Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 October 1941 — Page 10

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SPORTS. . . By Eddie Ash

MEMBERS of the Hoosier Big Three play “away” ‘next Saturday and in each case it’s against a formidable major grid foe, . . . Notre Dame travels to New York to . battle the Army, Purdue also travels to the Big Town to oppose Fordham, and Indiana visits the tall corn country to meet Iowa. Main attraction on the Hoosier home front will be in the Blue Bowl, Wabash vs. Butler. . . . Local football goers can’t go wrong by ‘supporting this fracas between traditional rivals. Last year Notre Dame edged Army, 7-0; Fordham defeated . Purdue, 13-7; Indiana topped Iowa, 10-6, and Butler downed Wabash, ‘19-12. , , . All close, say we all, and the 1041 “figgers” indicate another round of thrillers next week. : As the grid season enters the November stretch, other State . colleges are booked as fcllows next Saturday: Louisville at DePauw, Manchester at Ball State, Central Normal at Evansville, Rose Poly at Earlham, Hanover at Centre, Indiana State at Michigan Normal, Luther of Iowa at Valparaiso, Carroll at St. Joseph's and Transylvania at Franklin, The November schedule for the Hoosier Big Three calls for: Nov. 1—Notre Dame vs. Army at New York; Purdue vs. Fordham at New York; Indiana vs. Jowa at Iowa City. : Nov. 8—Notre Dame vs. Navy at Baltimore; Michigan State a . Purdue; Indiana at Northwestern. Nov, 15—Netre Dame at Northwestern; Purdue at Wisconsin; Indiana, open. Nov. 22—Purdue at Indiana; Southern California at Notre Dame,

” “ 8 » " 8 BUTLER DROPS the curtain on Nov. 15, playing Washington of St. Louis here. . . . But between the Wabash and Washington games, the Bulldogs have a date with Coach Doc Spears’ Rockets + at Toledo Nov. 15. : The annual Wabash-DePauw highlighter with the Monon Bell at stake is to be staged in Crawfordsville, Nov. 15. . , . Last year the Little Giants tripped the Tigers at Greencastle, 17-13. But before all this football business is out of the way, high school basketball will be stepping along in Hoosierland’s smaller schools the first week in November.

'" Red Sox Bank on Hoosier Hurler

YANK TERRY of Bedford, Ind., believes 1942 will be “his year” to make the big league grade. . . . The Hoosier righthander had a brilliant season in the Pacific Coast League this year and was voted "that circuit's “most valuable” player. ] Pitching for San Diego, Terry led the league in victories, 26, and in strikeouts, with 171, while losing eight games. . . . Pepper Martin’s .~ Sacramento Sacs were beaten five times by Terry, and they failed to * win from him once. : ~The Hoosier, who is 28 and married, is the property of the Boston Red Sox and is being counted upon heavily next year in the revamping of the Boston pitching staff.

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: TERRY BROKE IN with Pt. Wayne of the Central League in 1934. . . . The loop folded in no time at all and the Indianapolis ~ Indians signed him. , , . But the Indians permitted him to get away, and Louisville, always on the hunt for Southern Indiana ball players, . obtained his contract. : Vf Late in the 1940 season the Red Sox purchased Terry and he ' | Was sent on option to San Diego the past season. : Yank’s best record prior to this year was in 1935 when he won + 16 and lost 12 with Terre Haute in the revived Three-I League. « + « He stands 6 feet 1 inch and weighs 170 pounds.

® = = * ” AFTER THIS FOOTBALL week-end is completed the experts

i probably will be marked down to a dime a dozen on the hoof,

|i ...Of toa running start in the wrong direction, the experts (in-

cluding your truly) saw three predictions on major games go into

i 2 reverse when South Carolina toppled Clemson, Manhattan biffed

Villanova and Arkansas edged Detroit. . , , Predicting football winners is a sour science,

Across Hill and Dale Comes ; The Cry: 'Break Up the Bears’

