Argus-Leader from Sioux Falls, South Dakota • Page 11

ER THE AILY ARGUS -LEAB Want (Ml. SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1951 mm As On Ms Wsiinrbirs Great World Stirs Battle 00x1119 SIOUX CITIANS ARE SUPERB IN 72-50 WIN Washington High Not Disgraced; Soelberg, Ray, Daniels Star as I WEATHERWAX'S jT 3 (i ri it rv LA MOTTA COMFORTED BY WIFE Defeated and exhausted, Jake La Motta waves weakly at his wife who comforts him after he was administered oxygen in his dressing room following his loss of the middleweight boxing title at Chicago last night to Sugar Ray Robinson who scored a technical knockout in the 13th round. (AP Wirephoto direct to The Argus-Leader.) mmSLLL Wife Vicki's Feminine Charm Spicy Contrast to Gory Jake AT THE NEW LOW SPRING PRICES CLOTHCRAFT GLENBROOK SUITS his feet in 95 fights, was in no condition to talk. But Vicki could.

His lips were swollen almost shut, And oxygen was being administered to him to remove cobwebs in the head. At first, Vicki could hardly look at Jake as he lay there exhausted on the training table wrapped in his leopard-spotted dressing gown and his face a mess. "Doc, tell me fast, how about Jake? will he be okay?" she asked with desperation in her husky voice. Chairman Joe Triner of the Illinois Athletic commission and the commission's physican, J. M.

Huston, assured her everything was under control. Relieved, Vicki had a few things to say. "Jake had a terrible time try ing to make the 160 pound she confided. "And he laid off too long from his last fight (last September 13 when he defended his middleweight crown against Laur ent Dauthuille). "He'll never try to make 160 again he's going to the light heavyweight division from now LaMotta took such a beating that Vicki couldn't bear to look at the 11th and 12th rounds.

"I just put my head down and covered my face with my hands," she said. "I was glad they stopped it." After the oxygen had been depleted and the doctor was fingering Jake's pulse, Vicki quickly perched beside her hammered hubby and tried to do more than the oxygen. She stroked his ballooned forehead and eyebrows, she whisked a manicured finger along his vivid cheeks, she took a towel and rubbed his nose. Jake mumbled something and continued to gaze at the ceiling. To' him all this must have been old stuff.

But, brother! There never was a dressingroom scene like this. Flandreau Defeats Madison, 60 to 45 Flandreau, S. Feb. 15 Flandreau won 60-45 over Madison in a basketball game here last night. Madison, member of the Eastern South Dakota conference, trailed high-flying Class Flandreau, 32-22 at halftime.

Leading scorers were Dale Olson, 14 points for Madison and Dean Antoine, 20 and Ron Whalen 16, for Flandreau. TOPCOATS Wecrtherwax's purchased stock oi 100 all wool worsted suite and topcoats for spring from Amer-f lea's finest manufacturers. Prices have been held to these low levels and quality standards strictly adhered to. Remember Weatherwax's have 4 master tailors which assures you of a guaranteed perfect fit. 4875 By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press Sports Writer Chicago, Feb.

15 A dash of color, aside from the reddish-purple welts puffing out his face, was added in Jake LaMotta's dressing room at Chicago stadium last night by the presence of Vicki. Vicki is the Bronx Bull's wife. She also was a top contender for the "Mrs. America" beauty crown last year. Vicki was among the first to reach Jake's quarters after he had been slugged into a 13th round technical knockout by Welterweight Champion Sugar Ray Robinson, who became middleweight king.

In a vividly blue dress that clung to her like wet silk, and with her Niagara of blond hair falling below her shoulders, Vicki, indeed, made a spectacular sight, if not a paradoxical one, In what usually is a men-only place. It was a good thing she was there. The Bull, although able to leave the ring under his own power and still with an amazing record of never having been knocked off Cathedral at Mitchell for Tilt Tonight The Cathedral Irish, with one day of rest since their return from a stern test at Vermillion, re-embark on another trip today to Mitchell where they face Notre Dame academy. Tuesday night's loss to Vermillion placed Coach Franz Peterson's Greenies at nine wins and a similar number of defeats, and left them with three tilts yet to be played in regular campaigning. Two of the three are slated with Notre Dame of Mitchell, a return match to close the season on February 23.

