Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 January 1943 — Page 8

5 come out of Tuesday’s meeting with

SPORTS .

ddie Ash

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AS TIME runs out to é&ffect a rescue of American association baseball in St. Paul, the whole project marks time for want of a key individual to take charge and assume the responsibility of leadership.

That sizes up the situation in

the Apostle city, according to

- Gordon Gilmore, baseball writer for the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

+ + «» Quoting Gilmore:

“Any number of persons have volunteered

to contribute amounts ranging from $1000 to $10,000, and members of the mayor's committee are confident there will be many more the moment some one offers to carry a major share of the load. “Even now some $50,000 or more could be raised to purchase the team in a syndicate of relatively small contributors but the mayor’s group is anxious to vest control in one person if possible.

- “Some one must be powered to to call a directors’ meeting. tions are operated that way. There

make decisions without having

The most successful baseball corpora-

can be no hedging on policy or

delay in decisions during the heat of a pennant race.

“Baseball enthusiasm is present in St. Paul.

The Save-the-

Saints campaign is on the right track, under a full head of steam. All it needs to move is a man in the engineer’s seat.”

Colonels to Use College Gym

THE Louisville Colonels, who will spring train at home, will use the University of Louisville gymnasium for drilling when the weather

is not favorable for outdoor work.

Col. Bruce Dudley, Colonels’ president, has not given up on in-

ducing the parent Poston Red Sox

to do their spring conditioning

in Louisville although the Sox announced they would work out at

Tufts college, Medford, Mass.

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WALTER STEWART, former sports editor of the Memphis (Tenn.) Commercial Appeal, has been promoted to a major. . . . Stewart, who had been a captain, received his new commission as a

Christmas gift.

It All Remains to Be Seen

WHAT 1943 will mean for collegiate sports programs is a matter

of conjecture.

. Physical conditioning still will be an important

part of the program without question. Because of the added values the competitive program holds for

its participants, effort certainly will varsity squads. . .

be made to maintain so-called

. Beyond that there is no certainty.

Within a few months most of the male students in the universi-

ties and colleges probably will be in

uniform and even though they

"continue with their studies it will be at army and navy direction. . . . What developments this change will bring to intercollegiate

athletics remains to be seen.

‘Reds Had One Huge Inning in

’42

ALTHOUGH Cincinnati trailed the seven other National league clubs in the 1942 batting column with a .231 percentage, the Reds enjoyed their biggest batting splurge since 1893 when they registered 12 tallies in the fourth inning against New York on May 4,

winning, 15 to 4.

Bill McGee, Hugh East and Harry Feldman were the victims of the Redlegs’ bombardment, which included six hits, and was

aided by four bases on balls and three errors. . . .

Eddie Joost's

triple with ;the bases full featured the uprising.

Three by a hit batsman. The runfest came within two of

huns were forced over the plate by walks and another

tying the modern major league

mark for most runs produced in one inning—l14—set by the New

York Yankees on July 6, 1920, and on Aug. 25 1822. (Sporting News.)

equaled by the Chicago Cubs

King Baseball Is Going On a Strict Diet of Miles—or Else

By JACK

CUDDY

United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—Now that

footbali has been tucked away with

the magnificent elaboration due a dauphin, we can concentrate on the wartime plight -of the king of American sports—baseball—which must accept a drastic diet of miles or fold for the duration.

A Baseball, a travel sport, eats up

miles during both the training and

playing season. But travel-miles today are on a par with beef as food

for the war effort. Hence the importance of Tuesday's meeting at Chicago, where major league club owners and officials will give the game a ration card for 1943. To reconcile the diamond divertisement with the wartime transportation shortage, baseball must

