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arrow Will Require Biggest that Senor Alphonsb Raymond Lo-! ¢ lis Indians pee ine mals eens vv ER eybbit’ This Season old- when socked on the nose by a : j \ baseball and the

injury was suff ciently painful to

Coach Cravath Recalls Time Knute Rockne Unleashed Bucky O'Connor in 1930 Game

require surgical LOS ANGELES, Dec. 4 (UP)—Behind the high walls of Bovard attention. . Field at University of Southern California thé Trojans were cooking! Leaving the y . Me Up a surprise for Notre Dame Saturday. Tampa (Fla) - wll The 1947 Southern California football team has been pulling these hospital, he crept ; {a rabbits out of Coach Jeff Cravath's hat all season against every major to his home in 4 J foc. And annually the game the Trojans want, to win most is their Ybor City, a sub- a | intersectional clash with Notre urb, to submit to | Dame. So that would seem to call Notre Dame Squad

a parental strop- for the bigiest rabbit of all ping for playing SERENE 0 ie Dror of these little surprise En Route to Coast

p Surprise Yor Notre Dame Saturday

Dodgers Deny Leo Signed as Manager; Tribe Gets Fleming

Pirates Send Utility Player Here After

Trading Elbie Fletcher to Cleveland

By CARL LUNDQUIST, United Press Sports Writer MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 4—The trouble with the lobby legends at the | overcrowded minor league baseball meeting here today was that they | were denied as fast as they were heard, even though all'had an essence lof fact. The Brooklyn Dodgers through Secretary Harold Parrott, their only | qualified oracle on hand, denied the two biggest st reports, a although they {would not go so far as to say that ————— ——dp— /both would not come to pass at Mickey Harris as a possible “throw {any hour. in.’

jai during Ro ae later, when packages was Gordon Gray. CraYbor : wax Vath will deny it as he does everyjue yoo Fade Behn une ya thing concerning football strategy, $oik > Iw oh gion catcher but Gray hardly played prior to couldn't be present. . Young lo- the Ohio State game, which Southpez was “drafted” to do the back- . ++. He made good with a Sop. and decided then and : Touchdown on Kickoff ar there to some day try to win a job Came the all-important clash in league baseball and earn regular wil; undetes eq ¢ California, gunning money. . At 17. the Tampa club ‘Or & successiul season under " new of the old Florida State Leakue coach, and southern California un picked him up and a brilliant dia- ledshed Don Doll His 16-yard runmond career Was launched nc of a Kickoff Lo a touchdown The veteran receiver speaks excel- started the Trojans rolling to their lent English and Spanish His 30-14 victory ; father, Modesto Lopez. was born in The next big kume on the Trojan Spain and his mother in Tampa hehadiiio wi against UCLA This of Castilian descent Lopez Sr. hometown clash turns Los Angeles was a seventh son, but the Hoosier football mad, dividing the town into Redskins’ new master mind missed Wo camps of Arou ed partisans ; being the seventh son of.a seventh For weeks Cravath had told son by reason of one girl, . . . In sports writers that speedy Jack his teen-age days, Al Lopes was Kirby just wasn't well enough baseball captain while attending drilled to do more than get into a George Washington Junior High game for a few minutes after the 8chool in Tampa. regulars had scored "nn | But Kirby was sent in to ruin THE “ALS” HAVE IT .. . City {the Bruins. Four pass plays in the der mew man- |[1at succeeded in drawing UCLA of Indianapolis under Quarter Bory ogy ol agement, Indianapolis Indians position, under new management, , , . Hard | An Oversight

the efforts of Gray, by a 32-0 score

ern California won, largely through |

SOUTH BEND, Ind, Dec. 4 (UP) Coach Frank Leahy and his 39-| man University of Notre Dame football squad were en route today to Los Angeles where the Irish op-

pose the University of Southern California Baturday, { Trainer Hugh Burbs said Left! Halfback Terry Brennan definitely will not see action against the Tro-| jans,, Brennan has a sprained] knee ligament, Fullback John Panell| and Tackle Gasper Urban may be! fit to play in the Irish season finale, Burns said, Panell has an injured leg and Urban a bruised shoulder hill. But before the first game he twisted an ankle, was out for sev. eral weeks and thereafter failed to play more than a few minutes a game, but looked great during those few minutes, Although one of the fastest broken field runners on the squad, Tannehill didn’t get in against UCLA at| all. When questioned after the game, Cravath, with a straight face, said) it was an oversight that in the ex-| citement of the battle he overlooked Tannehill, | The surprise package may or may not be Tannehill but there's little

