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Show Sports Mere and There by Al Ablett I I see the district attorney of New York is opening an investigation investi-gation of boxing. A good many of the boys are leaving town. They will do a great job if they can clean up the sport in that state, make it much easier for the rest of the country. Utah made a clean sweep on their trip over the mountains beating Wyoming, Denver and Colorado Aggies. They won the Wyoming and Denver games with big Vern Gardner on the bench for half of the game. Ar-nie Ar-nie Ferrin, the blond blizzard, took over in both games and showed everyone why he has been picked all-American three times. Dick Smuin is playing great ball and Jim Woodward has supplied the speed Peterson has been looking for. I don't think the Utes will lose another game. Notre Dame got the revenge they have been waiting a year for. They took the supercharged Kentucky team 65-54. Kevin O'-Shea O'-Shea (with a name like that he would have to be on the Irish team) scored 25 points. Big Jim Groza of Kentucky wasn't far behind with 23. Ralph Beard, Kentucky's great little guard, got 19. This one made 38 straight for Notre Dame on their home floor. Kentucky has won 18 and lost two this season. Great story about this Kevin O'Shea of Notre Dame. Comes from the district in San Francisco Fran-cisco as Hank Loussatte. When they compare him to Hank he modestly tells them if he is half as good as the master was he will be satisfied. Because on the coast the name Hank Lousatta spells basketball. Speaking of California, here is a baseball team all from that state playing in the majors that would do all right in any league. Ewell Blackwell, pitcher; Joe Lainona, catcher; Pete Judnich, first base; Bobby Doorr, second base; Eddie Joast, shortstop; Glen Elliott, third base; Ted Williams, Joe and Dominic DiMaggio in the outfield. Their isn't another state that can come close. I see Primo Carnara is doing all right in this country as a wrestler. Primo was probably the biggest fraud ever panned off on the American public. When gangsters made him worlds heavyweight boxing champion, the big boy was never cut out to be a fighter but the mob saw what a great attraction he was and took over. The hep boys saw that his opponents followed instructions. in-structions. Primo wound up broke. "Foots" Mondt has him now and the big good natured guy is doing all right. Joe Louis boxed the other night in Chicago. Joe showed up weighing 220 and looked fat and flabby.. Joe has been on the throne for eleven years, the longest long-est of any champion. Since he beat Jim Braddock on that June night in 1937 he has defended his title 25 times and up to the Wolcott fight has done it in work like manner. I guess the grind is getting too tough. What an opportunity for some up and coming young boy. Do you know one? I don't. Victor Roblez is back on leave from the navy. Victor was a champion in two divisions of the AAU boxing tournament and a good enough catcher to be offered offer-ed a contract with the Yankees. Vic has grown into a middleweight middle-weight while in the navy. He went to the semi-finals in that division in the all-navy tournament. tourna-ment. He will be out in March and he tells me he intends going to school. George Sluga, better known as a baseball player perhaps, but a cracking good bowler just the same, is in a good spot to take the state round robin. George has the ball and with a break here and there will make it rough. See you next week. AL |