Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 November 1936 — Page 17
FoLLowine FooTsaLL with | John W. Thompson
1936 High School Gridiron Crop Brings High Praise; Thrilling Games Mark Most Enjoyable Season in Recent Years.
HEN three city high schools beat each other into 2 three-way tie for the municipal football championship, _it is either an accident or it isn’t. It’s safe to say this year that the tie between Tech, Shortridge and Washington was no accident, although there are adherents all over the city who will hasten to show that one or the other of the teams suffered tough luck in a crucial game. One thing sure, not since the days when street cars were overturned and milk wagons shoved on top of school buildings has there been a more enjoyable gridiron season. Coach Doc Ball at Tech, in his second season at the East Side school, found himself with a well-balanced, meaty team, a little slow, with the exception of Harlan Weaver and Tommy Wilson, but capable of opening holes when necessary. Tech opponents found out early in the season that Mr. Weaver was a tough customer, that when he couldn’t get around end or off-tackle (which was seldom) he could step back and toss the ball to someone already over the line of scrimmage.
Tech won from Richmond, Muncie, Manual, Cathedral and Washington, lost to Anderson and Shortridge, and tied Jeff of Lafayette. The Big Green scored 85 points to its opponents’ 79, f J 2 » » » » HENRY BOGUE'S Continentals got off to a flying start and won three games without having their goal line crossed. They hit Shortridge mid-season and downed the Blue Devils in a thrilling aerial battle in which Washington came from behind to head Coach Nipper’s boys by two points. The Continentals were heavy, with a fast backfield. The double-threat of Marion Carter, the fleet-footed Washington junior, caused many opponents to look before they leaped across the scrimmage line, for Carter can pass as well as he can run.
Washington won from Bloomington, Shelbyville, Cathedral, Shortridge, Kirklin and Manual, lost to Tech and tied Southport, 0 to 0. Their total season score reached the amazing proportions of 190 points, while their opponents garnered only 19.
» ” ” » ” » T Shortridge, Coach Robert Nipper discovered that among his 1936 applicants were several boys who would rather play football than eat (and that’s some sacrifice for a high school boy). The city’s “forgotten man” as far as football is con-"-cerned is Bob Adams, the Shortridge captain, who is one of ~ the finest blockers in town. Adams rarely carried the ball, never passed or kicked. But his blocking was one of the main reasons why the Blue Devil backfield functicned so well. - Jack Dawson turned out to be one of the best ground=gainers, and climaxed his personal season in the Tech game. =~ One can easily see from the comparative strength of the Llhree top city teams that choosing the first eleven is no easy ~matter, Here is my choice: .
FIRST TEAM
End—Fisher, Shortridge End—Huffman, Technical. Tackle—Dean, Washington. Tackle—Krackenfels, Cathedral. Guard—Schaub, Washington. Guard—Rehm, Shortridge. Center—Brown, Technical. Back—Boswell, Washington. Back—Weaver, Technical. Back—Crockett, Shortridge. Back—Carter, Washington.
SECOND TEAM
End—Mabee, Cathedral. End—Yovanovitch, Washington. Tackle—Willis, Shortridge. Tackle—Gaughan, Manual. Guard—Powell, Technical. Guard—Milam, Washington. Center—Price, Cathedral. Back—Dawson, Shortridge. Back—Fitzgerald, Cathedral. Back—Adams, Shortridge. Back—Adkins, Technical.
HONORABLE MENTION
Cork and Shellhorn, Broad Ripple; Langer, Cathedral; Smith and Hutton, Manual; Schlake, Freyn, Barr and Rash, Shortridge; Linne, Brown, Wiggam, Wilson and Gillie, Technical; and Chambers, Overbeck, Reed and Green, Washington.
= =» » ® t J » I WOULD be prompted to suggest that these two teams play each other in the Butler Bowl on Thanksgiving for charity. But on second thought, I am afraid that the impact of the two teams would result in so many injuries that the. boys would have to go through the winter on relief, themselves. So it would be a matter of eating up the profits.
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Blow to 1937 Wildcats Fifteen members of Northwestern's grid squad ar
seniors and will be unavailable next fall.
However,
Bob Swisher, a star back now ineligible, is Studying to.
regain fatty sanction.
