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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Conn Stock Up AS
Louis Belts Mccoy

S5l,678.
Louis achieved his triumph"
when McCoy's trainer, Ray Arcel,
forbade Mccoy to answer the bell
for the sixth round because his
left eye was closed completely and
Arcel thought more punishment tc
the eye might blind him perma-
nently. Mccoy had lasted five full
rounds and wanted TO continue.
Little Mccoy, who scaled 2f14
pounds less than Champion Louis,
left the ring in far better condi-
ton than on the night of October
f8. when he received the worst beat
ing of his career at the hands of
Gonna beating that lasted 10
rounds merely because Conn lacked
the punch 20 put him away in the
last four rounds when he had him
reeling about the ring, helpless.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
WdrHiR0 In

- n
Calexico high schools champion
ship football team usurped another
Title at a banquet staged in its
honor Monday night when the Bull
dogs bagged the turkey eating crown
Of Imperial Valley.
Coacn Ed Covington's crew set
60 pounds of turkey for a two-yard
loss at the annual dinner with a
show of appetite that left faculty,
sportswriters and other guests gasp
ing for breath
Champion among the champion
caters was Alex Rivera. junior quar-
terback of the 1910 squad Some
team members maintained that
Rivera didn't even breath between
bites
A note from Manuel Lopez of
Calipatria informs US that Calipa
tria defeated Palm Springs basket
ball team, 36-l4, in a practice game
played last Friday Mamie
Stames, with u points. was high
scorer Other players who took
part in the game were Manuel Lo-
pez, Bud Fleming. Bill Fade. John
Wiedman All are returning let
termen from last years squad -.
Calipatria, according 10 Lopez,
is pointing for its game against FL
Centre high and the Hornets are
determined to score an upset g.
incidentally. Lopez adds, Calipatria's
C team is better than usual The
Hornet Eighties defeated Palm
Springs, 1913
Don't forget we have a school and
a basketball team in Calipatria,
Lopez advises
Joe DiMaggio, the man who makes
the New York Yankees click, won
the American league batting title
for the second straight year in 1910,
according to official figures released
tuesday "
The feat OF winning two batting
titles in succession is more difficult
than is generally supposed. Such
great hitters as Babe Ruth. Lou
Gehrig, Harry Heilmann, Charlie
Gehringer, Iris Speaker, George
Sisler and Heinie Manush were never
able TO repeat as batting champions.
Lajoie was the first TO do it in 1903
o. Then Ty Cobb won nine titles
in a row between l907-l5. Iris
Speaker broke the string in 1916 and
then Cobb came back to win in
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
BENCHWA
by Burdette Kinne
--Pos+-Press Sports Editor
--Post-Press Sports Editor

l917-18-l9. There were no more re-
peaters until Al Simmons turned
the trick in l930-31
The county track and field meet
in Brawley this season will be run
on a grass track for the first time
in history of the event Previous
ly the meet has been staged in Fl
Centre
Coach John Mcintyre. of Brawley
will be in charge of the meeting
this year McIntyre's tracksters
won the valley title last season.
The Brawley mentor declared the
grass track will offer a faster foot
ing for dash and distance men and
should provide the valley with sew
eral new records John Williams,
Brawley Negro, is expected TO step
off new marks in the 100 and 220
yard dashes.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Church TO Benefit
From Louis Bout

KANSAS CITY, Mo, Dec. IL
Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis
will display his brand of modified
murder here sometime in the near
future in the interests of a church.
The Brown Bomber announced
that he will defend his title in a
benefit performance for DR.. Burris
Jenkins new Community church,
nondenominational. Promoter Mike
Jacobs indicated that he will fight
Tony Novak, midwestern hopeful.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

play at 6:30 Friday night. II the
Spartans win, the second game VIII
be played at 7:30 Friday night'
Holt said.
Holtville will take both A and d
cagers to San Diego. Both squads
are scheduled Wednesday.
In other games during the week
Calexico will journey to Yuma TO-
night to engage the Criminal Gag
ers and Imperial high will play both
BraWley high and Ell Centre JUNIOR
colleges in scrimmage sessions.
All schools planned TO carry bas-
ketball practice through the Christ
mas vacation as league play opens
on Jan. 10.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17

ing to take part in the annual Hunt
ington Beach tourney and Holtville
high will leave wednesday morning
to play against San Diego county
teams in a tournament at Hoover
high.
Only the FL Centro varsity cagers
will make the trip to Huntington
Beach, according to Coach Raleigh
Holt. The Spartans will open the
tournament at 2 o'clock Thursday
afternoon against Garden Grove.
In the event Ell Centro loses the
opening game the Spartans will
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Schmidt Resigns
From Ohio State

