Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 188, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1931 — Page 14

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STOVE League

* BY EDDIE % \SH (hat the Indianapolis ball x club has assumed a Wrontninner position in the stove league !u *5"? arc beinnln 8 to think of the 1932 opening game and already a number of reservations have been filed with Walter Riley, secretary. The lid lifter next April 12 also will mark the formal opening of new Perry stadium and plans are under way to make it an event long to be remembered. a a a Thirt j-Atc player* are on the winter rojtrr and another fly chaser and a third catcher will be obtained later. Several of the pastimer* will be disposed of before spring, but the current outlook seems to indicate about thirty athletes will be taken to the Sarasota (Fla.) training camp. The Indians are going "big league” next spring and hope to return north •with every department set and all hands in ship shape. a a a The early birds ordering April tickets In December have been following the diamond dope and have included baseball shopping along with their Christmas purchases. M. .J. Spring of the Lone Star Cement Company already has gone to bat for seven box seats for the Inaugural struggle of 1932. Art Link of the Balfour Cheese, company also is in hitting mood and has eight box scats clinched for the Tribe opener. Others Include entire box reservations by Jim Yuncker of the CocaCola company and by T. J. Kelly of the Advance Paint company. If Ownie Bush hooks up with Minneapolis as manager and if trie Millers draw the Indianapolis lid lifter the 1932 opening day surely will be a sell-out. a a a FINISHING touches were put on Perry stadium early this week and Owner Norman Perry may move his office out there Thursday. Alter the move, all Tribe baseball business will be transacted at the stadium the year around. After the first of the year Perry will leave for Florida and Jack Hendricks will be chief of staff at the park and will team with Secretary Riley in completing arrangements for spring training. In the meantime the park ground men will continue to doll up the plant. nan Tribe club officials are keeping in touch with Manager Emmett McCann, who resides in Philadelphia, and not a thing is being overlooked in the way of the buildup of (he Hoosicrs for 1932. McCann is elated over (he possibilities of the Tribe and is scanning every item dealing with the player movements on other American Association clubs. St. Paul and Milwaukee arc organizing menacing machines, Columbus is holding frequent huddles with the St. Louis Cardinals about talent and Louisville, and Kansas City are keeping their eyes open. Minneapolis has not strengthened to date and the Toledo club is an orphan. a a tt Ownie Bush and Bill Claucr of Indianapolis got chilled over the proposition of sinking heavy monev in the Toledo franchise, now in receivership, but there is reason to believe they will listen to an orter to take over the club under an agreement that would not require all gamble on their part. The Hens finished in the cellar ana in financial mud this year. tt tt tt LARRY GILBERT has been promoted from manager to general manager at New Orleans' and the veteran Jakic Atz will be the new field pilot of the Pelicans. Gilbert was a star in the American Association years ago, playing with the Milwaukee champions of 1913. Other famous fly chasers with the Brewers that year were Happy Fnlsch, Newt Randall and John Beall. Gilbert is an idol with New Orleans fans and has been there for a long stretch. u tt a Atz created history in the Texas League gome seasons ago by piloting the Ft. Worth club to numerous pennants. He was boss at Shreveport this year. His real name is said to be Zicgctmeier and it is stated he changed it to Atz early in his baseball career when, as a bushcr his club owner was getting by on a shoestring and paying off his players in alphabetic order. From last on the pay roll. Jakle jumped himself to the early pay-off before the elub boss ran out of toad skins. tt tt tt Atz describes pitcher Dizzy Dean as the right handed Rube Wadaell and predicts the big Cardinal rookie will be a sensation in the majors in two years. Dean was tn the Texas League with Houston this season and Jakle will tell you the fans swarmed out to see the talkative hurler. In Shreveport, according to Atz. average attendance week day was 400. but when Dizzy hit town the gate swelled to 1,500. it tt JOHNNY GILL, a star with the Baltimore Internationals, class AA, this year, is entitled to moan against chain store baseball. He was purchased by Washington during the 1931 campaign and finished the season in the majors. The other day the Senators turned him over to Chattanooga of the Southern Association, class A. Hence Gill is demoted despite the fact he tvas a mainstay just this year in a league of higher classification. He is entitled to a better break on his record. M tt tt Walter Hotke manager of the Quincy Three-I team this year and former first •acker for Indianapolis, has .S*"?,". Terre Haute for 1933 and will pilot the Tots. Ilolke has hern successful as a field boss in the little minors. He succeeds Frank Kohlberkcr. The Quincy club capturret the pennant under Holke s guidance during the 1931 campaign.

