Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 December 1940 — Page 22

By Eddie Ash

STATISTICS COMPILED by the American Association Press Bureau supply some interesting fan fodder for ‘the baseball hot stove leaguers who are partial to strike. out artists when they attend the games in the good. old summer time. ? : It’s always one of the diamond sport’s greatest thrills to watch the home hurler, breeze the horsehide past the visitors’ sluggers, particularly when runners

are in position to score. : The A. A. record books will list the name of Frank Melton of Columbus as the league's strikeout leader for 1940, by virtue of the 142 whiffing ‘bees recorded against the enemy, but the real strikeout king of the circuit was not Melton but Johnny (Double No-Hit) Van- - der Meer of Indianapolis. It is true that Vander Meer had but 109 strikeouts to his credit, 33 less than did Melton, but he hurled in only 105 innings as against 207 for the Columbus long boy. This put Vandy far in front of any other pitcher in the average number of strikeouts recorded for a nine-inning game. .,. . His 109 in 105 innings gave him 9.34 per game, or {more than one per inning, which is quite some record. Melton took second place, averaging 6.17 to the nine-inning contest, while his teammate Tom Sunkel was third. . . . Sunkel fanned 113 men in 181 innings for an average of 5.62. . . . Charley Stanceu’ of Kansas City finished fourth with an average of 5.35 on 126 strikeouts in 214 innings. Yank Terry of Louisville, the Bedford, Ind. product, fanned 88 of the foe in 151 innings, to give him 5.24 over the nine-inning route, while Harry Brecheen of Columbus, finishing sixth, was the only other hurler to better the five per game mark with 5.15 on 124 whiffings in 216 cantos. |

Single Game Honors Won By Terry

COMPLETING the “Big 10” of strikequt artists were Harry Kimberlin of Toledo, seventh, averaging 4.79; LeRoy (Bud) Parmelee of Louisville, eighth, averaging 4.77; Bill Swift of St. Paul, ninth, averaging 4.69, and Milt Haefner, Minneapolis, 10th, with an average of 4.57. : i Thirty-two efforts were recorded during the season in which a pitcher fanned nine or more men per game, to average at least one man per inning. . . . Individual honors for a single game go to Terry, who sent 15 Milwaukee Brewers back to the bench on June 20 after they had swung futilely at a third strike or had watched it nip a corner. 3 go Brecheen fanned 14 in a game, but it was a 17-inning affair. .» « Vander Meer turned in 13 as his high, and that was in a nine-inning eontest. i

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THERE were five games in which one pitcher fanned 12 men, and there were no repeaters. . . . The quintet who nailed an even dozen of the enemy consisted of Vander Meer, Sunkel, W. Gill and Bonham of Kansas City and Art Herring|of St. Paul. . . . Ernie White of Columbus, the league’s leading pitcher, was the only chucker to regi) 11 strikeouts in one game. ; Tén were recorded on nine occasions, with Vander Meer leading the way. . . . The Tribe's southpaw ace did it three times. . . , Brecheen, Kimberlin, Kelley and Evans of Minneapolis, Cole of Toledo and Sivess of Indianapolis, did it ance each. ; . In 14 games there-were nine strikeout victims for one pitcher, . « « Three chuckers had two of these games to their credit, White, Swift and Stanceu. . . . The others went one each to Sunkel, Melton, Kimberlin, Vander Meer, Haefner, Lindell of Kansas City, Hogsett of Minneapolis and Marcum of Toledo.

