Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 December 1936 — Page 19
Says Kayo by Negro Would ‘Finish Champ
Hesitates to predict Out--come of Encounter, However.
BY JOE WILLIAMS _ Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Everybody along Broadway -seems agreed the no decision heavyweight championship match between Jim Braddock and Joe Louis, set for February, is going to come off as per schedule. Of course a no-decision heavyweight championship match is something like a fan dancer in a fur coat; up to now nobody has ever seen one and until they see one they won't believe it. This department has |explored the absurdities of such a match on a previous rendezvous with the typewriter, the LA net judicial re2 3% sult being that there can he no Wiliams such thing. To be specific and to repeat that the winner, especially if the means to an end should be by a knockout, must be accepted as the champion. Braddock is the defending champion. He has a clause in his contract for this fight which states he can not possibly lose his -championship because no decision is to be made. But if Braddock happens to be knocked out this clause won't we worth 40 cents in Mexican curtency. To the public Louis will be the champion—or at least he will rate so far above Braddock that it 'won’t make any difference. Following which any attempt to match Braddock with Max Schmeling (he’s the guy who knocked out Louis, you may recall) will be laughed right out of the public prints. It ‘will take on the aspect of a Shakespearean debate between Prof. Billy Lyons and One-Eyed Connolly. Looking at it from another angle: Who would care about seeing the Brooklyns play the Yankees for the world championship in baseball? The match, as I have said, is practically on, and until it is over nobody can afford to say with any deee of authority just whether Braddock will still be the champion or not. An Amiable Playboy The night Braddock won the championship he outsmarted and outfought a happy, amiable playboy to whom the heavyweight championship of ‘the world meant nothirg beyond the cash returns which enabled him to swim deeply and luxuriously in the bright light stream. I'm pretty sure even Braddock will admit the way Baer fought that night any one of several heavyweights might have taken the title from him. ."What made Braddock’s triumph memorable was the drama and roance with which it was surrounded. A has been, a man who had been on the relief pay roll of the government, a frayed and worn chopping block had been picked as a trial horse for an up and coming preliminary fighter—and in the end he found himself facing the heavyweight champion of the world. Some minutes later on that thrilling night he found his own hand lifted in the air. By the loose laws of the prize ring he was the great-: est fighter in the world.A few days ago Jack Dempsey reviewed all these elements touching upon Braddock's rise to the - championship and he said, “I'd ltke to pick him ‘to beat Louis if this fight comes off but I can't. As a matter of fact I'm afraid he will be knocked out. I know he is a good boxer, that he has two good hands, but I don't think he can turn back Louis’ speed and power.” Explains Vital Spot
Mr. Dempsey then went on explain‘that in his mind Louis was anything but a superman. .. . “I made a mistake when I said he had a glass jaw after the Schmeling fight. What I meant to say was | that he couldn't take it around the head, especially high up in the region of the temples. He is the first fighter I ever saw with this curious weakness. If you hit Louis any where near the temples he goes down. | You can. convince yourself of this fact by studying the pictures of the Schmeling fight.” Mr. Dempsey continued: “In the plctyres you will see that Schmeling hit Louis 40 or 50 times on the jaw and the blows had no visible effect, _ but just as soon as he banged him on the temple the Negro boy went down. I don’t know how to explain it unless Louis’ bone construction is under-developed in the region of the temples.” ‘Well if Schmeling could hit him there and drop him, what's to keep Braddock from doing the ' same
thing? “That's a logical question,” adpsey, “and Braddock
+ Butler: athletes attending the
McNutt. . The Hoosier executive is
banquet tomorrow night at the Athenaeum have an. added honor in store for them. The gridders are to receive special certificates of honor signed by Gov.
he signed the citations in the presence of Hugh Walden Midtlesworth (left), Butler's assistant football
annual football
shown above as
Conference championship ‘team, (right), president of Blue Key, senior men’s honorary fraternity, which sponsors. the annual banquet. Fritz Crisler, Princeton’s football coach, is to be the principal speaker at the affair. Henry Goett, deputy. prosecuting attorney and former Butler. grid star, is to be toastmaster.
and Ted Pruyn
BY BERNARD HARMON
The Pritchett Alleys was the scene of yesterday's top tenpin scores, with the master of the house, Jess Pritchett Sr. setting the pace. Taking his weekly fling at the maples with "the timist Club League, the veteran, who did some fancy scoring in the Central States Tournament over the week-end, turned in games of 244, 216 and 267 for a 727. Two additional 600s were posted in the loop, McLear and Kott tossing totals of 618 and 606. The trio of leading scorers led their respective teams to double victories, Pritchett’s. Oilers downing Druggists; McLear’s Boxers gaining the edge over Clinkers and Kott’s Lumber Jacks outdistancing Realtors.
