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"rage our The Columbus Enquirer saturfliy Morning December 4 1937 I OPELIKA TEAM WHIPS COLUMBUS HIGH BY 25 7 SCORE 1 1 1 ALL SOUTHEASTERN 1937 Members Of AII On All Southeastern tour of duty in 1929 31 and 3 i for 7 Me re SPORTS TRAIL Ed a I Unh and ccn PHONE 3719 ISfif Bill Bill Hartmann Hartman gram league maximum but an extra year 0 0 Tulane Auburn 6:03 6:01 5:11 6:02 5:08 6:00 6:00 5:11 5:10 5:11 511 5:11 RITZ SANDWICH SHOP till Broadway Phono 1J is it to later extra 20 23 VISION IS PRICELESS Imp Close Season By Bow ing To Superior Team GJIC Will Battle lorida Prep Team GRID CONTESTS ON SCHEDULE officer with a consider SIMS Quarterback Georgia Tech) HINKLE Center (Vandorbilt) WOOD NAMED HEAD MENTOR AT WEST POINT IORDAN End Georgia TechlJ' Erwin warren Aiaoama rcr ron Shoemaker Alabama ends letcher Sims Georgia Tech: Gcwk Cafego Tennessee quar terbacks Joe Ktlgrow Alabama Charles Rohm Lou'siana State halfbacksWalter Mayberry lorida Bob Dtvis Kentucky halfbacks Bill Hartman Gooipia Charley Holm Alabama fullbacks ATHENS Ga Dec Coach Harry ktohre of the Uni entity of Georgia said today would run the Bulldog through one night practice at Miami the day before the Miami game Dec 10 It will be second night game in its history Mehre said he believed the change routine required by night games affects players psycho logically adding sleep in the afternoon and then play that nignt and that turns them around He called for tomorrow the first scrimmage since the Georgia Tech game 12 victory over here tonight and "Little our" ilr ORLANDO la Dre 3 (AP) Stetson football team co rvet a j'i to Rollins College won th lorila emt crown The Hatters wins over Tampa and Rollins and lost to Miami WARREN End I Alabama) MINOR LEAGUE SESSION ENDS line the Bulldogs surte down the field that end touchdown and an extra Barganier Montgomery KINARD Tackle iMlMHBppli maximum possible days when Plebes TURKEY SHOOT WILL BE HELD MILLEDGEVILLE Ga Dec 3 TAP) Col Joo Jenkins presi dent of the Georgia Military Col lege announced official accept ance today of an invitation for the Cadets tn play a lorida all star prep football team at Jack sonville Jan 1 The Cadets will work out llaht Hinkle Vanderbilt Sivell Auburn Gatto La State arren Ala bama Twenty Teams Clash In South Southwest And Pacific Coast Konem rnn of a halfback who won th1 laurel' a yror ago did not measure up to the other per formers Almost unanimous recognition I you 1mm eoi ceutrattnc the Imoortam work bfor you Doni take hurt your fvpj mailn Hl tedtv SIVELL Guard I Auburn) have gistero 23 Columbus Man Appointed To Georgia Athletic Com mission By Rivers GATTO Tackle Louisiana State' Sr Anniston Ala Sr Jackson Mis Sr Ala br Sr Jr Jr Eleventh Street Swamps Sixteenth ormer Army Backfield Ace Will Succeed Gar Davidson ritorial liens were numerous and debts everywhere were piled so high that bankers and btisine men figured their money would be far safer in a poker game That was the beginning setup The judge he really net er was a judge but a successful Dixie lawyer moved right in and his touch was like King Mida He set up a new organization which included that great pal maker Joe Carr of Columbus and tilings be gan to hum Today as the minor league con vention closed with a record breaking attendance of 1002 dele gates there were 37 minor leagues in full operation with five more coming up for Not a single starting league failed to finish its schedule last season and what's more impor tant every one made money Sev eral set new attendance records KILCROW Halfback (Alabama1 I seasons His best known team mates included George Smythe broken field tar and Ed Garbisch All American center Wood also played basketball and baseball winning 12 vffrsify letters the during the were eligible for varsity competi tion Subsequently he was back field coach of the Plebes for one year and an assistant varsity backfield coach for eight seasons Teams coached during the past fixe years by Davidson won 35 games lost 11 and tied one They made it three out of five from the Navy with a 6 0 