Salt Lake Tribune | 1942-02-16 | Page 12

' - - -- - 12 Monday Morning 5alt galit Vtibunt - - Lrri-- Out tp Lo ilk' OTKS I Ptóibileirns 1A11 T1 L1 0 Febittary 16 1912 From the - Colorado Sews Up Basketball Race if I Si Shoots a 30 Idaho Falls To Stage Star Game 1 Titles Elude College Fives Press As End of Season Nears Box r 1 Ring Feature —By Jiminy liodgson' Austin Bealmear Feb' ' - - " '- i f ! i -- '' I Boise T F Again in League Fold Berger Meets Robinson in t - r'' - ' - t - 1 g' g - 1 ' - i -'-- - '4- - - ‘- - IDAHO FALLS Feb 15 IT1--- -Directors of the Pioneer baseball league Sunday hoisted the go 'ahead a!gnal for the 1942 season when all six teams of the claim C circuit posted forfeit moneT and e set a schedule at a meetwas here that ing conspicuous by the lack of expected fireworks Carl Anderson of Twin Falls representing last year's last Place Cowboys and Haydn Walker owner of the Boise Pilots were among those indicating their belief the league would operate auccessfully during the ensuing season Twin Falls previously had been reported as hard pressed to raise money with which to operate and Walker threatened to "pull out" ih a dispute over the playing schedule at a recent league meeting in Boise The season will begin May 1 with Boise playing at Idaho Falls Pocatello clashing with the Salt Lake City team in the Bees' park and Twin Falls journeying to Og- p - NO - 4 - ' i i - - —- -- - 4 't - i - — --- i' - ' 4 ' '' 10-rou- 120-gam- den Spilt Series - er Harbert Ties Hogan for Monday At BaltImors—Clarence (Red ) Burman vs Johnny lihkor Baltimore Baltiniore heavyweights 112) At $an Francisca—Connie Norden °elf-lanCal vs Earl Nordbani Kansas City heavyweights (1( ) At Nework—Frankle Doane Elizabeth N J vs Harry Ittiiiick Brooklyn N Y tit ) Jackie Alsek fitiw York lightweights vs Bob Wade Passaic N J middleg weighte At Chicago—Nate Bolden Chicago vs Jimmy Reevea Cleveland middleweights (101 At New York—Irwin Raritan (Kay) Los Angeles Cal Ralph Zanelli Providence welterweights TuesdaY At White Plains N Vines Y vs PS N 1) Ruzza Sichenciady Mamaroneck N Y weiterweighis ( SweetAt Philadelphia—Lew Jenkins water Texas vs Marty Servo Itchenectady N Y lightweights (10) At New York — Crnie Vigh Newburg N Y vit Lou ftdiwariz Brook 1Yri N Y (ti ) middleweights Joey lannotti Nw York vs Aaron Seltzer Brooklyn N Y featherweights (9 ) ednesdaY Lox At Oakland IA'right Angeles (New Yoriz featherweight chamvs Ritchie Fontaine Miesoula pion) Mont nontitlis (10) ThursdaY At Newark—Aldo tipoicit New York vs Dave Bruce Orange N J welterweights (8): Joe de Jesus Now York vs Carmelo Fenoy Spain welterweights (8) At Philadelphia—Tony Norris- Cisco town Pa vs Eaton Turner Philadelphia middlewelaihts At Elizabeth N J—Den Rosati Newark vs Freddie Wilson New York wetterweighta (8) At New Haven Conn—Charley Eagle Waterbury Conn vs Georgie Fitch New Haven heaVywelihts (19 ) George Harper New York vs Jetinny Comp° New Haven Texas Crown d SAN ANTONIO Texas Feb 15 (HI—Smiling Melvin (Chick) Ilar- bert a kid from Michigan playing hie second year of professional golf created a fantastic 30 on the final nine holes Sunday to tie Ben Hogan in the Texas open classic with totals of 272 Seven holes out on the Willow Springs course when Hogan finished with a 66 the Battle Creek belter tousled hair shading his eyes birdied five of the next seven holes Hogan had a 65 in the morning round On the home hole with packed thousands around the green Harbert stroked his first putt from 30 feet and left himself three feet above the cup Quickly he stepped up and hit the bulls-ey- e Closes Brilliantly Only a few minutes before Hogan closed spectacularly On the featherweights (10) d finisher he stood far FridayWilson Pittsburgh down in the valley and lotted a (1st AtB ABoston—Jackie vs Abe featherweight Boston norititlechampion) 110t four iron witkin four feet of the Denner West At Palm Fla—Lou Flyer hole But at the time he was under Hollywood Cal vsBeath Buddy0Dell Amsterthe impression that all he needed dam N Y middleweightir (SO) At Morella Hollywood Cal—George was two putts to edge out Slam-mi- Mexico City vs Red Green Los Angeles 8 Sam Snead Who had weltrweights 00) Robinxon New York At New York—Ray