Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 197, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 December 1933 — Page 10
By Eddie Ash Keogan Is Idol of Notre Dame Basketball a a a ‘Little George’ Keeps Irish on Net Map
JNDIANAPOLIS basketball fans who recall the numerous games staged at Tomlinson hall about twelve years ago, also will recall the awkward efforts of some Notre Dame fives to play the net sport. The Irish squad usually was made up of beefy football warriors who had a difficult time forgetting gridiron tactics. Notre Dame did not “class” with other topnotch college quintets then. Hut that was before George Keogan took up basketball coaching at the Irish school. Keogan was the baseball coach and Knute Rockne decided to “double him in brass” and assigned him to take over the cage sport as well. George accepted the berth, and went to work in earnest, installed a system, picked up pointers here and there and within a few years, the Notre Dame basket pastimers feared no team. In the current season the Irish five has won six consecutive games and bids fair to continue the swift pace, already having knocked over two powerful rivals, Purdue and Northwestern. B B B B tt a COACH KEOGAN has moved up alongside of the greatest court instructors in the nation and up South Bend way they say of him, “What Knute Rockne was to Notre Dame football, little George is to the Irish basketball squad.” He has been the influence behind a decade of N. D. basketball that has established a marvelous record. In the last ten years. Keogan's cagers have won 157 games and lost 49, for a percentage of .762. Through this decade George has sent his cagers against the best of top-notch competition in the middle west and east, and he has taken a backseat for no one. a B a a a THE Irish mentor has turned out some brilliant court material during his career at Notre Dame. Probably his two outstanding stars were flashed back in 1925-26, and again in 1926-27. Captain Johnny Nyikos and Louis Conroy led the teams of those two seasons through campaigns that resulted in nineteen victories and one loss each year. Keogaq’s present-day luminary is big Ed Krause, football star who plays center on the cage squad. Ed played such a stellar game in the 1931-32 season that he was accorded All-America honors at the center post by many experts. He led the squad in scoring, with 213 points, and was a big factor in the successful season which resulted in eighteen victories against two defeats. tt tt tt tt tt tt SEVERAL baseball fans have requested the publication of the official batting averages of all members of the 1933 Indianapolis club. The Times has picked out the figures from the league records and presents the statistics today on the Tribesmen who saw service in ten or more games. The “key” follows: G, games; AB, at bat; R. runs; H. hits; TB, total bases; 28, two-base hits; 38, three-base hits; HR, home runs; SH, sacrifice hits; SB. stolen bases; CS, caught stealing. Official figures are: G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SH SB CS Pot. sigafoo* 152 635 108 235 328 53 II 6 8 24 11 .3*o Coonov 138 519 91 111 239 35 12 3 10 8 8 .329 Hoffman .10 26 2 8 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 , 308 B'doro 139 526 79 161 218 21 9 6 13 13 5 .306 Callaghan 92 316 48 105 126 15 3 0 16 3 5 .303 Ang'ov 92 307 35 93 132 12 3 7 0 3 2 .303 Burwoll 13 403 12 13 1 0 0 1 0 1 .300 lVingard 142 557 78 165 242 25 14 8 6 2 5 .296 B°!on 35 81 8 24 34 2 1 2 0 0 0 .296 Chapman .../ 123 493 84 144 238 26 13 14 5 17 7 .292 PiOfll" 89 306 34 89 116 24 0 1. 7 7 2 .291 R "sonbore 44 116 20 41 59 8 2 2 2 2 0 .281 HufTt 10 25 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 _j 0 .280 ><•*• 130 514 81 113 171 14 4 2 12 11 7 .278 I.iynf 135 559 83 153 209 21 10 5 9 21 16 .274 White 78 270 27 65 81 6 5 0 3 1 1 .241 Turner 48 105 14 25 .34 1 1 2 0 0 1 .238 Thomas 36 78 9 17 19 2 0 0 3 1 0 .218 Tisine 34 77 8 16 21 2 0 1 1 0 0 .208 Ha glia 26 61 7 12 15 0 0 1 3 0 1 .197 I.ogan 41 79 4 1 3 19 2 2 0 6 0 0 .165 Butrberger 11 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .125 INDIANAPOLIS CLUB BATTING G AB R OR H TB 2B 3B HR SH SB CS LB Pet. 158 5,629 805 712 1,665 2.284 267 89 58 96 105 72 1,143 . 296 OR—Opponents runs. LB—Left on bases. a a a a a a THE names of nine Indianapolis pitchers appear in the official A. A. averages for mrundsmen. Bill Burwell, appearing in only thirteen j games, won six and last five for a percentage of .545. His earned run average was 3.26. second best to Paul Dean’s 3.15, but Bill was not rated as a regular box performer owing to the fact he did not start in sufficient games. Jim Turner of the Indians won seventeen tilts against nine defeats for the high percentage among Tribe regulars, but the earned run average against him was rather high at 4.66. Young Bob Logan turned in a creditable earned run mark considering the number of games he entered, He was in thirty-nine tilts, won twelve and lost thirteen, pitched 220 innings and finished with an earned run average of 3.76. Bolen won fourteen and lost nine; Tising, eleven and thirteen; Daglia, nine and nine; Thomas, ten and twelve; Cooney, two and one, and Butzberger, one and one. Earned run average for Thomas was 4.35. Butzberger. a rookie, was blasted for earned runs at the rate of 6.84 per nine innings. He pitched twenty-five innings, working in nine games. From the standpoint of regular service, Jim Turner was high Indian in percentage of won and lost and Bolen was best in the earned run figures.
