Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1941 — Page 6
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Point for Sectionals
’ By UNITED PRESS
This is it—the final week]:
of firing in which most Hoosier prep cage teams make their last bid for recognition before the state championship parade begins. It’s almost over, and the second-guessers can go to
work figuring what might| have happened if the refs|
hadn’t robbed Prairie Schooner in that last conference game, or if Joe Doakes only
could have sunk that long one.
New champions in most of the major conferences have been crowned and received the plaudits of the fans. As the season draws to a close the conference pictures look like this: South Bend Central is king of the Eastern N. I. H. S. C.; Muncie Burris of the Central; Columbus of the South Central; Hammond Tech of the Western N. I. H. S. C.; Anderson of the North Central, and Madison of the Southeastern.
First Time for Two
The first three teams entered the, throne room last Friday, .and at least for Burris and Columbus, it was their initial experience at the top of the heap. Positions in the Southern Con- _ ference will remain a deep secret until games this week are completed and the league's “simple” point system unraveled. Clustered around the top, however, are Jasper, Washington and Vincennes. In the new week of action, league teams scramble for runner-up positions or do a little neighborly visiting. - Highlights of the week: TUESDAY—Connersville at New Castle and Rochester at South Bend Central.
Vincennes at Bosse
WEDNESDAY — Brownstown at Madison and Marion at Muncie Burris. THURSDAY—Hammond Tech at Gary Horace Mann, Franklin at Martinsville and Vincennes at Evansville Bosse. The latter team sank Evansville Central in a double overtime last week and may squelch title hopes of the Alices. FRIDAY—Washington at Bloomington as the Hatchets try to improve their Southern conference rating against the team that bumped Vincennes last week; . Greencastle, giant killer of Washington, hoping for an encore against Columbus; Muncie Burris, winner of 11 straight, invading those upsetting Happy Hunters of Huntingburg; Petersburg at Jasper in a preview of what little but mighty Petersburg hopes to do in the sectional. SATURDAY—South Bend Riley at Logansport, Peru at Warsaw and New Albany coming up from the southland to tangle with Ft. Wayne South.
White Rocks Top Bowlers
The White Rock Girls today were still the queens of the local bowling alleys as the scores of the 22d annual women’s city tournament at the Fox-Hunt alleys were being put into the record books. The White Rocks successfully defended the crown they first won in 1940 by piling up a 2583 series. Bertha Urbancic, member of the winning team, teamed up with Christine Urbancic Flick, a cousin, to win the doubles title with a 1084
total, 579 Wins Singles .
Rita Johns rolled a '579 series to take the singles crown. Bertha Urbancic also won the allevents honors, turning in a total of In the Class B events, I. W. B. A. No. 18 is the new team champion; Patty Kuszmaul and Ann Hruban won the doubles title; Ann Hruban outscored the singles entrants and also won all-events honors. Class C team champion is R. C. A. No. 3; June Wade and Fern Myers possess the doubles crown; Evelyn Hutson was the winner of the singles event, and Maxine Martin copped the allevents championship.
Hi-Brus in Lead
Meanwhile, in the men’s tournament, the Falls City Hi-Brus took _ the lead in whe five-man competition with a 2905 series. This mark will - be the target of 74 teams in next week’s session. A total of 352 teams already have completed competition. Irvington Motor Sales moved into runner-up position in the actual division with a 2842 series, forcing Adam Hats, last week’s leader, into third place. Conkle Funeral Home landed in fourth place with 2838. ... Crown Laundry continued to lead « the prize list with a 3184 total, Individual scoring was led by Bud Schoch of the Herfi-Jones team, who rolled 636. Clarence Boldt led the Irvington Motor Sales with 630 and Tony Rea paced Stegemeier’s Grill with 629.
Tee Off in the Dixie MIAMI, Fla. Feb. 17 (U. P.).— Headed by national amateur cham- _ pion Dick Chapman of New York, almost 100 golfers tee off in the first 18-hole qualifying round of the 17th annual Dixie Amateur Championship today.
