Show 1 THE 2A O0D1N (UTAH) STANDARD-EXAMINE- R Boise Broncos Slip by SUNDAY MORNING JANUARY 20 1952 jieMMBSleg1h' By Morrie Levy I guess my only claim to sports fame is the world record I hold— 1 had one professional fight was kayoed and quit And in spite of it all boxing is my favorite sport My friends know I love the Ing game and do I nave taKe a lot of kidding — what with Joe Louis retiring Rex Layne on comeback and the like You see I weigh 105 pounds wringing wet Sure I think boxing is a great but the thrills I cherish are Sme that come from among the d amateurs Right now I am to be helping oh next Tuesday's polio fund boxing show — and I say "privileged" because It's a grand experience to be able to help some unfortunate child who might otherwise be condemned to a fife of steel leg braces and iron box-- — mi MHMi-v:v- Sa xiRnaab £aal 3£spsav W: &' privi-Jgfji- ' fc S" :wS SXiaaaaSsiSr W&Ss&i&MMx lungs Morrie Levy Is of Morrie's Men's owner-operat- 328 shop street He is chairman of arrangements for the Twenty-fift- h fund boxing show at Berthana Tuesday night Mr Levy married Sylvia Pepper daughter of a prominent Salt Lake physician They reside with their sen Baddy age S at 1444 Lake street Now let me tell you about this amateur boxing Somebody has called it the manly art of self defense It's more than that You have to see these young men fight their hearts out see! them rally on rubber legs while! a crowd cheers them on And then watch the loser throw his arms around the guy who has beaten his face to a pulp Boxing will teach a brand of sportsmanship you'll never see elsewhere If there is any question about boxing's best show I'll tell one BOlio Morrie Levy My interest in boxing didn't wane after my pro career ended so abruptly I' became "sports chairman for B'nai Brith at the Multnomah Athletic club in Portland My brother Joe Levy is a prominent sports figure in Portland He was quite a boxer having met Fidel LaBarba Billy Mascott Tommy O Ryan and others You might be interested in learning that because my brother hasn't been blessed with any children he recently adopted two Irish boys and named them Brick and Bobby This love of boxing runs in the family Brother Joe has done a lot of the things for amateur boxing I hope to accomplish for our local lads And meanwhile let's jam Berthana Tuesday night ' and all that they'll get a hundred thrills on one ticket ltd the polio fund show Vou ask where I came from? I was born in Astoria Ore way back in 1910 On Christmas day What a touch! break I've never received a birthday present these many years Thank goodness for Santa Claus! In order to consummate the deal the league will pay Dan Topping of the New York baseball Yankees $200000 in settlement of his contract with Collins The sum will be paid off in $25000 annual New York Grid er Team Bought By Dallas Man installments When NEW YORK Jan 19 (UP) — Commissioner Bert Bell of 'the National Football league announced tonight that owner Ted Collins has aold his New York Yanks franchise to the National Football league for transfer to Dallas Bell said that Collins was paid $100000 for the franchise by the NFL The commissioner would not Identify the Dallas purchaser who will assume control of the Yanks franchise beyond rewriting to him aa "Mr X" 'If 'Mr X' does notj wfish to take over the franchise there: aje 10 others in Dallas who are perfectly willing to do so" Bell said T Bell would not disclose the financial arrangements under which the Dallas purchaser! would take over the franchise from the league JJ t his 10-ye- ar $90-00- in New York leaving Collins and his Yanks with the less attractive dates Owner Tim Mara of the Giants steadfastly refused to budge from his right to the choice of six playing dates in New York i Q only 1 transferred I1 In one of the highlights of the current basketball season Weber college will play the Mexico City YML A squad on Monday at eight pm in the Weber college gymnasi- tion The Mexico "Y" team also brought the first American squad to Mexico to play in 1933 and they were also the first Mexican team to invade the United States for a basketball series also in 1933 Until 1950 the team was composed oi men who had finished their university training and played ball only as a hobby But at that time Coach Carlos Bru decided that he could improve his teams brand of ball by playing students between the ages of 17 and 22 He reports that his team spirit and desire to win increased after this The nickname for the Mexicanos is "The Red Devils" Last season they played a 19 game schedule ' winning 