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WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 1940

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g- Only the Marines Can Save | Rival Football Coaches

~ From Minnesota’s Bierman

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Gophers’ Thorough Until Then, His Team

Tactician Eligible for Call; Will Be Hard to Beat

By STEVE SNIDER

CHICAGO, Nov. petition Washington to that’s the only way they can stop as coach of the week—

United Press Staff Correspondent 13.—His coaching rivals are” just about ready to call out ‘another batch of Marines, the man-the United Press nominates

They figure

BERNIE BIERMAN OF MINNESOTA,

Is a major in the Marine Reserves.

A captain in the U. S. Marines during the World War, Bierman now

He may be called up in the next

order from Washington, but as long as he is camped at Minnesota, the rough and rugged Golden Gophers will strike fear in the hearts of Big

Ten foes. Bierman usually retains his standing as the cold, calculating, silent type. So others talk about Bernie: “He is one of football's greatest tacticians,” said Coach Herbert O. (Fritz) Crisler of Michigan and Michigan men ought to know. The Wolverines, for years a jinx team for Minnesota, now have lost seven games in a row and it was Bierman who stopped them

Little Things Count

“He is great because he is so thorough,” Crisler said. “No detail is too unimportant. A little thing gone wrong can mess ‘up a play as easily as a missed major assignment.” It was attention to little things that drove Michigan from the ranks of the undefeated last Saturday. Michigan. and its great Tommy Harmon rolled . up and down the muddy field, throttled Minnesota's attack, scored one touchdown and threatened on four other occasions. Minnesota never threatened once, but Bierman and his aids knew of a flaw in the Michigan defense. At the proper moment, Bruce Smith sneaked through that weak spot for an 80-yard touchdown. A placekick won the game.

~ Bierman started his footballing

at Minnesota. He was an all-West-.ern halfback and star of Minnesota’s Big Ten champions in 1915. Back from the war, he turned to coaching and eventually wound up at Tulane where, in a stretch of three seasons from 1928 through 1931, he lost only one game in 24 and piled up 17 straight victories before Southern California beat him in the Rose Bowl, 21 fo 12.

Rebuilt Minnesota

_ In 1932, silver-haired and in his early forties, Bierman began to rebuild Minnesota. In place of the Tulane passing attack he substituted power, for which rugged Minnesota talent was perfectly suited. By 1933, Minnesota's modern football dynasty was on a solid foundation. That team held Michigan's champions to a scoreless tie. It tied Indiana, Purdue and Northwestern, finishing the season undefeated. Thereafter, nobody licked the “gridiron glacier” until November, 1936, when Northwestern tripped the Gophers 6 to 0. ending a 21game winning streak which ranks with the best of all time because of the caliber of opposition encountered. g Minnesota, despite defeats, won conference titles. in 1937 and 1938. It is favored now to win its fifth title in the eight years of Bierman coaching. . Bernie's chief hobbies are his two sons. One, Billy, is star halfback in a Minnesota high school and rugged enough to be a college player. Handball keeps Bernie fit and fishing keeps him rested. Normally not excitable, he goes through a day’s supply of cigarettes during a game, but displays no other sign of nervousness or emotion except for a quick smile for little Joe Mer-

nik, whose placekicking toe has|g

won two | straight one-point games.

Veteran Badger End Sidelined

MADISON, Wis, Nov. 13 (U. P)).

—Wisconsin will have to do with-|g

out Cliff Philip, veteran end, when Indiana invades Camp Randall Field Saturday for the Dad's Day game against the Badgers. Paul Hirsbrunner, sophomore left tackle, injured in the Columbia game Saturday, probably will see action against Indiana.

Ray Kreick, former end, may get |;

the call at center this week over Fred Y.adewig, Bob Henry and Bob McKay, all of whom have started

games this season. Halfback Had-|¢

ley Hoskins and fullback George Packvan appear to be rounding into top form after having been handicapped with injuries.

