Stanford Beats Nebraska In Rose Bowl Upset
Stanford’s 21-13 Rose Bowl win over Nebraska draws 90,000 as Charley O’Rourke helps Boston College victory rival Tennessee in Sugar Bowl. Texas A M tops Fordham 13-12 in Cotton, Shrine all star East tops West 20-14, Mississippi State beats Georgetown 14-7, Western Reserve routs Tempe Teachers 26-13.
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Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Stanford
Boston College
Nebraska
Big Cornhuskers
Pasadena
New Orleans
Tennessee Volunteers
Boston Eagles
Charley O'Rourke
Texas Aggies
Fordham
Mississippi State
Georgetown
Western Reserve
Tempe
Charles Taylor
Pete Kmetovich
Huskers
Tennessee
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Dallas
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Marion Pugh
Earl (Bama) Smith
John Kimbrough
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Tom Harmon
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Missouri
San Francisco
Jimmy Johnson
Santa Clara
el Paso
Tex
West Reserve
Hascall Henshaw
Redcats
Fresno
Calif
Honolulu
Hawaii
Pete Kmetovic Hera halfback hailed as top of 1940 season
In Sport Parade from Pasadena, a columnist argues Pete Kmetovic was the era’s best halfback, superior to De Correvont Franck Reagan and others, though he earned no official All-America nod. He starred for Stanford in the Rose Bowl, outplaying Gallarneau, and is poised to lead next year’s squad with Clark Shaughnessy returning.
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Pasadena
Cal
Pete Kmetovic
Kmetovic
Kmerovic
Stanford
Nebraska
de Correvont
Franck
Reagan
Gallarneau
Pete
Earl Jones
West Point
Attilla
Hun
Standlee
Luther
Hopp
Rohrig
Clark Shaughnessy
Indians
Emetovic
Last Session of Congress Ends After Longest Year
The 76th Congress meets for the last time in a 366 day session, a leap year record. Tomorrow the new Congress convenes as the old one expires. Only unfinished business is Madden’s appointment to the U. S. Court of Claims. House clears its slate. leaders set for 1941.
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U.P
Senate
Roosevelt
J. Warren Madden
National Labor Relations Board
U. S. Court of Claims
House
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Madden
Henry Fountain Ashurst
Ariznna
Ashurst
Judiciary Committee
Congress
Alben W Barkley
Sam Rayburn
John W McCormack
Massachsetts
Joseph W Martin, Jr
O Rourke Shines as Bowls Glow with One Man Show
Boston College halfback Chuckin Charlie O Rourke starred in the Sugar Bowl, throwing two passes for long gains and scoring the winning touchdown in a 13 13 tie with Tennessee. His late drive outshined peers from Missouri Stanford Texas A and M and Arizona State in a day of standout individual performances.
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Harry Ferguson
United Press
New York
U.P
Football Giants
Chuckin
Charlie O'Rourke
Boston College
New Orleans
O'Rourke
Bostoin College
Tennessee
Charlie
Christman
Missouri
West
Kimbrough
Texas Aggies
Fordham
Albert
Stanford
Nebraska
Henshaw
Arizona State
Western Reserve
Ute
Arizona
Pach
Lantic Seaboard Stanf & Victory
Clark Shaugh- Tas
Beauty in 1940 Sports Highlighted Across Disciplines
AP Feature notes beauty in 1940 sports across golf rinks pools courts and shooting ranges. Mary Dolan of Minneapolis is highlighted as a leading figure in women s speed skating on championship rinks nationwide.
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Mary Dolan
Minneapolis
Racing Hope Returns as Texas Breeders Buy Big
Close of 1940 shows Texas thoroughbred industry expanding with major bets by E F Woodward of Houston Sun Celera for 16500 and a Sun Briar progeny for 4000 plus Rivalry mare for 8000 in a Kilmer dispersal. Other notable Texas purchases include King Ranch horses at Saratoga and multiple yearlings by Pred Wyse Heard and Heard. Training tracks spring up as interest grows for 1941 legalization.
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Texas
E. F. Woodward
Houston
Valdiia Farms
Hondo
W. S. Kilmer
King Ranch
Saratoga
Nedayr
Gino
W. C. Stroube
J. C Collins
Corsicana
Ben Whitaker
Dallas
Pred Wyse
Heard & Heard
Refugio
Gold Step
Roundup of college heads and sports figures in odd notes
A jumble of anecdotes from New York roundup items highlights Gonzaga University shrinking its press agent for a double magazine sale and earning two more orders. An editor praises Jimmy Wilson’s lack of managerial ambitions. Walter Lee Taylor leads a Houston jockey race in a photo finish as Texans watch the national rearmament shift to horses for cavalry use.
