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~ Sports Roundup—
Pro Golf Prize
Writers Request PGA Honor Hagen Instead of Vardon
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Yetter at Rigas Got ri les Jett of Chicago, ily TINE the switch, +.» ~We have and a majority Be Mon at Dares Tot ‘ : in Walter Hagen, and the PGA ‘should deem it a duty to honor Psion vaso great saver of (J “Vardon was a great player, o Hows En Eat vc Of there is question * fiagen aid tar more to enhance sina. ad Tome fLunadian : modern than matman, 0 - a Fto-members a, another “toughie” from Los ‘ Angeles, will team u > In, Alisted 0B: Martindale, the. “Mil Sommy Express” and Len
TN J., say that the main reason ~ they lost interest in the Bears
. last year wns the
t New York ied by. 4
8 Yanks called. up Dick
Porterfield, Newark’s ace pitcher, at a time when he was the fans’ idol . . . After that,
fell off and the |
...attendance Newatk club received a réd ink bath. i
”~ ” ® Lo WESTERN KENTUCKY'S defeat by Eastern Kentucky last Saturay was the week's “most stagupset” in ‘college baskeétbill circles. . , . Ed Diddle’s Hilltoppers were bumped off on their home court. . , . They had taken the measure of Eastern Kentucky earlier in the season and were
strong favorites to repeat over|”
their Blue Grass rivals.
: - LE TONY LUPIEN, first sacker,|
Who goes to the Detroit Tigers from the .Chicago White - on walvers, may be passed along to
the Toledo Mud Hens, it is ru-|
mored. . ; . The Bengals aim ‘to put a formidable outfit in To-
ledo, 1f if meney will turn the trick. on
AM-PLUS BATTERIES
By Eddie Ash % Times Sports 5 LAWRENCE ROBINSON of the New York World- ~ Telegram and many others who are known as topflight golf| - writers, have formally requested the Professional Golfers’ to make a change in their annual award to the
cscs SE TAL Pre BY § of the Harry Varden trophy. . . . The idea, : Howard staff
) sisoned Sid Caples of Kansas CIty
Editor
“Yenaming it the Walter
Hughes, of Pittsburgh, in the
Armory ring tonight. The match will headiine a twochmak-
3 Local Boxers Win
Two of thre. Indianapolis boxers won their bouts at Marigold Garden In Chicago last night, Gene Parker, lightweight, de-
and + Wood. Green, 160-peunder, kayoed Ernie Doyle of Michigan City. Sparky Reynolds lost an eight-round decision to Jack
Sports Events | Here and There
Today, Tomorrow —roDAY HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Brownsburg ot Beech Grove. Beate
Monticello at Winamae. Prankfort at Jagshagos, Franklin st Greensburg, Sriwlordsyine at ‘Martinsville.
Paoli, Washington at Bedford, Sullivan ut Bicknell. . Central at Evansville Reis. Nn st Huntington. Bast
Branch at Prince icago Roosrvel at Cary Mann: Hobart .t yu Wakar: Clinton at at ers Haute Gerstmeyer Terre Haute Wiley at Linton. OLLEGE RASKETBALL Bt, Joe at DéPaul. Indiana Central at Ratwoury, Tri-State at Muntihgton PROVESS BASKETBALL Indianapolis Jets vs, Washington, Butler Pieldhouse., Broadeast— WIRE, 1195p. m Rochester at Boston > Providence st Philadelphia, AMATEUR BASKETBALL Indiahabolts Camera Co. vs. Hicks Wooderaft (7:18 p Bri ridgopor” —— ve Stewart Warner
[LH Dewoir™ olf News vs. Lavelle Coss (9:15
fT — WRESTLING a nny, 777 N. Pennsylvania St.
TOMORROW HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL
Lebanon at Shortri Decatur Central at rence ‘Central,
Tipton at Riwcod, Vevay at Aurora, Butler at” Garrett, Michigan City Bt. Mary's at Michigan
8:30
South Bend Adams at Culver. Brazil at Terre Haute State COLLEGE BASKETBALL Barham wt ‘Hanover, Pravin ‘at’ DePudw, Taylor at Defiance. * Ball State at Miami, O. | PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL |
18 Months
Guarantee All Siges In
+ “Indianapolis vs, Washington at Chicago. |
Minnespeli at Fu Sarma.