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NEWTON, Mass., Nov. 13 (U. P.).—Athletic director John - P. Curley today denied reports that Boston College would be invited to the Sugar Bowl if the Eagles preserved their unbeaten record by defeating Georgetown, Auburn and Holy Cross. : “I know of no Sugar Bowl offer,” he said. “And we've got to beat Georgetown Saturday before we talk of any bowl. . . . Conditional offers mean nothing to us. We want to win those three games.”

New Haven

Host to Caps

The Indianapolis Capitals make their first of three Eastern appearances this evening meeting New Haven on the Yaletown ice. Following this encounter the Hoosiers will move to Province tomorrow and take on Pittsburgh's Hornets | Saturday night. In the other game this evening, Pittsburgh, tied with Indianapolis for third place in the American League's western division, tackles Philadelphia. Current American League scoring leaders:

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Here are the chief rough-men of the circuit, along with the number of minutes each has spent in the penalty box: Myles, New Haven ...... Csssrnasnsess 15 Allum, Philadelphia 14 Robertson, Cleveland

Springfield

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Bowling

Win, place and show positions in last night's pin session all went to

City League howlers, performing at the Pritchett plant. Jess Smythe led the pack with a 687 total, carved from games of 214, 243 and 230. Paul Webb finished second on a 670 series, while Paul Fields’ 667 earned him third position, The best team performance was that of the Seven Up quintet in the Fountain Square Recreation League. Paced by Red Wencke, with a 658, this outfit posted a 3019 total. Three others helpin gout were John Belcher, with a 624; George Kelsey, with a 603, and Ed Kelsey, with a

12, Last night's roll of “600” pinmen:

Jess Smythe, City........ sesr ese snesive 68 Paul Webd, City 0 Paul Fields, Bill Kriner, Pow Light Red Wencke, Fountain Square Baker, Speedway . .......c.Al Striebeck, Penn Recreation George Meeker, West Side Classi Saraha Grotto

as, oy D s d Printing P. Horan, St. Philip's No. Jake Jacoby, Dell's Capitol City J. Walters, “peedway.. Art Sachs, Hoosier A, . Carter, Spedeway A. Madley, Industrial Joe Rea, City ..... ..........0 Art Kranzfelder, Community Dorsey, Parkway No. 2. .............. John Belcher, Fountain Square Rec... Corwin Stanley, Bubble W. Trennepohl, Penn Recreation Howard Betts, Dell’s Capitol City . Bean, Speedway ........... .. Ed Kelsey, Fountain Square Rec Behrens, West Side Classic John Noone, City... .......cicievnnae ide Classic

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Roe , Campbe J. Kisele, St. Philip's No. 1.. Charles Smith, Sahara Grotto Spencer, City .......... Cobler, Penn Recreation

H. Adams, Speedway............ Callahan, Fountain Square Rec. Dr. A. E. Mozingo, Shrine A. Hardacre, City .. ..... ......¢ B. Kennedy, St. Philip’s No. 1 . Walter Roberts, Hoosier A. C George Kelsey, Fountain Square Rec.. Bill Hillock, Fountain Square Rec Montague, Penn Recreation T. Conner, Penn Recreation Walker, Penn Recreation... Hungate, Penn Recreation... Ed Weigel, Hoosier A. C . H. Barnhorst, St. Philip's No. 1 Walter Kahn, Herff-Jones

Honor Howe Harriers

Howe High School cross-country runners received awards at the first honor assembly ever held in the new gymnasium. Captain Bob Winter was presented with a threebar block “H.” Those getting twobar block “H's” were Bob Schneider, Floyd Bicknell and Jack Whited. Other block “H's” were presented to Art Alexander, Phil Lasley and Bob Mannfeld.

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A large crowd was on hand at the Fair Grounds yesterday for the opening session of the annual Indianapolis auction of harness horses. Here is a general view of the sellinig arena,

Au Revoir was sold by Leo

3. Here is Grey Fox, yearling brother of the famed Greyhound, who was to be sold today. Shown with the trotter are left to right)) Emery H. Knight of Chicago; Marvin Childs, representing the Alma Farms, Lexington, Ky., and Irvin Gleason of Williamsport, Pa., former owner of Peter Manning, another champion trotter.

