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»d stone found has proved to Spring's four-sport calendar gets under way in mn ! : R Fo p As. st ancient ene full force for the city and county prepsters this week ! Drop Game, : 12 10 ace or ositions rer discovered, and next. “And four of the outstanding candidates LOS ANGELES, Apr. 2 (UP) vard archaeol for top laurels in their respective fields will cause ~Los Angeles profited by an Inc ans Hae Nort yvius Jr., curs plenty of trouble for the opposition. I umpire's error to win, 12 to 10, | rehacology at Southport’s star slabman, Gene Dietz, will face over Seattle yesterday. And a | Clyde Klutz Appears ‘In’ for Backstop; Muses ssid Tech Tuesday after hurling three no-hit games, one atte protested. the ump | Skipper Awaits Help From Pittsburgh p “lived 20,000 - - in high school Sampetition last year. The other two decision too late on a dropped | . By 31M HEYROCK, Times Sports Writer It was. dis- a were American Legion shutouts. ., | © EN ROUTE TO MOBILE, Ala., Apr. 2—There's only ] The ' fon hap- | : : tn A vations at na 5 In Futile Cause Hats Martin 1a. the high pip — and hurdles pened lay Ju suestion tb | ne position on the 1040 Indianapolis Indians definitely filled NEW. YORK. Apr.’ 2 (UP). Stalwart for Howe. He acored 22 points In Howe's, opening and a runner on frst. The but Senor Al Lopez is confident “we'll have a good club.” A The Bast All-Stars, actually the] indoor meet against Hammond Clark. He's turned in a 78 catcher muffed the third strike, | As the Indi ial in ah v from New Kentucky, Wildcats in thin dis-| mari for the 80-yard high hurdles. the man on first advanced and | 8 the Indians’ special train chugged away guise, barely set down a blister: the batter went to first. The Orleans tonight en route to Mobile and the first home-

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"Ing ate rally to defeat the West, Johnny De Voe is the freshman at Park School with the 65 to 84, in the annual charity] bright tennis future. The 14-year-old lad is the younger elassic concluding ‘the basketball brother of Charles De Voe, the 10th ranking net player in ° Suaon at Madison Square Gar-! the Western Lawn Tennis Association of his division last

next batter popped out. The 'ward-bound exhibition games, tomorrow and Monday, Tribe

BAe Should Dave en va Skipper Lopex was taking stock of his hopefuls and eyeing the declared out according to the possibilities of another championship in the American Association.

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Y Johnny is 6 feet tall, wei 150 nds and is rules. But Los Angeles scored But at the present time, Jack Conway seems to be the only Coached by Kentucky's Adolph pestati pers Rhy ny or fon for boys. ighe soli its slate at three runs on a homer and won (Player who has a job cinched, exclusive of some pitchers and Rupp and using ‘Wildcat players the Cincinnati Country Day School Apr. 16. the game. Catcher Clyde Kluttz. Conway, late of Minneapolis, Cleveland and as the most potent guns in their Bill Butler and Johnny Mahan are members of Tech’s The - game's three umpires the New York Giants, is laboring in the shortstop spot. attack, the East team turned on state prep links champions of last year. Mahan, who got an were fined $25 apiece for The 28-year-old pastimer, who has a good arm and an Imprestremendous heat at the ‘start of) co 'o "oo meet, is the No. 1 man for the Green, Butler “laxity.” 'sive manner at the plate, has been one of the hardest workers an

uaranies the second half to come from - behind a 37 to 35 intermission] . NO: 2 this season. prone Cover deficit and pile up a 15-point lead. 3 rdurs” Cords "But then the West, paced by, 40 = » Coupling Veérn Mikkelsen's deadly shots, Down

icamp this spring. He will do {utmost to aid the Tribe's oe (this year because his goal is an{other chance in the major leagues. ae: things stand now” said , [the sun-bronsed Lopes. after gobe, 4 (ting his charges aboard the firain to Mobile, “Conway will be + tour shortstop. He's fast, and Seems to be just what we . ineed.” Conway stands 5-11 and weighs 175 pounds. He's a righthanded swinger and has been playing ball since he was old enough to pull on a glove. “But as for the other spots” Lopes continued, “there's nothing certain yet. We still need some help from Pittsburgh and I think it's coming.”

