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BASEBALL in 1943 is on the gloomy side again and also the conviction is growing that sports goers have seen the last of major football for the duration. ... And don’t
- be too surprised if the Indiana high school basketball
tournament is suspended for the remainder of the year. _ Transportation difficulties are increasing in scholastic basketball
circles and the manpower issue is sure to trouble baseball and foot-
ball next season. , . . Will ball players now employed in war plants
Don’t know yet. In the event they are included
. be released next spring or will they be “frozen” to their jobs? ...
in a “freeze” ruling, the leagues
~ that intend to operate next year are going to miss a lot of experi-
enced talent... . At the close of the 1942 season, many ball players classified in military draft class 3-A took up defense work for the
off-season to aid the war effort.
Another angle is the fact that minor league players employed in
defense plants are going to be tough
to'sign next spring, particularly
the players with families who are drawing fat pay checks. . . . They
may decide to remain on the war j tackle an uncertain baseball season.
obs at good money rather than
Draft May Deplete College Ranks THE 18-19-year-old draft just about dims out college football
unless some sort of special deferment
is made for students by turning
colleges into military training centers. At this writing, West Point Army and Annapolis Navy probably
will come up with super elevens. . . .
There is a three-year deferment
for plebes at West Point and Annapolis. Also expected to benefit in grid talent in 1943 are the Navy pre-
flight centers and Great Lakes. . .
. Colleges, if they play football,
are unlikely to rate with service elevens a year hence.
Ohio State Grid Fans Remember 1935
LOU BYRER remembers 1935.
‘+e . . The affable veteran sports
editor of the Columbus Citizen watched the Great Lakes-Notre Dame
game in Chicago Saturday and it br over Lou:
ought back memories. . . . Take
“Columbusites among the 35,000 fans who shivered at
Soldier field Saturday as Notre Dame and Great Lakes tied 13-13 in a great football game were remembering 1935. “Most Columbusites remember Notre Dame against Ohio State in Ohio stadium in 1935. The Buckeyes dominated the first half, piled up a 13-0 lead, looked as though they might go on and win by
25 or 30 points.
In the last half Notre Dame opened up and finally * won in the closing minutes, 18-13.
‘Long Gainers’ Introduced by Rockne
“IT WAS ALMOST like that in dominated the first half .
Chicago Saturday. The Sailors
. it seemed that, if they'd open up, they
might score more points. But the Irish came back and the score was tied at 13-all after only three minutes and 45 seconds of the second
half.
“The Sailors were a bit flabbergasted. But it was an old story to
folks who have been watching Notre Dame teams for years.
Two
‘long gainers’ clicked. That's the football Knute Rockne taught at Notre Dame and Irish footballers are,still playing, whoever happens
to be the coach.
“The Great Lakes Sailors learned the same lesson Ohio State
learned in 1935. That is that you're
_ while there is still time to play in a
never safe against Notre Dame ball game.”
Nova Garnished His Ability With a Lot of Old Blarney
By JACK
CUDDY
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Promoter Mike Jacobs is conducting
ment for the goofy “interim heavyweight championship,” and it will serve him right if that mysterious screwball from California, Lou Nova,
* happens to win it. Jacobs, abetted by the New York
Boxing commission and apparently
also by the National Boxing association, is trying to determine the best
of a bad lot of heavies and foist him | upon the public as “champeen,”’ while Sergt. Joe Louis is helping Uncle Sam against the axis. To aid the war effort, our citizens will accept fish instead of beef on' meatless Tuesdays, and they'll use substitutes for rubber, etc. but we doubt if they'll accept an ersatz heavyweight king in place of Louis. Particularly when the makeshift champ must come from among Nova, Tami. Mauriello and Jimmy Bivins——the three remaining gladiators in the tourney.
