Vidette-Messenger of Porter County from Valparaiso, Indiana • 6

THE VIDETTE-MESSENGER. VALPARAISO, INDIANA TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1SS2 ortage Goalers Know Three Upsets Recorded In Big Ten Basketball Contests In One Night Dodgers, Giants Renew Rivalry On Bowling Alley any Tricks; 9 County Foes Are Out- SPORT GRAPHS Glassed by Herb Steinbadi 4 hJ 4 i 5 I Oil TIES SECOND PLACE COUNTY GAMES THIS WEEK Tonight Westville at Boone Grove. Wednesday DeMotte at' Kouts; Wirt at Washington. Friday Portage at Wheeler; Boone Grove at Hebron; Kouts at Jackson; Morgan at Liberty; Chesterton at St Mary's; Alumni at Washington. BY VINCENT BURKE United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Jan.

13 (UP) That unpredictable element that produces upsets struck three times and a pleasantly surprised Illinois sophomore team awoke today to lind itself leading the Big Ten basketball race. By the narrow margin of two field goals and a free throw, fight Bowling Krauss Lumber humbled Lowen-stine bowlers Monday night at Ionian's in, a Merchant league contest, winning 3-0, while Holzer Dairy, Mark Stephens and the Aero Club noted 2-1 triumphs respectively, over Wurster Chevrolet, Brown Supply and Ruggles. Summary: Krauss Lumber Krauss 134 135 164 Coulter 86 119 117 Vastlne, 126 89 101 Twa 150 152 124 Shurr 146 147 178 Handicap 126 126 126 I BASKETBALL AT V. U. Figures can lie! Valparaiso university's current basketball record reads two victories arid four defeats, but witnesses at the team's home games will tell you that despite that, compilation the Dunes Hawks (that may become the school's adopted athletic cognomen) have not yet been "beaten." Sure they lost those last four games but even that 63-42 spanking that Indiana State administered last Friday night was not a bitter pill to swallow.

It had its sweet angle. Notable' achievement of this varied group of inexperienced go National league rivalry between the Giants and the Dodgers is renewed on the bowling alleys in New York as the Giants Billy Jurges and wife, left and Harry Danning and wife, right, compete with the Dodgers' Freddie Fitzsimmons and wife, center, in a private match preceding entry of the women in a bowling tourney. All three ball players plan to open their own alleys soon. 6,000 Fans Watch I. U.

Nose Out Purdue, 40-39; Blanken Held Scoreless Totals 768 768 810 Lowenstlne's Blind 100 100 100 Chumley. 137 158 126 LaForce 109 113 145 Deckro 133 150 151 Hamilton ...180172 188 Handicap 54 54 64 Totals 713 747 742 Wurster Chevrolet Bradley 126 128 139 Wall 147 104 122 Pillow 140 151 136 Adams ..144 121 108 Wurster 170 123 122 Handicap 100 100 100 Totals 827 727 727 Holzer Dairy 126 180 178 Lindberg 116 108 146 Blind 100 100 Holzer 130 Reason ...118 173 142 H. Brown 134 179 143 Handicap 73 73 86 Totals 667 813 824 Brown Supply ROTARY GETS BID TO KT ing underoogs topped three teams-Northwestern, Iowa and Purdue from the ranks of the undefeated last night and tossed the title quest up for grabs. Northwestern fell, 34 to 32. before a Michigan team that had been defeated in thee previous starts; Purdue was edged out 40 to 39 by twice-beaten Indiana, and Iowa bowed to Minnesota, 41 to As a result.

Northwestern, Iowa, Purdue and Minnesota fell into a four-way tie for second place with three victories and one defeat. Mel Comin, veteran Michigan star, stunned the Wildcats at the outset by dropping In four consecutive baskets. After failing to score for the first eight minutes, North-western's vaunted attack closed the gap for a short time, but Michigan went ahead again and protected a slim lead until the final gun. The Wolverines allowed sophomore Otto Graham, who tallied 5C points in three previous games, just seven pcints. Purdue went down to its first defeat because it couldn't match Indiana's dead-eye basket The hurryin' Hoosiers took just 53 shots from the flocr, but made 17.

