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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14

The techniciaus offer a more convincing
explanation. They point out that Root
is not curve ball pitcher, that his chief
reliance Is. speed, and that as the game
grows older, his speed Invariably
diminishes In other words. he WASH
as fast in the seventh Saturday as he had
been in the earlier innings and the
ness OF hitting him Just that much easier.
This is the usual fate of fast ball pitch
Having no curve to fall fack on they
proceed perforce to fall back on their
ears.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14

Perhaps ~ it had not been for
carpiciOus sun Roof might have got by the
inning all right and gone on to win by a
fairly decisive score, though this IS
wholly theoretical. To your time-stained
correspondent. however, IL seems thai II
the Athletics had not got Root when they
did. they surely would have got him later.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14

OLD SOL. AS HE IS AFFECTIONATELY
KNOWN TO HIS FELLOW ELKS. WAS
EASILY THE HERO OF THE ATHLETICS
SENSATIONAL VICTORY. INDEED. ANY
ONE WITH SUFFICIENT BRASS. MIGHT
BE DISPOSED TO SAY THAT HE ROSE
TO THE OCCASION BRILLIANTLY.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-10-14

There NAV be much truth in this. Nc
Gillicuddy is one of those painsiaking, con-
scientiOus old gentlemen who will do any
thing under the sun to bring world
championship back to his faithful GUS
toners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-18
FOX HUNTERS GATHER
FOR NATIONAL TRIALS

NASHVILLE, November Is R.-
Hunters and packs from many States
are here for the opening today Of the
annual meeting of the National Fox
Hunters Association.
A week of activities started with the
Chase Futurity at the historic Harpeth
Hills hunt, where the climax will be
reached Saturday with the flnal cast In
the national championship trials.
More than 100 young hounds are
entered in the ninth annual Chase Flu
turity to compete for q purse OF $1,000
and trophies. Those hounds that es-
cape elimination for infractions Of
chase rules will be cast again tomorrow,
to be scored on speed, hunting, trail
ing and driving. The winner will be
selected from the cast on wednesday
The national championship. for all
age hounds and open to the world, will
begin Thursday at dawn and will con-
tinue through Saturday. Thursday
night officers Of the association will
be elected at the annual business
meeting.
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FROG AND MUSTANG
WILL SETTLE ISSUE
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
DALLAS, Tex, November 1s.-The
Texas Christian University Horned
Frogs, closer 10 q Southwest Conference
foot ball title than a Purple eleven ever
was before, viii meet the Baylor Bears
this week at Waco In what amounts TO
a warm-up for the champicnship duel
a fortnight hence.
No matter what the result Of the
weeks feature game, the Frogs and
Southern Methodists' Mustangs will set
tie the title when they clash November
so at Fort Worth, providing the Poniss
vanquish the Rice Owls in their meet
ing here Saturday.
The field of title contenders was
slashed to two teams when the Frogs
won their FIRST triumph in history over
the Texas University Longhorns, is to
IL, and the Mustangs eliminated Baylor.
26 to 6. in . brace of colorful games.
It was the eighth straight victory for
the Frogs and their third over q con-
ference team. The Methodists likewise
are undefeated for the season, but have
been tied by Nebraska, Texas and How
ard Payne College.
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ROCKIES CONFERENCE
RUNNER-UP FIGHT ON

BY the Associated Press.
DENVER, Colo, November 1S.-The
fight for second place In the Rocky
Mountain Conference foot ball stand
ing will begin this week In Boulder,
where Colorado College tries to beat
time onored ink and whip the Uni
versity Of Colorado.
It has been 10 years or more since
the Tiger devoured o Colorado eleven
in Boulder, and Bully" Van Graaf,
the G.. C. coach, will have to get his
men in the proper mental attitude If
this year is any exception.
If the Tigers win they will be sitting
pretty on the road to the Colorado title
and will have a mathematical chance
for position of runner-up to Utah Uni
versity, which last week clinched its
third title in the last four years. beat
ing wyoming, 44-o If Colorado wins
the team will be assured of at least a
tie for second place, as Denver Uni
versity, now tied with Colorado, must
beat Colorado Aggies to keep pace with
the Silver and Gold.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-18

