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MONDAY, DE. 27, 1937
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
"RAIN LENGT HENS ODDS ON BEARS ROSE BOWL
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Slow Footing “Is Likely for Coast Battle
° “Alabama’s Passes Endan-
- gered by Weather; Teams In Secret Drills.
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By JACK GUENTHER United Press Staff Correspondent PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 27 (U.P). —The threat of a wet New Year's Day menaced California and Alabama football teams today as they entered a week of wearisome practice sessions that will end with the Rose Bowl game Saturday. ~ Rain fell all day yesterday and through part of the night. Clouds . Still hovered today, booming the odds on the Golden Bers. Wet weather will hurt the Alabamans "more, by endangering their passing, _on which they bank for victory. Considerable surprise was evidenced by spectators. when Coach ‘Stub Allison called the California ‘players together for their first work‘out. Contrary to predictions, the ® Bears will out-weigh Alabama by only a pound per man. The Berkeley line and backfield each average Er pounds. The Tide average is - Twenty California players were on. hand here when 18 of their . mates arrived this morning. The Bear practice session started in - Brookside Park behind locked gates.
Sanford Trains. Toe Allison indicated secret practice
- would be in order for all but news-
-papermen throughout the week.
z Heavy work begins tomorrow.
- Wet footing also hampered the “*Fuscaloosa warriors as they prac--ficed against California plays on the Occidental College turf in Eagle Rock. The same secrecy prevailed there, with only pass holders admitted. -. Considerable attention was being given Sandy Sanford, the kicking Alabama back who won two games “by field goals this season. Sanford ‘has been kicking from placement
-from all angles of the field, not
- just from the three-yard line mark . Where points after touchdown are tried. Odds, which have been riding at 7-5, suddenly ,shot to 2-1 in favor of the Bears with the prospect of ‘rains and the arrival of the Berkeley players.
_ Stiff Drills Face Michigan State -++-MIAMI BEACH, Fla., Dec. 27 (U. . P.)—Coach Charley Bachman, indicating his squad of 41 Michigan State football warriors needs a good deal of conditioning before the game “in Miami’s Orange Bowl against Auburn New Year's day, ordered a “ ‘workout this afternoon. The Michigan State squad arrived last night from Gainesville, Fla., where the Spartans practiced four “days at the University of Florida
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~= Bachman said he planned daily workouts to try to bring the Spartans” to the top of their game for * the intersectional classic.
AUBURN, Ala., Dec. 27 (U. P.).— ‘The Auburn Plainsmen returned from a 10-day Christmas vacation today to begin work for their - Orange Bowl football game on New : Year's day with Michigan State at Miami. Coach Jack ‘Meagher said the -team will go through conditioning - paces today and tomorrow, and begin scrimmage Wednesday.
Revenge Sought by
Louisiana ‘State
- BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 27 (U. :P.) —The Rose Bowl is 2000 or more “miles from this old Southern town “But it is playing a silent role in preparing the Louisiana State University team for its New Year’s Day gagement with Santa Clara in/the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans /next Saturday. ; It seems that a year ago the Louisiana State boys thought they pad the best football team in the and. They waited and waited for the West Coast nomination which.,never -came. Washington instead invited - Pittsburgh, a team beaten and tied, and Louisiana State’s unbeaten squad was left behind to play in the - younger and less pretentious Sugar Bowl game. - . «Pitt (beat Washington in the Rose Bowl, 21-0, and Santa Clara tri- - umphed over Louisiana State in the - Sugar Bowl, 21-14. That was a year ago. This is an“ther year and Rose Bowl psychology ‘which has beaten many a good foot“ball team, is working as hard for Louisiana State as it did against the Bayou Tigers a year ago.
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Phil Greenberger, undefeated Jeader in the state 'three-cushion billiard tournament at Harry Cooler’s billiard parlor, will see action in two of four matches sched- } uled for this week. He will oppose
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By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—One of the things that is concerning the deeper thinkers of the community is the sudden and enormous enthusiasm of the public for what is known as the ice show. It's just about the biggest box office draw in town.
