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The Muncie Evening Press Page of Sports News SPEAKING OF SHARPSHOOTERS MICHIGAN FIVE MACK REBUILDS, Wooniifl ifTftlT nr T0P BOWLERS REACH A GUY named Gray once Greyhound Victory Streak One of Longest in History Jv-tunu iliui Young Campaign; and Indiana Central Unbeaten Since Midway in 1940-41 Started Campaign With 26 Butler and Central Normal. ay Leads Crimmins by 8,943 Also Triumoh. Pms to 8,692. CHICAGO. Dec.

8-HTt The na-BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, lion's top bowlers were at the half-Indiana University's basketball rk today in the team today had yet to meet a quin- m)ch rliminstioi? f-r the 10 final-ret of its own stature, but took com- 1st berths in thall-tar tournament, -ort from the margin by whieh H. a s. -r of th k-g--olled over the wll rM- ln lh? 'cces in i first two -starts of the 109 bw'-r- fo- the Wb-h C-H-e was 'he Pcfs in he t-h 'steV "victim, beaten 58 to 40 by the Ned. We VH. J.

jl sentiments regarding roses that were destined to "waste their fragrance on the desert air." He might have been thinking about Indiana high school basketball, because, for 15 or 20 fellows that achieve fame annually, there are at least double that number whose efforts are never registered in Hoosierdom's net "Who's Who." You've got to move in the right social circles to get anywhere, and unless you're playing with one of the so-called "major teams," it's unlikely you'll earn an all-state position. Just the same, when the Associated Press conducts Its weekly poll of high school basketball teams this winter, your correspondent intends to present the name of Summitville as a candidate for some kind of laurels. Summitville, I believe, once did earn its way to a final tourney (that was way back in 1926), but if the best sniper in Indiana history doesn't entitle the Madison County school to some kind of distinction, nothing would. When the stove league gathers and talks about the Vandivers, Stonebrakers, Murphys, the conversation ought to take In the doings of a kid named Kenneth Koon, who never registered particularly high in the field goal department, but whose Jap shooting average is noteworthy. Ten fielders a night is usually worthy of comment, so 41 Japs in an afternoon ought to bring the youngster a Gimble Prize, an- all state medal or almost anything of the sort.

MacArthur, Nimitz and the rest of them might learn something from the Incident, too. According to the good folks at Summitville, Koon was more or less of a reserve and rode the bench a lot in his school days. The chances are when he got a real chance to do some firing, he figured it was too fine an opportunity to lose. last nisht Pt Bloomin-ton Saturday Branch McCracken's hardwood machine put ue-auw away, 57' to 40. Butler opened it.

1942-43 season last n'eht with a 42-to-35 triumph over Franklin: DePauw went out-state to meet Lawrence College of Apo'etcn. pnd wa heat?" 51 to 41 Central No-rml won 43 37, er St. Joseph's b-at Sf. Norbort's or Wst De Perp, 55 to 42.. Greve Donates 22 Points.

The Indiana juggernaut, paced by gave birth to some very pretty if he'd read Riley's poems. You will get you." Summitville. to find even a war hasn't changed City goal getting industry is con of a brand new one to gaze at the many weeks they'll be as formidable so near carrying off Mr. LR.S.A. say, largely by virtue of its over speed of Harold Van Alstine Salyer Gene Lillie the latter possibly the been anything but formidable.

One but the lads are certainly trying UPSETS PURPLE If) CAGE CLASH Western State 52-42 Victor Over Northwestern. CHICAGO, Dec. 8. (JP) Illinois and Michigan opened their basketball season with victories last night, but Northwestern debut was un successful as Western Michigan gamed a 52-to-42 decision. Operating without three regulars Otto Graham, Nick vodick and Bud Hasse, all football men the Wildcats were victimized by the sharpshooting of Hal Gensichen, who poured in 19 points.

Ronnie Schumacher, lanky sopho more was Northwestern's best scorer with seven field goals and a free throw. Illinois, the Big Ten Conference champion, had little trouble trimming the University of Detroit, 38 to 25. Six men featured In the scor ing, with Ken Menke, Jack Smiley, Andy Phillip and Gene Vance last year's sophomore hub contributing a total of 28 points. Menke was high with 12 while Capt. Art Mathlsen potted eight.

