Bears To Get First Choice Of College Player In 1940 Draft
Washington notes the Chicago Bears, after a 73 to 0 win over Washington, hold first pick in the NFL draft of top college players. New rule bars trading or selling first or second picks for a year without owner approval. Eagles and Steelers lose rights. coin toss fixes Steelers’ pick position. Harmon and Kimbrough cited as valuable targets.
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Washington
Chicago Bears
Masere
Washington Redskins
Tommy Harmon
Jarrin
John Kimbrough
Chicago
Tee
Bears
Selecion
Philadelphia Eagles
Pittsburgh Steelers
Eagles
Bert Bell
George Halas
Halas
Steelers
Chicago Cardinals
Harmon
Michigan University
Kimbrough
Texas A
Cardinals
Cleveland Rams
Detroit Lions
New York Giants
Green Bay Packers
Brooklyn Dodgers
Marshall Midwest tour sets 24 game schedule
Huntington Dec 10 Marshall college basketball will tour the Midwest ending in Denver with a 24 game schedule. Coach Cam Henderson said the west coast barnstorming plan is scrapped and listed dates include Indiana Bloomington Wichita Denver Tennessee Louisville Seton Hall and more through February.
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Huntington
Marshall College
Midwest
Denver
Colo
Cam Henderson
West Coast
Herd
Indiana University
Bloomington
Southwestern
Winfield
Kas
Wichita
Colorado College
Baltimore University
Baltimore
Mexico University
Morehead
Dayton Atome
Morhead
St. Francis
Wesleyan
Buckhannon
Packers win 27-0 in title game a year ago this date
A look back notes that last year Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 27 to 0 to win the national football league championship before 32 279 at the stadium. It also recalls three years prior when Steve O Neill moved from Cleveland to manage Buffalo in the International League for 1938 and 1929 and five years ago the Athletics sold Jimmie Foxx to the Boston Red Sox with pitcher Johnny Marcum for about 185000 and two players.
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Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
Steve O'Neill
Cleveland Pilot
Buffalo
Athletics
Jommy Foxx
Boston Red Sox
Johnny Marcum
Gophers Plan Irish Series and Football Gossip
Chicago Bears plan a decisive showcase, with Billy Conn and Johnny Ray tied to the talk. Banks M’fad-den plans to leave the Brooklyn squad next year, while Dempsey’s refereeing tour netted him twenty thousand. Rumors link Sid Luckman to a trade, and Doc Hauser may target Ohio State’s head coach role someday.
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Eddie Briet
New York
Chicago Bears
Sunda
MGM
Billy Conn
Johnny Ray
Banks M'Fadden
South Carolina
Brooklyn
Jack Dempsey
Lie West
Minnesota
George Preston Marshall
Boston
Allen
Sid Luckman
Chicago
Football Dodgers
George Hauser
Ohio State
Doc Prothro
Little Rock Travelers
Prof
Barker
Foxx
Miami Fla. A
Bumpus
Springfield
Blood
Amherst
Wesleyan
New England
Boston College
Phil K. Wrigley
Cubs
Charley Miller
Maine
Joe Louis
John, Antonello
Kansas City
Tom M'Hugh
Joey Archibald
Harry Jeffra
Chester Ellis
Corn Belt
Atlanta
Roger Peckinpaugh
James A. Murphy
Canton Ledger
Bill Kiem
Headine
New York Post
Washington
Redskins
Georgia Youth Chosen Captain of Navy Team
Midshipman W. Edward Sims of Hapeville Georgia was named captain of the 1941 Navy football team by athletic director Capt. T Starr King. Sims won two N stars for Army victories and earlier played as center for the plebe team in 1938 and the varsity in 1939. He attended Georgia Tech two years before entering the Naval Academy and will be able to play a third year as a second class midshipman. He will be scheduled with Salem College, Henderson said.
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Annapolis
W. Edward Sims
Hapeville
Navy
T. Starr King
Sims
Army
Harold Har Wood
Georgia Tech
Naval Academy
Miss Alice Marble Tops 1940 Best Woman Athlete Poll
Miss Alice Marble of California and New York is named outstanding woman competitor of 1940 with 65 first place votes and 216 points. Betty Jameson from San Antonio wins second after securing four firsts and 89 points. Other top contenders include Marjorie Gestring, Patty Berg, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Lorainne Fisher, and Katie Rawls Thompson.
