Finney takes rebuilding task with Hartford Bulldogs
Hartford coach Charlie Finney moves from undefeated Columbia Lions to Geneva County High to rebuild the Hartford Bulldogs. He inherits a team that won one game last year and aims to develop a split-T offense with returning backs Doyle Kinsaul Willem Sheppard Bobby Dowling and George Ward while integrating new staff and captains for a season with a hopeful but uncertain future. Schedule openings include games at Ozark Elba Enterprise Opp and Genoa.
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McKeen To Speak At Opening Huddle Of Quarterback Club
Wiregrass Quarterback Club will host its season opener at the Wagon Wheel tonight at 8. Captain Rufus Davis says regular Monday meetings stay the same and Allyn McKeen, a famed SEC figure and former Mississippi State coach, will headline with insider football insights and SEC perspective.
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Kentucky and Tech In Major Games This Week
Four top programs including California Kentucky Southern Methodist and North Carolina kick off a big early season slate as Kentucky hosts LSU in Lexington while SMU welcomes Georgia Tech in Dallas. Notre Dame and Oklahoma do not open until late September.
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Tampa selects two co captains for UT football team
Tampa’s University of Tampa football squad elected Dit Lachley from Blendenville and Tack Mahier from Bushnell as co captains. Marley, last year’s teammate, and Lachley, a Florida transfer, join Mahier as juniors. Marley was formerly with Dothan High Tigers.
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Columbia Wachtberg football moved to Thursday night game
The Columbia Wachtberg football schedule has been changed from Friday night to Thursday night at eight. Admission is 25 and 50 cents with sports writers and others invited to view the film and special event.
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New Browns Rise Span Against Old Title Hopes
Baseball round up from an era of pennant chases highlights the Browns turning up the heat on the Red Sox and Yankees with key wins and late rallies. The Tigers, Athletics, White Sox, and Phillies also tally notable scores as Spahn and Antonelli shine for the National League. A busy day ends with dramatic finishes and shifting standings across the league.
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NCAA Official Proposes Plan to Shift Recruiting Control
Savannah AP reports NCAA official James Lynch proposes a plan to remove player recruiting from coaches and alumni and assign it to conference commissioners offices. He says the aim is to ease coach burden, curb alumni pressure, and improve recruiting fairness and costs. Troy State Teachers College fell 18 7 to Southeastern Louisiana.
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Hale Powell Named Junior Co Captain For 1940 Tigers
Coach Bill Ezell reports Hale and Powell elected co captains of Young Janine High Baby Tigers for 1940 season. Team struggles to secure opposition, with only two tentative dates on the schedule both against Troy Freshmen. Ezell aims to open Saturday and hopes to schedule Tellahassee and Pensacola dates. He commends progress and believes the youngsters could surpass the 1949 squad’s five wins and one loss.
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Monument Erected Over Yorkville Cow Grave Queen Doreen
A monument was erected over the grave of Queen Doreen, a Yorkville cow and York County grand champion. The honored animal stood as a symbol of local agricultural achievement and community pride.
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East and West to meet Toledo in Baghdad police contract
The east and west will meet in Iraq as Willys-Overland completes a Baghdad police contract to replace the Arabian station with 121 jeeps amid the city’s modernization efforts.
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Playoff Today Pits Middlecoff Oliver in St Louis Open
Cary Middalecott and Ed Oliver were slated for a 1 hole playoff today to determine the winner at the $15,000 St Louis Open. Middlecoff, last year’s National Open champion from Ormont Beach Florida, finished the round at 270 ten under par. Oliver, from Seattle, Washington, shot 78. Third place went to Orville.
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Porky) Olver
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