Wolves Come From Behind. Nebraska of the Big Six circuit will test the Illini Saturday at Champaign. Indiana rolled to its second victory in three nights by smashing Wabash, 58 to 40, with Ralph Hamilton, Junior guard, scoring IT points. The Hoosiers play South Dakota State Thursday and Michigan State Saturday. Fighting out from a lS-to-6 half-time disadvantage, Michigan edged Michigan Sate, 36 to 31, in the season's first overtime.

Forward Bob Wiese, fresh from the gridiron, broke the Michigan State spell with 11 points in the second half to take scoring honors. The Wolverines' next contest is with Marquette Saturday at Ann Arbor. Topping tonight's Midwest program is Ohio State's bow against Ohio Wesleyan at Columbus. So, why not a special battalion of shock troops composed of substi tutes from Indiana high school teams? Junior Guard Ralph Hamilton, was -fmal block' they each in the lead all the way except lor -the first minutes of play when Wa-t wVle Eugene Buddy Bomar or Ray. Greve high-point man Tex- Wdin5 for both teams with a total of 22 i iMtiJn J' eliminations with 3.164 connfcted on two free throws.

But'10 Jh first 13 Rames, the bulanr the F3csier. fvht on to lead at of PflC" alters were closely half-time, 24 to 11 'bunched. George Young of Long Island City, closed the gap in the sec- 5CCred i.m vn te iat shift ond half, the score standing nlght to tie DawPS Comins of To jo might have saved a lot of know, the one that said "The goblins This, particular Goblin came from NOT A WHOLE LOT NEW. Back at the old grind once more things much so far as the Magic cerned. It might be Sast year instead men records of our respective high schools, what with Burr is starting in where It left off in March and with Central, as usual, having a tough job getting under way.

Apparently the loss of Bud Brown, Black and Moody hasnt hurt the Owls a whole lot although this corner has to see Burris In action before it will venture an opinion. The boys who have watched the Fishers, however, say that before an aggregation as the one that came little assortment of tinware. Burris has won, the informants whelming stature, along with the and the all-around performance of real brains of the Still, Burris' foes as yet have EYES PENNANT Three Veterans and Rookie Handed Releases. PHILADELPHIA. Dec.

8. (JP) Baseball's never-give-up man. Connie Mack, nearing his 80th birthday, piloting a last-place ball club end plagued by the game's wartime headaches, let it be known today he's rebuilding his lonsr-wenV Philadelphia Athletics and hopes tc win another American League cham. pionship in 1943. Connie began his reconstruction program by announcing the outright release of three ceterans and once-promising rookie Inf ielders Bill Knickerbocker and Eric McNair.

10-year men in the big leagues and therefore entitled to their free agency: Outfielder Mike Kreevicli. an eight-yesr man, and Inf'elder Larry Eschen. who joined the A's last summer fresh from the campus of St. Lawrence University at Canton, N. Y.

Gets Mayo From Angels. Then Mack said: "We hope to get somewhere next year, and we've plenty of help on the way. Eddie Mayo, drafted from Los Angeles, will be available at third base. Irving Hall, a rookie from Williamsport. most likelv will nlay second base.

Felix Msektewicz, who has been around several years, ought to develop into a great outfielder. And Jo Jo White, acquired from Seattle, ought to be good in center field." Of the men released, Mack had Just one comment: "They were not much help to us last year." was reported disgruntled with the tail-end Mack aggregation last season and also was slowed by a leg injury. The A acquired him from the Chicago White Sox at the major leagues' 1941 meeting. Knickerbocker, 30. who played with the Cleveland Indians, White Sox.

St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees before Mack acquired his services, was sidelined for some time last season by a broken finger. UNBEATEN SELMA MEETS CENTER Gaston Goes to Fairmount for Non-League Tilt. GAMES TONIGHT. Center at Selma.

