Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 November 1936 — Page 6

John W. Thompson oriridge Pulls ‘Surprise’ Attack of Straight Football and Upsets Big Green, to Throw City Championship Into Three-Way Tie.

OF course, I'm not superstitious, and neither are you. But— : Shortridge played Tech on Friday the thirteenth. On . the thirteenth play of the game, Shortridge scored its first touchdown. Shortridge scored 26 points in the game—that’s . Just twice 13. During the first half Shortridge made 13 first downs. They also scored 13 points in the first quarter. And not only that, but count the letters in the name of their . coach, ROBERT L. NIPPER—13 again. Why Notre Dame couldn’t have beaten Shortridge yesterday. I think that even the Blue Devils themselves were © baffled at the power and drive they showed against their most ardent rivals. Everything seemed to click perfectly ¢ that first half, and mechanical smoothness, combined with the under-dog’s fighting spirit, spelled victory for the Short- * ridge team early in the game. s Coach Nipper’s boys, especially the linemen, . played heads up football every minute. It would be hard to single out a lineman who was outstanding. They were all good.

right of the Shortridge line, and his fellows, Freyn and Calwell, laid the foundation for the apprehension of the Tech power drives, and Tech took to the air. With an off-tackle play slipped in here and there, they found Barr, Willis and Pike ready to clamp them to earth, and going still farther out they found that Fisher and Schlake, ends, were not only bears on defense but hot on making themselves a touchdown.

WORD, yea, several words, should be said for Mr. Nipper’s Mr, Dawson. Jack is a senior, weighs 145, is five feet 10 inches tall, and yesterday acquitted himself with high honors. He received the first kick-off, ran it back 27 yards, where he fumbled it into the hands of Tech’s Tommy Wilson. Ater three Tech line plays netted but seven yards and Weaver passed over the goal line, Mr. Dawson came in for his quick revenge. Taking the ball on his own 20, he made a good 10 yards off his own right tackle. Rehm and Willis and Schlake opened up a hole big enough to drive an American Legion parade through, and Dawson slipped through again for 13 yards. Davy Crockett picked up 12 yards on a reverse play and went down on Tech’s 43. Dawson then went through Tech’s left tackle for Shortridge’s fourth consecutive first down in as many plays, to say nothing of 12 yards. On the next play, a fake reverse, Dawson brought his gain down to three yards. Crockett took it on a reverse to Tech’s nineyard line and on the next play Dawson slithered off right tackle for the first score of the game. Mr. Dawson had carried the ball five out of the seven plays it took Shortridge to go 80 yards. His total for the five plays was 47 yards or 9.4 yards each time they handed him the ball.

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After Pike had kicked off again to Wilson, and Weaver's fun and pass to Adkins had made a first down on Shortridge’s 44, the Blue Devils’ linemen dug in. First they -stopped two line plays cold. Then they threw .Weaver for a seven-yard loss on an attempted pass. When Wilson drew back for the punt, Shortridge ends, Schlake and Fisher, went into action. Both aided in blocking Mr. Wilson's boot. But instead of both madly rushing after the flying ball, Mr. Fisher calmly turned around and neatly blocked Mr Wilson while Mr. Schlake gathered in the ball and raced for the second Blue touchdown of the afternoon. It was a plain case of smart football and meant the difference between a good gain and a touchdown. Although the Blue Devils did themselves a good turn yesterday, they gave the city football.championship statisticians cause for considerable puckering of brows. The Shortridge victory threw the city championship into a three-way tie between Technical, which defeated Washington, which defeated Shortridge, which defeated Technical. If it was an actual city public high school race, then Shortridge would have a slight percentage edge because they have defeated Broad Ripple. But Tech and Washington do not play Broad Ripple.. Manual and Shortridge do. So, tech- ~ nically speaking, there can be no city champion, because a . the city teams do not play each other. : : # » » » » s BUT the last I heard, Russell Julius, the Shortridge athletic 3 director, was willing to concede a three-way tie. I sup- ~ pose that the new city championship cup (Shortridge won the old one last year for keeps) will reside at each of the three schools for three months of the school year. If any healthy argument ensues I would suggest that we get the Indiana University band down here for a twoday city tournament at the Butler Bowl and play the whole thing over again. : It is all the more to Shortridge’s credit that they won © yesterday's game on straight football. They made 19 first ~ downs to nine for Tech. All of Shortridge’s first downs were made via running plays. Six of Tech’s came from passes, two from running plays and one as the result of a penalty. It was the plunging of Rash, and the Crocketts, Dave and Jim, as well as the speed of Dawson that made straight football

