Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 December 1940 — Page 14
otlight at Base
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By Eddie Ash
WILLIAM KILLEFER, known to the baseball trade as Reindeer Bill, is taking over the tough assignment of
managing . 1941 season.
Brother of Indianapolis’
the floundering Milwaukee Brewers for the
Wade Killefer, “Bill has
plenty of big league and minor league background and
you'll find his name etched in : Who. ;
the diamond sport’s Who's
Bill served two stretches as a major pilot, with the Chicago Cubs, August 1921 until the midseason of 1925. . . . In 1926 he turned up as a coach with the St. Louis Cardinals and in 1927 switched to the
Browns as coach. E The Browns elevated Killefer to
manager in 1930 and he was re-
lieved as pilot in July, 1933. . . . Out of the game in 1934 and 1935, Bill couldn’t stay out and returned to the dugout as chief of the -. Sacramento Pacific Coast League club in 1936 through 1938. - Then it was back to the big show as a coach with Brooklyn in
1938 and 1939, and the past season club of the Eastern League. Reindeer Bill, a catcher, rolled
Cubs. .
found him piloting the Elmira
into -fame as the battery mate
. Of the great Grover Cleveland Alexander with the Phillies and the . » In December of 1917 the Cubs cut the strings on their
bankroll and negotiated one of baseball's biggest deals of the era by paying $55,000 for the famous battery, and as extra measure the Bruins tossed in players Mike Prendergast, a pitcher, and William
Dillhoefer, a catcher.
~ Killefer competed in two World Series, with the Phillies in 1915 and with the Cubs in 1918... .. He is a native of Michigan.
Cash Bowl Grid Rivals Well-Matched
PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL'S
title game is to be played in -
Washington Sunday, ‘Chicago Bears vs. Washington Redskins. . . . And it’s a cinch to be a sellout crowd. . . . The Cash and Carry Bowl game promises a barrel of firéworks in which college stars of the past
will go all out to snatch the larger In 11 starts this season the Bea
cut of the box office melon. rs won eight and lost three, the
Redskins won nine and lost two. . . . Points: Bears, 238, opponents,
152; Redskins 245, opponents 142. Average points: Bears 21 7-11,
opponents 13 9-11; Redskins 22
3-11, opponents 12 10-11. , . . Just a shade in Washington’s favor both
on offense and defense.
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THE Bears and Redskins met once before this season and the Washington pros won a close struggle, 7-3, played at Washington. . . .
Aside from the working press ticke
ts, there are no complimentary
seats for the championship playoff in which the players of the contending teams and those of the clubs which finished second in the Western and Eastern Division receive the bulk of the gate receipts. The paid seating capacity of Griffith Stadium, Washington, is 35,752, and except for 2000 seats which ware alloted to the Bears, all have been disposed of by the Redskins. : It is estimated the winning team’s share will come to something between $800 and $1000 for each player, with the losers receiving approximately $200 less per man. . . . And on top of that is the All-Star game in Chicago in August, 1941, which means that Sunday's win-
ning team players go on the 1941 ahead of other pro warriors. ;
Chips Off the Pro Hockey Ice
salary roll more than a month
BUTCH McDONALD is leading the Indianapolis hockey team in the point league, having scored 11 on two goals and nine assists. . . «
Next in line are Jennings, Fisher and Brown with nine apiece.
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Chief goal getters are Jennings, Fisher, Keating and Liscombe with
four each. .
The American Hockey League’s first 10 leading scorers are Thurier, Springfield, 26; Hunt, Springfield, 23; Brydson, Springfield,
16; L. Cunningham, Cleveland, 15;
Hershey, 14; Desilets, Cleveland, 13;
Roubell, Pittsburgh, 15; Kirk, Locking, Cleveland, 13; Smith,
Philadelphia, 13; Summerhill, Cleveland, 13; W. Kilrea, Hershey, 12;
Polich, ‘Philadelphia, 12; Thibeault, burgh,
, Springfield; 12; Blake, Pitts-
Goals, assists and points by Indianapolis icers:
A. Pts. 1
G. McDonald ........ 2 Jennings ......... 4 Fisher ........... 4 Brown Keating ......... 4 Liscombe .,...... 4 Dillon ........... 1 Thomson |
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McAtee .....o0... Behling ... H. Kilrea Jones
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2 Herschenratter .. 0
INDIANAPOLIS’ hockey aggregation opens a tough road trip at New Haven tonight, plays: at Providence tomorrow night and at Hershey Saturday, after which the Caps will hop back to the home ice to meet Springfield, leaders in the East.