for 273 vs Maxis Berger Montreal lightweights Hogan slid his putt one Inch (12) short of the hole tapped it in and thought he had won his first tournament in his home state of Texas Hogan and Harbert will play match for the title in an r 72-ho- le The clubs will participate in a split season with the winners meeting in a best foUr out of seven series for the pennant provided one club does riot win both halves according to Jack Halliwell of Pocatello president' who presided over the sessions The first half of the season will start May 1 and will end July and the second half will begin July 5 and end September 7 Labor day Idaho Falls was awarded the annual game in which teams from the northern half of the loop will clash with clubs from the southern section The contest will be played at Highland park on August 5 or 6 A streamlined schedulein which teams are expected to be given a break in mileage is expected to reduce theAoop's travel miles from last year' 36410 to approximately all-st- over-the-weig- ht Chick Harbert Shoots SO to tie Ben Hogan in Texas open ar 311000 400-yar- n' 65-6- TraininK camps will open approximately on April 5 as follows: Ogden Reds Marysville Cal Pocatello Cardinals Sacramento Cal Salt Lake City Bees Boyes Springs Cal and Boise Pilots Lewiston Idaho The training camp selection for the Twin Falls Monday SAN ANTONIO Texas Pei) 15 AP )— For Harbert it was sweet reCowboys was not a nn oun ced Idaho in the $5000 Texas open Falls will open training at Mer- demption–Ile had led at the end Money winners tournamcni included Ben Hogan ced Cal of 36 holes with a 137 total airl Pa ( tied with Hershey then was given the 10 count by Herbert Melvin (Chick Itarbert Battle Creek Yankee Tie-u- p most critics when he hammered Mich tied with Hogan second piaci) $1000 League directors approved the out a 70 on the third round while $750First place f Monday Vs- - $550 were Hot ham enead Idaho and Snead of in the springs getting Hogan ownership ehange Lloyd lel a ngrum Chicago 1450 Falls Russets from Sam Collins of 65s Ransom Philadelphia 1375 Henry M J Harrimm Chicago 1300 Lewiston to a group of six Idaho Hogan Disappointed Del Monte Cal Thompson Jimmy men buisinese The Falls Russets $25o was Va chandler it Portsmouth For Harper disappointwill continue their with the Hogan New York Yankees Lou Garland ment Over 36 holes he had played 115250 Byron Nelson Toledo $16250 Sant Byrd Ardmore Pa $162 50 incredible golf without a bogey Manager said Herman Koer Akron Ohio $16250 Lawson Little Fan irrancisco 4100 Present at the meeting were and dipped 11 under par Jtmm Perrier Mimhurst iii 100 Brilliant finishes put Lloyd Lou Garland Idaho Falls Claude Grout West Pittston Pa $90 Jack of Chicago and Henry Joe Coria Monterrey Mexico 175 Engberg Salt Lake City J P Mangrum J Brown Des Mollies $75 the Hailiwell Pocatello Haydn Walk- Ransom of Philadelphia near two Denny Shute Chicago 165 wound with up John Revolta Evanston iii $65 er Boise Bill McCorry Ogden top Mangrum 7 for 277 while S65Herman Barron Whits Plains N Y Carl Anderson Twin Falls and rounds of 7 for Ransom slipped in with Jimmy Hines Great Neck N Y $IO Douglas Bean Pocatello Charles Klein Alice Texas WI The starting times of games his 278 t arry Cooper M innea polls 110 Alone at 281 was E J (Dutch) 'ex' 110 Jimmy Gaunt Longview 'under "wartime" conditions will Penna Tony Dayton Ohio $10 be left to the club owners and Harrison the 1939 Texas9 open for who finished managers President Barnwell re- champion 281 One shot behind was Jimmy ported Grantsville Cagers The complete schedule was not Thomson of DelMonte Cal included: finishers The money released Sunday because Garland Pa Tip Tooele 23-1- 9 announced some changes were in 272Ben Hogan Hershey Melvin Harbert Battle Creek Mich GRANTSVILLE The Grantsprospect The slate is expected to be released Monday ville high school cagers defeated Sam Snead Hot Springe Va —27t Tooele 23 to 19 in a Jordan diviChicago Lloyd Mangrum sion league game Saturday night 277 Henry Ranaom Philadelphia before a large crowd —278 J Harrixon Chicago It was a thriller from start to 142Cal Monte Del Jimmy Thomson finish with the teams never more 7040 LiVron Nelson TO10(11 than