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SPORTS...
By Eddie Ash
AN EXCERPT from How to Bait an Umpire, by Arthur Mann, in the current issue of the Saturday Evening Post. ... It was in St. Louis, Yankees vs. Browns,
with Lou Gehrig of the Yanks on first and Bob Meusel at bat. . . . Red Kress was playing short for the Browns. / Gehrig took a long lead off first and Meusel's drive was scooped up by Kress, who saw he couldn't get Lou, so threw to first instead
of trying for a forceout. . . . His throw reached first ahead of Meusel
by the proverbial mile. But Umpire George Hildebrand, eyes glued on second and didn’t see
luck would have it, Umpire Harry Geisel behind the plate was
expecting a force play, had his the action at first base. ... As
stooping over to pick up somé balls and likewise failed to see the
play. Although Meusel obviously was
“Hildebrand was in real distress,
out, he couldn't be called out
because no umpire had observed the play.
because the St. Louis fans and
players were on his neck to throw Meusel off the bag. . . . The
umpire appealed to Meusel’s better
nature, asking the Yankee out-
fielder to be a good fellow and admit he was out. x
Meusel laughed . .. and good. . year; let’s see you start earning it,”
Hildebrand had no alternative,
. « “You're getting nine grand a was his reply. and Meusel, actually out, re-
mained safe on first and was credited with a base hit.
Local Amateurs Win Titles at
Muncie
TWO INDIANAPOLIS amateur boxers, Buddy Maxwell and
Raymond Reed, fought and won
places on the Muncie Golden
Gloves team this week and qualified to compete in the tournament of champions in Chicago next week. . . . Maxwell won the lightweight crown and Reed prevailed in the bantamweight competition,
both open class.
Reed won both his bouts on the final night hy knockouts and Maxwell won from Charles Michael of Marion, Ind. . . . Early in the week Maxwell won a close match from Bootsie Johnson, veteran
. Muncie Golden Glover.
Johnson floored Maxwell for the count of nine in the first round, but the Indianapolis lad refused to surrender and slugged out a decision toe to toe in the last two rounds. The Muncie Star described the Maxwell-Johnson bout as one of the most exciting ever fought in the Muncie tourney. . . . Maxwell
‘and Reed do their training at the Tom Leeper gym.
Harrison Soldier Raises a Question
FROM Sergt. Jack DuFrain, Ft.
Benjamin Harrison: “In a re-
cent issue of The Times, in a basketball piece, the United Press credited George Pearcy with eight field goals for Indiana State
against Central Normal.
“Having traveled with the Sycamores for the last two years as student sports writer, it didn’t take me long to find out that the Indiana sports writers weren't kidding when they named Coach Glenn Curtis the ‘Old Fox,’ but what I'd like to know is how the heck the ‘Old Fox’ was slick enough to slip George Pearcy back into his lineup after having used him on bis varsity the last three
years?
“The boys from the U. P. must have meant his younger
brother, Henry Pearcy.”
THE YANKEES recently lost their 14th player to the armed services, . . . He's Rinaldo Ardizoia, formerly of the Kansas City Blues. . . . His departure leaves the Yanks with 12 pitchers, including Marius Russo, who had a weak arm last season, and Johnny
: Lindell, who may be converted into an outfielder. . . . When with
Kansas City, Lindell showed the boys how to line ’em out... . He's
also a swiftie in running.
Finals of Women's tie
Tournament Opens Today
‘Women bowlers will be out to do
tomorrow at the West. Side alleys where the finals in the women's city bowling tournament will be held. The J. 8. C. girls, who walked off with the crown last year, will defend their title at 9:30 o'clock tonight, rolling under the banner of the Ideal Furniture team. They have a big job ahead of them as
the mark that carried the J. 8. C.
M. Hen jon
Casting Stopped Happy Hanes, secreiary of the Indianapolis Casting club, announced today that casting at Tomlinson hall has been discontinued on Sunday afternoons. All members will be notified as soon as arrangements for a place to cast have
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girls to the crown last year. Other teams which are given a good chance to overhaul the leader, are White Rock Girls, Tompkins Ice Cream, Bowes Seal Fast, Marott Shoes and the Comets. The White Rock girls may do some damage if they keep up the blistering pace they set last night in the Kernel Optical league. Led by Bertha Urbancic who fired a 696, the White Rocks racked up 2600 pins—the third highest score in the nation this season. The quintet holds the season high with a 2083 mark posted some weeks ago.
