Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 December 1943 — Page 10

NCH RICKEY, president of the Brooklyn ‘wants baseball to grack down on certain highd big league ball players who believe that buying bonds exempts them from going to work in war during the off-season. Rickey believes that certain major leaguers are inviting criti ‘of themselves and the game by spending the winter playing golf in Florida and California instead of working to help the war effort. “I can realize,” said Rickey, “how people with ay aa

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been involved in some highly interesting transactions, too. Thus the set-up in the ring that night was not conducive to a completely fair critical approach. i So when the ponderous, awkward Carnera tapped Schaaf with that light left jab in the thirteenth round and Schaaf, a trim, well muscled

and fathers overseas fighting on the various © r fronts must feel when they read about wellpaid ball players relaxing in games helping no

and we had no illusions about what we were seeing. He was a skinny, preliminary kid, a product of the grubby West side streets, ignorant of the finer shadings of boxing and knowing nothing whatever about training, either. Besides ‘these handicaps he was overmatched by a greedy and equally ignorant manager, and the beating he took’ was

* “1 have seen stories and pictures of some of

our leading players playing golf in warm climes, | If it irked me, it's easy to understand how it must gripe those with loved ones risking their lives in the armed forces.” ; A This corner believes Rickey Is correct in his § \ y ... Many ball players are in the armed

Shortridge Finally Beats Tech’s Big Gree

forces or working in war plants, but they are Branch Rickey overlooked by the public when other major league players are pictured lolling in soft, southern sunshine or swinging at a golf ball. Perhaps the players are over the military draft age, or have been classified 4-F, but that doesn’t excuse them in the opinion of those having boys or fathers overseas fighting bullets, malaria and mud. Gordon Brought in the Ducks _ IT 18 REPORTED that Joe Gordon, star second baseman for the New York Yankees, put two strikes on himself with his draft board out in Oregon as a result of a picture appearing in an Oregon newspaper showing him with a string of ducks around his neck upon return from a hunting trip. It is said members of the draft board told Gordon i{ he didn't have anything petter to do than hunt wild fowl, he should get ready to join the army and learn to hunt the enemy with a service rifle, This is said to explain Gordon's recent announcement he. would enlist soon in one of the branches of the armed forces. }

Hornets Rap Touchdown i

Manual, 33-31;

Lawrence Wins

A three-year victory famine with Tech's Big Green was ended last night as Shortridge passed its way to a 37-32 win over the East Siders in the top game of the evening played before 3500 fans. ! Other games found Howe rallying in the final period to edge Manual 33-31; Sacred Heart bowed to Whitestown, 37-17; Warren Central bounced Decatur Central, 41-30; |“. Speedway rapped Danville, 44-31, J and Lawrence Central beat Franklin | | Twp., 49-32. !

Shortridge—Tech

Stew Tompkins paced the Blue! Devils with five field goals but he) lwas tied for top-scoring with Bill] {Kegley who accounted lor three ieharity goals along with four feld- | 'ers, while Tompkins was dropping! {in one free toss. { The Blue Devils bounded into the lead at the outset, led 8-7 at the] lend of the first period and extended the margin to 20-11 at halftime. But " ‘the Big Geen came back strong ito reduce the advantage to 23-20 {in the early minutes of the second { half. { Tech's rally came while Cecil Prieihofer was on the bench due to a| pair of broken glasses when he col- | Jided with a Tech player in the lopening minutes of the third period. Preihofer, who didn't tally a single goal during the game, was, however, the spark that led the Satans to The Chicago { | versity this week—Bob Steuber. their victory. :/Doug Bentley and Cully Dahlstrom | Shortridge picked = up Several getting two goals each, scored an|

points at the end of the third hes. om : { to lead 28-20 as the gun sounded | 2% 7-1 victory over Detroit on

and then played defensive ball most their home ice last night to end of the final period while Tech a three-game losing streak. i whittled a 12-point deficit to five] The triumph put Chicago within

markers. { : The Blue Devils’ | defense was A puis of the third place Boston

|evidenced by the fact that a large : : a | part of the Tech goals were fired | Chicago scored a goal in each of N D 1 S th B d T ht | trom long range. the first two periods as the Red . » a ou en ong 4 | |Wings tried to make a battle of it.| i e- {but the visitors’ defense collapsed | Purdue meets twice-beaten Notre Dame at South Bend and Pree-| Howe How —Manual first in the final period when the Black] man field goes against Lt. Everett Case's depleted DePauw. V-5 outfit in | y : IY Hawks made five goals, three of quarter, dropped behind at the half, th ithin & minute and a half. basketball games tonight. : trailed at the three-quarter mark oe gg the er ’ 1 Coach Ed Krause of Notre Dame, dissatisfied with the Irish showing and then fired its way into the lead | 8 Ww. ‘in losing their last two games, shook up his lineup this week-end-—the |during the last period. Montreal

