Texas Christian Tops Nation in AP Football Poll
The final Associated Press ranking shows Texas Christian leading 87 voters with 868 points, ahead of Tennessee and Oklahoma. Notre Dame falls to fifth after a 13-0 loss to Southern California, while Oklahoma jumps to fourth after routing Washington State. The East leads with Pitt, Fordham, Villanova, and Dartmouth in the top ten, Carnegie Tech near the top group.
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New York
Associated Press
Texas Christian
Mighty Forces
Southern
Southwestern
Notre Dame
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Southern California
Mississippi
Washington State
East
Pitt
Fordham
Villanova
Dartmouth
Carnegie Tech
Holy Cross
Carnegie
Duke
Carnegieo Tech
Pittsburgy Oes
Minnnesota cc
Cornell
Alabama
California
Michigan
Northwestern
Tulane
Stanford
Western Reserve
Iowa State
Clemson
Georgetown
Purdue
Jockeys Battle for Nation’s Champion Rider Title
Johnny Longden gains the lead over Johnny Adams in a muddy Tanforan season as Adams wins five races while Longden takes six. With 216 victories to Adams’s 199, the duo clash over the remaining ten racing days amid a long-standing rivalry and mutual respect.
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San Francisco
Johnny Longden
Central Canada
Tanforan
Johnny Adams
Iola
Kan
Adams
Longden
Kansas
Notre Dame Tops Dickinson Football Rankings Despite Loss
Notre Dame remains the nation’s top team in the Dickinson system with 27.72 points after an early 13 0 defeat to Southern California. Duke, Tennessee, Texas Christian and Oklahoma follow undefeated. Also noted is the Senior Golfers event at Augusta with a postponed start due to rain.
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Ill
Notre Dame
Southern California
Dickinson
Frank G. Dickinson
University of Illinois
Tennessee
Duke
Texas Christian
Oklahoma
Michigan
Minnesota
Alabama
Carnegie Tech
Pittsburgh
Augusta
The
Professional Golfers Association
Augusta National
Nine-In-One Cow Ormsby Butter King Sets Milk Record
Ormsby Butter King, a Holstein owned by Carnation Farms of Seattle, produces 50 quarts of milk and five pounds of butter daily. After a yearlong test ending February 12, 1936, she yielded 38 606 pounds of milk and 1 402 pounds of butter, breaking a 16 year record.
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Ormsby Butter King
Carnation Farms
Seattle
Wash
Segis Pietertje Prospect
Ormsby
Pitt Row Clears on Athletic Scholarships Debate
Pittsburgh officials and Pitt alumni weighed Chancellor Bowman's claim that athletic scholarships are not offered but outside aid may assist worthy players under the Bowman code. The problem centered on 22 freshmen football players who faced $150 tuition notes. John Weber waived this year's notes while offering work to repay later.
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Pittsburgh
John G. Bowman
Pitt
Bowman
John Bain Sutherland
Sutherland
Lettermen
John Weber
New York Sports Roundup Skims Big Week in Baseball and Boxing
The New York sports page surveys winter trades around New Orleans and hockey style chatter as baseball hot topics loom. Petey Scalzo stops Joey Archibald for a featherweight claim while Lefty Gomez returns from Canada with winter notes.
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New York
McCoy
Higess
Petey Scalzo
West Side
Joey Archibald
King
Kansas coaches crisis looms as regents push plan
Earl Potter reports the Kansas athletic setup faces a fresh snarl over coaching staff control. Regents appoint a three member committee to advise the athletic board and oversee decisions, with potential to override staff wishes. Expect a decision at tomorrow night’s meeting, observers warn of possible deadlock.
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Earl Potter
K. U
Athletic Board
Board of Regents
Kansas
Athleic
Grapevine
Gwinn Henry
Regents
Davey OBrien Modest About Gridiron Glory
Davey OBrien arrives in New York to receive the Heisman Trophy and credits his teammates for football success. He says he prefers geology later in life and has no plans for pro ball, noting a shoulder injury in high school and his modest view of the award.
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Frankie Frish
Davey O’brien
Carnegie Tech
Jake Ruppert
New York
Robert Davis O’brien
Dutch Meyer
Horned Frogs
Ki Aldrich
Insult Hale
Amon Carter
Fort Worth
Davey
Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
O’brien
Lions Open Season in Alumni Game Tonight
Lawrence Memorial high school Lions kickoff basketball season with an alumni game at 7 30 tonight. Admission 25 cents offers a first look at the team entering the Eastern Kansas conference. Elmer Schaake begins his first season as coach with probable Lions starters Palmateer Moon Corlis Dale Jella Goehring. Alumni lineup likely Hunt Pearce Stoland Dover Leonard Jella.