13 and dropping six The Mexican basketball season is different from that in the United States The equivalent of their "summer vacation" runs from December until February The regular backetball season in Mexico commences in August and is completed by the tirae U S teams get underway with their regular seasons play Coach Bru will bring a 14 man squad to Ogden to test Reed Swen-son"Wildcats" Bru is 22 years old and doubles as coach and player for his team He plays at both the forward and guard spots In 1947 he played against Weber college for the University of Mexis" co (V DENVER j ilk $2755 Round " sbbbbIsL IjPj is WKssm- BJJJJJJJJSBb Bradley 65 Detroit 59 Penn State 52 Pitt 45 Penn 72 Dartmouth ML Holy Cross 79 Tufts Z Kpeshington Geneva HJBJi' NBNBssfe--Js- BSSsSJ BBBSm ' BlV fflUk-- mtM - JH ' 3Be Oberlin 71 Otterbein 53 St Anselm's 63 New Hampshire 59 Missouri 44 Colorado 41 Virginia State 83 Morgan S 76 ooum Carolina 71 Virginia T 60 Texas college 65 Prairie View 5l! Ohio U 71 Toledo 6fl Kansas State 76 Iowa State 58 Morningside 72 North Dokota Yanks Reduce Full Fistic Slate Announced For Polio Fund Program Farm Clubs In Minor Loops Tuesday Night at Berthana (Muskegon) Canadian - American (Amsterdam N Y) Ohio-Indiana (Newark Ohio) and Georgia-Al- a bama (LaGrange Ga) in addition San Francisco of the Pacific coast league was dropped but Olean N Y of the class D Pony ieague was added "The Yankees who once had a farfh system covering 22 leagues have found that to manpower that many clubs the scouts often lowered their sights as to quality" Weiss' statement said In this direction the general manager said the world champions High individual: Vance Mitchell have been expanding rather than 481 Billy Olsen 454 Myron Olsen decreasing their scouting efforts 452 "The recent addition of such well High single game individual: My- known scouts as Pat Patterson in ron Olsen 172 Billy Olsen 170 the midwest Frank O'Rourke in vance Mitchell 162 the east and Bill Harris in the High team series: Hooks 1578 Carolinas as well as the return of Bill Skiff to a scouting portfolio Bedposts 1532 Team high game: Bedposts 556 are ample indications that the Yankees will leave nothing unBedposts 541 done which might turn up hot Yankee prospects" Weiss declared that when the farm system contained 22 teams more quantity than quality was State 69 HI Navy Pier 47 George liams 46 Knox 72 Coe 67 Ford ham 74 Army 70 er a heated desire to win "Every one of them is a world champion in his own estimation and until he learns differently he'll fight like all heck to win" Red continued "One thing which makes me keep in the amateur game is the willingness of these youngsters to keep fighting They never know when they're licked They'll come out charging even though they are rubber-legge- d and somehow always seem to muster strength for a closing rally- - "a "You have to hand it to these amateurs to provide a fight even if they forget all about defense in the process "The boys will fight hard for victory and fight harder knowing the cause is a good one" the matchmaker concluded While every bout is a potential With Golden Gloves A A U and main event and may walk off with other such fight tournaments ap- the action honors three contests the Tuesday polio pro- seem to merit proaching attention gram is- giving the fighters an Clyde Sneddon latest and added opportunity to sharpen for of the fighting Sneddon these tourneys will be in the livery of the A!r-icaMatchmaer Taylor said that be is Legion He has been booked having difficulty in reducing the against Omar Amador tf the state to of numbers available boys the school Sneddon has the trophies scheduled number of contests En- to for his efforts and Amador tries will positively participate hasshow of the being a reputation from Ogden Elks stable American and battler rugged They'll swing Legion Ogden Ford Sales Salt somebody is going down! Lake Rotary Boys club State InOgden Ford Sales will back Ray dustrial club and independents Westmoreland the slugging from surrounding towns and the Hugh Jacobs against also American Lewar bases of the area Jacobs is rated as strong The matchmaker said that the gion contender for state championships are in excellent condition fighters in the class this year and coupled with their interest is He'll have a rough go against the Ford entry Fred Gallegos rated as probGil McDougald and Tom Morgan ably the best boy his weight in the graduated to she Bronx Bombers state will take on Toby Salazar last spring will be held again at Lake Wales Fla starting Feb 15 also Salt Lake