The Knoxville News-Sentinel from Knoxville, Tennessee • 7

Vol-Kentucky Tilt at Lexington Heads SEC Slate News-Sentinel Sports Game Will Be First League Tilt for Cats Auburn Unbeaten Leads Cage Lucas Given Monday January 16 THE KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL Harrison and Metz 'Playoff in Open Meet i Two Chicago Pros Finish Oakland Event Tied Loser Gets $750 Prize BABE VISITS GRANDFATHER Goal Late in Game Wins for Giant Eleven Ward Kick Breaks Deadlock and Wins Over Pro Stars 13-10 By JACK GUENTHER Tallnl hm Matt CarreapondMl LOS ANGELES Jan The New York Giants got on the record books today as winners of the first "professional bowl football Sprrial Ta The wa-Kcnlla'l game" KINGSPORT Jan 16 The Ap- Ward Cuff who led the Giants palachian League a Class cir- to victory over the Green Bay cuit likely will operate as an packers in the 1938 play-off for eight-team affair during the com- the National League championing campaign according to Ray ship was responsible The former Ryan president who presided at Marquette star kicked a last-the annual meeting of the league period field goal for a 13-10 vic-clubs here Sunday tory over a professional all-star Appalachia Va applied yestcr- eleven selected by popular vote day through Zilas Wells and was assured a berth if another team can be secured to make an eight-team ly ague or one of the present six teams withdraws The cities now having teams entered are: Kirks From 20 With the score tied at 10-10 the Giants capitalized on a break with less than five minutes to go Ed Goddard former Washington State Race Crimson Tide Has Eight Wins By KENNETH GREGORY Aaaoriat'd Freii Sparta Write ATLANTA Jan Thoroughly tested against foes in outside leagues the Kentucky Wildcats began preparations today for the opening of their Southeastern Conference campaign The inaugural opposition for the Blue Grass cagers is provided by a foe of long standing the Tennessee Volunteers These two highly-rated aggregations square off at Lexington Saturday night in the feature game of the week's program Kentucky has dropped two decisions in seven games with nonleague opponents losing to the strong Long Island five 52-34 and to the Irish of Notre Dame 42-37 Tennessee deployed against Conference foes twice last week and came out on the short end in thrilling finishes Lost Two Thrillers After two overtime periods Alabama's highly-regarded Crimson Tide quintet nosed out the Volunteers 39-37 and Mississippi State connected with a last-min-nue free throw to edge out a 24-23 verdict over the Knoxvillians The early rounds of Conference campaigning have established Kentucky Alabama Louisiana State Auburn and Missis- sippi State as the ranking teams at this date Of the 13 teams in the fold Plainsmen are alone in the undefeated class but the Alabamans have not faced a real test Victorious in five non-loop contests and winner twice over Se-wanee last week by scores of VI-31 and 38-27 Auburn tackles Vanderbilt tonight in its only competition this week Vanderbilt dropped a 24-30 decision to Geor- His Release Veteran of 15 Years in National League Turned Loose by Pirates By f'nit'd Pm PITTSBURGH Jan 16-Charles Fred (Red) Lucas a National League pitcher for 15 years was released unconditionally today by the Pittsburgh Pirate baseball club President William Benswan-ger expressed regret over parting of Lucas but explained that reshaping of the Pirates nosed out in the National League race by Chicago last year made the move necessary Lucas 37 and resident of Nashville Tenn started in organized baseball in 1920 He served 25 years in the National League with New York Boston Cincinnati and Pittsburgh His major league record shows 157 victories and 135 losses in the 394 games in which he pitched He came to Pittsburgh in 1934 and won 47 games while losing 32 in his five years as a Pirate He won six and lost three last year but could finish only four of the 13 games in which he was the starting pitcher Late Wesleyan Rally Is Short Sparial Ta Tha Srvi-lrullul ATHENS Jan 16 Three last minute field goals by Olen (Roughhouse) Armstrong of Tennessee Wesleyan today had gone for