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Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03

the league next year i'll order TO
fill out a suitable schedule for the
season without the necessity Tor
stating more than one game between
any two member schools.
I'm the discussion" Weakley said,
''it was brought out that each school
could schedule one or two outside
practice games at the start OF the
season and then play through the
regular league, which with Yuma
and Calipatria included would fur
nish a total of six games per school,"
The new play if put into effect,
and Weakley states that it looks
extremely possible, will bring two
new institutions into the valleys
regular league and will eliminate
the old VOWS of beating them next
time" which have long been preva-
lent in Ell Centro, Calexico, Holt
vile, and Brawley.
Yuma has long been anxious to
participate in the valley league, and,
has applied for membership in the
association.
Following are the league stand
ings to date, on the basis of which
CaleXicO was declared champion.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Nv HENRY McLEMORE-

LINCOLN, Nebr., Dec. 3. tUP)-
This city continues to celebrate
what it considers the biggest mo-
ment since the territory Of Nebras-
ka became one of the AZ states.
Eabraska's football team has been
asked to the Rose Bowl and there
is not one citizen who, since the
invitation came from Pasadena.
has failed to show his appreciation.
For more than "a hours factory
whistles have been blowing. For
more than "a hours the streets
have been choked with parades of
students, bands, housewives. busi-
ness men, moppets, tots and what
have you.
There was no school at Nebraska
U. Yesterday The students yanked
down the order of business from
the bulletin board, shouted a yell
Of triumph through the chancellors
window, and started parading
through the streets to the tune OF
California. Here We Come"
They bounded over the keep off
the grass" signs at the $l0.000,000
capitol, swarmed through the mar
BILE legislative halls, ruffled the
sCmbre dress of the state supreme
court dignitaries, and demanded
that the governor come from his
stately chambers and lead the sing
ing of There is no Place Like Me-
braska'
Earlier, when the invitation to
play Stanford in the Rose Bowl
wal. only a few hours old, they
charged the home of the Nebraska
coach, Major Biff Jones. He ap-
peared at a bedroom window in his
pajamas and gave the rally his
blessing.
Come on and join US the thou
sands Of students and townsfolk
shouted, we're up for the night
and celebrating.
The major pulled on pair OF
pants. wrapped himself in a top
coat. and went out for the night
Snow was falling, the wind was
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Bowling Shots

cided asset to good bowling. The
66-year-old former professional
umpire rolled his first game in 81
years and clicked off a phenomenal
220-in contrast i1-year-old Clar-
erce Nickels has 13l average and
has better form than some of the
major league keglers. i.=
Speaking Of child bowling phen-
oms, Fredes Smith, 10 year old
daughter of Fred Tynelle Smith,
recently ran Q series of 115-112-
119-121-l22-138 for a 6-game aver
age of 12l. She comes by her talent
naturally. however. fer her mother
is one of the best bowlers in the
valley and is a member of the ALL
Star team. Lynelle in a single
game last week pinned UP two of
the most difficult splits in bowl
ing, the 6-7 and the 5-7-9 pins.
A business and professional mems
get together will be held this COM
ing Wednesday evening at $50
Every business and professional
man in Ell Centre is invited to visit
the Bowling Palace and bowl a
game as a guest of the manage
ment.
Junior Ten Thousand girls have
taken to the game the past few
weeks. Marjorie Spear, Louise
Chamlis, EInogene Blaokard, Lii
Ian Shawley, Georgiana Sones and
RoSalie LaBrucherie are among the
new recruits.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
BENCHW ARM|NG
by Burdette Kline
--Poss-Press Sports Editor
And Some Comment
--Poss-Press Sports Editor

League officials were CONSIDER
ably surprised by the action OF the
/ CIF to cancel all remaining games,
though some admittedly remember
ed discussion of the Dec. ruling
early in the year
Most league officials were OF the
opinion. at the time, that the earth
quake and subsequent late open
ing of schools gave the valley league
some leeway. But Van Patten ruled
otherwise and that is the way it
stands.
The shifting of the county track
meet from Ell Centre to Brawley
has been anticipated from some
years as El Centre officials believed
some other valley league school
should take the responsibility of
staging the annual event.
Under the present setup the meet
will probably progress to each val
ley town from year to year Holt
vile will probably get the meet in
l940
That brings us to the Yuma situa-
ton.
Valley league coaches have long
discussed the possibility of the en-
trance of Yuma into the loop and
most coaches have favored the idea.
Yuma made formal application at
Mondays league meeting and was
informed that the Arizona school
must first become an associate
member of the CIF. Yuma must
then abide by all playing rules of
the CTF.
After being made an associate
member the valley league may vote
Yuma into its conference. Entrance
OF Imperial last year paved the
way for the application of Yuma
and Coach Frank Armstrong of
the Arizona school was in El Gen.
tro two days last week to obtain
data.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03

