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Show Op Cowboy Bookies Make Armstrong Favorite In Zivic Bout 'Dim l KJJ nomim- 'attzrday On lour By STAN DECKER SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 17 (ILE) Bingham Young university today to-day invaded the eastern division of the Big Seven conference in an attempt to make good its early season threat to capture the conference con-ference basketball crown. The Cougars stamped themselves them-selves as the west's hope for the bunting last week end by overwhelming over-whelming Utah state. At the same time, their opponents for this week Wyoming and Colorado were losing at hands of 'Denver and Colorado State, respectively. Brighara Young will stop off at Laramie tonight to tackle the tough Wyoming Cowboys. -Coloags Invade Utah Meanwhile, Colorado State traveled trav-eled to the western slopes for games with Utah and Utah State. They will play the Utah Staters tonight, while Colorado meets the conquerors of Wyoming at Denver. Den-ver. Utah will see its first action against Colorado state, while Brigham Young tries to shake off the Colorado "at home" jinx. The Buffs have never lost a basketball basket-ball game played on their field-house field-house floor. As teams prepared to open the second week's schedule, only Brig- PIONEER SET-UP Elwood Romney, former B. Y. U. Ail-American basketball player play-er who is trying to get Denver and Pueblo, Colorado, teams in the Pioneer league, is optimistic about chances of the two outfits to join the set-up. ... Everything is in "great shape" at Denver, Romney reports, but Pueblo needs a major league tie-up first. . . . Denver is affiliated with Chicago Cubs. CUFF NOTES It's' a good thig for Alpine dis-irict dis-irict basketball to have teams '1 that have been trod on for many years vie for the title... Pleasant Grove and B. Y.- high backers are confident their teams are the best in the state. . . Don McNeil is picked pick-ed by net experts ex-perts to be the o u t s t a nding tennis player of the coming Don McNeill year. . . . bammy Snead will be Shi Club slates First Aid'Goursa Chief of Police Guy F. Chris-tensen Chris-tensen explained the organization of a Ski Patrol unit before members mem-bers of the Timpanogos Ski club Thursday at tfieir regular meeting meet-ing and outlined plans for a 10-week 10-week advanced first , aid course , to begin next week. - Although the course is designed for skiers, anyone interested in first aid instruction is invited to attend classes. Initial meeting will be next Thursday in the Provo high school science building at 7:30 p. m. At Thursday's meeting, James Hall, Provo first aid expert, conducted con-ducted a demonstration on elementary ele-mentary first aid. Plans were also discussed at the meeting for the Ski carnival to be held February 9 and for obtaining obtain-ing a ski lift. Intestinal Gas Pains "Adlerika quickly relieved me of gas pains in the intestines." (C.B.Ohio). (C.B.-Ohio). Gas pains due to delayed i bowel action relieved thru QUICK results from ADLERIKA. Get it today. City Drug Co.; , -. (adv) SPORTS $0 HUDDLE U-.-..;.....- Jfe,,. Sports Desk j d. v. mm sgiiool vs. , -PLEflSflOT .GIIOUS TONIGHT . . 8 p. m. WOMEN'S GYM Reserved Seats 33c - General Admission 25c Tickets on Sale at Hedquist Drug No. 1 or Phone 134, Extension 24, for Reservations ham Young had come through ac cording to expectations. Should Brigham Young continue on its undefeated track, favoritism undoubtedly would shift to the Cougars in the west and to either Colorado state or Denver in the east. However, Utah's status still was in doubt pending its initial appearance. Some sports experts predicted the Utes would surprise the dopesters as well as the rest of the terms in the conference and finish high in the standings. .Young university cagers left Salt Lake City Thursday night where they will go by bus to Fort Collins. All squad members except ex-cept Fred Wiemer, versatile center who is treating an injured leg, made the trip. Members of the squad making the trip include Dean Gardner, Dwane Esplin, Dale (Randy) Rex, Don (Rabbit) Snow, Don Overly, Stan Nielsen, Floyd Giles, Frank (Skinny) Fullmer, Lloyd Brink, Dale Hunt, and Bob Orr. Coaches Eddie Kimball and Floyd Millet accompanied the squad. Coach Kimball indicated he would start Esplin and Gardner at forwards, Rex at center, and Overly and Nielsen at guards. Most of the squad will be used in the two-game series, he said. The group