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XLV Ma. Ul SPRlNGF riELD, MISSOURI, SUNDAY- MORNING, NOVEMBER 24, 1935 'The Sprlncfield Piwe. Vol. VII Wo. A SPORTS Ml FU Ini fH FIVE LETTERMEN RETURN-ON DRURY COLLEGE CAGE SQUAD Cochrane Is Rained As Vice President Of Champion Tigers UNBOWED BEARS SEE ROSE BOWL HOPE TOTTERED OLYMPICS TEST FORSWIMSTAR AT WASHINGTON PERRY.

SMITH Of The xtvf and Leader Sports Steff TEN yearg ago next month Andrew J. fresh from the tutelage of Forrest C. (Phog)- Allen, University of Kansas basketball wizard, took Over the coaching reins of the Springfield State. Teachers college cage-tegm. In that span of years McDonald has tpmed out four conference champions, a record bettered in the MIAA only by Maryville, which has copped the circuit wreath six times.

That first year at the helm McDonald saw Maryville come through replace Warrensburg as cham pion and' the following year tifir Bearcats repeated. Tlie winning Springfield years, under their Bcotclmen tor; -were 192S, 1931, 1934 and 1935. And It might not be amiss to mention that since the "new" MIAA haa been in existence, neither Cape Girardeau nor Kirks villa have won the cage championship. TOEFORE McDonald took over the burden, the Bruins had won only two basketball titles one ber fora the loop reorganization In 1923. Vagrant and tender memories of auld long syne -are stirred by a glance at the lineup of that first aggregation McDonald drilled.

Captained by Carl Davis, the squad in- eluded such luminaries as Roy and Ray Britton, Ted Mumford (now coach at Willow Springs), Burrell, Thomas. Qodd, Fog. 'Mays, Carter, Cox, Nicholson, Ward and Wilcox. But with his tin anniversary fading away, McDonald now is cqi- Grayson Leads Powerful Indian- Eleven to 13-0 Coast Victory Rv WENDEL BURCH Unites Preu Ste Correep mutest STANFORD STADIUM. Nov.

2JrrPowered by eight "vowing seniors in a crushing offensive a.m, Stanford humtjlcd University of California 13 to 0. today to, regain its Rose Bowl hopes and a tie for the Pacific coast conference title. -The victory gave the Cardinals a tie with previously unbeaten and untied, and University of California at Los Angeles for the conference championship. Ninety fhdusand fans watched the Stanford team rise to magnificent pushing over two touchdowns in the first quarter after being rushed into the shadows of its own goal posts. Bobby Grayson, all-American fullback, crashed 25 yards from his own 20-ysid-llne and the Stanford march was on.

In exactly five plays the Indians marched to the Beats 19. Then Robert' Hamilton Grayson teamed to carry the leather In seven plays to the 2-yard line. With one. tremendous 1 lunge, Grayson smashed through the California line and over the goal line. End Jim "Monk Moecrlp's try for the extra point was rood.

Demoralised by this sudden reversal the Bean lost thd ball on their own 30 a minute later, when Quarterback John Meek fumbled and big Wes Muller, Stanford can-Iter, recovered. Grayson passed to I Coffis, who later led to Sophomore Quarterback Bill Patman to taka the bau tq the "Jews' 12. Coffis grabbed a reverse from Grayson I and spun over the goal line on the following play to decide the contest. tlm lh ame pasted and punched their tty within Stanford's 20-yard line. Once they hurled seven forward passes in a desperate thrust only to have Stanfords linesmen and secondary men bunt receivers out of the play, or ride them out of line for any attempt to take-the ball.

TCU SMOTHERS RICE TO TAKE 27-6 'CLASH r. (rented with the problem of pro Here are the five lettermen wholWorm the nucleus' of the Drury college basketball team this year. From left to right, then's Jimmy Ewing, guard; Allen guard; Gene (Peaches) Westover, all-conference forward; Garrett Wright, and Johnny North, guard. estover is in charge of wokouts now while Coach A. L.

Wiser recovers from an operation at Burge hospital. tecting the MIAA title this and chalking up the longest string of victories for any winning team since 1923. A ND strange as it may appear, KirksviUe, tail end club last season, may be. the team. to beat.

