Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 January 1947 — Page 26

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Times-Legion Fistic Carnival Draws Heavy Entry, Both Novice and Open

. By EDDIE ASH, Times Sports Editor | Amateur boxers entered in The Times-Legion Golden Gloves tour

today in independent gyms, coms

‘ Imunity centers and other clubs where the art of self-defense is on the

| program,

{tion in the tournament's first show “1711 N. Pennsylvania st, tomorrow

night. ‘If the judgment of trainers and

* Friday to watch the first bout fe | yo aL 8 I m. Al the veteran| matches are scheduled over the ‘without an argument. . . .| three-round distance, two minutes ter joining the Washington club)to the round, to a decision of two ae Philadelphia Athletics last| judges and the referee. year, Buck ‘won 13 games and lost| The trainers reported that the eight . . . and some of the defeats! slambang knuckledusters are just were of the hard luck variety. . .. as eager as ever to get. out there He is expected to be a mainstay under the ring lights and start this year . . . at least that is, the! punching. The first night's pro-| way Manager Ossie Bluege sizes gram probably will be heavy as him up. there will. be an estimated three hours of fisticuffing with no limit LITTLE BIG TOWN. ... . Willie | 02" 0 0 ver of bouts to be held Hoppe, the veteran billiard mas- —except time itself. ter, likes to chalk his cue for the Continuous Actin entertainment of the green cloth Bs fans in Perth Amboy, Ni J... . The tournament committee's plan calls for swift movement

He said the little Jersey city isa ¢ better billiard stronghold than | throughout the card with the fight- _— ing to be‘ continuous until 11 p. m.

many 's top cities and he a Hg ma Perth | Or not later than 11:15. Amboy on his itineraries . . , | The boys will battle for glory and Hoppe is now engaged in a spe- {prizes and a chance to perform becial three-cushion match with fore the public. Many will be in ‘Jake Schaefer in Chileage. the Armory ring for the first time i and it frequently happens that

» " ; ~ MAJORS TO LITTLE MINORS | these newcomers get wound up and “steal” the show by tossing gloves

« + « Mike Ryba, the versatile baseball veteran who has been in the game for more than 20 years, will manage the Lynn club of the New England (Class B) league this year « » « He wound up his major league career with the champion Boston Red Sox last season . . . Ryba used to perform with Columbus in the American association . . . He lik& pitching best’ but was a capable pastimer at any position,

pay up

tition in two classes, novice, for beginners, and open, for experienced amateurs. The entry list has already soared over 150, including both novice and

possibility that it will reach 200.

BIG RECEPTION « « « Harold

Undefeated in re

a College tler's - Bulldogs their book larnin’' today. _Hinklemen trimmed Western Reserve at Cleveland last night, 56-53, before 1700 fans for their third straight victory in the MidAmerica loop. Now they turn their attention to mid-term exams for 10 days until they, re-enfer state loop competition against onan, 2 Charley Maas, former Tech star,

Shelby Shooters

beaten in 10 matches in the Indiana Central rifle league today following a 958-892 tonquest of Danville. Kingan is in second spot in the standing with nine victories against one defeat. Latest results:

nihg-mate, whose total is now 80,

- = # "NO. 28 COMING UP ...In 22 “Pasketball meétings between Notre ‘Dame and the University of Detroit, the Titans have not tasted victory . . . The teams will meet again at Detroit Saturday night in Olympia ‘stadium . . . Lee June. Detroit center, stands feet 7 inches and three of his | mates are six footers . . . The team’s “midget,” Joe Wright, guard, stands 5-1L ? » ¥ J ‘ HOME RUN PARKS , . , Easiest Major: ball parks in which to bit pme runs in 1946 were the Polo | Bel or ” y , New York, in the Natioval i 83 E Jones Iedigue, and Briggs stadium, Detroit, 2 Spaulding in American . . . There were 187) W. Smitha 152 ers at the Polo Grounds, 76) ee « » HE by the Giants, 76 by visiting teams Trippi Reneges 4 There were 143 in Detroit, 75 by the Tigers, 68 by visiting teams . , .

Tuns were Brooklyn in the National,

tors in . Washington, 26 by the|the National Football league. visitors.

