Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 157, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 November 1934 — Page 8
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By Eddie Ash Clipper Smith Was Watcharm Guard mm* Broncos’ Coach Starred Under Rockne
'J'HE amazing Broncos of little Santa Clara college in California have been climbmg the football heights year by year. The grid record of this school of only about 500 students indicates that Clipper Smith belongs in the front row of smart coaches. Smith was the original watchcharm guard at Notre Dame and played on Knute Rockne’s first wonder squads, in 1919 and 1920. Slip Madigan played in the line with Smith, Hunk Anderson was another side kick. Frank Coughlin, Roger Kiley and Eddie Anderson are others remembered in that line, and in the back field we recall such names as George Gipp, Chet Wynne, Joe Brandy and Johnny Mohardt. And there were other stars whose names we don't remember. Clipper (Maurice J.) Smith took over the coaching job at Santa Clara in 1929. When Smith performed under Rockne he was a sparkplug and was very active. He possessed speed and power and enjoyed nothing better than to flatten a giant opponent. When Clipper clipped ’em they stayed clipped. a a a a a a AS the football season enters the home stretch it’s high time to pay homage to the scrubs, the hardy lads who take a couple of beatings a week and receive no reward except thanks and free admission to the Saturday games. They are the football guinea pigs, true to their college and team The unsung heroes stretch across the country and are found on every campus. The scrubs risk their necks to protect the stars. Their names seldom appear in print. The scrubs dream of fame but seldom feel it. They are taught the {days to be used by the next opponent and then go out and get slaughtered. The guinea pigs of the gridiron are the sparring partners for the varsity heroes, and “they take it and love it." All of the bruised-up scrubs hold a secret. It is the hope that some day the coach will invite them to Join the varsity squad. It's a tough life. All bumps and no glory. They are the all-America guinea pigs. 9 ff ff B B M JOHN LAWS Sing Sing Black Sheep dropped out of the undefeated class this week “and another Rose Bowl dream was destroyed.” Coach Law put his Zebras up against a semi-pro outfit with former college players included and the Sheep went down on a muddy field. Visitors at the game numbered 963. going in and going out. Grid fans find it much easier to get in to see the games at Sing Sing than to get out. That’s where double checking is required. The resident rooters think it fun. Coach Law will lose his star next year. The star is Alabama Pitts, who is up for parole. The Sheep play in discarded Notre Dame uniforms, obtained by coach Law. former Irish captain. Several of Hie players are permitted to play under nicknames. They don't care to have their right names in print. Half Back Pitts holds no objection to sports publicity. Asa matter of fact it has helped him toward a parole, along with the fact he has been a well-behaved prisoner. He is under a sentence of eight to sixteen years and is only 24 years old. He has been walled in since he was 20. Alabama’s real name is Edward Collins Pitts, and he is a white boy. and not a Negro, as early notices described him. a a a a a a FORDHAM practice sessions last week were enlivened by the annual appearance of the tree-sitting razz rooter. He sat. in a tree near the Ram field and jeered at the grid players during their scrimmage. He was not chased away because he is supposed to bring good luck. Fordham usually wins on the Saturday following the appearance of the “pest.” The Rams nosed out Tennessee last Saturday, 13 to 12. B B B B B B JOE CATTARANICH. the Canadian promoter, is reported to have purchased the historic Fair Grounds in New Orleans, where, in recent %'ears several fortunes have been spent in an effort to make horse lacing pav Colonel Edward Rilev Bradley was the last to sink almost a million there. Cattaranich is expected to eliminate his Jefferson Park layout, near the Crescent City, and confine the action to the Fair Grounds, starting Thanksgiving day. bob bob **l m Cheering for the best team,” said Fritz Crisler, Princeton coach, before the Harvard game. "You mean the better team,’'’ corrected Bill Bingham. Crimson athletic director. “I brought three teams along, and I don’t know which is best.” replied the Tiger strategist.
