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Chicago Saturday is sure to produce a lot of fancy football and in all departments of play. . . The Bluejackets have “come a long way since their last defeat by Michigan State “on Oct. 24. . Lieut. Tony Hinkle’s Bluejackets have won six straight and all by the goose-egg route. . . . They have won eight games and dropped ~ three in 11 starts. . . . The team got off to a slow start, but Coach _ Hinkle finally obtained results despite a lot of handicaps. . . . Foot- ~ ball observers now say he has bne of the best teams in the country, _ college or service. Once his all-America players found their stride, it was too bad for opponents. . . . A powerful line supports a star-studded backfield and the defense is just as great as the offense. Notre Dame has played 10 games. . , . The Irish have scored seven victories, lost two games and tied one, ... And they are just ‘out of three bruising battles, against Michigan, Northwestern and ‘Southern California. . . . Records of Jthe Saturday rivals:

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| Martin Batted .500 in 1931 Series

ANSWER to Query: Pepper Martin played center field for the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1931 world series against the Philadelphia ‘hiletfcs. . . . The Cards used three different players at third base, Jdigh, Flowers and Adams. ~The Cards won, four games to three... . Martin batted .500 iin the seven games, garnering 12 hits in 24 at bats. . « « It was his first world series. L The Cards won the second, third, fifth and seventh’ contests. "4... The second game produced a much discussed play; Jim Moore * , of the Athletics fanning in the ninth as a. pinch hitter and having %0 be shooed to first When Card Catcher Jimmy Wilson dropped the * $hird strike, two being out at the time and two being on. ge When Wilson finally threw, it was to third and Jimmy Foxx had «already arrived there. . . . Max Bishop then fouled to Jim Bottomley . and ended the game. ... . A hit would have put Wilson in the “goat”

4 brigade. . . . The Cards won that game, 2 to 0. v Gophers Scout 1943 Grid Opponents

| fs played on a major scale , . . Minnesota scouted Ohio State

“ good account

= in the fall of 1922,

"= LOOKING AHEAD to 1943 football . .. just in case the game

last

Saturday when the Bucks trounced the Iowa Seahawks. . . « The " Gophers and Bucks are scheduled to meet next fall. . . . Missouri also ; will be scouted by the Gophers this week when the Seahawks are played. . . . Missourl is scheduled to open the 1943 season at Minne4 sota. "7 Tulsa university is described as “little, but it’s long on dollars and oil.” . . . Its undefeated and untied grid team is sure to:give a of itsdlf against Tennessee in the Sugar Bowl, » ® ”

» $B LOOK FOR ball players to carry a dinner pail on trains in 1943. Service men riding regular trains get the dining car priorities nowadays and troon trains get first call on the diners. st Western confe-ence basketball teams will play mainly before student crowds the coming season. , ,. Gas rationing is sure to lower

‘outside attendance

Bill Terry Pounded A. A. Pitching

BILL TERRY layed first base for the Toledo Mud Hens in 1922 and 1923. . . . He pounded American association pitching for .368 his first year and increased his average to .377 his second. . . « That

's # = ® 8 8

" THAT Great Lakes vai Notre Dame grid game in

eonvinced the New York Giants and he was advanced to the majors

_|minding of McGraw. Terry's abil-

! 1proved a managerial genius in many

| conditions. : | Were it not for Terry's unfortu-| The Army Plays Soccer nate relations with the New York}*

Hockey league's Ei : . + « With an army team in the Canadian

"playing hockey a3:in . National Defense l-ague.

TOMMY AND TRSON, star hockey defense man of the dis-

the 1941-19

| Cancel Corn Bowl

x : (Catholic Youth Organizations to-

Football Battle

‘ CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (U. P.)—The

day cancelled plens to hold a

“Corn Bowl” footbull game at. Sol-

dier Field here on New Year's day. ~ Ralph Leo, C. ¥. O. director of public relations, said Jeff Coleman, business manager of athletics at

"the University of Alabama, had de-

clined an invitation for the Crimgon Tide to play Holy Cross in the proposed Corn Bow! game.

