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SIDELINES By Edward K. Sachs Star Sports Editor On one of the inside pages of yesterday s News, a story from Burlington, Wis., told the latest results of the annual Burlington Liars Contest. It was just about three years ago that wc were working in Burlington as a reporter-er raul bey-advertising salesmen of the Burlington Standud Pcmocrat. As such we had a chance to see how the club op erated. Later when we moved to the Ra cine Journal-Times, we got an even closer look at the club be cause the master-mind behind the entire publicity stunt was an old backwoods newspaper reporter for the Journal-Times, Otis Hulett. According to the official story *f the Liars club as put out by jllr. Hulett, the entire idea or iginated in the brilliant mind of one Otis Hulett. Like all things connected with the Liars club that account is far from the truth. Here is how the whole thing started: Some time in the twenties, a bunch of newspaper reporters gathered in the Burlington police station one Christmas eve with a bottle. Among the gathering were Hulett, Mendel Hahn, brother of Emily Hahn, the author and moth er, and “stringers” of the Mil waukee papers. As it will, at such occasions, the talk became a little on the exaggerated side, and the long suffering police chief, one Frank Beller, suggested that the boys hold a contest and see who was the best liar. Morning came and the assem bled liars went home to their wives but the idea stuck with Hulett and he proceeded to make a good thing out of the contest. The following year he held a contest restricted to the local personalities of Burlington. The papers in Wisconsin played up the affair and soon Mr. Hulett was doing quite well with the entire thing. Hahn left Bur lington (he is now an associate editor of the Rotarian maga zine,) old man Seller died but Hulett kept on until the con test attracted entries from all parts of the globe. At last reports he has appeared on the radio, written stories on the contest for Coronet Magazine and has become a semi-celebrity. He still is the Burlington re porter for the Racine Journal Times but once a year his stories appear in every paper in the country. They usually “break” around Christmas time but if the hunting is good Otis will postpone the award ing of the championship to take his ‘dogs and go out after a few of the game birds that thrive in Racine county. This afternoon most of the Bowl games will be broadcast but for those of you who will be away from the loudspeakers the Star will have most of the results about 8:30 o’clock. Call the Star-News 23311 and you will be able to find out how bad Alabama beat South ern California. And so the 1945 sports sea*~a draws to a close. It ha* been a good year for football, base ball, and Byron Nelson. The turf found a new jawbreaker called ephedrine while Sari Snavley came back to the North State to coach. Tennis was still fan from pre-war lev els while auto racing, yacht ing, and pol owill have to start all over again. But reports of a Golden Era and bigger and' better athletics for the country in general and Wilming ton in particular adds a little zest to our usual greeting, Happy New Year. Rich Purse Await Turf I Winners in Year 1946 By SID FEDER NEW YORK, Dec. 31—(JV-All race-horses automatically age one year at midnight tonight, and the gee-gees who’ll be three years old at 12:01 a.m. found out today that their birthday presents will be chances at the richest pot of gold ever. Last Friday, the Kentucky Derby folks said the run for the roses would carry a $100,000 added prize package next spring. Today it was learned the Belmont Stakes would be boosted to the same $100,000 size for 1946, putting the second “hundred grand” jewel in racing’s triple crown for next year. And immediately, from Pimlico, came word that the third gem—the Preakness—which still stands at $50,000 added, may make it unani mous when the Maryland Jockey Club members meet January 16. With the Santa Anita derby also in the $100,000 league, three year olds thus already have at least a trio of “100-G” pots to run for next year, as racing apparently