West Back in Power in 1938 Bowl Games
Recap of the 1938 bowls highlights with California’s upset of Alabama, Whizzer White’s standout plays for Colorado and Rice, and large crowds at Sugar and Pasadena bowls. Rice defeated Colorado 28 to 14 as White starred. Santa Clara beat LSU 6 to 0. Auburn edged Michigan State 6 to 0. West Virginia beat Texas Tech 7 to 6. East-West all-star game ended in a scoreless tie before 59,000 in San Francisco.
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Associated Press
Surprise
California
Bears
Alabama
Whizzer White
Colorado
Rice
Dallas
Whizzer
Ernie Lain
Ollie Cordell
Owls
Sugar Bowl
New Orleans
Santa Clara
Louisiana State
Pasadena
Auburn
Michigan State
Miami
Fla
West Virginia
Texas Tech
al Paso
San Francisco
Ice Bowl Contest Close in Alaska
KING ISLAND Alaska Jan 3 Monday morning quar ter backs discussed the New Year Ice Bowl game in the Bering Strait area. Oogrunts defeated Airgrits 7-6 to win the athletic championship as 182 residents endured a snowstorm. Eskimo teams ran fake reverses and laterals and wore hooded parkas with mukluks and sealskin pants.
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King Island
Alaska
Bering Strait
Afl
Bernara Theer
Loyola
Los Angeles
Mountaineer Lads Praised After Sun Bowl Win
West Virginia’s Sun Bowl champions return to Morgantown with a 7 to 6 victory over Texas Tech in the New Year’s Day classic. The Mountaineers’ defense and goal line stand in the fourth quarter preserve the one point win as 12,500 fans cheer. Coach Sleepy Glenn hails the team. escort planned in Connellsville, Pennsylvania on arrival.
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EL Paso
Texas
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Southwest
Texas Tech
Tech
Red Raiders
Mountaineers
West Virginians
Gene Barnett
Calhoun
Mountaineer
Marshall Sleepy Glenn
Connellsville, Pa
Tom O'Hara
Stars Shine at Sugar Bowl Track Festival In New Orleans
The fourth annual Sugar Bowl festival drew 6,000 to watch three world record holders compete. Glenn Cunningham won the mile ahead of Archie San Romani, Spec Towns beat Allen Tomlich in the 120 yard high hurdles, and Don Lash won the two mile, besting Wayne Rideout. Times were Cunningham 4 minutes 13.2 seconds, Towns 1 43 seconds, Lash 9 21.17.
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New Orleans
Glenn Cunningham
Forrest Towns
Don Lash
Cunningham
Kansas
Archie San Romani
Georgia
Spec Towns
Allen Tomlich
Wayne University
Lash
Wayne Rideout
Texas
Towns
Shot Wounding Reported At Welch Hunt
Ed Brumfield was struck in the abdomen by a shotgun blast during a hunting incident near Welch. He was rushed to hospital in critical condition after slipping on a log caused the accidental discharge. Auditor Edgar B. Sims announced about 2.6 million dollars were collected in 18 months to redeem delinquent lands.
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Welch
Jan
Ed Brumfield
Brumfield
Charleston
Edgar B. Sims
Kasson High School Hosts Grafton St Augustine’s Clash
Kasson High School plays tonight at 8 in the parochial school gym against Grafton and St Augustine’s. The Kasson team aims to rebound from a rough start this season while some St Augustine’s backers expect their first win.
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Kasson High School
Barbour County
Grafton
St. Augustine's High Five
Kasson
St. Augustines
Davies Hails Hank Luisetti as Greatest Collegiate Scorer
Pittsburgh report notes Chick Davies, Duquesne mentor, lauds Stanford star Hank Luisetti after a record 50 points in Stanford 92 Duke 27 in Cleveland. Davies calls Luisetti six foot two but the smallest player on Stanford, says he pursued the record and left the bench speechless after the game.
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Pittsburgh
Chick Davies
Stanford
Hank Luisetti
Duquesne
Luisett
Dukes
Cleveland
Davies
Hank
Luisetti
Indians
Lutselti
Cotton Bowl Draws Crowd in Rainy Texas Classic
In Dallas on New Year’s Day 1937 Rice Institute beat Colorado 28 14 before about 35 000 fans despite rain. Col J Curtis Sanford, on the governor’s staff, helped build the Cotton Bowl into a major spectacle. Attendance and receipts rose from the prior year with $90 000 gate and $27 098 55 paid to both Colorado and Rice.
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Dallas
Col. J. Curtis Sanford
Texas
Southwest
Col Sanford
Rice Institute
Whister White
City cue tournament opens entries for titles
The city championship billiard meet for three cushion and straight rail titles is organized by C D Jacobs and Recreation officials. Entries are being received with weekly play planned, nightly except Sundays, finals in about two weeks. Prizes include two $10 title prizes and a $5 high run prize in each division. Opening straight rail rounds are 100 points, finals 150. three cushion rounds 20 points, finals 30. Players urged to contact Recreation officials now.
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C. D. Jacobs
Stanford Ace Is Good Shot
Stan foreword by Sid Feder notes Hank Luisetti’s 50 point Saturday against Duquesne as an all time record. The piece praises Stanford sharpshooters and questions who could be greater, while weaving in assorted baseball and football rumors about Dodgers Frick Heydler and other sports figures, with scattered names and events.
