Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 January 1943 — Page 16
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Sports play a big part in the training of naval aviation cadets fn the V-5 course at the U. S. navy pre-flight school at Iowa City, Ja. And at the end of a tough workout, a shower is the most refreshfng thing these athletes can think of as Eugene McCarty, 1036 High st., will testify.
There are several cadets from Indianapolis in training at the school. Here, Samuel W. Ritter, 4836 Winthrop ave. (left), demon- . strates a potent “weapon” for hand-to-hand combat to William Addington, 1936 N. Meridian st. It is training like this that helps toughen
the boys up.
SPORTS.
By Eddie Ash
$1 ~ WRITING in the New York Mirror, Dan Parker dwells on the “new style of play” which the New York “Rangers of the National Hockey league adopted so suc- _ cessfully in recent weeks. | Acording to Parker, the “new style of play” dates back to a dec- * Bde ago when the team was riddled with injuries during the Stanley - Cup finals. . . . “On that occasion,” said Parker, “Frankie Boucher, Sw coach of the team, knocked noggins with Bill Cook and Lester ‘Patrick and the triumvirate came to the conclusion that if the center ~~ dropped back of the defense after an attack had been broken up and the defense men moved up beyond the blue line, they could stop alwl attack launched against.them. i “Depletion of the roster due to injuries and enlistments brought 2 about the same situation this hockey season and the Rangers’ success * s back to the evening when Patrick and Boucher decided to adopt 2 same tactics that saved them ten years ago in the playoffs. a “It isn’t streamlined hockey but it’s the type of game many of ~ the old-timers prefer to the power plays that are the vogue nowadays. I streamlined hockey, a forward rushes up and shoots the disc into ~ acorner. Three or four of his teammates then pour into the enemy’s territory and swing at the rubber until it comes out into the open i here one of them can take a poke at the net. ‘
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% Gener Swings in Behind Defense ~~ “UNDER THE new system, every attack has a definite purpose
ie and swing in behind the defense. © “When a defense man lunges at an attacker, if he can get a piece f him or a whack at his stick, the disc is batted away, usually in
rod back of the defense, pounces on the rubber and is off up Shue With his wins, on a definite attack.
‘defeats, since it was put into effect, with the Rangers using 12 or 13 men to their opponents’ 14, the results speak for themselves.”
Purdue Well Up in Cage Records ‘ © PURDUE and Northwestern share the current Western con- _ ference basketball record of 69 points which stands as the all-time high for points scored in a single game by one team in intra-con-‘ference competition. . . . The Boilermakers defeated Indiana, 69-45, §n 1937, and the Wildcats defeated Chicago, 69-50, last season, © That same total of 69 represent another Big Ten record. ... Jewell Young of Purdue racked up 69 field goals in the 1938 season.
pons Entitled to Something or Other
NINE RAHS for. Coach Kyle Anderson and his Chicago Maroons BE I a game. . . . They have losi t but keep plugging and give the best they know how. . And or cally they probably are just as well off as the members of stronger teams and are entitled to a lot of credit for their fighting hearts. Twenty of the Maroons’ 25 defeats were suffered during the 11-1942 season after they had opened with a 43-29 triumph over
2 2 2 ® 2 ® SORDY LEWIS, infielder of the Washington Senators, now is 5 fieut. John Lewis of the army air forces. . . . He received his wings at Lubbock, Tex. . . . Buddy will pilot a bomber. | Joe Benjam, the old lightweight boxer, is fistic instructor to the ‘gnarines at San Diego, Cal ... Corp. Barney Ross held that assignment before heading for the south Pacific to k. 0. a few Japs.
for “close-to-home” spring training
Tigers May Go
To Evansville
.DETROIT, Jan, 6 (U, P.).— General Manager Jack Zeller . of the Detroit Tigers said today the baseball club probably would hold its spring training at Evansville, Ind. if it can obtain satisfactory hotel accommodations there. Zeller said he awaited word from Bob Coleman, one-time Tiger coach and resident of Evansville, on whether sufficient hotel space would be available. The Tigers already have re- ‘| ceived permission to train at Bosse field, home of the Evansville club of the Three-Eye league, according to Zeller. If presenti plans are successful, Zeller said, the Detroit squad would assemble at Evansville during the latter part of March and probably would play 12 or 15 exhibition games at its Indiana base,
Reed to F ight On Charity Bill
, Willard Reed, state heavyweight boxing champion and a private in the U. S. army, will be one of the participants in the main go of the all-star boxing-wrestling show to be held at the Armory Jan. 19 as a benefit of the sports division of the infantile paralysis fund. Permission was granted Reed by officers in command at Camp Atterbury, where the heavyweight is stationed, to fight on the card. Reed will begin his workouts at once at Atterbury and a suitable opponent is being sought to meet him in the main go. Three boxing and two wrestling matches are planned for the all-star card, with the entire net proceeds going to the charity. The show raised approximately $1500 last year. Reed, who received his start in the Times-Legion Golden Gloves bouts, won the Indians heavyweight title from Leo (Red) Bruce.
