Earstern Gridders Leave for Shrine Coast Battle
Football stars from 12 Midwestern and Eastern colleges left Evanston to face a Western selection in the Shrine Hospital charity game at Kezar Stadium San Francisco on January 2. The squad includes Big Four all Americans and notable backs, with Joe Kurth Notre Dame the sole absent member who will join later in Palo Alto.
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Evanston
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Shrine Hospital
Kezar Stadium
San Francisco
Joe Kurth
Notre Dame
Dick Hanley
Northwestern
Andy Kerr
Colegate
Palo Alto
Calif
Harry Newman
Pug| Rentner
Gil Berry
Bart Viviano
Roy Horstmann
Paul Moss
Purdue
Jose Martinez-Zorrilla
Cornell
Michigan
Eurth
Pug Rentner
Associated Press
Western players join Bible staff as all-star roster listed
Steve Hokuff and Law rence Ely of Nebraska along with Jack Johnson and Frank Christensen of Utah and George Atkeson of Kansas join Buck Koy Harry Stafford and other West players. The roster also includes ends Bill Morgan Oscar Higuera and Ralph Stone plus guards Clem Senn Marion Hodges and Charles Molinari and centers Emory Rubel with quarterback George Sander and halfbacks Angel Brovelli Hank Schaldach Ernie Caddel and fullback Max Krause.
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Steve Hokuff
Lawrence
Ely
Nebraska
Jack Johnson
Frank Christensen
Utah
George Atkeson
Kansas
Buck Koy
Harry Stafford
Texas University
Bible
Orin Hollingberg
Washington State
Jack Gaddy
University of San Francisco
Ralph Stone
Olympic Club
Don Coffin
Stanford
Bill Morgan
Oregon
Oscar Higuera
San Francisco
Dick Tozer
Alifornia
Marion Hodges
Clem Senn
Charles Molinari
Santa Lara
Emory Rubel
St. Mary's
George Sander
Washington
Angel Brovelli
Hank Schaldach
California
Ernie Caddel
Max Krause
Gonsaga
Maude Adams Plans Broadway Return After 16 Years
New York reports Maude Adams will return to the Broadway stage next fall in a play being written for her by Philip Barry. The star known for Peter Pan retired in 1919 to a convent after a nervous breakdown, later touring in The Merchant of Venice. her last Broadway appearance was A Kiss for Cinderella in 1917.
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New York
Maude Adams
Philip Barry
Our Lady of the Cenacle
Riverside Drive
Miss Adams
Broadway
Basketball rule changes draw sharp debate in Kansas
Forrest C. Allen reports on the Joint Basketball Rules Committee actions including outlawing blocking as screening, a 10-second rule to speed play, and a three-second rule to curb deliberate blocks. He notes critics claim reforms curb the game’s charm while supporters praise faster, cleaner action and likens blocking to clipping in football.
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Forrest C. Allen
Associated Press
T Lawrence
Kas
Basketball Rules Committee
Ministers urge examinations before marriage in Clarksburg
The Clarksburg Ministerial Union adopted a resolution and formed a committee led by Rev. John Campbell to seek state legislation mandating physical mental and material tests for marriage license seekers. The group cited cases of men obtaining licenses then seeking relief funds at the Salvation Army.
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Clarksburg
John Campbell
Salvation Army
Three Indicted for Murder in Hazard Row
Hazard Kentucky December 20. Two white men and a white woman were indicted for murder after a dispute over helping a stalled automobile stalled near Hazard Sunday night. Two Black residents Martha Stacey and Fred Brown were killed. Jessie Stacey and Luther Combs were seriously wounded. Each indictment cites murder charges in the deadly incident.
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Hazard, Ky
Martha Stacey
Fred Brown
Jessie Stacey
Luther Combs
Mildred Babe Didrikson Selected Leading Girl Athlete of 1932
New York and Pittsburgh reports note Mildred Babe Didrikson, Texas star and Olympic champion, topped the Associated Press poll with 77 of 199 votes as America's leading woman athlete of 1932. Helen Madison and Helen Wills Moody trail with 45 and 21 votes respectively. The piece outlines Didrikson's track, javelin, hurdles, and other sports achievements, plus a separate brief on Pitt halfback Arth Ruff breaking a hand and missing the Rose Bowl trip.
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Mildred Babe Didrikson
Eid
New York
America
Texas
Associated Press
Miss Didrikson
Helen Madison
Seattle
Helen Wills Moody
Virginia van Wie
Chicago
Eleanor Holm
Gene Sarazen
Jean Shiley
Helen Jacobs
Stela Walsh
Helen Hicks
Katherine Rawls
Glenna Collet Ware
Georgia Coleman
Amelia Earhart
Aviatrix
Dorothy Poynton
Maureen Orcutt
Astronomers study stars and learn about universe
Cambridge, Mass. December 19. The year 1932 added progress in astronomy with insights into the chemical makeup of distant hot stars, matter density in space, and evidence that some parts of the universe recede at great speeds. Spectral lines in hot stars hint at unknown elements under high excitation, with Harvard’s Dr. Menvel noting oxygen and nitrogen lines identified by researchers at Tinsala University in Sweden.
