Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 24

24 SCARLETS CROWN POINT MEET ON MERIDIAN GRIDIRON TONIGHT Leon Red Devils Will Try to Hang Up Second Straight Triumph Game Starts at 7:30 With Preliminary at 6:45 Invaders Dangerous PROBABLE LINEUPS WESTSIDE POSITION CROWNPOINT Cole King Hill Left Tackle Carroll Shively Left Guard Ziese King Center Buche Puckett Right Guardi Veach VerHoeven Right Taqkle Kuhn Lewis Right End Harvey Knesek McAfee Quarterback Gervais Riley Left Half Haniford Elward LRight Half Herman Knesek Season Henderlong Referee: Cliff Wells (Logansport) Umpire: George Kenzler (Lafayette) Head linesman: Slim Bailsman (Rensselaer) Game time: 7:30 Preliminary 6:45 Tonight at 7 :30 on Meridian field Leon promising West Side gridders will test their strength against a proven eleven from Crown Point in a tilt which should definitely the true calibre of the Scarlet outfit GREENBERG HITS 54TH HOME RUN Victors last week over a strong South Bend team the Red Devils will be out to better their open ing performance against another northern squad which is reputed to be as tough if not tougher than the West opening TIGERS GOP TWO Hank Still Ahead of Record Pace Philadelphia Loses by 8 6 and 3 0 Scores DETROIT Sept (API Home runs bj Hank Greenberg and Charley Gehringer enabled the Detroit Tigers to sweep a double header with the Philadelphia Ath letics today to 6 and 3 to 0The nightcap was called at the end of five innings because of darkness Greenberg belted his 54th homer of the year in the first inning of the opener to stay in front of the pace set by Babe Ruth in 1927 when he established the major league record of 60 The games today were the 142nd and 143rd for Detroit! Ruth hit his 54th homer in 1927 in the New York Yankees 145th game Greenberg batted home six of the eight De troit runs in the opener irst Philadelphia 300 030 8 3 Detroit 500 301 OOx 8 0 0 Gumpert Buxton Nelson and IVas er Cottman Lawson and York Second PHILADELPHIA AB A Moses rt 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sperry 2b 3 0 0 1 2 0 Chapman It 3 0 2 2 0 0 Ktten lb S38 0 1 6 10 Johnson ct 2 0w 2 1 0 Lodlglanl 3b 2 0 I 1 0 Bertling ss 2 OO 1 1 Wagner1 2 0 0 2 A 0 0 Rbss 2 0 0 0 3 '0 Totals 17 0 3 15 9 1 DETROIT AB A Morgan ct 3 1 1 3 0 0 Walker it 2 0 0 0 0 0 Gehringer 2b 3 113 3 0 Greenberg lb 3 0 0 9 0 0 York 8 0 2 1 0 0 ox rt 3 0 1 0 0 Rogell ss 1 0 0 0 5 0 Christman 3b 2 110 3 0 Poffenberger 1 0 10 0 0 Totals 20 3 7 15 10 0 Philadelphia 000 Detroit 210 (Called end of fifth darkness) Runs batted In Gehringer 2 'Mor gan Home run Gehringer Stolen base Sacrifice Morgan Double play Rogell Gehringer to Greenberg Left on bases Philadelphia 3 Detroit 6 Bases on balls Ross 3 Poffenberger 1 NATIONAL LEAGUK Pet Pittsburgh 81 67 587 Chicago 78 6t 561 Cincinnati 76 62 551 New York 75 65 540 Boston 70 497 St Louis 68 72 486 Brooklyn 63 75 467 Philadelphia 44 93 321 AMERICAN LEAGUE I Pct New York 94 49 657 Boston 82 59 582 Cleveland 81 61 570 Detroit 76 67 531 Washington :71 72 497 Chicago 60 75 444 St Louts 50 89 360 Philadelphia 51 93 354 LEAGUn Relts Rt Louis 4 Boston 0 (second game postponed rain) Cincinnati at New York postponed fain Chicago at Philadelphia called rain Pittsburgh at Brooklyn postponed fain AMERICAN LEAGUE JBoston St St Loulsxt Chicago 5: New York 2Detroit 8 3 Philadelphia 5 0 (sec ond game five innings darkness)Washington at Cleveland cancelled rain American Association Playoff Bt Paul 9 Milwaukee 0 Gamesjoday NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago at Philadelphia Pittsburgh at Brooklyni" Cincinnati at New Jfork Bt Louis at Boston AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at Chicago Boston at St Louis at Detroit Bears in Charity Tilt riday With Negro All Stars CHICAGO Sept (INS) Coach George Halaa today put the Chicago Bears pro football stars through their daily workout for a night charity game riday with a selected team of negro all stars Efforts to coordinate the Bears potent manpower were made with a view to steadying down the team which has led a checkered career in several early games and Courier Want Ads Bring Best night opponents PRELIMINARY TILT In a preliminary tilt Ken Pax Meridian A outfit will play the Oakland Hillers in a tilt starting at The first half of the game will be played as a curtain raiser while the last half Will be contested during the intermission of the high school attraction Earl erris Crown Point men tor will lead a big outfit here which just last week defeated Lowell 6 0 in