Here is a gift that any pipe smoker will appreciate, -We were fortunate to get the combination tobacco

pouch and pipe sets for

“have zipp:r fasteners—get yours while they last. M ail Orders Promptly Filled

Americans, is now in.the Canadian army. . . «

“most valuable” player of

West Coast Doesn't Agree With All-America Choices

By HARRY GRAYSON x Times Special Writer : : CHICAGO, Dec, 1.—There are kick-backs on the all-America team, of course, and the most robust one comes from the West Coast. “Alyn Beals of Santa Clara was an all-America end if you ever saw one,” telegraphs Tom Laird, veteran sports editor of the San Fran-

cisco News.

the last one a shoestring catch in the clutch right in front of Bobby Grayson. Last season, as a junior,

he scored a dozen touchdowns.

Combinat j i Tubber i AEE RG ; er pouc with brie: Pipe, only—

Christmas. Both pouches

“Sweet Wilyum’ Departs N. Y. Baseball Scene

By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent

yum Terry, the Memphis

York baseball scene. We, personal-

ed defender during Terry's wrangles with New York sports writers.

Now that Bellocoise Bill has resigned as director of the Giants’ farm system, we will have no one to . defend, unless we espouse the cause of Branch Rickey.

In the case of Terry, we weré sort of a lone voice crying in the wilderness. After Memphis Bill became manager of the Giants in 1932, his brutal frankness, lack of diplomacy and scorn of certain other managers who had sycophant leanings, lured him into unfortunate verbal exchanges with various New York sports writers and made him a quick target for their barrages of black-and-white bullets.

Confirmed Independent

As a player, he was a confirmed independent, and on certain occasions a rebel against the master-

ity and independence as a player made him popular with the writers, against whom he had no ire. His belligerence was aimed in other directions.

When he became manager, he thought this happy situation would continue, without any change in his own attitude. He didn’t realize that as pilot he was front man for

players and the press and that it was almost as important to maintain cordial relations with the writers as it was to turn out winning teams. "Hence, although Sweet Wilyum respects—winning the pennant and world series in 1933, a year after he had taken over the last-place club, and winning flags in 36 and '37—he was constantly under fire from the press coop. The strain of this feud, coupled with the fact that key players of the McGraw regime were fading out, caused a recession in the Giants’ fortunes. They finished third in 1938 and then dropped into second division for three consecutive seasons.

Writers Slammed Him

The writers slammed Terry unmercifully and unceasingly. Crowds fell off at the Polo Grounds, and Bill gave over the managerial post to Mel Ott, popular little outfielder, a year ago. Terry took control of the club’s farm system, which then comprised nine minor clubs, but which probably will have but one, Jersey City, in 1943 because of war

press, we are confident that Bill's Giant regime would have been a far different opus. He's a smart baseball man and an excellent’ judge of talent. But it was psychologically impossible for Terry, surely under constant printed goadings, to keep his team keyed to a winning pitch. It isqrumored that Terry may take over the futile Phils, in some capacity. Bill. could do a good job there, if he evaded contact with the press. He's a master of baseball economics. But we know Bill's attitude toward writers will not change. He's a wealthy man now, one of the richest in the game. He doesn’t have to change; and he wouldn’t if he had to—because he’s

“He caught eight of nine passes against the California Pre-flighters—

that kind of a feller.

“Marchie Schwartz of Stanford describes Beals as the best end he has seen in college since Don Hutson’s senior year at Alabama—1933. I say he is the finest since Brick Mueller of California and the early "20s. Nick Susoeff of Washington State wasn’t in his class. “My next nomination would have been Chuck Taylor, Stanford guard. © “Johnny Sanchez of the University of San Francisco was the most formidable tackle on the Pacific coast by 10 miles. Ld “Walt Harrison of Washington was the top center. Jimmy Phelan, who had him last fall, says he is the smartest player he ever coached. “Jess Frietas, Santa Clara left halfback, should have been on the second of third team. He was by far the best passer out here, and runs well.” Bruce Alford, Texas Christian's left end, and Roy Dale McKay, Texas fullback, would have been the choices of Pop Boone, who has been sports editing the Ft. Worth Press longer than he cares to remember. Boone admits, however, that the Southwest Conference was somewhat shy of Jack Kimbroughs this trip. Texas would have finished as the nation’s No. 1 club, in Boone’s opinion, had not McKay been hurt before the Texas Christian game. Texas Christian lost Bruce Alford, Palmer and McCulloch, key men, before the Baylor “upset.”

