Evening Star Newspaper, January 5, 1942, Page 19

PORTS. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1942. BPORTS A-17 Crack Bowlers Almost Shut Out as Evening Star Tourney Moves Into Stretch Gulli and Blakeney Only Aces So Far In Prize List Full Handicap System Subject of Debate Among Promoters By ROD THOMAS So far as the crack bowler is con- cerned, the 14th annual Evening Star Tournament, which drew the largest entry-fee field in the history of duckpins, close to 10,000 men and women, is a dud. ‘With the bulk of the army having fired, a checkup today revealed only two “name” bowlers among the leaders. Ed Blakeney, who qualified at the King Pin, is second in scratch sets among the men with 419 and Lor- raine Gulli, who rolled at the Lafay- ette, is third in women’s scratch sets with 365 and second in scratch games with 158. In the preliminary, Miss Gulli was the only recognized star of either sex to show prom- inently. She topped her fleld in scratch sets with 401. Between the time the tournament {s finished, next Saturday night, and next season bowling promoters here and elsewhere will debate thor- oughly the full handicap system,| given in The Star’s event its first | major trial. Man Bites the Dog. For the first time in the history | of duckpins the average and below- average bowler has been presented | an opportunity to shoot for bigtime prizes with a fair chance of collect- ing. In past Star tournaments a common plaint among them, even though a two-thirds handicap pre- vailed, was: “What chance have 12" Now the squawk comes from the other side of the fence. Says the star, “I'm locked out.” And so it appears. One must| delve deeply into the current stand- ings of both sexes in the tourna- ment to find familiar names, except- Ing those mentioned. | The explanation is simple. The expert bowler maintains a fast, even pace, with little chance of exceeding | it extremely. The “duffer” occa-| sionally performs “better than he| knows how” and with a full handi- | cap in such instances surpasses on the scoresheet any tally of which the star is capable. Duffers Surprise Selves. Virtually every bowler among the | leaders in The Star tournament has | expressed amazement. “Gosh,” they | exclaim, “I didn't know I could| shoot that well.” The tournament was designed to give the majority of bowlers a| “break.” The star, at little cost| with lots to be gained, will try his| fortune in any competition. The| “duffer,” most times, seeks merely not to be a sap. In this tourna- ment, it seems, he’s anything but. Only one regularly scheduled roll- i off is on tap this week. Woman qualifiers at Convention Hall will | shoot Wednesday night. Nearly all | other qualifiers of both sexes who haven't taken their turns are ex- pected to employ league sets for the | finel. | With the capital prizes of a $1.000 | Defense bond for men and a $500 | bond for women guaranteed, the complete list of awards will be made up following a meeting today of the Metropolitan Washington Duckpin | Operators’ Association, in which a | financial report will be submitted by the tournament treasurer, J. W. Wood. Alley managers are func- | tioning as tournament chairmen. Mann Stars at Brookland. Activity last night was light, Richard Mann, Brookland, probably | landed among the prize-winners with a set of 117—462. The Anacostia Spillway reported several promising scores, Margarett Hebert having 87—410; Edgar Michael, 99—459, and | Bernard Callan, 81—444. Tad Howard, proprietor of -the Rendezvous, announced today most of his qualifiers would count their league games this week in the tournament final. The Rendezvous eligibles: D. Arnold, Newback, Heath, J. Patrick, W. E. Bruder, H. B. Preehof, Chipouris, Rheese, Lewers, J. A. Manian, T. Meaney, Joe Horn- ing, Jack McMahon, Herbert J. Dedoff, A. M. Johnson, E. J. Lehey, Frank Mayer, Tangney, Dr. G. Bril- meyer, Flescher, Givins, E. J. Mur- ray, W. D. Doyle, Hogan, L. Phillips, Al Merach, Dr. A. Betz, Frank| Schrida, J. P. Wildman, J. S. Grimes, | H. Cooper, H. Hathaway, Pop Stilli, Jan Hunagan, Edward S. Smith, Wiliam Mesick and Edward Cos- tian, jr. Huber (Continued From Page A-16.) — scorer, he also is outstanding de- fensively and a good passer. Others on the probable starting team are Ted Thomaides and Bill Kelly, for- wards; Bob