TEN BIGGEST
SPORTS STORIES
GIVEN BY GOULD
Maxie And Eleanor
Lead The Parade,
Others Given
By ALAN GOULD
new YORK, Dec. 30.—(/Pi—The
only definite conclusion we can
reach after hop-sklp-and-Jumplng
»oine 25,000 miles around the sport
ing premises this year is that 1936
tops 'em all—since the war—for a<
combination of athletic storms and j
earthquakes, headaches and ear- j
aches, melodrama and high-falutin’
exploits by our boys and girls.
At home or abroad, it’s been the
dizziest year we can recall since
Babe Ruth first began his main
bombardment, Louis Tirpo knocked
Jack Dempsey out of the ring. Man
O War was the king horse, Paavo
Nurmi ran all the foot racers rag
ged, and Bob Jones was the "boy
wonder" of golf.
Did we say stormy? Two of the
year's biggest, most spectacular golf
tournaments, the Augusta National
and the United .States amateur at
Garden City, were lashed by such
terrific gales of wind and rain that
non-combatants scurried for their
lives .... But they were Just zephyrs
compared to the tempestuous voyage
of our Olympic lads and lasses, cul
minating in the expulsion cf the
comely Eleanor Holm Jarrett for
imbibing too much champagne.
Tremors7 just a coupie, tne xnocK
out of Joe Louis and the downfall
of Minnesota after three unbeaten
seasens, will give you an Idea of
the shocks to which the experts
were subjected in the line of duty
. . . But major league baseball's
threatened upheaval was averted
when Commissioner Landis ruled
the brilliant young pitcher, Bob
Feller, could stay with Cleveland
for a nominal fee.
Super-colossal? The Olympics
were nothing else but—a combina
tion of pageantry, nationalistic fer
vor. and exploits excelling anything
in athletic history and leaving even
the Greeks grouping for a word to
describe it.
We give you, without further de
bate. the ten sporting episodes of
1936 that packed the biggest punch,
the most exciting elements or mo
ments. the greatest individual ex
ploits:
No. 1. Max Schmellng, the Bombi
Buster who knocked out Joe Louis
In the 12th round on June 19. j
No. 2. Eleanor Holm Jarrett, boat
rocking swim star.
No. 3. Northwestern’s 6 to 0 de
feat cf the mighty Minnesota Goph
ers.
. No. 4. Bold Venture, the Derby
Dude’s classic triumph over Brevity
in the blue grass race.
No. 5 Jack Lovelock, the metric
miler who hung up a record of 3i
minutes 47.g seconds for 1,500 met-1
ers.
No. 6. Tony Manero, Greensboro;
eolfer who toe* the U. S. open
championship.
No. 7. Lou Meyer, the motor man
who took the Indianapolis cup.
No. 8 The Olympic strokes of the
University of Washington, which
Outclassed all Europe’s boatmen.
No. 9. Reynoldstown's victory in
the national steeple chase at Ain-j
tree.
No* 10. "Sinker-bailer” Hal Schu-1
macher’s 5-4 win over the New York
Yankees in the fifth game of the I
world series.
Knife And Fork
Stage Reached In
Rose Bowl Game:
... • ' \
PASADENA, Calif., Dec. 30.—(AV
—The Rose Bowl football campaign
reached the knife and fork stage
today.
With luncheons and dinners scat- j
tered about Pasadena, coaches and’
graduate managers braved indiges
tion in the name of Alma Mater
while Pittsburgh and Washington
stood ready to move into the big
bowl itself, after strenuous practice1
on the outskirts.
Today brought real training to an
end. Washington’s Huskies had one
last workout on schedule and to-1
morrow will only go through the;
motions.
The Pitt Panthers were packed
*nd ready to sprint the last mile;
*o the battlefield after one more,
tussle at San Bernardino for taper
ing off purposes.
Tomorrow will bring only signal
practice, pissing and kicking for
both teams but it will be under ac
tual playing conditions in the big
bowl, stretched out to hold slightly
than 88,000 customers.
The two elevens will not face each j.
other until Friday but the coaches,
-a grim Scotsman and a laughing!
irishman — met yesterday at a:
luncheon. j
frr. Jock Sutherland and Jimmy;
ph*lan shook hands and wished |
•»*h other a lot of luck-all bad
OLSON’S SWEDES ARE
WARE FOREST VICTORS
WAKE FOREST, Dec. 30.—(A*) —!
Olson’s Swedes, basketball bam-'
"'orming band, defeated Wake For-1
* varsity last night. 38-37.
