Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1945 — Page 23

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THURSDAY, FEB. » H. S. Rooters Await Start Of Net Firing

. Indianapolis and Marion county basketball fans some 12,500 strong were expected to jam the Butler university fieldhouse tonight for the opening encounters in the sectional high school basketball tournament. R. V, Copple, athletic director of the host Tech school, said that almost all ducats had been disposed of and that only about 200 remaiv pyailable for public sale at the fieldhouse tonight. Thus, a record-shat-tering erowd for sectional competition in Indiana was assured in the meet here, Manual's Redskins and the Tigers of Crispus Attucks were to lift the lid at 7 o'clock. Shortridge and the Silent Hoosiers meet an hour later, while the night's feature engagement pits the Ben Davis county tourney champs against Tech's sectional favorites. . ‘ Play continues in three sessions tomorrow, Southport and Broad Ripple starting the firing at 9 a. m. When ghe final gun barks tomorrow night’ the fleld will have been narrowed to the four semifinalists, These four teams .clash in two games Saturday afternoon for the right to play in the finals.

Fans Await Action

Elsewhere in Indiana the same air of anticipation and excitement chilled hardwood fans. Six of the state's topflight quintets, a dozen other strong contenders, eight former champions and a pair of undefeated smaller schools are scheduled for action tonight,

If, was strictly a dress rehearsal

for the main show, however, None of the top-notch combinations appeared in any danger of being overcome by the wave of upsets which always go hand in hand with the yearly Indiana high school athletic association extravaganza. Only one .of the 64 sectional centers will be dark. Cannelton’'s meet was condensed into three sessions because of a seven-team entry list here will be three games at 32 centers and two games at the ther 31, Semi-Final, Final, Saturday Then, the bulk of the T76-game ournament schedule will be run ff tomorrow, with sectional semifinals and finals set for Saturday. Jasper’s Wildcats, regular season hoice as the No. 1 quintét in In-

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Tonight's ‘Main Go’ Rivals

Technical high school's husky Greenclads engage the Ben Davis Giants, Marion county tourney champions, in the feature game of the opening session at the Indianapolis sectional basketball tournament tonight at. the Butler university fieldhouse. Tech, front row left to right—Charles Fairbanks, Richard Slinker, Harlan Sturgeon, Ed Wirtz, Don Brummit and Maivin Fields, ‘Rear row—Athletic Director R. V. Copple, Kenny Hoy, Bob Kurtz, Bill Larsen, Bob Freeman, Dick Moody and Coach Alvin Shumm. Slinker is in the hospital recovering from injuries suffered in a fire which claimed the lives of his four sisters. . Also certified were Paul Kortepeter and Harry Zorman, not pictured. 57 :

Ben Davis, front row left to right—Ken Scott, Bob Switzer, Bob Froderman, Bob Risley and Evan Fine. Rear row—Ed Stegemoller, Bob Kearns, Joe Price, Don Cooper and Harley Adams.

Schedule of Local Sectional Basketball Games

Manual

7 p. m. Thursday Crispus Attucks , Friday

8B p. m. Thursday School of Deaf

! ) Shortridge ) )

Technical 9 p. m. Thursday

jana, will be among the 126 teams| laying. in the opening tourney games at 7 p. m. The THSAA draw | ade Ireland the first quintet to be fed to the Wildcats. Gary Lew Wallace, South Bend | Riley, Elkhart and the Hammond | igh Wildcats—are other strong eams to play tonight. All are in heir own sectionals. i Wallace turned up for a difficult | ectional assignment against Mor- | kan Twp. Riley, winner of 19 of 21 games, takes on Madison Twp. Elk- | hart faces Wakarusa and Hammond | igh tangles with Griffith. |

Among Former Champs Former champions to see action ere - Lebanon, Logansport, New astle, Vincennes, Washington, ort Wayne Central, and Hammond ech. None were expected to set he current meet on fire, however. Terre Haute's . three strongest! ontenders, Gerstmeyer, State and | arfield, all play in the opening ound. Fort Wayne also will«see hree city schools in action—~South | Bide, Central and Central Catholic. t South Bend, Riley and Mishaaka ‘were on the initial card. West Central conference chamhion Linton will face Midland, ! While another of the southern powrhouses,' Mitchell, meets Tunnel-| on,

Dlohi Pick Up

Point on Forfeit

NEW HAVEN, Conn, Feb. 22 (U, P.) ~The Cleveland Barons picked | ip credit for a game they didn’t

vin today In the American league| Eleven of the 18 aggregations|eree. The huge event is held un-|y..isville.

