Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 November 1939 — Page 24
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SPORTS. By Eddie Ash
AFTER TOMORROW t
he sports-minded citizens of
* the Hoosier State can throw off the weekly worry about
= Who's going to beat who on
the gridiron and settle down
The football fireworks in Jodiana opened up on Sept.
= E and the campaign is now
down to the two Big Games.
Southern California at Notre Dame is the game of
* the Week nationally, Purdue at Indiana is the Game of
the Year in Hoosierland.. . . - either of the classics, you're lucky. .
If you hold choice tickets to . . Indianapolis will be represented
in a large way at both tilts and the evacuation of the city will call for the game customers to arise early tomorrow and prepare for the
football holiday and outing. 8 5 »
INCIDENTALLY, Notre Dame
® ” » 5 played eight games this season
without an open date while Southern California played six with two
open dates. .
. However, the Trojans play a lafer season and have
‘two games to zo after tomorrow’s clash with the Irish. . .. They are to meet the University of Washington on Dec. 2 and U. C. L. A.
on Dec. 9.
Indiana and Purdue played seven games apiece before coming up
to the Big One and both elevens took one Saturday off... . . be No. 9 for Notre Dame tomorrow. . four teams:
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- Strong Attack May Trip Iron Men
NORTHWESTERN STILL hopes to salvage an unimpressive season by stopping the Iron Men from Iowa at Evanston tomorrow. . .. After
winning three straight from Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota, the
. Wildcats faltered against Purdue and Notre Dame. .. In both defeats, however, the Purple displayed a strong attack which they are counting ‘on to turn back the amazing Hawkeyes. In Don Clawson, Northwestern has a “fullback whose plunging ability should cause the Hawkeyes plenty of trouble. . . . The husky sophomore is regarded as one of the leading line smashers: in the
* . Western Conference. . In addition, Northwestern’s coterie of fleet backs, including Hahn-
- enstein, DeCorrevont and Soper, plus a passing game is expected to
match the Hawkeye attack led by the brilliant Nile Kinnick.
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1 BASKETBALL HAS moved into the Hoosier sports picture ahead of the grid finale and will pick up steam next week. . . . The ice hockey boys are doing all right and are pleased to notice that local sports goers are cheering when the action calls for rooter enthusiasm. week from today the baseball stove league opens full blast at Columbus, 0. where the American Association magnates go to bat in
their a winter meeting. .
. Then on to Cincinnati for the minor
league convention of three days, beginning on Dec. 4, after which the. major leaguers get together in the Queen City during the same week.
Six A. A. Clubs Set on 1940 Pilots
SIX CLUBS in the American Association are now set on their
1940 managers. . City, Tom Sheehan at Minneapolis, Babe Ganzel at St. Paul, all will be
. The four Western pilots, Bill Meyer at Kansas
Mickey Heath at Milwaukee and back on the job.
Wes Griffin gets the local call and Ownie Bush is expected to be
able to resume direction at Louisville, It is assumed Burt Shotton will be back
as his righthand man. . . .
with Bill Burwell remaining
at Columbus, but a new chief will be named at Toledo, where Myles
Thomas stepped out.
A. A. playing rosters at present list a total of 224 performers. . .. Heading the list is Kansas City with 35, followed by Toledo with 34.
. Louisville and St. Paul have 30
apiece, Minneapolis 29, Milwaukee
25, ‘Indianapolis 21 and Columbus 20. §
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THE SOCIETY of major league batting champions ‘admitted a new pair of members in 1939—Joe DiMaggio of the New York
Yankees and Johnny Mize of the St. Louis Cardinals.
. . . DiMaggio
entered the distinctive group.by rapping A. L. flingers for a mark of 381, while Mize topped the senior circuit batsmen with an
average of .349.
Nine former batting kings of the majors are still actively
performing under the jig tent.
. They are Jimmy Foxx of the
Boston Red Sox, Charley Gehringer of the Detroit Tigers, Luke Appling of the Chicago White Sox, Buddy Myer of the Washington Senators, Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds, Paul Waner, Arky Vaughan and Chuck Klein of the Pittsburgh Pirates and Joe Med-
wick of the St. Louis Cardinals.
§ Coe Turn It on Again To Beat New Haven Six
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: 5 By J. E. O'BRIEN
. There’s no truth to the rumor “2 that a speed cop on an ice-cycie
“will be assigned to the Coliseum “*rink to keep our hockey boys under “the limit.
