Indianapolis Times, Volume 40, Number 158, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 November 1928 — Page 12
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Talking It Over WITH JOE WILLIAMS
NEW YORK, Nov. 22.—The United Press cables from Vienna of the interesting case of one Josef Uridil, Austrian football star, who is undergoing a treatment designed to restore his former greatness on the field
of sport. His “power” glands were opened and recharged and a daily check of his condition indicates a “satisfactory growth of new muscular energy.” Within a month or so, presumably, Mr., Uridil will be as good as ever, and if the owner changes his oil every 500 miles and is careful
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not to let his batteries run down he oughtn’t to be back in the repair pits for years. Mr. Uridil’s adventure in the jocular realm of glands suggestc many possibilities. This is, as far as your correspondent knows, the first time the athletes have gone in for glands in a serious way. tt tt tt UP till now the experiment has been reserved more or less exclusively for aged financiers. But now that the* science of surgery promises the athletes an added span of peak power in some instances and in others a recovery of lost genius, the way is opened for anew deal in a number of sports. a u a Also, there is something almost providential in the coincidence that brings the “power glands” to light the same year that some of sportdom’s greatest performers are passing into obscurity because of the paralyzing touch of a merciless time.
IT IS GOOD INDEED TO KNOW THERE IS HOPE. FOR IF AUSTRIA CAN SALVAGE HER GREATEST FOOTBALL STAR THOUGH THE MAGIC OF THE ETHER CONE AND THE GLISTENING BLADE. WHO IS THERE TO SAY THAT THE MAGNIFICENT WRECKS OF DEMPSEY, TILDEN, COBB AND SPEAKER MAY NOT BE REBUILT AND SET AFLOAT ONCE MORE ON THE COMPETITIVE SEAS? MR. DEMPSEY could use a set of power glands. He showed that very clearly in the seventh round at Chicago. He stood on the threshhold of a miracle. A few running steps and another swinging punch and he would have rewritten the harshest law in life, “They Never Come Back.” a u The carbureter was willing, but the gas tank was empty. There was yes, yes in his heart, but no, no in his ankles. At that precious moment, Mr. Dempsey, the monarch of maul, would have given his kingdom in Hollywood for a power gland. MR. TILDEN RAn’oUt’ OF POWER AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME. TILDEN HAD HELD THE AMERICAN TENNIS TITLE SO LONG THAT WHEN RENE LACOSTE CAME ALONG AND TOOK IT AWAY FROM HIM TWO YEARS AGO THERE WAS ANGRY TALK OF CALLING OUT THE MARINES. THE ARMY BACK FIELD AND THOSE TWO FELLOWS WHO VOTED FOR SMITH IN FLORIDA. 0 0 0 THIS championship had come to be looked on as the personal property of Mr. Tilden, along with his ears and his dinner coat. At the present moment Mr. Tilden is under somewhat of a cloud, having been suspended from amateur tennis, or that species of the sport which passes for amateur tennis, and I’m not sure whether he could use any power glands or not.
Still, I have heard It whispered the main reason Mr. Tilden was suspended was that he had lost his power and was no longer a great gate attraction, the sordid implication being that the tennis association was disposed to wink slyly at Mr. Tilden’s frequent and flagrant infractions of the amateur code as long as his genius burned brightly enough to lure the customers. 000 BOY, CALL UP THE TENNIS ASSOCIATION AND SEE IF THEY’D BE INTERESTED IN A SET OF POWER GLANDS FOR MR. TILDEN. TELL ’EM. I’VE GOT VIENNA ON THE WIRE. Dempsey Evasive About Fighting HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Nov. 22. Jack Dempsey didn’t make a lot of money on his grape crop this year so! you shouldn’t be surprised if he goes back for one more fight, he said when asked about his future plans. Pempsey arrived home Wednesday from an unsuccessful eastern stage venture, but would reveal nothing in particular about the probability of his return to the ring. Dempsey was willing to talk grapes to; any extent, but dodged questions of'.whether he would again put on the gloves.
