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Friday, Jan. 7, 1949 MINNEAPOLIS MORNING TRIBUNE nnn nnn tin Coaches A Group 1W UUVi Grid wvroves 17 ii mry-p' i 'xLnivri -r i i I 'Platoon9 Plan By DICK CULLUM Minneapolis Tribane Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING WE may say college football coaches have decided to turn square. They have also decided to go all-out for the two-platoon of sub SILVER SKI MEET MENACED UNLESS MORE SNOW FALLS The Park board is looking for some snow. Unless it finds enough before Sunday, the Silver Skis ski-jumping meet at Wirth park will be canceled.

During the past week the rain washed away all the snow from the, slide and left a pool of water which has turned to hard ice at the bottom of the jump, reported Wirth park boss Emil Anderson. Park board workmen in trucks are attempting to find enough good snow to haul to the Wirth slide. But unless a fall of fresh snow occurs, the slide will not be safe enough to hold the meet, stated Fred Herman, recreational supervisor in charge of skiing. stitutions and to do it honestly. At the first business session of their national convention Thursday morning, they adopted a report from their special committee on rules.

By this action, they will recommend to the NCAA football rules committee, CULLUM'S COLUMN By SID HARTMAN Michigan's Big Nine basketball champions will be in good shape for the struggle with at the Field House Saturday night. That was the word from Ann Arbor Thursday. Coach Ernie McCoy discounted earlier fears that his 10-man squad would have to face the Gopher without forward Boyd McCaslin, who reported a "sore ankle" Wednesday after practice. "McCaslin is all right," McCoy said Thursday after watching the forward, who played for Ozzie Cowles at Dartmouth and Michigan, run through a 20 minute scrimmage. However, reserve guard Dick Rifenberg is definitely out of the game with an ankle injury and isn't expected to make the trip.

Trip all rnnfprpnr Wnli-jrintt anil Pipers Resume Homeward Trip By JIM PETERSON Hamline's basketball team finally left Green River, where it was snowbound for three days and Thursday night was on a train moving slowly and uncertainly toward home. Latest report is that the Pipers' train, originally scheduled to go through Cheyenne, on the line from the west coast, the final authority, some major changes in the substitution rules and minor changes in other rules. Most acceptable to the fans is the coaches' decision against the messenger service of the past few years by which men could be substituted one per play without taking time out. How weary fans had become of seeing the shuttle system in constant motion with a player popping off the bench on each play to carry the coach's instructions to the quarterback! If the NCAA committee adopts the coaches recommendations, this practice will be stopped. The coaches are asking for a rule by which single substitutions can be made only when the clock is not running.

To be sure, the clock is stopped often enough to permit a pretty liberal shifting of players, but the shifts can no longer be made on every play or at exactly the time the coach wants to make them for the purpose of controlling the signal calling from the bench. Every football fan will give three cheers for this. Offensive, Defensive Shifts Approved IN ANOTHER MOVE TOWARD HONESTY THE COACHES have asked that any number of players may be substituted whenever possession of the ball passes from one team to the This means unqualified acceptance of the platoon system of separate offensive and defensive units. Well, that is the modern trend in football. It is what the coaches and the people and, evidently, the players as well, want.

Therefore, the old rule that a team had to wait for a time out before it could make a complete shift of personnel was merely a barrier in the way of football progress. Now they are going to be honest about it. They are going to acknowledge that modern football tactics call for separate offensive and defensive groups, and they are going to let the teams make their changes in time that is, at the moment the ball changes hands. This means, of course, that the two-platoon system will quickly come into general use. It unquestionably means better played football games, more close games conducted on a higher level of skill.

This will be true because each player will be either an offensive 5 JaLTy HOPING TO OFFSET the scoring punch of Vocational's" 6-9 three Central cagers when the two teams meet in city high are Henry Halvorson (6-3), Carl Thomas (6-5) and Roger center Bob Peterson are these school play today. Left to right French (6-4). (Staff photo). BASKETBALL STATE PREPS Whraton 42-24, Hoffman 34-19. Vndemood 46, Brandon 23.

Granite Falls 37-25, Canbr 35-18. Dtlworth 50, Comstock 41. Wykoff 62, Spring Valley 38. Wood Lake 51. Milroy 29.

Cannon Falls 51, LakrvUle 48. JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS Edina 21, Blake Juniors 17. CITY SOPHOMORES North 34, Vocational 23. West 52, Edison 44. HOCKEY CITY HIGH SCHOOLS Washburn 1.

St. Louis Park 1. ST. PAIL PREPS Johnson 1. Blake 1.

