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MUSCATINE JOURNAL AND NEWS-TEIZUNE TUESD JANUARY 3,, 1939 Big Ten Cagers Clean Up Early Contests Illinois Quintet Will Seek Sixth Straight Victory Tonight; Toledo Cagers Snap Michigan's String Chicago (AP) Illinois' chances of-carrying an undefeated record into the Big Ten basketball title race, which will open Saturday night, rested on its ability to cope with the "Big Red" team of Cornell tonight. The two clubs square off at Champaign, the niini after their sixth straight triumph but expecting considerable trouble despite the easterner's 48 to 18 trouncing at the hands of Notre Dame Monday night. Purdue Meets Teachers. The only other conference team in action tonight is Purdue. The Boilermakers, defeated only once this season, bid for thfir sixth victory against Western Illinois State Teachers at Macomb.

Only Illinois, Minnesota and Indiana remained with clean records in non Big-Ten competition after Michigan fell before Toledo 44 to 36, Monday night. Toledo, trailing 18 to 15 at halftime, soared ahead, in the- second half for its ninth victory in a row. It was the first setback in seven starts for the Wolverines. Northwestern also met defeat, losing to Southern California, 47 to 32. Ralph Vaughn, who hails from Frankfort.

oaccd the coast team with 19 points. Badgers Defeat Detroit. Chicago and Wisconsin won their games, the Maroons turninS back Yale. 41 to 32. after a slow start and Wisconsin defeating de- troit.

34 to 27. The two victories gave the Big Ten a record of 49 'triump? and 18 against outride competition with only tonight's ganes to go before members turn on each other in the scramble for conference honors. Wardlow's Team Increases Lead in Bowling Loop Western Gridders Beat Easterners on Passes, 14-0 Wtrdlow 1 Tavsrs and Maner Muutlne Foul Falrbuiki Homo S. Cola Conrti W. L.

Pet. .31 17 19 .604 21 .563 21 £2 ..29 ...37 ..26 ...24 ..17 ...13 31 35 .563 .542 .500 .354 .271 CHURCH LEAGTTJE STANDINGS. W. L. Pet.

Zlon Lutheran IS 6 .714 Brethren 12 6 .667 Tower Clajur. M. 13 8 ,619 Mulford 13 8 .619 St. Wathiai 10 8 .556 Weileyan ClaBs, M. E.

8 10 .444 First Baptist 9 12 .429 I. of 3 6 .333 3 12 .200 Qraoo Lutheran 4 17 ,190 MATCHES TONIGHT. (Psarl City Loajme). 6:45 p. Holsum Twisters vs Coca Cola, Holland Jumaco vl.

Hoisum Service, Wardlow's Tavern vs, Stemoman's. 9 u. Greenwood Flowers vs. Country Club, Wefeep Button. Muscatlne Fearl, Journal vs.

American With only one more week play remaining in the first hal season and a two game lead work on, the Wardlow's Taver bowling team was somewhat bet ter than a long shot bet today take the first half title in the La dies bowling league at Pla-Mo alleys. The Tavern team increased it lead over the second place Roac' Musser team Monday nigh with a 2 to 1 victory over Rocka-Bye while the sash and doo: factory outfit was dropping a 2 tc 1 decision to Muscatinc Pearl. In other league matches, Fairbank Home won three straight from Sportsman Inn to climb into a with Muscatine Pearl for thirc place, and R. C. Cola won three straight from the lowly Mississippi Courts outfit.

Church Matches Played. Another round of play in the Church league was completed Monday night when Mulford defeated the First Baptist team in three straight games, and Zion Lutheran won from the K. of outfit, 2 to 1, in playoff matches In other matches, the Unitec Brethren won three straight from Grace Lutheran, and the Tower Class team defeated St. Mathias 2 to 1. The United Brethren, paced by Gene Chelf, took out the high team single game record in the league with an 823 score in the second match game, and also posted a new high team series of 2,343 for the year.

Chelf again made the alleys sizzle with a 232 high single game, and a 558 series, highest of the week's play in the Church league. Jean Leslcr Leads. Jean Legler, a member ot the Eock-a-Bye team, posted high single game of 197 in the Ladies' league competition Monday, but yielded high three game series honors to Twyla Mackenzie, who turned in a 491 total. Despite its 2 to 1 defeat, the Rock-a-Bye team registered high team game of 814 and high team series ol 2,171 for the evening. The first round of play in the Pearl City league will close tonight with a full schedule of six matches at the alleys.

