Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1936 — Page 17

Loss Cleans Up Puzzle of Championship

Williams Contends National _ Football Title Is Just | A Myth, l

BY JOE WILLIAMS - © Times Special Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 14—A vote of

thanks, I think, is due the Texas|

Christians if for no other reason

than they pulled the cork on a situation that threatened to become intolerable. By defeating unbetaen, untied Santa Clara over the weekend they put an end to all further talk about a national championship in football. It so happens that there is no such thing as a national championship, but there are times when, due to certain plausible circumstances, it is possible to build .up a more or less impreswr » sive case. The 1936 situa tion - Williams was heading in this futile direction when the Fort Worth team invaded California and intérripted the all-winning march of Tim Shaw’s Broncos, 9 to 0. ‘This victory brought joy to Pasadena and gloom to New Orleans, besides enabling the football experts to hold on to their sanity. Pasadena has a Rose Bowl game scheduled featuring Washington and Pittsburgh, both of which have been beaten. New Orleans has a Sugar Bowl game listed .involving Louisiana State and Santa Clara. Neither had been beaten up to Saturday. The Southerneres are still unbeaten. The only flaw on their record is a tie with Texas. | Experts Sidetracked There was a growing tendency to rate the New Orleans game over the Pasadena game on account of the undefeated seasons of the two participants. And there was a growing sentiment among the football experts to accept the winner of the New Orleans game as the national champion despite the fact that neither of the participants had met some of the stronger teams in other parts of the country.

, The accolade of national cham- |.

pionship was to be made wholly of the fact that one of the two participants figured to go through the schedule without a defeat and thus was to be the only major team to do so. Because both Washington and Pittsburgh had already been defeated gPasadena naturally could not aspire to any such distinction for — the Rose Bowl game. New -Orleans, on the other hand, was fervently praying for a Santa Clara victory. - The Christians didn’t count. They had already been beaten twice.

Enough Glory for All

As a consequence the two. games New Year's Day now will be just

about what they figured to be from |’

the start—a couple of interesting struggles having no more to do with the national championship than the gardenia in Grover Whelan’s dress coat. This makes for a healthy situation. Certainly in this day and age there is enough football glory to divide among a number of the socalled bowls, without trying to play one above the other as a national championship. It should be kept in mind there is always the possibility that Mr. Brisbane's gorilla might beat them all. The curtain has fallen on the regular season and not one major team managed to survive undefeated

“As all football men know it is a difficult job to keep a team of youngsters keyed up from September to December. Few football teams are the same from one weekend to another. This explains the ups and downs, the inconsistency of play, the alleged upsets. You probably will read today, for instance, that the Christians’ victory was an upset. Held Back by Weather

It was far from that. The Christians beat Santa Clara last year with an inferior team; they beat the Californians this year with a much better team. The record was the least impressive because they had been drawing bad breaks in the weather. Paced by Sammy Ba the best forward passer in fo il, they depend mainly on sky tactics, and to succeed they must have a dry track. They can’s get : in mud, and in four games

iS year they drew mud. & Popper Boone, the sage of Ft. Worth, wired this department week that if the Christians ; escape rain and mud on the coast they would win by two touch- ! + « « “There's no team in country that can stop Baugh from passing to at Jeast one touchdown -if the ball is dry,” wired the Popper, “and the rest of the squad is always:

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Butler Will Submit its Basketball Ills to the Professional

Scrutiny of Dr. H.

Pitt Panthers Tonight.

Dg HC. CARLSON of the Pittsburgh Panthers will make a ‘diagnosis at the Butler fieldhouse tonight but it is certain that the doctor's prescription will not be offered until after Pitt's basketball game with the

Bulldogs.

Butler opened its season Saturday night and was defeated, 33 to 27, by J. Owen Huntsman’s Earlham

College quintet. About the Butler fans in the crowd of 3500

It is unfortunate, perhaps, that the Bulldogs opened their season on a Saturday night. Coach Tony Hinkle probably had many thjigs which he would have enjoyed talking over with the Bulldogs a

practice session. »

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ANE, unfortunate item is that the Bulldogs tackle the

Panthers just after Dr. H. C.

of beatings from Mid-western ball clubs. Pitt took a drubbing from Northwestern last Friday, 37 to 28, and then lost to DePaul of Chicago, 41 to 37, in an overtime Saturday. . . _ Consequently, the Easterners are not likely to be in the mood for another defeat. Only two regulars are missing from the Panther 36 to 28, last season. William Jesco and

five which defeated Butler,

Miles Zelesnick, forwards; Joseph

Robert Johnson, guards, will keep Butler busy figuring out their’

figure 8 style of play tonight.

