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OHIO SHINES IN NATIONAL SPORTS PARADE RED TPAl'TMAN, BILL VEECK, McCormick Sets Fielding Record PAUL BROWN MAKE BIG DEALS 6 nr JOHN BARRINGTON International News Service Sports Writer Columbus, Dee 24 INS) any sport -professional or and the odds were heavily In favor of finding Ohio well represented on the national scene In 1946. 1. Naming of Ohioan George Red) Troutman as head of the National Association, governing body of organized minor leagues. 2. Purchase of the Cleveland Indians baseball franchise by Bill Veeck and a syndicate including comedian Bob Hope, former lands.

3. Entrance of another Ohioan. John Galbreath of Columbus, into major league ball as a member of a group purchasing the Pittsburgh Pirates. One of colleagues in the venture Bmg Crosbv. 4.

Outstanding success of tin THE DAILY TIMES PORT TUESDAY. DECEMBER 24. 1946. Cornin' Out success Cleveland Browns in the new All- America Football Conference. 5.

Pitching exploits of Bob Feller, who established a major strikeout record and pitched the second no-hit game of his career. 6. Staging of the National Open golf tournament at Cleveland and two other major tourneys at Toledo and Columbus. The selection of Trautman to succeed lie retiring Judge Bramham as minor league crqr was more than a fine personal honor for the red haired Fury- rus native and long-time Columbus resident. Trautman promptly announced, that the national association headquarters would be moved from Dur ham.

N. to Columbus. That placed both top administrative offices in Ohio. A. B.

'Happy) Chandler had previously estab lished his major league headquarters in Cincinnati. Jerry Witte of Toledo swept prac tically all the American individual honors into his capacious pockets. The lanky Mud Hen first baseman war chosen botn the most valuable player in the loop and its best rookie He clouted 46 homeruns. batted .312 and drove in 120 runs. Veeck and his syndicate introduced a virtual three-ring circut into Cleveland baseball.

Said Cleveland ate up such embellishments as pep bands, free nylons and a couple of uniformed stunt men. Attendance marks soared to an all-time Cleveland high of 1,057.289. Paul Brown, former Ohio State and Massillon high school grid coach, was both coach and general manager of the All-America footbal1 eleven that bore his name. Brown's exploits won him recognition as professional football's man of the year. The Browns set an all-time pro fessional football attendance record; league games ana one exhibition.

A leage games and one exhibition. A post-season championship game at the lakefront stadium drew an ad ditional 40,469. On the gridiron, the Browns blazed to the infant league's championship by winning 12 of 14 regular season contests then defeating the New York Y'anks, 14 to 9, in the playoff tilt. Luo Groza, place kicking special i ist. from Martins Ferry, led the Cleveland, Dec.

24 new All-America circuit in scoring with 55 points. He set one pro record by Coach Paul Brown in the by booting 12 field and an All-America Conference draft were other in the length of one three revealed today by the Cleveland pointer, 50 yards. football club. The Akron Bears lost their first, Topping the list was two games in the American Foor- chappius, an Ohio boy who ball Association then came back fjrst played for a Toledo high school with a string of wins and barely eleven. Others drafted by the lost the loop gonfalon to Jersey Browns include Jerry Cowhig, iull- ondurted by JOHN STB I TON Whe good old Saint Nick comes siding down your chimney sometime after midnight tonight, he'll be bringing many gifts but there will be no more sports championships for the county this year.

But 't we were going to write a letter to Santa ask for a repea on the double Er. stern District Class and Class basketball championships won for the county this year by the Dover Crimsons and Strasburg Tigers. We might also ask for a new gymnasium for the Quakers and perhaps an undefeated football season for some county grid team next year, but writing letters to Santa won't get most of those things. Neither could we ask district championship for the Quakers and Conch Syl Harmon at this time. We do hope they keep through.

Seldom in sports Is anything ex cc-pt defeat ever handed to a team. Championships come out of Santa's knapsack but out of weeks of diligent practice, natural abil- plus a will to win and inspired individual performances. New gymns don't fit in Santa's sack either and must be worked for and paid for over long periods of time. But. one of the many who will spend the first real Christmas home since 1941.

all we ask is that Santa just keens coming about this time of the year. And a merry, merry Chri.stm.sa to you. Something Practical well ouvf got AHOTHER BLAHCHARD YOUR WORK SHOP THAT Kentucky Five Wins 10th Came fj They come out under royal palms and between hedges be-, fore players in shirtsleeves as, another Florida racing season' under way at Tropical. Chappius On Browns Draft List City in a playoff tilt. Basketball Schedule Friday New Philadelphia at Springfield.

Coshocton at Dover Dennison St. at Bellaire St. Alumni at Dundee. Saturday New Philadelphia at Springfield. Dover St.

