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FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1951 ; .—.s. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES __ :

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Times-Legion Golden Gloves

Olymps Fresh From Win Over Bullets, Hoping Lakers Don’t Rock Boat

But the Local Cagers Likely to Find Mikan, Pollard and Co. Tough as Usual Tonight * By FRANK ANDERSON The Indianapolis Olympians and the Mikanopolis Lakers try a fifth tonight. But don't call for the WCTU. The Lakers are simply paying this fifth, and possibly, last call at Butler Fieldhouse. Action begins at 8:30. Unless the Olymps can get into the playoffs, they'll see

Donald Carpenter . . , 160- Don Evans . . . Open heavy-

| John Smith .". . 160-pound ,

ers. Ft. Wayne is fdle tonight, That means onehalf game out

no more of the Lakers here PROBABLE LIN 0 en, ound n. ight. this season. Our heroes are uo Barahors r ui mr. P i Pow Ope weight : n fo ace in e if roas oii. € ir, Miken (98) ? Man how pl th (1 bps rare: Miso (22) Western Division of the NBA, {i6) Barker I: i . Harrison (16) one game behind Ft. Wayne in| _INDIANAPO: Re 1. voy (8, third and 13 in arrears of the| Whither io, Mahoken afi wikis a first - pace Lak: mist Tit Pern pat, Gaal no. Bh0adeasts-- 1g) 18H a WAJC-FM, 8:30

Pro Basketball NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | "Western Division

of third if the Minn x Pet, ‘ eapolis ’ “Bucket Bri- ° Rochester 23 1558 gade” can cop = |Z aus 5 v 3 20 412 the plea tonight. 3 {NDIA OLIB ... keseses i » ia 4 But Minneapolis Be | ity Eastern Division is hardly the L Pct team to fall Fi pie Pa down and play Anderson Plaga 2 40 yeracuse Wo patsy for our | Baitimore 32 .286

Results Last Night INDIANAPOLIS 69, Baltimore 60. Syracuse 94, Boston 80 New York 9%. Philedeinhia 93

boys. George Mikan, Jim Pal-| lard and Vern Mikkelsen are| senisitive about such things. | The Olymps have tripped the

Games Tonight

Minneapolis at INDIANAPOLIS, 8:30 pri Lakers but twice in eight games, ;ciock, John. Duart 1 {2-pound Ski Al d 112 » field-| Philadelphia at Bost rt... P inny Alexander . . . 112. Bob Payne , . . 147-pound both wins coming in the a “(Only Somes seheduled. | Novice. pound Open. Open.

So you can see the big

pound Open.

Novice.

Finals Are Tonight

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132 Well-Conditioned

Boxers to Battle for 16 Crowns in Armory

Smith and. Carpenter in Feature Bout, 2 Defend Titles, Capacity Crowd Expected

nN | 4 q | | 1 By JIM HEYROCK Thirty-two well-conditioned amateur boxers who have (survived four weeks of hard-fought eliminations will climb through the ropes at the National Guard Armory's ‘squared circle” tonight in search of Golden Gloves crowns. | The final and championship round of the 18th TimesLegion Golden Gloves Tournament gets under way promptly ‘at 8 p. m. and when veteran ‘timer Carl Mattern sounds re rte erm ————— the gong ending the finaliCiass. championshin. Rasioh

|round, 16 youths will be crowned) i resenting the Sen{1951 Golden Gloves champions, oermany Teh ating will be

| For the 16 ; [representing Bland's Boxing Club.

135- Editorial, Page 22

Walter Haywood .

lcrowd is expected to watch the youngsters battle in the 16 bouts, eight in the Open) Clase and eight in the Novice, in the three-hour program. The boys who will fight tonight ‘have survived four rounds of some of the most hotly-contested amateur fighting seen in Indian-| apolis in many seasons. Every

ing off in the 112-pound class. The 118-pound Open Class will bring out the first of last year's champions to appear. He-is Bob [Johnson, Bland Boxing Club, who will meet Lum Harrison, unattached. Johnson last year won the 112-pound title, but has grown size and ability since last {year's tournament.

