Riddle Named Most Effective Hurler in Major Leagues
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Riddle earns top pitching honors after posting 19 wins and a 2.24 ERA across 217 innings in 1940. He joined Reds full season late, then dominated with a 1.85 ERA in the stretch, while Dodgers staff led by Wyatt and Higbe tops the circuit.
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Cincinnati Reds
Georgia Thoy
Cincinnati
Reness
Carl Rubbell
Grover Cleveland
Alexander
Philadelphia
Whitlow
Bobby Fellers
Evthen
Reds
Teese
Bill McKechnie
Boston Braves
Brooklyn
Thornton
Tage
White
St. Louis
Depants
Pene
U. Bucky Walters
Ohn Vander Meer
Curt Davis
Rat- Walters
Highey
Lon Warneke
Magellan Led 1521 Philippine Expedition Under King
A fragment notes Magellan drove the Philippine Islands in 1521 under royal command from the King, as reported by the Department of Commerce.
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Philippine Islands
Magellan
King of According
Trade talk and football links loom in year end notes
Trade rumors swirl as Don Barnes of the St Louis Browns and Ed Barrows of the New York Yankees discuss possible moves including first baseman George McQuinn with emphasis on big-money offers. Oregon State and Duke consider a football series with Duke booked next season delaying any 1943 plans. Ernie Blandin receives an All East sweater while Urban Odson wears the West East game badge for Jan 3. War material drives proposed for youth pool access with iron scrap waste paper and tires to aid the war effort.
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New York
Don Barnes
St. Louis Browns
Ed Barrows
New York Yankees
Barnes
George McQuinn
Durham
N. C
Oregon State
Duke University
Percey Lacey
Duke
New Orleans
Ernie Blandin
Tulane
Urban Odson
Minnesota
Blandin
Picard Wins Rio Grand Valley Open in Drama Filled Finish
Henry Picard captured the Rio Grand Valley Open in Harlingen Texas with an 18 under par 266 after a tense final round. Dutch Harrison chased but bogeyed the 69th and Picard sealed the win with a clutch putt while Jimmy Demaret Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan chased the lucrative year end money list.
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Harlingen
Tex
Henry Picard
Beaumont
Wee Ben Hogan
Picard
B. J
Dutch) Harrison
Little Rock
Harrison
Oklahoma City Star
Aoe
Navy furlows recruit for four month training at Annapolis
Raiford Bruce Purlow of Andalusia has been assigned to a four month officers training course at the Naval Academy in Annapolis. The note appears in a brief listing amid basketball scores from Andalusia dated December 23.
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NAVY
Furlow
Andalusia
Ala
Raiford Bruce Purlow
Annapolis
Butts Focuses on Defense Before Orange Bowl Trip
Georgia coach Wallace Butts plans limited drills in Miami to sharpen defense ahead of the Orange Bowl against Texas Christian. The Bulldogs, traveling Thursday, will spend six days in the sun as they prepare for a six o’clock kickoff. Alternate captain Cliff Kimsey and All-American Frankie Sinkwich are listed for overtime duty.
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Athens
Georgia
Bulldogs
Texas Christian
Miami
Florida Sun
Wallace Butta
Butts
Texas
Georgia Tech
Cliff Kimsey
Frankie Sinkwich
Layden Joins Louisville In Baseball Ivory Hunt
New York December reports that Pete Layden signed by the Louisville Colonels to play outfield off a strong semi pro season and a 397 batting mark in college. Fans spotted Joe DiMaggio at Madison Square Garden last Friday and demanded an introduction as boxing crowds booed.
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Hugh Fullerton, JR
Wide World
New York
Dec
Louisville Colonels
Pete Layden
Texas VU
Madison Square Garden
Joe DiMaggio
Joe
Kovacs Buys Patriotic Custom Boat in Outburst
Oakland Tribune reports Frank Kovacs bought a custom-built yacht in red white and blue amid an outspoken patriotic outburst. The article notes his view of a supposed amateur expense account and hints at ongoing tensions over spending.
