Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 March 1943 — Page 8
10 Other Fives Defend Crow
WHILE TRAININ G in the Bors may have. its Bander the novelty will provide plenty of material for . Writers in major league spring camps. this year, believes . Warren Brown, sports editor of the Chicago Sun. “When the retreat from the south and. far west was ordained in
Sixty-four nigh school basketball teams, more than 700 prep play] ers, 68,017 spectators and three million Hoosier fans embark today on| the 23d annual regional tourney eliminations in 16 cities. With those cold figures to work on, the I. H. S. A. A. Tegionals, which|
: Caited Press Staft Correspondent } ‘NEW. YORK, March 6.—Last night’s return bout ‘between | : veins. champion Beau Jack, the winner, and veteran Fritzie “Zivic wi S$ {so close and well patronized that negotiations already have been opened. Garden on April 2. *
baseball would suffer,” points out Brown,
“The big league spring training trips, it was ned vont to such great, lengths in the past as much to furniéh baliyhoo for the games _ to come as to get the players in shape to piay them. I am of the * opinion that the fears of curtailment in] the inspiration of the literary laborers are groundless.
“No major league club entering into stig trathing this year is
“ proceeding along familiar lines. It is all new, and the working out . of the various systems under novel conditions certainly should give , any observing literary laborer much more material for writing than
+ he has had at his disposal in Florida, Havana, Texas; California, or
: ~ Wherever else camps were pitched in the past.
~“A literary laborer in major league camps who has had any
experience at all in grading and classifying the spring crop of players,
_ Is going to be confronted this year with squads such. as he hasn't
pen. before.
. Go Heavy on Camp Conditions
“THERE WILL be some enthusiasts, no doubt, who will go right on: hailing members of the 1943 crop as the greatest, etc., etc. That is the inalienable right of a basebail Ssper: who hasn’t seen any base- - ball for six months. “The conservative will restrict his writing to camp conditions and make his reports 'on the class of baseball players of temporary , importance. April. 21, big league opening day, and the days that . follow, will be time enough for passing judgment on baseball’s Who's « Who for 1943.” : J = o fF J ” E 4 PROFESSIONAL LEAGUE hockey scouts who have heen casting . gyes on Johnny Mack Thayer, goalie for the University of Minnesota Ice team,.are advised that the super star collegian has received his call to duty with naval aviation. . . . Fred Heieske, center for the Gopher sextet, accompanies Thayer into service. , , . The 1942-43 Gopher icers won 10 games, lost four and tied one. :
- Gophers Vote for Three Hoosier Cagers
MINNESOTA BASKETBALL players picked an all-opponents Big . Ten quintet the other day. . . . Their choices were two from Illinois, » two from Indiana and one from Purdue. Andy Phillip at forward and Gene Vance at guard, both of Illinois, received nine out of a possible 10 votes. . . . The others were Ward ' Williams ‘of Indiana, center; Johnny Logan of Indiana, forward, and ' Ed Ehlers of Purdue, guard. . . . Jack Smiley, Illinois guard, was just nosed out by Ehlers in the balloting. “- » » , » s a THIS IS the $64 tourney week-end in the Indiana high school basketball Hoosier hoopla. . . . win or nothing and out. . Next week-end it will be the Sweet Sixteen and on March 20 it will be . the Big Four.
: Sox to Work Out at West Baden
WEST BADEN, IND, also is to share in the 1943 fur-lined baseball spring training. . ... The Chicago: White Sox have transferred their actual training site trom the French Lick hotel grounds to West Biden, about a mile away. . . . The latter provides what was formerly . = baseball field. : However, the Sox will not move out of the French Lick Springs hotel, which also will house the Chicago Cubs. . , » The Sox players will walk to and:from their daily drills. » = = . 2 = =. ; RED ROLFE, third sacker, who quit the Yankees to coach basket- " ball and baseball at Yale, may be back with the Yanks this year... , His Yale cagers landed on the short end in the Ivy league,
‘| Count,’
110 Colts Arc
Nominated for
169th Derby
LOUISVIELE, Ky. March 6 (U.
