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Ralph McGill, Sports Editor Clarence Nixon Jimmy Jones Walter WUk Roy E. Whit Grantland Rice W. O. McGeehan Henry RIcLemore Alan J. Gould Walter Trambdl THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTIO 2H VOL.

No. 195. ATLANTA, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1931. FIRST SPORTS EACH DAY Tulane Must Stop Powerful Trojan Offense in Rose Bowl Game REAT GAME TO CALIFO 9 TECH LOSES EN -a Qi tj i California Line Opens Up Golden Gate for East GREENIES FACE STRONG ATTACK IN BOWL GAME Trojans Have Averaged 303 Yards Per Game This Season. JACKETS SCORE ON LONG DRIVE AGAIM BEARS Blocked Punt Gives Coast Team Lead in First Quarter.

By Ralph McGill. Georgia Tech's football team. "The Little Blue Hen's Chickens of the 1931. Season," were defeated, 19 to 6. Saturday afternoon at Grant field by one of better teams of the wide reaches of the Pacific slopes, the California Boars.

The story of the Little Blue Hen's chickens comes down from the traditions of the Revolutionary War days. They were the gamest chickens in the colonies and their name was given-to a company of men who fought with sustained bravery throughout the year. And that fighting strain, which I II i wiiiu i. 'Willi' jm 1'Jl) I.W.I.IWJ' ii mbWWWSi i iiiiijp.i i.i ij.i i iujii.i 1 1 i.i i li.uiiii.iiiiiiii.ii m.i i i i.i MiU UUi 1 'Mil "'Win uliJ IIIMII i rrnr--i mi-i i mi nil Ray East, California halfback, is shown here on a gallop of 12 yards through the Jacket line. Now and then; the heavier Bears were able to level the line.

Ben Cherry, the I Tech player numbered 21, is being held securely by the arm of the California player, who is shown just ahead of East. Photos by Cornett and Rogers. BULLDOGS CARD NINE '32 GAMES Eight Conference Contests To Be Played by Georgia Eleven. Rival Coaches Root For Yellow Jackets Mehre's Comment Would Make a Sphinx Giggle; Enjoy Being Spectators. By Jimmy Jones.

It was one of these perfect football days when the Jackets and Golden Bears Began saying it with glowers out at Grant Field. The crowd was gay and still imbued with the festive spirit of Yule-tide. There was plenty of good cheer about and some of it was liquid. There were some bright new furs that cost some admirer a pretty penny. Several Christmas ties were recognized in the audience.

The southern coaching fraternity was well represented and pulling to a man for Georgia Tech. Their own schedules having long since been completed and uniforms tucked away for the winter, the, coaches lust couldn't miss the chance to relax into the role of spectator. It was great fun to watch them enjoy themselves while Bill Alexander and Navy Bill Ingram did the suffering. Monk Neblett, the Georgia Tech center, is rated as one of the five or six best centers in the grand old U. S.

A. And who says so? Well, a lot of our best citizens, but the gentleman who is so insistent about it is Ted Husing, the radio man. Ted Husing has been peering through the glass windows of radio booths for about six years now and knows his football as few men do. Ted Husing broadcast the Tech-California football game Saturday. And at a dinner Saturrfav nioltf By Paul B.

Zimmerman, AXGKLKN, Doc. 26. (JP) Tulane' chief problem in the annual IfNP tournament football classier New Year' Day, appears to Iw that of "lopping the University of Southern 'alifurnia'x fa thed offense which lias curried the Trojan team more than t'd miles through ten opponents in the past wnom The men of Troy, who failed to Rain sufficient touchdown momentum to defeat St. Mary's in the initial game of the ceason. have not been stopped mince and vera getl 393.6 yards per game, for the year.

California, which Southern California defeated 0 to on a slippery field, came the closest to accomplishing the tnsk, limiting Conch Howard Jones sipwd to yards. The Gaels fif St. Mary's were next in lin wiih 2l-" yards gained at their expense, hut this total was good for only one toiu hdown. Notre Dame limited the Trojans to 263 yards, most of which were stepped off in the famous fourth iiuarter that netted 16 points and victory. Every other contest was rout.