will return late Sunday Sun-day night. the best golfer of the year, according ac-cording to early ratings. o o SCRIBBLING Because of his long rest from ring warfare, Henry Armstrong should win from Fritzie Zivic fn tonight's welter scrap. ... Although Al-though Illinois did not win a single conference football game during the past season, it played to 32,000 more spectators than in 1939. . . . Billiards started in the Fourteenth century a product of lawn bowling. o o HOOP PREDICTIONS: Big Seven: B. Y. U. to defear Wyoming; Colorado to down B. Y. U. Colorado should trample Den ver in a thriller. Utah will wallop Colorado Slate, and Coloags will down Utah State. o o PREP PICKINGS Pleasant Grove should edge out B. Y. high. Provo will down Lincoln. Lehl will upset American Fork, Juab will topple Spanish Fork. " Springville gets the nod over Payson. - lity Pushes Work, On Sewer Mb Provo city is taking on a few more available WPA men in order to push sewer construction in sewer sew-er district No. 24 more rapidly, according to Commissioner J. P. McGuire. . Operations are now going forward for-ward at two locations in the northeast north-east part of the city and on the Springville road south of the cemetery. Approximately 175 WPA men are working on the project, according ac-cording to Earl Conder, assistant city engineer. An additional 20 men are working on extension of the Provo city water mains into the new Grand View addition. ARRESTS REPORTED Fifteen arrests for drunken driving driv-ing were made by the Utah highway high-way patrol during December, according ac-cording to a report submitted to the road commission by Superintendent Superin-tendent R. W. Groo. These were among 425 arrests made by the patrol during the month. The patrol also issued 102 warning tickets. Ml daily Herald, Vikings-Wildcat Clash Headlines Five-Game Region ree Schedule Father Coaches 4 Dr. F. C. Allen gives Lis son. Bob, a lesson in shootuij. Dr. Forrest C. (Phog) Allen, Kansas basketball coach, gives his son. Bob, a lesson in shooting. Lambert Speaks To Kiwanis Club SPRINGVILLE Dr. A. C. Lambert of the Brigham Young university, Provo, discussed new trends in secondary education, at a meeting of the Kiwanis club Thursday night, at Valley Tavern, under direction of the new club officers. W. W. Brockbank, high school principal, was toastmaster and music numbers were given by Jim Brailsford, Dorothy Van Schaack and Don Humphreys. President H. T. Reynolds had the meeting in charge. (kden Livestock OGDEN, Utah, Jan. 17 (U.P) Livestock: Hogs: 1500; butcher hogs 15-30c 15-30c lower, top $8.25 on choice 180 to 230 pound weights. Cattle: 155, little done on small saleable supply, late Thursday and few sales today steady to week's earlier trade, steer sales mostly medium good stockers and feeders at $7.50-9.00; best bulls $6.00-7.25; good-choice veal calves $10 to $12.25. Sheep: 2040, nothing done early, good-choice trucked in slauglih'.r lambs late Thursday $8.75-9.00. ESCAPEES CAPTURE!) JEROME, Ida., Jan. 17 (U.Ii) Jerome county sheriff's office today captured one of three prisoners pris-oners who escaped from the county coun-ty jail by fashioning a crude key with which they opened two doors. Monte S. Cornell, 37, Troy, Mont., who was recently returned from Utah to face trial here, was captured by the officers in a dry irrigation canal. Sheriff Lee i, Johnson reported Cornell was almost al-most frozen and was suffering from exposure. Cornell escaped with Arnold Benbrook, 35, and Ralph M. Scott, 21, both of Jerome who were awaiting trial here. He wa3 found nine miles east of Jerome. Roads around Jerome were blocked in an attempt to trap the other escap-pees. BONUS SALE BEDROOM FURNITURE! FAMOUS SIMMONS $20.00 MATTRESS Included With Every One of Our 67 KEDROOM SUITES AT NO EXTRA CHARGE! Offer Good Only in January KOI - TAYL03 - DUSSELL Friday, January 17, 1941 Son At Kansas Bowling Scores l'KOVO C ITY I.AOIKS 1.K,(il H W. L. Vet. MSIW With Uf Beer .... Xtt 4 imO KV COlu & n)lier Ileer ... 27 13 .M lyrl lire HIioh 1 .0UU lirruine llenutv Hhou 19 21 ,473 Kerretttiotl Houlinir Alley II K .25 lSalle I.inen Shn 7 3 . .17, FISHER BRER H. Nuttall ,10H 131 102 339 K. B.iok 1",7 I3i! 116409 A. Anderson Wl 113 120 355 A. Adams '121- 12 12425 V. Kinderhasen U'3 111 123 357 Ilandieap 1!9 29 2 8? Totals 658 6S2 632 1!72 MI1.I.EK HlfiH LIFE H. Walter 12X 125 100353 L, Xewreen 15 137 17i O. Cook li 112 145-4i3 14. Kropp 101 S 132 331 K. Fairer 1 54 132 144430 Totals 705 604 631 2000 LORRAINE'S BEAUTY SHOP D. EKftertsen lOp 146 S7 349 P. UUdiard- 107 133 106346 J. Atkinson 97 97 87 281 L. Bown 123 114 1S 40S L. KKRertsen 99 96 96 291 Handicap . 