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fUl iiraE raiiBMi PORT LAW mm, cj spit nun Nor-An League Plans All-Star Cage Tilt i LOCAL PASSERS Shamokin News-Dispatch EAST AND WEST QUINTETS WILL BATTLE SUNDAY LP7 xj LK. SHAMOKIN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1947 PAGE FOURTEEN Lincoln Post, Shamokin, standi third in the American Legion's district basketball league, statistics released by Secretary Stanley StuU show. The local team won three and lost one. Berwick holds firtt place with three wing and no losses and Bloomsburg- is second with three victories and one reverse. Milton, Catawissa and Northumberland rank fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.

Hazleton High School tasted sweet revenge today after a 17-year wait. The Mountaineers ended Allentown High School's basketball victory streak of 60 games with a 48-46 victor'. It was Allrntown's first defeat in more than two years and turned the tables on the state champions who cut short Hazle-ton's three-year winning streak at 45 games back in 1930. It was a see-saw battle throughout, with neither team able to gain more than a three-point lead until the Mountaineers forged ahead with less than three minutes to go. High scorer for Hazleton was forward Nick Scallion who hit the hoop for 21 points.

The chances of victory Annual Toon Extravaganza r- Giant in Fact ill He Staged in f'u-laski Gvmnasium WILL CLASH IN WEST JND GYM Demons and Greyhounds Set for Important Keystone Loop Fray The Keystone Basketball League's spotlight shifted today in the direction of Coal Township's West End High gymnasium, where tomorrow night the Purple Demons and Shamokin Greyhounds square off in the schoolboy circuit's leading contest of the second half title chase. Heading for what appears to be conclusion similar to the windup In last year's second round championship marathon, the league ex Kulpmont High Cagers Beaten at Conyngham Wildcats Lose, 50-35; Four Keystone Loop Teams Tie for Second Place The Fast and West, representing outstanding players in the North Anthracite Basketball Leazue, will clash Sunday on the Pulaski High court In the loon's annual all-star I tilt, Joe Iwanski. league secretary By OSCAR FRALET NEW YORK, Feb. 6 OJ.R) One of the most interested spectators at the boxing commission hearings which will determine the fistic fate of Rocky Graziano is a squat fellow named Jake LaMotta who successfully masks his emotions behind a ell-kneaded, flat-planed face. There is much at stake for rough And there also is much on line for the speculative Jake.

Rocky's misfortune could be La-Motta's fortune. -V Between them, a the hearings progressed, there was a cautious It is the watchful sparring of friendly enemies, for La-Totta covets what the Rock received and hell get it if the commission lowers the boom on Graziano for "failure to report a proffered bribe. Revocation of his license, or a one year's suspension, would be money to the bank for the watchful Jake. Because LaMotta is the uncrowned king of the middleweights. But as often is the case, he is so tough that -nobody- wants to play with him for -the right to wear the championship chapeau.

Yet, if Rocky is forced to the sidelines, they'll have to give Jake his long-awaited chance. LaMotta is the strong man of the middleweights. a human tank with a Gibraltar-like jaw. The only man ever to beat Ray (Sugar) Robinson, he packs too much dynamite to make a nice playmate. Indicative of the endurance of his biceps.

Jake Usually shadow boxes 10 round? before a bout and then does 10 more minutes shade punching afterwards "Just to loosen up." Tor several years now. while champion Tony Zale was in service. LaMotta was building up a reputation as the number one middleweight challenger. It was expected that when Tony was discharged. Jake would get first crack at the title.

Meanwhile, however, up from the East Side slums came young Rocky. announced today. Two varsity teams and two reserve loop clubs have bren selected to compete in the court extravaganza. The varsity league quints will meet beginning at 3:00 and the jay-vees will clash, starting at 2:00. Kulpmont High bowed to Conyngham Township in a Keystone League game on the latter's court last night, 50-35, as four circuit teams became involved in a four-way tie for Number Two place in the second half title chase.

Kulpmont outscored the0 perienced one startling and mostly unexpected turn of events earlier in the week, when Coal Township, undefeated in 15 games until Tuesday night, sustained its first re- bounties, 12-9, in the first chapter, but Conyngham found its bearings in the second canto The North Anthracite Baoket-ball League will meet tonight in St. Francis Hall, beginning at 7:30. to select a date and place for a playoff game between St. Francis and Kulpmont to determine the championship of the first half. The Cardinals and A C.

passers ended the first round in a tie with 10 victories and four losses apiece. vt'ise oi tne campaign Deiore a lighting Mount Carmel High quin-! tet in the latter's lair. Prior to Tuesday, Coal Township, whose Demons captured the first half diadem after five straight league victories, seemed to have had to outpoint the wildcats, iu-, and tie the count at 19 at PULASKI DOWNS EXCELSIOR FIVE BY 51-29C0UNT Freshmen and Sophomore Girls Win in Contests at Springfield Pulaski Junior high easily defeated Excelsior, 51 to 29. Pulaski Freshmen eked out a 14-13 win over Pete's Pros and Pulaski Sophomore Girls trounced Sophomore A Girls, for coach J. Birney Crum's boys were set back when star forward Elmo Jackson went out of the game on personal fouls in the closing minutes.