Hometown Indians Weak in Clutch

NINE of 72‘pinch hitters came through for the indianapolis Indians the past season, giving the Tribe a poor mark of .125 in the “clutch league.” .. . Dick West, Indianapolis, was hitless in 11 times and Johnny Hill, Indianapolis, failed in| five efforts. Seven home runs were belted by American Association pinch hitters during the 1940 campaign. . . . Minneapolis was the only club to have two men turn the trick, Harvey Walker and Fabian Gaffke. « . « Other circuit blows were made by (Bill Rabe, Columbus; Tony Criscola, Toledo; Gil English, St. Paul; Stan Corbitt, Milwaukee, and Don Lang, Indianapolis. : : Whatever may be said about the “the hitting in the league in i

general, no fault can be found with the efforts of the Louisville Colonels who turned in a dizzy 313, with 26 pinch batsmen out of 83 responding. | =

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season as manager in the

: Both Harmon And Rankin

title to Harmon just so no other

2 | BUCKY HARRIS is facing his ton

American League, second longest in point bf service to Connie Mack. » . . Yet it doesn’t seem long since he was known as the “boy

manager.”

He first took charge of Washington in 1924 when he piloted the

Senators to a pennant and repeated

was second baseman for the club. . .. 1928, when he moved to the Detroit

through 1933. ;

In 1934, Harris had charge of the

Washington in 1935.

. . At the time Bucky remained in charge through Tigers, and directed them

in (1925. . a

Boston Red Sox, returning to

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Dodger Brain Trust Upsets The Dope on Mickey Owen

By JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—It may be, as has been suggested, that when Larry MacPhail bought Mickey Owen from the St. Louis Cards, he intended to use him in a deal with the Giants involving Harry Danning, another catcher. To the innocent bystander this would seemn’ to be something less : than a direct procedure, both catchers being desirable and topranking, but that’s the way baseball ; people operate at times. But whatever Mr. MacPhail’s intentions may have been he has = Changed his mind. r rather he has William: © Wed his ming changed for him. Young Arnold Malcon Owen will do all his catching for the Brooklyns next season. Here’s how it happened: Mr. MacPhail assembled his brain trust, consisting of Leo Durocher, - Charley Dresson, Andy High, Red Corriden and several fugitives from the Loyal Order of Moose who" just happened to come along. ra “I want 'you fellows to go into the next room,” said Mr. MacPhail, “and decide whether Owen or Danning will make the better catcher for us.” The brain trusters retired to deliberate the burning question while Mr. MacPhail busied himself on the phoge, berating the hotel management for the gross lack of speed on the part of room service. Presently the door opened and Manager Durocher appeared. “I'm. going to stick with Owen,” he said. “That's all right, but how about those other guys? I want a com-

. plete report.” “Theyre with me. They take en over Danning.” i Okay said Mr. MacPhail. “Owen > We mention this incident, both by way of stilling a rumor and showing " how the Flatbush Firecracker operates. It’s a loud and noisy family across the river, but it seems happy gnd harmonious.

VIRTUALLY ignored in the football hoopla was the announcement

: by the brass hats of golf that be‘ginning

next season all former national open champions are to be automatically qualified. Heretofore they have been compelled to scramble for positions with all the rest, uding recent caddy graduates, ) 1 assistant pros and correent school swingers. They had ding. The fact they had : ‘most prized’ trop)

mingle with old rivals.

all right, too. Jones losing would trophy | s or impressive than a lot

More than once this has had humiliating consequences. Even a great golfer can lose his touch temporarily. If that happens during the qualifying period he’s out of lugk. No consideration is made for the certainty that he belongs, that on demonstrated performance he is better than nine-tenths of the eligibles. 5 : Billy Burke couldn’t play in this year’s championships. After weeks of| brilliant golf, including a stretch in| Florida where he wasn’t over 70 for a dozen rounds, Burke suffered a slump. It had to come just when he was to qualify. This was a shock to Cleveland, locale of the tournament. Burke is Cleveland’s ace. . Not all the old champions are capable of holding their own with the younger school, but it would be wrong and harsh to say they clutter » the field. After all, only a rainstorm kept Hagen from winning at Pittsburgh several years batk, and didn’t Sarazen come within a stroke of winning at Cleveland this year? | But this is beside the point. The old champions deserve some sort of recognition from the game they helped publicize and popularize. hey shouldn’t be asked to risk the embarrassment of failure in a Foutine. qualifying test. The brass ats made a wise decision, one we have been urging vehemently for st It’s something more than a

ntimental gesture, too. The pres-~ nce of the old champions won’t hurt the gate. The customers would ther follow Hagen, Sarazen, Arour and those fellows than some )bscure local who happened to be Rot for the first time in his life,

