Miami News-Record from Miami, Oklahoma • 5

Wednesday January MIAMI DAILY NEWS RECORD OKLA AME IVE SPORTS View re re Basketball Scores (Mo) Teachers 35 18 6 8 Totals 23 A 27 Hockey Results Legal Blanks kt News Record Bar President Bi lads IT and 0 0 88 5 5 11 16 0 6 0 4 0 3 0 6 6 4 0 8 boys would of their re 0 0 2 3 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 5 4 5 4 5 Spider web strands are about00015 of an inch in diameter and are used in some scientific instru ments 19 1017 7 15 4 12 10 12 6 Northeast Golden Gloves Opens 11 to Rep resent Miami College and ML ATON Jan 31 Bears rallied in the final period' here last night to trim the Afton Eagles 24 to 19 in a Lucky Sev en conference game Afton led at the half 11 to 10 Wyandotte broke loose with threei field goals in the last minute to flinch the game New System Working Well With Teams Organized On Basis VINITA (27) Elsey Bugher Hendrix Thomas Hughes Stanislaus Howard Jay ive Plays at Commerce Tonight SPORTS ROUNDUP PHILADELPHIA Jan You would think to hear Connie Mack talk that the acquisition of Benny McCoy has given the 77 year old manager of the Athletics a new lease on life Imbued now with the notion thaf a championship team will once again hold forth in Shibe park to the tune of his inimitable score card signals Connie is sure McCoy will provide the rejuvenating spark The lean bright eyed veteran has spoken McCoy a $45000 invest ment at 22 is going to play second base and occupy a position in the batting And Benny cut adrift from the Detroit Tigers by edict of baseball commissioner Landis is to be settled "Maybe I got a better break than I observed the young infielder adding that he intended to salt away a good part of the $45000 bonus and two year $10000 annual salary involved in the deal "I think some kind of insurance is the he said take care of me after I finish playing Mackian optimism imparted zest to a dinner of Philadelphia sports writers last night go out on a limb and predict that the Yanks will finish third in the American league this he said with eyes twinkling He declined to venture what teams would beat the champions but asserted his 1941 Athletics would be a pennant contender "Me and You Bofe Boy John Stevens of ayetteville Ark writes: "I saw Kimbrough play football last sea son and I think his position should be known as bullbaek instead of John Luttrell Norman is prtii dent of the reorganized Oklaho ma State Bar association KANSAS COACH LIKES SOONERS SEMINOLE VOTES BONDS SEMINOLE Jan 31 Vot ers approved yesterday a $40000 bond issue for sewer system im provements and a $35000 issue for waterworks improvements 264 BOXERS IN TULSA TOURNEY Bears Defeat Eagles In LooptGame 24 19 3 8 By EDDIE BRIETZ NEW YORK Jam (ML When Leo Durocher signs his new Dodger contract over the week end it will be for one year Leo will yell but Larry MacPhail will yell him down Shipwreck Kelly the old Kentucky grid great and Brenda razier top ranking glammer girl have paid 23 conse cutive visits to the Stork club to gether Both Pat hands are out of the casts and he will be ready for another shot at Steve Dudas in less than two months Deal Makes Connie Mack Look To Pennant in 32 Valley 28 Central 'COMMERCE Jan" 31 The Commerce Tigers will meet Jay here tonight in their second Lucky Seven basketball game of the sea son Jay which walloped South west City Mo Monday night is rated as being one of the best teams in the conference this year After the high school duel which begins at 7:30 the Eagle Picher Eagles of Miami will meet the Parsons Kas quintet BOY BURNS TO DEATH BRITTON Okla Jan 31 ive year 1 Charles Raymond was burned to death today when his clothing caughtfire at the Lon Welch home two miles north of here Mrs Welch who made a fu tile effort to save her son said ap parently he had splas'hd gasoline on his clothes and accidentally ignit ed them when he scratched a match star returned from Lubbock Tex so far as Yarborough knew Mason went to Lubbock with Bill Pinkstaff about a week ago with the intention of enrolling at Texas Tech Mason a