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BANNER-HERALD
SPORTS
808 OLIVER, SPORTS EDITOR
DEPAUL SURPRISES
Three Unbeaten Cage
Fives Extend Streaks
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.— (AP)' —St. Louis, Akron and
Hamline, three of the country’s few remaining unbeaten
college basketball teams, extended their streaks last
night, but once again it was DePaul that surprised.
Auburn Drops
Tech, 41-33;
Ist SEC Win
AUBURN, Ala, Jan, 12—(AP)
—The Auburn Tigers have won
their first Southeastern Confer
ence Basketball victory — a 41-33
triumph over Georgia Tech’s Yel
low Jackets.
A revamped lineup and some
stout defensive work enabled the
Tigers to climb out o fthe SEC
cellar last night,
Auburn Coach Danny Doyle
shifted Big Bill Lynn from center
to forward and left Glenn Nixon
to handle the pivot duties all the
way. Lynn ' proceeded to take
seoring honors with 15 points.
Nixon tossed in eight points and
did a great defensive job on Tech
center Jim Nolan, who got only
one basket from the field and a
slim total of six points.
. The score was tied three times
during the first half, which end
ed with the count 19-19. Tech too
a brief lead after the intermission
but Auburn jumped out to a 30-
21 advantage midway in the half.
The Jackets pulled up to 32-21
with seven minutes to go but
gen’t able to connect in the fi
., 3
-vi‘d;;a—ra_bold led Tech scoring
with 10 points.
Ike Williams
To Be Honored
With Trophy
NEW YORK, Jan. 12— (AP) —
Ike Williams of Trenton, N. J,
world lightweight champion, and
Daniel F. (Dumb Dan) Morgan,
former fight manager, will be hon
ored tonight at the tenth annual
dinner of the Boxing Writers As
sociation of New York.
Williams will receive the Ed
ward J. Neil memorial plaque as
the outstanding boxer of 1948,
The trophy is in memory of the
late Associated Press boxing writer
who was killed while covering the
Spanish Civil War.
Williams also will be awarded
‘the Ring magazine's annual award
for the fighter of the year.
The 75-year-old Morgan, long a
figure around ring circles, will re
ceive the James J. Walker merit
award for seryice to the sport over
a longe period of years. :
Win Trialsg
‘WAYNESBORO, Ga., Jan, 12—
sA.P) — Two dogs entered by
ack Curran of Atlanta took first
and second money in the Georgial
Field Trial Association’s mem
bers’ all-age stake yesterday. 1
First place went to Duration
Bob, a large white and liver tick
ed pointer male; while Duration
Ann, a white and orange pointer
female — and a daughter of Dura
tion Bob—came in second.
Third place honors went to
Distinction, a wnite and liver
ticked pointer male, owned and
handled by Dr. J. Earl Miles of
Brooklyn, N. Y. ;
The members’ derby was taken
by Duration Duke, young pointer
male owned and handled by Ver
non Wimbrow of Oak Hill, Va.
Sassafras, owned by Euclid Claus
sen of Augusta, Ga., took second;
and Duration Ann, took third.
The meet closes Friday.
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Jowed up its surprise victory last
week over the Oklahoma Aggies by
trouncing Notre Dame on the
Irish’ home court at South Bend,
59 to 38. It was the worst defeat
Notre Dame has suffered this sea
son. DePaul now has won five
straight.
St. Louis, sparked as usual by
All-America “Easy Ed” MaCauley,
whipped Long Island, 58-47, be
fore 18,486, the largest turnout of
the season at Madison Square Gar
den. It was a return to the court
where the Billikens last March
won the National Invitation Tour
ney.
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f In the other half of the twin
bill CCNY delighted its coach, Nat
'Holman, by trouncing West Vir
‘ginia, 64-50. Holman was hon
ored at a ceremony commemorat
ing his 30 years as a cage mentor.
Akron whipped Fenn, 83-49, in
one half of a Cleveland double
‘header that also saw once-beaten
}Kentucky, NCAA champs, eke out
a 63-61 victory over Bowling
‘Green, of Ohio. The largest turn
out ever to see a Cleveland twin
bill 13,113, saw the two games at
;the arena. .
‘ Hamline also won its 10th in a
row by licking MacAlester, 55-40.
