Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 February 1943 — Page 14
du thers $38 50 he could sen his rst Derby, - 3 1 Mr. Walker fell victim to the usual spell of southern hospitality on Py the ay UTE ree a dt wasn’t until late in the afternoon that : i ae ‘When he did he saw bunch of borses coming down oe 8 =
“COME ON Gallant Fox!” he roared. ; The Fox was back in the Bell-Air barn by then. Mr. cheering a field of unrationed horsemeat in the last race gram. We've mentioned this incident before. We repeat 7 ating What we west: Wher, we 57 Hire People will 800 She Durly this year than ever. It will be a smallish crowd and the conviviality
will be correspondingly meager. There Will be fewer old friends to ge.” They scoff at Col. Matt Winn’s record of hav~ n
seen every Derby that has ever been run as being | -ready Derby will be unusual in an-
minor distinction. “So what?” they say. “Anybody a ‘can see a derby.” Joe Williams ever seems to know how many persons see a Derby. No turnstile check
That would be because so many persons go to the s ER The colonel ; the ir" § r from the mint julet bars in time or else when urged that Tack £0 on even only
do make the break they can't see anything but
This has come to be a. point of pride with a g umber of persons we know. They will boast: “This the 16th straight Derby I came to see and didn't thu in front of the main ty. ' They can’t estoars: 8 i wr ar ot Ton the Wiens! an Sis 8 e occasion. I's a cinch they can get those
We remember the year Mickey Walker took a supposedly sft touch is made public. The Steve Hannagan formula is used. The Hannagan
SPORTS
By Eddie Ash
: ® Ny HAROLD OLSEN, coach of the Ohio State university asketball team, is on record as opposing the idea of playIr ng games with the same opponent on Saturday and Monay nights when the Big Ten cage schedules for next
ason are made out. “We used the idea of playing two games at one place this year order to cut down the man-miles of travel,” Coach Olsen says, *and we did reduce the amount of travel to a great extent, but it has disadvantages, too. “Often we have had to leave on Friday mornings and stay away ntil the following Tuesday evening—which is too long for the boys p be away from studies. Then, too, itis yery hard to arrange an ficient train schedule for the return trip. “The idea of having two games at a series at one of the schools fine,” Olsen continued, “put I think we should switch nights.
fanks Have Been Busy in Trade Market
THE YANKEES won't be the same Yankees this year but they've pleted a good job in plugging holes. . . . Lost .fo the armed forces (regulars) are Pitcher Red Ruffiing, First Baseman Buddy assett, Shortstop Phil Rizzuto and Outfielders Tommy Henrich and "George Selkirk. .. . Also lost is Third Baseman Red Rolfe who ptired to coach ab Yale. But the Yanks have been busy in the trading ‘market’ this winter. . They've obtained Outfielder Roy Weatherly and Infielder Roy mes from Cleveland for Outfielder Roy Cullénbine and Catcher 3uddy Rosar; they've acquired First Baseman Nick Etten from the s in exchange for lesser lights Ed Levey Whitner, first sacker, d Al Gettel, pitcher, and $10,000; they've peddled Infielder Gerald ddy and Pitcher Milo Canini to Washington for Pitcher Bill ber, an they've sold Pitcher Lefty Gomez to the Braves.
o Stars Up From Newark Club
SKIPPER JOE McCARTHY still has Bill Dickey and Rollie “Hemsley for catchers, Joe Gordon back at second base, Joe DiMaggio in h center field, Charley Keller in left field, and either Weatherly or
George Sternweiss, a star up from Newark, probably will replace pife at third. . . . Billy Johnson, also up from Newark, will. compete with Frank Crosetti for the shortstop assighment, and Grimes will ‘be available in the utility role. The mound staff contains an array of talent in Ernie Bonham, k Borowy, Atley Donald, Spud Chandler, Marv Breuer and some mising hurlers up from the Yankee farms... « The 1943 Yank gam won't be a pushover although it probably won’t be the prejeason pennant favorite like in past seasons. ... ‘Browns and Cleveland are sharing that spot at this writing:
NINE AMATEUR boxers representing the Leeper Boxing school, Indianapolis, entered the Muncie Golden Gloves tournament . . . six vices and three in the open class. . . . The novices were eliminated, Leeper’s open contenders are Buddy Maxwell, lightweight; Jack jurham, welterweight, and Jess Johnson, middleweight. , . . They re to compete again in Muncie tomorrow night. Tom Leeper believes his three contenders will qualify for comition in the tournament of champions at Chicago next week. 5 . Leeper said nearly all of his club’s amateurs of other years are ‘service . . . and some others turned professional. ... This also ipplies to other boxing clubs in Indianapolis. . 2
umbus Tables Golf Tourney Program
ADD WAR sports casualties: Announcement has been made the Columbus (O.), District Golf association that its complete cram of tournaments, including its district amateur championhip, has been tabled for the 1943 season . . . with the promise that
igger and better tournaments will be sponsored after the war.