three or four points apart Chandler Harper Portsmouth 14 The score was tied at with Berman Keiser Akron Ohio less than two minutes of play Grantsville scored the last four STEAMBOAT SPRINGS Colo Byrd Ardmore Pa Feb 15 i1Iww—Gordon Wren's leap 2114Lawoon Little aan Francisco 14371 - points on foul pitches to :clinch the battle of 214 feet down Howelsen hill was 71 245 Jack Grout West Pittston Pa The summary: the longest in the class A ski Tonele Gransaville 3ne Brown Des Moines jumping competition of the SteamGT FP GT FP M 11441 I 0 0 2 I I 0 2 Allredf boat Springs midwinter spar ts 288John DA son Hollywood O 2 0 0 Dobliont WNolmomt 0 6 3 3 carnival Sunday Harry Cooper Minneapolis II ialec 2 2 2 A I 5 3 5 rifmkeviche 1 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 Ludwig The Alta Utah veteran who —20 Dougherty' Jim Milward Madison O 0 0 0 Youngg 1 1 0 2 Barns' TnflY PPlina Dayton won the class A slalom Saturday O A 0 0 Joneme 1 1 3 li40chst Ill 14 Jim Perrier Elmhurst 3 I 3 P1"11001 Nelsnmt 0 7 3 3 failed to appear among the place O 4 2 2 0 Iluntg-r0 0 Pollidori6 J ne Corte Monterrey Mexico 2 2 4 Fitotp0Af winners however because his —287 liannfil)rg It 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 hands touched the slide after his 251 O 2 0 0 NickendrIckr Matthewcg nhilt Chiesgo 1011 Revolt Evanston 2I 148 feet ether jump--2111 7 19 To 1616 25 13 21 First in the event went to Ray J immy ilium Great Neck L I 6rore by quartyra 8 9 15 16 Smith Steamboat Springs for his Toole 16 23 12 point total of 1434 Oftteittlit- Virtrent And I 'Inqent Money Winners In Texas Open 18-ho- le ) I ) tie-u- p 68-6- 69-6- 70-6- 140-65-6- 8 Wren Makes Longest Jump 142-696- 5-- 7 19-a- ll 141-71-7- 185-71- - 68-- 266 146-71-7- - 1 a 1 140-70-6- 1 1 litev-68- 1 72-6- 7 2 145-75- 68-- 289 Mint Cafe Wins From Park City Five 5244 Pericles Cagers Down Y 31 C A Quint 41-21 BINGHAM—The k' PARK CITY—The Mint Cafe basketeers from Salt Lake City downed the Park City Merchants team 52 tb 44 in an exhibition game Saturday at the Veterans' Memorial building gym The team will play again here February 26 Summerhays with 16 points and Petty with 14 led the victors 16Merfor rill and O'Hara each scored the Merchants Sons of Peri- cles basketball team defeated the YMCA quint 41 to 21 in an exhibition game at the Gemmell club gym Sunday Leventis with 14 points and Brown with 11 led the victors Rasmusson made 12 for the losers The summary: M C A rfrirtes fi T F P elTIFP A 3 2 14 hovvritict I 3 2 4 r Ramsoyf n 4 4 1I 1 0 0 n 111irownf A lAnno 0 Rohertmonf 2 Italammumn r A 0 0 12 ft " Joririo Atringharng 0 5 o o c Pi n A 1gie 0 0 n fl Vairrialtis 4 A A A alts 0 0 0 0 Vida:ilk!' t Tnta 4 3 41 111 SOre by Quarters rflelegC A : : 2 2 4 7 9 4 21 10 to 32 lb 3 21 3 3 7 Turarr 3 2 A Morgiinr 0 0 IA 1 1 ft 0 0 14 hnIghta Pettyg 23 7 A 52 Sem' by Mint 41 rark Mint Cate P T — Is Cottonwood Stake CRC CItJT Mer'hants Trythall I' Limon t 1 Merrillc DeJringhtg tl'Harag Leatharmt - 21 Park City Merchants 10 0 4 0 10 0 0 4 1 6 A 4 f33 20 37 30 1 41 41 FP 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 4 2 1 0 0 1 5 Mt Cottonwood Fergusomt Olympus- GP 13Thowlast 2 0 FP 0 4 Floreneet 0 4 1 I 2 DTbomasn 5 5 4 14 0 SatememS Frywrs 1 0 0 2 2 T Sarrettg NAmirusg 0 0 0 0 2 SISarretto rhiel 0 0 0 0 9 5 21 Totals in 2 12 Scott by quartets 4 4 Savaget Car)esone G South Cottonwood Mt Olympus COTTONWOOD 4 4 10 14 11 12 21 0 Winder Holladay Andrus t 0 3 0- 0 le °leen 0 2 Hoilinumwrtnf 1 13 2 1 27 0 ilundrene Mndoereo IS 2 1 11 4 0 0 M II ttintlerong Srott g 0 4 3 3 I 2 2 2 Iturttgeig Niewart :11 0I 0I 72 I 0 2 C Leinont Taylork (1YP 9 0 0 2 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 A 0 2 iTP r) Ciundersonf 1nronourrisi 0 PaultonK 0 litokecbt Totals 26 7 4 56 Score by quarters: 52 Winder 44 Holladay 16 0 0 2 20 8 4 44 Tnt als quartets: 17 1 0 South GT By the season's end only NEW YORK Feb 15 (AP)--W- ith akvay three weeks for most collegiate basketball leagues not a b been won hal although Duke Illinois Colorado and single title 1 Oklahoma A land M are dusting off spots for championship cups on the shelves of their trophy rooms i In other loops of the major class the fog whichi clouded the title