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CYCLE DAREDEVILS — Three of five Indianapolis pilots entered in the annual 200-mile national motorcycle road race at Daytona Beach, Fla., Sunday are pictured above, left to right: Rody Rodenberg, Ralph Moore and Eddie Wray. They were enroute to the Sunshine state today to compete in the speed championship. Other Indianapolis pilots entered are Delbert Moore and Lowell Rettinger.

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Daytona Beach

Rody. Rodenberg Won Event in 1935

Bv EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor The motorcycle dare devils are

preparing their wind-cutting twowheelers for the annual national championship 200-mile road race to be run at Daytona Beach Sunday. lis will be represented in the speed classic by five pilots, all pointed up to go after the top laurels in the “Cycle Grand American.” There will be pilots entered in the event from all over the country and when the field- of more than 180 cuts loose the Florida sands will quiver aplenty as the boys throw caution to the breeze and head for home.

down a black-top road and two miles on Daytona Beach's firm

the American Motorcycle Association. Hoasier Lineup The specd specialists enterad from Indianapolis are Rody Ro-

Tighter Control 0f Boxing Urged

State Ring Chairman

Outlines Program Chairman Arch Hindman of the Indiana Athletic Commission outlined today a *10-point program which he said was to prevent Indiana from becoming a “dumping ground for unfit professional boxers.” Hindman said he would present his program to the commission Friday. The program drastic rules on losing and in general. give the state tighter control over the sport. “Indiana must never become a dymping ground for boxers who are past their prime or who have

would impose

“would be retired, and a commis-

sion investigation would ensue after a boxer lost six straight bouts. A commission doctor would be required at the ringside, and he would be the first person to touch a knocked-out fighter, Hindman said. Referees would be instructed to stop fights “too early rather than too late.” . Managers would come in for some points of the program. One requirement would force a state inspector to be present when the boxer signed the contract, to make sure that the fighter knew what pay he was to receive. Seconds and matchmakers would also be regulated and licensed more strictly.

Work With NBA

work with the National Boxing Association more closely. He suggested that lists of licensed and barred fighters, and fighters’ records be exchanged with the NBA and other state commissions. Hindman asked that names and addresses of managers who attempt to book physically unfit fighters be exchanged. Six-ounce gloves, now used by all weights, would be banned under the program. From flyweight to welter, the boxers would use eight-ounce mitts, and all fighters above welter would use 10-

Two Cellar Teams Draw 375 Fans

. By United Press The Washington Lions, who

have stumbled around in the Fastern Division cellar during

their first season in the American Hockey League this year, £till nursed hopes today of abandoning the spot during the last two weeks of the season. The Capital skaters moved to within three points of fifth-place Springfield last night when they unended the St. Louis Flyers, Western Division basement team, 4 to 2, at Washington. Only 975 fans turned out for the game and watched the Lions steadily pull away after notching two goals in the opening period.

in thé National Basketball

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increasingly rude as play pro-

League playoffs

Everybody in Act as Kautskys Whip Packers

By BILL PITTMAN The faint hope held by the Indianapolis Kautskys for a position glimmered more brightly today after their 76-64 victory over the Anderson Packers

Everybody wanted in the act last night as sportsmanship went by the boards in the Butler Fieldhouse. The crowd became

Indianapolis (76) Anderson (64)

denberg, riding a BMW; Ralph Moore, piloting an Indian; Eddie Wray, on a British Matchless; Delbert Moore, on a British Triumph, and Lowell Rettinger, Harley-Davidson, the national tourist trophy champion. Rodenberg won the big classic in Florida in 1935 and Ralph Moore finished second one year. The 200-mile event attracts cycle fans and other sports goers from many states who thrill to the furious speed, spills and all-out competition generated by the perspiring pilots.

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assembling in Florida this week *

The two-century run is charted over a four-mile course, two miles|

sand. The race is sanctioned by v

The Indiana commissioner urged that the state commission

boxers, (gym. . Indianapolis is still 11; games

behind Sheboygan for the last place spot on the league playoffs, but if the Kautskys can stay hot and Sheboygan plays according

for Anderson the Kautskys began to roll. The score at the end of the first quarter was 16-11 in favor of Indianapolis, who never relinquished the lead.