begins to spread some of its fan tastic 1945 “take” around. More than a billion and a quarter dollars j was bet throughout the country this year. In boosting the Belmont to $100, 000 status for its 77th running next spring—probably the first Saturday in June—Belmont officials also shoveled a bigger bundle into the package for the two year olds by lifting the historic.Futurity to $50, 000 added. A mile and a half grind, coming in June—a month later than the Derby—the Belmont has been tag ged by many horsemen as the truest test of three years olds in the book. Its jump to the six figure bracket tops off a tremen dous set of leaps since F. Morns' filly, Ruthless, picked up exactly $1,850 in winning the first running in 1867. Since then, its continuous annual renewal was broken only once, when the padlock was put on New York racing in 1911-12. The great Gallant Fox was the biggest Bel mont winner, putting $66,040 into the bank for the 1930 running. Man O’War picked up a mere $7,700 pay check for practically lapping the 1920 renewal. The chances are that with $100,000 waiting at the finish, 1 Big Red might be interested m getting in shape for next spring. DEACS FACE USC IN JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec. 31. —(TP)—The University of South Car olina’s speed and passing will be pitted against Wake Forest’s power and drive today in the first annual ’Gator bowl football game. The kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. E.S.T.). The tilt will bring together two elevens that have been playing eich other in the regular season for many years, and except for one year the score always has been verj close. This year, for instance, the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Deacons fought to a 13-13 tie. Wake Forest ruled a slight favor ite today. Probable lineups: Wake Forest South Carolina —N—oESeach Pos.—ETETETETE LE—Bruno _ Schmdit LT—Rattere _ Strobel LG—J. Harris _ Lane C —Foreman _ Meeks RG—Garrison _ Huffman RT—Hobbs —. McDonald RE—D. Harris_Riggs B Ognovich _ Hanson HB—N. Sacrinity_ Carr HB—B. Sacrinity_Breminkley FB—Davis _ Giles Lobes Still Hold Edge In Betting Over Denver EL PASO, Tex., Dec. 31—(U.R) ~ With a promise of sunny skies and near 60-degree weather, Sun Bowl officials tonight predicted a capac ity crowd of 15,000 at tomorrow's battle between Denver University and New Mexico. Last minute workouts saw both teams stressing offensive football, in Ted Shipkey’s spread and Den ver’s T. Johnny Adams and John Karamacios will carry the burden for Denver, while the New Mexico backfield will be fortified by Rudy Krall, Don Rumley and Dave Col lins. • Golf Balls • Fishing Tackle AVAILABLE AT PH KAMI'S 209 Market St. Dial 2-3224 I We’ve said it many times be fore, and we’re saying it again: because it can’t be put in better words and the senti ment can’t be improved upon., You know what we mean, and we know how sincerely we wish it to you, so here goes: HAPPY NEW YEAR! DAVID’S JEWELERS < 7 North Front Street Troians Hope For Upset Against Tide BAMA GIVEN EDGE OVER SO. CAL. IN DAY’S BiG BATTLE BY BILL BECKER PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 31—UPI —Alabama’s undefeated, untied Crimson Tide will batter against the University of Southern Califor nia’s rugged Trojans today in the 32nd renewal of the Rose Bowl grid classic before an estimated sell-out crowd of 93,000. Led by slim Harry Gilmer—de scribed by many critics including Alabama’s coach Frank Thomas as perhaps the greatest all-time passer—Alabama will take the field with at least a one-touchdown favorite over the beefier Trojans, who will defend an all-winning Rose record. Southern California has won eight previous bowl games. It will be a first meeting be tween the Rose Bowl’s two fore most competitors. The Tide — al ways a colorful aggregation — has won three, lost one and tied one to top all so-called representatives at Pasadena. y-.phomore Gilmer’s passes, iV.hich collected 13 touchdowns for the Tide during the regular sea son, are generally expected to prove the decisive factor. In rebuttal, Trojan coach Jeff Cravath will present a rounded attack sparked