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Times-Legion Glovers Have Hard Go In Opening Thomas Blair Wins Only ~~ |
Local Fight; Carpenter,
By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor CHICAGO, Feb. 27.—In the colorful tournament of Golden Gloves champions, the 18th renewal under the sponsorship of the Chicago Tribune Charities, Inc. staged at the Chicagd stadium last night before 7500 sports-goers, The Indianapolis Times-Legion team achieved only a
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small amount of glory,
of the Indianapolis Golden Glovers in the four lighter weight divisions only one bout was won by the time the night's fisticufing was| All finally were elimi-
concluded, nated. Thomas featherweight
Blair, (126 pounds),
the lone match for the Hoosier He decisioned
capital city squad.
Bobby Branchfield Nashville,
of
Tenn,, early on the program but was [Nixon,
knocked out in his second ring appearance later on the mitt menu by | Jack Darthard of Kansas City- in the second round.
In the 112-pound class, Aldo Lu}
Pari of Los Angeles defeated Melvin Carpenter of Indianapolis by technical K, O. in the second round, Nixon Decisioned* William R. Nixon, Indianapolis 118-pounder, was decisioned by Hector Marquez of Ft. Worth, In the lightweight division (135 pounds) Pvt, James Hickerson, -Indianapolis and Camp Atterbury, was | forced te default when a cold created a temperature and the Chicago Golden Gloves medical staff ruled him out of the competition. Hickerson made weight and passed the early afternoon physical examination, but on a second check by the doctors prior to the night's action, he turned up slightly fll and failed to receive the medical okay. : Members team in
of the Indianapolis the four heavier weight
divisions are to go on fistic parade!
under the stadium ring lights tonight. These are Archie Thomas, 147 pounds; Robert Cotton, 160: Pvt. Stanley Vitez, Camp Atterbury, 175, and John Weatherford, heavyweight Heavies Fight Tonight They were to weigh in and take physical examinations this afteraoon. The second night's fisticuffing is slated to get under way at T p. m. Survivors of tonight's matches are to see action again tomorrow night, the current tourney’s finale program In the bout between Lu. Pari and Carpenter the capital city boy was outclassed. The Pacific coast boxer
Indianapolis won [stopped it and awarded the honors
sorbed punishment from Lu Paris right-hand uppercuts. In the’ second stanza Lu Pari barged in. When the bout grew one-sided the referee
[to the Los Angeles lad by technical k. o. In the 118-pound tussle between unattached, and Marquez, the former gained an edge in the first session on effective left-hand |
[ jabs. % Blair Wins Bout But the Texan stepped up the| in the second canto
| pace and| evened it. up by forcing the milling | and hy scoring with rights to the | | body. Marquez also won the third | heat by a shade, mainly on aggres-| |siveness and by boring in while | Nixon gave ground. It was an in-| | teresting round for action, however, | | with Nixon depending upon a left | land the Texan on a right. | Nixon was hampered by a bruised knuckle on his hight hand. | He was forced to concentrate on a left and use his right for defensive | purposes only. The fact that he] was unable to “throw his right” robbed Nixon of his customary con- | fidence and steam. In Blair's first bout last night against Branchfield, the Indianap-| olis featherweight was out in front | in every round. He kept wading in and finished in front -by decision. Tommy used both rights and lefts to stack up the points and only had trouble in the second session when Branchfield made a courageous ef-| fort to come from behind. | But Blair lost no time launching a counter attack and he was the {stronger at the finish of the third and final round. A righthanded blow by Blair in the second stanza bruised and bloodied Branchiield's nose, In * Blair's second bout - against Darthard, body blows delivered by the Missouri featherweight weak- | ened the Indianapolis boy and Blair hit the canvas for the count ~ of eight in the opening stanza Blair tried to gain ground at the start of the second: session by em-
was older and more experienced and ploying a lefthand, but therd was quickly took the play away from the no power behind it and Darthard Hoosier fly weight. waded in with his body. punches. Carpenter did fairly well with a Then he switched ‘to a Jeft to the left jab in the first round, but ab- chin and Blair was knocked out
William R. Nixon, Indianapolis 118-pounder (right) lightly massages Hector * Marques, oy Wort, in their gleves bout.
