Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1938 — Page 13
Eddie Ash
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STARS ARE BURNING UP
COLLEGES SPRING GOAL DELUGE
FIGURES show that the scoring pace in collegiate basketball has been stepped up to the most furious tempo yet seen. . . . East, West, Midwest and South, the lads with the deadly eye have been dropping the ball through the nets with brilliant regularity.’ Elimination of the center jump has speeded up the game tremendously and this same rule change has added minutes of play to every contest. . . . But the big reason for the deluge of field ‘goals is that talent spotted around the country is the keenest in years. ... In the New York metropolitan area, which is one of the hottest hotbeds of collegiate basketball east of the Alleghenies, Long Island University’s Irving Torgoff is way off by himself in the race, with an average of approximately 15 noints a game. - However, the standout performer of the Eastern Sector has been Harry Platt, Brown University sophomore, who didn’t even begin to excite the coaching staff as a yearling. . . . But his sharp-shooting tactics from the field this season have given him an average of slightly
less than 20 points a game.
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WO or three seasons ago, an average of 15 points a game in collegiate competition was considered nothing short of miraculous. . . . But Bob Spessard, Washington and Lee center, is’ another whose activities already have brought him well above the one-time magic line. . . . If he maintains the pace he has set, for his last half dozen games, he will wind up with an average of 18 points. Lewis Dehner is out to break Jewell Young’s Big Ten season scoring mark of 172 points, and had it not been for the fact that he was ineligible for one game, the Illinois center might have done just that. ... As it is, he still has a chance to break the Conference scoring mark, and is being closely pressed for 1938 honors‘ by Young, of Purdue; Ben Stephens, Iowa forward, who is closing out his final season of play with a rush; Ernest Andres, Indiana guard, and Jim Hull, Ohio State forward. ®n » = 2 » s HUCK CHUCKOVITS of Toledo University and Nick Frascella of Wooster College have been called two of the greatest shotmakers in college basketball by players, coaches and officials who have seen them perform. .. . Another whirlwind is Johnny Moir, Notre Dame.... Hank Luisetti, Stanford’s star forward, who probably is the most phenomenal collegiate point collector of all time, is headed for another season of 400 points or more, or an average of better than 17. : » 2 # = » # OACHES used to say: “Give me a forward who can average 12 . points a game and he'll make my club a championship contender.” Practically every club now has a man who averages 12 points, or close to it. ... The new trend is to important totals like 15, 16, or 18-point averages. Nor should this barrage of baskets be taken as a reflection upon the defensive side of the game. .. . Basketball became an offensive contest in 1938, but every once in a while defensive efforts are rewarded and the goal wizards are checked. 2 2 = : 2 2 = T’S a busy week for George Keogan’s Notre Dame basketeers. . . . Last night it was a date with Michigan State, on Friday the Irish will perform in New York against the powerful N. Y. U, five, and on
Saturday the N. D. boys will tackle Colgate in Albany, N. Y.... It’s the Irish team’s second Eastern invasion this season. ... In 1935 the Violets downed Noire Dame, but the Irish have taken a two-to-one edge by virtue of impressive victories in the last two seasons. The Violets, in addition to their desire to even the series, will be out to uphold Eastern prestige, for Notre Dame has defeated Pittsburgh twice, Pennsylvania and Canisius in games earlier this season.
Crusher Ready for Bout Ti onight
Local wrestling fans get their first “look in” on Steve (Crusher)
Casey, powerful 225-pound Irish mat star, tonight at the State Armory. The. Irishman meets stubborn and determined Milo | Steinborn, 226, German husky.
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More than 1000 applied for the position of trainer for the Philadelphia Athletics. It’s amazing to dis-
Iowa ‘Springs Surprise and Defeats Cats
Boilermakers Beat Buckeyes To Tie for Lead; Michigan Regains Form.
GAMES SATURDAY Purdue at Indiana. Michigan at Iowa. Minnesota at Chicago.
