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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1940
Page
13
Dallas greets the Fordham Rams with a festive welcome ahead of the Cotton Bowl date with Texas A&M. The piece notes band music speeches and downtown fanfare as locals joke about betting odds and Texas money versus Fordham.
An Army State Conference on vice conditions in Phenix City Alabama was set for Friday. The meeting will involve Alabama Patrol Chief T Weller Smith and representatives of Maj Gen L R Predendale Fort Benning Georgia commandant.
Adolf Hitler departed Berlin aboard a special train today heading to an undisclosed location. Inquiries about a Christmas separation with troops were met with the reply that it is military information.
Memphis report notes Southwestern presses a de emphasis plan to end recruiting and subsidized player aid by 1944 with no new subsidies after 1941. Existing obligations will be discharged as games align with non subsidization standards to preserve football as a college game. Ed Kubale remains coach and athletic director under the plan.
North and South football stars practicing in Montgomery for the third annual Blue & Gray classic amid a city ordinance against fireworks. The Dixie squad prepares for a rough scrimmage with standout players from Duke Vanderbilt North Carolina and Tulane among others.
New York columnist Eddie Brietz outlines coaching speculation. Ohio State would settle for Dallas Ward while Minnesota’s Hauser tops their list. Ray Morrison notes Vanderbilt teams never lost to Tennessee. Craige Halas pursues Tom Harmon for the Bears as Cleveland fires a scout over a pitcher rumor.
In successive years Tennessee football teams have been picked for the Orange Rose and Sugar Bowls. The streak grows thin and the Vols face an uncertain future as more bowl selections fade away leaving empty hopes and widened doubt.
The Cotton Bowl faces blame for underestimating demand and lowering ticket prices. Officials argue the draw and gross gate will be closer to 120000 dollars rather than the 145000 dollar target. Christmas cards from Tommy Richardson and Ted Devlin highlight broad interest. Wale Hoyt and Bimelech linked to training at Hialeah Park as a related note.
Mike Jacobs presses Lew Jenkins to reverse his retirement decision while Jenkins campaigns to persuade Mrs. Jenkins to change her mind, as reported by the Buck New York Post.
Jimmy Braddock dressed as Santa handed out hundreds of food baskets to families in need. Bernie Friedkin backs a Fifth Avenue clothing firm. Coach Dixie Howell invites Frank Thomas to join the Arizona State Bull dogs bench for a Sun Bowl game.
Boston scribes pan the DeSauters Franks ie Putiak swap as Jimmy Dykes expands Philadelphia string by adding a fourth bowling alley.
The conductor of this column extends wishes to readers sports writers and all contributors for a merry Christmas and a happy new year, expressing festive goodwill for the year ahead.
Dennis Bad Old Man is identified as a member of the boxing team at Haskell Institute in Lawrence Kansas.
In Coffeyville Kansas on December 24 Captain Braum L Bentley notes his milk condensery life intersects with mobilization. A farm youth says he would enlist if he could sell 22 head of cattle. Bentley replies he knows where to sell them. The roster now includes a youth who once owned 22 cows.
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