Tuesday Fight Results

AT MONTREAL—Lou BrouiUard. ■Worcester. Mass., welterweight champion. hd Babv Joe Gans. 147 H. Los Angeles, fought to a draw. (10>. . . t Bobbv Leitham. 117 b. Montreal, outpointed Lew Ferber. 117 3 . New York. (10. Vernon Cormier. 125'b. Woorcester. Mass., outpointed Peter Jackson. 123'a. New \or<. tt. AT LOS ANGELES -Newsboy Blown. 120'i. decisloned A1 Brown., 122. (10). AT DAYTON. O. —Patsv Perroni. Canton light heavyweight won a twelve- r 0 vision from Joe Sekvra. Davton. Perroni weighed 183. and Sekvra. 178. AT ST. PAUL. Minn.—Jackie Sharkev. I 0 ! 1 . Minneapolis, defeated JWi.>cman 122 1 r. Des Moines, f ls^. p,u i lev 123 Minneapolis, knocked out Jolinxlv Itvan. 124. Milwaukee. (7). AT WINNIPEG —Frankie Battaglia, hardhitting Winnipeg middleweight knocked out Norman Brown. Indianapolis, aft., flf tv-seven seconds of the sf co , n j* ibuud. Frankie Wolfram. Winnipeg, decisioned pllie Bartlett Minneapolis, in eight rounds. \T ST LOUIS—Kid Woods. Indianapolis featherweight, was knocked out * n sixth round bv Johnnv (Peeweei Kaiser of q t n >iu nave Barrv. St. Louis feather* weigh” knocked out Harrv Chapman of Trrrt' HautP iti trf third round. and Mltehell of Centralla. HL. decisloned Jackte Purvis, Indianapolis welterweight, in ten rounds. AT JACKSONVILLE . F d™w Louisville welterweight. bUled to a draW with Johnnv DeMarco of Philadeipma in ten fast rounds. FOSE POLY BEATEN Engineers Handed 39 to 9 Tasting by Illinois Wesleyan. U-j Times Special BLOOMINGTON* Ind., Dec. 16. Illinois Wesleyan cagers opened its campaign Tuesday with an easy 39 to 9 decision over Rose Poly of Terre Haute. Wesleyan held the lead throughout, with a 14 to 7 edge at the half. Sawyers and H. Richardson caged Rose’s only two field goals. Munday, CalhtßS, Bodman and Swanson bombard# the hoop for the victors, gettjjig £ . tai of fourteen two-pointers.

PITT OPENS HOOSIER NET INVASION AGAINST I. U.

Crimson Favorite Indiana Five Choice to Re* peat Triumph of Last Season. By Time* Special BLOOMINGTON. Ind.. Dec. 16. Indiana's hardwood warriors open their strenuous home campaign tonight with Pittsburgh U., annual contender for eastern and national cage laurels. With impressive triumphs over Miami U. and Notre Dame, the Dean-coached quintet is a slight favorite tonight over Doc Carlson’s brilliant Panthers. Pitt comes west this year anxious to avenge a 27-to-19 setback handed them on their own floor by the Hocsiers last year. Indiana was one of the four teams to defeat the Panthers during the 1930-31 campaign. Vets in Pitt Lineup As usual, the Smoky City quintet looms strong. Coach Carlson lost Eddie Baker, Willie Arture and Mile Cohen from last year’* quintet, but his current group contains some promising sophomores who have gained varsity assignments. Tim Lawry and Tip Kowallis, veteran co-captains, are probably forward starters. Ochsenhirt, sensational sophomore star, will take care of the tip-off berth, and McCamat, another rookie ace, and Smith, a vetetan, will guard the Panther hoop. Steve Kowallis and Albright are other veterans who probably will get into action, and Mcßride and Hughes, from last year’s frosh outfit, are making strong bids for berths. Four Positions Filled Four of Indiana’s positions are filled, but the three-way battle for the disputed forward berth still is open. Campbell is expected to start at one forward berth, with Dickey at center and Suddith and Zeller at guards. Hodson, a reserve from last year, and Weir and R. Tucker are battling for the other forward assignment. After tonight’s encounter here, the Panthers will invade Lafayette to play Purdue and tackles Butler at Indianapolis. -After their Hoosier tilts, the Panthers will continue to Los Angeles, with stop-offs at Kansas City and other places.

Greenleaf Turns in Seventh Win to Set Pocket Cue Pace

By United Press PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 16.—Ralph Greenleaf of New York, a strong favorite to win the title in this year’s world championship pocket billiard tournament, held anew tourney record today. He established that record by defeating Andrew Ponzi of Philadelphia Tuesday night, running out his count of 125 while the Phila-

Saunders Gets Judges’ Vote, W hitlow Is People’s Choice

Although he held a wide margin throughout the first nine rounds and weathered a terrific hammering iq the stanza, Allen Whitlow, Phoenix (Ariz.) junior lightweight, was outvoted by the judges of a well-deserved decision over Prince Saunders, Chicago Negro, in the feature battle at the Armory Tuesday night. Whitlow had everything. He was the aggressor, landed more blows

