Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 January 1945 — Page 14

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ge ‘Seandal Moves College thorities to Feel N eed of Commissioner to Rule Sport -

By CARL

United Press Staff Correspondent ’ YORK, Jan. 31.—Natien-wide repercussions to the most sensational college athletic scandal ‘in history brought prompt assurance

oo] from

&_quick-acting" grand j

gambling involving basketball players in the metropolitan area would —

be investigated thoroughly. The grand jury late last nigh of the bribery deal in which five Brooklyn college players were prom{sed $3000 to

throw -a--game—and-

announced it would report its findings to Kings (Brooklyn) County Judge Samuel 8. Leibowitz today.

Leibowitz, a devoted sports fan,

ordered the grand jury to check "not only into the Brooklyn college scandal, but to investigate reports that other teams in the metropol{tan area had been approached by professional gamblers. Thorough Probe Ordered

“I am charging you also to con-

duct a broad, exploratory, thorough |.

and conclusive “Investigation within {’ the scope of your authority,” he said. College athletic sathotitics throughout the nation, shocked at the revelation that the unprece~ dented wave of gambling had resulted in a scandal as sensational as the baseball “Black Sox” sellout of 1919, were emphatic in their belief that the sport would be restored quickly to public confidence. They warned, however, that there Aas an immediate need for the establishment of a high- commissioner or czar with enforcement

powEES which would prevent the reurrerice of such a scandal. . Metropolitan college basketball coaches and athletic directors " pledged co-operation with the grand jury in an emergency meeting last night in which they stressed that there was no evidence that any other teams were involved with professional gamblers. Ned Irish, promoter of basketball

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ury that every phase of bribery and

t completed a 12-hour investigation » 2 »

JUST FOR THE RIDE

BOSTON, Jan. 31 (U. P.).—The Akron university Zippers, who came 700 miles to play a basket: ball game, had to settle today for being mere spectators instead. Left without ak opponent for tonight's scheduled game at Boston garden, when Rrooklyn college players made a deal with gamblers ‘to lose deliberately, the Akron players decided to stick around to see the other games on the program.

games at Madison Square garden, said drastic steps were taken at the meeting to combat the wave of gambling and the attendant shadow it casts upon the integrity of America’s No. 1 spectator sport. “These measures, however, must remain undisclosed at the moment in order to be effective,” Irish said.

Steps Against Gamblers

“The steps taken are designed to give the-players—-assurance of protection from advances by gamblers and to correct the impression that this incident typifies the attitude of the college player in general.” Morris Raskin, Brooklyn college coach, one of the witnesses to ap-

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Elbert Setser , . . Stokelyville

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Geared For Action In Golden Gloves Show

Major Hall , . . Stokelyville

Pictured here are some of the young fisticuffers entered in the 12th renewal of The Times-Legion Golden Gloves amateur boxing tournament. The second show of the 1945 punchfest is to be staged at the National Guard Armory, 711 N. Pennsylvania, Friday night. First

. bout is booked to get under way

Pvts, Timothy Marable and Gabe Washington, Camp Atterbury.

pear before the grand jury, told

tioned Buddy Barnett, one of the | players involved, and elicited a de- | nial of remarks attributed to him | that “every college in the city Is doing it, so why pick on us?”

Butler Plays Atterbury and All-Stars Oppose Pro Champs

Butler fleldhouse, scene of several double and friple-header high school basketball games in recent weeks, will offer a variety of entertainment on tonights program. Three games are on the schedule with Curtiss-Wright girls, city champions, and Pepsi-Cola girls opening hostilities at 7 o'clock. Butler's Bulldogs, campaigning for their 13th victory. of the season, will tackle p Atterbury in the

to the scene of their early basket activities. Bothoare former Butler hardwood aces.

the coaches that he had ques-4

Prices are $1.80 and $1.20, sion tickets, priced at 80 cents advance but are available at t nights. The Armory ticket boot nights Feb. 2d, 9th and 16th.

