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Page Twelve KENOSHA EVENING NEWS Wednesday February 7 1940 Chicago Bruins Are 'Home-Towners' With Vaunted Reputations Coming Here Friday YF Swimmers Meet MA Cf North Central College In Home Pool Friday Travel on Saturday Issue Final Details to All Entrants in Golden Gloves Boxing Tourney Contestants Will Report for Weighing-In and Physical Examinations at Eagles Club Next Monday Starting at 1 Tournament Opens Same Eve By EDDIE McKENNA Amateur boxing aspirants throughout Kenosha as well as the counties of Racine Rock and Green in Wisconsin nd Lake county in northern Illinois paused today in their final week of intensive training to study the sheet of last minute instructions they received in the mail for the fifth annual southeastern Wisconsin Golden Gloves tournament at the club here Feb 12 13 and 19th-Approximately 100 entries have and this morning it shot out two Kenosha Golden Glove entries with my on i Louis Proves Pulling Power Mix With Godoy Is Sell-Out New York (UR) While Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis completed training today for his ninth title defense Friday night this one against Arturo Godoy of Chile these two statements were made: (1) Promoter Mike Jacobs admitted that the bout would be a sell-out of more than $100000 and (2) Tony Galento volunteered that Champion Louis would soon be a In addition Promoter Jacobs pre-- pared to announce tonight the op- Everything Ralph Graham grid great -has in the race for job out there of Bo At last! I Mike Jacobs to put the Ga-lento-Max Finn relief fund City Armory Jackson the New star who inherited laid low by exam? loe town predicting go the route RIVER: Having Cullenbine (batting the Dodgers about trading at a 280 clip keep good men Here's High Score to Lead Them All! SCORCHING SCORER Kautz spear-head of last Chicago Loyola team which gained a national reputation for brilliant victories against the topnotch teams of the country poured in 341 points in 22 games and a total of 817 in his three years of college balL He'll try his luck on the nets in Kenosha high school's gym Friday night when his Chicago Bruin teammates of the National Pro league come here for a game with the Bernacchi Drugs 4 Cippola's 663 Is Leading Bowling Series for Night Count of 657 by Willie Lundberg 653 to Ziccarelli By EDDIE McKENNA Kenosha News Sports Editor Undefeated and victorious in four dual meets this season the Kenosha Youth Foundation swimming squad comes in for a double dose of herculean opposition this weekend encountering the state A A championship Milwaukee Athletic club squad before a1 sellout crowd Friday night and then appearing against North Central college at Naperville 111 Saturday evening The mermen have ducked Kenosha High school University of Wisconsin Extension team of Milwaukee the Milwaukee State squad and Gustavus Adolphus college of St Peter Minn by impressive margins A holds a wide edge of supremacy over since they opened relations in 1937 the Milwaukeeans winning four of five meets Kenosha's lone victory was collared here in 1938 Long Sprint Specialist Both teams are evenly balanced and a thriller by a close count is i predicted in the year's first meet-1 ing of these rivals One of new mainstays is Harold Long free style and back stroke specialist now a student at Carroll college in Waukesha Last year the Kenoshan excelled at Compton Junior college in Cali- fornia where he negotiated a record :539 in the 100-yard sprint Two years ago Long captured the Badger state outdoor A A back stroke and free style titles at 100 meters in the col-I ors He is a member of Kenosha's 180-yard medley relay team which owns the pool mark here doing the back stroke as his stint in this combination All Long Races i It has been announced that collegiate rules will prevail at this meet w'hich means that all the swims will be over long routes rather than the short hauls as in the ordinary competition The Play Racine Douglas Here Ik mermen are familiar with jm KJJ-Lf CJ the lengthy pulls however and will Friday Might book eager- be poised to unlimber their greatest ton in Kenosha Saturday showings of the season I After the Friday night