Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 224, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 November 1935 — Page 12

Irish Have ‘Conner’ on Cage Market, It Seems There’s Always a Connor, or O’Connor Leading the Way for Cathedral, Reporter Learns.

RV TOM OCHILTREE QNE thing - about Cathedral High School basketball teams, they always have some stout-hearted Irish lad named Connor—or Conner —or O'Connor leading the attack. It i hard to remember when there hasn't been somebody with one of those names in the lineup. First there was Michael and John, the athletic sons of William L. O'Connor, 1423 N. Pennsvlvania-st. Eoth now are playing for Notre Dame, but their little bro'her, Richard, is on the high school reserves and coming right along. When Nick and Bill Connor graduated, their heroics became school legend. Their brother, Bob. a Jetterman, is captain of this year's team. After he finishes, Irish Tans still can look forward to seeing Larry, a fifth grade lad with a man-size ambition, lead a Cathedral squad. Another bin: her combination, Edward and Charles O'Connor, also left a splendid athletic record at the North Side school. No relation to any of the others, but having the typical Irish prowess, Jack Conner promises to be a standout on the squad this year. He will not be able to play for two weeks, however, since an infection resulting from a floor burn has kept him out of practice. 808 808 Aunt her Just Around Corner YES, it's a funny thing about these Irish families,'’ Coach Joseph Dienhart remarked. “You lose a boy by graduation, and when school Star::, in the fall, you generally can find another brother that locks and plays like your old star.” Cathedral takes its athletics seriously. The boys have to make their grades to stay eligible, and once they get a berth they have to put forward their best efforts. A brief glance at the class annual of any year will show you pictures of graduates who became excellent college players. The transition from football to basketball is always hard, Coach Dienhnrt explained, and usually the boys just about have time to turn in their football uniforms before they play their first net game. "I only had three days to teach the squad plays,” Coach Dienhart said, "With so many out for both sports, we couldn’t organize a basketball team until the football season ended, Nov 11. “It s hard to tell, yet, just what I have, but I think the boys should make a last, well-drilled team. I ought to know after our opening game in Lebanon tonight.,” he added. As an innovation. Coach Dienhart intends to teach his charges both the five-man and zone defensive systems. “Very few teams use the zone defense now,” he said, “but a fast team can bog down the attack of a big slow quintet and break up blocking and set plays with this system. A good squad should be able to use both methods, and switch from one to the other as the circumstances demand.” B B B B B B Alt Forduards, All Guards A NOTHER feature of the Dienhart -vstem is to make every man a J V. forward on offense and every man a guard on defense. He likes to train squads that can out-run opponents and keep up with the ball. Cathedral netters have had their share oi victories. In 1933, the Irish won the National Catholic interscholastic title in Chicago. They have boon among the top contenders on several other occasions. While the teams do not play in the Indiana High School Atheltic Association tournament, they have a disturbing habit of trouncing other good city and state teams. Here are a few statistics on the squad: N “ mr Height Weight Position •George KiUinger 6-1 n< Center Jo " <iillrs P ie ■■ • ,; -2 163 Center •Bernard Brodrrlck 5-9 1!8 Forward •Boh Connor . 5-10 164 Guard •Jack Conner 5-11 162 Forward Arthur Waddle 5-9 160 Guard Victor I.anahan 5-11 155 Forward Jack Leahy 5-7 JM Guard Rov Sehnorr ... 5-11 362 Forward Boh I itzgrrald 5-10 l„fi Forward •Leltermen.

Four Stars of Butler’s Championship Eleven Win All-State Honors; Wabash; De Pauw Place Two Each

BY DICK MILLER Butler University, Indiana Intercollegiate Conference football champion for the second consecutive year, produced the majority of players for consideration in making the 1935 Indianapolis Times AllState Secondary College selections. Asa team that swept over all state opposition to be undefeated and untied in conference competition, the Bulldogs placed four players on The Times first team. De Pauw and Wabash gained two positions each, and Franklin, Manchester and Valparaiso one each. The Bulldogs were a well balanced, powerful machine with almost every man outstandng at his position. Eddie O'Connor and Roscoe Batts were a great team of wigmen. Spero Castas was a nearperfect field general and fine blocker. There were others on the Blue machine vho stood out—lnman Blackaby at half back. John Weger at tackle and Emerson Musgrave, Jim Fulle and Luther Martin in the back field. Hickman of De Pauw was a standout at end. Especially adept at handling forward passes, he starred on defense. Viallapiano at half back was another Tiger hero, a brilliant runner whose sprints paved the way to De Pauw victories. At th; tackles, a pair of powerful huskies are chosen in Hollinger of Manchester and Isselhart of Franklin. In several games two and three men were assigned to watch the Franklin star. Clarence Laymon, Butler center, was a steady player, good passer and fine captain. Fritz Miller, Franklin, was another outstanding pivot, but unfortunately was injured late in the season, missing the Butler game. Ernie Miller and Dale Davis

