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Austin Daily Texan (Newspaper) - January 27, 1940, Austin, Texas Page two the first College daily in the South phone 2-247s�?the daily texans a phone 2-247# saturday january 27, 1940newell, Buck Shade Florence fight Way to Golden gloves finals 5th T. Entry Burcham loses Texas takes Southwest conference Lea a Bennett provides today movies last bouts sat a or monday night by Billy Cunningham att sport staff four University boxers were among the nine who fought their Way into the final of the Austin Golden gloves tournament Friday night in the Austin High school gym. Johnny Newell defending lightweight Champion from the University pounded out the most decisive knockout of the night when he Kafoed Billy Smith of southwestern in the f first round Newell Laid the Way for i win with a terrific body punch which had Smith Down for a count of nine a left to the jaw proved to he the finisher and Smith was carried from the ring still unconscious. Newell will meet George Foster in the finals monday. A Walter Florence University middleweight scored a knockout Over Leroy Moorhead inks dam in 51 seconds of the first round. Florence started off carefully then connected with a hard right to tend Moorehead to the Canvas. Moorehead got up quickly Only to be knocked Down again Florence finally kept him Down with a third heavy right. Florence will meet by Rodgers in the finale in one of the featured fights of the tournament. Shelby Buck University heavyweight pounded out a decision Over the Gigantic Gilbert Strom quist. Buck fought at a disadvantage due to the fact that Strom quist held a weight advantage of As bears Surprise favored owls 45-43 sports biil60ard y by de Knott / or i How to worry see Mournful Trio Vaughan scores in last minute Bryski makes 18 to Lead scorers thank you the Box Ric 43 Steakley f Craddock f0 Kinney c .4 Gomez g2 Carswell g .4 Palmer g i Selman g .2 score Fig Ftfe sep totals. Baylor 45 spacial to Tho texan Houston Jan. 26.�?-the University of Texas longhorns in the Middle of a Twenty Day conference schedule rest sprang into the Southwest conference basketball Frivaldsky f4 0 Lead Friday night by Way of the Gilbert in o Baylor bears surprising upset of Terry f i the Rice owls 45-43. J Vaughan g 2 it was Grady Vaughan the 1 Bryski c 7 Bruins fast moving a Confer j Creasy f 2 ence guard who Sank a Long one i Shahan g 0 hander with but fifteen seconds Boswell g 2 to go to set Buster Brannon a. Lads Back of Texas in the standings. Big Frank Frisky Bryski towering Baylor Center led the Baptiste As he scored 18 Points overcoming Rice a finish spurt after the bears led 39-30 with eight minutes to play. 5 2 to 6 to 3 comic Relief and gives release to the exam weary if these finals Are making you morose and gloomy you should make a Date with a the housekeeper daughter a now visiting at the state. 15 is 14 43 of it fit to 4 8 0 0 1 2 2 4 3 18 1 7 2 2 Quot the housekeeper s the state. Rated on the Novelty Donald h. Clarke screenplay Hyrian 7 lame and Jordon Devola. Directed by _ Mal Roach. A United artist production. The cast follows Hilda Joan Bennett Heakon Maxwell Adolph Menjou Robert Randall John Hubbard de o Malley a William Carcan Benny. George e. Stone 21 Peggy Wood editor Wilson Donald Meek i Floyd Marc Lawrence ride. with Marlene Dietrich and James Stewart. Feature Starta at 11 30, 1 36, 8 41, 5 46, 7 51, and 9 56 of clock. Midnight show a brother rat and a baby state. A a housekeeper. Daughter. With Joan Bennett and Adolphe Menjou. Feature starts at 11 24, 1 10, 2 56, 4 42, 6 28, 8 14, and to of clock. Queen a High school. With Jane Withers. Shorts cartoon and news. Feature starts at i 2 30, 4, 5 30, 7, 8 30, and to of clock. Capitol.�?1"dead end kid in with the dead end kids and John Litel. with Wallace Beery and Chester Morria. , of Sherlock a with Basil Rathbone. Mary might return totals.18 9 15 45 longhorn cagers stress free shots team in w i pct. Texas _ __________5 4 i .800 Rice. ________8 6 2 .750 Bailor. ______5 3 2 .600 5 3 2 .600 Arkansas. .4 i 3 .250 . .6 i 4 .200 . .4 a 0 4 .000 the game started slowly with the bears setting a tight defense for the owls fast break. But roly j Bert Selman Frankie Carswell and Bob Kinney ran the score with the final examination still wrapped around their necks the University of Texas basketball squad continued to limit their workouts to a Short time. These Short practice sessions Are j serving the purpose very Well because the steers have not shown any letdown on the Gregory gym Maples. Friday afternoon the Long a you la have a Gay idiotic delightful Date too for the Houae-6 keepers daughter is none other than your Glamour Gal Joen Bennett. If you Are not careful you la pay so much attention to her you la neglect to notice the fact j that the plot is senseless too i skipping about from scene with j Little rime or reason. But after j All the whole show is Dippy so the plot is excused for keeping in tune. Its an overdrawn picture of newspaper reporters gangsters millionaires half wits etc., All thrown together in a riot of foolishness. But there is one thing that they All have in common a very Active interest in this House keepers daughter Joan Bennett. This girl with the capital g has a flock of admirers. Quite under a bendable one is the Ace court reporter Adolphe Menjou who de new York Jan. 25.