Fritzie Zivic Lew Jenkins Bout Draw Big Audience
The Garden hosts a 10 round main event between welterweight champion Fritzie Zivic and lightweight king Lew Jenkins. Zivic is favored to win on points as Jenkins faces a stiffer test giving away weight, with heavy advance sale and rising ticket prices signaling a big crowd for the Christmas season.
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Fritzie Zivic
Lew Jenkins
Gayle Talbott
New York
Prise
the Garden
Zivic
Ezzie
Jenkins
Sweetwater
Henry Armstrong
Henry
Lew
Armstrong
Pete Lello
Lello
Mike Jacobs
Garden
Zivie
Pittsburgh
Army sends Captain Wood as coach to Fort Bliss
The U S Military Academy taps Captain Bill Wood from cadet coaching to active service with the 1st Cavalry at Fort Bliss Texas. Rumors say the academy may keep graduate coaching but hire from civilian ranks narrowing to Biff Jones Earl Blaik Bob Neyland. Wood coached Army teams three years winning 12 of 28 games after joining West Point in 1921.
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U. S.military Academy
Army
Bill Wood
1St Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Tex
Biff Jones
Nebraska
Lincoln
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Earl Blaik
Dartmouth
Wood
New York
West Point
Johns Hopkins
Snavely Declines TenYear Eagles Coaching Offer
Scoop notes Carl Snavely refused a ten year contract to coach the Philadelphia Eagles. The item also mentions Jack Hagerty seeking Mississippi State diagrams, Tom Harmon’s future after graduation, and other football and boxing references as part of a daily sports capsule.
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New York
Carl Snavely
Philadelphia Eagles
Jack Hagerty
Georgetown
Mississippi State
Mississippi
Tom Harmon
Tom
Bill Wood
West Point
Notre Dame
Britain
Louis-McCoy
Burman
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Godey
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Arch Ward
Chicago Tribune
Tony Lazzeri
Jake Powell
Paul Waner
San Francisco
San
Lynn C. Doyle
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Maine
James Doyle
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Louis
M’coy
Yale
Greasy Neale
Pittsburgh
Steelers
Wilmington
Jersey City
Y. E. Spearman
Route 2
Dallas
Texas Aggies
83Rd Street
Jackson Heights
N. Y
Fights Last Night Odessa and Philadelphia bouts recap
Odess a heavyweight Babe Hunt 195 pounds from Oklahoma City outpointed Babe Ritchie 210 pounds from Lubbock in ten rounds. In Philadelphia Bobby Green 124 pounds outpointed Andre Sarilla 127 pounds from New York over eight rounds.
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Odessa
Tex
Babe Hunt
Oklahoma City
Babe Ritchie
Lubbock
Philadelphia
Bobby Green
Andre Sarilla
New York
Harmon Leads All Grid Aces in Midwest Tables
Michigan star Tom Harmon tops multiple Midwest Football Statistical Bureau lists in the forthcoming year book. He ranked highly in total offense, scoring, punt returns, rushing, kickoff returns, punting, and passing, with only pass catching showing a weaker result. Al Ghesquiere set a new rushing mark, and Don Scott rose to lead punting. Harmon's 1346 passing and rushing yards fell short of last year’s 1365, with rushing at 844 yards behind 1939.
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Seattle
Tom Harmon
Michigan
American Football Statistical Bureau
Harmon
Indiana
Detroit
al Ghesquiere
Hal Hursh
Don Vosberg
Marquette
Scott
Don Scott
Ohio State
Buckner Wins After Sentencing Shift and Parole Hope
Buckner, two months before surrender for prison, was eligible for parole after eight years. He previously ran a "beauty lobby" of New York show girls to Washington. A friend of movie stars, he was once linked to actress Loretta Young who called him a lovely boy. He said imprisonment wouldn't kill him.
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Buckner
New York
Washington
Loretta Young
Tribute to Bob Quinn Shapes Boston Bees Bid for Title
Boston veteran Bob Quinn, at seventy, earns praise for guiding the Boston Bees toward a potential 1941 National League pennant. He rebuilt from the Braves debacle, risking fortunes on players and prospects, and twice rejected a league presidency to protect investor interests.
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Bill King
Boston
Bob Quinn
Boston Bees
Quinn
Braves
Bees
St. Louis
Columbus
Harry Frazee
Red Sox
Frazee
Babe Ruth
Ed Morris
Guinn
American League
Marcia Shaughnessy Fuels Stanford Rosebowl Hopes
Marcia Shaughnessy an 18 year old Stephens College sophomore and daughter of Clark Shaughnessy the Stanford coach speaks in Columbus Missouri about the Rose Bowl bid and her dream of becoming a Shakespearean actress. She notes fear Nebraska is strong and recalls her father’s coaching career and family pride in Stanford's bid.
