Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 189, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1933 — Page 13

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By Eddie Ash Klein Is Honored on Ruth’s ‘All’ Team * m m Babe’s Selections Cover 12-Year Span

TNDIANAPOLIS landed one position on Babe Ruth’s twelveA year all-time all-America baseball team and naturally Chuck Klein received the Hoosier call, in right field. Twelve years ago Klein was 16 years old and at 28 he is placed among the superlative greats of the game, sharing the spotlight along with the best ball players in history. Ruth assigned Klein to right field, A1 Simmons was selected in left and Tris Speaker in center. The Babe has been making annual “all” major league selections since 1022 and his all-time team represents his opinion of the outstanding performers in their regular positions over that stretch of time, '22 to '33. Two of the old stars named have passed out of the sport, Tris Speaker and George Sisler. The latter was named at first base by the Babe. Ruth left himself out of the “picking field,” which has been his custom on his yearly selections. Put the Bambino in that outfield, with Speaker and Klein, using the Babe instead of Simmons, and no fences hardly would be stout enough to withstand the battering. a a b a a a RUTH limited his twelve-year “all" team to ten players, using two pitchers. Rating the pastimers on the form when each was in the heyday of his career, it stacks up as a million-dollar machine. Asa matter of fact, a few of the players brought prices of better than SIOO,OOO each when they figured in big deals. Not all fans will agree with Ruth on all positions, but there’s no doubt that he made an honest effort to make the best possible choice among the stars of the last twelve seasons. His selections follow: Pitchers—Bob Grove and Carl Hubbell. Both southpaws. How’d you like to bat against ’em? Catcher—Mickey Cochrane. For years the ace of the Athletics back the plate. Now playing pilot at Detroit. First Base —George Sisler. The ideal first sacker in his day when at the peak of form with the Browns. Brilliant fielder, hitter and base runner. Second Base—Rogers Hornsby. One of the best sluggers of all time when at the top of form. Third Base—Pic Traynor. A star for years at his position. He has been the “class” for a long period. Short Stop—Joe Cronin. Started In the National League, but reached his peak in the American. Smart fielder and batter. The youngest in age on the Babe’s team. Left Field—Al Simmons. He has knocked down a lot of fences during his time. Center Field—Tris Speaker. The “Gray Eagle." He could go get ’em in the pasture and was especially marvelous in'the middle garden. Few pitchers were a puzzle to Tris. Right Field—Chuck Klein. Next to Joe Cronin, he’s the youngest member of Ruth’s team. The Hoosier made good in his first year in the majors and has been piling up records year in and year out. u n a nun FOUR rules changes were proposed in Saturday’s meeting of the Eastern Association of Intercollegiate Football Officials. The most radical alteration proposed would alter the rule whereby a forward pass grounded in the end zone becomes a touchback. The association suggested that on the first three downs the ball be regarded merely as an incomplete pass, but that the touchback rule prevail on an incomplete pass made on fourth down. It was suggested that the sideline zone be increased from ten to fifteen yards, and that the blocked kick rule so far as it pertains to punts not crossing the line of scrimmage, be altered to allow either side to recover and advance. Restoration of the goal posts to the goal line, with a view' to increased field goal kicking, also was urged. The recommendations will be forwarded to the football rules committee for consideration in its annual meeting this winter. nan n n u ID CHOCOLATE, the dandy little prize fighter of Cuba, was a poor AV lad at the outset of his fistic career. His advancement in the glove profession was rapid and he won several fortunes—then tossed off the profits on the primrose path. Now he’s slipping and in a few more years the Bonbon will be a hasbeen. Managers and promoters have made big money at the expense of Chocolate, and still they let him hit the brightlights trail. The Kid has bouts scheduled in the afternoon both on Christmas and New Years, and he thinks that’s fine. “It will give me an earlier start to the hot spots,” Chocolate said the other day. And the Fairweather boys will be waiting at the box office for the Kid to collect his earnings. Christmas and New Year’s will be just two more days on the calendar for the Cuban, and the prize fight business will receive another black eye. Primo Camera, world’s heavyweight champion, testified in court the other day that he received only $360 for defeating Jagk Sharkey to annex the title. It’s a wonder the “we boys" and chiselers consented to allow him that sum. Boxing commissions have endeavored to find a means to block the cheating of unsophisticated fighters, but have met with legal obstacles difficult to fathom. Smart managers employ smart attorneys, a combination hard to beat.

