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By TONY HINKLE, Head Basketball C Butler Univ See Faster Ball in 1950 ¥ Last week LE told you of } Songhe out ‘basketball : By EDDIE. ASH, Times Sports “Editor : player and the necessity of having him well grounded in ONE MORE year away from war-riddled ranks; the fundamentals of the game. This week we will take the indi. | mn Association is looking ahead to.1950 with a. feel: vidual and fit him into the team picture.” ing that the standard of play will come very close to the“. During this discussion, however, let us not forget that Lipre-war “brand of near-major league class. it is the individual who makes the team system of play. - Younger pastimers ‘have been gradually moving up In other words, the team can; ; from. the little minors, and other players, not too old as be no stronger than its indi-|
ball’ players’ ages. go, are coming down from the big vidual parts. 5. I* There are two distinct types of President Bruce Dudley of the AA and the eight clib chiefs basketball team ‘offenses, i “predict that not one, two or three teams will monopolize next year's’ ONE: The fast break. Most fast breaks are initiated TWO: “The. slow type of play. . [from missed field goal-attempts In this article we will discuss; or by taking the ball away. from
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teams. The essentials of a fast breaking offense are: .ONE-—Getting the ball, TWO-—S8peed. : J THREE-Gdod dribbling and| ball handling.
chase for the pennant...’ Year before last, Indianapolis made it al “runaway. . . . Last season, it was a two-club affair, St. Paul an - Indianapolis, the fast break type of play. Ihe. Other team-—-before they ean The parent 8t. Louis Cardinals have ‘announced they will go. The theory behind the fast Back Guard Eliminated all-out to make Columbus a contender in 1950. and the parent New break style of play is to move! mpne famous old back guard of . York Yankees have advised Kansas City fans that their best sur- the ball and the players as fast gormer years was the key to the
plus timber will be sent to the Blues. Sir down the court as possible and fast break offense. This individflag Adisnapelis snd - Bp he in the middle Do et A Fae Me agket Detore Bal vas given the Sole uly of xe. ue els se fn the slow covering the ball after a missed ped io da everything Possible to Jirethe Colonels ut GF tHe Revond set style of offense the general ghot, Many fimes he did not enter alan « oat ont Bostan Braves wing Detroit Tigers, rekpec- dea n rt. aii Em ip Sonne: J preset da) e rou em basketball it is necessary to have tively, surely will come to the rescue ere the new campaign rolls with a system of plenned move- five offensive players and theres around. a a i J ments, [ fore, the old back guard has been Easy to Teach leliminated. His duties have been WHEN THE Tulane basketball team defeated the University of| The best basketball teams are assigned to at least three boys. Florida quintet recently, “Indianapolis Charlie” Logan, now a resident {equipped to play both styles of of-| The other two boys on the ofof New Orleans, attended the game. . . . After reading the. player conse always attempting the fensive team are known as “out” program he Becided he was Tight back I Inginke. ai forthwith [po ot break first and then auto- men. They usually place them--Zpoted-for | OOBIOrs" + Thereupon. he-flas e-score, RS hiatically ‘moving in to he set Selves one on each side of the follows, to The Times: Indiana 69, Florida 50. . . . Take a look at the style of play when the fast break court. By being “out” on the Green Wave's official roster: ". does not materia}ize. |court.they are in position to reHometown
THE FAST BREAK . . (I) takes the ball off the backboard and passes to (4). (2) and (3) start running immediately upon (1) getting the ball. (4) passes to (5) or dribbles toward the mid-
dle of the court. (4) or (5), whoever has the ball in the middle, can either dribble in and shoot, pass-to-{2) or (3) or when fast break does not materialize, pivot and pass back to start of-
