Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 October 1940 — Page 26

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By Eddie Ash

WHILE the great Tom Harmon and his blocking mate, Capt. Forest Evashevski, win just acclaim as the driving force in the University of Michigan's high-scoring attack, Bullet Bob Westfall, fullback, performs vital chores which, though often overlooked have a direct bearIng on the Wolverines’ success.

In reviewing his squad's three victories and the amazing scoring record of Harmon, Coach Fritz Crisler points out in the Detroit Times that the Michigan attack has been able to pile up 88 points largely because of the contribution of Westfall, who hasn’t crossed the goal line yet. . . . However, next to Harmon, he is the team’s best ground gainer, records show. ‘The threat of Bob tearing up the middle forces our opponents to close In on defense and we thus are able to swing Harmon wide,” Crisler explained. “The combination is ideal, but without an alternate of Westfall’'s caliber it wouldn't be as effective. He has the best ‘running base’ of any back I have seen in a long time,” the coach continued. “Heavy tacklers can hit him with

fun Jorce, but he doesn’t vary his path a bit. He certainly is hard p.”

Overcomes Habit of Fumbling in Clutch

WESTFALL always has been this driving type of runner, but he endured considerable anguish before winning his first-string poFition on the Michigan eleven last year. “There’s something you ought to know about Bob,” Crisler related. “He wasn’ always as consistent as he is now, and as a matter of fact, we almost gave up on him before the opening game last year. His fumbling was bad. “About two weeks before last year’s opener against Michigan State he was working in a scrimmage. His team carried the ball to the defenders’ 5-yard line, then he fumbled on what should have been a touchdown plunge.

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“THE coaching staff had worked on Westfall for days to stop that fumbling, so I hauled him out of there and made him stay

‘on the sidelines for the rest of the day.

“After twa and a half hours’ scrimmage, he was jumping about, but he didn’t get back in. For several days I didn’t pay much at= tention to him. When we were in the locker room before the Michi= gan State game, I gave out the starting lineup slowly, leaving the

fullback until the last. Bob was over in the corner, brooding.

Rips Off 21 Yards on First Play

“I LOOKED at the player and said, ‘Westfall, you can start at fullback, and furthermore, your play is to be ‘called as soon as we get the ball!” He just about went through the ceiling. _ “ On the first play Westfall got the ball, smothered it between his arms, doubled over and scooted right up the center 21 yards before they dragged him down. 3 “Do you know from that day to this he hasn't fumbled once In intercollegiate competition?” And the Detroit Times, close to the Michigan football situation, says that Westfall's teammates give him full credit for his heavy duty and consistent performance.

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FOLLOWERS of the Michigan State eleven are nettled by the fact the Spartans have not played a game of night football since 1930. . . . And the Staters are booked against the strong Temple University team under the lights in Philadelphia tomorrow night. Temple, known as the Owls, plays the bulk of its home games at night, and has for years. . . . Michigan State officials don't favor night games, but accepted the Temple encounter in a compromise which sent Owl elevens to the Spartan campus for two consecutive years.

Football Special Set ‘Up for Bloomington

INCIDENTALLY, the Illinois-Central has announced a football special to the Iowa at Indiana game Saturday, $1.50 round trip, Indianapolis to Bloomington, . . . Leave Union Station Saturday morning, 10:30, arrive Bloomington 12:00 noon. After the game the train will load at Stadium platform, arrive Indianapolis 6:30 p. m. ... Iowa-Indiana reserved seat and general admission tickets on sale at local Illinois Central office, 428 Merchants Bank Bldg. FOR the third week in succession, the same 11 players who have started all of Fordham’s games so far this season will be in at the kickoff against Pitt Saturday, says Ram Coach Jimmy Crowley. Between the halves of the Michigan- Illinois football game at Ann Arbor Saturday, Coach Bob Zuppke, in behalf of the University of Illinois, will present a tribute to Director Fielding H, Yost, whose

40th anniversary at Michigan will be celebrated.

Boilermakers Stick to Labor, Leave Blurbs to Others

Being a tight-lipped gentleman of the old conservative school of football coaches, anyway, it's not surprising to learn that Coach Mal Elward is drilling his Purdue Boilermakers behind locked gates.

And this despite the fact that

Wisconsin comes down to the West Lafayette campus to play a major role in the Purdue home-coming ceremonies Oct. 26.

