Badgers Host Gulf Oilers In Amarillo College Clash
Amarillo College basketball hosts Gulf Oilers of Borger in the College Gym tonight at 8. Badgers likely start Foster Watkins or Barney Morrison, J C Geary at forwards, Esther Hanna and Elbert Whitehead at guards, Benny Adams at center. Bigelow may back pivot as reserves.
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Gulf Oilers
Borger
Badgers
Foster Watkins
Barney Morrison
J. C. Geary
Esther Hanna
Elbert Whitehead
Benny Adams
Edgar Bigelow
Canyon
West Texas State Teachers College
Grant Reclaims Dixie Tennis Title In Tampa
Bryan M. Grant Jr of Atlanta won the Dixie tennis championship in Tampa by defeating Martin Buxby 6-2 6-2 7-5 after a week of upset results. Arthur Hendrix of Lakeland and Charles Harris of West Palm Beach reached the semis. Hendrix later won the doubles title with Gardner Mulloy of Miami, defeating John McDiarmid and Hal Surface 9-7 7-5.
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Fifa
Bryan M. Grant
Atlanta
Grant
Martin Buxby
Arthur Hendrix
Lakeland
Charles Harris
West Palm Beach
Hendrix
Miami
Taxpayer Overpays By Misreading Decimal Point
A Middletown resident went without necessities for three weeks and borrowed $10 to pay $62 in taxes, only to recover all but 62 cents after realizing the decimal point was misread. The error stemmed from a mistaken 62.00 versus 6.20 calculation.
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Middletown
U.P
Ohioans Try Fox Hunt in Three Townships
Middlefield fire department bans benefit races and minstrel shows and instead sponsors a fox hunt across three townships as a charity entertainment effort.
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Middlefield Fire Department
Elyria seniors stage The Haunted House mystery
Elyria High School seniors presented The Haunted House with Miss Nina Baker directing. Baker kept the cast ignorant of the ending until the final line, heightening the suspense.
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Elyria, OU
Elyria High School
Nina Baker
Bruillard to fight Thil in 15 round world middleweight bout
Loui Bruillard, former welterweight and middleweight champion, will face Marcel Thil, the world middleweight champion per the international boxing federation, in a 15 round bout tonight at Palais Des Sports Paris. A Boston skating policeman, John T. Quinn, patrols the Charles River Basin helping skaters this winter.
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U.P
Loui Bruillard
Marcel Thil
France
International Boxing Federation
Palais Des Sports
Boston
John T. Quinn
Charles River Basin
Co-eds Care for Rats at University of Utah
In Salt Lake City a University of Utah home economics class tends three families of white rats named Smyrna Rhodes Colophon Salamis Samos Chios Argos and Athens. The piece notes the students overcome a traditional fear of rats while caring for the rodents.
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University of Utah
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Rhodes
Colophon
Salamis
Samos
Chios
Argos
Athens
Homer
Mustangs Have Chance to Tie for First in Conference
SMU Mustangs, ranked low at season start, can tie Texas and Arkansas for first by beating Rice Owls in Dallas. Rice’s win would lift Owls to third. Week features a dull slate as exams affect eligibility, with only three conference games on tap. Texas A&M vs Texas Christian, TCU’s likely win over Rice, Baylor at home vs Texas A&M, Arkansas favored after a 3-1 start.
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Tex
Southern Methodist University
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Texas
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Owls
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Texas Christians
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Aggies
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Baylor
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Longhorn
Gehrig says he will quit iron man streak if needed
Lou Gehrig announced he is ready to retire from his MLB consecutive games record if it benefits the Yankees pennant chase. He noted his 1,653-game streak since 1925 included injuries and illness, with the team emphasized over personal durability.
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U.P
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New York Yankees
United Press Today
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Yankees
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Beacon Scott
Ferry to link Gothenburg and Frederickshavn planned
Plans in Gothenburg show a passenger and automobile ferry to run between Gothenburg Sweden and Frederickshavn Denmark. The vessel will carry 20 automobiles and 300 passengers. In Boise Idaho a two headed rattlesnake was shown by CCC district commander Major P J Todd. The heads were identical with two eyes and two tongues.
