Detroit Evening Times from Detroit, Michigan • 16

16-C TNI DETROIT TIMES 1 Watching an Artist As He Sells Tickets HE NEVER TELLS A FIBBEROO There is nothing like seeir.p an artist at work. We walked very innocently, as is our wont, to the entrance of the office yesterday only to find more confusion than exists at a bobby sox heave-ho. Feople were milling about, standing in line, pushing and shoving one another for position. said burly Joe Barh. the line coach, grabbing us by thr arm.

ome xxith me and see an artist at Who am or you cither, to pull bark when Joe Bach tskcs you by the arm He moved me through tide doors, shoved me into a bach exit and soon we are standing where we can watch the incoming ticket clients. The artist at wojrk proved to be none other than Lew Cromwell. for years one of Detroit's top ticket dispensers. The manner in which he handled that job and the people who wanted to buy tickets eventually got him a deserved promoLoa to the Jpb as general manager of the Lions. The aight of those howling, ticket-hungry people had ranted Cromwell to slash his shins his swivel chair in the rush to get back in harness.

ft Like the old fire horse hitched to a milk wagon, he heard tfitf alarm and was on his way. He had shoved two ticket sellers aside and was handling the show in his own inimitable way. Maybe He'll Meet the Coach What I saw and heard went something like this: 50-yard or even 40-yard line upper deck seats 1 a husky, well-dressed man asked. replied Lew, you look like a former athlete. you ever tried It behind the goal line.

Our own roach. Gus Dorais, will sit nowhere rise hut behind the goal line during wanted somewhat imagine 1 rnvivg guard I heard what you he told LEW CROMWELL Cromwell. me behind goal posts, too. always wanted to see how those mouse trap plays operate in football. Give me Wants to See the Touchdowns The next was a somewhat emphatic lady, apparently determined in the ways of shopping.

young man," she said to Cromwell. try and tell me what I want. I heard you say there are no 50-yard line seats, but 1 won't take any behind the goal line and no mouse trap business." madam." said Mr. Cromwell in terms more sugary than a bucket of dried molasses, think 1 have here just what you want. Statistics show the Rams played more on the opposing end of the field this season than any other.

sure the Rams will choose to kickoff if the wind is with them. would you like your tickets on. say, the goal line? You are sure to see ail the scoring at your end of the me she said, four for my sister Nellie." Actually she blew Cromwell a kiss as she left. Always Makes People Happy you ever see anything like asked Bach, hla head wagging. never tells them any fihheroo about where their seats he said, he makes everybody happy.

Why, people met lately start arguing with me that the only place to see a game is from the bleachers. Cromwell told them the long-range view was one that brought a greater appreciation of the game when after several years they finally up. a genius, that hoy never makes anybody mad never a kickback. Monsieur Bach is right Cromwell is an artist a combination of Paderewski. Rembrandt.

Sonja Henie, Red Grange. General MacArthur. Hal Newhouaer, Bob Hope all rolled into one. Sailor Wins In Contest Only to Michigan kept Seaman Second Class rank Hut ley from a perfect paper in wri'k Detroit Times football contour selections were good enough however, to win f.r«>’ SIOO war bond. Seaman Hur.ey stationed at the tram nc school at horn He i a close student of and sr as many as he ran He so impressed With the ft 1 showing of Miehifrttr, nst that he tiv Wdiy cr'no to by r.

couple of tour hid Trie runnel s-up each of whom receive two to Saturday Morton ell. Loti is Oualdt, 14 Lincoln Sophia i f.eorg.a; Helen Sff Entries 1 be in the rna.l ight to he lot the sl'X) first Nov. 1945 Lions' Leu Cronin ell Makes Fans Happy Show Two Movies Did Thil Colella score in the last few seeonas of the Notre Dame-Navy game? Members of The Detroit Times Downtown Quarterback Club will get the tomorrow noon when the complete motion pictures of that garre ard the Army contest will be shown at the Fort Shelby The meeting will be open to all football Nr lunch will be 1 ano there is no charge for the prog-am Tht pictures will start prompth 12.15. List Mat Tuple Arrad a hash its first tripleheader attraction next Monday maht featuring a team bout and the mitral appearance of one of the irr.nt game's mystery men In the team match the duo of Tasker and Miguel Torres will oppose Walter T.oxs and Bert Ruby The Marked Mhtman meets Vic Costello from Pantos, Brazil. Al vs Buck Masters is the thud hour bout Top Sergeant 1 Coach Out of Business Gehringer To Retire Will Quit After 20 Years in Game Charley Gehringer.

one of the greatest of all Tiger has retired from the game after a service of 20 years Gehringer announced his retirement today upon his return from Jacksonville. Fla here he was discharged from the navy on Nov 7 with the rank of lieutenant commander. He was in the navy almost three years, serving as an athletic officer. JOINS HIS PARTNER Gehringer said he intends to return to his desk in the offices of Gehringer Forsyth, a manufacturers' agency which he has operated in conjunction with a friend. Ray Forsyth since 1938.

