Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 December 1937 — Page 21
. | The Touchdobn Club will award a prize-to the individual who has “rendered a permanent service to football.” The press-box boys promptly nominated the inventor of long underwear. ?
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‘By Eddie Ash.
| BOILERMAKERS. KEPT HUSTLING
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PLAY FIVE GAMES IN 10. DAYS |
PLAYING five games over a span To10 days, the Purdue | Boilermakers probably will be at the peak of form early ¢ this season. . . . Their opener was Indiana State last Saturday, last night they met Xavier of Cincinnati; tomorrow | the University of Detroit will invade West Lafayette, on Saturday Ward Lambert's basketeers will be in Chicago
Locals Check
to tackle De Paul and remain there for a second appearance Monday to clash with Loyola. Jewell Young, champion point-getter in the Big Ten last season, is expected to put on an interesting show for the Chicago hardwood experts in the two performances in three days in the Windy City. . . . They'll be out-to see if the Hoosier lad still has that old dead eye for the hoop. His 172 points in 12 Western Conference games last winter established a new modern Big Ten scoring record. % « « The former mark was set by Reiff of Northwestern,
in 1931, with 167 points. . . . Young missed the Confe record for a single game by one point when he opened the
ference
1936-37 Big Ten season with 27 points against Wisconsin.
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(COACH LAMBERT has a large squad of netters this season and is well-stocked for the speeded-up game. « - . The pace is so fast that a coach must make frequent
substitutions. . . . A well-balanced squad with eapable re- . serves is the answer to the “blistering” style of play and Purdue apparently is set for it. -
'| the Bulldogs to return to a
Panther Five
Triumph Third Straight for Bulldogs; Perry and Cosgrove Star.
Butler basketball fans today were wondering — with their fingers crossed—if the time has come for place at the 19 top of the nation’s hardwood
Last night the Bulldogs, piling up a 17-6 lead in a brilliant first half, staved off a Pittsburgh rally and squeezed out a 24-23 decision over the Panthers for their third victory in as many starts. Saturday they meet powerful Iowa of the Big Ten
‘lin the second major test of a rug-
ged schedule. The 20 remaining games include
{nearly all the strongest teams in the
Lambert has always emphasized the quick break and free shooting and Purdue at once becomes the No. 1 favor-
ite in the new Big Ten race.
On two occasions last winter the Boilermakers turned on scoring sprees, both times on trips, defeating Illinois, 61-34, and Indiana, 69-45. , . . The latter game was a new high for total points scored in a single game in the Con-
ference.
Purdue won eight and lost four in the Big Ten, dropping one game each to Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan and
Wisconsin.
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TT" Valparaiso vs. Loyola game at Chicago tomorrow night was not listed on the original schedules of the two schools. . . . The Wisconsin at Marquette tilt Saturday
an. “added starter.” . . .
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night will be the 23d singe 1918 between the Badger State rivals. . . . Wisconsin, scoring 567 points to 471, has won 14 of the games and
the Hilltoppers, eight.
Coach Bill Chandler of Marquette was center for Wisconsin and scored .the winning basket in a 15-14 decision over the Gold and Blue
in a thriller 20 years ago. .
. In the first tilt of the home-and-home
series this season, Bill's Hilltoppers snatched the laurels from the
Badgers, 32-21.
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OB MACLEOD, captain of the 1938 Dartmouth football team, also is a star hardwood pastimer, playing guard on the varsity. . . . In his first year as coach of the Big Green netters, Osborne Cowles saw his team come to life near the midway point in the season and it wound up in second place in the Eastern Intercollegiate League. « + « They defeated every league opponent at least once, with the exception of the champions, Pennsylvania, whom they met early in the
season.
Dartmouth led the league in scoring with 484 points in 12 games.
. However, the champion Quakers excell
on defense and finished
undefeated in league competition with 12 victories.
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a # # tallied 13 points for Michigan
against Michigan State last week, the Wolverines winning, 43-40. . Big John connected for four field goals and five free throws. . . . When Loyola of ‘Chicago swamped Arkansas State; 50-19 recently. Wibs Kautz of the Ramblers tallied 27 points, a new scoring record
for Coach Siaths’ quintet.