Suicide Ends Long Sports Career of Harry Pollok

By Times Special SAN DIEGO, Cal., Dec. 18 —The sports world paid tribute today to Harry M. Pollok, 61, whose selfinflicted death ended a career that was divided among the realms of wrestling, boxing, bicycling and horse racing. According to police, he shot himself through the head. His bcdy was found by a neighbor in the driveway of Pollok's home. Some mystery surrounded the cause of a broken right leg but police believed the injury was caused as he fell. A cryptic note offered the explanation: “I'm beginning to get ?n my own way. I'm impeding traffic.” Close friends said he had been despondent since he and Ins wife, Mrs. Meta Rogers Pollok. were divorced in Reno last July, a few

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Riverside Olympics want a same tomorPhone Montiord. at Harrison 1196-W. between 7 and a tonight. Indianapolis Flashes •'A" team and the Bridgeport Cardinals, finalists in the recent early season tourney, will meet tomorrow night in Pennsy gym for second place honors in the Co-Operative League. Planner & Buchanan are leading the league. The team has Shipp, Hill. Bright ana Durham. The Doll Flyers, featuring Yelch and Perry, from Shortridge; Hurst. Godfrey and Crawlev from Greencastle. and Dick Dminger. meet DeMolavs tomorrow night. DeMoiay five has on its roster Prather of Tech and Bisinger of Broad Ripple. Kingans. which plav Planner <sr Buchanan, are led bv Joe Dugan, former Cathedral star. The Tansy Milk five hung up their seventh ana eighth wins of the season over Stockyards. 38 to 25. and New Palestine. 45 to 35, For games phone Drexel 2055. or write Theodore Tansv. Hotel Michigan. Hilgemeler Packers downed the Economy Grocery fjve from Logansport. 40 to 20. in a rough game at old Butler gym Sunday afternoon. Wednesday night the Packers will go to Taylorsville to meet the Columbus Eagles For games with the Packers write Charles Dorn. 5136 Brookville road, or phone Irvington 0937 A Junior tourney is being sponsored by the Irvington Athletic Club in old Butler gvm during the Christmas holidays Age limit is 18 years. For information phone Irvington 1858 and ask for Buzz. Woodside A. C.. Riverside. South Side Buddies. Rvker <Sr Woolev East Tenth street Pirates. Cnristmores and HUgemeier Cubs, notice. Hilgemeier Cubs defeated the Woodside A. C. Sunday. 30 to 19. Tonight the Irvington Athletic Club will oppose the Indianapolis Turners at old Butler gym. The Indianapolis Turners will play at New Palestine. Wednesday night. Plavers will meet at Denny and East Washington streets at 7 p. m. Huesing. Archer. Hill. Carroll. Lewis. Underwood. O'Brien. Quackenbush. Anderson and Mack notice. Company F. 11th infantry five of Ft Benjamin Harrison, defeated Tabernacle Flashes. 46 to 26 In another tilt, the Soldiers lost to Doll Flyers. 36 to 25 Company F has a well-organized team of basket shooters The manager of the Midways is requested to phone Clavton at Cherry 7860. The Capitol Aces sent in a "games wanted" notice. George Shaner. manager, but neglected to include the address. East Tenth Street Mohawks desire to schedule games wuh teams in the 16-18-vear-old class any night except Tuesday. Jxir games call Cherrv 1795 and ask for Charlie, or write Doug Byrd. 1030 Keystone avenue Mohawks will share half of any floor expense. Arsenal Bullodgs want games in the 17-18-vear-old class Call Bob Shulse. Cherry 2688-W. or write Earl Stevens. 1103 North Keystone avenue. O'Hara Sans Junior. Hilgemeler Cubs. Hoosier A. C sand Crispus Attucks reserves take notice. St. John's H N. S. defeated defeated the Olympics B five. 88 to 28. at the

days later Mrs. Pollok remarried. He also had been in poor health which forced his retirement recently as promoter of the Agua Caliente race track. Pollok was credited with amassing a sizeable fortune by introducing six-day bicycle racing in New York many years ago. A native of Baltimore, he entered the sports field as a writer on a New York newspaper. He later managed wrestlers, including onetime heavyweight champion “Ham” Jenkins. He also managed a number of prize fighters, including Young Corbett and Freddie Welsh, and was associated in several sports ventures with Jack Dempsey and Jack Kearns. He came to the coast in

