Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 November 1939 — Page 20

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. and Hollywood talent scouts.

, The ‘University ‘of Missouri Tigers

- tion the American League has

Nagionai Bunk,

A Michigan State end-around play is given a trial as the Spartans drill for their game with Indiana

University Saturday at East Lansing.

That's End Bruce Barton (left)

getting the ball, while Quarterback

Don Rossi does the feeding. Such fancy formations wen’t be enough to stop those Hoosiers, though, Eddie

Ash says.

St. Mary’s Grid Team Will Be Simply Stunning

By HENRY MW'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspogdent NEw YORK, Nov. 16.—There

highly reputable rumor ri about this town that there won't be any room in the pressbox

= ~ for sportswriters when the St. Mary's + football team plays Fordham at the * Polo Grounds on Saturday.

All the seats, the rumor goes, will be filled by stylists, fashion editors, It should be a rather pretty sight to see the pressbox filled with the fashjonable faces of Mainbocher, Molyneaux, Schiaperelli, Hattie Carnegie and Lucius Beebe, and quite a contrast to the grim old sports-worn faces usually seen there. Skinny old Richards Vidmer of the Herald Tribune will yield his seat to the advance trend man for Harper's Bazaar; inquisitive Johnny Kieran of the Times will turn over his working press ticket to the lady from Vogue, and the little bit of Ireland that is Joe Williams’ face will be missing because of the scout from Butterick Patterns.

Oomph Boys, if You Please

All this, mind you, because the St. Mary's football team has ceased to be a football team and become an 11-man fashion show. According to their press agent, a worker in nouns and adjectives named Tom Foudy, the Gaels are the handsomest, bestdressed, stomped-down charmingest, oooomphest boys in all of sport. Mr. Foudy never mentions football in connection with the team. As far as I can gather that is just an excuse to get the team out in public.

He describes the classic Greek

profile, the crimson silk trousers, and the flaming waistcoat of the quarterbacks, but doesn’t even seem to know whether they can kick, run, pass, or think. Mr. Foudy can speak at length on the Hollywood offers two of the tackles have had, but has ng idea whether they can tackle.

Watch the Wrinkles, Gentlemen

His rhapsody knows no bounds when he lilts away on the subject of the sideline coats worn by the St. Mary's players when they are not in the game. They are smarter than a Mainbocher corset, and just as impractical. They are patterned after the formal dress coat of a high ranking French officer, and are of a brilliant blue. Football practice at St. Mary's must be something these days. All plays are run tc the side that reveals the best profiles of the team. The minute a player comes off the field he is weighed and if he has lost weight a tailor alters his uniform so

that it will continue to fit him per-~

fectly. Heaven help the St. Mary’s player who catches a pass in such a position that he wrinkles his suit,

Henry Spruces Up

I hope to get to that fashion show at the Polo Grounds Saturday, and} don’t think that I am going in the hand-me-down serge that has lasted me two years. At this very moment my - wife is busy at the sewing machine making me a new hound’s tooth check sport suit, cut on Prince Albert lines. ft should be just the thing to wear, I think. . Our hound, of course, is very unhappy about the whole thing. He was inordinately proud of his’ teeth.

Joe Williams Says—

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NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—You never can tell how little things will grow into big things. Some 40 years ago

a young Cincinnati newspaperman by the name of Ban Johnson started the American League. It was a joke. . . In those days it was a joke to the National League, at that time the dominant power in baseball. You may have been reading the sports pages in recent days. You may have read that certain persons want to break up the Yankees. It seems that would equalize matters. Are the Yankees a member of the National League? You know they are not. They are the Mr. Big in the American League, the joke league that the old [uys said couldn't get off first base. In the space of one small, lively genera-

passed the National League. There can be no question about this. All you have to do is look back on the figures. The World Series figures and the All-Star Game figures. And, what is more important to us, the individual performegps. But all of this to one side. We have just attended a meeting of the National Indoor Baseball League, of which Tris Speaker, the old gray eagle of Cleveland, is president. There were quite a few peo-

ple at the meeting, one-or two of whom went back to the Ban Johnson period. There was open scepticism. “How can you make softball go in this country?” they asked. President Speaker was rather insistent that it wasn’t softball—it was indoor baseball. : Call it what you will, it is still softball. It is the kind of game we all played in gymnasiums when we were kids, when it was too cold to go outside to play. And it was fun. Why President Speaker is against calling softball softball we don’t know. But anyhow. softball it is. We learn there are to be eight clubs in the league and they are to be divided into two divisions, East and West. In the East: New York, Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia; in the West, Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati and St. Louis. All the teams are to start playing pretty soon and the winners in the East are to play the winners in the West for the World Series. . . . Now that's all we know about it. We hope it goes over great. We have our doubts. But we aréen’t going to forget that a lot of people laughed at Ban Johnson. And we aren't going to forget that we practically grew up. with Tris Speaker — a personal note, which we will hastily explain: We

move.