naught as Hiwassee College's 7'Th so'dKiS here Saturday night The invaders started firing from the opening whistle and led most of the way taking a 16 to 14 lead at the half They increased their lead early in the second half and Wesleyan w'as forced to make a desperate rally to get back in the ball game With three minutes to go and his team seven points behind Armstrong netted three successive shots from the suburbs Another shot from midcourt bounced from the rim as the final whistle sounded the opening Conference test lor both teams Alabama Meets Vandy Alabama winner of eight of its nine games and triumphant over five conference opponents has one engagement that with Vanderbilt on Saturday night Miss-issiFsippi which dropped three four games played last week meets Tulane in a brace of contests Tulane also plays Georgia Tech Mid-term examinations have forced curtailment of the week's to great extent Here star fumbled a punt deep in his own territory and big Orville Tuttle recovered for the Giants Tuffy Leemans cracked seven yards in three plays and then on fourth down Cuff kicked the winning points from the 20-yard line A crowd of 15000 saw the game which will be an annual feature with proceeds going to the Salvation Army The first half was dull The Giants scored first in the second period on Leonard Bamum's 18-yard field goal A few minutes later Ernie Smith of the All-Stars tied it with a 19-yard place kick Stars Take Lead The Stars forged ahead In the third period when Sammy Baugh League Directors Expected To Adopt Slate as Arranged Pro of the Washington Redskins un- leashed his passing arm and Football Question Due TO Come Up pitched two strikes The Stars had the ball on their own 20 Baugh threw a 10-yard pass to Perry Schwartz former California end and then he flicked one to Lloyd Cardwell who caught it on the Giant 40 and ran for a touchdown Tackle Joe Stydahar kicked the extra point The Giants began a drive late in the period and carried it over into the fourth to tie the score On 10 plays they marched 73 yards Ed Danowski completed five straight passes in that drive his last a 32-yard pitch which Chuck Gelatka caught on the goal line Cuffs conversion tied the score Br lilt'd Prf ATLANTA Jan Directors of the Southern Association of Baseball Clubs met here today to approve a 154-game schedule for next season and perhaps discuss plana for a professional football league which would include some Association cities Major Trammell Scott Southern Association president expected i T1 1 the schedule adopted by tlujO(lV 1 101)1112 schedule committee would be adopted with virtually no debate It called for opening on April 14 with the following games: Birmingham at New Orleans Knox- Report Says Prep Athletes Are lanta Promised Free Rides of the title on the last green He missed six-foot putt which 'would have won His last round 'card was 70 Harrison who tied the competitive course record on Saturday with a 64 had a 69 on his final round Ben Hogan of New York and Mark Fry of Oakland tied for third with 275 An amateur Marvin (Bud) Ward of Olympia Wash member of the American Walker Cup team last year took fifth place with 277 Horton Smith of Chicago one of the early leaders and Banny Coltrin of San Francisco shared sixth place with 278 High Schools Kingsport Elizabeth ton Johnson City Newport Greeneville and Pennington Gap Lynch Harlan and Middles-boro and Bristol and Morristown Tenn are reported interested in joining the circuit Outstanding development of meeting was the increase of the playing schedule to 120 games from 110 The schedule will open April 27 and close August 27 Judge Clifford Sanders was elected to succeed Harry Smith of Johnson City as league treasurer President salary was fixed at 8 1000 for the season A proposal to increase It to 31200 was rejected Representatives at the meeting were: Walter Patee and William Walfingham Johnson City Leroy Sp rankle and Judge Sanders of Kingsport Dr Hobart Ford Newport Ted Wingfield Frank Grind-staff Fred Hathaway Mc-Masters Brownie Griggs and Ed Rosenbaum Elizabeth ton and Ross Edgeman Pennington Gap Connie Mack Say 8 Yankees Can Be Beaten