Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 November 1936 — Page 6

John W. Thompson

evolution i in Ranks of High School Basketball Said to Have Started When ‘Stretch’ Murphy First Leaned Over and Scored for Marion.

ASKETBALL goes on and on and nobody pays much attentiofA to what happens to it. And just about that time a big lanky guy slips in and revolutionizes the industry. Sounds silly, but that’s just what's happened to basketball since Charles (Stretch) Murphy first walked out on a floor and leveled his eyes with the folks in the balcony. 1 played basketball. It was a number of years ago. Even before the time of “Stretch” Murphy. Those days all the churches had Seams, and around about this season of the year our Sunday School class used to take leaps and bounds. Everybody joined up, even though it was a pretty rough game. But the funny part about it was that I played center. I'm still one of those who blush guiltily when some one shouts “Shorty.” (I can raise up and make it five feet seven on a clear day.) 8 8 = T wasn’t so bad. I'd just jump at the beginning of the game, and it didn’t make much difference where the ball went anyway. Then if 1 got caught in a tight spot under the basket, I could call in the floor guard to jump for me. But/ you can’t do that nowadays. And I blame it all on “Stretch” Murphy. Most high schools were playing along with normalsized centers until “Stretch” came into the limelight. I don’t know where they kept him. Our city editor says he used to see Murphy around Alley Up! Miapion: heros he played on Well, the other coaches took one look at “Stretch,” turned around and headed for home. They spent the rest of the season applying intelligence tests to every boy they had to look up to, and that’s how it all happened. Now they grow ’em by the gross. I can’t tell you the . formula or where they all come from, but this state .is full ~ of six-foot-and-some centers. It used to be that one good man could guard a center on any basketball team. Now they put three men on a center, and it doesn’t look a bit unfair. L = 8 ® ” s : DON'T know where this skyscraper-center trend is going to end. The most logical place for it to end is in the abolishment of the tip-off. But until the rules committee ~ does something official we may as well make room for the six-foot-six-inch centers. 1 bumped into cne at Shortridge High School yesterday. His name is Paul Alley, he’s six feet, six inches tall, weighs 170 and is a senior. He's a pleasant chap, Mr. Alley. Although from down where I am I couldn’t see his face so well, 1 think he’s probably handsome. Shortridge plays its first game against Southport at the Southport gym tonight and Mr. Alley was getting in a little practice on his six-inch tip-in shots. It’s too early for Coach Kenneth Peterman to predict anything for sure but he did admit that his boys have a chance of developing into a “pretty fair team,” which is almost a confession. Mr. Peterman, who is in his sixth year at Shortridge, has but three lettermen back from last year’s squad. One "is Jack Dawson, a two-time letter winner, who carved a special niche for himself in the recent Tech-Shortridge football game. Jack plays guard, weighs 160 and is five feet, 10.

“HE other two are Tom Brooks, a senior guard who is : five-eleven and weighs 170, and Fred Fobes, 145 pounds, five-eleven, and a senior forward.

- Among the other juniors and seniors who are likely to |

see some action tonight are Jack Clayton, Donald Bruce, Charles West, Bill Stautz and Harry Linke, forwards; Emory Schlake, center, and Carl Klein and Bill Swinfoid, guards. Last year Shortridge opened its season with Southport and lost, 24 to 23. Bill Bugg’s Cardinals probably will have

a show for the city boys. 1 heard a fellow down at the

corner store say they had “a center who was six-foot seve 1! : |

ON ARMORY RING BILL

: Matchmaker Roy Wallace wil present Lee Prettyman, Bess A. C. fiyweight, and Duke Cunningham, Oliver A. C., in one of the threeweekly amateur fistic card at the

Armory Friday night. Wallace is out-of-town Deavy-

Toe no pe it gr ‘handicap to the Green and White | | totes. With Richards as the most |

"TWO : O -

Blue Tackles Cards; Irish

Play Lebanon |

Both Games Tonight Are on ‘Road; Second Tussle | for Southport.

Inaugural action in the local high school basketball campaign is sched-

1uled tonight as Shortridge and Ca-

thedral’ swing into action against Southport and Lebanon, respectively.