Tonight St. John’s will pia\ at New Ross, and plavers are askfd to meet in the .schoolyard at spm Games are wanted for Wednesday night 1331 -W U |e^ ri |a a sr r SoS eS fe t a o ted 20 the & iFAVi? a adA and t?’' o*’ 0 *’ starred on offense for the defense nt V>?/ a D and Vance shone on the se „ The Pirates will meet the Rhodius five Saturday night. ,' h ® *P. du strial League at Broadwav gym last Thursday night the following ' Played,. Allison Engineering denilrhr P T Pes Motor Coach. 40 to 18: Fie.cher Trust downed Krege Five and Zimmer P°e 3I - g"* PhUli P 5 Won from Zimmer Paper Products. 35 to 14. PADDLE CLUB WINS The Indianapolis Paddle Club ping-pong team defeated "he Huntington squad, thirty matches to six in an inter-city meet at the Paddle Club yesterday. Steele and Beaver were outstanding for the visitors, while McClure. Inman, Jacobs, Rowe, and Jackson were stars for the locals.

Is Auto Racing Sport? Barney Oldfield Condemns the Roaring Road-

BY JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Sports Writer YORK. Dec. 18.—Mr. Barney Oldfield doesn't see much sense in automobile racing. The old man of the gasoline pits says if you can call hanging a sport then it is fair enough to call automobile racing a sport. Possibly he means that if you give some men enough rope they will hang themselves and that if you give some men enough motive power they will kill themselves. A mortuary check no doubt would show that the gentleman is largely correct on both counts. Mr. Oldfield was the first man in this country to drive an automobile a mile a minute. There probably isn’t a motorist in the country today that hasn't driven or been driven at a speed greater than a mile a minute. Even the lightbodied, moderate priced cars will go that fast. Keeping pace with modern refinements in motor science the auto-

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Pitt Panthers to Invade Fieldhouse Here Tonight Wabash Spills Indiana Cage Team; Purdue to Meet Notre Dame Tomorrow Night; Eleven College Games on Week’s Bill. Two invaders, Pittsburgh and Wittenberg, will help open this week’s Indiana college basketball schedule. Butler will entertain Pittsburgh tonight, while Wittenberg is to open a four-game Indiana tour by meeting Evansville. Wittenberg, from Springfield, 0., was co-champion of the Buckeye conference last season.

He’ll Grapple Irish Matman

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George Zaharias

THE string of victories that Irish Pat O’Shocker has hung up in local rings w'ill be in danger tomorrow night at the Armory when the Salt Lake City star collides with the highly touted George (Cry Baby) Zaharias, Colorado Greek. The nationally prominent grapplers meet in the main go attraction on the Hercules A. C. card. Zaharias, who scales 230, is rated one of the most colorful performers in the country and is known for his rough and tumble style. O’Shocker, who weighs 225, also is of the aggressive type. In supporting matches, Max Martin, Jewish grappler from Hartford, Conn., meets Tom (Bad Wolf) Marvin, Oklahcma, and Ed White, Alabama, opposes Milo Steinhorn, St. Louis. All are heavyweights.

Ft. Wayne Is Roller Victor Roller polo fans saw a fast match at Tomlinson hall yesterday afternon when the Ft. Wayne skaters nosed out the lccal professionals, 5 to 4. Ted Lewis, veteran Indianapolis rush, scored all points for his team and for Ft. Wayne Thompson registered three and Minor two. The visitors scored twice in the first period and held to the lead the entire distance. A rally staged by the Indians in the final quarter fell short by one goal. Team work on both sides showed marked improvement. In an amateur tilt, Rolles Printers downed the Gecklers, 8 to 4. Sida, Rolles’ second rush, batted in five points and Day was best for the Gecklers with four. The Terre Haute professionals will oppose the Indianapolis leaguers at Tomlinson hall next Snuday. Red Colilns will captain the Terriers. He is a former local favorite. Ben Danford, another former local star, will play at half for Terre Haute, a newly organized club. DIEGEL WINS TOURNEY Pro Golfers in Front in Annual Race for Money, Titles. By United Press LOS ANGELES. Dec. 18.—Leo Diegel, Philadelphia pro, was off to a flying start today in the annual competition for money and titles in the Southern California golfing wars by his victory in the California open championship at the Long Beach course. Diegel shot a 282. six strokes under par, to defeat Olin Dutra of Los Angeles, and Ky Laffoon of Denver, by four strokes in the thirty-six hole test. The winner’s prize unofficially was reported to have been $350. Willie Hunter, former British amateur champion, was fourth. EVANSVILLE OPEN DEC. 30 EVANSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 18.—Due to a cancelation by Centenary college basketball team. Evansville college is without a game for the night of Dec. 30. Coach William Slyker is anxious to schedule a team for Evansville on that date. Teams interested are requested to wire him at once.

