Lincoln Journal Star from Lincoln, Nebraska • Page 9

KVKMNG STVTK JOI IIN IJNCOLN, I DM I VIIIKH 22 1 1 NINE Chicago U. Drops Football From Intercollegiate Sport Program Chicago U. trustees presented the students with a Christmas present with reverse English. The trustees have taken the attitude of w'ahting to eat their cake and still have it. They abolish intercollegiate football but continue competing in the Western conference in all other sports.

The students last fall showed they wanted football continued hen a Maroon campus magazine polled the undergraduates and graduates who comprise the student body. to a questionnaire showed 1,001 wanted football continued, 114 favoring its abolishment. David Martin, editor of the Daily Maroon, student newspaper, describes the surprise action by the trustees as similar to pulling a tooth. "Now that it is he wrote, "it is a good thing. Altho it probably will make the fall season duller and widen the bridge between Chicago and other rah.

rah Maybe Editor Martin is right. But keep the hat turned up in front plus a pennant on a cane and string with the rah. mh boys. There are few enough big moments in this existence and had more than my share from the game of football. Others, of course, feel differently.

sauce for the goose is an 18 yard reverse with Bob DeFruiter carrying to a touchdown against Minnesota for some of us broken down old ganders. Or Roy Petsch catching two of Hermie strikes for touchdowns against Oklahoma. doubtful if the Big Ten bigwigs will permit Chicago to compete as a conference member in other sports. That will start the tom toms beating for possible successors, Pittsburgh, and today Missouri is mentioned in a UP State, Notre Dame et al. Nebraska is doing right well as things stand.

Since the rise of Oklahoma and Mi.ssouri as recognized powers in the football w'orld, the Big Six has become a more attractive family. You heard Oklahoma clamoring for admission to the Southwest conference recently. The Big Six has built respect not only for its fine teams but for the manner in which it conducts its atletic affairs. The Huskers have established relations with Indiana, Iowa and Minnesota of the Big Ten. This building of strawmen for the purpose of punching the pants off them could go on at length.

It boils down to this: Nebraska is doing all right as is. keep it that way. Indirect word from Oklahoma indicates trouble ahead for the Sooners. Johnny Martin, junior fullback, expected to fill the shoes of Bob Seymour next fall, was expelled from the squad following the Nebraska game for breaking training. He receive a letter and they say definitely out of the 1940 picture, Orv Matthews is married and a big question mark has been placed beside his name concerning play next season, L.

G. Friedrichs and J. S. Mimsey, quarterbacks, are nursing injuries. Far different from the news that was emanating from Norman a year ago.

WTiich reminds that there has been a whale of a lot of optimism around here and pride goeth before a fall. An Oklahoma high school had the coaches of 12 colleges present at its football dinner. The toastmaster opened his remarks with, "Well, boys, all here. Now you coaches get out your checkbooks and get the bidding Clyde McBride in the Kansas City Star: why we labeled A If son of Nebraska a sophomore we been able to discover. Maybe it w'as because he escaped our attention in his sophomore year.

But he sure in his junior year. Our chief perhaps know may be regret in making that error is that some of the Nebraska patrons who thinking Major Jones will have the services of this All Big Six guard two more years. He ought to be All America material next OF MAROONS BE mi 6 BIG TEN Academic Requirements Are Cause of Material Decline in Last 15 Years. CHICAGO. (UP).

The University of Chicago, one of the original sponsors of the powerful Big Ten athletic conference, bowed out of intercollegiate football after the most futile in its 47 years of competition. Extreme academic demands of the famed institution caused a sharp decline in football material 15 years ago and not once in that span could the underpowered Maroons achieve anything like their former greatness which began in the under the grand old man Alonzo Stagg. from intercollegiate football may be first move abandoning its membership in the conference. A statement accompanying the football announcement by the university board of trustees "The university trusts that its withdrawal from intercollegiate football will not require termination of its long and satisfactory relationships with the other members of the intercollegiate conference, known as the Big Ten. Should Drop Out.

