Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1949 — Page 48

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.. By BILL OOHRS The recapped Caps have shown >. Symptoms of getting back into the American Hockey League|’ race, ! _ They were grouped “with Pittsburgh today for third place in the western division after off New Haven last night in the! Coliseum, 3 to 1s { With dcfenseman Al Dewshury| playing his first game here since | he was sent down by the parent Detroit pounced on Rambler Goalie Emile |

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Francis early for-a 2-0 lead.

Freddie Glover rammed goal at 10:28 in the first period after taking a back-cage pass from Doug McKay and Dewsbury tallied his first of two scores at :15.,

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Player-Coach ott Heller, although he was i, uniform, didn't get on the ice. Gerry Reid, center, was sidelined with a knee in-| jury, He may be refidy to: skate. Dispose of Three i» Sunday night's game here with| stale. Center Jim Uniac nursing a groin injury and player deals while attendi Glover, with the aid of adhesive) weok. long minor ho =NeiDg the) tape, will continue playing. He tion "which closed ra Baltimore hurt his back on the recent road tsqay, trip when he hit a goal post. The 3515 fans

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the IAC pool against Indiana! n State and tomorrow at 2 p. m. Yona ri i _ in Huntington pool against the U. 5. LEAGUE ~ Huntington YMCA. 1 4 IAC girls open their season fy..*Y Sunday at 2 p. m. in a dual meet with the Riviera Club in the lat- Kansas city’ | ter's pool.

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Just Ended Penalty The lanky defenseman had just completed a two-minute penalty for high-sticking before he scored. Hé jumped over the sideboards, took a mid-ice went Francis who was faked out of position, The Ramblers spoiled Terry S8awchuk’'s third Cap shytout in the final period when Fern Perrault bounced a hard shot off — Sawchuk’s— pads ~ Dewsbury added the clincher at 15:07 with = long shot five feet| = inside the blue line, ~—Both--goalies-mendable game in the nets, Sawchuk having 25 saves and Francis stopping 25, but the advantage of better defense, Indianapolis attempted only 49 shots and New Haven took only

Both Play Raggedly The few scoring attempts, partially due to some ragged play on th clubs, also was indicative of tight defensive work on the Caps’ part,

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Drafted pastimer is Paul at Madison Square Garden tonight. webu: {LaPalme, southpdw pitcher, from 3 PE Hartford, Conn. agli oh oie | Players unloaded were Catcher Cres Kluttz, sold ‘te Baltimore: a. Pigf cue. Outfielder Roy’ Weatherly, Bloomer. to Oakla , Cal, crrauit, (Clyde 8 Shofig, refered; |

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80ld| oMcials who had voted for Bronx and Pitcher | jae. released outright. |

Villemain on Mar. 25, {dan's shoulder injury in their title

nly Game Geneduied) than when he first met Villemain

in three meets this week-end. |... Moy TER 8 ogi the Garden In Jaren. instead The boys team, winner over Teronte . i 7. 19 10 4 3 ef 8 over. tonights 10 rounds enable Ball State and Richmond YMCA Glia” "io § of § 3 HH Oi mooking Jake to set this season, Will swim tonight in| ge York o K ; 2 1 18 wild-hooking Jake to set a faster MM td pace.

The Bronx Bull will have a greater weight advantage than in o og March when he outweighed the 33 French ex-butcher boy. For’ to1% 13 night's scrap LaMotta planned 21 » % ‘about: 165'4 to Villemain's ex115 pected 161%. Contracts _orbade either to scale less than 161 nor

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SPORTS

OKLAHOMAS BUD WILKINSON

COACH or mz YEAR. 19

Before LaMotta wrested the 160-pound crown from “one-armed” { Maror] Cerdan in June, he won a 12- round d decision _over _Villemain

sus- more than 166. pended indefinitely the two ring! Villemain would be more heavy backed ' had he not lost to ave Sands of Australia and That scandalous deefsion over| Veteran Steve Belloise this year, plus Cer- in addition to LaMotta. ! Bronx ‘Jake will be making his

sneesapels wu an atte In Non-Title Return Bout With Villemain

Odds Favor Bronx Jake to Remove

‘Lucky Chump’ Sti ma in Garden Match —Jake LaMotta, the was favored at 13-5 today to himself a no-chump champion at last night's draft, by beating Robert Villemain of France in their return non-title bout, action was the smallest home eran. apd ditposed of three vat: crowd of the season, |

Tonight's Local Card

nie Harper, Detroit, weights, Joe Sgro, Eddie Miller,

“Bronx Bull,”

Indianapolis,

Andy vs Joe Arthur, middleweights, 6 rounds. vs Sherman Washington, weights.