CHICAGO, Feb. 22 (U. P.) —Purdue once more was all square with Northwestern today and in the closing stages of the campaign was hailed as the favorite to win another undisputed Big Ten basketball championship. Iowa, only two nights before pitifully ineffective against Chicago, upset Northwestern last night, 26 to 25, and Purdue promptly disposed of Ohio State, 49 to 36. The two leaders each have won seven and lost two. Although they do not meet until March 5, Purdue has a chance to step into sole possession of first place with a victory over Indiana Saturday night while Northwestern is idle. Wildcats Caught Napping Jowa’s unexpected aggressiveness put Northwestern off balance in the first minutes of the game in which Jack Drees and Nile Kinnick shot the*Hawkeyes into a six-point lead. Northwestern recovered but tired as the game grew rougher. Trailing by one point in the last few seconds, the Wildcats lost their chance to squeeze out ahead when Capt. Fred Trenkle missed both free throws awarded on a foul by Ben Stephens. All told, Northwestern missed 12 of its 15 free throws. Jewell Young’s 20 points, his second 20 in two games, routed Ohio State at Lafayette. Slow to start, Purdue was held on even terms until midway through the first half when Young opened up. He sank two ‘and Gene Anderson followed with three. more. Slowly Young piled up nine baskets and two free throws while Anderson and Johnny Sines each scored 12 points. Chicago Wins Another
Minnesota. retained its slim
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the title by nosing out Indiana, 37 to 36. Five points ahead with five minutes to play, the Gophers attempted to stall to insure their sixth straight victory and Indiana almost broke it up. Back in early season form, Michigan rolled over Wisconsin, 58 to 29, with a surprising offensive led by!., Jake Townsend, Herman Fishman |®
points in the first half on short shots set up by Townsend and Fishman. In the second half Townsend began.to shoot and scored 17 points while Fishman was picking up 13. Chicago broke a 38-t0-38 tie in the last three minutes and won its second game since 1935 by defeating
| Illinois, 43 to 39. Lewis (Pick) Den-
Casey, by polishing off Louis Thesz in Boston on Feb. 11, won
recognition of the American Wrestling Association ‘as heavyweight champion. In other bouts, John Katan meets Abe (Half Pint) Coleman and Silent Rattan faces Walter Hills,
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Gomez ‘Goofy,’ Wife Testifies; Asks 8 Separation
NEW YORK, Feb. 22 (U. P)— Vernon (Goofy) Gomez is just that=his beautiful wife, the former June O'Dea of the stage, declared in New York Supreme - Court. In fact, she said, the Ilefthanded pitcher of the New York Yankees is so “highly eccentric” that one night he roused her fro slumber to inform her that he had conceived a “perfect” crime — he could strangle her with his hands and get away with it. - Mrs. Gomez sat up the rest of
that night, she said, pleading with Lefty to save his strength for baseball
without leaving an fingerprints,” she declared. “The outside world, he said, would never dream he
was so much in love with me.” The attempt to show that Gomez deserved his nickname was designed to strengthen his wife’s suit for separation. Pending a decision, she will ask Justice Aaron J. Levy today to grant $200 a week temporary alimony and $3500 counsel fees. | At last reports, whom sports writers hung the title, “the goofy one,” was in California holding out on the Yankees. He abandoned a divorce ‘suit in Reno, and announced he
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Basketball Scores
STATE COLLEGES
Purdue, 49; Ohio State, 36. Minnesota, 37; Indiana, 36. Indiana Central, 50; Indiana State, 36. ‘Notre Dame, 48; Michigan State,
Central Normal, 45; Huntington,
OTHER COLLEGES
Detroit, 39; Armour Tech, 33. ‘Michigan, 58; Wisconsin, 29. Arkansas, 54; Baylor, 45. Chicago, 43; Tilinois, 39. Kansas, 31; Iowa State, 23. Kansas State, 41; Nebraska, 29. Iowa, 26; Northwestern, 25. Kentucky, 48; Vanderbilt, 24. Westminster, 55; Youngstown College, 27. Southeast Missouri Teachers, - 32; Southern Illinois Normal, 24. Central, 35; Culver-Stockton, 30. Oklahoma, 41; Missouri, 39. Virginia Tech, 52; Randolph-Ma-
con, 45.
