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The Anniston Star from Anniston, Alabama • Page 8

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i-' AGE EIGHT THE ANNISTON STAR WEDNESDA Y.JAN. 13, 1932 TODMW SPORTS i i a wmmw ME JO PLAY iself pretty mail up In the public CADETS SHOW RED' BIRD FIVE HARD BATTLE Joe Engel Makes Public His Partner Lookouts eye. This' last Christmas, for Instance, SPORTS PARADE AIM 0 TO HAKE REAL mM vaai'vsaTwinsara aara GEORGIA TECH outrtlfri OulUmM 41n w. w.t -W imm mnrt riT r- i Babe Pierce's tiger Vote 20 men mh lud vd vie spirit." Decorating his grandstand with I lftW in the League to 14. but Show Up Well in Gam IT AT A.

P. I NEW YORK. Jan 11 Two men one coming, the other goitnHMnH" meet in the ring at Madison Square Garden Friday night, and it looks LINEUP er Jackie Mitchell who struck out uiinnuL in By GARNETT D. HORXItr In 1911. Chattanooea waa aur Babe Ruth In an eshibltloo game The Anniston Red Blr da defeated like a pieily louuh sTt'-togethrr rrrr 10 ttendn figures only Sprtng-ware Just a coupli of A TXANTA, Jan.

11. If you're a th mm frivolous things Engel ha the more frivolous things Engel has, that A Yak mat Utllravw Tnalltnls. fim by Birmingham, outdawlng by sev baseball fan, you've probably uwssib aa i i swmwuwv A 10 fr lo 14 In a practice game on i the M. I. court Tuesday night The cadets gave the Red Birds a hard fight and indications are that Captain Jack Stewart.

Lead Cage Team Into Battle at Plains Revision in Roster Not -Enough to Bring Pen- nant to Capital, Said done to keep Old Man pudiic rrom forgetting about the Chattanooga Lookouts. Frank Coleman, Southpaw Pitcher, Soon to Go South Wth Boston Ball Club Tommy Loughran. the man on the m-ay don. In Steve Hania. one time Tenn State eleven-lrtter atlilete.

Lous'n-ran will run up against Just abput the busiest and wirkMrst puncher developed during 1931. There was a time hen a Irked and buy eral thousand New Orleans, Atlanta and Memphis, larger cities In tbe circuit. atngel. a former major league pitcher wbo ended his active career with Cleveland in 1919 and hu scouted for the Washington Sen- Babe Pierces outfit will met out it th mi double for their opponents this On yes Joe expects to nave good baseball tesm this season that might even realise his ambition of A L' BURN. Ala Jan seasim.

None of the new pitchers the Braves take to 8t Petersburg ai rM a itukaa its irwr i a ri bus let bill season at Alabama Poh technic Inftltute mill officially The Red Birds were kings of the in the Spring will receive any more nant winning club. i tU. i A a. S) a puncher was the cream, of Louzh-ran's coffee, meaning that when Tommy wss in his heyday he lik set unaerway tonignt at eignt wnen mt um nn. acoring '7 1 attention and consideration from nam hum MrAiiisteri Aumirn i wk-h uuiuis, wiiiii- ine uaru takr rnrrsirrs.

undefested In thre sUrts 'showed their biggest blow in the ed nothing better than In Bt GEORGE KIRKSEY rlt4 Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Jan. 13 -OnIy two changes are likely to be made in the Washington lineup thu season, and It is doubtful If they will be enough to convert the third-place Senators Into a pennant winner. "The addition of Carl Reynold, outfielder obtained In a trade with the Chicago White 8oz, probably wlU give the Senators more punch, tat they sacrificed strength this year, battle Coach Roy Mun- sccona nan. dorff's Georgli Tech Yellow Jack- The line-up: heard of Joe Engel. president of the Chsttsnooga Lookouts who finished in the first division in the Southern Association standings but season for the first time since Aunt Emma threw away her bustle.