3 Mat Events Signed

Three of the four events on Friday night’s wrestling program at the Armory have been completed, with Billy Thom of Indiana U. facing Jack Reynolds, title claimant, in the two-out-of-three-fall feature welterweight encounter. Joe Dillman, Akron Greek, tangles with Buck Lipscomb in the thirtyminute one-fall semi-windup. Harold Simms will appear in the top preliminary and the opener is being signed by promoter McLemore to start the show at 8:30. JEWISH FIVES TO PLAY Kirshbaum Varsity Opposes Eli Lilly, Bulldogs Test Bloomington. Scheduling its first ‘'basketball dance’’ of the season. Kirshbaum cage team Sunday night will face the powerful Eli Lilly quintet in one of the week-end’s feature amateur contests. ( Kirshbaum Bulldogs will meet Bloomington (Ind.) Ramblers in a curtain raiser at 7:15. Both Kirshbaum teams are undefeated. The Black Cat orchestra will play for dancing following the games. STARS TO MEET DAVIDS Bearded Cagers Return to Battle Former Collegians Sunday. House of David hardwood squad will return to Indianapolis again Sunday to battle Hoosier All-Stars at the Armory. In their first appearance here, the bearded basketeers were nosed out in an overtime tilt by Strauss Says. Ginger and Billy Reeves, Dink Chandler, Bugg, Evans and other former' Hoosier college stars are in the All-Stars’ lineup. Sunday’s game will start at 3:15. ATTUCKS FIVeT TO OPEN Local Negro H. S. Cagers Play Alumni in First Game. With prospects bright for anothef successful campaign, Crispus Attucks cagers will open the season against an alumni quintet Friday night. The local Negro high school quintet has a difficult eighteen-game schedule with strong Hoosier and mid-western rivals. Coach Shellburne is seeking games for Feb. 22 and March 5 and 11.

Boilermakers Halt Irish Rally for Decisive Win

By Time* Special SOUTH BEND, Ind., Dec. 16. Led by Charlie Stewart, center, Ray Eddy, forward; Ralph Parmenter, guard, the Purdue Boilermakers downed the Notre Dame netters here Tuesday night, 32 to 24.

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Willie Kowallis DOC CARLSON likes speedy little forwards. If you doubt this, you’ll be convinced Saturday when the veteran Pittsburgh U. mentor brings his pastimers to Fairview field house to battle Tony Hinkle’s Butler Bulldogs. Willie Kowallis stands 5 feet, 6 inches, but he’s as fast as they come and has a dead-eye for the iron hoop. His running mate is Tim Lawry, who is about the same size. They're co-captains of the Smoky City five.

delphian still owed the table fourteen balls. The victory was Greenleaf’s seventh without a defeat. George Kelly defeated Frank Taberski, 125 to 35, thus retaining second position in the tournament with seven victories and two defeats. Spencer Livsey topped A1 Miller, 125 to 86, and Bennie Allen dropped Johnny Layton, 125 to 86.

and with the greater force, and made Saunders look bad throughout the early stages. The only mistake the young westerner made was in attempting to slug with the Chicagoan in the final frame, and this error almost cost him the triumph which the crowd thought he deserved. Although Whitlow appeared to be “in a shell,” he opened frequently and landed effectively with both hands. On The Times’ score card, the battlers broke even in the first two rounds, Withrow took the third round by a clear margin, with the Negro battler holding a slight edge in the fourth. °2 e best rounds in whe i?w h S bombarded his oppoAlthmrt tS? li w odv wlth lefts and rlchts. AlthouKh the blows appeared to carry auiver ° f force ’ Saunders didn’t even a "° ther wild exchange In the wi y? leather and paraffin flying in fiirt and rec^nS ns- .Whitlow again was the i**der. They broke even again in the Saundfrs won the eighth and Whitlow held a shade in the ninth. Going into the tenth. Whitlow had a four round to two margin—and a knockout appeared to be Saunder’s only victory chance. In the free-slugging. Saunders rocked Whitlow with some powerful punches, but Allen finished the scrap right side UD—and a winner in the eves of almost every spectator except the judges. Just a few minutes previous to their final verdict, the official score markers had rendered a decision which failed to please the spectators. Lou Vine, local junior lightweight, was given the nod over Sammy Ward, promising Evansville vouth The Times’ score sheet gave the Pocket City boxer a shade. Billy Dugan, Denver middleweight, punched out a decisive six-round verdict over Joe Harding. Kokomo Negro. Larrv Pruitt, local lightweight, knocked out George Downey. Indianapolis, in the first of a scheduled six-rounder. Buddy Nicholson, Shelbvville welter, defeated Young Jack Renault, Indianapolis, in four rounds. Jimmv Shannon, local featherweight, turned in a technical k. o. decision over Zack Russell, Indianapolis. I. C. FACES FRANKLIN Indiana Central netters today continued preparation for Thursday’s encounter with Franklin Grizzlies at Franklin. Although beaten in their first two starts, the Greyhound campaigners have shown improvement and hope to break into the win column Thursday.