by the power-run ning of right half Ted Tannehill, 185-pound wingfoot who led the Pacific Coast conference in scor ing with 12 touchdowns. The hulking Trojan line likely will be the toughest met by the southerners who, however, have All-America center Vaughn Man cha, 248, anchoring their forward wall. USC will have an eight-pound per-starter weight edge. In sweeping nine straight games, the Tide ran up 396 points to op ponents’ 66 and ranked second to Army in the Associated Press’ final 1945 team rankings. Less im- ' pressively, the Trojans won seven, lost three, scoring 191 pointsc against 116. The stock of Alabama—a strong 13-point choice a week ago—has slumped slightly because of Lowell Tew s broken jaw. Right half-back Tew, the Tide’s leading ground gainer, will play with a special headgear masking his face, but coach Thomas is uncertain how the 190-pound sophomore will perform. Probable starting lineups (with weights) that will face the 2 o’clock starting whistle: LE—Steiner (175) ..Adieman (190) LT—Whitley_Musick (190) LG—Wozniak (180) „ Vasicek (205) C—Mancha (248) .. Bradford (225) RG—Green (180) -Rea (210) RT—Flowers (195) .. Aguirre (210) RE—Cain (185) „ Willufhson (185) Q—Self (170) _Bowman (170) LH—Gilmer (156) Morris (178) RH—Tew (190) Tannehill (185) F—Hodges (165) ..Cole (175) Bowl Roundup NEW YORK, Dec. 31—(&)—'The ■ ' New Year’s day football game line up with won and lost records of participants in parentheses, kick off time, probable attendance and network broadcast time. (All times E. S. T.) Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif.— Alabama (8-0-0) vs Southern Cali fornia (7-3-0), 5 p.m., 90,000, NBC 4:45 p.m. Sugar Bowl at New Orleans— Oklahoma A. and M. (8-0-0) vs St. Mary’s (7-1-0), 3 p.m., 72,000, ABC (American) 2:45 p.m. East-West All-Stars at San Fran cisco—5 p.m., 60,000, MES, 4:45 !p.m. Orange Bowl at Miami—Holy Cross (8-1-0) vs Miami (Fla.), (8-1-1), 2 p.m., 36,000, CBS, 1:45 p.m. Cotton Bowl at Dallas—Missouri (6-3-0) vs Texas (9-1-0), 2:15 p.m., 45.500, MES 2 p.m. Oil Bowl at Houston, Tex.— ! Georgia (8-2-0) vs Tulsa (7-2-0), 2:30 p.m., 27.000. Sun Bowl at El Paso, Tex.—Den ver (4-4-1) vs New Mexico (5-1-1), 4 p.m., 15,000, ABS (Associated), 4 p.m. 'Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla. —Wake Forest (3-3-1) vs South Carolina, (2-3-3), 2:30 p.m., 14,000 Raisin Bowl at Fresno, Calil.— Drake (4-4-1) vs Fresno State (4-5-2), 4 p.m., 15,000. Vulcan Bowl at Birmingham, Ala. -Tennessee State (7-2-0) vs Texas College (6-2-1), 3:30 p.m., 6,500. Flower Bowl at Jacksonville, Fla. —Louisiana Normal (8-2-0) vs Lane College (5-1-0), 2:30 p.m., 6,000. j Azalea Bowl at Orlando, Fla.— | Knoxville College (4-5-0) vs Flori- * da N. and I., (6-1-0), 2:30 p.m., j 7,000. Coconut Bowl at Miami, Fla.— Bethune-Cookman College (7-3-0) vs Albany (Ga.) State Teachers (0-4-0), 2 p.m., 5,000. ! Buy This Genuine Pure Aspirin To help you feel better quick, it starts working fast on simple headache or colds’ painful miseries. 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PRES HARRIDGE PHIL VARRETTA rSEN.'HAPPY" CHANDLER JUMPS INTO THE LANDIS SHOES' ,/V(Aj' _ AP NewsfeatureP Wholly* grimm X FERRISS f e7 REDSOX X ROOKIE OF _ 7W£ rf/AA? /-And Mr' BOY IS HAl BOTH HOME TOWN PRODUCT WHO HAVE NEVER PLAYED FOR ANY Mother big LEAGUE TEAMS. STEVE O'NEILL BOTH BIG STARS OF 1945 WORLD'S SERIES/ Capt. HANK GREENBERG LEADS. PARADE OF STARS RETURNING FROM SERVICE — AND Ex-G.l. ICK FOWLER OF k'S PITCHES FIRST MAJOR LEAGUE THE MOST HGHTY MITE! GEORGE STIRNWEISS, ERICAN LEAGUE —' - bATTING CHAMP MOST HITS, MOST RUNS AND MOST STOLE-N BASES/ MOST TRIPLES,TOO/ ■ ■■•■ A LITTLE ONE-MAN TEAM! hitter in FIVE YEARS/ {SAY h AIN'T SO, JOB/) Th'AT LITTLE 6IANT, < \ MEL OTT, BREAKS A RECORD EVERY TIME | AT BAT THESE DAYS/ r— MCCARTHY tries ' TO RESIGN AS VANKS' BOSS AFTErt CLUB IS SOLD TO M4FPWAIL fs CO. PET£ ft & _A3,^B>OF the . BROWNS BETTER THAN MANY A TWO-ARMED OUTFIELDER.' Wedemeyer Fenimore Meet Today In Battle Of All-American Backs ACCENT ON SPEED WHEN STARS MEET IN NEW ORLEANS Aggies Are Unbeaten While Gaels Have Lost Only To UCLA By RONALD WAGONER United