Losers in Site Ton
The Locker Room
By UNITED PRESS Sixty-four of the original 776 entries in the 1945 Indiana high |
school basketball tournament looked | regional entries come from towns of basketball
forward to regional competition Saturday. But in the other schools “if” was receiving a hard workout as fans replayed sectional eliminations of their favorites Backers of Evansville Memorial wondered {if their quintet would have defeated Evansville Bosse's defending state champions if they had continued driving tactics rather than switchihg to a semi-stall -offense in the second half. Then there was the case of Gary Lew Wallace, touted as the. best in Northern Indiana. City rival Emerson was leading the Hornets, 40- | 39 when Bob Brooks of Wallace swished the net. But the officials ruled the fial gun had gone off
before the ball left his fingers.
Wally Blair, Jeffersonville sports writer, sponsored a movement to rename~' the Ohio River city
“Charlestown” after “Big .Charlie” |
Meyer poured in 23 points to lead the Red Devils to a 31-29 sectional title victory over New Albany.
As a ‘sectional aftermath, the In- | diana High School Athletic associa- |
tion's policy of scheduling tourney | games an hour apart took its usual blasting’ from the scribes who pointed out that the games never were finished in less than an hour and 15 minutes,
urney Begin
Blues of Ifs
team. to get 21 points wins the game.” | Nearly half of next week's 64!
“J6sS than 4000 population Bainbridge, Waynetown, City, Remington, Cromwell, Oxford and, Lewisville all are under 1000 Jackson Center, Chester Center and Jamestown represent consolidated | schools. Others under 4000 are Danville, Covington, Paoli, Brownstown Owensville-—Boonville, Syracuse Dunkirk, Berne, Zionsville, Flora, Monticello, Fairmount, Batesville, Liberty, Hope, Culver and Spencer,
Eden,
Expect McKeev er To Leave Irish
SOUTH BEND, Feb. 27 (U. P.).— |Ed McKeever, Notre Dame's 34- | | year-old acting athletic director and head football coach, is expected to resign soon in order to take the head coaching Joh at Cornell uni- | versity. | Close friends of McKeever the stocky Texan has been considering an offer from the school for some time and is expected to submit his resighation within the next few days. McKeever “might have
he to an-
said yesterday something
Jack Richman and John Farrell hounce within the next day or so.’
co-authored a Muncie press column | suggesting to Commissioner L. Virgil | Phillips of the I. H. 8. A. A. that | henceforth all games be decided on the
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LUBY FINITE
YW. WASH, ST IND Established 42 Years iN
If the youthful mentor takes the|
Cornell post he will succeed veteran Carl Snavely who resigned | [in December to take over at North |
“ping pong system—the first|Carolina,
‘Ancient Sport | LONDON, Feb. 27. .— Egyptians | took up bowling 7200 years ago. Sets | 8 of pins and balls that old were]
Parker
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.|nois at Iowa City
said
H awkeyes S% P Basket Crown
CHICAGO, Feb. 27 (U. P.).—One
between Iowa's once-beaten Hawkeyes today ~and-their first undisputed - basketball championship the history of the Western conference. The Hawkeyes, whose only loss this * season was to Illinois at Champaign, cinched at least a tie for the title last night when they It was in 11
in
their 10th conference victory engagements. After fighting to 16 victories in { IT°games during the 1944-45 Champaign, Iowa now must whip Illiin -the climatic finish of the Big Ten season Saturday night. A victory over Coach Doug Mills’ ever-dangerous Illini | {will end 44 years of trying by the| | Hawkeyes for an undisputed title. The Illini, suffering from injuries and ailments, were knocked out. of tthe title race last week-end by Ohio, State and Northwestérn. With their regulars back in ishape, the Illini will play a tuneup {match ‘for Iowa tomorrow night [when they meet Indiana at Bloom|ington. The conference season ends
Satyrday with the Iowa game and | a WisconstisMinnesota finale at! tw
Minneapolis.
