Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 November 1940 — Page 14

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By Eddie Ash

FIRST MANAGER of the Cleveland American League baseball club was Jimmy McAleer in 1901, the year the junior major loop was organized. Bill Armour took over in 1902, after the club finished seventh in 1901. ,., He lasted two years and part of a third, Napoleon Lajoie, relieveing him during the 1904 season. ;

In 1909 Jim McGuire relieved Lajoie during thé campaign and in 1910, during the season, Lajoie relieved McGuire. . . . At the start of the 1911 race Lajoie was in the driver’s seat, but before the end of the schedule George Stovall had unseated Lajoie. In 1912 Stovall was not around and in his place piloting Cleve- .-. . But Davis didn't last a season and was curtain fell on the 1912

relieved by Joe Birmingham before the campaign. Birmingham stayed around and on the throne until 1915 when a switch was made during the season and Lee Fohl was handed the steering wheel. . . . Pohl remained in charge through 1918, and in 1919, in midseason, was ousted and Tris Speaker, the famous out-

fielder, accepted the responsibilities and came through with a pennant :

winner and World Series championship the following year, 1920. Speaker directed the club through 1926 and Roger Peckinpaugh took over the reins in 1927. . . . Roger got the red light and was fired in June, 1933. . . . Walter Johnson accepted the issue and held on until August, 1935, when he was derricked in favor of Steve O'Neill. Oscar Vitt entered the Cleveland picture in 1937 and held sway through 1940. . . . Total pennants won since the birth of the league: ne.

Bruins Hold Fancy Hockey Record

ICE CHIPS—Boston Bruins’ great scoring line of Milt Schmidt, Bobby Bauer and Porky Dumart, set a new National Hockey League record last season when they finished in one-two-three order in the 1939-40 big league scoring race. . . . It is said that never happened before on hockey’s big line circuit. This is the order in which these three stick wielders finished: Schmidt—22 goals, 30 assists, 52 points total for season. Dumart-—22 goals, 21 assists, 43 points total. Bauer—17 goals, 26 assists, 43 points total, Schmidt and Dumart scored exactly the same number of goals, and Bauer tallied 26 assists to get an even break with Dumart in the matter of points. , _ Seasons in which the National League scoring champ have been on the same team have occurred about once in four. , .. In the 22 Seasons in which the senior loop was formed it has happened six mes. » » o | t J » 8 IN 22 American Hockey League games this season five shutouts have been posted. . . . One game was a double shutout, New Haven and Springfield playing a scoreless tie. Springfield had the honor of turning in the. first blankout, against Philadelphia on Oct. 30, the league's opening night. . . . Only unde~ feated and untied team/in the big minor loop is Cleveland.

- Sportsmanship Dinner at Athenaeum

WITH Melvin Taube, Purdue’s backfield coach, as the featured speaker and Tony Hinkle, Butler’s athletics director and coach, acting as toastmaster, the third annual Father and Son's Sportmanship Dinner at the Athenaeum Turners tomorrow evening is expected to attract a record attendance. Frank M. Cox, chairman of the Education Committee, is in charge of arrangements, . . . Pictures of the Purdue-Iowa grid game, won by Purdue, 21-6, will be shown. , . . The time is 6:30 p. m. . . . Coach Taube, a former Purdue star, has established a fine record as a grid teacher and is well-known as a speaker on the fall sport.

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UP-AND-COMING St. Joseph’s College completed its grid season last week-end and turned in an impressive record, all things considered. . . , Coached by Joe Dienhart, Indianapolis, the Pumas won four games, lost two and tied one. . . . Only other Hoosier college with a completed schedule is Central Normal, but 10 more will hang up the helmets this Saturday. | \ The oldest traditional rivalry battle within the State this week calls for Wabash at DePauw... . . Scarlet and Tiger alumni all over Hoosierland are getting up steam for the annual fireworks . . . the annual competition for possession of the Monon Bell.

