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A. SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1937. rn UUVJ O) UNA i BENDIX NOVICE BOXING TOURNEY OPENS TONIGHT I Li tl. clii ah a rj ll 1 UNITED PRESS PLACES HONOR ON IRISH END Whizzer White Is Lone Unanimous 78 BEGINNERS HARBOR HOPES TO WIN TITLES. Player.

jCr -A Program Starts at 7 P. All Bouts at Armory. BY STCART CAMEROV. United Press Sporta Edilor. Copyright, 1937, by United Press.

NfcW YORK, Dec. 1. Cali fornia and Fordham, two of the strongest teams in ther. nation, dominated the annual all-America football team named today by A veritable army of novice boxers, harboring ambitions to make good within the squared circle, will launch a process of elimination, designed to ferret out eight champions in as many different weight classes, tonight at 8 o'clock in the Armory as the third annual Ben-dix novice tourney gets under way. Preliminary fighting will continue on Thursday night with the cham I I I It I I the United Press.

Two players from each of those schools were on the mythical eleven selected by United Press sport3 writers, aided by 12 of the nation's foremost coaches. Among1 the United Pres3 football Writers participating: in the concensus which was assembled by Stuart Cameron, sports editor, Henry McLemore, sports columnist, who made a coast-to-coastj trip observing games in every! section of the country; George Kirksey, Steve Snider and Tommy De vine, in the midwest EDWARD FRANCO. (Fdrdham) Tackle. FRANK KINARD Mississippi Tackle. CHARLES SWEENEY BYRON WHITE (Colorado) Quarterback.

(Notre Dame) End Tribune Photo. Henry Super, Ernie Barcella and Bernard Nilles who covered the big- eastern games; Joe Wasney and Ted Maloy, south; Richard Baldwin, southwest; Harold Nikkei, Rocky Mountain; Joseph Hearst and Robert Kelly, Big Six conference; James Sheehy, Jack Guenther, Ronald Wagoner, James Sullivan and Ben Titus, Pacific coast. i pions being crowned on Friday evening. A total of 78 beginners, ranging in weight from the flyweight to the heavyweight divisions, had filed their entries by midnight Tuesday, and were scheduled to adhere to physical examinations and weighing in requirements, starting at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The novices, who in order to be eligible to compete must have had seven fights or less, have, been recruited from all parts of northern Indiana and southern Michigan.

A total of 14 clubs and individuals have entered team representatives in hopes of annexing the team trophy, awarded to the club compiling the largest number of points. The honor of contributing the largest team entry falls on the shoulders of Speed Campbell, coach of the Elkhart Y. M. C. A.

squad. Campbell is pinning his hopes for the trophy on a strong contingent comprised of eight novices. Joe DeMeester, Vetera Mlsh-awaka coach, has entered a seven-man team under the colors of Ball-Band. The local C. Y.

winner of last The United Press announced its annual Ail-American football te am today. Charles Sweeney, Notre Dame's left end, was named on the first -teams. Sweeney, along with three others cast on the firs mythical eleven, is pictured here. The teams were selected through the help of United Press spoi'ts writers in all sections of the United States and 12 coaphes from all sectors. Elmer Layden, of Notre Dame, was among those coaches who aided in the poll.

Tribune Will Give Valuable Player Award Editor's Note: This is the first- of a series of seven articles dealing with opinions of football coaches in the eastern division of the Northern Indiana High Pitt to Shy of Roses Bid in Future By Associated 1 PITTSBURGH, Dec. Panthers of Pitt will not play in the Rose Bowl game for a long Frick Fails to Shed Tears Because Ruth Is Unemployed 'BAMA ACCEPTS ROSE BOWL BID School conference un outstanding candidates for The South Bend Tribunes Ali-Eastem Division team and Most Valuable Player award. WILDCATS OPEN WITHARLETON Will Be First Big Ten Team to Play New Rules. time. By Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1. What is coming to be known around here as Undefeated Eleven the Babe Ruth sobbing concerto PANTHERS BEST TEAM. By United Frets. NEW YORK, Dec I.

For the second consecutive year, the University of Pittsburgh football team today was awarded the August V. Lambert Memorial trophy, emblematic of eastern gridiron supremacy. A board of 31 judges, comprised of leading eastern, football writers and sports editors, i selected the Panthers. Fordham was a close second, with Dartmouth third. As the aftermath to thi week's lively controversy over whether PUt would, or could, go west, unquestioned sources on the campus BY IA GAI.I.I P.