Joe Belcher , . . 175-pound

house. hands of Mikan, Mikkelsen at work. Things Have Changed Things have changed since the Lakers were here last. The scenery is different. Boston's John Mahnken and Syracuse's Don Lof-| gran have joined the Indianapolis] ensemble. Mal McMullen has been retired to something known

Pollard and

To Be 'People’s Choice’ Meet on Tap For

Wabash Valley Champs Could Be First:

Undefeated Team to Win State Title

as “farm, out.” Mal was the By KURT FREUDENTHAL, United Press Sports Writer something that had to give if the Glenn's unbeaten Wabash Valley champs today appeared to| Toases State. Borvice Olymps were to get down to have the best chance to give the “People’s Choices” a representative : men after acquiring Mahnken and in the four-team finals of the Indiana high school basketball cham- Wink Hl Feb. Jo The Zany Sper ompttition das h the bs ~ tiona. ree-cushion and pocke

Lofgran. He gave. |pionship. Mal's swan song came last, Coach Jack Willlams' Pirates can carry a 24-game winning merit Opens 3 ‘three-day run here

night in Cincinnati, his home streak into next week's sectionals, provided they get past Honey, town. He made an appearance Creek tonight and Oblong, Ill, | as the Olymps topped Baltimore, tomorrow. { 69-60, before a sparse crowd of The Pirates, built around thei 1240. classy six - foot - Bruce Hale stepped aside last'five center

3-Cushion, Pocket Winners to Qualify Tourneys On Today

For National Tourney | CHICAGO, Feb. 16 (UP)—Some 'of the world's top billiard players

‘tournaments. Champions in the men’s and The top four finishers in each

(This is the third of four women's divisions will be crowned event will meet champions Willie ri stories on probable team align- {Sunday night. Both winners will Hoppe and Willie Mosconi for the ments by semi-final districts in [qualify for thé National AAU world crowns.

the 41st annual Indiana high tourney to be held in Denver. | school basketball tourney.) Favorite of the meet i§ the Gary Both Hoppe and Mosconi also

for Mal, but he'll be on Charley Session, | pint tonight The “farm out” his > ounger | men’s team, unbeaten in 21 Will play exhibitions during the means that McMullen remains the brother, Oscar, The southern conference champs straight games. The schedule: national meets with a nine-player property of Indianapolis and sub- and still another J ‘have won 16 of 19 games thus) TONIGHT field in the three cushion event ject to its whims and desires, flash — Cliff: i gi ea lost Cute var Markie Pg" Collese Inn. TAS nd 11 In the pocket division. He'll be back next season, in fact, |Frillips — also < TOMORROW Seeded players in the three

Kokomo vs. Gary, 12:30 p. m.; Martins-

jonly two starters from the team lle vs. Bedford 145 ». m: Winner cushion are Joe Oranaco, MexicQ Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2, 3:30

which was upset in last year’s A Ly Ninn Came i AAU inon. Clty; Harold Worst, Grand Rap-

|afternoon session of the grand ’itinale by Lafayette Jeff, and a fourney same) 1:15 pm. Winner Game ids, Mich. and Camp. Atterbury; {Ray Kilgore, Los Angeles, and

iwealth of material was ready to SUNDAY take their places. Evansville Girls vs. South Bend Girls, Juan Navarro, Buenos Alres. Bedford Is Tough | Wayne Girls, 2305 We Girls champion: | Others in the pocket field in- | Ship game. 7:15 p. m. Men's champlon- sludge Herbert Hardy, Chicago; Frank Scoville, Buffalo, N, Y.; C. [M. ‘Lundberg, Minneapolis; Arthur |Rubin, Brooklyn, and Joe Prothita, Los Angeles. The field in the pocket division included Irving Crane, Bingham--With ton N. Y.; Joe Diehl, Rockford Joe Canton, Watervliet, N. Y.4—

he's - insurance against the day have a chance to the draft plays ghoosey with the make state tourlocals. iney history. The Olymp-Bullet game was| No Wabash tied 32-all at the half. Then new Valley king has man Lofgran made himself ajever run off hero. His fielder put the Olymps| with the “State,”

