Beec ee Conference Opens Cage Season This Week
The report highlights the Beecee Conference opening cage season this week with Sugar Bowl sports festival and New Year Bowl games. It notes the West's Rose Bowl return, Whizzer White's all around display at the Cotton Bowl, Rice's sensational sophomores, and large Pasadena and New Orleans crowds as the standout features of 1928 bowls engagements.
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West
White
Rice
Day
Whizzer White
Pasadena
New Orleans
Don Lash Towns and Cunningham Win Sugar Bowl Races
In New Orleans the Sugar Bowl festival produced thrilling results as Glenn Cunningham Forrest Towns and Don Lash all set world marks. Cunningham won the mile in 4 13.2 to set a Southern AAU record, Towns took the 120 yard high hurdles in 14.3, and Lash claimed the two mile run in 9 21.7, beating Rideout by five yards.
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New Orleans
Athetes
Glenn Cunningham
Forrest
Spec) Towns
Don Lash
Cunningham
Kansas
Archie San Romani
Southern A. A. U
Romani
Georgia
Spec Towns
Allen Tolmich
Wayne University
Towns
Robert Osgwood
Michigan
Lash
Wayne Rideout
Texas Teachers
Rideout
Indiana
California Bears Topples Alabama In Rose Bowl Classic
California beat Alabama 13 to 6 on New Year’s Day before 90 000 fans, ending Alabama’s undefeated Rose Bowl run and boosting Western football prestige. Vic Bottari scored twice on slant plays, while California’s defense intercepted four passes and one lateral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Zimmerman
Pasadena
Calif
California
Stub Allison
Alabama
Pacific Coast
Golden Bears
Bama
Mason Dixon
Stanford
Georgia Tech
Frank Thomas
The
Crimson Tide
Vic Bottari
West
John Meek
Bob Herwig
Herky Mosley
Charley Holm
Mosley
Holm
Bears
Joe Kilgrew
Flower Basin
Evenly Matched Squads Start 1938 Southern Conference Campaign
The 1938 Southern Conference basketball season opens with Washington and Lee and North Carolina billed as favorites. Washington and Lee tests Maryland in Lexington. North Carolina faces Davidson in Charlotte. Wake Forest Clemson South Carolina Richmond also show strong openings as the circuit begins Friday and Saturday.
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Richmond
Washington and Lee
Generala
North Carolina
White Phantoms
Cy Young
Raleigh
Maryland
Lexington
Bob Spessard
Earl ‘Kit’ Carson
W. L
Bill Bories
Davidson
Charlotte
North Carolina State
Connie Mac Berry
James Rennie
Wake Forest
South Carolina
Clemson
Gamecocks
Duke
Gene Alexander
Jim Waller
Tennessee
Southeastern
Ned Iverson
Winston-Salem
New Year Sports Prophet Delivers Mixed Bowl Picks
The author recalls a shaky season from 1937 and credits a newborn year for better sports forecasting. He notes astrology predicting a productive era and says Young 1938 helped pick one bowl game correctly, with two wrong and a tie, as a hopeful start to 1938.
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Young
Gemini
College Football Echoes from Rose Bowl and Cotton Bowl
A lively reminiscence notes Dixie strengths and stumbles across bowl games. It highlights Alabama, Auburn, Duke, North Carolina, Michigan State, Fordham, Pitt and West Virginia in landmark showings with Young 1938 as a recurrent foil and Texas Tech faced by West Virginia in El Paso.
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Young
Dixie
New Orleans
Carolina
Miami
Coney Island
Newport
Auburn
Plainsmen
Michigan State
Dallas
Phi Beta Kappa
Rio Grande
el Paso
West Virginia
Texas Tech
Spectacle and debate dot NC grid scene after New Year
North Carolinians discuss college football post New Year bowls and rankings. Duke falters over Carolina loss while Wake Forest coach Peahead Walker seeks a hunt change. Davidson defends limited football funding as Pitt and Fordham scraps echo national chatter.
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Alabama
Auburn
North Carolina
Pitt
Fordham
Mississippi
California
Duke
Arolina
Peahead Walker
Wake Forest
Doc Newton
Detroit
Davidson
Presbyterian Institution
Carolina
Owls
Fragmented sports notes mix in local chatter and matches
The column threads a string of sport and media tidbits from Pasadena to High Point. Mentions Leroy Monsky and Jen Monsky, Harry Mehre, Harry Kipke, Ray Matulewicz, Andy Bershak, and Bitsy Oat with scattered references to boxing, golf at Blair Park, and pro baseball nostalgia.