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Keeps in Shape LOUISVILLE, Feb. 20.—Max Macon, Brooklyn southpaw, is employed in a Louisville war plant. He keeps in shape as a member of
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been completed, he said.
the company’s basketball team.
‘| play Thursday.
Sinks Marion As Rochester Bows to Peru
By UNITED PRESS Ft. Wayne Central reasserted its strength as a state title contender by sinking Marion’s Giants decisively, 35-25 last night, and Rochester tumbled to its rugged Peru nemesis, 48-34, in final windup games on the regular season schedules before quintets enter sectional
The opposite 'fates of Ft. Wayne and Rochester put the Central Tigers at the top of the state records with 17 victories and one defeat, while Rochester's Zebras finjshed with 16 triumphs and two losses. Six other members of Indiana's elite “top ten” quintets polished off their seasons with impressive victory, although Indianapolis Tech met a reversal last night at the hands of Shelbyville, 38-32. Muncie Burris ran its string of 15 wins and two losses by sinking Elwood, 38-28. Columbus Trounces Greencastle
Columbus heightened its tourney menace by trouncing Greencastle, 47-32; Jasper romped over Petersburg to a 52-35 triumph; East Chicago Roosevelt defeated Gary Froebel, 54-44; Richmond edged Connersville, 56-52, and Lebanon downed Mooresville, 47-16. Other outstanding contests that possibly key the approaching tournaments strengths include: The Washington Hatchet’s surprise victory over Bloomington, 46-33; Anderson’s defeat of Indianapolis Shortridge, 32-27; Bedford's 34-17 triumph over Evansville Central; Crawfordsville’s one-point win over Marion Crawley’s Lafayette team, 35-34, and Logansport’s 39-33 triumph over Frankfort.
Howe Takes Tenth
In the north, Elkhart defeated South Bend Adams, 44-43; Hammond downed Gary Horace Mann, 57-22; Hammond Tech edged Whiting, 35-33; South Bend Washington clipped Lapel, 40-28, and South Bend Riley sank Nappanee, 40-24. Other local games saw Howe's Hornets take their 10th in a row by stunning Manual, 44-26; Warren Central closed its season with a 35-30 victory over Broad Ripple; Crispus Attucks blasted. the Silent Hoosiers, 49-26, and Beech Grove nipped Sacred Heart, 36-31.
Hoosier Wins Golf Tourney
credit and still hres games to go. EJ 2
consin won two straight undisputed |~ conference championships. The feat hasn't been matched in the intervening three decades, but Illinois now is close to duplicating it. Illinois took the championship last season with 13 triumphs against two defeats. This year it has won
PALM BEACH, Fla., Feb. 20 (U. P.).—Mary Jane Garman, lcngdriving Hammond, Ind. girl, today won the winter's top woman's golf tournament, the Palm Beach championship, by defeating Mrs. R. M. Dagenais of Montreal, four and three. The 20-year-old Rollins college co-ed won six of the last 10 holes from her veteran opponent who holds the Quebec provincial championship. Miss Garman took an early lead, ‘winning the first hole with a par four. The match was evened ORthe third when Mrs. Dagenais posted a one over par five, while the co-ed took a six.
Hot Work
Pauline Betz, national women’s
508 tennis champion, mops her face
after a heated warmup preparatory to making her first appearance today. She will play Pat Mulloy in in Miami's mid-winter tournament a quarter-final tussle. Francisco Segura, Ecuadorian net star and fourth in the country’s national tennis‘ listings will play Jack Kinnin in the men’s semifinals today.
‘more games to play, with Wisconsin ithe most formidable of the remainling opponents.
