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Evening star., 1937-12-18
OREGON COACH QUITS.

EUGENE, Greg, Dec. Is R.-Uni-
versity Of Oregon has accepted the
resignation Of Prince G. Gallison as
head football coach, ending six years
IN that position. No comment was
made.
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BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

"A YEW YORK, Dec. 18.-College
nj football annually supplies not
VI only the greatest aggregate
4 collection Of thrills in Ameri-
can sport, but contributes heavily to
the log of bizarre or freakish events.
Last year Yale's Larry Kelley pulled
the prize oddity by executing a SOC
Ger kick of q loose ball that helped
beat Navy and caused a revision of
the playing rules.
This year, on the basis of a poll
covering all sports by the Associated
Press, the football teams Of Fordham
and Pittsburgh rated No. / distinction
by playing their third successive score
less tie.
This unprecedented happening was
voted the prize freak OF the year only
after rivalry from number Of other
gridiron oddities The tt-Fordham
"horsecollar derby" had a 2l-to-1s
margin in votes over Vanderbilt's
hidden-ball play which went for the
winning touchdown over Louisiana
State.
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WILSON FIVE ON TOP
Shows Way to Anacostia High in
1924 Basket Brush.

With Findley and Maloney scoring
II points between them, Wilson Highs
basket ball team defeated Anacostias.
1924, yesterday on the latter,s floor.
Places was the losers high scorer
with 8 points
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Oddly Saves GEORGETOWN,

PENNSYLVANIAS twelfth man."
whose presence on the field de-
prived the Quakers Of field goal and
victory over Georgetown, qualified for
the list of oldest episodes, along with
the spectator who rushed out to tackle
a player in the South Carolina Citadel
football match. They polled 10 and
8 votes, respectively.
oldest baseball happening, experts
decided, was Newarks ability to come
back and take four straight after
dropping the first games of the little
world series" to Columbus. Another
diamond oddity was the rush of the
Athletics to the top of the American
League during the first month.
One vote credited Charley Gehr-
niger. Detroit's batting king, with the
novelty OF knocking the st. Louis Car
dinals out of the National League
pennant race. 1t was Gehringer's line
drive which hit Dean on the toe dur
ing the all-star game and led to the
star pitchers retirement soon after
ward, with assorted ailments.
Other Singular Happenings.
THE list of oddities also included: !:
Kenney Washingtons 62-yard for
ward pass for U. c. L. A.. Wilbur
Shaw's 500-mile auto race victory by a
margin Of 2l6 seconds, Rice's triumph
in Southwest Conference football after
falling to score point in its first
three games, War Admirals hoof in
jury In the Belmont Stakes, the "sit-
down" strike of Dizzy Dean, disap-
pearance of Johnny Broaca, Yankees
pitcher; crowd stampede which halt
ed golf match featuring John
Montague and Babe Ruth and 23-
game losing streak of Lewiston (Idaho)
baseball club.
Here's one that caught the eye OF
Glen Claussen of the Council Bluffs
f1owa) Nonpareil: The heavyweight
finals of an amateur tourney brought
together two Of the toughest boys in
these parts, Bill Hall and Harry St.
Clair. The first round was all Halls
Near the end he clipped st. Clair with
a terrific right that put the latter
down and out, but the bell saved him
st. Clair came back to take a terrific
beating in the second round and was
still out on his feet but started the
third by knocking out Hall. Fifteen
minutes later st. Clair woke up"
Evening star., 1937-12-18
Sports Program
For Local Fans
TODAY.
TODAY.
Basket Ball.