Whether or not Mr. Elward is whipping up some strategy to take the place of injured Capt. Dave Rankin and Mike Byelene, only Mr. Elward and a little band of courageeous footballers will know. i With two weeks’ leave from the gridirons, you’d think that Purdue would be taking it easy but such a procedure would be much against the principles and practices of the conservative school of foot- : ball coaches. Elward is keeping the Purdue machine limbered and ady to go. Pt it > hoped up West Lafayette way that at least Rankin will be ready for the Badger onslaught. Dave took such a boct to the nose saturday at Michigan State that the doctors thought he’d better fly from Michigan down to Chicago, rather than risk the jolts of a train ride. But though ‘his breather be shattered, the Purdue forces hope the bones will be knitted enough to permit Dave in the Wisconsin game —though he be Behind one of the i face guards. i 2 The: condition 1 of Byelene isnot { so encouraging. He suffered .a fractured right wrist in Saturday’s game, and it’s not known when hell be ready to slip back into cleats and pads. But = : if the wrist Boo A heals, he'll be : lenty ready, Mike Byelene rite. His long rides on the : exercise bicycle in the Purdue training room will see to that. While his mates were out on the field the other day, Mike put in 45 hard minutes pedaling the stationary contraption in the training

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“At least, my legs'll be ready if I get in there against Wisconsin,” Purdue No. 1 halfback explained. That's the way they're doing this year at Purdue: Short on statements to the press and long on work.

Was Buckeye Win Illegal?

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Oct. 17 (U. P.).—Gordon Graham, sports editor of the Lafayette Journal-Courier, has started a campus controversy. at Purdue University by claiming that an ineligible player kicked the goal which enabled Ohio State to defeat Purdue, 17 to 14, on Oct. 5. ¥Graham wrote that motion pictures of the game show that Charles

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GAMES TOMORROW

Shortridge at Ft. Wayne Central. Tech at Manual. Rushville at Broad Ripple. Washsngton at Southport (night). Crispus Attucks vs. Lincoln, East St. Louis, at Shortridge. Cathedral vs. Ft. Wayne North Side, at Butler bowl (night). Westfield at Ben Davis.

Park School and Warren Central have open dates.

If Manual could in some devious way hang one on the Tech football

forces tomorrow afternoon, then the; Police Department had best clear the Circle for Redskin rah-rahs tomorrow night. For the Circle, you know, is where the high school forces like to spend their joy when the game “went right.” And if Manual wins, the Redskins folk will have a very perfect right to do some hefty hollering. Manual has played an underdog role all season. , Last week an ill-timed fumble cost the Redskins a touchdown and the ball game at Southport’s Roosevelit Stadium. Tech's Coach Robert L. Ball expects to have a sprinkling of new faces in his starting lineup. Howard Beeson, a 200-pounder, will start at right half, with Willard Reed going to full back. Dick Chenoweth is a likely new starter at center.

7 Games Scheduled

Scheduled for the Manual field, the Tech game is but one-seventh, however, of the high school football picture for city and county teams tomorrow. Back in the win column after whipping Jeff of Lafayette, Shortridge goss to Ft. Wayne tomorrow to meet Central High School. Following a surprise loss to Withrow of Cincinnati the week before, the Blue Devils bounced back to whip Jeff, 12 to 0. Ripple’s Rockets may be in for a tough evening with Rushville and Washington appears about evenly matched with Southport for the night game at Roosevelt Stadium. Last year the Rockets gained their fourth straight victory over Rushville, 18 to 6, but in their last two times out the Ripple lads have been shut out.

Ripple Drills in Offense

And for that reason Coach Ed Diedrich has been spending considerable time this week on offensive tactics. Richard Huber, Millard Grimme, Robert Boaz and William Cromley have received special attention in aerial drills and Edward Cornelius has been giving his placing-kicking toe a good workout. The Irish of Cathedral will be taking on a first-rate opponent in Ft. Wayne North Side tomorrow night in the Butler Bowl. "After stumbling badly at Evansville Memorial, the Irish came back last weeek to humble Elwood in the Bowl, 27 to 12. And so the Irish cause is by no

