The Times from Hammond, Indiana • Page 44

Wednesday, February 17, 1943 Speculating THE HAMMOND TIMES Page Nineteen Bj JOHN Hornets to Battle ELASTIC, midget floor guard of the Whiting Oilers, be around for sectional tourney play an appendectomy yesterday a i since Sunday. Those Portage Indians, who'll have to be handled by somebody in the E. C. Sectional, now own a record of straight and a (cored 962 points to the opposition's 580 a averaging 5 I points per game. State tourney tickets i cost $2.20 per this year Trester used to sell 1 4 2 5 9 seats at Butler Fieldhouse for $21.387 Now he'll peddle a i a 10,000 at the Coliseum for $2.20 and add $22,000 to the I US A A treasury Somebody oughta i Trester a the fight against inflation.

jOHN-VY "BUTCH" OKLICrl, I known in the Cntumet glofing trade as an excellent player, will be back with us in the near Orhch was returned from the Solomons last week with a back i i a Jap air laid on He ml(-r- son Field, Guadalcanal island "Butch" wrote Gary relatives th.it DiMag Joins As Private A FRANCISCO I i Di.Maggion. New York Yankee wrote uary reiauve.i ui.n slugger and baseball's highest he'd soon be hospitalized at either salaried player, prepared today to Battle Creek. Mich or Memphis, exchange major league uni- after which he'd he allowed form for that oi a buck private in a brief visit with the- home folks, the army. InMaggio announced that he is enlisting Cor the duration and that he will a i relinquish his status and report at the San Francisco i lion center early Chub Franklin ol the Hammond high coaching staff the ycmrliiiE tourney al Piirime taut neeK-end and came h.ime with ideas that I'unliK-'s i IxMlgc, formerly of Madison, the Holid iliilKiilmil of the tournpy The Dwiuhl Kildienian exeepled ('huh agrees, himevcr. thut he may have wen Eddtruiaii the Ontralia Flash wasn't workinn with the Miiierehurter "He'd the hinoiithest thine I ever HBW coine thrnueh for rehounil," frank- lin.

The Speculator browsed the Civic Center the other day, hoping to learn Loll Birkelt's opinion cf Kasl Chicago Roosevelt. Chirk, Hammond high and others with idens. of winning the sectional Birkett's Tigers don't i to guv i i WESTERN TITLE AT STAKE: BLITZ KIDS WIN A A I Games this Week Tonight Crown Prjmi at East Gary Kdi.son. 1 Thursday Lew Wallace at Kmcrson. Friday i i a i To 1' Hornet- a Hammond Froehel at Roosevelt.

Valparaiso al a i Clark at i a at Bloom. Crown Point at Hobart. Saturday a i Tech at South Bend Central. Emerson at Valparaiso. at Hammond Civic Center.

The Calumet's a a pre-tour- riament will be i with great gusto tomorrow i whi-n Lew Wallace nnrl Emerson i a i Clary i a a i i United Press CorrMpondcnO today. orni aci i i i a i a i said, lies nil- for the of the signed among hi.s papers in Han 'i illusion. a and i be listed as "un- suspii ion a no Palu- i i a met a will bo i enough 'o pe.iri- is dei liired. places in Ihc i rare i Just retuir'ied Irom Los Angeles next week has given new a vacation i his importance to the blonde i the Dorothy son contest. Wallace leads the A of the screen, with whom league i a IL'-'J a i and was reconciled, DiMag- -'in monopolize the i by i a himself as pleased ing Kmerson If Kmerson wins i i the idea of i i other follows i a victory Satnr- Mlirs in the armed services 'lay i at a a a i the two isn't a decision." Gary teams will share champion- he explained.

