Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 164, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 November 1929 — Page 11

NOV. 19, 1929.

Pkeian Brings Purdue From Big Ten Cellar to Title in Six Years

Modest Boilermaker Pilot Gives Team Credit for Winning Crown. HAS COACHED 12 YEARS Former Irish Star Has Had Ups and Downs. BY BERT DEMBY T'nltrd Prm Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Nov. 19. Jimmy Phelan, who coaches the Purdue j football team but doesn't do much | talking about it, has become the I

subject of practl- i cally all middle- ; western football j discussions. Rather bewild- i ered at Purdue’s winning the 1929 Big Ten title, the fans seem inclined to give Phelan most of the credit and it Isn’t amiss to say that Jimmy is deserving of the honor. The modest Phelan probably would say that

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tlie team is entirely responsible for winning the Western Conference championship, but those who have “een Purdue play realize that Jimmy’s coaching has been the important part in every Boilermaker j victory. Phelan learned his football at Notre Dame. He was graduated from that institution (if memory .serves correctly) in 1916 and went to the University of Missouri, where he eventually became head coach. Enjoying only moderate success he finally was offered the leading job at Purdue and he took charge of the Boilermakers in 1923. Yurievich Aids Hopes At that time. Purdue hadn’t won a Western Conference game in seven years, but in the first year Phelan* molded together a team which tied Indiana, traditional rival of Purdue, and everybody considered Jimmy a success. Then came lean years. The best Phelan could do was develop teams which played .500 ball. He started building for a championship when he looked over his last year’s team. He realized that in 1929 he probably would have the greatest backfield which has come the way of a middle western coach since the Four Horsemen played some excellent football for Notre Dame five years ago. He had a light, fast line, which wasn’t lacking in nerve and which could be depended upon to at least play the opposition to a standstill, but he needed someone who could plunge the other fellows’ forward wall. Phelan •‘Builds’’ White A young player named Alex Yunevich turned up and turned out to be a wonder—in fact, as great a player as he had been when he was playing in high school with Bicknell, Ind. Phelan put Yunevich Into the

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THE annual De Pauw-Wabash clash takes place at Crawfordsville Satuday afternoon and the home-coming event for the Scarlet is expected to attract a large crowd. These battles between ancient rivals nearly always supply action and the 1929 tilt stacks up as another thriller, with the De Pauw Tigers holding the edge in pregame dope. In the Tiger line Saturday will be Stegall, at center, one of the mainstays on the Greencastle squad of pigskin warriors. He has recovered from midseason injuries and aims to end the schedule fighting hard for the Old Gold colors.

BADGERS SEEK POWER Scoring Plays Stressed in Drills for Game With Gophers. Bu United Press MADISON, Wis., Nov. 19.—Scoring plays are being stressed at the University of Wisconsin football camp this week as the Badgers prepare for the final game of the season against Minnesota, Saturday. All season Wisconsin has lacked punch when within their opponents’ 10-yard line. Milo Lubratovich, giant tackle, is recovering from injuries received Oct. 26 and it is expected the entire Badger team will be in shape for the game. back field with Harmeson, Welch and White and w’hat a great back field he has! White, while he is overshadowed by the work of Harmeson, Welch and Yunevich, who do most of the ball carrying, has shown great judgment. But the point back of the White thinking is Phelan. When Jimmy played quarter back for Notre Dame he was famed for knowing what to do at the right time. Apparently he has the ability to tell other fellows how he did it, for he certainly has made White into a great quarter back.

