Bowl Day Sparks New Year Football Parade
Key New Year bowl games headline a six to seven city slate from Pasadena to Honolulu. Stanford faces Nebraska in the Rose Bowl as 11-5 favorite beneath ideal weather. Tennessee meets Boston College in the Sugar Bowl while Texas A&M tangles with Fordham in Dallas. Mississippi State versus Georgetown in the Orange Bowl follows with humid Miami conditions. Shrine East West game in San Francisco pits Westerners against the East. Tempe Teachers hosts Western Reserve in the Sun Bowl with no national broadcast. Fresno State battles Hawaii in the Pineapple Bowl. Steel Bowl in Birmingham matches Wilberforce against Morris Brown for the Negro title.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Hawaii
Pasadena
Calif
Stanford
Pacific Coast
Nebraska
NBC
New Orleans
Tennessee
Boston College
Volunteers
Texas Aggies
Texas
Fordham
Dallas
Tex
Mutual
Mississippi State
Georgetown
Big Hoyas
Miami
Fla
CBS
San Francisco
Kezar
Tempe
Ariz
Teachers
el Paso
Western Reserve
Honolulu
Fresno
State
University of Hawaii
Birmingham
Ala
Wilberforce, C., University
Morris Brown
Strikes to spare in bowling described by experts
The article explains hook deliveries as the most controllable spare tool, detailing wrist action and finger spin. It contrasts hook with the sweep curve, notes delivery line choices, and emphasizes practice to adjust to alley conditions for accuracy.
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Freddie Fischer
No. 1 Baseball Men Selected
The Sporting News named its No. 1 men of baseball for 1940 with Walter O. Briggs Sr. as leading executive, William B. McKechnie as leading manager, and Bob Feller as leading player in the major leagues. Minor league picks include H. Roy Hamey as executive, Larry Gilbert as manager, and Phil Rizzuto as player. A scroll will be awarded to each honoree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Walter O. Briggs
Detroit Tigers
Sporting News
Baseball Weekly
Briggs
William B. McKechnie
Cincinnati Reds
Bob Feller
Cleveland Indians
H. Roy Hamey
Kansas City
American Association
Larry Gilbert
Nashville
Southern Association
Phil Rizzuto
Whichcee and Mioland Duel For New Year Handicap
Midland track notes say Mioland and Whichcee were overnight favorites for the $10,000 New Year Handicap. Whichcee suffered a bruised bump on a guard rail during muddied track protection, with a possible run contingent on a further examination. A heavy track was anticipated for the mile race open to three-year-olds and up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charles S. Howard
Mioland
Austin C. Taylor
Whichcee
Basketball Scores and Local Notes From Across the Nation
Duquesne defeated Santa Clara 42 40 while City College of New York beat Geneva 41 35 Wabash won 49 34 over Centenary Denvers Western State 37 36 Montana Normal 46 37 Montana State Bradley Tech 36 UCLA 27 High school results Columbus East 35 Marietta 30 Hillsboro 33 Columbus Central 32 Greenfield 40 Columbus South 20 Madeira 49 Sycamore 36 North Carolina star Jim Lalanne discusses potential pro football despite flat feet Chauncey Council to meet January 2 at 7 p m with Mayor Hines at City Building.
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Duquesne
Santa Clara
City College New York
Geneva
Wabash
Centenary
Western (Colo.) State
Denver
Montana Normal
Montana State
Bradley Tech
University of California At Los Angeles
High School
Columbus East
Marietta
Hillsboro
Columbus Cent
Greenfield
Columbus So
Madeira
Sycamore
Lodge Christmas Gathering At Joliette Rebekah Lodge
More than 50 members and visitors attended Joliette Rebekah Lodge Christmas gathering. The event featured a Rebekah Degree conferred on four candidates, a dessert course, and gift exchange alongside numerous local guests and holiday visiting family members from Watertown Parkersburg Cambridge and Cincinnati.
