Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 February 1941 — Page 10

‘Orr THE BACKBOARD

By J. E. O'BRIEN

(Third of four columns analyzing each of the 64 high school sectionals, Today’s article deals with the 16 centers in the Muncie semifinal area.)

SINCE THE DEATH of the 16-team Fieldhouse final, the Muncie semifinal has established a reputation as the most cut-throat of the four. There’s no reason to believe it will be different this year when regional winners from Ft. Wayne, Huntington, Marion and Muncie

converge there. The Ft. Wayne regional will bring together the sectional winners at Warsaw, Kendallville, Ft. Wayne and Garrett. Warsaw has been gaining more backers in its own sectional of late with a display of rising strength capped by the Tigers’ 39-33 victory over Peru last week. Warsaw's first game against Leesburg Friday afternoon will be an acid test, followed by a second-round game against Pierceton. Pierceton won the county crown from the Tigers, who avenged ‘the lacing two weeks later. Tab the Pierceton-Warsaw winner as your sectional winner. Kendallville is one of those mystery sectionals where the favored Kendallville team must put up with a whole stable of darkhorses. The hosts are defending champions, A year ago Garrett came out if its own sectional, went safely through the regional and lost to South Side of Ft. Wayne in the Muncie semi-final. Although the Railroaders don’t figure to go as far this year, they still look like a safe sectional bet.

Archers After Fourth in a Row

BURL FRIDDLE'S Archers of South Side, who have won the Ft. Wayne sectional for the last three years, drew first-round quinine in Central. Two years ago the draw was similar, and the Archers scampered on to the I. H. S. A. A. crown. You might think the favored North Side Redskins got a break in the draw, but they will have to get past strong out-of-city competition. Central holds two victories over South Side this season by scores of 32-31 and 35-31. Another interesting game in this center will be the skirmish between Woodburn, the county champion, and Leo, seeded second among the Allen teams. North Side gets our vote. Huntington entertains a regional, with guests invited from the Bluffton, Decatur and Hartford City sectional centers, and should have its own team still in competition. Reputedly an upstate power Huntington ought to have its sectional say. At Bluffton Ossian or Bluffton is doped to go through the upper bracket to the finals, there meeting the Lancaster Bobcats. Ossian has a record of 20-and-3, Bluffton a slate of 14-and-8. The Bob-

cats may surprise.

2 Favored Rivals Clash at Decatur . THE DECATUR SECTIONAL brings together Berne and Decatur, the two favored rivals, in the opening round. Last year it was the same way, with Berne winning. Kirkland is conceded to be the strongest in the opposite bracket, although Pleasant Mills is a semifinal hurdle. There are favorites aplenty at Hartford City. Roll and Dunkirk seem to have best chance of winning, but their roads are not easy. Hartford City would have to beat both Dunkirk and Roll, it appears, to gain a regional berth. That wouldn't be easy. Marion’s’ regional winner will be selected from representatives from the Marion, Noblesville, Wabash and Kokomo sectionals. In the Marion sectional, three teams—Jonesboro, Van Buren and Gas ‘City—are challenging Marion’s 1l-year supremacy. The Giants haven't been beaten since 1929 when Ed Sellers of Fairmount flipped a last-minute basket for a 17-15 victory. : : Jonesboro boasts the Grant County conference championship and Van Buren the county tourney crown. The Giants can’t boast of much in particular, but they're still our choice. At Noblesville two county champions, Arcadia and Sharpsville, were placegl in the upper bracket, while the two favorites, Tipton and Sheridan were spotted in the lower bracket. Tipton and Arcadia are likely finalists. We'll take Tipton. One of the chief contenders for the Wabash sectional cham-=-pionship will be gone Thursday night after Wabash and Laketon tangle. The rest of the tournament matches a bunch of old rivals. It should be Wabash or Laketon.

Who Will Stop Kokomo’s Kats?

KOKOMO, like Marion, usually has’ things its own way in the sectional. Make ours Kokomo at Kokomo, and outlaw the upsets. Survivors of sectional tournaments at Richmond, New Castle, Winchester and Muncie will meet in the latter’s fieldhouse for the regional. Elder Eberhart’s Richmond Red Devils have enjoyed one of their most successful North Central Conference schedules and count as their only disasters wallopings by Kokomo and Burris of Muncie. If theyre eliminated this week-end, it will be an upset. You can always hear talk of New Castle getting overturned in its own sectional. But it’s usually just talk. Strings Allen’s club may not be as strong as last year and high-scoring Marshall Koontz may be weary of it all, but that shouldn't stop the Trojans—yet. Trying to pick the Winchester winner is like groping through a haunted house. ‘Saratoga was the rage last year—Parker won the tournament.. We're keeping hands off.