heavyweight boxer had been included in the Norse entries in the Tulsa event TP 1 1 8 0 Now This Is News When Dr Sutherland cast his lot with the pros one of the papers re ported mpve caused surprise because of his often expressed op position to paid Since when? TULSA Jan A great battalion of amateur fighters 264 the gong for the start today of the third annual four day Northeast Golden Gloves tourna ment iercest battling is expected in the lightweight and welterweight classes with 52 in the 135 pound division and 45 in the 147 pound class ighters in those two weights were docketed to open the tourna ment in 32 afternoon bouts A similar schedule is listed for tonight and approximately the same Thursday night There may be an afternoon session Thursday but it is contingent upon the num ber of fighters appearing riday night there will be 16 semi final bouts and Saturday eight finals and eight consolations Of the eight champions crowned last year only four are back in the running Defending titleholders entered in clude Lewis Heaton of Collinsville flyweight and winner of the most popular award Deck Gar man of Tulsa Amateur Athletic club who won the bantamweight title for Oklahoma Military acad emylast year and rancis Harjo of Connors Aggies who carried the lightweight title to Bacons In dian school last year Roy Bevenue of Sapulpa welter weight winner in has grown to the middleweight class Garman will be seeking his third tournament championship The first year he won the featherweight class Last year the northeast tour ney drew 237 Contestants with 168 actually competing The state tournament at Oklahoma City reg istered 245 fighters last year with 162 doing battle Semi finalists automatically qual McNatt Okla 5 27 6 Mesch Okla Allen Kinsas Held Neb Miller Kas Scheffler Okla 1 0 0 03 0 2 1 0 0 0 CROSBY IN HOSPITAL Hollywood Jan Crooner Bing Crosby is in a hos pital while his doctor decides if the pain in his side is appendicitis The physician said an operation might be necessary Crosby is scheduled to start work in a hew film wjthina few days An intramural athletic program perhaps the most extensive ever launched in the Miami senior jun ior high school is being continued this semester after a successful first half year that saw more than 250 participants Miss Alice Berkshire director of the athletic program and Coach Runt Ramsey devised the system to give the average boy and girl more competitive activi ty The girls play volleyball while the boys engage only in basketball Teams in both sports are organiz ed on a basis Paul Provine is the intramural student manager while Maymie Gaines serves as student president of the setup Miss Gaines handles entries Students have weekly schedules which are carefuly followed out un der the direction of Ramsey and Miss Berkshire To keep the program moving smoothly each class has a two member committee to handle any student problems relative to the athletics olowing are the students named on these committees: Seniors Mayme Gaines and Quentin Poe juniors Colleen ish er and Paul Provine sophomores Bettye Eagle and Stratton Henley freshmen Betty Rae Thomas and Billy Bob Keith eighth grade Bet tina Bitticks and Clayton Williams and seventh grade Pat Donica and Jesse McKibben 5 4 10 0 1 :13 0 It (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) Baylor 68 Texas A 36 Oregon State 49 Washington 32 Duke 48 Maryland 37 Loyola (New Orleans) 31 Loui siana College 27 Butler 61 ranklin 43 Arkansas Teachers 37 Hender son Teachers 26 Christian' 35 Howard Payne 27 Texas Mines 62 Arizona State (lagstaff) Missouri (Mo) 26 Kirksville Kirksville Osteopaths 28 Bethel (Kas) 30 College of Em poria 27 Maryville (Mo) Teachers Warrensburg Teachers 21 SCORES Ada 45 McAlester 24 Pawnee 43 Drumright 36 El Reno 42 Shawnee 22 Cushing 23 Stillwater 15 Ponca City 23 Blackwell 17 Stigler 29 Tahlequah 24 Sallisaw 25 Checotah 18 Tulsa Rogers 29 Claremore 11 Miami 42 Vinita 27 Oilton 19 Cleveland 13 Payhuska 22 Hominy 17 Sand Springs 33 Barnsdall 23 Bartlesville 43 Sapulpa 22 Dewey 17 Nowata 9: Classen 35 