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played stellar roles in compiling Wabash's brilliant record. ‘The Little Giants' guards, fast, hard blockers, were powers on defense, shifting to the tackle positions when opponents had the ball. Probably the greatest individual improvement shown by any player during the season was made by Johnson, Evansville full back. Needing a line smasher and kicker, Coach Bill Slyker moved Johnson

All-State Secondary College Football Selections BY DICK MILLER

Position— Player— END E. O'CONNOR TACKLE ISSEI.HART GUARD DAVIS CENTER I.AYMON GUARD MILLER TACKLE HOI.LINGER END HICKMAN QUARTER BACK .COSTAS HALF BACK VILLAPIANO HALF BACK WULI.E FULL BACK KARR

HONORABLE MENTION END^JI?=L^ R P' Evansvil,e: GRAFNEY. St. Joseph; FRAZEL and HESHER. Ball State: DIERKER, Valparaiso; RALPH JOHNSON, Earlham; DRIVER, Manchester. LAC KLES-KENDALL. Oakland City; HELDT. Evansville: ALLMAN. Manchester; LATTIMER. Central Normal GUARD—MILLER, Evansville. CENTERS—GLORIOSO St. Joseph; KOPTA, De Pauw; FOX. Rose Poly. QU^™ r B '^ K k S -; SH u \™; De Pauw: PARMATER, Hanover; BANET. Manchester; HENDRYX Central Normal; SNYDER, Wabash; HUFFORD, Rose Poly. HALF BACKS-SCHILLING. De Pauw; MARTIN. Butler: PETERS. Earlham; HAVENS, Ball State: BUFFIINBARGER, Manchestre, SCHARF, St. Joseph; WILKINSON, Hanover: E. SHOUSE, Indiana State. FULL BACKS—LUZAR, Wabash; MUSGRAVE, Butler.

Oral Hildebrand, Diamond Star, May Join Pro Five Cleveland Slab Ace, Former Butler Hardwood Flash, May Perform With U. S. Tires. Oral Hildebrand, one of the American League's greatest baseball pitchers, is considering returning to action in the sport which first fame for him here—basketball. p

The lanky Cleveland mound star, center on Butler University's national collegiate championship club of a few years ago. may be in the U. S. Tire and Rubber Cos. lineup when the city professional quintet takes the Armory hardwood against the Dayton Metropolitans Sunday. Hildebrand first flashed into cage Drominence at Southport Hiph School and later starred in basketball and baseball at the Fairview school. He keeps in shape for his summer diamond activity by playing basketball and has been working out at Southport for several weeks. The Tire club will be headed this season by Leßoy Edwards, former Tech High School ace who last season broke all Southern Conference scoring records with the University of Kentucky and was named all-America college center. Edwards will be supported by such stars as Gene Demmary, Butler University star lust season who towers 6 feet 5 inche', and Bob Yohler, former Muncie High School star who also towers over the 6-foot mark. FOOTBALL ! THURSDAY—NOV. 28th 2 r M. ADMISSION 25e t'fsl Sidr Jugo SUv Social and Civic Club va. I.con Tailoring Cos. Dtlavan Smith Fiild _£2JS

