Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 March 1946 — Page 30

In No. 2 City

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New Building

By 1. E. O'BRIEN Times Staff Writer . FT. WAYNE, March 15.~Cenfral high. school, the athletic orphan in Indiana's No, 2 city, has one reason

— especially thletic housing. Tiger teams have to play all their home games either at North Side or South Side. Not only is the 15-year-old Central gym too small, but its inlaid hardwood floor placed directly over concrete hasn't the necessary cushion even for practice. : Rain Causes Delay The Tigers yesterday planned their final workout before depart-

p. m. rain and the delay were for they allowed Murray , Central's coach for the years, to express a few of sound ideas on basketball, He scoffed at this idea of trying teams of difmatching this year's

Central squad into a conference.

morrow, bowling

activities on local alleys.

alleys maples. Two squads are| slated for action tomorrow and the remaining five Sunday.

The second annual state K- of C.

Central five, for example, against

tourney will swing into its second week-end of activity at the Dela-

e Ft.

Coach Murray Mendenhall (extreme left) and Assistant Coach Bob

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Worthman (extreme right) call the seven seniors on the Ft. Wayne Team members are (in front, left to right) Lowell Shearer, Joe Biggs, Larry Clevenger, (in back left right) Bob Milton, Boh Cox, Paul Blanks and Budd Altekruse.

Occupies City, State Pin Artists

Although basketball may be king of the city's sports activities ton will be the main attraction for hundreds fof | prize-seeking tournament entrants as they sweep into two days of |

-A trio of 600's resulted

Tournament Play Over Week-End That Buzz Was Not a Bee,

It's the Midget Racers

By BOB STRANAHAN Spring—and midget auto racing—can’'t be so far away now. There'll be a meeting of the newly-formed Consolidated Midget Racing Association, Inc., Sunday afternoon at 1:30 at the Claypool. Drivers, owners .and promoters will bé on hand. And on the

| The 40th annual men’s city meet will draw to a close Sunday night, | after seven squads of doubles and sirigles title seekers fire at the Illinois

again stepped in and nabbed the spotlight, ! from feminine league matches,

Louellen Early posted her sec-!

the 1943 state champions. He also wondered how the state teams could be rated accurately from week to week. |

ware, but the schedule will be light. Two local quintets and nine visiting aggregations will compete in to-| morrow's team evenf squad that takes over the alleys at 8 p. m.

He singled out a specific team ranked high in the vaseason, a team that

eliminated. “I never the 2 o'clock minor events this team could be| rs "P

» squad Sunday, while at 4 the al-| " Mendenhall ex- |)... will be occupied by local minor on that club ; v events: entrants, feat by a colinty te " the season. That's gion Tourney

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material at all will early games easily, un- , four or five of the!|sylvania the past three week-ends,! play football. Remember, |is scheduled Sunday. { none of these teams espe-| Nine Kokomo fives will wind up to lose to some unknown the team events on the 11 a. m.! the same county.” shift, while three shifts of Indianusiasm Bounds apolis and Kokomo entrants are : Tr in is stil) slated to take their turns in the within bounds, which is "exactly |qvor *'*0 Sunday aftemoon and what ne ger Suastiing ag The second and final week-end of

the annual Pritchett alleys 1050remembers too well that 1937 team scratch team tournament also will

. attract a host of pinsters.

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1 t year,” I was told. {of the Riviera club meet in their Yop Seely That yeu: hoya: 1a were, annual tournament at the Parkway, | to give the Tigers a sendoff this| The men's event was held last Sunafternoon, and it promised to be a 94Y: | colorful show. Both the band and] Rollin A. B.C. the girls’ drum corps rehearsed yes-| While the

stay-at-homes are

terday, going through intricate | enjoying their pursuit of the maples| maneuvers that must be a musical | in their own back yards, 12 teams “7 formation. { will journey to Buffalo to make up|

Ft. Wayne is going to be repre-|the initial local representation in| sented by a fast-breaking, high- the 43d annual American Bowling scoring team in Indianapolis Sat-| Congress tournament, which opened urday. The five starters are all{last night. f seniors and include Bud Altekruse, When scoring bogged down in! (6-feet-1) and Bob Cox (5-feet-10) | men's league play last night, women | forwards; Joe Biggs (6-feet-2) cen- | a ter, and Bob Milton (6-feet) and! Lowell Shearer (5-feet-9) at guards. Milton is the high scorer of the outfit, and he dropped in 40 points