Stiffs also turned in two victories, Truckers being the victim. Runnerup honers of the day went
short of a 700 total while in action
Prexy Denies Salary Deal
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ternational League officials squandered more than six hours debating the outcome of the Toronto Maple afs’ franchise, larger salaries for league officials, a financing committee for 1937, and a smaller freeticket list. A syndicate of Toronto brokerage firms was reported interested in the Maple Leafs’ plight and’ would put up the $100,000 necessary for the team to carry on next year with Dan Howley, former manager, taking over executive duties of ‘the club.
Will Limit Exhibitions
Steps were being taken, Shaughnessy announced, to curb playing of exhibition games and that in the future clubs will be limited to play only one of these contests per year, and that as part of a double-header. The case of Bob Feller, important to both minor and major leagues, was expected to be ironed out early in the minor league convention. Feller, a sandlot player, -who was picked up by Cleveland's In last year, equalled the major league strikeout record of 17 set by Dizzy Dean in 1933. The issue concerns the right of a major league team to sign up a player whose ability has not been tested in the minors.
Casey of the Brooklyn Dodgers, will assume command of the Louisville Colonels in the American Association, it was believed here. Al Mamaux, former Albany mentor, also was said to be in line for the post.
Freeman Reduces Tech Cage Squad
to “Doc” Merman, who’ fell 17 pinsi
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Pritchett Tops Bowlers In Optimist Club Session
Veteran Pinman Continues Heavy Scoring With 727 Total: Merman, Striebeck and Carmin Also in Form.
with the Senators of the Evangelical League. He counted 683 on games of 235, 196 and 252, proving a big help to his team in its oddgame decision over Giants. Paul Striebeck continued! his 600 streak with a 679, that resulted from a pair of 237s and a 205. His big series combined with a 649 from Neil Young netted Reds a twotime triumph over Tigers, and the season’s top total in the league. Games of 1021, 1025 and 902 boosted the team to 2948.
Carmin Totals 668
Two additional pastimers turned in honor counts, Bob Hartman totaling 631 and Louie Koehler, 610. -In the remaining team clashes, Cubs and Red Sox shut out Dodgers and Indians, while Pirates, Cardinals and White Sox nabbed two each from Browns, Athletics and Yanks. The:fourth big series rolled at the Pritchett establishment was a “668, turned in by Lee Carmin in the Indianapolis Star’s matinee session. He had games of 215, 237 and 216 to reach the big total. Scoring in other loops failed to reach its usual high, Dick Nordholt's 625 in the Reformed Church at the Pritchett Alleys being next in line. Charlie Cray’s =622 and - Henry Holt’s 608 were other 600s of the session. Second Reformed No. 2 fared best in the team matches, nabbing the lone shutout of the evening over Second Reformed No. 3. First Reformed No. 1, featuring a 1033 middle game, won twice over Second Reformed No. 1; First Reformed No. 2, who also passed the 1000 mark in their second try, getting 1007, took two from Pleasant Run No. 1; Immanuel No. 3 outscored Pleasant Run No. 2 twice, and Carrollton Avenue nabbed the rubber from Trinity.
