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PAGE EIGHT
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: F. M. WILLIAMS
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A NEW FEATURE
«:In the story elsewhere on this
page today about L.. H. Cunning
- ham, new physical director of the
Wathens Y. M. C. A., there is an
element of drama that 'absorbed
v the interest of this column,
To turn back the years and
picture a little boy, undernour
ished, sickly and too weak to
start school at 6 years like
other children, and then to
“look at the photograph of su
“perb manhood accompanying
' ‘the story to us meant that the
" siekly boy who becmae the
. Perfect Man must have had
. .the heart of a lion and cour
age unsurpassable.
» Phose vears when the little body
was gradually hecoming more
«sturdy and when that unyielding
will power was driving tired mus
gles to added activity to conquer
« the stigma of being a “sissy’ are
‘packed with drama as it affects
~everyday life. Everybody can un
“serstand it—that is everybody who
‘ever had to make a terrific fight
r_tor something they wanted more
uthan anything else in all the
~world.
. It was easy to picture the
. boy’s advance, step by step,
. and slow—but steady. Proba
_ bly he cried himself to sleep
_‘after a day in which he "nad
fallen short of some athletic
_feat he had set as a goal, only
"to reach that goal shortly
" afterwards.
- ‘We have talked with Mr. Cun
ningham and hy, is modest and
_unassuming almost to “the point
:{’?being, uncommunicative about
. ‘himself. But it is easy to picture
‘the smile which must have swept
over hig face when the long, hard
years of work and disappointment
. were crowned with being judged
the Perfect Man in all this great
"~ @ountry. By the way that title
Perfect Man is a misnomer. It
. gimply. means that Mr. Cunning
‘ham' was judged as having the
gfi physical development of any
_man in the United States, and
- there were thousands and thous
‘ands of competitors from all parts
~ of the country.
" The thing that impressed us
~ about the Cunningham story
_ was the terrific fight he made
“and won against almost insur
. mountable odds and & poten
. tial death sentence to reach
g’;’. peak. :
' This is the young man who is
determined to build up the health
happiness of this community
~ through his work at the Y. M.
LA, Will he succeed? Why ask?
.o you believe a man who has
““done what he did will ever fail at
gwything? Especialiy such’ a little
* ing as he is determined to put
Pever now.
"8 ' Watch for his column,
~ "“Health and Happiness,”
8 which starts Monday in the
$4.. Banner-Herald. It will prove
~ worth many thousands of dol
. lars to you in added “Health
#e%and Happiness.”
b LARIS FPROMOTES
vfitkhleé"'Laris will make his bhow
/a 8 @ boxing promoter here Tues-
A 8 night, presenting a thirty
] goundh card as his first at
:W ; at the game.
%w\ §.lris, who formerly made
~ his money as a wrestler, knows
h’f!vgoflty a.bout the game, but it
s“'? t is going to be a hard task
b -fikifls a lsuccess in Athens
T w now. Interest in boxing
e gone down below the level
_..in the past few months, and it
»g?fl take real shows to bring
;"'f‘;‘"whck to its former stand
ard.
.+ Alec says he plans to bring Jim
. Londos here for a wrestling
» match, and he may do it, but the
_ sponer he does the better crowds
+he will have. It is not out of the
. guestion for the champion to
. come here, for wrestlers will show
&where that they will receive
*cood pay. We wish the new pro
ggem luck, and hope that he will
be in a position to have some real
‘uws here.
... TWO OLD FOES MEET ‘
. The state's greatest rivals, the
ersity of Georgia and the|
3 ja School of Technology.
_ Will meet again in an ‘athletic
gontest. The Bulldogs will be
‘g: to the Engineers here Sat
jn']""day night, when ths two teams
meet in Woodruff hall in the first
" bf a three-game serics with the
**;.fickpts.
s\?& "It should be a hotly con
wmud game, with the Jackets
fi’”;mling slight favorites. Both
::N#m' are composed of veter
\gfi.“" and Tech has a bunch of
' .men that are all over six feet,
flfim ‘all of whom can shoot
%wfih deadly accuracy.
