Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1936 — Page 6

OLLOWING OOTBALL with

John W, Thompso

George, the Well-Known Pullman Ne Says Indiana Will Beat the Buckeyes Today—But He Didn’t

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OLUMBUS, O., Oct. 24—1I had it on excellent author--ity that Indiana was going to win from Ohio State today. . The excellent authority was George, the Pullman porter on the fast train which brought the Indiana squad here last night. George has been knocking around on special football trains for 12 years and he said he’s never missed picking them yet. He never puts any money on it, and that’s one _ reason he’s so sure. Ee There were others here who didn’t agree with George, L. S. St. John, Ohio State’s athletic director, said today that Head Football Coach Francis A. Schmidt “undoubtedly” would be in charge of the Bucks again in 1937. This announcement was in reply to faint rumblings heard around Ohio State as the result of the Buckeyes’ two consecutive losses. Mr. St. John said that Mr. Schmidt would be reappointed in the spring along with the other faculty members. On the train coming over last night the boys ‘had Ohio “steak” and some wit remarked that it was probably a lot more tender than Ohio State would be. From where we sat in the diner, we saw the railroad lose money— mainly because of George Lafayette Fowler. The Kansas boy was going in there at fullback with two lusty steaks under his belt. | 2 = = & |x = MOST of the boys chatted, read adventure stories or played checkers and cards coming over. But Vernon Huffman, Indiana’s 190-pound quarterback, who has the all-America pickers already in superlatives, got off in one corner of the car and took out a ponderous law book. Imagine a football star spending his spare time studying! Today’s game was rated as the turning point in the 1936 seasons of both teams. The Bucks were simmering under the effect of two defeats and Indiana’s heart-breaker at the hands of Nebraska didn’t instill any sunny dispositions in the Hoosier boys. |

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” HE Hoosiers seem to have acquired a new confidence which has been somewhat lacking for sevéral seasons. They have banged up against the biggest ones and they're not particularly hurt, so they figured Ohio State might fall (maybe). The Indiana warriors changed from their usual crimson jerseys to black against Ohio State because the Buckeyes also wear red shirts. Indiana’s famous “Marchin’ Hundred” military band arrived in Columbus this morning on a special train from Bloomington. The band was to parade between halves. |Last year a large crowd remained. after the game to see the Hoosier musicians perform. Trucks transporting the band instruments had been late in arriving at the field. ;

2 = = 8 5 =» WASHINGTON HIGH FANS PROTEST ERE is a sample of a few protests againgt my Thufsday column:

“Editor, Times, “Dear Sir: I have just read your: comment ob the Shortridge-Washington game and assume that your “sports | writer has children going to Shortridge and probably playing football. However, I resent his statements about the West Side people. There are some very fine people out here. A great many of them are from smaller towns and the country over Indiana and come from some of the finest pioneer ~ families in America. “My family ancestors on both sides were hard working, honest, church-going, God-fearing people, not snobs who never earned a dime in their lives and who, if they were left suddenly without means, could not earn their first meal. He should visit some of our community gatherings and entertainments at George Washington High School and get a more honest opinion of the West Side. In fact, I think they, or he, is a poor sport and it ‘ruffles his feathers’ to get

beat by Washington.

“(Signed) Mrs. Roy Irwin, 2407 W. Widunglongi ”

APPARENTLY this columnist stepped off the *lndp end in an attempt to describe the difference in the attitudes of the Washington and Shortridge boys. When 1 finished my piece concerning the Washihgton victory I thought I had given the edge of the praise to the Washington Continentals by saying that they had the old fighting spirit to come back'in the second half and win/ from their opponents, 14 to 12. I expected letters of protest from irate Shortridge] fans, telling me that I was berating the Blue team for a lack of stamina. | But much to my surprise several Washington rooters responded with letters and phone calls saying that I had given the Shortridge eleven the largest of the bouquets, ang had given Washington a raw deal. Which all goes to show that a columnist never Knows which side he is pleasing and which side he is not. At any rate there are plenty of compliments for the spirit, ag well as ability of both Washington and Shortridge. |

Duquesne Goes Doun in Another Terrific’ Upset

‘By United Press BURGH, Oct. 24.—Duquesne University, | of the University of Pittsburgh, fell victim to a fighting All deus Leow HR egpitn Less 5000 fans saw

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Hoosier ‘Big Three’ Hooked Up in Headliners of Day.

