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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1937
Bulldog Cagers Open Season Friday Night
Athens High May Have Every Player In Shape For Games This Week
JIAOONS HAVE NOT:
i EYERY PLAYER
1 SHIPE THS FAR
immy Hudson Expected|
To Be Ready for Wat-%
kinsville, Elberton |
{f Jimmie Hudson is in shape toj
lav this ‘week-end Athens Hie:h'si
aintet will meet a foe with all its'
o players. on hand, In the first}
.ame of the season the I\[:lronns‘)
seve handicapped since several ot‘t
eir hest prospectg were momhors}
¢ the fottball squad which was!
till active l
in the Commerce contest, th(\x
~cond game of the schedule, I.h(=l
{aroons did have all hands on|
leck. but. the tilt was the initial
ppearanre for foothall plavers, |
\which constituted two-thirds *of |
he first string. l
It was .in -the Commerce game,:
00, that Hersehel franklin, regu
ar guard, dislocated his shoulder.
‘hat injury. has caused the former:
ozart High “school star to miss
very game since that date. But
bhow Iranklin: :s back in harness
nd his retupn is warmly welcom-!
Wl, I'ranklin’'s appearance back in
e starting limeup will no doubt‘
oot the Mareon's strength. |
The only casualty sustained at
present by Athens High is Hudson’s
eve wound. Jimmie received a cut
ahove his right eye in Monday’s
practice, Since then he has been
working out lightly and it is: en
tirely possible that he will start
aeqinst Watkinsville High here
Jriday night,
The Maroons, as mentioned above,
have been hard beset by injuries,
which naturally is doubly sevious
when the stay players possess them.
1o wit and to date the Maroons
ni one time or another have heen
compelled to play without the ser
vices of Franklin, regular guard;
Hudson, regular forward; ILee Se
crost regular ccenter; and A, Y.
Voods,” substitute guard. And
lorace Snipes, reserve center, has
heen definitely lost to the Maroon's
oster for over a month,
With the Maroong in the best of
mdition they are capable of giv
ne any team in the Tenth district
I stifff battle. Wakinsville High
woasts a «fairly strong club. Its
cond team is as good as its firt
eam:' in fact, there is hardly any
jositive difference in their playing,
yue to that the Watkinsville coach
tarts either team and can he satis
ied with either selection,
\thens High's sextet meets the
deonee county High school lassie
sIX in a preliminary to the boys’
lash. Chief among Watkinsville's
riumphs is a 14-12. victory over
jogart High., However, Athens is
avored to chalk up its seventh
traight conguest. Weiroch, Wat
kinsville forward, is one player
‘thens guards had better be pre
',“M! for, sShe ran rings around
bogart, and her fine performing
mdoubtedly was the main reason
or Bogart’s downfall.,
Saturday - night Athens Tigh
.I.‘\, another doubleheader against
‘Allr.‘tl-»n High, at Elberton. Elber
on’s hoys' team, aeccording to re
twts‘ is no better than Athens
ut jts girls’ crew, outside of Ath
ns, has the most impressive rec
rd of any district team,
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Basehall Prospered Along With
Business, Harridge Points Qut
Miss Hill Thinks
It's Fun to Be Paid
For Diving Feats
| CHICAGO — (#) — Doroth;
Poynton Hill, women’y Olympic
diving champion, decided today
that “the man on the flying trap
’Pze" must have heen a profession
i al,
:\ “He’s the fellow who floated
i through the air with the greatest
im’ ease,” she laughed, “and until
i 1 turned professional a few weeks
{ago I mever did really know just
lhow easily he staged his act)
l Mrs. Hill, who has competed in
three Olympic games and won two
|(~nnsecutivo Olymplc diving titles
|ror the United States, to rank as
‘one of the finest women divers in
|the history of the sport, ig appear
‘;inp: here this week with a group of
1;)1-1)fmsinnnl diving and swimming
! stars.
