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Vanderbilt Basketeers Lead Conference
NAMES OF FIVE BASEBALL “GREATS” WIN PLACES IN HALL OF FAME
GEDRGINS BULLDDGS
HAVE HARD FIGHT T 0
WIN TOURNEY BERTH
Vandy Tops Standings By
Winning Seven Straight
Victories
By KENNETH GREGORY
Associated Press Sports Writer
ATLANTA .—(®)—Unheraldea as
a contender, the Commodores of
Vanderbilt university today were
settled snugly in the favorite po
sition for Southeastern Confer
ence basketball honors.
Before the season started at
least four other teams were rank
ed higher. 1
Today, however, the Commo
dores stood at the top of the mn«!
ference standings with seven mm-f
secutive victories, the latest a 33
to 24 triumph over the highly-|
rated Wildeats of Kentucky. The |
teams meet again February 24 at'
Lexington. B '
Other victims of the Vamder
bilt cagers, coached by Josh Cody,
recently elected as head pilot at
the University of Florida, were
Georgia Tech, Tulane, Auburn and
Sewanee, the latter two twice fall
ing victim to the airtight-defen
sive and fast breaking-offensive
maneuvers of the Commodores.
The defeat of Kentucky, a
power in the Southeastern confer
ence since the loop’s formation in
1932, left Vanderbilt a strong fa
vorite, but whether the CommoO
dores can survive the annual tour
nament starting at Knoxville Feb
ruary 28 remains to be seen.
Vanderhilt engages two confer
ence opponents this week, meeting
Alabama at Nashville Thursday
and Cieorgia Tech in Atlanta Sat
urday.
Kentucky's loss to Vanderbilt
was the first in a regular season
game since the conference organ
ized. It wag defeated by one other
conference team—Florida—in the
post-season tournament in 1934.
The results of the conference
play to date have failed to deter
mine the eight teams that will go
to the tournament. Apparently
Vanderbilt, Kentueky, Mississippl
State and Alabama are certain
ties.
Those with almost no chance are
Sewanee, Tulane and Florida,
leaving the other four places open
to Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi,
Georgia Tech, Auburn and Louisi- |
ana State. |
The schedule for the week in
cludes:
Tuesday—Georgia Tech vs. Au
burn at Auburn. |
Friday—Georgia vs. Florida at
Athens. : |
Saturday—Vanderbilt vs. Geor- |
gia Tech at Atlanta; Georgia vs.
Florida at Athens. ]
1 FORMER CHAMPS
HIS WEEK
T 0 FIGHT THIG WeER
Jack Sharkey Attempts a
Comeback Against Tony
Shucco Friday
NEW. YUhs —iax)— Two tor-|
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Dal oaicaniivy alleipung cume—§
DAUAS, aliu LUU AMDers, & m«uus!
ligatweagnl contenuer, top Lms}
WeeK S Dauondl buxing program. i
Snargey, lormer neavyweignt ti-!
tlenotaer, meets Tony Shucco, uf{
Bosion, 1n a ten rounder at Lnl:{
Boston Garden k¥riday, while Batta- |
linp, former ruler of the walher-z
weight division, tackles Urescia.?
Garcia of Mexico in another ten at|
New Yorn Weanesday. %
Ambers, an outstanding conien- |
der for Tony Canzoneri's mle,é
clashes with Baby Arizmendi, off
. Los Angeles, over the te A‘Qundi
route at Madison Squore Uardenl
¥riday. I
The program: i
Monday—At New York, Pedro]
Montanes, Puerto Rico, vs. Al Roth, |
New York, lightweights, 10, Az‘;
Holyoke, Mass,, Andre Jessurun, |
New York, vs. Frankie Hughes, |
Washington, welterweights, 10. At |
Buffalo, N. Y., Johnny Nelson, Buss |
falo wvs. Charey Beanger, Detroit, |
heavyweights, 10. Joe Crace vs.!
Fomfiny Hoyells, both Bufralo,%
featherweights, 10; Preston Johnson,
Akreon, Ohig, vs. Tony Faulßuffale,
welterweights, 10. At Newark, N.
