Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 November 1939 — Page 19
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SDAY, Nov. 8, 1939
By an Eyelas SPORTS . By Eddie Ash
IN DIGGING into that historic upset of Michigan by Illinois the experts have decided that the Illini players had five important reasons for wishing to beat the Wolverines. George Barton, Minneapolis Tribune, who with other grid critics watched the game, lists the “reasons” as follows: First, the Illini boys figured they could save Coach Bob Zuppke’s job for another year; second, they were eager to squelch Michigan’s talk that Tom Harmon would surpass Red Grange’s record of scoring four touchdowns in
12 minutes; third, they wished fo show their appreciation
to their captain and left guard, Melvin Brewer, for rejoining the squad Friday following the death of his mother earlier in the week; fourth, they were anxious to reward the home-coming crowd with a victory; fifth, they were desirous of wihning for their own sake from a team favored to win the Big Ten championship. ° ' 2 = = INCIDENTALLY, the veteran Barton who has been watching Big Ten football for years, says don’t let anybody tell you Michigan's Harmon is a bust because he failed to run wild against Illinois. ' Despite the fact Harmon was a marked player, he snatched a pass and ran 35 yards for a touchdown, while on another occasion he broke loose for a 36-yard sprint and seemed well on his way to a second touchdown until run oyt of bounds. As Arch Ward of the Chicago Tribune put it: “Zuppke and his Illini not only whipped Michigan but they flattened every gridiron prognosticator in the land. More power to them. We can take it.” «+ « Say we all, Arch,
Zuppke An Old Hand At Kicking Dope
“has lost only one game. . .
"all-round man, tho
UPSETTNG THE dope bucket isn’t a new experience for Zuppke. . Some of his notable achievements were: In 1919 Illinois blasted Ohio State out of a Big Ten title and ad-
“by defeating the Bucks 9 to 7. °
ministered the only defeat ever suffered by Chic Harley at Ohio State
In 1921 Ohio State had won all her Big Ten games and Tlinois
hadn't won a Conference game or competition. . son and b In1
scored a touchdown in Big Ten
. +» But Illinois won, 7 to 0, in the final game of the seated another Buckeye title hope. Wisconsin was undefeated and Illinois lost to Butler, Iowa,
Chicago and Ohio State. . . . But the Zupmen defeated
Michigan, Wisconsin 3 to 0.
In 1937 an Illinois team which had lost to Michigan and Indiana
and had been tied by DePauw and
Notre Dame carved out a 6 to 0
victory over a great Northwestern eleven.
DAVE ALLERDICE, Indianapolis, Princeton’s sparkplug, received a slight concussion in the Harvard game but is reported fully recovered and fit and sound by Tiger Coach Wiemarr. Dave took a flying dive at Harverd’s Franny Lee as the latter
crossed the goal line on a "50-yard himself dizzy.
off-tackle rampage and knocked
Cornell Still Weak After ‘Breather’
TENNESSEE HAS won 19 straight and has rolled up 11 straight
shutouts. . . bia. . man, the campus idol, clicked with
. Cornell still is gasping after its “breather” with ColumWhy Nebraska was knocked over by Missouri.
. « « Paul Christeight out of 12 passes. , . . Inci-
dentally, Ohio State beat Missouri, 19 to 0. Missouri moves into New York Saturday to tackle N. Y. U. which
. A game which the East will be watching
will be the Dartmouth invasion of Princeton, the third Big Three rival
in a row for the Green.
Earl Blaik evidently has organized a far stronger {eam than most people expected, and the Princeton squad, which had a tough time with Harvard in winning, 9 to 6, will be hard put to defend itself against . the Hanover warriors, who trounced both Harvard and Yale.
NOW THE professional gridders are beefing about the “officiating
Just like some college coaches. . .
. The New York Giants thought they
ere “robbed” by the officials as they lost to the Detroit Lions Sunday. . . . Their chief beef concerned the screening of pass receivers,
which resulted in a big third-period argument.
