Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1939 — Page 8

By Eddie Ash TRIBE INFIELDER IS ‘TOURIST

STEIN HAD 8 JOBS LAST YEAR

Diamond Is Rir : The Waterloo baseball club of the

; : Three-I loop found a way to turn a

F nothing else, the Indianapolis Indians will have a crosscountry tourist on their nine this year. . . . The Justin Stein, infielder, who was obtained from Waterloo during the minor league convention last month, spent last season like a shuttle runner. | He opened the season with the St. Louis Cards and then went to Columbus. . . . Next move was to the Phillies and he was really under way. . . . Cincinnati took Justin over and then it was to Baltimore to Rochester, back to Cincinnati and fy to Waterloo. His record fof the season: Four big league jobs, three in Class AA and ‘gone in the bushes. If the statisticians can figure out Stein’s 1938 batting

average they're en itled to a bonus. 8 2 8 » ®

2 «\ - HE Cardinals fihally got around to their Columbus farm and anounced that Burt Shotton will remain in the pilot seat for the 1939 season. . .. American Association fans think highly of Burt and believe the Cards muffed one when they passed him up and handed the St. Louis job to Ray Blades of Rochester.

Minneapolis-baseball boosters have launched another campaign to find anew park for the Millers. ... . The plan is to erect a city owned stadium and lease it to the ball club in the summer and to high schools and state colleges for football in the fall.

r=" K. WRIGLEY, who was a pioneer in baseball radio, ‘but has - yet to hop on board the night bandwagon, indicated recently that if the Chicago fans want electric light competition he will see that they get it. “¥here, when and if the public wants night games it | will have night games or there won't be any baseball,” said the owner of the Cubs. : | “Baseball, like any other activity catering to the public and dependent on public support and good will, must give to the p blic what . if craves. At the same time we cannot lose sight of the fact that baseball itself, and the oyganizations behind it, are stronger th in any in- _ dividuals. «I can see no thfeat to baseball’ prosperity on the sports or industrial horizon. In the National League we have had a tremendous increase annually since 1934 and there is no reason why this should not continue in 1939, basgball’s centennial year.” |

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| year they predict that someone will come along to beat him out of his job, but Bob Voigts, vetéran Northwestern basketball guard, always comes up with the varsity job in his possession. The 200-pound football tackle reports for the basketball team weeks after basketball practice starts but by the time many games have been played he forges into a starting role. It happened in his sophomore and junior years and now the big fellow is on the starting team again. ® 2

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(ieee coaches are opposed to trick overshoes for place-kick-ing. . . . Gus Dorais of the University of Detroit says such devices tend to mechanize football. “The kicking boot, for example might place an indifferent kicker fn almost the same class as a superior one in an ordinary kicking shoe. : : “If such boots are given a place in the game we may eventually have mechanical aids for every phase of the sport,” asserts Dorais. .. . If the business keeps up, Dorais can even visualize slingshots for forward passes. : A ® x = : 8 8 = FE HANEY, new boss of the St. Louis Browns and Indianapolis’ third sacker in 1928, its last pennant year, tackled sports of all sorts in high school and his name still is on the list of Los Angeles’ all-time greats. : While a pupil at Polytechnic High, Haney starred for one year at rugby and three at regulation football, playing halfback; was chosen on the all-city scholastic team as an infielder; held city titles in the low hurdles and pole vault in track; earned three letters in basketball; gained several swimming titles; played water polo, and was Los Angeles junior handball champion in singles and doubles.

ogl® : oe Williams— EW YORK, Jan. 3.—Putting one little word after another: Our Chicago scout reports young Phil Wrigley is about to spring another important baseball deal. . . . It may involve Johnny Mize of the St. Louis Cardinals. . . Income taxes being what they are, men like Wrigley find it good business to put spectacular money on the line. . . . A year ago, you may recall, he spent $185,000 for the armless, harmless Dean... . We like the rule the college boxing heads adopted compelling a knocked down fighter to take a full count of nine whether he needs it or not. . . . This will save many a game but ‘bewildered youngster from being pwnched unnecessarily. . . . We don’t like the rule which forbids training with professionals. . . . If the youngsters are going to. learn to box, even if it’s just for fun, they should have the best possible instruction. .|. . : : Ellsworth Vines hits a faster ball than Don Budge, but only on certain shots. . . . This according to Walter Pate, the Davis Cup captain. . . . Pate says that in 500 shots of all kinds Budge’s average

speed will be greater. . . . Incidentally Vines is 2 to 1 over Budge in their professional match at the Garden tonight. . . .

