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Kegler's Korner—

Red Stuart Wins Singles AtSacredHeart

By JACK WELSH RED STUART JUST had

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o - (Ed. Note—Following an open letter to Indiana's adult ‘too much wood” for his basketball fans by Jimmie Angelopolous last week, we received {

three. thought-provoking letters

from Kokomo fans concerning

Jimmie's comments on the sportsmanship at the Tech-Kokomo

game, We nsetthem because of basketball at this time and part Heart-Washington flarenp last in Indianapolis.) Sir: , SINCE YOU and your much space to blacken the n

their vast importance to Indiana fcularly because the mild Sacred

week shows it ALSO can Wappen

paper choose to take up so ame of Kokomo for the next

‘rivals in the Scotch sweepstakes singles at Sacred Heart

The three week-end event closed | could im-, ed's!

and no one prove on © work of 955-21 076. Stuart, consistent with Fred Cline

vesterday

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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Glove ‘Mites’ S For Chicago De

By 4IM HEYROCK

Times Sports Writer

MONDAY, FEB. 25, 1053

CHICAGO, Feb. 25—The “little fellows” of the cight-man Indianapolis Times-Legion Golden Gloves team were-ready t od ay to make their 1952 ‘debut in the annual Tournament of Champions in Chicago Stadium tonight. The four lightest weights of the team were weighed -in and examined ithis morning and were pronounced “fit and ready’ for the opening of the

tourna ment.

Beard, Groza Go on Trial

The Indianapolis team arrived here yesterday, checked into a Loop hotel and then

went directly to the Catholic Youth Organization's gymnasium

in the CYO gym today, eyes wera focused on Benjamin Lewis, the Camp Atterbury soldier who won his title in Indianapolis without donning a pair of gloves. Lewis won his title when two entrants

MONDA

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WITH official new .dians it wa longer Trib But * India baseball idol and about Vi the Hoosier F ent capacity, his title and « Speaking fo (the Clevelar French, Tribe said Bush wil

li . Nis 3 Realtors, posted for hrisk workouts. After the in the semifinals were disquali- Victory Field hifty years we feel that if your: own sportsmanship i od that total a Tomorrow workouts they returned to the fied for failing to fight. cious private great as-you imply, you cannot deny us the privilege of | hotel to rest. Lewis put on a display of foot- stand roof.

‘rebuttal. We do not deny that a few unfortunate things happéned dur-

the Indianapolis papers. Aft Teast we still have the windows left in four gym.

$100

week ago and fit] earned him the] first prize. His 269. single

By United Press LEXINGTON, Ky., .Eebh, 25 All-American Bill Spivey was en

THE FIRST four weights, 112pound, 118-pound, 126-pound, and 135-pound members of the team

work, sparring and bag punching that captivated the attention of tournament officials. He has been

“He's still with Frank E said, “but as

» ‘hic iio route to New York today to”ap-| will 'n the T lubbed the “myst aire . h ing the course of this game which! while vou: were telling vy was the highest %. NT 4 You 00a) will open e Tournament of dubbed the “mystery man” since gust, the. C we regret very i : |story iy ait Seling Your in the tourney| ArT SR {pear Before a grand Jury in Sela Champions tonight. It will be a he is retiring and seldom talks, chased the In | Y, . fou . | ¥ PRR ‘ may be the start of the final gala ‘show, evidenced by the boys 2.8 N and th j much. However, (whole story? W t tell Xk Wa and brought . . ; A AP re ~HEZlS. S10W, enced. by 0yS r o i : nd Lhe majo! it you will take [hale Aor ry Adit you tell] deck Welsh I K-R-U-N.C-H—Larry Zeidel (left) of Indianapolis and Joe showdown in the “Kentucky who reported to the CYO- gym BUT THE Indianapolis team Hoosier India the time to ana- sald to Coach Joé Platt? You Dick Weber of Mechanics Laun- Schertz] of Hershey crash into the endboards in yesterday after- Phase a the fational collegiate this morning for the weigh-ins roy Loy Feglises iat he pur at the top % : * isha a eomwé ' 4 f 8 all scandals. and examinations. ous ) e officials. lyze the situation know that is why the crowd dry finished second to Stuart] noon's hockey game at the Coliseum as the Caps won, 4 to 3, for |” Bptvey: = sever foot-tail center ich have come! Chicago trip are also here for 4

you will see why Kokomo fans were SO emo-

rode him a little more than usual. Maybe his sportsmanship should be inspected.

after a brief fling at the lead.| their first victory in seven games this season against Hershey.

