Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 November 1936 — Page 15
with John W. Thompson
Ordeal of Selecting Annual All-Conference Team Causes
Columnist Insomnia, But He Will Sleep Tonight, for Here It Is.
AS the frost begins to coat the leather “pumpkin” and the . 1936 season draws to a close, there comes to every sports columnist, as he tosses fitfully on his pallet, a still, small voice exhorting him to one final deed of courtesy. For: - Breathes there a writer with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my all-state team.
And so the writer rises early in the dew-decked morn, dons his smoking jacket and proceeds to hand out the honors to those he deems most fit to receive them. They, in turn, having hung on his very words, emit whoops of joy. That, idealistically, 1s the principle upon which the socalled “all-all” team selections are based. Rarely does the “principle” over-ride the “interest” in all football players, whether they be stars or not, and so the ideal of passing out honors in the form of words nearly always suffers. Those who place so much faith in all-state teams (though the number be few) must remember that one writer could not possibly be a competent judge of all the men who play football in Indiana. It would take much more than one man's time to study the individual talents of the players, to weigh the values of one against the other,
to choose the 11 best grid men in the state. ” 5 F n ” NE of the reasons for such a choice is the tradition which lies behind the picking of all-state teams. Another is .4 that, despite the incompetency, the writer can’t help but « give many players a highly justified flutter of self-satisfac-
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In order to place the choices on more even planes, I have ‘decided to pick one all-secondary college team, and later, an all-state team.
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ROM the maze of material offered in the conference squads, 1 have chosen the following: FIRST TEAM
End—Wolff, Wabash End—O'Connor, Butler Tackle—Weger, Butler Tackle—Gough, Ball State Guard—Trott, Butler Guard—Tauscher, Wabash Center—Kopta, De Pauw Quarterback—Costas, Butler (Captain) Back—Banet, Manchester Back—Klokoski, Wabash Back—Musgrave, Butler SECOND TEAM End—Reid, De Pauw End—Roudebush, Central Normal Tackle—Grossnickle, Hanover Tackle—Overman, Earlham Guard—Crawford, Butler Guard—Baker, Indiana State Center—Wahl, Wabash Quarterback—Johnson, Evansville Back—Blackaby, Butler Back—Kendall, De Pauw Back—Karr, Valparaiso Honorable Mention: Welton, Conner, Hauss, Stout, Butler; Sapp, Manchester; Williams, Central Normal; Miller, Evansville; Copeland, Sandberg, Arnold, Oswald, Downey, Longshore and Rulison, De Pauw: Barrett and Popovec, Earlham; Vire, Oakland City; McCullough, Rose Poly; W. Constable, Somers and
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Predicted by Pitt Mentor
Sutherland Also Sees Wins for Marquette, Yale and Fordham.
BY JOCK SUTHERLAND Head Coach, Pittsburgh University
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 17.—Northwestern and Notre Dame take the spotlight from the rest of the national gridiron schedule this week despite the fact that the card is studded with many traditional rivalries that should provide the spectators with some interesting football. The Wildcats of Coach Lynn — Waldorf, will = invade the stadium at South Bend in g 0 od shape and can be counted upon to turn ‘in a pretty creditable performance, a performance which I believe will see them victorious aft- : er a bitter “ = struggle. Sutherland It’s too soon - to start counting the Irish out, however, and Coach Elmer Layden’s crew of gridders may spring an about-face upon this writer's predictions. Judging from their performance this season the Ramblers are a most unpredictable lot. If the Irish continue the in-and-out trend this week-end which they have followed all year, Notre Dame
capable of halting Northwestern's drive to national championship honors. Of the traditional rivalries to be renewed this week-end, one of the most ‘colorful is the Purdue-Indi-ana combat at Lafayette. Both elevens strive by carefully planned tactics to reach their peak for this “Old Oaken Bucket” scrap and usually present a ferocious struggle. The Boilermakers are my choice by an edge. Other historic engagements incage, with the men of Bob Zuppke having the upper hand; Harvard and Yale at New Haven, with Clint Frank and the irrepressible Larry Kelley giving the Elis a distinct advantage; Boston College and Boston University—the verdict should go to the former; California and Stanford at Berkeley—the Indians seem too powerful for the Golden Bears; Colgate and Syracuse at Syracuse, with the Red Raiders coming. through to win over the Orangemen, and Dartmouth and Princeton at Princeton in a tilt which Dartmouth should win.
