Coaches Regain Weight After December Losses
Alabama coach Frank Thomas adds twenty pounds and staff drop about ten, as a broad sports note covers coaching changes, upcoming retirements, track feuds, basketball bench issues, spring football previews, and boxing fight chatter from various cities and figures.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Amos Alonzo Stagg
College of the Pacific
Chicago
Soldier's Field
Glen Cunningham
Freddie Steele
Apostoli
Carl West Bound Over On Murder Charge In Alabama
Carl West, 30, allegedly murdered Arland Bowen at a Christmas party and was bound over on murder charges in Athens Alabama. He remains jailed without bond awaiting the March grand jury after surrendering to authorities days after the incident.
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Athens
Ala
Carl West
Arland Bowen
West
Bowen
Moody, Colbert County Register in Chancery, Dies
James A. Moody aged 29 was found dead in an automobile near Tuscumbia Alabama with a shotgun wound to the head. Deputy Coroner A L Etheridge ruled the death a self inflicted act. Moody had served as Colbert county register in chancery since 1935.
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Tuscumbia
Ala
James A. Moody
Here
A. L. Etheridge
Moody
L. Holland
Colbert County Register In Chancery
Horse Trade Confuses Men In Tillamook
In Tillamook Oregon Emil Wooley paid $2.50 for a horse he believed useless his brother lent the same animal for $50 claiming it was the same horse. The tale shows a comical mix up over a horse apparently shared between brothers.
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Tillamook
Ore
Emil Wooley
Wooley
CAGE LEAD CHANGES AS GOODYEAR TOPS RACKETS IN CLOSE LOOP
Riverside and Alabama Hosiery met Goodyear and Moulton Heights in a two game span. Alabama led 11 6 at halftime while Ross Graham scored 10 for the Hosierymen and Russell Sims 12 for Goodyear. Col lier led Heights with 10 points and J W Sims starred on defense for Goodyear.
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Riverside
Alabama Hosiery
Goodyear
Moulton Heights
Hosierymen
Aalbamians
Goodyearites
Cockrellmen
Russell Sims
Johnnie Collier
J. W
Jacobs
Meadows
Kemmitter
Brazelton
Cockrell
Alabama Meter Maner
B. Comal
Black
Ders
Flynn
Ovens Head
Pereneewaner
Correct Golf Posture Starts With Neck Alignment
A golf instructor recalls advising a six foot tall pupil about posture during swing. He notes the common fault of bending the back and neck and emphasizes keeping the neck from bending forward while the back bends minimally for proper balance. He demonstrates with a short club and suggests focusing on neck position and then sand tees.
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Alex Morrison
King Features, Inc
Schenley High South Lunchroom Vote Rejects Mix
Pittsburgh reports Schenley high school students voted 1,419 to 807 against combining boys and girls lunchrooms. The girls' side carried the measure two to one, explained by a shy co ed who said there should be one time in the day when the girls can be alone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Schenley High School
New Freight Rates Set to Take Effect January 17
Montgomery Alabama January 11 The state public service commission announced that higher intra state freight rates approved in a recent order will become effective January 17.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Public Service Commission
Scales Stolen From Cad dell Drug Co. Recovered
Weighing scales were stolen outside Cad dell Drug Co on Second Avenue and recovered by officers this morning. The scales had been broken into, money taken, and the mechanism wrecked.
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Caddell Drug Co
Second Avenue
Four in Court Charged With Gaming and Drunkenness
Four defendants appeared in police court this morning. Three were charged with gaming and one with drunkenness.
Hunt Named Georgia Head Football Coach
University of Georgia officials named 2-year old Joel Hunt as head football coach to replace Harry Mehre. Lampe was chosen end coach and will also coach basketball while Hunt plans to bring in an assistant. Wallace Butts received an offer but had not decided. Hunt to travel to Athens to finalize athletic setup with LSU and Georgia officials.