Indianapolis Times Sports

National Loop to Take Over Boston Club Braves’ Franchise, Players Forfeited; New Owner Is Sought. ! By 1 r. ited Pri a* ! NEW YORK. Nov. 27.—The Boston Braves, the club even Babe : Ruth's magic name couldn't keep j out of the red, passed into the hands of the National League today. The franchise and players of the Boston club were declared forfeited D?st night at a meeting of National League club owners. Along with the franchise and players went a $325,000 indebtedness. Every effort will be made to find a purchaser for the Boston club. If no buyer is found, the league will operate the club. The franchise will not be moved away from Boston, j where it has been continuously since 1876. Vote Is Unanimous The Brave’s franchise was declared forfeited by a unanimous vote of seven club owners (Boston not voting), because of the failure of the club to fulfill its contractual obiigaI tions over an extended period of | time. j “This is a friendly forfeiture,” explained Ford Frick, National League president. “Every effort will be made to protect the stockholders as far as possible. It is now possible to sell the club with a clean bill of health, defining all the obligations which the purchaser must assume. One of the big drawbacks heretofore was the unforeseen lawsuits and other complications that might beset a purchaser.” §325,000 Estimated Value The value of the Braves’ franchise and players is conservatively set at $325,000, enough to pay off all debts. If the club is sold for that figure the present stockholders would be left holding the bag. Charles F. Adams, vice-president and majority stockholder, has sunk about $200,003 into the club. Mr. Adams .said he did not plan to make a bid for the club. Maj. Francis Murphy, wealthy shoe manufacturer of Nashua, N. H., leading minor stockholder, is not likely to bid for the club after yesterday’s action. It had been thought that he would head a New England syndicate to attempt to purchase the club, but when he walked out of the meeting he apparently lost all interest in making a bid for control of the Braves.

from center to the back field and as the season progressed, he became a standout. In the last game against Valparaiso, he tallied three touchdowns to outscore Willie Karr, upstate ace, who counted twice. At the end of the season, Johnson undoubtedly was the best Indiana secondary college full back. Playing with a small team, Kendall of Oakland City stood out at tackle. Another star was Albright

-INDIANAPOLIS TIMES, 1935“

—FIRST TEAM—

College— Butler Franklin Wabash Butler Wabash Manchester De Pauw Butler De Pauw Butler Valparaiso

The Tires also have Charley Shipp. 1 captain of Cathedral's national Catholic championship quintet four i years ago. Manager Evans, former Butler flash and veteran professional star ; will be ready for action. He has Bud I Coffin and Gene Gilmore to take his place on the floor and leave him free to direct the club from the bench. Dayton has the same lineup which last season lost only one game at home, to Kautsky A. C. of Indianapolis. and defeated the New York Celtics. New York Rennaisance, Chicago Savoys. Firestone and Good- | year Tire clubs and other wellknown professional teams. Dayton eveped up its one loss to the Kaut- ; fkys by defeating Indianapolis club in a return game. Sunday's game here will be a Midwest Conference affair. The Tires defeated the Seagram Crown netmen at Lawrenceburg last night. 56 to 26. Leßoy Edwards, Bob Yohler and Gene Demmary led the attack for the victors. HOPPE WANTS MATCH liy Vnitcd Pn-ss CHICAGO. Nov. 27 —Willie Hoppe. New York veteran, today challenged Welker Cochrane, San Francisco, for a match for tMs world's threecushion billiard championship.

INDIANAPOLIS, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27,1935

SECOND TEAM— Player— College— JOHNSON Wabash WEGER Butter HORST De Pauw BVDD Indiana State MARTIN Ball State BERQUIST Wabash BATTS Butler SAPP Manchester BLACKABY Butler RIGGS Wabash JOHNSON Evansville

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Jadk Brown, above, Shortridge’s ell-city full back, still is shaking football kinks out of his system, but he’s likely to see considerable basketball action against Southport tonight in the suburban

at full back for Central Normal, who almost single-handed led his team to its best record in years. When the season opened there were many players who were expected to be All-State calibre. Many fell down, principally because they failed to give their best. But there are many good ones on the 15 secondary teams and The Times herewith presents the 1936 honor roll.

—THIRD TEAM— Player— College— MIKLOZEK Ind. State NOEL De Pauw KRAMPIEN Valparaiso MILLER Franklin V. BAKER Indiana State OVERMAN Earlham HAMMOND Hanover KINNALI.Y De Pauw M’CARTY Franklin BIBBS Indiana State ALBRIGHT Central Normal

Greyhounds Beat Huntington, 58-20 Fifteen Central Players Get Into Game. The Greyhounds of Indiana Central trounced Huntington College basketball team, 58 to 20, on the University Heights floor last night. This was the second Indiana Central victory over the upstate quintet. After taking the lead at the start, the Greyhounds never were headed and they completely outran their opponents. At the half they were in front 26 to 5. Wilson was high scorer for Central with 14 points, and Ware was outstanding for the visitors. Fifteen Central players got in the the fray and all but five of them tallied. KOSHER Thanksgiving Dinner roast n r ROAST DUCK ODC CHICKEN Young Roast Turkey ’X All the Trimmings Levy’s Kosher Kitchen 106 $. Illinois St. WESTERN EXPERT SHELLS, 68c 12 Gauge EM-ROE (fowuct. 20® ffeit Washington Street

goalry. Brown, a guard last season, is being converted into a center by Coach Peterman. The game will start at 8, with a curtain-raiser at 7.