The Chicken Roasts

Weber had 936-8—944 which was good enough for second money

(who is now under suspension from {the KentucKy team, left here by train, yesterday in company with

The teams, from 39 citiey west of the Allegheny Mountains, north of the Gulf of Mexico, north to Canada

(serious business. Germany, who

will lead off for the Indianapolis contingent, is aware of this, He

“BUSH will ploye and wil club as an ex

" " ” x y , i robr , py ; Nona) Rr day IF IT'S A sin to be a die-hard SL 315 Weber's top. single was Dr. A.D. Kirwan, faculty chair-/and west to the Pacific Ocean, looked gues the roster yesterday title, except t are 100 per cent fan, as you put it, then I'm the." = o 0 (the 12th annual * man on etics, and Attorney are decked out in their prize At ouna: ‘a ni representing t for the team, biggest sinner In the state, fori, , .. classic at Dezelan's still yy ae Asi trig JaCKets and will wear new equip-| , CLF 1 DS weight are Kinney intere Re Tove YY] #0 all the way ‘for the Wid-[doubles classi at Dezelans still n aps in, Sh New York Assistant District mént into the rings at the sta. Pat McCarthy, Ft. Worth, and Under ‘the hem. not be Angi cats. Nothing you can print in l 2d . Yet the Ms 1.2 . Horney. ‘incent O'Connor has dium. Kenny Wright, Gary, both semi- said, Ellis Ry ! they win ngle your ‘smear sheet can detract/iS2cers. vel ine, nal. Jia con: By BILL EGGERT een trying for. months to get ; ¥ nn 3 finalists last year; Sam Perrone, Cleveland chil cause ey * from their performance this year, tingent must improve on the, pro y Spivey to testify hefore the grand ONLY RANDOLPH GERMA- Rockford; Don Faughn, Minne- ident of the

but because they are such a swell v -

"THE LADY who said it gave her time to put the chicken

I will agree with you on one duction of Saturday and Sunday's | ; jury, NY, 112; Charles Moore, 118; Bob apolis; Charlie Martinez, Roswell, which is Cl group. : # thing, though. You accomplished bowlers. in thé roaster was partially responsible for the 17 per cent| Spivev agreed last week after Johnson, 126; and Phil Horsley, New Mexico. farm. » » It was a carbon copy of the . yo : As he : consulation with univergity offi- 135 were required to weigh today All other divisi ri i p N "I your un- what you set out to do. That is p. reas : lis’ Sunday matinee hockey experiment.’ 3 : a g Y.! 4 : isions are equally Vice .presid : lied ne about win- smear the name of Kokomo Sacred Heart situation. Nobody InCrease in Indianapoli ; ial p 3 cials. He was originally scheduled These are the boys who will carry loaded. But this appears to he Hoosier India a fans, we remind you of athletics for vears to come. Noth-/ from Sunday’s session moved into When that ‘lady returned home her chicken was done to have appeared tomorrow, but the banner into the ring for In- the most confident Indianapolis wealthy Munc e 8, ) . . his testimony

the reception Kokomo gave these boys on their return from Rich-| mond. All week long the

ing the fans or the team does can ever live down your malicious

tans one-sided article in a paper which

the big three. Bill McGregor and and Bob Earl, members -of the state bumped off Hershey, the Liastern champion Kays Jewelers, are still Division

the Indianapolis Caps had

leader, 4 to 3, before

his second goal. the scoring although Hershey was

cage-front scramble at 7:34 with That was all of

now has been back to Wednesday. Alex Groza, Ralph Beard and

set

dianapolis tonight. The other four boys will fight tomorow night. But throughout the workouts

team in recent years. They've worked hard and plan to make a creditable showing for their eity,

is one of the in the Clevela Donald W. ]