training ‘and playing schedules that will meet with the approval of Joseph B. Eastman, defense transportation director. Eastman conferred this week with baseball's high commissioner, Kenesaw M. Landis, and it is believed that they agreed in principle upon methods to pare travel to the marrow. Landis submitted tentative schedules to Eastman. The schedules will be offered to the club owners at Chicago on Tuesday. Until then no one knows for sure what they require. Close to Home 1t is almost certain, however, that _ the new documents will provide for spring training at sites as close as possible to home cities, eliminating long hauls to Florida and California. Also, spring exhibition tours will be : abolished and neighborhood exhibi- ~ fions substituted probably. Concerning the playing season, which earlier was slated to start April 13 and to include the normal 154 games, two substitute plans may be offered: (1) To limit the season to 140 games, opening April 24 and (2) To play the full 154 games over a shorter season starting April 27, but jamming in plenty of doubleheaders in the warm weather weeks, Both plans would eliminate considerable travel among the 16 major league clubs. The majors already have agreed upon three intersectional trips during the 1943 season instead of the usual four. It is believed that . Eastman has approved. But for making these trips, it is understood that Landis has suggested that each club carry 20 players instead of the normal 25. ; Use Hand Grips It is understood also that the journeying players may be required ‘to carry their equipment in hand-

senters at the Chicago meeting, for the blueprint may threaten some of the moguls’ dividends. But this time, it appears the brass hats will have to “take it and like it.” King baseball is going on a strict diet of miles—or else.

Basketball Results

STATE COLLEGES

Toledo U., 41; Purdue, 37. Wabash, £1; Northern Illinois

ers, 42, Evansville, 56; Ft. Knox, 48.

Teach-

VALPARAISQ TOURNEY Manchester, 45; Valparaiso, 43. Central Normal, 41; Huntington, 39. Valparaiso, 65; Huntington, 58 (consolation). Centra' Normal, 53; Manchester, 435 (championship). .

OTHER COLLEGES

Harvard, 31; Michigan State, 28. Georgetown, 56; St. Bonaventure, 41. Wyoming, 68; Rochester, 46. Iowa State, 34; Iowa State Teachers,

Kansas, 60; St. Louis University, 25. Iowa State College Naval Training Station, 52; Penn College, 31. Bradley Tech, 42; Oregon State, 41 (overtime). ’ Washington State, 60; CXuisius, 43. Montana, 48; Utah 44. Murray State (Kentucky), 52; Southern Illinois Normal, 34.

: PROFESSIONAL Oshkosh, 61; Sheboygan, 55 (overtime).

grips instead of moving it along in ‘the usual bulky trunks. (We'll bet ‘the red-capped porters at railway stations would hate to see this “happen, because ball players are

r sleeping in hotels after clubs ve from intersectional jumps. _to make up for these timesubleheaders ‘would be insert-

By UNITED PRESS . Football departed from the sports scene today after the best postseason bowl games program the nation will see until peace comes

again. Despite war-time restrictions on transportation, 302,000 spectators saw the six New Year's day contests. At Pasadena, 90,000 fans watched Georgia defeat U. C. L. A, 9-0, in the Rose Bowl. At New Orleans’ Sugar Bowl, 70,000 watched Tennessee tumble Tulsa, 14-7; San Francisco’s Shrine charity contest in which the East shaded the West, 13-12 drew 62,000: Texas . tripped Georgia Tech, 14-7 before 36,000 in the Cotton Bowl at Dallas and 30,000 saw Alabama outscore Boston college, 37-21, in the Orange Bowl at Miami. The Sun Bowl at El Paso, where the Second Air Force defeated Hardin-Simmons, 13-7, drew 14,000.

Sun Bowl

EL PASO, Tex., Jan. 2 (U. P, — The Second Air Force Bombers strengthened their claim to recognition among the nation’s leading service teams today by pointing to

a 13-7 victory over Hardin-Symmons

in the Sun Bpwl. A crowd of 14, 000 watched the Bombers from Spokane, Wash., come from behind to defeat the previously undefeated: champions of the border conference. Hardin - Simmons scored first, pushing acrass a touchdown which was set up by Rudy Mobley’s 57yard return of a pass interception in the second period

Sewell passed te Johnny Holmes, who was stopped on Hardin-Sim-mons one-yard line, and Vic Spaddaccini scored on a plunge. Still trailing, 7-6, the soldiers marched 84 yards in the final period and Harold Van Every, former Minnesota star, scored on a play through tackle.