It was known, however, that university officials have sounded out other representatives on what status in the Big Ten would be in the event it dropped football. The reaction was said to be that if the Maroons dropped a sport as important as football, they should drop them all as far as the conference was concerned. As early as 1928, pressure was brought to bear on Chicago because of its poor teams. Not since 1936, when the Maroons defeated WLsconsin by one point, have they scored a conference victory. On an eight game schedule this they defeated only Oberlin college and Wabash.

In conference games, they lost to Michigan, 85 to 0, to Ohio State, 61 to 0, and to Illinois, 47 to 0. Outside the league, they lost to Harvard, 61 to 0, Virginia, 47 to 0, and even little Beloit college came in and tripped the hapless Maroons, 6 to 0. What effect the football withdrawal will have on next conference championship is not known. Chicago had scheduled games with Michigan, Purdue, Ohio State and Indiana. Ab.sence of the Maroons will leave all but Ohio State with only four Big Ten games.

Altho there is no limit to the number of contests a conference football team must play, five is the customary number and any undeefated team with the largest number of victories, or the team with the best percentage, is declared champion. Griffith Not Available. Maj. John L. Griffith, Big Ten athletic commi.ssioner, confined to his home by a illness and was not available for comment.

succe.ss in football is the story of Stagg. In 41 as coach of the he was their first won Big Ten titles in 1899, 1905, 1908, 1913, and 1924. He also had an undefeated team in 1922 but it suffered one tie. Stagg, with the late George Huff of Illinois and Fielding Yo.st of Michigan, was instrumental in forming the Big Ten conference. He made the Maroons a power in the league and kept them always a dangerous threat even in their declining years of material, W'hen Stagg retired in 1933 at the age of 70, Clark Shaughnessy became head football coach.

T. Nelson Metcalfe, who was named athletic director when Stagg retired, said the announcement came so suddenly he does not know where Shaughnessy will fit in the new athletic setup. Pitt or Missouri? PITTSBURGH. (UP). The possibility of the University of Pitts, burgh a.ssuming the place in Big GSt PIQVGrS competition renounced Andy Kerr Sees 'Mooses' Among PI aye SAN FRANCISCO.

First heavy practice was the order for 44 of the 1939 football who play for charity here New Years day in the 15th annual Shrine east-west game. The eastern squad of 22 arrived Thursday with Co-Coaches Andy Kerr of Colgate, Bernie Bierman it agreeable'' to theni- of Minnesota and Fred Swan of selves to a conference. Temple, and joined the w'estern been natural for boys at a Shrine luncheon. he "to schedule midwestern A brief workout was held by games. As result of Chicago ask- the easterners later at Kezar sta- by the University of Chicago remained uncertain as Pitt officials refused to comment.

Chancellor John G. Bowman of the university, agreeing that the university has tended decidely to move toward the midwest in scheduling its football games, declared that he could not whether university officials would dium. The two squads then got together for dinner and frivolity at a night spot. The east team will practice at the University of California field at Berkeley, across the bay, arid the west will go to Stanford university, 30 miles south. Weights announced for the players indicate the westerners will average 202 pounds as against 195, "We thought we had a pretty healthy squad until we saw those big west mooses stroll into the dining said Kerr, "They u.sed to kid us about the elephants we imported to San Francisco.

squad is a little lighter than usual but big enough. Well-balanced and A sellout crowd of 59,000 is expected. ing to be released from its 1940 and 1941 schedules, it may be that Pitt will find the midwestern influence It had been indicated that Pitt or the University of Mis.souri would be asked to establish closer relations with the midwe.stem circuit in the event that Chicago decided to withdraw. AMENDS TAKE LEAD IN SNOOKER LEAGUE Mnen 'lark's lacuba -4l'n AI. ITV I.KAOl fc.