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NEW YORK, Dec. 1.—Sweet Wil-| choir} singer, has departed from the New|:

ly will miss him much, because we| had played the role of self-appoint-|

Best Player of Year

Frank Sinkwich, Georgia university's all-America halfback, has been voted the Heisman Memorial trophy by the nation’s sports

writers and broadcasters as the outstanding college football player of

the year.

EN ROUTE WEST, carried to BC’ers. Despite waited until the Joe Willis : shake hands with Dr, Gallup, He

ed the get-there-first policies of t

mild coincidence, of- course, that they operate in Columbus . . ‘home town of Billy Southworth who had more than a little to do with the Cardinals’ success on the diamond this year. ‘.Army and Navy will continue to play football Some kind of foot-

Ohio State's Blinding Speed Makes Them No. 1 in Nation

By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer Dec. 1.—Putting one little word after another and whatever became of Boston College? The result, of course, was ° explosive, but we were saddened to learn it had

such tragic results in the center

of cod and culture. Our sympathy is also extended to the bright young men around the country who designate the No. 1 football team each week. It took them a long time to get around to the

the fact that the Easterners were

winning game after game and piling up incredible record the B. Y. M. remained unconvinced. They

very last week. Evidently they al-

ways kept in mind’the fact that the BC’ers weren't playing a big league schedule, What caused them to jettison this logic at the final moment will probably never be known. At any rate they are now entitled to step up and

was wrong at the wrong time, too,

At the risk of stopping numerous dornicks from our friends in the south we venture the assertion the No, 1 team of the country is Ohio State. We say this because they came within a whisper of a perfect record and it is our belief they play in the toughest football league in the land. What made them click—besides all the routine things that make all football teams click—was blinding speed. Everybody agrees the Buckeyes could go places faster than any team that has been fielded in the Western conference in years. They seem to have adopt-

he St. Louis Cardinals. It's just a . the

ball. “We'll have a team at West Point,” Col. Biff Jones, director of athletics told your sentinel, adding “unless we receive orders to the contrary. As I see it now, our problem will be competition; will we be able to go out to meet other teams and will other teams be able to come to our field? In short, transportation regulations.” Ineidentally, Army has just finished a full soccer season on the plains, a total of eight games. . ., . “And most of them were with sailors off British ships,” Col. Jones reveals. “It was all very interesting and mysterious, too. We'd get a call that a team from a ship which was in harbor wanted a game. ‘Okay, come out,’ we'd say, We never knew the name of the ships nor, in most cases, the names of the players. We'd make sure, of course, of their credentials, after which we’d play. All we knew for sure is that they know how to play soccer. They handled us pretty good, too.” ‘iy There’s one thing Mr. Mike Jacobs will never have to worry about: Nobody’s ever going to shout slacker at the fighters he’s showing these. days in the garden. They'd only be a handicap in a real fight and it’s all for the best to keep them at home cultivating gardens. Doing fancy knitting work and practicing clog steps. In fact, there should be a firm military law to that effect.

Nugent Won’t Sell

Lefty Gomez, the Yankee pitcher, is working an eight-hour shift in a New England war plant. He post cards: “And no Murphy, either.” This would be Greek to you if you didn’t follow baseball. For the past several years Murphy always had to come in to relieve him. We always pride ourselves on our blue print service. «1 won’t sell unless I get my price,” says Mr. Gerry Nugent, owner of the Phillies. We suspect he’s holding out for twg old tires and a ticket to the Birth of the Nation. Mr. Nugent may not be a good baseball man but he’s a good business man. The club owners are meeting this week and they don’t know whether they can raise or lower salaries and so they have petitioned Washington. Their demands are very simple. All they want is a “Yes” or a “No,” especially on the raising. : Our advance into Africa, we read, insures America of all the ivory we can use. Fellows like George Weiss and Branch Rickey will tell you they've had a monopoly on this article for years. This needs a blue print, too, but we are just now going through Buffalo and we can hear Niagara Falls. It sounds like Bill Klem and Larry MacPhail in a roar to end all roars. May even be for all we know. ,

