A. A. U. Puts Forward Six Point Program for Athletics
Jeremiah Mahoney the newly elected A A U president outlined a six point plan to reform American athletics in Houston. He urged end to athletic nationalism and government control of Olympic affairs, insisting sport remain under private enterprise. Mahoney defeated Brundage’s candidate Walsh and appointed Ernest Jahncke as delegate at large to the 1937 meeting.
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Houston
Texas
Jeremiah Titus Mahoney
New York
Amateur Athletics Union
Chicago
Avery Brundage
Mahoney
Brundage
Berlin
International Olympic Committee
Nazi Ausovices
Jahneke
Big 10 stars named for East all star grid game
Coach Hanley selects at least six Western Conference players for the East squad to face a Western team on New Year’s Day in San Francisco. Recruits include Steve Toth, Charles Hamrick, Bud Svendson, Merle Wendt, Ed Widseth, and Ken Nelson, with Hamrick and Widseth among latest picks.
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Chicago
UPI
San Francisco
Dick Hanley
Hanley
Northwestern
Midwest
Andy Kerr
Colgate
Steve Toth
Charles Hamrick
Ohio State
Bud Svendsen
Minnesota
Merle Wendt
Ed Widseth
Ken Nelson
Strange As It Seems and the Annie Laurie tale in waxen prose
Rag. U. E Pat OF Annis Lauria Wher William Douglans, a dashing Highlander, penned lines about Annie Laurie whose betrothal was broken. The piece recalls John Scott’s tune Bonnie Annie Laurie and weaves with Kimble County 1877 Ranger actions, murder, forgery, and jurors, ending with a note on unused court seats and resignations.
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John Hix
Tatheet
Annis Lauria
William ‘Douglans
Ian
Annie Laurie
John Scott
England
Verame
Bonnie Annie Laurie
Robert Laurie
Annie
Kimble
Texas
Jssts
W. A. Blackburn
Judicial District
Texas Rangers
John B. Jones
Rangers
Iines
Ohio State Stadium Serves as Men’s Dormitory
Ohio State University operates the Horseshoe as low cost housing for students. Since 1933 dormitory space inside the stadium houses hundreds of men with meals and room totaling about 126 a year. A cooperative board manages purchases while two cooks are the only paid staff.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Buckeye Stadium
Jto
Joseph A. Park
Bowl Tiltes Near as Postseason Arcs Rise in Football
Amid scattered games and looming bowls, teams prepare for post season showdowns. Washington faces Pittsburgh in the Rose Bowl while LSU plays Santa Clara in the Sugar Bowl and Duquesne awaits an Orange Bowl opponent in Miami. Notre Dame ends with a 13 13 tie against Southern California in a quirky finale.
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New York
Georgia Tech
Atlanta
Washington
Pittsburgh
Louisiana State
Santa Clara
New Orleans
Duquesne
Miami
Texas Christian
University of Miami
Georgetown
South Carolina
Arkansas
Texas
Razorbacks
Notre Dame
Southern California
Trojans
Dick Berryman
Byr’ Langley
Trojan
Long runs and passes mark 1936 football season highlights
Credit Ace Parker and Milton Popovich with the season’s longest gains. Parker raced 105 yards from a kickoff for a TD, Popovich 100 yards, while Byron White and Dexter Stanphil also posted 100 plus returns. Bert Johnson’s 66 yard pass and several 80s and 90s-yard scampers fill the record list amid notable kick returns and field goals.
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New York
Ace Parker
Duke
Milton Popovich
Montana
Parker
North Carolina
Popovich
Oregon
Byron White
Colorado University
Denver
Dexter Stanphil
Sewanee
Florida
Bud Langley
Southern California
Notre Dame
Bert Johnson
Kentucky
Bob Davis
Maryville
Giant cottontail photo wowed KU student and father
Wilfred K McClain Jr a senior industrial engineering student at the University of Kansas models next to a giant rabbit created by trick photography. The image uses a time exposure with a four and a half foot camera distance and a clothes line setup not visible in the frame.