Amateur Football
Crimson stars request the manager of the Junior A. C. team to call immediately. De. 1 is an open date. Call Ir. 3359-R and ask for Bill or write William Frobenius, 615 North Drexel avenue. A good game is expected at Ellenberger park Sunday when the St.. Philips Boys' Cltfb tackles tlie St. Joe Ramblers. The Jeajns met early <n the season, St. Joe winning 12 to 7 in a thrilling game. Lincoln Highways, local Negro football o>ub, will practice at 4:30 this gfternoon at Douglas park. Joe Tarrance and Hawkins please attend. Indianapolis Triangles will play the Mapletons Sunday at Garfield park. All players wishing to play Sunday must report for practice at 7 Friday night. EROEBEL GARY VICTOR GARY. Ind., Nov. 22.—The Gary city high school grid title was won by Froebel, Wednesday, when Emerson was defeated, 13 to 6. The winners also annexed the northern Indiana conference honors, and are claiming the mythical state championship. ~ * Froebel is undefeated and untied
Greatest Week-End of 1928 Football ( Just Around the Corner ’
Saturday Crammed With Traditional Rivalry Struggles; Indiana, Purdue Tangle for Thirty-First Time. BY NORMAN E. ISAACS
t Just around the corner is a Saturday of football which looms as the greatest week-end of the 1928 gridiron season — the day of traditional struggles, and battles to decide the championships of various conferences and portions of the nation.
Manual, Tech Go Through Final Drills City Rivals Ready for Clash Friday at South Side Field.
Technical and Manual were to put the finishing touches on their preparatory work for their contest at Manual’s new athletic field Friday at 2 p. m. Both squads are in good shape and the Green and White still remain a heavy favorite Manual coaches have devoted much time to defense this week and are hopeful their Red and White charges will be able to halt the driving Tech offense Friday. Although the Techites have by far the best season record the soutn siders are not downcast nor pessimistic and are confident the Arsenalites will have a tough time in the contest.
Big Four Meets Detroit Quintet Bob Nipper’s Big Four A. A. basketball squad will swing into home action Saturday night at the Beech Grove high school gym against the powerful Michigan Central team of Detroit, led by the noted Sid Sankovic. The game will start at 8:15 and will be preceded by a game between The Indianapolis Times squad and Big Four Apprentices.
Purdue Is Ready for Big Contest By United Press LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 22.—The Purdue Boilermakers were ready today for the tapering-off process, in preparation for their annual clash here Saturday with Indiana. Seventeen members of the squad will play their last game for Purdue this week-end. The varsity was sent against the freshmen Wednesday and the rhinies, using I U. plays, were badly batteted up at the end of the drill. A huge pep session is to be held in the armory Friday evening.
Local Bowling Gossip
The deadline for entries in the coming city tournament is Saturday Nov. 24 at midnight. Norman Hamilton, in an appeal to the bowlers of the eighteen club Commercial league to enter this meet, told the boys that if Indianapolis ever expected to secure the national A. B. C. event, it must first support this tourney. The fee is small, special booster prizes will take care of the lower average team, and all arrangements are being made to give every squad the best possible service. Send in your team entry today and help make this meet the biggest and best. The Hare Chevrolet team rolled the best total in the Indianapolis league with games of 962, 971 and 1,015, a count of 2.948. These scores were good for a three-time win over the 3-F Coffee. The Halgren
I. U. Mat Coach to Take on Mexican Indian
. W. H. Thom, Indiana university wrestling coach, instead of Jack Reynolds, will meet Yaqui Joe, Mexican Indian, in the main go of Monday night’s mat show at Tomlinson hall. Reynolds wired Promoter McLemore he would be unable to fill the date and McLemore got busy and secured Thom, who formerly played football and wrestled for lowa university. He also coached the Wabash (Ind.) high school gridders. The Thom-Yaqui match will be to a finish, two falls in three. In a time limit bout here some time ago the pair went to a draw. The Indian has yet to lose, a bout in Indianapolis. Two other matches will be added to the Monday card, the first starting at 8:30. H A W KEYTS~WORK~H A R D Bn United I J rrn* lOWA CITY, la., Nov. 22.—The lowa Hawkeyes went through strenuous scrimmage Wednesday, the last one on the home field this year. Friday they leave for Ann Arbor for the last game of the season with Michigan. Neither line plays nor the aerial attack functioned against the freshmen and Coach Ingwersen substituted many times.