Charley said he had made his decision to retire without consulting any one connected with the Tigers. He explained that he intended to retire at the end of the 1941 season, but remained at the inquest of owner Walter O. Briggs to see if he would like a position as coach He did not like it. Neither did he care to continue the gypsy life of a ball player, so he is calling it a career. AME HERE IN 1924 Gehringer first mined the Tigers in 1924.

bejng brought in from Fowlerville by the late Bobby Wach. then a Tiger outfielder. After a season at Toronto he returned to Detroit to stay for the remainder of his career. One of the outstanding second basemen the game has known Gehringer ends his career with an enviable record He has a batting average of .321 for 19 years of maior league competition and for three World Series. He has batting average of .500 and a perfect fielding average for six all-star games.

He led the American League in hitting with a mark of I 371 in 1932, and was voted the league's most valuable player the I same season. Unmarried and 42, he livps with his widowed mother. Mrs. Theresa Gehringer, at 14505 Woodmont. Sports BREVITIES BRIEFER BRIEFS guarantees $25,000 for 1946 PGA tournament Sid Linkman of Bears is tied with Sammy Baugh of Redskins for passing lead Bernle Blerman on Gopher said yesterday.

"They're here, they?" Larry MacPhail indicted at Bel Air, for striking a telephone operator out on bond Shortstop Billy Cox, out of army, signs with Pirates Army has 319 points j. if they extend streak to 17 it i will be longest in 56 years at West Point F.ddle Bray will play for I Him -against Ohio State I. his knee is better Bob skoglung. Berezney, Phil Colella. Elmer ma and Frank Ruggerio are among Notre Dame regulars who are nursing injuries I.yn Waldorf says Northwestern has even chance against Irish Saturday "Army and Navy softened them up," he says Lt.

Ralph Metcalfe, exsprinter, is being sued for divorce, wife charges cruelty. VISITOR Eagan, New York boxing commissioner, will lecture here on "Fighting for Fun" and show a movie at Torch Club tonight. Sigma Chi alumni tomorrow night. Adcraft Club Friday noon and Prismatic Club Saturday night. CoI.

Emery E. (Swede) Larson, famous Navy football roach, was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Washington, with full military honors yesterday. He died last Wednesday. Versatile Grid Star Bids for Valuable Award Bv EDGAR HAVES ANN ARBOR. Nov.

VVeisenburger will be making bid for the Big Tens most valuable player award when Michigan stakps its title hopes against Purdue Saturday before bn.ooo fans. Jack, who may make Michigan history by bring the only athlete ever to win more than nine letters, mav fir shifted hark to left half- back. completing a tour around three-quarters of the Wolverine barkfield. When he re- pnr'' as a freshman, I id (V Jack at Ho is a good I tsser and as good a kicker M.rbVsan has He saw action in almost every game last year and picked up e.xf»erience that was to make him the regular half this frill. LEARNS TO SPIN During the first couple of he played at left half and then was promoted to regular fullbaek.

In addition, he had learned to spin and Coach Ci isler needed a good spinner to make his offense click. Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo IT AS PAL ID PAL-TWS IS A vi For weeks the restaurant- its gotta be BOSS BEGGED CLEAN-WONT vOU PLEASE I VY) it mfrrf iR? V' nlS' TAVERN HANDY BURN WLOlc the BACKROOM ioo I ikjctm iiccn at PILED IT ALL 1 It WAS FINALLY Son top OF THAT BIG wgjgftffc BURNED THIS AM. pf LAST and about Road Jam By Hunters By DON GILLIES ALPENA. Nov. biggest deer season in Michigan's history will get under way tomorrow morning with an estimated 250.000 hunters in the woods before the season ends Nov.

30. The kill should exceed that of any previous season. The deer are here, according to conserva-; tion department authorities. The I last two inters have been mild and deer have prospered. Highways leading north were jammed with a steady procession of the red clad warriors heading into camps.

1 FERRIES JAMMED Ferries running from Frank-! scat to Mani'tique and Menominee in the upper peninsula also were jammed, according to reports. The Drummond Island ferry has been doing a brisk business all week. Game wardens have reported seeing more deer than were counted a year ago in 25 of the 34 lower peninsula countjes in which deer may be hunted with guns: more deer in seven of the 15 upper peninsula counties. The weatherman promised fair weather. Snow is what hunters pray for but it is unlikely any will fall in this section for the opening.