hockey stdhdings when * President aurice Podoloff ordered last Sunlay’s game with Buffalo forfeited 0 the Barong because the Bisons 1sed a ineligible player, The game ended in a 2-t0-2 tie nd Podoloff’s ruling gave Cleveland | n additional point in the standngs and substracted one from Buffalo’s total. Goals and assists scored by the Buffalo players in that game were

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11 a. m. Friday Decatur Central

Cathedral 2 p. m. Friday Warren Central

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Ball Problem

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (U. P). --Baseball men, sure of the government’s blessing for operations in 1945, turned today to their next

most pressing: problem-—manpower, The major league presidents, Ford Frick of the National and Will Harridge of the American, expressed

cial trip that bascball ever made to Washington. "

cessions to the war effort, reducing

NET MEET OKAYED KANSAS CITY, Mo. Feb. 22 (U. P), = The national intercollegiate basketball tournament, with a streamlined field of 16 teams, has been okayed by the office of defense transportation "and will be played March 12 to 17, Director Emil 8. Lison said today. All of the games will be played in Kansas City’s municipal auditorium.

travel by 25 per cent, canceling its | all-star game at Boston, and elimi{nating exhibition games during the {regular season, On the other hand, it got a substantial boost from J Monroe Johnson, director of the {office of defense transportation and {apparent indorsement from War [Mobilization Director James F. i Byrnes.

May Be Further Restrictions :

“Twenty thousand fans in grandstand seats at a ball game probably means several thousand | traveling in railroad and bus seats,” Johnson said. | “The meeting with Mr. Frick and | Mr. Harridge, will, I am sure, result {in such economies and I hope baseball can continue without further (restrictions so far as transportation is concerned. However, the trans-

day there may be further restrictions.” Manpower needs, however, are becoming more critical almost daily

and it is a virtual certainty that |

| many more established players will | | be answering service calls before the

season begins. Frick and Harridge | said the majors might be forced to| operate with a minimum of 300 men| and that many of these would be far | time major! league caliber. | The outlook was not too bright the 25 per cent reduction in travel by baseball teams would serve as

time continuance of all other sports. | Such a reduction would mean the | elimination of a number of inter-|

Indianapolis Sectional Winner

Times-Legion Golden Glovers Set for Chicago Competition

The Times-Legion Golden Gloves open class champions are all set for that big trip to Chicago where they will represent Indianapolis in the Tournament of Champions next week.

Twenty-eight eight-man squads from the Midwest, South, South-|

will compete in the amateur mitt Chicago stadium, Monday, Tues26, 27

west, Northwest and Far West carnival which is to be staged in Sete —— day and Wednesday, Feb.

and 28. Amateurs Plan The ‘four lighter weights (112, 118, 126 and 135) will fight on Monday night, the four heavier diThree Leagues visions on Tuesday night and the survivors on Wednesday night, The eliminations will be held in two A possibility of three Sunday, oo ang there will be continuous afternoon amateur baseball leagues, |jeather throwing every night for playing on city park diamonds this about five hours. season, was announced by President! All bouts will be the same disDel Giffin of the Indianapolis Ama- [tdnce as in the recent Indianaptuer Baseball association at a din- [ells Golden "Gloves tournament, ner and meeting at Fox Steak |three two-minute rounds to a deHouse last night.

that made up the Manufacturers’ der the auspices and supervision and Municipal loops last summer, of the Chicago Tribune Charities, have announced intentions of hav- | Inc. ing teams this season. Curtiss- | Wright, the only team that failed | The

Weigh In Tomorrow

eight Indianapolis open

to finish its 1944 schedule, will not | champs . have been sharpening up| {all week and hope to be at the peak |

be represented this year.

Pro Ring Bi ro Ring Bill | Plans for tomorrow night's pro | boxing bill at the Armory were coms- | pleted today by Matchmaker Lloyd {Carter with the signing of Billy |Sparks, Indianapolis junior lightweight, and Cpl. Billy Fisher, Camp Atterbury, to square off in the four.

round opener. - | ~The main go will pit heavyweight

sectional basketball games,

Pro Net Champs To Return Here

The Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons, who clinched their third consecutive. National Professional Basketball league title Monday, will be back in Indianapolis next Wednesday night, Ga The Pistons will play the Indianapolis All-Stars in the top feature of a three-game program at Butler fieldhouse. In a recent game the Zollners handed the locals a 56-46 beating. 3 Manager Abe Goldsmith hopes of evening matters with the champs and has enlisted the aid {of Ray Bottema, star of Butler university this season, to strengthen his chances.