An ice show can be any one of several different kinds of presentations. It doesn’t necessarily follow a set formula. It can place the heavy accent on the ski jump, which is mildly “thrilling; on a chorus of goodlooking dolls executing graceful hipper dippers, or on an individual, such as Sonja Henie. -Some of the deeper thinkers are unable to make up their minds whether the ice show properly comes under the classification of sports or theatrical entertainment. Personally I think it belongs more to the theatrical® field than the sports field, and should be observed critically by the dramatic department. The competitive element is practically nonexistent — and the competitive element is what makes sports. But this isn’t highly important. What does account for the furious popularity of the ice operas? First of all it’s good entertainment and something novel. The productions are expertly presented by experienced show people who appreciate the sound value of beauty, grace i it disturbs me to admit, sex appea
Another important reason, perhaps, is the fact that thousands of people have become snow conscious for the first time. They have found it is fun to spend the week-ends in mountain resorts staggering down hillsides on fashionable barrel staves. This kindles their curiosity and interest in all things related to the pastime. Thus they put the ice show on their must list.
- Garden Enjoys a Boom
How long the fad—if it is a will last not even experienced Broadway promoters will attempt to guess. Col. John Kilpatrick, head man at Madison Square Garden, isn’t giving the future of the ice show any mind. What concerns him is its immediate present. +« He can’t make enough dates for
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the craze. The Garden bookings this year were such he could allow only 21 nights to the various spectacles. ‘In the past this would have been about 20 too many. As it is it is five more nights than the Garden devotes to its indoor boxing prod you may remember the Garden was built primarily for the
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polite enlightenment of the sadistic set. Even Mr. Jimmy Johnston who was recently pried loose from the Garden payroll as its matchmaker has succumbed to the lure and is currently managing a neat filly, one Vera Hruba, a Czechoslovakian figure skater. The idea of the little
| guy in the hard hat devating his
genius to the exploitation a dame skater is pretty awful to | | contemplate by the fight mob; they fear it means the beginning of the Sa
Johnston Doing All But apparently Mr. a is doing all right: with his cutie. ‘It took him less than an hour to land
her a fine contract with the Sun Valley outfit which is backed by the Union Pacific people. This is mentioned to show how speedily a gal can get a job these days if she knows how to glide around the ice with one leg up in the air, giving an imitation of an eccentric swan in satin ruffles. Incidentally, the boxing influence is singularly prominent in the ice and snow business. We find Mr. Stephen Jerome Hannagan beating the drums for the aforementioned Sun Valley spot and we recall the days when Mr. Hannagan did press work for Tunney and Dempsey, interpreting their respective and conflicting personalities for an absorbed sporting public. Come to think of it, Mr. Hannagan’s experience in. the fight racket may be of much value to him in his present chores. And the same goes for Mr. Johnston. A fellow can learn a great deal about ice, or graft, in the beak busting industry, and the opportunities for mastering the technique af the freeze-out are perfectly unlimited.
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About the only person in town, by the way, who doesn’t seem to be steamed up about the frigidaire explacid German woman who operates around the corner from the Garden arena. To Kate Schmidt, all this is old stuff. She remembers when the ence iol, ran just as high back in
At that time she was understudy to Charlotte, the beautiful skater whom C. E. Dillingham imported. Katie came along as insurance and
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remdined fo teach at Iceland Rink. Charlotte, who used her last name, Oelschlagel, only in law suits, marriages and contracts, of which she had plenty, was responsible for the first ice skating boom in America. She was the Sanja Henie of her time, plus. More than 27 years ago. she played 300 consecutive performances in the Hippodrome. She was still zoing strong when the war broke out. She had said she planned to stay here as long as “America made nioney and ice.” But when the hysterical atriots began calling sauer kraut
liberty cabbage and in other ways|
expressing their hostility for the Kaiserland, Charlotte moved cn.
Sports Quiz
Q—In a discussiop with some friends, I contended that in the World Series of 1922 or 1923 between
the Yankees and the Giants, hun-|
dreds of fans were unable to purchase tickets and were turned away at the gates. Am I correct? A—The New York Yankees defeated the New York Giants in the 1623 World Series, and the record capacity of Yankee Stadium on three days was not equal to the great crowds that desired to occupy it. These dates were Wednesday, Oct. 10, the opening game; ¥riday, Oct. 12, the third game; and Sunday, Oct. 14, the fifth game. On dll three days hundreds of would-be ticket purchasers were turned away. Q—Was the Army-Navy football game ever played in Baltimore? A—Yes; in 1924.
@—Did the same horse win the Grand ‘National Steeplechase at Aintree, England, in 1935 ancl 1936?
