Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 December 1941 — Page 20

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By Eddie Ash

THE American Bowling Congress has broken another record. . . . On Dec. 9 the total membership of the Congress was 164,000 teams, last year’s total being 163,000. . . . And memberships will continue to pour in weekly for the next two months.

A “break down” of the teams belonging to the American Bowling ~

Congress offers a clue to the reason for its growth. . . . In the early days of the Congress its membership was made up principally of teams from house leagues. : Bowling made its appeal to more groups during the last two decades with the result that churches, civic groups, industrial, commercial, luncheon clubs and fraternal bodies accepted bowling and the Congress. Below you will find a table made up from the membership roll

of the past two seasons. . . . This year’s roll is not complete and will

not be available for several months. The “break down” of the 1939-40 seascn did not include several smaller groups which are shown in the “break down” of the 1940-41 season. . . . These groups, missing in the 1939-40 “break down,” were included under other classifications or else were listed as unclassified. ++. The table follows: Season of Season of 1939-40 1940-41 2500 2643 6012 9160 3678 4321 4486 5598 566 720 1182 574 426 954 13,766

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Williams Ninth .400 Hitter in American

CHARLIE KELLER, Yankees, who helped wreck the Dodgers in the World Series, belted 33 home runs in regular season play. ... He was second to Ted Williams, Red Sox, who led with 37. . . . Joe DiMaggio’s .357 mark was five points better than his 1940 average, with which he won the batting crown. Down through the years Williams is the ninth American Leaguer to turn in a 400 average. Jeff Heath of Cleveland was long on extra-base blows. . . . collected 32 doubles, 20 triples and 24 home runs . sacks. Lou Boudreau, new manager at Cleveland, led the league in doubles with 45. . . . Boudreau, Joe Cronin, Red Sox pilot, and Bob Harris, Browns, were tied for most sacrifices, each with 14. . . . Harris is 8 pitcher and his achievement is noteworthy. . . . He became the first pitcher in American League history to crowd in with the leading bunters,

He . «» and pilfered 18

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Kolloway Tied Record in Base-Running

WITH 33 stolen bases, George Case of Washington again was the league's leader. . . . Joe Kuhel, White Sox, was second with 20. Ken Kolloway, White Sox infielder, tied a record with three stolen bases in the ninth inning of an early-season game against Cleveland. The Red Sox won the club batting title, and, believe it or don’t, the lowly Washingtons were second and the mighty Yankees third. + + « In “runs scored by opponents” the champion Yankees had it on the other seven teams by only allowing 631 in 156 games (two ties included). It was Connie Mack's 44th year at the helm of the Athletics. . Dick Siebert, former Indianapolis first sacker, had a good season with the Athletics except for injuries that kept him sidelined at times. a+ « He batted 334 in 123 games.

= = = = = » MANAGERS of the Minneapolis and St. Paul teams of the Amerfean Hockey Association put the pressure on the boys Sunday. . . The teams played an afternoon game in Minneapolis and a night game in St. Paul. . . . That's earning your coffee and cakes the hard Way on the hard ice. . . . The Millers won both games.

U. P. Sports Boss Is Promoted

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (U. P).—

Harry Ferguson, United Press sports editor, columnist and feature writer

for The Indianapolis Times, has

been named assistant general news; Da

manager of the United Press.

The appointment was announced | Pea: by Earl J. Johnson, vice president |!

in charge of United Press

news departments. :

ald and the Philadelphia Ledger. He is a graduate of University of Missouri. Before becoming sports editor 1939 he was on general assighments in New York and Washington, including the Washington bonus riots, the trial and execution of "General

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Rose Bowl Tilt To Be Played At Durham

Shrine Game Moved To New Orleans

€ SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, Dec. 16 (U. P.).—Racing to day joined the post-season bowl games on the banned list for California. Orders by Lieut. Gen. De

Witt, in the interest of national defense, cancelled—as far as Californians are concerned — the Rose Bowl and Shrine East-West football games scheduled for Pasadena and San Francisco, respectively, the rich Santa Anita racing meeting scheduled to start Dec. 31, the Bay Meadows racing meet at San Mateo listed for next spring, and the annual all-star football game at Los Angeles on New Year's

Day. : The Rose Bowl, first big event to feel the Army's authority, will stage its 1942 game between Oregon State and Duke University at Durham, N. C." The contest, which now lists Duke at a 3-1 favorite, will be ha: - dled by the coast officials and everything will be the same but the weather. “If you forget the possibility of snow,” said Frank A. Pierson, secretary of the Durham Chamber of Commerce, “the weather will be just as fine as that advertised by California.”

