Rural Schools Will “De-Emphasize” Basketball Under Latest Plan
divide county
INTO TWO ZONES
FOR FIRST PLAY
Beffin Dec. 11 With
One Game Weekly
By Boy», Girla
An embryonic "Graham plan” or
-Ulnly a plan for the de-emphasis
. netball in Cleveland county’s
Vj jchools was announced here
^.v following a meeting of the
^fSTi»”s and girls basketball
eacn of which heretofore have
from two to three and some
Ls four games of basketball per
will P^y on • schedule
j game per week In a new set
u for the county league, with pos
some outside games being ar
ssged.
League play will begin on Friday
nijlit, December 11.
North And Sooth
Instead of preliminary playing
king county-wide In the first part
,[ the season, the 12 schools with
, boys and girls team each have
m divided into a north rone and
, South rone with six schools each,
jy playing in the rones the teams
eili not be forced to travel so wide
At the end of the season a tour
j»ment will be played as usual.
Schools Divided
Schools in the north tone, as ar
Nrartly decided, are Polkville, Ca
ai, Belwood, Piedmont, Fallston
■lai waco, and in the south, Lat
limore, Mooresboro, Bolling Springs,
jlo, 3. Beth-Ware, and Grover.
Beth-Ware will enter into Its first
countywide competition. The school
to no indoor gymnasium or bas
ketball court, but will seek to make
urangements for play at other
wrts until a gym can be built.
0. W. Morris, coach of the Bel
wood high school is chairman of
the committee in the north zone
to vork out a schedule In which
each team would play the other
teams twice. Lawton Blanton, prin
cipal of No. 3 school, Is chairman
aT the southern zone committee.
Play Too Hard
Coaches and school principals were
•peed at the meeting that the in
tensive playing schedule of prev
ious years was too hard on players,
both physically and scholastically,
especially for the girls who now
TSay every time the boys play.
They feel that the fewer games
sill not lessen the skill of the teams,
tit may aid in giving even better
pme* and better athletic training
»the students. Too, more time will
be available for other school sports.
The county schools and persons
opected to lead as coaches are:
lattimore, Duke Stetler; Mooresboro
hp Simmons and G. L. Gann;
Boiling Springs; Eddie Lawhon; No.
1 H. P. Winchester and C. C.
Goode; Beth-Ware, R. E. Coon;
Mkvtlle, J. D. Taylor and Miss
Bole Dellinger; Casar, Richard Mc
Dtffey and O. R. Whitworth; Bel
•wi, 0. W. Morris and Plaster Pow
til; Fallston, Fred Grigg; Piedmont,
w H. Dodd; .Waco, Llvingtone Wil
and W. N. Pope.
Shelby and Kings Mountain are
Included In this set-up. Their
•"ms will play in Western confer
competition.
Athletic Union To
Air Troubles At
Houston Meeting
Houston. Tex., Dec. 2.—(jPh
Jwtton which began even before
™?d States athletes went to the
«rim Olympic games appeared
FMed today for a thorough ac
at the annual convention
Amateur Athletic union
, lnK here Friday.
Rafferty- president of the
, ! Amateur Athletic association
out,Poken critic of President
®runda«e of Chicago, de
B ded the accounting.
has announced he
•ould
not seek re-election. Possible
!£*■ t0 succeed him were
£r Patrick j. Walsh of New
Kbiiniv cp"Presldent and probable
J,!ratl0» choice; Rafferty and
. lah T. Mahoney, who stepped
bt tK m the Presidency when he
Olympic boycott fight to
forces.
j i ’ °npy has said he would be
#fipp ^dat* U Wal*h sought the
*as Problematic whether the
| fttt fr fnf of Eleanor Holm Jar
; team ?n_,he African swimming
Ls,rr10 B€riin w°u,d **
8 nfore the convention.
(Ur t, N,me Trustees
*7” pOTNT. Dec. 2.-<*>-Dr.
i t ^"Jheth of High Point and
hiv„ h'lowat of Winston-Salem
-v v4 n uwwu'oaicm
Mi,t p'-” *lected trustees of High
College.
