The Wilmington morning star., 1941-02-03
LIEB TAKES LONG
RECRUITING TRIP
Florida Football Coach Try
ing to Line Up Eastern
And Midwest Players
BY ROMNEY

you thought Tom Lieb made that
trip to California, via New York
and way points, just to stretch his
legs and get some fresh air. =.
But it wasn't coincidence that two
Nutley N.J.) high school stars
a 2OO-pound center and a jackrab-
bit back-decided to matriculate at
the University of Florida next fall
for their higher education. . . j.,
You also may expect a few husky
linemen from the corn country. . .
To say nothing of Florida's most
promising prep stars.
People: Elmer Salter, Auburn's
number-one ballyhoo man, is turn
ing into an ace basketball mentor.
. His freshman team, which he
was drafted" to coach, has won
IL of its II starts. He expects
trouble next week, though. -. The
days , two of them against the Pen
sacola air station. Yves Fer
rell is the Railbirds' choice to cop
the annual St. Petersburg profess
sional baseball players golf tour
nament. Mrs. Luke Appling,
wife of the Chicago White S o x
slugger, is recuperating after an
operation. She entered Georgia
Baptist hospital, Atlanta. Satur-
day. Jim Belliveau, Charlotte,
N. c., referee, is much sought aft
er He handled the Clemson
South Carolina boxing matches
last night, then headed for Baton
Rouge where, he'll work the L. S.
U. Southwestern fights Tuesday
night.
Minute meditation: Freddie Rus
sell of the Nashville Banner thinks
it's lucky Hank Deberry is a base
ball scout instead OF a manager.
-. After serving his present term
in the Tennessee legislature, says
Freddie, he'd likely find himself
prefacing his tits with the umpires
with "whereases' and "Mr.
Speaker"
Huddle-puddle: Auburn is shop
ping around for a football game
next Oct. II. -. The Tigers found
themselves with an open date
when they couldn't get Florida to
swap off a tentative billing with
Villanova. One of Atlanta's
hottest schoolboy pitchers, Joe
Castor, is entering the University
of Georgia for the spring term.
go. He'll be eligible for fresh
man ball. And speaking of
baseball, Muddy Ruel and Cecil
Downs think they have some real
~blg-league prospects among the 80
youngsters in their West Palm
Beach school. Murray State
Teachers college up in Kentucky
got a sure huff basketball coach
Whe it hired Rice Mountjoy of
Danvllle, CKy). His schoolboy
teams won their way through dis
trlct and regional play to the state
tournament nine times in IS years.
And he has yet to coach a
team, basketball or football, which
loses more games than it wins.
Grapefruit gossip: A proposal to
change C~larksadle's Red Sox in the
Cotton States league to Desotans
brought cold water from Charlie
Kerg, Greenvilie (Miss) sports ed
itor. "Desotans," he hooted,
sounds like folks up around
Clarksdale will need an explorer
to find the position Of the Red Sox
at the close of the season." Wal.
ter Brown, relief hurler for t h {
New York Giants, caught m o r e
than he was looking for off st.
Petersburg recently. 1t was
an octopus, and when Walt netted
the critter it promptly snatched his
arm and wouldn't let 60.
Portsmouth Wa.) of the Piedmont
league will ship 30 players to West
Palm Beach March 30 for the pre-
liminary drills. Rochester, OF
the International league, moves in