Indianapolis Times, Volume 39, Number 183, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1927 — Page 28

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Polished Performers in Indiana Scholastic Circles During Grid Season

Art Fletcher Not to Pilot Evans’ Club Yankee Coach Satsified With Present Job; No Offer Made. Bu United Press COLLINSVILLE, HI., Dec. 9. Prospects of again coaching the world champion New York Yankees mean more to Art Fletcher than the presumably more lucrative prospects of mainaging the Cleveland Indians, he told the United Press today. “I just don’t want the job,” he said with evident sincerity. “If the Yankees want me next year—l want to be there.” It is entirely a matter of being satisfied with the job of coaching the New York team, Fletcher said. Thus far, despite reports Evans had selected Fletcher for the position, no direct offer has reached the former Phillies manager, he said. Fletcher was a little put out by publication of reports indicating the deal had been closed. Fletcher admitted his position undoubtedly would mean a money sacrifice if Cleveland should offer him the managership, but said he believed the Indians would not make a proposition sufficiently attractive to over-balance his present allegiance to the Yankees. The New York coach was asked if he perhaps aspired to the berth-now held by Miller Huggins. “Oh, I don’t know anything about that,” he said. "Put it this way and you will get me straight: There’s a whole lot in being satisfied with your work, in liking the personnel of the club you serve, in liking the home of your team.” , ,

Indiana Gridders Elect Two Pilots for 9 28 Season Bv Times Special ' . BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Dec. J.--Indiana University gridmen Thursday night elected two captain to lead the 1928 Cream and Crimson football machine. Chuck Bennett, Linton, half back, was named as offensive captain and Bob Matthew, guard, the defensive pilot. Bennett was one of the outstanding half backs in the conference last season, while Matthews’ work at the guard post attracted favorable comment from State sports writers. OFFERED COACHING JOB Chet Wynne, Notre Dame Full, May Tutor Creighton Gridders. Bv United Press MANHATTAN, Kas., Dec. 9.—Chet Wynne, former Notre Dame fullback and now football coach at Creighton University, vfill iconfer with Kansas State Agricultural College officials here today, it was learned. It was believed he would be offered the football coaching position recently resigned by Carl Bachman. MURCHISON STILL ILL No Change in Condition of Famous Runner, Report. Bu United Press DECATUR, 111., Dec. 9.—No material change in the condition of Loren Murchison, internationally known runner, was reported here today. He is critically ill with complications following an attack of influenza. TRINITY QUINTET WINS Holy Trinity quintet defeated th% Horseshoe Club, 42 to 21, Thursday night at the Holy Trinity gym. J. Turk and Walker were the high scorers for the winners. Fast State and local teams desiring games with-the winners write Holy Trinity A. C., 902 N. Holmes St. TO REMAIN AT N. Y. U. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Chick Meehan will remain as head football coach at New York University. Officials said anew contract would be made m a short time. Appointment of assistant coaches was given as cause for disatisfaction of the old contract.

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These Players Comprise The Times 1927 Mythical All-State High School Football Elevens ■ - Selected By Dick Miller

S These three mythical teams were selected by Dick pF Miller of The Times sports staff, xuho is president of X pEftgß l the Indiana Officials Association and who officiated in I Wm<. * - I more than twenty-five games during the past football gyw Lwuvvu? outstanding scholastic performers and is of the belief /*roo/z& GtyctrcC 'jsouglasT^ his teams include better and more finished players than CH.$% _ ever has appeared in previous selections. ‘

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HOFFMAN Half Back (Elkhart)

STOCKSDALE Tackle (New Albany)

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ROTH End (Thorntown)

COSBIE Quarter Back (Bluffton)

Tigers Annex Close Contest Bu Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind., Dec. 9. The De Pauw Tigers opened their season with a victory over Earlham here Thursday night, 20 to 18. The Quakers were ahead, 8-to 2, at the half. With four minutes to play the Quakers were ahead, 18 to 14. Byram was rushed into the tilt and two field goals in a row tied the count, Captain Messersmith sinking the winning goal a few seconds before the gun. TO PILOT OMAHA Bu Times Special OMAHA, Nebr., Dec. 9.—Fred Luderrus, manager of the Oklahoma City Western League Club last season, will manage the Omaha Club of the same circuit, it was announced here. He will be a playing manager, holding down first base,