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. II. CUP)-
Ohio State university was looking
for faculty requirements today-five
or six pigskin professors TO succeed
Head Coach Francis A. Schmidt
and his five assistants.
The university athletic board de-
cided that football students were
not learning enough about the
games fundamentals and last night
accepted the resignation Of Schmidt
and his staff.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
MARKET QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK STOCKS

\ Y sTOX q. 4. 2. ....-.-.-..
NEW YORK, Dec. II. (UPJ-
Stocks made an irregular decline
today in moderate trading.
United Corporation, eaualing its
low at IL off x was the most ac-
tive. Socony-Vacuum at 84s un-
changed. was second. Well up in the
active list were such leaders as
{. S. steel. with small gain, Cen
eral Motors. unchanged. and gen
eral Electric, off slightly.
Dow Jones preliminary closing g
stock averages: Industrial. 1908,
off 0.54; rail. 27.4s, off Ola; utility.
1880, off 013; and G5 stocks 1886
off 0.19.
stock sales approximated 100, 900
shares against $4,000 yesterday
Curb stock sales were 10000 shares
compared with 204 900 in the pre-
ViOus session
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
DiMaggio Wins
Baftinq Crown

NEW YORK, Dec. II. CUP)-The
last lingering doubts whether Joe
DiMaggio, New York Yankees GEN.
ter fielder, is a truly great hitter
have been dispelled b. the official
American league batting averages
released today
BY winning the batting title for
the second straight year DiMaggio
joins Larry Lajoie, Ty Cobb and
Al Simmons = three of baseball's
most accomplished batsmen-as a
repeater. DiMaggio captured the 1889
batting championship with an aver
age of .38I and repeated the past
season with a mark of .352.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
L. A. LIVESTOCK

Los ANGELES. Dec. II. (UP)-
fFederal-State Mkt. News Service)
Hogs saleable ESQ. active; 1920
cents higher; good to choice 168-
235 ID. 7.10-7.35; top 7.40; sows
steady at $3.50
Cattle saleable $50, cows active,
fully steady, other classes scarce;
beef COWS 6.25-7: few young COWS
TO s, Gamers and cutters Abb;
odd bulls to 7.35; little done on
stockers and feeders; late Monday
top steers 10; calves saleable $50;
steady, few vealers to u.
Sheep saIeable $50. nothing done
on lambs, undertone about steady
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
l.. A. STOCKS

LOS ANGELES. Dec. IT. CUP)--
Prices experienced general de-
cline on the Los Angeles stock ex-
change today as brisk trading of
5000 shares forced nine issues dowD
while three advanced and three re-
mained unchanged.
Barker Brothers common 81 up
-, new high; Central investments
81 down n: Southern California
Edison 5z per cent 29h up u
Union 12zs down Il; Consolidated
Steel common 6h down Il Globe
Grain and Milling up ~ General
NJ otors 49, down ~ Menasco %
down h vega ~ down u.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
BASKETBALL RESULTS

Washington State as, Whitman 81
Colorado 80, Oregon State %
Colorado Mines AZ, Regis 26
Rice 81, Southern California 81
Central 43, Kemper 90
De Paul 80, UCLA %
Georgetown 38, Loyola 35
Drake 81, West Texas TchrS. 48
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Filipino Mailman
Heads Card Fri.

Pantheon Manlopig, Filipino bad
man of the wrestling ring. goes up
against Tom Zaharias in the main
event of a wrestling show Friday
night in Calexico's arena.
In supporting bouts are Rudy
Laditzi and Fred Villarta. Ignacio
Martinez and Hans Schultz.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Crowley Prays for
Clear Weather

NEW YORK, Dec. II. CUP)-
Fordham Coach Jim Crowley pray
ed today against a continuation of
the rainy weather which hindered
practice yesterday for the first time
since the Rams began training for
their football game against the Tex
as Aggies in the Cotton Bowl at
Dallas on New Years day.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Soose, hogue
Bout Cancelled

Bigboy Hogue, Jacumba middle
weight. will have TO be satisfied
with q substitute opponent on the
night of Dec 20 in San Francisco.
Hogue was originally scheduled
TO meet Billy Soose Of Pittsburgh
in a ten round main event, but
the bout was called off when Soose
injured his hand.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
CHICAGO GRAINS

tHItAGO, Dec. II. IUFJ-AfItT
q steady decline for five eonsecu-
tive days, wheat futures put on a
moderate rally today, prices NOV
ing up nearly ] cent buhel. Soy
beaps advanced sharply. Other
grains Were moderately higher with
December oats at a new top.
Wheat closed up y y cents, corn
up A-H cents. oats up 7s-7s, rye
up a and soy beans up 24 -3A
cents.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Maxwell Continues
Fundamental Drill
For Arab Caqers