4 2 ” THIS DECISION may mean the eturn of Bob Jones to the open. e don’t know how the old grand lammer feels about it now but sev. ral years back he seemed to indicate that such an arrangement ould encourage him to come back. anyway, he’s always been in favor of giving the former champions a free ride. Whether the horrors of frying to qualify and missing ever gccurred to him we wouldn't know, At any rate the Masters Tournament, of which he is the proud parent, stressed this idea from the beginning. All ‘former champions were automatically invited. It is re or less significant that the asters is the most distinguished tournament on the winter schedule. I Up to now this is the only tourgon Jones has appeared in since e retired. He has never won it, never. come close, in fdct. If he came back for the open it would be as a friendly gesture, a desire to He'd have expectation of winning. That’s

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Nebraska

ns Charge the Rose Bowl

Bears Choose

Pro League Moaning Over Chicago’s Power

By GEORGE KIRKSEY

United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON, Dec. 11.— The icago Bears today were in a fair'way to becoming the “New York Yankees” of the pro-football circuit. They hold the world’s professional football title, have coralled the pick of 1940’s crop of All-Americans and have had a league rule passed to curb their future attempts

to corner the player market. In all the history of the National Football League no club has dominated the circuit as the Bears do today. Just as the baseball world set, up the cry, “Break Up the

is shouting, “Break Up the Bears.” That is easier said than done. There is nothing decrepit about the Bear squad which crushed the Washington Redskins, 73-0, for the world’s title, but George Halas, owner-coach of the Chicago club, has no intentions of standing pat. ‘From yesterday's draft he landed such stellar players gs Tommy Harmon, Michigan's new “Red Grange”; Norman Standlee, $Stanford’s 210pound fullback; Don Scott, Ohio Stdate’s husky quarterback; Dave Rankin, Purdue’s great end; Charlie O'Rourke, Boston College’s Deadeye Dick passer, and Fred Hartman, Rice’s giant teckle. Halas’ new move is to get these boys and numerous others acquired in the draft under contract.

Bears Leaded With Talent

Since he crafted 20 players he won’t sign them all but there are certain ones Halas has his heart set on getiing in Bear uniforms next fall. Tommy Harmcn, the lad who insists he won’t play pro football, is one of them. : ’ Halas, who's a shrewd manipulator, didn’t work for months to get

pro club could get him. He wanted him for the Bears. Even though the ears are loaded down with more backfield stars than any other club in the league, Halas, like the

names and great players.

tional League president, yesterday requesting him to withdraw his name” from the draft list. But he waited until after the draft meeting to do it. That makes about the 87th time within a month Harmon has said he wouldn’ play pro football. Maybe he won’t, but there’s one man who thinks differently and he happens to be the fellow who owns the rights’ to Harmon’s services— George Halas.

Failed on Berwanger

Halas has failed to land only one college star he really went after in about 20 years. That was jay Berwanger, University of Chicago’s allAmerican of 1936. When Berwanger finally rejected Halas’ last offer, the two were only $1500 “apart, Berwanger asking $15,000 and Halas offering $13.500. A year later Berwanger, disillusioned about his rejection of Halas’ offer, sounded out newspapermen to ascertain whether Halas would renew his offer of the year previous. Halas said no and Berwanger lost his chance at a fancy nest-egg. The cagey Chicago Bears’ ownercoach won’t talk about Harmon's case except to say, “I'll see him when he graduates from college next. summer.” Meantime, those close to Halas say his plan is to. wait until Harmon gets, or even accepts, a radio contract. Then he’ll {alk turkey. It’s pointed out in some quarters that there’s nothing that’ll keep Harmon from holding down two jobs—left halfback with the Bears and a broadcasting post at the same time. Red Grange did it for many years with the Bears, and Grange was pretty good, too,

