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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1939
Page
11
New York January 5 The rules committee eased the penalty for hitting an ineligible receiver on a forward pass and restricted advancing beyond the line until a pass is thrown. Coaches expect short shovel passes and longer overhand throws to shift offensive focus and improve protection for the passer.
Jim Snyder, a football halfback and basketball guard at Ohio University, becomes the first athlete since 1931 to play on both the gridiron and the basketball court in the same academic year.
Zuppke scouted Trojans before Rose Bowl battle with Duke as 1938 league with 1.1 million in attendance, a 15 percent rise, crowned by Giants 23 Packers 17 in playoff thriller. League touts open passing, field goal on goal line, and plans for 1939 with more pageantry and color.
Large Gus Greenlee, manager of John Henry Lewis, predicts a real 15 round war with Joe Louis at Garden on Jan 25. He says Lewis will not run and insists his fighter has a 50 50 chance, weighing about 185 pounds and capable of delivering hard punches.
Duke and Davidson prepare for a top cage attraction in Winston-Salem as the Blue Devils without several stars and coach Eddie Cameron face a strong Wildcats squad. Duke crushed Princeton 46 33 behind Bergman Price and Swindell while Davidson beat McCrary Eagles earlier in the week.
Early human activity enabled rats to colonize most of the globe as sailors carried them aboard ships. The remark notes their role as pests while recognizing human actions in their global distribution.
In Rodanthe North Carolina on January 5 residents observe Old Christmas dating back to English pioneers. Cows horses and children prayed stockings filled and gifts placed around a single lit Christmas tree imported from Roanoke Island. An effigy of Old Nick is burned as part of the festivities.
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