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Oct. 25.—Chicago, Bears 175; opponents, 45. . There you have it, brethren=a short, sweet story of the sweetest : Jodibal team | pow SJctaling Phy Whete in these United States. You ‘ e Carlisle hy ur Horsemen of Notre Dame - ea Ine Jou. ni a ose babies cago who run from the T { tio; ~~ roll up scores that make you think SrmaLion amd «they are playing football. took charge. Right now he looks All this is apropos of the fact|like the only thing that would be - that the howl of “Break Up the|favored over the Bears, : Bears” is begin-| The thing for you to do is not to ning to be heard. | worry about breaking up the Bears. It now has be- Youll be a lot better off worrying come apparentiabout getting somewhere to see that nobody can|them play. It’s one of those sights offer serious|that nobody should miss—something competition to|like the Lincoln Memorial, the the Bears, not|Grand Canyon and the Great even 2 : Ves Smokies, clubs in the Na<| The Bears run 321 plays from tional League, |their T formation: her can pass, the fastest foot~|kick run and do magic. Their secball circuit iniond team would be an even money the country. any other pro club's In four games|first string outfit. ' They have. so the Bears haveimuch material that they drew Tom piled up 37s Harmon in the draft and managed points to, thelr |, get along right well when he de- = opponents :|cided not to play with them. MayThey have been pressed in only One|, ji» just as well; he probably

e, the season opener against ’ v fhe Green Bay Packers, which found |COLdn't have made the first tesmn Don’t break ‘em up, Mr. Halas.

e gs on top, 25 to 17. Since then they have swamped|y.: a1} us customers watch them break up other people for a while.

Hardwood Drill

Chicago Cardinals, 53 to 7; and Begins at DePauw

murdered the Detroit Lions, 49 to 0. On ‘Sunday they will take the ttsburgh Steelers over the hurdles —and you can count on it.

Yankees Had It

The cry of “break up the Bears” not coming entirely from the men who own and coach the other teams in the pro league. Most of the owners are like

Four of the first six on last year's

hobsame: squad are practicing with promising

Times Special : GREENCASTLE. Ind, Oct. 25.— || young Alexis| Twice-a-week hardwood sessions are tor of the Phila- underway at DePauw as the Tigers

Tech Rides On In Quest for City Grid Title

Cathedral Bows, 27-12; Park Beats Ben Davis

One-third of Tech’s big City title question mark 1s answered today, as the Greenclads boast a 27 to 12 victory over Cathedral in the City series. Washington, with one victory in one ' City game, and Shortridge still stands between Tech and the title. ! It was Tech's second victory in two City starts and the Irish’s first loss in as many league games. The Tech team struck early, two touchdowns in the first Lalf, coasting through the third quarter, when Cathedral scored its second marker, and scoring twice again in the final period.

H. S. Standings

Broad Ripple .. 0 Cathedral ..... 0 1 * Has not played city opponent. Remaining games scheduled: Oct. 31—Cathedral at Shortridge. Nov. 7=Cathedral at Manual; Washington at Tech; Broad Ripple at Shortridge. Nov. 14—Cathedral at Washington; Shortridge at Tech.

Cathedral, relying on forward passing, collected 13 first downs to Tech’s 11, but it was a tireless ground attack that won the ball game for the East Siders. Tech required only three plays and less than a minute to score its first touchdown. Hanna and Dobkins took the ball to the Tech 46 from their own 30 after the kickoff. Volk then broke into the clear on a thrust through right tackle and outraced the Irish seconda: to the goal. ‘Dobkins kicked the extra point. Cathedral took the ball on the kickoff and kept it until they scored on a march sparked by runs and short passes by Emmett Behr. Curran scored on a plunge, but Theis’ kick was wide.

Irish Err

Tech scored again when Blacke well tried to run Hanna's punt out of the end zone for the Irish inStead of letting it fall for a touchback.

Blackwell was stopped on the nine and Tech took the ball a play later after a fumble. Five plays later Hanna swept the left end and Dobkins again converted to make the score 14 to 6. The Cathedral passing game brought the score to 14 to 12 in the third period, when Behr, who had been passing most of the game, reversed the procedure and caught one of Bob Wigmore’s tosses behind the Tech goal line. The Cathedral line seemed to tive 'n the final period and Tech rusted, drove and plunged on two long drives for touchdowns. The first was scored by Volk and the second by Medcalfe, reserve halfback, Medcalfe went over from the two-yard line after pushing from the Tech 38. The try for extra point was good on a pass, but Tech was offside. On a re-trial, Medcalfe ran seven yards for the conversion.

. Park Wins, 53 to 7

In the other local game, Park School ran over Ben Davis, almost at will, and crushed the West Siders, 83 to 1. The Red and Black had a remarkable record of completing all passes In the first half, scoring six times. Park lost the ball on a poor pass from center just before the half and Ben Davis, capitalizing on its one. break, scored on a pass from Mann to nian Fines. Mann plunged for the point. Park, receiving the kickoff at the opening of the second half, marched to a touchdown on three successive first downs and double reverse by

again in the third quarter on a recovered fumble. Park reserves finished the game.