Jethro to Get Shot at ‘Giant’

A heavyweight brawl between Mason Vent, 235-pound 6 foot 4 inch Kokomo giant, and Jethro Jeffers, Leeper A. C.s 187-pound knockout specialist, has been arranged for the semi-final spot on the amateur mitt bill to be staged Friday night at the Armory. Vent is rated an old head at the amateur boxing game, having won the state A. 'A. U. middleweight title in 1936, and boasts a straight left jab to co-operate with a sizzling right - hand wallop. Jeffers is a slugger in his own right, and has nine local knockout: victories to his credit. Vent comes to the Armory areria with an impressive record in simon-pure circles and hopes to upset the local “Brown Bomber.” Matchmaker - Pred DeBorde has rematched Jack Durham, Hil Community Center middlewsight, and Tony Vogt, Leeper A. C., winner and runner-up, respectively, in the recent South Side Turners City and County championships tourney, over the three-round route. = Durham edged out a shade decision over the Leeper 160-pound. battler to take the city and county title.

Villanova Books 8 Grid Foes for 1941

VILLANOVA, Pa., Dec. 11 (U. P)). —Coach Clipper Smith today planned an eight-game schedule for the 1941 Villanova College football team. :

Smith, speaking at the annual alumni football dinner last night, disclosed that the Wildcats will open with Centre and then meet Florida, Baylor, Arkansas or Manhattan, Duquesne, Temple, Detroit ; Manha,

Yankees,” the pro football bailiwick|

Yankees, is anxious to get more big|

Harmon wired Carl Storck, Na-|7\3

When Indiana's Fireball Five comes to the Field - House tomorrow night to open Butler's basketball sea"son, here's three of the gentlemen you'll see—but you'll have to look closely. Curly Armstrong (left) plays for--ward; Bob Dro (center) is a guard, and Andy Zimmer is mployed at center. All are returning lettermen.

The Crimson Bomb Will Hit Butler Tomorrow Night

DEAR BOSS: The office boy said you wanted me to make a full diagnosis of tomorrow night’s basketball game between Butler and Indiana, to weigh facts and figures carefully and then pick a winner. There was to be no pussyfooting - or beating around the bush—or so he said yofi said. Now look, boss, ¥ don’t mind being called a bum and I can stand public embarrassment, and I value my draft number more than I do social standing. Tl JO even go back to OBrien the hotfoot if the other guys around here start that crystal-ball gag again. You and I both kow that you and I both will take a stab at picking anything from basketball to black walnuts.. ; Didn't I have the Yankees and you Cleveland last summer? And didn’t we both think Bimelech could have won the Derby pulling a milk wagon? The Reds take the Series—that was a joke. And. didn’t I come back from South Bend this fall claiming Notre Dame could have gone through Europe in four downs? Or maybe five with a friendly referee. No, boss, I'd try to handicap a turtle race if you said so. ‘But this Butler-Indiana basketball

AMERICAN LEAGUE Western Division

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ULE Cleveland at Pittsburg Only game scheduled. Times Special : . SPRINGFIELD, Mass., Dec. 11.— Their slump broken by a victory over Springfield's eastern leaders, the Indianapolis hockey Capitals prepared today for three straight games against western division

teams of the American League.

