Winston-Salem Journal from Winston-Salem, North Carolina • 8

TUESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 10 19W NEWS WINSTON SALEM (N C) JOURNAL Win Hanes Honors Duke Meets Hanes Here Wednesday This Play Ileal Southern California Major Tills In Biff Show X5 Gray Opens Cage lay Tuesday Greenberg Is Poor Second Dedical ion Of the the Strong Team Ax Over your Shoulder 7 NORMAN CHANDLK A JcnkniM Paul I Herb Brett pop ular managerial figure in the Bi Hosiery ive aces Three wias gave me the best tlp nfi on Har mon never saw him kirk a footballn much as 35 yards in practice But I never saw him kick that poorly a game" The best player for one duty I saw was John Kimbrough of the Texas Aggie He much of ST 31 IS IT to The North State Conference ill take over at High Point Saturday night with about the same type of program as that slated for the Durham meeting Moving pictures will highlight all three meetings to serve as a clear view of rules interpretations After these meetings will come the 1940 41 basketball playing season to take over the spotlight for the winter months trophy for the best on the football squad for the year Both presentations were mde1 the Hanes High banquet last Thursday night of the schools will curtain raiser at 7 the boys fighting It second game be the only gain ten Sohn (55) while lUlfbirgg This will be basketball week in North Carolina Three major basketball clinics will be held for coaches nnd offi cials and the cage sport gets under full sail Ju the state Tuesday at Durham the annual Rig ive meeting of conches and officials will be held with a din ner in the evening at Duke Uni versity Tlie Journal and Sentinel school for coaches and players of North west North Carolina and South West Yirginia will be held at Reynolds High gymnasium heie riday The North State Conference basketball meeting ill be held at High Point Saturday night as the tty rd major clinic for coaches and Herb Brett to Scout or Boston Red Sox Aim KllltR nvj and Juby Ifawn will have charge of discussion on rules and play Tills meeting I open to all coaches and players in this section nnd should prove interesting for basketball leaders This clinic will Ire free to conches and play Jaincs A Cray High School will open the basketball season Tues day night by meeting a strong team from Colfax High nt Gray High gymnasium The girls meet In a with out In the This will Scheduled for Winston Salem high ichool this week and is expected to attract wide interest Coach Shore Neal has been pushing his Gray boys team hurt! in an effort to whip tlie squad Into top shape for this opening game Gray Is expected to show a strong team again this season and the boys are showing steady im provement in their workouts Winston Salem boxing (earn with a four all decision against Concord Tribune in the opening meet of the season last Saturday dug In for hard work this week for the meet against Kannapolis here Saturday night Coach Doug Grimes appeared pleased with the showing of his young team in the meet against Concord but warned his boys that Kannapolis would be a tougher team to handle in the ring Kannapolis will Bring a veteran squad here for the meet offering several 6f the outstanding amateurs in tlie show The Winston Salem team came out ut the Concord scraps in fine shape and appeared ready for the tough drills Boxing fans still talked about the two Twin City southpaws Al len and Burchctte and their work in the meet against Concord Both mon won their bouts easily It was also learned tills morn ing that Bob Beauchamp the ring star now serving in the National Guard at Camp Jackson would be here for Saturday meet against Kannapolis Coach Doug Grimes announced that two meets had been sched uled against Charlotte The WlnstonSalem team will go to Charlotte January 11 for meet and will close the season at home against the Queen City team on ebruary 1 it means that you must know how to safe guard what you earn get good values for and Guarii Quurtii liuk Hargrave (3) hrld for Sa era (31) and Juzwlk (15) helped block Look for the rc a of my diary it being released by the dis trict attorney at the next session of the grand Jury urogram with of Guilford College Duke University's Blue Devils and the Deacons of Wake orest will come here this week to meet Hanes basketball team in two contests offering the Big ive of North Carolina In action for Winston Salem fans i High Point College one of the dominating teams of the North State Conference will invade the Hosiery gymnasium for a third major contest for the Hanes team this week Eddie Cameron will bring Ids powerful Blue Devils here Wednesday night to taekle the Hosiery while Wake orest will invade the gymnasium riday night for a game against Carl