Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 166, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 November 1931 — Page 25

NOV. 20, 1931

Talking It Over BY JOE WILLIAMS

BOSTON, Nov. 20— One reason why Harvard is finishing off a very successful football season and approaching the Yale game with high spirits is Will Bingham. You won’t fintf Bingham's name in the varsity lineup. He doesn't make any end runs or throw any long touchdown passes. Briefly speaking, he is the stage manager of the show, the man behind the drop curtains, the director of athletics. It ws Bingham who strung along with Arnle Horween, the Chicago Jewish boy. who once played professional football under the name of Murphy. Bingham lilted the way Horween did things. He liked the way he handled the men and ran the team. Horween turned out to be all right. He beat Yale three times in a row and then resigned to go into business with his family, Bingham had been anticipating this. Prom year to year, Horween had been threatening to quit. Just to be prepared Bingham moved Eddie Casey up from the freshman squad Id be Horween’s assistant. Casey had been a Harvard back field star some ten or twelve years back. In 1919 Casey took a forty-yard forward pass from Winslow Felton and translated it into a touchdown against Yale. This pass made history. In point of yardage it still remains uneaualled. Casey had had a good record with the Harvard freshman. He developed some fine varsity bail players One of them was Ben Tichnor, as great a center as the east has seen in twenty years. Another was Barry Wood, sensational captain of the present unbeaten squad. There was nothing unusual about deciding upon Casey as Horween's successor—except for this: Once before he had been tried as a head coach and he had flopped. This was at Tufts, a much smaller college. Bingham knew about this and it must have given him pause. Still, on his record as a freshman coach. Casev rated a trial. On top of that he was an old Harvard man—an important consideration on the banks of the Charles. a a a WHEN Bingham handed Casey the job he said this to him: “You know football and you know men. There is no reason why you shouldn’t make good. But here’s one thing you should keep in mind. Coaching a varsity squad is much different from coaching a freshmen squad. Nobody pays much attention to what the freshmen do. Everybody keeps an eye on the varsity. “This means you are going to be constantly open to criticism. Your future more or less will depend upon how you react to the criticism.'’ Casey has managed to meet this problem in a very satisfactory wav. On the theory that nobody ever criticises a winner. he has stepped out and won every game since the season started. But to get back to Bingham. He is also the gentleman who barred Ted Husing. the radio announcer, because he referred to the playing of two Harvard backs— Wood and Crlckard—as putrid. At the time. Bingham said no man can come into the Harvard stadium and call a Harvard man putrid. He still feels that way about it. I sat talking with Bingham in his office Thursday. There Is an open fireplace In the office and over it an oaken mantelpiece. On the mantelpiece are a number of framed pictures. One of them is President Lowell of Harvard who persuaded Bingham to take over Harvard athletics. Set off in a silver frame is the likeness of two youngsters, beaming scions of the Bingham household. Pointing to them he said: “I wouldn't stand for anybody calling one of them putrid, and I won’t stand for anybody calling a Harvard bov that. I'm not against free speech or frank criticism, but I am against bad taste. We do not charge the broadcasters for *he privileges of putting our games on the air. We do not ask the right to censor what the broadcasters sav any more than we would the news writers, but we do feel that good taste should govern both operations." a a a Your correspondent agrees with Bingham that Husing was guilty of extremely bad taste. He agrees also that such an offense merited a rebuke of some sort. But he does not agree that the offense was of sufficient seriousness to place a permanent bar on a nationally popular air worker. Asa matter of fact it isn’t likely to be a permanent bar. Bingham is not a vindictive person. Husing probably will be invited back next year.

Feminine Wrestlers and Boxers Perform Tonight

Boxing, wrestling and trapeze events will be staged at Tomlinson hall tonight by the group of women athletes now lq the city. There will be three boxing matches held and two mat bouts with women competing. A number of circus aerial performers will display their acts as an added attraction. In the wrestling events Mae Stein will oppose Teddy Myers and Ruby Allen will meet Neil Donald. In the boxing bouts Violet Bezenah will oppose Zonja Eliss, Joy Cinders will trade punches with Pearl Smith and Puggy Mack will meet Helen Hart. Some of the feminine performers are said to be fast and tricky with the gloves. Action starts at 8:30.

