Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 December 1938 — Page 27

: Two Hoosiers To Start for : Trojan Quint

Wildcats at Notre Dame in First of Two Holiday Basketball Games.

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Piekl ‘McGasuin tin G | Goodrich BD ificials_ Referee. Nick Kearns, DePaul; umpire, John {Schommer, Chicago.

Times Special) S LAFAYETTE, Dec. 22. — Rapid . scoring action is expected here to- - night when {wo undefeated quin- "= tets, Purdue and Southern Califor-

nia, clash in one of the season's basketball highlights. Although, intersectional in nature . the game will have a distinct - Hoosier flayor for the Trojans will ke the door with two former ndlana high school stars, Ralph ‘Yaughn of Frankfort and Clem Ruh of Anderson. .A “scare” story circulated on the Purdue campus today, to the effect that lanky Gene Anderson, captain and center of the Lambert ‘five, might not start the game because of an injured leg. “In the Enectiont State game Anderson pulled a leg muscle and has been limping ever since. Northan Swarts may replace him. 2:There will be little to choose between the {wo teams which met for the first time last year on the ~ Pacific Coast when the Boilermakers staged a typical last-half ‘relly to grab a 49-to-43 victory. ~The Trojans have taken San Diego State into camp twice in addition to humbling Tulane and: Idaho while Purdue has turned up with decisive triumphs over Monmouth, étroit, DePaul of Chicago and Jonnecticut State. “Both quintets have averaged | slightly better than a point a: minute.

otre Dame Entertains orthwestern Tonight

Probable Lineup ANOTRE DAME NOR1HWESTERN ka F Harman

' ge Davi Otficials—Referee. Lyle Clarno. Tinos bin umpire, “carl Burt, North Man-

Fimes Special # NOTRE DAME, Dec. 22.—The Wildcats of Northwestern will fur- ~ Bish most, of the holiday basketball enu for Notre Dame’s Irish quin-

et. The first course is to be served Bere tonight and the second at orthwestern New Year's Eve. %~ By winning both games last year e Irish took a 12-to-9 edge over e Wildcats for the last 11 seasons. Jut many observers believe Northestern: is favored to win both contests this year. Northwestern's starters average 9 pounds, Notre Dame's, 175. The cats’' biggest advantage is in t where they average 6 feet i: tol Notre Dame's 6 feet. To date the Irish have won two d lost two, the reverses coming om Wisconsin and Michigan. Notre Dame largely dominated floor

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Second of a series of sports reviews of 1938 featuring the more dramatic high spots spots.

By JERRY / BRONDFIELD NEA Service Sports Writer ‘Davey O'Brien of Texas Christian, who 19 times this season has stepped back and tossed touchdown passes, was the main figure in the 1938 football drama, but he had a fine supporting cast of thrills. . . . Quarterback Steve Sitko of Notre Dame elected to run the ball instead of kicking on fourth down and 18 to go against Southern California, Dec. 3.. Seconds remained in the first half. After a short gain, Bob Saggau ,was tackled out of bounds and ‘the ball went to the Trojans on the Irish 38. Substitute Quarterback Oliver Day plunged for seven.. After a five-yard penalty he tried a pass. -Incomplete. He tried again. Fading back to midfield he unleashed a heave which went to End Al Krueger on the six. Lou Zontini caught him on the four but Krueger's momentum carried them both across. It was the first of two touchdowns which enabled the Trojans to score the most important upset of the year—one which spoiled Notre

Dame's undefeated season and

proved that the mbn-of Troy really belong in the Rose Bowl.