Montgomery Wins. CHICAGO, Oct. 25 (U. P.).—Bob Montgomery, Philadelphia Negro, was still the No. 1 contender for the lightweight boxing crown today as the result of an 10-round victory last night over Julie Kogon

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Denson Wins

Slugging Bout

DETROIT, Oct. 25 (U. P.).—Detroit’s tragi-comic “White Hope” heavyweight boxing tournament creaked into the quarter-finals today with blond bombers Lee Savold of Des Moines, Ia., and Johnny Denson of Indianapolis, still head and shoulders above the field.

presiarg Frank Barbaro’s five-star p festival was unfolded last night before a crowd of 2796— scarcely a quorum in huge Olympia Stadium—and every one ended in a knockout, one.of them a Tko. But that wasn’t all! There also were four preliminary matches, each of which ended in a secondround knockout. Thirty - three

Iy |rounds of boxing were scheduled

but the fighters thoughtfully finished up in 22, enabling everyone to go home early. Savold got into the quarterfinals the easy way. He drew a bye, but Denson, victor in 23 of his last 25 fights, drew a tartar in unheralded Charles Roth of Cincinnati, O., who had to be knocked down five times in the third round before he was counted ouf with only three seconds left.

only real slugging match on the card. They flung leather with reckless abandon and the lean, 183pound Indianapolis battler took his share of punishment before he found the range and hammered Roth to the canvas repeatedly in the third and final round. Roth, gallant to the end, suffered a badly cut eye. The dapper Barbaro, once a coal miner, isn’t perturbed about the prospect of losing money on his pet boxing promotion. “Mmey?” he snapped. “She’s not everything. We gotia find a boy to fight Joe Louis!”

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Sportsmanship

By BOB FLEETWOOD “My name is John Joseph Francis Foster. I am eight years old. I weigh 40 pounds. When do I go on?” . These blunt statements from a

stocking-footed little fighter at the Rhodius Park WPA-City box-,

1 ing show last night typify the

general ‘attitude. and spirit the recreational departments are ine stilling in local amateur athletics. When Patrolman Forest Higgs took over the Rhodius community as district supervisor for the Police Association League (P. A. L.) the youngster was sullen. He didn’t take an interest in sports and wouldn't talk or play with the other boys. Now he is constantly at the heels of Patrolman Higgs. He plays basketball, football and boxes all the time. He's a self-appointed assistant, too. Johnny isn't learning to be a professional pug. He is taking lessons in self protection, in physical fitness and sportsmanship from these recreational directors. The Marion County WPA Recreation department works in conjunction with the City’s recreational men in supervising the outdoor play and the indoor boxing shows at .the various parks where the facilities may be had. Hugh McGinnis is the WPA boxing supervisor. Under McGinnis’ direction, boxing has taken its place along with the crafts as a major recreational activity. Last year over 50,000 persons witnessed the amateur fights and over a thousand boys participated. Many of the boys aspire to Golden Gloves and professional honors but most of them want good clean fun and excitement, McGinnis says. Last year they produced five open champions and four novice winners in the

Football Scores

HIGH SCHOOLS Tech, 27; Cathedral, 12. Park’ School, 53; Ben Davis, 7. Sheridan, 13; Georgetown, Iil., 13 j4ie). La Porte, 6; Adams {South Bend), 6 (tie). ona on ‘(South Bend), 27; Muskegon ch.), 6. Val faiso, 6; Central Catholic (South

Elkhart, 33; Goshen, 0. = Wallace of Gary, 19; Emerson of Gary,

Libbey of Toledo (0,), 37; Horace Mann

0! ary, +. Marion, 42; Logan t, 14, Hammond, 8; Whiting 7. hicago, 13; Stein-

n Washington of East metz of Dichze, % ra Suasve t of st Chicago, 7; Hammond e » Bosse of Evansville, 19; Princeton, 12. Wiley of Terre Haute, 20; Crawfordsville, 20 (tie). COLLEGES ummasten, ginny: e, 41; © , 14, o Eo Bifondiburg Tehrs, 14; Montclair rs, 13. St. Vincents, 19; West Virginia Wesleyan, 0. Somerset, 7 Ebensburg, 7. Arkansas, 9; Detroit, 6. Jamestown, 41; Valley City Tehrs, 14. Winona State Tehrs, 31; uluth Tehrs,

Western Union, 26; Wartburg, 21. Mankato Tehrs, 21; Bemidji’ Tohrs, ru, ’ ork, 6. SE hariiclts 0 ‘ Mayville Tohrs, 24; Minot Tohrs, 13. Xavier, O., 8; St. Louis, 0. Edmonds Tech: ; We

atherford 6. Superior Tobrs, 11; LaCrosse, on . Hastings, 0; tie)

D ( . e J. C., 27; Chanute J. C., 12. A i hrs, 14; Yankton, ope, 6; Hill » A Central State, 12; Normal Wentworth Military lichigan ra ege, 17.

