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N. Y. Paddlers ‘Win

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 1 (U. P.)—New York was favored today to retain the National Inter-City Men's table tennis cham-

pionship following impressive victories over: Baltimore and Newark, N. J. a

CATHEDRAL OPENS WEEK'S BASKET PLAY Irish Battle T hey Expect 10 Kick Up a F ew Waves i in Meet Sunday Franklin Five

By Eddie As

PLAN INDIAN BOOSTER DINNER

PAGE 1 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1939

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AND MAYBE A Eh DANCE

DE. and dance! , , «+ Something dew locally toward giving the Indianapolis ball club a fashionable sendoff 2 this year is planned by the athletics committee of the Chamber of Commerce and first on the program is a booster dinner to be held on the night of Feb. 17.

It will be in the nature of a baseball centennial

: celebration as a gesture

oof civic good will and a

bow to Leo T. Miller, the

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+ Indians’ new hustling president, and his hard-fighting _ ' manager, Ray (Cracker) + Schalk. © In addition to this pre- “: training season affair the Commerce athletics com- “" mittee has in mind a ball- .” player§’ dance on the eve

“of the opening game at

io Perry. Stadium. «in + The to f athletes are to arrive from ~ £:'the South on the morning

“of April 12 and President “Miller ‘has approved a “dance that night.

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Leo T. Miller

against the Kansas City Blues the afternoon of Thursday, April 13, but Mr. Miller believes they wouldn’t object to

shaking the hoof the night public.

before while meeting the

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However, the No. 1 problem now for the C. of C. _ athletics committee is to start the ball rolling for the

baseball dinner on Feb. 17...

. Wallace O. Lee, chairman,

suggested at a meeting yesterday that two or more big league “personalities” be brought to the festive board to pep up the interest and increase the prestige of the event. , . « Committee members started making contacts

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# zn 8. CITIZENS’ committee is to be

8 ® ” named to work with the athletics

committee and it is believed that the dinner will attract approxi-

mately 500 fans. . National League’s baseball picture, an extra attraction.

. The event will be open to the public and the

“A Century of Baseball,” will be

Machinery was set in motion today to contact ball club supporters all over town and keep the booster drive under way while the Red- _ skins are in Florida and after they enter American Association cham-

: pionship play.

Chairman Lee stressed the fact that Indianapolis’ main enterprises for sports publicity are the 500-mile race and the baseball club

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structure and large playing field. : Competition for the President’s

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the clutch were big factors in the

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ME LEE pointed out that many baseball leaders saw Perry Stadium for the first time last summer when they attended the Anierican Association All-Star game and that all commented on the grand

Cup for highest opening day at-

- tendance this spring will be based on population and Indianapolis will have a better chance at winning the trophy than in past years.

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T. PAUL club officials have been notified by the White Sox not to expect Ollie Bejma to return to them this year. ... Manager Dykes thinks the South Bend product and former Indianapolis player - will stick in the big show this time. .

. . Ollie’s fielding and hitting in Saints’ drive to the pennant las

Bejma has had previous big league experience with the Browns and Dykes is going on the theory the Hoosier can’t miss this time,

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OSTERS of the Giants and Yankees reveal the National League team with one of their smallest squads in years and the cham-

-- pions with a squad larger than usual. At the annual meeting of the major leagues last month it was voted to allow a club to carry 40 men for the first 30 days of the season, after which they were to cut to 25. Yet the Giants have only 28 players listed to be taken to Baton Rouge, while the Yankees will have 32 players at St. Petersburg. It is very unlikely that the Terrymen will do any paring of the

; roster while at camp.