‘And Now for Muncie—

AND SO FOR Muncie. Burris and Central never meet in season play, and the fans always wait until the sectional for this intracity battle. This year it may not come off. The Bearcats have to contend with both Albany, the county percentage champion, and Gaston, the county tourney winner. Albany is supposed to be wellbalanced and strong on taking rebounds. And Gaston could surprise Albany in the semi-finals.’ : Yorktown pulled an overtime upset on Burris before Christmas, so Scott Fisher and his boys know what's awaiting them in the opening game. There should be no stopping the Purple Owls after that. Burris, if you please.

Cardinal Pitching Staff Has Quality, Quantity, Says Boss

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| the Butler three-year scoring mark

{of 463 set by Oral Hildebrand. He

has accounted for 501 points.

| starting five tonight. Jack Clayton,

| beaten Butler since they were fresh-

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 26 (U. P.).—Manager Billy Southworth said today the fight for regular berths on the pitching staff. of the St. Louis Cardinals would be “tough” and that the club’s battery has “class as well as numbers.” Southworth sent the Cards’ batterymen through a three and onehalf hour workout in their second day in training camp. He said he was particularly pleased with, the way Gus Mancuso, catcher acig this winter,” was hitting the ba 3

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HAVANA, Feb. 26 (U. P.).— Catcher Babe Phelps, recovered from an attack of flu, is scheduled to report to the Brooklyn Dodgers’ training camp Friday. Whit Wyatt became the last of the pitchers to report yesterday when he checked in. following 10 days’ work at Hot Springs, Ark. Outfielder Joe Gallagher has left for Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore for an examination.

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. Feb. 26 (U. P.).—Shortstop Frank Crosetti, third baseman Red Rolfe and pitcher Spud Chandler joined workouts in the New York Yankees’ spring training camp today, but holdout first baseman Babe Dahlgren was scheduled to head for the San Antonio, Tex., camp of the Boston Bees. : The Yankees sold Dahlgren outright to the Bees yesterday for an unannounced sum. Dahlgren was| | scheduled to be replaced at first by|

rookie Johnny Sturm who hit 312 with Kansas City in the American

Association last year. Babe Dahlgren . . .

Boston Bees.

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MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 26 (U. P.).— Paul Dean will pitch for the New York Giants against the Brooklyn Dodgers in the opening of their three-ggme exhibition series Friday, Manager Bill Terry said today. Bob Bowman will start the second game and Carl Hubbell, the third. Holdout Harry Danning was scheduled to report to camp Sunday to discuss terms. 8 ‘8 “® SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Feb. 26 (U.P.).—Manager Frankie Frisch of the Pittsburgh Pirates indicated today that Debs Garms, National League batting champion, will be riding the bench when the Pirates Op heir season in April, Fr

break up the present outfield of Van Robays, DiMaggio and Elliott to make room for Garms. Rain that had made the field a quaginire ended yesterday and the Pirgtes en-

gaged in two long workouts, the

first of the season.

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3 May Share State Net Title After Tonight |

. Butler, Indiana Central To Finish Work

Although there have not been any rumors of a postseason playoff, three teams may share the Indiana College haskatball Conference - title after tonight. Evansville College has completed its conference schedule without a cdefeai. Indiana Central, also undefeatec! in the state loop this season, finishes its campaign tonight against Manchester at North Manchester. Butler University, holder of 23 consecutive conference victories, meets Franklin at Franklin tonight in the geasca’s finale for both teams.

TONIGHT’S GAMES

| Butler at Franklin, DePauw at Wabash. Indiana Central at Manchester. Incliana State at Ball State. Evansville at Southern Illinois Normal.

At Franklin two captains will be shooting for individual scoring honors. Butler's Capt. Bob Dietz, despite a slightly injured right hand sustained in last Saturday night's 34 to 40 victory over Notre Dame, has a 50-50 chance of breaking Jerry Steiner's 208 mark for one season. Last year Dietz scored 17 points in the Grizzlies’ gym.