"I've been i i s-mp I i i F'ast Chicago Roosevelt, a a i i the invasion ol Kroebel, will it over since right a the last i Woi Id series. It's the thing 1 want i to do above nil. I a to be a in a three-team split in case Em- any of the leaders real iroiibK- in i her ot my country's i i erson drops Wallace and then loses the tournament and chances are, I to Valpo Concensus opinion, how- if The Speculator tracks Li.u )ntun to go in as a buck ever, is that Wallace will win down, he'll up and say a piece lor pr va i an( 0 a i the army handily tomorrow night and shut posterity Incidentally, Birkett, a mf do. My only hope i.s the floor to both the Norse and wouldn't hide from anything in Ul lL HU nlt surc up Calumet if he had a guy like Bohoy requirements for Kramer to' handle duties in the muscle zone. ByJackSordsZIM, SET A i i 11K I I lUll Ulini I OF NEW A A Hammond i chapter two a leature involving vilhiinou Bill Zim of Nicaragua and Farmer Jones, the hawg farmer county, Rumor a nuiv upj-e NEW YORK Ned Irish, acting president and maestro of basketball at Madison Square Garden, delivered a paradox today.

He said the quality ol the hoop game, particularly in had been improved indirectly this season by the loss of many players to the military services. Somewhat goggle-eyed. we asked ihe Young to explain the seeming inconsistency of his statement. Irish did so. He said, "because of war drains on college basketball most of the schools premitted freshmen to play with this season.

And the current crop of freshmen, particularly in the est, was the best ever to hit the court. These yoiuvfstert brought lot of pep to their teams, and plenty of ability too." But why were these particular frosh so ultra-ulira: -We warned' trai twl more tnan funrn, an to know. mcrwuw of more than 30,000 for Irish said the current freshmen up of WS .1 xv-M i Sl we're 'the latest, stream-liiud season, which established opponent oft the high school (...,. i the SX'-minute mam the F.irmer may a i moss He never been one to ewper.i'.e i tho-p i a i i to 'he Center shows and may i again to provymonl prove that is still serious Fred Carone. of Boston, and Roxie, the Indiana grid who now operates out Detroit, have been scheduled bly He explained that the a i of play in lush schools, particularly the east, has improved remarkably in the past couple of years- He said this due largely to LAYDEN CONFIDENT PROS CAN CARRY ON of prosres, high school couching.

confidence that professional sports "Until coaching and the urvive th government'! quality of play in eastern high of schools was somewhat behind that for of midwestern schools," Irish said. semi- "However, that the brand "work or tight" edict, Elmer Lay den, professional football commissioner today confers with Transportation Director Joseph B. for 1 action in the wmdup brawl. Carone i to 01 same in me 0 be the mcame in this one. schools now hus been to a PTM lo Rene LaBcll returns to prelim- wuh those of the midwest." Layden will present to Eastman inary chores a two weelcs of Irish emphasized that progress' top billing.

The Canadian whi? is matched i i a i a from New Jersey Reteree Ciirlyle Lmdholm pulls the i i i i i at o'clock. Preps Facing Wind-up Play i hadn't stopped in the midwest. "Those miilwestern hiRli schools are turning out classier basketball players every he said. But a will happen to college basketball neM season, a tin under which 1S)43 schedule will be tightened up to save thousands of of trnvt'1. "Vd say our chances of operating tins year are very good," Layden said, "1 think we've got to keep the ust i ihe everything else has a and navy takes over most of dsy we the schools, and i a no one imeru re in snv wav th war but Uuls under 18 and misfits are wf fi of our But left MS potential players? "Cosh: I don't know about next season," Irish said.

"Thai's year you can bet we won't interfere." a a i sectional tourna ments looming next week, high ba-ketballers embarked on a a a i the hisl ot i regular season. The top teams of lloosier- i and I'd be silly to try to i i i i 1 say i howev'r: NVe at Madison Square Oanien are hopeful of con- i i play. believe that most of the colleges will be able to field some sort of a squad, because of dom clash i tough opponents the small number of men required that I army's soldier. to the Rough Riders. good remark the other evening at the Catholic Central dinner ran something like this: "Bob Duax is the best football player, pound for pound, I've ever coached." a who now coaches fill sports at Central, in addition to rnamiging a i family that includes two children.