Coach Bill Maxwell's Ell Centro
junior college basketball team con-
tinued drills on fundamentals in
practice Monday and Tuesday in
preparation for its opening against
Trinidad junior college on Jan. q
The Arabs, who have had one
practice session against Imperial
High schools and who meet the
Tigers again Friday afternoon, will
continue practices during the Christ
mas vacation, Maxwell said.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
BrawIey Defeats
Vikings, 33. 18

BrawIey high schools varsity bas-
ketball team defeated Holtville high
cagers, 1918, in a practice game
played on the northend court Mon
day night.
The northend cagers took an early
lead on successive baskets by Ukio
Kimura and never relinquished the
advantage.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Markets at a Glance
by UNITED PRESS

Stocks irregularly lower.
Bonds lower; L. :. governments
lower
Curb mixed.
London stocks steady.
Foreign exchange steady.
Silver unchanged.
Cotton little changed.
Wheat l2-2i cent higher; corn
up = 1 cent.
Rubber firm.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
LOCAL BUTTERFAT

Los Angeles butter .......... 35C
Grade A milk .................. 44c
Manufacturing milk ........ 3SzC
Route gathered cream ...... 34hf
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
EI Centro> Ho|tvi|Ie Cage
Teams Enter tournaments
>Spartans to Play in r,a'....~~ ton
Beach Meet. Vikings to Oppose
San Diego County Squads

Ell Centre and Hotville high school basketball Teams
Tuesday prepared to leave for tournament play III Hun
ngton Beach and San Diego this weekend other Vaey
schools mapped intensive practice schedules and long prep
sessions Ell Centre high cagers will leave Thursday morn
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Reds Purchase Pressne|I

CINCINNATI II. (UP)-The Cincinnati keos N". .
league baseball champions that Pitcher
Cardinals had purch"se" "
straight cash O the price
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
MPLS. FLAX FUTURES

tElaz quotations -ourfesy the
south Vest F'taxs.ed assoctntton.
Dtcthi peF ...--.-. .s.'-s-- $500 @isD9 =
May .......,.s.......... fl.bs
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
Snow Forces Huskers Inside

LINCOLN Neb- Dec. IL (UP)-Nebraskas football
ucng its Bowl with Stanford forced
indoors practice
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
HiPPer
DiPPer.


Editors Note.-FOllOwing is the
second of a series discussing the
football teams which will play in
the New Years Day Bowl games.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
l.. A. BANKS

los ANGELES. Dec. Il. up
TrAnsameriea 'ss.ss....... - -sts
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
l.. A. HAY
Ia. GRAIN

LOS ANGELES. Dec. Il. CUP)-|
Mailing barley ........ S1.16-1.2o
wheat No hard or
goff white ..... 81 4b-1 80
harley, No. !. bright SL12H -1.171z
Milo No. yellow ....-..- S1-2o-1-2b
Corn. NJ. yellow .....--- S1.53-1.5e
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-17
BY HENRY SUPER

NEW YORK, Dec. II. (UP)
The bell may strike mid
night for Stanford's "Cinder-
ella team" against Nebraska
in the Rose Bowl-but it will
Evening star., 1940-10-20

sports. Soft pedal that end run Of
Notre Danes grand old fighting
Irishman, Stanislaus Majkiskovich,
and play up records in minor sports.
Scholastic tennis and golf are just
teeming with marvellous records, If
only some one could be found to dig
them out and make them officials;
not mere cut and dried statistics,
either, but records Of colorful Incl
dents and struggles against odds
By an odd coincidence the author
himself is the holder of one such,
made when he attended the Gilman
Country School in Baltimore, and
that in his opinion will stand for all
time. The only trouble is that it
was in tennis and therefore utterly
scorned by all the prominent sports
writer's, an example also followed by
those less prominent, so that he
now has to 60 to all the nuisance OF
writing a 5elated account of it him.
self, as an illustration of his point
that glory need not be confined to
the gridiron or the diamond.
The director of tennis, Mr. Jasper
Dodd. used to keep a watchful eye
Evening star., 1940-10-20

