MITCH'S MUSINGS Preview of upcoming N a a a meeting topics
News from New York says the N A A A will hold its annual meeting with recruiting and subsidization of athletes as the main topic. A committee led by Z G Clevenger of Indiana will report findings. Other items touch Eddie Casey Harvard Washington Jefferson Cornell amateur policy Northwestern Alabama Tunney Dempsey and Minnesota football notes.
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New York
Big City
Z. G. Clevenger
University of Indiana
Ralph C. Hutchinson
W. and
Cornell
Alabama Girds for Rose Bowl Tour and Hollywood Visit
Alabama's Red Elephants, bound for the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day against Stanford, will tour a movie studio in Hollywood and attend a luncheon before returning to Occidental College. Coach Frank Thomas says morale is fine and a heavy scrimmage is possible later. Stanford's squad, resting after informal workouts, plans two practices as they head to Pasadena. Asa Long notes emphasize memory and analysis as key checker skills.
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Pasadena
Stanford
Gene Tunney
Jack Dempsey
Chicago
Tunney
Greenwich Village
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
Cur Propst
Southern California
Joie Ray
Gary
Ind
Calif
Hollywood
Occidental College
Frank Thomas
Big Jim Whatley
Jimmy Angelich
Whatley
Angelich
Bama
Thomas
Bobby Grayson
Stanford University
University of Alabama
C. EB
Bob Reynolds
Jim “Monk
Moscrip
Paul Waner Tops Batsmen In National League 1934
After six seasons as an also ran Waner returns to the top in the NL batting race. The Pirates star led with a .380 start in 1927 and posted 217 hits and 122 runs while the St Louis Cardinals dominated club batting with a .288 team average. Other leaders included Terry, Cuyler, Allen, Medwick, and Vaughn in various offensive categories.
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Paul Waner
Pittsburgh Pirates
Rogers Hornsby
Waner
Frank O'Doul
Bill Terry
Chuck Klein
Hornsby
Chick Hafey
Big Poison
Hazen
Kiki) Cuyler
Gallen
Jim
Ripper) Collins
St. Louis
Floyd (Arky) Vaughan
Pittsburgh
Sam Leslie
Brooklyn
Joe Moore
Ethan Allen
Philadelphia
John Moore
Cincinnati
Harlan Pool
Cuyler
Allen
Collins
Pittsburger
Colling
Mel Ott
Jack Rothrock
Terry
Coyler
Joe Medwick
Mughey Cruz
John (Pepper) Martin
Purvis Hurt Out Of East West Charity Game
Purdue halfback Duane Purvis suffered a severe knee injury in yesterday's scrimmage. X rays confirmed torn cartilage and torn tendons with bad bruising, erasing his chance to play on New Year’s Day. Ed Brominski expected to move to high halfback while East and West coaches adjust plans.
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San Francisco
Duane Purvis
Purdue
Purvis
Andy Kerr
Colgate
Dick Hanley
Northwestern
Ed Brominski
Columbia
Orin Hollingberry
Washington State
Percy Lacey
Denver
Stanford University
Blind U.S. War Veteran Plays Golf With Brailled Caddy
Capt. Gerald Lowry, a British war veteran visiting New York, claims blindness helps his golf by avoiding bunker worry. He uses a braille-marked deck for bridge and relies on a braille-marked putter and a caddy that guides his swing.
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New York
Gerald Lowry
Capt
Lowry
Boner Settles Hockey Contest
Detroit loses 2 to 1 to Chicago as Way Kilrea misplays a puck sending it into his own net in the first period. Howie Morenz adds a third for Chicago while Lorrie Chabot stops most Red Wing chances. Lewis scores late for Detroit in a tight finish.
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Kilrea
Detroit
Red Wings
National Hockey League
Chicago
Blackhawks
Wally
Tommy Cook
Norm Smith
Howie Morenz
Wings
Lorrie Chabot
Lewis
Tobacco sales to resume at Gallipolis warehouse
Tobacco sales at the Gallipolis warehouse will resume next Monday after prices fell from over 18 cents per pound to 15 cents. Sales here have averaged about one dollar per hundred pounds lower than those at Huntington, West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
Huntington
W. Ve
Esker Gilpin Jr. fatally shot in Alabama homes
Esker Lee Gilpin Jr., 19, captain and left tackle of McKinley High School football in St. Louis, was found shot at O C Wood’s home in Montgomery. Police said friends called it a great mistake as Wood faced a burglary warrant and Gilpin died after telling officers he and Wood were close friends and asking not to blame him.
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Ala
Esker Lee Gilpin, Jr
McKinley High School
St. Louis
Bernard Young
Gilpin
McKinley
O. C. Wood
Wood
Racing Returns to California at Santa Anita Meet
In Arcadia California the Southern California turf season revived on December 25 with 39 000 spectators. C V Whitney's High Glee won the $5 000 Christmas Stakes by a length and a half over Chicteney as Riskulus finished third. The eight-race card sent $250 096 through parimutuel machines and the mile was run in 1 37.
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Arcadia
Calif
Lucky Baldwin
California
Elias J. Baldwin
High Glee
C. V. Whitney
Chicteney
Riskulus
Sugar Bowl Teams In Light Workouts
Tulane and Temple began tapering off today for the Sugar Bowl clash on New Year’s Day in New Orleans. Tulane coach Ted Cox planned a lighter, shorter workout, while Temple coach Pop Warner cut practice shorter in Baton Rouge. Both teams feel they have done enough hard work and want to avoid injuries.
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Tulane
Temple
Ted Cox
Baton Rouge
Pop
Owls
Cornell Considers Alumni Scholarships for Athletes
Cornell University may liberalize its scholarships policy to allow athletic students to receive funds if alumni donations are available. The committee emphasizes that character and brains remain primary, with no intent to "buy" players, and notes steps already taken to strengthen ties with alumni and improve athletic programs.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell
Cornell Alumni News
Cor
Nell
Adolphe Menjou Stars In The Human Side at Ohio Theater
Adolphe Menjou leads a wholesome comedy drama The Human Side at the Ohio Theater with Doris Kenyon Betty Lawford and others. The film blends humor and tender dramatic moments as a set of intertwining plots resolves with a hopeful ending. Shirley Temple appears in Little Miss Marker at the Majestic alongside Menjou and a veteran cast.
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Doris Kenyon
Betty Lawford
Charlotte Henry
Joseph Cawthorn
Ohio Theater
Universal
Menjou
Paramount
Damon Runyon
Little Miss Marker
Majestic Theater
Shirley Temple
Dorothy Dell
Charlies Bickford
Lynne Overman
Shirley
Broadway
Evangelist Butterfield Invites Pleasant at West Side
Trimble Evangelist Butterfield hosted outreach at the West Side on Wednesday and Thursday evening this week inviting residents to attend.
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Trimble
Butterfield
Pleasant
West Side
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