Joe is knoan smong men whose business is baseball the fellow who took over a ball club in one of the worst "baseball towns" in the circuit and made It into one of the best drawing cities' during his first year and even more so his second term. This was something unusua' enough to attract considerable attention in years when more minoi leagurs were disbanding on account of poor attendance and consequent financial collapse of many club: than were showing a profit Many minor league club owner: are lying awaked nights now trylnr to figure out how they are going Manager Bill McKechnle than Frank Coleman, one of the youngest, experienced and least expensive of lot Thusly. Joe Cashman. sporta writer on The Boston Amer-man staff, began a write-up of the local professional ball player. Caahman continues: Tor this youn draftee from Raleigh.

N. happens to be the only southpaw among the Tribe's mound rookies, and Pilot Bill happens to have acquired a very decided southpaw complex alnce the remarkable ahow-Ing of Ed, Brandt and the better-than-average performance of or Tom Zachary JaJ season. "Coleman Is 22 years old and has some hard-hitting, always-boring -in chappie and left punch him nigh unto But those days as King Levlnsky. a brash young Chicago mug proved tecently are The King, who is strong as a bull and every bit as smart, waa told to start. blasting, and the devil with Loughran's science.

The King, obedient to a fault, did. knocking lioughran dom twice and winning the decision. Charley Harvey, Hamas' manager undoubtedly will, tell his boy to do the aame thing wade in from the tart and keep wading In thereafter. I doubt If Steve will throw as ets, a ho are also sporting a perfect record, having turned In' victories over Fort Bennlng and Florida. An Interesting fraternity contest will be played between the Sigma Nu and Lambda Chi Alpha quintets as a prelude to the Tiger-Jacket fray.

The fraternity tilt, which will have as leading participants. Jim-mie Hitchcock. Porter Oraat, Jack Kemp, Haygood Paterson. Donald Jones, Csrey Senn and Cleve Brown, prominent members of the 1931 varsity and freshman gridiron squads, will start at seven. Red Birds (10i A.

11D Position jordsn 5 Munroe (4) forward Meadows (V Alexander forward jDye -4i Laird i center Simpson Pindlay 6 guard 'Ouicr tit Snelling (1) I guard Substitutes Red Birds. Seale 8, I McCary and Meharg; A. M. Montgomery (2). to get him.

Unlesa Montle Weaver, who won 31 games and lost for Baltimore Jut year, replaces Pitchers Irving Hadley, and Sam Jones, sent to the White Box along with Infielder Bayea, for Reynolds and Inflelder Kerr. Washington's pitching staff will be weaker than last year. Washington Is counting heavily m- Reynolds, who baited, only 290 last year but was handicapped by tttaess and Injuries, and Weaver to step Into regular berths and keep been playing pro ball for four years. survive the swiftly approaching season. But Joe is not among these He hu solved the problem.

Here's- how. he told the United Press, he does It: "Tbe fundamental thing in mak- After Auburn's opening Southern many punches toward Loughran as Conference affair in alumni gym did the King, but he'll throw 'cm naMun with the Golden Tornado, big a success of a baseball club. 01 nararr Lrviiuwy 1 a swingrr ana nr one or tne 10 unaeieaiea memoers T-DTTn TTmTT CinrvTITtn stuns rather than paralyses. Hamas of the conference will have a spot- JJ(J (J (jJl SUUXlLS record of 23 knockouts in 26 fights Florida and Vanderbllt were the testifies. When he lands, a clean victims of Tech.

and Auburn In the one ft is customary for the victim 'jackets and Tigers lone conference The Detroit Tigers picked him off the sindlota back in 1928 and farmed him out to Hanover, Pa." The local pitcher has climbed up the ladder twice. On the verge of entering AA baseball about two years ago, he was suddenly hampered with a broken thumb which kept him from Spring practice and ruined his chances for the time being. He started back up the ladder and expects to stick at the top this time, with full consideration, of course, for unforeseen accident. Cashman says, "A glance at ARTICLE WRITTEN BY. H.