Feature for Net Readers “Off the Backboard,” the breezy basketball column conducted by Vem Boxell, will answer the whistle Thursday for its inaugural appearance of the 1931-32 season, and will be a daily feature on The Times sports pages throughout the winter. Boxell was champion picker last season when he named Muncie high school to capture the state title long before the tourneys got under way. It’s history, now, of course, that the Bearcats went on to win the Hoosier net classic, and .Boxell sprouted a feather. “Off the Backboard,” as usual, will be ready to catch bouquets and stop f brickbats. Shoot! v ,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Stewart scored four field goals and Eddy and Parmenter tallied three each. The big excitement was produced during the second half when the Irish launched a rally and drew within six points of the Big Ten court pastimers. When the count reached 28 to 22 the visitors braced, took on speed and stepped away to win by a safe margin. Bill Newbold of Notre Dame was high point man with four field tosses and two from the foul line. Purdue enjoyed a big first half, leading 18 to 7 at intermission. Score: Purdue (32 1. Notre Dame (24). FG FT PF FG FT PF Eddv.f ... 3 1 3N. Crowe, f-g 0 0 1 Porter.f... 0 0 ONewbold.f.. 4 2 1 Keller.f 1 4 3Davis.f 1 0 0 Stewart.c.. 4 0 llDeOook.c-f. Oil Wooden.r.. 1 3 OVoegle.c... 11l Prmentr.R. 3 0 3jßurns.e.... 12 4 (Baldwin.k.. 0 0.3 ILCrowe.g.. 2 0 2 Totals.. 12 S 10'; Totals 9 6 13 Blue Basket Squad Busy After a light drill Tuesday, Butler's Bulldogs were scheduled for a heavy session today as Tony Hinkle prepares his pastimers for the encounter with Pittsburgh at the field house Saturday night. Speeding up the offense, which showed improvement in Monday’s triumph over Southern California, will be Hinkle’s main task this week. He also plans to perfect a defense to halt Pitt’s speedy midget forwards, Kowallis and Lawry. DANVILLE VETS PUSHED Purple Warriors to Battle Ball State Quintet Thursday. By Times Special DANVILLE, Ind., Dec. 16.—Several freshmen and sophomore candidates today continued to force veterans in the race for positions as Central Normal’s hardwood pastimers prepared for Thursday’s tilt with Branch McCracken’s veteran Ball State squad. Coach S. H. Leitzman indicated, however, he would start his regular lineup of Steidle and Smith, forwards; Schultz, center, and Hill and Bisesi, guards, in the game here Thursday.

Basketball

Local teams desiring to participate in the gold medal tournament, sponsored by the Central States Basketball Association, are asked to mail entries at once. The event has been limited to twenty-four teams and seventeen teams have made arrangements to participate. Gold miniature basketballs will be awarded each player on teams finishing first, second and third. Specially designed medals will be awarded each player on the all-tourna-ment team and the outstanding player will be awarded the gold United States federation honor medal. This honor medal player will be the Indianapolis candidate for the all-America amateur independent mythical team. A large silver cup will be awarded the winning team. Among teams entered in the gold medal tourney are the Lauter Boys’ Club. English Avenue Boys’ Club, St. Patricks, Broad Ripple Merchants, Indianapolis Y. M. H. A., Bond Breads. Indianapolis Water Company. Sunshine Cleaners, East Tenth Street Merchants. Indianapolis ; Flashes, Planner & Buchanan and the Kautsky Athletic Club. The tourney will be held on the East Tenth Street M. E. church court over a period of five nights. Play will start on Saturday Dec. 26 and the finals will be played on Saturday. Jan. 2. Local teams desiring information call Wayne Emmelmann, Drexel 0980. The South Ride Turner team has been hitting the skids in their early season games, losing three of their four battles, as many games as they are used to lose all season. However, the squad showed signs of the old teamwork during their game last Sunday, although they lost to an accurate-shooting Kentucky five. 47 to 41. The Turrers will practice at their gym at 8 p. m. Thursday and with a few long scrimmages and improvements in the defense thev will no doubt develop into one of the leading teams in the state, as plenty of material is on hand. Question Marks will play the Edgewood A. C.s Wednesday night. The Marks have displayed good form in early contests, being nosed out. 22 to 17, by Holy Trinity Juniors last Sunday. For games call Drexel 2155-M and ask for Duke. North Side Flashes defeated Christamore Triangles. 18 to 17. Flashes want games in the 14-15-year-old class. Call Talbott 1555. Riverside Olympics will meet the St. Pat’s five tonight at 8:15 at the Olympic gym. Pruitt and East Riverside drive. Olympic B team will play Indianapolis Spartans at 9:15. For games with Olympics call Belmont 2085-M. between 6:30 and 7 p. m., and ask for Claude. Real Silk Night Hawks defeated Hoosier Flyers 39 to 18. Night Hawks will tackle Carbon find.) Independents Saturday night at Eleventh and Olney gym. Hawks want a game Tuesday with a team having access to a gym. Call Lenwell. Ta. 6650. Indianapolis Street Railway sauad defeated Taggart Bakers Monday, 25 to 19. Railway Boys will oppose Mars Hill Aces Thursday at Seventeenth and Dearborn gym. Teams having access to gyms call Be. 0111, ask for Gerry, or after 5:30 call Ir. 6706, ask for Charles. Y. W. C. A. Roller Stars will play Riverside in a roller skate basketball game at Y W. C. A. court tonight at 8 Black and Orange quintet will tackle Butler Juriiors at Crooked Creek school gym next Saturday at 8:30, and a curtain raiser will be staged at 7:30 Proceeds will go to charity. Epworth League games scheduled tonieht at Broadway gym will pit Real Silks against Roberts Park eirls at 7 o’clock, Roberts Park against Belaire at 8 p. m. and Broadway against Capitol Avenue at 9 p. m. Indianapolis Meteors journey to Noblesville tonight to plav last season’s state champions. Meteors lineup includes former high school stars and well known independent players. For games write or call Floyd Carpenter. Acme Evans Company. Teams having access to gvms and wanting games with Mohawks, cal Bob Forster, at Ri. 9624 during the day or at Ha. 4491-W in the evening. * Sixteenth Division U. S. Naval Reserve team will meet Post Office in a game Wednesday night at 8:30 at-Pennsy gym. Wizards would like to schedule games with Junior teams in the 16-19-year-old class. Wizards have lost but one decision in eight starts. For games, city and state teams call Ta. 0741, ask for Joe. Holy Trinity Juniors, Broadway Epworth League and Broadway Aces, notice. Three fast games are carded for the Industrial League Thursday night at East Tenth gym At 7:30, Walgreen company. , one of the unbeaten leaders, meets Flanne:r & Buchanan, third place team with two wins and one loss. Indianapolis Reserves. also unbeaten in three starts, opposes East Tenth Merchants, and at 9:30, Diamond Chain and Inland Box will clash, both seeking their first league win. Walgreen Company cage team made a clean sweep over the week-end, defeating Inland Box. Indianapolis Flashes ana Olympics. A game is wanted for Friday or Saturday with a team having access to a gym. Call M. Reitzel, Lincoln 2378. Crawfordsville Casket Company five defeated Dearborn Hotel. 45 to 36, at Hotel I Dearborn Sunday. Casket Company trailed. 30 to 23. at half time. Thursday night. Crawfordsville will play R. R. Donnelly Printers in a charity game at Wabash college gym. For games with Crawfordsvllle write Harry Hybarger, Casket Company. Crawfordsville. Spades Independents an# Midways will clash tonight at 9 o'clock at Brookside community house. The teams are rival claimants for city title -honors in their class. A big crowd is expected to turn out for the battle. Midways will use Simon, Bradbury. Herether. Gray and Kimble. On hand for the Spades will be Eoyce. Andrews. Monfort, Horn, Lohman, Washburn, Boley and Seigman. The Spades have a strong reserve team eager ta see action.