21 for Klier Klier, who was high point man for the evening with 21 points, kept the Kautskys in front during the second period with three baskets. Brian kept the Packers in the game during this round with a pair of field goals and three of his 11 charity tosses. The half ended with the Kautskys atill in command of a respectible lead, 33-26. George Glamack kept the Kautsky ball rolling with two baskets from the floor as the Packers popped the nels for three fielders to get within five points of the red-hot local boys.

Selz and Price Brookfield

wound up the quarter with a pair

—8 {Indianapolis ... .... Anderson . 1

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RESULTS LAST NIGHT INDIANAPOLIS 76, Anderson 64, Tri-Cities 67, Rochester 50.

this summer,

gressed, and early in the second’ fg 14 pf) fg 1t p!| These cycle speed kings are half a near riot broke out as one Nui f 3.3 Si 53Mmenien, 1 § 1 lla real match for the 500-Mile fan threw a lighted cigaret onto Bisa 8 3 } 3| pohutez, c : 3 ] auto drivers when it comes *o the floor almost in the face Coss, 2 0 4Brian, 8 4|courage and chance taking to of Anderson's center Howle Diets. § : 3 i Hargis. . ? 3lget os in front of the Bon he Schultz. Police intervened to'springer,c 1 3 3{ Shipp, g 2 0 3jof the nation’s ace two-wheeler prevent a fight and ejected the Andres,g 1 2 3 Johnson. 1 3 3/“Jockeys.” over-zealous spectator from the ae ir 2a TONE. 0 3:0 2 ys. | Total 30 16 29! Total «33 18 28

Les Fleming Joins Tribe in Texas

been barred in their home states,” |to its average the chances still rochester .... § Hindman said. remain good for the locals tojAnderson ve 18 13 One point of the Prupeand sode grab some of the heavy sugar Toiedo Hog Hit .251 for would bar for six months rs/in the post season games. Use .....iien . who suffered concussions. Their] The Packers. began the ban’ I ie Woiera Diving. '* 19 Cleveland Last Year purses would be held up pending game with a pair of baskets bY minneapolis ............. x5 Times Special complete recovery. Schultz and Frank Brian. Leo oH:Citles Creeeras y 4a VICTORIA, Tex., Mar. 9—Les 80-Day Rest Klier tied the game up at 6-all,|shebovgan ~~ ."" 32 400 Fleming, the big man who is exand after a basket by Rollie Selz INDIANAPOLIS Han to take over the first base knocked-out boxer would

job for the Indianapolis Indians reported to the|

8 FieCities A Oshkosh. score to 49-41 in favor of Indianapolis. It was during this perind that the officials called a long time out as police hustled the irate fan from the fieldhouse. Free-for-All Officials Frank Scanlon and Norris Ward had their work cut out for them during the final perlod, calling 15 personal fouls. However, it was just a little too much for them and the game degenerated into more or less of a free for all. Bruce Hale, who had been practically scoreless for the first art of the game. finally found the mark and hooped two field goals and three free throws for his heaviest inning. Little Brian dropped in five of the charity tosses alloted him during the

TO! 8h Syracuse at Flint,

Fleming, former Texas Leaguer,

hit .251 for Cleveland in 102 games last season.

With ifleming showing up, the

only major player still not ‘in camp is Culley Rikard, outfielder

with Pittsburgh last year. He is expeeted any day. Manager Al Lopez planned four hour drills today, tomorrow and Friday in order to be ready for St. Paul here Saturday and Sunday.

Amateurs to Box At Seymour Club

Eugene Bland, South Side Com-

pring carzp here yesterday and 2 got in a two hour workout.

of quick baskets to bring the

PHOENIX, Arig, Mar. 10 (UP) —The prolonged holdout of New York Giant.shortstop Buddy Kerr was at an end today after the key infielder accepted a compromise salary proposal of about $19,000 by long distance telephone from New York. » . . TAMPA, Fla.—The Cincinnati Reds went on a 20-hit spree that included three homers yesterday to trounce the Philadelphia Phillies, 13 to 3, In the exhibition series opener before 1266 fans. Red homers were hit by Ted! Kluszewski, Clyde Vollmer and Hank Sauer. Kluszewski had] four "hits to lead the attack]

Howie Fox, Ed Erautt and Ed| Lively.