Southeastern University VS..
Shepherd State, Y. M. C. A., 8:15.
Wilson Teachers VS.. Elizabeth
town, Elizabethtown, N. j.
Montgomery Blair W.. Alumni,
Silver Spring, Md. 8.
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FORDHAM-P|TT TIE
VOTED ACE 0DD|TY
Vanderblt's Hidden Ball
Victory Second Among
'37 Sport Freaks.

fThis ts the sirth of q series an
dlyxtn1 the seventh annual Asso-
cidted Press sports poll. 1t covers
replies TO the query on the years
most unusual or jredktsh happen
in1.)
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Lewis Had Tough Day.
ITO BUDDY LEWIS fell an unen

able record. The kid third base
man, who fielded we'll for the season,
had one bad day and committed four
errors in one game. Lewis, however,
handled 468 chances for a 1888 per-
centage, topping such as Pinky Hig-
gins of the Red Sox The fielding
champion of the third basemen, how
ever, was Marvin Owen, who recently
was traded by Detroit to Chicago.
Owen registered $40 average to dis
place Red Rolfe as the top fielder.
Rolfe registered 1862 this year, as
against his .957 Of the previous sea-
son, only to slip back into second place.
joey Kuhel, long recognized as the
best fielding first baseman in the
league, could finish no better than third
among the men in his division. Jimmy
Foxx regained the first base field title
after lapse of one year, compiling
an average Of 1894. zeke Bonura of
the White Sox. who was first in 1896,
sk1dded to seventh and Hal Trosky
OF Cleveland, of all people, was second
kuhel was third.
The best defensive outfelding lob
was done by Mike Kreevich of the
White Sox, who had a 1888 average to
nose out Sammy West, the veteran
centerfelder Of the Browns.
Evening star., 1937-12-18
CARDS AND TERPS
WOEFUL ON COURT
Drop Second Games in Row.
G. W.-VoI Tilt Is Last
During Holidays.
Ry BILL DISMER JR

BY BILL DISMER. JR.
- EORGE WASHINGTON
4 clash with Tennessee on
\ / Monday night Is the sole
~ major basket. ball game for
local college fives until after the
Christmas holidays, but for the Mary
land and Catholic University squads
maybe it's just as we'll
Maybe, for unless Santa Claus
makes them presents of some new
talent. it looks to be a gloomy season
for the Brooklanders and college Park
ers.
Last night each school dropped its
second game in row, although only
Maryland was outclassed. Against
Michigan, one of the top-notch teams
Of the Big Ten Conference, the Terps
never had chance, losing, 1926.
c. u, however, appeared winner at
the end of the first half when 1t held
30-l7 lead, only TO succumb to
Hudson Colleges second-half spurt
and lose, 45-39.
Terrapins Are Haphaxard.
HEIGHT, speed and court finesse
on the. part of the. Midwestern
quintet led to Maryland's defeat, al
though indiscriminate passing on tn.
part of the losers played a large part
in their downfall.
Michigan. on the other hand, ex-
hibited a well-knit passing attack
which sifted through Maryland's zone
and set up chances for snowbirds.
Then, too, was the fact that the
visitors brought along two good teams
instead Of one. their second-string five
proving nearly as effective as the first.
Although Capt. Jake Townsend was
touted as the greatest courtman in
Michigan's history, some OF his team
mates were not far behind him. in
their clever handling of the ball
Their superiority sent them of TO a
90 lead in the first few minutes of
play and gave them a 26-I6 advantage
at half time.
George Knepley produced the high
est-scoring hand Of the night, reg
istering IL points for the Terps.
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Totals---1S 8 SO Totals 5 a;
=, Referees-Messrs. o. Mitchell and
Shaughnessy.
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TRAVIS IS SECOND
BEST SHORTST0P
Washington Sets Pace as
DoubIe-P|a CIub-Tigers
Lead on Defense.
BY FRANCES E. STAN.