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Here are the eight Novice champions who won their spurs in the Golden Gloves: 1—Otis Rogers (180), Leeper Boxing School; 2—Robert Woodson (1335), Leeper Boxing School; 3—Dom Schooley (147), Rhodius Center; 4--Bob Kennedy (112), South ide Community Center; 5—~Robeéit Donnell (heavyweight), West Side A. C.; 6—Frank Tunstill (118), Hill Community Center; 7—Herbert Broadwell (175), N. C. A. G. U,; 8§~—John Douglas (125), Hill Community Center, i
SPORTS... By Eddie Ash
CHARLES LOUIS DUNCAN, the Indianapolis Gold-
en Gloves Open class heavyweight champion, was born .
in the “Gone With the Wind” country, at Atlanta, Ga., and he’s 20 years old. He resides at 918 N. Miley Ave., and is employed at
the Kingan packing house. Duncan attended Ciispus Attucks High School here and his ambition is to become an agriculturist or a machinist. . . , In high school Charles won sports letters in. football and track, and other hobbies are baseball afc swimming. He is in his third year of Golden Gloves boxing. .. . . In 1939 Duncan annexed the local Open light heavyweight crown and last year was runner up in that division. . . . Kid Edwards, a former pro boxer, is Duncan’s fistic coach. Willard G. Reed, Indianapolis light heavy king, gets a third trip to Chicago for the Tournament of Golden Gloves Champions. . . . He is a repeater in that division and in 1939 held down the middleweight berth on the local team. Reed is 18 years old and lives at 3438 E. 26th St. . . . He played football and baseball at: Tech High School and won letters in both sports. . . . As a gridder he played in the backfield as late as 1940, after which he withdrew from school to become employed at Kingan’s. Willard’s ambition is to try professional boxing after his amateur days are over. . . . Hé¢ has two more years of eligibility, but will have to compete with the heavyweights next year to continue in Golden Gloves. . . . Reed's boxing coach is Bobby Lee at Nortneast Community Center.
Bring On Joe Louis, Says Jones :
BILLIE H. JONES, Open class middleweight champ, comes right out and declares his ambition is to become heavyweight champion of the world. . . . Billie has traveled a long distance for an 18-year-old lad. . . . He participated in basketball, football and track at George Washington High School and resides at 240 S. Hancock Ave, Z Jones’ boxing coach is Tom Leeper, manager of the Leeper Boxing School. . . . The 160-pound star was born in Indianapolis and this is his third year of Golden Gloves fisticuffing. It’s the first time for Billie to earn a journey to Chicago and he’s really excited about it. . 4 , Joe Louis may be on hand to size him up.
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JAMES E. SHERRON, the welterweight crown wearer, was born in Port Royal, Tenn, and is 18 years old. . . . He lives at 2249 Yandes St. and is product of the Washington Athletic Club, Porter Utewart, manager and coach. . . His ambition is to become a professional boxer. . . . This is his third year as a Golden Glover, but his first as a champion. Robert N. Simmons, Open lightweight champ, was born in Indianapolis, resides at 2257 Arsental Ave., and is 18 years old. , . . His boxing coach is Leo Floyd, Hill Community Center. Simmons is employéc as. a freight trucker by the Pennsylvania Railroad. . . . He is a star in softball and last year, while employed in Gary, Ind., he Won the Golden Gloves lightweight title there and went on to become runner-up in the Chicago finals. ... . Robert is in his third year of amateur boxing and hopes to give the professional game a try some day.
- ‘Apprentice Tinner Rules the Featherweights
EARL PAUL, winnér of the featherweight title, is 18 years old and was born at Decker, Ind. . . . He’s in his third year of boxing and resides at 1814 W, Minnesota St. . . . Earl is an apprentice tinner with the ambition ‘to become a professional fisticuffer. In 1939 Paul was oil the Northeast Community team, last year he switched to Rhodius Community Center and this year found him at the Leeper Boxing School taking pointers from Tom Leeper. « « . This is Earl’s first title in the Open class. A. C. Lee, bantamweight champ, won the same crown last year and he’s the oldest of tie eight Open class winners. . . . Lee is 22 and resides at 1308 E. 25th St. . . . He hails from Hill Center and his coach is George Peck. “A. C.” is in the confectionary business and that speed he shows in Ye ring was developed as a sprinter and relays man in track sports. ; PY i » o 2 . 2 =n ” ELMO LATTA, 17 years old, George Washington High School pupil, is enjoying his first year on the Golden Gloves Open class throne in the flyweight division. . . . His other sports hobbies are football and golf. 1B Latta was born in H2nderson, Ky., and lives at 32 N. Belle Vieu Place. . . . His favorite position in football is end and that’s where he performed for the Continentals last fall. : : Little Emo’s ambiticn is to become a machinist. . . . This is his Second year in Golden (iloves competition and his coach is Tom eper. o ’
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Open Champs In Training for Chicago Fights
Members of the Indianapolis Golden Gloves team of Open class
after a week-end rest from the rigors of last Friday night’s championship matches. :
Local sports fans still are talking about the grand finals show and record attendance at Butler Fieldhouse and many believe the Indianapolis champs will give a good account of themselves in the Tournament of Champions at Chicago Feb. 24, 25, 26. The gloves firing in the Windy City begins a week from tonight and teams from 44 cities throughout the Middle West, Northwest, South and Southwest will be there to participate in the huge event sponsored and staged by the Chicago Tribune Charities, Inc. Indianapolis‘ Golden Glovers will depart for Chicago next Sunday morning. The weigh-in and physical examinations will take place at Chicago Stadium Monday from 12 noon to 2 p. m.
