Rose Bowl Preview: Stanford vs Nebraska In Pasadena Tilt
Pasadena anticipates a capacity Rose Bowl crowd as Stanford and Nebraska meet in a showdown. Stanford backs and line are praised, while Nebraska's rugged front and feared line face off against the Cardinal backfield led by Albert and Standlee in this era defining New Year’s clash.
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Huskers
Stanford
Clark Daniel Shaughnessy
Nebraska
Minnesota
Big Ten Kings
Lawrence M
Biff) Jones
Frankie Albert
Norm Standlee
Hugh Gallarneau
Pete Kmetovic
Harry Hopp
Butch Luther
Mike Francis
Roy Petsch
Tennessee Grim Serious Eagles Act Like Schoolboys
In New Orleans both Tennessee and Boston College preview the Sugar Bowl with starkly different team temperaments. Tennessee trains with grim discipline and uniformity while BC players burst with high energy, playful swagger, and bold game predictions.
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Tennessee
Eagles
New Orleans
Boston
Edgewater Park
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Gulf Coast
Boston College Eagles
Vols
Aggies Favored 8-5 Over Fordham in Cotton Bowl
The Texas Aggies are 8-5 favorites to beat Fordham in the Cotton Bowl per bookmakers. Critics doubt the pick citing Fordham blocking machine tests and strong season rushing, while the Aggies rely on deep reserve strength and a unit system to wear Fordham down.
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Aggies
Fordham
Dallas
Tex
Texas Aggies
Fordhams
Statis
Southern Methodist University
John Kuzman
Purdue
North Carolina
Pitt
Tulane
Arkansas
Jarrin
John Kimbrough
Jim Crowley
Kimbrough
Jim Thomason
Marshall Robnett
Jim Sterling
Homer Norton
Bulls win coast game after ejections in Oakland
The Columbus Bulls defeated the Oakland Giants 24 to 21 in California. Ed Kaplanoff and Joe Aleskus were ejected for fighting with Giants players.
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BULLS
Oakland
Calif
Columbus Bulls
Oakland Giants
Ed Kaplanoff
Joe Aleskus
Giants
Bears Triumph Over All Stars In Pro Bowl Clash
The Chicago Bears defeated the All Stars 28 to 14 in Los Angeles the third annual pro bowl game. A crowd of about 21 000 watched at Gilmore Stadium amid stadium crowding.
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Los Angeles
Chicago Bears
Bears
Gilmore Stadium
Breathing with Briez: Promoter Bets for Billy Conn Fight
Johnny Ray offers a 5 000 to 20 000 wager on Billy Conn versus Joe Louis but finds no takers in New York. The Big Ten faces possible rule changes allowing players to appear for private promoters. Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl debate fuels West Coast bitterness. Ed Barrow signals the Yankees will likely win next season.
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New York
Johnny Ray
Billy Conn
Billy
Joe Louis
Big Ten
Madison Square Garden
West Coast
Looking Back on 1940 in Sports and Coaching Echoes
The column riffs on 1940 sports figures and coaching chatter with references to Gypsy Rose Lee, leading base stealers, notable games, and coaches. It notes Dartmouth applications, Ohio State figures, Warren King of Garden City, and other names like Francis Schmidt, Tuss M Laughry, Bunny Oakes, and Deb Garris in a broad nostalgic roundup.
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Gypsy Rose Lee
Hitler
Tobacco Road
Dartmouth
Francis Schmidt
Tuss M’laughry
Brown
Ohio State
Bunny Oakes
Colorado U
Warren King
Garden City
L. L
Tom Lieb
Florida
Frank Hayes
Athletics
Deb Garris
N. L
Max Baer
Lou Nova
Haymaker
Laff
Tulane
Clark Shaughnessy
Knute Rockne
City Basketball League Schedule Shifts to Week Dates
Dec 30 at East Side Gymnasium Pepsi Cola vs Athens Airways Coca Cola vs Standard Oil McBee vs Ohio State Journal 9 Friday Jan 8 East Side Gym American Dry Cleaners vs Varsity Pool Athens High Faculty vs Buckeye Cafeteria Pepsi Cola vs Standard Oil Schedule for full round robin will be posted early next week a few dates still to be set
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East Side
Pepsi Cola
Athens Airways
Coca Cola
Standard Oi
McBee
Ohio State Journal
American Dry Cleaners
Varsity Pool
Athens High
Buckeye Cafeteria
Pepsi-Cola
Standard Oil
Auburn runner John Ball sets four course records in 1940 season
Auburn cross country athlete John Cannon Ball ran four races in the 1940 season and set course records in every event.