mobile drivers have stepped up the speed of the machines to a point where five miles a minute is a demonstrated reality. Where once seventy miles an hour over the famous Indianapolis Speedway was incredible, anything short of 110 miles an hour today is considered dawdling. a a a lyR. OLDFIELD maintains that -*•*■*■ 100 miles an hour is fast enough for anybody, much too fast for most people, and he audibly wonders why the manufacturers continue to strive for even greater speed on the racing strips . . . "What does it prove? What use can you make of it?” Speaking for myself as one who never fails to rap on the glass in a taxicab when the speed exceeds thirty miles an hour, grumbling at the driver, -‘do you think you are going to a fire, or what?” I am inclined to put in with Mr. Oldfield. There is such a thing as too much speed.

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1933

Tonight’s game will be the third for Pittsburgh on its mid-west invasion. The Panthers lost to Purdue Friday night and defeated Northwestern the following evening. Wabash Takes Indiana Butler’s Bulldogs recovered from an opening defeat by downing Franklin, 34 to 22, in a ragged game Saturday night. Several Butler sophomores were used as coach Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle saved his regulars for Pittsburgh. Wabash college scored an upset by defeating Indiana university, 26 to 22. The Crimson team was unable to score from the field until the second half. Indiana this week goes to St. Louis for a game. A northern Indiana college team, Valparaiso, opened its season Saturday night by defeating Concordia, 37 to 24. Represented by a veteran team which last year lost only three games, Valparaiso is expected to be a strong contender for state honors. In. other week-end games, Ball State swamped Hanover, 40 to 26; Manchester defeated Kalamazoo, 28 to 22, and Huntington nosed out St. Joseph’s, 15 to 13.

Eleven Games Carded Eleven games are on this week’s state college schedule. Wittenberg will appear in three of them in addition to tonight’s encounter, as it will be entertained by De Pauw tomorrow night, Indiana State Wednesday night and Earlham Thursday night. One of the outstanding college games in the state this week will be the Notre Dame-Purdue encounter at South Bend tomorrow night. Notre Dame has a record of fourteen consecutive victories. The week’s schedule; MONDAY Wittenberg at Evansville. Pittsburgh at Butler. Indianapolis. TUESDAY Purdue at Notre Dame. Wittenberg at De Pauw. Indiana at St. Louis. WEDNESDAY Valparaiso at St. Joseph, Collegeville. Wittenberg at Indiana State. Terre Haute. THURSDAY Wittenberg at Earlham, Richmond. Central Normal at Hanover. FRIDAY Hanover vs. Cincinnati at Madison. Ind. Notre Dame at Bradley Poly, Peoria. 111. SATURDAY Butler at Purdue, Lafayette. De Pauw at Evansville.

Hallett Named Head of Council Herman Hallett of New Richmond today was president of the athletic council of the Indiana High School Athletic Association, and Fred German of Technical high school was a member of the group following week-end elections. W. S. Fellmy of Edwardsport, retiring president of the council, was named to succeed himself as a member of the council from District V, Class 2, and Gorman wai named to the council as a representative of District 11, Glass 5.

Kautskys Down Detroit Cagers The Detroit Champions, professional basketball team, took their first trimming of the season yesterday in the Armory, where the Kautsky A. C. quintet downed them. 42 to 31. The Champions’ early lead was erased when Hank Kowalczyk went in at center for the Kautskys, and, with Johnny Wooden, staged a drive that put his team in the fore. The Kautskys beat the Champions at their own game, a fast-breaking attack. The Detroit team came back in the fourth quarter to tie the score at 28-all, after trailing through the earlier periods, but Wooden and Stretch Murphy began a basket bombardment that put the Kautskys well out ahead. BEARS TO START TOUR By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 18—The Chicago Bears, national professional football champions, will open an exhibition tour against the St. Louis Gunners, at St. Louis, Dec. 24, George Halas, owner and coach, announced today. The Bears may play in Dallas, Tex., Jan. 7 and then go to California for a series of three games. SOCCER CHAMPS WIN By United Press CHICAGO. Dec. 18—The Detroit Sons of Malta soccer champions of Michigan remained undefeated today after a 1 to 0 triumph over the strong Sparta leaders of Chicago.

