Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 December 1939 — Page 16

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TUESDAY, DEC. 12, 1939 |

SPORTS...

By Eddie Ash

THE MIAMI OPEN golf tourney starts Thursday and continues for four days at 18 holes daily. . . . The total prize is $10,000 and first place calls for a $2500 check. . .. Harold McSpaden won last year. . . . Ralph Stonehouse, Indianapolis, and Bud Williamson, Ft. Wayne, are Hoosier

contenders. Henry Picard, “The Candy Kid From Hershey,” and National P. G. A. champion, is an outstanding titular threat. . . . He grabbed off $1250 second money in the 1938 event by scoring 276. . . . McSpaden’s winning total was « (9. Touring play is over the Miami Springs Country Club course and the majority of golfdom’s big shots will participate... . It's the 16th renewal.

\ IF TENNESSEE loses that Rose Bowl game there will be another version of Gone With the Wind. . . . The South is ready to_back the Vols with lock. stock and barrel. . . . Play it safe, boys, and buy a round trip ticket. One sure-fire sports prediction for 1940. . . . The White Sox and Cubs again in the Chicago City Series.

Let ‘Vittles’ Speak for Themselves _ DIETITIANS POINT with dismay at the Tulane training table menu but the Greeh Wave football officials merely refer to their unbeaten record for the year and let the “vittles” speak for themselves. The menu for breakfast was fruit juice. cereal, bacon and scrambled eggs and fresh fruit. . . . For lunch the boys got soup, meat or chicken, two fresh vegetables, salad and ice cream. . . . Dinner consisted of thick steaks. chops, roasts or fish, vegetables and ice cream.

= DIETITIANS SAY they never would allow bacon for breakfast and scrambled eggs are never as healthful as soft boiled or poached eggs. _ Nor can thev conceive of meat twice a day, in addition to the breakfast bacon Monk Simons, Tulane trainer, merely shrugs and says: “That's our diet—and who beat us” The answer, of course, is nobody. . . . And the Tulane Warriors will play in the Sugar Bowl against Texas Aggies. =

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THE EUROPEAN WAR has struck a blow at Pennsylvania, varsity swimming team, having claimed Francis J. Gosling Jr., of Paget West, Bermuda. . . . Gosling, who finished second in diving in the Eastern Intercollegiate Championships last year, is serving as a private in the sigal corps of the British army. .. . He plans to return to school when hostilities cease.

Chips Off the League Hockey Ice

SMITH HAS been found by the census takers to be the most common name in North America, and you'd expect to find more than a few of them in a big organization such as the International-Ameri-can Hockey League. ... But the truth of the matter is there is only one Smith in the loop and he belongs to Philadelphia. The next name that comes to mind is Jones, naturally. and there is only one Jones. . . . He is with Indianapolis But there are quite a few “doubles” in the league, starting with the Blakes who play for Pittsburgh and Cleveland. . . . Then there are the Dorans. one with Providence and the other with Springfield.

TWO FOSTERS, both of them with the front name of Harry, are on the lists—one with Philadelphia and the other with Syracuse. . , , One Jackson plays for Springfield, another for Cleveland There are also two Shannons, one wearing Hershey livery and the other working for the Springfield Indians. . . . Hub Wilson plays for Providence. and Don Willson plays for New Haven. . . . Phonetically they are alike, but Don has the double “ell.” And Indianapolis’ hockey team has two Kilrea's. brothers.

Hec and Ken,

BUFFALO'S new ice ring will be ready next winter and that will assure the International-American a 10-club circuit. . . . Wilf Cude of the New Haven team is rated as one of the lightest men in the goaltending business. . and he’s probably the most optimistic. In ‘a recent game Cude left the cage and went skating up the ice

stick handling. . . . might have scored. too, only his mates stopped him. |

| Hoosiers and dropped in 17 consecutive coun-

Impossible to Fool Vols,

Tec

|P.) —Indiana’s “firewagon” | bail classed Xavier University five into ound, despite “Hurricane Hank's” | the fieldhouse floor last night to win quite evident lack of fighting edge

|handily their second game of the © season, 58 to 24

Jack Bradford, a guard, is one

| oppose the basketball forces of Frankfort here Saturday night. Tech hasn't had any | success in North Central Conference competition yet, but hopes to get rolling against the state chantpions.

I. U. Speeds Hostak, Armstrong Head Net League ToV ictory,

: | ‘Hoosiers Run Over Xavier as

Boilermakers Lose.

TONIGHT'S COLLEGE CARD Wisconsin vs, Notre Dame at

| Notre Dame.

