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WEDNESDAY, OCT. 27, 1937

INDIANA ENC

George Miller, I. U. center .

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

PAGE 19

He'll have it out with Nebraska's

Charlie Brock.

Butler Harriers

At Wabash Today

and his |

Coach Larry Holmes Butler University cross-country | track team are to leave Indianapolis | today for an engagement with Wa- | bash College. The Bulldogs were favorites due to a previous meet this year when the local harriers defeated both Wabash and Indiana Central. The Blue and White thinlyclads also have won against Wayne University of Detroit and Western State. Four freshmen aspirants were to go along for the experience. The regulars include Capt. Milton | Weiner, Bill Southworth, George Richardson, Rolla Burghard, Gene Roderick and Charles Marshall.

BOILERMAKERS PLAN TO CHECK KINNICK

LAFAYETTE, Oct. 27. —Purdue | coaches today concentrated on a defense to halt the triple-threat activities of Nile Xinnick, briliant Iowa sophomore, when the two teams meet here Saturday in a | Dad’s Day game. Assistant Coach Mel Taube, who scouted the Hawkeyes against Michigan last week, reported that Kinnick is the “sophomore find of the year in the Big Ten.” Henry Bremer, chunky Purdue sophomore, was being groomed for a starting assignment at right guard against Towa because of injuries to the veteran Andy Grant. Two regular Boilermaker

lito, were listed as doubtful starters

because of injuries and Frank Win- |

chell and Leon DeWitte were expected to do the heavy work Saturday.

ADMIRAL MAY RACE

AGAIN ON SATURDAY

LAUREL, Md., Oct. 27 (U. P).— George Conway, Riddle’'s War Admiral, which won the Churchill engagement here yes-

terday, considered today starting his

charge in the Washington Handi- |

cap here Saturday. If War Admiral runs in this race

fullbacks, Tory Juska and Tony Ippo- |

trainer of Samuel D. |

TWO CORNHUSKERS DOUBTFUL STARTERS

LINCOLN, Neb, Oct. 27.—Coach | Biff Jones plumbed the depths of | his reserve squad today seeking re-

inforcements for his Nebraska first | [stringers in the Indiana game here |

| Saturday. Two stalwarts in the Husker line, | Fred Shirey, tackle, and Elmer | Dohrmann, end, were listed as {doubtful starters against the Hoo- | siers. Shirey has an infected arm [and Dohrmann, game captain this | | week, is limping with a leg injury. | Third and fourth string players | | were given attention by the coach- | ing staff in vesterday’ S varsity|frosh scrimmage. The first team,

| with John Howell at his old quarter- |

worked on defense

ack post,

| against Indiana plays and polished |

its running attack in a dummy scrimmage with a freshman team.

Schmeling Agrees Fight | Thomas |

| | NEW YORK, Oct. 27 (U. | Max Schmeling, for the heavyweight crown held by Joe Louis,

round bout with Harry Thomas of

Chicago at Madison Square Garden |

fin New York on Dec. 13. Schmeling accepted terms in a trans-Atlantic telephone conversation with promoter Mike Jacobs

and will sail within a week for the | | United States to start conditioning. | Thomas is hailed as a terrific |

puncher and numbers among his victims Jorge Brescia of America.

HIGH SCORING DETROIT STAR BACK IN GAME

‘DETROIT, Oct. 27 (U. P.).—Andy Farkas, University of Detroit halfback who is leading the major college touchdown scorers of the na- | tion, will be back in uniform in| time for Saturday's unbeaten Villanova Wildcats. Farkas, pages this season have given him

an All-America buildup, will sion

| the hospital late today or tomorrow.

and should beat C. S. Howard's Sea- |

biscuit, he would become the year's | Seabiscuit |

leading money winner. today holds $157,117.50 as his year’s winnings. War Admirals winnings this year are $145,470

CANADA SEEKS DAVIS CUP QUEBEC, Oct. 27.—The Dominion

of Canada will enter a team in the | 1938 Davis Cup competion for the

first 1 time in Jour Vears.

