Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 March 1947 — Page 22

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A rough and tumble type of . |srappler

against a skilled and popular matman is the headline offering on the Armory wrestling

drew in an action-producer severs weeks ago. Both and Montana are

well near the top in ‘the junior heavyweight division. The return tussle tomorrow night is for two

undefeated’ here. They are rated|

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Hoosiers are booked as follows:

Fla., today to send them against Jewel Ens’ Syracuse Chiefs ternational league. The Redskins defeated the Chiefs here, 4 to 3, Baturday. In other games this week, the|

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|#'s the Final Week of | Florida Exhibitions: Four With Millers

Manager Brown Takes Over Keystone Sack;

take his Tribesters to Plant City, of the In-

Tribe Box Score .

NT. -_ne w ™ Ee . — THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES _____ = _ ~ MONDAY, MARCH 81, 1947 MONDAY,

card tomorrow. night. _Big-Tim The bout sends Manuel Cortes, Two Veteran Pitchers Are Hit Hard New York, a favorite with local SORE. Pi. ‘Meat 54 Te lity Who H 1 LEES , Fla, Mare (—- r spl even iN “grapefruit : Ju, bY, Sains 2 Mesreasive Youns 8 league” games over the week-end, the Indianapolis Ifidians now face : > 3 the hardest part of their spring training exhibition schedule. Fourteen-yea

the national boys on thhe already Cameron st. The blue-eye months ago, won when he defeate

CHATTANOOGA ri . . . . Tuesday, Columbus, Ga., of the Columbus, O., in Indians are to meet at Victory field| directions. There will be 2400 of them quartered at the three New York race tracks Salis out of three and no time Be league, at LeesbUIB: aes. 3 ap Ro Q ax 3b BThe scores were the next afternoon and also on tarter sends them off and running again at the Jamaica course next Satur- : Wednesday and Thursday, Minne-|Netcher, rf [11108 1 3 oo a SEY the 13th. . . . Pormer Indianapotis| When the starter sends th 9 3 hi do for 18 Gordon Hessell, Chicago, meets apolis Millers at Ocala; Priday, [Sanford io 003 & 1 3 i 3 The other tof dian Red] day, April 5. This will give New York horse players something to do for 189 consecu- |Rod Fenton, Birmingham, and : Santora, 1b [11111] ; 0 3ndians now with the fs re y. Pp) . . : : Billy Brooks, Hartford, Conn open; Saturday and Sunday, Min. |ghrelle If... i 3 2 oo. cock mantle are t pitchers Johnny Vander Meer and| tive racing days, for the outdoor gambling casinos are permitted to operate in New pert: Sun, ob Beronlls fe Todhurs. Pot” eng 00g na ee in Elm Benny |. : : : poses Rene » Toron leita, ’ : 8 ddl, Se York until Nov. 15. other bouts. That's a huge series with Minne- | Petrosky, ss 3330! gem Indiana tour Zientara and catcher Al . Nn » Debonis,’ © dh 1 8-39 4 tral states open The Indians had Vander Meer ’ : apolis, huge for a spring exhibition Hendrix, p ‘3808 00 BUS. O- and the oy ason when . op |play, calling for four games. The|lews If ........... 