Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 244, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1935 — Page 39

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NEW ARMY COACH RULING IS GOOD MOVE, JOE BELIEVES

West Point Mentors Must Decide Between Career on Gridiron and Military Post Practice of Drawing Pay for Both Positions Has Become Minor Racket, Williams Asserts; Cadet Leaders Are Fine Men and Should Stay Above the ‘Ordinary.’ BY JOE WILLIAMS Time* Special Writer NEW YORK. Doc. 20 —lt has been decided that in the future the West Point gradual ,s must decide between the double wing back and the booming cannon. In short, they must decide whether they want to be football coaches or military men. No longer can they be both. This is a happy and healthy decision, no matter how it affects some of the better known and better liked men in the service—men. for instance. like Ralph Basse and Biff Jones. To be brutally frank the West Point coach-officer combination was gradually becoming a mild sort of racket. ,

At West Point the officcr-coache;

do not receive any additional remuneration beyond a few incidental luxuries as luxuries are measured at an Army post. It all comes under the head of a day's work. They are. then, in the same class as the players who labor in the modest pay of your Uncle Samuel.

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It isn't until an officer-coach gets himself transferred from West Point that he is able to collect any material dough. Such transferences are usually politically inspired. It may surprise you to know how many strings an influential stateman can pull—and particularly an influential statesman who happens to be interested in a state university. Thus transferred the ofTicer-coach not only continues on the pay roll of your Uncle Samuel, but collects in addition to the extent of his bargaining ability. In such circumstances he is being paid not only by the university, but the government. Theoretically he still serves as a military official. Actually lie functions mainly as a football coach. I have always looked upon this as a practice that lent small credit either to the officers or the system which tolerated it, and I am pleased to know it is to be ended. A West Pointer should make up his mind whether he wants to be a military man or a football coach. To try to be both through the assistance of politicians cheapens the traditions of .the post. Unfair to Others, Is Theory. Messrs. Sasse and Jones are better known today as football coaches than as Army officers. There is nothing about the profession of coaching that demands an apology. But as football coaches the gentlemen, unwittingly or not, trade on their military background. If nothing else this is hardly fair to the rest of the profession. I think both Sasse and Jones can stand on their own legs as football coaches. They should do this or go back to the colors. Certainly there was nothing flattering about the position of Maj. Bob Neyland, who was recently presented as an outright candidate for Jimmy Crowley’s job at Fordham. It was stated in the newspapers —and not denied to my knowledge —that the major was in a mood to give up his commission if he could get a worth-while coaching appointment. The major had previously coached at the University of Tennessee with high success and at the end of his term had been shunted to Panama on legitimate Army duty. Apparently he preferred coaching football, and so it was that the news pot, around that he would not be adverse to turning his back on the Army if he could get a desirable coaching assignment. Army Coaches Grand Fellows It. is easy to understand how an Army officer or anybody else might want to make more money; it is Just as easy to understand how an Army officer or anybody els might want to work in happier fields. But the Army—and West Point especially—has a majestic background. It. isn’t something that should be commercialized. And it is m.v idea that West Point coaches who go elsewhere to take over football teams without resigning their commissions very definitely commercialize this background. This is not easy to write, either, because I have never met a West Point coach who wasn't a grand fellow. Possibly this is why I applaud the new restraint. I hate to sec grand fellows become ordinary.