J., Jerry Paul, Providence, R. I, vs..
Maxie Fisher, Newark, lightweights
10. At Plainfield, N. J. Six Second
Fowell, Plainfield vs. Jay Mecadon
Orange, N. J. welterweights, 10.
At Chicago, Frankie Wolfram, Win
nipeg, Man. vs. Nick Scalba, Chi
cago, featherweights, 10. At Char
ictte, W. C., Paul Marques, Brook
lyn wvs. Carl Knowles, Rome, Ga.,
10; “Hard Rock” Harden, Burling
ton, N. C., vs. Dewey Kifbrey,
Norwoed, N. C., 10. At Miami
. |
Tuesday—At Los Angeles, Wally
Haliy vs. Little Dempsey, feather-
Frank Johnson Holds
To Scoring Leadership
. Of Conference Group
ATLANTA—(P)—Frank Johnson,
accurate-shooting forward of the
University of Georgia, continued
to lead the individual scoring race
in the Southeastern conference to
day with 87 field goals and 24
free throws for a total of 98
points.
Arnold Bryan, Louisiana State's
gophomore forward, picked up 34
points last week to advance from
41xth to second place and threaten
Johnson's leadership with 91 points.
The leaderg follow:
Free
Player, Team, Position Goals T. T-
Johnson, Ga., forward ..37 24 98
Bryan, La. State, for. ..34 23 91
Plasman, Vandy, center 24 30 178
Coleman, Vandy, forward 81 7 69
Walters, Miss. State, for. 29 11 69
Overly, Vandy, forward 26 13 656
Graham, Miss., forward 23 19 66
Leathers, La. State, for. 28 8. 64
Anderson, Tenn., center 25 14 64
ARKY VAUGHAN STIL
ST SHATSTOP I
MAJR EIGE PU
By ALAN GOULD |
Associated Press Sports Editor
NEW YORK—®)—Floyd (Arky)
Vaughan was still toddling around
the premises of his Arkansas
home when John Henry Wagner
last won the National League bat
ting championship and ruled the
realm of all big league shortstops.
Today, after a japse of 25 years
and as a pupil of the great Wag
ner, Vaughan is the champion
batsman of the majors and in a
fair way to becoming crowned the
new king of the shortstops. ‘
The broad-chouldered Pittsburzh‘
infielder, who hit .885 last sea
son, stands at the head of a class
that no longer puts too much
premium on defensive skill. Thére
are exceptions but generally speak
ing the period has passed when
a pennant-contending club can af
ford to oa'ry a weak-hitting
shortstop because of his fielding
talent.
The shortstop of the champion
Chicago Cubs, Bill Burgess, hit
only .241 last season but topped
all National League rivals on the
defense. Bill Urbanski of the Bos
ton Bees dropped from .292 to .228
but he wont be in there regularly
this year if he doesn’'t do better.
Otherwise most major league
shortstoppers now carry a punch.
It is no longer uncommon to find
them swinging from the heels in
the cleanup spot.
Manager Joe Cronin of the Bos
ton Red Sox is a cleanup clouter.
Billy Rogell of the World Cham
plon De’roit Tigers not only tops
the defensive list but wlelds a
potent stick in the pinches. Bill
Knickerbocker of the Clevelands
and Luke Appling of the Chicago
White Sox are .300 hitters.
Leo Durocher, peppery shortstop
of the St. Louis Cardinals, once
was dubbed the “all American
out” but he hit .265 last year, be
sides being runner-up to Jurges
for fielding honors. Dick Bartell
of the New York Giants didn't
add the punch expected of him
last season but he is a .300 hitter
normally. .
Linus (Junior) Frey of the
Proskies Dadoare =achs o lone
distance wallop and Billy Myers is
the leadoff hitter for the Cincin
nati Reds.
Lyn Lary put on one of the big
gest shortstopping comebacks last
year. After being traded by
Washington to the St. Louis
Brown#, Lary played sensationally
under Rogers Hornsby's leader
ship.
