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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 186, 1936

weighs 225. Manager Grimm.

Hartnett Adds Weight

Catcher Hartnett of the Chicago

Cubs, ordinarily a 195-pounder, now It's another problem for

Wo MATTHEWS, the former Indianapolis center fielder who will join the St. Louis Cardinal orgsnization Jan. 1, has taken a long step and appears destined to become a “big name” in baseball as an executive. . . When Wid left the Indians he took up high school coaching and then entered the grocery and farm implement business. . . Last year he served as business manager of the Caruthersville (Mo.) ball club, a Class D organization, won the pennant and helped his circuit close out a successful season. Matthews’ success story reached the big leagues and in one hop he landed in the Cardinal chain , . . Watch him climb. . . Branch Rickey, the genius of the chain, seldom makes a mistake in his appointments. on un n =n = » John P, (Jack) Corbett, president of the Syracuse Internationals, used to play semi-pro ball in the Hoosier State. . . . Which may explain why Barney (Mike) Kelly of Indianapolis is manager of the Syracuse Chiefs. n = n = = = Two Hoosier basketball products are on the University of Cincinnati squad. . . They are Howard Brown of Greenfield and Herbert List of Whiteland. . . . The Bearcats are on Butler's schedule and will play in Indianapolis on Jan. 30. ... Last season Cincy finished in a tie with Ohio Wes-

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TE U. S. Tires Athletic Association, which sponsors the local Tires professional basketball team in the Midwest League, is going for sports in a large way. . . . The firm also has an amateur basketball four-team league of its own, playing at Pennsy gym on Friday nights. And there is an U. S. Tires girls’ five which plays prelim games to the bovs’ matches. . . . E. M. Cushing is personnel director and Lefty Evans is manager of the pro netters. . .. The plant participates in baseball and softball during the summer. . . . The nine is piloted by William Jensen and the softballers by Rex Behrens. . . . Another recreation for employes is bowling with 12 teams. . . . Fourteen hundred season tickets, good for all sports, were sold, proving the popularity of the heavy sports program. » ”n » = n n V ARREN GILES, new vice president and general manager of the Cincinnati Reds, again joins Charlie Dressen, the Redlegs’ pilot, whom Giles sold to St. Paul from Moline in 1920. . . . Moline yas Giles’ first venture in baseball and Dressen was his star third sacker. . . . Giles’ next appearance was at St. Joseph of the Western League and it was from that club that the St. Louis Cardinals obtained him for their “chain” . . . Then to Syracuse, Rochester, to the vice presidency of the International League and then to the presidency. ... After which he succeeded Larry MacPhail at Cincinnati. ... He is a native of Tiskilwa. Tl. and entered baseball in an unusual manner. . . . He joined a baseball boosters association at Moline and offered so many suggestions that the citizens named him president of the club. n un ” #" u 5 ILL CISSEL. veteran infielder drafted this fall by the Philadelphia Americans from Baltimore, will be grecting old friends when he swings around with the Athletics in 1937. . . . He is a former member of the Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox. _ The White Sox paid heavy sugar for Cissel in 1927, amounting to $75.000 in cash and players valued at $48.000. . . . He is a former soldier and was signed out of the army by Portland of the Coast League. . « « And now is doing a big league comback at 33.

" u » ~OLDIE F. was a juvenile sensation of the Florida racing season ¥ last winter and is being groomed for the $20,000 Flamingo Stakes, the event which has supplanted tie Florida Derby. . . . She was purchased for $150 as a yearling and has taken down winnings amounting to more than $17,000. . . . ! According to the trainer of Goldie F. she is unlike the average horse and prefers onions to sugar Jumps as a palate tickler. .. . But take that yarn with a grain of salt. . .. Florida press agents have to make a showing. " u n Free tip to basketball scouts: Joe Kassel of the Harrison Park Bul{ots. Chicago, tallied 87 points in one game the other night. ... Forty~ oals and three charity tosses. u t n 5 n ” New York is agog over the visit of the Indiana University quintet there Saturday to play Manhattan. . . . The big town sports goers are eager to get a look at Fred (Reach) Fechtman, the Hoosiers’ 6-foot 8-inch center from Indianapolis.

