Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1940 — Page 8

SPORTS...

By Eddie Ash

ACCORDING to Bill Aguren, United Press correspondent at Austin, the University of Texas football team will have an impressive backfield this season, although its line may not measure up to the other heavy Southwest Conference barriers. ' The Longhorns shove off against Colorado at Austin Saturday, and on the following Saturday, Oct. 5, trek North to battle Bo McMillin's Indiana U. gridders at

Bloomington. Sports Writer Aguren says blond, tousled-haired Jack Crain, who last year kept Longhorn fans on edge by his uncanny ballcarrying, again will be the driving force in the Texans’ backfield. Crain will team up with several other good backs to give Coach Dana X. Bible the best all-around backfield in this, his third season at Texas. f Rumors that the little halfback had gained so much weight during the summer that he might be slowed down considerably were scotched by Buily Gilstrap, assistant coach, who reported the flashy runner had been timed repeatedly at 7.7 seconds for the 75-yard sprint. Like Crain, his many teammates who were sophomores with little college football experience last season returned for the 1949 practice far wiser and, in some desirable instances, heavier.

No Lack of Reserve Power Reported

THESE JUNIORS number 20 and together with six outstanding senior players and an array of newcomers there won't be lack of . reserve power on the Texas squad. : It’ is possible, however, that no one, will be able to replace 150pound Gilly Davis, another flashy Longhorn back, or Park Myers, tackle of all-Southwest Conference caliber. . . . Others who will be missed are Lewis Gray, back: Stanley Neely and Ned McDonald, ends; Don Weedon and Jack Freeman, guards. Malcolm Kutner,| junior end, may not be able to continue his gridiron participation because of an injury suffered in basketball. . . . This tow-headed| youngster was valuable as a defensive player.

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NAMES which are likely to flash across the Texas football horizon when the season opens will include seniors like Co-Capts. Ted Dawson, guard, and Jimmie Grubbs, one of the heavier type blocking backs, as well as Nelson Puett, a back. To list only two of the 20-odd sophomores, Walter Heap, a slender and speedy passing sensation, and Ralph Park, another back, late of Austin High School, wili bear much watching. The Longhorns haven't won’a Southwest Conference title since 1930. . . . Last season they managed to win five out of nine games scheduled. . . . They won three of their six Conference engagements. .

Last Year’s Victories and Defeats

THE LONGHORNS play 10 games this fall, calling for dates with Colorado, Indiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Rice, Southern Methodist, Baylor, Texas Christian, Texas Aggies and Florida. Last year’s Orange and White victories: Over Florida 12-0; Wis-

By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Sept. 24.—It may still be tough to get hold of a dollar in some quarters, even in iour quarters, but don’t let anybody tell you there aren't a lot of them around. Take baseball for example. Mr. William Harridge, president of the American League, has just announced that his league is already a million paid ova: last year in attendance. «+ "And what's more we'll break our all time high before the week 1s over.” he added confidently. "The league's box office record was set in 1924. It may have been a coincidence that this was the year they ‘broke up” the Yankees the first time. At any rate, it marked the end of a three-year

Yankee domination of the league.

That year Washington won in a close. race and the turnstiles huinmed. This has been another close race, one of the closest in history. Whether they've succeeded in “breaking up” the Yankees, or stopping them again, remains to be seen. At last reports they were still in theré swinging valiantly. One thing they've never been able to say about this Yankee team is that they ever showed any fido. ° The Yankees always drew well at the gate, even when they were spread-eagling the field but the absence of keen competition down the stretch undoubtedly cut into the general receipts of the league. The competition has been keen all the way this year and the various box offices have enjoyed record activity,

This makes it plain that the addicts prefer a tight struggle where the element of doubt is maintained down to the closing dates. The National League, frequently with mediocre clubs, even the champions,’ has reaped the harvest of tnese now-he’s-up-now-he’s down fights for years. This year the American League is profiting and to just what extent artistry has been sacrificed is speculative. Off hand, this certainly would seem to be the year for the National League to pick up the marbles. The. Reds will come into the series thoroughly rested and fresh to meet the survivors of a knock-down-and-drag-out battle which may not be decided until the final day. May, indeed, call for an extra, or playoff game. What’s more, the Reds with two

brilliant pitchers in Derringer and Walters, backed up by the !competent soupbones of Thorapson and Turner, with possible assistance from Vander Meer, offered a real threat in any kind of going. We were just thinking—suppose “they don’t win after all? Wouldn't that be a most unsavory dish for the National League to digest? It is impossible to tell just yet what team the Reds will face in the series. We still have a feeling the Cleveland nursery varsity will make it. They're a gamer team than you'd have reason to believe in the light of their juvenile tactics. They have a way of bouncing

back from the outer rim of chaos, :