L. MENCKEN engagements this season. Tech's 41-32 win over the Saurlana in Oaines- Miyiiuii ciac aepeuaing on in public for support, is to get ami hold the conf idente of the public. "I sincerely think of and. run club, not as Joe Engels arlvau.

business, but as a civic Institution-something that -belongs to the people of Chattanooga, and Incidentally is providing me a living. The people repay me by coming out to support a club that they think of as their own." over the Commodorea in Nashville- County Agent Kmphauzet Fart That He Doe Not Agree 'ith Yietn to iwajr In the breezes for a split second, and then descend in a hurry. If llamas has Leviiuky's 1urk and amacks Loughran four or five clean ones. I expect to see Tommy gO down and stay down. I hope this doent happen for It would mean the end of the string for the Phtla-delphlan.

And when Loughran quits the ring, will lose one of Its most fearless snd honest fighters Let Every Dollar Spread Its Wings 'T'HE money you earn should be apportioned, so that every dollar works for you, and with you. Let a few cents go for clothes, a few for rent, and a few for entertainment but SAVE as much as you can, as often as you can, and as regularly as you can. Then you will acquire the POWER. of independence, ranks these two teams aa-'-aertou contenders for the crown now worn by Maryland. The conference championship will be decided at the annual tournament in Atlanta, February 26-March 1.

I County Agent Sam R. Doughty today stated that some misunderstanding had arisen as to his views The limelight In Tuesday a im Pranla record makes one wonder why he- has been tossed around so much. He won 14 games and lost only eight at Eansville- in 1929 and he won 11 and lost 9 with Raleigh' In "30. Last season he turned in 14 victories In 19 starts." Thla lathe second write-up that ta Senators in the thick-of the pennant race. Reynolds batted 4ft X3 and.

tied with Babe Rath for third place In the American htxg-je batting race. JExorpt for Eeynolds and Weaver Washington's lineup 111 be much last year, The' Senator tsar players, the second snaSest squad in the American 'laarae. Tbey hare seven rookies, but, oUadc of Wearer, the only other ycaaagster wnh a chance to make i areeas ta Outfielder Boyle, band J18 far Baltimore, and JTtaak Bij.snd. a nght-handed ydtcaer who woo 13 games and lost for the Chattanooga Southern Lcatfat tSA. a ho s'-ayed 119 games at rs base, i expected to keep Jm Jatit on tbe bench permanent lius During the last few jsamr "the fieatSatw have tned many jaspers ia as effort to replace the wrtejrrs s5re feet he usually wound the taiual- sack.

Myer ad atsmt Crcrn, tbe best short broglio at th Plains will be focus- i on me statement of Henry L. ed upon Pa Perkins and Hugh Mencken, ahlch was published yes-GoodUig first and second high terdiy in The Anniston SUr. Mr. crs in the conference lst season. Doughty not only disagreea with Joe was In Atlanta to talk up a basketball game here tomorrow night between the Celtics, claimants of the world's professional championship and the Chattanooga Lookouts known as the Tepcos until Engel took over the cage team this season.

That basketball proposition is an illustration of how Joe's civic spirit works. The former backers of the I Don't be surprised if Loughran Coleman has received in Boston pa and kov McArtnur. tootoau iumin-. airncaen me utters ex- beau Hamas. Tommy has hern nry of Cteorgia Tech and Cap.

Jack pers, another having appeared In The Boston Post several weeks ago. k.k ck.rir... u.j Stewart. Lindley Hatfield. Charles tt pwsed opinions of the fanner but strongly condemned the article a without fotmtUtson In wrur.g -t Kppcr.

of corpora-ixn Wr Meacken took oe- end It wasn't long beforeJ-nmmv MAYOR HANDED worked his way to the top again flART SF.T.F.fltF.T) National Bank with sound vletorie ow aich- good-! ones as Schaaf, rftid cj.ort a tii; en the "tVSzaf "W'" aid Ka-vrr. he con- th car raiaaaia? proper- AT RESDENCE FOR NEWLITfLE THEATRE PLAY Just a word on the uncertainties Atuustoii, Ala. Member of Federal Reserve Banl of fighting. Six or seven months Mr. Djij.

