Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 December 1941 — Page 27

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NEW YORK, Dec. 17-It: in lL ne that a single line of ht and urgency runs through all the commentaries on Americh'’s position in the war. The universal demand is: “Let's get tough ™ One thing we've learned In

& pports is that toughness never A competitor. By this £5 Wwe mean the kind of toughness * that drives through to a complete and definite finish. Maybe

we didn't have enough of this |port in our nation’s capital. |

breed Maybe that’s why as the years + rolled along we got to be known derisively as Uncle Sap. This was amusing to us, but . ..

r ® . Get Tough Now WELL AS IT turns out our

scornful critics were right all the |

Durham Stirs

ling in diabolical glee as they |

time. We can almost hear our dear little brown brothers chuck-

flew back from Pear! Harbor. Get tough? If we don't get tough now it isn't in us. Let's be Nike Dempsey. When he got a guy going he never let up. He Fept working on him until nbth“ing whs left but a mess of jellied * flesh. There were some who didn't admire this quality in Dempsey, It was called the killer instinct with crude implica tions. But nobody ever took any advantages of Dempsey or ever tried to slip over a sneak punch and not many of them wanted a second helping of him. Tunney was the notable exception and while Tunney always resented the dessignation (this was in his broad A days) he was a tuffy himself, a real good one, too. He came up the hard way, in downtown New York along the docks, and his contacts with Shakespeare and the fine arts gave him a veneer, but deep down he remained a tuffy at heart. There's a picture in our newspaper morgue showing Tunney stabbing Dempsey, and his upper lip is curled back in an insolent sneer and in his expression you can read murderous purpose and unstoppable determination. Tunney used to say with seeming pride in his more refined fighting technique that he never had the killer instinct. He was just talking. Nothing would have given him more pleasure as a fighter than to reduce Dempsey to a messy shambles,

» » ” Eliminate a Menace LATER he said to us: Tought Jack

r i he al hey

“Yout at hi h

call ajténtion to Tunney's consistency as a io He didn’t wait to be drafted in the last war, He joined wp with the Marines and it wasn't his askirg that he wasn't in the thiek of things in the Argonne. He didn't wait until those fine sterling sportsmen from across the Pacific struck below the belt; he virtually gave up his business months ago and went to work on toughening up the Navy personnel. He recognized a necessity that wasn't plain enough to others. In short, Tunney's a handy guy to have around in these times, But we were talking about tuffiles in sport—and this doesn't mean you have to be a hoodlum either. All it you are in a

and you give no edge. Most all the champions we. ever knew were geared that way. Maybe these parsons are far fetched, even silly, but the point is winners must be tough— Shd wee I e now, the big to take all the our command. Nobody's going to call us Uncle Sap any more, either.

Deny Purdue Coach Change

LAFAYETTE Ind, Dec. 17 (U. P)—Mal Eiward, head football coach and athletic director at Pur-

edge of any

“I haven't heard a thing out any change except a rumor,” Elward

sald. A rumor an ted that Elward would give all time to directing athletics and a new football coach would bé appointed.

The Purdue coach said hes had

| heard no official statement concern-

the change. C. Hockema, assistant to

cially in the absence of President

untrue.” “There has been nothing done at all on it,” he said. “And there won't be anything done for a long time, if at all Purdue has an athletic board, headed by Dr. J. A. Estey, but university policy gives President Elliott the power to make changes in the Athletic Department.

Bowl Mixture

DURHAM, N. C, Dec. 17 (U. P). —While a surprised but grateful Durham citizenry busied itself with preparations for a Rose Bowl game in exile in North Carolina, the Duke Blue Devils today whipped through another tough practice session. Bringing the traditional main event of the Tournament of Roses to Durham wasn’t a dream come true for the Durham home town folks—it just hadn't been imagined, until Coach Wallace Wade made the suggestion to Oregon State. Rabid Duke fans who had skimped and saved pennies to make the trip to the West Coast were happy and those who had been unable to pinch enough pennies for the jaunt were even happier. There was no letdown feeling among the players and the 100-odd students who head planned to accompany the team to Pasadena. Instead, there was celebration that many would be able to go home for Christmas and still see the game. Durham's Chamber of Commerce, quick to assume the responsibility removed from the California C. of C., promised weather for the game as “fine as that advertised by California.” Durham to Double

