Rice Team in Second Place and Max Is Third
This AP sports poll analysis by Herbert Barker notes Rice football team and Emile Lain in second, behind Pittsburgh Pirates as the year’s top disappointment. It cites Rice’s 4-10 record, Max Schmeling and Dizzy Dean among disappointments, with 30 named and football leading with 13.
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Herbert Barker
New York
Pittsburgh Pirates
Associated Press
Pirates
Dizzy Dean
Rice
Emile Lain
Lain
Owls
Max Schmeling
Joe Louis
Chicago Cubs
Avirpey
Cub
Tropical Park reopens with first day sprint handicap
Ten fleet stars of the sprint colony prepare for the inaugural handicap at Tropical park as part of the winter season reopening in Coral Gables Florida. The six furlong race for a 1200 dollar purse anchors a nine race program with anticipated attendance gains and heavy wagering. The park’s split season runs to January 17 followed by Hialeah Park until April 8. Gulfstream Park near Hollywood is nearing its opening.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Sprint Colony
Tropical Park
Florida
Tropical
Hialeah Park
Gulfstream Park
Hollywood
Alumni Team Faces Tough Opening Against 1939 Grap ton Five
Grafton High School opens its cage season Tuesday against the Alumni with last season’s runners-up from Buckhannon aiding the alumni squad. Eddie O’Connor Johnny Lobis and Bob Denzie start, while Harold Cross captains the opposite team. Coaches anticipate a large crowd for the season debut in a game that will test both squads.
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Grafton High School
Basketeers
Gold
Blue
State Tounament
Buckhannon
Harold “Doggy” Cross
Eddie
Ma” O'Connor
Johnny Lobis
St. Vincent's
Bob Denzie
A. V. Yoho
Russel Denzie
Dick George
Bill Crane
Floyd “Scotty” Hamilton
Bill Graham
Grafton
Coach's Father Dies Forces Basketball Game Off
Robert Shelton aged 55 father of Harry Shelton coach of Davis and Elkins college, dies of a heart attack in Elkins. The scheduled basketball game between Davis and Elkins and Akron University at Akron tonight is canceled. Shelton was a Baltimore and Ohio railroad conductor, native of Nicholas County, living in Elkins for 20 years.
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Elkins
Robert Shelton
Harry Shelton
Davis and Elkins College
D. and E
Akron University
Akron
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Nicholas County
Pride Resigns Charleston Rescue Director Post
The State Department of Mines will operate temporarily without a director of rescues after Chief N. P. Rhinehart announced the resignation of C. Plummer Pride on December 1 to take a safety director role at a mining company.
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Charleston
State Department of Mines
N. P. Rhinehart
C. Plummer Pride
State vote listed Morgantown barley quota reaction
Morgantown December 19 1938 reporters state an unofficial tally shows 1393 voting against and 647 in favor in 14 of 16 counties. The vote concerns proposed AAA quotas for 1939 affecting barley and tobacco growers across the state.
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Morgantown
Baer Sought To Box Nova This Winter
New York December reports Baer could fight Lou Nova this winter after Nova defeated Tommy Farr, with Baer eager to return and Louis keen on a match. Jacobs and Hoffman weigh options as Baer contemplates ring return, while Nova vows to bankroll a big payday.
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Baer
Farr Not 10 Quit Boxing
Boxing item reports Tommy Farr still active, musing on a South American tour after saying he would retire if Lou Nova defeated him. Joe Louis weighs in on Nova, while golf money figures dispute a year record. Also notes Arn Heber owned a men s clothing store before the football season, and Herbert in huddle chatter.
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Drew Middleton
New York
Tommy Farr
Lou Nova
South America
Joe Louis
Nova
Sam Snead
Gene Sarazen
Eugene
Budge
Arn Heber
Green Bay Packers
West de Pere
Wis
Herbert
Size and sports talk mix in a scattered column
A fragmented column mixes sports banter with social notes. It mentions Curly Lambeau, a jacket for a coach, Budge's backhand, J Donald's lefty swing, Eric the Red Tipton, Myatt at third, Bonura at first, and a chaotic social scene with Oscar Witt in Cleveland. Garden party date changes and Galento inviting Lou Nova highlight social chatter.
