Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1952 — Page 14

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+Guns’ Instead

CAE 7 : . . By EDDIE. ASH

Times Sports Editor THEY'VE COME. up with a xplain the n professional sports (as measured at are partly right, This neyly-discovered reason for dwindling ‘attendance blames the nation's small fry .. . It's fact . . . Some sports leaders have sort of toned down their arguments about televisibn hurting attendance and ‘have skipped to cowboy craze the teen-agers Take professional baseball for one example . ...

new one to ¢

Ing interest

the | box office), and- perhaps they

the among

Three

“Why shouldn't we have kids running around in baseball uniforms instead of cowboy outfits? Why shouldn't they be carrying miniature bats instead of guns? Once we can effect

the-switch, baseball is well on its way to making future fans

FONSECA MADE observation while directing the showing of the World Series films in Louisville and the Louisville Times sounded out the manufacturer of the

the

famous Louisville Slugger bats

3 id It isn't because of the on the subject foldup of various clubs throughThe idea got results ... John out the country as many people A. Hillerich Jr., president of the think, either. Our sales to proilillerich & Bradsby Co., which fessional baseball are .only a is starting its 69th year turning mall part of the business.

out Louisville Sluggers, backed “Where we notice the slump

Ww Fonseca's opinion, is the sporting goods stores . - RD. Das any Kids just don’t demand baseball A RRESRSERNS nd @ V Hae itice we sed to, " Hilferich bats they way they used to n =n on - a ”

Fonseca and Hillerich apparently have something there . . . But selling Junior a bat while the cowboy craze rages would be quite a problem . . . Particularly the two-gun Juniors . When they “cover” you with a rod in each hand, they can't swing a bat on you, too.

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GENERAL MANAGER Hank Greenberg of the Cleveland Indians, who announced last fall that Outfielder Dick Wakefield will be invited to the Cleveland spring training camp, revealed yesterday that he may send the former star, now a free agent, to Cleveland's minor league camp at Daytona Beach, Fla., instead of to the club's varsity head-

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quarters at. Tucson That probably will put Wakefield on Indianapolis squad at Daytona Beach, if the player consents to the switch

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Indianapolis’ -@lympians, the best homebodies in the professional basketball ‘league, wish they could lug that Butler

Fieldhouse floor with them out on the road . . . They'd be a cinch to waltz in with the championship.

CLEVELAND players are going some of their baseball via a blackboard in training camp this spring . . The idea is borrowed from football . . . Explaining, General Mesagey Greenberg said, ‘Last

ason one of our players was second. After the third time he

e walked back to the dugout and

picked off first base three times said to Manager Lopez, ‘Say, on attempted sacrifices. In each Al, how does that play go, anycase the batter missed the bunt how?'"” . Now you know.the

reason for installing blackboard skull practice.

and the runner was a dead duck because he was leaning toward

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Said the governor of North Carolina to the governor of South Carolina, “It's time for us to emulate the Man of Distinction before sending a message of sympathy to our brother governor of lowa who got outranked in pay by the new football

coach.”

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ON Jan. 5 Indiana and Purdue basketballers both won . On Jan. 12 both lost . . . Last night both'lost again... Sounds as if the Hoosier Big Ten twins were identical . . .

But they won't be identical twins come Saturday at Lafa- go mine and it's.no skin off vette... That's when a separa- your shin” whenever the state tion takes place, TU vs. Purdue rivals collide in any .line of you go your way and I'll competition i ” u » ” "

It Indiadapolis hockey fans never have anything more to shout about they can always get a lift by reminiscing about that decisive victory overshigh-flying Pittsburgh the other night : . . Cap Goalie Glenn Hall proved as sturdy as a brick golf house.

