Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 March 1944 — Page 20
SPORTS... By Eddie Ash
THROUGH arrangerhent
of Hagerstown, Ind, Nat. S.
lisher of Ring magazine, will present four boxing picture p 14 and 15.
s made by Archie Hindman Fleischer, editor and pubmake four appearances and rograms in this area March
¢ Mr. Fleischer is considered one of fhe greatest authorities on
‘boxers and boxing in thé world. . nized as the official organ of the
has covered many topflight bouts for the past 30 years and has compiled a series of outstanding :
boxing films. He will display these films and
them starting in Richmond, Ind. Tuesday evening, March 14; at 7:30 p. m. in the Dennis junior . » The same evening at 10
high school gvm. . p. m. he will stage another showing mond Elks club.
On Wednesday afternoon, March 15, Editor Fleischer will entertain the wounded soldiers at Billings General hospital, Pt. Benjamin Harrison. «+: That evening, at 6:30, he will present his
.. Is Ring magazine is recogfistic sport. .. . Editor Fleischer
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lecture upon
at the Rich-
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Fleischer
program in the Masonic Temple at New Castle, Ind. Editor Fleischer has been devoting much of his time to exhibiting his famous fight films and lecturing at service camps, hospitals and U. 8. O. headquarters throughout the country and they have been
enthusiastically received.
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Historian of Fistic Lore, Ancient and Modern
NAT FLEISCHER is an experienced historian of fistic lore, both ancient and modern. ... Among the films he will present in
Richmond, at Ft. Harrison and in
New Castle are the Dempsey-
Willard,” Louis-Conn, Louis-Schmeling, Louis-Buddy Baer and Fitz-simmons-Corbett (first camera recording of a championship bout). An interesting part of the Fleischer program is the period de-
voted to questions. . . . He permits and he gives the answers. a 8 = FLEISCHER took up boxing as
service men to fire away at him
8 » o an amateur. . . . After meeting
one pro he decided he was too short and light for the rugged. sport
and ¢- ‘ded he could do better as has ©
a writer and historian. . . . He
sred many books, among them “How to Box,” “Training for
Boxers’ and the “Life Story of Terry McGovern.”
Fleischer ranks the greatest of
all heavyweights in this order:
Jack Johnson, Jim Jeffries, Bob Fitzsimmons, John L. Sullivan, Tom
Sharkey, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Tommy Burns.
Jim Corbett, Gene Tunney and
King, Ernst and Haufler Are
Top Scorers in
Tenpin Loops
Some of the old-time scoring that made the Indianapolis Bowling Jeague famous should make its re-appearance about next week. After scanning last night's results, it looks like those pins that were new a pouple of weeks ago are just about ready to take some real punishment. = Seoring showed a great improvement over last week, three quintets
Passing 3000 as five soloists eased over the 650 mark. Herfl-Jones was |
the outstanding team with 987, 1099, 1001—3177, and their heaviest scorer, _ Neil King, was the top man in the ' city-wide individual race Neil's 213, 224, 243680, Manuel Schoneck- _ er's 200, 222, 223-654, Jack Hunt's 626, Bud Schoch'’s 609 and Bill Tarrant’s 608 made the Herfl series
e. Bert Bruder, with 213, 214, 229— #56 and Ralph Richi , with 628, aided Barbasol to 993, 993, 1033— 8019, while Ed Schott's 248, 202, 200-659, Ed Striebeck’s 642 and Leonard Chase's 631 boosted Falls City Beer to 958, 1027, 1026—3011. Russett Cafeteria failed to land in the high scoring class, but Harold Btricklin, one of its members, did a good job with 246, 215, 200—661. Other leading scorers of the loops gession were Bob Hughes 648, Joe
Fulton 645, Walt English 640, Larry
Fox 604 and Bob Wuensch 600. Haufler Creates Record
Pete Ernest failed to land in the 800-class in his Indianapolis league
542, Mabel Fischer 540, Armetta Doolittle 538, Bernie Robling 537, Helen Wagner 532, Evelyn Wiesman 528, Billy Rice 520, Blanche Meyer 520, Peggy Eskew 517, Doris Parsons 512, Nell Schmidt 511, Katie Hoover 510, Lucy Court 506, Agnes Junker 505 and Laura Alexander 504.