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Curly Lambeau
Don Budge
J. Donald
Robert H. Long
Duke
Crassotte
N. C
Pittsburgh
Eric
Red Tipton
Giants
Myatt
Bonura
Oscar Witt
Cleveland
Harmony
Messrs
Ben Chapman
Earl Averill
Johnny Allen
Rolly Hemsley
Joseph Louis Barrow
John Henry Lewis
Lewis
Anthony Pasquale Galento
Lou Nova
Tony Galento Tops NBA Heavyweight Ratings for Louis Title
Tony Galento leads the National Boxing Association list as the top contender for Joe Louis’s heavyweight crown. Lou Nova follows after blasting Tommy Farr in New York. Max Baer sits third. Majority of the rankings include Willie Reddish Roscoe Toles Arturo Lovell Clarence Burman Buddy Knox Gus Dorazio and Tony Musto. Solly Krieger is the king of middleweights with Fred Apostoli as the top challenger.
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New York
Maxmilian Baer
Max
Joe Louis
Lou Nova
Nova
Tommy Farr
Lou
Baer
Tony Galento
Mike Jacobs
Louis
California
Jacobs
Mike
Anzil Hoffman
Farr
Maxy
Washington
National Boxing Association
NBA
New Jersey Battler
Max Baer
Joe Triner
Tlinois
Galento
Willie Reddish
Roscoe Toles
Arturo Lovell
Clarence
Red) Burman
Buddy Knox
Gus Dorazio
Tony Musto
Solly Krieger
Brooklyn
Freddie Apostoli
Head Mentor Is Selected At Holy Cross
Worcester Mass. Det. 19 P Joe Sheeketski formerly Notre Dame backfield coach is named head football coach at Holy Cross. He signs a three year contract with undisclosed salary, succeeding Dr Eddie Anderson who moves to Town University. At 29 he becomes one of the youngest major college head coaches.
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Worcester
Mass
Joe Sheeketski
Notre Dame
Holy Cross
Sheeketski
Crusaders
Eddie Anderson
University of Town
Anderson
Hawkeye
Marshall Plans New York Trip to Start Busy Week
Marshall and Davis and Elkins open four game east coast swing tonight with Newark University in New York. Marshall then faces Brooklyn Y M C A and John Marshall in Brooklyn and Scranton in Scranton, finishing December 24. Davis and Elkins mixes a Akron battle then Duquesne at Pittsburgh before year end. Morris Harvey leads with five straight wins over North Carolina schools and eyes Alderson-Broaddus January 12. West Virginia University sits out until December 31.
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Walter Mason
Charleston
West Virginia
Marshall
Davis
Elkins
Salem
New York
Newark University
Newark
N. J
Herd
Brooklyn Y. M. C. A
Brooklyn
John Marshall
Scranton
Akron
Duquene
Pittsburgh
Golden Eagles
Morris Harvey
North Carolina
Appalachian State Teachers
Lenoir-Rhyne
Guilford
Elon
Duke Frosh
Alderson-Broaddus
West Virginia University
Marietta
Marietta, CO
Fumes Kill Baby Ray Kasti in Auto Lantern Warmth
Carbon monoxide fumes from a lantern hung in the rear of an automobile to keep three-month-old Ray Kasti warm caused his death, according to State Trooper C. H. Webb.
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Hinton
Ray Kasti
C. H. Webb
Musica Probe Deepens In Drug Firm Case
Federal investigators press a sprawling inquiry into the McKesson & Robbins scandal linking ex con Donald Coster to arms smuggling and blackmail. Clues focus on a letter ordering 250000 rifles and 250000000 rounds. George Musica and brothers face $100000 bail as subpoenas and warrants widen the probe amid family illness and high political risk.
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Donald Coster
U. S
Gregory F. Noonan
Noonan
Musica
McKesson & Robbins
George Musica
George S. Dietrich
Heavy Bonds
New Haven
Conn
Arthur
George Vernard
Robert
Robert Dietrich
Bridgeport, Conn
Antonio Musica
Girard
Marie
Stephen J. Petrovits
Mami
Fla
Federal inquiry coordinated by Brien McMahon to span weeks
A federal inquiry led by Assistant U. S. Attorney Brien McMahon of Washington will coordinate a detailed investigation expected to take weeks. The U S attorney's office, the Justice Department, and agencies including the Postoffice department the Treasury's Alcohol Bureau the FBI the Narcotics bureau and the Federal tax bureau will participate.
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U. S
Brien McMahon
Washington
Attorney General's Office
U. S. District Attorney’s Office
Postoffice Department
Treasury's Alcohol Bureau
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Narcotics Bureau
Federal Tax Bureau
Social Security changes cut benefits to fund family protection
Continued from page one experts note a plan to shift start dates for retirement payments from 1942 to 1940 and gradually pay single beneficiaries less than married ones to help cover the cost of establishing family protection.
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Jag) McSpaden
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