St. Thomas Acad. 4, Central STATE PREPS Williams 1. Roceau 0. STATE COLLEGES Macalester 4, Augsburg 2.

WRESTLING CITY HIGH SCHOOLS Washburn 33, North 16. SWIMMING CITY HIGH SCHOOLS South 28. West 4: RACING TROPICAL PARK Fighting Fan Streak of Dawn, Duke's Gal. Bloomington Eyes Fourth Loop Win Bloomington goes after its fourth victory without loss in the Minnesota Valley conference when it plays at Waconia tonight. Shakopee, also unsullied in the loop, plays at Chaska against third-place holder.

Deephaven's defending champs entertain Eden Prairie. at mm DL 4 mm mm IMJfE has seen only limited service this season. The Gophers do not have any casualties, and are in great shape mentally for the game. With assistant coach Joe Van-cisin, who was at Michigan last year, impersonating Mack Suprun- owicz, guard Harold Olson was put through a long defensive drill yesterday. Olson will get the task of stopping the Wolverine forward, who has counted 71 points in eight games.

Bud Grant and Whitey Skoog who will be assigned the job of watching the Wolverine Pete Elliott and Bob Harrison, were also given instruction how to play them by the master himself, Cowles. And the play of these two Minnesota forwards will have a lot to do with Minnesota's chances of winning, for if Michigan has any edge on the Gophers its in the harlrrmirt Both Jerry Mitchell and Olson are playing their first year in Big Nine competition. Harrison and Elliott are starting their third season. Elliott and Harrison are also good shots, with the latter the Wolverine's leading scorer so far this season. He has 79 points in Michigan's seven victories and one defeat.

The Gophers found little trouble yesterday breaking up a zone defense as played by the second team. Skoog, Grant, Olson and Mitchell, were hitting from all angles to make the zone useless. The Gophers have gone through one of the most thorough weeks of preparation and will be ready for any eventuality. Minnesota will hold a light workout today. The game is a complete sellout with a record crowd expected.

police believe the arrested men are only small fry fronts for a nation-wide syndicate with headquarters in New York, Miami and Minneapolis, the INS said. One bookie said in New York, reported the news service, that he became suspicious of the betting on the George Washington-Manhattan college game and, he is quoted, "I got in touch with Miami and Minneapolis houses to see what was cooking." In Minneapolis, gambling sources denied that Minneapolis has any part in "fixing" basketball" games. Local mookmatkers refused to accept bets on the George Washington-Manhattan game after the odds began to flauctuate wildly.) has been re-routed through Den ver and Omaha. The train was expected in Omaha sometime this morning and, if traffic is normal, w-ould arrive in St. Paul tonight.

However, tieups between Denver and Omaha, be cause of the recent buzzard and the resultant untangling of train schedules, were still occuring. Saturday night game between Hamline and St. Mary's has been postponed, but the Pipers are almost certain to be back for Tuesday's contest with Macalester. The Macs, meanwhile, juggled their lineup in preparation for Saturday's game at St. John's.

Coach Dwight Steussy, displeased with the Macs' ragged 54 to 26 loss to Superior Teachers, moved freshman Grant Wittberger to forward. Formerly an understudy to Dick Christiansen at center, Wittberger will use his 6-5 frame to help get rebounds. The Macs expect to have the in jured Harv Sweeney back for full time duty to further help their cause in their conference opener. Augsburg also shifted its lineup, with Junior Dilley moving to forward and Butch Johnson switching to guard. Coach Ernie Anderson said he hoped Dilley's speed would help against River Falls Saturday night at the Armory.

Ernie Hone will get the job of guarding Nate De Long, the nation's champ, while 6-5 Ronald Lund and 6 4 Bill Holte also will be used to try to hold Big Nate. The Augs "held" De Long to 17 points last time, while losing 68 to 42 at River Falls. Macalester's hockey team downed 4 to 2 at Augsburg Thursday, with Carl Thorson lead ing the third period burst that netted three goals. Thorson scored twice and Anderson once in that period after the Auggies had led 2 to 0 until 12:50 of the second session. Ericson and Ario scored for the Auggies.

The Mac puckmen ace St. Thomas today on the Tommies' rink. St. Mary's intercity basketball series with Winona Teachers which was to open last night was post poned until Jan. The second game will be played Feb.

7. Kaempfer Comes Back to Mat Here Hans Kaempfer, former European Graeco-Roman champion, will return to the Auditorium wrestling ring Tuesday night. Kaempfer signed Thursday for a semi-windup meeting with Fred Wright of New Zealand. Kaempfer, rated one of the ring's strongest men, engaged in several memorable matches here some years ago. Headlining Tuesday's card are Cliff Gustafson and Pete Mana-goff, in a repeat of their melee last Tuesday night.

