The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 21, 1941, Page 5

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, ee John J. leita s Job As New York Boxing Chief sips Center Full Of ‘iaseai Too; nee eral’s. Honesty Goes Un- questioned, Even By Eviémies By SID FEDER AP Feature Service Sports Writer NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—The New York State Athletic Com- mission meets in august session on Tuesdays and Fridays, except on legal holidays and St. Patrick’s day, to diagnose the ills of boxing and wrestling. The commission's Major General John New York National tired, kee sry St. Pat- rick’s day. The ss of being a polcieman to boxing and wrest- ling to the contrary, notwith- standing, he marches each year in the parade up Fifth avenue by which New York's sons of Erin pay tribute to the man who chas- ed the snakes out of Ireland. Sometimes he’s in full uniform on a white horse, sometimes he’s on foot. But he’s in the parade every year. Probably only Mike Jacobs, the promoter, can equal General Phelan’s power in the boxing world today. Even General Phe- lan’s enemies—and there are more than one of them in the fis- tie fraternity—uphold his hones- ty as an official in the most maligned sport of them all. On the other hand, however, the portly, white-haired former ladies’ underwear manufacturer has been known to attack boxing problems with offensives that have not always been based on the shortest distance between two points. It was he and some of his colleagues who put their heads together and came up with the weighty decision which chased the Jack Dempsey-Gene Tunney super-colossal out of New York to Philadelphia. Long-Time Member | He~has been a member of the | athletic commission, either as a commissioner or on: the license committee, almost since the. Walker law set up the body of fisti¢e fathers in this ‘state two decades ago. He has been the cominission’s chairman since Jim Farley left in 1932 to help Frank- lin D, Roosevelt. In all that time, he has been a storm cneter, a target for the Tom, Dick and Harrys—even the guys named Joe—in the sport. In all those years, though, not one governor ever made a move to oust him. And now, state employ chairman, J. Phelan, Guard, he approaches 70, usual retirement age, he says he still is ready for a lot more—“they'll never get rid cf me till they put me out”. That particular statement is considerably simpler and clearer than the general’s usual explana- tions to sports write the writing gentlemen in: the general's method of speech is a form of doubietalk. He is just insistent that it is net. Gen, Phelan never was a bri turer, despite what some writers His business, he says, was ing ladies’ undergarments: ot out of it) Why? se women don't undergarments. any more”. Clesed Meetings A few y ago, the general disappeinted the semi-weekly visitors to the ate Building downtown by ordering the com- mission's meetings closed on the groun’ thet he was being queted”, Up to that time, in on those proceedings had pro vided boxing writers with their bierest ug’ Since then, of. fiein busin been carried 1 closed doors. The gen r issues a state at has happened Managers and prc appear before the sometimes let their the better of th matters with € th brs xers the wear “mis. on behin eral lat wt noters who tempers t m in discussing eral Phelan but Ives rarely be : Tag the middleweight champion, has been reprypanded once or t e, renligd; ‘Okay, boy. tor Little al Boxing A weight champio n get the gene tior and — VERMONT VISITOR THE KEY WEST CITIZEN FEMININE BOWLING STARS SCRAMBLING FOR VACATED TITLE CHAMPION IDA SIMMONS STEPPED DOWN AFTER SIX- YEAR REIGN; ‘PRACTICE’ HER ADVICE TO HOPEFULS LANDED SAILFISH K, H. Woolson, of Spring- field, Vi., was successful in bringing home a sailfish from his expedition Wednesday with Robert H. Hulswit, of East Grand Rapids, Mich., and Charles L, Hulswit, of Sul- fern, The specimen measur- ed 66” and weighed 40 pounds, Apparently, the warty ran into a school of sailfish, as Charles Hulswit had one hooked that got away with the line. ‘ Benjamin E. Tate, Jr., of Cincinnati, and his bride of a week, went. out on one of the charter craft Wednesday. Their biggest fish was a 32- pound barracuda. It was a good thina it was plenty dead when brcught in, because it slipped into the water when being landed on the dock and evaded all efforts of rescue with a hook. No swimmers on the dock volunteering to go in after it, the little assist- ant to the guide immediately took off shoes and socks only and dove overboard. In the meantime, the er- rant barracuda was drifting out to sea, but the boy swam out, hooked the fish and brought it back. No sooner was that accomplished