UiMr, KllleJ Trala
C if- P* 2-W-A South
uaj Southern
Railway freight
1 A L M111*r’s automobile on
gill., * cr°wing and he was killed,
operated * service station.
L
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—(IP)—At the
alx-dey bike race: Ford C. Frick,
president of the National League,
taking off his overcoat for the third
time . . . -Darn It, I Just can’t get
away from this place," he says . . .
Mike Jacobs has added Jack Tor
rence, former Louisiana State shot
put star, to his collection of fight
ers ... Jack was paid $3,500 to sign
up for live years ... He makes his
pro debut at New Orleans Decem
ber 7.
John Henry Lewis, the light
heavyweight champion, Is due
for a Garden appearance soon
.. . Man Mountain Dean Is va
riously billed as being from At
lanta and Loo Angeles ... Truth
of tho matter is, he Is from
New York’s west side, and his
real name Is Soldier Leavitt...
Ones he was a fighter ... Mes
srs. ’Cohen and O’Brien are
teamed together in the Boko
merry-go-round ... Casey Ston
ge! Is doing all right In Texas I
Oil (Erl to you Flatbushers) ... ]
Jimmy Braddock fears Max
Schmelling a lot more than he does
Joe Louis .. . Says the German not
only a smart fighter, but harder to
hit .. . Old Jacques Fournier, quite
a first sacker in his day, wants to
do a baseball comeback as scout or
coach . . . Gil Dobie, after his first
years at Boston College, says the
football league he’s In now is
tougher than the Ivy league . . . .
George Preston Marshall runs a
laundry in Washington, a football
team In Boston and a speedway in
New York.
Jimmy Braddock’s radio debut
last night rates four stars . . .
They threw a party for Jim's
friends after the broadcast, then
toped off the evening by taking
everybody to a Broadway hit...
You’re going to hoar a lot about
Gunnar Bariund, Finn heavy
weight, who goes to the post
against Frankie Connelly to
night . . . Best speech at Lou
Little’s dinner to the Stanford
coaches the other night was
made by young Bobby Grayson.
DEACON CAGERS
-BEGIN DRILUNG
WAKE FOREST, Dec. 2.—Coach
Murray Greason has ordered all
candidates far the Demon Descon
basketball squad to report for prac
tice this week and drills are ex
pected to get under way to all se
riousness not later than Wednes
day.
Although five letter men are In
the fold for this year’s team, pros
pects are not so bright for Co^ph
Greason’s charges. Four regulars—
Jim Brunt, Skinny Byrd, forwards;
Floyd Patton, center; and Captain
■ Goat Hatcher, guard—are gone from
the club of last season, and on top
of this, it is doubtful that much
help will come up from the sopho
more ranks.
The lettermen returning are for
wards—Delght Morris of Gastonia
who is captain-elect, Preston Chap
pell of Hertford and Smutt Ader
holt of Hopewell, Va.; guards —
George Mauney of Lexington and
Beamer Barnes of Churchland.
With Patton gone from the pivot
spot it looks as if big Delght Mor
ris will be switched from forward to
fill this place. Morris stands 6 feet
3 inches and should be able to
handle the center position in cre
dible style.
Educators Condemn
Molesting Players
I RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 2.— W —
| College officials and alumni were
I under fire today by a group of
southern educators for what they
termed the "practice of some col
lege authorities, or college alumni,
of molesting high school players be
fore graduation.”
The southern association of col
leges and secondary schools was
asked to condemn the "practice” by
a committee on inter - scholastic
athletics In a report to the associa
tion last night. The committee did
not amplify Its recommendation.
Included in the 17 proposals con
tained In its report the committee
said it believed "that the southern
association Bhould go on record as
strongly condemning the all-too
prevalent practice of permitlng high
school pupils to drop subjects, or
fail subjects, in order to extend
their playing time.”
Another recommendation was
“that member schools should play
no athletic contests on nights pre
ceding a school day.”
No Decision Yet
LEXINGTON, Dec. 2.—(A*)—Su
perior court Judge Wilson War lick
indicated today he would not rule
on the legality of a $3,171,750 bond
issue authorized by the city of High
Point for an electric power plant
fir several days yet.