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Kansas
Wilfred K. McClain, Jr
University of Kansas
McClain
Wilfred E. McClain
MecClain
Guldahl Sets Pace At Miami Biltmore Open Golf
Ralph Guldahl of St. Louis led the $10,000 Miami Biltmore Open going into the final round with a 54 hole 207 on a par 71 course in Coral Gables Florida. He added a 69 in the third round and held a 2,509 first prize in sight after a 68 70 69 score sequence. Horton Smith faltered while W Lawson Little Jr moved into second with 213, threatening a 1,250 payoff if he stays second through the last 18. Smith tied for third with Denny Shute Henry Picard and Jimmy Demaret.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Ralph Guldahl
St. Louis
Guldahl
Horton Smith
Chicago
W. Lawson Little
Himelf
Smith
Denny Shute
New
Henry Picard
Hershey
Jimmy Demaret
Houston
Tex
Layton Faces a Test in World Billiards Tourney
Johnny Layton of Sedalia leads with five wins and one defeat as he meets a top rival in Chicago. Jay Bozeman of Detroit seeks to halt Layton after a strong start, while Bozeman shows a solid overall average despite a recent loss to Otto Reiselt.
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Chicago
Johnny Layton
Sedalia
Jay Bozeman
Detroit
FC Bozeman
Otto Reiselt
Sugar Bowl outlook and scattered sports notes from New York
In New York on December 7, a sports roundup surveys the Sugar Orange and Rose Bowls, coach Alabama's Frank Thomas comments on LSU, Colgate to borrow 12 000 seats from Syracuse for a Duke game raising capacity to about 15 000, and various round and round items. It notes Duke Colgate plans and Carlton Crossley and Jimmy Walthour sailing Europe, plus baseball chatter on Ed Brandt Linus Frey trades, Casey Stengel reactions, and other tidbits from Madison Square Garden and the season’s behind the scenes chatter.
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New York
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Louisiana State
Gus Dorias
Detroit
Earl Martineau
Princeton
Vic Hanson
Syracuse
Colgate
Duke
Sports notes mixups and naming in Detroit coverage
The article notes Mike Jacobs pushing for a year option on Pastor if he defeats Louis. It also mentions Detroit’s Imperial Farms naming a yearling "H. G. Salsinger" after Detroit News sports editor and Bill Stewart commenting that hockey refereeing is tougher than baseball umpiring.
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Mike Jacobs
Louis
Imperial Farms of
Detroit
H. G. Salsinger
Detroit News
Bill Stewart
Pitt Fans Back Rose Bowl Pick as Getto Praises Panthers
Local fans favor Pittsburgh for the Rose Bowl against Washington amid backing from Coach M J Getto of the KK A staff a former Pitt All American tackle. Getto promotes team play over individual glory and notes weather and training conditions influenced past Rose Bowls. Mike recalls 1928 trip with Fairbanks entertainment and a risky whip stunt involving a Pitt player.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
Panthers
M. J
Mike” Getto
KK. A
Pitt
Mike
Lawrence
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Nebraska
Kansas
Mike Getto
Pittsburgh Brothers
Cornhuskers
Mike Fost
Stanford
Lincoln
Getto
West Coast
Douglas ‘Fairbanks
Fairbanks
Doug
Olympic boycott supporters lose by margin at AAU convention
A year ago advocates of an Olympic boycott lost a close vote at the AAU convention. Three years prior college football attendance rose 13 percent in 1933. Five years back Tulane star Jerry Dalrymple suffered a kidney contusion from a Washington State game. Eddie Berlinski of NC State is noted as a top broken field runner in the Southern Conference. The Atlanta pennant winners used only 22 players last season, the smallest grid unit in the Southern Association.
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Jerry Dalrymple
Tulane
Washington State
Eee
Atlanta
Eddie Berlinski
North Carolina State
Big Six Teams Open Eight-Game Schedule This Week
Four Big Six basketball teams start non-conference play this week as Kansas and Iowa State seek momentum after opening wins. Missouri faces St Louis U and Washington, while Kansas State meets Fort Hays State before a tour in the Big Ten, with Nebraska opening at Vermillion and Oklahoma at Norman.
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Missouri
St. Cattis
St. Linda
Fort Hays State
Kitwas State
Manhattan
Wichita
Norman
Colum In
Kansas State
Evansville
Eveansville
Ranans
Washburn
Towa State
Entral
Kansas City
Kansas
Town State
Tigers
St. Louis U. Missouri
George Edward
Missourians
St. Louis
St. Louis University
Washington
Frank Root
Kansas Staters
Fort Hays
Wichita University
Iowa State
Jayhawks
Southwestern
Winfield
Kan
Grinnell
Ames
Thanksgiving Gatherings Close in Reno and Topeka
Reno residents Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McRill and family joined relatives for Thanksgiving in Fort Leavenworth and Sun Valley. Topeka visitors Mr. and Mrs. Jess R. Grahee hosted a turkey dinner for the Graham family. Tom Davison died after a long illness. Sun day school seeds and a church Christmas tree event are noted for December 20.