_ New Haven is running second in with Pittsburgh, Western Division,
the Eastern Division and is tied for third place in the over-all.
. « . Providence is trailing the Eastern sector but still is one point
ahead of the Hoosiers, fourth in the
West . . . Hershey is third-in
the West, where Cleveland prevails.
Times Special
CHICAGO, Dec. 4—How good does your team have to bowl in -order to get in the prize list of the American Bowling Congress . tournament which is to be staged at St. Paul, March 13 to April 28? That is the question that bowlers are asking | themselves these days as the entry closing date of Feb. 1 draws near. : In the last six A.B.C. tournaments the average of the “Low to Cash” scores is .2689, which is less than a 900 team average. Such a fiveman figure, means that the mem-
Irish on Way To California
Times Special ; SOUTH .BEND, Dec. 4—Notre " Dame's 36-man’ football squad, which returned to practice last Wednesday following the 20 to 0 defeat at Northwestern, left last night for Los Angeles and its final game with Southern California. ‘The battle with the Trojans will be the 15th consecutive one since the series opened in 1926. The rivalry js the oldest consecutive ‘series in“volving a Coast team. Southern California will have an opportunity ‘to square the all-time standings, since Notre Dame has won 7 games, lost 6, and tied one. The Irish have not won in Los Angeles since the 14 to 0 victory of ~ 1934, Notre Dame made first downs to the unearned Trojan first down in 1936, only to tied at 13all. Two years ago, Notre Dame showed up undefeated after eight games, but Southern California scored a 13 to 0 upset victory. The Irish won here, 20 to 13, in 1935, and 13 to 6 in 1937. The Trojans won here last year, 20 to 12, in one of the most brilliant games of the
ries. res will arrive in Tucson,
The I Ariz., = and will practice tomorrow and Friday in the University of Arizona stadium. Arrival in Pomona is set for 7 a. m. Saturday,
with arrival in Los Angeles at 11:50.
Amateur Gridders "In All-Star Tilt
Beech Grove Merchants, winner of the City Parks Amateur football championship, will meet the League All-Stars in a post-season attraction at Christian Park Sunday afternoon. The teams will kick off at 1:30 o'clock. : “The Merchants will ‘hold a spe-
pial mi ‘at the Beech Grove oa Hall tor ITOW evening at 7:30
Figures Show Just Average . Team Has Chance in A.B.C.
bers average 180 pins pe Wisleh isn’t so high » i Seine ow often does a team repeat geting into the A.B.C, prize fists € answer is a surprisi any prisingly small For instance, there are 17 teams who have “cashed” in each of the ast six tournaments while there are 19 teams who have - delivered in the past Jue tournaments. ere are 23 teams who hav in, the book in the last four er classics and 56 who have been in the money in the past three affairs But by far the most interesting teams who
class, however, are the “cashed” in both the 1939
have and 1940 tournaments, There 145 of them out of g total of 1042 in the prize list. Adding up the 6, 5 4, 3 and 2-year classes you find that only 260 teams out of the five-year group repeated last spring in the ABC. tourney at Detroit, In ‘the case of the 145 teams in the two-year class the average member in his home league was a 170 to 190 bowler and had the courage to enter the tournament and shoot his average or better. He didn’t let big names and publicity bother him because his experience told him that the big teams fell down frequently under the publicity which they carried into ‘the A.B.C. tournament,
Turners Stage
Title Fights
Semi-final and final battles in the novice and open classes of the annual South Side Turners city and county championships tournament wil get Under way at Turners Hall ay night, with acti start at 8:30. oy sisiet ® Chairman Frank Neu of the athletic committee hag announced 110 clashes in the open division and approximately 15 novice scraps as part of the program, as the simonpure maulers head down the home stretch toward top tourney honors. Sharing the limelight with the leather tossing billed for the evening will be the awarding of various prizes and the selection of the winner of. the Judge Henry O. Goett sportsmanship sward. Every battler entered in the field who sees ring action but fails to win a fight will receive an appropriate. lapel button as a: .consolation prize. Winners in the open classes will receive finger rings, while runners-up will be presented belt buckle trophies. Novice winners also will receive belt buckles. Runners-up in the novice field will be awarded tie
All-America football team for tional poll of sports editors of
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country.
The perfect football player—the
436.
The selections:
_ NAME SCHOOL Rankin ‘Purdue Siti Fopnes uffr essee "Mucha . Washin on Robnett
Bauman Goodreault Albert
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Harmon . Franck .. Kimbrough Average weight of line—201 pounds.