lion" 1t also goes by tne cailper
of opposition and Minnesota's sched-
ule was second to none in the eyes
of Prof. Frank Dickinson, lnStruc-
tor in economies at the University
of Illinois, whose 1910 nationai
rankings are his 18th and last.
Here they are with point ratings
a la Dickinson: -.
minnesota 29.55. 2-Michigan
26.16. S--Stanford 1884, 4-Tennes-
see 25.76. 5-Texas A. and M. 25.74
6-Pennsylvania 24.78. 7--Misslsslp-
pi State 24.28. 8-Southern Meth
odist 1882. 9-TeXas 1888. 10-Nep-
raska 23.12. 11--Northwestern 22'ol.
12-Boston College 22l4.
Dickinson advised, however, that
Southern Methodist must defeat
Rice on Dec. 7 or drop from the
first IL. Boston College then could
be rated 11th, he said.
In only rare cases is team ahead
of its conqueror and Texas A. and
M. is this years exception. Ihe
Aggies dropped one to Texas but
held onto fifth place while Texas
was rated ninth.
1.-The system is not infalllble,
Dickinson said. But after II years
I am discontinuing my rating with
the firm conviction that my system
merely gave the results that would
have come from a round robin
schedule of all these teams
1t was the third time Minnesota
has been rated first since 1881 and
it receives permanent possession OF
the Rockne Memorial trophy spon-
sored by Notre Danes four horse
men of the past-Harry Stuhldreher,
Don Miller, Jimmy Crowley and Ell
mer Layden. The Gophers were on
top in 1884 and 1886
Michigan won it in 1882 and
1888 and Southern California was
first in 1881 and 1889.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Valley Coaches
Begin Practice
For Basketball

Valley high school coaches at
six schools packed away football
equipment Tuesday and began prac-
tice in basketball following a C1F'
ruling by Seth Van Patten that
no football games may be played
after Dec. L.
The ruling came as a rude sur
prise to valley officials and limited
a remapping of the league schedule
to include Calipatria and Yuma
in 194l.
Basketball league schedule does
not officially begin until after
Christmas. according to league
coaches. but practice games will be
lined I'D before the Christmas va
cation.
Calexico and FL Centro basket
ball teams tied for the league
championship last season and as
result will be co-defending champ
ions. Brawley finished third and
Calipatria, Imperial and Holtville
tied for fourth place.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03


high school without the necessity
of playing a final game with Braw-
ley. Cancelled also were games
scheduled this week between Holt
vile and Imperial and non-league
game between Yuma and Ell Centre.
The decision also ruled out charity
game to have been sponsored by the
American Legion on Dec. 18th.
Prior to the current football seas
on, the valley leagues schedule of
games was submitted to the Cali
fornia Interscholastic Federation and
was not questioned in any way.
Consequently, valley officials had
no intimation that their schedule
was not perfectly bonafide until
Guy A. Weakley, superintendent of
Ell Centre schools, received letter
Friday of last week from State Com
missioner Seth Van Patten to the
effect that no games could be play
ed after Dec. l. Patten quoted the
rule as reading that mo football
practice shall be held between Dec.
/ and Sept. L.
1t was learned by local authorities
that the federation's attention was
directed to post-season game dates
here by San Diego high school Of
ficials who applied for post-season
game dates. When refused the dates
they cited Imperial Valleys post
season dates. The result was cam
collation. of all games scheduled
here.
AT a meeting held by valley au-
thorities at 4:30 p. m. Monday at
Calipatria high school, it was form
ally decided that the valley cham
pionship was Calexico's on a per-
centage basis of games played to
date.
According to Guy Weakley it was
also suggested that Calipatria and
Yuma high schools be taken into
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03