OTHER 600 BOWLERS (MEN) Cleon Beger Berger, El Lilly ... .. 847
L. Bradley, Moon-Lite 6 o’Clock R.C.A, 645 John Laffey, St. Philip Men's Club. ... 641 Mike Bisesi, U. 8. Rubber......... .... 641 Walter Martindale, Uptown Recreation 641 Leonard Vails, U. §. Rubber 638
Paul Clark, Fox-Hunt 6 o’Clock R.C.A. 633 Everett Johnson, Inter-Club ......... 636 Jim Hymer, American Legion ....» . 634
Gene Dearford, Knights of Columbus. 624 Barney Mann, West Side Merchants.. 622 Ed Hastings, EH Lilly. . .. . 618 Earl Throm, Knights of Columbus.... 617 Geo. Speeee, American Legion......... [3
C. Robinson, Eli Lilly. cir ieesees B18 Ted Arnold, West Side Merchants..... 612 Bernie Strohm, Inter-Club .. ives 6
W. McGregor, Lukas-Harold.......... Ray Gibson, American Legion ....... 6 Baldwin, Emmerich Inn Carl Schopp, Riviera Club Mixed Ed Ehlers, Inter-Club Doug White, Inter-Club
OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS (MEN)
Appearance, but he warmed up for the session in the Inter?Club and | gave Mercator Tigers 234, 218, 225—| 677, good for city-wide runnerup| honors. record of his own when he turned!
bowling career.
loop. at the Illinois had 221, 212, 222655.
The women of the Ernest John-|
son Coal circuit were easier on the
“Dutch” Haufler created a|
Carl Lindner with | Ed Sunderman, Friendly Mixed the Markers of the Lukas-Harold|
| Alberta Schafer,
Chas. Richardson, Inter-Plant .. Ed Humphrey, St. John Evangelical . ! Norm Cobb, Link-Belt Doubles 58 Jack Mercer, Antlers Recreation
C. Battson, Curtiss-Wright Office..... 583 Sam Jacobs, Howe 400 .. Cieeee..s BRS Wilbur Eades, Diamond Chain....... 578
Fred McKinney, Allison Owls. .... .... 576 Maurice Collier, Sacred Ht. Men’s Club 575
in 206, 276, 190—672 for the 11th | Bue Sandwood, Dept. of Agr. Mixed. 574
District five of the American Legion league, rolling at the Pennsylvania.| It was the best series of Haufler's M-
. Baker, R. C. A. Night Workers.... 573 Riley, Moon-Lite 8:30 R, C. A......... 3 Shipman, Post Office . . 55 C. G. Thomas, Indianapolis P. & Light 554 D. Hitt, North Side Recreation ... 553 Huffman, Schwitzer-Commings. ... 539
OTHER 500 BOWLERS (WOMEN)
{ Louise Lee, Indiana Bell Telephone... 533 Mary Hartsock, dndiana Bell Telephone 526 | Deromia Ayres, Dept. of Ag. Mixed .. 524 Edna Schoen, Eli Lilly................ 519 Alma Merrick, Eli Lilly eee... B12
Eli Lilly
: hl Y ..........508 pins than usual, only six getting Jean Knapke, Indiana Bell Telephone ss 3
over 550. the leader with 581, Bertha Urbancic had 575, Betty Shipman 568, Gertrude Bradley 562, Dorothy Berkopes 560 and Betty Dobbyn 551. Those over 500 were Tillie Kagel
Switch-Hitting Upsets Champ
Margaret Skelton was | Eleanor Kottkamp, Eli Lilly........... | OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS (WOMEN)
{ Betty Allen. P. R. Mallory Office . . 483
Catherine Treaey, Our Lady of Lourdes 479 470]
| L. Sutter, Fountain Square Squeeze... {L. King, North Side Co ... 468 ! Kathleen Newman, Friendly Mixed 464 Gladys Von Fossen, Riviera C. Mixed. 443
Mexican Sammy Angott
HOLLYWOOD, March 9 (U, P.).—Juan Zurita, switch-hitting Mexfcan jumping bean, last night scored one of the biggest boxing upsets on the west coast in two decades when. he took the N. B. A. lightweight title from Sammy Angott over the 15-round route at Gilmore field. Victory for the Guadalajara, Mexico, fighter may junk the wellJaid plans of New York Promoter Mike Jacobs to clear up the light-
weight title muddle. He had signed
Angott and Philadelphia Bob Mont- |
gomery, world champion (New York
version), for a title match in Mad-| ison Square. Garden March 31. © Zurita’s contract calls for a re-| turn bout with Angott within 30
days. But further complicating the picture was the fact that Angott reports for his pre-induction physical examination today.
Climbing through the ropes to meet the rough and mauling Lou-
~ |isville, Ky., slugger, dark-eyed Zu-
rita was.so.lightly regarded that he
‘was a7 tT underdog.
