Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1938 — Page 17
By Eddie Ash FIVE HOOSIERS AMONG LEADERS
ry. IN BIG TEN POINTS STANDING
FIVE of ‘the first 10 scoring leaders in the ‘Western Conference learned the hardwood’ sport on Hoosier prep courts. . . . They are Young, Purdue, with 126 points, from Lafayette; Hod Powell, Wisconsin, 117, from Valparaiso; John Townsend, Michigan, 107, from Tech, Indianapolis; Ernest Andres, Indiana, 106, from Jeffergonville; Gene Anderson, Purdue, 81, from Franklin. They rank as follows in the Big Ten individual scorIng standing: Young, 2; Powell, 3; Townsend, 5; Andres, 8; Anderson, 9. Young has an advantage over Lewh Dehner, Illinois, the Conference leader, in that Purdue has three games left and Illinois two. . . . Michigan and Indiana also have three games to go. . . . Dehner, who has garnered 133 points, lost out one game when scholastic difficulties kept him on the sidelines for a short period after semester
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NORTHWESTERN, coleader of the Conference with Purdue, has not a single player in the first 10 high scorers. . . . Jean Smith, Logansport, Ind., product, with 68 markers, is tops for Northwestern and is in 13th place. « « « Purdue and Wisconsin have two men in the first 10, Illinois one, Ohio State one, Michigan one, Indiana one, Iowa one, and Chicago one. Minnesota’s hest is Kundla with 63 points and in 17th place, yet the Gophers won their last six games after dropping the first three. . . . That poor start was a blow to Gopher hopes, but they are not out of the race since both Purdue and Northwestern, the teams above them, still have rocky roads to travel. ~ Townsend of Michigan is the free-throw king with 85 points gained at the charity line against only 14 misses. # 8 # » ® 8
ALPARAISO looks a cinch for the Indiana College Conference crown. . . . Uhlans have won eight and lost one and with only two
Jeague games to go, playing Oakland City and Hanover. . . . However, -
Hanover makes a practice of doing the unexpected and may come through at Valpo’s expense. . . . Oakland City will invade the Valpo premises Saturday and Hanover will be there on Monday. Franklin and Ball State are hanging in the race by a thread, but the former has only one game left, and that with Butler here Saturday. . . . The Grizzlies are 11 and two and Ball State is nine and two, which probably will be 10 and two after tonight's tilt with Indiana State at Terre Haute. . . . Ball State has three to go, the others being with Earlham and Central Normal. t J EJ # ” ” ”
“ITTLE fellows still have their place in the basketball sun when they know how to hit the hoop. . . . Dick Shaw, midget forward with Creighton University of Omaha, is averaging 15 points a game. . Marquette guards will try to slow him down Saturday in a tilt on the Bluejays’ floor. Marquette is to close its season on Friday, March 4, in a return’ game with Notre Dame and, in view of the Hilltoppers’ 45-43 victory over the Irish at Milwaukee recently, the tussle at South Bend looms as close and hard fought. . . . Marquette has not won at Notre Dame - since 1933 and a big crowd of Milwaukéeans probably will make the trip next week. = » 2 » 8 8
LETTER from Nat Holman, basketball coach at City College of New York: “I was happy to learn that a game is scheduled between the New York Celtics and the! Renaissance in Indianapolis on Feb. 28. Professional basketball, if promoted properly, can give hardwood followers a great deal of entertainment. “My players at C. C., N. Y., have made it their business to witness the pros in action, as there is much to be gained at these contests. “The pro player is a skilled performer and knows the value of team play. Everything he does out on the floor is done with a purpose. Their ball handling, shooting and team offense and defense form an interesting picture. “If the players are out there trying there is much’ to see for both the old fans and the new.” Nat Holman, a former pro star, is director of physical education at the 92d Street Y. M. H. A, New York, as well as hardwood coach at City College.
Amateur Basketball
Two of the biggest favorites in the city amateur tourney clash tonight at 7:50 o'clock when Falls City Beer ‘and Brehob’s Market collide at the Dearborn gym. Tonight's play also will see the Hoosier Athletic Club, defending champion, take the floor
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against the strong Lawrence Den- . Zells, at 9:30 p. m. Other games:
P.M. 10—Johnston’s Market vs. Trimble Oil8:40—Fashion Cleaners vs. Willsey Hotpoints.
