Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 November 1949 — Page 45

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the visitors and opened

which Dick d to touch.

while Fred | Jim Parks lown each,

xtra points, red against Aloys Cabel

Passes That | Sank Stanford

“ball

Frank Thomas'

“Won 1935 Rose Bowl Game

Crimson Tide

FRANK W. THOMAS (Notre Dame, "22) Georgia, 1923-1924, Chattanooga, 1925-1928,

Georgia, 1929-1930, Back in 1928, a Notre Dame

of Knute Rockne, packed his bags a: coachi

Frank Thomas. Over the years

the leading exponent of the Notre Dame system in the South. A football, basdball and basketball star at Western State Normal College in 1017 and 1918 before he enrolled at Notre | Dame, Thomas returned to Georgia in 1920 and three seasons later took over the head-coaching reigns at Alabama. Illness forced him to give up active coaching for the job of athletic

Alabama, 1931-1946 graduate, ‘on ‘the recommendation headed for the University Southern school, was he was to gain the reputation as

_director at the end of the 1946 campaign.

-* THEY CALLED it aerial sle

the Crimson Tide team that I sent into the Rose Bowl against Btanford on January 1, 1935, was capable of almost anything. Coming from behind, with Millard (Dixie) Howell and Don Hutson electrifying the crowd of 85.000 and the Stanford players

with one of the greatest passing seen, we beat the Indians, 29 to

ight of hand. Perhaps it was, but

Joe Carveth

Cash Involved In Inter-League Hockey By BILL EGGERT Calum (Baldy) MacKay, left wing for the Indianapolis hockey club, was sold outside the DetroitIndianapolis organization today. MacKay, who had been in the

Detroit organization for three years, has been sold to Montreal

undisclosed sum of cash and utility forward Joe Carveth, according to Dick Miller, the Caps’ general-manager. Carveth is an old familiar name with Indianapolis hockey, ‘although he will not return here in

and running exhibitions I've ever

13. I doubt if any day could no trom placement that put us ahead,

more memorable for me than the one that provided a comparative ly young coach not only with his first undefeated season. but with a victory in the Rose Bowl when it was the number one game of the nation.

We could do nothing against Stanford's powerful forward wall in the first period. Howell's booming punts saved us temporarily but a fumble gave Stanford the ball on our 27 late in the quarter. Joe Demyanovich dropped the when tackled and Keith Topping recovered for the Indians. Paced by the big boy with the piston-like legs, Bobby Grayson, Stanford blasted away to the first touchdown. Grayson plunged over from the one and, when Monk Moscrip kicked the extra

to 7. | Again Stanford kicked off and {Howell brought it back to the 26{yard line. Angelich ran to the 33 {and the versatile Howell produced the bombshell that further bewil{dered Stanford by breaking away on a 67-yard touchdown run, Not {a Stanford man. touched him. {Moscrip, who played a brilliant |game for the Indians, had the {only chance to reach Howell but he slipped and the elusive Dixie raced by. With only one minute to play {in the first half, Smith intercept|ed a Stanford pass on its 46. Then Joe Riley passed to Hutson, who {caught the ball on the 30 and ran {the rest of the way to score. Hutson missed the extra point as the second period ended. It was a completely dazed Stanford team that left the field at half-time, trail-

{the latest deal. The 31-year-old

To Dertoit

of the National League for ani.

{ice veteran was a member of the original Indianapolis team in 1939 {playing on a front line with Les {Douglas and Archie Wilder. | In’ 1947, Detroit traded him to {Boston for Roy Conacher and | Boston traded Carveth the fol-

Jim Peters, Could Help Caps The return of Carveth to Detroit may help Indianapolis directly. Carveth will relieve Red Kelly, a Detroit defenseman who has been used up front to eat up penalties. With Kelly back at his defensive position, the speculation is that either Al Dewsbury will return here or Detroit will use the MacKay cash to make a deal with somé other National League club. MacKay finished out his tenure

| |

Brass Rail not only is setting

lowing season to Montreal for cling many of the individual honors in

| Scaggs, George Crofts, Harold Goldsmith, Russell Collins and Harry Stivers.

Catholic Teams Meet in Playoff

St. Joan of Ar¢ Wins Other Division

St. Ann's and St. Thomas, tied for the lead in Divisio 2 of the

point, it was 7 to 0 against us. ing 22 to T.

with Indianapolis last night as

|{CYO Cadet Football League, will

a ¥ bok

a siz

e loop. Members of the team (left to right) are Byron Brass Rail Team Growing Into a Bowling Dynasty

In Friday Night Washington League By GENE LAWSON

pace in the Washington League but they also are monop-

New Outfit Making Shambles of Race'--.