ATLANTA, Ga, Dec. 3. up
The men who run minor league
baseball gathered here today from
all parts of the country to open
their seth annual convention to-
morrow. They were a frankly wor-
ried lot: they had experienced oTe
of the worst years financially in
baseball history
Scouting around for a reason for
the terrific drop i'll attendance
many of the minor league leaders
have seized upon radio broadcasting
as one of the major contributing
causes. The sentiment of many Of
the prominent minor leaguers is
that broadcasting has hit its peak
and will show big decline in 1941.
Other minor leaguers believe that
the farm system remains one of the
big evils of baseball and that home
ownership will do much to revive
tagging interest.
Commissioner K. NJ. lands, who
is bitter foe of major league own
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
TODAYS SPORT PARADE

bowling, and the temperature was
flirting with dear old zero. But for
three hours the parade wound in
and about Lincoln.
The colder the wind got, and the
more the snow fell, the noisier Lin
coin became. ] know you won't be-
lieve what went on, because this
is perhaps the only time a cosmo-
politan city has just turned loose
in honor of boys who play football.
A prominent Lincoln matron ex-
planned it to me this way: I'VE
have no theater to speak of, and
less art. Almost everything we
care for is wrapped up in the foot
ball team. MY husband played for
the team, and the girl next doors
husband played for the team, and
when we get a Rose Bowl team we
just go to pieces"
AS a warning TO Stanford, let me
tell them that this spirit has been
picked up by the team that will
leave here on the Dist for Pasa-
dena. I listened TO half a dozen Of
the boys speak last night at
banquet. And as they talked, you
could not help but feel that they
we're not going TO California for
personal glory, but rather TO justi-
fv all this excitement over their
choice as a Rose Bowl team, all
this civic diphtheria, all this howl
ing by night and day
I'm not picking The winner Of
the Rose Bowl now, because l al
ways reserve my judgement until
I am fully convinced of the loser,
but I would like to say this: The
bows from the Wind-swept, snow
swept, sleet-swept steppes and
plains of Nebraska are either going
to win, or they're going down with
their lcng drawers on. They are not
going TO be scared. When you have
TO call the weather bureau to find
out whether or not you can run
a flanker play, you're not going to
be scared when you can see orange
groves over your shoulder. You
can't have all this and Heaven, too
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
L. A. LIVESTOCK

Los ANGELES, Dec. 8. eUP)-
(Federal-State Market News. Hogs
saIeabIe 500. mostly steady; some
bids 1915 cent lower: medium to
choice 1925 lbs. 6.65-7, top Z,
sows $3.50.
Cattle saleable 600. fully steady,
medium light fed steers S.75-9.25; /;
few to $50. common steers 7.5O;
stockers and feeders 7.25-S.25; hea-
w heifers $40, cows 6-7.25; can
ners and cutters 4-5.75; bulls 6-7i
some held higher. feeder bulls 6.25
calves saIeabIe 300, steady, few
vealers IL down; slaughter calves
1909; common down to 6; few
stockers $3.50.
Sheep saleabIe so, steady; few
medium lambs 8-S.S5; medium 10
good IO9-136 ID. WoOled lambs AS
4
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
BY NOEL SMITH

Have you been planning on TAX
ing up bowling? And have you held
off because you felt that you
might look a bit awkward and could
never summon up enough courage
to throw that first ball? If you
have the free bowling instruction
classes which will be held every
Tuesday, Wednesday. Thursday and
Sunday mornings at II 100 which
will be given if you will phone 143
for an appointment.
There should really be no reason
for anyone to feel self-conscious
about having others watch him or
her learn how TO bowl. All bowlers
were beginners once and it is safe
to say that probably 80 per cent of
Imperial Valleys keglers have been
bowling less than 9 months
El Centre has become one of the
bowling strongholds of southern
California during the last months
at least as far as talent is con-
cerned. The local mems and wo-
mems teams have consistently won
over coast and valley town teams
and the performances of four FL
Centre squads this past weekend
has even further substantiated
their superiority. The No. mems
team walloped Yuma's No. team
In two matches: while the No 2
team and the girls team were do
ing the same thing. The fourth El
Centre squad, the No. girls team
swamped the Brawley girls team,
2093 pins to 1894 on the local
drives. The No. girls team has
just been formed and will take on
Calexico's girls next Sunday after
noon.
Matches will be held every Sun
day at the local alleys. When the
two first teams are out of town.
which will be the case this next
weekend, the two No. 2 squads will
hold forth locally.
Dave Lindsey demonstrated the
other night that age is no handi-
cap or for that matter is a de-
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Sport Notes