.. Tech recently payed thel
%% New York Cetics a great game
i, in_ Atlanta, with the Celts
: ~:'gminq by a three-point mar
" gin. Georgia has won four out
=‘fi five games played, but
ififi“ nany who witnessed the two
fiw« with Florida, think that
A Bulldogs were lucky to
:zg‘q!n one of the games.
=" Jt should be a great game, With
Y teams anxious for victory.
f"‘:,: two teams are just about
: y matched, and it should be
;,:, ! ;,,best game of the year; thus
fAr. A record-breaking crowd is
fi!&\fifled to turn out for the con-
L%‘tfet
i The Tech game Saturday
& will be the second of the week
%h’ the Bulldogs, Wednesday
" night Georgia and Presbyte
: rian college meet here, in an
' other' game that promises to
,M_'g plenty good. The South
~« Carolina team is reported to be
_* one of the best in the lodine
. state, and it will give Geor
e a battle.
J’fln first game for the Bulldogs
* out of town, will be February 2nd,
Wher “they journey to Atlanta to
. Meet the Georgia Tech Yellow
Jackets in the second game of the
Georgia Plays 2 Games This Week
SICKLY CHILD BECAME BEST DEVELOPED MAN IN ENTIRE NATION
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Banner-Herald to Print
Article on Health by
L. H. Cunningham
Would you believe that the sub
ject of the picture accompanying
this article was too weak to start
school at the age of 6 and that
it was debated for a long time
whether or not he would ever be a
normal, healthy child?
Well it's true.
The young man who displays
such superb muscular development
is L. H. Cunningham, physical di
rector at the Athens Y. M. C. A,
and the author of a series of short,
interesting articles on health and
body development which will run
in the Banner-Herald.
The firsy of these articles will
appear in Monday's paper and
they have been carefully prepared
by Mr. Cunningham. Each will
be complete and will deal with
some special form of exercise or
physical activity.
The author will discuss diet and
exercise for adding or reducing
weight along scientific, harmless
lines, tell you how to strengthen
sagging abdominal museles, de
velop the biceps, ete. In fact he
will cover the entire field of body
development and the title of the
column Mr, Cunningham will write
very appropriately is “Health and
Happiness”, for Mr. Cunningham
says they are dependent upon each
other and so closely related as to
be inseparable, 5
Was Sickly Child
Mr. Cunningham was born in
Peru, Indiana and is 31 years old.
As stated above he was too sick
v to ptart to school at 6 yearls,
due to malnutrition and very poor
metabolism; he was flat-chested,
round-shouldered and suffered from
catarrh and diseased tonsils. It
sounds like a “before taking” ad
vertisement, but Mr. Cunningham
says it was all true.
His father started making him
exercise constantly. Having bheen
a gymnast, dash man and baseball
player, he know something about
training, He kept increasing his
son’s exercise as the child im
proved.
From that time on the physical
director says he can't remember
when he wasn't passionately de
voted to physical training. As far
back 2s he can remember he was
reading everything he could get
his hands on pertaining to phy
gical training.
Shows Improvement
Soon he had improved enough
physically to make the grammar
school track, baseball gnd basket
ball teams. He joined the Y. M.
(. A. when he was ten years old
and attended every class.
His physical director at the Y
soon noted how pathetically anxi
ous he was to build up a strong
body and gave him constant en
couragement and advice. 'Still
continuing the exercise outlined by
his father, the boy found it easy
to make all athletic teams in Jun
ior high school.
He entered Prep school and won
letters in four sports but was stil’
more interested in perfecting his
physique and kept up his work
at the Y. M. C. A. By this time
he had become a Y leader and was
entrusted with giving younger
boys lessons, His earlier muscu
lar training and resultant im
provement in coordination made it
very easy for him to learn to play
and master any sport.
He attended Butler university
and Normal Gymnastic Union in
Indianapolis and then entered Y
work as assistant physical direc
tor in Kokomo, Indiana. He at
tended the Lake Geneva, Wiscon
gin, Y. M. C. A. Summer school
and spent two summers at the
Silver Bay school in New York.