A crowd of 10,787 in Boston saw
Holy Cross nip Chicago Loyola,
59-58, on Bob Cousy’s basket in the
last nine seconds and Princeton
beat Harvard, 51-46, in an Ivy
League contest. |
~ In other games Kansas beat Mis
’souri, 42-35, in a Big Seven fray;
once-beaten LaSalle swamped Bal
timore Loyola, 85-61; Virginia
Tech upset Duke, 56-46, in the
Southern Conference; Auburn sur
prised Georgia Tech in the South
eastern 41-33; and Baylor took the
lead in the Southwest Conference
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Basketball
By The Associated Press
—Last Night's Scores—
St. Louis 58, Long Island 47.
58Holy Cross 59, Chicago Loloya
Rochester 72, Hamilton 56,
Niagara 60, Buffalo Tchrs 38.
CCNY 64, West Virginia 50.
Hobart 59, Clarkson 53,
Trinity 61, Amherst 47.
Princeton 51, Harvard 46.
West Va, State 64, Wilberforce
State 55.
MIDWEST
Depaul 59, Notre Dame 38.
Kentucky 63, Bowling Green
(Ohio) 61.
Nebraska 48, Washington (St.
Louis) 45.
' Marquette 61, St. Thomas
(Minn) 52, :
Oberlin 54, Case 44.
%an;as 42, Missouri 35.
utler 59, Miami (Ohio) 38.
Akron 83, Fenn 49.
St. Benedicts '7572, ‘Rockhurst 41.
Emroria State 58, Washburn 45.
Hamline 55, Macalester 40.
mDubnque 57, Illinois Gablesburg
Lake Forest, Illinois Tech 49.
SOUTH
Cathotlic Univ. 64, Western Ma
ryland 46.
“Virginia 63, Virginia Military
Centenary 32, Evansville 54.
Clemson 61, Wofford 59.
Presbyterian 54, Newberry 52.
Western Carolina 59, Appala
chian 57.
3'Atlant\ic Christian 38, Guilford
Eastern Kentucy 65, Morehead
(Ky) 31.
Georgetown (Ky) 39, Berea 38.
Auburn 41, Georgia Tech 33.
28Wm & Mary 96, Baltimore Univ.
. Hampden-Sydney 62, Ran
dolph-Macon 34.
North Carolina State 64, David
son 47.
Southwestern Louisiana 70,
Louisiana College 27.
~ Virginia Tech 56, Duke 46.
‘34south Carolina 60, The Citadel
{3B'Virginia Medical 40, Lynchburg
‘ .
},Msming Hill 49, Miss. Southern
\Gzhustin Peay 63, Memphis State
: SOUTHWEST
37Baylor 44, Southern Methodist
im;l‘exas Tech 57, Texas Mines 39.
: FAR WEST
Arkansas A. & M. 55, Ouachita
. San Jose State 57, San Francis
co State 51.
) College of Pacific 84, Fresno
State 64.
Gonzaga 60, Whitworth 49.
Montana 72, Idaho State 53.
| Bednarik Gets Award
PHILADELPHIA, "Jan. 12 —
(AP) — The 12th annual Max
well Football Club award for the
'outsta_nding football player of
1948 last night was given to Chuck
Bednarik, Penn’s All-America
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" 'The 1947 winner of the Max=
well award was Doak Walker,
Southern Methodist’s All-America
back.
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NEEDS REVISION
Batter Rating System
Criticized In Majors
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—(AP)—The 1948 major league
baseball averages are out and that raises the question
again—is the present system of rating batters fair?
{ The question was asked last
lyeur, provoking numerous replies.
Although many different sys
tems were offered, there seemed
general agreement that the age-old
.method of rating bat strength
. needed revision,
| The '4B averages show Stan Mu
sial of the St. Louis Cardinals and
Ted Williams of the Boston Red
Sox as the champion batters of
their respective leagues. No fault
is to be found with that since it is
generally conceded that they were
the outstanding batters in base
ball.
But what of the other batters?
Dale Mitchell of the Cleveland In
dians is listed as the American
League’s third best batter with a
.336 average. Al Zarilla of the St.
Louis Browns is fourth, Barney
McCosky of the Philadelphia Ath
letics is fifth and Bob Dillinger of
the Browns is Sixth. They rate
above such sluggers as Joe Dimag
gio, Vern Stephens, Tommy Hen
rich, Joe Gordon and Bobby Doerr.
