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4 By Eddie Ash

AS A leading exponent of football who must keep abreast of the times, the veteran Lou Little visions some interesting trends in 1940 in a yearend sports review publiched by the New York World-Telegram. The renowned Columbia University coach and retire ing president of the Coaches Association of America believes the most striking developments will be in playyigeing. “Every play will be designed to go for a touchdown hy intensifying the assighments of every player,” declares Lou.

“Some will gay that always has been the idea if pos

xible. Rut I don't think so. Not sa many vears age plays were des signed to grind out yardage. The coach sought to conceive formations that would pick up enough ground to make a first down every three Mays J Remember when Knute Rockne was famed for his ‘climax’ plays, gupposedly special nimnbers Notre Dame pulled to go the distance? Today every play is eonceived to score whether from the teams own 20-yard line or the oppositions 20 »

“YOU CAN notice it most in the way the ball-carrying team blocks downfield. When I played at Pennsvivania in the old days none but the interference ever thought of cutting down the secondary defence. Now every single man of the opposing defense is supposed to be blocked. It doesn't always work out that they are, naturally,

More Work for So-Called Idlers

THE NEXT football season is going to see further development of this trend, because there is great opportunity in that phase of offens give coaching. Fach succeeding year recently hag produced more adroit manipulation of so-called idlers on a play—meaning linemen on the other side than which the play is going—and backs, too. “The tendency of which I speak wag emphasized during the recent campaign by the disregard of the vards-gained and first<down statis tics. Coaches today think in terms of the scoreboard rather than statistics. There was more scoring from beyond the 20-vard line this year than ever before A lot of people have asked me if T think passing will continue to develop to the point where it will supersede running. I do not bes lieve it

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PASSING DEVELOPS to a saturation point. A balanced attack Ix the best, and where passing overshadows running. a team cannot ges full efficiency. Of course, when a coach has a great passer like Colum« bias Sid Luckman, or like Missouri’s Paul Christman, passing can be emphasized. But even then it can be overdone.

> “ » . -% Predicts Greater Use of Quick Kick “I DO HAVE an idea that 1940 teams will tend toward greater use of the quick kick. It is one of the few offensive tactics that has not been fully exploited “As to defenses, I think 1940 will see a tendency to greater orthodoxy. The last couple of vears have been notable for surprise align. ments on defense, but during the past season I noted more and move devotion to established standards, sometimes after preliminary maneuvering. ‘The chief problem of rigging defenses today is to avoid the special blocking plays which have come into general use in the last few vears, I mean the mouse-trapping, multiple spinners and the like. None of them ic a modern invention, but all are used to much greater extent these dave.

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“AS TO ANY change in methods of attracting pood players to the colleges, 1 see no change or reason for any. Football today ir ethical, no matter what eritics may say, The problem of subsidization is not 2 dire one. and if there ix such a problem it must be worked out hy each institution according to itz standards and ambitions I dont think the professional game will affect college competition or attendance. Fang like coaches looking over freshman material, are getting more and more diseerning. They'll go to a good game, stay away from a poor one With these days of all-major scheduling, I believe theyll be turning out bigger and better than ever in 1940

Michigan May Have Minor League

Michigan may have minor league baseball again in 1340 with a revival of the old Central Michigan loop. . . . Thomas J. Halligan, for five years owner of the Flint team in the Michigan-Ontario cireuit and later president, is active in the promotion effort. . Flint, Grand Rapids and Lansing sre understood to be ready to join, with Muskegon, Dearborn, Battle Creek, Bay City, Saginaw, Kalamazoo and a combination of Port Huron and Sarnia, Ont, as possibilities. . . . The new circuit would have C classification, play night bail four times a week

Confident Vols’ Ace Will | Play

Trainer Sure Cafego Will Be In Shape, Although Sub Works in His Place.

