Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 196, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1933 — Page 12

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By Eddie Ash Ross, Canzoneri Inflate Lightweights • mm Barney, Especially, Boosts His Class

''J'MIK comeback to prestige of the lightweight class in boxing was a feature of 1933 in the world of sports. Leading the way were Barney Ross of Chicago and Tony Canzoneri of New York. Ross lifted the crown from Canzoneri in a close battle staged in Chicago and then proved he was no flash in the pan by repeating over the aggressive and popular Tony in a New York ring over the long route. These lads fought like the lightweights of old, in the days when this division of fisticuffs nearly matched the heavyweights in prominence and glamour. Ross, a youngster, supplied the glove sport with the kind of tonic the game needed. His two victories over Canzoneri, one of the greatest lightweights the ring ever knew, marked him as a standout battler. His victory stirred action in his own division with the result that the customers centered their attention on the lighties after having been disappointed by promoters who promised a Carnera-Baer match after Primo won the title from Sharkey and Baer kayoed Schmelling for the right to meet the new champion. an n nan ONE of the outstanding developments of the year in sports was little heralded. It reached its realization at Chicago when a team of eastern stars led by Tommy Hitchcock was beaten by a team from the west in the first “world series” of pony polo. The east knew what it was to be beaten at other games. Mighty sweep-swingers from Washington came to Poughkeepsie ten years ago. defeated a fine Navy crew and returned the following year to prove mastery. A few years later California sent a great eight east to repeat the w'orks of Washington. The east long ago' must have realized that its football teams, fast and smart though they were, could not play in the same league with the overpowering westerners. Beginning with 1921, the east became accustomed to western domination by track squads from the Pacific coast. California sent winning teams in 1921, ‘22 and '23. Yale surprised in 1924, but Southern California ruled in 1925 and '26. Then Stanford took up its four-year reign where the Trojans left off. nan nan IN tennis the east had its incomparable Tilden of course, and Big Bill was a whole courtful of players. But, twenty years ago a redhaired star from California came east and started fireworks that revolutionized the game. His name was Maurice McLoughlin and his game was tough. He rudely brushed aside the niceties to which the east had become accustomed and began a scorching game which the east had to copy to hold its own. McLoughlin started something within his own state. Soon every lad big enough to toddle onto the courts was whaling away with a racquet. A veritable army moved upon eastern nets and took home cups by the score. a an . n n n BUT pony polo. This was the east's game, with its Milburn, Hitchcock, ! Stevenson and Webb. It had been the east’s own game since 1886 when a team of Hone, Lawley, Little and Watson took its first interna- j tional lesson from the British. Chicago saw r the end of eastern domination that stretched back over fifty years. Hard-riding Texans, Cecil Smith, Rube Williams, and their cohorts, took some western football principles, a little of the fire and dash of Maurice McLoughlin.‘added a bit of blocking and tackling and became champions of the world. n n n nan' JOE JEANNETTE, a great Negro heavyweight of the old days, always liked a bit of a rest before a fight. He was stretched out under overcoats on the rubbing table trying to get some sleep before his brawl with John Lester Johnson, a “gabby” Negro. Joe had just dropped off into dreamland when the door opened and there stood John Lester, grinning from ear to ear. “Harya, there, Jeannettey.” he roared, startling Joe out of his slumber. “All right,” Joe growled back, washing John Lester would go away. “Boy,” returned Johnson, ignoring Joe’s hint to scram, “I wish you'd been with me tonight. Ah sure had some of the most delicious fricasseed chicken ah ever did see. Thick gravy, tender meat—” And so he rambled on until fight time, with Joe growing angrier every second. When they climbed into the ring Joe was probably the most aggravated boy Johnson ever met. He walked across the ring at the sound of the bel\ let one fly from 'way tack, and Mr. Johnson fell, completely out. “There," said Joe, “is one chicken 'at's fricasseed.” nan nan annual Indianapolis Motor Speedway midwinter dinner will be held in New York at the Stork Club the night of Jan. 8. Eddie Rickenbacker, president of the Speedway, and T. E. <Pop Myers, general manager, will make the banquet another “farewell to Hannagan.” The 1933 Speedway spring banquet, held in Indianapolis, also was a “farewell to Hannagan,” and was a right smart blowout. Now a bigger affair is promised in New York. In a letter to The Times, Steve Hannagan, for years the genial publicity director of the 500-mile race, extends an urgent invitation “to be there.” Steve said: “My successor will be announced at the Stork Club. There will be plenty of food and I want to prove to the Indianapolis sports writers that New York drinking water is every bit as good as the drinking water served in Chicago during the recent baseball meetings. The reservoir that supplies New York is watched carefully to prevent polliwogs and other ‘what-is-its’ from entering the pipes.”