as they did against the Yankees and later against the Tigers. Playing the last three games against

me Clevelanders Still the Colonel's

the Tigers at home isn’t going to hurt them either. The Tigers must win with Rowe, Bridges and Newsom, These are fine pitching names on paper, normally good enough to take command of any series, but they are veterans and there is nothing substantial or sure about their

powers. Only Rowe stood up on °

his own in the key series with the Indians last week. Bridges and Newsom were hit hard, . As a matter of truth, the Yankees almost tore Bridges: to pieces the day hel.beat them in Tigertown. They did hit the ball hard but it was one of those days when the breaks rode with an aging pitching arm. Bridges’ curve seems to have shrunken to a feeble wrinkle and with all his grit’ and savvy you wonder: how much longer he can go.

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If the Tigers manage {0 outdistance the Indians (and |just to be safe we’ll include the Yankees) they'll have to do it on power,

They hit the ball hard ahd far,

They have enough violence in their bats to offset a [certain amount of pitching shoddiness, but not enough to overcome one bad. pitching performance after another. Rowe’ll need some help, So far Newsom's stretch gontri= butions have . been composed mostly of conversation. Naturally, the Reds’ would like to see the Indians in there. This would mean at least three games in the vast Municipal Stadium with an enlarged seating capacity of 85,000, and a gate that would . surpass the wildest dreams of any baseball financier.

consin, 17-7; Arkansas, 14-13; Rice, 26-12; Texas Christian, 25-19. Last year’s defeats: By Oklahoma, 24-12; Southern Methodist,

10-0; Baylor, 20-0; Texas Aggies, 20-0. Indiana defeated Wisconsin last fall, 14 to 0.

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THE TEXANS' 1940 weight chart (first stringers) as supplied by

Illustrated Football Annual, follows Ends—Flanagan, 190; 185.

Hawthorne,

195; Kutner, 185; Sweeney,

Tackles—Williams. 220; Ford, 230: Jackson, 220: Kilman, 199. Guards—Basey. 185: Dawson, 200: Dariel, 190; Weedon, 200. Centers—Goodwin 185; Harkins, 185.

Backs—Crain, 170; Doss. 170; Gill. 165; Grubbs. 165; Layden, 180; Martin, 185; Patrick, 185; Puett

McKay, 190.

185; R. Harkins, 170; Heap. 175;

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Hoosiers Look Good on Pepper, Eh, Boys?

; : : f The boys at the I. U. Club luncheon wanted to know something about Coach Bo McMillin's football team, so Bo (center) showed them a play or twe, using 10 salt and pepper shakers and a husky glass of tomato juice at center. (left to right) LeRoy Sanders, Harry Gause, Sherwood Blue and John Mellett.

Thom on Mat

\I.U. Alumni Gurgle With Glee

Our Mr. Brondfield Begins His Grid Predicting With a Nod to Purdue Over Butler .

On Other Fronts He Likes Buckeyes, Michigan; Gophers Due for a Tumble, He Says y

By JERRY BRONDFIELD

NEA Service Staff Correspondent en issue when firing starts on major

There'll be no delaying the

college football fronts Saturday. At least four teams tabbed as national

championship conteriders open against foes capable of wrecking their

hopes right at scratch.

Washington takes on Minnesota in Minneapolis. Michigan travels to Berkeley. for an engages

Pittsburgh in Columbus.

ment with California. Tulane entertains Boston College in New Orleans.

Reds Would Find Detroit Tough, Mr. Mack Says

PHILALDELPHIA, Sept. 24 (U, P.).—Connie Mack, veteran manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, predicted today that if the Detroit Tigers win the American League pennant the Cincinnati

Spectators at the tablecloth signal drill were

Reds will find it “pretty tough to stop them” in the World Series. Mack wouldn't predict an American League triumph in the series but said that| Deiroit has “great power” and expressed a belief that the Tigers would hit the Cincinnati hurlers. | ; Al Simmons, Who played with the Reds last year, believed Detroit would defeat the National League champions. “There is no one on the Cincinnati pitching staff who can stop Greenberg,” he said. ‘If they can't stop Greenberg they can’t stop the Tigers. Then there is

Rudy York, Pinky Higgins and Barney McCoskey. , . . That's power.” play

Colonels, Blues

The Washington-Minnesota en= gagement should be a Donnybrook, Rated potentially as the best team Jimmy Phelan has turned out, the

huskies on preseason estimates must.

be given the barest of margins. The Gophers, though loaded with

raw strength, don't figure to have:

the necessary co-ordination at this point. Pitts’ Tough, All Right De-emphasis notwithstanding, Pitt comes up with the nucleus of

a big league club again, but the. Buckeye keynote is power and more; power, and Big Don Scott and his

mates are capable of wrecking ma-

Ohio State meets

chines more formidable than the-.