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= ob . - » - . ? FT ECH’S only touchdown, which came late in the fourth quarter, was as well "it was accomplished by passing instead of running. «Tech took the ball on downs on their own 10. Weaver ssed to Stoshitch for 15 yards. He passed to the same player for another first down. Still another toss to Stoshitch, 1st over the Shortridge center, carried it to the Shortridge Then Weaver passed to Croft's, who went to Shortridge’s. 17, and Weaver's toss to Adkins laid the ball on the Shortridge one-yard line. From there Weaver dove over for the

89 yards averaged almost 18 yards each and none of

~ Mr. Weaver's running, also, would have made more of an Mpression bad he had the

earned as any of Shortridge’s, but be

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By United Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 14—Army and |

Notre Dame were to meet at Yankee Stadium this afternoon in the most colorful game of the ball season.

Army was the slight favorite, but betting on the annual classic that

started back in 1913, was even. In : , ] past records Dicky Rehm, the 220-pounder who stops up holes on the

game had been sold out for a month in advance, It was to be the twenty-third meeting between the two teams. Notre Dame had 15 victories against five losses and two ties. Knute Rockne led the Ramblers to their first win over the Cadets in 1913, Last week’s 3-0 loss to Navy was the chief factor which made’ the Irish mental, if not betting, underdogs. Army had been considered head and shoulders better than the Middies all year.

Indiana and Chicago End Old Rivalry

Times Special CHICAGO, Nov. 14.— Indiana University and Chicago's Maroons were to meet at Stagg Field this afternoon in thé twenty-fifth and concluding game of their football seri

es. Holding a distinct advantage over the Chicago eleven in man power, the Hoosier mentor, Bo McMillin, was expected to start his reserve team and save the varsity combination until it was needed. Almost all of the Chicago regulars were ready for action despite the bruising, game in which they were drubbed, 44 to 0, by Ohio State last Saturday. , Practice maneuvers this week indicated the Maroons were counting heavily upon the {riple-threat ability of - Solly Sherman, -fleetfooted ball carrier. Captain Chris DalSasso, Indiana’s veteran tackle, was the only Hoosier regular unable to play. Five others were nursing injuries. but were in good enough condition to permit their use in the fray.

Weary Boilermakers in Conference Engagement

Times Special ; IOWA CITY, Ia., Nov.’ 14—The Boilermakers of Purdue, weary and worn from an arduous traveling schedule which - has sent them jeans three major opponents in oad games the last three Saturdays, met the University of Iowa Hawkeyes this afternoon. . It was a Big Ten Conference engagement, and although Northwestern clinched the league crown last week, the Purdue eleven eagerly sought a win this afternoon to keep it in the race for runnerup honors. The Iowa team went on to the field after one of the most hectic weeks a football team ever experienced during which Oze Simmons, Negro star of the squad, quit the team after an argument with Coach Ossie Solem and then rejoined in answer to pleas of his teammates and school athletic officials.

Washington Runners Score Clean Sweep

Cross country runners of Washington High School scored a grand slam in their meet with Manual harriers on the West. Side course yesterday, winning the first five places. Bill Johnson of the Continentals finished first and was followed home by teammates in the following order: Frank Dolan, James Stuart, Robert Sprout and Isaac Boston. :

Early Basketball

Close-score games marked ths round of action in the

' Vonnegut 21, Ayres 19: Penney 26, Hibben-Hollweg 23; Blocks 27, Hoosier 26.

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Army Favored in Twenty-|2

Sixto Escobar Retains Title

Bantam Champ Knocks Out Carlos Quintana in First Round.

