Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1941 — Page 6

There Is No Cure For The Home Run—Look Out Brooklyn!

But He Had a Tough. Time Getting In

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‘By Eddle Ash

1 AFTER. eight years of amateur and professional boxing competition, Lou Nova is to be given the opporthnity to attain the world’s heavyweight championship. oie . The “big fight,” as you have heard, is to be held

in New York Monday night.

* 1t will be Joe Louis’ 19th defense of the crown since he de-:

oned James J. Braddock in 1937. . . . The title brawl is séheduled over the 15-round route and is a cinch to pack the wlo Grounds. . . . The champ has had more or less trouble deH ting several recent challengers * while Nova has attracted an of followers. Be ilenially. _this department believes that unless Nova dethats Louis Monday the next champ will be Lem Franklin, the Cleveland Negro who throws potent punches like a mule kick. . . « That boy has something. . .. He was a “punching fool” in Golden Gloves competition and is now flattening professional opponents in hion. the ns ge back to Challenger Nova. « « » He has come up the hard way and has had to overcome reverses that would have discouraged the average young boxer. But he is described as the type to learn and profit from adversity: ang now he feels dv and on edge for the big test. jie oust Century Sports Club, promoter of Monday's championship brawl, furnishes the following data on Nova: “Born in Los Angeles ‘March 16, 1915, Lou is Scotch-Irish on his moihen 2s side, Italian-German on his father’s. on He was a lad of s er, a musician, died sudaenly. Shen Te fate later his mother and he moved Fast, settling in Brooklyn, where Lou attended school for three years. .. . Returning to California, Lou was graduated from Alameda High School, then ~~ went to Sacramento Junior College, and finally California College a Agriculture where he became prominent in football and track. P 8 2

2 ” Sweeps Through College and A. A. U. Meets “WHILE AT SACRAMENTO, Nova developed an interest in boxing. . . . Urged by friends to enter an inter-class tournament or in 1934, he swept through to the college championship. . . . During the summer recess of that year, while working as a laborer, in San Francisco, he joined the famous Olympic Club, spending all available leisure moments in the club’s gym, learning the fundamentals of boxing from Spider Roche, one-time lightweight boxer. : “Representing the club in amateur competition, Nova won the

National A. A. U. heavyweight title in St. Louis in 1935 and later in.

the same summer annexed the International amateur heavyweight in Paris. : Ee an amateur, Nova had been «sponsored by J. Hamilton Lorimer, one-time manager of Max Baer, but when, after returning from Paris, Lou decided to turn professional, Lorimer sold his ; imterest to Ray Carlen for $1000. . . . Carlen brought Nova East. # 2 5 8 ® s «1,0U INAUGURATED his pro career with a victory over Ralph Barbara, seasoned professional, at Madison Square Garden in January, 1936. . . . Carlen and Nova remained East a year, Lou u up a string of triumphs, including one over huge Abe Simon. ~~ «Then he and Carlen hied themselves to California where Nova achieved another winning record. . . . Except for a disputed decision Jost to Maxie Rosenbloom in San Francisco, and a 14-round defeat by Tony Galento in Philadelphia, Lou’s career has been one of gnsistent success. s = 8

Defeated Baer, Farr and Barlund

“NOVA’S OUTSTANDING performances include two knocki sts of Max Baer in New York. . . . Other prominent names listed

among his‘ victims are Tommy Farr, Gunnar Barlund and Pat

Comiskey

“In earning this match with Louis, Nova has accounted for

of the most remarkable chapters in fistic annals. . . . Following defeat by Galento, Lou spent nearly a year in a hospital. . . . He d been suffering for a long time from septic poisoning that swept th ough his system. 4 “But he refused to quit. . . . After his discharge from the Hospital he concentrated on rebuilding himself physically and a a program that gradually restored his strength, he returned p the FINE wars last fall and knocked out Johnny Erzevac at , Cal. 2 8 = ® = = “SATISFIED WITH his showing, Nova came East to whip skey and Baer J: Madison. Square Garden, and knots ot Jim -in Minneapolis.