3 | Illinois.
nine in a row, The Illini have three
Deflated Dreams Wisconsin deflated the dreams of one title contender early in the week when it trimmed Indiana, 57-53, to snap a 16-game winning streak, the longest in Hoosier history. The Badgers themselves can’t hope for better than a third-place finish, but much of the sting of a disappointing season will be removed if they can topple Illinois. Having defeated Wisconsin, 52-40, at Madison, Illinois is the odds-on-choice to repeat that triumph. The Illini have the better record both offensively and defensively. The game brings together two outstanding offensive performers in Andy Phillip of Illinois and Johnny Kotz of Wisconsin, Phillip is thé leading individual scorer with 177 points in nine contests. Kotz topped the circuit a year ago with a record total of 242 points in 15 games. Secondary Importance Runner-up Indiana opposes Minnesota at Bloomington in the game of secondary importarice. The Hoosiers need a sweep of their final three games and an Illinois defeat somewhere along the line to revive their title chances. If Illinois slips once, Indiana could forge into the championship row as it has 13 conference games against 12 for
Indiana figures to handle ‘the erratic . Gophers without. too much difficulty. Minnesota has a mediocre record of four triumphs and five losses.
Advised to Withdraw
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — Twenty-six Marquette university athletes, including: twelve in football, eight in track and five in basketball, are included among 150 students who have been advised by the administration to withdraw from school immediately and await their calls to the army air corps, due between Feb. 18 and 28. Some of Marquette’s greatest varsity stars are on the list.
Results of High School and College Basketball Teams
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS
rhs Broad Ripple, 30.
y~ille, 38; Grove, Sacred Heart, 31. CAtinoks, 0; Bflent Hunsiers 26. mn, 32; ‘Shortridge, 2
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ormme HIGH SCHOOLS i 80; "Astin, A 5p Central Gathatio 4
loo , 2. Sree 1.
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us, 43; I asile, 32. ) 28; Greenwood, 24 (over-
wr, 26; Milton, 23. s 33
Crawfordsville, 35; Laiayette, 34. H i Catholic, 36 +4 ‘Decatur
aR 17. pun } aiversity CRlsomington),
Huntingburg, 35; Dale, 25. Royal Center, 54; Knox, 29. Ft. Wayne (North Side), 32; Huntington, 23. Auburn, 46; Hasttord City, 20. Ho 28; Mt. Auburn, 26. , 52; Petersburg, 35, : rhornto wn, 45; Jamestown, 40. Lebanon, 47; Mooresville, 16. Lucerne, 36; Grass Creek, 34 vertime).
Logansport, 30; Frankfort, 88. Martins: 49; nklin,
(double ov. :
Winchester, 27; Saratoga, 20. Williamsturs, 25; Greens Fork, 20. Wingate, 34 New Ross, a Waterloo, 36; Kendallville, uri (Ft. Wayne), Fog Woodburn,
Delphi, 45; Winamae, 18. Fortville, 33; Pendleton, 24. Markleville, 36; Lapel, 22. Yorktown, 34; Frank ton, 15. Gers 26; Otter Creek, Brazil, 58; Garfield (Terre Haute) 37. State "(Terre Haute), 35; Cl inten, 29. Fontanst, - Concannon, Dugger, 50; Washington Catholic, 36, Elkhart, 44; Adams (South Bend), 43. ni (Hammond), 48; Tolleston (Gary), |®
3 Hammond, 57; Horace Mann (Gary), 22. Tech (Hammond), 35; Whiting Roosevelt (East Chicage), 85: Froebel
(Gary), 44. Washingion (East Chicago), 37; Valparaiso, 30,
Gtiftith, 3%; Edison (Gary), 2% Merrillville, 33; Wirt JIT). 52 Wheeler, 43; Roosevel {Gaty) SL H 8 "Crown Poing_ 36. Auburn, 46;
yer (Terre Haute),
Bremen, 88; Central Catholic (South Bend), Ry 67; Plymouth, 41. COLLEGES Princeton, 52; Cornell, 36. North Carolina Pre-Flight, 50; Fort
Bragg, #4 Union, 59; Williams, 45. St. John’s, 52; at Guard, 45. James Milliken, 44; Illinois Wesleyan, 3 Missouri Mines, 59; Harris Reatliers, Arkansas, 74; Texas A. & M,, ahoma A. & M., ss St. ris university, 44. Olathe Naval, 47; Oklahoma, 39. Stout © institute, 52; River Falls Teach-
50. "Hlinois State Normal, 57; Dekalb, 47.
