Ambers Chosen Comeback Man of the Year in AP Poll
In the ninth annual AP poll, Low Ambers led among 67 nominees for comeback of 1939 with 56 points. Lefty Grove second with 50 points, featuring a remarkable return to form for the Red Sox veteran. Galento and Meade also garnered notable support across baseball, boxing, golf, tennis, and other sports.
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Sid Feder
New York
Ambers
Lefty
Mose Grove
Tony Galento
Associated Press
Grove
Henry Armstrong
Poin
Little Lou
Mose
Boston Red Sox
Don Mende
Glento
Joe Luis
Lou Nova
Jersey
Don Meade
South Dakota
Clint Brown
Chicago White Sox
Dick Metz
Miami boxing show planned by Dempsey Johnston duo
Promoter duo Jack Dempsey and Jimmy Johnston may stage a Red Burman versus Bob Pastor fight in Miami in February. Also notes on Pop Fuller’s health, Elliott Cushing's view on Russia, and various sports tidbits about Moon Mullins and Banks McFadden among others.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Jack Dempsey
Jimmy Johnston
Red Burman
Bob Pastor
Miami
Pop Fuller
Helen Wills
Helen Jacobs
Alice Marble
Oakland
Elliott Cushing
Rochester Democrat Chronicle
Russia
Jay
Los Angeles Sports Weekly
Mike Jacobs
Washington, D. C
Rosefack
Joe Louis
Heinie Miller
Maryland U
Moon Mullins
Notre
Hershrey
Washington
Scraps Tonight At Baltimore Forge Club Foreshadows Big Season
Big town fans expect a fat football season next year with leading teams from all regions booked in the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium. Young Pat Comiskey readies for tougher opponents as plans unfold for matchups with Buddy Baer or Lou Nova in the new year. Easy on the Ears Bobby Grayson misses the Washington Southern California game so his wife attends Dean M Adams and earns praise for a standout football performance.
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Baltimore
Forge
Polo Grounds
Yankee Stadium
Pat Comiskey
Buddy Baer
Lou Nova
Bobby Grayson
Stanford
Dean M’adams
Bitton
Boxing results from New York and surrounding cities
Fights last night in New York and nearby cities saw Arthur Darrell defeat Gilbert Basquez in Dallas style action. Holmen Williams tied Izzy Jannazzo in Scranton. Andy Hollane outpointed Tommy McHale in New York. Pete Koloff defeated Billy Farrone in Albany.
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New York
Arthur Darrell
Dallas
Tex
Gilbert Basquez
Lima
Peru
Scranton
Holmen Williams
Detroit
Izzy Jannazzo
Drew
Andy Hollane
Tommy McHale
Astoria
Long Island
Albany
Pete Koloff
New New York
Billy Farrone
Syracuse
Watkins Aims To Take State Boxing Title From Riffle
In Fairmont tonight a packed card features Scotty Biffle defending his state heavyweight crown against Buddy Watkins in a 12 round main event. Watkins, from Clarksburg, earned the title shot by stopping Jack Reilly in New York. Also on the bill are Casey Rhodes and Char Jes Brant in a fast, hard-hitting semi final, with pro action set to begin at 8:45.
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Casey Rhodes
Pittsburgh
Charley Brant
Somerset
Fairmont Armory
Scotty Biffle
Buday Watkins
Jackon Street
Fairmont
Morgantown
Buddy Watkins
Negro Schieger
Clarksburg
Rex. Harper
Biffle
Johnsan
Jack Reilly
Buffalo
N. Y
Watkins
Fairmont Arena
Buddy Mcarthur
Champ Long
Ian
Riffle
Hughes
Rhodes
Brant
Char Jes Brant
Keystone
Casey
Lords' 1939 Sports Parade March Preview
Rhodes vows vengeance after a setback tonight. Brant, a sharp fighter, makes his Cumberland debut as Biffle notes a surge of action. Rhodes has fought on notable cards and pleased cash buyers with aggression. Brant appears for the first Fairmont show. Three four round prelims open with Davis vs Martin and Hickerson vs Hennessy, others to be announced.
