Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1941 — Page 16

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SPORTS...

By Eddie Ash

WITHOUT too great a fear of missing the target on

a long-distance prediction, it

that the Notre Dame-Michigan football game will be one of the top attractions in the nation next fall. It will be the first grid clash between the two universities since 1909. . . . The date is Nov. 14, at Notre

Dame.

When Minnesota's Golden Gophers won the 1941 Western Conference football championship, they regained the lead in the total number of Conference grid titles won, which had been held for the

preceding 14 years by Michigan.

Minnesota now has won the championship outright, or has tied for it, on 14 occasions. . . . Michigan's total is 13, Illinois’ eight, Chicago’s seven, Ohio State's five, Northwestern's four, Wisconsin's four,

Jowa’s three and Purdue's two. . . . Michigan grabbed the lead in during the early years of the Big crowns in nine years.

Minnesota took the lead in 1910 and then held it until 1926

when Michigan recaptured it, only

Michigan won its first championship in 1898, two years after the Conference was formed, and its last in 1933.

I. U. Baskethall Chief Wins 28 in 36

BRANCH McCRACKEN, Indiana University’s basketball coach, is the coaching champion of the Big Ten “natural opponent” system of scheduling. . . . McCracken entered the Big Ten at I. U. with this system, which this winter will be replaced by the & new 15-game Western Conference schedules. , . . The so-called “natural opponent” system lasted three seasons, during which McCracken’s Hoosier quintets won 28 of 36 games for an average of + «+ « McCracken’s nearest competitor was Haroid Olson, veteran Ohio State mentor, whose Buckeye teams of the past three seasons won 25 of 36 contests for an average of .694. Since Big Ten cage competition was started

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in 1906, the Indiana Hoosiers have

for—the Big Ten crown three tines. . . . Their basketball-minded neighbors, the Boilermakers of

Purdue, have set the pace with 14 Wisconsin is a close second with 1

Michigan, which played its first full basketball schedule in

1917-18, holds four cage crowns and

Illinois and Minnesota, as well as Purdue and Wisconsin.

Ohio State has exactly matched

Northwestern bringing up the rear with a pair of titles apiece.

‘Mac’ Makes Every Shot Coun

J. R. McCORMICK, State Auto Insurance, believes in economizAt least, that's his story. . the many city-slicker hunters who explore the Hoocsier wildwood in

ing on ammunition. . . .

season stalking the elusive bird and And “Mac's” story is this: That and cashed in on each for a batting

out he got a pheasant and two rabbits

you.

Second trip out he fired twice and got a rabbit each time. . , ,

And called it a season.

“Dead-Eye Mac” is hereby elected president of the Five-for-Five

Club . . . if there is a Five-for-Five

SPEAKING OF HUNTING, Joe Canning, local sportsman, is back from his annual penetration of the North Woods and it won't be long now ‘til Joe stages his Sports Writers’ Ball . . .

supper.

Leave it to Joe and his trusty rifle. . northern Michigan this trip and the menu at the sports writers’

party will consist of venison and all

his old J. J. C. Club have been holding these shindigs for sports writers and invited guests more than 20 years. They had their inception in Hoosier pro football days when the

J. J. Cs were State champious.

is this department’s belief

Indiana has never won the title, number of championships won Ten'’s existence by taking five

to lose the lead this year. . . .

THE

Continentals, Manual, Win; Satans Bow

City Fives Win Four, Lose Two, Saturday

Local basketball fives started the week today with a record of four wins and two losses in Saturday night play with state teams.

Washington, Manual, Crispus Attucks and Sacred Heart hit pay dirt Saturday night, while Shortridge was bowing to a strong Martinsville quintet and the Silent Hoosiers were losing a runaway battie to Atlanta High School, 51 to 20. Washington's Continentals, losing to Southport at the half, 15 to 12, rallied in the second half to shade the Cardinals, 25 to 24. The winners were paced by little Don King, who transferred his sharpshooting to the hardwood floor from the gridiron. He connected for six field goals and a free throw for 13 points, making two of the fielders

and the charity toss in the stretch drive that brought victory.

won—or tied

titles, while Coach McCracken 2 championships.

its record is topped by Chicago,

Indiana's record with Towa and

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. « He is one of rabbit. he only took five shots this fall

average of 1.000. . . . First trip + «+ « Just three shells, mind

Club.

a venison . . He bagged a deer in

the trimmin’s, . , . Canning and

This Year's Butler Five Good

Like Other Bull

By BOB FLEETWOOD

Butler basketball usually manages to win consistently and this year’s squad doesn’t seem to be an exception. »

A short pass under the basket. game and there ball clubs.

