The La Crosse Tribune from La Crosse, Wisconsin • Page 22

Page 22 Sunday, December 16, 1951 JL KENBLANCHARD Sports Editor La Crosse State Wins Conference Opener From Stout 67-51 Other Kentucky Basketball Stars Involved In Fixing Cage Games iNew York DA Player's LEXINGTON, Ky. lengthy conference developed Saturday in -the basketball fix investigation centered around the University of Kentucky, but there was no indication of the progress of the inquiry. At least one more conference was planned. Dr. H.

L. Donovan, University said "no further jnent should be made to the press tournaments? Why, the Ken Blanchard Basketball tournaments Hey. what's yak yak talk about until we have completed our season isn't even and al- vicw of this case." ready there talk about the an- Dr. Donovan was in a 1 blfi show for tte ca re huddle Saturday with Vincent A.i sle O'Connor, Assistant District VeU 1tbcre4 BI 9 ea on ney from New York, and Guy Farge sub-district has been cut off the list and the meet for that area will be divided between Muscoda and Viola. Finals of this tourney will be held at Muscoda following sub- district eliminations.

All Kickapoo Valley loop-clubs will play at Viola until the finals, includ- the previously "other" Kentucky players made "corrupt monies in deals with fixers from New York State." He said Chairman of from the WIAA of-! ing Gays Mills, La Farge. Beads- uiiu ol ce about a new plan to make 1 town. Soldiers Grove, Viola and room for the Milwaukee City Con-j West ference and Fox River Valley Con-! has been split ference teams. "will come over to the side of law and order." He did not mention names, games or dates. O'Connor indicated he has the evidence against New York fixers but needs the Kentucky players as proof that a bribe was paid.

He said the players will not be prosecuted. Counsel for the players has declined to permit questioning of their clients except in their presence. Three former Kentucky players have admitted to accepting money to control the difference in scores In the Kentucky-Loyola game in the National Invitation tournament hi 1949. They are Alex Groza, Ralph Beard and Dale Barnstablc. lowa Prep Team Has Schedule Suspended; Walked Out On Game The change in plans will effect district tournament teams mostly nament business every season.

All teams of the two new conference being admitte" to the tournament play are from bigger schools and won't even play in the district meets. But a cut had to be made somewhere, so the WIAA started at the beginning and shaved off four district tournaments and added two more regionals. This year there will be 26 districts, instead of 30 and 19 region- als instead of 17. The sectional tournament set up is the same with! the usual 8 meets planned. between Elry and Hillsboro.

The finals will still be held at Elroy with all Juneau County high schools involved Camp Douglas, Elroy, Kendall. Necedah, New Lisbon. Hillsboro, Cazenovia. Lime Ridge, Ontario, Wilton and Wonewoc. Whitehall w-Ul get a sub-district and the finals of the White- haU-EIeva-Strum meet under the new plan.

Blair, Independence and Taylor of the Trempealeau Valley of the Coulee and Whitehall of the Mississippi Valley circuit will play at Whitehall. Eleva Strum's sub district meet includes the following clubs: Alma Center. Eleva- Strum, Fairchild, Hixton and Osseo. Greenwood, Small schools in this area will be affected by the new arrangement. In past seasons districts were I be held at Sparta and Tomah.

Ar- always held jt West Salem, El- cadia. Central, Sparta, Viroqua The only regional tournaments in Hold Slim 30-27 Edge At Half; Richter, Peth Set Scoring Pace MENOMONIE, Wls. Crosse took a step in the righ direction toward defending its State College Conference crown here Saturday night by thumping Stout Institute's Blue Devils, 67-5L It was the opening league tilt lor both colleges and was the firs win of the season for Coach Clark Van Gaidar's Indians, who non-conference tussles lost two against St. Norbert's and Ripon. Stout, in five ball games, has ye to taste victory.

Artie Richter, Sheboygan's court gift to La Crosse, proved to be the biggest thorn in the side of the Blue Devils, the 5-10 jump-shot artist meshing 20 points. He swished 7 field goals' and put in a perfect night at the free throw line, meshing 6 for 6. Eleven of Richter's came in the first quarter RICHTER of play, enabling the visiting Indians to grab a 19-12 lead. However, the evening's top poiii producer, much to the satisfaction if Blue Devil fans, came from Stout's stellar guard. Capt Bil Indians Ready For Fou Claire Visit La Crosse State cage fans will get their first opportunity to see Coach Clark Van Galder's 1951-52 edition in action Tuesday when arch-rival Eau Claire invades for a State College Conference tilt at 8 p.m.