AN OLD Custom + +» « Bill Veeck, president of the Cleveland Indians, seldom misses a bet to get ink in the press. . . . It is reported he is “nursing” the signing of Bob Feller to a 1947 contract as a means of collecting maximum publicity. . , . Some big league writers declare the two reached days ago.

CLOSER THAN CLOSE oo In the tightest batting race staged in organized league ball in 1946, Charles Henson, Salt Lake City first * baseman, copped the championship of the Pioneer league by a margin of only 0001 . . . compiling a .3631 | average to .3630 for “Joe -Hemus of the Pocatello club, . . . Henson played 120. games, Hemus 120,

CITY HIGH SCHOOLS Washington 56, Crawfordsville 41, OTHER HIGH SCHOOIS

Arcola 52, Jefferson Center (Whitley) 42. Coesse 40, Union Twp. Evansville Reitz 55, . Branch Prankton 42, Sulphur Springs 20. Ft. Wayne South Side 43, Ft. Wayne Cen tral 41 (overtime). Huntington Catholic 40, North ‘Man Shester 2%

an agreement 10 Jaspe Vincennes 39.

| ReaPeTevitle 39, Anderson St. Mary's 36. Milan 39, Batesville 13, Millersburg 37, Tennyson 20. Monticello 46, Delphi 30. Patoka 50, Cakland City 39. South Bend Adams 39, Michigan City 3 (overtime). Stendal 58, Francisco 3. Walton 30, Metea 27.

WABASH VALLEY TOURNEY At Washington Loogootee 35, Montgomery 21. |Odon 20, Alfordsville 11. Washington Catholic 55, Epsom 38, STATE COLLEGES Butler 56, Western Reserve 53, Huntington 60, Adrian 37 OTHER COLLEGES Akron 54, John Carroll 41. Albright 59, Lebanon Valley 486. Alliance 67, Clarion Teachers 48. Arkansas 63, Texas Christian 53. Army 56, Williams 3. Bates 61, Bowdoin 42. Baylor 59, Texas i & MM. 5. Berea 45, Transylvania 43. Carnegie Tech 51, Case 2.

and OVERCOATS

" We have some real 9 gains in these simon. § All garments are sterilsed citansy cleaned and recon.

from bell to bell. | The tournament offers compe- | opener go on sale at the Armory

Remain Unbeaten {5 The Shelbyville club remained un-|Maas.g

NEW YORK, Jan. 16 (U, P.)— Charles Trippi, Georgia's all-Ameri- |p "Ww Hardest pdrks in which to hit home can halfback, changed his mind at the last minute today, turning down and Washington in the Ameérican|a joint football{baseball contract ¢, « There were only 42 at each fleld, offered him by the New York 20 by the Dodgers in Brooklyn, 22 | Yankees and accepting an offer to by the visitors, and 16 by the Sena. {play with the Chicago Cardinals of

(Huntington) 29.

The youngsters put in their last licks before reporting for competi-

of 1947 to be staged at the Armory,

open—must report at the Armory

Gloves event is sanctioned by the A. A. U. and no boxer will be permitted to enter the ring unless he weighs in and also receives the goahead by the tournament physicians, Drs. Paul Dintaman and Harry Brown. Draw After Weigh-In Paul J. McDuff, chairman of the Golden Gloves committee; will be {at the Armory during the weigh-in and examinations to guide the newcomers through the pre-fight routine. Drawings for the first night's bouts will be held immediately after the weigh-in. Trainers are urged to have thelr boys on hand early in order to avoid any delay in the draw and the start of the show. Every effort will be made to open the hostilities on scheduled time. Gloves Tickets The tournament ticket prices are: Ringside, $2.40; reserved, $1.60; gen{eral admission, $1.00. Children un{der 12, 50c first three nights. All | prices include tax, General admission tickets for the

at 7 p. m. tomofrow. Ringside and reserved seats are on sale for all fights at these downtown locations: Bush-Callahan, 136 E. Washington st., Sportsman's Store, 126 N. Penn-

open contestants, and there is ‘a|sylvania st. The show dates areige 1085.3000, Indiana Fur con-

Jan. 17, 24, 30, Feb. 7 and 14.

