The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 19

M-P'ri w-v a-u- 'vrtYnrvnnnnnnrrnrrnrT WWW' THE KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL SU NDAY MORNING MARCH 20 1027 FIVE Trojans Get Dose Of Own Medicine Lose By Point KNOXVILLE QUINTET WEAKENED BY LOSS OF PUSS HODGE Seven Teams A Enter News-Sentinel-Basketball Tourney CATHEDRAL BEATS KINGSPORT HIGH BY SCORE 14-9 HONORED Rookie Oi Note EIGHT OTHER STRONG FIVES EXPECTED TO COME IN NfHl Ta Tha Xan-InllMl NASHVILLE Tenn March 19 Knoxville High Trojans saw their title hopes fade in the second semi-final frame of tho Tennesseean Vanderbilt tonrnnnicnt Saturday afternoon when Alpine High winners of the regional meet at Cookeville eked out a 17 to 16 decision to win the right to go into tho finals Coach Red boys never showed the form displayed in the -earlier games of the tournament Their passing was wild and they missed a number of easy shots Alpine rushed the attempts of the Knoxvillinns at the basket and their shots were ill-timed in the majority of instances Norris Alpine guard gave one-- Special Ta Th Bena-Seutlnel NASliVIILK Tenn March 19 Cathedral won the right to play for the Tcnncsacc Secondary School Athletio Association linskctliall title Saturday afternoon by defeating the Kingsport High winners of tho Kingsport tourney 14 to 9 Superior passing wan the keynote of the Irish victory They had possession of tho ball three-fourths of the time just as they did in the early tourney games Kingsport wss unable to work the ball under the basket as it hiul done in the previous contests The Hast Tennesseeans brought the ball down the floor well until they reached tho edge of tho foul circle then they eould not go any farther The close guarding of the Irish prevented them from shooting except at long range In the last half they attempted numerous long shots but the ball hit the rim and cither rolled or bounced off They did not follow their shots like the Irish did 4 Neither team was able to score In tha third period Both triad Knoxville's first annual Independent Basketball tournament to be conducted by The News-Sentinel and A will be staged at the A the latter rart of this probably Friday snd Saturday nights The tournament will be for the purpose of deciding the Independent basketball championship of East Tennessee Any strong Independent team that thinks It has a Just claim to play for the title is invited Seven teams have already entered They are the "Red Plague" Lenoir Clvltans Foun- tain City Academy Burlington ham LastAmateur Loop To Be Cathedral High Wins Title rIM NASHVILLE Tenn March 19 High School of Nashville staged a brilliant comeback here tonight to score a 19 to 15 victory over Alpine High school In the finale of the Tennessean Vanderbilt annual state basketball tourney By virtue of their triumph the Irish quintet were crowned the champions of the Tennessee Secondary Schools Athletic association a number of long shota but every one went wild Dodd revived tho Kingsport hopes with a free shot early In the fourth period Kelley pocketed one from near the foul line and Beehan caged another crip on a long pass from Kelley Stephenson added a free ahot and Clce followed up a long ahot to make a pretty basket Captain Dodd was the outstanding player In the Kingsport lineup He not only led the scoring with four points but gave a splendid ezhlbltloa of defensive play Keasor also stood out on the defense Ualluslral Foe Kingsport Beehan (6 Clyce (2) Lynch (4) Stephenson (3) Gibbons (1) Kish Kelly (2) Dodd (4) Clunan (1) Reasor Subs: Cathedral Sullivan Kingsport Duncan and Duncan Referee Bowser Chest of the beat exhibitions of defensive work witnessed in the tournament He sounded Year-wood and McNamara so closely that neither were able to get many crips at the ring And the few times they did slip around they missed badly Forwards Accurate Ledbetter and Brown running mates in the scoring department of the Alpine team were accurate at bankets and covered the floor in excellent style The Trojan defense was unable to keep the green clad boys from getting an occasional short shot and most of these efforts counted for Alpine Knoxville started the game without the services of Hodge their star forward who received a second sprain of a bad ankle in the