~ ” » CIUDAD TRUJILLO, D. R.— Three young pitchers, Erv Palica, Jack Banta, and Johnny Van| Cuyk, were slated to pitch ‘or the| Brooklyn Dodgers today when the National League champions) begin their exhibition campaign| with a game against the Montreal Royals. The Dodgers will play a night

against a local team. . w -

Bob Walton and Frank Porteous had the first goals and Pat Wilson tallied both of the final markers in the third period. In tonight's games, St. Louis {s at Hershey, Cleveland at Philadelphia, and Springfield Providence.

Podolsky Leads Vote In Popularity Poll

Nelson Podolsgy Is down first place in the Indianapolis hockey players’

to the latest count.

Ranking behind the winger are Clift Simpson, 1733; Eddy Brune- ~ teau, 1277; Hugh Millar, 1049, and

will Sox. $200 diamond ring, Mar,

holding

popularity poll with 2143 votes, according

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— Slugger Stan Musial, who successfully made the switch from the outfield to first’ base two years ago, was headed back to | left field today when the St. T.ouis Cardinals clash with the New York Yankees. Manager Eddie Dyer said he planned to give Dick Sisler, a Card sub last year, and rookie Glenn Nelson, a .871 hitter for Lynchburg, a thorough trial at first.

~ ” - HOLLYWOOD — Nick Strince-| {vich, Elmer Singleton and Vic] Lombardi were to pitch for the Pittsburgh Pirates today in the opener of an 1l-game training {series against: the Chicago White

The Pirates are at full strength

1, when the Caps close theiriwith the arrival in camp of out-

here against Cleveland. ‘fielder Dixie Walker, who said

York Yankees, of the seven men he faced. in camp was shortstop Jimmy Littlejohn from East Texas State Teachers College.

experienced teammates today ater winning a 3-2 six-inning

PASADENA, Cal.—The cago White Sox were pleased today with the first performance of their new rookie pitcher Bill Wight, who helped them end a three-game losing streak by beating the Marine team of Camp Pendelton yesterday, 6 to 2. Wight, acquired from the New struck out four

Latest arrival

game yesterday.

The youngsters’ winn came on singles by winning pitcher Bob Savage and third baseman Mickey Rutner and an error by Rudy York. The its

rough and tumble play.

Buddy Kerr Ends Holdout, Kluszewski Hits Homer

varsity wasted seven of

nine hits behind pitcher

McCahan.

LAKELAND, Fla.—A five-run, gama on Friday at San Juan uprising against 20-year-old pitcher Art Houtteman gave the New York Yankees an 8-6 triumph yesterday over the Detroit Tigers in the first training game for each {team. , Johnny Lindell had three hits land drove in four runs.

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munity Center boxing coach, has arranged a team match between his local lads and a squad of Biugiene fisticuffers of Louisville,

The event is to be staged in Seymour Friday night and each team will have 11 boxers. The Seymour Boys’ Club is sponsoring the show. Coach Bland will take two experienced boxers and nine beginners on the trip, Open class fighters will be Bob Roberts, 135 pounds, and Bud McShay, 1860. Among the beginners will be Bob

Freddie Mills, 135; Don Foust, 135; Jack Martin, 126, and Jim Wilson, 112. The Seymour Boys’ Club plans to organize and enter a team in next winter's Indianapolis Times-Legion Golden Gloves tourney. '

tion to “all comers.”

present time.

Pitching Prospect

Bill Terry,

sippi.

is a cotton broker.