“Using Rookies

In spring rehearsals the Senor has been using mostly youngsters {Just up from lower leagues and _{there are some who have had no experience in organized baseball. ae Trib now has four new outfield. Lopes savs he will feel lucky it one-Triple-A player develops out of the four | youngsters alternating at the out- | {field posts. They are John Me--{Keown, a tall lefthander up from "Waco; Frank Thomas, a 20-year old husky from Tallahassee with {& 208 hitting average last season | Bill Plate, up from York por a [334 average, and Bob Kellog.

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from the outside, started its rally| 7+ «and a set shot by Notre Dame's; | v. Leo. Barnhorst of Indianapolis & #Ayith Jess than 15 seconds left to | "play brought them to within two pointa-df the East. The time 1 ran] “on out, however. | we Capacity Crowd f The game, witnessed by a capa- | city 18,341, was for the benefit of the New York Herald Tribune's Et fresh air fund—and it was a SEC thriller ail the way, — — [i Rupp made this 2 Kentucky| in night, by starting four of his men along with Ernie Vanderweghe of Colgate. 'The boys had a little! © trouble getting started in the first half, mostly because Fasy Ed MaCauley of St. Louis did such, | a handcuff-tight job of guard3 fng Alex Groza, holding Alex te: 3 a mere three points the first half; ' while he collected nine for him-|

3 self. 4 ‘After the intermission, though; 1 this Kentucky machine, just re- - cently crowned N.C.A.A. champjon, cut loose. Mikkelsen wound up - With 17! points for high honors—and he! 5 ; also collected the loudest cheers) of the crowd, even though Groza | was elected the game's outstanding player: Beard led the East with 13 points, while Groza had 12 and! Jones 11. Barnhorst had 11 for!

: PY FS ar : ; » Even if no help would come the West. &: V PY ? fle 2 Park School's John De Voe Lopes believes he could work out EAST (85) $18 of tp © 2 2 le " ay a good outfield with these and ° i ae. ‘ pps: } J A & another champion Ue Vor the two veterans, Ltlley Rikard ee = Y Wy EE s Dick Butler and Johnny YR «oe La ; AMA. Frank Malm, ( a gal 40

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: 1 Fourteen Cinder Meets Included fis mes: wast 31, Baal ob °° Fa In Week's Sports Schedule BERET Coty. Barinar, Coy] By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOUS officals: Miity Besovich and John The city and county high school athletes will turn to serious Nuss thoughts of spring this week.” . . Fourteen track meets, fine baseball games and a pair of golt, Canadiens Even: matches will occupy the prepsters’ thoughts of outdoor - sthieties: = ‘| tomorrow through Safurday. 3 The Pike Township tracksters will open their campaign tomor-|

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IHSAA Officials Reveal Total Figures;

Twenty-nine Sectionals Were Sellouts Bre hen i Aratning hard

A total of 1,260,318 persons paid $667,608.65 to see the four- hut neither has had sn opportunweek long Indiana state high school basketball tournament through- [ity to hurl in a regular game this out Indiana this year, IHSAA officials announced last night. spring. Klinger has been concen- ~ {trating on his curve bali while Of the total gross receipts for all sectional.~regional, semi- Hutchings has been bundling up final and final tourneys, Uncle Sam took out a $110,685.34 chunk in the hot sun and rusining He for federal taxes and it cost the IHEAA $144, 571, 52 to put op all the and forth across the outfield attournaments, Tree tempting to take off the The participating 760 schools, (he took on during the winter. {received a total of $270,072.31.) m leur Xer S - Other pitchers who. {and the center school contract {are Mel Queen, Jack Hallett, Ed totals amounted to $23,270.43, | Bahr, Jim Walsh and Royes Lint,

After the above deductions, the THEAA office collected a share Head for Boston an CAmevions, Spun HES

of $110,003.05, used to maintain {sters are Joe Muir, Carmen Di-

; {Two diamond contests are slated MONTREAL, Apr. 2 (UP)—|4 pn mow, Howe and Washington Calendar This Week

