Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1947 — Page 7

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Purdue Whips Michigan

CHICAGO, Feb. 18 (v. P.) ~Indiana strengthened its cnt ta third y place in the Big Nine basketball race Mst night with an overwhelming: 69-43 victory. over the tallend Northwestern clubs as

Purdue also won home games to bracket of the conference standings. The Cophers defeated Iowa. > downed Michigan at Lafayette, 50 to frwaed Minnesota by winning held fourth place while Purdue forced Michigan into a deadlock for fifth,

each with four triumphs in nine | incl games. Min Ralph Hamilton was the spark purd

for the Hoosier victory. He tallied

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hit on 38.1 per cent of his shots from the field, His scoring raised him to 134 for the season, an averof 16.75 over eight games, and gave him third place in the Big Nine individ scoring race.

Never in Trouble

Indians never was in difficulty with the Northwestern five and led

Jowa boasted the night's highest scorer with Murray Wier, a slim ttle pointmaker, who netted 30 counters against Minnesota to come within one point of tying the Goph-

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mark of 31 was set Saturday by Jim McIntyre, the Gopher center, against Purdue. Wier's efforts kept the Iowa club in the ball game. Minnesota had & 28-27 halftime edge, but Iowa rallied early in the second half to go ahead. Minnesota pressed the issue until nine minutes remained and then tied the score, went ahead and stayed ahead. McIntyre took the honors for Minnesota with 19

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Ehlers Breaks Loose Purdue and Michigan fought an-

other blazing ball game. The lead

a dozen times in the first

half, but Captain Paul Hoffman of

Purdue scored eight points in the opening minutes of the second period to give the Boilermakers a 35-25 margin. Then when Michigan pulled closer, guard Ed Ehlers broke

, loose for a 14-point spree to put the

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game on ice. Ehlers totaled 23 points while Matt Supruhowicz was hight for Michigan with 17. The firing left McIntyre in: first place in the individual scoring race with 168 points and an average per game of 16.8. Wier took second with 144 and a 14.4 average, while Bob Cook of Wisconsin was third with 137 and 13. Hamilton's total of 134 was good only for fourth place, but his average of 16.75 was second to McIntyre's. The Indiana ace has played in only eight games compared to 10 for Wier and Mcintyre and nine for Cook.

Irish Sink Nearly Half of Shots

SOUTH BEND; Ind, Feb. 18 U. P.).—The Notre Dame basketball team, using reserves during more than half of the game, surged to its 15th victory of the season in 18 starts by beating De Paul, 80-43, before a crowd of 4000 here last night. Johnny Brennan, freshman center from Bedford, Ind. paced the Irish quintet with 23 points as Notre Dame m#ié better than 49 per cent of its shots:to win as they pleased. The Irish jumped into an 11.7 lead after seven minutes of play and never were threatened. Bren~ nan spearheaded a drive during the next three minutes while De Paul was held scoreless to. make the count read 23 to 7 midway in the initial stanza. Notre Dame reserves finished the half and left the floor at the intermission with a comfortable 40-18 lead. Last night's game was dedicated to the memory of the late George Keogan, Notre Dame coach from 1922 to 1943, who died four years ago last night, Feb. 17, 1943. His memory was honored hy a brief ceremony before the game.

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ST. LOUIS, Feb. 18 (U. P).— Ninety-two potential St. Louis Cardinal ballplayers today had the word of two members of Sam Breadon’s far-flung baseball empire that they would not be “working for peanuts.” The players—St. Louis area signers of Redbird minor league contracts—were entertained by Breadon

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INDOOR LINKS LESSON—A new feature of the Central Y,M. C. A. athletic program is g class for golfers. Tommy Vaughn (left) professional at the Pleasant Run course, conducts the class for Y members each Wednesday evening. He is shown giving a lesson

to Harold Schuman of Wanamaker. Schuman won the Y.M. C, A. golf tournament in |946.

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The engine, bell housing, trans. mission, drive shaft and rear axle housing all aré stationary and bolted securely to the frame rails. The wheel base will be a half inch shorter than the 99-inch mini. ymum required last year and the big {reduction in the weight of the car —as compared to those in the starting field a year ago—is even greater

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‘at the Armory. Matchmaker Lloyd| The top skirmish is billed for 10 Carter will send the pair into ac-|stanzas, with Sparky Reynolds, one

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Heavyweights Buddy Thomas of crowd-pleasing Kokomo welter, for 20 effort to make possible faster acWashington,

tion In the eight-round semi-|{of the state’s top-ranking welters, windup. on tap for a rematch against Al MERRILL & McKINNEY Carter also has signed Billy Conn, Dias, of Cincinnatd., A. 1543-649 Fairfield—BR, 8986

than race officials anticipated when they abolished all minimum weight requirements for the 1947 event in

D .C., 8nd Ted|a five-round brawl with Buster Celeration on the straight-aways. ls, young Cincinnati puncher,| Miles, fast-stepping Indianapolis been added to the five-scrap|belter, who is undefeated in six bill to be staged Friday night|previous starts here.

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a yearly deficit (an actual loss of $475,000.00 in 1946) have said, in effect, “A higher fare rate would be dll’ right if the service were better.” We thank the consider; -

What is to be done about it? That question has faced transit companies ever since the first horse car took the rails. It is doubtful if any transit company has found a

ate persons who subscribe to that statement “and assure them and all others who ride our. buses, trolleys wd trackless trolleys that nothing i is being left undone 4 or ? i joke will be left undone to improve our service: aah i Be i

wholly satisfactory answer. Certainly not in these times, when the best intentions in the world as regards service are defeated by the inability of manufacturers to supply transit lines with the vast number of replacement vehicles so urgently needed.

The inconveniences suffered by trolley and os riders, is a condition of which transit officials are only too acutely aware. Certainly patrons must believe that the transit company is not deliberately permitting such

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