Decatur Leads Alabama Cheering Fans Amid Basketball Talk
In New York a collage of sports notes mentions Decatur, Alabama, and coach Al Baggett of West Texas Teachers, with tall players and high hopes. The column riffs on college football Rose Bowl pride and pro baseball moves, naming figures like Jess Haines and Sammy Baugh, and hints at Big 12 and Germany ties in boxing and boxing promoter chatter.
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New York
al Baggett
West Texas
Raymond Shackleford
Schmeling
Thomas
Jess Haines
Dodgers
Jimmy Phelan
Washington
California
Sixto Escobar
Sammy Baugh
Washington Redskins
Joe Jacobs
Germany
Max Schmeling
Ben Foord
Hamburg
Kid Brewer
Appalachian
Alabama Pitts Honeymoon in Valdese After Baseball Return
Edwin Collins Alabama Pitts, a former Sing Sing prisoner who entered professional baseball after his term, honeymooned today with his bride of three days in Valdese. He married Mary Talitha Walker in York, D. C. The couple, hosiery mill workers, plan to reside in Valdese while Pitts hopes to play basketball this winter. Pitts, 26, is from Opelika and was licensed to sign with Albany in the International League after an appeal to Judge Landis.
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Valdese
N. C
Edwin Collins
Alabama
Pitts
York
D. C
Mary Talitha Walker
K. M. Landis
Albany
Gastonia
Opelika
Alan Pitts
Local Social Visits Reported Around Oak Ridge Area
Oak Ridge residents share visits and weekend gatherings. Jud Osbon and wife spent Sunday with Wallace family. Lola Sparkman stayed with Emma Sparkman and Dinnes Wallace. Ben Moore visited Alvie Roberts near Neel. Wilma Sparkman and Carrie Wallace spent time with friends. Molly Moore returned home from Salem. Sarah Jones visiting Delila Sybert.
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Jud Osbon
W. L. Wallace
Lola Mare Sparkman
Emma A
R. G. Sybert
Ollie Sybert
Wilma Sparkman
Molly Moore
Salem
Sarah Jones
Delila Sybert
Old grad Gambel 1878 UA dies at Dexter
William Anderson Gambel aged 45, class of 1878 at the University of Alabama, died yesterday at his Dexter Arkansas home. He was the oldest living graduate of the university. Survived by his widow, two sons, and a brother and sister. He was a native of Goodwater Alabama.
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Dexter
Ark
William Anderson Gambel
University of Alabama
Goodwater
Ala
Foot action keys to a smooth swing in baseball
Alex Morrison urges readers to focus on feet in a batter's swing. Proper footwork aligns body rhythm, balance, and hand action, improving timing. He argues that smooth inward foot roll before takeoff creates balance, enabling easier, coordinated swings. Next: Names for clubs.
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Alex Morrison
King Features, Inc
Schmeling Louis Fight May Move From New York
Chicago emerges as likely site for the Schmeling Louis championship bout next June with Detroit pushing a Midwest staging. Promoter Mike Jacobs notes New York’s German boycott impact and signals a Windy City test case while Miami plans fade.
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Gayle Talbot
New York
Chicago
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Detroit
Spirit
Schmeling
Harry Thomas
Garden
Mike Jacobs
Mike
Herr Schmeling
Jacobs
Yorkville
Windy City
Miami
America
der Maxie
Jack Kearns
Jack Dempsey
Mickey Walker
Hooson and Baugh Lead All League Selections
The article lists the all league team votes with five and three point scoring. Sammy Baugh and Earl Dutch Clark share quarterback honors with 21 points each and Stydahar tops at tackle. Don Hutson earns a second team end spot alongside Mel Hein and Gaynell Tinsley among veterans and one freshman, Gaynell Tingley, is noted.
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Stydahar
Turk Edwards
Washington
Earl
Dutch) Clark
Detroit Lions
Baugh
Redskins
Bears
Ernie Caddell
Detroit
Cliff Batiles
Clark Hinkle
Green
Bay Packers
Gaynell Tingley
Chicago Cardinal
Clark
Mel Hein
New York Giants
Dutch
Hitt Battles
Sammy Baugh
Green Bay
Don Hutson
Ed Widseth
New York
So Fortman
Bausch
Joan del Isola
Ernie Smith
Pe Gantenbein
Ed Danowski
Tuffy Leemans
Enko Nagurski
Keegan criticizes frequent rule changes in basketball
George E. Keegan, Notre Dame basketball coach with a 173 career wins record, says rule changes over the past five years hurt the game. He advocates sticking to rules long enough for uniform officiating and interpretation to stabilize. Keegan, a Minnesota graduate, cites his long coaching career at Notre Dame Valparaiso and Allegheny with an .816 percentage.
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South Bend
Ind
George E. Keegan
University of Notre Dame
Keegan
University of Minnesota
Valparaiso
Allegheny
Actress Ruth Chatterton to Wed Madeira Heiress
Ruth Chatterton plans to marry Carlos Freitas Martins son of a Madeira wine merchant. Friends said she announced the intention before boarding a steamer to Funchal Madeira where she met Martins, 34, on a Madeira holiday.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Ruth Chatterton
Carlos Freitas Martins
Miss Chatterton
Funchal
Madeira
Martins
Carter Coal Co. seek delay over price fixing order
Washington December 15. Counsel for the Carter Coal Company predicted the courts would void the bituminous coal commission price fixing order. William D. Whitney of New York made the forecast at a hearing on the company's petition for delay in the new price schedule's effective date.
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Washington
Carter Coal Company
Bituminous Coal Commission
William D. Whitney
New York
Boxer Details Plans for Detroit Bout With Fine Adjustments
The boxer says the big bout for Detroit was not entirely ideal and he plans to adjust his approach. He intends to shave his preparation slightly to improve performance.
