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in second place with 56 points. A crowd of 7242 saw Indlanap-

olis romp over the’ Ramblers last B

‘night. The turnout upped the 21-5 game home attendance to 147,490,

Lead In Series

Indianapolis was master of the ‘sine,

fame again as the Blueshirts display a sizzling offense, an A areas iv]

_ ‘he Indianapolis Capitals try caging The Caps, after winning their sixth straight home game last night, 7 to 1, over New Haven, will battle the St. Louis Flyers here Thursday night and Pittsburgh’s Hornets next Sunday night.| “The importance of the two games is wrapped up in this: St.

oe ticks: Sorry 's Wes - : sion with points, Cleveland ; ey Summary

“New Haven (1)

Spares: | Indianapolis, Melon, an average of 7023 per-game. Mackay, Haidy.

Score By Periods ty ren

offense that if it continues willl Scoring summary:

carry them into first or second,

au place at the end of the season, Sianw 20. Lamirande) It was the seventh one-point Clover (Reld

chuk who has two shutouts tol, his credit. The team triumph also ®.

last 10 years. New. Haven has| ‘over } won 18 and nine games ve hen,

Winger 8 Eddie Brun . A placing the injured Nelson Podol-|Philsdeipnis ':: it 3 $ sky in the line with Rod and Don BO. +x 8 Morrison, ended the Cap’s first RESULTS LAST NIGH rush down the ice with a . A ii Bn hand shot from 15-feet out. The : puck by Goalie Emile (The Dab Francie, who didn't live up to his nickname for the 60 min-

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got income tax headaches, thei, SRAWFORDEVILLE. Ind, with. Unoie Sam amg] pal coach: at Wabash College drop additional shekels in the on OT® than 10 years and until tll for Canada. . . » The Cleve-| 1031 also athletic director, will iand Barons are scheduled to| CTU to Wabash to codth the play an exhibition game, Feb. 22, Paseball team during the 1049 with a National League team in| coon: Acting Athletic Director) the new Cincinnati Arena, now| sono” O FRAIIPS announced tobeing built. . . . Lou Trudell, the ex-Pittsburgh player now retired, A can't keep away from the game.| fos a feat Year us Bn on ® Soallalso will become mentor of the The Wabash baseball schedule ON =

will open Apr. 15 with the first of Change Bobsled Dates {two games on successive days LAKE PLACID, N. Y., Jan, 24/28ainst Alblon College, (UP)—New dates were set today| Comer for the 1949 world’s bobsled The 16-game schedule follows: championships. The U. 8. OFgan- nome: Am. 15 Butter &

izing committee said the two-| diana

man events would be held Feb. s:

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12 and 13, instead of Feb. 5 and home; May 4. st.

riod: Indians olis 1, Morrison, Nicholson) Reid (Glover, New Haveh Balinden 134; ndianapo! ae Lunt (03 victory for Goalie Terry Saw- Haldy {ross cho { y on

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Announce Wabash Diamond Schedule

to the Scarlet

State, home: “Apr, anterbury, home; Apr, 30,

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Fourth Round

i Most Fist Tossers

| Golden Glovers laced up their {padded “mittens” today to begin another week’ of rigid training {for the tournament's fourth «+ Lancien show, Friday night, at the Aries] MIOTY.

Tiing, most of the leather tossing lads are at the peak of form right now but they don't intend to relax and lose their physical edge.

New Haven, Hrymnak, nis, Campbell, Watson, Prefon-

of tourney action, the boys who have escaped elimination are shooting for the big prizes .to be awarded at the end of the punchthrowing trail.

RB. boxer who has

1 1i3| classic; eight in

pupggensseey -

At Peak for Show

By EDDIE ASH - Times Sports Editer 3 Infianapolis Times - Legion

After several weeks of train-

Having survived three weeks

Although prizes have been given to every

tourney bout, win or lose, the most coveted

later date in this amateur fistic

the Open class, eight in the Novice. : _ Since all champions and run-

prizes, it adds up to 32. In addi-

compete in the annual Tournament of Golden Gilgves Champions in Chicago, Feb. 21, 22 and 23, where they will compete against the pick of the nation, title bearers from the Midwest,|trous pitcher since 1887. South, Southwest, Rocky Mountains, Northwest and Far West. another trial with the Preparing for this week's Inlis show, coaches : and trainers at the city’s several gyms asked for plenty of spar-

skipping.