Durham, a city of 60,000, prepared to feed, house ant entertain a number of almost equal to its population for the game. Duke Stadium, built into a giant horseshoe, seats more than 50000 fans with temporary bleachers added. The two prinicapl hotels in Durham were swamped with telephone calls and telegrams requesting reservations. Raleigh hotels, 30 miles ws, also reported heavy demand reservations. The Durham Ohhtner of Commerce sent out a call for rooms in private ae Residents made 2000 room available for visitors. Secretary Fr#k A. Pierson of the Chamber added an optimistic note: “Handling 50000 won't be so tough,” he said. “Why, we had 52000 here for the Pitt game in 1938 and it was snowing like everything not exactly a deep snow—just sort of like a California mist. ' Duke Will Be Visitor

But at the game, in its own stadium, Duke will be the visitor. The Tournament of Roses Committee and Oregon State players and fans will be the host. The game will be handled just as if it were in Pasadena, except there won't be the mammoth parades and pretty girls in bathing Pt and probably weather, -* can’t match the Tournament of Roses spectacle,” Pierson said, “put we'll put on a real show.”

Indianapolis End at.

Culver Is Honored Times Special CULVER, Ind, Dec. 17—Pete Morrow of Indianapolis, Culver Military Academy star, has been placed on a mythical all-star Midwest prep conference team

Two em players from Culver won places on the eleven chosen by prep school coaches at their annual Chicago.

meeting in

“jishing 17 games ton Red Sox

is another In a series of year. Sports "Teviews.

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

back of the New York Yankees, who won back the World's Title

the president at Purdue, spoke offi-|the | Elliott today and labeled the re-| finish

Louis Cardinals tooth for the lead. The Cincinnati Reds 1940 World's Champs, got off poorly and never were a vital factor in the race. Inspired by the greatest Basking streak in history—Joe DiMaggio feat of hitting in 56 consecutive games—the Yankees ran away with the American league pennant, fin< ead of the Bos-

The Cleveland Indians, co-favor ites with the Yanks before the season opened, fell apart after fast start and just made the first division, tying with the Tigers, 1940 American League champs, for fourth place. The loss of Hank Greenberg to the Army May 7 cooked the Tigers’ goose early. Two individual exploits—Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak and Ted Williams’ 406 batting average— stirred up a raging argument which did not subside at the season's

close. DiMaggio started his streak 15 and wasn’t halted until July 17 when Al Smith and Jim Baghy horse-collared him in a night at Cleveland. During the streak the Yanks, set fire by Jolting Joe's hits

a/place to first and made a runaway

game (the Dodgers leading,

The Yanks, With Di Mag Swinging, and Dem Bums, in De Stretch—Ah, That Was Baseball

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-—-The come.

Lon Warneke . . . & he-hitter

ting, which wiped up Willie Keeler's 44-year-old record of #4 games as wéll as George Sisler's modérn mark of 41 games, climbed from fourth

of the race the last part of the

season. On the sad side of the picture was the desth of Lou Gehrig, the onetime “Iron Horse” of baseball, who passed away the night of June 2 after an illness of two years. The Yanks smacked the Dodgers down in the Worid Series, four games to one, but it was far from a routine series. The hysterical peak was reached in the fourth game at Brooklyn when the Dodgers lost a game they had already “won.” With one out in the ninth and 4-3, Hugh Casey fanned Tommy Hentich for what should have been the game's

All-Star game at Detroit despite Arky Vaughn's two homers for the senior circuit. Pete Reiser, Brooklyn's sensational rookie, became the first freshman

National League, achieved a no-hit, no-run game against the Reds on Aug. 30. It was the majors’ only no<hitter. Two pitchers in each league won more than 20 games—Bob Feller,

triumphs while Thornton Lee, White Sox, and Whit Wyatt and Kirby Higbe, Dodgers, won 22 each. Brooklyn was the only club to draw over 1,000,000 paid customers at home, the exact figure being 1215253. The National League played to 4911956 persons, a decrease of nine-tenths of one per cent ove ne the previous year. Yanks played to 964,722 at home and just short of a million on the road. The American attendance was approximately 85,100,000,

his chance, after all.

