Tech Backers in Majority for Orange Bowl Showdown
Miami crowds favor Georgia Tech over Missouri for the New Year showdown as Florida residents with ties to Georgia back Tech. Missouri backers arrive despite prep emphasis. Don Faucher warns of focus on winning. Bob Orr injuries noted but likely ready.
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Fla
Georgia Tech
Missouri
Piorida
Tropical Park
Tech
Johnny Bosch
Notre Dame
Duke
Auburn
Kentucky
Alabama
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Paul Christman
Don
Bob Orr
Backache warning prompts four day test box offer
An old health notice links backache to excess acids and kidney waste. It claims sleep disruption and urinary changes can result and advertises a four day test box available at Caddel Drug Co locally.
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Caddel Drug Co
Tennis Stars Take Stage in Sugar Bowl Carnival
New Orleans hosts a star studded tennis event with Bobby Riggs and Charles Hare amid a week of Sugar Bowl sports. The University of Kentucky Wildcats beat Ohio State 36 to 30 in basketball at Municipal Auditorium as 7,000 watched. The Tulane Texas A&M football game looms with Texas arriving by train and Tulane back to practice. the regatta, boxing, and track also highlighted a busy weekend.
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New Orleans
Bobby Riggs
Charles Hare
United States
England
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Philadelphia
Lake Pontchartrain
Texas
Aggies
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Local Fights Set Tonight in Decatur Civic Center Ring
Decatur boxing fans will see Decatur Boys Club fighters clash in a civil bout card at the Civic Center tonight after Tuesday’s postponement. Matches include Worley 116 facing Slatten 122 and Jones 120 vs Plemon 114 with more bouts arranged and start time set for 8 15.
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Civic Center
Decatur Boys Club
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Carl Slatten
Worley
North Alabama
Dee Jones
Blorfdy Miller
Stonewall Graham
Doyle Roberts
Shorty Kennedy
Victor Youngblood
Wilson Campbell
Charles Lindsay
James
Moon) Mullians
Northern and Southern All Star squads prep for classic
Montgomery Alabama hosts the Blue and Gray gridiron clash as coaches Cody Morrison Snavely Waldorf refine game plans. Georgia fullback Jim Ford joins to replace injured Shu. Columbia guard Bern Sweeney suffers a bruised leg. Dom Principe and George Klick spark the Northern drill while Hutchinson and Baker run the ends. Bussey and Heineman expected to handle Southern passing and kicking.
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Ala
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Florida
Ray Morrison
Vanderbilt
Rebels
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Georgia
Paul Shu
Virginia Military Institute
Shu
Bern Sweeney
Columbia
Yankee
Carl Snavely
Cornell
Lynn Waldorf
Northwestern
Cody
Morrison
Dom Principe
Fordham
George Klick
Bucknell
Bill Hutchinson
Dartmouth
Whit Baker
Mize and Mates Lead League Slugging and Batting Titles
John Mize led the National League in slugging with 353 total bases in 564 at bats for a .626 average. Teammates on the St. Louis Cardinals topped the circuit in runs batted in and total bases, with Mel Ott of the Giants close behind in slugging. Frank McCormick led the Reds with 127 RBIs as Cincinnati won a pennant despite fewer games. Cincinnati and Chicago combined to pace hits and home runs, while Billy Jurges set a fielding surprise with few double plays. St. Louis topped shutouts with 18 while yielding the fewest losses.
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John Vials
Mize
Redbirds
Miz
Nord Giants
Mel Ott
Cardinal
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Brooklyn Dodgers
Adolph Camilli
Dodgers
Camilli
Ton
John Cooney
Billy Jurges
Giants
Ernie Lombardi
Reds
Zeke Bonura
McCormick
Billy Herman
Bonura
Roy Hughes
Phillies
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Aggies Head to New Orleans for Sugar Bowl Camp
The Texas Agties depart tonight for Biloxi to finish training for the Sugar Bowl encounter with Tulane. About 80 players and officials travel with a 210 piece band and roughly 2,000 fans. The squad held two practice sessions yesterday in sub freezing weather as a lighter drill was planned today.
