Imperial Valley press., 1934-03-08
Here And There
In Sport World
BY United Press


BLOOMINGTON. Ind, March 8.
The appointment of A. N. (Bo)
/ Mcmillan. former star of the Cen
tre college Praying Colonels" as
head football coach at the Univer-
sity of Indiana was praised today by
faculty members and students.
The announcement of McMillan's
appointment to succeed Billy Hayes,
who retired as football coach two
months ago but remained with the
athletic department, was mSde last
night by H. G. Clevinger, director OF
athletics.
Mcmillan, who has been football
! coach at Kansas State college. Man
| haitian. KanS., for the past six
years. will arrive here next week to
take charge of spring football prac-
tice. Cleyinger said.
| MIAMI, March 9.-Denny Shute,
! British open champion, and Al Es-
/ pinoSa. Akron, Ohio, were $3.50 rich
er today as a result of victory Scor-
ed yesterday in the final match for
/ the international four-ball golf
championship.
Shute and ESpinoSa won the title
one up on the 36th hole defeating
the defending champions, Horton
Smith of Chicago and Paul Runyan,
White Plains N. Y.
LOS ANGELES, March 8.-The L.
c. L. A. Rugby team polished off
its training grind for its meeting
Saturday with Southern California
by vanquishing the Slauson Athletic
club yesterday, 13 to 5. Ransome
CPantS) Livesay, captain of the
Bruin fifteen, was hero of the game
by scoring all his teams points.
LOS ANGELES. March 8. - Don
George. Boston grappler, tossed DR..
Fred Meyer. Chicago dentist. in two
out of three falls to advance his
claims to the world heavyweight
title" at the Olympic last night. He
scaled 212 and Meyer, 207.
CHICAGO March s. - William
TiHlen. II, and Ellsworth Vines.
Americans, and Martin Plaa and
Henri Cochet, French professional
tennis players, left today for ST,
Louis, where they will continue
their international series.
The two teams split honors here
last night in singles competition
with Plaza winning from Vines, 6-3,
4-6, 6-3, So, and Tilden winning
from Cochet in straight sets, Ga,
6-3, 7-5. It was Plaa's first victory
in the current series since the tour
started more than a week ago.
PALO ALTO. March 8.-Stan-
ford's basketball players chose the
following as their all star team for
the southern division of the Pacific
Coast conference: forwards, Hol
brook, U. S. c., and Eifert, Califor-
mia; center, Guttero, U. S. c.;
guards, Bescos, U. S. C. and Edelen,
Stanford
LOS ANGELES, MdICl o.-OIl-
versity of Washington S cage team
| scheduled a final practice session
today before renewing its attack on
! the coast conference title that
twice in previous years has been
denied it by the University of
Southern California.
The two teams will open the SER
J les tomorrow night, continue it
Saturday night, and if third game
is necessary to decide the dispute,
conclude the battle Monday night
on the floor Of the Olympic audi
torium.
STOCKTON, March 8. - Sixty
football players gave venerable
Amos Alonzo Stagg a wealth of ma
/ terial at College of the Pacific to-
/ day for his newest bid for recogrii-
! ton as a football genius.
! The former Chicago coach pits
his squad and his wits against two
members of California IS big
/ Three this fall for the first time
since he came to the Pacific coast
to take over coaching reins at the
little college here. The Staggmen
meet University of California and
University of Southern California
in early games on the 1884 sched-
ule.