Maag, an Ohio substitute who kicked the field goal with only 19 seconds of play remaining, should have been ruled out of the contest in the second quarter. Maag, according to Graham, was taken out in the second quarter and then sent back into the game shortly before that quarter ended. The rules provide that a player once taken out may not return to the game in the same quarter. If he does, he should be barred from the contest and his team penalized 15 yards. So Maag, Graham says, was ineligible to return to the game to kick the winning field goal. Moreover, had Ohio been penalized 15 yards when Maag went back to the game in the second quarter, the legal penalty on Ohio would have brought the ball back to the 18-yard line instead of leaving it on the three-yard line from where Ohio scored as the first half ended. Mal Elward, Purdue's coach, de-

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Marked men in major college football games Saturday are (left to right): Hal Newman, captain and end, who leads Alabama against Tennessee; Frank Reagan, Pennsylvania runner and passer who threatens Princeton; Bob Sweiger, Minnesota

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due takes the week-end off to rest after taking a beating from Michigan State last week. In these traditional feuds, anything can happen and frequently does but on form they look like this: Minnesota Over Ohio State—After last week, what can you do? Michigan Over Illinois—This is a farewell party for Fielding H. Yost. There is still a legend to the effect that Bob Zuppke once said he hated only two things, “Yost and Michigan.” He has since denied this but Michigan hasn’t forgotten last year’s upset. Northwestern Over Wisconsin— The Wildcats beat Ohio State last week without using Ollie Hahnenstein or Paul Soper. Towa Over Indiana—This was one cf last season’s classics. Notre Dame Over Carnegie Tech— The Fighting Irish ought to have an easy time until they meet Northwestern. Navy Over Drake—The Middies have a crop of second year men who are beginning to look good. Harvard Over Army—Not much choice. " Cornell Over Syracuse—An old and very bitter feud. Pittsburgh Over Fordham—Close, but Pitt gets the edge because of the location. : Dartmouth over Yale: This is usually a wild one. Pennsylvania over Penn seems very rugged. Columbia over Georgia. Duke over Colgate. : Tennessee over Alabama: be a tremendous game. Southern Methodist over Auburn. Texas over Arkansas. Holy Cross over New York University. Penn State over Lehigh: Should not even be close. . Michigan State over Temple. Detroit over Manhattan: Neither team has had a true test. Southern California over Oregon: The Trojans should start winning. Washington over Oregon State: A tossup. Stanford over Washington State: Clark Shaughnessy is bringing Stanford back. U. C. L. A. over California. Nebraska over Kansas. Oklahoma over Kansas State. Toledo over Scranton: Against the comparative figures. Ohio Wesleyan over DePauw. Texas A. & M. over Texas Christian University: This is another grudge fight. Kentucky over George Washington. , Oberlin over Hamilton. *. Frman over Ohio University. Brown over Tufts. Amherst over Rochester.

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. . Times Special Writer THe gridiron picture this week is a gory one, with a flock of great games scheduled and plenty of activity on all horizons.

The largest explosions will be heard in the already battle-torn Western Conference, where Ohio State meets Minnesota, Indiana plays Iowa, Illinois tangles with Michigan and Northwestern plays Wisconsin. Pur-

Wayne over Akron. Wake Forest over Marshall. Georgetown over Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Rice over Tulane. North Carolina over North Carolina State. Lafayette over Gettysburg. Marquette over Creighton. Louisiana State over Mercer. Georgia Tech over Vanderbilt: This could go either way. Villanova over Baylor: Baylor's home game. Missouri over Iowa State. Boston College over Idaho. Xavier over St. Vincents.

Dudley Named as Colonel Chief

BOSTON, Oct. 17 (U. P.).—Bruce Dudley, voted the outstanding minor league executive in 1939, was promoted from business manager to president of the Louisville club of the American Association last night by Boston Red Sox officials, who purchased the minor league club Tuesday. Dudley is a former Louisville sports editor.

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football,” Sutherland said. would be the spirit of the collegians. During my years at Pittsburgh it was my fortune to have as nice a group of boys as any coach ever had. But to my surprise I have a great bunch in the Dodgers. They have lots of spirit, they are very co-operative and I like their demeanor.” Recalling the Dodgers’ visit to Pittsburgh in late September to meet the Steelers, Sutherland told of a chance remark by one of the Brooklyn players which made him realize that spirit isn’t monopolized by college elevens.