BERWANGER HAS NO DOUBT ON SCORE CHICAGO UP) Field Judge Jay Berwanger reported Thursday there is no question in his mind that fullback Art Murakow ski scored North-western's second Rose Bowl touchdown before he fumbled. This was disclosed by Jim Masker, Big Nine supervisor of officials, after conferring with the Rose Bowl official. Berwanger, former University of Chicago star, kept silent after the Wildcats' New Year's Day triumph over California until he reported back to the conference office. "Berwanger said there were close decisions lots of them in the game," said Masker, "but I am satisfied he was in a position to call correctly the plays he called." Hastings in Worry Role vs. Packers SUBURBAN STANDINGS or defensive specialist and will be able to practice twice as long each day on his specialty instead of dividing his time evenly between offense and defense.

It means, too, and this is sure to give great momentum to the development of football squads, that separate defensive and offensive units on each practice field will sharpen each other in daily work, so that the teams of the future should be infinitely more polished than any we have had so far. Reverse Center Will Wait ANOTHER RECOMMENDATION THAT THE RULE BAR-ring the "reverse center" be reconsidered, will not bring immediate action. The request is only that further study be made with the thought that, in some future season but probably not 1949, the center be permitted to line up facing his own backfield so that he can make direct passes in all directions. This reverse center was once legal but the possibilities of using him were never fully explored now the coaches would like to play around with it; but they may have to wait two or three years before the NCAA committee will approve. Just now the platoon substitution system opens up such a large field for new football tactics that the rules committee will want to go slow on approving additional changes.

NCAA at Work THE NCAA CONVENTION OF WHICH THE COACHES meeting is but a sub-division swings into, its heaviest sessions Friday. The sanity code is in for rough handling all day long. It will probably survive but it will know it has been in a ball game. The attack on bowl games will be mild. NCAA president Karl Leib and secretary Tug Wilson indicate that nothing drastic will be done about the Bowls.

What they want is to eliminate commercialism by regulatory measures. They don't want to eliminate the games so long as they are properly conducted said Dr. Leib: "The Rose Bowl pattern is about right, we feel that no school should participate in more than one Bowl game in a year and later we may decide in favor of adopting generally the Big Nine rule against a team going to a Bowl more than once in thlf ee years. We also want to be sure our teams are not being exploited for private gain or that Bowl game receipts are not used for illegal proselyting or subsidizing. "However," continued Dr.

Leib, "there is no feeling that a Bowl game is a bad thing just because it is a bowl game. Stray Bits LETS PICK UP A FEW LOOSE PIECES LYING ON THE ST. Francis lobby floor: Quote from a Los Angeles sport's columnist: "Bob Voigts is the finest visiting coach with whom we have dealt in connection with the Rose Bowl quite a contrast to such as Wallace Wade, Ray Eliot and Fritz Crisler." What's wrong with those guys? Quote from Bob Voights: "Our Rose Bowl movies show, to our satisfaction at least, that Tunnicliff was on the ground before he fumbled; that Murakowski was across the goal line before he fumbled and that Burson's blocked pass was a fumble and not an incomplete pass." So that leaves the score Northwestern 20; California 14. NEW YORK UP) Bail for four men accused of trying to-bribe a basketball player was reduced Thursday from $50,000 to $20,000 each, although a judge called the case "particularly mean and despicable." Supreme court justice Ferdinand Pecora said he thought ANTI-BRIBE BILL ASKED OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON UP) Rep. Hebert La.) asked congress Thursday to' make it a federal offense to bribe an athlete engaged in "interstate competition.

He introduced a bill which calls for fines up to $10,000 and a -maximum of ,10 years in jail. At present, there is no federal law covering bribery of athletes, although many states have such Islanders, Toms Face Loop Tests De LaSalle and St. Thomas get the toughest tests tonight when the Central Catholic conference swings into heavy action. The Islanders, who have lost only one pre-league start, travel to St. Cloud to meet Cathedral, a club which has dropped only two of nine starts both by two points.

St. Thomas entertains Cold Spring St. Boniface, meeting a team which has lost only one game so far, to This week the Bortnies gained revenge by handing Foley a defeat in their second meeting. St. John's Preps has played two league games so far, and has split even.