His decision to spend his life in
Y work robbed some professional
sport of a figure that was sure
to have left a deep mark on its
records.
Trained “Pros”
Becoming phygical director at
Canton, Ohio, he had many mem
bers of the Canton Bulldogs, world
professional football champions
and probably the best known pro
foothall aggregation of all time,
under his physical direction and
training.
In 1924 he became assistant phy
sical director at the Atlanta Y. M.
C. A. and in 1925 won the national
contest for the Perfect Man title
by a vote of artists, physical cul
turists and physical directors. He
treasures today the cup he won
as first prize for the best phy
sically developed man in the en
tire country. He rose from assist
ant physical director at Atlanta to
the post of physical director in
1926 and served until 1933. He
then became supervisor of play
grounds with the Park department
and the FERA in Atlanta, having
charge of thousands and thousands
of young people,
Many Athenians will remember
the popular morning setting-up
exercises over radip station WSB,
which ran for three years and be
came an outstanding feature of its
programs, Mr. Cunningham’s was
the voice you heard directing
Bee ~ Offers Advice o 4
Mr. Cunningham has made a
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Skeet Shoot Will Be
Held This Afternoon
By Local Club at 3:30
Joe Myers, secretary of the Ath
ens Skeet club, announced last
night that the group would hold
its regular shoot this afternoon at
the club’s range on the Alps Road
if the weather is clear.
If they have the fine weather
that they are wishing for, the
club members should stage quite
an exhibit of bird breaking. start
ing at 3:30 o’clock this afternoon,
with anyone who wishes to look
on invited to ecome out and do so.
The skeet club is holding one
shoot each week regularly, and
each is participated in by many
prominent business men in the
city.
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Announcement |s Made
Of Successor to Major
Neyland Today
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.—(&)—Wil
liam Hamilton Britton, who, as
assistant coach, aided Major Rob
ert R. Neyland in lifting the
lowly University of Tennessee foot
ball team to a place among the
nation’s leaders, today was named
head football coach by the Univer
sity athletic council.
Other members of the present
coaching staff were retained. Col
onel Paul' B. Parker again will
serve as line coach and athletic
director. John Barnhill was re
named freshman coach, and Hugh
Faust will contipue as assistant
freshman coach 'and scout. All
accepted one-year contracts.
Although salaries were not an
nounced it was said, however,
that Rritton would not receive the
$12,000 paid annually to his pre
decessor.
Major Britton was instructed by
the athletic council to make rec
ommendations for a backfield
coach. Several former University
of Tennessee football players have
applied for the position and Brit
ton indicated one of them would
be tendered a contract.
In accepting the head football
coaching post Major Britton said
he would' continue through the
year as basketball and track
coach but would be relieved of
these duties next year. The coun
eil will attempt to secure the ser
vices of a “Big Ten” basketball
coach while the track coaching
job will go to one of the many
alumni who have applied.
Britton came to Tennessee along
with Colonel Parker in 1926 for a
three-months coaching assign
ment.” At the time each had other
business connections but volun
teered their services to their for
mer West Point class-mate—Ma
jor Neyland.
Athens Hi Quintet
Trounces Tigers in
- Battle Heri Friday
By DAN MAGILL, JR.
The Athens High cagesters
completely trounced the Greens-
Yoro Tigers, 32 '‘to 8, Friday night
in the High school gym in their
irst game of 1935.
John Stegeman and Willie
Broach, forward and guard, re
spectively, were the main stars of
he game. Stegeman, besides play
ng his best floor game of the
season, was the high point man
»f the contest with eight points.
3roach, who has started every
zame so far this season, was
wecond in the individual scoring
vith six ‘points and also played a
good floor game. Rudy Guest, for
ward; Robert Hodgson, center:
and Captain Wilfong, guard, also
played well. For the losers, Cal
laway and Griffeth were best.
Athens had seven fouls called
against them and Greensboro 13.