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Auburn
John (Cannon) Ball
Ney sons prefer baseball over football in Tennessee team
Major Bob Ney land in Knoxville notes two sons favor baseball to the gridiron. The piece highlights their athletic interests amid Tennessee football culture.
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Dad Knoxville
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
O U Cagers Open 2 Day Indiana Kentucky Trip
Ohio University basketball resumes practice after an 11 day break for a two game stint in Indiana and Kentucky. The Bobcats travel to Evansville Teachers College Tuesday and Western State Teachers at Bowling Green Thursday, with home action vs Marietta College on Jan. 7.
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O.U
Indiana
Kentucky
Bobcats
Ohio University
Evansville
Ind
Teachers College
Western State
Bowling Green
Marietta College
Middle West
Western Kentucky
Xavier
Bill Trautwein
Trautwein
Browns and Bees Set 25 Game Spring Exhibition Schedule
Boston Bees and St. Louis Browns release an 18 game series in Texas and other sites including San Antonio Corpus Christi Houston Texarkana Fort Smith Enid Tulsa Wichita Topeka Kansas City and Boston. Batterymen report Feb 27 with full squad March 3.
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Boston
St. Louis Browns
Bob Quinn
Boston Bees
Bees
Browns
San Antonio
Texas City
Corpus Christi
Tex
Houston
Texarkana
Ark
Fort Smith
Enid
Okla
Wichita
Kan
Topeka
Kansas City
Texas
Toledo
Minneapolis
Tulsa
Red Sox
Harlingen
San Benito
Cardinals
St. Louis
Monterrey
Mexico
Oklahoma City
Kas
Strikes to Spare Adapting to Varying Bowling Alleys
In this seventh of twenty instructive bowling articles Freddie Fischer notes no two alleys are identical and discusses how dirt on a surface can help a ball bite. He advises spot bowling and practice rolls to identify the ideal target, speed, and angle for a consistent pocket hit.
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Freddie Fischer
Mid-Atlantic League 1941 teams named but two franchise fates unclear
Four teams Charleston Canton Akron and Youngstown are set for the 1941 Mid Atlantic League season. Day ston and Portsmouth franchises remain undecided. Daily said the Brooklyn Dodgers may move Dayton to Springfield Zanesville or Erie but he did not know St Louis Cards plans for Portsmouth farm.
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Ebensburg
Charleston
Canton
Akron
Youngstown
Elmer Daily
Dayston
Portsmouth
Brooklyn Dodgers
Dayton
Red Cats Arrive for New Year Border Conference Clash
The Red Cats of Western Reserve University arrive in El Paso for a New Year’s Day game against Arizona State, champions of the Border Conference. A festive crowd with cowboy hats welcomes the Cleveland team as the Bulldogs had arrived from Tempe last week for daily scrimmage sessions.
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EL Paso
Tex
Red Cats
Western Reserve University
Arizona State
Spurs
Cleveland
Bulldogs
Tempe
Busy Week Of College Basketball Action Across The Nation
A full slate of intercollegiate basketball barnstorming unfolds with Indiana facing Kentucky in New Orleans Sugar Bowl action while Long Island University meets Rice Institute and St John’s battles Colorado at the Garden. Creighton, Pitt, Ohio State, Seton Hall, Princeton, Wisconsin and many more loom in dense schedules across cities.
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New York
Indiana
Kentucky
New Orleans
Hoosiers
Southern California
Los Angeles
Long Island UI
Rice Institute Owls
Madison Square Garden
St. John's
Colorado
the Garden
Temple
Illinois
Kansas
Fordham
Santa Clara
LaSalle
Philadelphia
Columbus
Pitt
Ohio State
Princeton
Michigan
Seton Hall
Kansas State
Minnesota
George Washington
Creighton
Michigan State
Xavier
Wisconsin
Marquette
Milwaukee
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Duquesne
South Carolina
Georgia Tech
Iowa State
Drake
Pennsville Personal And Social Mention
Local social notes list Christmas visits among Pennsville residents. Families including Williams Dougan Campbell Hooper Van Fossen and related households traveled to Gallipolis Columbus Cincinnati and stayed with relatives. Illnesses and gatherings are noted along with a Christmas basket for Rex Gifford.