600 BOWLERS ; last week in the Muncie super- LERS (MEN)

Wm. Evers, Sturm Recn, . anus BOB

Lou Conley, Holy Trinity v AT i Yegional, Which is the term for|c ec Bevis, Riviera National 7. .. __. 8 : semifinals” in these parts, aul Broa, Moon-Lite Major . 646 : Udy Jurascz, Stewart-Warner 641 : Reserve Is Injured Dave Killion, Mer? Engr. 637 i Bert Reddingtdh, EC. Atkins 637

Delmar Blanks is the only member of the team who will suit up! who is not in first-class physical condition. He wrenched a knee in a pileup during the regional and still favors it, but he could be called §4 on in an emergency. Incidentally, . . Delmar and Paul Blanks are younger brothers of Jim Blanks, a|g; Rosemeyer Commercial

member of Central's '43 state | Geo. Zix, Printcraft | Rollie Bohn, Coca-Cola (Pho'g) cham ay Nash, Moon-Lite Major FR Floyd McVey, Marvin Shell Sees G0 Russell Morris, Marvin Shell ......... Chas. Bimmons, St. Catherine .... Ed Hornberger, Printcraft Stan. Marvar, P. R. Mallory Ed Fanchaly., Universal

Claude Hammond, Marvin Shell Paul Tavior, Commonwesith Loan Wilbur Holle, Marvin Shell ! Earl Fegan, Commercial Leo Jenkins, Universal ‘ Westerfield, Koct. Furniture Bill Van Pelt, Universal Leo Ahearn, P. R Mallory John Thompson, Marvin Shell Henry Stumph, Vegetable Growers B. Roth, 3uilaing Trades Al Mervar, Holy Trinity

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The briefest but best commentary on Central came to me over a late dinner last night in Marion. The Marion Chronicle sports editor had

PTT . 803! conducted a poll to determine local|L. Lanham. oon 'e Major 803 | y sa nd 0 Aagsma, Comm l 2 | athletic figures’ pick for the state Joe Miller, Bhive anereia 603 |

title. One gentleman had selected Pt. Wayne Central. His reason: “Because if the other team scores! 2 oige, Central is going to get

Roy Grimes, Coca-Cola (Pho'g) Bob McPherson, Universal J. McGrew, Building Trades

Title at Stake ¥ |

Maybe I was assuming too much, but I gathered from my Sonverse-/} Y tin. with Mendenhats ma: nes IN Cue Tourney looking for a meeting of the two v Centrals in the finals. I'm sure, The state three-cushion billiard ‘however, he would remind you of|tourney in progress at the Board of the Tigers’ afternoon date with| Trade parlor is to wind up the regFlora if you asked him as much. | ular schedule today with the chamBut he definitely was interested |pionship at stake. in Evansville Central. Were they| In the first game, at 5 p. m., Lou! big? All over six feet. Did they|Spivey, defénding champion and! .1ook big? Well, yes. And heayy? | winner in his seven starts this year, | The first five averages something plays Jay Knapp, South Bend. and |

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like 175 pounds. {in the second and final match, at There it is—Central vs. Central 8 p. m., Spivey meets Walter Ram- | tomorrow night. But I'm probably sey, who" is undefeated in eight all wet again, | starts, te In the first game last night, |

Spivey set a swift pace and defeated Virgil Healy, Mishawaka, 5022, in 56 innings, shortest match of the current event,

gen on In’ the second Thursday game, ‘aworld record-holder. died Ramsey also was in top form and | shipped to the United

downed Knapp, 50 to 44, in 58 in-| ner Eugenio de Sosa

Jr |Dings. Best run last night was al gr i ; Seven ‘by Knapp. | of 1:40 2/5 tor the) Brown Cards Tilts British ¥ ' PROVIDENCE, RB. I, March 15

.):—~Brown university will play nine-game football schedule this

8 Thanksgiving day

Derby Nominee Dies in Transit

2! Vivien Weaver,

{Dorothy Neel, St

olgateé for the first

agenda will be a proposal that the bugs collect 40 per cent of the gate

chaps who steer the little doodlethis season.

One-official of the organization said that the operators already

had fallen ih line and there “won't

ting a $1000 purse among 30 or 40 drivers and owners.”