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PASADENA, Cal, Dee. 20 (U, P). “Tennessee's Vols practiced secretly today for their Rose Bowl game | with Southern California Monday. | Although Buist Warren worked out at the tailback spot in place of George Cafego, Trainer Miekey O'Brien was confident the Vol star; would be in shape for the game. Coach Howard Jones drilled his Southern California squad on short | passing plays,

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i MONTGOMERY. Ala, Dee. 29 | U, P). = Both the Northern and Southern football squads taper off today with light practice for their charity football classic Saturday. | | Jimmy Fordham of Georgia worked out at the fullback spot for the Southern squad after a knee injury benched Paul Sm, Virginia | Military Institute star, NEW ORLEANS, Dee. 20 (U. P). First string tackle Millard White and right end Ralph Wenzel were expected back in uniform for Tu. lane today. to attend funerals of relatives, Coach Lowell Dawson stressed punting, the offensive and rushing the punt. er on the defensive as his squads practiced in cold weather,

DALLAS. Tex. Dec. 20 (U. P).—

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They had left practice |

protecting the kicker on

| The Boston College football team |

worked out at Southern Methodist | University today.

The Eagles arrived yesterday for §

their Cotton Bowl game with Clemson and, wearing their golden foot | ball uniforms, rode through the town fon fire trucks in near-freezing | weather,

| COLLEGE STATION, Tex.,, Dee. 2 (U, P).—The Texas Aggies arrive in New Orleans today for their Sugar Bowl game on New Year's Day. | The Aggie squad left here yester- | day and after a brief stop in New Orleans will go to Biloxi, Miss, | where they will stay until Monday

| MIAMI, Fa, , Dec. 2 (U. P)— | All-America Back Paul Christman | will carry the Orange Bowl hopes (of Missouri University against Georgia Tech New Year's Day. | Christman was successful with 48 per cent of his passes during the {season but the Tigers’ ground attack was twice as potent. Their running plays have heen good for 1736 yards in nine games, Georgia Tech practiced kicking {and passing, indieating a revival Monday of the old but effective Michigan “punt, pass and prayer" technique,

BOSTON. Dee. 20 (U, P).--More than 500 Boston College rooters will, |start the 1800-mile journey to Dal-' las, Tex. for the Cotton Bowl clash with Clemson New Year's Day jaboard two trains late today. The l4-car Alumni Special, leav{ing at 3:50 p. m. (Indianapolis | | Time), is expected to arrive in Dal{las Sunday morning. A smaller] | group of rooters will entrain less |

The boys from the land of the sunshine, otherwise known as Southern Methodist's basketball team, These three—Virgil Wilkerson (left), pedge (center) and Charles Sprague—slipped away from practice at the Butler Fieldhouse long enough to were mighty happy to get back into the heated They admit that after tonight's game with the Bulldogs they'll be even happier to get back to

found Indianapolis’ snow something of a new experience. toss a few snowballs at an imaginary goal. But they Fieldhouse, Dallas and warmer weather,

Thomas Drills Bu ters Basket Crew Seeking Fourth Victory

Ring Hopefuls

Tom Harding to Be Entered Ten long Southern Methodist basKetball player: from the country In Gloves Tourney. where razzle-dazzle football was - . born will invade the Fieldhouse this avening to try the Southwest's brand of basketball against Butler. Game time iz 8:15 o'clock. A bit chilled, perhaps, by the weather and Purdue's reception, the | Mustangs will attempt to

The Golden Gloves amateur boxing shows are sponsored by The Indianapolis Times in cone junction with the Bruce P. Robison Post of the American Legion. Forty per cent of the net receipts go directly to The Times' Clothe-A-Child Fund. Receipts up to 60 per cent are used for Legion philanthropies.

of their Midwestern tour. They have |

get (warmed up in this, the third game |

Harold junior, at one of the forwards with Byron will Lyle Neat.

vesterday short drill at the Fieldhouse. Coach Forest C. (Whitey) Baccus indicated | he would start the same team that | opened against Purdue.

{ler freshmen and a Bedford Rgcres| a 50-50 record on the tour to date,| tion Department team will begin defeating Chicago Loyola and los-|at 7 o'clock.

State Clubs

| Big Ten Basketball championship. : The Hoosiers are unbeaten and

| Nebraska, Pitt, Butler, Duquesne and Villanova.

FRIDAY, DEC. 29, 1939"

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Pre-Conference Cards In Impressive Fashion

Both Teams Flash Late Power to Hang Up Intersectional Victories; Hoosiers Beat Villanova, 45-33, as “Boilermakers Down Rice, 52-41.