than the wird carried a lady's hat to sea and in the boy dove again to retrieve the head piece. Yes, there was lots of fun at the Casa Marina dock Wednesday. BEARS, MARINES — FIGHT FOR LEAD RESULTS OF CAGE TWIN BILL TONIGHT WILL END FOUR- WAY TIE FOR FIRST Four-way tie for Island Basketball League leadership will be broken following the double- header at the High School Gym tonight.” Results of the twin bill will leave either U.S. Marines or C.G.C. Pandora Bears, or both, providing they win, in first place, dropping the remaining 600 clubs into runners-up position Pandora meets U.S. Army Red Devils in the opening battle’ and Leathernecks take on VP33_ in the afterpiece. A defeat for ei- ther or both of the knotted fives will send the down into third place. Army, vanquished cagers resting in the cellar, has nothing to lose and every thing to gain in its fight with the strong Bears. Soldiers defeated the Coast Guarders Monday night but bowed to the Airmen Wed- nesday evening by a margin. While it is Doughboys will ma attempt to one-point expected the a desperate swing the P. score in their favor, nod, Devil Dogs will be with thi ored shoul sitting Sol ment on , commission ‘ 1941 DIAMOND DUELS ens Feature Service) (Ansociated t Meer, the di City By BARTON PATTIE AP Feature Service Sports Writer RICHMOND, Va., Feb. 21.—Ida Simmons, buxom Norfolk, Va., blonde, has stepped down from the national women’s duckpin throne after a reign of six years, leaving of ranking fem- inine bowling stars engaged in a pin-by-pin battle for the crown. The National Duckpin Congress ruled that bowlers must roll with a score a sanctioned league to be eligible for national recognition and Miss Simmons countered: “You can’t eat the No. 1 rank- ing, but if you go around to the big sweepstakes and win four or five a year you the money to buy groceries. Right now, you can say I’m out to make money out of bowling. I have had to pass up numerous rich sweepstakes just to home and roll with my team’), Her advice to the ,bowling: be- ginner has always been “practice, «na more practice”. Hl Possible Successor | Miss Simmons, who at time or other has held levery world duckpin record for women, predicted that Lucy Rose, Ro: n, Va., veteran of y on the alleys and can use some stay one fourth ranking duckpin bowler in 1940, TO: would be her successor. The 1941 rankings will not be announced until July. Another strong competitor for to the duckpin queenship is Kathe ine Vivk, No. 2 bowler last year and U.S. all-events and doubles champion. Doris oo daughter of a Portsmouth, , orchestra leader, also is high- ly ‘regarded in the scrap for No. l honors. She began bowling two years ago and skyrocketed in 1940 to a rank of fourteenth na- tionally. HOME STATE GRIDDERS — FOR HOME STATE CLUBS (Re Associated Press) NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 21.—A veteran southern sports editor has come up with an idea to end ering about proselyting of college athletes. bid them to play outside the state were born. To show that his plan not “work a hardship on school” Fred Digby of the Orleans Item cited this Rose Bow! Nebraska Corahunecs as a team which got along with- out outside talent. for institutions in which they would any SPORTS CALENDAR BASKETBALL (High School Gym, 7:30 p. m.) TONIGHT Game—U.S. ‘andora, Game—U First Army _ vs. S, . Marines 3, MONDAY NIGHT Game—C.G.C. Cc Tub. First vs. Lions Second High School WEDNESDAY NIGHT ‘irst Game—Lions Club v: Marines nd Game—Hig Army WRESTLING WEDNESDAY NIGHT (Key West Arena. 8:30 p. m.) ton Streets STANDINGS Island City Basketball League (Se virtually seven |, Smith, beauteous 2l-year- , He would for- “end Pandora | OTT ae. TATA BOXING CARD NEXT FRIDAY; WRESTLING WEDNESDAY NIGHT Boxing matches at the Key West Arena next week: will be staged Friday instead. of Tuesday, Promoter Cecif Car- bonell announced today. John Swenski, junior héavy- weight wrestling champion from Chicago, and George Becker, former champ . from Pittsburgh, will head the year’s first wrestling match here next Wednesday night. The boxing programs will be staged each Friday in the future, with wrestling Wed- nesdays. SLPS SI SIS ISIS Today’s S Horoscope | Today’s nature is apparently calm and placid, but with an un- dercurrent of feeling and passion that may tend to the sensuous. Adversity, opposition, may awaken a desire that. will overcome obstacles. Your dizgosi- tion is by no means as weak as it often appears from its indif- ferences to affairs that interest people in general, roy or a little Subscribe to The guia 200, weekly. LEGALS this 30th Clerk of County, r, Deputy MAN, Complainant, vs. DIVORCE. ANNA. 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