The Johnnies entertain Crosier in a nonrloop affair. the original bail was too high but i the $5,000 bail asked by defense attorneys was "too low, considering the nature of the acts and the baneful influence on the public." The four, all of whom have denied the charge, are Jack Levy, 40, of Miami, William Riv-lin, 43, of New York; Joseph Aron-owitz, 35, of Brooklyn, and Philip Klein, 24, of Brooklyn. They are accused of trying to bribe David Shapiro, 25, of Brooklyn, co-captain of the George Washington university basketball team, to "fix" a game with Manhattan college at Madison Square Garden. The International News Service claims it has learned that millions of dollars were involved in the projected "fix" of the game. The By TOM BRIERE Walt Chapman's leading Marshalls don't play this week in city high school basketball, but he sees a chance for his team to reap rich benefits from today's billing at the Auditorium.

"Now if Washburn would just beat Edison and Central trip Vocational," Walt supposed, "it would go a long way toward helping us to the city title." Marshall, the only two-time winner before Christmas vacation, relaxes in an enviable position, with Washburn already defeated, Central not on its schedule and Vocational not up until after the loss of 6-4 Jerry Reynolds. nut me Dusiness at nana is South vs. Henry at 3:30, Central vs. Vocational at 4:30, Southwest vs. Roosevelt at 7:30 and Wash burn vs.

Edjson at 8:30. As long as Chapman is off this week and as relaxed as a coach lean get during the season, his prediction on the outcome of today's games might be worth something. But all Wait will say is "they look like tossups." Which just about hits it, they're all coin-flipping affairs, depending upon which way the ball bounces, who's hot or cold, etc. Winless South and Henry open the program and should have the PREP STANDINGS Pet TP OP Marshall 2 1.000 103 SO Vocational 1 .000 51 41 Southwest 1 0 1.000 Z8 27 Edison 1 1.000 45 28 Central 1- 1.000 49 45 Roosrrrlt 1 0 1.000 4J 3J Washburn 1 1 .500 7 87 Henry 1 .004 38 55 South .000 80 SS North .000 Sit 71 Wt .00 uAMLS today South tj. Henry.

3:30. Vocational Central. 4: 30. Southwest vs. 7:30.

-Washburn vs. Edison, 8:30. floor well warmed by the time Central and Vocational arrive, Central has, perhaps, the better balance and a rugged six-foot plus average which could give the Volts a lesson even with 6-9 center Bob Peterson and Reynolds as a tan dem scoring threat for Vocational Central and Vocational each won their only pre-holiday starts. Southwest and Roosevelt, also unbeaten in one game, start the night show and something or somebody will have to give 'cuz they don't play hockey, ties In basketball. Again, like Central, Roosevelt possesses the all-over height, while Southwest has a double-pivot point possibility in 6-4 Dick Lsch and 6-5 Bill Rawlings plus some help from forwards Don Dosen and Jerry Connolly, a couple of midget nifties.

Washburn Edison? Oh yes, Washburn figures to be stronger now with pot-shooting Bob Werness back in the line up at forward to alternate with Chuck Werness missed the first two games with a broken shoulder and the best Ray Ross' team could do was an even split. Edison, with bellwether Ed Kuduk in fine fettle and unbeaten in one, will run-sheep-run and Washburn will attempt. to slow it down. DONS SEEK TONNEMAKER Inl By GEORGE Vince Donnelly, 18-yeaf-old heavyweight prospect of the month by Nat Fleischer, editor of 'the Ring, in the February issue of the nation boxing Pet TP. Opp.

1.000 158 97 12 1.10 .500 ft) .500 110 95 .500 110 119 .000 85 141 "We're anticipating plently of trouble and hope we don't find it," is the way coach Roy Moren sums u.p future prospects for his Hast ings basketball team which re sumes its Suburban conference title chase by entertaining South St. Paul Friday nieht. Hastings is the only undefeated team remaining in the league and against all competition has eight victories and one defeat, the latter a 29 to 28 decision to Two Harbors during the holidays. On that northern excursion Hastings ran into the trouble Moren was talking about when it had to go two overtime periods to edge Cloquet, the defending District 26 champion 34 to 32 and then be edged by Two Harbors the following night in another overtime. Moren is expecting South St.

Paul to provide plenty of competition, particularly since coach Ken Fladager's cagers have won their last five straight including a 36 to 19 decision over St. Paul Harding Tuesday. Meanwhile Anoka, the defending champion, which has losses only to Hastings and Bemidji's state champions, returns to action Friday night, too, when it is host to White Bear Lake. The third game has Stillwater at Columbia Heights. As the loop chase reopens Dave Spencer of Columbia Heights holds the individual scoring lead with 48 points in three games, followed by Bill Kieffer with 42 and Bob McNamara with 37, both of Hastings.