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A. H. Hutton
Mary Phenicie
Severance
Wichita
Grace Sanders
Kansas City
Wood
Leonhart
Delphos
Pony Creek
Hutton
Albert Barker
Arizona
W. A. Dehoff
S. Dehoof
Topeka
H. G. Skeets
Harry
Alfred
Audrey Winkleman
Inez Mason
S. A. McKone
Lawrence
Ralph McRill
Billie
Fort Leavenworth
F. A. Me
Tom Davison
Clearfield church services led by visiting pastor amid illness
Sunday in Clearfield Rev A Rodewald conducted services as Rev George Trabant was ill. Local families hosted Thanksgiving meals and visitors including Breithaupts, Decks, Brecheisens, Witts, Kretsingers, Laughlins, Hausmans, Walters, Pflegers, and others attended meals and calls. The Clearfield Grange held its monthly meeting electing officers. Oliver Brecheisen returned from Garden City for a visit and joined a wolf hunt north of Wellsville. Myrtle Bell of Ottawa to spend winter with brother Emery Bell.
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Charley Lawrenz
Wellsville
Ruby Kendall
Tulsa
Okla
Minnie Hausman
Harold Eberhart
Lawrence
Edd Oberst
Falls City
Neb
John Brecheigen
Phillip
Louie Schendel
Wesley Schendel
Bacon
Gardner
Phillip Brecheisen
John Brecheisen
Emma Johnson
L. B
Roy Breithaupt
Slughters
Ross
Prestonville
Kan
George Vitt
Nora
Milo Wotan
Prairie Center
Fred Deay
Albert Edler
Mabel
John Frye
Emery Vitt
A. Rodewald
Clearfield Church
George Trabant
M. Breithaupt
W. J
Clarence Hausman
Homer Clark
Alice Walters
Helen Pfleger
Eudora
BF. Breithaupt
Clearfield
Pickens and Vicinity Social Visit List
Mrs. Mary Lee and several families from Kansas City Tonganoxie Fall Leaf Cuba Oxford Junction and Linwood visited Mr. and Mrs. William Henik and family and Mrs. Kate Henik over the weekend. George Henik and family hosted dinners and a business trip to Bonner Springs noted. Earl Allison also attended events in Linwood.
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Mary Lee
Paul Stifflee
Ervin Fausnat
Kansas City
Charles Henik
Tonganoxie
James, Pritchard
Bob
Fall Leaf
George Henik
William Henik
Kate Henik
Anton Ratt
Cuba
Kan
Frank Shimanek
Oxford Junction
Iowa
Katie Henik
Bonner Springs
Earl Allison
Linwood
Ruby
T. E. Hubbard
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J. T. Mahoney
Advocates
America
A.A.U
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Follo
Marquette University
Baltimore
Yale University
Des Moines
Eorgia Tech
Crimson Tide
Ilami
Ye Tulu
Arra Nane
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Bonme Ane
Laurie Remy Iod
Ohio State Stadium
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New York University
Millner
Rutgers
Ken Noble
Baldwin-Wallace
Norman Schoen
Larue-Goldberg
Carnegie Tech
Larke Suber
George Fowler
Indiana
Purdue
Sam Francis
Tom Ferry
St Mary’s
Fordham
Bill Lynch
Ray Hapes
Mississippi
Union University
Sampson
George Washington
Catawba
Ed Armfield
Davidson
Furman
Bob Masters
Baylor
Oklahoma City
Harry Harrison
Penn State
Penn
Hugh Wolfe
Carl Totsch
Layton
Bozeman
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Jimmy Walthour
Crossley
Walthour
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Ed Brandt
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Homer Beatty
Green
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Joe Kuharich
Don McNeill
Gene Hibbs
Joe Wilensky
K. U
Gritmell
Lawa State
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Winfheld
South Dakota
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Jayhawk
Dr. F. C
Phog) Allen
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Roy Holliday
Milton Allen
George Golay
Ray Noble
Fred Pralle
Louis Menze
Downing Central
Jack Flemming
Burton Thomas
Iowa States
Martin Jost
Charles Louk
C. H. Seymour
Ed Abels
Bob VanNoy
John Wahler
Leavenworth
Max Russell
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Clay Center
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Bert Harmon
Memorial Hospital
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Robert Graham, Jr
Charlie
Reno
George White
Aid
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Farmer’s Union
Myrtle Bell
Ottawa
Emery Bell
Dan Sturm
Pickens and Vicinity
Carl
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