Traded
oe Says He Doesn't Care hether It's a Boy or a Girl
- CHICAGO, Jan. 6 (U. P)—When Heavyweight Champion Joe mis grins and hands out cigars later this month he wont much » whether ‘it’s a boy or a girl” mither will be welcome and Joe and his wife, Marva, are taking chances in expressing a preference between a son or a daughter.
it's a boy,” ly be Joe, Jr.20 %s 2 29), will be named Marva Louis, Jr was Joe's suggestion. It n't matter to me which it is. Is anions for ether a hoy or
5 baby is expected sometime Jan. 15 and 25 in Chicago,
comes, but tha! may not be possible. .| He was with her at Christmas, then went to New York on businéss and presently is in Detroit visiting his mother, who is ill with pneumonia. In Detroit, Joe concurred in Marva’s plans for the Louis heir. “She’s the mother,” he said, “and that makes her the boss. If the
him to be a prize fighter, that’s all right with me.”
To Enter Navy
Bernard Witucki, football coach at | auth Bend high schools sinoe 1985 yesterday
SOUTH BEND, Jan. 6 (U. P)—}
baby is a hoy, and she doesn’t want i
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 6 (UT. Donald Barnes, president St. Louis Browns of the American league, announced today that right-hand
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Majors Will Play 154-Came Schedule, April 21-Oct. 3; 1A’s to Train in Own Park
By TOMMY DEVINE United Press Staff Correspondent
CHICAGO, Jan. 6--Major league baseball clubs began a search
camps today after formal abandon-
ment of Deep South and Far West sites at a special joint meeting of the American and National leagues with Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis The junking of the elaborate training trips that took the 16 major league clubs to bases in Florida, California and Texas was the most
significant development of the emergency session called to clear the war-time muddle in which baseball had found itself, ‘Under the “Landis plan” for continued war-time operation the majors agreed to: (1)=Train either in their home cities or as close thereto ds possible and within the terriory north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi river, excepting the St. Louis clubs, which may condition any place in Missouri. (2)—Play ‘a 154-game schedule, opening on April 21 and closing on Oct. 3. ; (3)—Reduce - man-mileage -wherever possible during the regular season and use the type of ‘railway equipment that is least congested. (4)—Ask clubs voluntarily ,to reduce the size of their traveling squads. The only club which definitely
| announced after the Joint meeting
that it would train in its home park was the Philadelphia Athletics.
‘Red Sox at Tufts
Connie Mack, veteran owner and manager ,of the Athletics, said: “We trained at home for the 1919 season and lost only two days because of bad weather. I believe we can do it again without seriously handicapping us.” The Boston Red Sox will work at Tufts college, Medford, Mass., ‘and the Brooklyn Dodgers probably will condition at Yale university, New Haven, Conn. The Pittsburgh Pirates reported they had two sites under consideration and would announce a choice “within a week.” The St. Louis Browns and world champion Cardinals indicated they might stay home rather than go the short distance permitted under the agreement. The two Chicago clubs, the Cubs and White Sox, will go to French Lick, Ind. Landis’ solution of the travel problem was interpreted as a “middle of the road” course that would satisfy both owners and outside critics. The clubs conserve consid-
sacrificing any of the lucrative regular season dates. Under the original schedule cember, the season would have opened April 13 and closed Sept. 26. The new schedule likewise contains
intersectional trips. Lengthy Debate The opening date of the season
was the cause of lengthy debate in the meeting. Eddie Collins, gen-
April 27 opening.
spring,” Collins said. “We favored a late opening, but were beaten on it.”
on most points to that the majors
| have played since 1920. The lone
change likely will be to move up the final game of many five-game series to create synthetic double= headers and furnish an exira day for team travel on long jumps. All clubs, except the Washington Senators, were represented at the
| meeting. Clark Griffith, Washington owner, remained home to attend ;
a stockholders meeting. AMATEUR BASKETBALL
Results in
Stout Field 9, and Butler *¥" Harold 18, :
erable spring travel mileage without| a adopted at a meeting here in De-|#
24 week-ends and three East-West] ;
eral manager of the Boston Red] k Sox, led a faction which sought an
“We're in the worst spot in the|§ league for drilling outdoors in the| i
The adopted schedule conforms 1
‘basketball te abcune X. 2. C. 4 Tag) etba league a e Py | Dormiteers 15; Ti Taporstorite 31 351
Working out on the wall weights in the gym class is one of (lu
better forms of exercise. William
E. Bourke, 521 N, Pershing ave
(left), and James G. Babb, 725 Middle dr., Woodruff Place, go throt! their routine with gusto to round themselves in top physical shape.
