Uniform Baseball Is Adopted By Both Major Leagues
Midwinter baseball meeting closes with uniform ball adoption and night games approval. Ben Chapman traded from Boston to Cleveland for Dennis Galehouse and Tommy Irwin as the Indians seek outfield punch. Griffish rule tweak allows pitching windups with one foot on the rubber, and night baseball gains widen.
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Gayle Talbot
New York
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Old Edge
Chapman
Cleveland
American League
Ben Chapman
Boston
Dennis Galehouse
Tommy Irwin
Red Sox
Indians
Landis
New Yorke Yankees
Clark Griffith
Washington
Griff
Miami Open Golf Tournament Opens Florida Winter Sports
The Miami open kicks off Florida’s winter sports program in Miami with about 200 professionals and amateurs in a $10,000 event. Slammin’ Sammy Snead aims to repeat last year’s victory and become the PGA’s first $20,000 earner, needing only third place or better. Johnny Revolta and Ralph Guldahl are viewed as Snead’s strongest challengers for the $2,500 top prize.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Sammy Snead
Johnny Revolta
Ralph Guldahl
Snead
Tunner
Fights Last Night in Chicago and California
Boxing results from Chicago and California show Bobby McIntyre beating Billy Marquart in Chicago and Lloyd Marshall defeating Johnny Erjavec in Los Angeles. Boxers listed include weights 132 and 165 pounds with referee or round notes. details are partially obscured but indicate outpoints and decisions.
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Chicago
Bobby McIntyre
Detroit
Billy Marquart
Winnipeg
Canada
Calif
Lloyd Marshall
Cleveland
Johnny Erjavec
Los Annes
Fairmont Professors Add Marietta To 1939 Grid Card
Fairmont State college plans a new football opponent for next fall. The Fighting Teachers will meet Marietta College in Fairmont on October 6, marking the first clash between the schools. Other 1939 foes include West Liberty, California Pa Teachers, Shepherd, Salem, Glenville, Concord, and Bethany with several games at home.
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Fairmont
Fairmont State College
Marietta
Dept
West Liberty
California
Shepherd State
Salem
Glenville
Concord
Athens
Bethany
Weights for Santa Anita handicap to be set today
Los Angeles December 15. The Santa Anita handicap weighing process will be completed late today revealing weights for top contenders including Seabiscuit Stagehand and other leading horses among 107 nominees for the $100000 race to be run March 4. Seabiscuit would carry around 130 pounds if drawn high while Stagehand could see adjustments from 100 pounds. Other likely top weights include Sortendo Marica Thanks giving Jacola Pasteurizer Dauber the Chief Specify Gravat Hellfly Guigaroti and Fiposa.
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Los Angeles
Seabiscuit
Stagehand
Charles S. Howard
New York
Earl Sande
Howard
Sortendo
Marica
Thanksgivin
Jacola
Pasteurizer
Dauber
the Chief
Specify
Gravat
Hellfly
Guigaroti
Fiposa
Charlie Eller Earns Third Varsity Letter at WVU Football
Charles Eller of Grafton was among 24 West Virginia University football players awarded varsity letters this week. The senior, in the School of Physical Education, has been a regular end for two seasons and had already won two letters.
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Morgantown
Charles Eller
Grafton
West Virginia University
Eller
Rule changes explained during demonstration game at Field House
A large crowd watched the Gold varsity beat the Blue 43 to 19 as officials Mickey McDade and Tom Bolyard explained rule changes. Highlights include no substitutions after a goal, time-out rules, quarter play for older teams, and updated back court and jump ball rules with emphasis on line positions and ten-second counts. Scotty Hamilton led the Golds to a solid lead while Bill Graham captained the Blue in Coach McKinney's squad.
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Field House
Charles
Mickey” McDade
Tom Bolyard
Paul
Golds
Scotty
Hamilton
Bill Graham
McKinney
Texas backs bowl elevens in Sugar and Cotton bowls
Texas betting commissioners report fans are pawing family tools to back Texas Christian and Texas Tech in the Sugar and Cotton Bowls. Jim Carroll quotes late prices on favorites TC U and Southern Cal over Carnegie and Duke, with Tennessee over Oklahoma and Texas Tech favored over St Marys. Oklahoma crippled with three first stringers out for the Orange Bowl, including key players Jennings Bolton Joss and McCarty.
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Sid Feder
New York
Texas
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Jim Carroll
TC. U
Southern Cal
Carnegie
Duke
Tennessee
Oklahoma
St. Mary's
Tigers
Red Sox
Pinky
Boston
Detroit
Bill Bonswanger
Pirates
Finland
Nats Clark Griffith
al Simmons
Griff
Aloysius
Chuck Klein
Hank Greenberg
Brooklyn Dodgers
Larry MacPhail
Dick Hudson
Charleston
Daily Mail
Bill Jennings
Jerry Bolton
Joss
Red Mc Carty
Flemington High Sets Twenty Basketball Games for Hallmen
Flemington High School announces a ten game home slate and ten away games for the Hallmen cage team this winter. The schedule opens December 29 with an alumni game and includes two games with St Augustine High of Grafton, plus clashes with Wadestown St Peters Monongah Blacksville Tygar Valley Daybrook Coalton Beverly and University High among others across January and February.
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Flemington High School
Lawrence Hall
St Augustine High School
Grafton
Flemington
St. Augustine
Wadestown
St. Peters
Monongah
Blacksville
Way
Tygar Valley
Coalton
Broak
Beverly
University High
Warner says game softer yet tougher
Palo Alto Calif Dec 15 Glenn Scobey Pop Warner says modern football is more strenuous yet players current lack stamina compared with earlier eras. He recalls long games with fewer substitutes and notes today’s action is shorter but more intense as players rush to rally momentum and hit vigorously.