Against Atterbury, Butler is = pected to use the following startin lineup: Bottema and Cook, ad wards; Rodebeck, center; Toon and|

is on the injured list and is to be replaced: by Bob King.

second con In the windup the Indianapolis professional All-Stars | face the Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons national pro champions. Pop Heddon’s Bulldogs will relish a victory over the soldier aggregation who defeated them in an ._earlier game, 36-35. With three yearlings added to his squad, Heddon expects his €harges to give the Atterbury netters a real tussle. The military boys also will present a strengthened lineup. The pro game offers a lot of color and local fans will be watching the performance of Charlie Shipp, former Cathedral high school star and veteran pro netter, now with the Pistons. Two former New York Celtic stars, who have been seen on local floors in the past, also are in the visitor's lineup. They are Paul Birch and Bob McDermott.

Two All-Star players, Frank Baird |"

and Jerry Steiner, will be returning

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‘Giants Line Up 122 4-F Players

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (U. P).~--‘The New York Giants awaited word today from 38 players and two coaches to whom they mailed 1945 contracts and Secretary Edward T. Brannick indicated that the re-

determining just how strong a team can be put into the National league race this season. Brannick said 22 of the players]

not. been determined.

Basket Results

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS -

ghortridge 43, Greencastle 38. banon 41, Cathedral 36.

OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS

Bedford 48, Seymour 32. Ritey-— South Bend) 57. Rochester 43. Avon 23, Brownsburg 14. Martinsville 32, Wiley (Tefre Haute) 31. Jasper 40, Evansville Central 27. Bicknell 18, SBandborn 13 (overtime), Vincennes 44, Sullivan 37. Clinton 47, Montezuma 18. Rosedale 40, VanBuren_21. Shelbyville 41, Greensbirg 27. Madison 53, Huntingburg 49. Bloomington 34, Linton 25. Roll 34, Hartford City 27. Pierceton 32, Warsaw 20, Huntington 53, Marion 44 Wolf Lake 16, Ligouter = New. Haven 38, Ber Green's Fork 36, Ee wavilie 28.

STATE COLLEGES

Indiana State 48, Wabash 31. Franklin 40, Freeman Field 36.

OTHER COLLEGES

Kansas 39, Kansas State 36, Towa -Pre-Flight 62, Nebraska 42 { Great Lakes 58, Northwestern 39 Duke 48, North Caroline State 38. Virginia Tech 42, V. M Tennessee 42, Georgia he Bowling Green 51, Denison 40. Ohio University 45, Otterbein 42 | Oklahoma Aggles 45, Oklahoma 31 |8t. Louis 60, Jefferson Barracks 48 Southern Methodist 56, Texas Christian 38. } Washington State 46, Oregon Btate 31. Illinois State Normal 53, Charleston Teachers 42,

SERVICE TEAMS

| Bainbridge Navy 56, Mitchell Field 40 { Pt. Sheridan 52, Truax Field (Wis) 45, (overtime).

PROFESSIONAL

Ft. Wayne 63, Pittsburgh 53.

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Watch the Punches Fly

Reserve seat tickets for the Times-Legion Golden Gloves amateur boxing show to be held at the Armory Friday night are on sale downtown at the Sportsman's Store, 126 N. Pennsylvania, and at Bush-Callahan, 126 E. Washington. It is the ~ second presentation of the 1945 tourney.

Friday's fistic menu is expected to offer approximately 20 bouts over the three-round distance.

tax ‘included. General admis(tax included), are not sold in he Armory box office on fight hs open-at 6:45 p. m. on show

18, 24, 25. Secretary Al Striebeck will combine

Beam reports a large number of; teams have already made application for some of the choice spots and that several leagues have entered all their teams. For information regarding the)

{ 0740, or Striebeck at CH-T061. | Ed Stevenson, manager of the] | Pritchett: ~-Hunt-O'Grady alleys, was | last night's top scorer. Rolling on|

are 4-F in the draft, seven have re-| his home alleys with the Wurster {in line. ceived medical discharges from the |Drug team of the Grapho Products| for Lukas-Harold. armed forces, one is over age, and|l0op, he turned in the 20th 700 Sider, Luke Switzer, completed the the "classifications of the rest have | series of the season in league play | list, and in doing so-established a pair with 186, 204, 266—856 for Conkle