Marquette Is Favored
On the intersectional front - the clash between Duquesne and Marquette at Pittsburgh should give the fans something to talk about. The unbeaten and untied ‘Golden Avalanche of Frank Murray is likely to prove more than Little Clipper Smith’s Dukes can handle, however, and it looks like Marquette will continue to be one of the few major “perfect” teams in the land after Saturday’s warfare is over. Fordham and Georgia will attract considerable attention in their battle at New York largely because of the Rose Bowl angle which is linked to ‘the game. Fordham's hopes of participating in the Pasadena classic would probably be wrecked beyond repair if the Rams lost to Georgia and Coach Jimmy Crowley will see to it that his Rose Hill eleven doesn’t take too many chances Saturday. So it's Fordham over the Bulldogs. Buckeyes Too Strong On the Big Ten front Michigan's Wolverines, which put up stubborn resistance to Northwestern's juggernaut last week-end, may give Ohio State a battle at Columbus but that's about all. The Buckeyes should win. Minnesota likely will chalk up a victory at the expense of Wisconsin at Madison and in a nonconference game Iowa probably will fall victim to Pop Warner's Temple Owls at Philadelphia. In the South they line up this way: Auburn to take Loyola (N. O.) at Auburn; Texas A. & M|, one of the South's outstanding clubs this year, to smear Centenary at Shreveport; Mississippi State to defeat Mississippi at Starksville; North Carolina to triumph over South
tian to trample Rice at Houston, and Southern Methodist to beat Baylor at Waco in a close contest. Back in the Midwest and the Eastern sector, Villanova is favored to conquer Manhattan at New York; the Huskers of Nebraska should win from Kansas State at Lincoln; Georgetown is the choice over Maryland "at College Park, and Michigan State should down
clude Chicago and Illinois at Chi- | _
Carolina at Columbia; Texas Chris- | Frank
JOCK PICKS PURDUE AND. NORTHWESTERN
2s he ‘Brother Act’ at Lafayette :
a little brotherly advice on football.
Presenting two gentlemen from Texas, Cecil Isbell (above right) places a hand on the shoulder of brother Cody and proceeds to give out
from Houston and are members of the junior class at Purdue. Cecil, one of the Midwest's finest backs, has been a leading scorer for Purdue this season and is one half of the Boilermakers’ famed “touchdown
suh! twins.”
The Isbells hail
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son Hoosiers.
The other half is John Drake. Isbell is a Nrst-string performer and although he has not achieved the renown of the fleet-footed “Ceese,” he has done some yeoman work for Purdue. He handled the quarterback job against Iowa last
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Boilermakers are preparing this
week for the climax of their season at Lafayette Saturday, the annual meeting with Indiana’s Crim-
Indiana Holds Secret | Drills
McMillin Orders Gates Barred; Gives Out New Plays.
Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Nov. 17.—
Indiana worked out in secret today
turning to drills on offensive formations in a dummy scrimmage. Coach. Bo McMillin handed out new plays to be used against Purdue Saturday in the annual renewal of the “Old Oaken Bucket” series between the two schools. McMillin also announced that secret practice would be held all
week behind closed gates of Memorial Stadium. Ray Fox and Swede Clasen joined Capt. Dal Sasso on the injury list but Clasen may see action against the Boilermakers. Fox and Dal Sasso, who was injured in the Ohio State game, are definitely out of the lineup, however.
Speed Awards Go to Champ Pilots
By United Press WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—The American Automobile Association today annouaced awards to champion auto racing drivers in three racing districts, as follows:
Eastern District—1. Frank Bailey, New Brunswick, N. J., 990 jotais in 32 races;
2. Tommy Hinnershitz, ureldale, Pa., 8U4 n
ints in 33 races; 3. Vernon Orenduff, atterson, N. J., 582 points in 23 races.
