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Tro;an Mentor ‘Head Man’ to Board of Stratogy, USCs E lov(’n‘ WiLLIS (BILL) Semecne has game cf bridge and a fair brand of goif. bility whether the Iosues. kecp themselves looking bright. The ‘eam win: By PAUL ZIMMERMAN (Acsociated Press Sports Editor) LOS ANGELES, Ca . 20— Ask any of the cight assistants University of Southern C: ma's‘\\‘i‘».\ their duties on the training board of strategy has maneuvered | field are and comes the same smil- the Trojan football {eam into the |ing reply: third Tournament of Roses game in four years. Composed of Head Coach Howard | Harding Jones and cmm assi: ants, the Lhd staff > of the largest and used in the caumry and actually speaking ‘The Head Man. When a Trojan team falils yictory, which hasn't been C ¥ince the veteran, greying mentor took command in 1925, he still “The Head Man, assuming entire responsibility. Coach Jones ‘a sticker for fan- | damentals and a - tireless worker concentrates on his line. In fact Southern California has no line coach_aside from the former Yale end. But he is just as likely to be working with the backfield and spends perhaps as much time with the first eleven. out There seems to he a em. The Head Co. complete charge, directing f and then the other st on perha; Fig a The others stand by, individual instruction when a man fails in his assignment, stepping in to take charge of one as and otherwise keeping half a hun dred varsity candidates and almost as many scrubs busy. Devine Watches Ramblers of marily are scouts, the assistants do at some time or other. Aubrey Devine, former star quarterback son Abcut all his eight helpers necd to de is tc the third and fourth teams as with “That's what I'm trying to find | Northern Californians say | to make team of Oberlin Coach Jones moves to another is Two members of the staff pri- | end at Lawrence Coi although all of | later deteetive work Francis of Towa, spends ticipates in scouting acti THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, DEC. 29, 1932 said that the first thing Coach Howard Jones insists wpen when chcosing an assistant is that he play a bang-up “Head Man” prefers to do most of the feotball coachi dal instruct give scme indi keeping a watchful eye on Noire Dame. ‘ Clifton B. Herd, formerly of Cor- nell has bobbed up so frequently at Palo Alto home of s er outstanding foe Stan he ought the Indian campus his idence. nd rs of the Williamson rominent me aum-dn Borini- | 1991 champlondhip team give the mage in signal drill, in fundament- | greater part of the season to the giving Freshman squad. Willis O. Hunter, d or of in- tercollegiate athletics and formerly Ohio college, prim: a backfield coach, assisted by Gordon Campbell, who was a Tro- an star before Jones moved into the picture. Justin (Sam) who ge, Wis attended Wisconsin Tappaan a former r and under Jones, wingmen and also vit Barry, and Tro- works par- During a game Jones still is ]' DOUGLAS | NEWS HOMECOMING REUNION FOR UOUGLASITES Affan Fe]ebra[es 30th An- | niversary of Island Public School the annual alumni home- inions at the large in- in the States, Douglas Territory in holding an affair of that kind, invitations having been issued for something cver a hundred D. H. 8. grad- uates, 80 of whom are now resid- Alaska and 31 in the States, nd the celebration of the 1 anniversary of the dedi- of the Douglas school to- idea for the affair which is g sponsored by the Douglas Scheol Board, was originated by | Felix Gray, Clerk of the Board {for. the past several years. Mr. Gray has collected a great deal of |data and souvenirs connected with the tr years of the school's history and the presentations of |this will be one of the interesting |features of the affair. Stars at 8 The Reunion will start tonight with a program of exercises and himelf, taking entire responsi- on now and then and Head Man. Of the few licutenants on hand when his team is in ac- tion, one posts himself in the at the "end of ¢ fisl an out thing cannot be seen from the| Another sits high’ in the stands for the same purpose. Must Play Gelf, Bridge They reports P jan generalissimo freqt ing the cont but these go unre also be effected to further perpet- uate the spirit of old Douglas Hi. At 9:30 o'clock the activities will be transferred to the Natatorium where a grand ball will be held. Besides the alumni, invitations |have bLeen extended (o a Ilarge number of friends of the Douglas school, which includes all of Doug- to attend the homecoming i fo Tro- dur- | sem 2 ntly as - SEVERAL ILL WITH FLU Sante Degan has been a victim |of the flu for the past |bad to spend Christmas He is recovering now. Both Mrs. Ida Niemi and son Jolm are also ill with bad colds. Coach | aching knowledge of olf, and still is prims reg ssistants, a fine ge and a fair game of g even in these vities he the Head Man. T only oue member of tha| Beoard of Strategy who word is| law to Jones. That man is Dr. s G hrir Veiled Prophet Festival e o great . Creates Work for 1,000 it | means the greatest star the ‘ squad is lost to the team. H Thus functions the Trojan Board | LOUIS, Dec. 29—Prepara- (tions for the Veiled Prophet Car- nival, annual Fall celebration in in ST ROMANCE LINKS ‘STOWAWAYS’ Marilyn Miller, ‘étage and screen star, and six of her friends boarded a liner at a New York dock to say farewe!l to a fricnd sail- ing for Europe. They failed to heed the “all ashore” call and were carried out to sea. The fact that Don Alvarado, film actor, was in tho group led to reports that they were married at sea, but this ~as de mied bythe ship’s captain. (Associated Press Photo) NEW PLANE FOR SPEED FLIER HAWKS Lt.