of season records for the league, |

HN 7,

700 BOWLERS (MEN)

Ed Stevenson, Grapho Products 718}

600 BOWLERS (MEN)

Bill Kriner, West 8ide Classic Wilbur Schuck, Commercial Luke Bwitzer, West Side Bill Bush, West Side er B47 Joe Pritchett, Pennsylvania Retn. vee. 646] Roy Morical, Allied Printers ......... 643 | Gomer Allred, West Side 640 | Dick -Nordholi,- West Side ... 640 | Chas. Reinbold, Chev. Comml. Body.. 633] Dick Riggin, West Side 634 | Fabjan Maurer, Pennsylvania 632 Geo. Seegar, Pennsylvania . 630] Gene Williams, Pennsylvania ves 8301} Jake PFriejie, Pennsylvania . . 630 Jake Roeder, Pennsylvania ... . 629 Oscar Buses, Pennsylvania ... . 624 | Howard Mitchell, West Side 620 | Tom Conner, Pennsylvania ... « 619 Henry Belch, Chev. Comml ‘Body. . . 613 Paul Stemm, West Side .... «ro 618] Fenwick, Indiana Reen. ..... «ss 612 Howard Caulfield, Commercial . 610] Bill Blyth, Pennsylvania Lou Conley, Dezelan Recn. . Wally hig Btewart- -Warner Bill Pearson, Pennsylvania ... Morris Tutterow, Commercial: Art Baker, West Side Les Martin, Pennsylvafiia ....... Bob Hensley, Pennsylvania 6 Ernest Hohlt, Blue Ribbon Ice Cream. 605 | Fred Schwomeyer, Ind. Recn. «+ 605 Bob Earl, Blue Ribbon cestssanees COAL Al Bussong, West Side ...... «es 6031} Harry Miller, Ind. Recn. ‘ 603 | Earl Byer, Chev. Comml. Body..se..s. 603 | Geo. Swiggert, Pennsylvania .

664 on. 687 . 656

ses 609 + 607

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* {Pred Shaw, Pennsylvania ....

Al Weevie, West Side Henfy Mcintire, Pennsylvania

OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS (MEN)

Mike O'Grady, Our Lady of Lourdes.. John Crose, Link-Belt 2

Donald Moore, Fun Bowl Social ..... G: Riley, R. C. A, (Pritchett's) ..... Floyd Kenyon, John Hancock Ins..... Ralph Wurz, Grotto Henry Hohlt, Rotary

Joe Payne, Allison Office Mixed

Harlan, Lukas-Harold Geo. Ferguson, R. OC, A, Pruett, Stevens Mortuary vob Ivan Lively, Curtiss-Wright Mixed. avin § W. Kachricker, Bri Ray Ball, Riviera ’ Ray Fatout, Gyro Chas. McCue, Farm Bec. Adm. Mixed. . 53 F. Symmes, R. oa a No. 1 (Parkway) 530 W. Hurst, R. C, 2 (Parkway).. 524 Glenn Kanous, inpis. 9 plench Mixed. . Cecil Butler, "Mitchel-Scott 51 Gayle Eads, Ind. Employ. Mixed ....

500. BOWLERS (WOMEN)

Ollie Bhirner, H, & H, Service Margaret Thiele, Marott Shoe Co. Jane Wuigen, Beck Coal & Coke Frances Schaeffer, Marott Thelma Wettle, ‘Marott Eiagkel Bryant, H. & x aret Skelton, Maro el Hayes, Blue Rion Ice Cream 549 Bernice Haimon, Falls City 548 right Mi Mized

Marjorie Miner, i Ruth Graham, Eleanor Mitchell,

|] Oldest

Al Ortel, Cent, States Env. Mixed. .. a9 |

Illinois Plant Sets oto Stevenson Posts 718 Series

The next outstanding team tournament schedilled on local tenpin alleys-is the 1050 scratch event at the Illinois. It will be staged Feb. 17,

he Proprietor John Beam, Alley Manager George Crofts and Tournament

their efforts in an attempt to over-

shadow any event of its kind ever held on local alleys.

He had 268, 237, 213-718. The | big serigs, along with the 268 game | created” new records. Bill Kriner, | bowling in the West Side Classic

sponse would go a long way toward event, call the Illinois alleys, LI- | loop, was the evening's runner-up. {He had 183, 247, 234—664 for Indi-|

{anapolis Typesetting, Wilbur Schuck of the Commercial league at Fox-Hunt was next He had 218, 223, 216—657 Another West

of better-than-650 shooters

Funeral Home.