Table Tennis—

Results in the Industrial, League at Jimmy McClure’s Club: American National Bank, ‘18; Indiana

higan, WIRE, Mailory, 10; ‘Standard Fite, 8.

‘Central Supply, 13; Indianapelis Glove, 5,

‘Scores in the Commercial League

at the Paddle Club: ‘Indias Bell Telephone, 16; Bemis Bag,

* pun & Bradstreet, 10; Security Trust, 8. FarQusr Heating, 14; Four Paddles, 8.

Pitt Signs Missouri

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 16 (U. P).— ‘their star back, Paul Christ-

en signed to play the Panth“Oct. 8, 1940.

San seme star! : the following A eguad | a Moore, Buis, man, B. Seéman, Surber, B

Billy Direct Goes Into Retirement):

FREEMONT, O., Nov. 16 (U. P.). —Billy Direct, world champion pacer, being retired from harness racing competition at the age of. 5, is to stand stud at J. J. ‘Mooney’s Peninsular Farms here, 5 The dark bay that set new ‘mile records over mile and half-mile tracks, arrived here in his special] truck trailer yesterday. He was shipped from Syracuse, N. Y., Sun-|. day by his owgers, D. J. McConville} ‘|of Ogdensburg, N. Y., and P. J Downey of Worcester, Mass. + “Billy Direct's. racing days are over,” Jim Doyle, iii charge of breed- | ing at Mooney’s stables, sald. “He is still a young Horse but Ho competi-1. tion remains for him”, , * © As a 4-year-old, Billy Direct made

ing Dan Patch’s 1:56%, estab

in 1805. Earlizr this year Billy Dir

never saw Speaker make a wrong

Indians Show Deficit at Gat But Miller Reports - Clu Made Slight Profit.

| While the Indianapolis baseball club showed a deficit at the gate the past season, a slight profit was earned through sales of players’ contracts, President Leo T. Miller disclosed at a stockholders’ meeting held at the Perry Stadium offices yesterday. A detailed financial statement was read to those present, Secretary Dale Miller announced. President Leo Miller ‘cautioned the stockholders that -the “slight profit” did not present a true picture of operations because the income from sales of contracts is gross, and as the players sold must be replaced through purchase, the exact net from this source cannot be ascertained until later. Road attendance was not given, but the home figures showed a decrease of 33,000 compared to the 1938 gate. In 1938 the attendance was 155,000,’ this year it was 122,000 for the regular schedule. Some of this difference was made up, however, in ‘the playoff, since the Indians played in two post-season series whereas in 1938 they only played in one. Interesting to the fans was an announcement by President Miller that the lighting system for night games will :be brought up to modern efficiency for the 1940 season. This will be accomplished by having all reflectors refinished and an entire set of new bulbs installed. The following were elected directors for the ensuing year: Leo T. Miller, Karl W. Scheick and Dale Miller. The directors in turn reelected Leo T. Miller, president; Dale Miller, secretary, and Mr. Scheick treasurer of the corporation.

More Changes in

I. U. Lineup Due

Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Nov. 16.—

‘Coach Bo McMillin indicated today

he may start. Jim Ellenwood at right end in place of John Janzaruk and Al Bragalone at guard in place of Capt. Jim Logan when his Hoosiers meet Michigan State Saturday. Both Logan and Janzaruk were injured in the Fordham:contest, and their injuries have failed to respond properly to treatment. It appeatred that neither may not see any action against the Spartans. During yesterday's workout McMillin used ‘a first-string backfield $oipsen of Eddie Herbert, quarter;

- THE INDIANAPOLIS es

But He Reins ¥ You That This Is Banner |

DePauw and ‘Manchester Get the Nod in Bitter State Games; He Also Likes Oklahoma, Cornell, Michigan, Princeton and Tulane.