Carnegie Swarms Over Pitt

There were plenty of upsets this year, starting on the first day of: the season when ‘Alabama con= quered those same Trojans on the coast. Carnegie Tech, directed by Bill Kern, the coach of the year, struck effectively to swarm over Pitt.. The same Pitt team was an overwhelming favorite to spoil Quke’s perfect record at Durham, but Willard

KRUEGER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA \ CARHES PASS IN CLOSING SECONDS | OF HALF T& UPSET

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'neo’s’ punt in the eh H1- 0 victory, and the Blue Devils fin-

Perdue, Blue Devil end, barged

{through to block John Chicker-

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ished their season undefeated, un-

tied, and unscored upon.

A Notre Dame stadium crowd wit-

|nessed what resulted in one of the

By LEO DAUGHERTY Times Staff Writer FRANKLIN, Dec. 21.—Mr. Fuzzy Vandivier sat on a bleacher pine in the high school gymnasium and flatly denied that he was Indiana's greatest basketball player or even one of its greatest the last two decades. The Fuzzy One thereby contradicted the fellow who fuels the base burner at the bus station, the gents who warm their feet and ears thereabouts and most of the popuation as well. “Who says about me being a basketball player?” asked the Fuzz. “Got a -cigaret? I'll tell you who was the best basketball player this state ever saw. He’s Johnny Wooden

play in both games but couldn't ¢onnect for points. The Irish took 80 shots to Michigan's 47 and lost -38. % Probably the chief worry for Notre Dame, outside of pointgetting, is defensive play. Eddie Riska, Ed Sadowski, and Paul Du‘€harme nave scored enough points win average games, but neither ; ark Ertel nor Rex Ellis have shown the form at center that €oach Keogan believes that they will exhibit: in future games. Ertel las rk no points and Ellis has Rade ohe free throw in the last o starts. And neither has been effective as last year on defense. i The failure of Gene Klier, junior ward, to hit last season's stride as beer: another source of surprise. apt. Earl Brown is not in tip-top ape yet, having .joined the team gn Dec. 8 after thc conclusion of football season. Larry Ryan, promising Chicago sophomore, isn’t able play more than 10 minutes at a me kecause of weak arches. » Beogan has moved DuCharme from forward te guard at least tempo- : sarily tp bolster ihe latter position.

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from Martinsville and Purdue. He was clever, a good dribbler, a good passer, a goot shot. He had what it takes.” Mr. Vandivier, who earned his chevrons at the high school where he coaches and then went on to pile up medals at a member of the late Griz Wagner's Franklin College “Wonder Five” of the early twenties, puffed through the question of whether or not the current game is faster than when he played. “There isn’t as much fast break now as there used to be,” jhe argued as he tipped his fedora and knitted his . eyebrows. “They're not fast breaking now like we used to do a fast break. Most of the teams are coming down slowly and putting up formations after the defense has set. “To me, the fast break is to get down there ahead of the defense. Keep three out and two in there to shoot. Listen, when 1 was playing and they, I mean the other team, missed, we broke fast and every team we played did that way too. “Certainly, there isn’t the rest period now after a foul or a field goal for the tipoff, but as far as the

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actual playing of the game is concerned, I don't think it's as fast now.” Mr. Vandivier, when he speaks of basketball, knows of what he speaks, for he began ic play when hé was supposed to be chopping

«wood in the backyard. Fuzzy denied that his team has any set plays. He tipped his hat farther back on his head and insisted that in 13 years of coaching here he never taugnt anything but fundamentals, passing | and shooting. . Mr. Vandivier smiled about hitting on an average of one time in four with that Wonder Fie “That's about the way we went,” he insisted. That Pranklin Wonder | Five moved into college from high school and Griz Wagner moved right in with them. For eight years the boys played under his guiding hand and he must have had something and they must have had something to make the Hoosier basketball madhouse still madder. |

iis coaching at Evansville

Take It From Fuzzy Vandivier, Today's Fast Break Can’t Equal Yesteryear’s

What's become of that great team? well, Fuzzy is here. Harry King Bosse. Wendell Ballard is producing a winner at Shelbyville. Johnny Gant is living here and officiating. Carlyle Priddle lives here and watches Fuzzy’'s teams. Fuzzy Vandivier turned out the lights and put the padlock on the gymnasium door.