an upstate upset erris is counting strongly on two veteran halfbacks Herman Kne sek who made the touchdown against Lowell and Haniford his left half Both are seniors and have had two years of experience In the Crown Point ball toting department Rounding but the in backfield are two first year men Gervais a junior quar terback and Henderlong a soph omore fullback The Crown Point standout in the forward wall is King an ex perienced left end who stands 6 feet 2 inches and weights 170 pounds Outside of King Buche center and Harvey Knesek right end are the only other linemen to have seen service before this season DOUGLAS BACK Good news escaped from the West Side camp other night! when it was leagued thatjDic Douglas veteran quarterback would again join the squad Doug las dislocated his shoulder twice last year once in football and again in basketball but this fall was expected to be in satisfac tory shape Things worked out fine for throughout the first few days of practice but suddenly his lame limb went on the blink again in spite of the specially designed chain It was thought that Douglas was through for the football season but he crossed up the dope and reported for practice last Tuesday return will materially strengthen the Red back field for he is expected to share the signal calling berth with Bob McAfee McAfee a junior play ing his first year has been doing a swell job at quarterback but his small size works as a 'natural handicap It would be quite stren uous for either McAfee or Doug las both being small to go an entire game against high class opposition with the field general ship duties in addition to the blocking assign ment However with both boys now In finejshape it Is expected that Dailey will alternate them inthe backfield Douglas will probably see some action tonight although McAfee is slated for the starting assign ment LEWIS AT END The only change in the West Side lineup puts Charlie Lewis in a right end in place of Dick Ham Ham has been suffering a knee injury lately while Lewis has been showing much1 promise in prac tice drills STANDING TALL AIDS POSTURE Learning to carry self cor rectly is not nearly the complicat ed process many seem' to think Although it is perfectly true that in good posture the chest should be carried forward the abdomen held in the Meet parallel chin toes and chest in a straight line it is not necessary to make a con scious effort to remember all these details if one will only learn to hold the head high Stand in front of a full length mirror and assume the pose most natural to you Make no effort to hold yourself straighter than usual Now raise your head up as though you wanted to touch the ceiling with the top of your head tilt it backwards so that your forehead points toward the ceiling but lift it up straight Note how that simple action brings the ab domen in and the chest out with no further effort Once you see what holding the high can do for faulty pos ture practice it constantly not only in standing but in walking and sitting Watch yourself care fully and when you begin to slump back again get that head up and keep it up NiiuuiiiiiuuuiiiiiininnniniiiiiniNi IWX tUlllllHIIllIUillUillllllllllllllllllllllUI Tony Ippolito and rank Winch ell are rated by Mai Elward and Mel Taube as the best among the Purdue backs or call them or whatever strikes your fancy At any rate faking is an im portant part of the Purdue at tack that extra second of uncertainty which a good fake causes a defensive team often means the difference between fail ure and (success of a 5 running play Tony and rank are learning this art so well that thejj are often crashed to earth by a tack ler who eventually realizes much to his chagrin that he has grabbed a man sans football Many backs forget this important part of a deceptive offense and the defense never has any trouble picking out the' ball carrier Other Boil ermaker backs are' working on fakes these days but Ipp and Winch head the list so far If you happen to see Lou Brock Jack jlrown Jim Nesbitt Mike Byelene or any of the other Boilermaker ball carriers 1 break loose for a long run against De troit Saturday look around for Ted Hennis husky quarter back from Chicago On second thoughit be a bad i(iea to keep your eyes on Hennis at all times You have heard about blocking? Well this guy really puts those blocks on opponents in a teeth rattling Some say he will develop into the best blocker in the country before the 1938 season is over Go get'em If passing attack is unusually weak this