Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1939 — Page 34

The record to date: Games picked: 7. Right: Six. One tie. Percentage: 1.000.

BY EDDIE ASH

. | Football warfare on a big scale is at hand and the college ; ‘boys really touch off the fireworks this week-end: In several |ing

instances major teams meet elevens in their own bracket even before the grid fans are built up to the point of watching | &

key games.

: Big schools have dismissed the usual early season preliminaries to go in for higher stakes right off the

bat and every |

/ map has one or more important contests. Two giants of the grid world meet at South Bend tomorrow and if the weather is right the fans are sure to sit in on a sparkling Purdue is going up there to tackle

battle. Notre Dame, |

speed and blocking, it promises to develop into a show of shows. of other giants lift the lid at Bloomington, | where Indiana and Nebraska come together. The Hoosiers and Huskers layed a scoreless tie at Lincoln last fall. .- Mild upsets occurred in earlier games and it is a safe guess more surprises are in store this week. At any rate, here's how| the situation stacks up before

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NOTRE DAME OVER PURDUE. - A tough one to pick - | Race horse halfbacks on both

“NEBRASKA TO EDGE INDIANA. The Hoosiers ‘may surprise, however, . . . Anyway, a close match.

ap anybody s league. . .

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leading section on the football

and since both teams stress

for both and

WABASH OVER FRANKLIN. By just a nod to the Lit-

tle Giants. ® JOE OVER VALPO. Dienhart’s Pumas are shap-

'EARLHAM OVER CENTRAL NORMAL. |The Quakers get off on the right foot. LOUISVILLE OVER INDIANA STATE. hej meet on the Terre Haute front. ROSE POLY OVER

turn it on. MANCHESTER OVER DEFIANCE. The vade a neighbor State. ia STATE OVER GRAN D RAPIDS. And by Plenty

DEPAUW UP ON HANOVER. The opener

| the Tigers by a safe margin.

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ported ready this time, after losing last year’ s opener to Ohio U. CHICAGO OVER BELOIT. Maroons lighten their

schedule. WISCON SIN OVER MARQUETTE. The annual grudge affair in the Badger State.

OHIO UNIVERSITY OVER | BUTLER, But on’ sell the e Balidogs too short.

EVANSVILLE. The Engineers |in

‘MINNESOTA OVER ARIZONA. Gophers go to to A in the lid-lifter. - IOWA OVER SOUTH DAKOTA.

liver for a new to the points.

. Savy OVER WILLIAM-MARY. A pleasant cruise for the Sailors. DARTMOUTH OVER ST. "LAWRENCE. Another practice for the Big Green. GEORGETOWN OVER TEMPLE. The Hoyas of Washington, D. C., are reported aces high. WASHINGTON OVER PITT. Nice, long trip for the Panthers to the Pacific Northwest. SYRacuse OVER" ‘CLARKSON. the campai DUKE OVER DAVIDSON. Blue Devils off to a fiying

3 GEORGIA OVER CITADEL. Ths Bulldogs have the| van £ HOLY CROSS OVER MANHATTAN. Crusaders have the power and speed. SOUTHERN CAL. OVER OREGON. the pick of the Coast.

A soft touch to open

“ILLINOIS OVER BRADLEY TECH. “The Illini are re-|start

The Trojans are

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1939

Theoden | in Dixie. . . The ‘Hawkeyes de- v

MICHIGAN STATE OVER WAYNE. ‘There's no limit ARMY OVER FURMAN. Just a drill for the Soldiers.

“TENNESSEE OVER N. CAR. STATE. One of the, ‘The Vols have it again. % MISSISSIPPI OVER LOU. STATE., Tab this - one. as close all the way. " CARNEGIE TECH OVER WITTENBERG. The Techites take it easy on the j jump off. TEX. CHRISTIAN OVER U. {i L.A. An intergectional tiff on the Coast tonight and doped as close. OKLAHOMA OVER SOU. METHODIST. : Some experts | look for an upset here. RICE OVER VANDERBILT. The Owls have a great pass combination and look for a big season. : TEXAS OVER FLORIDA. Both teams are short of vet. eran talent. : TULANE OVER CLEMSON. ‘How close 1 is close? This 4 may be i - ALABAMA OVER HOWARD. The Tide is in by. a cake walk. COLGATE OVER N. Y. U. Red Raiders shrink the ® Violet, maybe. it SANTA CLARA OVER UTAH. Probably tougher than it looks. JEANSAS | OVER DRAKE. Green talent reported at” rake. STANFORD OVER ‘OREGON STATE. ' Toss-up is indicated by advance info. CALIFORNIA OVER PACIFIC. The Pacific boys are short of reserves. MISSOURI OVER COLORADO. Probably by a couple of touchdowns. * TEXAS AGGIES OVER CENTENARY. The A -M. boys stack up powerful. - VIRGINIA MIL. OVER KENTUCKY. This is supposed & to go the otherway. - MISS. STATE OVER ARKANSAS. Trying for an upe set on this one, ~