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LEGION JUNIOR TROPHY-WINNERS—Don Campbell (left) and Jack Ruckelshaus (right) are shown with Ed Prichard, athletic director of Broad Ripple: American Legion Post 312 at the presentation of trophies at the Hoster-Roberts Ford dinner at the IAC last night. Campbell was voted the team's most valuable player and Ruckelshaus got the award for the best mental attitude of any of the IIth District Junior Baseball champions. All players received jacket awards and gold baseballs from the

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,| Parrott said that there was noth-

{ing to the report that Leo Durocher had finally signed .un as manager lof the Brooklyn Dodgers for 1948. He also stated that Outfielder i xe! {Walker, who turned down an oppor{tunity to manage the Dodger farm lelub in St. Paul, still was the regular Brooklyn rightfielder and that “no deal has been made to send him {ito any other club,” Qualified to Answer | Parrott said he was qualified to deny the stories because he had {talked to Dodger President Branch Rickey at his Maryland farm retreat only a. half hour previously and that the old man had nothing to say about either matter. Also denied with more sharpness than cordiality by General Manager Bill DeWitt of the St. Louis Browns was the report that waivers had been obtained on his slugging outfielder, Jeff Heath, “I never have received waivers lon Heath,” DeWitt said, “I don’t know how these things get around. bs don't think he is a waiver-| price ball player and I wonder what | {the fans in other American League] cities will think when they read that their owners passed on a man|

Among the few deals completed during the three days of much chatter and little accomplishment, was one which sent Elbie Fletcher, | hard-hitting first baseman of the | Pittsburgh Pirates to the Cleveland Indians in exchange for utility man Les Fleming, who was promptly assigned to the Pirates’ Indianapolis farm club. Fleming, 32 yegrs old, hit .250 iast season, The Indians also revealed that they had signed Hollis Thurston, former Chicago White Sox pitcher as a West Coast scout and that Oscar Mellilo, a coach with the club had been named Midwest scout. The Newark Bears of the International League revealed that they had sold’ Pitcher Herb Karpel outright to Seattle of the Pacific Coast League.

Crisler Apologizes For Hiding Power

DETROIT, Dec. 4 (UP)—The {giddy whirl of the Rose Bowl, with

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|the praise and flattery customarily | ei {heaped on‘ the participants, has Fritz Crisler worried, The astute coach of the Michian football team warned his playrs last night that “flattery can be

{who hit 27 home runs last season. "| TOMORROW NIGHT | DeWitt said that he definitely] Ben Davis at Warren Central.

| iwas willing to make a deal for Rockne unleashed Bucky O'Connor | By LEO H. PETERSEN, United Press Sports Editor Broad Ripple vs. Cathedral at Heath but saw no reason why he lg

15 against the Chimplon Cowpoy At the start of the 1947 season the on the Trojans and scored a 27-0 NEW YORK, Dec. 4—He was raised on the beef and brawn of gutler. “hould have to go out of the Amer-|, Kansas City ues, . . lop back among the Trojans was victory. O'Connor widsn't even on powerhouse football, but his first three requisites for a football player, Howe vs. Washington at Butler. can League to do so,

going for one of the Als, though. | It was then that Trojan Quarter- question that Cravath had some- . back Jim Powers threw his 32-yard thing up his sleeve. He recalls that N a C n f th WwW k d to make + + + Lopez I sentenced lo ; Pass to Kirby for the only touch- day in 1030 when the late Knute ame ou o 2 oe his Victory Field debut on April | 0) oo

—— the weight chart.

{has paid off well

Lujack’s Letter MAYHEM ON THE GRIDIRON + . . Bill Reddy, Syracuse,

Cheers Victim news and columnist RN writes that a Columbia U, back, Of Paralysis

while toting the pigskin against Syracuse U. in. the game in New York on Nov, 22, sunk his. teeth

Feeney will have to pitch that ‘o.p00i0q (4 he Halfback Ted Tanne- the team roster. George Sauer of the University of

first ball . . ; and get it over the plate, no less. Sparta S x Kansas’ unbeaten Jayhawks. | So far as the fans in the mid{lands are concerned, he also is