TONIGHT'S WRESTLING CARD Junior heavyweight grapplers of the “big time" see action on the Armory wrestling card tonight where a no time limit tussle between Ali Ali and Mike Angelo will he the feature. Buck Lipscomb, “aggressive Inmeets Rod
variety will
dianapolis matman,
game with Illinois stood |
Pistons Clash With All-Stars
{ Although the Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons have such star professional | basketball players as Bob McDermott; Paul Birch and Jerry Bush, Hocal fans will be watching the play of Charlev- Shipp when his eam clashes with Indianapolis. Alltars at Butler ieldhouse Friday ight. Charley was a ar athlete with ‘athedral high chool and. was a nember _.of - the © ‘eam that won at h e National Catholic championship in 1833. His first pfo engagement was with the Hilgemeier Packers and he later played with Indianapolis “in the Natiorial pro league. He went from Indianapolis to the . Akron Goodyvears and later joined Oshkosh. He transferred to the Zollners- this “season .and has proven one of their - outstanding netters. Shipp never failed to make the annual National pro loop all-star team and was a leading scorer in (his five-year stay at Oshkosh. Next Friday's pro tilt will follo 0 preiiminary rontests.
Hub Walker Doubts
Return to Game
| MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 27. — Although Hub Walker, Minneapolis | outfielder now in the navy expects [to receive a medical discharge, he {doubts if he will be able to return {to the game, he has notified Mike Kelley, owner of the Millers. | Hub suffered an injury to a knee
| while serving in the Pacific and is
Shipp
‘brought to light in excavations by | Fenton of Birmingham, Ala. in NOW "under treatment at the San
| Sir Flinders Petrie, English archae|ologist.
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Gillenwater Sold ‘To Boston Braves
| Boston Braves have purchased {Garden ‘Gillenwater, a 26-year-old | | outfielder, from the Brooklyn | Dodgers. : Gillenwater, whose home is | Knoxville, played with St. Paul e the: Amgrican Association last sea- | 'son. He hit .300, batted in 70 runs {and hit 19 homers. The purchase | price was not disclosed.
Yankees Sign 14 ‘NEW YORK, Feb. 27 (U, P.) ~The [New York Yankees gave the. first
Yealing that 14 ‘had ‘signed
Boston, |
| BOSTON, Feb. 27 (U, P.).—The|
dine today on contract dealings, re-|
| Diego, Cal, naval hospital. He is {the brother, of Gerry Walker, Cin-
lcinnati outfielder.
‘Wakefield Back at pre Flight School
IOWA CITY, Ia, Feb. 27.—Dick Wakefield is back at Iowa preflight {school, which, he left to rejoin the Detroit Tigers last summer. After the outfielder was discharged as a naval aviation cadet, he fin. jshed the season with the Tigers land was re-inducted into the service this winter, being assigned to [the navy and qualifying again as a n | preflight student. »
Hitchcock on Coast
| DETROIT, Feb. 27. — Lt. Billy Hitchcock, Detroit shortstop and former grid star at Auburn college, is now stationed at Alameda, Cal, naval air station, »
Center Planned SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 27—8an
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Francisco. bowlers 'hear bout al
Going down and under. Aldo Lu Pari, Los Angeles, ducks low to avoid a hammer-like blow of | Melvin Carpenter, Indianapolis, in their I12-pound scrap of the Golden Gloves in Chicago.
Herman Quits;
New Ball (Czar?
ONTARIO, Cal, Feb. 27 (U. Babe Herman, major league veteran outfielder, coach and for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast league, baseball, “Babe told me he'd decided he'd had enough baseball,” Hollywood {Manager Buck Fausett said.
pinch-hitter |
has retired from
keys at his farm near Sunland,” he said. Herman's retirement was not a surprise to friends who said they
thought he would retire when the|
after the dismissal of Charlie Root. Meanwhile United Press Correspondent Jack Cuddy said today that ‘it is the consensus of opinion among sports reporters that Herman will be nained the new commissioner of baseball. “That line about the turkeys was
off,” he said. Cuddy noted that the retirement of Herman and the cancellation of the committee meeting to recom-!
the same breath.