. »-The Yanks may send two outfielders

“and a few pitchers to Newark and Kansas City before the big

league bell rings,

~ Typical Light Heavy Dish 5 On Garden Menu Friday

By DANIEL Times Special Writer (Pinch-hitting for Joe Williams) NEW YORK, Feb. 1.—The elements of legalistic doubt and controversy with which the Garden's Friday night fight between Melio Jack Fox is

a concoct .a dish quite typical 2500 the light . heavyweight - division. 7

le ‘New York Commission, which ans none too heavily toward conistency and so often throws a sneer

i “at traditional procedure, insists that

highly

the bout is for the world’s championship. In other parts of this civilized universe keen ninds contend that John Henry 3. Lewis, whom you will remember as ia recent victim of Joe Louis 1n

% 2 2 ometning less than no time at all,

still is the true king of 175-pound-‘ers. Our state solons complain that,

% first of all, John Henry invalidated . bis title by refusing to meet the

mission’s challenger, After that he gave up the championship, auto‘matically, by going into the heavyweight section to challenge Louis.

of Jack Delaney in 1927, when he as shorn of the light heavyweight by moving up to battle Paulino.

Weigh in Early

‘The most .damaging charge ainst Lewis is that he no longer iifan make 175 pounds. When John “Henry met Al Gainer at New Haven, newspapermen with a keen inquisitiveness regarding Lewis’ “poundage, were circumvented by a 10 o’clock-in-the-morning weighing . There are qualified experts who ill ‘tell you that when John Henry ‘clambered through the ropes that ght he looked at least seven ands over the limit of the division. For the abbreviated discussion th Joe Louis; John Henry scaled t 187 two days before the alleged

at | They insist that for no ther opponent could Lewis make pven 180. Students .of human retions suspect that Lewis dropped even pounds in 48 hours mainly fhroneh worry and its cousin fear. n barely had enough strength to

nurtured to a feeble maturity by eta ed llyhoo, the light heavyweight class as been one of boxing’s drab apurtenances. The reason, of course, s that the section which our British ins call the cruiserweight is a synthetic one.

Back in the days when finance n't

injections | of fantastic|.

fighters really could fight,

wasn’t even dreamed of.

lishman scaled only 166 pounds. championship.

themselves eligibles.

Root.

match for a new title.

pionship overnight.

Net Scores

STATE COLLEGES Wabash, 41; Rose Poly, 35. = Evansville, 57; Earlham, 51. Franklin, 41; Ball State, 35. Tri-State, 42; Olivet, 33. OTHER COLLEGES Pittsburgh, 42; Temple, 36. George Washington, 46; Toledo, 29. St. Ambrose, 33; Columbia (Iowa), 28. Simpson, 64; Penn, 40. Wesleyan, 45; Kearney, 28. Wayne, 83; Michigan’ Normal, 32. Assumption, 45: Adrian, 42. Detroit Tech. 44; DeSales, 42.

Ohio Northern, 45; Findlay, Wittenberg, 39; Dayton, 31. Mt. Union, 30; Hiram, 24.

24. Georgetown! College, a; Berea, 38.

cordia, 3!

Wakipetin (N. D.) Science, 61; Ellendale

Norm Shurtleff, 34: Eureka, 26. Be K.- Teathers,

orris Harvey, 54; New River Thiel, 53; Clarion aa ve Glenville, 57: Salem 53, Doane, 42; York, 84. MacAlestet, 38; “2% Tn) 7 Washina s, oy oll

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Lebanon Vall te Albright, 38; G

ot’ Facine, 40 Tech, 3 8 hl le 38.

any bruiser over 165 pounds felt qualified physically to battle the heavyweights, and the light heavy division When Charley Mitchell fought the great John L. Sullivan 39 rounds to a draw on that rainy March day at Chantilly, France, in 1888, the Eng-

Why, Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons were only light heavies when they took the heavyweight But as the years rolled along and the general class of boxers dropped, men of the 175pound class no longer regarded as heavyweight title

The light heavyweight championship was devised by the nimble brains and adroit wits of two master showmen—Jack Curley and Lou Housman. Curley managed George Gardner and Housman piloted Jack Neither scrapper could support heavyweight = pretensions so Curley and Housman arranged a They invented the light heavyweight cham-

Ohio Wesleyan, 55; Baldwin . Wallace, 33.