The Irish of Coach Joe Dienhart launch thgir 21'game net chart at Lebanon, while Shortridge also

plays a road game<and meets the|

Cardinals 'at Southport. The Blue Devils of Shortridge; although they have been working diligently under Coach Kenneth Peterman for the last few weeks, will be up against an equally well-drilled opponent in ‘Southport and a team that already has one game under its collective belt.

Lost Opening Tilt

The Cardinals dropped their opener with Greenwood last Saturday, 24 to 22, in a double overtime affair. They scored a 24-t0-23 victory over Shortridge last season. Probable lineups for tonight's game:

SHORTRIDGE SOUTHPORT

Jlayton Soe ee ae Brine ntiti els Tex Fobes ... lady iéadersot no

Alley . Dawson Brooks The varsity game is scheduled to start at 8:15 with the reserve teams of both schools fated to play a curtain-raiser at 7 p Cathedral’s iy et Lebanon is scheduled to start a 7:45. The Irish starting lineup probably will consist of Bill Hurrle and Francis Quinn, forwards; Joe Gillespie, center; Bernie Broderick: and Bob Fitzgerald, guards. The others who will make the trip are Jack Fox, Tom L. Griffin, Bill Perry, O’Connor and Tom E. Griffin.

Wind Up Drills

Cathedral concluded its preparation for the game yesterday with drills on “foul-shooting and ball handling while Coach Joe Dienhart

Dick |

You can pretty well count on it that Bill Bugg, Southport basketball coach, was not telling his boys a funny story when the above photo was snapped.

There is not much joking going on

High School gym these days as Bill prepares his

basketeers for a hard campaign.

play their second engagement tonight, meeting

'Detton Victor

in Armory Go|

Utah Ace. Pins-Steinborn. in Main Event on Mat Program.

Dean Detton’s popularity as world’s heavyweight wrestling title claimant —at least in local mat circles—received another stiff jolt last night as the Mormon Flash pinned Milo Steinborn of Germany in the main event of the Armory wrestling pro-

gave special attention to the center | gram

position. A short scrimmage also was held. The Irish mentor has four lettermen around whom he has constructed this year’s team, including Broderick, Fitzgerald, Gillespie and Fox. Cathedral has been working strenuously for ‘two weeks in preparation for the opeper and tonight will seek revenge for a 28-to-22 defeat inflicted by Lebanon last season.

At Columbus Saturday

After playing at Lebanon tonight, Cathedral will continue hard practice for a second contest this week, with Columbus High School at Columbus Saturday night. Four city rivals are to be played later in the season. They are Manual, Shortridge, Technical and Washington. The complete Irish schedule, announced by Coach Dienhart, follows: Nov. 25, Lebanon, there; 28, Columbus, there. Dec. 5, Brownsburg, here; 11, Elwood, here; 12, Central Catholic at Fort Wayne; 15, Franklin, there; 18, Greencastle, there; 23, Seymour, there. Jan. 1, St. Mary's of Anderson, here; 8, Manual, at Cathedral; 9, Danville, there; 13, Greenfield, here; 15, Noblesville, there; 22, Shortridge ‘at Butler Fieldhouse; 29, Brazil, here; 30, Jeffersonville, there.

Feb. 5, Southport, there; 6, Tech-

nical at "Technical; 12, Washington, there; 18, Plainfield, there; 19, Winfall, here.

Park Netters Play

Second Game

Park School’s hardwood quintet entertains Kirklin tonight in its second game of the season. "The engagement is slated to get under way at the Park gym at 8 o'clock. Probable starting lineup for Park includes Ward Hackleman, who yesterday was named capiain of the squad, and Jack Hiatt, forwards; Art Lathrop, center; Howary Miner and George Kuhn, guar ‘Hackleman led the Buards five to victory over Oaklandon, 22 to 16, ast week in the opening game of lis hardwood campaign.

