Journal and Courier from Lafayette, Indiana • 10

LAAYETTE JOURNAL AND COURIER Tv Johnny Mize Is THREE REGIONAL of state wide at $9 I each as more 3 GEISLER'S STAY AT HOME total 13 pro BUY JOE PALOOKA By HAM ISHER WAS AWUL SUVhE'S A GREAT LAJDI pHEY WD gonna see 40 Un i 3 Kan from three and nine major to a ixrarin nf TWE OLE OUTIT I CAN'T 0 1 0 285 177 165 161 156 152 XVVE BOTH EARNED STRIPES I ANYONE HAS ns A SHAME 1 KNOW 1 HAVE YOUR REASON Ssl 3 fl 0 1 0 JERRY TTURN DOWN SERGEANTS STRIPES JIST 0 0 2 1 7 a JTfiE JERRY SPOKE OR BOTH of you rr was A GREAT SPEECH 12 13 13 11 OIL i SILK POCKET protects papers ana tobacco Although no basketball champ ionship had been won the club gathering was a happy one a large percentage of those present must have looked forward to a rather drab affair with a second drubbing by Indiana still hanging over Purdue 4 athletic heads The grinning group" 'of' youths who were honored last 'night took care' of all that by turning in one of greatest sports tri umphs MMartlnf Nlurrf Tounge Osterlinggr Pickering sr Corsg Dienhart? Totals Referee: these games is clash' at Muncie THE LAST ITS OCEAN ROM HERB ON The selection of Rudy Lawson as most "valuable player was a popular one The players felt like Rudy had been cheated a little by not getting a chance to take part in licking given the Hoosiers Pirates Signed PITTSBURGH March (UP) Gustine second baseman' and Eddie Stewart outfielder have "signed their 1943 contracts the Pittsburgh Pirates announced today BOOS271 JSheetsf Bartlett Leadei A Sheets Roose Kerkhoffg Totals Danahert Rauch Andrews Ulmg Miner Totals Knit Work 131 121 117 1 14 113 112 109 2 Harry went on to say that Babe Ruth was by far the greatest crowd pleaser that fellows like Lou Gehrig and Jimmie oxx were among the most lov able but'that determ ination to win him stand alone as 1 a diamond performer 12 12 2 1 5 1 0 3 1 0 13 Journal and Courier Want Ads Bring Results INDIANAPOLIS 2 Although the fireworks at all high' school 4 regional centers Saturday' can be expected to be of the hottest variety three games on the 48 tilt schedule loom as to attract the greatest share tention oremost of the" first round between the Burris of Muncie Owls and New Trogans may duplicate their feat of earlier in the year when they took an overtime 42 40 decision from the Owls It was the only loss suffer ed by Burris this season The possible Rochester Central of South Bend battle at South Bend also comes in for its share of speculation Central was one of two teams to defeat the power ful Zebras in scheduled play aud that was 'only bya one point mar gin Both' teams have been rank ed in the championship class and the game figures to be one of the best Rochester probably will come through over Bourbon in the opening round but Central is by no means certain of a vic tory over Elkhart The Bears only got by Elkhart with a 41 35 over time decision eprlier in the year and the style' of play shown by the latter in the sectional stamps them as dangerous In the Calumet region all eyes ill be turned oh the first round meeting Wallace of Gary and Hammond Clark winners of the Gary and 'East Chicago? section als' Both teams will be playing their first game in regional com petition and the tut ranks a toss up After picking Columbus as team to win the state this partment probably ranks at a Root One Year Boss Of Hollywood Stars HOLLYWOOD March (INS) Charley Root veteran major league twirler who pitched the Chicago Cubs' to 201 baseball vic tories today held a one year con tract to be playing manager for the Hollywood Stars of the Pacific Coast league' Root replaced Oscar Vitt form er manager of the Cleveland In dians Club officials cancelled contract? which had another year to run in what was termed economy Terms of new contract were not revealed The 43 year old twirler won 11 and lost 14 games for the Holly wood nine last season HYBRID 1 2 4 0 3 0 