War shadows loom over U S sports headlines
Wide World’s Hugh Fullerton Jr notes war will curtail sports, not end it, with boxing, soccer, and rugby active in England for morale. Pro football may suffer due to reliance on near graduates. Hank Greenberg and Joe Louis face military shifts. Utah football faces travel relief to Hawaii. Burleigh Grimes becomes Toronto manager as Leafs joke joins the chatter.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
Wide World
New York
England
Hank Greenberg
Joe Louis
Buddy Baer Sets Weight Ahead of Louis Bout in January
Buddy Baer arrived to begin training for a bout with Joe Louis and projects a weigh in around 245 on January 9 after reporting he was too light at 237 last time. He also notes Jimmy Foxx may stay with the Red Sox payroll another year as Tom Yawkey delays cutting him loose without a manager’s job in place. Ed Brickhouse elected Norfolk Duke Alumni president.
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Buddy Baer
Joe Louis
Buddy
Louis
Jimmy Foxx
Red Sox
Tom Yawkey
Jimmy
Ed Brickhouse
Norfolk
Duke
Buck Weaver
Louisville Times
Sun
Santa Anita
Warren Wright
Mike Jacobs
Lem Franklin
Melio Bettina
Jack Hurley
Lem
Melio
Minneapolis
van Mungo
Millers
Mike Kelley
Urne Members To Be Present At Meeting
Members of the Panhandle Outdoor Sportsmen's Club will meet at the Amarillo Hotel tomorrow night at 7 30. They will elect new officers for 1942 and complete plans for the upcoming Sportsmen's Rally. Refreshments will be served.
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Panhandle
Amarillo
Bowl Briefs From Five Grid Fronts
LUBBOCK Texas Dec 9 UP Texas Technological College players today began plans for entertaining Tulsa University in the Sun Bowl game at El Paso Jan 1 Tech accepted the host role for the post season game Del Morgan former Rice Institute coaching staff member steered Tech through a 10 game schedule this season with only a 6 0 defeat at Miami Arizona border conference champion rejected the Sun Bowl because of a heavy schedule New York The Fordham Rams today took their first workout since completing their regular season 10 days ago Coach Jim Crowley reviewed second hand reports on Missouri the Rams Sugar Bowl opponent whom they have not scouted Quarterback Jim Noble awaits a call into the Army air corps Columbia Mo Coach Don Faurot gave Missouri rest today in preparation for drills tomorrow and Thursday to wind up home practice before the team goes south for the Sugar Bowl Dallas Dec 9 UP Texas Christian University football players concentrated on class work today and prepared to start workouts Dec 15 for the Orange Bowl against the University of Georgia at Miami The squad was in excellent physical shape Coach Dutch Meyer has allowed only two weeks of practice to prevent fatigue Fort Worth Dec 9 UP Texas A M will return from Tacoma Wash and begin Cotton Bowl preparations for Alabama at Dallas New Year's Day Aggies defeated Washington State 7 0 last Saturday in the last game of their regular season Homer Norton said Aggies came through without injuries More than 6 percent more newly hatched lobsters survive the larval state if fed 24 times a day than if fed only 12 according to an experiment in Maine
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Lubbock
Tex
Texas Technological College
Tulsa University
el Paso
Tech
del Morgan
Rice Institute
Tank Tech
Miami University
Arizona
New York
Fordham Rams
Jim Crowley
Missouri
Rams
Jim Noble
Army Air Corps
Columbia
Don Faurot
Missouri Tigers
New Orleans
Mike Fitzgerald
Kansas
Fort Worth
Texas Christian University
University of Georgia At Miami
Leo R
Dutch
College Station
Texas A. & M
Tacoma
Wash
Alabama
Dallas
Aggies
Washington State
Homer Norton
Jack Guenther
United Press
United Press Today
America
England
Russia
Kenesaw M. Landis
American League
William Harridge
Mike Jacobs
Army
Navy
Hal Reynolds
Abe Goldberg
U S Football Players Are In Honolulu
Two mainland college teams San Jose State College and Willamette University were stranded by war in Hawaii and reassigned to police duty in Honolulu. The San Jose coach reported about 25 players plus a Hawaii resident, and Willamette sent 24 players with around 20 fans. The teams had scheduled December games with the University of Hawaii and with each other.