39 1.201 ; v Ly tr rent ne ome | O1€Wart-Warner Bowlers [Playoff Carded [Versailles Takes Fame of. Arh 8 withthe Mika] ves HORE RS J eer ss sown i developed will wind up the Indians’ exhibition INDIANAPOLIS ] " control. , . . Zientara was develope ® °® i . ) ABR HO AR | § Hancock carried by Indianapolis after the Tribesters L f Bn 4 T H egion Net Meet program in Florida. They will re- |p un 2p I 54%: § Jor and novice ¢ got him out of Class D and he de- in oca 00S er ! e rl | main in Leesburg, however, and | Castl Home, 8 4 : i 3 3 9 3S ccoineq wih 1s erican : ’ | MUNCIE, Ind, March 31.—Ver- practice until April 9, when they Guiting. rf... 00" 3 13 389 {Jean : Yeloped into. one of the Am illes will o North Dakota : 1 § Bowyer, to win ION ont senond JACKETS, . » * By BERNARD HARMON (Sills WHI oppose Neeth: Duksk Ll wil break camp and-Iiead for Indi Man, ib, 0-2 2 3.3 3 § § Jue won the boy Later, he was sold to the Queen The week-end activities in the two state bowling tournaments, in CHARLOTTE on Si tareh Ne ny ATSHOEn on u anapolis. % : 331310 | ¥the central stat City nine. . . . Riddle also was de- progress on local alleys, failed to produce any sensational scoring per. Beca ue e "cu n e gh » au. Sada tiathent Legion basketball A BREWER—Joe Bestudik. The Skipper Plays Riddle, o..! ji 4334 } RK rormeror to © veloped by Indianapolis and sold to |formances, despite a general shakeup in the standings in the women’s jan oy an » » Gar rs chp an a .y " Hiskdor. is bck 1 the A The shortage of high class in. |fumer e “onii3 0 1 3 1 0 § JED nd for the Redlegs while Lakeman was events. ; eorge OUX OF Mamarontes, ite a Stites. Sarved ent jae i outtieider, is back in ihe /Amer- |felders down here forced Manager Behrends ......10.] i888 90 ! 8} champion, in the with the Hooslers on option. Only two changes were recorded in the men's tournament. A new Y. found Timselt wr Hayolt aon oaruey ny tur.| icon association again but not |Brown to get in the regular Mneup Beara’ ._.... 1 8 © § 8 © : OVire 3 a4 . |first-place team headed the standings in the visiting boosters event, I ag Sujesol Memphis dav. In. the shove . with the Indians. Joe, who bat. |over the week-end. He played sec- [Lint » ..... wood 3.8 8.0 8 i mes GREENBERG DAY IN CHI- {yhen Glaser-Taylor of Muncie reg- ae or the 310.000 Charlotte Open go y championship . : ond base against Syracuse on Sat-| Totals .......... 3 8 13 37 15 13 { |] He had to sc The Pirates open | In the-class A team events of| title. finals here. ted in more than 100 runs for |yrday snd h Behrends batted for Pletcher in “fourth, # to win the nati CAGO. . . . istered a 2828 series. . urday and against the Chattanooga ig the 22d ual ) t, Ma-| Schoux came from two strokes| Kenneth Shaw, .who .scored 36 : Beard batted for Woods in eighth. d. elimin - against the Cubs in Chicago on | Bowes Seal Fast of Indianapolis annua .womnen's meel, Ja- * : the Tribe last season, has been |Lookouts of the Southern associa- week-end, elim

