Plan Drive to Help Defense Plan Drive to Help Defense
Chicago December report notes the Big Ten will meet early next year to assess how athletic programs can boost national physical readiness. Maj. John L. Griffith cites draft statistics and NC AA surveys showing strong growth in school athletic activities and calls for greater emphasis on athletics over academics.
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Farl Hilligan
Chicago
Big Ten
Nea Colle
Aegiate Athletic de
New York
John L. Griffith
Maj. Griffith
Mlinois
Germany
Staley
Neary
Hunts High Alumni Battle Set For Christmas Day Rivalry
Hunts High School alumni represent the Crimson in a holiday gridiron clash at Huntsville with Frank guiding the reunion. The Decatur Lodge sponsors tickets with a 2 PM kickoff next Wednesday rain or shine indoors if needed. Strong all star lineup from previous college and local play will renew a storied, Homeric rivalry.
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Hunteville High
Otly
Worey Fuller
Sky T
Decatures Lodge
Frank
Hunts High School
Crimson
Yester
Atar
Frank Chenault
Karry Thornhill
Huntsville Invaders
Huntsville
Decatur
Benson, Field
Decatur Ellis Lodge
Morgan County Crippled Children’s Society
Chenault
Vanderbilt
Thornhill
Union University
Jackson
Tennessee
Scout Meeting Notes With Oath and Carols
The Lion Patrolmen led by Robert Allen met Wednesday night at 7 15. The meeting opened with the Scout oath recited by all. Mittwede read scripture and the nineteenth psalm was sung. A brief business session followed with games and Christmas carols. Benediction ended the gathering. Scribe Frederick Mittwede.
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Lion
Robert Allen
Ck Mittwede
Rothe
Frederick Mittwede
Woman's outburst ends in umbrella assault on bystander
In Portland on December 19 a woman frustrated by holiday crowds attacked a bystander with an umbrella. The incident occurred on a street near a bus stop, drawing quick attention from passersby and police.
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Portland
Ore
Blue Gray group offers trophies for All-Southeastern team
Montgomery's Blue Gray Association sponsors the North South game and proposed to fund annual trophies for the All Southeastern eleven chosen since 1927 by Southern sports writers. The Southeastern Conference rejected making the writers' choice official.
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Birmingham
Ala
Montgomery
Blue & Gray Association
Southeastern Conference
Bob Phillips
Birmingham Age Herald
Southeastern
Phillips
Gunter
W. A. Gunter
North& Uth
Mercer Moves Ahead With Inter-College Football
In Macon Georgia on December 19 the Mercer University board of trustees approved a faculty committee recommendation to continue an intercollegiate athletic program for men’s football. The executive committee sanctioned plans to pursue organized intercollegiate competition.
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Macon
Mercer University
Neale Resigns Yale Post to Lead Pittsburgh Steelers
Earle Greasy Neale, Yale backfield coach and famed gridiron strategist, resigns to become head coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers. He signs a one year contract with the Steelers effective March 1 1941, with an option for additional years, amid Yale athletic budget concerns and a poor 1940 football season.
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New Haven
Conn
Earle
Greasy) Neale
Yale
Neale
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pittsburgh
Steelers
Alexis Thompson
Mercer to offer partial scholarships amid athletic roster changes
School officials adopt a football de-emphasis policy as Major J B Blair notes nominations for coaches will occur at the March board meeting. Lake Russell, head coach since 1929, says he will not sign a new contract if salaries are cut to professional levels.
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Mercer
J. B. Blair
Lake Russell
Briech Chats About Sports Bobbling News
Tommy Harmon is managed by Everett Crosby as Jimmy Wilson shops for Yanks and Dodgers. Fritzie Zivic fights Lew Jenkins at 56 8, while Nebraska players each receive six Rose Bowl tickets. Detroit and Pittsburgh bid for Louis vs Conn with the fight set for Yankee Stadium.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Tommy Harmon
Everett Crosby
Bing
Jimmy Wilson
Fritzie Zivic
Lew Jenkins
John J. Hettche
Michigan Boxing Commission
Louis Vs Conn
Detroit
Pittsburgh
P. S
Yankee Stadium
Bob Feller’s Opening Day No-Hitter Overshadowed by Slow Improvement
The Herald Tribune notes that despite a opening day no-hitter, Bob Feller showed little improvement during the season. The sentiment captures public opinion on his year amid high expectations and critical assessment from newspapers.
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Arthur E. Patterson
N. Y. Herald-Tribune
Bob Feller
Giants pursue rich contracts as Yankees set pace
The report notes some Giants aim for fat deals rivaling Yankee offers. Sonja Honey travels with a masseur and a personal hairdresser on skating tours. Lew Jenkins' brother visits from Texas to see civic life in the big town, lamenting city traffic. Bob Pastor trains for a comeback and will face Floyd Gibbons in Detroit.
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Yankees
Sonja Honey
Lew Jenkins
Texas
Lew
New York
Bob Pastor
Floyd Gibbons
Detroit
Winter baseball hot stove league opens with fall of football
The poem notes the end of football and the arrival of the winter hot stove league. It mentions chewing tobacco, a baseball spitter and a circuit where the spitter isn’t barred, signaling a shift to winter baseball activities.