‘Memo to Oregon Stdte—

For an anxious couple of days, it looked like Bob McDonough fabove) 204-pound Duke tackle, wasn't going to get his chance to be this ferocious against Oregon State on New Year's Day. But the Bowl game has heen moved to Durham, N. OC, and McDonough will get

former Indianapolis Pueketgrs help National Hockey

return to the Detroit team some of the zip that carried it to the Stanley cup finals last year. Jennings, especially, has been and is expected to be an important factor in getting the Wings back on the victory trail The 25-year-old Toronto, Ont. star was brought to Detroit Nov. 18 to replace Joe Fisher as one of the club's first wingmen In his first tangle as a 1941-42 Red

Jennings, Kilrea'Fixtures' on Red Wings: Jones fo Return

By UNITED PRESS While a couple of Manager Jack Adams’ Detroit Red Wings re. cuperate from injuries due to accident and international law, three

League The three—Bill ie :, Buck Jones and Ken Kilrea—were recalled from the Wings’ Indianapolis Capital farm last month in an effort to

boister the Wings! chances in the

Wing, he stored two goals against Toronto. Red Wing officials say he is “definitely big league” and probably will outdo his last year's performance as a member of the team that met Boston in the Stanley cup playoffs. Jones, who is 23 and hails from par Sound, Ont, joined the Red Nov. 27 to fill in for Alex|as hi Tr, star Detroit defenseman who has been laid up with a knee in-

Farr Wants Louis Match

By HARRY CRAYON Times Special Writer

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Giving you a rough idea of what effect the war will have on sports in this country, there is Tommy Farr’s letter to ‘Mike Jacobs. Tonypandy Tommy, who stirred up some trouble for Joe Louis in August, 1037, suggests that the champion box him in London next summer, Should Louis not be available, Farr wants a light<heavyweight to tackle one Freddie Mills or a welter to accommodate Ernie Roderick. It's business as usual in England.

Farr .mentions the fact that 65,000 people witnessed a football game in England on a Sunday afternoon last month. So, you see, British sports are carrying on mighty well follow« ing more than two years of pineapple dropping.

OUR ATHLETICS will go on at as rapid a pace as ever, with a vastly greater number of partici pants. The difference is that the bulk of our games and matches will be staged at or in the interest of training camps. Louis, for example, is doing an encore with huge Buddy Baer at the Garden, Jan. 9, free, gratis and for nothing. : Louis’ entire purse and a good share of Promoter Jacobs’ profit goes to the Navy, Relief Fund, and Uncle Mike, exceedingly sharp at figures, unhesitatingly says the Salse will get more than $100,« Jacobs got busy in the interest of the Army Relief Fund as early as last July. Unhappily, the Fritzie Zivic-Bummy Davis af fair lost money, but Jacobs took care that the fund got the $10,« 000 minimum promised. Boxing never pulled any punches in time of trouble.

BASKETBALL

lace will be at on the! Eportimas re plik rial De the ice

Bud’ Robison ¥o ghd Sah of a other i» he’ 8: ojper ge Aras vs, —— Na-

jury, and Bob Whitelaw, whom| Windsor authorities held in Canada for eight weeks because he had no

passport. : Whitelaw now has been released, place as

rea as “potentially big Ottawa, Ont.,, youth joine Wings Nov

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NAT Ary io Reconsider le Racing Ban in West!

might permit breds in local Heine today.

