Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 229, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 February 1934 — Page 25

FEB. 2, 1934_

NEW YORK U. GRID MENTOR LEAVES AFTER POOR SEASON

Howard G. Cann Joins Fallen Coaches’ Ranks Violets Lose Five Games on Seven-Tilt Schedule in 1933; Cann Will Stay on as Cage Teacher and Director of Physical Training. BY JACK CUDDY I'nittd Pri Staff Corrripondrnt NEW YORK Feb. 2—New York university, the "lily white” football school, today announced the resignation of Howard G. Cann, head grid coach for two years. Canns withdrawal was interpreted in manly quarters as not only emphasizing the increasing mortality rate” among the nation's coaches, but possibly serving as a stimulant to high pressure football. Cann is the famous N. Y. U. athlete, who like a modern Sir Gallahad was sent on to the N. Y. U. gridiron to keep it pure and to carry out the sweeping reforms announced on Dec. 14, 1931, when the university broke awav from the successful, but theatrical football policies of John F. f Chick i Meehan. Meehan had been there seven years.

Russian Mat Star Signed Matross Kirilenko, Russian heavyweight mat artist, has been signed for the semi-windup bout on the Hercules A C. wrestling card Tuesday night at the Armory. Kirilenko will be making his first local appearance and is to clash with Tom 'Bad Wolfi Marvin, well known grappler of Oklahoma. Kirilenko is said to be a powerful husky who depends upon rough tactics to floor his opponents. He often enters the ring attired in a leopard robe. Matchmaker Carter figures the bout wil provide action inasmuch as Marvin has a style all of his own when it comes to dishing out the aggressive stuff. The opening match on the allheavyweight program Tuesday night will bring together Joe Cox, Kansas City, and Sun Jennings, Oklahoma Indian. Tuesday’s feature attraction will see Jim McMillen. 222, and Dr. Karl Sarpolis, 215, battle over the two-out-of-three fall route. They are nationally known mat stars and former college athletes. McMillen from the • University of Illinois, where he was an All-America grid performer, and Sarpolis from the University of Chicago where he was outstanding as a wrestler.

Barrett Rolls 697 and Case Team Captures Three Tilts

BV PAI L STRIEBEC K (Pinch Hitting for Lefty Lee) Harold Barrett pounded the pocket in great style at the Pritchett alleys in the Universal League last night. He fired games of 256, 245 and 196 for a grand total of 697. This was enough for his Manila Case team to down the Barkeepers’ Friend for three games. Volmer Meats also came through for a three-game win over Bittrich Meats. Dutch Master Cigars. Polk's Milk and Blue Point Sendee came in for two wins frdm Gem Coal, Berkie's Lunch and Raab Bros. The 651 by ' M. .Pohl helped give the Polk's Milk team the high threegame total of 2.849. In the Elks league at the Antler alleys the Cook's Goldblume ran away with all scoring honors. Meeker, with 673. set anew high three-game total for this league while Fitzel uncorked a 268 start. "Fitz” slipped in his last game to a 141 and could only reach 594. Cooks Goldblume easily trimmed the Pritchett No. 1 team three times, as Pritchett No. 2 went down by the same route to Bailey's Insurance. Heidenreich Flowers outseored the Mobilgas team but were only able to take one game. Louie’s Tavern will bowl later. Coca Cola was the only team to produce a clean sweep in the Intermediate League at the Uptown alleys. This was from the Scherer Electric. E. Johnson Coal, Coca Cola No. 2. Arthur Schultz Furniture and Century Tire took the deciding game from Thirtieth and Central Sales, Goldsmith Sales. Fortieth Street Merchants and Firetite Products. Lippet led individual scoring with 652. Other good totals went to Wunlist and Spurlin. each with 605. The Automotive League found a hot contest between Citizens Packard and Capital Ice at the nimois allevs. Capital Ice copped the odd game from Citizens Packard and Gib Smith nosed out Werner by a margin of four pins, 665 to 661. to decide anchor-man honors on these teams. L Jacobs, with 640. put his team. Eagle Machine, across for three games over National Refining C H Wallerlch also b.ankerf the Sinclair Refining while Inland Batterv and Auto Equipment were handed a two-game loss bv Citizens Studebaker and Gibson Cos Point Service Station had no opponents P Svlves-er of Worsen Cleaners in the Parkway League spilled the pins tor a smashing total of 681 on games of 254. 213 and 314 This gave his team a victory of three to nothing over Roberts' Milk. W Matthews of the Wash Rite team started with 242 and ended with a 236 and his team won both times, but he dropped to a 16* In his middle game and the club

