Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 February 1941 — Page 18

* may be a bit dubious, but his boys can play good basketball.

Orr THE BACKBOARD

By J. E. O'BRIEN

(Last of a series of columns analyzing the 64 high school sectionals. To220 article deals with the 16 centers in the Indianapolis semi-final area.) nal area.

WHAT APPEARS to be a balance of power between the city and Marion County indicates a three-day dogfight at the Tech gym. The dopester finds himself stymied in every round, and it’s obvious no team has an easy

road. : The opening game—Southport vs. Manual—is a big question mark. The Cardinals topped the Redskins in early season and look to us to be a shade the better this time. Bill Arnold's absence at center for the South Siders may be the margin. For nearly a week now the fans have had a chance to mull over the chances of Decatur Central and Tech against each other. It's county champion facing city champion, and the victor will get heavy

.* backing to roll on to the title. Tech is going to miss big Roy Hurley

—so much, we believe, that we are nominating Decatur Central.

‘New Augusta a First-Round Favorite

3 New Augusta is a first-round choice over Castleton, with Shortridge’s defending champions favored over Lawrence. Warren Central and Broad Ripple shape up about even, and we're riding with the Rockets. Ben Davis should get past Beech Grove, and Washington ought to score its Seo) expense. Howe, we're afraid, can’t stop Franklin Township. . And so into the second round. Southport and Decatur Central have gained reputations in past years as county standouts. This time D. C. appears to have the edge, so we're marking the Hawks down for a semifinal berth. It’s Shortridge over New Augusta, and Coach Herman Hinshaw to take his Ben Davis Giants past Broad Ripple. The rangy Franklin Flashes are our choice over Washington, Should Decatur Central and Shortridge both get to the semifinals, many arguments will be settled right there. The Blue Devils have had their ups and downs and maybe Coach Kenneth ig they do Saturday afternoon, they're in the tournament finals. There, we think, they'll meet the Ben Davis Giants. It’s Shortridge to repeat, we predict, in spite of that city tournament fadeout.

Greenfield Beat Anderson—So There!

Our sectional winner will join the victors from the Greenfield, Anderson and Danville centers in the Anderson regional. Oaklandon is Marion County’s representative at Greenfield, but neither the Oaks or any of the other 10 teams should be able to flag. the host entry. The Tigers, you remember, handed Anderson one of its three defeats. The Anderson sectional promises to be a steady round of keen competition from the openinggipoff. Archie Chadd’s Indians, winners of 19 games and the North Central Conference crown, are the favorites. A stout challenger will be the Lapel Bulldogs, defending titleholders who came to the Fieldhouse last year in short pants. Then there’s Markleville, Anderson's first foe. The Arabians have lost only three during the campaign. Others with a chance are-the Pendleton Irish, nine-point victors over Greenfield, and Elwood, loser only to Burris and Tipton in the Central Conference. We're not saying Anderson will lose, but don’t be too surprised if Lapel is still in the race come Sunday morning.

Plainfield and Danville shape up as the strongest on the latter's .

‘floor. . They are in separate brackets and should come together in the finals. Pittsboro will detend the title. The Attica regional will match teams from the Clinton, Crawfordsville, Attica and Greencastle semi-finals. Slinton, we say, to take Rockville’s crown. Jerry Steiner, former Butler great, has the darkhorse in the Crawfordsville sectional. His Ladoga team, gymless .all year, won 16 of 18, losing only to Linden and New Market. Both the latter are in this center and may make H. T. McCullough wish he was back with his Crawfordsville Athenians instead of at Fort Shelby. Crawfordsville, nevertheless.

Those Tiger Cubs Reaily Came On

Attica rules a slight favorite in its own center over Williamsport, Veedersburg, Covington and Pine Village. Veedersburg, the. Fountain County champion, will meet Williamsport in the first round. It should be a honey. Greencastle has been on the upswing, knocked off Washington's Hatchets and the Columbus Bulldogs on successive week-ends and should get back the title Bainbridge walked away with in 1940. Three standouts compose the title-chasing pack at Franklin, These are the home-town Grizzly Cubs, Greenwood and Masonic Home, Masonic Home and Franklin are doped to meet in the semifinals, with the winner going against Greenwood Saturday night. Greenwood again, please. Columbus hopes brightened this week with the announcement that Shelbyville’s Jack McComas, high scorer of the South Central Conference, will be lost to the Golden Bears. Remembering that, we are nominating Coach George Boots’ Bulldogs at Shelbyville. At Greensburg, North Vernon is the defending champion, Greensburg a strong contender, Butlerville a possibility and Sandusky a former giant-killer. Lots of folks will be disappointed if Madison gets stopped this early, yet the strong downstate club has to open

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against Scottsburg. Past that, they should roll on.

