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SPORTS
| 808 OLIVER, SPORTS EDITOR
Rotarians Honor
Georgia Gridders
The 19th annual Rotary Club banquet for the Georgia
oothall team was acclaimed a hig success after yester
wy'a luncheon at the Georgian Hotel.
'Somef 120 players and coaches
re on hand for the dinner,
8 with the Rotarians them
. A delicious lunch was en
¥ before the speech-making
got unaerway, the latter being
a ‘over radio station WRFC.
'President of the Rotary organ
ization here in Athens, C. D.
Chandler, got the ball rolling
with a brief talk, and then iniro
duced Rotarian Paul W. Chapo
man, who made the official wel
coming speech.
D. Weaver Bridges, chairman
of the committee that plans these
annual parties for the Bulldogs,
took the speaker’s plaiform next
and conducted matters from here
on out,
Short talks were made by
Cherley Trippi, John Rauch, Ed
Danforth fAtlanta Journal), Jack
Jackscn {Atlanta Constitution),
John ~ Bolton, University treas
urer; Dr. J. C. Rogers, new Uni
w{}y president, and Co-captain
rmie Reid. Coach Wally Butts
and Jline mentor J. B. Whitworth
closed out the speech-making.
e Hard Workers
Coach Butts said the ’4B Geor-
Aggies, Bills
Tangle Tonight
. NEW YORK, Jan, 20.—
Billikens are on the spot ton
“Proclaimed the nation’s No. 1
qqllegiate quintet, principally by
virtue of their recent triumph
ver Kentucky, the Billikens bat
le the Oklahoma Aggies, ranked
fth, at Stillwater, Okla.
{ A year ago the Aggies whipped |
Easy Ed” Maculey & Co., twice
put St. Louis in the odd posi
on of not being able to win its
xc\:vn conference title —the Mis~
uri Valley.
; Undoubtedly St. Louis’ lofty
gxumh. Newark, N, J., writes:
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gia eleven was the hardest work
ting outfit he had worked with
since coming to Georgia. He <aid
that they bad many physical
weaknesses, bul seemed to over
come most of them by the sac
rifice that showed the will to
win.
Whitworth, who has been
Butts’ line coach for ten seasons,
said the little round man turned
in the best coaching job in the
country this past seascn.
Johnny Rauch made one of the
most inspirational speeches when
e said that the day the Georgia
scout came to Yoaden, Pa, to
ask him to play for the Bulldogs
was the luckiest day in his life.
And you could tell that old John
meant every word of it.
Te show that there are no
bounds when they put their
minds on anything, the Rotary
Club presented each member of
the club a gift.
This 19th luncheon given by
the Rotarians was by far the
best. Everyone seemed to have a
good time; needless to say, the
Georgia football team won’t soon
forget the kindness and interest
of this civie organization.
(AP) —pt. Louis’ basketbali
zht.
ranking will suffer if the Billik
ens fail to whip the Aggies this
time.
Temple, St. Joseph Win
There wasn’t much going on the
hardwood last night. Hot and cold
Temple provided a surprise by
drubbing previously once-beaten
LaSalle, 54-36, in the feature of a
Philadelphia doubleheader before
6,408. St. Joseph (Pa) whipped
Albright, 76-64, in an overtime
struggle in the other game.
Yale’s Tony Lavelli tallied 24
points to help whip Fordham 85-
75 and run his all-time scoring
mark to 1,601. Cincinnati trounc
ed Texas Wesleyan 81-67, and
Kansas smashed Drake, 62-37.
Rhode Island State maintained
it's 13-year-old jinx over
Brown winning, 68-61( and Ver
mont wonits 25th straigst Ver
mont conference fray, a 65-42
conquest of Middlebury.
Baltimore Loyola turned the ta
bles on Seton Hall, 74-70, while
Navy whipped Penn State, 55-47,
and Army swamped Williams, 72-
45
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‘Athens Faces erton
In Triple Bill Friday
i BY CURTIS DRISKELL
i The Athens High Trojans will be out for their eleventh
i victory of the ’4B-'49 season in the local gym tomorrow
night, but the Athenz first stringers are not expecting an
| active night of it. q
Reserves are very likely to play
the biggest part of the varsity
game against the Elberton Blue
Devlis, unless tne Devils have
gained a lot of strength since
their first meeting with the 'ocal
team. Athens rambled to a 57-10
triumph over Elberton in the
Granite City gym earlier this sea
son. i
The Devils will ke the first
team t{o face the Athens quintet
twice this year. The Trojans play
on a home-and-home Frasis with
most of their opponents, but El
berton will be the first of the
Field Trials
To End Today
FLORENCE, Ala., Jan. 20.—
'(AP)-—--A brace and a single were
.scheduied to run today in the
windup of the Muscle Shoals
Field Trial Cluk’s All-Age Stake.
| Thirty-six dogs have been put
{down since Mcnday. Competition
has been close,
' Drug News, owned by Mrs.