�? ins a Mary Pickford the Star who in the Early Days of the movie won Fame As a a american a sweetheart a May return to the screen. At least she had revealed today she la giving the idea serious consideration. Her last screen appearance was in 1933. Mary said she is reorganising her movie production company and plans to make two pictures for release during the current season the unsmiling fellow pictured Are the Mournful Trio. When bigger and better worrying i done those three will do it. They Are thirty four pounds As Well a and from left to right Max Skelton editor of the texan Jack Gray vantages in height and reach. In basketball coach and Billy Sansing student manager. Above you the first round Buck knocked out see them in a pose snapped just before the . Game Here last the. Mouth guard of Stromquist saturday night. You them a they gated worriedly at the. Homed # brutal Frog team warming up for action. And they had Good reason to if worry too for the steers barely managed to eke out a Victory 69-28. Can you imagine the degree of worrying they will reach during the games with Rice Baylor it a1, that the longhorns still face. Into a 9-3 Lead for Rice before horns went through the usual spite his thinning hair still thinks j with a right to the Mouth which sent Stromquist to the a. Strom quist got up quickly and put up a Strong fight the rest of the Way. Buck meets Ray Wallis also of the University in the final. Following his Man All around . Game the steer missed a the . Dan Shade University Light weight took a three round decision from w. F. Alexander of bad says Bob Good says Homer o the Bruins lost no time building up a 39-30 Lead in the second half with eight minutes left. But Gomez put the owls Back into the game at 39-38 with two minutes. Creasy added a Crip and a free shot but Carswell Cut the Lead to 42-39 with one minute remaining. Number of their free shots. Keep be of life a Little ironies or. Robert m. Hutchins the anti football president of football less University of Chicago and Austin. Alexander relied mostly on 0tner Norton head coach of the National Champion Texas aggie j Leader with Carswell for the owls the Waco ans could Fine the Range routine Only in a Shorter period. I 9 killer Diller with the to then with Frivaldsky and by conch Jack he. Hen Drill in then to Ere s he cameraman cd fish Tinc Selman and a Nev who 18 enough associated the scoring battled along on even a both a a a a a a f with reporters to know a pretty terms with Pete areas putting mr<m8 toe Chanty shots. In the woman and appreciate a quart of a scotch when the other persons buying it. I that a not All the Stag line. My the defending champions Well Georgre Eston its As the half wit reviewed on their plays Gray j ted Benny Petty gangsters who does not intend to let the squad be in a ragged condition for the american Liberty pipelines games that Are scheduled for feb lanky Bob Kinney co scoring Luau 2-3. Next wednesday the Long Power punches during the three round match while Shade got in most of his blows by forcing Alexander into a Corner and then pounding at him constantly. Alexander a tiring badly in the third round and went Down once ofter a flurry of punches to the head while he was trying to cover up. However he stayed spoke at Woodrow Wilson High school in Dallas within two hours of 1 at 10 Points dropped two free horns will resume their full aft each other yesterday. I pitches to bring the count to 43 Vernoon workouts. This will give or. Hutchins spoke to the mid term graduating Cia there spoke 45-again the All conference cars 39 champs Only two Days of to a school that is very athletic minded. Each year the wildcats pro the score with gift edit seconds to 1 Complete practice before they go meet the pipelines from Kilgore. After a time out Vaughan crib not Only will these two games be bled Down the Couit made his Good practice for the steers but Arentt so cold blooded and the tall dark and handsome millionaire Are in the running too. J the Story centers around this scion of wealth who turns Ace i reporter for a Day. Yeah this Bennett Dame might i j not be Able to Cook but she certainly manages to keep the men folks in a Stew. Top prices paid for books used Here again. Bring in the Bunch we buy All books Tekas Bookstore across from un4v�rsitv 2244 Guadalupe St Down for the count of nine and then got up and lasted out the fight in the finals of the Light heavyweight division Shade will tangle with Tom Attra. The fifth University boy entered was r. L. Burcham who dropped a three round decision to Jerome Marek in the welterweight class Marek came Cut of his Corner fast in the opening round and landed several lard punches. Marek landed two Vard rights to Burcham a body which were the Best blows of the