Lou Nova Tops The Ring Heavyweight Ranking For 1938
Lou Nova of Alameda California is named the world’s No 1 heavyweight challenger in The Ring magazine annual rankings. Joe Louis is ranked boxer of the year and leads group No 1 among heavyweights. The article notes Armstrong’s double titles and Schmeling knockout as key feats.
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York
Lou Nova
Young
Alameda
Cal
Ring
Gun- Nar Barland
Tommy Farr
Nat Fleischer
Joe Louis
Nova
Maxie Baer
Bob Pastor
Tony Galento
Maxie Rosenbloom
John Henry Lewis
Henry Armstrong
Fleischer
Louis
Max Schmeling
Armstrong
K. O. Morgan
Detroit
Sixto Escobar
Fred Apostoli
San Francisco
New York
California
Sally Krieger
National Boxing Association
Albuquerque High Leads On All State Football Team
Albuquerque High School places two players on the Clovis News Journal All State football squad with Raton earning one spot. The selection reflects votes from 40 coaches and writers across New Mexico after four months of review, naming 130 players from numerous schools.
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Sanky Trimble
Clovis News Journal
Clovis
N. M
New Mexico
The
News-Journal
Albuquerque High School
Raton Tigers
Raton
Posnt
Jolly Tucumcari
Crow Albuquerque
Rubin Raton
Maverick Club Thanks Helpers For Christmas Party
The Maverick Club extends thanks to Draper Ross Produce Coca Cola Bottling Co Texas Merc Mfg Co Marr Grocery Company Carlton Florey Co Charles Green Brown Cracker Co Al Anderson Mrs Bandy Kress Store E E Clark Mrs Warnecke Gail Battey and others for the Christmas Eve program The club plans to buy steel chairs at 1 25 each to seat Sunday visitors and invites contact at 5289 or Maverick Club 206 Grant Street The report also notes performers and attendees from Hus kies Indians and Mustangs and shared holiday memories from members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Draper Ross Produce
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Texas Merc
Mfg. Co
Marr Grocery Company
Carlton- Florey Co
Charles Green
Brown Cracker Co
al Anderson
Bandy
Kress Store
E. E. Clark
Warnecke
Gail Battey
Maverick Club
Grant Street
Whiskey and wine sale ad lists many brands and prices
The Merit Liquor Stores advertisement catalogs a wide range of spirits and wines with prices per pint quart and gallon. Items include various gins ryes brandies and liqueurs from Mr Boston Piping Rock and other labels with prices from about 30 cents to 4 dollars. The ad notes weekly changes and includes store location at 715 N Pilimure and 221 West 6th.
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Boston
Fleet Street
Maryland
Hermitage
Preston
Jeb Stuart
Schenley
Parkside
Seabiscuit to Run in Santa Anita Handicap Next March
Seabiscuit, 1938 champion, will skip Florida races including a possible War Admiral rematch to compete in the $100,000 Santa Anita Handicap on March 4. Trainer Tom Smith said the horse, nearing an all time earnings mark, will carry 134 pounds and be shipped to the Pacific Coast.
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Columbia
D. C
U.P
Florida
Santa Anita
California
Tom Smith
Pacific Coast
Buccaneers Crowned Texas Interscholastic League Champs
Coach Harry Stiteler led the Corpus Christi Buccaneers to a Cotton Bowl victory over Lubbock Westerners. The win makes them the football champions of the Texas Interscholastic League, at least through December 1939, with Amarillo Golden Sandies set to challenge next.
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Harry Stiteler
Corpus Christi Buccaneers
Lubbock
Cotton Bowl
Buccaneers
Amarillo Golden Sandies
Stiteler Is Miracle Man Of Class A Football
Corpus Christi Buccaneers coach Harry Stiteler caps a dominant Class A season with a 20-6 victory over Lubbock to claim the Texas Interscholastic League title. Stiteler, in his first Class A season, posts 55-1-2 record and signs a four-and-a-half year contract.
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Harold V. Ratliff
Dallas
Corpus Christi Buccaneers
Harry Stiteler
Bucs
Lubbock
Gulf Coast
Corpus Christi
Buccaneers
Walter Webster
Dolan
Emory Nix
Stiteler
Smithville
Jaycee Cagers Clash Tonight In Twin Bill
Weekly Jaycee basketball resumes at Cathedral Hall gym at 7 30 p m with Canadian River Gas facing Amarillo College in the opener. Nussbaum Service and Coca Cola meet in the second game. Admittance is 10 cents.
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Jaycee
Cathedral Hall
Canadian River Gas
Amarillo College
Nussbaum Service
Coca-Cola
Football Bowl Predictions From a Confident Pundit
A writer boldly forecasts Rose Bowl Southern Cal over Duke, Sugar Bowl Carnegie Tech over Texas Christian, Rice’s Ki Aldrich and Don Looney battered by TCU, Tennessee over Oklahoma, St Mary’s over Texas Tech in the Cotton Bowl, and New Mexico against Utah in the Sun Bowl. The piece ends with a wish that all picks prove wrong.
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Southern Cal
Duke
Blue Devils
Carnegie Tech
Texas Christian
Ki Aldrich
Don Looney
J. B. Hale
Little Davey
Tennessee
Vols
Oklahoma
Sooners
St. Mary's
Texas Tech
New Mexico U
Utah
el Paso
USC Rose Bowl Triumphs Begin Long Winning Run
In 1923 Southern California earned its first Rose Bowl bid and beat Penn State 14-3, beginning a record Rose Bowl winning streak. In 1932 USC defeated Tulane 21-12 with Erny Pinckett scoring twice in the third quarter as Bernie Bierman coached Tulane.
