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Show PROVO (UTAH) DAILY HERALD,. , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY, 19, 1942 PAGE -FOUR for gars mm State Tr 1 Cdtt Ore. mm 0- Rivals Clash In Big Seven Contest Here Two old and colorful rival renew re-new competition on the basketball court this week, with Brigham Young battling Utah State Saturday Satur-day night in the Women's gym. Game time is set at .8:10 p. m. Needing a triumph in-the contest con-test to hold second place and to retain its slim hopes for a title tie, the Cougars will be all-out for victory in the contest. Utah State enters the game with nothing to lose and every? thing to gain, boasting a psychological psycho-logical advantage and a pretty fair quint that can cause plenty of trouble when it is "right." Seek Upet Already out of the title picture, the Aggies would like nothing better bet-ter than to knock the Cougars down the ladder. , f Last time the two clubs met, Young U won by a thirty-point margin. However that' was the first game of the season for Utah State and was played under the Aggies new mentor, Coach Bob Barnett, who had been at the school only a few days. Since then, the Aggies have shown marked improvement, giving giv-ing Utah a stiff tussle and winning win-ning from Denver and Colorado State. The Aggies slipped last , week to drop a second tilt to the D. U. club, after easily winning the first. Warns Cougars Coach Floyd Millet warned his players Wednesday that the Aggies Ag-gies would offer plenty of competition com-petition this week. The Cougar mentor slated another stiff drill today, - with tapering off practice Friday. nnmn will He t tnn atZwrth111 hlh schoGl is sponsoring Cougars will be at top strength for the contest. Dale Rex, Dean Gardner, and Frank Fullmer are recovering from colds and all will be set to go by Saturday. Just who Mentor Millet will start is still undecided. Frank Fullmer has been "off" at the basket for a week and may be replaced in the starting lineup by Dean Gardner. Duane Esplin has practically clinched the other forward for-ward berth. Rex ArWit-"- ' --" ; At center, Dale Rex is the No. 1 pivot-man, with Brady Walker on hand for either guard or center action. The big soph is showing constant improvement and is -an Important cog in the "Y" machine. ma-chine. Guards will be Floyd Giles and Cob Orr, a pair of juniors. Next to the last home game, the ontest is expected to attract a fairly large crowd. . Brooklyn Opens Spring Training HAVANA, Feb. 19 (U.R) The Brooklyn Dodgers, opened spring training today without the services serv-ices of 22-game Pitchers Kirby Higbe and Whitlow Wyatt, Rookie Jack Kraus and vetferan Outfielder Outfield-er Dixie Walker, holdouts. Higbe is a new type "holdout." He refused to leave with the squad from Miami, Fla., yesterday when President Larry MacPhail issued an edict that wives must stay on the mainland. "Either he does what the other players on this ball club do or we can get along without him," MacPhail said. Stephen Graham advocated the use of unsifted flour for bread-making, bread-making, thus giving his name to graham bread. BASKETBALL UTAH STATE VS. B.Y.U. SATURDAY Feb. 218:15 p. m. WOMEN'S GYM Tickets on Sale at Hedquist Drug- No. 1 3 STAR SPECIALl... SLIP COVERS DRAPERIES UPHOLSTERY EIG LABOR REDACTIONS If Ordered During January or February ED WL Co. U.S. Havy Gets Purdue 0. Coach LAFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. (HE) Purdue university was faced today with the "difficult job" of finding a successor to Allen B. (Nal) El-ward, El-ward, 49, head football coach, who resigned to offer his services to the navy. Elward, whose reappointment four weeks ago, reopened a storm of controversy on the campus, announced an-nounced his decision last night In a letter to President Edward C. Elliott and the university trustees. "After due and careful consideration consider-ation of the matter," Elward wrote, "I have come to the conclusion conclu-sion that I can beat serve my country in these perilous times In some other position. Therefore, I have already