Otis Brown of Florence, an
handled by Lee Waorstell, ran a
'powerful race yesterday to move
up among the leaders.
Favorites so far .are Turkey
Mountain Doctor, gwned by Gar
jner and Scott of Booneville, Ark.;
! Bomberette, entry of J. Truett
!Payne of Birmingham; Sub Deb,
.entered by Dan Gilearist of Fort
(Payne, Ala.; Farley’s' Secret Wea
pon, owned by J. 8. Farmer o
Pontize, Mich.; and Knockdown,
entry of Leroy Allison of Byha
lia, Mass.
Sports Roundup
BY HUGH FULLERTON, JR. ’
WEST POINT, N. Y. Jan. 20—
Army’s Earl Blaik, a firm advo
cate of the “two platoon” system
in football, figures that the cur
rent substitution rule is “just
right.” . . . Coaches will continue
to substitute full teams, he ex
plains, but the fans won’t be any
noyed by substitutes dribbling in
and out while the clock is run
ning. . .. “They’ll get to know the
offensive and defensive lineups
and there won't be many other
substitutions,” Blaik adds. . . .
Somewhat more troublesome to
the Army Coach is the business
of running a “coaching school”
every year. . . . In the past few
seasons, four of Earl's assistants,
Stu Holcomb, Herman Hickman,
Andy Gustafson and Sid Gillman,
have taken head coaching posts
at other schools. . . It requires a
lot of work to indoctrinate new
comers. . . ‘“But there’s one ad
vantage,”’ Blaik smiles, “new men
bring in new ideas, some of which
we can use. Some coaches have
brought in their own men as as
sistants for so long that their sys
tems became sort of inbred. . . .
Jock Sutherland started with an
off-tackle play and finished with
an off-tackle play — and it was
a darn good off-tackle play, too.”
UPSTANDING ATHLETE
Baseball historian Ernie Lani
'gan, who is sojourning in the sun
shine at Tucson, Ariz, recalls an
‘incident when Honus Wagner and
the late Frank Bowerman, who
'became Christy Mathewson’s
catcher, were just youngsters in
the old Iron and Oil League. . ..
lE%owerman, playing for the Den
ison-Uhrichsville (Ohio) team,
' went after a foul fly one day,
Icrashed into the stands and
Iknocked the grandstand down. . .
Bob Quinn, who related the inci
' dent to Ernie, commented casual
'ly: “We had rugged athletes in
' those days.”
i ONE-MINUTE SPORTS PAGE
Report from the South says that
Jesse Fatherree, Louisiana State
backfield coach, may move to
Mississippi State in the same ca
pacity to join his old teammate,
Slick Morton. . . . Ted Shipkey,
who was cut off the Los Angeles
Dons’ coaching roster, promptly
caught on with the Santa Anita
Racetrack Staff. . . . Besides edit
ing a slick new magazine, “Sports
illustrated,” Rufus Stanley
Woodward has authorized a book,
“Sports Page,” which should be
required reading {for anyone who
wants to break into the business.
ENGLISH PLAN
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spinning and weaving. A board
official says the scheme will
make “industrial history in Bri
tain.” .
“We shall take nominees of
trade unions as well as those se
lected by individual cotton spin
ning and weaving firms,” he
says. “The training will be given
free of charge by professional
industrial consultants.”
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THE BANNER-AERALD, ATHENS, GEORGIA
schedule to return for another
engagement,
Three Games
A triple-header is slated, start
ing with the “B” team game at
6:3C. The Bahy Trojans dropped
their Jast outing to the Decatur
Builpups, 36-42 after a clgse bat
tle all the way, but will be
primed for their eighth victory
tomorrow night. They have drop
ped five games to date,
The Trojaneites play the Elber
ton lassies at about 7:30, and the
main go of the night gets under
way at 8:30. Coach Arnold De-
LaPerriere will probably start
hic regular five, and wiill have
some twelve reserves ready for
action. Ted Short and Frederick
Leathers will start at the for
wards, John Marshall at center,
and Tommy Lovern and Warren
Thurmond at guards.
NEW SCORING MARK
Tom's Red Devils Rip
Watkinsville, 98 -59
BY HUGH DEEN
WATKINSVILLE, Jan. 20.—Tom’s Red Devils, sparked
by the flashy play of three former Athens Hgih stars, pul
verized the fast Watkinsville Athletic Club last night un
der a new team scoring mark, 98-59.