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Sensational Alexandria Vets Battle Shortridge Saturday.

One of the unbeaten early-season leaders in the Indiana scholastic cage race will be eliminated Saturday when Kenny Peterman’s faststepping Shortridge snipers tangle with the sensational Alexandria veterans at the north side court. Red Orner’s invading huskies have toppled six foes in as many starts, including Everett Case’s Anderson Indians and Washington’s Hatchets. Well and Thais are stars of the Madison county sharpshooters. Shortridge also has set a swift pace in maintaining its unbeaten record, reaching tops last Saturday in swamping Marion. Another local quintet making rapid progress, Washington, will get a severe test Friday at Crawfordsvile, where the Athenians are looming as one of the strongest teams in the district. Cathedral is down for a double assignment, at Ben Davis Friday and against the Hartford City Airesdales here Saturday. Manual takes on Cicero at home Friday and journeys to Warren Central on Saturday. Tech also faces a hard program, with Rochester invading the cast side court for a conference tussle Saturday. On Monday Tim Campbell’s performers journey to Columbus, where they take on Coach Newsom’s speedy Bulldogs, another early season leader.

Talking It Over BY JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Would you rather have Canadian football, American football or deaths? This seems to be the gist of an interest- | ing letter I have just received from j an international football enthusiast. | This letter stresses, among other things, j the newness and importance of the for- j ward pass in Canadian football, a fact which may be of unusual interest to American readers. Are you listening?— “It has taken some years of agitation to get the forward pass into our football, but it has become greatly popular in opening up the play and giving speed and dexterity an even—or more so—a break against brain and weight. “I read that your W. S. Langford savs that if the collegiate rules can be i changed to make the game less danger- I ous. it will be done. Here, with twelve men to a team, the game is played very hard but without mass plays. There are no serious accidents and no fatalities and it is quite exciting to watch. “In our game, interference is permissiable only in a zone three yards wide in advance of scrimmage, and is not allowed at all back of the line. The field is 110 by sixty-five yards. And while it is called rugby football it is vastly different j from ‘Rugger.” a point that does not j seem to be generally understood in vour country. “To show what one change in the rules has done for us, the Interprovincipal Union consists of four teams, Montreal, j Ottawa, Hamilton and Toronto. Montreal won in 1919 and trailed every season since : until this year. With the introduction of your forward pass and the addition of one player, a Warren Stevens, formerly i of Syracuse, Montreal won all its games. ; the details of which are amazing and would be interesting only to Canadians, i “Stevens’ opinion of Canadian football (which should be interesting to Americans) that the kickers here are far better, tackling on a par with the major eastern colleges, lateral passing a revelation and the game as rough as that across the line. (My correspondent inclosed clippings quoting Stevens as saying that unless you kick eighty or ninety yards in Canadian football you are practically a novice.) tt 1 n ts THE statement of j. p. Nicholson, now an assistant coach at Notre Dame, may be of interest to j you. After coaching the Montreals ! for a spell he said: The ultimate Canadian game, one which will be the game in the next ten years, will be the finest, most exciting personal contact game the world has ever seen. True there will be only a paper wall between it and the American game, but what a difference that wall will make.” Nicholson’s suggestions, or predictions, for achieving this were few and not so radical, namely, allowing twelve yards interference instead of three, four downs to go twelve yards instead of three to go ten, neutral zone between lines to be width of the ball instead of three feet. “In case you don't know. Canadian scoring gives five points for a try and one for a convert: three points for a drop or placement goal: two for a safety touch: rouge one and kick to deadline one. A rouge is counted when player is forced to ground the ball behind his own goal line, and if you are still interested. Nicholson says “I believe the rouge will be the next big step in American football. The rouge is a great play, in fact the only distinctive thing the Canadians have given the general game of football.” “Incidentally, the kick to deadline ,'xtremity of the field) has no defense when the kick is made from close in and there is some agitation here to restrict it. “I must confess that I am not familiar with American football or rules although we saw Red Grange plav here in a game between two professional teams from vour land and from our point of view, anyway. Canadian football is much the finer game to watch. “I am not a sport writer but am sending this as a lover of the game and as a daily reader of your column, with the hope that it may create some interest in the Canadian game and perhaps merit some attention.”—W. J. 8.. Toronto. Canada. n u st COMMENT: I am emphatically for reciprocity. Even more so, am I for anything that will cut down the hazards of football. It is illuminating to me to learn that Canada is now trying to make a go of the forward pass. For several years we have been trying to make a go of the Canadian lateral. If there is anything else that Canadian football has that we can use we ought to be interested in it. I am deeply impressed by the statement that football as played in Canada still retains the man to man contact and that when the score is posted there is no hospital list. More than forty lives have been snuffed out playing American football this year. So far as I have heard the Canadians have played a much similar game and no one has been kiUed.. It seems to me that this is important enough for very deep consideration on the part of the football mentors. executives, chiefs, or whatever they best prefer to be called. SOHL GIVEN HONOR By Times Special MILWAUKEE, Dec. 16.—Charles Sohl, captain-elect of the 1932 Butler university of Indianapolis footbal team, has been named a guard on the all-opponent team selected. by Marquette gridmen for

