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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
Crucial TiIts
iinCityLeague

With Thursdays night deciding
the first half championship the
Tacoma CITY Basketball league
players and followers are anXlously
awaiting the result o. The johnson
Paint General Motors game a.
$50 o'clock IN the Lincoln gym.
California Florists and Fife Mer-
chants will play an exhibition
game in the Thursday night opener
starting al 7:15 o'clock.
The Painters and Truckers
finished the regular first half
play knotted for the lead with
two defeats apiece. They split
in the two games they have
met ~ far. California Florists
defeated the Painters while
Chlla's upset GMC to account
for the other loss for each
five. Both teams are well
balanced with plenty of fast
stepping reserves to take over
the play when they are needed.
Johnsons will lineup with NallV
Bfthitf hI1 1bIhA IltA Itas ~
forwards. Bob Pullar leagues
leading scorer. at center. Hal Lee,
All-American guard. will team
with Erline Tollefson. former ALL
Northwest conference guard from
c. p. S. In reserve will be Dick
Bichsel and Percy Herness for the
front court positions. Bus Ander-
son. center. and Dick Pease will
pair off with Joe Hemel at guard
The General Motors lineup will
be Bob Huegel. former All-Western
conference forward from L. OF
Indiana, and Martin Cummings. at
forwards. John Pettyjohn will do
the jumping with Bill Lennon.
coach and All-Northwest guard
from Whitman. and jim Butt hold
ing down the guard positions. Re-
serve Truckers are Ed Darrah.
6-foot, finch center, Scott Stin-
nette. guard. Russell Frye, guard,
and Lloyd Williamson, forward.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
Indiana Athlete
Winning Abroad
GLASGOW Schneid

LASUOW Schneiderman
former Indiana university ath-
lete, is making a collection of
track championships before ne re-
turns to the United States.
sehneiderrnan, attending medi-
cal school. holds the discus. Ave
In and shot-put records Of the
University OF Glasgow.
Last summer al the universities
Championships in London. he took
nrsf IN the discus and shot. Sec
ond in the Javeliu. and sixth in
the hammer.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
CUFF TO SERVE AS
PART-TlMe TRACK,
GRID INSTRUCTOR

M INV AUkFE--W Ward CUT OF
the New York grid Giants.
and former Marquette football
and track star, has accepted a
position as assistant track coach
at his alma mater, and in add
ton will aid in spring football
drills. While in school Cuff was
one of the nations outstanding
lavclin throwcrs.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
Michigan Aquatic
Coach Optimistic
A nm ARBOR

A mn ARBOR - Matt Mann
says Michigan swimmers
and divers once more will crowd
around the table when they pass
out medals this season.
Mann has typical Wolverine
squad one given good
chance of successfully defend
ing its National Collegiate
championship.
The veteran who has been d.
recting Maize and Blue aquatic
fortunes since 1925 has practi-
caily the same team which lost
the Big Ten title to Ohio State.
but which came back to win the
national honor.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
Mighty Mite"
Shellacs Mako

NEW ORLEANS-Bryan (Bit-
sy) Grant of Atlanta was the
Sugar bowls singles tennis cham
pion today.
Mako and Jack Tidball. Los
Angeles. won the doubles cham
pionship, however, after defeating
Grant and Wayne Sabin of Port
land, Ore, o., IS, Cd.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
w. w. Basketball Loop To
Resume Action This Week

division pacesettcrs, have Stern
opposition. Fife plays third
place Summer nj Sumner and
Eatonyille entertains fourth
place Auburn al Eatonville.
Service Battery goes to Puy-
allnp and North Pnyallup to
Buckley in four-game Tues
day schedule.
Wednesday Ashford risks their
Valley division leader
ship when they play Mineral at
while Thursday in the
Pierce County division a big game
involving the top spot sends Will
keson to Electron CCC.
The standings.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
Commercial Hoop
Loops Bill Tits