Sol Slagel, Kansas Giant, to Grapple Jim McMillen
Sol slagel, nationally prominent wrestler, heralded as the “Houdini of the mat,” has been signed for the semi-windup bout on the Hercules A. C. grappling card Tuesday night. Jan. 2. at the armory. He will match his 230 pounds against Jim McMillen, top-notch husky of 222. who is rated among the first five best heavyweight performers in the country. Slagel, who hails from Topeka, was a grid ace at Kansas university for three years ending in 1931. He plaved guard. The big fellow 1 boasts of a strong record which includes a victory over Joe Savoldi. According to press reports, the Savoldi-Slagei bout, which took place several
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Holy Cross Flashes defeated the Irvington Bears vestvdav in the Irvington gym. 24 to 22. They also beat the Woodruff Baptists earlier in the season. 33 to 3. Thev want games with 14 to 16-year-old teams having access to a gym. Phone " Lincoln 7102 and ask for Jerry. O Hara Sans will meet the Lebanon Independents at Brookside Community house at 9 Wednesday night. On the Lebanon lineup will be Witt. Apple. Graham. N. Williams. Whitlev and Stuart. On the Sans" lineup will be: Scott, McKenzie Jones. Cullivan. Lvnch. Cullin and Patterson Sans want games away now, and will give return games later in the season. Managers of the Olympics. Chnstamores. . or anv others interested, phone Cherry 1523-W. or write 1130 North Dearborn street. Indiana Cagers Make Trip East By 1 itnea S/itr/ul BLOOMINGTON, Ind.. Dec. 27. Ten Indiana university basketeers today were en route east via bus to meet three eastern cage teams within the next week. Tomorrow night they will play Marshall college, at Huntington. W. Va., and Saturday night will meet Maryland at College Park. Md. After a tour of Washington. D. C.. the Hoosiers will play Temple university in Philadelphia Monday night, ending the invasion. JAPS 'NVITE YANKS By l nitrd Prcot OSAKA. Japan. Dec. 27.—The Japanese athletic federation decided today to invite fifteen American track and field athletes to come here next fall. Tentative plans have been made • to hold dual Japanese-American meeta at Tokio. Osaka and Hsinking. The invitation for the visit ~was cabled to the Amateur Athletic Union.
months ago in New York, saw r the former Notre Dame athlete “re„re” after thirty-two minutes of tough going. Savoldi's rough ring tactics, including his widely heralded “drop kick” did not phase the Kansan. The Kansas giant Is publicized as “Houdini” because of his ability to break loose from difficult holds. Matchmaker Lloyd Carter figures Slagel will prove his ability against McMillen, the former University of Illinois grid star who holds two triumphs over Savoldi. Carter has signed Andy Rascher, young Hoosier heavy, for the main go Tuesday night, and hopes to obtain an outstanding opponent for him Thursday.