‘Commdr. Frank Hawks points out special “wing flaps” ‘which are a feature of a new monoplane recently compieted in inglewood, Cal., for him. The plane can be slowed down in the air through lower- ing the flape. (Associated Press Photo) CUBAN BEAUTY IN MOVIES Hilda Moreno, native of Cuba and former Ziegfeld girl, is making a mark in Hollywood. She began playing in Spanish versions of popular pictures but lately has been given parts in English-speaking films as well. (Associated Press Photo) of Stratezy | St. Louis, provided employment for | more than 1,000 persons this year. | About 100 persons were needed to | make costumes, and 200 to help | stage the parade, onz of the main | features of the festival. | Scme 165 band musicians were | engaged for the procession, in ad- | dition to a concert orchestra for | the Veiled Prophet Ball, two dance | orchestras and an orchestra to play | ai the supper in honor of the Veil- Eod Prophet's Queen. | Beauty’s Misconduct I Wins Mate Divorce | LONDON, Dec. 29.—The Mar- | quise De Case Maury, society beau- ty, well known in London, Paris and New York, has been divorced by her titled husband on grounds of misconduct. The Marquis accused his wife of misconduct with W. E. D. Allen, | former member of parliament from West Belfast. D High Navy Officers Oppose Hoover Plan | 'WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.—Rank- |ing naval officers vigorously op- | pose President Hoover's recom- mendations for transfer of the | hydrographic office and the naval observatory from the Navy De- partment to the Commerce De- partment. ‘They said such a transfer would | ceriously impair naval efficiency n time of war. ’ Advertisements ore your pocket- begk editorials. They interpret the merchandue news. DESlGN FOR’NEW 50-PASSENGER OCEAN PLANE “Above is a drawing of a trans-oceanic plane mnid for long sea flights of the ‘future. It will carry 50 passengers, _tee headed by Col, Charles A, Lindbergh. with mail and freight. The design was made on the specifications of a technical commit- 1t will be known as the Clipper Ship. (Associated Press Photo) exhibits at the school at 8 o'clock.|God Almighty An organization of the alumni will|world!” he shouted. week and | bed. | Taft iways were expacting her to get up lured carefully, and statsd the 70 CONGRESS BETS THRILLER; WORK OF BUN - TurEa Recent Attempt of Penn-| sylvanian Tops All for Disturbances By HERBERT PLUMMER WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. — The recent attempt of a Pennsylvania | youth to “gun” himself into an au- dience on the floor of Congress alresdy has been set down by vet- eran capitol observers .as the all- time prize gallery disturbance | Ther2 have been incidents some- what similar before, but nome rat- ed as dramatic or daring as that of the pale-faced young elerk who sent members 1or cover with his| long-barreled pistol. Dr. Mary Walker, in “her best days never was ‘able to put on such a show. And the good doctor was watched most of the time. Gallary guards in the Sénate al- of New York, | and reply to ‘a Senator. She was | granted special permission to wear men’s clothing and whenever she epproached the gallery a special guard was dispatched hastily by the sergeant-at-arms to keap an jeve on her. GUARDS ARE ALERT Several years ago a patriarch- ial negro with a long-flowing gray beard rose in the Senate just as the Vice-President banged the ga- vel closing the session. “I have been commissioned by to destroy the There wasn't much destruction, however. The gallery guards sprang |at him, rushed hiia out of the (chamber and to a hospital for the insane across the Potomac. | ‘The doorkeepers and guards keep a constant watch for likely trouble makers. All suspicious looking peo- | ple are eyed closely. | WHEN CARROLL FAILED | Farl Carroll, New York. show | producer, is credited with a neatly arranged scheme frustrated by an alert Senate attache. It was back in the days when | was running for President | Carroll conceived the idea of plant- | ing a male quartotte in the Sen- ate gallery. At a signal the quar- | tette was to arise and sing: “Let's climb on the raft with |Bill Taft.” Dan Ransdell, one-armed ser- geant-at-arms of the Senate at the time, got wind of 'the scheme. Quietly he went to the gallery and sat down beside the suspected four. When the Vice-President's gavel| fell, Ransdell leaned over to the| quartette and whispered in a men- acing voice: “All right, boys, I'm onto you. Just one squawk out of you and Tl clamp the four of you in the cooler at No. 1 precinct.” | The fetching melody was never heard. e Yams Produce at Rate Of 420 Bushels Acre HICKORY, N. C, Dec. 29. — A yam yield at the rate of 420 bush- els per acre was grown here this year by J. F. Allen, who has be- come a local authority on garden- ing. Allen planted a sweet potatoes, which small plot to he meas- bushels he harvested would have been 420 bushels if the field had covered ‘an acre. The total cost of fertilizer and plants ‘for ‘the plot was $7.95. 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