Many rebounders have the bad taking one or two time and slows
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Sa, o., AF fb. We Ota Moment "\\ uer University we try to] 1% JE pins from the (rs frie pattern. 16—Bob Hut ger, g..20 6-4 165 Soph. Huntington, Ind. {equip our ‘boys With both styles develops. | 11—Alfred Wick, g....19 6-1 116 Soph.’ Ft. Wayne, Ind. (°F Offense. However, I do not| Must Not Lose Ball habit of 18-=Bill Bostel, f......%% 6-8); 150 Noph, Huntington, Ind. [believe in overloading a team The three rebounders must be bounces before throwing the ball. 19—Ivan Wilhelm, g..20 59 170 Soph. Huntington, Ind. [with too many planned maneu- 4.04 and capable of jumping This consumes : 20—Bob Wells, g..:..%1 59 150 Jumior New Orleans, La, |Ve'®: Individual cleverness and yop into the air, grabbing the down the fast break. 22 Virgil Risner, go 24 0 160 Senior Warsaw, Ind. {initiative must never be destroyed | ball with two. hands, and throw24—Tom Bowman, g..21 at 160 Senior Wabash, Ind. | The fast break style of play is ling long passes. The faster this fast break is for the two rebound-25-—Mel Payton, £.....23 6-3'; 185 Junior Martinsville, Ind. very easy to teach and is the of-| job is done the quicker the fast ers who do not get the ball to 26—Ralph Pederson, 1.22 6-0 185 Soph. Culver, Ind. |ensive style adopted by most break becomes. t 27—Gus Adomitis, £...25 6-31; 180 Senior Duquesne, Pa. |
80-Jim Riftey, ¢...... Senior
Reading down the ee a i Wii Michigan-Stanford Played 1st Bowl Game
curs that if the upcoming Hoosier Classic at Butler Fieldhouse feels! the need of a fifth member, this “foreign” team is qualified for com-|
By PAUL B. WILLIAMSON Nearly everybody says “bowl games.” That is any football con- " J | test not scheduled for regular season play but sel up as an after- ” [season performance. Furthermore, she added that | The first Rose Bowl was in 1902 when Michigan swamped Stanhé told her: “In my present ford by 49 to 0. That was the first—and only—grid “bowl” during 1
WHEN TULANE students cheer for the home team they
sisted also. Some dropped out this, year, but others took their place.
The Williamson System predicts
‘on 17 bowls, the same number as
ast year. There were nine of
ably add a special “Locomotive”, in deference to the boys from the Banks of the Wabash, « + Pretty nice country down there at that . . . the land of the swéet magnolia and the mock-
line of business, 'm better off American football history until 1916, when Washington State beat alone.” . . . Maybe the poor ‘Brown by 14 to 0-ift a resumption the one fe 0 as Hight, at that, ©: lof the Rose Bowl classic which the eariler over, eclus ide Brn d pleasantries with thelr ow 'has been held In an unbroken Even at the height of World friends. chain every year since then. War II, there were “bowls” and
_ Celtics the other night . .. Ordi- : agaist any Joe, Tate top billing:
been playing to dwindling crowds prin a Bday fice appeal, the Stags booked a curtain raiser between the Globe Trotters and ‘the New York
the University of California will defeat Ohio State in. the Rose] Bowl. . . . His Badgers played| Information. both teams and were defeated by| th, . . . Williamson rates the Bucks stronger on defense but be-| lieves the Golder Bears are su-| perior on offense. . ., Maybe the) weather will play a hand in the outcome of the Big Game. , . . ‘You never can tel),
marily, the Globe Trotters,
Gridders Clash
DICK LAJESKIE, — purchased by New Orleans from San Francisco, eol-
infielder, (Continued From Page 19)
. . MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 24 (UP) Jected $10,000 from the New vic WERTZ, Detroit's 24: (A North team loaded with Notre longest. white. York Giants for signing when | year-old outfielder, rates up Dame talent and a below-the-| = "0 Wao three or four sets cellent with standard lens he was a Passaic, N. J, high | front in the club's future. ,.. He [Mason-Dixon squad rich in stars! underwear, eight pairs of -wool- MM, F.