Joseph's at Canton Cen- back from Notre Dame: Bob Carpenter. a Michigan tackle; Bob Cowan, an Indiana halfback, and Ralph Ellsworth, star halfback 'for the University of Texas. Brown said only Ellsworth would be sought to play for the Browns in 1947. The other four have another year of college eligibility left and were merely claimed for services after college graduation. The previous first choice was Dick Hoerner, big fullback from Iowa.

STt'DES FOR HOLIDAY GAME There are many college students and athletes back home for the two weeks since Christmas vacation is being enjoyed by all colleges, and down at Tuscarawas they have booked a game between the college players and the Tusky Booster team. Some of the former stars who wilf plav are Richard Bonvechio and Johnny Vesoo of Muskingum. Charles Lorenz of Heidelberg. and Charles Myers of Baldwin Wallace. Bill and Bob French of Kent State.

Fred Walton. Ellsworth Cox, Bob McDonald and Charles Figlev of Wittenberg. They meet the Boosters at 9 p. m. Monday and the game will be preceded by movies at 7 p.

The Boosters are in charge of the entire program. 9 3 COUNTY ATHLETES ON NATIONAL SCENE Reviews of 1946 sports are starting to come in on the wires this week and you'll find the Ohio scholastic review on Page 12 of the second section of today's paper and the I story of Ohio participation in the national sports scene on this page. I Feature performers on the national scene include three county players. Frankie Baumholtz of Midvale, Leonard Simonetti of Roswell and Lloyd Broncho Reece of this city Baumholtz is sparking the Cleveland Rebels in national professional basketball, while Simonetti played with the Cleveland Browns, champions of the All-America football conference, and Reese with the Chicago Bears, champs of the National League. Ree.se is still awaiting word whe- i ther or not the Bears will fly to Hawaii for an exhibition tour.

If so, he'll probably make the trip. The Moontainoers of the Univer sity of Kontucki. with ton victories this season, paved the nation's collage basketball teams today in early season results. 75 to 34 triumph over Baylor 1 niversity list night in Lexington, was featured by a 43-point barrage in the winners in the last 10 minutes. Wisconsin's Bade rs snapped I wo-same losing reak when they turned back Southern California.

61 to 5f. in a and tumble contes- at Madison. Wis. Iowa's Hawkeyes wen sixth straight game as they out scored Montana State. 76 to 49.

at 1 City. with a lineup plentifully sprinkled with reserves. Unbeaten Minnesota traveled to Lincoln to score straight victrv as it defea ed Ne braska. 68 to 58. Tha Indiana Hoosiers ended a three game losing streak as thev defeated Marquette.

75 to 50. in Milwaukee. In Seattle, Washington's Huskies made it two in a row over Ohio Burkeyes bv scoring a to 46 victory. Other scores last night were Fort Sheridan, 111.. 64.

Loyola (Ch: 61: Manhattan 60, Dartmouth 46: Bradley Tech 56. Stanford 51 Oklahoma A M. 34. Mary's 33: Oregon 81. N.

Y. 65: Virginia Tech 55. Quantico Marines 39. MAKES ONE ERROR IN 1,284 CHANCES; BUDDY KERR TGPS By I.ES ONKLIN International News Service Sports liter New York. Dec 24 Frank McCormick, of the Phillies atm Buddy Kerr, ot the New York Giants, paced National League players in setting many fielding records in 19 46.

Official averages released tod; showed that McCormick, lormer Cincinnati star, established a new league record for first with a pereentHge of .999. He made only our error in 1.2S4 chances. Kerr was the premie: shortstop with a mark of 982. Buddy limsh at the season with an unbroken string of 52 consecutive errorless grilles, a new league mark The previous record ot 51 was by Leo Durdcher with the Reds in 1931. also finished the season with an unbroken streak ot 286 consecutive errorless eh.

net s. This surpassed the lormer mark ot formerly held by Eddie Millei ot Boston. Holata Of Barons In Loop Lead iBv International News The first Cl ons will carry two Hockey Le te's scorers into their Service) Cl eland Bar of American most proficient battle with tral Catholic. Tuscarawas 50 1.000 Strasburg 40 1.000 1 .800 Dundee 3 2 .600 Midvale 23 .400 Port Washington ....22 Gnadenhutten ...........2 3 .400 Bolivar 1 3 .250 Mineral City 1 3 .250 Stone Creek 14 .200 Baltic 04 .000 TO Showdown For Yankees Looms New York. Dec.