“1P) ~Topped' by Count Fleet, Mrs.
John ! Hertz's -swift son - of: Reigh nominated for the 69th running of 1, Col. Matt Winn, president. of
Churchill Downs, announced today. The Count, whose speed last fall
Tcarried him to the two-year-old
championship, ruled a heavy favorite to win the “street car” Derby. The Derby nearly was called off at the request of Joseph P. Eastman, O. D. T. director, a month ago but won governmental approval when Winn said he would sell tickets only to patrons living in the Churchill Downs area. Only four colts are given a chance to stop The Count over the mile and one-quarter route. They are Allen T. Simmons’ Blue Swords, W. E Boeing’s pair of Devil's Thumb and Slide Rule, and Calumet farm’s Ocean Wave. Occupation, last year’s leading juvenile money-winner, was not nominated for the Derby and probably will not start again until late summer. He was sidelined last fall with an injury.
Ocean Wave Is 6-5 Favorite
NEW ORLEANS, March 6 (U. P.). —Ocean Wave, Calumet Farm’s sturdy son of Blenheim II, was 8 | 6-ta-5 favorite today for the $15, 000 Louisiana derby over a mile-and-one-furlong route at the Fair Grounds. ‘Despite his defeat by Pop’s Pick earlier in the week, the big chestnut was the choice of most horsemen in today’s distance of a sixteenth of a mile. Ocean Wave will carry topweight of 126 pounds, Pop's Pick, 116, and Amber Light, also highly regarded, 120. Wendell Eads, the stable jockey, will ride the favorite. Johnny Gilbert is slated for. Pop's. Pick and Johnny Longden is: coming down from Oaklawn to handle Amber Light. fy The rest of the field is made up of Legislator, 116; Valdina Way, 116; Noonday Sun, 116; Reaping Glory, 116, and Joe Burger, 120.
Eight Win‘Gloves’ Titles
CHICAGO, March 6 (U., P.)—~— . Eight champions were crowned last . might in the finals of the annual golden gloves amateur boxing tournament. Tony Janiro, 16, Youngstown, 0. "provided the upset of the tourna- . ment by winning the featherweight title from last year’s champion, . Jakie Graves, Minneapolis. Janiro _ represented Cleveland, O. - Barry Darby, a private at Ft. sif1, * Okla., took the flyweight title, and another Ft, Sill private, Earl O'Neal, . 18, decisioned Pvt. Gene Roberts of Camp Grant, Ill, to take the title “in the 118-pound division. Another Cleveland contestant,|. Chuck Hunter, won the lightweight ¢ crown with a technical knockout over Levi Southall, Kansas City. Morris Corona, Ft. Worth, Tex, last year’s lightweight champ, took} the welterweight title with a tech- : ‘nical knockout in 50 seconds of the first round. His opponent was . Charles Busalacchi, Milwaukee. Samson Powell, national A. A, U. . champion in 1942, decisioned Harry Joyce of the navy’s air technical _ training center at Memphis to give Cleveland its third title of the tour-| nainent—the middleweight cham-
plonship. Reedy ‘Evans, Chicago, scored a knockout over William Zielke, Camp Grant, to win the light heavyweight ‘championship. Another Chicagoan,
Paul (Curly) Armstrong
Zollner Pistons to Play N.Y. Rens at Armory Tomorrow
fmay be dangerous.
Bob McDermott ;
Ft. Wayne's Zollner Pistons, winners of the National Professional Basketball league race this season, will meet a team of former New York Rens and Harlem Globe Trotters tomorrow afternoon at the armory.
