FIRST basemen
BEST HITTERS
American League 1st
Sackers Lead
Again
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.— —Hal
ijvosky husky young Cleveland slug-1
r gelded another year to the |
giwme 'radltlon that first base-'
ruje the American League In
(j,f art of batting In runs by belt- ;
(r,6 mates across enemy plate* 162
times in 1936.
Troflcy. who finished fourth last
,ear with 113 runs batted In be
njnd Detroit's Hank Greenberg, Lou
Gehrlf of the world champion New
y0rk Yankees and Jimmy Foxx of j
Boston—all first basemen—led an-,
other four-man set of first-sackers
it the top of the list.
Gehrig, whose total a year ago
ws 119 again finished second, this
time with 152. Foxx Jumped from |
115 to 143 to retain third place, '
ihile 7.eke Bonura of the Chicago
White Sox moved up to fourth po
rtion with 138
Troekv grabbed the title with the
lowest total since 1929 when A1
Simmons, then with the Athletics,
pt in with 157. Gehrig, who started
he first baseman dynasty In 1930
Kith 174 .established the Junior
hreuit record of 184 in 1931. Foxx
* VU Ml
PR# iJ‘1 ******* ”
1W2 and 1933, respectively, and'
jehrig bounced back in 1934 with i
1(5. |
Greenberg, out of all but 12 j
times last season because of a
mist fracture, won 1935 honors
nth 170.
LOUISIANA STATE
PICKED TO WIN
Slight Favorite Over
Santa Clara, Auburn
Thinks
AUBURN. Ala.; Dec. 17.—i/P<-—A
»il of Auburn coaches and play
ire today made Louisiana State a
light favorite to beat Santa Clara
n the New Year’s football fiesta at
few Orleans.
Auburn was beaten only by these
pants this year and was the one
be met by both Sugar Bowl nomi
nees. The Californians handed the
Plainsmen their first defeat, win
ning 12-0 in San rrancisco. L. S. U.
ron. 19-8, in Birmingham.
Several saw the game as a toss
jp and while the majority leaned
ward Louisiana ndne figured the
mdeteated Southeastern conference
ih&mpians w’ould have any picnic
iding the once-beaten Broncos from
he Coast.
AUTO REPAIRS
AH Make Cars
- Rogers Motors -
Ail-Eastern Stars
Leave For Coast
CHICAGO, Dec. 17.—oP>—Th# 33 i
member* of the All-East teem will |
leave Chicago Friday night—after
in Initial workout at Northwestern
jniversity—for San Francisco where j
an New Year's day they play a'
squad of western football stars in a
:harity game.
The Eastern players:
Ends: Kelley of’Yale, Wendt of
Ohio State, and Nelson, Illinois;
ruards: Reid of Northwestern, Rlt
;er of Princeton, and Pierce, Ford
ism; tackles: Henrion of Carnegie
reeh. Hamrick of Ohio State, Rel-j
rea of Colgate, and Widseth of Mln
-lesota; centers: Svendsen, Minne
sota and Ray, Dartmouth; quarter
jack: Handrahan, Dartmouth; half
jacks: Drakes of Purdue, Bryan of
rulane, Jankowski of Wisconsin.
Parker of Duke, Sandbach of Prince
on and Murray of Pennsylvania;
'ullbaeke: Kurlish, Pennsylvania,
»nd Toth and Geyer. Northwestern.
GRANVILLE WILL
RACE NO MORE
OWNER DECLARES
Bold Venture - Gran
ville Race Will Not
Come Off
I' C* VT I VJJTMV. LWC. 1 <.—\/r)— i nt
juestlon of which Is the better
lorse, Bold Venture or Oranville,
lever will be answered.
Hopes that the two great turf
■tars would take up their rivalry
lext year where they left off In tha
Weakness last spring vanished with
iVilllam Woodward’s announcement
hat Oranville would be retired to
he stud at Kenneth M. Gilpin's
Centmere farm at Boyce, Va.
Bold Venture, representing Mor
on L. Schwartz, whipped Granville
>y the slimmest of margins in the
’reakness after taking the measure
if J. E. Widener’s Brevity in the
tentucky derby—the race in which
he Woodward ace tossed his rider
ioon after leaving the barrier.
The Schwarts colt went wrong
oon afterwards with the result that
3ranville never got a chance to
itone for the defeat.
