Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1947 — Page 8

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+ ++ matters of driving tests and qualification. But Mr. Boggs his every|I

First, of course’ are the little

right to believe he can endure the

ersonal Grind for 500-Mile Classic Wicrancin Fivi ronal Oring Yor 3(0-Mile Classic Wisconsin Five

Joyri cigarettes, Boggs conserva-

wheel of a heavyBoggs wheeled off 43 1500 miles apiece, the time, he

home. He made 13 such

Figuring in-a few miles for short des ‘or a trip to the store for a

‘worried about such a long ride and wanted to know where the ‘two would be every day. | he was never more than a minute late at any point on the trek and! that often he was 15 minutes ahead of schedule. Driving wasn't always that pleas- | ant. He recalls many nights after| a long day on the Alcan highway when he would have terrifying} nightmares -— when the bed would seem to be rolling yp and down hills| and around urves, The Speedway will be a new ex-

Boggs swears

a, wing-walking, midair transfers and’ \ [the like, ; 3

‘occupy him in the meantime—a Big Nine basketball teams continue

safe like auto racing, to] it

use "Mr. Boggs’. own words. he fa d Tri i risked his neck as an airplane Nee S Fim

He started this occupation dt 14 and did all the tricks of the trade—

Boggs will drive a four-cylinder! Offenhauser-powéred front-wheel drive job on the bricks, ‘and you| Sen Nook lor Sum on Wie track in

I. U's Mathematical Chances Dwindle

about three weeks. ! CHICAGO, Feb. 17 (U, P.).—Six

He has a new business that will|

0 4 AR paint wee By THE KUNNEL

|The Last Tough Tene pie, OLD KUNNEL'S chest stuck out today like a pouter pigeon’s and he whistled Suawnee River through his goatee, : Waving his hand (southpaw, that is) expansively, he explained that only nine pickers in the several hundred contestants submitting blanks in last week's Tough Ten contest had beaten him, _ “Suh, that's a A downright record,” he said.

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No. 1 in the contest: y W. M., BUIS, 2639 , Indianapolis, 3 His only “boot” was in thinking that Noblesville would beat Law-

rence Central. (The Kunnel could have told him better on that one.)

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There wasn't a Perfect Picker in the lot, but one of the more astute of the customers had nine of the 10 correct. Folks, meet Expert

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With local ac Legion. Golden cluded for this | money belters the picture at t! day night. The of a five-bout

business in which he's going to have the conference cage war tonight,

ercules- A perience to him, although he hasito fill orders for several hundred! but title-bound Wisconsin and the! the Hercules

« ¥ Eight of the fans swished through that Tough Ten lis ht Coach | 500 miles. throug ug t with elgl

was in charge

pending the ar-

he has shuttled between Edmonton, Alberta in Canada to Fairbanks,

On and of* for the last four years

out for himself a rigid timetable. That was done as a precaution since he had two passengers whose

accumulated some 14 years of dirttrack “experience in the Middle

stepladders, beds and other house. |rynnerup Illinois quintet will bg idle hold articles. But ‘he won't be do-|to permit contestants to battle only for positions in the center bracket

y rival of Manager Joe DiMaggio Outfielder Joe Diwho recently underwent an operation for the removal of a bone from his heel, is a member of Rico party although the

to per. By BOB STRANAHAN

Dangerous DePauw is the only optrip and to “bake out” before at-| ponent barring Butler's path to an of strenuous eX- indiana College conference undeS to work him- |, crown and the Tigers must

grad but it ) Sone ¢ Son $5 dudlyy ont be met.on their own court Thursday : night. :

eeply concerned about his to round into form required Coach Tony Hinkle's Bulldogs setthe early games of the Amer-|y.4 4own after a rather shaky league campaign . . . BAMES gon gaturday night to blow past usually ‘are played in rugged yw.pach 63-49, before approximately 3500 field house fans. It was the second triumph for the Blueboys over the Little Giants this season’ and their sixth in league play. Butler also holds an early f{rilumph over DePauw. But it came the hard way and the Bulldogs were under no illusions of safety when they started preparations for the contest today. DePauw bowed to Marshall at Huntington. W. Va., Saturday night, 73-58, but this was only the second reversal of the season for Hal Hickman’s charges. Marshall pulled

