Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 March 1946 — Page 16

: Tribe Will Bring Balanced J Speedy Outfit to Finals

By J. E. O'BRIEN Times Staff Writer” ANDERSON, March 12.—Anderson, already the possessor of two Indiana high school basketball championships, somehow manages to grind out sleek, smooth teams with the same dispatch that it has produced headlights and other automotive parts through the years. Teams that have come off that W. 13th st. assembly line consistently have fared well in competition with the models manufactured in other basketball mills. But surprisingly enough this season's team—a smart 1945-46 creation that now is listed in the Quality Quartet and will play Evansville Central in the opening game of Saturday's state finals at the Butler fleldhouse — failed to catch the Anderson customers’ fancy right off. . In fact, enthusiasm over the Indians didn't pick up until after the sectional tournament. The Tribe's regional victory swung more support, and a triumph in the semifinals at Indianapolis last Saturday weighted the Anderson bandwagon to the load limit, Sorry, No Tickets . This early lack of interest was a bit disappointing to the boys on the team. Not only that, but as interest has swelléd it has created 8 ticket-buying demand that can't possibly be met, The more than 5000 holders of semi-final tickets, along with more new friends of the Indians, can't seem to realize that Anderson's state finals ticket

supplied considerable points, But last week in the semi-finals Bob Ritter, another bespectacled shgrpshooter, took 24 flings and registered on 15. Vanderbur’s Wrist Taped Others who work often in the Anderson lineup are Jim Vander-

strong. Vanderbur has a wrist taped this week as the result of a tumble in the semi-final afternoon game. Coach Charles Cummings kept him sidelined in the evening and he wasn't sure just how the wrist would be until the Tribe took its

first workout of the week this afternoon.

the regional finals.

bur, Harry Farmer and Don Arm-|

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Coach Charles Cummings of Anderson gathers part of his team for some state tournament instructions. stint on the typewriter at the Indians’ gym. His guards here are Bob Spearman (left) and They are (left to right) Dick Armstrong, Dick Roberts, Isaac Weatherly, John Cochran, Bob Ritter and Gus Panko. With arms folded, Panko Is the gentleman you usually see in war paint and Indian dress.

NEW YORK, March 12 (U. P.).— who are spending $200,000, are putAlong * with better baseball, fans|ting in the latest in lighting equipfrequenting major league parks this ment for night baseball. season will be able to watch games| The Yankee lighting system cost in a more pleasant environment be- [$175,000 and the rest of the money cause owners are spending approxi- went for rebuilding lower grandmately $1,000,000 for improvements, stand and mezzanine box seats, a United Press survey revealed to- putting in a tunnel from the bullday. |pen for relief pitchers and a. new Streamlined powder rooms for rest room for box-seat holders. women fans, escalators, elevators,| In addition to the new lighting {new paint, new infield and outfield | fixtures, the Braves’ ambitious new sod, and seats designed for greater owners. are putting in a deluxe comfprt are among. the renovations|ladies’ powder room, new outfield and innovations. [fences, and are re-sodding the field. |And the old train smoke menace

For those who would maintain |will be used in compiling handicaps. that Anderson has had the soft|An entry of 125 or more teams as- K way into the finals, Coach Oum- sures a top prize of $300, and ore than how to pronounce Szowzszki,

All but two clubs will share in| the streamlining program in which {may be gone. Engineers of trains the biggest expenditure, $250,000 | operating nearby have been asked was by the New York Yankees. The to cease and desist from belching Yankees, and the Boston Braves, smoke onto the playing field.

Scratch Team Tenpin Tournament Is

Booked: Alex Kriner Rolls 709

Another 1050 scratch team tournament is scheduled for local bowlers, this time at the Fox-Hunt alleys. The event will be in progress over three week-ends, March 30 and 31, April 6 and 7, April 13 and 14. Saturday squads will roll at 4, 6:30

Farmer is a hefty guard who was| and 9 p. m., while the Sunday shifts are slated to start at 1:40, 4 and called in- as a fireman when Bob|8:45 p. m. \ - Kurtz of Tech began pestering the Redskins with his pivot shots in!{three of their regular members, and

Original-teams must use at least Arthur (Dutch) Haufler evident combined averages as of March 16 ly has learned more from his state

Legion ' tournament secretaryship

Gus Fan Not Only Will See Better Baseball This Year, but He'll See It in More Comfort

The world champion Detroit Tigers are spending $100,000 to fix up Briggs stadium, already one of the classiest parks in the business, while a $100,000 municipal improvement program will benefit the Cleveland Indians, who play in a city-owned park at least part of the time. The Tigers are painting the inside of the grandstand, putting new tile in the walls of the lower grandstand corridors, installing elevators leading to second deck boxes, re-sodding the field and installing a new powder room. All seats at the Cleveland municipal stadium will be refinished and the entire park will be repainted. Piers under the bleachers were reinforced.