Shortridge and Tech Hang Up Wins, Will Meet for Title; Irish Beaten
by dick miller Shortridge and Technical will battle next Friday afternoon at Tech field for the Indianapolis public high school grid championship. Both kept their slates clean with victories over other public school elevens yesterday. Tech defeating its west side rival Washington on the Continental field. 14-7. while Shortridge turned back Broad Ripple m a parents' day feature. 18-0. Cathedrals all-city championship eleven ran into entirely too much power at Clinton last night and went down to a 26-0 defeat. Manual ran rough shod over Bloomington at the south side gridiron. 31-0. and Crispus Attucks turned back a strong Louisville Central team at the local field, 13-2. The Southport Cardinals met New Albanv high school at New Alba nv todav. It was home-coming day' at New Albany. The southern Indiana warriors are known as the Bulldogs.
Tech-Washington
Technical, in a position to gain permanent possession of the city cup with wins over Washington and Shortridge, went into the scrap, against the west siders determined to clean up. A march down the field early in the game was stopped bv Washington on the 10-yard line.. When Howard kicked from his own goal line to his own forty. Weaver caught the punt, sprinted to the sideline and paralleled the chalk mark all the way to a touchdown. Edwards went around end for the extra point. Then the tussle resorted into just an ordinary ball game, with neither team showing any marked offensive power and a punting duel gaining no advantage for either team. Tech led at rest time. 7-0. The east siders boasted their le&d to 14-0 in the third period when they picked up fifteen yards on running plays and Weaver passed to Edwards who earned the oval to the 3-yard line. Dobbs went over on a cutback play. He passed to Nickerson for the extra point. A few minutes later Yovanovich of Washington tossed a long pass from midfield to Jones who carried the ball to the 1-yard line. Yovanovich plunged over. He also scored the extra point on an off tackle play
Clinton-Cathedral
The Cathedral downfall at Clinton Is a story of weakness in protection of the kicker. Two blocked punts, inability to stop a runnnig
short forward pass attack and a lack of forward wall strength to match that of one of the strongest high school football lines in Indiana were Cathedral’s shortcomings in the tilt. Cathedral also played tag instead of tackling punt receivers and Dale Miller ran back several of them for long gains, the first of which paved the way for a Clinton touchdown, early in the second quarter. Just before the first period closed Hayes passed to Colderbank and he lugged the oval to the 1-yard line as the period ended. The teams changed goals and the short rest seemed to pep up Cathedral's defense. Three plays at the center of the Irish line were all stopped for slight losses. Then the first of the short passes clicked, B. Jones tossing to Scotty Thompson, who cut over from his end position and scored. The try for point failed. The next kickoff sent the Irish deep into their own territory. Antoninni, tackle. came rushing through to block McMahon's kick and he followed the ball into the end zone and fell on it for a touchdown. Miller kicked the extra point, making the score at the half. Clinton. 13; cathedral. 0. The Wildcats used their running pass attack to score the third marker, in the third period. B. Jones passed fifteen yards to Thompson, who ran five to goal. B Jones drop-kicked the extra point. Cathedral braced and made three first downs, with McMahon punching out several good gains and once passing to Finley for another long gam. The Irish spurt was halted before it became too menacing to the Wildcats. The final Clinton marker came late in the game when Goldner blocked a punt and fell on the ball on the 7-yard line. B. Jones made ; another of his fake runs that ended up in a short pass to Golderbank for ithe touchdown.
Shortridge-Ripple
At the outset of the game between Broad Ripple and Shortridge, the Rockets looked dangerous as they carried the bell down to the Shortridge 26-yard line. They lost it there on fourth down by inches. On the first play Callender dashed around end. shook off several tacklers. side-stepped some others and made the seventy-four yard* to goal standing up. Pack's place-kick for extra point was blocked, but the Blue Devils started righ back for another six-pointer in the same quarter. Hamilton ran back a punt fifty yards and a pass to Pack was good for a touchdown. The try for point
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BUTLER, SPARTANS IN STATE
Both Battle for sth Win of Campaign De Pauw Favored to Hang Up Fourteenth Victory in Earlham Tilt. A football tussle here this afternoon in which Butler and Manchester each sought its fifth victory headed the state college card as the Big Three played elsewhere. Boy Scouts, local school Traffic Club members and the Knothole Gang were guests at the Butler-Spartan clash in Fairview bowl, scheduled to start at 2 p. m. Manchester had scored shutouts in its last three starts. Butler was seeking to come back after a decisive defeat at the hands of Washington university of St. Louis last week. Tigers’ Season Near End De Pauw, unbeaten in thirteen straight games, was a heavy favorite to chalk up a win over Earlham at Richmond. It was the last tilt for the Tigers before their closing clash with Wabash at Greencastle next week. Georgetown (Ky.) has been the only eleven to score on Gaumy Neal’s Tigers this year. A strong Franklin college team, irked at inability to win on other schools’ fields this season, went to Crawfordsville to meet Wabash in what was expected to develop into a close, hard-fought battle. Wabash had played to scoreless ties in its last two encounters, against Butler and Evansville. One of the strongest rivalries In the state was to be renewed at Muncie, where Ball State entertained Indiana State. The Cardinals have not had much success this season and were anxious to hand the Terre Haute squad a surprise. Hanover in Celebration Tilt Coach John Van Liew’s Hanover Panthers celebrated home-coming by entertaining Evansville’s Purple Aces. Coach S. H. Leitzman and his Central Normal gridders closed their season by invading Valparaiso. The Valpo eleven up to today had lost only to St. Viator. Purdue sought to keep its Big Ten slate clean by meeting lowa U., at lowa City. Indiana played Minnesota at Minneapolis in a Big Ten encounter, while Notre Dime sought to wreck the national title aspiration of Navy in a tilt at Cleveland.