Chattanooga game Friday night He went Into the game in the second half and revived the hopes of the Floyd five His floor work was good and he contributed a pair of field goals Following is the lineup and summary: Alpine Fos Knoxville LedbetterfS) Year-wood (4) Brown (8) McNamara Roberta OreenblottlSl Carr(l)) Blackwell (2) Norris Subs: Alpine Vaughn for Roberts Knoxville: Sale for McNamara Hodge (4) for Hale McNamara for Greenblott Green-hlott for McNamara Referee Hughes McCLUXG CO John Sample captain Charles Carty Earl Clarkson Floyd Pratt Nick Davis Paul McCampbell "RED a a Fred Ferguson John Bush Plain Herbert Hembree Koella David Johnson Hap Johnson Jim Whls-man LENOIR CITY Manager Virgil Adams Andy Hebh Cecil Thomas George Burdette Harry Paylor Tab Sterchl Jimmy Harrison Paul Phelps and Ralph Worley FOUNTAIN CITY Manager Grant Henslev -Roy Aeuff Bud Looney Theodora Newman Paul Newman Frank Johnson Gerald Snodderly Tom Hall -Frank Johnson and Cordell Peters BURLINGTON Sam Corum captain Ira McColllster Byrd Shannon Bill Phipps Neal Corum Herbert Wright Charles Waters Raleigh Ault FIRST Jim Smith captain Buddy Sharp George Carmack Bill Wells Dwight Stowe Jim Chambers Roy Robertson Bill Kyle Lester Vaughn Baptist First Knox Knit "Red Devils" and McClung Co Eight Other Teams Eight other strong teams are expected to enter by Monday night They are First Baptist Knoxville Sunday School Champs Cumberland Presbyterian runner-up In the Thursday Night League Tarco's Bearcats Church Street champs of the Monday Night Sunday School League Maryville Independents Men's Club five champs of the N-S-Y A Friday Night League and Southern Railway runners-up in the same league and the Broadway Baptist team All teams wanting to play in the tournament should notify the sporting editor of The News-Sentinel as soon as possible giving the line-up of your team Telephone numbers are Old 6600 New Main 324 Keren Teams In Members of teams so far entered In the meet follow: KNOX Henry Llden-helmer Heard John Currington Standridge Blair Henry Gra BASKETBALL LEAGUES -CLOSE GOOD SEASON Straw Hat Helps McGraw Choose New Giants Patter Fields Ex-Penn Star Impresses John McGraw PASTER FIELDS ERE'S one rookie who gave John McGraw a thrill the first day he saw him He Is Paster Fields a three-sport star from the University of Pennsylvania who bagged two hits in his first practice game at Sarasota Fla Field hardly will break Into the Giants' outfield this year but he stands a good chance of remaining with the Giants for the entire season and that is something few youngsters will do this year i 30 Tourists To Report Soon Sperial Ta Tha JCawa-Kaatlacl ASHEVILLE March 19 Asheville Tourists will begin gathering here for spring train log thla week Thirty players have 'been signed by Treeldent Dan Hill and Manager Larry Gardner and all are expected to be la camp by the last of the week Bill Corn hard-hitting outfielder has been purchased by Asheville from Reading of the International association He wes with Baltimore In 1926 He wss Riven a 82000 bonua by Jack Dunn to sign when ho left Christ School at Arden Following la Asheville's roater of players: Ditchers Minor Horton Cameron Okla Jack Hoyle Shelby John Morrison Wetumpt-ka Okla Larry Schact New York Red Bond Hummerfleld Tom Ferrell Broken Bow Okla Kenneth 8edgwlck Washington Roscoo Shepherd Johnson City Tenn Bud Shaney Taft Cal Cudgo Harris Mount Summit Ind Harry Smythe Augusta Ga John Having Covington Ky and Cecil McRae Cleo Okla Catchers Charley Moore Louisville Jack Mealey Okmulgee Okla Imrry Kirby Newport Ky and Emmet Dorsey Chicago Infielders Stuffy McCrone Cleveland Lester Claybrook Cherokee Kas George Brauehle St Louis Bobby Lennox Camden Larry Gardener En os-burg Falls Vt Jim Hatchett Petersburg Va and 31 a "Reilly St Louis Outfielders A1 Greene Eft Louis Splko Shannon Daytona Beach Fla Stanley Keys Peru 111: Ralph Fraser Washington Don Sikes Atlanta and Bill Corn Arden The recently probated will of a Massachusetts man was written by hand on a strip of paper seven feet In length tho writing filling all but three Inches of the Columbia Picks Sophomore as Captain of Varsity Crew ERIC LAMBART Only a sophomore and never the winner of a varsity letter yet captain this year of a crew that may win the