. A curtain-raiser at 1:30 p. m. will throw together Pure Pep, Allison Red /Wings and. the Libby Lathe fives in the 26th annual ety inde~
110: three-year-olds were.
the $75,000 Kentucky Derby on May
were held for the fist time In 1971 to eliminate an sereasing Sumber
day, but Coach Cliff Wells fears ‘Peru’s rugged team may end his string. Eleven other regional champs of last year trying for another Sige today are Lawrence Central, Terre Haute Wiley, Aurora, Evansville ‘{Central, Muncie Burris, Bedford,
ton. How They Compare Two preliminaries aye slated for
the afternoon’ in each center with
the winners clashing in the championship tilt: at night. As teams
stacked up as follows: AT ANDERSON-—Greenfield holds the best record, but Lawrence is a red hot “money” team and may go through, Lapel probably will meet
{the winner of the Greenfield-Law-
rence clash. AT BLOOMINGTON—In spite of a late-season - slump, Martinsville still is dangerous. However, Pat Malaska’s Artesians expected trouble from Terre Haute Wiley. Brazil rates as the night opponent. AT CLINTON—Clinton rates favorite with Crawfordsville the chief
‘lopposition. State finalists last year,
Crawfordsville has been erratic all season.
Faces Tough Fight
AT EVANSVILLE — Evansville Central, although favored, faces a tough fight from Princeton in the title tilt. Boonville and Tell City,
are capable of upsets. AT FT. WAYNE—Ft, Wayne Central should emerge. However, Warsaw is a big hazard. Central's Tigers lined up against Auburn and Warsaw against Kendallville in preliminaries.
AT HAMMOND — Gary Wallace and Hammond Clark, the favorites, fight it out early to give Michigan City a chance to upset the winner.
AT HUNTINGTON—Andrews, undefeated this year, is the quintet holding the odds. AT LAFAYETTE — Lebanon is rated tops over an off-and-on Frankfort five. Monitor, Frankfort’s first opponent, has 10 of its 27 en-| rolled students playing basketball, but may surprise. ? Marion Is Keyed
AT MARION—In spite of its season- slump, Marion is keyed by Coach Orville Hooker to cop the title, but Kokomo looms a threat. AT MUNCIE —In the hottest tourney of the day, Muncie Burris should emerge, if the Owls can overcome New Castle and Richmond. Winchester remains a threat to Richmond. AT NEW ALBANY—Bedford, if it hits the form it has shown on occasions, should defeat Jeffersonville for the crown. Jeff must. advance over French Lick and Bedford over Seymour. AT PERU--A rangy Peru five is keyed to dump Logansport from its long-held regional perch. AT RUSHVILLE — Kitchel, with virtually the same team as last year when it dark-horsed through its sectional, is favored over Batesville,
Toughest Struggle
AT SHELBYVILLE—Greensburg is picked over Madison. Center Grove and Morristown are the dark horse preliminary contenders, - AT SOUTH BEND—South Bend Central's Bears are due for the
' | toughest struggle in’ their path to
the crown. They must defeat Elk-
‘1hart’s quintet, which forced them
into an overtime last month and|}
‘| Rochester's Zebras, whom they de-
feated by one point in season play.| 5:
the favored spot, but Washington’s| J. Hatchets, 1941 and 1942 champs, Jasper boasts victories of one and 15 pats margin over thie Hatchets this year.
‘No Comment’ % On Louis Bout |;
Prankfort, Srawlopdssilie South Bend Central and Washing-
went to the posts, the tourneysj
the respective afternoon opponents, coll
AT WASHINGTON—Jasper rates] =
shut out Pittsburgh at the coliseum Caps play a return match with
ice af 8:30 p. m.
| for & third encounter’ at Madison Square ‘Young Beau Jack, brown-skinned Georgia whirlwind, registered his
| {second non-title victory in a month
B who paid $71346—record
“ "he garden. crowd of 18,813 fans, boxing
BE gate of 1943—saw the wild-swinging
Negro take such a lead in the first five rounds that Zivic's
| .|megnificent rally later was unable
i {to offset it completely.
Floyd (Fats) Perras, goalie or the Indianapolis Capitals who
Thursday night while his mates
hammered home eight goals, will Se ir the nets tonight when the
the Hornets at Pittsburgh. The
Caps will be back here tomorrow to face Cleveland on the local
Square Garden.