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UMPIRES TO BANQUET

The annual banquet of the Indi- |

anapolis Umpires’ Association will be | | held at Iozzo's, 36 S. Illinois St,

banquet committee.

baseball will attend.

THE WISE

today agreed to a 12-|

South |

game with the | —

League umpires and other Tndian- | apolis residents who are active in |

Hoosiers Aim To Cut Loose At Nebraska

Bo McMillin’s Men Lead in All Grid Departments This Season. | BLOOMINGTON, |A record of statistical

| over its first three opponents of the |season will encourage the Indiana

Ind. Oct. 27— | superiority |

| | |

| University football team Saturday as | lit seeks to atone for a 13-9 setback |

administered last year |ka's mighty gridmen. | The Hoosiers are girding to in|vade the Nebraska stronghold [Lincoln for the second successive | year. {9 to 0, at half-time last fall, but couldn't hold the Cornhuskers in the late minutes of play. The Nebraska powerhouse flattened Minnesota early this fall and {Minneapolis later edged out Indiana, |6 to 0. 31 First Downs

A compilation of statistics for Indiana's first three games—against Centre, Minnesota and Illinois—fa- | vors the Hoosier eleven in every department of play. Statistics on the Cincinnati game are not included. Indiana totaled 25 points against 12 for the opposition | Centre and Illinois, and bowing to Minnesota. Coach Bo McMillin's | boys piled up 31 first downs against | 23 for the enemy. They finished | more than 200 yards ahead in | ground- -gaining totals, 667 to 457. Running plays netted the Hoosiers | 314 yards as compared to 206 for | the opponents while 500 per accuracy

by Nebras- |

in |

The Indianans were leading, |

in defeating |

cent | on forward passes gave |

the Indiana team 333 yards, more |

than double their rivals’ 115 yards. The Crimson backs and ends com-

| pleted 27 of 52 forward passes at- |

| they connected on a majority of { their tries. 11 completions out of 27 attempts. |

Hoosier Kickers Ahead

In 31 punts, meaning mostly G. L. Fowler,

and |

| occasionally Corby Davis—averaged | P)—| leading challenger |

37.7 yards a boot while the oppo-

| 36 tries. Crimson safety men returned the punts at an average rate of 8.8 yards each catch; their rivals averaged 5.8 yards each return.

tempted, which allows them to say |

The opposition totaled |

Indiana's Kickers— | i

nents were averaging 36.8 yards in |

Indiana was awarded 70 yards on | 10 penalties—the opponents, 60 in |

ered seven of their the gpponere regained six.

JIM LONDOS IS VICTOR

LONDON. Oct. 27 «(

27 (U. PH) —Jim Londos, former heavyweight

even—10 each. The Hoosiers recov- | own Bes | |

wres- |

tling champion, threw George Pen- |

cheff, Australian titleholder, night before a crowd of 6000. Lon[gos using a reverse leglock, ended the scheduled hour match minutes and 15 seconds.

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Tech Polishes Up

Offense for Indians

with for a featured yess

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overhead coming in the time, the practice directed terday by Coach R. L. Ball, of Tech. Green and White squad will travel to Anderson Friday for the last North Central Conference tilb of the season. Coach Ball has pointed his charges for this game. Last year the Indians cut Tech out of a confer=ence championship with a 13-to-12 victory. The engagement, will be the final “tune-up” before the Big Green bezins defense of their share of the city high school title, playing Washington and Shortridge on suc« cessive Fd ays.

Shortridge and Ivish Prepare for Clash

locking, passing and punting drill, topped off by scrimmage, featured a long Short= ridge workout yesterday afternoon. The Blue Devils, undefeated in five starts, are practicing for their com= ing tilt with Cathedral at the Bute ler Bowl Friday afernoon

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