Feller in Army Air Corps Draft Talk and Other Sports Bits
The roundup notes Bob Feller may join the Army Air Corps with a Wright Field assignment at Dayton Ohio after a Washington visit. It mentions Larry MacPhail Jr seeking a manager for his Toronto club and a playing pilot first. Also highlights five field goals in the Canadian championship and Fritz Hanson starring for Winnipeg. Minnesota and Coffeyville boast long winning streaks. Containing various quips from Hugh Fullerton Sr and notes on Yale football hopeful Endicott Davison along with pop culture quips and coach Ironhorse Connor’s puntless game records.
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New York
Bob Feller
Washington
Bob
Army Air Corps
Will
Wrightfield
Dayton
Ohio
Chuck Dregsen
Larry MacPhail, Jr
Baily Grimes
Toronto
Winnipeg
Fritz Hanson
Blue 7
South Dakota State
Hans Lobert
Connie Mack
Connie
Yale
Endicott Peabody Davison
Harvard
Groton
Eli
California
Philadelphia
Phils
Cleaning the Cuff Amateur Sports Leaders Eye 1942 A A U
The piece notes leaders eyeing the 1942 A A U convention likely to go to Honolulu. It highlights Minnesota footballers placing five Wolverines on their all opponent team while Michigan selects only two Minnesota players. It mentions Bing Crosby racing colors and league movie costs, Dartmouth visiting Georgia reacting to football rivalries, and Lou Boudreau predicting great things from Rollie Hemsley next year.
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A. A.U
Honolulu
Minnesota
Michigan
National League
Dartmouth
Georgia
Rollie Hemsley
Lou Boudreau
Year ago Nebraska to face Stanford in Rose Bowl
The brief notes a year ago Nebraska accepted a bid to play Stanford in the Rose Bowl. It mentions three years ago Gabby Harriett signing a $27,500 Cubs contract for 1939 and five years ago Yale captain Larry Kelley winning top honors, including Heisman recognition, in downtown events.
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Associated Press
Nebraska
Stanford
Gabby Harriett
Chicago Cubs
Larry Kelley
Yale
Downtown
A. CG
Six Kansas conference players repeat on AP all star team
Six Kansas conference gridsters repeat on the AP first team chosen by officials with 1941 selections. Hodges and Timmons from Baker, Egbert and Dupree from Kansas Wesleyan, Staerkel and Bartel from Bethel gain repeat spots. four Baker men lead the first team, Bethel ranks second among schools.
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Charles Chamberlain
Kansas City
Kansas
Associated Press
Sports
George Egbert
Paul Dupress
Kansas Wesleyan
Larry Timmons
Marvin Hodges
Baker
Bill Staerkel
Buck Roy Bartel
Bethel
Hodges
Timmons
Emil Liston
Ottawa
McPherson
College of Emporia
Bethany
al Hargraves
Ray Meyer
Quincy Seymour
Harry Miller
Jack Vetter
Seymour
Egbert
Max Johnson
Miller
Vetter
Bartel
Sailor Boy Hodges DuPree
Charles Sloop
Staerkel
Dick Rees
Harvey Boyer
Boyer
Rees
Harry Trigg
Ervin Moore
Joe Haken
Meyer
Roy Hodges
Horned Frogs to Face Georgia in Orange Bowl Classic
Texas Christian accepts a bid to meet Georgia in the Orange Bowl on New Year’s Day in Miami. TCU defeated Texas 14-7 in a major upset, with a season that included wins over Tulsa Arkansas Indiana Baylor Centenary SMU and Texas. Georgia’s schedule lists victories over Mercer South Carolina Columbia Auburn Florida Centre Dartmouth and Georgia Tech.
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Miami
Fla
Texas Christian
Georgia
Horned Frogs
Texas
Frogs
Texas A. & M
Fordham
Rice
Tulsa
Arkansas
Indiana
Baylor
Centenary
Southern Methodist
Alabama
Mississippi
Bulldogs
Mercer
South Carolina
Columbia
Auburn
Florida
Centre
Dartmouth
Georgia Tech
Texas declines bowl bid reshaping top football picture
The University of Texas opt out of a bowl invitation alters the national scene by removing a leading team from post season possibilities and triggering debate on where the Longhorns would have fit, with Minnesota and others discussed for potential matchups.
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University of Texas
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Dana Bible
Longhorns
Texas
Minnesota Tops Final AP Football Poll of 1941 Season
Minnesota Golden Gophers hold the No. 1 spot in the final 1941 AP football ranking with 945.5 points from 96 voters. Duke is second with 914, Duquesne third with 309.38, and Fordham Missouri Notre Dame Texas and Michigan follow in the top ten as the season closes.
