Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 January 1938 — Page 16

By Eddie Ash

HOOSIERS. PUT. TO. EARLY. TEST

IRISH-GOPHERS FEUD RENEWED

VV ISCON SIN and Northwestern, the two’ teams: which had the weakest records in Big Ten: preliminary competition this season, had the distinction of lifting the lid on the Western Conference title race-last night. . .. One night in the gleaming light, at any rate. ... . The Badgers split even in six prelim games and ‘the Wildcats won two and lost four. . . . But the Cats won last night. The Big Ten searchlight swings: to Bloomington this

evening where the Fighting Illini clash with the Fighting

Hoosiers. . . . Illinois is among the title favorites and it’s an acid test for Indiana right off the bat. , . . Coach Mills’ ‘quintet won five and lost one in the tune-up campaign and Coach Dean’s basketeers annexed four in six starts, wind-

ing up with three in a row on the right side. # # s » # 2

NORTHWESTERN is in for a big week. . . . The Cats © * take on California tonight and on Saturday entertain Ohio State. . . . Watch for a stirring struggle at Minnesota tonight. . . . Notre Dame will be there and Minneapolis will be depopulated during game time... .. Just-a mention of Notre Dame in the North country is enough to bring the natives a-running. . . . It’s a non-Conference affair, but the Irish-Gopher feud supplies the spark and color to excite the customers. : ; Notre Dame has won seven out of ‘eight starts this season, Minnesota six out of seven. ... The Gophers were

Big Ten cochampions with Illinois last winter. = » o t 4 2 # ; UCH ado in Indiana College Conference circles. . . . DePauw, undefeated in Conference play, battles undefeated Earlham at Richmond tonight. . . . The Tigers, in all games, have won four and lost two. . . . Other state college leading attractions this week: Ball State at Franklin, tomorrow; Indiana State at Evansville, Thursday; Ball State at Toledo, Earlham at Wabash, both on Friday; Purdue at Chicago, Indiana at Iowa, Notre Dame at Pennsylvania, Butler

at Marquette, Ball State at Western State, Valparaiso at Manchester, :

all on Saturday. 5 UE Hoosier fives in the undefeated over-all ranks are Purdue, Indiana

Central, Earlham and Manchester. . . . Unbeaten in Indiana Conference competition are Indiana Central, Butler, Manchester, Earlham, DePauw, Franklin, Wabash and Valparaiso. : a 8 =» . 8.8 8 T was not Hank Luisetti’s desire to do a grandstand act at Cleveland the other night when he posted a new collegiate individual scoring record of 50 points against a bewildered Duquesne team. . . . It is said Hank’s mates hatched the scheme and kept feeding him the ball. Luisetti said after the game he had no intention of gunning for a record, neither did he think it was quite fair to run up such a tremendous score of 92 points against the Dukes. . . . But there wasn’t much he or his coach, John Bunn, could do about it. . . . The rest of the Stanford team insisted that Hank keep firing, and he couldn’t miss. . . . Reports say he pleaded with his mates to let up, but they kept maneuvering to force him to make the shots. . . . Anyway, that’s the story. = ® # 2 # ® OACH' BUNN of Stanford does not believe that the new style game, with the center jump removed, is too strenuous on college players. . . . And this is the fourth season without the jump for the Pacific Coast teams. . . . Bunn has experimented with athletic fatigue, using ‘basketball, tennis, swimming and track for example, and found that it required the pulse of a 440-yard sprinter twice as long to return to normal after a race, as it took that of a basketball player after a hard game. ° : : Chief criticism of the. nonstop game comés from high schools of small enroliment and small squads where reserves are a scarce article

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Out-of-Bounds Regulation

- Also ‘Is Changed by Rules Committee.