test Undefeated in their division of 'vbich is destined to attract the biggest crowd of the year the Ke- the city league with 11 straight nosha aquatic performers go to conquests the Ke-Nash-A club Naperville 111 for a Saturday cagers under the coaching regime night meet with North Central col-of Walter Keul will insti- eSe- The collegians are well-bal-tute a series of contests with top rating out-of-town contenders with two games this week-end On Friday night at the high school gym Ke-Nash-A plays i Douglas Flowers of Racine at 7:15 as a prelude to the Bernacchi-Chi- i cago Bruin battle booked at 8:15 i The Saturday night session shifts 1 to McKinley school gym where the Motormakers encounter Edgerton's sharpshooting crew in an 830 feature prefaced by a 7:30 assignment involving Mae's Lunch one of the city's smooth-functioning units and I Zion 111 Department Store team On Revenge Mission I Ke-Nash-A will be bent on a mission of vengeance in both eon- New York (UR) The 1940 National League baseball schedule ratified at an executive meeting been filed in the novice and open divisions it has been disclosed with invaders coming from Somers Ra- rOTT) cine Burlington Dover Caledonia Kansasville Janesville and Beloit in the Badger domain and Waukegan Zion Lake Villa Highland Park Highwood and Fort Sheridan in the Illinois sector Report Early Monday According to the data given to the boxers by the tourney officials all entrants will report at the club in Kenosha at 1 Monday afternoon to weigh in under direction of the Wisconsin state athletic commissioners and also for the physical examination by Dr George Schulte a licensed physician for this activity- by the state commission Pairings will be made immediately under the direction of Peter Murphy state secretary of the A A and the first round of bouts will go on at Monday night The eliminations will continue on Tuesday evening with champions to be crowned on Feb 19 The eight winners in the open division will go to Chicago to compete in the Tournament of Champion's Feb 26 27 and 28 with all expenses paid by the News Three Round Bouts Each bout will be three rounds of two minutes each One pound allowance will be permitted in each weight i a flyweight (112) may weigh 113 pounds and so on all through the other weights in both open and novice divisions it was explained Experienced seconds for each corner will be supplied by the News in cases where entrants have no trainer or coach A complete list of entries according to weights and cities is now being compiled and ill be released a few days before the tournament the officials stated Tickets Moderately Priced Meanwhile the advance ticket sale has been notably better than in four previous tournaments indicating a generous turnout for the first two nights as well as the final which has always been a quick sellout All seats are reserved and choice chairs still remain and can be procured at the News office Kenoshans may phone 5121 to make reservations and tickets will be brought to them by'messenger The bouts each night will start promptly at 8:30 and 20 or more battles are promised each evening according to the way the entry program shapes up at this time On Monday and Tuesday the prices are 40 and 70 cents and 25 for students tax included On the final night the rate? are 55 85 and $110 tax included SPORTS KITCHEN A Little of i I New York i former Kansas State the post position Coach Wes Fry's old Graham now is one assistants at Indiana Mayor Hague and have closed a deal Baer fight in the Jersey Jumping Joe Mexico Aggie cage $50 000 was the mid-term Jacobs is around Arturo Godoy will Joe Louis OVER THE acquired Roy average 240) now are talking Ernie Kov who hits No use to you knowr The Giants admit hold-out and Bill him over to Horace sign Sylvanis Tenter in the hockey thinking of quitting Maple Leafs after concentrate on League teams nights games this GUEST gan Blake Atlanta Landis has now the point where it is Ellsworth among the 15 best in the country Gene Sarazen in pro-amateur next month After Avill go to Mexico of Tennis matches Budge Superior the Northern League of its working the Dodgers the Larry MacPhail a containing the 5300 fans the miler is a job