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Show Henry Thinks Gene Made Joe-Happy I picked Max Schmeling to knock out th Detroit negro in an early round. ... If there is any worse pifWr .f fights th" writer, then it ia a former boxinf champion. . . . The late Jim Cor- bett waa the worat . . . Jim missed them all with a beautiful regularity. regu-larity. . . . And Jim probably knew more about the business of box-fighting than any man who ever lived. By HENRY McLEMORE tnitrd Prm Sports Writer LOS ANGELES, Dec. Putting Put-ting the sports shot here and there: Irony note: In 182 Ou Henderson Hen-derson was kicked out as head roach of football at Southern California and replaced by Howard How-ard Jones. . . . Now Henderson, coach of the professional Los Angeles An-geles Bulldogs who have won 1 straight without even a tie, is being mentioned as the Trojans' next head coach. ... In San Francisco, where the cltisenry believes be-lieves the California football team is the most superb ever assembled, assem-bled, five will get you ten if you like Alabama in the Rose bowl. . . . The fact that Alabama has always been the underdog In the Rose bowl, but has won three and tied one in four trips, doesn't dis-turb dis-turb the confidence of the hoys at alL . . . It costs the California race track bettor about 18 cents on the dollar to make a wager The track takes 8 per cent and breakage, and the state 4 per cent. . . . Santa Anita could take 8 per cent, but In a magnificent gesture toward the suckers announced an-nounced it would be content with 2 per cent less. . . . Tom Lleb, Loyola coach, says the longest forward pass of the season waa not the one thrown by U. C. L. A.'s Kenny Washington In the Southern South-ern California game, but a 65-yard 65-yard toss by his Jack Lyons in the tiff with Villanova. It must have cheered Joe Louis to hear that Gene Tunney had |