1' 1 30 37 32 ................3.5 4.5 3.5! 4fi 35 Cola 20 60 ..50 .4.5 .46 GIRLS EXEMPT? ROFF, Okl. liP). of the 30 boys enrolled at Roff high 11, Moo.se 12, A and Jacobs Service won their games in the Capital City snooker league, as the Amens took over the loop leadership. The re.sults: 11. 9.

Dave Miller school are on the football squad Two others are kept from playing because of orders. But what about the other one? He already has passed the age limit set up by state interscholastic rules. Coca Cola 4. Individual leadeis: ohn Sullivan 16 van Shfrman 1.5 Celth 14 T. Sterns 14 5irk Burke 13 lerb Willey 13 4 Van I.lew 12 iea Dappen 12 fi V.

Johnsfin 11 Shalfer 11 7 Jill Olsrm 11 71 SPORTUCaT iMli LOS ANGELES. (NANA). Your correspondent has bt'on steadily pres.scd for an opinion on the Tennessee-Southern California game before Bob Neyland and his Vol- untc-er squad cast anchor at Pasadena on Christmas eve. It has taken no great will power to rt frain from any advance selection until one sees the team in action and gets closer news of its condition. So far as the Ro.se bowl situation stands at this point, I think anyone could ask a clearer message than the one just received from Coach Neyland with his team enroute.

"Like most highly rated October he writes, floundered some in November but managed to stagger thru to the wire. "Of course you are familiar with the many factors of stiain, and being picked to win by from two to four touchdowns every Saturday kept the team from playing at top form. Injuries to Suffridge and Cafcgo, particularly to the latter, hurt the timing of our first team plays and in other ways affected the unison and rhythm of the team. looks as tho Suffridge will be in fair shape for the Southern California game, but it is very doubtful whether Cafego will be able to play. Naturally this is a great loss to us as Cafego in a great degree has been the sparkplug of our team for the last three years.

However, if we must carry on without him, certainly do our CORRECT DIAGNOSIS. This is a correct diagnosis. Tennessee was not the team near the end of the campaign that it was against Alabama, when Cafego and Suffridge were right. Its offen.se lost a number of vital cogs. Defensively the team held together and turned out a fine job best defensive job of the year.

But several scouts who saw Tennessee earlier told nie later that something of the old zip was gone from the team of last year and the early 1939 outfit. This mean Tennes.see will be any part of a setup. say, this far in advance, with the squad on its way west, that its defense and its all around smartness will give it an even chance. It will also have a better Southern California team to meet than Howard Jones had in the field against U. C.

L. after Notre Dame and Washington had done their share of hammering. Both Harry Smith and Grenny Lansdell, two of the battered, look okay again and will look even better ten days away. THE TIXANE ARGUMENT. The point has been advanced that Tuiane finished the year as the strong team of the south.

You can find a hat full of arguments to back this up. I believe Tuiane could have beaten Tennessee in October, but nes.see would have had a busy afternoon after mid-November, with Cafego and Suffridge missing. Tuiane is packed with a carload of football. All it has needed is better passing to be almost unbeatable. And its passing picked up later.

But I can slip the tip along in advance that Tuiane has all any team can handle on the same field with Texas A. M. I happen to know that Coach Homer Norton of Texas A. M. expi'cts to win.

He figures he has a better line, headed by Boyd and Robnett and a better backfield, headed by Kimbrough. got at least three Homer said, "that I trade for anybody. They can do all needed to win football games, which is the main The Tulane-T a A. M. head-on collision looks better and better and tougher and tougher every time you start sizing up the two teams.

Robin Feller Best Pitcher in Major Leagues, Lordner Argues asKolbal BY JOHN LARDNER. YORK. (NANA.) Tho Robert Moses Grove. Mariu.s Ru.s.so and Steve Sundra were technically the leading pitcher.s of the American league for 1939, as set forth in the record.s this week, I think those same records prove young Robin Feller, the hard thrower from Iowa, to be the be.st pitcher in the game. This was third full in the big leagues, tho it's still more a matter of wishful thinking than anything else when he takes a razor to his cheek.s.