Horses Remain at Stables Ready to Begin Richest Meet

ARCADIA, Cal, Dec. 17 (U. P.) ~The possibility that the Army to continue kept 1400 of the nation’s top thorough-

Virtually no owners and trainers have made plans to ship & the ani mals to other tracks. The management of the Santa Anita the world’s richest racing program was scheduled to start Dec. 31, asked

track, where

Lieut. Gen. John L. De Witt, western defense commander, to "reconsider his order postponing the opaning of the race meeting. owners based their prowt jh Enginhd San tinued: 3 its Fim

greater war dangers, g andes Geisler. chairman of the alia Horse Rherug Board, and Charles H. Strub, manager at Santa Anita, said A could only keep the track tlosed until clarification of De Witt's order. Owners deBiring to ship their horses to Florida or New Orleans for winter meetings will have difiiculty obtaining horse cars because the Army has requisitioned most of the cars. Geisler said the Racing Board's

li suspension of the start of the meet.

ing should not be taken as cancella- “| tion of the entire program.

England Closer to War

“The Racing Board has only temporarily suspended Santa Anita's license,” he said. “In England they raced during the war and England is as close to war as we are to Catalina Island (24 miles). The of England even maintained his stable of horses. The Board is hopeful Army authorities will reconsider after a period of caution.” Geisler said he had invited Gen. De Witt to make a personal inspection tour of the track and the traffic problems that might be encountered. Horsemen have suggested that the program be split into morning and afternoon races with only about 10,000 persons permitted at the track for each session as a means of avoiding congested highways. Whirlaway, the champion of the year, will remain at the track regardless of the cancelation and continue training for summer racing,

Trainer Ben Jones reported.

Net Scores

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS Warren Central, 35; Fortville, 32. Danville, 81; Speedway. 24.

INDIANA COLLEGES

Central Normal, 43; Huntington, 9, Franklin, 49; Wabash, 39, Tri-State, 47; Toledo, 34. St. Joseph's, 48: St. Norbert, 36.

OTHER HIGH SOHOOLS

Clinton, 36; Newport, 25 Gary Horace Mann, 20; Emerson, 11. Hammond, 41; Valparaiso, 292 Portage Twp., 41; Lowell, 30. East Gary, 4%; OHesterton, 20. Crawfordsville, 45; Greencastle, Ladoga, 51: Linden, 16. Attica, 54; Kingman, 206, Bedford, 30; Seymour, 19. Caive r, 45; Plymou 2M. r, North Vernon, #1. estheld, 3 Olcero, 1

lawn, 30: Hs elton, 24 26.

3, Medacyuile” 1 Th

Sw vhynee, Union x (Howard), 25. Linton, 51; ein Frankfort, 30; Elw Bias: a Safed, Hutsonville (11l.), i; 3 yaville, 3 Sullivan, 4 ao bu he Concannon Ul TUSR 21}

Qwensvill o 3 er, 38: Wintiow. is; Fort en 84.

98.

OTHER COLLEGES

e Island State, 108; American In-

el, is Pro noe, 66; Fata. Tech, 45. Heldelbers, 387 2. 5% u Moston, 47%; Lafaye ette Ba timere 43; eatern Franklin-

Mesa hl “Maryan, 18 Norfolk Teaining Ration, ; David. “Blohmend, 3 51; RindCiph-Macen, 28. Wes In rd, 40 Slippery Rock Teach- *% astayus Adolphus, 6%; North Dakota Ya le, 60; Washington (Md.) College,

West Chester, 4i; Kutstown (Pa), 18. Davien, i’ ume. 1. Tarkio, 4 at; Po rg (Neb bo ‘Teachers, 26. Centre, i8: RK Kentucky.” Wesleyan, 41. e, 35.

