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Evening star., 1939-12-12
Thomas Of Bomo Spurns Big Offer From Pro Grid Dodgers
Makes Hit

middleweight, socks so hard his
sparring partners wear catchers'
breast protectors. When Shake
speare wasn't writing football, he
occasionally covered a burping
contest, as per the following from
Gas You Like IT,: 'They wrestle;
Charles is thrown" Texas Chris
tian has two sets of twins on its
basket ball squad this season.
Today'S guest star. Halsey
Hall, Minneapolis Star-Journal:
Francis Schmidt, coach at Ohio
State, is indorsing ties for a CO.
lumbus firm. He must be care
full, however; a coach shouldn't
indorse anything which can be
pulled tightly around the neck"
Agony column. For sale: Two
mules named Babe and Ruth.
Wiley Moore, ex-manager Okla
homa City ball club. (Wilcy
bought 'em with $500 he once
won from Babe Ruth. The old
Milwaukee Barons Of Jackson-
Evening star., 1939-12-12

vile, Fla. CORNER college stars)
want games with any fast inde-
pendent basket ball teams tour
ing the South this winter. Rosey
Ryan: G. w. Steele OF 408 Santa
Clara street, San Antonio, wants
to get in touch with you about
your new catching machine. Mail
box: when are they going to
break down again and stage an
Army Navy game west Of Phila-
delphia occasionally 50 that Mid
west fans can get a chance to sit
in on this swell service classic?
John Glaros, Mount Vernon,
Ohio"
Seeing is believing. Ray Blades
prediction that the Reds will be
the team to beat next season was
disposed Of by the usually alert
Cincinnati Times-Star with one
paragraph at the bottom Of the
story. What's the matter, boys
don't you believe it?
Evening star., 1939-12-12
By EDDIE BRIETZ,

NEW YORK, Dec. 12-Atten-
ton, California! When one of
our operatives inquired for
Homer Norton at College Station,
Tex, the other day, he was told:
"Coach Norton is in Palo Alto,
Calf" New Orleans cuties went
wild over Billy Conn, who at
tended collegiate dance there
Saturday night with Moon Null
Inns, the ex-Notre Dame grid star.
Frank Thomas of Alabama has
mixed an offer of an interest in
the club, plus a fat contract, to
coach the Brooklyn Dodgers. Dan
Topping, Dodger owner, still
hopes he can make Nile Kinnick
change his mind about pro foot
ball. Nowhere was Clemson's Sc
lection as Boston Colleges oppo-
nent in the Cotton Bowl ac-
claimed more warmly than in the
Beantown papers.
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Landslide Gives
Year Lead 10
Alice Marble
Polls l67 Points as
Best Woman Athlete:
jameson, S., Second
BY SID FEEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW YORK, Dec. 12-Encounter-
ing no more opposition than she
met on the tennis courts this year,
blond Alice Marble was named to-
day the outstanding woman ath-
lete Of 1899 by record landslide Of
votes OF the Nations sports ex-
perts.
Rolling up the widest margin ever
compiled by winner in the nine
year history of the Associated Press
annual poll, the queen of the courts
was named No. / on the ballots Of
54 OF the SO experts who voted.
Her triumph puts tennis player on
top for the first time since Helen
Wills Moody turned the trick In
1885.
There strictly was no competition
for California Alice. With the ex-
perts voting for first, second and
third place choices and ballots
counting three, two and one point,
respectively. the years Wimbledon
and national champion polled a to-
tai OF 167 points. Far back, in Sec
| ond place was the United States
Women's golf ruler, Betty Jameson
OF San Antonio, Tex, with two first
place selections and SIS points.
Patty Berg Runs Third.
The 1888 winner, little, freckle-
faced Patty Berg, whose golf hopes
for the year were shattered by an
appendectomy, was third, with 81
points, although she did not receive
a flrst-place mention. Those were
the only three to run their point
totals into double figures.
All told, "a athletes figured in the
voting, with golf taking the lions
share. Eight golfers, led by Miss
Berg, were nominated, including
Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta, tied for
fourth place with nine points, and
Betty Hicks of Long Beach, Calf,
semifinalist sensation of the womenis
national, who tied for sixth with
eight points.
Athlete and Sport. First Pts.
Alice Marble. San Francisco. tennis 81 ls7
Betty Jameson. San Antonio Tex,
soiI -------H -------- DO
Patty Berg. Minnea polls. golf - 81
Eleanor Holm, New York swim
ming --------------.-- Q
Dorothy Kirby, Atlanta, golf - D
Betty Hicks, Long Beach. Calf.
soh .---,---- -.--~---- 3
Katherine Rawis Thompson, Miami,
swimming Q
Elsie Crabtree, Nevada. band
Marjorie Gestring. Los Angeles,
oifAAb
Esther Williams. Los Angeles,
swimming .--- l 5
Nancy Merki. Portland Orea,
swimming
Evening star., 1939-12-12

