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Dukes Impress 18,500 Ul Favored Fans in Garden by Beating Long Island U.

Pittsburghers Have Lost Only One of 21 Games; Only Holy Cross Has Better Record | By TIM MORIARTY, United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Feb. 17—There were at least 18,500 votes

for Duquesne today in the race for the Disfrict Two berth’ in the NCAA basketball tournament.

That many fans wat¢hed

Island University, 60 to 53, last night at Madison Square tomorrow night

Garden and quite possibly all Pittsburgh lads the championship itself. Duquesne now boasts 20 victories in 21 games. Only Holy: ‘ross, unbeaten in 21 games, claims a better record. Which is the better team? Well, that question probahly will be answered in

the NCAA tournament next month, since Holy Cross is a ¢inch to draw the District One

b ly Cross and Duquesne have

~pol met this year. and. a checks up ol comparative scores against mutual opponents is of little help. Against Fordham - and. . Dartmouth, Holy Cross. turned in higher scores than Duquesne, while the Dukes looked better

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Traditional Rivals Meet at Bloomington Tomorrow Night

Times State Service BLOOMINGTON, Ind., Feb. 17 ~The “Old Oaken Bucket” turns into the old hoop and net here when Indiana Hurrying Hooslers face traditional rival Purdue on ~ their -home court. The Hoosiers are favored to take the Joilermakers . by 12 points, two more than they won by in their last meeting in January That time Coach .Branch McCracken's wovs piled In 49 points to Purdue's 39. Since that time the Hoosiers have dropped Narthwestern, Minnesota and Illinois and lost to Ohio State. The Boilermakers rallied after the Indiana defeat and won over Mar quette, Michigan State and Michi gan _and. lost. to Ohio State. and Iowa. : Hoosiers Run Third Tomorrow night's battle finds the Hoosiers in third place in the Big Ten with a record of five wins and three defeats. Purdue {is in

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Sycamores Face St. Joe Tonight

Indiana State will take its 16-7 collegiate basketball record to St. Joe tonight in the only state game, Last night Indiana State shook loose from a three-game losing streak defeating Canterbury Tol: lege, 71 to 66, in Danville, Ind Trailing 42 to 31 at the half Canterbury's Evan Fine, former Fen Daves High School’ player, en tered -the game -—and- scored 15 points in the final 20 minutes

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the cellar with Northwestern, be-

against Kansas and Loyola of The Knights pulled up ¢ven with ing.tied with two vietories and Chicago than the Crusaders. Indiana State at 58-58. Jimmy six losses. The Dukes’ lone defeat was to Powers sent in two quick field Indiana reached its season's

Louisville U., at Louisville. 84-58 goals for the Sycamores who went

a : on to command the game, over. Illinois, 83-72. The win was Te ine avy its In_other state games last night BARR by a brilliant second over LIU by building up a 34 to Evansville finished its home sea- yay¢ ra)ly that saw the Hooslers

son winning No. 13, a 65 to 51 1555 51 poinfs throu i ‘ ss ! 1 gh the net 20 lead at half-time and then ye qict over Southern Illinois. and Po as Pe Roa inte a OT 03

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champ (left), and Louanna Early, women's champ, will team ftogether next Thursday night at the Fairgrounds Coliseum when they appear in The Times lce-O-Rama. Proceeds from the twohour show go to the Infantile Paralysis Fund. Tickets are on sale at The Times offices.

County's Prep Cagers Face Action in 12 Games Tonight

Attucks Meets New Winchester, Tech Plays

Kokomo, in Only Out-of-Town Contests By JIMMIE ANGELOPOLOUS

fighting off the desperate Black- rag’ lem fl was a Pras 5 fl fi q eo teY a Don Hoss 19 points paced Tay! decision over Michigan. irs tn. 18113 nutes. Lead- to a 70 to 57 victory over Hunt- The only bad news out ing the Dukes to victory were Ed ington College at Huntington Lafayette concerned Dohler, who scored 17 points, and! Indiana State (7 :

of lid on the city and county high

Canterbury (68)