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Fair people are going to bestow on the person who performed the outstanding achievement in sport in 1938 is that both amateurs and professionals are eligible. . . . Usually these awards are restricted to one field. . . . We understand Christy Walsh is to be applauded for abolishing this outmoded class distinction. . . .

When George Vines, head of the Yankees’ farm system, was man- .

aging an independent team at New Haven he received a letter from Ty Cobb telling him how to go about the job. ... Get yourself a reliable catcher, a good second baseman and a good shortstop. . . . Fill in the other positions with young hustling players. . . . And of course, try to get as many good pitchers as you can.” . . . Thus, in Cobb’s judgment, the three most important positions on a team are second, short and behind the plate. . .. : ly one golf champion is expected to repeat this year, and that is Patty Berg, the stocky little gal from Minneapolis. . . . The critics say she has the soundest game of any femme golfer since Glenna Collett was in her prime. . . . There is so much inconsistency in women's golf that Miss Berg’s repeat is considered almost a sure thing. . .. ” ” # ” ” ” “ONY CANZONERI is in a peculiar position. . . . The more progress he makes in his comeback the closer he comes to a match with Henry Armstrong and destruction. . . . There was a time when Canzoneri could have taken Armstrong any time he met him, but not now. . . . He hasn’t the leg speed or stamina to move around fast enough for. 10 rounds, let alone 15. , .. When Oscar Vitt mentioned he would like to have Charley Keller, who recently graduated from the Newark Bears, the Yankees surprised him by saying he could have him even up for Heath . \ They weren't kidding, either. , . . High as the Yankees rate Keller, they obviously rate Heath higher . « . and no wonder! ... Heath came within five points of beating Jimmy Foxx out for the American League batting championship last year and it was his first year as a big leaguer. . . . ' One reason the Yankees like Heath is that he is a pull hitter, which means a hitter with a home run range. . . . It appears Keller isn’t this type of hitter. ., , : : There ought to be a law against prize fighters opening restau- - rants. . . . Benny Leonard opened one and went broke. . . . So did Jim Braddock. . . . And “ditto Tony Canzoneri. . . . Jack Dempsey was smart. . . . He merely sold His name to the beanery with which he is associated . . . but in his earlier days Dempsey tried to operate a hotel and dropped plenty. .. .

8 ” » HERE are tumors that Joe Louis intends to be kind to Johnny Henry Lewis when they meet this month. . . . In short, that the heavyweight champion is going to carry the former light heavyweight champion. . . . They are both colored. . . . We think the rumors are entirely without foundation. . . . Louis has always leveled and there is no good reason to suspect he isn‘t going to level this time. . . There. isn’t even an outside chance that Sid Luckman, of Columbia, will play professional football. . , , The other day he told us he -wouldn’t sign even if a club owner dangled as much as $5000 in front oF ps 87s. : «It BY that I am opposed to playing pro ; , young man explained: * to start on a business er “ue } £36 Just % happens 1 oi Sager Was the 1938 team the greatest of all Yankee teams? . . . Babe Ruth, Herb Pennock and Waite Hoyt say no. . .. They'd take the 1927

team. , . . On the other hand, Connie Mack and Ed Barrow, probably

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TROJANS een Duke's Tipton Downed... . .

U.S.C. Drive - Highlight of Bowl Games

O’Brien Again Leads Texas Christian Gridders to Victory.

By United Press Southern California, Texas Chris-

undisputed “big three” of 1938 football on form which stood like the Rock of Gibraltar on postseason gridirons. For Tennessee and T. C. U. yesterday’s victories meant perfect seasons of 11 victories each while Southern California climaxed one of the greatest comebacks of all time by defeating Duke with a story-book finish, 7-3, in the Rose Bowl, caddy of all the postseason classics. Tennessee throttled Oklahoma's

‘| power and handed the Sooners their

first defeat in 15 games, winning, 17-0, in the Miami Orange Bowl. Texas Christian, with little Davey O’Brien and Big Ki Aldrich playing the starring roles, licked a game Carnegie Tech eleven, 15-7, in the New Orleans Sugar Bowl. St. Mary’s fought off a brilliant last quarter rally and handed Texas Tech its first defeat of the season, 90-13, in the Dallas Cotton Bowl. Utah defeated New Mexico, 26-0, in the El Paso Sun Bowl; the West defeated the East, 14-0, at San Francisco and the North won over the South, 7-0, in the first meeting between all-star teams irom opposite sides of the Mason-Dixon line. At Honolulu, University of California at Los Angeles defeated University of Hawaii, 32-7, in the first Pineapple Bowl game.

