Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1941 — Page 12
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Br BOB FLEETWOOD THE 1941 SPORTS clock completes the turn in a few days, leaving the men in the press box with memories aplenty. But the scores, outstanding players and their deeds soon escape you. The little things stay with you, A facial expresison, an unimportant turn that touches your fancy in its kinship to the sports
parade.
The way lean Lon Warneke seemed to grow in stature as the innings climbed during a gray day at Cincinnati's Redland Park. The ovation for a rival pitcher when he day's work was done on a no-hitter. Ted Williams up there swinging at Ben Wade's fast one in an exhibition at Perry Stadium. Ray Starr losing his first one and the fans start their annual war with the manager. .
Billy Hillenbrand of Indiana,
intercepting a Northwestern pass
and pirouetting for balance on the chalk lines, then a rumba fer
tacklers. Kyle Gillespie of Texas
Christian fading impassively with
two Indiana linemen clawing at him.
By Eddie Ash
OLD SANTA, the All-Time All-America and perennial winner of the Chimney Sweepstakes, may not be a swivel-hipped halfback but when it comes to toting the ball he's the kids’ delight and wins their unanimous vote
for the Man-of-the-Year honors. The white-bearded old gent didn’t skip this department and The Times sports staff hopes all Hoosierland sports goers and readers en-
joved Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day 1.000 per cent.
The season's greetings to all of you and a thousand thanks for the many cards from old friends and new wishing us a happy Christ-
mastide and a glorified New Year. . .
. Cheerio!
Sports of all sorts are coming up to a difficult era in 1942 and there will be many hurdles to surmount to retain the old order of
functioning. . schools, colleges, in the independent
. Preparedness for war will be stressed in high
amateur circles, in professional
competition and in the recreational pastimes. Thousands of sports figures of the 1941 season will be doing their bit for Uncle Sam next year and the training they received in athJetics is sure to benefit them when under fire. In baseball next year age and experience will replace youth and speed as the veterans with dependents take over, while in college fooltball the 18 and 19-year-olds will be in the majority.
Expert O'Brien's Team Retains Cage Prestige
HOOSIER BASKETBALL scribes named the Washington Hatchels as the State's No. 1 high school quintet at this stage of the new
geason. .. ets to win the 1941 crown . ..
.J. E. O'Brien of The Times sports staff picked the Hatchand they came through. . . . Expert
O'Brien is now manning an anti-aircraft gun for Uncle Sam, but he’ll be glad to hear his Hatchets are still going places on the Hoosier
hardwood.
Bill Myers, The Times’ ace sports cameraman last winter, who delivered many interesting action photos on Golden Gloves, ice hockey and basketball, is now a flying photographer in the armed
forces.
Lieut. Rar] Hoff, who used to author The Times’ fishing column, is toting a rifle for Uncle Sam and also is teaching others to draw a bead. . . . And David Marshall, who used to expert the bowling news for The Times, is a member of the Canadian Air Force. Next on deck in The Times sports department (Old Military Prep) is Bob Fleetwood, another flying Butler Bulldog due to report
most any time to Uncle Sam's Naval
Five Mackmen Are Defending
Aviation Corps.
the Colors
THE FIFTH MEMBER of the Philadelphia Athletics joined the country’s armed forces the other day when Pitcher Rankin Johnson enlisted in the Navy. . . . The others already in service are Sam Chapman, Al Brancato, Don Richmond and Porter Vaughan. Pitcher Joe Hatten, acquired by Montreal of the International League in a recent trade with the Minneapolis Millers, has filled out his draft questionnaire and is not expected to report to the Royals
even for spring training.
Johnny Sturm, first baseman, and Phil Rizzuto, shortstop, a pair of New York Yankee regulars, are on Uncle Sam's 1942 call list. Bob Kennedy, Chicago White Sox third baseman, escaped the first draft registration because of his age but will register under the
revised law. .
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FIRST TO FILE an entry blank for the tenth annual TimesLegion Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament is Norman Horowitz, 1318 Union St, who is training under Tommy (Kid) Leeper at
the Leeper Boxing Club.
Horowitz entered the 118-pound division in the Novice class.
