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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

SPORTS ROUNDUP

By EDDIE ASH

—— —— TOP BOXING GATES . .. The April 14, they will hustle off to 1027 Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey Brooklyn to. meet their 1947 World heavyweight title bout (10 rounds) Series rivals° the Dodgers, on April held in Chicago, still stands as a 16 and 17; in Ebbets Field, and on! record in boxing gate receipts at April 18, inh Yankee Stadium XX. $2.658.660., . . The 1946 Loyis<Conn That three-game aflair is expected tie ight in New York drew $1925. to stir up the sports goers all over wid, and the Ai Tunney-Dempsey Greater New York floir in ‘hile phis 926 e afleir in Philadelphia, 1 THE POISON ‘BOYS hes the Yankees invade Indianapolis, the Hoosiers Tribesters will have

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Trys to Counteract Role of Favorite

Ed Stewart again =. . These slugging outfielders, up from the PASADENA l., Dec. 23 (UP) Kansas City Blues, made life mis-< California sunshine, the Golden erable for the Indians’ pitchers State's chief* tourist attraction, tothe past American Association da wa just a pain in Coach season Fritz Crisler's sunburned neck as ”" Ie Orit his Michigan gridde:s HOOSII is INT OTHER PORTS through workouts for the Rose Bowl . = : I'here a4 Suga Bow], basket Arie Tunney Dempsey ball classic. 100 Fhe menu In epcler had complaiged upon drew $1 805733 The big upkels. New Orleans calls for a collegiate], rival with his team last Saturin the Meavyweight division when double-header "Holy Cr Viiday that they needed-outdoor work 6 impionship wae at stake and North Carolina State and Tulane, oet in shape for the New Year wnged hands: Corbett-Sullivan Oklahoma , . . North Carolina yy classic against Southern Cali Fitz«tmmons-Corbett, Tunnty- State and Tulane are loaded with {ornia But after two days of Dem Pa (192 and. Braddock- former Indiana high school ars working undsr a bright; warm sun the first tw by K. 0., Lhe @ Everett” Case formerly of ‘he decided that might prove a ers | de \ here was Prank! couche the Wollpack | handicap rather than an asset NOH ding on Den neti and ClHff Well former “Our problem 18 In becoming quick ko. of Je Willard [ogansport chieftain, directs thelacclimated,” © he growled “Thi “The HIN oes. [or Gre ave idden change In weather “ma N over Jack John " " ” prove more harmful than good. The m Jefiries ‘was fot thi RALLY STOPPERS ®&, , Thi |. ". 0. used to the heal” - vhen he wa topped by National League's 1947 double Joined in Wailing Johnsofy lifted the play statistics might be one an Crisler Was joined in” his wailin vn {rom Tommy Burns prior to. swer to the failure of the St. gone (Tug) Wilson, BI ’ Joffre who had been Louis Cardinals to repeat as pen Nine athletic ‘commissions Who . { out of Yetirement Corbett nant winners , . . They grounded ov ited the “closed wa deal Dempsey came close to 1 into 136 double plays despite their yr “(he Pacific Coast Conference , ing the title. the former from reputation as a fast team for the Rose Bowl last vear Jefe the latter from Tunney. On the other hand, the pennant “Sunshine makes the kids laz ' , sn ou winning Dodgers stroked. into 4,4 Michigan may have a tough HELLO, HANDSOME ., , . Boy only 86 double killings . . . That's {ie tting started again,” Wil Meets Girl (plus 999) . . . John- a whale of a difference on said ny Graves, University of Cali- RE } N Attempting-to counteract the role fornia fullback the past season, NEW NET WHIZ . 3 Stick- of 14'.-point favorite thrust upon received the accolade of the lc0. a Joliet IL, Catholic high yp, (000 Le) and Wilson school's bevy of 1000 co-eds as Kehoo product ) being tabbed a made much of the fact po the the team's most “datable” mem- Northwestern University s basket I'rojuns beat Ohio State 32 ber . . . But he also received the ball ace Ask 8 itlel and Notre whileSthe best that Michigan could highest acclaim from his grid Dame He scored 36 ‘points in|, "oo poo the Buckeyes 21 to 0 mates, who voted him the Beary’ he two games, 23 at the expense of |... makes fhe Trojans 11 most valuable player. A real Df Irish quintet : Four of hi points better than my team, doesn't he-man. nine baskets in the ND game were it?" asked Crisler But: nobody ¥ 4 a propemea tron neon TWIT RIN eat hot agreed SPRING ‘WORLD SERIES eat "Coach Dutch Lonberg says Wilson sald- he saw the Southern fter the champion New York Sticklen is a Dead Eye Dick from coirornia-Ohio State game and was Yankees play the hometown In-any point on the floor and is especi mighty impressed” with Trojan dians In an exhibition game at ally gifted al gaining possession of peed ; ctory Field on the afternoon of the ball Bone-Crushing Practice While Michigan worked = here Michig an uintet Gives [Southern California -was up at Santa -Barbara, 100 miles to the ’ north, saying very little but going USC a Bowl!’ Preview {through ~~ bone-crushing = practice