For about 30 minutes of Saturday’s game Butler, while displaying the usual opening-game raggedness, seemed quite able sto take care possibly because the Quakers in-

of itself. But for some reason,

creased the tempo of things and became very,

blew up.

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ETERS, Leland, Hardin, Bull and Land (Coach Huntsman used the entire game) clicked excellently in the closing five minutes and left Coach Hinkle biting his nails on the

only five players during

bench as he watched a perfectly flounder.

Earl Gerkensmeyer, Willard Fawcett, William Merrill, all returnand George Perry and Bill Geyer, a couple of sophomores, seemed about the best combination which Hinkle used during

ing lettermen,

the contest. .” ” ”

The Wildcats of Kansas State

siers at Bloomington tonight. It will be Indiana’s third start of the The Crimson trounced Miami of

season.

Kansas walloped Evansville College, forward, is on the sidelines with a points for the Deanmen Saturday. tonight St. Viator of Illinois is to invade

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N the local high school front over the week-end, Washington, O Technical and Cathedral emerged unscatched while Broad Ripple

and Manual met defeat. Bayne Freeman's Tech

to win going away, 34 to 22. Newcastle led, 22 to 20, but failed Hickey, Holland;-Richards, for the Green and White. The Washington Continentals

Beech Grove, held a 17+to-5 margin at the half and finally polished off their opponents, 36 to 14. Learkemp and Carter looked good for

Washington.

- Joe Dienhart’s Cathedral quintet. went North to Fort Wayne and found that Central Catholic had little to offer in the way of an offense or defense, smothering the Fort Wayne aggregation under a 38-to-18

count.

Broad Ripple fell short at the foul line in its tilt with Center Grove and came off second best, 36 to 25. The victors outscored the Rockets 10-to-1 from the free throw standpoint and bagged one more

field goal. © Greenfield and Manual. were

in the regularly allotted time and went into and overtime before the Tigers downed Coach Oral Bridgford’s Redskins, 37 to 36. Rhue hit

a field goal and a free throw put

for Manual to put the Redskins only one point behind but Robinson missed a free throw that would have tied the score again.

Herber Passes Green Bay Eleven to Pro Grid Title

BY STUART CAMERON . United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—The Green Bay Packers, the big team rrom the little Wisconsin town, ruled the professional football world again today. Champions of the ‘National Professional League from 1929 through 1931, the Packers reascended the throne yesterday with a 21-6 victory over the ‘Boston Red Skins in the annual East-West playofl. It was Arnold Herber, a 26-year-old halfback who grew up in Green Bay, who led the Packers to their first championship since the playoff system was inaugurated in 1932. The victory put the West ahead, three to one, in these series. In 19832, Chicago won. In 1933, it was New York and last year Detorit triumphed. The New York Giants represented the East in those previous series. Huge Throng Present A nonpartisan crowd of 29,543 as‘sembled in the Polo Grounds, saw Herber’'s bullet passes crack the sturdy Boston defense wide. open with touchdown heaves in the first and third periodg. Boston, which chose to play the game in New York because of poor support in its home town, stopped the Green Bay running attack. It held the Packers to 67 yards on the ground—but made only 53 itself. Stopped in the battle of lines; the Packers took to the air, and against Herber’s passes Boston was hlepless. The Packers made 153 yards on nine completed passes out of 23.

Rochester Winner Of WPA Grid Meet

Rochester, with a total of 3082 points, has been declared winner of the recent state WPA football meet, officials of the recreational division of the organization: announced tcday. South Bend, with 2718 points, and ¢

Indianapolis was

place-kicking and | passing. The events were held in 50

The Backsoagn

‘ : By John W. Thompson

quintet applied the pressure ia he enn its North Central conference engagement ewcastleTumis: of At the beginning of the last period

Held and Bohn played the entire game.

