Ideal Weather for Texas Grid Games This Week
Bi district football pairings set with Dallas Highland Park visiting Vernon and other matchups including Athens at Corsicana Corpus Christi vs Thomas Jefferson and Longview at Greenville. Rangers Amarillo and Fort Worth Masonic Home Dallas Teach also on slate. Large crowds anticipated with Vernon Corsicana Corpus Christi and Greenville top favorites ahead of Dec week finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Texas
Dallas Highland Park
Vernon
Athens
Corsicana
Corpus Christi
Thomas Jefferson
San Antonio
Longview
Greenville Lions
Greenville
Ranger
Amarillo
Big Springs
el Paso
Beaumont
Jeff Davis
Houston
Green
Golden Sandies
Butler
Fort Worth
Willis Smith the Giants Tiny Quarterback Takes on Big Giants
Henry McLemore profiles Willis Smith of Boise Idaho, a 145 pound quarterback for the New York Giants who survives pro football by dodging 200 to 275 pound linemen. He recalls dodging Bronko Nagurski and trading a brutal collision for a two yard loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLemore
United Press
New York
U.P
Jack
David
Goliath
St. George
Polo Grounds
Willis Smith
Boise
Idaho
Pavlova
New York Giants
Willis
Martin Johnsons
Brown
University of Idaho
Giants
Steve. Owen
Bowling Tonight’s Games and Varsity Coaching Change
Rock Island faces Great West Mill in tonight’s games while Santa Fe plays Partners Grain Corp. Lawrence Ely, former Nebraska star, now coaches Denver University freshmen. In Tokyo the Waseda University team beat Keio University 1 to 0 before fifty thousand spectators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Great West Mill
Santa Fe
Partners Grain Corp
Lawrence Ely
University of Nebraska
Denver University
Tokyo
Waseda University
Keio University
Bears Personalities Highlight Pro Football Champions
United Press reports Chicago Bears legends and players including Beattie Feathers Zack Carlson Link Lymén Jack Manders Bronko Nagurski Red Grange Bill Hewitt Joe Kopcha George Musso and Keith Molesworth. The piece notes Feathers 1052 yards first pro season Carlson’s dramatic rally vs Giants Lymén’s long career Musso as tallest and Molesworth as lightest plus team average 6 ft 6 in and 207 pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kirkley
United Press
Chicago
Chicago Bears
Beattie Feathers
Bears
Red Grange
Wheaton
Ill) High
Ilinois
New York Yankees
Grange
New York Giants
Bill Hewitt
Joe Kopcha
Brumbaugh
Milton
George Musso
Keith Molesworth
Grand Finale for Gridiron Set Across Three Bowls
New Year's Day football honors appear set on three separate fields. Western Maryland declined Miami University at Miami in the Palm Festival. Bucknell awaits a faculty vote to accept. Temple will meet Tulane in the Sugar Bowl and Alabama travels to Stanford in the Rose Bowl festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Western Maryland
Miami University
Miami
Bucknell
B. W Griffith
Temple
Tulane
New Orleans
Alabama
Stanford
Pasadena
Maverick Club Builds Woodcraft Program and Local Youth Events
The Maverick Club expands with a woodcraft bench for sixteen youths, supervised by Tom Rowe and backed by Dr. Roy Snodgrass and A. B. Lewis. Nearby Pinto Club hosts chili and tamales fundraiser at 1600 Cleveland to support Christmas programs, while Sunday talks and choir feeds from Mrs. Farwell and Polk Street Church engage five top speakers and the rest. The club plans basketball against K C A C in Kansas City, and Bones Hooks leads Dogie Club sessions at Pioneer Hall Sundays at 4:30 with Galloway guiding youth across clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Rowe
Tom
Roy Snodgrass
Pinto Club
Cleveland
A. B. Lewis
Galloway
James Farwell
Polk Street Methodist Church
Bones Hooks
Pioneer Hall
East Texas Coaches Banquet to Honor Lone Star Champions
Henderson Texas December event will feature Rice Institute coach Jimmy Kitts and East Texas State Teachers College coach J W Rollins as winners of the Lone Star Conference title. Dr Harry Scott and Stephen F Austin head A W Birdwell will speak. Morris Frank serves as toastmaster. attendance expected to be the largest in the association's history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacogdoches
Fast Texas
Morris Frank
Laufkin
Earl Adams
Henderson
Two-section Start Planned for Miami Biltmore Open
The fifth annual Miami Biltmore Open with a $12,500 purse will split the field into two sections for a Saturday start. First two rounds to be played on alternate days, with 18 headliners seeded. Top pairings include Hagen with Golden and Farrell, Armour with Creavy and MacFarlane, plus Dutra with Ghezal and Cruickshank. After 36 holes conclude Tuesday, the field will trim to the low 80 and ties for the final rounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fia
Walter Hagen
Johnny Golden
Johnny Farrell
Wilfy Cox
Billy Burke
Phil Perkins
Tommy Armour
Tommy Creavy
Willie MacFarlane
Olin Dutra
Victor Ghezal
Bobby Cruickshank
Jimmy Hines
Johnny Revolta
Bill Mehlhern
al Watrous
Udley
Horton Smith
East Team Names Players for New Year Game