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Rhodes
Brant
Cumberland
Biffle
Fairmont
George Davis
Charles Martin
Archie Hickerson
Jimmy Hennessy
Ancient wind instrument lineage and historic rites noted
Factographs recounts the shawn as ancestor of the oboe English horn and bassoon. It notes European civil marriages with pagan rites before 1198 A D and Pope Innocent II establishing marriage as a church sacrament. A 700 pound Russian wild boar was shot on Graham County North Carolina near the Tennessee line. A rider named van nevere carried messages on horseback during the Revolutionary era.
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Europe
North Carolina
Tennessee
Graham County
van Nevere
Negro Leads Big Ten Ace To Win Honor
Kenny Washington of California leads national total offense for 1939 with 1,365 yards from 170 rushes and 90 passes after a big game against Southern California. Tom Harmon of Michigan and Kay Aekin of Arkansas follow, with a recount planned by the American Football Statistical Bureau to finalize rankings.
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Gail Fowler
Seattle
Kenny Washington
University of California At Los Angeles
Washington
Southern California
Tom Harmon
Michigan
Kay Eakin
Arkansas
American Football Statistical Bureau
Eakin
Harmon
Bureau Statiot Charing
Mountaineers set for Bethany opener in Morgantown
West Virginia coach Richard Raese announced the starting lineup for Saturdays opener with Bethany College. Jimmy Ruch and Steve Chepko at forwards, Homer Brooks at center, Louis Kalmar and Charley Seabright at guards, with Barle and Kalmar in reserve roles. Bethany, led by John Knight, counters with George Petroff Tommy Cullison Dick Jackson Walter Kuhn and Harold Taylor in a veteran lineup. The game closes the university basketball clinic with high school coaches attending.
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Morgantown
Jimler
West Virginia
Lneup
Bethany College
Richard (Dyke) Raese
Jimmy Ruch
Wheeling
Steve Chepko
Homer ‘Brooks
Louis Kalmar
Charley Seabright
Plentyful Kalmar
Seabright
Ruby Barle
Benwood
Brooks
Barle
Bart
Raese
Charley Hockenberry
Sam, Mandich
Jimmy McCartney
Harry Stansbury
Charle Brown
Ruch
Baric
Kalmar
Howard Henry
Charleston
Bison
Bethany
John Knight
Bisons
Mountaineers
George Petroff
Tommy Clllison
Dick Jackson
Walter ‘Kuhn
Harold Taylor
Hiram
Pnent
West Virginia Andessylvania
Nelson Seeks Vardon Trophy Amid Tight Race
The PGA Vardon Trophy standings show Nelson within five points of Picard as the final tournament nears. Nelson, who grew up in Reading, Pa., endured a low period after a poor Miami Open showing but rebounded to win the national open and reach the PGA finals, where he lost to Picard.
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Eam
Professional Golfers’ Association
Harry Vardon
Nelson
Picard
Reading
Texas
Open champion returns to scene of slump in Miami
National open champion Ron Nelson returned to the site of his worst golfing slump in Miami to chase the year’s professional supremacy and the prize of 10090 dollars.
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Miami
Fla
Byron Nelson
Grafton high school teams hold practice scrimmage at River side fieldhouse
Officials from the Central Board and Valley basketball coaches led a rules brush up for the upcoming season. Fifty or more participants from Grafton High School A and B teams joined the session, with Rand McKinnef and K Bolyard organizing activities and Lynn Faulkner mentoring.
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Central Board
Grafton High School
Riverside
Rand McKin-nef
K. Bolyard
Anc
Sanjay Saeigs
Rowell
Chick Weiht
Becurro
Shaffer
Fairmont Elks Honor Jock Sutherland Dinner Planned
The Fairmont Elks plan a dinner next Tuesday in the club rooms to honor Jock Sutherland former Pitt coach, and his close ally Chet Smith sports editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Many Mon Valley sports figures are invited including WVU alumni and local coaches and writers.
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Fairmont
Elks
Cld
Jock Sutherland
Pitt
Chet Smith
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Monon Valley
Charles &. Kavai
RB. M. Hawley
Larry Stoops
Dave Jacobs
Basepall Cote Errett Rodgers
West Virginia University
Jasper Colebank
Fairmont State
Paul B. Dawson
Farmont West
Ike Lewis
Fairmont East
Clay B
Hite
Washington Irving
Ward B. Lanham
WVU
John Meredith
Joe Stydahar
Chicago Bears
Valey
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