10 W1SMT I coin ITVL INE SAID SIR I'M SO PROUD A 4 IL LOULDN 1" llllltlllllllllllllilllliillllllllllllllllllllll There were many features at the Purdue basketball banquet last night but the high pointy of the entertaining affair to us was the fact "that ar' near capacity crowd was on hand that the tickets had been purchased BEORE the thrilling Boilermak er victory over Indiana Monday night lIST WIRE Except 52 53 4 6 13 48 47 42 47 46 Wednesday Evening March 3TM3 1 TP IS 24 18 9 31 18 372 34 28 24 19 24 33 30 Riley Grid Coach At Naval School ATHENS Ga' March (INS) Lieut Wilbur Riley USNR former athletic director at ort Hays Kan State college and at the Hill school Pottstown Pa today assumed duties as head football' instructor at the navy preflight training school at the University of Georgia appointment was an nounced last night by Lieut Comm Madison Bell for mer Southern Methodist univer sity football coach wjio is ath letic director at the school Riley succeeds Lieut Mike Brumbelow ex Texas Christian university line coach who has been elevated to director of the competitive athletic gram A native of Scott City Lieut Riley is a graduate ort' Hays where he played years of varsity football baseball 1 A Draft Standing ST LOUIS March outstanding first base man big Johnny Mize of the New York Giants was reclassified 1 A by his draft board today starting him on the well beaten path of major "league who have gone into military service Pending a call for induction which should come in about a month and a half Mize plans to leave for New York March 10 and report at the spring camp in Lakewood March 15 He explained the training period was so short he could not afford to miss any of it if the armed forces for some reason or other should reject him ss? However the 244 pdund athlete passed a preliminary physical exr amination last week Mize 30 years is married but has no children He has two class dependents a grandmother 74 years old and an aunt 54 whom he has supported since he entered baseball He said he did not Intend to appeal hiss reclassifi cation Always a home fun hitter Mize added something new last year honors as the best defensive first sacker in the National league and hewas selected for" the All Star team picked annually by the Base ball association TILTS LOOM AS BIG ATTRACTIONS New Castle Muncie Burris Central of South fBend Rochester Gary Lew Wai lace Hammond Clark Main Encounters ight Results (Tuesday Bouts) LOS Willie Joyce 137 1 2 Gary lndr outpointed Henry Armstrong 137 1 2 Los Angeles (10) NEW Terry Young 139 New York stopped Joe Torres 141 NeWrYork (6) HARTORD Willie Pep 129 Hartford Conn knocked out Lou Transperenti 126 1 2 New York (6) 1 36 18 30 37 25 29 21 20 29 18 the de the foot oftlie class but 'the 'follow ing are our pick and pray choices for the regional winners: Kitchel Madison Greenfield Clinton Lebanon Rochester Wal la'ce of Gary Logansport An drews" Central of ort" Wayne Burris of Muncie Marion Linton Jasper Bedford and Central of Evansville Kift ROSS GEAR 0 7 3 0 2 winner of 2 the GKAY 1 2 '2 3 1 14 4 Littleton Graham Running Close Second in Big Ten Scoring CHICAGO March 2 (AP) Amid all the hubbub about Illi Andy Phillip smashing all Big Ten scoring records to bits this season Otto Graham has been coming along steadily? until now with one game to go he's on the" verge of also topping the same former confer ence marks that Phillip left far behind With Phillip the undisputed scoring champ at 225 points' 67 more than any other player ever scored in 12 gajnes and 13 better than John Kotz of Wisconsin tal lied last year in three more games Graham has won second place in the individual point parade 177 POINTS He has 177 markers in 11 en counters and needs to bag eight more against Ohio State Saturday to beat the former 12 game high of 184 set in 1938 by Jewell Young of Purdue With 12 more Graham will exceed the 188 made in 1920 by