kick went low. Broad Ripple battled the Nippermen even the remainder of the first half and through the third period. The Shortridge eleven picked up another counter in the last quarter. A drive down the field was stopped on the 1-foot line. Taking a punt on the 26-yard line, Johnson, sub back, pounded the lines on four consecutive smashes to score. His place kick for extra point failed.
Manual-Bloomington
Manual never was in danger of having its goal line crossed by Bloomington, the Panthers rarely getting beyond midfield. The Redskins put the game on ice at the start with two touchdowns in the first quarter. A steady march immediately after kickoff netted six points when Hiatt plunged over. Marks intercepted a pass, Ellis and Hiatt reeled off long yardage and Marks went over for the second marker. Hoyt plunged over for the extra point. The third marker of the half came when Hoyt passed to Schwomeyer. Presecan blocked a Bloomington punt and Hoyt plunged over in the fourth quarter. Smith ran seventeen yards for the final marker, but both extra points were missed.
Attucks-Louisville
Central of Louisville scored a safety early in the game against Attucks by blocking a punt, but the local Negro eleven took a lead before halftime. 7 to 2, when Harding passed to Holliday. Sims placekicked the extra point. Late in the game Harding intercepted a Central pass in midfield and raced to goal, making the count 13 to 2. The extra point try was missed.
STATE GAMES TODAY
Notre Dame vs. Navy,- at Cleveland. Purdue vs. lowa, at lowa City. Indiana vs. Minnesota, at Minnea polis. Butler vs. Manchester, at Indianapolis. De Pauw vs. Earlham, at Richmond. Ball £tate vs. Indiana State, at Muncie. Franklin vs. Wabash, at Crawfcrdsville. Hanover vs. Evansville, at Hanover. Central Normal vs. Valparaiso, at Valparaiso. BASKETBALL INCLUDED ON OLYMPIC PROGRAM Bit Time* Special LAWRENCE. Kan., Nov. 10—A cablegram advising that basketball has been admitted as a contesting sport in the 1936 Olympics at Berlin has been received by Dr. F. C. Allen, chairman of the committee of National Association of Basketball Coaches. The message was from the secretary of the Olympic committee at Berlin. Allen said he expected eighteen or twenty countries to have cage teams in the competition.