BY LESLIE AVERY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Oct. 24—Three important gridiron clashes—an intersectional affair in the East and a pair of tilts between undefeated, untied eclevens in the Middlewest— stand at the top of today’s national football menu of 222 games. The Galloping Gaels of St. Mary's are slight favorites to mar the clean slate of Jim Crowley's Fordham Rams in the Eastern feature at New York. Both squads have great defensive elevens and a difference _of more than one touchdown is not expected in the final score. A victory for the Rams might mean a ticket to the Rose Bowl.

45,000 at Minneapolis

Another game between undefeated Rose Bowl aspirants pits Michigan State against Marquette at Milwaukee, But more eyes probably are focused on the Minnesota-Purdue affair. Both are unbeaten and untied, but the Bierman squad, out for its twenty-first consecutive victory, is a favorite to stop the Boilermakers before a capacity crowd of 45,000 in the Gophers’ stadium at Minneapolis. With Purdue, engaged at Minnesota, it stacks up as a heavy day for the Hoosier “Big Three,” pairing Indiana with Ohio State at Columbus and Notre Dame with Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh.

“Breathers” For Two

Two ma jor teams with unblemished records, Yale and Army, have “breathers” in Rutgers and Springfield, respectively. Most of the other undefeated, untied major elevens have tough opponents. With the perfect record aggregations named frst, these games pit Holy Cross vs. Carnegie Tech, Georgetown vs. N. Y. U., Notre Dame vs. Pittsburgh,

vs. Tulane, Northwestern vs. Illinois, and Texas A. & M. vs. Baylor. Other principal games by sectors:

East

Navy - Princeton, Colgate - Lafayette, Cornell-Penn Stats, Dari-mouth-Harvard, Deiroit-Manhattan, Maryland-Syracuse and Pennsyl-vania-Brown. South V. M. I-Richmond, Washington land Lee-Virginia, . Virginia. Poly‘North Carolina ~ State, Citadel‘Davidson, Georgia Tech-Vanderbilt, Louisiana State-Arkansas, AuburnGeorgia, Kentucky-Florida, Ala-bama-Loyola, Mississippi-Catholic U., and Mississippi State-Texas Christian. Southwest

Texas-Rice, Texas Tech-Centen-ary, and Tulsa-Oklahoma A. & M.

Middlewest

Michigan-Columbia, Nebra skaOklahoma, Kansas-Kansas State, and Missouri-Iowa State. Rocky Mountain

Utah-Utah State, Denver-Wyom-ir, Colorado-Colorado State, Gree-ley-Western State, Colorado CollegeColorado Mines. Far West

Southern California-Stanford, California-Washington, U. C. L. A.Oregon State and Washington State-Oregon.

Panthers Favored Over Irish Eleven

By United Press PITTSBURGH, Oct. 24.—University of Pittsburgh's Panthers were slightly favored over Netre Dame’s undefeated eleven in their game here today. More than 70,000 fans were expected to jam their way into Pitt Stadium, although rain and high winds were predicted. The Panthers’ only defeat this season was the surprising 7-0 upset handed them last week by Duquesne University. Pitt's loss was made all the more inexplicable last night when the Dukes fell before little West Virginia Wesleyan, 2-0, Notre Dame will place a “mystery” team on the field. The Irish have won three games, but, since none of the teams defeated were rankd highly, the team’s potential power has not been shown. ;