‘Stop!’ Says Mr. Huffman

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Jockey Places Five in Money By Times Special NEW ORLEANS, La., Dec. 16. After riding fifty-eight racers to victory during the northern racing season, jockey George Elston captured all honors at Jefferson Park Tuesday afternoon by placing five mounts in the money. Elston was astride two winners, Beauty Secret in the first race and Banal Girl in the second, with Whitney's Loop placing second in the fifth. Crazy Coot and Drana finished third in the fourth and third races.

Tommy Believed Set to Silence Talkative Levinsky in N. Y. Bout

BY HENRY M’LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Tommy Loughran, the Philly Phantom, who never lets his opponents know what his right or his left hand is going to do next, will continue his series of instructions to brash young men in Madison Square Garden Friday night. These lessons to the uninitiated are very irksome to the talented Tommy who would much prefer to get in there with a man capable of

Bob Grove’s 2.05 Earned Run Average Tops Junior Loop

By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 16.—The real reason why the Philadelphia Athletics won the 1931 American League pennant, revealed in official records announced today, was the amazing earned run average of the club’s pitchers. The Athletics’ entire staff allowed but 3.47 earned runs per game, an excellent record for any pitcher to say nothing of a complete pitching staff. Among the Athletics’ hurlers, Robert (Lefty) Grove is entitled to ranking among the greatest pitchers of all time. Official pitching averages reveal that: Grove, with a record of tbirtv-one victories and four defeats, made the finest record of any southpaw in American League history.