SPORTS CT
ROUNDUP -S
By SCOTTY RF.STON
(Pinch Hitting For Eddie Brietc)
NEW YORK. Dec. 30.—(#■)—
Transion: Three years ago Harry
Klpke of Michigan was the football
coaches' toast . . . Now he stands
around explaining to the same
bunch why he thinks he won't be
fired .... And even he's not sure
.... Fielding Yost explodes the
theory that Michigan's football
slump is due to Increased scholas
tic requirements . . . "Michigan was
just as tough scholastically 15 years
ago," he says .... Hunk Anderson
I may be out of a Job, but he's not in
J mourning .... He showed up to
day amid tile coaches blazing a red
and green checkered Christmas shirt
.... I wanted to look defiant,"
beamed Hunk ... He did, too.
True story: Gnet got up in the
roaches meeting and suggested
the rules committee make it il
legal to throw more than one
pass In each serle of downs In
the last five minutes of play ...
Then he asked if anybody had
any questions .... “Yeah, what
would you do when the other
team played an 11-man line
after you had thrown your
pass?” one roach asked ....
Fred Thomsen. Arkansas coach,
says they don't have any trou
ble with pass interference in the
Southwest conference because
they train basketball officials
for the field judge Jobs.
Best fight, of the coaches meet
ing: Chet Wynhe, Kentucky
football coach, vs. Austen l.ake.
Eastern official .... Victor:
Lake . . . Wynne charged foot
ball official make up their minds
on the outcome of a game be
fore it starU ... . Lake bounced
up and conceded Wynne was a
nice guy, but added that Chet's
remarks were "1*1 mitigated
hooey.”
Bob Feller's first 1937 contract
gives him $3,500 for okaying a break
fast food . . . Will Harridge is hav
ing a party for the news writers in
Chicago New Year’s eve . . . Ford
Frick is holding open house for the
New York scribes the same after- j
noon.
COACHES MEET
CONSIDERS BIG
GRID PROBLEMS
Pass And Subsidy Is
In Background
Now
By SID FEDER
NEW YORK, Dec. 30.—(^—Al
though athletic subsidization and
the forward pass interference rul
ing apparently haven’t given the
collegiate athletic bigwigs much
trouble at their annual meetings,
they have found plenty of chances
to "view with alarm” in other
fields.
Subsidization, the national col
legiate athletic association has been
told, should be a matter for in
dividual colleges; and, anyway, the
situation isn't nearly as bad as it
was back in the gridiron’s days of
guards back and walrus moustach
es.
The forward pass interference
problem, said Lou Little of Colum
bia. head of the football coaches
rules contmittee, isn’t a problem at
all, because there doesn’t seem to
be “any real sentiment for chang
ing the present, rule.”
But, as the meetings headed to
ward their windup today, the ses
sions had uncovered these situa
tions;
(D—The N. C. A. A. opposed P°=»i|
season games, including “bowl";
contests, and those of amateur vs. j
professional teams.
<2)_The N. C. A. A. frowned on
coaches forecasting results of
games in which they are not per
sonally interested, or making foot
ball forecasts of any kind.
<31—Gambling. drinking and
outside Interests which tend to con
trol the sport were deplored.
r4)_Varlous coaches, ousted j
from their jobs, still were looking;
for new appointments. The posts;
at Syracuse, Texas. North Carolina
State and Colby, among others, were
open. , ,
<51—The national student fedcr- j
ation saw7 a necessity for a more |
open policy in granting aid to ath
letes. 0
Bully Wrestlers
Will Meet Again
Local wrestling fans who saw the
turbulent scenes at the Charlotte
armory when Bad Bob Wagner
stopped Cowboy Luttral and then
turned his attack on Referee Jack
O'Brien will probably drive o^er to
see the bullies clash in 1 return
brave! Monday'night
The affair was generally regard
ed as the roughest ever seen in
Charlotte, with the possible excep
tion of the Goon-Johnny Plummer
battle when the referee came out
with a broken arm. The program
was enlivened by five fist fights
among the spectators.
Duequesne-Mississippi State Ready
V/
JOHN MATSIK
Duqu«tn« l«k
MIKE BASRAK
Duquetne Center
OREN PITMAN
Min. Stiff Tickl#
-—-----* .