By United Press NEW YORK, Nov. 14—Sixto Es-

cobar of Puerto Rico wore his world bantamweight boxing crown at an even jauntier angle today after a

siiccessful one-round defense of his titlt against Carlos (Indian) Quintana of Panama. Sixto’s right fist crashed on to Quintana’s jaw after one minute and 49 seconds of the scheduled 15round battle. The Indian dropped and was counted out.

bout attracted more than 7000 spectators who wildly cheered the little Puerto * Rican’s retention of . his championship won just a year ago from Lou Salica. fo : Quintana, who boasted 65 victories in his 75 previous fights, made

unlooseqd that right. The knockout punch came with-

from a clinch when seemingly from out of nowhere Escobar’s right fist whistled up inside Quintana’s arm and crashed on the Indian’s chin. It was all over. With the count at seven he tried to get up, but that dynamite right had him. He sank back to the canvas with a foolish grin on his face. The 23-year-old champion weighed 118, limit for bantams, and Quintana scaled 117%. The gate was announced as $12,744.

Krukeméier Takes Close Ring Scrap AZT Pe Sie

Krukem staged a slugging match in the four-round main go on the amateur

the decision by a shade. It was close and exciting all the way. The lads are lightweights. meier will be sent against Milton Bieler “represents the Chevrolet Results of other bouts, all three

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A great deal was expected of just such a being tossed by Harlan Weaver, the Technical backfield flash, in yes- . terday’s game at the Butler Bowl. futile against the alert defense of the Shortridge linemen. Fisher (No. 78), Pike (No. 93), Calwell (No. 81) are shown coming in fast from the.

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a good battle of it until Escobar.

out warning. - They had just broken.

boxing program at the Armory last | night and Krukemeier took down.

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Large Crowd Expected for Butler Finale

Bulldogs Need Victory to

‘Keep Record Without Defeat.

N only vic this aftere noon to keep its 1936 record free from defeat, Butler University was to take the field against Western State of Kalamazoo, Mich., at Faire view Bowl in the concluding game of its grid campaign. A large crowd swelled by 4000 high

kt | school senjors who were to be guests

of the university, was e ted to attend the game. It was ’s Day on the Butler campus. The Michigan eleven commanded due respect from the Bulldogs in spite of the fact that its record ine cluded but a single victory. Weste ern State was the only team to beat

§| Butler last season.

Rehm (No. 88) to the left, and another Tech star holds back the

Shortridge right tackle, Barr. The Short; the contest which the Blue Devils won, 2

ge line was outstanding in 6. In the final minutes,

however, enough. passes by Weaver clicked for a touchdown.

Preps Sparkle in Final Football Games of 1936

Shortridge Surprises Tech

by Getting Decisive Jump;

Washington Prevails Over Manual Redskins.

Trainers and managers. packed prep football uniforms away in moth balls and laid cleated shoes on the shelves today to gather dust until the advent of another season afler yesterday’s rousing climax to one of the most unpredictable scholastic grid campaigns: in local annals.

Today’s post-mortem day’s tussles: oo : Shortridge, 26; Technical, 6.

Washington, 20; Manual 0.

_ Broad Ripple, 19; Silent Hoosiers, 7.

Blue Devils Finish in Blaze of Glory

Shortridge’s pent-up touchdown dam gave way with a tremendous roar that awed 9000 fans at Butler Bowl yesterday afternoon and spilled a 26-to-6 victory. over Technical High School in the finale of their 1936 grid campaign. x Avoiding any extended use of the risky and uncertain razzle-dazzle style of football, the Blue Devils stuck to straight running tactics, end runs, line plunges and’ solid off-tackle smashes, to surge to touchdowns in each of the first, second and fourth periods.

Technical, in ' a despérate last-

minute effort, flung passes with reckless abandon: and escaped a shutout when Harlan Weaver, hard-hitting halfback, plunged over from the ome-yard line with the only score for the East Side eleven. Croft's kick for the point was - In the o quarter, Shortridge drove 80 yards in seven quick plays to score. Dawson made the touchdown and Ed Brown placekicked the point. Soon afterwards, Fisher and Schlake, as neat a pair of ends as ever cracked down on an opposing halfback; combined their talents to get. a touchdown. They blocked a punt and then Fisher kept Tommy Wilson, Tech quarterback, out of the play, while Schlake recovered the pigskin and scored. A Plunge by Rash for the extra ed. -

for the point was wide.