Washington and Lee, 61; William and Mary, 40. South Dakota, cago), 39. Dartmouth, 46; Columbia, 36. Albion, 46; Olivet, 31. Kalamazoo, 54; Alma, 30. ‘Davis and Elkins, 47; West Virginia Wesleyan, 44. Duke, 41; Wake Forest, 40. Furman, 41; South Carolina, 38. Grinnell, 59; Washburn, 33. Arkansas, 54; Baylor, 45. Colorado College, 31; Denver, 30. Vd York A. C., 33; Georgetown, Crescent A. C., 32; Fordham, 28. Pacific, 38; Puget Sound, 33. North Texas Teachers, 54; west Texas, 25. Cape Girardeau, Mo., Teachers, |] 32; Southern Illinois Normal, 24. Kansas Wesleyan, 49; Baker, 35. Kirksville, 39; Rolla Mines, 32. HIGH SCHOOLS 42 iorisville, 41; Brownsburg,
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Amateur Basketball
Several feature games are on the schedule tonight in the city net tourney now in progress at- the Dearborn Gym. Five games are on the evening's schedule.
The Hoosier Athletic Club, defending city champions, will tangle with the Lang’s Market quintet at 7:40 p. m. in one feature, while the Mount Jackson Tire & Battery team will clash with the Schwitzer Cummins Stokols at 9:20 p. m. in another contest. Tonight’s complete schedule:
P.M. 6:50--Little Nick Beer vs. Woodstock X. C. 1: 20-Hoosier Athletic Club vs. Lang's
arket 8: :20—North “side Red Devils vs. Coca-
9:20—Mt. Jackson Tire & Battery Co. vs. Schwitzer Cummins Stokols. 1: 104+-Englewood Christian vs. ‘Indianapolis Flashes.
Close games marked last night's
tilts in the city tourney with one
double overtime game. Led by Smith, who registered 19 points, the Falls City Beer quintet defeated the Rockwood Buddies in a double overtime tilt, 36 to 34. - With only five seconds left in the regulation playing time, Smith snagged a basket Ws fond the game into an gvertime, 0
Both teams added five points during the first overtime session, making it 34 to 34, while in the fingl period Les Hutchinson, one of the veterans of the Beermen, tallied the cleciding basket.
In the opener, the Trimble Oilers defeated the gan Knight quintet, 39 to 37, Boeman leading the Oilers with 19 ‘points. After a hard tussle the Jaghnsons Market five subdued the Inland Box five, 36 to 33, with Baker leading the Market five with 15 points. ' Brehob’s Market, one of the tourney favorites, toppled the Big Four A. A, squad, 32 to 26. Stull led the Brehob five with 15 tallies.
In the Catholic Grade School tournament, which opened yesterday at the Dearborn gym, the St. Catherine five defeated the Holy Cross team, 23 to 14, Devine scoring eight points for the winners. The St. Phillips five had little trouble defeating the Sacred Heart team, 34 to 21. eight points, was best for the win-
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ners while Meyers scored 14 points for the Sacred Heart quintet. APlay will be resumed tomorrow Sfisrnoon with the following schedule: 4 p. m.—Lady of Lourdes vs. Holy Trinity. . 4:560—Cathedral vs. St. Anthony’s.
The Westfield - Merchants will play a double-header tonight against the L. S. Ayres and Speedway Merchants teams at Festfield.
The following is the schedule for tonight in the Hoosier A. C. Girls’ League: 7:30—U. S. Tires vs. Indianapolis Aces; 8:30—Greyhounds
vs. Gibson Co.; 9:30—Hoosier A. C.
Girls vs. Linton Radio. The Hoosier Girls are leading the league with 13 victories and one defeat.
FORMER I. U. STARS DRUB FLYING CADETS
‘BLOOMINGTON, GTON, Feb. 22 (U. PJ). —A quintet of former Indiana University cage stars swamped the flying cadets of the Pensacola, Fla., naval air station, 60 to 44, last night following the Indiana-Minnesota Big Ten scrap. Buzz Borries, former All-America football halfback of Navy, led the Cadets with 18 points. Big Jim Birr, who recently was declared ineligible at Indiana, scored 17 points from his pivot position for the winners, slapping them in from all angles. Kenn Gunning and Vern Huffman, last year’s Hoosiers, made 16 and 13 respectively. to Cadets returned to Pensacola today, flying their large training plane which carries them through-
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PURDUE AGAIN FAVORED IN BIG T EN RACE
[Notre Dame Scores 17th Home Victory
Turns Back Spartans, 4832; Danville and Greyhounds Win.