A lliiiilseina luaiy of players fell to Coach George Wells gfter Chauncey Bimpson left for Missouri V. The cellar dwelling Bulldogs are minus only one lettermcn. Orville Towers, one of the MIAA's scoring aces. r- Ten kUermen return and Coach Wells, who. went to KirksviUe after several years of high school coaching at Chanute and Parsons, Kan-- and Iowa city, Iowa, is not a whit djpleaied with prospects.

Tigers Complete One Pass To Tie Kansas State, 7-7 MICHIGAN BOWS TO OHIO STATE Wolverine Goal Posts Torn Down By Buckeye Students After Triumph 4 at IslamatlMal Mr ttn let DETROIT, Nov. 23. Manager Mickey Cochrane of the world champion Tigers today was appointed vice-president and given complete charge In the purchase and trade of fill -players, in addition to his managerial duties. Walter O. at Miami Beach, Fla, a'uthorlaed announcement here and also disclosed he has taken dVer presidency of the club to succeed the late Frank J.

Charles F. Navin will continue as secretary, while Briggs' son, Walter Oa Jr, will be his assistant. GOPHERS THUMP WISCONSIN, 33-7 Minnesota Rings Up 17th Triumph to Take Share Of Conference Honors at Tht iuocUteS Fran MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 23. Minnesota uncorked the fury of Its unbeaten gridiron machine today, to flatten Wisconsin, .33 to for a share of thif western conference title and clinch national recognition for the second consecutive year.

George Roficoe'i brilliant directing of Minnesota's touchdown twins, Rudy Gmftro and Andy Uram, coupled with the plunging of Sheldon Belse, stretched to 24 gomes the Golden Gophers three year record without defeat. Seventeen of those victories of one of the longest winning streaks on record were consecutive. While Gmltra and Uram supplied the sensational runs through Wisconsin's beefy eleven, the versatile Roseoe and Blese made the triumph possible. -Held to even terms by the Badgers' heavier line in the first half, the Gopher attack began to function in the second, ending with Gmltro's 30-yard dash for the last tounchdown five minutes before the dosing gun. SOPH BACK BRINGS TRIUMPH FOR YALE CAMBRIDGE, Nov.

23. (UP) A 19-year-old sophomore, A1 Hessberg, scored the winning touchdown for an overrated Yale eleven today os his team defeated stubborn Harvard, 14 to 7, in the 54th game between America's second oldest gridiron rlvaa. It wsi the substitute bock from Albany, N. who tod: a flip from Roseoe behind the-line the final period and ran his left end to crocs the goal line In the corner of the end zone with the winning scare. Rated the short-endcr at 2 to 1, and In some coses 3 to 1 odds, the Harvard team which had not beaten a major opponent all lesson proved an almost constant threat and In the final period came spectacularly from behind to tie the score at 7-7.

CAVANAUGH KEEPS LEAD AMONG MIAA SCORERS KANSAS CITY, Ma, Nov. 24-(UP) Ralph Cavanah of Marcellne. KirksviUe Teachers halfback, paced MIAA scorers with 34 points in flvt games. It was the third straight year the race has gone to A Kirks-vUle player. Johnny Brown, Warrensburg' quarterback, and Morris Stephens, Springfield halfback, retained second and third places.

Stephens stayed a point ahead nf Louie Bona of Cape, who scored a touchdown against Rolls Friday in the conference timeout to pull up to a tie with Ralph Alexander of KirksviUe at It aU, PARK ASKED TO SPEAK AT FOOTBALL BANQUET COLUMBIA, Nov. 23. (API Governor Guy B. Park was Invited today by the University of Missouri athletic committee to be guest speaker at the annual football banquet December. 5.

Moving pictures of the Thanksgiving day game -against Kansas at Lawrence also an to be shown, and then was a possibility that the captain for the 1938 team might be elected. OREGON DEALS UPSET BT. WASHINGTON WIN SEATTLE, Nov. 23. (APlThr University of Oregon scored a major today, defeating the University of Washington.

7 to 8, before 22,000 homecoming Fryjs Toss teflenderson Saves As Edwards Personally Accounts for Wildcat Marker Ellen Gale Hopkins 'Under Observation at. Garni-, val in St. Louis Ellen Gale Hopkins, outstanding Springfield swimmer, will get her chance next month show whether she can be considered as Olympic team material. Holder of records for both the 50 and 100 yard dash 1 in the Missouri Valley AAU, Ellen Gale will allow her wares Decem-Intbcr 11-12 at the third annual water carnival at Washington University in St. Louis.

