St Augustine High Opens Season With 21 to 6 Win
St Augustine High school opened its basketball season by limiting Kasson High to three scoreless quarters before pulling away to a 21 to 6 victory on the home floor. Jim Whelan led the Irish with three field goals and three fouls, while Barlow added five points including two free throws. Kasson’s J Nestor and another Nestor starred for the visitors before two Kasson players were ejected late.
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St. Augustine
Kasson
Parachia
Cockrell
Boyard
Jim Whelan
Barlow
Whelan
St. Augustine Clan
Dick” Gerkins
J. Nestor
Nestor
Husky
Lutz
Olympic row out in open over Berlin participation
The Amateur Athletic Union prepares to decide if American athletic teams should attend the 1936 Berlin and Garmisch-Partenkirchen games. A cusp meeting with Avery Brundage and Jeremiah Mahoney could frame a sharp split, with a boycott favored by nine of 34 sectional associations and a public vote slated for Saturday.
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New York
United States
Berlin
Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Amateur Athletic Union
Pro
Avery Brundage
Chicago
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
Brundage
Mahoney
American Olympic Committee
Machney
Cardinals Struggle with Illnesses Hit St Louis Club
St Louis December reports list Pat Ankenman with a leg injury after joining from Columbus. Johnny Mize has had pelvic growth removal surgery and remains under care. Terry Moore, Heine Mueller, and Joe Schultz are also under treatment or hospital care for various conditions.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis Cardinals
Ball Park
Pat Ankenman
Cardinal
Columbus
American Association
Pat
Johnny Mize
Terry Moore
Heine Mueller
Joe Schultz
North South Football Ballot Instructions
Voters are told to select at most three players from a single school and to vote only once. Seniors only count in the tabulations. Ballots postmarked after midnight December 14 will be discarded. Mail ballots to North South Football Box 1243 Charleston WV Committee P O Box.
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West Virginia
Charleston
W. Va
Bethany College Fifth Prepares For Schedule
Bethany West Virginia December 5 The Bethany college floor squad began intensive practice for a pre season warmup contest less than two weeks away The Bisons will meet the Good year semi pro outfit in Akron December 18 for the only game of the month They open their collegiate season January 9 against Waynesbors Yellowjackets in the Bethany gymnasium
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Bethany
W. Va
Bethany College
Bisons
Goodyear
Akron
Waynesbore
Yellowjackets
Bethany Gymnasium
Notre Dame Cagers Crack Midwest Record with 172 Points
Notre Dame, famed for football, set a Midwest basketball mark by 172 points in three games this season averaging 67 per game. They beat Albion 62 26, St Marys 45 22, and Kalamazoo 65 17 in recent doubleheaders. Coach Keogan used multiple lineups as Layden does in football.
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South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame University
Fighting Irish
Albion
Mich
College
St. Mary's College of
Winona
Minn
Kalamazoo
Winter Sport Program Gets Well Started
Charleston December reports on college athletics note West Virginia University adding boxing and wrestling names to its winter program with Whitey Gwynn leading candidates. Boxers list fourteen, including veterans Eshada Welch Vacheresse Dicker son Littlepage Brutto, with Joe Zaleski to join later. Glenville State enters Rohrbaugh with twenty four basketball hopefuls led by Paul Jones. Roosevelt-Wilson grid team in Clarksburg hears Dr Carl P Schott stress defeat as a learning tool for youths. A 400 pound black bear was killed in Tucker county by Dick Benson.
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Charleston
West Virginia University
Whitey” Gwynn
Felix Eshada
Denver
Red” Welch
Puzz" Vacheresse
Ashley Dickerson
Sam Littlepage
Mickey Brutto
Joe Zaleski
Clarksburg
Rohrbaugh
Dick Benson
Bruceton Mills
Preston County
Tucker County
Roosevelt-Wilson High School
Carl P. Schott
Morgantown grid plans clash over 1936 schedule
Morgantown papers attack the 1936 Mountain Eer football slate urging a shift toward eastern opponents and state schools. The debate centers on four Morgantown games, a big Wesleyan clash, and the need for lasting rivalries to boost attendance and spirit at West Virginia University.
