Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 February 1952 — Page 24

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"BITE _HIM—John Brown [right], stops a left thrown by Ran. dolph Germany in their 112-pound Open fight. Germany won the decision over Brown,

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DREAM TIME—William Gross, former Speedway High School football player, is waved away after he flattened Don Myers for a knockout. Stepping over Myers is Referee James J. Connolly.

Times photos by Dean Timmerman.

ON THE ROPES—BIll Murray, Shelbyville, drives Joe Belcher to the ropes in their 175-pound Novice scrap. But Belcher came back to win the decision. . :

Golden Gloves Results

"OPEN CLASS 185-Pound-~James Anderson, Bland's 180-Pound—Kirth Vance. Bland's Gym, Gym. decisioned Edward Neblett, Bland's nocked out Richard Sultzer, Ray-Hill 340 . 2 160-Pound~—Andrew Walker, Riand's t ! Fomien 3 Center, In :33 of the first Gym, dacisioned Edward Green, Senate

160-Pound—George Matthews, Camp Ave. YMCA . Atterbury. knocked out Charles Barnett, Weavyweight—Robert Tavior, Bland's Bland's ‘Gym, in 1:30 of the first round. Gym, decisioned John Ritter, Greenfield 112-Pouitdl — Randolph Germany, Boys Club. Bland's Gym, won hy TKO over John Heavyweight—Issae Caleman. Senate «Brown, Camp Atterbury, in 1:26 of the - Ave. YMCA, knocked out Alfred Stephthird round. ens, Blands Gym, in :30 of the first 118-Pound--Ledell Ellington, Senate round, ’ Ave. YMCA, won by TKO over Ravmond 175-Pound-~Joa Belcher, Bland's Gym, Gates, unattached, at the end of the won by TKO over Jay Jacobs, unatfirst round. tached, in :30 of the first _r und.

118-Pound—Charlés Maore, Bland's v—————————————— ym, decisioned Ferdinand Edwards, ! arfield Community Center. 126-Pound—Georse Anderson. Bland's

Gym. decisloned Frank Zoellner, Bland's Final Bouts

126-Pound — Bob Johnson.

Gym, decisioned Samuel Lanier, masts Atterbury. 3 Wetii and OPEN CLASS 147-Pound—James ‘atkins. and's ‘ : " Gym, won hy TKO over Lee Jurras. wa- 112-Pound — Randolph Gerattached, im :37 of the first roun ’ y 1 . 147-Pound—Donald Carpenter. unat- many vs. William Alexander. tached. decisioned Rufus St. Clair, Camp 118-Pound — Ledell Ellington erbury. . a 1i5-Fouhd-Thurston Harris. : Senate vs. Charles Moore. ve. , an ober ohnson 28. —— - Bland's Gym, disqualified from tourna- 126-Pound George Ander ment when referee called fight “ne son -vs. Bob Johnson. contest.

~ Heavyweigh(—Bud Vear, Bland's Gym, 135-Pound-—Ralph Saxton ve. Ae Foun et Mgt hed. piana’s ~ Phillip Horsley. Gym, ed George Matthews, .C amp 147-Pound — James Ww atkins Atterbury. “ NOVICE CLASS vs. Donald Carpenter.

ol15-Pound — William Gross: Bland! ’ 180-Pound—Nate Bradley vs. oyer on yers, » unatisched, fn in 50 of the third round. Kirth Vance,

175-Pou Ay Belcher, Bland's Gym, 175-Pound — Benjamin Lewis isi iif Murray, unatiached. a fit Found— ohn Martin, Bland's Grom, wins title by default ren, ay y . Nand i Center, in 32 of the second ‘Heavyweight—Bud .Vear_ ws. round. oo . Willie Crawford.

I a cae “NOVICE CLASS

- ; 1¥2-Pound-—John Martin vs. 1952 Melvin. Allen.

| +118 = Pound — Reginald | Sweeney vk: ‘Bob Kantner. i -126-Pound—Charles Allen=vs. | Menufacturer’ s Wallding

| Richard Fulk. State Fair Grounds 135-Pound—Cleo. Horton. ve.

Indpls ind | James ‘Anderson. ¢ =

Sop L . 147-Pound:—Don Horning vs, 9-BiG DAYS—9

* Gene: Correll, 160-Pound — Sault” Fox vs. - Andrew Walker. ; ~” 175-Pound — William “Gross va. Joa Belcher, Heavyweight — Rabert Tay: ; tor. vs. Jadue Coleman,

. cluded nearly

-¢ ham pionships

-part-of the first round, Connolly,

3 Amateurs Hit Gloves” Homestretch

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES .

Milt Nielsen. Appears Set for AA Baseball

By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor

The Indianapolis Indians came up with another sea-

soned outfielder today as General Manager Chuck French

announced the purchase of Milt Nielsen from the parent f

leveland Club, °° ee

By JI HEYROCK THIRTY-ONE AMATEUR boxers headed down the homestretch. today in the 19th Times-Legion Golden Gloves Tournament, A crowd of 1413 fans ‘watched the field dwindle to the finalists in the Armory ; last night-during a three-hour show and 20 bouts that in-

everything 1h the f# book. : And those who remain, 15 tn the Open Class and 18 in the Novice, will go after the %

Jim Heyrock

next Friday. One fighter, already has won his title in the Open Class, He is Benjamin Lewis, 22-year-old soldier from Camp Atterbury. Lewis became a champion last night be fore he realized it, ’ n n »

LEWIS DREW a bve in the ¢

175-pound division last night and ings.

Robert Johnson, Bland's: Gym,

and Thurston Harris, Senate Ave, the former Indiana U. star each| sen w. YMCA, were drawn to battle the of the three times: they have in run semifinal round in.that ‘diviston. clashed this .year, each: time his| Nelther landed a punch and ig- margin has beén smaller. First , . . J nored . warnings - from Referee it was four yards, then a yard, James J, Connolly to “mix it up.” and last Saturday in New York, {= ic

When they refused to fight and just a foot.

continued to: “waltz” through

who has been doing an outstanding job in his first year in Indianapolis Golden. Gloves refereeing, stepped in and called it no contest. This action, of which. the crowd. heartily approved,

for his racing ‘tactics, The bespectacled Wisconsin ace always

then comes roaring from behind on the final lap, é

reer Anam A The Tribe's new flychaser, who was born in Minnesota of Danish

descent, will turn

Wilt to Try Gehrmann Once Again

By United Fress MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. |1—Fred Wilt will try to re= |peat his 1951 victory: over | Don Gehrmann in the fea-| Eddie Ash bof ehgnd ed

tured mile run at the Milwaukee weighs 185. He did bench duty Journal indoor track games to- for Cleveland a greater part of

age for Triple-A

American Asso-

bats and throws

ght and thus avenge his three last .season but saw little action

ms to the Wisconsin whippet' in the majors. With San Diego in

earlier this. season, the Pacific Coast League he -got “I may get him tonight,” said into 41 games and batted .275. Wilt, the FBI agent who so far| Hig best vear was with Oklathis season has failed to get his homa City of the Class AA Texas man.- “He can't win with that peague in 1949 when he.lambasted kick of his forever.” the pellet at a ..229 clip. The next "8 on season, at San Diego, in Triple-A,

IN THE . 1950 Journal meet, he missed the ..300 mark by two

Wilt heat Gehrmann in -a’ fine points, finishing at .298. 4.08.9 clocking-—one of the three aa times he has defeated the Wis-| pRINCH described Nielsen as

~ onsin star in their 18 mile meet- ra5¢ a good hitter and flychaser but not too strong in the throwAlthough Gehrmann has beaten ing department. However, Nielasn’t too potent in batting! 8 in-1950 at San Diego, the record showing only 41. He stole

“big’" year, 1949, ' he! I batted in 107 runs for Oklahoma Wilt has eritic ized Gehrmann City, scored 139 runs, belted 40 {doubles, 12 triples,’16 homers and ¢ | stole 12 "times. allows Wilt to set the pace and] Nielsen, who served ‘in the with Bakersfield in the Class C California. League. He started out as a pitcher but switched to the

3 n * : “I'M NOT trying to’ set any

eliminated both fighters and au- records,” Gehrmann replied. “Il; ¢feld because he felt he had a

tomatically gave Lewis the title » ~ [A

BUT NONE of the others, wil changed publi¢ criticism of each

just run to win each race, and I tier ‘haven't done too badly at it.”

chance of reaching the

majors as a flychaser and hitter. But, though ‘the two stars ex- Nao 309 in Bs

have it so easy next Friday. Just other’s running, they remain good } - nn 2

two boys remain in each weight friends off the track and Wiit is} THE .300 average won Nielsen, South Nervilia 62, Georgia 61,

division of each class and the 15/3 house guest of Gehrmann's dur-| a promotion to Oklahoma City in

bouts promise to be heated. Lewis ing his stay in this city. is the only soldier entry remain-| ing-in the tourney.