Like Bold Venture and Brevity,
lowever. Granville was forced to
he sidelines with a minor leg in
ury in winning the Lawrence Real
ration in September at Belmont
*ark.
Granville's knees were fired and
le was turned out at Woodward’s
arm at Belair, Md. There was little
loubt in the minds of his handlers
hat he would be brought back to
ompetltion next year. But, Gilpin,
iwner of Teddy, great grandsire of
Iranvllle, which died recently, fi
lally persuaded Woodward to re
ire the three-year old. He has been
eased to the Virginia breeder for
i term of five years.
Production of pecans has become
i leading farm industry in Okla
loma. The world's largest pecan
trove is situated in the state.
WHAT
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know ledge in its editorials, information in its news of
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ure out of It.
NEW YORK. Dec. 17.—<£y-Mar
shal Goldberg's dad, who runs a
movie house s.t Elkins. W. Vs
couldnt get newsreel* of the Notn
Dame-Pitt Game, so the rival house
packed 'em In by advertising "See
Biggie Goldberg against Notre
Dame” . , . Cincinnati Reds have
the shortest manager In the majors
In Charlie Dressen and the tallest
coaches In Tom Sheehan and long
George Kelly . . . Moe Berg, edu
cated catcher of the Red Sox (he
speaks seven languages* Is doing
the town with A1 Schacht.
They say Frank Higgins U
pretty sure to wind up playing
^the hot corner for Cleveland
*• • • • Pitt has shipped hundreds
of gallons of drinking water on
to Kansas City, Albuquerque and
other points where the Panthers
will stop on their way to the
Rose Bowl .... A storm Is
brewing over the firing of Bob
Harlow by the Professional
Golfers’ association .... Jimmy
Braddock and Joe Gould head
for Miami rich after Christ
mas ....
At the meeting of Pacific coast
coaches the other day, Bernie Bler
man was a guest and told the best
story . . , While en route to play
Washington, the Gophers stopped
overnight In Missoula. Mont.
Fire broke out In the hotel during
the night . . . Flames were shooting
mi arouna ana some ox the grta
ders couldn’t decide what to do . . .
“Shall we jump for It, or try the
fire escape?” one of them yelled .. .
Through the smoke the answer
came back: "If you are subs, go
ahead and Jump; otherwise use the
fire escape” . . , Bernie was given
the gilt-edged picture frame for
that one.
Now that hts title shot with
Braddock is assured. Mas
Schmeling baa gone uppity up
pity . . . One of the newsreels
mined ont on the contraet
signing ceremonies last Satur
day and asked Braddock and
Max for a special pose . . . The
champion was glad to oblige and
made the trip downtown ....
Schmeling was “too busy” to
aeeonunodats.
SCHMELING IS .
IN UMELIGHT
Louis Knockout Gave
The German A
Comeback
NEW YORK, Dec. 17. —(JP)— The
laurel wreath for the year’s great
est comeback in any sphere of sport
adorns the black thatch of Ger
many’s indomitable heavyweight
fighter, 31 year old Max Adolf Sieg
fried Schmeling.
The country’s expefts, who w<g-c
Just about 100 percent wrong in
their predictions as to what would
happen on the night Schmeling
scored a sensational, 13 round
knockout over Joe Louis, accorded
the German a landslide vote in the
annual Associated Press Sports
poll.
The balloting otherwise revealed
scattered and * surprising prefer
ences. Braddock and Helen Wills
Moody, who made their comebacks
in 1088 and did not appear in se
rious competition this year, (nev
ertheless got four points each.
Johnny Fischer got a few cita
tions for his remarkable finishing
rally to overhaul Scottish Jock
McLean and win the U. S. Amateur
golf crown. Joe Louise won ap
plause as well as several votes for
his return to fistic knockout form
after being flattened by Schmeling.
The poll follows, with points tal
lied on 3-3-1 basis:
1. Max Schmeling, knockout win
ner over Joe Louis. 162.
3. Alice Marble, U. S. Tennis
champion, 87.
3. Jimmy McLarnin. for fistic
n HID VTCi wnttuvuvii miu
24.
4. Bob (Lefty! Orove, Boston Red
Sox pitcher, 33.
5. Frank Wykofl. anchor on U. S.
400 meter relay team In Olympic*
16.
6. Joe Louis, for return to form
after K. O. by Schmellng, 14.
7. Johnny Fischer, U. S. Amateur
golf champion, 11.