Down the Alleys

The Hoosier A. C. Bowling League is the next one in line in the Clothe-a-Chilrt for Christmas campaign, the free will donation given by the members of this loop taking care of two children. There are eight teams in the league. Thanks, Hoosier. Team play in this league Tuesday night resulted in a two-game win for Centennial Press, Bowes Seal Fast and Indianapolis Drop Forge over Holcomb and Hke. Indianapolis Office Supptv snd Oscar’s Tire and a triple win for Barrett Coal from Hoosier Specials. N. King. Fehrenbach and Hueber had the honor scores with 615. 607 and 603, respectively. The Cox team of the Kiwanis League lumped on the “blind” Elk auintet. taking the entire series. All other contests were decided two to one. Meyer. Gaines. Keller. Woodman. Baxter and Bockstahler. defeating Fechtman. McGaughey. Mason. Clark Selmeir and Roberts. Lippincott rolled the best three-game total, scoring 620. Cotton had high single with a finish of 238. These games were rolled on the Indiana alleys. The Hoosier Pete Girls lost to the Banquet Ice Cream men’s team in a special match at the Delaware alleys, having 2,194 to their opponents 2.347. The men were luckv to collect a win with this mark, as these girls usually top this score. Showalter. Winslow and Brown took all thre egames from August. Shafer and Detnare!. as Buschmann. Harrod. Eaglesfleld. Henrv and Southnaws. won two games from Agnew. Holt. Bowers. Green and Randall, during the Rotary League play at the Indiana drives. The Delaware League games showed a triple win for Tuxedo Feed. Kirschner Bodv and S. and S. Body over Inland Container. Burroughs Adding Machine and Goldstein Bros, and a two-game win for Leader Store. Oak Grove Butter and Blac<chawks from Schlosser Oak Grove. United Cab and Schmitt Insurance. H Geiger connected for the onlv honor count, games of 221, 225 and 189 giving him a series of 635. Shaw and Werner had scores of 649 and 600 for the Shultz Furniture team of the Intermediate League, but all five of the Jack Special bovs were getting good score.,, and thev won all three with bo TOO scores The Easterns, with Taylor Sr., hitting 614 also won three from Illinois National Supply as Shaw-Walker and Mills Pie won two from Thirtieth and Central Sales and P R. Mllorv. Roberts, rolling with the Million Population Wrecking team in a series that their opponents will sboot at later, had 677 that included a stneie game count of 278. O’Gorman rolled 608 and Lauer. 614. The Van Camn League wUI roll their 700 scratch Christmas handicap at the Pritchtt allevs tonight at 6 o clobk. are: One ton of coal, dona ted by G are * Fuel Service: one turkev and four emex ens Boobv prize for low score will be two pounds of cranberries. The leading teams of the Commercial t AAcnip bad a bad ntefat aurine tnis iooy> 3 weekly nlai on* the Illinois oo sl .er Pete. Citizens Gas and Central States ta£ ing two from A. C W. of A.. Comoae .and Ballard Ire Cream and Jew Tea and Faele Machine No. 1 Oil from Eagle Machine No. 2 and Pure Oi . All of the soO counts —eye confined to the Woosier Pete vs A. C. W of A contest N Jenkins and Hanna being tied for top honors at 607 and Holdawav having 604. A 400 douhles will be rolled! on the Illinois alleys Saturday and Sunday. prize will he *35 guaranteed. An entrv fee of $1.25 for each Plaver wffl be charged, which includes bowling. Flay”; mav roll as often as thev like, but mus. change partners each time. Pritchetts’ Girls took three fjom the Indianapolis Glove as West Bia-

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F6R years, Newcastle’s strong high school quintets have been kept out of the final tourney at Indianapolis by powerful Muncie teams, rivals in the regional tournament. But this year. Trojan fans are hoping it will be different. Orville Hooker, former Butler star, has turned out one of his greatest teams, with Huffman, the brilliant veteran guard, surpassing even last year’s all-state performances. Many rate the Trojans as the best team in the state at this stage of the race. Middies Keep Irish Mentors By Times Special ANNAPOLIS, Md., Dec. 16.—Reappointment of Rip Miller as head coach at United States naval academy and Christy Flannagan and Johnny O'Brien as assistants, all former Notre Dame stars, was announced Tuesday by Captain John Wilcox, director of athletics. Tacit approval of proselyting prep school grid stars also was given. Graduates of the navy school will look over promising prep stars and attempt to have them matriculate at the academy. Another feature was the hint that relations may be renewed with Army in 1932. an open date being left on the schedule for the classic struggle. STATE TESTS OAK TERRE HAUTE. Ind., Dec. 16. With the battle for positions still open, Coach Goodlad's Indiana State cagers were scheduled to wind up hard practice today for Thursday's tilt with Oakland City college here.

giving him a fight, and a man over whom a victory would mean something. But Tommy, for some reason or other (his left hand may have something to do with it) is studiously and carefully dodged by the better heavyweights. Some of his pupils have been Max Baer, Dick Daniels, Ernie Schaaf and Victorio Campolo. Friday night’s pupil will be King Levinsky of Chicago, who is back for a second treatment, Tommy having given him exercise quite a spell back.

Grove’s winning percentage of .886 was [the highest in the majors since 1900. Grove was the first pitcher to win thirty games since Jim Bagby, Cleveland, won ! thirty-one and lost twelve in 1919. He is i listed with Bagby and Jeff Chesbro, New York. (1901); Ed Walsh. Chicago. (1998): j Joe Wood, Boston. (1911). and Walter I Johnson, Washington. (1912). as the only i American League hurlers to win thirty or 1 more games in a season. The southpaw led the league in earned l runs per game with 2.05 and in strike- , cuts with 175. He was second in number ; of innings pitched. 289. to his team-mate, George Walberg. who worked 291. ! In seven seasons with the A’s Grove has won 146 games and lost 61. an average : of .705. I Vernon Gomez. New York Yankees’ young ' southpaw, was second to Grove in es--1 fectiveness. Gomez, in bis second uar in ! the majors, had a 2.63 average in winning , twenty-one games and losing nine. ! Lloyd Brown of Washington, another southpaw, finished fifth with 3.20, behind I Ed Rommel of the Vs with 3.98 and Bump ii-’dlcv of Washington with 3.05. I In addition to Grove and Rommel, three ! other Athletic hurlers were among the i leaders. Earnshaw having a 3.67 earned ! mi, average. Rube Walberg 3.76 and Rov

BY LEFTY LEE

Furniture. Roepke Floral and Antler Aliev Five defeated Komstohk Girls. Giesen Products and Marott Shoes two-out-cf-three during the Woman's Social League play on the Antler drives. A 970 finish bv Roepke Floral gave them a three-game mark of 2.669 which was high. Kagel finished with a 236 for high single and high three-game score of 573. Alexander had 511: Shea. 506; Rick. 556; Miller. 544; Eruning. 533; Maver. 536; Conoly. 532; Gerth. 500: Meeker. 501; Burnett. 523: Wiesman. 533; HOhlt. 534; Krltsch. 559; McDaniel. 541: Johns. 566: Rosner. 517: Luhman. 546. and Schneider. 504. Th committee in charge of the Pot of Gold meet is accepting entries for the closing week-end of play. There is room for twenty teams on the schedule, and entries will be taken in the order received until filled.