Jimmy Collins Dead at 73
BUFFALO, N. Y., March 6 (U. P.).—James J. (Jimmy) Collins, 73, considered by many as the best third baseman in the annals of baseball, died today in Millard Fillmore hospital after a 10-day fight against pneumonia. Taken ill two weeks ago, Collins had: been confined to the hospitel since Feb. 24. He rallied briefly on two occasions in his game fight for life, but the disease slowly sapped his remaining strength until death came shortly before 11 a. m. A Buffalo sandlot product, and native of nearby Niagara Falls, Collins began his professional career as shortstop for the Buffalo Bisons in the old Eastern league in 1893. The Boston Braves purchased him two years later and he played for that club and Louisville in the Eastern league where he shifted from the outfield to third base. He wis a sensation around the “hot corner” and the Braves recalled him from their farm club. From 1896 until 1900, he was*hird base guardian for the Braves. Although he weighed only 160 pounds in his prime, Collins packed enough power to lead the National league in home runs, in 1898 with 15. In 1901, a seasoned and brilliant player, Collins became manager of the Boston Red Sox, and under his shrewd leadership, the club won tke American league pennant in 1903. The Red Sox went on to win the first modern world series by winning five of eight games against the Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Violets Seek History-Making Sweep of Track, Field Titles
NEW YORK, March 6 (U. P.).—Holders of the metropolitan inter-. collegiate and national A. A. U. track aid field team championships, New York university’s points for a history-inaking sweep of board laurels tonight in the 22d annual intercollegiate A. A. A. A. meet in Madison
Penn State is the defending champion and Army and Fordham are
rated as potentially powerful darkhorses but the Violets, fresh from a resounding triumph in the A, A. U. mest last week, are rated likely to wali off with three and possibly four individual and relay crowns.
Individual competition will garner
a larg: share of the crowd’s atten-
tion, liowever, particularly in the mile dizel between N. Y. U.’s Frank
Dixon, new national champion, and Don Burnham of Dartmouth. Also worthy of the spotlight will be the triple; titulap bid of A. Richmond Morcora, ‘New Hampshire, and the championship bids ‘of Eddie Cefi-|. well, MN. Y. U, in the sprint; Fred Sickinger, Manhattan, in the 600; Joe Nowicki, Pordham, in the 1000; unbeaten Bill Vessie, Columbia, in the high jump, and Roy Phillips, Tufts, in the two-mile. Winners of the IC4-A title three times—-1929, 1932 and 1940—the Violets will field their strongest entry
in history and possibly might eclipse
the point-scoring record of 38.1 hung up by Pennsylvania in 1951.
Sawin Has
His Troubles
However, most of the experts were convinced
_|that had the bout been scheduled
{fot 15 instead of 12 rounds, Zivic would have knocked out his fading opponent.
Jack Gets Mauling
Although there were no knockdowns it was an excellent scrap in which 21-year-old Beau Jack received the worst face mauling of his career. The lightweight ruler bled
- | freely from nose and mouth through-
‘out and he left the ring with lumps on his cheeks and mouses under both eyes. Zivic suffered a slight gash on his left brow. It was a rough, bitterly contested brawl in which each lost a round for low blows.
tage of 1012 pounds, tore at his |shorter opponent in the first round; trying for an early knockout. He wes far ahead in the first two minutes of milling, but in the third minute was stunned by a round-house right to the chin, which evened the session. Fritzie didn’t recover fully from that blow until the sixth round.
Fritzie Opens Up .