Touchdown-Hungry Grizzlies Still Come Back for More

[ By J. E. O'BRIEN

YOU CAN HAVE YOUR Minnesotas, Cornells and Texas Aggies. You also can have your Tom Harmons and Johnny Kimbroughs, your double-threats and triplethreats, your five-yards-at-a-time fullbacks and your most-passes= completed halfbacks. These gentlemen and combinations of gentlemen are football's spendthrifts. A single yard or even a first down means about/as much to them as an oversize cigar butt to a chairman of the board. They'll even sneer at a clipping penalty, knowing they can peel twice as much yardage from their wallet of spinners, reverses and end-arounds. 4 We're not sure that Elmer Lay*den's close-fisted Irish know the true value of a touchdown. Saturday they went 78 yards in two minutes 40 seconds. Imagine getting six points for so little labor. That hardly would allow the band suf-

Butler Harriers

Race Saturday

Undefeated in nine dual meets this year, Butler Unversity’s Little

State cross-country champions will end their regular schedule Saturday,

competing against Western State Teachers at Kalamazoo, Mich. Earl Mitchell, Anderson sophomore who led all runners in the combined Little State-Big State meet last Saturday at Purdue, is expected to capture his'ninth straight

¢ first place against the Teachers.

Mitchell placed second in the opening meet this year, several weeks after he had recovered from pneumonia. Coach Ray Sears believes he will be a strong contender for national honors, Nov, 25, when the National Collegiate cross-coun-try meet is held at East Lansing, Mich. Max Armer, Bob Dreessen, Maurice Nahmias, Capt. James Stewart, Frank Wintin and Richard Clarke, will comprise ‘the team for next Saturday's meet.

Bowling

Ed Lind set the pace for the city’s league bowlers last night when he

. turned in games of 231, 227 and 233

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ficient time to pull “The Victory March” out of its stack of music. Our sympathy and good wishes rather is directed to a team ‘like Franklin College. The Grizzlies have played seven games this season, lost all of them and scored only 38 points. On three Saturdays the underfed Grizzlies failed to register a point. Moreover a little comptometer work shows Franklin has averaged exactly 5.428 points a game. This means that for every playing minute 11 Franklin players were on the field, they scored 0904 points. Furthermore, it means that these same 11 men— unless, of course, there were substitutes—have spent 11.05 minutes getting each point this season—or one hour 6.3 minutes getting each touchdown. ois That, pardner, is economical football. We'll bet you won't find these Grizzlies refusing a five yard penalty or sneering at a sixinch gain, And you can be sure Grizzly fans thump, jump and stomp with. each first down. Two in a row would almost be worth a half-holiday. : Since Grizzly points come only every 11 minutes, obviously idle time is taboo. There's no taking 25 seconds In each huddle to talk about that red-haired cheer leader or using an added three seconds in signal-caliing in an attempt to

"lure that opposing end offsides.

We’ll bet that when Franklin gets inside the 10-yard line, the quarterback thinks twice before choosing a razzle-dazzle lateral or a fake spinner. After all, it’s liable to be a week or 10 days before the boys are back in that same territory again. And we'll also bet that when this season is over Grizzly letter-win-ners won't wear that “F” sweater in the rain or give it to the girl friend's kid brother back in Royal Center.

Football

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Bin Poly 38, Milton 0. jetiing 7, Chadron Teachers 0, Colby 12, Bates 7. : Salem College 13, New River Teachers 6. Hammond Teachers 41, Murray Aggies 0. Canisius 14, Long Island University 7. 26 Centenary 6. reeley State 7.

Texas Tech s Colorado College 20, 2. Metra Farragut N. A. 20, LaSalle M Marion Institute 26, St. Bernard 6. Montana State 15, Idaho (8, B.) 7. New Mexico M. 1. 13, Panhandle A&M 7.

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Frosh 4. San Francisco JC 18, Pasadena JC 0.

HIGH SCHOOLS Lafayette vs, West Lafayette (postponed until tonight). Bloomington 13, Muncie 6. Vincennes 26, Bicknell 0.

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Gets Two-Year Contract to Be Vitt Successor

Fired From in 1933

CLEVELAND, Nov. 12 (U. P.).—Roger Thorpe Peckinpaugh, one of baseball's greatest shortstops and the man whom Cleveland baseball club owner Alva Bradley fired in 1933 at “the public’s wish” was rehired today to manage the Indians in 1941.

Bradley announced that Peckinpaugh had been retained by introducing him to baseball writers here with the remark: “Boys, meet’ the new manager of the Cleveland Indians.” v . He said Peckinpagh had been signed for a two-year contract. Its terms were not disclosed but it was reported that Peckinpaugh would receive a $20,000 salary together with a bonus based on attendance figures.