%. . Abandonment of the tournament program does not apply to by the individual for recreation and relaxation. #2 = = Ee. ANENT shoe rationing: They play football bare footed in Ha- . « « where the ground never freezes >
oxing Moves Info Front of he Sports Stage This Week
—y iA JACK A CUDDY
NEW YORK, Feb. Us wi FB) ) Se oune moves to front-center of the s stage this week as the New York fight writers pay .tribute to p. Barney Ross at their annual dinner, and the world’s top-ranking weight contenders, Sergt. Jackie Wilson and Ray Robinson, settle
i , long-smoldering feud at Madison Square Garden.
Corp. Ross of the marines, former lightweight and welterweight
The St. Louis :
| Moose Sherritt for hooking Jamie-
mpion, will receive by proxy the d J. Neil memorial plaque at
e trophy on behalf of Corp. Ross, Guadalcanal hero, who is consing from shrapnel and maat a South Pacific base, Ross was voted the Neil nue because of his heroism at Nov. 19 when, while ) - comrades
welter contender.
he killed 22 Japs. | contributes most to]
of the robust support Wilson is receiving from the “smart money”
elusiveness and punch won him general recognition as the No. 1 The older and
the only other league encounter last night, Hershey nosed out secondplace Buffalo, 2-1. Herbie Lewis’ skaters just couldn’t seem to get going during the first period of the game but finally broke through after seven minutes of the tilt had elapsed to draw first blood. Joe Fisher rammed the puck into the net, taking an assist from Adam Brown. : Lions Tie Score Washington roared back to knot the score at 9:32. Ossie Asmundsen teed off from the blue line and the puck slipped right by Goalie Fats Perras. Assists went to Rod Lorrain and Wilf Hoch. The Lions. went ahead, 2-1, in the first 49 seconds of the second period on a goal that caused considerable dispute and which brought both teams out into center ice in heated argument. Gaston Gauthier, taking assists from Herb Foster and Jimmie Jamieson, was given credit for a goal after a shot by Foster had struck Perras. It was Herbie Lewis’ contention that when Perras fell on the shot by Foster, the puck was in the crease out of motion. The referee, however, ruled otherwise and counted the goal which Gauthier came through to make. Paul Gauthier Injured The game was slightly delayed afterwards when Goalie Paul Gauthier of the Lions was injured in, a scramble around the Washington net. He resumed play after a Tow minutes of rest. Washington ran the count to 3-1 at 10:22 when Bob Gracie lit the red light on assists from Asmundsen and Hoch. Shortly after that, Frank Bowman received a twominute penalty for holding. Jud McAtee put the Caps back into the running at 13:08 of the period ‘while Bowman was in the penalty box. Taking assists from Bill Jennings and George Patterson, McAtee took advantage of the Lions’ short-handedness to score. Adam Brown Scores After an argument as to an offside play in which the referee ruled supreme, as usual, Adam Brown took the puck from a face-off, zipped down the ice and tied the score at 16:04. Assists went to Fisher and Connie Brown, Bill Jennings put the Caps into a lead which they never relinquished shortly after the start of the final heat. He received help from Patterson and McAtee to bang in a close-up shot at 1:24. Adam Brown ran the count to 5-3 at 7:3¢ when he took a rebound off the boards and rammed it by Gauthier, who was caught flatfooted. Connie Brown and Fisher received the assists. Hal Jackson, the capable Indianapolis defense man who turned to offensive tactics during the evening, fired home a blistering score put the linesman called the Caps offside on the play. A two-minute penalty went to
son while the latter was on his way to the net with the puck. Then, with the Caps short-handed, Gaston Gauthier made the count 5-4 at 13:33, taking assists from Foster and Asmundsen. Turns “Hat Trick” Adam Brown turned the “hat trick” at 17:38 of the period. He took the puck after a face-off near the Caps’ goal, broke away from the Washington defense and carried the disk all the way down the ice to connect. Joe Fisher and Connie Brown were given credit for as-
sists. Washington made the final tally of the game at 18:06 when Jamieson
ter and Gaston Gauthier.
gave the Caps a rousing sendoff for their long road trip through the east which will not find them back on home ice until Feb. 28, wken Providence will be here.
