Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 November 1938 — Page 14

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AST Saturday Northwestern's Wildcats dusted off an old one and used the play twice to harass the Minnesota Gophers. . .. The play consists in having the fullback receive the ball from the snapperback, hand it to the left end who comes sweeping around toward the right side of

_ the line, and then tosses a lateral to the right halfback who

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is standing about 15 yards behind the scrimmage line. The right half then throws a forward pass—either to the right end, who has streaked straight down the center of the gridiron, or to the fullback, who is loitering 15 yards

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crowd of 100,000 is expected to watch the CaliforniaSouthern California tilt at Los Angeles Saturday. . .. Where do they come from and where do they get the dough? ... The winner probably will get the honor of representing the Coast in the Rose Bowl. Notre Dame shoves off for the Navy game Thursday night, staying in Washington, D. C., until shortly before the encounter at Baltimore Saturday afternoon. The annual battles between the Midshipmen and Irish started in 1927 and the Sailors have won only three out of the 11 staged. Navy marched all over Notre Dame Stadium last year and retired to rest with a 7-t0-0 lead. . .. The Irish came back, scored a touchdown, kicked the point

and then tallied a safety to win, 9 to 7. ® ” 2 ICHIGAN's football team will seek to regain some of its Eastern M prestige at Ann Arbor Saturday in an intersectional contest with Pennsylvania, the only school holding an edge over Michigan in games won since the turn of the century. : : Their Eastern rating fallen considerably after a narrow victory over a Yale team which was a three-to-one underdog in their meeting, the Wolverines can be restored by a win from the Quakers, rated among the East's strongest with their scintillating running star, Frank Reagan. The Quakers, whom Michigan has met 16 times since 1899, have won eight games while losing six, and seven of their wins have come in games since 1900. 2 ” ? 2 2 ” 2 N annual and bitter rival from 1906 through 1917, while Michigan was withdrawn from the Western Conference and dependent upon intersectional foes, the two schools revived that rivalry in 1935. Michigan won that renewal game, 16 to 7, but fell, 27 to 17, in . Last year a Wolverine team, paced by the punting and passing of Norman Purucker, spilled the Quakers by a 7-to-0 score in a foot of mud on Franklin Field, Philadelphia. ” 2 2 ” ” ” TOVE league chatter: Tony Lazzeri, who has asked for his release from the Chicago Cubs, has become a possibility for the managership of the St. Louis Browns. . . . Jimmy Wilson also is under consideration. but there is strong sentiment in the front office against any man who hasn't an American League background. One of the candidates not to be regarded seriously is Buck Newsom. . . . It develops that the pitcher has applied for the job. . .-. Buck believes there is no mystery in managing any more than there is in pitching. But executives Don Barnes ard Bill De Witt are more than likely to impress on Newsom the fact that a pitcher's place is on the mound. : A ball club led by a Newsom would furnish a most interesting guinea pig for the baseball laboratory and, in any event, would insure against dullness. ” 2 ” ; » ” 2 IN the sanctum of the St. Louls Cardinals, Owner Sam Breadon and General Manager Branch Rickey are thinking deeply about the qualifications of the various candidates for the leadership of the club that gave the red bird to Frankie Frisch. ; From left to right the lineup of aspirants is as follows: Ray Blades, Jimmy Wilson, Burt Shotton, Burleigh Grimes and Billy Herman. They say Blades is in the lead. with Wilson breathing down his

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Billy away from the Cubs has not been easy to arrange. 2 2 ” ” 2 2 LADES once got in wrong with Breadon, and those around the office predicted that Ray never would get a chance with the Cards.

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It seems Blades was fined $50 and reported to Breadon to protest. . . When Sam refused to lift the assessment Blades hurled a chair rough the office window, creating no end of excitement. Blades stands out with a strong recommendation from his former i Hornsby, whose opinion still is valued by Rickey, if not by readon.

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Why, They've “Even Started ‘Team Drills

And It’s Been Going On for Weeks, Our Leo Discovers.