Illinois Chuck Carney a mark got considered in times 7 Barring changes in the North western Ohio State league final Saturday Illinois places Phillip No 1 Art Mathisen No 6 with 152 points and Ken Menke No 12 with 114 points Indiana also has three in the top 15 scorers Ralph 'Ham ilton third with 165 Ward Wil liams seventh with 142 and Chuck Logan 11th with 117 So has Wis consin with Kotz fifth with 156 Bob Sullivan eighth with 141 and Ray Patterson 15th with "109 The leaders (ranked on points) Phillip Illinois Graham Hamilton Indiana Tricksy Iowa Kotz Mathisen Illinois Williams Indiana: Sullivan rn Ehlers Purdue gv Lncran Indiana Menke Illinois Lind Minnesota A Menke Purdue i Patterson INVESTING DURABLE! Wear East Side Sqsare 11 69 62 67 60 Ross Gear ive Retains Lead In City Net League Ross Gear retained Its grasp on first place in City basketball league by downing Alcoa Gray 35 32" in overtime battle at the last night' The game was hotly all" the way with the winners holding an 11 9 ad vantage at the end of the first quarter and a 15 13 lead at the intermission racked up 11 of Rops 15 points in the first half and added five more in the second to cop high points honors for the Ross Gear led 29 27 with 12 seconds left in the fourth stanza but Butz was fouled when he scored going un der and converted his free throw to give Alcoa a 30 29 lead Red Osterlirig was fouled seconds la ter and calmly tied the game' at 30 30 In the extra period Don Martin hit Alcoa but Jack Young retaliated with a field goal and two charity tosses to put the game on' ice for the Gears Lafayette ood Dockers scored a hard earned 30 27 win over Hoosier Crost Hybrids in the first game of the evening The winners trailed for over three quarters of the? game but a free throw and a field goal by Wilbur Dykhuizen in the last minute of play gave the Butchers the game Carl Gor don turned in a fine defensive game for the Lockers with Wilbur Dykhuizen and Bob Stump leading the offense Leader and Rooze looked best for the Hybrids Schurman Lange trounced air field 45 25 with Samuelson and Ulm leading the way in the other game of the schedule Summaries 1'OOD LOCKERS 3 (I 0 0 1 0 0 4 Harold Traynor Dropped rom' Pirate Lineup PITTSBURGH March (UP) Harold (Pie) Traynor recogn ized as one of the greatest third basemen of all time has been dropped by the Pittsburgh Pirates with whom he was associated for23 years as a player manager and scout it was revealed today Although the Pirates had' not announced the departure of Tray nor who managed the club from 1935 through 1939 his name fail ed to appear on the roster for 1943 Contacted at his home in Cin cinnati Traynor was asked whether' he was with the Pirates he said not although I have not been told how do you know not "still with 1 they stopped paying he replied Informed of state ment Sam Watters vice president of the club said that Pie ably disconnected have not heard from Pie since early last December when it began to look as though many of the minor leagues 4 would fold and there would be nothing to Watters said thattime he told us he had a couple of offers We told him to go ahead and take one of them if he fe Wifi The veteran umpire relayed respect for the college man and said that umpires man agers club owners and other off i icials could almost always separ ate the ball players who had been enough to have sity training in athletics and those who did not college man al most always? reveals the desire to cooperate to play team ball and to put out his best effort every Geisel said that his greatest thrill came at Navin' ield in fce troit just after Harry had com pleted his first game as a major league umpire going kid you worked a "great said Ray £chalk the famous Chicago White Sox catcher never experience such "a thrill again" Harry admitted i "Harry surprised many by say ing that Ty Cobb was always fair the umpires with the players it was