With titles still undecided and
far from being even lettering to-
wards any one five the CONNER
eisl A and y league will resume
play Tuesday night at the Sta
dunn with six-game program.
Again on Thursday night the
leagues will offer five games at
the Stadium and one at Dupont,
while on Tuesday. Jan 10, the
loops close their second round of
play at the Stadium with six
more games.
Dupont has jumped into
one-game lead In the A divi-
sion but Is just out of the
reach of the next five clubs
and a pair of losses to any of
them In the next three play
Ing nights will he enough to
eliminate them from the title.
In the h loop the leadership will
be settled, barring upsets. by
Thursday night as the top duo.
Archer's Confectionery and B'nai
Birth open Tuesdays program
then go on to face easier oppo-
sition on Thursday.
Schedule for Tuesday night is
Class A: 7 p. m. Gilt Top Va.
Reese's; s p. m, Dupont A. c. VS..
Valleys; o p. M. South Tacoma
va. Rybin's. Class b: Z p. m,
B'nai Birth VS.. Archer's confec-
tionery; 8 p. M, Oakland VS.. Bur-
nett Brothers; p. m, Community
House VS.. American Lake.
Thursday night Glass A play Is:
s p. m, Gilt Top VS. Rybin's, s
p m. South Tacoma at Dupont;
q p. M, Valleys vs. Reese's Bar
hcrs. Glass p; p, M. Community
House va. Burnett Brothers, s p.
m, B'nai Birth VS.. Oakland; o
p. m, Archer's Confectionery vs.
American Lake.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
Today's Sport
Parade
ny HENRY M'LEMCRE
Z. r. Staff Correspondent

PASADENA. Calif.-Every time
southern team comes out here
for the Rose bowl serious flaw
In my sports writing makeup Is
revealed.
The flaw Is an inability to pre-
vent the heart from swaying what
little mind | have. The perfect
sports writer is one who has not
one ounce of sentiment; a man of
stone and ice who can watch any
sort of athletic contest without
caring who wins. just so IL be the
more proficient man or team.
/ try my level best to be that
way. ] have tried for ten long
years. but without success. 1t is
simply impossible for me to be In
my press seat more than five min
futes before acquiring a favorite
and becoming just as partisan rs
anyone in the house or stadium.
-. Take this Rose bowl game
Of today. for example. Every
thing points to n Southern
California victory over Duke.
The Trojans have more men.
bigger men. faster men: they
are In better physical condi-
fion, and they will have the
advantage Of playing In their
home territory before n crowd
that Ii for them---from kick
off to final whistle.
Yet to save my life, ] can't help
nut pick Duke The other day at
the annual kickoff" luncheon
given by the Tournament of
Roses committee, was asked to
step up to the microphone and
tell TO what ] am sure was
waiting world, how ] thought the
game would come out.
= Five minutes before IL was time
dor me to mess up the ether ! was
determined to pick Southern Cali
1ornia. For once In my life. /
faid 10 myself, ] will get myself a
winner. Then, shortly before 1t
rvas my turn TO walk down the
hast mile to the microphone. the
band played Dixie. You know
Nhat Way Down Yonder In the
Land of Cotton" business.
y The band had not hit more than
fhrce notes before my determine
stion went right out of the window
and scared toward the distant
mills. Two bars of Dixie and all
She proud share-cropping blood in
my body rose to the surface. /
could see my uncles blowing be-
mind those mules In the soft river
bottoms. could see my sisters
Feeding those dominecker hens in
Abe backyard down In Georgia.
rould feel the soft puff of Geor-
seia clay between my toes, and l
could hear the raucous bang of
The iron wagon wheel that sum-
mons folks TO dinner down AT my
old family place on Tobacco road.
= Now. I'm no professional
= Southerner. My accent II long
gone, and ] roll my RS" rs
= sharply rs sherman ever did.
:. Hui somewhere deep inside Of
y me, tucked away. perhaps, he
: tween slice Of sweet potato
: and q mess Of tiirnip green's,
= Ia = love and feeling for the
:. old South that win never die.
. When Duke goes into battle to-
day 1t will be flying the bonnie
blue flag of the confederacy. II
will be unseen, but IL will be
ufhere making every man hit a
little harder. try little longer.
!. I've got to go with the Dukes.
! must cast my ballot, not with
~ sunkist orange. but hot bis
~cuit dripping with butter. And
20. taking a hot biscuit. and using
= chicken drumstick dipped in
-cream gravy for pen, write you
the score of the 1889 Tournament
of Roses football game:
50 Duke Z. Southern California 0.
= Copyright. 1897
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
CITY BASKETBALL LEAGUE
second Half Schedule
Third Round