; ; . the central office and build up| Seven Hoosier { bo . 8 _ The Montreal Canadiens scored, co oy i tnaugurals at River-| TRACK Howe's Dave Martin . . . hurdles cinder marks. a reserve fund. departed eT oat, mutic apd Jobn Hah#. 2 - a thete goals Ih She frat 10 minus side No. 3, and Sacred Heart Pike To at TEmerLew 30 bm. Photos by Henry B. Glesing Jr., Times laff Photographer, a on mn remaining an both compete in the annual Sreetey) Coogan Looks Good faces Shortridge on diamond No.| Tuesday be <tc Stein eta meer mmm National AAU tournament start-| Impressive in ‘the Infield have shoes Detroit Red Wings, 3 to. 1, tonight | wh at Washingion: 3:48 » been provided is divided Among ng Monday, They were accom-| : 1: | and even their National Hockey /$ tomorrow. ares Cents St 'Platatield Bors | 4 4 Regional Track Meets all the 798 member schools ny nied by Eugene Bland, trainer. [osen Dale Coogan at first, Mel Rue y pleasure League semifinal playoff series Other Events Slated hat of Howe 310 p m mise | throughout the state. That's ddne|" preq Deborde, Indianapolis, In-|8¢ second, Conway and Grady at three games apiece, Sacred Heart dropped a 6 to 0 315'p. m, ’ Dost’ ok. Prank on the basis of participation in) giana AAU district boxing chal | {Wilson at short, Russ Peters aod -A crowd of 12,500 at the Forum | verdict to Manual last Thursday is Attucks. Deaf School at Pragh- € or re S ers the tourneys and the length of | 4 od by Di : ‘watched the Canadiens stave off | ake pat Ds gville, 2:30 p.m time a school has been a member) man, depart y plane today to! DeBenedett! at third and Clyde nor x {in -six innings. Ben Davis ren Central 1:30. -| as 8 {supervise the participation of the wiues behind the plate. : elimination from the Stanley Cup! mw heavy track dates this Tages | Hoosier high school trackmen will compete in four regionaliof the athletic association Aur | ooster leather throwers in the! P = snt playoffs on twp goals by erry | week will find seven cinder events , goch Grove. = Manusi at Southport. | meets for the first time this year, the Indiana High School Athletic|ing the period of distribution. felassic. | But the Indians’ skipper will Plamondon and ofie by Maurice 4 Tuesday and four Thurs-| afren Central at Washington. 3:13 ». m.| Association reported tonight. | Participating schools in the Three Indianapolis lads, who have much time and opportunity (The Rocket) Ri¢hard—all within day. The only heavy day of action Staer L. V, Phillips, IHSBAA commissioner, said the regional meets, to 64 sectionals received $220,440.10] {won titles in the recent state AAU 0 find out more about his Redthe space of three minutes and 15/1, Co astimers will be the four-| Shorr we at La ha, 3. m_|be held at four sites, yet to be determined, on May 21, were author-|and the regional tourneys netted, tourney held here recently, quali-|kins in the next 10 days before aon. a game card billed for Wednesday.| Hvood y vansiy Lael P* lized by the THSAA Board of Control. The meets will be held May $43432.21. Participating schools sag’ “for national competition, (MTVIng at the home hunting ~ “Howe Scores Tuesday's track slate: will Be) ’ 21, the date previously set for| in. the four semifinal tourneysimyey are Jim McKinney, fly-

The Red Wings camé back with |

headed by a pair of dual meets! Howe va wan, Riverside, No. 3, [the state finals here in Indian-|With four regionals the week-end each picked up checks for $4800) yaiont: Pred Rice, tamusight, Infielder Mel Rue was floored by

a tally by Gordon Howe three 13:18 p.m. iapolis, and the state meet was before, if the number of entries and the finalists received $1400 the flue just before the Indians mifiutes later when Montreal had{a0d &_aagua al. South: || Sacree Heart af Shojtsidee. 3.30 5. m. |15veq ahead to May 28, Phillips Warranted holding them. The ear and Robin oud, welterweight. | carded their Mobile-bound train " two men in the penalty box, but P? p Southport at Tho. m. {said {1950 state high school basketball | h “total of 28.410 persons at- Other Champions and was left in New Orleans for

the -Canadiens put up a stout | Hornets’ track carnival featuring Lawrence Senural 5 ortridge st River-| | Phillips sald the board of con- tourney is scheduled to open the! tended the finals. Total attend.| Other Hoosier champs are Ever-| treatment. He will rejoin the

defense from there in to clinch Crowning of a track queen andjsde No 3 Baris. 2 trol also authorized four regional week "beginning Feb. 10, 1950. {unce for all sessions of the sec- ett Cooper, Gary, féatherweight: Tribe later.