: Butler Turns To Exams; Unbeaten i in Two-Leagues

Tonight's Schedule Olivet at Tri-State. Valparaise at Toledo. Indiana State at Hanover: Southern Illinois at Evansville. —

paced the Butler attack last night with 20 points. The Bulldogs had a lead of 12-11 at the end of 10 minutes and 26-22 at the half. Midway in the last half the Blueclads ‘lweré i front of Western by 45-37. Then they staved off. a Red Cat rally to triumph. Summary: Butler (36) Western Reserve (

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Maas 4 Doyle er, Ry EN 3, “Lat owits 3,

» in the only ¢ other game last night involving a Hoosier team, Huntington went to

victory. The Vikings were in front

NATIONAL LEAGUE Western Division W.L Pet INDIANAPOLIS .. ¢ MM Oshkosh 7 6811 Anderson 1 9, .608 Sheboygan . 10.500 Chicago 381 Ditrott ....o3.... ‘3 17 ..180

Eastern Division

545 524 A21 368 Youngstown ...... 8 320 RESULTS LAST NIGHT Tri-Cities 47, Detroit 39. ' NEXT GAMES Tonight — INDIANAPOLIS ai Detroit; Oshkosh at Syracuse; Chicago at Ander

son. ; Tomorrow 'Night—Tr{-Cities at Chicago.

College, High School Basketball

A bi 50, Illinois "Tech 32.

Cincinnati 53, Miami (O.) 46, Colby 52, Maine 45. Colgate 59, Rochester 48, Columbia

Georgia Illinois Normal 49, Johns Hopkins 63, Washington Causge 5. Mubienber State J 33, Missitippp rg’ 3. tte

urn Illinois Wesleyan 47,

3 N ines 56, Clemson 21. be .

Ottawa (Kas.) on Potomac State

Baker 44. , Davis & Elkins 64,

on ‘i 52. eton Hall 170, Providence 44. 3lippery Rock Teachers 44, Geneva 35, jouth Carolina 61, Citadel 35. 3t, Joseph's (Pa.) 56, Jen 52, 3t. Louis 82, Georgeto Pexas 56, Southern Methodist 36. Vermont 64, Norwich 4 Washington 69, Idaho 4 was ington &

Western Maryland 48, Catholic 37. Western Teachers 83, Havana 56, Wheaton 61, Lake Forest 47.

UT-OF -PAWN— Men's SUITS, TOPCOATS

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“ All contestants—both novice and}

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Adrian, - Mich, and|} 1% came off with a substantial 60-37|Ch

130 (at the half, 25-11. Boaz Johnson led |, 185 the winners with 14 points. °

2 Pro Basketball

1082| g{1} Blueher, St. Philip, Men's Club

ihe o 65, Muskingum

and Harry Collins.

READY TO PITCH LEATHER . . . The Douglas-Hil PAL club ut amateur boxing ‘on its program in a big way this winter and a “young army." training sharpening up for The Times-Legion Golden Gloves tourney. Instructors at the "combine" club are Jack Durham, Douglas Community center, and Lee Bess, Hill community center. The PAL offer is- Jesse Francis. In the picture, Durham, extreme right, plays teacher to a squad of mitt slingers. At the bag is Richard Gray. Included in the "gallery" are Arthur Boyd, Fred Helms, Harry Wood, Clarence Foster, Leon Hudson, Leo Cash, Fred Wellington Jr., Joe Haskins, Lemond Murrell, Curtis Bush

as been in hard

circuits produced some fancy scoring.

Bowes Sealfast had 962, 1079, 998— 3039; Stumpf Bros. produced 966,

nected for 949, 1005, 1054-3008, and Marott Shoes continued its heavy b scoring with 983, 1023-966--3000 * Charley “Tray, one of the city's —~~m¥eteran pastimers, produced the best individual series of the evening, when he connected for 211, 235, 242-688 to lead Indiana Fur to its big Indianapolis league series. Stumpf Rolls 674 Louis Stumpf’s 222, 194, 258-674, the second best, also proved helpful to the Stumpf Bros. in its big Senn

~ BOWLERS (MEN) Charley Cray, Indianapolis Lou Stumpf, Indianapolis

688 64

Bob Shaw Indianapolis Don Johnson, Indianapolis Everett Tames, Water Co. Leindecker, » phat Side Merchants... Gomer Alred.”

