Jayhawkers Top Texas 35 to 27 In Hoch Auditorium
Kansas State beat Texas 35 to 27 as Howard Engleman and Bobby Allen scored most of the Jayhawkers points. Engleman and Allen combined to lead KU from a 12 to 6 halftime deficit to victory, with Lanneman and Kline adding rebounds and key plays.
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Denton Cooley
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Sollenberger
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Granville
Don Elser
Notre Dame
Earl Jones
Arkansas
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Walker
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Hinds
Southwest conference hoops aims match football power
Reports from the Southwest conference say schools seek to raise basketball rosters to football standards. Texas, led by Jack Gray, appears strong, despite graduations after last year’s runner-up finish to Rice. Texas arrives home late and faces Kansas in a showdown, with Gray’s limited but polished lineup and notable players engaging in fast-paced play and contested rebounding.
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Bears win first call on Kimbrough in 1940 draft
Chicago Bears gain first choice in the 1940 NFL draft amid new restrictions. The Bears hold the top two picks due to prior trades with the Eagles and Steelers, selecting among about 400 eligible college players including backs like John Kimbrough and Tommy Harmon.
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Alice Marble Named Outstanding Woman Athlete of 1940
Fifty seven voters named Alice Marble of California and New York as the top woman athlete for 1940. Marble led with 65 first place votes and 216 points, far ahead of rivals. Betty Jameson captured second in women’s sports after winning the U S golf title for the second year running.
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Patty Bere
Minneapolis
Rolf Ace
Babe Didrikson-Zaharias
Lorraine Fisher
Katie Rawls-Thompson
Florida
Sonja Henie Topping
Jacqueline Cochrane
Katherine Dewey
Lake Placid
N.Y
Hazel Walker Crutcher
Little Rock
Ark
West Texas State Beats Baker 59 50 In Cage Clash
West Texas State defeated Baker University 59 to 50 in Baldwin Kansas. West Texas State led 35 28 at halftime as Brookman scored 22 points. Baker guard Hersh led the Orangemen with 15 points and Poppe Douglas and Arnold added 10 each.
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Packers Championship Remembrance From Realm of Football
A year ago the Green Bay Packers defeated the New York Giants 27 0 in a playoff before 32279 fans to win the NFL title. Three years ago Steve O Neill became Buffalo's International League manager for 1988 and 1939. Five years ago the Athletics sold Jimmy Foxx to the Boston Red Sox with pitcher Johnny Marcum for about 185000.
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Paul Christman Night Sparks Kansas City Hockey Hit
Paul Christman will be guest of honor at the Pla-Mar as the Kansas City Americans host the St. Louis Flyers. Tiger alumni are expected to attend while KC aims for the league lead, riding five wins in six at home and two games from first.
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Baseball Moguls in Annual Confab See Landis Rehiring
Chicago December 10 1944 Major league club owners opened their winter meeting amid talk of a no trade rule change and a new contract for commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. National league may push to abolish the rule while the American league favors extending Landis term to 1946. Night game limits and a small player market move also loom as discussions continue.
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Lew Riggs
Little All-America picks span four regions in 1931 team
A New York Associated Press selection names a backfield from the east south southwest and Pacific coast. Dominic Collangelo of Newberry joins Marvin Tommervik of Pacific Lutheran Owen Goodnight of Hardin-Simmons and Jackie Hunt of Marshall as the main backfield. The line features Schibanoff, Kerasiotis, Clarkson, Pink, Evans, Mulkey, with additional second team selections from Eastern Kentucky, Springfield Teachers, Colorado Mines, Mississippi College and others.
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Goodnight
Hardin Simmons
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Schibanoff
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Franklin and Marshall
Nick Kerasiotis
St. Ambrose
Stuart Clarkson
Texas A
I. 2S
Walter Pink
Albion
Dave Evans
Muskingum
Jack Mulkey
Fresno State
Dominic Collangelo
Newber
Marvin Tommervik
Owen Goodnight
Hardin- Simmons
Jack Hunt
Marshall
Charles Schuster
Eastern Kentucky
Russell Kaminsky
Springfield
Dick Noe
Colorado Mines
Boyce Jones
Mississippi College
Melvin Long
Emporia
Kan
Herb Morelli
Redlands
Cal
Joe Koons
Long Island U
Bill Glenn
Charleston
Tony Canadeo
Gonzaga
Tom Coletta
Canisius
Thurman Jones
Abilene Christian
University of Kansas Board to Consider Football Letters
The Kansas University athletic board meets at 5 this afternoon in the Union to decide football letter awards. The session will address principal business of letter recognitions for grid athletes.
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Football gossip and sport notes from New York press
A collage of football and boxing industry chatter. Mentions Chicago Bears plans Billy Conn Johnny Ray and Banks M Fadden with Brooklyn footballers. Dempsey tour earnings and Notre Dame series. George Preston Marshall fans in Boston and pro tips from Dr Hauser and Prothro rumors.
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Boston
The Redskins Vanishing Race Caption Recalled
A New York Post caption on a Washington Sunday image claims The Redskins are truly a vanishing race. Meanwhile gift subscriptions to the Journal-World continue to grow each year as readers renew by phone at 22.
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Rocker shift banned by Pacific Coast coaches
Del Monte Calif December 10 Football coaches of the Pacific Coast conference voted to ban the rocker shift used by University of California. Leonard E Stub Allison California coach agreed not to use the bobbing line maneuver before the snap. Coaches denounced the tactic as a ploy to draw the opponent offside.
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Rose Bowl players may be reimbursed for lost wages
In Del Monte California on December 10 the Pacific Coast conference faculty athletic representatives approved reimbursement for Rose Bowl players for actual time lost from off campus jobs two weeks before the game, up to $50 total. A record of each case goes to the football commissioner and the complimentary Rose Bowl ticket limit rose to six.
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Various college basketball scores from multiple games
A compilation of college basketball results featuring Northwestern over Wabash 44 to 35, Kansas over Texas 35 to 27, Iowa State 37 over Minnesota 36, Oregon 42 over Oakland 29, DePaul 40 over Chicago Teachers 31, Long Island 57 over East Stroudsburg 38, Simpson 41 over Drake 37, plus numerous other matchups with scores and some overtime notes including three overtimes.
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Former student and pilot Jesse Wilcox joins Eastern Air Lines
Jesse A. Wilcox 27 a former University of Kansas student from Goff Kan joins Eastern Air Lines as a pilot. He graduated Banncroft Kan rural high school in 1932 attended Kansas State College Emporia joined Phi Sigma Epsilon and earned first solo at the U S Naval Reserve Aviation Base Kansas City later served four years with the Navy including a cross country flight from San Diego to Guan tanamo Bay Cuba and three transcontinental hops. Bell named co coach of western all star gridsters for New Year game in San Francisco succeeding Maj L M Jones of Nebraska.
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Nebraska
A Christmas Gift Subscription to the Journal World
A yearly mail subscription to the Journal-World is pitched as a daily remembrance of Christmas. The notice urges readers to phone 22 for details and sign-up.
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