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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
‘SPORTS ROUNDUP Satans,
By. EDDIE ASH _
AA CLUBS READY + + » All the Owls and the Irish next year , master minds in the Amer ican Admirers have presented Trojan Association for 1948 now have been Coach Jeff Cravath with a new Mned up and are looking ‘ahead to auto and if he beats: Rice and ND Sweating it out in the dugout when next fall they'll probably make ¥ a the bell rings .for another cham- Constellation. pionship race. Presider Frank C. Lane, who directed the
sn » THEY GET TRA: EL SICK , Indianapolis’ professional boxers don’t have any luck on their pil-
league expertly grimages out of the Hoosier state. and- efficiently + Three local pro pugs invaded | last season, his St. Paul the other day and gained first. thinks the nary a victory. ... Frank Rand |
and Harold Green lost by TKO andq Troy Gray was decisioned. . Better, hang up the gloves, |
caliber of bal) will improve all over the circuit. He plans to bear
down ain t raxips v2 Vous? the loi oa Frank Lane LIVING IN LUXURY . ‘ University of Michigan. football)
speed up play after succeeding in shortening to some extent the hour time of games in 1947. . . . The A. A. posted a flattering over-all attendance record last campaign and naturally Prexy Lane hopes to “up” the gate again in '48. . .. There will be five new field pilots, which is unusual, in a one-year span. . .: Only holdovers are Harry Liebold, Louisville; Nick Cullop, Milwaukee, and Harold Anderson. Columbus. «. +» «+ The new strategists are Al Lopez, Indianapolis: Dick Bartell, Kansas City; Frank Shellenback,
team, en route to the Rose Bowl to battle USC on New Year's Day, is Araveling super class on the Sante Fe Super Chief, . . . The Wolverine party is occupying a special 10-ear section, . .". The Maize and Blue band polished up for the trip by practicing in a Willow Run airport hangar. . . . The band learned a new “1-2-3 Kick to the drums" routine, a step adopted from the British Royal Grenadier Guards.
” ~ » JUST LIKE. SPARMATES . .. The Detroit Red Wings and the
i is; ; ore, To- \ ledo, And Waller Aston, St. Paul Chicago Blackhawss of ihe Na- . . Alston is a comparative un- tional Hockey League have alknown to ‘American Association ready met six times this new ice fans. . . . St. Paul newspapermen season. . . . What kind of a sched-
ulevis that? , , Detroit has won all six games. . . , The Hawks are running last and have only wen five games in 24 starts. , . . But Windy City fans show up and pay to watch the home boys lose.
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had a rough time digging" up data on Alston when his appointment was announced He's been buried in the little minors in the Brooklyn chain. . . . Although he’s only 36, Alston will not be a playing manager. ... . He's a high school teacher during the offseason in Lewiston, O., and is a graduate of Miami of Ohio University.
2 Nal ¥ TOO MUCH * PEED . . . Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn's first sacker, had a bone growth removed from a toe. He pilfered so many bases for the Dodgers last season that maybe while burning up the
cry TOURNEY Teel 18, Silent Hoosiers 15. Howe 3%, Sucred Heart 36 Shortridge 39, Manual 26. OTHER micH SCHOOLS Avon 36. Plainiic Franklin 43, Shelbyville 36 Washington 48, Linted 39 Newport 54. West Lebanon Parker 47, Cowan J2 Terre Haute Gerstmever 48. Terre Haute
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State 40 aths he picked up a pebble that Concaii®6n 35 Prairie Creek 27, . = . Bridgeton 34, St. Bernice 26 stuck to him like a leech. . . . I'S Cory 52. Pimento 32
Elkhart 41, South Bend Was ah ngton 36 Middletown 50, Mooreland Centerville 51, Union City 3s Evansville Bosse 46, Boonville 41 Evansville. Lincoln as, Mt. Greentown o Lapel 23
TATE SLLEGES Indiana 59, Pa {Chicaze) 40. Miami (0.) 5. Franklin 4; Anderson 30, Olivet (Mich.) 60, Ohio Northern 64, Indiana Tech 44 Indiana State 38, Eastern HNlinois 35. all State 79, Manchester Indiana Central 33. Oakland City 61.
