Breck Fans Rally for Will Rogers Memorial Game
Texas Christian University fans pack Fort Worth for a high school grid clash at Texas Christian University Stadium. Breckenridge and Pauls Valley bring strong prep squads as Dutch Meyer officiates and Amari looms in the crowd. Clesson shines in Amarillo defeat of Greenville.
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Robert Clesson
Amarillo
Greenville Lions
Dallas
Harry Viner
Clesson
Greenville
Lion
Sandie
Easter
Mustangs Visit Hollywood Gag Pulled on Em Pasadena
The Southern Mustangs visited Warner Brothers studios after a 7 0 Rose Bowl loss to Stanford. Coaches Matty Bell Vic Hart Charlie Trigg and administrator Jimmy Stewart mingled with stars, faked a studio gag, and denied rumors about effort, while the team plans to travel to Texas with a stop at the Grand Canyon en route home.
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Pasadena
Southern Mustangs
Hollywood
Stanford
Warner Brothers Studios
Mustangs
Matty Bell
Vic Hart
Charlie Trigg
Jimmy Stewart
Vince Barnett
Coach Bell
Bell
Barnett
Bobby Wilson
Texas
Grand Canyon
Dallas
Miami Open Golf Lead Tests Wind at Miami Municipal
Leading professionals and many amateurs faced strong winds in the 12th annual Miami Open at the Miami Municipal Course. Over 140 players competed for 500 in prize money to the low professional, with Tommy Armour defending his title among former winners.
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Miami Springs
Fla
Miami Municipal
Tommy Armour
Boca Raton
Abe Mitchell
Golf pros labeled the biggest suckers in sports
United Press reports from Coral Gables on Gene Sarazen denouncing touring golf professionals as money losers who travel for little gain. He cites costs for 150 players in four early tournaments, notes $75,000 proposed sweepstakes prize, and proposes funding from yearly entry fees to benefit players instead of sponsors.
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Carl Clifft
Maverick Club
Clift
United Press
Coral Gables
Fla
U.P
Niblick
Gene Sarazen
Sarazen
Wahoo Center
Wahoo Center Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma May Have Old Age Pension Plan
Oklahoma Governor E. W. Marland considers a Townsend style old age pension with a transaction tax for his forthcoming social service program. He met with Townsend plan advocate Gomer Smith and will decide after reviewing proposed amendments to the McGroarty bill in Congress.
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Oklahoma City
Townsend
E. W. Marland
Oklahoma
Gomer Smith
Marland
Congress
New Year's First Born Causes Row
Salt Lake City story notes a clerical error in birth records leading to a dispute over the city’s New Year infant designation. Two babies reportedly born at 12:02 AM are cited, with Sevey and Mullet families claiming the title and prizes after a nurse’s supposed correction. A hearing is sought.
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Salt Lake City
Arthur Mullet
J. A. Sevey
Baby Mullet
Danny McShain Defeats Bob Castle In Armory Wrestling
In a Thursday night main event, Danny McShain nicknamed the Wild Irish Rose used tobacco juice to blind Bob Castle from Kansas City and won the third fall after earlier taking the first. Castle took the second, and McShain finished with a body smother.
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Danny McShain
Armory
McShain
Bob Castle
Kansas City
Castle
Dory Detton
Benny Wilson
Billy Hallas
Don Carver
Baseball and coaching chatter from an era
A collage of sports notes and anecdotes including Leland Stanford MacPhail naming top offensive coaches Bernie Bierman Gus Dorais and Earle Neale Tad Wieman as top defensive mentor. Pepper Martin slated for right field. Myril Hoag eyed as pitcher. Minor league training in Asheville. A Beaumont Tex. paper on Ozzie Simmons described vividly. Bill Bramham to Reds office. Jimmy Braddock Florida trip. George L. Parker noted as NL umpire with a record. Buffalo World Series crowd cheered umpires while New York fans surprised with autos.
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New York
Leland Stanford MacPhail
Bernie Bierman
Minnesota
Gus Dorais
Detroit
Earle Neale
Yale
Mc Phail
Tad Wieman
Princeton
Texas Christian
Louisiana State
Cardinals
Pepper Martin
Joe McCarthy
Myril Hoag
Tropical Park
Joe Louis
Asheville
N. C
Beaumont
Tex
Ozzie Simmons
George L. Parker
Buffalo
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Breck
Wesson
Fort Worth
Dut Wanzer
Ford Turner
Edward Sharp
George Bonney
Curtis Collins
Homer Doccherty
Mr. Dykeman
Mr. Galloway
Jack Bain
Tom Bell
J. B. Evans
R. C. Hamby
D. Lee Hamby
Durwood Hendricks
O. F E. Larabee
Ray Nichols
Ken Miller
Bobby Miller
Junior Marshall
Walter Smith
Jap Vaughn
Larry Vaughn
Miller Wilson
Roy White
Barney Davidson
Ambers
Ki*ck
Tony Canzoneri
Lou Ambers
Herkimer
Frankie Klick
San Francisco
Clash
Madison Square Garden
Warrensburg
Winfield
Kan
Omaha
England
William S. Woodward
Junior League of the
New York College Settlement
Mary Harriman
Association of Junior Leagues of America
Henry McLemore
Frank Satterfield
West
Fifteenth Avenue
H. F. Harper
Harper
Baylor Hospital
West Palm Beach
Pla
Danny Whips
M'Shain
Hart Schaffner & Marx
Blackburn Bros
Paramount
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