made application to rejoin the navy." Elliott expressed "personal regret" re-gret" at Elward's resignation and said "selection of a successor will be a difficult job." Elward, a member of the Purdue coaching staff for 15 years, had been offered a new contract retaining re-taining him as head football coach until Dec. 31, 1942, after both Alumni and students had expressed express-ed dissatisfaction with Purdue's 1941 football showing. At the same time he was relieved of the athletic ath-letic directorship. He had been coach since 1937. It was the second time that war had brought a voluntary close to Elward's long coaching career. After piloting St. John's at Dan5 vers .Mass., to the East Catholic prep championship In 1916 his first year as a coach Elward resigned re-signed to serve as lieutenant second sec-ond grade in the navy for four years. Lehi Schedules Annual Carnival LEHI The senior class of the an athletic carnival in the school gymnasium, Saturday night with the funds to be used for their new electric score board. The carnival will feature skating, wrestling, boxing and tumbling exhibitions. Paired in the boxing events will be the following, Wayne Duboise of Cedar Valley vs. Del Var Pope of Provo; Glen Davis of Lehi vs. Garn Penrod of Pleasant View; Victor Mitchell of Lehi vs. Norman Nor-man Levitt of Provo; Darwin Dix of Provo vs. Grant Penrod, Pleas-ant Pleas-ant View; Boyd Sunderland' f Lehi. vs. Sterling Lee or Vrovo; Garth Jones of Lehi vs. Steve Fide of Orem: Jerry Mangum, Lehi vs. Harvey Park of Orem: Don Wright, Lehi vs. Lee Bishop, Orem; Gordon Jensen, Lehi vs. Wayne Heberlson of Orem; Ralph Adams. Lehi vs. Keith Miller, Orem: Keith Davis, Lehi vs. El- wood Ford, Orem; Bob Allred, Xehi vs. Jerry Levitt, Provo: Carl South- wick, Lehi vs. Don Ford; Pack Garner, Lehi vs. Willie Pueble, Provo; J. B. Cooper, Lehi vs. Udell Larsen. Provo;. 'Jack Fothering-ham. Fothering-ham. Lehi vs. Bert Snow Provo; Don Johnson, Provo, vs. Bob Pen-rod Pen-rod of Provo. Participants in the battle royal will be Dean Higginson, Richard Tolbert. Sherman Jones. Don Col-ledpre, Col-ledpre, Dean Manning, Jack Ball, Dick Gray and Lee Godfrey. Magazine Asks Chicago to Quit CHICAGO, Feb. 19 (U.P) Pulse, student magazine at the University Uni-versity of Chicago, asked the Uhl-ersity Uhl-ersity today to withdraw from Big Ten athletic competition before be-fore it is "thrown out" of the conference. In an article, entitled "We're Thru," editors pointed to Chicago's 12 consecutive conference basketball basket-ball defeats and the new plan to award two-year bachelor's degrees as proof that "athletics and the university's educational system do not mix." ; "How can any school attempt to compete on an equal basis with other large universities when its athletes are eligible only for two years, and then only if the freshman fresh-man rule were relaxed at Chicago?" Chica-go?" the editors asked. Chicago withdrew from intercollegiate inter-collegiate football competition in Dec. 1939. LEHI PLANS ROUNDUP LEHI The Lehi Civic Improvement Improve-ment Association are going forward for-ward .with plans for their annual Lehi Roundup to be held this summer. sum-mer. The Colburn-Sorenson Rodeo Ro-deo Co. have signed up for this year's show and plans are being made outlining details of the celebration. "Y" Uigh Plays. A. F., Bulldogs . Face Lehi Here With B. Y. high facing American Ameri-can Fork and Provo meeting Lehi here Friday in prep cage features, Provo fans have one of their choicest choic-est basketball programs of the season. Both games are important in the Alpine title rase and both pit strong colorful teams against each other. In the other league games Friday, Fri-day, Lincoln travels to .Pleasant Grove in a battle of cellar teams. Nebo district competition features fea-tures two games Spanish Fork at Juab and Tintic at Springvllle. Promises Action B. Y. high, resting In Becond place with Lehi, battles American Fork in a game that promises plenty of thrills and action. The Wildcats must win to hold on to second place and retain their title hopes. A victory