N. D. AND CARNEGIE Bn Times Speeinl SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 22. Notre Dame and Carnegie Tech meet in football next year on Nov 23 at Pittsburgh, Knute Rockne announced Wednesday night. Rockne denied a statement credited to him saying the rivals would not meet again until 1930. WOLVERINES JUGGLED By United Press ANN ARBOR, Mich., Nov. 22. The Michigan squad underwent a juggling Wednesday as Coach Tad Wieman endeavored to present a more formidable line against lowa. H. S. BASKETBALL Greencastle, 39; Cloverdale, 21. Delphi, 50; Tipton, 32.
The climactic moment of the Indiana season will come when Indiana and Purdue, Hoosierdom’s Big Ten representatives, tangle on the turf of Ross-Ade stadium, Lafayette, in the thirty- first meeting between the schools. Purdue has the edge with sixteen victories to Indiana’s ten triumphs. Four of the games wound up in ties. A little less in importance, perhaps, but none the less a traditional rivalry engagement, will be the battle between Wabash and De Pauw at Greencastle. All the color, all the thrills of Hoosier football will be crammed into those two games Saturday. A Great Obstacle Wisconsin, the sole undefeated eleven in the Big Ten, its record marred only by a tie with Purdue, faces its last obstacle in the quest for the Big Ten championship. The obstacle is a mighty big dne—Minnesota—and the game will be fought at Madison. Should Minnesota win, the conference race will fall into an uncomfortable muddle with several teams entitled to a share of the honors. Still another big “traditional” encounter will be waged in the Illinois stadium at Urbana when the Hlini mix it up with Ohio State. Then there’s the Michigan-lowa fracas at Ann Arbor, another big go which is a certain stadium “filler." Purple Battles Dartmouth Northwestern will do its Saturday pastiming against Dartmouth, one of the featured intersectional engagements of the day. Chicago, the only other Big Ten team, completed its season last week-end. Eastward the fans are nearing the hysterical stage. Harvard plays its traditional foe—Yale in the New Haven Bowl, in what normally would be the big attraction. But there are other frays attracting attention. Topping the list is the Carnegie Tech-N. Y. U. battle at Pittsburgh. For the Skibos the tilt is the final obstacle to overcome in order to lay claim to the mythical national gridiron crown. Nebraska Plays Army Nebraska goes east to wage an intersectional tilt with the great Army eleven at West Point, and Princeton plays the Navy eleven. Missouri valley fans have the typical symptoms and that section is talking solely of the big rivalry clash between Kansas and Missouri at Columbia. The big game on the Pacific coast will be the fray between Stanford and California at Berkeley. WON’T MEET IN 1929 Sewanee and Texas A. and M., who have played football annually for a number of years, won't meet in 1929.