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Close Games in Capitol League Opening games in the Capitol City Basketball league were played Monday evening. Dodge Belt, with a field goal in the last minute of play, nosed out Indianapolis Power and Light, 12 to 10. Big Four A. A. also took a close decision, defeating Ewart Belt, 22 to 18. Hare Chevrolet showed promise of causing plenty of trouble in the loop when they ran away with Indiana Electric Corporation, 27 to 12. STUDENT RIOTERS PAY Detroit U. Collegians Fined sls After Michigan State Win. By United Press EAST LANSING, Mich., Nov. 19. —Ten University of Detroit students arrested during rioting which followed their school’s 25-0 victory over Michigan State last Saturday have paid fines of sls each and been released. Twelve others paid fines immediately after they were arrested Saturday. Officials of the two schools are considering the advisability of discontinuing athletic relations.

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Yale-Harvard Classic Heads Eastern Card Other Games on Mediocre Bill Dwarfed by Annual Feud. Bu United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—The YaleHarvard game at Cambridge heads a brief list of eastern col ege football games scheduled for Saturday of the season. That game will be a giant among men of lesser stature and dwarfs, although there are a few other contests of sequence on the list. One of the best battles of the day will be between Fordham and Bucknell at the Polo Grounds. Fordham is unbeaten but twee tied, while Bucknell has been beaten cnly by W. and J. in a schedule that has included several tough games. Another thriller should take place at Bethlehem, Fa., in the meeting of Lafayette and Lehigh. Leh gh lost three games and t ed two. Lafayette lost four. But these schools are traditional rivals and there’s always a good game when they get together. Having mentioned those three games, you almost have told the story. N. Y. U. will play Putgers at the Yankee stadium here. N. Y. U. has come up fast after a poor early and mid-season record. Rutgers has lost three games. The service elevens will go Methodist, Army playing Ohio Wesleyan at West Point and Navy taking on West Virginia Wesleyan at Annapolis. Boston is to have the annual Boston ccllege-Boston university game : with the former, as usual, a wide favorite. Some of the eastern teams have completed their schedules and others are laying over for Thanksgiving day games. FRENCHMAN DRAWS LONDON, Nov. 19.—Yvan Laffineur, French welterweight, and Alf Mancini, England, fought a twelveround draw at Albert Hall Monday night.

Shires to Box in Garden By United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Art Shires, Chicago White Sox first baseman, will make his prize-ring debut at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 9 in a Christmas fund show. The pugilistically inclined ball player, who gained fame as a fighter by knocking out Lena Blackburne, Sox manager, in a playing field argument last summer, signed Monday to fight four rounds with an unselected opponent. Shires is managed by Teddy Hays, former trainer of Jack Dempsey.

City Net League Starts Tonight With Six Teams The City Basketball League will open its season tonight at the Y. M. C. A. Six teams are in the organization. The first game starts at 7 o’clock and brings together the Beech Grove Big Four and Hayes Body Corporation. Two other games follow at hour intervals. At 8 o’clock the Big Four A. A. and Marmon Motor fives clash. This game probably will be the best of the evening. The Sahara Grotto and Earl Radios meet at 9 o’clock. The games in the league will be played every Tuesday night on the Y. M. C. A. floor. As the teams consist of former high school, college and independent stars, close competition is assured. HOFFMAN IS SIGNED Dempsey Signs Georgie to Meet Les Mariner in Chicago. Bn United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—Jack Dempsey has signed Georgie Hoffman, former amateur heavyweight champion, to fight Les Mariner at Chicago on Nov. 26. Dempsey is negotiating with Maxie Rosenbloom and hopes to match the 175-pound star with Mariner for a later date. Dempsey left early today for St. Louis, where he is to referee a bout Thursday night.

Hendricks Makes Strong Bid for Berth as I. L. Leader Jack Gets Four Votes and Opponent the Same; Magnates Protest for Toporcer and Southworth.