Crull, 160; Sparky Adams, 147;

Coach Bland has facilities to handle additional amateur boxers at the South Side Community Center and has issued an invitaHe has a class of 20 under his wing at the

UNIVERSITY, Miss, Mar. 10! (UP)—Kerr Spead Terry, son of! former New York! Giants first baseman and man-! ager, is a freshman pitching pros-, pect at the University of Missis-| His father who started his| baseball career as a pitcher, now lives in Memphis, Tenn., where he

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Mazurki Defeated In Mat Feature

Lou Thesz of St. Louis required only three minutes of the third fall to surprise Mike Mazurki of Hollywood with a body scissors in the main event of last night's all - heavyweight wrestling show at the Armory.

Thesz won the first fall with a dropkick in 25 minutes and Mazurki evened the match in 11 minutes with a body scissors. Ralph Garibaldi and Ray Villmer, both of 8t. Louis, wrestled to a draw in a 30-minute opening match. Frenchman Felix Miquet defeated Warren Bockwinkel, St. Louis, in 13 minutes with a bear hug in the semi-windup.

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Valpo Cagers Honor Ft. Wayne Players

VALPARAISO, Ind, Mar. 10 (UP)—Two Ft. Wayne basketball

their Valparaiso University teammates as joint holders of the most valuable player award for the 1947-48 season.

Harry Hines, former South Side High guard, and Hank Berning, ex-Concordia High all-city player, had their names added to the most valuable player plaque at the university.

Ferrier, Middlecoff Win 4-Ball Tourney

MIAMI, Fla. Mar. 10 (UP—) Big Jim Ferrier of San Francisco and dentist Cary Middlecoff of Memphis, Tenn., ranked as golfdom’s hottest combination today after scoring a brilliant victory in the $10,000 Miami international four-ball tournament.

The two went to the last hole of the final round yesterday before beating Ellsworth Vines of Los Angeles and Ed Furgol of Pontiac, Mich. Ferrier and Middlecoff each received $1250 for the triumph and Vines and Furgol each netted $750. 1

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* Family Feud. EAST LANSING, Mich., Mar. 10 (UP)—Marvin Mansfield, a tirst base -candidate for the Michigan State College baseball team, has a burning ambition to help beat Wisconsin, one of the Spartans’ big rivals. His father, Art Mans. field, coaches the Badgers. i PP 3 Bele,

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Yanks Keeping Him Jobless 2

01 \ Mar, 10— Louis Norman (Bobo) Newsom,

| self-acknowledged “world’s great-

est pitcher,” blasted the New

is playing dinner at the camp of the Washington Senators. One of baseball’'s most colorful character, the well-traveled Newsom currently is out of work ag he goes through private paces with thé Nats, ‘Dirty Deal’

Newsom puts the blame square-|

ly on Weiss, and he is far from the genial South Carolinian when he considers the report that the Yanks voluntarily gave him his release. .

tract and I've still got it. But I asked Weiss for my release the night of the last World jerias victory party and I've phoned and wired a dozen times during the winter trying to get it. “Think the Yanks played me a dirty deal in waiting until 10 days before spring training opened before giving me my release,” Bobo ranted. Newsom paused but briefly when asked why he didn't want to return to the Yankees, with whom he went last season and helped pitch to the pennant. “I'll tell the world why,” he growled. “Vic Raschi and I won the pennant for them. Their regulars couldn't win and we carried them in when they needed it. So what happened? They had the gall to vote me a three-quarter series share. He Isn't Worried “Why every time I walked out on the field I beat Boston,” Bobo barked with his usual modesty. “Oh, I know it wasn’t the regulars who did it to me. It was some of those guys who sat in the bench all season and pinch hit once a week.” Newsom professes with great dignity that he isn’t worried about getting a job at a recorded age of 37 and a probable 41. “I'll be in baseball and not in the minors, either,” he promised. “I've had several offers which I'm considering. But I'm not out after them. They'll come to old Bobo.”

Fight Results

By United’ Press * 3d NEW YORK <{(Sunnysice Gardens)— Andy De Paul, 150, Cliffside Park, N. J.

gutpointed Danny Ruggiero, 151, Yonkers, HAR RD, Conn.—Dennis (Pat) Brady, 135, New York. outpojnted Pedra Blesca, 136, Mexico cy (10). EW YORK (Park Afena)—James Carter, 132, New York, out-pointed Charley (Cabey) Lewis, 129, Havana, Cuba (10). .