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Leroy Monsky
Bama
California
Kon
Pasadena
Jen Monsky
Harry Mehre
Harry Kipke
Ray Matulewicz
Warren
Jim Crocket
Charlotte
Kitty Hawk
Andy Bershak
Honey Hackney
John Marshall
the Times
Carolinas
Bitsy Oat
Katy Rawls
Fort Lauderdale
Jimmy Crichton
Blair Park
Andy Merrillee
Emerywood
Paul Casey
Dub Davis
High Point
Brooklyn
Redsmith’s
Alabama team set for record reception after Pasadena return
Alabama football players arrive from Pasadena for a massive welcome in Tuscaloosa. W Ki mas, president of the Tuscan Chamber of Commerce, declares the Crimson Tide’s rally the greatest yet as students stream back from Christmas break to greet the 40 players.
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Uscaloosa
Ala
Alabama
Pasadena
W. Kimas
Tuscan Chamber of Commerce
Pike's Peak Will Not Be Moved to Texas After All
Denver dispatch reports Governor Ammons announced Pike's Peak will stay in Colorado after a compromise. Texans may still visit the peak, following the Cotton Bowl outcome where Rice defeated Colorado and Texas claimed the mountain.
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Pike’s Peak
Texas
Denver
Pike's Peak
James V. Allrea
Teler Ammons
Ammons
Dallas
Alfred
Rice
Colorado
Jimmie
Gambling guru predicts heavy Louis Schmeling bout bets rise
SHARPSHOOTER NEW YORK, Jan 3. Jack Doyle, famed odds setter, says golf and contract bridge boost American gambling. He predicts record wagers on the Louis Schmeling bout, backs Schmeling to KO Louis between rounds 10 and 15, and notes rising sports betting from fathers and sons alike.
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New York
Jack Doyle
America
Joe Louis
Max Schmeling
Mama
Peoembing
Doyle
Joe
Max
Twenty Dogs Entered In Pinehurst Field Trial
Twenty dogs entered today in the Amateur All-Age stake opening the Pinehurst Field Trial club annual trials. The event is open to amateur handlers with bird dogs. Judges were W. T. Windsor and George Suttle. The amateur derby with 15 entries will follow, probably tomorrow.
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Pinehurst
Jan
South
Pinehurst Field Trial Club
W. T. Windsor
Akron
George Suttle
Newport News
Blue Devils Open Cage Season Tonite With Miss State
Duke's Blue Devils host the touring Mississippi State quintet in their first home game of the season in Durham. The team previously played four games, with wins over High Point College and Florida, a loss to South Carolina, and a follow up Big Five start against Davidson in Winston-Salem.
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Durham
Duke
Blue Devils
Mississippi State
High Point College
University of Florida
Boxing Wrestlers to clash in NBC spelling bee
A nationwide NBC broadcast on January 16 will feature a spelling bee among boxers and wrestlers. Tommy Farr has been invited to captain the fighters for the event.
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New York
Tommy Farr
NCAA to Propose Minor Football Rule Changes for 1938
At Edgewater Park Mississippi a rule committee session with about twenty four athletic directors and coaches refined a draft of 1938 college football rules. William B Langford said no announcements until the task ends, likely this afternoon. Prior New Orleans meetings showed sentiment for only a few changes.
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Edgewater Park
Miss
National Collegiate Athletic Association
William 8. Langford
NCAA
National Football Coaches Association
New Orleans
Monday Morning Field Generals Play After Ice Bowl
In KING ISLAND Alaska on January 3 the Arctic championship game saw the strong Oogruits defeat the lighter Alights 7 to 6. The islanders, 182 residents, faced a snowstorm as Father Bernard Hubbard praised the players for a near flawless contest. Uniforms featured hooded parkas mukluks and sealskin pants.
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King Island
Alaska
Bering Strait
Bernard Hubbard
Loyola
Los Angeles
Gomez Moves To Reno For Divorce Action
Hollywood gossip item says Letty Gomes of the New York Yankees plans to establish residence in Reno to pursue a quick divorce from actress June O'Dea. Gomes asserts six weeks is enough and he will then report to spring training in Florida.
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Hollywood
Letty) Gomes
New York Yankees
Reno
Gomez
June O'Dea
New York
Yankees
Florida
Miss O'Dea
Gomes
NGGS Favored In Miami Meet
In Coral Gables Florida Bobby Riggs top U.S. player seeded first in a 58 man field at the Miami Biltmore tennis tournament. Bryan Pitsy Grant of Atlanta seeded second to challenge for a potential finals clash. Grant seeks revenge after a lower national ranking and Riggs aims for Davis Cup form after Sugar Bowl win. First round byes and matches listed among seeds and unseeded entries.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Bobby Riggs
Chicago
Miami Biltmore
Bryan
Pitsy) Grant
Atlanta
Grant
Riggs
New Orleans
Donald Budge
Riges
Charles Carroll
Miami
Wayne Sabin
Portland
Ore
Jim Ford
Arthur Hendrix
Lakeland
Gene Sapphire
Charles Harris
West Palm Beach
Robert McMillan
Wisconsin
Martin Baxby
C & F. Holmes
Salisbury
N. C
Gardner Mulloy
Searle Barnett
Two Cage Games Set For Coliseum Tonight
The Ellington Fiorista meets M. P. Home and Welch Memorial faces the DeMolay in a doubleheader at the Coliseum tonight. First game starts at 7. Welch Memorial beat DeMolays 42 to 26 last Saturday and M. P. Home edged Memorial 38 to 29.
