Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1942 — Page 7
. Bergt. Joe Louis,
- originally was scheduled to make]: his 22d defense against Billy Conn|!
- old now.”
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OMAHA, Neb, Oct. nw «. ‘P= busiest champion and most destructive puncher in heavyweight history, has’ retired ‘the ring to concentrate ‘on tthg for Uncle Sam. Louis, second Negro to wear pugilism’s most coveted crown, admitted his retirement and abdication of the throne on the day he
in a return battle. The fight was canceled at direction of Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson. Jolting ‘Joe explained that the war and: his increasing years had rung down curtain on his career. At 28, the man who had developed from an Alabama plantation ' pickaninny into one’ of the
ring’s greatest fighting machines,
said he was hanging up his gloves. He said: “By the time I'll be out of the army, I'll be in the 30's, and that’s too old for a champion., I'm too
Little Emotion
Louis, who participated in an exhibition drill here yesterday with the Ft. Riley, Kas. cavalry team, evinced little emotion at quitting the business of leather-tossing in Which his purses during eight years totaled approximately $2,228,000. “It doesn’t make much difference, fow, I guess,” Louis said. Although Sergeant Joe declined to amplify this statement, he referred apparently to the recent order from Stimson which cancelled the Louis-Conn bout for: army refief when he learned that both fighters were to be paid. No army boxers will be permitted to fight for profit, henceforth.
Promoter Mike Jacobs, who had|
staged all of Bomber Joe's important bouts, was informed of the retirement at his’ Rumson, N. J, estate. Jacobs said the retirement didn’t surprise him much. : Most Active Champ “To tell.you the truth, I thought he quit the ring when he enlisted in the army,” Jacobs said. “No, I don’t know whether his title will be declared vacant.” He added that he had no plans concerning a pospible . title successor. Since Billy Conn also is in the army, the next three ranking heavyweights are Bob Pastor of New York, Lee Savold of Des
Moines and Tami Mauriello of New|
. York. Louis has been the ‘most active of heavyweight champions, He a . fended the crown he wrested from James J. Braddock on an eight-| round knockout ‘at Chicago, June 22, 1937, 21 times. : Bomber Joe enlisted in the army es F private on Jan, 14 at the
Bluege N amed
Senators’ Boss
ASHTON. Oct. 12 (U. Pe ‘The veteran Ossie Bluege has beeti
‘handed the tough job of trying to
get the Senators out of seventh place in the American league. Bluege, who served with the Senators asia player and coach for 20 years, has been named to manage the Washington club next year. Club President Clark Griffith gave the
former star third baseman a one-
year contract at a reported salary of $10,000. Bluege succeeds Bucky Harris who resigned recently. The new Washington manager, who is 42 years old, held the hot corner for the Senators for 17 years. He retired as an active player in 1940 to become a coach under Harris, Bluege's lifetime batting average was only 272. But in his day he was one of the greatest defensive infielders in the’ American league. - He played on the Jennant wing Washington teams 99% 1925 and 1933." :
Carl Brown Wins ‘Club Golf Title
Carl Brown won the men’s golf
. championship of the Coffin club
yesterday, defeating Cliff Hanson, 1, up, in 18 holes at Riverside. The match was played at River-
"side since Coffin was closed recent-
, Coffin club members will hold their annual banquet and final meeting *Friday night at 7 o'clock at Indian lake.
Golf Champion
CHAMPAIGN, Oct. 12.-<Red-McCarthy, Tllinois end, is the Big Ten golf pion and captain-elect of the
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height of a career that began eight years ago in Chicago—July 4, 1934. Since his professional debut, he fought 57 times, scoring 47 knockouts for -the most destructive punching averagé of any heavy
champ. He earned seven decisions,
won one Bout on a disqualification and was defeated but once—when knocked out in the 12th: round by Max Schmeling in 1936. Louis achieved the quickest knockout victory in heavy championship hisstory, putting Nazi Maxie away in two minutes, four seconds of the first round. Although Louis earned more than two and a quarter million dollars for himself and his managers, John Roxborough and Julian Black, during eight busy years, and although he has considerable property, Joe was so short of actual cash when he enlisted in the army that an army representative was reported to have promised him a “tax Sght” later
Joe Louis, rags to riches heavyweight champion, will quit the ring.