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tion, the eight Open kings are to form an Indianapolis team to|24 (UP)—Calvin Coolidge MeLish, who can throw a baseball with either arm, was dreaming today of becoming the major leagues’ first successful ambidex-

The young boxers will put in four days of ~|“s ¢ r Im mage” practice this week, today| o

- by 2 . mo " : hs ' eb ’ - 54 a i : —— oH ae RS EES i camel aten Major Fives Face 1 ; ) pp . 1 A : ; ely : i j a 5 y 5

Caps Win 6th Straight ‘Glovers’ Open Church Quintet Host to For On Home Rink as They Training for Crush New Haven, 7-1

7242 Fans See Hellermen Sizzle on Offense;

St. Louis and Pittsburgh on Tap This Week By BILL'EGGERT - week at the Col

Flyers and Hornets. ' Af Armory Friday

Church basketball team. Four North Side church basketball teams will compete in an invitational tourney opening Thursday at the Carrollton

Avenue Evangelical and Reformed Church gym. In addi-

Expects to Confuse

nersup are to receive special. Liisfors With. Pitch OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Jan.

William G. Trapp, who 18 8erv-| opus he 06, Usual Golden

cision of the referee and two

Ne’ 3000 fans schedule. ya t che d last

Apr. 16, Albion! ome; Apr. 21, In-| Dang presentasor 37 | tion and an inHaun, CTERSE in at-

Ma 8 |tendance is ex-

ay: pi 3 Josephs, home;

will be staged. More than

™ {Ca y } h 6, and the four-man events Will|xay 10, DePauw, away; May 13, DePruw, Pected this

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Rheenen, Ted Hoover (front row, left to right), Louie Tandy, Bill middle row, left to right), the Rev. Dr. Richard Rettig, pastor, Bob Bruce Johnson, Bob Earle and L. C. Van Rheenen

church athletic director (back row, left to right), of the Carrollton Ave., Evangelical and Reformed |Jim McIntyre and Whitey Skoog, but the game is at the home Sout speedy Illini, t solation and championship tilts ot he stage a an 20 tha o

Bob Elliott, mascot, Jim Van Hunt, Jack Fye, Charlie Haines; (mi Van Rheenan, Gordon Hinesley,’

tion to the host team, quintets from the Capitol Avenue Methodist Church, 40th Street Christian Church and the BellMethodist Church will compete in the tourney. Con-

Majors May See First 2-Handed Pitcher Since 1887 if McLish Clicks With Cubs

® |both ways in the same game if

MecLish, back in the majors for Chicago

Cubs, has yet to prove that he can win games with either arm. His first big goal is to pitch well enough to stick with the Cubs ring, bag punch-iang the “great experiment” can ing and rope|come later. : “I've got fo prove to Manager| | Charley Grimm that I can throw Se with my right arm, which is; my natural one, first of all’ he said. “I had a pretty good year at In-|. is last season and won|

* [the middle of an inning, he . {wouldn’t have a chance to throw

| {he showed promise, he never was

“I've been able to throw with|ly wound up with their pennanteither arm 8 since grade school winning Indianapolis farm club and I have always wondered how; » December deal. it might work out in a big league| There has been no two-handed game,” Of course I/pitcher in the majors since Tony wouldn’t attempt anything unless Mullane of the old Cincinnati Reds|*™ I had permission from Manageriof 1887, a fellow who distinguished himself by shutting|ORi® . Grimm, who had plenty of guys out New York fi who couldn't throw with either|season. Ye Ymits Yat ¢ ky.

179 Night Games

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will be played Feb. 3 and In-

dividual and team awards Will | oor 4 two-week absence forced be given. A portion of the lp, 45 year examinations, will take on. Georgetown at the latter’s court in a game that had to be rated a toss-up despite Villanova’s 11-0 mark. w Although the week's schedule is much lighter than usual because of those mid-year tests, it

funds derived from the games will be donated to the Marion County polio fund.

Will Use New Type | Two-Way Glove

arm last year, might be just the man to tell him to “go ahead if you think it will work.”

°*1 would like to try pitching

the weather was hot, throwing right handed to right handed batters and left handed to lefties,” McLish said. “But of course in a regular game if a fellow had been pitching to a lot of right handers and a lefty came up in

any warm-up pitches with his left arm.”