Ellen Gale's entry' in the carnival was arranged by A. E. Ellers, Washington U. coach, after a communication wUh R. j.

H. Klphuthr of Yale, head coach of the Olympic swimmers. Ellen Gale. Just turned 1C. has been working out dally in the YWCA tsnk RewiJIng to her coach, R.

J. T. Carter. YMCA director, and is shatter her AAU lOO-yarq record of 1 Ellen Gale haa covered the distance in 1:07 but needs to slash that mark by four points or so to be considered for the Olympic team BRIGHT PLUMAGE WINS ENDURANCE HANDICAP BOWIE, Md-. Nov.

23i UP) C. V. Whitney's "Bright Plumage, under one of Alfred Robertson's best rides, closed with a. rush in the home stretch to win the 12500 added endurance handicap, a mile and 70 yards event for two-yesr-olds that featured 0. banner program here today.

Rated far bock of 'the leaders to the. far turn, the brown son of Macaw responded with ran determination approaching tho imaginary' wire and was fighting lor his head at the finish. A length behind, and striving gamely, Bright Light a Sun Flag colt from Shandon farm, withstood a belated stretch challenge from Arthur Abbott's Nightcap, to finish second to the nominal public choice which was tlmedJn 1:47 over a fast track. TEXAS LOOP OFFICIALS STOP IN SPRINGFIELD Alvin Gardner, president of. the Texas league; Rube Stewart, president dr the Beaumont dub; Harty McCurdy.

manager of the Fort Worth dub. and Jack Zeller, Detroit Tixer scout, stopped in Spring-field last night while ra route to Texas. The quartet attended the minor league dub meeting at Day-ton, Ohio, MADQUETTE BATTERS CREIGHTON FOR. WIN MILWAUKEE, Wls, Nov. 23.

(UP) Marquette, university's Golden Avalanche concluded one of Its most successful seasons In history today by defeating Creighton, 28 to 0, before 12,000 fans. lied by Art Guepe and Ray Bulvid the Hill Toppers outplayed the visitors to win thlr seventh victory in eight jftazts this season. ARMY RESERVES STOP 1 34-0 WEST POINT. N. Nov.

23. (UTl Army, pointing fur iU annual battle with Navy next week, gave Its reserves a workout as. the Soldiers defeated Vermont, 34-0, before 5000 shivering fans, in Mlchlr stadium. SMU JOLTS at VniU4 Pros DALLAS, Texas, Nov. 23 Fighting a stubborn Baylor team through scoreless periods.

Southern Methodist university finally emerged with 10 to (f victory today to remain undefeated for the season. Maurice Mustang right tackle, who kicked the field goal which Jolted the ponies out of their non-scoring doldrums at the star of the fourth period, was given ovation as he left the field. Missouri Eleven From Defeat Before Uie.5500 fans scarcely were settled after thfe opening kick off, Captain Clair Houston of Missouri fumbled on his 39-yard line, and ly lutfrAMhoiud JTnti Servlet ANN ARBOR, Nov. 23 Ohio state swamped Michigan to-day, 38. to 0, thereby establishing a claim op the Big Ten football championship, along with Mlnne-! aota which beat these same Wolver-' Inez a week ago, 40 to 0.

The Buckeyes romped all over the -Michigan' learn from start to finish, scoring six touchdowns but klck-' lng only two of the, six attempts at goal after touchdown; When tlie game ended, Ohio Stale students rushed, upon tile field and i attacked the concrete imbedded goal posts, Michigan sludehU FORT WORTH, Texas, Nov. 23. (UPt Twenty thousand Texas Christian university fans were not only talking but literally shouting "Rose Bowl' this evening as the TCU grid machine rolled relent-irmly over a helpless Rice Institute team. The adore was 27 to 8. Sam Baugh passed- the Rica Owls dizzy and Lawrence and Mover gave I great exhibition of being there to WARNER SIGNED, WITH M'bONALD Zaharias Draws Texas New comer in Tuesday Night Mat Show at Mosque Rudy Warner, 'alias Bob Montgomery, will be matched with Jack Canadian wood-chopper, In the main event of Tuesday night's wrestling "showat the Shrine Mosque, Promoter Oliver Gideon said yesterday.