Among Other Records, City Pinmen Clothe 32 for Santa

BY LEFTY LEE The bowlers of Indianapolis also established anew record during The Times Clothe-a-Child for Christmas campaign, when the Universal League, that rolls on the Pritchett alleys, and the Ipalco League, that plays at the Illinois alleys, beat the closing gun Saturday with funds to take care of three more kiddies. TThe Universal loop asked for two. the Ipalco circuit, one. The Ipalco loop represents the Indianapolis Power and Light Company. This brought the total children cared for by local bowlers up to thirty-two. five more than any previous year. Bowlers have been hit by hard times, as the lack of entries in different events will prove, but they insisted that the opportunity to eare for children was one that cou'.d not be passed by. which makes the new record total very gratifying. The honor roll, for Christmas, 1933: Mr. and Mrs. Fddie Mrver, Pritchett allf'v two children. Delaware I.eaciie. Delaware allevs. three chldren. \\alon Pritchett allevs. two children. 1 v.tncelical league. Pritchett allevs. one child. Pritchett Recreation League, Pritchett allevs. one child. Sears-Roebuck howlers, one child. Tuesday Night Ladies’ League. Pritchett allevs. one child. ilinck Optical Ladies' 1/eague. Pritchett alleys, one child. South Side Business Men's League. Fountain Square allevs. one child. Indianapolis Water league, Pritchett allevs. one child. Chevrolet Fjnployes League, Indiana allcw. one rhild. Postoffice League. Pritchett allevs. one rhild. S. Avres League. Pritchett alleys, two ehi’dren. M~n> Optical League. Pritchett alleys. one child. Illinois Automobile League. Illinois all vs. two children. Washington League. Illinois allevs. one chid Indianapolis League. Pritchett allevs. two children. Lptown League. Iptown allevs. one child. Chuck Klein. Pritchett allevs. two ehilStates l.eatue. Pritchett altev*. one child K of C. Leasue. Delaware allevs. one child. Universal Leatue. Pritchett alleys, two children. . ... _ Ipalco i Power and light! Bowling League. Illinois alleys, one child. The Aliev Owners' double sweepstakes, sch-duled to start last Saturday and continue until Jan 1 was called off because of a lack of entries. The recent Aliev Owners' team sweepstakes, at which time g full 100 per cent handicap was allowed ail contestants, proved to the fast bowler that he did not ha\e a chance to figure in the price award, the gift pins being 300 many for the stars to overcome. When the schedule and conditions lor the double* event were printed, the small average bowler found he was limited again to a two-thirds handicap, and as a result, refused to enter, the fu’l handicap allowance, that gave the lower average man a real edge being fresh in his mind The writer believes that both s -terns are unfair the full allotment of gtft pins working a hardship on the rallv good bowler, and the reduction to two- thirds doing the same for the bowler with a smaller average. If ’hi* 1 the situation, whv not get out *ho arithmeiir and lock up threefourths or four-fltihs? On this b3sis it Is our be lef that all contes’rnts would b- near nsr at le-st it would bring e 1 Classes Closer to the ideal figure, that trie promoters have been hunting for fetn.