batted .304 last season 4nd was rough on pitchers when runners were on base. . .. The young fel: low batted in 133 runs sand collected 20 homers. . . . Wertz was | tops for the Tigers in the roundtrip department. . . . The fact that the outfielder ‘appeared in 154 games indicates he is dur-
school star early in the war. ++ «+ However, after serving in ‘the Navy, Lajeskie lost his speed and the Giants gave up
un : Lo * ow» “oF ALL THINGS. .., . Billy Herman, the old pro, has decided to make another go of it. . . .| “The veteran has signed to play! able. second for Oakland of the Pacific "OW v Lo. LY. the Coast ee ey play a ' od i pilborip oR ot Play a |American League's supervisor of kees,” drawled South Cogch Gusa tremendous task for an- old- umpires, has been in the circuit tafson,, who played tootbal} at timer. . ./. But.Charlie Dressen, | continuously since its first sea- Pittsburgh and now coaches UniOakland manager, is partial to/son in 1901. . That matches versity of Miami. i veterans and is willing to take Connle Mack's record. Clark! “We'll murder those Rebels, a chance on Herman. Three Griffith, the Washington Sena- sald North Coach Rickman who weeks ago, Oakland bought two| |{tors’ president, also was on hand playbd football at Tennessee and
{from the South's non-bow! teams (were geared today for a highscoring North-South Shrine game in the Orange Bow! Monday night. North Coach Herman Hickman, who is from the South, and South Coach Andy Gustafson, who Is from the North, each claimed victory 48 hours before game time. “We're ready for thoge Yan-
ton socks for wearing next to
two pairs of pajamas, handkerchiefs, six khaki shirts (long sleeves), toilet articles and other personal effects. Also a durable raincoat is essential. Binoculars are most necessary, and I recommend Hensoldt Featherweight 8x56 and Bosch & Lomb 7x38 or 8x40. Sun glasses should be included for protection against the sun's glare.
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them Thanksgiving Day. To date 22 more have been reported to the System for DecembBer—with four more still to be heard from. Therefore, this 1949-50 football season will have seen at least 52
ing bird . . . plus oyster bars, “ono Other “bowls” started in time playoffs among the colleges and so-called “bowls.” And that does no less. . . . Cliff Wells, Tu- THE Chicago Cubs are return-|as follows: East-West Shrine, services. After the war there not include several over-seas serlane's head basketball coach, ing to Catalina Island, Cal., for 1925; Orange, 1933; Sugar, 1934; emerged ‘a new crop of annual vice affairs, an All-star tilt in also is an ex-Hoosler. . . . It's/1950 spring training . . . where Sun, 1936; Cotton, 1837-to name “bowls,” most of which have per- Hawaii in January. obvious he's a shrewd salesmanthe ball players can't wander off PREDICTIONS ON HOLIDAY GAMES us well as a topflight cage men- ht night ‘unless they stroll«into| tor. : ¢ ocean. . , . Roy Johnson, Cub Favorite Jan. 2, 1950 Bowl Place Le. coach, is living on Catalina this| California U. (98.0) ......138 = Ohio State (94.3) ...... § Rose Pasadena, Cal. BONE BE surprised next fall Winter whiere he/ I working on the grlahoma (98.6) «vvvvves 13 LSU (95.1) ...... arvesy 1 Sugar New Orleans, La « ‘while reading an account of a un OF SeVerall Rice (85.8) ......cooensseld North Carolina (93.4) ..12 Cotton Dallas, Tex. Notre Dame foothall game Jeans. . His job 1s to Me that! ganta Clara (94.0) vvve.i2 Kentucky (90.8) ......:.19 Orange Miami, Fla, and a play goes: “O'Callaghan » gras te grow . all maryland (92.3) ..... vrvinl Missourt (91.0) ........12 "Gator “Jacksonville, Fla. tore inte the line and through Moun oun ya iii ® the athletes ;. reetown DC (87.2) ....20 Texas Western (84.0) ..13 Sun El Paso, Tex. » 5 Walp spied up by Epatainy a Stanford (98.2) ..........38 ~ . Hawaii U. (88.5) ....... 