Feller Hurls One-Hitter

By UNITED PRESS Bob Feller probably has hung up his glove for 1941 but his final performance of the season will go into the records as one of his best.

.- Feller allowed only one hit— a bunt by Rick Ferrell— as the Cleveland Indians won the second game of a double header from the St. Louis Browns, 3 to 2, yesterday after the Browns had taken the opener, 6 to 5. Ken Keltner, Cleveland third baseman. fielded Ferrcll’s tap and threw wildly to|. first but the scorer ruled the Brown’s catcher would have beat the throw anyway. The hit and error plus two walks led to the St. Louis scores. Feller personally set up the winning run in the seventh when he hit a double. The Yankees defeated the Senators twice, 4 to 1 and 1 to 0 and set a new American League double play record by completing four twin-killings bringing their season mark to 190. The victories were the Yanks’ 100th and 10lIst, enabling Manager Joe McCarthy to tie Connie Mack for the honor of having piloted 100-game winners five: seasons.

The Detroit Tigers moved into a third-place, tie with Chicago by edging the White Sox, 4 to 3, in the only other American League game. In the only National League game scheduled, Cincinnati won from Pittsburgh, 4 to 3, when Johnny VanderMeer pitched his 16th victory.

Bob Feller

»| of the evening, did the goal getting

(Following is the first of three dispatches comparing the World Series rivals, Today, the offense. Monday, the defense.) :

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—The Yankees’ famed home run

punch gives the American League

able margin of superiority over the Dodgers on the offen- - sive side for the World Series struggle opening at Yankee

Stadium Wednesday.

The Dodgers have a aangerous attack and can more than hold their own with the Yankees in every offensive

department except the two most and home runs. Brooklyn-has a York in club batting, .272 to .271, -hits, doubles and triples. vantage ends.

The Yankees have hit 151 homers to the Dodgers’ 101 and the Yanks have made 827 runs to the Dodgers’ 792. There is no cure for the home run. The Yanks have been using the round trip sock to win world’s championships ever since they won their first pennant back in 1921. In eleven World Series the Yanks have triumphed eight times, largely because of their home run power.

and breaks up ball games.

Xavier Downs

Bulldogs by 40-to-7 Count

Coach Clem Crowe of Xavier University didn’t have to give Butler University a touchdown. They earned it. But the one they scored was far from enough and the Musketeers swamped them 40 to 7, at Cincinnati last night.

Last week the powerful Xavier spotted Georgetown College six points before the game began but although they were decidedly outplayed the Bulldogs of Butler went down fighting.

The Cincinnati team scored in each period. Six plays after the kickoff they had crossed the goal line. = Chester Mutryn, the back

and also tossed a neat pasa for the extra point. Again in the second period he raced across from the 10-

to move from the 46.

Leading 14 to 0 at the half time the Xavier backs really started to march in the last two quarters. A blocked punt which rolled in the end zone, a 54-yard gallop by Mut~ ryn and two intercepted passes rocked the count to 40 for the home team.

The Bulldogs began to click in the third when three consecutive passes to James Miller (newly converted to end from guard) from Fullback Norman Williams reeled off three first downs. But a fourth attempt was thrown for an eight yard loss and the threat was over. Capt. Bob-Roberts of Butler whose defensive work had again featured the Butler line play was carried off the field because of injuries. - A fumble by Halfback John MecClure gave the Bulldogs a figure on the score board. Center Zane Powell pounced on the ball on the 12-yard line and Williams raced over on the first play.

75-Laps of Racing On Speed Card

Seventy-five laps of racing is on the dirt track auto race program tomorrow afternoon at the Indiana Dirt Track Speedway, 9200 Meridian St. The Mid West Racing Association is sponsoring the program and is bringing some of the best drivers in the Middle West to the local half-mile oval. Among the favorites are George Lynch, a skilled speedster from Detroit who has won many honors on “big time” tracks, and - Carl Scarborough, the Pontiac, Mich., star who recently won the 1941 championship of Ohio. Jim Weldon, Chicago; Bill®Cantell, Louisville; Charlie Szekendy, South Bend; Leon (Wild Bill) Hubble, Dugger, Ind., and Don Turner, Norwood, O., are other favorites. A field of 20 or more cars will compete.

