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MONDAY AFTERNOON, FEBRUARY 5, 19
A. W. WELLS, Editor.
GAINESVILLE DAILY REGISTER, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS.
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Fighters Advance
in Glove Tourney
Modern Twirlers Are-Lazy, Declares
Muddy Ruel, Chicago White Sox Coach
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knowledge of what
Every Big League
Club Passed Up
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Longhorns Make
Bid for Title
Saturday Night
Grippe Helps
Finish Apostoli
SPORTS
SIZZLES
deal, for the championship is de-
cided in a tournament for which
Kansas, idle again this week, re-
mains the doubtful member of the
Brooks Holder Hit
24 Triples for New
Record in the Loop
; impressive as- any on the card.
Riley Robeson, lightweight, won
decision after three rounds of
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POTATOES
Pacific Coast: Oregon State is
so far in front in the northern divi-
sion of the coast conference that
even an even break with second-
ing from the grippe when he en-
tered the ring, but his manager,
Larry White stuck by his decision
that the former champion would
not fight again. “He’s definitely
lost something,” White said.
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Too Many Prunes
SAN JOSE, Calif. (UP). —With
California producing a prune crop
that leaves a vast surplus over
what the population of the United
States will eat, prune growers are
having the University of Califor-
nia experiment with prunes as a
food for hogs, cattle, dairy herds
and sheep.
weakening, of sore arms.
they’re lazy, that’s all.”
It’s a matter of getting into
. . . have speed down to a science,
and so have we. Fast and efficient
service is our motto.
Carolina Loses First
Carolina lost its first game in
15; starts last Tuesday when Wake
Forest pulled out a 42-36 decision
on its home court. The White Phan-
toms then came back to beat Clem-
son, 1939 tournament winner, 39-
Herold D. (Muddy) Ruel, Chicago
White Sox coach, started talking
about the immortal Walter John-
son today and wound up calling
modern pitchers lazy.
“Why, I know pitchers who’ve
got the idea they’re not supposed
to go more than half a game,”
said Ruel, a great catcher in his
day.
“A lot of this is the fault of
managers. They tell their pitchers
to go hard as they can for six
innings. They’ve got most of these
hurlers too lazy to get in shape
By RUSS NEWLAND
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 5 (AP).
Did you know? Scouts of the 16
major league baseball clubs passed
up a draft-tagged player who last
season cracked a Pacific Coast
league record of 26 years standing.
The player is Brooks Holder,
San Francisco Seals outfielder. He
hit 24 triples last season. The old
record was 23, established jointly
in 1913 by Ivan Howard and Hari
Maggert of the Los Angeles club
and tied in 1923 by Pete Schneider
of Vernon.
In 173 games Holder hit for an
average of .314. He knocked in
87 runs, had 89 bases on balls,
stole 14 bases, hit 16 sacrifices,
five home runs and 34 two-bag-
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Three of the four Gainesville
fighters who entered the district
Golden Gloves tournament in Fort
Worth last weekend emerged with
victories Saturday night in their
opening round bouts.
Melvin Wilson, fighting in the
bantamweight divison, won by a
kayo over his opponent in the sec-
ond round. Wilson’s performance
brought praise from the ringside
experts, who claim his work was
that Johnson—he would to that—to Walter Johnson? So
pitch one day, a full game. Next he went on doing pretty good for
day you’d see him out there for a 20 years.”______
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OF CONSIDERABLE interest to
fight fans everywhere is the Joe
Louis-Arturo Godoy fight, which is
to be held Friday night in Madison
Square Garden. The Chilean Indian
holds two decisions over Tony Ga-
lento, and the records reveal he has
never hit the canvas in 65 profes-
sional fights. And although he’s
said to be even rougher and tough-
er than “Two-Ton” Tony, the fight
experts think little of his chances
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BLAINE RIDEOUT, the North
Texas Teachers distance runner,
paced a great field of milers in the
■ Millrose games in New York Sat-
urday night, but fell behind at the
stretch to come in fifth. Chuck
gers.
Young, useful and fast, Holder
could have been had for $7500.
Charley Graham, president of the
Seals, was more surprised over the
fact Holder wasn’t drafted than he
would have been if Dominic Di-
Maggio hadn’t been sold.
The case of Holder recalls to the mainstays in the race.
Graham those of two earlier coast ,
league stars. One was “Wiz ’ Kre- j
mer, who pitched for Oakland for
ten years in full view of a parad-
ing army of big league talent de-
tectives.
solid thing Texas will encounter
the remainder of the season.
Of course, Rice is still breathing
on the back of Texas’ neck with its
potent machine that averages 511
points per game, but Texas needs
to protect its slim lead over the
field in the Baylor game.
