Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1940 — Page 10
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expected to report for the big show Feb. 10 in the Hoosier Fieldhouse. That’s the night McCracken’s lads will meet ‘Purdue, and it’s only fair to warn the fans that this attraction won't play the neighborhoods at any time. . oo The road after that will be worse than a Brown County detour. All has not been so slick, There have been other worries in addition to the Monroe County water shortage. Against Illinois the Hoosiers blew a safe first-half lead and just managed to outsprint their visitors to the tape. That alone hinted of trouble to come, so let's not mention that Capt. Bill Hapac of the Illini wasn’t even in the state that evening. Observing physicians also say the Hoosiers show symptoms of ink poisoning. This disease, to which headline heroes are peculiarly susceptible, comes from certain forms of over-reading and carrying bulky scrapbooks. The ailment is rarely fatal but has sidelined many a sports page spacewatcher. : The tipoff on Purdue is that the Boilermakers may be a world-beater at home along the Wabash but not so tough in strange surroundings. When they entertained Ohio State
before their own West Lafayette crowd they sparkled. But two evenings before when the boys couldn’t find a fraternity brother in the Evanston bleachers, they found it hard to stay in front of the Wildcats. In the first half Northwestern overcame a 12-point lead to tie the score and in the second half threw in 13 while Piggy Lambert’s lads were collecting one. Compared to previous Purdue clubs, the 1939-40 edition sputtered that night like a wet firecracker. Profs. McCracken and Lambert aren’t fooling themselves. They probably feel like warbling an adaptation of an old refrain. Their version is: “Will you love me in May as you did in December?” :
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By J. E. O'BRIEN - ° ~The citizens of Bloomington and’ Lafayette may smile patronizingly at mention of the Big Ten basketball race. But they'd better not forget that it’s not yet the “Big Two.” You don’t have to huddle with a crystal ball to figu¥e that Indiana or Purdue (and maybe both) are heading for _ a tumble. Gen Gs After all, it's only mid-January, best time of the year for skids. : Indiana’s been reading its press notices too strenuously, it appears, and Purdue seems to have the notion Indiana . isn’t even in the league this year. It’s just about the time When you figure the old gray mare has up and died when she kicks you in the teeth. vad Hold them shootin’ irons, Bloomington and Lafayette! Here's some facts and fancies. Now put down them guns! : To start off with, Branch McCracken’s Hoosiers definitely are on the spot. They're the haughty aristocrats of | the circuit. You know the kind—loads of material, plenty of height and a style of play desigmated to burn the paint off the backboards. - 0 That's the sort of game the underdogs and darkhorses
like to bag. And it’s no consolation that all the Big Ten - clubs—and deal Chicago in on this hand—are pretty fair at drawing a bead this season. : McCracken is taking his boys into the north country this week-end to meet Minnesota and Wisconsin, and Branch must realize his team’s crimson suits will make an ideal : target against the snowy background. But let's assume the Hoosiers come out of that trap alive. The professors will have the next waltz, if you please, whirling the Hoosiers through a series of final examinations.
: ; : Times Photo. “The game’s played the same way in Minnesota, the main idea being to put the bail through the hoop,” Coach Branch McCracken tells his undefeated Indiana University basketball team as they prepared to entrain for Minneapolis. Those seated are (left to right) Bob Dro, Jay McCreary and McCracken. Standing (left to right) are Bill Menke, Evan Stiers, student manager, Bob Menke, Tom Motter, Andy Zimmer,
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SPORTS...
By Eddie Ash
\ FOUR MEMBERS of the American Association of Baseball Clubs now support league hockey. . . . They are Indianapolis, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Kansas City. . . . The hockey Millers, like the baseball Millers, don’t hesitate to sell stars to the big league. Their latest phenom, who has attracted major hockey
~ scouts, is Nakina Smith, a scoring ace. . . . Last season he was voted the most valuable player in the American Hockey Association and sported a scoring record of 30 goals and 52 assists. The A. H. A. record is 37 goals for a season, set by Oscar Hanson
last year. . .., Smith has tailied 23
goals and 12 assists in 26 games
this season. . . . Ching Johnson is Minneapolis hockey manager and
coach.
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ACCORDING TO reports out of Montreal, Les Canadien officials met with failure in their attempt to sign several of Canada’s .out-
standing amateur stars. .
. . It is said Jules Savard, president of the
* National League Canadiens, revealed that $20,000 had been offered | for Edgar and Bert Laprade, aces of the Port Arthur champions.
Reported Tied Up by Rangers
CANADIENS CLAIM the bid was made to the New York Rangers,
‘who have the: Laprade brothers tied up. .