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Lawrence Memorialigh School
Lions
Eastern Kansas
Elmer Schaake
Palmateer
Moon
Corlis
Dale Jella
Goehring
Hunt
Pearce
Stoland
Dover
Leonard Jella
Life and Guffin Face Off in Night Card Lineup
The page lists games for tonight including Life versus Guffin and Asher versus Underwood with a set of numbered scores and names such as Allen, Jones, High, mee, and 1280. The fragmentary text records a sports schedule and player identifiers from a newspaper brief.
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Allen
Mee
Jones
Life
Guffin
Asher
Underwood
Attendance Up 11 Percent For 1938 College Football
An Associated Press survey shows 1938 college football home-game attendance rose 11 percent from 1937, totaling 8,146,124 across 351 games. Eastern schools, led by Penn, Yale, Columbia and Harvard, drove most of the gain, aided by favorable weather along the Atlantic seaboard.
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New York
Associated Press
Atlantic Seaboard
Southwest
Pacific Coast
California
Notre Dame
Baseball seeks to curb coverup schemes in majors minor clash
New Orleans report notes minor league forces push for a national pact to bar major league teams from signing sandlot players to minor league clubs and holding strings. Landis plans an amendment to end subterfuge rules while clubs pursue Casarella to Buffalo, Herman rumors, Grimes Montreal, Maranville Albany, and Hogsett acquisition.
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New Orleans
Bob Feller
Feller
Cleveland Indians
Southern Association
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Baseball
K. M. Landis
Association
Thursay
Cincinnati Reds
Joe Cascarella
Buffalo
St. Louis Cardinals
Billy Herman
Chicago Cubs
Pepper Martin
Burleigh Grimes
Brooklyn
Montreal
Rabbit Maranville
Maranville
Albany
Mike Kelly
Minneapolis American Association
Washington Senators
Elon Hogsett
Frick Reelected NL President Amid League Limit Vote
A year ago lFard C Frick was reelected as National League president while a move to raise the league player limit failed. Three years ago the A U U executive committee deadlocked on opposing U S participation in Olympics held in Germany and referred the issue to convention without recommendation. Five years ago deaths from football dropped with 26 direct and 1 contributing factor versus 50 in 1951 and 28 in 1922.
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lFard C. Frick
National League
U.S
Germany
Baker Wildcats Schedule Sets Hard Campaign Under Liston
Baker University basketball coach Emily Liston fields a young squad with limited veterans and schedules a demanding slate across seven conferences. The Wildcats open conference play January 13 against Kansas Wesleyan after scrimmages to develop the yearlings.
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Wildcat
Baker
Emily. Liston
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Kansas Wesleyan
Edwin Davison
Bob Rudolph
Charles Bonebrake
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Spencer Self
C. Becker
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Liberty
Northeast State
Maryville
College of Commerce
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Drury
Springfield
Southwest Teachers
Carleton
Northfield
Minn
Baldwin
West Texas State
College of Emporia
Egettney
Rockhurst
Kansasity
Ottawa
McPherson
Emporia
Bethel
Bethany
Lindsburg
Skkansas Wesleyan
Salina
Newton
Arkansas City Junior College Beats St. Johns 41 to 37
The Arkansas City Junior College team defeated St. Johns College 41 to 37 in a低scored basketball game. Key players led the offense and the defense held firm in the final minutes.
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Arkansas City Junior College
St. John's College
Hood named new coach at Rockhurst College Kansas City
Frank Hood former star at Iowa State will succeed the late Pat Mason as Rockhurst College coach announced by Rev. John B. Gerst S J director of athletics Hood rises to lead football and basketball programs at the Kansas City school.
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Kansas City
Frank Hood
Iowa State
Pat’ Mason
Rockhurst College
Hood
John B. Gerst
S. J
Scalzo Knocks Out Archibald in Second Round
New York fighter Pete Scalzo defeats Joey Archibald of Pawtucket in two rounds to win the featherweight clash. Scalzo pounds Archibald with three right hooks, tipping the scales at 127½ pounds to 124 for Archibald in a lively free-for-all that upsets the title scene.
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New York
Henry Armstrong
Pete Scalzo
West Side
Petey
Joey Archibald
Pawtucket
Archibald
New York State Athletic Commission
National Boxing Association
Freddy Miller- Leon Rodak
A Scalzo
Kansas Jayhawks Announce 16-Game Big Six Baseball Schedule
University of Kansas coach R L Conger reveals a 16 game conference slate with Kansas State Missouri and Iowa State home and away. Nebraska and Oklahoma travel for conference games with dates set in April May and June. Non conference games will be added later.
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Iowa State
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Missouri
Lahoma
Kansas
Kansas State
University of Kansas
Toda
R. L. Conger
Jayhawkers
Jayhawk
Manhattan
Lawrence
Norman
Lincoln
Ames
Columbia
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