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SPORTS...

By Eddie Ash

THE BEST part of football in the eyes of the axpert ‘who dares picking games in advance is that the game has

~ a short season and he’s out of the woods come December.

. Just three more weeks remain in which to serve as a gridiron seer and if there are any more staggering, startling, astounding upsets like last Saturday the prognosticating business may be given up by one and all as a.

hopeless jab. For the Coach of the Week we nominate Bob Zuppke,

- the wizard of Illinois whose team upped and cogled the

heels of Tornado Tom -Harmon and his Michigan mates eyen as the sports scriveners were hailing the Wolverines as one of the Teams of ~ the Year. Best Laugh of the Week, of course, was the Illini pulling the sleeper play for a touchdown, a play that is as old as the hidden ball trick in baseball. . . . And young Mr. Bill DeCorrevont of Northwestern finally got the wraps off and, going in as a pinch hitter, “hit a home run with the bases loaded on the first ball pitched” and Minnesota .

was sunk on that one. First Play and He’s Off Winging

WITH THE score a tie near the end of the game, DeCorrevont trotted out from the bench to relieve a mate in the backfield... . On ~ the first play, Bill's number was called and he scooted 61 yards to the payoff station. True to early season predictions, Northwestern has come up with a mighty team in November. . . . If long trips hurt a team, Dayton University’s Flyers are unaware of it and they held St. Mary’s of California to a draw yesterday out on the West Coast, . And there

was a near upset in the Hoosier State when little St. Joe held Xavier

of Cincinnati to six points. 2 2

~~ BUT GETT'NG back to fooling around with that d crystal ball in the hit-or-miss league. . . . Your correspondent took a fling at 61 d into three ties. . . . One of the deadlocks was Alabama and Kentucky, which leaves the Kentuckians undefeated. . . . In last year’s. Alabama clash Alabama waltzed in, 26 to 6. Dartmouth’s interception of nine Yale forward passes also is believed to be a new one for the football book. This department’s percentage on last week's games was .776 and for the season it is .740.

What’s Coming Up on Big Ten THE BIG TEN situation at ‘a glance based on Western Conference

competition only: Ohio State in front with three victories, no defeats, still to play

Chicago, Illinois and Michigan.

Northwestern has won three, lost one, still to play ‘Purdue and Iowa. Iowa has won three, lost one, still to play Minnesota and Northwestern. Michigan has won two, lost one, still to play Minnesota and Ohio State. ~ Indiana has won two, lost two, and has only Purdue to meet in

— Big Ten action.

Illinois has won one, lost two, still to play Wisconsin, Ohio State and Chicago. __ Chicago has lost one, still to play Ohio State and Illinois. Purdue has lost one, tied one, still to play Northwestern, Wisconsin and Indiana. Minnesota has lost two, tied one, still to play Michigan, Towa and Wisconsin. Wisconisn has lost three, still to play Illinois, Minnesota. Five Big Ten schools still have non-Conference games on their dockets. . . . Indiana has two, Fordham and Michigan State. . Iowa has Notre Dame, Michigan has Pennsylvania, Chicago has Oberlin and Northwestern has Notre Dame.

Illini Champs of 1919 to Celebrate

The Illinois team of 1919, Big Ten champion, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a reunion dedicated to Coach Zuppke this week-end when Wisconsin plays the Illini at Champaign. . . . Nearly all the men who won letters and gold football under Zuppke 20 years ago will come back for the occasion, according to Ernest C. Lovejoy, Chicago, who is in charge of arrangements. They will hold a dinner Friday evening, attend the Badger tilt Saturday, where they will be introduced to the crowd, and join with many others Saturday evening in the annual “I” men’s dinner. Incidentally, Wes Martin, Indianapolis, was in the Illini starting lineup at guard Saturday when Zuppke’s lads upset Michigan.

” # » INDIANA'S GAME with Eordham in New York this week will be - the Hoosiers’ fifth straight on the road. . Undefeated and untied last year and tied this fall only by Syracuse, Coach Jack Hagerty’s Georgetown University eleven has won 12 consecutive games since losing last in 1937. Only three players will be lost from this year’s squad by gradua-.-The

Purdue and

. 1939 varsity bas two more games, with Maryland and New York U.

and the Violets loom as a threat to that victory string.

Don’t Play Football When You’re Tired, Layden Says

‘the end zone.