Washington Blanks Redskins, 26 to 0

revealed - the following statistics on yester-

the Continentals received. the ball in mid-field. Marion Carter dashed off-tackle for another touchdown. Boswell converted to ‘make the score, 20 to 0, as the half ended. Early in the third quarter Boswell

passed to Cain for anofher touch«:

down. The try for point failed and Ww held a commanding 26-0 lead. Manual started throwing passes with reckless abandon late in the game but its efforts were futile. Turk showed best for Washington, while Smith was outstanding for Manual. .

Ripple Posts Second

Triumph of Season Broad Ripple High School wrote “finis” to its 1936 grid campaign yesterday by chalking up its second victory of the season, a 19-t0-7 win against the State Deaf School eleven. . : It was the first triumph for the Rockets since September when they. shaded Plainfield, 14 to 12. Two of the Ripple touchdowns came as result of Silent Hoosier fumbles. ~The Rockets scored in the first when the Deaf School team

West to Have 500-Mile Race Los Angeles ‘Event Slated in March Over Road Speed Course.

Times Special

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. — The new Los Angeles Raceway, the sec-

ond road-racing course in the new

circuit of raceways soon to dot the nation, will open automobile racing’s 1937 season on Sunday, March 28, it was announced today at headquarters. of the Contest Board of the American Automobile Association, :

The new course, a hard-surfaced, winding, road-racing circuit similar to the Roosevelt Raceway ab Westbury, L. I., which had. its premier on Oct. 12, soon will take form on a 430-acre site between Los Angeles and Long Beach, Cal. According to Ted Allen, Contest Board secretary, the track will be ready for the speed headliners early in the year. : ’ BH

Estimate $85,000 Prize

The inaugural event, a 500-mile International Sweepstakes, will offer a capital prize of some $60,000 to which will be added several thous sand dollars by American automotive accessory manufacturers. Lap prizes should bring the total to the $85,000, is is estimated. Although similar to the New York track, the new Los Angeles Raceway not contain the abundance of curves characteristic of Roosevelt Raceway. The West Coast circuit will follow more closely the lines of the historic Indianapolis Speedway, although it will present definitely

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Famed Rivals in Annual Combat

Times Special GREENCASTLE, Ind, Nov. 14.— De Pauw and Wabash, principals in the oldest football rivalry west of

bua SR en , %|the Allegheny Mountains, met at left side of the Shortridge line, while Joe Crofts blocks out Dick

Blackstock Field this afternoon in the final game on their 1936 grid schedules. Coach Pete Vaughan’s Little Giants held the role of favorite in the pre-game rating, but most obe servers were prone to discard come parative figures in this traditional combat. - The Tiger eleven was reported in the best physical condition it had experienced this season and eagerly sought a victory which would vire tually wipe out past defeats this year and contribute greatly to making its season ‘a success. The Monon Victory Bell, a trophy donated by the Monon railroad, was at stake in the game. Wabash held possession of the bell by virtue of its win in 1934. Last year's game ended in a scoreless tie.

Franklin Grizzlies Invade Manchester

By United Press. NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind, Nov. 14.—Manchester and Franke lin closed their 1936 football compe tition today in an Indiana College Conference game.. Manchester won, 7 to 6, last season.

Oakland City Foe of Rose Poly -

By United Press . TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Nov. 14.— Rose Poly and Oakland City, neither of which has won an Indiana College conference game, were rivals in a football contest today, The Engineers beat Oakland City, 21 to 6, last season, :

Indiana State Has Home-Coming Clash

Times Special ; TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Nov. 14.— Indiana State concluded its 1938 football campaign here this afternoon against Michigan State Nore mal College. The game was to be" played as the feature of home-com-ing day ceremonies on the Sycamore campus.

Dreiling to Captain St. Joe 1937 Eleven

Times Special COLLEGEVILLE, Ind, Nov. 14. Norbert, Dreiling, husky guard from Victoria, Kan., was elected captain of next. year’s St. Joseph's College eleven at the awarding of “J”s to members of this season’s varsity, Letters were presented to the fol.