BY LEFTY LEE
Peoria Life, Marotts and Auto Equipment also won three from the Coca-Cola, American Central Life and Hukle Specials, as the Silver Flash and Falls City Lager took two from the Meridian Garage ana Kirschner-Lovlck Body Cos. Haislup had the best total among the individuals with a score of 638 on games of 236, 191 and 211. Mounts had 624; Pritchett. 613; Powers, 609. and Sargent, 62,. The Major Hoople and Tag-a-Long teams won three games from the Freckels and Sam Howdy boyi as the Bull-o-the-Woods and Lighthouses took the odd game from the Pop Gunn and Boots Buddies, in the Indianapolis Times league series at the Indiana alleys. Sam Light turned in the best total with games of 210, 193 and 169, a score of 372. The Old Gold girls continue to set the pace In the Indiana Ladies league. Wednesday night they defeated the Big Four A. A. three times. The Indiana Theater also won three from the S. S. and S. as the Anheuser-Busch and Miller Sandwich lost two to the Hoosier Hose and Prest-O-Lite Battery. Alice Bhea rolled a fine series, getting 192, 168 and 221 for a total of 581, an average of 193 2-3 pins per game. The Indianapolis Candy was the only club able to win three games In the Uptown league, the Coca-Cola boys being the victims. In the other games the Ideal Cleaners, American Line Bair’s Uptown and Hanna Regulars i ated the Cook Bros.. Artificial Ice, ..ham Oil and Metalcraft In two-out-of-three. Harry Krels had 631 on games of 218, 189 and 224. which was high. W. Plez had 612; Matthews, 612. and John Blue. 606. Plez secured his 612 with three of the most consistent games ever recorded, his score sheet showing games of 204, 204 and 204, three alike. The Fishermen and Distributors won three from the Overheads and Plant 3 Sluggers as the Straight Eight and Pencil Pushers won two from the Experimental and Melters in the Marmon league series at the Capitol alleys. Rice rolled high game with a score of 221. The Marquettes, Pintas and Calumets won two from the Ninas, Santa Marla's and La Salles while the Columbians made a clean sweep of their series with the Isabellas In the K. of C. league games at the Century alleys.
The Rockwood Five and Century Lunch won three games from the Barbecue Supply and Century Boosters as the Century alley girls won two from the Lucky Strikes In the Century Ladles league. Johns rolled best with a total of 531 on games of 169, 197 and 165. The Bankers league games at the Delaware alleys showed a three-time win for the Fletcher American, and American Central Life over the Farmers Trust and Continental National, as the Fletcher Savings and Trust lost two to the City Trust. The Marlon County team rolled games at which their opponents will roll later. At the Illinois alleys the Grotto league rolled their weekly series, the Blue Devils, Guards and Prophets taking three from the Tails. Monarchs and Drum Corps, while the Musters and Deputies annexed the odd game In their series with the Hoofs and Fezzes. Nell King had the best total with 597 on games of 173. 204 and 220. In the Furniture league at the Capitol alleys the Victors beat the Taylors two out of three,. Whites knocked off Colonial the same way and the opponents of Baker Bros, will roll later. Tom Quinn of the Whites and McGall of the Victors crashed the maples for the best scores. Quinn getting 189. 173 and 233 for a total of 595 while McGall hit for 182. 225 and 207 for the big total of 614. Quinn’s 233 was single game high in the Furniture loop. EN~ROUTE TO CHICAGO 81l United Press HANOVER, N. H.. Nov. 22.—The Dartmouth football team is en route to Chicago for its final game of the season with Northwestern. The squad held its final practice Wednesday and celebrated by burning the tackling dummy.
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Bring ‘Em on! Say Tiger Gridders
Left to right: Scott, De Pauw full back; W. L. (Bish) Hughes, De Pauw head coach; Firebaugh, captain and tackle.