Thursday Fight Results

AT CHICAGO—PauIie Walker, 149>i. New York, outpointed Tommy Rios. 149'i. Tucson. Ariz.. 18). Prank Batßglia. 159'i. Winnipeg. knocked out Johnny Burns. 165. Oakland. Calif.. (I). Mickey O'Neil. 144. Milwaukee. Wis.. won a four-round decision from Kelly Kulac. 141 Chicago. Mickey Patrick. 165. Chicaßo. defeated Jack Barry. 169>i. Chicago. (4). AT MUNCIE. Ind.—Jack King. St. Louis welterweight, gave Tonv Lombarado of Toledo at bad beating in a furious tenround bout. Kine dropped Lombardo for a count of nine in the second round. AT BOSTON—Ernie Schanf. 208. Boston, outpointed Jack Dorval. 214. Quincy UO'Tom McNeelev. 182. Cambridge. outpointed Jack Weinert, 177’?. Cleveland i4l

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I. U. PITS STRONG LINE AGAINST PURDUE’S BACKS

Hoosier Big Ten Twins Ready for Annual Gridiron Rivalry Struggle

Dirty Work By United Press PORT JERVIS, N. Y., Nov. 20.—“ Dirty work at the crass roads" —the cross roads being Port Jervis—was charged today following a safe robbery that diverted attention of the police football team from its game with Sing Sing prison Sunday. “Sing Sing alumni staged that high school safe robbery," according to spokesmen for the police team which is to do or die for the Big Blue in*the gridiron tussle with the black and white of the Big House. “When that alumnus took that $267 from the safe, it broke the morale of the local eleven, took the stars away from practice, and took the minds of the whole squad off their game and back to their work.” “Never mind,” Chief Edward V. Moorehead declared in an official statement. “We’ll lick ’em yet.”

Jones Enters Middleweight Title Finals By United Press MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. 20. Gorilla Jones, Akron, 0., Negro, entered the finals of the National Boxing Association’s middleweight title tournament by defeating Frankie O’Brien, Hartford, Conn., in 10 rounds here Thursday night. Jones won five rounds. O’Brien won two and three rounds were declared even. In the other 10-round bout, Henry Firpo, Louisville, Ky., and Odonne Piazza, middleweight champion of Italy, fought to a draw. The decision necessitated two more bouts to determine the titleholder, since the winners of last night’s fights were to meet in the finals Nov. 30. The N. B. A. will rule in the case. Sampson and Domar Clash Jack Domar, Texas welterweight grappler, faces a tough foe tonight

at the Armory when he takes on Bobby Sampson, speedy Los Angeles youth, for two out of three falls. Another three-fall event will pit Buck Weaver, former Indiana U. grid and grapple star, against Blacksmith Pedigo of Louisville.

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In the one-fall events, Johnny Carlin tangles with Floyd Byrd and Sam Markowit* faces Dick Mitchell. Frank Buchanan will referee, according to promoter Jimmie McLemore, and the first bout starts at 8:30. Badgers Try New Attack By Times Special MADISON, Wis.. Nov. 20.—Secret practice sessions have ended for the Wisconsin Badgers, and they will enter Saturday’s game with Chicago with several new plays to spring on the Maroons. Coach Glenn Thistlethwaite gave his pastimers a day of rest today. By United Press CHICAGO. Nov 20—The University of Chicago eleven rounded off their preparations for the annual game with Wisconsin today with added study of the Badgers’ wing back formation with which the Maroon freshmen have gained consistently against the varsity.

ON AIR SATURDAY C.S.T. 12:15—Yale vs. Harvard, NBC network, including WEAF, AVLIT. WLS. WRC. WGY. WSAI. WOW, CKGW, WDAY. WRVA WSM. KPRC. 1:0ft —Mincsota vs. Michigan, KSTP. I:3o—Notre Dame vs. Southern California. CBS Network, including WABC. WGB. WHK. WLAP. WFBM. WCCO. WISN. AVDSU. WCAU. W’TOC. WGN. Also WKBF. Indianapolis. 1:45 —Illinois ts. Ohio. W’TAM. Marauette vs. Creighton. WHAD. Wisconsin vs. Chicago, KYW. 2:oo—Northwestern vs. lowa. WSCI. 2:ls—Notre Dame vs. Southern California, NBC network, including 4VJZ. WOAI. WLW.