PASS RECORD. Although 1 he men of Troy have no outstanding pass combination. Southern California haw completed 20 of 7H aerial attempts this season for 57.: yards. This; leaves 3.421 yards on running; plays, most of which were hurled against the left nide of the opposing line for consistent yardage. Five players, four backs and an end.

have contributed the' greater share of this with Gains Shaver, first-alternate quarterback, reeling off 931 of the yards in 32 thrusts. This is an average of yards every time he carried the ball. MOHLKR'S AVKKAGK. Second in total yards gained comes Orville Mobler. Shaver's assistant at the touchdown manufacturing: A I hn rubra nssassin, a shiftier runner than Shaver, but not his equal nt.

pacing, punting or plunging, accounted for 7S7 yard! in 182 tries for a 6.6 average. Jimmy Sweet) Mtifiek, fullbuok, -who confines his activities entirely to line plunging, added 361 yards, most of them in.side the two tackles, on attempts for a 3.0 yard average. The two nt her players, Krny Pinck-ert, blocking halfback, Ray Sparling, left on one play cneh, accounted for titu yarns be tween them. Pmckert. AIl-American for the- second consecutive year, car ried the ball times over the weak side of the opponents lines, for 347 ynrds, more than 6.4 yards every time he went through on the.

reverse play. Sparling's play is a reverse to the rii; lit with all of the iower of South ern Hlitoi-mn famed interference in front, of him. and was good for nu itverage of first down everv time he took the halt. lie collected 320 yards in 30 plays for a 10.2. This was thn play that gave Troy its touchdown against California, and put the ball in scoring position for the first touchdown against Notre Dame.

This array of figures tends to indicate, that however goes the power plays of the Trojan running attack, so goes tle chances of the Southern CnliforiWans. Note of Optimism In Grcenie Camp. rASADKXA. Dec. 2'.

A note of optimism enme from the encampment of Tnlane's gridiron tireenies today as they hustled through long workout on offensive tactics, including many passes. Coach llernie Hierman. who inaugurated his team's arrival Tuesday with prediction that the University of Southern California would win the Rose tournament game here New Year's Day by a decisive margin, now refused to comment at all. Southern followers, to whom Tulane'a mentor is known as "Itemoamn' Rernie," take this as a good omen. There was ssome foundation for the turn of affairs for, with the casualty list reduced to nil.

Captain Jerry Dal-rymple appears to be in fighting trim. Calvert (Foot) le Coligny, tackle, has recovered from his sprained knee. John Read, nub center, has thrown nway his crutches and his ankle is O. and George Haik, sub halfback, who was detained at home because of his father's death, is expected to rejoin the team in a day or so. Coach Jlierman expects to drive his team hard until ttct Thursday.

Tomorrow will he a day of rest, but beginning Monday juain, the Green Wave will start pounding on offense and defense intended to cause the famed walls of Troy to crumble on January 1. The last excursion trip comes Monday morning when the team will inspect one of the motion picture studios of Culver City, Cal. After that the squad will not. wander from training field or hotel. says, "Fight on, no matter what the odds." was the fighting strain which the Jackets had Saturday.

Somehow-, out of a season of defeats, they assembled their best effort of the year. The better team won. There was no doubt but that the Californians were superior In every department of play except that of pass defense. They had the heavier artillery. They had the manpower and the skill.

And yet when the Jackets came from behind to make the score 7 to 6 with a march of 63 yards that was all but hysterical in its intensity when they stopped three rushes almost at the line and finally when they were caught unin the maelstrom of power as the Bears swept to two morn touchdowns, they were still fighting. A FIGHTING TEAM. It is always customary to say that of a losing team. Yet this was what the California players were talking about as they came out of the dressing room after the. game.

"Why, I was suffering there on the bench. I almost had a fit," said Bill Ingram, the big California coach. "I figured they would throw another pass and beat us. I honestly did." And the players came out grinning a bit sheepishly. maybe weren't at our best, maybe we werr; a bit stale after a long season and a long trip, but say, that bunch foughL ns off our feet for a' while.

