, that he has any intention of resigning, following the example of Franklin C. Cappon, head football coach, and three of his assistants, John P. Sapp, Harold Steele and Guy Lookabaugh. Dr. A. R. “Bert” Kennedy, for ten years associated with University of Kansas athletics, who has been charged with inspiring the resignation of the football staff, denied any connection with the affair. He called upon Chancellor E. H. Lindley and other “higher-ups” at the university to resign from the athletic board “and give Kansas gridiron men the chance to win back their lost prestige in the Missouri Valley.” Dr. Kennedy declared the whole situation at the university is, in his opinion, the result of “school politics.” PENN ELECTS SCULL Leading Ground Gainer Named to Head Next Year’s Eleven Bu United Press PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 25.—Paul Scull, star performer in Pennsylvania’s victory over Cornell and leading ground gainer was elected to captain the 1928 University of Pennsylvania football team.

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