National League raises tallies in winter records
National League officials release miscellaneous records showing Chuck Klein leading in slugging with .646 and 420 bases, Bill Terry driving in over 100 runs for the sixth straight season, Mel Ott drawing 100 walks, and Don Hurst pacing with 143 RBIs. Phillies compile 9,438 total bases and a .442 slugging percentage.
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New York
Chuck Klein
Hack Wilson
Lloyd Waner
Randy Moore
Bill Terry
Mel Ott
Phillies
Cubs
Pirates
Klein
Ott
Terry
Don Hurst
Jim Bottomley
St. Louis
Wilson
Brooklyn
WL. Waner
Pittsburgh
Moore
Boston
George Watkins
Tar Heel Frees Into Quarter Finals in Indoor Tennis
New York newsreel reports the national junior indoor championships reach the quarterfinals with eight seeded players alive. Notables include Bernard Friedman of North Carolina and Willard Ingalls of Harvard, among others, as pairings set for a tight knockout.
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New York
Yschor
Bernard Marcus
Cornell
Marco Hecht
University of Pennsylvania
Willard E. Ingalls, Jr
Harvard
Bernard Friedman
University of North Carolina
John Nogrady
St. John’s College
Brooklyn
Richard K. Hebard
Hill School
Pottstown
Sumner Rodman
Giles Versetraten
Hecht
Ingalls
Friedman
Nogrady
W Hebard
Rodman
Verstraten
Marcus
Football Must Supply Greater Safeguards Forwards Facing New Limits
The 1932 National Rules Committee report calls for suspending judgment while experts, coaches, and college leaders seek better safeguards for players. It condemns overuse of the forward pass and notes fewer college fatalities but many injuries, mostly in high school and sandlot play. The committee mourns Edward K. Hall, says elimination of injuries is impossible, and urges careful review before rule changes.
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Alan J. Gould
New York
National Rules Committee
National Collegiate Athletic Association
William G. Langford
Edward K. Hall
Langford
Trojans And Panthers Await Rose Bowl Kickoff
Southern California and Pittsburgh prepared for the Rose Bowl in Pasadena with USC aiming to extend its 19 game winning streak and Pitt seeking to erase a 47 to 14 loss from 1930. Coach Jones favored the same lineup that beat Notre Dame, while Sutherland touted his Panthers as ready despite the underdog role.
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Los Angeles
Southern California
Pittsburgh
Howard Jones
Pasadena
Trojan
Panthers
Jones
Notre Dame
Ford Palmer
Ray Sparling
Tay Brown
Ernie Smith
Aaron Rosenbers
Larry Stevens
Curtis Youel
Homer Griffith
Bob Erskine
Kenneth Bright
Gordon Clark
Pitt
Jock Sutherland
Pittsburgh Panthers
University of Southern California Trojans
Calif
Paul Cuba
Sutherland
T’ S
Trojans
Carolina Quint Resumes Work For Hard Schedule
Carolina basketball will end holidays and resume practice with 13 players under Coach Bo Shepard. The Tar Heels, practicing mornings and afternoons until January 3, plan a warmup game vs Guilford and consider a last week scrimmage with a nearby Y team.
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Carolina Quint
Chapel Hill
Carolina
Bo Shepard
Tar Heels
Guilford
Shepard
Vergil Weathers
Weathers
Wilmer Hines
Dave McCachren
Tom Alexander
Paul Edwards
Hines
Markham
Stuart Aitken
George Brandt
Ivan Grace
Bill Beale
Ike Minor
McCachren
Dave Henry
Charlie Jones
Stuart Chandler
Bucky Harris
Beale
Minor
Harris
Grace
Aitken
Golf Stars Tee Off In Tourney
Miami opens with 162 players at the Miami Open 82000 prize event. Tommy Armour of Detroit enters as a former winner seeking repeat success. Gene Sarazen, defending Open champion, aims to match Hagen and Shute with four Classic titles among other top names listed.
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Miami
Fla
UPI
Tommy Armour
Detroit
Miami Springs
Tommy
Gene Sarazen
Walter Hagen
Denny Shute
Johnny Golden
al Watrous
East and West All-Star Teams Hold Final Practice
Football stars from the East and West completed their last strenuous workouts for the charity game in San Francisco on Monday. The East beat Ernie Nevers’ pickup squad 6 touchdowns, with Cornell fullback Viviano and Northwestern end Fenell shining. The West defense worked long, and coaches Bible and Hollingberg announced tentative starting linemen including Hokoff, Stone, Morgan, Johnson, Senn, Mollari, and Ely. backfield selection was not set.
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San Francisco
Ernie Nevers
Rbart Viviano
Cornell
Dick Fenell
Northwestern
Dana X
Bible
Orin Hollingberg
Steve Hokoff
Nebraska
Ralph Stone
Olympic Club of
Bill Morgan
Oregon
Jack Johnson
Utah
Clem Senn
Washington State
Charlies Mollari
Santa Clara
Lawrence Ely
Dixie All-Stars Meet Charlotte Bantams in Charity Game
Charlotte hosts the Dixie All-Stars versus the undefeated Charlotte Bantams Monday in a charity contest. Notable players include Alabama All-America fullback John Harry Cain as captain, Duke captain Lowell Mason at quarterback, and North Carolina end Erwin Walker among the amateurs.
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Charlotte
Dixie
Erwin Walker
University of North Carolina
Races in Chicago to host American Legion air meet
The American Legion national air races for 1938 will be held in Chicago after the Cook County council voted trust to proceed. The event will take place at Sky Harbor airport following a net profit exceeding 5 000 dollars from this year’s meet.
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Chicago
Cook County Council
Sky Harbor
Planes About Ready for Trans Atlantic Flight Trials
Northrop Delta monoplane prepared for test flights as Lincoln Ellsworth and Bert Balchen finalize preparations for a planned autumn trans Atlantic voyage. Plane boasted a speed of 195 miles per hour and a ceiling of 26 000 feet after a thorough inspection by the explorers.
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New York
Northrop
Lincoln Ellsworth
Bert Balchen
Life of an Ewe Through Five Years
The ewe lives five years yielding four lambs per year and producing five crops of wool in the period.
Pittsburgh captain Reider out of Rose Bowl with injuries
University of Pittsburgh captain Paul Reider, a star back, will miss the Rose Bowl game Monday due to a badly injured leg from the Carnegie Tech contest. Frank Carver, Panthers press representative, confirmed the diagnosis on arrival.
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Los Angeles
Paul Reider
University of Pittsburgh
Frank Carver
Panthers
Carver
Reider
Carnegie Tech
Turkey Shoot Saturday At George Trotter’s Place
The second turkey shoot of the season is set for Saturday afternoon at 1 o'clock at George Trotter's place six miles out Asheboro road. Seven turkeys will be awarded to marksmen.
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George Trotter
Asheboro Road
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