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P. B. Williamson Chooses His All-America Teams

BY P. B. WILLIAMSON NEW ORLEANS. La., Dec. 16.—From 253 selected colleges representne everv section of the country and every type of college, we have elected our All-America football teams for the season just ended. wo they are Or Here Wiey are, “To the colleges used to determine the | Williamson selections, 62 were in the

FIRST TEAM END—Kelley (Yale), END—Tinsley (L. 8. TU). TACKLE—Widseth (Minn.). TACKLE—Kinard (Ole Miss). GUARD—Routt (Texas Aggs). GUARD-—Starcewich (Wash.). CENTER—Glilbert (Auburn). QUARTERBACK —Baugh (T. C. U.). HALFBACK~—Parker (Duke). HALFBACK~=Buivid (Marquette). FULLBACK—Francis (Nebraska), SECOND TEAM END-—Bershak (N. Car.). END—Benton (Arkansas). TACKLE—Toll (Princeton), TACKLE—Daniel (Pitt). GUARD—White (Ala. U.. GUARD—F¥Franco (Fordham). CENTER—Basrak (Duquesne). QUARTERBACK—Riley (Ala. UU). HALFBACK—Goddard (Wash, St). HALFBACK—Uram (Minn.), FULLBACK—Frank (Yale). THIRD TEAM

END—Wendt (Ohio St). END-—Roach (T. C. U.). TACKLE—Young (Texas Aggs). TACKLE—Mike (W. Va. Wes.). GUARD-—Bassi (S. Clara). GUARD-—Farley (V. M. 1). CENTER—Wojciehowicz (Ford). QUARTERBACK~—Falaschi (8S. Clara), HALFBACK-—Guckeyson (Md. U.). HALFBACK —Schoen (Bald. Wal). FULLBACK—Karamatic (Gonzaga). Among the shock troops for this squad were Vern Huffman, Indiana Al Wilke, Notre Dame. en by balancing our choices with those of every established writer in every section of the country, counting off in cases of obvious sectional yen, we found ] team agreed with our first team. We discovered the following substitutions which the country's selectors would | have made in our second team:

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ENDS—Daddio (Pitt.); Wendt (Ohio §.). | County mitt championships, which they won last Friday night, have | been placed on the American Legion

TACKLE-—~Hamrick (Ohio 8.), GUARD-—Reid (N. WW, U CENTER—Herwig (Cal) QUARTERBACK—Falaschi (Santa Clara). FULLBACK—Karamatic (Gonzaga), The “balanced” team, including our selections and choices by | others from all over the country, | would include a third team entire- | ly different from the one picked by | the Williamson System alone, It would be made up of: ENDS-—Benton (Ark.) and Bershak (N. Car.). TACKIES~—Brunansky (Princeton). GUARDS-—Glassford (Pitt.) and Franco (Fordham), CENTER-Basrak (Duquesne). QUARTERBACK —Riley (Ala), HALFBACK—Meyer (Army). HALFBACK Isbell (Purdue), FULLBACK—Elder Kas. 8.). In the honorable mention list on this “all-All-America,” which list contained some 250 players, were Huffman and Liv n of Indiana; Lautar and Notre Dame,

(Duke) and Toll

Quakers Prepare

| and Evansville College.

| morrow night Coach Huntsman will | probably start Lawrence Leland and

| Bull, 6 foot 8 inch center, and Mike | Land and Floyd Peters, guards.

perfectly |

Midwest, 48 in the East, 37 in the Southwest, 36 in the South, 36 in the far West and 34 in the south

Atlantic coast. (Copyright, 1936, by United Syndicate, Inc.)

Feature

For Two Clashes

Times Special RICHMOND, Ind, Dec. 16— Coach J. Owen Huntsman drilled his Earlham College basketball squad long and hard this week in preparation for the clashes with two undefeated members of the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference, De Pauw

In the game at Greencastle to-

Wilbur Hardin, forwards, with Glen

Howard Walker, senior letter man, will replace Hardin in the

| starting line-up at Evansville to en- |

able the Quakers to match the height of the Purple Aces. squad will stay overnight at Terre | Haute, and proceed to Evansville | Friday morning.