Marvin Heckman scored 11 points as Prestel Bros. put Fairmount Bottlers out of the tourney last night, 80 to 21. Results in three other
BAIS! Butter Crust Pie, Texaco Oilers, 26. Westinghouse rR 46; Sinclaig, Oil-
® Silitey Hotpoints, 46; 46; Woodruft Pl¥ce, 28.
Only 16 teams remain of the 58 that started play in the tournament.
* Twelve teams are entered in the 12th annual city girls’ tournament, the drawings for which were released today. The Linton Radio quintet will be on hand to defend its 1937 Jauteis. The first round
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Kingan & Co. and and Chevrolet Body finished their Factory League seasons in a tie for first place and will meet in a playoff March 1 for the league championship trophy.
.- All girls’ teams which desire to enter the annual Women’s A. A. U. basketball tournament to be held here March 11, 12 and 13, must file their entries this week at the Em-
A. U. tournament at Wichita, Kas., March 21-26.
Speedway Merchants won 'an overtime game from Eighth Christian, 29 to 25, at the Speedway Gym last night. In a preliminary, the Jenkins Rockets spilled the Hoot Owls, 33 to 15.
The Renaissance netters will meet the Butler Ex-Collegians at the Senate Avenue Y. M. C. A. tomorrow at 8 p. m.
Hoosier Schools May End Relations
NEWCASTLE, Ind. Feb. 24 (U. P.).—Severance of athletic relations between Newcastle and Connersville were expected today following comments by their two cage coaches after a rough game Tuesday night which Connersville won, 33 to 29. After the game the Trojan center, Robert Modlin, had four stitches taken for a cut over his eye, Sam Owens, guard, suffered an injured knee and. Fletcher, forward, sustained bruises from crashing into the bleachers. Coach Wilbur N. Allen approached Coach Mose Pruitt of Connersville after the game with the proposition that only one game be scheduled next year. Pruitt replied that if the feeling was of that nature, both games could be cancelled. Allen said the final outcome was based on the “unsportsmanlike” attitude of the Spartans.
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| Nathan Mann Made Mistake Of Trying to Outslug Heavy Champion.
. By STUART CAMERON United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—If it hadn’t happened in the square of ropes that for some odd reason they call a ring, Joe Louis would have to be indicted today for Mann slaughter. For one round this Mann—Nathan Mann, 22 of Hamden, Conn.—made a fight of it. He hit the heavyweight champion of the world with several smashing right-hand blows to the head; he ruffled the: Detroit Negro with a series of left hooks to the body; and, probably saw his dreams of becoming the youngest champion in history about to be realized. - Then, confident after a fine start, the New England farm boy made a fatal mistake. He threw caution to the wind and brazenly tried to slug with the mighty I.ouis. This gesture maddened boxing’s ‘Golden Boy” for the first time in his career. Dead-pan Joe Louis became a snarling killer Exactly five. minutes and 56 seconds later, Mann fell to the canvas in Madison Square Garden for the fourth and final time, a victim of every type of blow known to the pugilistic trade. Louis could not have been any more effective if he had carried an axe in one hand and a blackjack dn the other.