“It's syn to bhe diving for moncy
instead of medals,” the preity,
Hollywood, Calif.,, star said. .“I
was an amateur so long- that it
seems good to get away from the
strain of training and fast com
petition and just dive, i
When the current tour is ended
Mrs. Hill said, ghe peans to make
some motion picture shorts,
Giants Will Have
Bunch of Rockies
On Team This Year
i NEW YORK — (#) — The old
iGia,nts may be scarcely recogniz
iable when they take the field for
!the 1937 National league wars, |
From what Manager Bill Terry
!Mel Ott may even he at third base
'for the league champions, instead
of his long-time right field patrol
Hank Leiber, who was somewhat
'in the doghouse last season, will
|be the white-haired boy in center
|field. Jim Ripple, who held down
|center for much uof ’36, isn't plac
{ed yet, but may wind up at Ott's
lpost in right,
Terry realizeg finally that his
iailing leg has wound up his play
iing career. He will go on the vol
;untary retirement list and on firgt
]l‘;ase in his place will be an im
portation from Newark of the In
ternational league, Jack McCarthy
I\\'hich leaves the other first base
!man, Sambo Leslie, still warming
'the bench.
Another rookie from the Inter
national will be Pitcher Cliff Mel
ton, from Baltimore. Terry holds
“high hopes” that this righthander,
who won 23, lost 16 and pitched
only 16 complete games for Balti
more last season, will do a lot to
ward helping Carl Hubbell bear
the pitching burden.
In the meantime, Terry still is
casting about for an experienced
catcher to aid Gus Mancuso, and
another infielder,
Ambers Will Fight
Venturi Friday in
Lightweight Show
NEW YORK — (#) — A couple
of “streaks” go into Madison
Square Garden’s ring Friday night
when lightweight champion Lou
Ambers and potential challenger
Enrico Venturi clash in a ten
round non-title tilt.
Ambers has the kind of a
“streak” no fighter likes. Since he
won the title from Tony Canzon
eri several months ago, he has been
defeated twice in important starts
—hby Philadelphia’s Eddie Cool, and
by Jimmy McLarnin.
Venturi, flashy Italian fighter
who would like a lightweight title
crack, has an altogether different
record: He hasn’t lost a fight in
the United States and he’s had sev-.
eral. j
Despite his recent setbacks, Am-‘
bers rules a 7 to 5 shot. |
Broadway is looking forward to
three and possibly four other fights
in the near future. 4 i
FILM NOTES
HOLLYWOOD. — (# — Film
production notes: |
Ivan Lebedeff has been assigned
a rolg in “Maytime.” |
Ann Rutherford, 19, of Toronto,
Canada, has been given = part in
“Fispionage” with Edmund Lowe
and Madge Evans.
“AS Good As Married,” with
John Boles, goes into production
early next month, {
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American League Presi
dent Says Baseball Never
Faded in Depression
(NOTE: This is antether of a
series of stories written for the
Associated Pregsiby outstanding
sports leaders, They deal with
1936 developments and 1937
prospects.)
BY WILL HARRIDGE
(President, the American League)
CHICAGO ~ (#) — Holding the
pace set by the industrial and mer
cantile worlds, baseball shared in
the prosperity of 1936. I would not
say, “baseball has come back” for
the reason that it never went away.
During the depression, it suffered,
of course, for the fans had to eco
nomize and amusements found no
place in their budgets,
Twenty-six minor leagues started
the 1936 season and twenty-six not
only finished, but went on to par
ticipate in post-season series, That
feat probably is a record. lven in
the banner years, when we had
from forty to fifty minor leagues,
not all of them = weathered ‘the
storms and played ‘eut their sche
dul®s. To me, the fact that 'ihe
minor leagues :engyed prosperity
in 36 was. the. biggfst event. in
baseball for the year. Kor, Where
would the major leagues he if it
were not for mingr circuits through
which the players are developed?