There are the makings of a bowling dynasty in the old Washague. J el Five local keglers who had never previously bowled together)

teh

Fan Ask: . Driver Regards Speed As His Job, But Loves Life, Too, Letter Says

TO THE UNINTELLIGENT people of the press and so-called race fans: ; | When a person of no.famed profession has accidentally killed or injured in one way or another, you don't read anything & page long about it. It seems to me there should be some considera» tion for the families and loved ones of men in the racing profession.

Racing is constantly being run ™ ry down. I would like to know why?|is scared and proud. Scared as

_ |1t happens to be bread and butter|any woman whose husband is in

to most drivers. People are al-|/a dangerous job (lots of them do ways saying, “they ask for it.” have rough jobs). They don’t. They love life, too.|woman can be of her husband's They are no different from com-|achievement. We're all human. mon Joe. They have families and| The “500” is the - largest athomes, and drilvng is their job.|tended sport in the world. So why

It is just natural forthem. As|DOt give racing a lft.

natural as any other job to any JOANNE PHILLIPS, other man. : : 44 N. Colorado, The papers and some “people . burn me up. People in the racing Indianapolis. nd. :

[protéasion are sick and tired of{; ED NOTE: No one likes to reading in small print about a! see & race driver Especially really sensational race where ev- ain erything was perfect and then) where some driver was injured or| killed in an article that covers half the page. It's true. The papers do It, and people eat it up. Some people go to a race just to see a lot of blood and smashups. They pay their admission,| but to me they are poor race fans, I believe if each one of them had someone in a car on the track they would feel very different about it. i w _.A driver's feature victory is as good -t0“ him as a raise df pro-' motion to any man. The driver's wife in the stands

liviag- behind the wheel of a race car are close friends of sports writers. and no one likes too see a friend die.

Proud as any = |

As far as the score went, the game was virtually over, but Stan: ford refused to give up. They took our kickoff in the third period and marched straight to a touchdown. The dynamiting Gray-

Stanford's cheers were still} ringing in our ears when the Crimson: Tide began to put on] the greatest display of forward passing Seen in the 20-year history of the Rose Bowl. We Jrisd only 13 passes but completed the ,, ., Bones Hamilton and Buck amazing. total of ten for 216 Van Dellen, powered to the score,

yards, ; After Stanford's touchdown we never gave up the ball until we scored. Howell ran the kickoff back 24 yards to the 45 and passed to Hutson on Stanford's 27. Then Howell flipped to Jim Angelich to put the ball on the 16. We lost on a running play, but another pass, to Paul Bryant,

made it 22 to 13 as Moscrip failed to convert, but with our line holding well, Stanford never got closer, Late in the third period, Francis intercepted another Stanford

the Caps played in St. Louis. He left immediately after the game to join the Canadiens in Chicago tonight.

son, whom we were never able to|UP probably will be taken over

by Enio Sclisizzi who will team with Gerry Reid and Freddie

with Van Dellen going over. That Glover on the No. 1 line.

Five-Man Detroit

=. pass that led to our final touch- Te m | down. The six-pointer came when

Howell passed to Hutson on the

MacKay's spot n the Cap line-|

lclash at CYO field today at 2 |p. m. for the right to meet St. Joan of Arc in the championship game next Sunday. : St. Joan of Arc won the Division 1 title with 2 reord of six victories, no defeats and one tie, St. Ann's and St. Thomas posted records of six victories and one defeat, respectively : The losers of today's clash will play Division 1's second place Little Flower next Sunday for the Father Myl!es: O'Toole trophy.

FINAL STANDINGS : vision 1 Bt. Joan of Are ......:: vers |Eixie’ 1 wer CRRA ann [pagred BOATS “coxerrvaensraare + Pennsylvania and Central.

before this season are making a shambles of their opposition in| the oldest circuit in Indianapolis. They are the members of the Brass Rail team which compgte in the Washington loop each Friday | evening throughout the BOWING ry “Their single count of 1075]

yrdin is a record for the circuit to date ement rn wa y the Sat this season and a few weeks ago league in town, you may get an a three game total

amen of 2975, also tops. Scaggs also a t from some quarters. =. ...orded the highest three

TICKETS NOW DOWNTOWN TICKET CENTER a Claypool Hotel Drug Store

One thing however is definite. It IS the oldest “Classic” league around these parts, By this, we mean that it has always operated °f {with one of Johnny Beam's recireation plants, Before it came to

Others Helping Out

game set among the team members as he came up with a series

Scaggs’ other teammates are {the Illinois it had competed at/doing their share to keep the | Tione of Beams’ earlier establish- club on top of the heap. In the 3! ments. Ir addition Beam owns the/individual average line, Harry _ {Stivers is next with a figure of |

Riley 3190 WORLD PREMIERE SHOWING

LYRIC THEATRE

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brought us to the five and Howell Stanford 30 and the eel-hipped,

dashed over from there.

