Captains Pick 1932 All American Grid Team
Central Press and The Decatur Daily report the captains of major college teams selected their All American eleven. Harry Newman Michigan earned the most votes for quarterback while Paul Moss Purdue and David Arian Alabama Poly headline the ends with other stars including Ernie Smith USC and Joseph Kurth Notre Dame.
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William Ritt
Central Press
Central Press Association
Decatur Daily
Apa
Paul Moss
Purdue
David Arian
Alabama Poly
Auburn
Ernie Smith
Southern California
Joseph Kurth
Notre Dame
Bob Smith
Colgate
Milt Summerfelt
Army
Tom Gilbane
Brown
Harry Newman
Nesota
Newman
Michigan
Smith
Summerfelt
Moss
Heller
Pittsburgh
Amianl
Central High Forms Basketball Squad as Practice Starts
Uniforms for prospective Central high school basketball players were issued today. Practice begins Thursday after a delayed start due to influenza. The team shows a fair outlook with returning players Moye and Hamilton and potential letter winner ppk if his knee holds up. Most early games will be warmups before January heavy schedule.
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Central High School
Central
Moye
Hamilton
Ppk
North Alabama
605 Grid Stars In Poll
605 players named for All American by Central Press Assn and Decatur Daily. Halfbacks led with 147 selections, centers had 50, tackles 103, ends 101, guards 90, fullbacks 65, and quarterbacks 52.
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Central Press Association
Decatur Daily
Debatur Daily All American Eleven Picks Fresh Faces
Captains across the gridiron contributed to a freshmen heavy All American selection for the season. This year’s team includes eleven new players with prior junior or sophomore status noted for several veterans who moved from 1931 and 1930 selections. Moss of ue, Manders of Minnesota, Zimmerman of Tulane and Kurth of Notre Dame are mentioned as earlier selections.
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Debatur Daily
Moss
Basketball Returns To Popular Demand In Alabama
In Alabama sports shift from football to winter games with Birmingham hosting a large boys and girls basketball event. Cities like Mobile Selma Gadsden Huntsville and Tuscaloosa plan independent leagues. Montgomery reorganizes its city league by listing top 12 players and disbanding the Baraca quintet. Golf remains popular statewide with weekend outings. Track and weight events draw winter workouts at colleges. Auburns polo team faces Maxwell Field, while Gadsden runs indoor baseball and a city ten pin league and Tuscaloosa schedules inter city bowling with Birmingham.
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Montgomery
Ala
King
Alabama
Birmingham
Birmingham Municipal Auditorium
Mobile
Selma
Gadeden
Huntsville
Tuscaloosa
Baraca Five
Auburn
Thes Tigers
Maxwell Field
P. C. Flemming
Gadsden
Notre Dame Hit By Flu Epidemic
Notre Dame football coach Hank Anderson requested two ambulances meet his train in Tucson Arizona to remove flu victims. Several squad members are ill with the illness and Anderson has not named a starting lineup for the Southern California game next Saturday.
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Hank Anderson
Notre Dame
Tuscon
Ariz
Anderson
Southern California
All American Football Stars Listed by College
A roster listing first to third teams includes players from Purdue Alabama Poly USC Notre Dame Army Colgate Brown Michigan Tulane Pittsburgh Texas Christian and more. It names guards ends tackles centers quarterbacks halfbacks and fullbacks with various colleges represented.
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Blanton
Texas
Leyendecker
Vanderbilt
Zyntell
Holy Cross
Boswell
Texas Christian
Beer of Detroit
McCollum
Alabama Poly
Wells
Minnesota
Hickey
Villanova
Dorn
Purman
Prondrecki
Colgate
Hardy
Harvard
Ask
Lassiter
Yale
Johnson
Kentucky
McGuire
Wisconsin
Pritcher
Bates
Short
Lehigh
Bush
Massachusetts State
Fields
Army
Mathis
Nebraska
Moe
Oregon State
Stafford
Kohen
Notre Dame
Oliver
Central High to Host 1932 Football Banquet Tonight
The Central High Parent-Teacher Association hosts the annual football banquet at the high school cafeteria for the 1932 squad. Events start at seven with Mrs. W. J. Brown as toastmistress. Captain Lamar Moye gives the response, followed by music, readings, a dance, duets, farewells, and letters and manager selections announced by Coach R. D. Taylor.
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Central High School
Central Parent-Teacher Association
W. J. Brown
Central High
Fannie C. Simmons
Lamar Moye
Bessie Boyd Ross
Mattie Sue Yarborough
Virginia Speer
Tommie Wells
R. D. Taylor
Arrivals at Hotel Lyons List of Guests and Cities
A column lists hotel arrivals with names and home cities including Birmingham Kalamazoo Mich Memphis Atlanta Foley Booneville Miss Troy New Orleans Richmond Va Nashville Chicago New York Lewisburg Tenn St Louis and others. The unpunctuated roster reads like a traveler register from the era.