season lack of work will not be one of the reasons Passers and receivers have been working every eve ning with varied success All who have watched the Boilermakers practice this year put the finger on the 'aerial attack as the out standing weakness But you have heard vabout practice making per fect? Harry Krause who spent the: summer with the New York Gi ants is back to finish up his schooling at Purdue not sure just what Bill Terry will do with him next year Harry says the Giants are the finest fellows he ever met but he thinks the Cubs will win the pennant A Detroiter informs that the betting is even up in the Motor City on the Purdue Detroit coh test at Ross Ade stadium Sat urday Nice little opener eh? Next year it will be Notre Dame Get the lit! miss the Jeff rankfort tussle tomorrow night first home game for the Bronchos first' contest on that grand new athletic fleld' rankfort it will be first conference defeat for Jeff in five years Maybe Also take a peek at the Jeff football record which appears on this page today Then scout around and see if you can find one to match it A couple of old friends meet on West field tonight Leon Dailey and Earl erris both gained a lot of valuable ex perience under Elmer Burnham with the Purdue frosh friendship will be entirely for gotten when those Red Devils tangle with the Crown Pointers ive Years Ago Today: Jeffer son High school defeated rank fort 6 0 on a 30 yard runby Emmett Crowe West Side and Crawfordsville played to a scoreless tie on a water soaked field The Giants were count ing on their fine pitching staff of tlubbell Schumacher itz simmons and Parmelee to win over Washington in the World Series Ten Years Ago Today: Jefferson triumphed over West Side 13 7 on a pair of touchdowns by Ed die Rose Shorty Reed scored for the losers Harry rederick son upset Keith Young the fa vorite in the quarter finals of the West Lafayette Country club golf tourney Dye and Sons Lumber Co 408 10 Third St Phone 2350 WOODSTOCK TYPEWR ITERS LAAYETTE JOURNAL AND COURIER Sports Events In The fielcjj itself is per 3 33 3 3 0 Championship Speed Boat fi 13 Logansport 12 play their home AL HAT: ail to See These Li DEWEINTERI "The Hatter 95 0 0 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 5 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 9 0 0 1 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 1 13 rankfort 0 12 Logansport (L 6 Tech 6 13 New Castle x0 20 Kokomo 0 2 12 0 0 1 0 0 27 Cf lb ss 2 the Phils Mack had to Sunday with the the way 3 2 13 2 3 announced moved ri for a dou Senators clear for 6 Kokomo 0 18 rankfort 6 12 New Castle 0 51 Logansport 0 whiclp rd Chicago Cubs and 1 Phillies were unable to play at Philadelphia 6 rankfort 0 20 ogansport 0 26 Technical 0 7 New Castle 0 20 Kokomo 0 Blue Ridge Mountain HOMESPUN TIES 9fli 1 2 Novelty Woven Wools $4 00 Will Not Wrinkle I or Twist All Colors 0 5 7 5 0 1 3 0 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 going lengthwise 0 4 1 3 0 1 1 0 5 P5 You'll appreciate aii assortment as i i a large as ours the sincere effort we make to help you select the hat best 000 0 Two Home run Turner Double 2 0 1 0 9 3 1 7i 1 0 24 13 AB II 4 34 3 416 MKiN ST ous 7 battles fans around' the goal lines should see most of the re? action The scoreboard is located at tbz south 'end and will again be oi erated byJeff machine shop stify dents who will keep it up to the play by of a telephone aril rangement with a boy the action The fieltj itself is perf 1 fectly level except for a centers (1 well drains off the rain 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 8 0 1 6 3 0 0 2 3 0 3 0 CUBS PHILS IX THINGS AND GET RIDAY HEADER PHILADELPHIA Sept (AP) The Philadelphia National league club announced that the double header with the Chicago Cubs prevented today by rain will be played here on riday The Phils and Cubs have open date riday but the Phila delphia Athletics were scheduled for a game with Washington that day at Shibe park where the Phillies now games After considerable long distance telephoning that Connie game ble header This left the' Cubs'! who are pursuing the league leading Pirates and the Phils tb meet Two games also are scheduled for tomorrow i 3 i i oZ YANKEES STILL SEEK IRST WIN AS CHAMPS Errors Give Sox ive Un earned Runs for 5 to 3 Decision 6th Loss in Row for McCarthymen i CHICAGO Sept The New York Yankees still looking for their first victory as 1938 pen nant winners stretched their eight year record losing streak to six games today by kicking away a 