Midwestern District — 1. Rex Mays, Riverside, Cal, 408 points in three races; 2. Wilbur Shaw, Indianapolis, 310 poin n five races; 3. Chet Gardner, Long Beach, Cal. 288 points in six races. Pat-
Southeastern District—1. Bob Sall, . J, 310, Louis in five races; 2. . Louis, 208 points in five nk Hadlock, Norfolk, Va., 138
races; 3. Mo: points in five races. The national championship award offered yearly by the A. A. A. will be announced next week, based on performances in four events which do not figure in the district title races. They are the 500-mile Indianapolis race, the 300-mile Roosevelt Raceway race on Long Island; the 100-mile race at Goshen, N. Y.,, and the New York State
‘Hot Dog’ Grid Strike Ends; Students Return to Classes at Howard
By Uniied Press . WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—President Mordecai W. Johnson of Howard University today announced that the “hot dog” strike of Howard’s students was ended. “We are considering the demands of the students and after they are digested we will announce our position,” Johnson said. The strike started as a student protest in sympathy with the school’s football team. The team refused to go on the field Saturday for a game with Virginia Union University. The players said they were striking for jobs, medical attention, a training table and no more hot dogs which some players said had been the principal source of their subsistence since the beginning of the football season. Yesterday the student body joined the squad in the strike and remained away from ° classes,” but President Johnson said the dispute had been settled today and that all classes were held with normal attendance, Howard is a university for Negroes. *
Manual Net Squad Lists Five Seniors
Fundamentals received the major
attention from the 27 basketball aspirants at Manual High School yesterday as Coach Oral Bridgford and Assistant Coach Harry Thomas conducted a long practice session. : - Robert Loeper, Vestal Smith, Alva Stoneburner, Don Griffin and Paul Zick, all seniors, are to form the nucleus of the Manual squad, Bridgford said. Other candidates expected to see
ts| plenty of service include seven
juniors, Lester Bolander, Boris Petroff, Roy Hibner, Ralph Phillips, John Hansing, Wilfred Robinson, Marvin Wyant, and two sophomores, Marshall Snoddy and Pearly Hickey,
Additional Sports on Page 16
Detton, Davis in Headliner
Mat Event Is Sanctioned as Title Go; Clash at Armory Tonight.
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Dean Detton, 210, the “Mormon Flash,” ‘and world’s heavyweight championship claimant, will defend his title claims against the rugged Big Boy Davis, 239, Columbus, O., tonight at the Armory, where the Hercules A. C. is to stage an allstar mat show.
The Detton-Davis encounter has
been sanctioned as a championship match by the Indiana State Athletic Commission. Dean comes here touted as exceptionally clever and fast. It will be his first local appearance. Davis, who always has been a consistent winner in the local ring, is
considered among the front-line grapplers in the game and boasts a record that includes defeats over some of the best known of the nation’s stars. In the semi-windup, Matchmaker
Lloyd Carter has Orville Brown, 222,
“Indian deathlock” hold artist, paired against Jim McMillen, 225, Chicago star. It is seldom that either of these performers appears in any bout other than a main go. Irish Tommy O'Toole, 215, will 20 to the mat with Frank Brown, 219, younger brother of Orville, in th 8:30 opener. :
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Spencer, Franklin; Weaver, St. Joseph's; Vance, Hanover; Hunt, Davidson, Pesavento and Rathburn, Ball State; RuMoring, Miller and White, Wabash. = = ” ” s . S an added attraction 1 want to award a special festoon Who carried water, towels and arnica to the athletes. Who shivered courageously along the sidelines while the Who crammed Latin and trigonometry into the brains of the stars so they could stay eligible. after season. Who paid their tuition, sent them money for meals and And last of all, to all those who received uniforms, were tackling dummies for the varsity and who never played in a ° ° Early Basketball |McGuirk to Risk Teams having access to a gym | . . the Seven Up hardwood quintet are Title at Muncie requested to telephone Drexel 1882 | ———— write H. Greve at P. O. Box 123. | MUNCIE. Ind. Nov. 17.—LeRoy | McGuirk, Tulsa, Okla., claimant of team defeated the Crown Products, | {ling crown. is- scheduled to defend 28 to 25, in a fast game at te | his title at the Armory here tomor- { Myers and Steffy were high-point | o orm men for the Service team. The] hope ACA. eived the shri ym tomorrow | tion of the state athletic commiseh at Rn elock. For games tele- | sion and the champion’s diamond adison-av | cording to Sam Murbarger, com- “ ray. | mission chairman. Operative League are scheduled | bring together Jackie Nichols, West for tomorrow night at the Dear- Palm Beach, Fla, and Gill La7:30—Continental Optical vs. Na- | light-heavyweights. nal Malleable. . . BIERMAN NOT AFRAID Works. par kn Knights vs. IndiFor games with a team in the 17-to-19-year-old divisibn call HemBob. . The St. Joseph Juniors, unwinner of the South West Indianapolis Junior title, will open
cinski, Valparaiso; Shouse, Indiana State, and Cooney, Hoke, of honor to all those: players kept warm. Who inspired the players with promises to “date” them loyally did their laundry each week. single game nor scored a point in practice. and desiring to book games with | between 9 a. m. and 5 p. m. or ,. Special The Thomas Sinclair Service | 10 world light-heavyweight wresDear gym Sunday afternoon | row night against Marcele Livernois, Sinclair quintet will play Ben Davis phone Drexel 0408, or write 4001 | studded belt will be at stake, ac-First-round games in the Co-| Another match on the card will born gym. The chart includes: Crosse, Springfield, Mass. Both are 8:30—St. Rocks vs. Elwood Patanapolis Flashes. Jock 3748 after 2 p. m. and ask for defeated last year in 20 games and their season against the Murphy
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MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 17.—Coach Bernie Bierman, informed Wisconsin was going to “shoot the works” Saturday against Minnesota, today said: “I think the Gophers will win, and I hope the Badgers do their best ‘shooting.’ ”
SEE GOPHER PLAYS By United Press MADISON, Wis, Nov. 17.—Wis- |]
Arizona at East Lansing. On the West Coast Oregon is the choice against Oregon State at Corvallis and Santa Clara, another of the nation’s few major unbeaten, untied teams, ought not to have too much trouble keeping its record clear of defeat as it tackles Loyola
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Coleman Tops Field at End of First 18 Qualifying Holes.
