San Angelenos to Ride Special Train for Texas Contest
San Angelo football fans will ride a special train to Amarillo Saturday to see the Bobcats clash with the Golden Sandstorm for the West Texas championship. Five hundred supporters plus band and pep squad will depart at 5 AM, arrive 12:30 PM, with return set for 2 AM Sunday. The squad, led by Coach Harry Taylor, trains in Amarillo area and will travel via Lubbock for a Thursday workout.
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Jimmie Ayers Nets perfect 300 in Amarillo league
Bowling fans applaud Jimmie Ayers of the E. B. Meyer team after he pitched a perfect 300 game in a league match against Hoppin Printing Co. His feat makes him the first bowler to throw a 300 on Amarillo Alley. Tonight in league play: Commercial League matches Farmers Nat vs Independent, Roberts Olver vs Ross Shoe Shop, Civic Club League Kiwanis vs Lions, Rotary vs A B C Man. Also 95 year old Henry D Johnson walked 25 miles canvassing door to door in Stafford Springs. Nadine Wahlquist, 4, wearing her mother's dress, tripped and fell into a fireplace in West Plains. Weather-linked aviation accident study notes over 30 percent of accidents in six months of 1930.
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E. B. Meyer
Hoppin Printing Co
Amarillo
West Plains
U.P
Nadine Wahlquist
Frogs Rest Before Starting Practice for Sugar Bowl
Fort Worth December 12 The Texas Christian University Horned Frogs will rest several days after their win in San Francisco before beginning post season training for the Sugar Bowl against Louisiana State in New Orleans. Coach L R Meyer says practice starts December 18 and the team will depart Fort Worth December 29 for final preparation. note mentions baseball injuries.
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Texas Christian University Horned Frogs
Santa Clara
San Francisco
Louisiana State
New Orleans
L. R. Meyer
Frogs
Stratton vs Hallas Tonight in National Guard Arena
Walter Stratton the Ohio wrestler faces Billy Hallas the Greek in the main event at the National Guard Arena tonight. Also on the card are Albert Szasz and Chesty Tillman in the semi final with Benny Wilson and Pat Garrison in a 20 minute opener. Tickets available at City Drug Store 617 Polk Street.
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Southwest
Stratton
Billy Hallas
National Guard Arena
Hallas
Albert Szasz
Chesty Tillman
Benny Wilson
Pat Garrison
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Paulino Uzendun Bets to Go the Distance With Louis
Orangeburg N Y December 12 The betting is 21 and 2 to 1 that Paulino Uzendun does not last 15 rounds with Joe Louis tomorrow night. Uzendun, a veteran of 69 professional fights, predicts Louis will be struck and unable to floor him. He notes Louis looked vulnerable against Baer, insists he can stay close all night, and says he fights for fun not money.
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N. Y
Paulino Uzendun
Joe Louis
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Paulino
Uzendun
Baer
Carnera
Reno
Pauline
Azendun
Omaha to Try English Turf Next Year
William Woodward’s Omaha, 1935 three year old standout, may race on English turf after recovering from a mysterious ailment that halted his season. The Derby, Preakness, Belmont and Arlington winner shows no signs of the illness while galloping at Belair Stud. English trainer Capt. C Boyd-Rochfort will assess him in Maryland before a possible Aqueduct return on December 22. Toronto school chiefs promise no “sour” old maids will teach at Forest Hill Village school.
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Belair Stud
Maryland
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Tommy Driscoll
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C. Boyd-Rochfort
Woodward
Single fingerprint file eyed by Dallas police
Dallas detectives plan a single print fingerprint file to speed identifications from a Jones fingerprint. The move aims to boost efficiency in investigations and streamline processing in the police department.
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Dallas
Texas
McGillicuddy the Financier Could Fix Budget Woes
A satirical column imagines Connie Mack as a fiscal hero who would sell costly players to balance the budget. It jokes about trading Harry Hopkins, Morgenthau, and others, with playful references to Tom Yawkey, Loch Ness, and Roosevelt, ending before provoking anger.
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Washington
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Philadelphia Athletics
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McGill
Harry Hopkins
Works Progress Administrator
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First Religious Services Held in Manitowoc Jail
Manitowoc County jail held its first religious services recently as Sheriff Max Hiller Jr arranged semi monthly devotions with visiting pastors. In Sanford Maine Mrs Shirley Perry hunted after obtaining her license and within an hour and a half bagged a large doe near Branch Brook. In Miami Florida fishermen aboard 300 charter boats carry carrier pigeons to relay spectacular catches from the Gulf Stream to friends back home.
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Manitowoc County
Max Hiller, Jr
Sanford, Me
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U.P
Miami Beach
Gulf Stream
Pioneer descendant crafts violins from salvaged wood
In Brodhead Wisconsin a descendant of early settlers John Macomber salvages wood from pioneer buildings destroyed by fire or wind to fashion violins. The article notes that twenty or more months are required to grow pineapple.
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Wis
U.P
Woorf
John Macomber
League's Head Calls Meeting In Austin Over Ineligible Player
A Texas interscholastic football dispute arose when Tyler withdrew due to an ineligible player Raymond Alexander born in 1913. Greenville and Mexia contested semi finals as district officials met in Dallas and Austin to resolve which team advances amid age violations and past similar cases. Meanwhile Syracuse acquired Byrne James from Dallas Steers after a rough 1935 season and managerial resignation.
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Mexia
Kansas City
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Lil (Buber) Dimmitt
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Beaumont High
Beaumont
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Dallas
Sol Dreyfuss
Byrne James
Syracuse
James
Dallas Steers
Mud slows fugitive capture in Prairie Center
In Prairie Center Missouri Deputy Reid fired four shots at a bayshit but missed. The fugitive escaped into mud and became trapped, halting motion until seized by the improvised bog his capture.
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Prairie Center
Missouri
Charles Reid
Revolta Starts Flying in Sarasota Open Golf Meet
Johnny Revolta, Milwaukee born PGA champion, opens strong in Sarasota with a 274 total for the $2,000 Sarasota Open, a 65 final round, and a new course record. He earns $500, joining a $350 Orlando win, with Victor Ghezzi and Paul Runyan close behind. Princeton and Stanford receive first place votes in a separate college poll. Southwest Texas Teachers College defeats Westmoreland Junior College 37 to 21 for its first win.
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Richmond
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Deal
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Westmoreland Junior College of
San Antonio
Minnesota Tops National Grid Poll for 1935
Minnesota leads the United Press poll of 142 writers as the mythical national football champion for 1935. SMU follows second. Princeton, TC U, Ohio State, Stanford, LSU, Notre Dame, California, and Pittsburgh fill the top ten. Minnesota led with 1,366 points over SMU's 1,246. 98 writers ranked Minnesota first.
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United Press
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Ohio State
Stanford
Louisiana State
Notre Dame
California
Pittsburgh
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M. U
Step Up Men Try 30 Cigarettes at Our Risk
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco offers to refund full purchase price plus postage if readers rolling their own Prince Albert 2-ounce tins fail to produce the finest, tastiest roll-your-own cigarettes. The ad promotes Prince Albert as mild yet full flavored and suitable for pipes, claiming about 70 cigarettes per tin.
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R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
N. C
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