Braddock Tops AP Sports Poll In 1935 Comebacks
James Braddock leads the Associated Press comeback list for 1935 ahead of Helen Wills Moody by a narrow margin. The boxing champion rose from near obscurity to claim the top spot with 180 points to Moody’s 171, while Lefty Grove and Glenna Collett Vare also prominent in the year’s notable comebacks.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
New York
James A. Braddock
Associated Press Sports
Braddock
Helen Wills Moody
Max Baer
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Mrs. Moody
Moory
Helen Jacobs
Forest Hills
Miss Jacobs
Grove
Robert Moses
Lefty Grove
Red Sox
Glenna Collett Vare
Philadelphia
Mrs. Vare
Minneapolis
Shuford to captain SMU for Rose Bowl clash
SMU fullback Harry Shuford, recovering from a knee twist, will captain the Mustangs against Stanford in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day. Co-captains Maco Stewart and J. C. Wetsel appointed him after sharing leadership in 12 games. Shuford has been out since the SMU UCLA 21 0 win. Coach Madison Bell schedules heavy scrimmage with Shuford, Sprague, Wilson rested.
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Dallas
U.P
Harry Shuford
Southern Methodist University
Southern California
Stanford
Maco Stewart
J. C. Wetsel
Stewart
Wetsel
Shuford
SMU
UCLA
Los Angeles
Mustangs
Madison Bell
Pasadena
Bell
Johnny Sprague
Bobby Wilson
The new Olympic to be sold after Queen Mary launch
The Oceanic steamship Olympic once the largest British built vessel afloat is up for sale with bids invited. Built in Belfast and weighing 46 439 tons gross the ship rammed and sank a German submarine in the war earning Commodore Sir Bertram Hayes the DSO for his role in its dispatch.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bertram Hayes
Strangest 1935 sports sight at Rangers Canadians game
United Press notes a Garden crowd bored by safety first play read newspapers during a 1 1 tie. Other items mention Jay Berwanger possibly joining Detroit Lions, Dempsey white hope letters, Schmeling Louis rematch hopes, and various sports tidbits including football plans, boxing chatter, and golf events.
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United Press
New York
U.P
the Garden
Jay Berwanger
Detroit Lions
Automobile Company
Detroit
United Press Sports
Dempsey
Jack
Schmeling
Louis
Amy Ondra
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Billy Evans
New York Football Giants
Artie Donovan
Max Waxman
Obier Walker
Joe Louis
Obie
Princeton
Yale
Larry Kelley
Kelley
Washington
Carl Reynolds
Roy Johnson
Babe Ruth
Zaz Confrey
Kenosha
Babe
St. Pete
Hawaiian Islands
Horton Smith
Oak Park Club
Chicago
Nassau
Jack Dempsey
Lou Little
Columbia
California
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Miami
South
Pincura Honored as 1935 Best Ohio State Forward
Ohio State University named Stan Pincura its top forward passer of 1935 with a .555 pass completion rate across eight games. He threw 67 passes, 37 completed with 3 interceptions, for 530 yards and an average 14.3 yards per completion. Retrieved in contrast to Sammy Baugh who led in attempts and totals but trailed in completion percentage.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Stan Pincura
Ohio State
Pincura
Baugh
Pitching Stars Highlight 1935 American League Averages
New York December 19 reports highlight Lefty Grove Ted Lyons and Wesley Ferrell leading AL pitching. Grove posted the lowest ERA 2.70 over 235 innings and 20 wins. Lyons 3.02 ERA, 15–8 record, Ferrell 25 wins and 322 innings. Nine straight wins by Schoolboy Rowe and no hit games by Vernon Kennedy, Mel Harder, and Carl Fischer.
