Rose Bowl Draws Biggest Crowd Of The Day
Rose Bowl in Pasadena expected to draw about 90,000 as Stanford meets Nebraska in a national title game fringe. Sugar Bowl hosts Tennessee vs Boston College with 73,000 seats sold. Cotton Bowl showcases Texas A&M vs Fordham, Orange Bowl pits Mississippi State against Georgetown. Shrine East-West in San Francisco also sold out at 62,000. Bowl day weather varied with showers and fair skies across sites.
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Help for Tribe Faces Mississippi State in Major Clash
Jack Lords reports Mississippi State prepares to meet Georgetown in a high profile game as 34,000 fans brace for kickoff. The MSU attack relies on swift thrusts behind solid blocking while Georgetown coach Hagerty mirrors professional schemes with a spread formation that has troubled rivals for years.
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Dew Champion Of All Jocks At Santa Anita
Earl Dew of Sic City Iowa became America's 1940 jockey champion after a dramatic photo finish at Santa Anita. Walter Lee Taylor of Houston led with 298 wins but failed to win in three races as his stirrup strap broke and he fell in Tropical Park. Dew then won the first race aboard Subdeb to clinch the title.
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Earl Wallerich Earns 287th Win of Year in Maiden Filly
In a crowded midwestern race day, famed jockey Earl Wallerich secured his 287th victory this year in the Maiden Filly event. He rode six mounts, winning one, while another was determined by a camera decision and a third finished with a lame condition after a block. Wallerich previously won his first major race on May 28, 1938, at Omaha Nebraska, a highlight in a career once notable on smaller tracks.
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Bobcats back at Cace work in Buckhannon
West Virginia Wesleyan's basketball team returned to drills in Buckhannon after the holidays. With four home games in two weeks, coach Cebe Ross retooled the lineup including Eddie Kosko at center and Jack Moore at forward. The Bobcats face West Virginia University on Jan 8, then Alderson-Broaddus, Glenville, and West Liberty in the next days.
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Glenville
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Four novices take final vows in Sisters of St Joseph
Four novices including Martha Regina Staud of Fairmont took final vows in the Sisters of St Joseph at St Joseph's convent chapel Wheeling yesterday. The ceremony marked a formal commitment to the order by the new nuns.
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Rose Bowl Test for Shaughnessy Stanford T Formation
Coach Clark Shaughnessy faces a stern Rose Bowl test as Stanford relies on the T formation to outmaneuver Nebraska. The remarkable coach, once overlooked, returns to center stage before 90,000 fans after a dramatic rise from near obscurity and a season from the prior year viewed as a turning point. Nebraska entered undefeated outside the opener loss to Minnesota.
Cotton Bowl Elevens Are In Dandy Shape
Dallas January 1 Two perfectly trimmed once beaten teams Fordham and Texas A and M arrived with odds still favoring the Texas prairies. A possible influenza absence could alter start for Guard Marshal Fosh Robnett but Leon Rahn prepared to fill in. Rain soaked the sold out stadium as 46 000 fans awaited kickoff in the bowl.
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Fast Grid Machines Clash In Orange Bowl Duel
Two speedy football teams prepared for the Orange Bowl in Miami with high hopes and bold dash. The matchup drew heavy betting favoring one side as both sides showcased speed and skill in a potential record setting showcase.
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Fla
Uncrowned champs of 1940 featured in goofy sport roundup
New York reports year’s goofy sport doings with a long list of colorful vignettes. Items span boxing bear grapples hockey and college confusions. Notable mentions include Dartmouth and Harvard quirks, Tom Harmon near misses, and a mass of oddball incidents across towns and schools.
Building Stands For Neely Inauguration
West Virginia Legion commander chosen for Armistice day dinner speech by local post. Many chancery orders filed as September term of circuit court ends. Local notables include Dr Samuel Grafflin of White Plains addressing youths and Mass meetings at senior high. Shirley Gall wins Fire Prevention essay prize at First Ward school. Attorneys Ford and Holt switch roles in county, Neely inauguration plans begin. Grafton sports, crime notes, and local civic events fill a busy page.
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White Plains
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Herbert Evans
Tygart Dam
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City Hospital
Fellowsville
Sandrea Jean Newton
Taylor County
J. Earl Feather
Clarksburg
First National Bank of Grafton
Wiliam David Moreland
Boston College Eagles Meet Tennessee Vols In Sugar Bowl
New Orleans hosts the seventh Sugar Bowl as Boston College and Tennessee arrive with undefeated seasons, facing a crowd of about 73 000. Both coaches claim top form and expect a hard fought clash with glory on the line and surprises possible in the classic showdown.
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Roy Neyland
Fire injures passenger on Greyhound bus in Schenectady
A big Greyhound bus was attacked by fire in Schenectady New York injuring one passenger who jumped from the vehicle. Other notices include a War department contract for 14046 dollars awarded to Carr China company and local obituaries and weddings.
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Maple Avenue
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Grafton
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Sureon
John Richard Newell
Beaver Falls
Floyd Chenoweth
Driver Held for Manslaughter in Child's Death
McKinley Johnson of Appomattox Virginia is held for grand jury action on a manslaughter charge after his automobile was involved in a head on collision that killed 4 month old Keith Allen Phillips of Marietta, Ohio, Saturday night.
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Murder Over New York Opens at Dixie Theatre with Charlie Chan
The new Dr. Century-Fox thriller Murder Over New York debuts at the Dixie Theatre featuring Sid ney Toler as Charlie Chan facing an elite gang of international spies. Marjorie Weaver Robert Lowery Richard Cortez lead a strong cast in a bomber in the sky climax. Also shown is Marked Men with Gray Shadow the police dog in supporting roles.
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Paul Bryar
Charles Williams
Lyle Clement
Budd L. Buster
al St. John
Eddie Featherston
Ted Erwin
Art Miles
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Sky Murder at Dixie reaches for thrills and laughs
Nick Carter detective Walter Pidgeon stars in Sky Murder at the Dixie Theater. The plot follows an international gang tied to a luxury airliner murder, with chase scenes aboard an airplane wing and a careening truck. Joyce Compton and Karen Verne appear with a supporting cast as director George Seitz brings Hardy Family veterans to the screen.
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George Seitz
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Marked Men at Opera House Starring Hull and Jewell
Warren Hull and Isabel Jewell lead in the bio thrill melodrama Marked Men at the Opera House. Hull plays a young medical graduate wrongly imprisoned who escapes to seek refuge in an Arizona town, only to face Fate threatening his hopes for happiness.
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Isabel Jewell
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Arizona
Wild Horse Range at Opera House with Jack Randall
Western review notes a villainous crew in the Monogram feature Wild Horse Range now playing at the Opera House. It highlights Jack Randall in the lead and recalls actors Tom Londom, Forrest Taylor, Charles Kind, and George Cheseboro as veteran western performers who once worked on Broadway or New York stages.
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