Arsenal Bulldogs lost a one-point game to Sacred Heart Sunday afternoon in a double overtime. The score was 20 to 19. The Bulldogs, playing in the 17-18-vear-old group, want games in January with teams having access to a gvm. on a home-and-home basis. The Bulldogs will share gvm expenses. Phone Harrison 0591 and j ask for Roy. Williams led the Decatur R C. in a last half rally to defeat the Plainfield Mer- ; chants. 28 to 25. Decatur wants games with teams having access to a gym. Jan. 16, 23 and 30. preferred. Will give return ! dates later. Write Bud Coppock, West : Newton. ' Tabernacle Foxes defeated the Spartans. 19 to 14, and the Meridian A C. five. 27 to 22. The Foxes expect to plav the exFlashes and the South Side Buddies in the j near future. Christamore community louse is sponsoring three leagues; in the senior dilision Christamore A. C. B & o and the Beacons are tied for the lead with two wins and no losses, while Diamond?. LinkBelt and Speedway five each have lost two and won none. The Cardinals lead the junior league with three wins and no losses, and the Eagles have two wins and no losses. Rex Tavern has won two and lost one. and Rhodius and Pirates have won one and lost two; Fairfax has lost three without a win. In the Midget league ; the Flashes. Triangles and Bulldogs each have two wins and a single loss, while the Eighth Christians have dropped three and won none.
Wrestling Game Needs Official Champs, Henry McLemore Tells Sports World
BY HENRY M'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent YORK, Dec 27.—Those persons who are good at sitting down before a roaring fire, pipe in mouth, sheep dog: at feet, and speculating. would do their nation a great service by speculating on where the noble and rough game of wrestling is going and what it's trying to arrive at. One has only to review the wrestling situation to realize that the sport is in a bad way in some sections of the country, and that unless something is done quickly a ! sport which has endured down through the ages, is likely to be put to an end. 1 One of the first things that must
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Lou Orders Hard Drill Stanford Coach Worried as Team Gains Weight in Leisure. By United Press TUCSON, Anz., Dec. 27.—A1l work and no play may make Jack a dull boy, but Lou Little ignored that old bromide today in sending his Columbia footballers through their paces in preparation for the Rose Bowl imbroglio with Stanford New Year's day. It was a hard-hitting squad that took the field to resume the practice that yesterday reached the proportions of bruising hard work. For more than three hours, Little ; drove his players. Starting an hour later than usual to escape the late afternoon heat, the session was | finally ended under the glare of the arc lights of the University of Arizona stadium. It was the hardest workout since the squad left New York a week ago. By United Press PASADENA, Cal., Dec. 27. Weight worries furrowed the brow of Coach Tiny Thornhill today. The Stanford coach fretted over the surplus poundage several members of his squad acquired during the weeks intervening since the close of the regular season. Then a husky squad, the Cardinals now strike the appearance of Behemoths at several spots in the lineup. Bobby Grayson, half back luminary, was one of the chief offenders. His weight has spurted from 195 to 205, but Thornhill hoped to pare it down before the Cardinals face Columbia in the Tournament of Roses game here next Monday. Bird Hurlers Lead League By United Press CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—Two Columbus Red Bird pitchers, Paul Dean and Clarence Heise, carried off most of the pitching laurels in the American Association last sason, the official averages show. Dean had the lowest earned run average, 3.15 for the 254 innings. He worked in forty-three games. Heise had the highest percentage in games won and lost. Heise won seventeen games and last five for an average j of .773, with Dean second with! twenty-two games won and seven j lost for an average of .759. Other leaders who participated In ' twenty or more games follow; Most Strikeouts—Dean, 222. Fewest Base on Balls—Jess Petty Minneapolis, 30. Pa‘uj ,St ‘>8t nineS Pitched—Leslie Munns, St. Most Games—H. A. Hillin. Milwaukee, 50. The five leading pitchers who participated in twenty or more games on the basis of earned runs allowed follow: W. L. Pet. Er. Dean, Columbus 22 7 759 315 Pearson, Toledo 11 5 . 688 3! Lee, Toledo 13 u .540 3.72 Bolen. Indianapolis .14 9 .609 .3.72 Marcum. Louisville .... 20 13 . 606 3.74 | PRO TEAMS MAKE TRADE By United Press CINCINNATI. 0., Dec. 27.—The j Cincinnati Reds of the National | Football League today completed a trade which sends lineman Lloyd Burdick to the Portsmouth Spartans in exchange for four players. Cincinnati obtained from Portsmouth backs John Cavosie, Mule Wilson and Gene Alford and lineman Earl Elser. Cavosie and Elser played college football at Butler. Wilson and Alford are veterans of the professional game.