The Boilermakers scored only on 15 of tselr 71, and Don' Blanken, Veteran went scoreless for the first time in his college career. Iowa, given a slight pod over Minnesota on the basis of its perfect record, rolled up a 16 to 4 lead in the first ten minutes. But Warren Ajax, substitute guard, put the Gophers back in the running by dropping in 13 points in a few minutes. Trailing 38 to 31, Minnesota shot into the lead in the final minutes with five consecutive baskets. Ajax led the scorers with 17 points.

Undefeated Illinois used Just six players to score its third straight victory and move into the conference lead. The speedy mini outdistanced an accurate-shooting Ohio State, squad, 58 to .49. Sophomore Ken Menke led Illinois with 18 points and Guard Max Gecowets tallied 17 for the Buckeyes. Wisconsin, titleholders last year, pulled out of a three-way tie for last place at the expense' of the hapless Chicago Maroons, 56 to 24. The standings; Team W.

Illinois 3 Northwestern 3 Purdue 3 Minnesota 3 Iowa 3 Indiana 2 Wisconsin 1 Michigan 1 Ohio State 0 Chicago 0 L. 0 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 TP. 157 200 184 198 181 161 175 126 122 132 OP. 129 162 109 173 159 180 166 152 159 242 Monday Night's Results Michigan, 34; Northwestern, 32. Wisconsin, 56; Chicago, 24.

Illinois, 58; Ohio State, 49. Indiana, 40; Purdue, Minnesota, 41; Iowa, 39. Games Saturday Illinois, Wisconsin vs. Northwestern in Chicago stadium, Michigan at Minnesota, Iowa at Ohio State. The first John Jacob As tor left a fortune of $30,000,000, mostly in New York real estate.

F. Brown 154 162 108 Buzalski 95 117 151 Eaton 106 118 134 Slagle 117 171 178 T. Brown 138 183 135 Handicap 92 92 92 Totals 702 843 798 Stephens Implement Stephens 105 132.141' Bock 126 142 Phillips 134 149 132 Zimmerman 110 124 154 Howard 182 183 163 Handicap 129 Handicap 86' 86 06" Totals 743 816 816 Saturday Chesterton vs. at Kouts; Lowell at Portage. With the annual Porter county basketball tournament less than ten days away the paramount issue of nine of the ten teams is "What to do about Portage?" The only apparent answer is "Nothing." Eleven teams have already discovered that the Indians have what it takes this year, and if they don't get "big team" jitters they may demonstrate some major school in the Gary sectional the end of next month that they aren't Jiist fooling.

Coach C. W. McComas has knitted together 'the "strongest quintet that rural Porter county has seen in many a moon, and perhaps in history. He' has well balanced scoring power, his three aces having rolled up a total of 409 points, or exactly 200 more counters than the combined 11 opponents. Not only is the team capable of weaving points, but they possess mental poise, check their opponents closely, and have but one idea In mind for 32 minutes of every ball game, "the quickest way to pop that leather through that iron hoop." Getting back to Porter county competition, the Indians have won five They have outaver- aged these foes, 51.6-20.4, Included among their victims here are Liberty, Boone Grove and Jackson, who are 2, 3 and.

4 in the county "race." These "clubs were bested respectively by 28, 17 and 37 point margins. Heoron ana nouts were the other two county victims There are 11 games on this week's county schedule and following this the units will prepare for the county tourney from Jan. 22 through Jan, 24 at Boucher gym. Standings of the ten schools are as follows: County Cage Standings Team W. L.

TP. OP. 102 241 198 113 140 213 130 2(57 169 326 Portage 5 Liberty 7 Bcone Grove 5 Wheeler 4 Chesterton 3 Jackson 4 Morgan 2 Hebron 2 Kouts 1 Washington 0 258 284 192 220 159 197 123 175 110 199 All-Game Team Standings W. L. TP, OP 203 301 276 259 235 282 213 381 301 398 Portage ...11 Liberty 8 Boone Grove 8 Jackson 6 Wheeler 5 Chesterton 4 Morgan k.

