The Evening Independent from Massillon, Ohio • Page 12

Tigers Meet LOCAL LADS MEET VETERAN OUTFITS Canton McKinley Boasts 4 Straight Triumphs While Akron Cagers Have Broken Even In 2 Games; Orange And Black Has Won 1, Lost 2 By FRED J. BECKER After a 2 weeks layoff because of the Christmas holidays, Washington high school's basketball team wilb resume its 1944-45 hardwood campaign this weekend, stacking up against a pair of formidable opponents tonight and Saturday evening. This evening Coach Elwood Kammer's Tigers will travel to Canton to tangle with Coach Bup Rearick's undefeated McKinley Bulldogs and tomorrow night will face an equally formidable opponent in Akron South's Cavaliers on the Washington high school court. Bulldogs Have Formidable Team In facing the Bulldogs tonight, the orange and black will meet one of northeastern Ohio's strongest quintets, a team that to date has chalked up 4 straight victories without defeat, conquering Akron West 57-14, Akron South 34-30, Youngslown South 55-38 and Alliance 38-31. The Bulldogs with a tall, speedy outfit, composed largely of veterans, have really been tested in but one encounter and that was against Akron South.

The Cavaliers gave the red and black a stiff argument from start to finish but still were on the losing end after 32 minutes of hectic play. Akron South PROMINENT HORSE OWNER BETS ONLY SHILLINGS small, thin Englishwoman, with' Iron-grey hair and gentle manners, Mrs. Florence Nagle looks like she just stepped out of a Damon Runyon short story. And when you learn that she spends many thousands of dollars on, race horses each year but bets only in shillings (shilling is the equivalent of 20 American cents), the Runyon "characteristics" become more A few weeks ago at the New-' market Sales, Mrs. Nagle laid 28,000 pounds on the line' (approximately 112,000 dollars) for 3 nags.

Yet on the races that day she wagered only a pound, or 4 dollars, each way on her own horse, Saudsprite, in the Derby. With race sagacity among track followers, Mrs. Nagle said, "I Ifearned $he folly 'of betting in. a big way a long time ago." Mrs. Nagle, whose purchases have proved sensational in English racing circles, has a simple explanation for her "You musn't think my purchases are just the whims of a wealthy woman.

Bloodstock breeding and racing employs many'thousands of people, and the export of; thoroughbred stock is a most important part of our overseas trade. "I shall be lucky if I get as many as a dozen foals from Carpatica. But it is quality, not quantity, that counts." The Carpatica to which she referred was a 2-year-old filly for which she paid the record price at a public auction of 15,000 guineas (a guinea comes to about 4 dollars and a quarter). As a-2-year-old, Carpatica ran MASSILLON, FRIDAY, JAN. 5, 1945.

Page 12 only three times. "With all animals," Mrs, Nagle further explained, "the difficulty is to breed for You can produce lovely looking animals that go they are on a race course with a stiff race to win." "I've never had any. big wins," she Which is as neat an explanation of her shilling bets as one could expect. Mrs. Nagle', who manages the breeding of her horses herself, is also a dog fancier.

She breeds Irish setters, golden retrievers and Irish wolf hounds which have won prizes' all over the world. Ann Curtis Made Biggest Splash In 1944 Respite Records By Five Male Swimmers No Rest For Tigers This same -Akron South squad will invade Massillon tomorrow night and-this means there will be little rest for Coach Kammer's athletes this weekend. South to date has played but 2 games, losing to McKinley and defeating Akron St. Vincent's 44-32. Another game with Elyria was cancelled because of poor transportation due to the present winter weather.

