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Schmidt And Five Aids Resign Ohio State Coaching Jobs Brooklyn Bucks Open Search For New Staff BEACON JOURNAL jy Sports Mirror TODAY A YEAR Snead won $10,000 Miami open golf tournament with 271. THREE YEARS AGO Buddy Baer knocked out Eddie Hogan in third round at Madison Square Garden. FIVE YEARS AGO Tommy Hitchcock restored to maximum 10-goal polo rating, making him world's only 10-goal player. Kent Flashes In 45-25 Win I K) 28 TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1940 i r2fev 1 HKITW I WW I horM Jl? Purged! FRANCIS SCHMIDT FRITZ MACKEY EDDIE BLICKLE Want A Joh? Buckeye Line Forms On Right Paul Brown, Massillon Coach, Reported Under Consideration By JIM SCHLEMMER PAUL BROWN, coach of the Tigers, is a candidate for the by Francis Schmidt. And Yanks Talk Trade MacPhail Reporicd Ready To Purchase Gomez And Pearson EW YORK, Dec.

17. Larry MacPhail deni everything, and Ed Barrow won't admit any more than necessary, but there are enough smoke clouds hanging over the offices of the New York yan. kees and the Brooklyn Dodgers these days to indicate some sort of a baseball deal must be on the fire. The New York City papers have been full of rumors for days. Tru first concrete evidence that there was something behind them eaujl out yesterday when MacPhail anl Barrow met In the Yanks' office and discussed Lefty Gomez and Monte Pearson, pitchers reported to be on the auction block.

First, MacPhail said the Dodgers weren't interested tt them, and that he wouldn't he seeing Bar ow until late this week. When reporters gathered in the New York office later, the Yankees' president remarked, "why, MacPhail was tn here this morning, and we discussed both play, ers. I told him they would not be sold on a 'look' basis. It was to be cash on the barrel head. But we gave them permission to get the doctors' reports from Johns Hop.

kins on both players." When this information was re. layed to the Brooklyn boss, ne repeated his denial in somewhat more emphatic terms, saying the suggestion of a deal had come to him through George Weiss, had of the Yanks' farm chain, and winding up, "why should the Brooklyn Baseball club be interested in one player with a broken back and another with a broken arm?" That, at least, established thew points that the two pitchers are for sale, and that all the othr American league clubs apparently have waived on them. Rarrfav also revealed that Secretary Gabe Paul of the Cincinnati Reds had shown enough Interest In Pearson to ask hli 1940 salary. Previously, Barrow had denied (1) that waivers had been asked on First Baseman Babe Dahlpres, and (2) that the Yanks were seeking to buy Outfielder Chct Laahi from the St. Louis Browns to re- (Continued On Psie Thirty) -Ma r-VMl I "I do not suppose I have a chance to get the job," Brown told the Beacon Journal today, "but that Ohio State post represents Geo.

Hauscr Is Mentioned By TOMMY DKVIXE Beacon Journal Special Writer COLUMBUS, Dec. 17. L. W. St.

John, Ohio State athletic director, in announcing the resignations of Francis Schmidt and five of his assistants, said: "The resignations of all members of the staff were obtained in fairness to the men who will be our new head coach. It will give him a clear path for the selection of the men who will work with him." St John parried questions as to candidates for the head coaching post. "Since this football coachini; situation first came up," he said, "the names of a great many coaches who might be possibilities have run through my mind. However, I do not at this time have a slate of candidates nor a list of men who have made application for the Job. "No doubt announcement of what has taken place here tonight will result in a flood of applications.

They will be considered. cannot say when our new coach will be named, but I hope to clear It up soon. Most certainly want the new man here In time for spring prsctlce." Informed university circles indicated the choice of a new coach would be delayed until after Jan. 1. St.

John la expected to attend the national football coaches' meeting at New York, Dec. 30 and 31, and quite likely will interview some candidates there. The No. 1 candidate on the 1M purportedly In Dr. George llauvir, line coach at the UnU verslty of Minnesota and an assistant at Ohio State under the late Sam Wlllanian.

