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Charlotte Bramham May Be Given Gate hiding places in the absence of the usually-handy palms the report was trades One of these was that Cleveland and Detroit might get together with the Tribe turning Pitcher Jim Bagby over to the Tigers for an out SPORTS that organized opposition has developed among the double-A leagues to a fourth term for the 69-year-old Jafce Wade's SPORTS PARADE fielder inasmuch as the Indians have president of the National Association By SID FEDER XJEW YORK Nov 2" i There are no potted palms in the hotel lobby where the winter baseball meetings started today but all kinds of rumors were running around and the hottest tip was that William Sramham is going to have a fight to remain boss of the minor leagues i Although the magnates found fewj ceed him Leading the parade of possibilities are Frank Shaugh-nessy preisdent of the International league and Leo Miller current general manager of the Syracuse (NY) International league club and former head of Buffalo International) and Indianapolis tAmerican Association) outfits These reports overshadowed even the whispers of the possible few only two varsity fly-chasers on hand now Another bit of ne vs from the ivory market was that the Phillies definitely are looking fnr a short- of Professional Baseball clubs It has gone so far in fact that as six minor leagues went into separate PAGE 10 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30 1943 sessions today you even heard the names of possible candidates to suc (More On 2nd Sports Tate Col 2) BRITT COPLEY TAR HEEL STANDOUTS North State Shrine Confab CENTRAL SIS lie on 1 ST TEAM Betenbaugh and M'Craw Like ly to Start In Shrine Came Fetzer Looks Good BY EDDIE ALLEN r) EIDSVILLE'S Hap Perry head IV coach of the North Carolina Shrine All-Stars had at least three bie reasons to grin yesterday as he- opened drills for Saturday's battle with South Carolina nign scnooi standouts here The 'Tar Heels worked lightly in the morning and finished off with a brisk scrimmage the afternoon on the Central athletic field Foremost among Hap's grin ma terial as everyone had expected was Asheville's classy stepper Billy Britt who lived up to promises with some slick running Britt ran at tailback with the tentative first" team and at the spin spot was Tom Fetzer Hap's own lad from Reidsville who showed up as a fancy passer and carrier The third Perry ribtickler was not as much talked-of as the first two but looked just as good as either He is Elizabeth City's John Copley a squat 210-pounder who is built like a fireplug but who can go with amazing speed and powar Copley is an almost certain starter at blocking back for the Tar Heels and will more than likely do the A punting He also may be called on to pack the leather for he show-ed yesterday that he can really take off TWO MISSING The North Carolina squad was in tact with the exception of a pair Bradford Not Awed by First Raleigh Game rN THAT SAD night of the first meeting of the Central and Raleigh high football teams right after the Caps had walloped the Charlotte club by 28 to 0 Coach Vince Bradford of the woe begone vanquished made a remarkable statement to us "If we meet this team again for the state title we will win" he said "We looked terrible tonight and Raleigh has a fine team but I believe we will win if we meet again" Central did indeed look terrible that night in Raleigh The Wildcats were so completely outclassed by Lee Stone's Capital City charges that Brad's optimism concerning any future clash between the two teams sounded more like wishful thinking than anything else We doubt that any other spectator present at the Raleigh fiasco had any idea that Central could lick Raleigh once if they played a dozen more games But Brad apparently believed in his Wildcats this year All along he has commended their fine spirit He liked the way they co-operated Maybe they let him down a little in that first Raleigh game and maybe they were a little off the beam when they lost to Asheville here But in all the other games Central played smoothly and with enthusiasm and with great talent Brad and his assistant coaches got them ready for the second meeting with Raleigh They made intelligent and sound preparations in their attack and defense and had them sharp on all the fundamentals They also had them mentally ready to play an inspired game They couldn't miss at Memorial stadium Saturday night and their 7-0 triumph over the team that gave them a football lesson