Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1940 — Page 12

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THE UPSWING of the Hershey Blass in the Inter- - national-American Hockey League is attributed to Nick Damore, young goalie who replaced Alfie Moore at the nets in mid-December. . . . A native of Niagara Falls, Ontario, he was playing organized amateur hockey at the - tender age of 13. | Attracted to Hershey by: Coach Herb Mitchell, Damore played four seasons there on the Eastern Amateur League club, winning three championships. . . . He signed a pro contract with Boston in the fall of 1938 and was farmed

. ... The Candy Kids sent him to Providence where he a “Frank Bras the shutout star who had advanced to the big league, . nT Hershey recalled Damore and in a month's time the rookie moved into the veteran Moore’s post at goal. . . His best string this season was three consecutive shutouts. . . . Best string as an amateur was four straight. . . . He is 23 years old. : a ” ” ® »

STANLEY HARRIS has been an American League manager for 16 seasons with three clubs. . . . It will be No. 17 this year. . . . He is No 2 to Connie Mack, the dean, in seniority. . . . Jinmy Wasdell, former Indianapolis pastimer and last year with Minneapolis, hopes to win a regular berth with Harris’ Senators this trip. J Wasdell hammered American Association pitching at a .328 clip in 1939, batted in 91 runs in 90 games and belted 32 homers. , . . Wasdell was a Cleveland sandlotter in 1935. . . . He played the outfield last season but will make another try as a first sacker at Washington. . , . He will report for spring training on Feb. 15, two months in advance of the season opener.

Four Players and $42,500 for Reese

ACCORDING TO Larry MacPhail, Brooklyn Dodgers’ general manager, the purchase of Shortstop Peewee Reese from Louisville has developed into one of the biggest major-minor transactions in recent years. . . . In discussing® the deal the other day, MacPhail id: = A started out as a $35,000 cash affair, but now the money comes to $42,500. As originally lined up, the transaction called for the outright release of Shortstop Woody Williams to Louisville. J “But Williams had a big 1939 season with Nashville and is in great demand in the National League. I have exercised the option of paying $7500 more in cash and keeping a string on Williams, 8 ‘un 8 8.8 8

“We have released Pitcher Russ Evans to the Colonels and must send them, outright, an outfielder and a pitcher or an infielder. Contrary to report, Fred Sington, whom we transferred to Louisville last summer, does not figure in this deal. i “You can see that with $42,500 in cash and four players involved, the Reese deal is really entitled to top listing.”

Fresh Off Sandlots in 1938

MAC PHAIL SAYS he was attracted to young Reese in 1938 and offered $15,000 for the rookie who was fresh off the Louisville sandlots at the time. oh “a “I am led to believe that the youngster will grab the Brooklyn shortfield job some time during the 1940 campaign,” Larry added. “But if he doesn’t I won't be disappointed. It is possible that the boy needs another year with a Double-A club, and for that reason we are not eager to get rid of Johnny Hudson. ; “If spring play demonstrates that Reese can go in our league we may be in a better position strategically in our quest for .an out fielder, -We are willing to take long chances on this club.” # » » 8 » »

DURING THE past season there were 46 players in the major leagues who formerly played in American Legion tournaments. . . . And the big minors also had a flock of Legion junior products. The Phillies may have been a weak tailend club in 1939 but they won more games by a one-run margin than any other team in the National loop except the Cardinals, 25. . . . The St. Louis pastimers won 27 and lost 15 for the best percenfage in one-run decisions. Second best was Brooklyn with 23 won and 16 lost. . ... The peh-nant-winning Reds failed to break even in the close tilts, winning 21 and losing 25. ® 5 =n BIG LEAGUE scouts and coaches say they can detect the lad with a softball background the moment he picks up a baseball or bat. > 5 popularity of the softball sport has became a serious menace to the develpment of big league timber, the ivory hunters declare. On top of that, in the opinion of the casual sports observer, softball is cutting into the baseball attendance in the minor leagues

and semi-pro circles.

Grid Rules Group- Trials Begin for o - Los Angeles Open Begins Sessions

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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (U. P)— Qualifying rounds for the $5000 Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament Jan. 5-8 begin today. ~ Heading the list of 206 professionals and 97 amateurs, were Byron

PALM SPRINGS, Cal, Jan. 3 (U. P.) —Suggested changes in the nation’s grid rules were discussed today as the Football Rules Committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association convened in annual session. : Included on the agenda was the goal post revision suggested by the N. C. A. A. convention in Los Angeles last week. The coaches i) posed that the posts be place

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ing champion Jim Demaret of Houston, Tex., and Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane, amateur champion.