Just when the crowd began to fear that 29-year-old Zivic would be kayoed, pug-nosed Fritzie opened up in the sixth round., Jack rallied and had a slight edge in the seventh, although Zivic was beating him in a furious exchange that continued after the bell. Pritzie took a beating in the eighth, but won it on a foul, just as Jack took a terrible body pounding in the ninth, but won the session on a foul. Zivic won the 10th by a wide margin. The 11th and 12th were even. Beau Jack was so distressed from the blistering pace and body pounding that his legs wobbled as he went to his corner after the final bell. That's why Zivic wants their next meeting: to be at 15 rounds—Zivic
‘most. experts thoug} at he couldn’t last 12, Beau Jack is schediled to meet | Henry Armstrong at the Garden on April -2, but ancient Henry has'two bouts slated meanwhile, and it is a 10-to-1 shot that Zivic will be substituted against Jack on that date. .
followed Ohio State with eight, 1llinois six, Indiana /five, Northwestern
Bud Sawin, coach of the Riviera, ... pyrque two and Iowa, Min-
club girls’ swimming team which won the national outdoor cham- |
pionship last year, is having his | troubles defending the title.
However, Sawin, who has built]
many young. girls’ into famous aquatic stars, cannot be counted out of the year’s competition. “I am debating about competing for the team title for three reasons,” Sawin said. “Betty Bemis was cglled to active duty as a
WAVE March 3; Mary Ann Walts is spending the winter in ‘Florida
and Ann Hardin of Loiusville is attending school up east. This leaves only June and Joan Fogle -and
«3 Patty Aspinall in Indianapolis. * 6i5
“However, I may try using four juniors who are coming along nicely —Patsy Bragan, 15; Mary Margaret Carroll, 15; Ann Schaffner, 15, and Sue Gastineau, 12,” he said. : Sawin coached Betty Bemis to a senior American record when she was only 12 years old. ‘The championship meets this year are scheduled for April 9, 10 and 11 at the Chicago. Medinah club.
nesota and Chicago one each. Ohio. State furnished a mild sur\prise in the swimming meet when lit piled up 42 points in the five events in which finals were held last night as against 29 points for favored Michigan. : Back of: Ohio State and Michigan the remainder of the field was strung out in this order: Iowa with seven points, Indiana and Minnesota with five each, Purdue with four ‘and ' Northwestern - with two. Chicago, Illinois antl Wisconsin did not score. Harry Holiday of Michigan, the Wolverines 300-yard medley relay team and Keo Nakama of Ohio State, set three new Big Ten and one national collegiate record. Holiday accounted for a conference and N. C. A. A. mark when he swam the 150-yard backstroke in 1:3L.7. The Michigan team set a Big Ten record when timed in 2:56.7 and Nakama shattered a record with his time of 2:112 in the 220-yard free style event. ; Indiana and Purdue each qualified four finalists in the wrestling tournament. Illinois, one of the
‘|pre-meet favorites, placed three
| met, Michigan qualified two mate
Zivic, enjoying a weight advan-|.
who was the 17-5 underdog because
over the former WelisTweight bg
Big Ten 0.K.’s ‘Free’ Tilts at Service Camps
By TOMMY DEVINE United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, March 6—~The Big Ten agreed today to a series of “free gate” football games next fall at Midwestern army camps and naval stations for the entertainment of the enlisted men, The plan was adopted after two lengthy conferences with military leaders. A final draft of a new cog~ ference schedule to include these contests is expected to be made at a session today. z \
Agree to Plan