verdict last Saturday The esteem )n which Davidson was held by his pupils was emphasized when they pre sented him the ball ued in the service match Ordinarily this is the trophy South Carolina Wins B) Tom 20 Yard Boot In Third TUXEDO Dec (AP) A three match duel for the world open court tennis championship starts tomorrow on the hazard cluttered court of the Tuxedo Park club with Ogden Phipps young American socialite and amateur champion facing Pierre Etchbaster of Erance world pro fessional titleholder It will be the first world cham pionship played in this country since 1914 when Jay Gould who held the American amateur crown from 1906 to 1925 crushed George Covey of England the world pro fessional champion 7 sets to 1 at Philadelphia Only about 200 spectators will be able to see each of the three matches in the present series to morrow next Wednesday and Saturday The favored few will pay a top price of 315 for their scats and the general public get within four miles of the place Etchbaster won the open crown last May from Covey to whom it had reverted upon Jay retirement The admission charge for that match played at the Prince's elub in London was $25 and the players had a side bet of $5000 Probably there is a simi lar wager between Etchbaster and Phipps Court tennis bears slight re semblance to lawn tennis or to anything else for that matter It is played in an enclosure that liitos like a livery stable without the horses and which costs any where from $40000 to $250000 to construct There are 12 courts in this country 10 of them In ex clusive clubs and the other two on the private estates of Clarence MacKay and John Hay Whit ney Bill Jordan Grorgia Ralnh Tulane ends irst Wenzel Russell Merlin Vanderbilt Lumpkin Georgia Syndor Kentucky Ray Vanderbilt Shoemaker Alabama Cafego Tennessee Rohm La State Davis Kentucky Holm Alabama Bulldogs To Have Practice At Night Majors Expected To Touch Off Blast Of Selling And Buying BY EARL HILI IGAN MILWAUKEE Wis Dec 3 (AP) Major league baseball traders marched on Chicago to night ready to touch off a blast of selling and buying which failed to explode with more than a mild at the minor leagues 3bth annual meeting There was plenty of activity as the convention wound up its bus iness but it wasn't of the market variety Big league manag ers owners and scouts poured nqt of hotels In a tra movement to ward Chicago and the American and National league sessions which open Monday Expectancy prevailed that the Van Lingle Mungo deal would break before the leagues held their joint session next Wednesday throughout the minor sessions re ports were rampant that the Brooklyn Dodger pitching ace would change going ei ther to the New York Giants or Chicago Cubs Another rumor heard todav was that Manincr Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago White Sox wanted Rudy York young Detroit catcher but it was deemed unlikely that Mickey Cochrane would dispose of his hard hitting backstop Three all major league transac tions stood () Chicago sent Vrrn Kennedy Dixie Walker and Tony Piet to Detroit for Marvin Owen Gerland Walker and Mike Trcsh (2 St Browns traded Joe Vosimik to Red Sox tor Buck Newsom Buster Mills and Ralph (Red) Kress (3) Washington traded pitcher no iinae to inc tsrowns for South paw Elon Hogxett Phone Dr A Muwel) or A ppoitrtment MONSKY Gurd (Alabama) ly until the Christmas holldas nnd reassemble in Gainesi ille la Dec 27 under direction ot Coaches Graham Batchello and Lew Cordell won the Junior college championship of Georgia tn de feating Gordon Military College 32 7 Thanksgh ing Day Age Wgt Hgt Class Home Town 184 215 198 180 185 205 179 180 178 172 172 185 TEAMS DOUGLAS Ga Dec (API Red Monroe Aggies scored in the second and fourth quarters to defeat the South Geor gia College Tigers here today 14 7 It was homecoming day tor South Georgia College OPELIKA Ala Dec (Spe cial) A game but outclassed: Columbus high school eleven! cloned its season here tonight bv bowing to a superior Opelika high team by a score of 25 to 7 i The Bulldogs displayed an ex cellent exhibition of football to outpass