Jan. 81 p. m. Cammarano Broth
ers VS.. Ghlllas; p. NJ. California
Florlsts VS.. johnson Paint. p. m,
General Motors VS.. c. P S.
Jan. RI p. m, California Flor
lists vs. General Motors: 8 p. M.
:. :. frosh y. Chillas; Q y. m.
johnson Paint y. Cammarano Bros
Jan. 80 ?. m. c P. S. Frosh Us.
ano Bros. vs. General Motors t]l. ann . n m
Chllla's vs.. johnson Paint
Jan. - p. m. California Flor
ISIS vs., Gammafano Bros; p. m.
c; P S Frosh vs.. johnson. Q D. M,
ChlIlas vs.. General Motors.
Jan. RI p. m. California Flor
tses W., Gnlila ; p. m. Johnsons V.
BROS. V. {. P. S Frosh.
Fourth Round
Jan. 10 p. m, c. p S Frosh vs..
S"IiIoshla Florists { p. m. Cammar-
ano Bros vs.. General Motors, D. n.
Shlllas Us. Johnson Paint.
. Jan 5l-f.l5 p Ia. preliminary;
9. ~ p m Ali-stars vs.. Harlem
Feb. q p m. c. P. S. Frosh VS..
Shiilas. p m. California Florists
v v General Motors; 9 p. m. johnson
Paint vs. Cammarano Bros
rep. - p. m, Cammarano Bros.
G -. Sn.l1s p. m, c. P s. Frosh y.
,letaI Motors. ,. m California
Florists vs. Johnson Paint.
req. - ?. m, c. P. S. Frosh vs..
Johnson Paint. 8 p. m. Chilla's Is.
General Motors. Q p. m. California
Florists vs.. Cammarano Bros
FEB l3-7 p m. California Florists
vs. Cammarano Bros Q m. John-
son RANT vs.. General Motor
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
Nisqualiy Valley Division
Ski Weather
PARADISE VALLEY. Mt. Ia

AN abiSE SLLE1, MI. Ia
coma The weekend brought Is
inches of new snow to this ski
resort, boosting the total depth to
% inches, the Rainier National
Park &c. reported at Q a. M today.
The snow was wet and heavy
making ski conditions only fair
The temperature was so degrees
the sky was overcast. and there
was southwest wind. The fore
cast was for continued overcast
skies.
Roads were open to Narada. but
chains were required to that point
from Longnire. Shuttle bus serv-
ice was operating on schedule from
Narada TO Paradise.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
POLICE CHI RICH

Only church Of its kind in
Canada is the little chapel on the
square at r c. NJ. p. barracks
in Regina. Ready-cut lumber FOR
the building was sent west from
Ontario by boat and wagon in
1887. as there were no carpenters
N Regina al the time.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
Nazi Control
All Athletes

DERLN-All German sports
L, In the Reich and abroad
WIRE placed under direct super
vision of the Mari party today
with the exception of automo-
bile and horse racing. aviation
and semi-militars training ar
fiyities. The decree makes
such German athletes ~ Max
Schmeling, former worlds
heavyweight champion, subject
10 direction of the Nazi party
leaders whether at home or
abroad.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
Y ALLEY DIVISION

Tuesday-Service Battery at
Puyallup; Fife ut Summer;
Auburn nj Eatonville; North
Puyallup at Buckley.
Thursday Eatonville at
Puyallup; North Puyallnp Mt
Service Battery; Auburn mt
Summer; Buckley VS.. Fife at
Milton.
PIERCE COUNTY DIVISION
Thursday - Orting ut Car
bonado; WillSeson VS.. Electron
CCC mt kapowsin; Gregory
Paints at Fairfax.
NISQI ALLY VALLEY DIV.
Wednesday-Aider at Nor
ton; Elbe CCC at Sunshine
CCC; Ashford at Mineral.
Highly important games max,
mp the opening weeks program a!
the Western Washington league
resumes basketball combat after
the holiday vacation.
Fife and Eatonvillc, Valley
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
BELL H00PSTERS TANGLE WITH HIGH CLIMBERS HERE TONIGHT
Wills Comes Back AS Bulge Grandslams