Rotary Boys club It will be in charge of Casey Sten- Salazar is given a good chance to rounds fights and every one will be just that — with Utah's Rex Layne throwing in his personal services as referee Chairman Ken Mayne and Matchmaker Red Taylor expect a great evening of fistic thrills Layne is on a comeback which he hopes will land him atop the heavyweight heap He said the cause of the polio fund is as important as any he has ever aided Annual Affair This big annual amateur show is being sold upon its own merits Chairman Mayne declared' "There will be fighting all the way a mi no person will leave Berthana arena Tuesday night without having experienced a lot of thriUs" The program is a timely one Forty-tw- o pre-fig- - ht fight-inge- " st n 135-pou- turned up "The net result was the acquisition pf too many players who were not regarded even by the Yankees upset Gallegos as majors Under gel and his Yankee coachea league prospects This is the 1952 Yankee farm current streamlined set up the talent-seekeon the Yankee staff system: are seeking players who appear to Kansas City American associaBeaumont have a Yankee uniform in their tion Texas league rs trouble-shooter- Minute to Go and Bingo He Wins CHATTANOOGA Tenn Jan 19 AP — Robert Lovingood came off the bench and calmly assumed the hero's mantle as second district center beat Fort Cheatham in a Midget league basketball game today Baldwin Wallace 69 Case 56 West Virginia 87 Waynes-bur- k HeJ5 6:50 Ar Denver 6:15 HotJ tv Denver 8:10 Ar Ogden 7:55 pm PONY EXPRESS g lv Oqden Ar Denver am 7:10 8:00 ttUna em am U Ar Ogden tidto 23Ni ami Denver Offies Wihini am pm 200-met- 5:35 pm 6-3- S 8m ---- UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD Available n cans one-wa- y no steit-ebottles s deposit regular and jumbos and on tap j 0 0 0 area 0 0 0 0 Total aaioss4 quarter: by M nan W U Brownies Book 41 Night Games er :3s - 135 i Davis Cuppers Tell Reasons For Snubbing Young Ace Money f or Aussie Gets Talk By Stanley Woodward NEW YORK Jan 19 (Special to The Standard-Exam-iner)In one day two branches of the lawn tennis dynasty contrived to put the game back on the sports pages for the first time since Australia successfully defended the Davis cup — against the United States 9 In New York Frank Shields captain of the United States team made a deft defense of his failure to employ the services of Dick Savitt in the Cup singles In Australia the tennis fathers with the noteworthy exception of Sir Norman Brookes were busily engaged in raising many thousand pounds for presentation to Frank Sedgman victorious Anzac player on the occasion of his approaching marriage to Miss Jean S pence The Anzac fathers are taking this measure with the idea of permanently The gift amateurizing Sedgman will make him the most valuable tennis player pound for pound in the world Defenda AcUen Shields' defense of his action in Savitt Wimbledon and Australian champion in favor of Ted Schroeder and Vic Seixas in the Cup singles was deft The only to beat Sedgman Shields stated rt was by playing a game and volleying against him Schroeder and Seixas were better at this kind of game than Savitt' Incidentally Schroeder who came out of retirement to make the trip to Australia had defeated Savitt in 18 of practice sets For the moment Mr Shields is safe behind his bulwark of rationalization even though Savitt is the only American who ever beat Sedg-matn a big tournament (Australian championship final 1951) The only trouble is that Savitt remained in Australia to defend the title and if he should beat Remov front KI$ aeon impact and repack your a Wnil btonngs ond inpct Inipsct broli drown 4 Cam and odd brake fluid 5 Adjust broke (hoes to seuiiatlaW contact with drumi 9 CarervSy REGULAR Hydraulic ofton brakes 450 m VALUE ANY MAKII 'iStftV FAVORITE OF THE INTERMOUNTAIM REGION 2304 WMfcrnfton Bird Distributed by Wasatch Distributing Company 0 in 1 - Rating J MUler Offictali: Andrews and Kahbnrn Years GET A 1 1 1R g 14 e S 4 0 Apart ST LOUIS Jan 19 (AP)— Club ALBANY N Y (NBA) — Ralph Owner Bill Veeck today announced Craig who won the 100 and the St Browns have schedevents at the 1912 Olympic uled 41 Louis night contests for Sportsgames was a member of the 1948 man's Park 1952 season U S Olympic team as an alternate —the most during the ever schednight games in yachting uled by the Browns at home ' "ift: ' mf V j£ 1 WESTBOUND Iv Ogden Scor Weber BRAKE SPECIAL LOUIS Lowder Lawrence Tech 75 St Joseph's 67 William and Mary 86 Richmond 70 2 EASTBOUND t9 - 1 4 11 3 8 9 Tottens S Dicker 14 4 8 Bymu 40 4 9 9 0 