Glovers’ Get Some :xtra Training Time

By JIM HEYROCK INDIANAPOLIS’ Golden Gloves entrants, ive survi two furious rounds of action,

who will

those

the first

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ve nine ys to brush up on their ring warfare before e third round of the tourney, Jan. 25. There w be 1 fi or} 7 e Armory wes Tivkets for. Golden Gloves er rour ] ire available at three downeg G ( t town locations: Bush - Callant rid Jan. han's, 136 E. Washington St; FEm-Roe's, 209 W. Washington The extra Y ff wn give Nt; Sportsman's Store, 126 N, yme of the late entr 1d Pennsylvania St. onal time to polish Prices: Ringside and first acks. When the row balcony, $2; downstairs reught, nearly eve reserved, $1.50. General admison in ea #4 «ion, $1 for adults and 50 cents pen, will see tior = for children 12 years and una r = der, go on sale at the N. PennAFTER THF sylvania St. Armory fight he 25th, the entr nights, Prices include tax.. ©. vared to sem : n ¥ - ‘which are slated for T SIX WEIGHT . divisions, two in Jan. 31. Fights are getting the Novice and six in the Open, 18 the tournament moves along Are. still open for entries. These with the weaker and ' ved are the divisions in which no soungsters being eliminated bouts have yet been fought. Still Fans. .who attended the first '4King entries jn the Novice are ywo weeks of fighting have wit- the 175-pound and heavyweiglit essed 34ifast matches. The first G1Vision . ard offered 18 match hose still eligible for entries vhi¢ch ended in knockout or in the Open Class are 112, 118, "KOs, and the second week 16 135, 160, 175 and heavyweight diouts were presented sions, Boys. who want. to enter ¢ ; 7 7 any of these divisions should re-

port to the Armory on the next

will dom-

THE OPEN Class

; y day of weigh-ins, which will be inate the third week of fighting. jan 2%. oie : All except two of the weight di- “2 nn visions in this experienced” group WHEN THE finals opén on

will be drawn to fight. The fighters will not know which of these __ will be in action until after the 1a +. weigh-ins on the day of the = fights. y ! “All fighters whether they think

Feb. 8, there will be just 16 fighters dn each (“ass to battle for the championships. The - eight Open. Class champions wilt form the team that will : represent; Indianapolis in. the they will fight. or not, musi re- Tournament ‘of Champions in "port to the gveigh-ins ‘on ‘each day Chicago in February. These eight © of fighting. Fighters are weighed champions will Have a five-day, in and examined between 2 and expenses-paid trip to he rae) : thm i = : Loh, = i i.

little minor leagues have gone out of business since last season Lew former big league player and manager who now is one of the top men in the baseball promotional field, got this off his chest recently

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OPEN FIRING—Southport's Cardinals will make a bid for the 33d Marion County prep basketball title at the Butler Fieldhouse inners of nine of 12 games, face Lawrence Central. Shown above (left to

right) are Tom Miner, Bill Carey, Jim Baker, Don Johnson, Jock Wilson, Bob Weddle, Dave Elder, Bob Brides, Bob Yoel, Kenny Har-

in the opening game Thursday night at 6 p. m. The Cards,

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mon, Carl Lasiter and Coach Jewell Young (center). @ Indiana, Big 10 Going Rough

gonited Press

FOUR the nation’s five rey major college basketbadll “Illinois, Iowa,

Kansas and Duquesne—added victory to their impressive records today and three o them won't risk their perfec marks again for two weeks. Coach Harry Combes’ well-bal-anced Illinois team defeated Indiana, 78 to 66, last night at Champaign for its 11th straight and Iowa kept pace with the Illini at the top of the Big--Ten standings. by collecting its 11th straight at the expense of Northwestern, 78 to 64. Both Illinois and Iowa have four conference triumphs

teams

another

Purdue ran into Big Ten trou

ble when they were dropped by Ohio State, 85-69. u a =” THE ILLINI showed a capacity

crowd of 6905 why they rank No. 1 in the United Press poll. They put on a second-quarter 28-point showing that all but chased In diana off the floor. The game opened close with Illinois maintaining a lead that ranged from two to eight peints through the first quarter, which closed with the Illini ahead 22 to 20. Then Capt. ‘Rod Fletcher and John (Red) Kerr lashed out in a two-man scoring spree that gave the Illini 21 points in the first six

minutes, 50 seconds of the second quarter. Indiana, during that time, got seven. Kerr that quar-

ter scored 14 points, Fletcher 11. Indiana never recovered. ” Ed THE HOOSIERS whittled down the lead 50 to 43 in the third quarter while some of the Illinois stars were benched for foul insurance. But aftgh going scoreless till the closing three minutes of the period, the Illini began making points again and

maintained a 12 to 15-point mar-.