Began With Naps

Peckinpaugh began his professional baseball career in 1910 with the old Cleveland Naps when the great Napoleon Lajoie played second pase. He returns to Cleveland in 1941 to succed Oscar Vitt. In replacing Vitt, Peckinpaugh assumes one of the hottest spots in baseball. The latter was released at the end of the past season after a number of veterans including Bob Feller and Hal Trosky demanded Vitt’s resignation. Torn by dissension and ridiculed by critics as “cry baby Indians,” the mutinous tribesmen floundered _toward the end of the season after holding at one time a five and a half game lead. They finished in second place, a game behind the pennantwinning Detroit Tigers.

Played in Series

Peckinpaugh had his greatest success when he played with the pennant-winning New York Yankees of 1921 and the pennant-winning Washington Senators of 1924 and 1825, and was named the American posses most valuable player in Although Bradley released Peckinpaugh seven years ago with the remark—*“The club hires ‘em, and the public fires ‘’em”—he has held a high regard for Peckinpaugh’s ability. The Tribe, however, had little success during Peckinpaugh’s first five years, The team finished third once, fourth three times, and seventh once. .

Piloted Kansas City

Peckinpaugh, the first manager after Bradley assumed control of the Tribe in 1928, was fired June 9, 1933, and was signed by Kansas

City for the rest of the season. After one year he resigned to join the American League Promotional Bureau, working with Lew Fonseca in distributing the annual baseball motion picture. He managed the New Orleans Pelicans in the Southern Association in 1938, but rejoined .the promotional Bureau when the club changed hands ' and severed its working agreement with Cleveland.

Central Cagers Play 18 Games

Coach Harry C. Good, Indiana Central College athletic director, has announced an 18-game basketball schedule for the 1940-41 Greyhound squad. ‘The schedule starts next Thursday night with Anderson College in the Indiana Central gym. The complete schedule as released by Coach Good is as follows: : Nov. 14—Anderson. Nov. 27--Chicago Teachers Plymouth, Ind. Nov. 30—At Anderson. Dec. 3—At Eastern Ill. State. Dec. 7—Ball State. Dec. 9—At Milikin, Decatur, Ill. Dec. 12—Otterbein. Dec. 16—At Ill. State Normal. Jan. 9—Eastern Ill, State. Jan. 14—Hanover. Jan. 18—Manchester (Homecoming). Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb.

1—At Central Normal. 8—At Ball State. 11—Central Normal, 15—At Hanover. 17—Milikin. 221711. State Normal U, 26—At Manchester.

Indianapolis Rifle Club Tops Moose

The Indianapolis Rifle Club won an 856-t0-792 victory over the Moose riflemen at the Moose range last

night. ' Meanwhile, the Hoosier Rifle Club

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Cleveland

In Limelight

Roger Peckinpaugh

Thesz Grapples With Fraley

Louis Thesz, a former king in the heavyweight ranks, makes his first local appearance of the season when he swirgs into action in the Armory wrestling ring tonight. The 230-pound St. Louis performer engages Pat Fraley, 225, of Lincoln, e

Thesz has beaten most of the standouts of the past few years and was generally recognized as champ two seasons ago. Fraley, a rugged and aggressive grappler, enjoyed a long ,winnnig streak here three years ago when he ‘appeared as the “Black Secret.” The Fraley-Thesz tussle tops a double windup offering and both bouts are for two falls out of three.

Mephisto, 180, Newark, . opposes Jules (Speedy) La Rance, 183, of

as light heavyweight king. Darve (Iron Man) Roche, 222, Decatur, Ill, grips with Len Macaluso, 226, Buffalo, in the one-fall opener at 8:30 P. M.

Amateuts

Tonight's schedule at the Pennsy Gym: 7:15—M. A. C. vs J. D. Adams, 8:15—Pure Oil vs T-up. 9:15—Texaco vs Yale Tires. Last nights results:

Degolyer Printers 32, 7T-up 22. Beveridge Paper 59, Chain A. C. 14, Teams: wanting to enter Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday after-

./noon Emroe leagues should write

or contact Everett Babb, 209 W. Washington St.. or phone Lin. 3446.

Girl church teams wanting to enter Sunday School League, also are asked to contact Mr. Babb. Players who want to get on teams are requested to call the abodve number, 22"

The Riverside Methbdist Church needs one team to complete its league to play. on Monday nights. For details, call Clayton Nichols at Lin, 3446.