THER COLLEGES Mieftigan St ay 43, Michigan 38.
bad news for National League cal~hers mext year, “ow that the ebony speedster-is having a reape Job on i dogs. ama SS a CHAMP BLFORE THE Ww AR . Ollie Tandberg, t'-e Swedish hea'yweight boxer, is in. America and hopes evertually to ge’ a crack at the world’s crown. . . e was Euro-
Olynipus 22
pear Golden Gloves amateur king . v3. Detroit »8 prior to the global hostilities. Nebraska Weleyan 43. Doane 57
Th. Swede is receiving a good press Washington State 38 Manhattan 54.
on his visit here but close fistic Utah. State 3i, Ashland SA. oe | Steiner experimented with his Coach Branch McCracken's Indiana University basketball squad observers think he's still some dis- Marietta 57, Denison 54. (lineup most of the way, and a Shor¢- showed why it's called the Hurrying Hooslers last night, coming from
Kalamazoo 45, Alm
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City Toumey Fans Number Only 3000
Spartans, Manual Silent Hoosiers Out
Tonight's Schedule
6:30—Tech vs. Cathedral. 8:00-Crispus Attucks vs. Wash-
9:30—Broad Ripple vs. Howe.
By BOB STRANAHAN In retaliation for the new 10-cent transit fare which went in effect today, a big chunk of Indianapolis basketball fans had the knowledge that they must have cost the street
railways a pretty penny for empty
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busses at the Butler Fieldhouse last
night. The line of vehicles waited in vain for the crowd to pour out from the city tourney and finally took off toward the smoghdund downtown area populated largely only area populated largely only by the drivers. The crowd. just wasn't there. Tourney ticket sales amounted to only about 1900 in advance, and there couldn't have been over 3000 on hand for the initial session last night. Athletic Director’ Sam Kelley of Howe said the fact that fans knew there'd be no Saturday night final session hurt the advance sale.
Favorites Win
in each night
instance adin rather hoShortridge went the farthest since the Blue Devils fand Manual were in the thin lower bracket. Coach Jerry Steiner's team reached Saturday morning's semi-finals in the 38-26 conquest of the South Siders The Blue Devils popped awav fo a 16-5 leadership in the first eight minutes and Manual hever was able to catch up after that. Shortridge got only four points in the second
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worse and managed only three, Manual outscored the Satans in the ‘third session. 10-3, but Short-
iridee again assumed the upper hand
* Maryland 53, Virginia Military 46 | |
tance from heavyweight utle Georgetodn 0. Cedarville 48 : a apita ilmington 39. timber. West Virginia ¢8, North Ss ” ” Wooster 62, Grove City 42
Vanderbilt 71. A hy 49.
. THE DEEP-FREEZE BOWL ¢ « . The National Pro Football League championship playoff game is to be played in Comiskey Park, Chicago, on Dec. 28 Snow shoes or ice | skates for the players? . . . It. “probably will be just as warm in Alaska on that date.
» » " THE TROJANS DON'T SCARE « + . The Southern California football team goes on the theory that if you don’t succed the first time, try it again . .. the American way . . In regular season play this year the Trojans won seven games, tied
Tulane 44, Wyoming 3 Western Reserve 63, Fenn 26 Western Maryland 51 By timore 49 |Creighton 52, Rice 43 Beloit 65, Marshall 60 (overtime), Connecticut State 54. Ithaca 41 Toledo. 68, Western Michigan 49 Wichita 45 Oulver-Stockion 43. Texas 812-C.C 58. Cornell 11a.) a, Y Non Cent ral 48 Transylvania 61, Oberlin n Missouri Mines 58 Scott “Fela 27, Kansas Wesleyan 103, Missouri Valley Kentucky Hardin-Simmons 59. New Mexico Southwestern Texas 70, Hardin 31. Bradley 50. San Francisco 43. Elmhurst 49 Lake Forest 38 Hop e 83. Adrian 38 Lo well Textile 68, Suffolk University 33 Boston College 68, 51
Trinity (Conn.) 72, Bates 54. Coe 55. Simpson 44 Texas Tech 53, New Mexico Aggies 40. 61
Westminster 75. Geneva
Georgia 62, Thatianooga 34.
| Blue Devils he used looked the most diana State edged Eastern Illinois, sity Heights gym as the Grevhoutits | polished players of any seeing ac- 58-35,
in the final quarter. Juggles Lineup
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information that “he never did
na State 64. have his strongest combination on
the floor at the same time.’ wouldn't know about that, but the
{tion in the opening session.