St. Mary's of Dell Rapids is here next Tuesday in the other engagement. The Cathedral aggregation, defending State Catholic titlist, Is host team this year for the parochial tourney, which will be held at the Coliseum February 26-28. Peterson says his starters tonight will be the? usual five in the Notre Dame clash: Mongoven and Bell, forwards; Bakeberg, center: Eastman and Fritz Brown, guards. ROBINSON IN 13th ROUND TKO VICTORY Sugar Ray Trades Welter for Middleweight Title in Savage Go Chicago, Feb.

15 (JPy-Sugar Ray Robinson today became the first man in ring history to win one championship and lose another all In the same battle. The rhythmic New York Negro, defeated only once in 124 contests, won the world's middleweight cham pionship last night by hammering durable Jake LaMotta, 160-pound title holder, to defeat on a 13-round technical knockout before 14,802 frenzied spectators in the Chicago stadium. As his right-gloved fist was raised In victory, Robinson automatically relinquished his welterweight crown. He was forced to surrender it under a ruling of the National Boxing association and also by decision of Eddie Eagan, chairman of the New York State athletic commission, which operates independently of the NBA. Return Bout Possible Under the terms of last night's match, Robinson is required to give LaMotta a return bout, probably in New York, next June.

However, Truman Gibson, secretary of the sponsoring International Boxing Club, wondered if LaMotta wanted to face the prospect of absorbing another beating from his conqueror. LaMotta remained in an unfavorable condition for two hours after he walked from the ring under his own power. He was Immediately administered oxygen when he reached his dressing room. He was completely exhausted and suffered chills. Dr.

J. M. Houston of the Illinois athletic commission and Jake's own personal physician, Dr. Phil Bur-nori, New York, remained in constant attendance until he was able to leave for his downtown hotel quarters. The attendance gate was $180,619 and the net was $138,939.

The attendance exceeded expectation despite television and its estimated 30,000,000 viewers. LaMotta's share of the gate was $62,520 and Robinson received $20,840. Each fighter also had a TV cut of $1,500. Third Defense Fails LaMotta won the middleweight championship from the late Marcel Cerlan of France at Detroit, June 16, 1949. He successfully defended it twice.

Robinson had ruled the welterweights since December 20, 1946. The rugged LaMotta, never knocked off his feet In 95 contests, retained this dubious honor In losing: to Robinson. The bout was stopped at 2:04 of the 13th round. The "Bronx Bull" was battered into a state of helplessness which prompted Referee Frank Sikora to step between the men and order Robinson to his corner. LaMotta, the only man ever to defeat Robinson, never fought more determinedly than he did last night.

For eight rounds he actually forced the battle. He bothered the confident Robinson with resounding body blows and jolting lefts to the head and often forced him into retreat with his two-fisted attack. Spirit But Not Stamina The jolting LaMotta had the spirit to triumph, but did not have the stamina for the 15 round championship round. He outwighed Robinson 41,2 pounds, scaling 160 at yesterday's weigh-in. The tide turned in Robinson's favor In the ninth round when Jake began losing his agresslve-ness and ability to escape from Robinson's shattering punches.

He turned into little less than a target for the welterweight champion. The bout began to move to its inevitable conclusion. Jake was virtually helpless all through the 12th as Robinson stune him with every blow he could pitch. The wilting LaMotta sought the refuge of the ropes and was unable to fight back. The contest, now one-sided, con tinued into the 13th and although the outcome was obvious the crowd was cheering wildly that LaMotta was still on his feet as Robinson whaled away at him.

Grade School Cage Races Stav Close The Mark Twain heavyweights and the Longfellow lightweights continue to lead the Sioux Falls grade school basketball leagues as th toams enter the final three nrffplrc nf nlav. Thf. i.onefellow team is the only undefeated lineup, having won 10 straight. Mark Twain is at a-i in the heavy division. Results of the last round of fHeawweizhts score first! Whittier 47-21, Emerson 27- 11; Mark Twain 36-10, Longfellow 27-22; Lincoln 41-11, Lowell 18-17; Hawthorne 45-12, Jefferson 20-30.