Although the Villanova College basketball shows only a .500 record at the midway mark, Coach Al Severance has been compelled to depend almost entirely on freshmen and they produced improved play. Except for Captain Joe Lord, a senior, four yearlings are in the starting lineup. This combination gave two of the East's ranking teams, unbeaten Seton Hall and once defeated Rhode Island State, some uneasy moments last week before losing by nine- and four-point margins, respectively. Severance feels that the experience gained this winter will bring valuable results next season and in 1949. He contends that many of the errors committed are due to inexperience.

F.O.E. SHUFFLEBOARD 7:30 P. M. February 6 Cardinals vs. Yankee.

8:45 P. M. February 6 Redskins vs. Giant. 10:00 M.

February 6 Browns vs. Maroons. West varsity team consists of Binkoski. C. Kanaski and L.

Thomas of St. Francis; Peters, Kanuchock and A. Scicchitano of Sons of Italy; Gebert and Osiwala of American Legion and Latch and Thew of Trevorton. On the East squad are Falkie. Haas and J.

Siket of Kulpmont; Supervised by missus, Mary Louise. Clint Hartung, out of Army Air Forces, puts baseball in hand of and feeds two-ye3r-old stepson, Steven Lynn Hyden, at Hondo, home. As 19-year-old. six-foot four-and-a-half-inch, 215-pound Hartung batted .358 Roonev, Rishar and Wetzel of Wil 1 31-9 in games on Pulaski High ine msiae ran nug ior nonors on the basis of deductions by many local and regional basketball critics and followers. But, Mount Carmel debunked the whole scheme, when the Tornadoes came through with a basket in the last 15 seconds to beat out the Demons, 38 to 36 in one of the most exciting cage battles on record in the region.

The defeat was Coal Township's first in sixteen starts. Meanwhile, Shamokin High's court-men, tutored by Frank Van Devender, let no grass grow under their feet they mowed down Mount Carmel and Mount Carmel Township in a row to head the second half standings with two victories and no defeats. The Greyhounds derived sweet revenge from Mount Carmel last-Friday night, when they tumbled the Tornadoes by a mountainous margin of 49-24. On Tuesday of this week the Maroon and Grey passers went up to Locust Gap and pasted the Golden Bears to the tune of 57-39. Shamokin is right in there, shooting for the second half title and a crack burton; Vershinski and J.

Thomas of Mount Carmel and Sacus and Gaughan of St. Anthony. West jayvee selections are Kaskie, Nroskey and Mushinski of St. Francis; J. Waldron.

E. Waldron The Mounties surged ahead in the third stanza, adding 15 to their score against Kulpmont's six. Conyngham outpointed K. H. 16-10, in the final heat.

Bill Wetzel was the star for Conyngham. hanging; up 15 markers on six goals and three foul tosses. Mike Donahue aided the winning cause with 12 points on six doubledeckers. Ralph Mirarchi sparked the Kulpmont attack with 10 via four goals and a pair of charity flips. Ray Ma-kowski contributed nine points and Jess Krulock scored eight for Kulpmont.

The defeat was the first for Kulpmont in the second half. Kulpmont's season record stands at five victories and 11 defeats. Conyngham's victory has created a four-way tie for second place. Deadlocked behind Shamokin are Coal Township, Kulpmont, Mount Carmel and Conyngham Township with one victory and a defeat apiece. Shamokin High now holds lone (Continued on Page 15) Class Northern League in 1942, pitched and batted phenomenally as outfielder in service since.

New York Giants gave Minneapolis club $35,000 and four players for contract of moat widely heralded post-war pivapect. S.H.S. Grapplers to Meet Muncy Ton igh narawooas. Graboskie and Vittaco were high scorers for the varsity with 15 and 12 points, respectively. Kufta's 10 markers paced the Excelsior attack.

Pulaski ran wild to outscore Excelsior, 20-5 in the first period and hiked it to 33.11 at tle halfway niche. Excelsior tried to recover in the second half, holding the Pulaski passers to 10-9 in the third and outpointing the victors, 9-8 in the final canto. The Freshmen-Pros game was a Crcy hounds Seek to Even Matters With Lycoming Maulers Here I low-scoring affair. Katalinas was a colorful kid who packed them in wherever he went because of his wild manner of mixing. They weren't strangers, these two.

for during their school days they had several fistic encounters. LaMotta, a year older and more rugged, copped the duke in these impromptu affairs. But the Rock as he reached maturity became top "box office." He was the golden boy, the tousle-haired kid who packed Madison Square Garden and had the fight fans knocking down the doors at any price. So when Zale was discharged from the Navy it was no surprise to anyone, with the possible exception of the long-waiting LaMotta. that rough Rocky was given the first crack at Tony's crown.