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New York
Gonzaga University
Washington
Jimmy Wilson
Walter Lee Taylor
Houston
Earl Dew
United States to Run Pacific Trade Routes for Britain
London report says Britain and the United States discuss a wartime plan in which American merchantmen replace British ships on Pacific routes to free British vessels for the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Authorized exchanges would let the US run Far Pacific lanes linking China, Japan, the Philippines, and Australia until war end.
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London
Britain
United States
Pacific
Atlantic
Mediterranean
China
Japan
Philippines
Australia
New Zealand
Singapore
Harry Kleimmer
United States Maritime Commission
Washington
Klemmer
Lisbon
New York
Germany
Italy
Ireland
Ministry of Economic War
Fare
Liberia
Kremmer
Ronald Cross
Tennessee Faces Tougher Schedule Critics Say
The text argues Tennessee is overfavored due to a weak schedule. It notes two consecutive bowl losses, including a Rose Bowl defeat to USC last year, and suggests betting commissioners may realize Tennessee plays weaker opponents.
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Tennessee
Boston College
USC
Jaycee League Cagers Return to Acton Tonight
Amarillo Jaycee Basketball League teams resume play at Amarillo College gym at 7 30 with Coca Cola vs Vega in the opener and Hereford vs Canadian River Gas in the second game. Admission is 10 cents. NYA offices were trimmed in Texas for economy. Amarillo remains a district hub and night school training for unemployed youths continues with Amarillo Public Schools.
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Amarillo Jaycee Basketball
Amarillo College
Coca- Cola
Vega
Hereford
Canadian River Gas
Trator
Harold Hamilton
NYA
Texas
Amarillo
Panhandle
Childress
Hamilton
Kellam
Amarillo NYA Office Stays Unchanged in State Cutbacks
The Amarillo District NYA office remains unaffected by a 50 percent reduction in area offices announced by J C Kellam. The text also notes various unrelated sports and political quips about Fordham, Nebraska, Stanford, Boston College and other items, with a regional newspaper voice.
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Amarillo
National Youth Administration
J. C. Kellam
State Adminis
Aggies Win Cotton Bowl in Closest Finish for Texas A and M
Texas A and M defeats Fordham 13 to 12 in the Cotton Bowl as Fordham outgained the Aggies but misfired on a late conversion. Jarrin John Kimbrough starring for A and M with 15 rushing yards on 18 carries. Fordham 118 rushing yards, 62 passing yards, 13 first downs.
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Henry
Fordham
Aggies
Southwest
Jarrin
John Kimbrough
Texas
Smith
Len Eshmont
Pugh
Alabama
Ram
Kimbrough
Southwest Conference nets 5000 as Cotton Bowl sponsor
The Southwest Conference received a 5000 dollar guarantee for sponsoring the fifth Cotton Bowl. Net receipts from the game between Texas A M and Fordham totaled about 124000 dollars from a 45507 crowd. Fordham took 52700, A M 47700, and the State Fair Association 18600 for stadium rental.
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Dallas
Texas A. & M
Fordham
State Fair Association
Fordham Triumph Stopped by Last-Second Deflection
In a hard fought clash Fordham scored on Jim Blumenstock’s 15 yard run but failed to convert the extra point as Kimbrough leaped to bat it away and the ball hit the crossbar before dropping back. Coaches Norton Crowley praised their effort despite the loss.
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Fordham
Jim Blumenstock
Aggie
Steve Hucacek
Kimbrough
Homer Norton
Aggies
Jim Crowley
Rams
Texas Ranger Wins 1000 Dollar Southern Field Trial
A liver and white pointer from Texas named the Texas Ranger won the $1,000 inaugural quail championship of the Southern Field Trial Club at Albany. Competing against 16 winners, the Ranger made four clean finds to total 11 coveys and edged past national champion Enjoy Wahoo owned by Dr. B S Lester of Birmingham. The Ranger is owned by D B Mc Daniel of Houston and clinched the title after the first brace.
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Albany
Texas
Texas Ranger
Wildfair
Southern Field Trial Club
Lester
Dr. B.S. Lester
Birmingham
Ala
Ranger
D. B. McDaniel
Houston
Tex
Morris Brown Negro Champ in Steel Bowl Victory
Morris Brown of Atlanta captured the national negro football championship with a 19 to 3 win over Wilberforce University in the inaugural Steel Bowl game. The Atlanta team produced a smoothly functioning attack to defeat the Mid-West champions yesterday in Birmingham.
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Birmingham
Ala
Morris Brown
Atlanta
Wilberforce University
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