Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1939 — Page 12
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Louis Mayo of the Navy intercepis a pass from Bob Saggau intended for Bill Kerr, Notre Dame end (42) ‘at the left near the goal line in the first quarter, witth Wesley Gebers (40) of Navy also shown. The Irish were victorious over the Middies, 14-7.
By Eddie Ash
WE CLIMBED out on the limb with Ohio State last
week and. barely managed to
hang on. . . . The experts
who saw the Bucks and Gophers go ‘round and ’round
said it was no place for a man
with a weak ticker.
On the whole this department’s football selections just about matched the week before after losing some thrillers by baseball scores such as 9to 8 and 8to 7... .
The record was 40 winners, 16 losers and one deadlock.
. The average wa# .714 and the average for the season is at that figure for a gain of one percentage point. The grid experts’ craft went down with all on board when Duquesne torpedoed the Pitt Panthers as the crowd “sat stunned.” . Well, that’s what makes it a game when the underdog comes
through. . . .
By tripping up the favored Creighton, Washington
University of St. Louis served notice on Butler's undefeated Bulldogs
to sharpen up for a bitter battle
in Indianapolis this week. .
Washington just upped and went to town.
Local Lad Paces Princeton to Victory
. YOUNG DAVE ALLERDICE, Indianapolis, evidently heard our appeal to come’through and did by sparking Princeton over Columbia. . The Hoosier State still has four undefeated and untid teams in Notre Dame, Butler, Earlham and Manchester.
The North jolted the South right on the butter when Manhattan
‘ turned back Auburn, the favorite, and New York is giving the Jaspers
a barrel of credit. .
. Fordham and New York U. were smacked down
By Southern teams in earlier games and Manhattan removed some of
_ the sting. by ® = a
ELMER LAYDEN, Notre Dame’s
” » 2 thin man coach, was a sophomore
in the backfield when the Irish first met Carnegie Tech in 1922. . He was a quarterback candidate but in the same season was shifted
to fullback where he remain Bowl game on New Year's Stanford in a ding-dong thriller.
through 1924 and starred in the Rose ay, 1925, when Notre Dame defeated
Carnegie was upset by New York U. Saturday but the Tartans’ battle with the Irish at Pittsburgh this week is expected to supply the customary fireworks. . . . It will be their 17th meeting.
How Santa Clara Stacks Up ,
NICE TRIP for Purdue's Boilermakers who shove off for the
West Coast late tomorrow to tackle Santa Clara. . ) warriors will speed straight through to California and arrive in time
to hold a workout on Friday. |
.~. Mal Elward’s
Purdue alumni in the San Francisco area are ready to give the
Boilermakers a rousing welcome. gridder, is Santa Clara’s coach.
. Buck Shaw, former Notre Dame
. This fall his team tied Utah, 7-7;
lost to the powerful Texas Aggies, 7-3; tied San Francisco U., 13- 13, and defeated Slip Madigan’s St. Mary's Gaels yesterday, 7-0. St. Mary’s was doped to win that one and it is evident that
Santa Clara finaly has reached top
form. . . . Beware, Boilermakers!
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CARI SNAVELY, Cornell's coach, urges All-American selectors to look at his Walter Matuzczak, blocking ace of the Big Red eleven, “because too many All-American teams have nothing but left halfbacks
in their backfield.” ' Only Princeton and one other this is its 71st year of football.
college in America can say that
. . . The other is Rutgers, which has
not played continuously. . . . Princeton played pick-up games even
during the World War.
The game with Columbia last Saturday was Princeton’s 551st, and
the Tigers When Dar
d in their 426th triumph. dhe invades Soldiers Field, Cambridge, this week
to meet Harvard, it will be the 46th gage of a series which was
hatched in 1882... the Crimson since 1933.
. The Big Green has not been tied or defeated by
Beats Vow They'll Get Giants Yet
Chicago Pros Lose Tough One to Undefeated New Yorkers.
