Battle Creek Moon-Journal from Battle Creek, Michigan • 6

PAGE SIX the BATTLE OBEXK MOON JOURNAL MONDAY NOVEMBER 29 1920 THE LATEST NEWS THE SPORTING WORLD 1 LANSING ROUTS NORTHWESTERN CAPITAL CITY BOYS TRIUMPH OVER DETROITERS SCORE IS 19 TO 7 Win Right to iinal Game to De cide State Championship If Muskegon Will Play Ann Arbor Nov Outplaying its opponents at every stage of the game Lansing High won its way tp the finals of the state high school championship by defeating Detroit Northwestern 19 to 7 on erry field gridiron It was a battle of offensive teams both showing good ground gaining ability but a defense in adequate to stop the opposing team's rushes The tale of the con test is told in the total of first downs credited to each team Lan sing making 25 first downs' to 10 for the Northwestern aggregation Although Lansing outgained the Northwestern eleven in the first section neither team could score Lansing had one opportunity whenit marched down the field fromthe kick off for three first downs "only to have a fumble recovered for a touchback by the opposition On the play which would have net ted a marker Lansing continued its assault with success and in the second quarter Richards put over the first touchdown with the period half 'gone but Nellar failed to goal The Detroiters fought back hard after receiving the kick off and their drive of 65 yards with Vree land and Humphries doing thebulk of the work resulted in a touchdown Vreeland doing the counting on an off tackle play for the last yard He then goaled put ting his team one point ahead Lansing received the next kick off and duplicated the feat rushing the ball from its own 25 yard line to a touchdown ullback Nellar and Quarterback itzpatrick doing the bulk of the work the field general making one run of 25 yards and scoring on an end run from 17 yard line aided by excel lent interference Nellar again missed goal In the third quarter there was no scoring Lansing making four first downs to three for Detroit In the final period itzpatrick skirted end for the touch down and Richards goaled Singling out the stars of the con test credit must be given the whole Lansing concerted play fine blocking and serving to stop a foe which had considerable advantage in weight Quarterback itzpatrick besides using excellent judgment in calling his plays was a great asset in car rying the ball while ullback Nel lar played a splendid game almost always being good for a big chunk of groundage Richards also de serves mention Left Tackle Brown is a defensive line star of bril liance while Kipke at left end is excellent receiver of passes and defensive man Quarterback Vree Jand Halfback Day and Center Johnson played the best games for Northwestern ITUIVES READY OR ANNUAL RACE TO BASKETBALL CHAMPION 1 SHIP Seven Teams in Contest This Year With Adrian Kazoo and Hills dale Ahead Albion Mich Nov With all I A A football games finished Saturday according to the rules of the association interest the next four months will be centered in the basketball race Every indication points to the keenest interest in years due in part to the addition of two strong athletic colleges Michigan State Normal and Olivet to the 1 A A Normal was admitted toknember ship in 1920 but did not enter teams in the association until ield day Olivet is in the fold again after a two year shutdown due to' the war Both these institutions are strong in basketball and may be title contenders The race this winter will be a seven cornered affair with every college in the running Adrian had bad luck during the football sea son due to lack of material and had to cancel their games No such situation confronts the Methodist Protestant college with regard to basketball On the hand Adrian has a good tfunch of last men left and thereis reason to think Coach men will be among the top notch ers Along with Adrian Kalamazoo and Hillsdale are favored for the championship Last year Hillsdale Jiad a wonderful quintet and clean ed up on nearly everything in the state What Alnia and Albion can pro duce this year in the way of bas ket shooters is uncertain The Methodists are handicapped by their small gym but last year put up a creditable fight and have a tackling lot of good material this season State Interscholastic Lansing High 19 DetToit North western 7 East Navy 7 Army 0 Intersectional Dartmouth 7 Washington 7 (End of second period) Boston College 30 Georgetown 0 Alabama 40 Case 0 ROCK SMITH CHALKS UP ANOTHER VICTORY Beats Harry Raskin Old Opponent In Ten Round Battle at Kalamazoo Rock Smith local boxing favor ite and Olympic team star added another notch to his tally stick last riday night when ho came out of the ten round fray with Harry Raskin Detroit at Kalamazoo with the big end of the count Ras kin fought Rock to a draw in Chi cago when he was overweighed by several pounds "but in this scrap the Detroit veteran came down to within 145 pounds and laid him self open to the former soldier Rock made the most cf it and was given the unanimous decision by the fans Lew Goldie of Detroit defeated Mickey Brennan of Kalamazoo in their ten round bout Goldie hav ing the Kalamazoo boy in a bad way during th a latter rounds and the bell coming in handy for Mickey at jhe end of the sixth reddie Hoffman of Kalamazoo and Bobbie Armstrong of Jack son