Brown Club to honor Coach Titas McLaughry at dinner
The Brown Club of New York will present Coach Titas McLaughry with a wrist watch at a dinner here tomorrow night. Several football and baseball names surface in local chatter including Carl Hubbell Mel Ott and Joe Louis heirs with various coaching and job updates across colleges and teams.
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Brown Club
New York
Titas McLaughry
Horace Stoneham
Giants
Carl Hubbell
Mel Ott
Max Baer
Maxie
John
Tarzan” Taylor
Paddy Driscoll
Marquette
Joe Louis
Red Strader
St. Mary's
California
Tulsa U
Jamestown Broadcaster Questions Pony League Coverage
Al Spokes, sports caster from Jamestown New York, questions how the Pony League was overlooked by major coverage. He suggests the league deserves more attention in baseball and horse racing discussions.
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Judge Landis
Jamestown
N. Y
Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A dense clue list with across and down items covering common crossword entries. Includes categories like locations, body parts, animals, and abbreviations, plus a Theme note and yesterday’s answer. References King Features Syndicate distribution and date 12-14.
Negro education health urged to aid national defense
The findings committee of the annual Negro Farmers and Workers Conference in Tuskegee proposes stronger emphasis on education and health for Negroes, broader participation in law enforcement, and removal of color based employment restrictions to raise the race's value to national defense and integrate Negroes further into the democratic system. The conference was founded 50 years ago by Booker T. Washington.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Negro Farmers and Workers Conference
Booker T. Washington
Marion Pugh Back In Game For Aggies Cotton Bowl
Marion Pugh's ailing leg has healed and the Aggies expect him to start against Fordham in the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day. He will pass and call signals but avoid hard running as he recovers, with Homer Norton confirming his readiness.
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Felix R. McKnight
College Station
Tex
Marion Pugh
Aggieland
Southwest
Texas Aggie
Texas University
Aggies
Fordham University
Dallas
Texas
Pugh
Jarrin
John Kimbrough
Fordham
Homer Norton
Santa, Care Elks, Will Get Results
A Morgan county family with seven children wrote to Santa Claus via the Decatur Elks lodge. The lodge voted at its meeting last night to help Santa make the family’s Christmas merry, providing assistance through the lodge in time for the holiday.
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Morgan County
Santa Claus
Decatur Elks Lodge
Jenkins and Zivic Battle at Madison Square Garden
Welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic faces lightweight champion Lew Jenkins at Madison Square Garden in a non title bout. Promoter Mike Jacobs has booked the show with an $18 000 speculative take and a crowd likely to reach near capacity as bets favor Zivic over Jenkins amid holiday boxing hype.
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New York
Fritzie Zivic
Lew Jenkins
Madison Square Garden
Mike Jacobs
Santa Claus
Jacobs
Zivic
Pittsburgh
Jenkins
Sweetwater
Tex
Pete Collier Hart in Car Accident
Local resident Pete Collier Hart is recovering at Baugh's Infirmary after a Tuesday auto crash near Warrior. He sustained a broken hand and head injuries when the car’s steering gear failed and was transported from Norwood hospital in Birmingham by ambulance to the infirmary.
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Pete Collier
Baugh’s Infirmary
Warrior
McAfee, Howell and Young
Norwood Hospital
Birmingham
Britain pledges compensation for citizens harmed by enemy action
Sir Kingsley Wood announced in the House of Commons that Britain will compensate all adult citizens killed or injured by enemy action. The plan covers existing injuries and increases in rates take effect from December 24.
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London
Britain
Kingsley Wood
House of Commons
Essential Greensboro Trade Keeps Community From Jail
A defendant won a suspended sentence when his customers refrained from jail like activity, illustrating the community’s reliance on essential trades.
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Greensboro
N. C
Unsung Eagles Players May Lead Sugar Bowl Fame
The Boston College Eagles head to the Sugar Bowl with unsung stars poised to shine. Center Chester Gladchuk tops the All America first team with Charles O Rourke and George Kerr on the second and third teams respectively.
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New Orleans
Boston College Eagles
Eagles
Chester Gladchuk
Charles O'Rourke
George Kerr
Don Currivan
Ed Zabilski
Gene Goodreault
Currivan
Goodreault
Tennessee
Tennessee. Then, There Is the Sad Case of Big Walter Dubzinski
Gladchuk
Joe Manzo
John Yanckees
al Morro
Henry Woronicz
al Lukachik
Goudreault
Kerr
Joe Zabilski
Henry Toczylowski
O'Rourke
Frank Maznicki
Mike Holovak
Manzicki
Holovak
Bostonians
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Gulf Coast
Alabama Steel Output Rises as Furnaces Reopen
Alabama steel production neared 100 percent capacity as Republic Steel brought an open hearth furnace at Gadsden back online. Debardeleben Coal Corp announced plans to rehabilitate ovens at Holt to ease a coke bottleneck across the industry.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama Steel
Republic Steel
Gadsden
Debardeleben Coal Corp
Holt
Funeral set for Opeloika lawyer John Denson
Funeral service for John Vernon Denson aged 55, a well known Opeloika lawyer, was scheduled at 3 p m from his home after his death Tuesday in Lexington Virginia from bronchial pneumonia and a heart ailment.
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Opelika
Ala
John Vernon Denson
Lexington
Blacksmith Pleads Quick Release To Show Horses In Court
A blacksmith told the court he must be released to tend his horses, explaining the need to shoe them. The filing emphasizes his urgent obligation and the court records note his role as a smith.
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