Coach Nat Holman of New York City College has a second string
squad awvhich looks like a troupe of
midgets. . They average only
5 feet 4 inches in height and are used frequently by Holman to set a dizzy pace calculated to make opponents leg Wealy in the early
minutes of a: game.
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(CHicAcos Maroons are beginning to click on the hardwood. Last Saturday they defeated a strong Marquette five, 36-28, and : followers of the team which lost 16 games in 20 starts last season believe the Midwayites are destined to register several upsets ‘during
the new campaign.
The Maroons’ revamped offense, with John Eggemeyer, normally a forward, playing at guard to give Chicdgo “three forwards,” scored
3 baskets from the floor. . forwards” scheme, no doubt.
. « Coach Norgren will stick to the. Tires |
Schmeling Looked ‘Great’ | Against Thomas, Joe Says
By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK; Dec. 14—Up to last night Mr. Harry Thomas of Eagle Bend, Minn, a very large and muscular heavyweight, had never enjoyed the soothing calm of a punch delivered with sufficient violence to knock him off his feet. So when he happened to run into ene of Max Schmeling’s right hands in the seventh round and the gay-pl birdies began to sound off in a singularly melo_dious manner, the young man must have decided he had been ; missing some- . thing all these " Williams round knockdown came along simultaneously with the bell so Mr. Thomas was forced to wait until the next round started before he. could present himself for anether helping of this new strange delight. But in this round it must be stated he made the most of the opportunity. Indeed he gorged himself to a point bordering on sheer greediness. To lug in the vital statistics by their unprotesting heels, Mr. Thom-
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as went down six times and was
ready to go down again when Mr. Arthur Donovan, who had become weary at seeing the fellow shoot
year and a half absence from competition. There was no doubt after the fight. He looked great. It may be, of course, that Mr. Thomas’ ineptitude had something to do with this. The Schmeling management couldn’t have come up with a more ideal opponent for the purpose at hand. The Eagle Bend citizen was just strong and earnest and awkward enough to give the German a vigorous workout — and that’s just what he needed to start him off right on his comeback. There wasn't much danger in Mr. Thomas’ willing fists. He proved to be more of mauler than a hitter. And his Style of fighting suited the German perfectly. Anybody who pulls his left hand back a yard or so before firing jt figures to get his jaw caved in by a right handed sharpshooter. And it so happens Schmeling has the best right hand and the most accurate in the trade. The fight hadn’t progressed more than two rounds when it was pretty obvious that the mauler from Min~ nesota would have to be lucky indeed to hurt Schmeling: and it was just as obvious that as soon as the | German had completed his study of cthe man in front of him it would be | all over, It was a battle of contrasts. The Thomas fellow had no finesse, no plan of battle. He had little to offer beyond an appalling. set of muscles and a tremendous zeal for. throwing punches from all directions. - Pacing him was like standing at the plaie agaist 8 a vie
rookig pitcher. precisely the a: Sierman ee ex-
actly what Epo was doing every sec-
ond, He never wasted a punch. ‘He
[| never attempted one that didn’t : have a fair chance of landing.
“The early rounds were compara-
Middle West, and chances are Butler hasn’t the strength to win all of them. But the Bulldogs displayed enough speed and stamina last night to indicate that they’ll be able to give even the best of their opponents plenty of trouble.