Tomorrow night the Hoosiers move into Buffalo for a game with the cellar-dwelling Bisons and then on Saturday and Sunday face the division co-leaders. They will t the Barons at Cleveland and Yeturn to the Indianapolis Coliseum

moved into a tie with Cleveland last Bighs by defeating Philadelphia, The Caps’ 2-1 victory last night, their first since downing Providence in Indianapolis Nov. 28, broke ‘a five-game losing streak and also put a stop to their on-the-road blues. Revenge Is Sweet : ‘Before last night, the Caps had lost six and tied two on strange ice. It was also sweet revenge for the 3-0 pasting the Hoosiers took from Springfield on the Indianapolis rink last Sunday night. Seven minutes of the first period were gone when the Caps scored their first goal. Bob Whitelaw had made a rush on the cage, and Butch McDonald banged the rebound past goalie Rayner. Springfleld didn’t tie the score until late in the second period; but. it was that high-scoring line of Hunt-Thurier-Thibeault that ‘turned the trick. Thibeault was credited with the goal, “and the other two with on Jennings stored what was to Bill Jennings scores ‘was to winning al at

anc Auburn.

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to play Hershey's Bars. The B’ars|gor

They're Good, They're Fast, and Terrific! Whe? Well, Uh—L1. U. and the Bulldogs

game tomorrow night at the Fieldhouse is a different proposition. 2 8 = % MAYBE YOU'D call Indiana the favorite. I would have, too, un"til I saw Branch McCracken last Saturday night. Why, boss, do you realize that: man has lost probably five pounds—and you know what a five-pound loss would do to Branch. : Then I saw why McCracken jis crackin’. - Have you ever tried to pick five luscious chocolates out of a new Christmas candy box? Well, that was the same sort of trouble Branch was having. He'd get Bill Menke, Zimmer, Schafer, McCreary and Dro in against Georgia. But there'd still be Armstrong on the bench. By the time Armstrong had reported at the officials’ table, Mac would spot Logan or maybe Driver or Swanson or Francis or the other Menke. And he wasn't even down to the second layer yet. : So what happened? McCracken got to subbing so fast that Georgia became confused, couldn’t keep track of the numbers and eventually lost. At least, that’s what some gentlemen told me in a beautiful southern accent after the game was over. 2 You might ask what’s to keep ‘em from doing the same against Butler. And I was coming to that. This Tony Hinkle is cunning—he would have his forwards wear rubber gloves if he thought that would throw opposing guards off the scent. So what does he do? He has his men study fullface photos of all the Hoosiers, so that when Branch starts the

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Caps Pick on the Top Team When They Get Up Steam

Another Rough One

and - Herchenratter, Beisler, Lis-

off by Referee Rabbit McVeigh. in the second frame. None was called in the final period. : The summary: Indianapolis (2) anks Goalie .. Left Defense Bus ight Herchenratter... Center MCcAtée Left W; Jennings

8 Spares—Behling, Dona scombe, Brown, Kiirea, Fisher, eating. ’

ing. fleld Spares—~Thomson, Howard, Bryson, Mason, Schultz, Hunt, Thurler, ult. ta : .

Referee—Rabbit McVeigh. Linesman — Abby Cox. —Score by Pertods— Indianapolis .. deisel pringfie

8 IQ eerrenn rane ices 0 rst Period Scoring—(1) Indianapolis, McDonald (Whitelaw) .. 7:14. Penalties— Jennings. Thibeault, Whiteiaw, Jones. cond Pertod Scoring—(2) Springfield, Thibeault (Hunt, Thurler), 15:45. Penalties —-Herchenratter, Reisler, Liscombe, Hall-

orson. Third Petiod Scoring (3) Jeduings (Herchenratter), 1

Thornhill May Go To Colorado Post

BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 11 (U.P). --It was reported: on the University of Colorado campus today that Claude E. (Tiny) Thornhill, former Stanford mentor, might become football coach here. ° : Also mentioned for the position from which Frank Potts resigned yesterday were Clyde (Cac) Hub-

bard, Denver University football coach, and Forrest (Frosty) Cox, C. U. basketball director. Potts will remain at Colorado in his former capacity as track coach and instructor in physical education.