Chickasha 16 Capitol Hill 23 Okmulgee 17 if for the state meet at Oklahoma City next week Coach Lyle Yarborough loaded up 11 fighters from the Miami area and whisked them away to Tulsa this morning In the college bus were four Golden Gloves champions crowned at the local show Jan 13 and a former ring titlist rugged Rusty Deuthit hard hitting little scrap per from the Sunnyside district i The boys were to begin competi tion this aftornon in the Tulsa Northeast Oklahoma Gold en Gloves tournament Yarborough said before leaving that ought to make a good showing Maybe get away with a title or He was con fident several of the reach the semi finals spective divisions ollowing are the represent the college and Miami in the four day Tulsa meet: 112 pounds Leo Dohogne 118 pounds Bob Bailey 126 pounds Chester Layton 185 John (K O) ro man and Rusty Douthit 147 Roe Betterton and Ben Harrison 160 pounds Raymond Wasson and eta Galley 175 rOscsr olger Lefty Jameson our Title HoldersDohogne Bailey roman Jameson all won titles in the ami show George Tallchief former college fighter who captured the 126 pound crown expected to compete George has enrolled for the second semester St Central State Teachers college i JoJo Mdson former Norse grid Young Calvin Griffith (they say be the next president of the Senators) and his bnde will honey moon here starting tomorrow One of the next on the list is Davey hear those bells tinkle in the spring The professional baseball players will hold their annual golf tourney at Tampa eb 15 18 Mayor Chancey has taken personal charge of the steam up rancis Oui met the well known golfer passed through by air yesterday on his way to lorida for a bit of tuning up Returning New York guests describe the first of dinner of the Connecticut Sports association with one word swell believe no iockev should duce more than three pounds at a Hawley said Georgie Ellis let himself go one winter and before he knew it he was up to 136 pounds It took me a month to get him down to 108 This is drastic reducing and ordi narily I would hesitate to recom mend such a course It is better to establish a systematic and slow er process that will react favorably Some of the reducing methods however are not exacting The boys appear to enjoy working with medicine balls punching bags skipping ropes a bicycle machine and other paraphernalia Hawley estimated he had worked on 4000 jockeys in the last 15 years including such famed riders as Earl Sande Mack Gar ner Georgia Woolf Sonny Work man Eddie Arcaro Basil James and Don Meade Some like Meade are natural lightweights and need only to keep fit Boys like that and there are not are a relief to Hawley Nebraska sports editors are ceiving scorching letters from fans on the so so record of the Husker basketbal Iteam In response the scribes point out that Nebraska is the only Big Six school that does not have a full time coach for the sport rx Harold Browne the cage mentoris so valuable as a football strategist and scout he can not join his team until Dec 1 Both of his Assistants also are football coaches Elwyn Dees who resigned at Pittsburgh to become trainer is the first full time tape tycoon Dr orrest Allen not only picks Oklahoma to win the Big Six basketball title but says there is nothing in this sector that can stop them from being the dis trict NCAA representative "They are beautifully synchronized and have seniority versatility speed and says the good doctor i The Boston Red Sox are sending Jimmy Strong young Wichita semi pro hurler to the University of Oklahoma for tutelage under Jap Haskel leRlie lini I i ini i i Sport Goes to War Hawley gives Jockey Earl Porter the electric blanket treatment and a touch of real heat By LARRY ROLLINS By Th AP eature Servlet MIAMI la Jan 81 Behind the scenes at the Hialeah Park racetrack is a man upon whose skill depends the livelihood of' many a jockey The average career which often lasts only two or three years is a constant battle against that old bugaboo excess poundage which forever threatens to sweep him from the saddle It is the job of