Stephens, for instance, is the 35th
best patter, according to the aver
ages. ' Gordon is No. 27 and Doerr
is 23.
| .. - Same Story
{ It is the same story in the Na
tional. Mike McCormick, part
time outfielder of ' the Boston
Braves is ninth with a .303 mark.
'"Bob Scheffing, Chicago Cub catch
\e“r, is No. 10 while Johnny Mize of
{the New York Giants is 22nd and
Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh
;Pirates is as low down as 40th on
i the list.
I A year ago we offered a new
{rating system under which runs
batted-in, runs scored and total
*bases are added then divided by
his number of games played. To
day averages are figured on hits
{and at bats.
For instance, John Doe has driv
en in 100 runs, He has scored the
“Y" Preps Trip Harbins
In Cage Thriller, 19-18
Playing different men in each quarter the Athens Y, M.
C. A. Prep cagers took a thri
School team in Dacula last n
Athens’ Coach Cobern Kelley
played 21 men throughout the
game and only permitted a person
to play one quarter. At the end
of the first stanza Harbins lead 8
to 3, but the next Athens team held
Harbins scoreless and hit the loops
for 12 points themselves, taking
the halftime lead by the count of
15%t0 8.
Harbins held the next Prep ag
aggregation scoreless throughout
the third quarter and scored six
tallies themselves. .The score at
the third quarter mark was 15 to
14, Athens. In the last quarter
both teams scored plenty with the
game being decided in the final
seconds.
Plays Best Game
~ Playing probably his greatest
game of the season was Winston
Wiggins, local star. He only got
to play only one quarter and, al
though he usually is a high scorer,
and only made one point last night,
he was one of the top players on
the court. He handled the ball
‘well and played an all round out
standing game.
- Bobby Marbut was one of the
Athens defensive standouts as
usual. He kept Harbins from
scoring a number of points in the
second quarter, the quarter which
Marbut got to play.
On offense, for. Athens were
Guard Larry Jones and Center Al
lan Barber. Jones scored five
points and Barber hit the hoops for
four tallies.
Playing an all round game was
Donald Cofer, who handled the
ball well, hustled on defense, and
passed the ball exceptionally good.
- For the losers Forward Archer
and Center Edwards hit the loops
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same number and owns 300 total
‘bases. That gives him a sum -of
500. - Divide that into the number
of games played, which let us say
was 150. That gives player Doe a
rating of 3.33.
~ This leaves Musial the undis
puted king of the National League
with a 4.48 rating in ’4B. Williams
retains his first place ‘hold in the
American with 4.12.
Here is what it does to some of
the others, though. It drops Mit
chell from third to 15th and ad
vances Stephens from 35th to
fourth. It also pulls Joe DiMaggio
from seventh to second, Henrich
from 12th t& third, Gordon from
27th te sixth. Doerr from 23rd to
seventh, Ken Keltner of the In
dians from 17th to eighth and Phil
adelphia’s Eddie Joost from 44th
to 21st.
In the National, Del Ennis of
Philadelphia jumps from 18th to
sixth, Kiner vaults from 40th to
fourth, Bob Elliott of the Braves
rises from 25th to 10th and Mize
from 22nd to second. At the same
time, M. McCormick skids from
ninth to 43rd, Scheffing from 10th
to 47th, Boston’s Tommy Holmes
from third to 13th, and Al Dark
from fourth to 18th.
This system gives credit to the
heavy hitters—the guys who can
hit for distance and drive runners
across. It also recognizes the sin
gle hitters—those who can get on
lbase—by giving credit for runs
scored.
The batting average idea has
been the basic method of compari
son since the National game was
founded more than 100 years ago.
It is too deeply entrenched in the
minds of the officials, players and
fans alike, to force a change. The
aforementioned theory is merely
intended as a basis for thought on
the subject.
ling ball game from Harbins
ght by the score of 19 to 18.
for six points each to lead the Har
‘bins scoring. Guard Williams made
}four points and Forward Smith’s
‘pwo tallies rounded out the scor
g,
The lineup: :
Athens (19) Harbins (18)
F—Prather .......... Smith (2)
F—Lanard (1) .......... Wages
C—Underwood .... Edwards (6)
G—T. Tillman (2) .. Williams (4)
G—Fortson ............ Murphy
Substitutions: Athens — Duncan
(2), Wiggins (1), Barber (4), Jones
(5), Marbut, Lumpkin, Donald
Bell, Butler (2), Moss, Osteen,
Floyd, T. Williams ' (2), Horton,
Ecker, Cofer, Gissendanner; Har
bins — Everett, Archer (6), Eth
redge, Grayson.
