Detroit evening times., 1946-01-25
Sports
BREVITIE les

Striking back alter yielding the
lead once, the Indianapolis Capt.
tolls tied Hershey last night, A.
Jim Conacher's last-minute goal
eQualized the count The Bal
timore International League bas-
ketball team finally got the okay
to use the city'S municipal sta
dium. The teams own field
burned down last year
Doc Blanchard, Army's football
great, has accepted an invitation
to compete in the 60-yard dash in
the MelroSe Games at Madison
Square Garden New York, Feb.
p. His opponents will include
Clyde Scott, Navy's great back
last fall.
Tex Sullivan, manager of Lee
Oma, Detroit heavy, announced
he will go before the New York
Boxing Commission next week
and request an elimination tour
nament among prominent heavy
weights 10 prevent Oma from
being "railroaded out of the pic
ture"
Auto Club. International
Hockey League leader. meets De-
troit Brights at Windsor arena
tonight Albion Col @ & Q
clinched the MIAA championship
beating Alma, 67-47 Willis
Ward, former u. Of NJ. star, has
Joined the American Veterans
Committee here
A CT tourney is one way TO
break what he termed a monopoly
on the pro boxing game. according
TO MIA secretary Col. Harvey l..
Miller Chester Zelinski. %.
Detroit sandlot catcher, has signed
with Brooklyn Dodgers De-
troit Outboard Association plans
TO renew 65-mile Marysville 10
Detroit race. possibly in connec-
ton with Gold Cup races. and
nine other regattaS next season.
Walter Boom Boom) Beck. the
ex-Tiger, will be player-manager
of York in Interstate League d.
Pitcher Jim (Milkman) Turner
has been released by Yankees so
he can manage Beaumont in Texas
League Ben Hogan and Jim
Ferrier are favorites in $500
Phoenix Open golf meet starting
today.
Only three major college basket
ball teams have perfect records
today after Rhode Island State
upset Holy Cross. 65-5S. last night
al Boston. Pfc. Dick Hall. former
Wayne star. is among the cage
greats who'll participate for Ha-
waii army all-starS against 41st
Division team of stars from Japa-
nese occupation forces in a series
starting tomorrow at Manila in
all-Pacific army OlympicS.
Wallace Butts turned down
other offers and signed for five
years at greatly increased salary
to coach Georgia football Jim
Lookabaugh Of Oklahoma A. e. NJ.
may be next grid coach at Florida
. Tbl IlltI IsiOIlN biii u iNhs tii''
and Gerry Foa'ee. center. ft ave
signed with San Francisco OF ALI
America Conference.
New York Yankee farm system
consists Of Ia owned or affiliated
minor league teams. nine OF them
new. and scouting staff has been
enlarged from four TO nine, includ-
ing Dutch Lorbeer, formerly with
the Detroit Tigers Women s
Western Golf Association match
play open will be held at Wakonda
c. c.. Des Moines. June 24-29. and
the amateur meet .at Cleveland
c. C.. Aug. 12-17.
Top runners compete tonight in
Philadelphia Inquirer meet :.
Charles II. Hoyt resumes as head
track coach at Yale March | :.
Eddie Brown, who lost an eye in
game. will get at least IS, 900
from receipts OF st. Louis Flyers
game with New Haven at ST
Louis Wednesday.
Long shot bettors had picnic
Yesterday when not one favorite
won in rs races at Hialeah and
Santa Anita A wild players
parlay of the Santa Anita winners
could have paid over a billion dol
lars D.. Nobody was sharp enough
TO bet II. but the bookmakers
took a licking anyway on the long