The raw rookie of today down
in the Evangeline, or up in the
Northern league, mnay be the boy
who draws the plaudits from the
fans and the headlines in the pap
erg because of his skill or prowess
displayed in a World Series con
test two or three years from now.
That’s why I sav most empratical
ly: “The best of luck to the minor
leagues in 1937. May they even
better their record of 1936.”
Naturally, the American league
has reason to be happy as a re
sult of the events of 1936, True,
lour circuit lost the All-Star game
! but, to make up for what, we won
{the world and Chicago city series.
| - Players in our league were not
! backward when it came to shat
! tering records, some of which had
i gtood for many years. In fact; they
’jbroke twenty-four and tied four
teen major league marks in addi-
tion to setting twenty-six new and
tying eleven American league rec
ords. Then again, the New York
Yankees celebrated their triumpk
of last October by smashing six
teen and tying eight World Series
records.
Another reason for gratification
is that a new deal has been set up
in St. Louis,- which has becen a
member of our ieague since 1902, A
hustling group of St, Louis busi
ness men wWho are loverg of tha
national game, has purchased the
franchise and team and plan on
building a first division club.
As for making any predictions in
regard to the 1937 campaign, 1
really should be content with rest
ing on my laurelg as a prophet a
year ago when I said that New
York wourld make trouble for De
troit and hat Chicago and Wash
ington would show marked im
provement. Who will win? THow
will they finish? wour guess is as
good as mine!
SPORTS ROUND - UP
BY EDDIE BRIETZ
NEW YORK — (&) — Vines is
8 to 5 over Perry tonight—and are
the tennig writers elimbing out on
that well known limb . . . you can
laugh about a Tony Galento-Joe
Louis match (propoged for De
troit) all you want to, but if the
Newark night stick ever hits Joe
squarely, we know one Brown
Bomber who'll stay down for keeps
—when and if Bill Terry moves intc
the @Giant front office, Travis
Jackson will be No, 1 on the list
of managefial prospects if he makes
good at Jersey City . .. the Tony
Canzoneris are looking for a bun
dle the last of the month. Tony's
comeback’ plans are held up pend
ing the arrival. ;
New York writers came back
from Philly blasting the verdict
which gave Al Ettore a decision
over John Henry Lewis ... others
hearing the anvil chorus are mem
bers of the tennis committee which
ranked Alice Marble ahead of Hel
en Jacobs . .. the New York base
ball writers are tossing a dinner
for Eddie Brannick, ace secretary
of the Giants, Sunday night . .
why don't the friendg of Hunk
Anderson down at North Carolina
State demand the whole mess be
aired ?
Buivid and Sammy Baugh may
be able to piteh that football, but
how about this pair: Frank Stran
er and Ccobb Corbett of Clearwater
(Fla.) High sclrool completed 21
out of 34 overhead attempts in one
gamé recently. Boys, you can
;vrite your own tiexet in almost
any collitch in the country.
WOMEN MAY HELP
ATLANTA .—(®)—Georgia’'s new
commissioner of agriculture be
lieves that eity ‘women may be
able to aid him in working out
country problems. Syt ot
”“Rm:al.\\'omen have many prob
lems and I believe a better under
standing between rural and eity
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Lem Stecklin, out o’ the hills of Smokgmont, Tenn., wrestles pro
fessionally in his overalls, and carries along his pet coon, Oscar,
for good luck,
COLUMBUS, O —Lem Stecklin,
Blue Ridge Mountain hill-billy, is
the newest thing in wrestlers.
Lugging his pet raccoon, Oscar,
around with him wherever he goes,
Lem looks the part of a moun
taineer, what with a luxuriant
beard, overalls, and winter ‘“un
aware,” :
“His overalls are hig\ wrestling
costume. He refuses to don tights
when getting into a ring because
he asserts, it’s indecent, and “my
pappy’d shuck the hide right offen
my baek if he sSaw me a-rasslin’
without my clothes on” ¢
Lem, 28, has been wrestling as
a professional since August, when
a friend induced him to try his
hand at the money game after he
/had “whupped” everything in sight
Idown Smokemont, Tenn., way.