One round later, the jolting coun- | ter-puncher from south of the bor(der was on his way to the N. B, A. lightweight title and round by |Tound, punch by punch, he worked { the _beetle-browed champ over to | the point where Angott was pitch{ing wild rights and lefts like an
amateur,
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last game of the campaign here. The Caps, further crippled by who received a back injury during the ice with -a possible “strange” combination that may find their coach, Johnny Sorrell, playing on defense. Hymie - Buller, regular defenseDetroit Red Wings earlier in the week, following in the footsteps of Bill Thomson, forward line veteran, who answered a “hurry-up call” from Manager Jack “Adams previously. Tonight's game, which will be for the benefit of the equipment fund of Junior Baseball, Inc., will be the last mid-weeke game here before the playoffs start. The Caps have two remaining home dates on their schedule and both are with Cleveland “here the two following Sun“day nights. Glover Is Injured l. Glover was injured yesterday when he fell on one of Trainer Les Tooke's skates during practice, The speedy little front linesman had to be helped to the dressing room suffering from an injured nerve in his back which may shelve him for tonight's game, Meanwhile, Nakina Smith, brother of Winky Smith who was out of last Sunday's tilt because of injuries, may be back with the team tonight. He worked out with the Caps yesterday avoiding; contact work and may be called on to complete the line composed of his brother and Kenny Kilrea.
Bears 5 Points - Ahead of Bisons
By UNITED PRESS The Hershey Bears moved a full five points ahead of the challenging Buffalo Bisons in the eastern division of the American Hockey league race today, gaining the margin with
.la 9-2 victory over the Cleveland
Barons, champions of the western division.
rink; -took a 2-1 lead in the first period, scored three more goals in the second and four in the third. Cleveland got its second goal in the third period.
Jim Bagby to. ‘Quit’ Basehall
ATLANTA, Ga. March 9 (U. PJ). «Pitcher Jim Bagby said today that “being the goat for the Cleveland Indians” definitely was third choice among his possible occupations for the coming summer and that he would remain at his war job at Marietta, Ga., if he was not able to make the grade with the U. S. merchant marine, Bagby, who had a drawn-out quarrel with Manager Lou Boudreau of the Indians last summer, charged the club with being “sarcastic” in its reply fo his request
Hn for a salary raise.
“I don't think I have been unreasonable in my demands to the club,” he said. “I think I deserved a raise. The club was sarcastic in| its reply to my request for more money and I have no intention of
9 | being made a goat.”
Bagby said he had written to Commissioner K. M. Landis and asked to be placed on the voluntary retired list because “I definitely am not going to play baseball this
560 | year.”
Hits 'Homer' on
Draft Problem
ST. LOUIS, March 9 (U. PJ). —William O. DeWitt, general manager of the St. Louis Browns,
thinks he has “hit” a home run when it comes to solving baseball’'s manpower situation. DeWitt said today his scheme would place on the diamond semiskilled, part-time players who “are war workers classified 2-B (deferred as an essential worker) in the draft. For instance, DeWitt said, the Browns have in mind a war worker for a pitching role. “Mr. X (DeWitt would not reveal his name) can retain his war job,” he said, “and still be available for the season’s 24 Sunday games, two night games, and two holiday contests. And new schedules would permit a “parttime player to participate in 57 contests.” (DeWitt did not mention such things as travel time to out-of-town games and it was assumed his double-in-one player would be available only for home games.)
Increase Stakes.
CAMDEN, N. J.,, March 8 (U. P.). —In an effort to attract a larger number of quality thoroughbreds, the Garden State Park race track will increase the value of their 12 stake races this season to $185,000 or $110,000 . more than last year, Walter H. Donovan, general manager, said today. The track opens
a 50-day meeting July 5.
cleaned, hardly be told
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Roy Glover Injured in Practice; Nakina Smith May Be Available To Play With Sorrell on Defense
Seeking to protect their perfect record this season against the surging Buffalo Bisons on home ice, the Indianapolis Capitals tonight will tackle Fddie Shore's club at the Coliseum at 8:30 o'clock in the third—
man, was called up to the parent]
The Bears, playing on their home ¥
Doan to Continue
iday. Doan took over in mid-season
the injury yesterday of Roy Glover a pileup in scrimmage, will take to
Nakina Smith (above) who was out of last Sunday night's gamein the Coliseum against Providence, may return to the Indianap6lis Capital's lineup tonight when the local sextet faces the Buffalo Bisons on home ice at 8:30 p. m.