5 to 2 decision to the White Sox Three errors committeed bythe usuallyreliable second base Com bination of rankie Crosetti and Rookie Joe Gordon handed the Sox five unearned runs on a plat ter and ruined an otherwise well pitched ball game for 'Lefty Gomez Gomez gave up only five hits and fanned seven while his mates tagged Southpaw Thornton Lee for seven safeties i Lou Gehrig cohnected for two hits one of them his 28th homer ux me year NKW YORK Crosetti Rolfe 3b rtoae DiMaggio uenrig Gordon Selkirk Glenn UUJllVZ xDabtgren Totals xBatted for CHICAGO Berarer Owen 3b Kreevich Connors Appling Walker i Radoliff Sewell Loe Totals New York Chicago Runs batted in vlch 2 Owen vleh Glenn Home run Gehrig Sacri iice nee xxaaciiri Bersrer to Connors: Left on New York 7 Chicago Bases on balls Off Gomez Lee Strikeouts Gomez 7 Lee 4 AB A 5 3 2 1 3 3 4 STETSON and OOBBS Regular and Lightweight Hats Now 'Rain Q)ld Again 1 NEW YORK Oept (AP) 'The tail of a hurricane 'swept through the eat today upset ting the best latj plans of' ten nis officials gol(l promoters and baseball managers At orest where the na i tional championship was in" progress untiL Saturday rain set a record for consecutive wash outs by causing tbe fourth straight postponement of play The courts were in such 'poor condition the matches were postponed until ri day at the earliest The matches be played in clude three senfcflnals between Don Budge an' Sidney Woodr Gfene Mako andJack Bromwich of Australia anr? Alice Marble and Mrs Sarah abyan Only one finalist) JNancye Wynne the Australian kirl has been chosen i DRILL IN BILL ROOM The 'richest gol I tournament in recent years the J108 hole West chester also waSj put over riday morning half the field ot 27 will sjjart the first 18 holes The enway club course was under wateijrln spots In New the Pittsburgh Pirates of the National pro foot ball league practiced in the ball room of their hotel Ball players presented in the east with a thiee day vacation started to fret with another postponement Offly St Louis and Boston in the ast were able to play and theyldy got through the first game'of their double bill The Pittsburgh Pirates still holding their tljee and a game lead werdwashed out at Brooklyn the Cinp'irinati Reds and New York GiaMs were unable to play at NewYork and the Pine Baseballers Down Round Grove OWLER Sept Bill Gick limited Round Grove to three hits here this afternoon as Pine Township collected fourteen to win 9 3 The score: i Round Grove 000 000 3 3 3 6 Pine Twp 013 221 9 14: 2 Luthrie Leasler and Sheetz Gick and Slavens Sheetzi 1 an rf cf lb 2b If DEWEIHER Makes the Headlines Tfcsday EveningSeptepiber 22 1938 Srr 111 0 5 010 000 200 300 OOx Glenn Gehrig Kree Twn hasA Tfron Double Glenn to Crosetti 6 Choose rom Largest Selection 4 suited to your proportions and color i 1 1 1 1 ing Make your from a group of famous makes induding Stetson's and Dobbs 33 Gomez in AB 4 3 5 GREAT RECORD 4 It was only six season ago thai a Jefferson high schpol eleven jJ rapidly rising in football abilitj? under Abie Mastecs i after nunier ous mediocre seasons including one in which it to scok a point had the temerity to entft the famed North i Central cohfetl ence The' Bronchos were aptly iniHaf ed with a 7 0 loss by KikomoW But since then has come different story 1 Tomorrow evV ning the Bronchos go after thej 21st straight Big Ten game with out defeat Only one has been tie ollowing is record a you may judge for yourself cidentally you will also note th since that Kokomo game en three Big Ten teams have ableto score on the locals Jeff defens'e is not so strong this yeqj but then it would be hearly UfiZ possible for such a string to kej un ou uere a tiie giuijr wau Kokomo 7 Jeff 0 Jeff 6 rankfort 0 Jeff 12 New Castle 0 Jeff 12 Logansport 0 Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff 13 rankfort 0 Jeff 31 Logansport 0 Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff Jeff Tied for title with Muncie! xUndisputed chaitips Wi? Jeff Plateau Ready for Big a Opening riday Night I Gang to Battle rankfort Team' It 'was a big heave ho of relief that "Abie Masters and Milt Letf erenz let go yesterday afternoon when they decided their worries oveH the new Jeff sports field are about over "4' A few details remain but these are mostly routine The cemen grandstand seating capacity 2800 the fences the lights with 6000ll' AM OrtAWAkAn Au WO IL VUU uwavKrwuAXA extra bleachers seating 2200 and almost all' the rest of it are all ready for the opening! tomorrow