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STATE GRID CAMPS F IRED WITH ACTIVIT Handy Man in Hoosiers’ Backficld
Boilermakers Veil Practice With Secrecy
Kizer Worried by Superior Reserve Strength of I. U. Eleven.
Times Special LAFAYETTE, ‘Ind, Nov. 18.—Secrecy shrouded gridiron activities at the Purdue camp today as the Boilermakers prepared for the renewal of their famed football series with
Indiana here Saturday. Head Coach Noble Kizer was expected to drill the Boilermakers on | offensive tactics and rehearse new formations designed to score against the Hoosiers. Yesterday afternoon the squad was put through a stiff defensive drill against plays built around Vernon Huffman, Indiana's triple-threat quarterback, and one of the outstanding gridders in the Midwest.
Hoosier Reserves Strong
The superior reserve strength of the Indiana eleven, which will be shooting for its third straight victory over Purdue provided the Lafayette coaching staff with one of its main sources of worry. “We have been ‘beset by injuries since the Chicago game,” Kizer explained. “And it is a real problem to whip together the strongest possible combination of manpower.” Eleven Purdue seniors will make their final collegiate appearance in the game with Indiana, including seven men who have. been chief factors in the Boilermaker football successes the past three seasons.
Lose Seven Regulars
The seven regulars who will play their last game are Capt. George Bell, center; Forrest Burmeister, guard; John. Drake, halfback; Wayne Gift, quarterback; Lee Graves, guard; Fred Stalcup, halfback, and Ben Medley, halfback. The senior reserves are Robert Purdy, halfback; Glen Scrivnor, tackle; William Upton, center, and Malcolm Johnston, halfback.
141. U. Seniors in Last Fray Saturday
Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 18.— Ten lettermen are included in the group of 14 Indiana University football seniors who will dnd their gridiron careers Saturday at Purdue in the annual contest for possession of the “Old Oaken Bucket.” All of them will not see action, however. The Hoosiers will be without the services of Capt. Chris Dal Sasso of Clinton, one of the outstanding tackles in the Big Ten, who has been injured since the Ohio State fracas. Four backs, three ends and another pair of fine tackles are listed among the lettermen who will be making their final appearance. Outstanding among the backs is Vernon Huffman, Newcastle, 200-pound signal caller and triple threat star. The other backs are Ray Fox, Michigan City, quarterback, Huffman’s understudy; Roy Eads, Kokomo, regular halfback, and C. W. Norton, Fort Worth, Tex, halfback and quarterback. In addition to Capt. Dal Sasso, the Hoosiers will lose a pair of fine tackles in Ted Livingston, Geneseo, Kas.,, and Dick Zoll, Green Bay, Wis. The end positions will be hard hit with the loss of Nelson Beasley, Linton; Roland Obenchain, South Bend, and Donas Dischinger, Indianapolis. Four capable reserves also will end their service. They are: Kenneth Gunning, Shelbyville, halfback; Jack Risher, Muncie, guard and back; Robert - Bitner, Huntington, center, and Albert Saunders, Westfield, Mass., tackle.
JEFFRIES TO HEAD VOLLEY BALL GROUP
D. C. Jeffries was elected president of the Volleyball Association of the Indianapolis Y. M. C. A. at a meeting of the organization last
night. Other officers chosen include
‘Enos Pray, vice president, and M.
L. Payne, secretary-ireasurer. The tion will have charge of the “y” team in the city .volleyball league and will sponsor a tournament Thanksgiving Day. ;
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Among the 14 Indiana. University seniors who are to wind up their collegiate football careers when the Hoosiers meet Purdue at Lafayette Saturday is C. W. (Tex) Norton of Fort Worth, Tex., pictured above. Norton has played two years of varsity football for
Heavy Schedule for Small Cars
Qualifications for the midget auto races at the State Fairground Coliseum tonight are booked to start at 7:30 with the official card getting der way at 8:30. Seven events are scheduled, as follows: Three ten-lap elimination races. Ten-lap handicap race. Ten-lap consolation race. Match event between Howdy Wilcox and Shorty Cantlon. ’ Feature race of 25 laps. Frank Beeder of New York, one of the best pilots in the East, will join the local small-car field tonight. Other well-known drivers slated to compete are Jimmy Snyder, Tony Willmon, Duke Nalon, Marshall Lewis, Pat Warren.