Athens completed eight out of 18
free throws while Greensboro made
good two free shots out of nine.
The line-ups:
Athens (32) Greensboro (8)
R.F.—Stegeman (8) .. Jackson (2)
L¥—Guest (B) .. .. i.s «: Dyer
C.—Hodgson (5) .. Callaway (2)
R.G—Wilfong (3) .. .... Boswgll
L.G.—Broach (6) .. .. Griffith (2)
Substitutions: Athens—Mitchell
(1), Reid (2), Hudson . (1), Pres
nell (1), Hartley and MacDonald;
Greenshoro-—Berong, Smith, Stew
art (2), Armor and Nipper. Ref
eree, Hancock (Georgia): umpire
Hamilton (Georgia):
thorough study of the various
systems of physical training and
will be glad to advise anyone on
the merits or demerits of them
from an expert’s point of view.
He will always be enthusiastic
about exercise because he Kknows
it performed a miracle for him
and he has seen the same thing
happen to others who started out
just as hopelessly.
This is the man who is writing
the series of health articles, the
first of which the Banner-Herald
will present Monday. Watch for
them. Anyone desiring to have
Mr. Cunningham answer questions
regarding health and exercise may
address them to his column,
“Health and Happiness”, care the
Banner-Herald and they will be
turned over to him. If an answer
m by letter, send a self
and stamped envelope,
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iFnrst Invitation Meet in
| Many Years Will Start
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| Athens first Invitation Cham
|pi(m:~*hip Ping-Pong tournament in
i mnay years will get underway ex
!nctly one week from tomorrow
| with Dan Magill, jr., holder of the
‘ city title for the past two or three
yvears, defending his title against
i:x picked field of contestants who
are being invited to play in the
‘ meet,
| Righteen players and any per
{son rooming in the Y. M. C. A.
'dnrmitol'y were named yesterday
| as those who were to be invited
to take part in the meet, which
ipmmiscs to be one of the great
| est ever staged by the “¥Y”. It
{is probably that several others
iwill be added to the list in the
i mext day or so.
The complete list of those in
vited. not coursing Jroomers at
the “Y”, includes Dan Magill, who
will be seeded number one, Comer
Whitehead, Milton Jarnagin, F. M.
lWilliams. Jack Reid, Guy Tiller,
| Arthur Flatau, Earle Berry, Rey-
Imnds Watson, Pope Holliday, W.
! T. Forbes, Ralph Cooper, Edqd Mec
! Connsll, Lee Richards, Ed South
%orl:md, Aaron Cohen, Walter Cor
i nett, and Jerry Fields.
! All of the players who wish to
| play in the tourney are urged to go
| by the “¥” and signfup with Omah
| Smith hs soon as possible as the
| entries will close late next Satur-
I day afternoon with the drawings
iheing posted Monday. :
i Although Magill will be a heavy
| favorite to retain his crown, he will
| be up against about all of the bet
! ter players in the city and should
‘havo a hard time. Some are pick
ling Ed 4 McConnell, a former city
[ champion, to win while Aaron Cohen
{is reported to be plenty strong,
{ A billiard tournament will also
‘he staged at the same time as the
ipim.r-ponf,' met and is expected to
jattract a lot of interest. The en
'h-y list for this tourney will be
aneneq tomorrow and will be closed
‘latr'- Saturday afternoon. There
i will. be no entrance fee in either
itmn‘nanwnt and the billiard meet
tis not an invitation.
Basketball Slate
Announced for ’35
Team at Hartwell
HARTWELL, Ga. — Hartwell
High school's basketball team
eked out a 24 to 23 victory over
Carnesville Friday night here. It
was one of the best games that
has ever been played. In the girls'
game, Carnesville eased out a 25
to 21 wvictory.
Coach Cox has announced a
schedule which includes fifteen
more games, with three open
dates, and five games already
played. The team has not lost a
game this season, and has show
ed signs of developing into one of
the best quintets ever to represent
the local eleven.