Boxer Winner uh Dies SALEM. Nov. 14 Even as his latest protege was winning a bout. Walter Nelson. 55.

of Malden, veteran New England fight manager, collapsed and died at the ringside of the North Street Arena. When Nelson was stricken In the comer, his boy Willard Buckless, unaware of the tragedy, was winning over Jim Pettie. Old Timers Meet Detroit's Old Time Baseball Players Association will hold its annual get together at the Harmonie Club Saturday night. President William Byron announces. At that time the election of officers will be held.

After a few' successful games at fullback. Wrisenburgrr was shifted to the signal calling job against Navy when Howard Verges followed Jnr Fonsrtto to the iniured list. Despite his lack of experience, his work met the satisfaction of both coaches and other players. TEN JOB Walt Teninga. the regular starting left half, is suffering from a bad shoulder received in the Navy game so Wnscnburgrr is Mated to return to his original post Saturday with Danny Dworsky assuming the fullbaek chores.

The quarterback question still is bothenng Cnsler and his aides. ankle is better, but whether hell he 100 cent effective is doubtful. Clarence Munn is working overtime on his Boh Callahan. Tony a Toledo freshman, and Rob Swanson of Lansing arp battling for Harold berth. i Fighting Nomad Bv CHARLES P.

WARD I As he dressed for a workout at Williams gym yesterday. Izzy Jannazzo, New' York welterweight, reviewed a boxing career of 15 years and told how he. a home guy at heart, happened to become a nomad of the boxing world. "1 hnm in Alabama and moved to he said without a trace of a Brooklyn ac- i IZZT MNXAZZO wantrd to stay there. However, fate or whatever you might call it, would not let me.

had fought Barney Ross a close fight In the Garden when he was the welterweight champion. A promoter In Australia wanted Barney to fight Jack Carroll In Sydney. Barney would not go, to he took me. That Is how I got to Australia." Before that. Jannazzo explained, a promoter in Mexico City was looking for a man to box Kid Azteca.

He made Barney the proper offer. trip to Germany to fight Gustave Eder was the result of wanderlust on the part ol Gustav e. "He came to New York to fight me and when I heat him he hurried bark home and got a promoter to make me an offer to fight him in Hamburg. I heat him again, the fold mo privately, but they refused to give me the decision because my margin oxer Eder was less than 50 Jannazzo said the ring game is just the game in all parts of the world. understands a good poke on the he said.

Jannazzo is tn meet Franke Abrams of Detroit in one-half of a double windup at Bill Eddy of Flint meets Gene Spencer of Chicago in the other half. Bowl Bid Likely For Holy Cross WORCESTER, Nov. 14 (UP) Holy appeared assured of a New Year Day bowl bid for its football team today after its president announced Holy Cross would accept if invjed either 1o the Orange Bowl or Sugar Bowl. Terry Brown Is Hark in Town To A jin in Terry Broun will be going alter the state speed skating championship again in The Detroit Times Gold and Silver Skates Derby come January. Hf hack in town again the first time since that day in Aliena in January.

1542. when he swept all the senior events for men. The next day he left for the army. He never able to make it home on leave or pass until today. Now he's out and that long campaign through the South Pacific which started at Guadalcanal and ended in Japan is over.

478 Is High Meadow brook took four points from Lochmoor In the Women District Bowling Association matches yesterday at State Pair Recreation Mrs Marjorie Stevens. Detroit Country Cluh 17k. and Mrs C. Strieker. Meadow- I brook.

477, led the scoring. Prep Hall of Fame By JAKE PERSON Mike Kayserrian, Southeastern High's crashing full bark, hii I Ie his xx a through East Side lines this season for substantial gains. With him as chief offensive threat, the Jungateers lost only one game. Don Mero, Redford High end, played a sparkling game for the Huskies all season. Small hut fast and alert, and sharp In sizing up plays.

Caught many passes for good-sized gains. A junior. Sports Mervyn (Red) Dutton, president of the National Hockey League and owner of the defunct Brooklyn Americana man without a team or an arena but with a franchise indicated he has not given up hope of putting a big league team in Cooper veil PSNtfjEfc- 4 Billy Scmtliworth ft he Cardinals open RKI) Dl TTON rant in New York City It will be opened in April, located on 125th street and Mike Jacobs will be a partner makes it appear there much question the championship rematch with Billy Conn will be staged in New York in June as most people suspect. Three Top Defensives Speaking of defense Michigan, Lions and Red Wings have the best record in their respective leagues Jack Adams' Red Wings have yielded only nine goals in six games in the hockey loop against 20 dished out by Les Cana Fred Knack, one of outstanding all-a round athletes, completed his third season at end for Northwestern High. Strong defensively, good ratcher.

