Corsicana Daily Sun from Corsicana, Texas • Page 6

a-Y'-r'T' tfiW.v*v 'r I i i Stale Home Wins asketball Games State Home basketball teamd won three games from the Frost Polar Bear cagers at the State Home gym court Tuesday night. The Lassies finished ahead of the Frost girls, 5-3, in one of the closest defensive games seen here In years. The Lads won, 30-14, while the State Homo boys copped their contest 22-16, in another tough tussle. Charles Jones was the high point scorer of the evening with eight points, while Tullos paced the West Navarro crew with five points. State Home and Barry High schools will play Friday night, but the site of the games had not been decided Wednesday morning, Coach John Corner said.

Coach Corner also said the State Home here might entertain the Waco State Home team here Wednesday night, but complete arrangements had not been mado early this morning. The Box Score. State Home fjj ft fls pta MurdocU, Jones, Herrington, Phillips, Downey, g- .3 .3 .3 .8 .1 0 2 1 0 1 1 1 0 2 6 8 7 0 3 I Totals Frost (14) Tullos, 2 1 Roberson, 0 0 13 4 4 30 Scott, 0 0 0 2 Hooser, 0 1 McClure, 2 Hawkins, 1 1 3 2 3 1 5 0 0 4 4 1 Total 4 11 14 Labor Chiei Must ve xmg, IL Wrestling Bouts AOUSTIN, Jan. state labor commissioner's approval of Amateur boxing and wrestling contests is required by law, Alton Erickson, state supervisor of the boxing and wrestling commission, warned yesterday. He said some persons, organizations and associations have been conducting amateur bouts without receiving state approval, which must be secured at least seven days In advance.

"We feel certain (they) aware of; the fact that they do come under the jurisdiction of the labor commissioner. "However, it is the intention of commission to require all siirh associations to comply with the law fully," Erickson declared. He a 3 per cant tax must be paid on all contests, Whether professional or amateur, for which an admission fee is charged. The law also requires that no one shall act as referee in Amateur contests except a person holding a license or permit from the labor commissioner. Bowling Skating ITS HEALTHY.

Corsicana Recreation Center. 435 S. 12th Street HAFBY OVER NEW DiMaggio (right) shows his arm to sport writers at a conference in New York where he announced that he was "very happy" and "quite satisfied" with the new contract he signed with the New York Yankees. DiMaggio declined to rcva 1 terms of the contract, but George Weiss, general manager of the Yankees conceded It "approached" $75,000. (AP Wirephoto.) By PAUL MOORE Daily Sun Sports Editoi Corsicana Tigers conclude their pre-season training sessions this afternoon preparatory to going to Cleburnc tomorrow night to open the campaign.

Tigers, defending champion, was trounced last night, 28-20, by Hillsboro Eagles. The Bengals have not been accorded any chance at the title, but club is composed principally of those scrapping youngsters whose fight and will-to-win made the Navarro county lads district football champions. ing their sensational performance against the veteran and tall Jesuit five here Monday evening, this department has a much hualthier lespect for their basketball prow ess, and the Corsiccinnns may in the thick of the fight The club did not look impressive in the early season contests, but played a of a game before losing on a technicality to the Dallas- ites, 43-42. State Home Laddies Frost last night, 30-14. defeated I n' I' Talmadge Canant, member of the sports staff, has been an influenza victim this week, and has been unable to write his column.

The 2S-20 victory of Hillsboro over Waco was unexpected here. The dame condition probably existed at Waco, but Coach Major Keithley'H club will pot plenty of work now after they dropped their opening: gome of the round-robin schedule. A warning haa been Issued by Monta B. Morgan, state labor commissioner, who also is wrestling and boxing commissioner of Texas, to organizations sponsoring ring shows to get the stato approval at least seven days before thn referees including those of amateur ahowc must be licensed. While discussing boxing, local mitt-slingers will be Interested in tho preparations for th 0 twelfth annual Golden Gloves state tournament in Fort Worth Feb.

11-16 has been represented in several district tournaments, but has not placed a state chain- pion in any event during the 11 years history of the Golden Gloves Golden Gloves tournaments are sponsored by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth. Richard (Bull) Johnson, Baylor University star lineman, has inked a contract with the Buffalo Bills of the All-America Pro Football is a one-year contract- All-Southwest center in 1940, he played with the West team in the East-West game in San Prewitt, Corsicana High and Titlsa U- center, has been playing with the Buffalo Bills the past couple of years at is presumed he also will return for the 194S season. While on the subject of football, the Brooklyn baseball club headed by Branch Rickey, has purchased the Brooklyn professional football club of the AlI-American told an assemblage of sports wr iters that if they would agree a man as coach of the club, he would hire that person. ans Continue NEW YORK, Jan. all protestations to the are indications that at least a few Southern schools will holler for a more liberal NCAA 'purity 1 code before the meeting this week with legalized and limited is that the president of one highly-respected institution will appear to present such a plea.