Gaston at Fairmount. Selma's high flying Bluebirds, undefeated in seven games, tackle one of their closest competitors, Center's Spartans, tonight in the Liberty Township gymnasium. Center has lost but one game, and is tied with DeSoto in the runner-up spot of the county standing. In another county league game, Gaston plays at Fair- mount. It is doubtful if Center's Hodson-Fuller Twining Clevenger Felton combination can stop the powerful Bluebirds, led by Williams and Shaw, high scoring veterans of last season's fine Selma team.

Selma has been even more im pressive in late games. After wip-ping Farmland, Cowan, Royerton and Eaton, the Liberty Township-pers crocked Parker, 54 to 27: Har rison, 63 to 25, and Stoney Creek, 56 to 33. Center split with DeSoto. holds wins over Royerton, Stoney Creek, Harrison and two over Cowan. However, the Spartans have been having difficulty recently.

They were able to beat Harrison by but two points, and Cowan by a single point. FIGHTS? LAST, NIGHT PROVIDENCE, R. I. Mike Bel-Ioise, 130, New York, outpointed Rudy Garcia, 132, Puerto Rico. (10.

BALTIMORE. Tony Musto. 199, Chicago, outpointed Al Blake, 191, Baltimore, (10). can tell better after seeing the Normal Cities tie into a few stalwarts. THEY'RE FIGHTING, AT LEAST.

Central's warriors may not collect a better record than the six wins in 22 attempts garnered 1941-42, who are expected to form the nucelus of this year's team. One of the outstanding freshmen is Stanley Shimala, 6-foot, 4-inch husky, who was the star of the Hammond Tech team which won the state high school championship two years ago Toledo University apparently is. a firm believer in the theory that if you want a good basketball team go to Indiana for your material. Reports say the Rockets will be loaded with outstanding Hoosier stars this year. They grabbed off several members of last year's state championship Washington outfit as well a some outstanding performers from other high schools.

Unless transportation difficulties interfere they'll get a chance to play against some of their old rivals on Jan. I. Purdue is scheduled to play at Toledo on that date if Coach Ward Lambert can arrange trans portation for the Boilermakers. He's a little doubtful about it. Warsaw which was rated well up in the Associated Press high school basketball "Big Ten" during most of last seascn, expects to be right back there again this year.

The Tigers are beinir scarked by "Sugar foot" Risner, who scored 36 points in Warsaw iirst two games. CHEVVROUiT-MUN'CIE LEAGCK Muncie Bowling Center Alleys ACCOUNTING I PUHCHASFNG Zavel 153 155 177 Applestata 157 175 1 71 Ihom J14 172 160 McNary 163 135 147 145 140 15 Cherrv 1 92 73 Helm 173 180 167. Trow 170174 148 Hougrhtby 214 204 202 Burner 167 182 178 IHdcp. 12 13 12 Totals 89 851 832! Total 794 814 792 PERSONNEL I TRAFFIC micesle 14d 181 122 Walker 117 lflS 181 Benbow 160 155 159 Armstrong 187 159 134 131 139 127 Thomas 101 ill us Gumpp Thomas Klewickl ma i i3 perdue 110 149 144 HI 141 1889attrfield 133 189 155 Hacp. 46 46 Totals 755 770 789; Totals 64 819 778 ENGINEERS MATERIAL Massey 159 126 Conron 115 173 162 -narrMio 173 141 JKfi Harm rnn 87 112 123 Oualnbush 141 100 135 Brown 176 122 '40 Baser 153 170 IV Beckner HuestM 183 202 195 Barbier 204 178 14S 175 147 201 27 27 27 IHdcpu.