Lawson, Anderson,

Indians Land One, LaMotta Gets Chance to Clear His Record

Gerald LaBroi, Gary, vs light10 rounds, main event, vs. Dayton, middleweights, 8 rounds, semifinal. Anderson, Indianapolis, Indianapolis,

Willie Clemons, Indianapolis, Co- | lumbus, Ohio, 5 rounds, heavy-

Jerry Locke, Dayton, vs Bob 5 rounds,

6 N fight, plus LaMotta's defeat bY first ring appearance since he heavyweights. . c L A, tea] isc Steno Lo, | ght. p Dauthuille -on Feb. 25; won the title from Cerdan at De-/ First event—38:30 p. m., Nah hab igaapolis. ews. | Cleveland .:.® 5 i, 5. ii S °% caused many boxing men to re- troit, June 18. Cerdan said he tienal Guard Armory, 711 N. y 0 ring. Penal-| NDIANAPOLIS il 1 3 3 #1 3 gard- 28-year-old LaMotta as & had suffered an injury to his left Pennsylvania St. . el ven, Pers | Cincinnati . : " : it 6 Jif lucky chump rather than a gen: ghoylder in the first round and ing, and signed later for to8: + orrioon, 5.0% | Eastern Division , {uine champion. had fought “one-armed” until night's non-title tilt with VilleCTA Hight. | Providence 4 10% EB Despite the skepticism about after the ninth, when he was un- main of Paris. {Rutile ven 1-8 3 i 1 6 'LaMotta’ . present prowess, he able to continue. Because of the séandal over the | Springfield i, 12.3 3% {1 & ting men have made him ‘hile flying to the United first . LaMotta-Villemain. bout, Swim Teams Booked SesUits E ie. $i 9 favorite because they believe De giaie8 for a return title fight Chairman Eddie Eagan of the gBgianaPolls gh thls tic Club lene \ A be in much better condition yp LaMotta, Cerdan of Moroc- New York Commission has as-

co, North Africa, was killed in sured the chunky Frenchman he an Azores’ airplane crash, Oct. will get a shot at the title if he

28. LaMotta th&n broke train- beats bull-shoulder Jake tonight. polling 11 votes. as did Leahy

Nation-Wide Grid

Pilot of Unbeaten Sooners Scores Clean Sweep With 102 First-Place Ballots

NEW YORK, - Dec. 9-—America’s, college

1949 Coach of thg Year. Casting a total of 382 votes, greatest in the

coach of the unbeaten Sugar ’ ’

| Bowl- -bound §ooners a deci- Oklahoma Record

|sive margin. - Wilkinson was Under Wilkinson

| Waldorf 2d, i 2d, Leahy 3d J Bad i Boy ne In Scripps Howard

By LAWRENCE ROBINSON, Scripps-Howard Staff Writer

coaches—the men best qualified to judge—have selected Charles (Bud) Wilkinson of Oklahoma University to be the predictable Lee Oma. in troubls

“Having New: Ring Troubles

Faces Suspension For Balking Over Louis Exhibition

DETROIT, Dec. # (UP)—Un-

Poll

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(almost as often as not Suriag 'his lon ring career, was deep In 15-year {hot or A with the Michigan Box-

history of this unique poll, the mentors gave the 34-year-old|ing Commission today.

Commissioner Floyd Stevens threatened to bar the reformed “bad boy” heavyweight from Michigan rings unless his manager permits him to box Joe

{ o . ol L f wo on the 102 first-place bal patrol » 1 —ganta ‘Cigna 2 Lous here Wednesday. ' as B—qex “i st id he al Id ask Tex es 1 evens sa e also would as wi beat Oo Lyun (Pappy) | 13 ichvas if EK state 8 the National Boxing Association |Waldort, of uhibeaten California, 31 lowa tate’l 9 Ho Towa state 'fland the New York Commission y 33 votes. Waldorf, winner of 37 Kas State 13 4i—Missourt ..... 0 1 M the fi \ h-of-the-Y Nn Mi sourt 12 41—Nebraska suspend ma unless anager e first Coach-of-the-Year award | {i Nooiaik, 13 60—Kansas ... Hee Sullivan changes his mind back in 1935 when he was at|21—Okia. AM dr Okla. AM"... about: “withdrawing” him from | Northwestern, finished runner-up! Son a 8 u- lows State ., 1ithe 10-round exhibition. | for the second straight year with ; xas It H-Miwourt 3 Sullivan protested tnat the re“0

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69 votes. 9 ¢ 48 Nebraska

Third honors ‘in tha nationwide poll conducted py the New York and Bob Higgins, |World-Telegram with the aid of State coach

~41—Okia

former Penn fighting ‘real fights,”

3 tired heavyweight champion “alcome back and is instead of the exhibitions he bargained for,

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| The Indianapolis Times and other Insiders view Wilkinson's Wants Real Money Scripps-Howard newspapers choice as top man in his difficult ) r [working with the American Foot- profession as recognition of a “Louis knocked out Pat Valenball Coaches Association, went to great job of rebuilding OKklaho- tino in Chicago and Pat got only {Frank Leahy, of unbeaten, 38- ma into a national power in the $6000," Sullivan snorted. “We straight Notre Dame. He polled space of three years, as well as don't want that Kind of exhibi38. a hearty recommendation of his tion. Let's advertise it as a real

One Vote Difference Only one vote separated fourth place, won by Wesley [Ohio State with 27, accorded Tuss Melaughry Dartmouth with 26. Ivan Willtamson, in his first year as head y oot New Year's Dav,

sunny personallity,

Fesler, of Year will from- fifth, to start preparing for

Monday the 1919 Coac reassemble his

¢ to the Sugar Bewl in New OrOl leans, where Louisiana State Universitv. will be met on

fight so we can make some

h of the money.” squad, Notified by telegram of Stevens’ a return suspension threat, Sullivan said {Oma would “take the consequences.”