{50 to 37 in 53 innings. » 5

C. Carlson of the

only thing satisfying to the was the band of 50 pieces,

Carlson’s team has taken a couple

Garcia, center; Joseph Fable and

very hot, the Bulldogs

good set of ‘basketball players

” ” n are to tackle Everett Dean's Hoo-

Ohio, 43-13, Saturday and 60-46. Ken Gunning, I. U. eg injury. Bob Etnire tallied 13 In another Hoosier college tilt Valparaiso.

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to register any points thereafter.

jumped into an early lead against

unable to decide their argument

Greenfield ahead. Zick connected

Boston completed seven -out of 27 for 91 yards. } Herber, a stocky, curly-haired player, threw 14 passes and six of them clicked for 129 yards. Early in the first period he whizzed a 44-

yard heave to: Don Hutson, Alabama’s 1935 Rose Bowl hero, for Green Bay's first touchdown. A few minutes later, Boston marched 95 yards to iis lone score, with Pug = Rentner, former allAmerican’ player from Northwestern, coing most of the work and climaxing the drive by scoring from: the 1-yard line on the first play of the second period. Green Bay took the third period kickoff and marched 91 yards to a score with Herber passes accounting ior 73 yards. e The third touchdown came in the {ina] period after Lon Evans, Packer g , broke through and blocked Riley Smith's attempted punt deep in his own terri . The gate receipts were $33,471. It was estimated each winning player received about $250 and the lusers about $180 each.

Cue Playoff Won By Welker Cochran

Times Special CHICAGO, Dec. 14—Winning the world three-cushion billiard crown > becqming a practice with Welker Cc of San Francisco. He is king for the third time in' four

years. : The West Coast cue artist won

tournament here after g the event into a three-way tie by winning two games last Friday. In the playoff Kinrey Matsuyama of Japan defeated Tiff Denton: of Kansas City, 50 to 33, Saturday aftDenton Saturday night, 50 to 27. Cochran and Matsuyama clashed for the crown ard the extended until early ye with the former

Bowler Sets

the playoff and title in the 1936.|

then | play winning, with a run of five after re- | -

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New Mark in Tourney Play

Louisville Ace Totals 761 in Central States Meet , At Pritchett’s. ¥

.BY BERNARD HARMON

Another all-time record had been established today in’ the Central

progress at thé Pritchett Alleys. Tom Owens, Louisville star, having posted a 761 for the new mark that gave him first place in the singles event. : The Kentucky pastimer went on tnird games, turning in. brilliant biped with his 193 opener, gave him {he new record, which is four pins better than the former mark poste ed by E. Blackwell of Chicago in 1928. : Tommy Zavakos, Richmond star, totaled 684 in his three games, landing in fifth place. Three local pin-

and Dan Abbott, who held the one-two-three positions after last week’s sessions, dropped to second, third and fourth. ;

Groffs Gain Third Place

Michelob of Chicago, which took over first place in. the five-men event last week with a record breaking 3254 total, clung to the top spot in the five-man event. Max Groff Insurance of Cleveland, was the only quintet among yesterday’s in-

vaders to land in the first five. Games of 1008, 1057 and 1087 gave them a 3152 and third place. Three changes in the two-man event standings resulted from the week-end assaults -on. the maples. Bill Flynn and ‘Stan ‘Rada, Cleveland due, combined totals of 748 and 618 for a 1366 to take second place; Omar Herrpich and Joe Schribner of Detroit used 681 and 674 for a 1355, that was good for third, and Howard Navarre and Bill Bendich, a Toledo pair, totaled 1344 through series of 724 and 620, which was good for fourth.

Locals Retain Lead

Flynn used games of 255, 269 and 224 for his big series, while 244, 269 and 211 gained Navarre his 724. Jess Pritchett and John Fehr, Indianapolis entrafits, continue to hold first place. : brought two’ changes in the allevents standings, Owens taking third and Zavakos, fifth. In addition to his 761 series, Owens totaled 666 in his five-man appearance and 587 in the doubles for a 2014. Zavakos added series of 662 and 642 to his 684 for a 1988 that give him fifth in the all-events, } The lone change in-the standings of the teams in the booster event came on the final shift last night, Liberty Cabs of Dayton posting a 2880 that was good for second place. Thirty-nine of the 96 entrants in the annual Pot-0-Gold tournament at the Hotel Altijers rolled their games over the week-end.. The event opened Saturday noon and is to be Sonsitien next Saturday and Sunay. 3137 by Tin Shop Aggregations with big handicaps made up the five leaders of the opening sessions, Tin Shop of the Big Four Railroad loop taking first place through a 3137, with the aid of 511 “charity” pins. A 655 handicap gave Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance a 3095 and second place; Grinders of the Schwitzer Cummins circuit took third with 3079, that included a 482 handicap; Triangle Bowling Shirts were fourth with 3060, 340 pins being their handicap, and Irvington Post, American Legion of the Elks League, was fifth through a 3055 and the aid of 516 gift pins. ,