3 Hebron 3 Kouts 2 Washington 0 0 3 3 3 4 5 5 8 7 11 512 350 283 287 314 264 192 273 220 .234 Hogan Rallies To Tie Thomson In Last Round LOS ANGELES. Jan. 13-(UP) Little Ben Hogan of Texas and Big Jimniy Thomson of California meet -today in a David-Goliath playoff for the $3,500 first prize of the Los Angeles open golf tour nament. The match js an anti-climax to yesterday final round, when Ho gan, needing par and a birdie on the last two holes to tie. for first place, came through under pressure and matched Thomson's 282 for the four -'Today's play means, however, that the victor will ge; $3500 and the loser $1700.

Hogan's brilliant finish was an uphill effort. As he teed off the 16th, he Thomson was al-ready in with a 282. To win he needed two birdies and a par on the three remaining holes. He could and' did tie the husky Del Monte, Cal, pro with par on two and a Cowley Climbs; Nears I st Place In Ice Scoring MONTREAL, Jan. 13.

(UP) Bill Cowley of the Boston Bruins added two assists to his individual scoring- record during the week and climbed from fourth place Ihto a tie with Bryan Hextall cf the New York Rangers for scoring leadership in the National Hockey league. Hextall, in only one game durinj the week, failed to score. The leaders: Player GAP Hexlall, Rangers 12 26 Cowley, Boston 4 22 26 Abel, Detroit 9 16 25 Patrick, Rangers ........13 11 24 Grofwo, Detroit ....11 13 24 Watson, Rangers 7 17 24 EE SCORING Portage's JoeSam has ousted Liberty's Jack Martin from the runner-up spot in the Porter county scoring chase and it is strictly a "chase" -for Al Kamlnskl still holds the lead that he built up in the season opener. bark-skinned Joe, last year's top tallysmlth in the. county, has been coming on with.

a rush for in the last, three Portage tilts he has topped lus teammates in the total point' column. Ia these games he has totaled 48 points to 31 for Kamlnskl. Kaminski's mass score now reads 167 to 128 for Sam and 125 for Martin. The respective averages are 15.2, 11.6 and 11.4.' Washington's Melvin Barneko, who has slipped to 16th in the standings, maintains the best free throw total with 37 in 11 games to all in the same number for, runner-up, KaminskL Barneko has snagged 37 lobs in 74 attempts for an even 00 rating, and is bettered "in this respect by several other marksmen, notably Warren Anderson of Wheeled, who has the almost amazing ree throw pitching mark of 79 plus percent He has clipped the net from the free throw circle 19 times in 24 attempts. Players' in the county having scored 60 or more points in regular season contests are as follows: Name PQ FT FM TP kaminski, Por.

68 31 42 167 68 52 49 49 36 37 32 29 27 26 30 28 .31 24 27 16 19 16 13 19 22 20 11 12 20 13 .15 37 13 17 10 Sam. Por. 11 52 24 21 128 Martin, Lib. Demmon, Por. Anderson, Wh.

Smith, Ches. Nelson, Wash. Prochno, BQ Schumacher, K. Foster, BG Anderson, Ja. Evans, Heb.

Sutter, Heb. Wittmer, Mor. Marquart, Barneko Herren, -Ja. Bennett, Simpson Heb. Wlggs Ub.

20 22 5 9 14 21 13 22 10. 21 15 12 '15 37 9 15 13 12 .125 114 91 90 77 77 76 72 -71 68 11 24 68 67 67 '8 9 11 8 ii ii -61 61 60 763 20 Local Squad Meets M. C. Five Tonight 'The South County Greyhounds who are in a second place tie in the I. I.

A. A. cage standings will the American Foundry "club will play host tonight at Cooks Corners to the fourth place Michigan City Wilber-Haas. The game" starts at 8:30, with a preliminary at 7:30 between the Greyhound reserves and Etna Green. Thursday the locals will travel to St.