as music teacher high school Henderson Tenn (JP) Attention basketball players Here's a scoring mark to shoot at Six-foot Ulyss Brock Freed-Hardeman college forward rang up 83 points last night as his team defeated Bethel college of McKen- i zie Tenn 101-21 His score: First quarter 22 second 16 third 28 fourth 17 Hilltops Play Maroon Cagers Play Last Big Ten Opponent of Season Tonight at Marquette's Gym Milwaukee (UR) A revamped Marquette university basketball team will test its fifth and last Big Ten opponent tonight when the 1 Hilltoppers engage the University of Chicago i Coach Bill Chandler said he was fairly well pleased with Marquette's new backcourt combina- tion of Bill Staffeld and Charles Hammer The latter replaced Bill Komenich regular guard who was declared ineligible A victory for the Milwaukee 1 quintet will give it a record of four wins in five games against Big 1 Ten teams this season Chicago which boasts a string of tall players uses a zone and a carefully planned offense 1 Marquette's last opponent Ken-i tucky played a fast-breaking game with a man to man defense Marquette has not lost a game on its home floor since 1937 when Iowa turned the trick The heaviest collection of wood bundled by any individual bowler in the city Tuesday night belonged! to Cippola who fashioned a 1 663 series in the West Side Business League to be the the star honor roll performer He had games of 192 224 and 247 cracking the for-mer top three held by Courtney who also crashed the honor circle with 637 Runner-up laurels were annexed by Willie Lundberg in the Guttorm-sen League when he came up with a 657 total Bianchi had 623 Carl Lundberg 622 Rudy Moskopf 615 Les Fitch 614 and Laurie Thomas an even 600 Rating third spot was Gene Zic- 1 carelb who carved out a 635 ag- 1 gregate while competing in the Civic Center-League! Industrialists in Tie 1 Kenosha Industrial League placed seven on the list with Gillie Greve-now and John Peterson shooting 637 scores followed by Bill Mares-calco 631 Bill Curren 628 Klop-stein 629 Harry Wilcox 608 and Schall 605 In the league competition for teams Simmons Beautyrest won three from Snap-On Tools wdth 2 927 to 2 624 Specialty Brass tal lied 2754 for a pair over Simmons Aee Springs on 2820 Nash-Kelvin-ator swept a trio on 2709 from American Brass with 2555 and Cooper posted 2736 for two wins over Macwhytes who registered 2711 Kfug put games of 201 206 and 218 on the books for 625 to pace the Ke-Nash-A Club Office League and in the same circuit Wendorf had 607 Bernice Hees Has 530 Bernice Hees compiled 530 to be the scintillating star in the Coopers Girls' League with Phoebe Starr collecting 516 and Dorothy Grrvenow coining a 501 series ponent city and date of tenth defense Gobble Up Tickets Although Louis still rules the 7-1 betting favorite to beat Godoy the ticket demand is according to Jacobs that a sel-out is assured Unexpectedly large out-of-town sales are swelling the gate This is a tribute to the drawing power since Challenger Godoy has been virtually forgotten by United States fight fans The Chilean hasn't appeared in this country for more than two years The public may appreciate Louis as a great fighting man but Tony Galento does not Tony watched the champion box four rounds with four sparmates at his Pompton Lakes camp yesterday and came to this conclusion: is slipping losing his kick Still Sees Chance hope nothing happens to him before I can get another crack at him this summer I mean I hope nobody beats him before 1 get a chance to knock him Fat Tony who had the champion on the deck last summer before Louis knocked him out said Jolting Joe seems to be in good physical condition as far as his stamina is concerned but something has sapped the old-time dynamite from' his punch Also says Galento Louis appears off on his timing and sloppy in his defense Tony insists that Bomber Joe tried his hardest to register a kayo over each of his four sparmates yesterday for the benefit of a large delegation of sports writers he couldn't turn the the fat man continued when he was working with Emil Scholz Scholz smacked him on the puss with five straight rights And Clarence Brown knocked Joe clean into the ropes with left