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NAME y VOTES Severin, North Carolina 159 Enich, Towa 17 Lio, Georgetown 138 Gladchuk, Bost College 107
Al Nebraska 29 O¢ Minnesota \ 103 Blalock, Clemson 126 Christman, Missouri 163 Reagan, Pennsylvania 229 . O'Rourke, Boston College 160 . Standlee, Stanford ; 148 In addition to Harmon and Ran-
kin, the other players selected were:
NICK DRAHOS, CORNELL, tackle. He continued this year the fine allaround play that earned him a place last season on the United Press AllAmerica. Drahos was a tower of strength defensively. On offensive he smashed hard and made a good share of his tackles behind the opposing line.
BOB SUFFRIDGE, TENNESSEE, guard. Another repeater on the United Press All-America. He generated a terrific drive, delighted in smearing backs for losses. He was the hardest tackler on a Tennessee squad that specialized in bruising tackling.
RUDY MUCHA, WASHINGTON, center. He was one of the great defensive stars of the nation, called signals on Washington’s defense plays. On offense, he was a sure, cool passer and a fighting, inspiring player.
MARSHALL ROBNETT, TEXAS A. & M. guard. A‘rugged, smashing player who never. has been seriously hurt in a [football game. On offense he. led interference and was a vicious blocker. On defense he played a roving guard. He was never seriously mouse-trapped. One of his greatest assets was his ability to diagnose plays.
AL BAUMAN, NORTHWESTERN tackle. A junior, Bauman suddenly blossomed into a first-class tackle this season. Minnesota players voted him the most difficult lineman
fson,
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He is an incurable wisecracker, and it’s a locker room joke among Northwestern players that the quarterback has to pipe Bauman.down before he can call signals. - %
GENE GOODREAULT, BOSTON COLLEGE end. He developed, into a sure-fingered pass receiver this season, which was all he needed to become a great all-around end, He was a terrific tackler, noted for the tricky way in which he charged. A great diagnostician, he rarely looked silly on a play. “FRANK ALBERT, STANFORD, quarterback. Left-handed passer, left-footed kicker and the key man in Stanford’s razzle-dazzle, he handled the ball on every.play in the fashion of the old-style quar-
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BLUE POINT 252s:
VOTES © 233 383
310 18 200 299 478
436 Daven 474
to handle that they met this year. |.
~ Dave Renkin (left), Purdue end, 233 votes. streak (he was runner-up in the Big T re : last year), he also was a greet defensive end. Standing six
Rankin and Harmon Are Chosen On All-America Grid Squad
Fast as. a
en 220-yard low hurdles
feet one inch and weighing 190 pounds, he was used many
times as a pass decoy be and three men on him.
cause the opposition usually Caught 10 passes for — of 171
kept two
yards despite the vigilance with which he was covered in every
game;
e rarely allowed anyone to turn his end, and played
a bang-up defensive game against Minnesota. His best offensive performance was against Fordham. Averaged four yards
Wolverine, Kimbrough and Franck Are 1-2-3 in Voting
NEW YORK, Dec. 4 (U. P.).—Here is the United Press
1940. It was chosen in a naUnited Press newspapers and
the United Press’ own football Writers in all parts of the
man who would win a place on the
first team of everybody casting a ballpt—would: have received 512 votes. No player attained that many votes, but there was remarkable agreement on three backfield men—Tom Harmon of Michigan, George Franck of Minnesota and John Kimbrough of Texas A. & M. , Harmon led the voting with 478, Kimbrough received 474,and Franc
Included in ‘the honorable mention list were Dave Allerdice, the Princeton quarterback, who received 42 votes, and’ five Notre ‘Dame players. The Notre Dame men were: end, 38; Piepul,'fullback, 9; Hargrave, quarterback, 8; and Lillis, tackle, 5.
Gallagher, tackle, 39 votes; O’Brien,
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Average weight of backfield—18934 pounds,
THIRD TEAM NAME Ison, Georgia Tech. Ruffa, Duke Frankowski, Washington Marquette
Apolskis, Tennessee
Molinski,
apes, Mississippi Juzwik, Notre Dame Paskvan, Wisconsin
terbacks. He seldom carried the ball except on a quarterback sneak, but his passing;was superb. He had uncanny ability to lift his team with inspiring leadership and played best when the going was toughest.
