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s : “lo. * : ® 3 ” iN : 1 odoy's Sports Parcde— etroit Cops Racing Days With Hub Capp 8y Tom ward | 3kers Take : Jn . x -. i = \ 8 mor rea | ~ por How ow o _— a ¥ 3 Superstition Stanle C yy a. * ‘They Just Don't Take In li Overtime A Ul. S. Cage Title '* Wild Chances,’ Shaw Says : \ : By OSCAR FRALEY, United Press Sports Write | NHL - Titlists Conquer | Mikan Leads 110-95 » r . { _ NEW YORK, Apr. 24—Race drivers aren't super: History and Rangers, Win Over Syracuse stitious, Wilbur Shaw said today, they just don’t believe in| 4-3, In Final Game To Seize Playoffs taking unnecessary chances. | DETROIT, Apr. 24 (UP) — MINNEAPOLIS, Apr. 24 (UP) Shaw, three-time winner of the Indianapolis 500-Mile Having conquered history in a his- ae |—The mighty Minneapolis Lakers Automobile Race, was explaining away the phobia against fory making le : : of A [Ivers fugh oat oF worlds Sy San . green cars and eating of peanuts in the pits, which race puted kings or the National Hook- CE a vy a third different league : a "ihn 1 fe broke mB ON (pe Sek fn he sh Bei ep Se pL ra a AR ose inten- ‘ : “an at racing T had to chin. mysele Lona Sid he tees PASEd “SHLHco von tue cop veunaoe NILES 1OMOITOW Pres phy for Golf “Seniors” (J) Women Enter |. sem, corse susan

[basketball immortality by hooping {40 points, the Lakers captured the National Basketball Association =. [title last night by defeating Syra‘cuse, 110 to 95, thus taking the “final series, four games to two,

“Peggy “Kirk Favored : 3 3 Last year it was the Basket To Retain Her Title ball Association of America crown PINEHURST, N. C., Apr. 24 that the Lakers wore and the (UP)—A field of 100 started the year before that it was thé Nae

48th North and South Women's tional Basketball League's. Both .

of those leagues now are out of Amateur Golf Tournament today business.

with Peggy Kirk of Findlay, O.. Mikan, of course, was the whole a heavy favorite to- retain her show in the windup game just as title fr he has been all season. The sixe

on the steering wheel to see over 3 major buy Shologieal part in his, but not until the underdog but : the hood,” the d ry gre dogged New York Rangers had » tt ee dapper little man all automobile classics where. rrieq them into a second over-| X | rare Ls grown much in the daredevil drivers hit a top. speed. vir erariod In the seventh and | G1 - process, said. “You don’t use a of close to 170 miles per hour In| geciding game of - the playoff’ i clutch so my left foot was idle the stretch, : | . ]

Fe -and-I-held-it-cocked-over so'that| “Shaw, who HOW CONtFOIS GL rat 8:31 of the tense and, ‘Former Georgia Tech the aluminum and the grease off destinies of that madman’s para- Y: : {

co the floorboards rubbed into the/dise at Indianapolis, believes that tHE6 ISUadtn denth’, seetng ses Coach Found Dead side of the shoe. it f§"sater driving over the Indi pCR Pei® DELERCO OF TS NEN ATLANTA, Ga., Apr. 24 (UP) | S * = = ana bricks than it is over the| 2Sn€C a Do ef ir “I WAS proud of those shoes.

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Golf Tournament

ordinary highway {four Rangers players for the goal —F uneral services for Bill Alex-| “And they meant a lot to me—| “We have no drunks,’

Tech, y ——+that meant a 4-to-3 triumph. lander, who guided Georgia i but don't call it superstition. It's sisted. “Every man’s paw - It was the first time in the his-|to football glory through 25 sea-| just one of those things that help his business, the cars are technic-

tory of the Cup playoffs that the sons, were scheduled tomorrow. . you hold your peace of mind in a ally proved and inspected to the seventh game of the finals had| Alexander, 60, was found dead game like this. minutest detail and there are road

gone to an overtime. In fact, itiin bed yesterday by his wife.| “When I broke in, my hero wag dangers such as nails, broken

was the third Wings-Rangers Death presumably was due to the

! | foot, 10-inch former Depaul Unie iter |bottles and other tire hazards, Same to go into an overtime, the heart ailment which. had ham-| Miss Kirk's stiffest opposition versity star wasted pas time - Kiner any- 3 a Named yond Moyer, He up with your tires covered up by| Rangers 2eVing a ou Pe others pered his activities for several over the 5915-yard, par 74 No. 2 settling the outcome of the game, -t were asking prised me when later on he be- these low slung mudguards.” on goals 3 Don. — yBtier, a pioneer in the championship course at the Pine- Scoring 14 points in the first

period for a 25-18 lead and adding 14 more in the second for a 51-39 halftime lead. That was it. Red Pollard was Mikan’s chief scoring assistant with 16 points, while Herm Schaffer had 12.