Eau Claire was soundly trounced here last winter by La Crosse as the Indians nailed down the league championship with 11 wins and 1 loss. Tickets for the game are now on sale at the and Quinns and the Bodega. General admission tickets will be available at the door. Kiefer, who dropped in 23 counters on 8 floor shots and 7 free the 1951-52 plan for this area willlS" nn 1. A- tosses.

Stout led but twice in the fray, AMES. la. high school basketball rumpus that ended with one team walking off the floor was! followed Saturday by suspension for an indefinite period of one of the schools from the Iowa High School Athletic Association. The IHSAA board of control, meeting here Saturday in connection with the Iowa Coaches School, suspended Walford High School. While the suspension is in force, the school will not be able to play any interscholastic games.

Coach Henry Spaulding of Walford withdrew his team with about two minutes remaining of the third quarter of its game Friday night with Walford trailed 18-31 in the game which was played at Shellsburg. roy and La Farge-Viola. The only tourney in this area not affected by the new ruling is the West Salem meet which will still include Bangor, Hoi- men, Melrose, Mindoro, Norwalk, Onalaska, Trempealeau and West Salem of the Coulee Conference and Casnton of the Monroe-Vernon league. La Farge and Viola in former years split the district tournament in the Kickapoo Valley. However, th'- season the La and Westby will compete at Sparta first on the game's initial point when Wilkie at center collected a with Tomah to attract Logan, Black River Falls, Mauston and the host club.

Finals are booked!" sec a pm( at0 laya 1 at Sparta. points toough the Tomah gets the sectional meet, and will entertain the Platteville nde hoop to give the home five a short- lived, 23-22 edge. and Sparta regional winners: and Forward Peth. to the district elimination winners from Elroy, Muscoda, Patch Grove and West Salem. Teams winning district playoffs at Whitehall will move up north for the Menomonie sectional meet.

In suspending Walford, the Association's board of control said the team's withdrawal from the game was "a violation of the eth-i on the Av alon mats, starting at Gagne, Hart To Headline Monday Wrestling Show A regulation two-man bout and an Australian team-tag match will traction of the card. fans in La Crosse Monday evening. turned to mat profession and since that time has been constantly in the limelight of the sport. He formerly held the world's junior The grappling program will be heavyweight title but switched to ics and sportsmanship of any interscholastic contest as prescribed by the constitution of the Iowa High School Athletic. Association." The suspension period is indefinite pending further investigation and final action in the case, which can either be immediate reinstatement, probation or suspension for a specified period of time.

Wings Cop, Sixth Shutout For Sawchuk DETROIT (IP) Terry Sawchuk, the National Hockey League's leading goalie, registered his sixth shutout of the season as his Detroit Red Wings easily beat the last-place Chicago Black Hawks, 3 to 0. before 10,062 fans Saturday night WRESTLING 8:30 p.m. Vern who has been seen as a potential threat to the world's heavyweight championship, will meet Stu Hart in the headline attraction of the card. The opening bout will be a team battle pitting Bearcat Wright Jr. and Jack Pesek against Johnny Moochy and Hans Schmidt The referee for the matches has not been named yet, but the fans did not like the job which Bill Kus- sisto did in his last appearance here, so it is doubtful whether the former grappler will be the third mfin in the ring this time.

Gagne is well known in the Midwest. A product of Minneapolis, he first came into sports prominence as a football star and wrestler at the University of Minnesota. Following his college career, he Alleman Tips Knifes, 60-50 PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, Wis. 'Spe-i High School Rock Island, handed the Basketball the heavier bracket when he had trouble making the junior weight. His opponent is a Canadian contender from Edmonton who weighs in at 226, Stu Hart.

Hart has spent considerable time in American rings. He was also a football star during his college days, playing at the University of Alberta. During his long amateur wrestling career, he was undefeated. Johnny Moochy and Hans Schmidt, paired in the team-tag match against Wright and Pesek, will present one of the most villainous combinations to appear in the La Crosse ring in some time. Schmidt showed his wares here recently when he was half of the team which took a very unpopular victory over Pat O'Connor and Dick Trout Wright was on the last local boxing program and since that time has learned wrestling.

The huge Negro will be combined with his teacher. Jack Pesek, against Moo- chy and Schmidt. Tickets for the wrestling show are on sale at the S. and the Doghouse and Elmer's Uptown. Richter in the La Crosse point column with 15 points, quickly boosted the Indians back into the lead, 24-23.