INLAND, Y-TOWN CAGERS BEATEN TI IO fj round in a Tech and Hammond High close their pre-lourney sched- 1 ules Friday in a double-header a offers Horace a against the Wildcats and i i vs. Tech. Fractional 49, Central 36. Catholic 'Central, crushed on" its own court by a fi4-3S score earlier in I he season, led Thornton Frnc- Meyer Favors South Bend Central to Capture State ItOBERT L. (United Press a Correspondent) INDIANAPOLIS-- P.i --T South Bend Central Bears! That's the annual pick-and-pray choice of the United Press to cap ning 117 games and losing '23.

Wooden uses Ihc a break a la Piggy Uimbcrt -and has a team averaging i in schedule finales to head a slate of at lea-t i i contests. Rochester and Fort Wayne Cen! tr.il will to extend their records lo IT victories against one defeat for the season Friday when Rochester's Zebras battle rugged Peru and Central plays the always- Bl dangerous Marion Giants. i i Burns coached by the wily Scott Fisher who led the Owls to the final game of the stale tour- for the game Meanwhile. Irish said the Garden is having the best basketball season since the Eighth avenue Emporium began serving as the game's show window nine years riEO. He said 14 basketball nights Garden this season had at- File Your Federal INCOME TAX WITH MILLER and 5435Vj HOHMAN AVE.

HAMMOND PHONE HAMMOND C2t trim tnt int Wi. Ovtr ytmrt nev lust year, laces a strong Kl- 5 Pt H1Kl wood quintet Friday, aiming tor pounds to execute hi.s aggies lfl iml Colllmbus in i i turc the 1943 stntc school Kith tionnl's Blitz Kids at halftime last a bHll championship. i i Gold basketball tourna- night in Calumet City before los- a a lat may become as captained St. Joseph's grid tennis ent onds tonight i i ing a decision. in hia junior and years i Center gym.

while weighing considerably loss than 1DO. Harry the Kast Chicago baseball veteran, isn't too worried about itrnsperts of player nhortaRc IIarr figures hr ean line up a strong from Ihoxe uhn are draft-exempt or ovr riaycrs hopeful of ratini; Koslnski's Eaxt Chieuno Sox arc call him at E. C'. 458-Jt In relaying -Iiihn recent "defense plan" the Calumet, The Speculator erroneously stated that Karl Huffine busy "coaching the Hammond hicli hwiiu- nlmr coach is Uc.bert KillK, who's proved 10( per cent MIC- cesBful a replacement for Hmnlry SUley, now In the navy One of Iht'pp guinea on tonight's ue card will send the Whiting Ravens cteor against the Paul's Smolte shop 1 lp plucky Warriors, sparked by familiar to Washington offens The Bears are drivmfi lo i third consecutive eastern division conference I title their Hoosier tongues as in i years under Wooden. 'Hatchets" became back in 1013, Central lost to' Orcencastle in an effort to wind up its season i IB triumphs ill 18 starts.

i I I I i i I I 1.1H fine team pluy ami Imstlo. hold lite i 1941 and 1942. WhigaU' in the i a game of Meteors to a 7-7 draw at the se ti on of South Bend Cen- state tourney. quarter and took a 19-13 edge a qiiinlot of Hammond at 7 a iftime. Fractional started roll- Federates a St.

Mary of lhc thi i-ter on six Central's record of 14 vie-, Bill Jim Chicago at clock in by vVnlly Horvatich and top encounter of the evening and outsc orpd Central' by a 21-0 margin osses 'Vvere to teams the Bears HI. Adalbert tackles Peter's tavern mR ip it 34 a8 Fractional going obnl)U ould liok if they defending champions, in the third i nsl tu artot till at clock. i Horvatich finished with IP points banon. 28-25, in an early-season A i engagements wh Je KMif Non(iorf tiect Dough-1 game. The other Ccn- only seven of the 1, teams that Central for second honors i ral defeat was to Goshen, nnipri'r i tournament on Monday! i Tn Central lost tra! as the new state tlthst was to Gary Froebcl in the semi-finals sponsored by three factors' at Hammond.