Dakota Wesleyan, 31; s+ Aberdeen Norma . rookiyn Army Base, 62; Brooklyn
B Pharmacy, 43. McMurry. 41; Abilene Christian, $6. Colgate, 48; Buffalo university, 81. Doane, 38; Nebraska Wesleyan, 30. North Dakota university, 39; North Dakota State, . Loras, 53; U Towa, Western M
40. , 58; Loyola, 57, Augustana, 41;
Ft. Wesne Coritral Holds Top Spot In State
Earl Mitchell of Indiana and N.Y. U.s Frank Dixon to Meet Once More in the Baxter Mile
> : By OSCAR FRALEY = United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (U. P.).—Indiana’s Earl Mitchell or N. Y. U's Frank Dixon can take a commanding lead’ tonight in the scrap for
Whizzing Along in Big Ten
Undefeated in the Big Ten this year, the University of lllinois quintet comes up against Wisconsin, Indiana's trouncer. Shown with their coach, Doug Mills, are (left to right] Ken Menke, Andy Phillip, Gene Vance, Jack Smiley and Capt. Art Mathiseén. All these boys are well over 6 feet tall. And Phillip is the individual high scorer of the Big Ten for this year with 177 points to his
Badgers Endanger Bid of the Illini for 2d Straight Crown
By TOMMY DEVINE United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Feb. 20.—Illinois’ bid for a basketball record set by ¢ a University of Wisconsin team will be endangered by a Badger quintet of another generation when the outfits meet tonight at Champaign, Ill, in the headline game of the Big Ten cage schedule. Back in 1913 and 1914 when Dr. Walter Meanwell started a 20year tenure as one of the nation’s outstanding basketball coaches, Wis-
Robinson Wins
From Wilson
"NEW YORK, Feb. 20 (U. P).— Young Ray Robinson. of Harlem is uncrowned king of the welterweights by virtue of his 10-round split decision last night over Sergt. Jackie Wilson in a bout which
lacked sparkle after “the woiks wuz shot” in the fourth round. This first main event at Madison; Square Garden between two Negroes in four years drew but 16,366 fans and a gate -of only $47,683. It was a disappointing encounter because of the dullness of the last five rounds. Robinson won the decision because, at 21, he was able to outIgst his older and more experienced opponent from California. Sergt. Wilson, now stationed at the Mitchel field, N. Y., air base, lost the last two rounds and the fight. Although Wilson was on the floor in the fourth session and ran out
zas, George Kelly, one of the judges, called it a draw, voting five and five. But the other judge, Bill Healy, and Referee Frankie Fullam balloted for Robinson. The United Press scored five rounds for Robinson, four for Wilson and one even.
Title at Stake Here Tuesday
Wild Bill Longson, Salt Lake City, last night won the heavyweight wrestling championship from Bobby Managoff in St. Louis and will place his new title at stake here Tuesday night against: Warren (Bob Cat) Bockwinkle, St. Louis, in the main event of the armory card. Several top ranking performers will appear in supporting bouts on the mat bill. Emeer Adui, an Arabian who claims the catch -as -catch -can heavyweight championship of his native country, meets a rough-and-tumble opponent ih Cherry Vallina, a Spanish matman from New Orleans, in the semi-windup. Adui was here three weeks ago and “looked like a million” in demonstrating skill and power. Ali Pasha, the Hindu junior heavy, opposes Maurice Chappelle of Newark, in another bout. A third prelim is being arranged for the all-star program. The Bockwinkle-Longson feature match brings the St. Louis performer here for the first time in two seasons. He has hung up 10 consecutive victoriese in local action and is recognized as a strong %7.| opponent for Longson.
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DELAWARE
Special F ry Voted Schools
The Indiana High School Athletic association board | of .control decided yesterday to make a “special” distribution of money among the 819 schools helonging to the association in 1942. Approximately $80,000 will be distributed evenly between the 650-odd small schools and the large-school members. Commissioner Arthur L. Trester and board members pointed out that schools were not required to divert the funds to athletics, but that most schools will use the money ' to further their wartime physical fitness programs. Many Schools Hard Up One hundred dollars will constitute the basic distribution to each school, based on the ‘amount received by each schogl in the 1941 distribution and the amount based on annual and semi-annual membership and tourney Participation in 1942. Trester explained that the “spe-
board ‘because many schools are hard up for funds this year.” “This will be like a blood transfusion to these schools that need money,” the commissioner added. This distribution is nothing new to the member schools of the state association, although it is being made one year ahead of time. The I. H. S. A. A. constitution specifically provides for a distribution on Oct. 1, 1932, and for each threeyear period thereafter. :
All Distributions Made
These distributions have been |New
made, and a “special” distribution was made in 1940. A distribution is due in 1944 and will be made if there is any money -to distribute. The total I. H. S. A. A. fund of $130,000 is in bonds, which will be cashed to make these payments. In five previous distributions, the association has returned more than $250,000 to member schools. : The basic distributions, based on membership and tourney participation, have been as follows: 1932— $50 to each school; 1935—$48 to each school; 1938—$60 to each school; 1940 (special)—$79 to each school; 1941—$60 to each school.