Despite the word of Valter Okeson. who approximates the mouth-

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piece of football that no marked changes will be made in the rules or the conduct o the sport, the coaches insist th: goal posts will be returned to the goal line. As jou know at present they are 10 yards back, the theory being that this is a safety measure. With the posts back there is no danger of a plunging ball carrier crashing his skull against the uprights. Most all the changes in the rules and conduct of football are inspired by the coaches, who, with an isolated exception here and there, see the game almost wholly from the coaches' point of view. They seek to" make it an exact science and, as far as possible, eliminate all possible fluke victories—or defeats. Particularly defeats. So many important games were lost this year by the failure to kick the point after touchdown that the coaches have decided the goal posts should be brought back to their original position. Personally. I don’t think this is a vital matter either from the standpoint of safety to the players or the result of the game. It would be simple to contrive goal posts of qualities less lethal than solid oak. This Would minimize the element of player danger, except in cases where the skulls were exceptionally soft. Shall we say in the cases of sophomores? But the point I have in mind is that no matter where the goal posts are it will still require a good kicker 'to get the ball over tne cross-bar. Ripple's Lettermen Name Club Leaders Ralph Kelly, Broad Ripple athlete who is convalescing from a recent operation, was elected president cf the newly-organized Broad Ripple High School Lettermen's Club at a meeting in the school yesterday. Carrol Coombs, Rocket basketball guard, was chosen vice president, and Frank Reese was made sec-retary-treasurer. A North Side athlete of the class of ’23, Mr. Edgar Stahl, fostered the growth of the organization. He now teaches at Broad Ripple. FANCY SKATING TEST TO START IN GOTHAM Timex Special NEW YORK, Dec. 20—The National figure skating tournament will start here a week from today. The 16-year-old champion. Robin Lee. is expected to defend his crown. A chance to accompany the American i.’am to the Olympic Games is offered winners.

Baseball Winners

1935 LEAGUE CHAMPIONS World's Champions—Detroit Tigers. American League—Detroit Tigers. National League—Chicago Cuds. American Association Minneapolis. International League— iontreal. Pacific Coast League—First half. Los Angeles; second half <x> San Francisco Southern League—Oklahoma City. Texas League—Oklahoma City. Western League—St. Joseph New York-Pennsylvania League—First half, Scranton; second half, (x) Binghamton. Piedmont League First half, Asheville; second half, txi Richmond Three-I League—First half. Springfield, 111., second half, (y Bloomington. East Dixie League First half, ixl Pine Bluff; second half. Jackson. West Dixie League—Jacksonville. Middle Atlantic League—First half, ixi Huntington: second half. Davton ,Y eS w rn Association—First half Springfield Mo.; second half, ixi Ponca City. Arkansas State League—First half,’ ixi second half, Siloam Springs. Nebraska State League—First half, ixl Norfolk; second half, Sioux Falls. Evangeline League—Jeanerette Bi-State League—First half, (x> Danville; second half. Bassett. Northern League—First half, (xi Winnipeg; second half. Fargo-Mooihead. Pennsylvania State League—First half. Washington: second half, ixi Monessen Georgia-Florida League-First half Albany; second half. <x> Tallahassee Kitty League—First half. Lexington; second half, ixi Portageville. txi—Won playoff. ' y i—Bloomington awarded the championship when Springfield failed to plav on protested game. txi—Jackson and Union City finished first and second but were disqualified and Pnrtaeevilie was awarded first place. No playoff held.

SMOKING UP A SHOT

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Texas Prep League Huge Grid Mill for Colleges

Weather Also Plays Part in Developing Talent, Explaining Success of S. M. U. and T. C. U. BY LARRY SISK Times Special Writer WORTH. Tex.. Dec. 20.—How is it that two relatively small schoi i so close together turn out such good football teams? That question has been asked all over the country since Southern Methodist University of Dallas and Texas Christian University of Fort Worth stole the season’s football spotlight. And the two teams will continue ——

to hold the spotlight until New Year's Day when S. M. U. meets Stanford in California's Rose Bowl and T. C. U. plays Louisiana State University in the Sugar Bowl game at New Orleans. S. M. U., winner of the national football championship represented by the Knute Rockne trophy, is only some 30 miles from T. C. U„ which ranked fourth in most of the expert rating systems'and which was defeated only by.the S. M. U. Mustangs. Quite as remarkable as the caliber of the football played by both teams is the fact that practically the entire membership of the two squads is from Texas. And therein lies the answer to the question. These Texas boys are the products of one of the greatest athletic machines in the country. They are graduates of the Texas Interscholastic League, a closely knit high school organization which decides the champion in everything scholastic and athletic, and that includes football. After the regular seasons for any sport or scholastic activity, the district champions are paired off until all but one are eliminated Take football. After the regular season, which starts with the first fall day of school, the teams of championship caliber keep right on playing and practiciing until there