SCORING FALLS
BELOW AVERAGE
IN GRID SEASON
Make 13.23 Points
Per Game In
Nation
N1W YOFtk, Dec. J.—<^-Ap
propriately enough in a football aea
son i notable for Its surprises, an As-'
soclated Press compilation disclos
ed today that scoring fell off frac
tionally In 10)6, despite the great
number of games decided by “tele
phone number" scores.
Minnesota’s 47-0 rout of Texas,
North Carolina's 60-14 triumph
over Virginia and dosen of other
games In which the scoring was
heavy on both sides, had Indicated
the offense held the upper hand.
As a matter of cold fact( however,
the survey showed 168 leading teams
scored an average of 11)3 points
far the season, and that 1,4)6 games
produced an average 1333 points
per game.
In 10)6, 164 teams averaged 1300
points per season and 1,407 games
developed a per-game average of
1334 points.
In the 18 years the ‘Associated
Press has made the annual survey,
scoring bad declined from a high
mark of 18 points per game In 1833,
to 1348 points In 1834. This trend
eras partially off-set during the
four-year span of 1837-30, but re
sumed with Increased vigor there
after until the low was reached two
years -ago.
Among major elevens, Louisiana
State's contenders for a Rose Bowl
nomination set the scoring pace
this year with 361 points In ten
games, 8) of them in a “breather”
game with Southwestern of Louis
iana. Army, Dartmouth, Drake and
Georgia Tech all compiled credit
able scoring records with 338 points
each. Little Haverford of Pennsyl
vania, on the other hand, scored
only eight points all season.
Rote Bowl Choice
Still Unsettled
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. l-MO
Pasadena begs to report the Rose
Bowl football situation unsettled
today.
Ouessers around the nation, try
ing to name the team that will be
chosen to play University of Wash
ington in tile Bowl New Tear's day
still were traveling In a circle and
getting nowhere but dissy.
Action, if any, centered here to
day with the arrival of various dig
nitaries in control of the selection.
Chief of these was Athletic Dlrec
to Ray Eckmann of Washington,
who was scheduled to do at least
one of three things:
1. Name Washington’s opponent.
3. Postpone naming Washington’s
opponent.
3. Repeat that the Huskies are
seeking the strongest opponent
available and will proceed with care
and caution.
Popular McLain
To Match Cowboy
Mayes McLain, perhaps the moat
popular wrestler to appear in this
part of the country since the days
of Joe Turner, will match his speed
and skill against the hard-boiled
tactics of Cowboy Luttrall at the
Charlotte armory next Monday
night, It was announced by Pro
moter Jim Crockett.
The setto* feature of a poten
tially colorful and exciting mat
bill, will probably attract several
auto leads of local fans, for both
McLain and Luttrall are exception
ally strong drawing cards In Char
lotte, McLain because of his speed,
skill and pleasing personality and
the Cowboy because fans flock to
the arenas 4n large numbers In the
hope of seeing him take a beating.
General* Play
Hard Schedule
LEXINGTON, Va., Dec. !.—(#)—
Washington and Lee’s basketball
Generals, runners-up to North Car
olina for the Southern conference
championship last winter, will play ]
a difficult schedule of sixteen con-;
tests this season.
Hie schedule: Jan. 6, Elan at Lex- ;
lngton; 8, Maryland at Lexington;
11, Virginia at Charlottesville; 12,
William and Mary at'Lexington; 15,
Long Island university, at New
York: 33, V. F. L at Lexington; Feb.
8, N. C. State at Lexington; 8, V. P.
X. at Blacksburg; 8, Duke at Dur
ham; 11, Richmond at Lexington;
13, Virginia at Lexington; 16. Duke
at Lexington; 18, Maryland at Col
lege Park; 20, North Carolina at
Lynchburg; 22, Richmond at Rich
mond; 27, William and Mary at
Williamsburg
BASEBALL MART
DIZZY AS SWAPS
AFFECT PLAYERS
Dizzy Dean Reported
Offered For
$200000
By PAUL MTCJtELSON
MONTREAL, Dec. a.— <JP) —The
big baseball player market was dis
*y today.
