Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 February 1938 — Page 16

By Eddie Ash

NINE LEADERS IN 14 SEASONS

HOOSIER STATE TOPS BIG TEN

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He’s First in the Stretch

Bob Spessard, Ni for All-America center, shows how he uses his height to advantage on rebounds as he rears up for the ball in the Generals’ game with Long Island University at Madison Square Garden, New York. Despite the presence of Spessard, the Southerners lost by three points.

=” n N the last 14 years of Big Ten basketball, and since players started tossing their own free throws, Purdue has contributed the leading scorer seven times and Indiana twice. . . . The honored sons of Hoosierdom and the year of their reign, with points; Spradling, Purdue, 128 points in 1925: Beckner, Indiana, 109 in 1926; Cummings, Purdue, 123 in 1927: Murphy, Purdue, 145 in 1929; McCracken, Indiana, 147 in 1930; Johnny Wooden, Purdue, 154 in 1932; Cottom, Purdue, 120 in 1934; Kessler, Purdue, 160 in 1936: Young, Purdue, 172 in 1937. Ernest Andres, Indiana, and Jewell Young, Purdue, are serious contenders for the individual crown in the 1938 race. . . . The former has tallied 80 points in seven games and the latter 79 in six. ... Young is slightly off last year’s pace. Andres is third and Young fourth. . .. Jimmy Hull, Ohio State, climbed to second place in his last two starts and his record is 83 markers in seven games. . . . Lewis Dehner, now ineligible, still rides at the top with 97 points in six tilts. . .. It is said the Illini flash may return to action

for his team’s last four games. BOTH Purdue and Indiana have two players in the first 10 high scorers as the battle hits the stretch. . .. Gene Anderson of the Boilermakers and Joe Platt of the Hoosiers are in a tie for eighth place at 54 points. Rooney and Powell, sixth and seventh, respectively, are Wisconsin's candidates for the crown, the former at 67 points, the latter 65. . . . Other metnbers of the first 10 are Stephens, Iowa, fifth, 72, and Townsend, Michigan, eighth, 61. Six of the 10 leaders are products of Indiana high schools, which gives you an idea how well the Hoosier

lads keep their eyes centered on the hoop. ” ASKETBALL officials who feel they are maligned by booing specB tators should attend a bull fight where the raspberry has been developed into an art, according to Football Coach Lynn Waldorf of Northwestern, who has just returned from a vacation ih Mexico. . . In addition to vocal outbursts, the crowds at bull fights throw cushions and other articles into the arena to show their disapproval. . . And when greatly aroused, the fans build fires in the stands, Waldorf said. A tendency to “win em the hard way” has characterized Northwestern's play from the start of the Big Ten basketball season. . . . In six games the Wildcats have scored 206 points against 195 points by their opponents for a winning margin of 15-6 points a game. The Wildcats were forced into an overtime game to nose out Indiana and they gained one-point decisions over Ohio State and Michigan.

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HE 21st Indianapolis Independent Amateur basketball tournament embraces 580 players and the young hardwood army launches the title drive tonight at Dearborn Gym. _ . It is one of the leading and largest events of its kind in the nation and the starting field of 58 teams. this year is a record. . . . Each squad is allowed 10 members and the standard of play is exceptional and the rivalry keen. Every section of the city is represented and at many tussles the rooting is comparable to high school and college yellfests. . . The tourney is spread over six nights and the champions and runners-up advance to the state amateur finals. This is the sixth time the elimination meet has been held at Dearborn. y

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EPAUL of Chicago scored against Illinois Wesleyan in the last five seconds to break a 39-39 deadlock. . . Pennsylvania and Dartmouth, rivals for years, kept the crowd in an uproar by going two overtimes with the Quakers winning, 40-38. . And Penn State and Georgetown U. wenl ‘round and round before the former won in an extra period. The show's the thing to keep the cash customers coming back for more. . By stepping up the action basketball has cut in on hockey and taken the play away from the fast ice sport in several large cities. . Sports goers are not satisfied nowadays with one-sided games even when their own team is making a runaway of it.

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OOM 812 in the Circle Tower will be the location of basketball business on Friday, Feb. 25, in *he afternoon. . Complete drawings for the 1938 state high school basketball tourney will be made at that time, assembled at night and released for publication to the afternoon newspapers on the morning of Feb. 26. . . . Representatives of the three Indianapolis newspapers and of three press associations will be present to watch the I. H. S. A. A. Board of Control perform its momentous duties. Arthur L. Trester, commissioner, issued the official announcement. _.. Board members are G. L. Russell, president. Gary: G. Warren Phillips, Hebron; Robert S. Hinshaw, Rushville; H. E. Sanford, Covington; Mark Wakefield, Evansville. . . . Schedules for the 64 sectionals, March 3, 4 and 5; 16 regionals, March 12: four semifinals, March 19, and finals, March 26, will be drawn.