Lighter Weights on First
The four lighter weights will fight Monday night, the four heavier weights on Tuesday night and the survivors in all weights on Wednesday night. The Tournament of Champions’ schedule calls for all boxers except losers to fight twice on the same night. The only exception is when a contestant is lucky and draws a bye in the drawings. No boy will be permitted to fight more than two times on the same night. In the ninth annual Times-Legion tourney that closed last Friday the Leeper School and Hill Community Center broke even in leading the parade of champions with winners each, including both Open and Novice classes. In the Open competition Leeper’s grabbed off three titles—112 pound (Elmo Latta); 126 pound (Earl Paul), and 160 pound (Billie Jones). In the Novice division Leeper’s won the 135 pound (Robert Woodson), and the 160 pound (Otis Rogers),
How Others Fared
Hill Center's Open crowns were captured in the 118 pound (A. C. Lee); 135 pound (Robert Simmons), and the heavyweight (Charles Duncan). In the Novice—118 pound (Frank Tunstill), and 126 pound (John Douglas). Northeast Community Center won the Open 175 pound (Willard Reed), and the Washington A. C. won the 147 pound (James Sherron). South Side Community Center (Continued on Page 7)
champions. resumed training today
Cyclone Sets a.
Record and
B’ars Are Gone With the Wind
In early November when the 1940-41 Capital hockey machine was being built, Manager Herbie Lewis dropped by to announce he had signed a young amateur from the Michigan-Ontario League named
Cyclone Bill Jennings.
This Cyclone Bill, said Herbie—and he em-
phasized the Cyclone—was about the hottest thing the M-O people were
peddling in the way of hockey talent. So Cyclone Bill joined the family but because of this and that, he didn’t get a whole lot of attention. Then Joe Fisher went to the Red Wings, leaving Butch McDonald and Connie Brown with no helper. Lewis drafted Cyclone Bill for the job, and the change seemed to benefit both parties. Cyclone Bill soon: left no doubt as to who was the speediest guy on the team, and the new Jennings-Brown-McDonald line became the Capitals’ No. 1 attacking trio.
Just a Minute, Bill
Last night Cyclone Bill gave some 5000 Coliseum fans the most efficient display of goal-getting organized hockey ever has seen. In exactly 57 seconds he whistled three pucks -past Hershey's Nick Damore, building the foundation for Indianapolis’ 6-2 victory over the secondplace B’ars and winning for himself a new world record. Before the Cyclone struck, the record belonged to an ex-Capital, Carl Liscombe, who took a minute and 52 seconds to turn the hat trick for Detroit on March 13, 1938. Incidentally, Referee Ag Smith, Herbie Lewis and Hec Kilrea saw that exhibition, and all three were wit-
nesses to Cyclone Bill’s performance.
last night. Oddly enough Jennings’ first goal was made with the help of twothirds of the Kay line. He came over the dasher to relieve Hec Kilrea and met the puck head-on just outside the red line. That one was in at 2:58. It was Jennings again that finished a play involving Brown and Hal Jackson at 3:35. And from the next faceoff, the Jennings - Brown - McDonald line skipped into the Bars backyard, with the third goal from Jennings’ hickory going in the strings at 3:55.
Slim Jim Is Busy
Jennings was a hero among heroes, though. Everybody, as the old mountain saying goes, saw his duty
and he “done” it. You might save|§
a little applause for slim Jim Franks, who stopped 31 potential Hershey goals employing all his natural and official hockey weapons. Jimmy dived for pucks, executed jig steps in the crease and once or twice teed off with his broad pad-
dle. In the first period Pat McReavy caught him alone, but Jim-
AMERICAN LEAGUE Western Division L T GF 12 8 150 17 6 148 2 8 108 2 4 120 24 8 114 Eastern Division L T GF 16 4 153 18 6 127 15 7 139 «.s.18 22 5 126 Results Last Night INDIANAPOLIS, 6; Hershey, 2. New Haven, 6; Cleveland, 4. " Buffalo, 2; Springfield, 1. Philadelphia, 4; Providence, 2. NEXT GAME TOMORROW—Cleveland at Springfield.