Lightweight standings: Longfellow, 10-0, Whittier 9-1, Lowell 7-3, Jefferson 5-5, Emerson 3-7, Mark Twain 3-7, Hawthorne 2-8, Lincoln 1-9. Heavyweight standings: Mark Twain 9-1, Hawthorne 8-2, Lincoln 8-2, Whittier 6-4, Lowell 3-7, Longfellow 3-7, Emerson 2-8, Jefferson 1-9. BOTANY 500 Tailored by Daroff Neuberger in Glove Finale at Sioux City One Sioux Falls fighter and two from Mitchell advanced to the finals in last night's Sioux City Golden Gloves eliminations. Carrying the colors successfully for the Sioux Falls Post 15 team was heavyweight Marlowe Neuberger, who scored a first round knockout over Ernest Farrin of Elk Point Dean Goetsch, in the 112-pound class, who won two bouts and DeLor La Mee in the 147-pound class, who copped one yesterday, were the boys from the Corn Palace city who will get a shot at the Chicago trip if they can pull through tonight. Neuberger meets William Jensen of Sioux City Red Shield in the heavyweight finale.

Two other Sioux Falls boxers lost decisions yesterday in their semi-final affairs. Junior Thorson was decisioned by Mike Martinez of the Eighth airforce in the 112-pound class. Henry Taylor of the eighth Air-force took care of light-heavyweight Glenn Bethke of Sioux Falls in a full distance decision bout. Other Mitchell losers were Dale Valberg, 175; Dale Creech, 135; and Orville Fink, 118. Pairings tonight: 112 pounds Dean Goetsch, Mitchell, vs.

Louis Nelson, Sioux City. 118 pounds Mike Martinez, eighth airforce, vs. Orville De Cora, Red Shield. 126 pounds ommy Otera, Macy Indians, vs. Joe Coombs, Sioux City.

135 pounds Robert Dahlstedt, eighth airforce, vs. Harold Gill, Sioux City. 147 pound Bart O'Gara, Sioux City, vs. DeLor La Mee, Mitchell. 160 pounds Moretta Faison, eighth airforce, vs.

Elliott De Cora, Red Shield. 175 pounds a Smith, Rapid City airbase, vs. Henry Taylor, eighth airforce. Heavyweight Marlow Neuberger, Sioux Falls, vs. William Jensen, Red Shield.

Eighth airforce was In front ranking among teams with 13 wins since the tourney opened Monday. Sioux City's Midway gym was second with 11 wins and four men left and Mitchell was third with 11 wins and two men left. Champions crowned tonight will leave for Chicago February 24 to participate in the tournament of champions beginning February 26. Afternoon ResuDits 11J pounds Dean Goetsch, Mitchell, de cisioned John Mccouigan, sioux city. Louis Nelson, Sioux City, knocked out John Skurla, 8th air force.

In 1:19 of the first round. 128 pounds Joe Kelly. 8th air force. knocked out Louis La Flesche, of Macy, in 1:40 01 tne second rouna. 160 pounds Moretta Faison, of the 8th air force, decisioned John Meyers, Rodney, la.

Bill Campbell, Sioux City, decisioned Randolph Thomas, Rapid City air base. Olen Rollins, 8th air force, decisioned Paul Rodeers. RaDid City air base. 175 pounds James Smith, Rapid City air base, oecisionea Laie vaiDerg, Mitcn-eH. Evenlnr Semi-Finala 112 pounds Dean Goetsch.

Mitchell. knocked out Ray Norton, Sioux City, in oi the nrst round. MiKe Martinez, 8th air force, decisioned Junior Thorson, Sioux Falls. 118 pounds Orville De Cora. Red Shield.

knocked out Harold Fink, Mitchell, in 1:34 of the first round. 126 pounds Joe Coombs, Sioux City, decisioned Joe Kelly, 8th air force. 135 pounds Robert Dahlstedt, 8th air force, knocked out John Olson, Sioux City. In 41 seconds of the third round Harold Gill, Sioux City, decisioned Dale Creech, Mitchell. 147 pounds DeLor La Mee, Mitchell, knocked out William Jensen.