Barney Ross Named SPRINGFIELD, Ill, Nov. 12 (U. P.).—Barney Ross, former lightweight and welterweight boxing champion, today was named secretary of the Illinois Boxing Commission by Gov. John Stelle.

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Dodgers Get Higbe for 3 And $100,000

Over Cubs, Reds

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staft Correspondent

NEW YORK, Nov. 12.—

for the 1941 pennant opened today with the acquisition of Kirby Higbe, League’s Bob Feller, from the Phillies for $100,000 in cash

and three players. In landing Higbe, noted for his blazing speed, President Larry MacPhail revealed that he had to ‘outbid two other clubs, presumably the Giants and Pirates. By doing this, he blocked the efforts of the Cubs and the Reds to get the other Phillies’ pitching ace, Hugh Mulcahy. “It was a must deal from our standpoint,” MacPhail said. “Our greatest need ‘was a top flight pitcher, a young fellow with great stuff who could stand hard work. Higbe was the only man who met the-spe-cifications.

The Phillies also had Mulcahy on the market but we weren't inter-

clubs were and the Phillies told me they wouldn't deal both Highe and Mulcahy. So when we landed Higbe we not only got what we consider the finest young pitcher in the league but prevented any of our rivals from strengthening through the addition of Mulcahy.” The Dodgers have been working on the Higbe deal since the World Series. Considerable wrangling took place between Gerry Nugent, Phils’ president, and MacPhail before Dodger pitchers Vito Tamulis and Bill Crouch and Catcher Thompson Livingston were agreed upon, The deal was closed yesterday.

Higbe, who won 14 games and lost 19 last season, is regarded by most observers as the fastest pitcher in the National League. He led the league with 137 strikeouts. He pitched 20 complete games, and held his opponents to’ a batting average of .202. Ten of his 19 defeats came in games in which he let his opponents down with three runs or less, and eight times he was beaten by one run. Higbe hails from Columbia, 8. C., and will be 28 years old next April 8. He weighs 188 pounds. He came up with the Cubs in 1937 but never was given much of an opportunity to pitch for that club which finally traded him along with Joe Marty and Ray Harrell to the Phils in May, 1939, for Pitcher Claude Passeau. In 1939 Highe won 12 and lost 15. The $100,000 outlay for Highe boosts to $285,500 the amount of money MacPhail has spent for players to bolster the Dodgers within five months. He dished out $145,000 to the Cardinals in the Medwick deal and has spent $35,500 for minor league players since ‘the season's close.

Bergna-Debacco Bike Team Leads

CHICAGO, Nov. 12 (U. P.).—The team of Bergna and Debacco maintained an early lead today at the 33d hour of the six-day bicycle race. Standings at 6 a. m. were: Teams Miles Laps Points Bergna-Debacco ......ss 607 132 Ottevaere-Cyr ... .

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The team of Schelstreate and Crowder dropped out at midnight reducing field to 10 teams.

Yale Names Huskie

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Nov. 12 (U, P.).—Yale University today announced the appointment of Charles B. Hartman, who graduated from University of Washington ir. 1939, as freshman crew coach. The new coach was a member of the Wash-

MacPhail Reveals Coup!

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Layden Is Thrown for Loss

Harry Grayson of NEA moved gridiron pickers league today with

More surprising than Grayson’ Notre Dame’s Coach Elmer made 25 stabs, connected on

Layden. only 11, registered 12 misses and

back into top place in The Times’ a total of 17 week-end winners. s ascent, however, was the fall of

passed on a pair of ties. This

performance knocked 45 points from :-Layden’s batting average and

relegated him to fourth place.

Our Eddie Ash and Bob Godley each were correct on 16 of 23 games, while Harry Ferguson of United Press piled up 12 hits and

nine putouts. His stock slid 30 points. The battting averages: Ww. T

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Simmons Back

On Ring Card

Robert” Simmons, formerly of Indianapolis, will return to the local ring wars on Friday night's weekly amateur boxing program against an outstanding opponent as yet to he selected. Matchmaker Fred DeBorde hopes to pit Joe Sgro against | Simmons. At present Simmons is employed | by a Gary, Ind., steel mill and won Golden Gloves honors in the lightweight class at that city this year. The Gary flash moved on to Chicago where he shaded Sgro in the semi-final round of the “Tournament of Champions” after a close battle. Both Sgro and Simmons were se-

lected as members of the Chicago |

team which collided with New York in the annual inter-city competition. In his only local appearance here this year Simmons gave Jesse Johnson, Leeper A. C. welterweight, a five-round boxing lesson. Other leather tossers under consideration as opposition for Simmons are James Sheron, Hill Community Center; Buddy Jones, Leeper A. C. mauler, and Charlie Boone of Anderson, Ind.