‘And Don’t Forget Milroy

Milroy, carrying a string of 20 straight victories, stands smack + In Rushville’s path at the Rushville

could cause plenty of trouble should Memorial.

fending champions.

Aurora and Lawrenceburg ought to decide that one. victories over Rushville and Batesville, if you care to know. Batesville, they tell us, is a bunch of fighters.

enough in the home-town sectional,

Sickness slowed tne Knightstown five for a while, but * everybody’s well now. Why not be daring and choose Milroy? At Connersville, Connersville reputedly is the strongest. Brookville stands the best chafice in the field of 13 of throttling the deThe first-round game at Aurora matching

center. This sensational club the Lions get through Morton

Aurora boasts

That should be Put us down for Batesville.

~ ‘When My Number Comes Up, iE I'm Going,” Says Hank

NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (U. P.).— Hank Greenberg, - Detroit Tigers’ slugging left fielder and central figure in the military draft’s biggest

nied today that he was asking deferment from service in the Army. “I can’t understand what all the excitement’s about,” Greenberg said. “I'm not the only guy in the United States Army but from all the fuss,

The husky ballplayer, most valuable in the American League last season and home run champion of the circuit, arrived by airplane last night for a visit with his family. “1 don’t knéw a thing about the draft,” he sald. “You ought to consult that draft board. They're makng a statement every day.” eeply tanned from his vacation in Hawaii, Greenberg was apparently in excellent condition, but ob-

4 FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Ind, Feb. 27—Dates for the 10th annual

* were announced here today. The . event will be held on the hill and ‘valley courses of the spa April 4-6. Leading golfers from clubs in the many states of the Great Lakes and Ohio River regions again will gather at the resort in quest of the Thomas D. Taggart trophy. The tournament will be a 54-hole medal affair, 18 ‘holes being played each of the three

days. ' ays, nding champion in this year’s event is Gus Novotny, former Chicagoan, but now a resident of Cincinnati, who emerged from the ranks the dark horses in the 1940 shooting to cop the title with 223 strokes for the regulation distance.

“STORAGE BATTERIES PEATE reer. Be9 ex.

viously was angry at the publicity given his selective service status. “All that stuff in those questionnaires is supposed to be confidential,” Greenberg said. “Why, down in Hawaii, I never had but a minute’s peace. That darn phone was ringing every 10 minutes.

. “I'm telling you right here and now, I'm not asxing for any sort of deferment. All I'm going to say is that when my number comes up, I'm going. “They’ve got me listed as No. 621 and they've reached about 300 out there. You figure out when I'm to be called, I can’t. No, I haven't been notified when to take my physical examination but I probably can take it in April when I get back from the South.” It was suggested that there was a slight variance ‘between his statement that he was ready to go when called and the draft board’s reveala~ tion that he had asked for deferment. “I guess the only way a fellow can get along with newspapermen is to be like Dizzy Dean,” he said, “say one thing one time and something different the next time. “Anyhow, can’t you see that all this publicity isn’t doing me any good. If you fellows continue to write the way you have been, you'll have me in the Army next week.” | Greenberg relaxed when the draft subject was dropped and said that he had not received his contract from the Tigers yet but anticipated no trouble on terms.

MOTH HOLES TEARS . BURNS

Must Wait Yor Next Year

Simmons, Reed Lose In Quarter-Finals

Ey EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor CHICAGO, Feb. 27.—Members of the Indianapolis Golden Gloves team didn’t have enough on the ball to last

nament of champions and the boys returned home today with thoughts of next year

occupying their minds.

Three of them reached the final night of leather throwing at Chicago Stadium and two reached the quarter-finiels. These were Robert Simmons, lightweight, and Willard Reed, liglit- heavyweight. They won their first battles last night in’ the | tournament’s third round ang then passed out of the running in their second fights, by decision. | Billie Jones, middleweight, put up a great battle with Roosevelt Thomas, Chicago's entrant, in the tournament’s third round but the Windy City boxer won the decision by taking the second and third stanzas. : Reed Scores Kayo

