Show ::::day evzyhitg February 9 THE OGDEIT 1931 MefmieB OLDEST BIG LEAGUER PLAYER fltJD MU - ' ed leges RUMOR "RIDICULOUS Duke mentor exploded the The well-knosouthern tradition that lie points annually to beat the Unl- wn he versity of Kentucky where plied for a coaching Job before go-nag to Alabama more than eight years ago Wade consigned that tradition to the scrap heap with the word "ridic ulous’ eleven However a never has been defeated by Kenassistant coach tucky Wade wastwo at Vanderbilt for years before becoming head coach at Alabama where he made football history One of those years Vandy played and defeated Kentucky For eight successive years under crimson tide Wade Alabama’s rolled to victory over Kentucky Kentucky also defeated by Duke In 1830 is on the Blue Devil sched Wade rates ule again next fall Kentucky and Tennessee two of Alabama’s highest hurdles in its to the 1931 southern Conferpath ence title as probable conquerors of Duke next season ap- -' - ct X the necessary club to repeat this year (Los Angeles lost to Hollywood in the championship playoff last year)' As a consequence he determined to revise his club and has made more changes than any other club in the league with the hope he will be able to Win the championship which will not be di vided in the coming campaign’4 TO REVISE CLUB The Angels lost quite a pitcher when the Cubs took Ed Baecht big and right hander who won 28 gamesSlga-foa good infielder when Frank second sacker was drafted by Cincinnati But the material received in the Baecht deal would make Bill Klepper of Seattle and Lew Moreing of Sacramento a couple of club owners who have been having trouble catching up with talent dance with glee For Baecht Los Angeles will get four pitchers two catchers an infielder and an outfielder Some trade! ALREADY TURNED OVER A1 Shealey right hander and Charley Moss a southpaw both al-ofAmerican association experience os v X v V y' 'j 4 ' rfVV v- - WSMW4 RED FABER Sox Antique Is Last of North Weber Stake American! League ‘M’ Men Basketball SpitbaUers et - ‘ NO STUDENT CONTROL Wade discounted the Idea that football ever again would come under student control In American colleges instead of its present faculty "It would become as supervision corrupt as it did SO years ago when students controlled It" Coach Wade over-emphasiz- 4 By Associated Fcess Sports Writer SAN FRANCISCO Feb 8— (AP) — Los Angeles always has been a tough-to-be- at club and judging from the extensive if somewhat con servative information sent in by Oscar Reichow the handsome business manager of the Angels Manager Jack Lelivelt’s charges should deal out plenty of trouble for opposing teams this season Reichow says “Winning the first half of the season last year did not convince Manager Lelivelt he had f' asserted Although not Inclined himself to gridironplace overemphasis on thenow athsport at Duke where he is letlc director and head football coach Wade also discounted the contention that football generally is in American col- - 1 55-fe- Ready For Ball Games f On Coast RUSSELL J NEWLAND By ROBERT A ERWIN United Press Staff Correspondent DURHAM N C Feb 8— (UD-Fcc- ttall will carry on as a major American sport ' maintaining its present popularity with fans throughout the nation Coach Wallace Wade of Duke university de- dared in an interview with the United Press Wade presented two reasons fo: the present and future popularity of the gridiron game "First the players like it best' said the former Alabama mentor ' “There is more of an outlet for the compteitive spirit in football The game is a great builder of strength and manhood "Second the fans desire football because it produces more thrills There are few dull and tiresome moments to the spectator ’ ODAY veteran umpire HANK advisor to the National league staff of guerres pleads for a chance for the pitcher having given the batter a livelier ball to slug they have set the pitcher back to 6 (Hi feet' says Hank where in the old days the distance was the Spalding Guide of 1839 shows the pitcher’s distance to be 50 feet the old batting was scientific in the ball the days says Hank would buzz past before a bat- ter had a chance to bring around t his bat if he held ft at the end and took a full haymaker he had to choke the' club and poke at It quickly by bringing back the freak dedeliveries Hank believes the disadvantagenowat which the placed might Sitcher is Fine Aggregation (Thinks Sport Will Never Again Be n Did You Know That OH PENNANT - 'jk(D18h !)m FAVORED TO CLAD R - Af'GELS ARE