Temple Triumphs

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 27 (U. P.). —A smooth-operating running and passing attack gave Temple University a 31-9 victory last night over the University of Kansas in the season’s inaugural football game at Temple Stadium.

But there the Dodgers’ ad-

yard strip after Xavier had started|

homers. champions a comfort-

important ones—runs 1-point edge over New and has collected more

handcuffs

There’s no argument about the most dangerous hitter in the World Series—it’s Joe DiMaggio of the Yanks. Even Manager Leo Durocher concedes that DiMaggio will give the Dodgers plenty of headaches. : “Like everyone in the country,” Durocher says, “we recognize DiMaggio as one great ball player. He's just about tops. However, the other Yanks can be pitched to. . We played the Yanks in the spring and our pitchers never squawked about any hitter except DiMaggio. And

‘The High Man

It ruins pitchers

short right

Few teams have had more home run punch than this Yankee team. If Charlie Keller, who's still nursing an injured ankle, is able to play, the Yanks will have four men in their starting lineup who've belted 20 or more Keller has 33, DiMaggio 30, Henrich 27 and Gordon 24. If Keller and DiMaggio hadn’t been laid up with injuries the 1941 Yankee outfield probably would: have gone over the 100 mark in homers and set a record for homers hit by the three fly chase Brooklyn’s lone siege gun is Dolf Ca

on Camilli.

amit, who’s hit 34 homers. Below Camilli there's a: big drop to Joe Med- Reese, ss wick with 18 and Pete Reiser with 14. Camilli, a lefthanded hitter, can’t be toyed with and should find the d bleachers in Yankee Staduim. to his liking. The big problem of the Yankee pitchers is putting the

we don't font Keller.

. DODGERS Walker, rf Herman, 2b .......... Reiser, cf ... Camilli, 1b Medwick, If .... Lavagetto, 3b ........

Owen, ¢

. 316

He can be pitched to.” A comparison of the rival batting averages follows:

YANKEES Sturm, 1b ....... Svieis Rolfe, 3b .... Hendrick, rf ........% DiMaggio, cf ...ic0c.0 Keller, If ..... ‘Dickey, C cieocscssnnes Gordon, 2b ......c0.. Rizzuto, ss cesses «308

287 343 2817

280 288 229

The Dodger batting order tapers off considerably after passing Lavagetto, the sixth place hitter. Reese and Owen are the two weakest hitters on either club. On the

other hand, the Yankee batting order has only one bad

strangely out of place Yankee batting order

The only two regulars their feet are the two

Over Lou Nova

brated sun dodger was watching Joe Bomber looked sharp, but a look of

about his eyes.” Well, what about his eyes? “I can’t be sure but I'm wondering if he hasn't lost some of the sharpness of his vision, You know

. |that’s really where fighters go back [first and they are the last to realize

Ted Williams . . . “teeters on the brink of the magic mark.”

NEW YORK, Sept. 27 (U. P.)— Ted Williams, the lanky Boston Red Sox outfielder who promised to be the Major Leagues’ first .400 hitter since Rogers Hornsby, teetered on the brink of the magic mark today after a protracted batting slump that shaved four more points off his average during the last week. Hitting safely but 10 times in his last 37 times at bat, a feeble .270 clip, Williams has watched his .413 average of two weeks ago shrink steadily to 401, up to Friday. Pete Reiser, outfielder of the champion Brooklyn Dodgers, has clinched the National League’s batting title. Now pounding the pellet for a neat average of .343, Reiser is 24 points in front of runner-up Johnny Cooney, veteran Boston Braves’ meadow-minder. Tied for third place with .317 are Stan Hack of the Chicago Cubs and Johnny Mize of the Cardinals. Lefty Gomez of the champion New York Yankees, the year’s comeback pitcher, also holds the American loop’s best record—15 won and

A. A. Entry Loses Ist Playoff Tilt

MONTREAL, Sept. 27 (U. P.)— The Montreal Royals, play-off champions of the International League, were off to a flying start in the little World Series today with a 12-6 opening game victory over the Columbus Red Birds, American Association entry. The Royals dusted off Pitcher Emory Dickson promptly last night. He walked three men in the first inning and Alex Kampouris, Montreal infielder, then hit a home run to give Montreal a lead that never was threatened. Paul Campbell and Jack Graham also clouted homers as Dickson and then Frank Gabler were batted from the Columbus box.