. is circulated throughout the state. Doss in: the actual divieion with 4176 fans. The turnout was 17 per Dale Barsntable also were en - — err YE who i t > rus i : q : g . . 0 1S secrete were worried whut he virus Now, why don’t -you show 1224. Jim Smit h and ‘Carey cent more than the average for short-handed three times later and route to New York where they ® club. also be which had Be th Po s were| Your sportsmanship, Mr. An- Chaney..of Bloomington reign inithe three previous Sunday night the Caps failed to gain anything will go on ‘trial tomorrow for an a oy | © the Indianapo in their anxiety for the boy: | gelopolous, and print this in [the handicap division with 1147-/ games, from the advantage. their part in the basketball fixes. * . B. Small, Cl

ready to snatch anyone bald-|

| your paper so the fans can get

209-1356.

” kh

Cap Winger Doug McKay was

nt tes seaman

urer, also will

headed that even touched them. | the other side of the story” To Cu missing again from the Caps’ ; ® . , v? x IT WAS the Caps’ first victory Kennedy Sparkles 7 m ce on ois treasurer. If-way ex “ ’ - : “1 rosf se flu, but And git Sy because | JACK W. BIXLER, Murat Shriners Return |in seven games with Hershey and TR eraue . he Ligh oii pe Feb. 25 . I S 7 vig to find that our boys) &i R. R. 3, Kokomo, Ind. THE MURAT SHRINE bowlers! kept Indianapolis seven points be- Toad trip. : Southpaw Bill Kennedy of the = By Trited Pitas 2 : TE BUSI sinl i ff the; Jear SIF: finished their week-end session at hind fourth-place “St. Louis, the St Logis x’ ie Se : , 1 : ; . ocal Indians Souls i ig Vout re Tous Having read your comments on Chicago yesterday. *. lclub they're trying to overtake Hock S a re as Is: rapialy OSLO, Norway, Feb. 25—The, Sixth Winter Olympia Baseball Con Sepp ent "too? Although extreme-| the ress Er Ihe, Rohpro Larry Fox of the Orientals [before the season runs out. ockey summary The 26-vear-old lefty. who won Sames, In which the United States made its strongest show- of Inaianarol ’ : ny | Sportsmanship, mmediately de had the best performance | That leaves Indianapolis with| INDIANAPOLIS: Goal, Hall: defense, . i i i y " w : obert B: ly exciied ye Sy hy cided to write you, Now; perhaps,| among A performers |eight games to. play—four here {ni FORID; Sever, Rebel Mou miiy one Bnd Jost tive tor the Browns Ing in history, closes today with two hockey games and brief been the In any tHOUEHLS ore as safe here|YOU are expecting me to censure jn the singles with 681. Papl |and four on the road Grady Ashlee. "L" Wilson. Jankowski, E00 JOR AT BO his fourtn| PUL colorful ceremonies. and the U.S. was second with treasurer, will J 8 | : . { . rune 3 . § , § S. § . Tech play BN sent their|You for your very uncomplimen-| Ford of Moslem rolled 660. | The Caps are on the road this Hershey: Goal. Henry: defénse, Gariepy,| (oo oof "ott vester. The only thing remaining to be ang 1 : was. second with and Ted Sulliy as they would ha tary remarks. That, however, i8| Oscar Behrens of the Crescents |week stopping at Buffalo Wednes- J™istront: Seoten, MAGE, 05% man. da ’ s the “Sch figs be t th settled in the competition was SX ys ne ot and a tis, lic Telations 4 own gym. not the case. {abie. Hoppazzini, O'Brien, A. Brown, Gay aS , bcheffings” beat the! The Messrs

- ” » YOUR remarks regarding the

and Augie Stewart of Meccas

day night and at Hershey Satur-

Crawford, Barry, Caron

“Normans,” 6 to 2.

third in the hockey competition.