. . . But the referee
changed his mind, and awarded the Lions the ball on the Giants’ 10, from where Martinovich kicked one of his three field goals. The Giants insisted two or three ineligible receivers were helping
the catcher on most of the Detroit aerials. .
. “They didn’t’ realize ‘the tackle was eligible on our short-side formation, ” said Gus.
coach, merely snorted.
error.” 2 =
. Gus Henderson, Lion
. «+ “it was an understandable.
BO McMILLIN'S gridders of Indiana will play Michigan State at
East Lansing on Nov. 18. .
. The teams are meeting in the first game
of a two-year arrangement and State will go to Bloomington next fall
to repay the visit.
It has been 12 years since Michigan State last played the Hoosiers. . On that occasion the Spartans invaded Bloomington and fell before
Indiana, 33toT.. ana triumphed, 14 to 6, in 1921,
. In the only other meeting between the two, Indi-
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Joe Williams Says—
NEW YORK, Nov. 8—~Who is the No. 1 sports nut of the country? Off hand, we'd say Clarence Budington Kelland, the* writing gent. Mr. Kelland isn't a specialist. His whoop-de-doo spirit isn't moved by any one particular sport. He's a good, solid all-round man. That's why we think he’s the champion.
We don’t think the specialists deserve as much consideration as the all-round men. The specialists react only to their chosen sport. The all-round men have a broader, more general outlook. They get a wallop out of all sorts of sports. — Also, it seems to us the all-around men get more out of their eccentricities. . They don’t: have to depend on seasonal sports for their pleasure. Nor do they run the risk of having the bottom drop out of their one favorite sport.
He Gets Around
Mr. Kelland has an enduring juvenile hysteria for all varieties of sports. You always see him at the big fights, the golf championships, the races, the World Series and the football games. The events needn’t be at his back door either. He'll travel miles to see any contest that interests him. A: couple of weeks ago he read
he took a train and made the trip to Knoxville just to see ‘was true what they said about football. This is only a fragof the evidence we could preot in behalf of our claim that Mr.
- Kelland Knows the Game
Mr. Kelland isn’t just a holler guy, either. He knows what it’s all about. He sees the blocks that pave the way for the touchdown run; he knows 3 Why the infield is pulled in, jockey waited until going
why the into the last bend to make his move
and why a prize fighter with a good right hand keeps on feinting. In short, he’s a sports nut with under-
standing. Postmaster Jim Farley is another he lacks the wide diversity of . Kelland’s response. For instance, we have never seen the Postmaster General at a golf tournament. Anyway, the Postmaster General belongs right up there near the top. You can’t keep him away from a big fight, a World Series, a football game or any track he happens to be
Herbert Hoover is another gentleman with a White -House background who fits naturally into this piece. As a matter of fact, we don't think Mr. Hoover's standing as a sports nut is fully appreciated. True, he is not an all-rounder but in his double-field, football and baseball,
the ex-President knows no superior. ton
Whenever he gets a chance he slips out to the ball park. Baseball just happens to be one of his chief addictions. Same with football. Practically every Saturday finds Mr. Hoover at one of the big games. Frequently he comes and goes with nobody knowing he was on hand. Which is the way he seems to prefer it. We feared the mass booing he got in Philadelphia that day when the crowd chanted “we want beer” might spoil his urge for sporting spectacles but happily it didn’t.
Yale Reappoints Pond, Grid Aids
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 8 (U. P.).—The Yale Athletic Association announced. today that head fqotball coach “Ducky Pond and all his assistants have been reappointed for the 1940 season. The reappointment followed the
.| one-sided 33-0 defeat Yale suffered
at the hands of Dartmouth last Saturday and may have been hastened by recurring reports of dis-sension-on the club. . The officials resigned, besides Pond, who has been head coach since 1934, were: Earle (Greasy) Neale, chief assistant and backfield coach; Ivy Williamson, end coach, and Emerson (Spike) Nelson, line coach.