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{Adam Brown Turns ‘Hat Trick’ (To Spark Caps in 6-5 Victory Over Rugged Washington Lions|
By FRANK WIDNER Paced by Adam Brown who turned the “hat trick” with three sizzling goals in the final two frames, the Indianapolis Capitals came from behind at the Coliseum last night to edge the rugged Washington Lions, 6-5. « The victory enabled the local sextet to remain in a fourth place tie with the Providence Reds who clipped the Pittsburgh Barons, 7-2. The two teams are now but one point behind third-place Pittsburgh. Inf
16 Net Games On State Bill
By UNITED PRESS State college net teams shove into the home stretch of their conference race this week, with Indiana
heading a 16-game ‘card that includes ten loop engagements. The rangy Valpo team is expect ed to offer the league-leading Indiana State Sycamores a crucial test, as Wabash stands poised to leap into the lead if State should falter. With 12 straight wins, Wa= bash is favored to take its ‘ninth conference triumph against Butler Saturday before closing its season against rugged DePauw.
hopes to overtake the Sycamores.
urday night, and are counting on Indiana State tumbling in one of its remaining games with Central Normal, Tuesday, Ball State, Valparaiso and St. Joseph’s. The week’s card: TONIGHT—Notre Dame at Canisius, Western Kentucky at Evansville. :
p TOMORROW—Butler at DePauw,
Valparaiso at Huntington, Central Normal at Indiana State.
WEDNESDAY—PFranklin ‘at Ball State, St. Joseph’s at Earlham. THURSDAY—Camp Breckenridge at Evansville. FRIDAY--Earlham at Franklin, Indiana State at Valparaiso. SATURDAY — Notre Dame at Great Lakes, Wabash at Butler, Huntington at Manchester, Indiana Central at Hanover, Carleton at DePauw, Concordia at Tri-State.
Hope for Early Sale of Phillies
National League President Ford Frick today resumed negotiations which he “hopes” will lead to an early sale of the Philadelphia Phils. “League officials have been contacting various groups interested in the franchise while I've been gone from the office, but there isn’t anything new,” the senior circuit executive said. Frick had been confined to his home over the week-end with a cold.
Casting Star Has
2 Perfect Scores
Rex Edwards cast two perfect scores of 100 yesterday in the Indianapolis Casting club’s weekly tournament at Tomlinson hall. He achieved the coveted high marks in the five-eighths-ounce accuracy event to top the field. Mrs. Myrtle Sutphin led in- women’s competition with a 99. Mary Bright and Charles Suphin tied for junior honors at In the three-eighths-ounce accuracy event William (Anchor) Manning was high with 99 and Mrs. Myrtle Sutphin led in women’s casting with a 95. The Capital City plug team of Charles Sutphin, - Mary Bright, Bill Manning, Ed Bright and Jack Moore scored a 486.
State's vital contest at Valparaiso}
The Spartans face Huntington Sat-|
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (U.P.)— |
Manchester, now in third spot} == with 11 wins and two defeats, also
Frank Dixon (right), New York
Defeating Indiana U.'s Earl Mitchell by a scant two feet,
Winning Hunter Mile
university freshman, takes the
Hunter Mile cup at Boston Garden. The event was held Saturday at the 54th annual indoor meet of the Boston Athletic Asso-
ciation.
Dixon Evens Up With Mitchell In Race for Indoor Mile Title
By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Frank Dixon, New ‘York university's crosscountry champion, drew even today with Indiana's Earl Mitchell and Deacon Gil Dodds of Boston in the race for America’s prized indoor
mile crown.