Nevertheless, the New Haven Eagles and four earlier Interna-tional-American League guests of the Capitals would be all for such a provision in the league rules. The ‘Eagles, especially, for they felt the full force of that wicked Indianapolis attack last night. The final score. was Indianapolis, 9; New Haven, §, which hardly tells the story of the locals’ effective-|a ness. . For 51 minutes of the hour spent on the ice Indianapolis held Yaletown to one goal while building up a 9-1 advantage.
. Caps ‘Careless’ “The Eagles’ five-goal rally in the
sult of that natural letdown that seizes any team far out in front, according to Manager Herbie Lewis of the Caps. “We just got careless,” he said. “We ‘knew we had won and we weren't paying a whole lot of attention to our defense.” The Eagles knew what they were in for before the game was a min-
En $0 their total. Jack Pisher scored
ventured once on an ‘unsessssthl goal expedition. McDonald, Fisher and Brown hag their fun with Goalminder Cude in the second period. This tantalizing trio was responsible for three Indianapolis markers during the period, McDonald scgring the first on assists from Brown and Fisher, Fisher scoring the second unassisted and Fisher doing it again after McDonald had feinted Cude out of position. This gave Fisher three goals — a feat known in hockey circles as “t-rning the hat trick.” And anyone whe can do that is not to be sneezed
the Eagles first tally came after 18 minutes of the second period, Glen Brydson scoring on assists by Wilf Hoch and Tremblay. A 6-1 lead seemed safe enough, but the Capitals refused to turn it off. Brown, McDonald and Jones all rang up goals in the third period. Bob McCully started the Eagles’ spree by making good on a penalty shot. By the time it was all over Tremblay, Alex Singbush, George Patterson and Earl Roche had contributed to the New Haven total. Play Pittsburgh Pair There. was plenty of bruising contact in the first period, with Les Douglas, Indianapolis’ center, receiving a deep cut over the eye as the result of a wild-swinging stick. It required four stitches to close the wound, and Les didn’t return to the ice. Manager Lewis isn't sure yet that he'll be ready for the week-end wars. In those week-end games, inci dentally, the Capitals will play ‘sa pair with Pittsburgh, going to the Smoky City tomorrow night and playing the second e here Sunday. Last night's victory gave the Lewis lads. a nice margin to workid on, but they're gunning for a couple of triumphs over Pittsburgh only {team yet to defeat them. 1
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Doesn’t Figure in This Hoosier Feud.
By TOM OCHILTREE
Down the bruising autumn trail of Saturdays they have come— these footballers of Indiana and Purdue—and now, with former victories and defeats alike forgotten, they are ready for their battle tomorrow against each other. This is the test that really counts. For the joys of victory are greater and the stings of defeat more painful in this one than in any other. Like the feuds of ancient Highland -clans, this is a “home folks” affair. Many of the players on both sides Some were team mates or opponents back in high school days. From the time of their freshman year in college they have been gearing themselves for these
There’s No Favorite
But neither of the two squads which will trot out on the grassy floor of Memorial Stadium at Bloomington at 1:30 p. m. tomorrow is an outstanding favorite—an unusual situation for this series. Both will be battling not only for the Old Oaken Bucket, the symbol of their rivalry, but also for a first division berth in the final Big Ten standing. The season record of both schools is identical. Both have won two games, tied two and lost three. Injuries, too, "ave thinned their ranks. Ted Hennis, first-string Purdue quarterback, has torn ligaments in his knee. He claims he doesn’t’ need two good legs to help beat Indiana, and he is trying to get a doctor to take off the cast and turn him loose. But his chances of seeing much actien are slim, indeed. Losing Him Really Hurts
His loss is a major blow to the Boilermaker cause. Early; in. the season Coach Mal Elward rated Hennis as one of the most efficient blockers in the Big Ten. While the Purdue running attack has not
what success it did have was due largely fo his work. During the past week, Fred Montague, Allen Shackleton and Robert Kersey have been groomed to replace Hennis, and they probably will get the call in that order. . Felix Mackiewicz, right end, and Whitey Johnson, right tackle, also were on the injured list earlier in the week, but they have shown some improvement and may get into the ball game. Expected to start for the Boilermakers are Dave Rankin and Jack Krause, ends; Richard Potter, and Alfred’ Rossi, - tackles; Frank Bykowski and Frank Winchell, guards, Basil Petry, center; Montague, quarter; Jack Brown and Lou Brock, halfbacks, and Leon DeWitte, fullback. 22 Seniors on Squad
Of this list only Rankin, Rossi and Winchell are juniors. The rest are all seniors—boys who during their college careers have seen an Indiana team tie, but never beat a Purdue squad. Boilermaker fans think that] they will be throwing blocks that would stop black bears to see that this, record isn’t marred tomorrow. In fact, there are 22 seniors on the Purdue roster, while the Cream and Crimson team is dominated by juniors. If Mike Byelene doesn’t get the call in the starting lineup, you can bet a new hat that when a climax situation presents itself, he will be in the Boilermaker backfield. Of all the Gold and Black hoghide luggers, he has been the most effective. He is short and squat and not built along’ the usual Hellenic proportions of many halfbacks, but if he tried hard enough he probably could carry a ball through a needle’s eye and not break stride.