By United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 19.—International League club owners, unable to agree on the selection of a president at their annual meeting here Monday, voted unanimously to protest “what appears to be an unjust and very excessive penalty” imposed against George Topcorcer and Manager Billy Southworth of the Rochester club for their part In a near-riot during the final game of the “little world series” at Rochester. The penalty referred to was one year’s suspension and S2OO fine for Toporcer and SSOO fine and brief suspension of Southworth, by Mike H. Sexton, president of the National Asociation of Professional Baseball Leagues (the minors). The International league offered support to both players “in their efforts to bring about a reversal of decision.” Failing to elect a president, the league named Charles L. Knapp of Baltimore to continue as chairman of the executive committee until the' minor league meeting at Chattanooga Dec. 4, 5 and 6, when another attempt will be made to select a president. The voting on a president to suc-

Big Coast Slugger Joins Sox

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FOR several years major league clubs have cast longing glances at outfielder Smead Jolley, batting star of the San Francisco Sea’s, but the Chicago White Sox were successful in purchasing the Ccast League star at the request of Ownie Bush, new manager. Jolley batted .346, .397, .404 and 386 in his four ye~rs with Frisco. It is believed he •will hit major league pitching almost as we l as t.he Coast League var ety. He’s a splendid thrower, but because of his great size, 6 feet 3 inches and 220 pounds, he has never been known to cover a great amount of territory.

ceed the late John Conway Toole, resulted in a 4-4 deadlock, with Jack Hendricks, former manager of the Cincinnati Reds, and Wililam L. Dill, motor vehicle commissioner of New Jersey, the final candidates.

Did You Know That— Dan HOWLEY says Sidney Well, Cincinnati' owner, strikes him as the sort of a man he’s going to enjoy working for. . . . The St. Louis players gave Dan a wrist watch as he was going away, . . . After Knute Rockne’s team beat Stanford several years ago, a reporter asked him if it were true, as Glen Warner said, that the Stanford players had outkicked, outrushed and out firstdowned Notre Dame. . . . “That’s true,” said the Rock, -(‘and I understand that the American League next season may decide all games on the number of men left on bases.”

Banner Season Anticipated at Havana Track Pit Times Porcini HAVANA, Cuba, Nov. 19. The Havana American Jockey Club is anticipating the greatest season in its history when the winter meeting opens here, Dec. 14, and the stables which have announced their intention of racing at Oriental park far surpass those of other years in number and prominence. According to the officials, George Odom is the latest to announce that he would campaign a large string at Havana. Odom will ship a stable of eighteen head to Havana at the close of the Maryland season. Twelve of these will be 2-year-olds, These horses, which Odom will train, will race under the colors of Marshall Field, Averill Harriman, Robert L. Gerry and other sportsmen.

WILDCAT BACK INJURED Moore May Not Start Against Ramblers; Shift Is Expected. Bu United Press EVANSTON, 111., Nov. 19.—’There was some doubt in Northwestern’s grid camp today as to the probable starting back field for the Notre Dame game Saturday. A1 Moore has not recovered from injuries received in the Indiana conflict and may not start. Russ Bergherm, star back of the Wildcat team, is in good condition. Os Baxter or Bill Griffin may fill Moore’s place, with Johnny Haas or Lee Hanley at quarter back.

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Page Builds New Defense 1. U. Fears Purdue Passes; Seats Selling Fast. Bn United Press BLOOMINGTON. Ind., Nov. 19. Coach Pat Page has taken a tip from the Puraue-lowa game, and started the week with defensive work against overhead tactics which clinched the Big Ten title for Purdue last Saturday. With a Big Ten victory at last under their belts, the Hoosiers feel that they might close the season in glory with a victory over the champions. The team suffered a hard pummeling, however, in taking its 19-14 fourth quarter victory over Northwestern last Saturday. Enthusiasm is running high on the Crimson campus. The growth of interest was shown by the heavy sale of tickets Monday and 1.500 more ducats were rushed to Indianapolis and Lafayette on requests. Officials stated temporary bleachers would be erected, to take care of from 3,000 to 5,000 more fans. YOUNG GRID MENTOR Joe McKenney, 24-year-old football coach at Boston college, is said to be the youngest head football coach in major gridiron circle.

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