Babe Wood crack Tennessee quarterback is seen in the above picture congratulating his grandfather Wood on his 93rd birthday And his grandfather in turn congratulated the McMinnville meteor on his great playing for the Volunteers The picture was made recently when Babe attended a birthday celebration for his grandfather at McMinnville Joe Williams Says: Baseball's Hall of Fame Mechanics Wrong Joe Insists He Would Pick Past Performers Like Merkle and Ice Cream By A twirl it'd Prf SAN FRANCISCO Jan Tht San Francisco Academic Athletic eluded the grid league Watkins Association called a meeting today ha in njind to investigate reports some ath- The Memphis owner said he jja(j jecn lured into certain had received assurances the Texas hlgh Khoois on promises of free League would be interested in car rides and ice cream idea and was confident it would be well received by the Southern directors cones Arthur Fagin president of the Association said charges of 1939 pni Tn Rn Rnntlv I llOl A 0 I3C IlCu(I) Pcmrs Blind Mat By NKA berries PHILADELPHIA Jan Bob -L Allman blind captain of Pennsylvania's wrestling team who was elected to Phi Beta Kappa last spring is almost recovered from a chest injury w'hich has kept him out of extensive training for the past few weeks Allman twice runner-up for the 118-pound intercollegiate championship will return to active drill after the first of the year and expects to be in shape for the Quakers opener with Lafayette jFeb 14 Minor Leagues To Meet in Cincinnati By rolled Fima DURHAM Jan 16 Minor baseball leagues will hold their 1939 convention in Cincinnati Ohio Dec 4 through 7 the National Association of Professional Baseball leagues announced today Although the minors usually do not convene in a major-league city they voted unanimously to do so this year in honor of the Centennial of the Cincinnati Reds first prefessional team in history City Loop Games on Tonight Two fast City Girls League games and one Club League boys contest are scheduled tonight at the Park Junior High gymnasium starting at 7 Here's the schedule: 7:00 Ever-ready Club vs Athletic House (girls) Clinton Ravens vs So Athletic Co (girls) 9:00 Jett Service Station vs Maynard ville (boys) By Chet Smith wid this wrestler chief look a Br rail'd PrM OAKLAND Cal Jan Two Chicago professionals Dick Metz and (Dutch) Harrison meet today in a playoff for $1000 first prize money in the Oakland open golf tournament When the firing was over yesterday both had scores of 274 for 72 holes They play 18 holes of medal golf today and the loser gets second prize of $750 Metz among the pace-setters 'throughout the tournament wav-Jered slightly on the back nine yesterday and blew outright possession proselyting which assertedly have four local high schools threaten- jng to break off athletic relations with a fifth poses a particularly troublesome problem for the body in that it has no regulations governing the subject "We never thought of proselyting entering high school athletics Fagin said "We had always considered that a problem peculiar to However Fagin said the Association at meeting would start an investigation behind closed doors and perhaps we'll have something to Last Rites Today for Col Buppcrt Br rail'd Prma NEW YORK Jan Funeral services for the late CoL Jacob Ruppert owner of the New York Yankees who died last Friday will be held today Burial will be in the family vault in Kensico (N Y) cemetery after solemn requiem mass at St Patrick's Cathedral at 11 a (EST) Among the honorary pall-bearers were Babe Ruth former Mayor James Walker Mayor La Guar-dia former Governor Alfred Smith Ford Frick president of the National League William Har-lidge president of the American League and Lou Gehrig Yankee captain Gun Scores 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Captain To Succeed Bow- sides the Yankees who were all pennant contenders 1 say that St Louis and the Athletics were in the fight but they may be this year And this year likely to see any one of those five teams giving the Yankees something to think about They can be beaten those not beyond the realm of possibility "that either the Indians