Golden Sandstorm Stays Inside and Plots Against Foe
Racing notes from Bay Meadows report 150 horses shipped to Santa Anita for the winter meet opening Christmas Day. Time Supply, winner of Bay Meadows $25,000 added handicap, and Top Row, mile and one sixteenth record holder, headlined the group. Jockey George Burns led with 40 wins. Tommy Luther rode three handicap winners including Time Supply and Top Row.
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Calif
Bay Meadows
Santa Anita
Los Angeles
A. A. Baroni
Reno
George Burns
Porterville
Tommy Luther
F.A. Carreaud Stable
el Paso
Time Supply
Sacramento
San Francisco
Local Line Ready To Face Masonic Home In Snowy Showdown
The Golden Sandstorm plans smart, pressure defense and a heavy running game to stop the Masonic Home eleven at Butler Field Saturday. Cripples John Harlow and Glenn Buskin near full recovery. tickets by price class expected to draw a full house.
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Butler Field
Mifiatal Awaathar Ranarteara
Sandies
Masons
Amarillo
Sandie
John Harlow
Glenn Buskin
The
City Auditorium
Temple Pair Injured Before Sugar Bowl Trip
Temple University faces two injured stars ahead of the Sugar Bowl clash with Tulane. Fullback Dave Smukler is down with grippe and end Roy Lorenz is treated in hospital. Both are expected to be fit for travel Thursday as Glenn Pop Warner's team heads to Baton Rouge for scrimmaging on LSU soil.
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Temple University
Tulane
New Orleans
Dave Smukler
Lagrippe
Roy Lorenz
Glenn Pop Warner
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Warner
Secret Practices For Tulane Eleven
New Orleans December 18 The Tulane football program announces secret practice sessions starting this afternoon with only the press allowed to observe. In yesterday’s workout reserves wearing red jerseys ran Temple style double wing plays to test against the varsity defense. Huntsville Texas December 18 Texas A and M beat Sam Houston State 35 to 33 in overtime after a 29 all tie. Bisbey hit the decisive field goal.
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Tulane
Ted Cox
Cox
Temple
Huntsville
Tex
U.P
Texas A and M
Sam Houston State Teachers Five
Bisbey
Rice Institute Beats A and I In Opening Season Games
Rice Institute opened its basketball season with two wins over Texas A and I at Rice, defeating the A team 62 to 31 and the B team 43 to 6. Captain Harry Journeau scored 22 points.
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RICE
Kingsville
Tex
U.P
Rice Institute
Texas A
Harry Journeau
High School Grid Players In Jam
Johnny Nelson eighteen and Jack Sims seventeen, both Jeff Davis High football players, face examining trial on charges of beating and robbing several negroes after a Sunday disturbance. Police found hats but no money. Coach Roy Needham suggested the incident may reflect misguided training.
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Johnny Nelson
Jeff Davis
Jack Sims
Nelson
Sims
Roy Needham
Louis a black menace draws boxing crowds in 1934
Henry McLemore profiles Joe Louis, a 20 year old from Highland Park Michigan rising as a heavyweight contender. Despite few pro bouts he dominates rivals Charley Massera and Lee Ramage, signaling a potential comeback era while reflecting on racial attitudes in boxing history.
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United Press
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U.P
Peter Jackson
John L
Jack Johnson
Jeffries
Har’ Wills
Harlem
Dempsey
Joe Louis
Highland Park
Mich
Louis
Joe
Charley Massera
Lee Ramage
Charley
Lee
Art Lasky
King Levinsky
Steve Hamas
Massera
Max Baer
Alabama Wishing Break in Weather Ahead of Rose Bowl
Alabama coach Frank Thomas hoped for a weather break as the Crimson Tide prepared for the West Coast trip for a New Year’s Day Rose Bowl game. Heavy field conditions from rain yesterday slowed practice, but the squad finished a long dummy scrimmage against Stanford formations. Only guard Bob Ed Morrow, nursing a broken nose, is noted as unavailable. Alabama departs for the West Friday.
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Ala
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Crimson Tide
West Coast
Stanford
Bob Ed Morrow
Husky
Tide
Alabama
West
Grayson Improves After Chest Injury At Stanford
Stanford University Calif December 18 Bobby Grayson an All American fullback eased today as a heavy chest brace was removed by Dr Fritz Roth. The key back in coach Tiny Thornhills backfield is expected to be ready for the Rose Bowl against Alabama New Years Day after sidelining since November 24.
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Calif
Bobby Grayson
Stanford
Fritz Roth
Grayson
Tiny” Thornhill
Pasadena
Alabama
Correct Foot Troubles with Plastic Arch Support
Dr Roy G Moore chiropractor at 205 Blackburn Road offers a plastic arch support system designed to correct irregularities in the feet. Includes adjustments if needed and aims to alleviate foot issues. Phone 4427 for appointments.