Adalberts in a league scrap. The Valpo Ramblers Sunday withdrew from the conference. Standings to date are as follows: Miller's Greyhounds 5 Am. Foundry 5 Wilber-Haas 2. Merchants 2 St.

Adalbert 3 Ship Four 2 L. 0 1 1 3 3 5 4 Pet. 1.000 .833 .833 .400 .400 .375 333 Dodge A. A. 0--8 .000 Louis' Manager Must Face Grand Jury In Chicago CHICAGO, Jan.

13. (UP) Julian Black, who lost his heavyweight champion, Joe Louis, to the army yesterday, was sought today to appear, before a grand Jury investigating the Chicago "policy racket." Assistant States Atty. Wilbfirt F.v Crowley said that the Cook county grand Jury had issued a subpoena for Black. Black, Louis' co-manager, is in New York, but Crowley said he didn't know, where the, subpoena would be served. John Roxborough, Louis' other manager, waa sentenced in Detroit last week to wo and a half to five years in prison for alleged dealing in policy, slips.

EX 0 at- 1 flocreation! 10 Drand New Alleys TONIGHTS SCHEDULE JO Tram. Ladlrs City League 6:45 to H.ti P. M. IHs. 3 Mlrjn, P.

M. to 11 P. M. nrmaining Alley For Open Bowling Cfl cagers is that they do not know when they are beaten. Like one fan remarked after the game Friday, "Twenty points behind and only one minute to go and Valparaiso was playing as hard as it did at the start of the game." Curtis Gets Surprise That Is a real tribute to Coach Loren tins ana his boys ana a fitting one.

Coach Glen Curtis got several surprises in this game. He admitted that after the contest was ended. His squad of supermen led by only six points as the half ended, and while he wasn't worried he literally tore his team to pieces during the rest period to get them( to unleash that vaunted power. They did just that in the final 20 minutes, but when the game was ended Valpo' was the first team to score more than 30 points against his charges (they scored 42) and they were the club to lose by a margin of less than 25 points! Central Normal's veteran club packed more dynamite than Valpo's green ensemble, but Hank Miller's squad had all they could do last month to get away with a one-point victory. Fans Are Slow Fans here, as is characteristic of this town, are slow to realize that they can get real entertainment by going to the V.

U. gym to see a basketball game, and while the home attendance has Jumped con- siderably many of the spectators drive from Michigan City and some even from the Calumet region I and Chicago (former grads) while the local populace stays at home for the most part. The university helps Valparaiso as a community, and athletics apparently are on the upgrade here, how long win it take the people of Valparaiso to have enough patriotism to reciprocate by attending basketball games? 'WACS HOLDS LEAD ON PRO TOUR CLEVELAND, Jan. 13. (UP) Frankie Kcvacs, California's "clowr.

prince of tennis" last night bested the once Don Budge 4-6, 6-3, 7-5, In a professional tennis meet before a near capacity crowd at the Cleveland arena In the opening singles match Bobby RIggs, who with Kovacs left the amateur tennis ranks only a month agopushed back the former Davis Cup star, Fred Perry. 6-2. 8-6. In' the doubles show of the evening Kovacs and Riggs scored another victory over Budge and Perry, 5-7, 6-3, 6-3. Standings to date: Player W.

L. Pet. Kovacs 7 3 Rlggs Budge 5 5 Perry 0 7 .700 .636 .500 .000 Dempsey Makes Surprise Visit ALBANY, N. Jan. 13.

(UP) MaJ. Gen. William Ottman. state commander of the New York state guard, was expected to announce today whether Jack Dempsey would be permitted to enlist. Dempsey made a surprise visit to Gov.

Herbert H. Lehman yesterday in an attempt to enlist in the guard after the War deDartment at Washington had announced that his application for enlistment In the army was denied because of his age, 46. basketball Scores COLLEGE Michigan. 34; Northwestern, 32. Wisconsin, 56; Illinois, 58; Ohio iState, 49.

Indiana, 40; Purdue, 39. Minnesota, 41; Iowa, 39. Notre Dame. 51; Syracuse," 35 -Rlpon, 46; Belolt, 37. Bradley, 50; Duquesne, 46.