or the Tigers or the Red if they fought like they did in 1938 give those Yankees a run for their he said Regarding the "They'll be better than last Mack said smiling "Some of our veterans didn't hit their stride until mid-season If they get going early this year it'll be different Besides got a fine gang of youngsters and we're going to make trouble for those teams which think the first division belongs to them he added got 30 rookie pitchers to pick The Stars made 10 first downs to 13 for the Giants Danowski Grid Banquet Opens at 7:30 den Wyatt To Be Elected at Starting time of tonight's Junior Chamber of Commerce football banquet to honor Tennessee's Southeastern Conference champions is 7:30 snd not 6:30 as formerly announced The banquet will be held at the Cafeteria The greatest crowd of loyal fans to ever attend a Tennessee han-quet will be on hand tonight to dish out formal honors to the Vols For the first time In his- tory ell tickets were sold which means that more than 500 will break bread with the Vols Chief event to come up tonight will be the election of a 1939 rap' tain to succeed All-American Capt Bowden Wyatt Chiefly among the prominent candidates for the captaincy are Sam Barth olomew the blocking back: Jimmy Hike center and Leonard a cirrpe- All Turn oCaSOn a dUCCeSS MTier I urn ing Back Chattanooga Foes Several of the directorate however had voiced opposition to fessional football in the South and there was one prediction the proposal would "die a natural death" after introduction JCC Lads Win Great Victory of program a is the lineup: Monday: Auburn vs Van derbilt at Auburn: Florida vs Southern College at Gainesville Mississippi vs Tulane at Oxford Tuesday: Florida vs Stetson at Deland Mississippi vs Tulane at Osford Wednesday: Tennessee vs Sewanee at Knoxville Friday: Georgia vs Chattanooga at Athens Saturday: Alabama vs Vanderbilt at Tuscaloosa Georgia Tech vs Tulane at Atlanta Tennessee vs Kentucky at Lexington Sewanee vs Southwestern! (Memphis) at Sewanee 4- (WEEKEND RESULTS) iHj AxaoHatfd Praia) Oenrxla IS Florida II Auburn II: Satranea ST rieorma Tnh SO VanilarMIt 14 MlniMirpI Ctllegi SI Ualvaralty of BIlaMKrippI 41 Uiniulppl ataio College 14 Tonnau-23- Pouihwaatem I a Institute II Loyloa (New Orleans) IS Virginia 11: ni-hmond 11 Waka Forest 40 State II VMI 41 Wllllam-Mary 41 Randolph Macon 11: BrMsewator 11 Emery and Henry 41 Caraon-Newmen North Dakota II Booth Dakota 14 Miami II Dayton II Missouri IT: Oklahoma II Iowa 41 Purdue 4t Illinois 41: Chicago II Columbia II Tale SO Harvard 40 Prinraton SI North Carolina 4t Washington ud Lm II Indiana 41 Wlsconala II Syracuse IT: Fordham II Ohio State II: Northwestern II Army IT: Cornell It Dartmouth SI Pennsylvania IS kllnnooota 14 Michigan Hi Duke 44 Navy IT Southern California 41 Stanford IS I'tah II: Colorado Stale Si California 41 UCLA 13 Colorado It Denver SI Southern Methodist SI Texas Christian II Arkaneao 1 Toxao 41 Notre Dame 41: Kentucky IT Nebraska 41 Kansas IT Time Out! pro- by 5147 Count Even should they drop most of their remaining games the basketball season of the Jewish Community Center will be a real success The reason is that the Jewish lads last night defeated their arch the Chattanooga YMHA Maccabees on the JCC floor 51 to 47 Harold Shersky today was hailed as the JCC hero It was two goals late in the game that gave the winners their victory margin The score was tied at 47-all before baskets were counted At the outset of the game it appeared that the Chattannogans would make a runaway of the affair The Maccabees held a 28 to 19 lead at halftime but a concerted JCC drive in the second half closed the breach They rang the bucket consistently while holding the visitors to a minimum The Pirates won a 33 to 11 victory over the All Stars in a prelim game I JCC Tn MRWHW3 47 phnnky Iimiumi SprniBn II All 10 iiMM jMffi 4 Rllllff 4igMIIM a Mllp Rrlrkmaa I OIh I flhiHa: jrr Kaufman Brawn I Mawihwta Buah I UarfoUn Vllvarmaa 4 Nnh I II Jnffa a i Wayne Sabin Wins Florida net Meet Br nit'll Piw ORLANDO Fla 16 Wayne Sabin of Portland Ore today held his second major singles championship of the winter tennis