round. Burcham almost won the fight in the third with a Clever left Jab which continually Discon Luce Strong teams just last a. They went to the Semi finals in the football race. They won the state basketball title in 1938, and in 1931 and �?T37 they won state track titles. So or. Hutchins probably had a bit of trouble in convincing those youngsters that football is bunk. However it should be said in All fairness to or. Hutchins that he i fighting professionalism and overemphasis rather than the sport itself. Here in part is or. Hutchinss argument against the Gridiron sport a what i object to is its confusion with education. Football player must be bought subsidised. We decided not to go in the football player business at Chicago. A Why we might As Well go out and hire Joe Louis or Jack Dempsey to Wear the colors of Chicago University As hire a band of professional football shot and gave the bears third upset Victory in As starts. Their to beat this group of sex South Many West conference stars will be a Feather in the hat of Gray amp co. Carted Marek the v. My. Marek a Victory places him in the finals with Loraine Harris. Harris advanced to the finals of with a knockout Royce Wikoff. Wikoff came out fast and put up a Good fight for a few seconds. Then harm connected with a right to the stomach and Wikoff went to his Knees and was counted out in that position. Showing boxing skill As Well As punching ability by Rodgers southwestern gained the of the middleweight division by a 58-second technical knockout of Rex Blackburn inks dam. Rodgers then a couple of hours later Homer Norton made his speech. To be absolutely Frank about the manner one must admit that Norton was there for the very reason that or. Hut thins deplored to interest Woodrow Wilson athlete in Kerning to , that what made the situation so funny. Norton was not Able to give any great academic defense for Footpath after All it would have been foolish for Bim to have made an Issue out of it for it was not planned that these two should appear in a debate it was merely a coincidence that the two appeared there on the same Day. Here a part of Norton a speech i should like to ask or. Hutchins just on questions does no to the game of football mean something to a youngster does no to it give a boy something he can carry into manhood football is still a game. We All like it. To some boy it gives the Opportunity of reaching colleges the Only Opportunity they would get. A i should like to meet or. Hutchins. We could have a real threw punch after punch Aga Blackburn a head and body and finally dropped him to the floor. Blackburn got up but referee George Ste att called the bout c of. In one of the fastest matches of the night Inez Perez out a close three round decision from Frederick Stephens in the bantamweight Cia-1-. Bith fighters mixed blows rapidly and in the second round both wore knocked Down at the same time by rights. Some comedy was provided when Stephens representing the school for the deaf sidestepped in the second round and let Perez Bounce off ins ropes. Kitts confers with Washington Council Sutherland mentioned St. Inst Louis Jan. 26-te, arrived in Stin s a Jimmy kit. Former coach at rhe Louis Friday for a a get acquainted in trials of Washington University which is without a head View Xiv the 0 football coach. Invited to St. Louis by or. Frank h. Ewerhardt faculty athletic chairman at Washington u., Kitts a a Homer Maybell mows a Ming out Tarn a Bay Reeves in the landed in oui of nones to decision from feathers eight had breakfast with two members of the recommending committee Jimmy Konzeiman who resigned As Washington Coach several weeks ago and Paul Hewitt. Afer breakfast the Trio went to Hewitt Home for a series of n scuff ions of the athletic situation and with various University sports notice women a intramural basketball tournament will begin tuesday february 6. Mrs. Frances Seybolt assistant director of intramural for women. Class. A j Hall depended on Quick and left coming out of Cline h it while Reeves favored Rue Bing tact -. May Nail a cautioned in he third round for picking Reeves up and throwing him to mat. Cd j. Alderson Dewey Bradford and a s. Hull served As fudge for the bouts. The tournament 1 in my spun red by Travis j ustic of Lignum her1 to be what the like a Kitts told re committee. A a in a just setup looks Porter. Fat sunday Washington official.? held a a get acquainted interview with or. John b. Jock Sutherland former coach of Pitts. Burgh University e. K. Harrison of the face to group said today that the University had not eliminated Sutherland a a prospective successor to Loa Timan 15as Anc Arry discount on laundry dial 3566 1514 Lavaca More for books at the Coop at the Coop at the Coop where you get the maximum prices under he Coop buying p an if you bought your Book second hand you can be it Back to the Coop for 83 1-3 per cent of the Price you paid. You get 83 if the textbook was bought new the Coop i buy it Back for 50 per Cert of the Price that you paid. 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