Hill, center, and Henry Lawler, guard. Coach Julian Colangelo at Cool- {dge probably will nominate as his starters Addy Bassin and Jim Shea or George Bartlett, forwards: Rich (Whataman) Waterman, center, and Bill Penn and Ralph Micheljohn, guards. Anacostia Appears Fair. For the Anacostia-Eastern fray Rolland Lund, who scored a notable success as football coach this sea- son at Anacostia, will be making his .interhigh debut as a cage mentor. | He has devoted most of his efforts so far to making his boys forget the fighting and plav better basket ball and it is likely this will be the best Indian cage team so far. With two tall boys, Elmer Leukhardt and Elliott Day, to work under the basket and John Penn and Nat Caponiti to do the potting from outside, the Indians should be able to make a fair showing against a favored East- ern team, especially with the ad- vantage of playing on their own floor. The Ramblers, however, have picked this as their year and are set to make a good start. Any team that has such players as George Pigott, Larry Capone, Mike Leib, Jim Brady and Yeil Craig is tough to stop. Coach Phil Fox has a crew of experienced ball handlers who have an uncanny way of getting the ball in scoring position and g good. Today a year ago—Yale dis- Misses Ducky Pond as head foot- ball coach and names Emerson W. Nelson, former Iowa star, as ‘pionship. CLICKS FOR LIONS—Here’s Alex Singbush (20), counting for the home guard in the first period of last night's American League hockey battle before 3,200 cash customers at Uline Arena. Eluding Eddie Shore (2), and hurtling the puck past Goalie Earl Robertson (1), 8ingbush set a fine example for his mates, but they falled to follow it, and Springfield won.—Star Staft Photo. Towering Playe By HAROLD can march through an average-s down the floor. Right now two teams in opposite | corners of the Nation—the Univer- city of Washington and Rhode Island State—apparently have a corner on the speed while mezza-, nine-peeping forwards and centers are common in all parts. ‘The Washington Huskies, early- season favorites for the Pacific Coast title Washington State annexed a year ago, have whirled through all their eight opponents and this week end go to Idaho University for a two-game series. Rhode Island State, traveling at | a 2-point-a-minute clip in its open- | ing three games, needed an extra | period to spill Fordham Saturday | night, 60 to 55. West's Basketers are Big. It is in the Middle West and the Southwest where the giants are | plentiful. Charles Halpert. the 6- | foot-10-inch center, helped his West | Texas mates to the Oklahoma City | tournament championship and now the enormous Buffaloes are en route to Illinois where equally potent Bradley Tech will be encountered Tuesday. Stanford on the West Coast is at- tracting attention with a line-up | that averages 6 feet 4 inches; Min- | nesota is dribbling along undefeated in the Big Ten; Iowa State relies | on 6-foot-7-inch Carol Schneider; Long Island has big Hank Beenders and George Washington offers | equally big Matt Zunic. To what advantage size can be used was demonstrated by Mike | Dougherty, 6-foot-6 pivot of the Loyola of Chicago squad, who helped his mates spill California by batting 'As Basket Ball Reaches Peak R. I. State, Huskies Add Speed to Height; Court's Giants Are Facing Busy Week Associated Press Sports Writer. NEW YORK, Jan. 5—After Dr. James Naismith tacked up those peach baskets at Springfield, Mass., and invented basket ball a half century ago rivals immediately classified it as a game for misfits. But today a coach labels his players as misfits only when they 50 slow that & rumor can beat them® rs Take Charge CLAASSEN, ized door without ducking or are away 11 potential California baskets. With, most of the globe trotting completed, the teams turn to family affairs this week. George Washington and Duke, two of the favorites in the Southern | circult, collide at Durham Saturday night. Tennessee, the Southeastern League choice and recent conqueror of Long Island, works on Alabama Friday and Mississippi Saturday. Minnesota is the guest tonight of Northwestern in a Big Ten fray. A. A, title holder last season, al ready has been clipped once and tonight is at Indiana, N. C. A. A. champ two seasons v ‘The two powerhouses of the Southwest