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Pennsville
Fred Williams
Lucy Dougan
Hunter Leslie
Gallipolis
F. B. Deweese
Columbus
Winsfield Thompson
Flora Miller
Madge van Fossen
Walter Campbell
Don Warner
C. V. Davis
Howard Hooper
Cincinnati
Emma Wagoner
Harold Wagoner
Myers van Fossen
George Dougan
Will Penrose
Expansion of Athletics in Colleges Urged as Defense Tool
National college sports leaders met to discuss defense fitness and reform. Lafayette College President Dr. Willi Mather Lewis urged expanded intercollegiate and intramural athletics to prepare youth for national defense. He called for bench parity and noted deferred military classifications linked to physical standards. Coaches proposed rule changes including ending fourth down touchbacks and allowing limited re-entry each quarter.
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NEW York
Coaches Rules Committee
National Collegial Athletic Association
Willi Mather Lewis
Lafay
Pennsylvania
N.C.A.A
Pine Valley
N. J
Ohio sports bests and worsts of 1940 in brief
Fritz Howell rounds up Ohio sports highlights with a World Series Reds win over Detroit and Ohio State football's four and four record. Also notable are Camp Perry rifle matches, Harmon's Michigan upset, Jimmy Wilson's base theft, Indians pennant loss, golf rulings, and Buck Newsom in Detroit.
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Fritz Howell Colmbus
Ohio
Buckeye
Cincinnati Reds
Detroit
Queen City
Ohio State University
Army
Camp Perry
Tom Harmon
Michigan
Jimmy Wilson
Cincinnati
Jimmy
Cleveland Indians
U. S. Golf Association
Od Oliver
Cleveland
Lawson Little
Gene Sarazen
Byron
Barney) Hunt
Janet Shock
Dorothy Gardner
Steubenville
Dayton
Buck Newsom
Fine Durling
Brown Still Has Inside Track for Ohio State Job
Paul Brown Massillon high school football coach remains favored to land the Ohio State University coaching position as NCAA gatherings unfold. Buckeye athletic director L W St John has interviewed candidates including Brown Bunny Oakes former Colorado coach and Frank McCormick director of athletics at Minnesota. Reports suggest Dick Harlow Harvard coach is also a contender while Dr George Hauser GPopher line coach is discussed.
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New York
Paul Brown
Massillon
Ohio State University
Francis A. Schmidt
Brown
National Collegiate , Athletic Association
L. W. St. John
Buckeye
St. John
Bernard
Bunny) Oakes
Colorado
Frank McCormick
Minnesota
George Hauser
Gopher
Ohio State
Dick Harlow
Harvard
Jockeys Dew and Taylor Tie for Riding Honors at 285 Wins
In a tense national riding race heading into the final days, Walter Taylor at Florida Tropical Park and Earl Dew at Santa Anita both reached 285 wins. Dew, racing Agua Caliente and other tracks, netted two victories on Sunday despite mixed results, while Taylor sat idle. Reports note Dew rode in seven events at Agua Caliente with several placings and two wins, and anticipate a close conclusion to the national title chase.
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Walter Taylor
Florida Tropical Park
Earl Dew
King
Santa Anita
Los Angeles
Taylor
Agua Caliente
Mex
Ka Shen
Kai-Shen
Dew
Santa Ana
Music Jack
Howeve
Wilberforce Prepares for Steel Bowl Title Clash
Wilberforce University football team worked out in Birmingham ahead of the Negro collegiate championship game against Morris Brown of Atlanta. Morris Brown, once defeated, arrives tomorrow as the Ohioans seek an undefeated season.
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Birmingham
Ala
Wilberforce University
Morris Brown
Atlanta
Morri Brown
Lon Stiner Emerges as Oregon State Coaching Candidate
West Coast reports indicate Lon Stiner, OSU football mentor, is a candidate for a position. Schmidt, who resigned with most of his staff, attends sessions and says he has not received coaching offers despite rumors linking him to Colorado and Dartmouth.
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West Coast
Lon Stiner
Oregon
Schmidt
Colrado
Dartmouth
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