8. Denny Shut* and Tony Man
nero, golf champions; Paul Waner,
National League batting king, 10
each.
H. Tony Laaaeri, Yankee’s second
baseman, 9.
Ml’MFORD IS CAPTAIN
WAKE. FOREST TEAM
WAKE FOREST. Dc. 17.—(JP)—
Bruce Mumford. 186 pound center
from Ayden, will captain Wake
Fomfs 1997 football team, succeed*
Ing Ed Rogers of Apex. Mumford
was the unanimous choice of his
teammate*.
Parker To Chicago
DURHAM, Dec. 17.-<*V-Clar
ence Parker, Duke's all-America
baekfleld aca, haa left for Chicago
to Join the eastern gridders who
will oppose a western squad at San
Francisco on New Year's day.
MAX SCHMEUNG'S
WIN OVER LOUIS |
IS SEASON’S BEST;
Wa» Year of Surprises
As Brietz Review
• Indicates
By EDDIE BRIETZ
NEW YORK.—<*>)—Max Schmel-;
ing's spectacular 12-round knock
f out of the hitherto unbeatable Joe
Louis was the high spot of the most
successful year boxing ha* known j
since the lush day* immediately
following the World war.
The amazing comeback of the
former champion overshadowed j
even the stunning upset the year!
previous of Max Baer by James J.j
Braddock, the ring's Clndereiif
Man and the most popular cham -
pion since Jack Dempsey ruled the.
heavyweights.
It was a year of surprises which]
saw a record Influx of high-class
foreign talent in the heavyweight
and lightweight divisions, the larg
est financial returns since 1932.
mounting attendance figures and at
least 10 percent more active boxers
than in 1935.
Nat Fleischer, editor of The Ring
magazine and internationally known
boxing expert, told this writer:
"Thp J*pv1 vul nf infurocf fhllmnoH
the unexpected kayo of the Brown
Bomber and the extraordinarily
, good showing and crowd appeal of
| the foreign importations, notably
Ounnar Barlund of Finland and
Arturo Godoy of Chile among the
heavyweight* and Enrico Venturi
and Aldo Spoldi among the light*
weight*.”
One Champion Idle
While Champion Jimmy Braddock
wa* kept in enforced Idleness by an
attack of arthritis which caused a
postponement of his championship
duel with Schemeling, the kingpins
of the other classes were active
throughout.
The year saw the dethronement of
the popular Tony Canaonerl as
champion of the light weight* and
the rise of Lou Ambers to the top
rung of the 135-pound division.
A new American middleweight
champion was crowned when Fred
die Steele of Seattle. Wash., deci
sively defeated Babe Risko, who had
knocked out Teddy Yaross of Pitts
burgh the year before.
New faces also bobbed up In the
always-muddled feathewelght divi
sion. Petey Sarron, an unknown
from Birmingham, won the Na
tional Boxing association title from
the veteran Freddy Miller of Cin
cinnati. A little later Mike Bellolse
won an elimination tournament and
wa* crowned king In New York state.
Henry Armstrong, a negro, then
| defeated Bellolse to become the rec
ognized champion in California.
Boxing Prospers Every here
Slxto Escobar of Puerto Rico,
recognized as hte American bantam
weight king, went on to win the
world title by stopping Tony Marino
of Pittsburgh, who previously had
beaten Balthazar Sangchlli of Spain,
bantamweight king of the Interna
tional Boxing union.
The other champions retained
their laurels, although John Henry
Lewis, the light-heavy weight ruler,1
went to London to risk his against
Len Harvey in a bout which the
American won hands down.
That the boxing revival was
world-wide Is Indicated by the facti
that England enjoyed Its best year
since the war and that several
American fighters found rich pick-1
tags in tour of foreign countries. I
Davidson Winner
Davidson, Dec. 17.—<AV-David
son'e Wildcats opened their bas
ketball season here last night with
a 41 to 34 win over Catawba college.
The Wildcats’ next game Is
against the Unique Furniture mak
ers of Winston-Salem here Satur
day, and then they will begin prep
arations for their first Big rive
game against Duke January 6.
■ Blue Devils Win
COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec. 17.—(^p>—
Duke University’s Blue Devils, fresh
from a 33 to 28 victory over Clem
son last night, came here today to
meet the University of South Caro
lina quintet tonight. South Carolina
lost its opener to Erskine earlier in
the week.