Fooling No One
It is our opinion that Jacobs and the fistic fathers are fooling no one but themselves when they talk grandiloquently of duration champions. They believe “that such verbiage, used in publicity, will help the gates. We doubt it. Although the average fight fan is somewhat of a as to fall for that tripe. All of posal of Jacobs’ ballyhoo artists can not blow away the lingering aroma of that recent “tournament” bout between Bivins and Lee Savold, for example, Anyway, Lou Nova, the belting buffoon from Los Angeles, tangles with young Tami Mauriello of the Bronx in the second tournament bout at the Garden Friday night. ‘We hope Nova wins, and then goes on to lick Bivins, the sawed-off Cleveland Negro, in the final for the “title.” It would be just retribution, if you know your Nova.
Nothing Personal
We have nothing personal against Nova. He is good to his wife and kiddies. He worked his way through high school and a bit of college. Moreover, he garnished his limited ‘fighting abilities with a hodgepodge of new-fangled blarney that actually increased his box office value. We mean that stuff about the yogi, cosmic punch, dynamic stance, etc. Our chief criticism of the jesting
in-and-outers. He works himself and the fans up to terrific letdowns.
Using that other California clown,|®”
Maxie: Baer, as an-important ‘stepping stone on two occasions Nova climbed to important heiglits. Then —blaoie! The first time Tony Galento deflatéd him, giving him a
1939. That was just after Louis had kayoed Galento. Nova was a 3-1
back, after a year’s lay-off and four] fast victories won him a title shot! lat Louis. Well sir, Nova certainly
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Harold Miller Paces Bulldogs With 12 Points
Butler university's + 1942-43 : basketball * team allowed Franklin a brief lead at the outset of their
and then went to work to hand the Grizzlies at 42-35 defeat in the Bulldogs’ initial game of the season. Both teams fired the same number of shots at the hoop—66—but the Fairview Flyers banged in 15 to Franklin's 12 ahd gained an edge at the charity line .fo make the margin of victory. ' Harold Miller, veteran guard for the Bulldogs, paced :the Butler attack with five field goals and two free throws for 12 points. Capt. Paul Hendrix poured in 10 markers to lead the losers.
Leads at Halt
Franklin, after enjoying its brief lead, couldn’t find their basket eye. in the first "half* and scored but twice from the field. Butler held a 27-13 advantage at intermission. During the final period, the Grizzlies came back and aided by the sharp eye of John Duncan, whittled Butler's lead down to five points in four minutes. Capt. Fred Hunckler woke the Bulldogs up with a field goal and charity ‘toss and the Flyers then had things their own way.
Summary: Butler (42) Weaver, f. Fletcher, GMiller, c. Hunckler,g Tidrow, g. HMiller, g. Braden, f Brrwciffe,c Koontz, I. Manifold, g Mingle, g. Totals .15 13 15/ Totals ..12 11 13
Score at Half—Butler, 27; Franklin, 13. Referee—G. P. Silver (Indiana jis). Umpire—John Townsend (Indianapolis
South O. K.'s Jeff Davis
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Dec. 8 (U, P.). — Free-soiler Jefferson Davis from Coffeyville, Kas.—despite the fact he is a namesake of the revered president of the Confederacy—will march against the Deep South Dec. 26 —and with official blessings of the Blue and Gray Cradle association, sponsors of an annual North-South football game announced today. JLavis, all-conference center for the University of Missouri Tigers, came into national prominence last week when he was grabbed for the center position on the North eleven by its co-coach, Lynn Waldorf of Northwestern.
Vote 6-1
A spokesman announced the committee voted to allow Davis to play for the Yankees by a six--to-one ballot. Then he added: “After all, this annual game was started to cement good relations between the North and South, and we didn’t want anything to come up now to interfere with our aims.” ~This spokesman, however, ad.mitted that “a majority of our committee still doesn’t think Davis knew what he was doing— wanting to play for the Yankees.”
Wish Him Luck
Benevolently, he continued—*“if he did realize what he was doing, we can only wish him luck.”
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sold the boxing writers and public a bill of goods that time—with his! dynamic stance.
net gate was around $580,000, which is important money. On that night of Sept, 29, 1941, Nova had every incentive at least to make a fight of it. But, instead, he froze up like a kid making his first stage appearance. He landed scarcely a blow. Finally - Louis exploded a straight right on his chin in the sixth round and knocked him stiff.