The freshman sensation made his first bid for the title abandoned by Little Leslie MacMitchell when he blazed through the tape at Boston
(Central Even With Zebras ith Zebras By UNITED PRESS Hoosierdom’s 800-odd high school basketball outfits embarked on the last week of regular season schedules today before throwing their strength into sectional tournaments that open in 54 centers Feb. 25. Ft. Wayne Central held equal billing with Rochester today as best team in the state from point of the win-and-loss columns. The Central Tigers finally pulled even with the Rochestra Zebras Saturday night by sinking Kendallville, 65-35, for their 16th victory. Both teams have been Gefeated only once this season. In other significant games Saturday night, Jasper regained its winning form by downing Sullivan, 56-22; Evansville Bosse defeated Boonville, 40-28; Elwood upset Gary Froebel, 29-19; Warsaw turned back Sidney, 53-44; Hammond Clark downed Whiting, 49-44; Gary Emerson sank Laporte, 42-26; Valparaiso dumped Hammond Tech, 37-22; South Bend Washington beat Pt. Wayne North Side, 53-25; South Bend . Adams defeated Huntington, 40-37; Peru upset Kokomo, 27-23, and Bloomington edged Bicknell,
Puts Racquet Away
31-26.
Saturday night to take the Hunter mile in 4:114. Now, as the track and field corps rolls back into Gotham for the New York A. C. games at Madison Square Garden this week-end, he must. be considered as one of the leading candidates. Pre-season estimates were that Galloping Gil, the thundering theological student who holds the National A. A. U. indoor title, would run all comers into the boards this season. Then, in the first major mile event of the winter, Mitchell hammered home ahead in the Millrose Games in 4:086. Dodds was second and Dixon, third,
Expect 2-Man Race
2 v I They went at it again in the Bos- | chi
ton A. A. games with Mitchell and Dodds expected to make it a twoman race. Dixon took command with two laps to go and fought off Mitchell’s stretch challenge to win by two feet. ‘The Deacon, an early pace setter, failed to place in the money as Dartmouth’s Don Burnham brushed past him for third money. Thus, for the first time in years, no one man apparently will dominate the event this season. It’s a different story in the twomile, 1000-yard and 600-yard events. Little Greg Rice of the New York A. C. romped along to his 58th consecutive two-mile victory in 9:06, leaving Forest Efaw of Oklahoma A. & M. 25 yards back in second place.
Equalled Meet Mark
Hugh Short, Georgetown’s bespectacled: I. C. 4-A 400-yard king, equalled the meet mark of 1:11.8 to cop the 600. It was his second straight friumph over this route,
after a Milliose triumph which
equalled the world indoor mark of 1:102. Charley Beetham of Iowa pre-flight finished seven yards back in taking place honors. Blond Fred Sickinger of Manhattan added another 1000-yard victory to his string when his kick finished for a 2:157 clocking shook off Norm Gordon of
| Penn State.
Bob Wright, Ohio State's Big Ten
_{champion,- continued to run in hard
luck, finishing third to Ed Dugger,
{former Tufts ace, who won the 45|yard high hurdles in 5.7. Barney
Ewell, former Penn State star, could do no better than third in the 50 yard dash, won by Herb Thompson of Jersey City, N. J, in 5.4 seconds. Without the mental handicap of
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CHICAGO, Feb. 15—~The seasonlong battle between Indiana and Tilinois for the Big Ten basketball lead is one of the bitterest 37-year history. : Indiana, gunning for the first perfect season in the Hoosiers’ cage history, plays a return game with Wisconsin at Madison tonight, while Illinois concludes its series at Minneapolis. In other contests, Northwestern meets Iowa again at Evanston and Pur-
Arbor. Indiana won its ninth consecutive conference game Saturday when it downed Wisconsin, 51-44, and Illinois stretched its victory ‘string to eight in a row by trouncing Minnesota, 56-35. Northwestern trimmed Towa, 52-33;.and Great Lakes bested Purdue, 60-38, in other encounters.
Top-Heavy Favorites
By virture of their impressive triumphs Saturday both Indiana and Illinois are the top-heavy favorites to repeat .tonight. A whirlwind attack in the first 11 minutes of play netted Indiana a 15-1 lead and virtually settled the
ilissue before: the sellout crowd of
14,000 fans was comfortably seated. After getting off to that wobbly start, Wisconsin made a game comeback to pull the count up to 18-13, but then the Hoosiers turned on the pressure again and went ahead 23-13 at half-time. In the second period, Indiana maintained that 10-point advantage until late in the half, when Wisconsin finally managed to eut into the margin slightly.