Mt. St. Mary’ Ss 36; ‘Western Maryland,

St. id (Winona); Minn. }.. 42; Con-

85; Indiana

Noblesville

By Minton’s Return; Captain Named.

ball team will get things going in local circles this week by tackling Noblesville there tonight. Cathedral will be at full strength for the game. Bernie Minton reported for practice yesterday and

appeared to be fully recovered from |a fractured rib suffered in a recent game. The probable starting lineup for tonight’s game will be Caskey and Mattingly at forwards, Potter and Barnhorst at guards, and Lou Ostheimer at center. Cathedral will

season in tonight's game. Friday night the Irish

year.

forward, captain for the season.

Redskins Resume

‘| Practice After Rest

Only one player, Oscar Viewegh,

a full day of rest on Monday.

recent rout by Decatur Central.

the reserve team rushing his varsity. Attention was also paid to the

team plays Danville Friday night.

Blue Devils to Meet Tough Competition

Coach Kenneth Peterman, Shorttough competition in the tilts with

weeksend, ran the Blue Devils through a long ball-handling drill against the reserves yesterday afternoon. Today the Blue Devils are to undergo another heavy workout, tomorrow tapering off for the Crawfordsville game Friday night. The Lebanon game Saturday will be played in the home gym.

Boots Reinstates Two Senior Cagers

Times Special COLUMBUS, Ind. Feb. 1—Two of the five seniors who dropped from the high school basketball team here have been reinstated by Coach George Boots and are practicing with. the team in practice for the tilt against Shelbyville here Friday night. The two, Bill Hayworth and Don Schumacker, were among those who recently turned in their uniforms when Coach Boots accused senior members of the team of not working. .

Leaders Bunched In Billiard Play

By United Press Joe Chamaco, New York, leader of the round-robin tournament for the world’s three-cushion billiard championship, meets Otto Reiselt, Phila-

least one match to retain his lead. Jay Bozeman, Chicago, who held

Kansas City.

and tomorrow, resting on 15 victories and five defeats while Chamaco fights to add to seven victories. match.

Basketball

Smith-Hassler Capital City League: 7:00—Lawrence Denzells w. Waverly Oilers. 7:50—Fashion Cleaners VS. Jackson Tire and Battery Co.

vs. Furnas Ice Cream.

the 30th & Central Merchants,

Tabernacle.

downed the Birdseye 11-Stars,

after 6 p. m. |

15-17-year class,

expenses. ‘Write Day Zappia, 841 Fletcher Ave,

she Goldsmith Secos, winners in

access to a gym. Write Max Goldsmith, 535-7 LI-1612.

League:

Greyhound Bus, 39; Junior 1 0. 0. F. Walt's Cleaners, 29; di

urea 2, LY “Magaine Aces, Bail Printing, 34.

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|Local Outfit Strengthened .

Cathedral High School's’ basket- |

be seeking its ninth victory of the oppose the Southport Cardinals at the North Side gym. Joe Harmon's team won over both of these quintets last

At their practice yesterday the Irish named John Mattingly, senior

was absent’ as the Manual Redskins resumed practice yesterday aftey

The Redskins are anxious to get

their “second wind” and return to their City Tourney form, after a

Coach Oral Bridgford stressed defense and worked on offense with

team’s passing and shooting. His

ridge basketball mentor, expecting

Crawfordsville and Lebanon this

delphia, tonight and must win at

the lead for a time, moved closer to Chamaco last night when he won a double match from Tiff Denton of

Bozeman will be inactive tonight

Chamaco has lost only one

Wednesday night schedule for

Mt, 8:40—Liehr’s Tavern vs. Drikold

* | Refrigerators. 9:30—Schwitzer-Cummins | Stokols

25-12, in a game at the Community

The West Side Cash Coal Juniors 24-20. For games call BE-3112-M

The Goodwill Re Raiders, in the would like to schedule games with teams having access to a gym or willing to share

18 of their 21 games, are seeking games with teams within a 25-mile radius of Indianapolis which have

S. Illinois St, or call Results in the Em-Roe Speedway

Indiana Farm 21; Beoknalier:

The Unemployment Corn ) ensation team is seeking games with feams having access to gyms on a y nhights . Call

Beware I. U., McMillan Says

‘Good Little Team,” Gopher Coach Calls His Five.

