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Wednesday Afternoon. NV ember 23. 1939—-IF NOT, why not become one of the ire than 7,500 regular subscriber* for The Daily Herald?——The Daily Herald, Gulfport and Biloxi. Mississippi Coast—F1VSRedskins And Commodores Ready For Annual Grid Classic At Fair GroundsRivals Conclude Preps For Tilt Thanksgiving Daydo:By CLINTON C. BLACKWELLThe climax to another football ■ a .son’ on tne .Mn«sb.*:ppi Coast v*i 1 be reached Thur.-day after-toon v.hen the Biloxi High Red-klns and Gulfport Htgh Corr.mo-'.‘;ona’. : jvaL of long and,r.g. clash at the Gulfport fa.:' rounds in the 23th renewa’Hamblin ’ ‘{Roundby Clinlon C BlackwellCommys Seek Redskin Scalp Thursdaytheirser.koff :T.edWith the close cf the football I season at hand, the recently organized Gulf Coast Coaches Asso- I ciation is turning attention to the | forthcoming basketball campaign and plans are being outlined to stimulate more interest in the The opening ■ game. As a matter of fact, the or 2 o c.oc.-.. principal aims of the association ;s colorful cr*ung.or, campaign-•r.c rival camps was 1 Coast area and another step in that n with indications , direction will be taken during the :i attendance of more j basketball season, r.e normal seating ca- ; One of the plans of the association is for a basketball clinic which will be a feature of the next meeting of the organization. This clinic probably will be conducted at Perkinston Junior College on December 12 with sipointing• nantpacity of the Fair Grounds was increased this week with the erection of 14 sections of Biloxi High School bleachers, and Gulfport officials announced accommodations for over 4.500 would be available.The Redskins and Commodores ready for the important testRocks Play Host To Bogalusaln Afternoon GameJulian White, McComb Star, Tops Scoring In Big Eight(By The Associated Press) The final week of Big Eight intra-conference warfare finds I The St. Stanislaus Roch-a-1 Julian White, McComb’s captain j Chaws close their 1938 football .and fullback, far ahead in the in-iseason Thanksgiving Day in an-dividual scoring race and with lit-? - t* Li. j ____ 1 i * jafternoon battle with the Bogalusa, j tie danger of being overhauled.(Photo by Roy Webb, Gulfport)The Gulfport High varsity football squad, shown above, concluded practice this afternoon for the annual Thanksgiving Day battie with the Biloxi High Indians at the Fair Grounds. The Commodores, bottom row. left to right, Team Manager Lloyd Easter ling. Clem Thompson. James Ncvers, Bill Ruble, we]l-1 Dickey Matthews. Frank Bertueci. Woody Van Zandt. Billie Green, Team Manager Alan Stevenson; secondexcept for a iittie matter of final ; finite site and date will be an-light practice rehearsals this after- ; nounced within the next few days, noon. The harder work stages j The clinic was discussed at a have long since past and nothing i meeting of the coaches last night more exerting man signal preps: at Gulfport and met with favor will be in order today with black-I of the group. Fred Walters of board drills on the enemy forma- | Laurel, formerly of Mississippi tions claiming part of the atten- i State, and Dick Hitt, coach at tion. | Wesson Junior College, were men-| tinned as the probable instructors [and one likely will be invited to nduct the clinic. Inasmuch a:NO PREDICTIONSThe rival head coaches would not venture out on the limb with any outright predictions on the outcome of the battle.Said Coach E. C. May of Biloxi: “They'll (the Commodores) will know they have been in a battle. We are ready for the game.”Said Coach Nick Duncan of Gulfport:nil be in tirow, Howard Hickman. Willy Mallev, Jesse Browning, Billy Magnusen. Oren Williams, Harold Crane, Guy Craig, Herbert Dedeaux; back row, Ellis Salioum. Bob Lassiter, Richard Streiff, George Drennan, Lawrence Rice, Melvin Delmas, Hubert Dedeaux. Farley Rhodes. Captain Duck Favre and Jack Fletchas not present when photograph made.Redskins Ready For Annual Clashstart and hope to make it interesting for Biloxi all the way.”And that was as far as Coaches May and Duncan could be prompted. On the other