The Tigers with but 1 victory in 3 starts will be seeking to get back into the victory column this weekend and in meeting the Bulldogs tonight will be hoping to gain some measure of revenge for the 27-0 pasting the red and black inflicted on the Tigers in their annual football duel last fall. Tonight's game will be played on the small McKinley high school court where the Bulldogs are always formidable but a year ago the Tigers invaded Canton and handed Rearick's tossers a 47-42 lacing in an overtime i game. The Bulldogs, with plenty of veteran material, will be at. full strength for tonight's game with the Tigers with the return of Hank Smith, colored football and basketball star, to the squad. Smith has been missing from the McKinley lineup for 2 weeks because of illness in his family but he will start at a forward position against the Bengals.

The lanky colored boy is an outstanding basketball player. Teaming with Smith at the other forward will be Cleo Inman, another tall, rangy Negro and a veteran -with Jim Bawers, giant athlete, at center. Rawers etands 6 feet 4 inches and has been McKinley chief scoring threat all season. At the guards will be Steve Smarat- gedes and Pete Spera, the latter one of the best defensive performers in Ohio scholastic circles. Coach Hammer and Augie Morningstar; his assistant, have been drilling the Tigers hard all week and will start off tonight's en- counter with Eddie Crescenze and Dave -Doll at forwards, Captain Wilmer Luke at center and Ted Tint or and Bob Gutshall at the guards.

South' Has 4 Veterans Four of the 5 members of Akron South's starting team here Saturday night are veterans from the 1943-44 campaign when was nosed out by Akron North for the lubber city scholastic championship. Doc Wargo, South coach, has a -tall rangy team which possesses plenty of speed and lettermen are Ken Isherwood and EH Joyce at the and Don Oneacre and Louis Stark at the guards. Kenneth Hughes at center was a member of last year's reserve team. Hughes stands 6 feet, 4 inches while Joyce is 6 feet, 2 inches. In reserve Wargo will have Louie Becker, a 6 foot 1 inch forward and Dan Zahick, a guard.

The game here Saturday night with South will get under way at 8:15 "with the reserve squads of the 2 schools meeting in a preliminary at 7:15. reserves and McKinley reserves will tangle in a preliminary to the Tiger-Bulldog game tonight. We Have FULTON GLASS DEFROSTERS STRONG AUTO SUPPLY 131 PLAY IN TOURNEY AT LOS ANGELES Highest Purse In Tourna merit's History Goal Golfers Husky Hawkeyes Title Favorites SUITCASES and $2.28 up Pins Federal Tax LOS ANGELES. A 4 day outing on the lenghty Rivier Country club course began tpda for a field of the nation's toprank ing golfers as they launched th i9th annual Los Angeles Open go! tourney. The highest purse in the tourna ment's history, $13,333 in war bonds was the goal for the 131 linksmen 91 pros and' 40 amateurs.

The purs will be spread over the first 15 places with $4,500 for the top man. The array of talent included Slammin' Snead of Hot Springs, winner of the Portland, and Richmond, opens, and Byron Nelson, Toledo, sharpshooter who won the San Francisco Open. Harold (Jug) McSpaden of Philadelphia is the defending champ. He won last year at the Wilshire course with a 281. The tight, three-lined Riviera course has a normal par of but will be played as for the tournament.

In a pro-amateur curtain raiser for the open yesterday, at Hillcrest Country club, Craig Wood of New York and Tom Pricemah, Los Angeles, won with a best-ball card of Denny Shute of Akron, Ohio, turned in the best individual By CHIP ROYAL AP News Features Sports Editor NEW guys and a al made the big splashes in swim- ning during 1944. When you come right down to though, it was Ann Curtis, the 8-year-old blond beauty from San 'rancisco and the woman athlete if the past year, who was the top vater star. She led all sports re- ord-breakers by a great'margin. Before going into all the details Ann, it should be noted that he 5 male mark smashers are: ALAN FORD of Yale who set 5 new marks including 49.7 for the 00 yards. That was the thuxi tune he broke the record.

He also set a mark for 100 -meters at 0:55.9 and '5 yards freestyle at 0:36. BILL SMITH, Great Lakes, who set a 200-yard freestyle mark of 1:53.9. All in all, the Hawaiian- born merman won 3 A.A.U. titles indoors. The other events were the 220 and 440.

