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Stockton Independent from Stockton, California • 8

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NEW YEARS SPORTS BILL OPENS TOMORROW 4 IJ PORT NEW (IKK, Hoc. Professional hi) time gamblers constitute the latest and most serio: menace to college football, Horais, I. of Ietr coath, told the American Association of Football CoacI at their cmuluding session late todaj. Harry Kipl, Michigan, was elected president of the Coalites Ast riation. Local Fans Offered Boxing, Basketball, Wrestling and Football In Next Two Days Boxing Show Tomorrow Afternoon and Wrestling Tomorrow Night Morris Wi ns The Sullivan Athletic Cup their choice for the coming week-end! One of the most complete two-day calendars STOCKTON INDEPENDENT, STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1936 SEARS WALLOP ARIZONA 55-2 Fred Perry Names Vines Number I Pro Wet Fields For Football Games Slated On Pacific Coast Tomorrow Afternoon NEW YORK, Dec.

30 (UP). ElLwoith Vines of Pasadena Calif, is named the No. 1 piofessional tennis player of the world by Fred-onck J. Perry, worlds amateur champion, in a list of rankings foi warded today to Francis T. Hunter, Perry, scheduled to arrive here Saturday from Hollywood to pie-pale for his professional debut Rain Threatens in Bowl Games Throughout The United States NEW YORK, Dec.

30 (UP) -A sharp shooting Stanford Umveisity five provided the Eastern baskett-against Vines in Madison Square ball fans with their biggest upset Gaiden, Jan. 6, does not include of the current season, when they himself in his first 10 players which defeated a highly-favored Long Is- BERKELEY. Calif, Dec 30 (I Univcu-ity of California defeat of Arizona's barnstolk ing basketball array, 55-22, at California gymnasium tonight. Bob Hcrwig, co-captain of Biai cageis, made his first app ance of the season BIG HOOBEE MIDNIGHT BURLESQUE STAGE SHOW TONIGHT ill FEP SPICE FEAYURESt AyjOCKTOHl COHrjMHtl popular nnn In fonr Omni, Tfith his galloping oml phony ponies the screen In his stride nnd nN hero of the funniest pUture ever filmetll ever presented will be a ail-able to local fans. Football, basketball, vviesthng and boxing headline the attractions.

Tomoirow afternoon Promoter Johnny Reno will open the show with a fight card featuring Lou Salica, former bantamweight champion of the woild, and Mau-ncio Seria, one of the fanciest Filipinos to eer appear in the local ung. But if you piefcr football, the East-West Shnne game in Kezar Stadium tomoirow afternoon will give you an opportunity to see the outstanding grid performers of 1936 stage a battle for the benefit of cnppled kids Larry Kelley', the gieat Yale end, is the principal diawing raid HIRKV BUK If you hutry you will be able to get back to town in time to see Kiman Kudo, wiesthngs cleveiest exponent of jiu jitsu, meet G1110 Vagnonni in the main eent of Promoter Billy Hune-felds mat caid. Ted Cox and Bill Longson will also appear on the bill. If its basketball that strikes your fancy, Saturday night you can out to the Stockton High School gymnasium and watch Coach Carlos Sousa's St. Mary's Kums dash with the Tatterson preps.

Or you might drive down to San Jose and watch the Pacific Tigers meet their old foes, the San Jose State Spaitans. More than a scoie of local folks .11 be in Pasadena tomorrow afternoon to cheer the Washington Huskies to a victory oer the Pittsburgh Golden Panthers. AND THE HORSES And while theyre in the Southland theyll probably drop in an take a look at the Santa Anita set-up. If theie isnt anything in the above listing that strikes your fancy you might go out to Oak Paik and play a set or two of tennis if the courts are dry. Or you can motor out to either of Stockton's golf courses and gum-shoe around for 18 holes.

If none of these suit the taste, there is ping pong, billiards and bow Hug. And the sports activity whicn calls for the minimum of ex-pendituie of eneigy, of course, is a session at the radio listening to any of the various football broadcasts. Take your choice. CARD GAGERS UPSET LONG ISLAND 45-31 Luisetti Goals 15 Points for High Point Honors of The Game land university team, 45-31, tonight Stanfords victory snapped Long Islands winning stieak after 43 consecutive victories over the past two seasons. A crowd of 17,623 jammed Madison Square Garden to see Angelo Luisetti of Stanford score 15 points for high score, while a strong Stan- ford defense forced the Long Is- land team to resort to long shots which were unsuccessful.

