Dizzy Dean Biggest Flop of the Year
The Associated Press poll named Jerome Herman Dizzy Dean the year s biggest disappointment for 1937. Debilitating injuries and a season cut short by an arm problem left him with a 13 10 record and sparked controversy from January through August. Dean drew 66 points to top a list that included the Reds and other sports figures in a rough year for baseball.
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New York
Jerome Herman
Dizzy
Dean
Associated Press
St. Louis Cardinal
Cardinal
Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds
Snead Wins Nassau Open With Solid Final Push
Sam Snead of White Sulphur Springs West Virginia won the Nassau open golf tournament finishing at 276 for 72 holes to collect 740 dollars. Victor Ghezzi of Deal New Jersey ended one stroke back earning 550 dollars while E J Harrison of Little Rock Arkansas shot a course record 64 to surge to third and take 450 dollars. Harrison had seven birdies and tied the course record twice.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Samuel
Jackson Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Snead
Victor Ghezzi
Deal
N. J
Ghezzi
E. J. Harrison
Little Rock
Ark
Harrison
Billy Burke
Belleair
Fla
Heffelfinger Of Yale Fame Feted On 70th Birthday
Walter Pudge Heffelfinger, famed Yale guard and four time All American, celebrated his 70th birthday in Minneapolis at a reception hosted by four nephews. He remains a county commissioner and heads a publishing business while receiving greetings from rivals Princeton and Harvard from his Yale era.
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Minneapolis
Walter Pudge Heffelfinger
Sammy Baugh Honored by Texas Home Folks
Sweetwater Texas residents former teammates and classmates paid tribute to Sammy Baugh for putting Sweetwater on the map more than any other citizen. The former TCU football star led the Washington Redskins to the NFL championship.
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Sweetwater
Tex
Sammy Baugh
Michigan Head Admits Demand For A Probe
Dr. Alexander G Ruthven president of the University of Michigan said he received and acknowledged a letter from the Michigan club of South Bend Ind asking the board of regents to investigate the athletic situation. The letter requested alumni participation and a delay in selecting a successor to Harry Kipke. The regents meet January 10 with most members leaning toward an investigation. The University of Michigan club of Detroit adopted a hands off policy on the coaching situation.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Alexander G. Ruthven
University of Michigan
Michigan Club
South Bend
Ind
Harry Kipke
Board of Regents
Ruthven
Viewing the Field by Leo Lucas
Capacity crowds marked the Newsboys Benefit Boxing show at Immaculate Conception gym. Referee Alex Fidler received gifts from the boxers in a touching presentation. Belle Plaine’s basketball team scored 60 in a season opener under the center jump rule, with 15 players used. A new Belle Plaine gym is planned with seating for about 1,000 as teams prepare for postholiday schedules and multiple upcoming games.
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Newsboys
Immaculate Conception Gymnasium
Alex Fidler
Hewsboys
Alex
Belle Plaine
Lamb
Blairstown
Belle Plaine Gymnasium
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Jimmy Ripple
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Ford Frick
Direy Dean
Cardinel
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Pitt
Jim Braddock
Minnesota
Jimmie Foxx
Red Sox
Pompoon
An Mungo
Brooklyn
Sam Snead
Heffelfinger
Yale
Texas Home Folk
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Leo Lucas
Lloyd Harper
Clinton
Roosevelt
McKinley
Franklin Club
East Waterloo
Cedar Falls
Fort Dodge
Franklin
St. Wenceslaus
Marshalltown
Coe
Kohawks
Annnual Augustana College
Rock Island
Central College
Pella
Cornell
Monmouth
Mount Vernon
the Gazette
Eastern Lowe
Yager's
Sedgewick
Peruon
Jac
Bes
Sik
Aatin
Aédan
Esquire
Aywon
Besten
D'Orsays
Pate
Oxford
Regal
Yager’s
Lee O'Alls
Lee
Big Yank
Coats
Mien
Jackie
Tae
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