circuit Sabin who won the Dixie tour- 4 Tampa last week ttailaVTy be lntoratod'fn See added the Florida State title Sun-! which will aaaeaine iionaa Mate miesun get be the first time in many years that a back has captained a Ten nessee team There will be no long-winded speeches tonight tn tire out those present Short talks are to be made by Maj Boh Neyland Retiring Captain Wyatt the new captain-elect President Hoskins and several others Those who attend who see the Orange Bowl game par- i ction plctureg which ball and we consider such tactics unbecoming of gentlemen and scholars Another of our annual nomina tions is Hcinie Zimmerman who chased Eddie Collins across the thhir iani? xsetulhe This was one of the most astonishing foot races baseball ever saw and one of the most costly a a Makes Nominations TUST as in the case of Merkle cJ there are men around today who insist Mr Zimmerman is not entitled to be recognized as one of the outstanding hooligans They claim his procedure was correct in every respect that he had to run after Collins with the ball because no one was covering the plate and therefore his claim to fame is false We subscribe to no such belief and we are determined to fight to the finish to see that Mr Zimmerman's reputation remains unsullied by invidious critics of the perfection and pollyanna school If Mr Zimmerman had not participated in this fantastic footrace he would be among the forgotten men in baseball and we hold any attempt to strip him of his richly earned distinction is brutally unfair Our nominations also include Roger Peckinpaugh who made eight errors In the 1925 World Series to set record which has never been approached It was the most finished exhibition of futility the fall playoffs ever witnessed and on this score alone Mr Peckinpaugh who was pecking and pawing throughout the games demands firm recognition Nor should Hank Gowdy's performance in the 1924 World Series be overlooked This was the series in which Mr Gowdy decided to give an exhibition of intricate tap dancing in his mask while in pursuit of a capricious foul fly The performance artistically perfect contributed to the surrender to Washington Certainly no right thinking person will argue Mr Gowdy belong Loudon Lassies Win Boys Lose Special Ta Tha Ncw-Sestlar LOUDON Jan 16 Led by Miss Grigsby who scored 16 points the Loudon High girls took 38-to-19 victory over the Tryon Ga girls here Saturday night while the Loudon boys bowed to Tennessee Military Institute 27 to 21 Miss Watkins scored 13 points for the Loudon lassies while Miss Cristal with 11 points set the pace for the losers Bowyer with 10 points and Hefferon with nine points led the attack foe the TMI team Schu-lein with 10 points registered the biggest score for the losers MACON TAKES TITLE By AMacialrd Picas ATLANTA Jan 16 Macon succeeded Knoxville's undefend' ing champions as winner of the Southeastern invitation volleyball meet The Macon team beat Au gusta's second-place finishers in the final game yesterday 15-11 12-15 15-13 after previous victories over Columbus Atlanta and Chattanooga By JOE WILLIAMS NEW YORK Jan We may be wrong but we feel the mechanics of hall of fame are imoerfect We notice only preeminent performers are being enshrined fellows like Cobb and Ruth and Mathewson We have no argument with such se- lections but it seems to us that sheer artistry in performance should not be the only basis There are a number of approaches to immortality A gentleman by the name of Kelly be came internationally famous merely by sitting on a flag pole longer than anybody else had ever sat before Maybe in his case too the source of genius was present but we dont" recall ever hearing this claimed for him Cy Young and Larry Lajoie were remarkable performers and they properly belong in the hall of hooray but we seriously doubt if in all the years they placed they achieved half the headlines that came to Fred Merkle of the Giants the day he failed to touch second base our point We feel the system of immortalizing baseball ivory on exceptional ability alone tends to Ignore some of the most celebrated individuals in the sport What's more