evening at 7 :30 rankfort! high school will be the opponent and among Mr other worries over the new field you" can add his own Jefferson high' school eleven 4 PLENTY WORRY Considering that the Bronchos are on the spot more and more every time they win a North Cen tral conference football game that this eleven while flashy op attack seems weak on defense that rankfort is keyed up to an extremely high pitch as it seeks its first football victory in history over Jeff that the Nighthawks impressive winners by high scores in their first three games have their best team in years and that ad well got something to fret about you? But' Abie" and iLeverenz who has been overseeing the construction and detail work on the field have not had much time for worrying They've been spending all their mornings and afternoons at the field which should be named Last night the Bronchos had their first workout under the bril liant lights which are exactly like those on West also new gridiron and at least everybody seems to be in good' condition for the opener tomorrow OR BRONCHOS Except for one position and maybe the same lineup that started against Logansport riday evening in that 13 12 thriller will be on the kickoff line against Buck Nighthawks This position is left tackle where Bongen will be cast in place of King DeVault also may start at fullback in place of Bill ields or the rest the Bronchos are ex pected to charge out to the cus tomary roar of the crowd with Henniger left end Pechin left guard Cors center Basenfelder right guard Dooley right tackle Atha right end ord quarter back and Lancaster and Welling ton at the left and right halves respectively 1 It is expected that by next sum mer the field will be completely equipped "As yet the locker rooms and facilities for fans are not even begun but will be done during the The baseball field will be located behand the grand stand as will the tennift courts Because of this the official dedi cation of the layout will not come until next autumn 1 It is estimated that the whole thing when completed will repre sent an expenditure of around $50 000 rlf necessary in order to accom modate more than the 5000 now prepared for extra bleachers will be set around the bends on the running track and three: layers of bleachers can be put in front of the grandstand The grandstand and bleachers the latter on the west side of the field each extend (between the goal lines 100 yards so that every seat is a very good bne As a matter of fact considering that Jeff will run mostly to attack this year and that rankfort has a sweet offensive as testified by its average of thrze touchdowns a game for each hl its three previ Si with New niteas SHAEIl LAKE IDEAL BEACH MONTICELLO IND SUNRAY SEPT 25 atsk Plenty of Thrills and Spills GENERAL ADMISSION 15c Paid Dean Shuts Bees Out 4 to 0 BOSTON Sept' (AP) Ducky Wucky Medwick drove in all the runs today as the St Louis Cardinals shut out Bees 4 to 0 in the first game of a scheduled doubleheader Paul Dean' in his second start since a short term In the Texas league allowed the Bees but seven hits all singles The second game was called because of high wind and rain in the first half of the third inning Neither team had scored The box score: ST LOUIS Epps Martin 2b Slaughter rf Martin If Med wick If Mize lb Padgett Gutteridge 3b Crespl Myers hs Dean Totals BOSTON DiMaggio cf Cooney rf Garms If Cuccinello 2b letcher lb xxRels Strlpp 3b Lonez Warstler 3 xxWest 1 Turner 1 xMcLeod 1 Doll 0 '33 xBatted for Turner eighth xx Ran for letcher ninth: xxxBatted for Warstler ninth Rt Louis 100 OOO Boston 000 000 Runs batted Medwick 4 base hits Martin Mize Medwick stolen plays Mvers Martin to Mize Cue clnello Warstler to letcher letcher Cuccinello to Warstler Left on bases St Louis 6 8 Bases on balls Dean 1 Turner 3 Strikeouts by Dean 2 Turner 3 off Turner 8 In 8 innings Doll 1 In 1 Balk Dean Passed ball Padgett1 Losing' pitcher Turner 0 1 27 13 5 East ack by 'Everybody's Talkiag" in the swim when you drink Tippecanoe flHL I JOE PALOOKA HMNIM WITH THE ODDS AT IVE TO ONE AN' US LAVIN' DOUGH IN EVERY SPOT IN THE COUNTRY YOUR END IS WUK I AS VWU GRAND AN WE LAY ITY ON THE LINE ER GOOD WILL MR WALSH WE (AN MAKE A KILLIN' ALL PALOOKA HAS TDO IS DROP THE DECISION YEAH I GUESS YER RIGHT jm Zk JuIka I I 'tw 'V Arx IM Bk ixMCL rPWJC fw Jr II Bv HAM 1SHEK THEN I GUESS I dXti SEE jS YA DIRTY RAT TELL 'EM MY ASSOSHI ATES BB NTERSTED TELL 'EM YEKU GIVIN' EACH ONE ANSWER ME ANSWER If HERE TOCT A km '9 kv7? wi I aw nil XWSMMSiM A I.