Tomorrow Brings Key Southwest Conference Showdowns
Dallas reports three major rivalry games set for tomorrow with the Southwest Conference title at stake. SMU hosts Baylor, A and M meets Texas Christian in Austin, and Rice faces Texas A and M in Houston. Baylor and SMU chase a win to break scoreless ties, while Texas must beat TCU to keep title hopes alive.
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Electra Tigers Prepare At Butler Field For Sandies Showdown
Electra Tigers expected to work out on Butler Field this afternoon ahead of the fast approaching clash with the Sandies tomorrow. The Sandies will taper with a light practice today and rest before the 3 PM tilt. A downtown parade led by the High School Pep Squad and band is set for 7:30 PM to boost fan spirit as tickets are sold by the Pep Squad girls and local drug stores. If Electra defeats them, only Wichita Falls remaining before Thanksgiving.
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Notes From The Big Six Football Camps
Region updates from Lincoln Norman Columbia Ames Kansas and Lawrence detail Nebraska Oklahoma Iowa State Kansas Kansas State football camps. Key players named include Raymond Richards Marion Broadstone Roscoe Kroger Benton Taylor George Denton Trauger and coachs Bo McMillin Hargiss preparing for upcoming games against Oklahoma NYU Drake Washington University.
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Browns sale rumor traced to joke on train
St. Louis owner Phil Ball said reports that the Browns were sold began as a joke during a sleeping car chat with Cy Gillmore. Newsmen overheard the exchange on the Toronto trip and treated it as real, Ball said upon arrival.
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Duluth Boxing Results Report Key Wins by Puglisi and Murphy
In Duluth Minnesota Sergeant Sammy Baker of New York stopped Ange lo Puglisi of Duluth in seven rounds. Spud Murphy defeated Ernie North of Waterloo Iowa in three rounds.
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Coyotes Train Carries Fans to Lubbock for Big Game
Wichita Falls Coyotes backers totaled 375 who left at 5 30 am on the Fort Worth and Denver special to Lubbock where the Coyotes meet the Westerners of Lubbock High on Tech Field. Moody Smith and W D Lawson backfield stars were not fully recovered but expected to play. Coach Barry Holton’s team hopes to topple Lubbock and grab second place in the district as both teams carry one loss.
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Friedman Beats Terris in ten round headliner at Legion card
In Kansas City the Boston fighter Al Friedman outpointed Sid Terris of Chapel Hill over ten fast rounds. Friedman weighed 210 pounds to Terris 200. The top bout also saw Cowboy Eddie Anderson over Steve Smith in ten rounds, Eddie Shea over Herman Silverburg, and Tommy Maroon scoring a fifth round technical knockout over Steve Salina.
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Corn shuckers start world series today in Missouri
Platte City Mo November 15 a one pound cannon signals the world series of the corn belt the sixth national corn shucking contest at noon today fourteen Babe Ruths of the corn field begin an 80 minute dash to husk ears from 10 to 12 foot stalks with no time outs They will load a horse drawn wagon to beat Elmer Williams 35 8 bushels record in Mercer county Illinois Walter Olson last year's champ starts with the 1929 national lineup includes O C Grom and L Roberts C Tague and C Bookes W J Lutz Ira Critton Henry Sorenson Henry Westergren C Maley and R Hagon Charles Etter Jess Cassell The wagon load will be judged by bushel content excluding husks 20000 spectators attend and speeds reach 44 ears a minute The event grew from oldtime husking bees on farms
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Old time husker yearns for a kiss by red ear
In a rural scene a corn shucker trims the clipped crop to shed husks later. The speaker laments the lack of a romantic episode as the man who finds a red ear seldom gets to kiss a girl.
Peltzer To Run in U S and Australia
Berlin reports Dr. Otto Peltzer once again Germanys premier middle distance runner has been granted permission by the German Amateur Athletic Association for three starts each in the United States and Australia. He will proceed to the United States from Japan after the recent Germany Japan dual track meet.
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