outdrive and generally outplay the Blue Devils elei cn Taking the lead In the first few minutes of play Opelika was nev er headed throughout the con test Actual figures tell the ttoiy Opelika made 16 first downs while Columbus accounted for five The Bulldogs completed six out of 10 passes in their aerial at tack that were good tor 103 yards while Columbus completed only one that accounted tor 18 yards in 10 tries The first quarter had iic JB started before Opelika scored Taking the ball on the Columbus 42 yard a drive ed in a point and Butler lugged the pigskin the majority of the piays mat result ed in the initial score Line bucks and passes account ed for two more touchdowns in the second quarter for Opelika Barganier crished through for six inche to make one score and Butler drove through the line for five yards and a touchdown Both tries for extra point failed The third quarter scoreless was hard fought The Imps ral lied and gave a good account of themselves while the Bulldogs executed a number of smart plays Columbus scared early in the fourth quarter Gordy made a 33 yard run to put the ball on Ope lika's 17 yard line Woolfolk and Gordy then began pounding the Opelika line and Gordy took over Woo I folk threw a pass Miller that was good tor the ex tra point Opelika ended the scoring with a brilliant razzle dazzle play that was good for 33 yards Craft took the ball and passed to Plant who later relayed to MartinMartin went down to the Colum bus 13 yard Tine where he was tackled He iateraled to Mont gomery and a few minutes Opelixa scored Ine try point failed Score by quarters: Columbus 0 0 Opelika 7 12 LOS ANGELES Dec (AP) verybody won the title in this Imperial Valley high school foot ball conference Here's now: There are four teams Brawley El: Centro Calexico nnd Holtville and they play a six game sche dule each playing the others twice Brawley beat El Centro twice E) Centro beat Holtville twice Holtville beat Calexico twice and Calexico beat Brawley twice Brawley and Holtville split even El Centro and Calexico split even The season ended In a four way tie be farmed to win th citv title from A In the there Il be Southeastern cunfetence duels between lorida and Kentucky Tennessee and Mississippi A non c'ontojrnce match brines to gether Louisiana Tech and Cen tenary Oriy one game of any rank is 'chedutod for Sunday Loyola of Los Angelas will play host Ur Gonzaga Alma Mater of Bing Crosby nnd present proud posses sor of George (Automatic) Kara malic HARTMAN ullback Georgia ATLANTA Dee (AP) The Associated Press 1937 all Star Southeastern Conference football team: ros riayer senoot Bill Jordan Ga Tech 23 rank Kinard Mississippi Lc oy Monsky Alabama can Ralph Eddie Erwin letcher Sims Ga Tech 22 Joe Ktlgrow Alabama 23 Walter Mayberry touda 22 Georgia 22 Match To Be Conducted At ort Benning Sunday' Morning to $20000 a year man who at the age of 63 lean get a $7500 boost In salat a baseball job should be meas st once tor a restingplace in the Smithsonian Institution It's an astonishing turn of affairs but the old judge is worth every nic kel of the high wages he gets To the little fellows of the big game the wide giithed judge is more than a who led them out of their wilderness of bankruptcy and shaky reputations during the last five years to the land ot milk and honey a Horatio Alger hero in reverse go ing great guns when most men his age are doing their thinking in rocking chairs When the little tollow over the grumblings of a few who insisted young man be given the back breaking job called on the judge to take over in 1932 there were only 11 minor leagues operating Business of baseball was shot ter Monroe Defeats South Georgia World Tennis Play Will Start Today pkMjrf racked up first down to one for ti'cii opponent' Moul passing attack failed tn click and two efforts at field goals by McCarthy of the Moul trie squad toiled ric game was witnessed 55(10 fans the largest crowd ever assembling in south Georgia for a football game There was only one penalty in the game and it came in the'lt period when Moultrie lost 5 yards tor excessive