circuit, Rice and Texas, also meet in the first week of the league season with the Longhorns at Houston Wednesday night. Okla- homa, only team to beat Kansas on the Jayhawk floor since the Pil- grims landed, will try to repeat the feat Tuesday in a Big Six contest. Colorado Still Unbeaten. Colorado, only unbeaten Rocky Mountain aggregation, entertains Utah PFriday. Wyoming, the de- fending champion, takes on the Utes the next night. Creighton, with big Ed Biesser still limping, is hurrying home from an Eastern excursion to defend its Missouri Valley circuit crown. The Eastern intercollegiate loop opens with Harvard host to Cor- nell on Priday and the Ithacans at Yale the next night. The New | York metropolitan battle starts Wednesday with City College op- posing St. John's and Manhattan tangling with New York University. | Golden Gloves Climax Bound fo Provide Thrills Friday Crack Group of Seniors After Crowns; Novices To Fill Eight Bouts The magical words, a “trip to New York,” will spur on 16 seniors in the final round of the Golden Glbves boxing tournament Friday night at Uline Arena, while as many more; novices will battle it out for the medals at stake in their division and the glory of winning & cham- The most successful amateur tournament staged in the District,| Friday's session is expected ‘to be a fitting climax to the big show. Eight bouts are scheduled in bqth‘ senior and novice divisions and the finest mitten-manipulaters in town will be on the firing gline, Such names as those of Lew Han- bury, Dan Petro, Tony De Foto, Nick Latsios, Red Vernon, Lew Pavone, Charley Maimone, Reno Workmen, Dick Mullens, Henry Ragsdale and Charley Petro, are expected to lure a record-breaking crowd to the arena for the championship round. Five Tied in Bike Race MILWAUKEE, Jan. 5 (®—Five teams remained tied for the mileage lead and the brother squed of Doug and Torchy Peden were out in front on points as Milwaukee's ninth in- ternational six-day bicycle race 'Weird, Wacky Rassle | only sideshow accessories lacking in Bowls 56 Hours; Averages 133 By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5.—Frank Stiller started bowling at mid- night Thursday and stopped last night, claiming & non-stop mark of 56 hours. Once previously he had bowled 53 hours 29 minutes, he said. His total for 56 hours was 325 c;nlx;. with an average score of E Show Listed Tonight At Uline Arena A little straw on the floor and & coneful of cotton candy are the the weird and wacky mat show scheduled tonight at Uline Arena. The first what-you-may-call-it is scheduled at 8:30. Martin Levy, the corpulent char- acter whose claim of being the heav- lest performer on the circuit is un- disputed, is featured in a match with lithe, graceful Pierre DeGlane, but another eyefiller is the duel between Mustafa Hamid, the arrogant Arab from Brooklyn, and King Kong Marshall. A novelty, first-time-shown of- fering is the free-for-all between four women. Hanka Kavetzka, Grace Costello, Helen Smith and Frances Corrigan are the principals. Other matches include George Becker vs. Ivan Komaroff, Barnéy passed the 58-hour mark today. Shifting the playing of home games from Friday to /Sunday nights, Manager Mack Posnack of the Washington Brewers pro basket ball team also announces that ladies’ night, introduced last week, will be continued again for next Sunday’s tilt at Turner’s Arena against the New York Jewels. Ladies accompanied by escorts will be admitted free. The Brewers now are tied for second place with the Philadelphia Sphas, two games be- hind Wilmington's Blue ) Successor. N The Sphas pulled up to this tie with " Ladies’ Night, Sunday Dates 'Are Continued by Brewers & victory over Washington last Sat- urday i : ‘Wisconsin, loop champion and N. C.