THE SHOWING in hockey was

Hornbreck an

I wish to thank y i you, of all | registered with 608 and 601, |day night. Providence returns to Officials: Referee, Doug Davies: lmes- Sweden and Czechslovakia, which typical of t lack of booing at the Kokomo- | things, for that editorial. 1t.| respectively. i ithe Coliseum next Sunday after.| Me. Het SCORE BY PERIODS No IHSAA H : tied for that spot with identical Br al S. ae McKinney, wi Muncie game again emphasizes | was, I regret to admit, absolute | 1p the doubles, Sid Glasson and noon. Buffalo Mas its final meet- [NDIANAPOLIS .............. 3 1 0=% ° earing records of six wins and two de- here. The star-spangled athletes apolis board o the lack of “thinking” which | ly accurate except in that it |g, A Snyder of Humps had the|ing with the. Gaps here, Mar. 6. CORE ur Assistant Commissioner of teats were scheduled to meet in a ran up a total of 89%; points tn ney is the clu - went into your article. Reverse | gave school students too little nest Hoosier score of 1241. Fox/and then two Sunday matinee cont EE Rellstant 120 2 INDIAN.+ the IHSAA Robert Hinshaw ,iavoff game at 10 a. m. (Indian- take. second place in the un- stockholder ar the score of the Kokomo-Mun- | blame. I know. I am one of those and Elmer Peterson rolled 1227 skirmishes with Buffalo, Mar. 9, APOLIS. L_ Wilson tunassisied) 2.3% 3:| said. reports of the Sacred ;;ils Time). official team competition between dent. Bush is

cis game during the last five

minutes and you would have |

high school students. Respectfully yours,

land Marvin Hitt and Art Sachs and Cleveland, Mar. 16, will .com[got a 1229 total. Among the plete the home season.

INDIANAPOLIS, Reibel (Sclisizai,

Penalities—O'Grady (interference

Hirschfeld) 6:47. 5, Hershey, Kullman/( Bettio) 10:51

Heart-Washington High School

basketball game Friday had

The other game thatched alsorans Poland and Germany.

Norway's 12515. Though the U. S. won the win-

board of direc None of t

had plenty of excitement. We William Briggs 111, |stronger city scores were Earl # a.» Barry) 10°39, Heller ang Caron ao; been received today. Since the European champion- ter olympic title in the 1932 named execu were there. 1234 N. La Fountain, Bright and Dock Grimes, 1237; THE MATIN EE experiment minutes each, fighting) 18.20. 1 He said it has been the policy ship was blended with the Olym- games at Lake Placid, N. Y., that will move to 1 Last but not least, we feel that Kokomo, Ind. |Vic Hall and Elmer Baldwin, had only one drawback yesterday. Coflin _(Sclisizzi, Hirschfeld, 5:23. 7. Her- 0f the IHSAA to suspend any pic hockey tournament, the win- showing is not rated nearly as Ineans Gener no one individual, no matter now| P. 8 J Vsh to express Wmyj1221; Karl ,Bright and Dick| Sunlight beaming through the hey Bee ne Sr araa 1g ties—| team only after a hearing by ner of the Swedish-Czech game Sirong as the Yank’s deeds here will be the r great a newspaperman he may apologies for our conduct. Grimes, 1237, and Roy Gaines and|Coliseum’s large end windows THIRD PERIOD: Scoring—none, Penal- both schools. He said no re- will also win the European title. during the past week, because Victory Field be, has the right to blast an en-| 0 QUILLIN: No ond Charles Kirschbaum, 1221. | made it difficult for goalies Glenn man (holding puck) 8.01. Armstrong Quest for a hearing has been Canada won the hockey crown few European mations were able coi tire community in this manner. = 5 CC ol oS ed the lovalty|. OW to cash in the tourney was Hall of Indianapolis and Gordie "*““%gors” °% SAVES made by the IHSAA office. with seven victories. and a tie, to send full teams in 1932. FRENCH e ‘The people over the state know ¢ K om f I Yen 1130. The contingent of Murat Henry to watch dead-center shots. if, 4 Hal eens 38 ju < - All told, the Americans won and other Cle only what they read, so they will | © 0 8 fans. In my open | ‘| Bears 65. Henry four gold medals—the greastest depend heavil;

