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1 /AS PERSON V iM H&kirhi t*ISLANTS * • By THOMAS J. SHAW, JR. 0 West Virginia Getting Ready West Virginia University, a school of 3,000 students, seems to be on the comeback trail as far as football is con corned. Bill Kern, late of Carnegie Tech, has been hired as foot ball coach and will take over that sport at Virginia at once. It is understood that he will get $7,000 a year for the first three years. A former assistant to “Jock” Sutherland at Pitt, Kern vent across Schenley park to Tech in 1937. The following year he guided the Tartans to the mythical eastern cham pionship and was named the outstanding coach of 1938. Last season, however, his Tartans slipped badly, dropping their last five games. At West Virginia where only 3,000 students are enrolled, Kern will take over direction of a freshman outfit which cleaned up everything it faced. The yearlings galloped over Pitt, Duquesne and Carnegie freshmen, among others. .from last season’s regulars Kern will get the nucleus of a line squad, leS by hard-working Charley Rockenberry, a standout halfback in a fine kicke'r. o—o—o—o No One Knows - Yet Boys in Roxboro who have seen Carolina, Duke and Wake Forest basketball teams in action this year, do not not think that their teams are up to par. It may be that the Roxboro boys do not know what they are talking about or it may be that these teams have not yet hit their stride. One guess is about as good as another, but we have an idea that Clemson might cop the Southern Conference crown once again. MacFadden plays basketball about as well as he does football and this is saying a lot. However, we shall see what we shall see—the season is still young. o—o—o—o Durham Hi Has Real Team It must be a treat to see that Durham High school bas ketball team play. They have a habit of winning them by lar ge scores. A number of the boys will finish high school this year and we imagine that any number of colleges would like to secure their services. It has been said by many that this edition of Durham High could stay in the running with any college team in the state. This writer does know that they could stay in the running with any high school team in the United States. Judge Landis Sets Up New Baseball Law Recently Chicago, Jan. 16 Kenesaw Mountain Landis, commissioner of baseball, laid down the law to organized baseball today in a drastic ruling designed to wipe out illegal “cover-up” player deals between major and minor league clubs. In a seven-point declaration, Landis ruled that in everp fut ure instance of a secret flayer transfered or similar covert prac tice he would impose a fine of SSOO on the club and outlaw the participating officials, as well as declaring the player involved a free-agent. In addition, Landis warned that a fine of SI,OOO would be assess ed for a club making any agree ment “found to mispresent or un truthful report any material fact.” Officials executing such a certi ficate, Landis ruled, also will be placed on the ineligible list. Two Promsing Players Landis’ new rulings followed his sensational decision against the Detroit Tigers’ farm system —a decision which granted free agency to 91 players, including Major Leagiiers Benny McCoy, Tigers’ rookie second baseman, valued at $40,000, and Roy CuL lenbine, an outfielder bearing a SIO,OOO price tag. Commissioner Landis issued these five new rules of conduct and two penalty clauses: (1) Players must not be sign ed to blank contracts and a true copy of the contract must be de livered to and left with the play er. (S) Players must not be sign ed fear other dubs, directly or in directly,. whether owned, affiliat ed or independent. (3) Players must not be placed with ether chibs, except under | proper transfer agreements, duly tor limnnilfetinn, which a greements must be optional as • signments if the assignor desires pfeseSain a fight of acquisition ex gp,^' . .«•> .-i - r ercisable before the player has • passed through a selection period , at which he is subject to selec tion.. (4) “Working agreements” ! must truthfully set forth in the • official filed document “the act -1 ual consideration, terms and con ditions” of that agrement and there must be no agreement not embodied in the document as fil • ed.” (5) “Working agreements” ■ must be executed by the club ’ actually making same, and must 1 not be executed in the names of • affiliated or subsidiary clubs to whom the major or other high ’ er-classification club supplies the ■ necessary funds therefor by loans, • advances, capital stock subscrip ■ tions, playet purchases, or other methods whatsoever. Drastic Penalty ! (6) In every instance of sec ret player transfer or other play er “cover up” hereafter effect- I ed, the player concerned will be t declared a free agent, each club i concerned will be fined SSOO, and ■ each club official or employe ’ participating therein will be plac ed on the ineligible list. i (7j In every case of certificate . of club relationships, affiliations i and connections hereafter filed, which is found to misrepresent or ■ untruthfully report any material ; fact, the club will be fined SI,OOO and the official executing such certificate will be placed