Green Bay to Battle Giants for Pro Crown Next Sunday
Green Bay and New York Giants, holders of the title, won division clinchers in hard fought games. The Packers edged the Lions 12 to 7 in Milwaukee as the Giants beat the Redskins 9 to 7 in Washington, setting up a high stakes showdown for the 1939 Pro Championship.
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Green Bay
New York
orrBy Lom
Detroit
Lions
Giants
Washington Redskins
Milwaukee
Wisconsin State Fair Park
Polo Grounds
Iergest
Redskins
Washington
Frank Filchek
Bob Mesterson
Bo Russell
William Halloran
Clark Hinkle
Packers
Tiny Enpertsen
Paul Martinovich
Dwight Sloan
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Parker Hail
Davey O'Brien
Colorado Springs
Colo
Colorado Boy Tops Scorers in National Football Race
Lloyd Madden, Colorado Mines halfback, clinched the national individual scoring lead with 141 points after scoring four touchdowns against Regis College in Denver. The 22-year-old star led the Ore Diggers to a conference title, with 29 touchdowns and three extra points this season. Don Liedorm of Manchester College sat second with 114 points, while Michigan's Tommy Harmon topped the Big Ten with 102 points in third nationally.
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New York
Lloyd Madden
Rocky Mountain
Whizzerite
Colorado Mines
Regis College Ranger
Denver
Madden
Ore Diggers
Don Liedorum
Manchester
Madgen
Liederum
Satuyay
Colorado Comet
Tommy Harmon
Michigan
Mullins Leaves Loyola Centre Coaching Position
Larry Moon Mullins, heat football coach at Loyola University of the South, will not renew his contract when it expires March 1. He informed Rev. P. Roy, S. J., Loyola president, by letter. Mullins, a Knute Rockne era alumnus, noted no other coaching offers and led a five win five loss season with a conference tie.
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Orleans
Des
Larry
Moon" Mullins
Loyola University of the South
Roy
S. J
Loyola
Mullins
Fiback
Knutie Rockne
Notre Dame
Conn Receives Movie Offers From Hollywood Stars
Eddie Brietz reports Billy Conn in Hollywood weighing two film offers while Babe Ruth appears fit at a recent screening. The piece notes Coach Norton and various East Coast players eyeing opportunities, with connections to Clemson Brigham Young and Texas A&M. A mix of sports and entertainment updates anchors the page.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Billy Conn
Hollywood
Babe Ruth
Broadway
Petey Scalzo
Togo West
Pat Comiskey
Ligey
Pittsburgh
Eddie Anderson
Jack Benny
Rochester
Eddie Matthews
Marshall Goldberg
Manuel Pacheco
Clemson
Brigham Young
Horher Norton
Texas Aggies
Minneapolis
Heaigues
Young
R. G. Lynch
Milwaukee Journal
Ken Keltner
Henry Armstrong
Harlem
Mike Jacobs
Harry Thomas
Chicago
Jack Kimbrough
Texas Christian
Jeff Timois
Penn
No Deals for Ivory Occur at Loop Meet
Gayle Talbott reports from Cincinnati on December 4 as the Loop Meet unfolds. John Kramer recalls punching John J. McGraw years ago, boasting about McGraw’s teeth. others at the gathering await notable action as players mingle and gossip. Reds seek a hitting left fielder and eye Joe Medwick while aiming to keep Lombardi. Commissioner Laridis allows working agreements with minors, within rules.
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Gayle Talbott
Cincinnati
John Kramer
John J. McGraw
Napoleon
Kramer
McGraw
Giants
Cussin’ Durin
John
Reis Seck
Cincinnati Reds
Reds
Ernie Lombardi
Harry Craft
Vince Dimaggio
Joe Medwick
Cardinals
Laridis
Duquesne Plans Series With St. Mary's Gaels
Duquesne announces tentative plans for a three year football series with St. Mary's of California the Gaels, aiming for a November 9 or 10 date next year. If finalized the slate would follow a strong season that ended with a 10 10 tie against the Titans of Detroit.