Earlham vs. Miami at Oxford, O. Anderson vs. Central Normal at

Danville.

BLOOMINGTON. Ind, Dec. 12 (U. basket-

team virtually ran the out-

Xavier netted the first field goal o take a two-point lead, but the came back immediately Herman Schafer the

ers. paced

| Indiana attack with 14 points while Zale at | Bob Dro was a close second. with 1

Says Thomas of Alabama pe paul Too Tall SS ana For Purdue Quint

By HENRY M'LEMORE

United Press Staff Correspondent

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Dec. 12.—For the second year in succession Southern California will take to the Rose Bowl turf against a team whose goal line was not crossed during the regular season Last vear it was Duke, and it took the Trojans 59 minutes and 33 seconds to score a touchdown. This year it will be Tennessee, and down | here there is a feeling that the sun will go down and the moon come up before California reaches pay-off dirt.

Frank Thomas. Alabama coach rates the Tennessee team of this vear as the best defensive unit he has ever seen, ‘It is the only team I ever saw that it is impossible to fool. even for one time, in a ball game. You 1,279,739 Fans can throw everything at them that | there is in the book, and you can | throw everything at them that there | See Pro Contests is in your head, and you still can’t cross them,” Thomas told me. NEW YORK. Dee. 12 (U. P | . " (U.P). —A Keep "Em Short |total of 1,279,739 fans saw the Na-| Thomas pointed out that Tennes- tonal Le Oe ssional football . teams perform last season. see Is a team that does not allow With all of the clubs in the league! long runs against it. The Vols make operating on a profit-making basis, vou go the hard way for what scores lonly two — the Pittsburgh Pirates vou get. any Chicago arias Talla to! Mh ; . 9 .__Ishow a considerable gain "Their We nave played Tennessee nine ,., tile count suffered’ secause of times.” Thomas said, “winning four, poor teams which finished in last losing four, and tying one. In those place in the final standin@s in the nine games, and we threw such men Eastern and Western Divisions. at them as John Cain and Dixie respectively. Howell, our longest gain. including] The New York Giants, passes, was a 35-yard run by Bubber champions this year, and world title- | Walker, way back in 1933. One of holders last year, led all other clubs

the toughest jobs any coach canlin attendance with a total draw of four three throws to lead the losers.

have is to sit on the bench and try | 233,427 for six home games and to find a weakness to exploit in the 149,382 for five games on the road. Tennessee defense.” | The playoff for the national title Just as Cafego is the key man on Detween the Giants and the Green| the offense, Jimmy Rike, center, is| Bay Packers at Milwaukee last Sun-| the director of the defense. He calis|32¥ pulled in 32.379 fans for a record the defensive signals, and judging PIAYOff gross of $83,510.35. . from the results, must know enty| Washungtons Rouseins sie : Iv 1 B 3 - ShEntY Jest football than Coach Po% tendance derby with 162.708 fans . paying to watch six home contests. | Cafego to Be Ready | Five road games attracted 166,079. Speaking of Cafego, football stu-| este ie a dents in this section who have seen’ Tennessee in most of its games, be-| lieve the West Virginia Hungarian is | 50 per cent of the team’s strength] on offense. He is the one back on| the team who doesn’t need the most] effective blocking to pick up yards. He is far and away the best strate-! gist on the team, and the other P.). members of the squad have com-| Thompsonville, Conn,

Piepul to Captain 40 Irish Eleven

plete confidence in him. He is in- the 1930 Notre Dame football team,

spirational, and at the same time it was announced today. a tremendous steadying influence Report is that he will be 100 per ficient ball-carrier last season, cent ready for the Rose Bowl game, gained 427 yards in 8% {tries and despite the fact that he went out fumbled only once in two years. on the third play of the game, He was elected before the Notre against Kentucky two weeks ago,|Dame football banquet last night. and lasted but two plays against Twenty-nine players were named as Auburn last Eaturday. The coaches monogram winners at the dinner. were taking no chances with They were: Cafego in these games, they wanted| Capt. John Kelly, Bud Kerr, Pete Arboit, him to be ready for the Rose Bowl Frank Biagi, John OBrien Tad Harvey,

. u { Tom Gallagher, J te, illis, game which they couldn't help but Henry Brosey, Prank Albers. op Percamco:

believe was coming up. uck Riff'e. John Gubanich, Pete Kelly, Mooney, Steve Sitko, Kelleher, Bob Hargrave. Harry Stevenson Jr. Lou ZonCrimmins, Steve Bagarus, Joe Thesing and KNOXVILLE, Dec. 12 (NEA) — Freon Maj. Bob Neyland, Tennessee grid] education rs possible before settling] PHILADELPHIA Dec. 12 (U. P). down to the business of football.| —Chuck Cherundolo, former Penn ‘Texas A & M., West Point and|from the Cleveland Rams, Presi- . He gained his grid dent Bert Bell of the ; v ; ie Eagles announce today. A}

