Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1937 — Page 8
By Eddie Ash BREAKS SWING AGAINST TURNER
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AS HOOSIER FRIENDS LOOK ON
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Burleigh Grimes felt so good the day he signed his new Dodger contract
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1937
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that he pitched 14 minutes in batting
HREE former members of the Indianapolis baseball
club now wearing the big league livery of the Boston
Nationals tried to come through for Hoosier admirers in ‘Cincinnati yetiostey buit the tables were turned when the Redlegs got the breaks, . .. In the second half of a doubleheader at Crosley Field, Jim Turner and Johnny Riddle formed the battery for the Beantown Bees ‘and Rabbit Warstler played the shortfield. : Jim is a 1936 Tribe graduate, Johnny advanced only recently, while Warstler reached the majors in 1930 after a period of schooling with the Indians. . . . Incidentally, the Rabbit was the first rookie to report to a big league club by plane. . . . The Red Sox bought him in 1930 and he also saw service with the Athletics before the Bees landed him. / 2 f- 2 # # = OST important to the Hoosier travelérs to Cincinnati, however, was Turner's effort to chalk up his 19th mound victory in his first season in fast company. . .. But the eighth inning brought his downfall. . . . His mates were unable to solve Gene Schott and it was a scoreless contest until fortune swung to Cincy. . . . Kiki Cuyler drew a walk after one out and Ival Goodman lined a solid hit to center. . . . Bob Reis, a reformed” pitcher, misjudged the drive and the ball hopped away as he tried for a low catch. "The sphere rolled to the fence for a home run, and that’s the way the game ended, 2-0, Cincinnati, as Schott held the weak-batting Bees to three safeties.
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T was. Johnny Riddle’s first time in harness for Bill McKechnie’s fifth-placers and he held up Turner in fine fashion. . .. One Redleg who tried to steal was nabbed by Riddle’s accurate throw and the exIndian also erased a batter at first after making a good play on a ball in front of the plate. . .. Johnny fell under the spell of Schott’s pitching and failed to find a safe spot with his war club. . . . Warstler accepted eight in nine chances in the 2-0 game. = ” ” Gilbert English, Boston third baseman, and Tony Cuccinello, second sacker, are former American Association pastimers, from Toledo and Columbus, respectively. .. . Others from the A. A. with the Bees are Pitchers Lou Fette and Ira Hutchinson, both St. Paul graduates. . . . Tommy Thevenow, utility infielder, is a Madison, Ind. product, and Manager McKechnie’s Hoosier connections date back to 1914 when he held down third base for the Indianapolis Federal Leaguers. ” ” ”
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IM TURNER attributes his success in his freshman year on the big J line to careful pitching, control, sound physical condition and the strong defense supplied by the Bees. . . . Just at present, Vincent DiMaggio, regular center fielder, is on the injured list and his absence weakens that one spot. . . . Jim still flashes that wide smile of his Indianapolis days and doesn’t blush when the league sports scribes dub him “Old Man”. . .. “I'm still a rookie, you know,” Jim said yesterday, “and they can’t get around it despite my age. It's my first year here and I like it So well maybe I'll take a post-graduate course, Anyway, I think a freshman letter is in the bag for me.”
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ROSLEY ‘FIELD resembled a spring training camp yesterday. . ... won by ina 7-6. . . . “FParmhands” from the minors are coming in
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The Reds had 37 players in uniform and used 21 in the first game, and the Cincinnati management is providing them with fall tryouts. . . . Deel Moore, catcher from Syracuse now with the Cincy club, was the property bf Indianapolis when the Indians trained at Mayfield, Ky., in 1935. . Frank McCormick, young first sacker, collected seven
hits for the Reds in the Sunday double-header, four in the lid-lifter and three off 'Turner’s slants.
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URNING in a 72-hole card of 298, Ed Eaton took the Hillcrest Club championship, medal play for which was concluded over the weekend. Eaton, who led throughout the tournament, had rounds of =
73-74-74-11. YW Lou Bola’s 74-74-74-80 gave him a 302 score and second place in the tournament. Behind him in third postion was Ray Robertson who shot 78-176-73-80 for 307. 8 = = At Meridian| Hills Ben Cohee became the 1937 champ, winning from "C. L Sturgeon in the 36-hole final match by a 7 and 6 margin. The two had won thier way to the finals by beating William Williams and Cecil Lykins in the“semifinals.
