Ivy league prices and sports notes in playful roundup
AP reports mixed prices for football tickets and draws into Ivy League finances with price talk on Dartmouth Princeton and Bears Redskin. Mentions Mike Jacobs Beau Jack Montgomery bout and golf ball exhibit. Includes quotes from Ray Cernel Nova and Joe McCarthy with boxing and racing notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Boston College
Dartmouth - Princeton
Bears
Redskin
Molpera
Mike Jacobs
Jack-Bob Montgomery
Prokops Mother Dies Casting Shadow Over Tech Game
Eddie Prokop of Georgia Tech rushes home to Cleveland after his mother Mrs Stanley Prokop dies. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday with the family expecting him to return to Atlanta for the Tech Georgia game on Saturday. Also notes Cabrillo National Monument California visibility allows Catalina mountain to be seen 100 miles away.
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Atlanta
Eddie Prokop
Georgia Tech
Cleveland
Ohio
Stanley Prokop
Prokop
Cabrillo National Movument
Calif
Catalina Mountain
Tech Racked First In Southeastern as Bulldogs Last
ATLANTA AP Tech racked first in the Southeastern Conference, while Georgia Tech Bulldogs sit last. Tulane stunned Cincinnati, and LSU loss to Texas A&M left the conference standings unsettled as Tech eyeed a bowl bid with a five win record and injuries affecting key players.
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Tech
Southeastern
Bulldogs
Atlanta
Mathammat
Southernstars
Geox
Georgia Peck
Collanes
Lou
Ann Gate
Bengals
New Orleans
Tulane
Miami
Mathematica
Texas Aggies
Steve van Buren
Tulenc
Georgia
Jacket
Clemson
Notre Dame
Navy
Duke
Georgia Alo
L & WU
Jackets
Ledger
Greenies
Italian Prisoners Win Soccer Game
At Fort Benning Georgia an Italian prisoner of war soccer team coached by a noted Olympic star defeated the Fort Benning Infantry School’s 176th Regiment 4 to 1. The match drew thousands of soldiers and POWs and marked the first athletic encounter in the United States between prisoners of war and representatives of the conquering force. Several players were former European professionals.
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FT. Benning, Ga
Fort Benning
United States
Europe
French Cadets Learn English Training at U S Air Field
About 100 French air cadets train at Van de Graaf Field in Alabama. Instructors speak English while interpreters translate. Cadets, mostly under 24, volunteered in Africa, with many having fought in France and some escaping German camps. They receive translated course materials and uniforms with a tricolor sleeve insignia. Training moves through Gunter Field Selma and Turner Field Albany before advanced instruction.
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Tpscaloosa
Ala
U. S Army Air Forces van de Graaf Field
O. K
Gunter Field
Craig Hield
Selma
Turner Field
Albany
Africa
France
Tectur Ra
Nine Grid Teams Remain Unbeaten
SEW YORK AP reports the unbeaten football season narrowed to nine teams over the weekend as Rutgers Boston College and Doane fell from the group. Notre Dame Purdue Randolph Field Franklin Marshall and others lead the remaining field with rankings and records showing Notre Dame Purdue Randolph Field and Saint Louis tied for top spots and several programs near undefeated status.
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SEW
YORK
Iowa Seahawks
Rutgers
Bostom College
Doane
Notre Dame Purdue
Randolph Field
Notre Dame
Bainbridge
Naval
Colorado College
Ind
Naval Air X
Pittsburgh
Kan
Washington
Layden Skips Irish-Seahawk Tilt To Bag Pheasants
Elmer Layden, former Notre Dame coach and NFL commissioner, missed the South Bend Seahawk game to finish pheasant hunting. He chose hunting over the matchup, then listened to Notre Dame win and harvested a two-bird limit.
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Waukegan
Elmer
Elmer Layden
National Football League
Notre Dame
Four Horsemen
South Bend
39 Survive Crash of U.S. Tankers 39 Survive Crash of U.S. Tankers
Coast Guard and Fourth Naval District reported 39 survivors landed at Lewes Delaware after two U.S. tankers collided in dense fog 58 miles off Cape Henlopen. One vessel caught fire but was towed. the other proceeded to an Atlantic port. Navy officers questioned survivors as investigators withheld cause details.
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Lewes
Del
Coast Guard
Eurovera
Cape Henlopen
Fourth Naval District
Navy
Atlantic
Bears topple Redskins end three-year unbeaten run
In Chicago, the Bears ended a 28 game regular season winning streak with a 21 to 7 loss to the Washington Redskins. The defeat keeps both teams from clinching division titles and sets up a potential December rematch in Chicago. Don Hutson starred for Green Bay with eight receptions for 337 yards as the Packers beat Brooklyn 31 to 7, keeping a slim chance for a Western title nod.
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Pave Hoff
Chicago
Rauch
Washington
Brooklyn
Dureble
Don Hutson
Cleveland
Hutson Thersby
St Polots
Packers
Dodgers
Green Bay
Bears
Cardinals
New York
Tradition Jinx Grips Aggies Edge Over Texas
A garbled 1920s style recap notes Texas and the Aggies in a tight gridiron clash. The Lions, Eagles, and Giants stumble late as Texas seeks a title, with mentions of a Fedskue tie race and Rose Bowl implications.
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Aggies
Texas
Longhorns
Bantamweights Meet In Title Match in Los Angeles
Unbeaten Benny Goldberg of Detroit fights Manuel Ortiz in a 15 round world bantamweight title bout in Los Angeles. Goldberg’s manager says he will stop Ortiz before 10 rounds, per the challenger’s promoter.
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Los Angeles
Benny Goldberg
Detroit
Manuel Ortiz
Ortiz Ineide
Pets Reilly
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