I Totals 809 812 7581 Totals 70S 704 776 ALUMINUM 1 RECEIVABLES Hume 114 133 131 Wleeins 171147 145 Hughes Letscher Whltmer Hanscora i.iv i jbi winters 144 216 173 Stitt 189 163 137 Brown 169 151 168 Lasko 124 105 148 121 144 135 177 135 153 155 35 35 35 Hdcp. -I Totals 754 837 770! Totals TIT 765 05 TOOL DESIGN I rrxrp Goodyear 198 200 192 Canter' Rheinhart 157 177 166 Mann 185 135 142 mau 163 156 160 Blind 135 135 135 Cotner 142 1B9 146 Brand la 141117 Harrison 180 185 211 Adamson 168 158 154 Hdcp. 14 14 14 Totals 840 907 875! Totals 881735 775 AIR CORPS RTAvnPns Leary 121 141 152 Levrr 165 164 138 Barr 141 136 98 Lowery 121 135 164 Wood 121 183 176 Henman 173 213 167 Wray 169 175 156 Dowllng 142 132 116 Seits 158 186 195 Jackson 170 164 170 2 2 2 Totals 708 821 7771 Totals 773 810 757 CES'TEXXIAL BOWLING LFAGCC Muncie BowlinR Center Allevs WHITNEY DAIRY 'PARRISH FLEET-W. Rent 174 163 180 Sanbera 191 130 145 152 120 157 Hamilton 184 153 159 MrKes Greene 128 119 143 Gut Icerman 169 154 153 Reiser Hunt 194 192 162' Patrick 168 153 143 186 170 157 21 193 171 .1 Totals 849 781 7971 Totals 913 766 773 O. M.

FEED MARSH MARKKET Priest 181 178 161'Spott 156 160 152 Gootlen 175 177 Nelson 137 118 159 Combs Pence 181 139 lSrMitchell Turner 149 179 196 Marsh 182 120 19 147186 117 143 176 141 198159 215 Totals 823 791857! Totals 828 801 820 BOB'S Reed Clark Ford "nnkin Davis Totals HAMBURG. 'BARBOR'S SERVICE 152 148 194 Kvle 137 174 146 233 204 170 Coulter 135 152 140lBarr 1 -Mi'Barbor 159179 168'Moulton 875 887 883! Totals 122 120 124 195 160 156 144 223 167 179 201 180 777 878 773 Rock tripe, a small lichen, has saved the lives of numerous explorers in northern regions when their food gave out. Grayson's Scoreboard NEW YORK, Dec. 8. Standford tackle Ed Stamm's charge that Notre Dame played-dirty football was particularly ill-timed.

Wasn't the 1942 football season one during which the boys were to be taught to smash totally the opposition with an eye to the greater game just ahead? This is no time for a robust athlete to be crying about a stray elbow, fist, knee or foot or a little excess dress and enthusiasm. Hit 'em again, boys. That's the main idea. Explaining the Boston College debacle, Dick Harlow of lor a Vila ume, out lour QUICK baskets by the Hoosiers ended the visitors' threat. Butler, its field house housing navy personnel, betook itself to Tech High School gymnasium to meet Franklin.

Like Indiana, the Bulldogs got off to a sluggish start which they overcame to take a 27-to-13 lead at half-time Franklin scabbed out in the start of the final period and trimmed the Bulldogs' lead to five points before Fred Hunckler tallied with a field goal and a free throw to start the Butler offensive clicking once more. The Appleton. team polished off DePauw with its high-scorer, Dick Miller, setting a new field house record with 12 field goals and eight free throws for a total of 32 points. DePauw's best would have been tops for both teams in almost any other game Don Jones, center, who tallied 24 points. Turning Taylor University back, Central Normal took its second victory in four starts.

Wildcat Athlete Owns The Busiest Arm In Sportsdom EVANSTON, EL, Dec. S.iJP) The busiest right arm in sports doesnt belong to a' baseball pitcher, but to a quiet, unassuming youth named Otto Graham. Graham, a junior at Northwestern, has Just Jumped out; of a football uniform into a basketball suit with onlv time out to take a shower. This arm of Graham's sprayed 182 passes over the gridirons this fall. 89 hitting their targets for a gain of 1.092 yards.

He was the second best passer in the country. But his arm isn't going to get a rest. He Wants To Pitch Too. "Td like to win the Big Ten scoring championship in he laughs. And he may do it if he gets over an ankle and knee injury.

He potted fi baskets and 59 free throws for 197 points' last season and was the second highest scorer in the Conference. If his one-arm shots improve on the same ratio as his football passing, he's a cinch. Graham will go from basketball to baseball this spring. He plays center field but, you've guessed it, he wants to try out on the mound. INDIANAPOLIS.