Rose Bowl

PASADENA, Cal. Jan. 2 (U, P.).— Georgia came out of the Rose Bowl today as the nation's No. 1 football team. There may be some shouts of dissent from Ohio State and other

‘| points, but, if | there was any doubt

of Georgis’'s championship caliber, the Bulldogs’ 9-0 victory over a fighting University of California at Los Angeles ¢lub yesterday should remove it. They won [it with only a little help from Frankie Sinkwich, and they won it (from a team which put up a greal defensive battle. Sick| With Pain Although hef couldn’ run, pass or punt in the style which made him top-ranking player, Frankie, standing on ankles that made him sick with pain, played on courage alone. His face writhing, he carried the

ball over the goal line for the

But in the third period, Bill

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touchdown which put the game beyond the reach of the Bruins. - The Bulldogs were leading at. the time, but only by two points. As long as Coach Babe Horrell’s Bruins had Waterfield ‘to. throw and Al Solari and: Vic Smith to run, there was plenty of danger. But compared to Georgia, their threats were few.

Threaten at End The Bulldogs began driving at the kickoff and still were threatening at the end of the game, which probably wound up Rose Bowl competition for the duration. The 90,000 persons who jammed the Tournament of Roses stadium saw rough football. ‘Sinkwich furnished . most of the thrills, although his understudy, Charles Trippi, was the individual star,

Sugar Bowl

NEW ORLEANS; La., Jan. 2 (U, P.).—It was power versus passing in the’ Sugar Bowl, and power won. Power, doubled and redoubled, got credit today for the 14-7 victory of the bone-crusher Tennessee football team over a hard-fighting ‘Tulsa. Seventy thousand fans’ saw the Volunteers win. Tulsa, lost 39 yards: on ‘running plays and stalled attempts ‘to pass, while the Vols gained 209 ‘yards running the ball besides taking 100 yards in losses for penalties. Cifers and Walter Slater, his substitute and almost his equal, accounted for most of the Vol gains. - Tennessee scored two touchdowns and a two-point safety, the 'latfer off a blocked kick.

Orange Bowl -

MIAMI, Fla. Jan. 2 (U. P.).—Alabama played its heart out and came from behind to win the hard way and today added the Orange. Bowl crown to an impressive string of post season victories. The Crimson Tide rolled over Boston college, 37-21. The 30,000 fans saw ’'Bama turn what looked like certain defeat into decisive victory. x Boston, collegiate champions of

‘the east, beaten only once during] :

the regular season, - opened the game like a sure fire winner. Big Mike Holovak, the Eagles great allAmerica back, romped 63 yards for

a touchdown. A few minutes later

He Put on the Brakes

Halfback Lamar Davis of Georgia slipped out of reach of Herb Weiner, left, U. C. L. A. end, during a 30-yard run in the first quarter of the Rose Bowl game at Pasadena. Georgia won the game, 9-0. _

Football Leaves Sports Scene After Best Post-Season Games the Nation Will See Until Peace Comes; Georgia Is No. 1 Team

Holovak scored again, taking a lateral from Ed Doherty and racing 35 yards to the double stripe. Mickey Connolly split the up-

| rights for. both extra points.

Mosley to’ Wheeler

Alabama was perched on the Boston 14. On the first play, Russ Mosley flipped a short pass to Wheeler Leeth on the five who scored standing up, to climax a 60-yard drive. Little Red Mangene .fumbled the Alabama kickoff and Don Salls recovered for the Tide on Boston's 34. Then Salls and Johnny August moved to the Boston 18. Taking to the air, August tossed to Ted Cook ‘in ‘the end zone. Big George Hecht missed the conversion again and Alabama trailed, 12 to 14. Starting from 42, August, Russ Mosley and Russ Craft moved to the Boston 40. Bobby Jenkins swept around left end for a touchdown, and ’'Bama was on top.