Diacy Dean definitely was on the
market and several clubs, outdis
tanced so far by the swashbuckling
Cincinnati Reds who have made a
flat offer of $200,000 In cash for his
contract, were hot In pursuit of the
great Cardinal pitching star.
Behind the Reds came the New
York Giants and the Pittsburgh
Pirates, with the Brooklyn Dodg
ers reported in the market for a
backwash swap as a result of a
Dean deal—If made to the right j
parties.
Want Vaughan
Brooklyn was reported Interested
in the Ivory deadlines because of a
desire to obtain Arky Vaughan,
hard-belting Pittsburgh inflelder.
The dope was that if the Pirates
suceeded in getting Disgy, they
would give up a large bundle of
greenbacks and players, Including
Vaughan, who then would go to
Brooklyn with t#o other players
for Pitcher Van tingle Mungo.
The Chicago Cubs advised they
"weren't Interested" in Dean. They
bought outflMder Joe Marty from
San Francisco yesterday for three
utility players and cash. The Cub
players Involved were outfielder
Johnny Gill, first baseman Gene
Llllaro, and Joe Vitter, a Cub farm
hand from Portsmouth of the
Piedmont League.
Diamond Dost
Diamond dust from the minor
league gatherings:
The American Association and
International Leagues have voted to
abolish their "Little World Series."
Ray Benge, veteran pitcher, has
been purchased by St. Paul of the
American Association from the
Phillies.
Casey Stengel, deposed Brooklyn
manager, has been approached with
offers of a job.
The Piedmont League holds the
noisiest meetings of ail the minors.
The Piedmonters are arguing about
night baseball now. President Dan
Hill says: "We do everything but
throws knives at each other all
week, then smoke the peace pipe
and have a great time."
Says Rose Bowl
Delay Inconvenient
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. a.— (/P) —
Bill Keefe, sports editor of the
Tlmes-Picayune, accused the Rose
Bowl football committee today of
trying to "inconvenience” the Sugar
Bowl committee.
"For no reason at all the Rose
Bowl is holding up its invitation to
a visiting team because it knows it
Is causing the Sugar Bowl a lot of
inconvenience,” Keefe said in his
sports column.
“The delay almost makes one be
lieve the Washington Huskies
(western representative in the Rose
Bowl) would like Alabama but,
knowing how public sentiment is,
can't make up their minds to come
out with it. Just the second Ala
bama is Invited, why the Sugar
Bowl will come out with the an
nouncement of a game that will
make the Rose Bowl game look de
cidedly weak.”
BERSHAK AND LITTLE
TO BE CO-CAPTAINS
CHAPEL HILL, Dec. 2. — —
Andy Bershak, junior end, and
Crowell little. Junior quarterback,
will be co-captain* of the 1037
University of North Carolina foot
ball team.
They were elected by the squad
last night, Bershak Is a native of
Clairton, Pa. Little Is from Ashe
ville. Bershak was voted the team’s
most valuable player In 1936.
REPUBLICAN THREAT
TO LEADERSHIP SEEN
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—</P)—A
threat of revolt against the Repub
lican leadership of the house of
representatives was heard today.
Rep. Fish (R-NY) said he would
confer neat week with Rep. Snell
(R-NY), veteran mlnotlry floor
leader, and stress the need for
more “liberal” policy.
City Raises Pay
ORANGEBURG, S. C., Dec. 1.—
’JP)—The city of Orangeburg has
ordered a ten per cent pay Increase
for Its approximately 100 employes.
Dollars For Veterans
CHARLOTTE, Dec. 2.—<AP)—A new
one dollar bill Christmas present
from the North Carolina American
Legion auxiliary will go to each ex
service man at the government hos
pital at Oteen this year.
SPORTS
SLANTS
By TAP
A week after Harry Mendel makes
the rounds with his bulging brief
case the 6-day bike race is certain
to start. Mendel may be able to
talk on other subjects, but. If he
can, we have never heard him. On
the slightest bit of encouragement
i'.e will tell you all there la to know
about the knights of the wheel.
