Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 October 1944 — Page 16

SPORTS. By Eddie Ash

THE fall race meeting at Churchill Downs opens Saturday. . . . It will be a 19-day affair. ’. . . First six days will be devoted to war relief. . . . In Louisville, Matt J. Winn, president of Churchill Downs, predicted hat racing during the period will yield a substantial

um for that fund. Last year a similar benefit at Churchill Downs netted Spon. mately $170,000 for war relief, ... Horse racing has contributed $1,000,000 for war relief since Pearl Harbor. , . . According” to reports from Louisville, the Derby atmosphere is prevalent as the owners, trainers, jockeys and horse addicts gear for the fall session. ¢ « + The Autumn Handicap will be one of the opening day features, Md » . ” = # THE chewing gum was extra sweet for the Miami footballers as they defeated DePauw in the home-coming game at Oxford, O, last Saturday. ... When Coach Holcomb was unable to purchase the usual amount of gum for his team in Oxford stores, just before game time he had the stadium announcer request spectators to make contributions. ... Cheer leaders collected hundreds of sticks of gum from the stands, mostly from co-eds.

Banner Season Predicted For Ice Hockey .

THE American Hockey league opens its new season tonight with Pittsburgh -at Cleveland. . . . And tomorrow night Cleveland plays at Pittsburgh. . . . The Indianapolis Caps’ inaugural schedule calls for heavy duty. . .. Buffalo helps the Caps lift the lid here Thursday night, the Caps play at Cleveland Saturday night and St. Louis plays here Sunday night. . . . St. Louis is the new member of the seven-team circuit. . . . The Mound City formerly was a member of the American Hockey association which folded for the duration, 4 ” » ” = » » ‘ ae ~ ALL SIGNS point to a great season for the ice circuits and elubs. . . . Baseball enjoyed a banner year at the box office in the cities whose teams were contenders, pro football has been drawing big crowds to its early games and sports goers are expected to fall in line and lavish their amusement money and interest on the fast-

stepping rink game.

Ice Sport May Have Two Major Leagues

HOCKEY has only one major league, the National, but after the war the American league hopes to gain equal rating with the older loop and to free the A. H. L. from a “farm-club” status. . . ‘Many hockey stars are in service, the bulk of them in the Canadian armed forces, and A. H. L. cfficials believe there will be ample talent for two big leagues and perhaps three strong minor leagues after the war. » » » E » 2 SIZE of buildings and population will play the leading roles in pro hockey reerganizations. . . . Cities with small rinks and limited _ seating capacity probably will be grouped together in minor circuits. s+ + It looks like “jobs for all” in hockey in peace time. - » # n »

THE American Hockey league's 1944-'45 regular season calls for 80 games, 30 at home, 30 away, and lasting until Sunday, March 18, . . . The state high school basketball finals are to be played at the loca] Coliseum on Saturday, March 17, and the next night the Caps play the Cleveland Barons there in the regular season hockey finale, The change-over from hardwood to ice will call for some fast work.

Bowling Alleys to Stay Open Despite Pin Setter Shortage

Sg Although local bowling establishments are experiencing Some diffi- | culty in obtaining a full quota of pin setters, the drastic steps taken by St. Paul alley operators. in closing their plants for the duration is not probable here. Paul Crosier, president of the Indianapolis Bowling Proprietors’ association, said, with few exceptions, local leagues have been able to roll their scheduled games. “The shortage of experienced pin setters|night, Fonnie Snyder topping the bas been offset partly by employ-|list with a 676. Snyder, who is enjoying one-of his

ment of high school and college : students,” Crosier said, best seasons, posted games of 225, 214, 237 for Union Title Co, in the 23 Plants Operate Here Courthouse loop at the PennsylSome leagues have solved their |vania. rup honors went to pin setting problems by furnishing |Al Striebeck, who cut loose with his . their own boys. Many are sons and | first big series of the season, 182, relatives of league ‘members, and|224, 257—863 for Shock Troops of although they lack the speed of|the Optimist league at Pritchetts. some of the “regulars” who have|It was a season record for the loop. been working at the game for sev-| - Bernie Mills rolled 223, 211, 224— eral years, they have temporarily|858 for McPherson Coal in the made it possible for continuance of | Capital Paper Co. matches at the the respective loops. Central. John Dwyer gave St. Joan Indianapolis has 28 tenpin plants{of Arc "National leaguers a new in operation embodying 296 alleys|season mark to shoot &t when he . and practically every one has a full|connected for 213, 186, 257656. He Jnift of leagues operating each|was in action with Chas. McCahill, hight. Contractors. Butch Zix had 164, Five individuals passed the 650/243, 247—654 in the St. Philip No. 1 mark in their league matches last|league, -

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Given Release *

8T. LOUIS, Mo., Oct, 17 (U. P.). ~Sam Breadon, president of the Cardinals, today announced that Pepper Martin, veteran outfielder,

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offered him. Martin may be headed back to the Pacific Coast league, where he managed the Sacramento team when it was a Cardinal farm club in 1941 and 1942. Recently, the San Diego club “on the coast changed owners and Pepper has been mentioned prominently as the possible new pilot. ‘ Because of the shortage of outfielders, Breadon and Manager Billy Southworth persuaded Martin to return to the game as an active player, and at the age of me played in 40 games and hit

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Bowlers’ Ambulance

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17—Nine hundred local members of the Na- . tional Bowling league contribute a : Biekst = wosk for 8 Wins of Marcy ‘ambulance.