Crowds Total 318,241

A total of 318,241 persons saw the eight games and in all cases save

one—the East-West contest—the favorites were victorious. In addition to Texas Tech, Oklihoma and Duke also had perfect records ruined. Of the three, Duke, which hadn’t even been scored on all season, came closes winning. A field goal by Tony Ruffa early in the last period had put Duke ahead, 3-0, and with 40 seconds left to play, the Trojans scored a touchdown. The final stab was a bullet pass from Doyle Neve, a substitute all season, to Al Krueger, sophomore end. The victory ran U. S. C.’s Rose Bowl victories to five straight. The largest crowd in history—93,000—saw it. T. C. U,, trailing 7-6 at the half, came back brilliantly to beat Carnegie. O’Brien, unanimous AllAmerica quarterback, lived up to his reputation by pitching one touchdown pass, setting up another score through the air and kicking a field goal. He heaved a 16-yard pass to Clark in the first period that put T. C U. on the Tech 4-yard line, and on the second play afterward, Sparks scored. v Little Pete Moroz, substituting at fullback for the injured Jack Lee, put Carnegie ahead late in tie first half by passing 35 yards to George Muha for a touchdown. Muha kicked the point. In the third period, O’Brien threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Horner and kicked a field goal from the 10-yard line in the fourth. Aldrich at center was a demon on offense and defense.

Sooners Are Disappointnient

Oklahoma was probably the biggest disappointment of the day. The Sooners made only 25 yards rushing and 69 passing against Tennessee before a crowd of 32,191— the largest ever to see & sporting event in Florida. Bob Foxx and Walter Wood made touchdowns for Tennessee in the first and last periods and Capt. Wyatt, end. kicked a field goal in the second. St. Mary’s led 20-0 when Texas Tech cut loose with a passing attack that gave it 13 points in the

TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1939

~ profit during the off-season. The of- |

ficials flooded the field and created a rink for the city’s ice skating fans.

tian and Tennessee today were the|

Wayne,

Eric Tipton (in dark suit), Duke right half, is downed by Trojans Harry Smith (70), Don McNeil, with hands on his shoulders,

Tennessee's Foxx Scores.... "

and Ray

Bowl game with Okla-

Bob Foxx, Tennessee right halfback, runs eight yards for the first

touchdown in the first quarier of the Orange 5 Prep Quints Lead Pack]

By United Press Two from the South, two Central

and two North balance Hoosierdom’s apparently strongest prep hardwood teams as the new year throws its left foot forward.

They're Kokomo, South Side Ft. Anderson, Jeffersonville,

Sun Bowl. :

history—saw the game. :

the South.

Basketball Scores

STATE COLLEGES Notre Dame, 48: Cornell, 18, Marquette, 43; Butler, 36. OTHER COLLEGES

College, 19. Wisconsin; 34; Detroit, 27. Toledo, 44: Michigan, 36.

Chicago, 41; Yale, 32. Kansas, 39; Carleton College, 33.

phia), 36. (overtime). | Colorado, 29; Penn State, 20.

(Kas.) Teachers; 35. Wichita University, 32; Friends, 31. Missouri, 51; Denver, 48. Wyoming, 47; Creighton, 36.

STATE HIGH SCHOOLS

Clinton, 29; Sullivan, 25. Greencastle, 30; Brazil, 26. Dugger, 35; Linton, 27. Anderson Tourney New Castle, 46; Muncie, 40. Anderson, 32; Logansport, 30.

Anderson, 37; New Castle, 28 (final), PROFESSIONAL Kautskys, 52; Sheboygan, 38. tention.

FOOTBALL SCORES

nia, 7; Duk tian, 15; Carnegie Tech, lahoma, 0.

Cotton Bowl, Texas Tech, 13. Sun

last period. Utah’s power was far too much for New Mexico in the

The hero of the East-West game was Billy Patterson of Baylor who pitched touchdown passes of 32 yards and 14 yards to Jim Coughlin, Santa Clara end, to give the West its first victory since 1935. A crowd of 60,000—first sellout gathering in

Tony Ippolito of Purdue scored from the six-inch line in the second period for the North victory over

North Carolina, 57; Atlantic Christian

Southern California, 47; Northwestern, 32.