7 Wesleyan 55, Morehead State 54. TD® summary: H
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y rit i d lost one, to U. 8S. Coast Guard 49. Colby 38 ! cne, with Rice, an o n St. Cloud Teachers 51, St. Johns (Minn) Notre Dame . . . So the determined 49 Monmaith (II) 49 Towa Weelevan 42.
Trojans have reschaduled both the 5000 50 ‘South Dakota 42
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their game with Howe last night.
How They Got That Name
behind five times «to overhaul a stiong Loyola University of Chicago quintet, 59 to 40, at Bloomington,
70-60 triumph at Olivet, Mich., In-
Ball State remained un- racked up their fifth victory in nine 0, beaten by handing Manchester a games. Bill Harmon of Oaklan 79¢48 lacing, Indiana Central out- City, however, was the evening's
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| Jealous Riggs..and Kramer Awaiting Tennis Battles
Give Each Other Terrific Buildups Before’ i | Opening Match, Dec. 26, in Garden
| NEW YORK, Dec. 19 (UP)—Cocky Little. Bobby Riggs and Big Kramer were giving each other a terrific fle knocking out each others. brains with-a.pais-ef-tennis racquets.
[cross-country professiongl tour which will take them to 60 cities wi four and a half months Australian Dinny Pails and Ecuadorian F. cisco (Pancho) Segura will go along rrr retell
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They'll go at it Th-Madison Square Garden on Dec. 26 in opani-:
buildup teday—preparé'
John BSgicklemire, SPARTAN FIELD GOAL~That hand you see nearest the ball is that of Bill Enqelking of Sacred Heart, pushing in a fieid goat for the Spartans during the second period This was one of eight he scored, but Sacred Heart Il Tost, 57-36. Going up into the air in an attempt to guard him is Jay Gould (No. 3) of the Hornets while Joe Pirtle (No. 30) waits for the ball to drop through.
Hurrying Hoosiers Show PBelloise Favored In Garden Bout
NEW YORK, Steve Belloise, Bronx middleweight, i
In other state college games Franklin lest a 54-47 tilt at Miami was favored at 7-5 in heavy vetting Jf We University (O.), Anderson bounced back into the Victory column With 8 today to beat Tommy Bell, welter-
weight in their 10-round bout at Mad- {3 a/lson Square Garden tonight. Because of Bell, the price was expected to J
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was Shortridge's leading point- scored Oakland City, 71-63, while leading scorer with 19 points. | getter with 11 to his credit, while indiana Tech lost to Ohlo North- | Johnny Wilson's 20 points on 10 shorten before ring! ime, : ; % ‘Don Liggett got seven for Manual. ern, 64-46. field goals and nine free throws were = Bellows: veo J oe i |" . Rolling to its third straight vic- too much for the Olivet quintet as ig @ he will have * En ad- § | Shortridge (39) | Manual (26) 1o0y gi Louie Wilh a strong sccond- the Anderson Ravens ‘scored their vintage of about nine’ pounds; and 13 TAILORS Rah. 3 “Pn : 3 1 3 half rally, Indiana gave the Loyola third victory in four games. <3). Bell has the pe a of be- # TAILOR Rogers. ¢ 2 3Glass. cD 0 1quintet its second defeat in 11 Franklin held a slim 25-24 half- ing a Slaybov § business 1 4 gmiind. 5 2 3 3starts. time lead at Miami “ast night and a hoy who won 10 of his 1 i : ex" o 8 Poole, f | i ] 3 3 The score was tied six times in then lost in the final seven minutes Bouts in 1947 a iB Sout 160 Jf Levinson, g 0 2Roberts. £ 0 1 othe first halt as big Jack Kerris as Miami's center, Bob Brown, to- pounds to Bell's 151 “Stunning Beda 28 2 2kept Loyoin i the running with taled 18 points for the evening. Steve Jost Urls vear only to: Al Ho. : Cldrn. g 1 0 0 push shots t Charley Meyer and VE ———————————— stak. former middleweight champ. i Totals 38 iors i pial ©1881 0 Armstrong Took control of the ND to Retire [Eight of his victories were knock- i Shortridge 184 8 11.70 backboards for the Hoosiers at the bouts. Manual Mi addins 1? 