Even Casanova had to admit that in the end. The excuse for the 500-mile race and its macabre relatives is that they provide a practical provingground for advanced theories in higher mechanics. It is, in short, a vast clinic where the surgeons of the trade gather to study the effects of their serums on the rubber tired guinea pigs. On these results are based the yearly innovations in the automobile* business. a a a T SAW three men killed at ludianA apolis last May. Death comes swiftly at the oil stained b::ck track, as if to match the restless, eager tempo of the whirring wheels. One minute you see young men. co--pletely alive, shoot away from the starting line in a gargantuan belch of smoke, and the next you see them completely dead. Somehow if you are close to the show you refuse to believe the men are actually dead. Why, you just talked with them a moment ago! It

Baer Croons as Others Fight

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Nero fiddled while Rome burned, and Max Baer danced while Primo Camera and Tommy Loughran signed for a title fight. Ignoring of Baer by Camera didn’t ruffle the happy-go-lucky Maxie, however, for he was busy on Broadway. Here he is shown with girls with whom he sings and dances in a New York theater.

Off the Backboard

IT begins to look as if Ole Backboard should say tomorrow will be Tuesday, something would happen to a handful of pages on the calendar and Saturday would pop up in the middle of the week. Fate is that obstinate. There is the matter of a few basketball predictions in supporting evidence. The Shortridge Blue Devils accommodated Backboard Friday night when they tripped up Greeneastle, but on the same evening Logansport tore a guess to shreds with a win over Tech.

AND did you happen to be on hand in the Thirty-fourth street gym Saturday night when Marion went down before an impressive Shortridge team? Or around Sixteenth street, where Cathedral beat down one of the snappiest quintets in southern Indiana, taking a close decision over Connersville? Kenneth Peterman’s five showed championship form against Marion in a rough battle. Yeager of Marion and Bryant of Shortridge left the game with four fouls each. The Blue Devils sniped their way to a 19-to-8 lead at half-time, and coasted on easily to their final 35-to-19 score. Merrill collected nine points, Stephenson six and Berns six. Summary: MaTion (19) Shortridge (35) FG FT PF! FG FT PF Dille.f 1 1 liStevenson.f 3 0 1 Trueman,f. 0 0 0 Berns,f 3 0 1 Tones,c 1 0 2iMerrill c... 33 3 Thomas,g. 0 0 2 Bryant,g... 0 14 Duncan,g.. 0 0 O Hobson.g. .. 2 5 3 Conrad,f.. 33 2 Kitzmillr.g. 0 2 0 Chambrs.f 0 0 2 Burns,f 0 0 0 Yeager,c. . 1 1 4 Kolb,c 0 0 0 Fox.g 0 2 o, Sutton,{. . . 10 0 Mooney,g.. 0 0 3|Brown,g... 0 0 0 Totals... 6 7 16 Totals ..12 11 12 Score at Half—Shortridge, 19; Marion 8. Referee —Adams. Umpire—Phillips.

****** DAN ROYHANS came out in the final quarter of the CathedralConnersville game and dropped in three field goals while he and his mates held Connersville scoreless through the period. The downstaters led at the beginning of the fourth period, 16 to 12, but Cathedral nosed them out 18 to 16. The Spartans led all the way until that fateful last period. Friday night Cathedral bowed to Elwood. Summary: Cathedral (18) Connersville (16) FG FT PF FG FT PF Carson,f.. 2 0 0; Sleet,f 2 2 0 Itohyans.f. 4 0 lWanley.f... 2 2 0 Kilhnger.c 0 1 OYsager.c... 10 3 M'Mahn.g. 0 0 2 Dixon.g.... 0 0 0 Feeney,g.. 1 0 1 Berrv.g -1 0 3 O Connr.c. 0 3 0 Stanley g,. 0 0 0 Connor,g.. 0 0 2i Totals .. 7 4 6! Totals... ~6 *4 1 Score at Half—Connersville, 13; Cathedral, 10. Referee —Hurley. Umpire—Porter. sx ss u A SLENDER crowd watched Butler dispose of Franklin college, 34 to 22, in a slipshod game out at Butler fieldhouse Saturday night. Frank Baird led the scoring with ten points. The Bulldogs took six-ty-four shots, and connected with fifteen of them, while Franklin punched at the basket thirty-eight times and hit with eight. Summary: Butler (34) Franklin (22) FG FT PF FG FT PF Davis,f... 3 0 3)lrvin,f .... 2 0 0 Reissner.f. 3 0 1 Moser,f-c.. 12 2 Demmry.c. 2 2 0 Miller,c ... 0 0 4 Baird.g. .. 4 2 1 Buchanan,g 2 2 0 Parrish,g. 2 0 1 Poison,g 110 Batts,c-g.. 1 0 1 Primmer,!. 10 0 Jones.g ..0 0 OWLloyd.f... 0 0 0 Overman,f. 0 0 0 Piercy.f 110 Brafford.g.. 0 0 OFrench.f... 0 0 0 Totals .. 15 4 71 Totals .. 8 6 6 Score at Half —Butler, 16; Franklin, 9. Referee—Dale Miller (Indianapolis). Umpire—Vedder Gard (Indiana). o a a Who’s going to stop Hartford City? Columbia City couldn’t Saturday night in Hartford City, and the experts in that region had predicted that Columbia City had a better chance than any of Hartford 1 City's rivals. The seore was 49 to 19.