McDonald, who ran up an Impressive string of victories here, will be making his first Springfield appearance In several weeks. The bout goes two falls out of three to a finish. The semiwindup, two put of three to 45-minute limit will feature Chris Zaharias, tough Greek grappler, and Billy McCune, Fort Worth, Texas, newcomer. The opener has not been arranged. JACK SALMON BITING FOR OSCEOLA ANGLERS Jack salmon fishing it -reported excellent at the Osceola dam and Oscar Call of Rocks way Beach finds the crapple are biting viciously.

Two 11-pound Jacks and three two-pounders were caught yesterday by one 'fisherman at Osceola, It was reported here. SPANIARD IS SIGNED 'FQR-J0E LOUIS BOUT HAVANA. Nov. 23. (UP) Mike Jacob.

20th- Century club boxing promoter, today completed negotiations fer a Dec. 29 fight hero between Joe- Louis. and Isadora Gastanaga of Spain. BAYLOR, iO-O True to their reputation, the Mustangs only touchdown was scored on a pas from Bobby Wilson, the Methodists flashy left half, to J. R.

(Jickrmbblt) Smith, over the goal Orr converted with lilan nn ini IWlab a placement 'kick, (InmMan)Wrtscl, Methodist 'captain and guard, suffered a knee Injury In the first period and was carried froqi the field. teams were forced to make numerous substitutions because of at Tht AtnelaM frtn COLUMBIA, Nov. 23. Missouri matched a lightning pass the only one it completed against Kansas Stitch power to gain a 7-7 tie In their Big Six conference game here today, After the Wildcats, moving with the cold precision that won them the 1934 conference championship, rolled unchecked to a touchdown in the firrt five minutes the Tigen. ranreliRd it with a 25-yard toss I over the goal line the third period, i Edwards Pace Attack The rest of the time the green-clad Kansans pushed Missouri all over the field-but never again over the b1 Tiger line I hut resembled a selve at the out-j set closed the gaps at critical points thereafter, throwing back one Wildcat bid at the-Missouri three-yard line and another; from the five.

Berwanger Stars As Maroons Whip Illini-Rivals, 7-6 CHAMPAIGN, 111. Nov. S3. Jay Berwanger and tlie Maroons wound up the 1935 football season hero- day gloriously with a victory over their old lima rivals. Illinois, by score of 7 to 8.

IlliiMis led at half Uinc but. in the second half. Brr-wanger himself returned a punt from midfield to the' two yard Ibie from where he plunged over for a touchdown that tied the oount and then klckealhe goal' fruni placement for the added point that broughtVlCtory. 'Berwanger had to make only 33 yards to achieve a mile of yardage during hi galloping career with tlie1 Maroons but he did much more than that. Today he not only was tlie last word but the echo when he bowed out after one of the most brilliant careers any Maroon playet ever had.

i QUIVER GIDEON, wrestling im-pressario, would be tickled pink if be could stage a Midget Pischer-Leroy McGuirk match here, probably for tha disputed light heavyweight mat belt. And with rumors flying thick and fast 'that such a bout is In. the offing, Ben J. Harrison, member of the state athletic commission, may exercise enough pressure to bring the set-to to Springfield. It would be the first top wrestling show Springfield has had In many a listless season.

-w. 'MOTES from a frayed arid1 un-. laundered cuff: Herbert (Buckshot) May, who pitches In the Western league, la nursing an injured foot suffered in the Bakersfield, Cal, oil fields last month when a pipe fell on him. But Buckshot says it wont interfere with baseball The Cape Girardeau basketball team may offer a bit of confusion for MIAA foemen and officials this year if they present the McDonald twins, Gene and Joe, in MineJ game. They say even Cape-ftmi cant tell them apart, although Joe parts his hair more in tha middle than does Gene, If that'll help you any And speaking of Cape's basketball team, the Indiana this season may be aided and abet-I ted in their conference campaign by Grover Criles, football alar.