By UNITED PRESS Indiana and Purdue offered two impressive pre-Conference records | today as evidence that they are going to be vigorous contenders for the

list as their victims Wabash, Xavier, Although the Boiler-

| makers have losses to DePaul and Southern California on the red side

{of the ledger, they can show victories over Western Illinois State | Teachers, Detroit, Washington State, (Oregon, S. M. U. and Rice. The two state teams will begin |their Western Conference cam|paigns on Jan. 6, Purdue visiting | Northwestern and Indiana playing \ Illinois at Bloomington. | Last night both crews flashed the power to recover and thus chalked up a pair of victories over previously [unbeaten out-of-state foes. \ Indiana traveled to Philadelphia and sunk the Villanova quintet, 45 [to 33, after trailing until the final i |eight minutes of the game, while Purdue entertained undefeated Rice at Lafayette and overcome a 29-to-24 deficit at the half to win, 52 to 41. The Hoosiers were engaged in a jlough Siugsle wn Villanova: The

Cathedral Set For Tourney

Irish in Meet at Anderson, Lose to Wiley Five.

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Cathedral High School's basketball team had a short layover here today before moving on to Anderson to compete in the four-team [Catholic invitational tournament tomorrow. The Irish made an unsuccessful invasion of Terre Haute lasi night, losing to the Wiley Red Streaks, 34-24. The victory was Wiley's first {in six starts. Wiley got away to a good start! and led, 13-4, at the quarter and 19-8 at the half. Cathedral made its only threat late in the game when two field goals by Ott Hurrle, |center, and one by Jim Fitzgerald, guard, put the visitors within striking distance of the Streaks. The time was too short, however, for the Irish to do further damage. Hurrle and Jim O'Neal each | scor ed seven points to pace the Irish, oT Jarvis tallied 10 points for Wiley to take scoring honors. her teams besides Cathedral in roaler 18 tourney will be Ft. Wayne Central Catholic, the favorite, Evansville Memorial and Anderson St, Marys. Drawings for the first-round afternoon games will be made at noon, and the two winners and two losers will meet in evening games.

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| whipped | Rice for scoring honors.

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home team rolled to a 10-to-1 lead early in the first half, and was in front, 17 to 11, at intermission, In« diana failed to net a field goal for the first 13 minutes. With only eight minutes to play the Hoosiers trailed 29 to 30, but at that point superior manpower told. They rolled to a 37-t0-30 lead and then continued whipping the ball through the nets to increase their margin. Paul Armstrong scored 18 points for Indiana, while Paul Nugent tallied 10 for Villanova. At Lafayette the tall Rice five seized a 13-3 lead early in the first half and the Boilermakers were

| forced to spurt to close the mar=-

gin to 29 to 24 at the half, In the second period, however, Bob Igney, Forrest Sprowl, Dan Fisher, Frdd Beretta and Charles Caress sponsored a smooth passing |attack and Igney and Sprowl, an- | other sophomore forward, began hitting the nets to change the game's complexion, Igney scored seven field goals for high-point honors while Sprowl dropped six fielders and one free throw for second place. Kinney, lanky Rice sophomore center, through six fielders for The summaries.: Villanova (33)

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Villanova, 17; Indiana, 11, Kauffman and Tom

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22 1 Totals . Half—Rice, 29; Purdue, -Adams (DePauw), (Chicago).

Totals Score at Referee Schommer

Majority | Rule GREEN BAY, Wis, Dec. 20 (NEA).—Curly Lambeau, coach of the world champion Green Bay Packers, proposes a rule which would have three of the four officials decide whether a field goal is good or not.