must be some sort of morbid hoax. There’s more tenacity to life than that, surely. But apparently there isn’t. Not on the racing lanes where the mocking siren of speed holds grim court. I left the track with a firm belief that whatever the race contributed to science it was hardly worth the lives of three men. Or even one. To this extent I agree with Mr. Oldfield, and so do. I am sure, the manufacturers and the promoters. But as long as fast cars are built men will drive them and there will be fatalities. Mr. Oldfield demands to know what the sport of automobile racing proves? In its present advan' and stage it probably doesn’t prove a great deal. Back in the early days of the automobile it undoubtedly proved considerable. For one thing, at the risk of great hazards, many safety appliances w r ere develop?'' a a a WHAT sport does prove anything? I doubt that Professor Durant or Dr. Wells could com-

BY CARLOS LANE

THE Manual Redskins went into an early lead against Warren Central in the south side gym Saturday night, and stopped a Central fourth-quarter rally to win, 25 to 16. Summary: Manual (25) Warren Cnt. (16) FG FT PF! FG FT PF Yovanf... 1 32, Kliene.f.... 13 2 Nahmias.f. 0 0 2 Witte,f 0 0 2 Wagener.c 33 3 Notle.c 1 1 3 Ncknhrst.g 10 3 Norwalk.g. 0 10 Costntno.g 4 1 1 Trefz.f .... 1 0 2 Hinds,c.... 0 0 OiSimmrmn.g 0 13 jWeise.g ... 2 0 0 j Glaze.g ... 0 0 0 I Gale,f .... 0 0 0 Totals ..9 7 111 Totals ..5 7 12 j Scor at Half—Manual, 14; Warren Central, 6. Referee—Deakne. Umpire—Gale. st u a B ERNIE from Tech, who slipped in a contrib without his name, kicked through with the proper identification, and Backboard’s glad to print his letter now. “Howdy. Backboard; “This is just another loyal Tech rooter and student, who is giving his school a boost. If you haven’t seen the eastsiders perform this season you'd better go, because Tech has a red-hot team and is going places. You will hear those continual pesky rumors that we have a oneman learn, Townsend, but in the Richmond game every time Townsend got the ball he was covered by two Richmond performers. “But who scored our points? A flash forward formerly from Bedford, Hutt is the boy, and watch him. He sank six buckets from the floor in the Richmonl game and one foul shot. If Townsend is covered Hutt is loose, and vice versa. What a team, what a coach, and what a school! You’d better see ’em. “BERNIE FROM TECH.” St St St BACKBOARD has seen ’em, Bernie, and he agrees with a lot you say. But Backboard also has seen Shortridge now—and when the Blue Devils and Tech tangle will he be in the press box? Will he? Try and keep him away. No Minor Job for Mr. Babe By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Babe Ruth is going to finish his baseball career in the major leagues. Speaking at a dinner given by him to sports writers from the big league cities last night at the New York Athletic Club, Ruth said: “After ail, I have been playing baseball in the big leagues for twenty years. And one thing I want to say and that is I am going to finish my career in the majors.” The remark was taken to indicate that Ruth will not accept a position as player or manager in a minor circuit. GREEN BAY PACKERS WIN By United Press ST. LOUIS, Dec. 18.—The Green Bay Packers of the National Professional Football League, handed the St. Louis Gunners a 21-0 defeat I before more than 15,000 fans here j yesterday. It was the largest crowd 1 of the season.

pose a monograph on, say prize fighting that would be altogether convincing in its possible premise that the seventh round knockdown at Chicago added anything of importance to the human scheme ol things, beyond possibly the need for more accurate mathematics. A crowd of 80,000 people will leap up and babble incoherently until their faces take on the bluish purple of a disconsolate egg plant when Mr. Ruth bangs a baseball over the garden wall, and I will concede readily that it is a very beautiful thing to behold, but after all, does it affect vitally the double standard or the gold standard? Mr. Oldfield should not be too captious in his insistence that sports, like logarithms and Lippmanns, prove something in the'scale of life. I never have thought that that was the precise purpose of sports. To a greater or less degree all sports form an outlet, an escape either for the participant or the spectator, That ouglx to be enough.