| " [} 5 Eagles Stay in Race For Hockey Crown By Topping Orioles Now Have Good Chance To Shatter Olympics’ Hopes of Laurels ‘The Eastern Amateur Hockey League is enjoying its hottest race in several seasons, what with Johns- town, New York and Boston sep- arated by no more than a point, and the Washington Eagles are eager to hop off the fringe into the midst of the excitement. For defending champions, the Eagles have been treated rather rudely, but that 6-2 trlumph over the Orioles last night at Baltimore could mean Washington is preparing to whittle the 10-point gap between Johnstown's first place and the Eagles’ fourth place. Eagles Punish Olympies. ‘The situation is such that Johns- town, New York and Boston may exchange the lead almost nightly. Boston's Olympics, for instance, can grasp the lead tomorrow night at Riverside SBtadium by beating the Eagles providing the Atlantic City Sea Gulls accommodate by whipping Johnstown. Despite the Olympics’ lofty status, though, Washington has been doing all right against Boston. Three times the clubs have faced this sea- son and the Eagles own two victories and a tie. Only once in two seasons, in fact, have the Olympics beaten the Eagles, Washington winning nine games, losing one and tying three with Boston last season. ‘The Olympics, however, are in top form, as evidenced by their 3-2 victory over the Rovers before a | record season crowd of 14,132 fans yesterday at Madison Square Gar- den. In Center Ray Chaisson they will be importing orle of the league's five leading scorers and in Goalie Vic Polich they possess the league's | smoothest net protector. Hallowell Leads to Victory. ‘Washington could toss a wrench into the Olympics’ pennant hopes, for on Wednesday night the teams again will face at Boston. It was Odie Hallowell, one of the Eagles’ more promising players, who sparked Washington to its triumph over the Orioles. Odie scored three goals and otherwise conducted him- self in stylish fashion as Washing- ton grasped a 3-0 lead and coasted to an easy win. Regal Soccers Held To Tie by Waldorf Regal Clothier téam finishes in first place and undefeated in the first-half schedule of the Washing- ton-Suburban Soccer League, but it was a close call yesterday when the lowly Waldorf team almost turned in an upset and finally ended with a 2-2 tie. This game at Waldorf was the only one played yesterday, two others being postponed because of muddy flelds. Waldorf held a 2-0 lead at the half on goals by Harold Cooksey and Robert Living, but in the second half George Guntow tallied twice for the leaders to earn the deadlock. Sports Mirror B3 the Associated Press. Three years ago—Diz Dean, his arm pronounced O. K., signs Cub contract for one year at $20,000, Sports Program For Local Fans TODAY. ‘Wrestling. Weekly program at Uline Arena, 8:30. school series), 3:30. Eastern at Anacostia (high school series), 3:30. St. John's at Wilson, 3:30. Washington-Lee at Bethesda- Chevy Chase, 8. Hocker Boston Olympics vs. Washing- ton Eagles, Riverside Stadium. Big C. U. Track Meet 'May Be Sent Back 'To Brookland Contract Difficulties With Uline Arena Hit At March 14 Event A possible return of the annual | Catholic University indoor games to the Cardinal’'s home gymnasium was envisioned today as plans for staging | & second meet at Uline Arena struck | & snag. | Scheduled March 14 on s scale | more elaborate than ever attempted, official announcement of the date has been held up by the reluctance of Manager Lee Perrin of the arena to sign the usual papers giving the school the right to that date. It was learned today that Dorsey Griffith, director of the meet and at Catholic U, have been trying since late November to get a signed contract after obtaining verbal agreements from both Perrin and Mike Uline for the use of the arena. Now it develops that Uline has asked that the terms of last year's contract be rewritten before afixing his signature, but the school offi- clals above LaFond may veto such s move and order the games re- turned to Brookland. The two were to meet today in an effort to iron out the matter and probably com- promise. One of the major indoor meets in the east and the only track event slated for Washington this winter, the C. U. games occupy a prominent position on the city’s winter sports calendar. They followed last year by the Washington A. A’s first annual games, but that organization 'apparently has abandoned plans for a second meet, thereby leaving the fleld to the Cardinals. Griffith already has been busy lining up nationally prominent tal- promises from numerous stars that included such famous runners as Greg Rice, Walter Mehl, Gene Ven- ske, Mel Trutt and Forrest Efaw as well as the cream of the collegiate talent. Bear Quint Triumphs Over Crescents, 37-30 ‘Washington Bears, colored pro basket ball outfit, is sailing along with & record of four successive victories, the latest coming last night at Turner’s Arena over the Philadelphia Crescents, 37-30. ‘Wilmeth Sidat-Singh and Tarzan Cooper paced the Bears’ assault with 12 and 10 points, respectively. The game also was featured by three good shots by Jackie Bethard. Eddie LaFond. director of athletics | ent for the games and has received | they will appear. Last year's show | Hockey Lions in Scoring Slump (Griffith Honor Guest Face Rough Going This. Week (As Hoya Five Plays ) Three Most Troublesome Foes to Be Met; Loss to Indians Is Third Straight By BURTON HAWKINS. ‘With a flourishing losing stre: have accumulated only four goals, the Washington Lions are view- ing the immediste future with no great measure of glee. There is no assurance the club will'apply the brakes in the next few evenings Pty Wit and thus prevent the short string of setbacks developing into complete embarrassment. In the midst of their worst scor- ing slump of the season, the Lions have a faint conception of an eve- ning in Paris. As offensive threats they've been blacked out and they've discovered their American Hockey League foes aren’t above kicking 'em around while they’re down. ‘That 4-1 loss to Springfield last night at Uline Arena boosted the Lions’ chain of defeats to three games, but that isn’t the worst of it. In the next seven nights the Lions are booked for three engagements they would prefer to cancel. Lions Lack Power on Road. On Thursday night they will en- tertain, if that's the word for it, the New ,Haven Eagles, runnerup to Springfield in the Eastern division. Prince Georges Club Manager’s Post Is Taken by Fisher Nine Governors Named By Organization, Six Yet to Be Chosen Joseph A. Fisher, well-known club manager who handled the man- agerial reins at Kenwood for three years, is the new manager of the Prince Georges Golf and Country Club, formerly Beaver Dam. Fisher took over the post today. The an- nouncement was made by Al Hough- ton, president of the new organiza- tion. The men who financed the deal | which transferred the old Beaver Dam organization to the new Prince | Georges Club group are Lewis and CUff M. Eisele, Washington indus- | trial bankers. The Eisele brothers have been Kenwood members for | several years. Nine Board Members Named. Houghton announced the appoint- ‘ment of nine members of the Board | ak of three games,.in which they Saturday night Washington will be playing at Springfield and on Sun- day night Providence will invade Uline Arena. Providence has been unkind to the Lions, no worse than & tie and two triumphs in three previous meetings with ‘Washington. The real reason for the Lions’ fourth place status among Eastern division teams nestles in the fact Washington trembles at the sight of & choo-choo. Trains out of Union Station have been carrying the Lions from the frying pan to the fire, for on the road Ching Johnson's club has won only three games, lost eight and tied two. The Lions have lost six of their last seven games on the road. There isnt much hope of as- sistance from the Lions’ National League affiliate, Les Canadiens. That 10-0 defeat Les Canadiens ab- sorbed from the Detroit Red Rings last night would indicate Montreal is having troubles of its own in| the National League basement. Les | Canadiens would appreciate aid from the Lions, but at the moment that would be akin to Mussolini rushing troops to Russia. The bat- tered Lions chiefly are interested in saving themselves. Put Up Stirring Scrap. Les Canadiens have shipped Win- ger Murphy Chamberlin to the Lions, but at first glance he doesn’t | seem to be the tonic Washington | requires. He may be better when he skates himself into condition, but last night at least he wasn't | awe-inspiring. | The Lions, though, aren't playing | dull hockey. They gave the Indians a stirring scrap despite the score. | Some 3,200 customers remained for | the finish, anyway, in a battle that | ‘was rough and fast from the open- | ing whistle. i Defenseman Alex Singbush staked the Lions to & 1-0 lead early in the | first period, but less than four minutes later Springfield locked the score on a neat shot by Doug Lewis. | Bill Summerhill and Lewis boosted | the Indians into a 3-1 lead by the | end of the second period and Max | Kaminsky tilted the score to its