The stores follow: St. Mathiai, (1) (2) Tot) Hilton 145 150. 117- 412 Blind 159 160 181 Keindl 178 167 131 476 Blind 147 139 143" 429 Tadcwald 191 .150 -136 477 Totals 820.765' 70S 2,294 Tower Class First M. E. fl) (2) (3) Totl Suman ..120 IDS 13.X 359 Othmer Ill 1S2 119, 372 Vslckesotf- 1ST 169 -16-1 Sywassuik- 145 173 451' 107 San A heavy Western team with an impregnable forward wall and an effective passing attack gave its All- Star Eastern opponent a 14 to 0 drubbing in the 14th annual Shrine charity football game here Monday.

The Western outfit tossed passes all over the field. Two of them, one in the second quarter and another in the fourth, were good 'or scores. The others were so close they kept the 60.000 fans who jammed Kezar stadium in a continual dither. Both scoring plays were manipulated by Bill Patterson of Baylor university and Jim Coughin of Santa Patterson did he pitching and Coughlin the catching. Defensive play of Ed Bock owa State's All-America guard.

PUR Manders. Drake back- ield star, was a feature of the West. The two lads who were ex- iected to be the stars of the game -Marshall Goldberg Pittsburgh on the East team and Vice Bottari of the University of California on the West It rained during part of the game. Southern California Gridders Win From Duke in Dramatic Bowl Game Touchdown Pass in Last Minute Decides Contest Duke's Dreams Fade T. C.

Tennessee Claim Titles BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Texas Christian and- Tennessee (By PAUL ZIMMERMAN) Pasadena, Calif. (ff) The shadows had all but swallowed the Rose Bowl. football championship and Duke's dreams of football empire faded in the bleak atmosphere of the FoTIa "minutes a great Dukej arr seco as the football season football team had kept its goal landed Monday on a note of vi- line uncrossed-as it had done all! lence and hi hysteris. season. Southern California was I.

Only a bowl game to end all on the verge of its first defeat in bowl games can settle the mythi- cal title chase now. Texas Christian effectively drubbed Carnegie Tech, 15 to 7, in New Orleans' Sugar bowl Monday while Tennessee rolled steadily to a 17-0 four Rose games. Nave Is Hero. Then, out of the shadows raced a slender youth, Doyle Nave, who hadn't enough playing time in two seasons with letter. Nave was coming in and the I Miami to preserve the season's score 3 to 0 against him.

From the two most enviable records. Troy to win his win over Oklahoma, hitherto in- I violate, in the Orange bowl at 40-yard line Doyle rifled the ball to Al Krueger, glue-fingered end. The ball reached, the 26. To Al he fired another and the ball was on the 18. Once more he threw and the big farm boy from Lancaster, Rose Bowl Hero Is Hurt Before Game Pasadena, Calif.

(ff) A fall in the Rose Bowl shower room nearly robbed Doyle Nave of the chance to be a football hero. Southern California's fourth- string quarterback slipped and hit his head on the concrete floor Saturday. Several stitches had to be taken to get him ready to warm the bench for 59 minutes of Monday's game with Duke. And he was wearing a big bandage on his forehead when he hurled the winning touchdown pass. Handicap Totals Wmtermute Schltof Nietzel Meyers Kulford.

fl) (21 136 193 14P 132 Ifi2 139 159 179 121 Tot! 195 5W 281 Ruckles 164 TVlchmiller .770 824 Tlnrt Baptist. 167 157 181 1S1 US 4SS 526 US (11 (21 (SI Toll R. Schreurs 206 158 133 Krall S2 207 103 K. Schreurs 132 111 111 35-1 H. Schreurs 144 109 152 405 Pressler 144 121 159 424 Handicap 5" 5S 172 Totals 765 763 716 2,244 Xnitfiti of Colttm'bTii.

fl) f2) f3) Totl Planncry 116 110 22(1 Koenitrsaecker 74 74 Wendmser 115 55 99 Zybarth 108 129 237 Walters 126 146 139 413 Conley 105 117 222 Man.ioine 123 113 241 Handicap 71 102 7fi 24H Totals 610 6S6 673 1,969 Zlon Lutheran, fl) (31 Totl Handicap 54 54 54 IBS who developed strong 772 753 3.215] hands millcing cows, caught the ball for no gain. Forty-five seconds remained and the dusk was deep. Nave faded far back to his 35. Trojan blockers knocked down the Duke rushers. Doyle stood tliere and waited.

Suddenly Krueger broke to the left, over the goal line. He was alone among 91,000 witnesses. Doyle fired the ball. took it and the game was won, 7. to 3, with Phil Caspar booting the conversion.