. y ) | Paced by Bill Watson, who hit for Terents ..... third such juggling since the season began—and moved 18-year-old Carl, yy points and Bob Banks, who Betton

Grid Rules Changes Discussed

THE rules committee, which revamps the college football rules, won't be in session until after the war, and the grid code book, therefore, is regarded as frozen for the duration. .. . But there is a great deal of agitation in some quarters for changes. Some coaches want a change or two in the rules before the next season rolls around, and some believe these changes can be accomplished by médins of a mail vote by members of the committee.

Myles Driscoll, 13, of Brooklyn St. Francis, lands in perfect football touchdown-getter's pose. Tackler is teammate Joe Deegan. Sid Tannenbaum of New: York university lifts his arms in a tradi tional touchdown signal. But this is basketball, folks, and N.Y. uv. wins, 52.30, at Madison Square Garden.

Not Too Little, But Too Late

GREENCASTLE, Ind, Dec. 23 (U. P.) —Not too little but

es 8 = . =» = THE kickoff out of bounds is opposed by many grid chiefs. . . When the rile makers put it in the code, they believed it would gpeed the game. . . . They didn't have the slightest idea that some coaches would use the rule to provide a deliberate kick out of bounds on every kickoff, and then allow the other team to take the ball on its 35-yard line, ‘a practice the grid fans don't like, and which takes the runback of the kickoff, one of the spectacular features of the game, out of the picture. Some grid observers believe that if the tee were brought back in the game, and Kickofis made with this advantage, that the, coaches would ber plore willing to have the pigskin booted straight down the gridiron. , . 8» ss = _® THE American association is balloting the league's baseball writers on the method of choosing the site of the 1944 A. A All-Star game; shall it be decided by attendance or the team in first place - on a certain date? . . . Our vote goes to the first place system they have used all along. we

Red Wings Are Clipped Agrain

By UNITED PRESS ! | ?, - Blackhawks, with| navy's gift to Marquette uni

football player at Missouri, was the nation’s highest scorer on the gridiron last fall with 129 points in five games. He played with DePauw and is a naval aviation student.

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Yep! Lefty Sure Is Out of Luck

ALGIERS, Dec. 23 (U, P)— Vernon (Lefty) Gomez, the former

| New York Yankee southpaw, came . Pip. from the states to entertain troops

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fective equipment, he whispered today at a hospital where he is being tredted for a throat ailment,

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Strategy of Sorrell Allows

|Caps to Tie

PROVIDENCE, R. 1, Dec. 23 (U. P.).—Coach Johnny Sorrell's last minute strategy of pulling his goal

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forwards on the attack with ®

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pild off with a goal that gave the

| {Indianapolis Caps a 3-3 tie with the

Providence Reds here last night in

. {Rhode Island auditorium.

Alex Ritson was the hero of the taking Bill Thomson's

Kas from the left side at 19 minutes, 58 seconds. Just seconds previous, with an-

| |other faceoff in Red's territory, Jack | Toupin fired a rink-length shot | {that missed the unguarded Indian-

apolis cage by inches. The Caps were trailing by a 3-1 margin going into the final period {and it appeared that their six-game {streak without defeat was due to {end. With Stan Kemp and Ritson lin the penalty box for a five-minute minor penalty for fighting, Coach |Sorrell cut the deficit to one goal when he skated by the mouth of Red’s cage to backhand a shot into the lefthand corner of the drapes at 11:11 minutes. The Reds jumped to the fore within 23 seconds of the start of hostilities as Lef: Winger Hec Pozzo rebounded Toupin’s shot by Goaler Les Tooke. Harold Cooper also drew an assist, With the Reds shorthanded, Defenseman Gordie Sherritt knotted the count at 10:38 minutes when he fired from 10 feet inside the blue line at the left, Hymie Bulyer and Carl Smith setting him up. Then, Cooper took another repounded shot fired off Tooke’s pads by Topin to give Providence a 2-1 edge at 3:35 minutes of the middle chapter. The Reds increased their lead when Toupin registered at 18:43 minutes, Cooper and Pozzo setting him up this time.