Simmons outpointed Elverse Townsell of | Gary, Ind, in his first performance of the night's program and then dropped a close jamboree to .Richard Sholl of Peoria, Ill, | Reed knocked out Paul Kemp of Streator, Ill, but didn’t have what it takes against Hezzie Williams of Chicago in the quaterfinals and was eliminated. During the three-night tournamenf{ the Indianapolis team won four bouts and lost eight. Simmons was the lone¢ member of the team with two. victories. Jones won one and lost one and Reed’s record was the same. Paid atteridance last night was 12,685. In Robert Simmons’ first bout last ‘night he taught Elverse Town-/ sell a boxing lesson. -It was strictly a sparring match and nobody was hurt. Plays for Points

Simmons simply played for points, mainly with; lefts to the head and body and with an occasional righthander to tlie wind. The first round was tame, j but the Indianapolis lightweight /landed the more and better blows and gained the nod. - The boys {exchanged lefts at the start of the second stanza and clinched. Then Simmons scored with three consecutive lefts before Townsell countered with a right. The Gary toy landed a left to the body and got caught with two lefts and a right. The pace stepped up in this session. Hardest, blows of the fight were delivered in the third and final canto. - A fast exchange set off the {Continued on Page 20)

Marquette, Irish Tracksters to Vie

Times Specicl SOUTH BEND, Ind. Feb. 27.— The final prevue of the 15th annual Central Collegiate Conference indoor track meet will be held here Saturcay | afternoon starting at 2 oiclock when Marquette and Notre Dame face each other in a dual meet. Marquette, the defending champion; Notre Dame and Pittsburgh are the [favorites in the centrals, with Drake’s fine crop of sophomores likely to make trouble. Marquette is undefeated in 15 straight dual meets, having beaten Michigan State and Wisconsin this season. The centrals will be held here with preliminaries Friday night and the finals: Saturday afternoon of next week. Track bugs will get an added {recat this Saturday night when Cireg Rice, yreatest distance star ever developed in this country, runs in the Indiana A. A. U. meet at (Notre Dame Gymnasium. He is

in |New ‘York to bolster his team, thé South Bend A. A. A. The Hilltoppers . probably will be without the services of Art Schwope, classy hurdler, who won both the highs znd lows in the Badger and Spartan meets. Meel| records in danger include the 830, mile, two-mile, shot put an pole vault marks.

Freshman Lassie Is Big Ten Queen

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Ff. 27 (U. P.)—Ann Ostrander, comely Purdue University freshman coed of West Lafayette, today was selected queen of the Big Ten indoor track and field championships here March 7 and 8.

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, defending

These Shortridge Blue Devils sectional champions, are getting

pointers from Coach Kenneth Peterman. The North Siders, meeting Lawrence in tomorrow morning's first game, will carry into the fourna-

last-minute Frank Melson,

Bryan West and Chuck Benjamin. Standing are (left to right) Bill Swaim, Gene Ingle, Bernie Casselman and Bob Harris.

urney Tonight

ment a record of 10 victories and eight defeats. In the front row (left to right) are

Dave Strack, Bob Paddock,

Any Takers?

Indiana Central wants a post-season game to settle partially at least the three-way claim on the Indiana Confer« ence basketball championship. That was made evident today during an hour-long pep ses« sion celebrating the Grey-~ hounds’ unscarred conference record. : Everybody — faculty, players and students—turned out for the rally in high spirits, and the theme of the meeting was: “We'll play whoever will play us—Butler or Evansville.” In case either. the Aces or the Bulldogs are interested, Coach Harry Good will be glad to arrange a time and place.

Caps Want 3d —Reds Flag

Bhmped out of first place in the eastern division by a 6-1 loss to Pittsburgh last night, Providence’s hockey Reds will come to the Coliseum this evening with the idea of recapturing the top spot, regardless of how such an idea conflicts with Capital plans. The Reds now trail Springfield by a point since the Indians edged i Hershey last night, 5-4. The Indians, however, are idle this evening, so a triumph would put Providence back in command. Frankly, the a Capitals can’t be worried with Providence troubles while the Hornets of Pittsburgh are breathJimmy Franks ing on their necks in the Western division. After tonight’s game and another Sunday, the Hoosiers will hop off for an Eastern road trip and would prefer to have more than a two-point margin over Pittsburgh at that t

ime. An interesting sidelight of tonight’s game will be the battle of the goalies—between our Jimmy Franks and their Mike Karakas. Karakas already has a reputation and young Jimmy has been winning praise this season with his saves—

as remarkable. It should be hard to score at either end of the rink tonight.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Western Division W. L. T. GF. Cleveland 159 132 Hershe; rusts sade 160 INDIANAPOLIS ... 15 22 112 1 Pittsburgh 16 134 uffalo 124 161

Springfield Providence New Haven Philadelphia

RESULTS LAST NIGHT Pittsburgh, 6: Providence, 1, Springfield, 5; Hershey, 4. NEXT GAMES TONIGHT—Providence at

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\Butler, Central,

Tie for Conference Crown

Butler, Evansville and Indiana Central each claimed a share of the 1940-41 Indiana College Basketball Conference championship today since all three schools have completed their league schedule without a

single defeat.