Rapid City air base. In S3 seconds of the second round. 160 pounds Moretta Faison, 8th air force, knocked out Bill Campbell, Sioux City. In 43 seconds of the second round. Elliott De Cora, Red Shield, decisioned Glen Rollins.

8th air force. 175 pounds James Smith, Rapid City, decisioned Hank Mulder, Iowa Great Lakes. Henry Taylor, 8th air force, de cisioned Glen Bethke. Sioux Falls. Heavyweight Marlow Neuberger, Sioux Falls, knocked out Ernest Farrin, Elk Point, In 1:45 of the first round.

Howard Jensen, Red Shield, won a technical knockout over Kenney James, Elk Point, when James failed to come out for the second round. Pre-tourney favorites seem to be Alcester, Hurley, and Parker in that order, although a number of the entrants are capable of upsetting the form sheet. Defending titlists are the Lennox Orioles. Drawings for the tourney were held at Lennox on February 1 by the District 19 committee, the chairman of which Is C. E.

White, Canton superintendant. Others on the board are R. M. Rich, Parker, and M. H.

Shennum, Beresford. The officials announced by White will be Ed Livingston and Norm Stordahl, both of Sioux Falls. The concessions, which are handled on a year-by-year basis with each school taking a turn, will be run at the two day session by Canton high school. The tournament committee emphasized that games will start on time. Admission prices are students 50 cents, adults 75, except for the final session which is 75 and a dollar.

The winner of the tourney will join victors in Districts 17, 18, and 20 in the Region 5 playoffs March 3, to determine a State tournament entry. for Time Out! "What's that little, round, dark thing for, Fred? Vikings Leave for tilt With Augsburg Five After winning their first game on the road since January 2, the Au-gustana Vikings left early this morning for Minneapolis where they engage the Augsburg Eagles of the tough Minnesota conference. Of the three Viking wins away from home this year, two were scored in Nebraska Omaha this week and Wayne Teachers in January. The other road victory was in the North Central tourney at Sioux City over North Dakota U. Beat Carleton, Gustavus Augsburg is currently in third place in the Minnesota league and holds important wins over Carle-ton and Gustavus, both of whom easily defeated Augustana earlier in the season.

The Augsburg team is 22nd In the nation among small colleges on field goal percentage with a hot .374 mark. One player, Center D. Jehring, has a .532 mark, good for the fourth spot in NAIB rankings. Forward Harlan Hanson of Au- gie moved up from 23rd to 17th place in the nation for his .777 free throw percentage. He has swished 73 of 94.

Dave Kvernes has a .407 field goal mark on 61 out of 150 goals. Jehring, 64" freshman, is the leading scorer for the Eagles, but is aided by D. Reimer, a fast play-making guard who has an accurate shooting eye from any corner of the court. The Minnesotans display a well-balanced attack off a two-three offense and employ the screen with high success. Ten Make Trip Leaving with Coaches Ole Odney and Jerry Thompson this morning were the following ten players: Jim Gremmels, Har Hanson, Dale Hatch, Dave Kvernes, Al Paulson, Dennis Erie, Chub Reynolds, Jim Eisen-trager, Andy Zephier and Don Brosz.

Gremmels amassed his second high total of the year in collecting 24 points against Omaha this week It boosted his total for the season to 355 points and a 16.1 average. He is still 18 points short of Jim Sumption's North Central mark of 179 points, and has two league games left. A comparison of the two slim centers follows with total points; average; number of games played; field goals attempted, made and percentage; free throws made, attempted and percentage, plus their North Central scoring: Total ave. fga fg pet. Sumption ....277 14.8 19 306 101 .330 Gremmels 355 16.1 22 416 131 .315 NORTH CENTRAL Sumption 179 16.3 11 Gremmels ....161 16.1 10 fta ftm pet.

