Imperial Valley press., 1934-05-17
Here And There
In Sport World
BY United PrerS

BY United Prers
NEW YORK, May 1.-THE well
terweight title bout between jim
my McLarnin and Barney Ross,
scheduled for May %, already has
drawn an advance sale of $4,000,
promoters announced last night.
They predict a complete sell-out
for the Madison Square Garden
bowl.
LOS ANGELES, May II. = The
parade of fallen heroes heightened
today with the elimination of
Chuck Ward from the Southern
California amateur golf champion
ship. Ward fell by the wayside
when he finished q poor second to
Jack Gaines of Glendale in yes
terday S round. Gaines won, 5 and
4.
Charles Seaver remained in the
running among the favored list af-
ter routing Arnold White, former
New York amateur, and 3. Ernie
Combs of Long Beach defeated
Web Hanson, 2 and l, and Chester
Coleman vanquished Bud Cant
well, 4 and 2.
Today's featured match brought
Coleman and Seaver together as
opponents.
LOS ANGELES, May 17.-George
zarynoff, New York heavyweight,
won a mat victory over Vic Christy
of Long Beach at the Olympic last
night by winning the third and de-
Gliding fall with series of head
locks.
Police were called to quiet riot
ing fans when they showered Hank
Oswald, Los Angeles wrestler, with
bottles and other objects during a
preliminary. Oswald after being
defeated by Everett Ribbons, Ok
lahoma, tossed his opponent out
of the ring.
NEW YORK. May II. Six
turf triumphs this year by thor
oughbreds Of Mrs. Dodge Sloane s
Brookmeade stable have brought in
purses totalling about 100000.
The sixth big victory was reg
istered yesterday W hen Mrs.
Sloane IS Okapi won the 41st run
ming of the Tobaggan handicap at
Belmont Park.
Her horses won the Florida der
by, Chesapeake stakes, Wood men,
orial. Kentucky derby and the
Preakness stakes.
CHICAGO, May II. A two
team battle was forecast today for
the Big Ten track and field cham
pionships at Dyche stadium, Evan
ston, tomorrow and Saturday. If
Michigan doesn It win the title,
then Indiana will.
It's an old Michigan custom to
win the Big Ten track title. Since
the meet was started in 1901. Mich
igan has won IL championships
the last two in succession.
Indiana has won the national
track title and the Big Ten indoor
title but never captured the Big
Ten outdoor championship The
last two years Indiana has run
second to Michigan, finishing only
six points out of first place in 1882
Michigan is banking heavily or
Willis Ward. its Negro star, to
bring the Wolverines their third
straight title. Ward is counted on
to score between Is and 20 points.
Indiana will combat Michigan IS
strength with its two stars, Charlie
Hornbostel and Ivan Fuqua. who
are expected to sweep the running
races from 202 yards to one mile.
HornboStel won the half mile and
mile last year, and F'uqua the 900
and 440 yard dashes. They can be
counted on to repeat.
CHICAGO, May liking Levin
sky. the vanishing heavyweight who
took a 5-day automobile trip from
Los Angeles to get to hospital in
Chicago, may be allowed to go home
today.
"Levinsky already is much i'm
proved said DR.. Morely Sherin,
land I may allow him to go home
today. He may be able to return to
Los Angeles in a week."
Levinsky and his sister-manager
Lena Levy, disappeared last week
rather than go through with
scheduled bout with Art Lasky at
Los Angeles last Tuesday night.
They turned up in Chicago last
night, and hevinsky Immediately
sought solace in hospital.
I'VE weren't afraid of Lasky," said
Mrs. Levy. THE King was sick.
When he gets better we'll go back
and fight"
JAMAICA, N. Y, May l7.-Dom-
inic (Duke) Bellizzi, one of the most
promising jockeys on the American