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Show LEW FREE PRESS. LEHI. UTAH Speaking of Sports . Coming Year Headache to Ring Industry )ortlight g ranked as No. 2, followed by Lou Tommy Farr, and your old friend, Maxie Baer. Not that these boys didn't deserve their ranking. They did. The discouraging part is that no better fighters have appeared on the scene Nova, to replace them. The old year limped out with a juicy ring scandal still unsettled a fitting farewell to a year which saw few favorable developments. The Harry Thomas fixed fight case still remains on the books to haunt boxing commissioners and prizefight IT 4. 3 kusW The Danger Zone . . . pdy for College Footluli I'luver . . . It, ?ijLIe DouqJs And the Coinenul ide. De-bat- like world peace and the BOXING, Browns, is in a bad ay as it pulls itself together and starts in a new year. It survived many a first class beat-ir.curing 1939, but is merely holdRecovery ing its own at present. is a slow, painful process, skillfully hindered by many of the men who should be nursing it carefully during t .e period of recuperation. The truly alarming state of affairs is evidenced by the fact that Tony Galento, the battling barkeep, again was ranked No. 1 challenger for Joe Louis' crown. A glance at the list Bob Pastor is is discouraging. t, ed tL Presence of son.e usWba coaches and a:l.:?:ic i.rectvrs from '"--P.Irebeetrying to get some group to two questions- -- HaS an,v.er one or football moved into the danger ?on, of and pay for athletes?" proselyting "Has the commercial .J tanf" .,r, .... , L U L. years ago this month, on January 30. 1933, Adolf Hitler was named chancellor of Germany and began writing the htstory of the Third Reich. In 1930, already powerful, he scoffed when old 'resident ton Hindenburs offered him- a cabinet imst: Hitlor . . uant. a if I "all or nothing blood-staine- d . v. jar- -' .r V Most of them ;e!l Vjj their un- iversity give certain number of atnietic scholarships and try to provide jobs-nothing more. Yet it is a fact that any number of universities or their athletic associations have from $10 000 to $15,000 to help roundup, corral and capture star high school talent from coast to coast. Lut well-know- Boastful Traveler Wlien I released my hold on the tree, hanging as I was over that terrible chasm, I fully expected to dash out my brains! Girl (wearily) The expected must have happened, I'm sure. a ?w, n The pursuit of the elusive ball carrier, the crack forward passer or the big linemen emerging from school play is the keenest I've ever seen. There is another school of that believes the football thought doesn't get nearly enough. player They tell you he furnishes the battered r body for the industry. I've found no coach who believes in paying any football player any form of salary. Yet in one way or another, I know many are paid. It is entirely too complicated for my limited brain. Maybe there isn't any real danger zone. But football is too great a game, it affects directly too many American kids, including the high schools, to move along unguarded. "Handsome Adolf" reviews his troops in 1932, during the years be was making sensational gains in every election. Finally Hindenburg offered him the chancellorship, but Hitler demanded too many concessions. Old Hindenburg, weary onto death, capitulated in January, 1933, and made Hitler chancellor. They dis- lingers in the minds of those interested in the sport. The investigation has been kicked around so long that it's little more than a joke. Details of the scandal are largely forgotten, but the subconscious memory of another rotten deal lives on. Boxing promoters have helped themselves into their present predicament. They have arranged and built up matches which were merely second rate exhibitions. It is true that these fights have been widely patronized. But a starving man doesn't demand caviar. The boxing enthusiast is interested in his sport. He wants to see . men pitted against each othn or a matched agaihst a big name. Promoters should, and sooner or later must, realize that their customers know a great deal about the game. Even the less e can recognize a poorly matched fight. Edward C. Foster, National Boxing association secretary, is none too enthusiastic at the beginning of the new year. However, he is heartily endorsed in his statement that at least one beneficial step has been taken. The e and three-titlchampions have been eliminated good er, not a ham-and-egg- er has-bee- ring-wis- two-titl- lor good. It will be e remembered that Henry Armstrong, during 1939, held three titles at one time. He was featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight champion of the work). He relinquished his featherweight title, lost his lightweight title '0 Lou Ambers, and retains his welterweight championship. One Title Rule Ham-meri- That was as it should be. No fighter should be allowed to hold more than one crown.. If Armstrong was the logical welterweight champion then it