Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 December 1946 — Page 36

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Mite O'Brien Sparks Bulldogs fo 58-53: Victory Over Cincinnati Cagers

By BOB STRANAHAN Butler's game with Cincinnati, if anything, was a triumph for the little man. The Bulldogs won at the fleldhouse last night, 58-53, before some $000 fans and the O'Briens and Rubensteins had a lot to do with the

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causes. Raph O'Brien (they called him “Buckshot” back in Washington high school days) was a pepperpot for MID-AMERICAN STANDING Ww

the Bulldogs and little Al Ruben- L Pot stein did yeoman service for a full Butler =. ........ 9 1000 aie teow pave been| Shs. Shnerany | “The “little fellows” have been ; 4

ignored somewhat in these days of basketball giants, so the performance of O'Brien and Rubenstein ust indeed have been gratifying to sil lads who come in smaller packages. “O’Brien snagged 15 points to pace the Bulldog attack in Butler's first sticcess in the Mid-American con-

NEXT GAME Jan. &-Western Reserve at Butler,

pulge in the third period before the Bearcats staged a six-point rally which cut the count down to decency.

Whittle at Lead The visitors whittled away at the start of the final stanza to reduce ference against the Queen City |... 0.4 to four points at 46-42, but team. And haif-pint Rubenstein { the Hinklemen still had plenty left. did most of the plugging to keep| ; cranny O'Brien and Shepherd his Bearcats within hailing dis-| 3,00 it to 50-42 and from there tance of the Hipklemen. He also| =o. the Bulldogs were a shoo-in. contributed 14 of the Cincinnati “py. pier headmaster still hasn't points. | settled on a regular combination it “Then, just to confuse the issue, | seems but he apparently has a big boy named Bill Westerfeld enough talent on hand to experiof Cincinnati raced off with the ment while he makes up his mind. scoring honors for the evening. He | pytler handled the ball nicely most caged 20. lof the time and exceptionally well But Butler also came up with a some of the time. Summary: productive fellow of larger stature Butler (58) Cincinnati (58)

in the form of Bill Shepherd of] Bhat FOFTPR ot ro FT PP Hope and his 10 points at critical |O (Oren 3 1 3 Cliekiier. 10 : moments were more than the (Bruce 3 3 Hoi de. 1 3 Bearcats could handle. 1 ; fe : i : u e : Bearcats Take Lead 3 ] Jmuscnet 3 0 ¢ “The Bearcats, led by Westerfeld | Shepherd.s & : o weirs i 3 and Rubenstein, bounced into a | Pine 8 ¢ : : o “14-11 lead in the first period of the {nih § § of

wh — Totals 22 14] Totals 19 15 17

game. . Then O'Brien drew a bead on the Pree throws missed—O'Brien, Larsen 2, basket. It was almost too easy for | mans 2, Shepherd 3, Doyle, Fine, Wester the Buckshooter and he roamed | eld score by, Period Site free on the range to send the | \ier 1 ueclads into a 27-22 halftime | Sifcais Jack O'Neal gdvantage. | war ¥ Prelimi j—Butler reserves 42, Purdue Butler pepe

Last Night's Basketball Results

CITY HIGH SCHOOLS Sacred Heart 37, Carmel 30,

OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS

Avon 33, Plainfield 28. wnsville 30, College Corner 38.

and Herb Ed-

went on to a 15-point

Newport 58, West Lebanon 31. New Winchester 40, Clayton 29. Owensville 57, Haubstadt 28. Parker 48, Cowan 42. Richland 47, Tennyson 15. Stelbyvilie 35, Pran

klin 28. Bend Washington 42, Elkhart 33. Shri field I atin Pranklin) 26, Whitewater Twp anklin) 25. {Sulphur Springs 57, Daleville 23. |veire Ha Hate Gerstmeyer 38, Terre Haute ate 31. |

terville 35, Cambrides City 34. ansville Bosse incton 50 (over-| }. Pairland 50, New Palestine 32. Green Twp. Sandoiph) 42, Huntsville 23. Griflia \ > STATE COLI COLLEGES Butler 58, Cincinnati 53 Canterbury 57, Wabash 39. Cedarville (O.) 47, Anderson 42, Tri-State 46, Adrian (Mich.) 40, OTHER COLLEGES (Sania 53, Bt. Bonaventure 35, C.C.N.Y, 52, Bowling Green 45. Capital . Ashland

loore ew Alban lewburg 39,

4. $5, Louisville St. Xavier 38. Selvin 2.