Amateur Basketball

Falrmount Glass defeated Wayne American on Post, 68 to 53, last night, in the Washington High School gym. 1s

try for the heavyweight

Bomber Joe W

{in June, . . . It’s generally agreed

now, that Louis will not retire from the ring if he subdues Walcott and will want a September match with another candidate.

that candidate. . . . Gus is 33 and is finding it difficult to make the official light heavyweight poundage of 175. . . . According to his reasoning, he would earn far more money in a bout with Louis than in a light

Fight fans always are eager to lay it on the line for a heavy-

weight championship brawl but

|are reluctant to pay out heavy “I wouldn't ptay for them,” Sugar to watch light heavies per-| Bobo raved. “They sent me a con- form. . itiring of training drudgery and

. . Anyway, Lesnevich is

would like at least one chance at the heavy crown before he calls it quits in fistiana. . . . A defeat by Charles would just about eliminate Gus from the heavyweight running. . . . He has something there. ’ s » ”

BRIGHT PROSPECT . . . Alvin Dark, leading candidate for the shortfield with the Boston Rraves, was one of the sensations of the American Association last year. ., . . Under the capable tutorship of Manager Nick Cullop of the Milwaukee Brewers, young Dark starred in the field and at bat. « « » He displayed power at bat by leading the league in doubles with 49. . . . He hit 19 homers and seven friples, batted in 66 runs and hit for an average of, .308.

PRO BOXING PROBLEM ... The Indiana Athletic Commission has promised to co-operate with the Illinois Athletic Commission to curb an alleged pro boxing practice in Michigan City. ... Illinois claims that promoters have been using Michigan City to parade . washed-up Chicago fighters as well as fledgling boxers who couldn't even make the grade as qualified amateurs. .-, . Illinois is putting the heat on pro managers and promoters who don’t have a boxer's welfare in mind. x a’. HIGH AVERAGE ... In his Jast year of. collegiate basketball competition at DePaul, Chicago, George Mikan, the beanpole center and tap-in artist, scored 5355 points in 24 games. . . . That's an average of better than 23 a game. . . . He's now one of the key nasketeers for the Minneapolis, Lakers of the National Pro League and is the No. 1 reason for that team’s marvelous

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. . . Lesnevich thinks he will be|

heavy title go with Charles. . . .|,

in the first round by Young Stribling in 1930, Otto fought just one more year and then recrossed the Atlantic . . . He's now the owner and manager of a gym in Norway . . . Young Stribling was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1933. . =» s . BASEBALL RESOLUTION + « « Dick Wakefield, the Detroit Tigers’ high-priced outfielder, who found the big league going kind of rough last season, has set a batting mark of .325 as his 1948 goal. . . . Opposing pitchers have yet to make an announcement. . . . They held Wakefield to .283 in 1947. . = . YANKEE NEMESIS. , . Denny Galehouse learned to baffle the batsmen with a curve ball in his American Association days as a member of the Minneapolis Millers. . . . Last year this “swerve ball” specialist defeated the champion New York Yankees four times . ... once as a St. Louis Brown and three times as a Boston Red Sox pitcher. . . All were complete games.

Bill Cox Is Eager

To Finance Cols

» BALTIMORE, Mar, 10 (UP)— Bill Cox, ex-general manager of the Brooklyn football “Dodgers, wast to seek part ownership of the financially embarrassed Baltimore Colts today when he attended a meeting among several prominent Baltimore businessmen, who are eager to-back the club. ’ Cox, who once owned the tional Baseball League, served

Branch Rickey took over franchise recently, .- b Today's meeting is for the purpose of raising sufficient funds for the Colts, who reportedly lost $166,000 last season in their first year ot operation,

Exhibition Baseball

St. Louis (N) 13, Philadelphia (N) 3. 8t. Louis (A) 7, Chicago (N) 0. ew York (A) “B” 8, Detroit (A) 6. pe liadeiphia (N) “B”'19, 8t. Louis (N)

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