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Erwin Rudolph INDIANAPOLIS billiards fans will have an opportunity to watch the new pocket billiards king in action at the Columbia Club soon after New Year's, J. M. Milner, chairman of the club’s billiard committee said today. The cue wizard is Erwin Rudolph, of Cleveland, 0., who defeated Andrew Ponzi in the final match of the world’s championship tourney in Chicago last week. Rudolph will appear here first at 12:30 p. m.. Jan. 2, at the Columbia Club, again Jan. 3 at 3 p. m., and a third time that night in Dougherty's, at 134 x 2 North Pennsylvania street, meeting all comers and giving instruction and trick shots.
be done if wrestling is to be saved is for someone to sit down and determine who's champion. For this country, fine and understanding as it is. can not be expected to bear up under so many champions much longer. I would gladly assume this onerous task myself were it not foi the fact that I have already been working on it six months without success. In fact, my research, ini stead of narrowing the field of champions, increased it. According to my wrestling family tree there are 6,781 legitimate claimants to the title. tt tt a THE championship confusion really started when Strangler t Lewis wrestled Henry Deglane of
INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1933
Davis Supplies Flash on Butler Quintet
T s flash to a Butler basketball j T|> team, and this season's fire is due j % forward who has shown up well | § * in the games Butler has played f t ' this year Davis is one of five letter-men i who returned to Coach Tony m • Hinkle's squad for first drill several weeks ago He is a fast floor B„, mra. ~ 1... (am;, j " he led the qualifying" round last y ' The champion was off on his put- ' " Ji*’ ""J; ting Going out he took three putts ■ ~ ' on the second, and missed short * •;' ' *. ■ putts to lose an eagle at the sixth W mmSm , A . and a birdie at the seventh. He was Letter coming in, sinking a thirty- L.„ -,IZ" „ \
THERE'S always plenty of flash to a Butler basketball team, and this season’s fire is due largely to Bert Davis, a Bulldog forward who has shown up well in the games Butler has played this year. Davis is one of five letter-men who returned to Coach Tony Hinkle’s squad for first drill several weeks ago. He is a fast floor man, and his basket eye has been deadly in most of his games.
Dunlap Leads Golf Tourney By United Press PINEHURST. N. C„ Dec. 27 George Dunlap Jr., making his first competitive start since winning the (national amateur golf title in Cincinnati last fall captured the midwinter medal with 37-35 —72, here yesterday, the same score with which he led the qualifying round last year. The champion was off on his putting. Going out he took three putts on the second, and missed short putts to lose an eagle at the sixth and a birdie at the seventh. He was better coming in, sinking a thirtyfooter for a birdie on the tenth, and a five-footer for a birdie two on the fifteenth, after a spectacular No. 1 iron shot. He made only four errors in the long game. Six strokes behind him was Eric Thomson of St. Andrews, N. 8., 41-37—78. Dick Wilson, favored to reach the final with Dunlap, had 80, tieing R. P. Davidson of Washington. Wilson missed seven putts under six feet, and took four putts on two other greens. Halbert J. Blue, Pittsburgh, who lost to Dunlap in the final last year, was wild, carding 85 to just get in the first division. F. P. Bronson, Greenwich, Conn., winner of the | Pinehurst title two weeks ago, I took 90. '
• Down the Alleys • BY LEFTY LEE
Les Miller, the individual leader of the Pritchett Recreation League, added to his average during last night’s play of this loop by rolling a league leading score of 648. C. Smith had a 619, with the high game of 237, while Horn showed on 608. In team play the Raab Tailors, Berkie Lunch and Sunshine Cleaners defeated Friehofer Baking, Thomas Restaurant and Business Furniture three times. Other contests were decided two to one, Provident Mutual Life Insurance and Budweiser defeating Coca-Cola and Dickens Cleaners. The greatest surprise of the season was the word received Tuesday evening that Bill Moran had severed connections with the St. Philip A. C. Moran, for many years the manager of these popular drives, has made a host of friends among local bowlers, who will regret to learn of this move. Calls to the St. Philip parish house earlv today confirmed the report that Moran had left, but no one seemed to know who had assumed his duties. The third annual Fountain Square 1.000scratch classic will be rolled on the Fountain Square alleys Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 6 and 7. This tournament was scheduled for the week-end of Jan. 13 and 14, but owing to an A. B. C. ruling pertaining to city tournament play, had to be moved up to avoid conflict in dates. A handicap allowance of two-thirds between the team average of Dec. 29 and 1.000 will be given each club entered. Entries close at midnight Jan .5. The entry fee for each team will be $5 and a 60-cent charge per man for bowling. Oscar , Behrens, manager of these drives, promises an entry of forty-five teams from this house, which should insure the success of the tournament. Get your entry in now to insure the choice of the time you wish to play. Led by Martin, who tossed in a total of 613, the Sterling Beer team of the Delaware League, defeated the Brehob Service squad three times during this loop's play on the Delaware alleys. Steele's Shoe Shop also shut out the S. & S. Body team, while Akron Surgical. Keene Drugs and Old Gold Cigaret lost two to Coca Cola. Schmitt Insurance and the Blackhawks. Jess Montague found the range for the high single game of 235. but R. Cadick was best over the three-game route with 624 on games of 203. 