The Pritchett alleys will stage a 430 doubles sweepstakes. Saturday and Sunday., Dec 30 and 21, and Monday, Jan. 1. Pour gegnes across eight alleys will be roiled In this event, the contestants receiving two-thirds of the difference between their combined league averages and 430. With the figure set this high, stars can compete on a basis that will at least give them a chance. The four Instead of three-game set also will help to make things equal. The entry fee will be $2 per man. which includes all charges. On Jan. 6 and 7 the annual 200 scratch singles sweepstakes, always a successful event, will be rolled on the popular St. Philip A. C. alleys. Bill Moran the boy who develops young stars on these east side drives, will be in charge of this event, that enrolls the bowlers from every league in the city each year. Moran also is a real booster for other tournaments, lending his full support to all of the events scheduled on the other drives in the city, and it is only fair that the bowlers enter his annual feature. The next time that Jack Hunt takes the drives, he will be after his tenth consecutive 600 total. This bov. always a star, is especially- feared in match plav. having come through with the pins needed, in everv match that he has rolled, since returning from Union City, two years ago. Some of the boyvlers have been wondering what has happened to Joe Michae'is, the youngster who gave promise of being an outstanding star several years ago. Jo? is "enjoying” a slump in the St. Philip No. 1 League, but is going much better in the L. S Ayres play.

Pro Champs in K. C. Game /■;/ 1 nited Pr si SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26 The Chicago Bears, national professional football champions, will play an all-star Pacific coast team here on Sunday, Jan. 21. according to arrangements announced today by the Knights of Columbus. The Bears will leave for the coast next Thursday for the annual charity contest staged by the fraternal organization. Former college stars will oppose them.

Fight Results Monday

AT PHILADELPHIA—Frankie Klick. 127, San Francisco, won N. B A junior I'.Khtweight champion by scoring technical knockout over Kid Chocolate. Cuba, 130 i7i; Lew Amber. 135. New York, outpointed Young Firpo. 140. Pennsgrove 8‘: Johnny Craven. 135. Conshocken. knocked out Georcte Riley 136 New York < 4 1 ; Milt Jacobs. 126. Philadelphia, decisioned Corny Valenti. 123. Philadelphia ■ 6*. AT PORTLAND. Me —Johnny Rossi. 158, Worcester. Mass . outpointed Andv Divod:. 155. New York >l2 >; Elmer B rani. Portland. outpointed Ossie Stewart. Augusta id. KALLIO KEEPS TITLE DETROIT, Dec. 26.—Gus Kallio retained his middleweight wrestling title here last night by defeating Jackie Nichols at the Arena Gardens. He scored the first fall in 23 minutes and 40 seconds. Nichols threw the champion in 13 minutes and 20 seconds for the second fall. Kallio won the match by taking the third fall in 8 minutes and 20 seconds. i

Indianapolis Times Sports

Tribe High on Defense Cooney and Chapman Land Among Leaders for 1933 Season. Ry T'nitrd pr< t* CHICAGO, Dec. 26.—St. Paul. Indianapolis, Kansas City and Minneapolis each place two men on the 1933 all-star fielding team of the American Association, according to : the official averages released today. The leading fielders at each position, figured on the basis of 100 games or more except among the pitchers, follow: First Base—Phil Todt, St. Paul, | 996. Second Base —Andy Cohen, Min- ' neapolis, .981. Third Base—Meredith Hopkins, St. Paul, .962. Shortstop—Chester Wilburn, Kansas City, .956. Outfield—John Cooney, Indianapolis, 990. Outfield Glen Chapman, Indianapolis, 982. Outfield—Spencer Harris, Minneapolis, .981. Catch—Russell Young, Milwaukee, .986. (x) Pitch —Bill Shores, Kansas City, 1.000. lx)Six pitchers tied with 1.000, but Shores handled the most chances. St. Paul won the team fielding championship with an average of .974, two points higher than Indianapolis and Columbus, which tied for second place. Other leaders follow: Most double plays, St. Paul, 172. Most triple plays, Indianapolis, 2. Most putouts, Indianapolis, 4,216. Most assists, St. Paul, 2,139. Fewest errors, Columbus, 163. A. A. U. Gives Mitt Sanction The Marion county amateur boxing tournament to be sponsored by the South Side Turners in their gymnasium Saturday Jan. 13, has been sanctioned by the A. A. U., Turners’ officials said today. The club offers its facilities to boxers who want to train for the matches. Entry blanks are being mailed to all athletic clubs in the county, and information regarding the tourney may be secured from Arthur Paetz, at Drexel 1116. Jim Dalton and C. Armstrong are the instructors at the Turners’ gym.