N. L.'s Best Out to Beat
Bears, If That's
CHICAGO, Dec. 25 (U. P)—The cream of the. National Professional Football League headed for New York today, bent on shackling the powerful offense of the Chicago Bears. Commissioner Elmer Layden picked a 29-man all-star squad last night for the annual game with the league champions. The players were told to report immediately to
Weir Joins Dean
At Stanford U.
Times Special
VINCENNES, Ind, Dec. 25— Woody Weir, basketball and baseball coach of Vincennes High School, was going back to work under Coach Everett Dean today. The former Indiana University net star announced his resignation yesterday to accept a job as assistant coach at Stanford University, Palo Alto, Cal The city school board accepted the resignation and appointed Frank Conrad, cdach at Petersburg, as his successor. Conrad will take over immediately. Weir played under Dean, now head coach at Stanford, when the former Indiana mentor was at Bloomington. Since then Weir has coached at Jasper, French Lick and Vincennes. Conrad is a Vincennes boy who three years at Gibault High
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Coach Steve Owen of the New York Giants for the game at the Polo Grounds Jan. 4.
Layden said the squad was picked for its ability “To give the Bears some competition.” Receipts from the game, which was shifted from its site at Los Angeles at the request of Army authorities, will go to the Naval Relief Fund. Members of the all-star squad: Centers—Mel Hein, New York; Ray Apolskis, Chicago Cardinals; Charles Cherundolo, Pittsburgh. Guards — Joe Ki Chicago Cardinals; Clyde Shujart, Washington; Augie Lio, Detroit; Jim Sevell, Brooklyn. Cleveland; Washington; burgh; John Mellus, New
Chicago Cardinals; Dick bert, Philadelphia; Perry Schwartz, Brooklyn; Don Hutson, Green Bay. Quarterbacks—Cecil Hare, Washington; Nello Falaschi, New York; Larry Craig, Green Bay. Left halfbacks—Sammy Baugh, Washington (doubtful because of illness); Cecil Isbell, Green Bay; Frank Filchock, Wi ; Marshal Goldberg, Chicago Cardinals (doubtful because of defense job). Right halfbacks— Ward Cuff, New York; Arthur Jones,
Tuffy Leemans, New York.
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ANGELO BERTELLI unable to resist a smile at the manner in which the Notre Dame line holds for him as he calmly spots an eligible. Tommy Melton of Purdue blocking out three Ohio State linemen
at one time in the open field.
Slippery Boris Dimancheff trying to run around Nick Scollard of St. Joseph's end. The look on Tony Hinkle's face and the way he stuttered around the dressing room after Butler's massacre of Wash-
ington of St. Louis.
Alf Bauman of Northwestern picking Billy Hillenbrand up off the
ground with one hand. Jack Graf of Ohio State in the open. Dove of Notre Dame, tackling and crying.
Bob Schwenck of Washington
trying to pass like his press notices in a losing battle. Bill DeCorrevont leaving his feet on a block.
You can’t forget the way the
stands vibrate when a good young
horse paces up and down at the Speed Sales. Alice Marble's serve at
the Butler pro matches,
The ‘Big Three’ Had a Winner In 3 Sports
Notre Dame Ruled The Football Field
This is one of a Skies of r-end sports roundups by United Press
Indiana colleges, led by the “Big Three” of Indiana, Purdue and Notre Dame, smile with smug satisfaction over the thought of the waning 1941 sports year. The Hoosier schools produced at least one out-
standing team in three out of three major sports. As far as football is concerned, Indiana and Purdue don't talk about that. Neither does Butler, The “Fighting Hoosiers” from I. U. fought, but wound up with a season record of two wins and six losses. The Big Nine record showed only one victory and three defeats, which landed the McMillin boys in a tie for seventh spot. The sophomoric I. U. lads lost outright to Detroit, Notre Dame, Texas Christian, Towa and Northwestern, and dropped a close one to Wisconsin, 27-25. A victory over Nebraska saved some face, but the final game of the year, in the traditional battle with Purdue, I. U. reimbursed their fans for a bad year by taking the classic and the Old Oaken Bucket again, winning 7-0. The spectacle of the season was the budding of Billy Hillenbrand, the sophomore back who ran, passed and punted the pigskin like a demon, knitting MecMillin's fiery offensive.