201 and 220. The Tuesday Night Ladies League play at the Pritchett alleys again found McAnly in front of the field, her league leading total of 563 including the high single game of 204. Brewer was next with 530. Kribs had 505. Hemmerline, 495; Longsworth, 450; Riddle, 497; Kelly. 442; Flick, 490; Hartman. 470. and Stuart. 487. Team plav again produced some evenly matched battles, the contests being decided two to one. The members of the Christian Men Builders League, that rolled on the Illinois drives were below their usual form, no 600 totals appearing. The results showed odd game wins, A and E defeating C and F. Just a few weeks practice to regain that old time form, was all that Meier, the anchor for the Meier packing team, that rolled in the Packers League on the Illinois alleys, needed. This team won all three games from Armour and Company when Meier showed the boys a 633 total with games of 201, 242 and 190. The other contest resulted in an odd game win for Hilgemeier Brothers from Indiana Provision, whose bowlers make- good fishermen.
Canada, for the title. Deglane, you remember, won on a foul when he exhibited marks on his legs and claimed they were put there by the old Stranglers old teeth, or vice versa. After several days of sleuthing, during which time they are reported to have compared the scars on a bowl of soup bitten into by the Strangler with the marks on Deglane's leg, the judges awarded the Canadian the title. So, if the title passes even,’ time a champion bites an opponent or a man bitten by a champion bices his opponent, there must be fully 6,781 champions at large. In fact, one wrestler I asked concerning the matter told me that if
Basket Coaches Clamor for New Sectional Center Plan
BY DICK MILLER Although the Indiana Hign School Athletic Association board of control met here Tuesday ostensibly to consider eligibility cases and ciean up unfinished business before the personnel of the board changes Jan. 1, it was reliably reported consid-
The cold weather slowed up the schedule of the Community League that rolls on the Uptown alleys, two of the contests being postponed until a later date. The two contests completed resulted in shutout wins for Meier Coal and Frank Hatfield from Circle City Rubber Works and Indiana Asphalt. Kemp nosed out Helm for high three-game total 555 to 553, but Helm had the high single game, a 236. Richert, with 555. easily topped the play of the Water Company League that rolled at the Pritchett Recreation alleys. In team play. Meters, and Mains defeated Hydrants and Filters three times as Pumps lost two to valves. Led by Baxter, who had a total of 511, the Jack Carr team of the Rose Tire Ladies Social League that played at the Hotel Antler drives, defeated the Marott Shoe Store two out of three .Tourney being the only member of the losing quintet to roll in form, her sheet showing a total of 503. Buring. rolling anchor for Beard's Brake Service, turned in a dandy series of 642 with games of 226. 222 and 194, and with the help of Miller and Maver. who had counts of 556 and 547, these girls produced a total of 2.696 on games of 903, 903 and 890. thatpwas good for a triple win over Polk’s Milk. Happy Wonder Bakers also last three to the Bowes Seai Fast team, who had Bunch and McDaniel scoring 568 and 525. The nal contest in this loop resulted in an odd game win for Mausner Beer over Fox Jail House. For the winners, Pyle. Court, Hohlt and Kritsch rolled totals of 565. 551, 534 and 530, for a team total of 2,667, as McKinnon and Harlan had 559 and 537 for the Fox Jail Birds. Ed Kruwell broke loose with one of his typical games, a 256, to total 652 and lead the plav during the St. John Evangelical League at the Fountain Square alleys. All team contests were decided over the odd game route. Spreens Grocery. Blasengym & Knannlien Drugs defeating Mastnev & Company. Fisher Brothers and G. H. Herrmann. Moodv could not hold his opening game pace during the Citizens Gas series at the Fountain Square alleys, but his 246 inspired his teammates and the Holders won all three from Ells. Boilers treated the Trucks the same way. as Tees and Ammonias won the rubber from Tanks and Diggers. TIGEfTVIO 0 R ESIGNE D FOR GO WITH WELCH Two lightweignt grapplers who have appeared in the city before will face each other in the semifinal of the Friday night wrestling show in Tomlinson hall. They are Tiger Joe Moore and Roy Welch. McLemore is looking for an opponent for Speedy O'Neal to open the show. In the main event Blacksmith Pedigo of Kentucky will oppose Ray 'Tuffy) Meyers of Louisville. The tough little blacksmith will be trying for his forty-third win since his return to the mat after a long siege in a hospital with a spine injury. ROSS TAKES WIFE Harley Ross, first baseman of the Cleveland Indians, was married to Miss Ruby May Stidman of Nashville, Tenn., in that city, Dec. 16.