Calipatria was the center of one
Of the most important valley league
meetings in history Monday night,
a meeting which reported these de-
velopments:
Cancellation by CIF of remaining
valley league football games because
of a rule prohibiting football teams
in the state 10 play games other
than playoffs after Dec. /.
Awarding of valley league cham
pionship to Calexico because can
collation. of the Brawley- CaleXico
game next Friday night left the
Bulldogs in first place, one half
game ahead of FL Centre.
Admission of Seth Van Patten,
CIF czar, who attended the meet
ing, that he overlooked the Decem-
Der games when he inspected and
approved the schedule last spring.
Adoption of valley league basket
ball schedule and appointment of
Sheldon Loughborough of Brawley
to draw schedule. League play will
begin Jan. 10 and end Feb. 81.
Adoption of plan to hold county
track and field meet in Brawley,
thereby smashing 20 year prece-
dent which has annually scheduled
the county meet in e. Centre.
Appointment of Coach John Nc
Intyre of Brawley as the manager
of the county track meet.
Discussion and appointment of
committee to investigate possibility
of entrance of Yuma high school
into valley league next season. Yu-
ma has been anxious to enter the
valley league for several years and
recently formally applied for ad-
mission.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Rose Bowl Tickets
lobe Sold Early

PASADENA, Cal, Dec. 3. (UP)-
Alfred R. Masters, Stanford univer-
sity graduate manager, here in con-
nection with the Rose Bowl game
between Stanford and Nebraska,
said today that he expected the
10000 seats in the Rose Bowl to be
sold out we'll in advance of the
game.
Masters said reports from Lin
coin, Nebr., indicated that the
whole state is figuring on coming
out He said it would be several
days before he would be able to
announce the ticket buying pro-
cedure.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Hank Greenberq
Nav Be Drafted

DETROIT, Dec. 3. (UP)-Hank
Greenberg, Detroit outfielder voted
the most valuable player in the
American league last year, may be
wearing khaki instead of baseball
flannels next summer
There is a chance that he may be
drafted into the selective service
army before the next baseball sea-
son is completed.
Greenberg, unmarried and in fine
physical condition, is No. 621 in a
local draft board ordered to furnish
400 men to the army by next June.
Local draft officials said Green
berg had discussed the situation
with them and that he expected no
favored treatment.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
CHICAGO GRAINS

CHICAGO, Dec. 3. CUPJ Marrow
lv irregular price movements char
acterizcd wheat fading today. The
December delivery was relatively
firm
Wheat eloed L to 3 cent lower.
corn Off 5s to p cent, oats = TO z
cent lower. and rye - To y cent off
Soybeans were Z to 2 cents higher,
Dec. SI.00A
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Pirates Purchase
Martin from Cards

ATLANTA, Ga. Dec. 3. (UP)-
The Pittsburgh Pirates made thI
first major league deal of the minor
league meeting today when they
bought Infielder Stuart Martin
from the st. Louis Cardinals for
an undisclosed amount of cash.
Martin batted .238 in 112 games
last season. He's 81 and has played
with the Cardinals five seasons.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Post.Season Grid
Game Hits Snaq

SANTA CLARA, Cal. Dec. 3. CUP1
"A proposed poSt-season football
game between Georgetown and San
ia Clara university hung by thread
today following failure of the orig
inal promoters to assume financial
responsibilities of the game.
The game, suggested for Dec. %
in the Los Angeles Memorial Col
lseum, was to be sponsored by the
British War Relief association of
Southern California
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 90 1901
Published every aftern oon except
Saturday and Sunday saturday
afternoon issue now succeeded
by the Post-Press Sunday, es-
tablished 1856 by the Imperial
Valley Publishing company, 625
state street, FL Centre, Calf.
Paul Jenkins, publisher; A. c.
Johnston. vice-president and gem
eral manager; E. A. Fitzhugh,
secretary and managing editor.
West Holiday Co., Inc. National
Advertising Representatives.
Entered at El Centre, California
post office as second class mat
ter.
Subscription rates: In California,
DC per copy.
In conjunction with the Post
Press (Sundays), per month 60e;
paid in advance, months. $1.65;
month, $3.25; one year. $500;
outside California $1.00 per month.
NJ m b er, California Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
TENNIS TOURNEY
PI ANS COMPLETE

Plans for the 3th annual Imperial
Valley invitational tennis tourna-
ment, to be staged at El Centro
courts on Jan. II and 10, were COM
pleted at meeting of Tennis club
officials Monday night.
Nine divisions of play will be
included in the tournament, &C
cording to Bill Maxwell, tournament
manager.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
BowIinq Results

Nev-Cal and Coast Counties bowl
ing teams scored 81 victories over
Robertson and Owl Billiard keglers
and District Power and Shop teams
split 2-2 in City league play at the
Ell Centre academy Monday night.
High game of the night was roll
ed by Harold Protzman, 1875. Protz-
man also had the high series, 531
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Trojan Squad
Ready for Irish