John McIntyre, ack Finneran, . John College Tourist fini. Ben Sheridan. Bob Sagsan, Herne coach, believed in getting as much Eagles Get Center Neyland attended Burleson College, | State star center, has been acquired usetts Philadelphia

SOUTH BEND, Ind. Dec. 12 (U.|’ — Milt Piepul, fullback from! will captain |

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. U

{P.).—A tall and aggressive De Paul University night sank Purdue's hopes for an| undefeated season, overcoming the Boilermakers, 37 to 25 | Lied by Possner. who counted 12 points, the invading Chicago quint |held the highly favored Purdue team even during the first quarter and shen spurted to a 22-14 lead at the i; + abbreviated first round of their | 'ers as the During the final half the Chicagoans controlled the ball most of the | time and used their height to break

basketball team last

up virtually all Purdue set shots.

Indiana State Downs Oaks

Times Special

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Dec. 12. —

Indiana State's basketbail

to win

ners, center, netted

team rose gamely at the count of nine, came back strong in the second half {only to be met with a barrage that] {to win its Cenference opener from |jeft a deep, bloody gash on his right}

two field goals and of more than 70 ring battles, said|

of the three lettermen in the Tech lineup which wilt Frank Buddenb

he starred this fall

- West After K. O. Victories

By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent CLEVELAND, Dec. 12.—Champions Al Hostak of Seattle and Henry Armstrong of Los Angeles headed west again today with added luster and | lucre after defending their middleweight and welterweight titles with | knockout victories last night in the Cleveland News Christmas fund show. | Blond Hostak still is recognized as king of the world’s 160-pounders by the National Boxing Association by virtue of his first-round knockout over Eric Seelig, German veteran, before 10998 cash customers at the Arena. In his first appearance east of the Rockies, Hostak's blondlightning blows evoked a plentitude of praise.

| And Armstrong, the bull-shoul-| {dered little California Negro who Thom Takes ® On Old Rival

possesses the world's welterweight ! . ] Billy and Lansdowne Top

crown, had'won whole-hearted admiration because of his technical knockout over rugged Jimmy Garrison of Kansas City in the seventh | : x ’ Tonight's Mat Bill. were progressing for Hostak to en- = gage in a non-title scrop with Tony| pach Billy Thom, Bloomington, | 3 ; an Shicage Stadium In i1ng and Lord Lansdowne, Barring- | anuary, and Armsirongs manager, |,, gngiand, two top ranking light| Eddie Mead, was considering a good | — ; . , | | : by : a acy heavyweight grapplers, are to meet offer for little “Perpetual Motion” to; : ro nts | . Wa in the headline attraction on todefend his 147-pound tiara again night's mat d at the Armory | against Davey Day in the Windy | ph.s mal cal r : { City. | Hostak, the sturdy Northwestern : dynamiter who never before had and Lansdowne disputing the de-

ventured out of his upper Pacific cision. Billy dropped a maich to Coast backyard, lived up to all of Lansdowne on anether occasion. Tothe pre-fight advertising. In his one | night's meeting is for two falls out minute and 21 seconds of action he Of three and is expected to bring proved to the skeptical experts that forth an extra amount of action. he is one of the fastest and hardest| The chief supporting tussle will hitting punchers in any division. |be featured by the appearance of ‘He Hits Hard—and Fast’ |Ray Steele, 218, Glendale, Cal, a Hostak came out cautiously matman who is touted in some quarp “uncrowned heavyweight d champ.” Steele is a skilled and powerful performer. He takes on Henry Olsen, 229, Minneapolis. The 8:30 opener is between Jim Coffield, 228, Kansas City, and Dorve Roche, 222, Decatur, Ill.