Carnesville has heaten Winter
ville twice, Colbert, Watkinsville
and Carnesville. Two games with
Athens High are on the slate,
but the place of neither of the
games has heen decided.
The schedule follows:
Jan. 15-—Bogart in Bogart.
Jan. 18—Watkinsville in {Wat
kinsville.
Jan. 19—Open. : e
Jan. 28-~Carnesville in Carnes-
LARIS MAKES DEBUT
A 5 FIGHT PROMOTER
IV ATHENS TUESDAY
A new promoter, several new
prices will be presented to local
fighters and smaller admission
boxing fans here Tuesday night
when Alex Laris, who succeeds
Promoter K. O. Franks, puts on
4is first boxing card which in
cludes two 10 round battles, an 8
rounder, and a 6 round clash.
The lower admission prices will
be 15 cents for children’ and 25
cents for adults and the show will
start at 8:15 o’clock. With a to
tal of 24 rounds of first class box
ing Promoter Laris is expecting
a capacity crowd to welcome him
into the local fight game. The
bouts will be staged at the same
arena located on the corner of
Oconee and Foundry streets.
Moseley Meets Mackey
In the final scrap of the evening
Martin "Moseley, 180 pounds, will
meet Frank Mackey. Moseley hails
from Macon while his opponent is
one of Atlanta’s best gifts to the
ring.
Both boys will be coming to
Athens for their first scrap and
not much is known about the abil
tiy of either. However, in other
sections of Georgia and the south,
where bhoxing has been in the
headlines for some time, hoth
Mackey and Moseley have great
reputations as leather-slingers and
for that reason they are expected
to put on a great show Tuesday.
Harold Moore, the blonde boxer
from Griffin who has made many
favorable appearances here will
meet Jack Hoover, 160, of Macon.
Weighing 165, the Griffin boy will
hold a slight weight advantage but
will find himself facing & tough
opponent in Hoover.
Hoover, who has also fought
here before, is another favorite
with the local fans and will be out
to give his blonde rival a licking.
Regardless of who wins, a great
battle is promised when the two
meet.
Blue Goose Norris, known to lo
cal fans by his terrific fights with
Frank Wheeler, will be out to do
some upsetting in the eight round
er when he takes on Jack Harp,
Thomaston, who is welterweight
champion of the south. ?
Real Fighter :
Norris is a real fighter and
stands a good chance of giving his
favored opponent a real battle.
However, Harp will have' a decided
edge over the Atlanta’ boy and
should win.
The six rounder and opener, of the
card will mateh Jack Thomas, 152,
against Raiph Hardy, 150, both of
Athens, in a imbroglio that should
be rough and hard feught. Thomas
won a knockout victory over
Hardy when the fight profession
was in its earliest days here and
will be favored to win gnother.
However, reports say that Hardy
is an improved scrapper and will
be out to avenge the defeat.
Promoter Laris is attempting to
bring some of the best boxers and
wrestlers possible to Athens, as
this week's card will show, and
sometime in the near future hopes
to bring Jim Londos, heavyweight
wrestling champion of the world,
here for a bout. He also expects
to match Graham Batchelor, who
has not fought in some time,
against one of the south’s leading
Weavies, who is yvet to be named.
Millard Howell Is
Considering Going
Into Pictures Soon
UNIVERSITY, Ala.—(&)—Millard
“Dixie” Howell, Alabama’'s ace
halfback, may follow in the foot
steps of John Mack Brown, an
other Crimson Tide star, and go
into the movies.
“Dixie” admitted Saturday he
had been approached by a film
company in regard to the making
of a serial picture, with Howell
in the starring role. The picture
would start in June, when Howell
finished his final term hera,
Howell said he would make his
@ecision “in a few days.” It has
been generally understood that
Howell would join a major league
basebail club at the end of the
school year, but he has not sign
ed a econtract, since to do so he
would make him ineligible for his
final season with the University
aseball tcam.
s
ville.
Jan. 26—Open.
Jan. 29—Arnoldsville (place
pending).
Feb. I—Colbert (place pending).
Feb. 2—Lavonia (place pend
ing) .