the first time they met was a little classic It was without doubt one of the finest high school football games ever played in Charlotte Coaches and Planers Deserve Salute VINCE BRADFORD Pasco Gettle Dick Dashiell and 0 Britton the coaches who handled the Centrals in leading them to the first state championship to come to our town in several years did a fine job and deserve the acclaim they are receiving The players themselves however won the games and it's to them that the greatest honor must go They will be paid due tribute at a little party to be given them at the Myers Park club tonight by three of the most loyal Central football supporters in town Dr Roy McKnight Dr Claude Squires and Bill Richard These three honorary members of Central's Block club (letters awarded them during the administration of Bob Allen who appreciated their co-operation back in the years he coached Central) will see that the Wildcats are well fed and well saluted Captain Walter Betenbaugh the big fiery blond tackle made a worthy field leader of a hustling hard working football squad that took a lot of bumps in games and practice but at the same time had a lot of fun before it finally knocked over the vaunted Raleigh aggregation to take in the diadem Betenbaugh along with Buck McGraw a fine end were singled out as the squad's two most outstanding senior players and were selected for the North Carolina Shrine all-star team They have another week's work before signing off in football and will carry on for Central in the prep classic at Memorial stadium next Saturday Over the season long however it was Jimmy Shoemaker Central's great partially deaf fullback who furnished the biggest spark in the team's championship drive Shoemaker was bad news to the opposition in every ball game He could go when others couldn't Teams learned that he was the man they "had to stop and Raleigh was able to do that to some extent Saturday but he was still a threat even when every gun was aimed at him Comeback of Charles Finest of All 'PHE NICEST THING that happened in the pay-off game however was the work of Ed Charles the little tailback who had an up-and-down season with disappointments that might have taken the starch out of a less game kid Ed started off the season as a first stringer and looked like a ball of fire But he had his bad nights and acquired the reputation of being erratic One of his worst nights was in that first Raleiph game His coaches demoted him He came off the first string and occasionally was cast with the lowliest scrubs in practice sessions In the important Gastonia game he did not see a minute's action and all the evidence seemed to indicate that his coaches had lost confidence in him But little Ed who must have been hurt to the quick over his lost caste and the obscurity that had enveloped him kept his chin up He grimly determined to prove that he was still quite a football player and he got his big chance in the Raleigh game We do not have to tell you what happened He came through as the star of the evening with a devastating performance galloping 70 yards for the lone score of the game and somehow we liked that best of all about Central's championship conquest at Memorial stadium Saturday night of linemen who will be unable to play because of injuries Raleigh's George Cherry who saw action here Saturday did not come bei TWO OF THE Shown above are two of the coaches of the North Carolina Shrine all-star squad and two of their best backs talking it over before yesterday afternoon's scrimmage Left to right they are: cause of an infected ear He wi Britt is the boy who poisoned Central this year running wild when Asheville defeated the Charlotte team one of two defeats Central suffered during the season (Observer Staff photo) Head Coach "Hap" Terry of Reidsville Coach Porter Sheppard of Gastonia Blocking Back John Copley Elizabeth City and Tailback Billy Britt of Asheville Copley weighs 210 pounds and is unusually fast and powerful be replaced by Laurinburg's Jaa son Williams Wilson's Oakley Beland was other casualty and was hobbL about on a bad leg Beland will sent home but last night his re- IKES FERBELL placement was not certain It wu reported that Raleigh's Syd Martia Williamson System Has Big Season Awards Irish College Championship cowsor nous was under consideration Two of the three Charlotte bovs IS 1 were on the "first" team in drills and each showed up particularly well ihey were Centrals End Buck McGraw and Tackle Walter from the previous week By PAUL WILLIAMSON