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The conversion of N. Y. U to the straight and narrow football path commanded national attention. Spring and autumn practice periods were shortened drastically, and organized recruiting and subsidizing were eliminated. Those were the reform hignlights. And today Cann, like so many other coaches this season, has resigned. The announcement by the N. Y. U. board of athletic control was graciously worded. It expressed "deep regret” and pointed out that Cann would continue as basketball coach and director of physical training. But the fact remains that the Violet eleven in 1933 won only two games on its seven-game schedule. It tied one. Cann's resignation impressed many New York fans and certain football coaches with the apparent fact that a grid pilot must win football games if he is to survive under conditions existing in the game today. And that—regardless of the purity of his university's policies, and the ideals of sportsmanship which are supposed to hover over the gridiron. More than twenty coaches, chiefly in the east and south, have resigned since the close of the 1933 season. Most of them withdrew under pressure, although a few quit to take better jobs. No successor to Cann has been appointed. Under the reform system of graduate coaching one of the minor N. Y. U. coaches is expected to succeed him. They are Archie Roberts, freshman coach; Jack Wienheimer, Leo Collins and A1 Gaudet.

lost. He posted a 646 series against Farm Bureau Electronics won three times lrom Dr. Chambers as Garrick Theater and Hoosier Pete were taking the odd game from Beach and Arthur and Sterling Printing. F. Klein, with 602, aided his team, the Kautsky A C's. in trouncing the Rolles Printing five for three, as Hunt with 629 helped Thomas Restaurant feature a three-game setback to Bingham Rollers. Fehr. Holy and Calvin with 652. 642 and 606 for the Commercial Printing took a couple from Indianapolis Star. Carmtn came through with a 634 for the Star. Pivot City Ink sent C. E. Pauley down by the same route. American Central Life League had a two-to-one verdict with the odd game going to Odd Life. Joint Life and Ten-Year Terms over Twentv-Year Pav, TwentvYear Endowment and O. L. C. O Wei'se was high with 635 as Power was collecting 616. Abbott led the Little Flower League at the Delaware alleys with 630. The Moorman Coal Cos. and the Emerson Theater were good for two from Haschman Meat Market and Victor Pharmacy. The Fletcher Trust League at the Central alleys found West Street the only three-game winners, with a two-to-on'e count going to West Michigan and Irvington over Main Office and South Side. R. Moore was high with 602. In the Citizen Gas League at the Fountain Square allevs the Holders was the only team which failed to annext a threegame victory. They took two from Gas. Cokes No. 7. Boilers and Screen No. 3 put over a grand slam from Ammonias No. 2, Sulphans and Tars No. 5. A 598 by Danna was high. Three to nothing was how the State House League went at the Indiana allevs last night. Highway Engineers. No. 6, Secretary of State and Highway Contractors whitewashed the Auto License, Team No. 10. Gross Income Tax and Auditors. Conservation will bowl later. Bodine. with 212. 218 and 207 for a nice total of 637, was high. Craigites and Hi Jenks blanked the Slam Bangs and Wtttecism in the United Mutual Life Insurance League at the Illinois alleys. Hortenettes were good for a pair from Sugar Lumps. In the Polar Ice anil Fuel League at the Delaware allevs the Fuel was too hot for the Iron Fireman and the latter lost three as the Refrigerators were good for two from the Ice team. C. Stevens was high with 517. Foster fired a 607 for his Time Study team in the Chevrolet Employes League that rolls at the Indiana allevs. but this was onlv good for one game from the Inspection quintet. Tool Room and Metal Shop nosed out the Engineering and Material teams for the odd game.

College Net Results

Southern Illinois Teachers. 39: Bt. Louis. 37. Virginia. 43: Davidson. 25. Westminster. 23: William Jewel. 20. Kentucky. 33: Alabama. 28. Georgetown. 26: K. of C.. 24 St. John's ‘Toledo'. 40: Detroit. 11. Newberry. 26: Furman. 21 Murray Teachers. 46; Morehead Teachers. 22 Transylvania. 32: Geotgetown (Ky.) College. 35. Phillips. 41: Oklahoma City U.. 26.

Directs Blue Devils

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WHEN the sports fans a few months ago turned their attention from the gridiron to the hardwood court, the prospects at for a winning cage combination weren’t so good. Only one veteran was back from last year's sectional champs, and it fell to Kenneth Peterman, basketball coach at the north side

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WEEK-ENDS like this are largely responsible for those occasional gestures which give rise to the superstition that sp<jrts writers are a bit dippy. Basketball, boxing, wrestling and only the date-book knows what else, all packed into the same evening. And, to top everything off, Rushville's appearance on the Shortridge hardwood is timed to coincide with Cathedral’s pilgrimage to Tech’s gym tomorrow night. It’s too bad the Olympic games and the Notre Dame-Army scrap couldn’t have been staged in town at the same time. The effort to pick an event to watch is too much for Backboard; he’s considering spending a couple of quiet evenings at home with the Youth’s Companion.