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent EDGEWATER PARK, Miss., Jan. 4—More forward passes in the end zone and more elbow room for quarterbacks to open up with all their scoring threats today were visioned for the 1938 football season as a result of two rule changes announced by the National Football Rules Committee after their 33d annual meeting. > The rules changes announced after a two-day session here were: 1. Hereafter any forward pass (excepting those made on fourth down) which becomes incomplete behind the goal line, will be treated as though it struck the ground in the field of play. An incomplete forward pass behind the goal line on fourth down will as now result in a touchhack, ; : 2. When the ball goes out of bounds between the goal lines, or becomes dead within 15 yards of the sideline, it shall’ be putin play at a spot 15 yards from that side line, instead of 10 yards as heretofore. The new rule governing passes means the offensive team can now make three consecutive incomplete passes in the end zone, barring, of course, fourth down, without: losing Pa: This, the rules committee felt, will enable the quarterback to employ his full repertoire of plays at all times. Ir. making the other change the rules committee deemed that the devzlopment of both forward and lateral passes had made more leeway desirable. As it. is impracticable to widen the field, the ball will be brought in five yards farther. This change also will aid short-side plays near the sidelines considerably, placing a greater burden on the defense. ik Committee Is Named

ccaches to the rules committee that a forward pass which inadvertently strikes an ineligible player behind the line of scrimmage be considered an incomplete pass instead of loss of the ball was rejected after considerable debate.

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Hurls Challenge - On Free TIPTON, Ind, Jan. 4 (U. P.).

issued a challenge to the nation’s basketball stars today—one or-all —to meet him for the “free throw” championship. of the courts. James A. Shuck, whose grandchildren have. filled Prairie Township basketball score books for 30 years, and who first felt. a basketball in his hands when he was 62, boasted 215 free throws without a miss in 1925. LF “The next year,” he said, “I pitched 592 out of 600 tries in ome aay Te other day I put in 24 out of 25.” : Residents of the rural neigh-

Township high school ' have affirmed Shuck’s claims. His stance and hold on the ball? | “Feet well apart, but on the same line to keep from weaving,” he said. “And hands nearly under the ball with the fingers and thumbs together, and be sure to

Throws

—A 75-year-old farm worker |

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Charley McCahill Leads Local Bowlers With 651

Charley McCahill today was the pace-setter in local bowling compe-

A. A. Hurlers Remain Even With Hitters

Sherlock and Riddle Among 40 Leaders Who Show Slight Gain.

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The American Association’s 40 leaude ing hitters were unable to increase materially their batting averages against league pitching in 1937 over 1936, official Association percentages showed today. : Of the two score batters who went to the plate 200 times or more in both 1936 and last year, 24 hitters secured less hits last season than in the preceding year.

group raised its collective average two points. In 1936 the 40 players batted 17,980 times and hit safely 5313 times for an average of .206. Last year, they batted 17,172 times and secured 5118 hits Tor an average of .208. - John Pasek, St. Paul catcher, exe perienced the largest increase, jumpe ing 40 points form .260 in 1936 to 308 in 1937. Runnerup was Roy Pfleger, Minneapolis, with an ine crease from .299 to .326. A teammate,

‘| Spencer. Harris, and catcher Bob

Linton of Toledo, tied for third position with 25-point increases. Other players who fared better at the plate in 1937 than 1936 included Pat Ankenman, Columbus; Johnny Riddle and Vince Sherlock, Indian apolis; Eldon Breese, Kansas City; Mickey Heath, Eddie Marshall and Lin Storti, Milwaukee; Andy Cohen, Minneapolis; Bob Boken, Bill Norman and Phil Todt, St. Paul and Chet Morgan, Toledo. The worst slump was experiencéd by Vernon (George) Washington, St. Paul. The league’s leading hitter in 1936, Washington's average plummetted from .390 to .311 for a loss of 79 points. : : Moose Foster, Louisville, lost $7 points, Fresco Thompson, Minne apolis, 52 points, and Milt Boce Kansas City, 51 points. . * Others who suffered batting slumps over this period were Dick Siebert, Columbus; Fred Berger, Ox Eckhardt and Bob Fausett, Indian apolis; Al Marchand, Ham Schulte and George Stumpf, Kansas City; Eddie Morgan, Walter Ringhofer, Rosen and Mel Simons,