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Tex
Texas
Aggies
Biloxi
Miss
Tulane
New Orleans
Child Improves After Transfusion in Birmingham
A stricken child in Birmingham showed improvement after doctors transfused blood from a young expectant woman. Reports stated immediate improvement following the transfusion as the child fought to live.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jians
Brietz Chats On Sports With Wide Ranging Hour
Des Moines sports notes cover Eddie Brietz as pinch hitter for Bob Feller with MLB chatter about Red Sox Indians and Yankees. South Florida diver Helen Chenkovich shifts to aviation work. Omaha embraces professional hockey led by manager Happy Emms. Iowa stars and college athletics reform discuss Kinnick, NCAAs, and local poet laureate Bert McGrane.
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Eddie Brietz
Des Moines
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Iowa
Cleveland Indians
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St. Paul Heavy
Lee Savold
Nile Kinnick
Hawkeye
Law College
Tall Corn State
Kinnick
Bert McGrane
Des Moines Register
Iowa Ironmen
Towa Poetry Society
Enich Family's American Journey From Dust to Farm Life
Peter Enich arrived with 25 cents after migrating to the United States with his family. His son Mike Enich became captain elect of the 1940 Towns football team and was born in a box car at Boone Iowa after a cyclone destroyed the family home. Now the railroad worker and his relatives own a small farm and property, living by the motto Good family and good health what more does a man want.
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Mike Enich
Mike
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Ruins Identified as Palace of Nestor in Greece
Fire scarred ruins uncovered in Greece last spring have been identified as the Palace of Nestor. Dr. Carl W. Blegen of the University of Cincinnati announced the find and his belief to the Archaeological Institute of America meeting in Ann Arbor.
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Nestor
Mercetet
Carl W. Blegen
University of Cincinnati
Archaeological Institute of America
Basketball leads in attendance in 1939 Sugar Bowl year
Coach Adolph Rupp said Kentucky beat Ohio State 36 30 to win the Sugar Bowl championship. He asserted basketball drew twice as many fans as football and other sports combined, noting more than 80 million people paid admission last season and crowds as high as 15 700 with potential for 30 000 in larger auditoriums.
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New Orleans
Adolph Rupp
Kentucky
Ohio State
University passes and free trips draw audit scrutiny
State Auditor Zach Arnold urges restricting football passes and free trips to games by the University of Georgia Athletic Association as a burden. He notes 3,337 passes issued in 1938, including 933 to players, with income about 110,477 and expenses of 41,841 for personnel.
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Zach Arnold
University of Georgia
University Athletic Association
Arnold
Bulldogs
Athens
Association
Aha
Coe
Joel Hunt
Turko Russian Battle Dubious in Caucasus
A Dec 28 1914 AP note says Turks and Russians clash in the Caucasus with an indecisive outcome. The brief item marks the 25 years since the event.
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The
Associated Press
Caucasus
Omaha salesman finally sees bridge opened after decades
Omaha man Harry P. Whalen spent 386 years campaigning for a Missouri River bridge at Brownville. He used a ferry to cross the river for years in Nebraska Iowa and Missouri. When the bridge opened to traffic he received the first toll coupon book, an effort he began 200 years ago.
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Harry P. Whalen
Omaha
Nebraska
Iowa
Missouri
Missouri River
Brownville
Coaches go it alone for Rose Bowl prep at Tennessee and USC
Tennessee coach Robert Neyland and Southern California boss Howard Jones will train without outside guidance before the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl. Focus centers on Tennessee backfield options with Johnny Butler stepping in for Cafego, while Leonard Coffman regains No. 1 fullback duties and Frank Newman rises in the squad.
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Robert R. Neyland
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Southern California
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Rhett) Butler
George Cafego
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Cafego
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Bob Foxx
Buist Warren
Leonard Coffman
Frank Newman
Coffman
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Want Ad for Area Homes with Telephone Contact
A local want ad invites readers to place notices for inclusion in more than 7000 homes in the area. Contact by calling telephone 46 for details and placement.
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