SHARPENING their grid claws to meet the invasion of their Wabash rivals Saturday, the De Pauw Tigers "fear no Caveman” and are out to scratch up the white lines Saturday at the expense of the boy friends from up the Monon. The contest will be staged at Greencastle and will end the football season for both teams. De Pauw-Wabash struggles attract state-wide interest every year and De Pauw officials promise accommodations for all who make the journey to Blackstock field. The big idea of the Tigers is to get even for last year’s defeat at the hands of the Scar-
Cruising In Sportland WITH EDDIE ASH
STRAIGHT through, since 1890, with the exception of one year, 1906, Minnesota and Wisconsin have met on the gridiron, and when Gophers and Badgers battle Saturday it will be the thirty-eighth clash between the rival northern schools. The rivals even didn’t take time out during the Spanish-American war or the World war, and the reason they failed to get together in 1906 must have been very serious. During the long stretch Minnesota has won twenty times, Wisconsin twelve and five ties resulted. n tt tt And now here they are again grooming for another important engagement, with the Big Ten championship going to the Badgers if they win. Victory for Minnesota won’t carry the title, for the “Minnies” have lost two games, 7 to 6 and 10 to 9. mum DEFEATS OF THAT SORT GRATE HARD AND THE GOPHERS DOUBTLESS WILL ENDEAVOR TO CHEW UP THEIR NEIGHBOR STATE TEAM, DECISIVELY, IF POSSIBLE, WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS AT MADISON. IT S GOING TO BE A SCRAP, BOYS. HC OSIER hearts, in most cases, are with Wisconsin, for it was Purdue that got a tie with the Badgers, 19 to 19. Furtherir ire. Glenn Thistlethwaite, Badger coi :h, is a product of Earlham. And Minnesota disposed of both Indiana and Purdue. man Minnesota is trying to appear in the role of an underdog as the fracas approaches, but few grid fans ever figure the Gophers in that light regardless of their record. .The boys are too big to need sympathy. mum AT KOKOMO RECENTLY DR. WALTER GIPE BOWLED 298, MISSING A PERFECT SCORE BY TWO POINTS. WHEN GIPE USED TO BOWL OVER GRID OPPONENTS FOR SHORTRIDGE AND WABASH HE SELDOM EVER MISSED EVEN THAT MUCH. nun THE new boxing commission has ruled against the holding of “mixed” bouts in the city. Shades of “Chief” John Metoquah and “Chief” Jack Elkhart! u u u There are plenty of “ifs” to the Big Ten Saturday, chief of which is the “if” that will occur if Wisconsin loses and the games between Illinois and Ohio State and lowa and Michigan end in tie scores. And il that happens four teams will be claiming a title share. tt a a REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENS TO THE BADGERS SATURYDAY, THEY WILL HAVE THE USUAL OBSTACLES NEXT FALL. FOR INCLUDED ON THE WISCONSIN 1929 CARD ARE NORTHWESTERN. NOTRE DAME. lOWA, PURDUE. CHICAGO AND MINNESOTA.
More Pep When Team Wins By NEA Service SOUTH BEND, Ind., Nov. 22. —Does a football team affect the studies of the school as a whole? Knute Rockne thinks so. And, like everything else this noted football coach thinks and says, it is worth paying attention to. “A winning team helps the scholastic standing of the whole school,” he observed here recently. “When the team is winning, the student body moves along in its studies with zip and pep, but when the teanv is losing, the students slums) in their scholastic work.”
let and thereby cause the Cavemen to return to Crawfordsville feeling blue —like indigo. De Pauw downed Muncle Normal last Saturday, 19 to 0, a feat which indicated the Tigers are at the peak, for Butler beat the same Muncietes only 12 to 6. Coach Bish Hughes has seen his team Improve with the advance of the season and only two tilts have been lost—to Army and Purdue. De Pauw scored twice on the Army, much to the surprise of the critics. Scott and Firebaugh are two of the leading members of the Greencastle machine and they have been prominent all season.
BY next fall, if something isn’t done to prod the Maroons, other Big Ten teams will figure Chicago one of those “breather” opponents. a u a Byron Eby, flashy Ohio State half back, has a hunch his team will knock off the Illini Saturday. His auto turned over in a ditch and became a total wreck while Eby escaped with only minor bruises. 00# THE LUCK OF PAT PAGE S TEAM IS IMPROVING. THE BOYS NOT ONLY DEFEATED NORTHWESTERN IN THE MUD LAST SATURDAY. BUT COLLECTED $2,500 RAIN INSURANCE TO BOOT. 0 0 0 IF anybody in baseball is entitled to “sing the blues” and talk grief It Is Bill McKechnie. He won the National League pennant and world’s series in 1925, as Pittsburgh pilot, and lost that job. And the past season he managed another pennant winner and he's out again.