Red Kress stepped in to do a
fine job for the Senators and hit
.298. Kress likely will get the
job after Washington tries the
customary ¢pring experiment and
finds Travis is still a great third
baseman. .
~ The Red Sox may use Eric Me-
Nair, late of the Athletics, at
ghortstop if Cronin finds he can
;shift himself to second base. The
[Yankees probably will rely on
. Frankie Crosetti again after giv
ting Nolen Richardson a triall
. Richardson was with Newark last
| year. :
Both Philadelphia clubs plan
changes. The Phillies expect Nor
ris, St. Paul recruit, to fill the gap
created by Blondy Ryan's release
and Mickey Haslin's illness. The
Athletics will conduct a seramble
for this as well as most other jobs.
weights, 10, At Seattle, Henry Fir
po, Louisbille vs. Freddie Steele
M&, mliddleweights, 10 At
New York, Wildeat O'Connor, Car
bondale, Fa. vs. Murray Brandt,
New York, 8. ,
Humphreys Master in Art of Swaying Unruly Fight Crowds
Mere Lift of ‘The Beaut's’
Hand Quelled Riots
Among Fans
‘ BY HARRY GRAYSON
{ Sports Editor, NEA Service
i NEW! YORK — Joseph HEdward
i Humphreys had voice, presence,
personality, tact, and razor blade
Irish wit, but more than that was
| required to make him the greatest
‘ot all announcéers. Joé the Beaut
was a master of mass thinking.
“You rub ’em the right way, and
when they get sore you make ’em
laugh,” explains Humphreys, the
dear old darling of fight crowds
Only that could enable a man to
! make unruly thousands git as quiet
‘ly as a Sunday school class while
{he told them something they al
? ready knew.
| Humphreys actually quelled riots
by simply raising hig hand. A
striking example of this was his
i restoring decorum at the Benny
| Leonard-Frankie Conifrey contest
~at the Lenox A, C. September 14,
' 1916. The remarkable Leonard had
Just swung Into full stride and wag
en route to the lightweight leader
ghip. It was a bitter neighborhooa
'feud with racial feeling high.
In the midst of a savage exchange
.a girl at the ringside stood up and
|shouted, “Kill the Jew!” "Murder‘
|the Mick!” yelled » Leonard wor
’shlper. The factions didn't wait toi
get into the aisleg to do their slug
igmg. Police charged toward the
lring. It was an ugly situation un
til Joe Humphreys hopped to the
lapron of the platform.
“Qui-ett, Please—Qui-ett”
~ “Come up here and that crazy
;mob'll start bloodshed,” Joe the
[Beaut warned the cops. “If I can't
handle it, I'll tip you off.”
Humphreys raised his lady-like
hand.
“Qui-ett, please—qui-ett.”® The
free-for-all stopped. The crowa
listened. It always listened to Joe
giumphreya.
l “I ain’'t going to censor you, la
dies and gentlemen,” said the Beaut
in that voice that didn’t rasp. “I
ain't going to abuse you. That's
neither my purpose nor my privi
lege. But I want to say that this
isn't doing our game any good.
You keep it up and our gdme is
done, You lose your sport and our
dear friends, the boxers, lose their
livelihood.”
The serap went on with no
counter attractions. Leonard stop
ped Conifrey in the sixth round.
Humphreys was the ideal contact
man between the promoter, partici
pants, and officials and the trads.
Wlith Joe the Beaut in the center,
poor fights and worse decisions were
laughed off.
Arthur Pelkey met Sailor White
in the old Garden, August 26, 1912,
It was awful. A section of the sky
light was open for ventilation. t
started to rain, and the bloodless
battle was halted while the open
section of the skylight wag closed.
‘The fight got no better rapidly,
and, after another round or two,
a wag shouted, “Open the skylight
again and drown them bums.,”
Always The Squelch Elegant
There were no decisions in those
days, but the patrons voiced their
displeasure at the end of 10 rounds
so loud and long that any other
master of ceremonies at fistic en
lcounters would not have been able
to introduce the principals in the
next event.