THE Blue Devils get a better break than the east siders tonight. Kenny Petermans cagers shouldn’t have a tough time of it in Crawfordsville, but the Green and White won't find the going so easy against Franklin. The Grizzly Cubs have been coming up fast recently. So—the north side quintet probably will be fresh and ready for the Rushville Lions tomorrow night, while tonight’s battle may weary the Techmen for the Cathedral tilt. This will be the first basketball meeting between Tech and Cathedral in the history of the local schools. *r a a What Backboard guesses will be one of the best games of the year around Indianapolis will be staged tonight in Washington’s gym, with the Manual Redskins opposing the Continentals. Cathedral tonight entertains Danville, and Broad Ripple wall play at Mt. Comfort. Washington will go to Greenfield tomorrow night. Greenfield has lost to two Indianapolis fives this season, dropping an overtime tilt to Shortridge early in the campaign, and being overwhelmed by Tech a few weeks ago. Broad Ripple will play in Southport tomorrow night. a a a YORKTOWN'S victory string was snapped at nineteen in a row Wednesday night, when the Tigers bowed before the Elwood Panthers, 31 to 22 in Elwood. Elwood led from the start, although the Tigers twice during the fray knotted the score. At the half the Panthers were out in front, 19 to 10. Alvy Havens. Elwood’s star center, dumped in eight field baskets and added a free throw, while Carl Silvey, a forward, added five buckets from the field, and Jim Frazier pitched in the remaining two. “It was one of the best games we’ve ever had here,” Coach Vern Shinn of Elwood told Backboard. He added that Art Beckner has produced a great team at Yorktown this year. "They looked to me a little like they were off their game.” he said. Both teams are giving some traditional sectional powers a few worries. Elwood plays in a sectional with Alexandria and Anderson, and Yorktown is in the Muncie sectional. The Panthers now are in third place in the Central Indiana Athletic conference with three wins, and losses to Kokomo and Wabash. u a a NOW we can test this three-games-in-a-season stuff. Tonight Washington (Ind.) will seek its third victory over Vincennes in the Alices’ gym. The Hatchets are bemoaning the loss of two stars. Storey and Combs, both injured in recent tilts, and if the Alices lake the third battle tonight there will be a howl that with these men in the 1 lineup the third-game jinx wouldn’t have amounted to much. Here's a tip for the cage fan who doesn’t mind a little travel. The , Connersville-Rushville contest in Rushville tonight has all the indications of being something that will’ I be talked about a long time, j The Spartans beat the Lions in the first engagement between the ; two schools this year, but Rushville’s decisive victory over Martinsville. and the return of Oster, star back guard, to the Lion.' 1 roster are threats to the Spartans' hopes | for a second win. Oster. by the way, is the lad who held Johnny Townsend to a single field bucket when

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Coach Kenneth Peterman

school, to develop a team and develop it in a hurry. "Pete” jumped into the job, and brought his boys along so rapidly that they are recognized everywhere as one of the most dangerous quintets in the state, and many folks think the Blue Devils will get back in Butler fieldhouse for the state tourney next month.