stavd res- Unidentified Youth Calls at aso. Chadev Retrlaff. knoan then aa the Duluth bomber, the Dtilnth 1 Local Drofnatie Group Will 'S'Jt 1 Home and Given Articles lesent "Cradle' Me ncker. r.T part. It a as Reacts Ripper and the Duluth Dynamltrr, was rated it trmns-vaitmb? a piece of flatic flesh as Hamas.

tesm, which In several years play had become recognized as the best in the South, withdrew financial support this season. Joe thought a championship basketball team wu a civic asset to the city from an advertising standpoint and stepped In with sufficient financial support to prevent Its disbanding. But back to baseball Joe wu very much amused at a press dispatch the other day from an Eastern city relating that the baseball club there already had sold oris reservation for the opening game of the season. The Chattanooga club, -already has sold 677 reservations for opening day I Engel, with the financial support of Clark owner of the Washington Senators, purchased the Chattanooga club in the Fall Song" Soon resterdsT. he stated, la St American League, and JEaesj at third round out the in-tsdl Ataratfi, West and Reynolds Jam a ssrtag outfield.

The probata TtMTtr: Battlcf averaje 1931: IB Kuhrl J69 S3Myer I .293 JBKuegt 272 RS Cronin .308 to snow the fanr.en the omnlnn Jack Hurley wss offered a small Th. rwt fw the little Thi'- th iiviij vi iiiviii alsu play riie Cradle Song." was an- not any intention of creating THE PROMISE OF A NEW YEAR An unidentified white youth presented Msyor Sidney J. Reaves with a brick and a bottle of whiskey Tuesday night at his home at 2000 nounced -this momlng by Dtrector the impreseion that he agreed with fortune for Retrlaffs contract but turned it down. Then Joe Sekyrt. regarded as nothing moe than a trial horse, up and handed the Du- Noble 8treet.

John Knapp. It includes some of the Mr. Mencken. best talent in the city, and at The editorial In question -waa follows: placed before farmer to rtv 7a--lfahush J07 luth Ripper, the Duluth Bombrr. The Mayor was puzzled over the the Duluth Dynamiter, a handsome a handsome r' iMn VA CP West KF Reynolds .331 290 21i matter and called Chiefof Police 8m.0, Smith, gave Wm booze and asked him to search for the man.

Thus far he has not been Bpencer ITH the approach iuMtaa vault. MIUIT iJ-m VUITIV oi inr IOTCTS SIS Si Ar. ung against.thenv Vlcaress-Mrs. Gerald Woodruff. put them on their guard against Now.

Hamas, who was romln MiAtresj of Novices-Mrs. Felix untustified assertion. Mr. Doughty along at the same timers Retzlaff. willltuns bwhiwM.rat4;! M.AyWfc..,.

j-en -and xesent. ttla sUtemenU- re- found. F. W. PLANNING fof-jajfl-It wu-just-about on.4he -omeone-rapped rocks.

Attendance that jfearJiad lqqot and. one of, the children, ans- ITA TJAT'Tt OT1TT1T AT pig-rfioors lu-nuBlioiUlA than even chance to WJa werea the confidence in the future. enter. Sister Marcella Miss Martha P111' the aners. Mr.

Doughty Owens. tajd. "I have worked with fanners Sister Maria Jesus Miss Elirabeth for mnv nd that I "Paddy. a man wants to see you," BY HENRY McLfcMORE. EADIO INITIATION Constructive forces are me Mayor was told.

Crver. i no them better than Mr. Menck- The mayor went to the door, but In 1930.. tbe first year under En-gel's generalship, the season attend' ance wu 148,000, and lut season it than 80,000 over Chattanooga's population of 110,000. doee and ameteer- qualified to failed to turrr orr-the pof anning -soundly Sagrarlo-Mrs." WIHiam" SiMcr Ward.

junge tnem. Therefore I feel luali- BAPTIST U. PREPARES FOR Tne youth handed forth a brick and a bottk; 'They've been-trying and wisely. fled in denouncing hU sUtement local Post Will Cooperate With National Organiza- Hon in Ecent Sister Tom era Mws Margaret' Harrison. untrue and entirely without 9 MEETING HERE! Teresa -Miss SUe Morton.