Sprinkled lightly with height but fast and sure of themselves, the

Bulldogs rallied to stop Franklin College, 50 to 40, in the Butler opener Saturday night. Two first teams, both aggressive and with good short games, ran the Grizzlies into the floor, then walked away with a fast-break game.

Undecided on starters, Hinkle is|

testing two quintets that balanced about even in the Franklin trial. Jim Deputy, Ernest Tidrow, Jim Baumgartner, Co-Captain Elwood Norris and Bob Fletcher started but the slightly taller second squad fashioned a mixture of speed and clean rebound handling to hold their own. Fred Hunckler, Harold Miller, Herb Schwomyer and CoCaptain Wilbur Schumacher formed the latter five, The Bulldogs netted 22 shots out of 48 while the one-hand game of Franklin snared 15 out of 58. The free tosses clicked up six times in 11 Butler tries and 10 in 19 Grizzly attempts. The passing game of Harold Miller, Hunckler and Glenn Miller raised the Bulldogs’ spirits time and again. With Franklin the looping one-handers of Dick Frazell of Indianapolis and the set-up tossing of Jim Guinnup sparked the constant Grizzly threat. Captain Schumacher headed the Fairview goal getters with 11 points. Glenn Miller trailed by two as the janky sophomore found rebounds to his liking, The two squads battled evenly during the first half with no more than three points ever separating them. The Butler defense found no . answer for Frazell's tricks and © turns but a steady floor game kept the score low. It was 20 to 18 in Butler's behalf at the rest period. The Bulldogs grabbed a sevenpoint lead as the second half began on Ernest Tidrow's longs and

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dog Teams

A set long shot. A good rebound

you are again in the tradition of Coach Paul D. Hinkle’s|the skill of the game, but sometimes

Fletcher and Paul Weavers additions from the side.

But little John Duncan tipped one in and Franklin growled again. The score was 31 to 20 when Coach Hinkle injected the second five. | Captain Schumacher kept Butler on even terms as Frazell and Guinnup continued to make trouble but Franklin tired and the Bull|dogs raced on.

With two minutes to play Glenn | Miller went swinging under, Harold Miller took Schumacher’s pass right below and Schwomeyer added a long. Score, Butler, 50; Franklin, 40. On the sidelines was Coach Dutch Jomper of Northwestern. His boys are next in line at the Saturday night. Fi

Indiana colleges blaze awa again tonight in four basketball Pome to launch another strenuous hardwood week. Six out of the next seven nights contain games, in which every state quintet will play at least once in the 25-game card.

Central Normal almost doubled the

score in whipp Anderso 26-20, ane ing erson college,

Indiana Central's

Greyhounds, thi most consistent high-scorers in the

strong county team, to continue their

Martinsville connected for 11 of 17

nine attempts.

Ben Davis Loses Manual took the measure of a

winning ways. They beat Ben Davis, 34 to 26, in a game in which the Redskins were never in trouble. Manual grabbed a 9 to 6 advan-

tage in the first period, led at the half, 18 to 1i, and maintained their lead with little difficulty. Sacred Heart made it a repeat performance at the South Side gym against St. Paul's of Marion, They again defeated the Marion five, 40 to 22, as they had done earlier in the season. Kaiser led the victors with 10 points, with Meyers’ three field goals and three free throws giving him runner-up honors. Crispus Attucks had a close battle for the first half against Goldsmith at Kempton, but pulled away in the later period to win, 36 to 25.

Shortridge 3 Down

The Attucks quintet was led by William Graves and Russell Smith. Graves had seven field goals and a free throw for 15 points and Smith’s 11 markers were scored on five fielders and a charity toss. Shortridge suffered its third straight loss, 31 to 26, to the Artesians. The game might well have been decided on the free throw line.

tries, while the Blue Devils got only two charity tosses in the bucket in

Shortridge led, 13 to 11, at half time. Bruce Hilkene paced the Norht Siders with six points. The Silent Hoosiers were behind all the way in their contest with Atlanta. Travis and Massey each got two field goals for the local team.