Terrible Ted Williams [Slips to a .401 Average

four lost. Howie Krist of St. Louis racked up 10 victories without suffering a defeat to gain National League mound supremacy. The leaders in other departments follow:

‘Runs—(A) Williams, Red Sox 132; (N) Reiser, Dodgers 117.

Hits—(A) Travis, Senators 212; (N) Reiser, Dodgers 184. Doubles—(A) Boudreau, Indians 42; (N) Reiser, Dodgers 40. ‘ Triples—(A) Heath, Indians 19; (N) Reiser, Dodgers 17. Homers—(A) Williams, Red Sox 36; (N) Camilli, Dodgers 34. Runs Batted In—(A) DiMaggio and Keller, Yanks 122; (N) Camilli, Dodgers 119. Stolen Bases—(A) Case, Senators 32; (N) Murtaugh, Phillies 18 Club Fielding—(A) Cleveland 977; (N) Cincinnati .975. The 10 leading hitters in each league: ' AMERICAN LEAGUE

: G AB R H RBI Pct. Williams, Boston ..140 444 1 178 118 .401 PiMasel o, N. Y. ...135 529 121 190 122 .359 Travis, Wash. 48 303 104 212 90 387 Heath, Cleveland ..147 5 94 117 .340 Siebert, Phila. 128 8 és 1% 20 .334 Lulienbine, st. L. ..\4 82 158 97 .328 S. Chapmar, Phila. ‘141 542 96 175 104 es MoCos] ys Dtroit .124 483 79 156 52 .323 . ]5 502 68 160 92 .319

Wright, Chicago Grace, St. Lo 53 112 59 .314

NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB R H RBI Pct. Reiser, Brooklyn .. 15% 536 117 184 74 .343 Cooney, Boston ....122 442 52 141 29 .31 Hack, C1 ni hicag % 511 109 183 46

Medwiok, Bol Vaughn, Pitt. Saughier, 8 gl opp, Eten, Litwhiler, Phila,

49 532 76 1 .149 584

The five leading pitchers in each league: (10 or more decisions) : AMERICAN LEAGUE

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BY RED GRANGE

How far will the T spread? Quite a distance, judging by what

country. The success of Stanford Univer- : sity last season has given many coaches the idea that college boys can make the modern T with man-in-motion go. : . Previously, the oldest of formations, brought up to date, had been pretty much confined to the § Chicago Bears, where Ralph Jones, now of Lake Forest i College, and George Halas developed the system - to its § highest state of efficiency. First I want to point out to coaches switching to the 1 TI that it w work only with Red Grange ‘the proper material. It requires a superlative ball handler and passer and quick starting backs. Clark Shaughnessy, after acting as an associate coach of the Bears during his stay at Chicago, found the perfect setup for ‘the T at Stanford. There he had Frankie Albert, an All-America quarterback, a remarkable ball handler and lefthanded passer. In Hugh Gallarneau, another All-America man, Norm Standlee and Pete Kmetovic, he had the backs to go with Albert in the T. Shaughnessy had linemen who

} could do individual blocking, which ‘Ss makes the

$e oldest. of

I gather from coaches around the

click in its up-to-the-minute form. Blockers are not asked to knock down the defense, although if they do, so much the better, The offense is based on quick-opening holes and the backs have to be through them. To set up outside plays, one or more backs are forever booming into the line to pin a lineman or a backer-up where the T operatives want them. The speed of the backs eliminates certain defenders. Nobody bothers with them. Any of the backs can be in motion to either side. Generally, | however, it is a halfback. Inasmuch as the rules do not permit motion toward the scrimmage line, here’s a tip for your man in motion: Have him drop his shoulder forward while running, and he'll look as though he is running laterally, even if he isn’t. There are at least eight different s the man in motion can do. He can block the end in or out. He can receive a pass and run. He can receive a pass and throw a forward. He can slide off after a brush block and receive a forward pass or a lateral.