Coach Gray’s boys have been idle
two weeks sparring with, exams.
Baylor has been playing — and
playing great basketball. Only last
week the Baylors brushed off the
rather good Texas Aggies, 68-34
For the
Mrs. Paul Bush' of the Rock Creek
community Sunday.
Baylor has been hard to handle in
most of her tilts this season. A
crowd of 7,000 or more is expected
to see the game.
The Mustangs and Frogs meet
Tuesday night for the cellar cham-
pionship, with the Frogs due to re-
main at the bottom. Friday and
Saturday, the Methodists will prob-
ably add to their loss column when
they meet Arkansas in two games
up in Fayetteville.
FODDER—The Ryder Cup team I
will play in Dallas as well as San j
Antonio. They come to the North
Texas metropolis to meet outstand-
ing Texas amateurs in a special
match on February 13. .,. . Al-
though not seriously injured in his
fight with Bettina, Fred Apostoli
has definitely decided to quit the
ling, realizing he’s through as a
fighter. He’s quitting’before he suf-
fers a serious injury, a very wise
move, if he’s sincere. . . . Lew Jen-
kins, sensational Sweetwater boxer,
has been signed to a big fight in
New York March 8 with Campelo,
the Argentine scrapper. The win-
ner of this bout will likely get a
once "for-
against the champion. The boys
who bet their cash think even less,
the odds now standing at six to one
on Louis.
quite a bit of good football for ]
UCLA last fall, was the hero of the |
victory. After his team trailed, 15-
21, at the half, he led the attack
that tied the score, then after four
minutes' of stalling, he slipped
through for the winning goal.
The importance of the Duke-
and Mary, each, with only one de-
feat, are ready to step in front of
the loser.
Tennessee gained the Southeast-
ern conference lead last week, but
split even in a pair of non-confer-
ence games. Alabama’s loss to
Georgia and Mississippi State’s de-
feat by Louisiana State pushed
those two down. The situation
should be clarified this week by
’Barna’s games with Georgia and
Kentucky and Georgia’s second
test with Auburn.
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touted Broncos here recently in a j
game that almost wound up in a j
battle royal.
Big Six. Meanwhile, the Oklahoma-
1 Missouri race continues with Mis-
p#,
(and that was the correct score, of-
ficials advised after letting it
stand at 68-36 for several days,)
and then worked out against weak
Texas Christian, 52-30.
But Texas got in a couple of
good licks by spilling the American
Liberty Pipeliners, composed4 of
former Texas and Southern Meth-
odist stars.
Should Texas get by Baylor and
retain its record of having lost only
one game then it must take South-
ern Methodist, T. C. U., Texas Ag-
gies and Baylor in order coming up
to the predicted climax against
Rice on Feb. 27 at Austin. In its
only game with Rice, the opener at
Houston, Texas squirmed out, 50-
46.
pices of the recreation department
of that city and the recreation sec-
tion of the W. P. A. The meeting
is open to the public without ad-
mission charge. Class methods of
coaching tennis, softball and base-
ball will occupy the afternoon ses-
sion. At the evening session the
picture, “Play Ball, America,”
made by the National league, will
be shown. Graham Pierce of Dallas
sends word that all Gainesville
fans, coaches and athletes are in-
vited to attend the meeting, which
will be held there on February 8.
hectic battling.
Wilson Ownby, middleweight,
likewise gained a decision over a
T. W. C. boxer, one f the favored
boys in the meet. Ownby floored
his man in the second for a count
of seven and coasted in for a vic-
tory. He will likely meet Andy
Eagleton, former state champion,
tonight in the finals. Eagleton is
favored to go far in the state and,
probably, national meets.
Hubert Evans, the fourth local
boy, lost in a three-rounder on a
close decision.
The team was accompanied to
the meet by Eddie Davis, trainer
and matchmaker of the Gainesville
Athletic club.
By FELIX R. McKNIGHT
DALLAS, Texas, Feb. 5 (AP).—
Boyish Jack Gray, the 27-year-old
maestro of Texas University bas-
ketball, makes his move for a sec-
ond consecutive Southwest confer-
ence title come Saturday night. •
On his home court at Austin, the
floor that made him famed as one
of the sharpest players in all con-
ference history, Gray sends out his
Longhorns to meet Baylor.
This is the game Gray needs.
Baylor, equipped with some of the
most dangerous goalies in the
league and coming strong after a
sad start, is just about the most
Big Six leader, entertains Ne-
Fenske came in for first place,
with Glenn Cunningham taking
second, Gene Venzke third and Lou
Zamperini of California fourth.