Detroit will bring a strong team our Riley Slue-fingered Don the oth- lof five men to Indianapolis Nov.|g¢ Toe Smith (26 and 27 in an attempt to take St. Patrick .

088 y of Lourdes .........

2200 Keglers Compete

In 1024 the Washington ‘came Goldsmith who is currently blast-|

188. He is followed by Harold’

Smith missed thé kick and it °f 20 Without

of a cyclone the score soon read ended.

placekicked the goal and the scor-|the National Table Tennis Team

was 7 to 6. But with the rapidity ing in the 1935 Battle of the F 5 pon Mh am

Alabama 22, Stanford 7.

the It was Dixie Howell who stole Stanford kicked over the goallthe show. Against a team famous|. Uoapest in Janua line, Howell raced 19 yards andifor its driving power, he gained then heaved to Hutson on Stan-|111 yards rushing, topping even ford's 32. Two plays later, on a the bruising Grayson. He completpass to Hutson, the ball was again ied nine of the 12 passes he aton the Indians’ five-yard.line. The tempted. But it is for cooly standbreaks were with us, too. Hutson ing out there with a ball poised the

8st F< ‘as American team that will go to Hoty Rosary te

national

fumbled when tackled but Bryant for flight that he will always be Burns, the team’s No. 2 man wil

recovered. Several plays after- remembered by those who saw ward, Smith dropped back to the{the memorable game—my great-

20 and calmly kicked a field goallest game-by my greatest team.

war.

From the Ringside—

Elimination Tourney Set

‘For Light Heavyweight Title

McKinney Group Sponsors Series of Bouts

To Fill Now-Vacant State Championship ; By JIM HEYROCK Indiana is about to have a light heavyweight champion.

involved some 600 players.

Illinois St.

in partici-{st. Re has pate in the World Championships. ate Josrt |" Top man on the team will be|Ghrist the Kins - a Glenn Whitcroft, who is the pres- Ciriieiasas ent Michigan State Open Chawmnp-! Te : . ion and a highly rated player in| Wobbly Pass Wins

ranking. Chuck F oy

be attempting to regain the third-| place rating he held prior to the)

Detroit finished third last year without the services of Burns and| ¢ Hersh. The five-man team was a bowl bid for Boston Universelected ‘after eliminatiuns that sit¥’s hitherto unbeaten football 5. over the other teams does! powling scene for quite a while ata ..inot stop there, One of its mem- bowled with many differPlaying what their ‘followers pers. Byron Scaggs, has aR Aver-|ooe has. bo at best men and eight women play-| described as their finest game of 300 of 195, thus leading the loop more joy from being a member of ers coming to Indianapolis for the|the year, Mdryland came from in that department. Moreover, the behind to win with a last period highest game for a team as well oyor gone, He wants to make it

These five will be among the 50]

national tourney. The event will be held in IPALCO Hall. Fickets are on sale at downtown sporting SH —————— goods stores and Murphy's, 33 N. Kentucky Wins, 35-0

Division 2

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(Rats Name :

Maryland, 14-13

team,

touchdown,

0 fod some 2200 keglers have com- has a mark of 185 while Rull g|petea on its teams. In this present era the old cir-|gives them a team average of } cult has plenty to shout as well.|187 which is pretty fair in any

ARRAN Arent oi

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BOSTON, Nov.-12. (UP) —A| single wobbly pass from center |... hn Schmidt Ins

{gave Maryland's tough Terrapins . | : le a 14 to'13 victory today and ap- [so Cola aggregations whch are/ing to Crofts, “We had to ! parently shattered the chances of

ito the Illinois and has remained ing the pins at a 186 pace. George there ever since. During that per- Crofts, manager of the Illinois,

Collins owns a 183 count. That!

{Brass Rail is the current ‘hot company. of the league and up, This is not the first year of {throvigh Tast ‘week seems ‘t6 be competition for the Brass Rail making a runaway of the Trace, outfit but it looks as if it will They have won 24 of their games be the first year that they will while dropping only seven and are be able to finish out the season. 'holding a four-game edge over the Two years ago they made such a ance and runaway of the race that accord-|

deadlock ‘for the runnerup|it up.” as | > Likes Present Team George has been around the

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| position | However, Brass Rall's suprem-

Brass Rail than anything he has

|as the top three game series have or that the boys intend to keep| been turned in by the league lead-|ipe team going and that they, are -equally determined to keep

TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 12 we — Allegheny Rips the personnel as it is.

A perfectly-functioning Kentucky |

~Crofts and Harold - Goldsmith,

Friday Nov. 18, 8:30p.m.