Bush Callahan Lan ue at *Double-Heade g " Dearborn Gym,
Bait- diminutive
Bil Shephard 50) alanovns, Frank Kaufmann to lay one
in the bucket for O'Brien (30) hurry to join He stunped, . |
Sports Writers Give Him Play
By EDWIN C, HEINKE OWNIE- BUSH'S first spring training camp was with the Detroit Tigers in San Antonio in 1909
(Third of a Series)
about the kid who heiped Vij oe
the pennant the year i A “*S¥nsution of the year,” wired back H. G. Salsinger of the Deitroit News. He added: “It is freely predicted that the Hoosier
is a natural ball player.” . . rs “HOW DO you believe the short - |infleld should be played?” the writers. asked him at camp. ~~ ¢ __%Oh, I couldn't tell you that. I don’t know. Just go after the ball and get it off,” said Ownie. At spring training, Bush daz-
the ball.
instructions to him and he went where they told him to. C Wrote Salsinger in another
90- story
"He was standing on second base yesterday while Crawford was at bat and Works was lining them over. Crawford swung and the bat struck the ball and Bush was off at the same instant. He cut. across the infield, past the pitcher's box and caught the ball with his gloved hand on the first bound. He had looked at neither batter nor ball but he flashed up in front of the sphere.”
LJ » » BUSH © wasn’t considered a polished ball player. He made his| tion as a stubborn sive fighter. Any old way to get the ball and any old way to get it-off=-that was Ownte. - l As Salisinger put it: “Donie is unassuming. He believes he knows little about baseball. He believes the best way to learn is to listen and watch others. He figures out. that the veterans on the Detroit team have been in the. upper leagues several years longer than he has and ‘their ‘experience has taught them the things he still has to learn. “Any time the players gather in ‘one of those fanning bees, where they recall how they won or lost a game, you can find Bush somewhere near, listening openmouthed. Anyone who can tell Bush anything about baseball wiit find a ready listener. And Bush always thanks the man who gives him a hint, “In Bush, -Jennings- finds a
tentioh, for in Jennings he beholds the man with the reputation that he is seeking. Jennings, the ideal of all shortstops; Jennings, who became the man perfect for the short field, and Jennings, the most sensational of all baseball leaders, is the man after whom Bush wants. to: pattern.” ~ » » THUS WENT Ownie into his first full season with the Tigers, The early predictions were carried lout. Ownle was to stay until 1921 and in“the meantime become the idol of baseball fans every-| where, particularly, of course, Detroit. In the first few years with Detroit, Bush worked every morning during the season. He worked
Manmore at Shieatt a |
harder than any man in camp
‘Watch Repairing
Reastate Sapte Quiek Servies
Hershey af Sunday,
3
Sports writers for Detroit news- § papers sent home “rave” notices.
will be the
zled Hughie Jennings, Tiger manager, who was one of the greatest * shortstops the game had ever 3 Bush was always in front of = Like “Hobe” Ferris, he = got his orders by the crack of the J bat. The sound waves carried his |
would not be complete without
get| “Bush's great stop and throw
|= at first by a lightning
grand, young pupil, It is Jennings |to. whom Bush gives the most at-
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Bulldogs. Jim O'Halloran (12) and Buckshot
play. Kevin: o hea (right) looks
Photos by John Jim Doyle (33) gets way up
Spicklemire, Times Staff Photographer.
there to shovel in a shot for the
Bulldogs during last night's. game with Noire Dame. The exira arm belongs to John Foley of the Irish.
|Ownie Impresses the Experts at Spring Training: Jennings Dazzled by Play of Diminutive Hoosier
Sal
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double play.