Young, callow, ungrown, a kid whose idea of a big time is three or four bottles of soda piip and a fast car, fresh off the high school campus and mixing with men forgotten more than Bob ever knew. physical equipment is such that he can play their game with them and be the best in his line. Look at the Record. The records show: 1. That Feller won the most games, 24.

2. That he pitched the mo.st innings. 297. 3. That he had the most strikeouts, 246.

4. That he made the fir.st ten in the two highly arbitrary cla.sslfi- cations of earned runs and winning percentage, with an earned run average of 2.85 and a won-and- lo.Ht average of .727. He al.so walked the mo.st hatters and threw the most wiki pitches, but these symptoms oi I wildness were so thoroly under control in this, young third that they failed to cost Manager O.scar Vitt one sleep, tho the Cleveland ball club as a whole was a sure fire of in.somnia. I When a strikeout total exceeds his total of ba.ses on balls by the margin you see In case, he has mastered the business of pitching. A couple of years ago Bob was walking ju.st about as many as he whifftxi.

Said It In July. It was hardly ncce.ssary for American league managers to wait for the publication of the records to realize that Feller was the most valuable hurler. They were saying the same thing as long ago as July. I grant you that Dutch Leonard labored heroically this year in barren cau.se, and his record of 20 won and 8 lost for a sixth place club was the fine.st single achievement of the season. But who would trade Feller even up for Ijt'onard, even if the boys were the age and had the box office value? The late Bert Williams to the answer: "Nobody, no Chavez Ready To Give Scolzo His Christmas Sock NEW YORK.

(UP). In New last major bout of the year, Petey Scalzo, a local Italian, and Simon Chavez of Venezuela tangle Friday night in a return 10- round bout at Madison Squart' Garden to decide which is the No. 1 featherweight challenger. Scalzo, a square shouldered, black haired lad of 22 who is imbued with the Yuletide sprit, will try to spice United State.s debut with a Christmas sock, right on the whi.skers. Betting men in pummel plaza, who never have seen Chavez in action, are quoting Scalzo the 2 to 1 favorite to reverse the widely disputed decision which was handed to Simon after their first fight at Caracas, Venezuela, in October.

sooft FSOlft TO CftRDS VIEW TION JL 3 Formidable Jackson Quintet Opens Season Against City Rivals. BOTH WAYS. "I see Georgia Tech is picked to beat Missouri in the Orange writes L. G. F.

"I think tho.se pickers have Paul Christman throw a plenty when he does. On the other side, I think Mi.ssouri has looked at any offen.se quite up to the Georgia Tech brand. Old Man Bill Alexander is a crafty delegate, and this he has more surprises and more deceptions than most teams ever get a chance to see all year. this rea.son, the Orange bowl may be even more spect.ac- ular as a contest than either the Ro.se or Sugar bowl roundup. The Orange bowl may not carry quite as much heft in the way of football talent, but it is almost certain to be loaded with such action that no defense is going to smother the other side.

This can happen in both the Rose bowl and the Sugar bowl, where there will be a quadruple wall of defense to knock apart in both games. Breaking down powerful defenses is going to be one of the largest stymies laid on New Years day. You can gamble on that. Ten Players Named Friday by Husker Utah Here Next. Ten players were named by Coach Browne Friday morning to make the trip to Minneapolis whore Saturday night the Hu.sker.s will meet Minnesota in the fourth nonconference battle on the Scarlet slate.

The squad: Tallman, Harry Pitcaithley, Irving Yaffe and Lyle King, Al Randall and Bruce Duncan, centers; Don Fitz, Sid Held, Chuck Vacant! and Leslie Livingston, guards. Nebraska will be seeking it.s third victory after the narrow 4847 squeeze over Stanford last Wedne.sday night and avenging the 66-37 lo.ss to the Gophers here la.st winter. The next home game is with Utah from Salt Lake City at the coliseum next Wednesday night. PERU HANGS 45 TO 32 DEFEAT ON MILWAUKEE PERU, Neb. With Forward Bob Halladay scoring 18 points, Peru Teachers defeated Milwaukee Teachers 45 to 32 in a ba.sketball game here.