Fierce Battle Predicted as Crimson’s Speedy Forwards Strive to Halt Boilermakers’ Fleet Ball-Toters; Festivities Open Tonight at Bloomington. BY VERN BOXELL Southern Indiana hills today echoed the cry of “Beat Purdue,” as I. U. interest in the annual Crimson-Boilermaker classic gridiron struggle reached fever heat. For time since 1891, the Hoosier Big Ten twins will battle for supremacy. Vanguard of the huge crowd expected to witness the fray poured into Bloomington today. Festivities are scheduled to get under way tonight with the traditional mock funeral services for Purdue. I. U. students, dressed in mourning, will parade to the strains of a funeral dirget and deposit the effigy of Purdue in a freshly-dug grave on the campus. A rfed-fire pep session, at

which members of the Hoosiers squad will appear for their annual Purdue appetite-whetting, will follow. Eighteen of the thirty-three pre-

vious games have ended with the Lafayetters o n the long end, and four games ended in draws. From 1924 until last year, the best I. U. could do was an 0-0 deadlock in 1925. A thrilling pass to Vic Dauer and Ed Hughes accurate extra point kick gave the Hoosiers a thrilling 7

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to 6 decision at Lafayette last fall. I. U. Has Line Edge It will be Indiana’s line against Purdue's backfield in Saturday’s struggle The 1931 forward wall, molded by Butch Nowack, former Illinois all-America tackle and assistant to Billy Hayes, is the strongest line turned out at the Crimson school in many campaigns. Fighting Joe Zeller, 180 pounds of dynamite, who plays a roving guard assignment, is the leader of the Crimson forwards. Amby Rascher is the only other senior in the line, which includes Kechick at guard, Spannuth or Beeson at center, Rehm-and Anglemeyer at tackles, and Dickey, Hansen, Lyons and Martich at the flanks. Purdue’s forward, led by the brilliant Captain Ookie Miller, one of the best pivots in the mid-west, a>*d Paul Moss, spectacular end, will hold a weight advantage over their Hoosier rivals. Merz at end, Husar and Boswell at tackles, and Fassler and Janecek at guard are other Boilermaker forwards. Purdue Backs Best On the other side, Purdue boasts the most powerful array of scoring threats, headed by the sensational sophomore pair, Paul Pardonner at quarter and Fred Hecker at half back. In addition to these rookie flashes, the trio of veteran stars, Ed Risk, Jim Purvis and husky Alex (The Great) Yunevich will be ready for action. Roy Horstman, star junior full back, and Doxie Moore, another promising sophomore, may miss action due to injuries. Bob Jones is the sophomore “find” of the Hayes coached squad. Edmonds, Vic and Ray Dauer, Saluski, Baer, Sawicki, Babb, Fuqua, Opasik, Oren and Kneipple are other I. U. ball carriers who probably will see action. Light Drills Today Both teams are expected to cut loose with flashy aerial games, Vic Dauer and Opasik doing the tossing for Indiana, and Hecker and Pardonner on the hurling end for Purdue. Light drills today were to wind up pre-game activities at both camps. Perfection of a defense to halt Purdue’s sweeping end runs has been the goal of I. U. mentors this week, with only light signal drills, tag scrimmage and punting practice on the offensive side. 1 A reduction in prices was announced at Bloomington today when 2,600 seats for the game will be placed on sale at $1 each a few hours before game time.

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Legion Ring Bill Filled Twenty-eight rounds of preliminary milling have been signed to support the state title middleweight scrap between Kid Slaughter of Terre Haute and Gary Leach of Gary at the Armory Tuesday night. The complete card follows: Ten Rounds (for Indiana middleweight title)—Gary Leach. Gary. vs. Kid Slaughter, Terre Haute; middieweights. Eight Rounds—Scotty Scotten, Indianapolis, vs. Babe Ruth Louisville; feathers. Six Rounds—Jimmie Nasser, Terre Haute, vs. Frank Rosenstein, Indianapolis; lieht heavies. Six Rounds—Jimmie Fox. Indianapolis, vs. Jimmie Buckler. Louisvile; bantams. Four Rounds—Leo Lanagan. Indianapolis, vs. Leonard Chapman. Indianapolis; flyweights. Four Rounds—Charley Appalonio. Logansport, vs. Snakey Huff, Jamestown; middleweights. Gary Leach came to town Thursday to finish his training for his title tilt with Kid Slaughter, and will work out each afternoon at the Bowman gymnasium at Maryland and Illinois streets. Slaughter is training in the gymnasium of his manager, Bud Taylor, at Terre Haute, and will not arrive here until Tuesday morning. Taylor informs the legion Slaughter will be in top condition to defend his 160-pound crown. Two Buckeye Stars Return By United Press COLUMBUS, 0., Nov. 20.—A week of light drill, devoted chiefly to pass defense, was to end today as the Ohio State eleven held final practice for the annual Illinois game Saturday. Joe Gailus, injured guard, will return to his post and Mike Vuchinich will replace Watson Welever at full back. CHAMPAIGN, 111., Nov. 20.—The Illini football squad entrained Thursday for Columbus, 0,, and the annual Ohio State game. Light drill on Ohio State’s field was scheduled today. MANUAL CAGERS PLAY Manual high school cagers will play their second game of the season at Pittsboro tonight. The reserve teams of the two schools will play a Curtain raiser at 7 p. m. Manual lost to Edinburg in its first start last week. IRISH IN CHARITY TILT Cathedral high school netters have moved up the opening game of their cage card to Dec. 2, when they will play a charity game at Lebanon, Coach Joe Dienhart announced today. The Irish will play Brownsburg on Dec. 4.