hand, however, there was a confident atmosphere around the Wigwam and Commy strongholds. This all serves to create the general impression the 25th Biloxi-Gulfport struggle will be a keenly contested affair all thehe Class B division has the largest representation in regional basketball, all of the Class B coaches will be urged to attend.The coaches association has out- I lined a constructive program and I its organization is a step, in the I right direction. One of the aims from the I tiie C°ast group is to encourage jFrom a comparative score basis there is little to choose between the two teams. The Indians showed steady improvement throughout the season, hitting a peak three weeks ago with their spectacular upset of the Greenville Hornets. The Commodores start _d fast, winning five of their first six games. After a slip if three successive defeats, the Commys hit their stride again m their last game, battling the heavier Meridian Wildcats to a 6 to 6 tie.BILOXI LINEUP No change over the lineup that ihas carried the major part of the jburden for the Indians this year .was indicated lor the start of tomorrow's tilt.i Elbert Kostmayer, a youngster playing his first year on the ^Biloxi varsity, and John Pitalo are (scheduled to start at the terminal ^positions. The remainder of the '.forward wall will have GeorgePurcell and George Kelly at the tackles, Captain Jack Pickich and (Tony Foto guards, and George !jQuint, center. jsimilar groups in other districts in the state with an ultimate goal of a coaching school being held annually in Mississippi, possibly at one of the larger state colleges.With the cooperation of the various regional bodies, the coaches associations can function to the benefit of all concerned. The Gulf Coast Regional executive committee recently expressed favor of the local coaches organization and even a closer connection between the two groups is expected to result. A committee representing the coaches association will meet with the regional officials at thiei next meeting to further outline the plans and policies.Another feature of last night’s meeting was the decision of the coaches to select all-Coast teams in football and basketball in the Class A and B regional divisions. The coaches will cooperate with the -ports department of The Daily Herald in the selection of these all-star teams. The Class A and B regional football teams will be announced on December 7.(Photo by Southland Studio)Thirtv members of this Biloxi High football squad will be dressed out in warpaints for the annual Redskin-Commodore football classic at the Gulfport Fair Grounds Thursday afternoon. The complete Biloxi squad, shown above, bottom row. left to right: R. Brunies, Fowler, Parker, Kennedy, Ejfap Blanchard,C ..o-u Daloo-r Tllw.li Uol-rlicfl- Rllrfntl K TI P P11 ti • Fulld. ALa., High Lumberjacks at Stanislaus Stadium in Bay St. Louis. The opening kickoff is scheduled for 2:30 o'clock.The Rock-a-Chaws, who defeated the Biloxi High Indians in their last start, will bump into a formidable foe in the Lumberjacks and are expected to be put to an acid test.Only last week-end the Lumberjacks, coached by Arthur “Slick” Morton, formerly of St. Stanislaus, romped over the Gulf Coast Military Academy Cadets in easy fash-The Lumberjacks will present a well-balanced team, moulded around ace back, Joe Giacone. was the sparkplug in the ’Jacks 47 to 0 triumph over the Cadets.Coach Pete Burge is expected to start Prosser at left end for Stanislaus with Zimmerman left tackle, A. Gianelloni left guard, Klienpeter center. Little right guard, A. B. Bell right tackle, Hardie right end, Blanchard quar-terack, Perez and Tudury halfbacks, and Broussard fullback.The Bogalusa lineup probably will have Honiker left end, Mixon left tackle, Womack left guard, Quinn center. J. Scelfo right guard, Herrin right tackle, S. Scelfo right end, O'Bryant quarterback, Giacone left half, Hunter right half, and Letulle fullback.Officials for the game are Abe Mikal (L. S. U.) referee, Carl Maddox (Louisiana Normal) umpire, Ray Hapes (Ole Miss) headlines-man. and George Westerfield (S. T. C.) field judge.Army-Navy Grid