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Leo (Gabby) Hartnett, the Cubs’ old durable catcher and mane ager, today was named manager of the Indianapolis baseball club by New Owners Owen J. Bush and Frank E. McKinney. big league veteran signed a one-year contract. He was player-coach for the New York Giants last season. fans throughout the nation. He played for the Cubs from 1922 to 1940,

The garrulous

Gabby is popular with baseball

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When an active player and at the peak of his career, Hartnett was a dangerous and timely slugger. He was a power hitter and is expected to deliver many clutch blows for the Indiznapolis Indians.

Cue Tourney Opens Tomorrow |

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The 35th annual Indiana threecushion championship tourney will start tomorrow at Harry Cooler’s| parlor. The tourney will be run under]

may not choose to use either the black or white ball as a cue ball at the beginning of each inning. The new rule, which allows greater latitude, was designed to speed

up the game, eliminating the old, Bowling Green (0.),

City College of New York, 513 West Chester, 23.

defensive duels that were part of

rather boring for the cash customers. However, when Willie Hoppe was in town recently, he told Cooler he thought the new rule would last only through one major tournament. That was enough for Cooler, who decided to run the state tourney along the lines suggested by the old master. Walter Ramsey is the defending titleholder, having won last year with a record of eight victories and one defeat. Contenders will include six other

Greenberger, Joe Pilz, Harry Rubens, Lou Spivey and Cooler. Play will start at 8 p. m. Tuesday when Ramsey takes on Pilz.

Pictures Get Noble

NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Jim Noble goes to Hollywood following Fordham's game with Missouri in New Orleans Sugar Bowl, Jan. 1. The Ram back will sign a picture contract,

I. U. Gym Coach

former champions—N il 4 p eal Jones, Phil western (Mich.) College, 68; Defiance

Women’s Golf Meet July 20

The Indiana Women's Golf Association championship will be played July 20 to 24 at the Highland Golf and Country Club. The tourney was announced by Miss Dorothy Ellis of Meridian Hills Country Club, secretary and treasurer of the association. The 1942 tournament will start with an 18-hole qualifying test the first day. The 16 low medalists will play 18-hole matches to the finals, where the two survivors will battle on the 36-hole route. Highland will be represented by! the defending champion, Miss Carolyn Varin, who won the crown last summer by a romp over Mrs. Francis Rubach of Gary, 11 and 9, at the Morris Park Country Club of South Bend. The tourney is the third now scheduled on the Hoosier golfing front for 1942. Others are the State Amateur at the West Lafayette Country Club, starting July 13, and the national intercollegiate at Chain O’ Lakes Country Club at South Bend, starting June 22,

Field, Chicago. Trailing 24 to 21 in the fourth period, the Bears drove 76 yards, scoring on a 41-yard pass, Sid Luckman to George McAfee. A few minutes later McAfee raced 69 yards for the Bears’ fifth touchdown. A fumble by Norm Standlee on his own two, recovered for a touch{down by Tackle Bill Davis of the {Cards and a second period drive of 84 yards, with Goldberg scoring from the six, put the Bears in the hole, 14 to 0. Standlee and Maniaci scored touchdowns to tie. Bill Daddio of the Cards kicked a 23-yard field goal to make it 17 to 14 at the half. The Bears scored a touchdown early in the third period, but a 25yard pass, Ray Mallouf to Bert Johnson, gave the Cards a 24 to 21 lead early in the final period. Then the Bears turned on their winning drive. .

Giants Lose, 21 to 7,

Net Scores

To Brooklyn NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (U. P.).—The New York Giants, Eastern division

STATE COLLEGES Butler, 50; Franklin, 40.

Notre Dame, 51; St. Louis University, 22

Adrian. 32: Tri-State (Angola), 30. Central Normal, 46; Anderson,

Rose Pol, $6; Concordia, 2

| ndiana Central, 5%; Minois Wesleyan, | the old rule, whereby contestants: ss, Indiana Tech, 35; Gary College, 23.