The alternate idea of pitching one game'of a double header right handed, the second left handed, also appeals to him. . “I think it could be done,” he said. - McLish has been kicking around the majors since 1944 when he broke in with Brooklyn. Although

a winner and after being traded to the Pirates in 1947 he eventual-

last season. He went to the Cubs

Nationals Schedule/inramirel Coge ome Dunkel’s Ratings

PROVIDENCE, R. I. Jan. ou Of Cage Teams

NEW YORK, Jan. 24 (UP) —|(UP)—Sixteen - year - old Joseph Are The National League, showing|/De Clemente died at a hospi Around the u. S. utter disregard for its electric “light bills, will crack & MAJOr|genoo Tomcat - 1 basketball game M a league record for night games by S-Monaay playing 179 of them during 1949, |flcor when he collided with as-| : { to! "50.0 . i whl the offical schedule revealed to-jother player but appeared un-GUl gi’! Had yi Samaras 143 Before the campaign es 10 tion gn fhe Seen; School omieidls Utah sioonens 71.1 vs Bibiaungh eb] a close, it is likely that the league will play close to 200 games because of a prevalent practice among clubs to reschedule rained-out day games as| MANILA, Jan. 24 (UP)—Celesnight games inter on in the sea- tino Tugot, a precise-shooting pro- O. Wesieyan +534 ve Ohio. U. Ha {fessional from Mindanao, won the! wi During 10485 the National | first Far East golf champi {Ball Bt. + esr 83. srr 442. { League established a record foritoday, Storing te ame. 301 Ye on™ 3 | night games by playing 173 arc-|290 over the Wack Wack course "wo

during the night of head injuries suffered in an intramural high

1 Foes Th Only Hamline Figures” | ‘Upset-Proof’; Gophers | And lini Will Clash

Western Kentucky Lays Perfect Mark-on Line - "Saturday Night Against Eastern Kentucky

NEW YORK, Jan, 24 (UP)—Of the four faultless fives left on

lout tasting defeat, figured to be the week —against St. Thomas of

| teams, Minnesota, Villanova, and Western Kentucky, face tough assignments on Saturday night.

marked up their “lucky 13th” by a 35-20 score over Indiana‘last Saturday, are matched against" Illinois, a Big Nine opponent that has lost only once in 13 games. ' The Gophers still have their twin pillars of scoring strength,

But the three other unscarred

Western Kentucky, owner of an

Minnesota's Golden Gophers who,

Villanova, returning to action

is filled with quality. Thus the four games involving unbeaten teams will be hard-pressed to hold the spotlight against games featuring national title contenders that have lost once, twice, or three times. ‘Game of the Week?

For instance, Notre Dame's battle against Kentucky on Saturday could be the “Game of the Week.” The Irish have a 9-3 record and thus will be underdogs to the Wildcats, who have won 12 and lost only to St. Louis and are driving to get back in the

beaten list by the Oklahoma Aggles last week, will play Wichita on Saturday. The Aggies will tangle with DePaul on Saturday and Washington State (18-1) faces Idaho the same night. All southwest conference teams are idle this week because of exams. Monday (Chi.)-Duquesne, Wichita-Bradley, - heses-Georgia, . Tanderbilt AIOIAES: VPINorth Ca Wyoming-Brigham Young, Pitt-Denver. uette-Northwestern, Cin-

cinnati-Dayton, St. s-San Jose State, Hamline-St. Thomas ( h

ford. : Wayne-Michigan St Friday — LIU-Oregon, Pitt-Californis, on. Poly-UCLA, on Mary's-Arizons,

John's-8t, Joseph's (Pa.), -Penn,

vania St, 8:30 p.

— Yale-Dartmouth, Loyola

Je Wednesday ~~ St. Joseph's (Pa.)-Eliza« bethtown, Phillips Oflers-Cincinuati, Geor-

Biden putas, “San dose. Bi-Sias-

ane

line Figures

Hamline today could count

forthcoming week. Hamline's hoop hot-shots, who have rolled up 13 victories with-“upset-proof” in their lone game of Minnesota on Tuesday.

Sports Events - Here and There,

150 recora, win meet JOday, Tomorrow Bastern Kentucky, an Ohio Valley a Conference rival they barely nipped by three points in their last meeting. Eastern Kentucky has an 11-3 record.

TODAY ‘BASKE pSTATE COLLEGE TBALL

BIG NINE BASKETBALL Ms SCHOOL BASKETBALL HIGH No city, county games scheduled, _.. TOMORROW STATE COLLEGE BAS Detroit Tech at Concordia. (Ft. Wayne), BIG NINE BASKETBALL Ohlo State at St. Louis. HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL 41 County Shortridge at Pike Tow! Whitestown , at Deal 3 warren Central ha Washingtos. Hartford City at ‘Muncie Central. Ri at M ris.

