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By THOMAS J. SHAW, JR.
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Would Make Good Series
The Knoxville Journal says negotiations are underway
between University of Tennessee and Southern California
athletic authorities “looking toward a series of football
games” between the two institutions.
The paper says the first game of a home-and-home ar
rangement will probably be played in 1942, adding that “pre
vious schedule obligations would prevent the two teams open
ing their series before 1942 or 1943.”
This should make a good series of games. California general
ly has a good team and the rule is that the Volunteers play
rather good ball.
Then too, we would like to see Tennessee get a chance
to repay the Trojans for that licking that was hung on them
in the Rose Bowl. The Volunteers had little to say about that
game, but we have an idea that they were not at their best
and that revenge is in their minds.
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Co-operation Is Needed
Here’s a tip for local high school cage games. The sports
editor of this paper would like to have accounts of all games
that are played in this county this season. But—there is no
way for us to get these accounts unless they are turned in
by the schools that have played the game.
Why not adopt a general rule like this. Let the team
that .wins the game report it to the paper. If that rule is fol
lowed all games will be turned in
This little speech is meant for both boys and girls games.
The paper needs your cooperation. See to it that your school
gives it.
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Wade Man Takes Over
The Clemson college athletic council has selected Frank
Howard, line coach at Clemson since 1931, to succeed Jess
freely as head football coach. Neely resigned to become head
footnall coach at Rice institute
Howard, 30 years old and a native of Barlow Bend, Ala.,
came to Clemson with Neely as his assistant of Alabama,
where Neely had been assistant coach under Wallace Wade.
Clemson’s new coach played football, baseball and bas
ketball at Murphy high school in Mobile, Ala. He attended the
University of Alabama from 1927 through 1930 and won his
varsity letters as a football guard and baseball catcher the
season of 1929, and 1930.
He was a first string guard on the Alabama team that
defeated Washington State 24 to 0 in the Rose Bowl game
of January 1, 1931.
Frank Howard is probably an excellent coach and the
sporting fraternity will be pulling for him. On the other hand
. 18 ™ a tough job. Clemson has jjust had a swell year
in football and the supporters of that institution will be yell
ing for more victories and more bowl games. Howard is tak
ing over a winning team and to our mind that is worse than
taking over a losing one
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Worry! Worry! It’s a Weighty Problem
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noted Jockey, who returned to New York from Italy only to find himself
16 pounds overweight. Now he most redneo to get n Job. Bnt Joseph
Froeberg of Brockton, Mass., right, can eat what ho likes gad plenty sf
it. He most gain seven pounds in two weeks to mept <7. 8. air corps
physical requirements for admittance. When examined Joseph weighed
only 121 pounds. He told officials at Mitchell pelf, Long Island, that his
Christmas dinner alone weighed seven i«snl>. ..
DEFENSE PAYS OFF
IN aHtrOAMES
East Orange, N. J. Big-time
college basketball coaches may
be astounded at the way A1 Gor
ton teaches the game at little
Panzer college, but they’ll have
to admit this doctrine has paid
dividends.
Gorton believes that a good de
fense is better than a good of
fense, a view which most coaches
don’t concur.
“If they can’t score we have
to win,” Gorton says. “Gog your
man, so he can’t pass or receive a
pass. He can’t score or help a
teammate score.”
Panzer’s Court Record
Panzer has won 24 straight
games; this equals a school record
which was set in the 1930-31 sea
son. Panzer’s last defeat came in
December, 1937, when a powerful
Long Island University five turn
ed the trick with a six-point vic
tory. Gorton’s team scored one
of the season’s big upsets two
weeks later by humbling New
York University on its own floor.
Neither scheduled Panzer this
year.
Gorton doesn’t put too much
stock in the kind of basketball
taught by Howard C. Cann at
N. Y. U. or Clair Bee at L. I. U.
One Man’s Opinion
Cann holds that the principle
of basketball “was, is and always
will be to put the ball through
a hoop as often as time will al
low.” He teaches his players to
be “ball hawks” on the theory
that if you can get the ball away
from the other fellow, he can’t
score and you can.
Os course, Panzer has to score.
Gorton has a veteran team which
centers its attack around a six
foot, seven-inch center, Herman
Knupple, who takes a position
near the basket. Hi§ teammates
.feed him the ball, he pivots and
drops it in, That’s the Panzer of*
sense.
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Batting Punch
Still Unsigned
St. Louis The No. 1 of the
St. Louis Cardinals has gone to
Florida without signing a con
tract and the No. 2 failed to reach
an agreement with Vice President
Branch Rickey.
