Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 November 1943 — Page 30
| Battle of Unbeaten Elevens
By FRANK WIDNER
Note Dame's undegsated Irish have invited the-Amiy Cadets to
IS virtually certain George M. Trautman will be president of the American association at its
in New York, Nov. 29
It is said six
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1 big minor league. : tions are that the potent plavatt will be retained. is opposed by Milwaukee, Kansas City, St. Paul and Min all_western clubs, but it requires six votes to kill is leading the fight to have the pennant ‘winner compe ‘little world series instead of a club that finishes second, fourth, which has happened since the advent of the extra-
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fd Dan. There 1s a possibility of the 1944 schedule peing reduced from ames to 140, with the season opening April 28 or 29 and clos-
Labor Day. . ..
The past season closed on Sept. 19.
‘to Restore A. A. All-Star Game
_ SOME American association clubs also wish to restore the anDespite the fact the all-star game proved
Lali-itar game.
SopulaF With association fans, the league directors voted it—out——f a “season on account of transportation difficulties and substituted
games instead. . Some clubs now propose to ‘restore the ns pn classic with the entire receipts going to service funds. i
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MILWAUKEE'S pennant
Waukesha, Wis. for training next spring. ..
winning Brewers will
« = 8 La A 5 return to : . Brewer President
Weeck completed arrangements for the camp yesterday. ...
is nearby Milwaukee.
Players on Columbus 1944 Roster
THE Columbus Red Birds are pretty well off in material for . They have 25 players on their roster, includ-
the 1944 season. .
ing three catchers, 10 pitchers, six infielders and six outfielders. Johnny Lohrey, rookie pitcher with the Birds, reports to the army
th week. : Salty Parker. St. “Paul manager, 1s toying “with the’ dea of be eoming a bench skipper next season. . . { geason. . . . He had hoped to use Joe Orengo at third base next § year. . until the Detroit Tigers snatched Joe in the recent base-
ot, ". He played the infield last Play When Neil C. Avery of Saif
Lake sald He was gol g to scoot out and get a deer, he wasn't kidding. He brought home his prize on a motorized scooter.
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HANK SAUER, outfielder with the Syracuse Internationals
and who was recalled by the Cincinnati Reds, has been inducted . Eddie Shokes, former Indianapolis first
War Bonds
gacker, also the property of ‘the Reds, is in naval training at Norfolk,
. The major leagues are to open on April 18 next year, three
earlier theh- m 1943.
Purdue Had to Hurry to Make It DUE to transportation troubles the Purdue Boilermakers ‘ar-"
d at the Wisconsin stadium last; Saturday at 1:30 p. m. and | 3 bad time to don their football togs before the kickoff, much Tt dives: take terion Jor get >
however. . I
THE E Li Durdcher Marching Club is gaining in membership . All Dodger players aprear to admire the Lip, now t he has a new managerial contract, SA en
y by. day. .
By TIM TIPPETT
name of Roskoe, a great friend of ours, gave unting season (starting Wednesday) and we said us all these trade secrets. After all if you tell Buh the shot and shell we humans will go out And Roskoe said: “Look chum. we've been roves you two-legged guys are avid hunt-
After much prohing we found it Rabbits have a great contempt for hunters. and "rabbits that get shot. You know why? Because ~#abbits, naturally are smarter than humans, . They've figured out
L that once upon |
a time was a
there rabbit
who was shot |
killed. The rabbit then - when - he should “have : il and being curious foli the hunter. The hunter went in a straight line so ever ee then all rabbits circle back thelr original site of refuge the hunter going in a line never returns to the
BINS of contact, and the rabbit
It was fortu red as they were by quining from the hour-late train to the
| spreading chestnut tree.