Snow's quint The Hosiery has displayed fine power In two early games against members of the Big ive and Southern Conference State fell before the marks manship of the team last Tuesday night 49 to 2D while strong Tar Heels dropped a 33 32 decision to the Hosiery here Sat urday night Duke will bring a veteran team here for the battle against the Hosiery team Wednesday night Price and Mock are veteran forwards back this season while Brown and Shokcs also saw duty at the forward spots last season Holley giant eenter is back for his old spot Valasek starting guard last year and Spuhler a fine prospect as a sophomore last winter may be the guards to get the starling call for the Duke with Moyer and McCahnn as experienced re serves Conch Eddie Cameron planned a practice game tonight for his learn to whip the squad into shape for the game against the strong Hosiery team Carl Snow found his squad at top stride Saturday night against Carolina and Hampton giant ren ter showed no 111 effects from a recent The fhree college games here this week are expected to attract wide Interest among cage fans as they will serve to give the spectator a view of what to ex pect In state basketball ranks this winter official The Big ive meeting Will lea tuie discussion of' rules changes and intwprctPilons by coaches of the Southern Conference schools in the state and officials This meeting is important for Otticials and coaches as it will show just how these men plnn to have games called this winter school for Northwest North Carolina and Southwest Virginia high schools here will carry a highly Instructive program for the coaches Norman Shepard Davidson Col lege director of athletics nnd head basketball coach will be speaker for the riday night program while such well known Southern Conference officials as "ootsie" Knight Jerry Gcrird Bunn Hack Ed Wooten left who visa awarded tlie "Most player trophy In football at Hanes High School for tlie past season and James Long right who won the Shrrinrr blocking find Kannapolis Moot Saturday 0 Ik ft ck Sum! IMr irw After Season By EDDIE BRITZ New York Say there wasn't another player rebellion (hushed'Up before it hit the pa pers) in the major last season was there? All right only asking When Tommy Harmon turned pro he fool around about it picked up $3200 in radio broadcasta personal ap pearances In last two week Detroit Lion aaid to be unable to decide between Bo Molenda giant assistant coach and Mel Hein the great center as Potsy Clark's suc cessor The boy and girl at the Washington massacre yester day saw what probably will turn out to be the finest old feud in all football history Sharp Was Sharp Before Al Sharp the Atlanta sport writer hired that lip rend er to tell him what wa going on In the baseball huddles he gave the guy a workout' Al backed off 20 paces and called him a so and so When the guy started to charge in Al knew he had the real McCoy Realm Why? We're asking why on earth should Judge Landis resign? Every picture we jaw of him at the Atlanta meeting indicated his honor was having himself a fine old time One shot pictured him wielding a big drum stick at the banquet board In an other he was entirely surrounded by eusy to look at blondes The Judge is going strong and right now probably Is humming this slightly revised Gilbert and Sullivan ditty Judge: Though my honors you begrudge Yet never never budge But I'll live and die a judge! Public: And a good judge too! Tody' Guest Star Tom Sweeny Worcester (Mass) Gazette: "The more we ponder the Boston College Holy Cross game the more we are convinced that those 50 plays Coach rank Leahy is supposed to have given the Engles must have Included the complete works of Shakes peare and Eugene Sport Bulletin Board They say the recently simonized Abe Simon really looked good trimming Roscoe Toles Herl Barber the country's acecaster did hi usual top job on the Bear vs Redskins Everybody knew what was going on all the time By STEVE SNIDER It nil 4 SKIS rrrpntn Chicago Minnesota a un defeated Big Ten champions were far and away the best football team in the nation the Dickinson rating system reported today The Dickinson system goes by the scoreboard where a victory is a victory whether by one point or a It also goes by the caliber of opposition ano Min nesota schedule Was second to none in the eyes of Prof rank Dickinson instructor in economics at the University of Illinois whose 1840 national ranking are his 17th ana Itch Here thy i3 "Th the point rating a la Dickinson: Minnesota 2955 Michi gan 2616 3 Stanford 2584 Tennessee 2576 Texas A 2574 Pennsylvania 2178 Mississippi State 2428 Southern Methodist 2382 Texas 2333 Nebraska 2312 Northwestern 2251 Bos ton College 2214 Dickinson advised however