24 (INS) The i the All-America Conference looked a troubled situation between NOTES: Woodv Hayes, football coach at Denison is in town for the holidays bee reoe'-h- ing the Big Red basketball reserves since the grid season ended. Referees Ray Scherrer of Massillon and Bill Holzworth of Louisville, who were here last Friday night to officiate the Akron Garfield game, both think the new four minute rule in basketball is a dud it makes them get home 30 to 45 minutes later after each ball game Bup Canton Bulldogs were surprised to find no soap when they showered at Dover after taking over the Crimsons last week the CHARGES TWO WITH SHOOTING TO KILL Cincinnati. O. Dec. 24 Ralph Smoky Maggard.

32 former profesional boxer and wrestler who new is manager of the Victory club cafe across the Ohio river from Cincinnati, today signed warrants charging two men with shooting to kill. The two charged were listed as Clarence Moore. 50, of Newport and Ernest Koonen. 41. Moore, who was shot and wounded in exchange of shots in front oi 'dub.

was in Speer hospital at Dayton. Ky, but refused to say who shot him Maggard said he believed the shooting was due to a with Moore, several- weeks ago. He charged the shots were fired at him as he was getting out of his automobile. The bullets struck the top and bottom of the club door. The Victorv club, formerly ihe Surf club, has been the scene of many fights and neighbors recently petitioned that it be closed.

Springfield Indians tomorrow at the Cleveland Arena. According to statistics released todav. Johnny Holota. flashy Baron center, holds the league scoring lead so far this season, while Right Wing Wendell Jamieson has cracked the select 22 goals top by one th total of his nearest opponent. Phantom Phil Hergesheimer.

a former Baron playing with Philadelphia. Hergesheimer. however, leads Johnny. and the rest of the circuit, in complete scoring by virtue of his 21 assists compared to Holota 15. eight goals this year raised him well above the shining 100-mark.

Prior to the present season, he had notched 98 tallies. two mates on the high-scoring first line. Bobby Carse and Pete Leswick. still rate high in league point-getting records. Carse has and Leswick 28.

Veteran Cleveland star Lou Trudel splits the pair with 20 RENS BOOKED FOR PREl TO REBELS Cleveland. Dec 24 ins -P: basketball will get an added lift in Cleveland Sunday at the Arena. I A1 Sutphin. president of the bin ice house, announced today the signing of two famed barnstorming quintets to engage in a preliminary clash to the Basketball Association of Ameren Fry between Cleveland and Chicago. The New York Renaissance, out- slading aggregation of Negro Stars and the Detroit Mansfields, 1945 winners of the professional cage tournament in Cleveland, are slated to clash in line with a new policy created by Sutphin to revive Cleveland basketball interest.

Sutphin declared the Rens-Mans- flelds battle will be the first of a series of professional preliminaries to the pro main events. Subscribe tor inr iialiv rimn It a i Mueller of the ineinuati Reds topped the eatehrrs with a mark of .991. catching Cincinnati's first 16 games in 146, Mueller extended Ins Na (tonal league eonseeqtlve game rreord for ratchets 233. A1 of Pittsburgh catch ing in 56 gam extended his own I all time major league record for gams caught to 1.861. Claud Chicago vet eran.

stretched IPs major league record streak of consecutive errorless chances for a pitcher to 275 before committing an errer May 28. streak covered a tot it of 145 games without a misplav. a National League mark for successive errorless ga mes. Al 'Huh St lm- nilion. op the St.

Louis Cardinals led the league's sec-md ba man in fie'dtng with a 984 aver i tv Km ov -k Cardi aK paced sa jtrrs of he circuit th a mark of 966 Sid ucion. of the York ants, topped fht outfielders with The rs were let! by Johnny Schmitz of the Cub-, who handled 61 chances without an eri i a perfect record. The Cardinals led In club fielding with a percentage of .989. and made the fewest errors, 124. Cincinnati executed the most double plays, 2 MlJ, Read The Dally Times Class Ads.

Basketball Scores cials Paul Cash. Dover boxing QUIT BASEBALL his football players. Perry Schwartz, Ace Parker and other stars of the team are dissatisfied with coaching methods and plan to quit the club. One player predicted that 50 per cent oi the squad would refuse to play with the Yankees next season. Dan Topping, owner of he club, Cincinnati, Dee.

24. Mi1, disclaimed all knowledge of the ler, "Mr. to Cincinnati dissension and stated that the end Boston fans, disclosed today nucleus of his 1947 club already is that he is quitting the game be signed and satisfied. cause of an ailing arms and his --------------------Inability to clout for a average. Tire 29 year old Redleg said he had asked Baseball sioner A.