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| n his 27th birthday. | Immediate plans for both gladiators from the Golden West were not announced, but both seemed headed for bouts in Chicago. Negotiations

scheduled 15-round bout. He sparre carefully with experienced Seelig. |Suddenly he launched his attack. At |first he was a bit too eager for the! [kill and his blows were missing] |badly. Then he found the range. A {left hook exploded on Seelig’s chin| and his knees buckled. Then came a | thunderous straight right that al-| most tore off Seelig’s head. Seelig slumped to the deck with blood spurting from his nose. He

New York Farms To Go On as Usual

NEW YORK, Dec. 12 (U. P).—

Oakland Cir, IR. hore last Digit. | brow and culminated with a smash- The New York Yankees and Giants e Sycamores trailed, 17-12, at'jng right uppercut that dumped w : , vite the intermission, but a vigorous at-|Eric to the ry will continue their farm activities] {tack led by Center Llovd Julian pution the canvas and managed to re-! them out in front and they went on gain his feet just after Referee Tony Julian tallied six field goals|[.a Branche had tolled the fatal 10 Eastern to take scoring honors for the win- count while Nelson, Oakland City|

Seelig writhed “as usual,” club officials announced

| today. | Hints from Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis at the league meeting in Cincinnati that he might “crack lin his dressing room, “That fellow|90Wn” on big league farm systems lis the hardest puncher I ever met drew the following comment from

Seelig, 28 years old and veteran

H. S. Net Scores

—and the fastest. His fists come Yankee President Ed Barrow: from nowhere. You don't see them.”| “The Yankees will continue as Armstrong was not so impressive usual in the minor leagues. We've

STATE COLLEGES DePaul (Chicage), 37: Purdue, 25. Indiana, 58; Xavier (Cincinnati), 24, Indiana State, 43; Oakiand City, 6.

OTHER COLLEGES Albion, 32: Hillsdale, 2¢. Towa, 44; Denver U., 34, Holbrook, 32; New River

State, 27. Villanova, 3%; Wittenberg, 29. 29; Carleton, 22.

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Minnesota,

ers, 39. Baker, 37: Neb.) College, 34. St. Mary's as [} Lovoia (Los Angeles), Tempe), 29. fowa State, 37: Drake, 34 Va.), 8%:

Doane ( , 18: Tex

Glenville (W. (Me.), 10

Va.

South Dakota State, 61: Huron Col- on his right cheek at the close of St. Thomas, 31: Mankate (Minn.) Teach- | the third.

.& M, 4%, | 33: Arizona State against Henry in October, Arm-

Culver-Stockton zing, After that third session, the

with young Garrison. “Homicide never had a free agent declared Hank” plainly was not in peak con- | against us and are always willing to dition. He had not attained his deal openly with Landis.” usual fighting edge, after a severe | Jack Cook, minor league manager cold in New York and tiree days for the Giants, indicated that his of training at Cieveland. club would extend its minor league

Gate $7000 Short affiliations.

Henry tore after his man in the re oe Continue Fistic

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first three rounds and had Garrison | staggering and bleeding from a gash

Despite this telling attack against the lad who had lasted 10 rounds |strong’s blows lacked their usual

{champion, apparently tired. coasted H

to take care of himself on the basketball court. so many of his mates on the Green and White team

The rival performers met here last | season with the nod going to Thom |

Probe in Illinois

CHICAGO, Dec. 12 (U. P.).—The Illinois Athletic Commission conMyed with its investigation today

Hopes to Hit Its Stride Against Hot Dogs

aum, Tech forward, is big enough Like

at football.

Races Close

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18 H. S. Teams Undefeated In Conference Play.

By UNITED PRESS

Eighteen high school basketball teams remained undefeated in conference play today despite a week of heavy going to hold top ranks in the eight major Hoosier prep leagues. Only in the eastern division of the Northern Indiana High School Conference does one team stand alone in first place. That is South Bend Riley with one victory And in that league five teams, Elkhart, Goshen, Washington, Michigan City and La Porte, have yet to play a conference

game, on fhe other hand the western] division, N. I. H. 8. C., has three| leaders, all tied with two victories and no defeats. They are Ham-| mond Tech, who has gained speed | consistently since conference games| began, Gary Froebel, and Gary Lew | Wallace. Pair Setting Pace

Rushville and New Castle are setting the pace in the South Central and North Central Conferences, re- | spectively, each boasting three | straight conference triumphs—and {most of them by outrageous mar- | gins. Both are being pressed, how|ever, by teams with two wins against Ino defeats. Rushville's trailer is | Seymour while Lafayette Jefferson, {whose two conference triumphs |both have been in overtime combat, follows New Castle. | Ft. Wayne South and Garrett are tied for first in the Northeastern |League, both with two victories, while Ft. Wayne Central and Auburn each have one conference tri{umph. In this conference only Ft. | Wayne North has yet to meet a league foe.