! Febh, s—Eastanollee (place pend
ing). ol
Feb. B—Athens (place pending?
Feb. 9—Eastanollee (place pend:
ing).
I'eb. 12—Elnerton (place pend
‘ing) .
Feb. 15—Athens (place pend
ing). §
Feb. 16—Open.
Feb. 19—FElberton (place pend
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WINNING
BASKETBALL
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Here is another out-of-bounds
play.
As X-1 takes the ball out of
bounds, the rest of the team lines
up across the court about five feet
behind the foul circle.
X-3 and X-4 feint right and cut
left toward the passer. X-2, using
X-3, X-4, ana their guards as a
screen, cuts around them for the
pass.
X-5 swings back or to the side,
to carry his man out of the play.
GEORGIA WINS OVER
BATOR FAE 3-10
Georgia’s basketball warriors got
revenge from the Florida ’'Gators
here Friday night, and took the
last game of a two-game series
by a score of 34 to 30, in another
thrilling court performance.
Florida won the first game of
the series by a 29-27 count, but
could not keep pace with Georgia
in the game Friday. The Bulldogs
ran up a big lead near the end of
the contest, but Florida rallied and
pulled up to within four points.
The game was much more thrill
ing than the one played Thursday
night, and the crowd was on its
feet from time to time during the
contest. So close was the guard
ing under the basket, that it was
necessary for both teams to make
most of its points on long shots,
and that only added to the spec
tacular play.
Al Mazo, a substitute forward,
and Charley Harrold, regular cen
ter, were the outstandirng perform
prs for the Bulldogs, as far as
hawking the ball was concerned,
although' Frank Johnson led the
scoring with 11 points. It was
Mazo and Harrold who went after
the ball when Florida had pos
session of 1, and it was these two
boys who backed ‘up shots, and
took the ball off the backboard
time after time. Andy Anderson
and Harry Harman, the two guards
played great games, each collect
ing 9 points. For Florida, Warner
was the high scorer with 10
points.
The lineups:
Georgia (34) Florida (30)
RF—Johnson (11)..... Kinney (5)
LF—Bowden (2) ....Smathers (6)
C—Harrold' ........ Warner (10)
RG-—Anderson (9).....Shearer (3)
LG—Harman (9)....Beckwith (4)
Substitutions: Georgia — Moore
(2) for Johnson, Mazo (1) for
Bowden, and Gibson for Harman.
Florida — Love (2) for Warner.
Referee, Howell Hollis, (Ga.)
Gratis Sextet Defeats
Maroon Lassies in Go
Friday Night 22 to 17
GRATIS, Ga.—The Gratis sextet
took revenge on the Maroon six
Friday night by a score of 22 to
17. 'The Red and White lassies
just couldn’t hold the Gratis wave
down.
Hearn, with 9 points to her cred
it, lead the Gratis basketeers in
scoring, while Dorothy Bryant,
with 11, was top marker for the
Maroons.
The lineups:
Athens (17) Gratis (22)
F—W. Wright (2)......Gunter (5)
F—F 1. Callabaih........Hern (9)
F—F. A. Johnson (2.... Phillips (8)
G Conler i ik, . . Hall
G—>A. BaFPOR ... sncsssnans COX
G—G. Brown ......... Thompson
Substitutions: Athens — Bryant
(11), Johnson (2), M. Edwards.
Gratis—Sigman.
Tryouts Start Tuesday
For Athens High Rifle
Team, Turpin Announces
Tryouts will begin Tuesday eve
ning at 7 o'clock in the Athens
High school gym for the Athens
High rifle team under the direc
tion of Sergeant Turpin.
About four tryouts will be held
during the week and Sergeant
Turpin stated Friday that he
wonld probably have the team
picked by the end of the week.
Statham Boys and Girls
Trample Winterville in
Two Games Friday P.M.