letter to Indiana's adult basket-|

Shriners numberéd 187 and they

Both goalies turned in good de-

26 ‘ 17 i i

Mermaid Storer Closes in

number they have ever won in

dent Bush fo

out knows-| i : ! t : i fordemn Kokome with ‘ball fans, T questioned the sports. | Tetiined here late Sunday night tensive games. The Caps got their On the fce- : an Olympick held outside the $5 and the Ame: ne doubt very "much whether manship ang fap Boy of adult : I Of Neer ianen AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE Oo AAU S . e [1] d L.3., uri the three they-won & general. - { y , 2 . | S é , Jeste Di i > GW oo your article served any bi EY re vn hn Cook-Groebel Win {through the Hershey defense owidhrel “GF WL % g 0G Ps n Wy imming ecora i «= vs : . Ve Jespdy ’ ittshurg Q i 3 238 85 - purpose site HO ars basketball that they lose sight of, CINCINNATI also had a taste Bert Hirschfeld wriggle d Cleveland #38 17 324141 Tm SUE STORER of Indianapolis/emerged triumphant, 26 to 22. MRS. ANDREA MEAD LAW- i a are all a a any city, outside|this game of fun and conduct of the Capital City's top kegling through in the first period at 1:20.'s: Louis 58 25 32 1217218 s turned in one of her best per-| At Dayton, Bill Kerr and Tom RENCE, the 19-year-old dark- perience to can be foun iD any A given themselves as though it were a talent. sLarry Wilson ‘got an unassisted INDIANAPOLIS 60 13 35 6 202235 44 formances of the indoor swimming Lord each posted three victories haireq ski daredevil from Rufe stated: “Tiel of ane A eneral article|game of life and death in the Frances Cook and Hilda Groe-| tally at 2:39 from a faceoff near| GR W L T G OG Pts. season ‘at South Bend yesterday but it wasn’t enough for the j 4 vi emerged the top U. 8 sautels is ha Friday wien dato basketball heat of our intense rivairies. bel of Indianapolis Typewriter Henry's cage and Dutch Reibel fesber ---- 38 33 23 339% 182 83 when she improved on a national verdict. : * star with two first places in the have Bush ar I done just as| It is easy to understand the/were officially declared win-/canned another-tally at 6:47 for|Buflale_.. see 30 24 4 THES 2 record by 2.3 seconds. Miss Storer, The Lafayette summary: ladies’ giant slalom race and the assist him O\ S ad 8 22 1 3 . 3 y . -Y ree Stvle—1, { : . BE game good. Your way has cast complete elation of Kokomo’s ners of the doubles event.in the a 3-2 lead. Hershey had stayed ™ =~ = RESULTS LAST NIGAT won the junior AAU 100-yard Molnar (TE) 3. Hartman oitc ‘Crime. regular slalom. But her brilliance through the I

loyal fans in the light of the sick-| Cincinnati Times-Star Classic Within tying distance on Silvio|

breast stroke in 1:16.0:

: f Kokomo | . Louis 4. Cincinnati 1 (after: \ “100- oke — ; ,.. was only slightly greater ench has wl pi BH $he oY enough | nesses, the Tech rivalry, the NCC which closed yesterday after six|Bettio’s ‘goal at 5:51 and Arnie| INDIANAPOLIS 4. Hershey 3 (afternoon). The Indianapolis Athletic Club 3. McMahan ke Ae AC) that of Dick Button of Er Bush right al ug. . | i = 5 2 : iv me, 3 to Se the pain you have caused. championship and Wildcats un-| weeks of competition. This tour- Kullman's at 10:51. It was Kull- NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGue found tougher going at Dayton | “'[if yard Breast stroke—1. Molnar (TCi; Wood, N. J., peerlées -master of " ter's vacatios

precedented promise for a state!