Press Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 31—(U.R)— The accent will be on speed when St. Mary’s and Oklahoma A. and M., each led by an All-American halfback, clash here tomorrow be fore 73,000 in the 12th renewal of the Sugar Bowl football classic. Oklahoma’s undefeated and un tied Aggies, champions of the Mis souri Valley conference, roar into their second bowl game in two years a two-touchdown betting fav orite. The oppositiop, however, is aplenty. Paced by the All-Ameri can speedster, Herman Wedemey er, St. Mary’s “whiz kids” based victory hopes on their Wiley “Dipsy Do” antics which baffled Pacific Coast teams this season. St. Mary’s goes into the game with the full knowledge that the power edge lies with Coach Jim Lookabaugh’s Oklahomans. But the speed of such slithery ball carriers as the noted Wedemeyer and Chuck Cordeiro gives Coach Jimmy Phelan's beardless wonders more than an even chance to up set the form sheet. Two Aggie backs are track rtars —All-American Bob Fenimore and little Joe Thomas. Fullback Jim Reynolds was one of the hardest hitting ball carriers in the nation inis season. End Neill Armstrong is a hurdling champion. The field should be fast for the « rPV-, ^ i»n in filin’ rvo n practice when the two teams first hit the Gulf Coast has gone, and the weather prediction for today’s battle is clear and cool—made to order for the open play which is the basis of both team’s success The two squads arrived in New Orleans today from their Missis sippi training camp. They worked out in the vast Tulane stadium, site of the classic. The lineup" Pos.—Okla. A. & M. St. Mary’s LE—Armstrong - Schultz LT—Cheek _ Beasley LG—Colhouer-DesaJvo C—Wilkerson..Cuccia RG—Gay_ Bland RT—Cole _ Adair RE—Moore _ Ryan QB—Watson _ O’Connor LH—Fenimore - Wedemeyer RH—Hankins__Cordeiro F3— Reynolds _.- Buscn Referee: Bus. Hankins, Okla homa; umpire: Bill Corbus, Stan ford; field judge: Clyde Devins, Oregon State; linesman'. Bat Shun atona, Oklahoma. Drake Speed Favored In Raisin Bowl Event FRESNO, Calif., Dec. 3L—W— The first Raisin Bowl Football game, featuring Drake Univer siiy’s lightweight backs and Fresno College’s Rugged defense, is ex pected to draw 12,000 fans to Ra cliffe stadium tomorrow. Partly cloudy weather was fore cast, but there was a possibility the sun might appear by game time (4 p.m. E.S.T.) Potential scoring ability of Im pound halfback Perry Harris and its cohorts from Iowa were figur sd in the odds which favored r'lrakp % ____________-—.....« Rapid Robert Or • . •sssss^-* TAnm&Ub ^_ J Bob Fenimore of Oklahoma A&M is the young man who has the St. Mary’s Gaels worried. Unless the coast team can stop the blond boy from Stillwater, pklahoma, their chances in today’s Sugar Bowl Game are not too good. EAST-WEST STARS PROMISE PASSING SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31—(IP) The annual East-West charity foot ball game in Kezar Stadium to day—may develop into a forward passing contest because of a dry field. The weather bureau forecast clear skies for the 21st annual game, which will be witnessed by a capacity crowd of 60,000 persons The teams held their final, light workouts today. Buddy Jungmichael, big guard from the University of Texas, just out of the army, was chosen line captain of the West team. The game will start at 5 p. m., Eastern Standard time. The probable starting lineups: EAST LE.—Leslie Tnompson, Colum bia. LT.—George Savitsky, Penn. LG.—Joe Dickerson, Penn. C.-—Frank Sniadack, Columbia. RG. —Bob Doblestein. Tenn. RT.—Tom Hughes, Purdue. RE.—Joe Didtasio, Cornell. QB.—Allen Dekdebrun. Cornell. LK.—Bob Evans, Penn. RH. —Dick Fisher, Ohio State. FB.—Jack Breslin, Michigan Sitate. WEST LE—Dick Lorentz, Oregon State. LT.—Bob McClure, Nevada. LG. —Harold Jungmichael, Tex C.—Bill McGovern, Washington RG. —Rod Giske, Washington' StdtG RT.—Leonard Dickey, Texas A.j & M. RE.—Max Dodge, Nevada. QB.—Bob Stevens, Oregon State. LH. —Jake Leicht, Oregon. RH. —Ted Kenfield, California. FB.