Leads Courthouse Loop
Johnny Murphy's | 621, was the long honor series of the Courthouse gathering at the Pennsylvania. He closed with a 239 to go over the top. The quintet of team contests resulted in double victories for the winners, Clerks, Prosecutors, Lawyers, Treasurers - and Surveyors gaining the edge over Burford Assessors, Township Assessors, | Union Title, Brown Abstract and Highways. Lee Miles with 619 finished four pins ahead of Dunn to take honors in the South Fountain Square Mer- ] the Fountain Square Alleys. Other soloists in action ‘failed to reach the 600 mark. Odd-game decisions | decided all team matches. Although the top score of the
-| State Highway League, rolling at
Pritcheit’s, was a 614 by George Lohman, the real fe “of the gathering was -the 196, 191, 199 games of Leonard Dx n,. a 131 average bowler. Jess Smythe, the usual league leader, failed to get in a big opener and | dropped to 693. The two Road Design quintets, Nos, 1 and 2, taook the lone shutouts of the session. -
The twelve Fraternal League teams in action at the Illinois,
failed to produce a 600 shooter, | : :
Heckman’s 596 being good for solo honors. Berghoff Beer and
Cards Defeat ‘Taylor’ Team
Ball State Scores 42-18 Win in First Tilt Of Season. Times Special MUNCIE; Ind, Dec. 1.—Riding
through to an easy victory, the Ball State basketball team romped over
‘the Taylor University varsity Jast
night by a score of 42-to-18. It was the first game of the season for Ball State and Coach Branch McCracken used 10 men, all of whom scored almost at will. Maryin Stout and Rex Rudicil led the State scoring attack with eight points each. Stuart was high for
-the losers with one field goal and
seven foul tosses. Play Badger Five
Coach McCracken’s boys will play the - University of Wisconsin at Madison Friday night. They will play Beloit College at Beloit,” Wis., Saturday. The lineup and summary of last night’s game follow:
Ball State (42) Taylor (18)
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3|.tnschigr.g. i[arpenter,g. Totals ..19 4 18] Totals ... Score at half—Ball State, 24; Taylor, 6. Referee—Geo! Williams: (Anderson). Umpire—Lester Logan (Fort Wayne).
Bridgford Cuts Manual Varsity
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Having slashed his varsity squad
down to 11 boys, Coach Oral Bridg-
ford of Manual High School. has booked stiff practice sessions for th remainder of the week. x The Redskin quintet will inaugu-
rate its 1936-37 net schedule next
Friday evening against Ben' Da High School at the Hawthorne Community House gym. Yesterday afternoon’s drill saw the boys engaging in strong offensive plays and then following up with a chalk talk. Manual’s first team is now made up of six seniors, four juniors and one sophomore. Boys who have survived several cuts are Vestal Smith, Bob Loeper,r Roy Hibner, Marshall Snoddy, Wilfred Rob:
inson, John Hansing, Paul Zick, Marvin
Wyant, Alva Stoneburner, Don Griffith and Ted Etherington.
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Pitt Mentor Selects Irish Over Trojans
Jock Sees Overconfidence As Chief Threat to ~N. D. Victory.
BY JOCK SUTHERLAND . Head Coach, University of Pittsburgh PE Dec. 1—A fighting of Irish from Notre Dame —yes, have some real laddyi there this year—méets a gang of Trojans from
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what is earmarked to be the last
| big football battle of the year, Rose excepted.
Bowl game Notre Dame definitely is on the uptrend. Irish haye come along like a whirlwind since that Navy defeat. When the Ramblers
- [start to go, they are tough. to stop.
Behind the running of Bob Wilke and.the surprise running and passing of Nevin (Bunny) McCormick,
| Elmer Layden’s team found itself.
The Irish have gained a lot of confidence since the defeats by Pitt and Navy—and therein lies the danger. - Trojans Are Down
The Trojans, sized up as one of the two best teams on the west coast at the beginning of the year, have been deflated by defeats by California and Washington; and ties wu Washington State and U. C. The underdog this year has had the habit of spilling the dope more than in any year I can recall. The Trojans have pointed for this game, and have the advantage of playing in their own backyard in the climate that suits. them. Should the Irish become the least bit cocky, they are apt to be rudely surprised by an inspired Trojan team. However, I'll ride with Notre Dame. : December cold has driven football away from the east and midwest, and we find the only other grid games of major prominence in south, southwest, and on the West Coast. : Pop Goes Home ' - Temple gives the Pacific Coast another headliner when Pop Warner’s boys tangle with St. Mary's in San Prancisco. It’s Pop’s first
years age, and should be a triumphal one. The Gaels, too, may be up for this game, and are in position to upset the dope like Southern California. Chick Meehan and his Manhattan Jasapers of New York go traveling. All the way to Tyler, Tex., the boys go to take on Texas A. & M. Manhattan will face one of the southwest’s best passing attacks, for Homer Norton has one of the two outstanding teams in that sector, where the aerial is the first football fundamental. The Aggies are picked to pass their way to victory over the Jaspers. Te hi Southern - Methodist and Ries meet ih ahother southwestern game which has nothing at stake in the way of a conference champions ship. The contest, however, is marked by intense rivalry, and should be close. 8. M. U,, although
consistent than Rice, has a better passing game, and should win. Texas Tech and Arizona meet in another baftle in that neighborhood, tangling at Tucson. ge Tech team has a slight edge, although Arizona is boasting one of its strongest teams. Tals Tennessee, very definitely on the road back to its former place in the southern limelight since Maj. ‘Bob Neyland returned as head coach, meets Mississippi at Memphis. There is too much power in the ranks of the Volunteers for Ol! Miss, whose chief threat seems to be Ray Hapes.