Taken as a whole, however, the \

and regulars of tender age necessarily are compelled to pound the | Buta standing committee on rules tition, rolling a 215-202-234—651 series in the St. Joan of Arc League at | Louisville; Bill Brenzel, Ted Gullic,

hardwood the full :distance. 2 ” 2

RADLEY TECH of Peoria is one of the best of the small college B teams and is undefeated in four starts this season. . has downed St. Louis U., Indiana, Western Kentucky and Nebraska. graduate, is coach. . . . Last year the four and won the title in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. - Bradley was undefeated in Conference competition last season . . This winter’s team is an all-veteran lineup : . Tech achieved last season’s high

honors with an all-sophomore aggregation.

Boxers in Limelight for

. . . A. J. Roberston, Montana Techites won 16 games and lost

and won 12 in a row. . which will be intact next season. . .

January,

By JOE WILLIAMS : Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Jan. 4—While not

altogether epic in dimensions the

peak-busting program for the first month of the New Year promises some interesting moments, includ-

ing: . . - Freddie Steele, the middleweight champion, against Freddie Apostoli, Friday night; Tony Galento, the Set Jersey Jumbo, against Charlie Massera tomorrow in Orange, N. J, and Tommy Farr against Jim Braddock, of whom you may have heard, on Jan. 21. Steele is probably the best all around technician of the six. The Tacoma youngster plends boxing guile with hitting power to a nice degree. He reminds you of a big Benny Leonard. Watching him you are convinced he started right; that he mastered the fundamentals and then proceeded to refine them. : The last time we saw Apostoli around here was against Marcel Thil, the bald-headed Frenchman. The reformed San Francisco bellhop is a good journeyman performer with a stout punch, but he doesn’t seem 40 have the wellrounded ability of the champion and for that reason the ‘odds: will be against : Bre To the uninitiated -it will come as a surprise that this match is not for the championship, since Steele js the title-holder and it is quite generally conceded that Apostoli is the ranking challenger. The. reason 4t isn’t for the championship is that ‘the promoters don’t want it that

way. They're Both Honorable figure they can

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tinctive is the presence and personality of the lurid Galento. For reasons not completely clear} they call Galento the Jersey Night Stick. He is a roly-poly Italian who runs a saloon on the other side of the Hudson—and is, by his own admission, the saloon’s best customer. He does most of his training back of the mahogany. He is a sort of John L. Sullivan (in lower case). What makes Galento popular is his authentic zest for fighting. He is a lusty, salty fellow who gets a genuine kick out of throwing and stopping leather. As a guess, I'd say he'd beat any of the heavyweights in a rough and tumble brawl. That's the way he fights. Or likes to. Anything goes.

In a sense it’s regrettable Galen- |:

to hasn’t more ability. It seems a) shame that such flaming enthusiasm and soul-warming fellowship should be lost on mediocrity. And generally it isn’t. the playboys of sports are generally great performers.

for another. Artist Not the Word

But if Galento is not the supreme artist he, at least, thinks he is. And artist is hardly the proper word. Galento wouldn’t want anyone to use this word in connection with him. The supreme killer, perhaps, but not artist. It is his belief he can massacre any heavyweight in the game. To him they are a lot of bums. There is only one heavyweight, and that’s Mr. Galento. Always he is badgering his manager to get him Joe Louis. He will stand back of his bar over in Jersey munching rapturously of a scuttle

of suds and sigh: “If I could only|’

get that Detroit punk in the ring with me I'd murder him.” Jt is Mr. Galento’s notion, of course, that Louis and all the others are afraid of him. And maybe they are. You can never be sure what Mr. Galento will do. He is

just as liable to pull up one of the}

ring posts and break it over your head as not.