was unfair to the contenders in the two other weight divisions for him to be their top-ranki- king. Boxing must put its house in order to e regain the confidence and con-Vu- the patronage of fans. It is inconceivable that the public will contini-to support the kind of a Program to which it has been subjected for the past year. Second ra'e fighters participating in questionable matches have done much 10 drag boxing into the gutter. There is a brighter side. Fighters "1;e Joe Louis, Billy Conn and a VeV hw more always do their best, regardless of their opposition. But lney are in the minority. The hosecleaning must come and it will require the com-ineefforts of fighters, managers, Promoters and ring officials to do thorough job. And anything less than a thorough will be insufficient. jri Pattern CARRIED WELL nine-teen- th Sew them together to make this attractive chair set. The medallions alone make a matching scarf. Pattern 6429 contains instructions for set; illustration of it and stitches; materials needed. ' To obtain this pattern send IS cents in coins to The Sewing Circle, Household Arts Dept., 259 ff. 14th St., New York, N. Y. Please write your name, address and pattern number plainly.- "jMi U M"4 is 0 VT ' (Ml 2 some outsider into an Ivy league contest. The Big Ten has done about the same, outside of playing Notre Dame, and members of the Big Six. As one of the Ivy league coaches told me, "We have Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Cornell, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Columbia, Brown, Army and Navy. Syracuse and Colgate are O. K. Who else do we need? We can't play everybody." The Pacific conference and the Southwest are hanging together. They play most of their games among themselves. In spite of all this, I have found a strong feeling of distrust when it comes to the matter of proselyting and taking care of V O, days. His power secured through these moves, Hitler next "purged" his ranks of "traitors." On June 30, 1934, the world was startled when Capt. Ernest Roehm, once a closer Hitler associate, and anywhere from 77 to several hundred other Nazis were shot. Next Hitler turned to foreign affairs. In January, 1935, having resigned from the League of Nations, he called the Saar plebiscite. The Questions Young Vocalist My voice carries a long distance they say. LIKE A General Quiz O Your singing carried me back to one of childhood's Miss Passay Has Brazil a state as large 1. as Texas? A WOODEN MAN 2. What makes wood decay? 3. Does the moon influence pen- ( dulum clocks? 4. How do waves on the Great Lakes compare with waves on the oceans? 5. Which Is the longer coastline,' the Atlantic or Pacific? 6. How do our rivers compare with those of Europe? 7. How large is Death Valley? 8. Did Cortez, Gomez or Pizarro conquer reruf j I j I 7 The Answer $ "I'll bet that chap's a dealer in building material." "How can you tell?" "Oh, just by the way he lumbers along." star players. In the last few weeks I've covered several thousands of square miles through hot football territory. Today almost all territory is football hot. I've heard over 40 stories of high school stars offered board, lodging, scholarships, and a fairly substantial, wage. I know part of this is bunk. I also know part of it is true. Almost every high school kid likes to boast of the offers he has had. Most of them are baloney. But not all of them. A kid likes to brag. I asked one veteran athletic director just how much money he figured colleges were putting out or giving away for football talent, one way or another. "There are only about 100 colleges or universities," he said, "which can afford to meet the competition. Their funds range from $8,000 a year to $20,000 a year. My guess would be around $1,000,000. This isn't so much when you figure 40,000,000 people look at football each fall that football is easily a billion-dollgame for all concerned colleges, hotels, railroads, planes, tickets and so on." Jlsk Me Jlnottier 5 Events moved rapidly now. A stooge named Marinus van der Lubbe (huddled, above) was charged with the "Communist inspired" Reichstag fire February 27, 1933, after which all freedom of speech and press was suspended. The next month Hitler got 288 Reichstag seats in the "election." In quick succession came the Jewish boycott, outlaw of labor unions, concentration camps and church persecution. 