[For Scores
: Indianapolis Indians university club members today had passed a vesolution' that each would buy a war bond for every touthdown the i vEHloesiers- make in -theip- three re-.c. maining games against Michigan, Great Lakes and Purdue. The resolution, was presented to the team at a practice session by Dr. Raymond E. Mitchell, president of the alumni jetub. Backfield stars Bobby Hoernyer -and Pete Pihos and [captain Johnny Tavener accepted and to “co-operate.” ‘Said Dr. ‘Mitchell: “We'll buy a war. bond for every touchdown and know we're putting Uncle Sam closer to victory. Touchdowns mean - football victories, tod, and we belleve Bo McMillin's team will come through.” : The Indiana tearn is looked upon as- the football “David that nd slingshot title hopes of Michigan and Purdue, this year's Big Ten .+Goliaths, “We invite othér' Indiana university clubs over the country to take up the torch of victory,” said | Dr. . Mitchell. “And to make fit clean-cut competition, Michigan and Purdue clubs can follow suit.”
Teachers Idle Until Nov. 13
TERRE HAUTE. Ind. Nov. § (U.. P).—The Indiana State Teachers college football team will be idle until its home-coming game with Illinois Wesleyan here Nov. 13, Athletic Director ‘Glenn Curtis said today. Curtis had announced yesterday that the Teachers would play " the Patterson field army team ai Dayton, O., but later, army offi. cials canceled the engagement. Previously, a Teachers-DePauw university game for tomorrow had -been canceled.
Attaboys Set
For Net Season
Times Special
ate they played a weak team,
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a chance on the Hoosier huntsman because in past years our friend Roskoe has been giving them skull practice on how to. dodge, hole up in a groundhog den and the wisest move of all—to stay -put.-when a -big-booted hunter - ~ starts kicking the corn around.
: IN CASE you have read down this far and are interested in knowing how we met Roskoe-the-rabbit here's how:
Two years ago we were out hunting—Cal Plummer, Charley Wheat and “Outdoors” and after successfully losing both of them as they bounded over the terrain, we crumpled exhausted under a After catching our breath we heard a few sighs to the right of us and looked -over our shoulder and there was Roskoe, an exhausted rabbit. After the two of us got our breath we began to talk and the above is the result. If you doubt any of it, go out and find your own rabbit and talk to him. And don't make the mistake we” did—we finally ate Roskoe and we've felt guilty ever since. —Atterbury has started grooming a varsity quintet in preparation for its big games with Indiana. university entreat and other strong collegiate and
~ Rickey Signs « {Dixie Walker
NEW YORK, Nov. 4 (U. P).—|rosy hue on prospects for a succses- | President Branch Rickey of ihe. ful season. Heading the ilst is 8. {Bradys Dodgers today dispelled all | Sgt. Jerry Steiner, star of last seadoubts that Dixie ‘Walker, popular|son's team and former: all-America
basketball background painted af
in scroll form,|
will be on the spot to pick up w
Games on Air
12:45—Notre Dame vs. Army. WIRE and WISH; WFBM, 1pm 12:45—Penn. vs. Navy; Purdue vs. Minnesota at 3:45 p. m,
the great Bert left off and Kenna
4 | will be making, his second start of | the season for the Cadets.
| Kenna, touted as a promising | {American before the season started, 'has been sidelined with a knee in-
there promises to be quite an aerial show before the game is over. Notre Dame is a 9-5 favorite in betting so take your pick.
L U's Got a ‘Hunch’ “Elsewhere in the Midwest, Indiana and ' Mr. Hunchy Hoernschemeyer
will attempt to knock Michigan out of a possible tie for the Big Ten
| | jcrown in Bpite of the fact that the
Wolverines are a 3-1 choice. Piirdue is only a slight favorite over Minnesota. with the bookies while Illi-
Inois is 8-5 over Iowa, Northwestern " [18741 "over Wisconsin and DePauw]
Tom Harmon shown in his plane.
Mother Still Is
That All-American Is Safe
“ANN ‘ARBOR, ‘Mich.
ov. 5 w. PJ. ~The secretary of war
§ Tie Bisons
BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 5~The!