The record to date: Games picked: 403. Right, 280. - Wrong, 98. Percentage, .741 a By EDDIE ASH Form players in football were jolted no end last week and the experts face a similar threat to their prognostica-

Ties, 25.

| tions this Saturday. The underdogs are having a big season

in all sections of the nation as mistakes and breaks topple the dope bucket and add to the thrills of the Sport, _ Traditional battles and flaming feuds remain on the docket and more surprises are in order in both minor and major games. Injuries are an important factor in sending favorites to their doom, but no.

|expert gets a true line on the physical

condition of many teams. Tob many bear stories leave him defenseless. . Your correspondent predicts a clean sweep for the Hoosier Big Three but with just a thin ned to Notre Dame over Northwestern. Purdue looks stronger than Wisconsin and Indiana barely rates over Michigan State. Also Minnesota over Iowa’s great team and Ohio State over Illinois. In the Hoosier State DePauw over Wabash and Manchester over Ball State. At any rate, here goes for the week:

STATE TEAMS

Notre Dame over Northwestern. In coin-flipping class. Purdue over Wisconsin. Boilermakers get up steam. Indiana over Michigan State. But be careful, Hoosiers.

Manchester over Ball State. It's tougher than tough. - Evansville over Franklin. Poor seasons for both.

Rose Poly over Illinois College. Just taking a chance. Valpo over North Central. Short of dope here. Eastern Ky., over Ind. State. Kentuckians won last year. DePauw over Wabash. Tigers have clicked recently.

Louisville over Hanover. Call it a tossup. St. Joe over St. Norbert’s. Ina Sunday attraction.

WEST

Minnesota over Iowa. This is against the ratings. Ohio State over Illinois. Bucks seem to have. it. : Chicago over Oberlin. Could go either way. Oklahoma over Missouri. Strong line vs. Christman. Tossup.

Kas. State over Ia. State. Based on comparative scores, Toledo over Long Island. Rockets have the record. Washington U. over Drake. Bears have improved. Kansas U. over G. Washington. Add it to tossups. Marshall over Xavier, O. Figured on the ratings. Dayton U. over Miami, O. Flyers bounce back. Détroit over Manhattan. Don’t give any points. Baldwin-Wallace over Kent State. Wide margin. Bradley over Jas. Millikin. Tech boys are powerful. Sou. Dakota over Cincinnati. Good one to side step. - West. Reserve over J. Carroll. Another problem. Creighton over Washburn. Figures about even. Tulsa over St. Louis. Probably a: close one. :

EAST : :

Cornell over Dartmouth. But Big Green is tough. Fordham over St. Marys, Cal. The Rams have balance. Michigan over Penn U. Both were upset last week. Princeton over Yale. Renewal of an old series. Harvard over N. Hampshire. Crimson tries breather. Tulane over Columbia. Big boys from Dixie, Nebraska over Pitt. It’s usually the other way. : Boston Col. over Boston U. Eagles have the a ivaiiage. Colgate over Syracuse. Raiders threatened Cornell. - Holy Cross over Car. Tech. Bitter battle forecast. N. Y. U. over Georgetown. Violets face a job. Villanova over Temple. Belongs in even group. Penn St. over Army. Maybe Cadets will fool us. Brown over Connecticut. A difference in manpower. '|St. Anselms over Providence. The Saints are fast. Lafayette over W.-J. Based on the ratings. Amherst over Williams. One of the old feuds. Rutgers over Springfield. But not by too much.

SOUTH

Tennessee over r Vanderbilt. Vols are undefeated. N. Car. U. over Duke. The South’s big game. Close. Ga. Tech over Alabama. Another knotty problem. Georgia over S. Car. U. Fairly even outlook. Kentucky over W. Virginia. Kentuckians are strong. Lou. State over Auburn. Some fireworks likely. Marquette over Texas Tech. It comes off at Lubbock. Tex. Aggies over Rice. Farmers are undefeated. Miss. State over Millsaps. Pretty soft.

Eddie i

Day Dumke and Red Zimmer, half- [Baylor over Centenary.-Baylor has bolstered.

backs, and Tuffy Brooks, fullback.