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Play Butler In Garden

Bulldogs Anxious to Regain ‘Form ‘After Showing Against Illinois.

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (U. P.) —Butler University’s .team tonight will show Madison Square Garden fans how basketball is played in the Hoosier state—and they hope to give a convincing demonstration, The Bulldogs’ opponents will be the formidable Long Island Blackbirds, who recently had their 42-

touring Trojans from Southern California. :

metropolitan courts with its goal attacks. . The Blackbirds went undefeated in 21 regulation games and later won the second annual intercollegiate invitation tournament.

“His Greatest Club”

oponents’. 706 and was termed by Bee the “greatest team he ever coached.” { Most of the players who built up Longe Island’s 1938-39 record, however, have been lost by graduation, and Bee has built a new combination. While this club lacks the, height of last year’s, it apparently has more speed. Tonight's game will be Butler's first off its home floor, and Coach Tony Hinkle is anxious for his boys to get “in the groove” again after their cold showing against Illinois at Indianapolis. This evening’s contest is the first of two on Butler's Eastern road trip. Friday night the Bulldogs will play LaSalle University at Philadelphia.

N. Y. U. Faces Syracuse

New York University will attempt to stretch its winning streak to six straight meeting Syracuse University in the other game of the Garden’s double-header. The Violets have been the only local quintet to keep pace with the high-scoring Western aggregations now in Manhattan. Southern California and Santa Clara from the Pacific Coast and Colorado from the Midwest have made local clubs appear outmoded as they scored five victories in six starts during last week’s “week of champions” at the Garden. The Violets registered New York's single victory when they walloped Missouri, cobypiders of the Big Six Conference title. With the possible exception of Long Island University, New York U. appears to be the only Manhattan quintet with man-power enough to match the visitors in the highscoring brackets. The visiting quintets whose “hell-for-leather” offensives have swamped local clubs, make a specialty of scores that run into telephone numbers. The Violets, however, have scored 334 points in five games to date to their opponents’ 144. In their triumph over Missouri, N. Y. U. ran up 68 points, three less than the present Garden

Orange Boys Are Tall

Syracuse meets N. Y. U. for the first time in 11 seasons with a record of three wins in four starts. The Orange club's starting five, tallest in its history, averages six feet two inches and lists five sophomores from last season’s crack freshman squad which went undefeated in 13 games, Lineups: BUTLER Dietz

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SYRACUSE . Stevens Lewis . Dubinsky

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further apart and the cross-bar be lowered to revive the almost lost art of place-kicking.

Fight Results

Down the Alleys—

By UNITED PRESS WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.—Yoshio Nakamura, 128!2, Honolulu, ,outpointed Lee Harper, 128%, New York, (8); Wilce Rivera, 117%, Puerto Rico, outpointed Art Weinberg, 1231, New York, (6). NEW YORK—Aurel Toma, 120%, Rumania, drew with Pablo Dana, 122, Philippines, (8); Mike Raffa, 1243, Pittsburgh, technically kayoed Sol Pearl, 128%, New York, (3); Tony Ferrara, 14614, New York, outpointed Ed Brink, 144%, Scranton, Pa., (8); Larry Kellum, 157%, Bozeman, Mont., knocked out Enzo Ianozzi, 160%, Italy, (5). TORONTO—Dave Castilloux, 132, Montreal, outpointed Leo Rodak, 133, Chicago, (10); Frank Genovese, 158, Toronto, outpointed Tom Bland, 150, Toronto, (8).

Bill Branson took top bowling honors last night with a brilliant 723 series in the Power & Light League at the Illinois Alleys. He bunched games of 252, 214 and 257 for his total. Joe Markey also turned in a bet-ter-than-700 total to ‘take second place. His 703 series came on games

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game winning streak snapped by the |

Before that defeat, L. I. U. had|! won eight games this season. ‘| It was last season that Coach |] Clair Bee's five burned up the}

That club tallied 1118 points to its|3

2 arshan, 51; California, 47 (overtime).