Van Galder's charges never took the back seat thereafter. Peth, besides coming through with valuable offensive play, excelled with dominating action around the boards. Many of the Tomah lad's markers came on tip- ins but when he couldn't bat the sphere through the hoop he was snaring rebounds with his 6 feet 3 frame. Troubled with difficulty hi finding the basket during the first half. La Crosse blazed away with methodical second half drive to pull away from the hosts.

Balanced scoring coming from the Entire squad and a defense which grew tougher as the tussle progressed, were factors permitting the defending conference champs to build up a handsome, 61-41 advantage with 4:40 playing time left, the widest margin enjoyed by the victors. Score at the half showed La Crosse barely in front, 30-27. Third period tabulating had La Crosse ahead, 50-37. Van Galder emptied his playing bench of 15 men as the outcome of the game became known. Starting for the Indians were Richter and Joe Brittelli at the forwards.

Lee Kempf at center, and Glynn Humphrey and Billjj Knapton, captain for the evening, at guards. Officiating was close with a total of 47 fouls being called, 26 on La Crosse and 21 on Stout. Illinois Grid Team Leaves For Pasadena CHAMPAIGN, m. Ifl-niinols football players leave Sunday for Pasadena, Calif, and the Rose Bowl game with Stanford, and Coach Ray Eliot is determined to put some scoring punch into his team before) the New Year's Day showdown. Illinois failed to score a touchdown in its last two Western Conference games.

The Illini mus cross the goal line to bent Stanford, Eliot says. Practices this week have stressed offense, and that will remain the theme when the team arrives in Pasadena Tuesday morning to open 10 days of drills Illinois battled Ohio State to a scoreless tie and defeated Northwestern 3-0 in its final two starts of the regular campaign. The Illini trounced UCLA 45-14 in the 1947 Rose Bowl to mark the beginning of the Big Ten- Pacific Coast Conference series. In successive Rose Bowl encounters Michigan took Southern California 49-0 in 1948, Northwestern downed California 20-14 1949, Ohio State trimmed California 17-14 in 1950 and Michigan California 14-6 in 1951. The Illinois-Stanford game he expired five-year contract be- ween the two conferences.

Illinois' 44-man playing squad ncludes 28 linemen and 16 backs. Purdue Triumphs Over Louisville, 82-65 LAFAYETTE, Ind. Jniversity's young basketball earn defeated the University of xmisville's veterans Saturday night, 82-65, for their third straight ictory. Louisville missed big Bob Lockmueller of Elberfeld, in its irst defeat in five starts. He inured a leg against Eastern Ken- ucky this week.

Five Louisville 'layers fettled out trying to match 'urdue's speed. The Kentucky team had nobody who could handle the pivot shots Ernie Hall, flashy Purdue sophomore, and he hit rune of them. He missed seven of 15 free throws but wound up with 25 points. Then And Hornsby, left, was at the peak of his brilliant career as the second basing manager of the world champion St Louis Cardinals in 1926. A much-stouter Hornsby, right, will hit infield practice as the new pilot ol the St Louis Browns next spring.

OSU Tops Butler, 75-74 or First Victory COLUMBUS, O. IB-Paul Ebert Ohio State sophomore center, sank 1 otoc a foul shot with 15 seconds to go Bowling Averages HOLT THDaTY HEM'S IE.1GCR Teun Slinilaif Shlmihtk'i give Ohio State a 75-74 victory Quality coal Butler University of Indian- ipolis Saturday night. Ohio State had been leading 72-60 with about five minutes remaining, but Butler got hot and with one minute and 13 seconds to go, re- o. erver Guard Mike Radkovic hit a ong shot to tie the score at 74-74. Ebert was high point man with Supply Vic Zinn'i Sheet Metal Balduni Bide.

Serrlea O.Yo«t 27. Rakovic led Butler with 22 points. It was Ohio State's first win in three games. Butler suffered its econd straight defeat. owa Hawkeyes Edge Missouri, 48-43 COLUMBIA, Mo.

W-The Uni- of Iowa won its third, con- ecutive basketball victory by de- eating Missouri 48-43 Saturday night It was Missouri's first loss tasketball Schedules TUESDAY Central it Cimplon Eau Clilre at La Croue State REA aolee Conference Melroae at Mindoro OalKTllle at Trempealeau Bangor at Holmen West Salem at Onalaskfc MlnliiippI Valley No games scheduled rempealean Valley Cotter at Monroe-Vernon Kendall at Noncalk at Wilton four starts. Vet Holds Records CLEVELAND Fred Thurier of the Cleveland Barons in the American Hockey League has played In over 600 league games than any other player in league history. Thurier also holds all records for goals, assists and total points in both regular season and playoff efforts. Viola at Mills Seneca at Wauzeka (Dee. 17) IA Fargt at West Lima Soldiers Grove at Readitora Jiraeaa County Necedah at Elroy Camp Douglas at HlllBbc.ro Wonevoc at Nev Lisbon District One Spring Valley at Alumni at Wjkotl' New Albln.