The new organization, the spokes-

petition at the Central and her the former Mutual! Racing associafifth of the season as she turned|tion and chaps who held member- |

ond in Budweiser Beer league com- man explained, is an outgrowth of)

in Furniture. Muriel Hayes cracked the ice for

104, 187, 226—607 for Van Hook ship in that group will be more

than welcome in Sunday's session. | Ted Hartley of Roanoke, one of

i S the most skillful midget pilots in A shift of visiting pinsters will the first time this season, getting

be any more of this stuff of split-

Pure Oil Five

Captures Crown

By surging in the second half

183, 221, 202—606 for Marott Shoes| these parts, is president of the new! after a 15-15 tie at intermission,

West Side. She was the

mark.

: Vivien Weaver became the third |Paul Jones, : " The finale of the annual Ameri-| member of the Brightwood Fuel! Bob Wilson. They're all drivers or can Legion state tournament, which 1906p to pass 600. She had 194, 236, car owners. has been in progress at the Penn-| 174604, her initial 600, for Bright- |

wood Recreation Center.

| Sturm Recreation.

in the Bowes Sealfast session at organization, Harry Osborne of fifth | Muncie is secretary. and Bob Bread-

Bowes leaguer to reach the coveted | ing

of Indianapolis, treasurer. | Among the directors are Ray Lyden, |

Benny Emerick and

Last year after the gasoline ban |

{was lifted, the boys hoisted their | William Evers was the city's top tiny “bugs” off jacks, dug up ally ua4 Hoffman, with nine, paced

Cecil Bevis had | diana.

the available “rubber” and]

Race hungry fans flocked

loop’s top single-effort of the sea- Of the events.

son, a 277. Schedules: CITY—-DOUBLES, SINGLES 1 7:30 M Tony Rea-Fred . Tegeler

Geo. Halman-Ed Fanchally

John Mencin-

Go On “Strike”

'crack-up here and there and thin-|

the Pure Oil quintet defeated P. R: Mallory, 37-23, at Sacred Heart high school gym last night and won the championship in the 28th city independent basketball tourney. The Mallory team was the de-

| fending champion. Pure Oil also is!

the 1946 state A. A. U. title holder. George Field, with 10 points, and

Pure Oil last night. Bob Lollar led

{ han Factory league title.

The tourney high-point

Sportsman's Store who tallied 53

Harry Wheeler, John Kiesel-Oscar Behr- ning tires which couldn't be re- | points in three games.

Jack Kidwell,

Chris Brehob-Wm. Kenni-

; ens, Fred Mounts-Paul Stemm, Dick t y i it over “ Feminine pastimers will see Nordhoit-A, Baker, H. Mitchell-a Heiss | Placed made the boys think it qver. ingburg, 30-28. “We just celebrated Some tournament actio bers |: Hale-J. Bader, Al Weevie-P. Gallagher, |The super-powered Offenhousers | winning the championship one week action as members| Holtman-J. E. Goodhue, W. Kidwell- {

Howard Hoffman of Pure Oil, Jack Akers of Beech Grove Boost-

1the 8t. Louis Browns, 8 to 7, by

trophy Then things got a bit tough. A/ Was won by. Leo Barnhorst of

SAVANNAH, Ga. March 15 (U. P.).~Delegates to the UNO monetary conference forgot global economic problems for three hours today to watch a “command performance” exhibition game bes tween the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Philadelphia Athletics. Austere Connie Mack of the A's and loquacious Leo (The Lip) Durocher of the Dodgers met several of the delegates and participated in the brief ceremonies before the game, which was arranged at the government's request. . Gregg vs. Newsom Durocher named Hal Gregg, ace righthander, to pitch the first five innings with John Van Cuyk, rookie southpaw, scheduled to finish the game, Mack was expected to name Louis (Bobo) Newsom, veteran journeyman pitcher,- to open for the Athletics. The A’s arrived from West Palm Beach late last night after ap-

Dodgers, Athleties in ‘Command Performance’

Before UNO Delegates at Savannah, Ga.

day, yielding a combined 12 hits although the Senators nosed out the All-Stars, 4 to 3. The Senators scored all of their runs in the first three innings, finally knocking Joe Acosta out of the box.

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla.— The dark clouds which have been hanging over the Boston Braves’ pitching staff began to break. today with favorable reports from both southpaw Joe Fryer and righthander Mort Cooper, ace of the corps. X-rays revealed no chipped bone in Fryer's throwing elbow and the 28-year-old lefthander is expected to be ready for duty within a couple of days while Cooper announced that his arm felt better than at any time during the last flve years.