Sumption 137 75 .548 Gremmels 157 83 .590 Basketball Scores HIGH SCHOOL Dell Rapids 62, General Beadle 41. Flandreau 60, Madison 45. Flandreau Indians 54, Brldgewater 39. Howard 48, Platte 42. Sioux City Central 72, WHS 50.

Sub District at Doland Doland 76, Logan 53. Raymond 68, Turton 33. (Doland qualified for district. Raymond meets Turton again tonight.) COLLEGE By The Associated Press Arizona 79, Texas Western 64 Auburn 75, Georgia Tech 63 Bowling Green 72, John Carroll 49 Bradley 101, Ripon 50 Columbia 79, Yale 49. Detroit 93, Houston 73.

Duke 94, Washington and Lee 88 Eastern Kentucky 71, EvansvUle 62 Fordham 49, Iona 44 Hamline 70, Gustavus Adolphu 83. Long Island U. 116, Fort Monmouth 78 Mississippi 79, Florida 75 Oklahoma Aggies 61, Tulsa 39 Omaha 55, Nebraska Wesleyan 44. Oregon 57, Washington State 55 Penn 67. Navy 63 Princeton 60, Villanova 49 St.

Ambrose 77, Parsons 72 St. Bonaventure 79, Murray (Ky) 75. Syracuse 64. Army 57 Texas Tech 81, Arizona State (Tempe) 61. PRO Fort Wayne 77, Syracuse 75 Tri Cities 98, Indianapolis 91 New York 81, Rochester 65 Minneapolis 99, Baltimore 71 TENNIS QUEENS TO EUROPE New York, Feb.

15 -JPh- Doris Hart, Louise Brough and Shirley Fry, ranking women's tennis stars, left Idlewild airport yesterday on an Air France plane for Paris. The three court queens will participate in matches in France, Italy and Egypt. They will open their tour in San Remo, Italy. Title The Washington high school Warriors watched a great ball team at the Coliseum here last night. The youthful Warriors, superb in their own league, were no match for Sioux City Central's Little Maroons who set the nets afire in winning, 72-50.

It was the first home defeat sustained by the Orange and Black this season, but it came as no disgrace. The Centralites shot and passed with the skill of a collegiate club in leading from the start. The finest tribute to the Warriors was the fact that they managed to stay within four points of Central at the end of the half, at which time the score was 32-28. Once in the closing moments of the second period, WHS had crept to within 29-28, but that was their most dangerous advance. Maroons Big The towering Iowans, who per haps should change the adjective in front of "Maroons," swept to a 22-10 lead in the first quarter before the jittery Warriors got hold of themselves to stage a mild comeback.

At the end of the third period the tally was 49-38, as the Maroons began to pull away. They didn't make it a complete rout, however until the last few minutes when nearly everything sent skyward plunked through the hoop. The terrific threesome largely responsible for Central's great exhibition were Bill Soelberg, Henry Ray and Chuck Daniels, who not only collaborated for 51 points, but did everything else right, too. The Warriors played good enough basketball to take care of any other team they've met so far, but then- efforts only show the folly of comparing an ESD team to the near-perfect Little Maroons. Noel Hampered Kenny Noel's sprained ankle kept the clever forward from play ing his best and Coach Wally Diehl rested him in the second half, not wishing to risk aggravation of the injury with Saturday night's important league test against Brookings at hand.

Dick Wold, effectively kept In check by the rangy front line of Central, led the locals with ten points, while stocky Bill Kraft, functioning well at a guard spot chipped in with nine. Eight Warriors managed four or more points. The key to the whole affair seemed to be the natural reflexes of Daniels and Ray, who appeared even to outguess the ball at times. This plus the unstoppable hook shot of 6-5 Soelberg, whose 23 points led the pack. In the final stages, with the game still resembling a contest, the guests turned on a basket barrage good for 23 last period counters.