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Palo ‘Alto
Calif
Glenn Scobey
Pop” Warner
Warner
Cornell
Temple
Town State
Georgia
Carlisle
Pittsburgh
Stanford
Business Men Triumph In City League Bowling Match
In a YMCA bowling night match Business Men defeated the Gens 2091 to 1793 after a 265 handicap. Patton led with 453, Stansbury 430, while Geas and Gatrell contributed 318 and 247 for the Gens. In college basketball at Lorett o Davis Elkins topped St Francis 81-79 after three OTs, Alman Marevich and Winnie key plays.
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Patton
Stansbury
Poling
Lisk
Henny Gem
Geas
Gatrell
Hawker
Gamslager
Beatty
Ebert
Loretto
Davis-Elkins
St. Francis
College
Alman
Marevich
Winnie
Glad to Show You Our Gifts for Christmas
Skaggs & Co advertises a seasonal gift showcase offering a selection of items for Christmas. The notice invites shoppers to view the offerings and purchase if desired, emphasizing a welcoming display of merchandise.
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Skagggs & CO
Fighting Teachers Capture Second Cage Victory In WV
Charleston dispatch reports Pairmont State College extended its WV basketball winning string to two with a 52 33 triumph over New River State while Morris Harvey beat Guilford 34 21 for its third straight win. Doc and Dell Pauley boosted Morris Harvey as Jeffries and Thompson scored 30 of Fairmont’s points. Morris Harvey next faces Elon College at Elon.
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Charleston
Pairmont State College
West Virginia
New River State
Morris-Harvey
North Carolina
Guilford
Pop Werner
Morris- Harvey
Doc
Dell Pauley
Golden Eagles
Harveyans
Elon
N. C
New River
Golden Bears
Jeffries
Thompson
Fairmont
Helen Moody Comeback Tops AP Sports Poll in 1938
Helen Wills Moody wins top first place in the eighth annual AP poll for 1938 sports comebacks, narrowly edging Jimmie Foxx. Dizzy Dean and Joe Louis follow in the close race with several other athletes receiving votes as the poll tabulates first-place counts and total points.
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Ignma
Associated Press
Herbert W. Barker
New York
Helen Wills Moody
San Francisco
Jimmie Foxx
Boston Red Sox
Mrs. Moody
Foxx
Moody
Dizzy Dean
Max Schmeling
Chicago Cubs
Joe Louis
Sally Krieger
New ‘York
Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Lefty Grove
Boston ‘Red Sox
Howard Jones
Southern Galif
Paul Derringer
Cincinnati Reds
Alice
Marble
U.S
Paul Runyan
Golfers’ Association
Paul’Dean
St. Louis Cardinals
Houston
Chicagos
Cubs
Notre’ Dame
Young | Corbett NL
Farr Confident Nova Will Be Easy To Whip
Promoter Drew Middleton reports heavyweight Tommy Farr in fitness and mood to meet Lou Nova in a Friday bout. Farr, 203 pounds, vows victory and hints at quitting if defeated, recalling past wars in the ring and describing his hard won career from coal pits to the gym.
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Farr
Nova
Drew Middleton
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Thomas George Paul Farr
Lou Nova
California
Dale Carnegie
Wales
Tommy
Mr. Nova
Wrestling Last Night Across Cities and Falls
Wrestlers Maurice La Chap Pelle of France defeated King Kong Frankenstein in Newark with a time of 21.59. Ed Don George of North Java, N. Y., beat Bob Wagner in Rochester in two of three falls. Jim Londos of New York defeated Chief Thunderbird of British Columbia in Los Angeles in straight falls. Abe Kasney of Clifton, NJ, toppled Ken Hollis of Hollywood in Sioux Falls with 34:60.
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Newark
Maurice la Chappelle
France
King Kong Frankenstein
New York
Rochester
Don George
North Java
N. Y
Bob. Wagner
Land
Ore
Los Angeles
Jim
Londos
Chief ‘Thunderbird
British Columbia
Sioux Palls
Abe Kasney
Clifton
Ken Hollis
Hollywood
Nations in Default Loom Over War Debts
Hoover era debt totals show 42 nations in default with 160.2 million due today. Britain France Belgium Czechoslovakia Italy Hungary Poland Estonia Latvia Lithuania Romania Yugoslavia listed. Principal due 40.37 million, interest 104.92 million, moratorium 14.93 million.
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Hoover
Roosevelt
Federal
Reserve Bank
New York
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Czechoslovakia
Italy
Hungary
Poland
Estonia
Latvia
Lithuania
Rumania
Yugoslavia
South Boomed and Endorsed Cotton Council Aims
The article reports on the South endorsing the National Cotton Council’s objectives and government aid to align cotton acreage with consumption. It warns against relying solely on cotton for rural prosperity, noting millions unemployed and seeking broader economic support beyond cotton.
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South
Ber
National Cotton Council
City plans 55 bed hospital with WPA funding
Mayor Gillispie outlined a project including drainage landscaping electrical wiring plumbing and living quarters for a 55 bed hospital to rise on a site near Finnegan's Rock. Presidential approval is expected soon with the start of construction shortly after year’s end and a search for a capable building superintendent skilled in architectural concrete. A separate note reports 14 year old Freda May Clendenin died after being hit by a car near a Daytona area bus stop.
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Finnegan's Rock
Gillispie
WPA
Charleston
Freda May Clendenin
Peytona
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Helen Moody
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O. B. Fawley Music Co
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