Rushville dropped a lone-point decision to Tech. Three of the most piominent national high school stars of 1930 will play in one game when Notre Dame invades Detroit university's gym tomorrow night. They are Captain Ed (Moose) Krause, formerly of De La Salle high in Chicago, and Marty Peters, formerly of Spalding Institute, Peoria, 111., both with Notre Dame, and Pete Mylott, who got his prep cage education with Decatur (Ind.) Catholic. a # # A Cathedral booster comes up with: "Dear Backboard—How do you think the Cathedral-Tech game will come out? I suppose you will pick Tech, for you, I believe, are one of Tech's many alumni. "Tech being such a favorite that the whole city thinks Cathedral will be a pushover, but not so with Johnny O'Connor and Dan Rohyans in the Irish lineup. “Why not give the underdog a little encouragement? "CATHEDRAL FROSH.” BACKBOARD isnt a Tech alumnus, Cathedral frosh—and he rides with the Green and White cagers only when he thinks they will win. And—haven’t they been winning this winter? ,Tony Favored Over Italian By United Press NEW YORK, Feb. 2—Tony Canzoneri, former lightweight champion, is a 9-to-5 favorite to beat Cleto Locatelli of Italy, champion of Europe, tonight in their postponed return twelve-round bout at Madison Square Garden. Canzoneri won a close ten-round decision over Locatelli at the Garden last month in the Italian’s American debut. Since then Locatelli won an easy ten-rcund decision over Jackie (Kid) Berg of England, and has become acclimated. The winner will challenge Barney Ross for the ligqhtweight crown. Weather Forces Delay of Fight By Times Special MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 2.—A cold rain yesterday forced promoters of the Maxie Rosenbloom-Joe Knight light heavyweight championship fight to postpone the battle until Monday night. The scrap was set for last night. Knight, who was keyed up to high pitch as he awaited a chance to get a crack at the light heavy title, was disappointed as the two managers decided on postponement during a downpour. The champ received news of the delay without comment. RUTH WILL MISS FETE Bambino 111, Can Not Attend Baseball Scribes’ Dinner. By United Press NEW YORK. Feb. 2.—Babe Ruth, recovering from an attack of influenza. has little hope of attending the New York baseball writers’ annual dinner here Sunday night. Dr. Oswald La Rotonda, Ruth's physician, said today that “Ruth will be in bed for a couple of days yet and it may be several days after that before he can leave the apartment.”

TEE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Golf Rates Are Fixed Park Board Retains Two Bargain Days on City Links. Bargain days will prevail again this summer for municipal golfers, park commissioners decreed today in announcing plans for the 1934 season, and approving the annual report for 1933 submitted by A. C. Sallee, superintendent. All of the eighteen-hole courses will charge a uniform 50 cent fee this year, with 25 cent fees prevailing at the two nine-hole links. Last year South Grove charged 25 cents for eighteen holes. Monday and Friday will offer bargain attractions with a 25 cent rate in effect for eighteen holes. Locker, season ticket and towel fees will remain, unchanged. For th first time in four years the books were closed Dec. 31 with the public links showing a deficit, Sallee reported. When the courses were closed on Oct. 30 the city treasury showed a profit of $6,000 but SII,OOO advanced for CWA absorbed this and more, he said. Patronage on the courses dropped off 14.083 in 1933, Sallee reported. Riverside and Pleasant Run courses both earned more than $2,000 last year, but Sarah Shank, Douglass park, South Grove and Coffin lost money. Coffin’s loss was attributed to fact it was anew course, opened late because of high water and with heavy construction expense charged against it before the course was opened for play, Sallee said. The surprise of the season to the board came from Sarah Shank the south side nine-hole course where a $585.71 deficit was suffered the first time since 1930 the course failed to make money and where the 1933 revenue was $2,696 less than 1932.

Two Tilts on Cage Program

Hoosier college basketball tonight will be confined to the northern part of the state, Huntington entertaining Franklin and Evansville playing at Central Normal, Danville, in the only two games scheduled. Central and Evansville both have excellent record for the season. Central holds second place in state secondary college standings, with eight victories and two defeats. Evansville has won seven and lost three. Butler will open a Missouri valley invasion tonight at Grinnell, la., and has three other games in that section within then next four nights. The Bulldogs were Missouri Valley conference champions last season and are undefeated in league competition this year.