0 Pineapple Honolulu, T. H. * vould . ow. ‘ Xavier Ohio (89.5) .......20 Tempe State (82.0) ..... 7 Salad Phoenix, Ariz O'Callaghan, halfback, and Ep- PING TRUCE: he Buprok | Wolford (83.7) .....ce.s.18 Florida State (80.2) .... 7 Cigar Tampa, Fla. ple Epstein, guard, pr sontly oped A now a sta- | McMurray (80.3) ....../..20 Missouri Valley (71.3) .. 6 Oleander Galveston, Tex. Jars on this year's : a i tion in Birmingham, Ala. . . . Emory Henry (80.5) ./...20 St. Vincents (79.0) ..... 19 Tangerine Orlando, Fla. . “| His’ off ‘season investment Is ; i Dee, 26, 1949 . - ALTHOUGH ae basketball] expected to pay off. ... At any South .ovvvvnceneneinnes 20 North eresasrsnnsssines T Blue-Gray Montgomery, Ala ttend in Indianapolis is be- rate, Virgil proved himself a | SOUR «.vvrvvrnesafnnssasl® North cooiiiennenseesedld Shrine Miami, Fla. low expectation s, still the Olym-| smart cookie by thinking up an Little Rock JC (178) ....20 Tyler JC (74.9) ...... +. 13 Charity Little Rock, Ark. hi cial aaa 's eye-appealing slogan. vs sv He | Dec. 31, 1949 . lane ate Stdrawing Ameren .| named the station “Trucks San Jose St. (87.5) ......22 Texas Tech, (854) .....19 Raisin Fresno, Cal. League competition hasn't quite Fireball . | East All-Stars ....vv000.18 West All-Stars” ........ 8 Shrine S. Francisco, Cal. ron . nn 9 “ . Jan. 7, 1950 a aH oy hy IVY. WILLIAMSON, Wiscon-| gong... / 0. .00iin.i018 YANKS oeeeersennonenee 1 Seniors Jacksonville, Fla. sports tags sin’s head football coach, thinks| “"\ np. ioc 1049 Williamson National Football rating respectively follows in parenthesis
{ after each/team. The score after each team is estimated from the ratings and latest post-season It is not necessarily measured by 1 the, Williamson national rating in every instance.
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The 35 MM Leica is ex-|
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of game because of its
such as a Ansco Reflex,
Rolliflex, Ciroflex, or other similar Also a hand camera,
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pends upon the personal tastes of pags to carry all. photographic the hunter. Also gun cranks will equipment.
now coaches at Yale. No. other of nature's veterans from Indianapolis, {Roy | in the AL's Inaugural year as ¢ : take many odd or bastard bore caimte oresent mon 3 Weather! d Clyde Sh {manager of the Chicago White, Hickman's starting lineup in- p a problem eatherly an yde Shoun, i 8 with which to experiment. to tEM photographe And it’ . = =» | Sox. . . . Indianapolis was a mem- cludes four Notre Dame seniors For an average hunter I sug- p grapher. n s FRANK TABACCHI, former ber the first season. . . . Grif-| Larry Cottre, quarterback; Bill wise to order tropically packed
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International League umpire, fith’'s service in the junior major Wightkin, left end; Ralph McGewas “called out” in a diverce [loop has not been continuous. . . . hee, right tackle and Walt suit. brought by his wife. . . . {He took a “leave of absence’ |Groathaus at center,” He has compensator or poly choke,
She testified that her husband once to pilot the Cincinnati Reds Notre Dame Fullback Mick Swigtook a ‘walk on her in 147, en | tor 1 three terms. Itowiez in reserve.