Dec. 8. (JP) Applications for Jobs as parole of-iicers and inmate welfare workers will be accepted by the state personnel division until Saturday, it was announced j'esterday. At salaries beginning at $150 a month, employes work in the welfare department's division of corrections. i iv iiinv Mir-MAI num W1 Johnny Crim Ti'Q XT marlr i i- (hnV ft match, with Day in front with a total oin count of 8 943 to Crimmins 8 892 Dav had reehtfed 204.43 points to Cr'mrrs' 192.42 Field inched.

imroirs hrat in 9 of 15 yesterday. Mid trailed the "Vviion by only thr? ramcs. with "-y rirmfr f4 rnd Cummins 21. 'iimi! copjy'd the ooeninif round 921 to 899. anr th-r v.i-w a tie in the other two sessions.

In th secend round they 'cv( 972 i tronc. rHv tnr itnonnrf nlaf arh with 3056, while Connie SchwotRler of Madison, was in fourth spot with 3.047. Andy Varipapa of Brooklyn was in fifth with 3.018. Others in the running for the 10 finalist berths included Norman Nelson, Chicago, 3.013: William Rusch, Gary. Alex Graham, New Philadelphia, Ohio, 2.940; Earl Cramer, Fargo, N.

2.939. ARMY GETS THREE OF BALL STATE SQUAD Fancil, Skibbie, Kruse Lost to Phillipsmen. Bad news for Ball State. On the heels of losing three men to the armed torees, the Cardinal! learned today that their opp ment for next Saturday night, Western State, defeated Northwestern University last night by a score of 33 to 43. Lost to the army' are Dick Fancil of Goshen, reserve center; Jim Kruse, 6-foot 7-inch freshman, tallest man oh the Cardinal squad, and Jim Skibbie.

Kruse, too tall to get in the reserve officers' training program, has been drafted and Skibbie is enlisting. Fancil saw service a gainst both Notre Dame and Peru naval base while the other two lads have notX been in action as yet. Harold Gensichen, the Western State flash, tallied 19 points against Northwestern last night. CONFERENCE TRIES TO CUT DOWN TRAVELING CHICAGO. Dec.

8. (JP) Western Conference faculty representatives, athletic directors and football coaches met todav to cons'', "ie of the most difficult problems la the circuit's 46-year history. The annual two-day winter conclave was confronted with rearranging the 1943 football schedules, deciding whether to permit freshman participation in varsity sports, determining curtailment or possible suspension of minor sports and pondering a solution for equitable competition for schools with varying spring scholastic schedules. Modification of schedules was x-nected. Comnetition between confer ence teams may be largely omitted and games with nearby colleges ana amateur teams substituted in an effort to reduce traveling.

If minor snorts are continued, dates of the championship conference meets will be determined at the meetings. Harvard pulls a good line: "When you're up In the headlines, you're apt to be down for the game." The general opinion, expressed in brief comments on the ballot for the Lambert Trophy, emblematic of eastern college football supremacy, was that Boston College's 55-12 setback harder. -t. Last winter, they enjoyed playing, but didn't care much whether they won or lost. Mel Wilson, in his first full season at the Purple helm, has laid down ttie law and the boys know if they dont give, somebody else will be in It's only one win in three endeavors, but you can count one of the two setbacks on faulty scheduling.

Central of Fort Wayne would have tripped the Wilson's at any time, but the Winchester affair was another of those cases of a non-football-playing school with the experience of almost a month tangling with a team that was just beginning. At mid-year, Winchester probably would have been beaten. The brightest aspect 'from the standpoint of the dyed-in the wool Bearcat booster is that WOson Is using a full lineup of underclassmen. Not a single regular will be lost by graduation, although Uncle Sam might step in and grab off one or two before the next campaign comes into being. There's a pretty good second string, too or will be when it gets more experience.

Every one of the 12 or 13 being used by Bud Graham is sophomore. WAR HASN'T CHA.VGED BRANCH McCRACKEN, EITHER. THE INDIANA BOSS CONCEDES THE WESTERN CONFERENCE PENNANT TO EITHER-PURDUE OR ILLINOIS AND FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT SEASON i There'll be some consolation for the unwary who accidentally turn to The Press sport pages during the next few months. This won't be a daily affair as it has been for the last twenty years. The conductor finds his time otherwise occupied and what little scribbling he is able to do must be accomplished In spare moments.