DOWN went McGinty! That's a good Irish name And down went the Irish of Cowboy Luttrall teamed up with riNEHURST Nov 23-(P) George Corcoran pro and Wes Betenbaugh Also running with that club were Gene Kearns High Point end Joe Murphy Hickory tackle George Kessler Rocky Mount and Charles Nichols Reidsville guards Babe Zaharias to get the best of Pete Managoff and Al Massey in a three-fall "tag" team wrestling jamboree at the Armory last night Notre Dame 14 to 19 in the last 30 seconds of their last game of the season before the not-to-be-refused Ferrell amateur and former major league pitcher of the Starmount country club Greensboro teamed and Joe bwicegood Asheville Middies of Great Lakes Naval which caught the fancy of the fans today to win the amateur-pro golf center Training school It was the first "tag bout of this tournament played here today un THE WILLIAMSON SYSTEM "HUS SET UP THE ALL-TIME HIGH TO DATE FOR ANYBODY'S PREDICTING ON ALL THE COLLEGIATE FOOTBALL GAMES IN A SEASON The regular season's Williamson record this 1943 turned out to be: 731 divided by 825 or 886 per cent correct on a win-or-lose basis on 839 scores reported 94 upsets 14 upsetting ties That nearly nine out of 10 on the was figured from These boys went well and several kind ever held in Charlotte and it der sponsorship of the Carolina Sure that was an one of the few real upsets of the season went over big professional golf association The score was Luttrall and Zaharias each times shook Britt and Copley loose Harding of Charlotte's Howard Hailcy at guard on the other crew was one of the line standouts The according to statistics and not hys Ferrell also teamed with Waller weighing 250 won the first fall in teria Yet there probrbly had 12:01 eliminating Managoff The Carberry of the Greensboro Coun been some wise nodding and de try club later to place second with ceptive tears for several weeks walls showed up fairly well but need for plenty of work in all de partments was felt by the mentors a score of second went to Managoff 210 and Massey 224 in 9:45 The lanky Pete did the job giving Zaharias a good pasting with dropkicks by Coach Lt Paul (Tony) Hinkle of Great Lakes his swell group of service footballers and their fol our tally sheets that shewed how Third place was taken by the team of Henson Maples and Perry and Gastonia Porter Shep pard worked on the backs while There was extra excitement in Frank Cosgrove with lowers Lots of them at Great In the best-ball-of-three event Central's Vince Bradford tutored the linemen Lakes "just knew" they were saving up for this one the third fall won by Luttrall-Zaharias The latter got the best of Massey but fans claimed Lut Maples Cosgrove and Frank Mc Caskill of Pinehurst won with 32 32-64 In second placp was the three trall Al's old foe plugged him from LIGHTER WORK Across town at Hardinc whpre While this jolted the Williamson ratings it's nothing to what the headliner boys are going to ejacu there Is for Washington to run up a stupendous srore difference in the Rose Bowl game over Southern California or for Tulsa to do likewise by a greater margin over Georgia Tech in the Sugar Bowl than the Irish did earlier in the season Neither supposition seems likely The system also advocates most consistently that the Iowa Sea-hawks won the service championship of this gridiron season After all Great Lakes can't be rated consistently over Purdue and Northwestern to whom they lost decisively Except for a tpwL prediction release we bow out for the rest of the season first time in the System's It years of syndication The Villiamson System in previous years annually picked it Ail-American team by a scientific balancing of college choices That was decidedly impracticable this year In addition nearly every conference great and small was shot to pieces this season Furthermore there were only 55 not-altogether-push-over inleiseclional games this year a worthy commentary on the nation's all-out war elfort Normally thrre are four or five times that number Believe it or not the Southeastern section led the country with a record of three out of four wins in non-push-over competition in 16 games The Midwest was next ivith a percentage of 610 in 25 equable games The Pacific Coast played no intersee-tional games which was fitting and to have been the corner some Corcoran Ferrell and Promoter Jim Crockett said he late Actually the ratings the form (Gaffney) Smith and his as sistants are whipping the Sandlap ners into sharie for Saturday after planned to use