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Coliseum
Ellington Fiorista
M. P
Welch Memorial
Memorial
Carolinas to Revive Gymnastics as Sport
William B. Lindau of the Amateur Athletic Union announced a Carolinas gymnastic meet set for March 11-12 at Duke University. It will be the first state meet since 1922, reviving the sport in the region.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
William B. Lindau
The
Amateur Athletic Union
Duke University
States
French tennis champ EBtchbaater rose to world title late
Pierre EBtchbaater of France, age 44, won the world court tennis title after starting the game at 29. He has held the championship for 10 years.
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New York
Pierre Ebtchbaater
France
Three Texas Teams on Iowa State Football Schedule
Iowa State announces for next fall to play three Texas programs Southern Methodist Texas Christian and Texas Tech. The schedule lists matchups with these schools as part of the season lineup in Milwaukee.
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Texas
Marquette
Southern Methodist
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Rose Bowl not tops with Bill De Correvont
Chicago prep star Bill De Correvont says the city high school title game he played in last fall was more colorful than the Rose Bowl. He recalls 100 bands parading during halves and notes the Rose Bowl effort was hard fought yet less spectacular. He presses doubts about his college choice amid USC rooting chatter.
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Los Angeles
Bill de Correvont
Chicago
St. Leo
de Correvont
University of Southern California
Hog Wallow Wallops Wildcats 67 to 0 in Pig Bowl rout
Hog Wallow blanked the South Hamilton Street Wildcats 67 to 6 in a decisive Pig Bowl win played yesterday afternoon on Pershing Street. Hussey and Crowson led the victors with a pair of Hucks, F. and B. starred, while Hill, Lester, Kennedy and Dubaley stood out for the losers.
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Hamilton Street
Wildcats
Pig Bowl
Pershing Street
Hussey
Crowson
Hucks
Lester Hill
Charlies Lester
Kennedy
Dubaley
Kansas State Bets on Tiny Center Against Baker College
Lawrence Kansas January 3 The Kansas State basketball team fielded a center listed at 5 feet inches tall against Baker College. The Baker College center stood 6 feet 3 inches.
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Lawrence
Kan
Kansas State
Baker College
Jayhawks
Baker
Hank Luisetti’s record stand sparks roundball chatter
Sports Roundup notes Hank Luisetti’s 60 point record against Duquesne, praising Stanford’s sharpshooter while calling him possibly the greatest. Mentions Don Padgett as top hitting rookie groomed for catching duties with the Cardinals, Temple’s unbeaten squad, Owl iron men, Mike Bloomgren, Cubs’ brain trust, and Mike Jacobs’s Miami winter plans.
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Sid Prder
Eddie Hrnetz
New York
Hank Luisetti
Stanford
Duquesne
Don Padgett
Cardinals
Temple
Owl Iron Men
Illinois
Mike Bloom
Cubs
Grimm
Lagieri
Hartnett
Mike Jacobs
Fang
Miami
Dodgers sale chatter at Ford Frick party on New Year
At Ford Frick’s New Year party Lotta talk that the Dodgers will be sold despite denials and that Van Mungo will join another club this summer. Likely with the Cubs as Giants stop bidding after hearing Brooklyn’s price. Dodgers may settle for less than Frank Demarée in a Cubs deal.
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Ford Frick
Dodgers
van Mungo
Cubs
Giants
Brooklyns
Frank Demarée
Cub
New Zealand Seeks Earle Mea dows as Track Coach
Rumors say New Zealand designs to hire Southern California and Olympic pole vaulter Earle Mea dows as coach. Corby Davis, Indiana fullback, considers turning pro but prefers the Detroit Lions to the Cleveland Browns who drafted him. Alabama has sent 27 players to pro football camps.
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New Zealand
Earle Meadows
California
Corby Davis
Indiana
Detroit Lions
Clevelands
Alabama
Cotton Bowl fallout nudges Rice football bets for next season
After Saturday's Cotton Bowl firing, optimism grows for Rice football. Three standout sophomores Ernie Lightnin Lain Ollie Twinkletoes won dill and Jack Vestal headline a returning lineup as Rice eyes winter play. The San Francisco feast club plans an eight-man track squad this winter while Notre Dame hosts a testimonial dinner and Philadelphia Chicago push to challenge New York for the Sehm million-dollar cinch.
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Rice
Ernie
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