Zale stopped Graziano In the sixth round of a riotous brawl and once again the hopeful Jake was out in the cold as Graziano was signed for a rematch and another crack at the championship. So Jake is a sort of 13th guest as the commission works over Rocky today. Sitting there stolidly, he watches with a cold, detached lack of emotion which caused one member of the fight mob to mutter: "There's a ghoul in the house." The heavy flat face betrays no feeling, however, as the hearings proceed. And the cold brown eyes may make few revelations. But somehow as LaMotta sits there lis at Coal Township for the league and Shickley of St.

Stephen: Vot-tero and Spatzer of Murray and Fitzpatrick and and J. Checci of West End. Named to the East reserve team are M. Siket. Wanzie and Arder of Kulpmont; Pachuta.

Mosella and Gibboney of Mount Carmel; Dobson and Boleski of St. Anthony and Herko and Petrovich of Wilburton. The following were selected to manage the various teams: East varsity, Joe (Tatoest Palacz, St. Francis; West varsity, Ralph iBambie Miri-ello: East Reserves, Harry Kielbert; West Reserves. Harold Maurer.

Bilder and Narke will be the officials for the varsity game and Yeaerski and Kalinoskie will officiate in the reserve contest. Each player selected for the all-star game will see at least one quarter of action and for their services, all players will receive silver miniature basketballs as tokens of appreciation from the league. CLUB TO SHOW tiara. In other Keystone League games tomorrow, Kulpmont High's Wildcats, who did not win a game in the Shamokin wrestling fans are due for plenty of entertainment tonight when the Shamokin High grapplers meet Muncv on the local canvas. BRADY CAGERS SWAMP SPORTS SUPPLYJ3-16 Welker's Pros Register 34 to 30 Victory Over St.

Anthony J. V. first half, will take on Mount Car- MYLIN LANDS GRID JOB AT NEW YORK U. NEW YORK. Feb.

6 (U.R) Edward E. (Hooks) Mylin, who resigned as football coach at Lafayette College a month ago, was signed for three years today as head coach at New York University. Mylin had undefeated teams in seven seasons at Lafayette and Joseph L. Evans Men's Club of the First Presbyterian Church will present The 1946 Baseball World Series A Complete Motion Picture Produced by Spauldinq Sporting Goods Company Wednesday Evening, February 12 Dinner 6:15 Guests Invited Reservations must be made by Saturday, February 8 Phone 480 or 2184-R Stan Schuyler's matmen turned back the proteges of Mel Paul in the i Lycoming County town by a score of 26-19. Fans thought the meet was one of the most thrilling tlify the highest point getter of the evening with six markers.

Neibauer tallied five for the pros. The Sophomore A girls proved too powerful for the lassies, winning (Continued on Page 15) THURMAN GARRETT SIGNED BY BEARS CHICAGO, Feb. 6 U.P)-One of the Big Six's Conference finest linemen, tackle Thurman Garrett, was in the Chicago Bears' fold of the National Professional Football League today. Garrett, who has played for Oklahoma and Oklahoma A. signed with the Bears yesterday.

He is 23 years old, stands six feet, four inches and weighs 273 pounds. ever seen. Ail ot the -2 boys wno i his first Lafayette team won him mel's rangy cagers. The Tornadoes dumped Kulpmont. 52-26 in their first half clash at Mount Carmel.

Conyngham Township will go to Mount Carmel Township In the third circuit engagement. Fight Results Bv UNITED PRESS NEW YORK (Jamaica Arena) Tony Labua. New York, outpointed Donald Murray, 136, New Rochelle, N. 1 10 NEWARK. N.

J. Taml Mauriello. 203' 4, New York, outpointed Freddie Schott, 2101 4. Paterson. N.

(10). football's "coach of the year" award in 1937. St, Anthony Holy Name team of Brady rolled up its highest score of the season last night, when the Ranshaw sharp shooters swamped Shamokin Sports Supply, 73 to 16. Paced by Mattis who scored 13. Dennis and Biepun who tallied 12 apiece.

Brariv took off to a moun- put up goon scraps and the outcomes were in doubt until the final buzzer. The referee's slap on the canvas, signifying a fall, was heard six times in the 11 bouts. Jerry Juggy Shervanik. 103. and still undefeated will take the mat at the first weight.