so that he could pay up his back income tax. Moreover, when final plans for the return Louis-Conn fight were announced, it was revealed that Louis owed Mike Jacobs $59,805 and Manager RoXborough $41,148, Louis was born in Mexington, Ala, May 13, 1914, but when he was quite young his family moved to Detroit, Mich., where he was working in the Ford motor car plant when he began amateur boxing. He won the National A. A. U, lightheavyweight crown hefore turning pro, and was put under the wing of that great trainer, the late Jack Blackburn. The only other heavyweight champion to retire undefeated was Gene Tunney, who relinquished the title in 1828 after defending it against Jack:Dempsey (from whom he won the crown) and Tom Heeney. Tunney now is g commander
in the navy.
“misinterpreted.”
until the war is over at least.” »
Misimterprofed
DETROIT, Oct; 12. (U.P.).—John W, Roxborough, COmBEger of Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, said today he was “satisfied” that Louis" remarks announcing his retirement from the ring were
“Joe and I talked it over only a week ago,” Roxborough said,
“and at that time we agreed that Joe "would retire when the war is over—if he found then that he was too old: to carry on. ‘And ! .think that’s what Joe meant by his remarks Sunday. “If the.,war is ended in six months or a year, he wouldn't be too old. So, you can rest assured that Joe won't officially retire
W hirly and Alsah Matched Again
NEW YORK, Oct. 12 (U, P), — With Alsab holding a 2-to-1 edge in their three meetings so far, the two horses are slated to meet again later this month. It will be either in the Gallant Fox handicap at Jamaica Oct. 21 or the Washington handicap at Laurel Oct. 24. At the same time, officials of the fair grounds racing association in New Orleans say they have a match race between Whirlaway and Alsab some e in December. The proposed event would be h $20 ner.
Fall Cree
Splits Twin Bill
Harry Hershberger’s Fall Creek Athletics split a twin bill with the Martinsville Eagles, 2 to 0 and 9 to 10, in their final games of the season at Martinsville yes The Athletics’ Gene rnin pitched a two-hit game in the opener with Eddie Brumett and Burl Foxworthy driving in the winning markers. Brumett and Don Yelton hif home runs in the second game, but nine Athletic errors, most of them when darkness hampered play in the final innings, gave the game to Mai tinsville. :
Tropical Park
‘MIAMI, Oct. 12 (U. P)~It will
the Tropical park race track. Track officials say the sea~ Dec. 21. However, purses. for the first half of the meeting will be cut
_| highest bidders for war bonds, ; The first bag brought $3000. The
$12, 000 Buys 2 Golf Bags
An Indiana professional golf team of 20 golfers scored a decisive 53 to 37 triumph over an amateur team yesterday at the Broadmoor Country club in their annual fall match to boost war bond sales. Affer the tournament two golf bags, donated by the Indiana and ndianapolis District Golf associaIndi and the Indiana Professional Golf association, were auctioned to
second was auctioned at $9000. The pros piled up their margin of victory by taking the singles, 34% to 25%, and the best ball, 18% to 11%. Four tied for individual honors. John David, Bill Reed, Bill Heinlein and Lou Feeney each fireq 71's, one below par ‘In a match Phat attracted the largest gallery Heinlein and Wayne Timberman, pros, defeated the ranking amateur team of Henry Kowal and Dick McCreary. Heinlein blanked Kowal, 3 to 0, in. the singles while Timberman was held even. The Pros took the best ball match, 2% to %.
Junior Champion Wins Golf Crown
Miss Alice O’Neal, 15-year-old Shortridge high school student, won the: women’s golf championship of the Woodstock Country club yesterday, defeating Mrs. S. W. Shipness, 2 up, in 18 holes.
state junior champion, posted an 87 to her opponent's 89.