Pete Castle, the Anoka giant, has 36 points in two games. Tram W. Hatting 3 White Bear Lake 1 Anoka 1 1 South St. Paul 1 1 Stillwater 1 1 Columbia Heights Warren Beson has signed to play pro football with the more Colts of the All America league. That was disclosed by the Gopher center who returned Wednesday from San Francisco where he played in the East's 14 to 12 victory over the West.

Beson, who received $1,000 bonus and $5,500 salary, called the experience of playing in the Shrine game "the greatest in his life." "The game was played under the most adverse conditions it rained hard but it was fun" said the retiring football captain. Beson said that Ev Faunce was one of the stars in the game and made two important first downs. Baltimore has made the Faunce the same offer it gave Beson. However, the Gophers' most valuable is working on a deal with the Canadian football league which will also include a good job. Beson called John Panelli, Notre Dame fullback, the finest running back he had ever seen.

Panelli is asking $18,000 from the pros and Beson thinks he will get it. Warren said Frisco was full of pro scouts. He said he never saw Bernie Bierman have so much fun as he did while coaching the East. The pros are already fighting over the services of Clayton Tonnemaker despite, the fact that he has another season at Min-nesota. T.

The Gopher co-captain received a long distance call from the Los Angeles Dons yesterday. He was told that Buffalo had drafted him on the Tasis that he had finished his competition. But Clayt cleared up the situation and now the Bills will have to cancel their draft choice Charley Kays, the former St. Thomas baseball and basketball player, has signed a contract with the Cleveland Indians Billy Bye, Marv Hein and Gordon Soltau have a sports broad cast three times weekly over WMMR, a new university student activity station. They also air the Minnesota basketball games.

Bert Pattee, a former Blake boy who built a great record at St. John's Military academy, will enroll at Minnesota next fall. The 6-2, 185 pound Deephaven boy was a star in hockey and football Dick Feichtinger, the St. Cloud Golden Glover, will turn pro at Eau Claire Jan. 20.

Ozzle Cowles feels that the Big Nine basketball picture will be a lot clearer after this weekend. Illinois, one of the favorites for the title, meets Ohio State and Indiana away from home Saturday and Monday. And Michigan must play Minnesota and Purdue away. By Tuesday morning, some idea will be gained as to who is the team to beat. in the Big Nine.

Chuck Tourek, the former Northwestern three-sport star, is playing with the Oskeys of the National Park Board league Jerry Bush, coach of the Toledo team which lost Saturday to Michigan 46 to 45, was so angered after his team lost that he banged his hand against the wall and broke his finger. Chico Bogad, matchmaker for the Tournament of Champions in New York, offered Del Flanagan a main event shot in wirs Wednesday. Bogad, who formerly was matchmaker for Mike Jacobs, that terms were no object; that-he wanted Flanagan and that his house could gross $13,000. However, Del turned it down for present and will head New York to speak with manager Lou Viscusi. Glen Flanagan is still considering an offer to fight in the Garden Feb.

11 on the same card with his brother and Willie Pep -and Sandy Saddler. Glen will either fight in St, Paul Jan. 20, here" Jan. 27 or in La Crosse Jan. 19 in his next go.

S. H. i A. BARTON Minneapolis boxer, was named followers at Potts gymnasium Thursday in a brisk four-round boxing drill with Pedro Grady of Cleveland. Kennedy will arrive Sunday morning and will engage in drills at Potts' Sunday, Monday and Promoter Tony Stecher Thurs day completed bis preliminary card by signing two six-round matches.

One brings together Jackie Burke of Grand Rapids, Minn and Bill Stemmler of Detroit, mid- dleweights. The other features a pair of featherweights Stan Hart-man of Van West, Ohio, and Walt er Dyakes of Detroit. Other bouts are: Pedro Grady vs. Frank Jones of Des Moines, heavyweights, six rounds; Eddie Lacy of Minneapolis vs. Bunny Berringan of Waukesha, featherweights, four rounds.

publication. Fleischer has followed Donnelly's career closely since the youngster made such a favorable impression on boxing notables like Jack Dempsey, Willie Ritchie, Gus Wilson, George Blake, Billy Roche, Mike McNulty, Ray Carlen, Jack Kennedy, Manuel Ortiz and Mushy Callahan while training in Los Angeles for two months last summer under the supervision of George Leonard, noted California trainer. Oddly enough, Curt Kennedy, whom Donnelly meets in a six-round fight at the Auditorium next Thursday night, was rated by Fleischer as heavyweight prospect for January. This means the outcome of the battle between these! youngsters will be watched with interest by close observers of boxing on both seaboards. Donnelly again Impressed fistic.