Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 June 1947 — Page 20

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1 BLUES INVADE VICTORY FIELD — Kansas City is carded to open a series with the Tribesmen here tonight, fend two key men.in the league leaders’ lineup will be First Baseman Steve Souchock (left) and Outfielder Eddie ree-game edge over the Indians, tied for third place with Louisville following the

CHICAGO, June 6 (U. P.).— Athletic spokesmen for Big Nine schools heatedly denied today that “anybody is paying anybody anything to play football” in the Western conference. Some of the coaches and athletic

“ander the tablé” payments to top athletes. He said that State had been refused to the conference beits “above the board” athlarship system. kesmen for some of the Big schools declined comment, reto “get involved in another of those controversies.” The wanted to make several clear: ; : They thought Munn’s state“unkind” and not likely to lead to favorable reaction at a later date to Michigan State's bid to enter the conference. : TWO: Big Nine athletic directors didn't want to increase the conference membership at this time,

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Charge That Big 9 Pays Athletes Starts a Rumpus

THREE: There's no such thing as an athletic scholarship in the Big Nine. . “They dislike our Jenison scholarship,” Munn said. (Under the Jenison Foundation scholarships for room, board, tuition and books are awarded to Michigan State students of “outstanding leadership, mental ability and’ physical strength and vigor.”)

McMillin Says Nobody

|Is Paying Anybody

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, June 6 (U. P.).—Alvin (Bo) McMillin, athletic director at Indiana university, said last night that he “has every confidence” that Big Nine schools yare “living up to the rules regarding athletic scholarships. “And that means nobody is paying anybody anything,” he said. “It definitely is not our practice.”

Stu Holcomb Knows Nothing of Charges

LAFAYETTE, Ind, June 6 (U. P.) —Stu Holcomb, football coach at Purdue university, said last night he knew nothing about charges of Michigan State ® Football Coach Clarence Munn that Big Nine schools give out secret scholarships to their athletes. “Maybe he's a little excited,” Holcomb suggested.

Racing Schedule TONIGHT At Indianapolis Speedrome, U. 8. 52 and Kitley ave., Capitol Midget Auto Racing association. TOMORROW NIGHT Af Raceland, U.S. 67 near MecCordsyille, midget cars. Time trials 6:30 p. m. At Greenfield Midgetdrome, Capitol Auto Racing association. At New Castle, Mt. Lawn Speedway, stock cars. SUNDAY At Rockville Jungle Park Speedway, big cars, Midwest Dirt Track Racing association.

Lanier Ends Holdout

MEXICO CITY, June 6 (U. P.).— Max Lanier, former St. Louis Card pitcher who “jumped” to the Mexican league, was scheduled to end his long holdout today by appearing again with the Vera Cruz team of the Mexican loop.

Amateurs

SOFTBALL Schedule for tonight in the Bush-Cal-lahan Manufacturers league at Municipal

stadium: 7, J. >. Agama a Cununantal cal; . J. Holliday vs. 3 L. Jacobs i Mers ops Mb, card in the Bush-Callahan

eague at Longacre: y / Side Turners vs. Mitchel-Scott; 8:40, Slovenian Home vs. Bakius Tavern; 9 Flower vs 908. —— Roe Capitol City league schedule for Beech Grove: H, Bloc Package vs. Vets Ad H. P. Wasson vs. Stokol

Results in the Em-Roe Civic league at Beech Grove last night: Kingan .8, Yaverwitz 2; U. 8. Tires 6, L G. 8. Clutch 1; Mechanics Laundry 11, Allison 2.

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Bush-Callahan Commercial league scores last night at Munieipal stadium: Memorial ‘Vets 7, Oakhill Ramblers 6; way VPW 8, South Side Trojans 7; oose Lodge 3, Parbasol 2.

Wayne Post won from Robinson-Rags-dale, 12-5, in s Bush-Callahan on

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Defensive play by Ernie Andres highlighted the ninth inning as the Millers were finally turned back. Isenberg’s Hitting - Paces Semi-Pro Win The Prankfort, Ind., semi-pro baseball team managed by Joe Kelly of Indianapolis, opened its home season last night defeating Marion 6 to 4 Henry Potter on the mound for the winners allowed eight scattered hits. Butch Isenberg led the attack for Prankfort with a 390-foot triple off the right center field fence and a double driving in three of the six runs.

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It's a Bobtailed Series, Tonight and

Tomorrow; Tribe Shades Millers, 4-3

By EDDIE ASH, Times Sports Editor This is the one the Victory field customers have been waiting for, Kansas City vs. the Indians, with the bobtalled series opening tonight. And it is ladies’ night at the Tribe park,

Peres Andy Gilbert, the former Toledo

“collected his segenth straight win

a free roll, except the tax,

It's ‘a made-to-order series for the box officd, crowd interest and excitement. The Redskins, now tied with Louisville for . third. \

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2, Castiglione, Guintini. ’ Stolen 5, Wentsel 3, Castiglione.

ses — Brown Moran, Kalin, Weatherly, Pi ~ Nagy, home run; Fetcher, double, - .* . Indian Pitching | W L IP H BBSO 4 00 2 0 17 5 25 4 10 N 3 1 1 3 135 13 2 0 228% § 23 «+3 3 58% 55 3 237 wo} 1 17 15 12 14 3 3-38 3» 13 19 ve 3 5 40% 31 13 M4 1 4 4 38 19 M Ex-Indians: Soriano won 2, Woods won 1, lost 2, Willkie lost 1, Gornicki lost 1.

Johnson Subdues Milwaukee Glub

Chet Johnson of the Mud Hens set the Brewers down in Toledo last night on eight scattered hits and held a 6-1 lead going into the ninth. Then Milwaukee scored twice on Danny Murtaugh’'s homer in the final inning. Two Brewer errors helped the Toledo attack. Al Patterson, although hit hard,

for the Red Birds at Columbus. Kansag City pounded him for 12 ts, but Patterson was stingy in e pinches. Mike Natisian sparked attack, driving home

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I girs. Henry E. Potter, former Indiana

"|Central college athlete, has signed Franklin

high school baskethall up season; Potter has resigned a similar post at Gosport where he had coached the past year, He was net coach at Monrovia from 1030 until’ 1042 when he entered the armed services, Appointed Potter's. assistant is James Stone of Marion, Stone, recently graduated from Ball State, sso, wil dervs as . head football 00a or Flashes, according to John. R. Mase, township trustee. Patter succeeds Angus Nicoson, another Central graduate, who will coach the Greyhounds next season.

Monarchs Carded

~ The season's outstanding Negro American league baseball game at Victory field will serid the Indianapolis Clowns against the Kansas City Monarchs, 1046 champions, next Wednesday night at 8:30. -

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NEW YORK, June 6 (U, P.),—Despite his weight-making handicap, rugged Jake LaMotta was favored at 2-1 to spoil young Tonw Janiro's debut as a middleweight at Madison Square Garden tonight, LaMotta of the Bronx had agreed to scale 155 pounds or less at today's weigh-in, or to forfeit $15,000, Baby-faced Janiro of Youngstown, , 0O., who 1s stepping from the welterweight (147-pound) class to the busy middleweight (160-pound)’ division, accepted formidable LaMotta as his first opponent in the upper bracket only because he believed that Jake would be weakened by their special weight-making agreement.

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