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The final event of the Women’s Golf Association’s interclub competition was to be played today at the Indianapolis Country Club. Meridian Hills was to oppose a Country Club - Woodstock combine while Highland was playing Hillcrest with
Baseball at a Glance
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o— Pleasant Run matching strokes with Broadmoor. ” ” ” The announcement that Dorothy Ellis, Indiana women’s golf champ, is entered in the national women’s tournament at the Memphis, Tenn, Country Club Oct. 4 to 9, gives her Indianapolis friends something to be proud of.. Miss Ellis is popular and a brilliant golfer. ” n ” Indiana’s Kiwanis Clubs were to hold their annual state championship at Ft. Wayne today while the weekly pro-amateur was being conducted at Martinsville.
Yesterday’s Results
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RICHMOND, Ind. Sept.20 (U.P), —The Indiana Sterlings defeated the Richmond Kautskys in the first game of the Indiana-Ohio League championship |series. The score was 4-1. Lefty Kertis set the Richmond nine down with four safeties while Sterling batsmen hopped on Johnny Twigg for nine hits, including two triples and a double. Score; aie i Stepney nn DH Bm RY
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Army’s hopes for a tricky offense will fall on the able shoulders of Jim Craig, versatile halfback, who is expected to be one of the chief cogs in the Cadets’ overhead game during the forthcoming
ACROBATICS BIG
The high ones are not so difficult for Jud Callaghan, California wingman, who is on the receiving end of many a Bruin aerial.
GRIDDERS
The power put into his kick carries Joseph Woitkoski, star Fordham University punter, right off the ground. as the Ram backfield candidate limbers up his good right leg for the New Yorkers’ 1937 campaign, which opens Oct. 2 against Franklin and Marshall.
They call Jimmy Coffis, Stane ford halfback, a quadruple threat, He runs, kicks, passes, and hauls ’em in, too.
United Press Sta (Copyright, 1937,
COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 20.—It’s
fensive that thrilled the Big Ten for
not being hailed along High St. as
Razzle Dazzle Doomed at Ohio State, Schmidt Hints
Present Crop of Backs Likes Hard, Straight Type of Football, Mentor Reveals.
(Fourth of a Series) By STEVE SNIDER
ff Correspondent by United Press)
a new kind of Ohio State football
team Ruddy Francis Schmidt labored over today—an underdog, lacking polish, and probably definitely through with the famed razzle dazzle of-
three seasons.
For the first time since Schmidt came out of the Southwest with his complicated system of forward and lateral passes, the Buckeyes were
the new scourge of the nation.
Their clever ball-handlers of last season—Tippy Dye, Johnny Bettridge and Frank Antenucci—all were gone and in their places was a new crop of hard running backs who love straight, hard foetball. “Our offense probably will be’ nothing fancy,” Schmidt said. “One thing we can be sure of, our running attack is stronger than usual and the whole team could be better than last season. 1 “We could be better and look worse. Everybody we play is tougher and that opener with Texas Christian puts us against an experienced team the very first game.”
14 Lettermen Back
Despite his graduation losses, Schmidt can start an experienced team from his 14 returning lettermen. Reserve strength is the big problem, although the ends vacated by Merle Wendt and Frank Cumiskey and quarterback, left open by
Dye’s graduation, are sore spots on the first eleven. The only help from a lean freshman team may be provided by Forrest Fordham, fullback; Frank Zadwarney, halfback, and Nick Rutkay, a guard. Fordham is the best of the lot and may spell the Buckeye’s sophomore find of a year ago, battering Johnny Rabb, at fullback. At the ends, Fred Crow, reserve and Charley Ream who shifted from tackle, ranked ghead of Wendell Lohr and Keith Bliss, two sophomores. Alex Schoenbaum and Carl Kaplanoff, veteran junior tackKles, Charley Gales, star of 1935 who was injured last season, and Joe Aleskus, a junior, give the Bucks two sets of good tackles.
Center of Line Strong
The guards and center also will be strong, indicating Ohio State’s offensive may be hurled into the line in the type of attack Northwestern used winning the championship last year. : Sol Maggied and Gust Zarnas, rtwo lettermen, likely will be the first pair of guards with sophomore Frank Clair and Warren Chrissinger battling for their chance. Chrissinger, letterman and senior, may be moved up before the season is under way. At center, Co-Capt. Ralph Wolf can match any pivot man in the conference. His understudy lies between Claude White, a sophomore, and Dick Wuellner, one of the brightest prospects a year ago. After the accidental death of Bill Booth, best all-round back on the squad, the backfield presented considerable difficulty before Schmidt decided to shift Co-Capt. Jim MecDonald from fullback to blocking quarter, Mike Kabealo from right
Nardi to right halfback. Rabb, now nursing a slight injury, will be the fullback. Lack Capable Punter
Those four appear to be the best the Buckeyes can muster although there isn’t a capable punter or passer among them. McDonald is much improved as a passer, but still is short of Big Ten standards. Kabealo is an excellent quick kicker and Howard Wedebrook, who can punt, but not much else, may be called upon when Ohio State is in trouble. Other backs include Fordham, hard-driving, twisting type of runner built’ along the lines of Rabb; Nick Wasylik, speedy runner and fair passer with some experience and John Simione, soph quarterback with an accurate passing arm.