getting bitten made you champion his empire should extend to all the countries of the earth, and that he himself had created twelve champions in the past ten days. tt tt a ANOTHER problem which needs immediate attention is the one involving wrestling referees. Just what are wrestling referees? Where do they coir.e from? Do they eat? Sleep? Breathe like other people? What good are they? And what are they looking for when they drop on all fours and peer intently under the panting, heaving, sweating back and fronts of the pachyderms? Certainly they're not looking to see if a wrestler's shoulders are
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lerable time was given over to disjcussion of proposals and suggestions I for the operation of the 1934 state tournament play. It is almost assured the event next year will be operated on the same playing basis as before, sectional, regional and final center action, but it remains that coaches in the centers where sixteen teams compete, such as Indianapolis, Gary and Ft. Wayne, are clamoring for a different system of allotting the teams to centers than the present plan, which almost amounts to a sectional tournament in every county. Fast Fives Eliminated The coaches argue that in these centers the city schools are usually on a par in strength. In Indianapolis almost any season finds at least three of the five schools about even on the hardwood court and with such large schools in the county as Southport, Warren Central, Ben Davis and Decatur Central, which likewise produce big and powerful quintets, the going is unusually tough. Still only one can survive the sectional play, and while it is contended that several of these teams, or their reserve squads, can defeat half the other sixty-four state sectional winners, they never get a chance to get out of their own sectional center. Many times the better teams are the victims of the draw that brings all the good teams together in one part of the bracket. Thus, when these teams ieach the regional and final tournament competition, they are fatigued and handicapped. The proposed plan would divide Indianapolis and these other big centers into four or at least two sections. Gary Plan Studied . Last year, at Gary, where sixteen teams competed, the three-day sectional play plan was given a trial, with the opening games on Thursday night instead of Friday. Athletic men who studied the arrangement failed to note any particular relief, particularly for the teams in the lower half of the schedule bracket, and declare that if the luck of the draw that arranges the schedule happens to place all the strong teams together, no benefit can result. Just how the dividing line would be drawn to separate the Indianapolis schools, Tech, Manual, Washington, Shortridge and Broad Ripple, is not known, but local school cfficials say to divide it into half and allot half to Hancock county and half to Hendricks county would aid materially.
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GAMES LAST NIGHT Shelbyville, 24; Greencastle, 21. Huntington. 33; Bridgeport <O.), 30. Eliot (Newark, N. J.). 42; Gibault (Vincennes), 32 (overtime!.
touching. For they don’t end matches that way any more. Matches end now only when one (or both) grunters wear themselves out acting, or the soft chimes of the curfew send them to the pastures for a few hours of quiet grazing. Another puzzler to be solved is how on earth we are ever going to get rid of Jim Londos as a champion. It can’t be by getting him thrown for unless my memory is up to some tomfoolery James was thrown by Joe Savoldi, only to get himself some new stationery with the letterhead “Jim Londos, Champion of the World,” in eight-inch type instead of the usual and modest seven-inch.
Rock of Ca^es THE Rockne of basketball—and strangely he's at Notre Dame, too—is George <Doc Keogan. one of the leaders of the country's cage mentors, in ten years Keogan's teams have won 157 games and lost forty-nine, for a .761 percentage.