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, ‘Oct. 23.— One plot having failed to knock the New York Giants from their unbeaten pedestal, the Chicago Bears limped home today vowing to make the professional champions pay dearly for the heart-rending 16-13 defeat the Westerners’ suffered in the Polo Grounds yesterday." “That defeat made our ball club,” said George Halas, coach of the Bears. “They won't lick us again.
ge’ another crack at the Giants in the playoff game in Chicago in December.” Bears Stalled Six Times In one of the most bruising foot-
-|ball games ever played, the Giants
extended their streak of no defeats through 18 games when they licked the rip-roaring Bears by capitalizing on the breaks. Six times in the first three periods the Bears were stalled inside the New York 30-yard line and they came down to the last six minutes of play trailing, 16-0. With a cyclonic attack, which had 58,693 persons—second largest crowd in pro football history—cheering like maniacs, the Bears swept to two touchdowns that covered 68 and 74 yards. And they might have put over the winning margin in those last minutes if they could have wrested the ball from the Giants. The Giants’ margin of victory was supplied by three field goals by
{Ward Cuff, who booted one from
the 43-yard line in the first period and two (one from the 40 and one from the 24) in the final period. The Giants’ lone touchdown resulted from a 63-yard march in the second period, with Len Barnum smashing 13 yards for the score. The Giants’ triumph kept them at the top of the Eastern division along with the Washington Redskins, each with four victories and one tie. The Redskins, scoring two quick touchdowns in the first period on passes by Frank Filchock, triumphed over the Pittsburgh Pirates, 21-14, before 8700 at Pittsburgh, the day’s smallest crowd.
Packers Smack Lions
The aerial-minded Green Bay Packers smashed the hitherto unbeaten Detroit Lions, 26-7, before a throng of 22,559, secotd largest crowd ever to see a game at Green Bay. The triumph enabled the Packers to tie the Lions for the
—— | Western lead, each with four, wins
Little Time for Pep Talk
At the Half,
By ELMER LAYDEN Notre Dame Football Coach SOUTH BEND, Ind, Oct. 23.— Liast year the Army led Notre Dame at the half, 7 to 0. In the second half we scored three touchdowns. The grandstand quarterbacks were sure we had built a fire under the boys between _ halves. They still won’t believe the matter -of - fact story. Our scouts had : reported weaknesses in Army's pass defense. Five : forwards thrown in the waning moments of the first half had confirmed gymer Layden the report. Meantime the Army had demonstrated its ability to make it very tough for us to advance on the ground. We decided, therefore, to begin passing at once. Specifically, we selected a long pitch to Earl Brown, our left end, as the opening shot. Earl was sure he could get behind the right half. In our favor was the element of surprise. In our preceding games we had made exiremely conservative use of the forward, rarely passing before the third or fourth dcwn.
‘Scores Immediate Touchdown
+The pass decided upon, thrown by Saggau on the second down of the third quarter, scored an immediate touchdown. A faked pass by Ben Sheridan later on led to our second touchdown. The Army loosened up and a third touchdown resulted from a long run on a short reverse by Fullback Joe Thesing. Far more important than my : bret words pt aon
between | battle
Layden Says
halves was the simple strategical decision to project the ball into the air without notice or delay. Between-halves oratory, I think, has lost some of its style. The fact is, there isn’t time for an extended appeal to arms and honor in this age of multiple formations Sad shifts on both offense and deense,
Results Are Checked
Every coach has been asked what the between-halves ritual consists of. An executive in any line will recognize the pattern. Before starting a selling campaign, a general sales manager, for example, maps out a plan and sends his salesmen forth with a pep talk. Then, some time during the campaign—betweenhalves—he brings his sellers together agdin, to check over results, eliminate bugs, and prepare for the second half with new instructions and a rousing talk.
The between-halves period of a football game is like that. Our routine is probably standard. At the half the squad.divides into its regular groups—linemen, backs, and quarterbacks—and takes. its ‘ease on mats or blankets on the dressing room floor. The injured and bruised repair to the training room.
If necessary, we outline on a blackboard any changes in defensive or offensive set-up suggested by first half developments. Some time. is devoted to individual correction and encouragement. I name off the men who will start the third quarter. There isn’t much time left for words of caution and inspiration—it’s a brisk trot to the gridiron. I repeat briefly their general instructions, charge an individual or two with some specific respons lity, and they start back to a yell
and one loss. The Bears are half a game behind, having lost two games and won four. Arnie Herber’s long aerials to Andy Uram and Don Hutson strafed the Lions’ defense, and gave Green Bay a 17-7 half-time lead. In the final period Cecil Isbell cut loose with a 51-yard pass to Hutson. In the other two games the Cleveland Raras conquered the Chi-
leago Cardinals, 24-0, before 10,043
at Chicago, and the Brooklyn Dodgers knocked off the Philadelphia Eagles, 23-14, before 13,051 at Brooklyn.