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13 CLEVELAND, Dec. 23 (UP)- Fz zard Charles will meet rue Moore at the arena Jan. and Matchmaker Larry Atkins said to day he hoped the National Boxing Association would recognize the - show = a the light heavyweight championship contest Atkins, meanwhile, was awaiting word: from NBA" President Abe Greene on his. request that Gu Lesnevich's title be vacated becaitse he refused to fight Charles. Charle has been unbeaten this vear and Moore lost. only to Charles in

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6500 Rose Bowl Ducats ™" =z a Go on Sale Tomorrow Walcott Asks Santa i

PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 23 (UP) ? Sixty-five hundred Rose Bowl For Louis Rematch tickets Will Ro on public sale at Bt STON Dec. 23 CUP T=Tersey | 8 a. m. tomorrow in ticket ‘offic Joe Wolcott said today that the only at the south’ end of the. Rose Bowl ‘hristmas present he wants from University of Southern California ! + Clau Mike Jacobs—is a officials announced today tle fig Louis for tly Fick will “sell for $11 =a , world CAVYW boxing crown with @ nit of two to a custom Al [ did pretty well and a Checks will not be accepted, ti { Ks think 1 ought to fight & uid 1 n. I'm willn he said, Untyg officia vd an g Arm wonka he Ne . Haas to Play Third the 6500 tickets to prevent a repeti PHILADELPHIA Dec. .23—Versa-| ton of charges last vear that fewer tile Ber Haas, obtained from che) tickets actually were released’ for. Red will play third base for the | public sale than claimed Phillies next season |

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Pairings Made For Butler's 2 Twin Bills

Bulldogs to Face

Indiana and Purdue Butler's biggest basketball extraveaganza, a “double Jan. .1 and 2, has, caused Coach | Tony Hinkle to schedule a full holi- | day practice schedule for his .Bulldog quintet Winner in two of four games played this season, Butler will meet Purdue in .the opening game, Jan 1, at 7:45 p. m. and oppose Indiana the following "night at the same time, IU and Notre Dame will meet in the second -game New Year's night

and the Boilermakers will © trade field goals with the Irish Jan. 2 in

the second game at 9:30 p. m All 15,052 seats in the Fieldhouse have been reserved for the two twin

bills, Separate tickets are available for each night at $240 ner person Arthur Kendall Butler ticket manager, has announced that

a limited supply of tickets for both evenings are on sale at the Butler ticket booth, the Marott Shoe

Bow, OF ROSES—Bruce Hilkene of Indianapolis

pta the Michigan University football team, re Store and that mail orders will be y roseate replica ni Pasadena Bowl where the filled by addressing Mr. Kendall at 5 y ’ U ‘ {8 toarr C Butler University. VY { es- will play University ot Southern Calito 3 Butléer has no scheduled game ) | HH. 1 F a ) A Nn. the annual Rose Bow! foo tball battle. Present until the double-headers. The other | ina the replica Miss Bet y Vial of Chic ago, Wolverine Schools, however, will wind up their y 1947 season tonight with Indiana at hormore, wr » Head Coach Fritz Crisler looks on.