Freudenthal

in front to stay before the third and a perfect-record team never! New Albany is an auxiliary sec-

quarter was very old. has gone all the way. ! Alex Groza led the Olymp at-| Glenn must churn a rugged tack with 24 points and Leo Barn- 'path through the southern semihorst followed up with 13. The final district whieh again is best Baltimore could muster was stacked with strong teams. HowRed Rocha's 15 points. ever, the Pirates should have Two's company. Three's a little opposition in the Terre crowd. With Mikan, Pollard and Haute sectional, and they should | th Mikkelsen on the premises, there's grab the Bloomington regional, core “1¢Y

. in the season. no privacy for the Olymps to- too. Evansville Reitz, Memorial or

tional site for «Jeffersonville, meaning the Bulldogs must grab first-round honors away from home to stay in the running.

Granted they'll make it, the All-America Team

Dogs’ principal regional compe- ST.LOUIS, Feb. 16 (UP) tition may come from Bedford, a high-scoring Sherman White of nL;

Con’ Moke:

player of the year, the Sporting seeded; Charles Cacciapaglia, Onofrio Lauri,

Rockford, Ill;

1 | lanasalt (69) Baltimore (60) Bulldogs Rate High Central all are capable of grab- News today announced its eight- grog yy; Albert Coslowski, PhilHolland. 1 na Pf ocha. 1 5 1 »f But the fireworks will explode bing the= Pocket City sectional. man All-America basketball team adelphia; Nick Oliva, Decatur, Ill; Barohorst,t § 1 fiofiman.t 1 3 in the semi-finals, with regional The winner may be joined by for 1951. Joseph E. Cosgrove, Atlanta; McMullen. t § 2 O8mawiey. 3 2 {winners from New Albany, Ev- Princeton, the likely sectionalist Paired with White at forward james W. Moore, Albuquerque, | SPAS 3 g 3{Halbert. ¢ j 3 § ansville and Vincennes the op-at Owensville, in the second Bre Bill Garrett, spearhead of N, M., and Bennie Allen, Kansas hain. o 8 § HEM? 3 4 Jloonents. And out of that groupyround. 0 [Idisna’s fastbreak five from city, Barker, ¢ i 1 Sarat. 4 A View Dlbanys Bulldogs. Ainaliste sion ar in the are luk, St. om ad 3nd oh ove [last time, go to the post no worse Totals 33 13 201 Totals 20 20 18/than co- EE p state, too, with either twice- The centers selected are seven- Olympians’ Scoring ANAPOLL. 8 n beaten Winslow or Vincennes footer Bill Spivey of Kentucky FT Pts. Ave.! altimore sus Missed- it LLY Jie (favored to emerge victorious and Clyde Lovellette, Kansas’ six- 2 iY in tn ti “pear 3 Barker, fred-_Banhorst Hoffman, H. S. Basketball {from the Vincennes regional. foot-nine pivot man from Terre hod ia 134 138 : albert 3, Murray 3. Evansville Central 44 Princeton. tk i Winslow's Eskimos, another Haute, Ind. BarRROrst oooe rs 53 173 64 410 1.1 . S— | Evansville Mater Dei 86, Henderson (Ky) “people’s choice,” got a break— At the guards are Mel Hutchins Boilsnd 33° o 38 215 Pistons Buy [pd as ne orth Side 39, South Bend & first-round bye—-and won't run/of Brigham Young, Gale McAr- Jones 5 s1 1 ini 2 |; Adams 33. ron Central (Hamilton) 5g. INtO_Jasper's 1949 state champs thur of the Oklahoma Aggies and Hale is 8% 108 Milltown 48, New Albany Scribner 45. until the sectional finals, if at all. Ernie Barrett of Kansas State. |LfIn $ I BR Mg

Ken Murray Times State Service FT. WAYNE, Feb. 16— Wayne Pistons are gathering ammunition for the National Basketball Association's home-stretch fight. | Last night they beat the NBA | game,

| Millersburg 51, Selvin 40.