Jules Bender. Long Island captain, was runner-up with 14 points. Flint 'hot (Roheits), $3 t' so $2 8fl. Mm Orinont, $6 60, 0, Baibara A. $3 SIXTH RAF The Cdlifoinia Bleeders Championship biakrs, two veaiolds foaled in California, one mile pm se $10 onn added mne Devil (XSnolf), $3 60, $20 $40 Brownie Pan $7 20, $4, laiquhar, $320 PLVEMII CE Thi revcarnlds and up giade one mile and sixteenlh, pure $1 200 added -Fra DIavoJo (Jampi), $20, 40 2 SO Best Bid.

bi, $3 60, dterMUMi, $2 60 EIGHTH Rrc Tliret searold and up, one Mile and a sixteenth, puise $1 000 Claiming1 Inf-1 no iad SO 5 4u, $2 60 Gia-heu) V0 $3 SO, j.t Miseiable, $2 so LAbl 1 ULS '1 Oli niRii.i i ai r.ns no i i added SHOUT IMIS And Slz nick In ter notional iIITTLE LORD TAUNTLEMY iniDDii tumuiii; SjUlllS CDS1ELL0 HMIIIItl COVIIM. TOMORROW Jor BROW RT-v omr TH ICtRS jioiiHV BRI rs "I LI SING f. I Mnt. l.V -Ike, Sun, Rot. 2lc Mv IVMfn .1 follow: First, Ellswoith Vines, Pasadena, second, Hans Nusslein, Germany; third, William T.

Tilden II, Philadelphia; fourth, Iienri Cochet, France; fifth, Bruce Barnes, Austin, Texas; sixth, Bobby Ramillon, France; seventh, Martin Plaa, Fiance; eighth, George M. Lott Jr, Chicago; ninth, Lester Stoefen, Los Angeles; tenth, Vincent Kichaids, New York. Santa Anita Results FIRT RACK Thi ee vear olds and up one mile and a quaiter, purc 1 ftfio, rl.mmnp Topvj Omar (um-num), 412o, $1S io, $7t Salz, $12; $6 20 Hmphous, $26 M.roNP CE Thrr ear olds and up, seven furlongs purse $1 000. (lutnimr Pavne, $13, $6, $4 Church Call 80, $4 fid, Rwlenu 3 IIIJtL TtUh mien two ear-olds cix fuilongs pmsp $1 000 Put7n (Ueasv), $41 20 $lfi, $660; Highmo'-t, $5 80, $4 40, Splash Along, 00 FOURTH RACK Two yeai-olds and up, six fut longs puise $1206 Ladv Bewithus (Uongdon), $ul, $00, $4 20. Alice $3 40, $2 40, bt ir Smgei, $3 40.

FIFTH HA.CF Three eai olds and uo six fui longs, purse $1 0UU ST TIMES TODVY DINS CROSBY in 'Anything Goes' ALSO Edward Everett Horton ''Nobody's Fool'' Coming Jan. '2 and 3 The Crockett Family famous radio stars, in person. advance in prices condition that favors the heavier Western squad. Both teams held outdoor dulls today despite intermittent showers. Each concentiated on offense, with the East, coached by Andy Keir and Dick Hanley, leaning toward a forward passing attack and the West, tutoied by Babe Hollingbeiy and Percy Locey, building its offense around the versatile Sam Fiancis, Nebraskas All-American fullback, who luns, passes and kicks.

Its his terrific power in line plunging, however, that the coaches are depending on most. ROOM SCALPERS BUSY NEW ORLEANS, Dec 30. (UP) Visitors to the Sugar Bowl festivities were shaken down for 7 50 to $20 for a bed tonight. Hotels aie booked solid until thw day after tin New Yeais Day football classic between Louisiana State University and Santa Claia Two rooming bureaus have been established and visitors are sent out to private homes many paying as much as $20 a night foi the privilege of washing rp and snatching a few hours sleep. Already 3500 100ms in pnvate homes are occupied by out-of-towners and more accommodations aie being sought by the free rental agencies One apartment dw tiler rented his quarters for $20 a night for six nights payable advance and moved in with a friend.

Another rented a singk room for $15 a night, GROGAN PLUMBERS O. Boyd, 559; Nicholas, 504; Grogan, 465; Battistim, 538, H. Bojd, 519. Score 2585. 1 SEELEY'S MENS 1E1S Longacre, 545; Buttermilk, 486, Mori, 476; Cima, 539; Freitas, 457.