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Southern California
Trojans
Penn State
Tulane
Erny Pinckett
Troy
Bernie Bierman
Pittsburgh
Sears
College scoreboard flare with mixed results
The listing shows several game outcomes with team scores including Bradley 52 over Oregon 39 and Colorado 44 over St Josephs 39. DePaul 31 over Penn State 23 and Nebraska 46 over California 43.
Jimmy Foxx Caps American Batting Crown
Jimmy Foxx of Boston won the American League batting title with a .349 average over 149 games. The Red Sox first baseman led a power-filled season that featured 50 homers and many spectacular hits. Heath, Chapman, Meyer, Travis, and Trosky followed with standout averages.
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Chicago
Jimmy Foxx
Boston
Red Sox
John Geoffrey Heath
Cleveland
Ben Chapman
Meyer
Washington
Cecil Travis
Hal Trosky
Duke set for private Rose Bowl preparations
Pasadena December 27 Duke's coach Wallace Wade orders secret workouts before the Rose Bowl on January 2. No photos or outsiders allowed. Wade vows quiet practices and strict privacy to protect the team from distractions as they prepare for Southern California.
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Pasadena
Cal
Duke
Blue Devils
Durham
Dukes
Wallace Wade
Wade
Brookside Park
California
Rendevous
Howard Jones
Berkeley
Georgia
Tech
Southern California
Lcks Tech
Bill Alexander
Alex
Oklahoma City all college tourney crowns favorites emerge
Oklahoma Aggies and Texas Longhorns stand out as favorites after opening round as 15 teams fall. Drury College faces Texas A&M in a second round preliminary to the championship bracket. The Aggies, Missouri Valley champions, rolled past Southwestern Oklahoma Teachers College 38 to 17 with 15 players used.
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Austin Bealmear
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Texas Aggies
Drury College
Springfield
Oklahoma Aggies
Missouri Valley
Longhorns
Texas University
Aggies
Oklahoma Teach
Techs Punish Manager for Overeating
Texas Tech's Red Raiders disciplined their student manager Har ris Cheek for overeating after a Christmas visit. He weighed in 11 pounds overweight and began a punishment at 6:30 A M by abstaining from the breakfast table, allowed only the aroma of the kitchen. The team trained hard for their January 2 Cotton Bowl game with St Marys.
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Dallas
U.R
Texas Tech
Red Raiders
Harris
Tadpole
Raiders
Cheek
Tech
Passage Referenced as Line and Pass Invitation
The clipped line invites participation with the phrase you will be welcome followed by attribution to United Press in 1938, noting it as a historical copyright statement without further context or event details.
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United Press
Championship bracket opens with Texas A and M vs Drury
Today the tournament kicks off with the first round in the championship bracket at 10 45 A M Texas A and M faces Drury College. Other first round matchups include Washburn vs Warrensburg Teachers and Texas Tech vs Maryville Teachers in a day of high speed action.
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Texas A
Drury College
Washburn
Warrensburg
Maryville
Texas Tech
Central
Okla
Pittsburg
Kas
Texas U
Westminster
Oklahoma Aggies
Springfield
Baylor U
Oklahoma City
U. Northwestern
Tulsa U
Emporia
East Texas
Southeastern
Panhandle Aggies
Southwestern
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Corpus Christi Bues
Escobar
Pete Kane
England
Albuquerque High
TCU
Leo Robert
Dutch) Meyer
T.C.U. Horned Frogs
T.C.U
L.S.A
Marquette
Texas Christian-Southern Methodist
S.M.U
Boy Baugh
Sammy Baugh
Tilly Manton
Baugh & Co
L. D. Meyer
By Ralph Dykeman
Aubrey Robertson
Aub
LeeRoy Boyter
J. W. Clark
Gene Turner
Gene
Homer
Gene Rayburn
Elmo Chambers
Elmo
Wimpy Hill
Owen Harmon
Amarillo
Bud Lilley
Bud
Huskies
Fulton Shepherd
Billy Hewes
E. J. Counts
Joe E. Sharp
Indians
Captain Sharp
W. C. Evans
T. Miller
Orvie Hamilton
Mustangs
Don Bandy
Steamrollers
Merit Liquor Stores
N. Pilimure
Weat
Seabiscuit
Bittssritton
Pat Hall
Jack Hinnant
James Fulton
James Cooper
Ray Clark
Johnny Hale
Jimmy Crocker
Charles Cain
Dickie Haas
Webster
Hall
Leete Jackson
Pat Farris
Clifton Hill
James Herriman
L. A. Storrs
Jack Levin
Howard Alford
Francis Bearden
J. B. Privitt
Jaycee Cagers
Twin
Paramount
Recreation Club Snooker & Billiards
Eakle
USC
PITT
Ul Klein Ay
Trojan
Henry McLemore
FLEET
Ea Eg
Century Distilling
Alta
Oklageies
U. Five
Favoreis
Techs
Texas Alleys
Guarantee Mutual
Owl Bar Ld
Ross Boot Shop Industrial
Panhandle Sign
Kwitcherkikkin
the Times
Amarillo Laundry
Svateen
Williams Hardware
Rock I
Rockets
Independents
American Legion
Ers
Southeastern Oklahoma
Texas Wesleyan
Central Oklahoma
Texas Christian University
Comanche
Northwestern Okla
North Texas Teachers
Tulsa University
West Texas State
Baylor
Tempe
Ariz
Grady Vaughn
Phillips University
Pats Ee
Fort Worth & den
C. B. Farmer
City Ticket AG
Wty
Marys
Ewan Ca
ER City
Smith
Blackburn Bros
West Texas
Epy
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