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BY ART KRENZ NEA Service Sports Artist COLGATE scored its first touchdown against Holy Cross in the opening period of their game at Worcester, by running a punt back ninety-five yards with the aid of this lateral. Jim Hobin, Holy Cross left half back, kicked from his 45-yard line. Martin McDonough received the ball on the Red Raiders’ five-yard
Greyhounds Score Easy Cage Victory Byers and De Jernett Lead Central to Win. Led by Byers and De Jernett, the Indiana Central basketball team opened its season with a 50-to-21 victory over Anderson college at University Heights gym last night. Byers hit for five field goals, while De Jernett hung up four. The Greyhounds held a 27-to-5 lead at halftime and reserves played most of the second period. Rose Hands Oaks Defeat, 15 to 13 Richardson Stars Against Oakland City. By Timet Special TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 10.— A place kick by captain Richardson gave Rose Poly the margin to defeat Oakland City college, 15 to 13, in a football game here yesterday afternoon. Richardson made the kick early in the game from the twenty-seven-yard line. Soon after the second period opened the Rose captain tossed a pass to Hufford for a touchdown. Trailing, 9-0, Oakland City scored on an eighty-one-yard run by Hutchinson and Vire put the Oaks ahead with a twenty-nine-yard dash for score. Later in the second quarter Campbell gave Rose a two-point lead by scoring on a pass from Richardson and the teams fought on even terms the remainder of the game. Silent Hoosier Five Opens Cage Season The Silent Hoosiers basketball team will open its season tonight i against Charlottesville at the Deaf School gym. Starting lineup for the Silents will find Ayres and Bowman at forwards. Alpha at center, and Baxter and Dixon, guards. Fall. Renner and Winn also will see service in the fray. A preliminary tilt between the reserve squads of the schools will start at 7:15. TECH HARRIERS BEAT WASHINGTON, SET MARK Two runners broke the course record as Tech high school defeated Washington in a cross-country meet at the west side school yesterday. 23 to 32. Brown of Tech and Weddle of Washington finished first and second. respectively. Bose. Tech; Weaver, Tech; Schwartz. Washington, and Johnson. Washington, finished in that order. The winning time for the mile and seveneighths course was 9 minutes and 59 seconds.
line, and, as a host of Purple forwards rushed toward him, flipped it laterally to Ike Kern, who had circled behind him. Hesitating only an instant, Kern sprang through a gap in the charging Hcly Cross barrier. Colgate players, after they had blocked, wheeled to the sideline, and formed a protecting phalanx. Perfect interference was accorded Kern until he reached midfield,
Do or Die Spirit Keys Local Grade School Lads Youngsters Mean Business as 'Big’ Game Nears on West Side; St. Anthony vs. Holy Trinity. “This will give permission to Bobby Basch to play with the St. Anthony football team Sunday, because he will die if he doesn’t get to play. His parents.” ——
Thus, the note from Bobby’s parents to officials of the St. Anthony grade school typifies the spirit rampant in every youthful member of two parochial grade school elevens carded to clash tomorrow on the Washington high school field at 2 p. m. The St. Anthony team will meet the fighting Holy Trinity youngsters for the west side championship of the parochial grade school grid league. Notice of consent is required of a player’s parents before he may enter the game. The young 12 to 14-year-old warriors take their football seriously, and the fact that both schools are old west side foes has intensified the rivalry of the contestants no little. The spirit has spread to all points on the west side, and a huge gathering of fans, young and old, is expected at the field at game time. Officials on hand to see that the enthusiasm of the twenty-two young battlers doesn’t over-step grid rules will include A1 G. Feeney, former S . H, S. Freshies Take City Crown Shortridge freshman football eleven captured the all-city Rhinie grid title with a 13-7 victory over Manual. During the course of the season Tom Woods, yearling mentor, directed his north side team to wins over Technical, Washington, Cathedral and Southport, and the Manual touchdown was the first points scored on the team this fall. Ligeman, Kolb, Schlake, Rost, Pike, Lee and Fisher have been outstanding in the string of north side victories. This is Woods’ first year as freshman coach at Shortridge.
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by which time every Holy Cross tackier was hopelessly out of range. Kern ran eighty-five yards without being touched by an opposing player. Colgate’s 20-7 victory removed Holy Cross from the ranks of the undefeated. The importance of the passing game was well demonstrated. The Maroon and White’s second touchdown was the result of another lateral, and its third was registered on a forward pass.
Notre Dame star and state police head; Russell Moore, former Purdue ace, and Jim Wulle, Butler track and grid flash. Father Pfau is coach of the speedy St. Anthony team, while Coach Klobucar has piloted his Holy Trinity charges through an undefeated season. Each squad garbs in flashy uniforms. The conflict will start at 2 o’clock, and Holy Trinity backs had best beware of St. Anthony’s right end, because Bobby Basch will be right there to flag them down.
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Coach Is an Egg Collector Dick Harlow, coach of Western Maryland’s smoothrunning grid team, collects bird’s eggs in his spare time. He has several hundred eggs in his collection, but one he has no desire to add to his display is the goose egg. However, Villanova held his eleven, 0 to 0, this year.