Warfare Is 49 Years Old TodayBy JOHN S. GROVER Annapolis, Md., Nov. 29—(TP)— When Army and Navy get to-Scarborough, Vierling, Pelaez, Illich, Hardisty, Burton. Kneeling: Fallo, Achorn, Guice, Hollis, Kostmayer, | gether in Philadelphia Saturday, Entrekin, Jones, Allen, Keegan, Quint, Kruse. Mangin. Third row: Coach Chris Cox, Coach G. W. Foster, 11] may add another chapter to Pitalo, R. Blake, Carter, Savarro, Cook, Demoruelle, Foto. Baltar, Pickich, Mclnms, Gillich, W. Blake, | ^Although his team did not play las; week, his 94 points still tops the league. In second place is Greenville's Joe Ostrom who got only an extra point against Greenwood last week to make his total 83, and third is Ostrom’s teammate Buddy Bowen, whose single touchdown on Greenwood gave him 76 for the season.Bowen, who led the race throughout most of the season, and Ostrom have played their last game of the season and therefore cannot catch White.Ray Woodward of Laurel, whose two touchdowns last week allowed him to slip past his running mate Harold Pearcey into fourth place, has 75 and Pearcey has 73 afterVols Favored To Defeat Kentucky, Tide Over VandyBy HERB BARKER New York, Nov. 29—(TP)—Taking one last pot-shot at the fading football season:THURSDAY’S GAMES Kentuckv-Tennessee: Some say the unbeaten Volunteers are due for a big surprise: If so, thisguesser will be surprised at the same time. Tennessee.Texas-Texas A. M.: All thi rules of the fiction-writing fraternity would call for Texas to win this one. with Jack Crain running madly in all directions. The chances are that Crain will do plenty of running, but this hidebound conservative will string along with undefeated Texas A. making one touchdown against Newton.Woodward and Pearcey Thursday face a Hattiesburg club which has had a disastrous season but is keyed up to meet the Tornado, already the conference champion and selected for a post-season benefit in New Orleans with Holy Cross of that city.White faces the impotent Erook-haven club which has won no conference games. Therefore hi* leadership of the scorers appears secure enough.Mickey Miller of Meridian advanced to sixth place among point-getters with two touchdowns and three extra points against Quitman. He supplanted Louie Campbell of Columbus, whose touchdown and two extra points against West Point 'kept him in seventh place at 60.Thursday's schedule includes Biloxi at Gulfport, Clarksdale at Drew, Memorial High of Evans-ille, Ind.. at Columbus and Phillips of Birmingham at Meridian. Player td pat totWhite, McComb. fb 15 4 94Ostrom, Greenville, hb 13 5 83Bowen. Greenville, hb 12 4 76Woodward. Laurel, hb 12 3 73Pearcey. Laurel, hb 12 1 73Miller, Meridian, qb 9 11 65Campbell. Columbus, qb 9 6 60Cook. Biloxi, hb 9 1 49j Knight. Tupelo, e 8 0 48Kenna, Jackson, b 7 0 42Rushing, McComb, hb 7 0 42Felder. McComb. b 6 4 40A. Hodges, McComb. b 6 2 38Matthews. Gulfport, hb 6 0 36Conerly, Clarksdale, qb 6 0 36Nader. Greenwood, hb 6 0 36Daniel, Tupelo 6 0 36Cublev, Hattiesburg 5 1 31Streiff. Gulfport, hb 5 1 31McLeod, Laurel 4 7 31M.U.C.L.A.-Washington State: No reason to believe that Kenny Washington and U.C.L.A. can't get past this one.Vanderbilt-Alabama: Hard tofigure since Alabama's otfense has been nothing to write home about. Vanderbilt played great ballruaio, k. tsiaxe, varier, savarru, iouk, uemuiueuc, rum. ... - , histnrv nf cork eved fnnt vanaeroni played great b;Floyd Fountain, Manager, Arthur McCaleb. Manager, Coach Engle C. May. Fourth row: Hood, Forbes, P. .a long history of cock eyed foot against Tennessee The hat Smith, Holland. D. Smith, Short, Kelly, Sharp, Mosley. (ball in a grid classic 49 years old I the only solution. .. Alabama.today- | Auburn-Florida: Auburn seeNavy challenged West Point in i to have a decisive edge, if1890 and Cadet Dennis Michie, j Plainsmen can keep their mil| father of Army football, whipped the Tennessee Same Dec. 9-L +1 . , ,1 North Carolina-Virginia: Seeitogether a team m two weeks. | _af_ Nnrfh ramll.