“Listen, man,” he said. “Tell ‘em

. lall something, if you will, for me.

I played for eight years,under Griz Wagner. I knew him. I'll never equal him, neither will anyone else. They say ‘Doc’ Meanwell did, but he didn't develop the short pass. Griz Wagner did and he developed the fast break around here. Griz was away ahead of his time in this

game.” : “Say, how tough is Cathedral from Indianapolis. We play them

| greatest gridiron controveries in ‘vears. Referee Johnny Getchell mistakenly notified Paul = Fried-

that it was third down. But when ghe Tartans. tried a line play with a yard to go on their own 46, Getchell reversed himself and gave the Irish the ball when the attempt .failed by inches. So completely demoralized were the Skibos that the Irish marched 54 yards to a teuchdown in three

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Amateur Basketball

Play is to continue tonight in the first round of the Dearborn holiday tasketballi tourney. The schedule: te m,—Brownsbrg vs. National Mal-

m.—Progress Laundry vs. Lux Laungrl: v

Waverly Oilers vs. Blasen—McGordsvible Merchants vs.

The highest score of the tourney was registered last night when the Mt. Jackson Tire & Battery team smothered the Ft. Harrison Spare Parts five, 71 to 8. George Butler, ace with Decatur Central last year, fed the winners with 34 points. Schwitzer-Cummins Stokols defeated the Trimble Oilers, 35 to 26; Texaco won from the Castleton Aces, 26 to 25; Cross Town Merchants defeated the Polk Milk quintet, 36 to 25, and the Kingan A. A. toppled the Fairview A. C., 35 to 21.

Led by Mike Rubenstien, Morris Bryan and Paul Zick the Achad-

Haams’ defeated three teams re-|-

cently. They won from the Triangles, 36-31, defeated the Ben Davis Cubs, 31-23, and trounced the Comets 42- 29. The Achad-Haams’ would like to

quintets in the 16-19 age class on a home-and-home basis.’ Write: Martin Bottigheimer, 1432 Union St., or call Ben Linder, Dress] 2127-M between 6 and 7 p Members of he Bslevood Christian Church basketball team are asked to notice’ that the game against Y..M. C. A. tomorrow has been canceled. No substitute game has been arranged.

The Broadway Methodists de-

fedted the Spartans, 30 fo 24, last] night at the Broadway Methodist .

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Tonight's schedule for ‘the EmRoe - Independent League at Hal» thorne Gym:

7:00—~Salvation Army Green Shields vs. West Washington Street Boosters. id e

8: 90--Art’s St Standard Service vs. West Si 9:00—Navionel Road Merchants vs. Hazel: . wood Kinney Cubs. The new. Em-Roe Speedway League has been completed, with the following teams: Indiana Farm Bureau, Walt's Cleaners, Bookwal-ter-Ball-Greathouse, Greyhound Bus, Junior Order of Odd Fellows and the Liberty Magazine Aces. This

league will play every. Tuesday night at the Speedway High School gym. Play will start Jan. 3.

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vitational holiday tournament will be played at Westfield High School gym next Monday. The drawing:

3:00—Atlanta Kats vs. Goodyear Service. 4 100—F'

isher’s Merchants vs. Arcadia Liens. armel on rohants vs. Noblesville

Woodmen. PPIGR A 3 Quakers vs. Westfield Merchants. :

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the Real Silk girls and the R. C. A.

mn ‘the girls’ preliminary at Westfield at 2 p. m. the Indianapolis Aces will clash with the Seven Up team.

The Speedway Rockets won a close contest from the Ft. Harrison Medics, 19-18, at the United Brethren gym last. night. The ether two games league were postponed.

Results in the the Meridian Club WPA Senior League:

Meridian Club, 34; M.. Edinbur, ‘Tigers, 50;. hants,

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