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Victory Lagion
Every dollar and every dime received will go to the service organi-
It's all a part of the Bowlers’ Victory Legion program instituted on a national scale by the American Bowling Congress to put bowling into the war effort like baseball and boxing. As a matter of fact A. B. C. officials are ambitious to top’ other sports in contributing funds to the service organizations. Prior to Pearl Harbor it was estimated 16,000,000 persons competed in the wholesome sport of bowling in leagues or unattached. Indianapolis bowlers have not set a definite “goal,” but the directors of the Indianapolis Bowling association belive the local service program will reap approximately $25,000. The In polis Women's Bowling association is working on the program hand in hand with the men’s organization.
Set Aside Four Weeks
Local dates and national dates in the Bowlers’ Victory Legion drive calls for a series of tournaments through the following weeks: Nov. 9—U. 8. O. benefit week. Dec. 7—Red Cross benefit week. Jan, 25—Red Cross benefit week. Feb. 22—U. 8. O. benefit week. During each week designated the bowlers will contribute individually through their league organization and on Saturdays and Sundays alley operators will stage individual and doubles tournaments for both open play and league bowlers in which there is a uniform donation to the charity involved. Proprietors Take Up Cudgel Members of the Indianapolis Bowling Proprietors association are to: meet Thursday and outline a definite Victory Legion program,
‘and decide on the amount of
tourney entry fees and prizes. In addition, all through the program the sale of war bonds and stamps will’ be pushed by alley. proprietors. Counting women bowlers, it is said there are approximately 200 leagues in Indianapolis. 'As to the number of individual bowlers, no exact count it available at this time due to thWafact that many tenpin followers compete in more than one circuit.
Grid-Irony
By LYNN WALDORF Northwestern's Head Coach ALEX KAPTER, Northwestern's rock-ribbed left guard, still gets a chuckle whenever he recalls his first college game against Kansas State last fall. Midway in the e; I looked along the bench and spotted sophomore Kapter. “Start warming up, Alex,” I said.
thought I told him to enter the
game. ; “He rushed out on the field. Before he could be stopped, he reported to the deferee and took his place in the lineup. » On the first play he broke across the line of scrimmage and tackled the ball-carrier for a 10yard loss. Naturally, instead of recalling him, I left him in the lineup. * He has been a fixture ever since an outstanding Big Nine lineman.
Gaels Roll Over
| Weikel Construction Co. of Ft.
; months’ ended ‘Aug. 31 net income, % $1,203,153. v8. '$1,687.975 previous 12 «months.
: “Pennsylvania .|12 ‘months ended Aug. 31 net income
0. K. PROJECT AT CHARLESTOWN
Pumping Station, Water Mains to Be Built by Ft. Wayne Firm.
Approval of a contract award for construction of water mains and a pumping station for the war public works water facilities project at Charlestown, Ind., was announced today by Laurence A. Gillett, Chicago regional director of the Federal Works agency. The contract was awarded to
Wayne on a bid of $140,548. Construction of approximately 14,000 lineal feet of six-inch and eight-inch water mains, in addition to the pumping station, is included in the contract. Financing of the project will be through a FWA grant of $160,800. Bids will be opened Oct. 27 on the estimated $112,000 war public works school project at Knox, Ind. The project calls for a one-story 10-room temporary school structure. An A-1-J priority for materials for the building has been approved. Bids will be opened Oct. 22 on a 1 $200,000 one-story 26-classroom temporary school for Charlestown. On Oct. 27 bids will be opened on- the estimated $84,000 10-room temporary school project for Calumet township in Lake county.
SOYBEAN GRADING
LAFAYETTE, Oct. 12. — Several soybean grading schools are to be held: by Purdue university this week. One is scheduled at Huntington Friday and another Saturday at 9 a. m. in the crops laboratory in the agricultural hall at Purdue. On Sunday, in co-operation with the Indiana Grain Dealers’ association, two schools will be held, one starting at 9 a. m, and another at 1 p. m. At these schools particular atten-
constitutes damage in soybeans, the
moisture.
or 24 cents a share.
loss $181,122 vs. $138,223 year ago.
E. L. Bruce Co. and subsidiary
507 or $4.75 a common share vs. $581,156 or $3.67 previous year. Bush House, Ltd. 6 months ended
{June 30 net income $36,778.
. Carolina Power & Light Co. 12 months ended Aug. 31 net income $2,507,532 vs. $3,586,829 previous 12 months.