. . It is understood the
Rangers are keeping the two amateurs under cover for another season and refuse to part with them for any consideration. ! Maybe in the near future there will be a Hockey Judge Landis
. to take care of that covering-up business. .
. . Reports that some
of the organized amateurs earn $4000 a year proves something or
other in subsidizing by.professional
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clubs. ”
DAN DANIEL, writing in the New York World-Telegram, discusses
the case of Morris Jones, outfielder,
for a trial with the Giants after Bi
Rochester.
Judge Landis ordered back Terry had traded him to
who
Back in, September, Judge Landis notified all big league clubs that minor deague players sold to the majors before the draft would
~ have to oa in 1940.
When the Giants, who purchased Jones from their Jersey City
farm in September, tried to swap
the Texan for Dusty Cooke of
Rochester, Landis stepped in and reminded Terry of his notice.
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JONES KNOCKED around in the minors for six years and, on " his record, is entitled to a chance in the big leagues. Daniels points out that Landis’ insistence that every young player get all the breaks that are coming to him seems to be fitted peculiarly to the times. ... It's close adherence to baseball law.
Winning Shot on Way as Gun Pops THRILLING AND. frenzied basketball is played in other states, t00. . . . A long shot from the middle of the floor by Jim Garaghan, "a substitute, that was in the air when the final gun went off, gave ‘St. Olaf a 31-29 victory over its traditional rival, Carleton, the other
night. . . . They are Minnesota schools. . .
snake-danced after the game.
. Yeah, St. Olaf students
Which recalls that the Minneapolis ball club put in a pinch hitter against the Indianapolis Indians in a game at Perry Stadium last summer and the substitute hit the ball out of the park with two
mates on base,
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THE ONLY two “freshmen” ever to lead the American Association in batting, Enos Slaughter of Columbus in 1937 and Ted Williams of Minneapolis in 1938, both went to the majors following that feat
and both made the grade.
No-hit games have been scarce in' the American Association in
recent years. .
. . While Al Piechota of Kansas City held Louisville
hitless in a six-inning scoreless tie on June 18,1938, the last no-hitter of nine innings or more was turned in by Americo Polli of Milwaukee
against
St. Paul on Sept. 7; 1935, the game going 10 innings.
Only one hurler has ever pitched and lost a no-hit game in the American Asscciation. . . . Baskette of Toledo granted Minneapolis no safeties on July 13, 1913, but lost the game, 1 to 0.
Minneapoiis clubs. hav most frequently, 11 times,
led the American Association in batting hile Indianapolis tied with the Millers
in 1928, the only time the Tribe has been at the top.
Kautskys to Meet Oshkosh Cagers
The Oshkosh basketball team is to oppose Kautsky's All Americans “in the Butler Fieldhouse Wednesday night in a game that will bring together some of the top-notch players of the play for pay circuit. Leroy Edwards, former Tech star who later added to his laurels as a member of the University of Kentucky net team, and Charley Shipp, former Cathedral ace, are star players on the Oshkosh combination. Another sterling member of the team is Mack Berry, one of the leading scorers in the National Basketball League. Frank Baird still is out of the Kautsky lineup with a dislocated shoulder, but the rest of the team has shown an improvement on offensive play. .
Net Semi-Finals On
ORLANDO, Fla. Jan. 13 (U. P.). - —Top-seeded Bobby Riggs of Chicago meets Henry Prusoff of Seattle and Elwood Cook of Portland, Ore., plays Charles Hare of England today in the semi-finals of the FlorTennis Championships.
Undefeated Park To Engage Lagro
Park School’s basketball team, unbeaten in four starts, will take on Lagro High School tonight in its second home game of the week-end.
Last night the prepsters turned on|S
the power to overwhelm Whitestown, 56-28. Park scored 26 field goals altogether, with Forward Alder Breiner bagging eight, along with a free toss, for scoring honors. Breiner, however, suffered a fractured collarbone in the final quarter and will be out of the lineup for at least several weeks. Essex, with 10 points, and Harvey, with nine, looked best for the losers. Park held a 25-14 lead at the half.
Zale Unable to Fill Date With Hostak
CHICAGO, Jan. 13 (U. P.)— Chairman Joseph Triner of :the Illinois Boxing Commission said today the middleweight fight of Champion Al Hostak and Tony Zale, Gary, Ind., scheduled for Jan. 20, had been cancelled. He said commission doctors had found Zale suffering from a severe cold and lung congestion.
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Shortridge Plays Tech
Rivals Meet in Semi-Finals Of City Tournament.