Antonio Frank J. Wrisht. MEN ASSEMBLE FOR SERVICE AT The Doctor Raymond P. Wheeler. A Poet James Yarborough, The -Cradle Song'1 was aritten by a.

Martinet- Sierra and his wife, the Wu this bank, welcome the New. Year for the promise it brings, and for the-new. opportunides it will give us to be of service. Tbe George N. Meredith Post, Veterans ef Foreign Wars, will hold fta "Open House" meeting night of January 22 in conjunction with a national radio broadcast to be.

put on by the naUonal V. F. W. organization. Calhoun County Organiza Hon to Gather at Parker Memorial ROXY-THEATRE hum iamous- and popular of the modern Spanish dramatists.

John Garrett Underhil! is the author of being the translation used by the Annis- to tnrow these at your house." he told the mayor, "do you want them." The mayor answered In the affirmative and took the bottle and the brick and left the man sitting on the steps. "I didn't know It wu whiskey-it never occurred to me that any-one would come up and hand the recorder the evidence until 1 uncorked tbe bottle and took a whiff," the mayor recalled. He then called Chief Smith and the neighborhood was searched, but no one wu found answering the description Mayor Reaves could give. Anyway; the liquor is. locked up in the cupboard at police headquarters and the owner can get it by Final preparations ere Rosier Baby Dies, Burial-atEdgemont Funeral services for James Howard Rosier, two-months-old son of Mr.

and Mrs. A. W. Rosier, who died at the residence at 2011 Moore Avenue Tuesday afternoon, were held from Usrey Funeral Home at 3:10 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. Rev.

L. N. ciaxton officiated and interment was in Edgemont Cemetery. The Infant is survived by the par. ents, a brother.

Harold, and two made today by the Woman's Mis Women Hold Cottage Prayer Meetings Preparing for Recical Th local Y. F. W. discussed the Open hduse program at a special meeting last night and a committee as appointed to handle the details The program committee is to meet gain Tuesday night and complete tbe details. i iun wiuc meatre.

Miss Eva LeOaUlene. head of the Civic Repertoire Theatre in 'New "iork, considers the "Cradle Song-one of the best of the plays ever produced by her company If wry sldom attempted by amateur theatre organisations. "Cradle Song" is a triw. sionary Society of Parkfr Memorial Baptist Church for the all-day meeting of the Calhoun County Wgman's Missionary Union Thursday. The installation of officers and the discussion of goals for 1932 will be features of the meeting.

Offi The Anniston National Bank ANNISTON, ALA. Member Federal Reserve Sjstera "Where Banking Is a Pleasure" sisters, Emma and Helen. proper Identification, Mayor Reaves cers wu be installed the Rev. said. What else will go along with anhood The Anniston Utile Theatre the booze or how long one can have it he did not say.

After it wu all over and I could a number of applications for mtmbership have been received by the local post and the candidates are to receive the obligation during the radio program. The obligation will be given by National Com-xnander. Darold DeCoe. Senior Vice Commander R. Warnock Is chairman of the pro-gram committee and others appoint- d.

to serve with him are p. B. W. Barnes, W. Oarytn Mange.

A. T. Coleman. Ed noHvnn Basketball Scores 1 Eton 23. Guilford 22 V.

P. 27. Wake Forest 26; U. N. C.

37. Furmsn 16. W. and 22. Lenolr-Rhyne 13.

High Point 19. Parrla Islsnd (S. see back. I thought that tbe feUow wKiciree, pasior oi the Oxford the array of talent Baptist Church. which It will display in the com- Mr.

and Mrs. A. Y. Napier, of lnff production. Director Knapp Birmingham, who have had much fta'ed today.

experience as missionaries in China, will deliver addresses on the Far Mro Anivln Eaw and will exhibit Chinese curios. iU1 J)' uUie IjaVeS A reporf on young peoples work! i. Ti be made by Miss Bertha Wal- iS 10 KeSt lis, of Talladega dtrector of young! Christ Clubs wu terribly drunk or demented. I didn't any whiskey on his breath, though." the mayor aald. A good-sired crowd of men was present Wednesday morning at the prayer meeting held at the' Roxy Theatre.