ALEXANDRIA, Va, November "a
st, Mary's Celtics are a step nearer the
Virginia. gridiron title today, following
a 19-to-o triumph over the Ginter Park
A. C., Richmond unlimited champions,
at Baggett's Park yesterday. Their lone
rival now is the virginia A. G. OF Alex
andria, which will be played later In
The saints" encountered no partic::
ular difficulty with the invaders ana
played through a greater part OF the
game Yesterday with their reserves IN
the lineup, Coaches "Rube" Hayman
and Mike" Goldman saving their reg
ulars as much as possible for the con-
test with the Mohawks in Grifntn Sta-
dunn at Washington next Sunday.
Dick Allen, the Celtics' dashing oacK-
field star. who caused the Mohawks
no end of worry last year. was In the
game only a few moments, but ne
worked hard during his short stay and
scored a pair of touchdowns, one on
brilliant 5I-yard run in the second pc
Rod and the other on lateral pass
from Lester McMemanin, and 30
ward run to the goal line.
Aliens first touchdown came exactly
four plays after he entered the game
at the start Of the second period. On
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-18
BIG SIX SPOTLIGHT
ON KANSAS STATE
BY the Associated Press.

KANSAS CITY, November 1s.-The
State Of Kansas holds the Big Six
spotlight this week. Both Conference
games, which also are traditional affairs
with the Conference title likely to be
determined by the result Of one OF them,
are scheduled to be played within 100
miles Of each other with 10000 to
1000 fans looking on.
Nebraska, with only one victory but
kept in the 1000 per cent class by two
tie games, sweeps into the Kansas Aggie
camp at Manhattan, Kans., Saturday
and if victorious will have virtually
clinched the championship for the
second consecutive year.
If the Aggies win, the title is theirs,
regardless of what may happen at the
Kansas Missouri struggle in Lawrence
the same day or the two remaining
Conference clashes on Thanksgiving
day.
Despite the titular atmosphere which
surrounds the Aggie- Husker clash, the
largest crowd Is expected to climb into
the stands for the Kansas-MiSsouri
game. This struggle, stepped in years
of tradition, will be renewed for the
thirty-eighth time since foot ball hos
tilities began between the two schools
in 1891.
Ontario has eight race tracks for
horses and Toronto has four.
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committee, expressed the view that the
blocks still are in the experimental
stage and not yet standardized to
satisfactory extent.
Vault Mark Approved.
During lun in the debate over the
blocks, committee approval, subject to
the Endorsement of the convention, was
given to a number of world record
IA feet I p inches, made by Lee Barnes,
formerly of Southern California, at
Fresno on April %, 1928.
If accepted, this will replace the
mark of IA feet fiat, made by Sabin
Carr while at Yale In 1927. Carr and
Barnes were rivals throughout their
college career. Barnes won the Olym-
pic title in 1924 and Carr In 1928. Carr
also holds the indoor mark Of 14-l.
Other marks approved were the discus
Krenz Of Stanford, March 8, 1929, at
Stanford, q world record. and the shot
put of 81 feet 113s inches by Herman
Brtx of the University OF Washington
at Fresno last April, an American rec
ord. John Kuck of Kansas set q
world record of slightly over SO feet
at the Olympic last year.
Sprint marks of 93s seconds for the
100, made by Charley Borah and Frank
Wykoff at Fresno last Spring, also
were accepted. They equal the ofncial
world record. pending the decision on
Simpsons achievement.
May Reflect Brundage.
The convention expected to re-elect
Avery Brundage of Chicago to a sec
ond term as president and approve
awards Of 1880 championship meets,
| including the national senior track and
field championships at Pittsburgh.
Other title events were slated as
! follows:
National indoor track and field
| championships, Atlantic City, N. j.;
mems. basket ball, Kansas City, Mo-;
women's basket ball, wichita, Kans.
marathon, Boston, and wrestling and
! weight-lifting, New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-18
PURDUE GLOR|ES
IN FIRST TRIUMPH
BoiIermakers Now Assured
of Their Only Big Ten
Title in 81 Years.
BY WILLIAM WEEKES,
Assoetated Press SPORTS Writer.