ROHRABAUGH ‘Quarter Back (Klrklln)

MILLER Center (Marlon)

FLOUTZ Half Back (Worthington)

PRENTICE Half Back (KendaUvllle)

All-State H. S. Honorable Mention

ENDS—Cowan (Worthington), Fichter (Prince tbn), Fleming (Jasonville, Stringfello.w (Bloomfield), Shacklee (Greenfield), Pickett (Sullivan), Patterson (Shelbyville), Good (New Castle), Ennis (Shortridge. TACKLES—VirgiI (Elkhart), Poppoff (Garfield, Terre Haute), Hershberger (Logansport), Winans (Catholic, Ft. Wayne), Sands (Warsaw), Waugh and Tappy (Bluffton), Fassler (Kokomo), Imlay (Seymour), Swan (Bicknell), Norris (Kirklin), Woodka (South BeAd), Hope (Linton), Watts (Wabash), Zimmerman (Froebel, Gary), Brugman (Shortridge.) GUARDS—AIIen and Stalcup (Worthington), Johnson (Bicknell), Hickman (Muncie), Stoop (Wabash), Koresel (Reitz, Evansville). CENTERS—Schumaker (Wiley, Terre Haute), Hire (Central, Ft. Wayne), Connolly (Cathedral), Cummins (Vincennes), Clark (Warsaw), Cooper (Crawfordsville), Payne (Petersburg), Barty (Elwood). QUARTER BACKS—Johnson (Elkhart), Wedmon (Muncie), Cogan (Clinton), Baxter (Elwood), O. Pollizotto (Froebel, Gary), Deem (New Albany), Avery (Emerson, Gary), Christy (Linton), Haines (Greenfield). HALF BACKS —Goodin (Brazil), Carty (Sullivan), Engel (Reitz, Evansville), Skinner (Shortridge), Varner (Hammond), Anderson (Kokomo), Lawson (Shelbyville), Ritter and Szekley (South Bend), Warstler (La Porte), Ramsay (Bloomfield), Shelsky (New Castle), yeller (Bicknell), Stickan (Marion), Doll (Mishawaka), Moeller (Seymour), Shaner (Columbus), Brockall (Central, Ft. Wayne), Bolinger (Warsaw). FULL BACKS-Dull (S. S., Ft. Wayne), March (Clinton), Cassell (Gerstmeyer, Terre Haute), Odell (Froebel, Gary), Eber (Muncie), Tichenor (Central, Evansville), Kreiter (Mishawaka), Server* (Crawfordsville), Hawkins (Thorntown), Middletown (Princeton).

TO HEAD GRINNELL Bu United Preta GRINNELL, la., Dec. 9.—Charles Fail, end, was elected captain of Grinnell University’s 1928 football eleven. ..... -

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SECOND TEAM

RULE Guard (Goshen)

McQUIRE Tackle (Central, Evansville)

THIRD TEAM

HUFF - Center (Peru)

EMMONS Full Back (Logansport)

CUB HURLER “HITCHED" Bu United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—“ Mississippi Abe" Bush, Chicago Cub pitcher, was married to Miss Frances Richardson of Boston here Thursday. H

IVEY End (Linton)

MILLER Full Back (Shortrldge.

MILLER Guard (Columbus)

KEENAN Guard (Princeton)

CANADIENS TRIUMPH Bu United Press MONTREAL, Quebec, Dec. 9. Les Canadiens defeated the Toronto Mapleleafs, 2 to 1. in a National League hockey game. ,

DUGAN Half Back (Cathedral,

DICKEY End (South Side. Ft. Wayne)

ALTENOFF End (Emerson, Gary)

STEPANICK Tackle (La Porte)

Paul and Jack to Meet Tonight Bu United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 9.—Jack Delaney —otherwise Ovila Chapdelaine—is scheduled for a ten-round fight in the Chicago coliseum against Paul Berlenbach tonight. Delaney once held the light heavyweight championship, as did. Berlenbach. The meeting o£ Berlenrach and Delany will be the fourth of a series. In 1924 Delaney knocked Paul out in four rounds. In 1925 Berlenbach won the decision in fifteen rounds. Then last year Delaney took a tenround decision \ from Berlenbach and with it the light heavyweight title, which Paul had acquired by beating Mike McTigue. Outside of the Dempsey-Tunney affair, the match appears as the most attractive heavyweight card in Rlincis since boxing became legal,