. ) fz ft A te 11 pt Guard Glenn Bahler. Bahler is a sights on the sectional battles next week. | C. nek Cooper, who scored 14 MeDanal g — ’ ’ ‘ IMcDeonaldf. 4.0 5 Gertht { 1 } doubtful starter against . the All but two of the dozen games are billed within the county to’n Swhere aTound ihe nation. Fhiodanyy }-] 4 Arriesatec 4.2 3 Hoosiers because of a heel Injury night. Two other tilts are booked tomorrow. Warren Central goes Yandespa Firentiensd je post- Dimich. eo T 1 3 Gipsone 8 4 1 he suffered in the win over Michi- | eoterire - — - ion in the Southeastern Confer-|Rzeszewskig 5. 8 0 Fineg 6 3 4 ; . [1.0w Np h he 2 gan, Otherwise the Boilermakers {Lawrence Central, which has had ence by swamping Mississippi, 80 Hance” 311d are ready to go. Sgro, LaBroi Head la shortage of baskets, winning . , . Valker i : . to 47; Layyence Tech Sumped De 53} IU Has No Injuries Armory Fight Card leight of 18, touring ; niversity 0 awall, 5¢ Totals 20 13 25 Totals 28 14 18 Indiana reported no injuries.| Main event—Joe Sgro, Into 48; William and Mary posted! corsa at Half Indiana State 42. Can- ry ty : and Crispus Attucks, both of 1 8 ) terhury 31 . McCracken is expected to give his gianapolis;, (state welterweight a 70 to 57 Southern Conference res Throws Missed: Powers Dimich 2 " t ’ I rn etary : Washingt A Berger 3. Walker Gerth 2. Cline 2, Apple- sophomore stars plenty of work champion), vS..Jdohn LaBrol, fi yiclory over. Wwashinglon ana... cx-1- Gipson 5. Pine tomorrow’ night. Bobby- Masters Gary. (Title fight). Ten rounds. ome ires Lee; St. Bonaventure dumped ren and Sam Miranda, to mention a 3 : s ~' through the sectionals. Tech goes Waynesburg, 58 to 50 and Loyola p Basketball few, have been coming through Semifinal—Bill Roberts, In- to Kokomo, and Attucks goes A ro Basketba , 8 Bh ay lis, vs. Jimmy Sheets lew : of Chicago upended. Western Eastern. Division for the IU mentor and he may de-| @'ANnapolls, vs. Jimmy Sheels, to New Winchester. Michigan, 85 to 71. Borate Won Lost Pel cide to string along with youth, Hammond, six rounds. (Heavy- ; im : New York rr 20 £15 To back up the youngsters Me- weights). has. grabbed 15 of 18. ] tke Williams 5 to 1 a 3 $97 Cracken has veterans Lou Wat-| — Bix-rounder — Willie Clem- | Wiley Is Tough : philadeiphia ia “31 3} son, Bill Garrett, Jerry Stuteville,| mons, Indianapolis, vs. Charlie | Terre Haute Wiley, a western Favorite Over West Central Division ~~ "Gene Ring, Charley Meyer and Lee, Cincinnati. (Heavy-. Indiana powerhouse, comes to NEW YORK. Feb. 17 (UP) Minneapolis 40 1 15 other battle-tested upperclassmen! weights). Washington. : Lightweight Champion Ike Wil- Chiruon 1 i 810 ready for action. | Five-rounder—Doug Medley, | Crawfordsville drops in on liams anticipates little more than Ef Haron 3 #2 sy In the final analysis statistics Louisville, vs. Les Ways, In- Shortridge, which has been diga mild workout in his 10-round Westers Ditislen don’t mean much when Indiana) dianapolis. (Welterweights.) ging in of late, winning 10 of 19. nontitle bout with Sonny West iNpiaNAPOLL 30 3 soo And Purdue meet. The boys are Four-rounder—Andy Ander {Rossville visits Cathedral, Dover f W ingt D.C t Madi- jnderson . pid 2 569 ready to prove that tomorrow] ; [goes -to Pike Township and New of Washington. D. ©. I Maa Eh 1h 3% 3 nignt . son , Indianapolis, vs. Bobby pb.) ine “journeys to Beech OYE iio vaiius ud » son Square Garden tonight. Waterloo : v1 a8 235 ———————————si pie ———— Anderson, Louisville, (Welter- Gr re i The odds are definitely against Denver RESULYS LAST NionT Asi : | weights) ove. West, who will be making his first) maitimors 83, Ft. Wavne Tro r Table Tennis Notes | : Southport, which has an 18-2 New York appearance. Bookles §paerson §5, Denver 3 n boy, v _ First bout is scheduled for lis 72 ous | ast. night's results in the Industrial 8:30 tonight 1 th National were offering as high as 5 to 1| Syracuse 108 Es Cine dtr Ta le Annis League: Yen Co. 3. RJ : lonig' n e ! ationa on the champion from Trenton,| Rochester at Boston, Oil 5. Ef Lilly Pentelliin 4. Eli Lilly Ken. CGuard Armory, 711 N. PennN. J Ft Wayne at Philadelphia "tucky Ave. 5. Blocks 4 and Peerless. Elec- sylvania St. resin ee Waterloo vs, Minneapolis at St. Paul. tric 5. Pitman-Moore 4

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[TA 12-game schedule tonight and games tomorow will put the g

school regular basketball season.

