The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1938-01-18
IT HAPPENED
TO ATHLETES;
QUEER THINGS
BY GARDNER SOULE
AP Feature Service Writer

AP Feature Service Writer
NEW YORK = Certain intelli-
gence from Hawaii having arrived
by one of the latest steamships it
lis now possible to complete a re-
port on some of the most amazing
sports developments that have oc-
cured all over the world in the
past few months. These happen
ings fall fairly easily into certain
classifications:-
The Incidents Involving
Our Hawaiian Brothers
In a Roosevelt Mckinley high
school football game at Honolulu,
Frank Kalama, Mckinley guard,
spit on the ball because he ex-
pected a Roosevelt pass, wanted
the ball slippery.
Tony Morse for three years was
considered a star interference man
of the University of Hawaii eleven.
In one game this season he made
three long runs for touchdowns.
After one complicated play re-
sulting in a touchdown off the
halfback position of the opposing
captain the befuddled captain APP
preached his rivals and said
Where you get play like that?
Make fool outa me. Never saw
like him before. Please no more.
Incidents Involving
Women in Sports
Girl students at the College of
Our Lady of Good Counsel, White
Plains, N. Y, formed fishing
team, and planned an intercolleg-
late schedule with coaches and
cheer leaders.
Goods at the American Univer-
sity, Washington, D. c., volunteered
to do the kicking -after-to touchdown
for the football team. The faculty
overruled the girls.
Two Colorado college linemen in
sisted they won the football game
with Denver because they played
well to show off before their girl
friends
Trouble Caused by
Fog and Smoke
At Pullman, Wash, football teams
from Southern California and
Washington State battled to a
scoreless tie as fog hid proceedings
from the stands and sports writer's
asked coaches after the game what
had happened.
At Berlin indoor sports meets,
smoking spectators created such a
haze no one could see what was
going on Police banned smoking.
In London fog, Goalkeeper
Bartram of the Charlton soccer
team protected his goal for min
utes, and wondered why no plays
came his way. Other players had
left the field, the game having
been called off.
Gigantic HOaXes
That Occurred
Kenneth Bailey, British book
keeper, appeared at the Paris eX-
position in a track suit and an
nounced he had run from Bourne
mouth, Eng, circling decks of the
Queen Mary en- route. Feted, he
admitted having ridden train to
Paris.
Because of Northwestern Coach
Lynn Waldlorfs fearful stories be-
fore his teams game with Mime
sota Minnesota supporters met the
team with an ambulance, two
| physicians, and two nurses.
Incidents Involving
National Heroes
Frank (Bruiser) Kinard of Mis-
sissippi kicked off to Ouachita,
fell on the ball over the goal for
touchdown, kicked goal. He had
scored seven points unassisted.
Jack Stringham, Brigham Young
fullback, blocked and line-bucked
so vigorously he wore out five
headguards during the football sea-
! son.
Johnny Meek of California, who
never had kicked the ball for the
varsity team, won the annual con-
test among squadmen to determine
the champion punter. He averaged
1913 yards.
Miscellaneous Items
Worthy of Note
| There never has been quad
ruple dead heat in the history OF
horse racing. At Rockingham Park,
Salem, N. H., Coya won first in a
race-by a nose. Miss Tad was
second by a nose; Flowery Lady
third by nose; Shantime fourth
by a nose; Teeter Totter filthy
a nose.
! Because his players were weak
in mathematics, Football Coach H.
A. Applequist ordered his Sacra-
mento team to go into the Big
| Annie a rhumba, or the Charles