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Purple Aces Win Another

Evansvilie’s Hot Attack Too Much for DePauw.

By UNITED PRESS Evansville College's basketball

team remained in the unbeaten

class today after marching to a 61-37 victory over DePauw in an Indiana College Conference game at Evansville. The victory was the Purple Aces’ sixth of the season and the second in league competition. The Aces outclassed the visiting Tigers both from the field and at the foul line. DePauw missed 13 free throw attempts, while Evansville connected on approximately 35 per cent of its shots from the field. Forward Wilfred Doerner paced the Aces’ attack with eight field goals and seven free throws, while Prewitt was high for DePauw with four field goals and - three free tosses. Evansville held a 29-17 edge at the half, At Kalamazoo, Mich., the Anderson College five downed Kalamazoo College, 42-34. Dead-eye Jack Van-

t. Joseph’s Pumas, entered in a -and-out tournament at Bloomon, Ill, lost in the finals to IlliIs Wesleyan, 37-36. In the pregame yesterday the Pumas scared 41-37 and 29-28 victories over Illinois State, Eight teams were entered in the tourney.

Basketball Scores

l STATE COLLEGES vansville, 61; DePauw, 37. 2 hderson (Ind.) College, 42; Kalamazoo, ) OTHER COLLEGES tanford, 39;

Wisconsin, 26. ; Al

r ora 78: Buffalo, 23 estern Kentucky Teachers, 40; Xavier

tv versity, 39. eorgia, 51; Mercer, 41. George Washington, 49: Clemson, 32. anisius, 42; Cornell, 41. Detroit, 47; Nebraska, 46. Ar 50; Hardin Simmons, 28. A. A. U., 35; Southeast Mis-

coln Memorial, 32. ’ 38; Pensacola Nawal

. 31. Whittier, 36; California Aggies, 34. Washington State, 54: Eastern Washington College of Education, 27. olorado Mines, 82; Wyoming, 28. ege of the Pacific, 40; San Jose State, 38. PROFESSIONAL Detroit, 33; Indianapolis, 26. STATE HIGH SCHOOLS Sheridan. 41; Westfield, 18

Oxford, 0., McGuffey, 33; Liberty, 27. ————————— ieee ene mere aS)

Bess and Sheldon Head Amateur Bill

Six amateur boxing bouts .are

Edwards is the matchmaker and action is to start at 8:45. The program: Main Event—Milton Bess and James

Semi-windup—Robert Head and Jesse Johnson, welterweights.

Prelims-Lee Prettyman and Rural Tyler, featherweights; Walter Combs and Garfield Foster, middleweights; Oscar Wheatey and Al Griffin, lightweights; John

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Despite several week of basketball conferences, boasting an undisputed

and Paoli and Batesville, tied for second after Salem, have identical marks, three victories and one defeat. : Four teams claim the lead in the eastern division of the Northern Indiana High School Conference, South Bend Washington and Mishawaka with two victories each, and South Bend Riley and La Porte with a single conference triumph. None of the four have been defeated in league play. In the western division, N. I. H. S. C., Gary Froebel and Gary Lew Wallace are tied. Froebel, one of the two major undefeated teams remaining in the state, has five straight conference wins, while Lew Wallace, knocked out of the undefeated class by two losses in the Gary tournament last week, has four in a row. The state’s second major undefeated five, Ft. Wayne South, 1938 state champion, is tied with Auburn for the lead in the northeastern league, each with two triumphs and no losses, while Ft. Wayne North also is in the running with a victory in the only conference game it has played. New Castle's Trojans walloped luckless Lafayette Jefferson, 58 to 24, in one of the few conference games last week, to bounce back into a tie for first place in the North Central Conference. - Muncie Central, idle last week, is tied with the Trojans with five victories and one loss each. ! In the Southern Conference Washington and Princeton have two victories each and no defeats and Bloomington has a win in the only conférence game it has played. Elwood and Muncie Burris, leaders in the Central Conference, were idle except in tourneys, so the Panthers remain technically in first place with three victories while Burris has one. Neither team has lost a conference game. :

Disie Net Tourney Delayed by Cold

TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 3 (U.P.).—Topseeded ‘stars were to see action today after cold weather and a big field delayed start of the 16th annual Dixie Tennis Tournament. A sub-round was necessary because of the large entry and Robert Riggs of Chicago, Don McNeil of Oklahoma City, Elwood Cooke of Portland, Ore.; Bitsy Grant of Atlanta and Gardnar Mulloy of Miami —seeded in that order—did not play yesterday. ; : In addition, 40-degree weather caused postponement of several

Hapkins and James McQueen, lightweights.