By TOM OCHILTREE
With the 11th annual City high school basketball tournament rolling on now to the third act climax stage, the semi-finalists in the varsity team division were to meet at the Tech gymnasium this afternoon and the winners then are to shoot it out for the title at 8:30 this eve~ ning. The first afternoon game, starting at 2 p. m. was between Manual’s Redskins, defending titleholders, and the efficient Washington Continentals. Because of the draw this will be the first tourna-
ment start for both squads. At 3 p. m. two foes of long standing, Tech and Shortridge, were to| battle in a game conceded to be a: tess-up. The Blue Devils edged | the Techites in a regularly sched- | uled game earlier in the season, but the East Side lads are currently in a comeback spurt.
Howe Gives 'Em a Scare
Shortridge advanced to the semifinals by downing Howe, 42-16, before 2100 customers in the. Tech
Gym last night, but before the proud Blue Devils sewed up the victory they were given a scare in the first half. This was the first tournament in which Howe has had a varsity squad entered. That is why those determined Hornet players—realizing that a new high school must build its athletic traditions from the ground up—were able to stay on even terms for almost two full quarters with a Shortridge squad that had an edge in eXperience, play technique and size. A fast little fellow named Carl Barnes was largely responsible for Howe's showing. He was the best ball handler of the outfit, and the only Hornet the Blue Devils couldn’t outrush.
Depend on Long Shots
Howe never was able to work the ball in under the basket. The only hope of the Gold and Brown was long shots, and Barnes hit a spectacular one of this kind early in the game to give Howe a short-lived lead. Dick Gage’s fielder tied the score at 5-5 as the first quarter ended. After Joe Brunw, Howe forward, missed a charity. toss, Pfeiffer tipped the ball in for a goal, and Don Clapp arched in a long one to make it 9-5 in favor of Howe. But the Blue Devils were beginning to find themselves. Baskets by Bob Harris and Dave Strack tied the score at 9-9. At the half Shortridge was in front, 14-10. Spirit was all that kept Howe up there in the first half, and the Hornets were a tired team when they came out to resume play. They failed to score a point in the third quarter, while the Blue Devils led by Strack, pulled away to a 31-10 lead. The last period was much the same and Shortridge coasted in to a 42-16 triumph. Summary: Shortridge (42). Howe (16).
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team division last night, Broad Ripple’s seconds swamped the Tech reserves, 15-5, while Manual’s “B” team nosed out Shortridge, 17-15.
meet for the reserve team title tonight at 7:30 p. m.
ly outclassed by their Broad Ripple opponents and created some sort of record by making .only two points in the entire first half. Bob Max‘well, a guard, led the victorious Rockets. Billy Arnold again was the big gun for the Manual “B” squad, taking individual scoring
Logansport, umpire. |: In semi-final games in the “B”|§
Manual and Broad Ripple are to
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all depends on the standings.
Ralph Dorsey, Jim Gridley, Herman Schaef
It’s Make-or-Break Night This Evening for Buckeyes
By ERNEST BARCELLA United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Jan. 13. — This is make-or-break night for Ohio State in the defense of its Big Ten basketball crown. = |With Indiana and Purdue roaring along at a sizzling pace, a’ defeat for Ohio tonight at the hands of Illinois virtually will eliminate the Buckeyes from the title race. |The Bucks already have lost their first two conference starts. And things don’t iook very promising for them tonight. They’ll be up against a team that rates as a standout-chal-lenger for the championship. Meanwhile, Purdue and Indiana, along with Michigan, will be risking perfect conference records. Indiana moves into Minnesota in the first of two week-end road skirmishees. Purdue plays host to Wisconsin in the third of its four consecutive home games and Michigan meets Iowa at Ann Arbor. To round out a full night of Big Ten action, luckless Chicago tangles
with Northwestern at Evanston. Chicdgo lost its opening conference battle to Wisconsin by a two-point margin in the final two minutes of the game and then was edged by Illinois, 34-33, Monday night in the final 30 seconds. Northwestern's record shows one victory and one defeat. °* Tonight's game will be Ohio's first conference appearance on the home floor, but this advantage—if any— may be offset by the return to the Illinois lineup of its high-scoring captain, Bill Hapac. : ‘Michigan’s “dark horse” entry, with three men in the Conference's upper scoring bracket, have an offensive edge over twice-beaten Iowa. The Chicago-Northwestern game looms as a battle of high-scoring centers—Northwestern’s sophomore Dick Klein, who is tied for the conference scoring lead with Illinois’ Hoot Evers at 26 points, and senior Dick Lounsbury, who sank eight ly goals in the dogfight with the Illini,
2 Share Lead In Golf Play
‘Wood and Demaret Even at
Halfway Mark.