Harrison Pockets Purse at Wichita
WICHITA, Kas., Oct. 23 (U. P.). —Ernest (Dutch) Harrison, Oak Park, Ill, pocketed the winner's share of the Wichita Open Golf tournament today after a scorching three days of play. - He won with four sub-par rounds totaling 274 strokes, seven better than his next closest competitor, Dick Metz, Cliicago; Leonard Dodson, Kansas City, and Ky Laffoon, Chicago, tied for third with 283s. The tournament was for a purse of $1500.
Amateurs—
FOOTBALL Brightwood scored a 7-0 victory over Fall Creek.
Goodwill Cubs doy downed Hast 10th Merchants, 19-6.
BASKETBALL Girls’ teams seeking games are asked to phone Mrs. Wilson at CH. 3479-M. Girls desiring to play also are requested to contact Mrs. Wilson.
Girls’ teams desir! desiring to enter 2
league are | Babb, LL .
We'll go on to the Western title and|
Bow-and-Arrow Golfers Victors
Red hot golf by three linksmen couldn’t match some red-hot bow- . pulling by three archers yesterday in a special 18-hole match over the Hillcrest Country Club course. The archers—Nat Lay, Herman Sheilds and Hartman Egger— —turned in a best arrow of 59, five strokes better than John David. Roy Smith and Bill Binder could do ‘with their woods and irons. David set the pace among the golfers, carding a 67 for a new amateur course record.
It’s Ivy League Against Big 10
Ohio State to Play Cornell; Yale at Michigan.
By STEVE SNIDER United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Oct. 23.—The kingpins of the Big Ten—Michigan and Ohio State—ease up on their natural rivals in the Western Conference this week to cope with an invasion from the Ivy League. If the Big Ten is to regain any ground lost in earlier intersectional reverses, this is thé” week to do it. Ohio State, possessor of a 23-20 victory over Minnesota, picks tough Cornell and Michigan plays the second game in its home and home series with Yale. Of the two, Ohio State’s ambitious Bucks /face the more difficult task. They hit a new peak in dusting off Minnesota and possibly may suffer a letdown. Not since 1935 has Ohio State unleashed such a devastating forward and lateral passing attack as the one they employed against bewildered Minnesota last Saturday. Three times quarterback Don Scott whipped touchdown passes over the heads of the Minnesota secondary. Attack Boomerangs It was, however, the type of attack that can boomerang in a split second-—and twice did against Minnesota. One fumble led to Minnesota’s first touchdown and a second set up an attempted field goal that could have tied the score at 23. Joe Mernik’s 27-yard placement in the closing minutes struck the crossbar and bounded harmlessly into the end zone, causing the Gophers to suffer their first Conference defeat at Minneapolis since Michigan last defeated them in 1932. Michigan’s varsity had a light workout in Stagg Field Saturday, early’ giving way to reserves who continued to pour it on the hapless Maroons until 85 points had been reached. There the farce finally ended as the most poorly contested Big Ten game ever played. THe annual midyear lull occurs on the Conference schedule Saturday with only Illinois at Northwestern and Iowa at Wisconsin figuring in the standings. Purdue plays at Santa Clara, Chicago, Indiana and Minnesota are idle. Clawson Scores Twice
Northwestern, handcuffed by Oklahoma and Ohio State, finally came through none too impressively against Wisconsin, 13 to 7, after trailing, 7 to 0. Don Clawson, one Northwestern sophomore who looks as if he’s found himself, scored both touchdowns for the Wildcats. The standings:
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Bowling—
John Blue rolled an actual 736 to win the handicap tournament yesterday at the Indiana Alleys. Other leaders: Tacoma, 718; Pohl, 681; Dean, 680, and Landers, 659.
Etta Mae Vickrey turned in a 518 to pace bowlers in the Ladies’ Union ‘No. 35 League.