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New York
Lefty Grove
Ted Lyons
Wesley Ferrell
Grove
Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
Lyons
Ferrell
Eldon Auker
Detroit
Johnny Allen
Cleveland
Vernon Kennedy
Indians
Mel Harder
Carl Fischer
Chicago
Schoolboy Rowe
Lieutenant Vesely Detained for Abusive Language
Lieutenant Vaclav Vesely of a Czechoslovakian infantry regiment at Pilsen Bohemia was sentenced to three weeks detention by a military court for violently abusive language toward soldiers. Witnesses testified he called privates fools idiots blockheads halfwits and louts and said he might as well try to drill a herd of oxen.
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Vaclav Vesely
Pilsen
Bohemia
Vesely
Spor sports amier reveals historic athletic links across eras
New York reports trace Johnny Roosma from Passaic high school glory to West Point guard duties at the gates. It highlights Steve Hamas, Gar Wood and Joe Louis as part of a broad glimpse at American sports powerhouses including Gene Lillard, the Cubs signing and a Dodgers pitching shift. Oklahoma Amateurs wrestling dominance noted with Ed Gallagher’s long win record.
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New York
Johnny Roosma
Passaic
N. J
U. S. Military Academy
West Point
Steve Hamas
Detroit
Gar Wood
Joe Louis
Gene Lillard
Cubs
Wichita
Gene
Brooklyn Dodgers
Baker
Tom Baker
Orlando
Alfred Maxwell Butcher
Galveston
Red Sox Still Lacking Stuff and Cash in 1935 Outlook
Boston’s signings Roger Cramer Eric McNair and Johnny Marcum Heinie Manush fail to assure a champion Red Sox. Even with Foxx and Grove Ferrell, Yawkey’s purchases leave Boston a fourth or fifth place team behind Detroit and New York, while Yankees plan a major move for 1936. Turkey to adopt American style police uniforms for officers.
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New York
Tom Yawkey
Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers
Roger Cramer
Eric McNair
Red Sox
Jimmy Foxx
Johnny Marcum
Heinie Manush
Boston
Detroit
Yawkey
Manush
Joe Cronin
Marcum
McNair
Cramer
Foxx
Grove
Ferrell
Tigers
Yankees
Semi Finals Lead Rivalry in Texas Interscholastic Meet
The first semi final pits Corpus Christi against Greenville in Greenville with Texan rivals Wichita Falls meeting Amarillo for a spot in the final. Mexia’s protest against Greenville was dismissed leaving the Lions to host Corpus Christi in a key matchup.
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Bill Parker
Associated Press
Greenville
Corpus Christi
Wichita Falls
Amarillo
Golden Sandies
Mexiao
Austin
Lions
Mexia
John Kallina
San Antonio
Buccaneers
Bert Marshall
Chas. Haas
Corpus
Coyotes
Big
Leo Baldwin
Abilene
Whitlow
Swain
Stone
Neal
Decker
Sterling
Corbell
Duncan
Blair Cherry
San Angelo
Ground attack vs Ponies Aerials at Rose Bowl clash
Stanford and Southern Methodist prepare for a New Year’s Day Rose Bowl test. Stanford favors a power ground game while SMU leans on the aerial attack. Key players Moscrip Grayson and Paulman are sidelined by injuries but expected back soon as Stanford drills focus on run plays and pass defense.
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Palo Alto
Calif
U.P
Stanford
Tiny Thornhill
California
West
Golden Bear
Courthouse Records and Vehicle Registrations Reported
Miles Realty Co transfers Lot 1 Block 42 Bivins for 2000 dollars and Louise Rogers to A H Gau for Lot 17 Block 2 Madden along with several N 30 parcels in Mirror for 700. Vehicle registrations include multiple 1935 1936 Studebaker and Chevrolet entries and a 1936 Ford truck. A marriage license is noted for J T Green and Rachel Fllison. Dizzy Dean leaves St Louis for Florida after a contract dispute. Train bandits active in Japan.
