Blackbirds of New York face coast champs in MSG clash
USC Long Island rival stands as national title frontier with the 42 game win streak at stake. Ralph Vaughn leads U C C sharpshooting against Dolly King coached New York crowd. The clash could push the Birds to a 43 game run, matching the 1933 35 Stanford streak.
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University of Southern California
Long Island University
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Notre Dame
Long Island
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Perfection
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Jones Fears Vols Attack in Rose Bowl Showdown
Pasadena December 26 Coach Howard Jones USC headman expects a tougher challenge from Tennessee in the Rose Bowl than Duke last New Year’s Day. He notes Tennessee’s strong defense and dangerous running and passing game while acknowledging USC’s scouting advantage gained from earlier Kentucky and Auburn games.
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Calif
Howard Harding Jones
University of Tennessee
University of Southern California
Vols
Duke
Troy
Dukes
Jones
Tennessee
California
Kentucky
Auburn
Bob Neyland
Oranges Help Pep Up Horses in Florida Report
In Orlando on December 26, trainer Johnny Stewart of the Orange Blossom Stable praises citrus in horse diets. He credits citrus for bone and muscle development, cites Royal Entertainer and Night Flower as proof, and suggests citrus might have prevented El Chico’s fatal breakdown by supplying calcium.
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Orlando
Fla
Johnny Stewart
Stewart
Orange Blossom Stable
Royal
Night Flower
Fair City
Elberson
N. J
Garfield High Triumphs In Christmas Fight Health Bowl
Garfield High of New Jersey defeated Miami High 16 to 13 as Benny Babulla kicked a 22 yard field goal late in the game to break a 13-13 tie. Miami had tied it with a 78 yard touchdown run by Lt'l David Eldredge and a conversion. Proceeds supported the national infantile paralysis fund.
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New Jersey
Benny Babulla
Garfield
N. J
Miami High
Miami
David Eldredge
Bubula
National
Fights Last Night in Multiple Cities
Boxers in several bouts last night with decisions and knockouts across cities including Portland Lewiston Philadelphia Scranton and Augusta Emil Joseph defeated Julio Gonzales Jimmy Tygh KO’d Jackie Carter Jimmy Clark stopped Emil Kozel Bobby Green won a decision over Sammy La Porte Tony Shucco KO’d Danny Peal Technical wording appears in the report with several weight classes and locations listed.
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Philadelphia
Bobby Green
Sammy la Porte
Baltimore
Boston Eagles Begin Southern Trip for Cotton Bowl
Boston College coach Frank Leahy leads the Eagles toward Dallas for the New Year’s Cotton Bowl against Clemson. Most players are fit except Alex Lunchik, with Lukachik ill but expected to join. The squad will have long scrimmages in St Louis and Dallas, as a party of 50 travels with players and Boston writers.
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Boston College
Frank Leahy
Eagles
New England
Alex Lunchik
Lukachik
Andover
Leahy
Leah
St Louis
Dallas
Texas
Clemson
Sugar Bowls Big Athletic Week Starts
New Orleans hosts a festival of sports with a basketball opener between Kentucky and Ohio State. Other events include tennis boxing rowing yachting and track leading to the Tulane Texas A&M football clash on New Year’s Day. Notables like Don Lash Glenn Cunningham and Lew Zamperini attend. Bobby Riggs and Charley Hare enter the tennis. Hotels report record crowds surpassing Mardi Gras.
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New Orleans
University of Kentucky
Ohio State University
Tulane University
Texas A
Kentucky
Ohio State
Don Lash
Indiana
Glenn Cunningham
Archie Sam Romani
Lew Zamperini
Bobby Riggs
America
Charley Hare
England
Philadelphia
Fight Over Meters In Huntington Sparks Injunction Bid
Auto parkers deposited the customary coin in street meters today after a two day suspension. Citizens plan to petition Judge George R. Wallace for an injunction against the meters on Wednesday.
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Huntington
Auto Parkers
George 8. Wallace
Gunboat Davis Defeats Misco For Pennsylvania Title
In Scranton, Gunboat Davis of Charleston West Virginia won a 10 round decision over Tony Misco of Norristown to claim the Pennsylvania middleweight title.
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Davis
Charleston
W. Va
Tony Misco
Norristown
Pennsylvania
Little Accident at Opera House Features Sandy in Girl Role
Hugh Herbert stars as a baby editor whose office is shaken when Sandy the baby, now a girl, is abandoned there. Florence Rice and Richard Carlson romance the plot while Joy Hodges Edgar Kennedy Etienne Girardot Fritz Feld and Ernest Truex fill the supporting cast. Charles Lamont directs with Paul Yawitz Eve Greene scripts and Milton Krasner photography in this lively Universal comedy inspired by a stage hit.
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Joy Hodges
Edgar Kennedy
Etienne Girardot
Fritz, Feld
Ernest Truex
Herbert
Sandy
Misa Rice
Carlson
Charles Lamont
Baby Sandy
Paul Yawitz
Eve Greene
Milton Krasner
Albanian Offers Eye To Remain In This Country
Mrs. Gladys Northup a blind 42 year old, recounts an Albanian detainee in Boston immigration custody offering to donate an eye to spare him deportation. Doctors say only rebuilding is possible and full eye transplant is not feasible. The man identified as Fei Hayden of Waterbury, Conn., says he would sacrifice an eye to stay in the country he loves.
Bobby Jones Takes Course On Golf Game
Bobby Jones, famed grand slam champ, is taking golf lessons to scrutinize his swing twice weekly. This hints at a possible bid for Augusta Masters in April. The column also notes other sports anecdotes and a grandmother’s scrap-book verse.
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Bobby Jones
George Gregory
Eddie Brietz
Atlanta
Jock Sutherland
Stanford
Ditto
Dell Morgan
Auburn
Rice
Zipp Newman
Birmingham
Ala
Illinois
Michigan
College of the Pacific
California
Mlinois
Alabama
Tennessee
Sandy Samford
Tulane
Vanderbilt
Johnny Butler
Villanova
Lexington
Duke
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Bob Weyland
States Plan Get Together For 1940 Interstates
Chicago reports that at least 43 states will meet in 1940 under the council of state governments to tackle trade barriers and transient indigents on a mutual basis. Buffalo conference January 5 and 6 aims to end out of state discrimination in beverages, with New York and Pennsylvania planning a broader tariff reduction and uniform welfare codes.
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Chicago
United States
Council of State
Buffalo
N.Y
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
New York
New Jersey
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Counsell
Vermont
Maine
Council
Post Office Receipts Hit Record In Parkersburg 1939
Parkersburg Postmaster Anna Stephen son announced postal receipts for 1939 through December 22 totaled $211,069.73, exceeding the 1937 peak of $209,806.41. The report shows a new all time high for early year end revenue.
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Parkersburg
Anna Stephenson
Oasis residents form bath club with cheap cleansing coat
Inhabitants of a Sahara oasis form a bath club. Each member pays about five cents for a coat of cleansing. Road surfaces can now be tested from inside a car.
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Sahara
Hunter Mistaken as Rabbit Wounded by Buckshot
Charleston reports Oliver Thompson aged 23 from Packsville was peppered with buckshot and treated at a hospital after a hunting companion shot him, believing him to be a rabbit. The incident occurred yesterday during a hunt.
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Charleston
Oliver Thompson
Packsville
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