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are no doubts as to the high school champion. This results in competition right up to the first of the year, when high school football in mast of the rest of the country is forgotten. Weather has something to do with the class of football developed down here in the Southwest. Even the worst days of winter are seldom severe enough to interfere with sandlot and campus sports. Thus Texas boys' years of play are longer. Remarkable, too, is the prepondarance of local talent on the teams of S. M. U. and T. CL U. There are 11 Dallas players on the championship Mustang squad, and almost all of the others on the team are from towns within 100 miles of Dallas. On the T. C. U. team 15 are from the high schools of Fort Worth. GREENSBURG ‘Y’ PLANS INDEPENDENT TOURNEY Timex Special GREENSBURG, Ind., Dec. 20. The Greensburg Y. M. C. A. has announced that its twelfth annual holiday basketball tourney for independent teams will be 'held Dec. 27 and 28. A silver loving cup will be awarded the winning quintet. Individual medals for sportsmanship and other player values are offered. The entry will be limited to 16 teams.

Purdue Seeks to Pull Even With Butler Locals Hold One-Game Edge in Series; Rivals Mix Tomorrow Night. The Purdue Boilermakers will be out to even up the series score when they clash with Butler's Bulldogs tomorrow night in the local fieldhouse. Basketball teams of the two state schools have met seven times, Butler emerging with four victories. The Bulldogs have totaled 215 points for the series as compared to 209 for the Engineers. The locals polished off a week of consistent drills on basket marksmanship with a light workout today. Gerkensmeyer and Jones, forwards, have spent several hours firing away at the hoop, and both are reported vastly improved in the sharpshooting department. Defense also is beii ; stressed by Coach Tony Hinkle • s preparation for Purdue’s lightning offense. The game is scheduled to get under way at 8;15.

Jay Is Safe ft ft ft Job Promised Berwanger If He Joins Detroit Pro Gridders.

BY" HENRY McCLEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Dec. 20—Putting the sports shots here and there: Jay Berwanger, Chicago all-Amer-ica half back, probably will wind up with the professional Detroit Lions if he decides to enter pro football ... he has an automobile company job waiting him in Detroit . . . within 48 hours after the United Press Sports story that Dempsey was seeking a White Hope hit the street Jack began getting a deluge of letters from hopefuls. Best bet for 1936: Schmeling will come back for fight w’ith Joe Louis, despite current rumors to contrary . . . next to his wife, Anny Ondra, the thing Schmeling loves the mostest is a set of American dollars. nan BROOKLYN baseball fans are always up to something . . . now it's a plan to boycott the Dodgers if Billy Evans is hired as business manager . . . the New York football Giants are going to rebuild their team with younger players . . . Artie Donovan hates to be interviewed for fear he 'will mention a current fighter and thus be regarded as partial to or against one of them. Max Waxman. fight manager, says Obie Walker, American Negro campaigning abroad, can lick Joe Louis if there are no handcuffs on Obie and if he has had a few squares before entering the ring. a a a WASHINGTON has no fewer than eight outfielders, now that Carl Reynolds and Roy Johnson have been added to the roster . . .. watch out for a trade. . . Horton Smith, who recently quit his pro job at the Oak Park Club, Chicago, to “go out and earn me some real dough,” got off to a grand start when he took the $2,500 first prize of the Miami Biltmore SIO,OOO open. Jack Dempsey refused a $50,000 bid to have his name used in liquor promotion . . . Lou Little of Columbia is preparing a questionnaire which will ask for suggestions on rule changes (Copyright. 1935. by United Press)