Alices’ Streal: Snapped

In the Central Conference Mun|eie Burris’ roving Owls are tied with Elwood with one victory apiece. | They are the only undefeated teams in the league, although only nine conference games have been posted. | Peru has yet to see action. Washington's Hatchets ended the winning streak of the Vincennes Alices Friday to tie Evansville Central for first place in the Southern League. Fach has one conference triumph, while Vincennes holds third place with three victories and a lone defeat. . In the Southeastern League Salem and Lawrenceburg are tied for the lead with fou victories apiece and are the only undefeated teams in the conference, although Salem has dropped two outside.

* a Winged Loyalty PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 12 (NEA) —Gen. Wen Hing Hsing, first Chinese to graduate from West Point, flew from China to attend the Army-Navy football game.

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limes Photos, Charles Howard fills the other Tech guard spot. He and Buddene baum and Bradford are the three veterans on the team and on theie shoulders rests a large portion of the Tech hopes for a victory over

the Hot Dogs, who are old rivals,

Challedon Crowned as Top Horse of the Year

BALTIMORE, Dec. 12 (U. P).-—|Kayak II and four for William Challedon, William IL. Brann's|Woodward's Johnstown. Only the Maryland-bred colt which defeated | four horses received mention. every top-.light thoroughbred in the| In the 3-year-old class, Challedon nation during 1939, was crowned held an almost 2-to-1 margin over “Horse of the Yeaf’ today by Johnstown, receiving 605 points to America’s turf and sport writers. |376. Others listed Wele S. D. Wide~ oR RIYA \F p ner's Eight Thirty. 167; Greentree A ay ear | Stable's Has, 41; Millsdale Stable's olds and became the third member Sun Lover, 19: Lovely Night, 16, and of that division to win the all-ages | Third Degree, 10. championship in the four years the Woodward's Granville and Samuel national poll has been conducted by |S. Riddle’s War Admiral also won the Turf and Sport Digest of Bal-|the Horse of the Year and the 3timore, | year-old titles in 1936 and 1937 Other championships awarded while last year the former honor were: was accorded C. S. Howard's Se®a-Two-year-old colts—-Col. Edward | biscuit and the latter to Maxwell Riley Bradley's Bimelech. { Howard's Stagehand. Two-year-old fillies—Alfred Van-| Challedon won nine of 15 starts derbilt’s Now What. [with two seconds and three thirds Four-year-olds and up—Charles S.|for earnings of $184,535—top figure Howard's Kayak II. {in the country. Twice he was beaten Writers cast only one vote in the by Johnstown and once he was un= Horse of the Year ballot but picked |placed. His notable victories wera three selections in each of the divi- achieved in the Preakness, the Are sional championships. Challedon |lington Classic, Narragansett Spedrew 156 points as Horse of the cial, Hawthorne Gold Cup and Pime Year to 35 for Bimelech, 12 for lico Special.

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Piepul, Notre Dame's most pro- |

Ai, P).—Coach Andy Kerr announced

“Iowa Teachers, 10: Grinnell (Ta), 38. : oNew Mivicn state Collexe. “20: West for three rounds, although mildly pes pe Har ma, | fennessee, 31: Tennessee Polytechnic, 28. forcing the fight. He opened up Hixed rm t _ ed re oa 0 | Norn on a aall. 33 | furiously in the seventh and tloored del he at New York an | 7 TRTATE HIGH SCHOOLS | blood smeared Jimmy for the count & The 2 issi tempting t St. Joseph's. 26; Decatur Catholic Cen- of nine with a left hook. Garrison commission is attempting to tral, 13. determine whether any conspiracy

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FKastern All-Star | Squad Completed

HAMILTON, N. Y., Dec. 12 (U.

today that his squad of Eastern stars for the East-West all-star game at San Francisco Jan. 1 was completed and would assemble in Chicago Dee. 18. The team will entrain for the Coast that night after a workout at Northwestern. Kerr's final additions to the team last night were Willard Perdue,

.| Leonard, former lightweight cham-

rose, but a barrage of hooks hammered him to the canvas in such helpless condition tha referee Benny

pion, halted the shambles at 1:19 of the seventh. Armstrong was about three pounds too heavy at 138%, while Garrison scaled 141. In the middleweight encounter, Hostak scaled 159 pounds, and Seelig hit the middleweight limit on the nose with 160. Sports Editor Ed Bang of the Cleveland News announced the gross gate at $28,579, about $7000 less than had been anticipated.

Sportsmen to Elect

Officers will be elected at a meet-

in connection with Thomas’ fights with Max Schmeling and Tony Galento occurred in Chicago. Arch Ward, Chicago sports editor | who uncovered the charges, was] scheduled to testify today. Chairman Joe Triner read statements yesterday from Arthur Don-

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