—Walt Schlinkman, Texas Tech. FEAR EVENT TODAY Overshadowed by Bowl games, golfers of the Cape F e a r Country club will 'meet today in a New Year’s day event of their own, a two-ball mixed foursome. Entry lists will be kept open until the last minute, club ofi cials have said, and a good field is expected to compote. HURRICANES IRKED BY REPORTS THAT STAR BACKJS PRO Coach Says Ghaul Played With Steelers But Re ceived No Pay BY H. EARL BARBER United Press Sp-orts Writer MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 31—(U.R)—The word was out tonight that the Uni versity of Miami is set to strike like its Hurricane namesake against Holy Cross in the Orange Bowl today, to clinch a place in big-time football and to get ven geance for rumors about its star fullback. Where the rumors originated, no one knew. But reports going over the country said that Harry Ghaul, 24-year-old freshrhnn fullback, had played with the pros. An extra special rumor was that Holy Cross would seek to bar him from the game. The atmosphere was cleared — for all but the irked Miamians — when the Pittsburgh Steelers re vealed today that Ghaul played with them in a 1942 exhibition, but received no pay. Miami coach Jack Harding said he knew all about that, and that coach Ox Dagrosa of Holy Cross did too. Harding said Ghaul was asked to play in the war charity game be cause he was a former soldier. “Harry is going to school as a returned G. I. and is eligible to play,” Harding declared flatly. “I have not heard any official complaints about him”—indicating that he had heard the rumors. Tho ctnr-ips r?ave the Hurricanes an additional impetus for victory. They have been keyed up for the game ever since the Miami public decided the hometown team was as good as any in the country, and forced its selection to play. Senti ment is so strong that the Hurri canes are favored by a touchdown or so with the local bookies, who laid odds against them all t: Beaten only bv Georgia and tied by South Carolina, the Hurricanes scored victories over eight op ponents. They beat Auburn and Michigan State after the move to draft them into the bowl, on con dition they win both games, was started. The committee voted for Miami while 1,500 students milled, yelling, about their meeting place. The Holy Cross squad, with Stan Koslowski in the tailback spot despite his spending most of last week in bed with flu, was in top shape after scrimmages under the hot sun. The Crusaders won nine games this year, losing only to Temple. Koslowski was voted the best of all New England backs. A capacity crowd of 35,000 is ex pected at the 2 p. m. (EST) kick off, and the weather bureau pre dicted that today’s heavy rains will be over by then. The starting lineup: Pos Miami Holy Cross LE—Delgrande_Diechelmann LT—Frantz .— Donayey LG—Cameron •_ Kronoff C—Levitt _ Stephenson RG—De Marco —- Cregar RT—Corrigan .— Strojny RE—Mell _ Conway QB—Mazejka_Lemay LH—Krull _ Koslowski RH—Bowman_ Byers FB—Ghaul_Conroy Referee: Alvin Bell (Vander bilt); Umpire: William T. Hallo ran (Providence); Field Judge: J. Tom Slate (Atlanta Athletic Club); Linesman: William J. McConnell (Middlesbiirvl. • 1 TIGERS UNDERDOGS IN DALLAS BATTLE By ED FITE United Press Sports Writer DALLAS, Tex., Dec. 31— (U.R) — Hard luck dogged both Texas and Missouri football teams today on the eve of their appearance in the 10th annual Cotton Bowl game, but underdog Missouri hopes rose a little with the apparent return to form of flashy Bill Dellastatious. Despite the loss of tackle Jim Plyler for all but possibly the punting chores, the Texans remain ed a two touchdown favorite to maintain their record of never hav ing lost a Cotton Bowl game. This will be their third appearance in four years in the Dallas classic. Clear skys and temperatures in the middle 60’s were forecast for game time (1:15 p.m.. CST). Texas speed, aerial power and an edge in reserve strength made Coach Dana X. Bible’s eleven the favorite over the Big Six champion Tigers from Columbia, Mo. The big bowl will be filled. Tickets have been sold to 45,507 fans. Missouri apparently has no one to match Texas’ two-times All Southwest quarterback Bobby Layne in either running or pass ing, but tonight Coach Chauncey Simpson optimistically pinned his hopes on the speedy Dellastatious. The probable lineup: Pos.