Tommy Loughran Rides Comeback Ring Trail Third Time in Brilliant Career

BY JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Sports Writer NEW YORK, Dec. 26—A faint flow of life is beginning to show in the heavyweight division. Tommy Loughran is back in the headlines. Max Schmeling is returning from Germany. And there is to be a heavyweight fight at the Garden Friday between Walter Neusel and Ray Impellittiere. (How did he ever miss going to Notre Dame?) Loughran is either a marvel or a mystery. Possibly he's both. He appeared to be through five years ago. He was having his troubles with men like Lomski, Latzo, Sekyra and Emanuel, second raters all. Lomski had him on the floor. So did Emanuel, then just a novice. The diagnosticians of the ring decided Loughran had lost his speed, and since that was one of his greatest assets—the quality that made him conspicuous as a boxer —the chances of his ever coming back to the top seemed most remote. Sharkey was already pretty well established by this time. Schmeling was beginning to come along. Baer’s name was breaking into print at intervals. Likewise Camera's. Old Man Christner looked as if he might get some place. Chicago was hailing King Levinsky. Risko was still plodding along, and so was Stribling. o a a ONE of those interminable elimination tournaments so dear to the heart of Mr. Tex Rickard, who always tried to make two dollars grow where only one had grown before, was launched, and Loughran was not permitted to compete. He was too small and besides it was obvious he had run his race. It was obvious, that is, to all but Loughran. He -stayed in there swinging, and presently he was in the midst of a comeback that compelled the promoters to take him seriously again. He gave the promising Braddock as thorough a boxing lesson as any man ever received in or out of the ring. Matched with Sharkey, Loughran had many supporters. His return to form, added weight and established dependability seemed to give him something more than an outside chance. But Sharkey had one of his good nights and Loughran was knocked out. Once more the end of the road loomed, and it seemed definitely to have been reached when the Philadelphia Irisher was stiffened in a subsequent test with Young Hamas. Loughran had come up. gone down, come up again and gone down again. This couldn't go on forever. Either the man was to find himself or he wasn't. Meanwhile the parade moved on. with first Sharkey, then Schmeling, Stribling, Camera and Baer setting the pace, Loughran remaining in the background. just another fighter. a a a THERE was ample precedent for believing he would remain in the background for all time, but just when the morbid members of the guild were compiling the obituaries Loughran came galloping to the front again with a series of victories that made old timers shake their noggins in bewilderment. And now what? Only this: The promoters are talking about matching him for the championship. First with Schmel-

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1933 Captaincy of All America Board Team Goes to Bill Corbus

BY CHRISTY WALSH. Member All America Board of Football (Reg. U. S. Pat. Office! NEW* YORK. Dec. 26.—After reposing for the last twelve months in the archives of Notre Dame, the All America Captain’s cup is moving en route to Palo Alto, Cal., where it becomes the temporary property of Bill Corbus and the athletic association at Leland Stanford university. Corbus received four votes, Skladany, Pittsburgh, and Warburton, Southern California, obtained two votes each, and three other players received one vote a piece. A year ago Joe Kurth, Notre Dame’s AllAmerica tackle, was chosen captain —that being the first election of its kind in the history of football. Handsomely designed in silver and standing twenty-six inches high, the captain’s cup carries the official seal of the All America Board, the name of the captain elected each year and

ing, then with Baer and finally with Camera. How do you account for the young man’s uneven career and the fact that he is back in the limelight five years after he had been written out of the picture? A large part of the answer is Loughran himself. He is still the best boxer among the big fellows, he is thoroughly game, he has more than the average quota of self belief. Taken as a whole, this is not a bad combination. Also it does not take an exceptionally gifted performer to make