‘ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.—Manager Joe McCarthy, who is accus-~ tomed to seeing great third basemen perform under the Yankee banner, sald today he believed that George

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1948"

Wayne Tournament Success Prize

(Snuffy) Stirnweiss, converted sec ond baseman, currently was the best third sacker in the business, Stirnweiss, regular Yankee second baseman last year and American league batting champion, was moved to’ the hot corner when Joe Gordon, prewar Yankee dandy, came back to claim second base. .

PASADENA, Cal. — The Chicago! |

White Sox’ morale slumped to a new low today as Manager Jimmie Dykes prepared to undergo an emergency stomach operation which will sideline him for three weeks, Coach Bing Miller will handle the team in his absence. Dykes is suffering from adhesions, a carryover from a gill bladder op. eration here four years ago. The announcement of Dykes’ pending operation came in the wake of the White Sox’ 23-t0-3 shellacke ing by..the Pittsburgh Pirates yes. terday. The Bucs rallied 24 hitg off of three Sox pitchers,

proximately a 440-mile train ride while the Dodgers checked in this morning from Daytona Beach.

LOS ANGELES. — The Chicago Cubs, National league champions, played their first exhibition game of the season yesterday, defeating

scoring three runs in the last two innings.

HAVANA, Cuba. — Although the Washington Senators hold three! straight victories over the Cuban | All-Stars, Manager Ossie Bluege| fretted about the American leaguers’ | | pitching today, claiming his hurl- | ers should be more effective against | the Cubans. Mickey Haefner and Roger Wolfe, | ace knuckle-baller, hurled yester-|

Illinois Tourney

In Quarter-Finals

CHAMPAIGN, Ill, March 15 (U.| P.). — The quarter-finals schedule today in the annual Illinois State] High School Athletic association basketball tourney follows:

1:45 P. M.—Decatur vs. Dundee 3:15 P, M.—Centralia vs. Robinson | 7:30 P. M.—Rockford East vs. Collins- | ville, |

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‘ | 9:00 P. M.—Marion ve. Champaign. } In first-round games played yes- | terday and last night the results| were: i Decatur 59, Pana 4! Dundee 56, Quincy 49 Centralia 50, Kewanee 36. Robinson 47, Pontiac 44. i Rockford East 74, Tilden Tech 53. | Collinsville 50, Springfield Cathedral 28. Marion 42, Calumet City Thornton Frac-! tional 38 (overtime). 1 Champaign 49, Galesburg 40.

Armory in Use Due to federal inspection, there | will be no boxing show at the Ar-! mory tonight. Matchmaker Lloyd | Carter said a fight card is being arranged for next Priday. |

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Tourney Resumed | CHICAGO, March 15 (U. P.).—| | Renewal of the Western junior golf | tournament, for amateurs under 20 | | years of age, was announced today |by President James Geraid of the | Western Golf ‘association, who said {the meet was scheduled for June

were taking down most of the cash ers and Bob Collins of the Amer- 17-21 at Iowa State college, Ames,

ger, Elmer Brehob-Robt. Holdeman, Frank and the others were just wearing!

Stumph-Car! Brehob v 9:30 P, M.--8. Hohlt-E. Hohlt, Wm Schoch-Al Quebe, Al. Schoch-A. Fields H. Coombs-W. Susemichel, F. SchusterP. Kritsch, R, Weber-C. Weber, R. Da:

H.. Drake, Leo Ahearn-Walt Heckman, H Harvey-L. Blum, Lesiie Oliver-W J Haering, Larry Reno-J. Brigh! Harry Moore-Ray McGill, R. McPherson-B, Mills J. Baker-B. Fleetwood

K. OF C. TEAM EVENT 8 P. M.-—- Kirschner Auto (Ind

letic Committee No, 1 (Evansville), Athletic Committee No. 3 (Evansville), K. of ( (Vincennes), Washington K. of C. (Washmgton), K. of C. (Elwood, Hab Nob-Inn tIndpls.), Ks of C. No. 1014 (Hunt ngton), Mettler Insurance Co. (Fort Wayne Wayne Glass Co (Fort Wayne), Peru Council 718 (Peru),

Local League Tenpin Scores

OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS (MEN)