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Duquesne
St. Mary's Gaels
Pittsburgh
Duquesne University Eleven
St. Mary's
Mae West Coast
Balloping Gaels
Dukes
Detroit
Titans
Practice Begins On North South Football Game Plans
Charleston December 4 West Virginia prepares for the seventh annual North South Schoolboy football game set for late August 1940 at Laidley Field Charleston. The all star charity contest will involve 44 players 22 per side with plans to broaden to a coach school and college coaches. Games likely at night with proceeds to charity.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Laidley Field
North-South Game Board
South Charleston
North-South Board
Stansbury
R. J. Gorman
James J. Dugigan
W. E. Chilton, Jr
Frank
Grafton High School
Bearcat
Randall H. McKinney
Washington Street
Clarksburg
Bearcats
McKinney
Hill Bolyard
Frank Killen Dies at 69 Former NL Pitcher Found Dead
Pittsburgh dispatch reports Frank Killen a 69 year old former major league pitcher for teams in Pittsburgh Washington Boston and Chicago was found dead in an automobile in suburban North Park. Physician attributes death to a heart attack. While with the Pirates in 1893 Killen as a southpaw set a National league record of 36 victories in a season, a mark not matched by any other left hander.
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Pittsburgh
Frank Killen
Washington
Boston
Chicago
North Park
Pirates
Killen
Baseball Man Tarleton Banned From Game
Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball commissioner, barred Robert S. Tarleton veteran Texas baseball man from the game and placed him on the ineligible list He cannot hold any job in organized baseball but may apply for reinstatement later Tarleton formerly Dallas club business manager and superior scout claims an investigation found he certified a notorious gambler and bootmaker as a scout for his club The alleged misdeed involved a Longview Texas team as well as the Dallas club and the White Sox hire a year ago to direct their finances
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Chicago
Kenesaw Mountain
Dallas
National Association of Professional Baseball League
Landis
Tarleton
Longview
Tex
Mountain State Loop opens April 28 in 1940 season
Cincinnati dec 4 1940 mountain state baseball league officials announce the 1940 campaign will open April 28 and run to a late june window with Ray Yan reelected president. An all star east west game for the class 1 loop is slated for July 5.
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Cincinnati
Mountain State Baseball League
Bagusl
Circuit Chiefs
Ray Yan
Monte Pearson Escapes Death in Hunting Incident
Fresno report describes New York Yankee pitcher Monte Pearson being shot at while hunting. A blast tore his cap near the left ear, leaving a goose eye wound. Pearson and a 15 year old baseball player were nearby when the boy fired a shot that hit Pearson’s cap.
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Fresno
Calif
Monte Pearson
New York Yankee
Pearson
Ministers Open Charleston Retreat With Keynote Cochran
West Virginia Baptist ministers opened a semi annual retreat with Rev C V Cochran of Philippi as first speaker. Alderson Broaddus College president John W Elliott is set to address the final session Wednesday.
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Charleston
State college students run city with student mayor
Fairmont State College students seized control of city government today as Leo Roberts, student body president from St. Albans, acted as mayor. The playful exercise aimed to simulate municipal leadership and civic duties among the student body.
McDade to referee February pro cage contests
Charles Mickey McDade a prominent Grafton High School official will handle all Carmichael Auditorium games this February. Shamie Hines will work December matchups and Stanley Jeranko is assigned to January contests for the Giarasourg Pure Oilers cage battles.
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Charles
Mickey" McDade
Grafton High Penool
Giarasourg Pure Oilers
Carmichael Auditorium
Shamie Hines
Stanley Jeranko
Bowl parade heads to new year in 1939 grid clashes
The 1939 football season ends with opening bowl ceremonies on New Year’s day. Georgia Tech earned a Miami Orange Bowl invite after beating Georgia 13 0. Arizona State secured a Sun Bowl berth by winning the Border Conference title. Cornell Duke Clemson Missouri Texas A M Colorado and Colorado Mines reach regional championships as the season winds down.