Holiday, Toumey 34 Elmhurst 59, Lake Porest (Ill) 51 To Open. ‘Sunday | Georgia Tech 55, Davidson 41, arvard 55, Boston U. 45 “Play starts Sunday in the 17th | ope 69, Michigan Normal 33. annual Gold Medal holiday basket- | 1ova " Bt. ry's (Cal) 41. | 0 ball tournament at the Dearborn unas Ans 37. Salisudet 30. hotel gym. Kansas Weslevan 49, Emporia 38 Louisiana State 62, St. Francis 57. The following schedule has been | ens 45, Stanford 237. gh ardt. | Missouri 54, Washington (8t. Louis) 40. announced by H G. Engelh t. Muskingum 72, Wilmington 44. hy tourney manager: Northwestern 65, North Carolina 51, enn William and Mary 4 fn ee Packeille. 8t. Ambrose 69, Western Illinois 53, berland Comets n.U. 8 Tires. | Saxas o DePau ul a. 4—DeGolyer Printers vs, amore In-| vier dians. [Tulane 67, Loyola (Chicago) 53. 5d. D Adams vs. Robison-Ragsdale Le- | Washington and Jefferson 85, Bethany 44 don. West Virginia Wesleyan 60, Morris Har8-- Bainbridge Independents vs. Ell Lilly, | vey 54 %s=Monarch Steel vs. lawrenes Trojans, | iHenbere 68, Washington College 48. Noone Coal Co. vs, A. — No games Monday, Tuesday or Wednes-

PROFESSIONAL Association of America Philadelphia 58, Cleveland 44. | Providence 81, Ch feago 77, {8t. Louis 76, Boston 74 Exhibition Kautskys

ursday 1: Whippits vs. Wayne Burial Vv C 8: 15-—Kirshbaum Center ws. ® Capehart-

ckar #:45—Broad Ripple Legion vs. East Side

|Indianapolls

5 Rockets 2,

Priday i Evansville TaJotly pad vs. Morgantown Inde-

th EAE de Vets vs. Paper Package, S-—Aoce bottle Co, vs. Cranford Cafe,

I Wicdemain Beer vs, Sgt. Barker V.F.W, lan Dri rafting College vs. Schwitzer-

min * Ripple Hatchets vs, Ind. Central Bus. College.

Pro Basketball

NATIONAL LEAGUE Western Division

W L Pet Pts. | {INDIANAPOLIS . 10 2 .g33 700 0) (End of First Round) | Anderson 8 4 667 703 683! 4-Greenwood All Stars vs, 7-Up (exhi- | Oshkosh 8 4 687 46 762 bition), heboygan 8 5 545 607 554 : Chicago 8 § 545 552 528 Detroit ,. 3 12 200 M 804 Welter Title 'Go' Lr. / W L Pct ts. Rochester ..... 8 T4353 45 oa * Pt, Wayne ......7 6 531 21 718 n ong t Toledo vvness TT 500 639 a4 ‘| x Buffalo «+4 8B 333 3588 Syracuse ....... 5 11 .368 831 HH on - Youngstown 2 10 .166 580 @62 RESULTS LAST NIGHT Anderson 61, Buffalo 46 Syracuse 61, Pt. Wayne 47

Rochester 59, a gan 52. GAMES Tonight Ros oer at Chicago, Tomorrow-—~INDIANAPOLIS at Youngstown; Rochester as Oshkosh

Hockey Results

NATIONAL 4M FAGUR Toronto 3, Detroit UNITED ATES LEAGUR Bt. Paul 5, Houston 3. _ Minneapolis 3 ™. Worth (0

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y Robinson (dhove). and Toaimy meet tonight at Madison Square | rden to decide who's going to sscend the welterweight throne re- |

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AUTO SUPPLY Delaware, Madison and Ray Sts.

