The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 19, 1930, Page 5

BRINGIN‘G UP THE DAILY ALASKA L\]PIRE F RiDA\\ DLC I‘) 1930. F. \TIIER B\ FF()RC McMANUS HE'S BEEN LOOKING AT THAT PAPER ALL MORNING - | WHAT 1S SO INTERESTIN IN THE PAPER TTHIS - MORNING 2 pos 2 ~ I'M LOCKING FOR A SWELL BACHELOR APARTMENT OM,YE® THERE | o 1S+ WHAT fl)’ ALAN GOU ASSOCIATED PRESS SPORTS EDt'roR r 1 the football team ¢hed by R. M. Kauffman of Wash- n, D. C., ed Press ser of stol this ancient subject. me as follows: The volume ‘American Football,’ A. M. Weyand, Army, disc; the statement: “The’ first sAmerica- team was selected by ‘Walter Camp in 1889 for a maga- is ies on by gine conductad by Caspar Whitney. ! 1891 the teams appeared in Whitney's column in Har- ly and were reproduced Guide by Walter In Casper wper's Wee in the annual Camp. “In 1897, Mr. Whitney being ab- t from the country, Mr. Camp conducted his football section in Harper's and selected the All America team. From 1898 until h death Mr. Camp's selections ap- peared in Collie Weekly.” “I know that picked teams, but I firmly b that what Mr. Weyand says is true. Also Hearford Powel jr., in his k entitled ‘Walter Camp,’ gives 1889 and subsequent lineups ‘The All America teams of Wal- Camp.’ I have always heard 1 am convi d that did not anticipate, but Towed Camp. “I am, by the way #han, but I would like to see cre n where credit is due. I may that when I was in college we bets as ca places’ said; never said. That was said” we: fol- on what Mr on what Mr 1901-05 even Camp ‘Whitney What Camp on the origin of | r on both men | Whit- | a Princeton | to the winning of | treated Princeton “I will add that E. A. Poe "1, of | Princeton, was the second of six| brothers who made Princeton foot- ball hist This record is equalled at any other college.” This column is indebted to Mr. Kauffmann for -contributing au thoritative information on the Al background. Collier's which for a quarter cen- |tury sponsored Camp's selections, nevertheless gave Whitney cradit s for originating the idea. The fact Al-| also is that for' nearly ten years Whitney's selections were given preference in Spalding’s Guide, with consequent greeter prestige. Camp edited the Guide, but it was not until around 1900 that his All- (America became the standard by which all others were judged, even 'zhough they often aroused violent disagreement and debate Francis Wallace’s new book, “Huddle,” -adds a bright and en- | tertaining touch to the curr literature on Knute Rockne ar ! Nof Dame. Especial [it is written by an able jastic young man who toted pewriter as far as any of his athletic contemporaries, the fa- {mous Four Horsemen of 1922-24, carried the pigskin, Football's most dr: ments of the past d ast a large share of them, have ‘bccn linked with the spectacular { fortunes of Ro | his ‘cum\mncp | Better kr paper fri ! Prank Wall | forth a vivid array of personali- {ties in which Rockne is only | thinly disguised as Barney.Mack. Moose Smoker A.B. HALL DECEMBER 20—8 P. M. Two Championship Contes IN EVENT FORD BUTLER % S. 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He pitched 57 games last season,, completing 14 of them, winning 19 and losing 11. Big Jim Weaver, star Oriole moundsman of last season, shows how he towers “head and shoulders” over two of his dia- mond mates, Stuffy Stewart (lLfv.) and Heinie Sand. Weaver, RELIABLE GARAGE REPAIR SHOP H. C. SHIPPEY, Proprietor |CLARENCE KUMMER, Are Being Added to Dole] 'GREAT JOCKEY, DIES (Contin where factory only. TELEPHONE 149 Rear of Reliable Transfer A for ace you pay service to t the unemplc town, yment air Sludcnh and " Atumni . Meet and Also Cougars and Smoke Eaters Girl teams and men teams will play basketball in the Juneau high school gymnasium this evening, the games starting at 8 o'clock. The high school quintet of girls will meet the alumni girls again. Both these aggregations have been practicing new plays in the past week, and there is likely to be some interesting surprises for contest- ants and spectators. ‘The men’s struggle will be be- tween the Cougars, composed of Capitol Building workers and tho Smoke Eaters, comprised of mem-, bers of the O Fire Departmen The Cougars ha J ends of scores y but the; all discouraged. T tuted of good materia!, re convinced, but have been lacking in effective t The firemen’s qui up of v S and fast playing to beat them. e - | etball a pla will BASKET TEAMS | PLAY ON SMALL | FLOOR AT HAINES Juneau Loses and Wins Game and Now Sched- uled to Meet Skagway Basketball ment at Hail play in the tourna-| is somewhat im-) paired as a result.of the sma. floor space, according to a di patch received today from A. S Dunham, athletic coach at the Ju-| neau high school, to W. K. Keller cuperintendent of publ ols here. Of course, the floor limita- tions affect all teams alike and were not mentioned as in the na- |ture of an excuse for Juncau i‘showinz. which is regarded as | credible. Juneau high school, which was defeated by Douglas high school, by the close score of 21 to 24 smothered Haines high school 36 to 8. Juneau will play Skagway high chool either tonight or tomorrow night; if tonight, the game will be at Haines; if tomorrow night, the contest will be at Skagway. Skagway has been defeated by close scores by both Douglas and | Haines, losing to Douglas, 15 to 17, and to Haines 19 to 21. — e, Daily Empire Wars Ads Pay. [ lines. of its of the time. out- be 28 ! #. tin mine in worla, but its wealth is at great DANCE SATURDAY (‘gt,l‘mr mines betwean R"dru:h} NIGHT TO BE GIVEN . IN MOOSE HALL and Land's End have bgen ! Owing to the Elks Hall & clesed, but h the page |of Levant and Geevor the problem of | the unwanted tin-miners has Be~jthe hands of the come acute. 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