hshINSGo As u NV
TT WASN'T their defensive play
that sent the Nationals of 1897
reeling into the depths of sixth
Il place. American League fielding
records, released today to wind up the
batch of averages for the year, reveal
that Washington sneaked into the
first division" from defensive stand
point
For the third straight year the De-
troit Tigers, featuring their fine in
field, won the fielding honors. The
Tiger team average was .976, a point
better than last years mark and two
points shy of the 1895 figure.
The Tiger triumph chiefly was a
story of Charley Gehringer, the leagues
most valuable player and batting
champion. With 1886 mark, his best
since coming into the majors, Geh-
ringer led the second basemen for the
fourth consecutive season. Jackie
Hayes of the White Sox was second
with 1874. The Nationals regular sec
ond baseman, Buddy Myer, finished
Var down with only 966.
Fielding averages pronounce men
superior and inferior only loosely.
They are compiled necessarily on balls
that are reached and handled, sue
cessfully or otherwise. Still and all,
Shortstop Cecil Travis performance
in 1887 caused Owner Clark Griffith
no pain. Travis handled only 648
chances, as against 800 for Bill Rogell
of Detroit and 845 for Lyn Larry of
Cleveland, but the Georgia lad. who is
still new to short, finished second in
average with .s65. Only Roeell, with
1868, topped Travis.
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Martin Burke New Orleans Pro-
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iotas--- o24 Totals "a Is 50
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BY BILL DISMER. JR.
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~ major basket. ball game for
Evening star., 1937-12-18
ALL-EAST SQUAD TOLLS.

Totals Ill 3 25 To,
Evening star., 1937-08-25

Michigans Bureau Of Unattached
and Homeless Persons Is doing good
work on tts transient problem.
Evening star., 1937-08-25

strange surroundings. Now - he sat
munching . clover leaf he saw some
thing that caused him to sit up sud-
denly to all Of his small height and
stare. Just at turn in an old cow
path was q spot Of white. Petey was
sure it hadn't been there q moment
before. It was moving! Yes, sir, it
was bobbing up and down! It was
disappearing around that turn! It
was gone! Petey darted out into that
old path and started up toward that
turn. Lipperty -lipperty-lip those lit
tie legs OF his took him up that path,
and had you been behind him you
would have seen = very small white
spot bobaang along IA The duGk.
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Petey hadn't the least doubt about

Petey hadn't the least doubt about
that white spot he was running
after. 1t was the white spot that had
grown smaller and smaller until it
finally disappeared last night. It
was the tail Of his father, Peter Rab-
bit. So thought the little Rabbit As
he scampered UP the old path in the
Old Pasture. In all his short life
he had seen but two such white spots
In the dusk-one the tail OF his mother
and the other the tail OF his father.
This was the tail of his father, for
was it not over here to the Old Pasture
that he had followed his father the
night before7
When he rounded tho turn IA the
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haps they wouldn't be but for those
same mistakes made long ago.
Petey's first mistake happened when
ne tried to run away from his shadow
the morning after he left home and
followed the white tail Of his father
until he lost it out IN the Great World.
From this mistake Of being afraid Of
his own shadow Petey unconsciously
learned the excellent habit, for a Rab-
bit, OF frequently looking over his
shoulder to see If he was being fol-
lowed.
Petey's next mistake was made in
the dusk Of early evening Of that same
day. He was feeling Just . wes bit
lone,y. II had bssR . long day tn
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he discovered . neat little opening
to q neat little path, cut right through
those brambles. Petey didn't hesi-
tate. Why should he? II his father
had gone in there why shouldn't he
go in there? Perhaps his father would
be as glad to see him as he would be
to see his father. He hoped so.
So without hesitation Petey entered
the little path and started to hop
along it. Suddenly just ahead Of him
there was . loud thump. Petey had
heard his mother thump like that, and
he had heard his father thump that
way, too, only somehow this didn't
sound Just like their thumps. There
II was assinl It had IN angry sound.
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path petev looked ahead eagerly.

path Petey looked ahead eagerly. At
first he was disappointed. There was
no white spot in sight. Then it
appeared suddenly and his heart
leaped for Joy. He guessed that his
father had been sitting down and
that was why that tail couldn't be
seen. Petey hurried. He didn't want
to lose sight of it again. The white
spot turned aside and disappeared in
bramble tangle just of one side
Of the old path. Petey didn't know it
was q bramble tangle until he got
there.
He peered into It, but there was
no spot Of white. It was dark In
thafe and be could - nothiug. Then
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sturgeon.
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81. Female sheep.
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rience make mistakes Peter Rabbit
makes them, 50 1t was to be expect
ed that little Petey, with no expert
ence at all, would make them, = lot
OF them. A mistake, If the imme-
date result is not too bad, may be
a very good thing. Some people
learn faster through the mistakes
they make than in any other way.
They are the people who never make
the same mistake twice. For such
people mistakes almost always prove
to be good things. The older they
grow the fewer mistakes they make,
and they are thought to be very clever
and wise. And - they srs. but pr.
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BY WILLARD
en37 ~ TR0ss1o .as<
BY S. L. HUNTLEY
BY REX COLLIER