different Geisel said Cobb would never spare an opponent in an athletic battle IT 33 30 I Annual ete After discussing many of the great names in baseball Geisel made a point of telling the Pur due Jefferson and Monitor squads present that as "great as they were the game would always getalong without them7 4r i College Basketball (Tuesday Games) Temple 60 Ursinus '25 55 Rutgers 41 Notre Dame 69 Wabash 42 Kansas 47 Missouri 44 (over time) 4 I Western Michigan '72 Wayne 29 i Westminster (Mo) 43 Missouri Valley 36 (overtime) St Olaf 43 Gustavus Adolphus 33 Mount Union 48 John Carroll 35 Akron Uni 52 Western Re serve 32 Sf Heidelberg 63 indlay 59 Wooster Kenyon 25 iWashington St Louis) 35 St Douis d4t Luther 50' Loras 37 St Ambrose 51' Parsons Cornell (la) 54 Coe 53 Buena Vista" 70 Western ion' "52 Drake Si: 33 St Thomas (Minn) 45 Mac Alester 40 (30) Dykhuizen Guustraf Stumpf Gordon Minnearg Conrad Totals 8CHI RIANGE 1 0 9 2 8 ORDHOPKINS ATERNOON SPECIAL! 2 5 ONLY ruit Salad Banana Split 4uC II I l8! IIIIRm New SAETV eatures No buttons no loose ends no dragging sleeves real arm freedom better wearing bet ter looking and much economical Allen Menke captain made quite a hit with the crowd as he handled the? speaking job for the basketball players The Boilermaker leader Jwasf presented with a trophy for attaining top scholarship honors on the hard wood squad Although' Al has played only two years on the Pur due varsity his college basketball career ended with the Indiana game Monday night Al an engineering student and a distin guished one at that will graduate before the next season rolls around the speeded up pro gram putting Menke through al most? a year ahead of schedule Harry Geisel well known Amer ican' league 'umpire' was enthusi astically received Vf3hjgumor ous and seriqusexperiences us a minor and major league would keep a hot stove league go ing several winters Being a Ty Cobb fan from away back we were particularly inter ested in one statement made by a man who worked in the Amer ican league for more than 20 years greatest Gei sel said my mind there was only one really great baseball play Ty (31 ALCOA (3? 0D Martin 2Brungerf 4 1 Coleman 11 Carlos lJGoldenc xi nurhg 13 91 Totals Marshall i Umpire STUNG ALL AROUND SAN DIEGO Cal March (UP) Milton Swain i bee thief gotjstung both going and coming He got stung by bees them selves as he carried them away and he got stung by Judge A Molina for 18 months in jail on his return with an officer IA1BIEXD (15) 01 Smith ttaieyr Surface Rllrrx 0 Llttler 2 Hiltir Dexterg Totals PICK RUDY LAWSON MOST VALUABLE 4 i 4v ct nt A 4 ight Manager Pays ine to Commission March 2 (INS) Charley Johnston manager of New Lulu Constantino had paid a fine to the Penn sylvania state athletic commission today after admitting to officials that he liad taken the wrong at Johnston had been charged with defying the authority of the com mission and coercing Chairman Leon Rams to make a change in judges for the Constantino Bob Montgomery fight last Monday Last Players of Dallas Club Sold DALLAS Tex March (INS) The last eight players of the Dallas club of the Texas league which has suspended operations for the duration today were sold to the Newark club of the national league They were' Catcher Bill Cronin Pitchers Sal Gliatto Ed Marleau Clemens Hausman Henry Perry and Gene' Bergerson and Out fielders Robert Dewes and Jesse Landrum posting 3W of a possible low season's undefeated points with Michigan runner up Ki and Purdue third i I a junior from Granite announced City IU averJaged a fraction over gar Whiting secretary of the nts 12 Aassociation of College Unions Lon? erence sc ason during' which he sponsor with the National Bil imrd uaociatlon The contest was ference r'ecOrds 255 points and conducted at the schools the re £ielJ suits Being mailed here 40 pointand 16 field a 1 single game I Raises Cash Buys Bomber Giants May Makeu