Despite his introduction to ecivi
llized ways, the mountain boy still
can’t get used to orthodox meals.
He prefers to munch a hambone.
He’s married to a former school
teacher, although he did not pass
the fifth grade, and nas one son,
Fred Perry, Vines
Battle It Out For
Net Title Tonight
| NEW. YORK — {#) — Fred
! Parry, who devalopea a lot of
| sales resistance in the past few
]years by turning down one fabu
lous offer after another to become
1a tennis professional, ig expected
ito cash in on his amateur fame to
the extent of about $15,000 tonight
The British star, who refused to
give up his amateur status until
fthere wag no doubt as to his be
iing the world’s best amateur play
ier, faces Ellsworth Vines, rated
rthe world’s best pro, at Madison
!Square Garden in the first match
|of a long series. .
Lured by the first public meeting
between the ranking stars since
1932, a capacity crowd of 16,000
fans is expected to pour around
$53,000 into the pockets of the play
ers and promoters Frank Hunter
and S. Howard Voshell. The tick
et price scale ranges from sl.lO for
the top gallery seats, up to $9.90.
|Although the experts are almost
unanimous in predicting Vines will
win the opening encounter easily,
Perry will get the larger share of
the “gate) It is understood he is
to get 37 1-2 per cent of the net
receipts while Vines, whose in
came fell off last year because of
lack of opposition, will take 12 1-2
per cent. The other players, Big
Bill Tilden, making a one-night
stand, and ° Bruce Barnes and
George Lott, members of the tour
ing troupe, will receive flat salar.
ies.
HOLLYWOOD NOTICE
HOLLYWOOD. — (#)-—- Holly
wood is beginning to take g real
interest in the maritime strike.
Producers now reéad strike news
almost as eagerly as they do the
reviews of their latest pictures.
The reason:
No less than half a dozen pic
tures are ready to go into pro
duction with waterfront scenes as
the background. But the harbor
is inactive. Little is offered for
the cameramen.
women will help solve them,” he
said. |
If the women promote a Dplan,
he said, and the legislature ap-’
propriates the money, “I would
supply the personnel to carry it
out.” e -
BORDON THOMPON
T 0 ENTER TOURNEY
Athenian to Take Part in
Colden Gloves Tourna
~ment in Atlanta Soon
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By DAN MAGILL, JR.
Athens will be represented by at
least one person in the Golden
Gloves Boxing Tournament, which
will be staged in Atlanta about
six weeks henceforth. The meet
is jwoduced wmnnually under the]
joint sponsorship of The Allanfa'
Journal and Atlanta Y. M. C. A.
Gordon Thompson, an Athens
High school senior, will enter the
tourney carrying with him the
hores of the Classic City.
Thompson, 17 years of age, in
tends to compete in the -middle
weight division. At present Gor
don weighs 160 pounds, and he
plans to lose a couple in order to
easily qualify for the middle
weight limit.
As kis reward, if he wins his
event, Gordon will receive a trip
to *Chicago, where the National
CGolden Gloves tournament will se
held. |
Good Hope to Pla
C rlt) i yin
albert Friday
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Feature Cage Tilt
GOOD HOPE, Ga. — Basketball
festivities, at a standstill since
before Christmas, will be resumed
here Friday night, when Good
Hope teams play the hoopsters
from Colbert, beginning at 7:50
o'clock,
Colbery has two of the stronge
est teams in the Tenth distriet,
according to reports. With Good
Hope continuing to improve, these
games will furnish the basketbail
fans plenty of excitement.
Good Hope's schedule for the
remainder of the season is as fol
lows:
January 8 — Colbert in Good
Hope.