F. B. Iron Men (Chapter IV).
Leo Kagan of Iowa State Teach
ers' College was king for a day,
anyway. We had no sooner
chronicled that he was footballs
No. iron man with a record of
$50 consecutive minutes) than
two South Carolina Rebels pop
out to knock him of his perch.
John Edwards, end, and Moffatt
Long, center for Erskine College,
have played through 10 consecu-
tive battles, or / lao minutes each.
Who's next?
British football fans now must
take their gas masks to all games.
Well, some of those over here
smell, too. Judge w. G. Bram-
ham, minor league baseball car,
will attend the world premier Of
"Gone With the Wind" in At
lanta. Chicago fans booed the
Davey Day-Sammy Angott de-
cis.on.
Coley Welch, Names promising
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Coast Is Rated Best
On Gridiron, With
Midwest Next
By the Associated Press.

6y the Associated Press.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL.,, Dec. 12.-The
best college football in the Nation
was played on the Pacific Coast this
season, according to the systematic
ratings Of Frank Dickinson, Uni
versity of Illinois professor.
Dickinson, originator of the Dick
inson system Of rating grid elevens,
ranked Southern California as the
top team and the West Coast as the
No. l section.
On a 30-point basis the Trojans
had point rating of 25.73, followed
by Texas A. and M, 25.43; Cornell,
1926; Tulane, 1851; Tennessee,
2297; Notre Dame, 22.59; Michigan,
22.50; Duke, 1894; Missouri, 2229;
U. G. L. A. 2191. and Iowa, 21.O2.
The sections ranked behind the
Pacific Coast, in order, were: Mid
die West, Southeastern, East, Big
Six, Southwest, Southern and Mis-
souri, Valley.
Dickinson ranked Notre Dame
No. last year.
Evening star., 1939-12-12
By the Associated Press.

HANOVER, N. H., Dec. H.
Largely because of medical advances
and increased participation in recre-
alton and sports programs in the
last three decades, the college stu
dent Of today is taller, heavier and
younger than his counterpart of
yesteryear.
At Dartmouth, the modern fresh
men-class of 43-average 5 feet
inches in height, weight 1926 pounds
and are 1871 years old; while fresh
men in the class of 1908 averaged
feet 6 inches, 1886 pounds and
1882 years.
The findings, announced by Prof.
Robert j. Delehanty, head of the
colleges physical education depart
ment, were based on carefully kept
records of 1896 Dartmouth students
over the last 35 years. He added that
the trend, also apparent in other
colleges, was gradual and consistent
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Oklahoma Buckinq
Missouri Bond
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
COLUMBIA, Mo-, Dec. 12.-
Missouri and Oklahoma UNIVERSE
ties fought each other on the
gridiron, but now the Big Six
football season is over Oklahoma
students are trying to help Mis-
souri, out Of an Orange Bowl
problem.
There isn't enough money to
send the Missouri Band to Miami,
Fla, with the team. Robert
Bristow, band president, esti-
mated it would take $4,000 to
$2,500.
The Oklahoma Daily. student
newspaper, heard about it.
Editor Bill Brinkley started a
drive to raise funds to help the
band go South and toot against
GEORGIA Tech.
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Fielding Averages Are Edwards Achilles Heel