pictures lifted! somewhat during the past Telt but challengers lead- :trial' threaten td overtake the before they reach the finish line Duke's walloping of Washington and Lie Saturday night kept the Blue Devils' record clean in the Southern conference They have won 10 iri a row while their nearest foe is Wake Forest with three losses in113 starts The Blue Delrils travel to North Carolina State Monday entertain Wake Forest Thursday and visit George Washington Saturday meeting three teams they con- quered earlier this season in top contests on thI4 week conference card Illinois Stretches Lead i Illinois stretChed its Big Ten lead Saturday i ight with a 9 triumph over r Michigan for its eighth win in nine outings and needs to take Only four of aix remaining games to clinch a title tie Minnesota 3447 victor over Purdue Saturday night and runner-uwith eight victories and three defeats entertaids the Mini Monday night At the same time- third-plac- e Indiana which swamped hapleas 1 Chicago Saturday Inight 1 68-3- 8 1 I 52-2- p - 51-2- 1 Wirsconsin at Purdue and Chicago at Northwestern On Saturday Ohio State goes to Illinoisj Michigan to Iowa Northwestern to Wisconsin and will be at Michigan Chicago to Purdue Oklahoma Aggies leading the Missouri Valley with six straight bounced victories Washington 4 Saturday night and go to Tulsa Wednesday Creighton winner of four out of five but beatert at home by the Aggies entertains St Louis Monday and travela to Tulsa Saturday two nights before moving into Oklahoma A and M for what might decide whetheri the Aggies get all the title or onl part of it Colorado undefeated in the Big Seven with eight victories will be outside the loop until its February 28 date with Brigham Young one of the two remaining games on its conference s('hedule Defeat Princeton Champion Dartmouth took over the lead in Oa Eastern league by nosing Princetnn Friday and tripSaturday night ping Yale But Cornell atayed close on the Indiana' heels p)y crushing Colum5 bia Saturday right and can tie Dartmouth i for the lead this 42-2- 59-4- 8 1010525 25 6 314 1e 'Game in Utah This Week End 25 Horowitz Wins Chess A I a t c 1 i 10-ga- 11 1 A Horowitz demonstrated Saturday night at the city and county building that he still holds the Indian sign over Utah chess Making his third Utah players appearance since 1939 the New York master swept all 11 boards In his simultaneous display Leon Fonnesbeck of Logan with an ill fated Alekhine'a defense was first to be retired from the fray while William Kirsher wDo defended an unusual king gambit was last to survive L N Page former state champion lost a pawn in a Vienna opening and was gradually choked to death Dale L Morgan present state champion after having all the better of it for 17 moves embarked on a disastrous tactical maneuver which quickly ousted him from play Gaston Chappuls who like Morgan adopted the French defense had no better luck with it than did H A Dittmann with the Sicilian The visiting master wai accompanied by his wife who is also a chess player of note With seven New other outstanding York women players Mrs Horowitz Is now engaged in promotion of a woman's championship tournament In an exhibition game with William Kirsher after completion of the simultaneous display she adopted an enterprising Albin counter gambit but it was necessary to adjourn before completion Leaving Salt Lake City Sunday Mr and Mrs Horowitz continued their tronscontinental tour by heading for Denver 55-3- 5 L "From the 18-3- 0 40-3- Hubbard thought the boycott voted against :Denver at the March meeting at Laramie was unfair "We'd like to continue playing Utah Colorado Utah State Wyoming B Y U or Colorado State We have done nothing wrong that Calls for puiiishment We are not e as we have trying to go been accused And we are not trying to dictate to the conference "The only thing is we have an athletic plant that costs us $40- 000 a year to operate We receive no state help as most Of the other schools do We merely' told the conference that there were certain conditions under which we couldn't operate We had a problem and sought their help in meeting it But instead we were told to meet the conditions or get out There was no other