By LEO DAUGHERTY

Comes Nov. 1 and it’s the day for the official opening of the high school basketball season in Indiana under the rules and regulations of the Indiana High School Athletic Association. Teams have been practicing for weeks at a number of schools here and throughout Hoosierland, but today is the first day on which games can be played without a team going out of bounds. ‘It was estimated by Arthur L. Trester, commissioner of high school athletics, that 800 schoolboy teams will be in action in the state this year with 30,000 boys getting into the competition.

They will play from now until March 25 when the finals of the state tournament are to be held at the Butler Fieldhouse. Commissioner Trester estimated that tournament play alone will attract more than 300,000 fans. He would not hazard a guess on how many rabid rooters will watch the weekly games. There will be about 400 every Friday or Saturday night. While competitive game lovers in Indiana, where the floor sport is hottest, kept one eye on the basket and the other on the gridiron goal line, teams throughout every other section of the country prepared for combats in this American-born game. One expert estimated that 60,000 teams throughout the nation are good enough to play in public and that 80,000,000 Americans will watch them in about 1,500,000 games between now and late March or early April when temperatures will drive the athletes outdoors again.

More Fans Than Many

Other Sports

On the attendance side of the matter, this same expert says that the number of persons who will watch the indoor winter sport is 30,000,000 more than see baseball games, 40,000,000 more than pack the bleachers and stands around the gridirons and 50,000,000 more than see races or boxing matches. Like politics, the setup scheme of the Indiana state tournament is a bomb which is liable to explode at the start of any discussion and Commissioner Trester is mum on this controversial matter: “I’m just the manager,” he said. “The Board of Control lays down the law and I execute it.” While some coaches are reported ‘Ito be in favor of discarding the three-year-old four-team final tournament here, and returning to the plan of bringing 16 teams here, the Board of Control as yet has not received any appeal for such a change.

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MEXICAN OPEN TOURNEY IN SEMIFINALS

MEXICO CITY, Nov. 1 (U. P.).—Two Texans, an Englishman and a Mexican teed off today in the semi-finals of the Mexican Open golf championship. An all U. S. final is an impossibility because the luck of the draw sent Blaine McNutt, El Paso city champion, against Bobby Riegel, Beaumont, in one match. In the other, Percy J. Clifford, British

i local resident, met Carlos Belmont of Mexico.

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NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (U. P).—Two hundred and twenty-three ex-

Shibitors from 18 states, as far south as Alabama and Georgia and as far

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Oklahoma, have entered their star performers in the National how beginning Saturday in Madison Square Garden, it was anDick Sheehan of County Cork, Ireland, also is bringing

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civilian classes. Army riders and horses from five nations will compete nightly in the military jumping events.

VINCENTINI DIES IN CHILE

SANTIAGO, Chile, Nov. 1 (U. P.).—Luis Vincentini, former South American lightweight champion who was popular in U. S. rings while contending for the world title a decade ago, died last night in San Vincente Hospital.

ESCOBAR FAVORITE TO BEAT HOOK TORONTO, Ontario, Nov. 1 (U. P.).—Sixto Escobar, world bantam-

weight champion, was a 5-3 favorite to defeat Henry Hook of Indianapolis It was to be the first Toronto

tonight in their 10-round nontitle bout. appearance for Escobar and a crowd of 10,000 was forecast.

U. S. BASKETBALL TEAM WINS

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 1 (U. P.).—The visiting United States basket-. ball team made its debut here with a 75-26 victory over the Argentine

natienal champions last night. The score at half time was 38-10.

GAELS ON WAY TO FORDHAM TILT

NEW YORK, Nov. 1 (U. P.).—The Galloping Gaels of St. Mary’s will arrive today for their annual football game with Fordham Saturday. It will be the eighth game of the transcontinental rivalry. Each have

J won three games while one ended in a tie.

Coach Slip Madigan will

establish his team at Westchester Country Club in Rye.

