Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1949 — Page 24

of ‘Amateur

will be down for the

And as usual, they are expected Many of the youthful boxers, ™ have been in hard. training for weeks and are now ready to step fnto the roped arena and throw gloves from bell to bell in all-out

ment. Since the event is being fought in two classes, Novice, for be-

tim Competent ‘Instructors But the contestants have had ample training under competent instructors and they won't, be nervous for long, once the swinging for “keeps” gets Ande way. First bout tonight is scheduled to go on at 8 o'clock and the tourney officials estimate that from 16 to 18 matches will bel

staged, calling for about three, hours of continuous action for the

} goers. aa youthful fighters hail from

4

* Pairings’ will be posted in. the . #8

All shows at Armory, 711 N, ‘over five weeks. . _ First show, tonight, 8 o'clock.

Approximate 258 Juste a4 2nd over.

"Al bouts scheduled fot three chalrs, main Tight a . Sixteenth renewal of Times-

to Be Scene

The chips the Armory tonight and let the punches fall where they may. 3 The occasion is the opening night presentation of fisti¢ fire — in the 16th renewal of The Times-Legion amateur meet, the winter classic for Uncle Sam's rugged youngsters.

Armory dressing rooms. p. m., therefore, no boxer picked to perform on the initial card will know the identity of his opponent~

efforts to advance in the tourna-|to-be

jonce, win or lose, will rpceive a prize, and when the tournament finals” roll around, all champions {and runnersup in both classes, 32 in all, will receive major awards.

Class will form the Indianapolis team to compete in the annual Tournament of Golden Gloves Champions in Chicago Stadium, Feb, 21, 22, 23.

Golden Gloves Schedule

3 number of bouts tonight, 18.

under ' auspices of Robison-Ragsdale Post, American Times and sanctioned by Amateur

and first row in balcony; $1.50, s $1, general admission; children cents first three nights, dates: Tonight and Jan. 14, 21, 28 and Feb. 4.

: Legion Hodes. basin, for Legion philanthropies and Times Clothe-A-

Bouts in

16th Renewal of Meet

Opening Match Scheduled for 8 O'clock; * 3 Hours of Leather Throwing Assured UH By EDDIE ASH, Times Sports Editor

Golden Gloves tourney lads at

to Hurt. 1 the lid with a slam lam bang.

The tournament weight divi-

sions are: Flyweight, 112 pounds; bantamweight, 118; featherweight,

ginners, and Open, for experienced 126; lightweight, 135; welter« amateurs, many of the “kids” williweight, 147; middleweight, 160; E Jenting before a crowd for the/light heavyweight, 175, and heavyweight.

One defeat means elimination

in. Golden Gloves and no boxer can afford to relax at any time during the three-round, sessions. Close matches usually provide some blistering third rounds as the adversaries strive to gain the upper hand before the final bell.

No Entry Fee There is no entry fee but box-|

ers must furnish their own trunks, towel and ment committee pays the Amateur Athletic Union registration] fee hand bandages.

shoes. . The tourna-|

and furnishes gloves and]

Every boxer who fights at least]

The eight champs in the Open

Pennsylvania St. Competition

Box office opens at 7 p. m. For amateurs

two-minute rounds, to decision

tourney conducted on

Batter up. and player con n.

donning the siiied Shoe

Gutteridge and go

Manager Ted Sullivan

the South, three in the which is a light program. He has hopes, however, of add-

~ the Tribesters already are booked 0 fot four games in the ‘Crescent| ity. The Indians will share the New|: Orleans trating camp with the, since both teams are Pittsburgh Pirate affiliates. Training games are to be played + with Texas League, Southern Association, Cotton States League| * and National League clubs. The threp tilts with the Cin.einnat! Reds are at Richmond, nd., April 15, and in Indianapolis, Sr J r .

L. S. Ayres to Have Indian Ticket Booth

Indianapolis baseball fans who have urged the Indians to establish a downtown ticket office are hereby notified that ts have been completed for this service the coming" season. There will be a Tribe ticket booth at L. 8. Ayres & Co, men’s store, street floor, when the new American Association season rolls around. The Ayres’ department store Is open on Tuesdays through Saturdays, 9 to 5:25. :

ICC Athletes to Get ‘Varsity Awards

Indiana Central College will

banquet for all letter winners tonight in the Lakeshore Country Club, Stan Klos will receive the Mor-| gan medal as most valuable football player of 1048. Those receiv- * ing varsity letters will be: Basketball

Hubert Bastin, James Blevins, Don Jim hy Harley ann, Hoe

mn Bill th, Wendell Roberts, Dwight Swalls and Don Stevenson.