Kiesling to Guide Pittsburgh Steelers

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 12 (U. P.).— President Art Rooney of the Pittsburgh Steelers, professional football team, announced today that Walter Kiesling, who took qver command of the team from Johnny Blood in mid-season last year, will head the squad for the coming year. ° Announcing that Kiesling has been signed to a one-year contract, Rooney said he was pleased with the club’s record this year and "I'm sure we'll have a contender next season.”

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Rules Up

DURHAM, 8. C., Nov. 12 (U. P.).—Minor League President W. G. Bramham said today that three 6 important amendments to the minor league constitution will be considered at ‘the 39th annual convention of the National Association' of Professional Base= ball Clubs at Atlanta, Ga., Dec. 4, 5, 6. They are: 1. A system of permanent serial numbers for all minor: league managers and players. 2. The winner of the post season Shaughnessy series cannot be declared league champion under a proposal which would make if mandatory for the title to be awarded to the team finishing first during the regular season, 3. All players must sign an affidavit declaring that no remuneration is received other than that shown in the contract.

Wabash Alumni Meet

Local Wabash alumni will give a

dinner Thursday at Canary Cottage as. a prelude to the Wabash-

DePauw football game Saturday.

Speakers will include Pete Vaughan, Wabash grid coach; Mel Brewer, line coach, and Herman Berns, basketball coach.

Sturdy Rockets To Test Butler

In Final Game

Doc Spears’ Eleven Has 5 Victories, 2 Defeats

Dr. Clarence W. Spears, the transcontinental football coach who has taught the game for 24 years at Dartmouth, West Virginia, Min nesota, Oregon and Wiscongin, will bring his Toledo University eleven to Butler Bowl Saturday to meet the Butler Bulldogs.

The non conference battle will close Butler's 1940 gridiron season,

# | while Toledo meets Long Island University at Brooklyn,

NY. Nov. 23. 3 ; The Toledo Rockets, newcomers

to Butler football schedules, will come here with a current record of five victories and two defeats. Included in the victory column for the Rockets is a 7-to-6 decision over Marshall, the first one-point triumph over any opponent in Doo Spears’ five years as head coach. Fullback Ted Szelagowski, leading ground-gainer for-the Rockets also is their kicking star.

Four Easy Victories

The Rockets have scored at ease over Detroit Tech, Davis & Elkins, Western (Mich.) State and John Carroll, Extra point placement kicks have been disastrous to the Rockets this year. Scranton University took one game out of the fire, 7 to 6, and Baldwin-Wallace capitalized on Toledo’s misplacements to win 14 to 12, Frank (Pop) Hedden, Butler's freshman grid mentor and varsity scout, has seen Toledo in action this season and says that, next to Pure due, the Rockets will be the toughest team the Bulldogs will have met this year. Although 50 per cent of the players on the Toledo squad come from Toledo, there is one Indiana boy on the roster. He is Frankie Clemons, junior halfback, who a few years ago played state championship bas-' ketball for Anderson High School.

Bulldogs Get Busy

Coach Tony Hinkle today began preparations for the invading Rockets by sending his Bulldogs through a complete practice against the freshmen. The team was given only a light workout yesterday because of weather conditions. Instead, Hinkle showed movies of last Sate urday’s tilt when the Bulldogs defeated Ball State, 26 to 0. This was the first time all season that Butler had held an opponent score less. : Nine Butler seniors will play their last collegiate game Saturday. They |are Stanley Crawford, Columbus, |O; Bob Purkhiser, Willard, O.; Ralph Swager, Charleston, W, Va.; James Garwood, Michigan City; Harold Feichter, Ft. Wayne; Henry Abts, Syracuse; Doyle Dugger, Bloomfield, and John Reno and John Rabold of Indianapolis. Saturday’s game, staring at 1:30 p. m, will be the feature of High School Seniors’ Day at Butler.

Attucks Schedules Turkey Day Game

ttuck High School's is to play Dusable of Chicago in a Benefit game Nov. 21 Bowl. will be sponsored by

and proceeds federation to grant scholarships te Attucks graduates.

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