persistent than Edwards He has
works will pouring into
regularity the batting
discuss balls the
wild pitches He hasn't revealed yet the fielding For
painful Griffith confronted undenable
ohand we'd the Mats trail the the
matter of throwing out base-rmners.
The thing about the official is that they utterly
nerci pulled
weakness be the percentages
instance Zeke Bonura perennia unveiled
defensive first baseman in the league
reality the Everybody
couldn't daisy. couldn't
foul flies pretty they took
insisted
fellows like Joe Kuhel and McQunn Jimmy
This though about the
figures The fielding like dctators easily
missed with regrets
counts and in the of the that
Evening star., 1939-12-12
CoI|eqe Students Made Taller
And Heavier by Recreation

The reasons, he said, were school
health and physical education pro-
grams, increased participation in
recreational sports, sound health
habits, incubation of children
against disease, increased knowledge
of diet and scientific feeding and
better general living conditions.
Prof. Delehanty's report also called
attention to the fact that the pres
ent-day freshman can chin himself
on bar nine times, as compared
with five times for the frosh before
the war.
Evening star., 1939-12-12
tChanedon Far Ahead
In Poll as Horse
OF the Year
Koyok II Boss Of Older
Division; BimeIeeh, Now
What Top Youngsters
By the Associated Press.

oS the Associated PreSS.
BALTIMORE, Dec. 12.-As easily
as he romped to victory in the
Preakness or the Pimlico Special,
Challedon today scampered of with
top honors in the Turf and Sports
Digests fourth annual poll for the
horse of the year" designation.
But If Challedon. w. L. Brann's
great 3-year-old, is the king of the
turf, Col. E. R. Bradley's Bimelech
must be called the crown prince.
Running alongside Of those two
favorites are Kayak II. G. S. How
ards importation, which won the
vote for the best 4-year-old, and
Now What, named the best 2-year-
old filly.
OF the 208 turf writer's and ex-
perts participating in the poll, 1856
picked Challenger IFS big son for
top honors after he took charge of
the 3-year-old parade. following
Johnstown's crackup, and climaxed
his triumphs with that great victory
in the Pimlico Special.
Bfmelech Has Big Margin.
Bimelech's triumph in the race for
2-year-old honors almost was as
convincing. The all-victorious Brad
ley youngster won by a margin of
622 to 305 over his early-season
rival, the Millsdale Stables Andy
K. First, second and third choices
in all divisions counted three, two
and one points. respectively.
Nor was there any argument as
to Kayak IFS right to boss the older
division. Challedon and Kayak II
were the two best horses in training,
so the Howard import took the
throne among the grown ups" with
618 points to 212 for the inconsistent
Fighting Fox
Now What, with a vote margin of
583-310 over War Beauty, won her
honors deservedly. Her only shut
out came in the Saratoga Special,
where the speedy little miss had to
run against the best of the boys
Bimelech and Andy K.
6lmelecQ pOlleO 50 VOCeS Tor the
years all-age championship, with
Kayak II getting IL and Johns
town 4.
Here are the years records of the
big four:
s-Year- -Olds and Horse Of the Year.
Horse r:u ovner sts W. I'd Sd Earned.
4,r..,:55!s. 2 md fs o.. '1'+'''S
KAYAK u. Q. g. Howard,
.-x..r!e.a colts. 1'l' 'oa'
Himelech. Col. Z. r. Bradley
a.Y..r.old Z ri1il... 4 0 10000
Now What, A. q. Vanderbilt
SIS 2 o 36,646
Out Of Money Only Once.
Challedon ran out of the money
only once, in the Massachusetts,
Handicap. He whipped them all in
the Preakness, the Arlington Classic,
the Pimlico Special and five other
important stakes. And he furthered
his claim to the ranking by setting
a world record for a mile and a six
teenth at Keeneland in the Tranter.
In addition to his horse of the
year crown, he won the 3-year-old
title by wide margin, 605-376 over
Johnstown, now retired TO stud after
winning the Derby and the Belmont.
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Mr.. Colbert Led the Nat Pinch-Hitters