6429 A basket crocheted In one piece flower medallions repeated and joined with a few leaves added. trusted each other from the start. Here they pose together at the anniversary of Tannenberg battle. billion-dolla- As it is now the Ivy league has gone into a covey of its own. It rarely leaves the fold. Try to slip Memory Lingers Instead, a dark brown memory i :mpor- - conferences. It should have been settled Blame should have immediately. been fixed and punishment meted out while the story was "hot." Then boxing fans would know that officials were doing their part to keep the game at a high plane. Attractive Chair Set n One answer may be the different officials. Flowers in Basket Cement Hitler's Grip on Reich The count goes into the millions. TONY GALENTO WAS MINUS BEALNS Seven Years of Nazi Tactics Crantlar.d Rice Bv ROBERT Mc SHANE HE ASXIVERSARY- - ONLY CROSS WORDS In March, 1936, he marched troops into the Rhineland. Then came the construction of an foreign pact with Italy, whose II Duce Benito Mussolini (shown above with Hitler) seemed to have ideas closely paralleling those of Der Fuehrer. Soon Japan joined the pact, and Hitler felt secure. So much, in fact, that in March, 1938, he suddenly took possession of Austria and thus began the violent program of territorial seizure that led to war last September. 1. Brazil, which is larger than the United States, has 20 states,' 3 of which are larger than Texas. 2. Bacteria and certain microscopic plants called fungi grow in the wood and destroy the struc- ture. 3. The mechanism of pendulum clocks is anected slightly by the gravitational pull of the moon. 4. Waves on the Great Lakes sometimes reach 25 feet; 'ocean waves, more than 50 feet. 5. The Atlantic. 6. The Mississippi alone dis charges more water than au the rivers of Europe. ; 7, Valley proper is about 50 miles long and averages between 20 and 25 miles in breadth between the crests of enclosing mountain ranees. It is 276 feet be low sea level. 8. Pizarro. 1 1 rn 4(1 Mrs. Wayback They must be a terribly unhappy couple. Friend How's that? Mrs. W. She told me there was nothing but cross words in their home from morning to night. ."MIDDLE AGr VYOMENL Thmiasnrla tinv frnna milini thru tbU Iry-i- nf time" by taking tinkhim'i famous for helping f emale funo tional troublwi. Try it! AVOID THE HUMMER v. . I Villi klHIHDMA VEGETABLE COMPOUND ar Playing the Fool are never so near playing the fool as when they think lJeopie The main fault goes back to the colleges and the universities. The who directing people are the onesbillion-dollar have turned football into a ones the are They industry. who have stood back of all the bowls and stadia. They are the responsible people. It is something borderthe ing on a crime to start blaming themselves wise. Wortley Montagu. you one answer that CROWDS HEART van 10 larrlsh and mf "My boireli BtotD&ch to bad I was uit mineable. Some-tiro- es f&s bloated me until it senmed to crowd id f heart. I tried Adleriks. Oh, what relief. The first e worked like mafic will dihelp some," a prominent athletic no that rule a "Pass rector said. team can play over two men who live over 300 miles away from the Don't think university they p!ay for. we get fooled when we see teams with eight or ten players on the 800 to 1,500 squad who come from are plenty miles away. And there these." of still think the main answer has to be on the scholastic or scholarwhere the final ship side. This is will take place. segregating 1 Who run our colleges and univerboards of sities' Presidents andcoaches and the football trustees-- or the of Most athletic directors? schedules today are money scheduniules Why? Because ton many versities have built up expensive be payed for. plants that must this? The footall Who pays for football players The ball players! and the coaches. they Teams are given schedules on even have no chance to handle terms. Mary GAS SO BAD coaches. "I'll give Lady One by one great men called on They did, signing a treaty on August him, trying to make peace. Britain's 23, 1939. Seven days later Hitler's Prime Minister Chamberlain, above, armies invaded Poland for the lightmade three trips climaxing in the ning war in which Russia joined a Munich agreement under which couple of weeks later. In 30 days went to Germany. But Poland was no more, but meanwhile still the appetite grew. In March, France and Britain, Poland's allies, had declared war against the Nazis. 1939, Germany seized Czechoslovabrought up to kia ; a week later, Mcmel. Hitler Thus is Hitlerism was getting closer and closer to the date; where will it go from here? On Russian juggernaut, and it was inev- to new conquests, or down to a humiliating defeat? itable that they should meet. Adtehk remoTed the ras and waste matter and my stomach felt so food." Mrs. 8. A. McAmis. If fiaa iu your etnmach aod bowel from conitipatinn tloi;te yua up until you He I've got a hummer of a girl since you threw me over. She Look out for hummers. They sting. HER KITCHEN E&p for breath, take a tablcspoonful of Adlprika end notice how the Btorn&ch CAS la relieved almoet af once. Adlrrik oftcr moves the bowels in less than two hmire. Aultnka ia hOTiL carminative and cathartic, containing five car mi native to warm and oothe the ptomach and expel CiAB, and three cathrti( to clear the buwels an4 relieve iotoaliual serve pressure. Sold at all drug stores Give a Thought to mniN STREET ... O V 8 8 V X Q K O v Hitler entering Vienna in March, 1938. (See arrow). Mrs. Youngbride And 1 suppose ,ou have a kitchen, dear? 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