Soelberg, on hand till the final minute, collected eight of these. Central won the game as Well, 43-35, as the Warrior B's failed to score in the final quarter after leading 35-34. Wally Anderson with eight and Don Renner with seven points led the Warriors while Storm had 13 for the Central reserves. The lineups: Central (72) WHS (50) fg ft pf fg ft pf Ray, 9 1 4Noel, 2 0 1 Hampe, 10 4Neuroth, 2 2 4 Evans, 2 0 2Darr, 2 2 3 McDonald, 0 0 0 Stelzmiller. 1 2 0 Soelberg, 10 3 3 Wold, 2 6 1 Warner, Daniels, Muir, Walker, Niemeier, 0 0 0 Kraft, 3 3 4 Bills, 2 3 2 Hoover, 2 0 2Pfelfer, 2 0 1 3 3 1 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 10 20Totals 17 16 11 Score by period: Central 22 32 49 72 WHS 16 28 38 50 Free throws missed: Central Daniels 2, Muir.

WHS Noel, Neuroth, Darr. Stelzmiller. Wold 5. Officials: Livingston and Dennis. Tourney Stubs On Sale Today Pierre, Feb.

15 OP) Season tickets for the State "A'. and basketball tournaments will go on sale today, R. M. Walseth, secretary of the South Dakota High School Athletic Association announced. Walseth said adult season tickets in the reserved seat section for the State tourney and numbered reserved seat tickets for the tourney are available by mail.

The state tourney will be held at Mitchell March 8, 9 and 10. Aberdeen will host the meet on March 15, 18 and 17. Adult season tickets for each event are priced at $5.50, Including tax. Walseth said about 1,100 reserved seat tickets are available for the state event. A reserved section of about 800 seats has been set aside for the meet.

Orders for the reserved seat tickets should be mailed to the South Dakota High School Athletic Association, Box 203, Pierre, S. D. Walseth said no mail orders will be accepted for the State meet after March 1. The deadline for reserved seats is March 8. Student season tickets may also be purchased by mail.

They are $3. Walseth emphasized that mail orders will be accepted for the season tickets only. REMEMBER Today a year ago Holy Cross won Its 21st straight basketball game with a 67-50 victory over Dartmouth. 5 Jp ''f AND their large; -a- Jhan Jhs sait If fi '1 Wi. $15 Th ey re IT'S A sT' District 19 On at Coliseum; Favored Alcester Plays at 9 LEE DOBBS STETSON Select your new Spring hat from South Dakota's largest selection of hats.

Let our hat specialists help you to select your new Spring hat. Jim Farley Is New Favorite for Czar Job New York, Feb. 15 (JPh-The name tf James J. Farley was projected yesterday into the contest for baseball commissioner, and there were signs that this might be "it." The former postmaster general and chairman of the national democratic committee answered all questions with a polite but firm "no comment." This could be and was regarded as significant. The big, beaming man who Is reputed to know more persons by their front names than any other public figure in the land, has never been one to evade a question.

Big Jim's name was tossed into the pot by Bill Corum, columnist for the New York Journal-American. Corum said a big league owner had told him that Farley had been approached asked if he would like to succeed Albert B. Chandler in the $65,000 a year job as commissioner. "That the former postmaster general and national democratic chairman has been approached is definite," Corum WTOte. "That he has indicated that he will be receptive after Chandler has completed his term, or resigns, also is definite." First games in a week-plus project were due to start this afternoon at the Sioux Falls Coliseum.

The task is that of whittling South Dakota's 263 Class cage teams down to a workable 32. District 19's nine outfits all will see action before this day is out in five contests to be staged on the Coliseum hardwood. The lineup: 1:00 Hudson vs. Beresford (winner here joins other seven teams in regular eight-team eliminations). 2:15 Hurley vs.

Lennox. 3:30 Chancellor vs. Canton. 7:30 Worthing vs. Parker.

9:00 Alcester vs. 1 o'clock winner. By Saturday, February 24, all the district titlists will be named, but in District 19, the procedure will be all over late tomorrow night. Semi-finals will be played tomorrow afternoon at 2 and 3:30 o'clock, with the consolation beginning at 7:30 and the finale at 9 p. m.

The bracketing arrangement has the Hurley-Lennox winner meeting the Alcester-Hudson-Beresford winner in the first of the semis and the Worthing-Parker winner facing the Chancellor-Canton winner in the second. 50 7 WEATHERWAX'S 130 South Phillips Ave. (D Dili ah ftu 7.