Hell reel off records by the yard;
tell you about the habits and home
life of the riders, and just about lay
bare the private lives of the star
performers.
Naturally, Harry thinks bike rac
ing of the 6-day variety is the most
fascinating sport in the world. We
don’t agree with him. But there
must be plenty of others who do if
attendance figures at Madison
Square Garden mean anything.
There Is no such thing as a mildly
interested 6-day fan. It’s whole hog
or no thine As a group, the folks
who follow the bike races are the
moat rabi din the * porta realm.
"Taka this German pair, Ouslav
Kllian and Heins Vopel," Mendel
began "They won nine S-day races
In a row starting with their first
triumph In September, 1035. They
took the last two races held In the
Garden.
"They are the most friendly duo
In the bike World. But It wasn't al
ways that way. When they started
riding they hated the very sight of
one another. Two years ago. in Ger
many, they were paired for a race.
Both refused to ride until they were
threatened with a long suspension
If they failed to compete aa paired.
After much persuasion they went
out on the track.
Now They Won’t Fart
"Throughout the entire week of
riding they did not ao much as aay
‘boo’ to eaoh other. They were ao
busily engaged In the Job of riding
that they easily won the grind.
Their success brought them togeth
er Immediately, and since that
time they have never broken up
and wont let any management split
the combination.
"Physically they are Ideally pair
ed, both being about the same
height end weight. They are the
only two riden that I can recall
who can ride each other'a bike—so
closely do they measure up and so
similarly do they ride.
"They are a great pair." Mendel
went on. "but Torchy' Peden, the
giant red-headed Canadian, can
ride for my money. Peden has won
more e-day races than any cyclist
competing at the present time. He
has finished firsts In the long grinds
27 times, was second 12 times,
third In • and fourth In 10 races.
” Torchy’ has won most of his
races In Madison Square Oarden.
He Is only 27 years old but every
now and then he talks of retiring.
His one big ambition, before he la
through with the steel-steedlng
business. Is to ride a New York
whirl with his brother Doug as his
partner. And when they do the
236-pound Peden insists that they
will sew the race up in three
nights."
Having piled our desk high with
photographs and information on
0-day racers, Mendel wended hts
way out of the office in that pe
culiar waddle of his which close
ly resembles peddling along. He
has been around bike riders so
kmg that even his walk has been
affected.
Indoor Skiing
Madison Square Garden has
housed every kind of show imagtn
abie, but it is oomlnt up with a
new one when tbe North Amer
ican winter sports show is heM in
conjunction with the international
ski meet. A ski meet Indoors—no
foolin'.
For four days and nights, start
ing December 0, mors than Jo.ooo
feet of the mammoth arena will
be used in depicting an homest-to
goodness outdoor winter soene with
real snow and ice utilised. A ms
chine that grinds tons and tons or
ice Into soft, granular white flakes
that make for good skiing.condi
tions will enable the holding of the
show in an Alpine atmosphere.
The elaborate program planned
will cover all angles of skiing. There
will be the dangerous ski Jump,
always the most thrilling speetacle
of the winter world; tricky slalom
dangerous downhill and gruelling
cross-country ski contests. Besides,
the carnival will include snow
shoeing, fancy Skating and dog
sledding.
_tmmw,
Stock raising is Wyoming's most
important industry. •{(*
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CLAUS 1
Himself W ill
Be Here At
1 O’Clock
Friday After
noon to GM
The KuW<*3
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PROMPTLY
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I
ENTIRE FRONT
BASEMENT
Brimming Full Of
TOYS
This year . . Santa's toy factories
have been working overtime ....
and as a result they have turned
out the largest assortment of prac
tical and entertaining toys we’vs
ever seen. Included in Efird’s Toy
land are all the toys for good little,
boys and girls . . . electric trains,
boxing gloves, dolls, streamlined
wheel goods, mechanical outfits,
cowboy suits %nd everything to glad
den the hearts of the youngsters.
You must see this merry wonder
land to full appreciate its thrills.
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Efird’s Department Store — Shelby
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