FAVOR' GiirYO STANDARD-EXAMINE- ready have been turned over in the deal So has John Schulte catcher and Eddie Farrell second baseman Schulte will do the bulk of the receiving to the contentment of old Truck? Hannah Coast league work hors© these many years Hannah win coach and help the young pitchers Farrell4 will contest for the second base position with Loris Baker secured from the San Francisco Seals in a trade for Pitcher Art -- “ Delaney will open the Lelivelt Manager season with seven starting pitchers with the only infield change at second base Ray Jacobs will be back at first Carl Dittmar at short and Fred Haney Arnold Statz will be the only reg ular outfielder back this season at-thir- 4 Long: Sid Jump Sets ' New Colorado Mark Colo Feb 9— (AP)— Peder Falstad ski jumper from the Sioux Valley Ski club Canton S D Sunday shattered his own course record at Homewood park DENVER ’ OPENS TONIRHT Y ' Spinal Meningitis Is Fatal To Nevada School Athlete Champion of France May Make Debut Moris r Successful v ? RENO Nev Feb 9— (AP)— Sudden death struck a staggering blow to University of Nevada athletics Sunday Joseph A De Reemer captain of the 1931 Wolf pack basketball squad and the son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E De Reemer of Roseville Calif died at a local hospital this afternoon the victim of spinal meningitis He was taken ill only a few days ago Members of the basketball squad were undergoing medical examinations today and Alpha Tau Omega fraternity of which De Reemer was a member has been placed under quarantine It is said tonight Dr Walter E Clark president of the university will be asked to prohibit all campus social functions for a period of at least the next two V ed -- ct I ’ ' - ' NEW YORK Feb 9 — (AP) Leading amateur boxers from Ire- land Belgium' Norway and Canada will battle outstanding Simon-pur- es from the metropolitan district to a tournament to big international Madison Square Garden tonight Fourteen of the 16 bouts on the afprogram will ber international fairs -- -- - ' " i f : - R LAPS Off spit-tippin- gs M- - H— twtrMm jm tr PAIR HAVEN Fair Raven1930 vT wife whoso Every smoker- every i husband smokes cigars should read Di 24 - i f Lape’s lettey V' city geatleaoat Hor© &ad 1 “Who are the friends of A JSh Aveon® IS w I n-- Cigar cespeny TO® better to YOU MAY WELL ASK THIS QUESTION WHEN 56 IEIPOUTANT tie lea HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE WRITTEN j THE EVILS SO STRONGLY AGAINST — - osiMioMW oo 23 l6‘r rgvOAo roiwt- - i - vwfctcr sad® to jU-o- rtl iatrst4 OF SPIT OR yew rf $ ' SPIT-UPPIN- G Y ' - I - - X Dr Lane writes: “Ycnr odvci to FUo j — S d tisements attacking t—T? mi commendation” j' cigars spit-tippe- ' ! 4 r C 4 Tho var against spit is a crusade c?: clcccncyJoinit5moIfcCcrliricd Crcmo — a really vondprful smoko — mild — mellow — nut-- " sweet! Every leaf entering fho clean' sunny Crcmo facteries h scicntlHcally treated by met beds recommended by fcth6 United co-capta- ins ' t j - “OH! tVHAT A BONER” 1 $ J r States Department of Agriculture V the stands echoed with the cry as the fans rewarded some glaring bit “of baseball bonery with the royal raspberry! Yet these boners often committed by star players have cost pennants and have undone the brilliant play of a whole season in one absent-minde- d instant Mental of star players often have proved to lapses be as thrilling and dramatic as the most sparkling of feats Fans and sports followers tell over and over of the notable blunders they witnessed Today on the sports page of The Standard-Examin- er a series of 15 of these startling bonheaded plays that have begins made history on the diamond They are by Werner Laufer NEA artist who created “Brushing Up Sports” which is a regular Standard-Examiner feature Turn to the sports page and see the picture-stor- y of George Sisler and his “boomerang boner” - v s : ' Irish Boxers Face Metropolitan Group ' ( w Team Sans Captain Are - -I- onoj of 55 health officials ' from 56 different points approving Crcmo’scrusado against spit or e nd day- - y w all-reveal- ing 12-rou- ‘ MSTOJ1I&I!' ! ten-cou- nt 4 ©OS ILAPI! Health Officer Fair Haven' Vermont : pro-pos- al IIOW often have ’ n razz-berri- es NEW YORK Feb 9— (AP)— Len Harvey British middleweight chamhad Vince Dundee of Baltipion on more the floor twice In their first meeting He hopes to be able to keep him there long enough for a when they meet in a return bout in Madison Square Garden Friday night Harvey that rare bird a British puncher caught Dundee