They are a great little team." LITTLE GOOD MEN. And so it was again the old. old story of a big good man beating a good little man. And once more thn bludgeon, swung by a giant. down and shattered the flashing rapier of the smaller man.

California scored early in the game. They scored when Ralph Stone, one of the greatest ends on the coast, went loping in to block a kick and then follow it down and recover it for a touchdown. Inexperience in the Tech line failed to see an extra man dropped into the Bear line. The Bears did it every time they were positive a kick was coming. A quick kick, which is a very nic weapon to employ when your own offense isn't so strong and when you wish to put the other boys in the soup, so to speak, led to that first touchdown.

The ball was deaded on the Tech 6-yard line. And when two plays failed Flowers dropped back to kick. No one saw the extra man slip into the line and when the Jacket line went to block why, there were just too many to block. And Stone got through. GRAND QUARTERS.

From then on the Jacket line and backs fought, off everything the Bear-? had until they themselves scored in the fourth quarter's opening minutes. That "inside half." the second and third quarters, were the grandest quarters ever. They had everything in them. There was magnificent fighting, great goal-line stands and brilliant forward passing by the Jackets. True to predictions in the pre-game discussions the Jackets relied largely on.

passes. And the Bears seemed to have no adequate defense against them. Tech completed 11 out of 23 passe Continued on Second Sports Page. SUMMARY CALIF. (19) Pos.

Stone Ran so me L.T., Carlson Medanich S. Gill R.G. Tozer R.T., Di Rest R.E., Smith Q.H. Schaldach L.H. R.

Gill R.H. Castro F.B.. (8) GA. TECH Viereck Tharp Law Neblett (C Lackey Cain Goldsmith Flowers Barron Hart Cherry Score by periods: California 1219 Georgia Tech 0 0 0 6 Scoring Touchdowns: California-Stone, It. Gill, Schaldach.

Georgia Tech Galloway. Points after touchdown Schaldach (placement). Substitutions: California Left end, Waterbury. Stone; left tackle. Mallory.

Easterbrook, Ransome; left guard, Pakcoe; center, Baldwin, Medanich; right gnard, McArthur, Gill; right tackle. Coombs, Tozar; right end, De-nan. Kaufmann; quarterback, Kirwaii. Smith; left halfback. Watkins.

Schaldach, Cattolica; right halfback. Kee-fer. Gill; fullback, East, Castro, Stewart. Georgia Tech Left end, Williams: left tackle. Fincher, Brady; lefc gnard, Croner; center, Murray; right guard, McKee; right tackle, Eiell, Brady; right end.

Williams. Slocum. Isaacs; quarterback, McArthur: left halfback, Galloway; right halfback, Davis; fullback, Milligan, Davis. Officials Referee, Moon Ducote (Auburn); umpire. Walter Powell (Wisconsin); head linesman.

Wilson Collins (Vanderbilt); field judge, Major Franke (Army). CHARITY TEAMS WORK IN RAIN Ken and Hanley Select Starting Backf ield for East. RAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2fi. P) What observers believe will be the starting backfield combination of the eastern team in the annual east-west charity football game here New Year's Day made its appearance today.

Andy Kerr, of Colgate, and Dick Hanley, of coaches of the "eastern squad, hit upon the following combination: Quarterback, Reb Russell, of Northwestern halfbacks. Bill Morton, Dartmouth, and Jim Purvis, Purdue fullback, Clark Ilinkle, liushnell. It combines all the essentials. Russell and Hinkle are terrific line smashers. Hinkle is a great punter.

Morton's passing leaves nothing to be desired and Purvis is an outstanding blocker. With these backfielders forming the nucleus of the team, Coaches Kerr and Hanley sent the boys through a long workout today at Stanford field. It rained steadily during the session. The western players, also Rlid through mud in a downpour at Berkeley. Coaches Percy Locey, of the Ran Francisco Olympic Club, and Dana Bible, of Nebraska, indicated they would count largely upon speed.

The west will feature an aerial attack with such ball-toters as Toscani, St. Mary's, and Mason, Southern Methodist, on the receiving end. The west-erners will rise about two dozen plays, twice as many as their eastern rivals. Admitting that the west would have an edge in backfield speed, Coach Hanley said "We will have the speed in the line and speed in the line can win. I have never seen a faster acting group.

