Louis Farr Upset Tops 1936 Sports Poll
Joe Louis failed to KO Tommy Farr in their 15 round title bout, ranked as the year’s No 1 upset by AP sports experts. Minnesota’s early season loss to Nebraska was a major football surprise, with eleven voters tallying it at the top. An Anita Lizana US singles title was named among notable upsets in women’s tennis.
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Alan Gould
New York
Joe Louis
Minnesota
Max Schmeling
Louis
Brown Bomber
Tommy Farr
Associated Press
Farr
Nebraska
Gophers
Northwestern
Chile
Anita Lizana
United States
Forest Hills
Robel Ona Oi
Harvard
Griss
Lafayette
Joe Newark
New York Washington
N. Y. Giants
New York Giants
Yankees
Poughkeepsie
Anita Linzana
U.S
Eoxney
Boston Bees
Bob Pastor
Lee Louis
Pittsburgh
Fordham
Lee Meadows
Bill Boston
Princeton
Navy
Cubs
Pennant
Cornell
Colgate
Mel Ott
Kansas
Ranger
Villanda
Temple
Diery Dean
Cunningham Second in Three-Man Relay at Sarasota
Glenn Cunningham placed second in a three-man relay race here as part of Sugar Bowl preparations in New Orleans. He ran three-quarters of a mile, leading early before finishing 30 yards behind the relay trio of Junior Mott Tom Fealy and Fred Steele who each ran 440 yards.
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Sarasota
Fla
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
New Orleans
Junior Mott
Tom Fealy
Fred Steele
Cunningham
Reey
Seonde
Budge Top Nineteen Eleven Ranking. Riggs Second Choice
United States ranking committee favors J Donald Budge as No 1 and Bobby Riggs as No 2 in men's singles ahead of the U S S T A annual meeting in Miami Beach. Frankie Parker and Bitsy Grant hold Nos 3 and 4. Alice Marble remains top woman, with Helen Jacobs and Dorothy Bundy in Nos 2 and 3.
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Drew Middleton
New York
J. Donald Budge
Bobby Riggs
United States Lawn Tennis Association
Budge
Riggs
Miami Beach
Fla
Alice Marble
Beverly Hills
Calif
Helen Hull Jacobs
Dorothy May Bundy
Doubles Seeding Shuffle Rises in National Rankings
Harold Surface of Kansas City climbed from 17th to 6th to lead a reshuffled doubles list. He joined No. 7 Gene Mako of Los Angeles in No. 8, with Don McNeill of Oklahoma City at No. 9 and veteran Johnny Van Ryn of Austin, Texas at No. 10. Greg Mangin drops from fifth last year due to data gaps.
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Harold Surface
Kansas City
Gene Mako
Los Angeles
Budge
Don McNeill
Oklahoma City
Johnny van Ryn
Austin
Texas
Greg Mangin
Thomasville Plant C Beats Ellington Florists in Coliseum Showdown
The Thomasville Chair team Plant C defeated Ellington Florists 20 to 10 on the Coliseum floor last night. Scoring details list Briles Bray Trotter and Davis for Thomasville with Ellington’s players unnamed in partial lines.
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Plant C
Thomasville Chair Company
Ellington Florists
Coliseum
Thomasville
Ellington Florist
Enesgy Ceases
Briles F Bray
Seaspeeees
Davis
First M. P. Church Cantata Sunday Morning
The Babe of Bethlehem cantata by Harvey B Gaul will be sung by the First Methodist Protestant church choir Sunday at 11 o clock. Directed by Carey J Davis with Mrs T E Strickland as organist. Soloists include Margaret Opal Neese Vera Smith J H Walker and Vance Smith. Text from Bible Prayer-book Hymnal and Old English Carols. Prelude features The Time of Annunciation Shepherd in the Field and other pieces.
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Harvey B. Gaul
First Methodist Protestant
Carey J. Davis
T. E. Strickland
Margaret Opal Neese
Vera Smith
J. H. Walker
Vance Smith
North Carolina Symphony to Perform at Carolina Theater
The North Carolina Symphony Orchestra resumes concerts in Winston-Salem at the Carolina Theater Sunday at 2:30 p.m. under Richard Horner Bales. High Point musicians are featured. program includes Handel Water Music suite, Sibelius unfinished symphony, Strauss waltzes, Mendelssohn A Midsummer Night's Dream, and Wagner Die Meistersinger preludes.
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North Carolina Symphony Orchestra
Winston- Salem
Carolina Theater
Richard Horner Bales
Handel
Shhubert
Johann Trauss
Mendelssohn
Christmas Program at First Methodist Protestant Junior Church
A Christmas program for children will be presented Sunday at 11 o'clock in the First Methodist Protestant Junior church. The tale of Christ and carols will be shown in tableaux with the vested choir singing Sleep Baby Sleep. Missell Ansley of the YWCA willNarrate Why the Chimes Rang.
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Christ
Handel
Missell Ansley
Sheriff Bowers Offers Reward for Robbery Suspects
Lexington dispatch reports Sheriff Raymond Bowers will pay a $100 reward for information leading to identification and arrest of the men who held up and robbed H. Grady Sink, a member of the county board of education, in Randolph County.
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Lexington
Raymond Bowers
H. Grady Sink
County Board Board of Education
Oper
Japan Protest To Soviet Union Over Japanese Arrests In Russia
Japan formally charges the Soviet Union with unthinkable conduct for detaining Japanese nationals in Russia without trial. The Foreign Office protested to the Soviet embassy, urging release of those held and asking for a responsible response.
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Tokyo
Japanese Foreign Office Today
Soviet Union
Russia
Foreign Office
Japan
Yomiuri
Vladivostok
Moscow
Shanghai
Manchukuo
Daiji Takahashi
Ladivostok
Takahashi
Habarovsk
Robbers strike Thomasville man in armed hold-up
A Thomasville resident was robbed after exchanging shots with two gunmen near a grocery store en route home to the Pilgrim community. The assailants clubbed him, seized about $1300 in cash plus checks and papers, and escaped. a month later investigators have not solved the case.
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Ates
Thomasville
Pilgrim
Link
Children prompt Santa via private phone line in Aurora
In East Aurora New York children skip letters and call a private Santa line through the local telephone system. An operator connects callers to Old Saint Nick from 6 30 to 8 p m each evening until Christmas, providing a direct ear to Santa.
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East Aurora
N. Y
Santa Claus
Santa
Stalagmites in Carlsbad Caverns Reach Vast Heights
Stalagmite formations in Carlsbad Caverns New Mexico vary from thin needles to massive hummocks about 62 feet high. Scientists estimate these structures have taken around 60 million years to develop.
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Carlsbad Caverns
N. M
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Wayne R. Sabin
Hollywood
Earl Sande
King of American Jockeys
Santa Anita
Earl
Thomasville Plant
M. P. Church
N. Corchestra
Winston-Salem
Die Meistersinger
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Boston
High Point
Clover Hill Farm
Mendenhall Dairy
Lindale Dairy Corp
Clover Brand Dairies, Inc
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T. P. Kimrey Dairy
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