Jar - whsa - defeated lack
RramwIeh a. Adelaide for ne Al
sfraiian eHnWn - - 81
He captured ne French title.
June i with he gigantic Reder-
ieh MenzaI ~ Gzashasiagakla me
victim. 81. - -
Bunny Austin V=as no match Tor
hin II the British tinalz july :.
HI DO g.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03

OLYMPlA-The U. S. depart
ment of interior today notified
Hydraulics Supervisor Charles J.
Bartholet that 1t was appropriate
ing water from four rivers and
lakes for the new Leavenworth
fish hatchery.
The hatchery Is being
planned TO take spawn from
salmon unable to get past
Grand Coulee dam. The de-
partment appropr | n ted 200
second feet of water from
Icicle river and 800 second
feet from Wenatchee river
and reserved 10000 acre feet
In Snow lakes and NADIA lake
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03

the pair turned in when Mrs.
Moody so pluckily came from be-
hind To catch and overtake her
rival of more than a decade in the
exact setnp three years before
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03

finished with spectacular burst
to repulse left-handed Kay SIAM
mers 6-2. 3-6. 6-3, to clinch Amer
icas eighth consecutive triumph
in Wightman Cup competition.
But Queen Helen | passed
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
1'Fsa UIIlHpUNON =.
1886 ROSE Bowl CHAMPIONS
LOST THEIR OWN cl7y CHAMPIONSHIP
NE SAME YEAR,
fCl,ueSne 0s-sz1e9 them ia

Paris in 1916 became acquainted
with a form Of bicycle called 8
"hobby-horse, consisting OF TWO
wheels and q erossbar. upon which
the rider sat while propelling HIM
self with his feet.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
FIRST BICYCLES

Earliest recorded bicycles are
lost in antiquity Winged figures
astride a stick connecting two
wheels have been found in frescoes
at Pompeii.
In 1880 Frenchman named de
Sivrac invented two-wheeled
"eelerifere" which had a horse
shaped wooden body with a saddle
and was steered by the riders feet
In 1861 similar machine ap-
peared in England.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
MRS. MOODY CLINCHES
WIGHTMAN CUP VICTORY

HIT deep in the forehand corner.
one Of Mrs. Moody's hurting
forehands caught the 29-year-old
Miss Jacobs off balance and when
she lurched suddenly to get 1t, her
right ankle snapped
The accident spoiled bright pros
poets for another such match as
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
NEW YORK A. c. GETS MEDlCA

NEW YORK - Jack NJ dica,
Olympic 400-meter champion taxi
ing a postgraduate course at CO.
lumbia university, will swim for
the New York Athletic club this
winter.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
BY HARRY GgAYsoS
NIA Service Sports Editor

NEW YORK = Don Bulge
completed a campaign of
unparalleled achievement on
three continents.
No one before has held at the
same time the American. British.
French. and Australian mems sin
giles championships. The Oakland
redhead's grand slam invites COM
parison with Robert Tyre Jones
accomplishment in golf in 1880.
Yet IL was trim Helen Wills
Moody who furnished the more
dramatic moments of the tennis
season i. AT % and after two
years Of tournament inactivity.
Helen Hull Jacobs unfortunate
injury took the edge from the eli
max of swomans Wimbledon"
but made Mrs. Moody's comeback
and eighth victory In the All-Eng-
land firing a record
none the less remarkable.
Mrs. Moody wisely and me-
fhodieally played herself Into
condition In preliminary tour
naments.
The renewal of her historic
rivalry with Miss Jacobs was
made possible by the narrow
est margin when she repealed
Mime. Hilda krathwinl4el Sper-
ling of Denmark. 1910. 81.
After overcoming the handicap
OF a shoulder injury earlier in the
tournament, Miss Jacobs pulled
tendon in an already injured right
leg In the ninth game of the OPEN
Ing act of the final hobbled
through the next seven pathetic
games >. =. and was beaten. Sd, 60.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
FLYING START

INDIANAPOLIS - Patty Aspin-
all who broke the American wo-
mems record for the 200-yard
breast stroke, is only II.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
THE LOSING CHAMPIONS