time out The lineups MOULTRIE Hall Taylor Goble Womble Galloway Peace Kinard McCarthy Bannister Turner Carlton Official eree Lee Albany umpire Rock well Valdosta field judge chell Tifton headlineaman A turkey shoot will be held on Maxey ridge at ort Benrwrg Sunday morning it was announc ed last night The shoot will be a 50 bird handicap match Handicaps wilt count the same as in golf Officials in charge of the shoot state that civilians are invited to take part in the match It will be conducted from 8:30 until noon MIAMI la Dec (AP) Tom Loncharto 20 yard field goal in the third period gave South Gamecock a 2 0 foot ball victory tonight over the Uni verrity of Miami before 7543 per Mn South Carolina twice stoppco attack on the five yard line and made one try for field goal before the win ning score After well plaeecpunt had enabled the Gamecock to reach Miami territory in th third Jack Lyon shot a 26 yard pa to Glen Myers our play later Lonchar calmly booted the ball between the uprights Lonchar actually stood on the 28 yard line eight yard behind the scrimmage line Dick Uttle held the ball for the placement South Carolina made the first threat in the opening period by i moving 38 yards on short gains to the Miami 24 There Tony Vc carelh Miami fullback Intercept ed a pass by Joe Williams Miami came out of therewith a 67 yard drive that reached the South Carolina five Eddie Dunn's 34 yard romp around end and his 21 yard pass to Verdun Aieres were highlights of the march The Gamecock took the ball on downs Again in the second period the Miamians advanced 60 yards aid ed by 26 yard run but were stopped five yards from pay off dirt Late in the second South Caro lina moved up to the Miami 34 from where first field goal attempt fell short The Gamecock threatened once more midway of the fourth pe riod when Little intercepted pass and scampered 42 yards tq the Miami If A fourth down pass incomplete over the goal line Miami ran up nine first dowriv to South seven The starting lineup laring thr men on the mythical All Sotitheaatern Conference football team tor 1037 Alabama led the procession of member colleges lwasting stellar grid iron plajers The Crimson Tide performer favored by sports experts were Warren at end Monsky at guard anti Kiigrow at halfback Georgia Terh placed two men Jordan at end and Sims at quarterback Mississippi Vanderbilt Auburn Louisiana State Georgia and lorida placed one each Vanderbilt's contri bution was it great center Carl Hinkle prominently mentioned a an AII America contender Associated Press Photos) MAYBERRY Hlfbck I lorida I Officials: Referee I Masters (Chicago) umpire Dick Hunt (Oklahoma): head lines man Brown (Oklahoma) field judge Tom Slate (Georgia State) WEST POINT Dec 3 Captain William (Bill) Wood former Army backfieldce and a 12 letter athlete during his cadet career today was nam head coach of West Point foot ball jucceeding Capt Garrison (Gar) Davidson Army policy and precedent ordinarily limit head coaching as signment at the military acad emy a rour year Davidson remained by special order Wrod a cav'alrv background including able coaching experience at West Point will take over direction of Army's gridiron destinies next summer Except for a ihree year tour of duty in 1929 31 and his assignment during the past year to the general staff school at ort Leavenworth Kan Wood was an assistant coach at West Point from the year of his graduation 1925 The new head coach entered the academy in 1921 after attend ing Johns Hopkins university for tw year He made the football varsity his first year starring as MILWAUKEE Wis Dec (AP) The surprising success story of Judge William Bramham of Durham reached a new high today as grateful minor Teague baseball club owners raised his salary for a new five year term from $12500 Nashville Tenn Chipley Ga New Orleans La Montgomery iAlst Chattanooga Tenn Sr" Montgomery Ala Sr Daytona Bch la Sr Daytona Bch la Sr Milledgeville Ga Second Wyatt Tennessee riend 'La State Hall Tulane Chlvfngton Ga Tech Tinsley Georgia Ry ba Alabama Kavanaugh La State Hollins Vanderbilt enton Auburn Konemann