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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

® FRIDAY, SEPT. 13, 1940

SPORTS...

By Eddie Ash

Maybe It'll Be the Tigers—They Act Like Champs

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ATTRIBUTING much of the success of Bill McKechnie, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, to his ability in handling men, Joe Williams, New York World-Telegram sports columnist and Indianapolis Times special writer, gives some intimate details of the character of the National League champs’ pilot in the current issue of the Saturday evening Post. Williams’ article explains why the Deacon has been at the top 80 often, even though he is less the limethan big skipand was only an ordinary player of the good-field no-hit type. Beginning with that memorable Sunday, Oct 8, when catcher Ernie L.ombardi sprawled diamond, with “ankees tracking over him to triin the 10th in f game of the 1 World Williams goes on to paint ure of a me who dismissed the incident as luck,” but

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Bill an Old Hoofer

INDIANAPOLIS FANS will recall McKechnie as a player on the old Indianapolis Federals in 1914 when he performed at third base under Whoa Bill Phillips and helped that outlaw team win the pennant. Williams admits McKechnie doesn't make good copy—he’s like, matter-of-fact, the type. . He thought ting baseball for politics time but his neighbors against it and pushed him back into the game by voting for his oppgnent. # B® ww

field Deacon Bill beperson, says 1s. . « « Polite restraints so conspicuous then. an umpire call one against Reds in a tough game and vou will see the Deacon walk out on the field with his hands jammed deep in his hip pockets and his jaw stuck out this far,” williams reveals. “They call him Deacon because he sang in the Methodist choir back home. Sang until his voice wore out. ‘And don't write that I wore it out yelling at umpires,

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ERNIE BONHAM, the Yankees’ current pitching sensation, is making the American Association look good. . Said Bonham, after defeating Cleveland the other day. “Those American Association batters gave me more trouble than these fellows in the American League. Maybe the big Jeaguers are waiting until next season to catch up with me.”

A. L. Games to Play play

IN GAMES to Detroit has 17, Cleveland 18 and the New York Yankees 19. The American League calls for Detroit and to meet In two series The Tigers’ remaining games: AT HOME—With Cleveland 3; New York, 2; Philadelphia, 4: washington, 3; Chicago, 2. Total -—14. ABROAD—With

schedule Cleveland

Cleveland, 3;

The Cleveland Indians’ remaining games: AT HOME—Boston, 2; Washington, 3; Philadelphia, 5; Detroit, 3: St. Louis, 2. Total—15. ABROAD—With Detroit, 3.

The Yankees’ remaining games: AT HOME—With Washington, 8: Boston, 2. Total—5, ABROAD—With Detroit, 2; Chicago, 3; St. Louis, 4; Washington, 8; Philadelphia, 3. Total —14.

Still Slinging Em HARTFORD, Sept. 13 (NEA).— TLouis (Kid) Kaplan, former featherweight champion, is proprietor of & local restaurant.

Still Has the Touch

MONTREAL, Sept. 13 Mrs. E. 8. Jacques, golfer. shot an 18-hole score of 109 to defeat her granddaughter and two daughters-in-law in a recent club townsament.

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66-year-old |

This is a worm's eye view of the Shortridge line. They are (from left to right) Alan Levinson, right | Robert Dalrymple, left tackle, and Dave Strack, left end. end; Leonard Reel, right tackle; James Smith, right guard; Alan Nolan, center; Jack Klinger, left guard; | forward wall

“Pointers from Princeton” might be the title of this conversation. Dave Allerdice (left) a former Blue Devil who is chief finger now for Nassau, relays a few tips to his cousin, Bill Allerdice, who will captain the 1940 Shertridge squad.