Olson, Pitt track coaoli who visited Europe last summer, figures that the S. will have a tough time winning any race longer than 100 yards in the Olympics next summer The field events look a little easier, especially if Bob Fitch decided to compete. Fitch, an amateur coach, hasn't made up his mind yet. World's Original taioor c. i-.

V- WILL ROGERS COLISEUM Opening 8 P.M., Janotry 30 Twice Daily-2 anil 8 P.M., Thru February 8 All Tickets $3 Including Reserved Seal, Admission to Grounds Tax GREATEST SHOW ON MIRTH Wild-Eyed Idea During the rampant discussions of the proposed code' one publicity man, Jim Corbett of LSU, came up with this have to have some ideas to justify their presence here for a two-day they're always talking abaut the 'poor' South, and the Ivy league and Big Nine, lie proposed, why not asseas ne almunl of those groups a certain amount each year? Then turn that over to the alumni of our "poor" Southern colJeges so that they, in turn, could pay the expenses of deserving That way we'd all be honest, within the rules. Only Apptaranw In WILL ROGERS AUDITORIUM HIGHTS-830 PH-Januaj 8 4 MATINEEM30 31-FeM, 7, ReseireJ Seat, Admission to Grounds anil Ta Olsen and Johns on in Person PIONEER PALACE tSWEAMLINED REVVS" EVEBY NIGHT AFTER RODEO (flnotlM!) fncluding Admission to Grounds art Ta Sports Page Hughie Devore can't even answer when you 'ask him about that report he'll become Notre Da me coach when Frank Leahy resigns after the 1948 season. He just snorts something about the guys who know more about a person's plans than the guy himself does and then talks about the depth of the snow in West Orange, N. And Yale's Howie Odell professes not to know a thing about published reports that he's being considered for the West Viriginia One guy who really would be interested in West Virginia is Joe ling Tuesday The Texans continued in the lead of the Corsicana Bowling League Tuesday night by taking two games of the series from the Marc Cloud Insurance crew while the Bethlehem Supply boys were downing the Navarro Junior College aggregar tion, 2 to 1. Cloud took all individual scoring honors with a 225 single game and a 572 series to aid his team in capturing the team honors with a 902 game and a 2336 series.

Eller of the Texans took scoring honors for the winners with a 467 series and 171 single game. Jenkins captured pins honors for the Bethlehem club with a single game of 182 and a series of 512 while Ben- efleld of the College crew was winning the honors for a series of 371 ap Bomer was taking the single honors with a game of 160. Manlaci, who coached that mighty Bainbridge Navy team during the war and won the eastern sectional title in the American pro association during tho past season with the Paterson Panthers. End of the Line Cornell's Mose Quinn insists that his wife never reads the papers to learn whether Cornell won or lost. "She looks to see who has been fired and paid off for a couple of years," he says.

"Then she tells me it is a great idea." TIGER LOYALTY BANQUET WUl Start Promptly at 7 P. M. FRIDAY NIGHT, Jan. 9th SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CAFETERIA. Civitan Club I Bw 1 1 'i i Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show ORDER ADDRESS BOX 160 1 Enctoia chtclt or money Specif EXACT SHOWS tnd sfete firtt end ftilrd ctioictt SOUTH WIND AUTHORIZED HEATER SERVICE Lee' Texaco Service Station HAVOLINE MOTOR OIL POLISHING WAXING WASH AND LUBRICATION A SPECIALTY! 2nd A ve.

and 15th St. Phone 1820 PICK UP AND DELIVER i louis-Wako Signed, In H.Y.' A. Expected To Adopt 'Purity at Enforcement NEW YORK, Jan. National Collegiate Athletic Association's revised "purity" code for NEW YORK Jan. athletes is expected to receive an though it hasn't signed either hea- i officLaJ1 okay when placed before vyweight champion, Jo'e Louis, or I the NCAA convention later this challenger, Jersey Joe Walcott, yet, i the main question today it appeared today' that the 20th Century Sporting Club had the "fight of the year" virtually sewed up for this town next June, The 20th S.

