Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1945-02-23

his conquest of Mexico in 1919 Today in the Hippo
drome de of the Americas Mexico
boasts of the finest race courses IN the Nortn
According to the president of Brooklyn College where
the basketball gambling scandal began few weeks ago. the
players had been given general warning ana tne Ive
plavers who became involved had received specific one
Devotees of clean athletics especially amateur sports
claim that such warnings there is no excuse Tor the
crime and that sympathy should be shown TO tne OIL
tenders.
Iaverne Keller wellknown Toledo handball player,
has accepted the challenge of Steve 10TH his coworKer OIL
the Spcer Unit to match Laverne says that
he will take Steve at the Catholic Club at b:Oo p M
Wednesday Feb 28 Steve received eye injury in hand
ball game few weeks ago. but is in good shape now ana
ready for competition.
It will be news to most lovers of golf that hundreds OF
thousands of golf balls will be manufactured this spring out
of synthetic rubber But it will not be pleasant news pc
cause none of them will be available to civilians Coll
Widows" please note.
A stopwatch showed that during recent basketball
game between Michigan and Northwestern Universities the
players around the court no less than 342 minutes
of the regular 4O-mnute playing time
Jack Manders, former Chicago Bears placekick star,
kicked 72 footballs the goal post crossbar in
This record has not been approached much less beaten
Father Edward j. F1aherty former boxer, has been
acting as referee somewhere Southwest Pacific where
he is an army chaplain Uncle Sans boys take their boxing
seriously and they say that they don't want any long
counts"
Whitley Robinson of the City Machine Tool Unit has
averaged 1913 for the past two of bowling but rolled
SIG recently Says he's after Red Bialecks 5000 scalp
Thieves Sc in New Jersey after saving through
iron bars forcing window and pryng open steel cab
inets Seems that they could make that of money
legmatey nowadays by expending the same amount OF
effort.
Bernie Krieger all-around sportsman from the Cham
pon Unit average of 100 in bowling shoots in the
low 7Os gof and is good hitter in softbal But what
gpe Bernie that he is always taking expensive pnoche
lessons at Don Fetchers emporium,
Some classy bowling turned in by members
of the City Machine Tool Unit when they bowled Tuesday
the Marathon alleys Red Biaecki of the Wildcats gath
cred imposing 245 Walter Geske, Rough Riders, had
big 243 George Pove of the Avengers 1885, and Charles
Heyman of the team rolled 233
Recently high school basketball player in Chicago
scored "A points in game remember when the total
points of both teams didn't amount to than that
Another fine bowling turned in by Jeanne
Eaton of the Packard Unit Jeanne rolled monstrous 2l4
which is durn good for bowler-or anyone else,
for that matter.
To prove the statement that basketball is gaining in
popularity all the world the Mexican government in
ved the Great Lakes basketball team compete in
nament in Mexico City don't think that the sailors will be
able to accept though because their absence from the train
ing station is limited 48 hours for athletic competition