Janape Carl Shaffer, Lan Ben P. ae Red Stuart, 3 Indianapolis 635 Red Abell, St. John Evange coor 634 Dscar Bernard, West Side Merchants 8

659 657

K. Ralph Eback, West ide Merchants. . Howard Caulfield, Pederal Employees Jess M dianapolis 61 ank's 86 Service...

"Indisnapous avy ans L. & Mixed :

Carl Zeichert, Pederal P. Berberdick, West Side Merchants Art Baker, Indianapolis 60

OTHEE LEADERS (MEN)

Geo. Johnson, Eli Bide John Henly, North Side Bugene Railley, Indpls. Lee Stegmoller, RAV John Hartman, Inter Cab

Tom Kelly, Pun Bowl Class Norb Wuensch, Indiana iy Mixed. . 35 Huston Patterson, Diamond Sham . 582 Harold Schlenz, Central R bi Morris Land, International Harvester 576 Bob Carnagua, Rost Jew 576 Ww. AASInas, Antison Executive va dann ~ 38 Dr. Johnson, Medical Art edo Jr., Howe Men's "400. mn Electronic... o.oo. 1

«os 563 Ray . al Mi 560 Harold Goldsmith, . 4 Sinclair, Herfl-Jones Mixed 387 Bill Coffin, Junior C. of C.

Don Breunig, Farm Sec. Mixed rere 38

Pin Teams Back in Form To Count Fancy Scores

By BERNARD HARMON

Wednesday bowling leaguers had evidently regained their form In last night's sessions as the Indianapolis and Ernest Johnson Coal Co.

Although the Indianapolis failed to present a 700-shooter, five of the loop's teams had 3000 or better totals in their session at Pritchett’s. Russet’ Cafeteria was the top team shooter with 998, 1082, 10503139;

| zohmson helped Bowes Sealfast with

other soloist over 650, had 651 in

.Fonnie-—Snyder- 4nd Don standing with 868, 950, 8052713.

Last Night's Bowling Leaders

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600 BO {Betty Shipman, Ernest Johnson Coal. PFonnie Snyder, Indianapolis ........ + 667 ann y Seipman, BH Coal

651 | Mary Baas, Jou Johnson Coal

" 598 | Helen Schmidt, . 38 ty Murray, . Stewa 391 | Tr

Turnups, Flashes Are Table Victors

In the regular weekly games in the Wednesday Night Table Tennis league at the Dearborn hotel courts, Turnups defeated Midgets, 10 to 6; Flashes downed the Devils, 10 to 8, and Upsetters and Rocketeers tied at 9 and 9. The Turnups are out in front in

the six-team loop and Charles Dorsey of the Devils is the leader x diyidual standings.

TEAM STANRINGS

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series of 667 and 657, while Bob Shaw connected for 659 for Bar-, Everett Tames he

the Indianapolis Water Co. loop at! Turnups West side. Rookateers "- Betty Shipman and Ann Crull Fla . continued their heavy scoring, contributing a pair of 600’s that boosted Mechanic's Laundry to a 979, 941, 930—2850 in the Johnson loop. Miss Shipman had 232, 214, 184—630 and | Ea Ai Mrs. Crull 206, 199, 200—605. Sally Jim 8h. Twyford's Comets also were out-| is

Ed Hancoek Gerald Cobhee

Norman ‘Cobb, Tink<Belt 600 Chas. Bokbe, Pidelity Trust. Mixed. . WLERS (WOMEN)

hnson 500 BOWLERS (WOMEN)

Johnson Coal TO Sohason Coal.

OTHER LEADERS | Genevieve Gill, L. G. 8, Mixe 499 Wm. H. Block Mixed :

| one Davis, North Side Peg Farrell, Cont. Optical Mixed .... Beulah Deerburg, Eingan & Co

Mar reste ret Leona ixed. . off, Fidelity Trust Mixed .... rm Bureau evra 488

Edn Virgin a Udling,

New Engineer Aid ATLANTA, Ga., Jan, 16 (U. P.).—| Ray Graves, former University of | Tennessee center, today has been | appointed line coach at Georgia | 1 'Tech,

“It burns him up to think about the time and steps he wasted before he began using the Yellow Pages.”