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than an hour later aboard the Law- | e—— yers’ Special Lou Thomas, manager of IndianAnother train will leave tomorrow apolis’ newest boxing training quar-

and afternoon games Saturday and Sunday. Michigan has been without minor league ball since 1925, when the Mint loop disbanded,

ling to the Boilermakers, They have| On Monday night the Bulldogs |scored one other victory this season, | Will meet Illinois, recent conquerors that being over East Texas Of Notre Dame. The Illini will be {afternoon and arrive Monday morn- ters, the West Side Athletic Club, | 1. chers {the second of six Big Ten foes the A 505 W. Washington St, is anxious ke : .| Bulldogs meet this season. On Jan. to break into The Times-Legion' the ioctl Bulidogs [ach fONy Butler meets Long Island Uni- | (Golden Gloves tourney In a large “Seeing their fourth triumph in Versity in Madison Square Garden. way. _ five starts. Indiana holds the only TWo days later in Philadelphia the He says all amateur lads are wel- | ictory over the Blue and White Bulldogs battle LaSalle University come to train at his gym free of , uo. who have defeated Ball State, And then return to resume defense charge and that competent instruec- |, ooo Pittsburgh. of their Indiana College Confertors will be on hand to guide the ence title.

A twisted knee to Charles Atkinboys and send them through the ; " Probable starting lineups for toNEW YORK. Dec. 20 (U. P).— ry son, Anderson junior, has forced vight's game:

| 1 D. (Tony) Hinkle to DeVER Sted SUTVIVOrs Wegeh pity Instructions will be given without J Yoh Bob Dietz Butler in the quarter-final round of the a fee, Thomas says, and the fully . = % | Braden Indianapolis junior who is leading! Gunn National Junior Indoor Singles ten- equipped gym is there for the ask- : i ith 40 | Diet nis championship today at the Sev. ing. his teammates in scoring with

THE CCC All-American honor team, composed of 50 plavers who gtarred on CCC camp baseball squads during the 1939 season. has been selected by Happy Days, a weekly publication devoted to news of the corps The record of each player will be furnished to major. minor and gemi-pro managers as a part of the publication's campaign to find jobs in the game for outstanding camp players,

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Coaches Propose Four Changes S in Grid Rules

LOR ANGELER Cal, Dec. u., P) —Four football rule changes will be proposed to the National Foot-! ball Rulez Committee in itz Palm Springs, Cal, meeting, Jan. 2 The recommendations were made at the first session of the American Football Association yesterday when 150 college and university coaches filled out questionnaires which listed 17 different proposals. The fol-| loving four were approved by the! rules committee: 1. To widen the distance between the uprights and lower the crossbar of the goal posts. (The commiitee refused to sanction moving the goal posts from the end zone stripe back to the goal line.) 2. Adopt smaller and softer cleats for football shoes.

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20 3. Provide for referees, 4 Reduce the penalty for a forward pass touching an ineligible plaver behind the line of scrim mage It waz suggested that an officiating school be established offering instruction during the latter part of summer and early fall.

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STATE Shuto

Purdue, 52: Rice, Indiana, 43: res, 33,

OTHER soLLEgEs

Stanford, 55; Dartmouth, Valley City Teachers, (Minn.), 36. | Oklahoma, 55: Fordham Simpson, 48; Cornetl a. bs (overtime). Panzer, 58; Marshall. 54. | LaSalle, 33: Akron, 3 North Dakota State, Yr: Utah, 74; Omaha U., 37 Aberdeen Normal, 47; Augustana, 43. California, 43; Columbia, 36. Hope, 54; Central (Iowa), 37. St. Louis University, 34: Centenary, Towa Success, 34; Iowa Wesleyan, 28.

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: : Bowlers Honor Jess at Dinner Bowling—

The first annual dinner-dance \ | sponsored by In- A dianapolis men's and women's bowling associations was held at the Claypool last night and approximately 230 pinmen and their friends attended. Honor guest was § Jess Pritchett$ (left), at one time one of the nation’s top bowlers. Center is Neil King, first vice president of the American Bowling Congress, and at right is Bob Brysen, Indianapolis’ Grand Old Man of the tenpin sport,

Last night's list of “600” bowlers:

Paul Rav, Universal | Jiggs Seal, Universal .. Bunny Minardo, Unive | Maury Wellman, Printeratt | George Rix, Printeraft Mulry, Parkway Recreation ......... Koekeremith, Universa iversal Philin

Goshen, 435: Bristol, Clinton, m., 39: Louth Bend Washing-

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Rate Oklahoma Nine | Best Semi-Pro Club

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (U. P).— Duncan. Okla., ranked at the top of semi-pro baseball for the 1939 season, the National Semi-Pro Base- | ball Congress ratings showed today. | Duncan beat the second ranking | | team of the country, the Mt. Pleas- | ant, Tex., Cubs in the finals of the national 'championship tournament |at Wichita, Kas., last August.