Baseball made some definite con-|

less |

portation situation is so critical to-|

for other major sports. Johnson said | 7%"

a yardstick in determining the war| j

and football |[E - ;

cision of two judges and the ref-|

{maulers over the 10-round route {with Johnny Denson, Indianapolis { 187-pounder, tangling with Hubert | Hood, Chicago 190-pounder. Then, play Beech Grove Boosters | Windy City belter, who packs a po- in the other. tent wallop, has impressed local] ee ————— | fans duripg Ris two recent appear- - . ances in Indianapolis. Hood got ofl RObinson Receives } 2 | {to a flying start with a 10-round| ¢ . ’ {decision over Colion Chaney, vut| Another Greeting

{lost a close verdict after 10 rounds]

Curtiss-Wright and Pepsi-Cola, outstanding girls’ aggregations, will clash in one prelim, while the R.C.

jof lively milling to Bob Garner, pay Robinson, welterweight boxing

| In other bouts on tomorrow's five-| charge from the army last spring, {tilt bill Pfc. Bobby Owens, Camp revealed today that he had been | Atterbury, will face James Sher- called for a new pre-induction

To Be Staged Here in June

First-rate professional women golfers will tee off in the Women's | { Western Open championship in Indianapolis ne#t June, Dr. J: Williamnt | Wright, president of- the Highland Golf and Country. club, announced | today,

. The 16th annual women's tournament will be played at Highland the week of June 18, Then the Hoosier capital wil] see such stars as | Mrs. George Zaharias, defending TT ———— | champion; Patty {In 1941 and 1043; Betty Hicks and ment, Mrs,;C. A. Jaqua of Highland | others, | said. y

The Texas star, Betty Jamieson, | Mrs. Jaqua has been a representa- | probably will be jhere. She was|tive of the Women's Western Golf champion in 1942 and Bape Didrik- | association for. years and Mary

high satisfaction over the first offi. S00 Zaharias won her first title in|Gorham, another Highland player, lings to his

a [vs put on the board last year. Highland’s course can be stretched | pum cs out to full championship length and |

made as rough as the stars wish. |

i Local Contenders

represented in the championship | battle. Dorothy Ellis, state and city! champion; has seldom? failed to qualify for the event, Miss Elizabeth Dunn also is | getting in training for a return to| | the competitive field this summer, { Another entrant probably will be! Miss Alice O'Neal, now at Rollins| {college, in Florida, but who plans to! ibe home this summer, | Dorothy Germain, Drexel, Pa. is! ibelieved to be the outstanding] 'amateur woman golfer now playing. | {She was runner-up to Babe Zaharias | last year and winner of the Women's Western closed. - | | Phyllis Otto of Atlantic, Iowa, | ran second to Miss Germain last year in the closed event. Also among those who probably will be at Highland are Sally Sessions, | Muskegon, Mich., who shot a T4 in |the closed, and Betty Jane Rucker, | | Spokane, Wash., who shot A, 8 in| { qualifying, |

| | Match Play

PRESENT TIR

The 18-hole qualifying round will | be played on Monday, June 18, and | 32 players will be paired for match | play. On Saturday the final match, |

{a 36-hole affair, will be played. |

{ In last year's match 106 players| {from 19*states were in the field and | 2 of them had handicaps of six| or under. Mrs. Charles Donnehy of Ont-| wentsia will be here next Tuesday|

Lou Novikoff | Out of Majors

CHICAGO, Feb. 22 (U. P.).—Lou| Novikoff, probably the most publi-| cized player who never starred in the | major ‘leagues, was released outTROT right by the Chi- | cago Cubs. to their Los Angeles farm | team today — his | once booming bat | just an echo. | The other 15] major teams] waived on Novi-| koff as the Cubs! closed the door on | . the colorful, hu-| : morous and often | Novikoft tragic saga of the | Mad Russian. In shipping the big | { guy back to Los Angeles, the Cubs | are sending a fizzled star back to | the jumping-off place. For it was| from Los Angeles in 1941 that the! pudgy outfielder jumped from -a|

FACTORY

| small puddle into a pond that was

far too big. Novikoff came to the Cubs four | years ago for approximately $75,000. | He had led the Pacific Coast league | with a .363 average and had hit 40

home runs in 1940 with Los Angeles.

has |

But he couldn't solve big league | pitching, even the wartime brand. | { And so the big guy returns to the! | Angels as one of the ball players the | {Cubs owe the Coast league team, a tarnished $75,000 beauty.

Packed With Exire

STUBBLE} ioe TROUBLE

NEW YORK, Feb. 22 (U, P)—|

| star, who received a medical dis-|

Goalie

Soars in Rating

~ By UNITED PRESS ..Goalie Mike Karakas of the Chicago Hawks pressed Frank MoeCool of Toronto for defensive honors among the National Hockey league net minders with his second shute out in as many games.