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Sid Feder
Eddie Briet
New York
Hank Luisetti
Stanford
Duquesne
Don Padgett
Cardinals
Heydler
Ford Frick
Dodgers
van Mungo
Brooklyn
Frank Demaree
Cub
John Heydler
Mike
New Zealand
Earl Meadows
Corby Davis
Indiana
Detroit Lions
Clevelands
Alabama
Ralph Guldal
Harry Cooper
Temple
Bearcats Prep for East Fairmont Trip in Big Ten Opener
Grafton High School Bearcats hold light drills as they ready for the Big Ten schedule kickoff at East Fairmont High. Coach Ron McKinney plans full squad travel except forward Joe Idoni sidelined by a sprained ankle from last week’s practice. Yellowjackets seek first league win after losing to Elkins.
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Grafton High School
Bearcats
East Fairmont High
Yellowjackets
Elkins
Ron McKinney
Fairmont
Joe Idoni
Riggs Choice In Net Meet In Miami
Bobby Riggs, rising American star, enters the Miami Biltmore tournament as the top seed in a field of 58, with Bitsy Grant seeded No. 2. The pair could meet in the finals, as Riggs eyes the Davis Cup team after Sugar Bowl win and Grant seeks to justify his national ranking. Grant opens with Charles Carroll of Miami after Riggs has a first round bye.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Bobby Riggs
Chicago
Miami Biltmore
Atom
Bryan
Bitsy) Grant
Atlanta
Grant
Riggs
New Orleans
Donald Budge
Charles Carroll
Miami
High School Star Recalls Chicago Title Game
Chicago prep football star Bill de Correvont calls the city high school championship more colorful than the Rose Bowl after a hard fought game against St. Leo. He notes the 100 bands between halves and hints at his looming college decision while spending a weekend with a film studio official linked to USC.
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Los Angeles
Bill de Correvont
Chicago
St. Leo
de Correvont
University of Southern California Router
Pastor Skaggs Named New Salem Seventh Day Pastor
The Rev. James L. Skaggs, pastor of First Seventh Day Baptist Church in New York City, accepts a call to Salem to succeed retired Rev. George B. Shaw and will begin in April. Also mentions boxing notes about Owl iron men and Mike Bloom and Mike Jacobs preparing announcements for fight fans from Miami.
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James L. Skaggs
First Seventh Day, Baptist Church of
New York City
Salem Church
George B. Shaw
Skaggs
Owl Iron Men
Tlinols
Stanford
Mike Bloom
Mike Jacobs
Miami
Gambling odds guru Doyle links golf and bridge to nation of bettors
New York reports that Jack Doyle, famed odds setter, claims golf and contract bridge have made America the gambling capital. He cites heavy betting on next summer’s Louis Schmeling bout as historic, notes gambling’s rise from professionals to families, and recalls a misstep predicting Primo Carnera versus Max Baer.
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New York
Jack Doyle
America
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Mama
Dolge
Joe
Max
Doyle
Priimo Carnera
Sterling
Maximilian Baer
Primo
Army engineers assess flood control impact of reservoirs
Army engineers estimate the Tygart river reservoir reduced flood stages and saved parts of Grafton and Pittsburgh from substantial losses during the December flood. They note earlier October flood reductions were greater and discuss the potential for multiple reservoirs in the upper Ohio river basin to control floods for Pittsburgh and surrounding towns.
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Grafton
Pittsburgh
Rod
Baesaes
Tygart River
Allegheny River
Ohio River
Col. Covell
Pone River
Pike's Peak Will Stay Despite Colorado Loss
DENVER JAN 3 Pike s Peak 14109 foot mountain won by Texas governor James V Allred from Colorado s Teller Ammons will not be moved Ammons said on return from Dallas where Rice won the Cotton Bowl and where a compromise left the peak in Colorado for Texans and visitors from other states to view it.
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Denver
Jan
Pike's Peak
Texas
James V
Teller Ammons
Ammons
Dallas
Allred
Rice
Colorado
Jimmie
Flemington's Hall squad rolls to 60 16 win over Newburg
Lawrence "Farmer" Hall led Flemington with 23 points as Fleming registered 10 field goals and 3 free throws. Benda Reppert and Fleming energized the offense while Newburg's Frazier led the visitors with limited scoring. The win follows a busy week with road games at Bridgeport and St Peters, plus an Alumni game at home.
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Flemington Court
Newburg
Preston Mountains
Fleming
Benda
Reppert
Taylor County
Newbury
Frazier
Hall
Bridgeport
Jimmy Barry
St. Peter's
Fairmont
Marion County City
Flemington
Fleming, Co
Wheeler
Rooss
Humphreys
Trogng
Jone
Wagner
A Oe
Kittle
Brown
G. Ween
Hardesty
Eal
Unemployed Claims Grow As Waiting Time Extends
At Logan about 1000 people lined up as applications rush continues. Officials estimate several days before accurate counts, with payments capped at 15 dollars weekly for 12 weeks. Public officials warn penalties for fraud and double dipping, including jail and fines, to deter misuse while on relief.
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Logan
Davis
A. W.garett
California Bears topple Alabama in Rose Bowl clash
California defeated Alabama 13 to 0 in the Rose Bowl before a crowd of about 90,000, delivering the West another playoff triumph and a dent in the South’s Rose Bowl dominance. The victory marked California's second Rose Bowl win and highlighted the West’s improved standing against the South.
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