that Southern Methodist must defeat Rice on December 7 or drop from the first 11 Boston College then would be rated 11th he aid In only rare eases is a team ranked 'ahead of its conqueror and Texas A A is this year's ex ception The Aggies dropped one to Texas but held onto fifth place while Texas was rated ninth "The system is not infallible" Dickinson said "But after 17 years 1 am discontinuing my rating with the firm conviction that my system merely give the results that would the good the bad the cruel and the just you and every free American get the facts by which you decide on the men and the laws and the customs that safeguard your freedom And forget that you also get your sense of values your ability to pick out the necessities and satisfactions of life from the newspapers The arc signposts in the forest They tell you exactly what you can get for your money and where you can get it Every shopper knows that his newspaper which costs a few cents often saves him dol lars saves time saves disappointment Don't Kick Mister! the hist Ball Washington Among other things the Chicago Bears near 1 ran out of footballs in their 73 0 rout of the Washington Redskins Sunday After each of the first nine tnurlidnwns they tried place meats to convert the extra point and each time the ball sailed Into the crowd and remained there When tlie Bears lined up for another kick after the tenth score a player raced from the end Into the end tone and ealled to Referee Red rlesell: "Hey Red tell those guys not to kick There aren't any more balls on the bench" The Bears obligingly switched to a pas play and made their point bircbttH Wincrum Safi Kranthco track bLaiighneMi Stanford foMtUill Ih on NHon Mt Hilly Conn Piitbtrch New York Haugh Om' hull L) reeman Pasadena badrnln Hill I'll ice Lew water Texas boxing your for no man is truly free who is without money enough to buy the necessities of life And where can a man learn about what is going on? In the newspaper of course! Out of th Atlanta made nnnounvementliflnu nrvii itfl ii'lfh 1 nock general mummer of the Red bicker or passer or defensive i tail! lA nitiI kBikoa Mrtt lla box turm holdings liinha ('tip lnnU Ito'te Nawwn Bii 1 ICttlll Patti 1'4' I I 1 1 1 1 1 IrSOO 1111 iaOM IAasi nbVAannfl 1 Um i tviMiir mm uv unit ntni TilruifJt iivi4nl1 fnrtr irMt mnn tvna IIia IubI 1 1 n' hfl ItUii I seen all yenr i The most under rated player I saw was chap nnnu Pugh the quarterback nl the Texas Aggies Ho miule few headlines tint you If remember that the only game the Aggies lost was lost after Pugh was hurt The most Intelligent player I talked to during the season was GET your chin up Sure there are bears in the woods and bugbears over the hill But you are arr? man You can walk where you choose pick out your own favorite pastime be trusted with a pay come front a rouna room scncums of all these It wa tlie third time Minnesota hag been rated first since 1931 amt it receives permanent possession of the Rockne Memorial Trophy spotr t'ted by Notre our Horsemen of the Harry Stuhldieher Don Miller Jimmy Crowley and Elmer Layden The Gopher were on top In 1934 and 1936 Michigan won it in 1932 and 1933 and Southern California wa first in 1831 and 1939 Roughly the Dickinson system awards more points for victory over a strong team than over a weak one Extra points also ar added for victory in intersections! contests which Minnesota played two and Michigan three Stanford had none completing 17 years of rat ing football teams 1 have covered the Grange to Harmon period in the development of intercollegiate Dickinson said I discontinue the ratings Bernie Bierman now moves Into premier "Since 1831 year of the first Rockne trophy award and a season before Bierman went to Minnesota as coach Minnesota ranks first with a total of 58 Dickin son revealed "Pittsburgh is sec ond with 51 followed by Southern California Michigan Tennessee and Notre Dame" or the entire period from Dick first rating in 1924 Notre Dame is firt then Southern Cali fornia Michigan Pittsburgh and Minnesota By NORMAN CHANDLER CWrwMsv Al Notre Dame drew first blond ln 6 I ullliark Milt In Its game vulh Southern ill kickrl Hili one from 25 ferula at loa Angele vvltli tlilv I ads ouL The ball sllh past field gnal and ailded to a (otivlt linger tips of several Trojans down wav good enough to lick including End Joe Davis (36) Guilford new gym one of the finest In the North State Conference circle will be dedicated riday night December 13 The University of North Caro lina Tar Heels defending cham pions of the Southern Conference wilt go to Guilford to play the dedication game against Quakers Plans for the dedication call for a hoi introduction cage stars of past years This game will be one