Secret Drills On a as Tech Girds for Blue
Secret practice sessions were ordered at Tech today as the Big Green football machine prepared for the deciding encounter of the City series with the Shortridge Blue
: |Devils at Butler Bowl Friday after-
noon. Charles Howard and Charles Berling have been working on kicks from placement, and emphasis is being placed on both passing attack and defense. The squad yesterday held signal drills and scrimmage against reserves who were using thé type of defense employed by the Blue Devuils. The Tech team is in good physical ‘condition. 2
Purdue and I.U. to Lose,
He Likes Tulane, Michigan, Illinois, Georgia Tech And Dartmouth.
By JERRY BRONDFIELD NEA Service Sports Writer Notre Dame’s victory express, scheduled to move, into Iowa City Saturday, is heeding warning signs which read: “Slow Down—Danger Ahead.” There. are a number of critics
who insist that this is merely an average Notre Dame football team and that the Luck of the Irish is bound to run ‘out sooner or later. The engagement with Towa—a game in which there are more angles than a geometry lesson—looms more
loo even though the South Benders are given the margin of one eyelash. Cornell’s unsullied record goes on the block against Colgate at Ithaca. The Big Red must be given the edge
usually can be counted upon for at least one big-day a year.
Dartmouth Given Edge
Dartmouth, gathering momentum, looks like a good November club and figures to take Princeton by at least a touchdown at Princeton. Fordham is favored over Indiana in New York. . Yale will try to bounce back after being swamped by Dartmouth last week, and probably will bounce high enough to get over Brown in New Haven. Harvard and Army get together in Cambridge, with the Cadets deserving a slight edge in a game that should be decided by breaks. Pitt and Carnegie Tech wage intra-city war in Pittsburgh with Skibos ‘picked to make it two in a row over the Panthers. \ Columbia is a slight favorite over Navy in Baltimore and undefeated Georgetown gets the call over Maryland in Washington.
Tulane Favored
Missouri is given a slight bulge over N. Y. U. in New York. The feature battle in Dixie finds Tulane taking on Alabama in New
’ |Orleans, with the Green Wave run-
ning attack, strongest in the South, expected to provide the margin of victory. Georgia Tech entertains a surprising Kentucky team in Atlanta with the Rambling: Wreck figured to stop the Lexington charge. Louisiana State should defeat Mississippi State in a close one in Baton Rouge. North Carolina State appears in for another pasting in Raleigh . this time at the hands and feet of unbeaten and untied Duquesne.
Wolves Have Hold on Jug
Michigan and Minnesota, with. some of the wind taken out of their sails, meet for the Little Brown Jug in Ann Arbor. The Wolverines should regain the pottery but only after a battle of the first magnitude. Northwestern, coming fast, has a decided edge on Purdue in Evans-
ton. Ohio State intends to use 10 student managers and the waterboy against Chicago on the Midway. Illinois had a big- day against Michigan and I have an idea that Bob Zuppke will enjoy anether against Wisconsin in Champaign. Marquette should defeat Iowa State in Milwaukee. Nebraska gets our vote Kansas in Lincoln. Oklahoma envisions no great trouble with Kansas State at Manhattan. Texas Aggies Picked
Texas A. & M. takes on a dangerous Southern Methodist outfit at College Station, with the Aggies favored to keep their slate clean. Jack Crain gives Texas an edge over Baylor at Waco. Rice and Arkansas are a toss-up in Hous-
over
Mighty Southern California continues its Rose Bowl march in Los Angeles, hooking up with a Stanford team which shouldn't give the Trojans much trouble. A weak California team probably will be weaker when Washington leaves. Berkeley. Santa Clara has too much for
‘Michigan State in San Francisco.
Oregon State should take Oregon at Eugene.
Shelby Shooters Win
Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind, Nov. 8— The Shelbyville American Legion’ rifle’ team scored a 940-922 victory over International Harvester of Indianapolis last night in a Central Indiana League match.