'Tag' Wrestlers Top Armory Bill

- Ali Pasha, Hindu wrestler from Calcutta, India, engages in his first local tag-team match tonight in the Armory ring where Steve Nen-

off, Toledo, will serve as his partner.

Douglas Holds 3-Point Lead

NEW HAVEN, Cann, March 12 (U. P.).—Les Douglas of the Indianapolis Caps held a five-point lead today over Norm Larson of Hershey in the American Hockey league scoring race but may lose his lateseason advantage because the Bears play three more games to the Caps’ one, Douglas got three goals and two assists last week to raise his point total to 84 while Larson knocked Pete Leswick of Indianapelis out of second place by counting four goals and eight assists to up his total to 79. Leswick is third with 78 points.

Leading scorers: Player Team

G y Douglas, Indianapolis ..... 42 42 84 Larson, Hershey ... ....... 32 47 il Leswick, Indianapolis ..... 20" 48 18 Burlington, Cleveland ..... 33 4“ hid Trudel, Cleveland oie 33 “ k(} Cunningham, Cleveland ... 33 43 8 Rimstad, St. Louis oo HB 13 Wilson, W., Pittsburgh .... 33 39 2 Bell, Joe as revives 8} 29 70 Rozzinin, Hershey ......... 30 Nn Ly

Indiana State Five

Moves Ahead

KANSAS CITY, Mo, March 12 (U. P.)—Indiana State college of Terre Haute won its first start in

Facing All and Steve will be Rene | the NATB basketball tourney here

LaBelle, Toronto, and Maurice | ast night by defeating Minnesota Chapell, Newark, N. J. It is for | state, 62-51.

two falls out of three and has ever | Dakota Wesleyan downed New

allotment will be short of 1000. Many neutral observers, sweating out this week before the finals, have the Anderson-Evansville Central affair tabbed -as. the No. 1 game of the tourney, and the Indians have some good arguments to uphold half of that contention. Foremost among these perhaps is Jumpin’ Johnny Wilson, who has about as much recoil as an Enfield rifle, Johnny, who also likes poetry and has a flair for lettering and sign painting, is a beautiful piece of under-the-basket mechanism, ~ What Johnny Can Do He can capture rebounds from players four or five. inches taller; he sets the Anderson lightning break in motion with rebounds off the other team’s board, and he apparently can bat in baskets from any angle. Besides that, a smart guard won't permit him to onehand shots from thie foul circle. Although Wilson put 40 points through the strings in the semifinals he isn't a lone ranger at scoring. In fact, there's no telling who will carry the Anderson mail. In the regional speedy John Cochran, the end man on the Indians’ fast break, and Bob Spearman, whose glasses give him a bead on the basket from the cornefs,

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mings merely points to Anderson’s/prize will be awarded for each|for in his Ravenswood Merchants victory over Crawfordsville. “I|/seven entries. appearance at Broad Ripple last don’t think it would have mattered| Bill Brunot is tournament secre- | night, he tossed games of 234, 238, what team we would have been! tary and is taking reservations at|197—669. It was one of the best playing that night,” he said. “The|the Fox-Hunt alleys, MA. 1188. [ series of the season for the Ripple way we were hitting our shots, we| Some heavy scoring resulted ‘from | flash, who was in‘ action with Happy could have beaten just about any-|last night's league sessions, with | Landing. 2 body.” Alex Kriner’s 709 high-lighting the| Joe Argus Jr., with 208, 244, 199— That Kokomo Thing solo performances. He had 212, 266,651 for New York Central Flashes The Indians, winners of 20 and| 231 for Bubble-Up in the St. Philip lin the Optimists loop at Pritchett’s losers in seven, still have plenty of | league. It was the initial 700 series|and the 227, 214, 209—650 rolled by folks baffled with their performance of the season at the East Side plant|Cecil Kays, another St. Philip against Kokomo when they held a and was the 21st in local. league leaguer, were other top perform-