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tets in the running for the title won last year for the first time by Franklin township, Decatur Oentral and Warren Cenclash in the first game tonight. Davis and Pike township meet

Spetivay are matched n

Speedway and Pike ate ‘the only teams of the nine competing who never have won championships.

Southport Leads List Southport leads the list with eight titles, three of which were won consecutively in 1932, 1933 and 1934. Decatur Central ‘has six cups to the Hawk's credit, “also being winners of three straight. This does not include titles taken by Valley Mills and West Newton before the schools were consolidated to form Decatur ‘Central. Here's the list of former champions: 1920—Southpert

[19%4—Southpert

1931—Valley Mills* [1935-—Decatur Cent. 1936—Ben Davis

1923 Valley Mills 1987—Decatur Cen 1924—West Newton® 1938-—Decatur Cont. 1925—~Warren Cent. |1930—Southport 1926-—Seuthport 11940-~Decatur Cent. 192%—Warren Cest. |1841—Decatus Cent, 1928—8outhport M2—Decatur Cent. 1929Ben Davis I be Cent, 1980--Ben Davis 1944—~Lawrence Cent. 1931—Beech Grove [1915—Ben Davis withport

1 i 1933—Southpors pn Bi : as Decatur Cent. While the county tourney is the choice morsel on the high school menu hereabouts, city quintets likewise are carded for some interest. ing action,

Shortridge Plays Rockets

Shortridge, for example, will -be revenge-bound when the Blue Devils take on ‘Broad Ripple tomorrow night at Tech gym. That loss last Saturday to the Rockets by one point still rankles. Sacred Heart goes to Crispus At-

THRRE HAUTE, Ind. Jan. 18 (U. P.).—Play in the 123-team Wabash valley. high school basketball tournament between Indiana and Illinois

_jquintets starts tonight at 14 of the

15 sectional centers. The tourney got under way last

43 night at Washington, where there

will be no games Friday night. The other--sectionals- will play {enight,

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+. By BOB STRANAHAN Marion county's traditional county high school basketball tournae ment, in operation for 28 straight seasons, gots started tonight at the

There's a lot of history behind thé meet and no time since the first one in 1920 has the field appeared more evenly matched.

The consensus is that the tourney is wide open with at least six quine

Week's City, County H. S: Net Schedule

. TONIGHT County tourney.

TOMORROW Broad. Ripple vs. Shortridge vs, Tech. . Cathedral at Cincinnati Elder, Sacred Heart at Crispus Attucks. Tech at Anderson, SATURDAY County tourney. Howe at Columbus. Manual at Tech. } Washington at Franklin.

tucks for another city rivalry cone test and the Tigers will be trying to make it 10 straight tomorrow night, Tech Has Pair

Tech's East side sniper's are slated for a pair of games. Coach Herman Hinshaw's boys travel to Anderson tomorrow night for a» North Central conference engage ment and then play Manual on thet home court” Saturday night. Cathedral and Howe have road engagements. The Irish go to Cine cinnati for a game with Elder tdmorrow night and the Hornets travel to Columbus for a game with the Bulldogs.

+ Continentals Tirumph Washington's Continentals turned something of a mild surprise last night by trouncing Crawfordsville on the local West side court, 56-41. The Athenians took an eanly lead and the advantage ‘changed twice before Washington went ahead to stay at 8-7. The Continentals were in front at the «quarter turn, 12-9, and at the intermission, 25-18, They widened the gap to nine points in the third period, 36-27. Bill Nieman of Washington led both

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Valley Meet Is Under Way

Washington Catholic, rated a tourney darkhorsé, won its opener last night, defeating Epsom, 55-38. Loogootee beat Montgomery, 35-21,

and Odon topped Alfordsville, 20-11, Terre Haute Garfield's unbeaten | Purple Eagles, who open tonight

i Fontanet. at Terre Haute,

are- favored to-succeed Linton ss ( Valley champions,

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