Buffalo Bisons today were still without a victory over the Indian
Ospitals hockey team who they dex feated in three straight James to
win the Calder Cup last year." After taking a 5-3 pasting on !
player-coach, ‘Johnny Sorrell, ex-
star of the ilershey Bars, for the): tie. It was Sorrell who ousfaked,
short & man. The tally tied up the game as the Bisons had forged ahead in the first period on Lary | Thibeault'’s drive after he had taken
1a pass directly in front of the nets|
{from Alfie Turncr. The Caps, like- | wise, were shortnanded at the time of the score.
In Felis Box Jerry Olinskt and Tom Forgle at-
tempted to settle their differences|’
on the ice and wound up in a highsticking duel which planted ooth in
{the penalty box. On Sotrrell’s score,| § ay
Paul Waldner and Red Kane were
taking a rest as a result of tossing a few gloves at each other.
manpower as the Caps had only two lines to match the three which Buffalo put on the ice. Jack O'Hara ‘was out because of an abscessed ear
Hopeful
| with a leg injury.
is picked to bazooka the TQnkmen i, express regrets at this time that your son, Lt. Thomas D, Harmon, is Dick ‘Miller, Indianapolis coliseum
from Pt. Knox.
A big game in the East pits Navy against Penns 3-2 favoring the Sailors, despite their shellacking last week by Notre Dame, Other games in the East with probable odds include: Cornell 6-3 over Penn State; Brown and Yale even, and Villanova-Princeton even. Dartmouth is rated a 5-1 over Columbia, and others favor Holy Cross over Temple, Rochester over Union, Ohio State over Pittsburgh, Coast guard over Worcester, Tufts
over Bates, Franklin and Marshall| West Virginia{
over -Swarthmore;
over henien and loa over
Georgia Tech Favored
In: the South and Southwest Duke 12. 9-5 over North Carolina State, North Carolina 7-5 over Bouth Carolina, Georga Tech is favored at 6-5 over Louisiana State and Tulsa is 3-1 over Oklahoma A. & M. Texas|: A & M. is 2-1 over Southern Methodist and N.- C. Pre-Flight-Wake Forest, Texas Christian-Texas Tech, Rice-Arkansas, Randolph Field-Blackland A. A. PF, -South-western-Bryan A. A. F. Georgia-|not Presbyterian, Clemson - Davidson and Carson-Newman, In the West, California is a 3-1 {favorite to defeat San Francisco, Del Monte is 5-1 over U.-C. L. A, Southern Cal is rated at 8-5 over San Diego navy and College of Pacific is 4-1 over St. Mary's. Others include Colorado-Utah, St. Mary's Pre-Flight-Alameda coast guard and March fleld-Pomona ordnance.
Leafs’ Rally
{Ties Wings
By UNITED PRESS ~The Torento Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens shared first place today in the National Hockey league after Toronto tied the defending champion Detroit Red Wings, 5-5, last night -and Montreal defeated. the Chicago Black Hawks, 5-3;
missing in action.” *
This was the second time in seven ‘months that Mr, and Mrs. Louis A.