By STEVE SNIDER United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Feb. 1—Twenty-odd minutes snowbound with Dave McMillan, the basketball purist whose missionary work at Minneapolis finally showed the Gophers that foot-

ball isn’t the only sport on the calendar. No more crystal-gazing. Less than an hour after McMillan predicted “this year’s Big: Ten champion better figure on losing three Conference games” Minnesota almost lost one he hadn't bargained for—to Chicago. The Maroons had too much size under the basket. No stars at Minnesota. “We've got a good little team that handles the ball well and gives out with. everything every time we play. The other teams have the stars—Pick Dehner and Bill Hapac of Illinois, Jim Hull of Ohio State and Ben Stephens of Iowa look mighty good.”

Rates Illini Toughest

Best Minnesota foe: “Illinois was the best Big Ten team we played. It's high class. There is height, speed, ruggedness and shootiftg abili. * Those boys are good defensively, too “We really ran into something hot down at Notre Dame last week (lost, 55 to 33). That's a better team than last year as far as we're concerned, although they lost a lot of stars by graduatioh.” Tab for later: - “Indiana should be one of the best in ' the Conference before much: longer. They have plenty of speed and good shots irisht now. All I 'hope is they haven’t reached their peak by Feb. 25. We play them then.”

And Wildcats Rovghest

Roughest team: “Northwestern wins this prize. ,We had a rough game with Illinois but that one we

.|lost to Northwestern tops them all. The Cassidy Hot Shots defeated

Every man they sent in seemed to pe Digger and stronger than the las ”» (Northwestern has won one and Minnesota has lost only one—to Northwestern.) Defense department: “Hull of Ohio State may be hard to stop. We don’t have any special defense of men like that. All we try to do is keep him tied up like anyone else; Maybe we can break his 16point average for Big Ten games.” Crystal-gazing after all: “We still haven't played our best game. It's true we don’t have enough reserves but we should hold up even through as tough a campaign as the Conference usually is. “If we're hitting our shots, we can beat the best of them. One thing about my boys, they don't make many mistakes or get rattled. They've been playing Sogethes too long for that.”

Dixie Coach Quits ' STARKVILLE, Miss, Feb. 1 (UU. P.) —Emerson (Spike) Nelson has

by Pres

submitted his resignation as: head

Rangers Up Two In Hockey Chase

By United Press

The New York Rangers climbed out of their second-place tie with the New York Americans in the National League hockey race today, but they still have a long way to-go to overtake the leading Boston Bruins. The Rangers’ two points for beating the Chicago Black Hawks, 3-2, last night sent them one point ahead of their intracity rivals, who held the Bruins to a 2-2 overtime deadlock. Boston's advantage was trimmed only a point to seven.

Gehringer Tops, Moriarity Holds

DETROIT, Feb. 1 (U. P.).—Joe (Flas) Gordon of the New York Yankees is a good second baseman but Charley Gehringer, the Tigers’ star, is the greatest of them all, George Moriarity, American Leagne umpire, told the fifth annual allsports dinner at the Yacht Club last night. “I have been ‘watching Charley Gehringer play second base for many years,” Moriarity said, “and I can truthfully say that I have never seen his equal. To me he is the greatest of the second sackers.” Wallace Wade, Duke University football coach, was named the outstanding coach ‘of the 1938 season. Davey O’Brien, tiny all-America quarterback from Texas Christian, was named: the outstanding player of the year but he was unable Lo

be present because of the weather.

Philadelphia Award |Goes to Dizzy

PHILADELPHIA, Fekesl (U. PJ). —Jerome (Dizzy) Dean, Chicago Cubs flinger who was extrolled as the man who pitched his team to the National League pennant despite an ailing arm, today held the Philadelphia Sporting Writers = Association’s “most courageous athlete of the year award.” The presentation was made to

Dizzy at the 35th annual dinner of

the association before 1000 gues last, ‘night. Jimmy Foxx, “Am

These Indianapolis Athletic Club swimmers will be out to take their share of firsts in the state water championships in the local club pool Sunday. The relay | team (above), which has given good account of itself so far, includes, left to right, Virginia | Hunt, Patty Aspinall, . Jane Coyd and Virginia Schakel. Because of A. A. U. technicalities Miss Cloyd will not be permitted to represent the I. A. C. in the meet. She will compete, however, in individual events, unat‘tached. Mary Middleton (eft), I. A. C. freestyler, will take her place with the other girls for the 200-yard relay event. ‘Bunday’s list of championship events includes the women’s middle states 150-yard. individual medley swim, four Indiana A. A. U. championships for women; four for men and four open age events for boys and girls.