final proportions with a goal in the | third period. . ‘of Governors of the new club, and | said six more members to round out | & 15-man board will be chosen at & general club meeting Thursday night. Already appointed’to the board are the following: Robert Sher- | wood, Jerry Burch, Forrest Thomp- | son, E. B. Heimer, Clarence E. | Purdy, Charles Claggett, Jesse Bag- | gett, C. B. Hartman and Arthur Keefer. After the election of new | members, the board will name com- mittees and chairmen for 1942. Declaring that Prince Georges will | remain a private club in every par- ticular, Houghton said 25 new mem- bers have come into the organiza- | tion during the last two weeks, bring- | | ing the membership up to a total of about 250. Alton Rabbitt, well | known for his work with the United | States Golf Association Greens Sec- | tion, will aid the greens force in an | advisory capacity and Houghton | plans many changes on the course, | including & complete tee rehabili- | tation program. ‘Open Tourney Is Planned. Houghton firmly believes Wash- ington is going to have a renewed | golf boom in 1942 and is making his plans accordingly. Among other items he hopes to stage a big open tournament sponsored by the Middle | Atlantic P. G. A, this year. Thef | tourney will be open to amateur | linksmen and will carry a respect- | able purse for the professionals. It | will be similar, he said, to the Wash- | ington Open championship, held in | 1941 at Indian Spring. But plans for the 1942 competitive season, he | | added, must refain flexible and will | depend on war conditions. | be one of the top pro golfers of this | sector and biggest money winner in 1940. He will compete in many of the pro affairs around the Capital. Gridiron Title Claimed By U Street Lions A clear claim to the colored foot- ball championship of Washington now is held by the U Street Lions team, following their win over Wil- low Tree eleven, 6-0, in the Punch Bowl clash yesterday at Green Val- ley, Va. A 70-yard march in the third pe- riod earned the only score, with Reds Briscoe passing to Sterling Payne for the marker, EXPLORERS ARE HONORED—Making their final court appearance with Columbus U., which Sat- urday had its four-game winning streak snapped by undefeated Marshall College, Joe Essex and Athol Ellis were presented with shaving kits to use while serving in Uncle Sam’s Navy. Left to right are shown John R. Fitspatrick, former dean of the law school; Essex, Representative Jen- nings Randolph of West Virginia, who made the presentation; Ellis and Ben Kall, Columbus basket ball coach. A ~—Star Staft Photo. % Olympic Star Houghton, of course, happens to | Track World Mourns Loss of Sheppard, Twice 1,500-Meter King, Me] Was Noted Sports Official for Years By the Associated Press. | NEW YORK, Jan. 5—The world | of track and fleld today mourned the passing of one of its most illustrious stars, Mel Sheppard, Olympic champion in 1908 and 1912, who died suddenly early yesterday morning at his Bayside, N. Y., home. | Sheppard’s name was synonymous with middle distance running after he won the 1,500 meters champion- ship in the 1908 Olympic games at London. He repeated in the 1912 games at Stockholm, Sweden. Active in amateur athletics, track particularly, until the day of his| death, Sheppard was a director of | the Millrose A. A. and an outstand- | ing track official who helped direct or officiate all of the East's big in- door meets. He had just returned | from a meeting of the Milirose A. A. where plans for its forth- coming meet had been discussed when he collapsed and died. Sheppard first attracted attention in sports at Brown Preparatory School in Philadelphia where he blossomed into a top-flight track- man. In 1904 he captured the half-mile run for schoolboys at the 8t. Louis World Exposition, a' feat that stamped him as material for the next Olympic squad. Born September 5, 1883, he at- tended the University of Penn- sylvania and saw Army service on the Mexican border Before the first ‘World War. During that conflict he :zed as captain at Fort Shelby, Sheppard is survived by his widow, Estelle Simon, to whom he was married 34 years; a son, Melvin Sheppard, jr, a track and cross- country star at Princeton before his graduation in 1932; a daughter, d)l; Adelaide Kohler of San Fran- Funeral services will be held to- morrow evening at Bayside, with burial Thursday morning at Cam- den, N. J. Schoolboy Grid Rules Draft Awaits Line On ‘41 Injuries By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, Jan. 5.