Same my mechanic.” NOR, DOES this curly-haired Thus did the Wings turn the .razzle-dazzie” style of football “Moyer was. my mechanic In little man with the ice water tables on history. Last year they pecause his squads lacked the 1940,” Shaw added, “when I went nerves believe that jet propulsion Won the regular season cham- beefy weight of his rivals, was after my third Indianapolis vic-/will ever take over on America’s Plonship and then advanced 10 the first coach to send teams into tory. But a week before the race highways or at Indianapolis. meet fourth-place Toronto in thelagch of the major bowl games— those old shoes of mine turned up| Shaw believes that the danger finals for the Stanley Cup. The Roge, Sugar, Orange and Cotton. missing. Now, as I explained, I'm or driving gases would prevent jet Leafs upset the Detroiters. | He was a Georgia Tech footnot superstitious, but it jarred me. propulsion on the speedway or on! The Rangers, like the Leafs, fin- ball player himself as an under“The day of the race, I went the highway. ished in fourth place during the... ate under Coach John W. into the garage and there on a| “We, after all, are trying to pro- regular season and it seemed that yr.; man craduating in 1910. He shelf was an exact pair of the mote safety and are out to make they would make history repeat, ... was assistant coach and shoes I had lost. Moyer had even motoring safer for the public,” he as they gained a 3-3 tie in games| ..qed the famed Heisman as

lly and not hing Pirates

hurst Country Club was expected to come from former National Champion Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill, N. C., and Grace Lenczyk of Newington, Conn. also a former national titlist. Forward Dolph Schayes was the Other outstanding plityers in Nahiouay leading BepRe with 23 the traditional tournament in- POInts, 11 of them on free throws, ‘cluded Helen Sigel of Philadel 3nd John Macknowski had 17. phia; national runner-up in 1948; pi Alabama State Champion Bee Amateur Baseball

mith yielded iness ruined.

ly scheduled’ y be started ished under Philadelphia e Braves in

Walter A. Kennedy (left) presents a new trophy to Ray E. Jones, president of the Western Seniors’ Golf Association. The

! | . ™ i » i ' Mac Wane of Birmingham; for- Gene Moore struck out 14 of the 18 r losing the rubbed grease and aluminum /announced blandly. land went off to an early 2-0 lead y ch in 1916. + s for the group's annual tournament, June 29 and 30. Mac TN ni terd Kempl ader, 4 to 3. paint into that brand new pair of, - That's from a guy who can tool last night on goals by Allen Stan-| ps a Fy ears that followed his rophyi group fale 4 mer Illinois State Champion” Mar- Radio ableated "x rinbaum ‘Community monstrating shoes in an attempt to make(a torpedo at a brisk 170 miles an !¢y and Tony Leswick. But the © ° 3.38 133 games, lost 98, Coach Quits Post has resigned effective at the jorie Lindsay of Decatur; Ver- shorteted to stx {nnings by rain at River»s before he them look like an exact replica hour without blinking an eyelash Wings scored three times in the Eleven times his close of school in May,- William/mont Champion Mae Murray of are’ seeking

land tied eight. following managers

e pitched six- of the shoes which had been — and he ain't superstitious, Sesond period — by Babano, Sid | MONROVIA, Apr, »24—Robert McCracken, township-trustee, has Rutland; Ruth Woodward --of baseball games

— Fai a lteams won the Southeastern Con-} . : rann, Brazil Colts and Brazil d victory. to rts —.stolen—or mislaid.” ; either;-according to him. bel, and Jim Mc dden—while | *A7" oe kine and also Moore, serving his first year as announced. Moore, a graduate of Pinehurst, Massachusetts cham- Arketex. 321 East Oak. Brazil; Hob arl (Duke) ’ - ERT ~ re Buddy O'Connor added the third |

~ Ranger goal.

» bbs, 8 Merchants, iwon__four and lost two bowl athletic director and basketball Indiana University, has taken a pion. and State Titlist Pat O'Sul--i tar “Fulton Tndependen | From McFadden's tally, there Sooee-——— ~~~ -

er, A Tana Myers , oe ; i ur singles to and baseball coach at Monrovia, job With the Standard-Oil-Co——Hvam of Orange; Conti chants. “1 Roval Sirest” Labanon. 3.1

r-the Braves: =

Bronson Dominates Bowlin

omered and . In the secas Boston's on, the Phils walks, nine off Rookie isler's pinch ying run for nth while in tkus singled, Willie Jones a fly. :

Split

Red Sox diin Philadelthe opener, ingles in the | rally that ris Fain hit 'wo days for Sox boomed triumph in which was gs because of lla hit two to pace the ie Bob WellPhiladelphia. vinner in the ing six hits, antz won the

440/City, and Chief Saunooke, of One 972, turned in the season's high- A PERRET 1050 ‘Scratch’ *'!| Cherokee, N. C., will headline| nally broke est ean Series for Sen with (2 [Davis cleaners 1 T, nee) 3yzg | Wrestling action in the Armory| ay game with a 1155 count. W Frank Gh, Ships evel et 3883 etl i wks, ' . Wo or . ) - ol y Groth had ! Jones Studio, which finished third. Hap's Tavern 388 (303) 3281 tips the scales at 325-pounds and

erfect day at in a lo6sing lk and three as been on

nes up,” Fine

3 innings by -Tiger, gave dave Philley hree singles. Cleveland to * the Browns f a doublehit two-run ans a 7-to-5 cond game, ings because ood drove in in the opener

rague games

° i ° Yaa J. Picture With Series of 700 1050 Scratch Meet Won by Davis Cleaners, = However, With 3370 Total; Get $225 Prize Muncie Kegler Named