Need Capable Reserves
today as the Bulldogs prepared for forthcoming assignments in their grueling campaign. Coach Hinkle used only six men in beating the Panthers, and substitute Jerome Steiner was in for only four minutes. Butler's starting five played careful, accurate basketball, pare ticularly in the first half, but they were tiring rapidly at the end and vanother minute or so might have been disastrous. . In the slam-bang, rapid-fire game which basketball has become with | the elimination of the center jump, | few teams can go through a tough | season without plenty of capable reserves, experts generally agree. Perhaps Butler has those reserves, but they weré decidedly not in evidence last night. Pitt Appeared Tired Despite the suspicion that Pittsburgh was tired at the close of a hard road trip, Butler's performance demonstrated that the Hinklemen have come a long way since their season opener against Oakland City.
go-round offense completely after Robert A. Johnson’s opening setup basket, and hit seven of 23 shots in the first half in a neat exhibition of accuracy. After the intermission the Bulldogs, slowing down the pace, tried to control the ball, as .Coach Doc Carlson’s squad started firing from long range. The Panthers gradually whittled down Butler’s lead and had climbed to within one point of the Bulldog total when the game ended. George Peiry and Art Cosgrove led the Butler attack, with seven points apiece, but sophomore. Chester Jaggers, playing like a veteran, stole the show with: his ballhawking tactics and brilliant floor play. Miles Zeleznik ‘was Pittsburgh's big gun with 11 points. The summary: Butler (24). Pittsburgh (23).
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Referee—Bray (Cincinnati), Umpire— Goldsberry (Wabash).
Tech to Tackle Two Fast Fives
Perfecting ‘sooring pis plays and polishing “basket eyes” will keynote the basketball practices at Technical High School this week as the Big Green prepares for week-end games at Columbus Friday and with Frankfort here Saturday. Failure of the East Siders to tally more than 26 points in any coutest thus far has been due to poor ballhandling on set shots. The Green and White defense, which has held opponents to an average of less than 26 points a game, also will come in for attention, for in Columbus and nkfort the Green faces two of the highest-sooring ‘quintets in the sta Tech’s victory chances for this week suffered a blow when it was learned that Ray Holland, Salar forward, would not be available for regular service until the Shortridge encounter on New Year's Eve. Holland sustained a pelvic injury ‘in practice a week ago. Jim Evans and Erwin Kramer are working at’ Holland's position.
Kautsky's to Play Fast Negro Team
Kautsky A. ‘the National Brskesball League, is to play its first nonleague game at Noblesville tomorrow night.
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Late Rally by
One possible weakness stood out |.
They bottled up Pittsburgh’s merry-| ~
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mer Illinois coal miner, faces geish Dan O’Conn ie | Warren Oppo- faces Big Boy Davis, 287, Columbus, — m0, in all-star supporting tugs. 4
je | Baugh's salary of $7500 with the : [Pt nw || r- | which Owner George P. Marshall 0 throws in to show his appreciation.
New stuff which will make basketball this year practically perpetual motion. Tom Gorman, St, John’s College (left), and Julie Bender, pro Celtics, show how ball is put in play after a score—by throw-in from outside court. Defender must siay three feet away.
Irish Rally Nips
Six points in the last two minutes of play gave Notre Dame a 33-t0-31 victory last night over Wisconsin. It was the 17th straight basketball win for the Irish. Paul Nowak sunk ‘a field goal in
deadlock. Leading 20 to 13 at the! half, Notre Dame lost ground under a Badger rally and were behind, 31 jo 27, with three minutes left to play. Mike Crow and Ed Sadowski hit in quick succession to tie the count, and Nowak, high point man with 14 points, came through with the winning. basket. Powell with 11 and Rooney with 10 led Wisconsin, :
Basketball Scores
STATE COLLEGES Purdue, 56; Xavier, 32. ; Notre Dame, 33; Wisconsin, 31. Drury, 25; DePauw, 13. Butler, 24; Pittsburgh, 28. Butler Reserves, 38; N. C. A. G U., 34. 9PHER COLLEGES Towa State, 28; Grinnell, 26. Towa, 41: Washington (St. Louis), 34. Towa State Teachers, 46; Coe, 41 (over: time). Kansas, 41; Baker U., 27. Duquesné, 39; Wittenberg, 34. Louisiana State, 31; Southwestern (La.) Institute, 26. Springfield (Mo.) Teachers, 40; Durant (Okla.) Teachers, 26. Wichita University, 48; St. Benedict's, 26 Kirksville (Mo.) Teachers, 48; Concordia (Moorhead, Minn), 46 (overtime). River Falls, 44; St. Olaf, 28
St. Ambrose, 46; Dubuque University, 32. |
St. Mary’s (Winona, Minn.), 55; Mankato Teachers, 33. Waynesburg, 24; Geneva, 22. Southern California, 43; Tulane, 21 Washington State, 48; U. ©. L. A., 28. Gonzaga, 43; Whitman, 38. , Kansas Wesleyan, 36: Hastings, 26. Augustana, 19: Columbia (Is.), 17.