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The 22 leaders in the St. Philip A. C. Sweepstakes, held during the week-end, may collect | their prizes after 7 o'clock tonight at the alleys, it was announced today. The list of winners and their scores:

R. Ellis, 913; L. Cox, 892: E. Tarrant 872; B. Schoch, 870: : D. ‘Muiph > wes: ao Khel Hr ter dder, Smith, ‘840; J. Menon C 837; Whitsett, 835: 834; V. Cooke, 8 826; J.. Wielha H. Bohne, 820. The Masters’ Bowling Tournament, originally scheduled for Jan. 7 at the Indiana Alleys, has been postponed indefinitely.

A 380 scratch doubles sweepstakes for women is to be held next Sunday at the Pennsylvania Alleys. The entry fee is $1.25, and the deadline on entries is 1 p. m. Saturday. For further information contact Laura Alexander, 45 S. Sherman Drive, IR. 3536.

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classic for five man teams is to’ held next Saturday and Sunday and Jan. 13 and 14 at the Fountain Square Alleys. n The tournament is open to all sanctioned league teams, and the The dead-

| happened way back last year (last

By HENRY M'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 3—Recollections of it are rather dim because it

Sunday, in fact), but I do seem to

Southern California, Tulane over Texas A. and M,, Georgia Tech over Missouri, and Clemson over Boston College in the various bowl games. I think it is with pardonable pride that I call your attention to those last two picks. Is there one among you who will dare deny that Georgia Tech beat Missouri and that Clemson was the victor over Boston College? One hundred per cent right I was about those two games, If, perhaps, I erred "Slightly in choosing Tennessee and Tulane let me remind you that to err is only human, and I am always one of the first to stand up and insist that I am human whenever an argument on the subject takes place. : Little mishaps such as took place in the Rose and Sugar Bowls are

starting times.

erage in any game. Shucks, that is 200 better than a perfect game in bowling, and such stars as Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig. and Joe DiMaggio never attained it in baseball. As a matter of fact, I think it is a credit to me that I am not

recall having picked Tennessee over bragging and strutting. True, I'm

smirking a bit, but on the whole I am behaving rather decently and modestly about the whole thing. Concerning the Rose Bowl e, which was the one I saw, tho 1 listened to two others on the radio, how was I to know that of the 35 players Tennessee brought-out only four were going to play the game they were capable of? I'm a sportswriter, not a psychologist. And only four performed their duties. I refer to ‘Ackerman, a substitute center] Butler, a sophomore halfback; Suffridge, -& junior guard, and Cifers, a senior end. The rest of the Tennessee cast, to borrow a phrase from the drama critics, was only adeuate. No team ever came to the Bow! with a bigger build-up and no team ever had less chance to win.

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Deacon Returned to Local Outfit in Exchange For Ken Kilrea.

By J. E. O'BRIEN Somewhere east of the Ohio line an International-American League

expeditionary force dug into deep

snowbanks today, trying to find the .

four tail-end hockey clubs of its western division. If it weren't for faint tappings that are heard at the surface now and then—a usual indication of life —one might be tempted to remark,

| |in New York-to-Brooklyn fashion i | “Are they still in the league?”

Don Deacon, a familiar figure in a Capital uniform, will be back

at center for Indianapolis tomorrow.

He was reiurned from the Deg-

troit Red Wings in exchange for young Ken Kilrea.

Seymour and Salem Only Undisputed Loop Leaders

Muncie and New Castle Share Top Rung in North Central ‘High School Basket Conference.

By UNITED PRESS : heavy going in Indiana’s major high school the New Year finds only two of the eight leagues leader in the chase for a title. Seymour is perched atop the South Central Conference with a record of four triumphs and no defeats while Salem holds first in the Southern League with six victories and no defeats.

