Blood and glory on the track the danger of midget racing
A nostalgic look at dangerous sports thrills with a fatal midget car crash at Candlelite Speedway and recall of past incidents. It notes the mix of excitement and risk in boxing football hockey and racing, and ends with a vignette on Babe Ruth and a 1937 World Series recap.
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Candlelite stadium
Alvin
Jeep) Colbitt
Paterson
N.J
Candlelite Speedway
Newfield park track
Floyd Canfield
Spain
America
Yankees Rout West Haven Vets 34 to 0 in Ridgefield clash
Bridgeport Yankees overpower West Haven Vets 34 to 0 at Candlelite Stadium. Blomberg scores three touchdowns while Ed Kriz and Fella Gintoff contribute early scores. West Haven’s John Taylor sustains a hip fracture. upcoming game against Southington Gems announced.
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Candlelite stadium
Park City
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Bloomberg
Yankees
Yanks
West Havven
Ed Kriz
Fella Gintoff
Gintoff
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Ed Hungerford
Joe Santilli
Southington Gems
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John Taylor
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Ralph Lenoci
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Tins
Inter church league bowlers set for tonight matches
Teams in the YMCA Inter Church bowling league will meet at the Holland alleys tonight. Wairfield Hungarian Reformed Church faces Hirst Hungarian Reformed. Hungarian Evangelical Reformed takes on United. Zion Lutheran plays St. George's. St. James' meets Greek Holy Trinity. Russian Orthodox clubs up against Hungarian Evangelical Church Brotherhood.
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Holland alleys
Wairfield
Hungarian Reformed church
Hirst
Hungarian Evangelical Reformed
United
Zion Lutheran
St. George’s
St. James
Greek Holy Trinity
Russian Orthodox
Hungarian Evangelical church Brotherhood
Earley and Lu jack Slick Bridge Team
Notre Dame players Fred Earley and Johnny Lujack form a top campus bridge duo. They were finalists in the university tournament, with Lujack likely to rest on defense as the Connellsville Pole carries the ball more often this season.
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NOTRE DAME
Fred Earley
Johnny Lujack
Lujack
Harley
Whee Lujack
Connellsville
Navy Faces Turmoil After 10 Straight Losses
Former college coach Andy Kerr criticizes the Navy program as it endures ten consecutive defeats at the United States Naval Academy. Navy last won against Villanova 7-0 in last fall's opener, with opponents appearing increasingly confusing to the midshipmen.
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NEW YORK
Oct
NEA
Andy Kerr
Stanford
Washington and Jefferson
Colgate
Lebanon Valley
United States Naval Academy
Navy
Villanova
Fast Start for Mardick Despite BB Sniper Hit
Roy Reeves drives Mardick to the post amid a sniper’s BB shot that struck the trotter. The standard bred surged from start to finish and won the race. Reeves says he does not favor this as a steady practice.
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NEW YORK
Roy Reeves
Mardick
Beisler Named Coach of Baltimore Clippers
Frankie Beisler of New Haven veteran hockey player named coach and general manager of the Baltimore Clippers of the Eastern Amateur League. Beisler played for New Haven and Springfield in the former American Hockey League and has coached Buffalo in the same league.
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NEW HAVEN
Frankie Beisler
Baltimore Clippers
Beisler
Springfield
Mass
Buffalo
Ward Stranahan Top Hardscrabbie Field
Ward and Stranahan lead the field as the Hardscrabbie invitational opens a four day run. Bud Ward, former national amateur champion, and Frank Stranahan, Toledo star who beat pros in Kansas City, are the strong favorites on the par 71 course. Defending champion Bob Cochran and Wilford Wehrle, past winner, are highly regarded contenders.
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FORT SMITH, Ark
Bud Ward
Frank Stranahan
Chick Evans
Chicago
Charles Coe
Ardmore
Okla
Bob Willets
Missouri
St. Louis
Links
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Polly Riley
Fort Worth
Dot Reilly
Long Beach
Calif
Beverly Hanson
Fargo
N. D
Margaret Gunther
Memphis
Baugh Impressive In 11th Season With Washington
Sammy Baugh in his 11th season shows one of his greatest exhibitions for Washington. In two starts he threw eight touchdown passes and gained 639 yards, more than double his nearest rivals in the league. He connected with Hugh Taylor for a 62 yard score, the season’s longest. He completed 34 of 62 passes.
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WASHINGTON
NBA
Sammy Baugh
Walter Johnson
Hugh Taylor
Princeton Rutgers Oldest Grid Rivals Fight Renewed
Princeton defended its edge in the long rivalry as Rutgers nearly upset the Tigers in a 2018 game dedicated to Rat pera Stadium. The series began in 1869 with Rutgers winning six goals to four, and most games have been at Princeton with only two in New Brunswick.
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N. J
NEA
Princeton
Rutgers
Tiger
Bengals
Rat pera
Tigertown
Frnka Mixes Formations in SEC Race
New Orleans AP reports coach Henry Frnka of Pulane employs a hybrid T formation and single wing attack in the Southeastern Conference football season. The strategy aims to diversify the offense and keep opponents off balance as the league title chase unfolds.
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NEW ORLEANS
Henry Frnka
Pulane
Yankees Draw Record Crowd Across Road Games
New York grid club of the All-America Football Conference topped by nearly 9,000 their fifth straight road attendance record in Cleveland before 86,067. The Yankees previously set club or city professional attendance marks in Buffalo, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Baltimore.
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NIEA
Cleveland
Yankees
Buffalo
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Baltimore
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