Marathon
Star Dies
At Age Of 62
BRANTFORD, Ont., Jan. 12—
(AP) — Tom Longboaft, the lank
Onondaga Indian, was buried yes
terday not far from the reserva=
tion where he began his career as
fabulous distance runner. He was
laid to rest to the tribal chant of
Iroquois funeral rites. z
The end came Sunday after a
long illness to the 62-year-old
Marathon star whose powerfully
muscled legs brought him fame
and fortune. :
He was called the ‘“‘greatest dis
tance runner of them all” in the
hey-day of his career 40 years
ago. He left behind many rich
legends. He won the Boston Mar
athon in 1907 and ran in the
Olympics in 1908. !
He earned more than $17,000
as a professional and drew turn
away crowds to such arenas as
dNew York's Madison Square Gar
en.
In re Boston road race in 1907
the Indian clocker the 25th and
last mile, uphill, in four minutes,
46 seconds. Then, they say, he
jogged upstairs to a press confers
ence.
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YHE BANNER-HERALD, ATHENS, GEORGLA
Many Changes
A-AC, NL
TO MEET
NEXT WEEK
NEW YORK, Jan. 12.—
(AP)—Settlement of neigh
borhood rivalries held the
key today to professional
football peace.
- If they can patch up scattered
backyard feuds, the National
Football T.eague and All-America
Conference may end their three
year-old cold cash war when
they meet next week in Chicago.
‘ The feuding hotspots are New
York, Los Angeles and the Wash
ington-Baltimore area.
~ An effort will be made to iron
out the New York problem in the
‘'next few days.
Dan Topping, president of the
New York Yankees of the AAC,
'announced yesterday that a
meeting would be held with rep
'resentatives of the other Gotham
professional teams. .
| Sitting in on the discussion,
{ Topping said, would be Ted Col
lins, owner of the Boston Yanks
who recently got permission to
transfer his franchise; Tim and
Jack Mara »f the Giants; and
Horace Stoneham, head of the
baseball Giants.
: Polo Grounds Renter
| The Boston Yanks and Giants
are members of the rival Nat
ional League. Stoneham rents the
Polo Grounds to the Maras.
‘Topping, answering reports
that he planned to pull out of the
football venture and rent spac
ious Yankee Stadium to Collins,
said he is willing to become a
landlord if it brings peace be
{ween the rival circuits.
" The AAC directors meet in
Chicago January 18 and the NFL
nabobs get together two days
later.
Any settlement probably would
call for one circuit composed of
two sectional races. This plan
was almost adopted at the last
peace session in Philadelphia be
fore Christmas but the rivals
couldn’t agree on which teams
should be included.
‘Don’t Quit’
Kelly Tells
Connie Mack
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, Jan.
12—(AP)—“Don’t retire.”
That’s Mike Kelley’s advice to
Connie Mack and Clark Griffith.
The 73-year old Kelley, spend
inf the winter at the gulf beaches
here, is a peer of Mack and Grif
fith when it comes to long service
in baseball. When he sold the
Minneapolis Millers in 1946 ‘he
had completed 52 years as player,
manager and owner.
The abdicated “dean of the mi
nor leagues” speaks of knowing
g}sriffith for 50 years and Mack for
“I heard a while back that Griff
was going to sell the Senators and
retire,” Kelley said. “I wrote him
a letter telling him not to and
why. Griff wrote back that he
read my yetter over four or five
times. And he’s still running the
Senators.”
: Honor Guest
Kelley has a legion of friends
in baseball and is by no means a
forgotten man. He was guest of
honor at the Minor League Con
vention in Minneapolis last
month. : !
Minneapolis’ “Mr. Baseball”
owned the Millers from 1923 until
he sold out in 1946.
He played first base for the old
Baltimore Orioles and so remem
bers John McGraw well. The late
Judge Kennesaw Mountain Lan
dis, the first commissioner of
baseball, was another of his
friends.
» Mack and Griffith rate tops in
'Kelley’'s books but his friends
cover the entire history of base
| ball up to and including Ted Will-
L iams.
He had Williams at Minneapolis
when the splendid splinter was 18.
And Kelley has a soft spot in his
heart for the tempermental slug
ger.