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Athens
University of Georgia
Joel Hunt
Hunt
Louisiana State
Y ‘Tie Board of Athletics
Harry Mehre FE. A. Lampe
Carroll College
Waukesha
Wis
Vernon
Catfish) Smith
Rex Enright
Georgia
South Carolina
Lampe
Wallace Butts
Male High School
Louisville
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
J. B
Earl) Whitworth
No Charges Filed Against Girl Today
Wetumpka Alabama January 11 No charges were filed today against Laurens Caldwell 17 who sheriff said shot her father J L Caldwell 42 after he entered the home of his estranged family Mrs Jessie Caldwell the sheriff s wife and clerk in his office said the investigation continues and a decision on charges would come tonight funeral services for J L Caldwell were held yesterday the family had recently been separated under a peace bond
Two Hart Residents Injured In Car Train Collision
In Sheffield Alabama on January 11 E B Richard of Tuscumbia and Gene Robertson of Russellville remained hospitalized after their car collided with a freight train. Richard suffered a fractured lower jaw and cuts while Robertson sustained a skull fracture and a broken collarbone.
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Sheffield
Ala
E. B. Richard
Tuscumbia
Gene
Robertson
Russellville
Richard
Alabama Tide Awards 27 Letters for 1937 Rose Bowl Team
The University of Alabama athletic committee announced that 27 members of the 1937 Crimson Tide football squad received letters. Coaches note it was the largest number of monograms earned, with seven seniors among the group. Nat Marx, the student manager, also earned a letter.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama Crimson Tide
Frank Thomas
California
Alabama
Jack Machtolff
Carey Cox
LeRoy Monsky
Lew Bostick
Grover Harkins
Jess, Foshee
Jake Redden
Jim Riba
Jim Tipton
Walter Merrill
Bobby Wood
Tex Shoemaker
Tut Warren
Gene Blackwell
Sandy Sanford
Hal Hughes
Henry Cochran
Vic Bradford
Maurice Fletcher
Civil service test set for blind girls in Mobile
Three blind girls in Mobile Alabama will sit the first federal civil service examinations for the blind, held Wednesday. Mary Manders Wanda Sh Ruth Cunningham have trained months for tests administered by Joseph Clank in Washington with dictaphone work Braille shorthand and typing as stenography milestones.
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Mobile
Ala
Mary Manders
Wanda Sh
Ruth Cunningham
Joseph Clank
Washington
Dictaphone
Hearing on sulfanilamide deaths to determine prosecution basis
A hearing will be held Wednesday before S. A. Postle of the U S Pure Food and Drug Administration in Cincinnati to decide if there is a basis for prosecution over 73 deaths linked to a sulfanilamide elixir.
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Cincinnati
S. A. Postle
U. S. Pure Food and Drug Administration
Child Dies in Burns When Left Unattended
Funeral services planned for Gene Holland three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Holland of Tuscumbia Alabama. The child died yesterday from burns received Sunday when her dress caught fire near a heater while she was left alone.
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Burns
Tuscumbia
Ala
Gene Holland
John B. Holland
Daily Crossword Puzzle No. 1 Across Six Letters
Puzzle note announces a daily crossword with six letter word clues across and down. Readers fill entries and check tomorrow's solution for correctness.
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Daily Cross
Grudge Fight Looms for Gate as Apostoli Battles Steele
Promoter Papke and Ketchel clash in a bout that could hinge on drama and gate receipts. The feature grudge fight centers on Apostoli facing Steele again, with anticipation of a strong attendance and a bell that may decide the purse.
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Apostoli
Steele
Papke
Ketchel
Pion
Miller
White
Freddie
Eddie Miller
Stanley Ketchel
Bob Fitzsimmons
Billy Papke
Illinois Thunderbolt
Jimmy Oclabby
Frank Klaus
Eddie McGoorty
Jack Dillon
George Chip
Mike Gibbons
Ring history notes smacks of grudge match in garden plans
The piece compares Freddie Steele and Fred Apostoli to past champions and outlines a probable Madison Square Garden summer bout for the middleweight title. It cites gate records, managerial feuds, and past near-champs like Schmeling and Louis while underscoring the volatile, uncertain nature of middleweight crowns.