Trouble On Ice WITH Irvin (Ace* Bailey, Toronto hockey star, in critical condition, his skull fractured after a tilt on the ice with Eddie Shore, right, of Boston, the Hub player is facing a possible manslaughter charge if Bailey dies. The fight occurred in Bost on.

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Bears Overrun Giants to Keep Gridiron Title Three Times Chicago Eleven Comes From Behind to Wrest Lead From New Yorkers, Winning National Crown in Last Four Minutes. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Dec. 18—Hail to the Chicago Bears, the greatest football team of 1933. In one of the most dramatic football games ever played, the Bears vanquished the New York Giants Sunday at Wrigley field before a crowd of 25.000, and retained their national professional football championship. The score was 23-21. and the game was not won until the last four minutes of play, when the Bears came from behind for the third time in a final superlative rally.

New York scored three spectacular touchdowns as a result of Harry Newman's superhuman forward passing, but they weren’t enough to match the Bears’ two thrilling touchdowns and three field goals by Jack (Automatic) Manders. Giants Lead, 7 to 6 Two placekicks by Manders, former Minnesota star—one from the 17-yard line in the first period, and the other from the 40-yard line in the second period—gave the Bears a 6-0 lead. In three plays the Giants wiped out this lead, as Newman tossed to Badgro for a twenty-nine-yard gain for the touchdown. Ken Strong kicked goal, giving the Giants a 7-6 lead at half-time. The Bears forged ahead once more early in the second period, on another field goal by Manders from the 18-yard line, making the score 9-7. The Giants took the next kickoff and carried it over the goal for another touchdown, largely on Newman’s whirlwind passing. Krause plunged over from the 1-yard line for the score, and Strong kicked goal, making the Giants ahead. 14-9. 67-I'ard Pass Gain A pass from George Corbett to Carl Brumbaugh, Chicago quarterback, gained sixty-seven yards a few minutes later. From the sixyard line Bronko Nagurski, Bears’ 217-pound full back, tossed a twohanded pass to Bill Karr, Bears’ end, for the score. Manders kicked goal and the score w r as Bears, 16; Giants, 14. Again, Newman started his dizzy passing, anfi on the first play of the final period tossed a forward to Strong in the end zone for the third Giant touchdown. Strong kicked goal and the Giants again led, 21 to 16. Molesworth faked a plunge into the line, then tossed an overhand pass to Bill Hewitt, Bears’ end. As the Giants’ defense closed in on Hewitt, he passed laterally to Bill Karr, other end, who ran for the touchodwn. Brumbaugh kicked goal, making the final score Bears, 23; Giants, 21. SPARTANS DOWN BANTAMS By United Press CHARLOTTE, N. C„ Dec. 18.— The Portsmouth Spartans, runnersup in the National Football League, unlimbered too much power for the Charlotte Bantams here yesterday, winning 40 to 6, as the Bantams took their worst licking in their two-year history.

Jimmy Foxx Collects Bulk of American League Honors

By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Jimmy Foxx, first baseman, one of the few stars left on the Philadelphia Athletics, captured a majority of the batting honors in the American League last season. Foxx bated at a .356 clip to lead the league individual slugging, according to figures released by league

Butler Track Card Listed Butler track athletes this winter and next spring will compete in the hardest schedule ever arranged for Bulldog thinlies, Coach Herman Phillips showed yesterday as he announced the track schedule. Ray Sears, sensational Butler distance runner, will compete again in the Millrose games in New York Feb. 3. Sears last year entered the mile race, but Phillips indicated his star this season will run in the twomile event. The schedule is: Feb. 3—Milrose games. New York. Feb. 10—Purdue, here (tentativei. Feb. 17—Michigan Normal, at Ypsilantl, Mich, (tentative). Feb. 23—Western State, here. March 3—Missouri VaUey Conference (site not determined). March 10—Central Intercollegiate, at Notre Dame. March 17—Armour Tech relays, at Chicago. March 24—Butler relays. April 7—Central Normal, here. April 14—Indiana State, here. April 21—Kansas relays, at Lawrence. Kan.; Hanover at Hanover. April 28—Drake relays at Des Moines, la.; Earlham, here. May s—Ball State, here. May 9—lndiana Central, here. Mav 12—Miami university, at Oxforl. O May 19—Missouri Valiev Conference ! (site not determined); little state meet, at Richmond May 26—State meet, at Lafayette. June 2—Central Intercollegiate at Milwaukee. Wis. June 23—National intercollegiates. at Los Angeles.