Eddie Raab, Hubert Bastin, John WalJen, Harvey Nol ost, Manford fer, Prank Kattau, Bll Clark, Danny Ruth, Eldon Jebnson snd and Bj McOrath,

Barnes, Marion ee Al Carey, Dill, Paul Eicher,

Tom Calvin Kistler, Don FMeener, : ud Jim on

Wendell Robarea:

joao on Pui i Er Verne Chandler and

Clifford Dietz Heads Hall-Neal Gun Club

"Clifford H. Dietz, 3003 N. Ar-

Gun Chib recently chartered under the National Ring. Asse Association,

Ea Club to i the

Redskins to Play 16 Games In South, Three in Indiana

their spring training exhibition dates arranged § in the malls, the champion Indianapolis

- Indians only oe a x Couple more months to sit it out before

After reporting at New Orleans on Mar. 6, the boys will work. . out under the keen eyes of Manager Al Lopez and Coach Don

through dally, 1-576 nd 17, The Indians willl routine practice \ nil they launch|s rive in Indianapolis from the an exhibition series on Mar. 24. gouth on April 13.

. Business booked 19 exhibition tilts, 18 ins, play the

tion, at a Apri

season wit!

hold its annual sports awards|-

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Tribe training dates:

ing a few more Somewhere Ie Mare oe rt a New Oreams. the trail, probably with the New , . Orleans Pelicans despite the fact Mise Si Tng. at Alexandr a.

31--New Orleans,

e New Orlean April 3° 3, Mobile, Southern Association,

April 8

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vil 13°-Arrive in Indian:

ril. J4--Practice a 42 ISCinemnats eds iT Fog. ril 16, 17 (Saturday and a.

Apr Cintinhat iis, April A) Indians Ro Victory Field, i

April 3 (Tussday)—Opening of A. A h Kansas City at Thatanapols. |

Until 6 |

Glen William Hill,

Armory tonight.

raeshed, checks. Golden Gloves registrations of Joe Williamson Hope on forehead), Charter Deckard and Fred Pope, at weigh-in for Times-Legion tourney opening at the pounds for tha Indianapolis amateur boxing classic. Edward Danny

Indiana Central Runs Wild Sporting Events Here and There, Today, Tomorrow

in a Hoosier College Conference

By BILL PITTMAN In Indiana Central's books Jan. 6 should go down as the night of the Earlham massacre. The Greyhounds defeated Coach Owen Huntsman’'s Quakers

To Crush Earlham, 83 to 59

Woody McBride Paces Greyhound Scorers; Quakers Battle Gamely Against ‘Hot’ Team

basketball game last night,

83 to 59, scoring more points against ‘the Richmond squad than any team this year, The Quakers, who «got off to a

good start before 1247 spectators,

McGrath.f,

fought long and hard, but couldn't] Botetse keep pace with the Greyhounds

who burnt the hoop from

all

angles for a 377 average.

Woody MeBride, a black-haired|y

boy with a built-in range. finder,

scored the first bucket, but Earl-|}

ham took an early lead and held it in a nip and tuck battle until midway in the half when MecBride pushed in two quickies to make the score 18 to 15 for Cen-

tral, -

Dick Robinson, Bill Kiser and a|——

sub named Don Wamsley were

the core of Earlham’'s offense in the first canto.

207.

The Quaker over-

all average was under par at

McBride, 2 Harner, 4 Blevin,g. Kennedy g.

Fentz, 5. . Patterson,f.

ham 3 Ry

Canterbury

Indians Central an)

Stevenson, f, 8

‘throws missed—Central,

1} Miller f. 3| Kiser 1. 3{Jones, 1. 2/Ryan,c. 5! Wamsley, ec.

- © © he bee 8 BIS BS SOOR

2 Brandley, 8. 1!Carnes,c. 0 Honaker,g. 0 Huntsman,g.

| SSBEy SS unupouneR o

4 15 20 Totals 29

STATE SoL18GEs 58, State 46. 80, Rose Poly 37.