Jockey Westrope Switches Plans; Remains in Texas

By United Press HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 26.Friends here caused Jackie Westrope, leading American jockey, to change his plans and he will attempt to ride his 300th winner of the year on the Epsom Downs track by the close of the meeting Saturday. He has ridden 299 mounts across the line first in races over the nation this year. His march to the

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TZ' ID CHOCOLATE, the Cuban boxer, left, continued to pay the fiddler yesterday for dancing down the primrose path, when he lost his junior lightweight crown to Frankie Klick, right, California fighting machine. Klick won by technical knockout in the seventh round of a scheduled fifteenrounder at Philadelphia. Chocolate collapsed against the ropes after coming up off the floor following a six-second knockdown scored by Klick with a blazing right to the jaw. The Cuban, fighting as a lightweight, was knocked out in the second round by Tony Canzoneri last month. TOURNAMENT PLANNED Twelve entries have been received for the club championship tournament to be held at the Table Tennis Club on Jan. 6 and 7. The entry list for this tournament will close on Jan. 5 at 10 p. m., or when the entries of thirty-two players have been received. All players playing in leagues at the club are eligible. The players now entered are as follows: Hancock, Hughes. Adams, Johnson. Demlar. Hamilton, Hemmerling. White, Ronk, Duke, Waldo and Manley.

his university and the name of the donor —Mrs. Knute K. Rockne. nan TMMEDIATELY afte£ the 1933 team was selected recently, ballots for the captaincy were in the hands of the following players, Skladany, Pittsburgh; Smith, Washington; Feathers, Tennessee; Purvis. Purdue; Sauer, Nebraska; Coppi, Princeton; Corbus. Stanford; Wistert and Bernard, Michigan; Warburton and Rosenberg, Southern California. The cup award was approved by the All America Board last season as a means of establishing a visible bond of interest among the scattered members of the team—something that had been lacking in all previous years. The idea has been welcomed by coaches and authorities and particularly by All America players.

headway in the heavyweight division today. It is that kind of a heavyweight division. Where the champions used to survive dozens of fights, the champions today seldom survive one. That is the tip off. Even so, Loughran has a lot of credit coming to him. Apparently nothing can discourage him. He takes men who have knocked him out and in return bouts demonstrates that it was all a mistake. Witness the Sharkey and Hamas incidents. No matter what the future brings, Loughran’s career up to now has been remarkable.

300 goal was halted last Thursday, when he was suspended for five days for rough riding, after he had failed in five attempts to boot in his last winner, which would have placed him in turf history. His contract owner, O. L. Harris, had announced after the suspension that Westropee would go to Hialeah park at Miami, Fla., to finish his riding for the year. Westrope will resume his riding here Thiftsday, finishing the year in the races Friday and Saturday. GETS HOLE IN ONE By Times Special SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 26.—Dick Hanley, football coach at Northwestern university, who is here with the eastern grid team that will oppose the western all-star team New Year's day, golfed himself into the hole-in-one club yesterday. Hanley’s tee shot on the thirteenth hole at Lakeside Club course carried 175 yards to the green and trickled into the cup.

Independent and Amateur Basketball Gossip

The Jobbing Department five leads the Kingan A. A. cage league. Results of last I Thursday night's games were: Jobbing Dei partment 24, Cutting Floor 19; Main Office 22. Beef Department 19: Sausage Department 32. City Branch 22. Next Thursday night the Jobbing Department plays the Main Office; the Sausage Department meets the Beef Department, and the City Branch plays the Cutting Floor. The Riverside O'ympics want gamps Tuesday nights fpr their A and "B" teams. Phone Lefty Montford. Humboldt 8816. The Olympics are planning a tourney. and need three teams to complete the I bill. 1 Speedway Flyer Girls want a game Friday night away from home. Phone Mrs. Hammer. Belmont 3142-W. or Dorothy, at Belmont 3108. A church league playing on Thursday nights, has several places open. Teams interested, including Riverside M E . Unity. Union Congregational. Downey avenue. Temple Baptist. Christian. St Paul and others, phone Ward Montford. Humboldt 8816. in the evening. Bridgeport Cardinals handed the Tansy Milk five the first defeat of the season Boots Hutsell was outstanding for the Cardinals, while Terhune and Hein’ein starred for the losers. The Cardinals B five lost to Rvker & Woolev. 21 to 18. The Bowes Seal Fast Comets defeated the Sacred Heart high school five. 16 to 15. Kunkie. Comet guard sank the winning bucket in the final twenty seconds of play. Ross was high point man. The Comets want games with teams in the junior class, and will share expenses. The Lautfr Bovs Club basketball teams want games for New Year's afternoon for their three teams, the seniors, the seconds in the 18-20-vear-o’d group. and the juniors in the 16-18-vear-old division Phone Belmont 3641 between 2 and 5 p. m.