Then Invite a Great Passer, Quick Starting Backs

other backs charging into the line on inside stuff, the defense has its troubles. Quick-opening plays murder a drifting lineman. All this is accompanied by considerable faking. The T is no good without faking.

When the Bears lose a ball game, which is seldom, Halas doesn’t raise the devil. He polishes the fakes again. Decoy backs must be tackled almost as often as the runner. The play does not necessarily go in the direction of the man in motion. In fact, the Bears now use most of their plays to the weak side, away from the man in motion. The only spread the Bears have is flexing an end 10 to 15 yards, although the man in motion enables them to set up a modified spread at all times. A 5-3-2-1 defense has been found to be the toughest against the T. It is fatal not to set a man to cover the quarterback, who fades so often on a fake pass that he is often overlooked. :

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it. Of course they go back in their legs at the same time but they know about that. They can feel it. When they lose that fine shading of vision they are puzzled but they don’t know just what has happened to them. All of a sudden they are getting hit with punches they never got hit with before. They are going [through the same motions, doing the same things, pulling back, ducking in or rolling but now they aren’t eluding the attacker. By the narrowest margin they are just failing to escape the blows.” ‘

He Appears Terrific

This did not seem to be a pertinent observation on this particular work out because it was.one of the best Louis has had since he started to train for Monday night's fight with Nova the Yogi. It was pointed out to Mr. Lewis that the Bomber had all but stopped three of his spar mates and in general had put on a performance that was only slightly less than marvelous. “Those guys weren't shooting back at him,” countered Mr. Lewis. “That’s why he looked so impressive, and that’s why I couldn’t tell for sure about his vision.” It may turn out that his concern is without foundation; and it may not, too. Listening to Mr. Lewis, we were reminded of the time we saw Tommy Loughran begin to go back—and it wasn’t in the legs, it was in the eyes. As everybody knows, Loughran was a superb boxer, a stylist with fast hands and fast feet. But almost overnight he lost something. Fellows who couldn’t have hit him with a handful of buck shot in the past were knocking thim down and walking all over him and making him look crude. What he had lost was what Mr. Lewis fears the Bomber may have lost— that perfect sharpness of vision which enables a fighter to get his guard up or to duck just quickly enough, almost instinctively, to turn a potential kayo into a harmless

§ Takes the Bomber

But with all due respect to Mr. Lewis’ judgment and background we feel we must string along with

38 i8 3%5|the Bomber until it is definitely

established that a faint blur has settled over his eyes. There are cer-

weakness—Johnny Sturm. The leadoff man,

Most of the critical observers were impressed.

he is with his 242. The tail end of the with Gordon, hitting seventh, and

Rizzuto eighth carriers plenty of Kick. Both teams have good speed, and the series is likely to see some high-class base running and stretching of hits.

on either club who aren’t fast on catchers, Bill Dickey of the Yanks

and Mickey Owen of the Dodgers.

Joe Williams Picks Louis

by a Kayo;

Questions the Champ’s Eyes

By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer

GREENWOOD LAKE, N. Y., Sept. 27.—Nate Lewis, Chicago's cele-

Louis in one of his better workouts. They, thought the doubt crossed Mr. Lewis’ noble pan.

“I'm not so sure about him,” commented the veteran whose connections with the beak busting industry go back to the turn of the century and who was one of the first Louis boosters.

“I'm wondering

tain things that not even the most gifted fight expert can tell about a fighter. Let’s call them intangibles,

because: that’s what they are. If the Bomber can’t tell whether he has slowed up in the eyes, how can an outside observer be altogether sure himself? Anyway, we are picking him to win 4 a kayo, possibly within fite rounds.

A Last Fling

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 27 (U. P.), —Aldo (Buff) Donelli, young Du=quesne University football coach who abandoned the post to accept the job of coaching the professional Pittsburgh Steelers, brought his collegiate career to a smashing close last night as he guided his Dukes to a 33-0 victory over Niagara at

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