(istoldi Meets Roche Tonight
Angelo Cistoldi, the aggressive Italian matman from Boston, will meet Dorve (Iron Man) Roche of Decatur, Ill, in the feature of the four-bout grappling show tonight at the Armory. The heavies meet for two falls out of three. Cistoldi was here last Tuesday and tossed Ralph Garibaldi Dorve is a well-known “trial horse” and has beaten some of the best in this territory. A special semi-windup finds Coach Billy Thom of Bloomington opposing a newcomer in Rene La Belle of Quebec. Rene is a Frenchman and is said to be a speedy matman. It is for one fall.
trell of Houston, and Al Massey of Atlanta, and Nick Billins vs. Lefty Pacer of Toledo.
Basketball Results
By UNITED PRESS
Michigan, se: Michigan State, 31. Illinois, 38; Detroit, Indiana, 58; Wabash. %0. DePaul, 47; Glenview, 38. Niagara, 64; Macomb Teachers iss) Illinois Gollege, 35. South Dakota, 40; Nebraska, St. aary. s, 39; Winona State Teachers,, Fordham, 41; Ft. Monmouth, 36. Western Michigan, %. Northwestern, 42. Virginia, 52; avy Yard, Loras College, Iowa ISiate Teach-
s, 35. Lawrence, 51; DePauw, 41.
* FIGHT RESULTS
By UNITED PRESS
NEW YORK—Joe Varoff, 1382, New York, outpointed Tom Ciarlo, 139, Waterbury, Conn. (6); Ray Velarde, 157, California, outpointed Fred Graham, 152, New
NEWARK, N. J.—Wallace Cross, 212, od Raat . J., knocked out Joe Carelli, ariford, Conn. (1). Mass. Vasgues, 185,
Xouk, on , Lomos, 134
Prelims are between Cowboy Lut-|
The dissenting vote came from a member described as an “unre-
| constructed rebel” who was quotWe don’t remember the total gate, for the Nova-Louis fiasco, but the
ed as saying in the meeting: “I'm sure the president (of the Confederacy) would disawn him (Missouri’s Davis) if he was around.”
Vasquez Beats
Richie Lemos
HOLYOKE, Mass, Dec. 8 (U. P.). —Heanry Vasquez, 135, New York Spanish lightweight, gained a 10-
|round decision over Richie Lemos,
134, Los Angeles, former N. B. A. featherweight champion and currently ranked eighth among the world’s lightweights, at the Valley arena last night. Baron Von Stumme, Lemos’ manager, said he planned to protest the decision to the state boxing commission. He offered to rematch Lemos with Vasquez within a month.
Up in the Air
Dale Rex, senior center, gets ready to go up in the air for Brigham Young's basketball team which helps open the college sea-
meeting Long Jiang. nIverslty
game at the Tech gym last night|.
Pre-Flight School.
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Here are five big league baseball players who. are: now spending their. tine in the civilian pilot training course at Amherst college. When they have 35 hours in the air, they will be eligible for entrance to navy’s Chapel Hill, N. C. In flying kit, left to right, they are Joe Coleman, former pitching rookie for the Philadelphia Athletics; John Sain of the Boston Braves; Ted Williams and Johny Peshy;: ‘both of the Boston Red Sox, and Buddy
Indiana Blasts
Wabash, 58-40
By UNITED PRESS
Indiana’s Crimson displayed further evidence of hardwood strength last night, defeating tHe Little Giants of Wabash, 58-40. In other college games last night, Central. Normal defeated Taylor, 43-37; St. Joseph's won from St. Norbert’s of West De Pere, Wis, 55-42, and De Pauw’s Tigers were beaten by Lawrence College at Appleton, Wis.¥51-41, Hamilton, Williams and Swanson paced the I. U. attack as Coach Branch McCracken’s team chalked up its second victory without trouble. Indiana held a 24-11 advantage at halftime,
Out of Action
The Hoosiers will be out of .action until next week when they meet Ft. Knox on their home floor on Dec. 14. De Pauw, facing Lawrence in the first of a three-game northern invasion, held a halftime lead of 29-23 but faded in the final quarters. The Tigers meet Ripon tonight and Great Lakes on Wednesday. St. Joseph’s victory over St. Norbert’s was their first of the season. The Pumas dropped their opener to Chicago’ Teachers. Central Normal’s win over Taylor university was the second in four starts.