Ga Tech Milner La State MAXWELL OPTICAL CO Ill BROiDWAY Ends: King and McElrcalh Tech: Maffett and Towns Georgia Sgnford Alabama Tackles: Merrill Alabama Miller Tulane Holman Suburn Davis Georgia Ricketson Vanderbilt Goff lorida Guards: Buckner Tulane Koscij lorida Bilbo Mississippi Hayes Tennessee Weed Mississippi State Howell Auburn Hays Vanderbilt Brooks Georgia Tech Moak Mississippi State Troutman Georgia Centers: Inkebein Kentucky Antley 'Auburn Price Missis sippi Stele Quarterback: Booth Louisiana State Marjhall Vanderbilt Wood Tennessee Halfbacks Appleby Georgia Tech Mattis Tulane Bussey and Stell Louisiana State Kelly Auburn Mississippi Harp and Duncan Tennessee Cochran Sewanee Coleman Ken tucky Kenmore Auburn: Steadman Mississippi State: Reln sehmidt and Andrus Vanderbilt Hunnicutt end Cate (m crcta Banker Tulane: and Zivlch Alabama ullbacks: Andrews Tulane: ordham Georgia Sitz Au burn NEW YORK Dee 3 Down and out where the sun shines bright and well into the winter the football season still is a fact rather than a memory Twenty teams of major rank clash this weekend on Southern Southwestern and Pacific coast gridirons in disputes of sectional and inter sectional importance Eastern teams and their mid western brothers under the pig skin already have stowed their equipment in the moth ball But for the other twenty there'll be one last chance at glory before competitive football gives way to icminiscenre on the past season or debates on the New Year's Day battles Most important nationally of ten games is the meeting at Dal las between Southern Methodist and Rice The Owls staging a fast finish largely on the passing proficiency of Sophomore Ernte Lain must beat to win the Southwest conference title ivnrsi ion mre 111 mean a gift of the championship and the right to meet nil winning Colo rado and Whizzcr White in the Cotton Bowl 10 Texas Christian which ha finished its schedule The southwest also will have an entry in the clay intersec tions! debates as Texas A and will battle San rancisco on the latter's home grounds Other inter sectional pairing will find Manhattan at Tuba to meet the Missouri Valley conference cham pions Duquesne at MfuUsIppi State and Oregon at Arizona The largest crowd of the day 67000 is expected at los An whnrh IIna Trv 1 Southern Trojans Waycross And Moultrie Play Another Tie Game The Eleventh Street quintet swamped Sixteenth Street by a some ot 4 to 8 a boyg mtr school basketball game vesterdav Mondnv afternoon North lands and Bibb City will piny at North Highlands Lineups of the game yesterday: Eleventh Street: Cohn and Lati mer forwards Shropshire cen ter Perry and Williams guard Substitutes Gamensky Jkiik Blackwell 'Sixteenth Street: Sweat Kincaid foi wards ter Mullins and Hinds guards Substitutes Ray Rigsby Howell and Tindel High Grid Teams In our Way Tie Stetson Defeats Rollins 15 To 12 VALDOSTA Ga Dec (AP) The Moultrie and Waycross high school football teams played to a scoreless tie in the "Tobacco game here today and will fight it out again riday in a playoff at Albany to decide the south Georgia title South Georgia ootball associa tion executive committeemen call ed for the jday off riday as the best way to decide the champion ship which was to have been the prize today along with the right to nlav Spaldine hish of Griffin in the North Georgia con ference tor the class high school title of the state The two teams played a score less tie in their regularly sche duled game before the post season Throughout the four quarters the two teams battled each seek ing an advantage but neither was able to gain it Twice the Moul trie players penetrated deep into Waycross territory only to lose the ball on downs Costly fumbles kept the ball In Waycross territory for the greaterpart of the time as the Mnnltri ATLANTA Dec Al fred 1 Young of Columbus is the new member of the state athletic commission succeeding Dr Mahaney of Columbus deceased Governor Rivers administered the oath to him at the capital mLL KNOWN HERE Alfred I Young who became a member of the athletic committee yesterday is ivell known in Columbus