H. S. Net Card
TONIGHT
Speedway at Ben Davis. Beech Grove at Mooresville,
FRIDAY
Manual at Washington. Southport at Howe. Logansport at Technical. Lawrence Central at Speedway. Franklin Township at New Augusta. Westfield at Broad Ripple. Cathedral at Shortridge. Brownsburg at Ben Davis, Warren Central at Beech Grove. Hope at Silent Hoosiers. Decatur Central at Plainfield,
SATURDAY
Shortridge at Washington. Franklin Township at Warren Central, : Westville (Ill) at Cathedral. Crispus Attucks at Forest. Silent Hoosiers at Manual. Washington E. Chicago at Southport. Howe at Decatur Central.
Marion Takes 10th Straight
By UNITED PRESS Marion’s Giants captured their 10th consecutive victory of a yet undefeated season last night, edging out a scrapping Frankfort outfit,
29-26, to retain top spot in state-|
wide high school basketball ratings. The triumph pulled the Marion team even with Rochester in the victory column, but the Zebras will have a chance to extend their string to No. 11 against Elwood Friday
night. Marion meets Muncie Cen-
tral Friday. Bloomington’s Panthers, who have been hot and cold ever since killing off Martinsville, eked out a 41-39 overtime victory over Sullivan last night, and Muncie nosed out New Castle in another thriller, 38-36. Crawfordsville, one of the four state tourney finalists last year, defeated Gary Horace Mann, beaten in the semi-finals last year, 40-27. Lebanon romped over Elwood, 42-30.
Lead-off Man
- NEW YORK, Jan. 6—Ed Barrow
says Roy Weatherly, obtained from Cleveland, will lead off for the ‘Yanks.
Greatest?
| back to their season hopes after,
Mayor Vern McMillan said
Ohio State Is The Enigma of Big Ten Roce |
By CHARLES P. McMAHOM United Press Staff Correspondent * COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 6. — I enigma of the Big Ten basket: | race is Ohio State. The Bucks have shown except io: ally good early season form, but i isn't entirely safe to rate them: n those showings because the dir al performances the quintet turned ir last season, when it figured B * a distinct title Urea, are fresh in mind. Ohio State finished in ninth jl: co | in the conference standings a year
feats for one of the poorest reo:
old G. Olsen in the 21 seasons | ¢'s been directing the Buck cager:.
Win 3, Lose 2
This season Ohio State has cn three games and lost two. Th: victories were over Ohio Wesleyaii, 29; Pittsburgh, 48-44, and Kent u Iv, 45-40. The losses were to i31ea Lakes, 49-46, and Rochester, i The Bucks suffered a seriou:
Bob Shaw, the burly 6-foot-3 c= was declared ineligible becau:: scholastic deficiencies. Shaw score 39 points in the two games he la: and appeared headed for a great season. After" Shaw's departure, ('¢ Olsen wag left with five letter The veterans are Capt. Freddic ler, Max Gecowets and Bud forwards; Lou Trabitz, center; Jim Simms, guard. Miller and Gecowets have take the starting forward berths wii tne center and guard jobs golly to sophomores Jack . Dugger, Dick Shrider and Gene Fekete.
Gets 133 Points
Gecowets played guard las son and rated among the confers ence’s top scorers with 133 points. He's been moved to forward to capitalize fully on his point-n:aking ability. In several games last seasor, Miller looked like a brilliant perf:irmesz, but he lacked consistency. T = experience gained in the pas; %wo campaigns may steady him. Dugger gained the startin: nod at center over the veleran Trahitz after Shaw left the squad. I'ugger needs polish, but has the size to he effective on rebounds. Shrider came to the Buck: with one of the best records of any cager
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high school in recent years. ZXe's fast, a clever ball handler did excellent shot. Fekete’s fine early sca son play has been a surprise. Ajiter starring in fullback he reportod for basketball as a virtual “unk pwn? but his aggressiveness and balls hawking soon: won him a starting spot. :
Millers to Train In Terre Haute TERRE HAUTE, Jan, 6 (U, P.) - torlay that Mike Kelley, owner ¢f ihe Minneapolis Millers, Americi.n a3=sociation baseball team, had c¢cided on Terre Haute as the spot where his team will begin spring piuctice. McMillan said’ the spring taining will 'be held at Memorial §::cium from April 4 to 29, with 40 ayers participating.