By ELMER LAYDEN Notre Dame Football Coach ; _ SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 6. — Knute Rockne was praised and cheered many times. I think he was

booed only once. It wasn't much of a boo, and the fans who uttered .it didn’t know what they were prot anyhow. incident occurred when Marchie Schwartz was a junior at Notre Dame. Marchie had broken loose on a characteristic run of some 80 or 85 yards. He was tackled on the 2-yard line. Out he came, and in went sophomore Mike Koken. A muffled bronx cheer from the stands. It was mufflefl) becduse the fans knew enough by 1930 to Rockne’s judgment. “Why

- respect did he jerk Schwartz just because

he couldn't quite get a touchdown?” “Why didn’t Schwartz get the hon-

| or hi scoring =~ touchdown he set | up?” | were muttered by the sideline experts.

These and similar questions

Marchie Was Tired

The booing was wrong. The questions were misdirected. The reason “Rock” took Marchie out of the game was that the day was warm, the run was long and Schwartz was tired from his sprint—otherwise he wouldn't have been tackled short cf Even an all-Ameri-can gets tired carrying pounds of protective equipment at a sprinter’s speed for 80 yards. ; And when a player is tired, he is most susceptible to injury. Rockne

-wasn’t thinking only of his reason,|:

Notre Dame’s success, and a mere touchdown wnen he took Marchie out and let him catch his breath. He thinking of Marchie - Schwartz, a 20-year-old boy with “many years in prospect in which he would not be playing football, scor-

ing touchdowns for the enjoyment

Prep Coaching Better

Football is s rugged game, as guseTa a 4; ever was Injuries are|my,

1 fewer and less serious than before, for many reasons. ‘High school coaching is better, for thing, and boys learn their footearlier. Their reactions are depped earlier. Equipment is betand more plentiful than ever pre. Training methods have imsd. Stress is placed on the earl and careful treatment of the

er, more mature, than those of two decades ago. It useth to be considered smart to sneak a smoke to impress ‘one’s friends. Now it’s smart to train.

Football Just a Game

The example of men like A. A. Stagg, Pop Warner, Bill Alexander and Rockne has led high school and college coaches to refrain from playing tired or injured men. My advice to young boys playing the game is: “Never continue when you feel you are near exhaustion or when you are hurt. Never quit when you feel right. Perhaps it’s heroic to play with a dangerous inJury, but discretion is the better part of valor. Yau have a long time to live, and football, after all, is just a game.”

Marrs Selected To Tackle Olsen

Matchmaker Lloyd Carter will offer a pair of heavyweight bouts to support the Kiman Kudo-Lord Lansdowne light heavyweight main event tomorraw night on the Armory wrestling card. Carter completed his program today by pairing Johnny Marrs, 226, Portland, Ore, with Henry Olsen, 228, Duluth, Minn., for the 8:30 opener. Juan Humberto, 226, a ‘meanie” out of Mexico City, Mexico, opposes Alf Johnson, 229, Minneapolis, in the semi-windup. Juan is unbeaten in four starts. The Kudo-Lansdowne tussle is rated a “natural” and promises to prove exciting. They are listed as two of the best at their weight and come well supplied with speed and skill. Both hold triumphs over Whitey Wahlberg, the matman who had turned in victories against The Great Mephisto and Coach Billy om.

Lansdowne is out of Barrington, England. ‘Kudo is one of the best Japanese grapplers to show here in several seasons.

Family Battle

BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 (NEA)— Walter and Fred Greiner, brothers, are rivals in the University of Balti-

§ injury f this generation are smart-

more intramural golf championship.

By TOM OCHILTREE Unquestionably, the Little Giants have fallen on bitter times, but at Crawfordsville today there was no whimpering—for old Wabash learned long ago to accept defeat as gallantly as it does victory. No matter how great the sting, they are too proud to let their humiliation show through. The team,

‘I band, students and alumni needed

all their pride here Saturday when

Butler’s Bulldogs—roaring down the field like an ocean wave ina hurry —piled up a+55-to-0 score to hand Wabash: one of the most distressing defeats in its history. | Remember that the rivalry between these two schools is the second oldest west of the Allegheny Mountains, and that the only thing that pleases a Wabash man more than defeating Butler is downing DePauw in the same season. Butler's team this year is one of the finest ever to wear the Blue and White, and it has been. hardened and made alert through its games with larger. schools. The: Bulldogs couldn't be denied. Powerful line thrusts by Bill Kreag,

Dust flies as Milt Piepul of Notre Dame is brought do (8) of Notre Dame, Frontczak (66) of Army and Lillis of Nofre Dame are shown following the play. Notre Dame won, 14-0.