Purdue Miserable
Purdue's Boilermakers, strong on defense but lacking a Scoring socko, had their most miserable season in years. Purdue won two, tied one, and lost five in over-all competition, and had a conference record of one victory to three defeats, identical to Indiana's, Purdue beat Pittsburgh and Iowa was held to a tie in the rain by Michigan State, and lost to Vanderbilt, Ohio State, Fordham, Wisconsin and Indiana. Notre Dame upheld Hoosier honor on the gridiron, going undefeated for the first time since Knute Rockne's last year as coach. The Irish romped over everything on Angelo Bertelli’s strong arm and Steve Juzwik's strong running attack. The Irish were held to a scoreless tie by the Army, but took eight other opponents in merciless style. St. Joseph's Pumas and Rose Poly’s engineers fought through the Indiana loop schedule to tie for conference football honors, dethroning Butler after seven straight championships. In basketball, Indiana, Notre Dame and Butler all had great years, with I. U, finishing second in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers won 10 and Jost 2, being nosed out in the final stages by Wisconsin, with 11 victories and one defeat. Purdue finished sixth with six-and-six for 500 per cent.
Butler Usual Scourge
Notre Dame, Indiana's non-con-ference netters, wound up with 17 contests won and five lost, while Coach Tony Hinkle's Butler Bulldogs again were the scourge of the state loop, and a few higher circles besides. I. U. was the king of the state track season. Billy Hayes tutored his men to peak condition, and sent them into the Big Ten indoor meet where only six qualified. But of the six, five captured firsts and one took a second place to dump Michigan from its seven-year perch on the champion’s pedestal. Then the I. U. team came back again to upset Michigan in the outdoor meet and take another title. Notre Dame also produced a winning track team, rivaling Pittsburgh in the central collegiate. The baseball season on the whole was a “washout,” literally and figuratively, with rain depleting the number of games played to such a point that fans found it hard to judge comparative strengths. But neither Indiana or Purdue showed much prowess, although the Irish Surtied out their usually good ball ub.
Former Notre Dame Center Is Dead
CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 25 (U. PD). —Thomas C. Yarr, former AllAmerican center at Notre Dame and captain of the 1931 team, died of a heart attack yesterday at the loan office which he managed. Yarr, who was born in Dabob, Wash, in 1908, attended Notre Dame from 1927 to 1932. He played on the late Knute Rockne's last
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BILL HARMON of Washington High School going up for a rebound
in the State tournament. ' Frank salute,
Kovacs acknowledging the crowd's
An afternoon when Betty Bemis demonstrated speed at the Riviera Club pool and a young man who tried to swim along side, They were national champs, those girls from Riviera. .
A Capital dressing room after with Dick Behling shouting, “We're
that 5 to 4 victory over Providence, the greatest team jn hockey.” There
was the master Hec Kilrea turning the hat trick with a goal it took 17 years to master. Behling ignoring a hard chéck and Adam Brown
with fists in Jack Cain's face.
The puzzlement that steals over “The Angel's” face when he doesn’t understand the referee. Little Bobby Simmons and Milton Bess
in a boxing ring.
The way lanky Gene Englund of Wiscensin passed to Johnny Kotz
and you knew Indiana didn’t have
a chance .to win the Big Ten title.
Gabby Hartnett, No. | Gift of «1941 to Indianapolis Sports
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every year with appeals addressed holiday happiness.
and athletes in general have just as lengthy a Christmas list as yours.
country’s leading would like to get from Santa Claus.
Louis Browns—Joe DiMaggio. Mickey Owen—A pot of glue.
Sutherland and Bruce Smith, Joe Louis—A rest. Ford Frick—A National League team to beat the Yankees in the World Series. Will Harridge—A corban copy of that team to provide competition for the Yankees in the American League. Jim Hockey tomers.