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Hugh S. Fullerton, JR
New York
Georgia Tech
Miami
Georgia
Arizona State of
Cornell
Duke
Clemson
Ohio State
Missouri
Missouri Valley
Washington University
Texas A
M. Mountain States
Colorado
Rocky Mountain
Colorado Mines
Trojans
Notre Dame
Engineers
Tennessee
Tulane
Tennessee Volunteer
Kentucky
Auburn
Southern California
Southern Cal
Uclans
Washington
Oregon
Lax Officials Blamed For Attack On U S Reds
Aberdeen Washington December 4 Communist party official blames city officials and the witch hunt campaign of Martin Dies for a raid on a Communist hall. Four hundred or more besieged the Workers hall and wrecked the building during a two hour demonstration. No injuries reported. H P Huff county executive secretary blamed action failures to prevent the raid. The attack followed a week of ill feeling after a victory dance advertised by Communists competed with a Finnish patriotic meeting.
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Aberdeen
Wash
Martin Dies
Communist Party
H. P. Huff
Rome Protest Dismissed by Steel Helmeted Troops
In a continuation from page one, a Rome demonstration toward the Russian embassy was dispersed by steel-helmeted troops in full war gear. They blocked streets near the embassy as protesters shouted long live Poland and down with Russia, Stalin, Bolshevism.
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Rome
Russia
Glenn Quits Mountaineer Coaching Job
Dr. Marshall Sleepy Glenn resigns as West Virginia football coach to return to medicine. He will begin practice at Charles Town in April, leaving a program that finished 2-6-1 after a Sun Bowl year of eight wins in 1937. Potential successors named include Dr. Jock Sutherland and Bill Ken.
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Morgantown
West Virginia University
Marshall
Glenn
Charles E. Lawall
Washington and Lee
Mountaineers
Charles Town
John Bain
Jock) Sutherland
Pitt
Bill Ken
Carnegie Tech
Elkins
Texas Tech
Martinsburg High School
The
University
Charles C.trusty Tallman
Rush Medical School
Detroit
George Washington
Davis-Elkins
Youngstown
State College
Footprints Hint at Escape Plan in Mrs Judd Vanishing
Deputies believe Mrs. Judd vanished from a hospital ward within half an hour while under care. Kelvin Fox, aide to Governor Bob Jones, says the escape may have been planned. She was last seen at 6 30 p m nervous and excited, and a return check found the ward door open. Authorities blocked all exits as searches continued.
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Tempe
Intz
Phoenix
Mexico
W. C.judd
Veterans’ Hospital
Los Angeles
Chamber Hints At Politics Of Federal Spending
A chamber group notes practical politics shadowing the upcoming presidential campaign and cautions that cutting federal spending will be hard. Members cite administration hopes to shrink the deficit by 19 billion over the year starting July 1, but doubt the proposed special tax cut will pass to cover the projected 5 billion rise in national defense costs.
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Gonuine
Grafton Junior Cagers Open Practice Tonight
Grafton Junior High invites seventh and eighth graders to try out for the basketball team. Coach Charles Mickey issues the call with first practice at 4 pm in the Washington Street School gym. Drafting of the Bearkittens schedule is planned within a week or ten days.
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Grafton
Charles “Mickey
Washington Street
Bearkittens
Officials to Gather Here For Grafton Clinic
Northern Board of Approved Basketball Officials met in Clarksburg yesterday and will hold an annual clinic at Grafton High School Riverside Drive field house at 7 PM on Wednesday December 13. Demonstration game among Grafton players will show officiating techniques and new rules. Six officials were selected to participate at West Virginia University on December 16.
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Randall H. McKinney
Northern Board of Approved
Clarksburg
Riverside Brive
Grafton High School
Grafton High
Chick Wiehl
New York City
McDade
Cage
West Virginia University
Charles F. Mol
Grafton
Sammy Kistler
Shamie Hines
Frank Securro
Chris Lolas
Art Ward
Association
Tom Bolyard
Coach McKinney
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Moon” Mullins
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Bob Tarleton
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Mountain State Loop
Hey” McDade
Lax
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