High week-end scores at the Sturm Alleys were Harry Graphman, |§ with a 637 in the Bookwalter-Ball League, and James Henry, with a 566 in the Link-Belt Night League.
The Klein & Kuhn League will
‘begin play at 6 o’clock tonight a
the Illinois Alleys. The league be. composed of 12 teams of Hein & Kuhn employees.
Johnson Wins Shoot
Breaking 46 of 50 targets Johnson
Won yesterdays Seasure
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
Times Photo.
Here is Dave Rankin of Purdue catching a 36-yard pass on the 7-yard line in the first quarter. It led to the Boilermaker’s first score. Purdue beat Michigan State, 20 to 7.
Air Affack Uncovered By Purdue
Boilermakers and Irish to Meet Intersectional Foes; vi I. U. Idle.
By TOM OCHILTREE
Indiana, Purdue, Notre Dame and Butler all won gratifying football triumphs Saturday, but only at Bloomington was there time today for the victors to loosen up the laces on their uniforms a bit and relax. The Boilermakers of Purdue have only a brief time to tarry on their home campus before they pull out for the West Coast and their game this' coming Saturday with Santa Clara. Next stop for Notre Dame will be Pittsburgh, where the Irish are to measure their strength against Carnegie Tech, while Butler will be seeking to register its sixth consecutive triumph when it meets Washington of St. Louis here. With an open date this week-end, the next start for Indiana will be at Columbus, O., Nov. 4, when the Hoosiers will see if their aerial attack can overcome the rushing power of Ohio State.
Purdue Takes to Air
Football fans of this State took consideral.le pleasure over last Saturday’s results and the implication behind the scores. With the season pretty close to the halfway point, it was evident that Indiana’s passes still were fooling ’em, that Purdue has been quietly developing an aerial attack of its own, and that Notre Dame, at last, had uncovered a heavy artillery type offensive punch to match its own defense. Wabash is the only hurdle which Butler has to clear if it is to retain all or part of its State College Conference title. These two traditional opponents are to meet. here Nov. 4. Earlham dropped Evansville Saturday by a 13-t0-0 score to remain undefeated, and if the Quakers nan get by Rose Poly next week and Ball State and DePauw a little later, on they will force Butler to share the crown. 22 First Downs Although the 14-to-7 score by which Notre Dame defeated Navy before 80,000 at Cleveland Saturday was a presentable enough count even for the Midshipmen it doesn’t near tell the story. The Irish formed themselves into a driving spike that pierced and battered the Navy line from end to end. These figures give an idea of this power. Notre Dame compiled 22 first downs, and 21 of these were by rushing. The nine men used in the Irish backfield gained 419 yards, all by rushing. Compared with this, Navy made only six first downs, four of which came by the air route. In gaining the 419. yards from scrimmage, Irish ball carriers handled the ball 66 times, making a team average of more than six yards a play. Ben Sheridan had the best individual figure, carrying the ball five times and averaging 13 yards each trip. Milt Piepul and Lou Zontini, who toted the leather 14 and 16 times, respectively, each had an average gain per play of eight yards. During most of the first half of the Purdue-Michigan State game, played before a Dad’s Day crowd of 21,000 at West Lafayette, the Spartans and Boilermakers fought with grim determination, but with no concrete results. i As a matter of fact, the tilt was beginning to take on the appearance of a perfect stalemate when the Boilermakers struck. By comparison with them, lightning hits slowly.
Indiana Comes Through Instead of allowing Indiana to start the aerial fireworks, cagy
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Indiana’s ‘Big Three’ Showing T ir Offensive Strength
One of the few Butler marches which the DePauw line was able to stop is shown here. In the second quarter, Tom Harding, Bulldog halfback, took the ball on fourth down on the Tiger 7, but is stopped two yards short of the goal by John Barr (No. 27), DePauw guard. Butler won the game, 33 to 0.