Neil King, Shrine 594 Al Nelis, L. S. Ayres 589 Bob Bweeney, Pittman PF. Mki. Mixed 588 O. E. Elliott, Elks 384 Ed Karrmann, American United Mixed 583 Oliphant, Grotto 58 Arliss Brown, Mifchel-8coii 570

Andy Henlein, Stevens Mortuar)

Morris Schoen, Beanblossom Mixed 547 O. A. Myers, Broad Ripple Legion 548 Norwood Epler, Koerner Optical Mixed 533 600 BOWLERS (WOMEN) | Louelien Early, Budweiser Cent.) 607 » | Muriel Hayes, Bowes Sealfast 606

Brightwood Piel 500 BOWLERS (WOMEN) Mary Lou Karstedt, Koerner Optical Mary Brisnik, Sexton Real Estate Margie Berkopes, Sexton Real Estale Philip

604

54 9. Audrey Suiter, Pittman PF Mkt Mixed 543 >! Hanna Thonias, Bowes 536 J | Lois Glass, Beanblossom Mixed 532 ’ | Mickey Rotert Brightwood 531 ' | Gertrude Pfarr, St Philip wera aa B30 Laverne Bifrs, Bowes “ 520 Berneice Brownlee, Bowes 515 Margaret Ingersoll Bright wood 612 Maxine Weaver, Brightw 0 10 . Lillie Jardina, Bowes 508 ia Winings, Pittman Mixed " 508 rma Elstrod, Bowe 506 | Be Weaver, Brightwood 504 Bett Bradley, Coca-Cola Pritt) 504 Ann Reynolds, Coca-Cola (P 503 Déra Rouck, Raniel Purni ure 502 Mary Jo Rosner, Pittman Mixed

Pauline Stegmoller, Bowes OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS (WOMEN)

Gladys Arnold, Hilleres 499 Ann Kelement, Coca-Cola Pt 8q 492 Ruby Marcum, P R Mallory 491 D Hoppes, Antlers 437 Violet Overman, Riviera Nat.onal 467 Pa ine Kellar, United M al Mixed 454 inez Sullivan, 8t, Joan of Ar 417 Fight Result: By UNITED PRESS ORANGE N. J Charley Fussy 144 rvington, N. J., outpointed Ralph Walton, 145, Montreal (10), Ph Yedton, PORTLAND, Me. --Bill 17

Portland, Me outpointed Al Paroiror. 187, Providence, R, I. (8 FALL RIVER, Mass --Leo Mac wel, 130 Portiand, Me., outpointed Bob y English, 131, Fall River, Mass. 110 ’

BATTIMORE=Ray . (Sugar 140, New York, outpointed Izzy

162, Brooklyn (10) ] EXHIBITION GAMES Philadelphia (N) 1, Philadelphia A() 0, Pittsburgh (N) 23, Chicago (A) 3 Nasningion (A) 4, Cuban All-Stars 3 - louis (A) B team 11, Lo les (PCL) B team 10 Angeles Chicago (Ni 8, St. Louis (A) 1. New York (N) 8, Boston (N) 7

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out their cars. s They went on “strike” against | he Offys and succeeded in making! ome of the promoters look pretty bad. | But the Offenhousers still are | here and most of the guys admit! They con-| fess, however, that most of their jigged up Fords, Chevys, outboards and what-not have little chance against the special racing jobs—re- | gardiess of the skilk of the drivers. This year they want to get it all straightened out before the season starts—for it is going.to be a long one. All spring, summer and fall, | in fact, and just about every night | in the week at some track. { Follow AAA Rules

going to follow AAA rules,” one of the new association men said, “With events for ears! having overhead cams and others for flat-head motors.” He explained that -if the new rules are adopted that the old qualification - system will be eliminated and that the promoter can arrange his own program of races

“We're

“The fans will get more racing

And for a guy who doesn't care| toting along a box lunch— that's swell with this corner,

Basketball Scores

INVITATIONAL TOURNEY (Quarter-Finals)

Rhode Island State 82, Bowling Green 79 (overtime), |

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE (Quarter-Finals) Indiana State 55, South Dakota Wesleyan 34

Loyoula (South) 54, Drury 43, Southern Illinois Normal 66, Nevada 58, PROFESSIONAL Sheboygan 58, Oshkosh 52

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Larry Bingham Trio 8 P. M.to 12 P. M,

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ican Enlisted Men received the tourney sportsmanship awards. Howard Engelhardt was tourney manager. The starting field con-

sisted of 60 teams.

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