u "nat we were going is that Mr. Edwards
teVal the other Nat pitchers to be fellows
nano ana nothing the ball.
lick FIRST division teams He
was even worse He correspond
ingly bad. worse
Mr. Edwards has habit of bandy skipping department
70 anoher Aha those dathless pnhhttng
th BUDDY Myer was the Mats busiest
o Charles Colbert OF the Colbert easily
Charles batted stirring 1888;
Moving from batting to pitching
spotlight on the relief huers Only
lost than they Washington
1t would seem as the Mats collection reee did all
were Joe Haynes Chase
Maseron with perfect records. mean they oe
At the time they games among
with essrs Harry Kelley Pete Appleton Holland
getting their glued back the Mats barely
Of the Browns in effectiveness guys
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Reds Retuin Shoffner

CINCINNATI, Dec. IL (P).-Mil-
burn Shoffner, veteran lefthander
who joined the National League
Champion Reds late in the season
on waivers from Boston, yesterday
signed a one-year contract, the sixth
PLAYER to do so.
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Vols Trail by III
Points in Last
Poll byA. P.
Trojons Barely Beat
Out Cornell for
Third Honors
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON, Jr.,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press s3pOltS Wrlter.
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-The Texas
Aggies, Southwest Conference king
pins, are the football team of the
year in the opinion of 116 sports
editors and football experts who
participated in the final Associated
Press ranking poll of the season.
Chosen for the No. l spot by IS
voters, the Aggies polled 1,09l points
on the basis of 10 for first place
nine for second, etc.
Tennessee, second a week ago, fell
more than 100 points behind with
26 first-place votes and a 97O-point
total. while the Vols Rose Bowl
rival, Southern California, came in
with third-place total of 891, just
beating out Cornell by 2 points.
Tulane Remains Fifth.
While the Aggies were impressive
all season, neither Tennessee nor
Southern California set the world
afire in last Saturdays final games,
and that apparently accounted for
the switch in sentiment. Tennessee
only beat Auburn, TO, while the
Trojans played a scoreless tie with
U. c. L. A.
The Uclans, on the strength of
that tie, moved from ninth place in
the ranking to seventh. Tulane,
which will meet the Aggies in the
Sugar Bowl, retained fifth place,
while Missouri slipped into sixth.
Duke, sixth last week, dropped back
to eighth. Iowa fell from eighth to
ninth and Duquesne retained tenth
Boston College and Clemson reg
istered notable gains, although
neither played a game. They were
selected to play each other in the
Cotton Bowl and more light was
cast upon their records in the pro-
cess. AS a result they placed 18th
and 18th, respectively.
Standing Voted Teams.
Standing of the teams (points
figured on 1898, etc., basis, first
place votes in parentheses)
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Texas Ag Run Far Ahead of Vote Nations Top Grid Team
Win, Lose or Draw
Figures Thut Tell Few Lies
BY FRANCIS {. STAN

Mr. Henry Edwards is at
OF white from Chicago which the American
Mr. Edwards is chief the service bureau
neutrality-suspicious. rarely arebu at times they
trends.
For instance Edwards the Yankees are
e most powerful team IN the league They strengthen theory
tna BOD Feer nara pitcher to beat AS for the figures
Indicate that Mr. Clark Griffith
how he managed to hold franchise
Suppose gloss figures The pich,np
cna Tor instance Washington pitcher fellow named Dutch
Leonard Mr. Edwards reveals that along Bob Fele alone
escaped ne loss OF series during 1899 This
aoe 10 LICK our bald knuckebar for the
mark of a good pitcher. - ~
Feer won every series against the
process ne won six straight Detroit
anough there slight difference
The bubbe Belgian excep two and those
with Cleveland and Detroit. he tied. ~
Evening star., 1939-12-12
The Wushingtons Take Fearful Beutina