0 0 0 Brown 0 0 10 Thackery 4 distinguished by its aeon CONVENIENT SCHEDULES tftl Budge (Pa) A beverage of moderation crisp taste Gilbert f S Mullinif S 1r gram r 4 Butler 9 9 8 0 Hadfield n L - 19 Wilkeaaone T 1 IT S 57 36 'r 43-4- Wekcr four-cou- Saturday Sunday or Monday Return within 25 days Stop over privileges No limit on number in party Children under five years of age free five and under 12 years half these low fares CITY OF ST XJdlw aCTrP f£La 5 0 0 0 assipx Balltff a 1 By Matt B Wyse Crash of fisted-leathMarines 76 Wanhinstnn thrown out the window—that's the fight fare Tuesday night & Quantico Lee 58 at Berthana arena as the Polio fund stages its annual amateur Central State college 91 Wilmington college 59 boxing program M' North Carolina cVm"ovm — State 71 of any Friday STREAMLINER Wil- St John's OtY) 54 St Francis taws 36 Michigan 50 Michigan State 36 Niagara 77 John Carroll 62 upon a charging target —science Kentucky 65 Tennessee 56 Binghampton N Y Eastern league Weiss said Skiff Johnny Neun Norfolk Va Piedmont Qui new and Burleigh Grimes would have 111 Three-1- : Joplin Mo Western no definite area assignments as association Boise Idaho Pioneer s Fond du Lac Wis scouts They will act as Wisconsin State giving special aid to McAlester Okie Sooner State and Yankee farmhands and to Yankee Oleari N Y Pony minor league managers Kansas City! Binghampton and The Yankee specialized training Norfolk are Yankee-owne- d The school from which Mickey Mantle others have working agreements K V1A '-- Wisconsin 74 Northwestern 58 Iowa 76 Minnesota 59 Wagner 88 Moravian 66 New York Aggies 68 New York State Tech 63 American U 54 Baltimore 49 Amateur boxers of salt Lake Ogden Brighaaa City and Trementen will throw leather at the Berthana next Tnesday night with proceeds to the Ogden pelio fond Left to right: Omar Amador Bed Taylor aai Sneddon Fifteen bents will he scheduled Clyde — — right down the thirst alley lave y SsisBBBBsl Bowling Results 62 Western Kentucky 69 Eastern Kentucky 63 Kentucky Wesleyan 102 Murray 101 Wofford 77 Erskine 52 Florida 86 Vanderbilt 70 -- ' NEW YORK Jan 19 (AP) The New York Yankees who have been building world championship baseball teams from their farm clubs for years announced today they would have only 10 such affiliations in 1952 This is a reduction of four clubs since the close of the 1951 season said General Manager George M Weiss who listed three major reasons for the move: City Recreation 1 The inroad of military draft Indian League 2 Failure of leeeues in which Junior the Yankees had clubs High series individual Cemar 368 Lee Smith 366 Ken3 Stress is being made on the neth Blanchard 359 quality of prospects High single game individual JunFour leagues with Yankee farm ior Cemar 136 Kenneth Blanchard clubs in 1951 folded because of the 136 Jim Snyder 136 draft drain and financial pressure High team series: Comanches They were the Central league 'Xt- - m ins Jefferon & 60 ' 51 Missouri 44 Colorado 41 Dayton 91 Loyola 71 Kansas State 76 Iowa State 58 Rice 48 Arkansas 46 jm' rth ixtro) (Hvt Federal Tax Montana 71 Wyoming Tulane 82 Georgia 49 m By Jl 'Sfm Utah 57 Utah State 45 Youna 68 CninraHn A & M 47 I Trip in Pullman Task—' aaam Briaham ) and return - ' Don Budge was the high point for both teams the Weber i eejja-ingng through 17 five fielders and seven free points: throws man for the winners was C Top W Totten with 13 In second place for individual scoring honors for Boise was Boh Gilbert with 11 followed by Joe Stynes with 10 For the Wildcats Ball if scored 10 points and Lowder 9 Before the game started Coach Reed Swenson of the Weber team named Don Butler and Larry Peterson as for the year Peterson didn't play because of a sprained ankle Butler tanked three fielders and three foul ahot for a total of nine points also ine Broncos to an lead and stayed jumped in the driversearly seat until the end of the third when Weber pulled up to quarter a 3 tie The tussle was nip and you know what from then on with ties occur-in- g a t 49 47 48 and 80 With 40 seconds left to go In the ame Totten fouled Don Butler and reber waived the pitch Butler taking the ball out of bound attempt ing to work the ban in for a final shot Boise recovered with Ip' missed even seconds to go Lowder of the Wildcats fouled Ingram Boise elected to waive alsoJngram took wr div out oi Dounas and the Broncos went into a stall freezing the ball till the horn sounded Weber meets Mexico City Y M CA tomorrow night at the Weber gym in an exhibition and resumes conference play Thursday and Friday at Rexburg Ida