Achiu Hopes for Revenge Tonight
.The Chinese wrestling ace, Walter (Sneeze) Achiu, 183, hopes to “even up” against his rival matman, Shin-
iki. (Killer) , 205, Japan, in | tonight's mat feature at the Armory. Shikuma, "a jujutsu exponent, gained one fall in 90 minutes to top {Achiy i ntheir meeting three weeks ago. Tonight there will be no time limit, for the Indiana State Athlethic Commission has granted such a request from the Chinése matman, who believes he can win with no bell to halt activities. | Dorve (Iron Man) Roche, 220, foF-
222, Boston, ’ Bockwinkle, 216, St. ea
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SOUTH BEND, Dec. 14 (U. P.).—
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Another change in rule forbids basketball wgosl tending” stich ‘as this. The tall defender isn’t allowed to put his big paw over the basket rim to prevent a goal. It’s okay if he keeps his hands in perpendicular plane in front of the hoep. Kellett, of Celtics, demonstrates the foul.
Hunters Face First Major
Two major rivalty battlés involving highly regarded high school quintets feature tonights’ net warfare, as Hoosierdom’s tourney-bound teams enter ther stiffest week of competition thus far. ee state finalist last year, faces its first major test of the season against Vincennes and Lebanon’s undefeated Tigers. battlé their ancient nemesis, Frankfort, on the
Hot Dogs’ floor. .New Albany and Jeffersonville re-
sume their regular season rivalry
after a lapse of six years tomor-
| row. night. Both are undefeated so
far. Jeffersonville, despite the loss of its star center, Jim Raymond, set the stage for a red hot battle by defeating Anderson’s state champions. Saturday night, and the
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game promises to be the most bitterly fought of the year. Seymour and Bedford, both .undefeated, play in the Stonecitter’s gym Thursday. The game, scheduled for tonight, was postponed because of icy w ther. Anderson gets a chance for revenge when Marion's Little Giants invade the Indian wigwam Friday night. The Hookermen Handed the ; (Continued on Page 21)
Share Honors
Comeback ~ Artists Lead
League Pitchers.
NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (U. P.)—A pair of comeback artists—Vernon (Lefty) Gomez of the New York Yankees aiid Johnny Allen of -the Cleveland Indians—shared pitching honors for the 1937 American League season, official averages released today revealed. Gomez, his salary slashed $6000 for a poor year in 1936, topped the league with an earned run average of 2.33. Allen, out six weeks at mid« season for an appendectomy, won 15 games and lost one for a winlose average of .938—best in major league history. Gomez worked under a number of handicaps in turning in the most effective job on the circuit. During spring training he worked two hours a day trying to relievd an arm ailment that had bothered him in 1936. In September his mother died and on that same day he beat Washington with a three-hit pere formance. By September, Gomez had pitched such good baseball that his mane ager, Joe McCarthy, said: “I never had a better pitcher on any staff I managed.” He also received part of his cut back in the form. of a bonus. Gomez, who was the leading pitcher in 1934, won 21 games and lost 11. He was the only piteher in the league to win more than 20 games. He also led in strikeouts with 194 and his earned run average was the lowest since 1934, when he led with the same figure.
ri Two Games Carded By Silent Hoosiers
The Indiana State School for the Deaf faces two contests this week, meeting New Augusta tomorrow night and Arlington Saturday. Both games are on the Silent Hoosiers’ court. Coach Jacob Caskey's five has broken even in four starts this season, downing Union Towne ship and Gerstmeyer of Terre Haute while losing to Liberty and More ton Memorial of Knightstown.
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