on his charges and rate them ac-
cording to their abilities. Good or
bad, he would keep his rating a
secret. and no boy ever knew from
Mr.. Dodds lips whether he was in
the handicap division or just SELL
ing platter, although the author al
ways had feeling that he was con-
sidered in the latter class. At any
rate, Mr.. Dodd matched him up with
a classmate, BrodnaX Cameron, and
having other business to attend to
in his of11ce, went there and left the
boys to play.
Along about the third game in the
first set Cameron popped a cripple
over the net. The author. seeing
the poor weak ball fluttering in
agony. determined to kill 1t merci-
fully and without delay. Putting
every ounce Of his strength into the
blow, he socked it murderously.
Cameron. who had carelessly fol-
lowed it too closely, caught it right
in the Adams apple. With a boom
like that of a bass drum, the missile
bounced off some 200 feet away
while Cameron dropped. out Like a
Evening star., 1940-10-20

The bu2Zards, lower now, seemed
genuine. 1t was not possible to pick
on any particular item in the scene
as too fantastic to be true. and
thereby call the whole thing of as
a bad dream. No. 1t was all too real,
and became even more so when
Burraee came to, sat up feebly and
gargled.
Again willing hands came to the
rescue, transporting the luckless VIC
tim to the infirmary, where he was
given the bed next to Cameron. The
two victims of blitz tennis looked
curiously at each other, and emitted
sounds which remained unique until,
many years later, Walt Disney
created Donald Duck. 1t was all too
sad for the author. who had to leave
anyhow to report to Mr.. Dodd. That
gentleman, thrown off balance, lost
his nerve and broke the custom of a
lifetime by excusing the author from
further participation in tennis that
afternoon, in case the worst came to
the worst Fortunately 1t didn't. The
next day they were up and around
with no other Ill effects than an in
voluntary vince every time they saw
their conqueror
Record Is Unique.
So far as is known, this record Is
unique. Bill Tilden himself, the old
maestro Of tennis, has handed many
an opponent q terrific shellacking,
but none so decisive as this. Joe
Louis has dropped many an op-
ponent to the canvas. but none to
the clay. One, and one only, has
had the distinction Of winning two
tennis matches In one afternoon by
knockouts-and not technical ones
either, IS the losers can testify.
Your correspondent is particularly
proud Of this record, be 1t noted, be.
cause 1t is individual, and not COM
piled with the assistance Of any
teammates other than Old Man Co.
incidence, who Is hereby credited
with an assist. But nobody else at
the school seems to be proud Of it.
Every now and then, when he at
tends an alumni banquet, he hears
fulsome praise Of some ball carrier
who triumphed over the enemy-and
why not, with the rest of the team
helping? Sadly he wanders into the
trophy room, searching in vain for a
plaque to commemorate his own STU
pendous feat. 1t is doubtful If the
headmaster would consent to have 1t
hung even If the author were to pay
for 1t himself, 50 stepped is he In the
soul-deadening philosophy Of team
work.
When the millennium comes no
doubt this omission will be rectined.
Meanwhile. you trustees, athletic di-
rectors and teachers, how about
moving . step toward 1t by voting
out teamwork, now somewhere In its
nth term, and giving the rugged in
dividualtst q crack at the glory?
Evening star., 1940-10-20

through the enginery, press room
and composing rooms Of The Star
Buildings, in the operations of all
which they manifested great inter-
est. They seemed particularly well
pleased with the operations of our
double-cylinder steam press, work.
ing of printed sheets as fast as
they could count them. and ap-
peared to prize very highly q paper
apiece which we gave them fresh
from this fountain OF knowledge.
Having satisfied themselves that the
printing business has been brought
to great perfection in this country,
they departed for their hotel ac-
companied by their usual juvenile
escort. when promenading in this
city"
Received by President.
The reception at the White House
given by President Buchanan was
the highlight OF the delegations
visit. Long before the appointed
hour, II m.," says The Star, the
East Room was completely filled
with the distinguished Of the land
now in Washington City, for the
most part attended by fair and ele-
gantly attired ladies, who composed
half the spectator guests of the
President; present among them
were nearly all of Congress. many
foreign Ministers mot in their court
costumes, however, and between 80
and 90 United States Army and
Navy ofiicers. 1t. Gen. Scott at the
head of the former, and Commodore
Shubrick at the head OF the latter,
all in their rich, graceful. and so
striking uniforms-until q few min
utes before IL m, the appointed
hour, the scene resembled that which
we always see in the same gorgeous
chamber on the 1st of January;
except that the throng embraced
hardly any person not known to
fame in our country in some con-
nection or other.
"Dr. Blake, the gentlemanly Com
missioner of Public Buildings, Of
ticiated as master of the ceremonies
Of the occasion. aided by Mr. Led
yard, the son-in-law Of the Secre-
tary of State, Gen. Cass.
by the exertions of these gentle
men an opening was made in the
crowd from the great double door of
the chamber to the center of its
east wall about 20 feet wide. and the
Army officers, under Gen. Scott,
ranged themselves on the north side
Evening star., 1940-10-20
Teamwork Isn't Everything