Newburzh 70, Lynnville 68 (double over-|

tim | The Ft. Oil A: (Perry) 56, Troy 52 (overtime).! Washington Catholic 54, Bloomfield 4“.

IU-lllini on Ar

The Indiana-Illini basketball scheduled for Monday |

player-deal deadline by hours as| Right in Champaign, Ill, will be aired locally over Radio Station

| WISH beginning at 8 o'clock.

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they bought Forward Ken Mur-| ray from the Baltimore Bullets. The Pistons made room for| Murray by putting Jim Riffey on waivers and relegating Art Burris to the Inactive list. NBA squads are restricted to 10 men. | Murray, 23, had been leading! the Bullets in scoring with 692 points in 50 games. A graduate of St. Bonaventure College, he makes his home in West Orange, N. J.

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Speedway at Decatur Central. Southport at Martinsville Ben Davis at Lawrence Central. Pike Township at Dover, Beech Grove at New Palestine, Washington at Terre Haute Wiley. Kokomo at Tech. Shortridge at Crawfordsville. New Winchester vs. Washington a: 8. Broad Ripp! Knightstown Morton Memorial at Sacred |

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card has been unusual in that @ not a dull bout was presented. tere xn Will tome jhe 176 pounds All of the fighters, even those po, 110 cjey Evans represents who were eliminated in the early, o Senate Ave. Y while Horsley rounds, gave their best and bat- is fighting for the Bland Club. {tled well, Each boy who has par- ‘Horsley is a Novice champion ticipated in at least one bout has, = "Uo year, having won the received a prize. Special awards) oq -pound title In that class. | \will be made to the champions Defending Champion after the final bout tonight. The 135-pound division will Fight in Order /bring together Walter Haywood of Bland's, one of two defending The bouts will move into the, hamptons. Haywood, wha calls ring in rapid order, with two himself “the Hatchetman,” is a {fighters gloved and waiting while stiff puncher. He meets Sigmund

a bout is in progress. [Jones The program will open with the After the four four - fights in the

battle for the 312, Poung Novice! (Continued on n Page 27—Col, 1)

Golden Gloves Finalists

OPEN CLASS 112-Pound—Skinny Alexander, Senate Ave, Y, ve James Martid, Bland Boxing Club. 118-Pound—Bob Johnson, Bland Boxing Club, vs. Lum Harr son, unattached. % 126-Pound—Ralston Evans, Senate Ave. ¥, vs. Philip Horsley, Bland Boxing Club, 135-Pound—Walter Haywood, Bland Boxing Club, vs. Sige mund Jones, Bland Boxing Club. 147-Pound—Nathaniel Bradley, Bland Boxing Club, vs. Bobby Payne, Bland Boxing Club. 160-Pound-—John Smith, Camp Atterbury, vs. Donald Carpenter, unattached, 175-Pound—Willie Crawford, Bland Boxing Club, vs. Art Birchler, Purdue University. Heavyweights—Don Evans, Bland Boxing Club, vs. Gates | Smith, Ray St. CC.

NOVICE CLASS

| 112-Pound—Randolph Germany, Senate Ave. Y, John Duart, Bland Boxing Club. 118-Pound—Frank Zollner, -Bland Boxing Club, vs, Henry . Tribue, unattached,

126-Pound—Dick Gilbert, Senate Ave. Y, vs. Richard Fulk,

Bland Boxing Club. 185-Pound—Leo Sheats, Bland Boxing Club, vs. James wat kins, Bland Boxing Club. : 147-Pound—Gerald Brooks, Purdue University, va. Perry Bailey, Bland Boxing Club. 160-Pound-—Robert Johnson, Bland Boxing Club, vs. Tommy Francis, Bland Boxing Club. ~ 175-Pound—Joe Belcher, Bland Boxing Club, vs. John Fox, Bland Boxing Club. Heavyweights—Paul Bennett, Christian PAL, vs. Bob Tayony Bland Boxing Club.

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