Panthers.

Michigan, shaping up beautifully

with its first team, but lacking reserves, is given a small edge over a California team -which is on the rebound after two lean seasons. Tulane takes on the finest Boston College team in years, but Greenies have what may be the mightiest lot of forwards in the deep South, and in early season contests line plays usually is the

difference.

In the East, Holy Cross gets little more than a workout with Providence. New York University, stronger than a year ago, rates .at least a two-touchdown edge over Penn Military. : Mississippi In An Upset Navy has nothing more than a

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stiff scrimmage in William and

There will be a special train for the Iowa at Notre Dame game Mary.

on Oct. 16, under the auspices of the Indianapolis Notre Dame Club. + + . The Irish play nine games, four at home. Tickets for Indiana's home games will be handled locally by the Bush-Feezle Sporting Goods Co. . . . The Hoosiers play eight games, three at home. :

Here Tonight €re onig By J. E. O'BRIEN Be : Indiana University alumni went about town today gurgling as gleeTwo light heavies, Coach Billy | fully as Jordan River in early spring. By UNITED PRESS Thom and “Lord” Lansdowne, are! This happiness was inspired by Coach Bo McMillin’s annual foot-| Kansas City and Louisville square billed for two falls out of three, or Pall report delivered at the monthly meeting of the Indianapolis I. U. jo on the Blues’ home field to- : iia 4 Club. Colonel Bo, understand, didn’t predict weekly servings of peaches |night, beginning a series that will 8 me-Hmit of bi minutes, as the | 1 j cream this autumn, Come to think of it, he didn't even promise the |determine who shall represent the feature of tonight's wrestling card boys one victory. American Association against either at the Armory. But his tone was far different |Newark or Baltimore of the InterIt was four weeks ago that the from that of any previous report in national League. same pair met in a bout that saw which he had made famous such| The Colonels went into the playphrases as “Po’ little boys,” and |off finals last night, when they deSN, Soya “Wait till next year.” feated Columbus, 7 to 2. The Blues J \ a Be : ; grabbed the first fall and appeared They “Swing Their Puppies” Siminaed Mimeasens (Wo. ways on his way to annex the second is i ont : ; lL when he was injured and found it This time he spoke of a confident) The score was tied at 2-2 until |)" Surist trophy cup. ltrouble with Centenary in the south necessary to forfeit team, of a 64-man squad as.com-|the seventh, when Louisville got the Riders from Indiana, Kentucky, woo event 2€ ay oun. er) 1 op umare Tange on Frank Melton's pitching | ~“— d Le *' west. Texas A. & M. has a warm-up Powerhouse Frank Sexton, 233, a {pared to that of 36 men three years hd scored four runs. White re-|lllinois, Ohio and Michigan are ex- i; Texas A. & I. pris] ings Mon ous Sipe, iit ago, of a line as brilliant in spots as jjeved him, but it was too late. The Pected to compete. On the coast, Southern Califor= | Lontid star. in a special semi-windup | any in the country, of his 21 seniors Colonels scored another tally in the | — nia starts off with Washington State of one fall or 60 minutes. Rav | and of backs who “can really swing eighth. Jim Weaver went the route. State H. S. Football |and expects little trouble. In a very has won in all of his five local tus- | their puppies.” ior [he Colonels wligwing sevpn ve Ehiks Dossinie upset, We 0 vou| Sem sles, his last victory being over “Just the other. day I listed four hits. Ea ean : Elkhart. 27: Chicago Waller, 0. . Francisco over Stanford. Dorve Roche. The 8:30 opener is complete starting lineups,” Bo said. | , .

Again—Ho Hum! between Al Getz, 220, Boston, and “That means 16 backfield men. At] » °

Al Lovelock, 219, Toronto. least we won't run out of halfbacks ’ : 7 " . w WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (U. P.). Hot news about whiskey prices! | .

After Hearing Bo's Grid Report Gruare Off

Final Motorcycle Race on Sunday : In the southern feature, Missis= sippi is picked to score an upset over

Last motorcycle racing event of Louisiana State. the 1940 summer season has been! Tennessee's Rose Bowlers can start scheduled next Sunday by the Har-|their third team against Mercer, ley-Davidson Motorcycle Club at the Duke can do the same with Virginia Fountain Curve Racewa near | Military. Brownsburg. I y In the midwest, Purdue gets the It will be a two-star tourist trophy {call over Butler. 1 race under sanction of the American mini Phtertas oun z a Motorcycle Association, and will|S jem 8 > jer 2 es i Sn One consist of eight speed. trials: for|UP. (OWboy Jack Crain, tne col»

novices, amateurs and experts, with .€6¢ game's most dangers n clithe winners of the latter two com- aX runner, gives e ONEROINS l (whatever edge is granted.