Holovak Scores 3d

A few minutes later Holovak chalked up his third score of the afternoon, crashing through guard from the two-yard stripe to terminate a 70-yard drive. But with one minute to play in the period, Hecht booted a’ 15-yard field goal and the half ended with Alabama holding a 22-21 lead. A tired Boston eleven, riddled with = injuries, . threatened - several

{times in the last half. Alabama

added a touchdown in the third period, Johnny August scoring - on a 15-yard dash, and another six points in the final stanza when Jenkins smashed over from the onefoot line. The Tide’s All-American center, Joe Domnanovich, tackled Connolly in the B. C. end zone for the: final two points.

East-West SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 2 (U.P.). A one-point victory, won the hard

‘way, restores a measure of prestige

to the East in the annual EastWest All-Star football series. The Eastern stars, coached by Colgate’s Andy Kerr, defeated the West, “13-12, yesterday before 62,000 attending the 18th reneval of the Shrine benefit game: held this year for the benefit of the Shrine Crippled Children’s hospital and army and navy relief. It was the first victory for the East since 1937. . Going into the game as 10-7 favorities, the Easterners had to come from behind in the fourth quarter to win. With ‘the West leading, 12-7, Fordham’s fullback Steve Filipowicz, smashed over from the one-foot line after a 57-yard run by Max Kielbasa of Duquesne.

kicked the extra point which ultimately decided the ball game.

Cotton Bowl

‘DALLAS, Tex., Jan. 2 (U. P.)— Dana Xenephon Bible, the little bald football coach of the University of Texas Longhorns, could run for governor of Texas today and win hands down.

For Bible ended 20 years of coaching yesterday by piloting his Southwest conference champions to a 14-7 triumph over the favored Engineers ‘of Georgia Tech in the Cotton Bowl. And the partisan crowd of 36,000 observed his strategy and gave a roaring ovation. Texas had been expected - throw the southwest razzle-dazzle at the Engineers. But Bible depended on the forward wall and the hard running attack that carried the team to the circuit crown and with it stopped the second best team in the tough Southeastern conference. That Longhorn. line and two ‘hardy Texas backs, Roy McKay and Jackie Field, supplied the margin of victory. McKay, the workhorse of the team, kicked off, punted, S| passed, ran and kicked an extra point. Field turned in a dazzling 60-yard run for a third period ‘touchdown that provided the winning margin. - The line smothered ‘Tech’s vaunted CLff Castleberry, the 155-pound freshman, and staged

| a goal line stand in the game's Tad-

ing moments to prevent a tie.

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Tackle Al Klug of Marquette :

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. kick for Boston in the first quarter of the Orange Bowl at Miami, is he Crimson Tide swept over the Eagles, 37-21.

Ortiz Retain: Bantam Title

PORTLAND, Ore, Jan. (U. P.). —Swarthy little Manuel - 2tiz retained his world bantamv ght title last night by outmaneuve: 12 Kenny Lindsay, young Cana: mn challenger, through 10 furious >unds.’ Throwing trip-hammer ft jabs, Lindsay tried to carry the fight to the champion by outboc iz Him. But Ortiz kept one punch head in nearly every exchange :1 forced Lindsay . across the rop: visibly shaken. But the Canaci 1 came back fighting. Neither fighter appear ¢ fo tire appreciably, and in the ni1 1 round both kept swinging froir ng to gong.”

