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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1928
Page
4
New York dispatch reports Boston judge Fuchs plans a 1914 Braves revival signing Johnny Evers Rabbit Maranville and Hank Gowdy to recapture past glory. Scouts seek surviving veterans as he mobilizes former champions to restore baseball prestige.
Purdue Boilermakers, co holders of the Big Ten crown, open their 1928 29 season tonight at home against the Wabash Little Giants. The Cavemen are a tough foe and a hard fray is expected.
In Louisville Sam Price shaded Terry Lingo over ten rounds. In Little Rock Kid Lencho decisioned Paul Stedman. Kid Adams outpointed Garner Johns in St Louis. In Miami Johnny Gerarden knocked out Bob Martin in the first round, Martin suffering a fractured jaw. In Charlotte Ray Hahn’s foul claim was disallowed with Roberts awarded technical knockout. In Buffalo Jimmy Slattery outpointed Jimmy Mahoney. Chocolate beat Johnny Helstein, Oak Tin outpointed Garfield Johnson. In Philadelphia Gaston Charles lost a ten round decision to Benny Pike. Johnny Erickson stopped Pinkie Mey in Savannah in the third round.
The Times presents Indiana high school football elite for 1928 with Ennis of Shortridge and Brown of Technical making the first team. Clinton and Froebel of Gary place two players each, while Jackson of Froebel and Maguire of Central Evansville shine on defense.
A dense roster listing numerous Indiana high school players by position and their hometowns or schools. The long list covers ends guards centers quarterbacks halfbacks fullbacks and includes multiple cities such as South Bend Mishawaka Peru Bloomington Evansville Terre Haute Kokomo and Gary among others.
Butler University will play Northwestern in football on October 5 at Dyche Stadium Evanston Illinois announced Ralph I Hitch athletic manager The 1929 schedule includes NYU on October 26 DePauw at Greencastle November 3 or 9 and Wabash at the Bulldog Bowl Nov 9 The Blue and White may meet Washington University in St Louis October 19 and Franklin in Indianapolis October 12 likely.
A Brooklyn Dodgers directors meeting failed to occur as Wilbert Robinson remains president and manager. Ebbetts interests favored Manhattan venue while Steve McKeever preferred Brooklyn. If no meeting within a week, postponement likely to May.
More than 200 supporters gathered in Lebanon Indiana to honor Coach Kip Parr and the Lebanon high school football players at a banquet. Principal speaker was Jimmy Phelan Purdue University’s football coach. Players received sweaters as tributes to the team.
George W. Murphy known as Mike Murphy and Yale freshman rowing coach since 1923 signed Monday afternoon to become head coach of rowing at the University of Wisconsin.
Brooklyn City College and Long Island University will test Glenn Warner’s scoring idea next fall. Six points for a touchdown with no extra point, one point per first down, and start of the second half resumes from the last play of the first period.
Lena Blackburne, signed to manage the Chicago White Sox again, laments shortages as he seeks outside help. He complains managers push for full teams in trades while individual players are scarce and hopes to improve the roster.
Scull named a member of the net squad and will travel with the easterners for games with Indiana Ohio State and Michigan. Both Scull and Schaaf have won trophies at Penn as outstanding stars in their branches of sport.
Maurice Hosier of Spiceland Indiana a Butler University junior was chosen captain for the Bulldogs next season by twenty six lettermen who attended the Blue Key Club banquet Monday night He played quarterback this year and was back guard on the 27 28 basketball team He belongs to Lambda Chi Alpha and Sphinx fraternities The event drew over 125 attendees with speeches from Stephen Baker Ignatius Deinhardt freshman coach Robert Nipper and several coaches and officials
GREENCASTLE Ind Dec 11 Kappa Tau Kappa senior men's fraternity at De Pauw university sponsors the second annual gridiron banquet at Longden hall Monday Dec 17. Dr G Bromley Oxnam will preside as toastmaster with talks by Dr W M Blanchard Coach Hughes Captain Firebaugh and local businessmen. Sweaters and freshmen numerals will be presented and next year’s captain announced.
De Pauw University edged Earlham 35 to 28 in Greencastle Indiana on Monday night. Stunkel and Mountz sparked the Tigers offense while Jenkins led the Quakers with ten points and Lovelace contributed a strong performance for De Pauw.
Notre Dame defeated Armour Tech of Chicago 54 to 14 in the season opener at South Bend. Frank Crowe led the Irish with 17 points as eighteen players saw action.
Wisconsin beat Franklin 37 to 19 in Madison. Bud Foster scored 14 points to lead the Badgers while Wooden stood out for the Hoosiers.
Ann Arbor awaits Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania in a Saturday basketball clash. Coach Veenker will start McDonald at forward with Orwig, Chapman at center, and McCoy alongside Daniel Rose in the backcourt, seeking a better result than last season’s 29 to 36 defeat.
The Armory card features two ten round bouts headlining a 36 round program. Notable newcomers Tut Seymour and Young Nanci appear in feature and opener while locals trained over the weekend. Matches include Norman Brown vs Tut Seymour and Tracy Cox vs Bobby Allen with other six and four round bouts from Indianapolis and Pittsburgh.
