Detroit Tigers Top AP Sports Poll Of The Year
Detroit Tigers named No 1 team of the year by AP sports editors with 209 points in the fifth annual poll. Minnesota football ranked second, SMU third, Princeton fourth. Tigers rallied to win the World Series under Mickey Cochrane after Hank Greenberg’s absence. Minnesota’s football team placed second, with SMU and Princeton following.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
New York
Detroit Tigers
Tigers
Associated Press Sports
Chicago Cubs
Minnesota
Southern California
New York Yankees
New York Giants
St. Louis Cardinals
Mickey Cochrane
Hank Greenberg
Detroit
Notre Dame
Probe robberies linked across states in car thefts
Lieutenant of Detectives Leslie Swann said robbers who held up a Huntington loan company Saturday also took part in similar robberies in Michigan and Ohio. The gang used a car stolen in Detroit and removed license plates in Cleveland to avoid identification.
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Huntington
Leslie Swann
Michigan
Ohio
Detroit
Clevelland
Son of College Head Named Football Boss
Shepherdstown December 8 Captain W H 8 White Jr a center on the Shepherd college football squad for three years was named captain of the 1936 eleven at a squad meeting during the annual banquet here Monday night His father is college president Eighteen players received varsity letters at the banquet Only four lettermen Yancy Waugh Donovan Bischoff Claude Dehaven and Olint Knott to graduate in June.
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Shepherdstown
W. H
White, Jr
Shepherd College
Yancy Waugh
Donovan Bischoff
Claude Dehaven
Olint Knott
Boxers and sport figures mingle in casual relief notes
Union of light details from boxing and sports world features Joe Choynski rests at Staten Island Lou Brouillard runs a Worcester lunch wagon Alf Letourner Paris bike shop repairman Henri Le Page Montreal cyclist with one and a half feet Freddie Foye Boston writer to nightlife income Cascarella Crooner Cy Peterman recalls Yale singers Joe Cascarella once sang for fans Lynn Doyle suggests a Yale boo song Belly Coutu bans staff arbiters Keeling of the New York Rangers nicknamed Butch 400th Rangers game and 500th for Murray Patrick Notre Dame beats Northwestern Alabama Pitts slump blamed on lone short bat at Sing Sing warden blocks lumber in front of Albany dugout
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Andy Clarke
Associated Press
New York
Joe Choynski
Staten Island
Lou Brouillard
Worchester
Mass
Alf Letourner
France
Paris
Henri le Page
Montreal
Freddie Foye
Boston Traveler
Cascarella
Cy Peterman
Philly Bulletin
Keeling
New York Rangers
Melville Sydney
Butch
Murray Patrick
Notre Dame
Northwestern
Pitts
Joe Cambria
Albany
International ‘Ball League
Alabama Pitts
Sing Sing
Jockey Clarence Reid Courage at Narragansett Park
In 1935 Clarence Reid, a negro jockey, rode Staked Plains at Narragansett Park after Willie Moran was injured. Reid was repeatedly unseated and remounted, preserving the start for a nervous horse. The racing association honored his persistence with recognition.
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New York
Clarence Reid
Narragansett Park
Willie Moran
Reid
Staked Plains
Racing Association
Greenberg Tops Runs Batted In Among AL Sluggers
Hank Greenberg of the Detroit Tigers led the American League in runs batted in for 1935 with 170, while Lou Gehrig and Jimmy Foxx followed. Gehrig posted 119, Foxx 115, and Hal Trosky 113. The piece lists other hitting and plate discipline marks from the season.
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Chicago
Hank Greenberg
Detroit Tigers
Greenberg
Lou
Gehrig
New York Yankees
Jimmy Foxx
Philadelphia
Boston Red Sox
Hal Trosky
Cleerland
Iron Man
Foxx
Trosky
Babe Ruth
Yankee Star
Simmons
Julius Solters
Boston-St. Lois
Joe Vosmik
Cleveland
Bob Johnson
Leon
Goose
Goslin
Detroit
Charlie Gehringer
Odell
Hale
Charles
Buddy) Myer
Washington
al Simmons
Chicago White Sox
Tigers
Luke Appling
Bill Dickey
Yankees
George Selkirk
New York
Cecil Travis
Maine
Joyner White
Wrestling results from various cities with title bouts
Last night in Albany Ray Steele 215 from Glendale defeated Leo Numa 216 from Seattle two falls to one. In New Haven Jack Donovan 220 from Boston beat George Lenihan 205 from Boston in straight falls. In Biddeford Jean Baptiste La Roche 175 from Montreal defeated Dynamite Dunn 175 from Newfoundland two falls to one. In Indianapolis Ed Lewis 239 from Los Angeles defeated Karl Davis 239 from Columbus two falls to three. In San Diego Chief Little Wolf 215 from Arizona defeated Joe Savoldi 202 from Three Oaks. In San Francisco Vicente Lopez 211 from Tampico beat Gino Garibaldi 213 from Milan 45 minutes. Wee Willie Davis 249 from Virginia defeated Paul Boesch 209 from New York 14 minutes.