choice" pointed out Cac Coach big-tim- The Denver athletic leader said he was sorry to break away frOm the conference but under the present set-u- p he figured it was the best thing Denver will play 55-3- 4 49-4- 5 two-gam- 48-3- Waithingtorn ns No Cut in Farm Systeni Says Branch nicKey St Loi Lis By lien Davili ST LOtIlit Fell 15 111 13ranch Rickey says it isn't so The father 4if the modern base- - ball farm system which hoisted the St Louls!Cardinals into the game's uppett reaches assertedSunday he planned no dismem- beberment of is brain-chil- d cause of the lwar "Right noW" the vice presi- dent and genOral manager of the we will Cards statecq stoutly iot withdrawl from any league We will redUce only if leagues disband" That should quiet those proph- eta Of the pruning hook who con- jure up visions of a Roman holt- day among the extensive St Louis holdinta in the inor Rickey of ours is too astute baseball 1junglelore not to knoty that many things can hap- pen in the bUshes or that many things probably will "There a re several things which the St Louis cardinale do not control" he reminded "I or example the weather and the s "Of course we may not have the supply of players we formerly had and we may not be able to find players "If as and when difficulty arises we will try to meet it" the Redbird sage concluded Last seeson nearly a score of years after Rickey established the chain system of baseball agriculture the Cards owned 10 minor league clubs and had working agreements with 14 others The "Big Four" of the system are Columbus in the American atimociation Rochester in the ternational league Sarramento in the Pacific Coast league and Houston in the Texas league Principal working agreement is with New Orleans in the Southern association es II twitedole wit h I he l11 min- taln Stale conference teams next fall on more or less an unofficial betels But odnee the conference has a KiUy rule which doesn't recognize a championship team anyway Denver will have as much claim to the title as any other team TT' 26-2- 8 p ay things stand Thinks Boycott linfair Methodist Saturday Febchampionship tournament leadwith the ruary second-plac- along e Alabama also ers and beaten by Kentucky last week Ileavy Schedule A heavy achedule winds up the league race this week with Tennessee and Vanderbilt playing at Nashville Monday and at Knoxville Saturday Alabama at Mississippi Wednesday and at Mississippi State Thursday and Georgia Tech at Kentucky in the headliners Stanford leading the Southern division in the Pacific Coast conference with five wins in six tries riska its position at LT C I A FriRunner-uday and Saturday Southern California with four victories and two defeats will be at California the same nights Oregon State moved into a tie with Washington State at the top of the Northern division by defeatSaturday night ing Oregon e aeries for a sweep of a as Washington State dropped Idaa ho Oregon goes to WashState Wednesday and to ington Idaho Friday and Saturday the same nights Oregon State goes to NV now we won't even attend the May conference meetings here I may come over with the track team but I don't plan to attend meeting!' and I'm sure Fete (Profesolor A C Nelson faculty representative) is not figuring on attending It looks Ike the break is complete and final" 38-3- Harvard and Dartmouth at Penn on Saturday Kansas pulled Into a tie with Oklahoma fori the Big Six lead Satby swamping iktebraska urday night btit the Sooners have two games thia week while Kansas plays only one in the conference Iowa State and Kansas the co champs battle at Lawrence Mon day night and Nebraska visits Missouri will be at Oklahoma Kansas State Saturday with Oklahoma at Nebraska Kansas entertains the Oklahoma Aggies at a nonconference party Friday 1 victory Saturday night's over Texas A and M swept a two game series and gave Arkansas undisputed possession of first place in the SouthWest conference as Texas Christian dropped out of a tie for the lead after losing to Rice which took over !second place Winner of seven out ot eight Arkansas has only four 'games left two of them Friday and Saturday against Invading Texam Saturwhich lost to Baylor Texas Christian enday night tertains Baylol