By GENE

Warren Bronson found the 700 range in the final session of the 1050 Scratch tournament yesterday” afternoon to dominate the!

week-end bowling scene. :

LAWSON

|stretched 52 minutes and 34 sectonds of scoreless —hockey until |Babando came through again— |for keeps, ns

To Bowling Office Times State Service DAYTON, O., Apr. 24—Orvin {Teter of Muncie, today was elected

Bronson connected for games of 219, 202 and 279 for an even President of ‘the 1851 national 700 series in competing with the Leb-Ledin outfit. The tourney|0W!Ing tournament of the Junior

was won by Davis Cleaners, however, who came through with a| Order of

3370 total based on an actual] score of 2791 and a 579 handicap. The Davis outfit wins the top| award of $225. | As to the regular league pic-| ture, there wasn’t much to shout) about. Henry Welshans produced] the evening's best by smearing! 638 pins with the Hoosiery Workers at the Fox-Hunt alleys.

Finishes Schedule

Do ‘The Pennsylvania Recreation] bur

circuit, producer of some of the

highest scores in town during the|jack Dwenger.

season, finished its schedule last!

Tuesday. | Do

Harry Oliver Tailoring won the! loop title with a 66 and 33 rec-| ord. Figures prove that their vic-|

tory was no fluke, | Py

The Tailoring outfit has the’ league's best floor average with

United American

. # [Mechanics. 700 BOWLER { At the annual meeting of the Warren Bronse wWituedin Ny "0 organization's bowling association

( Henry Welshans, Hoosle Tom Connelly, Cinder Bloc reve Kot, Hooslery Ww s eryl Saffell, Packard Indpls. Mixed Bill Blyth, Delaware 7 wilight Mixed . ddie Reed, Saturday Mixed . (MEN)

. 638 61

603 602 OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS Bud Hoagland, Ill. Sun. Recreation Stan Griner, Ill. Recreation ~~. .... Slim Hendricks, Fox-Hunt Mixed .... atters, Sun. Afternoon Mixed .. viera Cont. Mixed .. lon, Saturday Coca-Cola ... n Gilfe, Sun. Night

Beverly Peterson. Del. Twilight Mixed 511 ttie Jacobs, Pel Twilight Mixed 510

09 Mixed 501

Qeneya Shoems er, Pack. i a Border, Pt. Sq. Tavern Mix: OTHER TEAGUE LEADERS (WOMEN) Hilda Toepper, R. Harriett -Briles, Fox-Hunt xed 483 Joan B

. Mixed ........ Rose Baumann, Ii. Sun. Secretion .

*rs .. 838 here, Muncie was selected as the avspers 613 site of the 1951 tournament. i

| Selection of a Hoosier city as |the site for next year’s tourna-|

507 ment followed capturing of the 588 1950 team Championship honors © 3% by a Winchester, Ind., lodge team, || 576 headed by H. C. Smith, which

rolled a three-game total’of 3109. J. 'W. Myers, Turtle Creek, Pa.

Taver was elected vice president of the RARE dl ones

11951 tourney.

Longson, Saunooke

| Jo Cont ined iad To Head Mat Card

jerck, Leanord Coal ... 469 Pate McDantels, Sun, Ni ht Mixed .. 464 A heavyweight mat tilt between! Mickey Specht, CFO or Minagd == x: 458 “Wild Bill” Longson, of Salt Lake

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| Don Woodard (W. Frank Jones|—The Marion and Sanders team Studio) and’ Miller Ensminger of Lansing, Mich., held down sec(Washington Chevrolet) Shaheed ond place in the American Bowla major share of the indiWidual ing Congress tournament team honors. Don rolled the season's event today, just 26 pins short South Grove Tourney “first 300 game last November and of the leaders. et : : had sets of 740 and 739 for the, The Michigan five rolled a total Pairings to Be Shifted t two highest totals in the loop. |of 2912 points, including the A change in pairings will be Miller also came up with a pair tournament's highest game with made in the third annual four-ball of 700s and had. a 205 average 1042. However, they failed to tournament at South Grove due which was the circuit's best. dislodge the Harry Men’s Wear, to yesterday's interruption by rain _ [team of Norwood, 0., which has of the qualifications. a score of 2938, Those who were able to qualify | A Louisville, Ky. five moved before yesterday's downpour will n i | into tourth, place and a veteran be placed in one flight. Those Jimes _Specia - (Syracuse, N. Y., group took over wishing to withdraw. under those Oy . 24—Beryl! g . BOL MEY 5.0, gn trom 1 fifth spot. John Hoffman Pro- (conditions can have their entry i 1 lled in the singl |duce had a score of 2857 and the!fees returned by seeing Pro Bill Indianapolis rolled in the singles... process Gear shot a 2833 Russell at the and doubles of the ABC Tourna-| - a course.

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