OTHER COLLEGES Albright. 51: Moravian, 42. Beloit

4, re, 36. Blue Ridg’ , 24; University of Baltimore, 7; Detroit Tech,

43; IMlinois Tech, 29. : m

fon, 36. (Ky) College, 435; tate, 36. Kentucky, 35; Miami (0.), 21. Lawrence, 40; Carroll, 29. Minnesota, 55; Millikin, 19. Monmouth, 49: Ripon, 87. Muhlen , 65; Upsala, 87. Niagara, 46; ech

Lawrence

: » 3%. Penn State, 33; Washington and JefferSouth-

son, 31. itisburs. (Kas.) Teachers, 43; western (Okla.) Tech, 30. Rutgers, 40: College of Newark, 23. Syracuse, 68; Springfield, 49.

St. Thomas, 44; Towa Teachers, 36,

St. Bonaventure, 52; Oswego, 44

= Francis (Rrookiyn), 4%; Villanova,

“Tennessee, 42; Tennessee Tech

.. 23. University of Virginia, 49; Bridgewater,

Wisconsin, $5; Marquette, 34.

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS

Manual, 34; Ben Davis, 26. Martinsville, 31; Snapsridee, 286.

Washington, ; Southport, 24, Sacred rt, 40; St. Pasl’s (Marion), Crispus Attucks, $6; Goldsmith, 25.

OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS Decatur Central, 30; Bainbrid

ge, 20. Danville, 38; Amo, 36 (double overtime).

zil, 29; Bosse (Evansville), 2%

azil, y 21. go (Ft. Wayne), 46; Hartford City, 1

Mooresville, 44; Avon, 28. Howe Military, 33; Ash Winchester, 46; St.

4“, Bristol, 28; Concord Twp. (Elkhart), 16. , 19; Dale, 15. Side (Ft. Wayne), 29; Riley

h (South Bend), 20 Sou

th Side (Ft. Wayne), 50; Bluffton,

Avilla, 42 2 Huntertown

Fo one, 1% Princeton h; Opa, 5 Spencerviile, 6;

Start Jan. 9

NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League opens its 39th season, Jan. 9. Dartmouth has won the title four years running.

Blumenstock Wins | NEW YORK, Dec. 8. —Jimmy Blu-

menstock, the

won Madow Trophy, annually given player in the Ram's battle with New York Uni-

24.

North

shley, 28. Mary's (Anderson),

, 38, lle, 33; pai lordkvile, 32.

titleholders, were made to look like a bunch of “chumps” instead of "|champs yesterday by the Brooklyn

Dodgers who beat them, 21-7, before a throng of 55051 at the Polo Grounds, largest crowd of the National Football League season. The Giants, 2-1 betting favorites, didn’t score until the last 23 seconds of play. Howie Yeager ran back a kickoff 56 yards and then Hank Soar {passed to Kay Eakin for a gain of 38 yards and the touchdown. Pug Manders scored all three Brooklyn touchdowns, going over in the second, third and fourth quarters.

‘Forgets’ to Accept All-Star Tilt Bid

Times Special SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec. 8-— Johnny Kovatch, despite an invitation to play in the East-West game New Year's Day in San Francisco, will listen to the game over the radio. The Notre Dame end was en

route to a friend’s wedding when his invitation arrived and he asked another friend to accept for him, The friend forgot. By the time Johnny found out about the slipup, the Shrine officials in charge of the game had filled the position. Kovatch’ teammates, Bernie Crimmins and Steve Juzwik, answered their letters right away and will be in the lineup for the East.

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Bears Whip Cards and Next Grid Brawl Is Packer Playoff

CHICAGO, Dec. 8 (U.P. —Driving from behind with two touchdowns in the fourth period, the Chicago Bears whipped the Cardinals yesterday, 34 to 24, and earned the right to meet the Green Bay Packers next Sunday in the Western Division championship playoff at Wrigley

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Badminton Play

Sponsored Here

The Indianapolis invitational badminton tournament will be played at the Indianapolis Athletic Club next Saturday and Sunday. The two-day tournament was announced by Commander R. H. G. Mathews, president of the Central and Southern Indiana Badminton Association. Scheduled events include men’s singles, women’s singles, men’s doubles, women’s doubles and mixed doubles. Invitations have been extended to more than 200 persons to participate,

MONDAY, DEC. 8, 1041

Gabby Hartnett Named Indians’ Manager.

in 1942.