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my stuck out a glove and literally took the disc off McReavy’s club. The party started at jitterbug tempo, and Gordon Pettinger tipped in a Hershey goal while our Jimmy
was dealing with Harry Frost. But|Wabash in less than two minutes the score|meylor
was tied, thanks to some nifty foot-
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Three-Way Tie For State Cage Crown Looms
By UNITED PRESS Three teams, Indiana Central, Evansville and Butler, today seemed destined to share the Indiana College Basketball Conference title if they continue their present pace in the closing weeks of the campaign.
Indiana Central last week ad-|
vanced to nine games won and none lost in the conference with crushing defeats of Central Normal and Hanover. This week the Greyhounds turn outside the league, but come back Feb. 26 for the last obstacle to a share of the crown, Manchester. While Butler was idle in league play, downing Marquette, 40 to 38, Saturday night, Evansville pushed its unbeaten record to five games with victories over St. Joseph’s and Franklin. In the former game the Aces erased St. Joseph's from title consideration.
Aces Seek Revenge
Evansville this week seeks revenge on Western Kentucky State, only team to lick the Aces in 13 games this season, then bids for its share of the conference title Feb, 24 against Oakland City. Butler has a tougher row to hoe, facing two league opponents, DePauw and Wabash, this week and Franklin Feb. 26. Thus the Bulldogs are confronted with three hurdles blocking the top spot, while Indiana
Central and Evansville face only}
one. Indiana Central, incidentally, this week also meets the only team’ to defeat it in 15 games this season, Illinois Normal.
Pumas Drop to 4th
St. Joseph's single loss to Evansville left the Pumas. in fourth spot in the conference standing, while Oakland City, although idle, slid into fifth spot as DePauw lost to Franklin. CONFERENCE STANDINGS Won Los
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THE STANDINGS !
Pct. 875 857 625 S71 S71 500 429 286
Wisconsin ........... Indiana ... Ohio State Purdue ......coeeviee Minnesota .......... HUnois .....v00004000 BOWR ..ocioidasy vane Northwestern ....... Michigan ........... 250 Chicago .eesvrvvecnee 000
CHICAGO, Feb. 17 (U. P.), —Wisconsin and Indiana had the edge on the field for the Big Ten basketball champion. ship today but this is the week when almost anything
can happen.
Wisconsin, topping the league with seven victories and but one defeat, plays Purdue tonight and Indiana: moves East to meet a formidable Ohio State team that Saturday night eliminated Purdue’s champions, 57 to 38. They will face each other Feb. 24 in a game that will go a long way toward deciding which will become the 1941 champion. Other Big Ten games tonight bring together Minnesota at North western, Iowa at Illinois and Michie gan at Chicago. Wisconsin was by far the favore ite to defeat Purdue tonight after the licking the Boilermakers took from Ohio State, due in part to the injuries to key players Don Blanken and Capt. Bob Igney. Indiana faces a difficult opponent in Ohio State, however, paced by Dick Pisher, who leads the conference scoring race with 108 points, Ohio State is in the midst of a comeback. ' Saturday’s results: Ohio State, 57; Purdue, 38. Indiana, 44; Minnesota, 34. Wisconsin, 46; Illinois, 30. Northwestern, 41; Chicago, 36. Michigan, 40; Iowa, 29. Games tonight: Indiana at Ohio State; Wisconsin at Purdue; Minnesota at Northwestern; Michigan at Chicago; Iowa at Illinois.
Record Crowd Will See Louis
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 17 (U. P), Heavyweight championship compee tition may reach a new low at Con=- . vention Hall tonight when Joe Louis makes his 14th title defense against Gus Dorazio but the crowd and gate will set new indoor boxing rece ords for Philadelphia. The 15-round bout between the destructive Brown Bomber and an apparently mediocre Philadelphia challenger appears so lopsided that the State Senate has threatened - an. investigation. However, 15,000 . fans are expected to contribute about $50,000 for the spectacle. Loujs, principal in this “Woolworth” world championship — with its top of $5.75, promised to knock out Dorazio as soon as possible. Most experts figured he would keep his promise. Hence, there was no record of a single bet on the outcome, since the odds were prohibitive, Therwagering was 2-1 that the dark-haired muscular Italian doesn’t even last five rounds, and
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