Washington Pa December 11 Only one man remains to complete the all eastern squad to meet the all western eleven in San Francisco on December 29 Coach Andy Kerr lists the candidates by position with schools including N Y U Penn State Minnesota Pitt Ohio State Illinois Wisconsin Wisconsin Northwestern Indiana Nebraska Bucknell Lafayette Carnegie Tech Boston College and others with Barrabee Delp Haycraft Getto Raskowski Fox Thompson Gibson McMullen Aschman Carter Harpster and guest players among the names.
American League magnates convene in Chicago for the annual session with a joint meeting planned with the National League on Thursday. Reports indicate pending player trades as Cleveland and Philadelphia seek Sox players. In New York, NL managers discuss scarce assets as clubs seek good players with little to offer. Giants sell Vic Aldridge and Rus Wrightstone to Newark, while veterans such as Wally Pipp and Jimmy Ring are floated for release.
Doc Kemper placed second in singles with 672 and top all events at 1895 in the city tournament at Capitol alleys. John Goodwin scored 618 in singles while Falls City Lager suffer Nan Schott’s season-ending injury. Announcements cover Pot of Gold and New Year tournaments, entry details, and National Railroad Bowling Association plans in Chicago.
The Times lists 1928 Hoosierdam all state selections by position. First Team features players from Froebel Gary Tech Indels Hammond and others with notable seniors. Second and Third Team include Capper Monticello Sungalia Clinton Korressel Reitz Evansville Reed Muncie and more from Clinton Mishawaka Fort Wayne and other towns.
Opening games in the Girls' City League set for Thursday at Liberty hall 3208 East Michigan. Indiana Bell vs Pennsy at 7 pm followed by East Tenth Street versus Hotten tots at 8 and Hoosier Demons against Hawthorne at 9.
The snippet lists several college basketball tallies including De Pauw 35 and Earlham 28, Dame 54 for Armour Tech Chicago, Franklin 19, Vincennes 27, Illinois 46, Bradley 29, with incomplete city and team labels. The fragment lacks full context and clear outcomes.
Vincennes University defeated Oakland City 46 to 27 in Vincennes. Henley led the winners with strong scoring, while Smith topped Oakland City in the loss.
New York reports heavyweight sensation K. O. Christner will fight Jack Sharkey in a ten round bout at Madison Square Garden. Matchmaker Tom McArdle says the date is near after securing Christner's signature in a conference with manager Tom Lennon. Georgetown names Jim Mooney captain of its 1929 football team.
Amateur basketball notes show St Patrick’s H N S with seven wins one loss facing Holy Trinity A C and Sacred Heart Y M B at South iderners and Woodside Merchants next, plus Saints seeking games with Cane teams. Various clubs including Buddies, Deaks, Kirschbaum and Flying Owls post challenges and game notes with contact addresses.
Lombard College coach Harry Bell trims his squad to twenty players for intensive daily drills ahead of the Saturday night game with the University of Illinois at Champaign.
Frank Houff of Terre Haute handed Leo O'Connor of Indianapolis his first defeat in the state three cushion billiard tournament at Harry Cooler’s parlors Monday night by a score of 50 to 35. Wilson meets Murphy at 3 this afternoon and Ramsey faces Cooler at 7:30 tonight. John Pesek of Ravenna heavyweight grappler defeated Count Zarynoff of Memphis in Wichita, breaking Zarynoff’s ankle in the first fall.
Do You Know That mentions OP Warner omitting Biff Hoffman from his All-Coast team and praises Cagle and Chuck Carroll as top backs. It notes during the Notre Dame Southern California game a balloon with a hair restorer pennant over the field and fans urging Knute Rockne to remove his hat. Van Grafian appears at a Toronto winter meeting in spats with a stick and lands an umpiring job with the Tigers in spring training.
The Rene DeVos Ace Hodkins boxing match at Madison Square Garden, moved from Monday to December 21, is postponed to December 28. DeVos sought another week to recover from a severe boil on the back of his neck, and officials approved the delay.
Reynolds defeats Yaqui Joe in a feature mat go at Tomlinson Hall. Joe weakens under speed and loses two more falls after an 18 minute first fall and 8 minute second fall. Reynolds weights at 146 pounds. Elmer Guthrie of Texas wins one fall over Ralph Wilson in a 30 minute time limit match. Curtain raiser was canceled due to a principal's no show.
Boston December 11 Jack Sharkey returned to heavyweight title contention with a decisive victory over Arthur De Kuh Monday night. Despite a long layoff Sharkey was in peak form and controlled the bout while De Kuh, heavier by 4 1 4 pounds, fought hard but could not overtake the challenger.
Reigh Count, the great American three year old, arrived from New York to begin training for the Ascot gold cup. Trainer Bart Michell said the horse made a perfect crossing and stood the trip well. He was unloaded at the London docks and sent to Jack Leader's stable at New Market.
Lexington dispatch reports the death of Benelwyn a 4 year old world champion trotter noted for 2.01%% speed. The Dallas Texas owner W H L McCourtie bred and owned him with career managed by Ben F White famed colt developer. Blood poisoning caused his death in Lexington Kentucky.
Illinois freshman and veterans combined for a strong offense and stingy defense as the Illini defeated Bradley 46 to 29 in Champaign. The first half ended 29 to 0 with Illinois dominating and Bradley struggling to score.
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