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 3. CUP)-
For the first time this season, the
use Trojans reported for practice
today with all members of the team
in good physical condition Coach
Howard Jones said the weeks scrim-
mage would be devoted to offense.
The Trojans play Notre Dame here
Saturday in their final game.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Minor League Baseball Officials Open
3qth Annual Convention in Atlanta

erShip of minor league clubs, is SAID
to be readying a blistering speech
for the minor leaguers dinner
Thursday night.
Activity among major leaguers
who arrived here early was confin-
ed to the hiring of two choaches
The New York Giants announced
the acquisition of Gabby Hartnett
who spent 18 years as player and
manager with the Chicago Cubs, as
player coach, and the Brooklyn
Dodgers announced the signing of
Red Corriden, a Cub coach for eight
years. in the same capacity.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Markets at a Glance
INITED PRESS

Stocks ire gular in quiet trade.
Bonds mixed; L. 5. governments
higher.
Curb stocks regular.
Foreign exchange steady.
Cotton higher.
Wheat ls-h cent lower; corn off
iz-7s.
Rubber firm.
Silver unchanged in New York.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
MARKET QUOTATIONS
NEW YORK STOCKS

NEW YORK, Dec. 3. (UP)-
Stocks moved ire egular1y today nj
the lightest turnover since October
first.
Leading issues in the share mar
ket were easier.
Dow Jones preliminary closing
stock averages: Industrial, 130.78,
off 015; rail. $500. off 0.O3; utility,
2O.25. up OH: and C5 stocks 1857,
off 0.01.
Stock sales approximated 100000
shares, the smallest amount since
100000 were traded Oct. l and com
pared with 100000 shares yeterday.
Curb stock sales were 15S,0 900 shares
against 10000 in the previous ses-
sion.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
A. STOCKS

Los ANGELES. Dec. 3. 0UP)-
Extremely light trading Of 1900
shares On the Los Angeles stock ex-
change today sent but one issue up
while four declined and five re-
mained unchanged.
Southern Pacific s. down =.
Richfield So down ti Signal oil
and Gas - 28H up s Solar 35s
down Is. Pacific Finance common
IL unchanged.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
BASKETBALL SCORES

Stanford 81, Hamline 81.
Gonzaga as, Lewiston Normal 10.
Idaho 40, Eastern Washington
College 40.
Rubenstein's Oregonians Al, Uni
verSlty Of Oregon 40 =
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
MPLS. FLAX FUTURES

CFlax quotations courtesy the
Southwest Flaxseed assorintto"
December ...-..+...--.-. ..'.'.. Si'9o
Nav .......,.... S1.5S
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
L. A. HAY
A. GRAIN

Los ANGELES. Dee. 3. euP)-
Mailing barley .ss-.... $l-l5-l.So
wheat NO. hard or
harley No. |. bright sf.l2h -I.17 y
MILO. No, yellow .-..---- H-zg- i.so so
Corn. No. yellow ..+-a si-57-l.oo
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
THE pQST-PRESS
SPORTS
Minnesota Rated
Best Grid cam:
Stanford Third

CHICAGO Dec. g. (UP)-Minnesota's undefeated big
Ten champions far away the best football team III
the nation the Dickinson rating system reported TO-DAY
The Dickinson system goes by the scoreboard Where
victory is victory whether it's by point or mil
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
Ca|exieo Crowned Grid Champions as
cir Cancels Remainder Of Schedule
Standing Rule Against Games After
December | Invoked; Decision
Rules Out Charity Game

Coming complete surprise to valley high schooi Of
cals coaches players and football fans Monday was te
that nterschoasc football games coulo
be played after December /. =
The unexpected ruling automatically gave the valley
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
~ RANKS

Los ANGELES. Dee. 3. eupl--
TransameTiea s.s.sss.ss'ss. z~-s
Imperial Valley press., 1940-12-03
l.. A. BUTTER & EGGS

Los ANGELES. Dec. 3. CUP)-
Extras 341sc; prime firsts 331s G.;
standard 33e; undergrades 3Ikc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-11-06
Crime Doesn't Pay! No. q

We saw this crime committed and
promptly wrote it down for our
Wednesday sleuths. Well save you
some time by admitting that the
crime was in the bidding, but it's
up to you to determine just where
the straight and narrow path was
deserted:
South dealer.
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