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Prominent Men to Attend Game By United Press WEST POINT, N. Y., Nov. 22. The University of Nebraska will be cheered by several celebrities in its game with Army here Saturday. Among those who will be here to cheer the Huskers will be VicePresident Dawes, Governor Adam McMullen of Nebraska, Governor George Dern of Utah, Governor Theodore Christiansen of Minnesota and Governor-Elect Arthur J. Weaver of Nebraska. Governor Dern formerly captained the Corn Husker eleven. ALL PLAYERS IN TRIM Illini to Take Field Saturday With Whole Squad Ready. By United Press CHAMPAIGN. 111., Nov. 22.—The chances seem excellent that the Illini will take the field S iturday against Ohio State with every man on the squad ready for action. All the regulars were in position Wednesday.
Tracy Cox and Allen to Meet on Legion Card Tracy Cox, popular local boxer, will make his first appearance of the indoor season at the armory next Tuesday night, when he performs in the eight-round semiwindup against Bobby Allen of Chicago. “Coxie” is one lad who likes nothing better than to tangle with an opponent willing to “slug it out.” Since the legion matchmaker is convinced armory fans want matches of the “murder” type, he is going to the limit to supply this kind of battles in the preliminaries Tuesday. The feature event between Frankie Garcia and Babe Ruth should set a hot pace along this line. Garcia is training at the Arcade gym. Wednesday he took on three sparmates—Jackie Coogan, Sammy Price and Bobby Allen—in rapid succession. Pacific Rivals Set for Action By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 22.—The football teams of Stanford and California were reported in perfect shape today, each combination being carefully guarded and kept in seclusion until the “big game” at Berkeley Saturday. Approximately 90,000 persons will pay $400,000 for the privilege of watching the game, it was estimated today. A record crowd of 87,100 persons' attended the “big” game last year. OHIO LINEUP REVAMPED Coach Wilce Shakes up Buckeye Squad for Illinois Tilt. By United Press COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. 22.—A revamped Ohio lineup probably will face Illinois Saturday. Barkins probably will be at center, Hieronymous at tackle, Fouch at quarter, Holman at left half and Kruskamp at full back. Coach Wilce said the Illinois style of play caused the shakeup. WISCONSIN IN SHAPE Badgers Primed for Important Clash With Minnesota Eleven. By United Press MADISON, Wis., Nov. 22.—Wisconsin, riding the crest of the Big Ten percentage column, is in shape for the Minnesota clash Saturday, the last of the season. Should the Badgers win they will be undisputed champions of the circuit.
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Scarlet Team on ‘Edge’ for De Pauw Fray Vaughan Has Scarlet Squad Ready for Saturday Grid Game. By Times Sncclol CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind., Nov. 22.—The Wabash college football squad, instilled with the old Little Giant spirit was to be sent through a snappy limbering up drill on Ingalls field In preparation for the annual renewal of the old feud with De Pauw Saturday at Greencastle. Head Coach Pete Vaughan has been working hard with his Scarlet outfit and the chant of “Wabash always fights I” has been resounding over the campus all week. The squad is right on edge and primed for the battle with the Tigers. The starting lineups in Saturday’s fray at the home of the Methodists probably will be as follows: DE PAUW WABASH Loveless ...f. L. E.. Collins Firebaugh L. T Alexander Struck L. G McMasters Howell C Calle Bray R. G Blackmore Nelrgarth R. T Taylor Johnson R. E Latimer Gunn Q. B Casey Hogan L. H Bayer Casslday R. H Robbins Scott F. B Berkey Nurmi Is After World 5 Records By United Press STOCKHOLM, Nov. 22.—1n an interview, Paavo Nurmi, Finnish runner, announced he was going to the United States early In December and attempt to break all world records from 2 to 25 miles. The interview quoted Nurmi ad saying that the question of his turning professional was unsettled until he arrived in the United States. BROCKMEYER ON BENCH Speedy Golpher Half Back May Not See Action Saturday. By United Press MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 22.—Brockmeyer, the Minnesota speedy half back, was on the sidelines Wednesday night with a lame leg when the team went through its final hard scrimmage of the season. There is a possibility he may not be able to go in against Wisconsin. FIRST HARD PRACTICE By United Press PRINCETON, N. J., Nov. 22.—The Princeton Tigers held their first hard practice of the week Wednesday for the Navy game. The varsity had a stiff workout.
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