County Champions On Boxing Card

Two boxers who hold Marion

amateur program to be held at the Armory Friday night. Post No. 56 is sponsoring the show and proceeds will be placed in its Christmas fund. Two four-round feature scraps will head the card. Harry Brown, Beech Grove middleweight, will meet Lloyd Simmons, Boyce A. C., in one main go and Matchmaker Roy Wallace is seeking a strong opponent for Johnny Krukemeier, well-known

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High School Coaches Push TB heir Teams

Shortridge and Cathedral Tilts Rank High in | Interest Here. |

THE WEEK'S PROGRAM FRIDAY Technical at Frankfort. Shelbyville at Shortridge. Cathedral at Greencastle. Broad Ripple at Washington, Warren Central at Manual. SATURDAY Columbus at Technical, Washington at Ben Davis, Manual at St. Paul. Decatur Central at Broad Ripple.

| The outstanding game on the high | school basketball week-end chart is | the Technical - Frankfort engagement at Frankfort Friday night. | Nine games in all are scheduled | on the week-end program which is | to be the last concerted round eof | RCtVitY for local prep squads until after the holidays. Both Undefeated

In the Tech-Frankfort tilt, both | teams are unbeaten and are shooting for honors in the North Central | Conference. Coach Everett Case's Hot Dogs, defending state cham- | pions, have vanquished five oppon- | ents this season. The Tech five has | defeated Kokomo and Newcastle. | Tech plays Columbus here Satur- | day. Shortridge, undefeated in four i entertains Shelbyville Fri- |

day night in the last contest for the Blue Devils until Jan. 1. Last season the Golden Bears defeated Shortridge, 21 to 16. Two For Manual Manual Redskins, handicapped by [the loss of John Hansing, regular | guard, who was forced out of action by sinus trouble, are to face two opponents, Coach Bridgford’s netters entertain Warren Central Friday night and play at St. Paul Saturday. Washington and Broad Ripple meet at the Continentals’ gym Friday and then swing into action | against other foes Saturday. Coach | R. H. Jones’ West Side outfit plays [at Ben Davis and Broad Ripple is | host to Decatur Central. | After losing to Franklin last night Cathedral will journey to Greencastle on Friday for a game with the Trojans. Greencastle defeated Wiley (Terre Haute) 27 to 20 last Saturday. .

Conference Standings Listed

Members of six Indiana high school basketball conferences are preparing for a burst of activity this week-end before the holiday lull sets in.

Despite the early date, some of the league outfits are shaping up as formidable teams. At present the leaders include:

North Central Conference — Frankfort, unbeaten in three games, Richmond and Technical, each undefeated in two loop games. Northern Indiana Conference — Western Division: Emerson and Froebel of Gary, unbeaten in two contests; Eastern Division: Only one league game played, Mishawaka winning from Goshen. Northwestern Indiana Conference —Central and South Side of Fort Wayne, each undefeated in two games, Southern Indiana Athletic Conference—Vincennes and Reitz and Central of Evansville share the lead with two victories each. Central Indiana Conference—Wabash at the top, with three games and Tipton and Rochester undefeated in two engagements. South Central Conference—Martinsville with four victories holds first place.

High School Basketball

Franklin, 26; Cathedral, 23. Frankfort, 40; Lebanon, 17. Paoli, 37; West Baden, 33. Froebel (Gary); 37; Horace Mann (Gary), 34. Brookville, 27; Everton, 17.

COLLEGES

Beloit, 46; Armour Tech. 34. Columbia, 36; Fordham, 28. Loyola, 44; Kansas State, 32. Battle Creek, 41; Assumption (Windsor, Ont.), 34. Hope, 43; Ferris Institute, 33. Fenn (Cleveland), 40; Allegheny, 32. Hillsdale, 33; Adrian, 23. Kentucky, 34; Xavier. 28, Ohio Northern, 46; Heidelberg, 29. Southeast Missouri, 48; Illinois Col-

Marshall, 82; (Tenn.), 2°. Creighton, 31: South Dakota, 27, Denver, 31; Simpson, 26, Macalester, 41; Mankato Teachers, 25. River Falls (Wis.), 54; St. Olaf, 40. Nebraska B, 39; Dana, 27. Moorhead Teachers, 24; (Minn.), 17. De Paul, 27; Hamline (Minn.), 25. Western Union, 84; Buena Vista, 31. Kalamazoo, 30; Grand Rapids Junior College, 25. Centre, 35; Louisville, 32. Central Michigan Teachers, 39; Alma, 23,

CARDS GET ANDREWS Times Special ST. LOUIS, Dec. 16. — Pitcher Nathan Andrews, 23, a right-hander, has been obtained by the St. Louis Cardinals from Sacramento, it was announced last night. Pitcher Henry Pippen was released to the Coast League club in the deal. Sacramento is a Cardinal “farm” team.

DEAF SCHOOL TO PLAY The State Deaf School basket-

Lincoln Memorial

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Chevrolet body plant mauler, for the | pall team is scheduled to op

other feature tilt.