Texas Christian at home and play Purdue, Southern California, Northwestern, Chicago, Indiana, Illinois and Michigan. Schmidt probably would be highly pleased with an even break in the first four games. Unless injuries knock chunks out of his first string, he will be favored over the last four.
O’Connor Slated To Face Wright
Rube Wright, 241, the New Yorker who has won his only three local starts, will face Irish Dan O’Connor, 222, Boston, in the semiwindup on the Armory wrestling bill tomorrow night. Dan has annexed 10 of 12 matches. In the 8:30 opener, Red Ryan, 225, from Los Angeles, will meet Jim Morris, 220, Memphis. Both are one-fall encounters. What stacks up as a “natural,” tops the program and brings together two outstanding rivals in the heavyweight division, George (Cry Baby) Zaharias, 241, Pueblo, Colo., and Orville Brown, 228, “Indian deathlock” hold exponent from Wichita, Kas. The tricky Zaharjas won over Dorve (Iron Man) Rothe last Tuesday.
Weirton Nine Wins U. S. Amateur Title
DAYTON, O., Sept. 20 (U.P.).— The National Amateur Baseball Federation’s championship today was held by Weirton, W. Va. ~ Weirton, a tournament entrant for the first time, took the crown relinquisned by the Fisher Foods of Cleveland, when it defeated Dayton yesterday 5 to 3. : - Behind, 3 to 1, going into the sixth, Weirton knotted the count in that inning and then pushed across two runs in the eighth for its. triumph. Floyd Giebell, pitching his second game for Weirton in three days, held Dayton to six hits. Weirton secured 10 safeties off Pete Engleman, Dayton southpaw.
DALLAS PILOT TAKES RACE AT ROCKVILLE
ROCKVILLE, Ind. Sept. 20 (U. P.).—Morris Musick, Dallas, Tex. speedster, drove his Iddings Special to victory in the 50-mile dirt track automobile race at Jungle Park Speedway near here yesterday. His time was 43 minutes 22.4 seconds. John McDowell, Pasadena, was second, and Everett Saylor, Dayton, third. & : Less Adair, Indianapolis, wrecked his Vance Special in a qualifying run but finished fourth in the race with another car.
WANT SPEEDY OFFICIALS ATLANTA, Sept. 20.—To qualify as a member of the Southern Football Association of Officials you have to run 50 yards in seven seconds or under,
Manchester Must Rebuild
15 Lettermen Lost, Coach ,Looks to Next Year.
(Seventh of a Series)
By PHILLIPS J. PECK ! United Press Staff Correspondent NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind, Sept. 20.—Ihe Manchester College football team literally is being re-
built from the ground up this fall under the direction of Carl W. Burt, who is starting his 13th season as head coach of the Spartans. Graduation deprived Manchester of 15 lettermen from last year’s team which * won five and lost three. Among them was Herb Banet, leading state scorer last season, who now is playing with the professional Green Bay Packers.
Buffenbarger and Gerald Sapp, Fullback Hutchins, Linemen Hollinger, Weaver and Snider. With 62 candidates available— only seven of whom are seniors-— the veteran coach, who introduced football at Manchester in 1925, decided upon complete rebuilding, aiming not so much for the current season as the following years.
Hopes Not Too High
Hopes for victories this fall do not run very high on the Spartan campus. Unless unexpeoted strength develops from the plentiful but inexperienced material at hand, Manchester faces a gloomy season. Competition for the four backfield jobs is keen. At present the most promising backs appear to be Etnire and Curless, senior fullbacks; Blickenstaff and Bevington, junior halfbacks, and Leiberum, sophomore quarter. Other candidates are Cameron, a freshman who has shown up well in practice; three sophomores, H. McIntire, Weaver and Sargent; Waddell, a junior; Burnett, Domer, Holler, Murray, Millinar, Studebaker and Stoneburner, all first-year men. The line probably will be built around Dubois, veteran center, who stands six feet two and weighs 178. Fianking Dubois at the guard posi-
Others included Halfbacks Carl | ©
By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Sept. 20—A num-
ber of earnest souls who have been doing extensive research work in the football laboratories have kindly reported to this department that the best two-team parlay in the college field is: Pittsburgh in the East.