ney attracted some of the top mMas’s ‘seventh goal against the

BY United Press GP WLT

where the aquatic stars 1ost"a 41

Sherer (IAC); 3; Barton (IACr. Time,

UILLIN. G OG Pts 26. the blades who successfully de- Tribe's gener: MARIE Q championship team. kegling stars in the Midwest. Caps this season. Detroit 35 11 11 180101 51 to 33 decision to the YMCA team = 200-Yard Free Stvle—1, Moll (IAC): 2. fended his 6 -skati Ya 1 2 i s Mr. Angelopolous: Montreal 2g 22 8 163 132 64 tif Barton (IAC); 3. Wright (TC). Time, s fgure-skating title, meet Bush in ith you. No system, EL ER The combine of Cook and 2.8 = Toronto 234 3) 14 135 125 62 Of that city. 2:315 and dashing Ken Henry of Chi- week and acc I agree w you. i 't BASICALLY sports - loving Groebel _19 var Ea : . New York 20 25 12 149 167 52 ® -% n | 160-Yard Pree Style Relay — 1, IAC . 4 :? 3 or individual, or athletic champion- wds are harmless. They are o put together 2 1300-126 DEFENSEMAN Hugh Coflin poston 18 26 13 125 150 49 te & . : : ! (Schaefer, Moll, McMahon, Turner). Time, C380, winner of the 500 -meter Indians’ sprir so important that . we hd a bg Y —1426. This figure enabled the plasted a hard shot from short Chicazo 57 18 36. 8.13518 36 MISS STORER, swimming un- 1:93 speed skating race Indianville, ni hip 2 eri a jeopardize the harmless in Kokomo, Indianap-| genuster Coal performers, to’|range past Henry at 5:23 in the New York 5 Boston 2 ct attached, beat another Capital SoYard rec Striewi. Kerr ac): 2. The U. S. team won respect They'll be should sacriflc tics and olis or, anywhere in the state. , .iet first prize of $80. PR Ry A S| Dros Cees] afterioch, City miss in the event when she Krumholz YMCA: 3. Walk (YMCA) wit’ ite balanced sh re Lda) pasic principles of athle {It's when -all the elements—in-| "o,ok had a string of 211-198 ua tp jog ang 60 Only games scheduled. finished ahead of Ann Morrison = 100-Yard Breast Stroke—1. Lord (IAC With fiv nce show 0” power, ger esa their meaning. cluding the human elements— 504 613 while Groebel produced "of the Indianapolis Athletic Club. Finder (YMCA): 3. Neil (YMCA). Time, = H01 378 points for second place President Rs To me, Mr. Angelopolous, that |... {,:56d4 into a heated 8aMe 2 threes ¢ 176-194-191—561. | | Barbara Grow of the Chicago y 200-Yard Pree Style—1. Kerr (IAC): 2, n hockey, the Americans also inspection of would also include sports. |ih.