rank Hawley veteran conditioner to see that the jockeys keep down to riding usually about 110 pounds for the older boys and 104 for ap prentice riders At the same time Hawley must take care that the jockey retains his strength he said mean a drastic weakening of the whole body A jockey is no good if he is too weak to handle his pow erful No fashion conscious society An electric current creates a blood matron desirous of a svelt figure flow to the affected parts aiding watches her calories and starches the healing process United Drys Meet To Plan Campaign OKLAHOMA CITY Jan () United Drys assembling here to launch a counter attack against a repeal prepared to day to select two committee to plan the strategy for the campaign President White indicated oho committee would organize per sonnel to challenge sufficiency of the repeal petitions The other will consider a cam paign to repeal the amendment which legalized 32 beer in Okla homa Allen Says Cagerst Will Take Big Six Conference Title By HAROLD CLAASEN KANSAS CITY Jan The boys of Oklahoma Jimmy McNatt and Marvin Mesch hold a midseason monopoly on individual scoring honors among Big Six eag ers i McNatt was held to: two points by Kansas but in the next four games collected 58 to average 12 for the five contests Mesch has 42 points in five games Jfor second place but his average is below that of Bob Allen Kansas center who whipped in 41 in four starts Leading scorers: GGTPPts 60 48 41 34 84 30 Totals 12 Halftime score: Miami 19 Vin ita 11 Referee: Nowell Hendrix college Arkansas (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Tulsa 6 St Paul 5 i Wichita 5 Minneapolis 3 SCHEDULE St Louis at Omaha 1 With six players taking ahand Jn the offensive chores the sleekMiami "caging machine steamrolled Viuits HometSy 42 to Wif night Rolling td their ninth conaecu lave cruigTiB vnuinpxip uic Miamians fattened its point mak Ing average splendid opening and dosing quarter drives Vinita chair 5 lenged only once drawing up to within four points of tying the count in the third period Zone Defense Pierced Bucking a zone aeiense wmen is one of basketball most puzzling barriers to all high scoring teams i the local quintet dazzled with its I best first period of the season Hit ting the bucket consistently the i a home forces claimed a 16 6 advan tags at the close of he initial eight minutes a Vinita steadied in tne second I stanza and then rallied briskly in the third The three quarters mark found the Miamians leading 26 to Victory Clinched in Third Deems Robert Linton and Bob Weir clinched the verdict at i the outset of the final period by following in stray shots for two pointers With the scoring parade at its peak and the count at 40 24 Coach Runt Ramsey sent his regulars to the showers and the second five rounded out the final two minutes I A witn an extra neia goal I zone defense was spor i adically hot and And the Hornets hit the hoop with any consistency except for a brief fl urn in the third neriod When Is aw wa McKibben Gets 13 Points Center Harvey McKibben was the high point getter ac cumulating 13 Linton was next with IQ Glen Howard guard scor ed eight for the losers In a preliminary contest the Vinita junior high team trimmed i jj the Miami juniors 18 to 14 The game loosely played in the first half became more entertaining near' the finish As the local boys tried desperately to close the gap MIAMI (42) Deems 2 Stover 2 Linton 5 Oliver 0 McKibben 5 Sherard 0 Weir i 2 inley 0 Wdlf 2 Henderson 0 250 ATMHS IN INTRAMURALS more carefully than the average jockey i Human boys particularly i young Hawley de clared sweets and starches just like all normal boys No two boys reduce alike Some find ho i difficulty in taking off surplus pounds Others must deny them selves every bit of fattening food i It is up to us to find out what nar ticular reducing method will best on the ppiy to eacn individual" i Hawley pointing out that about 65 percent of a person's normal weight is moisture is an exponent of sweating as a reducing factor He also prefers heat cabinet treat ments