Blaine set a killing pace, leading
the field by several yards until the
last few laps and then faltered
badly. Looks like Glenn, the bar-
rel-chested Kansan, is going to
have a bad season, his last, accord-
ing to his own announcement.
Fenske, by the way, equalled the
record on his jaunt.
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Devine Picked Up Kremer
It remained for Joe Devine, on
his first assignment as a Pitts-
burgh scout, to pick up Kremer.
The big right hander helped the
Pirates to win a pennant and was
valuable for years, meanwhile aid-
ing the rookie ivory hunter De-
vine (now a Yankee expert) estab-
lish a reputation.
Case No. 2 involves Curt Davis,
who pitched five years for the
Seals in colorless but decidedly ef-
ective fashion. Finally drafted by
he lowest club in the National
eague—Philadelphia — he became
the twirling star of the Phillies.
The Cubs .purchased him for a
sizeable sum, then included him in
about Johnson.
“Walter Johnson was so good,”
he declared, “that for years every,
batter in the American ' league
knew what he was going to pitch—
and still couldn’t hit him!
“I’m telling you that Johnson
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dition, insisted Ruel, who handled
Johnson in the Big Train’s heyday
with the Washington Senators.
“Walter never faded' in the sev-
enth,” Ruel said. “Grover Cleve-
land Alexander never needed help,
nor Herb Pennock, nor dozens of
others. A man’s not a major
league, pitcher if he can’t go nine
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UCLA, as usual, is down at the (
bottom of the southern division, |
standing in the Pacific Coast con-
ference. When the Uclans dropped
a 39-33 decision to California last
Friday, it was their 30th consecu-
tive defeat since 1937 in confer-i
ence competition. But they showed
thev wiere a team that could come
back, for they beat California, 34-
32, Saturday. And for that reason,
they deserve some sort of special
mention.
Jackie Robinson, who played
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LOCAL BOXERS WHO entered
the district Golden Gloves tourna-
ment in Fort Worth did exception-
ally well, winning three of the four
bouts entered. We hear the fight
fans were impressed with the elev- i
erness of Melvin Wilson, who won
his bout by a knockout in the sec-
ond round. In fact, some thought
Wilson was the class of the card.
' Riley Robeson fought his way to a
three-round decision, and Wilson
Ownby won hands-down over a
Cowtown college boy, who was one
of the favorites in that division.
Ownby likely will be matched with
Andy Eagleton, state winner last
year, in tonight’s finals. Due to the
fact that Eagleton is much older
and has had four or five years’
training in the ring, we doubt the
wisdom of the Gainesville boy try-
—really throwing, too. And he’d
field every ball as the batter
knocked it back to him. That was
keeping every part of him in
shape.”
Ruel never tires of chatting
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par on that Brackenridge course is
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stood out there for years and never j
changed his routine. The first 1
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Why, in there. The next one would be a
fast one, right in there.
“Then, with two strikes on the
hitter. Walter’d throw his curve. I
used to try to get him to change.
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‘Let’s cross ’em up this time,’ I
said one day. ‘Throw that curve
in here once in a while for the first
strike.’
“ ‘Well, Muddy,” he replied,
‘I’ve been getting along pretty
good this way.’
“Now, what could I say in reply
athletic training institute, which about as far apart as they could be
will be conducted under the aus- : within the boundaries of one sport.
ing his hand against Eagleton. A
boy who has had little experience
with the gloves shouldn’t be pitted
against a boy of Eagleton’s class i braska, which has been losing to
Of course there’s no question but i the leaders by very narrow mar-
what the boy has the nerve to 1 gins. The unbeaten Big Ten leader,
tackle the Cowtown champion, but Purdue, takes on Indiana, its tradi- -
there’s the question of the 1ocaltional rival which is tied for sec- ! University. g..,
boy’s future in the ring, if he ex-ond oregon State, pace setter in Oklahoma. Aggies, with five
pects to follow that profession. , the Pacific Coast northern division, 1 straight victories in the Missouri
- ’ • has two games with its nearest ri-Valley con erence, go u o i
THE TEXAS OPEN golf tourna. val Washington State, and rexas, j crease their lead in games against
ment acts under way Thursday at Southwest circuit leader, meets St. Louis, Washburn and Tulsa.
Baylor which moved up to a threat- : Drake, shading Tulsa for second
tost by wannang two sares Creighton.
How Races Shape Up
Here’s how the major conference
and league races shape up:
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teams, won its tenth and eleventh
straight from St. Francis and Tem- |
ple in last week’s doubleheader
features. The Violets face their big-
31, and tie Duke lor the conferenee i g^Xn^^D^e ath
lead at seven victories and one loss. ; * Island, each
The Blue Devils meanwhile went beaten once, meet Wednesday.