Culver Eleven Has Turkey Da y Clash Times Special this year,

Scores of the more than 3000 fans on hand for the bouts booed lustily at the outcome of the main event and a few revealed their displeasure in a more convincing manner by hurling missiles at one of the head men of grappling. The 212-pound matman from Salt Lake City seemed not to mind the e¢rowd’s antagonistic attitude, however, as ‘he proceeded to: polish off Mr. ‘Steinborn in a’ fashion befitting a champion. - Detton applied his famed stepover toeheld to win the first fall in 31, minutes when his opponent was urfable to: endure the punishment and called it quits. Sécond Fall Brief

Coming back for the second fall, Detton immediately sought the toes hold and finally securing it, finished off Steinborn in just: five minutes of wrestling. Prize package of the evening as far'as interest among the spectators was concerned seemed ‘to bs Hans Steinke, veteran grappler from Germany, who wrestled 30 minutes to a draw with Orville Brown, of Wichita, Kan. = It was the first time the 6-fool 4-inch, 249-pound German had appeared in ga local ring and his work last night should make him worthy of arfother appearance. Stalking Brown, quietly and impassively, Steinke went to work with a will and kept the Wichita youth in difficulty during the entire bout. «= Irish Tommy O’Toole, 215, Phoenix, Ariz, slapped Nick Elitch, 212, Boston, to the canvas with a drop kick and a body press after 27 minutes of wrestling in on the card. :

Bestow Honors on

Shortridge Gridmen |.

and Washington ognition for their grid performances,

according to Coach Bob Nipper.

Adams will have his name en-|

graved on the Frank J. Skinner award for outstanding sportsman-

ship and Dawson will have his name | engraved on the Dr. Herbert T.|

Wagner trophy for the greatest improvement.

| CULVER, ol Nov. 25 —Unbeat- |

the first bout

at the Southport The Cardinals

Hee, Haw!

Army officials, in setting up . headquarters at a hotel here, i failed to provide for the mule’s | official valet, and all hotel {| space in Philadelphia has been | reserved. i At. another hotel, the regis- | ter reads: “Reserved, one room | —Navy goatkeeper.”

Crack Fieldin . Paddle Tourney

| Stiff competition is expected to develop in the city table tennis tournament which opens Friday night t the Paddle Club when ' Jimmy. dcClure attempts to retain his singles championship and the team of Lester ‘Adams and Earl Coulson start defense of their doubles crown. | Among the crack singles players entered are Condy, Rowe, Jacobs, {itselman of Muncie, Ned Seele of untington, Ratliff, Montfort, Kreuger, Jackson and Saunders. McClure is to team with Steele in doubles. : {The women for the first time in three years will have a complete aw because of the great interest own by feminine table tennis enthusiasts of Indianapolis. Twelve-year-old Sally Green seems to be|® one of the strongest contenders. for HOnOYS, | The boys’ tournament is to Stars it 9 Saturday morning. Entries in 1 events may be made by calling Lincoln-0306. The tourney is to be Bung at the clubrooms in the Test

SEEK FOURTH VICTORY

' Ben Davis will attempt to defeat Ziman, for the fourth consecutive Year tonight when the two hard-

Shortridge in the Southport gym. left to right around the circle in the picture above are Herb Marschke, Bill Shimer, Mr. Bugg, John Reno, Don Orme, Jack ‘Winchell, Bruce Williams, Sam Hendershott, Buck Wasson and Bud Tex. The Cardinals dropped their opener to Greenwood, 24 to 22, after a double overtime.

Release N. D.

Buffalo;

to. be held in , Havana during the Cuban 1 national sports

. festival this Minter,

Flays re to

-— Chicago Urged to Withdraw

From Big Ten if dea els Approved.

RY STEVE SNIDER United Press Staft Correspondent

: ‘professor seeking aid for deserving

athletes, became a storm center in the Big Ten today after editors of the Univesity of Chicago student daily urged the Maroons to with-

draw from the Conference if it ap-

proved the plan. This new deal for athletes will go

| before Conference faculty represen-

Cage Schedule =

Irish to Have Colorful Net Campaign; 23 Games on Chart.

Times Special ' NOTRE DAME, Ind., Nov. 25.— A 23-game schedule, featuring the most interesting home card in Notre Dame history, was announced ‘here today by Director of Athletics Elmer F. Layden for the 1936-37 Fighting Irish basketball team. There are two open dates on the card which may be filled later. An old rival, Butler, is to be played here Jan. 9 and at Indianapolis, Feb, 27. One game is scheduled with Purdue and it will be held here Feb. 3.