April 15 and a group of Indian-

rott Shoe Store, outstanding local

behind to tie Middlecoff's 271. He

points in the final two games, was

| Chattanooga

ham- Fott Shoe Store, outstanding local| behind to tie Middlecoff’s 277. He|points in the final two games, was| ~~ ~~ "= "°° "7 000 0 T08 HE EH | rr | CHALLANOORS ..vonuieiuns, 101 300 203—9 aders 10 the Sham. i i tion here yesterday. The Lookouts Indianapolls ©. ........ i. 012 001 004—8 son of St. Louis apolis fans who are close friends SO re 3 lene fr” Stewart- aggregation proved the best scorers missed a three-foot putt on the|awarded the tournament sports- released to Milwaukee by the won. 9 eX y Runs batted in—Moran 2, Netcher 3, Hancock enjoys SE Siete erotident Frank rc. [Warmer goun Wind won the shams EO rr ee The bu) wanship Touhy. Boston Braves. The Indians now have won only Dt TO ee Seb ' fl overcame a 19-1 EE ae [Loop of te toca] bowser die sot, OF orp rou I Bp of tin Bai me, ot. eon Riggmegongadoniged 0 mn es RE | Mee e “new | ici : of Old Crown Ale & r of oux f ed the final round * * ° ; lost seve hit—Wentzel: Stolen bases—Scott, San- 33" 4 veteran me: the Windy City to watch th vision, which * has concluded its E : Bape : ven u Bues” lift the Nd. . . . It will mark | schedule Ft. Wayne, but it was 10 pins bet-|with a three-under-par 69 while incinnati oun S ar S grape » competition, which is Debonis. Kennedy. ~ Double play-—Senford { $c. A, young Ha Hank Greenberg's debut as a Na- | The best performance of the !eF than the runnerup, Casa Roma lanky Middlecoff, who turned pro- 3 Hot © hot. ; Chattanooga 11. Struck out—by Fletcher ! Jing table tenni tional a” player in regular |weck-end in the minor events was restaurant of Gary. fessional last winter, carded a TL : : th Nl iakinpes Brown's Presence i Bala Tiotnor 5. Hendrix 3, Kennedy : f entered competi season competition. . . . From the |3 1253 by Pete Rice and Alfred Van| Faced by Marta Roberts’ 580, the| An 18-hole playoff will decide the or i % 0 in w o ibs d heup Sled 4 We - goods 2 A a I) . J born hotel, wher reports we hear from Chicago, = |Walle of South Bend, who had 1253, Juintel had 790-801-872 and match today. ; : Bae on Genes ph oy ia ae Kennedy 6 in 4, Lint § in 1. it by | Jin the Wednesds shoehorn will be required te |go0d for third place in the doubles moved into second place. American|{ Finishing in a five-way deadlock TAMPA, Fla, March 31 (U. P.).— Exhibiti Ba ball pes : - pitcherBy yoo ¥ a: OE ins g He practices r squeeze into Wrigley field on that io), | Cleaners of Muncie spilled 2457, for|for second were favorite Jimmy : virion se new to the Indians. ag | ig) Fn gr h ¢ standings. | fourth : | De t of Ojai Valley Cal The St. Louis Cardinals, not entirely 4 He's Getting Ready ply basemen big day. Robert Gause, a 15-year-old Cub blace. | Jemares of Ojai Valley, Her- Boston (N.) 4, Detroit (A) 3 phy-laden man

» ” " ~ SPORTS TOUR TO CINCY... . Bill O'Mara, Indianapolis’ sports urs specialist and director, has an-

Marion pin boy, who, despite his

pound bowling ball like a bullet, got off to a big start in the team events Saturday night with 591.

weight of 90 pounds, throws a 16-|

The seventh-grade school boy, |

A local entrant, Team No. 18 posted 2337 in the class B event jand as a result head the standings of that’ division. McCarthy {Chevrolet of Kokomo retained its { top position in class C. |

| All first placers in the minor,

man ‘Barron of White Plains, N. Y.; Lawson Little of Cleveland; Ed Furgol of Detroit and Ky Laffoon of Chicago. Each showed a 278! total.

happy about dropping a 6-to-5 verdict to the Cincinnati Reds yesterday, . get another crack at the Rhinelanders today on their home field at St. Petersburg. Although the Cardinals picked

ittsburgh (N.) 0. Cincinnati (N.) 6 St Louis (N. 5 New York (A.) 3, Philadelphia (N.) 0 Monten (Int) 6, Brooklyn (N.) 5 (13 nings ®

). St. Louis (A.) 14, Washington (A) 4. Boston (A) 5, New oro Chicago (A.) 10, Cleeviand (A.) 8. lage (N.) 3, Los Angeles (P.C.L.) 2. New fork (N.) 11, San Francisco (P.C.

Brown led off in the batting order and had no trouble fielding the position. He handled four chances Saturday and seven yesterday with-' out a bobble and poked out one hit in each game.

The Indians collected 12 hits, the Lookouts 14. Stan Wentzel slammed out three blows for the Tribe, including a double and a triple. He batted in four runs and scored two

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opponent usually . Next year Han %o defend his bc just as Barclay he’s looking to Junior and men

; | | up four unearned runs in the first|_L) Brown apparently is pointing | himself. Seward Hanc Reds. . . . It will be Babe Ruth Day foley Jy. bg Mutiencs in hs levents in class A and B clung to Spar ky Reynol d S inning, the Reds soon combed the himself up to open the regular sea- Moran Homers * 8 also mentioned in all e parks. . . . The In- Pritchett Bir ea in pd at | their respective positions, the only| , ~ offerings of George Munger and| three hits while leading the Yanks!sun at second or third in the.event| Butch Moran, Tribe first sacker, i capable tennis a

continue his heavy firing. He had

(new leaders appearing in class C. i

May Get Chance

‘| Ken Burkhart for 12 hits, clinch-

to a 3-to-0 victory.