Michigan State, Notre Dame at Kansas and Washington at Purdue

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| 3 Unbeaten Ciubs, Including Evansville Ris Central, Wiil Tangle at Lafayette Wi nl

By KURT FREUDENTHAL, United Press Sports Writer Indiana will get a preview this week of next February's state high school tournament whem most~of the front-running class break away from conference competition for the annual holiday tournaments. _ There are many first-class holiday. tourneys' scheduled, but the one . at Lafayette appears to have the spotlight. No less than three undefeated and high-ranking prep schools wil. be represented there for

what promises \{o~ be a battle royal pro The Top Ten

for the cup. Jefferson of Lafayette, a perennial 1. Evansville Central lost 0),

the, state title and only member of the North Central Con- Lafayette Seflorson 8-0). Bedford (8-1).

ference still undefeated, will be host

for their sec Packers toni the Butler F The loca defeat the J the closing period when 8 51-47 lead. (won six,

of the affair. But in Evansville La Porte (6-0). x Central, probably the best school- . New Albany. a boy quintet in the state this year, 6. Ft. Wayne Central (6-0). and East Chicago Washington, the 7. Lawrenceburg (9-0). Broncos will’ have two of the finest 8. Princeton (7-0). clubs to contend with. 9. Bast Chicago Washington NG ‘he last member of that quartet (4-0). is TD whose record of three 10. Richmond (4-1). wins against four lossses doesn't Well-regarded: Madison (6-1), rate much of a chance to keep the Muncie Central (6-1), Plymouth . Bulldogs in such fast company. (7-2), South Bend Central (6-1), of their us: Conceded Edge Jeffersonville (5-2), Culver (6-2), are enjoying Evansville Central for the sec- Crawfordsville (5-2), Brazil (6-1), last-place Tr ond straight ‘week in the number Ft. Wayne South (4-1), Ft. Wayne Division. one spot of the statewide United Concordia (7-0), Na Tonight w Press rankings, was conceded the, : visit. to Im edge over the host and Washing- He Sek es rot -way Shgage- Tiros webs ton's Senators on the strength of , Feru and Indi- a Jesgge ©

ts well-nalanced squad inapolis Howe in the Hoosier capi-

tal. Anderson a South ..Bend Central, dropped’ Besides these bigger tourneys, decision the from the undefeated ranks by Lafa-|county teams all over the state exhibition gt vette last week-end, and Elkhart wij) celebrate the holiday season Owner Du will be the two -Eastern Division ith “extra-curricular” hardwood Packer qui "representatives of the NIHSGC in the yetivities. season and