Hockey

INTERNATIONAL-AMERICAN WESTERN DIVISION Pis. 2 9 4 1

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EASTERN DIVISION

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GAME TONIGHT Providence at INDIANAPOLIS

LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS

Cleveland 4; Providence Pittsburgh, 2; Philadelphia, 12 (overtime),

° 1

New Haven, 2; Syracuse

an all-time record of 1:58 for the| New. mile track at Lexington, Ky. bres. Ne

H.S. Net Sores 2

Attica, 24; Veedersburg, 20. gs ; Buffalo, 32; Chalmers, 18. Chippewa, 32; Gilead, 21. : ‘Columbus, 49; Madison, 25. 33 rs. ‘Creek, 45; Washington Town:

Gas City, 89; Jefferson Township, n Hillsdale, 28; Bellmore, 24. = “Holton, 39; Butlerville, 20, Klondike, 39; Stockwell, 3. G -. Jonesboro, 25; Gaston, oh Lapel, 4; Wilkinson, » d

Miss. U. over Memphis Teachers. Looks safe, ha: Clemson over Southwestern, Tenn. Based on ratings.

Sou. Methodist over Arkansas. Methodist scared the Aagie. :

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Va. Military over Maryland. The Cadets by an edge." Texas over Tex. Christian. Only the crystal ball knows. Miami, Fla., over Florida. They rate about even, Richmond over Hamp-Sydney. Following the form sheet. Virginia over Va. Poly. It was close last year,

FAR WEST

Oregon St. over California. Oregon rates it on records. Santa Clara over U. C. L. A. Big game on the Const, Tossa. Stanford over Wash. St. A difficult one to do

¢/ Utah St. over Wyoming. Just on the recor

Idaho over Denver P. About even in ratings. : Arizona over Col. Pacific. Add to’ Sosvups.

Wildcat Lineman |] Weds s Sophomore :

"| toward ‘the opposing goal.

| tussle with the Badgers.

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..By J. E. O'BRIEN - co ‘Ride Island Reds they may v 6, but they don’t waddle around the rink at the puck. + Youll find that out tonight if you get over to the Fair Grounds Coliseum where these Reds from Providence meet the Indianapolis hockey team at 8:30. For speed, aggressiveness and general all-around razzle-dazzle - the|? Rhode Islanders are supposed %o be just about tops. In Hoosier basket« ball parlance, theyre a typical Piggy Lambert outfit. Get hold of that puck, get down the ice and worry about defense later—that’s their creed. ‘Médnager Herbie Lewis . of the Capitals promises that the will be one of the fastest teams to skate on the local ice this season, .-Naturally, in such a statement he' excepts his own boys who, he thinks “should Skates 4 the opposition: into the: Bipes

How to Wa

{Today ‘and tomorrow a pair of {men who play the game will lay aside their sticks and skates and become your. hockey instructors in the sixth and seventh. articles of this series.

By CONNIE BROWN “Indianapolis Capitals’ ‘Cenger

In ‘discussing the duties of a

“| hockey center, I suppose the logical thing to dois to start at the begin-:

ning, and in any hockey .game the first bit of action invariably is’ the face-off. : The opposing centers tace “each other ip the center of the rink and,

between them, each attempts to draw it to his end of the rink that

to launch the attack.

how a center always knows.-how to stand for a face-off when this maneuver may, and often does, move from end to end and ‘side fo

a center always takes his position so that his left shoulder is turned This is particularly important in one's own ‘defensive zone because it figures to give one: an edge in the draw.

_ Three Ways to Look at Once

A center often has to try to look three ways at once. When he gains possession of the puck and starts toward the opposing team’s goal he has to see who is with him. The wings usually are coming up the sides, so he must look to either side, and at the same time look. ahead and try to outmaneuver the enemy center’, who usuallp-is trying to take the puck away from him. When the center gets to the last blue line he should attempt to draw the opposing defense in toward him and ‘then make a pass to an open

It’s Up to Coach In the event the defense men

tackers. (usually the center and two wings), the. center. delays passing ‘the puck. Then, if the defense men spread out and make an opening, he goes on in and takes the shot

Good back-checkers often cover; the wings so closely and ‘completely that they are not open for a pass. The defense then can concentrate on stopping the center and in such instances the play usually stalls. =

Herbie Lewis, our manager, ‘advocates a continuous offense as the best front line defense, so the cen-

session of the puck in the enemy's

to get it really organized. 4 Purdue Team Seeks “More Power in Air

proving Purdue’s passing attack and

hockey fans will remember Bun as.