BRITISH RC HOMES FOR AGED
The British Red Cross now op
erates eight homes for old people
and offers volunteer assistance in
similar institutions run by other
organizations.
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ATHENS HITS COMEBACK TRAIL
Short's 26 Points Sparks
56-40 Win Over Elephants
‘BAMA
INVADES
SATURDAY
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., Jan. 12—
Alabama’s basketball team, un
beaten in three Southeastern Con
ference games, so far this season,
will go after its fourth and fifth
straight S. E. C. victory Friday
and Saturday nights when it
meets Georgia Tech in Atlanta
and Georgia in Athens.
Coach Floyd Burdette’s _Crim
son Tide upset a favored Georgia
quintet, 46-40, here Saturday
night in its last start and will face
the Bulldogs in a return encoun
ter in Athens on Saturday. The
Tide defeated Auburn in its first
two Conference contests, 46-45 in
Birmingham and 45-38 in Au
burn.
i The Alabama cagers turned in
their best performance of the sea
son in stopping the high-scoring
'Georgia quintet, which had aver
,aged }ptter than 66 points per
game In its 1Y previous contests.
, Trailing 20-27 at halftime and 22-
33 with but 15 minutes playing
time remainigg, the Tide rallied to
tie the score 35-35 with eight min
| utes to play and went on to win
going away.
i Held To Three Goals
Alabama put up an air-tight of
fense in the second half, holding
the Bulldogs to but three field
goals during the final period. Bob
Healey, high scoring Georgia for
ward, was limited to but two
points during the evening.
i Guard Dick McKenzie, who was
high point man for the night with
14 points, and forward Rebel
Steiner turned in their top per
formances of the year against
Georgia. Both played the entire
game and Steiner also helped the
Tide attack with four timely field
goals and two free tosses.
| Burdette is expected to use the
same lineup in this week-end’s
'games as has started the last three
’Bama contests. This quintet had
Steiner and Carl Shaeffer at for
wards, Gene Palmer at center and
McKenzie and Dyson Hammer at
guards.
Sub Rule
Likely To
Remain Same
PALM SPRINGS, Calif.,, Jan.
12 — (AP) — The National Col
lege Football rules committee
probably will not alter the free
substitution rule, which permits
almost unlimited substitutions
during a game.
This was indicated today by un
official comment as the commit
tee continued its deliberations be
hind locked doors. The annual
Pow Wow was late in getting un
der way. Snow and other unusual
Southern California weather de
layed the arrival of committee
members.
Venerable Amos Alonzo Stagg,
sole life member of the rules com
mittee, said he doesn’t know what
will be done about the substitu
tion problem. However, he added:
“The ones who are against free
substitutions are in the minority
and it takes a majority vote to get
anywhere.” : ; -
~ Players and coaches, in partic
)ular, seem to favor the two pla
'toon system, But many fans argue
it reduces football to a game of
specialists.
Official announcement of the
committee’s actions, including any
recodification of the rules, will
‘not be made until the sessions end,
‘possibly tomorrow.
t Fights Last Nite
By The Associated Press
Los Angeles — Freddie Be
shore, 197 1-2, El Monte, Calif.,
outpointed Joe Weiden, 212 1-2,
Vienna, Austria, 10.
San Jose, Calif., — Nick Diaz,
197 Los Angeles, outpointed Ben
ny Caila, 142, Oakland, 10.
MIAMI, Fla. — Elmer, “Vio
lent” Ray, 205, Hastings, Fla.,
knocked out Tex Boddie, 194, 3-4,
Omaha, 4.
Buffalo, N. Y. — Phil Muscato,
’192, Buffalo, outpointed Ted Low
ry, 177, New Bedford, Mass. 10.
i Salem, Mass. — Roy Andrew,
131, Lowell, knocked out Young
lgunior, 134 1-2, Springfield, Mass.
Topeka, Kas., — Kenny Bar
}ton, 161, Topeka, knocked out
Jimmy Watson, 162, Omaha, 8.
(Top regular bout on Joe Louis
‘Orland Ott exhibition card.)
New York (Park Arena) — Leo
Lebrun, 123 1-4, New York, out
pointed Jose Colan Garcia, 126
1-4, Puerto Rico, 8. .
Hartford, Conn. — Clem Custer,
134, Detroit, and Miguel Acevedo,
129 1-2;' Havana, drew, 10.