a system of this sort is stuffy and priggish It has no sympathy for human foibles and weaknesses Unless this system is modified we fear the hall of hoopla is liable to become a handicap to civilization It will discourage the weak of spirit from ever hoping to crash the sacred portals And this is contrary to the best interests of humanity it being generally agreed the strong do not need to be encouraged We are among those who vote for the immortals each year and our votes always go to the players who made the headlines the wrong way We like to keep in mind the fact that on at least one unforgetable occasion they furnished the baseball world with something to talk about something that was different and It seems unjust to us that these feats should go unhonored a a a Sees Overflow IF necessary we would have a separate section in the Coopers-town cathedral for these precious souls who either because of circumstances over which they had no control or because of their own peculiar mental equipment wrote gaudy and bizarre chapters into the history of the game True it may be argued that the section would speedily become overcrowded with Brooklyn heroes alone but we would dismiss this as flippant We would lead off of course with Merkle whose failure to tourh second base cost the Giants championship We realize that many savants of the press box warmly contend Mr Merkle should not be accused of losing this championship and that in actuality he was anything but a dumb cluck We are impatient with such claims and we shall continue to idolize Mr Merkle for contributing what is probably the most historic boner the game has ever known Indeed we feel the said savants do Mr Merkle an injustice when they attempt to belittle his unique position In base- day by defeating Gene Mako of Los Angeles 8-6 4-6 6-3 2-6 6-4 Pauline Betz Los Angeles won the women's title with a 12-10 6-1 victory over Marta Barnett Miami Coffman fullback Should Bartholomew the honor It would cl program COACH TO PREACH Tarzan Taylor Marquette line coach needs only three more months of study to be ordained a Methodist minister Charley Strack Dan O'Connor vs Roy Dunn Prelim Tommy Marvin vs Fred Carone Under a new policy ladies will be admitted free to bouts if accompanied by paying male escorts The first bout starts at 8:30 Fete Schuh will be tha referee Tom Marvin Replaces Larue in Mat Prelim Chinlock Artist Will Tangle With Fred Carone in Curtain-Raiser at Lyric Theater McDonald Expect ing One of Biggest Crowds Chief Tommy Marvin of chinlock fame today was substituted on American 'Legion wrestling program at the Lyric Theater in place of Tiger Jack La Rue Announcement of the change was made by Matehmaker Joe McDonald Marvin will meet Fred Carone in the opening fray "Instead of weakening our pro- 21st Tourney at Tusculum District Meet To Open Feb 28 and End March 4 Alexander Is Director Rp'rlI TIm X'xr-S'OllB'l GREENEVILLE Jan The i Tusculum College gym has been a Sch'nk it yard selected once again as the site for At it-rair DuoMn the annual 21 District basketball1 wiir tournament The tourney win start on Feb 28 and end on March a h'nk 4 Alexander principal of the Greeneville High School was named as the tourney director Officials have not been selected yet but applicants will be selected by the coaches themselves The Washington College boys and the Mosheim girls will be the defending champions Dm Bauth pro John A Kr't Walk" i Jim Prmpntr a ae eeee Knn'th Hodg Tapp Jo Chilton Jr At 75 MnI TarrcU Fsul Klifrr Gout Phillip Lilmd 444i4l4lltll444 (3e Smith At 55 Hurt Tirfds 9 TVirtby ee A Kyla Myiwti IS Hudirap Target Jna Chilian 11 yarda Joe Kltna'jr II 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NON-LEAGUEE Dial f-Mlt for Btaarvallanx Wa always try ta iwa bowlar avary eaurtaay COMMERCE AVENUE BOWLING ALLEY S07 Cammarca Ava gram I think Marvin adds a lot of strength to McDonald said He appeared to be happy over the turn of events and said he thought the change might help lure one of the season's biggest crowds With Marvin on the card here's the way show lines up: Mala Dorv Rocha vs We need any vegetables cauliflower ears!.