Hammond tourney. But two of the Meanwhile, Lawrenceburg moved squad are t}

Hammond teams w have been Jback into the “top .n” with a rec- ‘Packers are A on Scorin Leaders | WEST POINT, N. Y., Dec. 23 (UP) eliminated when Central and Elk- ord .of nine consecutive wins, and ester for the m ag 4 ‘ Lt. Orrin C. (Qckie) Krueger to- hart enter play. the well-regarded liset was full of place. . The i ay s ed “harles y S nly maté ‘ney ‘er y . "5 NEW YORK, Dec 23 (UP)—Three members of the Providence Reds, 489 succeeded "Lt. Col. Charles R. The most evenly matched tourney powerful teams, just a few percent of 21 game Eastern Division leaders in the American Hock ee Je. retained the Broshous as assistant to the grad- will bethat at East Chicago Roose- age points off the pace: their individ front -runnit on itfions in the loop's individual scoring derby. according “ate manager of athletics at the U. velt where Whiting may turn: out emer Schultz, Ch | 8. 1 ary Academy, according t ave a winner. enapolis, J to. official statietion roleased: loday. S. Military Academy, according to o ha € a winner, ap Week’ $ Leading H. S. p a Ed (Whitey) Prokop, speedy Red Winger, remained al the top of The &ir ahnouncement—by-Academy Sus. The tity -tourney-at-Gary-may Black and ¥ { tot ling 48 points on 25 goais and 23 assist He also led in Perintendent Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. captured by Emerson, but Gary Net Tourneys Black is total woals scored Taylor. Roosevelt may provide some stiff Here are the lineups of important starred last Close behind Prokop was hig Same still topped the goalies. The opposition. . Indiana high school basketball tour- Brooklyn, teammate Rav LaPlant who Pittsburgh net-minder allowed only Draft 3 Buckeyes La Porte's Slicers, who moved up naments this week: ° Mi Calin (i " idl 1 y . : 74 shots to elude Him in 30 game EVET AN . ba (Up)— In the rankings this week by virtue Dec. 26-27, at Hammond—High, Tech boasted 45 pon on 12 goals and o , CLEVELAND Dec “0 (UP) { victorie ver Michigan City and Clark and Noll of Hammond: winners to In one o 33 assist LaPlante’s total assists And claimed two shutout Coach Paul Brown of the Cleveland Of victories o play Elkhar® and South Bend Central in the Minneay tanding was tops: in the. play The leading scorers Browns today announced he has previously undefeated Ft. Wayne re Jound. at East Chicago Roosevelt, high scoring « 1G « { » w " > ” : ki derRrinent z ’ ; Gp * TP drafted three-star Ohio State foot- South, shouldn't have much trouble East Chicago Roosevelt, Whiting, South pulled two ff Sim on (1 d olis oc- Lniianie: Brace 2 +2 ball players who have another year with Rochester or Goshen in the Bend Adams and Washington, Rennselaer, 5 Seond- blace nil ol np on ot An hanap i iff Simpson, ladpl 12 : 44 of college eligibility. La Porte tourney. ' Dec. 26 2. At Lataybtte—Latayette Jef in the Blass cupied thire lace with points Liscombe, Providenc 1 2 2 43 : +ferson, Columbus, East Chicago Washing4p iy I Ye a seri pir ¥idence 31 3 1 Brow nm ade the ansonacenieit Shortridge Favored ton. Evansville: Central, Minneapol orie more than Carl Liscombe, an- Jv€ SHCA 00 0] 6 5 after Columbus reports said the Princ All b t Dec. 26~City tourney at G p sther Provident t Syd Smitl Bede : Sithree— ’ = rinceton will be put to a test| Dec. 27, at South Bend—South Bend 81 to 52, a rovidence skater Ith Eg. Kobussen, 8p eld 2 1 threeHalfback Dean Sensan t1 Evansvill tourney but'Riley. Ft. Wayne North and Central, ’ of Pittsburgh had 40 points to round FP 5 SHEE, ai burgh 30 1 38 1 |baugher, Fullback Joe--Whisler and I ig " i of our Y Wy hawaka, 6-foot 9-inc out the loops. big five.” Fes DS natn 38 | 4 Fullback Ollie Cline—planned to Should get past, either Evansville Ws Dec, 21, at v3 hors—-la Porte, Koches- points. The Baz Bastien's 247 average pér'F. Guutheir, Indpls 7 18 3| play with the Browns in the All; Bosse, Reitz or Tell City, while "ef 052€0,, Evansville_Bvansville Bosse = d, but M H. Fraser, Providence = 29 16 33 America professional conference Shortritize of Indianapolis is after and Reitz. Princeton, Ill C ity. a infhe secor . Don Grosso. St 29 14 19 13 i : artinsville - eymour, REI . 3 Bouts on Tonight's \.'vimaico. Cleveland 71 11 22 33(next year. _ lits second’ tourney Crown in as prankiin, Greencastle, Martinsville: ed 30 to 26 Wrestling Program ? Pro Bask Buddy Knox of Tusa; Okla, and NA Cowboy Len Hughes of Pittsburgh x junior heavyweights, will collide at EN . f e . h FINOTY tf vI1t ‘ ature I + p— Anderson . the Armory t \t in the featured = 3 I — $a Re. wrestling battle of a three-event x Nese? Fa. ud Toledo ..... oll. , / Pink ....... Knox sports 14 wins in 16 previou V starts, while the Pennsylvanian has Minneapolis won 12 of 14 previous. local effort \ Ei Their bout is. billed for two falls | PDTAN APOL out of three, with a 90-minute time iin 1 LS | 1NDIANAPO Billy Rabord of Atlanta, Ga., will Minneapolis face Benny Truedell of Windsor, | Ontario, in the semi-windup, while| {th 8:30 p.m. opener will send Jack ( |Pappenheim- of Portland Ore., against Billy Weidner of Columbus, O. Golfer Locke to Play ~ r ENTRIES n U. S. Winter Meets THE BEER WITH THE MILLION DOLLAR FLAVOR s YORK. Det. 23 (UP)-=Bobby Locke, South African golf champion who finished second among the NON winners of the 1947 Ameri - Ci PGA “tournament circuit with #4 - - 1 ° 1 ea hit of $2432759. has arrived NAME ... wy plan from Johannesburg for a ir of the U. § win meet ADDRESS Locke said he would leave tomorrow night for Los Angeles where = ie he will start his tournament swing testant. A in the $10,000 Los Angeles Open | w Priel)