Poughkeepsie regatta that Is Eric Lambart elected captain of the Columbia varsity crew a few days ago Lambart was stroke of the 1924 freshman crew He is believed to be the first sophomore ever to captain the Columbia varsity crew France Cops Tennis Meet By ralM Fim NEW YORK March France cinched victory in the international team tennis matches with the United States here this afternoon when Jean Borotra and Jacques Brugnon defeated Watson Washburn and Dean Mathey at 3-6 6-3 6-7 9-7 and 6-3 Added to two victories scored yesterday In the singles matches the French team by the Davis cup system of scoring earned three points that cinched the victory and made the two singles matches tomorrow merely consolation affairs In the opening singles matches yesterday Borotra beat Frank Hunter and Brugnon caused a surprise by winning from Manuel Alonzo The French pair were wild and erratic today and they might have been defeated if the United States bad been able to present a more formidable combination Washburn played tha whole game for the Americans and If he had been given support of his own style they might have been able to win the fifth set Borotra and Brugnon did not show their customary matchless team work They tired badly after the third set and it was only after they had called on their reserve that they were able to put the finishing drive In the fifth set EXHIBITION GAMES At St Petersburg- Fla: Boston Nationals 6 New York Americans 4 At Tampa Fla: New York Nationals 6 Washington Americans 4 At Clearwater Fla- Brooklyn Nationals 8 St Louis Americans 7 (twelve innings) At Bradentown Fla: Philadelphia Nationals 6 Philadelphia Americans 0 Two News-Sentlnel-Y A Industrial basketball leagues and three A Sunday school basketball leagues have Just completed a most successful season The winners of tho pennants In tho various leagues were as follows: Church Street with nine victories and no defeats copped the Monday Night Sunday School League championship First Baptist with 10 victories and no defeats won the Thura-day Night Sunday School league pennant First with eight victories and two defeats won- ALPINE HIGH STEALS THUNDER Formed Probably the last amateur baseball legue to be organised by The News-Sentinel this season will be organized at a meeting to be held In The News-Sentinel editorial rooms Thursday at 7 This league formerly known as the Spalding League will be known as the Suburban League this season AH teams that plan to enter a league this season are urged to have a representative at the meeting Thursday night or else they may be left out side this season Among the teams that are expected to enter teams In this lesgue are: Smlthwood Garage Co Appalachian Mills Fairvlew Beaumont Rock City Holston Box Co Hn View South Knoxville Baptist East Fifth Avenue Baptist Tha talc deposits in Hastings county Canada have supplied the manufacturers of talcum powder in Canada-and the United Stales for a number of years with only two tallies to spare They began their nerve-racking series of games by trimming Bradley in the quarter finals of the East Tennessee tournament by a 2-polnt advantage 26 to 24 Then the scnpplng little Oneida team fell short by Just one point in the semi-finals Knoxville High triumphing by the count of 21 to 20 Then in the finals against I Ernie shot a field goal to again pull the game out of the fire score 37 to 36 In the last three games of the tournament they scored 73 points while the opposition was scoring 69 yet all three games were won A Bitter Dose In the second round of the state tournament Hampshire was defeated by that same slender margin with the count standing at 34 to 33 Then in the quarter finals the same old luck held out and Central of Chattanooga went down 24 to 28 when "Fuss'' Hodge pushed a foul thru in the last second of play Then Knoxville High met Alpine and again the score was a one point margin but this time the wetm turned and Knoxville High found themselves taking some of their own medicine when Alpine pulled thru with a 17 to 16 victory A world's record was probably set tho when Knoxville High won five games in two tournaments and only scored 6 points more than their opponents DEMPSEY GETS QUARTERS By TMted ftni VENTURA Cal March 19 Jack Dempsey has made reservations for accommodations