HICAGo, November 1s.-Thirty-
two years of weary waiting ana
disappointments have been for
~ gotten down at Lafayette. IND,
for Purdue, one of the charter
members of the Western Conference,
has won its first Big Ten foot ball
championship.
Jimmy Phelans Boilermakers must
meet Indiana, It's Hoosier rival, Satur-
day. but no amount of sweating and
struggling on the gridiron at Bloom
ington, or on any other Big Ten held,
can keep Purdue's black and old gold
banner from the championship nag
pole.
Purdue demonstrated its right to the
1929 title in no uncertain manner sat
llrday by defeating Iowa's powerful
eleven, Z to o. Minnesota and North
western, each of which had chance
to tie for the championship, were def
nitely put out of the running In suffer-
ing upset defeats.
Michigan took the little brown jug
back to Ann Arbor by overturning Min
nesota, z TO 6, while Northwestern went
tun1bling out of consideration because
of a 19-to-14 defeat by Indiana. ILL
nois defeated Chicago, 20 to 9. In a
game of importance only to the two
SCHOOLS. :,
While Purdue is playing its annual
contest with Indiana for possession OF
the "Old Oaken Bucket" Saturday, I'LL
riois and Ohio State win battle it out
at Columbus for second place in the
race. Each team has won two games.
lost one and been tied once, and the
runner up position will 90 to the win
ner. Michigan will attempt to beat Iowa
at Ann Arbor Saturday, and Wisconsin
and Minnesota will work out another
installment on their TRADITIONAL rivalry
at Minneapolis.
Saturdays game will close the West
ern Conference season. With the four
strictly conference games, two other at
fractions are on the program. North
western will take on Notre Dame at
Evanston, while Chicago will play It's
male against the University OF wash
ingtor eleven from the Pacific Coast
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is to Improve at Foot Ball: A. A. e. at Odds Starting Blocks
Celtics One Step From Title
after Victory OUer Richmond

fourth down, with several yards to go,
Allen slid off-tackle from a fake kick
formation and raced to the score. He
was Immediately removed by Coach
Hayman. Midway of the last period he
re-entered the game and skipped un-
aided through the Ginter Park defense
on the lateral pass few moments
later.
The final touchdown was made by
Moore, Celtic tackle, on the last play
of the game. The Celtics backed the
Ginter Park team to its goal line ana
Capt. Alexander dropped back to punt.
His kick was blocked and Moore re-
covered over the goal line. Billy Padgett
added the extra point on placement
kick.
BY their triumph the Celtics kept their
record unspoiled for the Mohawk game
next Sunday. The Green and Gold has
vet to be defeated this campaign and
has been tied only twice, by the Fort
Meade Tank Corps and the Irvtngton
A. C. the latter of Baltimore.
Following the Mohawk game, Man
ager Charles Corbett has arranged to
bring the Apaches of Washington here
on December for a game with his
Celtics.
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groups 1OuoWS:
BEAUMONT BUYS A TRIO
OF EX-COAST LEAGUERS

BEAUMONT, Tex, November Ia P1.--
Three players, all former members OF
the Seattle Coast League team, have
been purchased by the Beaumont CLUB
of the Texas League.
RUDE Stuart, president Of the Export
ers, said he had obtained Oscar Eek
hardt, former Texas University foot ball
star. an outfielder; Charlie Wade, out
fielder, and Fred Pipgras, pitcher. All
t1laved on the coast last year.
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AMERICAN AND BRITAIN
TO PLAY FOR POLO CUP