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Pacer,

With one of the largest sale crowds ever to attend the annual Indianapolis auction of harness horses on hand, E. J. Baker's Gay

Hal, paying $3000 for the yearling son of Hal Dale in the Leo C. McNamara consignment, Eight Hal Dales averaged $923, nearly $400 over a comparable average last year. Both Dynamite Hal and Gay Song will go to the stable of the veteran Bi Shivley, Pamona, Cal. Due to the poor health of E. J. Baker, all his horses but Greyhound were sold yesterday. Vic Fleming, Syracuse, purchased the promising Hambletonian candidate Merwynna for $2900 from the Baker stable. Mrs. James Johnston, one of the nation’s most prominent exhibitors of show horses, took Sister Mary, 2:00, for a bid of $2300 and she will be campaigned by Sep Palin, her regular trainer-driver, Lawrence Sheppard, master of the Hanover Shoe Farm, Hanover, Pa., got back from Baker Gem Hanover by Mr. McElwyn out of Hanover’s Bertha, 1930 Hambletonian winner, for $1650 and he will be prepared for the 1941 Hambletonian. E. C. Talbot, Leonardsville, N. Y., obtained the faststepping mare, Miss Princess Laurel, 2:01, from the Baker holdings. ” ” » GAGE B. ELLIS, Langhorne, Pa; whose Village Farm is the home of the present day premier pacing stallion Abbedale, gbt Cardinal Prince, 1:58%, at $2500. He will be placed in the stud. Thomas Berry, Lexington, Ky., got Green Diamond, full brother of Athlone Flaxey Guy, for $1300, the highest price for any of the offspring of Athlone Guy .at the sale. The sale continues today and tomorrow with Grey Fox, full brother of Greyhound, holding the most interest today. Thursday's Sgle will see the change of ownership of Blackstone, 1:59'2, and Single Stine, 2:00, from the barn of Dr. H. M. Parshall, Urbana, O.

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BASKETBALL Tonight's schedule at the Pennsy Gym:

6:00—Gold Shields vs. Pals Club,

rimble Oil vs. Geo. J. Mayer,

7:15 8:156—Dual Temps vs. Eastern Coal. 0s 9:15—Drikold vs. Stewart-Warner llanges

Last night's results: Texaco, 37: Yale Tires, 31. Pure Oil, 42: Ben Tp. 3. M. A. C., 32; J. D. Adams, 13. + Sacks Auto Parts, formerly McKinney’s Bearcats, are seeking a

3/game for Sunday. Call Dr. 1932. The o Sacks club defeated St. Roch’s, 49-24.

«| Leeper Club Invites

Amateur Boxers

The Leeper Boxing School is open to all boys 16 and over who wish to train for the City-County and Times-Legion Golden Gloves tournaments. Instruction is free. Instructors are Charlie Light, Ha Jones and Tommy (Kid) Lee) The club is located at 525 S. Harding St. Training hours are 4:30 to 9 p. m. daily, except Saturday and Sunday when they are 12:00 noon to 4 p. m.

Sports Scores

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL Jafayette, 0; West Lafayette, 0 (tle). COLLEGE FOOTBALL Coast Guard, 19; Massachusetts State, 6, HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Spencer, 25; Switz City, 18, NATIONAL LEAGUE HOCKEY

Chicago 6; Bruins, 5 Boston

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION HOCKEY

Kansas City, 4; St. Louis, 8 (double overtime).

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Song, 3-year-old pacer, once sold for $10,500 as a yearling, went for the $5500 bid of J. T. Allen, Denver, Colo., yesterday at the State Fair * Grounds as the three-day auction got away. Allen also was the highest bidder on the swift moving Dynamite

2. Natalie Gross Powers of Auburn, Me., holds Au Revior, one of last ,season’s crack 2-year-old pacers. McNamara of Indianapolis to Williis Rose of Bloomington, IIL, for