| that no further Triple-A caliber

also “leaned” on the ball and belted

And he saic

er. en the 27th. . . . O'Mara said the | Mary McGann of Muncie took ing the game in the eighth inning It was the second whitewash job |help is obtained before April 16,/a home run and a single. He Ed's name in th eost per individual for the Cincy ay His louie a) 3 i is $ver the lead in class C singles with Af Texas Cr own with a three-run rally. for Yankee hurlers in 10 days. Joe|the American association opening [batted in two markers and scored - fl at Howe high s rip will be $8.85, which includes fo Bin ote of P, wv 472 and Amba Huffman, another Al Libke, who has doubled as a|DiMaggio went "through his first date. two. ‘| so. He's a frest found trip rail fare, a good box enirants of the meet most pop Muncie entrant, posted the best all- — pitcher and outfielder, has been| Workout at Miller Huggins field at| Needless to say, the Tribe bosses,| The Indians tried mightily to pull = Beat at the game, transportation to tran events total of the meet, 1325. HOUSTON, Tex., March 31 (U. optioned by the Reds to the Holly-| St. Petersburg yesterday. Brown and President Owen J. Bush, {the game out of the grease in the 10 Frankli the ball park, downtown after the ae - P.) ~The 10-round feature bout wooq club of the Pacific coast 1A were sorely disappointed yesterday [ninth and tallied four runs, one C Ge game and back to the train at 9:30 State Pin Tourn ament St an din S between Allen McCorvey and |jeague Libke failed to report here KELAND, Fla.—The Detroit (when two of their seasoned pitch- | short of tying the count. agers m. from the Gibson hotel. : ; g A ds. Bios Anapolis| tor spring training. : Hgts Joeperey hea camp ers, Glen Fletcher and George! Ten Tribe rookies were cut ‘ FRANKLIN, I - : MEN’ UBLE ‘ eee northward after | Woods, both took it on the chin loose weekEa MAN AT SECOND. ... SOG: |Pesey HE a. Ee importance among the fight fra-| HAVANA, Cuba, March 31. (U.| losing a 10-inning 4 to 3 strug- |at the hands of Chattanooga. v Ho oe A oe a uw “Manager Billy Herman got into |Bowes Seal Fast (Indianapolis) 31 Po ricbech. Avs ta dias rip; 13 ternity when state welterweight P).—Ed (Duke) Snider, recently| gle to the Boston Braves here | Fletcher was tagged for six hits in lower classifications. Victims of i B5on “the Pittsburgh Pirate lineup Conkle Puneral Home mn dianapolis) . Jose Loc “Anderson. Heien Wiwatoski La. °9| champion Raymond Serrano was acquired by the Brooklyn Dodgers, yesterday. |and issued five walks in four innings|the pruning knife were pitchers Franklin college a Calum xm orte) oan ae i Ta i im. | “1 | i Zaoames Sh Suan planned... . HO Souk Roxworthy Jord padiananeiiy) i Anita Rump-Hiida' Hockmeyer (Ft. 1075 a po deren his champion- | today was being considered by Man A triple by outfielder ‘Bama {and Woods was touched for four Vern Bickford, Bob Haas, Tony 5 Varsity letters

game the other day, replacing Ed slump. . . . Basinski played “Paul

EE Binahorn Ross Pesaro MBendy .............. ley Bows 1058 DOUBLES (Class B)

Edna Kaiser-Margaret Darnell Point) ¥ Crown

Interest in the welterweight title| heightened when Serrano was or-| dered to defend his title by May

|ager Leo Durocher as a first-flight

candidate for one of the outfield berths. Snider collected three hits for

Rowell with Johnny Hopp on base

ing a six-game Tiger winning streak. Big Mort Cooper limited

gave the Braves the game, end- |

| blows and issued two walks in four rounds. Royce Lint, a rookie, | pitched the ninth for the Indians

