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1 Baseball, Past First Century, Hopeful For The Future MINOR LEAGUES IIJ GOOD SHAPE THE INDEX-JOURNAL SPORTS ED CHAFFIN, Editor FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY PACE THREE SPORTS ROUNDUP EDDlt BaUETS Juclffc Bramham Says isunderstandinprs NEW YORK. Jan. $. In- alders report Irs than a half dncen Timmons Arid Sharpe Are Hdriored At Abbeville Will All Be Geared TanksincludUif DiUagglo, Keller, Dahlgrtn and Mario Rusao will be given salary bike WlUUt mrena Away ITbl It III third of a eerie written for lb Associated.

NEW KING? O. ARTIST By Jack Sords the Yankee bra hat had beUrr By Jack Sords a put tm on Patty Ikrg. whc I Motorcade, Greeted Men On Return From Dallas drpartur for th southern golf 7 -S war wis delayed by th death of VWWS i her mother, now pUna to lv next month Tli Chicago stadium Will Bo Given Supper Tonight; Abbeville rte by lb Ballon porii I 4m, im which they review oatsiandlng vnte and, trend of 1131 and indicate likely development la 1W Br WILLIAM 0. BRAM'tAM (President, National Association lTofeloesl rurlal Leaga DURHAM. N.

C. Jan. I There la a popular earing thai lb flrit ISO year la th hardest. Baseball baa Just completed It Has Glorious Record In Sending Foot ball Stars To Clemson By VlAUT HEMr-HlLL GREECE then Albealle ctunty student, now cf MiCormkk. They played th ATrCVIUJC Jan.

I iBixclali Alboille he kla high 'lace In th trying to Une up Unuy Arnutrong and Davey Day for Uie welterweight till This comer uonks Fred AjwMoll will regain hU long lost form tonlht arid drciaon Vicli) DetUn Are ClnclnnaU Red of -finals utiUig up night trying t) flgur out how to get Morrl Arm), vkh away from PhUOcsf Kkknames of moat football Warn art ftovlou But around her we have been wondetUig why th Southern CaU wer dubbed th Trojan Just when tveryon wa ready to give up came Frank t- octl.aU hiaory cf Clemson collrff and tit tUsUnguUhed honor c- 1 vv ftrat reatnry. after a splendid reatetinlsl observance daring Iht past year: Tba minor lea fax BT aw a a a bl wa a rus yeARfo (I arc looklDf toward 1114 with roatldear bora of tba eaceee rf my I ha pant. tird(d your.g Rcbrrt Bharp and Cliaiks Tln.moiu Wednesday night when thry returned covered with victory from the Cotton Bowl gam In Dallas cn New Yrara Da, was In kreiting U' th feeling of prfc't with fihkn ADbcvIIle i.wtball fan regard thrtc youig men. A motor-fade met the )xing beroea about tlx mile from town In decorated Tba flrat loo year rosy ba lha hardest, but wa ara not going to ratal elmply because wa bare paeeed that difficult milestone There la tba great heritage of a g.ime from si art to flubh and up-In Id Umt record rf Abbeville and CTrrrucn. W.

Kennedy UrOia ikw living Cltrstrr, waa a lamout player holding tin pwdUon of tackle and waa tapUui of the team In 1914. W. L. McMillan, Lnown at Clem-son as 'Red'' and arcurul Abbevlll as I ti i star player, inching hit course In 1914. ws quartet tark and It was famous all over tlte state for his playing.

He was a ught player. Even now with M-ddle Age peepUig at him from around the corner he docs not weigh more than a hundred and fifty tXHuids. Raifonl McMillan followed in the footstepa of his brother and played Lie gam In 193g-29. waa alo a light agll player when great a port behind aa and wa moat perpetaat It Bach results cars, flying the rclar of th Abbe- 'rill high sthool of wlUrh both ara obtained onl by tba cooilu aad application of tba principle which wa champion and bf cease-leaa efort to give tba sports-lor-Ing paWlc of Norlk America tba boy ai graduate and footbaD stars, tlte purple and gold of Clemen, the cars occupied by in Mgl school team and many frt'tfcU among tlte cltixens of the town. I hey came Into the town to th ahull applause of sirens, aulomo- lin P.