26 26 2678 Totals 558 592 GS0 1730 M Y RLE DRESS SHOP M. Convers 114 til 71 266 V. Ltone 134 132 1 22 3HS M. Cox 119 79 128 324 I Skipworth .. 114 166 150466 13. Caldorwood 137 14S 141426 Totals . 648 606 618 1872 RECREATION BOWLING ALLEYS 1'. JaeohBtm . K. Kodtliick M. Ixtveildse Dummy .... Dummy .... Handicap 118 113 72 75 ' 75 40 1 IS 76312 112 79 75 75 4 8 113338 91242 7522 5 75225 22110 TotalH 493 507 452 1452 BAILEY LIN EX SHOP J. Whipple IK Andrua . A. Oainmon C. fill Ilea, . , C. Conyera Total . . . . . 92 106 U 316 115 110 125350 75 US 93 266 107 124 15 336 S5 92 , 93 270 464 530 524 1518 SKATING TONIGHT ' ' ... Last night's cold blast, which sent the mercury down to, 13 degrees de-grees above zero, , put the ice on the Provo city rink at North park in condition for skating again, according to C. Elmer Madsen, rink manager. Skating will go forward on the regular schedule tonight, children going on from 6 to 8 p. m., and adults from 8 to 10, stated Mr. Madsen. 1 X . A ' I ' ' , TONIGHTS SCHEDULE Alpine District Pleasant Grove at B. Y. High Lincoln at Provo Lehi at American Fork Nebo District Payson at Springville Spanish Fork at Nfphi. The pieces of the puzzle pictures pic-tures that are the Alpine and Nebo district prep basketball leagues will begin to fit into place after tonight's five-game schedule. Alpins Features Leadership in the Alpine district dis-trict may be determined this week, for Pleasant Grove and B. Y. high, two of the leaders, clash in the Women's gym, and American Fork, the other undefeated club, meets Lehi on its own floor. If American Fork should lose, the winner of the Wildcat-Viking battle bat-tle would take undisputed possession posses-sion of first place in the loop. In the other Alpine district gamej Provo and Lincoln teams renew rivalry in the Provo high school gym. A defeat for the Bulldogs Bull-dogs would send title hopes crashing, crash-ing, but Lincoln is determined to notch up an upset. The game should be a hotly contested affair. NelK Loop Nebo interest centers at Springville Spring-ville where the Red Devils play host to Springville Lions in a game that should provide plenty of fireworks. Springville is favored, favor-ed, but Payson has a strong crew that may stage an upset. Other game in the Nebo sector finds an underdog Spanish Fork team invading Nephi for a game with the touted Juab high. i ones as Seeks GO Post BOULDER, Colo., Jan. 17 (HE) Blair Cherry, assistant coach of the Texas university team that defeated University of Colorado 39-7 last season, has made a bid for head coach of the Buffaloes. After conferring with the university uni-versity athletic committee last night, Cherry said he liked Boulder Boul-der and the campus "very much." He refused further comment and university officials continued to withhold all comment on the coaching job vacated by Frank Potts. After graduation from Texas Christian university in 1924, Cherry Cher-ry coached high -school at Ranger, North Fort Worth and Amarillo. In seven years at Amarillo, his teams lost only four games. He has been on the Texas coaching staff since 1937. Two prospects Russell Murphy, Cornell assistant coach, and Stanley Stan-ley Williamson, Oklahoma line coach remain to be interviewed. PAYSON FIRST WINS MEN FEATURE Payson First ward remained atop the Nebo stake M Men race Thursday by defeating Benjamin, 42-17. Payson Second took over IN TIIIS CORNER Starts Defense Program e W j& If ' v. iv j. f i . i CHAMPION, IS DEVBLCPBD HIS QfAMb- BBWBtN PAGE THREE Duquesne Star , Paul Widowiti Paul Widowitz, brilliant Duquesne center, may be heading for All-American All-American honors this year. Besides Be-sides being a good scorer, Widowitz Widow-itz is one of the best passers in the section. 20-30, HERALD CAPTURE GAMES Commercial league basketball got away to an interesting start Thursday evening with 20-30 club and Daily Her dd notching up first-round victories. Led by dliff MortenBen, the Twenty-Thirtians eked out a 27-26 victory over Oscar Carlson's, and the Herold Hounds scored a 24-19 triumph over Junior chamber of commerce. In a fast game, 20-30 club and Carlson's staged a nip and tuck battle with Carlson's finally bowing bow-ing before a scoring onslaught led by Cliff Mortensen, former Provo high ace, who sank eight field goals for 16 points. Daily Herald and Junior chamber cham-ber got off to a slow start.the Herald leading, 2-1 at quartertime, and 7-5 at halftimr. Led by LaVerl Christensen and Kay Hinckley, the Herald crew came from behind be-hind after a Jaycee rally gave the losers a lead in the third quarter. Don Collins looked good on defense, and several serves, newcomers to the team, also played play-ed well. Meredith Wilson and Mel-vin Mel-vin Kavachevich were best for the losers. second place by downing the Third. 