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Miles Realty Co
A. H. Gau
Louise Rogers
Madden
Juan Sapien
Trinidad Minchaca
Mirror
E. W. Smith
Studebaker
Willie Johnson
Perryton
L. M. West
Jno
Deere Plow Co
R. J. Thornton
Fort Tudor
W. W. Brooks
Whittenbourg
Albert W. Blair
Plains Chevrolet Co
Paul J. Frye
J. T. Green
Rachel Fllison
Dean
ST. Louis
Dizzy Dean
Florida
Cardinal Slinger
Branch Rickey
Red Birds
Oklahoma Defeats Rice Institute 47–38 In Basketball
Oklahoma University beat Rice Institute 47 to 38 with Connelly scoring 22 points to lead the Sooners. The co champions of the Southwestern conference were outclassed and the teams meet again tonight.
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Norman
Okla
Oklahoma University
Rice Institute
Connelly
Wrestling Looms in Southwest Middleweights Clash at Armory
Danno McShain and Sailor Moran top billed in the Wisconsin wrestling circuit at the Armory tonight as promoters stage a main event to decide the region's hardest middleweight. Sailor Tex Watkins may officiate. Stasz vs McShain and Moran in conditioning notes frame the card alongside semi finals and a weight lifting exhibition. Tickets at City Drug Store. Donkeys noted elsewhere in this page.
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Danno McShain
Sailor Whaler Moran
Dutch Mantell
Armory
McShain
Moran
Southwest
Sailor Tex Watkins
Stasz
Maverick Club
Larry Tillman
Billy Hallas
Benny Wilson
Fort Worth
Albert Szasz
Walter Stratton
City Drug Store
Polk Street
Bhima burned as human sacrifice in Nagpur case
In Nagpur India Bhima a youth was hurled into a fire as a human sacrifice to propitiate a god after crop failures. Two men Adhu and Tima were sentenced to death while the other three received life imprisonment.
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Bhima
Nagpur
India
Adhu
Tima
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Jimmie Heads
Scotland
Count Bentinck
Overveen
Holland
Loch Ness
A. C. Oudemans
Olympic
Henry McLemore
Robin Hood
Japan
Fuyamo
Shigeo Fujita
Nippon University
Hokkaido
Fujita
Bureau of Tourist Industry
Tokyo
Paris
Shanghai
Berlin
Britain
Germany
Civic Club League
Kiwanis
Rotary
Major League Coker Chas, Pisce Printing Co Peweps
Shafer Tee
WOOGS
Shss
Boswell Reeves
McMinnee
Borden's Creamery Maggard
Riegerster Eerener
Terry's Cafe Hughes
Martin Treeese
Marsh
E. B. Meyer Ayers
H. Anderson
Schecher
Tucker
Rogers
Farmers Nat Grain Corp
Howard
Jonas
Dummy 2. L Td
New Berry
C. Smith
Gray Roberts-Olver
Camp . Oe
Vogel Wee
Jackson Aseee
Dewitt
Eams WL
Prt Chas
Hoppin Ptg. Co
Terry's Cafe
E. B. Meyer
Borden's Creamery
the Commercial Sea Teamsque
L. Pet Frms Nat. Grain Corp
Louis H. Smith
Independents
the Orphants
Twee
Rock Island
Ross Shoe Shop. Oy
Roberts Olver
Mtl Blt Health & AA
Spor Sports Amier
E. C
Ed” Gallagher
Oklahoma Aggies
Oklahoma
America
Mickey
Mickey Cochrane
al Simmons
White Sox
New York Yankees
Simmons
Cochrane
Yanks
Turk Police
Turkey
Sandies
Thornhill
James
Monk) Moserio
Moscrip
Bobby Grayson
Bill Paulman
Courthouse Records
Train Bandits
Sooners
RICE
Wisconsin Athletic Council
Danno, Sailor Frolic
Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin
Athletic Council
John Golemgeske
C. W. Spears
Wisconsin
Walter Meanwell
Spears
Meanwell
Recreation Club
Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home
Tri-Way Garage
Pierce
Blackburn
Blackburn Bros
Dad
Kaynee
Coby Alysta
AOS
Tarzan
Hha
Seave
Panhandle
BOY Scout
the Armory
Taylor
Sailor Moran
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