See Upswing in Semi-Pro Ball

one in the 48-state tournaments next year. This move was taken to further stimulate inter-town rivalries. In addition to the tournament winner, Sisler said, state champions will be selected in industrial, service and town team classifications. Sisler said plans for she coming season will be drawn up this week on the assumption that there will be at least 250 semi-pro circuits.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1 (U. P). — George H. Sisler, commissioner of semi-pro baseball, said today that gasoline rationing “would tend to stimulate small town baseball.” People wonder what the public will do for diversion next summer now that automobile travel is curtailed, Sisler said. “That's one reason they're considering having base-

ball Subs again. “One ./freason that small town baseball slipped in recent years was because the automobile had caused nearby towns to become too close together, thus eliminating a lot of old time rivalry,” he said. “Now that travel is to be curtailed, rivalry between town teams will be revived.”

Gridders in Army BATON ROUGE, Dec. 1.— Jack Fulkerson, Francis Zick, Woodrow and Pershing Holland, Willie Miller

and Sonny Richardson of the Louisiana State football team become

eutenant

The Horned Frogs, as Pop Boone points out, lacked the manpower

Sisler, in Chicago for the Na-

2 ies JERK

Boston, ‘Bama

Are Scheduled In Orange Bowl

MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 1 (U. P)— Boston college and Alabama were named yesterday to play in Miami's New Year’s day Orange bowl football game. : Acceptance of the two teams to compete for the citrus title was announced upon the arrival from Atlanta of committee members, who earlier had offered an invitation to Georgia Tech. Tech accepted a Cotton bowl bid to meet the University of Texas instead. ° Alabama’s reputation for spectacular play in bowl games was a strong point in its selection over such teams as William and Mary, Santa Clara and the University of Miami. Alabama was defeated three times this season.

Sofiened by Fliers

Georgia first turned the trick, 21-10, then Georgia Tech squeezed a 7-0 win from the tide in midNovember, softening "Bama for the Georgia Navy fliers who took them into camp, 35-19, last Saturday.

first eight games this season without a setback. The Eagles were rated the nation’s best by many experts and were heavily favored to go through undefeated when they hattled Holy Cross in the season’s finale. But Holy Cross rose up to Wallop Boston, 55-12.

Has Good Record

Alabama’s bowl record shows three wins, one tie and one loss in the Rose bowl, and a 29-21 victory over Texas A. & M. in the Cotton bowl last New Year's day. Boston college won over Tennessee, 19-13, in the Sugar bowl in 1941. The preceding year they were beaten by Clemson, 6-3, in the Cotton bowl.

DALLAS, Tex. Dec. 1 (U. P.)— The Cotton Bowl association announced yesterday that the faculty representatives of athletics at the University of Texas and the Georgia School of Technology almost simultaneously accepted officially bids to play in the Cotton Bowl here on New Year's day. Dr. J. H. Armstrong, faculty representative for Georgia Tech and Dr. J. C. Dolly, faculty representative of athletics at the University of Texas, both wired Earl B. Smyth, president of the bowl association, that the bids had been considered by .the faculties of the two schools and accepted. y Sale of tickets for the annual New Year's day classic of the Southwest begins Tuesday in Dallas, Smyth said.

Hedden Hopes to Get More Games

Coach Frank Hedden expressed hope today that. Butler university’s basketball ‘team would be able to add a couple of more games to its schedule after he announced yesterday that the Northwestern and Great Lakes tilts Dec. 31 and Jan. 1 had been dropped. Northwestern asked for a cancellation of its game and the Great

dropped. The Bulldogs, will meet the naval team here Dec. 26. Wilbur Whittenghill, veteran for-

the end of the 1940 season, rejoined the Bulldog cagers in practice yesterday. here Monday night.

Former Champ Here Tonight

Yvon Robert, the “short term” champion whose first defense of the “heavyweight wrestling title proved a failure, will meet Roland Kirchmeyer, 260-pound Tulsa matman, in the feature event of tonight’s grappling card at the Armory. Robert, a French - Canadian, copped the title two months ago by beating Wild Bill Longson and lost it to Young Bobby Managoff of Chicago last Friday. Ralph Garibaldi of St. Louis and Angelo Cistoldi of Boston will meet

Luttrell of Houston and Al Massey of Jersey City tangle in the opener.

