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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1938
Page
9
In Austin on Thanksgiving Day the Texas Longhorns clinched a dramatic end to a drought with a hard fought win. Dana X Bible’s team erupted in joy in the dressing room as tears flowed from players led by captain Jack Rhodes. Bible praised the squad as thoroughbreds for a finishing triumph.
West Texas State Buffaloes defeated St. Benedicts 28-0 in Atchison with Foster Watkins starring. Watkins threw for the touchdowns and kicked all four extra points. Thomas scored twice, Washington and Stephenson added one each.
In Brownwood on November 25 the Howard Payne Yellow Jackets captured their third straight Texas Conference crown by defeating Southwestern University 7 to 0. James Minor threw a 13 yard touchdown pass to Garland Terrell and Chris Sunderman added the extra point.
Hardin-Simmons University outscored Oklahoma City with two second quarter touchdowns and one in the third plus three in the final period to win 37-6. Ford scored three times while Mullins Davis and Cowsar added singles and Parker kicked an extra point. Smith scored Oklahoma City’s lone points.
Sam Houston Teachers College Bearcats closed the season with a 13 6 victory over Stephen F. Austin College in Huntsville. Barfield connected with Gifford for the first touchdown and Wells on a second completion with Tippen kicking the extra point. Bailey intercepted a SFAC pass and later aided a SFA score.
Trinity University Tigers edged the Austin College Kangaroos 6-0 in a Texas Conference game. A touchdown came on a pass from Kunkel to Lockard who lateraled to Koken for the score.
Danny McShain wrestled calmly and won two straight falls against Joe Kopecky in the Uncle Dutch Mantell event at the National FinenA Armory. The packed crowd witnessed the main event as McShain left his belt behind in the dressing room.
Readily list of alcoholic beverages with varied proofs and prices, highlighting whiskeys ryes gins brandies and cordials. Includes Old Preston Jeb Stuart Mayflower and Piping Rock brands with listed prices per pint quart or gallon and notes on weekly changes.
McShain and Kopecky battled fiercely in a wrestling match with forearm smashes and locked holds. McShain delivered decisive moves including a hammerlock and reverse facelock to win, as other bouts featured Banaski defeating Gust Johnson and Nemanic drawing with Williams.
United Press reports Henry Armstrong entering the November welterweight bout as roughly a 2 to 1 favorite over Ceferino Garcia. Armstrong, nicknamed The Hammer, has shown toughness and drive, including a bloody display against Lou Ambers, while Garcia is taller by nearly two inches and heavier by about nine pounds. The match was delayed after Armstrong slipped and injured his back during shadow boxing, but doctors say he is fit to fight.
The nuthatch, common in the Eastern United States, earns its name from a long sharp pointed bill that acts like a hatchet. It wedges nuts into tree bark to store for winter when insects decline and frost ends prey abundance.
In Phalaropes, females are brightly colored while males wear drab plumage. Males incubate the eggs and care for chicks after hatch.
The Arctic tern completed the longest bird flight on record by traveling from Labrador to southwestern Africa in three months. Terns normally migrate coast to coast within the Arctic to Antarctic Circles, covering about 11 000 miles.
The article notes plants outlive many animals with lifespans extending to centuries. Parrots may reach over a hundred years, elephants two centuries, and whales several centuries. Sequoias reportedly live about 50 centuries, while some bacteria complete life cycles in around 20 minutes.
Professor H. M. Wight of the University of Michigan trained a Gordon setter to locate pheasants for censuses. He is noted as a leading authority on pheasant management and bird census work.
Fragmentary tale recalls enormous sea creatures once reported in Virginia waters. References mention crabs a foot long and lobsters six feet long, with oysters massive enough to astonish and a crab meal feeding four, as part of a broader colonial wonder.
Three more games close out the Southwest Conference season with Texas Christian and Southern Methodist meeting in Dallas in a likely title showdown while Rice faces Baylor in Houston. SMU also plays Rice on December 3 to end the year. Texas A&M upset Texas and Arkansas tied Tulsa to wrap up the campaign.
New Mexico Military Institute Cadets defeated Western State Mountaineers 7 to 0 in Roswell New Mexico. Holloman scored on a one yard plunge after NMMS driven by a 33 yard pass from Martin to Malcolm and a 12 yard end run by Martin secured the touchdown.
North Texas Junior College Aggies secured the Central Texas Conference championship by defeating the John Tarleton Plowboys 7 to 0 in Arlington. Elder advanced the TD run for 18 yards and Clayton added the extra point in Stephenville victory. Toads use a unique tongue mechanism to snare insects, firing from the front of the upper jaw like a rubber band.
Vernon Lions defeated Wichita Falls 7 to 0 in a district playoff, snapping Wichita Falls’s undefeated run and contributing to a day of upheavals as multiple districts crowned champions or faced ties.
The tiny hummingbird’s wings flap up to 200 times per second in flight. Larger birds slow the rate. sparrows average 13 strokes per second while a pelican shows about one and one sixteenth strokes.
A cub reporter recounts a humorous coat theft at Silver Grill in Amarillo. He tracks clues linking a gray Plymouth coupe owner to the missing black overcoat with gray check stripe. Meanwhile Texas Longhorns beat Texas A&M on Thanksgiving Day.
Texas Christian University faces Southern Methodist University in a winner take all Southwest Conference title game in Fort Worth. Coach Leo Meyer plans to unleash the team after restraint, with Davey O’Brien directing the offense and Ki Aldrich anchoring defense.
Thanksgiving football action crowned conference champions across the nation. Cornell tied Penn to claim the Ivy League berth while Tennessee routed Kentucky to complete the SEC season. Southern California and UCLA shared Pac 8 laurels as USC strengthened Rose Bowl hopes.
Darrel Tully, a standout back, led the East Texas State Lions to a 53-0 victory over Kirksville Teachers in his final college game. He scored once on the field and connected for three passes to Bob Harp and one to Clint White, with White P. K. Rogers and Leon Winton adding touchdowns.
Howard Payne Yellow Jackets claim the conference title with a 7-0 victory over Southwestern University Pirates in Brownwood on November 24. The win marks their ninth title in several years.
For fifty years the Pennsylvania Game Commission has treated game as a valuable natural resource and has scientifically managed it from near nothing to its current standard. The effort spans multiple decades and established sustained stewardship of wildlife.
Bakersfield column thanks readers for support during tough years and promises a future sports winner. The writer recalls past forecasts from boxing to golf and shares gratitude for fans’ patience. Copyright note references United Press 1998.
Washburn College raced to two early touchdowns to seize the lead and held off St. Mary’s San Antonio to win 33-20 in Topeka. The Ichabods avenged last season’s heavy defeat by the Rattlers.
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