"Football in '40' The Tosser Is 75 Per Cent Of Successful Aerial

The third of five stories by the game's greatest coaches. By DR. EDDIE ANDERSON

Jowa's Head Coach

IOWA CITY, Sept. 13—Pass if you will, and there are times when must, but remember, the passer is about 75 per cent responsible for {the completion. The other 25 per cent is divided equally between re- | ceivers and protectors. | { { There have been many good pass{ers but few that could be called great. This might include Dixie

Howell of Alabama, Bobby Dodd : Simon-P ures Fs i Bex Tonight

{Davey O'Brien of Texas Christian, A heavyweight clash between

| George Gipp of Notre Damie, Bo| McMillin of Centre, Benny Fried{man of Michigan and Nile Kinnick of Iowa. Real Passers Are Rare {Charles Duncan, 185-pound West- | | ga. passers are at a premium/|side A. C. Negro mauler, and Del[in modern foot . e 0 ciom | of I So. oe a Fwhen | Pert Eagleston, 200-pounder from not, to, is even greater in the aerial | ebanon, Ind, will headline the |game, when it's so vitally important | weekly amateur boxing program at | to know when not to pass and when |the Armory tonight. Action will {to pass. It's absolutely futile to] 4 ors tye pass when all men are covered. (start at 8:30 o'clock. When confronted with this situa-| The complete card: tion the good passer will do one of Five Rounds—Heavyweights { two things; take the loss to prevent | Charles Duncan, Westside A. C., vs. Del-| interception or quickly release the| Pert Eagleston, Lebanon, Ind. | ball to a spot where it would bel, Fou: Hesads==115 Wows ltecvrpmciiihe . mo Latta, Leeper A. C., vs. Clifford] impossible to be caught by anyone. Goodwin, Rhodius C. C. | | Taking the loss is tough for a| Three Rounds—Heavyweights {boy. They hate to get nabbed be- William Clark, Hill C. C., vs. Howard | |hind the line. Yet a loss is better| Boiler, Leeper A. C. than an interception and you al- Three ‘Rounds—133 Pounds ways have at least another chance |E one. Anger Pilg A: Cr V& (in that series of downs. Three Rounds—147 Pounds Habits May Betray You A Si Sun i goers, A passer shouldn't have habits| hie 70 oui which give away his play, such as| “3 Raymond Glenn, unattached. | dampening his fingers, wiping hands | Three Rounds—145 Pounds , Hill C. O., vs. Ernest Roach,

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position other than his natural one.| unattached. His movements before the play Three Rounds--155 Pounds should resemble some running Ch Bi TP Ind., vs. Clinton | kicking play. : { Three Rounds—126 Pounds ‘The modern passer co-ordinates jerrv Potts, Northeast C. C., vs. his movements with his receiver.| Reed, Bess A. C. Stress is put on the statement: | “Lead your receiver!” but in the|

| final analysis the subconscious ms RINE Eliminations takes over when throwing. Natural- | Start Tonight |

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ly, the passer is not leading the receiver but is trying to hit him; so| [we practice not leading, but hitting # . |the receiver at all times. (boxing tournament will start at] | A receiver should practice faking 7:30 p. m. today at Garfield Park, |

|the defensive backs out of position. preceded bv a 2p | He should be speedy but shouldn't m . bang ‘concert ‘at 6:30

go down field at top limit. This | i {will tighten him up. Once he gets] Admission is free, | the ball he can turn on the steam.| Among the playgrounds and | But it takes more than pitching! a i dares catching to complete a WL a eXpetia i be Pervasive | Protection and timing are very im-| are Garfield, Willard, Brookside, { portant.

Eliminations for the City parks

live linemen and backs to spoil the is a climax of the weekly shows

| play. | staged this summer by the City and | Teams with good passers, glye- | County WPA Recreation Depart-

[fingered receivers and good block-| ments. Leroy Rogers, Heze Clark, |ing can get away with the intricate Happy Atherton and Jimmy Cooley | razzle-dazzle stuff. But it isn’t wise|are to serve as referees.

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Shortridge Pilot Wants a Few Tailor-Made Touchdowns

By J. E. O'BRIEN

TEARS TRICKLED down Bob Nipper’s cheeks today as he issued a plea for a score or two of mail-order touchdowns for his 1940 Shortridge football squad. “What do we need most?” he sniffied. “Touchdowns. That's what we need—touchdowns. If I could get them ready-made, I'd order about four for each game. And have all of them delivered in the first half.’