of what will happen in the Rose Bowl football game, scored a 51-38 triumph over the visiting Trojans at Ann Arbor last night in an Intersectional college basketball game. in other games along the basketball front, Drake University of Des Mommies, Illinois of the Big Nine and California of the Pacific Coast Conference improved already im- . A pressive records with triumphs Drake scored its fifth victory by Wilson Leading 0 ermrcolorado A. & M, 65 to © 44 IHlinos won its filth game In a : 1 drubbing Washumgton State Colle p Scorers I 10-3 a one-sided intersec i tional encounter, and California re ’ mained unbeaten by topping Bay- Johnny Wilson, Anderson Col lor. 68 to 57 lege's high-scoring sophomore who ranked fifth in the nation last year Home Teams Rule held the lead In state scoring today In ether Intersectional battles with 156 points in six games. Seton Hall of New Jersey squeezed Wilson dropped in five field goals out a 46-44 win over Texas A. & M and nine free throws last night as Lawrence I'ech handed I'exas the’ Ravens defeated Earlham, 61 Christian another defeat, 42 to 40. to 57, at Anderson. Wilson's 26Oklahoma drubbed Wisconsin, 75! points-per-game average, however to 49. Denver topped the Marshall ranks below that of Indiana State's ( ere Buffaloes of Huntington, W./ Duane Kleuh whose 137 points in Vi, 69 to 56. Nevada was a 53-48 five games is good for a 27-plus wi wer Springfield, Mass, Col-| average. Kleuh is third in points ole ¢ the game of basketball behind Indiana Central's Woody w mvented, while James Millikin McBride who has scored 151 in of 1llinols won from Arkansas State, nine games 7 Anderson's triumph was its fif'h ant that virtually in six games and placed it In a te e 3 e basketball map with Hanover for first place in the t was returned the Hoosier Conference. Wilson scored v \ nit recent est IT pots iy the second half, nine n that a familar of then he final three minute n \ from eight to 12 Iu another state game last night P er things being equal, Evansville College rapped Oakland Regain Lost Stature City College, 36 to 46 Metronolita college basketball . teams, In. New York City. which Ex-High School Mentor have encountered considerable em- ’ barrassment against foes from the To Coach Texas A. & M. hinterlands his: seabod. “remhined COLLEGE STATION, Tex., Dec eran Ra ; v , 23 (UP)—The task of rebullding the 1081 stature today after turning in \pressive perforavices in a Mad football stock of the orce-proud UaLe Gaggen. double-leador Texas Aggles today belonged to Robr Long~msland Blackbirds: and ert Harry Stiteler, 38, who skyrockI Beavérs from City Cal- eted into collegiate athletics from AL Lors | Might's the ra of Texas high school vast different ORCI Stitel inherited a team “from ha the HON N n that finished the sea{al a son 00 Ww in 10 games , ) Oreron Ut "No { d last week when 4 { frag TH AEM alumni, dissatisfied with * . Alte Was Lig the of the Aggies, boight WW a field UP ct for an estimated “3 £20 0) Vit oO 3 » pla putting Long Anno ney v Stiteler's selecA 1 Black- ton a ead football coach was) i a keepawa mace raav by President Gibb i ang Guchrist of A&M, 1 the last Stiteler was backfield coach last \ ’ g Bank made a S€asqn under Norton { f Eity Collese had things its way State Collegiate fr start toe Ish in an 82-48 cout of Utah ature Lionel Ataneny Basketball Schedule 8 led a diversified Beaver attack wit] TONIGHT 13 points although every plaver but Indiana at Michigan State one of the’13 men used by Coach Notre Dame at Kansas, Nat Holma cored ‘at least one Washington at Purdue. p . Fight Results Amateur Basketball

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