Here Mr. Edwards shift
records What the
and the close? MI. Edwards able
He something league
by Washington
averaged?
That but specifically it All
the Browns
futile club technical
28 while
28, too but they salvaged last place by winning only H.
The American League records persist There another detail
embarrassing Edwards habit
figuring the which final innings develops the
Indians the of % chips
frames but alas bargains
bottom When
percentage. II and dropped is.
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Lacrossers to Gather

Hoping to organize q Washington
lacross team, melting will be held
tomorrow night at the Investment
Building, room 731, to discuss plans
for games with Montclair A. c.,
Crescent A. G, Mount Washington
and Baltimore A. G. and possibly
college teams.
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Claim County Title

The Silver Spring Junior Mer-
chants claim the 135-pound football
title of Montgomery County. They
lost their last game to the Brookland
A. c., o..
Evening star., 1939-12-12
Dobson Is Expected to Boom
Apprentice School Sports

already have been bought, with ad-
ditional ducats available at Spal-
ding's.
Evening star., 1939-12-12

Second ten: H., Boston College
1909: II. Clemson, 1f2; l3, Notre
Dame, 90; II. Santa Clara, 81; IS,
Ohio State, 10; 16, Georgia Tech,
SO; II, Fordham, 26: 10, Nebraska
~; 10, Oklahoma, 20; 20, Michi-
gan, 18.
Also ran-Princeton, II; North
Carolina, 16; San Jose (Caif.) State,
IL; Georgetown, 10h; Alabama, 4;
Holy Cross, 2.
Comparison With '3s Poll.
The one-two-t three standings bore
a remarkable similarity to last years
final poll. Then Texas Christian
which dominated the Southwest
Conference In 1888 just as the Aggies
did this fall. were first and Tennes-
see just about as far behind. Texas
A. and M, Of course, was nowhere
IN sight last season. Southern Cal
ifornia was ranked seventh and Cor
nell twelfth. T. c. U. even polled SIS
f1rst-place votes.
The 1888 final first 10 ranking was
Texas Christian, Tennessee, Duke,
Oklahoma, Notre Dame, Carnegie
Tech, Southern California, Pitts
burgh, Holy Cross and Minnesota.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-24
THE FIRST HELLO GIRL

The worlds first telephone girl be-
gan work in the old Nassau exchange in
New York on September l, 1878. She
was Miss Mary Beatrice Kennedy, who
was given a job when boy in the ex-
change was discharged "for swearing at
an angry subscriber"
So courteous and efficient did Miss
Kennedy prove that girl operators became
the rule, as they have remained until this
day.
Working hours were long in 1878,
and Miss Kennedy was on duty from
until 6, climbing six flights of stairs to
reach her switchboard. Alexander Gra-
ham Bell, inventor of the telephone, often
visited the exchange, and Thomas A.
Edison sometimes accompanied him. But
as Miss Kennedy told reporter shortly
before her death, 1--WE didn't pay so much
attention to Mr.. Edison, for he wasn't so
famous them
Many thousands of "hello'' girls have
come and gone in the years since Miss
Kennedy became the first. Taken as
class, no more faithful employees ever
served an exacting and sometimes UNI
reasonable public. Many telephone girls
have performed deeds of extraordinary
heroism, remaining at their posts in time
of fire, flood and other disaster, giving
warnings that saved the lives of others at
the risk of their own.
The telephone industry should erect
a fitting memorial to her who was the first
of this noble company.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-24
THE ISLAND CITY /.
A t Pre- S e n t