for the Cavemen would give A. F. an excellent chance to move Into the runnerup spot and hence to the state tourney. tour-ney. In their first meeting, the two clubs staged a nip-ahd-tuck battle, with B. Y. high squeezing out a close victory over the Forkers. Offefrmive-Mlnded - Both clubs are advocates of offensive of-fensive basketball and are among the most colorful teams in the state. American Fork lias a well; balanced quint, with Wendell Hansen Han-sen and Ramon Dean at forwards, Huck Durrant at center, and Bill Pierce and Jack Birke at guards. Hansen is a hot-scorer, and Pierce and Birke are among the best defensive de-fensive combinations in the state. B. Y. high's offensive strength is centered in big Don Hansen, who plunked in 22 points last week and is the No. 1 center in the loop, and Dick Dablihg, sharp-shooting sharp-shooting forard. Jim Oldroyd and Bill Poulson are top-notch guards, and Don Baum and Chick Hart are capable forwards. If Doug Jenkins is ready to go, "Y" high will be strengthened considerably. Provo vs. Lehi At Provo high, Coach Glenn Simmons is preparing his club for a game that can push the Bulldogs farther along the title trail. A victory over Lehi would put Provo within shoung distance of the title, leaving only one strong team,. B. Y. high, between It and the championship. On the other hand, Lehi needs the victory to stay In the title race, so observers are expecting plenv of fireworks when the clubs meet. Provo has two hot-scoring forwards for-wards in Rand Clark and Mahlon Rasmuson, a capable center in Harry Suker. and three fine guards in Garth Ford, Max Evans and Dwane Mecham. Lehi's quint boasts such capable scorers as Don Russon, Reed Nostrum, Nos-trum, Clyde Lambert, and Jay Lambert and should be able to make things hot for the Bulldogs. Lincoln vs. P. G. In. the other Alpine game, Lincoln Lin-coln is attempting to win its first league game, tangling with Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove at P. G. However, Pleasant Grove is given the edge because of a previous victory. Little importance is attached to Nebo play this week, as Payson, the league leader, is idle. Spring- ville defends its second place position against Tintic In the No. 1 game on the Red Devils' floor. Juab and Spanish Fork, a pair of cellar-dwelling clubs," appear about evenly matched in the other contest. con-test. BASKETBALL SCORES BY UNITED PRESS Washington State 59, Oregon 48. St. Mary's 42, San Jose State 36. Sacramento JC 49, Modesto JC 34. C. C. N. Y. 48, Fordham 41. Princeton 43, Columbia 35. Temple 45, St. John's 36. West Virginia 48, Navy 34. Army 44, Maryland 32. Rochester 47, Buffalo 35. PRISONEJl IN JAPAN LEHI Mrs. Ira Racker of i ; i L . 1 ,i a. - i-" m reteiveu wuiu inai zl rciauve Jesse L. Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Stewart, former Lehi residents, is now a prisoner of the Japanese. Mr. Stewart was wound? ed in both legs' and taken pris oner by the Japs in the fall of Wake Island. BASKETBALL AMERICAN FORK VS. . B. Y. HIGH FRIDAY, Feb. 20 Sophomore Game 7 p. m. League Game - 8 p. m. WOMEN'S GYM The Crucial Game of the Alpine League CALL. 134, EXTENSION 24 For innervation. All Seals Reserved Two Strikes On Him i " 1111 pS "s defeatist compi Utah College Matmen Compete for Division Championship at Logan The western division wrestling championship will be at stake Friday Fri-day and Saturday when Utah, Brigham Young, and Utah State grapplers compete in a two day meet at Logan. Winning the dual meet title, Utah State is given the edge, but in a three-way competition anyone any-one of the teams can win. Young U, which finished second to the Aggies, is given the best chance to upset the Logan crew. Coach Wayne Soffe's charges will wind up preparations for the meet this evening by making weight requirements and then will leave at 9 o'clock Friday morning. B. Y- U. team for the event was named Wednesday by Mentor Soffe after completing a series of trycJOte among his grapplers. Reed Nilsen, powerful heavy weight, will represent B. Y. U. in the big division, with Roy Evans, another