Wealth of High-Grade Back I Field Men Listed in Selections. MANY GREAT CENTERS State Schools Improve in Grid Play. BY DICK MILLER The '.-Indianapolis Times today presents its 1927 mythical AllState High School football selections. This year’s selections include better and more finished players than ever chosen before in The Times’ annual series. Ends this year were not exceptional although there were several outstanding performers. When one refers to tackles it should be understood there were many topnotchers. Good guards were not in abundance, although every man picked was exceptionally outstanding. There were, at least, eight highgrade centers in the State. Quarterbacks, likewise, offered a similar problem. There were many good halfbacks and fullbacks. It is interesting to note that the honorable mention list contains the names of several players outstanding officials and newspaper men regarded as certain first team material. This fact discloses , the great step taken forward by the ninetythree State high schools participating in the grid sport during the past season. It is interesting to note that newspaper men and officials whose judgment of football players was unquestioned asked to pass on certain players in their sections, reported forty-seven players as first team material. N.D.Five Carded to Play Second Contest Tonight Bv Timex Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 9.—The University of Notre Dame basketball team will play its second game of the season here tonight against the Illinois Wesleyan quintet. The Irish opened their season with a victory over Armour Institute of Chicago here Monday. Captain Jachym is the only regular left from last year’s team and Coach Keogan is building anew machine around him. The remainder of the Notre Dame schedule follows: Dec. 12, lowa, there. Dec. 20. Northwestern, here. Dec. 23, Minnesota, there. Dec. 20. Northwestern, there. Dec. 31, Princeton, here. Jan. 7. Pennsylvania, there. Jan. 13, Franklin, here. Jan. 17, Wabash, here. Jan. 21. Drake, there. Jan. 28. Michigan State, here. Feb. 3, Michigan State, there. Feb. 7. Wisconsin, there. Feb. 11, Butler, here. Feb. 17. Carnegie Tech, there. Feb. 18. Pittsburgh, there. Feb. 23. Marouette. there. Feb. 25, Drake, here. Feb. 29, WYbash, there. Mar. 3, Marquette, here. Mar. 7. Butler, there.

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Baseball Moguls of Minor Loops Bound for Home Bu United Press DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 9.—Baseball moguls of the twenty-five leagues which met at the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues annual meeting here, were en route home today, secure in th belief they had benefltted the “notional pastime.” The meeting Thursday paved the way for adoption of the universal draft plan at the major-minor meeting in New York next week by voting 15 to 5 to order the American Association, International, Pa* cific Coast, Western and Three-Eye Leagues to discontinue the modified draft at once. The five leagues had refused to accept the agreemeent whereby players could be sent to their circuits subject to draft. Under the universal plan players with Class “A” league teams would not be elegible for draft until they have been with the league three years; Class “D” teams, two years, and the others one year. Toronto was selected for the 1928 convention. The national board of arbitration remained* in session to prepare decisions in more than 200 cases. WILL BECOME CITIZEN World’s Skating Champ Alleges Canadian Fans Afford No Support. Bn United Preax ST. JOHNS, N. 8., Dec. 9.—Charlie Gorman, world’s amateur skating champion and holdtr of records at 220 and 440 yards, will make his residence in Detroit with a view toward taking out American citizenship papers. Gorman declared Canadian fans did not support his competition. THEY’RE TOO SLOW Three Teams Withdrawn From SixDay Bike Races. Bu United Prcsx NEW YORK, Dec. 9.—Three teams were withdrawn from the six-day bicycle races at Madison Square Garden today. The teams of Willianl Harney and Larry Gaffney, Eddie Madden and Harry Horan, and Bill Coles and William Fenn were taken off the track because they interfered with the progress of the other teams. They were from 14 to 17 laps behind the leaders.

Thursday Basketball

COLLEGE Manchester, 64: Huntington, 27. De Pauw 20: Earlham, 18*. , „ Marquette, 31; Milwaukee Normal, S3. HIGH SCHOOL . Broad Ripple Freshmen, 15 Cathedral Freshmen, 14.

DEC. 9, 1927