OAKLAND, Cal, Jan. 13 (U. P.). —At the halfway mark today it’s Craig Wood and Jimmy Demaret who are a stroke out in front of the: field in the Oakland $5000 Open golf championship. # For 36 holes; Wood, of Mamaroneck, N. Y., and Demaret of Houston, Tex., are two strokes under par at 138, and the only other man starting: the second half of the chase with a sub-par card is Bruce Coltart of Haddonfield, N. J., at 139. The only even par-shooter is Horton Smith of Oak Park, Ill, with 140. Clayton Heafner of Linville, N. C., who had a 68 in his opening round, faded to a 73 yesterday, but his aggregate 141 left him in fifth place only three strokes behind the leaders. Wilford Wehrle, Racine, Wis., amateur, who with Wood led the field with 67s after the first round, slipped to a 75, for a total 142, where he was bracketed with five others. : ; Johnny Dawson, Hollywood amateur, kept pace with Wehrle with his 73-69—142 card, along with Lawson Little, winner of the Los Angeles Open last week; Ky Laffoon otf Chicago; Jimmy ‘Thomson, Chicopee, Mass; and Ed Oliver, Hopnell, N. Y. The 143 bracket included Dick Barnes, Kansas City; Dick Metz, Oak Park, Ill; Bill Williamson, Hollywood; Paul Runyan, White Plains, N. Y.; Charles Shephard, Oakland, and Ben Coltrin, San Francisco.
Foe of Thesz
George (Cry Baby) Zaharias (above) will take on Louis Thesz next Tuesday night on the Armory wrestling program. Thesz has trounced Tom, Chris and Babe, three of the four Zaharias brothers, and he intends beating
honors with nine points. VF
George, the “clan” leader.
Caps Journey To Syracuse
Six-Team Hockey Playoffs To Begin March 19.
. The Indianapolis Capitals, who have been able to maintain their
lead in the Western Division of the International-American Hockey League despite the wave of injuries that has plagued them, will make their next start tomorrow night at Syracuse. Next home game for Herbie Lewis’ icers will be Thursday night when the Caps will be hosts to Hershey's Bars. It generally is agreed that the B’ars, win, lose or draw, are willing to play bounce with any of the other outfits in the circuit. It has been announced in New York that the league agreed at a meeting of its governors to start the six-team play-offs March 19. A $24,000 player pool also is to be set up from the play-off receipts and the exact methods of dividing this money are to Be decided later. Under the league’s playoff system, the winners of the Eastern and Western Divisions meet in a best-of-five series. The second and thirdplace finishers play best-of-three series. The Frank Calder trophy, presented by the National League president, then goes to the winning team in the best-of-five title series between the survivors of the firstplace and the second and thirdplace play-offs. . : The leaders of the two divisions at the end of the regularly scheduled season also are to be awarded trophies. The Teddy Oke Cup will be presented the Western Division pacemakers and the Lafontaine Cup will go to the leaders in the Eastern Division.
12 Ex-Caps Figure
In Wings’ Victory
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If the New York Rangers can get by the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight, it will mean the end of a 12-year-old record in the National Hockey League. : The Rangers have gone 18 games without being beaten to tie the record set by Montreal's Canadiens over the 1927-28 season. In the only game played last night the Detroit Red Wings climbed out of a last-place deadlock with the New York Americans to within one point of the fifth-place Montreal Canadiens. Paced by Ebbie Goodfellow, who scored twice and assisted on another, the Wings topped the
§ | Americans, 4-2. Connie Brown and
Alex Motter, both former Indianapolis players, netted Detroit’s other counters. The Americans scored both of their goals in the second period, Hooley Smith getting one and Harvey Jackson the other. :
Violations Costly
COLUMBUS, O,, Jan. 13 (NEA) — Ohio hunters found guilty of hunt-
ing violations, paid fines averagin $15.79 this season. 2
Net Upsets Are Scarce
But a Few Downstate H. S. Fives Are Surprised.