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Bob Broeg
Columbus
Marcia Shaughnessy
Stanford
Stephens College
Clark Shaughnessy
Marcia
Nebraska
Dad
Chicago
Maroons
U. of C
New Orleans
Loyola University of the South
Stephens
Fullback Is Elected Captain At Shepherd
Jerry Calhoun, 160 pound fullback from Moorefield, was elected captain of the 1941 Shepherd State Teachers college football team at a banquet. He will succeed Jesse Riggleman of Petersburg. Coach Cletus Lowe presented letters to Riggleman, Calhoun, and 18 others. President W. H. S. White presided at the dinner.
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Shepherdstown
Jerry Calhoun
Moorefield
Shepherd State Teachers College
Jesse Riggleman
Petersburg
Cletus Lowe
Shepherd
Riggleman
Calhoun
W. H. 5. White
Florida race season opens at Tropical Park
Florida starts its 96 day racing season in Miami with big attendances and betting expected. Mucho Gusto leads as early favorite in the inaugural $1,500 purse as Tropical Park hosts eight races over 16 days before shifting to Hialeah on January 8 for 46 days. The $50,000 Widener challenge cup at Hialeah on March 1 will crown the season.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Springs
Tropical Park
Everglades
Kirby Ramsey
Mucho Gusto
Hialeah
Officers Banquet At Charlestown Hotel Hints Address By Governor Holt
All officers invited to a banquet at a Charlestown hotel. Horner said Governor Holt was asked to address guardsmen during the afternoon program. Medical examinations for officers were completed this week, with Horner noting no more than four or five failed to qualify for induction, constituting less than five percent of the officer personnel.
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Charleston
Horner
Holt
Linens Sale Prices Hit 25 Cents to Five Dollars
Local retailer Turners announces a large linen shipment with prices ranging from 25 cents to 5 dollars. The ad emphasizes value and variety for household needs.
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Turners
Strand Theatre Presents Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum
The Strand Theatre shows Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum a 20th Century Fox mystery starring Sidney Toler in a wax museum set with over 50 figures. Supporting cast includes Sen Yung Joan Valerie and C Henry Gordon with Marc Lawrence as a gangster. Evelyn Keyes appears in a strong multi film lineup.
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20Th Century-Fox
Wax Museum
Sidney Toler
Lynn Shores
Sen Yung
C. Henry Gordon
Pretty Joan Valerie
Marguerite Chapman
John Powers
Ted Os‘porn
Crime League
Strand Theatre
Clay Campbell
Chan
Marc Lawrence
Beyond the Sacramento opens at Dixie Theatre with Elliott as Hickok
Dixie Theatre presents Bill Elliott in Beyond the Sacramento, a new Columbia Western. Elliott stars as Willd Bill Hickok, delivering six-gun battles, fast horse chases, and frontier action in a lawless town ruled by windlers.
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Bill Elliott
Columbia
Willd Bill Hickok
Law and Order
Dixie Theatre
Sacramento
Elliott
Hickok
Lodestone Watch
West
Lost Squadron at Opera House with Richard Dix this week
The Opera House presents The Lost Squadron starring Richard Dix with Mary Astor and Joel McCrea. The film retells a wartime air drama using fifty planes including a Fokker triplane and a fragile Bleriot and features famed stunt aviators Dick Grave Art Gobel Babe Green and Frank Clark.
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Lost Squadron
Richard Dix
Nungesser
Dick Grave
America
Art Gobel
San Francisco
Hawaii
Babe Green
Frank Clark
RKO Radio
Mary Astor
Joel McCrea
Erich von Stroheim
Trobert Armstrong
Hugo Herbert
Opera House
Jackie Hunt Wins Honors At State Football Poll
Buckhannon December 20 19xx Jackie Hunt star halfback for Marshall College was named outstanding football player of the state by West Virginia coaches in a poll conducted by Carl Cline Wesleyan College. He also earned a unanimous first team all state college selection. The coach’s first team included Hunt Hudson Hart Adamos Civicic Warner Graver Fedorovich Mattiford Kosko Roberts and others from Davis Elkins Wesleyan Marshall West Liberty Bethany Fairmont and Morris Harvey. The second team featured Kihns Spann Tatta Collins Cox Jones Fritts DAntoni Wilson Scott Seltzer and Seltzer plus others.
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Buckhannon
Jackie Hunt
Marshall College
West Virginia
Thundering Herd
Carl Cline
Wesleyan College
Hunt
Jud Hudson
Davis
Elkins
Charles
Chuck) Hart
Bethany
Paul
the Moose
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