Tofil's Leg Better
cinski and Archie Harris, ends; Alf Sabol and Emi! Uremovich, tockles; Capt. Jim Logan and Gene White, guards and Dwight Gahm, center. Some doubt prevails about the dramatis personae of the Cream and Crimson backfield. Clee Maddox and Harold Hursh, probably will be at the halfback posts with Eddie Herbert at quarter. Joe Tofil, fullback, is injured, but he sneaked to the Michigan State game and talked Coach Bo McMillin into letting him into the game. His leg is some better now, and he may see some action. Tuffy Brooks also will spend some time at the fullback spot. It is on Hursh's passing arm that much of the Indiana chances rest. If the I. U. forwards can hold their own against the Boilermaker linemen and give him some protection, he may give the Purdue secondary a bad afternoon. : And just in case Hirsh isn’t in good throwing form, there is always James (Mickey) McGuire, a 180-pound sophomore, who can take over.
Freshmen Lose Beds
There is a question though as to how much fancy stuff the two teams
squads hold a healthy respect for each other's lines they content themselves with the old push and pull. kick-on-third-down kind of football. For there is nothing like the untimely personal appearance of a rival lineman in your backfield to break up the fanciest laterals and reverses ever invented. Already Bloomington has taken on: the Y arnival atmosphere - of a big game week-end.’ The campus eat joints are crowded . . . returning alumni have crowded freshmen out of their beds in fraternity house dorms ./. . and even the most, stueg are putting ‘of doing those papers for another week, The fambus “Marching Hundred,” | Indiana University’s band is sched-
What Has Happened Before,
Southern California games:
In the Indiana line are Eddie Ru-|.
= : 1. Hoosiers’ Hurling Hal 'Hursh, 2. Mike Byelene , , « Purdue sparkplug. 3. Archie Harris . . . Indiana end, 4. Dave Rankin... Purdue wingman.
Previous Results
Scores of previous Indiana-Pur-due football games:
1891—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 60. '1892—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 68. 1893—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 64. 1894—Purdue won; forfeit. 1897—Indiana, 6; Purdue, 20, 1898—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 14. 1899—Indiana, 17; Purdue, 5. 1900—Indiana, 24; Purdue, 5. 1901—Indiana, 11; Purdue, 6. 1902—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 39. 1904—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 27, 1905—Indiana, 11; Purdue, 11. 1908—Indiana, 10; Purdue, 4. 1909—Indiana, 36; Purdue, 3. 1910—Indiana, 15; Purdue, 0. 1911—Indiana, 5; Purdue, 12, 1912—Indiana, 7; Purdue, 34. 1913—Indiana, 7; Purdue, 42. 1914—-Indiana, 13; Purdue, 23. 1915—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 7 1916—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 1917—Indiana, 37; Purdue, O 1920—Indiana, 10; Purdue, 7. 1921—Indiana, 3; Purdue, 1922—Indiana, 7; Purdue, 7. 1923—Indiana, 3; Purdue, 1924 —Indiana, 7; Purdue, 26. 1925—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 0. 1926—Indiana, 14; Purdue, 24, 1927—Indiana, 6; Purdue, 21, 1928—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 14 1929—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 32. 1930—Indiana, 7; Purdue, 6. 1931—Indiana, 0; Purdue, 19. 1932—Indiana, 7; Purdue, 25, 1933—Indiana, 3; Purdue;"19. 1934—Indiana, 17; Purdue, 6. 1935—Indiana, 7; Purdue, 0. 1936—Indiana, 20; Purdue, 20. 1937—Indiana, 7; Purdue, 13. 1938—Indiana, 6; Purdue, 13.