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Potaraeki 149 O. Schumacher R. Schubert 148 Miller La Crosse Gym Teams Defeat Luther Squads La Crosse State gymnasts enjoyed a double victory over visiting Luther College of Decorah, in the local gym Saturday afternoon before a large and appreciative crowd. Faced by the brilliant efforts of Bob Lagerman, team Gordy Rojahn, a La Crosse lad, and Bill Callahan, the class squad outpointed the None, 1,513 to 1,233. Ray Ping, Dick Koeppe, Ken Wittenberg and Dave Osborne, four men from the City of La Crosse, in the college's class division, finished among the first five top scorers as State edged Luther's class team, 1,884 to 1,834.

Ping, especially, showed exceptional progress in Saturday's meet. Despite losing, Luther's apparatus and tumbling men indicated great promise and should provide La Crosse with keen competition when the two meet at Decorah in January. Millard Murphy, Hans Reutcr and Walter J. Wittich, all of the La Crosse faculty, were judges for Saturday's competition. Henry Duer was announcer and Audrey Lagerman, head clerk.

Complete class and class results: Clan Parallel Lagerman (LC): 3 Ro- lohn (LC): 3 Callahan (LC): 4 Bennett (L): Piper (L). Horluntal Lagerman (LC); 9 Rojahn (LC): 3 Bennett (W; 4 Piper (L); I Ranum (L). Lagerman (LC): 2 Rojahn (LC): 3 Callahan (LC); 4 Ranum (L); i Schtld (LC). Lagerman (LC): 2 Rojaha (LCI; 3 Flper (L); 4 Bennett (L; 5 Callahan (LC). Lagerman 2 Rojahn (LC); 3 Piper (L); 4 Hau (L); Schlld (LC).

Lagerman (LC): 2 Rojahn (LC): 3 Callahaa (LC); 4 Flper (L); Bennett (L). Class Parallel (LC): 2 Wittenberg (L); 3 Ralvorson (L); 4 Kelson (L); Schroeder (LC). Horlaontal Plug (LC): 3 Bern (L): 3 Koeppa (LC); 4 Baalson (L) and Nelson (L) tie. Koeppe (LC); 2 Rem (L): 3 Skatrud (L); 4 Oiborne (LC); 9 Uuber (LC). Wittenberg (LC): 2 Richter (LC); 3 Pint (LC): 4 Schroeder (LC); Btermeler (LC).

Plug (1C): 3 (LC); 3 Rem (L); 4 HalTorson (L); Nelson (L). End Of Line' SOUTH BEND, lad. (NEA) Twelve Notre Dane seniors. Including six regulars, played their mlast game against Southern California. 141 147 147 147 144 144 143 143 141 141 140 140 131 131 139 135 133 131 ut til 134 IIS 119 113 105 LOW We have a special deal for you on a New '51 Plymouth BELVEDERE LOW MOTOR CO.

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17 1:30 P.M. MAIN EVENT VERNE GAGNE 220 Ibs. STU HART 226 Ibs. SPECIAL EVENT TAG TEAM MATCH Bear Cat Writ-fat Jr. ud Jack Pesek Mumy Moochy and Schmidt Knites of Campion their third los: of the season here Saturday night by a score of 60-50.

Campion has won four games. The Illinois preps, holding a 3- point lead at the half, 30-27, pulled Ij away in the final two quarters. 'Alleman led at the end of three 45-39. Hoogerwerf was the top scorer in the game, dumping in 21 points for Alleman. Paul Kleihegge and Pete McCarthy garnered 10 apiece Campion.

The Knites next game will be Tuesday when they play host to Central of La Crosse. Ohio State 75. Butltr 74. Purdue 83. Louisville 65.

Michigan State S3, Marquette 41. Nebraska 72. Fresno (Calif.) State 41. Peru (Neb.) 64. Missouri Valley 41.

Kansas SI. Southern Methodist 57. DfPauw 62, Indiana State 61. St. Louis University 71, Wichita University 49.

Wayne 50, Detroit 46. Albion 73. Wooiter (Ohio) M. nilnols state Normal 69, Michigan Elate Normal 46. Upper Iowa St.

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Man's (Minn.) 54. (SO) 74. Auflberg OUnn.) M. Oustavns Adolphnt (Minn.) 71, South Dakota State 44. Iowa 48, Missouri C.

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