The “Big Three,” Morgan Har
vill and M. B. Wheeler, aces of the
’43 N. G. 1. C. champs, and Taylor
Chastain, All-State forward from
State Championship team of 1941,
amassed a total of 59 points. Har
vill and Wheeler ripped the nets
for 20 each and Chastain sacked
up 19 counters, 16 coming in the
last half splurge. 7
The Devils were still smarting
from their first and only defeat,
suffered in the last outing against
the smooth working New Holland
five, and played a wide-onen game
the entire 40 minutes. They let
the Watkinsville boys come
within striking distance but once,
and that during the closing sec
onds of the first half. The Devils
left thé floor at halftime holding
a 39-33 advantage.
Three per Minute Pace
The Athens trio blew white hot
from the opening blast of the whis
tle in the second half, and aided
by Hanson, Marshall, Gentry, and
Deen, poured it on relentlessly,
hitting the nets at a three-point per
minute pace during the last 20
minutes of play.
Tom’s boys now sport a season
record of nine wins against their
lone loss. Chastain is the leading
scorer with 137 tallies for a 13.7
average. Other averages for the
starting five are: Harvill, 12.3:
Marshall, 11.5; Deen, 10.3; and
Wheeler, 10.1.
| THE LINEUPS
‘Red Devils (98) Watkinsville (59)
F—Chastain (19) .. Kenimer (8)
' F—Wheeler (20) ..... Barnett (7)
C—Marshall (12) Hardigree (17)
G—Harvill (20) ...... Veale (7)
G—Deen (12) ....... Fowler (7)
‘Substitutions: Red Devils—Han
son (15) and Gentry. Watkinsville
—Berry (7), Weatherford (4), and
Kelly (2).
Basketball
EAST
Temple 54, LaSalle 36.
Lafayette 81, Lehigh 37.
Baltimore Univ. 73, Juniata 61.
Penn Military 81, Delaware 66.
Drexel 55, Haverford 39.
Vermont 65, Middelbury 42.
Tuffs 55, Northeastern 43.
Wesleyan 51, Massachusetts 39.
Long Island 92, Bergen JC 40.
Geneva 46, Bethany (W. Va.)
41.
Rhode Isdand State 68, Brown
61.
Yale 85, Fordham 75. 3
Hofstra 72, Amherst 44,
Army 72, Williams 45.
Theiel 56, Carnegie Tech 47.
SOUTH
Louisville 91, Hanover 66.
Mercer 79, Florida Southern 66.
Catholic Univ. 71, Washington
(Md) 54.
Western Carolira 46, Monroe
Clippers 44. -
American Univ. 48, Mt. St.
Marys 46.
Baltimore Loyola 74, Seton Hall
70.
Morehead (Ky) 64, Marshall 62.
- North Carolina College 56, Vir
ginia State 43.
Navy 55, Penn State 47.
MIDWEST
Elmhurst 58, Lake Forest 56,
St. Norbert 62, Ripon 57.
Parsons 68, lowa Wesleyan 61.
Ohio Wesleyan 68, Capital 63.
St. Ambrose 43, Loras 34.
Luther 59, Simpson 37.
Cincinnati 81, Texas Wesleyan
67.
Kansas 62, Drake 37. .
Wheaton 51, Chicago 50.
FAR WEST
San Jose State 54, San Francis
co Natl. Guard 49%ers 52, 1
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Hostilities
Still Rage
In Pro Loops
CHICAGO, Jan. 20 — (AP) —
Hostilities apparently still raged
between the All-America Confer
ence and the rival National Foot
ball League today as the owners
of the two circuits continued to go
their separate ways.
The All-Ainerica owners are
meeting in the Stevens Hotel—just
across the street from the Black
stone Hotel where the National
League nabobs opened their meet
ing today. A truce in the costly
box-office war between the two
circuits appeared unlikely.
Benjamin F. Lindheimer, chair
man of the All-America’s ¢xecu
tive committee, declared after an
executive meeting of the AAC’s
eight club owners yesterday:
“The All-America Conference
will continue.”
His statement apparently ended
all hope of any merger or football
peace with the National League.l
Bert Bell, commissioner of the
NFL, said he had not received any
notification or request from the
AAC for any peace talks.
Decision Today
Whether the All-America Con
ference will continue to operate as '
an eight-team circuit or with six
clubs—minus the Brooklyn Dodg
ers and the Chicago Rockets—was
slated to be decided at another
evecutive session of the AAC to
day, Lindheimer said.