Joyce Is Matched With Slugger White

8AN FRANCISCO, Oct. 17 (U. Bwitlie Joyce, Gary, Ind..has been signed for a 10-round match againat Luther (Shigger) White of

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is a center and Sorrell a left winger.

—————cee THE! INDIANAPOLIS TIMES “Two old Hands Remain With Caps

Two old hands at hockey and a rookie are among members of the Indianapolis Caps who will open the home season at the Coliseum Thursday night at 8:20. They are (left to right) Ducky Skinner, a right wing, a newcomer, and veterans Bill Thomson and Johnny Sorrell, playing manager. Thomson

Coached by Ray Eliot, who has

Eliot's now-famous “stopwatch backfield,” in sprinting through the first half of itg schedule, has scored an aggregate 190 points to 85 and established ‘the Illini as an unpredictable team, Concentrate on Offense A touchdown-conscious crew, the Illini concentrate on offense, consider defense a necessary lull in the game and win games by piling touchdown upon touchdown and letting the other team try to catch up. Following are the endangered records and the backs who are running to reset them: Quarterback Don Greenwood, field general who does some of Illinois’ passing and all of its punting; halfback Paul Patterson, the werkhouse of the backfield who does much of the running and most - of the passing; halfback Claude ; (Buddy) Young, leading scorer and featured breakaway runner, and fullback Jerry Cies, blocker. Threaten Rushing Record - The. threatened records: 1, Average gain per rushing play of 5.7, set by Missouri in 1941 when backs Bob Steuber and Harry Ice carried the Tigers to the Big Six title. In five games, Illinois has traveled at a 7.9 average. 2. Average gain per play, rushing and passing of 638, set by Tulsa university in 1942 when Lt, Glenn Dobbs was doing triple-threat offensive honors for the Golden Hur-

Illinois’ Speed Boys Head Toward 4 National Records

CHICAGO, Oct. 17 (U. P.)~Illinois’ speed-crazy football team, featuring a quartet of 10-second backs, is running full speed ahead toward at least four new national offensive records.

his fleet backfield, Illinois has rolled up record yardage in beating Illinois Normal, Indiana and Iowa, tieing Great Lakes and bowing to Purdue.

designed his own T-formation to fit

ricane, With five games remaining, Illinois has an 83 average. 3. Average rushing gain per game of 324.5, set by the Iowa Pre-Flight Seahawks in 1943, when they were national service champions. Even against such lines as Great Lakes and Purdue, Illinois has maintained a 360-yard average. 4. Average gain per attempted forward pass of 10, set by the national and Big Ten champion in 1942, Ohio State. Although- neither Greenwood nor Pafterson are great passers, Illinois is averaging about 12 yards in the overhead department. Illinois takes its vaunted offensive east this week-end to meet Pitts~ burgh in one of the day’s top intersectional games. Two other Big Ten teams carry the conference's reputation into major games Saturday. Ohio State, undefeated in three games and the conference leader, entertains undefeated but once-tied Great Lakes, and Wisconsin meets undefeated, untied, unscored-upon Notre Dame, The top conference game of the day will be at Iowa City, where Purdue will be a heavy favorite to take its second straight Big Ten game. Indiana at Northwestern is the only other Big Ten match, while Ft. Francid E. Warren plays Towa Pre-Flight on Sunday in the other major Midwest meeting,

tion in 1939. In preparation for another expected banner year at Hialeah, following the highly successful 1943-44 season, President John C. Clark has doubled the value of the track's nine major stake races with those purses alone totaling $155,000. Six former $5000 races have been raised to $10,000; the $7500 added McLennan handicap has been lifted to $15,000; the Widener handicap has been restored to $50,000, its value previous to 1942, and an alltime high value of $30,000 added

818 has been placed on the Flamingo

stakes. The Flamingo will be run on Feb. 24, and the rich Widener, which is expected to attract the 1|cream of the nation’s horses, three years and older, will climax the Hialeah meeting on March 3.

In Main Event

Colion Chaney anapolis heavyweight, will meet Irish Mickey Hayes, rated as

(above), Indi-

Wisconsin champion, in an eight-round beut at the Armery Friday night under sponsorship of the Hercules Athletic club. In another eight - roundér. James Bherron, Indianapolis welter, will swap blows with Mutt Schwartz.