“Bush Fulfi Is Early Predictions to first, completing a four-handed|
“In a fraction of a second, Bush had figured that if he held the ball and tried to furn and throw] he would lose so mueh time in stopping - and turning that -the double ‘would be impossible. He decided that as I ‘was facing second base, we could gain time
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Attack as Butler Whips Old "Notre Dame Jinx
Visitors’ Offense Falls
Apart at Seams -
After Barnhorst Leaves Tilt on Fouls
By BILL PITTMAN
Irish Bh eyes loss to Butler last night 446. Tony Hinkle and his Bu
Williams, Butchko |
I Set a Hot Pace | -: { LAFAYETTE, ‘eb, 1—Purdue| was only two games behind Big Nine leader Minnesota today aft-| er upsetting Illinois here last | night, 55 to 53, in a battle of fast breaks before a packed house of | 10,500 fans. | It was the Iilini's first confer-} ence setback and second defeat in 15 games this season. Purdue's triumph, packed with| thrifls,- shoved Illinois down to) second place on the conference ladder, half a game behind Min-| nesota, and left the Bollermakers|
third rung with a 4-3 record. The 1llini, always a threat, led, only twice in the game, 6-5 in the early minutes and again at 21- -20 with five minutes left of the Brat half, The Boilermakers, with Howie, Williams and Andy Butchko| setting the scoring pace, led at the intermission, 31-25. : Comes Back Strong | Purdue came back strong -as the sécond half started to forge out in front by .10 points, 37-27, but right then Illinois demon-istrated-the comeback power that| had netted successive one point| victories over Ohio State and] Minnesota following a double overtime decision over Indiana. -| Displaying balanced scoring, |
it he scooped the ball to me. “We. got the decision at first. DY a short step—saved the run that already had crossed the plate, and saved the game as well as! neither side could score again. “I regard that as the most won-
~ derful play I ever saw on a field
and no one but Bush could have done it.” TOMORROW: ‘Bush makes plenty of errors but the fans know why.
Purdue Gridders Schedule UCLA
LAFAYETTE, Feb. 1 (UP)— Purdue will meet a Pacific Coast Conference football opponent for the first time in 1950 when it plays UCLA, Purdue Athletic Director Guy Mackey announced today. The Purdue-UCLA clash is
W's a bed hop and Ovnie Buh has fo back up a lie fo scheduled here for Oct. 28, 1950, snare the ball, Bush makes the stop, throws to first and the umpire
signals "out" to the batter. This was in 1915 when Ownie was onl aviaus
starring at short with the Detroit Tigers.
during spring training. He tried and tried. In 1911 his name was being mentioned in the same breath as that of the great Hans Wagner of Pittsburgh. Wagner's sun was getting and Bush's was in its ascendency. } The detailed account of a game
[such accolades as these:
“Bush made a wonderful, running one-handed pickup, and got
throw.” “Bush brought the spectators to their feet by going to his left, making a wonderful stop -and throw, ‘which Tétired —— at first.” ” » STORIES like this were common in Bush’s heyday: “It wasn’t the fine pitching of Eddie Summers, nor. it wasn't the fierce attack of the Tiger batsmen that won Sunday's game with the Athletics. It was the marvelous playing of Owen Bush, shortstop. extraordinary. Bush made plays that seemed impossible. “In the first inning, Detroit was wobbling. Tord had sent a high!
Oldring shot a single into center. Collins, always a dangerous o sent a grounder to second. It seemed it must go safe, but a streak In white. flashed across! the field. elapsed, and Bush had stepped on second with the ball in his hand. He threw it on" a line to Gainer, and Collins. was doubled easily. “The Detroit players were walking from the field before the 17, 500° and more fans could realize’ what had really Rappened.
UMPIRE GEORGE MORAN.) ITY, then third baseman and field captain of the Tigers, tells what he considers is the greatest play in baseball: “The play came in the eighth inning in a game against New York in the Highlanders’ Park
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A fraction of a second) ——
in 1910. One of the Highlanders was out, runners on first and third and a run needed to tie us| up. You know in that position, the Detroit team plays the -second baseman and shortstop just a little closér to the plate than when no one is on bases; while the third and first basemen are pulled close up. ‘We try for a double play if}
[the ball is hit to either short or
second, unless the batter is extremely fast. If the ball is hit slowly to second-or short, it goes home to cut off the runner, while third and_first basemen throw home to shut off the run, unless the ball is hit directly to them, and fast énough to make a double play the other way and retire the wide. “In thiz play, I was close up, and Wolters "I believe it ‘was, hit one past me, just out of reach on my left side. I made a dive toward the ball and almost reached|W it, but it went past. ‘I thought it. had passed Bush, too, but in leap-
ing for it I turned toward him|
and saw him coming like a Rash, angling out onthe grass to meet; the ball. - . » “I KEPT on as hard as I could, to be there if he blocked the ball.