Indiana Central and Butler brushed

After the Franklin game last night, Butler's Coach Tony Hinkle announced that his team would not participate in a post season playoff game although Evansville College athletic officials had made overtures to play such a contest there for the British Relief Fund. Butler’s triumph last night was its 24th consecutive conference victory and seventh in a row over the Grizzlies. Butler completed its season with 13 victories in 22 starts, eight of the winning games were made on the home floor. Capt. Bob Dietz failed to break Jerry Steiner's one-year scoring mark of 208 points last night while Capt. Don Reichert of Franklin pushed in eight points to shatter Duke Farrell's former record of 154 by three points. Dietz scored seven pointsandfinished the season with 205. However, he now holds the three-year record of 510 points. Franklin led throughout most of the game last night and held a 20 to 18 lead at- the half when Lou Leerkamp hit a one-handed shot from the side after the score had been leveled five times. Butler became better acquainted with t smail gym after the intermission, tied the score at 20-all but lost pace when Franklin's John Duncan canned two longs and an under-neath-the-hoop sneak. With Franklin leading, 28 to 21, Hinkle replaced his team with the exception of Dietz. Elwood Norris connected for three field goals, putting the Bulldogs back in the running and Hinkle sent his regulars back into action with four minutes to play. : Dietz opened with a long shot and a free throw and held off a Franklin threat by intercepting passes during the final minutes when wilbur Schumacher iced the game with a jump shot from the free throw circle. Summary: Butler (38).

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Four other Hoosier teams Wabash took the measure of DePauw, 35 to 33, on its home court, while Indiana State trounced Ball State, 49 to 35, at Muncie. Other Indiana college quintets are idle tonight. /

| suspended Pitcher

Andrews Suspended FORT MYERS; Fla. (U. P).— Manager Roger Peckinpaugh today Nate Andrews for breaking training rules and for

failure to report at practice.

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Chicago

10-Round Main Event

Sammy SCULLY vs. Lloyd PINE

Akron

“The Allison Assassin” Plus 16 Rounds of

First Bout at 8:30

8-Round Semi-Windup

- JOHNNY DENSON vs. EARL

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Evansville

The Pocket City five completed its loop play last Saturday night.

off their final league opponents last

night, the former winning at Manchester, 49 to 26, while Butler was pressed to win, 38 to 34, at Franklin.

Henry Picard Leads Pros

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., Feb. 27 (U. P).—Four of the best professional golfing veterans in the country and one newcomer were bunched just one stroke apart today as the 5,000 Annual St. Petersburg Open

second round. Henry Picard, former P. G. A. Champion from Hershey, Pa. held a onestroke lead after the first round had been completed, with a five - under -par 66 but right behind him at 67 came Ben Hogam, Sis from : Hershey; Ralp + Guldahl twice Henry Picard National Open Champion; Sam Snead, West Virginia slugger, and Chic Harbert, youthful Battle Creek, Mich., pro. Picard romped over the first nine in 30, five under par, and came home with a regulation 36. He posted the 66 after Snead, Harbert and Guldahl had shared an early lead with their 67's. National Open Champion Lawson Little of San Francisco and Paul

White Plains, N. Y., were eight strokes behind Picard and practically out of the running unless they could produce some miracle shooting in the next three rounds of— 18 holes today and 36 tomorrow.

Averill Signs

SNOHOMISH, Wash., Feb. 27 (U. P.) —Outfielder Earl Averill, recently released by the Detroit Tigers, today announced he had signed with

the Boston Bees of the National League.