Karakas blanked the Boston

Berg, titleholder |to go over the details of the tourna- Bruins at Chicago, 5 to 0, last night

[after holding the league - leading {Montreal Canadiens in a scoreless tie Sunday. Earlier in the season {McCool scored shutouts on succes lsive nights. McCool has four bignk« credit for the season | while Karakas is next, with. three.

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{ ron, Indianapolis welterweight; Cpl. | Dick Cook, Camp Atterbury, junior lightweight, will tangle with A. C.

physical on Feb. 27. The young Negro, who opposes Jacob LaMotta in a renewal of their

Lee, Indianapolis, and Sparky Reyn-| ying feud at Madison Square Gar-

Champs Fully Organized

Kingan Reliables, 19044 city champions, Allison's 1943 champs, P. R. Mallory Co. and Lukas-Harold

|of form when they compete in the | Windy City Golden Gloves extravaganza, | The Times-Legion tourney champs are to weigh in tomorrow—a test

olds, - Indianapolis, will face Jack Durham, another local welter« weight, all at six rounds.

ntered officially as a 2-t0-0 vicory for the Barons,

pivey Comes From Behind in Billiards

By coming from behind, Lou Bpivey, defending champ, last night lefeated Al Caseber, 50 to 47, in a plate three-cushion billiard tourney atoh at the Cooler parlor. The hamp rallied in the last four rames and won in 92 innings. Best un was a four, by Spivey. Today's tourney schedule called or two matches, Orville Bray vs. Dave Klapper at 3 p. m., and Art Phelan vs, Tom Brooks at 8 p. m.

ivic vs. Mexican

n Camp Feature

CAMP MAXEY, PARIS, Tex. eb. 22 (U. P)).—~The main event in 24-round boxing card here toight will be a six-round bout beween Cpl. Fritasie Zivie and Kid strado. , Zivie is former world welterweight hampion,; and Astrado is the presnt holder of the Mexican welteright title. \ =

and ready for “batter up.” DeWolf News, Municipal league champs, and 40 & 8 of the same league, are also set for the new season. U, 8, Tires and Stewart Warner have pledged teams for the Manufacturers’ league and Armour Social club, Eagles and Gold Medal Beer expect to have teams in the Municipal loop.

Atkins to Return

E. O. Atkins Co., who was not represented in--last season’s competition, will return to the fleld this year. President Giffin said the third circuit: would be composed of “graduates” of Junior Baseball, Inc,, leagues and would consist of four or probably six aggregations. Its purpose would be to give younger players more “seasoning” before entering competition. in the faster Manufacturers’ and Municipal circuits.

Jugful for Army

tween 7 and 7:30 p. m. They will { weigh in again at Chicago Monday |

|noon and also take physical exami- |

| nations, In Last Minute

| The Indianapolis team will de-| RICHMOND, Ind., Feb. 22.—With (part for Chicago Sunday morning 46 seconds left to play and the score jand all boxers are requested to re- | deadlocked at 45-45, Bob Martin {port at the Union station by 8:30|tallied a fleld goal to give the Earlla. m. ham college Quakers a 47-to-46 bas~ | Indianapolis champs are Mefvin ketball victory over Ball State here |Carpenter, 112 pounds; William R.|last night. | Nixon, 118; Thomas Blair, 126; Pvt,| Ball State led at the half, 27 to 24. (James Hickerson, 135; Archie| Martin paced the winners with 18 | Thomas, 147; Robert Cotton, 160; | points on nine field goals and Gene {Pvt. Stanley Vitez, 175, and John|Berry tallled 10 markers on five | Weatherford, heavyweight. fielders, Charlie Keller scored five fielders

Cooper Makes Three { for Ball State, Heaton, Riley and

Abbott were other Ball State high Goals for Hershey

| scorers. | © HERSHEY, Pa. Feb. 22 (U. P)— nas. s . y The Hershey Bears moved closer Missing in Action to the Buffalo Bisons in the eastern! PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 22.—Cpl. division of the American Hockey Alan Lightner, formerly with Salem league and held back the Cleveland | in the Western International Barons in the western by beating league &nd a brother. of Al Light~ them 8 to 3, here last night. The ner, sports editor of Salem, Ore. Bears were sparked to. victory by!has been missing in action in the

den tomorrow night, has wgn eight fights since his discharge, six by knockouts. He is a 2 to 1 favorite to beat LaMotta in their fourth | meeting.

| 1 . | Conn In Hospital | LONDON, Feb. 22 (U. P)—~Cpl Billy Conn, leading challenger for {the world heavyweight boxing | championship, has been hospitalized | in Hertfordshire with lumbago, an| army official disclosed today. He | probably will be in the hospital 10 | days.’

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