¢ the crowd, spurred by some R Uieusornie So 1 he HeS04 Fo ston O en i Barbary ON Hanchok (YMCA) “Werts (IAC Time. marked up 26% in skiing, 10 in apolis players : ction was s bet- $ : 2 : ; : : Justis of BR I jrrational or provocational act, Tian the heat on) The u 8 oes This event was the highligiit of voshida (YMCA): 3: Glick (TAC, Time, eng. oh - rt leanne. ACCORDIN owed yourself to n your ',,n the floor or in the stands, . ; Ee : : dg 1:09.6 Neth; 5 WO {18L), ' ; even at mig eo : ru o adult fans. et reama Brune doubles had 1034 entries. ® ¥ a Meet between the 1AC and the 100-Yard Pree Siyle—1. Kerr (IAC): 3, considered a mild disappointment Cleveland-Ind x w 8 rowd This duo has been highly suc-, 1 u OH 6 Twin City Swimming Association, finder {YMCA 3, Hancock (YMCA). wae the four-man bobsled. The new “exeelitis . crowd. . . . . rr § hi - ; $08.4. : ar : ad. IT SEEMS to me that you took Encouraged by strength in fossil together. Two Years ago! : Which the Tare! Won 321s 11, TACT 3 Linder (YMCA S, Glick rag U.S. sled skippered by Stan Ben- tory Field we a rather underhanded way to try| =o. "0 goserned Ly emids they won the state doubles crown | — = Time. 1°44 ; ‘ham of Lake Placid, N, Y., had mated until and hurt the Kokomo team: 1, not tal reasoning. thel or Muncie-and-Jast-spring-Cook By_United-Press THE JAC JUNIOR boys won a caf. oo lip YMCALL 2. Robeson pean the original favorite, but had Frank McKi Though you praised the team, you/tlora TE ros and Groebel captured the Indian- HOUSTON, Tex. Feb. 20—Jack Burke Jr., found the 21-to-6 decision and the IAC ;130-Yard Medley Relay 1. YMCA (Yo- to settle for second place behind sences from o | S - 1 Pi in 2 J y . 4 . ih 14 i : 0 a vie. 139ida, 1 ’ hi e. 393. / ; were. doing all you could to hurt{ "0 col) inane and 18 not apolls Ten-Pin Classic, ‘winter golfing tour's three stops in his native Texas very for. gins posted 8 3840 13 vie-| Foy Free isle, Relay 1. rus the crack German sled captained Washington. their morale By blasting away at 3 Schuster Coal” finished third > J tory. The IAC midgets also rime 146. "by. Andreas Ostler. When the h merely content to eek release of profitable ones marr teria the adult fans. Your article caps 0 o;ations by yelling alone. in the team handicap division: } ONES, rt ten on dians to Cle the season-long attempt by the!" pl 0 0 any crowd's pent-up th, 2653-327 — 2080. Judy The curly-haired Houston ex-Marine picked up another last August t Indianapolis writers to discredit| =~ G0" he of the. greatest indel's 388 was tops. Ro- ¢5000 check here yesterday for|-————— mit cluded a st our Kokomo Wildcats. . docker Hornets took down | ~ & hv a |Rapids, Mich, whose 285 totals would stay benefits derived from athletic! gi th ni 2498-444—2037 {winning the Houston Open: by a] 5 You stated that the sportsman- : place on <395-444—3004. | . ot 8 ..|earned them $1080 each. president, if ; {spectatorship. But when irrational’ pa avent w by Ri ve |SiX-stroke margin, t run his ship of the fans was different acts are governed by emotions yent was NON bY Ricans [Texas winnings to $4110 in three All alone In 8th Place was - French sal