North and took a 49-35 beating I , . +;t;00
from. Pennsylvania. . Midwest: BigTen.competition
There’s a full schedule in every gets going again Sature y
major conference in this week for , five games after a coup e o Wees
the first time since the colleges be- ■ of sporadic and not t o succe
gan mid-year examinations in Jan- ■ meetings w 11 h non - con ei
uary. Nevertheless, only about a teams, including Illinois -
half dozen games are real stand-,to Notre Dame. Besides e-n-
outs, since most of the conference ! diana-Purdue feature e game
leaders are so well established i are. Michigan tied for.second
their places can’t be threatened for i against Northwestern ‘
a while I Illinois, Ohio State-Chicago and
Alabama, second to Tennessee in Wisconsin-Iowa. ..
the Southeastern conference, meets
third-place Georgia. Oklahoma, the
i tuneUp against an independent
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ter being a member of the Cup , their third straight Eastern Inter- I big one on. the conference sched 1
team. Jug MeSpaden, who last year collegiate league title. They } , as second-place Rice is idle a sec-
startled the golf world by traveling l i ond wleek.
the course in 12 under par, is al- ! , I Rocky Mountain: Colorado’s sec-
shot at LOu Ambers and his title. । ond victory over Utah, on the Utes’
It would be nice if the Texas boyown court, just about made it cer-
could lift Ambers’ crown, a very i tain the Buffs will retain the Big
tough job. . . , Jim,my Kitts, ousted । Seven title. Their only game is
Rice coach, has a chance at both i against sixth-place Wyoming. Utah
the Washington U. and. Kansas: state, which slipped to second
State jobs. We hope he lands one of ! after ’losing to Denver in an upset,
’em. . . . With all this opposition meets Brigham Young Saturday
to Judge Landis’ decisions, looks j meets after B. Y. U. and Utah
like we’ll have a revolution. We tangle to settle their third-place
tie.
Fred Apostoli, the San Francisco
bellhop who once topped the mid-
dle-weight boxers, is shown in
Polyclinic hospital in New York
where he went after his defeat by
Melio Bettina. Apostoli was suffer-
By HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR.
NEW YORK Feb. 5 (AP).—The
basketball team of the week is the.!
University of California at Los 1
Angeles, and the game of the week
is Duke vs. North Carolina next
Saturday.
They get the awards for reasons
ONLY ONE GAME of any im-
portance will be staged in the
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This game will have bearins. on gagemlent here. The locals may ArssessmD..
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the Bears to hold its position, and
haven’t heard of any baseball man
favoring his plan yet. . . . Paavo
Nurmi and Taisto Maki, Finn mar-
athon stars, are in the States to
help raise funds for their country.
Several matches have been made, place Washington State wouldn’t
with Nurmi now doing the talking | be very damaging. Washington
and Maki the running. . . . They’re I meets last-place Idaho in one con-
going to have Bill Disch Day down test. Southern California'and Stan-
in Austin in April. The veteran | ford, one-two in the southern
baseball coach has put out 20 win-1 standing, play U. C. L. A. and Cali-
ners at Texas in his 26 years of; fornia, respectively, Friday.
service,- the best record of any col- i South: Eleven games are on the
lege baseball coach in the business, j Southern conference slate, but the
. . . Texas league baseball teams: Duke-Carolina tilt puts them all in
are mailing out contracts now. | the shade. Before the big game,
We’ll soon know how many hold- each plays Davidson, and Carolina
outs there’ll be in this loop... Thehas a non-conf erence clash with
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WOODBINE, Jan. 29. — Rev.
Ray Hand of Aubrey, will preach at
the Baptist church Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McKee were
Denison visitors Thursday.
Jack Smith and sister, Miss Jes-
sie Smith, were visitors in Sher-
man Saturday.
The Women’s Home Demonstra-
tion club will meet Thursday aft-
ernoon at the Ray Ware school.
Buford Haney, who is employed
in Gainesville, is ill at the home
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. R.
Haney east of Woodbine.
Mrs. E. M. South has recovered
from an attack of flu.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thurman and
son, Billie Dale, visited Mr. and
Paavo Nurmi (left), once king of the three-quarter milers, and
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Finland. The flying Finns are shown as they warmed up on the liner
Bergensfjord. They will make a tour of the United States to raise
i funds for Finnish relief.
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two games this week, against Har-rn,I. QAmAgry"IA
. c. . • 1 + se -r vard at Cambridge Wednesday and ElI UUKIUNVIILU
the first eight teams qualify, but if strong Yale team at Hanover-
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j very close to it.
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