{Prances Deere, Marott -. Lucille Kriles, Marott . Barbara Burke, Falls City Beer . {Marion Frost, Broad Ripple .... Dorothy Maschek, Msrott Sarah Wheatley, Antlers .. Vera Downs, Falls City .. Mary Thomas, H. & H. . Damsel--Baxter, Marott.. Nina Arnold, Marott Bess .Goodwine, Mary Osborne, H. & H. | Mary Baringer, Marott ...., Edna Mae Schoén, Marott . Marjorie Hawks, Marott .. {Mildred McVey, Marott .... | Pauline Clark, H. & H. Mary Tuttle, St; Philip { Patty, Striebeck, Falls City | Gene Holmes, Allison Office Mixed ... Hilda Foster, Marott Kay Gable, Marott . {Dorothy Weber, Marott | Bea Davison, Marott ...... Alice Klassen, Falls City . [Ruth Holman, Falls City . Mary. Elwanger, H. & H. * {Olivia Wenning, H. & H. {Ann Reynolds, Marott

OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS (WOMEN) [Martha Stephens, Triangle {Alice Bank, Cent. States Envelope ...- Margaret Haworth, Mallory Junioy ‘an {June Voeldt, Kirby Mortuary .

«+ 460 { Mildred Wagoner, Riviera Club .. 445 5| Lois Woodward, Farm Sec. Adm. Mixed 439 {Lillian Sanders, Indpls. Bleaching Mix. a

Mary Raskovic, Ind. Empl. Bec. Mixed 40

‘Canadian Open

83 | w : 2 .. 576 | derwrite the event in either July or Herbert Major, Carter's Real Estate.. 076] 67:

August. The Open, | leading

professionals from

i Worcester,

which attracted the the United States and Canada, was sus4| pended at the start of the war.

at 8 p. m. and approximately 20 matches are to be held on the night's mitt menu. op All boxers entered in the tournament and still eligible for competition are requested to report tomorrow night between 7 and 9 p. m. at 476 8S. Meridian, for the| weekly weigh-in and physical ex-| aminations. More than 80 young ring aspirants remain eligible for! further action after 19 were ‘elimi-| nated last week. The weigh-in is a “must,” the physical examination is a “must,” before any boy is permitted to box in the tourney. The same officials —referees, judges, timers and anfouncers -- who worked on last week’s show will be on hand again for the tourney’s second chapter Friday.

1577 Continues Chicago Tops

CHICAGO, Jan. 31 (U. P). — Al Heiden, 35-year-old Detroit warplant foreman, still was No. 1 man in thé $43,200 Petersen individual | bowling classic today with a total of 1577 after 14 squads had completed their eight-game chore, Three more squads, the 15th, 16th | and 17th, were to take up the chase after the $5100 first-prize money today. The three-a-day routine will continue on week days, and eight squads will roll over the week-ends

Only one bowler dented the ‘top | standings during last night’s performance. Detroiter Albert Koebler, a first-time entrant in the Pet-|

evening's $100 squad prize.

The leaders after 14 squads:

Al Heiden, Detroit ... Joe Dubesic, Kenosha, Wis. Stanley Stefancie, Cleveland Don Fairchild, Dayton, O. .....ce0.. Einar. Wick, Minneapolis Otto Haubrich, Kenosha, wis. Al Krbec, Chicag 0 Emil Kashmerick, Detroit | Albert, Koebler, Detroit . Charles Earl, Lansing, Mich. Al Kopitski, Detroit Jerome van Becelaere, "Detroit

FIGHT RESULTS

N YORK-—Jimmy Doyle, 148%, Angeles, outpointed Johnny Jones, 152%, Pittsburgh, (10).

JERSEY CITY, N. J.~Irish Jimmy Malligan, 170, Boston, decisioned Bob Wade, 16, Newark, N. J, (10).

BANGOR, Me. —Ralph Walton, Montreal, decisioned Al Freda, cester, Mass, (10)

138, 139, Wor-

Fall River, 132, Boston,

knocked (5).

135, Marty Pemba,

140%, son, 138, New Haven, Conn.

HARTFORD, Conn—A:—B. 8ims, New York, decisioned Jimmy Anest, Brooklyn, (10).

LOS ANGELES—Freddy Dixon, Angeles, stopped Verne Pattersofi, Mass, (4).