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Bill Boni
New York
Harmon
Alice Marble
California
Tom Harmon
Associated Press
Miss Marble
Betty Jameson
San Antonio
Tex
U. S
Mar-jorie Gestring
Los Angeles
Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
Lorraine Fisher
Katie Rawls-Thompson
Florida
North South teams picked for Blue and Gray game
Montgomery Alabama December 10 announcement by the Blue and Gray association lists North and South squads for the December 28 football classic. North coach Carl Snave ly and Lynn Waldorf lead the North with 22 players. South under Ray Wolf and Jess Neely includes 22 players. Key names include Joe Bailey Leonard Warner Rix Yard and many star backs and linemen from major programs. The two teams assemble December 21 for final practice.
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Montgomery
Ala
Blue & Gray Association
Joe Bailey
Kentucky
Dixie
Leonard Warner
Rix Yard
Pennsylvania
Carl Snavely
Cornell
Lynn Waldorf
Northwestern
Ray Wolf
North Carolina
Jess Neely
Rice
Ed Rucinski
Indiana
L. Kelley
Frank Claire
Ohio State
Penn
Tom Gallagher
Notre Dame
Tom Riggs
Kinois
Ray Aarts
Ralph Fritz
Michigan
Charles Dauls
Temple
Helge | Pukema
Minnesota
Dick Embick
Wisconsin
Bud Finneran
Ray Apolskis
Marquette
Bill Murphy
Mort Landsberg
Walter Mastuszczak
Nick Basca
Villanova
Dick Richards
Joe Hoague
Colgate
Bob Thurbon
Pittsburgh
John Kostyc
Wittenberg
Paul Severin
Hal Newman
Albania
Dinky Darnell
Duke
Dave Parker
Hardin Simmons
Fred Hartman
Morris Holdgraf
Vanderbilt
J. C. Winterson
Gates Kimball
Bob Sherrod
Texas Christian
George Kinard
Mississippi
Mushc Battista
Florida
J. W. Goree
Louisiana State
Ken Whitlow
Rive
Bucks
Jim (Sweet
Fights Last Night Across Cities Reported Scores
Boxing results from Philadelphia Toronto Chicago Pittsburgh Baltimore New York Manchester list wins by outpoints. Boxers Gus oraz Tony Cisco Cave Catliloux Nate Bolden Chalky Wright Frankie Martin Wishy Jones Tony Shucco and others fought in several bouts with decisions noted and venues including Philadelphia Brooklyn Montreal Chicago Los Angeles Hartford Pasadena Louisville Bennington and McKeesport.
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Phildelphia
Gus Oraz
Philadelphia
Hebie Katz
Brooklyn
Toronto
Tommy Spiesal
Uniontown
Cave Catliloux
Montreal
Chicago
Nate Bolden
Tony Cisco
Norristown
Pittsburgh
Mose Brown
McKeesport
Harvey Massey
New Orleans
Baltimore
Jimmy Leto
Hartford
Conn
Chalky Wright
Los Angeles
New York
Frankie Martin
Pasadena
Calif
Wishy Jones
Louisville
Manchester
N. H
Tony Shucco
Boston
Nand Roy
Bennington
Argentine Pros Log Dreams On United Open Quest
Two Argentine golf professionals travel 7000 miles to compete in the Winter tour and eye the United States Open as a prize equal to home. Martin Pose says Eduaro Blasi could become a national hero if he breaks through, noting Blasi’s longer wood shots with the smaller ball used in Argentina.
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Miami
Fla
Baglessiana
Sional
Argentina
United States
Martin Pose
Eduardo Blasi
Pose
Blasi
Miami Springs
Hunt Placed on Star Team in Little All-America Pick
From the east, south, southwest and Pacific coast come the selections for the Associated Press Little All-America football team. Dominic Colangelo, Tommervik, Owen Goodnight, and Jackie Hunt headline the backfield, with Nick Kerosiotis, Walter Piak, Dave Evans, Alex Schibanoff, Bull Turner, Charles Lingerfelt, and Jack Mulkey anchoring the line and ends. The team averages 191 pounds, with Hunt scoring 162 points in 10 games and averaging near 40 yards per scoring burst against Xavier.