Granina ‘and Sal Cuttitta, outfielders Lane Shanks, Leon Cato and John Rizner, and infielders

bert, Plymouth; tinsville; Willias Richard Cummi

iis rrinzieton:nan {and allowed three hits and two!Jim Paules, Gordon Urban and Tom last year and he's a good Bisie ReschkeEinora Bullman (Crown —* |88ainst Johnny Dabbs of Beau-|the second straight day yesterday| the Tigers to eight hits ‘in’ nine |runs. Be =, ban Jae Hohnetralte Triple-A player . . . which means Phyllis Makiewiecs rn _. 1028! mont, the No. 1 contender. as the Dodgers bowed to the Mon-| innings. Dick Wak | mets, yllis Maklewiecs-Hazel McFall (Bik- : ngs efield and | Whiteland, anc “there is strong possibility that he Ba Hentai Gay gos) If Serrano disobeys the deadline, |treal Royals, 6 to 5, in 13 Innings| rookie George Vico hit homers. . . . 4 Dallas Campbel “will be optioned to the Indian- ll (GalY) .:xeee #7! the title will be declared vacant.|when Jack Jorgensen singled with berm Andr R cts the Indians ; Sine ~apolis Indians. DOUBLES (Class C) red ie es neje : patrick, Prankli . Wands Klingermann - Anna Ressler Pgs case, a championship bout|the bases Joadud. Sutnelges Pete| 10g ANGELES.—The Chicago , . = Goto) tn 38 bably be ordered bet f Broo: made his first ’ LEO THE MUTE. See me 1283 Lois Brerett ovine: Boke (Vaioaraiso) M8 Dabbe and McCovey, Degas as oo spring during a pod a be Second Plea to Report to Brown p “ref ” he Ines Rogers-Catherine Leth: di t : 5 next sj Posgess x lormed, ‘no silanes 1 SINGLES (Clase en ~ A oCorye aan Jose Yomog Joslerday nies, ae hitiess 0 by taking a 3 to 2 decision from| Tribe Business Manager Ted 8ul- planned to work out with the Buttomment” if he thinks his ques-|Neiner-Winiernot (Hammond)... . 1310 | Rose Prosmity. bute Boo 11 chance at the welterweight crown.| The Dodgers renew their series go armhand Los Angeles Angels. (livan made one last effort today to ler and Indiana university baseball tioner is on ‘the prowl for some (Indianapolis) ....... 1316 Vises Gospola (South Bend) . : with Montreal tomorrow and Jackie Cavarretta had three of the [induce Ernie Andres to join the In- | leams and hoped to be in pretty personal gossip. . . . But Leo is still |p pureon Jr. SNGLESE.. ....... “3 Steril Cauth eon) .- 1 Fast R . 1 obi «to has been. out with five Cub hits and his double scored dianapolis Indians in Florida and 800d baseball fettle when he joins managing the ball club and will|N. Kendall (New Castle) . .. ...... £5 SINGLES (Class. B) st Kunning lexans ison, Whe 's slated to|Tddie Waitkus with the winning|ges some batting practice and reg-|the Indians on April 12, the day eons R. Stauffer (North Manchester)...... 885 (jerry Barry (Gary) .....-... k | ks 3D intestinal disordet, is sla run in the ninth. : . |after they arirve from Florida. the good and weak points|v. Austin (Anderson)... ............ 682 | Bvaiena C --- 30 Break 4 Re ay Marks be he Royals’ starting lineup. ular game action, but the base \ of his team. . . . He said the “most |G (FL. Wayne)........0.0 610 | Eleanor Rosenblatt Busnsvile) sie AUSTIN, Tex., March 31 (U. P.) in she J28 Sfarums "|, The Cubs were at Tucson, Ariz. pall-basketball player's answer was| The Indians play the Cincinnati | Improved” player in his group is ar ! 1000 | nats Jones (Marion)... wee iM ere fo s for| PHOENIX, Ariz. — The New [today for a game with the Cleve- “no” It was the second time the Reds here on April 12 and 13 and Ear! Winterhoff (Hammond) ........ 1960 |Louise Zweissier (Indpls.) ..........,. 514| —There were four new records for land Indi lopen the American association seaa le at ne, taht | Broie. vost Indianapou) ~~~**": 1 1888], SINGLES (Class 0) | the trackmen to shoot at in the| York Giants were back at their Ans, popular athists selected the Tribe SPR Hos SCH esetvintion Seu ve ee Susemich: uncie) ...... sevens today after : ’ a, Xo Bow ht hb das ve have xe (ant 0 Be Fh [Seba Oswell te vel of st-| reine (rieing sh lode MF | 31050, Arh Ceeand [Sry Pt, 13,1, 5 20a “LB on Durocher said. “ can con- WOMEN’S Thelma Appleman (Plymouth) ...... 458 : : . | Indians were battered yesterday, Y 4 dition, Andres said he felt sure tinue ee good and f he oa have TEAM EVENT (Class A) ALL-EVENTS (Class A) Jerry Thompson of the Univer-| the Pacific coast league in Cali Y» |tional Professional Basketball league very little time would be required to