(1).

i ¥ ersen tourney, registered a 1519 to| Carcass r move into eighth place and grab the

Hoosier Matman

Los

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — Oscar Bt

out 528 Pierre, u

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y.—Vie Pifinataro, New York, knocked out Carl Ol-

143, 140,

146, Los 197%,

Caps on Toes To Encounter Eastern Aces

Coach Johnny Sorrell's' hockey Caps will entertain Buffalo here tomorrow night and also appear at home Sunday night against Her‘shey. _The Caps rewarded 6,500 faithful fans last Sunday by protecting an early lead to gain a 4-to-1 triumph over the St. Louis Flyers and appeared to ‘be in top condition for

Hockey Standings AMERICAN LEAGUE Western Division Ww L T GF INDIANAPOLIS . 19 13 11 1% Cleveland 20 10 9 142 Pittsburgh 19 6 162 St. Louis 8 4 5 9

Eastern Division

Bufiale ..o..... 0 Hershey . 17 Providence ann 38 20 RESULTS LAST NIGHT " Cleveland 8, Hershey 2. St. Louls 4, Buffalo 0. NIGHT GAMES

TONIGHT—Pittsburgh at Hershey. TOMORROW--Buffalo at INDIANAPOLIS.

tomorrow’s -encounter with the! Bisons, who are setting the pace | in the eastern division of the Amer- | ican Hockey league. Bill Thomson, still on the shelf | with a broken arm, is the only! {Indianapolis regular unlikely to (play. Figures. ingluding all loop engagements show that the Caps and Bisons are more evenly matched than any other two members of the loop. The, Caps have won 19 of 43 games ani gistered 11 ties for a total of 49 points while scoring 130 goals against opponents’ 107. Buffalo has tallied 132 times, as compared with opponents’ 112, and | captured 21 of 43 games while gaining seven ties to match the Caps’ 49-point total. The Caps have lost 13 games, the Bisons 15. In six games against each other | this season, the two -rivals have battled to three deadlocks with the Caps winning two of the other three encounters. | The Cleveland Barons are even! | with the Caps and Bisons on league {points at 49, creating a three-way tie for the loops overall lead.

BOSTON, Jan. 31 (U, P).—The {Chicago Hawks, all but mathematlically out of the running for the | Stanley cup National league hockey

| playoffs, refused to give up hope today after their most recent victory,

Briggs Urges O

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“WASHINGTON,. Jan. 31 (U. P.

)~Maj. Walter O. Briggs Jr. vice

president of the Detroit. Tigers, admonished major league owners today to grant baseball's next high commissioner with powers fully as broad as were vested in the late Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis. “Right now, baseball men with their charming inconsistency are writing a new agreement which I understand will define the authority

of the new commissioner,” he said.

“Defining in this sense will "N. Y. Police Nab

curtailing his authority. The man | we want, will not accept curtailed | powers and if he is willing to accept them we don't want —him-+ Why handcuff an honest man?” Speaking before the Touchdown club yesterday, Briggs said the post “must be filled by a strong man as honest and fearless as Landis and--who--is..capable of ass the vast résponsibilities incident to the job.” 3 Briggs also urged that the major leagues insist on a return to the original limit of seven night games for each club per season.

And Lebanon B

Garden Bookies

NEW YORK, Jan. 31 (U. P)— Twelve bookmakers have been arrested for taking and receiving bets or betting on amateur and professional sports since their lucrative

uming (rexgnues. were-stopped-.by- the gove.

ernment ban on racing, police announced today: Their arrests, police sald, were made in Madison Square Garden.

announced.

Shortridge Edges Greencastle

eats Cathedral

‘Shortridge high school basketeers defeated Greencastle at the North side gym last night, 43 to 38, while the Cathedral quintet finished on the short end after traveling to the Lebanon goalhouse. The Lebanon lads

| prevailed, 41 to 36. Both here and at Lebanon the

hardwood fans' were entertained by

{close, exciting contests and it was Shortridge's 10th victory in 14 ‘starts

{this season. Tom Gable and Bill Kegley accounted for 24 of the Shortridge! points against the Tiger Cubs, the| former with 13, the latter with 11. Wayne Shonkwiler paced the Greencastle netters with 13. The Blue Devils were out in front, 27 to 12 at the half. Cathedral played one of its best games of the season at Lebanon and held a one-point lead at the

{half, 23,t0 22. Barrett and Clouser

were Cathedral's best bets in registering field goals and Bramblett of Lebanon, was the.night's high scorer with 13 markers, » 8s 8 =»

PE * Shortridge (43) Greencastle (38) FT PF 3 FT

Brown. f.. Gaddy.f . Kegley,c.. Hendley, g Gableg .. Wade... Kroetz,g.. Hinkle,f. . Herrg....