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Carries Purdue’s Hopes

PJ *ls&* ■"**" VHHt Purdue’s hopes of regaining the Old Oken Bucket, victory symbol .-s'^^^l of the Boilermakers' time-honored rivalry with Indiana, depends on aiW ™ W fc.te:- ; ' the performance of its star backs. *^||§ The Crimson defenders of the bucket probably will hold an edge * M in line play, but with four vet- ™ erans and two brilliant sopho- m mores, the Lafayetters appear to have the advantage in ball carriers. One of the rookie sensations of the Big Ten is Fred * Hecker, husky Texan,- who has nnoM niwnmnf trril/J of Vlf Uo 01.

Purdue’s hopes of regaining the Old Oken Bucket, victory symbol of the Boilermakers’ time-honored rivalry with Indiana, depends on the performance of its star backs. The Crimson defenders of the bucket probably will hold an edge in line play, but with four veterans and two brilliant sophomores, the Lafayetters appear to have the advantage in ball carriers. One of the rookie sensations of the Big Ten is Fred Hecker, husky Texan, who has been running wild at half back for Kizer and Purdue.

—Stove League Chatter— BY EDDIE ASH

THE American Association 1932 season will open Tuesday, April 12, with western clubs in the east. Owner Norman Perry of the Indians has decided to give the fans a “double barrel” lid-lifter by making opening day dedication day at the new Perry stadium. There will be a parade with bands and a number of diamond celebrities will be on hand. Perry hopes to make it Indianapolis’ greatest baseball day. tt * u The A. A. magnates have voted to play a schedule of 168 games, the same as last ye.T. There was some agitation for 154 games, but the vote finally was unanimous for the longer route. n st n The new stadium here will be completed in another month, after which the club officials will move their desks to the park from the Circle Tower building. Fans who attended late season games this year in the unfinished stadium are going to be surprised when they visit the plant next spring. The costly and beautiful entrance will house the club offices. tt ft it Jack Hendricks is drawing up an exhibition schedule that will send the Indians against the class of big league opposition both in Florida and when the Tribe comes up from the south. The St. Louis Cardinals. Philadelphia Athletics and New York Yankees each will be met twice in the Sunshine state and the Yankees also will be plaved at Perry stadium. Other big league teams will be booked later for battles with the Hoosiers in Florida and here. The present plan calls for about thirty players to be under Manager Emmett McCann’s wine at training camp. More than a dozen pitchers will be taken south and practice sessiohs will be held both morning and afternoon. tt tt a ALL told, there will be about forty members of the Indianapolis baseball party at Sarasota. President Perry is negotiating with several hotels there and it is believed the terms submitted by the Sarasota hotel will be accepted. This is an uptown hostelry and was used by the New York Giants when the McGraw clan trained in Sarasota. Heretofore the Indians have lived in hotels near the ball park. nan Dave Bancroft has been added to the list of veterans mentioned to pilot the Pittsburgh Pirates. He is a coach with the New York Giants. A few days ago a friend of Dave said the former short stop wizard is satisfied to remain in New York where he receives a good salary and escapes the grief that goes with managing a big league club. tt n n That St. Louis. Cardinal “chain store” system doesn’t overlook a thing. The