And Now It's The Lily Bowl
BERMUDA, Dec. 8 (U. P.).— Football teams composed of army and navy personnel stationed here may play on New Year's day in a “Lily Bowl” game, it-was announced today. Several former college football stars are included in ‘the local service lineups and the game, if played, would mark the first time American football.was payed here on such a scale.
BigTen Will Draft Policies : To Rule War-Time Athletics
By TOMMY DEVINE ‘ United Press Stam Correspondent - CHICAGO, Dec. 8.—New policies to govern the conduct of Wazitime athletics will ‘be drafted today by: faculty representatives and athletic
directors of the Big Ten.
Two controversial questions face;the conference officials: (1)—Relationships with service teams, :
(2)—The freshman rule. The first topic was. loaded with “dynamite” and there may be-a tendency on the part of Big Ten leaders to “soft pedal” the issue, but some league representatives . were ready ‘to demand a strict set of eligibility reqflirements for the service teams if they remain on the schedules of conference teams. The move was directed primarily at the Iowa pre-flight school. Big Ten ‘teams purportedly understood | m. when the pre-flight teams were formed that it would he manned by cadets. Special permission later was given for the use of officers “when necessary.” . However, early in the season when the bulk of the Big Ten teams were met, the Seahawks used a team composed largely of officers and that policy had many repercussions around the conference. dig 2a Need Definite Agreement Most conference coaches and officials believed that a definite agreement should be reacned with the service teams as to the type of their personnel to prevent a recurrence of the ill feeling that developed this fall.
The Big Ten revised its 1942
schedules and extended them from| .
eight to 10 games to accommodate the services teams. Four service teams—Iowa Pre-flight, Great Lakes, Camp Knox and, Camp. Grant—received approximately $150,000 as their share of the gate receipts for games with conference schools. For the season Big Ten ‘teams gained an even break in 16 contests with the service teams, winning eight and losing eight. However, against the Iowa Pre-Flight team
they wen only one oit of five games. The: freshman rule . which: requires a year's residence before an ‘athlete is eligible for varsity competition probably will become a war casualty. With the draft of 18 and 19-year-old boys and the service calls of older students in the army and navy reserve, units, it appears. unlikely that colleges will have sufficient manpower to carry on their intercollegiate sports program next year unless first year men are used. The freshman rule was the subject. of long and lively. debates last spring, but it was retained by the Big Ten after conference : leaders counseled against “too ‘hasty action” on the matter. Many eastern and southern schools permitted freshmen to participate on varisty football teams this. fall. Possible adjustments in the 1043 football schedules to conserve trarsportation and action on ‘minor sports also will be discussed.
Frank Sinkwich i To Get Trophy
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (U. P).— Frankie _Sinkwich, all-America back from Georgia university, will receive the Heisman ‘mémorial : trophy for all-around ‘excellence on the gridiron here tonight, ab: a ‘dinner in his honor. Sinkwich, attired in the ‘unl
form of the marines, private first ‘class, arrived here yesterday: ‘with
Georgia Coach Wally Butts.
' Times Special
NEW YORK, Dec. 8.—Football,
accused of wagging the academic dog, is coming back while it is go-
‘|ing out.
This is not double talk, provided you have had a chance to hear athletic directors and coaches who are waiting with apprehension its ‘possible discontinuance until the war is won. At most institutions, football and
on entire athletic programs. It may not be fair to use a small bahd of husky students as providers
kof public spectacles to produce reve-
nue to carry on an important func-
been going on for years. If there is no big 1 e football, colleges will have to find some other means of financing compulsory and extended physical training for all, which is now being stressed. } The Navy and Army Athletic associations, for example, got no more than $5000 out of the ArmyNavy game due to their being forced to play it in the compara-
tive privacy of Annapolis. Had the contest gone to Philadelphia, as usual, each association’s share would have been something like $200,000.
of other games.