Adam of the N. Y. poat to Miggeat mayb It's bectua th foot-bail players out thrr hav to work that way to maintain their Kholat-tie standings. Town tatU: Bet art being mad her th race booklet win be op-cratlnf at th asm old stand this summer Jack Dempeey Is afraid to be seen on Bread way th way they art kidding htm about the Hong Kong hair cut Th boxing commission will ckay an infantile para 1) lis fund show here for Jan. 35 Alex Campania, top pes catcher for New York 1 bring flirted wi by at rMi two major league cuba.

He' a second sacker. Al Schacht did his stuff for Pat beat that baeeball hat to offer. Sue caadlng la that, wa hav ao rea on to tear lor the neat 100 yeara. mm or bii horna and vhLitlra. On the square a larg banner ai stretched cross tlte monument park bearing as Lr4ie recall team was no-thing but "beef Leslie tell pf th many change in the gam since his day.

He says It la a rough but not a dangerous a in former daya Stiver the wcrdi "WflcomJ Sliarp and Tlmm4js." Th your.g men were In per eAt cy steve. vcoxs ReeFXClelA icrnwlly received and the enthus-uiKio welcome will be a part of th of the town from ikw on G4 Rera.d (' Uraaad la tha Caked State wa look apon baaeball a a common ground where all men nay gather to an )ojr clean aportamanahlp and hard competition which leave pleaaant memories, rather than row a of white croaaea on the plota adjac-tnt to battleriolda. At oar rcutrnnlal convention In Cincinnati wa accotnpllahed moch. and tha dealr to cooperate and to learn, aa eipreaaed by our club officials, waa mora pronounced than It aver ha leen. Soma point" v( leglilallon which mwwib ina iwmjpj kiJ or -we.

uiooon amlces ccr cm ai coots which paa along for the of mother who have sen -ii the Clemson aquad. Jack ktcaaaes Jack Iteames la an Abbeville boy end he played at Clemson In a distinguished way. He followed the game and Is now one of the most ianxiu coaches In the state holding Ablt lilt's record in football at -TetiSVVlrtTE COeriiCMT. IM0. rUTVAO SXA.fl CUnvun has shed glory on the col Icje and the sura making the re ccrds.

Back. In the long ago Wallet baseball fan last summer In every state In the onion' except Cclorado. New Mexico. North Dakota, Main and Vermont. Political note; Th Clemson and Boston college lads who pi a yd In the Cotton BJl gam received a souvenirs ten gal-ion nata, bale cf cotton and biographies ot John Nance Oar.

ner are you forT FLEET FIVE AT FOUR FOOTBALL t.ggs, afterwards president of Celm CHARITY BRINGS n. o.tanlred the first football coached It. It wa a new Uie position of athletic director oi ihe great Parker District of schools. I 1 v- JlJ LI. HaUlt" Thornton did hi best.

rIrW," in tl. atat-. The first coach Ed Barrow Gets Pleasure Out Of Circumventing Rule By GAYLE TALBOT NEW YORK. Jan. 8.

Wh- From new on. President Ed Barrow of the CliILESU CHANGES which was a good best for Clemson v.ai wolm Hebeman of aroaa ai Cincinnati left mmi of oar member In a fog. Soma of PEACE 10 MG ilie L'jl of Pcruuylvania who and Abbeville and It is recalled that p.iied a straight game white on nputation of Abbeville and Clem- tried Clemson and Ceorgla Tech before returning to his alma mater 6elected shorts: (Archie San anl wrote cn hi Xmas cards that Joe Jacobs And New Most Important Rule Concerns Short Yankees Is going to find a lot of Hetscman was the man who gained fame the introduction of the Helscmsn shift. Heiscman. along xiii In the great game.

He played or a year. or two Th two Swetenburg brothers, uu U-ck. wet on the Clemson pleasure In circumventing that new York Commission rule which says he cannot do bust with Dr. Rlggs carried their' team About To Bury Hat tha problem were exaggerated and due-to miaunderatandlng. It la my opinion that tba inlata will lift la abort and that when tha misunderstandings bar been clarified, we all ahall clearly aee minor league baaeball atanda atronger and better equipped than It haa la many years.