Weak at Foul Line? Let Grandpa Shuck Show You

By LEO DAUGHERTY Facts, foibles and fancies , , , A scorekeeper down at Seymour is

still looking for Johnny Sines, North.

Vernon Panther mentor. . . . John-

ny hasn’t yet given the goal and foul recorder the Panthers’ lineup against the Owls last Friday night. . .. A brand new kind of stall on the part of a Purdue firewagon driver. Aside to the boys who are striking out at the foul line. . You might call on Grandpa Shuck, 71-year-old Tipton fan. , . . He still challenges any player to top ®his free-flip record. . . . He said it was 12°years ago that he hooped 196 out of 200 in a foul-line exhibition. ' His grandson, Bobby, is a high scorer with the Prairie team. . . . Another grandson, Ned, coaches at Mulberry. . . . Add disasters. . . . The Noblesville Millers have lost all 13 games to date. . . . They hope to crack the jinx at the expense of Cathedral’s Irish there tonight.

Kokomo athletic officials and sur-|’

gical advisers are debating the advisability of a minor operation on the injured knee of Chet Gabriel, Wildcat giant. .. . Comes a little moral support from Johnny Whittaker of the Hammond Times. . . . He, too, says Frankfort is one to keep both eyes on as tourney tipoff time creeps near.

Building Program Moves Along

Frankfort is completing plans to reconstruct Howard Hall. . . . Blueprints call for twisting the playing floor around in a north and south direction, ripping out the south wall and converting the basketballroom into a bowl with permanent seats for 4500. . . . It seats about 2400 rtow. Richmond Morton will move out of its skating rink after its last home game on Feb. 17. , . . The Wayne County sectional will be held at Earlham College and Morton’s new gym, saucer-shape, which |; will hold 4500, will be completed next summer, . . . Monticello dedicates its new basketball palace before the argument with the Logansport Berries on Feb. 8. . . . Seymour has a gym under construction. As Ed Denton and Ernie Gedling go, so go the unbeaten Jeffersonville Red Devils. . . . Denton has roped 48 field goals and 34 free flings. . . . Gedling’s record is 48 “and 34. . . . And both are guards.

. Previous scores mean nothing! when the Devils and New Albany |} « » The Bulldogs will bel} gnarling when they clash at New|}

meet. .

Albany tonight. . . . The Satans won the earlier season. Slash: 24 to 17.

boys. . . . The Hammond quint is!

‘Bruns Wins

one of the state’s skyscrapers. . . Coach Pete Jolly of Muncie has a hunch that Hammond's size may

bring the ruination of the Ohiof

River crew. Joe Harmon, Cathedral coach, thinks Huntingburg’s Hunters, the only other unscarred warriors, are stronger than Jeff. . . . His Irish have had their fill of both. .. . For-

ty-five personal fouls were called|

the other night in the West Lafa-yeite-Flora game. . The latter wen, but finished the game with only four players. Coach Babe Wheeler of Brazil has written to the National Rules Committee for an opinion on a decision which may have been a contributory factor to the defeat of his team by Decker in the finale of the Wabash Vélley tourney.

Something for The Books Decker was leading, 23 to 22, with

a minute and half to go. ... Reich~ ert of Brazil deliberately fouled a

Decker player, apparently to force & free throw and enable Brazil to get possession of the oval. . . . Referee Clyde Gentry called the foul but in the confusion caused by a substitu-| tion referred the situation to Umpire Marfell, who altered the decision and gave Davis, the offended player, two throws instead of one. He made them both and Leifheit of Brazil scored a fielder to return Brazil to within one point. . . . The strategy was to force Decker to one shot and then get a two-pointer to knot the count. The two free throws were awarded on the basis of the foul being one which involved unsportsmanlike conduct. . . . Coach Wheeler’s point is that there was no unsportsmanship. Coach Vic Dauer of Wabash is recovering after an appendectomy. . Glen Coleman, his aid, is subbing for him. . . . And only four more weeks of dots rom tomorrow until the sectionals.