January 9 — Snellsville in Snells
ville.
January 15 — Bogart in Bogart.
January 19 — Snellsville in Good
Hope.
January 22 — Colbert in Colbert.
January 26 — Eatonton in Good
Hope.
January 29 — Watkinsville fn
Good Hore.
February 5 — Bogart in Good
Hope.
February 6 — Monroe girls and
Braselton boys in Good Hope.
February 12 — Monroe girls in
Monroe,
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I MAY VISIT HERE |
, SAN ANTONIO, Texas.—(F)—
Kelley Fielg aviation students
|may visit southern colleges in
;their training flights, includim:’
!the University of Georgia. f
- Major Robert D. Knapp, direc-]
ltor of flying training planned to]
henve today on a good-will tour,!‘
with the aim of creating among!
students more interest in the air|
corps. !
| «aMajor Rnapp planned to visit‘
the. University of Alabama at'
Tuscaioosa, Ala.; the University |
of Georgia at Athens; Alabama|
Polytechnic Institute at Auburn,|
|Ala, and Louisiana State Univer
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Catchers Aren't Scarce Around
Cardinals; Mick Owens Newest
St. Louis Club Always
Turns Up With Good
Receiver, Survey Says
| ST. LOUIS — Although first
| rate catchers are almost as scarce
as good heavyweights, the St
Louis Cardinals manage to bob
up with one each spring.
i It seems that all the Red Birds
i have to do is ship a young man
to their Corumbus farm.
il Del.ancty, Ken O'Dea,
IP.rusie Ogrodowski, and now Ar
nold Owen. They'll do until a
lhrightor quartet of young receiv
! ers comes along on one club in
| successive years.
} Not a few trained observers sus
l)‘oct that “Mickey” Owens will
go farther than any of them. The
| Springfield, Mo., kid who came to
I the Cardinal organization frowm
‘tho sandlots of Los Angeles, has
;it all—speed, arm, bat, and intel
| ligence.
And not the last important is
th fact that Owens, who is only
20, will assert himself.
Most of the peagreens gulped
their Adam’s apple when Branch
Rickey visited the chain gang's
recruit training comp at Bartow,
Fla., last spring, but not Owen.
He ankled pight up to the director
of the far-flung Cardinal system,
and chirped, “Harya, Branch, old
scout!"”
Owen is the pop off type, but
in an inoffensive way. He'd make
a great battery partner for thne
illustrious Dizzy Dean, who'll do
well to get a word in edgeways
while Owen is around.
Transferred to Avon Park,
where tht Ceolumbus and Roches
ter outfits prepared, Owen Wwus
given every orpportunity to make
good. After informing all the
Avon Park waitresses that he was
the “Red Birds',K regular catcher
for 1936” he proceeded to prove
.
Brighter Prospect Than
O'Dea or Ogrodowski
DeLancey was w« little more pol
ished, but Owen, a cousin of De
troit’s Marvin who never says a
word, is farther advanced tharp
either O'Dea or Ogrodowski at ¢
corresponding stage of their ca.
reers. .
The CTardinal management either
has a deal on for a catcher ot
sublime faith in Owen, for it has
disposed of the veteran Virgil
Davis.
Thet leaves only Ogrodowski and
Paul Chervinko, for DeLancey,
now fighting in Arizona to regain
hig health, won’t be back untll‘
1938, if then.
Chervinko also comts up from Co
lumbus. A product of the Univel
sity of Hlinois, he has had -con-‘
siderable experience, and perhags
is ready to catch major league
ball. Chervinko, who is 26, hii
.2275 to Owen'’s .336 with Colwn
bus, and is not quite as fast as
the kid crashing the majors in his
third year out.
The Chicago Cubs, Detroit Ti
gers, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleve
land Indizns tried to buy Owens
from the Cardinal layout.