8-38 giant of the second nalt and 1v Williams Trophy | A crown of 10.000 and a sate of it Bod, ooburity by 3 ooie 3. Ralph 4, WON going away MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 13 (UP)— 840000 are anti ipated for the oar. B ~ Horneis Triumph, 57-36 ithe Dan Rister wis Wah oot The Henry L. Williams Memorial den’s last fight of the year. bi Howe advanced handily through g .... » ef FL W Trophy, emblem of gridiron su- - 18 the Brst round with a 57-36- vie- O05: 3 sophomore from ayne. premacy, will be retired by this MINNEAPOLIS Jackie Graver 130 G tory over Sacred Heart and will helped: with 13 and Kerris scored year's unbeaten Notre Dame f[00t- Epokane Wach, do : J moan, M1 a
meet the Rockets of Broad Ripple in tonight's top attraction. The Hornets swept. ahead at the start, 14-5, and had a healthy 10point leadership at the halftime, 24-14. ; During the third stanza the Irvington lads outscored the Spar-| tans, 17-12, and reserves more than | matched Sacred Heart in the final period. Inability to tally from rhe charity stripe proved costly for the, Spartans. They might have made] it - considerably closer had they counted a fair percentage of the 11 they missed. Bill Engelking did his best for a! losing cause and connected for 17|
points to be the game's leading sniper. Summary: | Howe (5%) Sacred Heart (36) | it pt fg 1 pt Gould, 'f 2 0 2 Schaefer f 1 5 3 Spiess, 1 5 0 4 Condon, f 0 0 0 Stewart, ¢ 4 1 1 Weingardt, ¢ 0 2 1 Pirtle, g 1 1 4 Mappes, g 3 13 Edwards, g 3 1 1 Riley, § 0 00 Stutz, g 2 3 4 Pickard, ¢ 0 6 0 Bruckman, g 0 0 1 BEngelking.f8 1 2 Dennison, g 0 3 3 Hogan, g 0 0 1 Thomas, § 2 2 1 JEngelking, el 1 1 Barnhart, g 3 0 0 Hardwick, £ 0 0 0 Totals 2213 21 Tolam 13 10 11 ~- Score hy Perinde Howe 14 10 17 18.57 Sacred Heart 8 9 12 10-38 Pree Throws Missed — Weingardt Schaefer 2, Mappes, B. Engel king 2, Gou id J, Stutz 2, Bruckman, Thoma Officials—L. N Phillips had George
Bender. Tech Wins Easily
Tech opened the night's hostilities | with an easy 48-15 victory over the| Silent Hoosiers and 12 Greenclad | netters saw action in the game. | The East Siders jumped ahead in the first period, 14-3, and rolled their leadership to 26-5 at the intermission. Reserves were in and out of the lineup almost all of the game and it was difficult to judge the real strength of the Big Green team Coach Herman Hinshaw.put on We; court. Guard Gordon King did most of the gunnery for the Tech team] popping six fielders into the nets) for 12 points. The other scoring was fairly sevenly divided. Sum-|
mary: Tech (48) Silent Hoosiers (13) | ft p A pf Pollom 0 0 Bortwell 1 1 Py Kelly, t i @ yors 1 0 6 Kearns, ¢ 3 0 0 Wooten, ¢ 2.0 1 Aldridge, g¢ 2 0 2 Moers, § 0 10 Ring. 6 0 0Gall. gr eo 20 Rel bd £ 2.0 4 Hasbaugh f 0 0 0 Kurtz, g 0 0° 1 Hagemeyer, £0 1 1 oepke. | 0 0 0 LaValle, g 1 00 ge. ¢ 0 00 ! Albright, 0 0 0 ine, § 2 121 | 4 201 | Totals 23 210 ‘Totals 3 8 8 ~8core by Periods Tech 14 12 11 11-48} { Stent Hooslers . 3 2 4 8-15 Pree Throws Missed--Myers King 2 a meyer, Wooten 2. Gall. Poilom ack O'Neal and C. N. Phi
two freshman stars, erts and Dwight Swails of Franklin Club. Township. The {wo first-year play- it two other years and now will ers hit for 30 points at the Univer=- retain permanent possession.
13 for LoYola and missed seven free pall team. | throw attempts. The trophy is voted annually Indiana Central was paced by ils to the top team in the nation by Wendell Rob- the University of Minnesota “M"” Notre Dame had received
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