Old Crown Ale & Beer (Ft. Wayne) -. 2663 Shoe Store hi i

yn Patty BStriebeck (Indpls.) .... Lucy Anderson ( orte) Candance Miller

sity of Texas did a mile in 4.13 in anchoring the Texas medley team and set the distance medley record

fornia and were ready to meet the challenge ‘of the Chicago White Sox. 4

10 to 8, by the rampaging Chicago White Sox. ! The White Sox collected 12 hits

regular. Andres, who is under contract with both the Indians and the In-

catch up in baseball, The Indians are depending upon him to play,

rp (Pt. Wayne) ..... . gney, | °ff Mel Harder and Roger Wolff, | gianapolis Kautskys pro league bas- | third base. tic id the world's bantam Ea » 2337 | Evalena a a » & M. broke the Texas I BE running to 60 the hits they have |ketball team, said he would have ” = |Team No. 18 (Indian 5A (Evansville made in their last four games. in with the quintet through | Saraioht ehamuionchin staged im | Goodman Jester (Madison) ......... 2282 | Betty Burnett (Gary) ....... = rday, to rema quin 8 “weight championship staged in Goodman Jester Madison) Ti BR ett {Cary : $42 Tglaps oldest record he mile relay| the Seals yesterday, 11 to 2. Forty-two-year-old ex-New York |the invitational tourney to be played | MODERN “Los Angeles recently, the radie |Shuffman Purniture (New Castle)... 2377 |Bdna Stewart (Evansville) —with a new time of 4:17.8, reduc- BR Yank yd . ’ . MIAMI, Fla. — Managed Muddy ee Red Ruffing pitched the [in Chicago, April 5 to 10, inclusive. | had Dade winning all EVENT (Class ©) ALL-EVENTS (Class ©) ing the record of 4:18.4 set in 1929 . | BMfouneet to |McOarthy Cheveolet (Kokomo)... 2080| Amba Huffman. (Muncie) .... 1325 by the University of Chicago team. |Ruel's St. Louis Browns, who started | first five innings for the Sox, |He painted out that his basketball BEDRO OM the . then was compelled imm URCIE) ......nvuss 2000 . : i i Bp that the verdict went |Ne¥ Court Lunch (Muncie)... rrr: 1000 | Effie Butler: (Culver) orron) .... 1328) To, University of Texas’ football | their spring series with a string of| gave up five runs and was lead- [contract holds him through April

to Ortiz by unanimous decision + «+ » However, some Los Angeles mewspapermen backed him up to “Some extent by giving Dade more -eredit and intimating that Hareld . «received a raw deal

Bong SUNDAY PITCHER .. . In two

_. Abpeatapces on successive. Sundaval ee

( pring, against the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago ‘White Sox, Bob Feller of Cleveland ‘was credited with being the magnet that attracted a crowd of 23,550 for the Cub game and 13,600 for the Sox encounter . . . That's a lot of club money, what with no player payroll in spring training.

ON THE ICE. . . . Indianapolis hockey fans don't “like” broad and beefy Mike McMahon, Buffalo's *meanie” heavyweight defenseman.

art of shooting goals. , , . In Bisons’ eight clashes with Pittsh in regular season play, Mctallied five goals.