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# | Cards Stine ins One of Greatest August-September | Challenges. |

| CINCINNATI, Sept. 29 (U. P.).— "The Cincinnati Reds are champions of the National League, and ‘they got there the hard way-—by ‘defending their lead against one of ithe greatest August - September ldrives ever put on by a challenger. $- on Aug. 1 the Cardinals were 12 igames from the top and only | six ‘games out of seventh place. In a ‘whirlwind finish the Cards won 43 while losing 17. That’s the kind of «challenge the Reds had to beat back. + Foldups have been so frequent in srecent years in the National League jthat the Reds’ gallant stand to ‘thwart the Cards’ pennant bid defimitely marks the men of Bill McKechnie as a stouter- hearted | ball iclub than they were credited | | with being. When" a National League deader starts to slip slightly inl August and September, that usually imeans curtains as it did for the Pirates last season, the Cubs in 11937, the Cardinals in 1935 anil the Giants in 1934. 14 Saw Cards Coming ‘

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' ‘But the Reds saw the Cards/ comAng for two long months and they dung on. The Reds’ 12-game lead of July 30 melted to 51% games by Sept. 1 and the Cards had plenty of time to overhaul them; But ‘through the dangerous days of Sepjtember Cincinnati doggedly held on to its lead until the Reds put over ithe pennant-clincher yesterday by {throttling the Cards, 5-3. ? The mainliners of the Reds! climb ito the National League heights for sthe second time in 20 years were the _itwo strong arm hoys, pitchers Bucky ‘Walters and Paul Derringer] First ‘Baseman Frank McCormick, leading shitter of the Reds’ regulars; Out‘fielder Ival Goodman; ‘muchly-maligned second base com‘bination of Lonnie Frey a Billy tMyers. { There were other valtal] e conrtributions but these six did the +heavy work. Walters, with [27 victories, and Derringer, with |25, ‘did ithe greatest two-man pitching job Hn the majors since Grove and Earn+shaw copped 52 for the Athletiés in 11931. During their .fiercest battle to defend first place in September, j Derringer and Walters paced the ‘Reds with 14 victories and only two losses.

Deacon Triumphs Again

Bill McKechnie, who led the Reds ‘trom last to first place in two years, ' ilachieved another personal [triumph {for himself when he became the {first major league manager to win ithree pennants with sevarate clubs. ‘He piloted the Pirates to [the title +in 1925 and the Cardinals in 1928. Mis Pittsburgh ¢lub won the. world’s ititle, but he suffered the ignominy of losing in four straight the Yanks in 1928. ! A chart of the Reds’ | Pe ant ‘progress shows them getting) away «slowly but finally taking the lead . May 26 from the Cardinals never to ose it again. Their ability to|smack over the three bottcm clubs [played an important role. They] beat the Phils, Bees and Pirates | [49 times, {while losing only 14 times. | {| ‘ Interest in the waning days of the two major league seasons will center on the battles for third place dbetween the Cubs and Dodgers in the National League and| Cleveland and White Sox in the | American Boge. 4

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Dodgers Muff Chanes

{ with a half-game lead over the Dodgers Chicago opened its final -game series against the Cardihals with Big Bill Lee slated to defend the Bruins’ hold on the No. 3 foes. Brooklyn lost an opportunity pass the Cubs yesterday by spliting a twin bill with the Bees. Dick rricksqn pitched a f{our-hitter to in the first game, 3-1, while the gers won the nightcap, 3- -0. { Battling to hold its| half-game Jead over the White Sox, Cleveland ad a twin bill scheduled against e Tigers today.~ + The Yanks won their hon game y defeating the Athletics, 8-4, but t the nightcap, 5-4, when Sam apman hit a homer. Lefty Grove n his 16th game as je Red Sox

beat the Senators, Dutch §eonard hurled his 20 victory in giving Washington the nightcap, 6-1. + The Giants won twp from the , 4-3 and 3-1. | i ADDITIONAL Si ORTS, PAGE 36 |

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eds Stand Out as Stout-Hearted Baseball Club After Refusing to Go Into Usual N ational League Nosedive

.Red Ruffing . .. Yankee mainstay. ” 2 ”

South Benders Eliminated in

BH ors conn BATTLE CREEK # ucts team, undefeated in the National Amateur Baseball Congress,

meets Fremont, Neb. today in the final game of fifth-round play. Fremont, with one defeat, would

other loss today, leaving only Chattanooga’s Peerless Woolen Mills and

seph A. C. of South Bend, Ind., 6-0, with Chattanooga, defeated only. by Battle Creek, drawing a fifth-round bye.

