Gaon Basketball Association forms with Merritt guiding plans
The article outlines a new Gaon Basketball Association led by Mr Merritt of Wicks with 12 teams planned, including senior and junior divisions and mixed conferences. It notes possible invitations for Wiregrass schools, and predicts growth and expanded participation in coming years. It also mentions rules limiting certain players and early season scheduling through January.
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Itkely
Ie Smalor
College Basketball Takes Over Spotlight
New York AP reports a busy pre Christmas week with about fifty college games. Utah seeks return to form after losses while Kentucky meets Ohio State in a top matchup. Illinois and DePaul prep for East foes, with Notre Dame, Wisconsin and Iowa also on the slate in high profile clashes.
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Columbus
Utah
Honeward
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Newco
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Yowa
Clinois
Crimson Tide Buckles Down For Sugar Bowl
Alabama football prepares for the Sugar Bowl against Duke after first quarter exams. Coach Frank Thomas says more work remains as daily practices continue through the week before Christmas. Players will depart for Baton Rouge for LSU practice on December 27 or 28.
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Tuscaloosa
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Alabama
Duke
Frank ‘Thomas
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Louisiana State State
Dadgery Plans Bear Mountain Inn Spring Training Tour
The Dadg ery announced they will return to Bear Mountain Inn for spring training. Brooklyn has conducted there the last two years. Ninety two languages and dialects are spoken in India.
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Brooklyn
Bear Mountain Inn
India
Golfing Polls Highlight 1941 Athlete of the Year
Syren Nelson tops the 1941 Golfing Poll with 5 points, edging St Louis Cardinals shortstop Marion by five points. Les Horvath, Ohio State quarterback and Heisman winner, third with 5 points, leading amateur status. DiMeglio and Sarazen earlier champions noted in the year’s voting.
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St. Louis Cardinals
Les Horvath
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Ersuhing
Nelson
Gene Sarazen
Barnhill Signs New Contract With Vols
ENOXVILLE Tenn AP Tennessee Coach John Barnhill, en route to California with his Bowl-bound football team, has a new five-year contract. It reportedly includes a retention clause should Brig Gen Bob Neyland remain on leave. Barnhill has led the Volunteers to 24 wins, 3 losses, and 1 tie since Neyland's departure.
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Season On For Snipe Hunting
A humorous feature on vocational hazing across crews from seafaring to aviation, detailing common gags used to test newcomers. It explains the tradition as an American custom and maps examples from ships, baseball, football, and other trades, highlighting the playful rites surrounding initiation.
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Mark Twain
Twain
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Many
Charlie Noble
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Byron Nelson Selected Athlete Of The Year
A satirical column sketches workplace trials and humorous hazing as Byron Nelson is playfully named Athlete Of The Year. The piece uses mock “new teller” tasks and editor tricks to lampoon newsroom and bank staff antics with a light, period-voice tone.
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Byron Nelson
Packers Regain Pro Grid Title By Beating Giants 14 7
Green Bay won the NFL championship for the first time in five years, defeating the New York Giants 14 to 7 before 46 016 at the Polo Grounds. Ted Fritsch scored both Packers touchdowns as Green Bay outgained the Giants on the ground and held on in a tense final period.
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Ted Fritsch
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Ranchers Move Entire Haystacks With Big Underslung Trucks
At Atkinson Nebraska ranchers use underslung hauling to move whole haystacks with winches and wire cables. They pull stacks with a low slung platform, sliding them across fields where terrain allows, saving manpower and enabling quick movement even in high winds. Three main classes of chessa noted in the piece.
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AP News
Atkinson
Neb
United States
Crackers Sign Pel Player from Phillies and Utica
The Atlanta Crackers of the Southern Association sign third baseman Ted Cieslak from Philadelphia and pitcher John Donahue from Utica. Cieslak hit .245 in five games last season with a .877 pitching average noted.
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Ted Cieslak
Philadelphia
John Donahue
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Cieslak
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Giants and Giants Players Highlight Offensive Drive
A fragmented game narrative describes Hutson supported by Camp and Fritsch on a short rushing play, a missed scoring chance, a 4 yard pass from Arnie Herber to Frank Lieber setting up a New York TD, Ward scoring from the one, Nutting contributing later, and an unrelated note on Switzerland’s industrialization.
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Arnie Herber
Frank Lieber
Yellow Jackets Prep For Tulsa Shindig
Georgia Tech aims for final Orange Bowl prep with stiff scrimmage plan. Coach W A Alexander and Bobby Dodd express satisfaction after recent play. Freezing weather limits practice to Friday and Saturday as the team aims to assemble December 26 for Miami travel.
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Georgia
Tech
W. A. Alexander
Bobby Dodd
Miami
Theaters Schedule Fragment Amid Mixed Titles
The readable lines list days with names Pac O Faren Derek Tandis Ir voore Hater Crabbe Sarah Tiny Boy Yeh Torey and others performing in titles such as Devil Hider Water Front Song of Twans Twilight On The Wink and Bride Dy Mintaks at the Ritz today and tomorrow with Watson Warren and the Hitler Gang referenced in a retreating way.
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