WINTERVILLE—Statham’s girls
and boys basketball teams made a
clean sweep of the doubleheader
with Winterville here Friday night,
the girls winning by a 14 to 7
score, and the boys by a 20 to 10
count.,
Bogart’'s two teams won a
double header from Arnoldsville’'s
representatives in the second half
of a four-game program for the
night, but the scores of neither of
these games were available. Win
terville will play Colbert a double
header in Colbert next Friday, and
will meet Bogart boys and girle
Saturday night. On January 23 and
26, the Winterville boys will elash
with the Cherokee Indians on the
Winterville court. |
BRVAN GRANT WING
AN NET TOURNE
MIAMI, Fla. — (#®) — 'The ban
tam king of the hardcourts, Bryan
M. “Bitsy” Grant, of Atlanta,
pounded out a straight set wvictory
over Berkeley Bell here Saturday
to win the third annual Miami Bilt
more tennis tournament, 6-4, 6-2
6-3.
Grant, National ten, thus con
quered within two days two play
ers ranked higher fha_n he by the
United States Lawn Tennis asso
‘ciation. Bell is rated National sev
enth, while Sidney B. Wood, jr.,
whom the Atlantan defeated Friday
in the semi-finals, is America’s
number two netsman.
A year ago, on the same court
Grant was runnerup to George M
Lott, jr,, of Chicago, now turned
professional, for the tournament
victory, after the pint-sized Geor
gian had upset the country’s then
number one player, Frank X
Shields. :
Saturday’s climax brought to
gether two masters of the hard
court game, who fenced through
long rallies before hazarding a fin
ishing shot. Grant, holder of th?
National clay courts title, played
at the top of his game. )
The Atlantan, after playing ra
ther dismally earlier in the week
dismayeg exceeding fine form when
he neded il-in the semi-finals and
finals,
jle fired back everything he could
reach with his racquet, ineluding
bell's explosive service which was
cannonading into Grant's service
court
The finalists met twice during
the 1934 season, Grant winning as
White Sulphur Sprengs early in the
campaign and bowing to Bell in ar
exciting final of the old established
Seabright tournament. During 1934
Bell won eleven tournaments,
Monroe Sextet Is
Beaten by Athens
. .
Girls Last Night
BY KATHERYN SEAGRAVES
MONROE, Ga,—The Maroon six
retaliated last night to win from
the Monroe High sextet by a score
of 20 to 14. Showing decidedly bet
ter form than they have displayed
in some time, the Maroons came
forth to win from the strong Mon
roe basketeers after losing four
games in succession this season.
The game throughout was a real
battle with both teams hurling
threat after threat against the
other. The- Monroe girls, pivoting
and hurling missed several good
chances to score on the Red and
White.
Johnnie Sims and Dorothy Bry
art. with four points each, tied for
georing honors on the Red and
White team, while Kelley, with 6,
led the Monroe offensive. Dial, of
Monroe, was second with 4 to her
credrt,
Captain Conner and Margaret
Edwards were passing and run
ning in their old form last night and
added much to the defensive play
of the Athens High lassies.
The Monroe game was the long
awaited break in the luck of the
Maroons, who seemed to have a
“losers’s” spell on them.
The Monroe girls played a finé
game throughout, 'but the Mar
oons were just “a little bit better.”
The lineups:
Monroe (14) Athens (20)
F—Kelley (6) .. .. .. .. Sims (9)
F—Dial (4) .. .. .. .. Johnson (2)
F—Fowler (1) .. .. .. Bryant (9)
G—Smith (1) .. ..,.. .. .. Barron
G-—Hewel .. .. Jii ~ .. Edwards
G—Jackson .. .. .. .. .. Tucker
Substitutes: Monroe—Burton (2)
and Durden, Athens — Connor,
Eckford, Johnson and Wright.
All practices will be held in the
gym, probably at night, and any
boy in the Athens High school
ROTC unit is eligible to try out
for the team. g
Following the tryouts this week,
the regular team will practice
about three or four nights each
wetk and the high school should
be represeated by another strong
team this season. g
SUNDAY, JANUARY 13, 1935
PRESBYTERIAN A 1)
TEGH T GO K
DR TH
Two games are slated for iy,
Georgia Bulldogs this week, (pe
first coming Wednesday night, ang
the second next Saturday.