converted gridder, hand ling the 175-pound division. Captain Eldon Taylor will vie in the 136-pound class, with Stan Phillips accepting the 128-pound chore. At 126, Bert Thatcher will wrestle, with Virgil Taylor at 145. Merle Selin will handle the 155- pound assignment, with Hamilton Tiechert in the 165-pound class. Cubs Leave for Spring Training CHICAGO, Feb. 19 (CP) With all but three players signed, the Chicago Cubs were en route to their spring training grounds at Catalina Island today. General Manager James T. Gallagher Gal-lagher herded a party of 36, including in-cluding 21 players, aboard a. California-bound streamliner last night and said he expected two of the holdouts, Outfielder Harry Lowrey and Infielder Rip Russell to join the squad at Los Angeles. '. Gallagher was less optimistic about signing Shortstop Billy Myers. Myers' contract represented represent-ed a considerable pay cut, Gallagher Gal-lagher said. WlT MUST ALL DO OUR L V PART BY BUYING BOND9. . V-X-. AND ASSISTING TME RED "v JVt CROSS AND CIVILIAN ( &Z V f3S2lk DEFENSE- COMMITTEES , U5QBQ$ I jli7 IN EVERY VVAV POSSIBLE jjSggM T Vfn then V will Wt' REALLY MEAN V VICTORY s5y '4inly has the better of him." Figure Skaters Vie in Chicago CHICAGO, Feb. 19 U.P Seventy-one of the nation's top flight figure skaters began three days of competition for the national championships today with two easterners and one midwesterncr favored for the senior title. Bobby Specht, Chicago, mid-western mid-western champion, and Bill Grim-ditch, Grim-ditch, 1941 junior champion, and Arthur Vaughn, Jr., eastern title-holder, title-holder, both of Philadelphia, headed head-ed the senior field. In the women's senior division, Mrs. Jane Sullivan, Philadelphia, defending champion, faces a field which includes Gretchen Merrill, Boston, 1941 runner-up, and Ra-mona Ra-mona Allen, 14, Oakland, Calif., three times Pacific coast title winner. Jack Might. St. Moritz club, Calif, senior Pacific coast winner, win-ner, was favored in the men's junior division. Novice and junior divisions will compete today. uuiisiQereu For FJ.Y. Tourney Among 34 top-ranking collegiate basketball teams from throughout the country, Brigham Young, Wyoming and Colorado university cage clubs are being considered by the Metropolitan Intercollegiate Intercollegi-ate Basketball committee for the invitation tournament at Madison Square Garden in March. Eight of the best teams in the nation, including two New York clubs, will be invited to the tourney. tour-ney. However, even if the Big Seven schools are given a bid, they will not be abTe to accept as conference rules prohibit teams from competition com-petition in any postseason tourney except the NCAA championships at Kansas City. THE Melino Bettina Is New Threat ; In Heavyweight Boxing Ranks BY JACK GUENTIIEK NEW YORK, Feb. 19 (U.P) Along Lammers' Lane these days the wise men of boxing are whispering whisp-ering the name -of Melio-Bettina with a degree i of respect normally reserved for such subjects as black plague, hooded cobras, race track tips and the income tax. Bettina, it appears, has blossomed blossom-ed into what is known within the trade as a menace. , Other heavyweights cross the street to avoid him when he passes, promoters pretend that he just doesn't exist and managers are so shaken with fright with a mass epidemic of nervous breakdowns break-downs may be expected. For Bettina Bet-tina shapes up as no ordinary menace. He is the most sinister specimen to appear since Harry Wills was stalking about in 1926. Southpaw Fighter This swarthy Italian who has been bringing home the bacon to Beacon. N. Y., for sevwal year doesn't look his part. Ie is on the short and squat side and so far as I can determine he doesn't bite, pull hair or gouge. His only sin is that of being left-handed left-handed in his approach. More colorfully put, ho is a south-paw or a port-sider. Such an offense may appear mild to the layman but within the box-fighting business it is a crime of great magnitude. Bettina jabs with his right and crosses sharply sharp-ly with his left. These unorthodox