—Waliting for ke Care of Thot Cold RIGGS TURKISH BATHS 5. GO S N-W... & Rams Thursday Nects’ Owner to Toss Up; - Basket Ball Opening Old Rivals’ Battle Georgetown University will pay tribute to one of its oldest and stanchest friends in W: n ‘Thursday night when it clashes with Fordham at Riverside Stadium in- the first basket ball game between. the two to be played here in more than 15 years. » Clark Griffith, sage of the ball park, has been invited to toss up the first ball seriding the old Jesuit rivals into action and has accepted. Griff is regarded as sort of an hon- orary alumnus on the Hilltop be~ cause of the helping hand he hag stretched out to the Hoyas on every occasion. This game is regarded as one of the most important on Georgetown’s schedule and Grad- uate Manager Rome Schwagel deemed it fitting that the occa- sion should be used to honor Grife fith, Triple Bill Offered. Georgetown also is lifting a page from Madison Square Garden's book to round out a gala evening, booking two 100-pound quintets from the Parochial League for the third game on the triple-header, Sacred Heart and St. Matthew's mites will play the first half of their game between halves of the George- town Frosh-Gonzaga High School game and the second between halves of the varsity contest. In Fordham, the Hilltoppers will meet a high-scoring outfit that is averaging a fraction under 56 points a game thus far. The Rams suf- fered their third defeat of the sea=- son last Saturday night at the Gare den, bowing to Rhode Island State's undefeated tossers, 60-55, in an overtime game, but its stand is indicative of its potency. Until Capt. Dick Fitzgerald and Mex Loeffler left the game late in the final period. Fordham had mat- ters under control, but their de- parture was the signal for a Rhode Island rally that upset the Rose Hill applecart. Much credit for the Rams’ stand goes to Coach Ed Kel- leher, who dipped back into the musty history of basket bell's earli- est days for the gray-bearded two- guards-back defense that slowed down the victor's break-neck pace and enabled Fordham to hold the upper hand most of the way. Big Test for Two Coaches. Kelleher, recognized as one of the smartest cage mentors in the Eest, will be a worthy test for Coach Ele mer Ripley’s strategy and court obs servers expect the Ram chief fo pull a surprise or two on Rip. Fordham has three men who rank with the elite in Manhattan scors ing ratings with 50 points or more to their credit. Tony Karpowich, flashy sophomore, paces the pack with 86—seventh highest in New York’s metropolitan area—while Loeffler has 54 and Fitzgerald 50% —LFA Old Rivals Lewis, Steele On Same Mat Bill Again Pat Praley, one of the most con- sistent rasslers appearing at Tur- ner’s Arena, is back again. Billed as the “Pighting Irishman,” hé tangles with Ray Steele, handsome California grunt artist, in one ‘of the two feature bouts on Thursday night's card. Sharing the spotlight is % (Strangler) Lewis, one-time wo: champion, against Stanley Pinte. The appearance of both Steele anj Lewis on the same card sf Promoter Joe Turner's memory of the time these two fought in Chi- cago before a $25000 gate for the world title, won by Lewis. Two Still Undefeated In Parochial League Basket Ball Race Still undefeated, Sacred Heart and St. James remained tied for first place in the Gonzaga division of the Parochial School Basket Ball League. Both advanced with easy victories yesterday as Sacred Heart turned back St. Gabriel's, 21-5, and St. James won over Blessed Sacra= ment, 25-10. In other Gonzaga division games, St. Aloysius nosed out Holy Name, 21-17; 8t. Anthony routed St. Michael's, 21-9, and St. Joseph'y and Lady of Lourdes worked to &n 8-8 tle. Four games were played in the 8t. John's division. St. Stephen topped St. Peter, 19-14; St. John's won over Immaculate Conception, 10-6; 8t. Martin's defeated St. Thomas, 19-14, and St. Matthew's downed Nativity, 38-11. Five years ago—Travis Jackson accepts terms to manage Jerséy City of International League for three years at lpproxi.mnuy CLOTHING © JEWELRY * DIAMONDS