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Charlotte Wilson
Marietta
Glen Green
Leland Ford
Harvey Morris
Claucie Mindling
May Greenlees
Wanda Greenlees
Morris
Maude Murdock
Kate White
Watertown
Lucile Caldwell
Frances Leibrand
Margaret Hopkins
Vernice Bond
Vincent
M. E. Root
R. C. Vincent
Belle Ball
Parkersburg
Don Okey Blauser
Logan
I. R. Blauser
L. H. McKain
Danville
Ray Goddard
Prudy Freece
Cathrine Crites
Cambridge
Dayton Mindling
Root
S. J. Morey
Morey
James Kuhn
Michigan
Harold Gill
A. J. Dodds
Pittsburgh
Kans
C. H. Fish
Harold Root
Phyllis
Cincinnati
Miami
Fla
Verne Leyda
Karl Place
Virginia Place
L. J. Place
Clay Ridge
Alva
Carlos Linscott
Charley English
Tom Poling
Jeff McAfee
Ford French
Uncrowned Champions of 1940 profiled by Robert Sieger
A montage of sports oddities and near-misses from 1940 highlights. Notable items include a Detroit pro showing a student how to throw an ace, a Stockton promoter canceling an indoor fight due to rain, and two golfers grinding through 58 extra holes to finish a match. The piece also recalls Hanover College and Centre College, a beleaguered head-shaven basketball player, an Ohio woman protesting skeet shooting, and many quirky incidents across college and professional sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert Sieger
Detroit News
Sieger
Bob. O. K
Detroit
Stockton
Cal
Ohio
State Conservation Department
Texas Boxing Commission
Art Brown
Oakville
Wash
Seattle
New Year Observed in Chauncey and Dover District
Chauncey post office and many businesses closed for the holiday. The mining industry also observes the day with eleven mines in operation in the district including No. 9 No. 90 No. 107 No. 10X No. 255 Chauncey N Y 25 Pos ton No. 6 Kimberly Carbondale Coonville and Black Diamond active Tuesday.
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Chauncey
Chauncey N Y
Poston No
Kimberly
Carbondale
Coonville
Black Diamond
Chauncey District Social and Personal Update
Chauncey residents report illnesses and family visits. Mrs Lara Tucker of Chauncey is ill with pneumonia at Converse Street. Visitors include Mrs Charles Reed and Regina Lynn, and Thomas Dew of Chauncey. several visits span Lancaster, Detroit, Athens, and Cincinnati. Additional gatherings note holidays in Detroit, turkey dinners in Lexington Avenue, and weekend guests from The Plains and St Clairsville.
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Chauncey
Lara Tucker
Converse St
Charles Reed
Regina Lynn
Nile Dewane
Thomas Dew
Louise Moody
Lancaster
Noah Harvey
Mary Helen
Detroit
Frances Harvey
Alex Madek
Hollis Cunningham
Lexington Ave
Vint Cunningham
Marie Fitzer
Athens
Evan Morgan
the Plains
Burgie Morgan
St. Clairsville
Alfred Morgan
Edgar
Bessie
Helen
McArthur
Nathan Thomas
Glen Ebon
Morgan
Gerald McDaniel
Roy Carter
Cincinnati
D. V. McDaniel
Marty Dee
Port Clinton
H. O. McDaniel
Midfield
Osborn Family Holds Holiday Dinner In Chauncey
Mr. and Mrs Henry Osborne of Mill Street hosted a holiday chicken dinner with a gift exchange. Attending were Dane Osborne Florence Ann Osborne E L Bingman Vivian Bingman Jeat Bingman Vore Ridge H B Noble Billy Noble Frances Noble Hal Osborne Athens June Miller David Miller The Plains Millie Osborne Guy Osborne and Nelle Rupe Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Henry Osborne
Mill St
Dane Osborne
Florence Ann Osborne
E. L. Bingman
Vivian
Jeat Bingman
Vore Ridge
H. B. Noble
Billy
Frances Noble
Hal Osborne
Athens
June
David Miller
the Plains
Millie Osborne
Guy Osborne
Nelle Rupe
Mrs
McDaniels Gather for Holiday Reunion in Millfield
Mrs. L. B. McDaniel and six children and families held a holiday reunion at Mr. and Mrs. H. 9. McDaniel’s Millfield home. A potluck dinner served cafeteria style featured a large roasted turkey. Twenty five members attended with five absent including L. Morrison and the Daughertys.
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Floyd McDaniel
Sue
Baltimore
Guy B. McDaniel
Norma Lee
Glenn
Janice
Joyce
Albany
Frank McDaniel
Larry
Circle Hill
L. A. Morrison
Faye
Barbara Ann
Jacksonville
Dennis McDaniel
Marty Dee
Port Clinton
L. B. McDaniel
Millfield
Frank Daugherty
Richard
Dorothy Daugherty
H. O. McDaniel
Chauncey Woman Named Head Supervisor in Obstetrics
Miss Louise Dew of Chauncey, long at Todds Hospital in Youngstown Ohio, will become head supervisor of obstetrics starting Thursday January 2. She will oversee two floors and teach obstetrics to upper class members. She is the daughter of Mrs Nile Dew and a Chauncey Dover High School graduate.