PLEZEFE] gig’ i ih

Dangerous DePauw Is Next Hurdle for Butler Five

College Net Card

TONIGHT DePaul at Notre Dame. | Michigan at Purdue. Manchester at Ball State. Northweseern at Indiana. Valparaiso at ‘Duquesne. TOMORROW NIGHT

Indiana Central at Franklin. Wabash at Canterbury.

had things well in control the rest of the way. . Fireman Charley Maas gathered 13 points to bring his season's total to 220 and break by three the mark set for a single year by Sophomore

mark if he can keep his basket eye in campaigns to come.

McVey Is High High scoring honors of the even-

away. from a 34-34 deadlock in the second half win. |

sniping from the field, although the! Little Giants put on an amazing act at the foul stripe when they canned 17 of 19 chances.

Height Needed

By BERNARD HARMON; ; Louie's Tavern, a--local aggrege-

ing, however, went to Dick McVey of Wabash with 15 points. He had to be relieved frequently or the

Wabash couldn't match the Butler [Little Giants might have stayed

closer. Franklin rolled to a 66-to-52 victory over Hanover while Indiana Central dropped a to-43 decision to Manchester at North Manchester

It was apparent early that Butler, in other Indiana College conference needed additional height, so Hinkle games Saturday night. The Spar-

tans gained revenge for an earlier beating by the Greyhounds, pulling out’ in front at the halfway point, 28-19.

Biggest achievement of any of | 8

the Hoosier quintets on the Saturday slate was the impressive 70-57 triumph of Johnny Wooden's Indi-

ana State tossers over Western oa

Michigan.

in the championship singles. She

Louie's Tavern Team Grabs Top Spot As Men's State Pin Tourney Starts

| Sally Twrlord to fake over the lead

ALL-EVENTS (Championship) Lucy Court

1632 ALL-EVENTS (Handicap) |

West. Before he decided to get into!ing any tricks on the ladders.

of the standings. Third plage Indiana entertains the cellar-dwelling Northwestern five at Bloomington, fourth place Minnesota engages Iowa at Minineapolis .and Michigan, place, plays at Purdue. . Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota and | Michigan have mathematical chances to tig Wisconsin for the conference crown. The former pair could. gain a share if Wisconsin should lose two of its remaining three games. while the latter duo) would be able to step in if Wiscon- | sin. should lose all three. The chance of either happening was extremely slim. Can Clinch Share

RIVIERA LASSIES—The Riviera club will hold its first annual winter open ‘women's Swimm ; championships: next Sunda y afternoon and will have 12 team members competing for honors. Two of the Riviera swimmers will be Sue Gastineau (left) and Barbare Jungclaus. Both will swim

in the free-style and backstroke °

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of them correct to beat the Kunnel by one selection. They were: Jimmie Phillip Gray, 1502 H ave, New Castle, Peggy Hutchinson, 12 Arcadia pl, Cincinnati. Henry Sommers, Indiana Central college, Indianapolis. Gilbert Barrick, 126 N. Oriental, Indianapolis, Richard Blankenbaker, 6844 Ferguson, Indianapolis, Charles Berkhols, 5030 Bay st, Indianapolis, . Lester LeCompte Jr. 1313 Hoyt, Indianapolis. J. G, Bishop, 1845 Tallman, Indianapolis, Congratulations, all of you, and may all of ybur picks be perfect in the future. pe wae . wn The, Kunnel hit seven of the 10 correct, bringing his season's mark to 73 out of 108 guesses and an average of .676. » Toughest of last week's lot turned out to be the Warsaw-Plymouth engagement, At least that was the one most missed by the dopesters, and that included the Kunne. East Chicago Washington over Jasper took its toll, but nothing like the Warsaw winner. . n » » ” » The old boy comes up with his last Tough Ten of the season this week, since it is all tourney play after this.’ The rules are the same as ever if you'd care to try your hand at becoming the Perfect Picker. Just mall your entry blank or selection on another piece of paper to