Rushville, trailing, Seymour

Kudo Winner of Main Mat Bout

Kiman Kudo, 177, Japan, took the first and thire falls from Lord Lansdowne, 178, Barrington, England, to win the feature bout on last night's wrestling show at the Armory. : Kudo felled Lansdowne the first time with a wrist lock in 17 minutes, and on the third fall used a body press. This session lasted 20 minutes. Lansdowne bested Kudo after 17 minutes with a crotch hold. In the semi-windup, George (Cry Baby) Zaharias, 245, Pueblo, Colo., conquered Hans Schnable, 227, Holland, in 13 minutes. He used a back body drop. The opening match went to Len Macaluso, 227, Buffalo, N. Y., who employed a body press to down Ray Eckert, 234, St. Louis, in 17 minutes.

Basketball

Tonight's schedule in the Em-Roe Bluff Road League at School 9: 7:15—L. 8."B, vs. Seven Up. 8:15—Bethany A. C. vs. J. 8. C, 9:15—Red Shields, vs. Blackhawks. The pairings this evening in the Em-Roe Marion County Sunday School League: | : 7:00—101 Class vs. First Presbyterian. 8:00—Blue Shields vs. Clermont Chris-

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Entries now are being received for the ‘Marion County Sunday School tournament, to be held in February. Play will be conducted in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions. Entries are to be send to Everett Babb, Riley 3446.

Tonight’s schedule in the holiday tournament at the Pennsy Gym: 7:00—Green Shields vs. Crusaders. 8:00—Inland Container vs. Seven Up. 9:00—DeGolyer Printers vs. Eastern Coal. In last night's games Inland downed Eli Lilly, 26-14; Honor Brand bested Kingan Kuights, 27-

over Barth Place, and SchwitzerCummins Oil, 38-27.

McNeely’s Lunch scored a 59-19 victory over Emmaus Lutheran, and downed the Flashes, 68-27. The Lunch five is seeking games in the 16-18 year class with fast city and

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Is Better Than Cobb or DiMag Ever Did

slugging penalty that put the ball on their 2-yard line with only a minute and 40 seconds to play in the first half, and eliminate the fumble by

fullback Newman late in the gime, and the Vols might have come out with a 0-0 or 7-7 tie. . ; re Any sportsman with a liking for victory by the better team must be glad that such a tie didn’t result. Because Southern California was at least two and perhaps three touchdowns the better club on New Year’s. The Trojans had the better line, the better backfield; the better quarterbacking and the better spirit. When a team with that many advantages doesn’t win, it’s a shame. Not only 8 shame but robbery. ‘Tennessee was not lacking in one department, however, During all.the time they were riding high and winning game after game, they never forgot how to lose. From Coach Neyland down to the last despairing substitute, they took their with warming graciousness. They made no excuses, but simply said a

Kautskys Face Hammond Five

National League Rivals to Meet at Lebanon.

Kautsky’s All-Americans will attempt to make it two in a row over Hammond in a National League game at Lebanon tonight, when they play their sixth contest in eight days. | The Indianapolis professional basketball team lost five straight encounters before defeating Hammond Saturday night in a game at the up-state city. ~The All-Ameri-cans traveled to Sheboygan, Oshkosh, Hammond ' and Detroit oh

their current road trip after dropping their last home tilt to the towering Chicago Bruins. Leading the Hammond quintet in its battle to even matters with the All-Americans tonight at Lebanon will be Chuck Chukovitz, the sensational University of Toledo performer who scored 711 points in three years of varsity ball. The starting five for Hammond probably will be Chukovitz, Bob Neu of De Paul, Tom Nesbit of Illinois, Joseph Sotak of Villanova and Jim Currie of Northwestern. Opening the game for the All-Americans will be Sines and Young at forward, Thompson at center and Andres and Armstrong at guard.

Baird Injured in Detroit Game

"DETROIT, Jan. 3 (U. P)). — The Detroit| Eagles scored their eighth victory in the National Basketball League last night by defeating Indianapolis, 33 to 26, and tie Akron for first place,

26; Seven Up scored a 35-34 victory |,

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Nat Frankel, Eagle forward, led the individual scorers with 15 points, while Bernard Opper turned in a fine defensive game by holding Jewell Young, former All-American from Purdue, without a field goal in the first 25 minutes. Young managed to get two baskets and four free throws to score 8 of his team’s points. The Eagles led 20 to 18 at the half. Frank Baird, Hoosier guard, suffered . a dislocated left shoulder when he crashed into the stands in the first five minutes of the game.