Farley—The Yankees. Managers -— Some cus-
so eligible for social security. The Rest of the National Football League—The Chicago Bears in the Army. The Dodgers — Southpaw Ernie White of the Cardinals. The Cardinals — The Brooklyn Bridge and a blank check, for Ernie White. Harry Balogh—More 12-syllable words. Oregon State—Some sunshine at Durham, scene of the Rose Bowl game. Duke—Some snow at Durham. Mike Jacobs—A muzzle—for Jimmy Johnston. Jimmy Johnston—A piece of Mike Jacobs, preferably his scalp. Leo Durocher—Higbe quintuplets, about 20 years old. Buddy Baer—A suit of armor for Jan. 9. Sammy Angott—A couple more fights with Lew Jenkins. Ace Parker—Unbreakable bones. Ray Arcel —A fighter to beat Louis. : Maxie Baer—An audience,
Bernie Bierman-—Nothing. He's go everything but the Big Nine ¢ . Ted Williams—Baseball all year ‘round. Larry MacPhail—Bill Terry, in a plaster cast. U, 8S. L. T. A—Another Bill Tilden or Don Budge or Fred Perry or Frankie Kovacs or just a couple of good players. Sportswriters in general — No hockey games on New Year's eve. This one in particular — Gloria Callen as copy-girl.
Indiana Pros Play at Armory
A team series and second place in the National Basketball League will be at stake Sunday for the Indianapolis Kautsky's. The local professionals clash with
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By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Dec. 25—The mails are clogged around this time|Saturday with one title already to
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Irish Host
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Leo High School, perennial win(ners of championships in Chicago, comes to the Cathedral tournament
| their credit. The Lions romped over De La Salle, 38 to 29, this week to win
Despite the whimsical canard that has put America’s competitive the annual St. George pre-season sports minority above ordinary folk,
| tournament. Leo was national Catholic champion last year, They also wor the Chicago football title for high schools. Pacing the Lions offense was
jy | Babe Baronowski, one of the finest
ahtletes in the history of the school. He connected on nine baskets and one foul and was named to the all-tournament team. Besides Leo and Cathedral, St. Xevier of Louisville, Kentucky Catholic champions and Memorial of Evansville, Indiana Catholic champs, will be at the tournament. Drawings for the tournament
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The second game begins at 3 p. m. with the finals at 7:30 p. nu. for the losers in the afternoon and at 8:30 p. m. for the winners, Varsity, freshman and reserve football awards for Cathedral will be presented between the two games Saturday night. The records of the visitors give Leo the nod as the favorite since the Lions are unbeaten in eight
{ |starts while St. Xavier has lost one
out of four and Memorial has dropped two out of five,
Bernie Bierman . . . nothing.
Wabash Loses Overtime Tilt
Times Special CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind, Dec. 25.—The University of Utah's basketball team started the second half of its road trip today, still unbeaten. The Salt Lake City five defeated Wabash, 35 to 34, in an overtime last night for its second victory on the road. Wayne University of Detroit was first, 44 to 19. The Little Giants took an early lead in the extra period when Ray
Panthers Test Indiana Next
PITTSBURGH, Dec. 25.—Pitt's basketball team, beaten decisively
in its first two times out against 30
Mid-Western opposition, gets a chance to redeem itself against a foe from the same part of the country in tomorrow night's game when Indiana's Hoosiers invade the Pitt Stadium. Branch McCracken has a young team at Indiana, bu‘ his charges have turned back Wabash, Nebraska, and U. C. L. A, thus far, while losing only to a team of ex-col-legians now playing with the Great Lakes Naval Station. There will be no changes in Pitt's starting lineup. Dr. Carlson reports that his team looked a little better against Butler than it did against Northwestern, but that it failed to maks its good shots count.
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Greve, who rolled up 14 points for evening, sank a foul. But Bob Wasson of the Big Seven Conference team connected on a side shot for the victory. Wabash jumped into the lead at the start but the tall cagers of Utah soon tied the count and went ahead at the half, 18 to 15. Carl Kelly's three straight pivot hits put Wabash ahead with a minute to go but Wasson counted on a tip in to make the score, 33 to 32, for Utah. with four seconds remaining John Ingram of Wabash hit one out of two charity tosses to tie the count. Remaining on the Utah road trip are Simpson at Indianola, Iowa, and Creighton at Omaha, Neb. Summary: UTAR (35). Sheftield, f. wards, f, Bennion, ¢, 1 Smith, g...