Saban Elected ‘Most Valuable’

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Dec. 1 (U. P.).—Lou Saban, junior blocking back and captain of the 1943 team, has been chosen Indiana university’s “most valuable player’ by vote of team members. Saban, a native of LaGrange, Ill, played all but two minutes of Indiana’s four Big Nine games this year. He caught 11 passes for 166 yards and scored three touchdowns,

Out of Step

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1—Two members of Pennsylvania's basketball team ‘are not following in their fathers’ footsteps. Pat Shovlin is the son of Pat Shovlin, who played baseball with the Cardinals and Pir-

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In Tiger Opener

L. M. Campbell (above) will be at the starting forward post for the Armoriaiders of Ft. Knox, Ky., when the army quintet takes on DePauw university at Greencastle in the opening basketball game of the season for both teams. The Tigers, starting lineup will include Wally Etcheson and Don Jones at forward; Wayne Montgomery at center, and Dean Dooley and Bill Thatcher at guard.

Paul Will Meet Chicago Battler

Earl Paul, Indianapolis lightweight who has not been defeated since turning professional, will meet one of the best-rated boxers he has ever been called upon to face in the local ring when he goes against young Ted (Kid) Lewis, shifty belter from Chicago, at the armory Friday night. The two have been matched for a six-round preliminary battle on the card being prepared by the Hercules A. C. Johnny Denson, Indianapolis heavy, and Harold (Dutch) Ullmer of Milwaukee will stage the 10-round main-go. Robert Simmons, a Times-Amer-ican Legion golden glover, will meet Bill Parsons, Danville, Il. in the eight-round semi-final. Simmons will be after his 17th straight victory in the local rings. Two other scraps are being arranged to complete the five-event program. .

BASKETBALL RESULTS

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Place 3 Men Each on 1942 Grid Eleven

By TOMMY DEVINE United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Dec. 1.—Ohio State's title - winning combination, the

runner-up: Wisconsin eleven and Michigan today monopolized honors on the United Press’ annual all-Big Nine football team. Each placed three stars on the honor outfit. The remaining two places went to performers fron Minnesota and Ine diana. The team, picked by coaches, - scouts and newspapermen, is composed of four seniors, six juniors and one sophomore. Topping the balloting and the recipient of the honorary captaincy was Dave Schreiner, Wisconsin's great end. Second to Schreiner in the voting was Hillenbrand, Indiana university halfback.

Close Balloting

Balloting for placing on the line was close only at one position, center. The eventual choice was Fred Negus, Wisconsin sophomore, who edged Mervin Pregulman of Michigan and Bill Vickroy of Ohio State. Selected with. Schreiner and Negus on the line were Bob Shaw of Ohio State at end; Dick Wildung of Minnesota and Al Wistert of Michigan at the tackles, and Lin Houston of Ohio State and Julius Franks of Michigan at the guards. Fourteen backfield stars, representing all conference schools excepting Illinois and Purdue, were nominated for first team berths, | The ultimate choices were Hillen< brand, George Ceithaml of Michigan, Paul Sarringhaus of Ohio State and Pat Harder of Wisconsin,

Hillenbrand Stands Out

* Although playing with a team that didn’t figure prominently in the conference race, Hillenbrand | was a standout. He does every-. thing and does it well. A great break-away, Hillenbrand was & constant threat. : Pos. Player Team | End.........Schreiner.... Wisconsin Tackle, «..... Wildung... Minnesota Guard. ......Fouston......O. State Center..... ... Negus... .. Wisconsin Guard........Franks.....Michigan — Tackle. ....... Wistert. .... . Michigan End..ceveees..ShaW...es..0. State Back...ee...Ceithaml..... Michigan Back....... Hillenbrand ....Indiana Back. ......Sarringhaus....O. State BacK.........Harder..... Wisconsin

Second® team: Ends—Pihos of Indiana and ..Parker of Iowa. Tackles—Csuri of Ohio State and Hirsbrunner of Wisconsin. Guards —Agase of Illinois and Billman of Minnesota. Center—Pregulman of Michigan: Backs—Farmer of Iowa, Graham of Northwestern, Hirsch of

Shawshick, 29; Medora, 24. Fayetteville, 30; Needmore, 26.

Wisconsin and Feke of Ohio State.

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