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‘Surprise! Hornets ‘Whip Hershey

By UNITED PRESS | PITTSBURGH'S last place Hornlets from the western division .upset the league leading Hershey Bears of the eastern division, 8 to 2, in

Hockey Summary

mmary [New Albany gia Drops First *= Net Contest

Referee — Ag Smith. Linesman — Gus Rivers, “a Indianapolis Spares — Kane, Ritson, Ruelle, Morrison, Kokeinak, Glover, Buller, Providence rouv, Boyd, Sher. wood, Demers, Schuits, Whittet, Gagnon, Reid, Stowwart. : —8cors by Pericds—

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New. Albany, playing its second game in as many nights, suffered its first defeat last night, but other favorites—Martinsville, Terre Haute Wiley, Jasper and JeWersonville— won their games. Evansville Reitz, loser qf three of its five games, decisively trimmed New Albany, which had won ‘its first five, 37-27. New Albany had nosed St. Xavier of Louisville Tuesday night. is Martinsville had no trouble with Seymour in racking up its seventh straight South Central conference victory—and the Artesians’ ninth in 10 games in all—<by a 50-27 score, Terre Haute Wiley's 45-t0<32 conquest. of Bloomington was Wiley's fourth viefory without defeat. Jas per emphasizkd its claim to state recognition with a 49-t0-23 pasting

Providence 2 Indianapolis 0° Pirst Period Scoring—(1) Providence, Poszo (Cooper, Toupin), :23; (2) Indianapolis, Sherritt (Buller, Smith), 10:38. Penalti rritt, Kemp, Kane. Second Period Scoring— (3) Providence, Cooper (Toupin, Pozzo), 3:38; (5) Providence, Toupin (Pozzo, Cooper), 18:45. Penalties— Kemp. Third Period Scoring—(5) Indianapolis, Sorrell (Thompson, Smith), 11:11; (6) Indianapolis, Ritson (Thompson), 19:58. Penalties—Demers, Buller, Ritson (major), Kemp (major).

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Jerry Steiner

Hits 31 Points

Jerry Steiner, former Berne high \school and Butler university basket-| ==" "0 z 5 , ) Spurgeon. was the {ball star, scored 31 points last night eighth win in nine games for Jasas his Camp Atterbury team ce- per, which has lost only to Jefferfeatgd Stout Field, 59-42. | sonville, ’ Steiner, a sergeant and coach: of | Jeffersonville also was m the soldiers, poured through 12 field season record oad odo king goals and seven free throws. At: close 37-35 decision over Evansterbury took an early lead and ville Central. : never was in danger, although Stoat| In other good games last nigh Field closed the gap to 26-23 at! Alexandria ‘downed Barston ot, halftime. : It was Atterbury’s fifth win in eight games; Stout has lost 11 and won eight,

over West Lafayette, 56 to 34. - Other scores: Auburn 43, Kendallville 46. Garrett 52, Avilla 33.

[Evansville Finally Wins

Conference Game

. EVANSVILLE, Ind, Dec, 23 (1. P.).—Evansville college held its first | yo Indiana Collegiate conference basketball victory of the year today, {a 45-39 triumph over Central Normal at Evansville last night. The Aces got away to a quick 6-to-0 lead by Central Normal tied the score before Evansville counted again. However, Evansville then settled down to a cool and effective game which built up an impregnable lead. : Marion Pine, Central Normals stellar guard, was high point man of the game with 21 points. It was the fifth defeat in seven games for the seven-man Central Normal squad; Evansville has won two and lost four. |8

ns Yorktown 42, Eaton 28. irk 38, DeSete 30. "rénkion 25, Carmel 23 (double avertime). ertime).

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the American Hockey league last night.

‘Gomez suffered an infection on’ the trip across and confessed it

= Loyd of South Bend and Johnny dropped in six field goals, the Horn- Detroit York Captures

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Hockey Standings

would be useless for him to try to entertain troops if he couldn't talk. “ He is recovering.