gin throughout the rest of game. Don

foot-nine

ythe

Indiana's center,

Schlundt, freshman

S1Xwas

hjgh-point man of the game with, eight! ifielders, most of the latter scored i

seven free throws and on tip-ins,

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AT three games.

had to start without’ regular sophébmore Forward Ernie Hall,

{suspended only hours earlier for {breaking

Hall, was

training ° rules, third-ranking point - maker, sorely missed. : Purdue threatened only in the

initial stage when the score was|

tied twice. Ohio State, sparked by (‘en Paul Ebert and Forward Williams---shot into a 13-to-10 first-period lead and was never

ter

Torn

eaded after that. ” » ~ THE SIX-FOOT-EIGHT Ebert, collected 25 points for scoring

honors, Williams, six-foot-gix, ontributed 17. Purdue, which showed a good

scoring punch ‘in trimming Wis-

cortéin and in losing to Northwestern by.two. points, was hot only in spurts. The Riveteers

never functioned well enough to ge! their fast break game organized Center ( Forw ard

‘arl John

McNulty and Sub Topeppe topped

Purdue's scoring with 14 points each n ” on KANSAS BOOSTED the’ na-

tion's Tongest major Xtreak to ) 13

Hebring Set Jon, 2% For Purdue Cage Star

LAFAYETTE, Ind, (UP)—Ernie Hall, versity's

Jan. Purdue

squad, appeared in City Court today to answer charges he attacked a man with a knife. . On the motion of Hall's ‘atterney, Frapcis J. Murphy, the hard-| wood star's : charge of assault with a deadly weapon was scheduled for Jan. 24, .- Coach Ray Eddy dropped Hall from the sguad ‘immediately after

LAFAYETTE, Purdue suf-|} fered its second league defeat in'C The Boilermakers

15) uni-| score-happy basketball forward who was kicked off the

arraignment on a’

AND HE SCORED—Jim Schuidt, (48) llinois, scored in spite

of the fact he was practically surrounded

urdue Find

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by Indiana players San

Esposito (13), Bob Leonard (21) and Lou Scott {35).

Totals * 3B 19 Score by Purdue Ohlo State Free Throws yan 2, Sc derpool Ebert 6 by beating 69 to 66, in a and Coach, Duquesne team minster, 88 to

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Periods 10 20

13 24 25 23-85

Big Seven game, Dudey Moore's toved with West58, for its 11th

the other doesn’t meets Iowa

ure, club, until - it

rday night.

goes into action again Saturday

against Minnesota, which defeated Michigan, 70 to 60, last mght. un o 5 ALL THE Kentucky Wildcats

+ except Frank,

Ramsey were fairly

tame last night but Coach Adolph Rupp’s boys downed Georgia, 95

to |p

59,

the: Saturday nignt incident “wax fo

reported, Eddy aid he was

dropped’ for violating training rules,” |

to at

the

move

top “of

into their usual the South-

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Nebraska, |

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eastern C onference. Alabama gave an assist by upsetting 63 to 44. Vanderstarted the evening with a conference record against Kentucky's 2-0 mark: Ramsey shooed third-ranked Kentucky home by scoring 24 points, sparkling on defense and passing well.

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been grabbing feadership averaged sum not calculated to give Mikan feeling. Arizin him on those points. that happens to ‘be ex-Iilini Whiz Phillip, sists. stowed his help on teammate Joe because Joe.is 15th in scoring among the NBA talent.

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brother) Mikan; Vern | . By United Press” and -Neil Johnston, a | NEW YORK, Jan. 15 -—- With from Ohio State, [T.owell (Red) Dawson installed as Directing this traffic new football coach at Pittsburgh, American boys is Eddie two major jobs remained open to- a non-shouting, busine

day contest conducted. by colleges, Forrest Evashevski, to Iowa. must be Washington State.