27-13 halftime .lead, made 'two!|Play during the present campaign: | ances of the evening's pastimigg. measly free throws in the second

sa of osm ore ow ous | OCA League Tenpin Scores

side of a 31-29, score. How could | Coach Cummings explain that one? " “Frankly, I can't,” he smiled. 0 BOWLERS (MEN) “I've thought about it since, but [AleX Xriner. St. Philip there's no explanation that I can 9 BOWLERS A g A ran ’ : LERS () arriett Patterson, Blue ce Cr... see. The boys haven't any, either. Arthur Haufler, Ravenswood Merchts, 660|Marta Roberts, Wolf Ins. ... - 819 Can you imagine it—just one field | joe Argus Jr. Optimists avy 831 | Dorothy Semenich, Sota-cols (Den), | Cecil Kays, St. Phill . . 650 | Pat Gruner, eshore Mix goal in the second half would have | StC Orphey, Brightwood Merchants.. 648 | Betty Weaver, R. C..A. (Prit.) given us at least a tie. But we George 8mith, Transportation . . 646 Periia Hodges, Blue Riveon , " IJ McKinney, Courthous , 645! Hazel Jordan, Blue Ribbon “anisen couldn't get that one,” Re MeOH Tra Rarvester .. 645|Marié Hofert, Real Silk Mixed ...... The Indians had a day of rest Don Mullenix. Fraternal ce..... 844| Mary Kidd, Coca-Cola (Dez)

©. D. Bcott, Optimists "ae yesterday. They gathered in the FORTY Denier, Th ras ical

gym after schoo} and went to. see a Harold Goldsmith, North Side B. M..

+4 i Chas. Agnew, Little Flower movie last night. Coach Cummings Ralph Hagemeier, Little Flower var was to start practice today, with|cCuff Heck, Brightwood Merchants. . aR Bovd ; Gene Deardorf, Little Flower ........ 616|La Nora Boyd, vigorous drills this afternoon and |v Jon dr Bo trees CiniSyivia Dodrlll, A. EP. ....onn... 483 tomorrow and a tapering-off ses- | Bud Schoch, South Side B. M. ... .. #13 Margie Gerkopes, Herman Schmitt 1. 462 sion on Thursday, Bob Dietz, St. Philip Betty Murray, Kroger Grocery 454

. os $13 Oscar Rosenbaum, South Bide B. M. There was school as usual yester-

' 500 BOWLERS (WOMEN) 708 | Charlotte Walker, John B. Wolf Ins. 548 Frances Cook, Ravenswood Merch..... 528 Gwendolyn Roempke, Wolf Ins.

. 842 | Artie Stephenson, Blue Ribbon ...... 641! Marie McCoy, Blue Ribbon 639 Norma Curry, Coca-Cola (Dez) ...... 502

. 629 Forrest Rice, Wolf Ins. 500 |

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day—and there will be all this week. | 5%, Jacobs, Moose Lodge .......... Sit} Ee ee ‘ " 11 Noffke, Evangelical wri ee 610] : Save for an unofficial bonfire or | Lee Laux, Auto Transportation ..... 609 Knapp Carded mn ’ les McMahon, Ravenswood Merchts. 607] two, Anderson wraps all .its cele-|p.c" Leppert. Optimise 3 os Two Cue Matches

606 | . 808 | The state three-cushion cue tour-

brations into one big all-day affair.|Chuck Markey, Ravenswood Merchts. This will occur a week from | 81° Smith, South Side B. M ina | Wednesday when school will be dismissed. and students will be guests | of local theaters in the morning! and then have their choice of two! dances at the school in the after-| noon. Meanwhile the theme around the gym seems aptly conveyed by a

Bill Behrens, Evangelical ........... Ed Pearson, Indians Bell .. ........ Harry Schornstein, Courthouse Joe Kirkhoff, Holy Cross Snyder, Praternal es Hobart Moore, ‘Fraternal . Bob Kays, St. Philip Fred Pieper, Evangelical ,,... Bob Eder, Kroger Grocery Connie Curran, Holy Cross

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804| today at the Board of Trade parlor. rn 83 |At 5 p. m. Jay Knapp, South Bend, ‘ @3lis to meet Harry Cooler, and at 6011g:15 p. m. Knapp will come back 600 against Joa Bogue, In yesterday's games, Virgil Healy,

OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS (MEN)

large red-lettered sign on the dress- Harold Osthermeyer. U. 8. R Mishawaka, won a “double.” He syer, U. B. Rubber.... 508 ing room door. It reads: “Pour It|Len Faust, Lakeshore Mixed ...,.... sos defeated Dave Klapper, 50-31, in On.” Several other signs in the gym Lowell Young, Inter-Plant .......... 595 | 77 innings, and downed Bogue,

Owen Amos, R. C. A, (Mon-Lite)....