{Ernie Derho, Mishawaka, vs. Jim

Bill Larsen and Herod Toon. _

State Ring Champ Faces Big Job

Indiana's state light- nedvyweight champion, Al Johnson, will have a man's size job on his hands tonight at the Armory when the Hoosier 175-pound kingpin meets | Charley Banks, the Cincinnati “rip{saw” who has beaten heavyweight Bob Garner, of Louisville, on two occasions in the armory ring. Opponents for Tommy Charles and Dan (Hair) Raisor were shift-|. ed at the last minute, with Charles now slated t6 meet Raisor, and Lee Carter, originally billed for the Charles tilt, facing newcomer Art Bronner, of Cincinnati. The complete program follows: Main event — 10 rounds — lightheavyweights: Al Johnson, Indianapolis, vs. Charley Banks, Cincinnati, O. Semi-windup — 6 rounds — catchweights: Dan (Hair) Raisor, Indianapolis, vs. Tommy Charles, Terre Haute. Preliminary — 8 rounds — welterweights: Jimmy Conn, Kokomo, vs. Gene McGovern, Granite City, Il, Prelim — 35 rounds — light-heavy-{weights: Art Bronner, Cincinnati, Lee Carter, Indianapolis. Prelim—4 rounds—welterweights:

Chaney, Indianapolis, The Derho-Chaney mill will open the action at 8:30 o'clock.

Secos to Tacklé - Cleveland Snipers

The Indianapolis Secos, professional basketball team, will oppose one of the nation’s top Negro teams at the Armory Sunday afternoon. Sporting a four-game winning streak, the locals will attempt to make it No. 5 against the Cleveland Fifas, who have in their lineup five former members of the star Great Lakes naval station Negro team of two years ago. The Ohioans go into the Armory | tilt with a clean slate, having ‘escaped defeat in engagements with some of the country's top pro | aggregations.

Feller, I Inc.

CLEVELAND, Dec. 20 (U. P).— {Bob Feller, the fireball pitcher, said today he recently had become incorporated under Ohio laws for the purpose of handling his outside ac-

Seniors Want

A Monicker

known merely as “Tech,” a few of the bolder scribes have slipped in such synonyms as “Big Green,” the

|green and white colors.

time that the teams have a name and is sponsoring a drive under the direction of its sponsor, Miss Launice Horn, Charles Gregory, who is to serve as chairman of the committee,

preliminary contest will be voted on by the entire student body by Jan. 18. Athletic Director Charles P. Dagwell and Miss Helen Noffke, faculty members, Dorothy Saulsberry and Raymond Marquette, seniors, Judges.

Week's H. S. . Cage Card

For Tech Teams

Good news for

Through the years Tech has been although

“Greenclads” and the ‘Greenies” in view of the school’s

The 1947 senior class thinks it is

It was suggested by

Names will be submitted in a

and Gregory,

will serve as

TONIGHT Beech Grove at Center Grove Ben Davis at Mooresville Cathedral at Noblesville Crispus Attucks at Pine Village | Danville at Speedway Greenfield at Howe Manual at Broad Ripple Thorntown at Pike township —Tourney at Butler— 2 p. m~Tech vs. Southport 3:15—Shortridge vs. Franklin township | 7—Consolation. 8—Finals, TOMORROW NIGHT Decatur Central at Broad Ripple

Spartans Register Second Victory

Sacred Heart's Spartans “today had a record of two victories in six outings following their 37-30 con-

the headline Ray writers. Tech high school’s name- scourage of the welterweight and less athletic teams are to have middleweight a new nickname.

The

HIGH BOY—Bill Shepherd of Butler was high in the air on a rebound snatch when this picture was snapped in the Bulldog-Cincinnati game last night. While still in the air he was looking for a pass receiver. Butler players also shown are Bob Evans,

Robinson Gets Shot at Title

NEW YORK, Dec. 20 (U. P.).— (Sugar) Robinson; Brown

divisions for

Tommy Bell at Madison

The two Negroes are scheduled

Resume Net Play

Play in the City Parks Municipal

Basketball league will be resumed Billie O’Banion, Brookside with a four-game schedule at the|j, Brookside park Community center M Hancock, T. on Sunday afternoon. plete program follows: 1, South Side | Kenneth | Raymer, Hot Shots ..... Saints vs. Kings; 2, City Ice Cream vs. Cornegie Hall; 3, Riley vs. Buzz Buckett; 4, North East Center vs.| Rhythm Rockers.