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New York
Freddie Steele
Joe Louis
Joe
Schmeling
Braddock
Madison Square Garden Bowl
Fred Apostoli
Mister Steele
Steele
Apostoli
Big Gate
Larry White
Dave Miller
Old Team to Defend Cup New York
The United States will defend the Davis Cup for the first time since 1927 with last year's triumphant players likely to lead. Don Budge is expected to be No 1 with Bitsy Grant, Frankie Parker, Bobby Riggs, Gene Mako, and Wayne Sabin as candidates amid worries from a winter Australia tour and Budge's shoulder injury. Budge says his shoulder has healed and he is eager to defend the cup.
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New York
United State
Rene LaCoste
Henri Crochet
France
Germantown
Don Budge
Bryan
Bitsy) Grant
Frankie Parker
Grant
England
Bobby Riggs
Gene Mako
Budge
Wayne Sabin
Australia
Mako
Walter Pate
Don
Budge Arrives in Adelaide Ill and Weak
Wimbledon and American tennis champion Donald Budge arrived in Adelaide today extremely weak with a slight fever, his physician ordering rest. A mortgage note of five hundred dollars or more must be published in a newspaper for three successive weeks under the legislature’s law.
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Adelaide
Australia
Donald Budge
Tulane Opens Grind Early
Tulane University plans an early start toward building a football team for 1938 with spring drills starting February 7. Head coach Lowell Dawson will oversee 36 practice days as recruits report, aiming for at least 45 players and evaluating new talent for a demanding schedule featuring Alabama LSU Rice Auburn Mississippi State Georgia and North Carolina.
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New Orleans
Tulane University
Lowell “Red” Dawson
Greenie
Dawson
Tulane
Alabama
Louisiana State
Rice Institute
Auburn
Mississippi State
Georgia
North Carolina
Surveys Opened For Rural Electrification In Coffee County
Surveys in Goodman community for rural electrification have opened and will run through Coffee county to cover all proposed service areas. The county will share with four other counties in the region $114,000 provided by the Rural Electrification Administration.
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Enterprise
Ala
Goodman Community
Coffee County
Rural Electrification Administration
Alabama retirements reduce bonded debt by 5.5 million
Since March 1, 1935, Alabama has paid 5500000 toward its bonded debt and retired an additional 704000 in toll bridge bonds.
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State of
Alabama
Show-Down Is Expected In Golf Stymie Rule Clash
GAYLE reports from New York that the United States Golf Association may spark a showdown with the Royal and Ancient Club over the lifting of the ball on the green near the cup. Henry Cotton criticizes the experiment amid rising British concern that team play and relations with the U S G A could suffer. The Walker Cup match next summer at St Andrews looms as a likely flash point.
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Gayle
Talbot
New York
United States Golf Association
Royal and Ancient Club of
Henry Gullen
R. and A
United States
Golf Association
Guillen
Associated Press
Henry Cotton
St. Andrews
Tropical Park Meet Ends With Record Turnout and Stakes
Thoroughbred racing closes Tropical Park 20 day meet in Coral Gables with high attendance and a 15 percent rise in pari mutuel receipts. Tomorrow 24 horses vie for a $5000 inaugural handicap at Park near here as Hialeah opens March 5 through April 9. jockeys Johnny Longden and Eddie Arcaro lead in wins.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Tropical Park
Joseph
William V. Dwyer
Tropical
Dwyer
Johnny Longden
Eddie Arcaro
Arcaro
Hal Price Headley
Nassau
Pattycake
Our Willie
Bernard F
Scudder
Tide boxers back in training today
Alabama's boxing team resumes practice in Tuscaloosa preparing for the January 29 opener against Mississippi State. Four veterans return: Arthur Fowler featherweight Dick Day lightweight Cy Canzoneri senior welterweight and Paul Cusamano middleweight.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Mississippi State
Arthur Fowler
Dick Day
Cy Canzoneri
Tony Canzoneri
Paul Cusamano
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