KEO NAKAMA of Ohio State, another Hawaiian, won the 400, 800, crowns outdoors, estab- a new figure in the longer distance. ENSIGN ADOLPH KIEFER of Bainbridge, the perennial water ung, set 2 new backstroke records when he traveled 100 yards in 0:56.3 and 200 meters in 2:19.3. He also won the A.A.U. 150-yard backstroke and 300 medley titles. JERRY KERSCHNER, another youngster at Great Lakes, zoomed to a record in the 200-meter freestyle swim.

He also was a member of the sailors' championship 400 relay team. Ace Breaststroker Then there's JOE Verdeur, national breaststroke champ, who won A.A.U. honors in the 220 indoors, the 200 breaststroke and 300 medley outdoors, plus sparking the North Branch Y.M.C.A. 300 medley relay team to the top. Other male topnotchers were Norman Sper, jr, Beverly Hills, who won the springboard and platform dives outdoors; Charles Batterman, Columbia university, the indoor diving leader on.

the low and high boards, and Jimmy McLane, 13-year-old Firestone A. C. youth who topped all hands in the long distance event. Miss Curtis set 19 records including 2 world marks. She captured national titles in the 100 meters, 400, "800 and 1,500 indoors plus the 820 and 440 outdoors.

Ann's Charlie Sava, calls the pretty Califorhian "the greatest woman swimmer who ever lived-." Other Girl'Stars Although Ann stole, the show as far as the naiads are concerned, the performances of Joan Fogle, Indianapolis; Nancy Merkl, Portland, and Anne Ross of Brooklyn were worthy of mention. Miss Fogle 'was responsible for her Riveria club capturing the A.A.U. team This talented 16-year-old won the 300 yard individual medley, the 100 meter backstroke and anchored- the relay team. Miss Merki defeated the defending champion, Patty Aspinall, in 200 breaststroke. Nancy' previously was noted as a freestyle swimmer.

She also swam on three victorious relav teams. BOAST HIGH MARK IN 6 CAGE DUELS Iowa Quintet Has Staggering Average Of 73 Points A Game In Early Season Combats; Ohio State Defending Big Ten Champion Miss Ross titles. retained her 3 diving By JERRY LISKA CHICAGO, you like figures beyond the pin-up variety, you have to hand Iowa's Hawkeyes the Big Ten basketball title on a silver adding machine. As the 1945 conference field goes to the post this weekend Coach Lawrence (Pops) Harrison's Rowans boast the only perfect pre-season record and a staggering average of 73 points in 6 victories. Campaign.Roars Into High Saturday The campaign, informally launched last Saturday with defendin; champion Ohio State's 44-41 win over Michigan, picks, up tonight as In diana invades Michigan and roars into full speed Saturday, night with '4 at Michigan at Illinois, Northwestern at Wis consin, and Ohio at Purdue.

It's hard to see how Iowa can miss, surging home on top this season The Hawkeyes average almost 6 feet, 4 inches and have 5 seasoned per formers, paced by pick Ives, 1944 conference scoring champ. Ives has scored 89 points this season in 6 games and has. brilliant support in co Shape New Baseball Agreement Major League Committee Also Considers New Commissioner CHICAGO, (AP) The drafting of a new major league agreement to govern baseball's uture and to outline authority of a commissioner will succeed the late K. M. Landis today occupied the 2 big league presidents and 8 club officials.

Revise Present Agreement Although not authorized to consider the naming of Landis' successor, the committee's business is to lay the groundwork for that assignment, which will rest with the officials of all J6 clubs. The committee's business will be revising the previous 25-year big league pact which would have expired on Jan. 12, 1946, but which was terminated upon Landis', death last Nov. 25. A toniny down of authority vested in the commissioner's office is expected to be includ- ed in the committee's decision, which must be accepted by a majority of the 16 club owners.