light. Hastily abandoning his racket.
the assailant vaulted the net and
rushed to the assistance Of his vic
tim.
There was a breathless hush in
the air. No sign of life showed in
the body huddled pathetically on
the ground. Its face was deathly
pale, and so was the authors. Dim
ly he wondered if juvenile courts
had jurisdiction over murder cases.
Far up in the clear Baltimore sky
could be family discerned pair of
buzzards wheeling majestically. Al
though it may have been imagina-
tion, they seemed to be sinking slow
ly, as If they knew their business and
were on to good thing.
A shout brought other boys up to
help revive the PROSTATE form. Slow
or returned to it, then consciousness
in limited form, and finally weird
mixture of sounds presumably in
tended for speech. Not even q
philologist can interpret the sounds
issuing from throat whose ADAM
apple has just received a stiff wal
lop. and there were no philologists
in that crowd. Tenderly they carried
him to the infirmary, where he was
put to bed. The assaulter, more
than a little nervous. then reported
to Mr.. Dodd, who visited the pa
tient; discovered that the injury
was not fatal and assigned the au-
thor to play Walter Burrage.
New Competition.
Walter was good. In fact, 1t soon
became obvious that luck, and luck
alone. would save the author from
disaster. He got it.
In attempting to return one Of
Burraee's deadly srnashes, he
knocked 1t clean Oh the court on
to the grass near by. Walter. al
ways polite, volunteered to retrieve
it. Dashing light heartedly after
the stray pill, he failed to observe
an obstacle. Strung between two
posts, to serve as a rack for sweat
ers and the like, was a strong piano
wire just about neck high, and
Walters Adams apple hit it fair
and square, striking q deep note
somewhere near G fiat at the left
end of the keyboard. Before the
sound died away up went his feet
and down came Walter, fiat on his
back, out cold.
Curoiusly enough, your corre-
spondent, as he stood gazing at the
remains, felt little or no elation at
his uncanny ability to pick his op-
ponents' weak spots. He seemed to
take that for granted. What i'm
pressed him most was a sense OF
monotony, coupled with unreality.
And yet, when he made q tentative
and shrinking test with one foot.
the corpse seemed factual enough.
Evening star., 1940-10-20
By Basil Gordon.

Teamwork, what errors have been
committed in thy name!
For certain purposes teamwork Is
not only good, it is Indispensable
Among these purposes may be listed
national defense, winning a war,
electing a President. and, OF course,
being successful in games, from
which the word itself originated. 1t
is obviously impossible in football
for q back even to start his play
if there is no one to pass him the
ball, and practically impossible to
advance 1t without the help OF In
reference. In baseball, no pitcher
can strike out every batter. and be-
sides he would need a catcher to
hold the third strikes, even II he
could.
Teamwork, then, Is necessary to
win games. No one is going to dis
pute that. What is in dispute is
its effect on the player himself.
Boards of trustees. athletic direc-
tors and teachers almost invariably
are great boosters of teamwork as
a character builder for the student.
Their argument is that it teaches
him the art of cooperation and
helps him to realize that he is not
the only frog in the puddle. Some
how he is supposed to absorb this,
by constant repetition, into each
fiber Of his being, so that when he
goes out into the business world
he will At into 1t better. and not
make the fatal mistake Of biting of
more than he can chew.
Just as good IN argument. how
ever. can be put up against team
work and In favor Of individual
competition. II Is al very laudable
to keep the ambitious young man
from biting OF more than he can
chew, but even sadder Is the spec
tacle Of the young man who has not
developed suficient gumption to
bite at anything, because his train
ing has taught him to string along
with others and do nothing much
for himself.
Inconsistency.
Without realizing it, even teach
ers most rabid on the advantages Of
teamwork take an opposing view
Of it in relation to their own work.
When they call up a student, ask
him for the square root Of A + B 2
and get the wrong answer, they
funk him, accepting no excuse to
the effect that he was a member
of the fifth form algebra team, and
was entitled to pass because the
team as a whole had triumphed
over another one somewhere else.
They have too much sense for that.
And yet In schools and colleges
alike the virtues Of teamwork are ex-
tolled to the sky. Colleges with
plenty Of gravy In the dish erect