Football is the patron saint of 17 nor. is it probable that institutions, sticks and such, other sports at ‘the service schools,|in metropolitan centers will go| But what
which gives you a rough idea. There is no chance, of course,
the Relds ah Week. Point and .An-
its rich gates are needed to carry
Football and Its Rich Gates Are Needed To Carry on Athletic Programs at Schools
that athletic tail which used to be -
tion, but that is precisely what has”
‘Directors say colleges can’t support stepped-up athletic intramural programs with crowds such as witnessed this year’s Army-Navy game. The difference between $5000 and| whe youngster watched the Midshipmen beat the Cadets practically $200,000 will outfit a lot of players| gigne in the west stand of Thompson stadium, Annapolis. © *
broke athletically. Such schools. can still - play ‘ im-
son at Madison Square Garden by | that the government is going to let/ mediate : ndighions in’ meetings! iaf| rector of athletics at: Cornell,
inferior teams. and - make.
Hillenbrand, Dove Named
Times Special ST. LOUIS, Mo., Dec. 8.—Billy Hillenbrand of Indiana and ‘Bob Dove of Notre Dame have done it again, , 5 They were named today to.the 1942 All-American football team selected by the nation’s college sports writers and announced. in the Sporting News, national sports weekly. Harry C. Wright, guard, and .Angelo Bertelli, both of Notre Dame, were placed on the second team. For the. first. time in the. nineyear history of ‘the poll, a college failed to place two men on the honor eleven. Frank Sinkwich of Georgia walked away with top -honors and the captaincy of the aggregation. Others named to the eleven were Paul Governali, Columbia and Bob Steuber, Missouri, backs; Dave Schreiner,” Wisconsin, end; Dick Wildung, Minnesota, and Gil Bouley, Boston college, tackles; Alex Agase, Illinois,” and Chuck Taylor, Stanford, guards, and Joe Domnano-
| vich, Alabama, ‘center.
Gloria Callen Tops Record Smashers
NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (U.P.).—Delegates to the 54th annual cdnvention of the Amateur : Athletic union in Chicago Dec. 11-12-13 will. consid er a total of 141 records, it. was announced today, and all marks accepted will “automatically. become new American standards.
: High Schools Set for Full | Net Schedule
By UNITED PRESS
Martinsville and Rochester today held their lead among state high | schools on. basis of won-and-loss records, -but a full slate of hoopshooting this week is likely to move
‘| such contenders as Marion, Shelby-
ville, Columbus, Lebanon or Franke fort higher on the list. This is not to mention northefw schools, who have barely started their schedules. Gary Froebel, Hammond Tech and Gary Lew Wallace appear strong in the western division, while South Bend’s Cen= tral and Riley, as well as Misha« waka, . Elkhart and Michigan City | look toughest in the eastern loop. “At least three contests slated toe night may have a significant beare ing on the state-wide picture: Columbus at Shelbyville, Frankfort at Lebanon and Marion at Hunting ton. - Average 6-Foot-1 The Marion Giants under Orville Hooker, average 6-foot-1 and appear to be a great team for a long haul. The Giants already have sunk Alexandria, Anderson, Peru and Logansport, with no defeats. If Shelbyville whips the strong Coe lumbus Bulldogs, it will be the sixth
.| victory for the Golden Bears, tying
them with Rochester. Shelbyville has beaten Greencastle, Rushville, Franklin, Seymour and Conners~ ville. Lebanon will be seeking its fourth victory in five games, while Frankfort has two triumphs and one defeat. Other battles tonight will includeg Rushville vs. Greenfield; Connerse ville vs. Lawrenceburg; Decatur vs, Bluffton; Gary Emerson at Hame mond, and West Lafayette at Lafa« yette Jefferson. Gary Horace Mann plays Tolles« ton Thursday night, and firing on | the northern front becomes more widespread Friday and Saturday when Gry Lew Wallace meets Vale paraiso; Gary’s Froebel and Emer= son clash; Hammond meets East Chicago Washington and Hammond | Clark plays Hammond Tech (Friday). Saturday night Michigan City meets Whiting, Clark blasts at East Chicago Washington and Horace Mann invades Ft. Wayne South Side.Martinsville Favored
Martinsville’s Artesians, already leading the. state with seven cone | secutive triumphs, are favored to extend their string against a “soe 80”: Rushville five Friday, and Ro chester’s Zebras, six-game winners, battle Huntington Saturday night, Columbus, Shelbyville and Marion get the second chance in the sdéme week to fatten their victory strings Friday night when Columbus battles Connersville, Shelbyville plays Ine dianapolis Shortridge, and Marion | invades Kokomo. Muncie Burris, also a powerful contender, battles New Castle Saturday and Warsaw, unbeaten until the Rochester sete back last week, seeks revenge with two week-end games, Wabash Fri day and Goshen Saturday.