are credited to Johnny Wilson.|Bob Clark, Kiwanis ., hes so0|90-21, in 72 innings. y . Ed Schanke, Reformed Church ...... 588 Maybe this one should be; at least, M. Purpura, Ft. Square Classic ...... 584

he follows. those orders-to the letter.|Art Haymaker, Capital Paper ........ 581 EXHIBITION BASEBALL Everett Oberlies, Real Silk Mixed .... 571 New York (A) 7, Bt. Louis (N) 4. ‘ Otto Rosemeyer, West Side Church.... 587] ' Cleveland (A) 4, Pettott (A) Bh ‘ Miller Madray, West 8ide Church.... 587 Philadelphia (N) B, Brooklyn ( Really Globetrotters John Walker, Ft. Square Hdop. ...... 566! 8!. Paul ,Assn) 4, Montreal (Int) 3

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75 On Hand for Track at Ripple

A record turnout of track and fleld candidates was reported today at Broad Ripple high school by Coach Mordie Lee. Although the candidates are largely underclass= men and inexperienced, Coach Lee| said he expected to, round out al balanced squad for the heavy schedule. The schedule:

April 9, Manual; 12, Noblesville and Pike wp; 16, Howe; 19, Lawrence Central; 23, Deaf school and Ben Davis; 27, Indi-

{Mexico School of Mines, 39-36, in an upset. Loyola of the South, defending champion, and George Pepperdine of Los Angeles, runnerup last season, both advanced to.the second! round with easy wins over Hastings | College, Neb., and Arkansas State. | Other first-round winners in the| opening day of the six-day tourna-| ment were Augsburg college of Min- | neapolis; University of Houston; | Culver Stockton, and Illinois south- | ern normal of Carbondale,

Fight Results

BERGENFIELD, N. J. — Perk Daniels, ! 204, Chicago, outpointed Earl Lowman, 222, Detroit (10). WASHINGTON—Willie Joyce, 137, Gary, Ind., stopped Jackie Wilson, 134, Pitts- | burgh. (5). DETROIT—Lou Woods, 159, Detroit, outpointed Sam Hughes, 163, Detroit (10). CHICAGO—Johnny O'Brien, 184, Calu= met City,. Ill, stopped Tommy James, 148, Chicago (4): Bob Nichols, 142, Cincinnati, outpointed Al Gomez, 136, Chicago (8). NEW YORK — John Thomas, 180, Pt. Lauderdale, Fla., outpointed Joey Maxim, 183, Cleveland (10). BOSTON—Al “Priest. 152, Cambridge, Mass., stopped Nava Esparza, 146, Mexico

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TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1946

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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 12 (U. P,).—Steven O'Neill, the seldom smiling Irishman who manages the Detroit Tigers, began tinkering with the world champions’ lineup today in an effort to turn a ‘fizzle into a hitting explosion. Before today’s game with the hard-hitting New York Yankees, O'Neill expressed concern about the Tigers’ silent Bats. Detroit was expected to have a power-packed lineup this season, with the recon. version of such hitting stars as Dick Wakefleld, Barney McCoskey and Hank Greenberg, but the world champions have dropped two close games in a row, 3 to 1 to the Cincinnati Reds and 4 to 3 to the Cleveland Indians. : Meanwhile, the Yankees take the fleld today fresh from threb consecutive triumphs over the highly regarded St. Louis Cardinals, oddson National league favorites. Joe DiMaggio's sixth home run of the “grapefruit circuit” season sparked the Bronx Bombers to.a 7 to 4 triumph yesterday. ’ The Cardinals’ lone round tripper was hit by Harry Walker off of Redbird Manager Eddie Dyer, however, received encouragement when Stan Musial, fresh from 13 months in the navy, reported to camp. The former National league batting champion im-

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mediately went to work in left field, Joining his mates of the 1842 pen-nant-winning Redbird team, Terry Moore in center and Enos Slaughter in right.

TAMPA, Fla, March 12 (U. P). —Manager Bill McKechnie benched |veteran Lonnie Frey and started

{rookie Bobby Adams at second base |for the Cincinnati Reds today in their exhibition game against the Cleveland Indians.

PT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., March 12 (U. P.).—Manager Billy Southworth hoped today that Dr. Robert Hyland, famed baseball physician and surgeon, can work the same magic on his Boston Braves pitch ers he once did on Southworth’s Cardinal hurlers. Southworth sent southpaw Art Johnson, recently returned from the service, fo St. Louis last night by airplane to have his shoulder examined by Hyland and also an{nounced that Joe Fryer, another {left-hander, would be X-rayed to{day for a possible chipped bone in ‘his elbow.

ST. PAUL, Minn, .March 12 (U. P.) —Dick Siebert; holdout first baseman of the St. Louis Browns, will iy to Anaheim, Cal., tomorrow to discuss his 1946 contract with Manager Luke Sewell.

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