over fatiguing roadwork His pet sweating apparatus is an electric blanket containing three miles of wires' Boots and electric pads are attached He uses the blanket as an auxiliary to the electric cabinet and also for the treatment of bruises and injuries so long since the for the fun oi it days in surprising battle against the Russians Cycling avorite Eu Europe our yean ago peace time athletes competed for medals ropean pastime has produced efficient mobile units for armiss Even and Olympic supremacy Skiere sped down twisting mountain slopes 6n the seas another phase of sports rowing takes its place in the in friendly competition with representatives 7 of other nations Now: grim life and death business of war illustrated in tha picture ghostlike soldier skiers parrying guns are major factor jn in Above 4 1 14 'A 42 PE TP 1 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 3 WAR DOCS ROLL OVER VINITA IN IMPROVED ORM cS 'y Ninth Conference Victory Is Chalked Up Here by Score of 42 to 27 MAN WHO KNOCKS WEIGHT JOCKEYS PLAYS VITAL ROLE IN THEIR CAREERS I 1 ai v' ifi I'Z am RMHMaMSSHSBMSBMWKanaBBB Hollywood Stars Help Transform Washington Into Carnival Town Celebrating Birthday WASHINGTON Jan 31 Hollywood stars turned the sedate national capital into a carnival town for a few hours last night as 15000 persons set gsy psee for the country in celebrating Presi dent fifty eighth birth day anniversary or five minutes before mid night the tumult wss stilled while Mr Roosevelt gave his "heartfelt to the millions who con tributed dimes and dollars to the cause to which the celebration was the fight on infantile parelysls His voice linking togeth er for a moment all the estimated 25000 parties in the nation the President suggested that in future years the annual campaign might be extended "to the care of all crippled think I am safe in he added "that no nation in the world ever has put a larger volun teer army into the field on any giv en date than the army of Ameri cans which tonight is taking part in the defense of American child While he spoke from the quiet seclusion of the White House Mrs Roosevelt left a dinner party of family and intimate friends to ven ture into the icy streets for a mer ry go round tour of six balls in the district and two in the suburbs Cheers welcomed the smiling Mrs Rosevelt at every stop Msa and women stood on chairs ancBta bles for a glimpse of her and the 19 stage screen and radio celebri ties who also made ths rounds whizzing through the street behind shrilling police escorts "I hope yoa have as good a time as you are giving others by coming Mrs Roosevelt told one cheering party Crowds gathered everywhere straining against lines of police men firemen and marines Hun dreds waited outside each hotel en trance and stage door where James Cagney Mie key Rooney Pat Tyrone Power Dorothy Lamour or Olivia De Havilland might be seen An occasional auto graph hunter crashed the lines Thousands in formal dress flocked from one ball to another in the wake of the celebrities The biggest throng assembled at the Mayflower hotel attracted by' Kay band The overflow spilled into lobbies cafes 'juid lounges Dancing was almost im possible There Mrs Roosevelt cut the first slice of a 812 pound eake Slices were passed out to the multi tude and there was a lively scram ble for them PICHER Rose and Gold Club The Rose and Gold club of the Union church was entertained at the home of Mrs Virgil Turner of Mineral Heights Tuesday A cov ered dish luncheon wss served at noon Gift baskets were awarded to Mrs Ovah Hicks Mrs Ruth Wil ley and Mrs Wesley Post Those present were Mesdames John Hicks Glen Barmore John Messer A Venne Charles Bull Ruth Willey James Allen and son John risbie and daughter Lee Paytonj Ray mond Smith Ruth Harris Mott Mott Helen Hinds Clinton Harper Austin Keithley and daughters and the hostess Mrs Turner Club Boosts Dr Binkley The Picher En Avant club is making a strong effort to fill the Presbyterian church at Miami Monday eb 5 when Dr Sam uel Binkley delivers his address on the control