Hammond ing at Gary. Mann. Hammond Clark at. Val h : Sammon A tu ah Bevin Bene

FESSIONAL BASKETBALL

St. Louis v8. Indisnapabs Jets, Butler Fieldhouse, 8:30 p. m. Broadoast, WIRE, 11:08

3 m. ESSIONAL WRESTLING juard Armory, 711 N. Peansyle m. ;

PRO National C

Cleveland at Washington. .

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‘Midgets’ Huddle

With AAR Envoy

SOUTH BEND, Jan. 2¢ (UP)— Midwest midget auto’ racing ofe ficlals met here yesterday to ex< plore possibilities of . distributing talent and open competition. Eight different midget racing groups, including 76 car owners, drivers and promoters, attended the meeting with Charles’ MacDonald, Chicago, representative of the American Automobile Ase sociation. MacDonald said today's was a session and sérved the purpose of finding a “common meeting place.” Another meeting was tentatively scheduled for Detroit, Feb. 26." Possibility of membership in the AAA was one of the proRacing chains represented at the meeting included Mutual, Con« solidated, Great Lakes, Chicago, Midwest, and St. Louis. A —— i ————————

OLD RIVALRY Columbia and Syracuse began their rivalry on the gridiron in

Armstrong's Hex Fails; Sentence Suspended

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 24 (UP)

INTERSECTIONAL

: Denver ....... 60.0 vs Pitt “eh The youth was knocked to the Loyola, m. ..964 " Darn BA

TOMORROW

WEDNESDAY

MIL-WEST {Armstrong threatened them with| TONIGHT |a hex that would kill them “in| Bradley ..... *68.8 vs Wichita - ...:.. 52.7 three hours.” | tN'western ...*58.8 vs Marquette ....578 TOMORROW

Hamline .....*71.4 vs St. Thomas ...51

EDNESDAY 52.9 va Canterbury “42

0.0 vs Huntington ...33. yo ind, Tech, ,. h.2 vs Tri-State assy 1. S/Phillips 66 ...73.6 vs Cincizmat! ...%70 3