Girls’ Tourney Slated Here
Four games will open the Indiana State girls’ basketball tournament at R. C. A. gym in the Dearborn hotel, 3208_E. Michigan st., tomorrow. The semi-finals and finals will be played Feb. 28. Tomorrow’s schedule: 2 p. m—Lukas Harold vs. Eli Lilly; 3 p. m—R. C. A, vs. Kingans; 4 p. m—Link-Belt vs. CurtissWright; 5 p. m.—Hoosier A. C. vs.
America’s indoor mile crown.
Valpo Bibs : State, 61-49; Wabash Leads
By UNITED PRESS Valparaiso bumped Indiana State’s Sycamores from top position in the conference race last night by handing the Teachers a decisive 61-49 lacing for their first conference defeat of the year. The loss drops the Sycamores to third place in the race, permitting Wabash to move into top spot and Manchester into the runner-up slot. However, the standings may be juggled again tonight when Wabash invades Butler, Manchester hosts Huntington and Indiana Central engages Hanover. Wabash and Manchester were favored to cement their newly-elevated positions with victories. The Valpo attack that stymied Indiana State was sparked by George Maddock’s 22 points and Ted Bean's 19 points. Valpo held a 23-21 halftime margin and never trailed during the entire second period. \ In another conference battle last , Inight, Earlham nipped Franklin 35-3¢ in an overtime. Rose Poly downed Oakland City, 52-24, in a non-loop contest. Paul Hendrix scored 14 points for Franklin, but three of the Grizzlies went out by the personal foul route, permitting Earlham to rally.
Rickey, Camilli Talk Tomorrow
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20 (U. P.).—President Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers announced last night that he will confer with Dolph Camilli tomorrow but reiterated that he will not attempt to talk the veteran first baseman out of his announced decision fo retire from baseball. In addition to having a “visit” with Camilli tomorrow, Rickey said he would talk terms with “about a half dozen Dodger players” who are on the coast.
State High Net Drawings
ANDERSON
(Nine Teams)
Game THURSDAY EVENING Officials 1. 7:00—Summitville and Alexandria (1-2) 2. 8:00—Elwood and Anderson (2-1) FRIDAY EVENING r 3. 7T:00—St. Mary's and Markleville (1-2) 4. 8:00—Lapel and Pendleton (2-1) 5. 9:00—Frankton and Winner Game 1 (1-2) SATURDAY AFTERNOON. 6. 1:30—Winners Games 2 and 3 (2-1) 7. 2:30=Winners Games 4 and 5 (1-2) SATURDAY EVENING 8. 8:00—Winners Games 6 and 7 (2-1)
Officials—(1) Allen Klinck, AD) H. D. Mce
ANGOLA (Sixteen Teams)
.
Game THURSDAY EVENING Officials 1. 7:00—Churubusco and Garrett (1-2) 2. 8:00—Orland and Auburn (2-3) 3. 9:00—Angola and Scott Center (3-1) . FRIDAY MORNING 4. 9:00—Fremont and Metz (1-2) 5. 10:00—Waterloo and Hamilton «+ (2-3) 6. 11:00—Spencerville and Butler (3-1)
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
7. 2:00—Ashley and Pleasant Lake 8. 3:00—Salem Center and Con-
cor wp. 9. 4:00—Winners Games 1 and 2
FRIDAY EVENING
7:00-—-Winners Games 3 and 4 (1-2 11. 8:00~Winners Games 5 and 6 (29:00—Winners Games 7 and 8 (3
' SATURDAY AFTERNOON
¥ :30-—-Winners Games 9 and 10 (1-2) :30—Winners Games 11 and 13 3-3
SATURDAY EVENING 8:00—Winners Games 13 and 14 (3-1)
Ofticials— (1) Lloyd Bryan, (2) George Merkle, (3) Marvin Todd, ¢ %
(Continued on Page 13)
Zaharias Inducted
PALM SPRINGS, Cal., Feb. 20 (U. P.).—Wrestler George Zaharias was inducted into the army yesterday. His induction was delayed a day so he could watch his wife, Golfer Babe Didrickson, defeat Clara: Callendar and set a course record for women with a 67.