There were 43 fouls called, 24 on Peru and 19 on Milwaukee. Pem led at half 22 to 16. BY GLENN TRUMP. Jack.son quintet, filled to the brim with veterans and well stocked with both speed and height, makes its bow for the 1939-40 season Friday evening at Wesleyan, entertaining College View. Game time is 8 p.

m. The Cardinals, state runnerup la.st year to City, lost four regulars from the squad that w-on the Greater Lincoln title and tied for the Mid-East spoils, but five lettermen are back along with a ho.st of promising rookies. Included in this five are W'aldo the state center; Bob Gorham and Marshall Nel- hart, forw'ards: and John Bottorff and Ralph Wolfe, guards. The game will likewi.se serve as the opener for Bob View- men. Three Southside monogram winners are back, incluiilng Howard Gotfredson, Roy Nyden and Bud Porter.

The probable starting lineups: College view Forter Oorham Vorheea Neihart (iotfredson Winter Bidtorff Nyden Wolfe Havelock Meets Alumni Quint In Opener. Lawrence all veteran Havelock team opens its 1939-40 campaigning Friday night on its home court again.st an alumni quintet. Game start.s at 8 p. and is preceiied by a reserve contest. Four of the Havelock quint were starters last winter, while Bill Miller, also a letterman, will get the fifth berth.

Red MctTlure will team with Sandy Nelson at the guard posts, Bud Feerhusen will get the call at center, and Vivian Hullork will work with Miller The alumni etartlnK five undecided. Rclhaiiy (o Hutton for Initial Till. StfT'rt'N, even a elnKle nquadman f-om five to lineup. Lyle Weyaiid aenda hla Hethanv Maroona kKainat Hutton here Friday, It la Belhany'a opening lilt. Relhain liiitlt around two memliera of iHKt year'a etartiiiK reeerve five, and three renerve replncemenla.

Ralph Ijiraon will open at renter, and Dave Ward at Kuard The other three bertha will likely have B'lhhle or Weller at the other Kuard. and Mel Hatfield or John Wataon at one forward, while Harold Hhowalter will probably get the call at the other front line poat. I.4H HKill H( I IICM 5k. Nlhedral 21 I Ora It. loiiFOK.

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St. HIGH ONE WINS. MIAMI, Fla. A record opening (lay racing crowd of 11,431 saw the longshot High One, owned by Sidney Prince of Chicago, u.sher in the Florida sea.son with a photo victory in the $1,000 inaugural purse at Tropical park. (ILIIEIDS LOSE UTICft NI.

38-2 Steady Barrage of Buckets Proves Too Much for Lincoln Team. UTICA, Utica Tigers clawed out a 38 to 21 victory over Cathedral here Thursday night with a steady barrage of buckets. Scoring honors were about evenly divided among the winning quint. E. ten points topped the list, however and all but one Utica player broke into the scoring column.

Sal three fielders and six gift shots led the Bluebirds. C'ubs, won the prelim. 26-12 from the Cathedral sec onds. score: rtiia ft Cathedral fg ft f()(1 1 (1 II 4 Anatlne 4 I) 1 Fltzmaurli 2 22 L.tiloyel (I II 3i(iohel 1 0 1 I1 1 l.iic(icn .1 6 2 l.uth II 22 MrCrnrv 80 t3 2 12 MoNealII 0 (1 Rolilneon 2 22'Hrennan 00 0 KC.loyet'n 3 44 Coalello 0 0 0 SchmlillnK 8 2 n(I Totali 14 10 16' Total! 6 Terhnlral fuiil Oohel, Official: Al Hawthorne, Lincoln. Wymore Zephyrs Trip Washington, Has.