be Pei. a and 22, instead of Feb. a ru Jiny $6. Jndiana Siete. ay: —sy week; if the contests, some 30 more than orig- rolling layout for the 72-hole| Tr \ | STentative games, weatherman co-operates. inally had been scheduled. - : [Sednvilie i" 'aieS ¥8 Wilmington ‘ ...34: - g Dickinson 8. *40.3 vs Valley City ...38 - Evanavilie ‘000 ve me hes 8 , po J s . sewn A Pt. Hays St... 47.3 vs 8. W,, Kans, .."45. » OFFICIAL NATIONAL LEAGUE SCHEDULE, 1949 Ye” eas vn Jncy \-+re0a le [8 Benedict, "814 ve Wm. Jewsll .. 36 | - , . " |B, " ,» «48.0 vs Huntington "33 At Boston At Brooklyn At New York | At Philadelphia | At Pittsburgh AY Cincinnati { SOUTH SI —————— CE ————————— caa— — — — April 25, 36 April 22, 33, 24 April safes May 19, 20, 21 May 17, 18 " TONIGHT “Boston «evseenee The Times May Ho a = N. 30 May $0050 1 June 14, 15 18 rrr 11, 18, 19, Ma 3 nn IN. Céroling, .*54.3 vs Va. Tech. .... 529 3 8 10 11 | July 8's 10 July 39, 30. 31 July 36, 37, 38 Aug. 5, 6 1 ey we Rida yO "oe ba ] Beg. 30, 45 Foe A i % 4 B5.% {Vanderbilt ... 50.4 vs Alabama ....."54.9| May 13, 14, 18 April 27, 38 “April 33, 3, 3, 3 | May 24, 35 May 22, 22 ~ | Brooklyn ..ceuee Aug, B, 90 nn Sport Pages July 1 Ng n A 5 10, 11 Ne ag "| un a ” r June i i » a . wrovEsnay a a Ba f pt. 3 4 Oct. L'a Sept. 18, 17 Sept. 13, 14 Bop. . Hh, FA nl 44 “ oo 1 i pril 9, 30, May 1, 1| April 19, 20, 21 April 35, 9 May 17, 18 “May 19, 30, 3 “May 3, 3 mumspar New York «..e0e | Jr &.4 July 8, 9, 10 Week D Nay 31738 30, 30 | June 17, 18 10 Tone 3. 3%. 38 Ma x3 FIRPRGIRL i yy vr Aug. 16,17, 10 o% 8 eek Days Aug. 19, 20, 70. 31 | July 26, 37, 28 July 29,30, 31, 31 | Aug 1, nr oa, Sept. 8 5, 10, 1 Sept. 38. Sept. 18, 18, 19 Sept, 31 Sept. EAST : . April 18, 19, 19, 30 | April 20, 30, May 1 | May 13, i4, 15 . May 22, 22 May 34 1 7 5. va Dar Philadelphia see | 30% "4% 10 10 | Aug 18 in, uly 6, June 31, 7. B Sine 34, 3 20, 30 | June 14, 18. 18 Fig Trees oMoRROW \ ug. 18 17, 1 Aug. 13, 13, 14,18 and Sundays | Aug. 5.6 1, 7 Aug. 2.3, 4 July 2 B, Sirouds. 8. So HOREOW May & 8 8 Ep Iss. moe — ao Sept. 16, 17 [85 eres +328 ve Prondencs . 3] for a Limited Time y May 11, 12 “yr I Myel “April 29, 30, May 1, 1| April 19, 30, 31 | Apr "wep. EA Pitsburgh verve | BEET ho | SR SSS, [elm | MRR. Will Cary | i gos due Ta™ | B55 EE. u : Aug. 23, ug, 26, 2, 30 Aug, 31, Sept, 1 Aug. 38, 3%, 31 Sesh. 34, 38, 3 Sept. 3, 4 SUPA NY. “803 a Providence L448 You Have a Chance to Join May 6% May 3. 4. May 11, 13 May 8, 8 0, 10 April 23, 23, M4 y . Cincinnati cetann July 11, 7 18 ly "w ww 3 June & oo 2 a 5 June 28, 29, 0 The Latest 2 . g. 326, 2, 37 _Aug. 31, Sept. 1 2, 30 naan a Fighting Outfit ne n, 18 18 May $ 7 May 8 9, 10 May 11, 12 April 25, May 30, 30 | May 13, 14, 15, 18 A Chicago «eee une Tu 8 8 3 June 3 | July wb, de, 10 tease July i 18 16 July 1%, 17, 18 33, July 5 n Aug. i, 18 a 19, 30, 21, AN’ fut 5 2 Aug. 28, 36, 37 , 3 Aug. 9, nn Sept. 10, 11 Sept. 37 . y 11, May 8, 9, 10 May Our First Line nse Sh Louis coeevee Pr % 5e'n oi 3 a June 1 ". June holv aa | Jp ey” In of Defe ug. 38, 20, 30 Aug. 30, > Aug. 25, 2, 37 rae ART! nn (ALL-BTAR _GAME—BROOKLYN: AY, JULY 12)

BASKETBALL BY THE AMATEURS, INDEPENDENTS

at DE Jutorday! PL. Beech Grove: §, Litselman Coal vs. West

fei ri pghdite. Side Merchants, Optimists. Greensburg 39; Silver cle . Bar Fiwood 45; J. 1 Case 83 Results of games playsd at the South! A three-way tie for first place is furnish OL » Mooresville T&T Mar-|Bide Turner's Gym yes rs |IDE_ excitement in the 's Store np Jones & 8; raftémen Beer 52, Btones Crossing 51 uth Side mercial y ply. : rmer's 38, Central In. South Side Turner's and Pehir's Beer each

A Tu \ s disnapolls Conservatory ye : : v.. ——

Store Comm {Overbey Electric

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Tonight's . schedule of the * League: T: ds rl Motor PH

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Five: §, Big Eagle Legion vs. North Side Van kept Stone's in me #00! 21 points. other fits, Indianapolis Conservat ‘downed k Sry VPW Post, and arbors defeated Oentral Motor Parts,

Parker Wins in Sweden

AVS T:18—Qverbey Rlectrio va. Central Motor] STOCKHOLM, Jan. 24 (UP) baris!| #:18—Boglewood Mardwa South ' arte! Bie: Turger's .

#:13Mickleyville Merchants va. Pebr's

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BASKETBALL

INDIANAPOLIS JETS

LOUIS BOMBERS Fostaring J John Logon J Don Martie sk Bod Roche J Bolus Smawley BUTLER FIELDHOUSE TUESDAY, JAN, 25, 8:30 P.M. OSI PAR OF SHR VOR SRSVINON

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Henry Armstrong, 37, one-time

tenced him to two days in jail

The ex-fighter tussled with two radio officers who arrested him later, however, and was hospital- lend ..oeiee *57.7 vs Tex. Wesl'n ...503 iff his car Saturday. They said ized in critical condition Tuesday. |

Filipino Golfer Wins

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