Speedway Flyer, Volume 18, Number 15, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1949 — Page 4

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Butler Meets Illinois In First Game The Fighting Hlini of the University of Illinois, last year's Big Ten Champions, will bring a galaxy of collegiate basketball stars to the Butler University Fieldhouse Saturday, Dec. 3 when they open the Bulldog 1949-50 twenty-three game schedule, a basketball card rated by many as the “toughest yet” for the mighty mites from Fairview. Included in the Ulini entourage are seven lettermen, names famous for last season’s Big Ten play as well as for representing this district in the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments in New York City and

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in Seattle, Washington. ■ Heading the parade of basketball notables for Illinois will be William Erickson, a three letter man, Twenty-one year old, 6 foot 1 inch senior from Rockford, HL whose achievements read like a war hero’s awards. Erickson was selected as a first team guard by Collier’s Magazine for its All-American team and its All-Midwest team. He was chosen as a first team guard on the All-Conference team selected by Big Ten coaches as compiled by Associated Press. He also was a first team guard on the All-Con-ference team selected by the United Press and by International News Service. Rapid firing Wally Osterkorn,

208 pound, 6 foot inch for-ward-center, from Chicago, a senior, is next in the THini lineup and leads the “hit-parade” by holding the highest single game point production for Illinois last season. Those twenty-seven points, incidently, were made against Butler and were responsible for the 67-62 Illinois victory. Wally was honorable mention center in the All-Conference selections of Big Nine coaches, the United Press, and International News Service. Don Sunderlage, 6 foot guard, a 176 pound junior from Elgin, Hl., received the Ralf Woods Memorial trophy for the highest percentage of free throws made by an mini player in Big Nine games. Van Anderson, Sullivan, HL a senior, a 6 foot 2 inch 185 pound forward, has been used in spot situations at Illinois and last season scored 72 points on a .276 field goal percentage and 8 of 15

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free throw attenmts. Cliff Fulton, 28 year old Mooseheart, HL senior; Wait Kersultis, 6 foot 4 inch forward-center from East St. Louis; and Burdette Thurlby, a 6 foot 2 inch, 190 pound guard from Kirkland, HL, complete the mini letterman aggregation. As compared to Coach Hany Combes’ giants, the Bulldogs have five returning lettermen, two of which were members of last year’s diminutive quintet which won 18 of 23 games. Coach Paul “Tony” Hinkle will lean heavily upon Ralph “Buckshot” O’Brien, 5 foot 9% inch forward-guard, the Bulldogs top scoring ace, and James Doyle, 6 foot defensive genius, in the forming of his 1949-50 team. Last season O’Brien hit a .410 percentage to rank among the nation’s top scorers. In addition he scored 364 points for a new But-* ler one season record and ran his three season total to 828 for a new

three year mark. Doyle scored 200 points last year and was assigned to guard the opposition’s top scoring aces. Rapidly being developed by Coach Hinkle for the Hlini game are Dee Baker, 6 foot 1% inch forward, Marvin Wood, 5 foot 8 inch guard, and Captain Ralph Chapman, 8 foot 3 inch center, all lettermen from last year. Also contending for the three starting berths are Reggie Crockett, 8 foot 3 inch senior forward-center a transfer from North Carolina State; and Robert Jackson, 6 foot 4 inch junior center from Bedford. Last season’s service award winners, Waller and Walter O’Brien, brothers of Ralph O’Brien, and Gene Stohler, also must be reckoned with in competition for starting berths. It is possible to come out on top and still be a loser, as many a bald-headed man can testify.

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BOWLING TALK You’ve seen tall skinny fellows, you’ve watched short fat men; you’ve seen them throw fast straight balls, and you’ve observed them toss slow curved balls. You’ve watched young wild-hair-ed boys, you’ve looked at old bald-headed gents; in fact, you’ve witnessed every type of bowler in action. Some use a high back swing with a perfect follow through, while others employ a short snappy swing; some smile and look happy, while some appear bored and never crack a smile. Some talk and are friendly, while others never say a word and just sit there until their turn to bowl, again. Still, when the final score is tailed, every type described above, may have a nice 200 count. So you say to yourself, “How come, figure it out, what happened?” Yes, if you are a thinker, you really wonder if the guy with the five step approach or the slow-motion four stepper has the best form or system to copy. Nearly every top-notch bowler, who has had the privilege to teach the game, explains the fundamentals to his pupil, but from then on the student adapts the form most natural and suitable to his makeup; and practice, and more practice develops the rest, until a degree of accuracy and consistency is reached. On Dec. 3, the 9th annual AllStar National Individual Match Game Championships, at the Northwest Armory, 1551 N. Kedsie Ave., Chicago, will open to the 168 men and 48 women who have qualified from cities, coast to coast, and will continue through the 11th of December, in order to determine the respective winners. Not two of these stars will roll alike, but they will hit the pocket constantly, or else. So let this advise govern your future efforts —practice for accuracy and let the best of your physical and mental energies coordinate in gaining the maximum results. The Indianapolis delegation includes Hany Wheeler of the Marott Shoes and “Red” Stuart of the Mechanics Laundry for the men; Patty Striebeck, Marge Skelton and Eva Williamson, all of the Milano Inn team, represent the ladies. All of the local rooters are pulling for these keglers to bring back laurels to the Hoosier Capital. The brain is the only part of the human machine that doesn’t wear out, propably because it’s the only part that’s never overworked. t Life itself is really simple. We ourselves create the circumstances that complicate it. Alas and alak! about the time one learns to make the most of life, the most of it is gone.