WYMORE, Zephyrs dumped 26 to 21 here Thursday night, in a nip and tufk cage game. Holding a slim 12-11 halftline lead, the Wymore five managed to stave off any Washington threat until the final gun. The seconds t(K)k the opener, 31 to 14. Box: 1 1 3 1 0 1 Wymore fg ft WaehlnKton fg ft J. Rudder 1 2 10 3 Mann 0 3 2.0'Cradyf 2 1 1 Tttirn 2 1 K.

Bowera 12 0 3 Page 10 2 Stratton 0 0 1 n. Rudder 0 0 oj Merritt K. 0 0 21 Staley Klacher 2 0 1: Hwlereneky 0 0 0 Stolldurf 4 1 Bowen 2 11 10 111 Totali 0 3 13 at Half; Wymore 12, Waahlng- lon 11. Official: Al Calvert, Wealeyan. Kansas Only Big 6 Quint Without Player Standing 6 Feet 6 Inches TRENTON YOUTH NAMED CAPTAIN ACADEMY TEAM MEXICO, Mo.

Sergeant James W. Ireland, Trenton. Neb, All Missouri Conference end for the past two seasons on the Mi.ssouri Military Academy football team was elected Co-captain for the 1940 term at the annual awards bahquet. Ireland is a big, rangy Ixjy tall and weigh.s 190 pfyunds. He ha.s been a power at the wing position on the Academy team for the past three seasons.

Cadet Ireland is al.so a star performer in basketball and baseball, and is captain of the basketball team this season. BY WHITNEY MARTIN. NEW YORK. (-T'. A ramble along the sports trail; There wa.s a time, not so long ago, when a sawed off little runt who might look like grown up under a table might do pretty well for himself on a ba.sketball floor, but all changed now in this day of dunking demons.

Kan.sas is the only Big Six squad without a man standing at least six feet six Inches. Jayhawk midgets average ju.st under six feet one inch. Just a bunch of six shooters. Premature Obituary. It that they were a little premature in penning the golf obituary of Sam Snead, the man who went behind an eight ball on the la.st hole of the 1939 National open.

He still feel just right, but he was right enough to take everything in sight in the Miami open. Which shows FYeddy Corcoran just talking words when he predicted Sammy was the man to watch in 1940. In brief, the big blow of 1939 will be a whirlwind in 1940. The old wheeze about an amateur being a fellow who take a check doe.sn’t apply to trapshooting. In that sport an amateur is a pro and a pro is an amateur if the yard.stick is used that is used in other sports.

F'red Tomlin, the New Jer.sey marksman, a record this year in breaking 2,433 birds in 2,450 shots, but all he collected were trophies. a pro. Had he been an amateur he would have gathered plenty of coconuts for his skill. The trap- pros eligible for the cash prizes. In other words, all they get is the bird.

Beat to It. Larry Mullins quit hi.s job as coach at Ixjyola of the South just before his job quit him. Announcing he was leaving because ideas seem to click with those of the athletic council Mullins barely got on the record before the school announced it was quitting football becau.se football agree with the school. The personable Mullins, who made a great record at St. college at Atchi.son, before moving was swamped with testimonials by organizations after finishing a 50-50 season, the in six years.

The school, surrounded by Tuiane, L. S. and other football power plants, figures it just keep up with the Joneses. Beckley, W. the proving ground for several members of the Cincinnati Reds, believes It holds kind of record in that for two con.secutive years members of its team won the minor league batting championship.

Earl "Bed" Martin took the honor in 1937, and Murray Franklin, now with Beaumont in the Texas league, repeated in 1938 with a paltry .439 average, leading a skeptic to wonder if maybe the wrong guya shipped to the Reds. Burwell Five Upsets Ansley, 18 to 17. BUBWELL, Neb. Burwell upset Ansley, 18 to 17 here Thursday night in a ding dong battle which saw neither team more than a few points ahead. Ansley led, 4-5, at the quarter and 9-8 at the half.