Tribute Sports Writer. Northern Indiana The High year's team trophy, is casting its (with lots of tremolo, professor), leaves Ford Fri'ck, president of the Meets Bears in Grid Classic. School conference football season only S1X contestants, a say the athletic council will rule tifar cry from the impressive num- has been put to bed, certnly, tv- iber it depended on in 1936. The this winter" against future gridJ there still remains that business of forced to spend his days shooting golf and moose and following the sunshine in winter I can't help thinking there must be many folks in a worse fix." Would he, Frick, welcome the Babe as manager of a National league club? "Of course I would, if one of the owners wanted him and could afford to pay his salary. But the difficulty is that Ruth is accustomed to making big money, and he still thinks in big, round figures.

"I should think that if he wanted to manage a club bad enough he would be willing to start at a moderate salary and prove his managerial ability. He hasn't squads competing in any post-sea National Baseball league, slightly cold. Don't misunderstand Frick sincerely admires the Babe, both as a player and a man, and he appreciates all the Bambino did for baseball. But he simply can't shed salty tears at. the thought of the big fellow's not having a job man son games.

Athletic Director James Whitey) weeding out en all-eastern division team, a task that The South Bend Tribune, with the aid of eastern division coaches, undertakes annually. This year The Tribune adds an Hagan, who scored Pitt's only C. Y. O. squad is being coached by Georgie Nate, former well-known professional fighter.

Jake Sinner, who hails from Glendora, and is an ex-Bendix middleweight champion, and Jimmy Burke, of the Bendix stables, have also, filed entries for six-man teams. touchdown against Stanford in By Associated CHICAGO, Dec. 1. North western's Wildcats will give the first Big Ten demonstration of basketball under the revised rules Friday night against Carleton college. By the end of the week three By United Press.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 1. The University, of Alabama, which has had more football teams in the Rose Bowl than the University of California whose Pacific conference defends the classic every 1928 when the Panthers made their interesting flourish to its project with the presentation of a Most aging, a major league club. "I'm not even so sure about the Babe wanting a job." he mused. "Despite these heart-rend Valuable Player award to the eastern division player whom the ma other teams, Minnesotaj which first coast jaunt, declined to comment on the probable plans of the council.

But he said: "Of course, everybody has known for weeks Pitt officially didn't care vefy much about going to the Rose Bowl, but we left' the aiistion entirely in the hands of year, will represent the east once provea ne can manage a team, you know, even if he was the greatest jority Of member coaches feel was ing pieces I've been reading about i more on New Year's day at Pasa the most valuable to his team. I player in the world." what a pitiable figure be is dena. HOCKEY SCORES. By Associated Press. NATIONAL LEAGUE.

Montreal Maroons, Chicago, 0. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. St. Louis. Tulsa, 4.

Minneapolis, 3, St. Paul, 0. Alabama's acceptance was an trill boys. Starting this year, the award will be made annually following the close of the season, the selection to rest with the coaches. Having coached the 1937 eastern shared the 1937 title with Illinois.

Chicago and Wisconsin, will have made their opening starts with the centers jump eliminated except at the start Of periods. The Gophers will start off Saturday with South Dakota, while Wisconsin meets Marquette, and Chicago tackles DePaul the same night. Indiana will open its season HARVARD PUTS CHICAGO GAME VI was tickled pink that the nounced last night by Kenneth Priestly, California graduate man PITT, FORDHAM TOP HONORS ON EASTERN ELEVEN vote was 16 to 15 against instead ager. California, as Pacific cham Among "the coaches Who aided were Lou Little, Columbia; Wallace Wade, Duke; Earl Blaik, Dartmouth; Bernie Moore. Louisiana State, and Elmer, Layden Notre Dame.

The others requested that their names be withheld. Byron White, known as the "Whizzer" from coast to coast, was the only unanimous choice of the writers and for that was made captain of the mythical eleven. Experts in every section cast votes for the great Colorado back who was, the nation's leading scorer. McLemore, the only eastern writer in 1he country saw White play, said "White is the football player I saw all season." Nikkei, i. who, while a player at Yale opposed- and teamed with such backs as Buckler, Stancook, of 116 to 15 for.