To that rant throne which love and patron I tea th gam of bae-balL I give aaauranc that we nesa with other American league Seceders Open Basketball Season A-gainst Citadel Saturday DUe WEST, Jan. 5. Erskine's Flying Fleet badcrteers iiv'awlng Forward Pass MBMaBaaaat PALM 8 PR INC S. Jan. 6 Me team.

i Atlanta far. tha first big game c.Ub. Oeirge' Cann wa also an Abbe. he la In his best shape In three years' Extra Rice report fd hot after Big Tom S.ldham of Oklahoma (But Rice will lose again) The Los Angeles Times now features A woman race boss handles pper Tom Dunn of Fltchburr. Mass wai so good In his freshman year ai a National league umpire he will get fth Georgia Tech which put the chet BY SDI FEDER He wa good and sore when hit CT) College football fan may ollcge in the lime light and gave It fellow magnates shoved It down his vllle boy who went In to uphold the team during their college and Elected credit on Abbeville and mark down four chunires In the i reputalon which It ha sustained ver It Is recalled that Coach rule hook for 1349, Including one NKw YORK.

Jan. S.m throat at the Cincinnati meeting, tut that lias worn eff now and he (a acccp.ing the, challenge in nbjh Into action Saturday nig again! the college. Ictsemen and Dr. Rlgga kept their designed to speed up play and another to encourage the use of reallxa our obligation and that liMUie McMillan recalls that for boys out of the city until the morn- the first collegiate opposition of the spirits, onr efforte ara directed toward of the game and then marched season with Citadel's Bulldog quln yeara the Tigers would not play Carolina which was the big a substantial, boost in salary in 1940 Steve Owen, coach of the football Giants, ba been made a vice president of a New York sporting His satisfaction in obtaining Lefty aca and every point deem beneficial to a paatlma that ha tet In Charleston. The Fleet will en them through the street of the big city, creating a sensation equal to Lee GrlsAom from the Reds In ex game of the season then.

Tha row gage the College, "of Charleston on Columbia after a game Is still atood the (eat for 100 yeara. To (coda house. change for Joe Bcggs is an to obvl ous, though It Is doubtful the vet' big circus parade. Conner Hanvey, of Abbeville talked about In 'football circles. It la Monday night.

thoa of yon who ara aaaoclated with our orgaulxatlon In the op eran actually wanted Orlssom very. The Sectdcr with Uiree regulars also recalled that an Abbeville boy Kenneth Peoria (111) Jour- ounty. played In this game and bad. aa at. the head of th Carolina eration of the Individual clhba.

I nal-TranscriptiJudg Land Is has -as one of the great players. A big back from last season have been going through Intensive workouts un Aided and abetted by the fair name of charity. Fight Promoter Mike Jacob stepped out of character today for a ahort role as the" angel or peace, which promises to go a long, way toward settling the hottest feud since the Hatfield wouldn't apeak to tbe McCoya. The result probably will be that the New York StaU Athletic Commission and Jo Jacobs, manager of Tony Gaiento, will "bury the hatchet" In their long-standing row thus removing the biggest1 "I never saw him but once Uv my urge that yon look ahead with the brawny boy he carried his share of studenuond tooic a big part In the depute. (Riristie Benet, no a distinguished lawyer of Columbia.

Ufe," he admitted with a broad der thedirection of Coach Jake been qulzzlngrlhagnates of Detroit farm Probably "he wants to knew 'flow Toledo and Beaumont he honors and the team to victory. aame confidence and antbualaain you have dlaplayed In the paat. There have been four Hanvey smile, "lhat was in the recent Wcrld I thougluhe looked The Clemson team hu had two brothers In the Clemson team and could Its a total of 210 games In one aeason." short forward passes. The major change, announced by the rule committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the conclusion of its meeting yesterday, involve the abirt forward toss. The new rule says that when a forward pass touches an luellgi-ble player on or behind the line of scrimmage, the penalty will be merely the loss of the If the passer Is trapped, however, and throws' the ball to aave rardage and it touchea an Inell- glbie man, who Is on or behind the line, the penalty will be the satre as for Intentionally grounding pass; namely, 5 yards and loss of the down.

The penalty for roughlug 'al passer will. In the future, be en- forced from the. spot of the pre pretty good. They say he's eccentric. managers from Abbeville.

Jamea F. There la do reaaon to approach tba 1940 aeaaon In any other frame of mind. Onr gam ta on aolld has left proud reputalon. a jleman wa manager during his player. Their names are still den What of It? We've had plenty of ec centric players on' this ball club." term at the tame time that se history; Connor played too soon ground and la progre3lng.