Davis Elkins, 37; St. Joseph's (PhiladelLoyola (Chicago), 46; Michigan State, 44 Oklahoma U.. 49; Southern [et hodist, 31.

Maryville (Mo.) Teachers, 36; Pittsburg

Santa Clara, 57; DePaul (Chicago), 51.

Wiley (Terre Haute), 28; Garfield (Terre |maute), 19. :

Muncie, 38; Logansport, 31 (consolation).

Rose Bowl, Pasadena—Southern CaliforSugar Bowl, New Otledns:-Texas ChrisOrange Bowl, Miami—Tennessee, 17; OkDallas—St. Mary's, 203 I, EI Paso, Tex.—Utsh, 26; New

Huntington and Hammond, all of which have winning combinations of speed, accuracy and teamwork. Leading the quintet of supersquads are Kokomo’s' Kats, whose early threat for cage supremacy last season faded ingloriously = mostly because of inexperience. : At Ft. Wayne the Archers hav indicated they intend keeping the state trophy in-the North, a strange climate for Hoosierdom’s best. Only two were left from last year’s team, Bob Bolyard and Jim Glass, towering center, but other stars have filled the breach. Coach Burl Friddle sent the

then Frankfort and Vincennes edged them in the Hammond tourney. a Anderson’s Indians, perennial bidders for a place in Butler's Big

their holiday tourney last night, hanging up scalps 10 and 11 of their 12 intended victims. Greencastle upset them a few weeks ago.

Jeffersonville Unbeaten

Jeffersonville, a dark horse as the season began, was fast out of the barrier and hasn’t been headed since. Depending mainly upon a fast break with willing reserves up from last season to carry the attack, the Red Devils have charged through nine The Hunters of Huntingburg are Happy because theyre aiming those long squirrelshooters squarely on the March roundup in Indianapolis where they tramped two years ago. They've taken 11 shots and all are bullseyes, latest being Bedford and Washington in the Washington tourney. : Still an important part of the picture are Hammond’s hulking Wildcats, who have shed their last tears for Sobek and Mygrants— guards who were graduated after sparking the team to the state final —are settling seriously into the winning business. Lh

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New Type of Basketball

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omy homa at Miami. The Volunteers went on to defeat the Sooner grid-

ders, 17-0.

Has Its Defenders Here

: By LEO. DAUGHERTY WEVE found some defense-for-the-new type of basketball. In the scholastic realm, Kenneth Peterman of Shortridge likes it.

Among the pros,

Bog Nipper, who coaches the Kautskys,

indorses it.

~, As you fans know, the ball formerly used was laced. The new one is without laces and has only an opening for inflation.

Coach Peterman of Shortridge’s Blue Devils is happy that the new ball will be used in the city tournament. - : i He thinks it has more bounce and is easier to dribble.

im, in the first hern California beat Duke, 7 ‘to 3.

_|spurted in the second. period and

Then there are goldsmiths and silversmiths, and, if you will pardon the expression, ballsmiths. And the latter are the New York Celtics.

Those old men of the court like the new ball. Bob Nipper thinks the livelier ball makes for faster rebounds and hence a faster game. : He thinks that the player ca get more english on the ball and can hit the hoop more accurately. The white ball, which made its

hasn’t been seen in Hoosierdom as yet but we predict that it will and that it will “take.” iN #8 a» = HE Vincennes Alices understand what a drouth is.. . . In their game with Central of Evansville the other night they were held scoreless in the frst half. Dr. Charles P. Hutchins, who died the other day in Syracuse, N. Y., is credited with being the

school basketball tournament. His meager start was made about 1911. . . . Only 12 high schools took part in the initial event which was won by Crawfordsville over Lebanon. . Besides the winner and the runnerup, participants included Valparaiso, Oaktown, Anderson, Evansville, Rochester, Walton, Morristown, Bluffton, New Albany and Lafayette. a 8 #8

University of Wyoming Over at Terre Haute the other night they took all they could and maybe a little bit more from the

fans. y Their center finally jerked a fan

out of his seat ala ‘Ty let him have it: te 2 2 8 lo Three teams are scrambling’ for scoring honors in Johnson County. Greenwood has 353 points, Union 303 and Center Grove an even 300. Jefferson of Lafayette has the mania of producing great football teams and great basketball teams. The latter lacks support of the school body. .’. . A few rah-rah-rahs would mean a lot. to the courtsters.