MORE PITTSBURGH TIES Leo Rodak of Chicago has fought Jackie Wilson, Pittsburgh featherweight, three consecutive draws.

M'CREARY ENROLLS AT 1. TU. BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Feb. 10 (U. P).—Dick McCreary of Indianapolis, winner last year of the In-

dianapolis district, State Junior and State Amateur Golf Championships, has enrolled in Indiana University for the second semester, it was announced today.

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Princeton Mentor Unanimous Choice of Officials At Michigan.

ANN ARBOR, Mich., Feb. 10 (U. P.) —Herbert Orin (Fritz) Crisler of Princeton today became head coach of the University of Michigan, with a contract which eventually will make him successor to Fielding H. Yost, athletic director and “grand old man” of Wolverine football. Crisler succeeds Harry G. Kipke, who was ousted from the coaching job last December in a surprise move by the athletic board of control. In addition he becomes assistant athletic director with the understanding that he will assume Yost's job within three years. Yost, who came to Michigan as head coach in 1901, is near the retirement age. Dr. Alexander G. Ruthven, university president, said Crisler had the unanimous support of the board in control of athletics, the board of regents and himself. In a formal confirmation of Crisler’s announcement at Princeton that he had accepted the Michigan post, Dr. Ruthven said: “Herbert O. Crisler has been appointed head football coach and assistant athletic director at the University of Michigan. The appointment was a unanimous action by the board of regents in confirmation of the action of the board in control of physical education.” Terms of the contract were not announced. A source close to the board indicated, however, that it was signed on a two-year basis with the understanding that it would be renewed providing Crisler turns in a satisfactory record. It was also understood that he gradually would assume complete administrative control of the athletic department.

$10,000 Maximum Pay

This source said the maximum salary the board could pay for the combined jobs was $10,000, but there was no definite indication that this was the sum in Crisler’s contract. It was believed that most of the present coaching staff would remain under Crisler. The most important post yet to be filled was that of head line coach, vacated last month when Heartley (Hunk) Anderson resigned to take a similar position with the University of Cincinnati, It was almost a certainty that Tad Wieman, head line coach at Princeton and Crisler’s right-hand man, would not return to Michigan, where he once was head coach, as long as Yost remains in the executive position.

Wieman Quit in 1927

Wieman quit as football coach in 1927 after he told Yost to “get off the practice field and stay off or I'll resign.” Selection of Crisler followed weeks of interviews with candidates by Yost and Prof. Ralph Aigler, chairman of the athletic board. During their search for a new coacn, names of several outstanding mentors were considered, among them George Veenker of Towa State College; Gus Dorais, University of Detroit: Tommy Hamilton, former Navy coach, and Dick Harlow of

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PRINCETON, N. J. Feb. 10 (U. P.).—The Middle West claimed one ot its own today—Herbert Orin (Fritz) Crisler,’who resigned his! Princeton coaching job to become assistant director of athletics and head football coach at the University of Michigan. Born in Illinois and educated at the University of Chicago, where he won the Western Conference medal for outstanding athletic and scholarship achievement, the 39-year-old Crisler was released from the last two years of his Princeton contract to succeed Harry G. Kipke, deposed at Ann Arbor last December. “This was the hardest decision I ever made in my life,” Crisler told the Princeton Athletic Council last night. “However, Michigan presents such a far-reaching opportunity that it was difficult for me to do anything but accept. I've always been proud of my association with Princeton men and with their splendid loyalty to the Princeton tradition. So quite naturally, I leave with considerable regret.” Prof. Burnham W. Dell, Princeton Athletic Council president, said no action had been taken on Crisler's successor. There was understood to be some sentiment in favor of Tad Weiman, Crisler's assistant and line coach, who formerly held the head coaching job at Michigan.

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Loss 3d for Notre Dame

Hilltoppers Take Hot Battle, 45 to 43, at Milwaukee.

MILWAUKEE, Feb. 10 (U. P).— Marquette today began preparations for its trip to Indianapolis turday, following last night's 45-f0-43 conquest of the fast-stepping Irish of Notre Dame here. It was Notre Dame's third loss this season. The Hilltoppers will play a return engagement with Butler at Indianapolis, having beaten the Bulldogs here earlier in the season. Marquette trailed at the half, 26 to 23, but surged out in front during the last period and won the game with a last-minute field goal after the score had been tied for the eleventh time during the game. Sophomore Bill Deneen paced the Hilltoppers with 14 points, but Notre Dame's Johnny Moir topped all scorers with eight field goals and a free throw, Notre Dame (43) Moir, f .. Sadwski, Nowak, ¢ . Ertel, ¢ .. Brown, g . Jordan, g

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Referee—Getchell Thomas). pire—Craig (Illinois Weslevan). CRAWFORDSVILLE, Feb. 10— Wabash came from 10 points behind Evansville to win an Indiana Conference game, 46 to 38, here last night. Trailing, 31 to 21, in the middle of the second half, the Little Giants staged a quick rally, led by Jack Long and Dick Carr, that erased the Purple Aces’ lead und produced the Wabash triumph. Wabash (46) Evansville (35)

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Basketball

Two games are scheduled for Saturday night at Westfield. In the first fray, the Hoosier A. C. girls meet the Indianapolis Aces at 7:30 |p. m, At 8:30 p. m., the Hoosier A. C. boys battle the Westfield Merchants.