. “Lindheimer’s terse statement
that the AAC will continue to op
erate next season probably ruled
out an ytype of suggested merger.
Both Dan Topping, owner of the
AAC New York Yankees, and Paul
‘Brown, coach of the Champion
;Cleveland Browns, said they. be
lieved the league “will go as an
eight-club circuit.”
\ In reply to a question as to
;whether the two leagues could
‘achieve a mutual player draft
agreement, Bell replied:
- “f believe that afly common
draft or control of a maximum
‘salary by the two leagues would be
‘lillegal.”
~ The suggestion that the AAC
drop the Rockets and Dodgers and
proceed with six teams apparently
has been discarded chiefly because
Art Mcßride, owner of the Cleve
land Browns, and Anthony J. Mo
/rabito, owner of the San Francis
co ’'49ers, objected. These two
owners ostensibly were ready to
accept franchises in the NFL for
1949 unless the AAC proceeded as
an eight-team loop.
Commissioner Bell was ready to
submit a 1949 National League
'schedule to the members today.
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“Y" Cagers Take Three
Games From Lexington
Victory came in 2 triple package to the Y. M. C. A. last
night when thev practically wrecked two Lexington
school teams and edged by the other in a thriller.
The Athens “Y” Miagets took
their tilt 31 to 17 while two dif
ferent Prep fives were victorious
36 to 14 and 20 to 19.
In the first Prep tilt of the
night, which Athens took 36 to 14
nearly every man on the fifteen
man squad scored. High for the
game was Athens’ Sandy Butler,
who hit for eight points.
Tying for second high scoring
honors were Jack Lumpkin, Ath
ens, and Ben McFarland, Lexing
ton, with seven tallies each. Larry
Jones, Athens, from his guard
post scored six points and played
a jam-up game otherwise. .
Win In Last Seconds |
The thriller of the triple-head
er was the second Prep game,
which was won by the homelings
in the last secpnds of plays. Ath
ens led 11 to 2 at the end of the
first quarter, but at halftime they
only led 11 to 9. When the whis
tle halted the third quarter the
homelings were ahead 17 to 13,
but it took a foul shot by Donald
Cofer in the wanning seconds of
the last stanza to sew up victory
for the local Preps.
Playing sensationally was Lou
Lanard, Athens forward. He hus
tled every minute that he played
and scored eight points. Not only
was he a standout on offense, but
‘he was equally as good on de
fense. Other local top-hotchers
were Jack FPrather, Bee Tillman
and Ben Price. For the losers
guard Jack Reynolds was top
scorer with nine tallies. !
The Midgets sailed on the vic
tory ship easily last night as they
routed the Lexington aggregation
31 to 17. Athens led by a big mar
gin throughout the tilt,
Pound Stars
Besides playing a exceptionally
good floor game Merritt Pound,
local forward, hit the hoops for
ten points, and he captured high
scoring honors for this game and
for all games of the night.
| He got plenty of backing from
! Herman Nash, who hustled every
minute of action he saw. He
played one of his best games and
showed what he really can do.
lßesides this he made four points.
Fain Slaughter was another local
high scorer as he hit the baskets
for six tallies.
I For the losers Center Shedd was
,top scorer with five points while
Forward G. Griffith sunk four
points.
A, Preps (36) Lexington (14)
F—Wiggins ...... Maxwell ((3)
F—Duncan (2) —. Newborn (4)
C—Barber (2).. McFarland (7)
CTones (B) ...... . B Christy
iGh-Mivhet (1) ... ¥ . Barris
| Substitution: Athens — Butler
{ (8), Lumpkin (7), Floyd (2), Os
teen (2), Leathers (2), Williams
| (2) Crowe, Laßoon (2) Ecker,
Sams. Lexington — Bryant, T.
Christy.
i A. Preps (20) Lexington (19)
P Peathar (4) ... .....0 Buoll
F—Lanard (8) ... Hammond (4)
| C—Fortson (2) ...... Shedd (2)
G—Cofer (2) .... Reynolds (9)
lG—Tillman XAY s+ Staklin
Substitutions: Athens — Moss,
Price, Horton, Bell, Gissendanner,
Keene. Lexington — Cabaniss,
Wall, Newborn, Pullnot (2),
iThaxton, Danner (2).
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'A. Midgets (31> Lexington (17)
F—LeConte (2) ...... F. Griffith
F—Pound (10).. G. Griffith (4)
C—Fort (4) ........ Shedd (5)
G—H. Nash (4) .. Reynolds (3)
G—Duate .......... Carter (2)
Substitutions: Athens — Hud
son, F. Nash (4), Pattillo, Chap
man (1), Slaughter (6), O’Kelley.