coach of the year for in two sea-| DENVER, Dec, 4 (UP)—Johnuy Sacred Heart High School was sons at Kansas, he has transformed . ; gnbe aten in three straight basket-|a chronic second-division team into mto Syracuse tackler Jim Pepper's Lujack, Notre Dame's all-America ball games today after winning over| {a championship club. wrist . . , whereupon the referee quarterback, who has plenty of his, mel last night, 45 to 35, on | His first season at the helm, the pounced upon Pepper with a pen- own rooters, today went in for a the South Siders home floor. {team won seven games against two alty for unnecessary roughness. . . . little hero-worship of his Gwn| Forwards Bill Engelking and Pete [losses and a tie, and shared the Poor Pepper was just trying Lo pry private champion. {Schaefer divided scoring honors for! 'Big Six championship with Oklahis arm loose from the Columbia Johnny's champ was Mike Golden, the Spartans each getting 11 points. homa., This season, in a tough 10halfback's molars. . , . Man or a freckle-faced 16-year-old young-|Schafer was particularly accurate! game schedule, his club won eight beast? (ster, who wallped the daylights out at the free throw line sinking seven | of the games, tied two, and again . no» fof total paralysis and learned to lot nine chances. Dave Heiser led |ghared the conference crown with THE BIG SQUEEZE . . . walk again. And Mike's battle is/the Carmel quintet with seven field the Sooners. When Nevada defeated Arizona still going on, he wants to conurol{goals and five free throws for 19) when the team defeated Arizona! State College of Tempe recently, his fingers, points. in a wild-scoring game Saturday 38-13, on the Las Vegas gridiron, “Gee, Mom,” Mike was quoted in| Carmel held a slim 18-1§ lead at night, it marked Kansas’ first unReferee Bill Fischer became a a Denver newspaper as saying, “If I/the half and then saw the Spar-|yefeated season since 1023. They casualty in the second quarter, could gain some weight and geti/tans take over at the threé-quarter had been fired for that game by «+» He got tangled up in a line control of these fingers 1 might be ‘mark, 30 to 28. their selection to oppose Georgia! play near the goal line and the 45 good a. Johnny Lujack.” In-other games last night Law-mech in the Orange Bowl at Miami! young gorilla forwards put him Une of Johnny's uns send him rence Dents al racked up its br New Year's Day. 5 the clipping. And the a America triumph this season, edging Beech| ; { through 4 Sig wringer football star, whose name ranks top Grove in a close tilt, 39 to 36, while| Lightest in Conference

BROWN BOMBER SAYS. on every newspaper's sports page, Ben Davis grabbed a 40-36 overtime | thriller from Franklin Township, ; {

. , . Heres the way Champ Joe Louts| “70% Shia Yo Mike: been the lightest in the conference. | « I just want you to know er s——

sizes up Challenger Joe Walcott: | 1 : sas The 214-pound coach has carried a| wy at I hope I can be as good as a hle0s 5 food Janster DUG nok # Mike Golden if I. ever run up State Collegiate 120-pound halfback on his squad] a pretty good puncher with his right REIS, the ods Was Jou hire, had Net Card for Week for two -sepsons and one of his hand. I figure I'll still be champion halt a mab Raye it | TONIGHT regular ends, Dave Schmidt, a twoalter Friday night. I expect to win that you succeed . . Franklin at DePauw, time all-Big Six: choice, weighs by a k. of This statement fo ab { Southern Methodist at Indiana only 155. was made by Louls to a close friend | State. “If they can block and tackle, at training camp the other day and Orengo Promoted Butler vs. Alumni. they can play on my team,” Sauer was not a “publicity release.” SACRAMENTO, Cal, Dec. 4 (UP) TOMORROW NIGHT explained. “Otherwise, they're bet- . 4 & I'he Sacramento club of the Pa-{ Taylor at Indiana Tech. ter off in the rooting section.” TREE TOPPERS. , . . The cific Coast League has promoted! SATURDAY The big man from Nebraska—he leading candidates for center on its veteran coach, Joe Orengo, to| Ball State at Canterbury. was an All-American fullback thepe the Illinois Big Nine basketball (he position of manager, succeed-! Butler at Northwestern. in 1933—insists on two techniques squad look as though they have a (ng Dick Bartell who left to be-| DePauw at Indiana. r monopoly on stilts. . . . Fred come manager of the Kansas City] Huntington at Manchester. Xypifies Methods Green stands 6 feet 7 inches, Bob Blues of the American Association, | Indiana State at Notre Dame. “Defense is natural” he holds. Rowe also 6-7, Walter Dersulis |Orengo is a former major league| Indiana Téch at Taylor. “Players have to learn to block. It 6-5, and Wally Osterkorn 6-4. . . . [infielder | Rose Poly at Franklin, it hard for most of them. But it Arn't there any medium-sized | a: St. Joseph at Valparaiso. pays off on good offensive football, and you can win many games with

uys around that Champaign Xavier’ (0.) at Purdue: — > : Lik Fred Walters Traded only a minimum of scoring.”