Scores of previous Notre Dame-
Cal, 12. Cal, 6. Cal, 217. Cal, 12. Cal, 0.
1926—Notre Dame, 14; S. 1927—Notre Dame, 7; S. 1928—Notre Dame, 14; S. 1929—Notre Dame, 13; S. 1930—Notre Dame, 27; S. 1931—Notre Dame, 14; S. Cal, 16. 1932—Notre Dame, 0; S. Cal., 13. 1933—Notre Dame, 0; S. Cal, 19. 1934—Notre Dame, 14; S. Cal, 0. 1935—Notre Dame, 20; S. Cal, 13. 1936—Notre Dame, 13; S. Cal, 13. 1937—Notre Dame, 13; S. Cal, ‘6. 1938—Notre Dame, . 0; S. Cal, 13.
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Spirit Now
Tomorrow, for First | Time. This Season, Irish Will : Be Fighting Uphill,
By HENRY M'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent
* SOUTH BEND, Ind. Nov. 24. The thing scenario writers and novelists have termed “the ‘spirit of Notre Dame” was being summoned up today on- this prairie cam Tomorrow, for the first time “this season, the team whose reputation across the years has rested on this ability to battle, will be called upon to fight uphill. Southern California is on its way, Even now the burly men from Los Angeles are taking their final work out on the University of Illinois field at nearby Shampaizn, and the Irish here are digging in
They're Big and Smart
A year ago, on the Coast, the Trojans defeated Notre Dame, 13 to 0, to spoil the first Irish chance for a perfect season since Rockne’s allconquering team of 1930. Now, a year *=%er, the Californians come to South Bend with a chance for an unbeaten year. : They came with practically the same eleven that rolled over all home opposition last year. Big, fast, smart, resourceful, Southern California has no genuine weakness, What has Notre Dame to throw against such a tidal wave of power? Well, there's the spirit-of this school, for one thing. And there is a doge tired, worn-out eleven for another,
| Not only weary, but banged up a
bit. The two regular tackles, Tad Harvey and Tom Gallagher, are black and blue from haircut to heel, and their teammates, almost without exception, are frayed around the
edges. 56,000 to See
But Notre Dame will show up, don’t worry about that, and so will the second capacity crowd in the 10-year history of Notre Dame Stadium. The 56,000 seats have been peddled long ago. You couldn’t get a hotel room here today for love or money, and the restaurants were dusting off _the S. R. O. signs. Against Southern Cal's efensive brilliance Notre Dame will throw a defense that has yielded but 826
| yards to the combined rushing ef-
forts of the eight tough opponents it has played since the start of the
_|season. What Notre Dame will of-
fer against the pass attack of Doyle Nave is. not known. Notre Dame men are hoping it will be something different from the vulnerable aerial defenses the team
| has shown so far,
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Gold Bowl Tilt Played in Mud
JUNEAU, Alaska, Nov. 24 (U. P.). —The Sourdough Nuggets are the Gold Bowl champions. They beat the Baranof Bears, 6 to 0,’ yesterday in Juneau's first football game in 23 years. There were 1000 fans looking on when Max Lewis went over for the only touchdown ust before the second period end The game was played in a ‘sea of mud in a gulch where Juneau and Harris discovered gold in the fabulous days at the turn of the cen-
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Hubbell Cracks 80
FORT WORTH, Nov. 24 (NEA). — Carl Hubbell, New York Giants’ star southpaw, using right-handed clubs, is cracking 80 on Fort Worth golf courses,
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In its own behalf Notre Dame is expected to start a .hackfield of Sitko, Stevenson, Zontini and Thesing, and to keep its major threat, Milt Piepul, in reserve, Piepul would start instead of Thesing were it not for the fact that Notre Dame has a policy that calls for seniors in the starting lineup of the final game, and Thesing is a last year man and Piepul has another year to go. Notre Dame’s attack will move
along the ground. The Irish have
marched more than a mile in eight games, but have yet to show 8 SCOr'e ing punch up-close.
Ben Davis on Road
The Ben Davis High School basketball team, smarting under a defeat: handed it last week by Center Grove, will travel to Decatur Central
tonight to tangle with the Hawks.
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