We would not ON 1938 CHART have gone, provided we were in vited, without unanimous agree By United division champion, Forest M. Wood, of Riley, was the first of seven pilots the writer approached in search of expert opinion relative to the comparative merits of Xssociated Press. NEW YORK. Dec. 1.

Eight mefat of the players. The way the Tniinnnnm iminii luiviunnuw Lunun CAMBRIDGE, Dec. 1 The 1939 Harvard football sche vote was reported keeps pur pon- good reasons why Pittsburgh and in accord with the majority's wish." dule was announced today by Athletic Director William J.t Bing Pitt's swing away fi'om post pion, won the western Rose Bowl rights automatically and got to invite its opponent. Alabama is the outstanding unbeaten, untied team of the season. California won nine games and tied one, that with Washington.

Pittsburgh, generally a stronger than either of the Rose Bowl teams, bowed ot of its own accord by declining any bid in advance. Fordham, which tied Pittsburgh and won all its other games this year, apparently was AT GOLDEN MANN'S Our menu I always ailed with good, appetizing food. Try some with soar favorit beer on tap or In bottles. ham. the eastern division's outstanding players.

First Selection. It being the first year for The Tribune to present a Most Valuable Player award, the choice for reception of this honor was the season competition after jfour trips to the Rose Bowl and one charity Monday against DePauw, with Minnesota getting Grinnel and Wisconsin playing North Dakota. Illinois gets under way against Carroll college next Tuesday, with Ohio State opening against Marietta. Northwestern will make its second appearance of the season Tuesday against Marquette. Iowa makes its 1937-38 start against Bradley Tech, Dec.

9, and Michigan -and Purdue will open up two days later, the Wolverines Bates replaces Brown, which has played Harvard 40 times since Contest with its mighty little neighbor Duquesne, fits in with the 1893. Pennsylvania replaces Cor Fordham are rated the best football teams in the east this year are listed today in the eastern all-star football squad compiled by the Associated Press. They are Marshall (Biggie) Goldberg, Albin Lezousky and Tony Matisi, all first team choices, and Frank Souchak and Harold Stebbins on the second, representing Pitt; and Ed Franco, Alex Wojciechowicz and Al Babartsky "Hagan Plan for toning down nell and New Hapshire replaces Levan and Booth said: "I rate White above all of them. Dutch Clark. is the only back I ever saw who matches White in almost perfect balance of ability in every department, the Panther powerhouse.

Next year Pitt will play 10 games, but thereafter will schedule only nine. The Panthers will meet no more "set-ups." first thing I solicited of Coach Wood. After long consideration Wood announced: "I have narrowed my candidates down to three players, George Murphy, of Central; Lev-andowski, of Laporte, and Dick Virginia. The schedule Oct. 7, Bates; 14, Chicago at Chicago; 21, Pennsylvania; 28, Dartmouth; Nov.

4, Princeton at Princeton; 11, Army; 18, New Hampshire; 25, Yale. Thursday's Menu: STEWED CHICKEN WITH NOODLES BOILED HAM LIMA BEANS GOCLASH BOAST PORK AND KRACT ROAST SIRLOIN OF BEEF STEAKS A-ND CHOPS against Michigan State, and Purdue with Indiana State. Northwestern will entertain Pittsburgh, spurned in the selection. The selection of Alabama deprived the New Orleans Sugar Bowl game of the Southeastern conference champion. Th idea of Sugar Bowl promoters was to match the Southern champion Good, of Riley.

I don't want to be unfair or prejudiced about it, but or ordham. The first and second teams: First Team: End. Jerome H. Halland, Cornell; tackle. Edmund Franco, Fordham: guard, Alfiin Pittsburgh center.

Alexander Dec. 10. Along with the Michigan and Purdue openers Dec. 11, Chicago plays Marquette, Indiana goes to Ball State Teachers, Pitt invades All-America by UnitedPress after studying the three and SCHAEFER AND HOPPE SQUARE By Un ited Press. NEW YORK, Dec.

Willie weighing their abilities, I couldn't Golden D. Mann 126 W. Washington Ave. Wojciechowicz. Fordham: guard.