Butler Aspirants Find Basket Eyes Hinkle Speeds Up Practice, Seeks Forward. Basketball candidates at Butler University are wearing the shine off the fieldhouse hoop nets in a hurry this week. Varsity veterans are regaining their basket eyes and improvement was evident as they peppered the cage in practice today. Coach Tony Hinkle held the first dummy scrimmage yesterday, placing stress on passing drills. The Bulldog mentor is combing the sophmore ranks for a forward to replace Scott Armstrong, who has been moved to center. Outstanding candidates are Norval Corbett, Brook. Ind.; Robert Clay, and Willard Fawscett of Logansport. Hitting a fast stride among the veterans is Rcscoe Batts, forward, who hopes to equal his near-15-points-a-game performance of last season. GOPHERS NAME LEADERS By United Press MINNEAPOLIS. Nov, 27. —Minnesota’s 1936 football team will be led by co-captains. They are Julie Alfonse, half back who was ineligible during the last season, and Ed Widseth, veteran tackle.

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Football Holds Place on City Holiday Card Popular League Rivals to Clash on South Side Gridiron. City high school football players, who in past years often have redonned their uniforms for a postseason game on Thanksgiving Day, will be allowed to tackle their big dinners tomorrow with unlimited gusto, for they will not be called to the gridiron. In their place, members of two of the city's strongest amateur squads will take up the heritage of lightlunching on Turkey Day so that they may be fit for a feature battle at Delavan Smith Field. The Leon Tailors, from the South Side, and the Yugo-Slavs, from the West Side, expect to attract a crowd of 5000 when they clash in the final Capital City League facas cf the season on the Manual gridiron at 2. Soldiers May Profit Though the Tailors and Yugos are actual combatants, Fort Harrison’s idle eleven has an opportunity to profit most from the tussle. The Soldiers have won six league encounters and lost one. while the Tailors list three in the black and one in the red. The Fort club leads the league percentage picture, but the made-to-order boys claim even dividends on a won and lost basis. Should the Yugos, who are out of the race with three up and three down, outclass the Tailors, the Soldiers would have a clear claim to the pennant. Manual Vs. Washington The fracas, boiled down to the playing warriors, becomes very near a renewal of Manual High vs. Washington. Harry Painter, coach at Manual, has gathered about him a brood of graduated Redskin "cutups” for the Tailor eleven. A smattering of Tech and old Purdue is tossed in. There’s Paul Kleppe, of Manual, at left end; Ronald Woodrum, Manual, at left tackle; Ralph (Butch) Adams, Manual, at center; Elmer Hurtman, all-city right end at Manual; Ralph Cowden, Manual, at right half; Frank Myers, Manual, at left half; Willis Welton, Manual, at quarter; Coach Painter at full back, and Almond Thompson, Manual, a guard. Also Tech and Purdue “Imported” regulars are Earl Kutsky, Tech, left tackle; Stokes Parnell, Tech, left guard; Norman Holcraft, Tech, at right guard; Merle Faubian, Purdue, also a guard; Art Inman, Tech, at right tackle; Jake Kleppe, Purdue, at right end, and Ray Dale, from way over Peru way, at half. The Yugo-Slavs, last year's Holy Trinity team, say they gave their new name a European shading because most of them hail almost directly from the old country. The Slavs lineup includes Dan Veza, Washington, right end; Nick Mates, right tackle; Joe Mearston, Manual, right guard—oh, oh, a Redskin in Continental clothing—bet he’s in for a harrowing afternoon— Leo Rabkovic, Cathedral, center; Emil Unser, Washington, left tackle; Frank Turk, left end; Bill Russell, right half; Alex Yovanovieh, Washington, left half; Mitchell Popehess, Manual, full back; Harold Wolf, quarter back; Anthony Brisnich, quarter; Toddy Hearld, full and Thomas Despot, end. Don Bauermeister, Tailor manager, promises his boys will take the measure of the Yugos, but Manager Gaumstuch announces confidentially that the Slavs will prove unsuitable for the attempt. WINS WOMEN’S TITLE CHICAGO, Nov. 27.—Ruth Harvey, Pacific Coast champion, won the women’s national amateur pocket billiards championship last night by defeating Hilda Stowell, Chicago, 50 to 48, in 68 innings.