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Irish Could still Beat the Pros
Joe Refuses to Change Stand, Lists 7 Potent Reasons
NEW YORK; Dec. 24—From time to time: there. Se appeared in this ‘space thoughtful comment touching upon
when they see their partner has control of the ball, They: are the boys who usually] get free on a fast break: _ It is the duty of the two “out” boys to advance the ball down court as fast as possible... Ho ever, they must be cautioned! never to lose. the ball. Their d is to control the ball while their
teammates speed for the basket. the relative abilities of college and ‘professional football. In >
The ball shbuld be kept in the onvicmiddle lané of the court so. that ‘De beginning the comment lacked directness if not ¢ it can be passed off to either side. tion. For instance: Never forget—the man with the, . . “Notre Dame is one of the best equipped teams in the ball.always must bethe sure man. country, It wotlld be interesting to gee how the Irish would ‘do He must never lose the ball. The o...0°y fepresentative pro team.” ball, once-lost, means Juat-treak) As Notre Dame continued'its remarkable winning streak the opportunities for the OppOSItion. |,,,)yet assumed a bolder and more forceful attitude. As witness: Most teams give little thought’ “The more Notre Da you see Notre me to defense when they are In con- ate you'are witching an extraordinary college team, trol of the ball. Therefore, mis-ioo.y weil give the pros a great deal of trouble.” takes in dribbles,. passing, and, Then when Notre Dame crushed Southern California for nine blocking of shots can always be |e. ine in a string that was to go to 38—and the fifth martin capitalized into fast breaks. | was served—all restraint was dropped and with scholarly calm Good Dribbling Necessary the question was put: “Does anyone really believe Notre Dame— Naturally, speed is an element! or any other first rate college team—ywouldn’t beat the best of in anything that is fast moving. | the pros?” The faster the boys the faster the It would not be aMogether-accurate to state that this observation fast break. met with complete and enthusiastic unanimity. Actually. there were Since it is so necessary not to readers who doubted that, Notre Dame could beat any pro team, lose the ball in advancing down including sométhing which i called the New York ‘Bulldogs. And court during the fast break, good there were others who refused to concede Notre Dame waa superior dribbling and ball handling are even in its own field. As for the author, it was clear he was a essential. dope or an ignoramus or a bigoted weakling whose “opium. must Many times this ball control exude a very colorful green haze.”
duty is turned over to one boy They Quoted Newspaper Clippings
who has developed proficiency in these fundamentals. He is known Evidence to the contrary in the form of newspaper clippings
one that might
.'as the middle man of the fast was forwarded.” An interview with Greasy Neale coach of the
break. Every time I think of the Philadelphia pros in which he said “not a single member of the middle man of basketball my Notre Dame team” could. make the Eagles. A quote by Lou Little thoughts turn to Fuzzy Vandiver of the Columbia Lions to the effect that the pros play the “most that colorful Franklin Wonder interesting game.” And a powerful one from Frank Leahy of | Five player. I believe he was the the Irish themsélves: “The pros would run away with us.” greatest basketball player I have What have you to say to this, stupid, was the challenge of out~ ever seen. raged correspondents? At Butler, we attempt to use Only This. You wouldnt expect Neale to knock his own the fast break every time we get racket, would yoa? 1 simply don’t agree with Little at. all. the ball. Should the fast break Leahy is Leahy. This season he told reporters Notre Dame will not develop properly we go auto-| lose at lease five games. Earlier, sitting around Shors with matically into the second type of intimates, he predicted an unbeaten season for one of the offense, the slow set type of play.! “school’s greatest teams.” Ne.
(ext week: The slow set style Bo McMillin Favored Collegians of play.)