of the highlights of tlie winter spurt program at Guilford and Is ex pertwj to attract hundred of alumni and friend to the cam pus You can misted to buy wisely enough to make it last till next payday Did you ever think what makes you free? Our form of government? Democracy where every man has a right to shoulder his ax and attack the wilderness to make it give up its rewards? Correct But when men set out to govern instead of leaving the job to a king or a dictator or a they must know how Knowing how to govern yourself means that you must know what is going on in your town in your state in the nation And also itnan but lie could nlwuys get his (four nnd five ymds He hnd i touch of ham in him too nnd Ito except when he wns railed rm to perform his specialty Then ho knew the crowd was watching him Then ho delivered Ti best lineman I saw all year was Baiunan of Northwestern a tackle 1 saw hitn against Minne soln and he was there here and everywhere doing damage with bls 225 pounds 1 talked to Milt NOTE: Ths purpoM of th regular Tueedsy Insttratlonsl adret tiMrnenta Is to meke American life and American bulnee better Mur eugseetlon crttldeme or reaction will be appreciated by lha Newpeper Pubtlhera Commute and Its chairman AdJieae tiw committee In car ot th BuUuom Office of thle paper Your newspaper guards you against con trolled and misleading news against false advertising Perhaps it docs this only be cause it is good business to do so But whatever the reason so long as it con tinues to he an "Anierican paper free from dictatorial control safe A modern man with his newspaper in his hands is armed with what it takes to make his way in this modern world He is pioneer with keen bladed ax on his shoulder Trio of State Cage Clinics On Schedule for This Week 4 Joe the handball champ received one Of them all Bucky Walter field hi following bet Thu nound ace climbed from fourth ast year to third this time ami got the same number of first place votes six John Kimbrough Texas fullback placed tilth with 18 points followed by I uw son Little open golf champion Jimmy Wilson and Joe Louix ach with 12 Die only nominee whore vote might be challenged wa Clark Shaughnessy of Stan ford the latest ot a long line of miracle coaches Die balirt spe cifically said and Shaughnessy obviously took most of his exercise ltting down Yet hi west coast admirer insisted upon giving him six points The complete voting: Athlet and lrt rlnt liarnjOsi Jl ICDlxRn 1001(311 JU Grrtnberf Detroit bntbUH Waiter CtadnnV takebalt fi rner brnU Xlmbroufh Irxan A fotbl) Ijwvnn golf or lyyuig Detroit boxing Tmmy WHson CincinnaU Hagan golf rtwkr UThrondn track itMimrnona Brooklyn Sa All of YWB stdi 1 tAJK ASPIRIN are more choking it BUI De Correvont I write I what he said but plense believe i me that Hili know all the an swer and despite all the publicity he had good and will come out of fontball a swell kid The Iwo flashiest back aw all year were Juswik of Notre Dame (and I saw him twice) and Luther of Nebraska Of the two Juswik is the he eon pas a well a but Stanford can watch Luther in the Rose Bowl The best end I saw was Ison nt Georgia Tech Thl despite the fact that he was injured and shouldn't have been in uniform when aw him A well Ison 1 the best end In the country I try name the best coach I law A fellow would be a fool to try to pick and choose among a group that included Bill Alexander Elmer Layden Wallace Butt Lou Little Bernie Bierman Lynn Waldorf Biff Jones ritz Homer Norton Howard Jones Malty Bell Jess Neely and I tlie Penn coach who for the life of me 1 can't recall ootball memories In dot and Dickinson Ranks iMinnesota Top ootball Team of 1940 izxok a Alt in 1C i) McLemore Says Harmon Best Back of ootball Campaign liy HEMIY (Lulled Rfaft Los Angeles (UP) Unless someone has been tampering with my diary (and the only suspecu I can think cf are the Book of the Month Club ami 'e Watch and Ward Society) 1 have traveled 8 200 mile since the first of Oc tober AU of tiiiite miles were travclcd for the purpose of looking al foot ball tennis AU sort of football teams ootball teams that were recruited football teams that were as pure ns Pasteurized cream football team looking for a bowl bid football teams that had no hope and were just playing out the string and football team un der weather conditions lat ranged from freckle cream to artificial respiration for the customers Some of the teams 1 saw were good Some were bud were interesting and some were dull lining composed I believe chiefly ot student who were attempting i ti it vm rM4ii mis i si it i ii i iiutisaKj by being run over and trampled Now the football season is oeer save for the bowl games on Jan dash rank Reagan of Penn de uary I And so now