Looks Rricjht for Chisox Rookie Russell E''ans, who joins the White Sox this spring, is one of the best pitching prospects in the American League. He won and lost 8 with Oklahoma City last season. He twirled a one-hitter, but lost 1-0, when he uncorked tv'o pisses and a w ; ld throw.

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The “Sponsors’ Trophy,” awarded annually to the backer of the team winning the five-man event of the American Bowling Congress tournament, is pictured above. The trophy, donated by tffe American Bowling Congress, has av*rived at the local headquarters and will be on display In various city windows until a winner is determined at the State Fairground Coliseum next March and April.

McGregor Victor in Billiard Match Cooler Will Meet Vogler in Feature Tonight. Clayton McGregor of Terre Haute defeated Frank Dougherty Jr., 50 to 46, in a state three-cushion billiard tournament match at Cooler’s parlor yesterday afternoon. The tilt lasted 97 innings with McGregor having a high run of 7. Dougherty had a cluster of 4. In the evening match Leonard Quill beat Phil Greenberger, 50 to 42, in 99 innings. Each player had a run of three. Harry Cooler and Lew Vogler will meet in tonight’s match at 8. HOOSIER STAR NAMED CAPTAIN AT MICHIGAN By United Press ANN ARBOR. Mich.. Nov. 27. Matthew Patanelli, Elkhart, Ind., today had been named captain of the 1936 University of Michigan football team. Patanelli, who played end on the Wolverine team this year, was the iron man of tjhe squad. He played 472 eight games.

Hoosier H. S. Fives Launch Net Campaign Cathedral, Shortridge and Southport Ready for Action Tonight. j Football garb tossed into Indiana's high school athletes turn, seriously to basketball this week, a Scores of teams —forerunners of the nearly 800 quintets which will be in action when the season sweeps into full stride—are primed for contests this week. Three Marion County teams are included. A battle that promises tobe one of the early season's best is scheduled for Southport tonight* where Shcrtridee opens its campaign, against the Cardinals. Cathedral inaugurates the grind at Lebanon tonight. - Champions at Marion Anderson, 1935 state champion, will play at Marion tonight. The Indians defeated Lebanon, 28 to 23, last night after losing their first start in the North Central Confer* ence to Frankfort. 23 to 17. Jeffersonville, runnedup to An* derson in the finals, entertains Scottsburg tonight, and will invade Paoli Friday night. The Red Devils lost their opener to Corvdon. With Jim Haughey as the regular returning from last season’s state finals team. Michigan City will open its campaign against Knox at Michigan City tonight. Frankfort Tests Delphi Rushville. another of the state finalists last season, will entertain Liberty tonight, and the Lions waffmeet Crawfordsville at Rushville Friday night. Frankfort, with Everett Case again at the helm, will take on Delphi at Frankfort tonight. Tipton and Nappanee are other state finalists who are scheduled for games. The former will play at Marion Friday. Nappanee goes to Wakarusa tonight and will entertain Mishawaka Friday. Other games on the schedule include ; TONIGHT Tonight—Connersville at Newcastle; Goshen at Warsaw; Valparaiso at La Porte; Rensselaer at Greencastle; Columbia City at Bluffton; Union City at Richmond; Seymour at Bloomington; Crawfordsville at Jefferson (Lafayette>r Washington (East Chicago) at Froebel (Gary); Hammond Tech at Wallace (Gary); Pendleton at Alexandria; Warren at Huntingtonr Butler at Auburn; Bedford at Washington; Montgomery at Plainville. FRIDAY Newcastle at Muncie, Sullivan at Vincennes; Concord at Goshen;’ Ossian at Bluffton; Richmond at Southport; Wabash at Peru; Emerson (Gary) at Hammond Tech; Washington (East Chicago) at Froebel (Gary); Wheeler at Valparaiso; Burris (Muncie) at Elw r ood; Niles, Mich., at Rilev (South Bend), SATURDAY Bicknell at Sullivan; Horace Mann (Gary) at Rensselaer; Huntington at Logansport. Sunday, December 1 04 Cf! CINCINNATI yC.OU HAMILTON $2.30 Oxford $ 16 5 Connerss2.oo Liberty S1 >2 i) Rushville , L. 4:35 a. m. C. T. Returning It. Cincinnati 10:50 p. m. E. T. Reduced round trip fares to many