Duke and South Carolina play a
return engagement at Durham Jan
uary 7.
State Winner
WAKE FOREST, Dec. 17.——
William and Mary, smarting under
a 49 to 21 defeat by N. C, State last
night in their season’s basketball
opener, will meet Wake Forest here
tonight.
It will be the first basketball ocn
test between the two colleges since
they were admitted to the South
ern conference a year ago.
Card Of Thanks ’
We wish to thank the many
friends and neighbors and the doc
tors and nurses at the Shelby Hos
pital for the kindness shown to us
during the illness and death of our
little girl. Betty.—Mr. and Mr*. Lu
I ther Blanton and Family. '
SPORTS
SLANTS
The lad* who are bellttlng Wash
ington’* choice of Pittsburgh aa ■
New Year's day Rose Bowl oppon
ent on the grounds that the Hus
kies have chosen a setup might
well check over the season Just past
and note In how many oasea the
so-called setups became upsets
The entire 1936 season was nothing
more than a series of upsets. Th«
strongest teams In the land—team.’
like Minnesota. Louisiana Mate
Washington. Alabama, Pittsburgh
and Pennsylvania — all have on*
game at least on their 1936 record
that they would like to replay, U
such a thing were possible.
The present day scheme of foot
ball things would tend to indicate
that teams can't schedule a card
full of games against major op
ponents and go through the aeasor
without a lapse or two. When
teams like the Washington Huskies
and the Minnesota Oophers clash
m the season's opener one of them
has to start the season on the
wrong side of the ledger.
Despite the loss to Duquesne and
the scoreless tie with Fordham
Pitt showed enough to rate the top
spot In the eastern football rat
ings. You can’t laugh off the 26-C
thumping Jock Sutherland’s boyt
uinnrfl me noire utme eleven
Their 19-6 victory over Nebruke, a
truly strong eleven. Indicated that
they were strong enough at thi
close of the season to give an;
team In the land an Interesting tus
sle.
The Huskies themselves wen
most anxious to meet Pitt on New
Year's day. For one ihlng. a teair
from the east would be more of a
novelty than one of the southerr
representatives. Southern teami
have had their share of Invitation!
to the Rose Bowl, so a switch to
the east Is not likely to lessen In
terest in the annual classic.
Pitt Fades In Rose Bowl
Pitt's Rose Bowl record Is any
thing but Impressive. Three pre
vious jaunts to the coast show threi
defeats chalked up against th<
Panther. Stanford gained a slngli
point victory over Pitt In 1938. Or
the other two ocasiona Pitt wai
swamped by Southern California
Pitt Is likely to enter the Bowl tlx
underdog this time, but don't ban)
on the odds being correct.
One thing seems certain. Pit)
most likely will make It Interestlni
for Washington. There will be n<
national championship at stake, bu
that does not mean that the con
test will not measure up to pas
New Year’s day thrillers. It Is a safi
guess to venture that It will. Some
how the occasion rarely fails to In
spire the competing athletes to
produce a brand of football thal
thrills the spectators.
The Sugar Bowl contest to cer
tain to gain considerable prestlgi
because Louisiana State failed to
gain the Invitation to the Row
Bowl. The presence %f one of thi
unbeaten major teams In the coun
try to likely to lift the southerr
contest high as a rival attraction
something Its promoters have beer
striving hard to do. A gridiron bat
tle between Louisiana State ant
Santa Clara does not have to play
second Addle to any contest thal
could be arranged.
The possible prize of • bid to the
Rose Bowl classic has done much to
raise the keen rivalry betweer
Fordham and New York university
to a high pitch. A year ago New
York university had some hopes ol
gaining the invitation until It wenl
down to defeat at the hands ol
Fordham in the annual Thanksgiv
ing day game. The Violets under
Dr. Mai Stevens had been unde
feated up to that time. That Is why
the 7-6 victory N.Y.U. scored over
Fordham which was not entirely oul
of the Rose Bowl running thli
season, although It had been tied by
Pitt and Georgia, so delighted the
Violet followers. It made the N. Y
U. season a success and made Its
BUfipuiwro iuigrv augut UK
thumping at the hand* of Ohic
State In the season's opener.
Unknown Man Is
Killed By Train
MAIDEN, Dec. 17.—Trapped on
a trestle bridlng Malden creek, as
unidentified man was killed Wed
nesday tnoming when struck by a
northbound Carolina and North
western passenger train a stfbrt dis
tance north of here.