gestures tend to confuse his opponents. op-ponents. When confused, they must resort to their wits. Such desperate gropings usually prove fatal. Avoid Bettina Because of his peculiar offense. Melio has been, party to more run-arounds than a may pole. He and his manager, a nos-prac-ticing magician and hynotist named Jimmy Grippo, have challenged chal-lenged practically everyone in boxing but the response has been IftMe Aon Eflgnira... Hit's Patenofoie! Sears carries a complete line of all the Newest and Finest Attachments for every purpose ... to increase the efficiency and safety of both old and new Bicycles. Stop in tomorrow and see them . . . the values will amaze you! Make Sears Your Headquarters : far RIKF ACCESSORIES Stop and Tall-light combination. combina-tion. Double A safety Wire baskets; all flAtf welded 7l Speedometer. Registers both speed and dis- tance Handlebar post Chrome plated . 2.98 59c Tires. 2-ply. Black side wall. 26x2 1-8 m 2 inches fn-d WATCHES From Higher Price lines 1.49 Plus Fed. Tax Fine quality watches in varied va-ried makes and types. Guaran-teed Guaran-teed movements; move-ments; many worth twice J this price! ft Pimvp Air - - , S11S u m m. HERALD unanimously negative. From Joe Louis to the career bums, boxing wants no truck with Bettina. The Louis case is a simple one. Joe has. never been faded with a lefthanded opponent. He would be forced to invent a defense for the peculiar Bettina stance, and he never has shown to good advantage ad-vantage when the job required mental gymnastics. For instance there was Bob Pastor. And Max Schmeling and Arturo Godoy. (All the first time.) And Tommy Farr. Has Punch There are any number of men who would be willing to bet that if Melio ever did meet Louis he would have the champion on the floor at some stage of the eve ning. Whether or not he could win is a moot point. He has been knocked out before and chins seldom sel-dom get more rugged with the passing- of years. But he has a punch of his own and it is a good one. As accurately as J can compute com-pute it, that punch has chilled some 30 rivals since Bettina began be-gan brandishing it six years ago. The most prominent kayo victims were Buddy Knox, Fred Apostoli and Tiger Jack Fox. Melio also whipped, but couldn't knock out. Red Burman, Solly Krieger and Gunnar Barlund. It is a fairly creditable record. Good Record Not many heavies have done better. Bettina lost twice to Conn in 1939 but the bouts were hard and fairly close. Conn's handlers today would much rather tackle Lou Nova than take on the Bettina Bet-tina that is a full-blown heavyweight. heavy-weight. The other big boys are just as shy except Gus Lesnevich, who will fight anyone -if he can earn some loose change. Ordinarily, I am dubious of menaces. They are built up slowly slow-ly until the public begins clamoring. clam-oring. Then some smart promoter makes the best of a good thing. Luggage Carrier. With built-in stop or tail- 1 Ck light 7 Headlight; Theft-proof! Mounts on handle- (SC Fog Light. With both amber and clear A lights .......... 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Original plans called for a team of 200 athletes and it is almost certain that at least a token team will be sent. State department officials told the United Press that no formal announcement would be mad until a decision was asked and It was pointed out that Mahoney's letter was a personal one to Secretary Sec-retary Of State Cordell Hull. The team definitely would fly south by clipper. Included would be trackmen, fencers, swimmers, bicyclists and other athletes. In this case there can't be a build-up. There isn't time. Bettina is due for induction in the army in about two months. That is why he wants his shot at Private Barrow right pronto. Louis has met only one man of the Bettina type before a boxer with both punch and a confusing offense. That was Schmeling, who knocked him out. Maybe Bettina couldn't do as much, but Brad-dock, Brad-dock, Galento and Buddy Baer showed that it isn't too hard to knock the champ down. 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