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All good Hoosiers held their breath today while 777 high school basket ball teams poised for the plunge into sectional tourney rounds, first hurdle to the state championship. As the zero hour approaches, the Indiana High School Athletic Association, sponsor of this Hoosier madness, reports all is well in the 64 hotspots. For the most part, teams seeing action tonight are tl : smaller fry, doomed to shine brightly for a moment and then fizzle before the stronger outfits. But the big boys will be stronger in manpower and savvy only, not in heart. There are some notable exceptions. In the Ft. Wayne sectional, South Side and Central tangle tonight, thus assuring disposal of one of these threats to favored North Side. : ; Packed with powerhouses, the Gary set-to opens in full cry as Froebel .of that city and Whiting square off. The Oilers tapered off their season in peak form while Froebel holds a decision over Hammond Tech, accorded the nod by most observers in this sectional. Tech gets under way tomorrow morning against Gary Horace Mann, another toughy. With two stars, Shimala and Kramer, down with injuries, Tech may see its hopes of repeating lost at the outset. The opening at Jasper promises to be a classic as Huntingburg, opposes Winslow, a little team with a 15-won two-lost record, and Jasper locks with Petersburg, The sectional winner may be decided tonight if one of these big teams falters, since none other is rated a chance to cope with them. No less than nine former champions participate in opening rounds tonight, mostly against inferior competition, with the notable exception of Ft. Wayne South Side. The others are Crawfordsville, first tournament king in 1911; Frankfort, only fourtime winner; Lebanon, Lafayette, Marion, Martinsville, New Castle and Washington. ; Lurking in the background aré some pint-sized aggregations with fine records which are liable to upset the apple cart. Lapel (remember last year?) at Anderson; Pierceton, which won 22 and lost one during the season, at Warsaw; Colfax (21-1) at Frankfort; Gary Tolleston (18-1) at Gary, and Fontanet at Terre Haute, which may cinch that sectional tonight with a win over Terre Haute Gerst-

Tech-Decatur

Battle Tops First Round

Hawks Get the Nod; Tech Loses Hurley

school basketball champion-

ning after the Technical-De-catur Central game at Tech's

East Side gym.

This game, second of the evening and scheduled for 8 o'clock, matches city and county champion, and 11th-hour odds must favor Coach Burke Anderson’s Decatur Hawks. Tech will go into the game without Roy Hurley, its six-foot center who underwent an appendectomy yesterday at St. Vincent’s Hospital. Hurley’s absence has forced Coach Bayne Freeman to juggle the Tech lineup and he likely will start a combination of Harry Hagans and Bob Evans at forwards, Dick Plummer at Hurley's center post, and Dudley Cole and Houston Meyer at guards. Hagans is expected to jump center.

D. C. at Full Strength

On the other hand, Decatur Central appears in tiptop shape for the encounter. High-scoring Kenny Moore, who has been sidelined with influenza, is back in the lineup, thereby reuniting the Hawks’ goalgetting trio of Moore, William But= ler and Bob Lollar,

Decatur Central will carry a sea= son record of 15 victories and five losses, Ben Davis being the only sec= tional entrant that can boast a tri= umph over the Hawks. Tech’s slate shows nine wins and 10 losses, the most notable defeat being adminis« tered by Shortridge. Tonight's 7 o'clock game matches Southport and Manual, with both striving to atone for mediocre sea= son records. Bill Arnold, Manual's regular center, is sidelined with sickness, and will be replaced by Charles Wilson. Other Redskin starters are Joe Nahmias, Wendell Garrett, Ralph McFall and Sidney Feldman. The evening's finale pairs Castleton against New Augusta. New Augusta, with a season record of 14 and six, is the decided choice here.

Shortridge Begins Tomorrow

First-round competition will be resumed shortly after breakfast to= morrow morning, with the Short« ridge Blue Devils making their first effort at defending the 1940 crown against Lawrence. Coach Kenneth Peterman’s Blue Devils are in tune for the tourney after disciplinary woes had stripped the club of some of its power last week. The usual Shortridge lineup of Bryan West and Dave Strack, forwards; Bob

min and Bob Harris, guards, is €x= pected to start. ) The second morning game matches Warren Central and Broad Ripple, with Coach Herman Hinshaw’s Ben Davis Giants engaging Beech Grove in the. final contest before lunch. Washington and Speedway open the afternoon session, and Howe ard Franklin, runnersup in the city and county tourneys respectively, will clash in the 3 p. m. €ame. 3 By that time eight of the 16 contenders will be out, and four sec-ond-round games will trim the field to four by late evening. Officials for the Tech tourney are Raymond Hobbs, Aaron Belcher and Cecil Tharp.

Purdue Swimmers

Down Indiana

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Feb. 27 (U, P.).Purdue University swimmers last night defeated Indiana University, 52 to 32, for their fifth dual meet victory of the year. The Boilermakers won four of seven individual events and cape tured the medley relay and the 400« yard relay. They close their dual season against Indiana at Bloom

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