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St. Olaf, 25; A 0. 12; Dakota Springfield irenehers Fis; South

ryville, 21; Rockhurst, 6 Beiizay. uy He Washburn, 6. William and Mary, 48; Ge ston U.. 14; W. Maryland, 0.

Chatta i] thwestern, 0. ES Sook Sy Roanoke, 7.

Cent ly 3 » > Benedlet, fs, Geos Bite, o Mis, v He ward Ee - Iv .~ Jou western Louisiana Inst., 23; Louisi : Louisiana. Tech, 21; Hammond Tesch Memphis Teachers, 23; T . Misetepy! Bogie ie) Spring Bul. 1. Hardin-Simmons Frosh, 16; San Angelo 5 ron ies, 21; W ord J. C., 6 ; Sine a, 218. F. Austin, 0, i nion "Teachers, 19; Sam Houston Bs H 5 Decatur Dist, 5 isbore J Oa 8 Carroll, ”. Whitw, ; . Kirksville Teachers, 14: Wena, 3 1s

It’s Big Eleven Now In Basketball

CHICAGO, Oct. 25 (U. P.)—It'll be the Big Eleven in basketballl

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Sock-Footed Fighters Learn

and Fair Play

Times Golden Gloves ment. Last night the WPA staged its first indoor show of the year at Rhodius Park and the next is set for Nov. 5 at the North East Community Center. Other scheduled spots that will hold bouts throughout the winter are English Avenue Boys’ Club, Municipal Gardens, Brookside, North Western Community Center Douglas Park. ;

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RESULTS

90 Pounds—Junior Greathouse, Rhodius, won from Niles Canter, South Side; Kelley Strange, Rhodius, and

100 Pounds—Wilbur Franklin, Rhodius, defeated Bob Gwinn, Northeast; Bill Sincel, South Side, outpointed James Brewster, Rhodius. 118 Pounds— Don Gwinn, North East, defeated John Adams, English Avenue; Ted Hayes, P. A. L. Club, won from Kenneth Cates, South Side. 128 Pounds — Bill Henry, North East, and William Winglar, Rhodius, drew. 135 Pounds—Ed Wisling, ‘South Side, beat Kit Carson, Rhodius. 160 Pounds — Harry Firestone, North East, beat Max Cain, South Side.

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“Nobody gets hurt,” says McGinnis “and many of the boys work themselves up to where they are pretty good. We give special boxiug attention to these Loys. “It is wonderful to watch them develop. At first they are a little + afraid and bashful. Maybe they won't show up for their first fight or will come up with some lame excuse like a sore toe. But after awhile they conquer their fear. The directors don’t have any trouble with the real little boys.

but that it is all good fun. “We want to. teach them to step back and give a a chance. And to shake . and forget the whole when the fight is over, the supervisor

Se There is a psychology: involved in handling the young fighters. Often we find a boy who boxes well among the lads in his own center but is scared to death when he is set against an outsider.” “It’s that fear of a stranger, Boys than their rival in the home club don’t bother them, but that stranger is an unknown quantiby. , ; They Wis) t fo a fore the . Bu a nights they are back and find out the Sa man isn't so dreadful when they get to know him.”

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Harness Horse

Sale Tuesday

Harness racing is booming, if prices, purses and genera] enthusiasm is any criterion. Sep Palin, manager of the Indianapolis Speed Sale Co., which is holding its 13th annual sale starting Tuesday at the Fair Grounds, is confident prices will stay up to par, despite the war and higher taxes. More than 300 horses and yearlings will go to new owners under the gavel of auctioneer Lloyd Seeley. Buyers from Maine to California are expected. ~ Harness horses raced to more than $2,000,000 this year, increase of about 10 per cent\ over last year. Horsemen point t9 the $60,000 paid out at this year’s’State Fair and to the $165,000 paid out at one Eastern meeting, started only two years ago. Meetings have been extended in many places from the usual weeklong meet into a second week. Roosevelt Raceway on Long Island

year. Futurities and stake races went up in value. A $650 yearling, Court Jester, won more than $20,000 in 1940. Buyers know what they're shooting for with that kin of money around. Leo C. McNamara of Indianapolis is sending 41 yearlings into the sale here, 16 of them by his pacing sire, Hal Dale, 21 by Athlone Guy, the trotter, and four by outside sires, eS br css,