er, is ‘yegarded . as a “good finisher,”

side of the rink. The answer is that -

back up to take care of three at-|

The defensive play of a center |} depends upon the system of play|} “|favored by ‘a particular coach. ||"

ters try to meet any enemy in pos- |

own defense zone and break up the!’ -| play before the opponents are able

LAFAYETTE, Ind., Nov. 16.—Im-|} =

Rhode

Incidentally, : Lewis has been out

on. the ice a. couple of times this|in

week and hinted he might get into

the wars one of these nights. Buti}

that only if the Capitals go into a slump, While they keep up their winning ways, he'll be. satisfied to direct their attack from the bench. But getting back to the Reds—if they do employ a so-callefi Lambert style thenithe Piggy in ‘this case ‘is Coach Bun Cook. Better informed

8 part of that ‘old New York Ranger line composed of Cook, Cook and Boucher. The other Cook is Bill,| “brains” of the Cleveland Barons, who will visit us Sunday night,

Bun has collected a club ‘that should be well known around’ the league when the season gets some|: age on it. The top-ranking wings are. Art Giroux and John Chad. Giroux, a former Detroit Red Wing-

which means he knows all the an-

tch Hockey

when the referee drops the puck.

a member of his team may be:able -

Some fans may be puzzled as to.

Connie Brown °

Can You Beat This?

NEW YORK, Nov. 16 Van Mungo, pitcher of the Brooklyn Dodgers, announced today in a letter to Secretary John McDonald that he would sign his 1940 contract at the club’s figure. Mungo, an annual holdout, said

up to President Larry MacPhail, because “I know he will be-fair about

Ht. ”

— “Teds S$ To Meet t Cap tal Icers This E Eoening

Mungo Set to Sign

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he would leave his next year’s salary

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owes i. give “charg of he puck Chad hails

‘attacking territory. from Edmonton, Alberts, where he

eparieg see hl action at. center ‘are Jack Shill- and Wilfle Starr, shill is a Toronto boy and the property. of the Chicago while Starr used fo skate with Lewis for the Black Hawks. Paul Goode= man’ minds the Providence godl and does a pretty nioe: Shack Haw ania in ‘fact, that the, B. most, used him themselves Ives season... ® "a The “Capi wound Np.p repara‘tions for apitals with a session the .Coliseum ice yesterday. “That finished: ute 3 dou of them went apartments "Others unbuckled thelr skates and departed: fora round;of golf; There's no truth “to :the rumor, ‘however, that they tried to ‘drive ‘the, puck

raround “the : -oourse’ withia #ookey

stick:

[Passing afisk

“Best in. Pro. League.

P, NEW YORK, Nov." 16 (Us P)~ D avey O'Brien, former Texas Chrise passing star and now ‘with the Philadelphis, ‘Eagles, gerialed’ hi§ way to fourth place in the forward passing ‘department of the Na tional ‘Football League, statistics showed ‘today. "O’Brien completed ' ‘19 passes ‘against’ the Gren Bay Packers last week for a new. league, record, surpassing the individual ‘mark made by Pat’ Coffee of the Chicago Cardi nals in 1937. Leading the passing division was Parker Hall, Cleveland, with 80 connections in 130 attempts, O'Brien hag completed 43° out of 91. Bill Osmanski of the Chicago

. | Bears passed teammate Joe Maniaci

in : the race. ‘for ground-gaining honors and took over the top notch with. 603 yards gained in 110 ate tempts. Maniaci has: gained. 501 yards in 70 tries. -Andy Farkas,’ W: ted the scorers with’ 85 points accounted for by nine touchdowns and oné cone version, Johnny Drake of Cleveland was second with 48 Boinis on eight touchdown trips, La

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Boggs Wins Shoot Shattering 46 targets Harry ‘Boggs took top honors in the weekly tro ‘phy trapshoot yesterddy at the: Ine dianapolis Trap and Skeet Club.

himself. If they do not spread ‘out, | §* r one of the wings is almost éertain| to be more or less open for a pass.|

bolstering its defense against Wisconsin running plays are Coach Mal: Elward’s goals this week as he pre- | pares his Boilermakers for their

. Several new aerial maneuvers were tried out’ at practice yesterday. after Elward had revised the Boilermakers’ defense with a view to stopping George Paskvan, Badger: ace. ¥lward showed he was not satisfied with the Purdue defense against Iowa and Northwestern. ~~

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