Despite the Tony believes and hopes Louis will beat Godoy "after a tough Tony prays each night that Godoy wont kayo Bomber Joe I wanna do Boston Point Behind Rangers Score 6-2 Win Over Pace-Setters in Hockey Loop The Boston Bruins were within one point of a first place deadlock today after their 6-2 victory over the pace-setting New York Rangers 1 last night Led by Bill two goals 1 the Bruins scored in every period and had a four goal lead before Neil Colville caged the first Ranger tally in the final period I The Detroit Red Wings extended their winning streak to seven games with a 3-1 victory over the New York Americans Ebbie Good-fellow scored the winning goal for the Wings after Eddie Shore had Bernacchi Drug netmen are booked for another titanic basketball test against a western division headliner of the National Professional league when the Chicago Bruins visit the high school gymnasium on Friday night Culled mainly from the Chicago precincts the home Bruins are garnished with ex-collegians whose reputations are well-known to local fans through the printed praise gleaned in the press but they will get their first opportunity to see these experts deploy their trade in competition against the Keno-shans Thumb-nail sketches of the invading cagesters will serve to better enlighten spectators here on the type of players they can expect to see against Bernacchi's NO 3 GEORGE WILSON 6 feet 197 lbs star end of Chx'hgo Bears professional foot-jl club Played prep basketball at St John's Military Academy Starred in football at Northwestern but played no basketball Aggressive and real ball hawk Forward NO 4 ELMER JOHNSON 6 feet 4 inches 184 lbs Johnson was developed by Coach Dutch Lonborg at Northwestern university where he played the pivot spot conclp-ding his career in 1934 Bmnng the summer Johnson is minor league pitcher owned by San Francisco of the Coast league Forward NO 5 A WILBER KAt'TZ Id feet 11 inches 175 pounds I hotshot of last season Loyola'veam Poured 341 points through the hoop in 22 games in the 1938-39 campaign and a total of 817 in his three years of college ball His coach Lennie Sachs declares him the smartest plaer he ever handled Guard NO 6 MIKE NOVAK 6 feet 9 inches 218 lbs Mike was a member of last season's Loyola team which swept to 21 straight victories before losing to Long Island universitv in the finals of the New York Writers tournament in Madison Square Garden Though used primarily as a feeder at Loyola he managed to count 251 points last season NO 7 STAN ZADEL ft feet 5 inches 200 lbs Flayed no college ball but is a product of independent teams around Chicago He has aided the Bruins tremendously since joining them a month ago Zadel has a great pivot shot and now relieve Novak occasionally on the pivot line Forward NO 8 BOB MacLEOD 6 feet 195 pounds Bob was an All-American halfback at Dartmouth in 1938 and also won All-Eeastern honors as a guard on the cage team Last fall he joined the Chicago Bears football club and did just as well among the pros He was signed to a Bruin contract a week ago Guard NO 9 FRANK LINSKEY 6 feet 1 inch 185 pounds Frank is a product of DePaul unueisity captaining the Blue Demons in his final 1935 season Frank was purchased by the Bruins Oshkosh last fall A great long snot Guard NO 10 EDWIN ORAM 6 feet 3 inches 175 pounds Captained University fit Southern California in his final 5 car 1937 Great defensive plaver Member of Hollywood's RI-G-M team which finished third last spring in the national A A tourney in Denver Guard NO 11 WILLIE miLLirS 5 feet 8'- inches 180 pounds Another product of DePaul university in Chicago graduating in 1937 At DePaul he was the spark plug of the team frequently rousing his mates to last-minute victories Forward NO 15 TOM TIAYKS 6 feet 1 inch 200 lbs Formerly of St Viator college Red hair is no mistake Most aggressive on team outside of George Wilson Guard Coach Sam Lifschultz President of Bruins George Halas Owners Halas Charley Bidwill and George Maypole Skier Lett Leg Most Vulnerable Physicians Reveal Washington According to the American Red Cross the most common injury suffered in 700 skiing accidents throughout the past year were injuries sustained to the