Monk Younger Accepts VPI Coaching Post
Virginia Tech announces Monk Younger will join VPI as assistant coach succeeding Lyal Clark. Henry Redd remains director of freshman athletics and alumni secretary. both Younger and Redd signed five year contracts. Davidson officials say Younger has not accepted VPI and remains under five year deal.
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Blacksburg
Henry B. “Puss” Redd
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
William L. “Monk” Younger
Davidson College
Lyal Clark
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Younger
France
C. P. Miles
Monk” Younger
Hampden-Sydney
Ben Cubbage
Davidson
V. P. I. Alumni Association
Monk Younger
Tex Tilson
Tilson
Southern California routs Georgia 60 to 0 in Athens
Trojans open with a sensational 60 point victory over the Bulldogs as Georgia struggles to contend with USC’s fast backs and inventive lateral plays. Harold Hammack returns a kickoff 80 yards for a Trojan TD and Catfish Smith shines for Georgia before USC advances to the Rose Bowl.
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Catfish) Smith
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Buster Mott
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Homer Key
Ernie Pinckett
Mohler
Gaius Shaver
Ray Sparlin
Pasadena
Tulane
Jim Musick
Shaver
Barly
Sparlin
Musick
Southern California Routs Georgia in High-Scoring Game
Southern California over Georgia 476 yards to 235 as the Trojans dominate with running plays. Sparlin scores twice including a 15 yard TD. Georgia struggles to stop the surge and fails to complete any passes.
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Nasrage
Unclear game score and substitutions listed in recap
The fragment records a basketball score and player substitutions with names such as Hammack Barber Moh Mallory and Youel. Officials are named including Buck Flowers head linesman Jack Black and Kirkpatrick.
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Shaver
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Buck) Flowers
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Seuss Kirkpatrick
Occidental
Jack Black
Davidson
Off and On
A child asks for powder for her sister. the clerk jokes about powder that goes off with a bang versus one that goes on with a puff. The line is attributed to Hummel, Hamburg.
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Hamburg
Auto salesman and farmer cow joke
A brief humorous exchange shows an auto salesman asking why not buy a car and the farmer replying he would look ridiculous riding to town on the cow he wants to buy and the farmer retorts he would look more ridiculous milking a car.
Cassidy finally receives second Distinguished Service Cross
Lieut.-Col. Henry K. Cassidy earned a second Distinguished Service Cross for a heroism act in France after a 13 year wait. He already held a prior DSC and now adds an oak leaf cluster to the decoration.
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Houston
Tex
Henry K. Cassidy
France
Springfield Tech High Features Noted Circus Quintet
Springfield Mass high school basketball showcases a distinctive quintet labeled as a circus unit. Orville Prior and Frank Sosa are among the players, differing in height by about one and a half feet, highlighting the team's unusual roster.
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Springfield
Mass
Tech High School
New England
Orville Prior
Frank Sosa
Stecker Stars As Army Routs Navy In Classic Showdown
At New York Navy Stadium Army defeats Navy 17 to 1 in a dramatic clash dated December 1. Ray Stecker leads the Cadets with a late rally, scoring a field goal and a touchdown, while Ed Herb adds a short plunge for another score. Navy had a lone touchdown courtesy of Joe Tachirgi. The game draws 77,000 fans and raises about 325,000 for charity.
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Navy
Ray Stecker
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Hazleton
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Alabama
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Army Rolls Past Navy to Take Half Lead 10 0
Army led 10 0 at halftime after Herb plunged across for a touchdown and kicked the extra point. Navy fought back with stiff defense and a late surge, but Army extended the advantage in the fourth quarter with Stecker’s big runs and Herb’s decisive late score. Army finished with 15 first downs and 213 rushing yards to Navy’s 65, while Navy had 133 passing yards on 7 completed passes.
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Navy
Tom Kilday
Army
Tachirgi
Fleet
Tschirgi
Kilday
Tora
Stecker
Cagle
Brown
Ken Fields
Illinois
Herb
Fields
Midfeld
Pete Kopscak
Kirn
Midshipmen
Maryland
Notre Dame
Southern Methodist
Ohio State
Tuttle
Lou Bryan
Buck James
Butch Underwood
Red Reedy
Jack Price
Milt Summerfelt
Pittsburgh
Harvard
Arimy
Freeman Named Captain of 1932 South Carolina Team
Decula Georgia athlete Harry Freeman an all state guard for two years was elected captain of the 1932 South Carolina football team at the University of South Carolina in Columbia on December 12.
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Weaver
North Carolina
Jim
Centenary
Duke
Oak Ridge Military Institute
Stacy
Rutherford Junior College
Charles, Jr
Methodist
Raleigh
New York
Phil
Blue Devil
Rev
Dc. C. Weaver
Centenary Methodist Church
Winston-Salem
Emory and Henry College
Davenport College
Columbia
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Harry Freeman
Decula
University of South Carona
MABEL Romantically Notes Ger ald’s Character
In Tit Bit style the pair discuss Ger ald as MABEL remarks on his character while the FATHER warns he will scorch him if he stays. The exchange hints at romantic tension and parental scrutiny within a light humorous tone.
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Mabel
Gerald
Alabama Stars Shine In Short Exhibitions But Fail To Score
Washington reports Alabama's Crimson Tide veterans played three abbreviated games, tying two 0–0 and losing Catholic University 7–0. George Washington and Georgetown also battled to 0–0 and a late Alabama push fell short, with Pooley Hubert scoring the Tide's lone points in the day.
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Washington
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Catholic University
George Washington
Georgetown
Crimson Tide Warriors
Bordeau
Fred Sington
Clements
Obama
Pooley Hubert
Tide
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Hubert
Campbell
Bama
Mass
Caldwell
Booth's Value to Blue Shown in Statistics
Yale statistician E. B. Anderson reveals Captain Albie Booth totaled 2,826 yards in three seasons with 76 yards lost. Booth's best year was 1929 as a sophomore with 1,019 yards, 630 from scrimmage. Lassiter trailed in yards from scrimmage, while Crowley led in touchdowns with seven.
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Conn
Albie Booth
Yale
E. B. Anderson
Httle
Booth
Harvard
Bob Lassiter
Charlotte
N .C
Lassister
Dud Parker
Joe Crowley
Parker
Crowley
Lassiter
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