First Tilt Dec. 5

Kalamazoo will open the schedule Dec. 5 at Notre Dame, while the

football team is concluding its sea-!

son against Southern California at Los Angeles. Prospective squad members who may be on the football trip include: Barl Brown Jr., Joe Gleason, Chuck Sweéney and Mario Tonelli, The card follows: Dec. 5, Kalamazoo Colle Dame; & St. Mary's (Minnes ot ot Noire Dame; 13 Western (Tilinots) tate TeachNotre po 1. Si ols Gripwesiem At Northwesterr at Evanson. TRAN; 3), wr Hout irre But. sville; , Fltisburgh sf Pittsburgh; Re] Notre Dame; 23, Pennsylvania at Philade iRliia; 28, Western Reserve at Ceydland. Purdue at Hosre Dame: Illinois at Notre Dame; U. + Madios arden Canisius Colle e at 20, Pittsburgh at Notre Dame; 23, Marquette at Notre Dame; 27, Butler at_ Indianapolis.

rch 6, Marquette at Milwaukee:

arc Minnesota at Notre Dame; 12, Detroit > ’

wood quintets clash at the Haw-|

horne Community House. The game is scheduled to get under way tT eich

| BEAT OHIO QUINTET y United Press

Huntington rallied in the last half to defeat Giffin, O, 42 to 22, in a college basketball game last night. itis Gifu teams ied, 1 14 to 11, at the

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tatives at their annual winter meeting here Dec. 2. «It provides a summer instituté for scholastic and athletic leaders among prep school graduates with scholarships awarded on the basis of intensive examinations at the end of the summer session. Julian A. Kizer, editor-in-chief of the Daily Maroon, attacked the plan as a move to bring “proselyting into the open as a legal device to be employed by schools in seeking ath-

Setes. Bhd "Firm Policy Asked

© Claiging that all except two or three Conference schools use “various undercover methods of subsidiZation, ” he advocated _withdrawal he Big Ten unless it “cracked down on existing practices of members and adopts a firm policy against any form of subsidization.” Kizer did not list the schools he said: were recruiting, nor name those he gave a clean slate. The Reynolds Plan was originated by Robert L. Reynolds, youthful professor in medieval history at the University of Wisconsin, His idea was to place overworked athletes on ah educational opportunity par with other students carrying less load in outside activity.

Financed by Alumni

The summer institute would be financed by alumni. Students ranking in the upper brackets both in studies and athletics would receive scholarships for two years tobe renewed automatically for two more years: if the athletes remain eligible. Although the Wisconsin faculty has approved' the plan, even Reynolds feels the Big Ten may reject it.

dg Bad Snow? | It’s Stanford!

By United Press NEW YORK, ‘Nov. 25—Stanford's football team, more - worried about the possibility of snow than of Columbia, whom . they play Saturday, arrived here early today. - Every one was in good shape, Coach Tiny Thornhill said, but * added that the California players were afraid of cold weather for the game Saturday—the first between these rivals since Columbia won, 7-0, in the 1934 Rose Bowl game. Thornhill said the players were so afraid of the cold during a workout yesterday in Chicago that -he purchased 33 sets of red flannel underwear to relieve their fears. He said they worked out at Stagg Field in an inch of snow and that many players, who had never before seen snow, actually were afraid to play in it.

Edwards in Pro Tilt Here Sunday

The professional basketball seas son is to be inaugurated at Pennsy Gym Sunday afternoon with the local U. S. Rubber Products quintet facing the Dayton London Bobby team in a Midwest Conference tilt.

Heading the list of ex-collegians slated to parade before the fans by the Dayton aggregation is Le Roy Edwards, former all-America netter from the University of Kentucky. Edwards, an Indianapolis boy, will be facing his old mates in the cone flict. He held down the center position for the U. 8S. last season. Bill Hosket, another netter who made the all-America mythical five while with Ohio State, is included in the. Dayton roster, along with Bobby Cobun, Ohio State; Gene Nichling, Capital University; Phil Liehr, Indiana University; Norman

, “One of the chief objections prob- |:

ably will be that it breaks down the high faculty barrier against profes_sionalism,” he said. “Another is it may tend to increase present rivalry and bring about more overemphasis of athletics.”

DIAS BEATS OCKLEY By United Press : FRESNO, Cal, Nov. 25.—Johnny Dias, 146, Boston, scored a technical knockout against Roy Ockley, 147, Portland in the ninth round of their bout here last night.

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