Brown Captains Blue Devil Five
Jack Brown, Shortridge
Devil forward, has been chosen oy
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“He's! going to concentrate on raising tur-|
Blue | Thorpe,
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ore Sesk Greater Voice
With Uppising |
CHICAGO, Feb: 27 (U, P.) ~The] {combined minor leagues, through | | their specially selected revision com-| | mittee, struck a defiant note today! las they prepared once again to try and win their emancipation from, the majors, The 10. war-time minor circuits are tired of being snubbed by their big brothers and are demanding an equal voice in “the selection of ‘a commissioner as well as a more | prominent place in baseball's ruling| {class. Their latest showdown is be-| |ing prepared by a preliminary 10-| {man revision committee which is meeting here to draft a new major-| minor league agreement, There have been other so-called] “revolutions” by the minors in their efforts to ease the stranglehold which the majors hold on or|ganized baseball. The other flareups always have been snuffed out by the big leagues and the fate of | the .minors’ latest “emancipation | move” is no brighter,
50-50 Vote Asked
The minors took their stand yes+ terday, however, when the committee requested a 50-50 vote with the Tmajors in selecting a successor to| {the late Kenesaw M. Landis. The | big leagues at present have all the {power to do the voting on a, new chief, Meeting here for three days to |revise the agreement which governs {relations between the majors and {minors, the committee first said there would be no public announce- | ment issued. About four hours later, President Thomas H. Richardson of the Eastern league, committee chairman, issued the 50-50 proposition, stating: that the minors should be ready to share expenses of the commissioner’s office for voting priv|ileges.
Teeth in Proposal
{reached at 3730 N. Chester ave., or |
Entry Blanks Available for 3-] Women’s Tenpin Meet; Mar. 24 Registration Deadline
Entry blanks are being distributed for the fourth annual 3-0 wothen's handicap team bowling tournament, scheduled at the Pritchett Hunt-O'Grady alleys April 7, 8, 14, 15, 21 and 22. In co-operation with the request of the National Bowling Council, which recently asked that all tenpin tourneys involving travel and overs night accommodations be canceled, this year's 3-J's event will be strictly a local affair. Heretofore practically 50%per cent of the entries were in local leagues was far below the from other cities. | record-breaking pin. toppling of last However, with members of local |week. Only one pastimer was able feminine loops enjoying an unusu-|to crash the 650-mark. ally heavy scering season, compe-| . Walt Roberts had things all te [tition is expected to be keen, and | himself, leading in city-wide com{some real pin toppling is predicted, | petition with 191, 194, 266-6851 for | despite the loss of entries of many |Buick 8 in the Optimists league of the Midwest's topnotch aggrega-|at Pritchett’s. tions Joe Miller, the Buffalo pin star, Teams will receive 60 per cent made two appearances in his State of the difference between their av-|tour last night, rolling exhibitions erages and 1000 as a handicap, and {at Frankfort and Lebanon. Tos averages as of Feb. 24 will be used [night he is scheduled at Bloominge in computing such handicaps. Par-|ton and Franklin. ticipants must use their highest in-|{ In his exhibition at Frankfort,
dividual average in any league in |Miiler bowled games of 193, 192, which they have participated in 18 | 199 against three rivals. His ope or more games. | ponexits, “Clea Reagan, Jim Mee
Entry fee is $15 per team and a first place prize of $200 is guaranteed. Lucy Court is tournament secretary and will furhish any information - desired. She may be]
{Kinney gnd John McEwen had 186, 194, 225 to win two of the games, At Lebanon, he defeated Ed Peterson, 228-172 for his only vice tory. He lost to Clarence Jett, 211-199, Bob Harrison, 224-215, Buzs CH-5037-W. Entries close March 24. | Barton, 181-171 and McKinney, 213» Last night's scoring performances |199.
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The committee put teeth in proposal, too. Noting
its, that the ma-
Stars’ management named .Fausett jobs apparently are going- to select Set
a commissioner without consulting | the minors, the committee went on| record as “favoring certain legisla | tion for the protection of the minor leagues that would enable the association to either re-affirm or cancel | | the agreement.” | Whether this is just another tem-
Just a screen to throw everybody | porary uprising or a determined |
|break to be seen. Whatever action | is mapped by. the revision group
{must be discussed at a joint com- |
mittee meeting with the majors, then
end a new commissioner came in approved by the national associa-| P.)—The 10-round Texas middle-
| |tion (minor leagues) and finally by the majors.
Unbeaten Teams LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27. Jim immortal Carlisle Indian, rates Bill Hollenback as the tough-
| Mexico middleweight champion, has
been canceled. Azteca has been sus{pended from the ring indefinitely. | State Boxing Commissioner Leonlard Carlton .suspended Azteca for
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{cause of a knee injury,
what he said was failure to comply| Pearlstein, 20, was given a medle
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