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Page B-4 Want 3-3131 Tune in at 990 on Your Dial Hear it on WN -Read it in The News-Sentinel THE KNOXVILLE NEWS-SENTINEL Sunday December 15 1945 Prexy Billy Evans Expected To Leave A for Detroit Post Gifted Baseball Man Gets Attractive Offer Asks Southern League Directors for Release Reported To Have Drawn $22000 Annual Salary By EDWIN MOSS I nlted PrM Xport Writer MEMPHIS Tenn Dec 14 President William (Billy) Evans who kept the Southern Association operating when other minor loops were folding like umbrellas on a clear day is apparently headed hack for the big time Evans whose contention that baseball had a war-time respon- left by the resignation of George aibility was backed by a program Trautrnan to take over as mi-ot expansion and entertainment nor league czar for soldiers and war-workers to- Rereives $22000 Salary day asked for his release as South-! Evans' salary and attendance ern Association head He made the request to consider an offer as bonus are said to have brought his executive vice president of the Pa' to an estimated $22000 this American League's Detroit Tigers vear Terms of the Detroit of lei Although his resignation was revealed accepted in league circles as an Known as to fan and indication that he would accept the player alike Evans came to the Detroit post Evans declined com- Southern Association in 1943 suc-jnent feeding the late Trammel Scott Gets Fine Offer of Atlanta Among his first moves Detroit club has made me waS tthe transfAer of 1fu head' an outstanding offer' It is xmpos- cluarters trom Atlanta to Memphis sible for me to comment one way Keep League Going or another on the matter During the war Evans insisted me to consider and make a that Southern Association parks final decision in the Detroit mat- would remain open even if the ter it be necessary lor the managers and peanut vendors had Southern League to first release to play Not only did play continue i me from my but new attendance records were contract expire set by Ihe loop until Dec 1 1948 His resignation In 1945 the Southern switched must be approved bv the loop from the to banner board of directors marie up of one Evans came to the Southern As- representative trom each of the -ocjatjon after 22 years as a ma-eight clubs jor league umpire He also served Reportedly the highest paid mi- as a scout and was general manner league executive in hasebaJJ Ker of the Cleveland Indians Evans has been offered Ihe spot Evans once headed up the Boston the pass-snagging end They have completed 12 passes lor 291 yards and five touchdowns 3 Huey Keeny halfback is regarded as one of the notion's greatest punters He has averaged 393 yards per kick an 60 punts In a couple of games he kicked the bad over W0 yards yards in carrying the ball 130 times this season tor an average of 53 yards per try 2 These two gents compose the Rice passing combine that lias won important games for the Owls this season yThey are Virgil Eikenburg left the passer and Wendell Williams right I Need Opponent for Tennessee State By 1 nited Freni BIRMINGHAM Ala Dec BIRMINGHAM Ala Dec Gr Loan i)av orru Ml RCI) TAPE MONEY TO LOAN on Diamonds Watches Rings i loans nn Anything of alue Wo havo A nice 'lortton of gifts for JilOKKIS 8KALET PORTABLE WELDING EQUIPMENT If you can bring your Job to us rome to your job! Years Welding Experience" Service WELDING CO 413 Magnolia Dial 3-3241 but has been fruitless so far Arkansas A College of Pine Bluff was slated to furnisn the other team However the Arkansas bovs found themselves bound "'sTn1' FRANCISCO Dec 14 bv a previous commitment and SAW i KAiNt lot ie is i will plav instead in the Jan 1 Cat- Minus the touchdown 1 ennessee States football squad te row at Fort Worth Tex 1 twins Doc Blanchard and Glen one of the mightiest on the Negrn Davis the 24-man Eastern squad gridiron is all set to play in the for the annual East-West charity Vulcan Bowl here New Year's Day football classic was listed by Shrine sponsors of the game today no opposing team has yet been Managing Director William chosen Coffman had no comment on the The bowl committee secretary failure to secure the West Point Askew said the quest for the second school has led from one section of the country to another secure wreckers There had been per that the Red Sox farm system A newspaper man and syndicated sports writer he set up an efficient anti badly-needed public relations system in the Southern which is probably equal to that of any of the major leagues Evans also inaugurated many innovations to speed up lagging Southern Association play A Directors Give Reluctant Approval Hy I niteti Tress ATLANTA Ga Dec 14 Directors of