Stanford Stars Exit Football With Rose Bowl Aim
Stanford's top players plan to end their gridiron careers after a Rose Bowl win over SMU. Several seek business or graduate study, with Grayson considering business or law, Hamilton and Moscrip eyeing careers in business, Topping aiming for film work, and Reynolds returning to oil fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell J. Newland Frees
Palo Alto
Calif
Stanford
Southern Methodist
Robert “Bones” Hamilton
James “Monk
Moscrip
Board of Athletic Control
Keith Topping
End
Hollywood
Bob Reynolds
Oklahoma
Larry Rouble
Hall of Fame candidates named by fans and writers
Baseball fans and the Baseball Writers Association of America were to vote on 10 official Hall of Fame places from a list of 38 names including Honus Wagner as a shortstop and Ty Cobb Babe Ruth Tris Speaker and others. The pre 1900 era selections were to be voted by a veteran committee with future additions planned.
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Hall of Fame
Ball Writers’ Association of America
Henry
Honus Wagner
Edwards
Christy Mathewson
Grover Cleveland
Alexander
Denton
Cy) Young
Ed Walsh
Walter
Rube Waddell
Rube Marquardt
Charles Albert
Bender
Mordecai Brown
Bob
Ross Youngs
Edd Rousch
Ed Delahanty
al Simmons
Frank Chance
Ha) Chase
Neil Ball
Joe Tinker
Donie Bush
Eddie Plank
Jack Coombs
Ed Reulbach
Bill Donovan
Joe McGinnty
Bullet Joe Bush
Smoky Joe Wood
Harry Hooper
Duffy Lewis
Sam Crawford
Turkey on the wing shot after shop escape in city chase
A turkey escaped from a butcher shop and flew to an eight story building. L W McConnell fired from ground level and wounded the bird. He carried his revolver to a nearby three story building and fired again to finish the shot.
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L. W. McConnell
McConnell
Golfing actor wins open championship at Oakmont
Spain born actor Pat Abbott, a California amateur, headlines the California Bopthern Cal The Altadens field at Oakmont Club. Abbott posts 281 across 72 holes to win by two strokes over his nearest rival while Willie Goggin, the San Francisco pro, takes the first prize money.
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Spain
Pat Abbott
California
Bopthern
Cal
Altadens
Calif
Oakmont Club
Willie Goggin
San Francisco
No Ivy League for Present No Ivy League for Present
A dispersal of plans by eight older eastern universities to formalize the Ivy League for football is reported as abandoned for now. Brown Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Pennsylvania Princeton Yale remain in the informal group while Army and Navy are linked to the Big Eight but not expanding schedules. The item also notes boxing plots and sports opinions with several historical figures named in a broad sports collage.
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Andy Clarke
Associated Press
New York
Brown
Columbia
Cornell
Dartmouth
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Yale
Army
Navy
Phillip Ross
Montreal
Gene Sarazen
Ray Glaherty
Boston Redskins
Ned Brown
Joe Louis
Twin City
Jack Gibbons
Rejuy Retzlaff
Alabama Pitts
Jimmy Crowley
Southern Methodist
Pasadena
Four Horsemen
Joe Hauser
Teuton
Minneapolis
Joe
Santa Anita opens for 58 day meet with stars and favorites
Santa Anita in Arcadia, Los Angeles, begins a 58 day winter meeting with Hollywood stars like Clark Gable and Mae West attending. The first card features the mile Christmas Stakes with Little Killer as a top weight rivaling Ajaccio Riskulus Soon Over and Ariel Cross among others. Over 1,000 horses already in the barns and 82 nominated for the Santa handicap on February 22. Discovery and Cavalcade, historic big money winners, head a field of five rivals for the handicap.
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Los Angeles
Calif
Santa Anita
California
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Mae West
A. A. Baroni
Alfred
Arcadia Barns
Discovery
Vanderbilt
Isabel Dodge Sloan
Grapefruit League Heads to Florida for Exhibition Games
Five leagues announce spring training in Florida with teams like the Detroit Tigers, Chicago Cubs, and New York Yankees set for about 150 exhibitions across Lakeland Tampa St Petersburg and other cities. star players stay active in winter and Dizzy Dean practices with grapefruit at his Bradenton home.
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Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Lakeland
Califor
Florida
Chicago Cubs
William Wrigley
Catalina Island
Tampa
Dizzy Dean
St. Louis
Browns
West Palm Beach
Albany
Winter Garden
Toronto
Haines City
Buffalo
Plant City
Rochester
Bartow
Montreal
Winter Park
Baltimore
Kissimmee
Newark
Sebring
American Association
Indianapolis
Wauchula
Milwaukee
Lake Wales
St. Paul
Arcadia
Minneapolis
Deland
Columbus
Avenue Powthern
Ceritans
Mississippi College Keeps Football Plans for 1936
Mississippi College, a small Baptist school in the Dixie and SIAA circles, will proceed with signing contracts for the 1936 football season. The college, with a 25 year history, won two of nine games last season but has a long record of competitive play. President Dr D Nelson led the move to discontinue intercollegiate gridiron competition, citing rising professionalism in college football.
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Son
College
Dixie Conference Oon Siaa
D. Nelson
Mundy Receives Reimbursement After Home Fire
In Helena Montana William Mundy faced loss of 225 dollars in cash when his home burned last month. He sent the ashes to federal authorities and received a reimbursement check in time for Christmas.
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Helena
Mont
William Mundy
Sam
Mundy
Cavalcade Eyes Comeback After Belmont Incident
Babe Didrikson pursues professional status after amending amateur rules. Knute Rockne warned by doctors to pace himself for risk of breakdown. Cavalcade, praised by trainer Bob Smith, seeks repeat of 1934 Vanderbilts victory while recovery from a lame hoof proceeds. Discovery had only one win against Cavalcade when a Belmont gate stumble unseated his rider last May.
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Babe Didrikson
Knute Rockne
Bob Smith
Cavalcade
Vanderbilt
Discovery
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Stagmaier & CO
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Just
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Thomason Lumber Co
Elam’s Craft Shop
Se Eee
Leo
Mississippi College
N. J
William J. Kraft
Kraft
NEW York Hatters
Sports Mirror
Purina
Turner Coal & Grain Co
Checkex Soard
DIX Co., Inc
Merry Merry Christmas
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Decatur Drug CO
Busi
Ness
Decatur Live
Goodrich
Silvertown
Yours
Merry Christmas
E. W. Kennedy
Emmet McClary
Tommie Hamilton
Roline Teasley
Will Caddalac
Coodrich
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