1. Central's record of 14 victories and only two Both entered Ihe tournament on Monday will remain undefeated. The scramble tomorrow evening will be for semi-final berths Friday night. The a finals are slated for Saturday evening with a consolation battle, scheduled for 7:30 o'clock. Inland Steel and Youngstown both were eliminated in games MARY JANE CARMAN WINS AT PALM BEACH PALM BEACH, (U.

Defending Champion i a Tainter of Fargo. N. led the Powers' i 0 Lh second round of and Tom Taylor Ojirry the scoring nia'toh plnv in the Palm Beach I while James Hans and Em- Women's Colt tournament today i ery Totli supply detense and re- a opening her title defense Central lost its first to Le- bound work. with a 6 and 5 win over Mrs. Fred- Centra! power dates from the Ream of Palm Beach, time the Bears got a gymnasium of Medalist Peggy Kirk of Findlay, their own three years ago when eliminated Mrs.

William Cook, i the Bears are confident they Adams school was built. The Bears' Bronxville, N. 8 and 7. I use Adams' gym as a home floor, another match, Mary Jane Gar- and use it well. Sectionals a a i Hammond.

defeated meet i Fractional plays Bloom in i can i Goshen if they meet in Heights Friday night while the regional. Central is Mile i a first round 2. "Inside" achice from northern rogionals will be held on the Bears' Charles Richards, Easton, last night. The Steelmen were whipped Harry's Owl club of Chicago. 41 to The Speculator ha-s encountered 140.

Freddie Kuberski collected 1G i fnr Tn binri which he a FRACTIONAL i i I MnrtnMili. f. I i f. i i i f. 1 A ,361 i i rirt'r.

k'. I.l at least one Indiana alumnus who's ready to suggest anti-choke closes for lloosier football and basketball teams "They're always crowd- ins the headlines with consecutive gainc scoring streaks and the like but something happens to 'cm year, "quoth the I. U. grud who asked that his name be with held All The Speculator points for Inland, which held a 22-14 edge at the half. Frank Gils- sources, who asserted that Central i court.

is stronger than Fort Wayne Cen- Woodcn's quintets have threal- tral, Rochester or Muncie Burris. ened for four years. Now the law I because the Bears are capable of of averages is hot on the Bears' inspired performance when the tails lo make them state champs chips are down. 3. The comparative ease of Cen' tral's path to the state tourney.

The Bears liave a "breeze" in the sectional with 15 St. Joseph county teams as competition. Mishawaka, TEACHERS, VALPO WIN oiiriii i ff i r- Washineton will otter tougnest infielder, led the Owls with eight points. Gusttne plays with the Owls to keep in condition during HIGH SCORE BATTLES (By United Press) Indiana Slate Teachers college Washington will offer toughest competition here. Central already has beaten Mishawaka.

56-27. Tn the regional, the Bears are REACH FINAL ROUND OF CHURCH TOURNEY Games Thursday 7--Immanuel vs. First. Presbyterian. 8--First Christian vS.

United Brethren. Second round play in the Ham- neiu think to sav along these lines is evening. Gold Service of rjr crl to 28. len before the 1 cleared another barrier in its path likely to meet Rochester, Elkhart mond church league basketball club of Chicago 47 to the title last night by sinking or Goshen, They've beaten Roch- tournament, now in progress at first game of the Normal, 63-44. to maintain ester, 32-31, and Elkhart, 41-35, and the Civic Center, produced First conference' HVP rnnahle ol dcfeatins Goshen Christian and United Brethren as switch too.

fllRRVCU can spot it every time NO HURRY TO NAME DUROCHER that McCracken's boys'probably it rimmed the 31. passe dthrough Lafayette on i way to Madison last week ana never fully recovered from tne recently returned from Florida there were plenty of golfera around most but few Couhl be that the and card l-oys are hiding their chariots in he. bushes ot the maintenance Normal, K3-41. to maintain ester, a EiiKiiari, ti-cw, mm me i unbeaten college conference' are capable ot defeating Goshen Christian and United Brethren as record with five straight victories. I by much more.

winners in last night's games. In other loop games, Butler upset 'The semi-final is a tougher prop- The Christians tripped Im- DcPauw's Tigers, who were play-; osition. Central probably will rnanuel. 24-19. and United Brethren ing for the first time without their stack up against East Chicago defeated First Presbyterian.