Still Talk About It
The crowd of 19,4900, which had jeered Louis when he entered the ring and given Mann one of the most thundering ovations ever heard in the Garden, rocked the rafters when Louis drove home the Killing blow—for at last he had become a savage, menacing fighter instead of the cold, calculating automaton oi old. “The fans, who paid $111,698.49 to see the execution, still talked about it today—and so did thousands of others who did not see the affair. The burninng question was: “What will Louis do when he meets Max Schmeling this summer?” And most everyone agreed that if the champion fights tlike he did last night, Schmeling will not repeat his upset victory of June. 1936. Louis Is Cautious In the first round, Louis was cautious—waiting for an opportunity to drive home with his murderous left. But it did not come. Midway through the round, Mann landed a light Jeft to the body and followed with a right to the head. He scored with rights to the head, backing Louis to the ropes. The crowd roared its approval. Louis seemed a bit flustered throughout and Mann won the round by a safe margin. In the second, Louis opened up and tapped a light left to the nose that drew blood. Then, using the blood as a target, he landed again and again with the left. Mann became wild; he tried to slug with Louis. He drove the champion to cover in a neutral corner, but Louis moved out—his right drawn back, his eyes narrow. He clipped Nathan with that right, sending him he canvas. The Connecticut youth took the
arose, Louis swarmed over him but the round ended five seconds later. During the interrhission, Mann’s handlers worked frantically to restore his senses. At the bell, Louis rocked Mann with a left to the face and folowed with a left to the mouth. By that time, everyone knew it was only a matter of time. Louis floored Mann with a right to the head but Nathan, his brain clouded, rose automatically without taking a count. Then he went down for a count of three from a right to the head. Referee Arthur Donovan looked for a moment like he might stop it but he did not interfere. Louis moved in fast. He drove a savage left hook to the head. As Mann started to waver, Joe caught him flush on the jaw with a right. Mann was knocked half way through the ropes, blood pouring from his mouth and nose. He bounced. off the ropes, slithered to the canvas on his back, rolled over onto his stomach and drew himself up to one knee as the referee waved the count above his shaking head. At nine, Mann tried to rise, His legs refused him and he fell back to one knee as Dono- |
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1938
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Mann down for last time. . . . Referee Arthur Donovan is counting out the challenger.
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(Bomber er Back In Old Form,
Champ Never Looked Better, He Says; Home Town Tribute Touching.
By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer
NEW YORK, Feb, 24—There are
| two ways to write last night's Aight
story—the story of Nathan Mann's
‘| abortive attempt to win the heavy-
weight championship of the world from Joe Louis.
One would be emotional. You would write about the crowd of 5000 Connecticut enthusiasts who swarmed into the Garden to cheer for the native son—to cheer so long and. frenziedly that the opening punches were delayed 12 minutes. No fighter ever received such an ovation—and what you liked about it was its warmth, its depth. Here were people who stood together in the face of Sritien) contempt and Young Mann, himself, had touched the sonben to this forest fire of brotherhood enthusiasm. Draped in a black robe, which was jater to prove a symbol of fistic mortality, he came into the ring with a quiet smile ofs confidence. Maybe confidence isn’t the word. Perhaps it was just a fatalistic, quiet resolve to give everything. When the unprecedented cheers broke out, Mann’s small smile broke out into a wide grin and he held
‘|his hands aloft and bowed. It
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Parkway plant, Lee was high with 595. C. & H. Sandwich Shop and Terminix were triple’ winners, while Service Drug Store and Linder Bros. Ice Cream annexed two games. Jack Hunt set the pace for the ‘Indianapolis loop at Pritchett’s drives with 697, leading L. S. Ayres to 3087, with Frank Argus contributing 631 and Bill Brunot 608. La Fendrich Cigars totaled 3066 as Bert Bruder hit for 646, Harold Cork 644 and Don McNew 629. Arch Heiss turned in a 673 and with Chuck Markey’s 637 and John Kiesel’s 610 boosted Conkle Funeral Home to 3048. Barbasol had 3029, John Murphy getting 659, Jess Pritchett 611 and Lee Carmin 602. Falls City Hi-Brus also passed the 3000 mark with 3023 as Joe Fulton hit for 669, Carl Hardin 650 and Ray Roberson 633. Leo Ahearn and Dan Glubka each toppled 656 pins, Chris Rasmussen 646, Harry Wheeler 636, Paul Moore 634, Oscar Behrens 631, Ed Stevenson 621, Jerry O'Grady and George Meeker each 620, Manuel Schonecker 618, George Schmaltz 610, Fred Schleimer 604, and ‘Bud Schoch 601. L. 8. Ayres and La Fendrich Cigars made clean sweeps and Barbasol, Marott Shoes, Bowes Seal Fast and Conkle Funeral Home,
