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Newspaper
Lawrence Journal World
Location
Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1940
Page
10
The Associated Press poll names Dartmouth’s 7-3 win over Cornell as the season’s most surprising moment. Detroit’s AL pennant, Gallahadion’s Derby, and other major bets fill the ballot with 46 voters contributing.
Early bowl betting has Stanford favored by nine over Nebraska while Tennessee leads Boston College by four and Mississippi State tops Georgetown by eight. Michigan seeks Harmon's 98 jersey story as K U holds spring drills starting March 1 and Oswego hosts a football banquet January 3.
The National League of Professional Football Clubs adds young buyers to bolster teams like the Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles. Investors such as Alexis Thompson and Dan Topping back franchises with banklike certainty, while baseball lags in big buyers and stable wealth.
Ten Lawrence basketball players travel to Manhattan to face Manhattan high Indians in the season opener. Coach Elmer Schaake plans to start five lettermen Junius Penny Curtis Hinshaw Gordon Stucker Pat Green and Harold Sample. Additional squad members include Harry Stucker Glenn Kappelman Glenn Lessenden Billy Stowits and Kenneth Sperry.
Bronx light middleweight Steve Belloise challenges Ken Overlin tonight at Madison Square Garden after earning praise from critics in their first 15 round bout. Belloise knocked Overlin flat in the sixth round and showed grit, but Overlin ultimately won on points.
AP notes results across colleges with Culver-Stockton 32 and Kirksville Os segpat vansville 50, Cape Girardeau Teachers 29, Arkansas State 46, West Virginia 34, Stephen F Austin 40, East Central Oklahoma Teachers 33, Idaho Southern Branch 29, West Texas State 53, Omaha 33, South Dakota State 56 Gustavus Adolphus 50 in overtime, Texas Mines 63, Aerexico 26, Indiana 39 Cincinnati 48, Centre 25.
In Lincoln Nebraska on December 13 the note shows Coaches Lawrence M Jones of Nebraska and Clark Shaughnessy of Stanford not fearing superstition. Quarterbacks Roy Petsch of Nebraska and Frankie Albert of Stanford wear jersey number 18 as a bold signal of confidence for the Rose Bowl clash.
The Tennessee Valley Authority disclosed that 6000 employees in Chattanooga were inoculated with a newly developed influenza vaccine. The experiment aims to test the vaccine's efficacy and immunity, marking the first use in the South after its San Francisco introduction this week to curb the epidemic.
In a three way deal Boston sends Bagby Walker and DeSautels to Cleveland in exchange for Pytlak Hale and Dobson. The move lands Jim Bagby the younger in Cleveland where his father Old Sarge starred in 1920. Indians coach Peckinpaugh says Bagby has potential to improve steadily.
University of Missouri indoors look strong as coach Chauncey Simpson fields a large turnout of returning lettermen and top sophomores led by captain Marshall Reeves. Freshman records at Brewer Field House boost optimism with standouts such as Elmer Aussieker Ralph Blumberg and Bob Steuber contributing to a deeper sprint and distance lineup. The team aims for stronger dash and distance showings plus added relay depth this season.
A crowded patch of notes covers boxing football golf and baseball. Shamp Fovale Zivic eyed as a welterweight contender headlines a busy week with Old Newaboy Day in Pittsburgh. Bill Eye Finkle seen in Washington may explain recent events. Jesuit colleges Fordham Georgetown and Boston College slated for January bowl games. Ken Overlin’s aerial attack boosts tonight’s Beliose bout. Patty Berg finishes a golf book. Tom Scarso excels as iron man at Arnold College recording 1,880 minutes over three years. Thornton Lee and Tommy Turner sign holdout moves. Yankees considered trading George Selkirk for Hal Trosky. ten Vermont U women study basketball coaching. Kenneth Jones notes Chicago players did not follow Shaughnessy to Stanford. Pepper Martin named Sacramento manager garners coastwide buzz. Yankees seek Harmon broadcast deal while Hank Luisetti is reinstated. Billy Jurges may become Giants’ shortstop and run a recreation center if needed. Fort Worth Star Telegram’s all Southwest pick omits John Kimbrough as a teaser. Yale and Dartmouth chess clash noted amid football deemphasis.
Haskell junior college basketball squad travels with 100 men for a doubleheader in Kansas City Kansas against the junior college and Manual high. Coach Warner Coffin lists Raymond Martin James Anderson Andy Chisholm Tom White Le Brandt Lyman Evans Wendell Jackson Victor Courtwright Louis Mallory and led as travelers. Coffin plans a Concordia Missouri trip tomorrow to face St Paul college. Lee Black to replace Courtwright on the Manual trip joining ten players Monroe Sulphur Charles Broker Floyd Frimeaux Wallace Iron Harry Brown Lamont Pratt Roy Brown George Howell Clyde Atwood Thearn Delano.
Mirror recalls past boxing nights with Al Davis stopping Tippy Larkin in five, Lew Jenkins knocking out Billy Marquart in three, and Steve Dudas outpointing Pat Comiskey in New York. It also notes Johnny Revolta winning the Miami Biltmore open after a 282 putt and Detroit's Joe Youls stopping Paulino Uzcudun at Madison Square Garden.
Johnny Gooch, former Pittsburgh Pirates catcher and scout, has been selected to manage the Hutchinson Western Association baseball team for next season. Hutchinson operates as a Class C farm club of the Pirates.
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