fought ten rounds to a draw in the other ten round event DEMPSEY VIEWS ARMY NAVY GAME New York Nov 29 One of the most interested spectators at the Army Navy football game Sat urday was Jack Dempsey heavy weight boxing champion' Demp sey was interested but not en vious he said after watching the two opposing lines piled in a huge heap me a nice gentle sport like boxing ev ery time No football for Dempsey had a seat on the side lines near a corner of the field and was the center of an admiring throng of Jackies between the halves BASKETBALL NOW KING AT A Six Monogram Men Are On Pick ed Squad of Twenty Now In Training East Lansing Mich Nov 29 Basketball has replaced football in the center of the athletic stage at A and preparations for moulding another quintet able to hold its own with the best in the middlewest are now going for ward Six monogram men are among the picked varsity squad of a score more working out under the direction of Basketball CoachLyman rimodig They are Heas ley Gilkey Palm and Higbie for wards oster center and Robin son guard Kurtz Hammes and Garret all guards have been lost from the J919 20 team With the offensive end apparent ly well provided for Coach rimo dig expects to devote a great deal of time building dp a strong de fense Besides Robinson three essenden Swanson and Schwartz available guards from last fresh Matson Bos Gustafson and Voorhees from the 1919 reserve and Lefty Brown from the 1917 squad There are three other candi dates for Zimmerman and Bassett from the reserves of a year ago and Green from the fresh while additional forward material includes McMillan and Cutler last winter's yearlings Pachnski a new' man on the squad starred in high school basketball at Bay City or several weeks the squad has been working out two nights a week in order to get In condition and attain skill in handling the ball Next Tuesday intensive train ing will begin following a general basketball call It is planned to play two or three games before the Christmas vacation then a regular schedule of about twenty contests during the winter HARVARD TO BE MEMBER ICE HOCKEY LEAGUE Philadelphia Pa Nov 29 Word has been received by George Orton of the University of Penn sylvania that Harvard would be a member of the intercollegiate ice hockey league organized last Sun day Harvard was not represented at the meeting due to a misunder standing as to the date Another meeting at which a schedule will be arranged will be held in New York December 5 and Harvard will be represented by Graduate Man ager Moore and Philip Hofer man ager of the hockey team Other members are Pemislvania Prince ton Yale Cornell and Dartmouth GRID TITLE IS YET UNDECIDED PERSONAL OPINION IS THE ONLY DECIDING ACTOR IN PICKING LEADING TEAM Georgia Tech and California Lead In Home Sectors But In the East and How About it? (By HENRY ARRELL) New York Nov 29 Personal opinion that judge will have to decide the football championship of two seasons The 1920 season over Georgia Tech owns the top flag in theSouth and California has the honors on the coast But in the East and West there will be as many champions perhaps as there are various personal opin ions Three candidates stand out in the East Princeton Pittsburgh and Penn State In a good many opinions they rank in that Order Harvard Boston and Stevens were also undefeated but their schedules were not heavy enough to entitle them to considj eration for first place Syracuse and Dartmouth also must be given a place near the top zOhio State won the Western con ference championship without doubt tut outside the confines the conference is an eleven which the East considers better Notre Dame Rather the East fails to see how any other team could be better Notre Dame probably will claim the championship and get away with it as State will be satis fied to be termed the Western con ference king Benny Boynton the Williams star who is said to be headed for the Army led the East in scoring with 22 touchdowns and 11 goals from touchdowns for 143 points rench of the Army was second with 91 Mayer Cornell 73 'Kaw Cornell 72 Way Penn State 68 Notre Dame has disbanded her team Georgia Tech is not inclined to take on a post season game while the Ohio State California struggle clear the situation NO SCORING IN TITLE CONLICT Neither Lansing Nor Champion Heralds Are Able to Tally On Muddy Gridiron Detroit Mich Nov 29 Lans ing Olds and Detroit Heralds bat tled to a scoreless tie in the state title conflict at Mack park Sunday afternoon which was played on a muddy gridiron making perfect NAVY HAS AMBITIOUS BASKETBALL PROGRAM Nineteen Games Scheduled With Three Open Dates Yet to Be illed Annapolis Md Nov 29 With the football campaign over many Naval academy athletes will im mediately jump into harness for winter indoor athletic activities which include basketball wrestling boxing gymnastics swimming water polo and fencing The pro gram though not completed indi cates the most extensive season in history at the naval school The basketball team will ha've its most ambitious season Nineteen games have been listed and there are three open dates which it is expected will be filled by strong eastern quintets Lush who has handled both the basket ball and baseball teams for the last few years will again be the mentor The schedule: December 15 St Johns