C. announced last night that it has "practically closed" with the champion for a June title bout in one of the ball parks here. No opponent was named but Sol Strauss, acting director of the fight Club In the absence of the ailing Mike Jacobs, hinted from here to Camden, N. that it would be the punching papa of six who almost lifted the Brown Bomber's crown in Madison Square Garden last Dec. 5.

Details Not Settled. In almost triumphant vein, the 20th Issued the following statement: Subject to further discussion on, II: is the degree of enforcement of the new rules will get. The much-discussed purity or sanity, code was adopted in principle a year ago, but referred to a special committee for revision, and the proposed amendments will come up for final consideration at the concluding NCAA meeting here Saturday. Concerning enforcement, strongest coTimcnt was this statement from one Southeastern conference athletic director; "I don't think they really want to enforce it." This delegate said that his group undoubtedly would string along with the majority inasmuch as the code permitted aid to athletes under certain conditions, placed no check on assitance given by alumni, and provided no iron-clad means of enforcement. Under the original NCAA code, some details, it can be said positively that Louis will defend his title for the 20th Century Sporting college athletic department mem- Club In June, preferably in one of bers were not permitted to ap- the New York ball parks." proach prospective students beyond The "details" hinged around ra-1 confines of their own campuses dio.

television and movie proceeds and little difficulty was expected The revised code would allow them to approach athletes as long as de- there since the club said it was prepared to give the contestants same cut for those considerable extras would receive from the 'regular gate. Louis agreed to fake 40 per cent of the net aa against the 45 he collected for the first fight. And to get Walcott's signature for the widely-sought plum, Strauss may give in to the Camden, N. brain' trust that handles the veteran challenger, i That would call for close to 30 per cent Walcott got 15 in De- Strauss has insisted firmly since the disputed battle that he would give up no more than 20 per cent to a challenger. Walcott Asks 30 Per Cent.

After his amazing showing in the first jro when Louis was awarded a snlit decision, Walcott demanded 30 per cent, for a return on the grounds that he was "robbed" of the title. Since the return bout seems a cinch to draw in the neighborhood of $1,500.000 the 20th undoubtedly it prepared to pacify Walcott, es- peciallv In view of attractive of- fcrs from promoters in Philadelphia, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami. Strauss pointed up the value of the "extras" connected with a finite financial offers were not made. The NCAA executive committee opens its phase of the annual convention today, while the American Footblall Coaches Association gets its sessions underway with a rules meeting, and track and baseball coaches continue their confabs. Tress Meeting Held Question of the purity code was gone over fully at a press conference oondifcted by Karl Leib, NC- AA president from the University of Iowa, and Kenneth L.

(Tug) Wilson, NCAA secretary-treasurer. Most objection is expected, they indicated, from the Southeastern and Southern conferences, which favor "limited subsidies" for athletes. Other Leib added, might be raised by schools which believed the new code did not go far enough in banning off- campus recruiting. If investigations showed a flag- BOSTON, Jan. sensus at Fenway Park is championship heavyweight fight fishing through the ice for when he disclosed that Louisi become a bit boring to readv had received over $300,000 and Walcott better than $75,000 because of the sensational sales of the first fight's movies.

The bout itself crossed only garden record. con- that pike even Ted Sox, tltrhtwelirhf, Bout Toniffht. OAKLAND, Jan. With a return match with World Champion Ike Williams as his nb- jective, Enrique Rolanoa, Mexico's top lightweight fighter, squares off here tonight with hard- hitting John L. Davis, Richmond.

in Ift-round bout at the Oakland auditorium. Corpus Fighter Wins. HOUSTON, Jan. Tony Elizondo. 174, of Corpus Christi, former'Texas middleweight champion, knocked out Tommy Irwin, 172.

of Houston, after one minute and 32 seconds of the first round in a scheduled 10-round bout here last night. such an inveretnte angler as Williams, the Boston Red slugger. Even General Manager Joe Cronin was surprised to have the splendid splintor abandon his piscatorial pursuits in Princeton, long enough to consent, by both icleffrapb and telephone, to become probably the highest paid player in baseball history, mayba more than $80,000 a year. "Figures discussed regarding 194S contract O. Williams wired Cronin yesterday.