Owen is the product of the
Manchester Playgrounds of Los
Angeles, where he played with an
American Legion team. He tried
out with the Los Angeles Coasters
in 1924, but weighed only 150
pounds and failed to impress those
in charge of the Cubs’ subsidiary.
so he went back and graduated
from high school ,where he played
ball and won medals as a wras
tler, .
All-Star in Two Leagues
In Which He has Played
Owen gainea 20 pounds in the
next year, and now stands five
feet ten and one-half and weighs
175 pounds. He is a right-handed
batter lacking the power of the
left-handed hitting DeLancey.
John Angell, Cardinal scout,
spotted and signed Owen in the
winter of 1934. H ewas sent to his
old home town, Springfield, in the
Western Assoeciation, where he‘
batttd .310.
Owen started out to be a short
stop and Rickey had Burt Shotton
give him a whirl there last sex
son, but it was decided that catch
ing was his forte.
Owen was a youngster when hiz
father died from the affects of a
gas attack during the World War.
Pickey would not have peddled
O'Dea to Chicago Cubs had he
dreamed that illness was to inter
rupt what promised to be a brill
jant major league career for De-
Lancey at the very outset. |
But B. R. appears to have pick
edup another future great in Ar
nold Malcolme Owen. He caught
in the Western Association's all
star game in 1935, the American
Association’s all-star game of 1936,
and some have an idea that he may
come fast enough to catch in the
majors’ all-star game of 1937.
| ROSENBLOOM WINS
| LOS ANGELES —(# — Moxie
' Rosenbloom, 190 pounds, slapped
out a ten round decision over King
Levinsky, 202 1-2, of Chicago, in
the main event at the Olympie
auditorium last nighe.
Rosenbloom, embro movie actor
had little difficulty outpeinting the
wild-swinging ex-fish merchant
and surprised the packed gathering
of more than 10,000 persons by
flooring Levinsky for a 9 count in
the fourth round. :
Jim Fitzsimmons,
Famous Trainer of
Horses, Doubtful
BY ORLO ROBERTSON ‘
NEW YORK — (#) — Sunny Jim
Fitzsimmons, who developed Gal
lant Fox, Omaha and Granville
doubts that lighting can strike four
times in the same place.
FFor that matter, Fitzsimmons
didn’t believe it would strike thrice
but along came OGranville to re
peat the performanceg of the Fox
and Omaha in winning the 1936
three-year-old championship.
“I doubt if anyone, much less
myself, will have a three-year-old
this year in the class of Granville,
Omaha or Gallant [Fox,” declared
the yeteran trainer, who is racing
a string of horses in Florida this
winter,
Out of a large string quartered
at winter-bound Aqueduct, Fitz
simmons saw only a faint hope he
might have a top-flight three-year
old. That hope is H. W. Maxwell's
Moonton, a son of Chatterton which
won two of three races last year,
all at Aqueduct. Moonton is un
sound, however, and may never get
to the post.
Some of the turf experts liked
the way Willlam Woodward's Rip
arian ran as a two-year-old, but
mention of the son of Sir Galahad
111 brought a laugh from Sunny
Jim,
“Heck, T've got a dozen that can
beat him,” he said.
In the past decade Fitzsimmons
has developed some of the turl’s
greatest performers. Before QGal
lant Fox rocketed to the top in 1930
to earn $308,275, the most any horse
ever earned in one year, the sage
of Sheepshead Bay had Diavolo
and Distraction from the Wheatley
stable. .
Faireno, which like Moonton was
sired by Chatterton, was good
enough to win $136,635 and the
three-year old title in 1932. Omaha.
following much the same trail
blazed by his daddy, won $142,255
three yearg ago, and Granville ac
counted for $110,295 last year.