more "tag" bouts if Doss all of Starmount with 31 34-65 and the general dope called as he can sign up the wrestlers for noon's classic at the stadium drills Finishing in third place were them much greater upsets Brooklyn college 12 Rutgers 6 from last week: In last night's preliminary Milo were a little lighter Smith wai pleased with his ball club and he Carberry Ferrell and Doss with 32 Washburn 25 Doane 14 and Kansas Steinborn the strong man 231 beat Jim Clintstock 25!) Clintstock got lieves that they will be at thsir Purvis Fence of Winston-Salem 7 Missouri 6 from the previous week best too rough in the first fall and was was elected secretary-treasurer Funny thing a typographical er- The Sandlaoner snuad is intj disqualified after 22:55 Steinborn every game with the System's respectively current PRE-GAME ratings or its occasional counter-rating predictions Lately added to the complete tally sheets but not calculated in the previous weekly percentage figures were 21 scores obtained by letter Incidentally the next highest season's record on win-or-lose predictions was also established by the Williamson System That was last year This is not bragging It is a matter of certifiable record One of our columnists said we were slipping by dropping Notre Dame's ratings last week Well? That's nothing They dropped again THIS week There's no such thing as a super-above-everything football team Baylor bopped Texas year before last Auburn ran all over Georgia last year However the Williamson system gives Coach Leahy's great Notre Dame aggregation nf this season the 1943 national football championship regardless of their tail-ender setback The only way we ran be wrong a ror had the System predicting Kan ana every man anncars to bei won the second with a bear hug in Walter Carberry of Greensboro was appointed chairman of the tournament committee and Orville White of Winston-Salem chairman sas to win but we counted it a good condition Yesterday's wi 6:10 was devoted mainlv to funrlamd game against our record We'd been nuts to pick Kansas ovr the Tigers sincerely als sicnals and a dummv er of the publicity committee The committee decided to spon mace Today the Palmettos will ci PREP GRIDDER SUES COACH BUCYRUS Nov 23- (VP) sor a scries of benefit matches in their first contact work in the aft- Another bunch of Middies Coach Whelchel's Navy squad came through in a hefty tussle acainst the Carolinas for former A ernoon session members now in the service Common pleas Judge Ahl to The South Carolina head coach was narticularlv imnresser! with tb a fightin' Army team 13 to 0 day ordered Ralph Stoner Galion high school senior to SOUTHERN WILL work of his three tailbacks Flor ences Don Garner Easlev'a Wat present proof he was denied scholar BACK BRAMHAM Stewart and Rock Hill's Ed Jack- Last week the Williamson System went down on six games out of 48 for a batting average of 871 per cent correct win-lose-or-tie That covered Thursday Friday Saturday and a dozen late scores ships in colleges after he was bar red from the high school football NEW YORK Nov The team by Coach James Lympcr Southern association holding its son He predicts that these boys will give North Carolina plenty of trouble Nothing is set vet even temnn Stoner sued the coach six weeks annual meeting today went on rec ord as favoring the reelection of William Branham as president rarily in the line or backficld The ago asking reinstatement to the team and with his father asked $25000 damages on grounds they had been slandered by Lymper boutn Carolina eleven win hav Williamson Gives Duke 3rd Place and treasurer of the National As socialion of Professional Baseball slight weight advantage in the for ward wall Gaffney's Wylie Ham-rick and Sumter's Lvnwooel The youth asserted in his petition leagues "at his present salary and for a five-year term Bramham's present salary is $25 GAMES REPORTED THROUGH NOVEMBER 27 1943 TIME OUT By Chet Smith his banishment from the team caused him to lose certain scholarships and Judge Ahl upheld a defense mo 000 annually from the governing 014 association for minor league base Vaughn showed up well at tackle spots while Claude Howe of Easley started off well at center Assisting Smith are Lindsay Pierce nf Camden and John McMil Ian of Sumter Richmond 040 Carolina 042 I 040 California 017 Villannva 014 tion demanding the youth show what schools denied the scholarships and when He was given un ball 3 17 IB 10 40 41 42 til December 11 to comply Illinois 011 After taking this unanimous