Grecory Zitrides, Dartmouth; tackle, Anthony Mat pick anybody but Good. "Dick Good is the answer to a Wisconsin, Illinois meets Augus-tana college, Minnesota entertains Carleton and Nebraska plays at With an outstanding team from some other section for a New Year's classic in competition with Pasadena. i Louisiana State, runner-up to Alabama in the southeast, was selected yesterday for the Sugar isi, Pittsburgh; end, John Wysocki, Villanova; quarterback. Clinton E. Frank.

FIRST TEAM. SchooL Age. Continued on Page Five, Column his. Class Wt. Ht.

Player. Yale; halfback, Marshall Goldberg, Pittsburg; hallback. Sidney Luckman. Colum Hoppe, of New York, and Jake Schaefer, of I Chicago, were all Ohio State. bia; fullback, William Osmanski, Holy Junior Senior Senior square today in their 71.2 balk- Bowl and its opponent will be John Wysockl Villannva Frank Kinard Mississippi Joseph Routt Tex.

A. M. AlexandefWojciechowicr Fordham i unbeaten and untied Santa Clara jbne billiard mfatch for the Ameri 6' o'll' S'10" can championship Senior Senior Hoppe won both of yesterday's SEEKS QUINTS FOR CITY LEAGUE Local independent basketball teams have until 6 o'clock jThurs-day evening to file entries for the uross. Second Team. End, Frank Souchak.

Pittsburgh: tackle, John Meilus. Villanova: guard, Robert McNamara. Penn center. Franklin Hart-line, Army; guard. Sid Roth.

Cornell; tackle, El Babartsky, Fordham: end, Merrill Davit. Dartmouth; quarterback, Richard Riffle. Albright: halfback. Robert Mc-Leod, Dartmouth; halfback. Harold Stebbins, Pittsburgh; lullback, Vernon Struck, Harvard.

blocks to match Schaefer's double ros. LE LT LG KG RT RE QB LH RH FB of this same San Francisco "area that California university is located. The south and the west then, will dominate both the major Bowl games. 22 28 22 22 21 22 23 21 22 21 19 180 215 194 193 185 196 190 190 190 184 180 5 Senior triumph in the first pair. He com piled the loneest string: of the match in the afternoon session.

Yard Stockton Edward Franco Charles Sweeney Byron Whit Clinton Frank- Sam Chapman Marshall Goldberg California Fordham Notre Dame. Colorado California Pittsburgh clicking off 144 straight billiards CLASSES AS USUAL. Senior Senior Senior Senior Junior 6' 6' S'lO" 6 511 Vi to barely edge Schaefer, 250-294. Lis. in City league.

Entry along with entry fees, should be forwarded to T. A. (Mike) Kelly, league president, at the Mike Kelly Sports store. Last night he won 250-232, with a MICHIGAN STATE Alabama Gridders Fail to Show Untoward Joy for Game. By United Press.

TUSCALOOSA, Dec. 1. IN ORANGE BOWL By United Press. MIAMI, Dec. 1.

The Orange Bowl committee today WRESTLI LAST NIGHT Classes went on as usual at the high run of 77. They have eight blocks to go. FRANK VOTED GRID TROPHY By United Press. NEW YORK, Dec. 1.

The Heiseman trophy, emblematic of the nation's outstanding football! SECOND TEAM. Bershak, North Carolina Shirey, Nebraska Monsky, Alabama Ilinkle, Vanderbilt TwedelL 5Ilnneota THIRD TEAM. J. King, Minnesota i Belnor, Notre Dame Buckner, Tulane Herwig, California Slivinski, Washington studied southern football teams available as an opponent for Michigan State in the annual New Year's day clash here. Michigan By Associated Press.

1 NEW HAVEN, Conn. Gino Garibaldi, 220. St. Louis, deefated Reb Russell, 215 Texas, one fall LINCOLN. Neb.

Ray Steel. 200. Glen-dale. defeated Olak Olson, 2O0, Minneapolis, straight falls. INDIANAPOLIS.

Orville Brown, 233. Kansas City, won by default from Big Boy Davis, 235. Columbus, after each player of the year, goes to Clinton State, selected as northern representative, was loser this year only to Manhattan by a 3 to 0 score. MatisL Pittsburgh RT. Tipton, Alabama Souchak, Pittsburgh Daddio, Pittsburgh Luckman, Columbia Pupils, Notre Dame Wolfe, Texas LH.