Table Tennis—

Last night's results in the Commercial Table Tennis League at Jimmy McClure’s Club: i Medical Center, 18; Wessler’s ket, 0.

L. S. Ayres, 14; Miller's Dairy, 4. WikE, 11; American National Bank No.

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Scores in the National League at the Paddle Club: Columbia Club, 15; Stokely-VanCamp, 6.

Kroger Grocery, 13; Hoosier Outfitting, 5. gin

The plight of their four comrades,

however, isn’t worrying the Indiane apolis Capitals a whole lot. Their only concern is about the game to= morrow night at the Coliseum against Pittsburgh.

You Take the Aspirin

After all, the Capitals insist, this isn’t our headache. Really now, didn’t these feams, among others, sort of snicker when Indianapolis entered the league. They couldn't believe water would freeze out here in Indiana (imagine that!) and

they had the idea that Hoosiers were ;

Indians without wigwams who hunted buffalo in the daytime and played basketball five nights a week, Now with the league race less

than a furlong away from the half

way mark, Indianapolis is gallop. ing along in front like Johnstown in the spring of ’39, Hershey’s Bars are the nearest ' competitor, and their total in the standings is still 13 points shy of the Capitals’. But drink lightly of your op-~ timism, mister. It’s liable to leave you with an awful hangover. this Pittsburgh team coming here is a potent crew and apparently carries a good-sized jinx with its hockey sticks and extra pucks when paying a call here,

Truly a Blue Evening

If you recall, the Hornets’ first visit to the Coliseum ended up just two steps short of a catastrophe for the Caps. Besides losing the game, 30, Ypaisnapolls lost two players— Joe_<Carveth for the season and Manager Herbie Lewis for a couple of weeks of the campaign. When the Hornets skate on te the local frozen floor tomorrow evening, theyll find some. changes ‘in the Capitals’ lineup. First there's Glenn Brydson, sent on loan to the Caps by New Haven. Brydson supe plied plenty of punch on the Ceaprecent road trip when they won three and tied one, and he has been given a prominent place on the Eastern goalies’ unfair list.

You Know. Don, Don’t You?

An old friend of the fans also will be in a blue and gray suit. He's Don Deacon and he is back after

several weeks with the Detroit Red

Wings of the National League. Lewis brought Don back after a chat with Red Wing officials in Chicago, and in exchange seht Ken Kilrea to the big league camp. The rest of the Capitals are Just about as they left us after Christe mas. And there probably will be no more changes in the lineup before tomorrow night, in spite of that en‘thusiastic fan's plea that Audrey Peppe be drafted for one home stand. :

3 Clubs Tied for Ice League Lea

By UNITED PRESS ; The New York Rangers stretched their unbeaten streak to 15 games and climbed to a triple-tie for first place in the National Hockey League by defeating the Boston Bruins, 6-4, before 15,520 fans last night in the only game scheduled. ; The win bracketed the Rangers with the Bruins and the dlé Toronto Maple Leafs and brought then within three games of equalling the 18-game undefeated mark set by the Montreal Canadiens in 1928-29. Goals by Ott Heller and Bryan Hextall provided the winning mare

Toe Blake Moves Up

Barbasol, 18; International Printing, 4. G. M. A. C., 13; Paddle Club, 9. | Tonight’s schedule for the Industrial League at McClure’s Club: Central Supply vs. Indiana National

nk. Bireley’s Beverages vs. P. R, Mallory. ‘American States vs. Indianapolis Commercial Printers. Standard Life vs. Power & Light. er ve

Oregon State and Villanova May Play

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 3 (U. P.).— Negotiations with Oregon State College of the Pacific Coast Conference for home-and-home football games with Villanova in 1941 and 1942 were under way today. | Clipper Smith, head coach at Villanova, said he was negotiating with Percy Locey, director of athletics at Oregon State.

Southport Host to Burris Five Tonight

The strong Muncie Burris basketball team will meet Southport High School in a game at 8 o'clock this evening at the Cardinals’ gym, Probable starters for Sputhport

Among Ice Scorers

MONTREAL, Jan. 3 (U. P= “Toe” Blake of the Montreal Canae diens, took second place from Syl Apps, injured Toronto Maple Leaf star, in National Hockey League scoring last week, statistics showed today. d Blake added one goal and an as. sist to his previous total to move within five points of the leader, Gor« don Drillon of Toronto. Standings:

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