By JOE WILLIAMS ‘Times Special Writer BALTIMORE, Nov. 1.—The race track crowd had one eye on the Seabiscuit-War Admiral gallop here at the old Hilltop Course today, and the other on the Henry Arm-

' gtrong-Cerefino Garcia fight for the

‘welterweight champion back in New ' work tomorrow night. As for the race, Mr. Max Hirsch, the distinguished trainer, seemed to

iy express the rather general senti-

ment of the srofessionals when he said, “If the Admiral’s the kind of horse we've been figuring he is, he ought to win off by himself.” As for the fight, the experts seemed disposed to string along with the betting odds which have installed Armstrong the favorite; heir attitude is that the double hampion has done everything that #has been asked of him up to date

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“It's entirely up to the Board,” Commissioner Trester said. “The Board is always willing to listen to both sides of every issue. 1t isn’t my job to decide on the tournament plan. I just execute what the Board decides. If the Board says there won't be any tournament at all, then it's my job to penalize someone if any kind of a tournament is played.” The High School Athletic Association has set sectional tourneys for March 2, 3 and 4. The regionals are scheduled for March 11, the semifinals for March 18 and the finals for March 25. Last year, 787 scholastic teams played in 64 sectional classics and the number of teams competing this year is expected to be even larger. Coming out of those 64 sectionals are 64 teams which meet in the 16 regionals and then the 16 survivors met in four semifinal tourneys and the four winners come here to battle for the Indiana crown.

Finals Altered by School Principals

To be the champion among almost 800. teams certainly is an honor that's worth dribbling and shooting for! I Under the present tournament plan, there is play on four weekends, but the competition requires only three weeks. Up until three years ago when the Board of Control changed the tournament setup on the recommendations of high: school principals, the 16 regional winners came here. There was play on both Friday and Saturday and some of the fans who followed their home town quintets began arriving in the city as

Expect Armstrong to Win

in a furious campaign that barred no challengers. This being so, they feel they must ride along with him again.

And perhaps this is the sensible thing to do. Just the same it is advisable to keep in mind that Armstrong will be! giving away a large hunk of weight to one of the hardest hitters in the game. If he can rise above these odds and gain an impressive victory he will do much to re-establish himself as a wonder man—a flattery which was too loosely bestowed upon him in the early phases of his career.

early as Wednesday or Thursday. Their festivities, which were not unlike those of some portion of your Saturday afternoon football crowds, had a heavy bearing on bringing about the alterations. “The principals discussed the whole thing,” Commissioner Trester said. “They then came to the conclusion that it was best to bring only four teams to Indianapolis for one day’s play and. the Board followed their suggestion. The principals really decided the issue be-

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AMBER S USED an UPPERCUT TO CREM ADVANTAGE AGAINST ARMSTRONG (EXHIBIT AZ HENQY’S GHASTLY MOU AT THE FINISH) — BUT THAT WAS A SHORT UPPERCUT:

cause they are the bosses over everything at their particular school.” . : He explained that despite the fact that the 16 teams now do not play their last flight games in Indianapolis, they are in cities which have gymnasiums with seating capacities of 5000 or more and that the Butler Fieldhouse is jammed to its 15,000 capacity even by the followers of four teams. Only so many can get in and the followers of four teams fill it just as did the followers. of 16.

Believe this! It might seem highly improbable, but it's what Mr. Trester has learned during the 25 years that he has been associated with the Athletic Association.

“Some coaches,” he explained, “don’t want any tournament. It’s this way. They may have a highly successful season, winning the majority of their games, especially the big ones. Then they go into a tournament and maybe take a trimming in the first game and are out of it. Then the fans yell for their scalps.” Yes, sir! There are as many drug store forwards as there are quarterbacks.