veteran Fellowing tonight's hardwood action, the prep teams will set their

Tonight's itinerants are Tech Minor, league club during his en- he reaches the 19th hole. So by

7 | {will guarantee a $50 cushion for whom hope to keep their sectional] He set many National League burning . brightly records which still stand—most the bar bill. Of course you could

!mark over-all, entertains Martins\ville’'s Artesians. In town; Deaf School’ is host to Franklin Township and Park School closes Sacred Heart's successful season. The Spartans, who drew Shortridge in the sectionals; (have won 13 of 19 games. | Broad Ripple. closes its 1950 campaign at home with Greencastle. Both teams have had success, the Rockets 10 times in 17 | tries. i Howe, with the return of Kenny Wood, is still rolling, winning [three ‘of the last four games. Ball Park Backs Down on Peanuts SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 17 (UP)—The goober gobblers re{joiced today. Victory was in the ibag. ! | “Paul Fagan, the multi-million-|aire owner of the San Francisco (baseball team, said yesterday that no more peanuts would be sold in his stadium because it [cost too much to sweep up the {shells. But Fagan couldn't stand ithe wrath of his public very long. So. he surrendered. “I give up ... Mr. Peanut wins,”

-Zy -Fagan announced, ¢owering in

{his stadium office. | “It's the first time in my life {I've been beaten, and it had to be ‘by a peanut.”

| Times State “Service | NOTRE DAME, Ind., Feb, 17— Notre Dame’s fencing team will go after its fifth straight win of the season tomorrow against the University. of Illinois in Chamtpaigir - fren sw .

. Holes-in-One Aren't For Art Wall to Make

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Votes Shy for Hall of Fame

None of 125 Players Gets Needed Margin on a par three hole, even a

- ’ -» oa Writers! Balloting \vania professional's record “ ’ eb. ( ) 1 ’ Mel Ott, who arrived at the ET phenomenal. It's hard Grounds a frightened schoolboy enough to hit the ball, let and left it two decades later a alone hit it straight into the cup, national legend, failed by 11 votes and the. odds against’ same are to be elected to baseball's Hall 0f110.000 to one. Fame, it was announced today. I" Yet it is amazing how many This was the first time in four|people manage to pound home years that the Baseball Writers their tee shot, actually about Association of America failed to!1500 every year in the United elect a man to the Hall of Fame States and Canada.- The longest in its national poll. |on record was by a Carolina The former New York Giant clouter named Cardwell who manager was nominated on 115 Smashed a 425-yard hole in one of the 167 ballots cast. A total/at Winston-Salem. Marie Robie,

so far on the winter tour, in

‘Wall's 29th hole in one. To most of us who have

of 126 votes was necessary for|Of Wollaston, Mass, is the Tun-|

election. There will be no runoff, nNerup with a 393-yard shot into so Ott's chances ust wait until the cup last September. next year. : 2 = =»

Bill Terry, like Ott a New York, THERE ARE numerous in-

— Giant immortal and former ‘man-| stances where. players have holed

ager, was second in the voting|in one twice in the same round with 105. Then came Jimmy Foxx, but Bob Halverty, at Long Beach, ex-Philadelphia Athletics and Cal, posted some sort of a record Boston ‘Red Sox slugger, with 103. in 1945 when he aced both the No other player got 100 votes. | 308-yard 15th and the 130-yard

Waner Is Fourth 16th.

By OSCAR FRALEY, United Press Sports Writer : NEW YORK, Feb. 17—Pro golf's most notable feature

addition to wallowing in sfin-

{shine and splitting up the swag; appeared today to be Art

trouble getting a bogey four short par three, the Pennsyl-

make « hole in one and still lose ‘the hole, Under "British rules when a player abandons search for a ball it is “lost” and the second ball played becomes the ball in play, even if the first ball later ‘is found in the hole. Can’t vou see Paul. Revere's golfing descendants puiting up with that one? Age is no handicap, either, when it comes to dunking the tee shot, J. C. Hurd was 85 when he plunked one in the cup for the first time, giving all of us a bit of hope, and aces have been re< ported by S8-year-old Peter Tooe good. ! The question would seem to be whether you are good or just plain lucky when you hit the golf Ing jackpot. The late Harry Vardon made only one ace in his lifetime, although his six British Open Victories never have been equaled. Yet Gertrude Lawrence ‘holed the first shot she ever hit and Sam Jones made one at