—— ONE SHOW ONLY — BOB JANE

"| AND OTHERS IN PERSON

For Ronnie Alcorn’s - sek

“JOHNNY HOLIDAY"

| ! / | i

Forrest McKinney and his Indianapolis Boxing Center is out to Amateur Football

fill the now vacant championship. Eliminations for the title will begin Friday in the National Guard Armory. |

Four games are on tap today in ithe City Parks Senior Football

|tootball team stopped rorida’s Earlham, 48-6 :

Chuck Hunsinger and Co. tonight |

for a powerful 35 to 0 victory| . RICHMOND, Nov. 12 (UP)— bid for the Southeastern Confer-|The Quakers of Earlham college

Starring Wm. Bendix Filmed at Plainfield, Ind.

are the two members of the team| that can brag about that bowling| masterpiece—the perfect +300" | game. George got his in a prac-|

On their boxing program this week, the Indianapolis Boxing| league: Douglas vs. Riverside

ence crown.

dropped another football game to-|¢i.. game in 1947 while Gold-

Center will present five eight-rounders and four of the fights will be Cardinals at

in the elimination tourney. “The first one plan formulated two weeks ago/can dish it out as well.

matches they would like to see. and having the fight stopped. | Two of the most-voted-for fight- This could happen . ers were John Oliver and Bill . 8 =

Davis. 80, they will be on Fri-| Aj PHOUGH ONLY 21 | day's card. 5 years w

...8 {beatings. He carries a bundle of The Indiana Athletic Commis-|scar tissue around his eyes. If ‘sion has formed a: list of logical Parker can catch him a few times contenders and the matches will| With that underhand left, he

; " {may gash him quickly. Pe drawn from this list. On the Parker is definitely the up-and-

Mst, in addition to Oliver andicoming boy in national Pavis are Virgil Strauss of Val- (circles. As a professional fight-

paraiso; Earl Williams of Indi-|er at 19, years old, Parker hasn't| § anapolis; Joe Boyd of Gary; Lee been beaten noticeably about the |

CarteX of Indianapolis; Paul head and face. He is a clean-| Terry of Indianapolis; Dukejliving youngster and a good Ortega of Indianapolis; Jimmy sport. He trains hard and wants Bheets of Hammond; Al Masonito go to the top. It would be a of Charleston. |boost to Indiana boxing if ParkBut four of these will be lopped |r did move to the head of his] off and will not see action in the division. tourney, McKinney. intends to own make the pairings this week. THE COMPETITION between Two weeks from the initialithe two boxing promotion units eliminations, McKinney will Pe !8 getting more heated. e

gent the semi-finals with . winners of Friday's fights meet-| Both outfits, Good Sports, Inc.,

ing, and two weeks later will be and the Indianapolis Boxing Centhe championship, {ter have applied for the right to * =» |etage a tournament to fill the GENE PARKER, the Indiana vacant middleweight throne. lightweight champion from In-| Forrest McKinney, head of the dianapolis, is going into the ring Indianapolis Center, says he against rugged little Ronnie talked to the commission about Harper at last. Tom Miller, presi- staging the tourney. Tom Miller, | dent of Good Sports Inc. hasihead of Good Sports, has written signed the fight for a 10-round a letter to the commission askmain event on Nov. 25. |ing permission to stage the tour-| Parker's manager, Tiny Bland, ney. Who will get it? figures Parker will take the Dex From the way the Indiana Athtroit youngster with ease. - But |etic-Commission casts its glances, it doesn’t figure that way. Har- Miller's corporation will be the

Hershey B'ars and Caps Square Off

old, Harper has had plenty of!

ring| |

Riverside’

Freddie Glover (left), who rejoined the Caps last night in St. Louis will be in the starting line tonight when the Caps. square off in the Coliseum against: Hershey in an American Hockey Lsague game. Gordon. Henry (right) will be in the nets for Hershey.

Rl oe Si —_—

rn hard. legheny, Pa, {honey Hive at Riley, and South| M8 (iy aoa scare. ; { ’ ulverized tha Gators before "a| by McKinney. He invited the fans| Bland undoubtedly .is counting Side Merchants vs. Northeast at DS and partisan. crowd of |

to drop into a suggestion box theon his. boy cutting Harper early Washington. '21,000 in Tampa's Phillips Field.

Buzz i |Bucket vs. Willard at Rhodius; nrida Dever coiild get going day. this one to a strong Alismith unraveled 12 strikes

comes from alcan take a lot of punishment and |South Side Ramblers vs. Ma- charging Kentucky

season,

game, a 27-20 decision Franklin,

The seven Allegheny touch-

OVer| convincing. downs were spread among ‘seven West Virginia Ties

|drive by plunging for inches, 13, in their final home game.

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{men and Bill Utber, sure-footed| MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Nov. | | place-kicking ace, missed only one|12. (UP)—West Virginia Univer] | conversion. Earlham scored its|sity wiped out a two touchdown lone tally in the last period as!deficit in a rousing last half rally Wilfred: Doty. climaxed a Tlsyard|today. to tie Texas Western, 13-|

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