45,000 Crowd to See |. U. and Ohio -

By United Press COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 24. —Indiana

3-1 Over Purdue

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1955,

Out to Keep Southport Going

One of the chief reasons that Southport High ‘are rated among Indiana’s leading prep school elevens is Bruce left halfback and field general of the suburban. team. Standing only 5 feet 7 inches

School’s undefeated Cardinals Williams (above),

and weishing a mere 150 pounds,

Williams doesn’t

shifty broken field running and aerial work has been in a large measure responsible for Southport’s five victories this season. The Cardinals played a scoreless tie with Washington last week and meets

Seymour under the lights tonight at their new concrete Roosevelt Stadium.

appear very formidable to Spposing elevens but his

Butler Meets Little Giants

Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Oct. 24. —Wabash and Butler were to meet on the gridiron here this afternoon: in the renewal of their historic

football rivalry, with the leadership

in the Indiana Ccllege Conference an important issue. Neither team has lost a game this |

season and Wabash paces the con-' ference, standing with three victories. The Bulldogs are tied with Indiana State, each team having won two league encounters. Butler defeated the Little Giants last year, 20 to 0. A huge bonfire and pep-session featured the pre-game home-coming celebration on the Wabash campus last night after ‘Coach Pete Vaughan had sent his team through a final signal and formation drill in preparation for the contest. The “Iron Key,” offered a few seasons ago by the Butler and Wabash chapters of the Blue Key fraternity, is at stake in today’s clash. Butler now holds possession of the coveted charm.

Tigers, Spartans in Home-Coming Tilt

Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind. Oct. 24.— De Pauw and Manchester were to meet on the gridiron here this afternoon in the feature event on fhe hcme-coming day program for! the Methodist school. : bY Coach Gaumy Neal sent the Tiger football squad through an extended signal drill and defensive workout yesterday as final preparation for ihe Old Gold Day clash against the Spartans. The rivals battled to a 7-to-7 deadlock last year.

POLY SEEKS WIN By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Oct. 26.—

Rose Poly sought its first victory of Texas clean | the season today ‘in its home-com-

By United Press BANOVER, Ind, ct. Injury to Geringer, a halfback, a a sed Hanover lineup for the Indiana ColConference football game

Rooters Injured no ~ Concrete Is Dislodged

By United Press MISHAWAKA, Ind, Oct. 24.— Two Mishawaka High School rooters were injured last night when a block of concrete fell from the Ma-

sonic Temple during a pep session | preparatory to the traditional football game with Central, South Bend. John Lehr, 19, drummer in the school band, suffered a possible i skull fracture and Jack Fitzsimmons,. 20, former student, suffered a | dislocated hip. The concrete slab was dislodged

wire attached to the temple with a guy wire.

‘Races Carded at Frankfort kfort Track

Times Special FRANKFORT, Ind, Oct. 24—A crack field of 20 drivers is expected to compete tcmorrow in’ the final cirt track auto race program of the season at the Clinton County Fairground oval. The races are scheduled to start at 2 o’clock. Several preliminary speed events and the feature race of 25 laps around the five-eighths of a mile track are listed. Among the drivers slated to participate are Les Adair, Biil Harris, “Wild Man” Melene, Bill Butler, John ‘Bymme, Mike Hausen, Chuck Shearer and Less Duncan, all of Indianapolis, and Paul Miller of Kokomo. Other pilots from neighboring states also are expected to en-

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J ennings and Davis Paired

Blue Sun Jennings, 235, former football star with the Haskell Indians and a newcomer in ‘local wrestling circles has been obtained for the semi-windup on the Hercules A. C. grappling card at the Armory next Tuesday night where Ed (Strangler) Lewis, 245, and Milo Steinborn, 225, will head the bill. Jennings, who has campaigned in the Far West, comes touted as a strong exponent of the flying tackle style of offense. His first tussle here will be a tough assignment as he has been paired with Big Boy Davis, 239, aggressive matman from Columbus, O. Matchmaker Lloyd Carter also reported that another new entrant in local mat warfare, Vic "Muhl, 215,. of Houston, Tex., will appear in one of _ the supporting bouts. Muhl is a tall husky and is said to be a speed merchant. He will take on Frank Brown, 219, Wichita, Kan. Young Brown gained the nod over Chris Zaharias here last Tuesday.