To Ambush
By HARRY FERGUSON _ United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—The woods are full of rough, tough customers today, busily plotting to ambush unbeaten football teams this week. Of the top nine teams in the country, only Tennessee, which plays Mercer, has an easy Saturday ahead. The game of the week will be played at Columbus, O., where Cornell, pride of the East, takes on the Ohio State powerhouse. Coming into mid-season, it appears that the best in the country— not necessarily in the order named— are: Tennessee, Notre Dame, Cornell, Texas A. agd M., Southern Qalifornia, Tulane, Ohio State, Nebraska and Michigan. All of them have a tough job on Saturday except Tennessee. Tulane goes against Mississippi, Notre Dame meets Carnegie Tech, Texas A. and M. plays Baylor, Michigan battles
Tough Customers Ready
Grid Leaders
with California, Nebraska meets Kansas State and Ohio State and Cornell lay their unbeaten. records ‘on the line against each: other. A quick glance ahead shows there are plenty of good ones scattered through the country for Saturday. Here they are by sections: East—Fordham-Pittsburgh, Har-vard-Dartmouth, Holy Cross-Col-gate, N. ¥Y. U.-Georgia, Pennsyl-vania-North Carolina, PrincetonBrown, Syracuse-Penn State, Navy-
| Clemson and Villanova-Arkansas.
Midwest — Northwestern = Illinois, Missouri-Iowa State and WisconsinIowa. South — Centenary - Texas Chris-
tian, Duke-Wake Forest, Georgia
Tech-Auburn, Vanderbilt-Louisiana. Far West—U. C. L. A.-Oregon, Washington-Stanford, Oregon StateWashington State, Wyoming-Colo-rado, Idaho-Montana, Denver-Utah, Utah State-Colorado State, Southwest—Texas-Rice.
Yale, Southern California tangles
Dixie Grappler ; To Meet Kudo
Matchmaker Lloyd Carter has lined up Tug Wilson, a speedy and skilled light heavy from Jackson, Miss.,, as the opponent for Kiman|a Kudo, Japanese jui jitsu specialist, in a special semi-windup- on the Armory grappling card tomorrow
night. Tug has been here on sev-
eral occasions and has shown to advantage. What promises to be one of the best “heat” matches of the season is billed for the main event, bringing together Louis Thesz, 239, St. Louis, and one of his outstanding rivals, Dorve (Iron Man) Roche, 222, Illinois. Dorve upset Louie here two weeks ago and accepted a challenge for a return meeting in which there will be no time limit. Thesz is a former- heavyweight champ. Juan Humberto, 225, aggressive Mzxican, will try for his third consecutive Armory triumph when he takes on Jim Coffield, 223, Kansas City, Mo., in th the third bout.
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Capture Golf Honors
Top honors in the mixed two-ball foursome golf tournament yesterday at Lake Shore Country Club went to 17 and Mrs. Al Craigle, who fired
of and Mrs. Clarence Schutter carded a 50 to tie Mr. and Mrs. Art Quiesser, with second place going to the Schutters on a draw. Mt. and Mrs. Norman Dyke were fourth with a 51.
Cage Tournament Carded at. Jasper
Times Special JASPER, Ind. Oct. 23.—A sixteam high school basketball tournament: will be held in the local gymnasium Dec. 29 and 30, it was announced today. Teams entered are Washington, Vincennes, Huntingburg, Bedford, Jeffersonville and Jasper. Tourna-
ment drawings will be made Dec. 15.
Capital Six Wins First Rink Test
Hoosiers Outscore Detroit to Go Out in Front | Pre-Season Series.
Times Special DETROIT, Mich.,, Oct. 23.—The Indianapolis Capitals of “the Inter-national-American Hockey League were one up today on the: Detroit Red Wings in their three-game exhibition series after winning the opener last night, 5-4. The Capitals: had their biggest scoring spree in the second period,
.|jamming four goals into the nets.
Wilder, Bush, Keating and Liscombe tallied for the Hoosiers in this rally, while Bruneteau kept the Red Wings
in the running with a pair of markers. The Capitals led, 4-2, at the opening of the final period, but the Wings deadlocked the count within 12 minutes on goals by Giesebrecht and Deacon. Fisher teamed with Keating and Bush to count the Capitals’ winning goal late in the session. The two teams will begin a week's barnstorming tour tonight at Niagara Falls.
Wins Skeet Event
Shattering 50 straight targets, Douglas MacKinnon won the skeet feature yesterday at the Capital City Gun ‘Club. :
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