Hauser is listed among the men tors who would demanfl-an "upper bracket" salary, however, snd It not believed Ohio State would go above $7,500. Other coaches prominently mentioned In the speculation are: Wesley Fesler, former Ohio State All-American who Just recently signed for his first head coaching Job at Connecticut Wesleyan; Al- (Continued On Psit Thirty) the hpio-ht nf mv nmhitinns. "In my own mind and heart is the feeling that I could handle the big task of coaching winning teams at Ohio State. But there is also the feeling that the athletic board may not give serious considerations to the qualifications of 'just a high school Off the record reports from Columbus today are to the effect that Brown is being given, or will be given, serious consideration. His Tiger teams have won six consecutive state championships; they are undefeated in 33 games: unbeaten by an Ohio team aince 1934 From the standpoint of teaching football fundamentals; of possessing coaching technique, Brown rates tops.

From the standpoint of academic preparations, he possesses a master's degree from Ohio State, and from the standpoint of coaching the kind of football that attracts crowds, his Tigers last season drew 182,000 persons in 10 games and 105,684 in six games In Massillon. A dozen graduates from the 1940 Tiger team. Including the great Horace Glllom, are ready to matriculate at any college which should sign Brown aa coach. In addition, three former Massillon players are expected to be regulars on the Ohio State line next fall Charley Anderson at end. Earl Martin at Center and Lynn Houston at tackle.

"Chances are I'll be considered only as a 'courtesy Brown said today. Big schools seldom hire high school coaches aa their head mentors." said Brown. Bob Zuppke went to Illinois direct from the Oak Park, GOMKR JONES Cage Results COLLEGE BASKETBALL Villanora 31, Wittenberg SI, Waiblnilon Stat 4.1, Whitman St. Omaha hi, Billings Paly l. Colorado an, Oreton Slate tS.

Colorado Mines 4i. Rrtu Rico 91, Southern California 31. Central 41, Kemper 2. Southwestern (Kan.) M. Marshall 5L Miasnurl Mines S4, St.

Louis rittsburi (Ksfl.l Teachers 31, Warrens-burg Tesrhers 30. Marytllle 43, Upper Iowa 12. Da Paul 311, ti.C.L.A. 13. fieorgelown 3S, Loyola 33, Drake Al, West Teiaa Teschers 43.

Southwestern Louisiana Institute 34, Grinnell 33. Moncos Triumph In Tight Scrap M. O'Nell basketball team came from behind in a last-quarter rally to defeat the O'Hara cagers of Canton, 40-37, In a preliminary to the Oshkosh-Firestone National league game at Firestone clubhouse Monday night. O'Neils hsd a 11-7 lead at the end of the first quarter, but Canton gained a 17-17 tie at halftlme and was In front at the third period's close, 32-29. Garcia and Endress sank nine points spiece to pace a well-balanced O'Nell offensive, to which six other players contributed.

Wolfe collected 15 points for the losers. O'Nell Monros lO'Hsrss O. P.P.I 0 P. a so 1 1 11 10 4 1 I 15 Garcia Slesus.f Endress, Joyce. Harris 1 SKutkaf 3 Koonu.f 'suto HInton I TITrlner.r, 3 Woollr.f 1 TotaU Ceclar.f Bolka.f Robertsf 11 17 Totals It I 401 Farhers Seeking Stronger Foes Barbenton Farbers, strengthened with new playera last week, are now seeking a hesvier cage schedule with class AA and A quints.

In their last tilt the Farbers routed the Akron Faiges, 63-40. Farhers need a foe Wednesday night to be played at the Columbia Chemical gym. The Farbera also want to hook a game on an opponent's floor Thursday night Their next scheduled fray is Frl-dsy night with a strong New rhlladelphla five at the Chemical gym. For games with the Farbers call Don Conrad after 5 p. m.

at SH-6276. thc rl Over Osweg 10 Price Is Standout, Garners 11 Tallies Special To The Beacon Journal KENT, Dec. 17. Kent State university's second out of state foe in three games proved less formidable than its initial opponent, the Golden Flashes defeating Oswego State of Oswego, N. 45-25, here Monday night.