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Florida Plans Richest Winter Racing Season in History

MIAMI, Fla., Oct. 17 (U. P.).—Horse owners will bring their thoroughbreds south this year for the richest winter racing season in Florida history, with three’tracks in the Miami area offering high purses. The old stand-bys, Hialeah race course and Tropical Park, will be Joined this year by Gulfstream Park at Hallandale, about 15 miles north of Miami, which will open for the first time since four days of opera-

{ {leah opens for its meeting of 40

Officials at Tropical Park in Coral Gables have announced that this year's 20-day. winter meeting will be the richest in the history of the track. Purse distributions will hit $253,900—a daily average of $12,605. Only one race on each card will carry the minimum of $1200 and there will be one $2500 feature each day. Gulfstream park, still a question mark on the Florida racing scene, will start the season Dee. 1, with an inaugural handicap, the value of which has not been determined.

Minimum Purse $1000

President James A. Donn of the Hallandale plant reports the track ready for racing-.and says the minimum purse will be $1000. Gulfstream opens the season on Dec. 1, earliest opening date in Florida racing history, and will continue until Dec. 23. Tropical takes

over on Christmas day and operates through Jan. 16. On Jan. 17 Hia~

straight days, until March 3, after which Tropical and Gulstream present their second 20-day meetings in turn. The season’ ends at Gulfstream April 19. Hialeah and Tropical shared a record - breaking 1943-44 season. About $36,800,000 was pushed through the pari-mutuel windows by, 430,124 turf fans at Hialeah during.the 50day meeting and the Tropical parimutuel handle came near the $20,000,000 mark. © More than 230,000 persons trekked to the Coral Gables racing plant last year.

Boost Stakes Value:

CHICAGO, Oct. 17. — Arlington Lassie and Washington Park's Princess Pat 1945 Stakes are up

money. They grossed $38,020 and

Men's - SUITS & TOPCOATS

$38,460 respectively in 1944.

Other Extra. Fine Garments Up to $24.50

from $15,000 to $20,000 in ‘added|

Okeson:- Gets Stagg Award

BETHLEHEM, Pa, Oct. 17 (U. P.).—~The late Walter Okeson, cited as an outstanding contributo the advancement of the best interests of football, was the posthumous recipient today of the Amos Alonzo Stagg award, highest honor which can be conferjed by the American Coaches association. Coach Ray Morrison of Temple, president of the association, presented the award to Mrs. Anne Okeson Butchart, daughter of the former football rules committee chairman and vice president of Lehigh university, who died last

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American Tens

ington—made the turnstiles click a circuit "Played its third wartime season. : The’ Tigers, nosed out. of the championship on the final day, drew

1923.176 fans, 316,889 more than they

did in 1943, to lead the league and show the sharpest attendance hike.

|New York drew 789,995 for the sec-

ond total, while Cleveland was last with 475,272. St. Louis, in winning its first American Jeague pennant, attracted 508.644 as compared to 214,392 last year to register the second largest increase. St. Louis’ attendance

was the highest since 1924 when

American league's only did we have an attendance which approached our 1940 high of 5433791, but we enjoyed a great race almost from the start of the season, the pennant not being deSided until the closing day,” President William 'Harridge of, the American league said. The 4,708,158 does not include Lhe 197,075 fans who paid for the American league's World Series games—played for the benefit of the Red Cross’ and War Relief—nor 508,419 servicemen who were admitted free as guests of the respective clubs durihg the season, Hartidge said. The addition of servicemen and World Series fans boosts the total paid attendance to 5,503,724, slightly more than the junior loop's 1940 high-water attendance mark which was set as Detroit won the pennant by one game over Cleveland. Following are the complete ‘at-

tendance a for the 1944 season, excluding the war relief games:

November,

gue Draws Than Four Million;

Tigers Show Biggest Gain

5 CHICAGO, Oct, 17 (U. P.).~The ‘American Leagie drew a total paid attendance of 4.790.159 Tor the 1044 baseball season, an increase : of 1,101,589 over the 3,693,560 wittendancee mark of last year, the league 3 Led hy the Detroit Tigers, all ‘clubs—with the sxeeption of Wash-

CHICAGO, Oct. 17 (U.'P.).~Lt.

naval training center football coach, has been appointed acting athletic officer to replace Lt. Cmdr, Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle, Commodore R. R. M. Emmet, commander of the center, announced today, Hinkle, who has coached two Great Lakes basketball teams and two football teams to service championships, has been ordered to duty in the Southwest Pacific. Hinkle’'s football teams won eight, lost three and tied one game in 1942 and won 10 and lost two in 1943. His 1942-43 basketball team won 34 and lost three and the 1943-44 team won 33 and lost three. He came to Great Lakes as a civilian volunteer basketball coach in March, 1942, was commissioned a lieutenant a month later and was made lieutenant commander last March when he became athletic officer.