The business of handling copy with such names as Bizerte, Tulagi, Guadalcanal and Yunnan Is tedious and doesn't allow one many intervals for pounding out high school basketball dope. ACROSS THE BACK FENCE. Of five games played in the North Central last week, four were decided by a single point the exception being Richmond's 40 to 30 triumph over Lafayette Burris won't run into either of the Central Indiana's toughies Warsaw or Rochester there might be a tie for the league title with neither the Owls or Clyde Lyle's Zebras being beaten Marion comment is that the Giants are reminiscent of the Murphy-Chapman combine that won the state shield in 1926 although Marion lost the baciiuone of its squad in June, the boys up from the second team are the biggest that have worn a Purple and Gold uniform in many moons Not a Muncie sports writer likes to see New Castle win games, but on this occasion, Wilbur Allen has it coming to him, considering all his hard luck the tragic death of Jean Mathes, big Trojan center, and the fact that Haskell Thompson, a fine forward, decided to get married the Bearcats won't play Hagerstown, but they'll encounter one of the same boys who performed against Burris some weeks ago Gatzek, Rex by Holy Cross should be thrown than a physical slump. I would like to have heard BY HAROLD HARRISON. INDIANAPOLIS, Dec.

Notes to you. When Indiana. Central's Greyhounds opened the 1942-43 basketball season they had one of the longest winning streaks 26 consecutive vic tories in Hoosier college basketball history. Not since midway in the 1940-41 season had the Greyhounds, co-champions of the Indiana Con erence the last two years, been beaten. Their winning streak within the conference dates back even farther.

They last lost a conference game late in the 1939-40 -season to Indi ana State. The Greyhounds' last defeat in all games was at the hands of Illinois Normal. They won 10 straight games during the final half of the 1940-41 season 16 straight last year. Purdue didn't Win any football championships during the recent gridiron season but the Boilermakers certainly have a claimant to the eat ing championship. It's Bruce (Pinky) Warren, husky tackle.

At Purdue's football banquet last year. Warren complained loud and long that he didn't get enough to eat so he thought he cross up his hosts this year by eating a full meal before going to the banquet. But it backfired. The Lafayette Kiwanis Club, host for the banquet, served "Pinky" with a double order of ev erything on the menu along with a plateful- of rolls, a pound of butter and even a pitcher run or coiiee Warren took it in stride, however. and ate the whole works.

Glenn Curtis, veteran basketball coach at Indiana State Teachers' College, has his own reconstruction job this winter. Graduation and en listments took every member of last year's starting Sycamore team. Currently, Curtis is moulding a team from last season's reserves and a flock of promising freshmen. Henry pearcy, am mtcn, joe snort ana Leland Melvin are 1941-43 reserves out as being more of a mental what the Eagles, who were SPORTS ROUND-UP BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr. NEW YORK, Dec.

8. Rushin' the rations: Sun Valley, the much photographed Idaho winter sports center, is closing down Dec. 20 for the duration Reasons, shortage of manpower, food, fuel and transportation When the New York Rangers went to Toronto from Chicago for a hockey game last week, three players weren't allowed to cross the border until they had straightened things out with draft officials. Seems they had neglected the routine of getting clearances from their local boards. OXE-MINrUTE SPORTS PAGE.

Frankie Sinkwich and Pai Oov-ernali. who ran one-two in the Heisman Trophy voting, both will be wearing marine uniforms when they meet today. Sinkwich was fitted out in dress "blues" before he left Georgia and Governali is to get his "greens" today When Emerson Woodward's Valdina Farm racing tab)e finally is assembled at the New Orleans fairgrounds, it probably will be the biggest string of racers in America with nearly 70 horses, headed by Valdina Orphan and Rounders Rogers Homsby, business manager as well as boss of the Fort Worth ball club, is offering the Fort Worth park to Jor league clubs for spring training CHALLENGE ACCEPTED. Fritzie Zivic, just back from ui west coast, report he got the surprise of his life while he. was training for his fight with Henry Armstrong in San Francisco A sailor spectator hollered at him, "How'd you like to have Red Cochrane tra'r1 with you and give you a couple o' boxing lessons?" Without lro''i around.