: Rp! ‘Bob Richards of La.Verne, Cal. In order to pare the field down and Don Laz of the University of /Mmes"and scoring 105 runs. to the finals, two of the young THinois, will press the mile .run -_scrappers were required to fightifor tonight's “track headlines.:

11947 where he played in 151 games Rev. and batted .268.- He showed some The pole. vault, maiching Y. [speed that season by stealing 22 He hiked his average to .294 in 1948 with Oklahoma City and re-!

twice. The card was led off by Both vault stars have cleared the Mained there through 1949 to put

the 175-pound Novices. Joe Belcher of Bland's Gym won a decision over Bill Murray of

magic I5-foot mark.

in his top campaign as a hitter. | Nielsen was born at Tyler, {Minn:, and resides at Windon in

his native state, He will report: Shelbyville. Murray displayed C S d | p plenty of courage hut was unable a e can a to Mahager Gena Desautels at the

to cope with Beichers attack.

BEL SHER WAS drawn to fight a second battle and was paired] against Jay Jacobs, the former) Shortridge High School football player. It started out to be a first class struggle but in the first, flurry of blows, Jacobs suffered a cut over his right eve and the referee stopped the bout; aw arding a TKO verdict to Belcher.

George Matthews of Cam Atterbury was the other fighter to be drawn to battle twice. In| the 160-pound Open Ciass, it took] Matthews only 1:30 of the first] round to knock out Charles Barnett of Bland's: Gym. Matfhews moved in fast and had Barnett on the canvas three time before the knockout. blow. » ” ~

BUT MATTHEWS was unable to do as well in his second fight. He was drawn against Nate] Bradley, who displayed plenty of class and ability in winning the decision. Bradley was beaten last week but this week it was learned his conqueror had formerly fought as

.a professional. The pro. was dropped from the tournament and gest increase of any section,

Bradley was re-instated. The “little fellows” also supplied plenty of action for tna crowd. John E. Brown of Camp! Atterbury took two trips to the canvas before losing on a TKO to Randolph Germany of Bland s Gym, in the 112-pound Open Class. Germany scored his TKO in 1:24, of the third round. Brown went down under a barrage of blows, in the second and third rounds. = » » ~

RAY MOND GATES, the jockey who went into. training for the Golden Gloves during his off sea-| son, lost by a TKO to Ledell Ellington, Senate Ave. Y, at end of the first round. Frank .Arford handled half of! the refereeliig chores ‘last night | and turned in a fine job. Ferdinand Edwards and Charles Moore took turns hitting the mat]

Edwards was down in the first] and Moore went dewn in the second. Moore “Won the decision. » ” »

Golden Gloves vetgran; displayed

some of the class that has made disposing. of Crawfordsville the him a champion for the past twb day before. 0

vears as he won a decision over Samuel Lanier of Camp Atter-

- bury. Lanier covered up continu-

ally to avold Johnson's punches. | Bud~Vear, the graduate student at Indiana.University, won a decision in a hard-fought’ battle over! John Luff, It was one of the top! scraps of the evening. Vear is seeking the - heavyweight Open title. . William Gross, former : Speed-| way High School foothall player, scored a TKO over Donald Myers |! in 50 seconds of the third round.} Next Friday's. final round will start at 8:30 p. m. instead of the usual 8 p.m,

|Olympians’ Scoring :

(19 Home Games)

8. | Gann A 6.8! rnhorst 4.2. Walther 1.6 Toshef 8.5 iavoy -,.. 82 {O'Brien -, 3 5 {Jones .,,] 81 | Lofgran 5.1 | Hol and 17 [Bark Phat 16 . *Croc or 10 ag

“Eh six preseason tournaments

- jcreases. The - Southwest <¢ollege

: Shortridge Mat Team

only once all season -in dual meet compitition, entertains ‘ Bloomington High School, ex-perennial

in. the 118- -pound Open Class. state xhamplons, at Shortrigge

{to Tech. this year. Tech is the lonly unbeaten mat team in the ‘state this year. Thé Greéentlads BOB JOHNSON, the 126-pound downed Bloomington, 26 to 19}

Eig _ ®. us i J faa Lr Jie pu

Hoosier Indians’ spring training!

27 on Feb, 8, which is a good

competition. * Mr. Nielsen's record indicates he will measure up to ge

clation stand - ards, or come close at least. He §

MILTON ROBERT NIELSEN

—He's the Indians’ new out-

fielder, purchased from. Cleve-

College Basketball

STATE COLLEGES > Anderson 84, Wilberforce B87. bases in 126 games With Murray State 93, Evansville 68,

‘ithe ‘Padres. . He scored 86 times. g 1ouis 62: Obio State 58.

oT HERS : Aidersatl Broaddus 3 West Liberty (W. Arkansas 58, Pittsburg (Kas. Nn Austin Peay 55, Union (Tenn.) Tech 72, Mount Le Kansas Wesleyan 82, East Carolina 69, High Fairleith Divkinson 68, Panser of,

75, Canistus 67, Heidelberg 75, Obie Norther King (Va.) 48, Marysville ( Lenoir Rhyne 80, Guilford 65, Lewis 91, Fourniere Lincoln Memorial (Tenn) 9%,

Lovola (Baltimore) 66. Catholic 44. Birmingham: South

al 74, New Mexico a4, | Newberry 10, ; Ciiaticaton 51.