*Few Changes In Rules ExpectedAtlanta, Nov. 29—(TP—It's nearing curtain time for the football season and that makes it open foi rule changes, but listen to what Coach Bill Alexander of Georgia Tech has to say on the matter: “Somebody might learn the rules if we leave them alone. I have always believed that the less changes we have .the better oft will be the game. The rules are involved enough as they are.” Personally. Alexander, who is! rules committee member for the j third district comprising the Southeastern states, thinks theNeyland Asserts Vols’ Condition Worst Of Season| Giants Crippled I For Redskin TiltOdds and ends: Dr. Joe Evans and Eustis McManus, both of Gulfport, are enjoying rounds of golf hile vacationing in Mexico City Art Saunders of Gulfportreports that Dr. Evans turned in a 74 over the Mexico City CountryCiub course the other day......Evans scored four birdies on the par 72, 6,680-yard course , . uuul„ta^....McManus scored an 85 srith (fumble rule is the ••worst in me one birdie. ibook.”The Indians will present a fast! When the Hattiesburg High The coach with 20 years grid inland well-balanced baekfield. J. B. j Tigers and Laurel High Tornadoes | struction behind him believes a(Fallo will direct the offensive I clash in their annual football bat- j fumble should become a free ball[maneuvers from the quarterback tie in the Hub City Thursday af-jand not dead at the point of re-....... ” ternoon, eight members of the Hat- covery.tiesburg squad will be playing; He doubts, however, whethertheir last high school game “anything will be done about theThe seniors on the Hattiesburg fumble rule.”team are Mutt Cubley, halfback; ^s to suggestions that the goal Lyman Fillingame and Nick Sali- j pCsts should be moved back to theba. guards: Kent Brown, center; ; goai j;ne and that there should bePat Arnold and Beryl Posey, ;5:,x men on the line in defensetackles; “Baby” McElhaney, end, Coach Alex says rules should stayand Willie Bro Flack, halfback as they are. All except Saliba are prob-| —---able starters in the Hattiesburg | Sell used articleslineup.j New York, Nov. 29—(/P)—1The I New York Giants, 193S champions i of the National pro football league, i may have to fight their semi-final j battle in defense of their title with i nine “cripples” on their squad.| There is only one who may not ! be able to play against the Wash-i ington Redskins Sunday in the ! final regular-season game and the: decisive encounter, but eight oth-FairJy Confident'”1'of krs have befen bumped around so - - - ■ - 3 they are not in top condition.berth with the fleet Louis Dem-ourelle and Jimmie Cook at the halfback spots and Bert Holland fullback.The Redskins will have 25 play-iers in uniform—five under Jhe ‘limit agreed upon by the two schools.COMMODORE CREWSome shifts were noted in the probable starting Gulfport lineup. Hubert Dedeaux will draw the jopening assignment at the left end position with Jack Fletchas replac-(By The Associated Press)As the visiting clubs for Thanks giving clashes in the Southeastern Conference got on the move today here was Auburn:taking the Florida Gators into camp, but jittery in the un-accustomed role of host.Florida: Three regulars doubtful starters, but the club ready to , . ■shoot the works—which works aa-vs-. ported ^ P^ac~ i„g caps in the first game, Armymav include some unexpected tice 51,c?ay.’ . physician orange and black. The referee’ k 'utf i examined the injury, then told him ’ - • ■ ■Ll Kentucky: The Wildcats intend | to take off his uniform, go hometo extend then; claws for that j h th teams are tied forTennessee goal line. ;he Eastern division lead, eachrith eight victories and one tie inTuffy Lcemans, the club's lead-| ing ground gainer, is the worst ! casualty. He has been limping I around on a bruised leg severalWake( — „------ Seem:safe for North Carolina.Navy won the first game on Nov. Wake Forest-Davidson:29 of that year—after an Army | Forest has too many guns, cheerleader named McClung hadi Tulsa-Arkansas: Arkansas fi-gone into the game because the j nally seems l0 have f dCadets ran out of subs. winr;_____ J -----Smart Navy men invented foot- nocj ball uniforms and headgear. They { noticed wet canvas was mighty j hard to hang onto furling sails.'winning combination and rates theSo they made laced jerseys of canvas, which was plenty slippery when sweat-wet.Midshipman J. M. Reeves—later admiral—wore the first headgear —a moleskin cap with a padded flap to protect a torn ear. iNavy wore red and white stock'Arizona-Montana: Taking Arizona.Rutgers-Brown: Rutgers’ un-Tulane and L.S.U. Seek Grid Peace At Game Saturdayworst condition-enncssee:menial !