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New York
Minnesota
Ray Kelly
New York Times
Associated Press
Golden Gophers
Gophers
Duke
Blue Devils
Oregon State
Duquesne
Fordham
Missouri
Notre Dame
Texas
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Texas A
Navy
Kelly
Collier Parris
Lubbock, Tex
Avalanche-Journal
Neek Favever
Texas Netartnarreneres
Fordham Eeraceenre
Texas A. and
1941 Kansas Conference All Stars Second Team Selected
The 1941 Kansas Conference second team lists players from Ottawa Bethel Baker Col of Emporia McPherson Kansas Wesleyan and others. Notables include Quincy Seymour Baker and Eugene Reusser Bethel with several ends tackles guards centers and backs named and an honorable mention roster across multiple colleges.
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Quincy
Seymour Baker
E. Joe Baker
Ottawa
George Egbert
Kansas Wesleyan
E. Eugene Reusser
Bethel
Max Johnson Baker
T. Elton Krehbiel
Oliver Duerkson
al Hargraves
Kan
Wesleyan
Larry Timmons Baker
G. Dick Rees
Emporia
Bill Staerkel
G. Harvey Boyer
Harry Miller
C. Ray Meyer McPherson
Marvin Hodges Baker
Q. Wayne Dixon
Jack Vetter
McPherson H. Bill Jones
Paul Dupree
H. Verle Anderson
Ray Bartel
F. Charles Sloop Baker
Turley
College of Emporia
French
McPherson
Dester
Agee
Patty
Arbogast
Jacobs
Moore and Queen
H. Trigg
G. Martin
Baker
Jantz
Kansas
Pais
Jayhawks Seek Balance With Key Returnees And Injuries
University of Kansas basketball enters fall with coach Forrest C. Allen in his 25th season. Only two first stringers from last season remain available this winter Marvin Sollenberger and Ralph Miller both hindered by knee injuries. Returning lettermen include Sollenberger Hunter Hall Walker Buescher and Johnson plus Don Blair and Browder Richmond. Freshmen Ray Evans and others show promise as the squad rebuilds after major graduation losses.
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Kansas
University of Kansas Jayhawks
Forrest C. Allen
Jayhawks
Marvin Sollenberger
Ralph Miller
Sally
Miller
Howard Engleman
Bob Allen
John Kline
Norman Lanneman
Bill Hogben
Ed Hall
Sollenberger
Hutchinson
T. P. Hunter
Centralia
Ill
Vance Hall
Downs
Charles Walker
John Buescher
Beardstown
Bob Johnson
Kansas City
Kan
Don Blair
Ottawa
Browder Richmond
Ray Evans
Charlie Black
Lawrence
Paul Turner
Jack Ballard
Red” Ettinger
Independence
Max Kissell
Portis
Bob Fitzpatrick
Salina
Final lineup for the major New Year bowls
Four major college bowls set for New Year’s day. Rose Bowl in Pasadena matches Oregon State against Duke. Sugar Bowl in New Orleans features Missouri versus Fordham. Cotton Bowl in Dallas pairs Texas A&M with Alabama. Orange Bowl in Miami pits Georgia against Texas Christian.
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James H
Sleepy Jim
Pasadena
Cal
Oregon State
Duke
Stanford
Nebraska
New Orleans
Missouri
Fordham
Boston College
Tennessee
Dallas
Tex
Texas A
Alabama
Miami
Fla
Georgia
Texas Christian
Mississippi State
Georgetown
Nebraska picks key players for Lewandowski era
Lincoln, Dec 2. Six major lettermen and three minor award winners report to coach Ad Lewandowski as he builds the Nebraska basketball team. Sid Held anchors the lineup with returning starters John Thompson and John Fitzgibbon. New guard Dick Heintzelman is seen as a potential contributor.
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Lincoln
Neb
Ad Lewandowski
Nebraska
Sid Held
John Thompson
John Fitzgibbon
Mex Young
Hartmann Goetz
Les Livingston
Chuck Vacanti
John Hay
Lyle King
Lewandowski
Thompson
Fitzgibbon
Goetze
Held
Young
Dick Heintzelman
Huskers
al Randall
Don Fitz
Haskell Basketball Opens Season With Weekend Games
The Haskell Indian basketball schedule starts with the high school team facing Argentine High of Kansas City Kansas Friday at 7 30 in the Haskell gym. The junior college squad meets the Kansas City Missouri police team Saturday evening. Warner Coffin leads the varsity, while Arthur Harrison guides the high school team.
Sinkwich Seizes Southeast All Star Back Spot
Francis Frank Sinkwich of Georgia, a modest Ohio native, is a unanimous pick at tailback for the Southeastern conference all star team. In 10 games he rushed for 1102 yards, 20 shy of Whizzer White’s record, completed 52 of 117 passes for 713 yards and 11 touchdowns, scored seven TDs and kicked one field goal.
