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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1934
Page
11
Henry McLemore recounts a United Press piece about Dr. F E Free's device that magnifies noises to extraordinary levels. The mock hearing ranges from a snowflake on custard to a horse galloping, with sports chatter and famous names imagined as audible, human theatre at events.
Harvard Academy in Cambridge seeks a new head coach after Eddie Casey resigns. Rumors link non graduate candidates from Lou Little to Myles Lane as potential successors amid salary and Big Three constraints. A second AP note cites a little All-America team honoring small colleges with stars from Davidson Gonzaga North Dakota State and Ohio Wesleyan.
Cecil Smiths Austin polo club from San Antonio defeated the University of Texas 23 to 13 in Austin on Tuesday. Gilly Gilmore scored 11 goals to Smiths 10, while Rube Williams added two as the college team managed one score by Vernon Cook on a down field drive. The clubs will meet again today in the rematch.
CHICAGO December 5 Red Grange says he is finished as a player after the post season title game between the New York Giants and Chicago Bears. He aims to coach college football in 1935 and has several offers.
College Station Texas December 5 The Texas A and M football squad drew encouragement from a hard drill yesterday with Homer Norton stressing pass defense The coach said the team was credibly working against running plays but must watch Kurt Warbein Bob Armstrong and Russell Reynolds when they meet the Michigan State Spartans in San Antonio Saturday
The 1934 Southwest Conference standings show Rice Institute top in both scoring and defense led by Bill Wallace and John McCauley with 96 total points and opponents limited to 22 across six games. Texas closely trails on offense, while SMU Arkansas TCU Baylor and A&M follow with varying defensive results. The season wraps with TCU Santa Clara and SMU Washington University remaining on the schedule.
Sir George Grierson receives the Order of Merit from the Royal Asiatic Society of London and a luncheon, celebrating fifty five years of compiling 179 languages and 554 dialects in India. He began the task under Professor Robert Atkinson and published the final 11 volumes of Survey of the Indian Languages.
In Frankfort Kentucky Governor Ruby Laffoon is sued over the title of skipper of the Ohio River and has named Fred Erhart of Louisville as the holder. He also appointed A E Perry of New York to his staff as admiral of the Kentucky River.
A December AP survey shows 1934 team totals averaging 104.2 points per team and 12.19 points per game, down from 139 and 16 in 1930, while individual leaders like Shepherd Oravee and Miller surpass 108 points. Notable declines include Michigan 24 points this season versus 131 last year and Southern California 120 this year versus 244 in 1933. Navy, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio State, Rice, and SMU also show notable point increases or decreases.
Caretaker C A McDowell tends the Potter County courthouse grounds preparing for winter. He left the long grass unmowed for two weeks and now prunes trees and removes dead limbs to prevent wind damage. Two dead trees near the library have been dug up.
A 47th District Court jury began deliberations in the case of Ida Long a black woman charged with assault with intent to murder accusing her of stabbing her sister during a fight several months ago The trial opened yesterday in Fr In France watch Remy craft interest in a proposed fifty four hour hydroglider trip from Cherbourg to New York competes with transatlantic airplane journeys The hydroglider uses three metal pontoons a motor structure and airplane propellers to provide motive power.
Tonight brings the Meverays and Borden Creamery at Terry's Cafe against Cockrell Lokey in a trio of local league games. Borden Creamery faces Cockrell Lokey in the marquee affair at Cockrell Lokey Arena.
Mr and Mrs Avery Rush filed suit after their son Chandler was injured by a taxi at Fifth Avenue and Taylor Street. The 108th District Court judge approved a settlement awarding $925 damages from Ferguson Taxi Company and Commercial Standard Insurance Company.
Miss Gladys Yule, who after her father Sir David Yule’s death became Britain’s richest heiress, draws attention in Europe while avoiding public sight. Aged 24, she inherits between 100 and 125 million dollars with 80 companies in India and England, preferring outdoor life and roughing it.
A young Florentine sailor returning to Viareggio related his encounter with a 20 to 25 foot dogfish. He and his patino raft boat battled the fish when it attacked, overturning the boat and leaving several teeth in the oar before help arrived and the fish fled.
Members of Parliament in England discuss J. H. Hayes proposal titled The Police men's M P as a possible approach to reforming policing and political oversight amid growing debate on law and order.
Stanford coach Tiny Thornhill discusses pass heavy Pasadena Rose Bowl plans and Alabama and Washington pass strategies. Texas schoolboy champions list five repeaters Greenville Dallas Highland Park Corpus Christi bid, with 11 newcomers set for weekend showdowns across 16 districts.
Joe Smartt of Austin wins UT Longhorns captaincy for 1095 season narrowly over Jimmie Hadlock. banquet hosts praise coaches Chevigny Moynihan Karow James Beauford Jester. varsity awards list include Sanger Gray Van Zandt Collins and many others.
The installation in the home of the planetarium, ordered by Munsolini, will place nearly 20 new astronomical instruments in Europe. Italy plans to inaugurate its building and device soon. Germany leads in acquiring instruments with Meltalied in Berlin and 14 other cities already using them. Vienna also has one. The large device features a long cylinder with two spherical ends and 119 lenses embedded in the spheres and along the cylinder to project the night sky on a white dome. It can reproduce the great year of 26,000 years in minutes, showing ancient skies.
A Home Office circular warns that extended election campaigns over four weeks tax police by pulling officers to rally duties. The thinner force, it says, leaves police unable to cope with thieves and pickpockets who strike while guardians of the law are preoccupied with political events.
Four years after taking the helm at the University of Alabama Frank Thomas led the Crimson Tide to a record of four losses and one tie. He succeeded Wallace Wade and maintained the Wade system with Hank Crisp as line coach and athletic director.
The Santa Clara Broncos travel 28 strong to meet the Texas Christian football warriors in Fort Worth Saturday. Coach Clipper Smith leads the squad which leaves by train and plans a workout stop in El Paso on the Texas School of Mines field en route.
The article outlines Thomas as a quiet diplomat shaping a coaching team including Harold Drew and John Cain with J B Whitworth assisting. It notes his Notre Dame quarterbacking under Knute Rockne, early assistant role at Georgia, head coach at Chattanooga winning IIAA titles, first Hokne pupil to claim a title and lead to a bowl, and later return to Georgia and Alabama with Harry Mehre.
New York Dec 5 The Brooklyn Dodgers announce the sale of right handed pitcher Arthur Red Herring obtained from Beaumont last winter to the Sacramento club of the Pacific Coast League. It was a straight cash deal as part of Casey Stengel’s building campaign. Stengel aims to trade several players but protects star Van Ling Mungo who isn’t on the block despite a $300 000 price.
Three mat events headlined by Jo seph Kopecky versus Welch and Dory Detton versus Utah’s pride. Bad Joe Purdin and Gene LaBelle also feature in another bout. Reserved seats at City Drug Store, 517 Pol Street. Plants need air for nourishment and soil is unnecessary without light and moisture.
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