GRID FEATURE
I. U. Freshman Wins National Harrier Title James Smith Finishes First in Cross-Country; Pitt Wins Team Crown. James Smith, lanky Negro freshman from Indiana university, running unattached, today won the na- j tional A. A. U. junior cross-country 1 title over Butler’s picturesque course along the city canal. The winner led a field of fifty-two runners from several colleges and universities. His time was 32 minutes 112-5 seconds. University of Pittsburgh captured the team title, with a total of 27 points. Purdue was second with 62. Butler third with 64 and Ball State fourth with 71. Smith, running unattached be,cause of a Big Ten ruling, took the lead at the outset and held b, substantial margin throughout the six and-a-quarter mile course. He finished nearly twenty-seven seconds ahead of his nearest competitor. The next nine, in the order in which they finished, were Harold Auck, Shanahan Cross Country Club of Philadelphia. Pa.; Charles Kirkpatrick, University of Pittsburgh; John Zack, Shanahan Club; John Bush, Indiana university, running unattached; Robert Huffman, Ohio State; J. W. Clevenger, Ball State; Winston Griffin. Butler; Robert Wilkes, Miami U., and Kenneth Wagenhouser, University of Pittsburgh. Perry Zahn of Butler ran in fourth place for the first four miles, but was unable to stand the pace and dropped far back among the field. A senior ruling kept Ray Sears, Butler star, from competing. The Butler university freshman football team defeated the Ball State yearlings in a game here this morning, 39 to 0.
Texas Bookmaking Shops Under Ban
Information to Be Confined to Tracks. By United Press FT. WORTH, Tex., Nov. 10.—A move to curb bookmaking shops in Texas was under way today. The state racing commission late yesterday ruled that all race information used in the handling of bets be confined to the tracks. The rule prevents any track operating in Texas from allowing on its premises any telephones, wires, radio or other form of communication that might be used by bookmakers to obtain information. It was explained that the rule does not apply to the publication of racing news by legitimate newspapers, but does deny them morning scratches which might be picked up by bookmakers. LOCAL BOXING SHOW ATTENDED BY 1,500 Three amateur boxing matches given under auspices of the Shrine drew 1,500 persons to Murat temple last night. Results of the bouts, all threerounders; Jimmy Krukemeyer and William Sparks, 118 pounds, fought to a draw; Squeak Bruggeman defeated Julius Glanzman, 147 pounds, and Bud Coty decisioned Johnny Krukemeyer, 118 pounds. Shriners will stage another boxing show Dec. 7, it was announced.
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MRS. CECIL BAXTER’S golf game is a beauty—and so is she, for that matter. American women golfers will see a lot of Mrs. Baxter soon, for she is feminine champion of the Philippines. She is shown above. Mrs. Baxter soon will begin a a. campaign to annex the national women’s crown next year. The title is held by Virginia Van Wie.
Bowling Picture on Local Screen Varipapa Displays Skill in ‘Strikes and Spares/ Andy Varipapa, the versatile trick artist of the bowling g&me, is the star performer in the sports reel “Strikes and Spares,” now on view at the Palace theater for a week’s stand. It was through the efforts of Elmer Baumgarten, A. B. C. secretary, that this feature was filmed. One of the best of Varipapa’s tricks is his famous tunnel shot. Substituting a bevy of beautiful chorines for the regulation pins, he rolls a ball down the alley between nine girls, picks off the ten pin, and, as strange as it may seem, performs the ;rick without serious consequences to any of the actresses. Miss Sally McKee, a lovely young lady bowler, co-stars with Varipapa in the film. Miss McKee is an employe of the M-G-M studios, and is an enthusiastic follower of the ten-pin sport. The American Bowling Congress has requested that all bowlers write to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios offering their commendations and criticisms on this picture, and to make known whether they desire more of such sport reels. The Bowling Alley Proprietors Association has designated the week as “Learn to Bowl” week, and will offer free instructions at the ten local establishments for the benefit of newcomers to the game.
Lawson Little Drubbed by Own College Rival
By United Press PALO ALTO, Cal., Nov. 10.—First among amateur golfers in the United States and Great Britain, Lawson Little found himself taking second place today on the golf team of his own college, Stanford university. Tom Dwyer, Sacramento, won the No. 1 position on the college team by defeating the British and American champion, 7 and 5.