Slerpton. 417 Nobrarht” Vosieyan, 34. s (Mich

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Bowls 6 Times : Her Wei ght

Times 18

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.~Twinkle Watts is the only one in history who ever howled six times her weight. Little Miss Watts, you see, is

only six and weighs no more than 42 pounds, yet has rolled as high as 250, with a regulation size, 10%-pound ball. Giving exhibitions throughout the country, Twinkling Twinkle, whose home is in Santa Monica, Calif, met the celebrated Mrs. Floretta D. McCutcheon, among others, in New York. Mrs. McCutcheon once defeated the then champion, Jimmy Smith, in a three-game match. Twinkle, as cute as a bug in a rug, astonishes veterans, who never saw anything like her. She has a better delivery than most star bowlers and the showmanship of a child movie star. She developed her rhythm and grace figure skating, at which she also excels. ' Twinkle Watts is the most - striking example to date that form, not strength, is the basis of championship bowling.

STRIKES TO SPARE: A grandmothers’ league is forming in Chicago . . . There is a grandfathers’ league in Erie, Pa. . . . The Original Grandfathers’ team of Los Angeles ought to chailenge somebolly . . . Robert Baker, Detroit salesman, is the champion railroad shooter of the season . . . He rolled a game in which he had eight railroads, or splits, and totaled 167 . . . His wide ones: were 3-10, 8-10, 5-7, 7-09-10, 4-6, 4-6-7, 3-10 and 8-10 . . . He converted the two 3-10s and the 7-98-10 . . . A turkey, or three cone secutive strikes, in the late frames aided him to a 167 game He really had something at which to shoot.

Bowling Scores

Last night's leading bowlers: Parker “Ered [Friston Rev

farker, Feu, Fr. 5a Sauare ‘Reet. .

Jacobs, Suley, C 2 Parker, Pritchett Rec Buces, Commercial Moxley,

Stewart, Penn Rec Miller, Wheeler Lunch Boyd nmeroial , pritohett Ree. .

Johnson eT Peek, Sievens Mortuary. Cox, Commercial ... sestasanne Simmerman, Klein & Kuhn. Mounts, Commercial ... Ceanene

ey, . Kelsey Rec. “aus Chandler, Wheeler AU cxr verse SieuHo Wheeler Lynel.. revere TIT) Commerolal fal cesses

Mork, "Grott Brack: Rotary Field, Oy .............e¢ evetrnneeny

erringer, Margit 1 hoe... De pes edago, Inde Risk,” Rapid

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Kautsky’s Play

The Indianapolis Kautsky’s tackle the Sheboygan Redskins in a National League game in the Elwood High School gym at 8:30 p. m. tonight. The local professional basketball team will be after its fourth victory in the league standings.

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seniors to complete Soliege. work bee fore induction into the military services were reported ‘to’ thé: truse | tees otay by President Frank H,

In ‘his first report to that body since assuming the presidenay, Dr, Sparks also suggested preparing stue dents for the armed services through technical subjects suggested by Army and Navy officials with whom he has been conferring. ¢ Summer school and: alumni-stue dent institute plans and .the ane nouncement, of substantial gifts for the current operating expenses were | given the trustees. . in attendance. were

Chase Harding, Ie E. DeVore, G. V ‘Kendall and: Brose. , HE, all Y Crawfordsville: " Welborn, Pierre Goodrich, i John P. Colleft, and Str own, ‘all of Indianapolis, ‘and Roy: Mas~ sena of Chicago. remy

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KEOUGH--John P., age 68, 2836 N. Delae ware; beloved husband of Loretta May, father of William phased awa Fo%pday evening. Trt at 4 uchanan Mortualy Fria y, 10 a. riends invited. Burial own ill, Friends may call at the mortuary.

FFEY-—-Myles .» 76 years, fa LAE Nellie Kelly Mrs, J He Cleveland; John R., and Ay affey call at the Kirby Mo? tuar Friday, 8:30, at the mortuary, 9 m, Christ the King Church. A Holy Oross Cemetery. Friends invited.

PENNISTON--Bertha, age 61, belov of George Penniston; “sister of Alta Tae

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STROUSE—EInora W., age 74, husband of Rosa B. Strouse, father of Mrs. Myre rtle Cooley, Mrs. Mildred Jons, Earl, Bernal, Malcom, Meatt, enneth an Chester Strouse, passed vay’ Tuesday Services Thursday.

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