Navy Can't Spare Players Threatens Rose Bowl Bid
The Navy faces post season doubts as Secretary Knox rejects Army or service team matchups in California. Navy may still be invited to the Rose Bowl if the Midshipmen maintain form, though academic and military duties limit availability. Texas listed as a top team with Armistice Day schedule and potential Rose Bowl implications amid district play and top opponents.
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University of Texas
Navy
Annapolis
Knox
Naval Academy
Army
California
Harry Myers
American Legion
Midshipmen
Pasadena
Longhorns
Texas
Montana
Football picks parade stirs predictions for week
Harry Ferguson lists outcomes across major college games with bold calls from Texas to Dartmouth. He expects upsets, blowouts, and close finishes, noting season record shows 81 right, 34 wrong, and eight ties.
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Navy
Notre Dame
Missouri
New York University
Slaughter
Cornell
Yale
Cayuga
Holy Cross
Brown
Boston College
Wake Forest
Syracuse
Penn State
Army
Harvard
Barlow
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Fordham
Pittsburgh
Dartmouth
Princeton
Temple
Villanova
West Virginia
Kansas
Stubbs Preparing to Leave for New Federal Role
County Agent Frank Stubbs departs for his Federal Land Bank position in Houston on November 15. He will work at the Houston bank about two months before likely receiving a field assignment, possibly in Amarillo, handling bank loans with associations. Ed Crabtree of Dalhart succeeds him, moving in on November 15.
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Federal Land Bank
Houston
Amarillo
Stubbs
Ed Crabtree
Dalhart
Darkhorses in Texas high school grid race
A roundup of Texas high school football teams with dark horse status. Noting Wichita Falls Coyotes and Austin Maroons atop strong showings, plus Odessa Broncs and Port Arthur Yellow Jackets as potential surprises. Also mentions Lone standout seasons for Galveston and Gainesville and human-interest notes from 1941 Texas prep football scene.
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Lore
Dallas
Dallas Tech
Paris
McKinney
Mason
Fort Wor
Electra
Wichita
Graham
Vernon
Quanah
Childress
Bowle
el Paso
el Paso High
Las Cruces
NW. M
Ysleta
Albuquerque
N. M
Austin
Arlington
Highland Park
Masonic Home
Fort Worth
Paschal
Poly
North Side
North Dallas
Woodrow Wilson
Sunset
Mineral Wells
Stephenville
Corsicana
Mexia
Cleburne
Waco
Denton
Ennis Waxahachie
Temple
Bryan
Hillsboro
Gladewater
Kilgore
Henderson
Jacksonville
Sam Houston
Houston
Va. Milby
Jeff Davis
John Reagan
Harlingen
Edinburg
Brownsville
Beeville
Corpus Christi
Tex
Wichita Falls Coyotes
Masonic
Odessa Broncs
Port Arthur
Yellow Jackets
Lamesa
Gus White
Broncs
Odessa
San Angelo
Sweetwater
West Texas
Dessa
Port Arthur Yellow Jackets
Goose Creek
Cegroe
Jackets
Conroe
Mayo Wells
Beaumont
Big Spring
John McIntosh
John
Good Graves
Galveston
Tars
Gainesville
Willam (Burr) Nichols
Baylor
Leopards
Oklahoma City
Bud
Fox-Tcu
Bobby Sherrod
Fort Worth North Side
Sadie Hawkins
Frances Olson
TCU
Golden Ball drives national sports buzz and fund drive
The Naismith Memorial committee reports more than 400 teams listing Golden Ball games to fund a Temple of Basketball. The piece also covers boxing judging reforms in Washington, college football series revivals, and notable sports figures including John Roxborough and Ted Williams among other 1942 season notes.
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New York
Special News Service
Naismith Memorial Committee
Temple of Basketball
D. C. Boxing Commission
Washington
Bob Burak
Fordham
Raymond F. Gooch
Reitz Memorial High
Evansville
Ind
Cyclones
Ohio River
Mickey Harris
Boston Red Sox
Fort Eustis
Camp Claiborne
North Carolina
Gordon Woods
Camp Croft
S. C
Amateur Boxing Class Opens Doors for More Boys
The American Legion Amateur Boxing Club led by Delmar Koch and Joe Scroggins invites boys and men to join YMCA classes three times weekly. Tonight’s session starts at 7:30 with free entry. monthly shows are planned, November 25 tentatively, but participation requires parental consent for underage entrants.
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Delmar Koch
Golden Gloves
Amarillo
Joe Scroggins
YMCA
Koch
the Legion
Scroggins
Ice Hockey Debut in Texas Ends in Tie
Fort Worth Texas saw 6,009 fans at the Fort Worth Rangers and the St. Paul Saints tie 2-2 in the American Association opener. Overtime failed to decide, with Dew and Taber scoring for St. Paul and Leswick and Carrigan replying for Fort Worth.
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Tex
Fort Worth Rangers
St. Paul Saints
Robbie Dew
Hall Taber
Saints
Pete Leswick
Gene Carrigan
Mines Star Owen Price Likely To Break Mark
Owen Price of Texas Mines leads in passing and total yardage for the 1941 season through five games. He has 135 attempts with 63 completions, fast approaching Davey O Brien's 94 completions in 234 attempts, and also tops the nation in punting with a 44.9 yard average.
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Tom Harmon
Michigan
John Kimbrough
Texas A. & M
American Football Statistical Bureau
Jimmy Reynolds
Oklahoma A. & M
Hermen
Owen Price
Texas Mines
Davey O'Brien
Price
Navy
Bill Busik
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