NEW YORK, November 10 (P).-Ne-
gotiations have been completed for a
series between the United States and
Great Britain for the Westchester polo
cup, next year.
Announcing that Great Britain has
formally decided to attempt to lift the
cup, Louis E. Stoddard president of
the United States Polo Association, said
the series would be held in September,
probably beginning September 10, on
International Field, Westbury. Long
Island.
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Several boys who have proved
their worth this season are ex-
pected to be on the job next year,
and, in addition, it is possible
that Capt. Quincy Owens, center;
Jimmy Draper, fullback, and Bob
Cook, tackle--three outstanding
members of this seasons eleven
may return.
Others slated to be present for the
1880 grid campaign include Ray Mil
lard. back. whose work has been OF
high caliber this Fall, and Corcoran,
PAYNE, Bird, Bloyer, Reynolds and
Beers backs; Fletcher, end; Greve. a
stalwart guard; Lawrence Buscner,
guard; Everett Buscher, end, ana Weoo'
Those expected to be lost to Western
by graduation are Gould, husky tackle;
Brownfield, back; MCGUIRE. guard; Hay
wood, guard and Walsh, light out
plucky player.
Central High gridironers believe they
have a chance to conquer Eastern To-
morrow in their annual public high
school championship foot ball game IN
the Central Stadium for the f1rst time
since 1925 Second place to the cham
pion Tech eleven will be at stake IN
The starting time Of the contest was TO
be decided today.
Not since 1925 when Central won the
championship with four wins IN as
mary starts has the Blue and White
been able to humble the Lincoln Park
ers or even score against them. That
year Central was 100 victor. Last
Fall Eastern won, 6 to o; in 1927 TIL
umphed, rs TO O., and in 1926, IL 70 y.
DR.. G. Harris White, athletic director
Of public high schools, today was TO
seek permission of school authorities TO
start the game tomorrow earlier than
$3.50 o'clock, perhaps at 3:15 O'Clock,
which has been the starting time OF
series games in past gridtron campaigns.
It was almost dark when the Business
Tech game Friday was over, indicating
that an earlier start must be made II
tomorrow's game is to end In daylight.
Eastern and Central appear well
matched and one of the best games OF
the series Is expected. Each has won
two games and lost one. both having
bowed to Tech, the Lincoln Parkers,
Q to IA, and the Blue and White, 6 to IL.
Each has taken the measure OF BUSH
ness and Western. Eastern downed
Business, 46 to o, and Western, SO to 6,
and Central drubbed Business; 81 TO 0,
and Western, 8 to 0.
Except that the regular quarterback
of each eleven is not expected to play
both Eastern and Central figure to have
their strongest combinations ready to
go tomorrow. - =
Charlie Millar, Eastern, and Gene
Colella, Central, quarterbacks. both are
injured, and are not expected to start.
Everett Oxley is slated to call signals
for the Lincoln Parkers With Whitley
Cumberland, holding forth at quarter
for Central.
Two other games involving schoolboy
elevens of the District group also are
booked tomorrow.
western Is to play Georgetown Prep
at Garrett Park in the first game Of
two scheduled this week for the Red
and White, and Friends undefeated
lightweight eleven is to appear at Alex
andria against the Episcopal High lights.
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| Western will be out to even scores for
1870 trimming handed 1t last season
by Georgetown Prep.
Coach Dan Ahern's boys and the
Garrett parke's, tutored by Eddie
Brooks. are expected to put on an in
markedly stronger than earlier In the
campaign and Georgetown Prep has
an eleven of proved power.
Friends already has conquered the
| lightweight elevens representing Ian
don, Dewitt and Georgetown Prep.
Six other grid games III which Dis
trict scholastics will figure are booked
| for the remainder of the week, three
of the engagements being set for Friday
and the other three Saturday.
OF these six the annual battle be-
| tween Eastern and Ganzaga Saturday
is the most attractive. The Lincoln
Parkers have by no means forgotten
the $40 drubbing given them by the
Purple last season and will be hot
after revenge Both teams are formid-
able. 1t should be bang-up game.
The complete schoolboy grid card
for the week:
Tomorrow,
Eastern VS.. Central, Central Sta
dunn public high school champion
ship game, time not determined:
Western VS.. Georgetown Prep at
Garrett Park.
Friends vs.. Episcopal Lightweights
at Alexandria.
Friday.
st. Johns VS.. Catholic University
freshmen at Brookland.
Landon VS.. Episcopal at Alexan-
dria.
st. Adams 1S0-pound team VS..
Episcopal 13O-pound team at Alex
andria.
Saturday.
GonEaga VS.. Eastern at Eastern.
Emerson VS.. Massanutten Military
Academy at Woodstock, Va.
Western vs.. Swavely At Manassas.
For the first half yesterday in their
foot ball game at Cumberland the
Maryland city gave the Emerson team
a real battle, holding it to one touch
down. but in the final half the p
Streeters stepped out to score two addt-
tional touchdowns, and win, 40 to o.
It was the first defeat this season for
the Queen City scholastics at the hands
Of q prep or high school team.
Emerson outweighed the home eleven.
The latter. though. was in striking
range Oh tLIe SHpLbdl SlIy tSdLu 6UdI
several times, but was unable to break
through the husky Emerson forwards.
Kilroy, Emerson fullback, scored the
first touchdown two minutes after the
openine whistle, when he plunged over
from the 3-yard line. He also kicked
the extra point.
Cabell and TrilTing chalked up
Emerson's other two touchdowns In the
Anal half when they crashed through
the La Sale line. Trflling rushed over
for one Of the extra points.
Emerson started the game with this
lineup.
Albert, left end: West, left tackle;
Shugrue, left guard; Simlon, center;
Mcdonald, right guard; Sutton, right
tackle; Forney, right end: Cabell, quar-
terback; Lewis, left halfback; thrilling,
right halfback and Kilroy. fullback.
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c. j. RATED AMONG
LEADERS IN EAST
Pittsburgh Well in Front of
Pack With National Rec.
ignition Due, Too.
EY WILLIAM J. CHAPMAN,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