Troy Muffed Chance. Duke vainly tried to come back in the dying seconds, but the die was cast. The record crowd already was moving out when the touchdown came. For Troy had. muffed a scoring chance a few minutes before when Bob Spangler of Duke fumbled a kick on his 9-yard and Caspar recovered.

Three plays netted Troy nothing, and Caspar's attempted field goal for a much-wanted tie was wide. Monday's game had been a rather dull affair up to the fourth quarter. Then trouble broke loose for Coach Howard Jones' men. Edric Tipton, whose punting pulled the Blue Devils out of many a hole, fired a pass to George McAfee 'and the ball was on Troy's 24. Roger Robertson and Tipton punched their way to the Ifi.

Tony Ruffa, a third-string guard, stepped back to Troy's 24 and booted a perfect field goal from there. Wave Silk Panties. Silk variety in the Duke stands and rebel yells rent the air. As the 120 209 100 132 126 119 114 127 llg 440 449 412 220 3S7 IIS C. Freese 142 H.

Hennins Jensen 134 Rueckert 101 Bender 146 llartin Total- 6S3 United Bnthrta. (1) (21 (31 Tot! Lauchlin 173 146 115 434 Kochr.efT 144 123 190 Kendrick 125 191 15S Thompson 144 131 147 Chelf 167 232 159. Totals 752 591 3.026 457 472 422 558 733 S23 767 2,343 Lutheran. (11 (21 Fahy 156 151 Weber 114 158 113 Havemann 231 325 110 Eisner 136 93 Wm. Fahy .113 Schmidt 168 (31 Tot! 35 35 3-i 331 365 377 225 16S 104 Totals ,.624 723 669 2.016 Tairbank.

fl) f2) 150 154 344 123 113 lie Trojans Provide Drama. But if the Horned Frogs and the Volunteers gained the greatest glory, twice-beaten Southern California provided the drama. With a little over a minute to play and Duke protecting a 3-0 lead, Doyle Nave, fourth string quarterback, threw four complete passes to accomplish a 7-3 triumph for the Trojans in the Rose This defeat ended a season in which the Dukes from Durham, N. had marched through their schedule undefeated, untied and unscored upon, lone major aggregation to accomplish the feat. Elsewhere on -the bowl horizon Utah slapped New Mexico, 26-0, in the Sun bowl game at El Paso with 13,500 in the stands and Texas Tech's passes bounced back and bit the Red Raiders as St.

Mary's won, 20-13, in the Cotton bowl at Dallas before 40,000, In two intersectional all-star games the West drubbed the East by 14-0 and the North punched out a hard-earned touchdown to whip the South, 7-0. O'Brien Is Hot. Two of the nation's biggest football reputations emerged unscathed in the bowl games. They belonged to Davey O'Brien and Tenessee. O'Brien completed 17.

out of 28. passes, one for a touchdown, and place-kicked a field goal to lead the T. C. U. victory march.

Trailing at the half for the first time this season. 7-6. the Frogs scored bowl as 91,000, the cay's O'Brien's toucbiown pass and crowd, looked on. iDavey's field goal in the final periods to take, a solid, wily Carnegia eleven. The Skibos.

also scored by air before 50,000, biggest gathering in Sugar bowl history. SPORTS from WINGS Tennessee and Oklahoma fought it out in a conflict that was just a shade behind the. second battle of the Marne in bitterness. The fisticuffing on both sides couldn't obscure the Vol's all around-effectiveness, however. They bottled up the Sooners' aerial thrusts when going-got'tough and broke Cafego and Babe Wood, the running, backs, loose at opportune moments as an overflow crowd.of 32:191 watched.

Vol's Record Good Tennessee, like T. C. thus emerged from the season undefeated and uciied. These two have no- more, worlds to conquer Passing, which contributed mightily to the day's events, was the dominant factor in the East- West game played before a record crowd of 60.000 at San Francisco. Baylor's Bill Patterson threw two aerials to Santa Clara's Jim Coughlin for the touchdowns that licked the favored Easterners.

Winner in Every Way Rival Bowl Grid Classic May Be Held in Texas Scramblings. Instead of firing Coach Howard they were going to do earlier in the boys out in California ought to give him a bonus. Any coach who can inspire- his 1 team to do the things the Trojans did to Duke and Notre Dame has plenty on the ball. Before the game, it was the consensus that Southern Cal's reserves would decide the issue. And that was bang out of a playoif of a tie game their play was to "freeze" the ball and protect their three- point lead.

It seemed like pretty poor guessing, all right. Not all of Mondays thrillers were centered in Pasadena. Nor were they all on the gridiron. The Fairbanks Home and Sportsman. Inn teams of the Ladies' bowling league at Pla- Mor alleys got pretty much of right.