Louisville — Sid Peaks, 213,
Louisville, stopped Brady Welch,
190, Cincinnati, 3.
Camden, N. J. — Cliff Dyes,
148, Camden, outpointed Johnny
Freeman, 149, Philadelphia, 8.
LOUIS vs. VALDEZ
TAMPA, Fla.,, Jan. 12—(AP)—
Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis
will fight a six-round exhibition
here Jan. 28 with Nino Valdez,
| 105-nound Cuban clguter, Tt will
Ht); Valdez* first bout in-this coun~
Athens High’s Trojans looked like the same team that
opened the season with seven straight landslide victories,
as they stormed back onto the win trail here last night
with a 56-40 drubbing of Gainesville.
The Trojan attack, which many
thought would be completely crip
pled without the services so All-
State guard Nathan Williams, was
devastating in effect on the invad
ing Red Elephants. Warren Thur
mond, reserve forward converted
to play Williams’ position at guard,
was sensational, in his first start
ing assignment and as he went, so
went the Trojans.
Ted Short blazed the baskets for
twenty-six points against the rival
Elephants, and successfully at
tempted just about every shot pos
sible in doing so. John Marshall,
besides giving the Trojans com
plete control of both backboards
with his heads-up play beneath the
rim, connected for another fifteen
points to pace the Trojans to their
‘ 16-point win. i
Short Gets Hot
! Short, hitting only four at
tempts from the field and twice
from the free line in the first half,
caught fire in the third quarter and
couldn’t be stopped. The Trojan
southpaw forward dunked in eight
more field goals the second half,
and had the fans wondering
whether or not he could miss.
Jackie Roberts, pride of Gaines
ville’s athletic teams, took plenty
of shots and made six of them
count for the Elephants. John
Hulsey, guard, collected another
twelve points to share scoring hon
ors with Roberts. It was Ferris
Wing, firebrand guard, though,
who held the Gainesville five to
gether, gathering ten points in ad
dition.
Athens was never headed after
a three-basket flurry by Short put
Trojanettes Down
Gainesville, 27-17
The Athens High Trojanettes jumped aboard their vic
tory train again last night to roll to a 27-17 win over the
Gainesville girls on the home court.
ES i¥ 4
Williams Says
Will Attend
M;’l?tary School
Nathan Williams, three-sport
standout at Athens High for the
last three years, will enter Au
gusta Military Academy of Fort
Defiance, Va., to further his prep
school career.
Recently declared ineligible
for further competition in high
school because of a year of par
ticipation on Winterville’s “B”
team, Nathan announced yester
day that Augusta is his choice of
schools.
Members of the football and
basketball teams and others chip
ped in and preesnted the ath
lete with a silver identification
bracelet last night after the Tro
jans had successfully dedicated
their 56-40 cage victory to Wil
liams.
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Sports Roundup
BY HUGH FULLERTON, JR.
NEW YORK, Jan. 12 —(AP)—
Prize example of double thinking
(like doubletalk, you know) was
Harvey Harman’s recent sugges
tion to stop giving films of dis
puted decisions to the newspapers.
. . . The papers, of course, would
have their own still pictures and
recourse to the newsreels (unless
the colleges wanted to shut off
those, too.) . . . The only result
would be to hamper efforts for ac
curacy. Writers still would criti
cize officials if they thought they
saw a sour decisior. . . in line with
that was referee Sam Schoen
field’s contention that basketball
officials are sensitive guys and
shouldn’t pe criucized * uiaess ic
is constructive and helps the
game.” . .. Most of us figure it
helps the game to point out that
an official is doing a bad job,
even if we can’t improve his per
formance. &
SHORTS AND SHELLS
| ‘Word from the west coast is that
iProf. Karl Leib of Towa rang the
bell with the college baseball
coaches as speaker at their dinner
—. « . Television fight promoters
will use th® Aaragon arena in
Pittsburgh to stage shows this
winter with Jack White as match
maker. . . Weather note: Conva
lescent patients at Brooke Gener
al Hospital at Fort Sam Houston,
Texas, were playing baseball just
after New Year’s Day. . . It’s con
sidered good informal psycho
therapy. . . . Williard Nixon, the
pitcher who ‘was signed by the
Red Sox for a big bonus last
spring and farmed out to Scran
ton, Pa., is back in school at Au
burn until spring -training time.