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SOUTH BEND, Ind, Nov. 13 (U. P.).—The anual playoff game for the football championship of the Northern Indiana High School Conference is scheduled for Nov. 30 on the fleld of the western division leader, it was announced today. Just who the contesting elevens from the eastern and western divisions will be, however, still is in doubt. In the western loop, Gary Lew Wallace wound up its conference schedule without a defeat in five games, a performance almost matched by Hammond Central with four straight victories. Central clashes with Hammond Tech, which hasn't won a conference tilt in five starts, tonight in the final league game. If Central wins, it will tangle with Lew Wallace Friday night for the western crown. . In the eastern division, South Bend Central paces the. pack with four victories against no defeats, although Mishawaka and South Behd Washington still cling to mathematical chances for the title. The latter two teams clash Nov. 20 to decide which will contest Central’'s claim to the crown. But, if Central wins over Elkhart Friday

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night, it will have cinched at least a tie for the eastern championship.

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Thesz Finishes Bout in Hurry

Hefty, 235-pound Louis -Thesz apparently wanted to get to bed early last night. He put a quick end to Pat Fraley as well as the feature bout on the Armory wrestling card by forcing the aforesaid Mr. Fraley to.concede

third session started. Up to that time there hadn't been much to choose between the two. Thesz took the first fall with a flying scissors and press. Then Fraley used all his 225 pounds to down Thesz with a stepover toehold. It was Thesz’'s hammer lock that won the bout. In the semi-windup, Jules LaRance, 183, Montreal, used a body press to win the first fall from The Great Mephisto, 180, Newark, in 12 minutes. A hammer lock and press were LaRance’s successful weapons in the second session. This one required 18 minutes. Employing a combination grapevine and toe hold, Dorve Roch; 222, Decatur, Ill, defeated ">n Macaluso, 226, Buffalo. It was a four-

aged to beat Yale and Boston University respectively by identical scores of 21-0. Cornell has Dartmouth and, Pennsylvania yet to face—looks like the Big Red, with: a bad game out of the system, is mighty near the barn.

Picks Boston Eagles Georgetown and Auburn may be tough, but Boston Colleges Eagles should soar on through without losing & feather. They wind up with Holy Cross, not at this moment a potential threat. Georgetown, in its coming game with Boston College, is confronted with a prospective break in a long parade of victories Tennessee on the record is surefire to take Virginia, Kentucky and Vanderbilt and keep the leadership of the whole South, The Volunteers’ schedule is so well spaced with breather-games, a basis for comparison with other sectional leaders is difficult. Texas Aggies still have work to do, but it seems that John Kimbrough and his mates will be equal to the task of handling Rice and Texas Sees Gopher Trouble . By sheer pressure of the law of averages Minnesota should be dumped before the season’s end by Purdue or Wisconsin. Notre Dame is in a position similar to Minnesota's—flirting with the principle .of percentage. The Irish have been defeated in everything but the score and staying power on two straight Saturdays. Prophet Hoyle had a bad day last Saturday. The upsets among the major team$S who were anywhere evenly matched outnumbered the predicted results. Breaks decided more than one issue. Michigan was leading Minnesota 6-0 and pounding the Gophers’ four-yard line when the latter recovered the second of two fumbles. Southern Cal had paraded to California’s four-yard line en route to a second touchdown, when a Bear back grabbed a flat Trojan pass and scooted 100 yards for a touchdown which gave California the lead and broke the Southern California morale. Lady Luck smiled twice on Alabama and the “Bams” converted each beam into a touchdown. Tulane scored once on an extended push. The manner of Indiana’s victory over Michigan State provided food for the speculative. Bo McMillin announced last week he was going to major a running game against the Spartans. He kept his word for a good part of the first half. His star hurler, Hursh, sat on the bench. The Hoosiers ran and plunged. But they go nowhere, Then Bo sent

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Staying Power Has Saved His Irish, Says Elmer Layden

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team to an upsetting 20-0 victory over the Spartans.

Question before the downtown

coaches now is: Was it all part of a well-laid plan to change pace on Michigan State, or did Bo return to passing. simply because his running attack did not develop according to his hopes? ‘

Silents Triumph The Silent Hoosier football ree serves scored first and fourth-period touchdowns yesterday to defeat

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