This game of football is just as fickle as the people who watch it from the stands. For 59 minutes Monday Eric "The Red" Tipton, Duke's star back, stood head and shoulders above the Rose bowl family as the No. 1 hero and star of the afternoon. It took him only a few fleeting seconds, however, to lose those laurels to Doyle Nave and Al Krueger of the Trojans That's football. But to the radio audience, Mr.

Tiplon is still the gentleman who carried more mail than all of Jim Farley's boys carry in a week. Coach Bob Kinnan's Little Mus- kies will get a look at Burlington's new $50.000 field house tonight. And they wi)l also take a gander or two at the Little Six conference indivual scoring leader, Dale Stewart, whose sparkling offensive play has kept an otherwise mediocre Burlington team on top since the conference season started several weeks back. The field house comes under the heading of new experi- in their match Monday night. An "overtime frame" was played, and the Fairbanks team went to town to win by 31 pins.

Lucy Lester, lead-off for Fairbanks, started the extra frame with a "turkey" three straight strike? to you non-bowlers and her ter, Mrs. Leona Harte, followed with a couple of marks which did the business. Our friend Emmet Mowery, down OKumwa way, has gone into the prognosticating business on a large scale. All Enunet did the other day wa.s dust off his crystal ball and tell his readers who was going to win the Little Six conference basketball race, who was going to finish second, third, fourtfi, etc. He had 'em tagged all the way down to eighth place, where he put the Otturmwi Bulldogs, who are still trying for their first conference victory.

And he did all this at a time when five teams were tied for first place in the conference. Ouch. Believe it or not, but Emmet picked the Ft. Madison Blood- ence for the Purple and Gold hounds to win the conference cagers, but not Mi: Stewart. bunting for the second straight year.

The fact that Ottumwa Had there been a beauty contest as well as swimming championship, 17-year-old Dorothy Heath of Long Beach Junior College no doubt would have been a double winner. She won the annual Mid-Winter Swim at Long Beach, Calif. fourth, period slipped away, (31 Toil! Duke's three points loomed ever 44S 351 368 396 479 Riswold 150 115 Xistiel 100 134 162 Karte 136 1S2 161 Totals 752 6SS 685 2.135 9portiman'i Inn. fl) f21 f3) Totl Miller 117 125 130 372 Vonra-k 142 156 113 411 Blind 105 112 13K 353 Frack 122 121 136 379 Facan 170 179 13fi Handicao 3 .1 3 9 Totals 720 696 654 2.070 i Conrti. (1) (31 Tot) Pittman 94 110 102 306 "lackin 141 121 Bcntly S7 76 66 229 Harker 113 119 107 341 Othmer 163 125 93 361 Handicap 29 29 23 Totals 629 549 51S 1.696 X.

C. Cola. (11 (21 (31 To; Syrne 123 116 i22 361 Massey 13S mi 89 332 ietzel 133 145 137 415 Othmer 125 131 132 3SS lind 170 115 104 3SS Totals 639 612 5S4 1,855 Wurdloir'i (1) (21 (31 Totl Davidson 149 125 139 -413 itacKenzie 163 165 163 491 Banlchead 115 127 145 387 Schwandke 145 12S 124' 37' ane 139 145 146 430 Totals 711 590 717 2.11S Xock-t-Byn Iju. (11 (21 (3) Tot! Lee ISP. 127 131 197 120 126 139 113 121 140 145 10S 43i 443 113 121 373 D.

140 145 393 Umlandt 13S 130 147 435' nandicao 23 23 23 S3 Totals S37 67S 656 3.171 Kaiemtiai fl) (2) f3) Totl eorjre ...126 92 114 332 teltzer 122 119 -101 342 DeCamu 135 111 130 377 127 112-103: 344 ton ..........128 130. 3S4 Handlcao 1 1 2 '4 Totals .......638 565 Xoftdt.Mid XuiMr, fl) f3) Totl vwassinfc 116 144 117 377 Illler .132 83 150 '363 Vatora 127. .138 37S I. Teichmiller 143.116 195 356 "3. TeichmUler, 94' 104 307.

Totals 616-564. 603 1,783 larger. Troy could not muster a scoring drive, even from the 9-yard line. Then Nave, who had warmed the bench more minutes by far than he played in two varsity years, came dashing in. Out went Duke's great record of no defeats, no ties and no points scored against them.

Statistically, Troy earned the victory. Southern California 13 first downs to gained 135 yards to 86 on running plays, and 84 to 53 on. passes. "It took four teams to beat us," said Wallace Wade, the Duke mentor, who suffered his first Rose Bowl defeat in four tries. Too Many Reserves.