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the Caps’ defense worked well in the remaining eight minutes. ’

Last night's game was another rough one, .the Caps penalized five times and the Indians thrice. Jen- . |nings, Thieaylt, Whitelaw and Jones served sentehces in the first period,

combe and Halldorson were ordered

Is Not His Cub

Indiénapolis, i

parade Thursday night the Bulldogs will know who’s who without waiting for the referee to make introductions. And that, boss, is why Indiana is' no favorite with me.

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HOW ABOUT Butler—Well, the Bulldogs haven't played a real . game yet, but they did wear out two sets of nets against an equal umber of practice teams on an equal number of nights. But can they do the same when the Hoosiers get to whipping the ball around like a steel marble going through a pinball machine? Butler is small, but I don’t hold that against them, provided that McCracken doesn’t find two or three good stilts-walkers among those substitutes he hasn’t been introduced to yet. : No, boss, Butler's no favorite either. And I'm not picking this ball game. . ~ In case you want to try your hand, here are some . figures. Eighteen Butler-Indiana games have been played, the Hoosiers winning 13 of ’em. Last year Butler won 17 and lost ‘six during the season, scoring 953 points to its opponents’ 828. Last year Indiana wor 17 and lost three, scoring 901 points to its opponents’ 718. Butler has 11 returning let termen to Indiana's 12. Indiana has played one game, .defeating Georgia, 44-31. Butler hasn't started yet. : Frankly, I don’t think they’ll do you any good. Why ‘don’t you - toss all the dope out into Maryland St. and go over to see “The Letter.” It's a corker. Sincerely yours, J. E. O'BRIEN,

Hockey Bruins Nip Rangers, Take 3d

By UNITED PRESS

The Boston Bruins climbed into third place by beating the New York Rangers 6-2 in the only National Hockey League game played last night, The Bruins scored twice in each period and piled up a six-goal lead before they allowed the New Yorkers to tally. Center Milt Schmidt paced the Boston scoring with twgj goals. . *

Panther’s Sub

No doubt Warren Bockwitikle would just as soon not have substituted for the Black Panther last night, in the Armory wrestling ring. For Mr. Bockwinkle—all 221 pounds of him—was pretty helpless against 222-pound Ray Villmer of St. Louis. Thirty-two minutes after the affair started, Villmer put Bockwinkle’s shoulders to the mat with a ‘cradle hold and ,came back 17 minutes later with a backdrop and press that Bockwinkle couldn't get out of. In the semiwindup Irish Dan O'Connor, 228, Boston, defeated Len Macaluso, 226, New York, after 18 minutes. He employed a dropkick and press. The opener went to Pat Fraley, 225, Nebraska, who employed a stepover toe hold to/floor Rudy Strongberg, 230, Milwaukee, in 13 minutes.

New Chief at Downs LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 11 (U. P.).—Russell Sweeney, of President Matt Winn, today succeeded D. E. O'Sullivan as resident manager of the Churchill Downs racetrack. O’Sullivan was named Winn's assistant. !

CEE

LOANS

and Refinanuing 20 MONTHS TO PAY

.snubbing of an annual bid to the

first half was Central Normal’s

son-in-law| .

Pacific Coast Makes Peace

With Big Ten

DEL MONTE, Cal, Dec. 11 (U. P.) —The Pacific Coast Conference decided today it wasn’t mad at the Big Ten any more over repeated

Rose Bowl, and once more invited the Midwestern conference to compete in a dual-conference track and field meet on June 17. For several years the Coast suggested that the Big Ten send its

football champion to meet the Pacific Coast titleholder in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena on New Year's Day, thus making a “closed corporation” of the annual event. On eac occasion the suggestion has been turned down. | . : Somewhat miffed at the snub, graduate managers and faculty representatives talked of retaliation, which would take the form of termination of the track meet, held annually for the last four years. Late yesterday, however, came a telegram from the athletic director of Northwestern University. It said the Big Ten would be “happy” to participate once more in the track meet. It effectively forestalled the threatened reprisal and the invitation was voted. : -

Purdue Seeks | Third Victory

TONIGHT’S SCHEDULE

Wayne at Purdue. Ball State at Franklin, N. C. A. G. U. at Central Nor-

mal. : Oakland City at Indiana State.