Tuesday and visit Rice Friday and Texas A and al ' ' PHILADELPHIA Feb 15 !HI— Outfielders Bob Johnson and Mike Kreevich and First Daseman Dick Siebert Are holdouts Connie Mack president and manager of the Athletics disclomed Sunday night "I am sure they will come around in time" Connie said "The office is in touch with all three and I don't expect any serious differences of opinion even though some difference?! exist now" Saturday Associate Sports Etiftor Colorado university readjusted its basketball sights Sunday The Buffaloes have already clinched the Big Seven conference championship their fourth in the last five years Now they are pointing for an undefeated Beason which would assure them a top spot' on the honor roll of great teams that have been pro- duced by Coach Frosty Cox ' Athletics' Outfielders Want More Money Southern By Jimmy Hodgson Cac Hubbard football coach and athletic director of :Denver university was in town Sunday and the popular and aggressive Pioneer leader announced definitely that "Denver is chit of the conference and is going to stay out" In fact Hubbard stated that he could announce a footSeven Conference ball schedule for 1943 right now Big PIN W i Av pA Op which of course doesn't include Teams 8 0 4114 311 388 t ft 8 2 383 4711 303 318 of Seven the conference Wyoming 8 3 483 418 fil9 482 any Big 4 4 Utah 388 388 495 443 teams ''But" reported Cac "the 1148 3 5 284 348 307 438 schedule is not definite yet and Colo Mato 239 4 '01 298 8:12 Mat 313 40$ 351 4 53 there will likely be a change or Denver two before it is released Howtlamrs Thls 14'rek riday Night ever we're not having anY trouUtak vc Dent re at Dent re ble lining up games We could Stordas at ttotalder play 10 straight weeke in Denver eeeee vs Colorado Night fah Mate vs Itrisham °nog It Provo It we wanted to We don't tak vs Colorado litte al t or( (ollins want to Greelry Mate at Draelry Vlsoming set-up notaconterence) I plan "Under this new to arrange for at least owe good Results Last Week Colorado 49 'Jab 49 trip each season One year we'll t74 Denver 41Volum 49 ing lorado take the boys to the eastern seaBrigham 61 Colorado Mato 37 Nvoining board and the next year to the Denver 54 Utah Slate 39 Pacific coast We couldn't do that beunder the conference set-u- p cause we were forced to play six conference games and needed the 4 other intersectional games on our home lot" he commented dropped by Rice night goes to Texas A and M week Friday and to Rice Saturday 3 All seven tetirris will see action upset over Kentucky's this week with Harvard at Cor- Tennessee Saturday night failed nell Jenn at Yale and Princeton to knock the Vol s out of the Southat Columbia ton Wednesday and eastern conference lead but estabCornell at Princeton Columbia at lished Kentucky as a threat in the 50-3- In A 15 6 t--r- 1 NEW YORK 15 the appearance of Chalky Wright and Jackie Wilson holders of t h e world's featherweight crowns this week Friday night's bout between Ray Robinson New York's sensational negro clouter and Maxie Berger of Montreal and the Bronx looms as the top attraction on the boxing program Both Wright who is recognized by the New York state commission and Wilson N B A titleholder will be seen in nontitle fights The former meets Ritchie Fontaine of Missoula Mont in a scrap Wednesday and Wilson takes on Abs Denner of Boston Friday In an match Robinson regarded by many as the next lightweight champion tangles with the former Canadian at Madichampion in a son Square Garden Wright will do his fighting at Oakland Cal while Wilson's appearance is carded for Boston ‘ ikolfies Face B Y U in Only I ) ill Follow 'titles Leason Holds Lead in Scoring Riice By Associated Press Lesson McCloud of Colorsdo although unable to maintain his pace of the previous week has strengthened his bid for a second straight Big Seven basketball scoring championship The senior forward from Newton Kan is comfortably ahead of the pack with 119 points although his average dropped nearly a point to 148 per game McCloud led the conference last season with 156 tallies His teammate Center Bob Doll who held the lead for several weeks is second with 108 points but is getting pushed by two Wyoming sharpshooters Milo