Cage Game Changed

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Dec. 20.— Indiana-Michigan basketball

game originally scheduled for the Indiana fieldhouse on Jan. 20 will be played. here Feb. 3, Athletic|# Director Bo McMillin announced | today. i

Times: Legion Meet to Open

{On Jan. 11

Ticket Mail Orders Being Accepted

"Dates were set today for the 14th annual Indianapolis Times-Amer-ican Legion Golden Gloves boxing tournament. The first session of the colorful’ amateur boxing meet is scheduled for Friday, Jan. 17, at the National Guard Armory, 711 N. Pennsylvania st. Other elimination sessions la) be held at the Armory on Friday, Jan, 24, and Thursday, Jan. 30.

‘| Semi-final bouts will be fought Fri-

day, Feb. 7, and the finals on Friday, Feb. 14. The tournament again will be held under the auspices of the Rob- | ison-Ragsdale Post of the Legion, and will be sponsored by The Times Proceeds will go to Legion post phi-

lanthropies and to The Times’!

Clothe-A-Child fund. Open-class champions in the Indianapolis tournament will represent the city in the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions at Chicago, A. A. U. Sanctioned

All boxers 16 years or older who are sanctioned by the Amateur Athletic union are eligible to compete in the tourney. No entry fee is required, and The Times and Legion will pay A. A. U. registration fees. | An entry blank is printed Slsewhere | on the page. Announcement of the hos was made to the numerous amateur boxing centers in the city, and handlers were encouraged to begin early conditioning of prospective entrants. Many gyms, however, already have training programs under way with a view to winning one of the coveted titles. Ticket Mail Orders Simultaneous with the setting of dates came the announcement that ticket mail orders will be accepted immediately for the approaching tournament. Orders, with enclosed cheek or money order, are to be sent to Golden Gloves, The Times, 214 W. Maryland st. Orders will be filled on a first-come-first-served basis, although tickets will net-be mailed out until after Christmas. Ticket prices for each session are:

— [ Ringside, $2.40; reserved seats, 1.60, |

and general admission, $1. Over-the-counter sales will begin later at downtown points. Dates and locations will be announced in The Times.

2d-Round Paddle Play Begins

five years, finally gets his shot at a Indiana National bank and Brookworld title tonight when he en- side downed Kelly gages Square Garden for the vacant wel- play opened in the Thursday night terweight crown.

Attention

ICE SKATERS.

No lce skating today due te basketball game. Skating will

quest of Carmel last night. The South side parochial five was | ahead at the end of 16 minutes, | 14-10, and continued to maintain | the upper hand in the last two | periods. Bill Engleking with 12 points led the scoring.

tivities such as baseball schools,

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at in his professional career. 4 of Bell's kayoes have resulted |i starboard slamming but his left Ik

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Hemmerling Hot Shots defeated

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table tennis league at the Dearborn hotel. Team and individual

to fight 15 rounds for the 147- standings: pound title which Marty Servo gave| tnd Bank up on Sept. 25, when he retired Hemmerling, Hot Shot from the ring because of nose in- Brookside juries.

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| With a portable basketball floor jon top of the ice surface used for hockey games, the Indianapolis | Coliseum will present the first of

{two college double-headers at 7:30 {o'clock tonight.

| The same type of playing floor used in most of the nation’s large arenas, which offer a mixed program of basketball and hockey has been obtained from Detroit and it {will be removed immediately after [the twin bill so that the usual week-end activities at the Coliseum will not be disrupted. Tonight's program calls for a game at 7:30 between Indiana Cen{tral, host school for the twin bill, and Canterbury college. Then |Coach Everett Case's North Caro{lina State quintet will oppose Coach CUff Wells’ Tulane university snipers in the feature attraction which marks a renewal of a Hoosier coaching rivalry starting 26 years ago.

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Cage Twin Bill On Tonight p Coliseum’s Ice

Two “ball boys” on ice skates will retrieve any wild passes which result in the ball landing on the ice. surface, which will extend several feet beyond each end of the smaller basketball court. No other special provisions will be necessary, however, in the spacious structure which housed the annual state high school basketball tournament during the recent years of war,

CRAWFORDSVILLE. Ind, Dec. 20.—Capterbury college finished fast here last night to trim the Little Glants of Wabash, 57-39, in an Indiana college conference basketball game, Wabash led most of the first half, but the visitors took over just before the period ended and then pulled away. Jim Springer caged 25 points for Canterbury to be the standout individual.

CEDARVILLE, O. Dec. 20.—The (Ind) college

before a last-half push. Cedarville led at the half, 21-20. Farmer sniped 18 points for the winners.

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