left leg Four-fifths of the fractures and sprains were found between knee and ankle and-there were nearly twice as many on the left leg than the right Dr Thompson of the Red Cross first-aid staff says this may be attributed to general greater awkwardness of the left foot comparable to that of the left hand Really Red-Hot Bobby Mattick 22-year-old candidate for the shortstop spot jumped back to the Bruins from Milwaukee last summer red-hot A few days before reporting to the Cubs he scored from second base on a bunt The bunter and the first baseman collided on the play to make feat possible but he really scorched that clay getting home Mel Ott is a Terry has turned Stoneham to Apps the big time is the Toronto this season to politics National will play 42 summer STAR: Mor Journal clarified Rule 11 to utterly Vines ranked amateur golfers will team with the St Augustine golf tourney that Ellsw orth City for a series with Don (Wis) in is so proud agreement with club has sent bound volume autographs of Archie San Romani dickering for in a Maine IN FOR IT: Benny M'Coy is a very smart young man and a 1 good ball player But he also is a rash talker He has publicly announced he will invest part of that $45000 in insurance Better disconnect that telephone Butch BASEBALL CHORUS: We hope the Giants can sign Mel Ott For many think he's all got PYC Girls' Indoor February 8 5:15 McKinley Christian Reform 1st Christian Lincoln Junior High 1st Evangelical vs First Presbyterian Washington First Baptist 1 Grace Lutheran tests Earlier in the year they yesterday begins April 16 and of St Louis to play night baseball it necessary for devise their own arc Brooklyn will open Philadelphia at New at Cincinnati and St Louis On the will open at at Pittsburgh Philadelphia and St dropped a 29-28 verdict to Racine Douglas at Sturtevant while recently they were shaded at Edger-ton 45-40 Lineup of Ke-Nash-A Includes: Art and Ed Karpowicz and Larsen forwards: Bob Jacobson center Leif Sethne Andy Seliga Roger Hawes Rick Werve Joe Pasquali and John Horochena guards Included in the Douglas lineup is Dick -'Honey Hegeman end on the Cooper football team Others Louis at Chicago ends Sept 29 The late decision and Pittsburgh will make those clubs to light schedules On April 16 at Boston York Chicago Pittsburgh at 19th New York Brooklyn Cincinnati Boston at Seek Big Foe for Tony Zale Chicago (J5) Melio Bettina who recently stopped Fred Asoptoli and Solly Kreiger former middleweight champion are being con-side ed as an opponent for Tony Zale of Gary Ind in a show promoter Bill Rand now is lining up for March 22 at the stadium Zale recently decisioned A1 Hos-tak of Seattle Wash National Boxing association middleweight champion in a 10-round match at the stadium in which Hostak suffered a badly injured left hand Dial 5121 for your Classified Ad in the cast are: Firtko Secanky Pizatowski forwards Runge and Sontag centers Mueckler and Nasticky guards Hegeman is a 525 was in ward The team is undefeated in the Racine major Red cage league Composed mainly of ex-Beloit high basketball stars the Edgerton roster includes Millheam Podwell Scott and Duboski Stanford Goes Midwest Palo Alto Calif Pilch appointment as Stanford track coach gives the Indians a midwest staff Johnson comes from Drake Clark Shaughnessy new grid mentor from Chicago and Everett Dean basketball boss from Indiana Reese Has Only Durocher to Beat Out as Regular! St Louis will be the scene of the annual American vs National League All-Star game July 9 Two Games Tonight at Community Hall A pair of Kenosha teams from the Protestant Youth Council Basketball league will entertain Milwaukee rivals tonight at the Community hall gymnasium it was announced today by Frederick Schneider His Immanuel team will play Holy Redeemer in the 7:30 opener In the 8:30 game Trinity Lutheran goes against the 1 invading Incarnation team was one of the top-notch shortstops in the American Association He stole the most bases 35 and led in triples with 18 He batted 279 but with 211 total bases in 506 times at bat had a slugging mark of 417 second best on the club He fielded 943 tops for the Referee Jack Travnicek Armour Tech umpire Gil McDonald Wisconsin