By United Press Central Normal and Indiana Central won tilts in the state college conference last night and Notre Dame turned back an invading quintet from Michigan State, 48 to 32, for its 17th straight home victory. Central's Greyhounds out-shot for the nd time this season. Bohr, Grey-
‘hound forward, hit two in the first
30 seconds of the game to take a lead that never was threatened.
"| Bohr had 13 points and Dorton,
lanky pivot man, tossed seven field goals for the winners. Watson, Wood and Sharpe had four baskets apiece for State. Notre Dame had a tough first half against Michigan = State, who matched long shots against the Irish sniping. Nowak’s two free tosses before the period ended gave Notre Dame a 20-t0-18 lead. Moir and Sadowski opened a hook-shot barrage at the start of the -second
"half and quickly built up a wide
margin. Nowak was high point man with 12, while Hutt, his. opponent, led State with 11. Howard Kraft, Michigan State senior guard, was given a wrist watch between halves
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| Times Photo. Champion of The Times-Legion Golden Gloves tourney Novice class lightweights is Charles Weathers of the Senate Avenue Y. M. C. A. He waded through the division, engaged in two melees on the last night of action and climaxed his drive by scoring a first-round knockout to annex the crown Weathers ‘probably will advance “to the Open class next year and strive for a title and a trip to Chicago for the annual Tournament of Champions.
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Paul Birch, former Driguesne University star, is one of the younger members of the. New York Celtics who will battle the New York Rens, leading Negro professional quintet, at Butler Fieldhouse next Monday. It will be the only meeting of the pro rivals in Indiana and their first clash this season. Birch is gifted with accuracy from the field and in
addition is strong on the: defense.
The Celtics have won 76 games and lost six since the start of their season in November and have barnstormed through 18 states. First half of Monday’s game will be played under the old rules, with the center jump, the second half under the new.
Don May Turn Pro Next Year
Tennis King Returns From Australian Tour.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 (U. P.) — Amateur tennis patrons may cono | sider their world’s singles champion, red-haired J. Donald Budge, safe for at least a year but after that, Budge said today, he may be ready to hear professional offers. The “subject of professionalism was one upon which the gangling Oakland: youth would speak at length when he returned with three other Americans from a four-month tour of Australia and other points south and west.
He laughed at suggestions. that the long junket may have weakened |: him; he said unequivocally that he doesn’t believe he is ready for professional] play yet, but that the offer may be attractive in 1939. Budge said that at the present he must concentrate on other things: (a) The Wimbledon all-England championship; (b) The Davis Cup matches, and (¢) the American nationals. His decision ended for a year the quaking of Davis Cup custodians, who were ready to wrap the gaudy knick-knack for foreign shipment had he decided to abdicate his throne in favor of professional tennis this season. The American champion explained he was “lucky” to win the Austra-
Medal Play Begun In Houston Tourney
HOUSTON, Tex., Feb. 22 (U. P.). —A field of 80 golfers began medal play in the annual invitational tournament of the Houston Country Club today, with high scores in prospect because of heavy rains dure ing the past few days. The ' field of entries included Johnny Goodman, Omaha, national amateur champion and Edwin McClure, Shreveport, La., who won the tournament last year. Other outstanding. competitors included Reynolds Smith, Dallas, a member of America’s Walker Cup team; Johnny Dawson, Chicago, who has won the event twice; Don Schumacher, Dallas, trans-Mississippi champion, and Bob Clover, Lake Charles, La., former Louisiana State champion. Match play will begin tomorrow with the final round scheduled for Sunday.
lian singles title, and that the somewhat harsh treatment given him when he lost a match to Baron Gottfried von Cramm of Germany was justified, or “at least all my fault because it was just an exhibition match I was filling in for the tournament committee, and’ I ree garded it as such.”
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