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1 941, Fast Fading, Carried Unforgetable Moments in Sports
is Johnny Townsend of the Kaut-
sky's loafing on the pivot till a teammate shouts, “John,” and the
leather blurs from out of nowhere.
Rex Mays skididng into the south turn on a practice run and then back to gossip with the drivers as though it were a fender hooking.
Mauri Rose in the winner’s circle,
Eddie Rickenbacker telling the
press from a hospital thousands of miles away by phone just what the
500-mile means to him.
_ Bob Dietz slowing the Butler offense to prevent a race horse game, A winner in the Golden Gloves who could hardly stand. A dirt track fan ignoring the dust clouds and just climbing on his
seat . . . screams and a backfire at entire crowd to its feet. ’
the Midgetdrome that jumped the
Jim Myers of Tech charging a backward running back. Don King
of Washington passing a long one.
Then there is the little boy who said at the amateur fights, “My
name is John Joseph Francis Foster.
40 pounds. When do I go on?”
and One-Eyed Connolly,
Pursues Me” tells of a night in his
From Frank Stevens of the many gracious Stevenses. And it just occurs to us we have known four generations of the family. A recipe from Larry MacPhail captioned “How to Cook a Turkey.” Coming from a showman this sounds ominous, -and bespeaks no great optimism for the '42 Brooklyns. Joe
filled with Christmas seals, And didn’t we read. the lovable come-
bravely omitting any mention of Miami Beach and Sun Valley.
What! No Prices?
From Bill Carey a quotation from James Russell Lowell; the Erickson
all the best but failing to present the winter book price on Alsab; a patriotic note by Will B. Johnstone showing Old Glory fluttering over the Capitol dome; a far away hello from Artie McGovern, now In Arizona. It was at about this time of the year that Artie would be starting to work on Ruth's midriff, remember? From Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Topping, or should that be Mr, and Mrs. Sonja Henie? A lovely bird print from John Kieran, who is said to be vaguely familiar with the National Audubon Society. An English coaching scene from Michael Strauss Jacobs, known to the better caulifiower circles as Uncle Mike. This year greetings from all the Jack Dempseys, who are back together again, much to everybody's happiness. From Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, Col. John Reed Kilpatrick, Jimmy Kelly, Judge James E. Dooley, the Nabob of Narragansett, Senator Johnny Kilbane, Jim Braddock, S. Mortimer Auerbach, Pop Myers (and how is the rubber tire situation going to affect his 500-mile race?), Steve Harter, Indianapolis’ man about town; Toots Shor in a Santa Claus suit, by way of an original touch; Barrister Dave Sats, gloating over Harvard's fine football season; James J. Johnston lampooning the two Baers, Nova and Conn as “four great pugilistic rabbits.” You can always trust James to keep his cards in the proper spirit. From Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker: “The year 1941 has been a memo-
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Brothers, wishing the chalk eaters|
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Did You Send Joe Williams A Christmas Card? Well, It Seems Like Everyone Else Did
The Big and Small of the World's Sports Parade Drop a Line; Hannagan Forgets Sun Valley
By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer
NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—Christmas cards and notes from: Jim Farley, Tim Mara, Joe McCarthy, Frank Leahy, Craig Wood, Arthur Donovan,
From the scholarly James W. Coffroth who was the Tex Rickard of his day; G. Herman Ruth who was G. Herman Ruth of his day, too. Tommy Silence who was the first to tip us off to a young skinny ball player named Ted Williams... Barney Gallant whose book “My Past
old cafe that Heywood Broun and
your agent spent with Rockne. Doc Prothro smiling extravagantyl ... as what manager just pardoned by the Phillies wouldn't be?
Doc Prothro . . . pardon by the Phillies.
rable one for us all. It has tried the truest and staunchest hearts of men and women throughout the world. It has made possible a full appreciation of the heritage and liberties we enjoy. With the coming of the holiday season and the dawn of a new year, may I wish for you and yours the good fortune and happiness that have been mine.” . + « It seems only a week or so ago we were trying to phone an Atlanta hospital to learn if the gallant ace of World War I would live through the night. A simple one from Rudy Vallee, who modestly reveals he has “donated this year’s Christmas card money through the Hollywood Guild to make the day happier for a less fortunate family,” From: Gen,
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