Top-Flight College i Teams Resume Play i New York (UR) With examinations out of the way collegiate basketball gets back into full stride tonight at Madison Square Garden when Long Island University plays hosts to Duquesne quintet in the feature game of an intercollegiate double-header City College of New York will engage Fordham University in the opening game Duquesne winner of 11 out of 12 starts this season plans to employ a tight man-for-man defense in an attempt to shackle the set-shot marksmen of the Long Island aggregation which has only lost one game in 16 starts Annapolis Navy can never have a giant basketball center Academy regulations limit height to 6 feet 4 inches because of the low heights of doorways aboard ship! sssflETTE of Brittle's mixed doubles and Fredrickson showed 511 Bode was the lone honor roll candidate in Guttormsen's Women's circuit with three lines good for 506 They Can't Hurt Jones at Clemson Clemson Youthful Bob Jones was never associated with the ring in any way before being Appointed boxing instructor of Clemson College in 1934 yet he has led his charges to victory in 23 matches while losing only seven and tying six The Tigers won the Southern Conference title in 1938 Jones developed Russ Dorn league welter champion in 1937-38 and Harvey Ferguson lightweight titlist McCracken FavoVs Smaller Backboard Bloomington Ind Branch McCracken advocate removing the backboards but the Indiana basketball coach suggests that they could be reduced in size ball rarely hits more than 12 or 18 inches from the he says boards could be shaved down a bit without affecting the scoring would give spectators behind goals a better San Francisco 6P)1 Gus Suhr and the Philadelphia National League baseball club have reached an impasse the husky first base- i puts into one word his greatest i handicap has only one claim to major league fame now his for- mer antipathy for the Dodgers The late Cap Neal former man-1 ager of the Louisville Colonels signed Reese while he was playing with an industrial team in 1938 Neal interviewed the 19-year-old i prospect and asked: Son how would you like to play with the Colonels? Reese shocked Neal with: not so sure I would You see I think like playing with the Brooklyn (Louisville had a working agreement with Brooklyn at that time) In two years with the Colonels Reese grew into a star He batted 277 in his first year and last year Dodger Manager Plans to Play Over 100 Games 100 games this year Reese may or may not be as good as cracked up to said Durocher if he is I think be able to open the season and continue effectively under the sort of pressure you work under at shortstop No rookie could be that good but if The little man who didn't -Avant to play with the Brooklyn Dodgers but changed his mind Rookie Harold Reese has only one obstacle to becom- ing the team's regular shortstop Manager Leo Durocher said today and that is first-string Shortstop Leo Durocher Durocher who shepherded Out- fielder Roy Cullebine via plane from Miami to New York to sign a Brooklyn contract revealed that he figured on playing in well over KENOSHA EVENING NEWS 340 GOLDEN GLOVES Eagles Club February 12 13 19 Harmon Quits Cage Sport to Hit Books Ann Arbor Midi (UR) Tom Harmon' All-America half back at the University of Michigan has quit the basketball squad because of and Harmon who made the announcement last night led Michigan cagers in scoring last year but reported late this season and failed to win a regular berth falling behind in school work and must have more time for work if going to be financially able to stay in heex-plained j' Tuscaloosa Ala Duke Bric-kates Alabama coach has-bexers do road work in heavy ru Dber boots believing the drastic feeling of relief when they get in tpr ring shoes gives them added dexterity ALL SEATS RESERVED First 2 Nites 40c and 70c Tax Included Last Nite 55c 85c and $110 Tax Included SEATS foOW ON SALE AT THE NEWS OFFICE man disclosed Suhr wanted his he is the his teach him circuit but handled the most chan-salary upped and the club notified all I know ces with 307 putouts 470 assists and him it afford it Reese whose nickname 47 errors '(.

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