Syracuse March 2 Offer for Dahlgren (UPl The international NEW yOrk March (INS) K5 Dahlgren utility first be IXmb? to bT knJwrXi of the Brooklyn Dodgers wis a bomber to he Known as Miss believed cn route the The' plane will' be presented tri Maj Stanford Chester March 28 the at Kansas Qty where the WIBC had been scheduled to hold its 1 tournament! The event was can cooperate with the wax latter is cxpected to make an 'y offerfor him' Tlio Gov I "Sure interested in" Dahl LHC OldrS udy Igren'and any other good' ball 'or Thursday March 4 players" said Stoneham he By GENEVIEVE KEMBLE I is available I might make an THE AUGURIES are for a offer for him Who else isothere fMrly successful" and interesting I day particularly if lagging affairs Stoneham has his fingers errisri are subjected to revamping New I ed Spending a report from reg projects are also favored' with the ular first sacker Johnny Mize's possibility of employers or finan 1 jraft board The big guysVecently cial backing being required Infall 1 underwent his preliminary physi moves it might be well to be I cal and may be re classified 1Aalert to small deceptions Keep in the near future I open and above board in? every 1 Tlnjse whose birthday it' is 'may Big Tery Conference count on favorable conditions for I tt launching new projects resh ItlaraWOOQ btandingSshrewd' sagacious change or I CHICAGO March' "revamping of plans and proce Big Ten conference basketball dures enterprising lines standings: may? be? due for gratifying1 sue cess Literary matters should I Illinois flourish A child born on this day will Northwestern have' much talent" both business I Wisconsin artistic and intellectual It may Purdue find flavor with its superiors Ohio State I Minnesota The'chief health problem' in the Michigan I North African war zone is thellow'a 1) U' procurement of waterf i vour ndtneu ot 4t vny Order serif tomgu quarts tour pSto 1 anS fewer togsto Sietimeforoy CarBL EvANSVU1 AMSRIS CHOICEST PILSNER Nine' major letters and seven minoq letters including three insig nia for squad members who were called to service before the close of the season were awarded at the annual Purdue basketball banquet Iqst night sponsored by the Lafayette chib In addition to thevarsity awards" 24 freshman varsity numerals were presented to mem 1 bers of the yearling squad that igiAXAHA I won top honors in the quadran REPORT HONORS I veteran of 18 years umpiring in SA i I A A the American league was the prin DIIUrlllE il cipal speaker Of the evening while UhUUL UUriU President Elliott acted as I toastmaster 111 fl OITT!) Il I I AWARDS 111 uAwnCIDHLL were awarded nt loyd Lawson or zune Helms oundation Choices PaM mainstay guard" who was I called for active training in the HeaVlIy Sprinkled Wjtn Army: Air corps before the final Rrodt Rnilnrmakpr Rflrrl three home sames on tlw Big Ten Ureal DOIiermaKerkl JJdj JschedUIe and Myrin (Red)Ander vunnrl Nnmpq son of Edwardsport high scoring forward' pre conference games position as one of the who is now in training as a naval leaders in collegiate bas aviation cadet atthe flight pre ketball for the past quarter cen paratory school at DePauw tury is accorded unusual recogni I The other major letters went toHion in the Selections the seven men who ere largely for the years 1920 to 42 inclusive responsible for winding up the recently compiled and published season in brilliant fashion with a by the Helms Athletic oundation victory over Indiana last Angeles Cal following ex 1 Max Biggs Lafayette Ralph tended study Brower ort Wayne Ed Ehlers Ont of 23 All America' collegiate South Bend Paul riend West teams named for the years cov Lafayette John Kennedy Lxrain ered in! the report the Boiler Ohio Capt Allen Menke Hunt makers who have won or shared I ingburg and John Swantz South in ll Big Ten titles during the Bend VMIUIH 2 are honored with places on MOST VALUABLE 13 of the national honorary groups