Results in the Interdepartmental League of the Indianapolis Power | and Light Co.:

Meter, 33; Harding Street, 31, Underground, 30: Service, 27. Customer Accounting. 36; Commercial. 12.

‘Five Games Mark

| Tourney Opening Play in the 21st annual City Amateur Basketball Tournament will get under way tonight at the Dearborn gym with five games scheduled as follows: Falls City vs. Link Belt m. Kingan Knights vs. HornaBroad Ripple A. C. vs. In-

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10:10 p. m. H. P. Wasson vs. Rockwood Buddies. The Rockwood Buddies trounced the Kingan Knights, 41 to 21, last night at the Dearborn gym in a Co-operative League game. Tonight, the Buddies open their cam- | Peien for the city amateur championship when they meet H. P. Wasson at 10:10 p. m. in the first round of the city tourney at Dearborn gym. The following players are on the Rockwood roster: Wenning, Y ov an, McCleerey, Blasingame, Wampler, Gill, O. Dobbs, M. Dobbs, Glen and Franklin. The Buddies have won 20 games and lost four this season. For games, write Leo Ostermeyer, 1631 English Ave.

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by the repeated flashes of the light on the enemy goal. Surrendering to the notion that the double-rimmed electric eye hoops had “jinxed” his team, Hinkle yesterday ordered their removal in favor of the old-fashioned hoops with the long mesh netting. So, down came the new-style hoops and today Butler began firing at the old baskets as the Bulldogs | made ready for Marquette's invasion | Saturday. Following the game with Mar- | quette, Butler will entertain Notre Dame on Monday. In order to facilitate sale of tickets to the Notre Dame-Buftler game, a downtown ticket office has been established at Spalding’s, 9 E. Market St. Downstairs seats on the east side of the oor will be reserved. Tickets also may be purchased from the bursar’s office at the school.

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Basketball Scores

STATE COLLEGES

Marquette, 45; Notre Dame, 43. Wabash, 46; Evansville, 38.

OTHER COLLEGES

Louisville, 40; Georgetown, 43 (over-

time). George Washington, 41; Westminster, 26. | Temple, 43; Pittsburgh, 41, Texas A. and M,, 48; Baylor, 46 (overtime). C. C. N. Y., 37; Fordham, 35. New York U., 40; St. John's (Brooklyn), 3.

Syracuse, 36; Army, 31. Navy, 61; William and Mary, 20, Georgia, 46; Sewanee, 22. Georgia Tech, 57; South Carolina, 35. North Carolina, 41; Davidson, 30. Nebraska, 52; Oklahoma, 42, Washington and Jefferson, 58; St. Vincent, 39, HIGH SCHOOLS Horace Mann (Gary), 32; (East Chicago), 24. Jeffersonville, 27; Southport, Elwood, 38; Noblesville, 32, Monticello, 40; Oxford, 35. Rising Sun, 23; Patriot, 22, Lizton, 35; Clayton, 31. Maxwell, 37; McCordsville, 24, Wilkinson, 43; Markleville, 32. Osgood, 31; Milan, 19. Lynnville, 11; Dale, 7. Sunman, 18; Guilford, 18. Ladoga, 32; Linden, 31 (overtime). Veedersburg, 36: Wingate, 27. New Ross, 36; Bowers, 31. Romney, 49; Reynolds, 30, New Paris, 39; Milford, 30.

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Booneville, 31; Spurgeon, 26, Ning iad Catholic, 37; Selina (0.) Cath- | olie, 13. .

Bravil, 42; Danville, 28, Flora, 27; Rossville, 22. West Point, 37; Klondike, 25, Chalmers, 24; Battleground, 18. State Training (Terre Haute), 34; Honey Creek, 30. Glenn, 20. Fairbanks, 41; Merom, 31, Hillsdale, 24; Scotland (IIL), Cory, 27: Riley, 19.

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Henry Armstrong Stops Al Citrino

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 10 (U. P), -—Henry Armstrong, world's feather« weight champion, scored 13 knocke downs over Al Citrino of San Frane cisco at Civic Auditorium last night before the referee awarded the Nee gro the bout on a technical knock out. Armstrong floored Citrino five times in the first round and the Italian was on his back as the beil sounded. In the second round Citrino was down three times and in the third twice. Citrino was down three times in the fourth before the fight was called. Armstrong weighed 133 and Citrino 131. Since the fight was at overs weight, Armstrong's title was not al stake.

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