Ouquesne, conqueror of Pitt, the East's delegate to the Rose Bowl, will represent the North In the Orange Bowl at Miami New Year's Day.
meeting Mississippi State, one of the South’s stand-out teams. Matslk (upper right), who ran 77 yards for the touchdown that beat Pitt, and
Basrak (lower left), all-America center and Duquesne captain, will find worthy foes In Hlght (upper left), stellar half-back for the South
erners, and Pitman (lowe- right), one of the mainstays of State’s line. (Associated Press Photos)
SPORTS
SLANTS
The professional sports promoters
found some nice pickings in amateur
ranks this past year. The prize
package, of course, was Fred Per
ry, British international tennis star.
Lawson Little, two-time American
and British amateur golf cham
pion, must be rated not far behind
Perry. And as usual following the
Olympic Games a flock of lesser
lights heeded the call to moneyed
ranks.
Perry's signing with the promot
ers came as no great surmise, for
it was pretty generally known that
the Englishman had been flirting
with offers for the past two or
three years.
The English ace waited until he
regained all his lost laurels and
added a few hew ones to his col
lection before entertaining any pro
positions to turn pro. When the
time was ripe, after he had helped
England successfully defend the
Davis cup and had regained the
U. S. singles "crown, he gave the
bidders his undivided attention.
Lawson Little simply decided
that the time had come when he
could no longer afford to Indulge in
long and vigorous golf tournaments
for glory. He had to earn his own
living as well as take care of his
wife. A sporting goods manufactur
er came forward with a very tempt
ing proposition and in no time at
all Little had joined the ranks of
"businessman golfers." He could
play all the golf he wanted to—
and get paid handsomely for it.
Jesse Owens has not actually en
gaged in a foot race as a profes
sional. but he admits that he has
capitalized on his Olympic fame to
the tune of some $50,000. Any one
of his many professional ventures
would be enough to bar him from
further amateur competition.
He is scheduled to make his pro
foot-racing debut in Havana as part
of the Cuban National Sports Festi
val. He will take part in a 100 yard
race between the halves of a foot
ball game. Some reports have it
that he will race against a thor
oughbred horse. The nag might be
able to give him some real competi
tion—something Owens lacked in
the amateur ranks.
Torrance Turns ai nasi
Giant Jack Torrance, the former
| Louisiana State athlete, put off his
I plunge into the pro ranks until af
ter he had a fling at Olympic glory.
Once he got the Olympic Games
; out of his system, he lost no time
l signing up with Mike Jacobs for a
; career in the fight game. He flgur
! ed that his enormous bulk the
i weighs about 280) and his fame ns
; a shot-putter (he holds the world
j record of 57 feet 1 inch) would
make him a real attraction at the
gate.
i Several of the girls who were
members of the U 8 Olympic
swimming team likewise decided to
capitalize on their fame Mrs Dor
othy Poynton Hill led the group of
female stars who banded together
for a tour of the country, figuring
that they had gained all the ath
! letlc glory they needed and could
| make use of a little ready cash.
even at the expense of their ama
j teur standing.
“ORANGE BOWL”
DRILLS PRIVATE
Clipper Chases Two
Coaches From
Field
MIAMI. Fla., Dec. 30.-(A’>—Du
quesne apparently plans to throw
i some new plays at Mississippi State
' in the Orange Bowl football scuffle
| on New' Year’s and Coach John
j Smith wants plenty of privacy dur
ing the rehearsals.
"Little Clipper” chased two Mia- j
mi high school coaches from the
practice field yesterday, evidently
on the theory they were potential
scouts for State. This they denied.
| The Dukes had finished warming
! up anrj were preparing for contact
work when Smith spotted Coaches
Jess Yarborough and Clyde Crab
tree in the stand and dispatched
Student Manager Roger Rotoni to
get them out.
Major Ralph Sasse and his Ma
roons roll into town this afternoon.
They will work out shortly after
leaving the train.
Fred Lindstrom
Is Coming Back!
CHICAGO, Dec. 30.—)—Freddie 1
! Lindstrom, once the “boy wonder";
of baseball, is going back to the game
i he quit in disgust when he deserted
j ifte Brooklyn Dodgers last May.
Convalescing from a broken right!
j arm, Lindstrom decided today io
! apply to Kensaw Mountain Landis,
, commissioner of baseball, for rein
' statement so he can rejoin the Dod
; gers if Manager Burleigh Grimes I
I wants him. otherwise, he may hook'
j up with another major league club
or become a radio broadcaster in
j Chicago.
His arm. broken last November
in an automobile accident, now is
! in perfect condition, Lindstrom1
i says. The cast has been off two
; weeks.