12 months. - Dominion Motors, Lid. year ended March 31 net loss $1827. vs. $8512 previous year. Houston Lighting &. Power Co. 12 months ended Aug.-31 net income .|$2.454,980 vs. $3,089,794 previous 12 months. Kansas Gas & Electric Co. 12|D.
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Business at a Glance
Adams Oil & Gas Co. 6 months ended June 30 net income $54,940
Atlantic City Ambassador Hotel Corp. 6 months ended June 30 net
Avondale Mills year ended July 31 net income $1,184,394 or $1.60 a _ |common share vs. $958,513 or $1.60 previous year.
year ended June 30 net profit $711,
Central Arizona Light & Power Co. 12 months ended Aug. 31 net income $653,469 vs. $637,913 previous
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Fuel Oil Rationing Boost Need for Conserving Heat
Rationing of fuel oil in this territory is causing many home-own-ers who previously ignored the loss of heat from their homes to
equip their structures with insulation, according ‘to H. L. Parsons, of the Capitol Rock Wool Co., 655 E. 424 st. “Before the war thousands of dollars in’ the form of heat were lost every winter through uninsulated homes,” Mr. Parsons said, “but now, because there is less oil available, many people are realizing such waste is foolish. Therefore, they are turning to rock wool insulation. The situation is true not only of those owning oilheated homes but coal-heated ones as well, because they are convinced the government's program to eliminate waste of any kind during the war is a sound policy.” “Capitol rock wool is a nation-ally-known product, manufactured by the Standard Lime and Stone Co.” ‘Mr, Parsons said. “This company, founded in 1888, ranks among the world’s largest producers of rack wool, the product that is acclaimed by architects, engineers, builders and thousands of home-owners who have already purchased, as the most efficient
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GROSS ACTUARY OF JEFFERSON LIFE CO.
The Jefferson National Life Insurance Co. has announced that Otto Gross,: former actuary of the All States Life Insurance Co. of Birmingham, Ala. has become actuary of Jefferson National. Mr. Gross is a graduate of the University of Iowa in actuarial theory and statistics and was with the insurance department of Iowa as actuary and examiner. Later he was actuary for the Cosmopolitan Life Insurance Co. before that com~ pany became associated with. the All States.
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sidiaries 26 weeks ended Aug. 1 consolidated net income $202,549 or 12 cents a common share vs. $167,682 or 10 cents year ago. New York Ambassador, Inc. six months to June 30 net loss $93,156 vs. $92,311 loss last year. Toronto Elevators, Ltd. year to July 31 net income in Canadian currency, $300,287 equal to $434 a common share vs. $270,750 or $3.72 in the previous year. Greening (B.) Wire Co. year to June 30 net income $181,685 equal to 96 cents a share vs. $254,974 or $1.34 a share in the preceding year. Burdinve’s, Inc. year to July 31 net income $405,332 equal to $1.19 a common share vs. $449,888 or $1.34 in the precedirig year; net sales $7,630,100 vs. $7,712,600.
STEEL SALESMEN WILL HUNT SGRAP
A committe of Indiana steel company sales executives has been formed to undertake a plant-to-t visit of Indiana industries to promote the salvage of dormant
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U, S. SCRAP AGENGY
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 10 (U, P.).— War Materials, Inc., organized six weeks ago to finance big scrap iron tonnage projects, was threatened today with dissolution as ‘the result of a bitter struggle for power. John M. Hopwood, Pittsburgh industrialist who established national headquarters of the organization here, may resign as president because of the hostility of the war production board’s conservation division to War Materials, Inc., which was organized as a scrap-collecting agency of the Reconstruction Finance Corp. Robert L. Moses, New York City park commissioner, resigned yesterday as chairman of New York's industrial salvage committee, indicating he had not been able to obtain co-operation from federal officials. Hopwood met yesterday in Washington with WMT directors. He reportedly is opposing efforts of WPB to take over WMI's authority and reduce it to the status of “banker” in salvage projects. He took charge of WMI with the understanding it was to be a free agency in the scrap fleld, completely separate ' from WPB scrap-gathering agencies.
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