B. Chadler to place him on the I voluntarily retired list. Miller, a former Brave, led National League shortstops in fielding for three seasons. He was chosen for three All-Star games. VOLS WON'T PLAY AGAINST NEGRO STAR arrange his boxing match between Wally Unsold and Ike Bell of Youngstown, brother of Tommy Bell it would have been a good holiday bill GNADEN VETS TRIM DENNISON TOP HATS The Gnadenhutten American Le gion basketball team won Its seventh straight game last night at College Washington 52.

Ohio State 46. Minnesota 68. Nebraska 58. Wisconsin 61. Southern California 56.

Indiana 74. Marquette 50. Iowa 76. Montana State 49. Kentucky 75.

Baylor 34. Oregon 81, N. Y. U. 65.

Manhattan 60, Dartmouth 46. Virginia Tech 55, Quantico Marines 39. Oklahoma A. M. 34.

St. 33. Bradley 56, Stanford 51. FEKETE BUY LICENSE TO WED Columbus, Dec. 24 foot- ball, particularly for the stars of a championship squad, is a pretty lucrative vocation.

However, even FORI) SAFETY FOR Brakes checked and King pirn checked for looaenes. Camber and caater of wheels checked. Wheel alignment toe-in checked. Steering mechanzapi checked and adjusted. Head and tail lamps inspected and corrected if necessary.

Windshield wipers checked for Horn inspected and adjusted if a necessary The best wish we can wish you this Victorious year is a Merry, Merry Christmas and a Happy, Happy New Year. THOMAS Recreation Parlor I 212 Wooster Avenue, Dover, O. Pittsburgh, Dec. 24. scheduled basketball game between Duqucsne University and the University of Tennessee was canceled He asked last night whenthe Dukes would not to be excused from last star assure the Vols that Charles Coopet clash because of his throwing arm.

freshman negro eager, would not He said he wouid enter pri vate play. i tr er business, but would not reveal the The game was wiped off the books 15 minutes before the teams were to take to the hardwood. Tennessee Coach John W. Mauer said he wrote Coach Chick Davies regarding negro players two weeks Gnaden. handing the Dennison Top, with the extra boffoes he earned in Hats a 56 30 defeat.

title came, Gene Fekete, The Legionnaires led at all stages! Cleveland Brown back, pay of the game with Billy Lockett and two dollars for his wedding license Eddie Kohl each getting 14 Columbus. Angelozzi got 12 to lead the Dennison team. In the preliminary the Gnaden seconds took the Port Washington church team over 50 15. Friday Fekete, S931 richer after his Sunday job. offered License Clerk George W.

Cock a $50-bill for the marriage certificate. Cook make change. fiancee, Miss Fred P. Potschner 33 YEARS A FORD DEALER New Philadelphia night the Legionnaires go to Dorothy H. Krick, paid the charge, i rodsville to take on the K.

of nature of his plans. ROSWELL VETS TO MFFT Rif I IARnSk receive an answer.1 HILtLil Maurer said a phone call to Davies' Summary: 56 Gnaden 2 Metzger 2 Lcckett Kail 4 E. Kohl 0 Kohl The Roswell Veto basketball team, was ij iored. Dennison 30 Bonamico 1 1 Ezzi 0 A. Pica 0 Angelozzi 5 N.

B'mica 2 0 Kilchenman Wanosik 4 With Broncho Rease and Leonard Simonetti pro football players, in the lineup will play the Ideal Billiards of Dover in the Roswell gym at 9 p. m. next Thursday. A preliminary will get under way at 7:30 ra. When there was no assurance, Mauer said, that the negro boy would not appear, his players told him they would not enter the contest.

24 8 Totals 12 6 Bato are the only native uaammals Tn Ntew Zealand. land BET YOUR BOOTS Erie. Gallagher of Erie has been using the same pair of bowling Aioes for 38 years A real, old-fashioned Christmas abounding with joy and happiness is our wish for you and yours this Christmas Season. TUSCORA Sports Center North Broadway MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR LINTZ Billiard Parlor Public Square burglt made (lie nmM i rrorv 181. I'he Nath na! Lragur lowered own record by .124 assists, and set new records for both Wit fir tin in rk Ot 97 41 and making fewest errors in a sea in, 1,259 POSTPONE YMCA CHURCH CONTEST! Bet repairs air lx made to the gym floor in Dover, the church le tgue b.

-ker- 11 gaira Will not be pfi.retl Iv'Xt Thursday night. Tn addition i floor repairs, r.ew fan-shaped bark- bo also baara installed. The 'stponod gain will be played at the end of the schedule. OPEN BOWLING the ASHWOOD RECREATION ALL WEEK Monday through Eriday Dial 251 si for GREETINGS NEIGHBOR! CY MARSHALL 1 Broadway Bowling Alley I Open on Christmas Day from 1:30 to 5 p. m.

and from 7 to II p. m. For Reservations Dial 35181. Ashwood Recreation.