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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1936
Page
6
The article notes a substantial rise in women golfers during 1935 and suggests growing popularity and participation. It mentions potential developments in women’s events and the evolving status of the sport, with observers predicting continued growth and new opportunities for female players.
The University of Alabama basketball team adds veteran guard Chick Bouska as a expected starter for the upcoming season.
Of age and over. This event will bring into competition men who have contributed much to the game and who are greatly responsible for its growth in this country. The tournament will be announced later. Golf clubs throughout the country will re-establish their private status this year.
New York report recalls hockey as a storied talking game. It traces Dawson City's Yukon to Ottawa trek for the Stanley Cup in 1900s and notes Frank McGee’s eight goals in eight minutes. The piece also mentions the Rangers and Cook counterpoint in early playoffs.
Ed die Collins tells Boston papers the Athletics Red Sox big deal involves added stars and bank talks. Mack pressures to trade Johnny Marcum while Cronin reshuffles the Sox lineup with McNair on deck and Werber fighting for a spot in a crowded outfield including Graham Almada and Cooke. The Yankees seek Higgins and a broader shakeup with McCarthy’s best men. Barrow hints at multiple pitching trades.
A year ago Connie Mack made headlines. Three years past Harvard and Princeton renewed football relations under a two year contract. Five years ago Wayne Munn, former heavyweight wrestling champion, died.
Minneapolis Alderman Henry Bank proposes a city law to bar filling stations from selling gasoline to drivers who have been drinking. Attendants would be paid a premium if they could identify whether alcohol from a customer was in the radiator or in the driver, using a keen sense of smell.
A mixed word puzzle page listing clues and answers across several numbered entries. Includes names like England and Britain, plus scattered definitions for animals plants and objects, with theme hints and partial answer strings.
A Northwestern game in Calgary referenced penalties as Andy Aitkenhead protested a teammate’s disallowed goal. The scene escalated with Aitkenhead following the referee to mid ice while Sam Timmings of Boyd skated in with a response.
In heavy soggy course conditions from last night’s rain, 11 braces competed for the all-age championship at Danville near Brownsville Tennessee. Scoppie a female pointer by Mission Boy out of Noria's Ivy won the derby championship, owned by Jacob France whose kennels captured the event twice before. Second place went to Noria's Aeroflow owned by W C Teagle and third to Casanova led by C B Black, with all winners being females.
Yale coach Bob Kiphuth, chairman of the U S Olympic swimming committee, donned a 30 pound diving helmet and weighted vest to watch his team from the pool bottom. He says the bottom view eliminates refraction waves and bubbles and will be used for the rest of the season to assess balance stroke and technique.
Sir Thomas Beecham the Philharmonic Symphony conductor offers autographs to raise funds for the society pension fund. He emphasizes the proceeds go to the pension drive.
Beecham quoted prices of one dollar for a plain autograph and five dollars for inscribed photographs.
Auburn opens an 11 game SEC slate with Vanderbilt in Nashville and faces Sewanee at home in a 1928 schedule context. The Plainsmen boast five wins in seven starts with key scorers Eaves Mitchell McKissick Rodgers and Barnes or Blake, while upcoming foes include Georgia Tech and a Montgomery return, plus Sewanee dates in February.
Last night’s weekly wrestling at Martin arena delivered action from start to finish and pleased a fair crowd. Freddie Knichel defeated Red Dugan in two falls while Earl Smith battled Honeyboy Hackney in a rough first fall won by Hackney. referee Audrey Watkins and moments of chaos marked the main bout.
Colonel Frank Knox publisher of the Chicago Daily News, a potential Republican candidate, recalls college sports at Alma College Michigan. He describes football in the 1890s the flying wedge and tandem, plus basketball track and baseball. He now enjoys golf weekly and hunted North American game during years near Lake Superior.
The article notes the Atlanta player, five feet four inches and 119 pounds, ranked No. 3 this year and aiming to upset Wilmer Allison and Donald Budge. It discusses team dynamics for the Davis Cup and the Miami Biltmore tournament with Grant predicting Crawford in singles and a committee choosing the team jointly.
Weston Painter of Minneapolis defeated Marcel Rainville to reach quarter finals and set a meeting with Canadian Jack 7 as 16 net men contest seeds. Other results feature Reitman and Mulloy overcoming Turner and facing intense competition with Allison, Hall, Behr, and Conill shaping a tight draw in Coral Gables.
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