Holds Halftime Lead Central stepped up the pace and

began to control both backboards|Al and with McBride fairly sizzling

ran into a 40 to 26 halftime lead. The second half opened withiGeneva

Earlham Center Bob Ryan dumping in a layup, and the Quakers

McBride,

pressed.

Huotington

isona 50, Canisius

seemed to be on the comeback. | Dwight Swails and Duane Robertson, a replacement center, however), potted the score to 46 to 28, just in o show that Central hadn't cooled Nor, or® off. The race was on again. who hit 23 points potted four more looping one st k Yankees wanted panders before taking to thegh ndlans at Victory pench and the Greyhounds were North,!pield but the two clubs were un-| never able to get together on a date.

Bill McGrath

showed off his specialty, drawing Earlham's defense out and then

at sailing in for a tricky lay-up shot.

Harley Griffith, Central center, snagged two buckets in the last

{period and then retired on fouls. Said Coach Huntsman “I have|X)

been coaching the game 23 years

Rt piphis, Southern Asocia-iand I have never been able to ciation, 3 8—Little Rock, Southern Asso-|figure out a defense for the shots 1a ot 8 Springs, Ootton States|that were made tonight.”

Central Coach Angus Nicosen, admitted the 4 | hotter than they had ever been “The trouble is, we'll probably never be that hot again,”

| before,

{he sald.

Greyhounds were

Illinois Wi

Long Island

Muskingum

Ottawa 69, Otterbein

48, 1 inflana Sentral 83, Earlham

50, Catholic University rr Wilson Tehchers 43. Duke 58, Washington and Lee Pisk 48, Rnoxville 46.

Hartwick 3, Illinois Tech 52,

Mi indiana Tech 41,

83, Hillsdale OTHER COLLEGES

Adaibhia 65, Queens College 64. Alabama 45, Auburn

Hardin.-simmons 42. Syracuse 53.

ny Lawrence Tech Geor

58, Assumpt 65, North Ca

io Wesleyan 87.

Bethany 58,

§7, Deflan 56. Rhode Island’ State 0, Maine, 48. Ambrose 79, Penn (lowa) 55,

St. Bonaventure 61, Niagara 50

ledo 60,

°5d3.

43, Ma

Culver 31,

Orland 34,

Mooresville Manual 28,

Gary Emerson 44, ton

Wayn

Union 10, Georgetown 83. of Louisville 72, Memphis State 83, - Washburn 68, Ft. Hays Stata 54.

HIGH SCHOOL

rshall County Tourney Lapaz 41, a Bpetance a. ner 48, West Twp. Plymou Se Paris (11) 59, Terre Haute Gerstmeyer 38 i Steuben County “Tourney |Premont 54, Salem Sutter 5 overtime).

Hamilton" 3 DeKalb Count Tourney

Butler 63, city, Goan ouniy Freshman

Howe 15, “Tech Decsturs 2, Brovasbure 23 rence tra Beiville 15. Plainfield 38 porn

y 37. 3s, Greenwood 3. John

ope Grove 36, ranKlin Twp. 18. Washington 18, Shortridge 14

ODDO ND WW

ssouri 42. ” - 41.

North Carolina 48. Ferris Institute 43

Earlham (59)

“Nooo oOoOuUNAONND

Totals 3 15 Scone at half—Indiana Central 40, Earl Torre Haute McGrath, Griffith, Swalls and Stevenson; Earlham,

Wamsley (4), Ryan and Carnes (2). Officials—Frank Baird and Jack O'Neal.

Basketball Scores

Williains 40 59

esleyan 78, Louisville 72, Memphis State 53, Lowell Textile

S29s80u0 lyase?

17

fornia State 61.1% Mississippi Southern 36, Louisiana Col. 23. Michigan oral 0 Adrian 50

U. 73, Michigan 81,

John's (Minn.) 56, Wahpeton Science 50. 8. F. Austin State 58, Sam Houston Texas Mines 57, Jetta Tech 53.

Bt.

8 EB. Chicage Washing-

checks the scales.