Irish tb Play At Southport

Washington and Tech on the Road This Evening.

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Cathedral High School's football team, which thus far has shown scoring power, will square away against the Cardinals of Southport on the latter's home field at 8 p. m. tomorrow. The Silent Hoosiers, defeated in their opening. start last week by Manual, are to play Morton Memorial at Knightstown tomorrow afternoon, while the rest of the Indianapolis and Marion: County teams were scheduled for action either "|this afternoon or tonight. Tech is to play at Jefferson of

Paul Derringer . . . Cincinnati ace. 8 #2

Amateur Play 5 :

, Mich., Sept. 20 (U. P.).—Battle Creek’s Post Prod-|:

be eliminated in the event of an- .

the Linden, N. J., Athletic Club in| = the running ‘against Battle Creek.| Linden yesterday eliminated St. Jo-

Carry the Mail for Nebraska

Here are two of Nebraska's backs who are expected to see action tomorrow against Indiana’s football team at Bloomington. Roy Petsch (left) is in the starting lineup at quarter, while Harry Hopp runs, punts and passes.

Archibald Triumphs as Fistic Fans Boo Verdict

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 (U. P.). —Joey Archibald still wore the

It was Archibald’s second defense

Football Sounds First Big Bang, With Most Din From South Bend

8 2 Butler Eleven, Meets Ohio Tonight; I. U. Set For Huskers.

By TOM OCHILTREE

King Football, who already has uttered a few peeps on scattered fronts, really, lets go with a mighty war whoop tomorrow that will be heard around the state and nation. | Undoubtedly, the loudest din of all will come. from South Bend: where a crowd that may reach 45,000 is expected for the PurdueNotre Dame game of the “furious defenses.” It is believed certain that the Irish home opening attendance record of 35,000, established in the Southern Methodist] game of 1930, will go by the boards although the crowd isn’t eed : to reach the stadium’s capacity of 56,000.

At Bloomington a gridiron show of equal prominence will be staged between Coach A. N. (Bo) McMil-| 3 lin’s restless, determined Indjana]: University footballers and the Nebraska strong men of Coach Biff Jones. A crowd of 18,000 or better will see this one, - ° On the home front, Butler’s Bulldogs, victorious last. week in their inaugural game against Ball State, will beat the competition of Saturday’s counter attractions by meeting Ohio University: in the Bowl here tonight at 8:15 p. m. In all, 11 games involving State college teams will be played. In the

Robert Janiak ° ev vit plunging “Bobeat.

Football ‘Results

- STATE HIGH SCHOOLS Whiting, 20; Roosevelt (East Chi

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Yanks Outclass Reds on ‘Defense, Kirksey Says

(First of a series of three articles comparing the Reds and Yankees. Today, defense.)

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

Lafayette at [7:15 tonight, and the Big Green team is seeking its second North Central Conference victory of the season. Last week Tech won its opening game from Richmond, 14 to 6. Washington’s tilt at Shelbyville at 7:30 o'clock tonight will mark the

.|second South Central Conference

start for the Continentals who easily defeated Rushville last week.

world featherweight crown today having won a highly questionable 15-round decision over Harry Jeffra, Baltimore challenger. Most of the 10,000 fans who saw the fight “booed” heartily for 15 minutes and showered the ring with refuse last night when the split decision was announced in favor of the Pawtucket, R. I., champion,

of the title he fell heir to when

‘|Henry Armstrong abandoned it. He turned back Leo Rodak’s challenge

earlier this year. He lost non-title bouts to Simon Chavez and Jimmy Gilligan. It was Jeffra’s first setback since he lost the bantam title to Sixto Escobar last year. Archibald weighed 1243; 12415.

Jeffra,

State College Conference race, chief interest centers on the initial appearance of the DePauw and Franklin teams which are rated as the most serious threats to” Butler's defending champions. DePauw meets Hanover at Greencastle, while Franklin plays Wabash’s Little Giants at Crawfordsville. The meeting of the Boilermakers

Froebel (Gary), Tech,

cago), 0. 19; Hamm oid

COLLEGES

New Mexico State, 12; Artangs State Teachers, 3. Western Union, 13; Buena Vista, bus Union University, 33; Austin Peay, 6.