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Mel Payton, a Tulane product out of Martinsville, Ind.; Ed (George's Gardner 6-8 center

of AllGottleib, sg-type

in the annual jumping bean coach. He figures greater success comes on brain power And maybe

than on that's

who went why Eddie's been a top coach for

replaced at years. And Paul Bixler must be replaced: at Colgate.

chance er figure today

the Washington State job would ther'’s ankle

Kircher, assistant,

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Evashevski's today.

tonight.

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basis when Les and Dawson wasn't

O’Brien, Hughes On Mat Tonight

The big battle of the evening Side So0 wrestling Saki SEEN Jack O'Brien ,: against Cowboy Len Hughes. . In

Skinner tag-team bout Link Belt 50

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“I honestly have not made up my . Coach: Herm Schaefer's brow mind.” . The hitch seemed. to be has been knit as tight as the how much Evashevski was offer- player group. Losing both games ing him to go to Iowa. He con- on the week-end Eastern swing ferred with his former (and may- didn't help to smooth the be future) boss last night wrinkles. The unwrinkling could Bixler quit Colgate Sunday. and start tonight with Leo Barnthe school has not vet started the round of interviews which us- Olympians’ Scoring ually follows a departed coach. (34 Games Line Coach Howard Hartman is 5... ... g ro 0 15% considered a good possibility. Barnhorst ..... 34 190 131 : . Ta IRE 33 115 jis DAWSON’S appointment to jo s ! 31104 88 take over at Pitt was the latest O'Br fey Sol 13 a8 68 development on the coaching ¥ 3 [Ines 3 33 front. Praised as developer of the Ba 22 24 18 intricate Michigan State offense nt 4 as an assistant to Biggie Munn, 1.i%%5,.; age Per Game 728 209% wa he technically replaces Tom Ham- “No longer h team ilton. But Hamilton, the Pitt ath- = letic director, had only installed Amateur Basketball himself as coach on a one-year MCA Church League at

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TUESDAY, JAN. 15; 1952

s Entertain Philadelphia Tonight | 3 Bu mr - mmm Warriors Pay First Visit to Fieldhouse

HELPING HAND — Philadelphia's Andy Phillip won't be much help to the Olymps tonight, but he is to his team. The ex-Whiz Kid from Illinois leads. the National Basketball Association in’ assists.

HOt§IT sep ght from g distance) Joe Graboski's tipping in and re-

bounding; Wah Jones’ drive, Bill Tosheff's smoking - hustle and Bucky O'Brien's continued good aim.

Winning streaks at home don't get cheaper by the dozen.

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WILKES-BARRE, Pa. Jan. 13 (UP)--Think you got troubles? Listen to the woes of the Ameri. can Basketball League, the nas tion's old professional loop. Carbondale, Pa., quit the leagua and so did Washington. The league's president, John 1, O’Brien, also resigned Jan. 3. But when Scranton went to pay Bridgeport, Conn., at Bridgeport, half the c¢ld Carbondale team was on the roster. Scranton said it was a ‘big trade.” But Bridgeport got mad and quit the league, 400. Somebody had to make a ruling. So the resigned president, O'Brien, stepped in. He threw out the “big trade.” The only teams left in the league now are Scranton, Man. chester, Conn., Wilkes-Barre, El« mira, N. Y., And Saratoga has no homa court.

Araujo Shades Saddler,

Seeks Carter Bout BOSTON, Jan. 15 (UP)—The handlers of George Araujo attempted today to line up a bout with lightweight champion Jimmy Carter after the chunky Providence, R. I., boxer took a hairlina dedision from «featherweight champion Sandy Saddler in a nontitle bout last night. Promoter Sam Silverman joined Araujo’'s managers, Frank Trave ers and Angelo Pucci, in trying to arrange a match .with Carter and said he would offer the light«

- weight champion a $25,000 guar« 2./antee for a bout here.

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