and cure of cancer Mrs Clyde Hocker county ehairman of the eancer committee of the Wo ederated clubs of Oklaho ma and Mrs ield chair man of the caneer committee of the Picher En Avant elub are especial ly active in the campaign making three minute speeches and urging all to attend the Miami meeting It is the belief of these ladies that a large delegation from Picher will hear Dr Binkley A Girls Meet The A girls met at the irst Baptist church Monday night Pres ent were Eva Lou Keithley Mary Tucker Patty Sue Jones Laura Mae Hankins Naomi Patterson Al line Cox Betty Lou Perkins Nor ma Sue McGehee Lorraine Rig gins Alice June Mcerron Ger aldine Darnell Katherine Jo Mc Clanahan and the teacher Mrs Williamson Prayer was offered by Norma Sue McGehee Dailey and MeGuirk of Douthat visited Mr family in Joplin Sunday Water Situation Aeute The water situation in Picher istill acute for a number of mains are still frozen and many lead lines are also out of commission In mv eral sections of the city the people are living the lives ef pioneers us ing barrel water until the mains break loose Clyde Hocker waterworks man ager said today that the pipes are thawing out slowly but that those in need of water most are profiting by the use of electrical thawing equipment whieh is feynd to be very effective in many cases Ambulance Calls Dumil uneral home Erl lowers from West Third street to the Picher hospital Todd neral Mrs Garnett Gunter from the Allen Nursing home at Columbus Kas to her homo oh OKLAHOMASENDS $1524 OR USE IN PARALYSIS IGHT WASHINGTON Jan GPU Checks and money orders totaling $1524 were given to Postmaster General arley today by 315 Okla homa postmasters for President birthday ball infantile paralysis fund The presentation was made by Joe Morris Oklahoma City post master in private office The checks ranging from $1 to $10 were made out to arley and must be indorsed by him John But ler birthday ball chairman for Ok lahoma collected the contributions Park avenue Baxter Springs Mrs King from her home west of Cardin to a Baxter Springs doc office and return At the Hospitals American hospital Homer Wil helm of Baxter Springs and Law rence Hamilton of Commerce were admitted yesterday Picher hospital Mrs Nora Trask Route 2 Miami Mrs Margaret Hutson 118 North Cherry street Com merce and Tommy Lawrence Rose son of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Rose Route 8 Baxter Springs were admitted yesterday The Pythian Sisters Thimble club' met at the home of Mrs Dena Zoblotsky ourth and Treece streets Tuesday afternoon A cov ered dish luncheon was served at noop Towel showers were award ed Mrs Mae Stukey and Mrs Zob lotsky The club prise went to Mrs Emma Mott Those present were Mesdames Power and daughter Patty Jean Lorene Car rithers Minnie Boughton Mae Bruce Era Best Ida Mae Curlse Al Maness Maude Wolsey Eliza beth Morris Evelyn Linn Pearl Jones Martha Starr and Mrs Zob lotsky The elub will meet ebru ary 13 with Mrs Lorens Carrithers 412 South Alta street A Club Meeting The regular meeting of the Busi ness A Professional Women's club will be held at 7:80 Thurs day night at the clubhouse The evening program will consist of a book review by Letah Slagle Mem bers are asked to bring books er magazines for the WPA library Canada in fighting for democra cy abroad must safe guard the democratic rights of reasonable freedom of press speech atsembly and association during wartime Coldwell Canadian member of Parliament from Saskatchewan We the women of today should be sbl end willing to de fer the women of tomorrow what the men of yesterday did far that is set the goal and point the way Carrie Chapman Catt presi dent National American Suffrage association Civil Service Examlnattonn or Young Men and Women Age Limit from 18 te Th mtns aw svnriauat telnslss IstruiH lt for htlp This H(r aV 4 hH far taulaeu tnl4 workers It meui that ae U4m will to Ue4 la tto nate haaM to tto "Mew Thmfore nly civil service vaemlaxtleat tolas eeathtetel le tk Scheel Another cm hu Jest 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