Former Dixie Amateur Star Dickens Makes Tide in Tennessee Backfield
Roy Hutchesns profiles Phil Dickens once a Dixie Amateur standout who rose from Hartsville to star for Tennessee. A versatile backfield player, Dickens carried 98 times for 5.2 yards, completed 18 of 46 passes for 345 yards, five touchdowns, and punted well this season while working at a filling station and waiting tables.
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Phil Dickens
Middle Tennessee
University of Tennessee
Tennessee
Hartsville
Dickens
Gene McEever
Bobby Dodd
Abbeville
Ala
Sports Roundup from New York December features college game ads
Report from New York dated December 17 notes colorful regional promotions for Notre Dame versus Pitt with newsreel hype. It highlights Reds manager Charlie Dressen as the shortest in the majors and coaches Tom Sheehan and Long George Kelly as the tallest. Moe Berg, multi language speaking catcher, and Al Schacht are mentioned as part of town chatter. Pitt sent several hundred gallons of drinking water to Kansas City.
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New York
Marshal Goldberg
Elkins
W. Va
Notre Dame
Biggie Goldberg
Cincinnati Reds
Charlie Dressen
Tom Sheehan
Long George Kelly
Moe Berg
Red Sox
al Schacht
Frank Higgins
Cleveland
Pitt
Kansas City
Noted singer and other crossword clues list
A puzzle clue list with numbered across and down entries. It includes hints for various words such as a noted singer, drug from poppies, native metal, wireless receiving set, and more, plus several paired clues like face of words and definitions across both directions.
Panthers Route to Rose Bowl Through Albuquerque and More
A roundup notes the Panthers will stop in Albuquerque and other cities on the way to the Rose Bowl. It mentions a firing storm at the PGA, Braddock and Gould heading to Miami after Christmas, Lou Ambers starting training for a tough fight with Enrico Venturi, and a Pacific coast coaches meeting with Bernie Bierman as guest. Also recalls a Missoula overnight stop en route to Washington where a hotel fire occurred, a fire escape joke by players, Schmeling’s title shot news, a missing newsreel contract signing, and other boxing and college basketball notes including Les Scarsella and Marquette basketball contenders.
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Albuquerque
Panthers
Bob ‘Harlow
Professional Golfers’ Association
Jimmy Braddock
Joe Gould
Gophers
Missoula
Mont
Bernie
Braddock
Max Schmeling
Max
Schmeling
Les Scarsella
Cincinnati
Paul Sokody
Erwin Graf
Marquette
Hen Finds Time Heavy On Hands These Long Days
University of Alabama letterman Ben McLeod, excelling in football basketball and baseball, faces reduced playing time as he nears the end of eligibility. Once a standout, he showed strong fall form but has one year left in baseball amid illness last season. The versatile athlete is noted as one of the program’s best in recent years.
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Ben McLeod
Alabama
Ben
Atletica
McLeod
Bama
Bold Venturi and Granville Rivalry Fades After Preakness
The debated showdown between Bold Venturi and Granville ends as Granville is retired to stud at Kentmere Farm in Boyce Virginia. The fate of their turf duel for next year remains unresolved, following William Woodward's decision.
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New York
Bold Venturi
Granville
William Woodward
Kenneth M. Gilpin
Kentmere
Boyce
Dothan Athlete Charles Roberts shines in trio of wins
Charles Roberts of West Main Doitien Alabama starred at the annual tech hop, leading three undefeated teams with wins over Street Moss Point and Ocean, while Biloxi freshmen split twice. Coats praised the Dothan boy’s talent and attitude as he plans to return home for Christmas. Meanwhile Benny New begins a one year term in Augusta after auto theft arrests, with multiple prior jail terms adding to his sentence.
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Charles Roberts
West Main
Doitien
Ala
Tian Etter
Gulf Coast
Roberts
Jon Fy
Aeaing
Street Moss
Point
Ocean
Biloxi
Coats
Dothan
Augusta
Benny New
Legion posts regret death of T G Hodges in Marianna
At a Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting in Marianna Post 2420 passed a resolution of sorrow for the death of T G Hodges. The item notes the World War cost a total of 107 million dollars a day.
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Minut
Marianna
William Henry Mit Post
Thier
T G
S. Hodges
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Foy Mizelle
B.C. Hughes
A.R. Gissendanner
Tytex Rose Nurseries
Tyler
Texas
Fay Mizelle
Solomon Motor Company
Louis Adams
Adams
St. Andrews
Book & Art Shop
Wee Fay Mizelle
Home Owners Finance Corporation
Mixon
City of Dothan
I. P. Scarborough
J. J. Speight
Dothan Coal Company
Automobile Service
Adkins & Sone
Good & Bad Furntiture Co
E. Powell
Preston Brothers
W. Crawford
Green Furniture Co
Fire Dept
Care Eagle
Burdeshaw
Court House
Fla
E. H. Nichols
Selite Grocery
Malvern
S. Williford
Care
Fire Works
T. J. Whatley, Jr
Davis Brothers Grocery
West Crawford
Monopoly
Strickland Music Company
Stembridge Groacery Co
W. G. Stembridge
Newton
Fay Mitchle
Dothan Auto Parts Co
S. Oates
S. E. Gellerstedt
Winnie Jackson
Cannon Flour & Feed Co
J. L. Davis
Satsuma
Romano Farm
Hodgesville Road
DELL
Cash Drug
Houston Drug Co
Columbia
Sterling
Burdeshaw Bicycle Shop
Buford Etheridge
AVERY
Dixie Implement CO
Dixie
Santa Claus
By BranDon Walsh
Teutia Claus
Dothan Employment Bureau
E. Main
Tudor Ford
L. H. Mann
Midland City
B. P. Poyner, Jr
ANG
Dothan Transfer CO
H. D. Hale
Burnham van Service
Cleasant Mours
Ae Saan
Ae & Art Shop
Rex Green
Green Grocery CO
Dixie Dothan
Als
Houston Battery & Supply Co
S. St. Andrews St
Johnson-Cooper Machine Company
E. Newton Street
Dothan Auto Parts Company
South Oates St
Ege
Dixie Oil
C. N. Hunt
Mar
Wheelesale
Montgomery Highway
P. O
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Cheatham
G. W. Dennis
B. W. Clendinen & CO
Edward
Truck Tire Bargains
P. P. King Tire Company
Whatley Produce Co
Stewart Warner
Mr. Smith
Mrs. J. L. Horn and
Bath
Deferino Garcia
Barney
NEW York Boeing Commission
Garcia
Associated Press
Roy Hutchens
Knoxville
Tenn
Big Joe Dougherty
Joe
Ogy Spr
Galerz
Cook
N. Oates Street
Coast Line
National Guard
Jessie Kilgore
Robert Kilgore
Jeffries Newstand
Burnette Beauty College
Riod
Florida
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Mouleion
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NEA Service, Inc
United States Biological
Surmey
U.S. Navy
Weehington
Ite x
Erskine Johnson
George Scarbo
Dace
Brower
AWS Gai2bo
Piccarro Cortez
Bonn
Vienna
Jack Hrantz
Alma Cheen
Christina Lee
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