35-17. Genola defeated Pay-son Pay-son Fourth in the other game, 38-23. BY ART KRENZ MAMM DFNDS HIS NATIONAL P?0FSSICM. SQUASH RACQUETS TiTlE AT PITTSBURGH IIP' - SHARON .MEN RENEW CHASE Pleasant View M-Men captured the feature game of second half Sharon stake play Thursday, defeating de-feating a strong Vineyard team, 41-23, in an interesting encounter. In the closest game of the evening, eve-ning, Sharon eked out a 24-20 victory vic-tory over Edgemont. Timpanogos ward more than doubled the score, on Lake View, 36-17, in the other game Thursday. Nebo 'M' Men PAYSON Nebo stake 'M' Men basketball league games were played Wednesday night at the Payson high school, with results as follows: Payson Third 17, Payson Second 35; Payson First 42, Benjamin 13; Payson Fourth 23, Genola, visitors, visit-ors, 38. Standing of the teams are in the following order: Pay-son Pay-son First, Second, Third, Fourth, Benjamin. Hines Defaults ToVicGhezzi SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 17 (IIP) Suffering severely from boils, Jimmy Hines, Great Neck, N. Y., co-medalist of the tourney, defaulted de-faulted to Vic Ghezzl of Deal, N. J., on the seventh hole of their first round match in the San Francisco Fran-cisco match play open at Presidio golf club today. City Court Trial for George C.'Kohles, 55, of Provo, who pleaded not guilty in Provo city court Thursday afternoon aft-ernoon to two traffic charges double parking and operating a motor vehicle without proper license lic-ense plates was set for January 22 by Judge LeRoy Tuckett. Bail of $10 and ?50 on the respective re-spective charges was furnished today to-day and Kohlea was released. The man was arrested in Salt Lake City for Provo police Thursday morning. Stocks Are flow At Tfieir . Peak in Oor STORE-IK 9 fWWA'Oi' r 0 -. ll 4 urn $Qmmm & mmi $35 Values $40 Values $45 Values $50 Values Our stocks are complete in all sizes and models. If you want a new suit or topcoat at sale prices, get it now. loilicraft - $25 Values $30 Values Hats Shoes Shirts Pajamas Sweaters Robes ALSO .O Style Leadership By HARRY FERGUSON NEW YORK, Jan. 17 tU.E) The human windmill whirls again tonight to-night maybe for the last time and 13,000 persons are going through icy streets to buy a memory mem-ory that they can carry down the years. Henry Armstrong, once the greatest fighter pound for pound in the business and the only man ever to hold three world titles simultaneously, makes what may be his last stand against welterweight welter-weight champion Fritzie Zivic when the clock crawls to 10 in Madison Square Garden this evening. eve-ning. He had been stripped -of all hia titles; his eyes are scarred from surg-eons' knives; Eddie Mead, his manager, lies ill and won't be in the corner shouting encouragement; encourage-ment; and Armstrong faces a rough, tough clouter who blinded him with blood in their last fight. But the legend of the human windmill's fighting heart rose above whose blows of fate today, and the cold-blooded bookies made him a 7 to 5 favorite to regain the welterweight championship he lost to Zivic. ' Whether Armstrong wins or loses, the ringside customers are going to get their $11.50 worth. If he wins, they will yell themselves them-selves hoarse for one of the most popular fighters who ever pulled on leather. If he loses, they can tell In the years to come when his name is bracketed with Leonard Leon-ard and Gans and McAuliffe in the book of the great how they saw him give it one more try on a cold January evening in 1941. Metal Prices NEW YORK, Jan. 17 (U.P) Today's To-day's custom smelters prices for delivered metals (cents per lb.) Copper: Electrolytic 12-12 M; export N. Y. f.a.s 10M; casting f. o.b refinery 12 1-8; lake delivered 12. Tin: Spot straits 50 1-8. Lead: New York 5.50-.55; East St. Louis 5.35. Zinc: New York 7.64; East St. Loui3 7.25. Aluminum: Vfrgin 17. $29.75 $33.75 $36.00 $42.50 Uarsity Town $21.25 $24.75 AT A CLEVELAND HEALTH CLUB, j |