fly that Gainer smothered, then just then I heard him yell to me|Oo0***
as he made a scoop of his hands. “Instead of trying to hold the; ball, he scooped it to me, squarely sy {into my hands. I slamnied it down ito second and O'Leary drove it
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Mackey said. The Boilermakers’ experience with a eleven was a 13-6 defeat by Santa Clara in 1939. The 1950 Purdue schedule: Sept. 30—at Texas; Oct. 7—at. Notre Dame; Qct. 14—Miami, Fla.; Oct. 21—at Jowa; Oct. 28—UCLA; Nov, 4—at Wise isconsin; Nov. 11 Northwestérn; Nov. 18—at Minnesota; Nov. 25—Indiana.
Basketball Il Results
Purdue 35, Tiiwel 5 TE Minnesots 61. Northwestern Michigan 49, Er
. COLLEC 38. xme 54.
TR COLLEGES East
Manhattan 81. Brooklyn Col niversity of Buffalo 659,
Diquesne 65, Villanova 37. vis Elkins 93, Bethany 72.
So South Carolina 72, Parma an 62, Wofford 173, Charleston! 38 Tam Stetson
Loyola of South 35, Mississippl Southrg 3, Vaderbilt So.
Butler os,
e 63. edonia STC,
sippl 48. Tetnesses, 84, North Carolina 56. Jilane Auburn 51. salen Roi oky | #0, Kentucky Wesleyan
dwest Nebraska 70, Kans Kent Sta
Illinois Wesleyan. 70, James 1 Toledo 64, Day! n 6. Millikin 9.
‘Pittsburgh ROCKWUFSE BT. Ft. Hays State u Wesleyan University |” Drake 63, Creoghton 36 - : thwest Arkanghs 6, mAs M. 57.
Brigham You 5. Utah 45. 88, n 40.
Shuffleboard Resulfs
: Mid-drid 4, Ear I's 1;
bs an's ay 0; Sliver Cafe, bye.
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BIHETBALL *
BUTLER
\ vs.
OHIO UNIVERSITY Saturday—Feb. 5, 8:15 P. M.
sersnnnese 81.20 «ahve ve os $1.00 50c
ED SEATS
.|Capt. Norris Caudell,
itginla Poly Tech 63, nn inta | Louisiana State Uni a 58, 7 Be
_ [Fight Results
| Results last night in the Indiarapolis ufMeboard
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the Illini rallied to knot the game, at 45-45 "and again at 40-49, but “NUE Williams, who had a| hot night at “the hoop, came | Shigush. with. a. discouraging eld, goa
With a little more than one minute to play, Illinois again! tied it up at 53 to 53, only to have the inevitable Williams fly under the ‘hoop for a layup shot! that provided the victory points.| Use Fast Break { Both teams concentrated on the fast break, but the Illinois quintet. was unable to kéep pace with the flying Taubemen—four of whom — Williams, Butchko, and Bill Berberian—went the entiré route. There may be something in retributive justice, for the Hlinois squad, which won at the free throw line at the expense of previously unbeaten Minnesota on Saturday night, was beaten at the charity stripe by the Boilermakers, Purdue, taking full advantage of 28 Illinois personals, collected on 19 of 29 free throw attempts, while the visitors, who outscored the victors from the field, 24 to 18, collected only-five of 15 charity chances. . - Both teams were rather keen in the marksmanship department, with identical sharpshooting ° averages of slightly better than 31 per cent. The bulk of the Bollermaker shots, however, were from comparatively close in, while the Illinols efforts, notably the high arch heavés of Dwight Eddleman, were
circle. Williams, who did double duty, working ‘at both guard and forward; hit 40 per cent of his field |goal attempts; collecting 10 of 25 chances, and added one free throw .in two efforts for a 21point ‘ total -that made “him high for the evening.