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SATURDAY,
FEB. 20, 1943
Winners of the two board races already staged this season, they are favored in a five-man field competing in the Baxter mile at the
and field games in Madison Square Garden. Hoping to score an upset and cone fuse the picture more than ever are Galloping Gil Dodds of the Boston A. A.—pre-season favorite for the title abandoned by little Leslie MacMitchell—Dartmouth Don Burnham—and Jim Rafferty of the host club. Dodds, a theological student, was an early choice due to 1942 victories
A. A. U. indoor and outdoor cham= pionships. But Mitchell, Big Ten two-mile and cross-country King, upset the dope by capturing the Wanamaker mile in 4:08.6 as the indoor campaign opened with the Millrose games. Dixon, Violet freshman, who holds the national intercollegiate crosscountry championship, complicated the issue when he captured the Hunter mile at Boston last week in 4:11.4. Mitchell, calling up his stretch-kick too late, was a blanket« finish second and Dodds finished out of the money as Burnham closed fast to take third honors.
Butler Meets Wabash Five
Probable Starting Lineups: BUTLER WABASH weaver ......... Forward...... ...- Greve Fletcher: ........ Forward........... Blum G. Miller ........ Center........... Kell Hunckler ........ Guard..... Mouigomery H. Miller ......... Guard. .c.s.iviveen
Striving to stay on the comeback trail and improve their standing in the Indiana conference, the Butler Bulldogs tangle with the Wabash cager's in their final home appear ance of the season and possibly for the duration at 8:15 p. m. tonight in the Tech gym. After dropping seven straight dee cisions, the Bulldogs have chalked up victories over Franklin, Camp Atterbury and DePauw, and intend to add the Little Giants to this list, Earlier in the campaign, the Cavemen handed Butler a humiliating 61-to-34 defeat which the Blue and White netmen will try to avenge to the utmost. Coach Frank (Pop) Hedden probably will start his regular quintet which has begun virtually every tilt on Butler's wartime schedule. How=ever, the shock troops with Carl Braden and Clifford Maschmeyer at forward berths, Ernie Tidrow at center and George Mingle and Walter (Tyke) Manifold at guard posts, are expected to see action against the boys from Crawfordsville. Tuesday, the Bulldogs will play their last game «of the season when they travel to South Bend for their second meeting with the Fighting Irish. Previously, Notre Dame downed Butler, 44 to 36, on the Tech floor. :
Teams Play for
Armed Forces
In the second game of a sched= uled two-out-of-three series, the Capehart-Packard Mfg. Corp. basketball team is to meet Indiana Gear Works quintet at Pennsy gym tomorrow night at 8:30. Packard won last Sunday, 39-23. The series is co-sponsored by two American Legion posts, McIlvaineKothe and Voiture 145 of 40 & 8, All game proceeds are to be distributed to outlying posts of the armed forces. Mecllvaine-Kothe post yesterday purchased 200 tickets
them to service men at U. S. O.
Supports Class
3K League Plan
DUNHAM, N. C, Feb. 19 (U. P). —Commissioner W. T. Duggan of the National Amateur Baseball fed-
port of a proposal to establish wurtime class E leagues during the national emergeney. Duggan advised President Ww. aq. Braham of the National Association of Professional Baseball leagues, who suggested organization of such leagues to permit players, now en=gaged in defense work, to participate in games without giving up
amateur body to adjust its eligibile ity rules accordingly. The matter will be discussed at the federation’s annual convention in Ft. Wayne, Ind, Feb. 26 and 27.
BASKETBALL
Indiana Gear Works
Vs.
Capehart- Packard Mig, Corp.
8:30 P. M.
Sway. Feb. 21st Pennsy Gym—Siale & E. Wain
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over MacMitchell in the national
for tomorrow’s game and distributed ,
their jobs, that he would ask the
eration today announced his supe ;