It probably will be submitted at the majors' full meeting in New York' next month by the presidents Ford Friek and Will Harridge and 4 officials from each league. Following adoption of the agreement, will come the naming of a new post reported UNIVERSALS, KETTERS WIN CLOSE GAMES Weflers Beat Coxeys In Class Cage Contest captains Jack Spencer and Ned Postels, and a stellar brother pair from the University of Utah, Herb and Clayton Wilkinson. Plenty Of Tough Rivals However, don't be surprised if the Hawkeyes 'find their hands full every inch of the way. Their point performance to date was accomplished against relatively pickings, Notre Dame excepted. Three rivals are potential troublemakers of the first State, Illinois and while Michigan and Wisconsin fit into the dark horse bracket." The Buckeyes Wednesday night won their fifth contest of the season, beating the Wyoming Cowboys 44-36, the eighth straight defeat for the westerners.

Forward'Don Grate paced the Ohio State attack with 16 points to give him a scoring count of 1W in 7 games. The Buckeyes have lost 2 of their 7 starts, yet boast better than a 53- point average, a shade less than Illinois' (5-2) and Nprtlrwestern's (3-1) 55-pbInt average; Conference scoring pace setters In a pre-season campaign that found league teams scoring 43- victories against 15 defeats and outscoring opponents by average of 10 to have drawn a host of.candidates. The new pact Is expected to include the commissioner's not as much as $65,000 which Landis may be limited to 10 years instead of 25. P. K.

Wrigley, owner-president of the Chicago Cubs, and a committee member, said "there should be a set of specifications drawn which will say Just what the commissioner has jurisdiction over." STANDINGS W. Kellers 5 Weflers 6 3 Brookfield Buzzards '2 Coxey 'Shells 2 Venice Night Club 1 SUDDEN DEATH PLAN BEFORE PRO GRIDDERS MASSiLLON 'ARMY STORE pro score. I course. Official Outfitters to the BOY SCOUTS It's Indeed a Pleasure THE MEEK- SEGNER CO. BOWLING Abolishment Of Extra Point Try Also Is Considered CHICAGO.

The National Football league is toying with the idea of abolishing the extra point try the after touchdown and adopting "sudden death" method of efld- Longfellow Edged By Jones, Andrews Wins Pearls Top Poets, 37-36, For Third City Series Victory; West Siders Beat Alliance Opponent In L. 1 Pet. 833 833 500 333 333 113 RAMS SIGN FIVE CLEVELAND, Cleveland pro Rams have signed 5 more new players. All now in the service, they are Lt. Jack Jacobs, 1942 Ram star; Jim Yuel, formerly of the University of Iowa; Lt.

Orville Mathews; Lt. Bob Henderson, Texas A. and Lt. Mark McCorkle, University of Washington. Overtime Contest BRUNSWICK WOMEN STANDINGS Tr.a5tir.sslf Hros.

ing deadlocks. Both innovations are included among 21 rules changes recommended by officials and coaches for consideration at the league's annual winter meeting Jan. 9 and 10. for the par 72 George Strickler, league publicity director, explained the "sudden death" recommendation calls for overtime periods of 15 minutes duration with the contest to end when the first touchdown, field goal or safety is made. Strickler added, however, that some league officials believe the proposed changes would result in increased injuries as players became more and more exhausted in overtime piay.

Two of last season's 3 tied games complicated eastern division standings since deadlocked games are not reckoned in the I standings. Other officials said the extra 21 T-. 18 15 Ti 19 11 11 31. 253 point try wasted some 2 minutes of playing time after each touchdown Jones junior high school's Pearls registered their tiurd consecutive nty series victory and their fifth win in a row for the season by edging the Longfellow Poets, 37-36, on the Longfellow floor Thursday night. An even closer battle was played by Lorin Andrews and the Alliance freshmen on the Andrews floor yesterday afternoon with the west siders eking out a 35-33 victory' in- an overtime period.