on the ! ineligible list. Tracing farm systems, working agreements and violations of both back in 1906, Landis declared •that from the beginning of his office he has regarded the prac tice as evil. He added, however, that as long as they were authorized, it was his duty to demand they be oper ated honestly, and said there was no objection to working agree ments that are truthfully report, ed. “From the beginning, the com ; , * -W SPORTSOF THE TIMES Up-to-the-Minute Sport News Solicited PERSON COUNTY TIMES ROXBORO. N. C. GOLF HERO Here is the the smooth swing of Jimmy Demaret, the golfing pride of Houston, Tex., who won the $5,000 Oakland Medal Play Open Sunday with a stretch-drive ride on par for a 72-hole total of 281. BOTH HILLTOPPERS CAGE TEAMS WIN OVER TURBEVILLE Bethel Hill high school girls and boys defeated Turbeville high school, Virginia, on the local court Friday night, the Bethel girls winning by the score of 28 to 17, while the Bethel boys won by the score of 34 to 24. D. Hall, Humphries and Evans were outstanding for the local girl’s team while Tulp and Moore starred for Turbeville. S. Shot well, Buchanon and C. T. Hall played an outstanding game for the Hilltoppers, while Dean and Blane played best for Turbeville. The lineups: Girls’ Game Bethel Hill (28) H. Woody, F 4 Humphries, F 10 Hall, CF 14 Evans, CG 0 Z. Woody, G 0 Dunn, G 0 Substitutes: F. Davis, Watts, Merritt, Ramsey, Hall. Turbeville (17) Blane, F . 3 Tulp, F 10 Whitt, CF 4 Moore, CG 0 Collie, G 0 Adams, G 0 Substitutes: E. Earps, P. Earps. , Boys’ Game Bethel Hill (34) S. Shotwell, F 7 Powell, F 4 Hall, C 15 Buchanan, G 0 Tingen, G 0 Substitutes: Pentecost, J. Hall, E. Shotwell (8). Turbeville (24) Meeler, F 5 Blane, F 5 Turner, C 2 Dean, G 8 Wright, G v.. 2 Substitutes: Reeves, Moore (2). o TREES A recent order by G. L. Pate of Rowland for 12,000 black lo cust seedlings is indicative of the mounting interest among Robe son county growers in reforesta tion, says Assistant Farm Agent O. P. Owens. missioner has regarded the farm system as evil,” Landis stated. “Evil not because ownership of several non-competing dubs is bad in Itself—although it unques tionably is preferable every dub be independently owned and op erated—but evil because such ow nership are operated to control great numbers of players, imper iling their essential rights, if the rules do not prevent such opera tion, and also because it reduces minor dubs to subserviency.” sf siL." a wsm i H SZ-l":-iA?. • A ' - HURDLE MILLS, HELENA TEAMS SPLIT VICTORIES Helena boys won a colorful ball game over Hurdle Mills by a score of 12 to 27 Friday night. The girls lost a hard fought game by a score of 19 to 25. There are four more home games to be played at Helena this season. They are: January 19, Aycock; January 31, Bethel Hill; February 2, Hurdle Mills and February 9, Roxboro. Friday, February 9, will be Homecoming at Helena with a ball game to top it off. The public and espec ially graduates of the school are invited to be presnt. The lineups for the Helena-Hur. dle Mills encounter are as fol lows: Boys’ Game Helena (27) Hill, F 2 Rogers, F 10 JCiger, C 5 Rhew, G 8 Hicks, G 2 Hurdle Mills (12) C. Satterfield, F 2 Cates, F 4 WE UPPED TRE^ ...YOU UPPED THE SALES SELLING LIKE HOT CAKES IN NORTH CAROLINA! New ESSO *im\ New ESSO extra It’s PREMIUM in Perf ©finance ... ga®fl§ New Mi-Time High in EXTRA Quality it's REGULAR in Price! / 7 X —Best Ever Sold at The Esso Sign We knew you’d like it! After all, this t We never knew there were so many £M teifiTßu mint! in siki-fieu T^*, - , J vh 7 we B * ve '* o,ll ' house-name Esso Laboratories organization was recently l; ne designed to provide extra quids -ESSO-formerly reserved for gasoline given die 1939 National Award for Chemical fining, extra fast response, extra knock- Engineering Achievement. Given for the first **“ E .. L . go for New ESSO—for its quick starting, -- • . 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Elwook Cooke, is determined to carry some of the major tennis honors back home to Portland Oregon., but he believes it will take “super ior tennis intelligence” to de throne Bobby Riggs, present rul er of the amateur ranks. “You can’t beat Riggs at his H. Satterfield, C 0 B. Horton, G 0 H. Horton, G 6 Girls’ Game Helena (19) Mooney, F 12 Briggs, F 5 S. Cothran, CF 2 M. Cothran, CG 0 Tillett, G 0 Crews, G 0 Hurdle Mills (25) Moore, F 16 Jones, F 9 Terry, CF 0 McCullock, CG 0 Breeze, G 0 Hamlet, G 0 own game,” declared Cooke, who was speaking from experience. “He’ll outsteady any player in the world, and force them into errors.” Riggs can be beaten. He has lost three times since he started his current swing a round the Winter net circuit he was beaten by Don McNeill We’ve Got It! COME >CCA AND : £SSO EXTRA You Will Like Our Gas—You Will Like Our Service. GLENN BROS. SERVICE STATION T. K. & Stephen Glenn Front of Winstead Whse. THURSDAY, JAN. 18, 1940 of Kansas City at New Orleans; by Bryan M. (Bitsy) Grant of At lanta in Tampa last week, and by Henry Prdboff of Seattle, Wash., here last Saturday. But fellow contestants do not take Riggs? losses seriously. o SELL YOUR TOBACCO uj ROXBORO.
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