The man, who appeared to bi
about 70 years old, was knocked
from the trestle to the ground U
feet below. He was dead when pick
ed up a few minutes later. A sale!
slip made out by a drug store in
Malden, dated July 31, was the onlj
paper found In the dead man's cloth
ing. He also had In hie pocket a
knife, fork, spoon and $3,311 in cash
His other belongings, consisted ol
an overcoat, packet, four shirts, twc
pairs of trousers and two pairs ol
overall*.
The body was taken to a funeral
home here to await Identification
Meanwhile, fingerprints were senl
to Washington be checked wltt
those in federal file*.
The house In which Oen. Bair
Houston, liberator of Texes, died
at Huntsville, Tex:, has been re
stored and opened to the public.
Matanuska Valley
Plan Defended By
Alaska Governor
JUNEAU, Alaska. — A atorm of
protaat has followed remark* attri
buted to Senator Elmar Thatnaa of
Oklahoma, that the Government*
attempt to plan a oolony In the
Matanuska valley ha* been "a fail
i ure.”
I Senator Thoma*. chairman of the
Senate Committee on Indian Af
fairs, made a one month * visit to
1 Alaska last summer to inquire into
the growing Indian problem. Our- {
lng hia tour he stepped off at the
Matanuska valley oolony.
So general wart the protests
against his assertions that the fed
eral enterprise was a failure end
1 that Alaskan vegetables were “vlr
, tually worthless for marketing” that
they drew a reply from Territorial
Oov. John W. Troy.
Mistake Often Made
“If he la correctly quoted. Sena
tor Thomas has Illustrated the
mistake that la often made by
those who arrive at conclusions and
render judgments without getting
to the bottom of things." the Gov
ernor commented In his reply print
ed In the Dally Alaska Empire
here.
The Oovernor expressed himself
as sorry Senator Thomas did not
“stay longer In Alaska and get more
accurate information about the ter
ritory.
"Instead of spending one month
of one season here he should some
; time spend several months of sev
j eral seasons before passing judg
ment on It," the Oovernor declared.
I Senator Thomas is reported to
1 have stated that the Matanuska
i valley has only two seasons—“July
and winter"; that "one third of the
too families in the settlement are
ready to quit"; and that "the pro
duce of the valley cannot be sold
readily even In local markets."
Governor T *k Issue
With these statements In partic
ular. Governor Troy took Issue.
' ‘The declaration that Alaska has
just two seasons, July and winter."
said the Oovernor, "Is obviously er
roneous to people who have spent
years in the territory.
"Hia statement that Alaskan vt
getames are interior 10 inose in me
states Is not in accord with United
States Agricultural Experiment
Station reporta. »■
"The colony was a 300 family re
settlement colony and not a 400
family colony, as Senator Thomas
, Is ra|>orted to have said, and no
such number mentioned have left
; Matanuska valley, or sought to
! leave."
j Governor Troy was emphatic in
his belief that the Matanuska Val
> ley projeot has an important part to
play in the development of Alaska
I and that its import will, be felt
more vitally by oomlng generations.
' Ever since the Resettlement Ad
ministration nearly two years ago
in co-operation with the F. A. R. A.,
established the colony at Palmer,
some 40 miles north of Anchorage,
there has been a great diversity of
opinion expressed as to the suc
cess of ths enterprise,
i It Is thought here in certain
1 quarters that Senator Thomas’ re
, marks were made in an attempt to
. j prevent the setting up of any more
I such projects, as it has been report
ed that several smaller ones are
now being considered.
MEREDITH TO CLOSE
FRIDAY FOR HOLIDAYS
MEREDITH COLLEOE. Raleigh,
Dec. 17.—Christmas holidays at
Meredith college will begin Satur
day, December 18. at noon, and
classwork will be resumed on Mon
day morning, January 4, at 8 o’clock.
Dr. Charles E. Brewer, president of
the college, has announced.
UNEXPECTED RESULT
DAYTON. O—Mrs. .Harry Dun
can. 48, sought a remedy for the i
hiccoughs from which her husband
had suffered for five days.
A photographer came around to
take Duncan's picture, end dis
charged a flashlight bulb in the
process.
Shortly afterward, Mrs. Duncan
said, the hiccoughs stopped.
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