I Lawson despite the fact that he Purdue stars accorded I missed the last three games on All America honors are as follows: the schedule was signally honored 1921 DorP White guard 1922 Ray by his mates when he was named Miller guard "1926 George Sprad the valuable player? to the UnsL forward 1928 29 30 Charles team for the? season just closed Murphy center 1930 31 32 John It was announced that due to un Wooden guard 1934 Emmett certainties regarding available per iLowery guard 1936 Robert Kess sonnel it had been decided to post ler forward 1937 38 Jewell Young pone the selection of a captain forward 1940 red Beretta guard tor the 1943 44 season until later unnnrv woNORn 4 In addition Alien Menke was rnliP presented with a new scholarship selectinf award for ribtaining the highest giate championship team8 Pur 1 semes WUliant 1932 combination of on which won games and lost one Parrish of Mun hi named tor the top manager who was horfor tha campaign while i'to uniform when serv Wooden one bf the few three 1 the Boilermaker time All America selection is wOn double recognition named as the of the Year Parrish was awarde(Pa minor let samie fnr I ter for his playing as well as in a AH I signia for his managerial duties Purdue on the me All awarded team with Murphy be Lq Rofeert Brookston Don mg accorded a Portion onv the I Jd McVeyf Lafayette Rob second team In commenting on ert MorriS( Lebanon Edwin Timm the selection of Wooden whose Whiting Charies Wright Ed ofSouto enMJ ho flnd Edwar6d qu intet one of the fawntes for guard who the Indiana state title this year the Helms report contains the fopce a few week ag0 following statement RESHMAN NUMERALS "THE GREATEST" The complete list' bf freshman "Probably the greatest all around numerals awarded 'A 'guard of Uem all enide Worley "fC fense and an exceptional shot Agnew Battle Ground An 3 Oiosen on Helms All America I dprson Warsaw William Berber teams" of 1930 1931 and 1932 jan Harvey HL Blettner" Chosen Player of the Year in 1932 ActOn A Brutus Pine Village by Helms Athletic oundation I a Collings West Lafayette of Purdue team which Ertel Tipton Haag won 10 straight games in 1930 to Evansville Hinga ort win Western Conference title Wayne Howell Wanatah Member of Purdue team of 1932 Lodge Madison Mc which was chosen for national Corniick Vincennes KJC Miller championship honors by Helms ort Wayne Moody York Athletic oundation Wooden led I town? Peterson Brandon defensive play which held Purdue Dak Redenbarger Cen opponents to 215 points in 10 con Lter Point Robbins West ference games In 1930 275 points Lafayette Rose Hobart I to 12 games in 31 and 303 points I jamea Strawbridge ort Wayne in 12 games in 1932Y lj Stucker Veedersburg scored 100 In I Stuteville Attica Vaughan 10 conference games 1930 97 Lafayette Young Converse points in 12 games in 1931 and! CrcT1? 154 points in 12games in 1932 Anflv Phillin NnmPfl His 154 ini 1932 established alHeU a Western conference UlinOlS Captain Attd lorida Winner Most Valuable Star Of Billiatd Tourney 1 (AP) Phillip the chief rec TTTciArA XT 'v A ord breaker of the record break ITHACA March 2 (AP) University of Illinois basket The University of lorida is I ball eam todav was elected ss can intercollemate I i win ui uiB itao team ana aiso raight rail billiard I tournament the most valuable player of this wiaWnr 91A it ftACCInla fWl I Big Ten title Dr Edward Elliott was back to dox a masterful job of pinch hitting artoastmaster Harry Geisel presented one of the most unusual sports talks ever '(heard at Purdue hardwood banquet the music was excellent so was the food every speaker had something interesting to offer in all it was a fine event The continuance of competitive sports was a lively topic and more than one 'speaker delivered a tell ing blow for our present style of athletics Into Mo JkX TX Safety Vs A nUs At? 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