Ponzi Leading in Cue Tourney By United Prets CHICAGO. Dec. 18.—Andrew Ponzi of Philadelphia, held a commanding lead today in the world’s pocket billiards championship tournament after his closest rival,,Erwin Rudolph, Cleveland had dropped his second game. Rudolph's defeat at the hands of tempermental Pasquale Natalie. Chicago, left him with a record of five victories against two defeats and with but an outside chance to overtake ponzi, who had won six while losing one game.

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23 Wabash ‘W’ Awards Scarlet Gridders to Be Honored at Roundup of Alumni. Robert E. Vaughan, head football coach at Wabash college, has announced that twenty-three letters will be awarded members of this year’s football squad at the first annual roundup dinner to be given tomorrow night at the Athenaeum by Indianapolis Wabash alumni. Wabash has a rather unique method of presenting awards. Not more than two sweaters are given to a man during his college days. When he first wins his varsity “W” he is given a sweater and then in his last year he is awarded a senior sweater. The following men earned the '“W” this year: H E Benis, Indianapolis: G. V. BlackClabaugh. Hubbara Woods. 111.; D. D Davis. Flora; D E Gerow. Munising. Mich ; R w. Gewecke' Des Plains. 111.; L. W Jovce. Delphi; n’ h. Long. Indianapolis; Frank Luzar Invr?„ apo V/r S: .i C ' D Ma ngus. Ladoga; E. M. ±? Se rv Ma^°S: ■ M Milan. Indianap--2- ' Ri. E Reinert. Chicago: C. D. 0R H Rlker - Farmland; W ■ Robbins. Wingate; V. L. Schwartz Danville. 111-: G M Snoddv. Crawfords- ' w' Y- . M - Snyder. Chicago; G. E. Stierr'r ap l!?' : H L - Varner. Hammond, E. G. Vinroot, Chicago; R. w Wheaton. Paw Paw. Mich. list f d Berns, Gerow. Jovce. . t '. Stlerwalt ar ! d Blackmore won let. ters last year so will not be presented sweaters at this time wtn* h r of T th ! Sduad attending will be P, M Adler. Lebanon; C. M Baltn U V L p ba s on: °t Frasor - Blue Island, iii - E Home. Indianapolis; C. G. Lewis. Fremont, R. C. Meyers. Chicago: R o Nelson. Francesville: H W'. Schmur Des ? al . ns ; R - C. Spiedel. Chicago: R. D. J„I hul L e ' preenwoou; D H. Visscher. Chicago, R. A. Bwyer. Monticello; I’ R Larraoee, Goshen. Paul Matthews, president of the Indianapolis Alumni Association, will preside and John Ruckelshaus will be toastmaster and will introduce President Louis B. Hopkins of Wabash college. Robert E. Vaughan and other members of the coaching staff are scheduled to give information on the future of Wabash athletics. The 1934 Scarlet football schedule follows: Sept. 5® —Hanover at Crawfordsville. Oct. —Manchester at Crawfcrdsville. 5n „ sh U l s ton University at St. Louis. —Rose Poly at Crawfordsville. 2.—Butler at Crawfordsville. Nov. J —Evansville College at Evansville. 10—Franklin at Crawfordsville. I<—De Pauw at Greeneastle.

statisticians today. He also led the league in home runs, forty-eight, and tied and smashed several other records. Foxx twice tied the league mark for four extra base hits in one game; tied the league record for three home runs in one game; equaled the mark for four consecutive home runs and set anew figure by knocking in nine runs off the pitching of Hudlin and Bean of Cleveland on Aug. 14. Other batting records tied were the six consecutive hits made by outfielder Sam West of St. Louis; the five runs scored in one game by Bob Johnson, Athletics, and four extra base hits in one game which West accounted for against Chicago. Manush, Washington, was he second best batsman with an average of .336. The ten leading batsmen in the league follow: AB. R. H TB. Pet. %% \f. Sirtimn -W3 13ft | jft 859 334 r r?™ n * 905 85 800 29, g? AnnllnJ" ** 103 204 294 !k5 912 99 197 211 .322 Dickey”* Js® IS* 221 1522 Hlt.fvT. 4,H • >8 152 234 .318 Higgln 567 85 178 276 314

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