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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1940
Page
23
Georgia Tech defeats California 13 to 0 in a college football clash. The narrative mentions sports notes and rival focus with terse game outcome cues, highlighting team names and score in a period-printed sports snippet.
A collage of light anecdotes and quotes spans voters debating civic duty to a dreamy poet and lover in a garden. A taxi driver and a quirky passenger scene unfolds with a punchy line about a “struggling young girl” as a closing Famous Last Words gag.
The 1940 Concord College swimming team faces the toughest schedule in intercollegiate history with twelve meets against nine colleges across four states. Freshmen dominate the squad behind two veterans Bill Morefield and McNeil, while training has run two hours daily since October at Concord Natatorium.
New York reports the National Collegiate Athletic Association and allied groups opening a three day convention to discuss football coaching jobs rules and possible amendments. Lou Little leads rule committee seeking offense friendly changes while Freshmen swimmers and Mountain Lion athletes prep for January schedule.
Johnny Bosch, 145 pound halfback, dominates as Georgia Tech beats California 13 0 in hazardous conditions. Orville Hatcher and Bobby Dodd contribute as Tech’s offense stalls only briefly while Cal's Bear defense creates late threats.
In Miami at Tropical Park on December 28 1940 Walter Lee Taylor surged into a two win lead over Earl Dew for the American riding championship. Taylor won with Isolde owned by Prince Aly Khan and with Saxonian owned by Mrs H Young edging County Bond. Dew headed for California to find mounts as Tropical Park closes. Get Off won the $2000 Key West handicap at Tropical Park, ridden by R Howell, paying $4.10.
Washington reports defense commissioner Ed Stettinius Jr said aluminum stockpiles are ample for the defense program despite a Hawthorne California plant cutting shifts. He blamed public anxiety on false shortage rumors and noted shipments by Aluminum Company of America would maintain 10 hour shifts. The Northrop Aircraft plant reduced 2,000 workers’ shifts from 10 to 8 hours due to scarce aluminum for a 10 million dollar military planes order amid possible rationing and priorities.
Rome announces a new law effective tonight that applies the death penalty to extreme food hoarding or destruction of prime materials and agricultural products with penitentiary terms if no grave disturbance results. A separate note mentions Schenectady New York deriving its name from a Mohawk word meaning on the other side of the pine islands.
New Orleans reports Tennessee and Boston college football teams express confidence for the Sugar bowl on January 1. The Vols pursue a focused, secretive prep while Boston college Eagles mix tense scrimmage with lighthearted off field antics and boast a wide range of player sizes from 6 foot 5, 235 pounds to 250 pounds.
New York December 28 Mayor Fiorello H LaGuardia chairman of the American section of the United States Canadian joint defense board says the Committee to Defend America by Aiding the Allies should split. He proposes a division into Words and Deeds with LaGuardia leading the latter. White says his aim is to keep the US out of war and opposes repealing the Johnson Act on loans to debt defaulting nations.
Cedar Rapids Iowa December 28 The No Foreign War committee sent to President Roosevelt a telegram signed by 3500 common people urging him not to lend or give away the defenses of the nation They described signers as those who furnish cannon fodder and food for war and who fight and die in wars forced on them They asked the president in his radio broadcast to confirm that assurances given in the recent campaign will be kept The telegram followed a round robin of 170 persons who urged the president to help sweep away ignorance lethargy and disbelief
Baltimore on December 28 The Rev Carey Young executive secretary of the Maryland Delaware Youth Council addressed the mid year rally of the Maryland Federation of Youths Rescue Councils urging youth to act as forerunners to create a better world He said followers are needed but the priority is ahead leadership to prepare the way.
Pasadena ready for a major Rose Bowl. Nebraska arrives for its first California visit in the 26th Rose Bowl, challenging Stanford atop a near even matchup. Stanford backs and Husker line clash as critics debate edge, while 90,000 fans expect a pivotal post season game.
In Montgomery Alabama on December 28 a Northern all star eleven edged the South 14 to 12 before 14000 fans in the Blue Gray game. Nick Basca of Villanova and Joe Hoague of Colgate led the Yankees with a scoring drive in the first and a late touchdown. The South fought back with Jap Davis and Tony Gallovich scoring and Duke and Wake Forest players contributing big plays. A key late sequence featured Dave Parker Hardin-Simmons catching a long strike from Goodnight Hardin-Simmons and Jones finishing for a TD but the extra point failed. The North capitalized on turnovers and missed kicks to seal the win.
The Virginia Boat Club of Richmond defeated Orleans Rowing Club by two and a half lengths over the mile and a quarter Sugar Bowl shell race on the new basin canal in New Orleans. Carlos de Armas of Southern Yacht Club won the fish class sloop race with a time of 7 minutes 12 seconds. Ensign R. Dahloff, Pensacola, finished 27 seconds behind. Prentice E. Edrington Jr., former Star class champion, won the star class event for the Potomac River Sailing Association in Washington.
A compact recap notes key sports moments including Hartnett moving to the Giants as player coach, McCormick named NL MVP, Notre Dame and Penn football results, Cornell’s disputed TD, Jenkins knocking out Letta, Texas vs Texas A&M, Navy over Army, Stanford Rose Bowl bid, Nebraska Rose Bowl invite, and Minnesota top AP poll, with other trades and signings across baseball and football.
A garbled set of late 1940s sports brief items notes trades and releases among baseball teams, a Bears victory over the Redskins 73-0 securing a league title, and various athlete rankings, two boxing results, a golf win by Byron Nelson, and coaching changes including Schmidt resigning at Ohio State.
In Mamaroneck New York, the name is traced to an Native American phrase meaning where the fresh water meets the salt. The origin ties to local place naming and geography in the region.
Dallas, Dec 28. Odda betting crowds rated Texas A&M 8 5 favorites over Fordham in the Cotton Bowl, though critics questioned Fordham blocking and Fordham's cautious stat based analysis. Aggies rely on depth and unit system to exhaust Fordham at Texas stadium. Weather settled to sun as both teams practiced.
Bobby Riggs of Chicago moved into the second round of the Sugar Bowl Invitation Tennis tournament defeating Norman Brooks 6-2 3-6 6-1 as he pursues the No. 1 ranking. Seeded No. 1, Riggs faces Hal Surface in tomorrow's singles pairing.
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