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_ CORNELL is far and away the outstanding entry for Eastern sectional | football honors that has been visible in years, says Jerry Brondfield, NEA Service Sports Writer. ‘ _ Coach Carl Snavely, the old mouse-trapper, has the entire firststring line which played a tremendous part in the undefeated season a year ago, including Nick Drahos at tackle and sparkling Bud Finneran at center. . . , It’s a line, incidentally, t®o and three deep at every postion. I Almost the same situation holds true in the backfield where Capt. Walt Matuszcfiak, a great blocking quarterback, Walt Scholl, Hal McCullough and others return. ' The “others” includes Vinnie Eichler, 1239 captains<elect.

The Gridiron Dope By Elmer Layden

Again this year, Elmer

Layden, Noire Dame coach,

up football teams and pick the

battering-ram fullback and who was out all last” fall with injuries,

Baseball at A Glance

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weekly winners in his column, "In the Huddle." The first of his columns appear in The

Armstrong Wins

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T this season like we did that time —The Tornado that nature seems to! Salica, Pace Fight :

at Chicago.” . (have bottled up in human guise, For Bantam Title

However, this material isn’t going ‘clothed in tights and boxing gloves

to guarantee the Hoosiers any title HY .. and, according to Bo, the best of football players won't guarantee any ‘and called Henry Armstrong, bore] NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (U. P.).— U. S. Beats Mexico team a successful season. hardly a mark today after the 22d With ja Wi wh hos money.| HAVANA, Sept. 24 (U. P.) —The “We're Overdue” defense of the welterweight title he OU Salica, Brooklyn Ttalian, an . , . “ re PYrie ot ne g ‘Georgie Pace, Cleveland Negro, United - States amateur baseball “Do you know,” Bo asked, that Armstrong fiflished off challenger | tangle tonight in a return 15-round team wo a close 3-2 decision over Mth one break a game est year, we "| Phil "Furr of Washington in 1:45 of | Pout at Bronx Coliseum for the un- [the Mexi¢an squad yesterday. The oon ye on Soven BRINE nas the fourth round of a scheduled 15-| Jie ands bantamweight | pexicans |almost won the game in five round title bout last night. A loop- Championship. the ninth| scoring twice before Carling right to the head put Furr down| Betting is even largely because g ; gis p 2 | 2 son retired the side with the bases loaded. i

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breaks. “Football teams are so evenly matched today that often one play or one decision means the difference between victory and .defeat. With good breaks this year, we might have a pretty good year—and heaven knows, we're long overdue.” The 1940 Hoosiers, though, aren't going to wait for breaks. “Our motto now,” Bo declared, “is to make em.” : The Colonel sees the Big Ten race this year as a wide-open nineteam affair. “Iowa's better and | Wisconsin is much better. Minnesota .is improved, and all the others have experienced players. It's anybody's title.

He'd Like to Quarterback

“A lot of the experts are predicting big things for Indiana. I think| they're wrong, but i sure hope they're right.” “Bo is still behind his proposal that the coaches call the plays. “It's too much of a responsibility to put on one boy. And it’s something that can't be handled by four or five.” ! The alumni wanted to know something about Texas, the Hoosiers’ opponent in their opener Oct. 5 at Bloomington. " “My friend, Matty Bell, of S. M. U,, tells me that Texas is going to be about the toughest in the Southwest this season,” Bo said. And he’s warned me not to take the game too lightly. I can guarantee you I'm not doing that. “This Jack Crain of Texas is what I'd call one of the best broken-field runners in the country. Last year T. C. U, thought it would play it smart by kicking out of bounds so Crain couldn't run the ball back. But on the next ‘play he lined up and went 65 yards for a touchdown.” : _ Incidentally, Bo has lots of friends in Texas interested in the fortunes of I. U. “When anybody down there says, ‘How did you do last year, Bo?’ I just say we tied Minnesota. That answer is good enough for

anybody.”

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Feichter and Stoyko Bid for Fruechtenicht’s Post in Butler Ball-Toting

Butler's Bulldogs today launched a detailed three-day practice program for their gridiron tussle Saturday afternoon against Purdue University, at, Lafayette in the state's leading game.

For Purdue, it will be the renewal of their oldest rivalry. Eleven games have been played | between the two schools, the Big | Ten team winning eight. The | most recent were .in the 1937 and 1938 campaigns when Purdue won by respective scores of 3 3to 7 and 21 to 6.

GAMES TODAY

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Chicago at Detroit. St. Louis at ‘Cleveland. Washington at New York (two), Boston at Philadelphia (two).

NATIONAL LEAGUE - Cincinnati at St. Louis (two). yn.

New ) Pittsburgh at Chicago. Only games scheduled.

RESULTS YESTERDAY

AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled.

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