Lindstrom. at the age of 31. be-'
lieves he still has at least four years |
of major league baseball left.
Seeded Player*
Face Each Other;
NEW YORK, Dec. 30_(fl>)~Thc
seeded players In the national ju
nior and boys’ Indoor tennis cham
pionships. Just about finished with
eliminating the unranked entrants,
aimed their racquets at each other
today.
Of the eight performers remain
ining in the boys play, only two—
Judah Lober of New York and Don
ald Andrews of Pottstown. Pa.—
were overlooked in the seedtngs. Of
the 16 still in the running for the
Junior crown, all but five were seed
ed.
Lober and Andrews provided up
sets and a break in the seeded lists
yesterday. Lober by beating John
Jorgensen of Chicago in straight
»eta, and Andrew’s by eliminating
Bert McGuire, Glen Ridge. N. J.
Must popular apple varieties grown
in North Carolina are yellow trans
parent, horse, Roidcn delicious, dr
t lirinus, Stayman and wines*p.
Charlotte State
Alumni Denounce
Sermon, Graham
CHARLOTTE. Dec. 30.™i/P)—More
than 40 alumni of N. C. State college
adopted resolutions here last night
condemning the discharge of Heart
ily W. (Hunk) Anderson as head
football coach. The resolutions said
the school’s athlctlf situation would
be improved if the services of Dr.
H. R. Sermon, athletic director, were
dispensed with.
Dave Clark, member of the ath
letl ccouncii, reviewed events lead
ing up to the announcement of Dr
Frank P. Graham that Anderson
would not be retained.
Anderson's three-year contract |
expires tomorrow.
Carlton Cagers
To Meet Deacons
Many basketball fans from tills
county are expected to go to Cher
ryvllle on Friday night to see the
Carlton Cagers engage the Demon
Deacon five from Wake Forest.
The Carlton team has not been
defeated this year and Is composed
of players Bill Goodson, coach at
Shelby; Cricket Weathers, former
UNC star; Lloyd Little, former Le
noir-Rhyne forward; Bob Forney,
former Wake Forest varsity center.
Jack Kiser and others.
The Deacons have one of the best
teams in years and have won all i
their games thus far in the South
ern conference.
Young Trainer May
Win With 180 Nags
CORAL GABLES, Fla., Dec. 30 —
(VP)—Races today and tomorrow will
tell whether a young horse trainer
from Manhattan’s lower east side
will keep his promise to send out
180 winners in 1936.
Last May Hipson Jacobs quietly
told friends he would saddle 180
winners. Since this was 33 more
| than the record, many figured the
32 year old trainer's judgment had
; been warped by three years of sen
; sational success.
p But today the restwhtle pigeon
[ fancier’s string stood at 178 and he
■ was confident the other two firsts
i would come home today or tomor
row.
Louisiana Tigers
Get Out Mud Cleats
BATON ROUGE, La , Dec. 30.-- turn. Mrs. James Costner has had
a severe sore throat for a week
l Thurman Williams is recovering
j from pneumonia.
C
EAST WEST BOYS I
ARE ALL READY
FOR BIG FRACAS
I -;
Annual Shrine Char
ity Game To Draw
Great Throng
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 30.—(A*)
After one week of Intensive prac
tice, EfMtam and Western foot
ball squads began to shape up to
day for the Shrine East-West game
here Jan. 1.
Only light workouts remained for
the college all-stars.
At Stanford university, Coach
Ortn "Babe" Holllngberry hailed
leo Deutach. big and speedy end
from St. Benedict's college, Kansas,
as one of the beat ftankmen lie has
seen all season and ventured that
he wilt outeparkle the Fast’s Larry
Kelley, all-American from Yale.
Rodger Dougherty, quarterback,
and Ed Ooddard. left, halfback, both
of Washington State, and Lloyd
Cardwell, right half, and Samj
I Francis, fullback, both or Nebraska,'
were considered fairly certain to
atart for the West, •
Coaches Andy Kerr and Dick
Hanley of the East ran what was
believed to be a first team, with a
backfield composed of Kenneth
Sandback, Princeton, at quarter;
Ace Parker. Duke, left half; John
Drake, Purdue, right half; and Btlr
Kurltah, Penn, fullback
Betting is at about even money i
Rcumllnd Russell never dors her
Christmas shopping In December.
She always complete* It In Novem
ber.