A—Maj. Noel Furlong’s ‘“Reynoldstown” won the race both years.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (U. P.)— The champion Newark Bears garnered a large share of both club and individual batting honors, official. International League averages showed today. Charles Keller, a first-year player with the Bears, took the individual crown with an average of .353 for 145 games, 13 points better than his nearest rival, teammate Ellsworth
(Babe) Dahlgren. Paul Dunlap of 383: Keller added to his laurels by
scoring the most runs—120, the
most. hits—189, and tied with John Hopp of Rochester for the most three-base hits—14. Hopp also stole the most bases—33. James Gleeson of Newark secured the most two base hits with 47 while Albert Wright of Baltimere clouted the most home runs—37. Wright also collected the most total bases—334 and batted in the most runs—127. Irvine Jeffries of Montreal made the most sacrifice hits with 29 while Estel Crabtree of Rochester was hit by pitched balls nine times. Frank Madura of Toronto received the most bases on balls with 98 while Daniel Hafey of Montreal fanned the oftenest—94 times. . Jaek Juelich of Rochester made the most singles—144. Five players assumed the “ironman” role and took part in all their club’s games: Harold Lee of Jersey City, 150; Nolen Richardson of Newark, 153; Joseph Gantenbein of Toronto, 151; Benjamin Sankey and
| John Bell of Montreal, 149 each.
George Puccinelli of Baltimore
staged the longest batting streak of
the year in 17 games. He made 29 hits in 65 times at bat for a percentage of 446. His string began on Aug. 23 and was stopped on Sept. 5 by Lloyd Moore of Syracuse.
Carter Due Back To Map Mat Card
Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules A. C. is scheduled to return from a duck hunting trip in the South early this week and begin plans at once for the 1938 wrestling season in Indianapolis.
Due to the holiday season, no mat show was carded for the Armory tomorrow night. Carter plans his next grappling offering for Jan. 4 and hopes to arrange an all-star show to open the 1938 season.
Armstrong Is ‘Ranked First In 2 2 Classes
Ring Poll Honore | Little Ace; Has 26 Knockouts in 27 Bouts.
By LESLIE AVERY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Dec. 27.—Featherweight Champion Henry Armstrong, Los Angeles knockout specialist, was named No. 1 of both feather and lightweight divisions today in the annual rankings of the sport's most authoritative organ, Magazine. Editor Nat Fleischer said in a
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of the year in technique, in allaround class and in accomplishment, is this Negro phenomenon, Henry Armstrong.” The magazine arrived at its conclusions from polling 423 boxing writers in all parts of the world. Of that number 393 replied to extensive questionnaires, and every one of them put “Homicidal Henry” at the head of the feathers, giving the former St. Louis Negro the first unanimous recognition in history of the publication. Close to Unanimous “Still more surprising,” said Fleischer, “is the fact that 150 of those who answered the call gave him top honors in both featherweight and lightweight divisions— and so far as the scribes are concerned Armstrong also was close to the unanimous choice for the
that the latter honor would be decided in time for the next issue. ~ As expected, Champion Joe Louis was the overwhelming choice for the No. 1 heavyweight, but 41 of the ballots were cast for Max Schmeling by observers who believed the German “was jobbed” out of the title when Jimmy Braddock sidetracked him to lose the crown to Louis last June. Mann Placed Fourth ‘Tommy Farr, the Welshman who gave Louis such a battle in the Brown Bomber’s first title defense, was ranked No. 3 behind Schmeling, and Nathan Mann of New Haven, Lwho fights Louis for the crown in February, was given fourth place. Ex = Champion Braddock was dropped to seventh. The article lists the outstanding pugilistic events of 1937 in this order: 1. Joe Louis’ knockout over Jimmy Braddock. : 2. Henry Armstrong’s recordbreaking feat of 26 knockouts in 27 bouts, including a six-round kayo over Petey Sarron to win the feather title. 3. The runout of Jimmy Braddock from his scheduled match with Max Schmeling. 4, The return of the British Empire to a commanding position in the world of fisticuffs. 5. Winning of the world flyweight
title by Benny Lynch of Glascow |.
and the bantam crown by Harry Jeffra of Baltimore. 6. The commanding position gained in world pugilism by Promoter Mike Jacobs. 7. Staging of the Carnival of
Champions by Jacobs, first time in
history of boxing three world cham‘pions appeared on same card. 8. Two-round knockout over Maxie Rosenbloom scored by Jimmy Adamick of Detroit. 9. The performance of Barney Ross in retaining the welter crown against Ceferino Garcia’s + determined bid in the Carnival of Champions. 10. The perfomance of Tommy Farr against Joe Louis.