Coach Bugg Slashes Basket Squad to 24
Coach William Bugg of Southport High School has been drilling his boys hard in preparation for their opening basketball game to be played Saturday night with Greenwood, at Southport. Bugg has cut his squad to the following 24 men: Herbert Marschke, Joe Langley, Bruce Williams, Jack Winchell, Sam Hendershott, Johnny . Ferger, Alvin Marschke, Harold Miller, George James, Bruce Wilson, Bill Shimer, Bud Tex, Robert Riney. John Reno, Buck Wasson, Lowell Colbert, Don Orme, Edward Eaton, John - Williams, Harold Coates, Charles Wilson, Everett Beasley, Kenneth, Volpp, Harvey Garrison.
BUCKS SEEK SPEED ‘COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 18.—Ohio State today battered away at offensive tactics in an effort to speed up its running attack and develop consistency.
college football.
Six Bouts .on Tap for Amateur Show
Six bouts are carded for Friday
night: on the amateur iistic program scheduled at the Armory arena. The program is to be featured by a scrap between Johnny Krukemeier, Beech Grove, and Milton (Young) Bess of the Bess A. C. Supporting bouts include: Harry Brown, Beech Grove, Vs. Fred Sheridan, Boyce A. C. Tommy Lafeaver, Oliver A, C., vs. Leroy Dykus, Bess A. C. Walter Johnson, Oliver A. C., Rural Tyler, Bess A. C. Harry Fischell, Bargersville, vsWalter Trautman. .. Ralph Hawks vs. Joe Geddes.
BUTLER’S BANQUET COMMITTEE TO MEET
The committee on arrangements for the Butler football banquet to be held Dec. 2 is scheduled to meet Friday evening at 8 o'clock at the Campus “Club, according to announcement today by Lew Hill, chairman. All members of the committee are urged to attend.
CLEANERS TO DRILL
The Fashion Cleaners- football team is scheduled to practice at Olney-st and Roosevelt-av tonight at 8 o'clock. The Cleaners will play the Hoffa A. C. Sunday afternoon.
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Indiana and performs equally well at either the halfback posts or the quarterback position. Tex weighs 160 pounds and stands 5 feet, 10 inches. anxious | for a bit. of action in the . Bucket” combat which annually climaxes Hoosier
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Irish to to Be at Peak for ‘Northwestern
Shakeup of Squad Brings Out Fighting Spirit at N. D.
Times Special NOTRE DAME, Ind. Nov. 18.— The possibility that Notre Dame will be at full. physical strength for ts home finale here Saturday against Northwestern has injected a cheering note, the only one, into Noire
Dame practice sessions this week. The Irish are battered and
meeting Pittsburgh, Ohio State, Navy and ‘Army in successive weeks. But Larry Danbom showed surprising agility in his long stay at fullback in the Army game, and both Vie Wojcihovski, halfback, and
Steve Miller, fullback, who appeared
>¢_one play each, are expected to be Tully recovered from old in-
Joach Elmer Layden’s tempor and quietly engineered lineup shakeup had the desired effect on several senior members of the team, who played their best ball of the year last week. He made several lineup changes at the last minute, and when his seniors finally got into action, they were straining at the leash. Alec Shellogg, husky sophomore tackle who started the Army game and lasted for three plays before being removed with a leg injury, may
Irks Scouts
Times Special DETROIT, Nov. 18.—Scouting the University of Detroit football team is considerable of a job. Codch Dorais’ offense is characterized by a lot of | variety and he always manages to dig up some ReY stuff for one of his big gam J In the pis Sion battle this year, Dorais showed the Southerners some plays that the Titans hadn't previously used in years and some that they hadn't used at ail.
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be able to return. to the lineup Saturs day for the Northwestern clash. If he is not available, Art Cronin and Frank Kopczak will carry on, Kopczak returned to action against Navy and played a quarter against Army. He had been out of action since the opener with Carnegie Tech,
Barring practice injuries, the Irish should be at their best physical peak of the season, and the . great . fighting spirit which” has | characterized their two comebacks-= 3 against Ohio State after losing to Pitt and against Army after losing to Navy—gives every indication that they will give the Wildcats an ine: teresting game. Tickets for the game have been g far ahead of last year's ma d a crowd in excess of 50,«
000 ise for the game. Notre Dame Stadium seats 56,000.
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