Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 February 1948 — Page 10

H. S. Quintets Await Start - Of Sectionals

- Tomorrow Night

By BOB STRANAHAN Today was the zerd hour in a host of Indiana hifh school basetball camps, for tomorrow the young warriors charge into. a 778-game schedule which will result in the crowning of the 1048 champion on March 20.

ums play will-get under way to-

Tourney Here Opens

In 29 of the state's gymnasi-

e Kunnel Picks Shortri To Win State Cham

“By the Old Kunnel

OR some strange and a bit balmy reason, sportswriters are supposed fo go out on a limb along about this time of year and

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way fo the elbow, the Indianapolis. - If you've

a team to win the annual state basketball tournament. : So, without further ado and after gnawing his fingernails half fo th “Of Kunnel “gives “you Shortridge of

already read this far, you prokably are putting ‘the

paper down with the exclamation that "the guy's c-r-a=a-z-y.

” - » - # "> BUT WAIT. CEASE. Desist and stuff like that there. Have you stopped to-figure that the last two state champions have come directly from the Indianapolis semifinal. tourney? Do you realize that if Shortridge can get through the sec tional, the Butler Fieldhouse will be something of a second “home floor" for the Blue Devils? (They've already won four city tourney games in the place and to reach the semi-final, they would have to win six more on the same Butler court. That's half a season.on one

floor.)

Another angle not .to be overlooked is the coaching side. Jerry Steiner learned a lot of basketball under Tony Hinkle at Butler.and his team is showing the result, I'm sure he can get some

advice any time he wants it from another quy at Shortridge who

pionship Cats Chosen |

A POPULAR JOE~=The New York Yankees’ star outfielder, Joe DiMaggio, signs. autographs for a crowd of young fans at Flamingo Park in Miami where Joe played first base in a benefit game for the Cancer Fund.

Walt Brown Gets High Speed Michigan New 0 Entry Sinks Purdue; IU Loses Too

CHICAGO, Feb, 24 (UP)—The high speed Michigan basketball team held a one game lead on second place Iowa in the Big Nine

nder chase today, and unless Minnesota or, Ohio State can pull an upset 4-Cyli Car Saturday, the two clubs will settle the championship at Ann Arbor Being Built {March 1.

Steady driving on his first ap-| Michigan, BY Sefeating Onis Beate Saturday and Iowa in their a 1 final game, could seize its firs i % Jearan wa lac lana polis. ndisputed Western Conference Tonight's State Card resulted in the selection of Walt cage crown since 1927. Iowa, on| Michigan State at Notre Dame. Brown of Massapequa, N. Y., as the other hand, could share the, Huntington at Indiana Central. : the pilot of a brand new four- title by defeating Minnesota Sat-| "Wabash at DePauw. cylinder race car in the 32d an-|{urday and then knocking down Anderson at Canterbury. nual 500-mile classic here on Michigan. Franklin at Manchester. Monday, May 31. The odds favored both Iowa| Evansville at Southern Illinois. The promising New Yorker,(a0d Michigan to come up to that| Valparaiso at Western Michiwho finished seventh in Milt |inal game looking for a chance gan.

, at the title. Iowa dropped its Marion's Alfa Romeo despite re-io “op 0 ir the Gophers at Summaries

|Wednesday sessions a total of]

{upsetting can be expected later in

night. At the conclusion of the

| 117 hopeful young schoolboy com- | binations already will be sadly on the sidelines to watch the more fortunate quintets-carry on.

No Favorites in Danger

the afterhoon at 1:30 p. m. The others have night games on tap. Others launch play on Thursday: By the time Saturday night's sectional final results all are tabulated, 715 of the starting list will have been eliminated. The

morrow morning: of tomorrow! news a thing or two about the hardwood s of Bob Nipper, of course.

ou ” ou 8 » AN INDIANAPOLIS team never has won the championship, and Shortridge's longest excursion into the meet was through two games back in the 16-team finals of 1933. Tech, of course, has gone further. Don't you think it is about time we get it done? 2 Shortridge. hasn't the impressive winning streak some of the ther teams present: but the Blue Devils have plenty of size, some , fight to spare—and a will to win. That's important,

~The tourney" starts -at-9-a. Mio tomorrow in seven of the two-site, o sectionals. Two more get startéd| good shooters later in the morning and two in| 00.

. “Maybe theirs—and the Kunnel's aspirations—will stop short. Maybe it will be Warren Central or, Washington, or Broad Ripple, - or someone ‘else (could be Tech, too) that overthrows them,

BUT WHEN the Blue Devils ride around Monument Circle | with the state championship shield—don't say we didn't warn you.