A lead gained in the second and third quarters in which they outscored their opponents by 11 points enabled the Pearls to beat out the Poets despite a 17-ppint spurt by the Longfellow cagers in the final period. Andrews fought an uphill battle through the second half and outr scored the Alliance team by 3 points to one in the overtime period to win its contest. Jones and Longfellow played 'On fairly even terms through the lirst quarter which ended with the Pearls on the long end of a 5-4 count but in the second stanza Jones boosted its lead to 17-7 and in the third set- to made it 29-17. The Poets got hot in the fourth quarter and gradually whittled the Jones advantage. With less than a minute left Longfellow pulled up to within a point of tying Longfellow game, the' Jones reserves beat the Longfellow seconds, 30-28.

The winners gained a 16-9 lead in the first half and stayed in front although outscored, 19 points to 16, In the last 2 quarters. Yesterday afternoon Jones' seventh grade team beat the Longlellow seventh graders, 27-9. Jones' game with the State st team of Alliance which was postponed Tuesday afternoon was to be )Iayed this afternoon on the Jones Two -close games were played In the city class basketball league on. Emerson floor Thursday night with the Ketters edging the Venice Night. Club, 38-36, to remain in.

a tie.for first place and the Universals topping the Brookfield Buzzards, 25-24, to take over sole possession of third place. Weflers continued their tie with the for "the top 'spot with a 33-24 triumph over-the Coxey Shells. tj A 4-point lead gained hi the first quarter hi which they scored 16 points to 12 enabled the Ketters to beat out the Venice club. The 2 teams played even ball in the second and fourth periods and the. losers scored 11 points to In the third setto.

Swisher paced the Ketters to victory by scoring 14 points. Brintzen- hofe contributed 11 and-Ketter 8. Eliias got 12 and Turkal and Mitchael-10 each for the losers. The Weflers outscored the Shells in every quarter but never were far ahead. The score at the half was 9-7 and at the end ol the third period'was 23-17.

Webb scored 10 points and Rey- nplds 7 for the Weflers -while Allman got 10 and Secrist 8 for the Shells. A 11-point spurt in the second quarter in which they outscored their opponents by 6 points gave the Universals their close triumph. Benind, 9-4, at the end of the In -Ethiopia, it is possible In a single day to travel from a region of oppressive heat to one of intense cold. Jones will play the Alliance high club and Andrews will floor. unor jattle the Alliance state st team at Alliance next Tuesday afternoon.

Lorin Andrews and Jones will meet on the Jones floor and Longfellow will battle the Alliance freshmen at Alliance next Thursday. r.r,., 3nd meant little in the touchdown' conscious play-Jor-pay loop. The overtime rule now is in effect i ADAM HATS New Styles For Men and Young Men $5 and $6 WORKWOMEN'S STORE IS NEW CKICAOO, P. 'Tc-2; rv.Vir Factory-Controlled RECAPPING $7.00 the score but the game ended before either team was able to score again. E.

Johnson was the top scorer of i outline victorious team with Henry scoring 10 and Griffith 9. Olenick 11 and Grant 8 for Longfellow. The win was Jones' second close triumph over Longfellow as it edged lib A I) Poets, 35-33, in their first meet- a few weeks ago. Longfellow ow nas city record of one vic- lCtr and 2 losses while it has won 'd lost 3 for the season. of Andrews' win over the AiJiancc freshmen was H-ogan who ''rapped in 2 foul shots with only 18 of regulation time left to the and then shot the only li'M basket of the overtime period vft team its victory edge.

Andrews was behind, 19-13, at the trailed 24-21 at the end of third quarter. The visitor; to stay on top until Hogan hh 2 free tosses. The only v.h'-r points besides Hogan's fielc made in the extra period Jouls by Appleby and Roose. paced the Andrews scoring "'-'i points. Brown was the 'f-'i'rnip with 8.