The coming aeaaon hould be. another Correction: Results of the foiir big bowl All Barrow ranted to do, really, Todd since the early part of December Jrtit the Fleet will get Its first taste of college opposition this wtfkend. Thus far the Flying Fleet has taken the Winnsboro Royal Cords Into camp and also annexed one tilt with the Parris Island Marines and dropped one encounter to the Marines. The Fleet is fast and very adept at handling the ball but lacks height, be named in football parlance. J.

vld Henry, another Abbeville boy, was faculty financial director. James was to show the boys they couldn't Hanvey waa known aa the "Great atrong link welded Into the chain games indicate It only nail true 'McComba wa also manager of the what they any about Dixie. Col George Hanvey wa icnewn as "Little Jock" and Ernest team during his college ill andhoth upheld the tradition of Abbeville Bryan Grant Says Hanvey the younger brother was. stumbling block in the way 'or holding the heavyweight boots between dalento and Max Baer this Winter and and Joe Louis next' summer in New At the same the Finnish and rendered distinguished service 3 Berths Required For Two Cagers iiraen ouu vouia the institution. The Seceder mentor has only one There have been plenty of Abbe lieat aii comers man, Jchn H.

Edwards, who towers above the six feet mark. ville students on the scrub teama NORMAN. Jan. 5. relief frhich the Cafcn- The probable first team lineup Oklahoma's defending' co-chnm- vious- Heretofore.

In the rase a completed or intercept tAaii'A. but these young men were part leu larly famous in football. called "The Wreck." Connor waa famous as a fullback. Col George Hanvey Is the only one living In Abbeville, now. He is a retired army officer and still has a vivid Interest in the game.

When Clemwnris on the air the Colonel' radio is worki ing over time. Britt By There were' the two Brut boys will be M. Long and H. Long In the plons dote Into 'the Big Six lies- Looking back ou18 yeara of tour- ed pass, the penalty was enforced Further honors will be shown forward posts, John Edwards will ketball race tonight with Bleeper Insurance. 1 Eharp and Timmons for they will put the-eld" handcuff on him.

If Armstroncr Puts Ghnouly To Sleep In Fifth Round ST. IXJUIf Jan. 6. iT)--Wel-terweight Clumplon Henry Armstrongwho schedules title, de tenses in serloR and keeps all dittes will, hattl'ed'ro Monta-nex In New York Jan. 24, flaunt-Ir; the scalp of the man who once Inspired him to do big things with his fists.

The St. Louis negro felled his one-time "hero" Joe Ghnouly throe times hi the first of a scheduled' IS -'round championship match last night anddropped the hold down the center position, and be tendered a supper party the Buddy Phillip and Joo Cotton will Coach Bruce, Drake rented a to-Baer festlvlting will be staged la 'will do all right, too, with Mike Jacobs contributing his entire profit from the project to that charity. The fight was the tor event proposed at a get-together of ex-Pretddent Herbert Hoover, head of the fund, and various sports yesterday. Lendlug the way, however, was Oretchen Grill on Friday evening. see action at guards.

The lterth and a half each for the giant inainstaya "of his team, -foqt-6 team lines up wjtfi Charlie Todd and Baxter. Jones, forwards, Henderson -Nesblt, center, Edwin Parkinson and Tom Overby, guards. Hugh Ford and Scheffler, so they could stretch contentedly on the ride to Lawrence, Ras. CLEMSON TIGERS TURN THEIR ATTENTION TO BASKETBALL naiuent tennlaBryan M. (Bltsy) Grant, the Atlanta mite, Asserted today that Pill Tllden (a and wa the greateat tennis player of our "Tllden todayl e4ld, "canWhip any player In the world In a alngle set and he wouldn't" 'be worse than eren money against anyone in the world in a three sefmatch." The Georgian, a perpetual 'runner-upper, haa beaten most of the stars In cent years, and he's v.

been rated as No. 2 and No. 3 by the V. B. A.

I Tall nlftvpm need to relax the from the point of the foul, which often It, necessary for the offended team to' refuse the penalty. In ordc-r to speed up the game, the committee reduced the-time allowed lii putting the bait lulo play from 30 seconds to -25 Tbe fourth new rule requires that cleats be three-cightha of an inch at the top, or point, Instead of one half inch, and that the top ba parallel with the base. This Was the only recommendation suggested by the American Coaches Association which was adopted, night before a Drake ex the fact that the Galento-Baer fight should be a cinch to end the battle' between Joe. Jacobs and New. Dance King plained.