Reichert Needs Six Points

Don Reichert, Ft. Wayne senior and team captain for the last two years, needs six points to break Duke Farrell’s former Franklin record of 154. Dietz already has broken

Four of the six seniors who will close their collegiate basketball careers tonight are leading team scorers. They are Dietz, 196; Bill Hamilton, 143; Jim McCray, 118, and Lyle Neat, 115. These four plus Wilbur Schumacher, junior who has tallied 107 points, will comprise the

center, and Lester Combs, guards, are the two remaining seniors who will see some action. Franklin's. three seniors have not

men on the varsity squad. They are Reichert, Bob Fell and Mike Knauff. Coach Roy Tillotson, who scouted the Butler-Notre Dame battle, probably will call upon Dick Frazell and Fell, forwards; Reichert, center, and Knauff and John Duncan, guards, for his starting combination’ with Roy Grefe, Lou Leerkamp and Paul Hendrix as early replacements. Mosser Gets 10 Fielders "'he feature of last night’s college ca:xl was St. Joseph’s invasion of Philadelphia to meet St. Joseph’s of that city. The Hoosier five from Collegeville dropped a 70-49 decision to the host club. The Pumas attempted a comeback after being down at the half, 31-16, but lost three of their men via the personal route before the gap could be closed. Neil Mosser boosted his season total to 344 by throwing in 10 field goals and four free throws. : In the only other game scheduled Tri-State closed its season with a 44-32 triumph over Bluffton College.

The Duseks Have A Bad Evening

Neither of Omaha's rioting Duseks on last night's wrestling program at the Armory had anything to hoast about today. Joe of the Dusek clan fell a victim of Dorve Roche, 222-pounder from Decatur, Ill, in 24 minutes. "he winner employed a press. Previously Joe Dusek, 225 pounds, was beaten by Gino Garibaldi, 220, New York, who used the same tactics. This one required 22 minutes. In the feature boxing match on the card Floyd Howard of Dayton, 0. scored a fifth-round technical knockout over Gib Jones of Charleston, W. Va. The scheduled eightrounder was stopped after Howard had opened deep cuts over Gibson's cyes. In another fight Art Shipley of Cincinnati scored a decision over Frank Lockwood of Portland, Ind. The opening wrestling match between Buck Weaver, 180, Terre Haute, and Whitey Wahlberg, 179, Minneapolis, was won by the former, who took four minutes and {1ised an inside toehold.

Basketball

Results in the Central States city {tourney at the Pennsy Gym: Royal Crown, 39: Labor Temple, 35. Stewart-Warner Ranges, 34; DeGolyer, 28.

IG Indianapolis Flashes, 25; Shawnee A.

“Bookwalter-Ball-Greathouse, 40; Crown Box Products, 20. Tonight’s schedule: 7:00—-Co! Caf . Ei i 1 ho 7:50—Kingan Reliables Er Ta mblers 3:40—-Kingan Knights vs. Monarch Steel. 9:30--Allison Assemblers vs. Holy Cross Crusaders. Tonight’s schedule in the Wednesday Church League at the First Presbyterian Gym:

7:00--Broadway vs. Clermont Christian, | 8:00--First’ Presbyterian vs. Union Trust. 9:00--Second Friends vs. Christamore, st

Named Tennis Coach Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 26.— Indiana University’s tennis team ‘will be coached this spring by Ralph L. Collins, English ‘department faculty member and former University of South court: star, Athletic Director Z, G. Clevenger said today.

HOCKEY

INDPLS. CAPITALS .

VS. PROVIDENCE Thur, Feb. 217, 8:30 P. M.

Tournament Committee,

Franklin Township Maps Sectional Plans

Franklin Township Flashes huddle to discuss their “darkhorse” prospects in the local sectional this week-end. Their first game is against the Howe Hornets Friday afternoon. season play. The probable starting five includes (front row, left to right) Lloyd Toon, Robert Windhorst, Conrad Terhune, (rear, left to right) Leroy Compton and Eugene Nolting. :

They boast 17 victories against five defeats for

Senior Golfers Set Tourney

The Indiana State Seniors’ Golf Association is extending to all amateur golfers aa invitation to participate in its annual Seniors’ Golf Tournament at St. Augustine, Fla., March 20, 21 and 22. In connection with this competition there will be a group movement from Indianapolis, leaving Tuesday, March 18, and returning Monday, March 24. : G. A. Young, treasurer of the In-

diana State Seniors’ Golf Associa-

is chairman of the Florida Other members are Dr. C. H. McCaskey, president of the Indiana Seniors Association; Judge L. Ert Slack, member of the United States Seniors’ Golf Association, also of Indianapolis; R. C. Ellis of New Albany, Ind.; W. R. Smith, secretary-

tion,

treasurer of the Twin City Senior Golf League. Minneapolis, and Roy

G. Elliott, vice president, Tri-State

Golf Association of Cincinnati, O.

