Kansas Crowds Hit Records in Big Six Football Season
Kansas played to 50,690 in four home games this season with a total 130,000 nationwide attendance up from last year. Notre Dame and Michigan State away figures missing, but overall rise due to more games and marquee matchups. Attendance highlights include Lincoln crowd for a likely Big Six title decider and strong eastern draws for Notre Dame Navy Yale Pennsylvania Princeton.
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Major Schroeder’s miracle rescue after near fatal altitude fall
In Strange as It Seems, Major Rudolph W. Schroeder, blinded by frost and deprived of oxygen, fell five miles from his plane at 2000 feet before regaining momentary consciousness and steering to a safe landing. The report notes the record altitude climb and the dangerous conditions before the vessel touched down. Also described is Chicago’s vast subway tunnel system running 62 miles beneath the city, maintaining 55 degrees year round and supplying air to nearby venues via ventilating links. Tomorrow, Lifetime Book.
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Rudolph W. Schroeder
Mijor Schroeler
Altho
Chicago
Sugar Bowl picks LSU and TCU for New Year matchup
New Orleans December 4 LSU Southeastern champion and Texas Christian runner-up for Southwestern title were chosen by Warren Miller, Mid-Winter Sports Association president, to meet in the Sugar Bowl on New Year’s Day. LSU lost opener to Rice 10 to 7. TCU fell to SMU 20 to 14 last week. Abe Michal and Sammy Baugh, two top passers, lead the guns.
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Louisiana State
Texas Christian University
L.S.U
T.C.U
Warren Miller
Mid-Winter Sports Association
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L.3.a
Rice
Southern Methodist University
Tulane
Temple
Abe Michal
L.C.U
Sammy Baugh
Faurot Brothers Turn Slumps Into Bright Spots
The Faurot brothers Don and Fred, coaching at Missouri and Kirksville Teachers, secured major strides in 1935 with Kirksville claiming a fourth consecutive championship despite a schedule hiccup. Missouri, amid long struggles, finished in a conference tie yet showed improved strength and depth for 1936. In Ames, Iowa State prepares for December 6 basketball opener, juggling forward spots and guard roles as Coach Louise Menze builds experience for her Cyclones.
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Missouri
Fred
Kirksville
Kansas City
Fred Faurot
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Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Frank Carideo
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Tigers
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Oklahoma
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Army
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Louise Menze
Jack Cowen
Jack Flemming
Simpson
Torvald Holmes
Maurice Johnson
Elwin Snell
Frank Hood
George Gibson
Harold Schafroth
Gordon Camp
Gibson
Menze
Waldo Wegner
Cyclone
Burton Thomson
Husky
Thomson
Wesk
Allen
Kilborn
Fred Poole
Washburn Lands One Man on the All-Valley Team
Des Moines reports a Huskies squad averaging over 193 pounds per man being honored by seven Missouri Valley coaches. Tulsa and Washington shared the title with three league wins each, claiming the bulk of first and second team selections. First team includes Harmon, Landy, Owen, Asbury, Ub, Hudrens, Wickersham, and Dennis. Washington adds Hafeli and Chapman. Tulsa adds Chapman and Owen. Drake, Grinnell, and Creighton place players on both teams. Second team features Pettit, Seerrall, Laughlin, Nelson, Gilbert, Parisha, Hobbs, Zboyovski, Schlotterbeck, Wilcox, and Bukant.
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Drake
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Grinnell
Harmon
Fordham signs Crowley for three-year deal as head coach
Fordham announces coach Jimmy Crowley will stay as head coach for three more years with a substantial salary increase. Rumors he would move to St. Marys with Slip Madigan are denied. Also dated Winfield Kansas reports Kiowa tackle Kay Henry and Hebron Neb center Robert Baltzell named co captains of the 1936 Southwestern College football team after the banquet where 24 players earned letters.