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By UP to Win [HSAA Crown

Madison Quintet Lost Only 3 Games

By RE EE ass v The Madison Cubs were picked today by the United Press to capture the 37th annual IHSAA basketball tourney. Ray Eddy’s quintet, among the {best Hoosier prep school clubs all season, has compiled a respect-

the team to beat. } Although they lost {je Southern Conference crown to Lawrence(burg, the Cubs chalked up 17 vic[tories in 20 games for an .850 percentage. Meanwhile, Evansville Central and Lafayette Jefferson, seasonlong front-runners, led the final United Press weekly rankings. The two conference mps, -

{the North Central; shared the top berth &s,thé Broncos moved up, supplanting Bedford, which was upended ‘by Bloomington last Friday. >

Raring to Go . With no title defense putting the pressure on them and with nothing to lose but everything to

remaining 64 will continue into Semifinals follow in four sepa-

out for the championship in the big Butler Fieldhouse here on March 20.

gor the title face the prospect of losing out in the early running, lute in the bulky field. Some

the week, however. The Indianapolis meet starts

the four teams to see action in the opening session were due to

te Minneapolis : 2 to 30 While Obie State (60) “Indiana (4) ] igan fe ore artling I § It p Kurtis- |p ckeyes at Ohio State, 70 to 66, E38 aa | 2 ‘lin their first match. s. 3 Unbeaten at Home 5 rapidly at the Kurtis-Kraft fac-| Thus both the Hawkeye¥ and tory in Los Angeles, and it willi{the Wolverines will be looking be ready for ars test for revenge and more important, - a8 soon- special castings are both will be playing at home. ubs, {Neither Michigan nor Iowa has automo- lost a league contest on the home 23

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3 ol 3! Totals .. 21 18 19 Totals 15 18 27 Score at half—Ohlo State 26, Indiana | Pree throws missed—Donham 4, Schnitt- |

holder 3, Ritter Brown 3, Schvarts 3 is of tubular steel con-|their six games on foreign floors, uteviliz, Jenson, Watson, Herr: call for (sinking Purdue last night, 46 to Rit 3 a

Mayers, 4) er. on all(35, for the fourth victory. In| 3 lm Cutlie. Northwestarn, and year's [addition they have won all four| Michigan EP ut : Purdue a powered by a|of their league games at home. |g : Towa has won two on the road MeCasn: f 0 4

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Michigan had little trouble marron 3 Eliot: Willinme Axess 3,

s, fams, Axness 2 is confident he'll be with the Boflermakers at Lafa- Butchko : : contenders| yette last night. Purdue never carl Johnson. Minot ro ouv And

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forced to stop at|at the half. In the second period the Bollermakers managed toitows ..... come . within five points of the Wisconsin Wolves, “but they couldn't” im- PURDUE © year to make his Indianapolis)” that Su ant, [nnesors debut at the age of 35, Brown| Ohio Stat Whip IU Indi | Northwestern : has been a familiar figure on| NO ile Suiméred ndiana | "LEADING & Eastern dirt tracks since, 1933. Sax x . S: In the first balfi, ,.. ,.. ube . During the 1947 campaign he| the ue s moved to 26-25 half |aemiyre. Minn 10 also participated in seven of the !'Me advantage, and in the sec- Sthuttver OLS 11 © 9 100-mile championship events on od half Indiana could COME Eddieman. BL 10 8 2 the dirt and placed mong the Within only one point of the et Coop whe 1h SH J leaders on all but fwo occasions Nome team. Dick Schnittker net- Harrison, Mich. 10 4 3 2 to win seventh place in the fmal{ 3 29 counters for Olt Ble. © Ritter, Tid.....10 43 37 - dA A point-standing. aaa HL 3d t —e— Hi o {matical chance to tie-for the Big gg ot . 3 cit ehtr$ In he aug oo mile [Nine title by defeating ror | Basketball Results "by Wilbur Shaw, president ana “Western at Madison, 59 to 54. The| STATE COLLEGES general manager of the Speed- | Wildcats, trailing by one point | Obie State os, Indians 45. way. Others already In the field|at the half at 24 to 23, rallied to h :

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Specials with Mauri Rose and|to® 32-24 lead. But after 12 min-| OTHER COLLEGES Bill Holland ‘ utes of play Wisconsin pulled | Wisconsin §9. Northwestern 54 oy Ho Srrvers: Bory No ahea dat 42-40 and althougt Marshall 75, Kentucky Wesleyan 50;

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Senior CYO Finals

Yale 6% Princeton 5. Cliff Bergere and Chet Miller as Nosthwenary held the dead once | LAOATR 00. Qt nian State #1 pilots; H. C. (Cotton) Henning's/ ereafter, Bobby Cook netted Richmond 69, Washington and Lee 57. | a min- | . v WW. V8. Wet 4 twin entry of Ted Horn an | three straight points with 4 | De Rie Sn ser evan u George Connor; and a new car ute left to clinch the victory, {Newberry 49, Erskine 48. being built by Lou Moore-with . Cornea In.) 85 tera ville 3 the driver not yet selected. 2