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Albany
N. J
Ray Steele
Glendale
Calif
Leo Numa
Seattle
Wash
New Haven
Conn
Jack Donovan
Boston
George Lenihan
Biddeford
Jean Baptiste la Roche
Montreal
Dynamite Dunn
Newfoundland
Indianapolis
Strangler
Lewis
Los Angeles
Karl
Big Boy) Davis
Columbus
San Diego
Little Wolf
Arizona
Joe Savoldi
Three Oaks
Mich
San Francisco
Vincente Lopez
Tampico
Mex
Gino Garibaldi
Milan
Italy
Willie Davis
Virginia
Paul Boesch
New York
Fights Last Night Report From Several Cities
In Vincennes Moon Mullins at 125 and Paul Lee at 1231 faced a no contest. In Quincy Clem Reed 160 fought Ellis Bradley 155, outcome listed as Drew 87. In Petersburg Franke Hughes 145 from Clinton reported.
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Vincennes
Ind
Winfred (Moon) Mullins
Paul Lee
Indianapolis
Quincy
Tll
Clem Reed
Ellis Bradley
Drew
Petersburg
Bridge players dominate city card scenes in winter
A long-running bridge column notes indoor contract games rule the town with many top players across both genders. It highlights veteran hands and several leading locals, including Fonse Leuthardt in hospital after major surgery and top players like Dr. Harold L. Noble, Jack Riffee, and Charles Englehardt, plus rising partners and female experts.
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Fonse” Leuthardt
Foromer
Harold L. Noble
Jack Riffee
John Deigman
Chick” Lawson
Paul Murphy
Eave
Golf Champion Lawson Little Wed in February
Dan Cupid helped Lawson Little Jr win the game of love as he arrived with fiancée Miss Dorothy Hurd of Chicago. He announced plans to marry in February and shared notes on his hometown with reporters in San Francisco.
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Dan Cupid
Lawson Little
San Francisco
Dorothy Hurd
Chicago
Little
Main wins Townsend plan race in Minnesota district
In a two to one GOP victory, Main defeats Democrat Howard Cavanagh with 24 686 votes to 11 342, while farm laborer E G Kiefer trails. Cavanagh urged GOP voters to back his stance against Townsend plan. party leaders back Main as the staunch Republican. Townsend’s founder aided Main’s primary bid. Senator Vandenberg criticizes the plan as a possible disastrous move. Main, 49, Ohio native, emphasizes Republican alignment amid New Deal opposition.
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Mississippi
Main
Howard W. Cavanagh
E.G. Kiefer
Cavanagh
Townsend
Rochester
Pension Plan
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Washington
Ohio
Horton Smith Wins Tourney In Miami Open
Horton Smith captured the Miami Biltmore open with rounds of 69 70 72 and 70 for a 281 three under par securing 2500. Ted Turner and Ky Laffoon tied second at 284 while Willie MacFarlane finished fourth at 285, with prizes of 1250 and 750 respectively. Smith heads to Nassau for the British Colonial Open worth 5000.
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Miami
Fla
Horton Smith
Nassau
Bobby Cruickshank
Richmond
Smith
Biltmore
Farmer
Gene Sarazen
Joplin
Oak Park
Ill
Turner
Laffoon
Pine Valley
N. J
Ted Turner
Ky Laffoon
Chicago
Willie MacFarlane
Tuckahoe, N
West Virginian Wins Rhodes Scholarship
Charleston report states Guy Otte Farmer of Maybury won a Rhodes Scholarship. A West Virginia University law student, he was named by the Middle Atlantic district committee in Philadelphia shortly after midnight.
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Charleston
State Committee of Selection
Guy Otte Farmer
Maybury
West Virginia University Law. School
W. J. Maier, Jr
Middle‘atlantic
Philadelphia
Preston County League Opens with Ten Teams in Action
Preston county basketball league opened last night with all 10 teams playing. Several December games were cancelled after a board ruling, and two veterans quit. Parkersburg’s Big Reds face four new opponents in 1936 while Morgantown and others shift lineups.
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Charleston
Preston County Basketball League
State Athletic Association
Preston
Follawsbee
Tom Stones
Mike Battala
Kel Holliday
Logan
Williamson
Parkersburg
Big Reds
Ashland
Moundsville
Triadelphia
Grafton
Ross McHenry
Morgantown
Spencer
Pennsboro
Sistersville
Bill Patriot
West — Virginia University
New York Celtics
Mountaineers
Hoover's Daily Routine Revealed By Aide
An Hoover aide describes the former president's workday noting he begins at 8 a.m. handling research and inquiries, often returns to his desk after meetings, and generally retires by 10:80 or 11 p.m. The account highlights his intensive, hands on approach to information gathering.
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Ape Ener Alto
Allen
Hoover
Repub
Hoover replies with rebuttal speech in St Louis
The article notes President Hoover’s response to Roosevelt’s Atlanta speech as a direct rebuttal from the former president. It describes Hoover’s New York address on November 16 and his planned St. Louis reply as part of a long distance exchange between the two leaders.
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Roosevelt
Four Arrested in Matoaka Conspiracy Case
In Matoaka on December 18 police arrested four men over a fight that left Broyles with a fractured skull. Charged with conspiracy to kill him are James J. Tate his son W M Tate and Horp t Tate and Howard Williams.
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Matoaka
Broyles
James J. Tate
W. M. and
Ho‘part Tate
Howard Williams
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