The Badgers can clinch at least a share by winning only one contest while a pair of victories will give | ‘them an undisputed crown. Wis-| consin next plays Ohio State at Madison Saturday, and on the home | floor the Badgers have been little short of terrific. = ' They merited that. description | Saturday when they dropped | Northwestern, 54 to 42, in the Chi- | cago stadium as Illinois knocked | Indiana out of second place with | Ia 58-50 victory at Champaign. Minnesota trounced Purdue, 81 to 69, while Towa won its third con<] ference match, 55- to 46, from Michigan. : ! Northwestern, outclassed in the | opening moments of . Saturday's game, came back for a three point halftime margin. But Wisconsin, | led by Bob Cook, rallied in the | second period to win going away | as the slender Badger forward scored 10 points for a total of 15. Mini Win Easily Illinois, too, won easily. The Whiz Kids took an early lead, and | after Indiana crept to within one point, moved away again without difficulty. Ken Menke scored 17 for Illinois while Ralph Hamilton | pitched in 16 for Indiana. Minnesota and Purdue combined to set a new conference scoring mark for a single game with their 150 points. It broke the mark of 141

‘ set Jan. 13 when Iowa beat Minne- | or A es sota, T7 to 64. In addition Minnesota set three fleldhouse marks. California Job | ornia Wisconsin Ilinois

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Short Shots at The Times. They all must be postmarked before Thursday night. » You won't get a new washing machine or even a nickel plated fly swatter, but here's one quiz contest you can't even lose single, let alone double. / : (All Friday games) TRe Kunnel's choice in ‘capitals Your choice

1. FRANKLIN over Connersville .......ccociiiniiianinnsnrenasnanes . 2. RUSHVILLE over Greensburg ..... Best eta ienrana sera aay . 3. WABASH over Alexandria . TIPTON over Hartford City ........... MR aei iain r issn ewes etnies . MARION over Ft. Wayne Central ..........cov0vivvivnnonss “os ROCHESTER over Monticello. .."..... sesabsaves . ROSSVILLE over Crispus Attucks SOUTHPORT over Martinsville . TECH over Kokomo : 10.

Cathedral Helps Shortridge

Establish Claim to Crown

Shortridge could credit Cathedral all the way. Reggie Cross led At-

{with an assist today as the Blue tucks with 17 points.

. : | Sacred Heart also staged a late Devils lay undisputed claim to the | drive to edge the Silent Hoosiers, mythical city high school basket- 36.31, in the Spartan gym. ball championship. "| Warren Central rolled over the Cathedral broke a 41-4] deadlock Bears at Lawrence Central, 40-32, in the closing minutes of play Sat- in the only other game on the city urday night at Tech to beat Cris- and county docket Saturday. pus Attucks, 45-41, and hand the' Final scheduled action is on tap

Sparky Reynold terweight, agair

| cinnati.

Friday night's match at 10 ro his first start b polio benefit s nolds an art thumping, Tt mauler flashed and effective ri cleay. advantage swinger, His 1 Rpynolds estat welter to be re as Indianapolis concerned. Reynolds had at a fast pace setback. Inclu cent - victims Herschel Join Brown, all top pound bracket Reynolds in ou ring.

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3s 379 Tigers their first loss in 15 starfs.| for this week, then Marion county's | Bill Frohliger and Norman Mul-|19 public and parochial schools be2% ler whipped in the late decisive gin battle plans for the sectional of «ss Daskets in a game which was. close! the state tourney.