By United Press PINEHURST, N. C, Nov, 17.—An uneven 113 golfers, who play the game to keep the dining room table and not the mantel piece well decorated, teed off today in.the final 18 qualifying hoies in the nineteenth annual Professional Golfers’ Association tournament. At the end of the day their scores will be added to their marks of yesterday and the low 64 will carry on to the match play which begins tomorrow. If there are any ties for the last place they will be decided by a “sudden death” playoff. Today's round placed a severe burden on at least 50 players in the
worse yesterday. They will have to improve their scores today, for it was generally believed that nothing worse than a pair of 78s would gain admittance to the run down the match play stretch. The more prominent. “names” in the danger group were Leo Diegel, twice winner of the
‘| title; Johnny Hines, Bob Crowley,
medalist two years ago, and Byron Nelson. Hines, Diegel and Crowley bey os yesterday, and Nelson had an 80.
Tied Course Mark Pacing the field was Fay Coleman, the California boy with the moviestar profile. Coleman burned up
the course with a 68 on the first 18 holes. This mark was four below par and tied the course mark established by Horton Smith and Ray
| Mangrum in the North and South t | Open last spring.
Coleman was one of the two play-
| ers to equal or better par, the other
being little known Alex Gerlak; from a small course in the Catskill Mountains. Gerlak started today with ‘a 71 under his belt, and an advantage of several strokes on such famed gentlemen as Gene Sarazen, Henry Picard, Ray Mangrum, Tommy Armour, Paul Runyan and Walter Hagen, all of whom liad trouble on the long, wind-swept course. Set Back Tees
Even if the wind doesn’t blow so hard today scores aren't likely to drop a great deal, because the officials had set back the tees a bit. On the opening day the tees were well forward, shortening the course by many yards. The boys found the greens better, however. Yester-
day they were a bit. uneven and
Two Goldbergs
By NEA Service PITTSBURGH, Nov. 17.— This news isn't designed to cheer the University of Pittsburgh’s 1938 gridiron opponents, especially Notre Dame, if the contract between the two schools isn't terminated, as is rumored. Pitt will have two Goldbergs ‘two years from now! Marshall, the sophomore star who ran Notre Dame into the ground this season, has a younger brother, Billy, who will matriculate at the Panther institution next season. He is a high school gridder in Elkins,
W. Va, the Goldberg home.
Shortridge Gridders Join Basket Squad
Several members of Coach Bob Nipper's Shortridge grid squad ree ported yesterday for practice... Jack Dawson is the only returning letterman to report from the football team, but Charles Brandt, Emory Schlake, Fred Rash, Dick Rehm, Walter Williams, Bob Raber, - Kenneth Hare, Randall Pack and Dave Crockett also will rejoin the cage squad. Approximately 60 Shortridge years lings turned out last night for the first freshman basketball call ace cording to Coach Thomas Woods, The candidates will work out each evening in the school gymnasium for about a week before a cut is: announced. 2
THOMAS LANDS K. 0. °~ CHICAGO, Nov. 17. — Harry Thomas, Minnesota heavyweight, knocked out Pal Silvers of Brooklyn in the fourth round here last night,
free use of the mowers, and today the carpets were fast and slick. Despite Coleman’s and Gerlak’s fine opening rounds the betting commissioners still held them at odds much longer than those quoted for the better known players. It
was possible to get 12 to 1 on Coles
man and nearly twice that on Ger= lak. The only real shift in the odds affected Runyan, who was held at 12 to 1. Before the tournament he was bracketed with Sarazen, Picard and Horton Smith at 7 to 1. Two rounds of 18 holes each will open the match play tomorrow, re ducing the field to 32. After that one round of 36 holes will be played each day, with the final coming on Sunday. Two Hoosier golfers teed off with the big field yesterday. Ralph Stonehouse, representing Noblesville, tallied 40 and 38 for a 78, and Bud Williamson of Fort Wayne carded 41-42—83.
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