Shrine to New Orleans

The Shrine game will be played at New Orleans, Jan. 3, under the sponsorship of the San Francisco Shrine Temple in co-operation with the Sugar Bowl Association. The announcement was made by Andy Kerr, head coach of the east eleven, who said he spoke for the Shrine. ; Kerr said the game would be a part of the Sugar Bowl celebration. Proceeds will be divided between the San Francisco Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children and a Shrine hospital at Shreveport, La. The site of the game will be Tulane Stadium, offered for the ocecash by Tulane University, Kerr said. The Shrine charity classic considered bids from several cities, including New Orleans; Norman, Okla.: Denver, Philadelphia, Spokane and Chicago. The game had been played in San Francisco for 16 years.

Shocked in Santa Anita

Santa Anita greeted the suspension in shocked surprise. The weights for the eighth running of the $100,000 Santa Monica handicap—with W. L. Brann’s Challedon and C. S. Howard’s Nioland topping the list at 130 pounds—had been announced only Monday. Nominations for the $50,000 Santa Anita Derby—scheduled for Feb. 25, were to have been announced Friday. The remaining bowl games apparently are free from possible suspension. Fordham was rated as 7-5 choice over Missouri in the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans, Georgia slumped to a 6-5 edge over Texas Christian in the Orange Bowl at Miami, Texas A & M remained a 7-5 favorite to dump Alabama in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas and the Tulsa-Texas Tech Sun bowl battle at El Paso, Tex. was listed as a “toss-up.”

Villmer Tests Champ Tonight

Ray Villmer, the rugged St. Louis mat performer who recently upset Big Jim McMillen and who holds a 90-minute no-fall draw with Jim Londos, goes against Sandor Szabo, heavyweight champ, to feature tonight's wrestling card at the Armory. Szabo, the Los Angeles grappler, will risk his crown against Ray, the tussle calling for two falls out of three. Villmet has been going strong in the last 18 months, scoring against several front rank huskies and is rated one of the outstanding challengers for top honors. Armory patrons also are promised an action-producer in the semiwindup when The Great Mephisto, Newark, encounters Ali Pasha, Hindu matman. Ali has captured his first three local matches. Joe Millich, Detroit, and Nick Elitch, Cleveland, open the show at 8:30 o'clock.

Bowling Scores

Leading bowlers in last night's league tion were:

TUESDAY, DEC. 16, 1041

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U. C. L. A. Quintet Invades Hoosier Hardwoods

The University of California at Los Angeles basketball team invades Indiana this week, playing Purdue tomorrow night at Lafayette and Indiana University Thursday night at Bloomington. Six foot eight inch William O'Brien, center on the U. C. L. A. team, must match shots with a snappy |. U. guard, Johnny Logan left), and a fine Purdue forward, Mickey Tierney (right).

for the sake of the Oregon State

For if ever a man had a chance to deal from the bottom, to rig the wheel with wire and to cock the dice on at least three sides, Duke football coach is that man. After 10 years of having to prove that he could take it, Wade has

out to him.

game now?—has come home to Durham, N. C. "It has come home to roost right in Wade's back yard and with it come many lingering memories that Wade left behind

Seco on more occasions than he cares to remember. Obviously, however, Wade won't take advantage of this chance for eye for an eye and a tooth for a toothache. He wouldn't have time, even if he were so inclined. He’d Have to be Nasty For to be the sort of host he has found the Rose Bowl to be in years past, he'd have to refuse Oregon permission to practice in the stadium, plant spies in every tree top and camouflage every camerman in Durham with pine cones and turn ‘em all loose on the Beaver players. He'd have to do even more to square the count on petty annoyances and minor humiliations, but there isn't time for that. Whether the Rose Bowl was wrong or Wade should be blamed for his own alobfness in public relations makes no difference now. The only thing’ to remember is that this game should prove an epic in Rose Bowl history. For Wade already has repaid evil with good. He alone has kept the 1942 Rose Bowl game alive when its abandonment appeared inevitable. After what he has done, there should never again be a voice raised against him in Southern Califcrnia—not even if he should take to smoking opium, dancing in conga lines or writing publicity for the Miami Chamber of Commerce. In one fine gesture, .the Blue Devil coach has torn several very spotted pages from the Rose Bowl book. He has come up with a stadium which will seat 55,000 with tem bleachers and he has said, in effect: “It’s all yours; just take it over and manage it as you see fit. You can handle the gate receipts, and everything else. Just move in.” This is the first really genuine friendly move in a good many playings of the Pasadena game, one

a3 Which has produced notably little

of the “good will and peace on

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to promote. The truth is, more

a second headache of the holidays.

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been given an excellent opportu- 4 nity to dish it out to the same ] parties who so delightedly dished it|°

In one full swoop the Rose Bowl game—or as is it the Tobacco Bowl].

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Wade Makes First Really Friendly Rose Bowl Gesture

By JACK GUENTHER United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—If it's true that revenge is sweet, I hope

football team, the Tournament of

Roses Committee and the Sports Writing Brotherhood of Los Angeles that Wallace Wade isn’t afflicted with a sweet tooth. If he is, notice is hereby given that all Californians had better plan to spend Jan. 1, 1942 in California—not Carolina.

