Pitt Football Purge Hits Sutherland As Tricks Of Spring Loom
Pitt coach John B. Sutherland faces a lean 1939 spring with assistants quitting and many players at risk after scholastic checks. Backfield losses include Dutton and Jones from last year’s freshman squad. Goldberg remains but study issues hinder practice. How the lineup shapes up and new assistants will be named as examinations reveal further roster cuts.
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Pittsburgh
John B
Jock) Sutherland
University of Pittsburgh
Sutherland
Pitt
William Dutton
Weston
W. Va
Billy Goldberg
Marshall Goldberg
Dutton
Edgar Jones
Penn State
Jones
Dick Cassiano
Rome and The Plains Eye County Hoop Semis Showdowns
Rome defeats Troy 28 to 26 to reach the county semifinals where The Plains beat Shade 28 to 2. The Plains meet Rome tonight at 7 with Buchtel vs J-T in the other semi, winners advancing to Friday's final and sectional Logan.
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Rome
the Plains
Buchtel
J-T
Logan
Slater
Harkins
McBee
E. White
Frisby
R. West
Eveen Ontseneseee
Sheskey Orkannr
McQuaid Chorniak
Schenz Men
Schively
Nutter
Townsend
McConnell
Rene
Graham
Conley
Totads
Hollister Hardy
Jewell
Cole
Reese Hillyer Sem
Wineewenen
Rothery
Ewer Moore
Maynard Wwe
McGee
Embrey
D-T
J. Mandrell
Skinner
Burdiss Ee
Johnson
Judson
W. Mandrell
Ciencia Captures Santa Anita Derby Upsets Track Legend
Ciencia, the Texas bred filly owned by Robert J. Kleberg, won the Santa Anita Derby in 1:58 5/5 on a fast track, paying 19.80 to win. She surged from behind to beat Xalapa Clown by five lengths, boosting her earnings to 58,630 and positioning her as a top three year old contender.
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Arcardia
Calif
U.R
Ciencia
Bessie Franzheim
Alfred Gywnne Vanderbilt
Imey Nosing Porter
Mite
Cohort Science
Robert J. Kleberg
Texas
Stagehand
Barefoot football craze in Hawaii and college scores flood notes
Notes from Waikiki Beach praise barefoot football with 1500 teams yearly and long kicks, while Waialae links impresses, amid a flood of college football scores including Pitt 40 Fordham 34 Navy 52 Loyola 25 Princeton 39 Yale 27 and others.
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Henry McLemore
Honolulu
T. H
Waikiki Beach
Hawaii
Knute Rockne
Tan
Cypress Point
Monterey
America
Waialae
Diamond Head
Pitt
Fordham
Navy
Loyola
Baltimore
Princeton
Yale
Columbia
Harvard
Penn State
W. Va
Syracuse
Penn
Williams
Amherst
Franklin & Marshall
Muhnberg
Gettysburg
Lebanon Valley
Hawaii Museum Holds World’s Most Expensive Feather Coat
An old Hawaii sport describes spear catching and a surfboard trip from Honolulu to Molokai. The Bishop Museum houses a $1 million feather coat woven for a pre territorial king, insured yet priceless.
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Bishop Museum
Hawaii
United States
Honolulu
Molokai Island
Gene Smith
Samoa
Waikiki
United Press
Sparks Fly From MLB Spring Camps in Hot Springs
George Kirkley reports first spring signals from hot springs camps. Bill Terry plans to let Carl Hubbell Hal Schumacher and Slick Castleman pace themselves while pushing youngsters. Dodgers Durocher irked by holdouts Van Mungo Presner and Phelps. Phelps to be conditioned similarly. Various players and coaches arrive, train, and prep for Clearwater and Sarasota camps with calisthenics hikes and baths as Oak Lawn races loom.
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George Kirkley
Hot Springs
Ark
Bill Terry
Carl Hubbell
Hal Schumacher
Slick Castleman
Schumacher
Baton Rouge
Fighteen
Brooklyn Dodgers
Eastman
Leo Durocher
van Mungo
Forest Presner
Blimp Phelps
Durocher
Phelps
Dodgers
Clearwater
Belverdere Club
Leo
Eddie McCormick
Artie McGovern
Fred Fitzsimmons
Pete Coscarart
Brooklyn
Ethel V. Mars
Buckeye teams go 0-2 out of conference in Columbus night
Marshall falls 46 44 to Roanoke while Miami loses 46 31 to Cincinnati. Marietta beats Muskingum 37 34 and John Carroll defeats Case 47 36. Chuckovits leads Toledo past Detroit 57 40 with 18 points, bringing his season total to 368 in 22 games.
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Lafayette
Moravian
West Chester
P.M.C
Rutgers
Lehigh
Bucknell
Juniata
Texas
Texas Christian
Ohio Wesleyan
Ohio U
Toledo
Detroit
Roanoke
Marshall
John Carroll
Case
Marietta
Muskingum
Western Reserve
Baldwin- Wallace
Cincinnati
Miami
Navy
Loyola
Pittsburgh
Fordham
Waynesburg
Duquesne
George Washington
Marquid
Columbus
Buckeye
Ohio
Chuck Chuckovits
Toledo University
Chuckovits
Baldwin-Wallace
Akron
Ball State
Wooster
Heidelberg
Kenyon
Ashland
Otterbein
Bowling Green
de Sales
Women Directed Aerial Pageant Aims At Newcastle
Newcastle Women's Flying Club prepares an all female directed aerial pageant with pilots and ground crew led by women. Twenty of its forty members are in training for the event.
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Newcastle
Australia
Feldman and Galento Set To Fight Tonight In Miami
A few hundred more spectators are expected at Burdine Stadium tonight to witness the Feldman Galento bout that rainout Wednesday night postponed. Galento is the favorite to win early, with a June title shot against Joe Louis possible if he loses. Promoter Mike Jacobs eyes a big summer bout and Herman Taylor of Philadelphia arrives to discuss a potential Orange, New Jersey deal.
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U.P
Burdine Stadium
Tony Galento
Abe Feldman
Tony
Haye Feldman
Joe Louis
Mike Jacobs
Galento
Herman Taylor
Philadelphia
Serevices
Jacobs
Orange
N. J
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Shively
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