College Cage Scores

STATE SCHOOLS Purdue, 32: Notre Dame. 24. Purdue reserves. 23; Notre Dame reserves. 18. _ , Illinois Weslevan. 39: Rose Poly. 9. OTHER SCHOOLS Southern California. 31: Missouri. 20. Ohio university. 29; Westminster (Pa.i. 25. lowa State. 47: Briaham Yount:. 26. Providence. 32; Yale. 26. Wisconsin. 30: Pittsburgh. 29. Temple. 37: Johns Hopkins. 32 Columbia. 36: St. Francis (Brooklyn). 14. Monmouth. 31: lowa Wesleyan, 15. Arkansas. 33: Tulsa. 28. Manhattan. 28: Villanova. 11. Loyola of Chicago. 38: Arkansas State. <-6. VALPO FIVE ON TRIP VALPARAISO, Ind., Dec. 36. Valparaiso university’s hardwood team left today on its first long road trip. The Uhlans will play Concordia at Milwaukee Thursday night and Lutheran seminary at Thiensville, Wis., on Friday.

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DEC. 16, 1931'

Herman to Battle Cox Elks Sign Tracy to Take on Babe in Charity Feature. Eddie McLaughlin, matchmaker for the annual Elks charity boxing show', which will be held at the Armory next Tuesday night, announces he has signed the wellknown veteran. Babe Herman. New York Jewish battler, to meet Tracy Cox of this city in the ten-round main event. Among the prominent fighters whom Herman has beaten are listed Benny Bass, Tod Morgan, Sammy Mandell, Billy Wallace, Ray Miller, Louis (Kid) Kaplan, Finnegan, Johnny Farr, Cowboy Eddie Anderson, Eddie (Kid) Wagner and Chick Suggs. Every penny of profit from next Tuesday night’s show will be devoted by the Elks lodge to filling baskets with provisions to be distributed to the poor and unemployed on Christmas morning. The regular legion boxing staff will handle the show', with the exception of matchmaking. Season ringside reservations will be held the same as for the regular legion shows. BILL WOERNER IN CITY Bill Woerner. former star end on the Purdue eleven, is in Indianapolis fob the holidays visiting his mother. Mrs. R. A. Blakely, 2321 South Meridian street. Woerner is on the coaching staff at the University of Washington, Seattle. He will go to New' York the last of the month to attend the meeting of football coaches.

1 This writer has tried very hard to j figure out a just cause for a return meeting between these two, so far ! with no success, unless you count | the fact that in their earlier meeting Loughran half-slipped t-> the ! floor during one round. King in- ; sists that Loughran went sprawling j after taking a right on the jaw. j This is not all that King insists upon. He is one of the finest in- ; sisters ever to hit New York. Listen ! to him: | “Loughran? Man, what I won’t do to Loughran. Flatten him flat, ; that’s what I'll do. Tommy is a ; gentleman and plenty smart, but there ain’t any of ’em smart when 1 the King’s right smacks on the pan.” Personally, I hope the King is all he claims to be. For New York hasn’t seen a real iron-fisted, get-out-of-my-way man-killer since Max Baer roared into town and got walloped by Ernie Schaaf. Pitt Bows in Wild Tussle

By United Press MADISON, Wis., Dec. 16.—Wisconsin’s Badgers defeated Pittsburgh, 30 to 29, Tuesday night, but nearly lost the game when every Badger player left the floor twelve seconds before the final gun. They left when someone shouted the game was over, holding a 30 to 28 lead. Lawry scored the final point on the technical foul. Pittsburgh led 17 to 15 at half time, with Kowallis and Lawry, midget forwards, heading the attack, and Smith and Wrobloski starring at guard. Steen, who tossed the winning field goal in the final minute of action, Oakes, Poser and Nelson were best for Doc Meanwell’s victors. Dempsey Draws $12,000 Gate By United Press WINNIPEG, Manatoba, Dec. 16. Jack Dempsey crouched, weaved and toyed almost effortlessly with three Canadian opponents Tuesday night but his exhibition matches drew the biggest crowd in Winnipeg’s boxing history—B,ooo fans who paid $12,000 at the gate. The former world’s heavyweight champion landed only a few solid punches in bouts with the giant Angus McDonald and Steve Trojack. He had McDonald hanging on helplessly at the end. Dempsey merely toyed with Charlie Belanger, his third opponent. CARDS THUMP IRISH Southport freshman netters trounced Cathedral, 28 to 8, at the Irish gym Tuesday, with Anderson and Langley setting the scoring pace with nineteen points. Morrow and Mehaus were best for the Irish yearlings, who were behind, 18 to 5, at the intermission.