Burwell climbed to 17-13 al the third quarter and managed to hold the lead until the gun ended the game. Stacker caged 14 of Ansley 17 point.s, Fresna Lands A. A. U. Games Next July SAN FRANCISCO.

(UP). The Pacific association of the National Amateur Athletic union announced the 1940 national A A. U. track meet would be held in Fresno June 28-29. For the first time in history, the meet will be held at night in both the preliminary and final sessions.

Fresno won the meet over the bid of Los Angeles. 'Hisen it Lvads Rags to Riches RUSS DILLS quits coaching for government Job. OILES RESIGNS ftS EEftlNGEON GOft Georife Miller Succeeds One Time Missouri Athlete at Helm. LEXINGTON. Buss Dills, head coach at high since 193.5, resigned to accept a po.sition with the farm security administration.

record at the Minute Man school includes two Dawson county and two Southwest conference track and field championships. His football teams over a period of five seasons have won 28 games, lost 17 and tied two. In his first year at Ijexlngton the Minute Men were runnersup to the Curtis Aggies for the Southwest cage title. Bob DcKfuiter, present Corn- husker football and track man, copped the gold medal In the mile under tutelage. Clyde Taylor, one of prep outstanding hurdlers and high received much of his training under Dills.

Before coming to Lexington, Dills coached at Nebraska Wesleyan, Culbertson and Beaver City Dill.s, a graduate of the Albany, high school, lettered in football and track at the University of Mi.ssouri. In 1930 he set a new Big Six record of 48.6 seconds for the 440 yard dash. The mark held until last spring when Bob Simmons of Nebraska lowered it. George Miller, former Nebraska We.sleyan great and assistant coach has taken over duties. OMAHA SOUTH DEFEATS CENTRAL HIGH, 28 TO 24 OMAHA.

Coming from behind in the last four minutes. South high defeated Omaha Central 28-24 in a basketball game here. Seb Dlstefano broke a 21-aII tic with little less than four minutes to go on a charity toss, but lanky Chuck Foehlinger came right back with an under basket shot that iced a tight ball game. Jerry Vallery sank a long shot with two minutes left. During the shouting, F'oehlinger in a free throw and Vallery toasi another field goal.

Central held a 17-10 lead at inter- fK ft fl 2 0 0 Cnimmfr 2 1 0 Urbm) I 0 0 0 NutfUM Sanditfdt 2 0 1 Britt I.oury 0 0 1 8 0 2 1 Vecchio 8 South Viillary Orchard Heyde It Kozoll it ft 1 I 1 ft 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 Koehllng'r 4 2 1 Totali 11 6 3 Totali 11 2 8 at half; Central 17, South 10. OfficiHli: Layland of Hlmpaun, Preaa- ley of Oiiieha UP.STREAM I.S VICTOR. NEW OBLEANS. LD. Upstream, from the stable of Mrs.

E. Dene- maik, won the Vlstaria purse which featured the program at the fair grounds race track. Seven started in the mile and a sixteenth feature with Wedding Morn, the favorite, finishing second, and Southland Beau, third. BY HENRY McLEMORE. LOS ANGELES.

(UP). As far as 1 can remember (about as far as 1 can pull the Broadway limited thru a storm with my teeth) Horatio Alger, never wrote a story about a horse. But if he had, bet my new western drawl against a fourth edition of "Sink or that I could name his hero. There would be only one choice Seabiscuit. Alger would have loved the fat riimped Howard hurricane, for the story of Seabi.scuit la a rage to riches tale in the raw.

The Biscuit had everything in common with the Alger characters. He came up the hard way, out of the ranks of the ca.stoffs, to humble the blueblooda of his world. He was a hard luck horse and every po.ssible obstacle has always been In hla path. Had he been aa richly endowed a.s Jimmie Durante or the neighborhood go.ssip, he would now be the biggest money winner ever bred. But he wa.sn’t— he Twice he missed the jackpot of the Santa Anita handicap by the margin of a sriublR'd Irish no.se so he still lack.s $3.5,000 of Sun $376,744 mark.