They not only know how to come out of a line quickly, but how to cut back, how to lead interference and when to block." W. 0. Cheney Stays In Florida Tourney SANFORD, Dec. 26. OS5) Ike Merrill.

University Florida amateur, carded an 18-hole score of 74 today to lead other qualifiers in the Seminole amateur invitation tournament starting tomorrow over the San-ford Country Clnb course. Merrill had 37 on each nine holes. Par is 36. Fourteen other players qualified, including Carl Dann of Orlando, an experienced tournament player who had cards of 42-35 for a 77. Other scores J.

J. Dunn. New York and Day-tona Beach, 79: O. G. Strauss and C.

A. Baumann, Orlando, 83 O. E. Heg-ler. Orlando, S6 Dr.

A. W. Eppes and Lawrence Lundquist, Ranford, 88; Fred Thrasher, Orlando; H. M. Watson and Howard Faville, Sanford, 90; E.

F. Householder, Sanford, 91; D. Ueberlacher, Winter Park, 92 W. O. Cheney.

Atlanta. 98. and Col. G. W.

Mathews. Orlando, 99. Other qualifying rounders will be plryed tomorrow morning with match play starting in the afternoon. Arthur "Ducky" Yates. nationally known amateur and Jack Toomert of Jacksonville, amateur champion, will play the qualifying rounds tomorrow.

Match play will be in six flights. Approximately 45 players have entered. STAR WEDS. CHICAGO, Dec. 26.

UP) Miss Esther Dore. daughter of Colonel and Mrs. John H. Dore. of.

Chicazo, and Lee Sentman of Decatur, 111., former, national intercollegiate hurdles champion from the University of Illinois, were married tonight. The ceremony was read in the rectory of St. Thomas Aquinas church. AWrv 'mm Sports Page, ATHENS, Dec. 26.

UP) Georgia's 1932 football schedule, released today, shows eight Southern Conference and one intersectional contest. The Bulldogs again will play New York University in New York City, but Yale is off next fall's slate. The schedule: Oct. 1 V. P.

I. at Athens. Oct. 8 Tulane at New Orleans. Oct.

15 North Carolina at Athens. Oct. 22 Vanderbilt at Athens. Oct. 29 Florida at Athens.

Not. IS N. T. XT. at New York City.

Nov. 13 Clemson at Athens. Not. 19 Auburn at Columbus. Nov.

86 Georgia Tech at Atlanta, Georgia Track Card Announced. ATHENS. Dec. 26. (JP) Five dual track meets are listed on the University of Georgia varsity track team's schedule for 1932, in addition to the Southern Conference championships at Atlanta May 20-21.

The schedule, with open dates on April 16 and April itO, follows: April 8 Fnrman in Greenville, 8. 0.. April 9 Clemson in Athens. April 23 Auburn in Auburn. May 7 Georgia Tech in Atlanta.

Mkt 17 Vanderbilt in Athens. The freshman schedule for track shows meets with Auburn in Anbnrn' on April 23, and Georgia Tech Atlanta Jlaj i. Bulldog Courtmen To Plan 17 Games. ATHENS, Dec. 26.

(IP) The Uni versity of Georgia basketball senedme for 1932, released today, shows 17 games, 11 of which are with Conference opponents. The schedule January 1, Univer sity of Chattanooga in Atnens; January 2, University of Chattanooga in Athens Januarr 9. Tennessee Knoxville; January 16, New York Celtics in Athens; January xen nessee in Athens January 27-28, Mer cer in Macon; January 30, Georgia Tech in Athens February 2, Clemson in Clemson February 6. Georgia Tech in Atlafata; February 9, Clemson in Athens February 11, tetgon university at Deland, Fla. February 12-13.