Andy Taff Boomed For All-America
Hanover Ace
There are coaches who do take the collegians over the pros, you know. Hooks Mylin, late of NYU, and a knowing football man, has consistently voted that way. So did Bo McMillin as. coach at. Indiana and it may be that privately he still feels the same wa leven though he’s now with the pros. Red Blaik of Army seldom misses a pro game around here on Sunday. I am told he's definitely convinced top collegians would beat top pros. And I recall Steven {Owen frankly admitting he wanted no part of the West Point 'B and D teams for his pro giants, . That was the night Carl Widdoes of Ohio State was in town up , 0 receive the Scripps-Howard coach-of-the-year plaque. Is Cage Standout “We'd be happy to play this Army team A time, anywhere” They're beating the basketball beamed .the young coach. drums down along the Ohio River Mr, Owen just looked at him, shook his head and murmured; to make Aly Taff of Hanovér an: “Probably: still believes in Santa Claus too.’
AlThe 6.1 senicr 1s d Lists 7 Reasons to Back Him Up
The 6-1 senior is doing his part by averaging. 24.5 points per game Here are some of the reasons why the fellow who had that 8 n fifth martini believes, and seriously, too, a stand out college team is referred to as Mad- would beat a stand out pro team: & ONE: The college personnel is younger, more spirited, more resilient, works harder and is willing to/ make greater sacrifices. TWO: College players will run more in an afternoon than the pros will all week. As a consequence they've got to be in better physical condition no matter how large and terrifying the pros may look from the stands. A HREE! College teams are individually better coached in the amentals of the game and this is the essence of good football. on a he Mectioal tour-| FOUR: College teams have far better over all arid because The jump from high school to they are coached by better coaches—for the most part—and by college play was Pes a skip for larger staffs. Incidentally, can you name one contribution to the 175-pound field goal Rp modern football that didn't come from the mind of a college coach? man. g rend don’t mention the T because I am in possession of new } oo material indicating that old man Stagg had much more to do with player been a et State this formation than he gets credit for. JE : ght seasons FIVE: Good college teams are fundamentally running teams
Taff
time player. He played with the Cub team that was runnerup in the 1941 state high school finals. He captained the 1943 team and heid the individual game. scoring record of 37 points until Dee Monroe threw in 42 against New
and last year won honorable ,. this reason the colle . . mention on big All-American se-: ge game is considerably sounder than lections. i the pass and punt shows the prgs put on.
In Hanover's first five games SIX: College teams practice pass defense realistically and at
51 great length and it is seldom the air threat gets completely out
{this season, Taff has scored
field goals and 45 free throws for, Control. On the other hand, the pro game has been allowed to 147 points. His best performance Gc8enerate into a lop sided spectacle. The running game is largely \was a 27-point showing against ignored. In a recent Cleveland-Buffalo game, for example, 82
Centre College and he scored 2p] Pines were thrown. On the same day there were 58 passes in the of those in the second half. =~ |Ciants:Eagles game. This isn’t football, it is basketball, and it | He's a Hoosier hot-shot on: the! |doesn’t take too much physical toughness to play that kind of — hardwood and isn't beyond lis-| Same either. ltening to offers from profes- SEVEN: And finally, the philosophy of the better college lsional teams. The Hanover coaches is that they will not trade touchdowns for the sake of. squad, which has a 50-50 record attracting a more opulent box office. in-six games, will make its only What's that? Oh, thank you. It doesn’t matter. Olive ‘or onion {Indianapolis showing. Jan. 10, | will be fine. lagainst Indiana Central in the {University Hoghts gym,
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Ring Pilot Faces Assault Warrant
FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec. 24in the shins and abused him when (UP)—A warrant charging box- he was the only judge voting ing manager Jhonny Buckley— against lightweight Roy Andrews one-time manager of ex-World of Lowell in a split decision over Heavyweight” Champion Jack Dave Shade of Boston.
Sharkey—with assaulting a ring “You .... ......, if IT had a {fudge who voted against ‘his knife I’ stab you, you ... [fighter was awarded by a court '......” Lipsky quoted Buckley.
clerk today. The warrant will be sworn out formally Tuesday by. Samuel Lipsky of Fall River. He claimed the Boston ‘manager kicked him
Lipsky still wore shin patches in District Court today.
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