Casting Club to Meet The Indianapolis Casting Club i¢ io hold its regular meeting at 3 p. m. tomorrow at the Tabernacle Presbyterian Church gym. Anyone interested in casting is invited to

Hangs Up 9th Loop Victory Downs Ball State, 41-35;

College Play ‘Marked By Roughness.

By United Press Loose ball handling. and roughe

| and-tumble playing marked Indiana E | college basketball games last night.

One exception, however, was the

| Franklin-Ball State game at Franke

lin at which the Grizzlies’ smooth, pointed shooting outpointed the Cardinals, 41 to.35. It was Franke

lin’s ninth victoiy over leagues

rivals in 11 starts while Ball State is credited with five out of eight triumphs. Leading, 20-11, at the half, Frank lin regulars shot | to a 41-10-27 margin and then allowed reserves to finish the game. Reichert, Ferrell and Knauff each accounted for eight points for the Grizzlies while

] Gardner led Ball State with 11.

Close All the Way

In a ragged tussle at Crawfordse ville, Wabash fumbled to a 41-to-35 victory over Rose Poly. The Little Giants held . uncomfortably: small margins most of the game and wers pressed tightly when the Engineers steamed up to within two points of them, ‘28 to 26, at one point. Berns scored 16 points for Wabash, Cole well 10 points for Rose Poly. Fighting roughly throughout, Evansville tumbled Earlham, 57 to 51, in ‘a game at Richmond. Both teams forgot strategy and played a wide-open game as the lead changed hands seven times. The score was tied on six occasions. Polk hit a free throw and Katterhenry a field goal to give the game safely to Evansville. Katterhenry marked up 17 points while Wright led Earlham with 13. In a game at Angola, Tri-State overrode Olivet (Mich.) College, 42 to 33. The Hoosiers, trailing at first, gained the lead: and held it throughout.

Butler's Geyer Nurses Bruised Heel : Although he has been kept -out of

bruised heel, Bill Geyer; regular Butler guard, is expected to be in shape for the Bulldogs’ two weekend basketball games. Geyer, who has scored 60 points in 12 games. this season, was miss~ ing yesterday as Coach Hinkle sent his squad through an hour of drill« ing and reviewing offensive formations. The Butler five will resume. Cone ference play Saturday when Franke lin College invades the Fieldhouse. On Friday Butler will take on De Pant of Chicago at the Chicago Coliseum as part of a twin bill that will feature Chicago Loyola. and City

College of New York in the other

|! game.

Over Roche

Chicago Grappler Victorious In Action-Packed Match.

Bob Bruns, 220, Chicago, today for the first time was the undise puted master of Dorve Roche, 222, Decatur, Ill, former coal miner. Bruns threw Dorve two out of three falls after 57 minutes of wres-

tling before a near-capacity crowd at the local Armory last night. In

‘| two previous matches the pair had

fought to a draw. The farmer Northwestern University ‘ athlete made a whirlwind finish in the first fall after taking the worst of it for more than 30 minutes, and won with a flying body-scissors off the

-ropes.

Roche came back in the: second fall and forced his opponent to con cede after 25 minutes under punishe ment from a surf board.

Mephisto Here Next:

Before the customers had settled comfortably in their seats, the third and deciding fall was begun and finished. After Roche had missed several flying blocks, Bruns used a drop kick and press to throw. the amazed coal miner in one minute. Dick Powell, 245, Miami, Fia,, wrestler, won his initial appearance locally over Charlie Strack in 12 minutes: with & 'jack-knife. Buck Weaver, 183, Terre Haute, beat Walter Stratton, 185, Leetonia, 0., with a drop kick and press in 13 minutes. Next week’s headliner will be the Great Mephisto, light heavyweight: champ, who will appear against an opponent as yet unsigned.

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