Indiana Rests Hopes in Hoosier High Products Eight Lettermen. All From State, Available for Big Ten Race: Chicago, Northwestern May Upset Dope. BY WINTHROP LYMAN United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO. Dec. 2f>.—Eight returning lettermen. all products of Hoosier high school;. promise to make Indiana a definite contender for the Big Ten basketball cbimpionship. The Hoosiers are overdue, since they haven't had a share in the title

since 1927-28. The veterans around whom Coach Everett Dean is building his squad are Co-Captains Lester Stout, Winamac. forward, and Wendell Walker, Vincennes, guard; Kenneth Gunning, Shelbyville, a sharpshooting, speedy forward; Fred Fechtman. Indianapolis, six-foot-seven inch center; Vernon Huffman, Newcastle, guard, key man of last year's team; Charles Scott. Jeffersonville, guard; Willis (Babe) Hostler. Huntington, center, and Robert Etnire. Logansport, forward. Best of the sophomore candidates is Joe Platt, Young America, Ind , whose aggressiveness and basket shooting ability practically have clinched him a regular berth. John Hobson and Phil Liehr. both of Indianapolis, are other promising sophomore guards. Indiana won eight games and lost four last, year, tying for second in i the conference. Hoosier opponents ; in the Big Ten race this season will be Michigan, Northwestern. Chicago. Wisconsin, Ohio State and Minnesota. Haarlow and Chicago A TEAM which stands no chance to win the championship but one which is liable to spoil the title hopes of others is in prospect at Chicago. The Maroons have Capt. Bill Haarlow, forward, who led the Big ! Ten in scoring last year with 156 points despite the fact that his team won only one game and finished at the bottom of the heap. He scored 54 baskets and 51 free throws. Any time that Haarlow is hot Chicago will have a chance to win. Four other lettermen are back to bolster the team, Richard Dorsey, Streator, guard; Stanley Kaplan, I Chicago, guard; William Lang. Chicago, forward, and Gordon Petersen, Long Beach, Cal., center. Kendall Petersen, a brother of Gordon, is listed among several promising sophomores. Dave Lefevre, Elkhart, Ind., and William Gillerlain, Chicago, reserves last year, also arc fighting for the guard jobs. Chicago’s Big Ten schedule this season is one of the hardest in the league. The Maroons will play Purdue, Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan, Northwestern and lowa. a a a Vance and Northwestern NORTHWESTERN'S chances of improving on last year’s eighth place standing rest on a likel” looking group of sophomores. Th Wildcats received a severe jolt w ien Jess McAnally, of Greencastle, id., regular center, was declared neligible. This year's team will be built around Capt. Duke Van e, Logansport, Ind., 210-pound guard, who starred as a sophomore last season. Guy Mercer, letter win ier, and Don Heap. Sophomore, ar_ fighting for the other guard post. Fred Trenkle, Bloomington. 111., Is the best of the sophomore forward prospects. Del Pendergast, a senior; Marcellus McMichaels, Des Moines, la., sophomore, and Don Worland, Aurora, 111., sophomore, are fighting for the other forward job. John Nagode, Waukegan, am. Jean Smith, Logansport, both sophomores, are contending for the center job, with the latter having a slight edge. The Wildcats won three and lost nine last year. Their opponents this season: Indiana, Minnesota,; Illinois, Chicago, Purdue and Wisconsin.

Dearborn Gym Scene of Play

A BIG evening is in store for local independent basketball followers tomorrow night at the Dearborn floor. Three fast basketball games and a dance are on the schedule. In the feature contest Verl Beasley (above), ex-Martinsville High School star, is to see action with the Inland Container quintet, meeting the Crown Products at 8:30. At 7:30 the Real Silk girls team is slated to clash with the S. B. A. girls. The St. Joan of Arc five is scheduled to play the St. Matthews Luthern quintet in a curtain raiser at 6:30. The dance is to follow at 9:30.

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