Petey stopped. Somehow he was afraid
to 60 on. There was another thump.
It was threatening thump. Petey
ran back to the o. path and q
little way down it. 49, he turned
to look back. A head was thrust out
from that bramble tangle. 1t wasn't
his fathers head. No. sir, it wasn't
Peter Rabbits head. 1t was the head
Of q stranger, the head OF big. gray
old Rabbit, and he didn't look pleas
ant.
(Copyright 1937J
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a. Conceal.
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48. Land fighting force.
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Evening star., 1937-08-25
Bedtime Stories

BY THORNTON w. BURGESS,
Mistakes are teachers in disguise,
And he will learn from them who tries.
Old Mother Nature.
Evening star., 1937-08-25

Whether Lord and Lady Mountford were alive
not meant little to TarZan But he was intrigued
by the mystery Of their disappearance. What
strange thing had reached out Of the jungle to
clutch them? That. indeed, was something he
would like to discover
Evening star., 1937-08-25

PETEY was small Rabbit, indeed.
Now that he was out in the Great
World all alone he seemed smaller
than ever, a very little fellow, a mite
Of a fellow to be starting out to
make his own way, with no one to
teach him, no one to help him in any
way. But 50 1t is with little Rabbits.
They leave home and mother while
still very small, and the wonder Is
that so many of them live to grow up.
Now, Of course, Petey was bound
to make mistakes. People of exne-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-10-21
Mccormick Lake

Lawrence and Rudolph rank,
Cassius Urness, Ed Besser and Ed
win Lambrecht, of Grey Eagle, mo-
tored to Lowry Saturday where
they spent the day hunting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Smith and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Pauly, OF
Ward Springs, spent Monday even
ing at the Carl Pauly home.
Mrs. Knapp and Mrs. Mann were
callers at the Wolf home Thursday.
Mrs. F. J. Tank and Mrs. Irwin
Tank attended the church wedding
of Miss Iris Schlief and Lawrence
Dralley, of Greene, Iowa, which was
held at the Zion Lutheran church
Wednesday afternoon.
Will Brown was a caller at the
Elliott home Saturday.
The Gamradt Brothers are busy
shredding corn in this community
The corn seems to be turning Gut
wonderfully.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. J. Tank and
Mrs. Ella Lloyd and son, Elmer
were st. Cloud callers Thursday.
III. Blaski was a business caller
at the Wilcox home Monday.
Ed Won Waldo called at the Fred
Won Waldo home Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vessel and sons
Robert and Norbert, spent Sunday
afternoon at the Soenneker home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Lambrecht and
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-10-21

son, Donald, spent Sunday after
noon and were supper guests at the
r. j. Tank home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Tieman
spent Saturday night at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Buddy.
J. Costello and Mr.. Orth called
at the Wilcox home Friday.
Lawrence Tank and Miss Trieda
Reble and Miss Evelyn Guelsow, Of
Minneapolis, were supper guests at
the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Warner at Sank Centre, Friday.
Mrs. Gross and daughter, Mary,
and Mr.. John Wolf were Sunday
dinner guests at the d. r. Wolf
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Niehaus and
family, Of Melrose, spent a week
ago Sunday at the Vessel home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Won Wade and
family were visitors at the r. j.
Tank home Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Tank and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Emmeck and fam
lily spent Sunday evening at the
Henry Karsten home.
l ASAAoo IoCA Ild FtCSSCl dllcuQ6u
wedding of Miss Rose Otte and Mr..
Schwieters Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Pauly spent a
| week ago Sunday at the Paul Sun
| derman home.
Miss Josephine, Tony Giese and
Myron Science, of Swanville, were
dinner and supper guests at the
home Of Mr.. and Mrs. F. j. Tank
Saturday.
John Wolf called at the Elliott
home Monday morning.
Ed Won Waldo was caller at the
+. ]. Tank home Friday.
/ The Helping Hand Society will
meet Wednesday, October 81, at the
| home of Mrs. Coons. Mrs. Lamb
will be the assisting hostess.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-10-21