The tournament schedule calls for one’ round: of 18 holes ‘daily on

March 290, 21 and 22, 54 holes in all. A golfers’ dinner, with- the award -of prizes, will be held at the Hotel Ponce de Leon, St. Augustine headquarters for the contestants, Saturday evening, March 22.

‘Play will be in three classes: Class A, players 65 years of age ahd

over; Class B, players 60 to 64 years, inclusive; Class C, players 50 to 59 years, inclusive.

Spencer Forced To Forfeit 10 -

Times Special SPENCER, Ind., Feb. 25.— Spencer Higlr School's basketball team will enter the sectional tournament at Brazil this week-end with a record of having lost its last 12 games. Ten’ of ‘these actually were vietories, but they were forfeited when school officials learned that Gail Winders, senior center, was married before playing in the 12, The Indiana High School Athletic Association bars participation by . married pupils.

Getting Ready

Maybe Cicero has a premonition. Anyway, its high school basketball team, from six miles north of Noblesville, practiced yesterday on the Butler Fieldhouse floor, scene of the state finals, The Ciceronians claim their gym is too small since the HamiltonTipton County teams will meet in sectional play on Noblesville’s big floor. They won 11 of 16 games this season and will play Walnut Grove in the first game Thursday night. Their coach is Toy Jones, a Butler luminary.

Stich’s 743 Is Best on Alleys

Today Charles Stich can boast one of his best bowling totals—and one of the best turned in by anybody this season, by ‘the way. Stich cracked out a fat 743 total in the weekly session of the St. Philip's No. 1 League to lead everyone in the ctiy last night. His sum was carved from games of 243, 233 and 267. Second place went to Dave Killion Sr., who smacked the maples for a 709.

. The list of leaders: Charles Stich, St. Phillip’s No. 1 Dave Killion Sr., West Side Classic... Reg Kline, Penn Recreation Goldsmith, West Side Classic Bud Hardacre, City Morris Schoen. Penn Recreation. Paul Stemm, West Side Classic.. Joe Meier, Hoosier A. C. Rassmussen, West Side Classic 6 oTny Burrello, Pritchett Recreation... Walter Roberts, Hoosier A. C sivavee OF John Nauta, Fountain Square Reec.... 637 § Walton, Jenn Recreation h dolph Madley, Dezelan Industrial Leonard Binnion, Bubble Up H. Link Jr., West Side Classic P. Horan, St. Phillip’s No. 1 Art Sachs, Commercial rr Meyers, Herff-Jones Toxley, Penn Recreation Gillespie, Penn Recreation Leo Bracken, Community Leonard Faust, Speed Bill Batchelder, I. Roy Knapp, Parkway No. 2 Fred Sstle, Commercial 3 Recreation .

Lou Fouts, Dezelan Recreation ... F. Rush, West Side Classic Stillwell, West Side Classic .... Bollinger, West Side Classic ......... Hale, West Side Classic ......... pA Hohman, Penn Recreation ............ Hartman, Dezelan Industrial .. John Crist, Bloc

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McLemore Goes to Bat for the Underpaid Baseball Players

By HENRY McLEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 26.—This is the time of year when any fellow with enough milk of human kindness in him to make one beaten biscuit cannot help but feel sorry for baseball players.

Because this is the time of year when the wrangle over contracts |: brings to light that baseball players, insofar as their relations with the|:

clubowners are concerned, have no more rights than a tipsy driver going

the wrong way down a one-way street. Take, for example, the present negotiations going on between the Chicago Cubs and Lou Novikoff, prize rookie outfielder. No one knows for sure what the Cubs paid the Los Angeles Angels for Novikoff, but reliable guessers place the purchase price in the neighborhood of $100,000. The first contract the Cubs sent Novikoff suggested a salary of something like $4000 for 1941. He sent this one back unsigned, by air mail. The next one boosted the pay a trifle, and Novikoff returned it not only unsjgned and by air mail, but with a special delivery stamo on it. This ‘sort of thing scarcely. adds up, does it? If Novikoff is good enough to warrant a $100,000 outlay by the Cubs. then he must be good enough to draw a salary of, say, at least 10 per cent of that amount. Too, Novikoff has this argument on his side. He is the most pubThere isn’t a baseball fan in the country who hasn’t read of his eccentric

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baseball lives on publicity.