Navy, entered pro’ball in 1946 ¢

Emory and

Mississippi State 103, n

52 ont * (over-

Texas Lutheran 70, Mary's (Texas) 8. Vanderbilt 80, David Lipscomb 69, Villanova 66, Scranton Washington (Md.) 85, Kings (Del) «, West Virginia Tech 88, Beckley (W. Va.) 66. West Virginia Weslevdn 67. Gle Westminster (Pa.) 76. Southwestern (Kas) 27. Wyoming 58, Colorade A&M 45.

High School Basketball

CITY - Sacred Heart 34. HER

gill ¢ 68.

Crispus Attucks 61. oT

Burnettsyille 64, Clark Jownshis 70, Owensbors (Kr.) 3 | Evansville Mater Dei 49, Niagars (Ky.) 32. Gary Edison 60, Wheeler 37, South Bend Adams 48, South. Bend Wash-|

Tribe Buys Outfielder From Cleveland |

FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 1098

"Heilmann, Waner Enter Hall of Fame

United” Press

|as reward for their life-long

nual balloting by: veteran base- Dean, who received 152.

| a #4 =» | HEILMANN, who died last July 9, only a few days before he had ‘been scheduled to do the broad- | cast of the major league All-Star [game at Detroit, received 203 out Table Tends

of a possible 234 votes, Waner re-' Resuils in

height of last season.

“NEW YORK; Feb. {Harry Heilmann, Wii would have called it his biggest thrill if he had been alive, and Paul Waner, who had begun to think it never would happen, were the newest “rookies” in baseball's Hall of Fame today,

{achievements as hitters: election, and that excluded such { © Hellmann and Waner were other modern stars as Billy Terry, 2 ow x [elected yesterday in the 13th an-rwho got 155 votes, and Dizzy

ball writers in the major leagues, Both Heilmann and Waner were who have been covering the sport among the game's most outstandfor 10 or more years. They went ing hitters. With the Tigers where into the shrine at Cooperstown, he spent most of ‘his long caréer,

N:- Y., to join such immortals as Heilmann. at times was even a | Babe Ruth, .Ty Cobb, Old Pete more feared hitter than Cobb,

| Alexander, Walter Johnson, Lou and, he wound up with a lifetime Gehrig, Connie Mack,*Cy Young, mark" of .342, At the end ef and many others. playing _ career he became broadcaster and died after an at-

tack ‘of pneumonia during

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| Tennis "Cent ar Indi ana. Roof 5, Home Oute {ceived 195 votes. A total of 178 fitting 4; Lipk-Belt 6 Table Tennis Cen- { 7 S }; Ipajco 17 “pin man-Moore No. | 3; |or 75 per cent was neéessary for piiman Moore No. 3 8 YMCA i — - - cn = .

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By United Press

NEW. YORK, Feb. 1--Despite] OPEN MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 9: 9:30 TO 5

widespread scandals which threatened to shake public confidence in basketball, nationwide attendance at college games this’ year shows an over-all increase of 3.04 per cent, a United Press survey of 1139 schools, eight big city arenas,

|ravealed today. However, because many socalled big time teams which were top gate attractions no longer play off-the-campus basketball, the attendance at- the "big city arenas is off 2.67 per cent for the season to date -as tompared with last season. » " y THE GRAND TOTAL at all |games surveyed for the 1951-52 {season is 3.157.768, as compared, with 3,064,557 for the same number of games in the 1950-51 seagon. The average crowd per game this season is 3255 as against 3163 for the previous season. The South, where basketball has been on the upsurge for a number of years, showed.the big-/

crowds being up 9.53 per cent over the previous year. ” » ~ THE EAST was next .with an over-all -gain of 9.02 per cent while the” Rocky Mountain area showed a- 7.30 per cent gain; the Far West, 4 98 per cent, ‘and the Midwest a slight increase of 0.76 per eent. In two sections there were de-

crowds are off. 5.56 per cent and in New England a drop of 2.34" per cent was recorded.

Hosts Bloomington Shortridge's mat team, beaten

row afterfoon at 2° The Blue. Devils have lost only

at Bloomington Saturday, after

Shortridge placed second. to Tech in the county mat meet last month.

Swim at Cincinnati

Times Special > CINCINNATI, Feb. 1°“— The senfor girls’ swim team of the Indianapolis Athletic Club will (meet. the unbeaten Coca-Cola girls’ club here tonight. The IAC {girls have won three of four, meets,

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