TTloritln in Gainesville: February 16, Auburn in Auburn; February 19- 20, Florida in Atnens. The freshman basketball schedule includes four games January 30, Georgia Tech in Athens; February 2, Clemson in Clemson February 6, Georgia Tech in Atlanta February 9, Clemson in Athens. Cochrane, Hoppe Divide Cue Match NEW YORK, Dec. 26. (JP) Wel-ker Cochran and Willie Hoppe split even in their combined 18.2 balkline and three-cushion billiard match com pleted at Lawlera Hoppe won the last block of the 18.2 balkline test, 250 to 228, in six innings, but lost the match by an aggregate of 1,338 to 1,166.

Hoppe's high run tonight was 168 Cochran's, 90. Hoppe won the final block at three cushions, 20 to 8, in 19 innings, and the match, 116 to 68. He had runs of 9 and 7 tonight. Cochran's best frun was 2. OUT OF JAIL.

MONROE, N. Dec. 28. Lowell Mason, of Charlotte, captain-elect of the Duke University football team, was released from the city jau here this afternoon under $100 bond after being arrested several hours earlier on a charge of driving while intoxicated. Harry Mehre wit sparkled in the- rooting gallery.

Of course Harry was pulling lustily fdr Tech. Harry would pull lustily against team from California. Lots of folks were teeheeing around at the funny things Coach Mehre was saying. Some of them would make a sphinx giggle. Frequently he would leap to his feet and dance in glee when a Jacket play- clicked.

And when the big California line piled through to gum a play, Harry groaned with pain. HABIT. "Look at that hole on the strong side knock the guard in or the tackle out Bring that ball back Oh, shuckins, I forgot that it isn't my football team out there playing Southern California I remember the score was 35-0 along about this time We held 'em in the last three minutes of the game, though These are a few excerpts from Coach Mehre's running fire of comment. And when Buck Flowers was kicking the Bears back in the hole by dropping well placed punts inside the 10-yard line, it was just as delicious a feeling to Coach Mehre as if he was doing it himself. "That's it, keep 'em in the soup Let 'em.

kick out and we'll have 'em right where we want 'em Their offense won't be very versatile inside the 3-yard line." To Galloway, the Tech safety man, Coach Mehre extended some great moral support. Frequently Harry called to him to "take, those punts and get going Curses the end got him Frank Thomas and Chet Wynne, who were helping Mehre lead the yells, got a big kick out of Harry. Frank Thomas, of Alabania, commented that the California trainer was beating Mike Chambers on the field by a nose. This seemed to concern Frank greatly. Chet Wynne had a strained look on his face as Buck Flowers tried for that extra point and missed.

"Kick that goal!" Chet shouted. "Ouch, he missed it I' "I'd rather this game end than 7-6," said Mehre dolefully, '1 hate 7-6 scores." There was a flurry of blue and gold from the California bench. Coach Alexander countered by sending in at least two men from the Tech bench. "Alex and Bill are certainly bearing down out there," said the three wise-cracking they leaned back comfortably and watched. There Continued on Fourth Sport Page.

Clarence Miinn 'Most Valuable' CHICAGO, Dec. 26. VP) Clarence Munn of Minneapolis, Minnesota's, all-America guard, tonight was declared the winner of the Chicago Tribune most valuable player'' trophy, awarded annually to a memher ot a western conference football team. Big Ten coaches and officials largely comprised the board of award. by the officials of Station WGST, Husing waxed quite eloquent indeed about the Tech team and about Monk Neblett and Tarzan Lackey, the-reformed end, in particular.

The visit Saturday was Ted Husing's first one to Atlanta. About all he got to see of it was what was visible from the windows of his broadcasting booth. But he liked the Tech team. "I've seen six or seven good centers this he said, "and this fellow Neblett is as good as any Notre Dame or Army or any of them have." I told him that in Bill Ingram's lecture to his team Friday night he developed the fact that Neblett was the best defensive man the Jackets had. And he assigned two or three men to the task of keeping him out of there.

And yet Monk Neblett was in there all the way. And very much in the way. Husing thought the Tech team played smart football. He commented on their youthful appearance and their small size. "I expected them to lose by a large score on the basis of comparative scores," he said, "but not after I saw them fight as they did." TARZAN LACKEY'S PART.