Caps Ha Have | 9 Tilts on Ta»

ack at cellar sion of

Our Caps will take ¢ both the leader and th member of the western the American Hockey lca; ie week-end. Resting in third place, fiv behind the pace-setting Fi sburgh team and four points in ack of second-place Buffalo, the © ps will journey to the Hornets’ nest onight and will be back here { meet Cleveland tomorrow night nn the Coliseum ice. The : battle with Pittsin night will give the Hornels chance to beat Herbie Levi: something they have faile all season. Whipped Hornets Tw

Two of the 10 defeats ci to the league-leaders ha served up by the Caps and last meeting here Dec. 26, the Hornets could do wes 1-1 tie in an overtime sci A double defeat this w¢k-end would be disastrous to the C: 1s and could plunge them into the :ellar. There is only two points «i rence between the Caps and Baro; and the two games each club gages in tonight and tomorrow nig! may change the standings. Other battles on tap for th end include Providence af land, Buffalo at Hershey 211i Haven at Washington, tonizut and Pittsburgh at Buffalo, Wes) 1gton at New Haven and Hersey at Providence, tomorrow night.

South Bend 's Still Unbea ain

By UNITED PRESS South Bend Central an: mond captured outstanding v in high school basketball con tion last night to raise their take n the state-wide race, but. .r nual New Year’s day invitational to.rnaments controlled most of fla: attention.” Elléttsville was handed ‘ts defeat of the season by a sci: Spencer five, 30-28. Headlining the “holiday to i eys was the big four competition. i Logansport’s Berry bowl. = A si-ong Anderson quintet swept throug: to the championship, nipping Yew Castle, 42-40, and defeating Lo ansport in the final contest, 35-33. L.ogansport gained the final round by sinking Kokomo, 41-32, and Vew Castle sank Kokomo, 39-37, in the consolation contest.

; Remains Undefeated ‘South Bend Central remained defeated this season by. fur back city-rival Riley, 35-25. R mond edged out Tech, 39-i, its seventh victory in nine sizr s In the northwest, Hammo: i feated Hammond Clark, 57-44 nd East Chicago Roosevelt dinib ed Valparaiso, 47-30, in signiicint battles, -and in the south, Fedird polished off a highly-touted I ew

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DETROIT, Jan. 2 (U. P.).:-Fg-ged Jake La Motta, New Yorl: n1ddleweight, hammered out = 0round decision over Detroit's Jim ny Edgar last night at Olympi: : odium. It was La Motta’s second over Edgar. La Nota weighed 161%; Edgar, 153%.

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One Quarter Spells Defeat For Big Green

Times Special RICHMOND, Ind. Jan. 2.—Tech high of Indianapolis outplayed and outscored Richmond in every

quarter but one here last night, but riod, enabled the Red Devils to snatch the contest 39-36. - Richmond’s offensive, harnessed by the Green during the first. half, began to click shortly after midgame and managed to bucket 14 points while Tech was" picking up a paltry five in the third session. The score which stood "at 17-15 in favor of Tech at the half, shifted to 31-22 to give the Red Devils a lead they never relinquished, despite a fourth period rally by the Indianapolis lads.

Holmes Scores 15

Holes of Richmond tabbed 15 points to grab high-scoring honors, but a couple of Tech performers, Maas and Swihart, were close on his heels with 14 tallies each to their credit. The fray see-sawed back and forth in the first half, with the Red Devils finding the range first and easing into an early 4-point

Charley Maas, Tech forward, who dropped in a pair of long ones topped by a free-throw to account for Tech’s five counters. At the end of the initial quarter the Big Green held a slim 10-9 edge. Ralph Holmes flipped in a pair of fielders and a free toss to send Richmond ahead momentarily, but Tech’s big guns in the person of Mehl, Maas and Swihart, sank three buckets in rapid succession and the visitors soared pack into the lead, 17-14." A one-pointer by Dick Peed whittled it to 17-15 at the half.

Tech on Edge

Holmes, who had the Tech defense on edge all night, vanned the -third period Red Devil drive that decided the contest. After Richmond had gone out front by 22-18, however, Wayne Swihart of Tech retaliated to tie the count with a couple of baskets, but that was the last time Tech was within finger-tip reach to victory. A nine-point barrage by Holmes and Davidson provided the climax to a Richmond-dominated third period that put Tech behind to stay. After Holmes had gone out on personals, Tech again threatened.