In Hamilton New York on December 7 the East squad for the East West charity game at San Francisco on New Year’s Day is taking shape. Andy Kerr Colgate and Dick Hanley Northwestern will coach the East and West teams respectively with several national stars slated to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
N. Y
San Francisco
Lew Brooke
Colgate
Bill Shepherd
Western Maryland
Andy Kerr
Dick Hanley
Northwestern
Joe Bogdanski
Lester Borden
Fordham
Hartwig
Weinstock
Munjas
Pitt
Evanston
U.P
Duane Purvis
Purdue
Ed Whalen
Harry Leeper
Puge Land
Frank Larson
Phil Bengston
Minnesota
Handley
Midwest
Purvis
Whalen
Lund
Max Baer Wins Bout as He Keeps Eye on Mary McCormic
Des Moines Ia December 7 1933 Max Baer fought an exhibition while glancing at Mary McCormic the opera singer who hinted at marriage to a royal Northwest Mounted Police man. Buddy Baer scored his eighth straight knockout defeating Red Fields on the same card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
U.P
Mary McCormic
Johnny Miler
Albion
Max Baer
Baer
Miler
Mice McCormic
Royal Northwest Mounted
Buddy Baer
Maxie
Red Fields
Propose New Border Rules At Conference Meeting
University of New Mexico officials say the Border Conference will discuss freshmen eligibility rule changes at the December 16 Phoenix meeting. Transfers and special students may gain varsity eligibility sooner, easing loss of potential players. Texas Tech’s conference membership and Texas Mines joining at the spring meeting are also discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
N. M
University of New Mexico Athletic Council
Phoenix
Texas Tech
Texas
Texas Mines
Grange Seeks Missouri Football Coach Post
Harold Grange and about thirty coaches are interested in the Missouri University football coach job. Grange has not applied. Frank Carideo resigned after three seasons. A committee chair said a letter from Grange was received and local alumni urged him to pursue the post. Grange warned against interference if he took the job. The piece notes three sets of brothers on the St. Louis Flyers roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Harold
Red) Grange
Missouri University
Grange
Frank Carideo
Lee Carl Overstreet
Committee
Ex Grid Star Will Be Waco s Chief
Waco Texas December reports W M Zachary 28 former Temple High School and Baylor University football player named chief of Waco police youngest man to hold the post succeeding Fred A Cooley who resigns Zachary will keep his law practice and reorganize the department with a temporary appointment announced after a city commission meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
W. M. Zachary
Temple High School
Baylor University
Zachary
Fred A. Cooley
Baylor
City Commission
Fokker Detained Over War Pictures In Greece
Anthony J. G. Fokker world famous airplane designer was forbidden to leave Greece after photographs said to show an arsenal and other fortified places were found. Fokker aged 44 began his career as an aeronaut at age 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
U.P
Anthony J. G. Fokker
Pouker
Dutch pioneer of German aviation and war plane innovator
The text notes a native Dutch inventor who moved to Germany for opportunities, built planes for the German air force during World War I, including the famous Fokker, and developed a synchronizing device to fire a machine gun between propeller blades. In later years he spent much time in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Netherlands
Germany
Fokker
United States
Municipal power plant pays improvement cost
Denton officials authorize 5600 feet of main pipe at 7304 dollars for a cross city line from the power plant to a standpipe. Work using unemployed laborers to start around December 20, with total project cost about 12000 dollars funded from a 25000 dollar surplus profits fund. Forty one of Colorado State College of Agriculture football squad members are natives of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
Dentons
W. N. Harris
Colorado State College of Agriculture
Agreement awards damages in 3750 suit
In 108th District Court Judge W F Gee awarded RR C Hawk of Wheeler County $3750 damages against Pete DeShong Amarillo truck line owner for an automobile collision near Briam rock last July 3. Hawk was injured when a DeShong truck hit the wagon he drove. Hawk had sued for $50950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. FE
Gee
RR. C. Hawk
Wheeler County
Pete DeShong
Amarillo
Briamrock
Mank
Also Mentioned on This Page
Owen
Boston Red Skins
Detroit Lions
Smith
Nagurski
Feathers
Bruisers
The
Bronko
Commercial League Arnholz Cofefe Ayers
Reedy
Noland
Langford
Gittrich
Roseland Ball Room Reid
Burton
Neely
Waugh
Law
Chatfield PY
Ae Commercial League
Eams— Andt Rock Island
Roseland Ball Room
Arpholt Coffee
Zack Carlson
Oregon State
Halas
Carlson
Link Lymén
Nebraska
Brannigan
Jack Manders
Bronko Nagurski
Dutch Clark
Maverick Club
Kansas City
Florida
Girl
Missouri
St. Louis Flyers
Blackburn
Blackburn Bros
Panhandle
Philippine
Philippines
Binondo
Manila
Grid Star
Roy G. Moore
Blackburn Pidg
Amarillo News-Globe
the Globe-News
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!