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Bethel, 26; Hebron, 7.

and the;

Reds outclassed defensively—on the in the infield, and in the outfield. But the Reds’ case is far from cent of any short series and Bucky be laughed off. Cincinnati's strong tween them, and are quite capable themselves.

they can pitch with two days of

Major ‘Leaderse

BATTING

AB DiMaggio, Yankees. 455 Foxx, Red Sox 4617 Maize, id A .... B53 Johnson, Athletics.. 540 Medwios, Cardinals 592

HOME RUNS Foxx, Red Sox....35 Williams, Greenberg, Tigers 33|Gordon, DiMaggio,

R. Sox Yanks... Yanks 30

RUNS BATTED IN

Williams, R. Sox 140/Medwick, Cards. McCormick, Reds 127/Greenberg, Tigers DiMaggio, Yanks

Rolfe, Yankees . 211|Mize, Cards 19 McCormick, Reds 206McQuinn, Browns 193 Medwick, Cards. 200]

Shortridge Bests Tech’s Net Team

Shortridge’s tennis team held a pair of victqries over Tech today after downing the Big Green, 5-1, in their second encounter. Five singles and two doubles matches originally were scheduled yesterday, but darkness halted the final doubles contest after each team had won a set and tied, 6-6, in the third. The summary: Singles—Downs (S) defeated Wieland, 6-3, 6-4; McCreary (S) defeated Kettery, 6-4, 6-0; Tichenor (8) defeated Antreasian, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4; Messerlie (T) defeated Lewis, 7-5, 7-5; Boleman (8S) defeated Shirley, 3-6, 6-1, 6-1. Doubles—Downs and McCreary (S) defeated Kettery and Messerlie, 6-4, 8-6; Lewis and Tichenor (S) tied Antreasian and Wieland (T), 6-4, 5-7, 6-6. “Tech will play Muncie Central at Muncie tomorrow ‘and at Richmond on Monday.

1 ET Chartered Buses to 1.U ~-Nebraska Game

The Indiana Railroad System is offering a chartered bus service to Bloomington tomorrow for the Indiana - Nebraska football game. Buses leave Terminal Station at 12:15 p. m. Capacity will be 20 persons to a bus. For further informa-

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tion call Maybelle Davis at Lincoln 6326

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.—Any way you lock at it the Yanks have the

Walters has won 27 games and Derringer 25, and they’ve proved rest, pitch against the Yanks the way they pitched in the National If they can’t the Reds might as well reconcile themselves right now

ot, Series class. Ruffing, the Yanks’

5| three straight starts, one each the

In today’s afternoon games Stivers of Dayton was to meet Shortridge here at 2:15 p. m., Crawfordsville was to play at Ben Davis at 2 p. m. and Manual was to meet Park on the latter's home field at 3 p. m. Crispus Attucks was to play this afternoon at Danville, Ky. and Broad Ripple was to play at can they | Seymour.

pitching mound, behind the plate,

hopeless, Hecnlite pitching is 80 per Walters and Paul Derringer cannot arm boys have won 52 games: beof winning a World Series all by

The big question is,

Referee Benny Leonard cast the deciding vote after Judges Frank Schuyler and Dr. O. U. Singer disagreed, Singer was the Jeffra dissenter. Sports writers were virtualy unanimous in believing Jeffra the winner, one of them crediting the Baltimore boy with eight rounds, giving four to Archibald and calling three even.

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to the loser’s end. : Although the , Yankees pitchers can’t offer as imposing records as the Reds for the season, they have

Baseball at a Glance

plenty to offer in the way of World LITTLE WORLD SERIES

Louisville (A. A.) Rochester (I L.)

NATIONAL LEAGUE

ace, has won four out of fiva World Series games, losing only to the incomparable Carl Hubbell in the rain in 1936.

Pearson Likes to Complain

Monte Pearson, who always| ge comes up to the World Series complaining of various aches and pains and then pitches a classic, has won

AMERICAN LEAGUE

past three years. Bump Hadley|g has won and lost a World Series game but is the kind of a veteran who pitches at his best under heavy pressure.

Lefty Gomez. who has never lost a World Series game, seems definitely out of the classic with a pulled muscle in his side. .If the Yanks have to go beyond Ruffing, Pearson and Hadley, the call is likely to go to Oral Hildebrand or Steve Sundra. The Reds’ third pitcher is almost certain to be Gene Thompson, 22-year-old rookie. World Series are poison to rookies. Stacking | Ruffing-Pearson-Hadley up against Walters - DerringerThempson, the Yanks do not have a tremendous advantage but they must be conceded some edge because of past World Series con- |Beston quests.

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