(j.g) Paul Brown, Great Lakes.

Hinkle Moved to South Pacific

“Frankie Sinkwich, halfback for the | Detroit Lions, i|leave the hospital .|treatment for an inflamed appendix ‘land . his physician,

Lt. Cmdr. Hinkle

“|Sinkwich to Return

ithe team. ~

Bierman Is Back At Minnesota

Phil Terranova Beats Dell Orto .

P.)—Phil Terranova, featherweight champion, added an

back campaign, an impressive 10

round decision which he hammered out over Vince Dell Orto of Phila-

delphia last night:

six of the remaining nine.

land them effectively.

PROVIDENCE, R. I, Oct. 17 (U. former

other victory today in his come-

Terranova, who lost to ‘Dell Orto in their last bout, Aug. 14, rallied after losing the first round and won Dell Orto, trying for a knockout in the two final rounds, opened up with a barrage of long rights, but failed to

MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 17 (U. P). —Two former marines, Lt. Col Bernie Bierman and Vic Kulbit-

ski, returned to the University of Minnesota football team yesterday -{ and prospects for a pre-war “Golden Gopher” team were tak- -| ing shape today. Kulbitski, who weighs 205 pounds and three years ago was ‘Minnesota's, regular center and later full-back, was recently discharged from the marines after playing full-back at Notre Dame as a marine trainee last season. Bierman, who was placed on an inactive status by the marine corps, yesterday began his duties as advisory coach,

merrier tune in 1944 as the junior

Thom, La Belle In Feature Go

The “veteran Billy Thom, who is rated one of the best college mat coaches in the nation as well as one of the best professional wrestlers, will clash: with Rene La Belle of Toronto to feature tonight's grap-

“fireworks” as Rene is a big favorite here and has an impressive record. Thom, who is head mat mentor at Indiana university, is a skilled and tricky matman and ‘occasionally resorts to aggressive tactics. It is for two falls out of three,

Melio Bettina Whips Cultist

PHILADELPHIA, Oct 17 (U. P.).—Melio Bettina, combatting both the solid punching of Saint Thomas and the “Angels of Father Divine” picked up prestige today in the heavyweight boxing field after a quick threeknockout over the color-

stationed at Pine Camp, N. Y., shattered his illusions by dropping him after 16 seconds of the third round. Saint Thomas, a 23-year-old

victories into the ring with him.

To Detroit Lions

DETROIT, Oct. 11 (U. P)—

was expected to today after

Dr. Harvey Brown, said he probably would. be able to complete the season with

: |More § Sports

- ibash’s humiliating

Coach Edward «ip» Satins, of the University of Towa Hawkeyes advocates “compulsory athletics instead of universal military training” after the war. In an address before the Quarterback club, Madigan said that during the years of peace there would be “a clamoring for the old compulsory military Re in colleges and universities. That would mean formal drilling for all + male students.” He offered a plan of young men for “any eventualities by exposing them to competitive rather than formal athletics” Madigan said any military maneuvers would be out-dated in 10 or 20 years but that the competitive spirit, when once instilled, . would never die. “After world war I” Madigan said, “Germany sent a commission to the U..8. to discover why we had such fine soldiers. The com-

LU, 8. in the 1936 Olympic games.”

Earlham Opens Late Season

By UNITED PRESS Farlham college starts its 1044 football season Saturday while Wabash and Indiana State play their seventh and final games of the year, The scheduling oddities were caused by wartime conditions which delayed the opening of Earlham's fall semester and by the fact that Wabash and ‘Indiana State have lineups heavily staffed with naval V-12 trainees up for transfer within a week or 10 days. Pete Vaughan's Little Giants play their annual and bitter rival, DePauw, with season records indicate ing an exact opposite result of Wadeefat of last

fall. The Little Giants have been beaten only once this fall, by Western Michigan, 20-0, but have two ties, one with Illinois Normal, 7-7, and ithe other with Indiana State last Saturday, 26-26. DePauw, undefeated last year, still is looking for its first victory after four games. Indiana State, defeated by Wabash, 14-12, and Central Michigan, 25-0, winds up with Illinois Normal, a 33-13 victim earlier in the season. After warning his squad that Northwestern has a better team than its victoryless record shows, Coach Bo McMillin of Indiana uni-

Bloomington yesterday, indicating that he expects the Wildcats to take to the air at Evanston, Ill. Saturday as the Hoosiers shoot for their second Big Ten victory in three games. At Lafayette, Coach Cecil Iibell of Purdue reviewed blocking mistakes of his Boilermakers in the 13-6 loss to Iowa Pre-Flight as he opened practice yesterday for the

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