Komenich and Ken Sailors who have L 107 apiece Doll leads in free throws with and holds the single game top mark of 24 points and 10 field 28 goals a r in g average Colorado's slipped a little to 567 points per game but is still the best IA the releague Brigham Young gained its grip on defensive honors an its opponents have the lowest average 378 per game Leading scorers: Av G FT1 FT PF NirCloildf C IL 8 Don e C litmsiche I Wyo Wvo 3'' U Howurtiet Utah ttoilintorr Ac W Parkerl attnithg 14V1 VAC Utah 011 Hothmong Hheffteldf G throws points Wy C roma 9 9 hi 14 9 S 8 8 8 47 4l 47 42 38 31 24 25 S Imi 11 it 11 23 24 107 24 1117 14 93 82 25 20 29 29 29 13 12 111 12 12 11 78 11 131 312) 11 9 11I 11 JO 2 n 72 17 8 72 IN 17 23 18 MM 24 1 79 70 79 IS s S 7 247 77 ti7 at 3I A011911 rt fouls: Tp—Total par game lo'is Id F11--- - PI— Personal 7 1 17 224 Tp 11 119 14 8 4 Skeen Takes fall Pro Crown Denver will operate next under any rule that the conference adopts If the Circuit decides to use freshmen Denver will use WEST PALM BEACH Fla freshmen If not Denver will not Feb 15 Uri — Dick Skeen who use its first-yea- r players Cac an- hadn't been able to reach the finounced nals of previous winter circuit Hubbard went on to say that tournaments handed the school has a dietician expert Wayne Sabin hisSunday defeat as a first on its staff that has warned the 5 6 in school that its football players professional the tulf stream tennis tournaneed a training table "Under the ment conference rules we couldn't have The clash between one even though we did every- Skeen and Sabin dething possible to 43ut the table veloped into one of the hottest over at the meetings But nOw battles ever seen in Florida Lastwe're going ahead Our chancellor ing more than three hours it is convinced that the boys should caused of the postponement have the evening meal after prac- doubles final which the tourafter tice and they are going to get it" ing pros will move on to Tampa The winner took $160 and the 'When asked if he didn't think loser $90 in prize money Doubles the attractiveness of a freefinals will be run off Monday lance schedule Might wear off In two previous tournaments tin last Coach Hubbard said: "I a professional Sabin had lost only But of two sets Skeen ranked don't think It Will second in ouree that's sorbet!' Ing I hat the national pro lists dropped to we'll have to find out from exthird seeding here because of his perience" previously poor showing In the Hubbard thinks that basketball winter circuit will be hit "But then" he pointed out "we have two serious problems in basketball anyway One is that we have to buck the Denver Legion team one of the finest teams in the country and a team the Inns like to see The other NEW YORK Feb 15 (An -A is that we have no suitable school of guests who objected' to couple or boumn field court gymmisimn partwhich has proved a big handicap leaving Jack thempsey's early Sunday were treated 'The other minor sports of ment foor cuts and roitrme will oleo he- hit but theY tit Roosevelt hospital will also be hit at the other bruises Brothers Frank and Salvatore schools particularly in baseball thought 1 a m was too which has been very popular on Puglisi soon for a party at Dempsey's to be will our side limited Play up polies reported They with the Utah schools not partici- break were deposited in the hall outside alcourse of Track has pating called police and an ways lacked in interest and we neighbors ambulance came in for golf' gymhaven't' gone Told Frank might have a nastics and other minor sports as broken that Dempsey snorted jaw extensively as Colorado "Couldn't be" he said "Absoto "Yea it's going hurt us it's lutely couldn't be I Just slapped going to injure the whole league 'em around a little bit" but apparently the die is Cast As far as our school Is concerned the action was taken by our faculty American Hockey League leaders and they are firm in their 1 2 W101010000 Plithurgh Ratioas (711v 2 1)11101 convictionm We are definitely not T 0111 4 trultrinni3O11 Hri planning on further competition Rhode INIA11 (!leveland in the league" That's the Denver point of Niew on the Big Seven split and there Nattonal Hockey League are as many arguments for