Blue Jays Are In ‘Hot Water’
PHILADELPHIA, March 9 (U. P.).—The Philadelphia Blue Jays, nee Phillies, were in hot water today with the undergraduates of Johns Hopkins university at Baltimore, Md., because their new nickname happens to be the same as that which the - school’s athletic teams have been designated for years, President Bob Carpenter Jr. of the National league baseball team, said they had no intention of stealing a nickname from anybody and that "he would write a letter explaining that “he had always ad. mired the Blue Jay and its scrappy qualities.” “Ragged Outfit” The undergraduates, in their monthly ‘news letter, stressed that while Johns Hopkins teams were “not always of championship quality” they rated ahead of the Phillies who had been mediocre over a period of years. The student publication demanded that the Philadelphia club render - satisfaction for usurping the nickname of Hopkins’ athletic teams. . Carpenter's first reaction was to berate the collegians. “Why, they haven't won a ball game in 20 years, have they?” he asked. “I saw their football team once and boy what a ragged outfit.”
Clowns Negotiate For Victory Field
Officials of the Indianapolis baseII club said today that the Cincinnati Clowns Negro baseball team had been negotiating for use of Victory fleld on week-ends and holidays when the Indians were out of town, The Clowns were granted permis-
dianapolis from Cincinnati by the] Negro American Baseball league at | its annual winter meeting yesterday at Chicago.
As Baseball Coach
LAFAYETTE, Ind., March 9 (U. P.).—C. S. (Pop) Doan will continue as acting head baseball coach at Purdue university this season, athletic director Guy Mackey said to-
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
feated Indiana Gear in the final game, 53-36, affer the teams had been tied at the half, 24-all,
holders with 21 points, while Jim Bivins was best for Indiana with 16,
the first half, but Fields showed the {way as Mal-O-8il took the lead in | the second half and boosted fits { margin as the game drew to a close.
Local Student Gets sion to move their franchise to n-| Letter at Earlham
P.)—Ten Earlham college “basketball players will receive major letters for their services this season, Coach Owen Huntsman said today.
were Bob Martin of Richmond, Bill Berry of Whitewater, Byron Park of Richmond, Charles Bishop of Plainfield, Wilbur Rodenberg of Milton, Jess Overman of Amboy, Charles Johnson of Wabash and Francis Prey of Indianapolis.
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THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1944
Newcomer Expected in State Finals
The general consensus of “expert” opinion—the 'sahie opinion which favored New Castle for the state high school basketball championship—indicates that just one newcomer to the finals will be present at Indianapolis’ coliseum March 18, That would be the winner ut Hammond's semi-final Saturday, with Converse given a very slight edge over Culver in the afterndon and either Frankfort or LaPorte at night. Concerse, the smallest team of the four with only one man 6 feet tall, has been very impressive in its tour nament victories so far although no top-notch teams are its victims, Newspapermen at the Peru sectional left the gymnasium muttering about the perfect teamwork and uncanny shooting of the Bordermen, an Won 27 Straight
. A wesk later Converse made the ame pression + on ans sportswriters at the ie iy as at the sectional, the five Converse players were unhesitatingly named as the all-regional team, Both Converse ang Culver have won 27 games in row, and the winner of their SITE game would be slightly favored over LaPorte or Frankfort at night, Converse would be a better bet than Culver against Frankfort because Frankfort depends largely on Hill Cosewehr, and Converse's “Biggie” Haynes is declared to be one of the finest . defense men in Indiana. Haynes has stifled opposing offenSive stars in game after game all season, Anderson is an overwhelming favorite on its home floor “over Aurora in the afternoon and either Whiteland or Waynetown at night. Although Waynetown is undefeated, it was not- impressive in winning the Crawfordsville regional last Saturday. Favored at Muncie
Muncie Burris or Ft. Wayne Central were favored at Muncie, and neither is any stranger to Indianapolis. Central is defending state champion and Burris was runnerup to Washington in 1942 and was eliminated in an afternoon game in 1939. At Vincennes, the winner of the Washington-Bedford game was expected to advance to Indianapolis by beating either Evansville Bosse or Mooreville at night. Washington was champion in 1941 and 1942; Bedford has been at Indianapolis several times in recent years, and was defeated in an afternoon game by Lebanon last year,
Mal-0-Sil Is Tourney Champ
The city independent basketball championship today belongs to- the Mal-O-8il squad, which finished on top in the 27th annual tournament which came to a close last night at the Pennsy gym. Mal-O-8il de-
George Fields led the new title-
The contest was close throughout
RICHMOND, Ind, March 9 (U.