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San Jose
Calif
Hawaii
Honolulu
San Jose State College
Willamette University
Salem
Ore
University of Hawaii
Ben Winkelman
San Jose Eleven
California
Willamette
Islands
Sports Parade: War Life to Continue If Government Allows
A United Press survey across sports leaders finds business as usual likely if the government approves. Bowl games boxing and races plan to run as scheduled while adjustments may come for 1942. Baseball and football expect wartime changes but aim to complete seasons.
War deemed not to halt major sports plans
Officials from football, golf, tennis, track and field and horse racing stated wartime mobilization would not derail 1941 schedules. Some events may be postponed or altered by government guidance, with morale and service member participation cited as guiding aims.
Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks Guest Here Tonight
Judge John McClelland, grand exalted ruler of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, arrives from Albuquerque for a nationwide visit. He will speak at Amarillo Lodge No 923 barbecue supper at 6 30 and a special lodge session with West Texas and Eastern New Mexico visitors attending.
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Grand Exalted
ELKS
John & McClelland
Benevolent and Detective Order of Filks
Amarillo
Judge McClelland
Albuquerque
Amarillo College
Elks Flying
Elks Lodge
West Texas
New Mexico
Fis
Charles W. Keith
Fishing Boat Doris G. Eldridge Christened in Fairhaven
In Fairhaven Massachusetts the 66 foot dragger Doris G Eldridge the New Bedford fleet new addition was finally christened after her maiden voyage built as South Bristol Maine she slid down the ways unchristened and later named with owner William D Eldridge’s wife as sponsor following a malaria tale aboard the ship.
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Fairhaven
Mass
New Bedford
Doris G. Eldridge
South Bristol
William D. Eldridge
Eldridge
Johnson seeks immediate active duty with the fleet
Rep. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas, a naval reserve member, urged Secretary Knox in a December letter to be assigned to active duty with the fleet at once. He indicated he would vote for a war declaration if needed during the Texas senatorial campaign context.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Naval Reserve
Navy
Frank Knox
Johnson
Theaters Broadcast Roosevelt Address Across City Screens
Theaters in Amarillo will interrupt shows to broadcast President Roosevelt’s address at 9 PM Amarillo time. Paramount State and Cape hotel theaters will carry the speech for patrons unable to stay home.
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Jack King
Jagseyvelt
Paramount
State
Roosevelt
Amarillo
Trainmen Killed in Rear End Collision Near Pottsown
Four trainmen died in a rear end collision near Prick's Lock two miles east of Pottsown as two loaded Pennsylvania freight trains derailed after a head on impact on a single track. The coal train followed a mixed freight and rails were ripped for over a mile. The first train caboose caught fire after being struck by the second engine.
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Pottsown
Pennsylvania
Prick's Lock
Here
Pottsville
Philadelphia
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Bob Rowntree
Amarillo Junior College
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Ray Milland
Utah
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Rochester
N-Y
Democrat and Chronicle
Burleigh Grimes
Toronto
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Tyler
Green Bay Packers
Washington Redskins
Dick Davis
Appleton
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Isbell
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch
OLD Thompson
Glenmore
Glenmore Distilleries Co., Incorporated
Louisville, Kentucky
Kentucky
Bourbon
Maine
U.S
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E. E. Seiler
Charles Strub
Santa Park
Sylvester W. Labrot
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Hialeah Parks
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Great Lakes Naval Station
Fillmore
Miller Printing CO
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Southern Methodist
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Texas Cone
Baylor
Arkansas
Oregon
Amarillo Country Club
Clyde Wells
Eeteeene
Texas A and M
U. N. Olver Jones State
John Collins Feeteee
Pat
W. W. Gibson
Crain
Rogers, A. and
J. D. Sugg Sanders
Jimmy Moore Enna
Johnston
Ss. M A
Bob Green Etter Enee
Layden
Sim Kelly
Kring
Wayne O'Keefe
Spivey
R. H. Kelly Ener
Simpson
M. A
Moser
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Kutner
John Olver Tere Eens
Webster
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A and M
Earl O'Keefe
Davis
Pickett
Doss
Bureau of Standards
John McClelland
Lyde Wells
The
Prince Albert
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Winston-Salem, N.C
Laration
Senate
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Casualty and Allied Lines
Amarillo Bidg. Ph
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