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AT the end of next football season, another captain will be elected and the cup will move on to another university—but after three names have been engraved on the award, it will become the permanent and personal property of either Kurth, Corbus or the captain to be elected next at the end of 1934. The players on the All America teams for 1932, ’33 and ’34 will be permitted to decide which of their three captains has exemplified best the ideals and responsibilities of an All America player, in civil life. Following this, anew cup will be provided for another period of three football seasons and the annual award will be continued as before. nun BILL CORBUS, a senior and a guard has been the mainstay of the Stanford line for the past three seasons and acting captain in many important games. He has exempli-

♦ Off the Backboard ♦

OLD SANTA, while he was dunking wrist watches and cigaret lighters in the socks of the rest of youse guys and youse gals, brought Backboard a distinctly different gift. Indeed, Santa parked the straight info on the Tech-Shortridge game Saturday night in Backboard’s hosiery, and there it was the next mornin’, screaming to be let out. But it won’t be. Not until Thursday. And even at that Backboard half fears that Santa was pulling a grand ribbing party when he dropped the tip in the lisle footgear.

Y"OU know, trying to pick the -*• outcome of this fracas in the east side gym Saturday night is like deciding whether you'll take turkey or goose, when you want both. But more of that some of these times. Because it’s the day after Christmas, and because they’ve been piling up on us while we’ve discoursed on Tech and Rushville, Cathedral and Jeffersonville, and Butler and Purdue, we’re going to give the contributors a break. Techitis still is in epidemic form. Listen to this: ana “Dear Backboard: “Welcome back! (Backboard’s note: Thanks, lady. We don’t hear it often, and it sounds (rood.) I certainly enjoy your write-ups about my dear old alma mater, Tech. “There are a few things I have to say, and the first is that I agree with you 100 per cent. (Smart person Backboard’s note.) That says that Johnny Townsend is a grand basketball player. “The second is that I disagree with the person that says we have a one-man team, because we haven’t. There are four other boys. Fais, Hutt. Pagach, and Woerner, to be exact, that are swell players. “I am willing to bet my ‘Sundav-go-to-meetin’ ’ bonnet with any Shortridge fan that Tech will hang up a victory over the Blue Devils. (What do you think?) Well, here's hoping. “TOOTS FROM TECH.” a a a BACKBOARD will risk punishment for violation of the gaming laws to hold stakes on that bet of a stein of beer—but not for a “Sunday-go-to-meetin’ ” bonnet. Nor any bonnet. That’s strictly in fun. Now pay attention. a a a “Dear Backboard: “Well, oid pal (Backboard’s note: the familiar touch), you'd better start saving your dough to bet on dear old Shortridge on Dec. 30. Tech doesn't know it, but they're ‘heading for the last round-up.’ And you had better reserve a place for old S. H. S. in tbe Butler field bouse in March, because they're going to be there. And howl “ARTIE, ’35.”.. a a a BACKBOARD is sorry to admit that he doesn’t reserve the places in the Butler fieldhouse. He'd like to. But there wouldn't be sixteen teams there—there’d be about 500. a a a Dear Backboard: “Don't let the green and white paper fool you. I go to Shortridge and not the eastside school. “I have been going to Shortridge games for over three years and I think that this present team is the best. Kenny Peterman had a bard job to build a good team on litt'e or no material, but I think he more than succeeded. As the season goes on the team is bound to become bigger and better and we are hoping for big things from it at the city and sectionals, and also at the nearing game with our ancient enemy. Tech. “I see that Tech's Greek God is willing to bet a stein of beer on Tech against the Blue Devils. He is wasting his money because Shortridge is going to win. Whether Tech has a one-man team or no one man team, they can not beat us in that ptruggle. It is one of the things not being done this season. “LITTLE WILLIE.”