action the Southern association also voted to play a regular 140-game schedule next season opening April Brown 02 1 Lymncr said Stoner was left off Pittsburg 023 Missouri filO New Mexico 017 the team because he failed to report for practice last spring 28 and closing September 10 Thi FIVE MENTIONED FOR GRID AWARD DES MOINES Nov rw vnnt is five days later than the loop BeM Averace 1 Notre Dame 3 Navy 1 Diik 4 Purdue 1 Michigan 5 Nnrthwentern 7 Oenrgla Tech S'western La I) Washington 10 Tiling It S'wcst Texas 13 Texas 11 Carolina 14 Army 11 Pennsylvania 15 Darmnuth 17 Ark A 1fl Holy Crnsi Id Sou Cal 21) Pacific Col 21 Oklahoma 22 Cornell 21 Cnlnran 24 Tulane TRACK BOOSTS STATE'S FUND operated in 1043 NEW RECORI) ball's "man of the year" selected an! CONCORD Nov 23-(P)- nuany by tne Football Writers As-sociation of America will be found among the followinc five nrnminm FOR SWIMMER looo 077 Dflfi flfl4 01 fl 052 04 044 040 01 (I 012 042 oin 001 0(10 SO 8 000 RHR R04 2 so nan R7R 074 070 R7n 007 an flfll 017 014 fi12 R11 ovo 848 Rockingham race track provided state revenue totaling $1208674 dur Yale 01 1 Rice 000 A 00H Georgia 002 Iowa State 000 Vanderhilt 700 Wisconsin 700 Iowa 70 St Mary's 704 Wake Forest 702 De Pauw 701 Oberlln 791 Oklahoma AAM 700 Ruckncll 70 Texas Tech 7R4 Dcjiver 7R2 7S4 70 1 7ft 2 701 700 717 710 714 7V0 740 714 732 730 720 721 721 72 2 720 710 717 710 7 14 710 700 700 700 700 704 703 702 700 01 1 020 020 910 72 71 Rwarthmore 74 Doane 71 Car-Newman 70 Nat'l Mexico 77 Ran Francisco 70 Howard 70 Nevada 00 Virginia 01 Arkansas R2 Presbyterian 01 Drake R4 Urslnus R'i Mo Mines 00 Maryland R7 Milligan 00 Win Jewell 00 Tufts 00 I Ot Princeton 02 Modesto 1 01 Willlametle 04 Clemsnn 01 Washburn 00 III Normal 07 Wabash '0 Car Slate 00 Columbia 100 New Mex A AVM 101 Kansas Stale 102 Girardeau SKRVKK TEAMS 1 Iowa PreFIl 2 Great Lakes 1 Randolph Field 4 March Field ft Bainhridge 0 Ran Diego 7 Del Monte 0 Ft Riley 0 Lejeune 10 Ftlackland 11 Georgia PF 12 Alameda 11 St Mary's TF 14 lux Air 11 Car PreF 10 Grant 17 Sampson 1R Davis 10 17flth lnf 20 Runkcr Hill 21 KKIth lnf 22 Norman Air 23 124th lnf 24 Daniel Field 21 Oltiimwa Greensboro 27 Keesler Field 2fl Lubbock Fly 20 Spokane Air 10 Los Angeles 11 Charles 12 Ie 13 Ft Warren 14 Willow Grove 11 Curtis Bav 10 Klrtland Field 17 Tulsa Bomb 10 Salt Lake 10 Ft Douglas 40 Abilene Atr on4 oor Oflfl 004 002 070 072 072 OflS 010 017 044 R11 020 027 R21 012 010 007 R04 700 708 700 700 777 710 712 740 744 742 740 738 730 727 713 figures of the gridiron: GOLDSBORO Nov 20-4T) ing the 54-day meet which came to new swimming American ama Amos Alonzo Stags veteran coach at the College of the Pacific Angelo a close Saturday afternoon as a rec tcur record was claimed today by 41 44 4J 4fl 47 40 40 SO 12 14 11 1(1 17 1ft 10 SO SI 02 01 04 S1 Hfl S7 SO 70 71 ord crowd of 20000 poured $811000 Peggy Pate 16-year-old Goldsboro through the parl-mutuels windows swimming star to let new all-time high records for Herieui recent Notre Dame quar terback now in the marine corps Frank Leahy Notre Dame coach Major Jon Griffith athletic commissioner nf the Western Cnnter In an invitational meet here Salur AgRJ Michigan 21 Texas A 2H Texan 27 Rochester 7R0 day night Miss Pate was clocked at the 11 years the track has been operated George Conway chair-man of the slate racing commission announced today 260 seconds for a 40-yard breast stroke event The time was com ence and Harry Stuhldreher uni pared with the record 272 act by versity or Wisconsin coach Announcement of the nominee 770 77S 774 773 772 770 700 707 788 Frank-Marsh Nebraska Lafayette Miami Kansas Virginia Temple Pitlsburg It The public pushed $22864000 Edith remberlon in Los Angeloa In 2fl Colgate 20 Indiana 10 Marnuella 11 Miami Fli 12 Colorado 11 Penn Stale 14 Ohm Stale VI Minnesota through the gambling machines 1940 or the award was made today Miss Pate already holds the Amer which is more than twice the amount wagered last year during both the nummer and fall racing Bert McGrane secretary of writers association followlnf pletlon of the nominating rote ican records for the 50-meter short course and 200-meter junior national "I know it's not but I'm out to get meat this year!" NOTE This is tha final football rating table of the Williamson System for 1043 Here are listed 142 of the nation's cellegiitf and service lootbalJ learns with a rating of 700 or 102 of the former and 40 of the litter ichedulei Conway said mreaststroke events lor women 'members of the organization.