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changes, will study the suggestion, along with several others, and make a report at the next meeting. . Secretary W. S. Langford, New York City, reported that the many

carefully, final possibilities, of ‘which eight were rejected and two accepted. “The suggestion to permit a for-

of scrimmage was discussed only briefly and there was no marked sentiment for it,” said Langford. “No thought at all was given to moving the goal posts back to the goal-line.” E Used by Professionals These two rules have been used successfully by the National Professional Football League. The rule pertaining to moving the ball in 15 yards, which was adopted, is. one which the professionals have popularized. ; A request by the coaches that a clearer definition of what constitutes an intentionally grounded forward pass was rejected for the reason the rules committee decided to avoid placing another burden similar to interpretation of “pass interference” on the officials. Under the 1938 rules the passrainded teams of the Southwest Conference, -who sometimes throw from 25 to 35 aerials in one game, will be given considerable help. As cne coach pointed out, teams like Rice, Arkansas and Texas Christian which are equipped with superior passing games will be doubly tlangerous in scoring territory under the-new changes. 2 a

High Scorer

Dick Wenning (above), - who starred at forward on the city championship Manual team of 1036, will travel with .the local Rockwood Buddies to- Westfield

son, tossed five field goals in the last five minutés of Sunday's

rules suggestions made were studied | . : and sifted down to 10|

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William H. Faust Sr, upper photo, and William H. Faust Jr. make up an outstanding fatherson combination in local bowling -circles. They are teammates in two leagues, both of their squads high in the standings.

‘The elder Faust has been bowling 33 years and has a 300 game to his

: : Tim credit. Faust Jr. has

the Uptown Alleys.

Immanuel No. 1 were triple winners and Trinity, First Reformed No. 1, Immanuel No.3 and First Reformed No. 2 took the odd game. Wilbur Eggert came through with 628, including a 258 middle game, to head the Evangelical League, Paul Striebeck getting 619. * A 617 by Lynch was high in the Transportation loop. New York Central, with 2800, and Southern Pacific captured three games and Canadian Pacific, Chicago & Northwestern, Pennsylvania and Chesapeake & Ohio won twice. The New York Central scores: om BF of 209 193 187

978 901 926—2800 rked up a 617 in

Totals Jess Pritchett ma the Optimist League and Henry | Belch’s 613 was best in the State

| Highway loop at Pritchett’s drives.

es Photos. ‘bowled 12 years and last night: was high man in the Court House League. They also compete in the Inter-

season finished - one-two in -the scoring. 2 The Fausts are partners in business, too, being members of a local law firm... = a

Londos in Good

Jim Londos, the “man of the hour” when it comes to attracting large turnout of wrestling followers, comes to the Armory tonight as chief attraction in ushering in the local 1938 mat season. : The Greek star, who held the world’s heavyweight belt for six years, has been almost two-thirds the way around the globe since appearing here 18 months ago. He has engaged in grappling encounters throughout almost every Eiropean nation and in other foreign

Opponent Sought - By Center Grove

of Center: Grove High School announced today that Center Grove is seeking an opponent for Jan. 21 or 22. Center Grove has won eight of 11 games this season, numbering the local Broad Ripple five and Ben Davis among its victims. Any coach or athletic director whose team has Jan. 21 or 22 open is requested to write Mr. Chambers in care of the Center Grove Schools at Green-

T.C.U. MENTOR GETS MISSISSIPPI OFFER

FT. WORTH, Texas, Jan. 4 (U. P). -~Leo (Dutch) ‘Meyer, head football coach at Christian University, said today he had received a

ape “most attractive offer” from repre-

sentatives of the University of Mis-

‘Meyer said he Chan been invited to

club loop, and on one occasion this

Athletic Director D. E. Chambers |-

William H. Faust Jr. toppled 622 | pins to lead the Court House circuit ‘at the Pennsylvania Alleys. The Lawyers made a clean sweep and | the Treasurers, Clerks and Union Title gained two-out-of-three decisions. : In the Kroger League at the Pennsylvania plant, Moschenross showed the way with 571. Russ Buley rolled a series to | top the Bell Telephone loop at the | Indiana Alleys, Frank -Liebtag and | Meyers each getting 606. Long Lines No. 1, Accounting and Long Lines No 2 annexed three games and General Plant, Western Electric, General Commercial, Construction and Traffic finished ahead twice. Walter Roeder set the pace in the Kiwanis League at the Indiana establishment with 609. Bowl Tie Game Wilbur Richwine’s 619 was high in

drives, George Godwin connecting for 607 and Jimmy DeRose ahd J. Douglas each getting 603. Arteraft Roofing, Palm Garden, Schwegman Grocery and Hank’s Tavern weré three-time winners while Seven Up and Fisk Tires captured the odd