Bottari, California Frank, halfback who captained University of Alabama today, but the big, drawling members of the school's football team pondered a transcontinental trip to Pasadena and the Rose Bowl to meet California on New Year's rather than their classes in history, mathematics and science. i Members of the team were more conservative than the rest of their schoolmates in their comment -on the forthcoming game. The strongest comment from Tut Warren, star end, was "It has always been my ambition to play in the Rose Bowl." the Yale team Frank will be notified officially at New Haven today by Willard Prince, chairman of sthe trophy Texas farmers are converting "wet weather lakes" Into fertile acres by terracing. bad taken one fail. i SAN FRANCISCO.

Cy Williams. 224, Tallahassee, defeated Gus Sonnen-berg, 205. two of three falls. Kilgrow, Alabama O'Brien, Texas Christian iaramatic Gonzaga Cecil Isbell, Purdue committee of the Downtown Athletic club. The award is made annually in memory of the late John W.

Heiseman, for 36 years a football coach. IIOOSIER BOXER KAYOED. By Associated Press. LACROSSE, Dec. 1.

Joey Richards, 145, of Kokomo, was knocked out last night by Quentin (Baby Face) Breese. 139. HONOR ROLL. Ends: Doerhmann, Nebraska; Jordan, Georgia Tech; Holland, Cornell; Dreher, Denver; Druze, Fordham; Boyd, Baylor; Benton, Arkansas; Smith, Oklahoma; Steen, Rice; California; Kovatcb. Northwestern Green, Harvard; Fitts, Bowdoih.

Tackles: Melius, Villanova; Brunansky, Duke; Barbartsky, Markov, Washington; Ryba, Alabama; Kevorkian, Harvard; IsbeO, Army; Hale, Texas Christian; Kaplinoff, Ohio State; Booth, Harvard; StoIL California John, Yale; Armanatl, St. Vincent's Krueger, Kansas State, Guards: SiveU. Auburn; Merlin, Vanderbilt; Little, Army; Smith, of Manhattan, in the third round of a bout here. TESTS PROVE "Zerone" can keep water from freezing solid even at 215 below fcero. The basic material of Zerone 7 LAST NIGHT'S FIGHTS' is so effective you need less "Zerone" to protect your radi' ator the coldest weather.

I BENDIX HOUICE BOXING Tournament Thur.i Fri. Mights ARMORY 8 O'clock GEfl. ADMISSION 25c By Associated Press. I SEATTLE, Wash. Billy Buxton.

125 Louisiana State; Reutz, Notre Dame; Kawchak, Carnegie Tech; Evans. California; Lezouski, Pittsburgh; Nee, Harvard; Strides, Dartmouth; McLemore, Centers: Miller, Indiana; Brock, Nebraska; Moore, Colorado; Dougherty, Santa Clara; Hartline, Army; Hensley, Pittsburgh; Wolf, Ohio State; Parks, Oklahoma. Backs: Paulman Stanford; Mayberry, Florida; Pavelko, Santa Clara; Patrick, Pittsburgh; Sleek, California; Gray, Oregon State; Victoria. B. C.

knocked out Speedy Dado, lis, los Anpeies, 12J. CORAL GABLES. Fla. Feddi Cochrane, 13614. Newark, N.

outpointed 'Zerone" keeps a clean cooling system clean; helps improve engine performance. Let your dealer give you complete radiator protection today with "Zerone." mmmmmu ft Tommy, Speigal, 134, Unlontown, UOJ. i NORFOLK. Va. Steve Dudas.

Jersey I City, N. outpointed Marty Gallagher. Washington, heavyweight. 12. NEW YORK.

Johnny BeUus, 133, New Haven, outpointed Irish Eddie Brtnk. 141. 18. WasKOWllX, vvasningion; oirucu, narvara; jraixerson, Kay lor; uaer, Oklahoma; Thompson, Oklahoma; Hackney, Duke; Pingel, Michigan State; Hessberg, Yale; Hutchinson, Dartmouth; Schwenk, "Army; Dartmouth; Osmanski, Holy Cross; Heap, Northwestern; Stebbins, Pittsburgh; Sims, Georgia Tech; Gmitro, Minnesota; Famig-liettL Boston Davis, Indiana; Kinnick, Iowa; Farkas, Detroit. NEW YORK Young Chappie.

1324L. Albany, technically knocked out Bernie .1" Friedkin. New York. 18..

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