21 to ace scorer, Don Jones, and Val- Roosevelt or a Hammond or Gary g. The third place and champion- I paraiso's rangy quintet, nipped a team--or perhaps against Lebanon sn ip games are scheduled (INS) late-minute rally whip Hunting- orPenl. With the Calumet devoid Thursday night Brooklyn Dodgers were non-1 ton. 61-60. of a "great" team this year, Cen- Six of the 10 athletes most lilstly to rate Hammond high's tournament squad are of Russian extraction And Pat Patterson Keeps the official score with a red pencil i i t-ttt.

vii.w i comrni'ttal over the problem I In a wild game. Valparaiso led tra! should be able to outpoint its i ZIVIC WINS IX 10 of replacing Leo (Tlie Lip) Du- Huntington 34-32 at the half, after I western division rival. Lebanon I prrr sBURGH-(INS, i a rocher their erstwhile leader who I the score had been tied 10 times. may offer trouble it it hits its ad)o Philadelphia belter, ab-' seems destined to join Uncle Sam's Valpo fattened its lead to 61-53 peak, but the Bears feel the early-1 SQrbe a thorou gh shellacking armed forces. with two minutes to play when Ted season game was not an indication fjiQm Veteran pritzie Zivic President Branch Rickey stuck I Hanauer, Huntington's leading; ot Lebanon's superiority.

Peru is jo-round route last night. to his original statement that he i scorer, sparked a drive that'whit-i rugged, but Rochester whipped 1 1 1 4 i original statement that scorer, sparked a a would not name or discuss a sue- tied Valpo's lead to one point at Peru and Central defeated Rochr. to Leo. classified 1A in the the gun. draft yesterday, until The Lip actually entered the service.

Dtirocher's Brooklyn draft board Tis suggested, however, that i reve aled that Leo had passed the Patterson hide those score sheets test" he took last month iTtiierson mue iiiuse scuit; icru 0 screen test ne toos IHSL IHUIILU of the South Bend Central, i st. Louis. On Saturday they Wallace, Tech and Muncie games put nim and mailed a notifi- some native fifth colum- cat i on the fact to him in St. nist use them to depress Stalin in his greatest hour. Louis.

Durocher is currently vacationing in the south. IK i 1 1 1 Hanauer scored 20 points, with South Bend was chosen from six Teammate Ralph Johnson account- possible state winners. which'! ing for 18. Ted Bean clicked create quite a dilemma for dope- 18 for Vnlpo. with Steve Gaza get- nthtr fiw Fort ting 13 and George Maddock 16.

3 Ways Given to Tell Age of Cock Pheasant However tte mer callber i sters. The other five are Wayne Central. Muncie Burris, Columbus, Jasper and Rochester. All have excellent records and all are capable of winning the title. ANN ARBOR.

Mich. The University of Michigan today, had a second victory to its credit', In the eight basketball games it has played this season in the Western conference. PISTONS WIN. 54-48 FORT WAYNE -(U. The Wolverines turned back a Sheboygan Redskins, one game late Purdue rally last night to win, shy of an undisputed second place cage teams this year appeared to forme seasons, tna nun i i i i ncm.

vijjcii nieijjj' QUIIltetS QeQ there are three good ways to tell for state recognition. I the age of a cock pheasant--by his Johnny Wooden, former Purdue spurs, beak and bursa. star, has coached the South Bend If the bird's spurs are blunt. Central team for five years, win- HOlir. tioning in the SOUth.

learna una Durocher will celebrate his 3Sth EAST LANSING. be inferior to former, seasons, WOLVES TRIP PI. ROUE bir thdav in July. If Leo passes his Conservation officials have decided when many more qu mV whpn called. I there are three good ways to tell state recognition GOOD LUMBER AT LOW PRICES Open Till 6:00 m.

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