Jan. 2.0 “If the

Michigan commission

the Sooners snd the NBA want to foree Oma

¢oach at Wisconsin, placed sixth ; fwith 24, white Jess Neely, Max Jefeated North- Carolina there, into a so-called exhibition ech Hterming of Rive Institute. placed” ' a latest developments have shown Iseventh with 19. Earl Blaik of = iD 18 plading days, Wilkinson wil pe a savage fight, that's up “junbeaten Army “was- neki with at necia: ass of 1937, ie to them, the manager said. ed |i : \ he doubt: 1Seven. votes. served - coaching apprenticeships; He added that {

{ Of this group. Waldorf Leahy. ‘under Ossie. Solam at and-Blaik are former winners of

the Coach-of-the-Year ~homor—ipgn-Fauret.

Syracuse, George Hauser at- Minnesota, with the Iowa pre-

‘the New-York group, which does inot sanction exhibitions, would “string along” witlf the Michjgan

Waldorf in 1935. Leahy in W841,'gght €adets and the year before commission,

Nick Londes, International Box-

and Blaik in 1946. he became head coach, under | In the record year of balloting. Jim Tatum at Oklahoma. ing — Club® matchmaker who {a total of 36 coaches received The husky young Sooner-by- ‘drafted” Oma as a late replace-

{at least one

first, [year's vote more than last year, when Bennie t

vote for first place, adoption, say sage observers, has ment for injured Bernie Reynolds, while 76 all told were named for combined a great many of the said Louis “definitely will fight second or third place. This things he learned under these four somebody Wednesday night.” totalled exactly 120 coaches into a well-integrated at- - tack which is neither T nor single under contract because. Sullivan

Londes said he considered Oma

Oosterbaan of Michigan was wing. but a smooth blend of both. had accepted the fight in a phone

named 14th annual Coach of the

Oklahomans, of course, are de-/conversation and later confirmed

Year on 61 first place votes out lighted with Wilkinson, and tune it by wire.

of 262, in Topped Third Place It is interesting to note Wilkinson not only led votes, but also received the greatest total of second-place nominations, counting 64 to 58 for Waldorf and 30 for Leahy. topped third-place voting with 39, to 33 for Wilkinson and 31 for Leahy. In all, Wilkinson was named on 199 ballots, or a little. more than 50 per cent. J Wilkinson's margin on a pressed keenest delight, “point” basis, rating 5 for first, acted immediately with 3 for second and one for third. to thank all who voted was just as pronounced. The adding. Sooner coach amassed a total of the players, 735 points, to 543 for Waldorf, credit.” 336 for Leahy. The points were merely an added fillip, as

sbh~rt of a miracle.

tion early today,

was Year, will

on rumqrs of alluring offers from other schools with apprehen- i sion. They recall the unhappy war Coach Winners in first-place 48Ys When the Sooners slipped far From 1935 to Now down the football ladder, and re-: gard Wilkinson's arrival of the prewar days (Oklahoma went .to Waldorf the Orange Bowl in 1938, beaten| by Tennessee), as something little

_ Expressed Delight

On being informed of his selec~ Wilkinson ex-

“It mostly was a vote for who deserve all the

Wilkinson, as 15th Coach of the

Coach-of-the-yvear award winners since the New York WorldTelegram, Indianapolis Times and other Scripps-Howard newspapers instituted this con-

| test in 1935: Narthwastern.

og on ech.

and rethe wish for him,

3 I $ § , receive the bronze pointed out on the secret ballof plaque which goes to each Coach Charles Hurth Re-Elected

mailed to 512 member coaches of of the Year,

the AFCA. In the event of a tie, 1946 .in a nationwide second-place picks would have among famous artists. been studied. A tie-breaker was It will be presented to

almost 1941 Leahy beat out of Minnesota by votes. In the 1948 poll, ished in a tie for seventh place

necessary in a mere Wilkingon fin- Jan.

NCAA here in New York.

when Honor Wilkinson at the annual Bernie Bierman dinner given by the World-Tele-four gram and Scripps-Howard News. ball's papers the night of Thursday, rectors for a three-year term as 12, at the height of the the leagues closed their 1949 conand AFCA conventions vention with a routine business

a plaque created in Union League Prexy

contest = ou \LTIMORE, Dec. 9 (UP)—

Charles Hurth, president of the Southern Association, today was re-elected to minor league baseexecutive board of di-

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