He is chair man of the local stadium com mittee and head of the organi zation that has charge of the an nid Georgia Auburn football game here Mr Young was appointed as member of the commission by Governor Rivers to succeed Dr Mahaney who died cently Spoelal Saturday Chicken Dinner i sr future dc rn vru jl oot cur cause vtm to mil little things th MIAMI LOSES TO GAMECOCKS BY IELD GOAL By KENNETH GREGORY ATLANTA Dec The Rose Bowl bound Crimson Tide of Alabama1 today placed three of it outstanding players on the 1937 All Star Southeastern con ference team selected faf the Ax sociated Press by coaches and sports writers LeRoy Monsky Alabama's cap tain and stellsr guard who re ceived the William Jacobs award for the best blocking jxar Xormance In the 'conference this wi overwneiming choice for a position on the honor roll lineup The Crimson Tide' alternate captain end field general Jpe Kil grow and its flashy wingman and pass catcher deluxe Erwin (Tut) Warren were voted berths in the mythical array by a majority of those casting ballots Eight ot the 13 conference schools placed performers on toe team an aggregation of 11 play ers who displayed exceptional ability throughout the season "So outstanding 'were the candidates named for each of the positions that in ro cie was there any doubt as to wlom the coaches and serious Xs oreci Tech Place Two Georgia Tech wa toe only other school to recei" more than one poritlcn The Engineers were represented by letcher Sims the tpcBi jiead of Tech's of fensive as well as a great defen five player in the role of quar terback nnd Hill Jordan the rangy er i whose pass catch ng and unerring defensive play at tracted wide attention Mb dcrippi's captain and rank (Bruiser) Kin yd an excellent all around lineman re peated from the l''3'5 selections Ho stood alone in that respect for anon (Dutch) Georgia Tech BLUE DEVILS ARE OUTPLAYED: BY bulldogs game of SO minutes in collegiate competition As running mates for Sims and Kilgrow in ihe back the team has twy other captain Walter (Tig er) Mayberry of lorida and Bill Hartman of Georgia These tfvo great performers played on teams whose record' were not of the best but in every contest it wsa kicker and defensive fullback their yeoman service that at through four tracted the critical eyes The backfield possess four tri ple threat players All four play ers were deadly passers they kicked beautifully and measured up to ell expectations on defense Mayberry and Hartman especial ly the former were persistent running threats and fine team competitors Kilgrow also was a kingpin in the Alabama run ning attack and Sims made up for his lack of ground yardage by deadly pssse Gatto rom Louisiana State dethroned as conference champion by Alabama after two years on the throne was represented by Eddie Gatto a husky tackle who came into his own spectacularly after a slowtmt Charles (Pinky) Rohm a rugged halfback received many Urol tram nominations Selected to pair at guard with Monsky was Ralph (Happy) Sivell 185 pounds of ex i pert blocking and tackling Sivell stood out in every Auburn game and was close choice for the't over Ed Merlin Nine phis era selected are sen iois Gatto and Warren are jun iors The 5 "'r tiws: irst second teams and post ri'VUAI A UiflJH VIIULV 1 rank Kinard Mississippi Bo Any Ru'sell Auourn tackle' La Hoy Mon ky Alabama Merlin Vanderbilt guards Carl Hinkle Vanderbilt Qu ton Lumpkin Georgia centers Ralph Siv ll Auburn Joseph Stflnor Kentucky guards Eddie Gatto Louisiana State wn given Columbus Hinkle Bufor! Ra Vanderbilt tackles it a i I Pwtirin Wo i'nn A 1 a Ttr oi vsnnerDiii capiam ana tenter is hose play for throe jears was largely responsible for the succcs of the Commodores Wir'ii Hinkle left Jhe field after a full game against Alabama on Thanksgiving Day he had completed his 13th End Tackle Guard Center Guard Tackle End H'back HONORABLE MENTION Louisiana State Murphy Mississippi ranklin Vanderbiit Eldred Tennessee Jones Georgia ALRED YOUNG Alabama Places Three NAMED MEMBER STATE BODY 'I i 5 2 Jl Wt? 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