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Cards have scouts everywhere watching for talent in all minor leagues, sandlots, colleges and high schols. The latest field combed by the Mound City team is a prison. Bill Hallahan, famous Cardinal southpaw hurler, Thursday scouted a player confined in Auburn penitentiary, New York. The prisoner will be released soon and it is presumed Hallahan will be at the prison gate with a contract. A friend of the Cardinals saw the convict play last summer. a a a OWNIE BUSH says Minneapolis newspapers are wrong when they say he accepted terms to manage the Minneapolis club. Ownie discussed the subject with Mike Kelley, boss of the Millers, but signed no papers. Bush desires to wait until next month before taking any job. He may land back in the big show and Kelley is willing to wait for Bush’s decision. It seems Kelley feels sure Bush will join him if no choice major offer is made. a a a The American League plans to curb the practice of “arranging’’ double-headers merely to attract customers. Some of the ciubs went too far in the bad business of changing the schedule last year and it is said the league bosses are going to ban the practice at their next meeting. Twin bills will be limited to holidays and to play off postponements. ROSE POLLY IN ACTION By Times Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 20. Phil Brown’s Rose Poly Engineers, beaten but once this season, will wind up their 1931 football campaign here Saturday against Cedarville.

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Canzoneri Choice to Retain Fistic Crowns Tony defends Lightweight and Junior Welter Laurels Against Kid Chocolate; Third Title May Also Be Settled in Garden Scrap. BY L. S. CAMERON United Fress Sports Editor NEW YORK, Nov. 20.—Two gloved fists and fifteen rounds of boxing stood today between Kid Chocolate and a world s championship. The fists were those of Tony Canzoneri, Brooklyn Italian. The bout will occur tonight at Madison Square Garden. It's the lightweight title at stake. Betting men have predicted a victory for Canzoneri. They have made he odds 2 to 1. In this prediction most boxing writers concur, for it is not believed that Chocolate, clever Cuban Negro, boasts the wallop held in the squat Italian’s hands and shoulders.

Actually two titles, and maybe three, will be involved, although only the lightweight is of real importance Canzoneri also holds the junior welterweight crown. Chocolate is junior lightweight champion, and if Canzoneri, as is quite possible, scales down to the 130-pound limit, that third title also will be at stake. The bout involves two ring workmen each of whom is highly popular with New York crowds. They rank with Tommy Loughran and Jimmy McLarnin in esteem among the local ring followers. Both boxers are in perfect condition. This alone is an. ->r victory for the Kid. He got himself well out of shape after some repeated successes a year or so ago and his Harlem friends told stories of doubleended candle burning. The Lord Lonsdale cnampionship belt is at stake. This belt originally was won by the late Freddie Welsh. British lightweight. It was presented this week to Madison Square Garden to be given in custody to the winner who must twice successfully defend his title to gain permanent possession. The belt is of solid gold. If the junior lightweight title is at stake and if Canzoneri wins the bout. Tony will be the first boxer in history to have held four titles. He once was featherweight champion.

Saints Get Two Phillies By United Press PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 20.—The Philadelphia club of the National League completed the deal today which brought George Davis, outfielder of the St. Paul club of the American Association, to the Phillies in exchange for Harold Elliott, pitcher, and Fred Koster, outfielder. Besides the two players, the Phillies paid some cash for Davis. Elliott, who hurt his arm in the first series last season with the Brooklyn Robins, w’as used mostly as a relief pitcher. Koster’s batting average for seventy-six games during the 1931 season with the Phillies was .223. He fielded 1.000 as center fielder and .888 as right fielder, playing all games. TECH BUMPS BLUE Tech reserve eleven thumped Shortridge seconds at the north side field Friday, 19 to 0. A muddy field slowed up the play. Tech scored in the first three periods.

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Butler Faces Eastern Test By Times Special WASHINGTON. Nov. 20—Butler’s Bulldogs, twenty-four strong, arrived here today for tonight’s intersectional battle with the Colonials of George Washington university. Coach Harry Bell reported he would be able to place his best Blue line-up on the field. Charles Sohl, veteran guard, and only injured member of the group, has recovered from an eye injury and will open action. An attractive entertainment schedule, which includes a visit to the White House, attendance at the Southern Methodist-Navy grid game Saturday, and a trip to New York, has been arranged for the visitors. BOWLING HEAD QUITS By United Press BUFFALO. N. Y., Nov. 20.—H, William Pollack today announced his resignation as president of the American Bowling Congress. The resignation, effective immediately, was necessitated by business pressure, Pollack said.

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