But Humphreys dfd.
“Qui-ett, please — qui-ett,” and
Joe the Beaut had the crowd’s ear.
| “Wish t' announce that I have good
!news for you. Pelkey and White
;have been rematched.”
! That brought a new round of
ianx cheers, but only for an in
| stant. |
‘ “But not here,” continued the
famous mouthpiece. “They will
meet the next rainy night-—on Bar
ren Island!” The crowd settled
/back in its seats — content. It had
had its laugh.
‘ Humphreys never failed to come
lup with the squelch elegant for the
lheckler.
! Substitutions displease ring
worms. Young Montreal was un
able to keep an appointment with
Carl Tremaine, and sport’s spokes
man had a bit of & time elucidat
ilng. \ L
| “Where's Montreal?’ barked one
die-hard, as Humphreys finished.
“Young fellow,” replied Joe the
Beaut. “Montreal is in Canada, in
the province of Quebec.”
The sentimental Humphreys was
a little long the night the old Gar
den closed. He wrote a poem for
the occasion. It was a tribute to
the golden statue, titled “An Apos
trophe to Diana.”
“Farewell to you, forever,
Temple of Fistiana,
Farewell to thee, my sweet Diana,”
recited Humphreys, tears in his
watery blue eves. .
“Let ‘em fight,” howled a heckl
eér, Joe the Beaut stopped and look
ed directly at his annoyer.
“The more 1 see and hear of
vou” he said, “the more I believe
in birth control.”
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Bogart Boys Beat Carnesville
For 18th Win of Season, 23-22
Three Varsity Members of
Bogart Team Absent
From Line-up Saturday
BOGART, Ga.—The Bogart High
boys team upset the district
“dope-bucket” here Saturday night
when they won an eye-lash victor:‘
over the great Carnesville Hig
team by a score of 28 to 22 in
the most exciting game of the
season here.
For the first time #n several
years the Bogart team will en
ter the distriot tournament with
some real reserve power in their
second stringers, In the game
Saturday night only two mem-
bers of the varsity five saw ser
vice against the great Orange
team of Carnesville High. ‘
Frank Hammond, first string
guard, is ill with flu while W. A.
Nunnally, center, and Crowe are
suffering from mumps. L. Nun
nally received a disclocated or
broken finger in the game Satur
day night and now O. J. Huff is
the only first string member that
can be placed on the court at
present.
Saturday night Coach E. N. An
thony started O. J. Huff, regular
forward, at the center position
with D. Cooper and Franklin sec
ond string men, at the guard po-
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district. Carnesville did not bring
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adding their eighteenth victory to
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| NO GOLD IN THEM HILLS
] MADISON, WIS.—“To my know
ledge no gold has been discovered
Iln Wisconsin,” said Dr. E. F. Bean,
state Geologist. But that, he con
ltinued, meant noting to hopeful
lamateur miners.
Of 1,500 rock samples he re
ceived annually, 400 were speci
ments of supposed gold bearing
ore, mostly speckled with mica and
and iron pyrite—‘“fool's gold.”
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Rejuvenated South
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[ MACON, Ga. —(AP)— The reju
| venated South Atlantic baseball lea
‘l:;ue will open the first game of its
140 game schedule at Jacksonville,‘
.IFIa., on Sunday, April 19. ‘
l Savannah will play Jacksonville
in the opening game, and on the\
| following day the other four clubsi
| will go into action, Augusta at Col-“
i umbia and Celumbus at Maecon. 4
! Directors of the league decided
'on the split season, the schedule,
jand a constitution here Saturday.
|'The first half of the schedule will‘
iclose June 27th with Jacksonville
iat Columbia, Macon at Savanna.h,i
Eand Columbus at Augusta. |
| The second half begins with Col-!
lumbus at Macon, Augusta at Sa
| vannah and Columbia at Jackson
{ ville. l
I The league season will close Sep-:
tember 5, with Savannah at Jack
sonville, Columbus at Augusta, a,nd]
Columbia at Macon.