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Atlanta
Francis Frank
Sinkwich
Ohio
Georgia
Youngstown
Frankie
Byron
Whizzer) White
Dodgers Roll Past Steelers 35 7 In Big Win At Ebbets Field
Brooklyn Dodgers crush Pittsburgh Steelers 35 to 7 in a National League clash before 12 386 fans at Ebbets Field. Merlyn Condit George Kracum and Ace Parker power the offense with sharp passing and timely reverses as the Dodgers pull away from the Steelers to stay undefeated against them this season.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
Dodgers
Pittsburgh Steelers
Steelers
Ebbetsfield
Merlyn Condit
George Kracum
Ace Parker
Condit
Pittsburgh
Kracum
Art Jones
Dick Biffle
Leterals
Parker
Perry Schwartz
Schwartz
Rhoten Shetley
Shetley
Dodger
Baseball manager swap in Newark and Kansas City
In a minor league shake up Johnny Neun who had led Newark since 1937 moves to Kansas City while Bill Myers who managed the Blues since 1938 shifts to Newark. The change involves teams in the Newark International League and Kansas City American Association.
Hesper social notes of Thanksgiving gatherings and visits
Local residents from Hesper and nearby towns shared Thanksgiving meals and hosted guests. Families and friends including the Neis, Reetz, Milburns, G-abiels, Votaws, and Jam Gabriel hosted dinners and attended church and club meetings across Lawrence Prairie Center and nearby communities.
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Bill Neis
Lila Reetz
Lawrence
Hesper Farm Bureau
Hopewell School
Ray Milburn
Silver City
N.M
Tena Miskimen
Eudora
Eldon Votan
Velda
Marlene
Hesper Missionary Society
Cham Williamson
Alvin Gabriel
Harold Gabriel
Jerry
J. H. Lehman
Esther Gabriel
Ellen Tobias
Chapman
Gus Gabriel
O. D. Dunlap
Floyd
Paul Frazier
Helen Lucille
Harold Morley
Donald Ralph
Ralph Wotan
Dorothy Mae
Vernon
Sam Gabriel
Amaretta
W.C.T.U
Prairie Center
Louise Sommer
Jin Gabriel
Herbert Knabe
Richard
Twilla Lee
Ed Knabe
P. V. Creevan
Topeka
Jerry Harris
Harris
Amos Westerhouse, Jr
Lois Jean Stanley
Kansas City
Martha Jean Johnston
Elvin Chaffee
Bob
Roger
Leonardville
Kan
Chester Baecker
Eldon Votaw
Carl Gerstenberger
Vera
George Votaw
John Mills
Wichita
Alden Fleming
Karen Rose
Irvin Votaw
Howard Rouland
Oscar Votaw
Classified Page Readership Highlight
A reader survey notes 76 percent of subscribers read the classified page daily. The figure underscores the page as a daily staple for readers and advertisers.
Thanksgiving gatherings and visits in Stony Point community
Thanksgiving events and family visits unfold across Stony Point and nearby Lawrence. Notables include McAlearneys and Griffises hosting guests, funeral attendance for Samuel Churchbaugh, and local youth spending holidays with college relatives. Members of the W S C S plan December meetings and 1942 officers are named.
Funeral services for Sant Churchbaugh held at Willow Springs
Visitors from the district attended the Willow Springs church Tuesday afternoon for Sant Churchbaugh’s funeral. He is a brother of Mrs Herschel Ulrich and Lewise Churchbaugh, and relatives including Mrs Frank Johnson, Charles and Gene, Mrs Loren Williams, and Robert.
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Patrick McAlearney
Berniece Griffis
Wichita
Clarence Griffis
C. E. Griffis
D. A. Wray
Arthur Flory
Abe Flory
Will Postma
H. H. Ulrich
Mac Karnes
Lawrence
Anna Cripe
E. D. Wray
Mildred
Samuel Churchbaugh
Willow Springs
Modesto
Calif
Ray Vaughn
Walter Hilkey
Los Angeles
Adam Hilkey
Bert Hover
Overbrook
Brumbaugh
D. A
Reeder Sale
Baldwin
Claude Garner
Bert Carey
Oscar Shuck
Byran
Beth Kring
Charles Brohammer
Charles Shuck
Lloyd Shuck
Robert Rings
Robert Heaston
K. U
Er. S. Heaston
June
Phillip Williams
Lawrence Business College
Loren Williams
Robert
Frank Johnson
Charles
Claude
Gene
George Summer
Clyde Puckett
Carl van Hoesen
Oehlert
E. S. Heaston
Orval Shotwell
Ada Williams
Willi Johnson
Gleason
Carolyne Ulrich
Herschel Ulrich
Keith Ulrich
Mary Elizabeth
Billy
Anne Newman
Sant Churchbaugh
Churchbaugh
Lewise Churchbaugh
Hopewell
Phi Mu
Baker University
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