Hoosiers’ Hursh Returns Buckeye Punt

Piepul of Notre Dame Kicks L

You May Not Have Learned at Big School

who was playing one of the best games in his career, and the wider sweeps of Ralph Swager brought Butler two “touchdowns in the first quarter. James Garwood was the Bulldog ballstugging hero in the second period, and before the game was over Coach Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle had unveiled two new backfield prospects in Harold Feichter, a Junior, and Elwood Norris, a sophomore. : At the half the Little Giants were trailing, 34 to 0, and were tired and battered. - There still was the stuff of heroes in their spirits, though. Almost on nerve alone, Wabash made its only penetration of Butler territory early in the third quarter. Kreag's interception of a pass ended it. Still the Butler line kept hammering away, and the Wabash stands wer - cheering as loudly as ever for their players who were coming ‘out of :the game — cheering bravely when they were 48 points behind. : Maybe you have to go to a little school to understand that. If you went to some sprawling university that played its foothall games in

stadiums packed ‘ with “pool room

after re turning the opening kickoff

of : the

Hal Hursh of the Hoosiers returns an. Ohio State punt in the first quarter of the Big Ten game at Columbus. The Buckeyes put on a brilliant display of running and passing to score a 24-0 victory over Indiana. -

Wabash Won’t Whimper— Something

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Hockey Scores

| Still Among Top Outfits

: Michigan, Oregon State and Nebraska Fall by ‘Wayside.

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor

: - NEW YORK, Nov. 6 6.—There were only eight’ hardy survivors in the magic circle of major unbeaten football teams today as the season went into its final month. Tliree—Michigan, Nebraska and Oregon State—fell by the wayside over the week-end and stern opposition still is ahead for those who have kept their records clean of defeats. Southern California is undisputed king of the Far West and seems certain to carry the hopes of the West into Pasadena’s Rose Bowl. The Trojans’ 19-to-7 vigtory over Oregon: State disposed of their most ‘|dangerous. opponent to date, and knocked Oregon State from the ranks of the unbeaten.

Tennessee Goal Uncrossed

Notre Dame and Oklahoma be.|stride the Middle West with powerful, resourceful teams. Notre Dame |had an easy. time with Army and the great Oklahoma team, one of the real powerhouses of the nation,

‘brushed aside Iowa State, 38 to 6. ‘Nebraska caught a tartar in Missouri and suffered its first defeat of the season. Tennessee, - which - has to be ranked as the top team of the nation despite a ‘schedule that gives them a breather every other week, remains untied, unbeaten and unscored on. That 20-0 victory over a tough Louisiana State team is a ‘|fair indication of Tennessee's power. The = South, however,

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the country. Behind Tennessee comes Texas A. and M., Tulane and North Carolina—all of them undefeated. If this keeps up, Dixie is going to dominate the New Year's bow! games. : Cornell Best in East Cornell, despite a close . call against a weak Columbia team, re{mains the best in the East—unbeaten and untied and victor over powerful Ohio State. There may be trouble ahead for six of the eight leaders. "Tennessee will have an easy time against the Citadel this Saturday -and North Carolina will steam-roller Davidson. But Oklahoma meets Kansas State. Southern California plays Stanford, Tulane ' collides with Alabama, Notre Dame goes against Iowa,

Times-Acme Telephoto.

alumni” and half-bored spectators from a dozen states, the Wabash band that has worn the same red uniform coats for the last 20 years might look a little funny to you. In that case, though, you have never really been to college. . In these small ones the team fis your team win, lose .or draw. If your band isn’t the biggest, at least it plays the loudest. You may have to wait 10 years to beat an old rival, but that long delay makes the ultimate triumph all the sweeter. It’s heresy for a DePauw man to say so, but once when the: Little Giants held out on their own 1-yard line for three downs, I was shouting myself for them to hold that last time. That would have been a memory for the Wabash rooters to take away with them. Butler made the touchdown but the Little Giants didn’t give the ground without a struggle. . Somehow the Wabash spirit was

hawks, 2.

time tie).