Den 0 Chirazo SIRekhawkm 2 Snotnn ver as there are on the other side Detroit Red Wings bo Montreal O 13-1- 1 1-- 7-- third-seede- top-seede- 9-- 7 d d Dempsey Still Packs Wallop -- H I Mathematically the C L squad can still be edged out of the title but he chances are so remote as tä be negligible The Buffs have a string of eight straight conference triumphs with only four games left and the only trouble game on the remaining slate apparently is the battle with Wyoming at Laramie March 8 If the Colorado team can win from the Cowboys at Laramie they should COITIC through the 1942 campaign as one of the very few undefeated teams in the nation and a strong candidate for some national recognition The Colorado squad is being touted as one of the greatest squad3 in Colorado history and it probably is Certainly no C U team has had three finer players than Leason McCloud Bob Doll and George Hamburg And yet the Buffs won from B Y U- Its strongest challenger with two of these three stars on the bench for more than a half Saturday night Colorado not only has a great first string but plenty of strong reserves Race Over The campaign le over ac far as the championship is concerned for everybody but Colorado and from now on the fight will be for second and third place rankings Coach Floyd Millets Cougars-hava good chance to cop the runnem!) laurels even though the team will undoubtedly drop an- other game to Colorado at Boulder Wyoming jumped into third place and will likely remain there or else tie with B Y U for second After the bad start Wyoming has come back for five straight victories and may hang up three more before the campaign is over to Utah university slipped fourth place as a result of its 4849 loss to Colorado It was the toughest game Colorado has had all season but the loss will probably keep the Redskins in fourth for the remainder of the campaign Utah State could have tied Utah for fourth by defeating Denver Saturday but now the Aggies bsvs little hopes of anything better than fifth place The win for Denver over Utah State was the first triumph of the season for Coach Ellison Ketchum's Pioneers The victory was carved out under the leaderehip of Center Dick Murray who used tostar at center for Denver on the gridiron Four ContehtsFour conference games are On the slate this week with the Utah Redskins journeying to the far- side of the circuit 10 face Denver Friday and Colorado State cm saturday at Fort Collins The Indiana should be able to hang up another Ipair of victories Their toughest game will likely be against the Denver crew The Denver-Utabattle Is the only game on the docket for Fri day Saturday Utah State and 'B Y U will battle at Provo in the only game in Utah this week end The Cougars should take the contest without undue difficulty Denver and Colorado bitterest enemies in the league fight It out at Boulder Saturday but the C U team is far too strong and besides the Buffs have only lost one game in history on their home court Denver certainly has little hope of scoring the second against the 1942 champions Wyoming has no league games on the docket but has arranged a nonconterence encounter with Greeley State for Saturday at t e I ' A one-poi- - — — r A 1 :: : f - r : - a ' : h : ' Greeley I Denver Legion Loses At 1 ' hansas tItv KANSAS CITY IS Feb Mo ambitious under of basketball players squad the banner of the Fault les Laundry of Kansas City Sunday night upset the mighty Denver Legions here in an A A U sponsored game (ITP)------ hard-playin- 4 g ! - to 39 Denver beaten previously thia season only by the Philhps squad appeared listlesa under the goals and the smaller home tivian 41 continually snatched away the rebounds to gain an edge which score the despite the Legionnaires could not overcome - see-sawi- ' Morello Cops Decision From Jackie Cooper NEW YORK Feb 15 150 Fiore ilo Brooklyn w a s awarded the decision ovel?Tackis Cooper 151 Chicago in the second round of their scheduled eight-roun- d main event at the Ridgswood Grove Saturday night 1117 Vocearello disqualif:ed 're e the midwesterner for butting and kicking Fiorello suffered a deep gash over his left eye during a clinch in the second (41-Jerr- y I k I ' t nt I - - I - - 4 :? - ' 1