"They can't do it In th' average pullman berth." the athletic commissioners. Oklahoma opens against, Kan faltering challenger, for keeps In 34 seconds of the fifth, For weeks. Joe has resisted all Mike Jacobs' pleadings to hold I sas, runnernp last I i tb right ,111 New York, because neither Joe. as manager, nor Two-Ton as fighter, hold ii raiea uoa uuage next to den. i fll tjjet Your Qitn K-i' 1 New York licenses from the com mission.

But Mike annouueed the (Ight as for charity, so Joe immediate Join the hoopsters until Wake Forest comes here on, January 10th. Veteran Forward Bob Moorman haa been moved into the center position lh McFaddeu's absence, with Lettermen Barney Coylo and Heury Buchanan filling the forward spot. Stanley Lancaster, another letferman and also a member of Clemson's 1939 Southern conference championship team, will lie at ono guard position with Sam Jenkins 4k newcomer to the, Tiger JJneup at the other defensive spot. The Tigers have Just returned from a late December northern Invasion that found thenOdropplug successive games tcChe strong team representing the University of. Baltimore.

University of Mary- CLEMSON, Jan. 5 With the Bowl football trophy safely on display for all visitors to- the Clemson carpus, the eyes of Tiger-town have turned unreservedly toward the debut of the Bengal basketeers' -'when they "meet the University of Georgia here Saturday night, at 8. o'clock. The Clemson cage team will dedicate Its initial home game (o a most worthy cause and several hundred out of town spectators are expected to be on hand to witness the battle being played for the benefit the national1 Infantile paralysis fund. Athletic Director Jess Neely has announced that the entire net proceeds of the game ly accepted with a stipulation Jim LaLanne Out 01 Winter Athletics CHAPEL HILL, Jan.

'm quarterback, cant participate in winter foUball prac- This was that he had, at present. A -T wawsaw-- no legal power to sign a contra i mm i ii. i i Kfc I EM if I I i 1 for Gaiento In this state, but It I Wi Ol I lie wonid do In minute i I Hi 1 il I granted a license. I I --v, COLLEGE BASKETBALL LAST KiGiiT 1 (Ey the Associated Press Ohio 67 Baltimore it Santa Clara 48 Montana State 31 Now Mexico Aggies 40 Arizona 41 Mississippi 49 Mississippi college 43 Mercer 61 Chattanooga 41 North Carolina 29 Catawba 25 Duke 51 Davidson 28 Westminster 50 Carneglr Tech 4f Panior 50 Wllilara and Mary 4' inns, tne ocmmissioners are Mtff lrl.flllfV. 1-1 tAru.csrire I it 'Ml the lads "in the middle'." And since the-fair "name of charity ii a compelling factor In fight Le at Uie University of North Caro- na tecause he was conditioned on wo subjects after the fall tern school authotitie tls-losed today.

It was explained; however, that LaLanne would be to return ir the spring quarter and cfcn play patball next fall should he pass a normal loac of Dusiness, tne tistic tatners un will "be turned over to this cause, and, and Oeorge Washington UnUi doubted ly will see the light." Verslty. Early in December the I i i Oyer varsity cage duties until regular Mentor Joe Davis ha finished hi Cotton Bowl football chores. Mentor baris took the team ver Wednesday night and expects The admission price Is SO cents. Although Clemson' double all-American Panks McFadden, the 1939 toant of American football and basketball, will not be' iu action against the Georgia Bulldogs, Coach Joe Davis will present a smooth-passing quintet of four lettermen and one reserve of i last vHnter Mv.pjMMrtri tiiTT fe- "Tigers lost a decision to the University of Kentucky, Southeastern conference champions of 1939. A greatly Improved Clemson team.

is expected to take the floor against. Georgia Saturday night, Until Tueisday the' courtmen were under the supervision of Freshman lttnnn. ho took I YEAHS OLD FIGHTS LAST SIGHT (Fy the Associated Press) SL Henry Armstrong, 3-4, welterweight champion, a Angeles, knocked out Joe 1- Jff. WRESTLING tAST'JILGIIT Hartford, Conn. Marvin West-enberg, 231, Taeoma, defeated Dudy Dusek, 21S, Omaha, (WO (if (ItIM fill" have, them in perfect shape for theJ MUXES, New Daoe King, taew broadcaaUng ow' Coast-to-' Cetil C.n.3.

Network, L' rN tiaS t. Invasion of the Southeastorners fiotn.