Independent and Amateur Basketball Gossip

The fast Hilgemeier Packers will perform Sunday against one of the strongest independent fives in the state when they tackle the Pabst Blue Ribbons of Lafayette. The feature contest will be staged at Pennsy gym here and a big crowd of Packer supporters is expected to turn out for the tilt. Both teams have established great records this season in games throughout the state and on their home courts. The L. S. Ayres cage five battled through a hard game to defeat the Wm. H. Block quintet, 25 to 24, Wednesday night, and with the victory took the lead in the Hoosier Basketball League. The Hoosier A. C. quintet downed the Hibben-Hollweg five, 40 to 30. in another loop tilt. Indiana Inspection cagers defeated the McCrory Five and Ten squad, 44 to 23. Christamore League standings: SENIOR Team. W. L. B. & 0 7 0 Christamore 6 1 Speedway 3 4 Beacons 3 4 Diamonds 2 5 Link-Belt 0 7 INTERMEDIATE Team. W. L. Cardinals 7 1 Rex Tavern 6 2 Eagles 4 4 Rhodius 3 5 Fairfax 1 7 JUNIORS Team. W. L. Flashes 6 2 Bulldogs 6 2 Triangles 4 4 Eighth Christian 0 8 The B. & O. and the Christamore quintets will battle this week. A win would give the railroaders the Christamore League senior championship. The East Tenth street girls' team defeated the Broadway girls. 21 to 16, Wednesday night In the Broadway gym. Tonight the east side ladies will play the Speedway girls in the East Tenth street gym. McKenzie, with eighteen points, led the O'Hara Sans to a 63-to-38 victory over the Indianapolis Turners Wednesday night. The Sans are anxious to book games with teams in and near Indianapolis, having access to a playing floor. New- Palestine, Cumberland, Central Camels. Y. M. C. A., Hoosier A. C. or others interested write H. L. Hustedt. 1130 North Dearborn street, or phone Mack at Cherry 1523-W. The Sans will play the Gleaners next Wednesday night at Brookside gym. The Gleaners’ manager is asked to phone Cherry 1523-W before Wednesday. The Edinburg (Ind.) Nite Owls want a game in Indianapolis next Wednesday night. Write to Kenneth Ridpath, Edinburg. Ind. The South Side Midgets defeated the St. Anthony's quintet 26 to 12, Wednesday at Communal gym. Mendelson led the winners with twelve points. The midgets claim a city championship in the 12-15-year-old division. For games write Max wiodowsky. 1302 Union street. Walter Jennings write. The Ryker <te Woolley Shoe Rebuilders will oppose the Whitestown (Ind.) Independents at 3:30 Sunday afternoon in old Butler gym. On Monday night the Rebuilders will face the Indianapolis Cubs in Rhodius gym. For games with the Rebuilders phone Lincoln 0917 and ask for Harry Shutt. The Christian Fellowship Builders won from the Woodside A. C. five. 38 to 26. Teams desiring games with the Builders phone Drexel 2297-R and ask for Monty, or write Charles Weaver at 325 South Harj lan street. The Hercules A. C.s have won nine out of ten games this season. The lone defeat was at the hands of the Meyer Chapel Dixies at the Meyer Chapel gym in a triple overtime contest. The Hercules team wants games with teams having access to a gym. For games call Lrexel 0344 and ask for Babe. The Indianapolis Cubs will play two games Monday night, meeting the Rvker <& Wooiey Shoe Rebuilders at 9 and the Rex Tavern quintet at 10. The Rhodius girls will play a prelim at 8. ICKES ON MAT SQUAD CHICAGO, Feb. 2.—Raymond Ickes, son of the secretary of the interior, will compete tonight as a member of the University of Chicago wrestling team in a match against the University of lowa. Ickes will grapple in the 155-pound class against Clarence Johnson. DAILY WORKOUTS George Darrow, who was drafted by the Phillies from Galveston of the Texas League last fall, is taking daily workouts in a Galveston gymnasium so that he will be in the pink of condition when he reports to his new club at Winter Haven, Fla., in March.

Muncie Athlete Dies in Crash By Unite*} Pre* MUNCIE, Ind.. Feb. 2.—Charles Brady, 23, former Muncie high school football star, was killed instantly last night in an automobile accident here. Brady's car collided with a machine driven 'by Alfred Guignet at a downtown stre-t intersection. An all-state high school tackle in 1927, Brady later won his freshman numerals in football at Indiana university. He also was state high school heavyweight wrestling champion in 1928. His father is a captain on the Muncie police force. CRIMSON NETTER OUT BLOOMINGTON, lnd., Feb. 2. Bill Coulter, reserve center on the Indiana basketball team, will be out for the remainder of the season with a chipped bone in his ankle, an X-ray of the injury revealed today.

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More than fifteen hundred mat ring fans were expected to jam Tomlinson hall tonight as Jack Reynolds, outstanding claimant of the world's welterweight wrestling title, meets Ray (Tuffy) Meyers in the feature event on promoter Jimmy McLemore's weekly show. In the semi-windup, Billy Love. Lexington, Kv., will face Wild Bill Cantrell, a former dirt race track driver. In the prelim. Hugh Webb, Indianapolis, is signed to grapple with Bill Honeycutt, former navy mat star. Reynolds and Meyers will not battle for the title that the Cincinnati wrestler claims. Their bout will be for the best two out of three falls, with a time limit of an hour and a half. The semi-finals will go for a forty-five-minute time limit, and the prelim thirty min-

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utes. Both the latter bouts are onefall events. Tonight will mark Reynolds’ first appearance in this city in a year and a half. He was booked in here several months ago, but failed to show up. Bud Westfall will referee the bouts tonight. CAGERS FINISH DRILL’ Indiana Central Basketeers Will Protect Record at Taylor. Coach Harry Good ordered only basket shooting practice for his undefeated Indiana Central basketball team today as they wound up drills for the invasion of Upland, Ind., where they will battle Taylor university five • Saturday night. Th Greyhounds have won eleven this season.