2 8 8 HILE scholastic supremacy : seems to be swinging to the North, look out for Franklin College. The Crizzlies: are going great guns. . . . Wonder what they'd do with Butler: Greenwood has scored more field goals than any other team in Johnson County—144. . . . The Masonic Home team has scored on 82 free throws. .

8 ” 2 AMES you never may hear until they make a college box score now are standing out in Southeastern Indiana, a section of Hoosierdom where individual stars are born but from which a champion team never came. They are Rich of Scottsburg, who averaged 15 points a game last season and is continuing his bucket-blasting activities this year; Wunker of Lawrenceburg— his first name is Swift—who ran wild to upset the powerful Greensburg Pirates early in the season; Hopping of Aurora, a big, hard working boy tough on defense and

high scorer in most of the Red

Devil games, and White of Brookville, who has a couple of under-the-basket shots that can’t be stopped.

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Kautskys Hold. League Lead

The local Kautsky five today headed the National Professional Basketball ILeague’s Western division as the result of its 52-38 victory last night over the Sheboygan, Wis.,» Redskins, Trailing, 12 ‘to 9, at the end of the first quarter, the Kautskys

held a 21-18 margin at the ‘half. Jewell Young, former Purdue star, scored 26 points to pace the locals. Lautenschlager led the losers with 17 points.

Two Mat Features Carded Tonight

Billy Weidner, generally recognized as “tops” in the light heavyweight division of the mat game, comes to the Armory tonight to face Otis Clingman of Texas in part of the double main go arranged by Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules A. C. - In the other feature, John Katan 230, claimant of the Canadian heavyweight title, will clash with Bob Bruns, 220, Chicago. The latter, rated a “find” in the Windy City, is a former Northwestern University athlete and ‘a practicing attorney in Chicago. He grapples barefooted. In the opener, at 8:30, Jim Casey, 217, Ireland, will take on Dan Connor; -228, Boston.

— s I , § Krieger Draws MILWAUKEE, Wis, Jan. 3° (U. P.)—Solly . Krieger of New York, recognized “by the National Boxing Association as world’s middleweight champion, had only a draw today to

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Holds Net Spotlight This Week. Notre Dame’

thumped Corne 18, last night at

University, 48 to -

the Eastern quintet of the season. asted through 11

its worst defeat The Irish b points berore er for Cornell. Notre Dame led,

reserves, who p 37 to 8. Fone It was Notre Dame’s fourth win At Milwaukee, whipped Butler’s Bulldogs, 43 to 36. Marquette’s ward, scored = to spark his team in its triumph. Jerry Steiner was high for the invaders with nine

at the half and gin in the last two periods. Purdue Faces Illinois Foe Interest on the coliege schedule

diana. The Northwestern’s

Boilermakers meet

Ohio State at Columbus. Purdue whips) its lineup into shape tonight against Western State Teachers of Macomb, Ill, at the Lafayette Fieldhouse, coach of the Illi

formance by sending on the floor “five mighty mites,” who ‘average

One of the “ captain. Gene Anderson, Boilermaker cap-

tes” is Dick Stearns,

and will not see action.

tition Saturday against DePauw.

This Week

TONIGHT DePauw at Evansville. Western State, Macomb, IL, at TOMORROW Wabash at Bradley, Peoria, IIL

Evansville at Valparaiso at

Concordia at Tri State at Taylor at Indiana Central.

Three Big Ten Fives Remain Undefeated

three unbeaten basketball teams were left in the Big Ten today as all but two teams completed their

for the opening of the Conference campaign Saturday. Michigan was the latest to fall, dropping a -44-36 decision to the University of ‘Toledo. The Wolverines had racked up six straight victories before, they stumbled last night. Michigan had company in defeat—Uorthwestern, which fell before Southern: California’s powe erful quintet, 47-32. Victories ‘by Chicago and Wisconsin enabled the Big Ten to gain an even break outside foes |last night. Chicago handed Yale a 41-32 licking, and Wisconsin ek over the University of Detroit, Michigan's {defeat left only Mine nesota, Indiana and Illinois with unsoiled records.

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