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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
7
United Press selects 1938 All-America football players with O'Brien and Aldrich among notable backs and linemen on the second team and a broad honor roll across many colleges.
Open Texas quail season kicks off with shooting starting at sunrise and running until sunset January 16. Daily limit 12, weekly 36, with 10 gauge shotguns limited to 3 shells. Mexican pheasants allowed in South Texas along the border and stock efforts include 14,000 Mexican quail plus India variety trials for dry areas.
Monrovia California police reports show a broad field of experience for the finest officers. Recent activity included investigating strange birds that were killing chickens, handling excess bee stands, shooting skunks and capturing lizards that invaded homes.
A 19 year old Belgian engineer Edgard Heirman has invented a seven ton clock with 144 dials. It displays time day week month season and year with a Leap Year device. It also shows sunrise and sunset hours daylight and darkness and tides. Heirman plans future dials for moon phases and planets.
Cape Girardeau Missouri resident Paul Seabaugh shot and killed a bobcat that chased a rabbit into a city park. Dozens of bobcats have been slain in southeast Missouri as sportsmen try to reduce their numbers because they kill quail and other birds.
Henry McLemore notes a collage of sports gossip from the era. He discusses Southern California football prospects, Duke and Wallace Wade, Johnny Montague sailing for Japan for golf, Chicago president Hutchins, Notre Dame vs USC Rose Bowl implications, and Tenn essee’s Rose Bowl chances. He teases tennis star Gene Mako and partner Jack Tidball’s comeback plans.
The University of Utah officially accepted an invitation to meet New Mexico University in the Sun Bowl at El Paso Texas on January 2. Graduate manager Theron Parmelee said Big Seven Conference approval was needed and expected at a Friday meeting on Easter Day.
Dallas December 1 Coach Matty Bell said SMU will be without captain Charlie Sprague left end for the Southwest Conference finale against Rice Institute in Houston this Saturday.
Tyler and Lubbock lead the 1938 state high school football race section with five opening games Friday and Saturday. Gainesville faces Highland Park in Dallas. the Sunset-Masonic Home intercity clash draws a likely record crowd near 30,000 if weather permits. Oklahoma reports no West-East bowl, as Sooners play Tennessee in the Orange Bowl.
Davey O'Brien and Ki Aldrich of the undefeated Texas Christian Horned Frogs were voted the Southwest Conference's most valuable players by sports writers in seven conference cities. The awards will be given at a Fort Worth banquet later this month.
Cotton Bowl officials sought a post season opponent for Texas Tech on January 2. St Marys College of California was under consideration but coach Slip Madigan said the team may be disbanded. Villa, Holy Cross and Santa Clara declined invitations while Mississippi Iowa State and Boston College were contacted.
The Philippine bureau of aeronautics licenses the first commercial airplane built in the Philippines by Philippine Aircraft Corporation. Capt. Alden R. Crawford of the U S Army Air Corps tests and approves the low wing monoplane. The company plans more planes of the same type. The text also notes cataract can be corrected by surgery when developed, or may disappear without drastic treatment in some cases.
The 115 pound Maverick Club mites clash with Stinnett here Saturday at Butler Field in the third game of the season. A 3 PM start, 25 cent admission, and any profits go to Maverick Club equipment. Mavericks won 7 to 0 at Stinnett and lost 6 to 0 in the return at home.
STILLWATER Okla Dec 1 The athletic cabinet recommended Jim Lookabaugh return to Oklahoma A and M College as head football coach Lookabaugh a 1925 Aggie three letter man shifted to high school coaching at Jet then Capitol Hill In 14 seasons seven years saw no defeats by his teams and he now stands favored to lead the gridiron program again.
ATCHISON Kan. Mrs. D N Wheeler died at age 99 removing a link to the towns frontier era. Born in Chautauqua New York she came west with her husband a builder of the Union Pacific Railroad and met President Grant during the railroad’s completion celebration at North Platte Nebraska.
Wrestling card at National Guard Armory features former light heavyweight champion Joe Banaski versus John Nemanic in a two out of three falls main event. Semi finals pair Gust Johnson with Sailor Tex Watkins, and Scotty Williams introduces Russell Riley. Ringside tickets on sale at City Drug Store.
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