ing ‘spots. which will equal the power shown season while Manual has tasted deby Purdue in its first two games. |feat three times in eight attempts. | Loyd, a native of South Bend,| Manual held an 18-17 advantage NEW YORK. Dec. 33 (0. Pye 208 forward post und. wes ex-at the half and led 25-23 &1 the end | a + pected to add scoririg punch to the of the third period. Then Howe went | Rudy York, the. Detroit Tigers {Notre Dame attack. Lujsek, who to work and edged out its advan- Cleveland =. vee. 1B i _ homerun king, also won the Ameri-| took over at quarterback on the tage in the final minutes While pitsbureh can league runs-battediin cham-| football team when "All-America Manual vainly attempted to tie up pionship as his booming bat blasted Angelo Bertelli went to the marines, {the game. ° 118 tallies across the plate, Jeague | impressed Krause with his agres-| figures released today revealed. |siveness as a substitute. York, “capping one of his best | Ward Lambert of Purdue was ex-| years with 34 eircuit clouts, passed | pected to stand on his regular line-| Sacred Heart's Spartans never had | RESULTS LAST NIGHT the 100 mark in runs driven in for UP Which dumped DePauw V-5 and chance. They trailed from the | . i iporis. 3; Previdesice, 3 (tie). the fifth time in his eight-year ca-| then lost a 58-52 decision to un- opening gun and by halftime had| Pittsburgh, 8; Hershey, 2. reer in the major leagues. His power | beaten Great Lakes. {but 6 points, while Whitestown rang | performance was 11 better than the| It Will be the 13th game between UP n, runnerup total of 107, compiled by| Purdue and Notre Dame. with the| Bob Staton and Bill Essex paced Nick Etten. New York Yankee first | Boilermakers holding a wide margin the victors with 9 and 8 points, rebaseman. Etten's performance must | nine. wins against three for spectively. Capt. Joe Meyer led the have been inspired by his first vear| Notre Dante. {Spartans with 10 markers. in a Yankee uniform, because i was| Lt. Case, with just two of his first | the first time In his five-year career} men left after transfers of _ in the big time that he had passed | trainees early this week, pinned his) the 100 mark. hopes on those two veterans—Don |

“Yankee Third Basen _{ Waldron and Warren Carter. Free- ; an Bill John iman Field has compiled a spotty

Lujack of football fame into start-| ets enjoyed their fifth straight New York | R.B. IL. Crown |

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NEXT GAMES

SATURDAY — INDIANAPOLIS at land, Buffal> at Hershey, Pittshurgh. SUNDAY A Cleveland at Buffale.

APOLIS, ing with 8 points each. Tech

He AP 8, | tsburgh 81). the half, 26-18.

ershey al Providence,

Although the star-studded Indi-|199, 222 and 277 was anapolis league furnished the bulk | Paul Stemm had 232, 20, of the top scoring’ in last night's Johnny Mencin had 644 and Jim He tenpin sessions, two less-known loops | Hurt Jr., 610, The Shoemen

Manufacturers Five Sought for League

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| famined basketball quintet lost its | 46th consecutive game tonight, dropiping a 43-35 decision to the Illingis Chicago claimed the game's high B { scorer, however, in Fred Degraw Cleve-| with 10 points. Glen Neiswander |1 *iand Ed Puchalski led Tech's ook:

Star-Studded Indianapolis League Furnishes the Bulk of

The Stout Field basketball team withdrawn from the BushFeezle Manufacturers Basketball league, playing at South Side Turn-

produced a pair of solo series that ranked among the best, Sherman Clark's 699 and Harry, Wheeler's 698, rolled in the Indian-

off the leading Bowes Sealfast a triple victory,

Set League Records

apolis, were the one-two individual| ‘Clark's leading series, rolled

series of the evening. Phil Bisesi, 8 Member of Pabst Bi another member of that circuit, had a 693, but he was tied for the show f position by William McGregor of the Lukas-Harold league. Just one {pin behind the pair was Leonard Binnion of the Eli Lilly loop. Marott in Form

Russett Cafeteria had the best team series of the evening, their Indianapolis league games of .1083,| 1085 and 1058 netting it a 3176. Harold Stricklin paced. the quintet —880; Leonard

Pittsburgh came from behind in the second period to score three goals after Hershey had gotten off to al to 0 lead in the opening period. The Hershey defense remained off-stride in the final period when Pittsburgh scored the rest of its points. Jimmy Jamieson netted

i final session,

Basketball Results

Princeton, 51; Rider College, 33. Great

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2 Horsés Are |; Killed at Track

NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 23 (U.P). —Bolting of yearlings during an exercise period was blamed today for two accidents at the Fairgrounds track in which two horses were killed: and three jockeys injured. The jockeys, Charles Fields, A. Snelling and F. Early were reported

fatally. Black Brat escaped injury. About 15 minutes later when the track had been cleared, White Bait and Unbuttoned, a pair of 4-year-olds were running together and colded with two the and winner, suffered

Sailors Triumph For 7th Straight