Howar | Sanders, Franklin College student, weighs in at 135

os

Gophers Meet

BOXING Armory, 8 p. m

cast Bloomington at Short

. TODAY. . Times-Legion Golden

foe

tourney, LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL Manual at Broad Ripple, 8 p. m., Broad

ridge, 8 p. Crispus Attucks at Noblesville, 8 i m.

Greencastle at Howe, 8:15 t

Pranklin Twp. at

Brownsburg at Decatur Central,

Warren Central at Southpert, 8 p.

STATE HIGH SCHOOL Alexandria at Monticello,

at Huntington, Peru

Lafayette ‘New

ison, {Kokomo at

Columbus, Connorsville Martinsville at Shelbyville, Madison at Aurora

Rushville,

| Rochester at Tipton, Richmond at Jetterson at Frankfort,

eensburg, Seymour at

ton’ 8:15 8:15 p. m.

BASKETBALL

— Ander~

at Vevay, North Vernon at Brownstown,

Scottsbur| at

Settersonviile cennes, Washi Huntington at

Decatur,

New Haven at

Lawrenceburg, Paoli West Ba a3 Bicknell at Jasper, Boon on, Evansvil Evansville ion at Evansvil

bany, wiley, Columbia Warsaw,

Wallace at East Chicago Roosevelt, t Mann

mond Tech Clark

w South at North, La} ote. at Goshen, South nd Adams pre-campaign vote, and six tutors t WAKA, . out Bena. ogntra Lr ordavila at favored the Wolverines to win. . Te aute ate van i Wu Clinton Jerre Heute BU Te a ah Going into the scrap, the head

Lebanon at West Lafayette, at. Washington.

OCKE Jndiana

at Gary Tolleston, Emon Michigan Fd au Hknatk:

mmon ‘Whiting at Pt

Annual Indiana Central Athletic. bane

quet, 6:30, Lakeshore Country Club. i TOMORROW

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL

Ben Davis at Broad Ripple.

Manual at Cathedr

al, ». Jayne Central Cathotie st Crispus}

Attuc Lawrence at Howe. Washingéon Be

STATE | HIGH SCH

OOL ond at Ft. Way!

L BA e¢ Oentral, Bloom ny gions at New Albany, Fel City at Boon-

at Tech. rove at Warren Central

Pt. Wayne South a Sy, Froebel, ‘Tolleston,

{South Bend

Brazil at Michian ty, ger, Terre Haute Gar

Baltimore at New Poston at Providence

STAT Minot at Indiana. DePauw at Butler Indiana State at Franklin at Wabash

Washington at Pi Philadelphia at oping Providence at Clev

| Ww.

McBride Is Pouring for Indiana Central

Chicago at Phiiadelpnis.

PL. -Wayne at Rochester. Mihneapolis at St. Loul COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Indiana Central at Anderson Ball State at Eastern Illinois. Canterbury at Shurtleff,

Kalamazoo at Valparaiso Goats at Detroit Tech.

OC Indianapolis at Hershey

»

Bunyan at Dugeld at Valparaiso. PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL sociation’ of America ndiAaro at Washington,

Marshall, W. Va.

rd

aos Washington Frosh Win: ashingfon’s Rhinies defeated the Shorfridge freshhman basketball squad, 16 to 14, yesterday on the, Blue Devil floor.

-jond in league scoring for two

-|title by conference coaches in a

|afi-county battle topping the six-

night, Manual will test Broad

4Pike Township a 5-4 mark at the

athletic director Otin "(Crisler

CHICAGO, Jan. undefeated record and its hopes to

Minneapolis tomorrow night. igan, Pete Elliott and Bob Harrison,

in Big 9 Key Tilt Tomorrow

Minnesota Puts Hopes in Mcintyre

To Upset Last Year's Loop Winner By ED SAINSBURY, United Press Sports Writer 7—Minnesota's basketball team will stake an Michigan’s defending league champions in a classic game at