Lexington — Harnson (1), Smith,
Hayes (2), Flumen.
“Studio” Fight
Attracts Few
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—(AP)—
The day of studio fights for tele
vision in New York is practicallyl
here, |
- The “crowd” of 1,297 which
paid only $3,482 to see the Tour
nament of Champions’ first New
York offering at Manhattan Cen
teer would have fitted neatly into
almost any studio in town.
The disappointment of the re
organized 1-of-C group, now
cwned partly by the Coluribia
Broadcasting System, was shared
by the handlers of Rusty P:zyne,
the negro heavyweight contender
from Pittsburgh.
Payne wcn easily enough from
Curtis Sheppard. the Baltimore
hatchet man, but he failed to
knock out the veteran whom he
stopped at Pittsburgh last Octc
ber.
Payne weighed 18134, Shep
[pard 203.
FightsLastNite
By The Associated Press
New” York (Manhattan Center)
—Rusty Payne, 181 3-4, Pitts~
burgh, autpointed Curtis Shep
pard, 203, Balitimore, 10.
Oakland, Calif. — John L. Da
vis, 136, Richmond, Calif., out
pointed Irving Steen, 140, San
Diego, 10.
Rochester, Minn. — Vince Don
nelly, 200, Minneapolis, outpoint
ed Tiny Robinson, 223, Chicago, 6.
(One of bouts on Joe Louis-Or
land Ott exhibition card).
New York (Jamaica Arena) —
Johnny Bassett, 173 1-2, Burling
ton, Va., awarded decision over
Herbie Morris, 174, Cleveland.
(Morris disqualified in fourth
round).
Salt Lake City — Keith Nuttall,
134, Brigham, Utah, and Freddie
“Babe” Herman, 138, Los Angeles,
drew, 10.
Binghamton, N. Y. — Charley
(“Doe”) Williams, 174, Mahwah,
N. J. stopped Eddie Wilson, 175,
Jersey City — Ernie Durando,
151, Bayonne, knocked out John
ny Crosby, 145, New York, 1.
Sacramenta, Calif. — Chief Ar
chie Whitewater, 134, Oakland,
Knocked out Baby Picazo, 133,
Mexico City, 2.
White Plains, N. Y. — Al Guido,
145 1-2, New York, outpointed
Dave Andrews, 144 3-4, Lowell,
Mass. 8.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 1949,
Okla.A&M
Leads All
On Defense
NEW YORK, Jan. 20.—
(AP) — Oklahoma A. and
M. will throw up the best
defense in college basket
ball tonight against St
Louis University, acclaimed
the nation’s No. 1 team.
Hank Iba’s athletes, specialists
in the zone de-znse, have held their
opponents to an average of 35
points a game so far this season.
1f they can limit St. Louis’ Ed
MaCauley and his mates to this
figure, the Aggies should be able
to crack the Billikens’ winning
string, which now stretches to 11.
St. Louis has averaged 58.7
points a game, which makes them
an offensive leader in their own
conference but fails to place them
among the top ten in scoring na
tionally. The Billikens this week
were voted the nation’s top team
in an Associated Press poll.
The National Collegiate Athle
tic Bureau’s official figures show
Cincinnati still the top offensive
‘team among the country’s major
quintets with an average of 74.4
points a game for nine outings.
Cincinnati is closely pressed,
however, by Rhode Island State,
with 73, and Manhattan, with 71.
The figures, covering all games
played through Jan. 15, also show
ed that the individual scoring
ranks were led by Joe Noertker of
Virginia, whose 264 points in 12
games give him an average of 22
per contest.
Close Race
But it’s a close race. Four play
ers are bunched within a few per
centage points behind. They are
Tony Lavelli of Yale, 21.8; Dick
Schnittker of Ohio State, 21.5;
Chester Giermak of William and
Mary, 21.3; and Vince Borya of
Denver, 21.3.
As defensive leader, the Okla
homa Aggies have a long lead over
their closest pursuer, Siena, which
lhas held the opposition to 40.2
| points a game.
l Then follow Michigan with 51.5
and Kentucky with 52.4. Minneso
ta, the Big Nine power, also is a
defensive power with 42.8.
Yale has the best average from
the free throw line with 220 hits
in 307 attempts for a .717 percen
tage. Wyoming’s .381 tops field
goal percentage leaders.
In the South, Western Kentucky
leads in offense with a 69.4 point
average for 12 games. Tulane
’ranks second with 67 in 15, and
Louisville third with 66.6 in 19.
In defensive play, Kentucky has
given up an average of 42.4 points
in 11 games, Alabama 42.8 in 11,
and William and Mary 46.1 in 17.
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