{ Toledo, 45, Dayton 35. 1 {Augsburg 63. Concordia (Minn) §3

Scheduled Tonight Baltimore 70, Salisbury Teachers 13,

'y S . : . wimmers Win : Sacred Heart and Holy Name Duquesne 44, Geneva 4

John Stephenson .won the 100) will clash toni {Long Island 65, Springfield 60 D ght in the Senior! 2uf cot0% % ns 34 \ and 50-yard free style events and! CYO basketball finals at the Ca-| Virginia Tech 57, Humpden-Sydney 58. ~t ~~ Anchored the winning free styleithedral High School gym at 8:30, ARSrca $4 Loyola Md.) 41. } ¥ " . - exlo relay team yesterday as the Cen-| gacred Heart reached the finals Bradley 66. Oklahoma City 317 Eo} tral YMCA junior swimming yesterday, eliminating Holy| ininglon (Si. Louis 80, Drake 30 vg "team defeated IAC, 43 to 21, In Oposs, 43 to 17. and Holy Nor Ee State 32. Mississippi 8. AR the losers’ pool. o \ y [Colorado 56, Missouri 4 .

pol 8 {ousted Our Lady of Lourdes, 37 Northern Illinois 55, Wheaton 48

* SS {to 25, {idaho State 51, Montana Normal 4) » : Washington 81, Idaho 33 g Table Jennis Results | Holy Cross and Lourdes will Lake Forest 48, Tiinois College 46, i First round results of the Indianapolis meet tonight at 7 and St, Cath- ks Jalsa A

} Table Tennis Court's Past League last erine will oppose Sacred Heart Maryland 6), Clemson 61:

hight at the Dearborn Hotel arborn "» ee M. TM All-Stars 3, Stuck Coal Co Western (At 7:45 in semi-final contests of oeimmome tm Tila so dor 30. Biectric 9, Dade's Market 8, Suiith-Hass- Denver 71, Utah State 54 ler Co. 9, The Hornets 7. yer wo

the CYO cadet district tourney,

IGE SKATES MOUNTED | Tigers Sign Trou; Fight Results =

HOCKEY SKATES (Dizzy) = Trout, veteran Detroit| LEWISTON. Me

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_|Beech Grove have met three mu- % tal rivals and the outcomes have

OF|teams, beating Crispus Attucks si1lby a point and Beech Grove by Ss ta.l12. Cathedral also won from sos both, the Irish taking a sevenS4ipoint decision from the Tigers s40 and a 14-point triumph from the

11irow's second meeting.

4s Shea Holding Out 2For $20,000

* s . | NEW YORK (St. Nicholas Arena) DenON SHOES Only Five Unsigned | mis, Pat Brady, 138 Hartford, Conn, drew p oo With Freddie Russo, 136, Rahway, N. J : Men's Hard Toe DETROIT, Feb. 24 (UP)-Paul| (10)

| Al Couture, 147, Lew. |

wind up preparation in light workouts today. Tech's tall Greenclads oppose the Silent Hoosiers in the opening contest and the team from

Tech has had a spotty record, Coach Herman Hipshaw's snipers figure at leas choice over the State Deaf School representatives. The second game between Crispus Attucks and Beech Grove stacks up considerably closer.

Tigers on Up Beat

|uring. Coach Fitz Lyons’ lads and

been similar this season.

as the initial sessions will serve|nrs Maty largely tp weed out the less reso-|Carty of Indianapolis. Three other IU trustees were absent. It was expected thatythe uni- : versity’s executive committee of tomorrow night at 7 o'clock and, athletic board would make a recommendation

has now power of appointment, but it was believed its recommendation would carry weight. The latest candidate for the post vacated by Alvin N. (Bo) Mec2 Miflin, is Don Lash, former Indie E Side will be a heav, ' Je Yu t to advance. Although ana and 1936 Olympic track star. 3 ‘Lash, now an agent for the ts 1 ti Federal Bureau of Investigation|™eets for a time. at Lafayette, has declined to cona 10-point firm, deny or comment on the matter. reliably that Lash is one of four being considered. McMillin was relieved of his contract last week to become X coach and general manager of . The Attucks "cagers finished petroit Lions of the National Protheir. campaign on the upbeat|fessional Football League. ° 4 with victories over Rossville and 2 Sheridan, two teams rated fairly S'high in their own sectional fig-

tne seca sip ot re mest 36 [UY Trustees to Appoint re centers on Waren 33 0d Athletic Director Today

Five Indiana University trustees huddled on the Bloomington [the best in.the state. campus today to appoint a new athletic director for the school. | A final decision, however, was not expected until late in .the|renceburg are the teams that. deNone of the top-flight favorites evening. pee (he Trustees present included George W. Henley and Dr. Dillon’ ° Shelbyville’s Geiger of Bloomington; John T, Hastings of Washington, Ind., and [champs caught them off balance

gain, the Eddymen are raring] to go. . Madison won the tough Jasper {Christmas holiday tourney, beat{ing New Albany first and Jasper {in the final. Both clubs are among

Franklin, Shelbyville and Law-

|feated the Cubs.

defending state

Mauer and C., W. Mcthe end of 1946.