GEORGE FRANCK, MINNESOTA, halfback. Believed: by many persons to be the fastest football player in the country, he runs: 100 yards in 9:07. Franck lacked fhe deception of Harmon in his running, but blinding speed made up for it. He called signals and averaged better than 40 yards on punts. His speed enabled him to catch opposition runners from behind. He had a. knack of playing best when the best was needed. : :
JOHN KIMBROUGH, TEXAS A. & M, fullback. ' He was a one-man hurricane, the hardest runner in football. Good at faking, he preferred to run over would-be tacklers. His high-knee action, terrific drive and 220 pounds of bone and muscle made him almost unstoppable. He had a keen sense of how to pick up blockers ' once through the line, and could run the ends almost as well as he hit the line. His brilliance on offense overshadowed his defensive » play, but he was deadly at backing up a line and an efficient man on pass defense.
Silents Play Two Games This Week
The Silent Hoosiers will face two opponents this week playing at Union Township (Johnson County) Friday night and returning to their home court’ Saturday: night to meet Morton Memorial of Knightstown. Last year the locals defeated Morton at Knightstown by a 45237 ‘score and dropped a 34-22 game to Union on the local court. The Hoosiers
per fry on end-around plays and was a constant offensive threat.
Tom Harmon (right), Michigan halfback, 478 -votes. He led all players in the country in voting. One of the all-time greats at carrying the ball and also a good passer and kicker, he gained 852 # yards rushing, 506 yards passing. He averaged
four and a half yards
per run over the season.
He completed 43 passes in 94 attempts.” Har.
©: mon's best performance was against
hio State.
He scored three touchdowns on runs, threw two touchdown passes, kicked four extra points, ‘and averaged 50 yards on his punts. He had terrific leg drive, got away fast and was a will-o'-the-wisp in a broken field. Six feet tali and weighs 193
pounds.
\ The Indianapolis Young Men, weekly publication of the ¥. M. C. A, Will say in its:tomorrow’s issue that the Y. M. C. A. Reps will play Tony Hinkle’s Butler basketball team at 7 p. m. Friday at the Fieldhouse. However, the game, according to usually reliable sources, is definitely a hush-hush affair. So it’s very unlikely that the Fieldhouse doors even will be unlocked for the occasion. Butler has been in the market for a tuneup game inasmuch as its present schedule opens with* Indiana next Thursday. The Reps, it is reported, are a fast outfit of col-lege-age players. Results will be published if “obtainable.
Harmon and Evashevski Here Tuesday
Tom Harmon, the Wolverine Express from Gary, and Forest Evashevski, his favorite path-clearer, will be in Indianapolis next Tuesday to speak at the Michigan Alumni Club’s luncheon and also at Park School’s annual father-and-son football banquet. Evashevski, Michigan’s football captain, will arrive by train early Tuesday morning, while Harmon is due by plane at 11:35 a. m. from New York, where he will receive the Heisman Trophy the night before. While here, Harmon will be the guest of Judge Herbert E. Wilson. Eva-
Michigan Club.
uled at 12:15 P.
High school coaches also have been invited to attend. Reservations are to be made with Earl Townsend Jr. before the luncheon. Both Harmon and Evashevski will address Park students and fathers that evening. Seventeen members of Park’s football varsity will receive sweater awards at the dinner.
Dr. Elliott on Banquet List
Dr. Edward Elliott, president of Purdue University and also athletic director since the death of Noble Kizer, probably will attend the banquet here tomorrow night sponsored by the Purdue Association of Indianapolis in honor of 15 high school football players, chosen as *“all-
_|stars” by coaches and sports writ-
ers, "Pe committee in charge, composed of Oscar Herbst, William Brass and Glen Shaw, said that Walter Krull had been chosen. as master-of-ceremonies. The dinner will be held at the Columbia Club
- Scheduled to Be shown after the dinner are motion pictures of the Purdue-Iowa and the Purdue-Indi-ana games.
dropped their first two tilts last]
week-end but opened their season after discarding football togs and hope to find their ‘basketball legs this week. 5 oY
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- The Michigan luncheon is schedm, at the Indianapolis Athletic Ciub and will be open to both men and. women alumni.
at 6:30 p. m. Tickets are avdilable| to Purdue alumni and friends.
LU.
By J. E. O'BRIEN
OL’ MAN MOSE may have’
kicked the bucket but the Old Oaken one need never fear such treatment while it’s in Indiana
“hands.