Presbyterian {college, always ,
dangerous foe on th 2 court for the
Bulldogs, will come here Wednes.
day to meet the Georgians in ,
single game, and Saturday night
the old foe, Georgia Tech, i)
furnish the opposition for the loes)
quintet.
Coach Rex Enright was highly
pleased with the showing the hoys
‘made against Florida, in boty
games, and believes that his boyg
will go far this year. However, he
realizes that hard work lies ahead
‘of him and his charges, :ung
his charges, and from now on jt
will be all work ang no play so
the Georgia candidat:s.
The work of Charley Harrold
and Al Mazo was very pleasing, in
the two games last week. Both
these boys played great floor
games in each of the contests, ang
it was their work that largely ac
counted for: the victory Friday
night.
The fast breaking offense that
Florida employed prevented (he
Georgia boys from following up
their shots well, and it was gener
ally left up to two men to battle
for it under the wasket, Harold
and Mazo were the ones selected
for this job, and they turned in
magnificent performances,
Tech Good
Reports from Atlanta are that
the Yellow ‘Jackets boast one of
the best teams that has been or.
ganized at Tech in many years
and its work against the New York
Celtics proved that there is some
thing to the reports.
Tech has one of tha greatest for
wards in the south, in Leon Wood.
all, and two great guard 3
in Gilbert Stacey and Billy Glenn
All of these boys plaved regularly
last season, as did “Kitty” Katz,
the other forward.
At center, John Hyder, who used
to thrill the fans at Monroe A and
M, is performing for the Jackets.
Georgia will find this boy a con
tinuous threat.
It will be a battle of veterans
when the Bulldogs and the Jack
ets meet. Georgia has a veteran
man at every position with the
exception of genter, where Charley
Harrolq is playing his first vear.
Last season, Tech trounced the
Euvlldogs two times during the re
gular season, while Georgia was
winning once. But in the tourna
ment, Georgia eliminated the Tech
sters in the first round, which was
enoughwevenge for the Athenians,
Both the game Wednesday night
and the one Saturday will probably
start at 8 o’clock, with an admis
sion of 26 . and 50 cents being
charged,
Clarke Officers
Get Wanted Man
And SSO Reward
County Officer Claude Kidd had
a rather busy and a highly profit
able day Saturday,
Friday he received a telegram
from the sheriff of Gordon county
offering a reward for one Jeff
Davis, wanted for highway rob
bery. The sheriff said he under
stood Mr. Davis had “holed up’
near Whitehall with Grady Porter
field. It also gave a complete des
cription of the wantéd man and
said there was a fifty dollar reward
for him.
Early Saturday night Officer
Kidd, minus nis pistol, drove ou!
to Whitehall to check the tip. Whal
he found sent him scurrying post
haste back to Athens to get his
gun and County Officer Bill Mc
Kinnon and Bailiff Georgs Nash
and their respective guns.
Out into Oconee county they
dashed to the home of Edgar FPor
terfield. Officer Kidq . approached
‘the Porterfield house from the
front while the other two appro
ached from other directions. Do=s
l.ogan barking and suddenly the
:frc_nt door flew open and out dash
‘ed a man—straight into Officer
Kidd’s outstretched arms.
. “Ain't you Jeff?” theilaw asked.
“Yep,” came the muttered reply
as the prisoner’s struggles ceased
Porterfield knew nothing of Dav
is’ trouble, Davis recently married
Porterfield’s daughter.
Saturday night Mr. Davis wa!
reposing in Clarke county jail and
Officer Kidd was scribbling & tele
gram to the sheriff of Gordon
county saying he was, ready
swap him Jeff Davis for SSO.
Barlier in the day Officers Kidd
ang Nash paid a call at the homé
of Cap Flanagan on Water street.
It was not a social cal, or rather
not a soclable call. The of ficers
uncovered 10 gallons of liquor in 2
<rap hidden in the loft. Both the
ievor and Cap were hauled off '©