50 games. Announcement of the deal was made by Frank E. McKinney, the Tribe's new vice president and treasurer,

after New President Owen J. Bush phoned the information from Chi-

cago. Bush is attending the big league sessions in Chicago and Hartnett is with him. They will remain there searching for new player talent for the Indians and hope to come up with something worth while before the end of the week. Hartnett will not come to Indianapolis until after the holidays.

Coach to Be Employed

Vice President McKinney also announced that a coach would be signed to assist Manager Hartnett in the development of players and in handling the squad at the spring camp in Florida. Hartnett was a free agent. He served as player-coach with the New York Giants last season after managing the Chicago Cubs two and one-half years. Prior to taking over the Cubs reins he handled their catching for a long stretch of years. He will be 41 years old on Dec. 20. Hartnett broke in with the Cubs in 1922 and was their No. 1 catcher starting with the 1924 season. He was a durable ball player and seldom lost any time on account of injuries. . Directed Cubs to Pennant

He succeeded Charlie Grimm as Cub pilot in July 1938 and directed the Bfuins to the National League flag. His team was defeated in the 1038 World Series in four straight games by the New York Yankees. After the 1040 season Gabby was released by the Cubs and Jimmy Wilson took over as skipper and Hartnett signed with the Giants. With two veterans like Bush and Hartnett working together, the Indians’ chances to land new players are enhanced. In addition to catching 40 to 50 games, Hartnett doubtless will serve as the Tribe's No. 1 pinch hitter. He is a right-handed swinger with power to spare and has belted the horsehide out of parks equally the size of the spacious Indianapolis grounds.

Home Run Hitters Find White Sox Easy

Times Special CHICAGO, Ill, Dee. 8.—The American League's ten leading home run hitters found easy pickings in the Chicago White Sox back yard. They got 40 of their four-base blows off of the usually sound Pale Hose hurlers. . Ted Williams, who led the league with 37 round-trippers, got six fiom John Rigney and one from Bucky Ross. Charley Keller, who was second with 33, picked up two from Rigney, four from Thornton Lee

and one each from Pete Appleton and Ed Smith.

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Accepts One-Year Contract as Pilot, Part-Time Player

Bush and McKinney, New Owners, Also To Engage Coach to Assist Veteran

By EDDIE ASH . The Indianapolis baseball club today announced the signing of Leo (Gabby) Hartnett to manage the Indians

He accepted a one-year contract and will serve as player pilot although the veteran is not expected to catch more than

Hatchets Still

In Win Column

By UNITED PRESS The Washington Hatchets cone tinue to chop down opposing baskete ball quintets in their defense of the state high school crown. Washington whipped Muncie Bure ris Saturday night, 41-30, in the standout attraction of the weeke end card. Burris was the fifth vietim to fall before the slicing Hatchets this year. Marion Crawley’s boys have launched a comeback trail to retain the championship won last year in the state finals, and are Showing the stamina to turn the rick, Stamina is what it takes for a team to whip two tough teams on successive nights and Washington executed the maneuver, having beaten a rugged Vincennes five Fri day night, 37-21. In the tightest major game on Saturday’s slate, Jeffersonville’s Red Devils added fire to their own burning comeback trail by downing Crawfordsville, 33-32. Had Slumped Jeff slumped in early season, but started a revival with its victory over New Castle, and appeared to be improving with each game. Crawfordsville was keyed from its Friday night triumph over Ft. Wayne South Side, but fell before the Red Devils in the late minutes. Little Brazil managed to edge out a two-point margin over Evansville Bosse, 29-27, in the other Saturday thriller, but the remaining major contests ran true to form. Ft. Wayne teams all came through over weaker opponents, Central downing Hartford City, 46-13, North Side defeating South Bend Riley, 20-20, and South Side whipping Bluffton, 50-26. Laporte took a vice tory over Valparaiso, 28-13.

Table Tennis Tilts In Chi Dec. 27-28

Indianapolis will send a table ten nis team to the national inter-city championships at the Hotel Shere man in Chicago Dec. 27 and 28. In addition to Indianapolis, teams will represent Chicago, St. Louis, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and

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