Grid Fatalities Continue Decline in Football
Lafayette Ind November 7 1940 gridiron fatality report shows fourth straight year of decline. Dr Floyd R Eastwood of the American Football Coaches Association and Purdue University notes eight deaths blamed on game two this season's first half. Five directly football related, three heart trouble, nine from infection indirect. One direct college fatality Jack Tandy 21 San Francisco State College died Oct 27 of cerebral hemorrhage. Another died in a touch football club game John Donald 20 Amherst Mass skull fracture during collision.
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Floyd R. Eastwood
Eastwood
Purdue University
Jack Tandy
San Francisco State
Colege
Joh W. Donald
Amherst
Mass
Demoling Boots 80yard Punt Into Chesapeake Bay
Marquette quarterback Bob Demoling booted a wind aided 80 yard punt against Navy at Annapolis. The kick rolled into Chesapeake Bay and was never recovered, becoming a famed long punt in 1925 football lore.
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Bay
Milwaukee
Marquette University
Bob Dempling
Gold Avalanche
Navy
Annapolis
Chesapeake Bay
Rizzuto Shine Promised By Early Baseball Outlook
Eddie Froelich predicts the 21 year old Phil Rizzuto will star at short for the Yankees with a rebuilt pitching staff and win the 1941 AL pennant by 20 games. Attending analysts say Rizzuto will surpass Eddie Miller and Pee Wee Reese in defense and hitting.
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Yankees
Eddie Froelich
Chicago Blackhawk
Kansas City Blues
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Froelich
Dodgers
Rizzuto
Brooklyn
Eddie Miller
Pee Wee Resse
Sports Mirror Today A Year Ago Hartnett Retained As Cubs Manager
Phil Wrigley owner of Chicago Nationals declared Gabby Hartnett would be retained as manager for 1940. The note reflects a season planning stance and the Cubs’ leadership decision recorded in the sports pages.
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Phil Wrigley
Chicago Nationals
Gabby Hartnett
Cubs
Wear Daze in Sports Roundup Picks Winners
A retro bowling of college gridiron matchups outlines picks by CHALLY WEAR DAZE. Highlights include Stanford over Washington and Texas A&M over Southern Methodist, with Alabama and Oklahoma forecast as strong contenders and Penn State favored in the Syracuse game.
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Princeton
Dartmouth
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Kansas
Sooners
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Syracuse
Wessington Closes Season With Big Win Over Highmore
In the final game Tuesday afternoon Wessington High School six man football routed Highmore 66 to 12, finishing 5-2. Coach Nepstad sets November 12 for basketball practice as six lettermen plan to return for 1940. Alberta’s population is about 500000 across 101000 farms.
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Wessington High School
Highmore
Nepstad
Weather snapshot and prose note from Daniel Defoe
Temperature report shows high 79 and low 26 with yearly totals 1243 and 19.66 normal year to date. Forecast for South Dakota Iowa Minnesota calls for increasing clouds and warmer conditions with possible rain or snow Friday. A 1719 note credits Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe as early tourism writing.
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Huron
South Dakota
Iowa
Minnesota
Former Ring Champ Dies In Chicago
Chicago obit notes William Buddy Ryan age 58 former welterweight title claimant who faced Jimmy Gardner Abe Attell and Kid Broad, dying last night in Chicago with old time rivals named in death report.
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Chicago
William
Buddy) Ryan
Jimmy Gardner
Abe Attel
Kid Broad
Weather and Roads Report Clashes with Clear Sioux Falls
The weather bulletin lists temperatures across South Dakota with clear skies in several cities and rapid city noted as cloudy while others show readings from 28 to 51 degrees and zero to two tenths rainfall. A bowling season update highlights Abe Berg’s close to single game high of 278 in Monday night league play as reported by The Huronite.
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Tam. Hi. Lo. Pre
Sioux Falls
Brookings
Clear
Aberdeen
Watertown
Yankton
Rapid City
Huron
Lemmon
Mitchell
Fray
Abe Berg
Bar bowler sets notional season record then 278 clears it
In a local bowling note Sportsman's Bar bar kegler claimed a 266 single game mark but Morris Frary of Standard Oil eclipsed the feat with a 278 as the same evening’s scores rolled in.
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Sportsman's
Bar Kegler
Morris Frary
Standard Oil
Symptoms of sight impairment described in common conditions
Blurred vision, headaches, eyelid inflammation, eye pain, puffiness or drooping lids, and watery eyes are the most frequently recognized signs of sight impairment.
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