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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1933
Page
6
A wartime era preview highlights strong Midwest talent from the Mg and neighboring conferences. It notes Cotten Warbur and Pug hand of Mesnepota Pu of NEsotA wack Buckier's Army and Nebraskas Fare as key figures.
1933 All America tribute lists first and second teams with players from major colleges and services. Names include Gelaler, Crawfort, Schammel, Bernard, Corbus, Schwammel, Skledsny, Warburton, Lunt, Irvine, Packer, George, and others across multiple tiers with many college affiliations and hometowns.
A long OCR readable fragment lists numerous colleges and universities followed by many player surnames and shorthand team references. It reads like a roster roundup or compiled honors across Northwestern Minnesota Princeton Army Navy Georgia St Marys Temple Utah Michigan Stanford Columbia Alabama Washington and Lee Ohio State Purdue Yale Kansas Clemson etc, with scattered mentions of individuals and affiliations.
West Virginia University stars led a list of players receiving honorable mention from the Associated Press for 1939. Angelo On der, Art Swisher, and George Allen head the WVU group, with other honorees including Roe and Young from Bluefield College, Pike from Devis and Elking college, and Joe Sawyers of Beckley. The compilation spans many colleges and names, reflecting wide recognition across schools.
Duke University heads into the season finale against Georgia Tech with five key players sidelined. Wallace Wade’s undefeated Blue Devils, winners of nine straight and champions of the Southern Conference in 1942, risk an undefeated record after a 7-0 upset scare by North Carolina State. Injured stars include Tom Rogers, Bob Cox, Nick Laney, Carl Behock, and E B Dunlap, threatening Duke’s hope for perfection.
Special to The Gazette Hamlin hosts a scoreless first half as Bobcats and Bisons settle for a 13 13 tie. Laverne Brakes shines for the visitors with two touchdowns, an interception return, and the lone extra point. Hamlin struggles to gain first downs, while West Downe edges Hamlin.
Sixteen members of The Gazette's Football club win tickets by correctly guessing 18 of 40 results with one tie. Ardis Yeager of 406 Ohio Avenue tops the entries, while a list of other winners and honorable mentions follows, with tickets to be mailed immediately.
In Corvallis on December 1, Clyde Frederick Devine, 20, 191 pounds and six feet one, plays center for the 1939 Oregon State eleven. He logged seven straight games of action from Gonzaga to Nebraska with no substitutions, earning the nickname steel man while his team, the tron men, kept him in through a brutal, sustained run of contests.
A letter from Cabin Creek vice argues West Virginia colleges stack schedules with soft opponents to boost high scorers and fake ratings. The writer condemns such practices as deceptive and urges teams to play stronger competition to prove real ability.
The article cites Primo Carnera as the new world heavyweight boxing champion with claimed measurements and a large shirt order from Vene tian. It mentions details about neon signs, a Venetian shirt, and an Australian advisor to an oil company in Melbourne.
Old line college football scene heads toward a climactic weekend. Army meets Notts Dame at Yankee Stadium while Princeton faces Yale and Notre Dame—three public favorites with title implications. Georgia, Duke, and the South’s big intra conference games color a weekend full of tradition and scattered battles across the nation.
Robertson's Dark Ayr won the Jefferson Park race fo three year olds against plater opposition. Backater and Umbrine Princess contested, with Dark Ayr seizing the late lead to win by a head. Time noted as 1:41 Mat.
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