The triumph was the second in three starts for the local cagers. Joe Price, clever veteran, topped the Flashes in scoring with 11 markers, becoming the third eager to share that honor in three games. Capitalizing on an early lead, the locals were never headed In their triumph. With Price and Bob Heln, elongated sophomore who was making his first start, sparking the Kent attack, the Flashes pulled away to an 11-10 lead in the first nine minutes of play. In the first half, Coach G.

D. "Rosy" Starn's charges set up a zone defense which almost completely throttled the Oswego offensive, limiting It to four field goals. Kent SUte led, 17-10, at half-time. Following the Intermission, Har old Hollehbeck and Frank Collen of the invaders dropped in consecutive fielders to narrow the edge to 17-14 but Kent spurted on baskets by Price, Max Con ner and Mike Feduniak to again pull away, leading 23-16 with five minutes of the period gone. Midway in the half, on the spectacular pivot shooting of Price, the Staters took a 33-20 lead and won pulling away.

urn i nuie O. Oiw.it a Prlct.rt 4 I 11 Demas.rf 1 1 1 Collen. If 4 1 0 2 Holl'nbeck a tit Dahlstrom.ri 1 1 1 1 Dlmenl.lf 1 4 Peters, rl 1 I 0 1 0 a 0 4a.Hoirbck.rr. Oil, a 41 Totals 11 oi Conner. If Andreas, Bollants.rf HelD.lt Oulsin.rf Tucker.lf Kabuakl.e Weiile.rc Feduniak.

If a ss La Chalx.tf Totals II 1 461 Referees-v. Dlrsdit. houn Cltelsndi. (Ravenna). Cal- Iha 181 SKI CAW; WOOL SKATING ABC u-avau CD i ii 1 1 pit 3 Successor Scheduled To Take Over Spring Training Workouts By FRITZ HOWELL Aiiaclatrd Prm Sports Writer COLUMBUS, Dec.

17. Ohio State university's athletic board hung a "coaching staff wanted" sign today in front of the huge gray football stadium where 301,000 fans watched the Bucks play five games this year. Resignations of Head Coach Francis A. Schmidt and his five assistants were Receptee! last night, clearing out the entire department which has been under fire as the result of the most disastrous season in 15 years, four victories and four losses. Along with Schmidt, who had just finished his seventh year at the Buckeye helm, went Ernest R.

Godfrey, line coach since 192P; Piriney Gillman, end coach; Fritz Mackey, freshman coach; Eddie Blickle, backfield coach, and Go-nier Jones, center coach. Mackey will be retained as baseball coach, while Blickle stsys on as assistant basketball mentor. Of the aNiKtants, all were former Ohio State atar except Blickle, who Is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan. During his seven years here, Schmidt's team won 39 games, lost 16 and tied one. He won tho Western title in 1030, finished in a tie for the crown on another occasion, was fourth four times and sixth once.

The Buckeye "wolves" started howling as the Bucks wound up the 1940 campaign by dropping a. 40-0 decision to Michigan, the worst defeat in 35 years for an Ohio squad. Interspersed with the usual squawks following a Michigan defeat were charges of dissension in the coaching ranks, friction between the coaches and players, and hints that the greatest possible results were not gained from the playing material at hand. Schmidt's resignation was handed to Athletic Director L. W.

St. John yesterday, following the coach's return from the west coast where he scouted the Notre Dame-Southern California contest. The other resignations had been In St. John'a hands since Thursday. The athletic board unanimously accepted the resignations, and at the same time dissolved a three-member investigating committee named to delve into the athletic situation.

St. John Raid that "no rraunn for the rexlgnutlon was offered by the coaching staff." None of the six wait preornt at the meeting at which the resignations were submitted. Schmidt, contacted at hla home just before the session, said: "The board has all It wants from me. Mrs. Schmidt and I are going out for the evening." The former Texas Christian mentor ssld he hsd no plans for the future.