DETTON WINS BOUT By United Press . NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Dean Detton, Salt Lake City, claimant of the world’s heavyweight wrestling championship, defeated Big Chief Sanooke, Oklahoma, in their grappling bout here last night.
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BY P. B. WILLIAMSON : WH National Administrator Harry IL. Hopkins dedicating their new 50,000 capacity stadium, with Mike the tiger, their 207-piece band, and a lot of other trappings and trimmings, Louisiana State downed a desperately pounding Green wave from Tulane for a score of 35-0. Alabama routed the Wave 34-7, but it is far from an intent to | belittle the great Crimson Tide for this writer to point out that Tulane and form against L. 8S. U. that were distinctly lacking bama. A rating, out in front, of 97.3 last week placed L. 8. U. at No. 1 of 620 teams over the nation. "5 8 82-8 8 : MEuEsoras season ended week before last. Probably most fans AYA think the Gophers have already shown what they would do in the Rose Bowl this season. The Williamson system is now getting returns from & poll of 620 colleges of the nation. One of the things requested was a list of the first 10 teams of 1936, So far Minnesota and L. 8S. U. are well in the van, with the shade of. No. 1 going to the, Gophers. In the Williamson rating method, the set-back of a full loss and an eightgame. schedule cuts down the average more for Bernie Bierman’s mighty tribe than does a full tie and nine-game schedule for the Bayou Bengals. The rest of the semi-final first 10 aristocrats of the 1936 football whirl are Washington (95.1) at No. 3, Alabama (945) at No. 4, Santa Clara (93.8) at No. 5, Pitt (93.6) at No. 6, Nebraska (93.2) at No. 7, Nptre Dame (92.1) at No. 8, Auburn (92.1) at No. 9, and Duke (91.7) at No. 10. Fordham was replaced by Notre Dame. The present first 10 teams of the Williamson system, in more or less ‘the same order, agree with the straw-vote check of returns now coming in from the Williamson poll of 620 colleges—with the exception
Last week the Williamson system battled 86.7%, giving it an average
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long with about fifteen men in each division. In both groups Hinkle held long scrimmage games. With only twelve days remaining before the opening game with the Earlham Quakers, Coach Hinkle began to think about his first five. Ab the present time it appears that the two forward positions are settled. Seek Varsity Berths : Earl Gerkensmeyer, Seymour, and Earl ‘Overman, a former T8h star, have the forward posts well under control. The pivot post is still a toss up between William Merrill and | George Perry, two local boys who are the tallest on the team. Guard+ posts are wide open with four equals ly matched boys striving for berths, William Geyer, Fort Wayne, i Willard Fawcett, Logansport, are alternating with Laural Poland, * Brownsburg, and Byron Schofield of Zionsville. ‘ Also in the running is senior Arf Gage, who was a reserve last sea= son, but surprised everyone by starting the first game with the Hinkle quintet at a forward spot.
Earlham Basket. Players Injured
Times Special 4 RICHMOND, Ind., Dec. 1.—Floyd Peters, star guard, and Bob Davis, reserve forward, may not see action in the Earlham basketball opener here Saturday night. y Both boys are on the bench due to injuries. Earlham opens with & double-header against Taylor Uni« versity and Holbrook College. Peters has a sprained back and Davis an injured shoulder. ag Coach J. Owen Huntsman may start Land and Leland at forwards, Walker at center, Schneidewind and Bull at guards, for the game against Taylor. His varsity for the tilt with Holbrook probably will be Keyser and Moore or Jones, forwards; Frees man, center; Cloyd and Gohring, guards. .
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