Boxing, Wrestling on Tap at Armory

A battle-royal with seven competitors is to feature a free athletic carnival to be staged tonight at the [Armory -under the auspices of the Young Democratic Club. The program will start at 8 o'clock. Several local sports figures ‘will be introduced. ‘Red Strassenger and Morris Cordelle will tangle in a one-fall wrestling event, and five threeround boxing matches are on tap. The ring events include: Joe Herrera vs. Leroy Ward; Russell Schulz vs. Koke Haslett; Pee Cunningham; Rufus Matthews vs. Roland Broughton, and Kid Carson against an opponent yet to be selected.

ELI LILLY BASKETBALL

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Weaver Puts on Fi ine Show as Tech Wins

Harlan Crosses Cathedral Goal Three Times for 18-7 Victory.

Playing under the handicap of an injured elbow which caused him to fumble a few es, Harlan Weaver, ech right halfback, put together a string of off -tackle smashes, end runs and tricky pass maneuvers to score three touchdowns as the Big Green team

East Side field yesterday. The Tech team, looking its best, displayed balance in all departments of the game and appeared to

its peak form. Coach Doc Ball hopes that his Big Green outfit arrives on Nov. 6, date of the Washington fray. Tech Defense Clicks

Most of the time the Tech defense stood firm, faltering momentarily in the third period before

touchdown to be scored. The Big Green offensive stuck with a profitable running drive, resorting only

pass attack. Weaver scored the first touchdown a few minutes after the game opened and Cathedral had fumbled on its own 35-yard line on the first play following the kickoff. The flashy Tech back ran thirty-five | yards around right end for the touchdown. The kick was blocked. Again in the second quarter, Weaver counted, this time on a short line plunge. A place-kick for the extra point failed and the score was Tech 12, Cathedral 0, as the first half ended.

Score in Third

Joe Dienhart’s Irish came back strong at the opening of the third period and marched 65 yards in a sustained drive for their first and only touchdown. After Mabee, left

on a spinner play, Fitzgerald, fullback, scored on a short line buck. Priller passed to Langer for the point. In the final period, Weaver again scored. Tech intercepted a Cathedral pass near midfield and Weaver, Atkins and McCormick alternated to place the pigskin on about the 8-yard line. Tommy Wilson,,dynamic quarterback of the Tech team, tried a reverse and after threading his way through’ a mass of Irish tacklers to the 3-yard stripe, he lateralled to Weaver who made the touchdown. An attempted pass for the extra point was incomplete,

Griffin Sets Mark in Distance Event

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In 36 Years

Times Res Special ANN ARBOR, Mich., Oct. 24. —When Fielding H. Yost, Michigan's director of athletics, missed last Saturday’s football game between Michigan and Minnesota, it was the second Wolverine game the veteran player, coach and director had failed to see since coming to Michigan in 1900. Coach Yost last week was forced to forego the trip to Minneapolis upon physicians’ advice. The only other game that he missed over the 36year period was also with Minnesota, in 1929, when he was delayed in Chicago by a speaking engagement.

COLLEGE SCORES

(Yesterday's Results)

Aberdeen Northern, 20; Yankton, 7.

Akron, 18; Muskingum, 6. Alabama, 13; Loyola (New Orleans), 8, Arkansas A. and M., 6; Louisiana North«

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east, 0.