the victory. Tech will tangle with Washington | Crispus Agiucks o a dgaoual 3 Hp.m wm. meets for the state prep golf tionals was 994,677. Twenty-nine Charies Adkins, Gary, lght-| Manager Lopes also announced. The teams will meet in the de- | ion the West Side, rsday | championship, to be held May 21. of the 64 sectionals were sellouts. | | welght; Jimés Shaw, Terre Haute, ithe release of Jim Williams, ak ; eiding game of the series at De-| The Green ‘and the Continetals acl ojl lars wm. Hove 4 Fllenbers®r\ |The state meet, tentatively sched- | [ ack aC hues rE {middleweight, and Cleveland rookie pitcher, on option:to Greeno troit, Tuesday night, for the won their respective sectional, Sacred Heart of ST 3 mm luled for Coffin golf course here! . h | » { Brown, Terre Haute, light heavy-iville, This eut the club player : right to meet the Toronto Maple track meets last spring and both w \was also moved ahead to May 28, Nic Oils Fires 68 | weight. Buck Raven, Gary heavy-| roster to 37. Leafs in the best-of-seven game will be out for the first time. | ypawrence Centr a. ayy at Pleasant | To Revive Wrestling : ‘ : {weight champ, withdrew. | Jim Mims, one of the three Stanley Cup finals. Triangular Meet” = |i A third result of the boards e IS er At South Grove | This year's AAU conclave of lads who pitched a no-hitter in .