Finally Stopped Him. Not until last year, however, did one of tho.se obstacles atop him. Trying a third time for the Santa Anita, he snapped an ankle ligament. Even the veterlnariana thought he was finished then and they sent him into his stall for a vacation that was expected to become permanent retirement. But now the Howard stable it ready to roll the barrel bodied ona out for a final golden gallop in the sixth Santa Anita next March 2.

And had Alger been present in the racing office when weights were a.ssigned for that race he would have rubbed his hands in satisfaction. One of his boys had made good again. The secretary. Webb Everett, had a truly tough task with those weights. There was Challedon, 1939 "horse of the year," top money winner and conquerer of everything In the east.

There wai Kayak II. winner of the Santa Anita last year and the fa.ste.st horse ever exported from South America. There were Sun Lover, Specify, Whichcee, Wait, Dauber and many another good one. 7 Years Old. Finally there was the Biscuit.

Seven years old, knees wobbly and ankles weak, Seabiscuit had been on parole alnce February. He raft only once all this year and his condition ia questionable. He may not even come thru his first hard drive with his bones solid and his ligaments Intact. But everyona knows as long as he has four lega or sound be in there running. That knowledge was enough for Everett, and here ia how he assigned the weights: Seabiscuit, 130; Kayak II, 129; Challedon, 128.

No horae can carry more than 130 In the Santa Anita, so Biscuit got the works. Each extra pound of lead means a length in a race a mile and a quarter long, so top weight was the greatest tribute any racing secretary could pay any great handicap horse, PRINCET0 1)ISCUS THROWER ON ONE LEG PRINCETON, N. J. (UP). Don Herring, Princeton football player who lost his leg early last November, will attempt to make next track team by throwing the discus from a stationary stance, lie saftd.

Hobbling around on crutches now, Herring will soon be fitted for an artificial leg. Herring. who holds the all time Princeton discus record of 156 feet 2'4 Inches, plans to go south with the track team next spring. He claimed to have thrown the discus over 130 feet without the usual turns last year. Nebraska In Big Ten? Better Wait Bid, Chancellar Suggests CREIGHTON LOSES CLOSE ONE, 39-37 VERMILLION, S.

ton university took it on the chin Thursday night here when the University of South Dakota up.set the Jays 39-37 for the second con- year, Qucnt Evers, Coyote forward, made nine field goals and one free throw, in the fourth quarter, after the Jays took the lead 31-29 Evers his team out in front and followed with the final basket after his teammates contributed two more goals. Nebra.ska officials little inclination to make a case for entrance Into the Big Ten athletic conference, should the University of withdrawal from the intercollegiate football lead to her complete abandonment of conference competition, C. R. Boucher, chancellor of the university, said he had no comment on the wishes of the univer- either to get into or stay out of the Big Ten if Chicago dropped from the conference. "In the first place.

1 think nothing shoi'M be said to prejudice the case at least until Nebraska has received an invitation from the Big Boucher said. "Then, the matter would have to be considered thoroly by the athletic board and the board of Huskers Are Satisfied. T. J. 'Fhompson, dean of student affairs, also declined to express any opinion at the official university attitude on entry into the Big Ten.

Speaking as an individual and faculty representative, he said: is perfectly satisfied in her own conference. There is plenty of competition in the Big Six and we like our associations with all of the schools whom we now engage in athletic contests, especially those in our own Coach Biff Jones, athletic director, was not available for comment. He is in California working with the coaching staff for the annual East-West football game. Nebra.ska and Pittsburgh have been regarded as probable candi- dates for Big Ten membership if Chicago should withdraw. I PLAY SANTA CLAUS TO GROWN-UPS I'iVf'i'vday I briug cash to those people who rely on me to rent (lieir rooms, sell their miscellaneous houseliold articles, ea nletl things, etc.

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