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Bill Bont
New York
South
Southwest
Pacific Coast
New
Berry
West Maryin
Tommervik
Pacific Lutheran
Washington
Owen Goodnight
Hardin-Simmons
Texas
Jackie Hunt
Pounder
Marshal
West Virginia
Hunt
Tommer
Pall Lad
Xavier
Cincinnati
Middle West
Nick Kerosiotis
St. Ambrose
Iowa
Walter Piak
Albion
Mich
Dave Evans
Muskingum
Alex Schibanoff
Franklin
Marshall
Dartmouth
Stuart Clarkson
Texas Arts and Industries College
Bulldog Turner
Charles
Lingerfelt
Rollins
Fla
Florida
Jack Mulkey
Fresno
Calif
West Virginia all state football selections announced
Eleven top scholastic grid performers were named to the 1940 West Virginia all state team but their names will be released in more than a week. Second team members and honorable mentions were also chosen by the enlarged board. Chairman Roy M Hawley noted the board size increase and delays due to press preparations.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Roy M. Hawley
Hawley
Bank and Trust Co Building Room 303 Third Floor G
A terse item notes room 303 on the third floor of the Bank and Trust Co Building. The readable fragment identifies the location within the bank complex but provides no further actions or context.
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Newspaper sports editors and state athletic appeals officials meet
Newspapers were represented at today’s session by sports editors Bill Bess of the Huntington Advertiser and Reesap of the Clarksburg Telegram, officials by C. Lee Spillers of Waceline by J.R. Van Meter, and principals by C. A. 2 of Salem, a member said of athletic appeals.
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Bill Bess
Huntington Advertiser
Resap
Clarksburg Telegram
C. Lee Spillers
Waceline
J.R. van Meter
Salem
Major League Owners Open Winter Meeting Amid Trade Rule Debate
Major league club owners began their annual winter meeting in Chicago with talk of possible legislative action and trade rule changes. The sessions split by league to discuss the no-trade rule, commissioner Lindsey, and plans for night games. Connie Mack supported preserving the no-trade rule as pivotal, while the NL prepared to curb more than seven home night games per season.
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Earl Hilligan
Chicago
Ammissioner
Kenesaw M. Lin
Connie Mack
Philadelphia Athletics
St. Louis
Bill Terry
New York Giants
Boston
Bees
Pittsburgh
Chicago Cubs
Cincinnal
Cleveland
Indians
Ben Chapman
Neely Kilgore discuss democracy after dinner remarks
Governor-elect M. M. Neely of Fairmont missed the dinner due to Senate duties in Washington. U. S. Senator-elect Harley M. Kilgore of Beckley urged treating the occasion as a rededication to continue the work of the last eight years. France was criticized for a false sense of security before a democratic lapse and England’s reaction as democracy regained attention.
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Connen
France
Neely
England
M. M. Neely
Fairmont
U. S. Senate
Washington
U. S
Harley M. Kilgore
Beckley
Mullens High Named S WV Scholastic Conference Champion
Mullens High School football team was named the Southern West Virginia scholastic conference champion at yesterday's meeting.
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Bluefield
Mullens
Blues Bowl feature honors W C Handy on Beale Street
Memphis scene honors 67 year old W C Handy at the Blues Bowl game where Booker T. Washington of Memphis beat Clarksdale 6 0. Beale Street shines with Handy tunes revived by over 50 Beale Street organizations in a symphony of blues.
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Memphis
Tenn
W. C
Bill Handy
Berles
Beale Street
St. Louis
Clarksdale
Miss
Handy
Beale
New York
Verdict Held Up in Poison Death of Renke at Huntington
Coroner F X Schuller withheld a verdict in the death of Richard S Renke 23 a Marshall College graduate and chemist for a Huntington firm who died after swallowing poison. Schuller said Renke may have taken the draught by mistake.
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Huntington
F. X. Schuller
Richards
Renke
Marshall College
Schuller
Table Tennis Tournament Planned During Holiday
A countywide table tennis tournament will be held during the holiday season with a gold loving cup donated by Al Tackett and the Lear Jewel company. Entries are at one store or by telephone. Taylor county residents eligible to compete include most leading players. Regulations will be followed as stated for the meet.
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T. W
al Tackett
Lear Jewel Company
Taylor County
Highway blockage at Leon area after truck collision
Highway No. 35 near Leon was blocked briefly yesterday after a truck train driven by James Compton collided, causing damaged fenders. Police said the incident was part of a string of hold ups by the accident and scuffed the roadway as tubs were involved.
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Point Pleasant
Leon
James Compton
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