Times Special

Shattering 45 out of a possible 50 targets, Don Norwalt of Indianapolis took top honors in the American Legion trophy shoot at the Ferris Gun Club yesterday. |

Texas A. and M. meets Southern Methodist and Cornell plays Colgate. There should be at least on upset lurking in those eight re

Phillies Option Two To Baltimore Club

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8 (U, P.) — President ‘Gerald P. Nugent of the Phillies baseball club announced today that catcher Joe Kracher and outfielder Norman De Weese have been optioned to the Baltimore Orioles. The - Phillies acquired Kratcher last year from Baltimore, while De Weese came: here from: Montgomery of the Southeastern League.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Mogires) Canadiens, 8; Chicago Black-

New York Rangers, 1; Detroit, 1 (overINTERNATIONAL AMERICAN Indianapolis, 5; Syracuse, 3. New Haven, 3; Hershey, 2

Pittsburgh, 2; Cleveland, 1 (overtime). Springfield, 6; Rhode Island Reds, 1,

Wins Trophy Shoot

NEW PALESTINE, Ind., Nov. 6—

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|@ocaptairis Named For Cornell Team

ITHACA, N.Y, Nov. 6 (U. P)— Malvern (Whit) Baker, Cumberland, Pa., and Kenneth Brown, New York, will cocaptain the Cornell football team for the remainder of this season, it was announced today.

Baker and Brown, right halfback and fullback, respectively, succeeded Vince Eichler, who gave up his post

v. jaecause of injuries.

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Lions Trim New Yorkers to

Take Western Lead.

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Nov. 6.—There were no undefeated teams left in the Na tional Football League today. The champion New York Giants, un~

straight games, were back to earth

Oct. 3, 1938. Top honors for the Sunday bate tles go to Gloomy Gus Henderson's Detroit Lions who punctured the Giants’ bubble of superiority with a spectacular 18-14 triumph before 48,492 spectators at Briggs Stadium, largest throng ever to see a Protessional game in Michigan. In a Er wild, a roat game in the West the Chicago Bears found themselves at last and battled to a 30-27 triumph over the Green Bay Packers before 40,537 at Wrigley Field, Chicago.

Five Teams in Running

‘The Lions and the Bears’ trie umphs turned the league topsy=

turvey, leaving five teams still in the running for the championship. The Lions’ victory not only elevated them to the undisputed lead in the Western section but dropped the Giants into a deadlock with the Washington Redskins for the Eastern lead. Although the Lions are on top in the West, with six victories and one loss, the Packers, winners in six out of eight, cannot be counted out of the race, and the Bears, with a 5 and 3 record, still have / fighting chance at the title, Waghington moved back into a tie for the Eastern lead with its sure Pry close 7-6 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles. The Cleveland Rams shoved over two first-period touchdowns to score the day's only one-sided victory, a 14-0 shutout over the Chicago Cardinals inthe mud and rain at Cleveland before 8378. The Dodgers-Pittsburgh game at Brooklyn was postponed until toe night because of rain.

Wreck Pass Defense

Coming up with a dazzling aerial attack which wrecked the Giants’ far-famed pass defense, Detroit knocked off the club every one was beginning to label as unbeatable. The lead changed hands, with the Lions coming from behind to win in the fourth period. Sloan’s 6-yard pass to Kent Ryan, Lions’ halfback, for a touchdown was the pay-off play but the Lions added a field goal for good measure five ‘minutes bee fore the game ended.

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INDIANAPOLIS... THEN AND NOW,

summed up by a sad alumnus who remarked to his companion: “It could have been worse. Anyway, our. boys tried mighty hard. A school with a spirit like that

often is defeated but.gever beaten. There's difference.

Bradley Awaits

NEW YORK, Nov. 6 (U. P.).—

today as Col. Edward Riley Bradley offered to match unbeaten Bimelech against any horse of any

all. Old One-Two Ed's challenge came

kings because Bimelech is just 2 years old, a baby as horses are rated. But it was flung at all com-

ers and no one is barred, not even

Maryland's Challedon, horse of the year. Here are Bradley's terms: 1. The distance shall be either a mile and 70 yards or a mile and one-sixteenth. 2. Weights are to be assigned on a basis of age, the usual procedure of a match of this sort. Thus Bimelech would carry 100 pounds against similar weight for any other 2-year-old, 120 pounds for a 3-year-old, and 126 pounds for 4-year-olds and up.

fast track at Pimlico, Md., before or on Nov. 15, because after that

quarters.

Bowling—

Top honors in the 1020: scratch five-man sweepstakes over the week-end at the Illinois Bowling Alleys went to the Seven-Up team of the Wheeler Lunch League. This quintet posted scores of 878, 834 and 895, which with a 621 handicap, totaled 3228. L..S. Ayres, working on a 192 handicap, hung up scores of 952, 1049 and 1021 for a 3214 total, sec-

ond high. Third place went to the Seven Up team of the Parkway No. 2 League, with a 3200 total,

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Sportsmen to Meet

Members of the Marion County Fish and Game Association will meet at 8 p. m. today at the Washington Hotel to nominate officers. for next year. Changes in the game

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