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Coach Everett N. Case considers the roster of ketball aspirants for the Frankfort High School team. This maestfo of the hardwood, who turned out state championship Hot Dog combinations in 1925, ’29,
’36 and last spring, is taking an indigo view of the future.
Playoffs for Majors U rged
Shaughnessey System.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 8 (U. P). Gerry Nugent, president of the Philadelphia Phillies, today urged the major leagues to adopt the Shaughnessey playoff system. : “It has worked satisfactorily in the minor leagues, why can’t it work
in the* majors,” Mr. Nugent asked. “Why not start the regular season] April 15 and end it on Sept. 15 or 20. The final two weeks of September are always washouts at the gate except for pennant contenders. “The Shaughnessey playoffs would stimulate interest at this time 1000 per cent and keep the fans pepped up for the World Series. With any of the four first division clubs in each league likely to win the championship and qualify for the world series interest among the players as well as the fans would never die until the final out ‘in the Shaughnessy series.” Mr. Nugent said he felt his plan was much better. than the post-
{season major league series suggested
by Larry MacPhail of Brooklyn. He added, however, that he did not intend to press for the Shaughnessey system. Connie Mack of the Athletics immediately declared against Mr. Nugent’s suggestion. “It’s all right for the minors, but it won't do for the majors,” he said. “I'll never agree to anything but the first-place - finishers playing in the World Series.”
Continentals In Shape for Fray
A Washington High School football team, which rose to the heights last week-end to gain a tie with a
powerful Tech squad, will meet Manual at 2 p. m. Friday at the South Side school’s field. Dan Roth, a second string quarterback, was the only Continental to suffer major injuries in the Tech game. He pulled several ligaments in his right shoulder and will not be able to play against Manual. Capt. Kenneth Jaynes, Washington lineman, received minor injuries, but he will be able to start. Charles Cole, reserve halfback who was injured a month ago, How has recovered and will be able to play. On the basis of season records, Washington is the favorite to take this game.
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Times Photos.
Here are the Hot Dogs discussing strategy during a time out. Read-
ing clockwise from the lower left are Alvin Laughner, Herbert
Webb,
Jimmy Stinson, Ted Hazelwood and Jim Laughner, brother of Alvin
‘and the only member of last year s starting five on the team.
Frankfort
Will Be Weak—Oh, Yeah?
By TOM OCHILTREE Times Staff Writer
FRANKFORT, Ind, Nov. 8— About the only thing the customers will find familiar about the current Frankfort High School basketball team will be the color of the uniforms. For graduation and the age limit ruling have almost completely wiped out the squad which last season captured the State title with such grace and assurance, In fact, the only ones left in the garrison are two forwards—Jim Laughner,
one of last season’s starters, and
Jim Stinson, a former sub. Most of the rest of this year’s team are juniors who performed with the “B” squad last- season. They are the ordinary crop of fledglings who regularly are hatched Duk ¢ of the basketball incubators up ere. They know the game (as who doesn’t in this town?), and are willing, good-natured end full of ambition—but they are short on finesse. In fact, Everett N. Case, the Hot Dogs’ coach, shivers as though he already can feel the icy blasts of January when he broods about this situation.
Case the Cautious
For no one knows better than Case .the Cautious that wearing a suit doesn’t make a boy a basketball player any more than giving this same lad a. clairnet would make him a Benny Goodman. Actually, this story of Case’s touched me like the sight of baby shoes or pressed flowers in a bodk until I saw these young hopefuls of his. They aren’t as big and mature as last year’s squad, it is true, but none of them look like they have any vitamin deficiencies, either. There is Bob Henderson, six-feet, four inches and 185 pounds, who plays center and guard. He is the biggest boy on the team. Alvin Laughner, a younger brother of Jim, is a guard prospect and he and
Bob Shaver, Harry Unroe and Ru-
dolph Witsman all"ate an even sixfeet tall. They are full of basketball tradition, since Witsman, Unroe and Shaver all had older brothers who played under Case.