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Cambridge
Mass
Earth
Donald 3
H. Menvel
Harvard College Observatory
Associated Press
Hollen
Tinsala University
Sweden
Indictments Returned Against Vermilion and Two Others
A special grand jury convened Monday returned indictments against French Vermilion Sherman Townes and Mollie Caldwell. They were ordered held without bond. Officers said Vermilion grew enraged when the trio refused to help move a car and urged calling a local garage. The indictments allege a conspiracy among the three to cause the shootings.
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Vermillion
Sherman Townes
Mollie Caldwell
Milk Producers Seek Higher Prices in Washington County
Washington county dairy farmers formed the Western Pennsylvania Milk Producers Association branch to unite selling groups and push for higher milk prices. A shipper noted a decline from about $180 per shipment three years ago to roughly $60.39 for three tons sent to Pittsburgh last month.
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Washington, Pa
Washington County
Western Pennsylvania Milk Producers
Pittsburgh
Peden May Be Grid Mentor at Chicago
Chicago reports Don Peden of Ohio University was offered the Chicago head coaching job to succeed Amos Alonzo Stagg. Peden was summoned for a conference and left with a lucrative proposition, while Thomas Nelson Metcalfe declined to discuss the athletic director position.
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Chicago
Chicago Times
Don Peden
Ohio University
University of Chicago
Amos Alonzo
Peden
Times
Thomas Nelson
Metcalfe
Coach Naming Report Says Stagg Not Reappointed
The item notes that veteran Stagg would not be reappointed while The Times reports Metcalf offered the position to Peden, indicating conflicting accounts on who was offered the coaching job. The brief focuses on the dispute over the naming process and the names involved.
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Stagg
the Times
Metcalf
Peden
Argentina Declares Nationwide State of Siege
Buenos Aires reports a nationwide state of siege after wholesale arrests of many officials tied to a plot to overthrow the government. Civil courts will continue to operate as the political atmosphere clears and the revolutionary threat appears to have been dispelled.
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Buenos Aires
Cosettan
Justo
Zoologist Brings 7000 Asiatic Specimens To Chicago
Floyd T. Smith, a New York zoologist, spent weeks in remote Chinese regions living on corn meal and wild meat. He gathered 7000 specimens of Asiatic animals, reptiles, birds, and fishes for the Field Museum. He reported that seven takins and two giant pandas were shot, one panda killed during a bandit attack on the expedition camp. The party escaped after warning from a head hunter.
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Chicago
China
Floyd T. Smith
Smith
New York
Field Museum of Natural History
Bilgree Assigned to Greensboro for 1933 Season
Columbus Ohio December 20 Joe Bilgree infielder has been sent or optioned to Greensboro of the Piedmont League for 1933 announced by L F McPhail president of the Columbus American Association Club Bilgree joins Greensboro as part of the club’s player movements for next season.
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Columbus
Joe Bilgree
Greensboro
Piedmont League
L F. McPhail
Columbus American Association
Yale May Name Root as Mal Stevens Successor
New Haven Conn December 20 with Yale in Christmas recess speculation runs high over a successor to Mal Stevens as Yale football coach. Reggie Root freshman coach emerges as favored candidate though Tad Jones ideas circulate. Root meets Yale’s criteria as former star and resident faculty member aligned with policy.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale University
Yale
Mal Stevens
Stevens
Farmer
Brard of Control
Reggie Root
Tad Jones
Root
Calhoun
Cleveland Moves to Repeal Prohibition Measures
Cleveland officials suspend rules and pass a resolution by acclamation calling for repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment and modification of the Volstead Act to permit sale of beer and light wines. The city also asks the Ohio legislature to repeal the state prohibition amendment and related enforcement provisions.
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Cleveland
Ohio
College Basketball Scores From Various Matches
Brief roundup shows Wittneberg 27 City College Detroit 24 and Princeton 40 Harvard 20. Northwestern 25 Notre Dame 28. Dartmouth 30 Wilmington College 19. Pittsburgh 38 Butler 30 in overtime. Davis and Elkins 24 Denver 1 University 28. Bringham Young 38 Colorado Teachers 33. Noise regulation note mentions Syharis in 90 B.C. conditions.
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Dartmouth
Wilmington College
Pittsburgh
Butler
Davis and Elkins
Denver
University
Bringham. Young
Colorado
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Sophmore
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