Tennis No. 1 BY displaying grand form in eastern invitational meets and in the men's national singles matches, Frankie Shields. New York net star, earned No. 1 tennis ranking for American players for the 1933 season. Miss Helen Jacobs topped the women players.

Coaches Argue Forward Pass, Dead Ball Rulings

Mentors May Ask Changes in Grid Laws for 1934, Pat-

terning Collegiate Game After Open Style of Professional League. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO. Dec. 26.—The nation's football coaches gathered here today for the thirteenth annual American Football Coaches' Association convention which will continue through tomorrow at the Hotel Sherman. It is the first time the coaches have chosen Chicago for their annual conclave. The attendance was expected to reach 300. Three other collegiate groups, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Association of Physical Directors and the Student Health Association, will meet here during the week. Their meetings will continue

Meyers Faces Cecil Pedigo Ray (Tuffy Meyers of Anderson, who has been a consistent winner in the Friday night wrestling shows here this winter, will meet Cecil Pedigo, the Kentucky blacksmith, in the feature event this week at Tcr.ilinson hall. Pedigo is in top physical condition, his managers report, after having been in a hospital a long time due to a spinal injury suffered a year ago. ' Roy Welch will grapple with an opponent to be named later by Promoter Jimmy McLemore, in the semi-final bout on the card. A curtain-raiser bout also will be scheduled.

fied the qualifications of a natural leader, particularly in the face of adverse conditions. His playing, inspiration and kicking in Stanford's two most important 1933 games turned apparent defeat into victory and a tie for the conference championship. In voting for an All America captain, the following factors are considered, as recommended by the board: (1) Leadership; (2) intellectual qualities; (3) sportsmanship; (4) sacrifice; (5) loyalty to team; (6) influence on teammates, morally and phyiscally; (7) candidates season record on offense and (8) record on defense. Corbus, the only ’32 All America to repeat in ’33, will bt the first AllAmerica captain to play in the Rose Bowl and this distinction should attract special interest to his performance against Columbia, on New Year’s day. (Copyright, 1933. bv the Christy Walsh Syndicate, i

BY CARLOS LANE

nan HOLD the phone, Willie. Don’t discourage Tech’s Greek God. Didn’t you read that Backboard wants to hold the stakes? And why? Your guess is as good as any. SPARTANS WIN GAME LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 26.—Before less than two hundred frozen spectators, the Portsmouth Spartans, professional football team, drubbed the Lincoln Stirz Brewers’ eleven, 42 to 7, here yesterday.

Thirty-Six Rounds Listed on Mitt Program Here

Greater interest than there has been shown in any other boxing bill this year was claimed by the Washington A. C. for the mitt program it is sponsoring in Tomlinson hall Wednesday night. A heavy 7 advance sale was reported by the fight show sponsors,

Eastern Team Gets Workout y By United Pra>i>i TUCSON, Ariz.. Dec. 26. Coach Lou Little applied the clamps to his Columbia football machine today. After giving his boys a twoday rest, Little got down to business yesterday with a two-hour workout that was to be intensified further today. A team of reserves and members of the coaching staff engaged the varsity in a scrimmage session in which Stanford plays were used. By United Press PASADENA. Cal., Dec. 26. Ben Palamountain. tackle on the Stanford football team, appeared today to be Coach Tiny Thornhill's choice i to succeed Alvard Norgard at right end. Norgard was declared ineligible several days ago. Palamountain. who scales an even 200 j pounds, showed great promise at | the start of the season but he was I soon shelved because of an injury ! which since has mended. Jockey Buried in Los Angeles By United Prrff LOS ANGELES, Dec. 26—Many notables from the sports world joined today in paying final tribute to Tod Sloan, world famed jockey, who died last week after a lingering ; illness Funeral services were held from a local mortuary, with interment fol- | lowing in Forest Lawn Memorial park. Sloan, who amassed nearly a million dollars during his career on the track, died virtually penniless.