Arkansas Teachers, 33;

Ashland, ih Findlay, 1 Capital, 7; Keny 0. Central’ Oklahoma" Teachers, homa Baptist, 0. Davis-Elkins, 13; Xavier, 12. Eastern Kentucky, 6; "Georgetown Cole

e i Claire, 2% Sous fastitute; 6. Furman, 20: George When 130 Wake Forest, 13, Howard, 20; Spring H Idaho (southern pe 34; Ricks, Kearney Teachers, 59; Peru (Ne ob) Teachers, 0. Kirksville, 6; Cape Girardeau (Mo,) Lenoir-Riiyne, Apprentice school, %

a Morris, 28; Westminster, 0. Marietta, 26; Otterbein, 0. ? (Maryville reactors 13; Springfield

McPherson, 21; Bethel, 1 Middle Tennessee, 19; Mufray (x (Ky.), 14, Millsaps, 7; Mississippi Colleg Mississippi Teachers, 25; Memphis Teachers, Missouri Valley, 20; William Jewell, Montana Mines, 14; Montana em "13 Moorhead Teachers, 13; Mankato Moreliead (Ky.) Teachers, 7; Transyle n VN eoracka Wesleyan, 21; Midland, i Britain Teachers, 33; Pal 5

Northwestern College, 1 JMilton 7 Parsons, 20; Colutibla oo lege, 0. Presbyterian, Newberr St. C oud, 21; Minona (Minn.), 0. Salem, 39; Morris Harvey, South Georgia, 18; Brewton Parker, Southeastern Oklahoma, 14; East Cone tral Oklahoma, 0. Bouinwese Texas, 6; Daniel Baker, 6 3 athwestern (Kas.), 6; Ott awa, 3. Southwestern (La.), 7; Sam Houston, tHE (Kas.), 12; Hebron (Neb.),

Tampa, 6; Stetson, 0. Lonnessee Wesleyan, (Tenn), Texarkana, 12; Wesley, 7. Troy (Ala.), 12; Pensacola Naval Sta

Washburn, 7; Gri Dpell West Texas, 26; No een (Okla.), 0, West Virginia Wesleyan, 2; Duquesne, 0,

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Tech {indianspolis), 18; Cathedral (Ine

dianapol West Lafayette, 27; Park Schqol (Ine dignapolis), 4. In . 15; Momence, IIL, 0. Noblesville, 21; Richmond, 0. ace Manx (Gary), 26;

(East Chicago), 2 me aaningion "(East Chicago),

nd, ation, 12; Muncie, 7. Whiting, 39: Central (Evansville), 10. Sullivan, 13; Brazil, Goshen, 6; La Porte, 6 (tie) Garfield (Terre Haute), 33;

1. 0. South Side (Fort Wayne), 13; North Side (Fort Wayne), 12. reo ural Catholic (Fort Wayne), 32; Gar=

6. re Albany, 51; Princeton, 0.

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Robinson,

Led by Winston Griffin, who, University’s cross-country -team ‘defeated the harriers of Western State ! of Kalamazoo, Mich., at the Bulldog course today. Griffin, captain of the Butler utes 18 seconds for the three-and-one-eighth-mile course. F. Hess of Western State, who finished second, also surpassed the old mark.

Park Beaten by Broncho Eleven

Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 24— Coach Doxie Moore's West Lafayetteé Bronchos scored 20 points in the second half to defeat the Park

here last night. The two teams were tied, 7 to 17, at the half, but the West Lafayette eleven uncorked a brilliant running Riley and Hiatt, to score three touchdowns. Golay, left halfback, and Hackleman, quarterback, made the touchdowns for Coach Lou Reichel’s Park School eleven which had been undefeated prior to last night's tilt. Golay made the point after the first touchdown and Hackleman got the second one to bring the visitors’ to-+! tal of points to 14 for the evening.

JOCKEY 18 INJURED Times Special * LAUREL, Md. Oct. 24—Hubert LeBlanc, star | ‘jockey at the local race meeting, received a broken arm yesterday in a fall from a horse he was exercising. LeBlanc was unseated when his - mount bolted through a fence.

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