Two-Minute Freeze

With Richmond holding a 39-28 edge after four‘minutes of the final quarter, Mehl, Swihart and Maas hit the hoop to rekindle Tech hope, but a ‘two-minute freeze of the ball by the Red Devils’ offense melted whatever last-minuté fire the Green had to offer. Richmond profited most in the free-throw exchanges by dropping in seven of 18 chances. Tech clicked on only four of 13 tries. The Tech quintet played without the services of Bob Evans, center,

STATE HIGH SCHOOLS Spencer, 30; Ellettsville, 28. Elkhart, 38; Ta Porte, 20. Bedford, 4%; New Albany, 27. Fairland, 47; Flatrock, 24. Central, 3%; tz, 18. Converse, 34; _Ynion Township (Howard county), 30. Morgantown, 31; Monrovia, 30

Bend), 285. Michizan qe i Goshen merson (Gary), 33; W hi Chicas. ” " as! LT (East gz, 43; Horace Mann (G ’ Hammond, 57; Hammond Aaa i Roosevelt (East Chicago), 47; Valparaiso,

Hammond Tech, 41; Thornt City, 1IL.), 40. ; rnton (Calumet

' LOGANSPORT TOURNEY Toganiport, 41; Kokomo, 32. ‘Anderson, 42; New Castle, , New Castle, 39; Kokomo, 37

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Logansport, 33 (cham-

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Strangler Lewis Is Here Tuesday

Al Massey, the Tennessee who has shown to advantfige his two local encounters, in his recent defeat of Angelo*C. will engage Dorve Roche of Decs Ill, in the semi-windup on Armory Wrestling card night. Massey and Roche meet for fall, the same as the ; which Babe Zaharias of to meet an opponent yet to named. The veteran Ed (Strangler) Lewi of Glendale, Cal.,, encounters a fore midable and top ranking 0 in Roland (Long Boy) Kirchmi of Oklahoma in the feature, Sing coming here last fall, Kirchmey has disposed of all oppositicn i Bobby Managoff, present but he .made .things tough Managoff and took one of falls. 3

Central Normal Wins Tourney {

By UNITED PRESS : Central Normal’s upset. victory over Manchester's Spartans to cap» ture the title in the hotly-confested Valparaiso invitational to ! was the talk of Hoosier college } ketball dopesters today. LI Manchester's five, who lead state collegiate conference in play along with Indiana . Ce were favored to sweep tourney bh ors after the Spajfans nosed Valparaiso in the opener, 45“But Central Normal’s ¢ which brushed off H 39, in the preliminary, came ir championship contest strong.

time this season that Manchest had been defeated by a loop oppén ent. Valpo disposed /of Huntingfo college, 65-58, in the . consolatis game. : a Purdue Loses |

Purdue’s defeat at Toledo college 41-37, headlined the non-tourney card last night. Wabash college and Evansville turned back Northe ern Illinois and Fort: Knox respeea tively. ‘ Purdue's - Boilermakers, with Coach Piggy Lambert, exh again that they were a la team by starting their ust half rally after trailing ath 24-14. However, the skillful Rockets staved off the Purdue th that drew the Boilermakers within two points of the leaders.

Gets 16 Points

An unheralded freshman Johnny Fee, ran wild to S points for Wabash as. the Giants downed the Illinois 51-42, Wabash led all holding a 23-15 halftime

late Wabash rally to bring point lead. Evansville college cou points from the free throw

13 triumphs in 16 starts.

Flora, 33; Monticello, 19,

Delphi, 38; Rossville, 40; Monticello, - 8

tion). Delphi, 36; Flora, 24 (cham ———— : DUNKIRK TOURNE Portland, 38; Albany, 37. “Dunkirk, 38; Redkey, 30, Dunkirk, 38; Portland, 33 ship). y : Ad

Central (South Bend), 35; Bs (South