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| Paul Waner was fourth with 95; and Al Simmons fifth with 90. In| all, 125 players or former players, received votes. Only players who| {were active between 1924 and {1948 were eligible. - ea) | Ott is still connected with the Giants in the front office but resigned as manager-iii-1948 after ix luke-warm years. Before that] he enjoyed 18 record-busting sea-| sons as a player. { “Master Mel” was only a schoolboy of 16 when he first reported

to Howe and Fishers comes to tO the Glants with a letter of in-|in two weeks at Chapel Hill, N. C.,

troduction from a New Orleans| friend. But he stuck with the! Giants and never played with a

tire career, |

(511), runs scored, batted .in- (1860),

home runs (1859), runs

Tech has total bases (5041), bases on balls He fired his one-shot on election won 14 of 17 games and Attucks (1708), extra base hits (1071) day—when the bars were closed.

plus a host of lesser marks. | He has a lifetime batting average of .304 and played in three World Series and 11 All-Star ‘games. sro

Anderson Beats |

Denver, 95-86 |

By United Press | The Anderson Packers last night climbed to within one and| one-half games of the Indianapolis Olympians,

Western Di

ivision, National Basketball Association, defeating the In the Eastern Division, the Syracuse Nationals were practi‘cally out of sight as they cruised; 10 full games ahead of the pack. The Nats scored 60 points in the first half then took it easy the rest of the way last night as they belted Tri-Cities, 105 to 74. In ‘other contests, the Minneapolis Lakers squeezed past St. Louis,

72 to 71,_and Baltimore downed J. .

Ft. Wayne,, 83 to 77."

Anderson (93) Denver (86)

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Amateur Basketball .

8 Church League tourney:at YMCA: Cenral Avenue Orientals 19 Broadway Methodist 18 (junior); Brookside EUB 27, Broad Ripple Christisn 26 (senior); Downey Avenue Christian 31, Central Avenue {8tars 21. (young men) t Tonight's schedules -of championship games 14: J Prentice Preshyterian- ve Cen tral Ave. Oriental (juniors. 8, Riverside Gardinals vs. Brookside E."U” B. (seniors); 9: Riverside Corsajrs us. Downey. Avenu

Christian (young men). City tourney at ' Dearborn: . Irvington Esquires 50, University Heights 43: Fuller AC 54’ Chevrolet’ No. 1° 52; Knights of

Keifer-Stewart 25. Sportsmanship medals were awarded to Bob Ice

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Catherine and Cathedral advanced to the final round of the City Senior CYO tourney st’ Cathedral last night 8t Catherine's defeated Holy Trinity, 38 to 33. and Cathedral eliminated St.’ Philip's. 43-to 34... The championship -game- will=be played Bunday at 4:30 p. m. at Cathedral

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P. H. Morton, an English bowl- Pueblo, Colo., although his glasses er of note, had the perfect come- fell off during his backswing and back when he aced the first hole the ball hit a tree and richbcheted on the first of two rounds. off a water fountain-into the cup; “It'll be many a day before Wall, with 29 tg his credit, must you do “that —again,” called a be both good and lucky—but any friend as Morton started his golfer will take it either way, and second round, gladly. Morton swung, watched the ball TTT trickle into the cup and then re-|

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MRS. ESTELLE LAWSON PAGE, former women's amateur champion, once” ma three aces TODAY BASKETBALL City. County High Schools

Greencastle at Broad Ripple . ossville at Cathedral Crispus Attucks at New Winchester Franklin Township at Deaf School. Sacred Heart at Park School. Crawfordsville at Shortridge. Tech at Kokomo 5 Terre Haute Wiley at Washington. New Palestine at Beech Grove. Decatur Central at Speedway. Dover at Pike Township Martinsville: at Southport, - Bat tate Colleges Then there are the avid golfers diana Sta “BILLIARDS ow i ’ Continuation of State Tourney. ' Boa who make rash promises and live ,Cgltiaustion of. St p.m. ¥ to regret them. For instance, Fred) Armory. 8135 oxo Jones announced last June that] if TOMORROW he was seriously considering run-| - BASKETBALL ning for governor of Oklahoma. | City. County Ren Schools

Playing a round shortly after-| Ralien Central 2

The custom, when a golfer, reaches those Olympian heights, is for him to buy all around when!

paying a $2.50 premium, Lloyds

do it like a chap appropriately ~ named Duncan C. MaécClintock.

Re 3,08 fara, DePaul, = Chicage up to the tee of a 176-yard hole Stadium. and asserted: Fn | Hifngton at Anderson. “I'd rather make a hole-in-one] Ball State at Franklin than be elected governor.” He did.! Yi Madonna at INDIANA CENTRAL.

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Evansville at Western Kentucky: = » - | Oakland City at Berea (Ky.) BRITISH golf - has something conics’ ar ienatt, ¥ paraiso. akin to the stamp tax which cost/ Michisan at Tllinots. them a group of colonies now Northwestern. Chicage known as the United States. It is FISHING, RUNTING a rule by which a player can Foi and Boat Show. Indiana State

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