Tarzan Lackey dropped in at the dinner for a few minutes to meet Husing. "I guess it was my fault in that first touchdown," he said, referring to the blocked kick by Stone and the subsequent recovery for a touchdown. "I had never played guard before and when they dropped that extra man in the line I didn't know which one to block. Lackey will be at guard next fall. He has been at an end post all season.

The transfer to guard came as an emergency measure. "They were pretty big in there," said Lackey, "but they played a clean game. "I guess we were giving them some pretty hard jolts ourselves because thev took out more time than we did." "A GWINE AWAY The California game did do the Tech team a tremendous lot of good. It is composed largely of sophomores and juniors. And the experience gained Saturday and the knowledge that they were a pretty good football team after-all, will help next fall.

Coach Alexander told of a colored boy who stopped him and said, "Coach, them Techs was a little too little today, but shucks, next yeah they is goin to be one of them gwine away teams." The Jackets will have some spring practice in February or March. And next fall should find them with a vastly improved team- no championship winners but a good eleven. And the record made by this season's team was one to merit plenty-of cheers. THE COACHES' MEETING. Coach Alexander leaves today for New York, where he will attend the annual meeting of the National Coaches Association.

"I know of nothing unusual that will come up, he said. "The injuries of the past season will be discussed and some recommendations made. The restoration of 1932 GRID CARD NAMED BY ARMY Nine Games Are Scheduled by Cadets for Next Year. WEST POINT, N. Dec.

26. OP) Army's 1932 football schedule, listing nine games with opponents from the south, east and middle west, was announced today by Major Philip B. Fleming, the graduate manager of athletics. The climax game with Notre Dame is listed for November 26 in the Yankee stadium, -New York. No mention was made of the possible renewal of relations with the Navy on a regular basis December 3.

The schedule follows: October 1, Furmnn EniversUj (Sotith Carolina). October 8, Charlton Collepe (Minnesota). October 15, University ot Pittsburgh at Yankee stadium. October 22, Yale at New Haven. October 29, "William and Mary.

November 5, Harvard at Cambridge. November 12, North Dakota State College. November 19, West Virginia Wealeyan. November 26, Notre Same at Yankee stadium. Alabama To Play 16 Basketball Foes TUSCALOOSA, Ala Dec.

26. VP) Sixteen conference foes are on the University of Alabama basketball schedule announced today by Coach N. G. Crisp. The Tide opens January 4 against Howard College, a non-conference team.

The schedule: January 4 Howard here; January 8-9 Tulanehere Januarv 15-16 Florida, here; January 22-23 L. S. here January 30 Tennessee, here February 3 Jeorgia Tech. here February 5 Vandy, at Nashville February 6 Tennessee, at Knoxville; February 8 Kentucky, at Lexington; February 11 Chattanooga, here; February 13 Sewanee, here February 15-16 Ole Miss, at Oxford; February 17 Mississippi Aggies, at Rtarkvilie; February 22 Mississippi Aggies, here; February 20, 27, 29 and March 1 Conference tournament, at Atlanta. SANDPIPE PLAY.

SOUTHERN- PINES, N. Dec. 26. JP) Kenneth B. Truesdell, of New York, and Harry Vetterlein, of Philadelphia, turned in a net of 68 to win the annual Sandpipers' tourna: ment here today, a medal best ball affair.

Robert Skinner, of Wilmington, and C. H. Hoag. of Garden City, L. took second with a net of 0.

CAPTAINS ROTATE. Seven plavers, all three-year men, will rotate as captains of the Superior, State Teachers' College football team in 1932. Jerry's Parents Leave for Game. T.1CTT.K ItOCK. Dec.

26 (I'l) John B. Dalrymtde and his wife, parents of Jerry Ualrymple. AIl-American end and captain of Tulane's powerful football team, left Little IJock late today for New Orleans and then Pasadena. to attend the' Tournament of Roses game New Year's Day between the southern champions and the University Southern California. The presence of the Dalrymples at Ttose Bowl will be a fitting climax for Jerry's brilliant gridiron career, during which he was named on virtually every All-American team for two successive years.

The game will mark the first time Mrs. Dalrymple has seen her son play and the first game his father has witnessed since Jerry's prep school days. Continued on Third V..