through Saturday. Most important on the coaches* program is a discussion of rules changes. The coaches have no power to change the rules, but their recommendations carry weight with the national football rules committee which meets early next year. List Rule Suggestions Among the suggested changes in the rules are the following: 1. Allow a forward pass from any point behind the line of scrimmage. 2. Abolish the "dead ball" rule, which prevents a ball carrier from advancing the ball after one knee has touched the ground. 3. Return the goal posts to the goal line. 4. Permit a team inside its own 20-yard line on extremely windy days to surrender the ball twentyfive yards down the field in lieu of a punt. 5. Increase the side line zone from ten to fifteen yards. 6. Allow the defensive team to advance a recovered fumble. 7. Rule a pass which lands in the end zone incomplete on first, second and third downs instead of a touchback. Big Ten Wants Open Game The success the professionals have had with the goal posts on the goal fine, and the forward pass rule which permits a pass from any point behind the line of scrimmage has caused many coaches to favor these two changes. The Big Ten coaches are on record as favoring the pass from any place behind the line, believing that it will open up the game. Harry Kipke, coach of Michigan's championship team, was scheduled to speak today on behalf on rules changes. Despite the agitation for rules changes, there are many veteran coaches who believe that the rules should remain as they are for another year. Harvey Harman, Pennsylvania coach, made a canvas of the coaches of the second district comprising New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. and found that the majority favored the present rules. Harman’s questionnaire revealed: 1. Do you favor retaining the “dead ball” rule? Yes. 48; no, 8. 2. Do you favor moving the goal posts back to goal line? Yes 15no, 40. 3. Do you favor the use of the forward pass any place behind the line of scrimmage? Yes, 23; no, 35. 4. Do you favor the present fumble rule? Yes, 38; no 21. Studies Fatalities Dr. Marvin Stevens, former Yale coach, has made an exhaustive three-year study on football injuries and fatalities, and will deliver a report on his findings. Dan McGugin, Vandervilt, is president of the Football Coaches’ Association. Coaches scheduled to ppeak are Harry Stuldreher, Villa Nova; Fritz Crisler. Princeton; Chet Wynne, Kentucky; Dana X. Bible, Nebraska; Rip Miller. Navy; Ted Cox. Tulane; Bernie Bierman, Minnesota: W. A. Alexander, Georgia Tech; Don Peden, Ohio university; Colonel P. B. Parker, Tennessee, and Captain Biff Jones, Louisiana State.

indicating the crowd will be near capacity. The program includes a double windup of ten rounds eacn, a pair of six-rounders, and a fourround prelim. It is the first program of the year on which five local fighters have been matched with five invaders. Young Geno. Illinois featherweight champ, meets Scotty Scotten of Indianapolis, and Meyer Grace, rugged Philadelphia welterweight, is paired off with Jackie Purvis of Indianapolis, in the two main events. Honey Boy Brown of Louisville Ls to tangle with Nate Goldberg in a six-round middleweight scrap, and Cowboy Blackwood, Tulsa welterweight, and Kit Carson will be matched in the other six-rounder. Pat Lopez, Phillipines, and Eddie Richardson will open the show. PASS DEFEATS INDIANS Tampa Gridmen Snags Haskell Aerial for Only Score. By United Press TAMPA. Fla., Dec. 26.—Buck Torres, University of Tampa substitute right half back, leaped into the air, intercepted a pass and :aa twenty-seven yards for a touchdown that beat the Haskell Indians, 7 to 0, in an intersectional game here yesterday afternoon. Torres, an unheralded player with a mediocre season behind him. snagged the aerial from Belos Botone, Haskell back, and scored standing up. Full back O’Reilly kicked the extra point. Five thousand saw the game.

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