—Missouri Texas LE—Whitaker —__ Bechtol LT—Kekeris _ Wetz LG—Eigelbtrger.. Green C—Stewart_ Harris RG—Croak -.— Callan RT—Burk_ McCauley RE—Oakes _ Schwartzkopf QB—Brown _Halfpenny LH—Hopkins _ Ellsworth RH—Brinkman-Baumgardner FB—O’Connell _ Layne Referee: Dwight Ream, Wash burn: umpire: Jimmy Higgins; Southern Methodist; field judge: Charles Swartz, Rice; linesman: L. A. House, Iowa. TAR HEEL CAGERS TEAM TO BEAT IN SOUTHERN LEAGUE CHAPEL HILL, Dec. 31—(A*)— Twenty-seven thousand New York and Philadelphia basketball fans were today confirming what close followers of the University of North Carolina basketball team be gan to suspect toward the close of last season—that this year’s Tar Heels are going to be mighty hard to handle. Riding the crest of success!** upset victories over two previous ly unbeaten major eastern quintets last week, the White Phantoms have an overall season’s record of seven triumphs and one loss— a 64-63 heart-stopper to a formida. ble Greensboro Ord outfit. Coach Ben Carnevale’s boys are rated in the upper brackets na tionally following last week’s 43 41 conquest of New York Univer sity at Madison Square Garden and a smashing follow-up 47-36 trimming of St. Joseph’s at Phila delphia. However, news of their success against two of the better clubs above the Mason-Dixon line was no genuine surprise to cage addicts hereabouts. Not when they looked back to the last half of the 1944-45 campaign. After dropping five of their first 15 games a year ago, the Tar Heels started to click and finished their regular season with a smash ing performance of nine victories in 10 starts, seven times going over the 60-point mark. Against Davidson they rolled up 89 for a new university record. Their av erage for 25 games was 54 points. The momentum of their stretch drive carried over into the South ern Conference tournament and' they whacked N. C. State, South Carolina, regular season leader, and Duke, all by more than 10 points in that order to rim off with the post season play. A half dozen of those point-mind ed basketeers of a year ago re ported back to Lt. Carnevlae this year and when the boys opened by 'running up 5x5-40. Victory over Camp Lee, Va., and a 64-46rout of Camp Pickett, Va., it appeared that they were pick ing right up where they left off last I season. men xney ran mxo a power packed Greensboro Ord club which although outscored in baskets, 24 20, dropped 24 foul shots to take a sizzling 64-63 victory. That ^as been the only loss suffered by the Phantoms this year, and their sec ond in 21 starts over two seasons. In winning seven out of eight this year the club has averaged 57 points as against 40 for the opposi tion, which includes two confer ence foes. Although Jim Jordan, last year’s conference scoring king, is again hitting the hooDs, with 93 points for eight games, he has been forced to take second place behind red hot center John Dillon, who has caged 136 points. In the loss to preensboro, he sank 10 foul shots. His lowest score was 11 points against St. Joseph's Jor dan’s running mate at forward, Bob Paxton, has contributed 82 points for third place on the team. Carnevale, a former hero of the Hardwoods at N. Y. U., will next send the Phants into action Satur day night against the Airborne Center Team from Fort Bragg, formerly of Camp MacKall, Md., originally scheduled to play here. Wednesday, will not be met until next Monday. It might be well to note that the Carolinas are disproving the theory accepted in some quxarters that a team must have at least one "giant” in these days of seven foot stars. Jordan is the tallest of the lot and he is a modest six three. Sound-coaching, speed and alert ball-handling are paying off in vie tories for the heroes of the hill these days. HAPPY NEW YEAR! I ■ I ■ - "1 BRIGHT AND NEW When we shout our “Happy New Year’s’’ at the stroke of twelve, we’re usher illg 111 d UCW ci a in --^ - - the whole world is off to a new and clean start and this tim* we’re going to keep it that way! To you all go our felicitation* for a Happy New Year—our thanks for your patronage.
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