Secret drills on at Miami
Tennessee and Oklahoma football teams held closed workouts in Miami ahead of the Orange Bowl. Coach Tom Stidham and Bob Neyland led sessions as both sides prepared to counter the other's passing threat and ground game with a cool, dry practice in 80 degree sun.
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Miami
Fla
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Biscayne Bay
Miami Beach
Tom Stidman
Bob Neyland
Stidham
Neyland
George Cafego
Buist Warren
Walter
Babe” Wood
Capt. Bowden Wyatt
Bob Foxx
Florida
Sooners
Gene Corrotto
Bob Seymour
Ney
Hugheus Ghick
Jim Thom
Jerry Bolton
Rose Bowl foes pace Duke with Southern Cal speed
Pasadena dispatch notes Duke faced January 2 Rose Bowl with Southern California speed. USC backs Mickey Anderson Bill Sangster and Jack Banta, plus linemen over 200 pounds, shown fast. Duke coach Wallace Wade wary of Tipton punting and Trojans’ kickoff returns, while Duke prepares for high tempo, fast break play.
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Paul Zimmerman
Pasadena
Calif
Duke
Southern California
Pacific Slope
Howard Jones
Blue Devils
Wallace Wade
Trojans
Mickey Anderson
Bill Sangster
Jack Banta
Eric Tipton
Wade
Notre Dame
Troy
Illinois Illini Eye Fast Break Return To Big Ten Title Fight
Central Press reports Capable veterans give Coach Doug Mills hope of repeating 1936-37 Illini success. Pick Dehner rebounds academically and athletically, while Tom Nisbet and Bill Hapae emerge as top scorers and defenders. Colin Gandlon strengthens guard play as Mills’ fast break system drives ambitions.
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Bill Braucher
Central Press
Doug Mills
University of Illinois
Minnesota
Illinois
Mills
Bill Hapae
Boudrieau
Bill
Colin Gandlon
Ance
Nisbet
Illini
Hill on shelf as Duke star Hill hampered by back
Duke center and co captain Dan Tiger Hill is temporarily sidelined with a back recurrence after injuring himself yesterday while going down on a punt. Duke officials say he will rest this week but be ready for next Monday's Rose Bowl tilt. Hill has battled the same injury earlier in the season.
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Hill
Pasadena
Calif
Dan
Tiger) Hill
Duke
Iron Dukes
Blues and Grays to Begin Blue and Gray All Star Workouts
Northern and Southern teams arriving in Montgomery for the Blue and Gray all star game on January 2 began workouts at Cramton Bowl amid a bitter cold snap. Notre Dame linked coaches Frank Thomas and Jack Meagher lead the Grays and Blues with players from 13 Southern colleges and eastern institutions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Jack Meagher
Auburn
Notre Dame
Rockne
Grays
Dave Diehl
Michigan State
Gaylon Smith
Southwestern
Dick Todd
Texas A. & M. Flash
Carl Snavely
Cornell
Lynn Waldorf
Northwestern
Waldorf
Snavely
Meagher
Thomas
W. A. Gunter
The
Confederacy
Beauvoir Country Club
Tartans in Higher Favor for Sugar Bowl Tilt
New Orleans December 238. Carnegie Tech gains bettors support for Sugar Bowl game with Texas Christian January 2 as bookies drop odds from 9 to 5 against Tech. Horned Frogs remain favorites at 2 to 5. Bay St. Louis training camp boosts eastern confidence and ticket sales total about 50 000. Also Sugar Bowl basketball features Arkansas Forkers versus Purdue Boilermakers at 7 45 p m EST with coach Rose optimistic. Three top tennis stars will appear in the fifth Sugar Bowl tournament led by Gene Mako with seedings likely for Billy Grant Elwood Cocke and Gardner Mulloy.