127 —University of California officials | Miri *** 1351 today began unrolling the tradi. | Purdue ther © 1176) tional red carpet of welcome in an- oN ticipation of the arrival here next 1260 Thursday of big Lynn O. Waldorf ‘ 1233 as head coach of the school's foot- | "3 ball team.

tion, posted a 2833 series in the five. | had 582. man competition of the 27th annual Loses All-Events Spot PR EN RT Indiana men's bowling tournament! pqrg Twyford also lost her all- Nell Schmidt as it opened at the West Side cen- events lead, as Lucy Court turned ‘The series not only gave the route to take the top spot. A new Tavern five the top spot in the leader also appeared in the handibooster division, but was good for|cap all-events, as Rita Maher con-

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Bob Kelly-Larr- Pavey . Joe Pfeister-Norman Kunke Joe Danna-Joe Corsaro John Kiesel-Paul Stemm

(Handicap)

ithe No. 1 spot in the championship standings. A visiting quintet, Goodman's Department Store at Shelbyville, holds the runnerup spot with 2790. Mechanic's Laundry. one of the

jcity’s topnotch feminine combina-| . . The entry totals tions and claimants of many titles, | boxers of all sizes lived up to its reputation in the weights, ages, all worked up to a week-end play in the 28th annual high pitch to shine before the Big woman's city tournament in progTown fans and ‘earn a place in the ress at ‘the Speedway alleys. headlines of their hometown papers. with Louanna Early, Dorothy a8 8 Berkopes and Genie Drexler conLADDER MAN ; , . The Provi- tributing 573, 545, 522, the Medence Steamrollers of the profes- chanics posted a 2561 to take over sional Basketball Association of the leadership in the championship America sent a scout roaming for team event, Marots Shoe Store, in talent and he leading a giant standing 7 feet 1 inch... The cloudscraper is Elmore Morgantha-| Changes in the hapdicap division ler of Amarillo, Tex, who played|of the team event were numerous, center on the Boston college quintet last week's leading Buescher Floruntil scholastic difficulties sidelined |ists being regelated to the fifth po= him and he quit the campus life for [sition in the week-end shuffle,

the play-for-pay game. Lakeshore Team Leads

aut Lakeshore Country Club No. 1,

CUBS HELP ANGELS. . . ; The Chicago Cubs have slashed with an actual 2347 and 495 handi-

their cap is thé new leader with 2842. Sets io? Soring training Jo) Moore Mortuaries, Davis Cleaners off one more. . ... The Bruins and Budweiser Beer also topped the | have ne trouble placing their Buescher total. surplus talent since they ex- Margaret Skelton and Eva Wilthelr farm system, . . liamson with their 1059 clung to ands 4 special efforts the top post in the championship to bolster om hy Angeles club, doubles, but leaders in all other their No. 1 minor league affiliate. minor events changed. ol." ‘A winner in that city is Nell Schmidt and Dorothy Lilly & gold mine. posted a 1034 actual and added a 0's 162 handicap for 1196 and first in HARMESON AND PURDUE. , . [the handicap doubles. Phyllis GanWriting in the Chicago Tribune to-|dolf finished one pin in front of day, Arch Ward, sports editor, who always keeps in close touch with Big . Nine changes in coaching. personnel, said Glen Harmeson, now head football coach at Wabash college, is reported to have the inside track “As Oecil Isbell's successor at Purdue, 0. Harmeson, like Isbell, is a ‘ re Sxaduste and a former star halfback. , , . He is a

gt of Indianapolis Manual.

its three games.

Joe’ Pfeister and Norman Kunkel

ithe actual scoring division by. Bob

defense of its title, totaled 2439 in

| Budweiser Beer

nected for.an actual 1593 and added 234 free pins for 1827.°

. K In the doubles meet ‘at Dezelans,

the second week-end of activity saw knocked from their top position in

Kelly and Larry Pavey. Kelly with

667 and Pavey with 602, combined Leo Ah

for a 1269 and the top spot. Pfeister and Kunkel, however,

clung to their leading position in |p

the handicap division with 1370.