Ward Williams Shines
Ward Williams, Indiana’s brilliant sophomore center, and Ralph Hamilton, lanky forward, paced the Hoosiers with 17 and 16 points respectively. Johnny Kotz was high for Wisconsin with 13 points. Another great offensive show by Andy Phillip, the conference’s leading individual point-maker, accounted for Illinois’s easy triumph over Minnesota. Phillip dropped in 18 points to run his season’s total in league play to 152 poins. Illinois took the lead at the outset and never was headed. The defending champions led, 25-19, at the
away of the encounter in the final half. : Kenny Exel paced the Gophers with 12 points. The Big Ten standings:
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Count Fleet Is Derby Favorite
NEW YORK, Feb. 15 (U. P.).— Odds of 5-to-2 against Mrs, John Hertz’ Count Fleet today made, the sturdy stretch runner the shortest winter-book favorite in the 68-year-old history of the $75, 000 Kentucky Derby. The 1942 two-year-old champion dominated the picture so completely that only two colts, Blue Swords and Devils Thumb, were given a look-in in a preview of odds by James J. Carroll, St. oddsmaker. Blue Swords was expected to be about, 5-to-1 with Devil's Thumb the third choice.
Offer 4 Bouts On Mat Card
The main-go mat encounter between Rudy Strongberg and “Wild Bill” Longson at the armory tomorrow night will be supported by three matches, with newcomers listed for action. = ! Babe Kasaboski of Toronto, opens
pearance. They are junior heavies. Jack LaRue, who is rated an aggressive matman from Des Moines, tackles Farmer Jones, the bearded performer from Montgomery county, Arkansas. It is LaRue’s first local match. They also are junior heavies. In the semi-windup, Dorve Roland Kirchmeyer, the Tulse “giant.” They are
Extra Net Games Franklin
due tangles with Michigan at Ann |
intermission and then made a run-|:
against Maurice Chappelle of New-|N. ark, the latter making his first ap- the
Roche of Decatur, Ill, encounters|
Fights Tonight _
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Savold Meets Lem Franklin
CHICAGO, Feb. 15 (U. P.)—The second step to re-establish Chicago as one of the nation’s outstanding boxing centers will be taken tonight when Lee Savold of Patterson, N. J., meets Lem Franklin, Cleveland, O,, Negro, in the 10-round feature of an all-heavyweight card. ‘Three weeks ago Savold knocked out Nate Bolden of Chicago in the top bout of a fistic card that drew a gate of $28,000. Tonight's show is expected to attract 13,000 fans and a gate in excess of $30,000. Savold has been installed as a 7-5 betting choice to beat Franklin. The Patterson puncher is at the peak of a highly successful winter campaign and is gunning for recognition as the “duration” champion.
is rated extremely dangerous because he possesses one of the best right hands in the fight business. In his last start Lem needed only 19 seconds to knockout Altus Allen of Chicago. Franklin and Savold met four years ago with the former winning * by a knockout. : Two other 10-round bouts are on the card. In them Joe Maxin of Cleveland, O., faces Clarence Brown of Chicago, and Curtis Shepard of
Chicago.
Black Hawks
. Trip Boston
By UNITED PRESS Wingy Johnston’s two goals in the last period provided the Chicago Black Hawks with a 3-2 triumph over the National Hockey Leagueleading Boston Bruins. before 14,921 fans last night. The New York. Rangers meanwhile rallied before 13,487 fans at Madison Square Garden to squeeze out a 4-4 deadlock with Toronto's Maple Leafs as the Detroit Red Wings shaded the Montreal Canadiens, 2-1. Boston, its lead now cut to 4 points, started off with first-period
goals by Guidolin and Cowley, but
Thoms pulled Chicago into contention with a-second-period tally. Johnston’s two goals in fhe third gave the Hawks their triumph. Toronto took a 3-0 first period edge on counters by Palle, Schriner and Taylor, Hill adding another in the second before the Rangers got | under way. Watson and Shack ¥ scored before the period ended and goals by Watson and Mancuso in the third gave New York a dead lock. Sid Abel's goal sent Detroit off in front and, after a' scoreless second session, Ray Getliffe tied it up. Carl Liscombe’s goal two mine utes later gave the Wings their triumph.
Callaparri Wins Men’ s Skate Title
. JAMESTOWN, N. Y., Feb. 15 @.
Franklin has a spotty record, but }
Pittsburgh opposes Hubert Hood of -