Strange as It seems. the win
ming team OF the 1896 Rose Bow
game In California was also d
losing team In its own home city
league. Pittsburgh University. by
defeating the University OF Wash
ington 21-0 on New Years Day,
became mythical national cham
pions. yet Duquesne beat them 10
for the Pittsburgh city title.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03

Within half an hour after break
ing forth from its chrysalis. a new
born butterfly initiates its wings
by pumping a fluid into them. This
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03

SOPHS PREDONINATE
TUSCALOOSA. Ala.-Ten of the
II men on Alabama's basketball
squad are sophomores.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03

mp our women's national sin
giles, pleading a severe attack
of neuritis, and bowed out of
tournament competition AT the
peak of her glory and game.
Budges victory march started
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03

Last June it appropriated con-
siderable water from other streams
in the area for the same purpose.
The water is withdrawn from pub
lie use for year and If the de-
partment certifies its plans for
the hatchery the withdrawal is ex-
tended for three years, Bartholet
said.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03

quickly hardens and makes the
wings rigid, enabling the insect 10
fly.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03
Second Half
Opens On 9Th

Tacoma City Basketball league
fives will embark on their second
half schedule of 30 games Monday
night. Jan. 9, at Lincoln high with
five teams bracketed as title con-
tenders and the sixth doped to
capture at least its first two be-
fore withdrawing regulars from
league play.
With the first half race
ending in tie for first place
and the third team just
game back of the leaders,
johnson Paint, General Motors
and Chilla's, the top trio, are
expected to meet much sitter
competition from now on.
Frank Gillian has promised to
walk off with the second half flag
for the California Florists and he
has had his charges out for two
or three practice games over the
holidays with perfect record of
victories.
Phil Cammarano will be able to
see his club in action only twice
at the most before he leaves on
vacation and his five is anxious
to see him off with a good pair OF
performances.
Harry Lang has been added
To the Bother lineup with
much success as the Tacoma
club upset the fast Olympia
Cammaranos last week by a
wide margin due mostly to
Lang's Is points. Lang led
the league last year in scoring
and has been playing with
Pacific Lutheran college but
was willing to return to CITY
league action.
College of Puget Sound Frosh.
the regular Logger varsity until
after the games of the 18th of
January are expected to make
things hot for the favorites and
to give the new men two victories
to work on as the second half gets
underway.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-01-03

and 5000 acre feet In Col
chuch lake rs water supply
for the hatchery.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
Sally Rand Files
Bankruptcy Petition
0y the Associated Press

8y the Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14-sally
Rand, fan and bubble dancer, filed
voluntary petition in bankruptcy
here today. She listed her debts
at s64,631. with assets of only s8.O67.
The petition listed debts ranging
from medical services for her dog
to furnishings for her Golden Gate
Exposition feature, Gay Paree,"
closed recently by creditors.
Miss Rand said her gross income
for 1888 was s40273, with a net of
S6.027. She said she did not have
the figures for this year.
Bills due were for clothing, furni-
ture. costumes. publicity, newspaper
advertising, stage properties, tele-
phones, kilograms and salary items.
Miss Rand stated she pawned
wrist watch for $1,000, and that
other pawn tickets totalled $1,000.
Other debts included s70O she
had borrowed on her automobile and
two notes for $1,000 each.
Another $500, she said, was owed
to Ed Morrison of the sally Rand
Nude Ranch" at the exposition on
Treasure Island.
Billy Rose, the New York Worlds
Fair impresario, also has suit
pending against the dancer, the pc
tition stated, on the claim the Nude
Ranch" was his idea.
Evening star., 1939-10-15
IhIder to Go to Atlanta
For Housing Conference

John Ihlder. executive officer of
the District Alley Dwelling Author
ity, will attend the three-day Reg
ional Conference on Housing Ad-
ministration and Management in
Atlanta, which opens Wednesday.
He will discuss Economic and
Social Aspects of Public Housing"
~ the Wednesday session. The
conference will be attended by hous-
ing representatives from II States,
the District of Columbia and Puerto
Rico. Officials of the U. S. H. A.
also will attend.
The purpose of the conference is
to help develop consistent local
housing programs, sound adminis-
trative practice and high profess
sional standards in low-rent housing.
It was said that this would be the
first housing conference of its kind
in this country.