Tournament Leaders

MEN'S STATE Louie’s Tavern

Allled Real Estate ....... .cccoeee0. 3735 Beam's Penn Automatics. ¢ sassensnns 2706 BOOSTERS Louie's Tavern Ayreshire Collieries Uptown Tavern Crosstown Feed Stor National Coal ........coevensneseres WOMEN’S CITY TEAM EVENT (Championship) Mechanic's Laundry TEAM EVENT (Handicap) Lakeshore Country Club No. 1 Moore Mortuaries Davis Cleaners

Buescher Floritss DOUBLES (Championship) Margaret Skeiton-Eva Williamson ... DOUBLES (Handicap) Nell 8chmidt-Dorothy Lilly Katie Hoover-Flo Denny 11 Charlotte Dickinson-Virginia Bittle... Frances Deer-Naomi Snyder 11 SINGLES (CWampionship) Payllis Gandolf ...>...c.. vs SINGLES

Lois Haughton . Rita Maher ..:cou0eesse. waeesesannes Phyllis Gandolf .. Martha Grasto Louise Frey ...

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2833 Webb Spangler, Pleagant

2 | Dale Zapp, C. Y. O.

803 Peggy Eskew, National Coal Mixed ..

48 | Michigan 53, Northwestern 31. 2 Bowling Green (0.) 53, DePauw 23.

Plejster-Kunkel- ...........cce00e.00. 1370] Ivan Lively-Russell Weaver ..

Woeek.End Loaders

#00 BOWLERS (MEN)

John Harris, Teen-Age (Fox-Hunt).. Len Christopher, Fox-Hunt earn, Traveling ...... Ken Christensen, Traveling cone G24 Carl Broadstreet, Uptown Mixed .. 620 Beth- a 620 | «» Traveling , Traveling Susemichael, Trawling Frank Stumpf, Traveling rena OTHER LEADERS (MEN) M. Sourbaugh, Allison Nite Hawks .. H. Schlenz, National Coal Mixed .. 503 Don Pittman, Uptown Mixed . Geo. Simmerman, Wiesman Recn. .. Ed Plummer, Link-Belt

Sunday 6

Francis Buchanan, Bob Lyons, Ft. Square Mixed FE Jas. Shafer, City Walther Mixed .... Claud Miller, Hosiery Workers Paul Brown, Dr. Scholl's Mixed Bud Douthitt, Teen-Age (Illinois).... Loren Pouch, Parkway Mixed J. Kennard, (Ft. 8q.) C. Y. { Jack Hanly, C. Y. O. 8t. Joan of Arc 484 | (Pt. 8q.) 600 BOWLER (WOMEN) Gertrude Bradley, Dr. Scholl's Mixed 500 BOWLERS (WOMEN)

Audrey Suiter, Pleasant Run Mixed AER os Uptown Mixed Ann uglass, Uptown Mixed Ann Bateman, Uptown Mixed . Dorothy Bohlsen, Parkway Mixed .. § Cecelia Voller, National Coal Mixed

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OTHER LEADERS (WOMEN)

1346 - 135, serenity behind him at Northwest | .'1320 ern university, _accepted the post |

26 ilton, acting general manager of 3 | last night in Evanston, Ill, that! | lenge unequalled anywhere.”#

mn sign a three-year contract ‘and se4 | thereby step into one of the most 381(rabid football hotbeds anywhere.

{but Hamilton said they were “in {line with Californid's athletic poli-

Waldorf, with 12 years of coaching |

vacated by the unceremonious firing |

of Frank Wickhort in a ‘surprise! {long-distance telephone conversation 84s late yesterday with Brutus K. Ham-

athletics. In taking the job, Waldorf said |

he was giving up a “sure” job because California presents “a chal-

The 44-year-old gridiron mentor will come here Thursday to formally

The salary terms were not disclosed

cles.”

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Mary Schrader, Ft. Square (8:30).... Ellen Reibell C. Y. O. (Pt: 8q.) .... Cecelia Mootz, Ft. Square (8:30) . Eloise Shubert, City Walther Mixed .. Betty Lou Jackson, C. Y. O. ........

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Wisconsin 48, Illinois 36.

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