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Mich
Jack Walker
Memphis
G. B. Aldrich
Atlanta
Edward L. Murray
Foley
C. E. Bowen
Birmingham
A. W. Mendel
W. D. Parrish
E. P. Spain
Booneville
Miss
W. H. Harvey
Troy
J. O. Courteis
New Orleans
B. F. Billups
Richmond
R. W. Nelson
Harry Turner
R. P. Radford
Mark Silverberg
New York
H. B. Reed
Nashville
H. W. Stephens
J. L. Fennell
L. Epstein
Chicago
J. A. Marshall
Lewisberg
Tenn
L. McKensie
J. Wallace
John J. M. Crowe
W. R. Doherty
John A. Gilbert
C. R
Breckenridge
Uniontown
Alabama to meet Rams on October 28 at Polo Grounds
Alabama's Crimson Tide will play the Fordham Rams on October 28 at the Polo Grounds in New York. This marks the Tide's first east coast visit since Wallace Wade era, after several successful western campaigns and Rose Bowl appearances.
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Alabama
Crimson Tide
Seaboard
Fordham Rams
Polo Grounds
New York
Wallace Wade
Tide
Syracuse
Infant Dies Interred At City Cemetery
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Neal M. Speake was laid to rest this morning at the city cemetery with Brown directing the service.
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Neal M. Speake
City Cemetery
Brown
Students Seek Gamage Scalp Over Kentucky Cats Coach
Kentucky students upset with the 26 to 0 defeat by Tennessee push for change at basketball leadership. They have conferred with University officials about replacing Coach Harry Gamage and want his salary paid and a new coach installed next season.
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Kentucky
Kentucky ‘Cats
Harry Gamage
Gamage
Tennessee
Kentuckians
Alabama to Open Season Against Olsen's Terrible Swedes
Alabama Crimson Tide will open the season with a two game series against Olsen's Terrible Swedes, a strong opponent that won 110 of 113 games last year. The Tide rebuilds around returning lettermen Connatser, Cotton, Zeke Kimbrough, Bauman, Ben Smith and Nobles, with Freeman and Rohrdanz replacing departed guards.
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Ed Kimbrough
Malcolm Laney
Stew Aiken
Paul Munkasey
Connatser
Cotton
Zeke Kimbrough
Bauman
Ben Smith
Nobles
Auburn Plainsmen awarded varsity football letters
Auburn Alabama December 7 1932 finish season with best record in 18 years nine victories and a 20 20 tie led by All American Captain Jimmie Hitchcock. Letters awarded to 26 players including seniors Hitchcock Parker Brown Grant Sean Prim Jones Johnson juniors Chris tgbeg Bat McCollum Holmes Miller Phipps Rogers Kim brell Talley Dupree and others sophomores Musgrove Welch Patterson Talley Fenton Kemp.
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Auburn
Ala
Chet’ Wynne
Plainsmen
Ed Holladay
Langdale
Bill Ham
Cottonton
Athletic Council
Wynne
Tigers
Birhhingham - Southern
Erskine
Duke
Georgia Tech
Tulane
Ole Miss
Georgia
Howard
Florida
South Carolina
Bengals
Jimmie Hitchcock
Union Springs
Hitchcock
Ike ‘Parker
Ozark
Tom Brown
Montgomery
Porter Grant
Dothan
Sean
Troy
Hannis Prim
Jackson
Donald Jones
Chattanooga
Tenn
Lee Johnson
Will. Chrietgberg
Bat. McCollum
Ensley
Tiny Holmes
Bing Miller
Somerville
Tuscumbia
Pirpo Phipps
Mobile
Allen Rogers
Greenville
Casey Kimbrell
Thomasville
Truck Talley
Decatur
Sterling Dupree
Sylvester
Barney Musgrove
Jasper
Mike Welch
Atlanta, Ga
Haygood Paterson
Bonnie Fenton
Lakeland
Fla
Jack Kemp
Bessemer
Wood
Miller
Fordham Coach Naming Delayed
Fordham will delay naming a successor to Coach Frank Cavanaugh until after the first of the year according to athletic authorities. Interest in the appointment is high among Alabama fans as Fordham faces Alabama on the schedule.
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Frank Cavanaugh
Fordham
Rams
Alabama
Freshman Stars Stay at Stanford Amid Coaching Change
Stanford officials deny reports that several freshmen stars will transfer to Temple University to play under Pop Warner. Coach Warner has resigned and accepted a contract to coach at Temple.
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Stanford
Temple University
Pop Warner
Warner
Temple
Thieves Break In Laundry Building at Quality Laundry
Police investigate a break in at the Quality Laundry building on Cain and Wells streets on Tuesday night. Entry was gained by breaking a south door lock and a suit of clothes and a ladies coat were reported stolen.
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Cain & Wells Streets
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