‘Let's Win for Jock’

“I came over to this country as an immigrant youth from Scotland with very little money and darn little sense,” Sutherland said. “I settled in Pittsburgh and I owe a lot to that city. So I naturally was touched, taking my first football team to Pittsburgh to play a team from that city. As we were going into the field one of the Brooklyn players, not knowing I was in the rear of the group, said: “‘I hope we'll win this one for Jock.’ ‘No Ball of Fire’

“That made me feel that there's more to this professional football than the weekly’ salary check.” The Dodgers won that game, 10-3, and have won three in a row since dropping the opener to the Washington Redskins, 24-17. Their big test comes Sunday when they invade Chicago to battle the ponderous Bears,

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These Stars Will Be in the National Gridiron Spotlight Saturday

Bob Olson, halfback who will do Oregon State’s - kicking against Washington, and Derace Moser, who will lug the leather for Texas A. & M. in its engagement with Texas Christian. *

Jock Learns There’s Spirit On Pro Gridirons, Too

By GEORGE KIRKSEY

United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Oct. 17.—Dr. John Bain Sutherland, who coached at the University of Pittsburgh for 15 years, had some misgivings about

accepted the job as coach of the

“I wasn’t too keen about the outlook when I went into professional “I thought the thing I would miss most

any ball of fire this season,” Sutherland said.” ‘“We’ll show gradual improvement from game to game, but there won't be any miracles. On any football team, whether it's high school, college or professional, the first thing you have to do is build up the players’ morale. You've got to get hold of a boy and fire his imagination. And you've got to keep working to keep him out of the doldrums. It’s no simple task.” * Sutherland does not believe there are any chasms between college and professional football. “Pro football is nothing more than post-graduate football,” Sutherland said. “But it has the same problems as the college game. Tackling, blocking and charging means success to any football team. You have to teach the same groundwork to football players whether on the campus or in a hig league ball park.”

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Cornell Tops All in Total Offense

Mississippi State Best At Defense

SEATTLE, Oct. 17 (U. P.). —With Cornell's mighty Red Raiders out in front, Eastern football took the lead in team averages released today by the American Football Sta-

tistical Bureau. Cornell, in two games, averaged 432 yards through the air and on the ground to lead in total offense. The Raiders amassed a 263.5-yard average by passing, while Lafayette paced rushing averages with 341.7 yards in each of its three games. Defense against passing and rush= ing gave Mississippi State top hone ors. The Southerner allowed an average of only 67.7 yards in three games. Pennsylvania came up with the best defensive average against rushing—21 yards. . New Mexico had" the best aerial defense, and Texas Mines the leading team punting average. Sectional leaders were listed for the East, Southeast, Midwest, Mide lands, Southwest 4nd Far West. They include: Total Offense—Mississippi, 421.7 vards; Detroit University, 421.7; Drake, 371.7; Arizona, 348.7; Oregon State, 276. : Rushing Offense — Mississippi, 307.3 yards; Detroit, 312.7; Creigh108, 225; Arizona, 222; Oregon State, Passing—Duke, 116 yards; Illinois,

| 192; Missouri, 185.7; Texas A. & M.,

132.3; Santa Clara, 108. Total Defense—Navy, 84.7 yards for opponents; Iowa, 104; Colorado Sais, 103; Rice, 89; San Jose State, Rushing Defense—Clemson, 37.3 yards for opponents; Northwestern, 40.5; Colorado State, 43.3; Texas A. & M., 25.7; San Jose State, 60.6. Pass Defense—Fordham, Maississippi State, Purdue, Utah State, San Jose State. Punting—Princeton, Kentucky, Ohio State, Tulsa, Stanford.

Purdue Fans See Movies Tonight

Motion pictures of the PurdueOhio State and Purdue-Michigan State football games will comprise the double feature to be shown at the Purdue Association of Indianapolis’ smoker at 8 o'clock tonight at the Severin Hotel. Mal Elward, Boilermaker coach who will bring his entire staff with him, will speak. The meeting is open to the public.

Detroit Hires O’Neill

DETROIT, Oct. 17 (U. P.).—Steve O'Neill, former major league catcher and manager of the Buffalo baseball club for the last three years, has signed a contract as a Detroit Tigers’ coach, owner Walter Briggs said today.

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