. © NEW YORK, March 31 (U* P).— lege basketball in 1946-47 showed frend toward uniformity of style all sections, and team and in1 ability in general reached s ty, it was agreed to-

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league championship. Chicago took the Saturday night by defeating the Oshkosh All-Stars, 61 to 60. The Gears won the first two games of the scheduled three-game series although they were competing without their player-coach, Bobby McDermott, who was suspended for

eastern playoffs last night by winning, 56 to 49, at Ft. Wayne, Ind. The deciding game will be played at Rochester on Tuesday night,

& number of set plays if the fast break failed—exactly the same patfern used by Tennessee, U. C. L. A. and Utah State.

Each team appeared to have tal-

Gears Await Outcome Of Eastern Pro Playoffs.

pions in _the National basketball

league, were ready today to meet the Rochester Royals or the Ft. Wayne * Zollner Pistons for the

western title

Gear center George Mikan tapped

22 points, but guard Stan. Patrick made Chicago's winning point on a free throw with less than a minute to go. Patrick also sank a basket and a free throw to lead a Chicago rally which wiped out!

seSpng.re Siuekesh;. Wow ant phi pmb aokfield- gos,

Oshkosh’s three-point

game.

Ft. Wayne trailed the Royals, 31 to 28, at halftime, but took a 41-to-40 third-quarter lead and won going

away,

lead with three minutes remaining in the

There will be no meeting tonight of the Bush-Callahan Softball association. Next gathering of the group

will be on April 7.

relay. team of Samuels, Gillory, Tatom and Lawler cut seven tenths of a second off the old record of 43 seconds flat. |

Hunchy Signs Again

| reverses, appeared to have hit their stride in the victory. column today as they prepared to meet the Pitts~ burgh Pirates. St. Louis smashed three Washington hurlers yesterday to take an

CHICAGO, March 31 (U, P.).— Bob Hoernschemeyer, former In-

three-year ° contract to. continue playing for -the Chicago . Rockets in. ‘the All-America professional league. : Anderson Boys Win KOKOMO, Ind. March 31.—Anderson scored a 36-30 victory over Muncie in the finals of the invitational] Y. M. C. A. state basketball tournament for boys 12 years of age and under. Muncie previously had eliminated Indianapolis, 66-2.

lyn eliminated Muncie, Ind., 52 to 51, in a semi-final game of the national . Y. M. C. A. basketball

among the most interesting in nistory, with a multitude of very good teams—and exciting, yell-played

United Press nomination for the

tournament here yesterday.

Net Styles Alike the Nation Over

C. N. Y. in the last double-header. Utah, which beat St. John's during the season and then won the invitation tournament, was the people's choice in popularity and

easy 14-to-4 decision behind Nelson |Potter. and’ young: Cliff Fannin.

As -sigtied a Maxk.Christman's three bits lag. thal

{Brownie = atfack on Washington I pitchers Marino (Chico) Pieretti | and Ray Scarborough. > CLEARWATER, Fla.—The New York Yankee's spring record against major league clubs was balanced at 1l-all, as they journeyed here today for another game with the Philadelphia Phillies. a Yesterday at St. Fetersburg, veterans S8pud Chandler and Joe Page combined to hold the Phillies to

Links Crown

AUGUSTA, Ga., March 31 (U. P.). |—~Mrs. Babe Didrickson Zaharias, who has turned the winter golf cirscuit into a one-woman show, boasted her 13th consecutive victory today after coming from behind in a driving rainstorm to win the 11th annual women's titleholders tournament by five strokes. The national amateur champion from Denver shot sub-par golf yesterday for the second straight day and posted a 72-hole total of 304 to

ing, 10 to 5, when Orval Grove relieved him.

10. Andres stated, however, that he

SEATTLE, March 31 (U. P,) —Two Ohio State stars today were hailed as possible contenders for berths on the 1948 Olympic team for their sensational performances in the National Collegiate Athletic association swimming championships. Big Bill 8mith, Hawalian freestyle king, and Miller Anderson, twice winner of the high and low diving championships, paced the Buckeyes to a hard won victory for the national crown Saturday night.

yard and 440-yard frees{yle events. He holds world records in those two races, ’ m0 Smith climaxed his double victory by swimming one lap for the Buck-

freestyle relay. ? Purdue Finishes 10th

In the diving events, Buckeye divers took the first four places in both the one-meter and three-meter dives, nosing out the Michigan Wolverines. : Joe Verdeur of La Salle college bested his own world record of 2:195 in the 200-yard breastroke

2 Ohio State Swimmers

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He 9 SOR NA BE MIA STE

Hailed for Olympic Team

eye team which won the 400-yard|

Le fiw es “Points: were-scored..-as follows: Ohio State 66, Michigan 39, Stnford 24, Michigan State 18, Yale 14, Purdue 10, Washington 8, California | 6, La Salle 6, Northwestern 4, Rut-| gers 3, Hawall 3, Nebraska 2, Iowa State 1.