He decided to resign, he said, after a conference with St. John following his return from the west coast trip. inc mnieuc Qirecior ne nscl i no ideas snout the new coach who musi rx nireii, nut expected to receive applications any time. The new mentor will select his own assistants, St John said. however, declared he thought he'd have an easier time lining up a good Job than Ohio have In signing an outstanding football tutor.

St. John said Schmidt's successor probably would be named In time to take over spring prsctlce, and that Schmidt would be permitted to leave any time he desired, although the resignations ate not effective until June 30, 1941 Schmidt set the Western conference agog when he came heie in 10.14 with his "raszle-dsszle" offense, rolling up huge scores over most of the Buckeye foes. The big scores earned for him the r.sme of "Shut the c.t nf Mercy Schmidt" but the tables I were turned this year when the i Butks failed to pr. out as pre-esson dope had Indies ted. The tall tutor of gridiron sleight-of-hand rame to Ohio Mate from Texan hrUtlan unl-terMty, where hl Homed Frog were the toaat of the sotith-wet- He replaced the lste Rsm Wills-man In 19.H.

after Willaman hsd succumbed to the "he can't best Michigan" wall. In his flnsl season here Wtllaman won seven gsmee but lost the all-Important Michigan contest Willaman hsd taken over the reins In 1929 from Dr. J. W. Wllre, who had been head coach since the Bucks entered the Western conference in 1013.

Thus, the Ohio team has hsd hut three head roarhea in the last 27 yesrs. although Columbus hss long been known ss "the toughest town In the country on coaches." Godfrey, who gained fame 25 yesrs ago as the smallest rrgulsr renter In Ohio State's history, was athletic director snd football coach at Wittenberg college from 1916 until Willaman called him back to Ohio State In 1929. Gillman was ro-captaln of the 1933 Buckeye eleven, and an outstanding and. He came to the Ohio staff tn 1937 from Denison university at Schmidt's request. Jones, center and captain of th 1935 Ohio team, has been on the atsff three yesrs.

Blickle coached at Huntington. W. high school before Joining the Ohio staff In 1938. Mackey was graduated by Ohio In 1927 after a baseball and forrtball career. coached the line at Ohio Wesleyan for several years, and was head coach two eavsoTM at Butler university, be-fort coming back to hU alma mater In 19311.

ERNIE GODFREY state championship Massillon Ohio State coaching job vacated high school, as one exception to this rule. Knute Rockne was a pretty good prospect as professor In chemistry when given the Notre Dame coaching job Dr. John W. Wilce, who won three Big Ten championships at Ohio State, was no national figure when the Buckeyes hired him from Wisconsin. Don Peden at Ohio U.

had no reputation as a coach when he joined the Bobcat Joe McCarthy, now rated tops among baseball managers, was little known when he stepped from the minor league Louisville post to bossing the Chicago Cubs and from there to handling the Yankees. "Personally, I feel confident of being able to get good football out of Ohio State players. Great football teama are great because they possess souls; because some coaches are able to get the players on these teams to sacrifice; to dedicate their every ounce of strength and skill to winning the game at hand. "I thought Mlchlgan'a team on Nov. 23 was great Those Michigan players dedicated everything at their disposal to the business of beating Ohio State.

Tom Harmon, Bob Westfall, Forrest Evashevski; all of them could have played the full 60 minutes because they were prepared to go the full limit "Our Massillon teams have been able to go the full limit, too," and they have produced championship results. Everything is relative. I believe I could transfer to Ohio State and do there whatever part It has been my lot to do in helping make the Tigers out- scanning. tiui 1 imagine my chance is only one of about SO million. '-1 1 1 a wT'; "MM mm 111 TOO GOOD fjsl TO MISS! "suggestions tej.

$v95 Fight Results BOSTON -Joe Louis, hrarywrllbt ehamplnn, stopped Al MrCay. 104, Boston, llolmsn Williams, IM'i. Detroit, outpointed Frank Brill, 153. Kail Hirer, (Ill; BUI Weinberg, Hit, Boston, nlpoinlrd Tony terry, I'll. Fall Blrer, (Ol.