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NEW YORK.—Full shares of the money from the National : League championship playoff with « the Bears at Chicago next Sunday will go to 35 members of the New

York Giants’ team, it was announced todiy. In addition, six half portions were allotted and four quarter shares. In the 1040 played at Washington, the victorious Bears each received $873.99

and the Redskins $601.25.

MONTREAL.—Lynn Patrick of the New York Rangers and Gordon Drillon of the Toronto Maple Leafs shared first place in the National Hockey League’s individual scoring race today with 17 points each. Patrick gained four points and Drillon added three during the past week.

NEW HAVEN « Lou Trudel,

y a comfortable margin of 5 points over his nearest rival, Norm Cal-

of the Indianapolis Capitals is in third place, 7 points behind.

PITTSBURGH — Veteran Ken Overlin, former middleweight champion, again outsmarted Mose Brown, McKeesport Negro, to win a unanimous decision in a 10round bout at the Gardens and his second fight with the rugged boy. Fast footwork and clever boxing by the former champion tied up Brown's lethal punch, a right to the head, and except for slight flurries in the sixth and seventh rounds, Overlin led all they way.

PITTSBURGH — Manager Frankie Frisch of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team was recuperating today in Mercy Hospital following an operation on his left foot. He will remain in the hospital for ten days.

Keller’s Counted

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.—Charley Keller's 33 home runs for the Yankees last season scored 65 runs. Ted Williams’ 37 for the Red Sox accounted for 63.

Bulldogs Drill Hard for Illini

, The Butler University net team \went through the hardest driil of the season thus far yesterday afternoon in the Butler Fieldhouse. Coach Paul D. “Tony” Hinkle, Butler mentor, told his recruits in no uncertain words that a general improvement would have to be made in the squad in yesterday’s and today’s sessions if anyone held hopes of beating Illinois, The Butler crew will travel to Champaign tomorrow

night for a game with the Illini.

“There were too many fundamental mistakes against Northwestern,” Hinkle said. “You fellows will have to play headier ball with an improved floor play to outwit Illinois Wednesday night.”

Review Defeat

After a review of the defeat of Saturday night at the hands of Northwestern by a 46 to 40 score, Coach Hinkle drilled his recruits intensely on offense and defense tactics. Also, the fast break, which is the basis for the Hinklemen's style of the hardwood sport, was stressed during the session. Coach Hinkle will take a squad of 12 players, as yet unnamed, to the Illinois contest. The game will start at 7:30 p. m. Butler will face the Illini with the same record this season as the state school. Both teams have won one game and lost another. The Illini won their opener one week ago tonight against Marquette by a 45-43 count, and were dumped by a shade Saturday night at Champaign by Great Lakes Naval Training Station, 40 to 38. The Bulldogs bested Franklin in their opening contest, 50-40, but lost to Northwestern's Wildcats Saturday in the fieldhouse by a 46-

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Norris to Head ‘B’ Men’s Club

Elwood (Woody) Norris, Butler University letterman in football and basketball, has been named president of the new “B” Men’s organization i The “B” Men's club was formed recently. It is an organization of lettermen in school at Butler, as

differentiated from the Lettermen’s|>

Club, an organization of letter winners no longer in the university. The new club held its initial meeting yesterday at the Field House. A letterman will be elected from each of the major sports to serve on the executive council at the meeting Thursday afternoon The club received its first monetary backing from the proceeds of a game last week between the But-

Indiana Uses Fast Break to Beat Nebraska

Win by 56-29 Scare, DePauw Takes 3d Tilt

Tonight’s Schedule

Wabash at Franklin. St. Norbert at St. Joseph's. Huntington at Central Nermal.

Indiana State at Eastern INinois.

Indiana’s Hoosiers mecovered from two shaky season openers with resounding fury last night and sent a blearyeyed Nebraska basketball squad back to the prairies on the short end of a 56-29 shellaeking. The Hoosiers pounded the hoop with deadly precision the first half, htting 18 of 29 shots from the field to carry a 38-10 advantage at the end of the period. The fast break, used by Indiana for the first time this season, baffled the Cornhuskers completely. The Hoosiers amassed 15 points before Nebraska could score. Although cooling somewhat in the second frame, Indiana chalked up a game .total of 26 fleld goals for 66 shots, while the Cornhuskers tallied nine of 57 attempts from the field. Capt. Andy Zimmer, playing guard instead of his usual pivot position, lead the Hoosier scoring with 17 points. Botteroff and Livipgston paced the visitors with seven points

each. DePauw Wins 3d

DePauw, meanwhile, on a tour of Pennsylvania, took its third straight triumph, beating Swarthmore 38 to 27.

Don Jones, Tiger forward, got 13 points. DePauw led at the half by four points but gathered speed in the second half to go way in front. In the other Indiana college game last night, Manchester's Spartans were able to beat Valpo, 37 to 31, without the services of their star forward, Bert Niles. The Spartans had to overcome an early lead but led at the half, 21 to 10. The Indiana summary: Indiana (56). Nebraska (29).

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