1 4/'West tf 0 1/Duckner.f. 7 4 JDunnc 0 2 Humphry, g 3 5'Shnkwlerg 1 Hoffman, { “0, Tzounkas,c 2/HDunn gg ... i

Totals ..14 15 18 Totals . 14 10 Score at Half—S8hortridge 27, castle 12.

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Lebanon (41) Cathed PG-PE-PR—— 3MeMurry,! 2iBarrett f 1{Clouser,c 0.Doyle.g. 4'Murray.g . 0. McHugh f. {Pearson,c ..

Brmblett,f 5 3 | Isenhour, 4 1 Richey,c 4 3 Tauérg-.. 1. 0 Dawsong. 1 4 Newmantf 0 0

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Totals. 11 10 Totals . 1

|a 5-to-3 triumph here over the

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Montreal Detroit Toronto | Boston 3 16

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i Tosses LaCross

~ Lon Chaney, Hoosier * matman from Vincennes, took top honors at the Armory last night when the

of three falls to triumph over Gil LaCross, the “Boston Badman.” A crowd of approximately 1500 fans attended the bill, which was staged by the Hercules Athletic club. Chaney took the first session with a toe hold in i1 minutes and the final in 14 minutes with the same grip while LaCross won the second fall after seven minutes with a Boston crab hold,” Ali Ali, of Turkey, was the semi-

Hager, of Eugene, Ore, in 16 minutes with a headlock, and Monty LaDide, of Hollywood, Cal, took the measure of Jackie Nichols, Nova Scotia, in 13 minutes with a leg breaker, to take the opening bout.

southern Indiana athlete took two

final winner when he pinned Tex|

15 Score .at Half—Cathedral 23, Lebanon,

hetote completion of the event Feb.| Boston Bruins, . Standing of the 22.

‘Phelan Takes Close Billiard Match

By posting three clusters of four and three of three, Art Phelan downed Barney Mahoney, 50 to 47,

ion billlard tourney match at the Harry Cooler parlor last night. Mahoney pressed Phelan all the way | by chalking up e¢ne run of“four and four threes. Joe Knapp, South Bend, was to | meet Mahoney in an afternoon! match today and then take on Al Maloof tonight at 8 o'clock.

Dixon Scores K. O.

_¥OS ANGELES, Jan. 31 (U. P).

A~Freddy Dixon, 146, Los Angeles,

stopped Verne Patterson, 147%, Worcester, Mass, in the fourth round of their scheduled 10-round boxing bout here last night.

‘Non-Title Bout HOUSTON, Tex., Jan. 31 (U. P). —Juan Zurita, N. B. A. lightweight champion, meets Mike Belloise, former featherweight title holder, here tonight—in-a -10-round- non title bout. Zurita won the light weight crown from Sammy Angott last year." oh

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Former Hurler Is Prisoner of War

PHOENIX, Ariz, Jan. 31. — Lt. Bert R. Shepard, pilot of a P-38 fighter plane and former southpaw pitcher for the Bisbee Bees of the disbanded Arizona-Texas league, is a prisoner of war in Germany. Shepard suffered injuries in an air battle which necessitated amputation of his right leg between his knee and ankle, but is now equipped with an artificial limb which enables him to walk without the use of a cane, he wrote recently. Shepard first trained as an aerial gunner while he was a ‘sergeant, but later received his wings and | as a pilot,

“Cubs Well-Fixed “For New Seam

1045 roster which listed 40 players, including their entire starting team of last year, - Twenty-nine of the Players listed | were either full of part-time meme | bers of the 1944 Cubs, two were obe tained from other major league teams, seven were drawn from the , minors: ‘and two were listed as army ' dischargees. A breakdown of the roster showed 15 pitchers, five catchers, 11 ine i fielders and nine outfielders.

Pistons in Romp * FT. WAYNE, Ind; Jan. 31 (U. P.). t—Led by sharp-shooting Bob McDermott, who scored 27 points, the Pt. Wayne Zollner Pistons defeated the Pittsburgh Raiders, 63-53, in a walk-away professional cage game here last night. It was the Pistons’ 18th league victory of the season.

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