San Diego State, 27; California. 26. Oregon State, 52; Washington State, 47. Gonzaga, Whitman, 46 ju, qi. oast- tin's, 37.

VIKINGS PLAY CLARK FRIDAY IN LOCAL GYM Still hunting for that cage conquest which has eluded them for more than a month, the luckless Valpo Vikings will meet a new foe, George Rogers Clark of Hammond, this coming Friday on the hardwoods of Boucher gym, the preliminary starting at the usual time of 7 o'clock. The team that, the Green is slated ijo meet is in no way a weak foe having defeated Hammond high, the school that so thoroughly trampled the Vikings a week or so before Christmas. This means that the locals will have to be on their toes when they play this new member of the Northern Indiana high school conference. A review of, the records of pre-ceeding games shows the Powell-men not only lacking in the stuff needed, to win ball games, but also holding a small percentage count on fleldgoals made for those In slightly over 450 tries the Vikings have sunk 94 shots for ah approximately shooting aveAge of 20 percent. In comparison to this.

Viking opponents have sunk 150 of their 480 tries, for a near 30 percent average and have out-scored the green 345 to 239. The closest the Green clad five has come to conquering their opponents in the past seven games is eight points, except in the contest with Lew Wallace where fell by Just two points. The Viking defense has appeared very weak in face of the high counts rolled up by their foes, such as the 49-22 victory for Roosevelt, not so long ago. One fact of saving grace for the locals should, however, be retained, that being that the Powellmen have been playing against some of the toughest competition in the state. Such teams as Horace Mann, Roosevelt, and Hammond High," all of whom are in the Calumet region where coaches may have an almost unlimited pick' of players, have been met bylheyikings.

Coach Ralph Powell in attempt ing to overcome his difficulties, has shifted his line-up, and in so doing may soon find the. needed win ning combination. The team is now in the last half of the 41-4S season and if they are eolne to show a renewed spirit it will have to be soon. Season record: Season Record Valparaiso, 22; Crown Point, 33 Valparaiso, 26; Wlnamac, 34. Valparaiso, 28; Michigan City 21 Valparaiso, 20; Tolleston, 17.

Valparaiso, 13; LaPorte, 28. Valparaiso, 26; Lew Wallace, 28. Valparaiso, 22; Hammond, 41. Valparaiso, 16; Horace Mann. 31.

22; Roosevelt 49. Valparaiso, 25; Whiting, 33. Valparaiso, 19; LaPorte. 30. Total, 239; opponents, 345, Average 21 8-11; opponent, 31 4-11.

Bernie Bierman Will Be Honored MINNEAPOLIS. Jan. 13-(UP) Minneapolis civic oruaniM. lions will Join in honoring f. ball Coach Bernie Bierman, who last jeai piloted the Minnesota team to its second conspni mythical national title, at a fare- weir dinner Fiiday night.

Bierman, a major In the marine reserves, was notified yesterday to report for active auty at Quln-tlco, Va, Jan. 18. OPEN BOWLING AT ALL TIMES! Free Instruction PUOLIX ALLEYS Phone 602-R BY ROBERT I MEYER (United Press Staff BLOOMINGTON, Jan. 13. Frantic, unleashed "fight" by an underdog team of Indiana univer sity basketballers, coupled with the unprecedented stoppage of Don Blanken's scoring spree, shocked a confident, well-ciled Purdue team to its first Big defeat here last night, 40-39.

The bulk of 6,000 observers, after screaming through a night of Lambert-McCracken fast break basketball agreed today that Purdue due was not outplayed but out fought. From the starting tipoff to the final gun, it was the "scrap" of an inexperienced I. U. five against the cooL capable machinery of one of Piggy Lambert's most masterful creations. But it was the "scrap" that won.