*» stal js’ the Giants appear tcsssst srsasI bama's Crimson Tide.Alabama: Three regulars in un certain status. The Tide drilled hard on offense.The Auburn-Florida affair dedicates the new Auburn stadium marks the Plainsmen's first home apoearance since 1936. Much ado expected, with 15,000 onlookers. On the Gator squad, tackle Johntremendous job ahead of not onlyhave outscored every team in the league, except the Chicago Bears, has i but tbey have a defensive record that almost matches that of the 'New Yorkers. And they have a bulge of some kind in nearly every set of figures the statisticians have been able to dig up.For example, they have gained 3.288 yards to the Giants’ 2,093, and their ground and air gamesi wore a derby hat and frock coat. I Army finished one game with ten men when their last substitute got a broken jaw against a hob-ailed boot—legal in those days. Army records after one of the early mass-mayhem affairs contained this comment: “If this game /ould only get a foothold in the Army, promotions would not be so slow. Football is quicker than old age and seems to be more fatal.”Three hundred curious spectators saw the first game, . but by 1893 there were 10,000 in the stands and the contest was already the No. I fall sports event.Army hired a vale grid graduatebeaten record boards in this one, but we'll take the risk. Rutgers.Denver-Colorado: Colorado. SATURDAY’S GAMESArmy-Navy: These two seldom have come up to their annual duel with worse records. Neither hai won a major game. As far as this guesser is concerned, this is an absolute toss-up, so the coin spins and says. . . Army.Tulane-Louisiana State: Doubtthat L. S. U. is equipped to stop the unbeaten Green Wave. Tu-lane.Southern California - Washington: Washington has improvedrapidly, but appears to be in for a lacing here. Southern Cal.New York University-Fordham: Probably close. N. Y. U. has a tricky, dangerous attack, but the superior man-power belongs to Fordham. Or so it seems. A fainl nod toward Fordham.Darimouth-Stanford: StanfordNew Orleans, La., Nov. 29—(VP) —Tulane and Louisiana State University are trying so hard to keen their football game here Saturday from ending in a roughhouse that they are getting downright mad about it.The student councils got together and decided to present the winning school a flag on the field after the game, the idea being that spectators would be awed by the spirit of it all and stay put.President Paul Hebert of L. S. U. thought it would be nice to have his Cadet corps parade on the field before the game with the Tulane Naval reserve unit. President Rufus C. Harris of TulanO and several committees thought otherwise and declined permission- . on for the cadets to marcfr.The L. S. U. student newspaper and student body raised indignant howls, and Dr. Hebert said he ould n't let the Cadet corps go to the game, as it seemed Tulane didn’t want them. His students scheduled a protest meeting.Last night Dr. Harris explained, effect, that Tulane really wanted the L. S. U. students and cadets, but merely feared that if they paraded some ardent spectator might shout from his cups something to start the riot everybody was trying to avoid.There matters stand.The game, expected to draw a record Southern football crowd of more than 50,000 if the weather is good, is Tulane’s last hurdle to a Sugar Bow-1 invitation. In fart, the latest rumor—entirely unsubstantiated—is that Tulane will be announced as a Sugar Bowl participant Saturday night, barring an upset by the Tigers.Last year was the first Sugar Bowl game in which neither Tulane nor L. S. U. played. The Wave won the first from Temple and L. S. U. lost the next three, on re to Texas Christian and twice
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