Fountain Square Alleys with 618, Jerry O'Grady hitting for 609. Freund's Pharmacy swept its series while Holy Cross A. C. and Fox’s Jail House triumphed twice. A tie resulted in the Indianapolis ‘Automotive circuit at the Hotel Antlers, C. Campbell and. Smith each turning in a 808 total.: The Wreckers scored a shutout victory and Gulling Auto Electric, Bader Coffee and’ Pavy’s Tavern two-out-of-three verdicts. : In the Lions Club League at the

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Dick Nordholt fired a 630 to show the way in the Reformed Church circuit at Pritchett’s alleys, Charley Cray hitting for 619 and Bud Schoch

609. Second Reformed No. 1 and

the Fraternal loop at the Illinois |

game. X . Larry Kramer gained first honors | in the Holy Cross League at thef

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Antlers, Kennelly was best with 596. Marion Oakley’s 566 led the Omar Baking League at the Central -Alleys and R. Ayres was high in the South. Side Merchants loop with 609.

Neil C. King calls attention to the American Bowling Congress = rule

‘which makes it mandatory for five-

man teams wishing to compete n the annual tournament at Chicago to file spplications and entry money not leter than Jan. 15. King is third vice president of the A. B. C. and is hand’ing local entries. He announced that approximately 100 local teams have made reservations for the tourney, which will cpen March 3. Many of these squacis have not turned in their enfry blanks and fees.

Riggs to See First Action in Tourney

CORAL GABLES, Fla, Jan. 4— Bobby Riggs of Los Angeles, America’s No. 2 ranking tennis player, swings into action today as the annual Miami Biltmore champion-

ships: move into the second round. Riggs’ first appearance in Florida

tournament play will require top-

notch tennis to justify his being seeded ahead of Bryan (Bitsy) Grart of Atlanta, defending titleholder. .

that made him a star in international tennis by running through his first-round opponent, Charles Carroll of Miami, in straight sets, 6-1, 8-1. Riggs, who drew a first round bye, starts off against Bob Dickenson of Miami. !

PRO GRIDDER TO WED CLEVELAND, Jan. 4 (U. P)~— Ed Cioddard, Cleveland Rams’ halfback and 1936 All-America footballer at Washington State, will be married to Ellen May Perry of

Bitsy yesterday showed the form |

Eddie Hope and Frenchy Uhalt, Mile waukee; Bob Fenner, Bit McCulloch, Henry Steinbacher-and Jackie Ware ner, St. Paul, jand Jimmy Adair, Toledo. :

Washington Shifts Game to Ben Davis

It was announced today that the game scheduled for PFPriday night between Alexandria and Washington had been changed from the Continental's West Side gym to the new Ben Davis gym. Alexandria officials suggested the change because of the greater seate ing capacity at Ben Davis. .

SPIDER BITES - HORSE

ARCADIA, Cal, Jan. 4 (U. P).— Amor Brujo, South American charger, considered a strong cone tender for the $100,000 Santa Anita handicap, has been bitten by a spider, it was. learned today. The bite, received last Wednesday, was said to have been the reason Amor Brujo was scratched from the $5000 New Year's Handicap. The wound was reported painful but not serious.

OFFERS HOCKEY AWARD * KANSAS CITY, Mo. Jan. 4 (U, P)—Willlam PF. Grant, president of the American Hockey Association, announced today that a silver trophy would be presented to the “most valuable player” in the league.

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