Doubles Handicap

The St. Cecelia Club alleys are to hold a pre-holiday doubles handicap tournament next Sunday. It will be a 400-scratch affair and all bowlers of the city are invited to participate. Entry fee, including bowling; is $1 a person. © Information regarding the South Side event may be obtained from Art Beck at Riley 5481, before 6, or Drexel 2374-R after 6. Squads are scheduled at 2, 4, 6 and 8 o'clock and cash prizes, along with a turkey award for high single game, are to be distributed to the winners. The alleys are located at 1502 Union-st.

BOWLINGRAMS—Chuck Markey got credit for one 600 he didn’t roll. It was his brother Joe that posted the 613 in the St. Philip No. 2 and

nent Windy City kegeler 'w been averaging 600 in every - loop series prior to games of 137, 144

job of pinch-hitting with the basols, And Herman Deu

States Bowling tournament in| I

a_striking spree in his second and |. counts of 289 and 279, which, com~|

men, Paul Stemm, Chuck Markey |

~The attacks of the visiting stars |

Keeping

There still are “racqueteers” in Medical Association.

Tommy is engaged in the “racquet”

half cousin to the pumpkin. ~ But for the modern sport fan, squash or squash racquets, as it is technically known, is a ‘most interesting- and demanding form of athletic competition. Squash is more or less handball intensified. The players use racquets instead of their hands; the ball is smaller and less lively. But it is played on a hardwood court walled in on all sides and the -circumstances and requirements are similar,

Tommy Among First Mr. Hendricks was one of the early devotees of the sport here. He studied the game carefully,

mastered the angles and rapidly rose to the top as a player. Today he is still an expert, but has given up match play in tournaments. “Squash is the answer to a business man’s prayer for recreation after a busy day in the office,” Tommy will tell you. a “The game is to handball what contract .is to bridge. It’s been stepped up and demands terrific action. However, the courts are smaller and since the players use racquets

intensive leg action of handball. “This is one of the reasons it appeals to former athletes and business men over 40. Many athletes suffered knee injuries in their college and high school days and squash provides a form of competition which they can continue late in life without placing too much strain upon their legs and knees. “The game doesn’t call for the intensive works of handball but your reactions are much quicker. It’s a

nis or 36 holes of golf and is an excellent medium of relaxation for a’ fellow whq has been active in early life and later is chained to a desk by business demands.” = [ here at the

Squash first ap Indianapolis Athletic Club, during the winter of 1924-25. Charles R. (Skeets) Weiss brought the game home with him from Philadelphia,

where he had been one of the lead- i

the Germantown |

{Squash Is Coming P s ime, Predicts Local ‘Racqueteer”.

there is less requirement for the |

better workout than two sets of ten- |

time,

Tommy . .. Cuts a fast one.

Indianapolis. One of the foremost

of them is genial Tommy Hendricks, secretary of the Indiana State But the Hendricks “Tommy-gun” isn’t carried in a violin case, for

of squash.

Now, most of us would tend to agree with Mr. Webster, that the word squash is “the fruit of any or several species of Cucurbita.” Sort of a

’ peated in 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932 and

again in 1934. . Among the first followers of the sport were Hendricks, John Kittle, Fred Appel, Bob Rhoades, Don Hawkins, Pete Frenzel, and Russ Johnson. Later, Al Feeney, Egbert Driseoll, Bert Coffin, Paul Hawkins, Charles Greathouse, John Hare, Jimmy Frenzel, Tom and Conrad Ruckelshaus, Tate Agertes and Johnny Henne cast over the handball and tennis traces and became converts of the game. Teeney Directs Activities Ned Teeney, athletic director of the I. A. C., and Jack Rogers, tennis pro at Woodstock Country Club, directs the squash activities at the club.

