Evening star., 1932-12-17


~ old South-Far West foot ball
\ rivalry which now breaks out
| again.
| So far the South has carried a dis
tinct edge in these intersectional jousts,
with Alabamas Crimson Tide leading
the charge. Southern CALIFORNIA; vic
tory over Tulane was practically the
only major triumph for the Pacific
Coast over Dixie for some years.
| But there are three games today to
/ this effect:
California VS.. Georgia Tech.
Oregon Us. Louisiana State.
U. c. L. A. VS.. Florida.
From this array Louisiana State has
much the better chance to win. L. S. U.
| has been playing fine foot ball all Fall
and is now rated one of the main Con-
ference leaders.
oregon has beaten Santa Clara and
Oregon State. tied Washington and lost
to Southern California. But Louisiana
State has a strong line and a good
| backfield, and should have the call.
In the SINE way. California has little
| to spare over Georgia Tech. beaten by
Kentucky, Auburn, Vanderbilt and
| Tulane.
But Georgia Tech was strong enough
at its peak to beat Alabama. which
means that the golden tornado is no
mild zephyr
California should have too much man
power in this test through close, hard
game.
Florida has only an outside chance
against U c. L. A. later on. This has
been an off-year for Florida. the Gators
losing to North Carolina State. Georgia,
North Carolina. Auburn, Georgia Tech
and Tennessee.
! So in these three games the advantage
belongs to the Pacific slope on gen
eral count along all fronts. with L. S. U.
alone favored from the South.
r EAGUE meetings always draw a
IL flock of old-time stars around
| various headquarters and these in
turn are always ready for arguments:
Here were some of the points settled
in the recent sessions by a majority
vote:
| Jackson.
Hardest hitter-Babe Ruth.
Greatest all-around offensive star
| Ty Cobb.
| Best base runner-Ty Cobb.
Greatest infielder-Honus Wagner.
Greatest fielding outfielder - Iris
Speaker.
Greatest pitcher-Here the argument
| swung back and forth among Walter
Johnson, Christy Mathewson and Cy
Young.
Johnson, all-time leader in shutouts
and strikeouts while playing large
I Itx,s
sion team. picked up the most votes.
but the supporters Of Matty and old
Cy refused to give in.
Greatest catcher-Another argument
never quite settled. 1t swung from
| Buck Ewing through Johnny Killing on
| to Mickey Cochrane. Cochrane was
voted well ahead of all modern catchers.
But John ]. McGraw still maintained
that Roger Bresnahan was good enough
for him AS McGraw put it, "A smart,
aggressive catcher-cool and game-a
| fine hitter-a fine base runner-fast
enough to be lead-off mana star in
every department of his Job on both
offense and defense. What more can
you ask?"
The main idea, according to Senator
Huey T. Long, is not to waste too much
time getting results
In addition to his other activities
and interests, the Louisiana kingfish is
wrapped up in foot ball, especially as it
applies to L. S. U.
1t was Senator Long who had Capt.
Bif Jones of the Army stationed at
Baton Rouge, with the result that in
one years time L. S. U. was able to
present claim for the Southern Con-
ference title. having four conference
victories and no defeats.
| asked Senator Long how long he
happened to get Biff Jones for L. S. U
That's simple" he said When L.
S. u, the old war skule. release Gen
William Tecumseh Sherman in 1860 50
he might join the Union Army, the
schools surprise at Sherman's march
was never quite overcome.
so We went back to the Union Arrny
| for one to undo what Sherman did
His name is Bif Jones and inside OF
one year the old war skule is back in
the limelight.
ssDERHAPS you don't know l.. 3. US
enrolment has increased in one
year from 1900 to 5000. The