at Wheeler's Hot Springs 20 miles north of here and will begin active training Monday It was learned here today Dempsey has obtained training camp quarters for a month and said that he might remalln the championship In tho Saturday Night League The Y'a rluh fire with nine wins and no defeats copped tho Friday Night News-Sentinel-Y A league pennant while Knox Knit with eight victories and one defeat won out in the Saturday Afternoon Division of The News-Sentlnel-Y A League The First Baptist team won tho championship of the city by defeating First 21 and Church Street In a triangle mrt Friday night Following Is how all of the leagues finished: MAURY VIRGINIA CHAMPS Sperial Tn The Xntl-MInri BRISTOL Tenn March 19 Maury High srhool of Norfolk Virginia defeated Rrlstol Virginia High tonight 47 to 17 In tho state championship basketball game played at King College This Is the third time Maury High has won the championship of Virginia XRnUT BIGHT MBDAV LUGIK Wss ri Breartvar Baptist J1 Kerond lit Hill Avc I 111 SCHOOL TltntSIMY RIGHT SrSDST SCHOOL LKAGl IT mi Last Pet First Baptist IS 1144 'umtterlaad FreaDpiarlaa I I to Bell A llapltat 4a Haptlat freshmen 1 7 MS Itratlerlrk A vs Hamlet 1 7 Bt fifth Ate Baptist MS SITmitAT BIGHT hr DAT SCHOOL IKtGl ao Last Fra first 1 44 Hurllnstan Baptist 7 I T49 enlrsl i 194 Baptist Pliant IS MS FRIDAY BIGHT BFWggMMTIXTL-T A LKAfiCK Wait Last Frt Club MM Southern Nallwar 4 I tt I- A Railroad 1 TVesler llnuss 7 IDS SATtKBAV AFTERNOON XFWS-SKN TIMIlet A LEAlilS Wao lari ret Knar Knit 1 Its M-rluns I a S4T I leaver 4 444 II aero 4 444 ritr National 111 Fallon Ca a lit 3 Knoxville High stepped up and slapped Old Man Fate in the face jone time too many last night for Alpine High came thru to trim the Trojans by a one-point margin and this after all season Coach Floyd's men have been claiming that privilege for their own Individual use Four times during the past two tournaments Knoxville has triumphed by the slim margin of one point and still another time they have nosed under the wire RECORD SET BY GOV WOOD BrlVIM MIAMI BEACH Ha March 19 Gar Wood the old grey fox of the regatta courses set still another world's record for salt water today when he made a two mile lap In his hydroplane Miss America at a speed of 6805 mller per hour His brother Phil Wood driving Mias America IV made one lap at 6843 miles per hour Gar Wood averaged 6667 miles per hour for the six lap race better than his fastest time yesterday when he set a new salt water record of 6613 miles per hour JThe Imp owned by Richard Hoyt of Fort Washington I again won the gold cup class heat in the Blscayne Bay regatta this afternoon at an average speed of 4630 miles per hour Miss Tampa was second and Fred Miss Sara de Sota third McQuillan injured TAMPA Hugh McQuillan veteran New York Giant pitcher will be out of the game several weeks it became known when an X-ray showed a broken bone in his foot VEG0 JOHN McCRAW Photo by XEA staff photographer Oval Cameo Bing would look well on your finger lady and you just must see our March specials at three to fifteen dollara that you can see are worth twice that much at McCoy 313 Gay St a HERE Is an unusual pose of Giants During the baseball i niiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiniioMiiuiiiiDiiiiuiiiiiiaiiiiuiiiiioiiiiiiimiGiiiiiiiiniiaiiimiiitiinin season generally wears "civics" while on the bench but this picture taken at the Giants camp at Sarasota Fla shows him bedecked in a Giant uniform and a straw purchased in Cuba It might be mentioned that "Jawn's" batting stanee clearly shows a form that even Babe Ruth's 220 pounds can't touch John McGraw manager of the Institute nine crossed bats In the first game of the season here The teams played five innings to a 7 to 7 tie The weather was Ideal A large crowd attended PLAY TIE GAME gwrht Tn Ttif Wnn-Snrttnrl Bennington gap va March 19 Pennington Gap High school baseballers and the Lee Baptist South Atlantic League Schedule For 1927 We Have 'Em The New All-Weather Tread Goodyear Balloons Tour Eyes Are Delicate Organs They Need Expert Attention PRKE-BAUMANN----84 TIRE CO 813 Market Fifth and Oay am a a A a me a a a as aa aa a aa a a a a a a a aaaaaaaa-aaaaa a a ja a 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