napping and sent him to the canvas twice when they met here a few weeks ago Much to Harvey’s astonish- ment possibly Dundee got up and made himself so generally obnoxious the rest of the way that he galloped off with the decision With a few more weeks in which to get himself accustomed to his rew surroundings Harvey may reverse the verdict The betting odds favor him by a slight margin sea-so- I 1000-ya- rd J E "Doc” Martie said the basketball series scheduled for next week with the University or San Francisco definitely will be and' intimated basketball might be abandoned altogether for the remainder of the year at Nevada the Regarded as a student leader on Nevada campus De Reemer was a senior in the college of electrical enthe gineering He is a graduate of It--enterschool Nev and high Sparks ed the university in the fall of 1926 He was a member of Coffin and In the limelight at Yale UniverKeys men’s honorary fraternity Junior Prom certainly were Funeral services will be announced sity’s Albert J Booth Jr and Miss Malater rion Noble pictured above Their engagement has been announced twice with leaps of 174 and 173 Booth is captain-eleof the Yale feet set last year football team and star forward on His performance made him a Ihe baskettoUm ranking favorite at the Steamboat The University of Florida has Springs meet February 13 and 14 Guttorm Paulsen of the Norge scheduled 21 baseball - games dor Ski club Chicago jumped 163 feet the season with two additional but he was handicapped by a recent games with Boston Braves and illness Newark Bears still pending off-seas- on Mc-Gra- n board track — £ Paul Keller champion of France at 800 meters will try to make hls debut more successful than that of his compatriot Seraphanl Martin was Saturday in the run at the Seton hall games Keller who conquered Martin to winning the French championship is scheduled to oppose Phil Edwards star negro runner from the Hamilton - Ont Olympic club Frank Nordell New York university freshman who has finished second to Ray Conger in two events this season Harry Gallop of Toronto St Clair Davidson of the Millrose A A New York” and Jimmy Kennedy of the Newark A C Martin Is to make his second appearance in which he will try to retrieve Saturdays defeat at the hands of Russell Chapman Bates college star and Dale Letts of Chicago to the annual Meadowbrook club games at Philadelphia' Thurs- ' - 1931 1000-ya- rd weeks Coach can-call- ! yHtfOInlt) ftlnKS nn tflrD® O ns” Middleweight Hopes To Stage Knockout far to the ' 000 rs — NEW YORK Feb 9— CAP)—Part two of the French invasion of American indoor tracks will be unveiled tonight to Newark N J to mark the opening of the biggest week so old nnx--r FROUtlS pro-lesso- ' '' j irth on tlEYJS HOKUM off-seaso- Fiancee SQUAD CAPTAIN Wade-coach- ed Me-Gra- TRACK SEASON Standing of the Teams By CLAIRE BURCKY (NEA Service Sports Writer) CHICAGO Feb 9— By far the bit of informa tlon in the 1931 roster of the Chicago White Sox which contains practically every piece of statistical data except individual fingerprints is the little item in the column which reads September 6 1888 Cascade Iowa’ Fourth Ward Gym The date would mean little but vs Marriott for the fact that in another column Slaterville vs Farr West on the same line is printed the Taylor vs Marriott name "Urban Charles Faber” And Tenth with this combination of name and Saturday Night’s Results date you have a’ story Taylor 27 Harrisville 14 SOLE SURVIVOR Farr West 27 Fifteenth 24 Old Red Faber veteran of 17 con19 Plain City 11 Marriott is secutive White Sox campaigns buranother to into shuffle ready TAYLOR dened this time by way of being the G TFP oldest player in major league base- G Gibson 6 0 12 ball and the sole survivor of the L Hunter ff 0 0 clan of saliva ball dispensers 1 0 Win tie f Faber was a college twirler of maj- A 6 0 12 or league possibilities before Hal R Hunter c 1 0 2 Gibson g McKain his pitching teammate was N eilsen 0 0 0 g offer bom His first professional came from Dubuque in 1909 and drafted him the following Totals HARRISVILLE 13 Pittsburg season The Pirates shipped him ft T P P back to Dubuque only to recall him 0 f Taylor released 1911 which after in they 0 0 Soles f him to Minneapolis 1 0 f Red then drifted to Pueblo and Hall 4 c 0 Dabb pitching in Smith g TAMPA Fla Feb 9— (AP) —Here Des Moines and while 0 0 to was sold the state he home his to play in the annual Dixie tennis 1 0 g at Costley He $3500 reported tournament that he has found he White Sox for 1 2 0 cannot participate