There was a feeling today among all connected with Hoosier high school basketball that as far as upsets are conterned, the worst may be over. In all sections of the State, the fans, the press, coaches and players reviewed last night's results and were surprised anew that most of the games ran true to form, If there were any upsets they came in southern Indiana, but at that it is stretching the language a bit to call these games “upsets.” However, Bloomington did trim Martinsville'’s highly touted five, 28-25, while the Wildcats of Jasper romped over Vincennes, 38-30. This victory gave a measure of revenge to Jasper's netters who had been
beaten in their own holiday tournament by Vincennes. :
County Fives Successful”
Marion County's schools had a conspicuously successful evening. The strong Decatur Central team defeated Plainfield, 39-6; Warren Central's Warriors trounced Beech Grove, 23-7; and Ben Davis defeated Brownsburg, 28-27. Against Decatur Central the overmatched Plainfield team was held to one field goal in the last half and three for the entire game. . . Apparently the pace is beginning to tell on Muncie Burris. The Owls recently had a string of 26 straight home victories broken and last night they were handed their second straight loss on their home floor. Huntington turned this trick, winning 43-33. Ft. Wayne South Side held its position as the State’s No. 1 team by winning its 10th straight, 59-19, at the expense of Hartford City.
North Vernon Wins
Three South Central Conference tilts were played. In these loop tilts Connersville defeated Franklin, 32-22; Rushville surprised Greencastle, 40-29, and Shelbyville nosed out Greensburg, 31-22. Meeting North Vernon, a nonconference foe, Columbus was unable to find the range and dropped a 34-28 decision to the Panthers. “Ham” Downing, a 220-pound, sixfoot, four-inch guard, recently has been declared eligible to play with North Vernon, and he celebrated last night by scoring 18 points. Marion held a half-game lead in the North Central Conference standings by defeating Richmond’s hapless Red Devils, 24-14, but it took a last-quarter drive for the Giants to do it.
Squash Favorites
.DETROIT, Jan. 13 (U. P.).—Alfred (Scotty) Ramsay of the Cleveland club, 1938 champion of the national professional squash rackets tournament, and unseeded Harry Schaeffer of Pittsburgh’s Metropoliton Club, were favored today to survive semi-final play in the annual pro tourney here.
r, Jim Frey, Capt. Marvin Huffman and Paul Armstrong.
TONIGHT’S COLLEGE CARD Wisconsin at Purdue. Indiana at Minnesota. Kentucky at Notre Dame. Wilmington at Earlham, Franklin at Evansville,
Central Normal at Indiana Central.
Wabash at Bradley Tech.
Rose Poly at Joliet. Valparaiso at River Forest. Giffin at Huntington. Tiffin at Concordia. Hanover at Anderson.
By UNITED PRESS
Conference today as all three clubs
preserved their strings against league opponents last night. The Bulldog ran wild against DePauw for a 47-21 triumph; Indiana State inflicted a 54 to 51 defeat on Manchester, and Hanover outlasted Taylor, 50 to'44. - It was the third straight conference triumph for Butler and Indiana State and the second for Hanover. . In the headline game Butler, paced by Bob Dietz who counted five fielders and two gift tosses for a dozen points, whipped up a 10 to 2 advantage early in the first period. At the half the Bulldogs led, 23 to 11. Early in the second half DePauw cut the invaders edge to 23 to 15, but the Bulldogs roared again as Bill Hamilton, Dietz and Loren Joseph each counted twopointers to erase the Tigers’ rally. Hanover refused to let Taylor come closer than four = points throughout their contest. They were ahead, 25 to 19, at the half and kept Taylor on even terms for the remainder of the scrap. Don Odle, although playing with an injured hand, sank 19 points for the Taylor five, while Pruett dropped 16 for Hanover.
Butler, Indiana State and Hanover still boast undefeated records 4 in the Indiana College Basketball uy
Butler Basketeers Keep Conference Slate Clean
even .for the first quarter and the count stood at 10-10 before Pearcey, a former Martinsville lad who followed Coach Glen Curtis to Terre Haute, ‘took over and ran the count to 30 to 18 for State at the half, Led by Milliner the Spartans came’ back in the second half and pulled up to a 33-18 deficit before the Sycamores went away again. Pearcey got 13 for State while Wolfe dropped 16 for Manchester. Summary of the Butler-DePauw game:
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Score at Half—Butler, 23; DePauw, 11. Referee—Karl Dickerson. Umpire—Homer Stonebraker. :
Two Tribe Nines Book Exhibition
The Indianapolis Indians today completed their spring training exhibition schedule by contracting for a date with the Cleveland Indians at Ft. Myers, Fla, on Sunday, March 24. The Hoosiers will play 21 warmup tilts, all in the South. Dates for the other 20 games were announced at the minor league convention last
month. Ft. Myers, on the Florida west cost, is Cleveland's new training base and elaborate preparations are planned there to entertain ‘the American Leaguers. Ft. Myers is the Philadelphia Athletics’ old camp but has been
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