Holds city high Jump title in outdoor track. Warren Guthrie, Mackenzie's hefty tackle, one of reasons for improved play In latter part of season. Held up his side of line with good defensive work. Sub on last city championship team. LEO MACDOXELL- Art Kirs chn er.

Northeastern High's big hack, proved most xaluahle plaver on his team. Exceptionally strong on defense, won reputation as star line hacker-upper. Also one of chief ground gainers. Gene Tyrna will he one of chief scoring threats when It meets Catholic Central Friday night for parochial champlonshi p. Triple thre a scored eight points, passed to touchdown against De La Salle.

Dutton Hopes to Have Team in Brooklyn Again diens in seven contests Toronto has given up 30. Frankie McCool, the Maple Leafs holdout goalie, demanded $5,000 a season He was offered $4,500 McCool won the Calder trophy for being of the year" laat season and with extra bonuses is reported to have gathered something like $7,000 besides the cup. The late Col. Emery Ellsworth (Swede) Larson was an All-Ameriran lacrosse player as well as a football star before coaching Navy lie was a native of Montirello, Minn. Jim Renick, who used to write sports In Detroit and later waa publicity director at Ohio State and in radio, has left radio to be field representative of the Scholastic Sports Institute of New York City.

Had Responsibility Muddy Ruel, new assistant to Commissioner Chandler, when with the White Sox, was the only coach wh made each pitching selection Ted Lyons will take over RueL's job on Jimmy Dykes staff. A new pro basketball league is in the making with teams in Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia. New York, Cleveland and Pittsburgh Ray McLean of the Bears coaches a high school football game in Boston and commutes to the Chicago games week-ends. Herb Mitchell, who used to manage the Windsor hockey' team, is the new coach of the Baltimore Clippers in the Eastern Amateur Hockey League. Vets Be Pushed; War Tinge Hits 'Rah-Rah' Stuff NEW YORK.

Nov. 14 (UP) College football was sweating out its own reconversion today and indications were that for the time being at least the day of the tough, hard-bitten, top-sergeant type of coach was over. Coming hack to the gridiron are kids who flew fighter planes, were tail gunners In flying fortresses. served the big guns of the fleet and fought on bloody beaches with the marines. And they aren having any of this for dear old Rutgers" business.

These kids can take their lumps okay, but they want to play football for they've had enough of sharp, stern, autocratic commands. NO ROUGH STUFF Coaches at Minnesota, Ohio State. Arkansas and Pittsburgh, to name a few. have had difficulty lately with dissension and player uprisings and student revolts. It would he unfair to say the coach was wrong in every case.

Rut hack of most of the trouble can find the returning vet. a lad who believes rightly that his Purple Heart and his battle stars entitle him to courtesy. These hoys out of high school and making their first trip aw ay from the old home town. been around plenty and. after hearing the whine of a sniper bullet or the thud of i mortar shell, they figure a coat I is simply another man who should get ns good as he sends It probably is best explained hy Lou Little, the gentlemanly Columbia coach, who left Penn fop service in World War I and returned to the campus at Philadelphia after his hitch.

NO LONGER KIDS were a rough bunrh when we came said Lou. more we knew It, and we weren't going to let anyj body above us around. Sure, we were students In the meantime we had become men, Bemie Ricrman. out at Minnesota, is a fine gentleman. Rut Brrnie also is home from the marines and he has been accused hy several and a number of critics of being cold and So Rernie.

in realistic has an incipient revolt on his hands. SAY Meanwhile. Carroll at Ohio State had his difficulty with Paul Sarringhaus, hack after three years in the army. threatened to quit the squad because he felt he was being slighted. Pittsburgh had its troubles, with a student revolt demanding a "new deal in football and a new coach." Yet Clark Shaughr.essy is regarded as one of the best In the Ruff Donelli, former Duqueme and Cleveland Ram roach now aiding Little, wouldn't criticize any other coach for the way he his learn.

But Donelli always been one of the mo sun ess-ful of them all simply making friends and partners OW inf his footballers. He gets along with his kids and they've always given all they had for him. It will work that w-ay In moat But here's no doubt it the way coaches will have to work with the Johnnies who came marching home. Orders were row they want to asked, and nicely, please.