Howe Harriers Defeat Bloomington

Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Oct. 25. —Bloomington High School scored a first in the cross-country meet with Howe of Indianapolis here yesterday afternoon but the Howe team was the vietor, 22 to 33. Running over the Indiana University course Louis Long of Bloomington finished the mile and eight-tenths course in 9:20. He was followed across. the line hy three Howe runners, Bob Mannsfield, Bob Banks and Floyd Bicknell,

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Too, Poor Butler

Times Special: ’ GREENCASTLE, Ind. Oct. 25.— Butler University football is having a very bad year in the Indiana Callege Conference, even the freshmen: say so. i The rhinie gridders of DePauw ended a nine-year football domi-

{uation of the Butler freshmen here

yesterday with a 7 to 0 victory, Earlier in’ the year St. Joseph ended an eight-year domination by the Butler varsity. The Old: Gold frosh counted in the second period when Bob Michael shot a short pass to Dan Guinrup for the touchdown. Colin Howat place-kicked the extra point.

FOOTBALL Schedules of the Senior and Junior Leagues of the City Regreation Depart. : SENIOR LEAGUE Ripple vs. Gold Medal Beers ai Grove ‘vs. Roy E. Steele Shop at vs. Holy Cross at JUNIOR LEAGUE Plaza Club vs. ‘Louie's Market at Ellen“East Side’ vs. Keystone Boystown at

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Blue Blazers Boast Seven Straight Wins |

By UNITED PRESS Elkhart, Lew Wallace of Gary , and Washington of South Bend, all unbowed in battle this season, continued to lead the pack today in tke race for State high sche football supremacy. Elkhart, although no higher in percentage, was ahead with a rece ord of seven consecutive wins, no losses or ties, by virtue of a vice

‘| tory last night over an old county

rival, Goshen, 33-0. Lew Wallace defeated a strong’ sister-city team, Emerson, 19-8, to stay in the 1.000 per cent bracket and among the undaunted outfits of Indiana with six triumphs. Meanwhile, W, of South Bend| met out-of-state competition but managed to side-step the Looe doo that foreign soil has offered other Hoosier squads this season, keeping its record without blemish by beating Muskegon, Mich. 27-8, However, Central of Evansville still remains in the fight, having whipped Memorial of Evansville, 6« 0, in the only significant game in the State Thursday night, and along with Elkhart, Washington, Wallace and Sullivan make the Ine diana grid prospects appear a five team race.

Reitz Upsets Sullivan

Sullivan, however, isn’t as much a part of the scrap as it was last week, having suffered its first loss to Reitz of Evansville Wednesday night. ‘ There are other teams in the State with one loss and six wins, as Sullivan's record now stands, but they do not have the potential power to come back that the Sule livan squad possesses. With tough opposition looming fq; the others in the last remain weeks of the season, Sullivan m be the team fo step back into thick of the'fight the moment leader falters. Elkhart last night displayed tre mendous power in walking ovep Goshen and, even with the possi~§ bility of a mathematical tie with ¥ Wallace, Central and Washin could claim the mythical state crown by sheer virtue of winning margins over strong opposition, an honor that Sullivan would be able to claim if it had kept a clean

had a 30 and a 40-hight meet this] slate

The Golden Arrows had never scored ‘less than 27 points in any

game until their old nemesis, Rel brought, their downfall. 3 Rely

* 3 3 Major Teams Lose i ose in Upsets NEW YORK, Oct. 25 (U. P.).— Three major football teams had their perfect records blasted in this week's pigskin prolog, auguring 11 for the 16 unbeaten and untied owt fits who are to risk their today. Clemson suffered its first reversal Thursday when upset 18-14 by South Carolina, and last night Ville anova and Detroit were surprise victims. - Villanova, conqueror of Baylor, was humbled, 9-6, by & lightly regarded Manhattan eleven, and bowed to Arkansas, 9-6, giving the Razorbacks their first major victory of the season. . : However, Temple and Texas Tech remained unsullied by trouncing

Bucknell, 41-14, and New Mexico, 36-0, respectively. %

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Ex-Butler Athlete On Service Squad

Times Special

CAMP SHELBY, Oct. 25—A former Indianapolis high school and college athlete, Pvt. Victor Lane ahan, is playing first string on the 38th Division grid squad here. Lanahan, a 170-pound end; played four years at Cathedral High im Indianapolis, and four years a$ Butler University there. The 38th Division Cyclones will play its first game of the season today with Tue lane University reserves. i

Stars Sign Vitt

HOLLYWOOD, Oct. 25 (U. P.).~= Oscar Vitt, who piloted the laste place Portland Club of the Pacifie Coast League last season, was signed today to pilot Hollywood. :

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