The combat will feature two all-conference guards from Mich-

Wolverines

win the Big Nine title against

against the Gophers’ all-confer-

ence center, Jim McIntyre. McIntyre, who has finished sec-

straight yehrs, has played against oity|the Wolverine duo three times. In his first effort Michigan put a zone defense on the floor and McIntyre tallied only one point. Last year he netted 16 points in the first game. between the schools, won by Michigan, 43 to 41, and later he dropped to eight points in the second game, also a Wolverine victory by a 56 to 45 margin. The two teams were ranked as one-two choices for the league

liner on a four-game conference slate, there was little to choose

Nine more city and county pr

|between the teams, and the winner will be the “team to beat” for the Big Nine crown. Michigan, losers only to Stanford by two points, has held its opponents to an game, lowest in the conference, and has averaged 54 points per contest. Minnesota, fourth in the conference in both defense and offense, has hit a 59.9 per game scoring average and limited its|3—We Opponents to 44.3 points per conest.

gram carry the conference leader, Illinois, with one league victory in the only game played thus far, | * Northwestern will] play at Ohio State and Purdue at Iowa. In the lone non-conference game on Saturday's pro; consin entertains Creig]

Nine City and County Cage Teams in Action Tonight

By JIMMIE ANGELO They're going at it as though théy<mean " once again on the local high school basketball front t ht.

to Indiana;

average of 40.9 points per|

Other games on the league pro-

LOUS

Wis

teams will break out their 1949

vantage in the offense department with a 56-point average in eight games. Butler's offensivé avers age is 54.6. On defense, however, he Bulldogs lead, holding opponents to 50 points per game while DePauw has allowed 55.5. Hot shots who will give Butler trouble are Glen Eckleman and

|Mac Parker who scored a colléce

ve. 29 points te Hanover, Stauffer, 6-foot 1-inch, anjwin, start in the center role. He was Switched from a forward position an early season of the squad. y sping After the game, members of Phi Delta Theta fraternity will sponsor a “Hamilton Hop” in the fraternity house, 705 W. Hampton Dr., with proceeds to be turned over te the Bob Hamilton Fund. > This is the first of a series events to aid the injured ath victim of an automobile ies Dec. 23

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hardwood fireworks for the first time this evening in one of t Ths OG 0G feature one-night programs of he season, 5 § She 3" is : FH 1 " Two city series contests, three county battles, a North Central 38 HRM Confersncs Soa Ag JC be the |BOrTow. At Attucks will play host|gornie - }o 13 19 a 8 toast of the evenin mong thel to Ft. Wayne Central Catholic, Montrea) Git LAs2 Wen prepsters tonight three more 11 another test the same night. Besion , ‘Detroit tilts rounding the - 10-game ||

card. J PO { , Tonlorroy” night's bill of fare | will share’the spotlight this week- || end, wo city séries games, two

cityccounty arguments and one

game slate. Bears Idle Since Dec. 21 Lawrence Central will be the) tenth club to come out of its holiday shell this week end for the, first time since Dec. 21, Coach Jake Caskey's Deaf, School quintet is the only team in the county holding its fire until its game with Dover at home next Friday.” Among the city interest tou]

Ripple and Sacred Heart will try| halting Washington's four game winning streak at the Continental

8 Beech Grove's Hornets are looking for their seventh success in| 11 encounters while their oppo-| nent, Speedway, has ‘won eight | straight. { Franklin Township, which now has a 4-5 slate, will try giving!

Red Devils’ gym. Carrying equal] attention in the county will be the Warren Central - Southport battle at the Cards’ goal hall this evening. Tech's Green will be speculating tonight in its home clash with Logansport after losing to Wash-, ington in the four-way tourney! Déc. 18. The East Siders meet the 'West Siders in one of the top {games tomorrow night at Tech, | Tilts tonight also find Shortridge playing host to _.the Uni-| versity School of Bloomington, | Crispus Attucks going to Noblesville with an unblemished six-| game effort, Decatur Central entertaining Brownsburg and) Greencastle coming to Howe, The other city series game tomorrow night books Manual at| Cathedral, winners over Green-| castle In the New Year's Day) tourney at Martinsville. Lawrence’s Bears will endeavor to better their 7-1 record at Howe and Ben Davis, losers -of nine! of 11 games, faces the Rockets at Broad Ripple, The Beech e-Warren. ue is the only all-county match to-

Honor Oeosterbaan As Coach of Year hi

BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 7 (UP) | Bennie Oosterbaan - of Michigan was honored by the nation's grid mentors as “coach of the year” here last night, but he wasn't present at the banquet. ° Chosen in the annual Scripps. Howard poll, Oosterbaan was en route to the coast for the affair when his train became snowat Kimball, Neb, )

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