Frit2le replied, "Bring bum around and I'll give him bucks to work with me besides a pie of lessons." At the er' of the workout Zivic looked dowi a' the heckler" and there beside him was another sailor. Red Cochrane. SERVICE DEPT. Lieut. Joe McCaffrey, who beat the drums for the Western army all- star footballers this fall, expects to! return to duty within a few week? after having suffered a broken nee1" in a plane crash off Newfoundland The navy will gt first call on the Iowa State Collet swir pool this winter.

Athletic Director George Veenker put men enlisted in the navy reserve first on the list and the 1.600 sailors in the naval training school at Ames right behind them Mickey Cochrane, one of the best-known guys in baseball, couldn't make the Chicago baseball writers' dinner the other night because he was on a 24-hour tour cf duty at the Great Lakes Naval Station. picking themselves up all afternoon, would have said about that immediately following the game. Rudicel's best guard, is enrolled at Richmond not a word from Walter Fisher anent cnaracter building, since his huskies took their third North Central Conference championship and byHhe way, the football season jUib ended was the best in Muncie history Jawn Magnabosco gave the faithful something to celebrate about in piling up the state's best secondary college record for years, Ball State struggled along in the rear and now in the space of a few seasons, the Cards have taken titles in three sports baseball, tennis and football Selma rules the Delaware County percentage column which must be cheering after the long years the Yorktowns, Gas tons and Centers dominated the doings of the rural cagers. Back in 1923 and 1924, Selma was the king-pin of the county loop, and the Blue Birds have been battling hard in recent years, only to fall short. BALL STATE DID ITS BIT FOR PATRIOTISM WHEN IT GALLANTLY GAVE UP A FIELD GOAL AFTER PERU'S SAILORS PROTESTED.

AND THE CROWD DIDN'T EVEN SQUAWK. A. E. F. lands in Africa while Nazis watch channel for second front.

As Hitler would say "Same old words, but the Tunis different." SHOPPY AT 4 Georgia spent $51,205.30 for ath letic scholarships, only $8,740.40 more than Georgia Tech. The money was derived from ad missions, student fees and laundry. The latter would indicate they are keeping it clean. -i Chicago Bears lead the National League in 18 departments of team statistics, which is additional evi dence that figures never lie. Coast Guard Depth Bombers of Manhattan Beach, New York, topped off an unbeaten season with a 27-0 victory over Scranton.

This club, which did not have its inception unSil the first week of September and picked up a schedule as it went along, repelled Brooklyn College, 30-0; City College of New York. 31-0: good Villanova, 20-13; tied Fort Monmouth, 14-14; defeated Toledo, 26-0; and Springfield, College, 14-13. The bluejackets played entirely on their own time. They did not take one minute off from regular duties that began at 5:30 a ra and ended at 4:40 p. m.

They never had more than 45 minutes of practice in late afternoon and never a leave since they first re-proted. Week-ends that might have meant leave were week-ends to play and win. All travel was by day coach and carry-all trucks. There was no special relief from duties and no pampering by officers. Tney played the game because they liked it.

Jack Dempsey was the water boy. The Coast Guard Depth Bombers cf Manhattan Beach perhaps came closer to expressing the spirit of the 1942 football season than any other outfit in the land. HUTSON OFFICIALLY PRO SCORING CHAMP CHICAGO, Dec. 8. (JP) Don Hutson, the Green Bay Packers' pass-grabbing end, was officially acclaimed today as the National Football League's scoring champion for 1942, with the records that will probably stand longer than any others in the book.

Hutson caught 17 touchdown passes, place-kicked 33 extra points both records and added a field goal for a total of 138 points, also a record. His record.output last season was 95 points. ARMY, NAVY TANGLE IN BERMUDA "LILY BOWL" NEW YORK, Dec. 8. 4P Football bowl games on New Year's Day are being carried to other parts of the world by Uncle Sam's service men.

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