ATHLETIG LEADERS
QUIZZED BY GROUP
Writers Ask Opinions on
~ Game Between Southern,
Southeastern Champs
GREENSBORO, N. C.-
The Southern Sports Writers As
sociation disptached today a ques
tionnaire to athletic directors and
coaches asking their opinion on
‘the inauguration of an annual
football game between the South
ern and Southeastern Conference
champions
“If, and when, the Graham plan
covering Southern Conference ath
letics and prohibiting post-season
football games is abolished,” the
questionnaire asked, “woulg you
he favorable to having an annual
post-season game between the
Southern and Southeastern Confer
ence champions?”
Houston A. Lawing, secretary
of the association, said if the plan
ever went through the games
would be alternated annually be
tween the conferences.
“Would you favor the elimina
tion of the Rose Bowl so far as
Southern and Southeastern Con
ference teams arg concerned?” An
other question asked, “if such a
series betwean these conference
champions was started?”
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CHATTANOOGA TO BE
GEORGIA OPPONENT
IN TWG GAMES HERE
Freshmen Start Work Un
der Coach Sam McAllis
ter This Afternoon ¥
By JACK REID
Tollowing a somewhat impres
sive “practice” performance against:
Parks-Chambers, of Atlanta. here
last Saturday night, the University
of CGeorgia basketball squad will
launch its inter-collegiate card in
iu two-game series with the Uni=|
versity of Chattanooga five here
&this week-end. Games -are - on’
' schedule both Friday and Satur
ld:l)’ nights, y
Both games will start at 8
o'clock, with admission 50 cents
for adults, Howell Hollis, Athens
High coach, will probably do the
l officiating. : A :
Although both Harry Harman
‘and Lee Richards, veterans of last
season’s campaign, rejoined the
squad in practice sessions early
this week, it is very doubtful if
either will be in shape to see ac
tion against the Tennessee invad
ers. Richards is in by far the bet
ter shape of the pair, and it may’
he that Coach Rex nright will eall
on him for relief duty.
Jack TFarran, lanky ex-Lanier
High pivot performer, will again
be at the center post. Farren
turned in an outstanding job in
last week's' practice game, and
!suems set for a big year,
At forwards will probably be
Ralph Tlead and Sanford Vandi
ver. The last named, who is re
gardeq as a great court prospect
after heing high scorer on ' last
vear's freshman quintet, was dis
appointing in his varsity debut
against Parks-Chambers, but 19
expected 'to round into form in
this week's series. Head turned
in a fine job in his initial start.
Olin Thompson, star guard, and
Captain Charley Harrold will
probably again team up at the
guard posts, IHarrold is one of the
best all-around players on the
squad, but a shoulder injury hand
icapped him against Parks-Chams
hers, and may prevent him from
playing full time. . S
FRESHMAN WORK STARTS
University Freshman basketball
was expected to open this aftere
noon at 4 o'clock in Woodruff Hall,
with Coach Sam McAllister in
charge. A host of ex-high school
stars, including Columbus’ Billy
Woodall, Brunswick’s Vassg ‘Cates,
Macon’'s Alex MeCaskill, and other
players of note, were among the
frosh being counted on to report,
Alexander Succeeds
Stegeman as Member
Of Grid Rules Group
ATLANTA.—W. A. Alexander,
football coach at Georgia Tech,
has been named to succeed H. J.
Stegeman, director of athletics at
the University of Georgia, on the
National Football Rules Commit
tee. & e
“Alex” was unanimously elected
upon nomination by Mr. Stegeman
at last week’s meeting ¢2 the
body, but was not announced until
Mr. Stegeman came back thmgb“
Atlanta. Coach Alexander will rep=
resent the thirq district, which
covers the Southeastern states,’
Stegeman served two terms on
the rules committee. v
BEDTIME STORY
OKLAHOMA CITY—A special
gession of the state legislature ad
journed at 1:07 a. m., one day this
week. At noon the following day
the legislature returned to open its
regular session. . -
In the interim, virtually all the
legislators went no where except
to bed in local hotels and homes.
One of the first official acts of
the state senate in regular session
was to vote mileage for “trips’
back home between assemblies. =