They Run to Height
Herbert Webb, who is six-feet, two inches, and Ted Hazelwood, who is six-one, are center and guard prospects, ‘respectively. Bob Dukes, Bob Bolen, Bill Waddell, Fred McCoy and John Micemoyer all are aspirants for starting positions. Of this last-named group, McCoy and Waddell are the smallest, being a mere five foot, 10 inches each. Hazelwood is the only sophomore in the lot and Waddell, Jim Laughner and. Stinson the only seniors. : This junior class monopoly fits in with a plan of Case's, He believes that while a team made up largely of juniors will take plenty of lacings its first year out, by the time the boys have become seniors they will be harder to Stop ‘than a runaway train. “The material doesn’t always come to you in the proper cycle,” he said, “but if it did, you could
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almost be sure of a title contender every second year.” One gloomy factor that can’t be minimized is that the Hot Dogs this season give evidence of lacking : mobility. For: that reason Coach Case hopes he has come upon a unique youngster who will be able to step right into varsity competition. This boy’s name is Billy Nunally, and while he doesn’t know it yet, he is being’ watched. He is as aggressive as a hungry tiger and a fancy ball-handler— an ideal combination for a good floor guard. The Hot Dogs open their schedule with a game at home against Delphi Friday evening, and exclusive of tournaments are to play 11 times 'on their own floor and nine times away.
They Came With a Rush
Big rivairy games are the tilts at Tech, Indianapolis, Dec. 16, and at Kokomo, Dec. 22. Lafayette and New Castle, two other ancient foes, will play at Frankfort, the former invading the Hot Dogs’ gym Jan. 5 and the latter Jan. 12. Last season’s Frankfort team was
pretty typical of Case-coached outfits. > It looked terrible in early season and then came on with a rush after New Year’s Day. This one can be expected to operate about the same way. What became of last year’s cham=pions? Charles (Splinter) Johnson, Harold Pyle and Loren’ Brower are in Purdue, while Ernie McGill and Billy Joe Wetzel went to the University of Southern California. Lewis Cook, who scored 47 points for a record in semi-final and tournament competition, and Ellis Gogd still are in high school here, but can’t be used because they will go over the 20-year-old age limit during the season. But though Case %hakes his head and reports a dreary outlook, the rest of the coaches will watch him closely; because “he’s the little man who is always there.”
Hockey Scores
INTERNATIONAL AMERICAN LEAGUE Springfield Indians, 2; Hershey B’ars, 2. (Overtime tie). AMERICAN ASSOCIATION St. Louis, 4; Tulsa, 3 (overtime). St. Paul, 4; Omaha, 2. Wichita, 4; Kansas City, 1.
Gabby Is Safe,
Cub Owner Is Expecting Him To Manage in 1940.
CHICAGO, Nov. 8 (U. Py). —Owner Phil Wrigley of: the Chicago Cubs said today that Gabby Hartnett would manage the Chicago Cubs irr 1940—“as far as I know now.” “It looks like Hartnett’s going to
work into the picture ail right,” Mr. Wrigley said. “He’s promised he will be available for next season and I see no reason for making any change., That's as definite as I can make it. “Of course, I might get hit by a cab before 1940 or Gabby might get hit by a train. But as far as I know now, Hartnett will manage the Cubs again next season.”
Another DiMag ‘Most Valuable’
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 8 (U. P.). —Dominic DiMaggio, younger brother of Joe -DiMaggia, the most valuable player in the American League; has been selected as winner of the most valuable player trophy in the Pacific Coast League, the Sporting News, a baseball weekly published in St. Louis, announced today. Another Italian, Dominic Dallessandro, San Diego outfielder, was second, trailing young DiMaggio by 10 points. As a result of his season’s showing, Dallessandro will return to the majors next season, going to the Chicago Cubs. Young DiMaggio, it was thought, will be retained by the San Francisco Seals, where he plays in the outfield, for another season. Dallessandro led the league. in hitting with a mark of .368 to .360 for DiMaggio, but DiMaggio was aroynd the top in most other departments. He was first in total hits with 239; second in triples, 18;
|second in stolen bases, 39, and first
in runs scored, 165.