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New York
Epi
Fordham
Jimmy Crowley
Slip Madigan
St. Mary’s
Coe
Winfield Winfield
Kan
Kay
Henry
Kiowa
Robert Baltzell
Hebron
Neb
Southwestern
Football Banquet Season Gathers Big Local Attention
The Football Eye notes the holiday banquet season as coaches prepare speeches while players focus on December duties. Nebraska attendance milestones at Lincoln including 31,957 for the Minnesota game highlight a strong grid season, with Big Six standings, and Kansas records amid lineup changes for next year.
New York and Illinois to Pick Featherweight Champion
New York and Illinois athletic commissions diverge from the National Boxing Association over Freddie Miller. They plan a double elimination tourney to crown a titleholder who will then face Baby Arizmendi for the featherweight crown. Eastern entrants include Mike Belloise and Claude Warner. Western entrants Everett Rightmire and Wingree Mullins.
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CPI
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Illinois Athletic Commissions
National Boxing Association
Freddie Miller
Cincinnati
Baby Arizmendi
Meico
Mike Belloise
Claude Warner
Boston
Everett Rightmire
Sioux City, Jr
Wingree
Moon) Mullins
Vincennes
Ind
Globe Refiners Open With Victory Over the Transits
McPherson Kansas December 4 opening defense of their Missouri Valley A A U basketball title the McPherson Globe Refiners defeated the Hutchinson transits 88 to 32 here last night Forten Berrys Ragland and Gibbons rallied late in the game to secure the win.
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Gibbons
Freshman basketball practice at K U grows crowd
More than 40 freshmen reported to Gordon Gray last night at Kansas University boosting a small squad as football season ended. Names include Bob Lowe Gail Shikles Charles Stipp Jerry Robinson Lyman Corlis Harold Ansell Hugh Jones and many others. Gray plans to select about 15 to scrimmage the varsity cagers this afternoon under coach Phog Allen.
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Eter
Bob Lowe
Paseo
Kansas City
Gail Shikles
Charles Stipp
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Mac
Wayne Nees
Brazil
Ind
Alvin Warswick
Topeka
Fen Durand
Junction City
Morris Penner
M Tt Maize
Caney
Junior James
Kinsley
Don Foss
Garfield
Co. Weidner
St. Louis
Reginald Plumridge
Long Island
New York
George Bowles
Pembroke
Jim Gowans
Tulsa
Okla
Warren Annn Lawrence
Bob
Lynn Mahannah
Augustta
John Vogel
Stuttrart
Gray
Dr. “Phog
Al-lens Jayhawker
Allen
Valley teams travel Tes Moines nonconference slate
Missouri Valley colleges release their 32 game nonconference schedule through January 4, with Drake and Creighton leading a wide tour of the nation. Tulsa, Washburn, Grinnell, and Oklahoma A&M also feature prominently in varied regional trips and home events reflecting a busy early season.
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Valley
Drake
Rocky Mountain
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Utah
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Jays
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Tulsa
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Texas
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Oklahoma Aggies
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Match Report Highlights: Browning and Donovan Draws
In New Haven Jim Browning of Verona and Jack Donovan of Boston tied after draws noted at 328 and 222 respectively. Providence’s Danno O Mahoney defeated Eddie Meske in Ireland with straight falls, 220 over Y17, Indianapolis.
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Conn
Jim Browning
Verona
Jack Donovan
Boston
Drew
Providence
Danno O’ Mahoney
Ireland
Eddie Meske
Indianapolis
Scrapbook boxing results from scattered notes
In a fragmentary summary, Jumping Joe Savol di of Three Oaks Michigan defeated Len ARCs alusto of New York by 200. Gino Garibal aj of Virginia defeated Wee Wille Davis of New York by 211. Jack Washburn of Omaha defeated Harry Jacobs of Chicago by 214. Vicent Lopez of California beat Dick Daviicourt of Idaho by 340. The report mixes cities and scores in a jumbled listing with no full bouts or dates.
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Joe Savoldi
Three Oaks
Mich
Wille Davis
Virginia
Gino Garibalaj
New York
Len Arcs ‘Alusto
Hamilton
N. Y
Jack
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