But it has been learned

1937, a mark that still stood atthe other two outfits bested them

A native of Auburn, Ind. he won the National AAU cross-iof a basketball-conscious family, country individual championshiplare two of the mainstays of for three consecutive years be-Madison’s power. While brother .. The committee/ginning in 1934 and established Don was the Gimbel Award win-. new Western Conference records ner in 1941, Jack has been rated! in the mile and two-mile during/even better. ¢

those years. ’ * After his graduation in 1937, TOP Ten Rating Mr. Lash joined the Indiana State Police as a trooper. But he did not give up.his track competition and competed in national

Bear(s) Trap Set for Longhorn’s Bobby Layne EL PASO, Tex., Feb. 24 (UP)— Bobby Layne, All-America quarterback of the University of Texas 10—Terre Haute Garfield (17-3. Longhorns, was in El Paso yesterday negotiating with George Halas, general manager of the!(17-2); Gary Emerson . (15-5), In 1937, Lash turned in a world|Chicago Bears. record for amateurs in his 4:07.2 mile run. miles in 8:58.4 for a world record. |

Halas hoped to sign Layne to|Chicago ! In 1936, he ran two|the professional footbaal team’ be- Evasville Reitz (12-6), Richmond he was considered a better- all fore returning to a ranch in|(13-7), i Mr. Lash also set a U. 8. rec-|Phoenix, Ariz, where he is vaca-| (14-6), Franklin (16-4), Elkhart Berra. He batted .270 last ‘seaord of 19:17.3 for four miles iIn'tioning.

and eked out a 44-43 victory; and

by three-point margins. Jack and Ted Server, members

(Final) 1—Lafayette = Jefferson (17-3) and Evansville Central (15-3). 2—=Bedford (17-3). $—New Albany (16-4). 4—Princeton (16-4). 5—Lawrenceburg (18-1). 6—Madison (17-3). 7—La Porte (17-83). 8—Ft. Wayne South (17-3). 9—Ft. Wayne Central (15-5).

Next best: Hammond High

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ing junior heavyweight matmen when Matchmaker Billy Thom stages a three-bout pro mat bill, The main event fireworks will be provided when Farmer Jones of Montgomery County, Ark, takes on Young Bull Montana of Los Angeles in a rematch billed for two falls out of three, or 90 minutes. e . Two fast steppers will trade grips in the semi-windup, with Rene La Belle of Toronto, Can. signed to face Billy Raborn of Atlanta, Ga., for one fall, or 45

‘minutes.

The first event, slated to start

pair Tommy Martindale, Milwaukee, Wis,, and Lefty Pacer, Cleve-’ land veteran. It's for one fall, or 30 minutes. >

Yanks, White Sox

Swap Lopat, Robinson NEW YORK, Feb. 24 (UP)—

ing their pitching staff for the 1948 pennant campaign, today obtained veteran left-handed Ed Lopat from the Chicago White Sox in exchange for catcher Aaron Robinson and two rookie hurlers. : No cash was involved in the transaction.

against * 13 defeats with the

(18-7), Ft. Wayne Concordia

{Jasper (12-8), Culver (19-1), Fast been in occasional difficulties with} |Manager Bucky Harris, although

Washington (15-4),

South Bend Central

1(17-8), Peru (15-5). i

seventh-place club last year. Robinson, a long ball hitter, had

round catcher than Larry (Yogi)

Crispus Attucks defeated Sacred Heart, 37-17, while Beech Grove's margin over the Spartans was 47-33. Warren Central won from both|-

Hornets. Thus, the dope would seem to {favor Crispus Attucks in tomor-

| NEW.YORK, Feb. 24 (UP)— {Tt appeared likely today that Frank Shea, ace, pitcher of the world ‘champion New York YanJkees, will not be present when the team opens spring training at {St. Petersburg, Fla., on March 1. | The sum of $4000-—difference {between $20,000 asked and $16,{000 offered—has made Shea, win[er of two games in the 1947 | World Series, a stubborn holdout. Shea won 14 games, lost five last year with an earned run average of 3.07.

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