NEW VOKK Johnny rlnres, IAS. Hons-ton, oulpolntrd Vlnce fralello, 1.19, llaraensark, N. III. NKWARK, N. fills l.rnrvlrh, 111, llll.ldr.

N. 4., anoeartf out Jack Marihall, IH4, Dallas, 14). CIIICAtiO Lent Franklin, 1WI. dryland, stopped Srlman Martin, in, Chi-eaia. (41.

NEW VORK Al "Red" Moffrlt, 141, lleson, oulpolntrd dearie Zensaras, New York, HI. TOKONTO Jarale "Spider" Armilronf, Hfl', Toronto, and Bobby "Poison" IM. Hartlord, drew, IIOl. TRENTON, N. J.

Freddlo "Red-' Cora-rano, Elisabeth, N. knocked out Vines Delia, Trenton, (SI I Minnie Penan, Trenton, knorked oat Los For- tana, I'll, rhlladelphla, CI. Smalhvood Duels Pfouts Wednesday' Buddy Smallwood i heavily fa vored to become a two-time Golden Gloves rhsmplon, but to win his second title he'll have to beat Rusa "Fuzzy" Pfouts, also of Akron, in the Akron district championship tournament at the Jewish Center In Jsnuary. Prevue of that fight will feature Wednes-dsy's amateur boxing card at South Main Gardens. Pfouts, who now fights out of the Steve Carmlrhael A.C.

and has won his last five starts as a member of that stable, is considered to be Smallwood'a chief rival for local bantamweight honors. Doth should win Into the, finals of the district Golden Gloves. Last year Bmallwood won the Cleveland flyweight Golden Glovea. Adding weight, he later advanced to the bantamweight division and hasn't lost a bout In the heavier class. They're down for five rounds Wednesday in the headllner of an All-Akron card.

A grudge fight between Nick DeSalvo of South High and Duck-foot Sadler of the Hale A C. at 135 pounds hss the semifinal spot. The bout Is for three rounds. Other three-round acrapa will be Art I wciser versus jakie tana at pounds: Oeorie Wrwit sersus Pick Turndlck at i I4 pounds; Paul Rred versus Carl LsParla at I IS pounds. K.

O. Ellon versus Vincent Raines at IS pounds, and Bill Bnkol ver- Red Hooper si pounds. A battle royal will brlns up the cur tain si I HI p. is. Wright Seeking Third Mat Win "California" Jim Wright, a promising youngster from the coast, will be out to gain his third straight win In the armory ring Friday night when he tangles with Chief Sunoco, the Cherokee Indian from Oklahoma, In the opening bout of weekly card.

Wright will be at a weight disadvantagethe Indian outweighing him close to 100 pounds. The match will be a single fall affair with a no-minute limit. The main event will again put the light heavyweight title at stake Buddy hnox defends his week-old title against the former holder, Hilly Wcldner. This match will be the best of three falls with a PO-mlnute limit. The semifinal pits Bum Jones snd Jackie Nlml.

who Is also a former light heavyweight title holder. Knott Purehascd By Philadelphia PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 17. 0 The Philadelphia Athletics had 13 pitchers on their 1941 corps toelsy after obtaining Jack Knott from the Chicago White 8ox in a straight trade for Inflelder Darlo Lndiglanl. Knott Is a 33-year-old right hander who won 11 and lost nine for the Sox last year.

He has been In the msjors since 1033 when he came up with the St Louis Browne. He went to Chicago In 1938. Lodlglanl was purchased by the A'a from Oakland when the Mackmen gave up the coast league city as a farm team. He was optioned to Toronto Isst yesr and traded to the Sox last night i nils t.r.Aos Irish SOUTH BEND. lnd Dec.

17. rt.m-Paul B. Llllis, right tsckle from Mt. Vernon, N. will captain Notre Dsme's 1941 football team, It was announced today.

Lillls Is attending college on a scholarship from the Notre Dame club of New York. FRANKMN IN KAYO CHICAGO. Dec. 17. Lem Franklin, 199, Cleveland, scored a technical knockout over Belman Martin.

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