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Detroit
Kipke Should Be Congratulated For Escaping Michigan Firing
Bill Braucher decries Michigan football politics and calls Kipke a victim of intramural warfare at Ann Arbor. He compares Wisconsin's rise under Stuhldreher to Michigan's fragile leadership, urges limiting athletic directors power, and notes Kipkes surprising release while Yost vanishes from the scene.
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Michigan
Kipke
Wisconsin
Harry Kipke
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Kipke Kipke
Wolverines
Jean
Madison
Harry Stuhldreher
Stuhldreher
Badgers
Fielding Yost
Yost
Yankees Named Best Team in AP Poll of 1937
New York Yankees win top honor in the Associated Press annual poll by wide margin among 42 of 50 experts. Pittsburgh Panthers top college football, Budge and Davis Cup star power cited, and rowing, sailing and other sports share recognition in the seven year history poll. Minnesota appeals for a lone vote as 1936 runners up noted.
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New York
New York Yankees
Associated Press
Yankees
Gehrig, DiMaggio & Company
Pittsburgh
Panthers
Appheagts America
Termis
Don Budge
United States
Washington
Husky Oarsmen
Seattle
Green Bay Packers
Chicago
Harold S. Vanderbilt
Minnesota
Washington Varsity Crew
Newark Bears
Washington Redskins
Old Westbury
Alabama
Stanford
California
College Foota
Denver Safeways
Ranger
Fordham
Chicago Bears
Indiana
New York Giants
San Jose
Lafayette
Purdue
Southern California
St. Louis Cardinals
Detroit Tigers
Daily Cross Word Puzzle 7 TM 7 Genuine
Puzzle clues mix with garbled letters. readable entries include 8 barrier across water course and 9 A citizen of Spain. Several numbers and fragments suggest a partial crossword grid with scattered hints and stray characters.
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Spain
Crowd Keeps Up In Uproar As All Stars Edge Swedes
All stars led by Briscoe and R Sims rally late in the third to beat the Swedes 34 to 32 at Central Park. Bolding scores 13, Coffman 12 for the Swedes. game praised for clean play with no fouls. Box score notes strong defense and promising basketball season ahead.
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Hank Hansell
Shorty Ogle
Seumn Tees Sweeds
Central
Twe Beetles
Oxgie
Briscoe
R. Sims
Lindsay
Bolding
Collier
Coffman
Royer
Joop
Ogle
Mie
Casencesseene
Lindsey BA Seinen
HebRs
Icckisusccesc
Je V. Sims
Ntnenidigesad
Olsens Swedes
Peteetti Seckncio
Coffman, F
Jonns OR
Pettigrew
Floyd Briscoe
Neal Royer
Mitchell sues Edison official over handshake injury
Leon A. Mitchell sues Commonwealth Edison for 5000 dollars claiming Charles Kelly, an employee who greeted customers, shook his hand so hard that the third phalanx of his first finger broke on November 17, 1935.
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Chicago
Leon A. Mitchell
Commonwealth Edison Company
Charles Kelly
Los Angeles Open Abandoned Threatening California Golf Plan
The $8,000 Los Angeles open golf tournament was called off by the Chamber of Commerce due to lack of underwriting. It had been a key winter sports event, with five other January February tournaments at risk of cancellation if revival fails. Pasadena and Oakland opens may also be cancelled without the LA event.
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Los Angeles
California
Chamber of Commerce
Pasadena
Oakland
Governor Lewhe Seeks Settlement of LSU Band Row
Governor Richard W. Lewh e visits Baton Rouge promises a quick settlement of a dispute at Louisiana State University over the 208 piece band and a $10 per member expense claim tied to the Sugar Bowl trip. He notes his road trip lunch money policy begun by Huey Long and aims to resolve the matter before his return Monday.
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New York
Louisiana State University
Richard W. Lewhe
Baton Rouge
New Orleans
Huey Long
Babe Didrikson Sets New Record At Forest Hills Exh
Mildred Babe Didrikson, from Beaumont Texas, set a new female course record at Forest Hills in Augusta Georgia, touring 6500 yards in 74, four under women’s par and three over men’s par, in an exhibition with Helen Dettweiler of Washington. She went 38 on the front nine and 36 on the back. The prior record of 75 was held by Marlon Miley.
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Augusta
Forest Hills
Mildred Babe Didrikson
Beaumont
Tex
Helen Dettweiler
Washington
Marlon Miley
Georgian Killed in Auto Crash Near Ellijay
Walter Emmett Tate aged 60 of Tate Georgia, a figure in state politics and Georgia's marble trade, was killed in an automobile accident near Ellijay early today.
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Elliway
Walter Emmett Tate
Tate
Georgia
Here
Alabama Eyes Rose Bowl Rally After Practice
Alabama prepared for Pasadena by using the same starting lineup as the Vanderbilt game with Captain Leroy Monsky out nursing an ankle. Joe Kilgrew and Charlie Holm led the Tide in long gains while Lew Bostick and Cochran shone on the line.
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Ala
Vanderbilt
Alabama
Pasadena
Leroy Monsky
Joe Kilgrew
Charlie Holm
Tide
Kilgrew
Lew Bostick
Cochran
Suggs
Blackwell
California
Alabama to Have Rose Bowl Song Title
A song written for the Rose Bowl will inspire Alabama as it faces California on New Year’s. Drum major with the Alabama band, Kahn, said he wrote Rootin for the Rose Bowl and arranged to publish it with Irving Berlin’s company after Berlin advised him to fly to New York City.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Crimson Tide
California
Irving Berlin Kahn
Kahn
Irving Berlin
New York City
Berlin
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