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Coaches Argue Changes in 1934 Gridiron Rules Only Probable Suggestion for Revision Would Give End Zone Pass Back to Offensive Eleven on First Three Downs: Session Ends Tonight. BY GEORGE KIRKSEY Vnited Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO. Dec. 27.—A canvass of a group of the outstanding football coaches attending the thirteenth annual convention revealed today that the most popular rules suggestion made in the report of coach Harry Kipke, Michigan, concerns the forward pass in the end zone. Kipke. chairman of the coaches’ committee on rules changes, outlined seven possible changes to speed up the offensive in his report yesterday. Os the seven, the one which found the most favor with the coaches was: “On first, second and third downs permit a pass in the end zone to be ruled incomplete instead of a touchback.”
Five Bouts on Tonight The five Indianapolis fighters who are scheduled to meet invading pugs on tonight’s mitt carnival to be staged at Tomlinson hall are reported as in prime condition for thirty-six rounds of milling. The holiday boxing entertainment, the grand finale for the 1933 local campaign, has attracted unusual attention. and indications are that one of the old-time crowds will be in attendance. Prices of $1.50 ringside and 75 cents general admission (including tax) are to be charged, lower than for any double windup feature staged here since the return of the fistic sport several years ago. Scotty Scotten, hard-hitting local youngster. Is getting a chance at Young Geno, Illinois featherweight champ, in one of the top ten-round affairs, while Meyer Grace, rugged Philadelphia welterweight, meets Jackie Purvis in the other top bout. The fighters were to weigh in at the Washington A. C. gymnasium on South Illinois street, at 3 o’clock this afternoon. Tonight’s card is scheduled to start promptly at 8:30. Ringside seats are selling at the Clavpool drug store. The complete card: Double Windup 10 Rounds—Young Gono, Chicago (Illinois featherweight champion i vs. Scotty Scotten. Indianapolis; at 130 pounds. 10 Rounds—Meyer Grace, Philadelphia, vs. Jackie Purvis. Indianapolis; at ISC pounds. , Preliminaries 6 Rounds—Honey Boy Brown. Louisville vs. Nate Goldberg. Indianapolis; at 147 pounds. Six Rounds—Cowbov Blackwood, Tulsa, vs. Kid Carson. Indianapolis; at 145 pounds. 4 Rounds—Pat Lopez, Philippine Islands. | vs. Eddie Richardson. Indianapolis; at 126 1 pounds.
♦ Off the Backboard ♦ BY CARLOS LANE TF the daily piece flutters like it were done by a tantalized jackrabbit, A blame the jitters on some building improvements which not only sound like a sizeable riot, but are threatening Backboard with mayhem by two-by-fours, masonry, and plate glass. Does Backboard know now how Damocles felt about that carving instrument suspended over his scalp by a single thread—or was it a hair? He does. After all, Damocles had only a knife to worry about, while Backboard is regarding a goodly portion of the building kept off hi noggin by merely a carpenter’s whim.
tt tt tt HE hopes the gentlemen with the saw operating on the beam ten feet up knows his business. Backboard is reluctant to mention the shower of saivdust in his hair, on his desk, and in his lap, for the sawing gentleman is largely responsible for the general safety hereabouts just now, and consequently is not a person to have angry at you. a a tt But let's get bark to basketball, to mention an ancient cage rivalry that is a rivalry. Butler and Notre Dame have played twenty games over a long period of years, each has won ten, and the score totals are: Notre Dame, 529; Butler, 527. The game tie will be broken on Jan. 23, when the Bulldogs meet the Irish in South Bend, and Notre Dame will appear in Butler fleldhouse Feb. 21. tt tt tt Laporte-Michigan City cage battles always are hot fights, but the one Friday night in Michigan City, with a sell-out a day before the contest, was unusually rough. Twenty personal fouls were called on the Slicers, and three players evicted with four each, while fifteen fouls were meted out against Michigan City, and two Red Devil players lost via the personal route. Michigan City won. 32 to 20, and sank eleven of twenty-five free throws, while the Slicers hit six out of eighteen. tt tt tt Russell aageberg, Hammon eager, is ineligible, and his school may be asked to forfeit three NIHSC conference games. Backboard talked this over with Arthur L. Trester, secretary of the Indiana High School Athletic Association the other day, and picked up a straight line on the rule through which Aageberg is ineligible. Aageberg attended Hammond high school three full years until 1932 He did not enter in the first semester of last year, but did return in January, and played on the varsity basketball team. The fact that he had been in school during