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ago with four victories and 11 (=-|
compiled by a team coaclied by =: ip |
Violets to Risk
to be developed: at an Ohio state}:
You can never tell when a right uppercut will come in handy in wartime and George F. Usher, 2614 W. Washington st. isn’:
going to be caught napping. Here
he is punching the heavy punch-
ing bag in the boxing instruction class at the Iowa pre-Sight training
school.
Navy Gets 2 Purdue Coaches
LAFAYETTE, Jan. 6 (U. P.). L. —Purdue university lost two athletic coaches to the navy yesterday. . Melvin Taube, assistant varsity basketball and football coach, was commissioned #& lieutenant, senior grade, in the U. S. naval reserve, and Wellman France, freshman basketball coach as assistant “B” team: football coach, was commissioned lieutenant, junior grade, in the naval reserve. Both will report immediately to Chapel Hill, N. C,, for a fiveweek indoctrination course. - Taube was graduated from Purdue in 1926 as one of the few Boilermaker nine-letter men. France was graduated from Millikan university in 1932 and has been with the Purdue athletic staff two years.
7-Game Streak
NEW YORK, Jan. 6 (U. P)—
ag New York university, only unbeaten 2%. lclub in local cage circles, risks a
..|seven-game winning streak against
tao Penn State in one half of a college -r,| basketball double-header in Madison of |Square Garden tonight.
Rivalry for the metropolitan championship begins in the other game which pits St. John’s of Brooklyn against City College of
h;New York.
Penn State, which has won three ih a row and is also undefeated,
e. |beat N. Y. U. in four of their last
five battles, defeating the Violets 43-35 last year. The Staters won 17 of 19 games last year to gain the district N. C. A. A. title. City college is the current metropolitan titleholder, having won 17 of 19 last year, including. victories over the seven other local quintets.
Billy Talbert in
Mex Tournament
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 6 (U. P.).— Billy Talbert of Cincinnati will be the only United States player to see action today as top-seeded Francisco Segura drew a bye in the PanAmerican Tennis . tournament at Chapultepec sports center. Segura displayed perfect control in defeating Octavio Martinez, former junior singles champion of Mexico, 6-1, 6-0, 6-3, in his first round match yesterday. In another first round match, Eugenio Tapia, former Mexican singles champion, was: pressed hard but defeated his countryman, Primo Erraza, 6-0, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-3. Segura plays Rolando Vega of Mexico - tomorrow. Vega defeated Pancho Gelva of Mexico, 6-1, 6-1, 6-1.
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Play as Long As I'm Civilian, Says DiMaggio *
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 8 (U. FJ). ~—Joe DiMaggio, the New York Yankees’ heavy-hitting outfielder, said today he was “misquoted” in reports which hinted he might voluntarily quit baseball in 1943. “Of course, I don’t know what the future holds for me,” Joe said, “but I'll play baseball as long as I'm a civillan.” Joe, returning from a visit with his estranged wife at Reno, said a San Francisco sports writer had misinterpreted him is a telephone interview in which Joe was quoted as saying: “Svring training won't concern me this year.” “1 was misquoted,” Joe said. “Naturally, I can’t say that I will play this year or not. Everybody knows" that I'm being reclassified (for: the draft).” Declines to Comment He said the writer had asked him if it would make any difference whether the Yankees went through spring training in New York or Florida this season. “I said ‘no’ because I'm usually in good condition,” Joe explained. “He drew his own conclusions.” DiMaggio declined to comment on his visit with his wife, the formes: Hollywood starlet Dorothy Arnold, who is preparing to sue for divorce. At Reno, Mrs. DiMaggio said their relationship is “just the same.” She would not say whether ‘Joe had attempted to effect a reconciliation during his New Year's vistt there. Joe has been classified 3-A, hut a divorce might change his draft status.
Phillips to Return COLUMBUS, Jan. 6 (U. P.) ~~Tom Phillips, freshman football star from Berea, O;, who was rated one of the best gridiron prospects to enter Ohio university in many years, will return to the university tomorrow for a “temporary”. stay before induction into the army, Freshman Coach = Ernie Godfrey sgid today. :
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