Decatur Triumphs as They Win Three Games in One Night
Decatur hosted three basketball showings at the Armory, topping Wingfoots 29 21 in the opener, Austinville Independents 29 19, and CCC Hartselle 46 25. Notables include Drake scoring 12 for Decatur and Nehr leading the Guardsmen with 18 points.
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Sports Briefs Chronicle Wide Range of Pro and College Action
Highlights include Landis fining five Tigers farm players and penalties for tampering with Detroit talent. Cubs get 1000 and Browns 500. Packers topple All Stars 16 7 in pro bowl. Rangers streak ends in Chicago. Demaret wins Oakland open 281 total. Hackbarth and Hutchinson share PGA seniors lead. Cooke defeats Prusoff in Florida tennis. Scotty Ramsay takes national pro squash. Venzke beats Cunningham at VFW mile. Beatham wins 880. Kern to WVU coach at 7000 salary. Conzelman in St Louis.
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Bill Kern
Carnegie Tech
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SEC title race gets clarity with weekend basketball tests
In the SEC via Atlanta on January 15, Kentucky defends as Tennessee aims for leaders. Georgia Tech and Tennessee face Vanderbilt and Florida, while Alabama hosts LSU. Georgia grapples with Florida without Googe Prather and drops to fourth as Mississippi State beats LSU. Kentucky focuses on intersectional play, vs West Virginia and Notre Dame. Vanderbilt visits Alabama. Georgia hosts Mississippi. Auburn faces Vanderbilt after beating Sewanee. Sewanee hosts Cumberland. Georgia meets South Carolina. Florida plays Stetson.
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Landis Levels Damaging Strike on Baseball Farm System
Commissioner Landis released a lengthy report condemning Detroit and affiliates for farm-system abuses, fake agreements, cover-ups, and improper transfers. He announced penalties including 92 players granted free agency, with rules banning transfers among Detroit and its affiliates for three years and fines to Cubs and Browns for pre inquiry contacts.
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Daily Crossword Puzzle Across and Down Clues
A compact listing of across and down crossword clues with numbers and brief prompts ranging from blandish and fortify to antelope and Rumanian money. The puzzle includes entries such as 1 Blandish, 9 A constellation, 31 Rodent, 34 Little pie, 47 Conclude, and 49 Rumanian money across and down clues like 11 Require 15 4 to 18 U 19 Decay.
Bill Kern Named WVU Football Coach
Morgantown January 13 No more rumors Bill Kern has accepted the position as football coach at West Virginia University He comes from Carnegie Tech where he quit a week earlier Dr Marshall Sleepy Glenn resigns to become a physician The Mountaineers offer Kern seven thousand dollars annually for three years
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Dionne quintuples subscribe as Canada sells war bonds
The Dionne quintuplets, via guardians, subscribe $20,000 as Canada begins sale of $200,000,000 in 3 3/4 percent war bonds. Cecil Muellerleile resigns from Washington University. Arcadia and Santa Anita results noted with horse wins and prize money. Canada and Miami items include horserace notes and a $2 Shot win at Hialeah Park.
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Demaret Wins Oakland Open After Dramatic Finish
Texas golfer Demaret captures the Oakland open title finishing 281 with a 70 final round to edge Clay ton Heafner by one and Horton Smith and Ben Hogan for a three way second place. Heafner had led with 63 toles before a late setback including a ball in a tree and a lake penalty.
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Manci Leads SEC Cagers in Early Scoring Race
Auburn star Frank Manci tops the SEC scoring chart with 65 points in five conference games, including 27 field goals and 11 free throws. Alabama’s Googe Prather trails with 53 points but is nursing an injury, while LSU’s Paul Brotherton and Griff Vance also rank high with 51 and 48 points respectively.
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Union Hill Opens Season With Two Victories
Union Hill Independent players open 1940 season by defeating CCC boys of Company 3403 Hartselle 47 to 39 in the boys game while the Union Hill girls toppled Hartselle 16 to 14. Clark and Compton led the boys scoring with 16 and 12 points respectively and Owens and Hipps boosted the defense and floor play.
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Brietz previews boxing and football events in New York
Eddie Briez notes Henry Armstrong backs Hostak to beat Ceferino Garcia if they meet. Eddie Anderson of Iowa will speak at St. Aloysius School dinner in Rome New York. Lou Ambers tunes up for a ten rounder vs Wally Hall y in Providence January 29. Former police commissioner Mulrooney says a recreation secretary is coming, boxing czar unlikely.
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New York
Henry Armstrong
Hostak
Ceferino Garcia
Eddie Anderson
Iowa
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Providence
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Wake Forest Coach Dictates Three Year Deal As Sutherland Returns
The piece notes Peahead Walker negotiating a new three year contract as his Wake Forest running game is analyzed. It mentions former players Bill Doak entering a bowling venture in Bradenton Florida and García Glen Lee returning to Los Angeles from Manila January 24. It also previews the Greenskeeping Superintendents Association convention February 6 to 9 with golf noted as losing glamour.
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Neely Candid About Rice Decision After Talk With Wife
From Fort Worth Star Telegram report Jess Neely is described as honest and frank and a top flight coach. He says he needs to talk things over with his wife before giving Rice a yes or no. Eddie Collins and Rube Waddell are noted in sport chatter. Morrie Arndvich honored at Wisconsin home town banquet.
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Fort Worth
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Rube Waddell
Lefty Grove
Wild Bill” Melhorn
Chicago
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Superior
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Philly
Ice skating stars visit amid wintry garden crowd
The Cleve Plain Dealer notes foul weather as Sonja Henie and Jimmy Doyle bring skating to the Garden. Doyle quips to Henie about catching pneumonia, highlighting the evening’s brisk, damp atmosphere and stellar performance.
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Glasscock’s long shooting guards Union Hill in close games
Glasscock, guard, posed a constant threat with her long shooting and helped keep Union Hill from pulling away. John Burleson refereed both games as the action stayed tight.
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