Morton Memorial High School of

Frank Perry, Marion County! Richmond here tonight.

heavyweight champion, has been | signed to meet Dave Ulrey, Indiana University sophomore, in one of the three-round supporting bouts. George Malad, Brightwood A. C., rugged county novice featherweight title holder, is pitted against Wayne Allee, Coatsville, in another three- » LIV 3

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Lefty Repeats

By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—For the | second consecutive year Robert | Moses Grove (above), lanky Boston Red Sox left-hander, was the most

effective pitcher in the American League, according to official 1936 averages released today. Pitching with a sixth-place team, Grove, in 35 games, had an earned run average of 2.81 per game—the only pitcher on the circuit to better the three-run mark. His 1936 performance marked the seventh time in 12 seasons he has been under the three-run level and the seventh time he has led the league. Grove pitched 253 innings, won 17 games, lost 12, yielded 237 hits to 963 pers, struck out 130 and walked 5, Young Bob Feller of ‘Cleveland, the 18-year-old star, was the second most effective man in the league. He pitched only 62 innings, working in 14 games, but had an earned run average of 3.34. He won five and lost two, and fanned 76 of 227 batters who faced him.

Southport Matmen To Oppose Bedford

Southport High School's wrestling squad will open its 1936-37 season tomorrow night against Bedford High School at Southport. Members of the Cardinal squad include Warmen, Livingston, Richards, R. Warmen, Davidson, Addington, Lieske, McCarty, Walters, Robbins, Niedenthal, McBeth, Wilson, Bavender, Guy, Garrison, Higgins, Miller, Marback, Harrell, Long, Roquet, Zavella and Oliphant.

OUTPOINTS FOE By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Eddie Car=roll, 145, Ottawa, outpointed Teddy Lodger, 145, New York, in an eight-

round boxing match here last night.

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Pittsburgh Is Ready For Rose Bowl Trip

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. | PITTSBURGH, Dec. 16. — The 2 4 Quintets | Pittsburgh Panthers will start their { fourth journey to the Rose Bowl me esnensc— | football game at Pasadena, Cal,

at 7 p. m. tonight after a week of indoor drills in Hunt Armory.

The squad of 34 players and three coaches will arrive in California in time for 10 days of drills in the California climate before meeting

He Huskies of Washington University.

Strong Teams to Compete at Dearborn; Entries Still Open. Twenty-four teams have entered

the Central States independent holiday basketball tournament to be

Franklin Five |=

Times Special

Downs Irish

‘Cathedral Loses, 26 to 23, Despite Closing Rally.

FRANKLIN, Ind, Dec. 16.—De- Bougind f. w spite a fourth-quarter rally which | Andere c 0 once brought them within one point : of their opponents, Cathedral High | Walters . School’s Irish netters were defeated, | VanDvrg.. 0 26 to 23, by Franklin last night. 2 7 The Indianapolis team trailed 17 to 6 at the half and at the end of | x RGoree — Dale Miller. Umpire —

lead to a single point.

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Totals . 10 Score at half—Franklin, 17; Cathedral

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the third period were behind, 24 In the fourth quarter, Berni Broderick and Tom L. Griffin led | Cathedral rally which soon place the Irish only three points behind Bob Fitzgerald, Cathedral forward scored from midcourt, cutting th Walter Franklin front man, followed wit a goal from the side, however, end the rally. The summary: Cathedral (2m rr

FRANKFORT-TECH GAME HOLDS SPOTLIGHT Holiday Net

played at the Dearborn Hotel gym. Action is to begin next Monday night. There are openings for several more quintets. Entries are to close at midnight tomorrow. It is the eighth annual event at the Dearborn court and many of the fastest fives in the city will participate. Entry list to date includes Prest-O-Lite, Eastman Cleaners, Chevrolet Truckers, Sinclair Oilers, Lawrence Trojans, Crown Products, Rockwood Manufacturing Co., Link Belt Dodge, Wayne Park Garage, Hibben-Hollweg, Fashion Cleaners, Link Belt Ewart, National Malleable, Falls City, Armour & Co. and English Avenue Boys’ Club. Managers of other teams desiring to enter are requested to call Harold Englehardt or Bob Stehlin, Cherry 7550, between 5 and 8 p. m,

The Eastman Cleaners five have won 11 out of 14 games this season. The latest victory was scored over the Jones Studio team, 39 to 24, at the Dearborn gym this week. The win places Eastman’s in second place in the Commercial league with four wins and one loss. For games with the Cleaners’ team call Ch. 2056-J or write Earl Stevens, 2217 E. 12th-st. Standings at the end of the first round of play in the Merchants

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