Decem ber 18 Lehigh December 22 Mount St' December 29 Penn Statp January 1 Union college: Jan uary 5 Johns Hopkins January 8 Lafayette January 15 Rutgers January 22 Camp Humphreys Jan uary 26 Virginia Polytechnic January 29 Delaware college ebruary 2 Roanoke collie ebruary 5 University of Virginia ebruary 9 University of North Carolina ebruary 12 New Yoi'k university eoruary 16 West Vir ginia Wesleyan ebruary 19 Princeton ebruary 26 Army handling of the ball difficult and resulted in many fumbles On only one occasion during the entire game was either eleven able to penetrate inside the 20 yard line the Heralds by success fully working a long forward pass Watson to itzgerald netting a 42 yard gain and placing the ball on Lansing's six yard stripe Lansing held for three downs and a for ward pass over the goal line was grounded ILLINI TO ELECT CAPTAIN AT ANNUAL DINNER TONIGHT Champaign Ill Nov 29 Illi nois football captain for 1921 will be selected tonight at the annual dinner of the Champaign Rotary club to the Illini squad Twenty players are eligible to vote eligibles include Laurie Walquist Charley Carney Milt Olander and Albert Mohr Bert Spaulding of the Rotary club is chairman in charge of the dinner at which talks will be made by players Coach Zuppke Assistant Coaches Lind gren and Winters and others KICKS NINETY OVER BAR WITHOUT MISS Danville Ky Nov 29 Two out standing features characterized 302 to 0 victory of the Centre college football eleven over Georgetowncollege Ky By winning have piled up 469 points to 55 for their opponents in nine games played this season In ad dition Weaver cen ter who played only part of the game kicked four goals making 90 consecutive ones for him He has not missed a goal kick since the first game of last sched ule WILL NOT PLAY MUSKEGON HIGH OOTBALL TEAM BALKS AT TITLE plAy Authorities Take Position That No Undefeated Team Shall be Tackled for Title Muskegon Mich Nov 29 All members of the Muskegon board of control of high school athletics are agreed that the local eleven will not play a post season game with any defeated team A meeting of the board was called to make this sand a matter of record They all agree that the team will meet any unde feated eleven that may be selected by the Michigan university author ities' for a game at erry field December 4 for the state title They point out that both Detroit Northwestern and Lapsing have each lost a game and therefore they refuse to consider a game with either It was supposed here that Muskegon was to play Me nominee It is suggested that Tra verse City and Bad Axe are still undefeated and one of them would be the logical selection providing Menominee will not represent the upper peninsula Bad Axe Heard rom Bad Axe Mich Nov 29 Super intendent of Schools Vander bilt of this city said that while he had not conferred with the coach it was prob able that Muskegon high would be challenged to play in a champion ship game for the state title Mr Vanderbilt said that he believed the clean slate for tho sea son coupled with its high scores entitled it to serious consideration in any championship engagement TWO TIED OR BATTLING LEAD Goldie Rapp and Har grave Beth of St Paul Hit for 335 Average Chicago Nov 29 Official bat ting averages of the American as sociation announced yesterday place Goldie Rapp third baseman with the championship St Paul club and Catcher Har grave also with St Paul in a tie for the 1920 championship each with an average of 335 Although Brazil a pinch hitter with St Paul topped the list of batters with an average of 378 he only participated in 52 games as compared with '155 for Rapp and 142 for Hargrave Grover Hartley of Columbus in 80 games batted for an average of 351 and Russell of Minneapolis had an av erage of 339 for 85 games Rapp who will join the New York Nationals next season gave Leo Dressen his teammate a spir ited race for honors in base steal ing falling one short of the record of 50 established by Dressen hi home run hitting Bunny Brief of Kansas City nosed out Hargrave Brief connected with 23 homers and Hargrave who was sold to the Cincinnati Nationals banged out 22 Dressen proved to be the best scorer in the association register ing 131 runs in 154 games Mostil of Milwaukee was next in line with 125 runs Hyatt of led in drawing bases on balls He was passed 112 times in 152 games Brief was passed 69 times Tn sac rifice hitting Davis of Minneapo lis topped the list with a total of 57 1 The championship St Paul club which made a runaway race of the pennant scramble led the clubs in batting with percentage of 501' The Saints scored 961 runs in 16o games as compared with a total of 597 runs scored by their oppoi nents 4 OLD OARSMAN PASSES AWAY s' I St John Nov 29 71ijah Ross last survivor of the St John crew which won many national and international four oared races iu the sixties and seventies of the last century Is dead here at the age of 75 The champion oarsmen were known as the after winning two international races in the rench capital in 1867 Their last race was at Philadelphia iq 1876 when they were beaten in a slow content MAURICE GORDON COMPANY All Hats And Caps 5 PER ENT All Clothing PER CENT I Maurice Gordon 22 WEST MAIN STREET Place on Sale Tuesday Morning THIRTY OVERCOATS AT $1 500 'If 7 19999 Jiira AWli a).