each Thursday include Bill Krieg, Mark Pangborn, J. D. Wright, Henry Langsenkamp, Ray Katzenberger, and Lawrence Wingerter. Some of the other players are George Newton, Stanley Shipnes, Horace Storer, William Walker, Nate Davis, and Dr. John Geller. The I. A.C. first developed squash to a high point in Indiana and later taught undergraduates rand faculty members at Purdue. Today the Boilermaker teams hold the Big Ten conference title in the sport. Rockne Liked Game

years at Notre Dame. Rockne thought highly of the sport and insisted his players participate during the winter to develop their footwork. Rock’s speedy shift required skilled footwork and he recommended squash as an excellent training

follower of the game. . The game attracted such notables here as Bill Burwell, former pitcher

mer a fy director at Butler and now coach of the Detroit Lions, pro football eleven, and Harry Pritchard, president of the Indianapolis Power and. Light Co., who last year Was runner-up in the Union League squash tourney at Chicago.

Benefit Matches

Captains of the teams which play

The game has been played for

measure. Rock also was an ardent |

for the Indians; Potsy Clark, for-|

to eight games.

Other victims of Coach Paul cennes, Washington, Martinsville,

At Armory Friday

A benefit amateur boxing show sponsored by Post No. 59 of the American Legion will be held at the Armory Friday night with the proceeds from the program going into the post's Christmas fund. A four: round main go and six three-round

prelim bouts, which are now in the making, will be presented. Roy Wallace, serving as matchmaker, is seeking some of the winners in the Marion County mitt tourney for the card. Two matches have been arranged thus far. George Malad, Brightwood A. C, who won the 126-pound Marion County novice title, will meet Wayne Allee, Coatsville puncher, in a threerounder. Harry Brown, Beech Grove middlewieght, is scheduled to face Lloyd Simmons, Boyce A. C. mauler, in another three-rounder. Tickets for the show may be obtained at the ‘Wallace-Monaghan gymnasium, 218 Board of Trade Building.

M orton, Delphi on Deaf School Chart

The Deaf School hardwood quintet is scheduled to see action twice this week, meeting Morton Memorial of Richmond here Wednesday and playing the Delphi High School five at Rockfield Thursday. : Led by-Ayres, Chapman and Hendrix, the Silent Hoosiers dropped a 25-t0-24 game with Warren High at Warren last Saturday. The games this week are to be the last

for the Deaf School aggregation until after Christmas. |

Fast Pace

Stone Cutters to Defend Record of Eight Net Victories at Mitchell Friday Night; State ( Sixth Victory Against: Lebanon.

shamps to Seek

By United Press |

Bedford took -its place among the early season favorites in Indiana high school basketball competition today after boosting its winning streak

The Stone Cutters will defend their record Friday night at Mitchell, a team which Bedford defested earlier in the season, 35 to 19.

utter’s cagers include Salem, Vine ph, our and Bloomington, Meanwhile, Frankfort, defending state champion, maintained its strength as an early season favorite by snapping Logansport’s winning streak with a 22-t0-20 victory. It

‘was Frankfort’s fifth victory and

was the first defeat in seven games for the Berries.

Play at Lebanon

Ct Everett Case’s state chame pions will seek another victory toe morrow | night when they invade Lebano Crawfordsville will play at Clinton and Connersville will invade Muncie (Wednesday night for other mid-week games. Amo games scheduled Friday night are Technical at Frankfort, Cathedral at Greencastle, Conners= ville at Rushville, Bosse (Evansville) at Bloomington, Hammond at Craw= fordsville, Wabash at Elwood, Franklin at Seymour, Jeffersonville at Washington, Lafayette at Kokomo, Tipton at Lebanon, Muncie at Logansport, Anderson at Marion, Martinsville at Columbus, New Albany at Vincennes, Richmond at New Castle, Central (South Bend) at Noblesville,

Columbus at Tech

Contests Saturday night will include Anderson at Shelbyville and Central (South Bend) at Tipton, Columbus at Technical. : Frankfort and Technical are une beaten in the North Central Cone ference and their conflict is expect~ ed to-attract unusual interest. Results of Saturday night games include: LaPorte 28, Froebel (Gary) 22; Martinsville 30, Southport 18; Warsaw 46, Mentone 22; Greencastle 27, Wiley (Terre Haute) 20.

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