, Other Engagements Other outstanding hoop sessions this week-end. include: Friday — Franklin at Seymour, Greensburg at Greencastle, Colum= bia City at Kendallville, Bedford at Huntingburg, Anderson at Lafaye ette Jefferson, Logansport at Frankfort, New Castle at Indiane apolis Tech, Richmond at Muncie Central. Saturday—Muncie Central at Ane derson, Lebanon at Crawfordsville, Wabash at Elkhart and West La« fayette at Veedersburg.
Johnny Townsend
The record crop is led’ by track and field athletes who tallied a total of 57 new marks while women swimmers. accounted for 51 ‘and men swimmers, 33. .The total is a; distinct drop from last year’s ‘193 and from ‘the preceding year’s 222: Leading record-smasher of ‘the year was Gloria Callen of ‘the New York Wemen’s Swimming: association. Miss Callen cracked 19 marks while Maria Lenk of Brazil. was runner-up with 11. Bill Smith, 18-year-old Hawaiian, now a student at Ohio State, tops the men’s swimming record-break-ers with eight new marks. Top man among the track ath-
‘|letes is Greg Rice of the New York
A. C. with eight.
Bowling Scores
Last night's Jeading bowlers were: Carl Huffman, Allison Mfg. Inspectors pi Pete Saubel, St. Joan of Are National. Estle, Capital per $ Miller, Tran Henect mya nges, ang E nstoe,
im - Wilson, ‘Bridgeport Brass Uh Vie Procking, par Church .. a oung, Evangel en, Packard Manufacturing. 6. Bosler, St. Joan of Are
Gersch, Tran ratio Robert Stevent, West. Bids Citugeh-..
Frank ackont,
Dean Burns, Kiwanis Harold Hammerman, North: Side Busi’
‘about large. nstiutions in small towns? . Robert Kane, young i or
Dorothy Erler, ay i evennes Fischer, Uptown Ladies ....... 5i4 Uptown Ladies . 552 dica Mary Sheehan, Blue Ribbon a Cream os
AMATEUR BASKETBALL
The schedule for the Overall and Servthall es to be played a 1 np. 0
In Toledo Lineup
FT. WAYNE, Dec. 8 (U. P.).— Possessing a disappointing record of two losses in their first three starts, the Pt. Wayne Zollner Pistons) tonight meet the improved Toledo cagers in an early season “make-ore rear! game for the Pistons. A third loss for the Ft. Wayners would be a.huge handicap in the tight National Professional Baskete ball league race. Leading Toledo will be Chuck Chuckovits, last year's league score ing champion, ably aided by John Townsend, one-time upiversity of Michigan star and later a performe er with the Indianapolis Kautskys, Also with Toledo will be Bob Gerbe etr, bespectacled all-American with Toledo university last year.
Rookie Will Take’
Rizzuto’s Place . NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (U. P.).~
: President Ed Barrow of the New 630 York’ Yankees said today that the 9 club planned to use Rookie Bill
Johnson at shortstop in place of regular Phil Rizzuto, now in the
navy. Johnson, from Montclair, N. J.
628| will play the position while Frankie
Crosetti is under 30-day suspension, |
. 428 4 imposed for his world series’ argue s| ment with Umpire Bill Summers, 3| Johnson hit 201 with Newark in the 14 International league last season.
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