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Morgantown
Mountain‘eer
Morgantown Post
Stansbury
Dominion News
West Virginia University
Winter golf season opens at Orlando tournament field of 155
In Orlando Florida on December 5 a field of 155 players began the 2000 Orlando open the first Florida winter event. Notables included Zell Eaton joining the pros on the winter tour with Parks in the field for the opening round alongside Revolta Runyan and Sam Parks Jr. among others. Eighteen holes today follow by 18 tomorrow and 36 Saturday as top pros and amateurs compete.
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Orlando
Fla
Florida
Zell Eaton
Oklahoma City
Nassau
California
Parks
Johnny Revolta
Paul Runyan
Sam ‘Parks, Jr
Pittsburgh
Laffoon
Chicago
Carl Dann, Jr
Orlando Country Club
Bobby Cruickshank
Richmond
Frank Walsh
Billie Burke
Cleveland
Willie MacFarlané
Miami
Harry Cooper
Jimmy Thompson
Wrestling Last Night Features Upsets Across Cities
In Baltimore Danno O’Mahoney 220 from Ireland defeated Jim Browning 236 of Verona Missouri at 20 30. In Bridgeton Carlos Henriquez 200 from New York beat Prince Gelasi Mango 205 from Ethiopia in two straight falls. Holyoke Yvon Robert 216 of Montreal beat Danny Winters 212 from Missouri in two straight falls. Portland Abe Coleman 212 of New York defeated Red Russell 218 of Chicago.
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Danno O'Mahoney
Ireland
Jim Browning
Verona
Reading
Chief Litt! Wolf
California
Charley Strack
Spring Valley
N. J
Bridgeton
Carlos Henriquez
New York
Prince
Gelasi Mango
Ethiopia
Holyoke
Yvon Robert
Montreal
Danny Winters
Four Cagers Lose Scholastic Status at Grafton High
Edidh O Conner remains the lone early starter as three more players Denzie Jones and Hebb join him ineligibility after second six weeks grades. They may miss conference games but can play non conference battles with Alumni and Warren Ohio if they improve. Coach McKinney faced a shaky outlook as replacements loom for Denzie Hebb and Jones, with O Conner already cleared this term. Parental support and a drive to study are urged to salvage the Bearcats season.
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Robert Bunne
Edidh O'Conner
Grafton High
Denzie
Jones
Hebb
Warren
Ohio
M'Kinney
McKinney
Grafton
O'Conner
Mountaineer
Deel
Ron McKinney
Fights and Basketball Highlight Grafton Debut Night
The report notes boxing bouts with multiple weigh classes including Warner Walker Demary Kulaskin and Soldati scoring knockouts. Basketball opened the season in Grafton with a 21 to 6 win over Kasson High, showing solid defensive effort and strong three period jumps.
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Grafton
Ncore
Kasson
McClung sues construction firm for ten thousand dollars
W H McClung filed suit against P W Johnson Construction Co in Princeton for 10000 alleging injuries from a steel girder while working on the post office. In Charleston E L Peters directed a drive against unauthorized door to door cosmetics demonstrators and instructed investigators to arrest violators.
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Princeton
W. Va
W. H. McClung
P. W. Johnson Construction Company
McClung
Charleston
E. L. Peters
Bureau of Barbers and Beauticians
West Virginia title talk tops Clarksburg meeting
Clarksburg hosts the State Collegiate Athletic Conference session as West Virginia's intercollegiate football title is debated. Coaches plan basketball schedules and select host city for the next campus cage tournament after last season’s floor event. Fairmont led last year. Clarksburg seeks next hosting duties.
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
State Collegiate Athletic Conference
Fair‘mont
Grid games called safer by Knute Rockne era legend
Harry Stuhldreher, Villanova coach and one of Knute Rockne's Four Horsemen, told Xavier University's football dinner that lateral passes and an open game style have reduced hazards. He argued that detractors cite deaths to push anti football sentiment, noting only three college player deaths this season as not alarming given many youths play the sport.
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Cincinnati
Harry Stuhldreher
Knute Rockne
Four Horsemen
Villanova College
Xavier University
Stuhldreher
China Clipper Nearing Manila to California Leg
The China Clipper prepares for the final leg of its Manila to California flight as the AMERICAN skies liner nears Alameda. The Wake Island to Alameda leg took nine hours and five minutes, with the craft set to depart for Honolulu and then Alameda Friday afternoon. The Philippine Clipper, a sister ship, also begins its maiden Manila to Manila run.
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Pan American Airways
Manila
California
Wake Island J
President Hayes
San Francisco
Almeda
Wake
Honolulu
Alameda
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