Blue Devil affairs, however, aren’t of the indigo hue that the foregoing would indicate, The tears were honest enough, but just the result of a case of seasonal hay fever,

As for the touchdown plea, that’s the result of a chronic but mild case of pessimism any pupil of Tony Hinkle’s is liable to develop. The same request from Nipper about the middle of October, we would guess, would be like Mr. Wrigley bumming a stick of gum There’s plenty to gladden the hearts of Shortridge backers, even if Mr. Nipper never smiles again. For instance, 86 bovs turned out for the opening drill this week. That's the biggest starting squad to report in recent years, and for awhile it was feared that football togs inadvertently had been issued to a dozen or two Butler freshmen who disembarked from an Illinios streetcar at the wrong corner. A later check, however, showed that all this was genuine material. More than that, the bovs are big. Nipper figures to send out a line that will scale from 175 to 180 pounds. Right now it looks like the first-string forward wall reads, from left to right, David Strack, Robert Dalrymple, Jack Klinger, Alan Nolan, James Smith, Leonard Reel and Alan Levinson. Of these seven only two were starters last Shortridge squad that won seven games, tied one and carried off the city title. The tie. incidentally, came when the North Siders moved up a rung on the competition ladder and took on Culver. Strack was regular center and Smith was in the same post he's assigned to this fall. Dalrymple and Levinson, however, were awarded “8's” for creditable relief work last season. In the ball-toting and flinging department the business of the moment is to find a successor to Kenny Smock, Shortridge’s 1939 headliner who made everybody’s all city-team and who had to fight off a platoon of talent scouts before choosing to go to Purdue. Nipper believes he had the re- , placement in James Mitchell, a rangy blond who will handle most of the running and passing assignments. The Kicking will be intrusted to Capt. Bill Allerdice, while Van Duncan wil map the offensive from quarterback. All right halfback problems seemed to have been solved with 195-pound Tom Costello in the spot. But Costello suffered a shoulder injury in the opening practice, and there's no telling

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|Sunday afternoon. jami y st basket- | : ’ jamin, one of the sweetest bask | Tne Indigns and Hens went

ball players in these parts in the last niin Sm is hk the |around and around last night and {the home boys won, 9 to 8, in 12 in-

duties now. o, Here, as in the line, the one |nings. More than three hours of complaint to be made is iNeX- |,,.0ha]) was played before a small perience. Allerdice is the only re- |..ow§ of shivering customers. turning regular, although Mitchell It was an unusual spectacle beand Duncan were 39 letter Win- |tween sixth and seventh place clubs, {battling for all they were worth,

ners. The Shortridge offense is eX- |changing pitchers and sending up pinch hitters just the same as if

pected to be an orthodox mixture of running and passing plays, |they were fighting for a place in the with maybe an Ivy League inven- [first division. tion or two as the secret weapon. Chief gunner of the night was David Allerdice, an ex-Short- {Milton Galatzer with four blows in ridge hand who does some pretty times up. In fact, it was his “night.” He was showered with

pigskin pitching for Princeton, gifts prior to the contest and then

has been a visitor at the Blue Devil field this week before re- |set out to prove he was worth everyturning to Nassau. thing tossed his way. Businessmen, the ball club, fans

And it may be that he left a few Eastern secrets behind just [and the Tribe players got together and made it a big evening for the

as an old grad's contribution to the “beat Tech” campaign. | Redskins’ center fielder. He reAllerdice. bv the wav. who is a |ceived everything from a fishing 3 tackle to shoes, including a watch,

cousin of Capt. Bill, will leave to- : ! morrow to resume his studies. |cash, merchandise orders, oil and gas coupons and a huge cake.

The Blue Devils are to open : their season Sept. 20 against ‘Ordinarily a ball player takes a Brazil here. A week later they (big flop after standing at home are Southport's guests in a night |Plate before a game to hear himp - E self lauded and handed package

game, and on Oct. 4 take on g ’ Withrow of Cincinnati here. Their |2fter package, but Galatzer busted (the jinx on his first trip to the

dates after that go like this: Oct. | : : 11—Jefferson at Lafavette: Oct. | Plate by slamming a single. Then : - he got three more.