! Bach club will have ten week ends
at home, and July 4th. Dates at
Vhome were awarded to Macon, Col
umbus, Augusta and Columbia. The
latter two teams will play in the
afternoon at Augusta and at night
in Columbia. . I
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Southern Association
Directors Meet Today
To Ratify Schedule
i ATLANTA —(AP)— Directors of
the Southern association of basebal!
| clubs met here today to ratify the
11936 playing schedule in a session
| which promised little in the way of
| controversy.
v The schedule committee, compos
ied of Larry Gilbert of New Or
iseans, Joe Engel of Chattanooga and
Thomas Watkins of Memphis, had
drafts of tentative schedules ready
and ratification of the playing pro
gram was expected with little dis
| cussion,
| The only major change in sche
| dule practices was expected to be
!the elimination of all series of more
| than three days’ duration. It was
Mhe consensus that longer series
’prove monotonous for fans,
lmeeting included Fresident Eugene
M. Wilder of Augusta, Bob Fisher
of Jacksonvilie, Harry Hatcher of
Columbia, Bobby LaMotte of Sa
vannah, Theo G. Reeves of Colum
lbus. Roy Williams of Maecon, Troy
Agnew of Augusta, and Bill De
witt, vice president and assistant
lgenera] manager of the St. Louis
ICardinals. ; ; 5 i
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1936, ‘:t
MATHEWSON, COBB,
RUTH, WAGNER, AND
JOHNSON GET VOTES
Five More Names Will Be
Added to Cooperstown,
N. Y. Memorial - -
CHICAGO —(#)— The names of
Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Hans Wag
ner, Christy Mathewson and Wal
ter Johnson will be perpetuated in
baseball’s Hall of Fame, but fan
dom will have to wait another
year to learn who their five
mates f the modern era will be.
The initial list of stars of the
span from 1900 to the present
was to have included ten names.
There were no doubts in the minds
-
of players and sportswriters who
cast 226 votes in the poll that
these five merited places in the
Memorial hall to he erected at
Cooperstown, N. Y., in time for
the game’'s centennial in /1939,
Each easily amassed the necessary
three-fourth of the ballots . cast
without difficulty.
There was no such agreement,
however, on 46 others, some 'of
them still active, and their names
will again be presented for next
vear's poll, probably with many
additions. Henry P. Edwards,
American League secretary con=
ducted the poll. .
Staggering Record
Cobb, the “Georgia Peach” who
set a staggering assortment of
records during his stormy playing
days with the Detroit Tigers, re=
ceived 222 votes, lacking only four
of bemng an unanimous choice.
Ruth, the man who made the home
run famous, and Wagner, the dean
of shortstops, were next with 215
Mathewson, the ' ‘“Big Six” of
pitching fame, had 205, and John
son, fireball king of his time and
the last- to retire from action,
qualified with 189, Such greats
as Napoleon Lajoie, Tris. Speaker,
Benton (Cy) Young, Rogers Horns=-
by and Mickey Cochrane however,
fell short of the required majority.
Lajoie, kingpin of second base=
man of his time, polled 146 votes.
Speaker had 133, Young 11L
Hornsby 105, and Cochrane 80,
George Sisler who battled Cobb for
h tting honors near the end of the
(leorgian’s career, was eleventh
with 77,
Other candidates finithed a 8
follows:
Eddie Collins, 60; Jimmy Collins,
58; Grover Cleveland Alexgnder,
55; Lou Gehrig, 51; Roger DBres
nahan, 47; Willie Keeler, who also
received 33 in the old timer poll,
40; Rube Waddell, 33; James E.
Foxx, 21; Ed Walsh, 20; Ed Dele
hanty, 17; Harold Traynor, 16;
Frank Frisch, 14; Robert Moses
Grove, 12; Hal Chase,” 11; Ross
Youngs, 10; Bil} Terry, 9; Jehnny
Kling, 8; Lew Criger,-7; Johnny
Evers, 6: Mordecai Brown, 6;
Frank Chance, 5; Ray Schalk.
John McGraw and Al Simmons, 4
ORAR eh e e ;