Shaute, Ex-Dodger Pitcher, Elected
SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 8 (U. P.). —Joe Shaute, former pitcher ‘with the Cleveland Indians and Brooklyn Dodgers, yesterday was elected treasurer of Lackawanna County. Shaute,’a Democrat, now is serving as County Treasurer. His term
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Defense’ Against Rice Seen As No Formula for l.. U. Passes.
By LESTER BROMBERG | Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Nov. 8—Related in the same sense as are the Colonel's lady and Judy O'Grady, some pass= ing attacks in football can -be shockingly different. Fordham’s team knows that and so does Coach inh Crowley. Consequently the Rams and their alumni, official and subway, don’t regard the bottling up of Rice’s aerial game in last Saturday’s 13-7 victory as a sure ticket to ‘success in next Saturday’s meet ing with pass-conscious Indiana at the Polo Grounds. { Judging the Hoosiers on their ene tire season, rather than solely on their 24-0 drubbing by a vengeancesparked Ohio State eleven, Crowley, Inc., is aware that Bo McMillin's men have been effective blending their tosses with a running game, In previous starts they won from Wisconsin, 14-0, and Ilinois, 7-6, tied Nebraska, 7-7, and lost to Iowa by a hasketball score, 29-32, a re= spectable record in the sizzling come
petition of the Big Ten.
Apparent to Hot Dog Vendors
Aside from reverses, run loggily from double wing, Rice had no overe land offense worthy of the name, When Ernie (Two Ton) Lain or Bob Brumley was in the deep spot everybody in the park,,.. including frankfurter salesmen, knew it {would be a pass. With little or no risk ‘Fordham played ‘a five-man line. Six defenders were loose to cover and it was mo wonder Rice completed only four of 26 aerials. Listening to Scout Earl Walsh, as Crowley did over the week end, one
Maroon will have to cope with all manner of masked passes. Indiana throws on the run, out of spinners, from reverses and from a few trick set-ups. One hocus-pocus play moves the quarterback up on the line in an end’s place. The stunt went for a-touchdown in one game.
Antidote the Same
This workmanlike attack is paced by a snappy passer-runner in Hal Hursh. Although Ohio State made Indiana pay for Cornell's insults by limiting its passing gains to six | yards in 11 atiempts, the records reveal that in other contests Fordham's next guest completed 37 of 69 aerials for 538 yards. Sincerely respectful of the ine changing the antidote with which he replaced the first wholesale air raid of the season. “Rushing*® spoiled Rice’s passing and we'll stick by it: Lain was goe ing back seven and eight yards instead ‘of the usual five, but our tackles and ends were always hurrying him. Just the same I think he’s a dangerous passer.”
Fordham at Full Strength
Fordham sports a two-game wine ning streak and Crowley feels his boys are entitled to a compliment or WO. “In the first half against Rice the team had more stuff than in the Pitt game. They got their two touchdowns then, but they might just as well have "had four the way they were rolling. The blocking was sharp. In the second half I wanted them to play conservatively and they did. Lain put across a pass to Ollie Cordill for a touchdown, but T was expecting at least one to click.” Emerging with no injuries, Ford« ham will be ready to hurl its power at Indiana. And as the Hoosiers’ scouts have reported by this time it will consist of reverses neatly run by Steve Kazlo and Don Principe, fake reverses by the fleet Len Eshmont, run to the left and sweeps by Jimmy Bluemenstock, est of them rune to the other an
' Volleyball Match
Led by Capt. Bob Cook, the Y. M, C. A. varsity volleyball team will meet the Indianapolis Athletic Club in a match at 6 p. m. today. The “Y” Veterans scored a 4-1 victory
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