A ‘total of 10. penalties were| triangular meet involyes|— Washisigton va yn "St Coffin. 3 p.m. {monthly meeting in the IHSAA z clout will be the. biggest, With early training. was turned ardund = A a lows 198 rious Rang _ Deaf School clash. Mound Ace Gene Dietz of | |offices here was an announcement! Gordon Fisher, head track (Clayton Wadi ip Shampion. | Slows to 190 Sutzatite from 9s Jor) on his route to Waco, Tex, and "Canadiens with a high ‘stick in S4DE to Franklin Township. South ihport is. skpected 1a a JuLANE SALE tating meet Te] coach at Indiana University, was in the first day of the 1949 season | ole Garden ny Li bo Albany in the Eastern the final period and another to, ps ts Tustday Include De: gregation at Tech. .. ivived next year. Phillips said ‘elected president of the Indiana! [Yesterday » he. stot 3 foun Only a single defending cham] Harry Lumley for shooting the ura going 8 Central]." Four-Game Bill iplans for the grappling tourney Track Coaches Association, newly ar plan. Hugens Linscott of Grand This 'n’ That : et uct nto th . 148 Pogolin’ served going to Broad Ripple, Pike Town-| The four-game bill Wednesday would not be made before next organized statewide track body, Bob Crouch, club president apide. A iil be Jon ror) The last of the high Pirate mo+ Lumiey’s penalty. {ship at Danville, and Ben Davis|involves Lawrence Central and; ™! track plan 8t the Claypool Hotel last night, posted the second low in the first|2nd he’ awe ws i - {guls who were in New Orleans to at Warren Central, |Shortridge, playing ‘on Riverside! Andes Be ey on will qual. Frank Kurth, Hobart High of two foursomes with a 73. Bill for him in t : ve Srweight 4i-liook over the Indians left ahead ketball Thursday's cinder card lists No. 6, Avon coming to Ben Davis, {Phi : Ps aa) \ —n El a 4/8chool coach, was elected secre- |Russell, South Grove pro, scored, Vision which bids fair “of the squad today. They're going Pro Bas e ~ |Beech Grove, Manual and South-|Manual playing host to Attucks id an] ma rr e runner-up {Afy-treasurer, after acting asa 74 and Vice President Ed Hyde! classiest in Ihe Shot, SE kb | ; port in a three-way tiff at Roose-and Franklin Township going to hb By on ng mile rein teams | Mporary chairman before per- a 768. « { Last year's heavyweig N&: | Mrs. Al Lopez went back to her | velt Stadium and Warren Central Zionsville. Ble An y {manent formation of the track| In the second foursome Mitchell (Coley Wallace of New York, WS home in Tampa yesterday after competing at Washington Thursday's lone. clash include's! V1} advance to the regional meet |. yesterday. : |Popcheff shot an 88; Dan Malone, [scheduled to return but decided peing with the Senor in New OrOn- Friday, Nowe, Crispus At-|Sacred Heart's battle with Howe| Tom (0¢ Sections! (outers = 1" Five other track coaches were 95: Mark Hansen, 97, and Ed|against it after & Uff with bis | 1eans, Pct. (tucks and Tech have 4 three-|at Ellenberger. Friday's solo-en- owat i iaCe sions from the tiected as district vice presidents Foreman, 104. - {local officials. | The Tribe splashed around in. pronged meet on the Greenclads’|counter schedules the Spartans ati, o. /.\; to the state meet,” the|'0 0;0rdinate track activities in water at Pelican Park : premises as the headliner. Short-| Tech. commissioner sald. “And the(lhe, five: scheol regions of Anderson All Set for VFW Tourney |i boarding the train inorder to ridge goes to Lafayette Jeff, Law-| Initial golf action of the year| .... pumber of entries will state. Elected in the Northwestern get in an hour of work. There was rence .Central travels to the Deaf will feature Lawrence Central cuore trial heats fn ail but | cctor Of District No. 1 was John State Service Following the dinner. Gov./a hard rain last nigh is host/matchinig strokes with Howe atis, FS Tr, THEE ee, and Vonsowitz, coach at Hammond ANDERSON, 1 Ind, Apr. 2—|stenry Seheicker 18 to lead 8|" The A x ~" |Pleasant Run Wednesday and] ie, inate ‘double champion. | HE" School. Basketball teams Tepressnting) dowstown pasage ' buy an orange grove Fm hie bie lo ae Rolla Chambers, of North Side state departments of the Vet- Drawings fot tourney. pairings all the e ¥ "Field Out in Half Ft. Wayne, was elected vice presi-| oo Foreign Wars were will be held tomorrow at 10 a. m./sumed in training 1 Sd In previous years, each sec. dent of District 2; Paul E. Myers, | 158 ato “And Indiana will be Iepresented by Chubby Del Ballenger hi Ri : tional meet sent two. individuals °F Indianapolis Tech, head of Dis-{7 001 08 "08 VIEW mationat Winamac, state champions, and ening up by getting Two Jockeys T rown in ace in every event and one relay team trict 3; Carl Bonge, of and Alex Pasketbal Anderson, {he hoat team. the ball in practice | 3 & wn. y {High School, District 4, and Alex tourney. Defending national champion is the young pitchers. Del has } ALBANY, Cal, Apr 2 (UP)— The two boys to go_down_injto the state. That necessitated of New Albany, District 5. Already 15 of the 37 stale Mankato, Minn. winner of last|cracked on the shoulder, shin and Two jockeys were thrown and the the race were Walter (The Blitz) two mile runs, two half-miles, asf Thom. oh champion isams were quartered year's tourney also held at Ander- thigh by Pitched balls. Litzenberg on Why Alibi and well as two sections of the relays. Othies sent ve, here and more were arriving son. Monticello, Ind. was third ; {In ‘addition, dash mer and hur- Rank rdve; ‘inourly. Sian gy tied today in a Wild, rodeo-type Cardiali was able To walk away!dlers faced trial heats and semi- Franklin College; Frank Jones, Drawings Tomorrow The tourney will close. next] Natienal L (froi oc Litzenberg final heats. The new plan cut the Indiana; Galvin Walker, Butler! whe week-long tourney will got Saturday with the | tation! EAVER Golden was shaken up. |Beld for the state meet exactly Cameron Parks, Garrett; Don Scwapo Monday wire -f Ha In was disqualified for in hair Knight, Shortridge; Cloyd Julian, ner : Phillips said the wrestling tour Washiigton; John. Magnabasce, bly would -Short-

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