Top scorers Ailiancc club were Roose with and Common, with 7. -t. in the preliminary to the Jones points were a fixture of veterans and rookies. Such old hands as Ives (89), Howie Judgson and Junior Kirk of Illinois-(70'each), Grate (109) and Ray Patterson of Wisconsin (77) took up where they left off last season. Other team leaders are comparative unknowns, Including Bill Gosewehr of Purdue (91), Gene Parts of Indiana (95), Walt Kell of" Michigan (65), Clarence Hermsen of of Minnesota (78) and Max Morris of Northwestern (61).

Pre-season team records- G. w. t. Iowa 6 Michigan (x) Indiana 8 Wisconsin Illinois 7 Northwestern i Ohio State (DC) 7 Minnesota Purdue 6 351 Pts. Op.

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The league schedule for next Tuesday evening is as follows: Brookfield Buzzards vs. Coxey Shells at 7'o'clock, Weflers vs. Ketters at 8 and Universals vs. Venice Night club at 9. The summaries: Longfellow Gotcli, Grant, Olenick, Galey, Crone, Devralt, Totals FIE.

A. Jones 4 2 0 2 14 11 Henry, Johnson 4 2 1 REPORT XITWAK KILLED BAKBERTON, war department reported that Lt. Albert "Albie" IJtwak, 28, former Western Reserve university football star, was killed in Luxembourg. Litwak was a member of the 1938 Little All- America team. 10W COST HKHVAUI COPE BROS.

DOWNTOWN STORE 55 1st St. NE. Dial 5904 E. -Johnson 6 0 4 1 O'Badarnza 2 1 Score by quarters: 5 Longfellow 4 Totals 16 5 Ketters Swisher Speyer Ketter Zorger Gary Pitts Hosteller N. C.

6 2iTurkal 4 2 4 SlMitchael 5 0 0 HEllias .1 4 OJTomasevich 1 0 1 JlKoIich 1 0 0 JlGullias 0 0 STONE GRILL 208 LINCOLN WAY, W. PHONE 6033 12 12 3 Fj 3 21 Common 0 2jBerca Koose Lorin Andrews Fresh. Brown Applehy Hosran 6 2 1 Plabaujrh 2 T-nzaroft 1 0 H.irtzell I 2 Totter 1 0'Myers 2 1 Smith 0 O'Kunkle 0 0 Totals IT, Tolals 12 9 Score by quarters: 1 1 Alliance Fresh 11 11. Tolals IS 8t Totals Score by quarters: Ketters Venice Weflers G. Reynolds D.

Webb Peterson 16 12 9 Shells OJBlaumeiser 3 I Secrist OjKulick Altaian 0 Giloff 2 1 3 2 0 0 2 6 HI-POWER Per As Low As Case Why Shop Around We Haye Plenty CASE BEER 0 O'iCurtis 0 Galey 0 Totals 36 II Totals Score by quarters: Weflers Coxey. Shells COACH IS SUSSING EVANSTON, Stanley Klores, coach, of Northwestern university's first and only Big Ten championship baseball team in 1940, is mifsing in navy action, his wife was notified Thursday. Oicchinelli Mossop Highben Klavsfcy Brechtel FlBrookf'eld OiRoIir 0 Repp OIKrohman Christopher. Columbus' bodv is buried in the cathedral of Santooo- mingo at Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic, Millar 2 1 Totals II 3i Score by quarters: Universala 11 Brookfield 355 A classified run 3 days appears ia 37.0M copies Zeilars 4 Manson 2 Kdie Hi-Proof Genuine California PORT WINE Full Fifth Gallon $115 Bar Lorna RED WINE Fifth Gal. 79c ROCK AND RYE Keep it in your home and have it on I hand when.a cold starts Full Quart Hi-Proof APPLE WINE Fifth Gal.

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