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Sweden
Frederickshavn
Denmark
Boise
Idaho
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CCC
Dan McGugin Dies at 56 Noted Vanderbilt Coach
Nashville Tennessee January 20 Daniel Earle McGugin known as the grand old man of Southern football and Vanderbilt head coach for three decades died yesterday of a heart attack at age 56 while visiting his law partner John R Rust Funeral was tentatively set for Tuesday Born in Iowa he played on Michigan’s famed point a minute teams before moving south in 1904 to coach Vanderbilt He later became athletic director and led Michigan to a 0 0 tie in 1922 He served as president of the National Football Coaches Association in 1933 Surviving are his widow and three children Mrs Pugh C Moore Dan F McGugin Jr and Leonard McGuein
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Tenn
Daniel Earle McGugin
Vanderbilt
McGugin
John R. Rust
Towa
Dixie Universities
Iowa
University of Michigan Law School
Ann Arbor
Commodore
Pugh C. Moore
Dan F. McGuigin, Jr
Leonard McGuein
Vanderbilt Law School
Barney Clark Captures Galveston Winter Golf Tourney
Barney Clark of Houston won the Galveston Winter Invitation Golf Tournament defeating Jimmie McGonagill of Dallas in a 36 hole final. Clark led 3 up after nine, remained ahead through 18 and 27, and clinched on the 34th hole. Mrs. George Rohrer beat Mrs. W. L. James 6 and 5 to win the women’s championship. both victors reside in Galveston.
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Texas
Barney Clark
Houston
Clark
Jimmie McGonagill
Dallas
George Rohrer
W. L. James
Five U.S. favorites for Berlin Olympic points
A poll of 185 sports editors by United Press names Jesse Owens Eulace Peacock Jack Torrance Glenn Cunningham and Jack Medica as the five most likely to score for the United States at the Berlin games this summer.
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Berlin
Jesse Owens
Eulace Peacock
Jack Torrance
Glenn Cunningham
Jack Medica
United Press
Columbus Red Birds acquire Henry Pippen pitcher from Houston
The Columbus Red Birds announced the acquisition of 23 year old right hand pitcher Henry Pippen from Houston of the Texas League. The report places Pippen with the American Association club as part of their pitching staff for the upcoming season.
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Henry Pippen
Houston
Columbus Red Birds
Deadline Set for New Texas Class A Football Proposals
Texas high schools must submit written briefs by midnight on proposed changes in Class A football districts of the Interscholastic League. The executive committee may meet Wednesday to consider dissolution of District 3 and 6, reassignments to Panhandle and Oil Belt, Fort Worth District inclusion of Cleburne, and six new Class A schools. A Saturday referendum favored a 19 year age limit with eight semesters retained.
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Texas
Roy B. Henderson
Panhandle
Oil Belt
Cleburne
Fort Worth
Azucar Returns to His Handicap Form
Azucar the eight year old ex steeple chaser rose from obscurity at Santa Anita Park. He delivered a bold stretch drive to win the San Felipe handicap setting a track record close pace and paying 42.80 on a 2 bet. The horse eyes the Santa Anita classic on February 22 with renewed respect from bettors.
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Los Angeles
Azucar
Santa Anita Park
Fred Alger, Jr
Baseball gossip and travel notes from the era
New York report highlights executives like Judge Bramham and Ford Frick sailing trips in late January and February. Trautman to attend NL dinner. revival of world series plans discussed. Miscellaneous items include McCarthy in Buffalo, Waner as chorus girl, and tall Michigan players on road trips. Also bee and harvest statistics noted.
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West Indies
Ford Frick
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Joe McCarthy
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St. Pete
Harry Harper
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Davidson
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Sarasota
Fla
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Paul Waner
Lloyd Brown
Paul Derringer
Willis Hudlin
H. V. Robertson & Company Accountants and Auditors
An advertisement for H. V. Robertson and Company listing services in accounting auditing and tax counseling with contact details for Oliver Eakle Building and phone number 2 2038.
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Accountants and Auditors
TAX Counselors
Ivy League Girds for Big Time Football Shifts
The Ivy League schools move toward major competition with Princeton Chicago Harvard Stanford matchups and new coaches. Yale Harvard Cornell and Penn expand schedules while Rutgers LaFayette and Columbia pursue broader opponents and an early Rose Bowl pursuit. New coaching hires mark a shift in conservative traditions.
Wiffy Cox to Play Melhorn in Sacramento Open Playoff
In Sacramento California Wild Bill Melhorn of Louisville and Wiffy Cox of Bethesda meet in an 18 hole playoff for the 1936 Sacramento Open after finishing 72 holes in a dead heat at 286. The winner gets 750 dollars, the runner up 475, plus split of 60 percent of gate receipts. Byron Nelson finished third, Horton Smith fourth, with Ky Laffoon and Jag McSpaden tied for fifth.
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Cal
U.P
Wild Bill Melnhorn
Louisville
Wiffy Cox
Bethesda
Byron Nelson
Ridgewood
N. J
Horton Smith
Chicago
Ky Laffoon
Harold
Jag) McSpaden
Kansas City
Walter Hagen
Detroit
Herman Barron
White Plains
N. Y
What Happens to Men Past 40 When Glands Sluggish
An advertisement explains that fatigue and reduced vigor in men over 40 may come from sluggish glands. It promotes a hormone therapy and the commercial Zonk Tablets by Fox Drug Company, with Zoak as a physician’s formula. It offers a free booklet “For Men Who Want to Live” fromZoak Co.
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Zoak
Zoak Co
Rhs W. 45Th St
New York
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