Lieut. Comm. Russell Cook ‘of Great Lakes, Lieut. Col. Bernie Bierman of Iowa pre-flight school a ze Col. Frank Bush of Camp Gr informed conference officials they were desirous of carrying on their competitive programs against Big Ten teams, ‘but requested heavier home schedules for the benefit of the soldiers and sailors. Maj. John LIL. Griffith, commissioner of the Big Ten, and athletic directors of member schools immediately agreed to the plan. : “Last fall service teams received as their share of the gate receipts from games with Big Ten members $145,000,” Griffith. said, “that money went to the financing of sports programs, army, navy, relief and welfare funds. Now, however, it is felt it would be wise to broaden the program a bit and help furnish entertainment for the men in camps. Military officers feel it will be a tremendous lift for morale to bring big-time football teams into camps where the spectators will be almost exclusively the men in uniform.” Since “free gates” will prevail for these games at the camps, Big Ten teams’ will forego the guarantee they usually receive. The only {ment for the contests will be actual uavel i 1 A
College Reuts
‘Duke, 56; Litadel, 3% Manhattan, 39; C. C. N. Y., 46. . Callander, 45; eA: university, 40 ware, 41; Catholic university, 1 4 Geonge Washington, 47; Davidson, 40
Indiana and Purdue Qualify 4 Each in Wrestling Meet
CHICAGO, March 6 (U. P.).—Championships in swimming, track, wrestling and fencing will be decided by Big Ten athletes today. ; Michigan, winner of the indpor track championship eight times in the past 10 years, is the top-heavy favorite to win another title. The, Wolverines placed 15 men in the finals in yesterday's preliminaries. Wisconsin was second in the number of qualifiers with nine,
Then Phils’ Roster Is | Raised to 29
PHILADELPHIA, March 6 (U, P.).—The Philadelphia ‘Athletics’ roster of players was raised ‘to 29 today with the addition of Pitcher Dave Odum, once the property. of the Detroit Tigers. Odum formerly . played with Beaumont in the Texas league. and with clubs" in the Pacific ‘coast, Piedmont and Bi-State ty
Jean Gets 31 As
Hanover Wins
HANOVER, March 6 (U: P)— Frank (Nicky) Jean of Hanover poured 31 points through the hoop last night when Hanover Sefeaied Earlham, 78-73. i Jean’s 14 field goals and threes {free throws gave him a distinct edge
their race for state individual Sere ing honors.
Prodents’
over Ted Bean of Valparaiso. in oo
‘Walter Moore, won the heavyweight | pendent finals and third-place playoff, he ne Auwen A Cn
men and Chicago, Iowa andeNorth-
‘crown with a: second-round knockout over Art McWhorter, Gary, Ind.
Emeer Badu, the skilled and gged Arabian matman who has easy ‘sailing in ‘his only two local appearances, will clash with ead (ong Dey) Kishmeyr, ie it,” in main-go ‘action 1 wrestling card: next
r has turned in sev-
Members of the Pistons’ quintet include Paul (Curly) Armstrong and Herman Schaefer, former Indi‘ana university stars; Paul Birch of the New York “Celtics, Jerry Bush, St. John's (Brooklyn; Carlyle Towery, Western Kentucky Teachers "college; Bob McDermott, veteran of 10 years of pro ball; John Pe an, another former New York : Wilfred (Gus) Doerner, Evansville college; Dale Hamilton, Franklin college,” and Jack Keller, a h Wayne prep product. Stars with the ‘Rens include Sonny Boswell, Duke Cumberland,
Ted Sous Reosy Hugsm. Al
Somes Rams Are Chosen > For Net Tourney,
Johnson, ' Agls Bray and Hillery Brown. Most of the members of the Rens have seen service with the Studebakers, Chicago entry in the national pro league.
DiMaggio Save. 5 He's Recovered
SAN FRANCISCO, ‘March 6 (U. P.) ~All speculation ‘over Dominic
WASHINGTON, March ¢ (U. P).
Louis and Billy Conn, both, in the
ment from officials of the war de-
oes Would be paid,
—Reports that plans for a bout be- L. tween’ ‘heavyweight champion : Joe Oar}
imo Bonay ro. army; have been submitted to Sec-|Pa nF
retary of War Henry L. Stimson AF Baber” Choeralet ‘ireceived the “no comment” treat- Bu
NEW YORK, March 6 (U, P).—
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|i" Searycigte wa et or EF :Jpontroversy arose over whether: the Key
St. i Cardinals, becam e- the
22{ second 1aajor league baseball player
rejecied by Sie. army this
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induction ‘center, here because of a
| western ane each.
To Open April 3
The Speedway public golf course is to open the 1943 season on Satrurday, April 3, the management an{nounced today. Rates will be the same as in 1942. Mondays and Thursdays will be “bargain days.” Season tickets are available, Atten-
Bom 8 called o ihe fess that che}
ANDERSON