new navy seaplanes now COM
ing out to draw six feet. Man OF
War Harbor was too rough for
anchorage, it was also pointed
out. Now Jacksonville Harbor
would require millions of dollars
of Improvement, which is
dredging for deeper water and
construction of ramps and han
gars. Miami gave the same eSti-
mate in its report. If Key West
anchorage were improved" this
column believes the cost would
be lower than either that of Mi
ami or Jacksonville. AS far as
hurricanes the average hangar of
today is ample protection, es-
pecially since Key West has new
er been badly struck by waves
and wind because of protecting
reefs. Durable navy-specified
hangers would be ample protec-
ton.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-24
FDR AT KEY WEST

Following the Presidential
train, the national spotlight
switched to Florida as Franklin
D. Roosevelt, on his way to the
Caribbean to personally witness
naval war maneuvers, reached
the lower east coast, to journey
by motor car the length of the
new Overseas Highway to Key
West where the Houston" wait
ed to take him farther south.
Wreathed in smiles, the Presi-
dent reflected Florida's warmth
and sunshine, greeted friends, old
and new, during the brief period
he remained in the state. In a
press conference he gave real en-
couragment to business and in
dustry with a statement that no
new forms of federal taxation
were contemplated and such fears
on the part of business men could
be discarded
While Tampans had hoped the
Chief Executive might change
his itinerary so as to permit his
visiting the Pan American Her
nando DeSoto Exposition in
Tampa, this could not be arrang-
ed although the President did ex-
tend a warm word of greeting by
direct wire from Key West to
Tampa, where those assembled in
the grandstand at the Fair
Grounds as we'll as thousands of
listeners in on VILLA heard him
praise the show and recognize its
Importance in the matter of ce-
menting our relations with Latin
American countries.
From Key West the President
also officially opened the San
Francisco Exposition, where the
gates were thrown open the same
day that those of Florida's Ex-
position closed.
Florida cross-state canal pro-
ponents found real encourage
ment in Roosevelt's praise of the
project and found most gratifying
his statement refuting the con-
tention that the construction of
the canal would in any way af-
feet the states water supply.
Grinning broadly, he told Mi
amians and newshawks that such
fears were silly. 1T is a silly
idea you have in Miami, he said,
that the cross-state canal will
hurt you. 1t won't hurt your city
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-24

In the Senate this week, Senator
Pepper assailed the Social Security Tax,
which nationally known writer on Geo.
swindle ever perpetrated on the American
people" Now the senator condemns the
present social security program by stating
that in 1888 it withdrew $500,000,000
from the public purchasing power. But he
favored the fantastic Townsend $200-a-
month pension plan, which is another plan
that is unsound from the top down-if you
get what we mean. Why not throw all
these crack-pot schemes-that is all they
are-out of the window, and get down to
brass tacks?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-24

In Miami the city manager was re-
strained in a judicial order from paying
out any money or committing any act to
carry out city commission resolution un-
der which the city would purchase 400
meters from the Trafico Parking Meter
Co. at $50 each. 1t is reported that the in
junction order, which was obtained by
City Commissioner R. C. Gardner, acting
as citizen and taxpayer, will remain in
force until the city moves to have it dis
solved The Lions Club, at meeting last
week, resolved to restrain the City Council
of Key West from purchasing any class of
meters at the present time, having sur
veyed the situation and finding that the
majority of merchants, business men and
citizens do not want the gadgets until
there is greater need for them.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1939-02-24

Mexico has stolen hundreds of mil
lions of dollars of American-owned prop
critics at different times, and to add insult
to injury she takes these products and
barriers them with enemies of democracy
in Europe. In REPRISAL the Roosevelt
government buys Mexico's silver at prices
that have been inflated so high above the
world market, that it costs as much as
domestic silver. Why continue this
stupidity, and isn't that carrying the
good neighbor'' policy to faulty?