Then Ted, probably at home packing up for his annual big game expedition into the Florida Everglades, put in a long distance call to Fenway. "Feelinir Fine." "I'm feeling fine," Williams assured Cronin. "I've been fishing for through the ice. I'm enthusiastic about the coming season and you can tell Joe McCarthy I'll duplicate all my per rant violation, this would be reported to the NCAA, which then could drop the offending college from membership or, in case of a non-member, place it on a list of schools which intercollegiate contests will not -be scheduled. Individual athletes from suoh ooleJgres also would be ineligible for national championships In such sports aa golf, tennis, and swimming.

Lieb pointed out the over-all effect of such a code, if accepted, would be conversion of the NCAA from an advisory body into a national conference, with real power to enforce its rules'. Track coaches, meanwhile, voted to recommend to the NCAA the addition of three, and preferably six, events to the annual NCAA outdoor championship meet in Minneapolis June 18-19. This meet is to serve as a preliminary Olympic tryput, with winners qualifying for the fina.l trials at Evanston, 111., July 9-10. Events considered almost certain to be added are the 400 meters hurdles, 5,000 meters run, and the running hop, step and jump. Final consideration was withheld on whether or not to recommend addition of the 10,000 meters run, hammer throw and the 3,000 meters steeplechase.

The coaches voted that all other events should be measured in yards, as usual, rather than in meters. Baseball coaches, who affiliated with the NCAA a year ago, passed a resolution requesting tho parent body to further negotiations with professional baseball concerning pre-contracEuaJ relations with col- iege players. Coaches were disappointed when their long-considered proposal which would forbid signing college players to pro contracts until after their classes wore graduated was tabled at the recent major league meeting. The baseball coaches also recommended a change in the setup for their national championship playoffs, calling for regional tourneys involving four teams in a double elimination. They also favored establishment of tournatments in each of the eight NCAA districts to determine district representatives for the two regional playoffs.

formances. See you in Sarasola'" In line with Owner Tom Yawkey's Cronin refused to give the slightest hint about Williams' 1948 salary terms. "It's enough to say that it's satisfactory to tho player who led the American League in so many offensive departments last year," countered Joe. But now and then a crack can be found in the wall ol silence that surrounds Red Sox salary matters. Last year when Cleveland's Bob Feller was reported to be drawing baseball's top salary with a $70,000 contract, some of th Fenway folk confessed that Williams was more than that.

That probably meant that Ted was getting $75,000 and since Williams led the 1947 American league sluggers with a -343 average while hitting 32 homers, scoring 125 runs, driving in 1U more and drawing 161 bases on balls, it can be taken for granted that the Red Sox owner was thrilled with his work. And when Yawkey is pleased, he generally is magnanimous, so much so, that it would not sur- prise many in baseball if he not only has given Williams a salary boost but one to wipe out the $80,000 record the fabulous Babe Ruth set during his heyday wJth the New Yorl; Yankees. Standard Rules In etballOver Are Urged PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7. Formation of a nation-wide committee to standardize interpretation of the basketball rules Is advocated by Don Kellett, coach at the University of Pennsylvania, "It might not stop some of the whistle blowing by the that would depend on the at least the players would know they would get the same kind of officiating, regardless of what part of the country they played in." The Red-thatched coach made his suggestion yesterday after relating his players' favorable reaction to a liberal translation of the rules in a game at Miami.

Officials Blamed. "The offiicals overlooked some of the minor rule infractions and let Lone Star League Meeting Slated KILGORE, Jan. meeting of the Lone Star baseball league will be held here Sunday, President Fred Nicholason has announced. Player and salary limits will be he said. the boys play the game without too many whistle interruptions," said Kellett "After the game I was surprised to hear my boys say they enjoyed the game, even though it was rougher than the type they were used to up north." To get uniform interpretation of the code, Kellett would have the commissioners of the major college leagues take the initiative by appointing an official to the committee.

"The smaller groups would fall in line," Don added. "And we wouldn't have officials in one section calling a block and others in another section of the country seeing no harm done." Times Today CUMMINS THEATRE INTERSTATE ATURD AND THURS FRID MUSICAL STORY LOVE WITH FILLED SPECTACLE AND THRILLS JOHNSTON JOHNNIE CUGAT XAVIER orchestra MAY WHITTY DAME Paramount News Sport Also Cart UTEISUTE TRUTHS i J' 1 1 INTERSTATE THEATRE AN tNTEBSTATE THEATRE Don't Forget Surprise Nite Last Times Today Tonight 8 P.M. 'HEARTACHES' Thursday, Friday and Saturday Also Cartoon 3 Stooges Comedy Jesse James, No. 10 An Interstate Theatre Last Times Today COOGAN THURSDAY and FRIDAY Cart- G-Men Never Forget. No.

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