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Well, with the integrity of basball at stake And so the Indianapolis Indians and Toledo Mud Hens will close out the series at Perry Stadium tonight, to Louisville and the Columbus Red Birds will come to the Tribe park for the last fling at a single tilt tomorrow night and a double-header

Coach Boh Nipper (left)

noon of Sept. 20,

Look at Those Indians Fight! Maybe It Was for Galatzer

the show must go on

after which the Hens will move on

three hits, including two doubles and batted in four runs. The Indians won the extra-inning battle after two down in the 12th. Shortstop Harrington belted a double and Pitcher John Wilson drew four wide ones, This brought up Bennie Zientara who took care of

the situation by lining a single over

short, scoring Harrington. Toledo used four pitchers, the Indians three, and Wilson was the winner, Incidentally, the Indians have clinched sixth place, and incidentally again, it will be ladies’ night

Strack and Smith were regulars Dalrymple and Levinson also are lettermen.

shows how it's done for the benefit of James Mitchell, expected to be Shortridge’s No. 1 ball-carrier wheg the Blue Devils take the field here against Brazil the Friday after-

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last ladies’ night of the season,

Miss Jameson Heads For Title Play

SEATTLE, Sept. Betty Jameson, golf champion,

13 (17. National Women's went, gunning for the Women's Western Amateur championship today, sured of meeting the tough opposition of Marion Miley, twice fromer Western titlist, in the final round of play. Miss Jameson, from San Antonio, Tex.,, was expected to have little difficulty in disposing of Muriel Veatch of Seatile. Miss Miley plays Mrs. J. K. Priebe, Seattle.

Nov. 15—at Tech. With the mention of that last engagement, Nipper began to “Have you been out to Tech yet?” he asked. “I hear they have a gang of giants they're going to put into uniforms.” And the tears began to stream anew. They were, we presume, the result of this same hay fever.

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Coach Nipper Is Shedding Tears—but the Blue Devils Are Feeling Just Dandy N. Y.-Detroit

i Fray May Hit Climax Today

Cleveland Shows Some Life, Wins 8-1

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Sept. 13.— Detroit's Tigers, the patchwork club nobody dreamed last spring had a chance to win the pennant, occupied the driver's seat in the American League today and were makIng menacing gestures at spoiling the Yankees’ glorious [August drive. By knocking off the {vesterday, the Tigers held | 12 -game lead over Cleveland and margin over the two full

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game:

trusting the job of ending the | two-game slump to Marius (Rube | Russo, winner of seven straight who {was held over from yesterday Manager Joe McCarthy. If Tigers can win today with Tommy {| Bridges, who's beaten the Yank: {only once this season, theyll be {looking up easy street, They have {Buck (Bobo) Newsom ready for the morrow. Newsom has won 18 games land lost only three and twice he's {beaten the Yanks and never to them,

Gordon Boots Double Play { That the pace the Yanks have {been traveling is beginning to take (its toll was evidenced yesterday {when the Tigers put on a four-run rally in the eighth to win, 6-3. The | Yanks had the game won, 3-2, when Joe Gordon threw away a double play ball after making the pivot Schoolboy Rowe again proved his mastery over the Yank: Ithough rapped for 11 hits he pitched ismartly in the clutches and left 11 Yanks on base It was his 14th triumph against three defeats, Hank | Greenberg tapped Homer No. 32 in the sixth to tie the score, 2-2 Cleveland showed a spark of life Mrs. Robert Laycock was the first by battering out an 8-1 victory women's club champion at the over the Red Sox. A seven-run

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result of her victory over Mrs. Wil- hittine club in the league down liam B. Murphy in the finals with three hits Mrs. V. R. Rupp was the winner, The White Sox scored a double in the championship consolation victory over the Athletics, 1-0, and

; eS 4-3, and moved into a fourth place flight and Mrs. Hal Holmes the tie with the Red Sox. Bill Dietrich runner-up

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