Victorious in three opening con ference battles over Chicago, Mich igan and' Ohio State, the Boilermakers, Frosty SprowL Mike Tier-ney and Allen Menke passed and shot with the unharried abandon of champions. But Branch, Mccracken's boy3 wrested control of the vital backboard rebounds to gain the ball, and Irv Swanson and Ed Denton made it pay off with 14 and 13 points, respectively. For the first time in his collegiate career, the capable Don Blanken was a complete loss to die Boilermakers. Blanken was shut out without a point to offset the personal fouls, marked against He amassed the three personals early, in first period and remained on the bench through 30 minutes of the final session. The loss of Blanken also left Purdue without its key defensive buff, and permitted the inspired Hoosiers to capture the classical rivalry tilt.

It was the only meet ing of Indiana and Purdue this season. Din of the 6,000 uncontrollable spectators reached its peak in the final eight minutes' of play when Purdue gained a tie at 34-all for the first time in: the game on a fielder: by, SprowL Seconds later I. U. again took the lead, which exchanged "hands once more before Sprowl again deadlocked the game at In the closing seconds, was loosed as Sprowl clicked on a shot that was ruled out when Sprowl traveled before shooting. The scoreboard registered the goal, and in the ensuing confusion, with the actual score at 40-37 for Indiana, Hoffman hit for Purdue to bring the Boilermakers within one point as the gun sounded.

The percentages, as always, won the game. The Hoosiers hit from the field for 32, making 17 out of 53 shots: made 15 out of 71 for 21.1. I. U. hit six out of 12 free, throws, and Purdue made nine out of 17.

Start-a defense stamp album. THE CALL TO THE COLORS IS A CALL FOR DOLLARS! DUr deep. Strike hard. Our boys need the planes, ships, and guns which your money will help to buy. Go to your bank, post office, or savings and loan association.

Tell them you want f.o buy Defense Bonds regularly, starting now. KHiS CLUB Tenpins may fly in the near fu ture when struck by bowling balls propelled by teams from two local service clubs, but the odds are 100-1 that the overgrown chessmen won't scoot through the ozone any faster than will the bantering of backers of the Rotary and Kiwanis clubs, should the two organizations clash. Reports have it that the Kiwan ians challenged the Rotarians to an "all-out" contest the latter organization at their Monday meet- ting, took it "under advisement, the adviser in this case being Bowling Captain Jack Larrew. Perhaps no hodge-podge of news paper lingo could more aptly state the Kiwanis challenge than that expressed by the secretary of the Kiwanians, Walter A. Sievers, in a letter sent to the Rotarians.

This document is duly recorded below: "The Kiwanis club has carefully selected two five-man bowling teams from its membership. These teams are without question the finest in the state, and are in the pink (possibly red) of condition. "We extend a challenge to meet two of Rotary's best five-men teams. We can appreciate the weak and anemic Hotary teams will be no equal to our superior and polished masters of the game, but the excellent leuowsnip always pre vailing when our clubs meet will be unhampered this inequality. Our patience has no end! "Reservations have been arranged for 9 p.

m. on January 23 at In-man's bowling alleys. this time conflicts with your hour of retirement, we will oblige with, an earlier "We realize that age has taken its toll and your club can no longer indulge in such strenuous sports as donkey basketball, so in the interest of keeping our inter-club activities at a high' pitch, we will be looking forward to an early acceptance of this challenge." LOUIS TO BE INDUCTED INTO SERVICE WED. NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (UP)-Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis winds up a brief bit of business with the naval relief society today before leaving for Camp Upton, Long Island, to be inducted into the army tomorrow morning.

Louta. with his co-managers, Julian Black and John Roxborough, and Promoter Mike Jacobs will assist in a brief ceremony of presen tation this afternoon In which the navy'3 relief organization will pocket a check for $83,092.01 as their share of Jon successful tlt.I rip- fense against Buddy Baer in Madison Square Garden last Friday night. A brenk-dovin of the gate receipts of $189,700.55 will also be made available. Louis went through a line of doctors 'at Fort Jay at Governor's Island yesterday and was 'pronounced fit to fight for Uncle Sam. It was the most ballyhooed army examination ever staged and according to Louis, topped any physical once-over that he has received in his Jong ring career.

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