COMMIRItlONKR'H RR-SAt.r
Under end by virtue of an order of
re-aele ot the superior court of Cleveland
county made In special proceeding en
titled "P. L Hoyle, admlnletrator v«. J
W. Green et al" the undersigned commie
ainner will on:.
Thurtdaf, January 14. 11*87
at II o'clock M. or within legal hours al
the court haute door In Shelby, N. C..
offer for tale to the highest hinder upon
the following terma, one-half cash, bal
ance in six month*, that certain lot of
land lying and being in No. 6 township.
Cleveland oounty, N. C. and in the eastern
portion ot the town of Bhelby, and de
nertbed by a Una ae follows:
Being lots Not. 44 and 44 of Falrvlew
Heights In the eastern portion of the
town of Shelby, Beginning on west edge
ot Chestnut street and south edge of Pop
lar street at thetr Intersection, thence
with west edge of Chestnut street south
& 30 west 100 feet to a stake; thence north
44.30 west ISO feet to edge of an alley;
thence wlb seat edge of alley north 4.30
cast >100 feet to stake in edge or Poplar
street- thenee south 44.30 east ISO feet
to the beginning, deed for which la re
corded in book 3-L, page 7 of the regle
ter’s office for Cleveland eounty, N. C
This the Mth day ot December. 1434.
P. L, HOYLE, Commissioner.
It dec 30c
Gaffney Dairies Up
Their Milk Price*
OAFFNEY. 8 C.. Dee. 30.— St*
Gaffney dairies yesterday announc
ed Increased price* for sweet milk
to become effective January 1.
Higher cost of feed was assigned
as the reason.
The new prices announced by the
dairies follow: one pt^fc? I cents,
one quart, 15 cents; two tjuilrts, 20
cents; one Ration, 56 cents.
The new scale will be an In
crease of one cent per pint, two
cents per quart, and three cents per
half gallon
Finals Clash
NEW ORLEANS. Dec. 30.—(A1)
A match between tennis giant.-kill*
ers plavrd a prelude today to an
anticipated finals clash between
nationally famed star* for the Su
gar Bowl net title.
Top seeded Bryant Grant, No 3
nationally, and Arthur Hendrix, de
fending champion from Lakeland,
Fla., were paired after aeml-flnal
victories
AUTO REPAIRS
On AH Make Cara
- Rogers Motors -
POISONED
NERVES
i By JULIUS A. SUTTLE
Diseases of the nervou* system
are more and more yielding to
the searchlight of careful scien
tific investigation.
Year* ago physician* surmised
that nervous trouble might be
due to infections — now they
know it 1* so.
Even a carbuncle on one's neck
may. through the rapid dissemi
nation of toxins, so affect the
nerve* of the upper portion of
the spine ns to cause nervous
degeneration. -■
So numerous the possible, rea
son* for distraught nerves—and
often serious subsequent effeots
—that a pliyslcian'a advice
should be obtained at the first
sign of the affliction.
His diagnosis will determine
the proper treatment. If the
cause is Infection he will, no
doubt, prescribe medical treat
ment, in which case you should
engage the services of a careful
pharmacist to fill the prescrip
tion.
Thlt It ill* uonlh •( i atiint of III*
Inrltl ttmllunimn imirlti la
(kit ntprr caefc ntiDHliy.
Couyrlfht
City Auto License
Tags
FOR 1937 HAVE ARRIVED.
Each motor vehicle owned within
the city is required by law to have a
license tag.
Price 50c Each
Obtainable at City Hall. Buy your
tag now. It should be on your motor
vehicle by January 1st.
CITY OF SHELBY
REEVES FORNEY, Clerk
l. Wein Keaks DR
I
LONG DISTANCE CALLS AT
REDUCED RATES
This yeah you can express your holiday greetings
to out-of-town relatives and friends by telephone
any time New Year's Day at the low night rates.
The regular low night rates for both Station-to
Station and Person-to-Person calls will extend from
7 P. M. December 31 until 4:30 A. M. January 2.
This will mean a substantial saving for those
who will want to send New Year’s greetings in the
personal, friendly way that the telephone alone
affords.
With these rates in effect New Year’s Day, you.
can talk 100 miles on a Station-to-Station call for
as little as 40c; five hundred miles, $1.15, or one
thousand miles, $2.00, and greater or less distance
at correspondingly low cost.
Take advantage of this opportunity to giye jroyr
relatives and friends the thrill of receiving y.pur
good wishes from you in person by telephone; Ask
the long distance operator for rates. '
.Southern BellTelephone andTelesrapnCo.
SAM GAULT, M*T.