Score, 2503. Rcnsouublc Printing. Ph. (Riiwk Masquerade BALL Given by Roberts-Union Farm Center NEW YEARS EVE DEC. 31 at Roberts-Union Farm Center Hall Roberts Inland (Tracy Highway) FREE FUN MAKERS Music bv Popes Orchestra hE WYORK, Dtc.

30 (UP) Glenn Moms, Denvni automobile salesman who bioke the woilds iccord ip winning the last Olympic decathlon was awarded the Sulli-ai Mcmonal Tiophy today, sui-pnsingly nosing out Ohio States famed mgio athlete, Jesse Owens, by a mngin of 93 votes The tiophy each year is avvaided to the Amtiican spoilsman who 1 his pcifoimrineo example and influence "as an amateui and as a man who ha-' done most to ad arce the eausp of spoi tsmanship Moms polled 110o vetrs to Owens 1013. ek Mcdiran, Se ittle swimnui wa thud With 3rl. Six-hunded leulris of spoi in all paits of the nation ii votca cn a one-two-IhTce bi-js to detoimine the iesult anncun' ed by the Jnms E. Sullivan 'kmoml committee Owen1', who wa-, almost universally i 'claimed as the pioheble wm-nei of the tiophy after his tuple Mctoiy the Ohmpics at Berlin surnmei, appau nlly mined his chances by tuining piofesional. 'losnojiow Nitc MU ltS MTi: Sfcckfcn 8 A.nother 30 eh ldren under 15 years of ll be admitted Piee dr, nui't be accon 1 ed bv inirnt or guardian 9 Hlpir) Pvn-15 A it 11 -iiic TED COX T.

rncLlbi t.uiv against Bud-If Joe Benm- ta pgh'i'i I rme Peterson, nd an ctt i grudge match nt Median ag unM: Hank man. 3700 Good a Gallci 4IJC Scats 1 If phone Reservations 1939 Wds Free Phone PASADENA, Dec. 30 (UP) The No. 1 problem child of the 1937 edition of the Rose Bowl football game stocky, black-haired Marshall (Biggie) Goldberg arrived in town with his team tonight to find the scene of Friday afternoons entertainment once more a big green puddle. A dazzling burst of copyrighted California sunshine which dropped through stormy skies yesterday, gave way to more unusual weather and the rain was coming dowrn In chunks Mr.

Goldberg, who will catry the mail for Pittsburgh, looked very glum. The question of what Mr. Goldberg will do Friday afternoon is laigely the answer to a more momentous question can Pitt break a three-time jinx in the Rose Bowl and take over the Washington Huskies? The 19-year-old sophomore from Elkins, W. who has the map of Palestine written all over his good-natured face, probably will furnish the answer. CLEAR SKY; WET HELD SAN FRANCISCO, Dec.

30. (UP) Weather forecasts tonight indicated that the skies will be clear Friday for the annual New Years East-West Shrine game in which picked squads of college football stars will meet in Kezar Stadium here. The turf on which they play, however, may not be dry, for several days of steady rainfall have mAde the footing heavy, a In last nights major league matches the Fibreboards took the league-leading Hotel Wolf team by a 3 to 1 score. The Olson Tailors defeated the Caterpillars. 3 to 1, and the Grogan Plumbers defeated the Seeley's team by the same score.

Glen Walcott of the Hotel Wolf team rolled high game of 223 and high series of 650 for the highest series roll of the current season. Scores: ElBREBOHD Holman, 578; Hodgson, 529; Beasley, 534; Vigh, 536; Matanovic, 583. Scoie, 2760. HOTEL MOLF Seantlebury, 489; Anderson, 489; Walcott, 650; Gindre, 495; Wilson, 497. Score, 2620.

OLSEN TAILORS Poggio, 498; Hall, 502; Viglino, 589; Baldwin, 532; Hunt, 493. Score 2614. CATERPILLARS Holbrook, 514; Hansen, 514; Truman, 453; A1 Farnlof, 488; Art Famlof, 504. Score, 2473. 3 Cage Resuits Iuwa Stdte 40 Utah Stanford 4T, Lcng I-1 i Texas 35 Southern Teacheia 30.

De Paul 33 V.i-co mu 17 Hat dui-Simmons 21, Texas Chustian Is. of 111 3 Bra hex Ccl-cre33 U. of California 5" U. of Au-zona 22. Western Receive 43 Ohio 42 (2 overtimes himih ni H.vr i LOS ANGFLFS Deo 30 UF The University of Washingtons basketball team knight dged out a victory over University of California at Los Angeles, 52 to 51, after two overtime peuods.

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