Carr Tops Casters Ralph Carr turned in a pair of 09s for high honors last night in 'the Indianapolis Casting Club's | weekly tournament. H. Johns, ClarUMresm 150 crema ence Greene and Dr. Haskett Club or Unattached | scored 98s. | Any previous tourney eompetition? E | |

Neat . | y will be shifted from Steiner Oo. enth Regiment Armory. The Indianapolis heavyweight al. Points, probably will be shift EY all Rites Only unseeded plaver in the field, oa he po ace, he Says, and forward to center, making room for Nate eials: Referee Calvin Friedman of New York, de- he points out Tom Harding as the ce — Jot Edger Eugenheim of Yon. comer, Harding is Butler Univer- 7 B k th Il S ers 1 3. 6-3 yesterday. 'sity's All-State halfback who just G h | i Louisiana State's Bill Umstaegter, recently took up boxing as a hobby. | corge a arias, aske a cores top-seeded, paced the favorites into, Tom won the City-County Novice | Schnable Paired the round of eight by Uinie | heavyweight title at South Side 2 Nepaiiiang of Trenton, N. J. Turner Hall and looked good for a | Jim Evert, seeded No. 3 beginner. Thomas will enter the defeated Allen McDonald of Ken- football wizard in the Golden Hans Schnable, pot Holland, a yon College, O., 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Gloves Novice division and is send. George (Cry Baby) Zaharias, 24 Dick Bender, Elizabeth, N. J. ing the lad through regular drills. powerful Greek matman from ColoGainer Jarred, Ohijcugo: | There is some talk of Harding! prado, have been signed for one of chwarzman, Tulane: Judy ber, training down to the 175-pound | Rew, York, and Fred Drais, Pelham, division since he is a little short op|ihie Toutes Hialcnee ou tie y Soo CLEVELAND, Det. 3 0: PY ==irance, TO Seer luvarites to ad | Bec} Tor & heavyweleht ort heavy.| Zaharias and Schnable will clash The Canadian-Italian team of Jules, In the boys’ division, the four wey re it ins a victory and « |In the second half of a doubleAudy and Cesar Moretti continued | seeded players that saw action. Ir- | y a re el with Two-Ton header main go, while two light | to maintain the pace in sprint! vin Dorf ay A . heavyweight performers, Lord Lans-| 68; Missouri, 47, ints § n Dorfman, New York; Al Shafer, mony Galento, is working out at the land. and| New York University. 68; points in Cleveland's annual six-day | Tarrytown, N. Y.. Fred Kovaleski West Side A. C. and Trainer |downe Barringlon, Englan ah | Seton Hall, 43; i (Florida, a bicycle race today While four tens (Hamtramck, Mich, and Ted Backe, Thomas says the big fellow has of- | |Kiman Kudo, Japan, eet in they Wyoming: 36: ‘Colorado’ Mines, 23. were tied for first place at the [Bay Shore, N. Y., advanced into the q to help coach the Golden | top tussle. | Bradley Tech. 35: Cornell, 8 | 107th hour, ter-final {fered to help The Kudo-Lansdowne match 1s Jowa State Teachers, 37; yal quarter-finals, Glovers who accept the open in-| a return affair | (La.) Institute, 29. vitation to drill at that gym — ema | PROFESSIONAL | National League { ENTRY BLANK Sheboygan, 42; Indianapolis, 36. | STATE .1IGH SCHOOLS Lebanon. 44; Aurora, Ul, East High. 33. Terre Haute Wiley, 34: Cathedral, 24. Richmond, 44; Hartford City, 33. Golden Gloves Ekta it Anderson, 28: Evansville Central, | Boxing Meet National Guard Armory, Indianapolis, Jan. 19, 26, Feb, 2, Auspices Bruce Robison Post American Legion Sponsored by The Times

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