Included in the letter-winners
last year when William (Dutch) Fehring was granted a leave of absence to accept a commission in the navy. Doan said that indoor drill for team and dates would start next week,
15 Sign Contracts PHILADELPPHIA, March 9 (U. P.).—The Philadelphia Blue Jays today announced that.15 players had signed their contracts for the 1944 season and that a full squad was expected to report at Wilmington, Del, for spring training late
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By FRANK WIDNER DEAR BOSS, " Well, we're at the halfway mark in this annual Hoosier dog-eat-dog classic and‘ those Anderson Indians which Backboard picked two weeks ago are still adding scalps to their belts. I must admit that the Backboard gots its wires crossed on that Lawrence Central
deal regarding the sectionals here
but after.all this guy Joe Jordan out there is mighty convincing in his arguments and anyway Fred Keesling’s a pretty fine gent. All of which leaves you with two more Saturdays to be able to say “I told you so” as you did after the sectional rounds here. But, no kidding, boss, you've got to see those Indians to appreciate them. They're tall, rangy, fast and, oh boy! how they can hit when they get hot. They've pumped in an average of 45 points a game since all this hoopla began and the unfortunate boys who opposed them could do no better than 27. And it was our own Howe high school bunch from out in Irvington that picked up the most points, 33. The Indians play Aurora in the first game Saturday and then will meet the winner of the Whiteland-Waynetown clash that night. All of which should leave Charles Cummings’ boys waiting for the bus to take them to the Indianapolis Coliseum March 18. » o - Overconfidence? OF COURSE, a lot of the sideliners are talking of overconfidence. Many a “giant” has fallen victim of this plague in the I, H. 8. A. A. show. But the Indians
Off the Backboard— ~~ Dear Boss: We're at the Halfway Our Anderson Indians Are Still Pitching
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Waynetown will be seeking to protect a winning streak of 26 straight games Saturday when it clashes with Whiteland in the semi-final tournament at Anderson. Members of the team who have compiled the amazing streak are (front row, left to right) Gail Fairchild, Harvey Luse, Mascot Jimmy Capehart, Harold Moore and Robert Powell; (middle row, left to right) Oscar West, Junior Barker, Eunice McCracken; Robert Rosen and Forrest Richardson, student manager, and (back row, left to right) Coach R. D. Capehart, Donald Bray, Thomas Franklin, James Bounnell and Donald Proctor,
have seemed to gain more and more power as the days roll by and their opposition wasn't any easier. Aurora hasn't had the opposition the Indians have, although they've rung up a 42-point-a-game average during the sectionals and régionals opposed to their opponents” 28, Now Whiteland, which meets Waynetown, is strictly a gang pf green boys when it comes to this tournament stuff but it's just that kind of an outfit that can The boys won the first sectional and regional in the history of the school and they did it the hard way. Their offensive average is but 35, just 10 more than the number of points the fallen opposition has managed to salvage,
26 In a Row
IN° WAYNETOWN, we have a team that has not tasted defeat for 26 consecutive games although they came mightly close to it in tournament play against Bainbridge - in the - Crawfordsville regional (which they wor by a single point in a double overtime game) and New Ross (which they edged by three points in the sectionals). The Waynes, by the way, have clicked for a 40 point average in their five tourney games. Their foes have dropped in 31 = » \ P. SJ. E. OBrien (now Lt. O'Brien of the army air corps) was in town yesterday. You remember, Jay was the fellow who did such a mighty firie job with this column a few years back. Anyway, he was back at his first love—basketball—over the week-
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end and he says this ‘Washington outfit is plenty “hot.” Just thought I'd pass it along so I would have an alibi in case anything goes wrong up at Anderson Saturday. Nothing like an alibi, you know. s = =»
Over the State
EVANSVILLE BOSSE, in win~ ning the regional title last week, turned that trick for the fourth time. , . . They previously had captured ‘five sectional titles inc that section of the state. And should they come out on fop Saturday in that tough Vincennes semifinal, it would mark their third appearance among the chosen
four here at the Coliseum "8s
Look at This!
UP IN the north, they say that this La Porte bunch shouldn't be taken too lightly. . . . They're not considered a great team, as
the word goes, but they may prove to be just that in the next couple of weeks. Kokomo's Kats and Burris’ Owls are considered among the tallest teams in the state. Kokomo's starting five aver~ ages G-feet-1, with Tom Schwartz, the biggest man, tipping the tape at 6-feet-5. Fred Turk of the Owls also hits that mark and seven of the 10 boys are 6 feet and over, . - - SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT—Kokomo holds victories over both Anderson and New Castle. The Kats whipped the two teams all in the same day during the Anderson invitational tournament, clipping the Trojans, 34-31, and the Indians, 36-35.
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