Toledo union journal. [volume] (Toledo, Ohio) 1942-current, 1950-03-17

Reports for the calendar
vision indicate that many kin
Income from hunting and
fishing licenses exceeded So,
100000. The greatest figure
ever reached.
Five headwater lakes and two
recreation lakes were completed
to set a record for the calendar
year.
The best farmer-sportsman re-
lations in a decade existed, and
the Divisions law enforcement
program was outstanding.
Hunters took well over g.
100000 rabbits, and Ohio will
likely rank among the leaders
in rabbit and pheasant bags.
There Is the largest carry
over of pheasants in five years,
promising plentiful broods this
year.
The states pheasant popula-
ton Is now spread more widely
into over half the counties. Thus
thanks TO the ADD restoration
project, hunting pressure in the
former pheasant belt has been
reduced.
A breakdown of 1949 expen.
ditures showes personnel serv
ice cost about 80, maintenance
4O%o and capital Improvement
or additions and betterment
about 22TO.
Ten Years Ago
Ten years ago, Seabiscuit Sc
track record by running the
mile and a quarter in 2:0l.2 ir
the 100000 Santa Anita Handi'
cap.
Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page o.
Chapel Hill, N. c., captured the
18th Annual Mid-South wom'
ems golf tournament.
Colorado whipped Duquesne
51-40 in the final of the National
Invitation tournament at Madi'
son Square Garden. Bob Dol
Of Colorado was awarded the
most valuable player trophy.
Double Call, a twoyear-olc
colt owned by c. Leroy King
set a world record for hall
mile by racing four furlongs ir
0:46.
BY playing tie with the New
York Rangers, the Boston Bru'
ins clinched first place In the
National Hockey League.
At Pinehurst, N. c., Ben Ho
gan won the North and South
Open with a recordsmashinl
277.
Jackie Conn
Jackie Conn never achieved
the fistic glory of his brother
Bill, nor the money either, bu
in his own mind the younger
Conn always thought he wa
Just as good as Billy and IL HI
hadn't gone into service Che wa
with a paratroop outfit h'
would have done as we'll as hi
brother In the prize ring.
Billy always told Jackie tina
he didn't have championship
possibilities and to prove it, th'
two would fight. Billy alway!
won but he never won easily
Now the question of the cham
pionship of the Conn family
never will be settled because
Billy has had his nose remod
eled and he refuses to allow
Jackie to take potshots at the
expensive plastic remodeling job
Australia Shows the Way
While u. S. fighters continue
to be killed with appalling fire.
quency, usually from head in
juries, Australians aren't JUS
standing around cluck-cluckine
about this bleakeSt aspect of the
boxing business. Local promot
ers please note: In Australia, nc
fighter steps into the ring with
out first submitting to a skull
X-ray. The findings are Sc
strictly enforced that the coun-
try hasn't had a ring death in
several years.
The average number of fight
ers having thin skulls is about
five per cent, or about one In
every 20 X-rayed. These fight
ers are ruled out for life. Fur.
thermore, Stadiums Ltd, which
compares to the goth Century
Sporting Club Of the Mike ia.
cobs era in size, enforces a rigio
physical examination which in.
cludes x rays of lungs and in
ternal organs. Heart tests oi
boxers working regularly are
taken every few months. Also