Tommy Zelinski, 112, also unbeaten, will be in the He succeeds Jack Weinheimer, who asked to be relieved of coaching i duties after N. Y. TJ. won five games and los't four last season. Mylin moved to Lafayette in 1937 I after three seasons at Bucknell and i Rutgers scored the only touchdown against Lafayette that season as the team went undefeated.

Lafayette i also was undefeated in 1940. toinrvnc TaoH in rhp fn'cf npnrvn 71- 1 11 oi. 4, and boosted it to 37-8 at the in a rm i cc inn finish. From there up. there may tening quietly, you get the feeling that this is a bad luck room for rough Rocky.

It's the same room where, at a weigh-in last September, everybody told him he was going to be champion. He went out from it to be knocked into oblivion. Now. his sec chon oH nn mrn- in the 1 be changes, but Lcniiie Dutch Hoy nacki will probably set the nod at Last season, his first after return- spennrf half The Hnlv Nnme drib- biers collected 14 against the ene- 138. while Nelson Woolcock and Ailing from war service, Mylin team Nemetz are also virtually assured of won two games and lost seven, another chance.

Both boys turned bringing his Lafayette record to 36 (Continued on Page 15) i victories, 24 defeats and one tie. ond chance may never come. And i I 'Mm BASEBALL FILM) Presbyterian Men's Group Sponsoring Program Motion pictures of the 1946 baseball World Series will be shown next I Wednesday evening during a meet-j ir.g of the Joseph L. Evans Men's i Club of the First i Church. The dinner-meeting will be in the social hall of the church, and will begin at 6:15.

The club obtained permission to show the film from the Spaulding Sporting Goods Company, producers of the hit. and through the Jones Hardware Company. Men's club officers said the picture was released by the sporting goods com- par.y on February 1. The dinner-meeting will be open to the public, and club officers said today that reservations must be marie by Saturday. Advance reports reveal that the Picture shows the highlights of last fall's World Series, in which the 1 St.

Louis Cards of the National: League defeated Boston Red Sox of the American League In a seven- game series. i sitting there in watchful waiting is LaMotta, who stands to gam everything the Rock may lose. proTsetIor bouts jonight Boxins: Show to Be Presented at Trevorton my's 8 in the third quarter and came through with a knockout blow in the fourth to blank Sports Supply. 22-0 in the final niche. Sacus, Wisluski and Boyd had something to say about the outcome, scoring eight, seven and six markers, respectively.

St. Anthony piled up twice as many field goals as Sports Supply-had points. Brady had 34 of them in one of the prize scoring sprees of the season. Holy Name had five foul conversions. Sports Supply tallied eight field gnals and missed all of three free pokes.

Welker's Pros downed St. Anthony J. 34-30 in a nip and tuck contest. All members of the Weiker combination contributed to the victory (Continued on Page 15) BASKETBALL SCORES Bv IMTEI) PRKSS Gettysburg. Albright.

67. Army. 52; V.h:r.(t:on Jefferson. 40 Waynesbur. 56: St Vincent.

48. Navy. 4i; Bucknell. 3o Kentucky Teachers. 81: K.

Kentucky Teachers. 47. Holy Cross. 45: Vale. 31.

Kenvon. 82: W.ttenberg. SO. Columbia. 56- Princeton.

49. Pittsburgh. 53. Ornegie Tech. V.

Youasstown. 60; John Carroll. 52 Washington Ic Let. 69: George Washington. 59.

Puritue. $:: Iiitnois. 42. Professional boxing will make its winter debut in the area tonight, when Bill Dnoley, Shamokin promoter, presents a seven-bout card Trevorton High gymnasium, beginning at 8:00. Two Shamokin fighters, two from Kulpmont and a Trevorton leather slinger are among the 14 gladiators listed to.

swap jabs and slams in Zerbe Township's spacious arena. Johnny of Shamokin will take on Harry Troup of Sunbury. in a lightweight scrap, while V.nce Lupia. also of this community, will meet Bob Peck of the county seat. They are lightweights, also.

The windup will bring together Joe Kid dish of Freeland and Gene Moraney of Harrisburg in a middleweight slugfest that promises to bring down the house. In the scmi-windup brawl. Ray Haas of Trevorton will tar.tle with Howie Moyer of Sunbury. They will weigh in as puddlew eights. Big Joe Colicchio.

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Marva Trotter, but there still were no indications that the couple would effect a reconciliation, i Miss Trot and daughter. 1 Jacqueline, arrived yesterday by-tram from Chicago, and had "no comment" on reports that she and the champion would remarry before he leaves Mexico on a South Ameri- car, tour. I BATTERY SERVICE While you Wait! Our new, fost charger will give your bottery the right amount of zip in a few minutes time. Just stop in and drive Amherst. Sv; Worcester College, 42 DuQuesne.

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