+ .. The Basketball Association of
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that Pat Kennedy Jlost 8 12
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WEDNESDAY, YANUARY 12, 1049,
BY CURTIS DRISKELL
them ahead to stay in the second
quarter. The Trojans trailed I]-
10 as the first period ended, but
held the Elephants to a pair of
charity throws in the second while
netting eleven points themselves
for a 21-13 advantage.
. The Trojans began hitting regy
larly in the third frame and ran
the count to 38-28 at third-quar
ter time. Not to be slowed, they
kept the range and burned the
nets for another 18 points in the
last quarter, holding their visitors
to a total of 12.
| " Other Standouts
~ Thurmond at his guard slot,
‘Short at forward, and Marshall as
center were the dec.ding factors
for the rampaging Trojans, but the
story would have been less-joyous
for Athens rooters without the
ball-hawking services of Tommy
Lovern, who also chipped in six
tallies on three goals. Frederick
Leathers was a mainstay for the
Trojan floor game, but suffered an
off night in bucketing only four
points. Bobby Moody, Don Sea
graves, and Dickie Carteaux, only
Trojan subs to see action, perform
ed well, with Seagraves dropping
in two points while subbing for
Marshall.
Athens (56) Gainesville (40)
F—Short (26) ...... Bolden (2)
F—Leathers (4) .... Roberts (12)
C—Marshall (15) .. Whitworth (1)
G—Lovern (6) ...... Hulsey (12)
G—Thuyrmond (3) . ... Wing (10)
Substitutions: Athens — Sea
graves (2), Moody, Carteaux.
Gainesville—Purdue, Spain, Niv
ens, Van Giesen, Jones, Lipscomb.
BY ANN SWEETLAND
The lassies of A. H. S. showed
splendid team work. The first
class floor game work and the
alertness of the guards were out
standing features of the game.
During the first and second
quarters, the score was close with
the second quarter ending 12-11 in
favor of the Athens team. The
Trojanettes came back into the
game with new spirit and took the
lead for the last two quarters.
Jean Fulcher paced her team
mates to victory, hitting thegloops
for 14 points. She was trailed by
Martha Elder with seven points.
High scorer for the Gainesville
sextet was Forward Wright with
nine points followed by Hunter
with seven.
The Trojarettes broke a two
game losing streak in downing the
Gainesville girls, and will be out
for another victory Fridlay night
when they meet the Carnesville
girls here.
THE LINEUPS
Athens (27) Gainesville (17)
F—Elder (7) ........ Hunter (6)
F—Adams (4) ...... Wright (9)
F—Fulcher (14) .... Henson (2)
G—Mercer ......,....... Stargel
G-—Boule ' ... ..., ‘Davis
G—Fowler ............... Black
Subs: Athens — Clanton (2),
Kenney, Messer, Martin, Shepard,
Hopkins, Berryman, Fanning, and
Mays. Gainesville — Austin (2),
Spikes, Hayes, and Gilreath.
BABY TROJANS WIN
~ The Athens High Baby Trojans
came to life in the second half to
score a 28-22 triumph over the
Gainesville “B” team, behind the
expert floor games of Jimmy Wil
liams, Charlie .Parrott, and Hal
Weller.
The Trojans quickly assumed
command of the game, and had
racked up a 6-0 lead as the first
horn sounded, but relaxed in the
second périod and allowed Gaines
ville to pull up to 10-14. A second
half splurge by the Boby Trojans,
aided by a helping hand from a
Gainesville guard, put them ahead
to stay, although the score re
mained close throughout.
Charlie Parrott, Athens captain,
sank two goals himself, and took
credit for the two-point effort of a
confused Red Elephant. Williams
gathered four points, Weller shar
ed top honors with Parrott with
six, and Nelson Hitchcock, Sonny
Suddath, and Jimmy Maxwell
rounded out the scoring with three,
four, and five, respectively.
Carden paced the visitors with
seven, followed with Moore’s five.
Rochester-New York game. Pat
could blow out that much air in
a couple of toots on his whistle.
END OF THE LINE
Heine Groh, who hit .474 in the
1922 world series, still is so proud
of that feéat that he has obtained
license No. 474 for his car every
year for 26 years. He’s had it in
three states — %’i]da now. .. A
star sophomore tumbler on the
Penn State gym team is Dudy
Valentino — no relation to the
famous movie star.
The cocaine plant is eultivated
and™ harvested much like tea in
South America. :
LINEUPS
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