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Art Cohn
Oakland
Calif
Tribune
Frank Kovacs
Postman Proposes Ammeri Kids Bowl For Charity Game
Bernard Lang of Lafayette Louisiana suggests naming the East-West charity football game the Ameri kids Bowl to aid crippled American children. Jim Rasmusen of Ironwood Michigan says the transplated Rose Bowl should be Bow! Durham. Sid Sloane of Tuscaloosa nominates Joe Baker of Alabama U as all America football manager after guiding the Tide to Sugar and Orange Bowls in November and heading the Cotton Bowl on New Year’s Day.
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Bernard A. Lang
LaFayette
South
Jim Rasmusen
Ironwood
Mich
Daily Globe
Durham
Sid Sloane
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Joe Baker
Alabama U
Tide
Tulane Stadium
Miami U
Montgomery Advertiser hires ex Times writer as RAF cadet
The Montgomery Advertiser signs Geoffrey A. H. Birt, formerly with the London Times, now a Royal Air Force cadet at Maxwell Field, to provide impressions of his experiences and a firsthand view of military life.
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Montgomery
Ala
Corp
Geoffrey A. H. Birt
London Times
Royal Air Force
Maxwell Field
Daily Crossword and Cryptoquote Puzzle Summary
Crossword clues range across 1 6 10 11 12 13 15 16 18 19 20 22 23 26 43 44 46 48 49 50 52 with across and down entries. Cryptoquote presents a quotation ZXATLS ZR WRTAKROCSR CKGBS KRMAPPAPM, AS KRVGQRL 8GG TCSR 8G KRMAP EBAPSATACP. Yesterday’s quote: No beauty is like the beauty of the mind Cooke.
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Cooke
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Yale fires Spike Nelson after one win season
Spike Nelson resigned as Yale head football coach effective January 1 to join the national service program. Yale athletics director Ogden Miller supported the move, saying the university would fill the position and carry the fall schedule. Nelson, 36, had led the Eli to a 1-7 record last season and had arrived after coaching Mississippi State college and serving as an assistant to Ducky Pond.
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Yale
Therson W
Spike) Nelson
University of Iowa
Nelson
Eli
United States
Eer
Philadelphia
Ogden Miller
Chicago
Miller
Spike Nelson
Raymond W
Ducky) Pond
Bates
Mississippi State College
Pond
Connecticut
Freak Plays Are Reviewed in Sports Editors Poll
National sports editors name Mickey Owen's ninth inning miscue in the 1941 World Series as the year’s top sports freak. The piece notes other freak plays in baseball, football, boxing and boxing outcomes, highlighting votes for various bizarre incidents and notable officials actions.
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Harold Beggs
New York
Mickey Owen
Brooklyn
Owen
Hugh Casey
Dodgers
American sports oddities and misfortunes across year highlights
The recap stitches together a string of odd sports events. A South Carolina Wake Forest game features a ball carrier shaken by a whistle mishap and a nine yard loss. In Portsmouth a Catholic high school squad overcomes gas exposure between halves. Bud Ward clinches the U.S. amateur golf title amid Omaha gallery chaos. Indianola Mississippi reports a dentist discovering his son after a sandlot football tackle, two molars removed from Pitts.
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Portsmouth
Trenton St. Joseph
Bud Ward
U.S
Omaha
Indianola
Miss
Paul Woodward
Bega
Young Woodward
William Pitts
Pitts
Blue Gray Game Squads Shine In Early Practice
Montgomery reports rival coaches praise the Blue and Gray squads as the best ever formed for the annual Blue Gray Clash. SMU coach Matty Bell hails the group as the most hustling, Lynn Waldorf calls the Northern unit the best displayed, and co captains Lloyd Cheatham and Bob Gude lead the Rebels as practice intensifies after rain.
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Montgomery
Ala
Matty Bell
Southern Methodist University
Southern Group
Grays
Lloyd Cheatham
Auburn Quart
Grid stars flood Gulf coast training for New Orleans clash
Fordham and Missouri lead a flood of grid greats assembling in Bay St. Louis and Edgewater Park Miss for Sugar Bowl prep. West and East teams drill twice daily at LSU Biloxi and Baton Rouge as 23 players train to bolster all positions.
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Fordham
Bay St. Louis
Miss
Gulf Coast
Edgewater Park
Missouri Tigers
Rams
Don Faurot
Jim Crowley
Crowley
New York University
California
New Orleans
Tulane University
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Orin (Babe) Hollingberry
Washington State
Biff Jones
Nebraska
Bennis Moore
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