campus’ pn rion | NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 4 (UP) — Harbor Bowl Game That typifies Sauer's coaching BETWEEN THE UPRIGHTS , , . Fred Walters, who led the New Or<\ SAN DIEGO, Cal, Dec. 4 (UP)—|methods. Like most of the new Both Tommy Walker, Southern leans Pelicans into a photo-finish| The Hardin-Simmons Cowboys of generation of coaches, he doesn't California, and Fred Early, Notre for the Southern Association pen-| Abilene, Tex. will be San Diego/tear into the boys at halftime with Dame. are place-kicking specialists nant in his first year as manager, State College's opponent in the pep talks and verbal lashings after and they'll do thefr usual benchitoday was traded to {he Birming-| Harbor Bowl game New Year's Day defeats. warming Saturday anxiously wait. ham Barons for First Baseman Bob!at Balboa Stadium here, it was an- The method is the same whether ing for a call to go in and kick the Reid nounced today. the game be major or minor. point after touchdown .or a field “And the procedure still will be

goal. . . . But Walker has ahother 4 S L i Cc S¢ the same for Georgia Tech and the Job. . . . Between halves, he changes * oy 0 ege age cores Orange Bowl,” he said,

clothes and marches in the Trojan CITY, COUNTY SCHOOLS arolina 51. Catawba 33. At-Low Ebb in 1946

Each of his clubs at Kansas has|

are spirit, speed and stamina. He doesn’t draw the line anywhere on|

| Anyone who can run and block can play on his club and his system! Franklin Township at Beech He's the United Press Coach of the Week, big Grove. port that the Yankees, who pre-|

(world's title in the latter season. |

v 16 3 L FE as State 38 » ~ ” Bet Davis % Franklin Townshi ip 16 (over Har ard i Mantachusetis Jesh 46 «pg "TET A p ; } Arkansas 7 aAnsas State Teachers 42 SPEAK QUIETLY, PLEASE, OTHER MIGH 80 HOOLS 8t. Johns Minn.) 60, Wahpeton -46 Pn 36,

+. This new basketball season Biinbridge 3, Belle | Weneoria 55, North Dakota State 53

band. Sac Heart 4 3 ‘el hn Carroll ; ard: Football was at a low ebb when] Sauer went to Kansas early in 1946 ington” bl ake Forest 71, MeCrary 59

* spri tice, {res 4 the! coaches are permitted to talk to Macy 2%, Winona Teachers 40, LaCrosse Teachers 39 IOP SPHirif PHRSHES, Yoeph rom he vost po onc non #4, P hath, 2 Fordham 81, lona College 45. ches 3%. 'Navy, with a standard T-formation heir players during time out. TAY Be 0. 3 Niagara 7 » + « » Don't be surprised If the |Eiwood 41. Marion 3b, oriece Toledo 84, Cedarville 30 land a successful coaching record at| : Flat Rock 41, Burney 38 MacAlester 81, Carleton 56 New Hampshire, When he molded | hardwood master minds sing the > his first Kansas eleven into a title-

Greenfield 52 Rushville 47 Akron 63, Baldwin Wallace 54 same song and tell their boys to, Creen Township (Parker 30. Bellniore 27. Stanford 54, San Jose State 30 h ' } sharing team, Kansas supporters

- Griffin 44, Grayville (Ii) 89 RROPESSIONAL Get the ball, keep the ball, put : Hillsdale 42, Bridgeton 10 Minneapolis 68, Ft. Wayne 58 the ball in the basket.” AS Howe Minar 46, Scott | Rochester 72, Sheboygan 54. simple as that . , .

i be \ wn 43, Albion 40 (overtime), xhibition but the big : le °%, Pulaski 39 i ! i Ar Mey son (National) Ey Twin Cities Cel. round thing has te go through Milan 57 Batesville 43 3 the hoop. A Vernon 42, New Harmony 30,

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{lethal” and that they will have to Deny Vernon Deal be at their best .to beat Southern Just as unconfirmed was the re-|California New Year's Day. Crisler spoke at the annual viously denied they were after|“football bust” sponsored by the [pitcher Walt Masterson of the Sen-|U-M Club of Detroit. ators, now were trying to get catch-| Crisler described his undefeated, Noblesville at Shortridge. » Jim Hegan of the Cleveland untied football team as the Silent Hoosiers at Union Town: Indians | ‘ereatest” of his coaching career He was hired as head football coach gy. And every person connected with|full impact of their gridiron power. at New Hampshire in 1937 and be-| Tech at New Castle. [the pston Red Sox organization| “We had to think of the charges fore he left that job at the end of Whitestown at Pike Township said’ at they knew nothing about/our rivals would have made that : 4 any pending deal which involved Michigan was pouring it on,” he the 1941 season to go into the Navy SATURDAY {purchase of first baseman Mickey land apologized to the players for his teams won 25 games against 15 Broad Ripple vs. Howe at Tech. [Ver non from the Washington Sena-|not letting them turn loose the {defeats and two ties. Crispus Attucks at Monrovia, | tors with question mark pitcher said..

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