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New Orleans
Carnegie Tech
Texas Christian
Pittsburgh
Tech
Horned Frogs
Texas
Ted
Arkansas Forkers
Purdue Boilermakers
Glen Rose
Arkansas
Tennessee
America
Gene Mako
Los Angeles
Bryan
Billy"” Grant
Atlanta
Elwood Cocke
Portland
Ore
Gardner Mulloy
Miami
Chit Chat of Sport Realm by Drew Middleton
New York dated column discusses boxing plans with Jim Braddock possibly returning to face Lou Nova amid heavyweight scene turmoil. Mentions Insco lineage in horse racing, Carnegie Tech football, Sugar Bowl odds, Duke voting support, Mary Yetman auction bid, Erskine College football roster, Joe Louis training for Lewis bout, Lou Ambers Armstrong light title bid, and Tommy Farr suspensions amid boxing board tensions.
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Drew Middleton
New York
Sporting
Sporting Club
Monicker
Jim Braddock
Lou Nova
Ancil Hoffman
Max Baer
Baer
Braddock
Johnny Paychek
Iowan
Pat Comiskey
Nova
Louis
Carnegie Tech
South
Texas Christian
Pacific Coast
Duke
Mary Yetman
Oklahoma U
Mary
Erskine College of
South Caroline
Joe Louis
Chicago
John Henry Lewis
al Weill
Boxing Commission
Lou Ambers
Henry Armstrong
Ommy Farr
Tommy
Texas Tech Public Invite Show Sparks Cotton Bowl Prep
Texas Tech coach Peter Willis Cawthon invited fans to a private drill previewing what St. Marys Gaels may face in the Cotton Bowl. The Red Raiders will stage their famed pass intercepting drill, promising an unfiltered, decisive practice for supporters.
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Dallas
Peter Willis Cawthorn
Texas Techs
Cawthon
St. Mary's Gaels
Red Raiders
Daily cross word puzzle across clues from 1938 syndicate box
Puzzle presents a dated cryptic style with an across list numbering clues from 1 to 41 and a note of copyright 1938 by King Features Syndicate. It appears as a printed crossword grid with indicated theme entries and a partial clue set referencing romanian and Norse elements.
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King Features Syndicate
Mystery of the DiMaggio Middle Name Paul
San Francisco report surveys the DiMaggio brothers Joe Vince Dominick all sharing middle name Paul. A Portland Journal tip suggested a family naming coincidence with a father and brother hints. Vince recalls the name Paul and confirms the pattern while Dominick is noted as a Seals prospect.
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Russell J. Newland
San Francisco
D.maggio
Joe
Yankees
Vince
Boston Bees
Dominick
San Francisco Seals
Paul
George Bertz
Portland Journal
Peerless Joe
D'Magizio
Tom
New York Giants
DiMaggio
Cross River
Yanks
Bill Terry
Frank O'Dou
The
Seals
DiMaggios
Cawthon Heads Scrimmage Promising a Rock Em Sock Em Show
Coach Cawthon drills his players daily to spear enemy passes and not bat them down. He says the practice has paid huge dividends and the finale is a 15 minute scrimmage he calls a rock em and sock em event.
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Cawthon
Budge Vines Match Record Breaker at Madison Square Garden
New York Dec 28 The first Don Budge Ellsworth Vines pro tennis match set for next Tuesday at Madison Square Garden is a financial record breaker Promoter Jack Harris reports advance sales at 14858 dollars a Garden tennis record A week earlier Vines Perry match drew a record crowd and gate with top price for Vines Perry at 9 90 versus 7 70 for next week.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Jack Harris
Harris
Garden
Vines
Fred Perry
Mungo Stays At Flatbush in Brooklyn Era
Brooklyn announces Van Mungo will not be sold or traded as New Year opens. The ace pitcher, famed for speed and temper, has a 1931 to 1938 record of 97 wins and 94 losses, with repeated trade rumors despite his value and high salary.
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Gale Talbot
New York
Brooklyn Baseball Club
van Lingle Mungo
Brooklyn
Dodgers
Mungo
Ebbets Field
Chicago Cubs
Prooklyn
Dick Bartell
Cincinnati
Jim Bucher
Burleigh Grimes
Grimes
MacPhail
Branch Rickey
Cardinals
Flatbush
Hugh Mulcahy
Phils
Boy and dog battle giant bald eagle in Alabama
Eleven year old Billy Loftis of Mount Olive recounted how he and his dog fought a bald eagle. He displayed the carcass in Tuscaloosa as the bird lay killed.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Billy Loftis
Mount Olive
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