~The Cubs are pretty well sold on Novikoff’s ability as a player, as the purchase price and the comManager Jimmy Wilson says the big fellow who led the coast league in batting,

home runs and rung batted in last $

year appears to be a cinch to start in left field. That is, of course, if Novikoff And he will, because he hasn't any more choice of what he

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was rooming with the whale. If

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he’ll just have to stay out of baseball. Some day this situation will be remedied, probably by Judge Landis,

as who has the player at heart.

Hockey Bruins Finally Beaten

By UNITED PRESS Two third-period goals gave the fourth-place New York Rangers a 2-0 victory and smashed the Boston Bruins’ undefeated string at 23 games last night, It was the Bruins’ first loss via a shutout this season and their first defeat in National Hockey League competition since losing to th Canadiens, 3-1, at Montreal, Dec. 21. During their surge the Bruins had compiled 15 wins and eight ties to wipe out the mark of 19 games set last season by the Rangers.

Bryan: Hextall and Dutch Hiller scored for the Rangers. The Toronto Maple Leafs creased their league lead to two points by coming from behind four times to tie with the New York Americans, 4-4, in overtime. Hooley Smith scored the 200th goal of his National Hockey League career in the first period. The standings:

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3 Frosh Fives Win

Freshman basketball teams representing Shortridge, Manual and Cathedral won games yesterday. The Blue Imps defeated Broad Ripple, 23-12; Manual trimmed Howe by. the same.score, and the young Irish, on a last-minute basket by Ike Hurrle, topped Washington, 16-14.

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Each Class Trimmed To 32 Tonight

By EDDIE ASH } Times Sports Editor ,

CHICAGO, ; Feb. 26.—The Indianapolis Golden Gloves" team comes up to the ‘final night of leather throwing in the Tournament of Chame. pions at Chicago Stadium with three representatives still in the running.

These are Robert Simmons, lighte weight, .135 pounds; Billie Jones, . middleweight, 160, and Willard Reed, light heavyweight, 175. Simmons made the grade by wine , ning one bout Monday, decisioning Jimmy Timoteo, ’ Cleveland; Jones a J accomplished the feat by winning one bout by technical knockout over Bob Thorne, Lafayette, - Ind. i# second round, and Reed advanced without swinging a glove. Reed drew a bye in the light- vg § weight drawings Billie Jones and then was Lf matched. against Harold Robertson .. of Rockford, Ill. But Robertson failed to answer the summons. to’ the dressing room when it was time * to don gloves, and after waiting ah hour the ' tournament officials awarded the bout to the Indiane apolis boxer by default. dianapolis team got more than its measure of luck in the drawings Monday and yesterday. Altogether, The "Indianapolis Times squad got Six byes, or three a day. On the first day, A. C. Lee, bane tamweight; Earl Paul, - feather. weight, and Robert Simmons, lighte weight, drew byes in the tournae ment’s. first go-around, and then the first two named were eliminated in their first starts. Simmons won his only start, and Elmo Latta, flyweight, who was not * ils . included in the lucky breaks of the bye business, was outpointed by Cleveland's ace 112-pounder, Paul Carbetta. Last night James Sherron, Indianapolis wel=" terweight; Billie Jones, middle« .: weight; and Reed," Bo #5 1ight heavy, Willard Reed drew byes in the tournament’s first round in the heavier weights. Then * Sherron lost by decision to Raymond Walton, Ft. Smith, Ark. Jones won and Reed got a default. Charles Duncan, Indianapolis heavyweight,” with no lift through a bye, tangled with Lowell Strong, St. Louis giant, and lost by decision over the three-round distance in his first start. After tonight's Tournament of Champions show the Golden Gloves - field will have been cut to 32 with four gladiators in each of the eight weight divisions. The 32 survivors will return to Chicago Stadium on March 7 for the semifinals and title bouts, or finals. On tonight’s program all boys who escaped elimination Monday and last night will' return to the ring. Drawings were to be made (Continued on Page 11)

|Park Meets New i League Member

Park School plays its home base ketball finale here this evening against Howe M. A. of Howe, Ind, Members of the Midwest Prep Cone ference for a month and a half, the ; Howe lads are a new group of faces ° on the Panthers’ toughened schedule, + On the hosts’ welcoming commite tee will be Steve Terry and Frank Bixler, forwards; Mike Keene at center, and Larry Gerlach and Herm .

Kothe at: guards. .

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WEDNESDAY, FEB. 26, 1941} .

Golden Glovers Still In The Running §

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