what arc theipite hi Michigan debacle one conclusion that 1 have drawn aft of the grent players Whitlow er traveling all those miles watch of Rice is a great center and Rob ing all thesa games i talking er of against Notre these coaches and speaking to all Daine at least was a huiicndou these alumni? If move top i player wain anti sir on inc very cage oi your chair and bend your ear gracefully my way tell you The best football player 1 saw 1 was 19(1 pound of Michigan man named Harmon He had a little something none of tire other had and 1 suspect it was Yes show off The desire to play to grandstand never known a champion who have it Har mon was a team player yes but Mimcwhcre back In hi mind was the positive that he Harmon was a part of the Amer ican entertainment acheme and that he shouldn't fall Like a Ruth like a like a Tilden like a Jone he finally became convinced (lint he was not win ning for hirmclf alone but for hisi public made a ereat nlaver State League several year ago greater His coach ritz Crisler will serve as a scout for the Bos ton Red Sox with ills territory covering Virginia West Virginia and (Ulin it wa announced Sat urday Brett returned from the annual minor league meeting in To Represent in Games Winston Salem A' varsity basketball team will swing Into action Saturday night De cember 11 with prospects of one of the finest teams in recent years The Twin City eagers will in vade Greensboro Saturday night for the first test of the season and Conch Wiley leenor Is mapping plans for hard workout tin week Tlie team will face 10 scheduled games thl winter with the annual Carolinas tournament to be held at Kannapolis eb ruary 14 15 a the climax to the season ITie Winston Salem varsity team will be selected from mem bers nf the class A league team and this Includes the cream ot Twin City cage star Two games sic on schedule be fore the Christnia holidays the game against Greensboro in the Gate City Saturday night and Er langer to be played Here Sat urday December 21 The Winston Salem team has won the Carolinas tournament for five straight years nnd will be defending champions again thi winter Among the players expected tn appear in tlie line up in tile games this winter are: Cowan Lane and Thomas of Barq's Waggoner liclps and oe of Hanes Knitters Brunt Conrad Rawlings and Southern of arm ers Dairy and Snow Hampton McSwain Johnson Boddie and Boole of the Hosiery Ring S(uads Hannon Grabs To Meet Here Quick Money To Grid Slitf By GAYLE TALBOT New York (D ootball' mounting popularity i reflected in the overwhelming margin by which Tommy Harmon Michi great back has been voted the ouUUnding male athlete of 1940 by poru expert participat ing in the annua Awociated Pres JKlll Thirty of the 71 press box seer who lent tn their ballots named the Wolverine wow their number one choke for his personal ex ploit In leading hi team to a onee defeated season and for breaking Red Grange's record for scoring over a three year period Hank Greenberg Detroit' slug ging outfielder ran a weak second with II first place vote and a to tal of 57 points to Harmon' 141 Point arc counted on a bast of three for a first choice two for a second choice and one for third Ducky Walters Cincinnati pitclier placed third With 36 points Including six firsts while Bobby eller Cleveland firebnller gained fourth with 31 points and ieven first In all 38 sport fig ures got their names in the ballot ing and 15 of them had al least one admirer who thought they were tops 'This is the seond straight year tliat a football hero has grabbed the bras ring La year ilwa Niles Kinnick of Iowa but lie had a close brush with Joe DIMaggm of the Yankee befoie the polls closed winning by right points Neither of them got a single point this time Don Budge who won out both in 1837 and 1938 when he was the toast of tennis came in for one third place vote In this election Heavyweight Chain) ion Joe Louis who was the people's third choice a year ago dropped to sev enth thi time He didn't receive a single number one vote whereas Jimmy Wilson vet i hoin Itlv 1 rnn cmcner ana worm eiw Run nicutfct rindhaii ronr nraii uiiAth U'Hftinltr Bnwtntt Cnllffr ioh Tw rank MtCHntkk Cliv rinrirtll tunrhaii Dirk Chapman Nrw York golf Trd Ivona bar hail Sam hntl golf Gt Hur Noi DanttL Uack ILnr Dllutm riHLidtl phis fnotball Al Blotla inuk and football Jlnimv Drmftrrt slr One point 1 rune 7 Klc tttxbuivh baxhiK rank lun PunxyU fosAtbell: Ken Overhn Washington box mg Ab jenktm bait ike Gttv autd facing Ace Patker Brook ly football Don Hudgr New York tenriia Tumi a frraK WL a 1 ii saw sajs nr: Ml jr ri i 'T I' OK 1 jr aS JiBBHtl mm Tr 1 Kll IBM i ft ji a i a i' A wf I wl wi kw 1 fl If a st 'UL Ji'L Jl 'OX Gy New Hg an 01 I fl ft.