Joe Medwick and Johnny Mize,
called the National league’s best
one-two batting punch, probably
will test all of Rickey’s persuas
iveness before matters are set
tled.
Mize was reported to have re
ceived $15,000 last season and
friends said he wanted to get into
the same bracket with higher
paid Medwick for 1940. His con
tract parley was adjourned to
permit Rickey to keep another
appointment.
Medwick, who is demanding an
increase over his 1939 salary of
SIB,OOO went south several days
ago after failing to agree to terms
with Rickey. He is on the “fac
ulty” of a baseball school at Or
lando, Fla.
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DIZZY; DEAN TURNS
BACK CONTRACT
Chicago “Dizzy” Dean’s
1940 contract with the Chicago
Cubs arrived at the Cubs’ offices
a few days ago with no signature.
Instead, Dean sent from Dallas,
Texas, a note to Phil K. Wrigley,
owner of the team, which said:
“I realize I haven’t been much
help to the club the last two
years, but I still think the cut
too big. However, I’m sure we,
can adjust things and I’ll be all
set for spring training on time.” |
Dean, reported to have receiv- 1
ed $20,500 last season, was of
fered half as much as the result
of winning only six games last
season. Charles Drake, assistant
to Wrigley, said Dean wanted
$15,000. Drake indicated that
Wrigley would consider Dean’s
request soon.
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Norton > In Drivers Seat,
Demands Five Year Contract
Dallas Two days hence the
future of Homer Hill Norton, pro
fessor of winning football at
Texas A. and M., will be known, j
On Friday the Aggie athletic
council is expected to approve,
without much of a quiver, Coach
Norton’s demand for a five-year
contract, a handsome salary in
crease and less pressure on the
coaching staff. •
He’s the same man who stood
in defense before the council only
3 year ago and escaped being dis
missed before the 1398 schedule
had been completed.
The question posed in Texas to
day was: Is it a coincidence that
Stanford university, looking for
someone to replace ousted Tiny
Thornhill, announced that some
thing would be done about its
football job on Friday?
A few weeks ago Norton jour
neyed to California, studied the
athletic setup at the Palo
Alto school. He was impressed
but stressed his visit was rather
unofficial. Reports from the coast
say that one Stanford group wants
the doctrine of Glenn (Pop) War
ner, perhaps in the person of the
grand old man himself, returned
to Stanford football.
Another group leans toward
Norton who, with a mixture of
orthodox football and the south
west brand of wide-open play,
was believed to be the man need
ed.
Norton wants to stay at Texas
A. and M. He likes “the setup,
the people and the school.”
Eight of the starting eleven on
the nation’s top college team will
be back in 1940. He wants to be
with them.
“But now I want security,” he
said recently. “I will not accept
any football contract under five
years. I’m no longer a young
man. I have served 20 years in
football and want reasonable as
surance that I will be settled. I
will quit the profession entirely
unless I can get a five-year con
, tract, wherever I go.”
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“For this purpose the Son of
God was manifested, that he
might destroy the works of the
devil.”
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i cage men at the University of
North Carolina, is showing great
form this year and is working
hard.
P. C. T. S. Reports
Three Cage Games
Starting with the same pace as
set in its former games, the Per
son County Training school boys’
basketball team defeated the
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SUNDAY, JAN. 14, 1939
Name Radman
. Most Valuable
. Carolina Star
Chapel Hill North Carolina’s
football players received mono
gram awards at their annual
banquet and selected George Rad
man “most valuable player” for
1939.
The star blocking back will re
ceive the trophy donated by E.
Carrington Smith and won by
Andy Bershak in 1937 and Steve
Maronic in 1938.
Radman ranked third among
the nation’s pass receivers last
year and as a junior led the Tar
Heel ball carriers and scorers.
He is a senior and also a letter
man in baseball.
Dean R. B. House was the prin
cipal speaker at the banquet. As
sistant Coach Bill Lange present
ed the football awards in the ab-
I sence of Head Goach Ray Wolf
and Coach Dale Ranson the cross
country awards.
Washington High school of Reids-
ville, Thursday night with a one
sided score of 27-8.
The Washington High school
girls showing a superior brand of
* basketball, took a lead in scoring,
which the Person County girls
- were unable to overcome. The
game ended 20-10.
Tomorrow night the Jordan
Sellers High school of Burlington,
5 will play the Person County
Training school in the school audi
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