Already the conquerors of St. Joseph’s and Western Illinois State Teachers, Purdue’s Big Ten basketball champions seek victory No. 3 tonight aganist Wayne University at Lafayette. ~The clash tops a four-game, state college card. . ight, Taylor won , defeating Earlham, 41 to 40; | Valparaiso overwhelmed Huntington, 49 to 27; Central Normal eated Anderson College, 47 to 39, d Tri-State spanked, Olivet, 35 to 25. It was a field goal in the last 55 seconds by Ken Mott, substitute center, that gave Taylor its\ onepoint victory. Earlham led, 23-20, at the half and increased its margin to seven points in the second half before Taylor spurted. Then Taylor went into a 10-point lead and the Quakers came back, only to have Mott's fielder spoil their chances. ; : Central Normal overcame an Anderson lead before the end of the half and went on to win handily after the intermission. A 16-point spurt in the last six minutes of the

biggest scoring spree. - Cash and ry of Central Normal and R., Davis of Anderson. shared scoring honors with (12 points apiece. Valpo subs played nearly half the game against Huntington after the fast-breaking - regulars built up commanding leads in each period.

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SDAY

For End Zone Seats at Game

They ‘Came From Lin- ~ coin to Get Last Ducats

¢ By ARTHUR WHITNEY ¥ United Press Staff Correspondent

“PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 11 (U. P.).—The great encampment outside the Rose Bowl

stirred itself this morning

and, led by a quartet of Nebraskans, charged past the windows where 15,000 end

¥ | zone tickets for the Stanford-

Nebraska New Year's Day. game were being dispensed at

1$4.40 each. :

Perseverance, not luck, played the major part in the acquisition of tickets. The first comers, who were

{the first served, were the thousands

who began arriving before dusk yes terday and who continued to pour

.jinto the Arroyo Seco until dawn

today

Fred Carrico of« North Fork, Neb., who took his place at an empty ticket booth shortly after nooa yes= terday. Heavily clothed against the chill night winds from the Sierra Madre, his pockets stuffed with sandwiches, he waited there until

the window went up behind the’

grilled latticework of the 15

booths. : He Left His Job \ . Behind him was a second Nebrase kan who refused to give his name because he cut work to gain his place in the line. And behind him were two other Nebraskans, John Tora and Max Harms of Shelby, eh. “The tickets which reached Line coln, Neb.,” they said, “were snapped up so fast we didn’t get a chance. So we climbed into our car and came out to Pasadena as fast as we could when we heard there was going to be a public sale of tickets here.” ‘ Behind them were a thousand other football fans who for 12 hours, more or less, had camped outside the windows. Some played bridge around card tables thoughtfully tucked into the family car. Others slept hude dled in blankets. Others — many others—talked the night through of “T” formations and Nebraska power, The tickets they waited to buy— only four to a person — were the seats in the temporary bleachers, also erected in the end zone. The bleacher seats were only $3.30. 70,000 Already Divided They were the only tickets out of 85,500 that were available to the public. The other 70,000 had been divided between the schools and participants in the Tournament of Roses that precedes the game. To Stanford went 45,000 tickets and to Nebraska 7500. They were reserved for students, alumni ang friends of the colleges. The tournament participants, including all the members of the bands and occupants of the floats in the pre-game parade, got 20,000 tickets and the patricians who founded the classic, 1000. * The annual scarcity of tickets provoked the usual moans and complaints but the official answer was

ticket

.the same—the universities had prior

call, ; ; , : All the reserved seats in the Bowl were priced at $4.40. The 2500 box seats went at $5.50 each. With the sale of the 15,000 today there was

inot a single seat left in the vast

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