Circle has made US wonder why a
nation that has such a great need
to develop its industries, should be
wasting its energies on the frozen
wastelands of the Arctic. Smolka's
book is shock, for he says that
that area is not wasteland, 1t is
rich in ore and coal deposits. Fur
thermore, II the Arctic ports can
be opened for navigation, the whole
of Siberia will have a new gateway
to the world, because the rivers of
Siberia flow into the Arctic.
Smolka went on the invitation of
the famous Professor Schmidt to
see what the Soviets were doing
with the Arctic lands. He found
towns already established there:
radio stations in communication on
with the rest of the world; work
already begun in creating the ports
that would allow Russia to ship
the produce of the Siberian inter-
ior to Japan and Europe. The Arc
tic is the new frontier and life is
possible there without great hard
ship. This book has valuable and
important news for the world
which is almost too good to be true.
Illustrated with many photo
graphs.
OF Lena Geyer, Marcia Daven-
port. The life story of Lena Geyer
stands among the enthralling char
acters in modern fiction. 1t is a
magnificent and moving narrative
of beautiful and indomitable wo-
mans ceaseless quest for perfec.
ton in her art-a quest that leads
from a poverty-stricken home in
Bohemia through defeat, tragedy
and abnegation to ultimate triumph
in the great cities of the Old and
New Worlds.
And Points Beyond, by Percy
Marks. Thomas Gray is developed
by Percy Marks as a very interest
ing character such as one would
encounter in this twentieth century
His yearnings, whims and fantasies
are made to thrive in this delight
fully told novel which moves very
rapidly through various stratas Of
society in the east. Wee bits OF
philosophy are cloaked in this clev.
erly written novel which should ap
peal particularly to young people.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-10-21
s Sport
81 Wags
BY Chuck Rattle

Afield-Well, Phillip Pheasant
and his spouse can come out of
their covey now for he's safe once
more. Monday afternoon at S
o'clock the last blast of a shotgun
popped at Phillip as the season
closed almost as abruptly as it had
opened. Three days, two Of them
wet, slushy, with weather that lured
most Of the lads to the duck haunts
instead of the pheasants further
protected them in this section
Scheduled to open first for a fifteen
day session, the open on pheasants
brought storm of protests from a
number Of the 50 open counties
down on the heads of the Game
and Fish Commissioners. Under the
attack in which sportsmen charged
the pheasant supply was dwindling,
the Commission, who had announc-
ed no alternative in the policy
could be made, at last minute de-
liberation whitfield the season to
three days. It's interesting to note
that an official statement from the
Commission commented on the
abundance Of upland birds not two
days before their reversal Not
withstanding 400 licenses were is
sued out of the Auditors office in
Stearns county but most it was be.
lieved were for duck hunters.
Hunters Scarce-While on the
side lines stood many local hunt
ers. Leading among conservation
minded hunters were boys of this
section who lamented the opening
of the season at all. Many of them
refused to go out after the pleas
ants. Without dog to flush the
birds out of their heavy cover it
was almost impossible to even spot
the birds in this vicinity ). Most
of the boys who got pheasants
headed south and bagged some (. :.
From Westport comes reports that
the best bag was two men and a
brace of birds. Several parties of
three and four came back with a
single lonely bird, it was said from
our neighbor to the west /. Heard
farmer the other day who said
the pheasants weren't welcome on
his farm. Yet, they should be for
it's known fact that in their early
life they are almost entirely insect
eaters. OF course a quantity of
grain goes with their ration, but in
sects will raise more hob with a
crop than a batch Of birds. Said he
was going to put up an electric
fence. For the birds, inquired his