My Dandy Returns for Alamo Downs Winter Meeting
Several hundred horses are quartered at Alamo Downs as winter racing opens Christmas Day through February 2. My Dandy, arriving yesterday, eyes Texas territory with a famed past including nine straight wins in Chicago as a 3-year-old and a Hawthorne Handicap victory. He has overcome shipping fever and a loss of an eye to earn turf renown and now aims to thrill home fans with speed in the handicaps.
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San Antonio
Alamo Downs
Texas
Porte Drapeau-Sceptre
Dr. I. B. Clark
Chicago
Golfers Play in the British Colonial Open at Nassau
Olin Dutra leading the field in the $5,000 British Colonial Open at Nassau Bahamas as the Bahamas event opens. Dutra former American Open champion and Miami Biltmore Open winner teamed with Governor Bede Clifford to card six under par best ball of 64 in a practice/foursome. Governor Clifford among amateurs to compete for his donated cup.
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U.P
Olin Dutra
Dutra
Bede Clifford
Bahamas
Billy Burke
Bellair
Fla
Willie MacFarlane
Oak Ridge
N. Y
Watrous Bermingham
Mich
John O'Connor
Bolting Landing
Governor Clifford
Peterson Still Champ At Albert Hall
English heavyweight Jack Peterson retained the British and Empire titles with a 15 round decision over Australian George Cook at Albert Hall last night in London.
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London
Jack Peterson
Albert Hall
George Cook
Australia
Maverick Club Holiday Plans Spark Christmas Cheer
Santa Claus will visit the Maverick Club Saturday at 7 30 PM with reindeer and a gift program. Boys in the chorus meet Wednesday at 5 30 PM for a trip to Polk Street Methodist Church for a Christmas feed, rehearsal to follow.
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Polk Street Methodist Church
James Farwell
Houston Fight Night Upsets in Rubber Version
United Press roundup reports boxing results from Houston with Ralph Chong defeating Gene Dundee by decision in 10 rounds at 172 pounds. Earl Capps beats Tony Camteamilla in 6 rounds at 118 pounds. Tuffy Dial defeats George Brown in 6 or 10 rounds at 175 pounds in Houston, with details incomplete.
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Ralph Chong
New Orleans
Gene Dundee
New York
Earl Capps
Tony Camteamilla
Tuffy Dial
Sioux City
George Brown
Cardinals Win 1934 Poll as Top Sports Team
The 1934 United Press poll crowns the World Champion Cardinals as the top athletic team, with 168 of 295 votes. Minnesota’s Gophers place second for football, while Dizzy Dean earns top individual recognition for his role in the pennant run and World Series conquest.
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Football Gophers
United Press
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Dizzy Dean
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Princeton
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Navy
College of the Pacific
Longhorn Cagers Win Narrowly Over SW Oklahoma Teachers
University of Texas basketball team, led by captain Jack Gray and forward Jean Francis, edged Southwestern Oklahoma Teachers 35 to 33. Francis scored the decisive basket in the final minute as Texas erased a halftime deficit after trailing 17 to 16.
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Austin
Jack Gray
Jean Francis
University of Texas
Southwestern Oklahoma Teachers
Francis
Southwestern
LSU Students Fear Loss of Biff Jones
LSU students believe they have parted with football coach Capt. Lawrence Biff Jones after Sen. Huey P. Long hinted at a major improvement in a department at LSU. Long spoke to the team during halftime of the Oregon game, but Jones refused him entry to the locker room and then submitted his resignation to university officials before they asked him to reconsider.
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Louisiana State University
Lawrence
Biff) Jones
Huey P. Long
Long
Oregon
Jones
Costello to Face Kopecky in Main Event at Armory
Wrestling promoter Dutch Mantel reinforces a big night at the National Guard Armory with Costello against Joseph Kopecky in the main event. Cyclone Bobby Burns and Gene Lafelle support, while Kid Lewis and Lobo Brown open. Reserved seats are at City Drug Store on Polk Street.
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Roughhouse Costello
Dutch Mantel
National Guard Armory
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Kopecky
Cotton King
Cyclone Bobby Burns
Speed Demon
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Kid Lewis
Pampa
Lobo Brown
Amarillo
City Drug Store
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Harvey blocks Baer to force Schmeling bout in Hamburg
New York December 18 Charlie Harvey boxing manager patriarch refuses offers for Steve Hamas to fight Max Baer. He cabled acceptance of a 12 round bout in Hamburg for March 10 with a $25 000 purse guaranteed by Walter Rothenburg. Hamas, Penn State alum, rose to top contender. Schmeling has lately KO’d Walter Neusel.
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Steve Hamas
Max Baer
Charlie
Steve
Max Schmeling
Hamburg
Germany
Hamas
Walter Rothenburg
Marvey
Harvey
Milam
New York
Baer
Penn State
Art Lasky
Schmeling
Walter Neusel
B Schmeling
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