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Chauncey
Louise Dew
Todds Hospital
Youngstown
Ohio
Miss Dew
Nile Dew
Chauncey-Dover High School
Eugene Byers Returns to Fort Bragg After Holidays
Chauncey Eugene Byers reports returning to the coast artillery at Fort Bragg North Carolina after visiting his brother Edd Byers in Bailey Run and staying with sister Mrs Harve Dunn in Chauncey and with his father in Athens during Christmas.
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Chauncey
Eugene Byers
Coast Artillery
Fort Bragg
N. C
Edd Byers
Bailey Run
Harve Dunn
Athens
Earl Dew Is Riding Champ of Past Year
Earl Dew of Sac City Iowa is the 1940 jockey champion after a photo finish with Walter Lee Taylor of Houston. Taylor failed to win in three races as his stirrup strap broke and he was injured, while Dew won the first race aboard Subdeb for his 287th victory of the year at Santa Anita.
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Los Angeles
America
Earl Dew
Sac City
Towa
Reinsman
Walter Lee Taylor
Houston
Tex
Dew
Santa Anita
Taylor
Miami
Tropical Park
Subdeb
Three Big Ten Quintets Win
Northwestern defeated Notre Dame 46 to 36 in a strong finish to the year. Wisconsin beat Princeton 52 to 40 in Milwaukee and Illinois downed Marquette 40 to 32 in the same New Year’s Eve doubleheader. Chicago hosts Western Michigan Teachers at Kalamazoo tonight.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Notre Dame
Wildcats
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Princeton
Illinois
Marquette
Ohio State
Michigan
Western Michigan
Kalamazoo
ChaunceyHoliday Dinner Hosted by Mrs Dew
Mrs Dew entertained with a holiday dinner at her Chauncey home on Jacobs Avenue. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Charles Reed and daughter Regina Lynn of Wheeling West Virginia Mr and Mrs Ira Cunningham Mr and Mrs Ray Cunningham and daughter Donna Jean Susan Donaldson Pearl canter Wilma Kranyik Mr and Mrs Mike Kranyik and sons Thomas Thomas Dew and Mrs Mary Dew all of Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Miles Dew
Jacobs Ave
Charles Reed
Alice Dew
Regina Lynn
Wheeling
W. Va
Ira Cunningham
Ray Cunningham
Donna Jean
Susan Donaldson
Pearl Canter
Wilma Kranyik
Mike Kranyik
Thomas
Thomas Dew
Mary Dew
Princeton Dean Flays NCAA Criticisms At Meet
Dean Christian Gauss of Princeton challenged NCAA officials calling for abolition of separate associations and accusing teams nationwide of employing professionals. Fritz Crisler of Michigan was elected NCAA president as the group sought enforcement funds and a new united sports federation amid Olympic debates. Prof Phillip Badger of NYU named NCAA president.
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NEW York
Christian Gauss
Princeton University
National Collegiate Athletic Association
H. C
Fritz) Crisler
Michigan
Fritz
Wolverines
Fielding H. Yost
NCAA
Dean Gauss
United States of America Sports Federation
Buenos Aires
Phillip Badger
New York University
N.C.A.A
Bettina and Christoforidis to Clash for Light Heavy Title
The National Boxing Association sanctions a 15 round title fight in Cleveland on January 13 between Bettina and Anton Christoforidis, number one and two challengers, to decide a successor to Billy Conn. Conn has moved to heavyweight. The champion agrees to meet Gus Lesnevich within 60 days on equal terms.
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Cleveland
National Boxing Association
Melio Bettina
Anton Christoforidis
Joseph Tuiner
Billy Conn
N.B.A
Conn
Gus Lesnevich
Triner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Urennere
By Judson Bailey
Associated Press
Midland
Lalanne
W. D. Hines
Chauncey Council
Lodge
Cutler
By Eddie Brietz
Thee Formation
Hanover College
Centre College
Hanover
Harvard
Harvard University
Tom Harmon
California
Truck Hannah
Memphis
Hamilton
Muhlenberg Band
Louisiana Tech
Woman's Page
Anniston
Flint
Mich
Evan L. Hughes
REED
Bulldog Svared
Dover
Chauncey District
Osborn
McDaniels
Mrs. Dew
By Gayle
Talbot
Colonial
Colonial Plan
Colonial Force
Berry Hotel
Bettina
Oo. Vv
Yaw
Court Street
Kyle
Clifford
Society
Hudder
Don MacDonald
Kasha Paca
Goodimate
Englishtown
Manhattan
Cheney
Botany
McCurrach
Silk
Paes c
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