Union Athlete

Freshman at 30

SCHENECTADY, N. Y. March 31 (U, P)~Jim Schultz of Union

, Anderson successfully defended TIE, morte Aer a] Ee eae bene re Muncie Eliminated |Babe Wins 13th [his 1946 titie on the high and low|may be coliegiate basketballs old-|| OPEN MON.. FR, and SAT. i ) eee . , n on 5 : ; hile Smith won the 220- yer esh- © power on defense, he also knows|Baturday by Rochester, evened the No M ting PITTSBURGH, March 31.—Brook- : ; hoary ho he est piayes and he 15 Only w In NIGHTS UNTIL 9 P. ¥.

man. Hé will be 30 next Oct. 24. One of the few fathers among Union athletes, Schultz scored 168 points in 16 games this season.

North Side Victor SOUTH BEND, Ind. March 31.— Ft. Wayne North: Side high school amassed 67% points to win the week-end indoor track meet of, the Northern Indiana high school eonference’s ‘eastern division. South Bend Central was second with 365% points, and Elkhart third with 32%.

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lored its style to its personnel. St. John's of Brooklyn, with 6-foot 9season. inch Harry Boykoff, Arkansas with of every major confer-|6-10 George Kok, Oregon State with independent (6-8 Red Rocha and Oklahoma, with at the Saraeh either blg Gerald Tucker, each worked nN games or in post- | argfind a pivot and hoped to score giving metro-|on height. : strength from The season turned up no really i great teams, but each of the good

had solid backing of the spec- [defeat the third-round leader, Dortators. |othy Kirby of Atlanta. Mrs; ZaOther good individual perform- |harias had’'a one-under-par 74 for ances were those of Boykoff, who |the final 18 holes, while Miss Kirby scored a record 54 points against [shot an 81 for a 309 total. St. Francis; Ralph Beard of Ken- | —— tucky as his. team dropped St. | 1 / John’s, 70 to 50, and by Gene Rock Robinson and Abrams

of Southern Cal. as his team beat TO Battle for Title Long Island.

most impressive single-gamk pet formance. was that .of six-foot-siz-inch Don Barksdale of U. C. L. A. as his team was beaten by N. Y. U, 66 to 49. He controlled rebounds with tremendous leaps, he was far faster than any other big man seen in the Garden, and he had stamina. But U. C. L. A. .was against N. Y. U's peak game that

‘who saw the Madison with a wininng time of 2:16.8, i : Another performance of Olympic caliber was turned in by George Hoogerhyde, Michigan State freshman who swam the 1500-meter freestyle in 10:442 for a new meet,

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; ; : ORK, March 31 (U, P).— : i t differ-|squads would have been able to hight, and the New Yorkers were| Kentucky was the most sensa- Bo Mareh world wel-{} 9G0PXEAR BALLOON "$f OU Ji] Somme aa-aucies exint in = Ron Apion | escape without disgrace Inst a|passing and shotting perfectly.|tional, in its St. John's victory, | terweight champion, and Georgie |] TUBES, “ : ~ 98¢ ™ " | [Pre-war, top-notcher. Mosl' teams After that, N. Y. U. declined steadily (and most New York writers at that |Abrams, middleweight of Washing. ear’ auto ||| APPIY! Hangar Ne. 6 Stout Field || - (were heavy with freshmen and|to become a major tment, |tims conceded the national title.|ton, D. C. were matched today for 8 v ||] Monday or y eve 7:30 to || | |fophomores, and there Was promise climaxing its collapse by taking | Utah proved such a concept [a 10-round non-tite fight at Madi and Ray Sts. SR, ch Bint HOF any ume

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