against Ricka college " Basketball Scores Tickets for the international game will go on sale prior to game time at seven pm in the Weber gymnasium Following their Weber game the Mexicans will travel on to Logan to play Utah State I jia atk mm a wuiu wtu T fW squad was the first basketball team in Mexico and introduced the game in Mexico in 1902 At that time the YMCA had 300 members but since that time their membership has grown to 5000 and they floor one of the best basketball teams in the southern na- from OGDEN -- asfsittsLiifipt 'Jt future" any week-en- d f asMa at - The BoSe Broncos evened the score with Weber lest night as they nosed out the Wildcats 54 to 53 in the Weber gym The 'Cats beat Boise 57 to 50 at Weber on Friday um The "Y" RUMFORD Me Jan 18 (AP)— Ted Farvyell Jr the national com bined champion led seven fellow members of the U S Olympics cross country ski team to victory today in an 18 kilometer race 70 coach '8ik JMl J3N Sun Valleyite Second in Race Bl?:j 1l ft gt iff jjer- -f Weber Threat io Save Game And Gain Split in Series last year he signed a lease at $50000 per year with Topping The NFJL thus took over the bal- 1621 Cherokees 1495 Team high games: Comanches ance of Collins' obligation to Top- 565 Cherokees 554 ping Collins who thus lost an esti- Miss America League: Ruth mated $500000 in operating the High series individual: franchise for five years in Boston Wheeler 366 Carole Wheeler 362 and two years in New York thus Miyo Fujita 359 bowed out of professional football High single game individual: 0 Miyo After losing approximately Fujita 161 Ruth Wheeler in operating the Yanks during 136 Carole Wheeler 136 the past season Collins appealed to High team series: Gems 1340 the league last night for better Debs 1326 Team high game: Gems 462 playing dates "or else" 'The New Rockettes 457 York football Giants were granted first choice of their six home games Senior League Ii II II II II II drfla gM&Pfe Collins NFL franchise to Yankee stadium UL - TheyllMmmmther for Polio Weber Cagers To Play Mexico Monday (aaaaaaaaaaaaajaaaM ildcats 54 to 53 j S Sedgman again the only open to Shields would be to himself to death with hit racquet The Australian tournament starts this week and runs over into next The matter of Sedgman's sterling wedding present creates much foreboding among the stuffies who run tennis in the United States Russell B Kingman president of the USLTA says that the practical appreciation of Sedgman would make him a professional under Amenta rules As a matter of fact Sedgman already is a professional under American rules for he works six months of the year in the sporting goods business which is strictin the precincts of ly non-kosh- er rsiTA Sedgman is the the current United States singles champion and caV be expected to come to the country to defend this title next September here is itt e doubt that he will be permitted to play whatever happens because bodies of tennis so Ions are given to accepting the amateur rules as devised in coun tries of foreign competitors No Simon Pure It Is perhaps captious of your reporter to point out however that tennis amateorization seldom is ac- p oi mucn witiiuui i in-- trxuvi i fin flnlrl Tt nrnhttKlv Mut half 1111 at i i ll - fu n mult w nil m fm in fin nnna rs limen 11 on ine amateur roi s dur ing his heyday Subsequent American amateurs and many in foreign lands have made it a practice to stick to their principles of amateurism only so long as the receipts jki ouLii y i o u vv rtJaiiv u va vvaa passed the offerings of the professional promoter? "We regret to report that this is true in the case of Sedgman Throughout the Davis Cup practice period the amateurs and pros conducted a lively bidding bout for his services It is reliably report ed that Frank Kramer wno wenx to Australia ostensibly as coach of SaTAmerican team acrtuaWjWf the representative of the smart young professional promoter Bobby Riggs Kramer got a thousand dollars for the Australian job and spent at least double that in jjjpj course of his overtures to Australia brilliant young amateur The trouble seems to have been that Biggs didn't give Kramer laaongh doubt to place to escrow in Sydney to assure delivery of Sedgman As for Sedge he's playing it cute He either gets that wedding present or amateurism again will lose its solid attractiveness Consequently the Australian tennis fathers are blackjacking everybody Ia99 'fjlg tributing to the amateurixation Zand As for Shields he probably hopes to heu that Sedgman pins back mMXit Mtt in the approaching Australian championship — I i |