n YEW YORK, November 10 d.
AS major Eastern foot ball
teams approach the end of the
4 season, Pittsburgh leads the
field by a leap or two, with
Yale, Colgate, Bucknell, Fordhan1 and
Georgetown not so far behind.
Pittsburgh needs only victory over
Penn State to finish its schedule I'M
defeated and with logical claim for
both sectional and national recogni-
ton. Pittsburgh reached the summit by
outscoring Carnegie Tech, "a to Is, on
Saturday as Dartmouth snatched out
an 18-eo-14 decision in the closing mo-
nents to spoil Cornell's record. Pitts
burgh will rest till Thanksgiving day
Beaten early by Georgia and tied a
week ago by Maryland, Yale definitely
regained the top flight by hating along
the route to the Harvard struggle long
enough to defeat Princeton by 10 to Q
last Saturday without the services OF
Able Booth. Yale ends its season by
visiting the Harvard Stadium next Sat-
urday. ~
Princeton has ended its season with
ont the satisfaction of even one major
victory and with four defeats upon It's
record for the first time in 81 grtdiron
campaigns. This Is the first Tiger
eleven ever to finish with a majority
of its games lost or even deficit IN
points scored.
Colgate has only Brown to defeat on
Thanksgiving day to inish without a
blotch upon its strictly Eastern record
Defeated early In the season by WIS
consin, Colgate reached its greatest
heioht on Saturday in trampltng Its
old rival, Syracuse, by Il to 0.
Cornells next game is on Thanks
giving day with Penn, which on sat
Irday beat Columbia, 20 to 0.
Fordham's perfect record viii be In
jeopardy at the Polo Grounds on sat-
eleven arrives. Bucknell downed Penn
State by 81 to 6.
GEORGETOWN will face Detroit with
the memory of having been held TO
scoreless tie last Saturday by West Vir-
ginia, which Detroit smothered by 80
to 0 a week earlier.
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Aside from the use of the blocks
and the issue as to how much ben
eft they are to the Splinter, no
question has arisen over the au-
thenticity of Simpsons perform
ance in beating the best dash mer
in the country in the time of 9 Us
seconds, that has for years been
the goal of all speed merchants.
Any idea the A. A. u. had of side
stepping the decision on the blocks,
however. has been forestalled by the
energetic work of Mid-Westerr as we'll
as far Western delegates, coaches and
officials. Among those who came pre-
pared for a battle were George NJ.
Trautman Of Ohio state, bearing a
bundle of documentary evidence for
Simpson. and John Nicholson. Notre
Dame coach as well as inventor Of the
Nicholson starter, used by Simpson at
the N. G. A. A. meet.
Many Back Blocks.
Trautman rushed from Chicago by
airplane and taxi after fog forced his
plane down in order to be on hand for
the debate. Among other things, he
produced the results of a QUESTIONABLE
showing an overwhelming majority Of
coaches and track officials yoicing ap-
prevail of the starting blocks.
The arguments In their favos are that
they remove hazards to the athletes
improve track meets from the compete
tors viewpoint and speed up the events
from the spectators angle.
The contention, ON the other hand, Is
that they are O distinct advantage IN
recording marks faster than those made
and now recognized under old condi-
tons. Charley Paddock, who has held
and still holds q good share Of sprint
records, supported this viewpoint.
THE blocks mean at leas; yard tr
the first half Of lo0-yard DASH" de-
:lared Paddock
Lawson Robertson Of the Universit!
Of Pennsylvania, head track coach o.
the last two American Olympic team!
and serving as chairman Of the recorC
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KNIGHT BASKETERS
NAME RUSH PILOT

ALEXANDRIA, Va, November Ia
Carroll Rush, assistant manager OF the
Hoffman Clothiers last Winter and q
well known local base ball performer,
has been named manager of the
knights Store Five basket ball team,
which is to start practice within the
next few days. It expects to figure
prominently in the race for the cham
pionship Of Washington and vicinity.
Four members of last years Holman
Clothiers, widely recognized as one Of
the best teams hereabouts, Ray Heber-
Liz, star center and forward Of the Old
Dominion Boat Club Quint, city cham
pions the last two years, ana Bottles
West, Alexandria High cage captain
last Winter, make up the Knights Store
squad. The ex-Hoffman players are
Busy Bremen, Earl Cronin, Elicit Ca
oell and Billy TraverS.
preliminary games to the Hoffman
Clothiers last season, have reorganizso
for the coming season as the knights
Store Buddies and will play preliminary
games to the Knights Store Five.
Del Ray A. g. and Battery B Of Fort
Myer, Va, played to q scoreless dead
on Edward Duncan Field In Potomac.
virginia Midgets walloped the Aztec
A. G. of washington, by a 44-to-0
count on Shipyard Field yesterday aft
srnoon.
Pat Gor1nan's Virginia A. @. and the
| Seamen Gunners of Washington called
off their game at Shipyard Field yes
| terday afternoon because OF the soggy
condition of the field.
st. Mary's Celtics will practice on the
Baggett's Park gridiron four nights this
week In preparation for the game Sun
day with the Mohawks in Washington
Drills have been set for tomorrow and
Thursday nights at 1880 o'clock anc
wednesday and Friday nights ct sac
o'clock.