from that in the Kokomo-Muncie| Beauty Salon of Cleveland with {Fred Haas Jr, of New Orleans, ment affecti

land not judicious thinking, the

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2784-252 rt reeks’ time. game. Remember, Mr. Angelopo-| = "1 Cones a mob bent on ae i 3036. Low to cash ED shine in with a par who joined the tour for the first was unautho lous, at that game you were a dis- | ngeance. Fortunately our @ n "Ris 58-36-17 Vesterday for = 27% time—in time .to pick up $700 interested spectator, something ilenna’ Rhoades of Dayton | Ya “00 for his 186 efforts on the diffi-

|sports-loving crowds anywhere ihave rarely, if ever, turned into mobs bent on human destruction.

Babe, Pa Orlando

won the singles with 621-66— total in the Houston event, Burke us Memorial Park course. | 687. There were 472 teams and had picked up $110 for a 19th| wyjter Burkemo of Franklin, | 2068: singles in the Classic. The Place tie in the El Paso Open and| wich, and Cary Middlecoff of

which you were not at Kokomo. You know that makes a lot of

difference in how you regard the fans.

vw ss =» | PERHAPS the fans were a lit-| tle more hopped-up than usual. But can't you use a little of that imagination of yours, Mr. Angelopolous? This was the game, which in all probability would-de-¢ide the NCC title. This wasxthe game which had been built up in the Indianapolis newspapers for two weeks. And then, to top it off, many of our players were taken) sick.” Being of the adult fans (one year out of high school), I rallied behind the team more than ever. Doubtless many of the others were like me. Any unruliness, as you termed it, probably resulted from those conditions. No, we don’t have the win-at-any-cost attitude here. » : In fact, this is our first winning season since 1946. Actually we're not the vicious two-headed monrs you tried to picture us, oy Angelopolous. We're just basketball fans who are all out for a bunch of kids who give : all in every game they play, ether it be Podunk “or Tech. 'e don’t have the most powerful ss in the state behind our -but we do have the most loyal fans. :

[Sacre

® = % I HAVE BEEN to many bas-

I'm sure none of Kokomo's 6500 fans had any thoughts of | malice against the Tech players, but I doubt seriously that big | Joe Sexson—or the officials— would have been as safe as if they had been in their own gym if: one unthinking person took a swing at him or an official near the game's end.

» ” n ONE OT-HEAD created a mild ruckus at the Washington-| Heart game only last Fri-| day by poking a player on the floor . . . 80 it can happen here! and anywhere during the state]

| tournament. Pp |

1 was ‘hardly a disinterested spectator at the Muncie-Kokomo| game, I worked the game because | it was the key game for the league leadership at the time. Mr, Bixler, I'm afraid 1 can't apologize to you for: what the other Indianapolis newspapers have in their sports columns in their denunciation of your fine ball club . .. if that's what it is. If I hadn't used my “maginadon, I-wouldn't have written that press box. Mr. Bixler, I ‘would hardly say there were only a few hot-heads all worked up in your stands that night. Tech had only 300 fans. Mr. Bixler, it doesn't take much to satisfy you if all I have to do to show my. sports-

A I have never fans.

ketball games in my life, including both high school and college, er been to one that there hasn't been a few hotSo please don’t try look like “Kokomo

manship is run your letter. You're most kind, Mr. Briggs. You show rare judgment and thinking for a high gchoéol pupil. If you ever come to our town of fist - flurrying, window - breaking]

fans, please drop in..I hope you're

a Men's

purse totaled $0744.

Mechanics Lead

MECHANICS LAUNDRY holds NOW, HE looked forward to Douglas of Newark. Del, netted two-game edge over Yaver the next stop on the winter tour|$390 each with 289's. .

shop in the Traveling League following Sunday action

at Broad Ripple Bowl.

Mechanics Laundry disposed of Fred C. Cline Realtors, 2-1, and now have a 39-15 r:cord. Yaver's ledger shows 37-17. There are still 12 games re‘maining on the 51-52 schedule. Weber's 683 and Estle's 658

paced the. Mechanics Laundry toleight strokes to the good over’

its tal win. Weber had 211-236-2 200 series. Among the best league scores for Sunday, Larry Lehmann of Excelsior Laundry, had 629 and Ray Bottema of Hosiery Workers posted 620. The other 800 series included Tony Malney, Hillcrest, 619; Bill Bilsky, Hillcrest, 619;-Jim McKay, 617; Lauri Davis, Hosiery - Workers, and George Holtane, Talbot Loafers, 600. Tillie Jardina of Packard Indianapolis had a 569 series to lead all women bowlers.

here ‘with your team Mar, 22. an pha lA,

and Estle had a 200-258-|

$2000 top money in the Texas Open at San Antonio. ”

” ”

—the Baton Rouge, La., Open— with high hopes ot getting closer to the $18,000 he won last year without taking down a single first |prize. \ While Burke, who registers oqut of oilman Glenn McCarthy's [swank Shamrock Hotel here, was leix strokes ahead of the field at |the finish yesterday, he really was {his closest professional comnatriots. Frank Stranahan, Toledo, sparkplug heir who holds the British Amateur title, finished second with a 283, but wasn't in line for any of the $10,000 cash wrize money. n

SPLITTING second, third and ourth place prizes among the pros vere Earl Stewart Jr. of Dallas da (Porky) Oliver of Lemont, Ill,

nd John Barnum of Grand

| Memphis, earned $550 each with scores of 287, while Bill Nary of| Albuquerque, N.M. and Dave,

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