Another prayer ranting will be held Wednesday of next week at the--same time and each week thereafter until the opening of the Bob Jones countywTde revival campaign la Calhoun County on February 14. E. O. Shields, chairman of the prayer service sub-committee of the executive group of the revival campaign, was In charge of the meet lug at the theatre. The use of the building was given by the management of the theatre.

1 Cottage prayer meetings were held Wednesday in varloua homes in the city and attended by largt crowds of womenr These services will also be held each Wednesday las Marines 16. of-Hcflin; 6ellan Wager, of Heflinr pcopie work in this district. Funeral r.i. i a i ii ivi rm ann i New Low IPiriceo are the popular way and the easy way to save money. Robert E.

Jones, J. Fred Ourley, H. T. Andrews, W. Andrews, w.

T. llorton, Jr, P. A. Argo, Dr. N.

T. Davie, N. L. Summers, Horace Wrljht and Frank OTJonnell. on trie program a pageant.

"Southern Baptist Opportunities." under the direction of George Neely, which will be presented by a number of girls from the Anniston High School. 0. no died at her ftiron City Tuesdaywere held at Pine Orove Church at 1 clock Wednesday afternoon. Interment was Pine Grove Ceme-tcry. ith Usrey in charge.

i-unen, wm be served at 12 ri'-vn n5 been a resident moming until tne opening of the revival 'JAn interesting service was heid o'clock-and the afternoon sesslon-pclnoun County for the last 31 AROUND THE TOWN crs Was menihcr w. Ask Us About the Clubs 4.PIy this morning- at the theatre," Mr. Shields stated. Women's groups also reported good meetings. M.

Severn Regar will conduct' the Wolf Cuba, Junior Boy Scout organization, through Regar Museum, Ttri $4.79 $5.43 $6.33 29x4.40-21 30x4.50-21 21x4.75-19 explaining Ua many exhibits, Friday Comme rcial 29x5.00 wpew-ai. o'clock. XJpening eC.the meeting. In ttnrmornlrig will take place at 10 o'clock. After the opening song, prayer will be offered by the Rev.

McGlothlln, pastor of Parker Memorial Church, and the business of the day will be begun. The Union banner iiHeward' ed after the reports of committees are heard at o'clock in the afternoon and the meeting will come to a- close, with the reading of the minutes. Representatives from every society in the county have been urged to attend. Expert Altering-tad RepsJriaf CasUm anade-U-Bseasare Clothes JULIUS LEVY "We, Grew With Anniston FhaiM git NaaJa St -Ply Tibe $1.03 $1.03 J1.17 $1.30 $1-38 $3.20 $3J0 afternoon at 4 clock. The tour will takt the place of the regular meet-'ng which wu to have been held in the Scout Ran Friday at 4 o'clock.

Walter Wade Robinson announced today. All member of the Wolf Cubs have been urged to be present as the tour la expected to be of unusual interest 3US.2S-2I Wd had S.rHTna tn eastern section of the county. She -survived by one son. J. A.

Woody. Funeral Is Held ForLaTaste Baby Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Wedneaday afternoon to "te- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dunbar UTaste, who reside on the Fort McClellan Highway. The service was conducted by Rev.

J. 5. stauffer and burial wu In Edgemotit Cemetery, with TJsrey In- charge. -The child is aurvived by a broth. at, Eugene, and tbe parent.

Nati "I lf5 $9.75 $19.60 $26.50. J-Ply 52x5 7. Bank Marrelou Rer R. House, wffl preach at the Evangelistic Mission service at o'clock, tonight atwasaaew-aW 'T Mr Taul tadeng hu returned to hie borne in Jeffersonvuie. Ind, after haying apent a few dava with "The Benlc With the Personal Touch? Doll-nuard llctdivarc (lends In 4 3.

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