yivania with odds of that their ‘all-Ameri n, Tommy Harmon, was| Wings and the Detroiter responded Harmon were advised that their ‘all-American so y ply by promising to send Billy | 55,
lost in air action. He came back the first time—in April—but today the odds were heavy against him. This time the former University of Michigan gride iron hero had not been on a transit mission. —He—had been assigned to the 14th air force in China, piloting a P-40 pursuit plane against the Japanese. He has been missing since Oct. 30, the war .depaftment said, , Bure ‘He'd Come Back =
Hammons mother, who “was sure
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announced April 14, that her son and his crew were missing from & crash in the Caribbean area, again refused to abandon hope. “We didn't lose courage during those days in April when we heard nothing.” she said, “and we won't believe that he has not come out! on top this time” Harmon had requested a transter to b3 pursuit group because he did! wish to be ‘responsible for a crew if anything should happen to him or his plane, The first plane, which crashed into the jungles. of Dutch Guiana, was called “Little
- | manager, to send out a call for help
|e and two others had parachuted| Thomson, a member of the Caps from the plane. last-year who recently was disNatives found Harmon wandering| charged from the army, and Tony in the jungles, weak after four days Bukovich to join the club at Cleveof exposure. He found his plane but| land. not -the -crewmen who had -batled | Fo Remain Here : Sub yin Hi, (HO Was taken to sn ‘Bukovich will return to Detroit arm; 08! & x id Co I oD tele. | After the Cleveland game but Thomphoned his mother assuring her [500 1s expected to remain with the
‘| “I'm all right—just a few scratches.”| Caps. Bukovich is available only for
-+And Crisler, who was at the Harmon week-end play because of + bina a ‘home;-shouted the traditional Oris-| war plant. ; Jgr-to-Harthon send-off: +)... The tie was Indianapolis’ third “igood , boy ™ tour starts and enabled them to re- + main undefeated in the western di- : vision -of -- the American. Averaged Over 100 | 1eague and in a tie with. Cleveland . ANN ARBOR.—Tom Harmon of | for first place, each with five points. Michigan had an average gain of| Following the Cleveland game, the
103. yards, pir. Jame as a Junior Cote Wi be back home Sunday].
in 1939 and 106 in 1940. night to face the Hershey sextet.
The Bisons had the advantage in|*
to Manager Jack Adams of the Red | yopr
Tom Lombardo is the man down
under in T formation for Army.
Hockey Summary
Indianapolis (1). Buffalo (1).
- land George DeFelice was benched Lynn “The shortage of players’ prompted N: Smith
ese Rabbit McVeigh, " Linesman— Indianapolis Spares —Olinskl, Stoddart, ison, Glover, Kane, Ritso Buffalo Spares—Turner, Waldrigf, aids ner, Forgie, Rimstad, Hun nt, Thibeau!l
0 amen, Jones, Evenshen
Buffa Indianapolis . First Period Scoring—1, Buffalo, Thi. beault (Turner), 5:51. Penalties—Olinski,
fe. Second Period Bcoring—1, aadlens ent Kine
th Sorel (Buller), 6:56. Waldner ¢
major); major). Tod Period ie ay ~—None.
Histey Shag 7
BICAY LEAGUE
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rshey Buffale .. Providence ud scons LAST NIGHT Indianapolis, 1; Bufiale. 1 (tie). TOMORROW. INDIANAPOLIS at Cleves land, Pittsburgh at Hershey.
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Butch—Old 98, the numerals Har- | mon wore on his football jersey. The |
ship Harmon had been flying in
China was called “Little Butch II"
and also bore the numerals “98.” H. O. (Frit) Crisler, Michigan | football coach, was with the family shortly after the news came. Crisler trained the all-American back. Harmon's parents attended a special mass at the university's St. Mary's chapel early this morning. It was on her return from just such a mass there April 17 that Mrs. Harmon learned that Tom was safe.
Wandered in Jungles rE ny: believe.” Crisler - sald, | “that Tom has scored for the last time. I had a letter from him dated Oct. 14 in which he said ‘You can always outguess these! Jap pilots because they fly like mechanical men.” Crisler .said Harmon's letter—received Monday—told how he and another. pursuit pilot engaged a
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tie after the Wings had held a 4-1 advantage, Rookie Ted Kennedy, Mel Hill and Capt. Bob Davidson each scoring to knot the count in the second period. The game was rough, nine penalties being called in the first two periods. Each team
_ Iscored once in the third period.
At Chicago, the Canadiens their record clean by vantage of Chicago
. CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind., Nov. §.|scored
{outfielder might be the man Leo|cager at Butler university. Steiner]
dislikes by announcing is currently supervising the squad's A has been signed to a one | workouts twice weekly. {year contract at the recent major league meeting in Chicago. When it was announced that Du-
Rice Nad ben reliized 2 pilot the
he and the other fighter pilot were credited with shooting down two of | the planes. * Harmon's -coach and close friend recalled that the 14th air force had
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