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Totals ......%..... 082 1075 1080—3087 Al Nuttall ‘ire a 626 to head the Eli Lilly League ‘and Carolan Atkinson topped the Lilly Ladies’ Circuit with 521. ’ ~W. C. Hiser’s 592 was outstanding in the Interclub loop at Pritchett’s. J. C. C. Jays, Mercator Bears, A. B, C. and Lumbermen’s Mutual captured three games and Mercator Club registered a double triumph. George Godwin included a 278 game in his 663 series, which was high in the Uptown Recreation League. Pug Leppert rolled a 658, C. Myers 649, Leo Hale 633, Carr 626, Ray Fox, Bill Bowen and Bob Kelley each 618, Wilbur Roesener 617, Ad Schoen 608, Marion Oakley 607, Bruce Mitchell 603, and Rudy Stempfel and Ray Chrisney each
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:| the 2974 posted by the Coca-Cola’
five. However, the soft drink boys soared to a middle game of 1111 on Godwin’s 278 and 234 by Mitchell, 213 by Oakley, 211 by L. Stites and 175 by W. Trennepohl. One pin which swayed but refused to drop deprived O. Richter of a perfect game in the Indianapolis Athletic Club Employees loop at the I. A. C. Alleys. The 299 game sent his score to 636. Lillian Stevens came through with 504 to lead the Fendrick Ladies’ League at the Indiana Alleys. Bailey Insurance and A. & P. were three-time winners and Lane's Radio, Tibbs Cleaners, Old Gold and Haag’s Canteen were ahead twice. In the Postoffice circuit, Colvin shot a 619, F. Black 616 and Hubert 607. A 439 by Shertzer led the Western. Electric League at the Indiana establishment. At-the Hotel Antlers, Hare showed the way in the Automotive circuit with 623. Federal Mogul Bags and General Tire swept their series while Beard Brake Service and Monarch Motor registered ‘two-out-of-three verdicts. In the K. of C. League at the Pennsylvania, , drives, Shaw turned in a 622, Gich 613 and John Nickel 609. Kistner Batteries shut out their opponents and Irvington Shell, Scott Trucking, Blackwell Funeral Home and Hoosier Optical took the odd game. A 571 by Clark was high in the (Turn to Page 18)
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A Slight Mistake This is one approach. The other is strictly critical. And to see it
that way it was necessary to straighten your tie, sit erect, light a
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stuff, let’s see whether this Louis hgs gone back or come forward. All along you were pretty sure it wouldn’t take him long to . finish Mann. This approach, of course, is the logical one. Louis won the fight. He is still the champion. He stopped Mann in two rounds, one minute and 56 seconds. When that happens there is only one story. It is the story of the winner. There had been stories that Louis had lost his zest for fighting, that the big dough had got him, that he wasn't training seriously any more, that he had gone Harlem in the Susie Q. manner. This seems to be a slight mistake. Louis never looked better. He looked the Louis who tore the Baers, the Carneras and Levinskys apart. He hit with tremendous power and speed. He was the Louis we all
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Champ Diver
Here's Bill Barkhaus, Hoosier Athletic Club diver, who won & championship on his second appearance in competition. Bill cap= tured the National Junior Low Board Diving Championship at the Cincinnati Gymnasium pool last Saturday. The new champion is 17, and has been diving under the guidance of Mrs. Flora Kinder
of the Hoosier A. C. He’s shown ’
‘here after a practice dip at the Hoosier A. C. pool. He lives ab 714 N. Illinois St.
Casey May Meet Ed Don George
Steve (Crusher) Casey, 228, the powerful Irish mat ace and an outstanding claimant of the world’s heavyweight title, may make a return trip to the Armory next Tuesday night, facing Ed Don George, 223, one qf the nation’s top-ranking huskies, it was announced today. Casey has asked that he be rece ognized as champion in the Hoosier state and that such an encounter be sanctioned by the Indiana State Athletic Commission as a chamse pionship affair. He said he would put his. request in writing. Sam Murbarger, commission chief, re ported he would await official word from the Irishman before making any announcement. “I want to prove my title claims and I'm willing to do so against any opponent,” Steve said. :
He was the Brown Bomber, the dark assassin, the dynamiter. And yet— . Well, he was fighting just the type of man he figured to look good against. Look great against, in fact. He was fighting a fellow who, once he got over his stage fright, wasn't afraid to mix it with him. And he was fighting a fellow who lacked ring savvy. In short, he was fight ing a fellow who wasn’t very smart,
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