Wehr Is Named on A.A.U. Cycle Board
Charles E. Wehr, Indianapolis’ leading bicycle enthusiast and authority on cycle sports, has been appointed to the cycle division committee of the National Amateur Athletic Union, he was notified today from A. A. U. headquarters In New York. At its winter meeting, the A. A. U. decided to assume complete supervision of amateur bicycle racing in America and committees were appointed to build up the sport in different districts. Mr. Wehr formerly directed amateur cycling in Indiana when it was under the jurisdiction of the Ama-
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Bon Voyage
The University of Washington foothall cruise to Honolulu will be a honeymoon trip for Al Cruver, the Huskies’ star fullback, and his recent bride, the former Patricia Barber of Seattle. Washing-
ton will play two games in Hawaii during the holidays.
9 Claim New Swim Marks
CORAL GABLES, Fla. Dec. 27 (U. P.).—Nine new national swiming records were claimed today by a half dozen stars. Three of the new marks went to Ralph Flanagan, Olympic swimmer, in a 250-yard sprint over a 20-yard course he clipped 9.3 seconds off the 250-yard record set by Paul Wolf of Hollywood, cut .6 seconds from Johnny Weismuller’s 220-yard mark, and sliced 2.4 seconds off Weismuller’s 200-yw'd time. Adolph Kiefer, Chicago backstroke expert, set a new time of 1 minute, 7.7 seconds for the 100meter backstroke over. a 20-yard course. The time was 3.7 seconds better than that set in 1936 by William Mackey of Yale. Dorothy Forbes of Philadelphia swam the 50-yard backstroke over a 20-yard course in 31.9 seconds, cutting a half-second from the record seb in Omaha, Neb., in 1927 by Corrine Condon. Mike Sojka, University of Texas breaststroke star, negotiated the 100-meter backstroke over the 20yard course in 1 minute, 10.6 seconds, which was 1.6 seconds better than the mark set three years ago by Wallace Stence of the New York A. C. Peter Fick, sprint champion, set a mark of 25.9 seconds for the 50yard free style for the long course, bettering by .4 seconds the time of Paul Wolf of the Hollywood A. C. A men’s team of Kiefer, Sojka and Fick made a time of 1 minute, 20.7 seconds for the 150-yard medley
|Snead Seeks
Third Title
West Virginian Favored in Hollywood, Fla., Open.
HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Dec. 27 (U, P.) —Sam Snead, long-hitting West Virginian who scored victories—in the Nassau and Miami Opens last week, went after another title today as a field of more than 175 golf= ers swung into the first round of the $4000 Hollywood Beach Hotel open. Snead played eight subpar rounds of competitive golf last week and was favored to add the Hollywood title to his growing list of laurels. Snead yesterday turned in a practice round of 66—four below par— over the Hollywood course. His chief competition was expecte ed from National Open Champion Ralph Guldahl, Horton ' Smith of Chicago, P. G. A. Champion Denny Shute, Johnny Revolta of Evanston, Ill, and Stanley Horne, Canadian P. G. A. titleholder. Others of the big-name brigade who started today were Tony Manero, 1936 national open champion; Ray Mangrum of Dayton, O.; Ed Oliver of Wilmington, Del.; Tommy Armour of Boca Raton, Fla.; Johnny Farrell of Hollywood; Bobby Cruickshank of Richmond, Va. and Harold McSpaden of Boston. The field was one of the largest to compete in Florida tournaments this winter. Frank Anunzuatto of White Plains, N. Y., Charles Rice cf Franconia, N. H., and Maurrie Gravatt of Miami made up the first trio called to the starting tee. Play called for an 18-hole round today, another tomorrow, and a 36 hole finale Wednesday. The Hollywood Beach Hotel Open is the last tournament of the year before the ruling which limits play=ers to the use of 14 clubs goes into effect. After this tournament, the golfing brigade leaves for California,
relay. That was 1.1 seconds better than the Princeton team’s national mark. Miss Forbes teamed with Katherine Rawls of the Miami Beach Athletic Club and Claudia Eckert of Chicago to better the women’s 150 yard médley relay time over a 25yard course, with a time of 1 minute, 36.5 seconds. The old time, 2.3 seconds slower, was set by the Detroit Athletic Club in 1932.
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