That was pretty evident last night at the Indiana University Club's annual football banquet at the Indianapolis Athletic’ Club. While the _ speakers took ‘and accepted forensic jabs at and from fellow speakers, no man had better as much as laid a hand on the ironclad bucket. Coach Bo McMillin caressed it, O’Brien “most valuable” Dwight Gahm tenderly “I'd” it and every other Indiana son in the crowd would have forked over his roast young turkey, cranberry sauce and princess salad if the Bucket had demanded the same, “I haven't been around here long,” McMillin confessed, “but that baby looks mighty good t0 me. My son told me the morning of the Purdue game that he'd like to meet the Old Oaken Bucket personally. And he’s going to meet it
personally. So are these 14 juniors
and- 18 sophomores and all those freshmen down on the campus. I want them to become well ac-
quainted with it in the next three
or four: years.” There was no scarcity of adjectives to describe the 1940 Indiana team. Before affixing the newest golden “I” to the Bucket—the result of the Hoosiers’ recent 3-0 victory over Purdue—Gahm called the! team one that “enjoyed playing football.” Sig 2 #8 UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT Herman B. Wells called it a team
. “that tried every minute.” After
admonishing Gary alumni for letting Tom Harmon get away, Athlectic Director Zora G. Clevenger said Indiana’s team was one that made all its opponents fight the full hour. McMillin also introduced the 18 graduating seniors.on the Indiana
- team, citing three of them—Graham Martin, Richard Rehm and -
Bob Williams—for their willingness and hard work in spite of the little playing time each saw. Introduced by Senator William E. Jenner, the toastmaster, as the next Governor of Indiana, Lieut.
Gov. Henry F. Schricker said he.
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By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 4.— The Boston Red Sox, who need pitchers worse than any other club in the majors, today sold two pitchers to the
St. Louis Browns. . For an unannounced sum of cash’ the Red Sox sold Dennis Galehouse and Fritz Ostermueller. Galehouse won 6 and lost 6 last season and Ostermueller won 5 and lost 9. About a year ago the Red Sox sold Eldon Auker to the Browns, and ‘he won 16 games and lost 11, : The baseball people were speculating today whether sale of Galehouse and Ostermueller meant the Red Sox were hoping to make an important deal for *a strong arm pitcher, or whether they were clearing house for, a new deal involving the entire club.
Saints Trade
ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 4 (U. P.) —St. Paul of the American Association announced the trade of Outfielder Eddie Morgan to Toronto of the International League for Outfielder. Fern Bell, at the minor leagues’ meeting today. Johnny Neun again signed as manager of Newark.
Manager. Joe Cronin said the pitchers never showed enough to win for him and the best thing to do was let them go. Among the National League clubs there was much speculation and dickering but no deals. The National League champion Cincinnati Reds considered several offers but were unable to agree. The Brooklyn Dodgers were une derstood to have closed a deal for catcher Mickey Owen, but several other National League clubs insisted they were in the market for
was glad one man in the audience was willing to admit he was going to get the office. “But I'm like you, Bo, he told McMillin. “I feel that I've lost part of my team.” The Governor-elect, however, dropped the hint that he had a 17-year-old 185 pound son in high school that the scouts might look | over. Of course at the time, the scouts had their hands full looking over the talent gathered in the ballroom. All the Indianapolis and Marion County football coachés were there with their aces. Among
out-pf-town coaches chaperoning .
gridders were Bob Nuff of Ft.Wayne North Side, Murray Mendenhall of Ft. Wayne Central, Jim Crowe of Huntington, Art Thomas of Muncie Cena, Charles Cummings of Crawfordsville, Spike Kelly of Sullivan and Tubby Trobrough of Kokomo.
” » 2 : THE INDIANA board: of strategy apparently couldn’t keep its eye off the Ft. Wayne tabie, which, inci-
dentally, included another Sitko. Dixie Heighway and Claude Rich of the Indiana alumni office were the gentlemen responsible for these guests. : The: Hoosier cross-country team, recent winner of the Big Ten and national titles, also was present at the banquet. Coach E. C. Hayes said the secret of his harriers’ success was only’ that “they’re plain Indiana boys who have an enthusigdm for their
him. y : - Even though this is a minor league aeeting the majors were trying to steal the show, and they did, if you can consider the Red Sox-Browns-Ostermueller-Galehouse deal an im= portant one. However, there are a
i| few important matters concerning
the financing of about 30 minor league clubs that officials are going to take up tomorrow. Around the lobbies here the theme songs are “Gimmie some ball players,” or “Gimmie some cash.”
Tech Freshmen Book 16 Games
Approximately 25 Tech freshmen basketball aspirants have reported to Coaches Howard Longshore and Alvin Shumm, and have been practicing daily in preparation for their opening game of the season with Ben Davis Friday afternoon on the West Side floor. ’ { The complete schedule, as | released by athletic director R. V.
Copple, is as follows: Dec. 6—At Ben Davis. . 10—At Speedway. . 13—Warren Central.
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