Hargely back -of the frée throw gms M
ing thday following the-68 to 54 Notre ere et in Butler Fieldhouse betore 8 record,
lldogs realized a stasonviong wish’
i the Irish just once—avenged a recent two-point setback votre Da ; shook a seven-year hoodoo all in the same
vening. —e. finx is broken. Broken after the Irish had constructed a string of seven straight victories over the Bulldogs ‘in as many years.- But there were times last [night when the game could as |easily ‘have been-a repetition of history. Notre Dame sorely needed. Captain Paul ‘Gordon and Center John Brennan, neither of whom made the trip because of Injuries. Irish Coach Ed (Moose) Krause said, “They were waiting for us. We missed Gordon and Brennan {serfously, but I am not sure it would have made any difference. They've got a good ball club.” None of .the Bulldogs were | missing. but Bob Evans and Bill erd did yeoman service deit respective ankle and hip injuries received in the Miami game Saturday night. Back on Beam Butler got back on the beam,
average from the field. Dame sank 19 of 68 for a .287 percentage. Buckshot O’Brién, the little giant who should be All-America, a the scoring with 18 points and played as brilliant a floor |game as the Fieldhouse has seen
jin years,
Leo Barnhorst led” the Irish scoring and tied with Charlie Maas for second honors. Each had 17 points. Maas connected {for nine free throws. The game see-sawed through the first half with the score tied ip five times béfore Butler went ahead on a pair of Maas’ free throws at 23 to 21. From then on they never - trailed, taking a four point, 32 to 28, halftime lead [oh shots by Maas and O'Brien. . Notre Dame began to press in the second period in effort to oy e.r cme. . Butler's. |game, {some of the best ball handling ithey have displayed all season. . Barnhorst Clicks Barnhorst began to click under the basket for the Irish and tied the score at 35-all, but Buckshot sank a long shot and Ralph Chapman, in for Barrowcliff, hit a foul shot to regain a three point margin,
{game John Foley made his fifth {personal against Chapman and went out. Rapid fire by Doyle, O’Brien, Shepherd and Chapman sent the Bulldogs into a 48 to
O'Halloran narrowed the margin to two points again. Butler pulled away toa six point advantage and Barnhorst committed his» fifth personal against Barrowcliff with five minutes left to play.. Bob Evans followed’ Barnhorst soon after, fouling Kevin O'Shea, but the Bulldogs were safe in a 61 to 48 lead. With 1:13 minutes left Butler began to stall. Maas sank a free throw to make it 66 to 54 and then Buckshot drove in for the final basket.
“And revenge was never so sweet, ‘
- Butler (88) Notre Dame (54)
" ft p fg 1t pf O'Brien.t. 2 3 ocConnor, t 5 0 i ood, {, 0 2 Kluckf. 13 4 Evans f. 4 1 5{Pritsch,t 013 Barrowelffc. 3 2 4/Ksufmannf, 2 0 3 Chapmane. 1 2 1lPoleye. 1-18 Bhepherdg. 2 3 1 Barnharste. 7 3 § a8. 4 9 20'Sheas: 243 Doyle,g. 2 1 1Giedling 0 0-0 {hoftus.g:- ~~ 0-00 © Halloran, 4 4 2 Kenny,g. 9 01 Total 2 2 19 19 16 29
Total ha == Butler 32, Notre throws missed (Butler) Shepherd, Barrowcliff and Doyle (2), Maas and Chabman. (Notre Dame) O’'Shes (5), O'Halloran (2), Foley and Barnhorst, —————————
Pirates Sign
Pete Castiglione
PITTSBURGH, Feb, 1 (UP)— Pete Castiglione, shortstop for Indianapolis of the American As-
Halftime Dame 28.
Purdue (55) nn © p % ft pt Ritter, t 0 Pddleman, { 0 4 Caudell, f 2 4 Marks, f 31 Butchko,¢ 3 10 3{Poley, { ‘2.0 4 1'ms, gf. 10 1 Osterk: 3 25 Berberian,g 1 3 3Kersulis,c 1 0 3 ks, 01 Green 1.03 : «| Anderson 1.01 MorlErickson, 3 0 4 ~ ahuriby. § 00 1 |Sunderiage, 8 4 . 4 Totals 1 " 1 tals 5 28 Halftime Score Purd 4 pnd 5. 28,
Pree Throw Butchkoe 8, Berbetian, Williams, Pidieman Osterkorn 3, Anderson,
on, 3 Officiale—Don Elser and Wally Marks.
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