three previous seasons and that he played last year—even though only a part of it—automatically makes him ineligible for further competition. Mr. Trester said. Indiana high school players may not compete more than four years. It’s a little early, Mr. Trester told Backboard for any dope on the state tourney. Plans haven't been made yet. but Backboard believes the state meet will be conducted this year as it has been in the past, with sixteen teams starting final play on Friday, and concluding the meet on Saturday night. Some agitation cropped out after the tournament last sprfng for a tourney change to provide less strain on the* teams, and although Mr. Trester, in an IHSAA bulletin then, offered several suggestions along that line to high school principals, he said the only response was from one principal who asked that no change be made. tt tt a Greenfield's victory over Connersville last week-end surprised a lot of folk The Connersville downtown coaches say the Spartans need reserves. They had to insert a pair of second stringers who and already played one game in the last half of the Greenfield encounter. a tt tt IN defeating Horace Mann, Friday night, Emerson of Gary hit nine of thirty-one field goal attempts, and the Horsemen knocked off eight of twenty-one tries. The score was Emerson 24, Horace Mann, 22. a a a Tonight’s cage entertainment brings together Vincennes and Bosse of Evansville, on the Alices’ floor, and Columbus and Bloomington in the university city. On New Tear’s day the Alices again will meet Bosse in a four-team tourney iu Evansville.
Noble Kizer. Purdue, feels that adoption of this rule by the national rules committee, which meets in February, would give the offense the edge over the defense. Would Encourage Pilots “Mast teams have more trouble from inside the 20-yard line than from outside that zone,” said Kizer. “If a quarter back knew' he would not lose possession of the ball if a pass failed in the end zone, he would open up with more passes and consequently more scoring would develop.” Most of the coaches feel that there is little chance that the rules committee will make any drastic changes this year. “I believe that with the proper publicity,” said Kipke, “the football public can be educated to such an extent that they will get a thrill out of tricky defensive maneuvers just as they do out of fine offensive play.” Major John L. Griffith, Big Ten commissioner of athletics, doubts if there'll be more than one change in the rules, if any. Comparison Made “Basically, the game is all right as it is," said Major John. “Some of the criticism of the lack of scoring in college games is all wrong. The professional teams, I understand, averaged seventeen points a game. I collected statistics on the Western Conference and the ten leading teams on the west coast, and found that they averaged only a little more than a point less game than the professionals.” The coaches’ meeting will close tonight with the annual banquet, at which Harry Kipke will b? toastmaster. Dana X. Bible, Nebraska, will succeed Dan McGugin, Vanderbilt, as president of the coaches* association, with Bernie Bierman, Minnesota, stepping up to first vice--1 president.
tt tt tt A strong dark-horse possibility is the Yorktown team, a quintet that is giving Muncie and Newcastle something to worry about. The Yorktow’n lads are undefeated, and are conquerors of Markleviile. which won from Lapel, the team that, in turn downed Lebanon and Greenfield—and Greenfield won from Connersville. which beat Muncie. If that means anything. tt tt tt ONLY room for one contrib today, but Backboard will try to take care of several others on hand in tomorrow’s column. Here's today’s: “Dear Rarkhoard: “First I want to congratulate you on your column. 'Off the Backboard.' I enjoy it very much—hut perhaps I won’t think an much of you after Thursday. No, Carl, whether you pick Tech or Shortridge to win. I’m still your friend. “Now to the main topic—an you could guess, Tech vs. Shortridge. So too are picking the winner Thursday, huh? Well, I am leaving it to you; it’s too much for me. Although I think we (Tech.) are four points better than the Blue Devils, no one can tell until about 9:.H0 Saturday night. I am giving all my respects to the Shortridge team because thev have a good one. and we shall be looking out for them at sectional time, but I’m putting all hope and faith (no monev) on Townsend, Halt, Fais and Company. “Your pal, “A LOYAL TECH/TE.'* tt an YEP, Thursday’s the day, Loyal Techite. But Backboard isn’t I putting any money on it, either. PAULINO TO SAIL ; ft;/ United Premt SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Dec. 27. j —Paulino Uzcudun, Basque pugilist, will sail soon for Central America to engage in a number of fights, it was announced today.
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