Minnesota in the Middle West. From all advance accounts these two teams . are in for. another tremendous season with excellent prospects - of dominating their respective sectors. I almost wrote with excellent prospects of unbeaten seasons, but that would bo piling ~Axrtimi
Even the greatest the do nun always have unbeaten seasons. There were many Who thought Minnesota was the best team in the country last fall, yet the Gophers unexpectedly were beaten by Northwestern. And Pittsburgh, admittedly the strongest in the East, was knocked off in an equally unexpected climax by Duquesne. Mr. Chester Smith, one of Amerjca’s leading authorities on football tells me Pitt's chief trouble -in marching to the front will be to forget the Rose Bowl and play the string out from week to week. This may be a wise observation. There are key men back with Pitt this fall who helped make a rout of the Washington test last New Year's day. They may still be sunning themselves, in the warm glow of their press clippings. But to offset this danger is the presence of Dr. John Sutherland, the Pittsburgh coach. He is no ordinary person. He knows human nature pretty well. And it isn’t likely he will permit his young men to go sprawling in the dust, tripped by their own ego. His solution will be quick and simple. He will take the infected
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tions probably will be Disler and Fry, both seniors. Robinette, a junior, and two freshmen, Rupert and Spresser, also are bidding for the guard assignments. :
Tackle Is Shifted
Cordier, regular right tackie, has been shifted to left tackle and Wade, a senior, who has had experience at guard, is being made over for the other tackle berth. Filburn, Matthews and McMahan are among sophomore tackle prospects. The ends appear to be set with Eikenberry, a reserve last year, and Logan, who was used in the backfield a year ago. Other wingmen include Beck, Hahn, Howe, Detrick and Frick, all upperclassmen. Burt also expects to uncover promising talent from a large squad of freshmen gridders for use in Manchester's seven-game campaign. The Spartans open their season against DePauw Saturday at Greencastle. After that the schedule includes: # Oct 2—St. Joseph there. Oct. 8—Aurora here. Oct. 16—Valparaiso here. Oct. 23—Bluffton here. Oct. 30—Ball State there. Nov. 6—Albion here.
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young men off the squad and send them to the library where they can read their press clippings in appropriate surroundings.
As for Minnesota
As for Minnesota,—well, when you talk about Minnesota you talk about two things. You talk about
material and you talk about Mr. Bernie Bierman who seems to be accepted as the most imaginative offensive coach in the game. It is very hard to beat a combination of this kind—fine material and a fine coach. There must be something very stable about Minnesota football, because year after year the university team is made up almost completely of native sons. And in this day of intensive recruiting this is a tribute to any university. The
play football wind up playing for the university—their university.
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They seem to accept it as a badge of honor. . This isn’t true of most football powers. Checking the names of the players and the towns from which they come you will find a sort of Rand-McNally map of the country.
Mr. Cullum Sends Word Mr. Dick Cullum who probably knows as much about football in the Middle West as is to be known informs me the three teams to be reckoned with out there are Minnesota, Notre Dame, and Purdue. About Minnesota his remarks are interesting, He writes. . . . “The university is still in the winning cycle. The. flow of material remains good, and inasmuch as it is almost 100 per cent home bred, the end of the cycle is not in sight. Only 12 of
Gophers, Purdue and Irish Are Tops in Midwest, Pitt in East, Joe Is Advised
be tough. And this will practically send /Mr. Cullum into a purple sweat. There are four or five very
good Minnesota natives on the Dartmouth squad. !
78 Gophers who reported for oben: state. Fifteen of the 27 letter men live within 10 miles of the stadium, and 26 of the 27 live within the state. This virtual monopoly. on ‘Minnesota material, which is good material, forecasts continued success for the university.” To get to some of the other teams. When you get past Pittsburgh, you don’t know where you are in the Kast. There are/4 half dozen teams that seem to be of even caliber. Personally, I think Ford- | ham will be pretty close to the top. Mr. Jim Crowley, the coach, has deciged to trick up. his attack.
Yale Without Kelley
Everybody says Yale is going to be good again. Maybe better than last year, even without the great Kelley. You'd be surprised how many people close to the Yale A. A, insist Kelley kept Yale from being better than it was. How anybody can say this with a straight
face I don’t know. You hear flattering reports about Colgate and Boston College, too. Particularly from Mr. Eddie Dooley,
close tab on those things. You hear also that Dartmouth is going to
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