Crites shake as a high school player, but kept on the shelf last -year because of a trick knee 1 Graduation tags six of KirksviUe' linesmen and' one bsckfleld star, making their dinners at retaining the MIAA grid crown In 1938 look a teeny-weeny bit slimmer. Both co-A captains, Hanna and Noble, will be lost and Quarterback Boyd King may transfer to. another school to get his diploma Several of the MIAA schools would Ilka to see Ralph Cavanab, KirksviUe fullback, graduate. They complain that he plays too rough incidentally, if King transfers he likely wont go to another MIAA school that la (f VJ he'd like to play football and the proposed amendments to the constitution of the conference ary drafted. Fbr one of the drafts says that athletes shifting from another school of the same ranking will not be eligible for sports partlclpatioh swarmed upon them and engaged in fisticuffs, while attention was diverted on the north goal, other Ohio students executed a surprise attack on the posts at the south goal where they succeeded in pulling them, up, something that has never before been done on a Michigan field.

They were unable to carry tlie trophy away, however, because some 600 Michigan defender halt ed them- in their march. SPRINGFIELD WOMEN WILL BOWL IN KC KANSAS CITY, Nov. 23 API St. Loiiix and Springfield women bowlers will play In the annual stale rhnmpioiphlp tournament whirl! Is to be jresiimrd here late today. Singles and doubles are on the Dn Panner.VJVlldcat guard, oll baU Right there, Kansas fiJite inlro- duced to the parent day crowd Mr.

James Edwards of Phillipsburg, 175 pounds of dynamite. He boomed through a hole for 19 yards. His' next thrust gained three, Quarterback Leo Ayer let Edwards catch his breath by contributing three yards. Then it was Edward three yards, Edward four, Edwards 'one, Edwards five, Ed- wards one, Edwards' one. The Tigers knew it would be Edward again end bunched up for him but tin end bu shSfover the pile like a Jcctile a ixl the Wildcats had ihelr touchdown.

MU Introduces Frye In lha third quarter, the Tig-ra Introduced' Jack Frye of Houston, Texas. The Wildcats were not glad to meet him. His long, high pun I had a way pf Tolling out deep in Kansas Bute territory and one in the third period which bounded to the Wildest 10-brought disaster. Ayers' return kick travelled only to -the Wildcat 42. Tlier Missouri struck I like a rattlesnake.

Frye swept 14 through center I Helnle Mahley of COffcyville, plunged to thc.2&Ljhere Frey took i the ball and faded back. Dellb- eratejy hfc wkited-ju I. men closed In on him. Carnun HenderSoh, Tiger end. ou traced tlie Kansas Stale secondary across the; goal line; turned and took Frye1 bulUey- toM without a1 hand brine laid on 'him.

Frye, kicked the goal. fell i I receive the passes. IOWA USES AERIALS TO DEFEAT JAYHAWKS LAWRENCE, Nov. 23. (UP) Iowa State's light.

Fast Cyclones won their first Big Six conference game today at the expense 1 oI University of Kansas Jay- 1 The score was 21 to Iowa State staked its. heavier riyal to the initial touchdown and thro opened up a puzzling assortment of passes which had the Jayhawkers almost frantic. BEARS CLINCH TIE' FOR VALLEY CROWN ST. LOuisT" Nof. 1 23 (API Washington pnlvendty'a Bears, aa- football title hare today, by soundly trouncing the Oklahoma Aggies, 39 to 13.

The two Aggie touchdown were scored when a full team of Bear substitutes a-as on 'the field. WYOMING SCORES WIN OVER COLORADO, 6-0 'BOULDER, Nov. 23 (API Wyoming scored the most start-Ung upset of. the Rocky Mount conference grid aeaacn by Mating the league-leading Colorado unl-I vcrslty. team, 8 to 0.

today. Elry Hicks, eperdy Wyoming quarter-: back, skirted end fotf 20 yard 10 koto standing up in tlie third i period. program tomorrow, the closing day.jif vlllry Australian Finds Golf Risky Game at Tht IlmM Crtxa MELBOURNE. Nov. 23.

8he drove. The lball Just missed the ear of a man playing ahead of her; the man threw the ball back at her. jtiic chased the man and brat'htm with her club. Two minutes later she retreated minus two front teeth. It happened on one of the best known public counea here.

JACKSON. Nov. tUP) Six thousand shivering football fans watched. Ole Miss defeat Centenary 8-0 today to break a three year winning streak of tha Genlle- a OtfTIMUn ON. KGS B-TWO I.

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