the eight Southern Association clubs unanimously but reluctantly said tonight that they would accept the release of William Evans as president of the Southern Association so that he might accept the position of general manager of the Detroit Tigers In a telephone poll cond by the Atlanta Journal directors of the eight clubs agreed that although they felt that loss would be a terrible blow to the league they would release him from his contract which runs through 1948 and not stand in the wav of his advancement ucted THESE RICE OWLS PRIMED FOR of ihe our-sionding Rice gridiron performers who are primed to play their best game against Tennessee in the Orange Bowl of Miami Jan 1 I Carl Russ halfback is generally conceded to be the best running back in the Southwest Conference He gained 690 Rice Rated Fifth Rest Tennessee 12th by Lit Notre Dame Is Given Top Spot in Nation Over Army Michigan Placed Third Ahead of Georgia By DR LITKENHOl The final day of reckoning for the 1946 football season (finds the Irish of Notre Dame finally breaking the Army death-lock on first place in the Litkenhous Difference by Score System Through the 1944 and 1945 seasons it was the name resounding in the standings Saturday after Saturday and at the century bracket at 1002 the season recapitulation The IS jn fourth as Rice co-champion Black Knights of the Hudson the Southwest Conference even set a record high rating in snagged the fifth berth Illinois 1944 with a figure of 1437 But the Rose Bowl opponent of the lfng rciiin the A'my Gray UCLA barely missed the fifth has been broken spot only one-tenth of a point And broken by the South (separating Ray crew from Benders who fought Blanchard- the Owls Davis and Company to a 0-0 Completing the top 10 are standstill Notre Dame's final Texas at 965 in seventh Penn-rating is 1K7 only 83 power sylvania at 939 in eighth points belter than Earl Louisiana State at 928 in ninth crew but enough to do the trick Mississippi State at 923 in Army in turn was hard pushed loth to hold second place as Michigan Kentucky wound up in 14th finished in third only two-tenths behind Georgia Tech which was of a point behind the Cadets nth and Tennessee and North Georgia the last team to finish Carolina Sugar Bowl foes in 12th and 13th respectively: The following ratings give the numerical position of every col- UCLA Starts 1250 195 1150 I Diamond Bridal Set UP Birth Ion Rina CARMEN Stretch Bracelet rvREnEEMEO Paeket and EIrlNS H4 MIITOX ALTHAMS and other well-known make at a REAI SAVING re Our Convenient Special Chrilma Iay-By Plan tnr Vnur Gift Small Deposit Holds Any Article Jewelry and Loan Co 137 South Gay Street iA sistent reports game directors were eager to secure their services I The complete Eastern squad: Ends -Cecil Souders Ohio State Elmer Madar Michigan Arthur Littleton Pennsylvania Weber Roberts Holy Cross Bob Skog- land Notre Dame Tackles William Moore Penn State John Kerns Ohio Univer- sitv Bernie Gallagher Pennsyl- vania Guards Fred Rovai Notre Dame John Mastrangelo Notre Dame Hal Dean Ohio State Stacco Colgate I Centers Robert Orlando Col- gate John Cannadav Indiana Backs Peter Pihos Indiana: I Bob Sandberg Minnesota Joe Andrejco Eordham Paul Weaver Penn State Nick Saerinty Wake Forest Ed Allen Pennsylvania Ed Cody Purdue Fd Hirsch Northwestern Tommy Dorsey Brown Lorry Bruno Geneva GIVE COACH WATCH Bv As'tnHutPfl Ala Dec Coach Carl Voyles of Auburn was sport- I ing a new 21 -jewel watch today the gift of the six senior members of the 194fi football squad End Teedie Faulk president of the Club made the presentation at a club dance He said the men were honoring gentleman an outstanding football coach and a fine leader of The other five donors besides Faulk were Carl Fletcher Jim Pharr Jimmy Rose Jack Cornelius and McCoy Hewlett has TOYS FOR YOUNGSTERS AT Priced lege and service the nation: 1PP0S i Cwftfod rvas after football team in TVS 719 79 729 721 1 719 719 07 i 70fi 02 fiOS (199 fi99 092 090 79 079 Bowl Work Bp tPnltnd Praaa LOS ANGELES Dec A began working out today for it's Rose Bowl game against Illinois with Coach Bert LaBrucherie laughing at insinuations that Pacific Coast football wasn't on a par with other sections of the country may not have as many good teams as the South or the 41-year-old director of gridiron destinies said our top teams are as good as any in the country we hope to prove it on New Year's Warning his squad of 55 players the tag1 tn rAed be spralea attire Gift sWpV leisure a sift meant Twa fort And corner Wak up -W 4s no are but they are just as LaBrucherie drove his men wake as we Prostate Gland Trouble? i a railroad man and 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