"Xhelr reserve strength was too much," Coach Jones up as the alumni, some of whom sought his scalp last fall, swarmed in to wring his hand and slap his back. "You've got to hand it to Doyle and' Al," he said, Doyle said you had to hand it to Al, and Al passed the palm right back to Doyle, One thing's certain. Southern California's athletic board is going; to give Nave his letter, although he hasn't played enough minutes to "earn" Ladies Will Be Admitted Free to Athletic Show Don Lash, Distance Track Star, Wins Sullivan Award "New York UP) Don. Lash, pace-maker for America's distance runners for-three years, lins won the- Sullivan memorial award. The University.

of Indiana alumnus polled 459 points- to win Anxious to attract more of the feminine sex to the ringside, Promoter Jack Fisher has arranged to admit each lady with an escort free of charge to his weekly athletic show, to be staged at Redmen hall Wednesday night, beginning at 8:15 m. Women taking advantage the offer will see "Rough House" Jack NeJson of Kansas City, a burly 200 pounder, square off with Sailor Eddie Drew of Milwaukee, a 190 pound gladiator, in the main wrestling event of evening, which is scheduled for the best two out of three falls with a 90 minute time limit. A tight match is expected despite the fact that the Milwaukee be- liembth will be giving away 10 pounds in weight. Henry Kolln of Muscatine will also be seen on the program, opposing Pete Westergaard of Rein- the annual award to the amateur athlete adjudged to have contributed the most to the advancement of the cause of sportsmanship. Second place went to Mrs.

Katherine Rawls Thompson, the versatile swimming star Irom Fort Lauderdale, with 371 points. beck, in. a two out of three of falls, 60 minute time limit event. More local flavoring will be added to the program when Carl Dallas Distinct possibility of Texas staging' rival postseason football classics next year clouded the nation's already jumbled "bowl scene today. Immediately after -Monday's Cotton Bowl game, which drew some 4,0,000 fans it became known that J.

Curtis Sanford, director- general of the Cotton Athletic association, had split with his board of directors over questions of policy. Dan Dallas banker, member of Texas Christian university's board of trustees and president of the Cotton Bowl association, disclosed Sanford had withdrawn his affiliation with the association 10 days ago. Work Toward Game. said "you can definitely say that the association's board, appointed representatives of the Southwest conference schools, will work towards holding a post-season game for Texas next year. Mr.

Sanford has a lease on the Cotton Bowl stadium that runs two more years; but there are other stadiums," Sanford commented: "I will definitely hold another Cotton Bowl game next year snd for years to come." Rogers disclosed Sanford holds the charter on the Cotton Bowl association and has copyrighted the name. Sources directly in contact with the situation said Sanford had been retained as director-general it a salary of $10,000, but continued to. hold the charter. Ten days ago, it was learned, he advised tiie board he wished to revert to his former percentage status. Conference Favors Bowl, He staged the 1937 and 1938 Cotton Bowl games as an individual.

Sanford admitted "there has been a misunderstanding with one or two individuals, but I certainly have had no trouble with the Southwest conference." The conference recently went on record as' favoring permanent alignment with the Cotton Bowl. What effect the new development would have on that decision was not known. Rogers however, said certain conference officials had spoken favorably of a new post-season classic. This gentleman was the big offen- 1 sive gun on the Burlington team which defeated the Little Huskies, 16 to 12, in the last hard court meeting of the schools at Burling- lon last season. Tonight's game promises to be a real battle to the finish, one of the typical Musky Burlington affairs.

And if the Little Muskies aren't having one of their "down" weeks, they're going to teach those Greyhounds a thing or two about the game. Getting back to the Rose bowl game, a lot of the radio fans are blaming the Dukes for some faulty strategy in the waning minutes. They wonder why the Blue Devils were continually punting- on second and third down when was to play those same Bloodhounds two or three days after the article hit the press may or. may not have influenced choice. Maybe he was trying to whip the Bulldogs into a fighting mood.

Anyway, Friend Ernrnst gave second place in his rankings to the Little Huskies, and had Burlington tagged for third place. He picked Washington for fourth which would be something new, indeed, for the fifth, Mt. Pleasant sixth, Fairfield seventh, and, of course Ottumwa eighth New Ambrose Logan, 136, New Haven, out- pointed George Zengaras, New York (8). PHONE ISOO No matter where you matter what time of day or night it may you're having trouble with your car simply phone 1800 and we'll be on the job in practically no time. We are ready to serve you twenty-four hours a on a moment's notice.

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