in Alonzo A the close of the 1912 season while Metier g John and Comiskey University of Chicago Charles 7 5 0 14 Totals Jtagg veteran were completing arrangements coach brands talk of foot football stars with tour world a for playing ball overemphasis as "newspaper FARR WEST recruited from various major league hokum” G TFP teams concoct this "The sports writers 5 3 0 10 D Jensen f FIVE OUT OF WON FOUR fill discussion of overemphasis to to1 2 0 W Jensen f Comiskey seized this opportunity he said space in 0 0 0 Dabb f but new over his to look purchase it every season Some 1 1 4 day “You hear c Bell reached de- by the time the outfits had 1 years it is worse than others 1 0 Fisher tickg Faber coast had west he aththe on in 1 pending on what is going 2 I Me g home Taylor The eted for the return trip letics during the a with in then find Graw stepped newspapers can always 12 to take Red in his outfit so Totals to take the cudgel willing up FIFTEENTH uniWhite Sox to rap football There 1s very little our hero shed his G TFP of Giant toggery On Maero - form in favor to it 3 1 1 7 f world he pitchthe around football see the that "The only way I trip 0 0 Thorsted f victories the five is overemphasized is in regard to the ed four of the 0 0 Ellewell f of genteam won and in spite pay of the expenses for the players 5 5 c Childs Sox McGraw the to erous from offers this schools carry Some of the 1 1 g blame owner determined to hang on to Sherwood the extreme and they are tosee 0 0 Williams g that him not the youngsters I can’t 1 2 Bramwell ARM g SORE come CURED big stadiums and huge crowds himWithout the spitball Faber under the head of overemphasis 10 9 4 24 Totals re- - self will tell you that he never could that is except when the collegespurHe have reached the major leagues cruit the players for the express MARRIOTT ball by something on the pose of producing winning teams and could put G TFP which arm sore means a but thereby paying off stadium debts” other 6 1 1 13 at S DeVries f developed in 1911 while he was 2 3 2 W DeVries f Pueblo made him resort to the moist U 0 0 0 DeVries c Thereafter he mastered the Ritchies delivery 0 0 O g FORWARD B Y U trick and he swears he never has Powell 0 6 0 g had a sore arm since hero Red knows the sweet taste of SETS PACE FOR worship 8 9 3 19 Totals and the sourness of CITY PLAIN campaigns have G TFP POINT HONORS been full Annual of both for him He also o o f Folkman glare Weatherstone f appreciates the 0 0 spotlight DENVER Feb 9— ( AP) —Elwood of a world seriesand 0 0 v won three B Robbins f Faber pitched Romney Brigham Young universitya games for the Sox in the 1917 world Taylor f 1 0 sharp shooting forward is setting series with the Giants He also stole Sharp c 1 4 Skeen occudizzy pace in the race for individual g teammate with a 0 2 Rocky Moun- third base Robbins g L a point honors among corner that introducing pying 0 0 players “John tain conference basketball AssociatAnderson” lor the first time Poulsetog Figures compiled by The to world series competition And he Totals 4 9 3 11 ed Press showed Romney had 43a was on the mound the day Heinie Arm- baskets and 10 free throws for Referee umpire Conroy Zimmerman pursued Eddie Collins 106 games— of total points tojeight home plate with the score strong an average of more cthan 13 points across Faber and the White Sox that gave to the game Eldon Brinley run- victory have-noni during the rest of the Jerry ning mate of Romney and Clark 4 campaign Smith of Utah and Sherman Ted Chmielewski and Johnny Paul a hot pace also of Utah are setting of the Badwere elected ' for the leader five It was known that Chmielger Witte Wyoming forward continewski vuld be graduated at midAs Two ues to lead the scorers in the eastMissing semester time but it was a surprise ern division but he added only one MADISON Wls Feb 9— (AP)— when Paid turned up with enough point to his total last week Wisconsin’s basketball team which credits for his degree Schwartz also of Wyoming forged started the season with two capDr' Walter E Meanwell Wisconinto second position with 77 points tains and proceeded to slide down sin coach decided that captains and is only five points behind to a tie for fifth place in the Big hadn’t helped much so far and that Witte Ten now has no captains and will he would do without one COACH Yale Captain: And DEATH STRIKES In this period of 9°82jj'3GOj cold weathor and cracked lips above all Insist cn a cigar—freo of ko spit esmt t 1931— -- -- C!r £)CYccGnE can good suae irznL'jja rinnonn 0 |