Objections to 16-Team Tourney Finals

Commissioner Trester said that basketball is the least costly of any branch of athletics. Of course, some schools which go in for silk pants and fancy uniforms, spend more money, but a kid can be dropped into a suitable basketball. outfit for not much more than a song and part of the chorus. The principals had a lot of criticism of the scheme formerly used in the state tournamens. Bringing 16 teams to Indianapolis, they argued, caused waste of too much school time while with only four teams coming here no school day is lost. Other objectiions to the 16-team plan were: : : Too much and too prolonged excitement connected with the final tourney. In the four-team plan the degree of excitement is lowered, Too many games in one day. Too much time consumed in attending the final tourney. Under the new plan, no fan needs to spend any night away from home to see the finals. Too much money necessary to attend the finals. The new scheme cuts expenses about 50 per cent. Too many unchaperoned or poorly chaperoned boys and girls away from home over night. In the new plan such a situation has no justification at all. : Too much scalping of tickets. In the new scheme those who purchase tickets will desire to attend the games. Too much centralization. Decentralization is provided in the new scheme. But despite all these contentions, some members of the Indiana Coaches’ Association are fighting for a return to the old plan. Propon-

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MANILA, P. I, Nov. 1 (U. P.).— Ceferino Garcia, the best “big” fighter these islands have developed will become a national hero comparable only to the late Pancho Villa—if he wins the welterweight championship from Henry Armstrong tomorrow night in New York. Most Filipinos are flyweights or featherweights, and a boxer weighing more than 135 pounds is considered almost in the same light as a freak. Thus, if Garcia can grab the 147-pound crown, he stands to achieve an insular immortality perhaps even surpassing that of Villa, the only Filipino who ever yon unanimous recognition as a. world champion. : ; The 15-round Garcia-Armstrong fight has outstripped next week's national elections as a topic of conversation in this archipelago ;where politics and prize-fighting have been headline news since the American occupation. From the hemp plantations of Mindano to the congested Tondo district of Manila where Garcia grew up, the questions :being asked today were: : “Will Ceferino be another Filipino champion? Will his greater experience and 10-pound weight -advantage be enough to overcome that ‘Henry’s homicide’ the newspapers tell about? Can Garcia's ‘bolo punch’ hack out a world title where

ents of going back to it insist that membership in the organization has voted for it by more than 400 to against a little better than 200. The debate is going on and no doubt will be waged in the ‘open when the athletic mentors get

‘through with their football -duties

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in a single block. The loyal argued.

that Ceferino was the only man ever to knock Barney Ross off his feet when he was champion—and even Armstrong couldn't do that when he won the tilte. The motion pictures of the RossGarcia title bout a year ago were sent here by Clipper plane and are still being shown throughout the islands. They draw applause when Ceferino staggers Barney with his “polo” punch, and Nisses when Ross is awarded the close decision.

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Garcia was only 13 years old when Villa won the world’s flyweight title from Jimmy Wilde in 1923, and had never dreamed of becoming a fighter himself. But after a year in high school Ceferino went into the sugar cane fields with his father.” It was swinging the huge, flat-bladed bolo knife through the

a hard right uppercut that is combined with a half-hook and delivered with devastating force.

professionally, receiving $1.50 in U. S. money for his first Manila appearance. But he continued to grow, finally winning the welterweight championship

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of the Islands, and he decided to try his luck in the United States. He has had 93 bouts of record, winning 47 by knockouts, 21 by decision, six draws, lost 14 decisions and been knocked out five times, all of the latter coming in the early stages of his career. Villa, his idol, died after his bout with Jimmy McLarnin.

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By GEORGE KIRKS] United Press Staff

bering Ernie Lombardi, Reds’ catcher, who { a baseball as hard as ever lived, today was the most valuable p tional League last set The selection was mag mittee of 24 members

ball Writers’ Associati jca, three from each league. Lombardi, wh National League batting

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low, bullet-like line ple of years ago he Kk Larry French, Cubs’ §0 broke his pitching '! floored numerous drives. : After a year with the player deal and has k member of . the Rh seven seasons. His Hf is close to .320, and he dropped below the , Lombardi is 30, weig 6 feet 2 inches tall. He ing ball with Oakland in Coast League in 1927, to Ogden, Utah, but came back the next the Oaks. After three in which he hit. 377, .366 was sold to Brooklyn. ' Joe Medwick, St. La outfielder who won award, dropped to el

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