Jayhawkers Clash With Aggies In Kansas City Showdown
Kansas University meets Kansas State Aggies in a non conference battle at Kansas City Municipal Auditorium tonight at 8. The Buffs face Colorado University while Missouri Tigers play. Jayhawker lineup shifts include Owen Peck at quarterback and Charles Moffett at forward. Coaches F Allen and Frosty Cox lead squads with officials John Lance and Mike Oberhelman.
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California
Ray Lance
Inittsburg
Cecil Langford
Texas
F. Allen
Kansas
Owen Peck
Charles Moffett
Carlson
Abert Heim
Kirk Scott
Robert E. Lee
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Jayhawkers
Odd Williams
Dean Corder
Walace Rouse
Charles Offett
Charles Aylward
Edwin Je
Norman Carlson
Gill Woerner
Everett Hill
Jim Gregath
Francis Peterson
Herbert Heim
George Darsie
Ohn Lance
Mike Oberhelman
Aggies
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Gilmer Targets Sugar Bowl Passing Records for Tide
Freshman Harry Gilmer of Alabama, hailed by coach Frank Thomas as the greatest passer ever at Alabama, aims to surpass Sugar Bowl marks on New Year’s Day against Duke. Gilmer, 18, 160 pounds, threw 66 passes last season with 32 receptions for 418 yards and scored 30 points, eyeing records for completions and total yards in the classic.
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Joe Kilgrow
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Tulsa
Tennessee
Davey O’brien
Texas Christian
Carnegie Tech
O'Brien
Yan
Eddie Prokop
Georgia Tech
Sports Mirror: AP poll snapshots through the years
A fragmented review of historical AP poll moments featuring coaches and teams. Mentions Alonzo Stagg ranking back then and shifts in college football coaching, including Yale and Navy successors. References historic years and notable programs like Pitt Michigan State Notre Dame and Nebraska amid football trends.
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Alonzo Stagg
Associated Press
Spike Nelson
Yale
Com‘anhder
John E. Wheleher
Navy
Pitt
Michigan
State
Notre Dame
Nebraska
Chior
Tulsa Ready for Tech Orange Bowl bid hinges on defense
Tulsa coach Henry Frnka defended his pass defense focus as crucial to stopping Georgia Tech’s aerial game in the Orange Bowl. He noted Tech stars Frank Broyles Dinky Bowen and Tex Ritter but stressed readiness against Tech’s passing attack while maintaining the ground game threat.
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Okla
Henry Frnka
Georgia Tech
Tech
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Cowboys
Funka
Arkansas
Hurricanes
Geome
Frnka
Pate
Altho Frnka
Atlanta
Frank Broyles
Dinky Bowen
Tex Ritter
Baseball Youth Drive Boosts Junior Sports Efforts
A New York roundtable urges organized baseball to mentor youth through scouting and coaching clinics. Leveraging NRA and American Legion ideas, the plan focuses on training a few core games and creating space for kids to play, with expanded competitive programs beyond Legion events.
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American Legion
National Recreation Association
F. 5. A. Committee On Physical Fitness
N.R.A
America
Legion
Paris in Holiday Dress
Paris scenes show gaily lit pines in offices stores and homes as city styles for Christmas rise toward prewar ambiance. Children favor a miniature wooden jeep as top toy though price around fifteen dollars may curb requests from Santa Claus.
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Paris
Pere Noel
Col Biff Jones Keys Three Army Football Greats
Col Lawrence Biff Jones, longtime Army athletics director, played a pivotal role in three Army football eras 1916 1926 and 1944. He notes the 1916 team stood out and could rival the 1944 squad, with Ollie Oliphant starring in the 1916 Navy win and reserves growing stronger by 1944.
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Lawrence “Biff
Jones
Army
Ollie Oliphant
Navy
Lett
Close One to Washburn Triumph in Close Final
Washburn college edged Winter General Hospital 53 49 in Topeka. R G Van Gundy scored 14 for Washburn and Lloyd Krone 17 while Harold Oxene led Winter with 12. The game stayed tight from start to finish with four lead changes after intermission.
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Kan
P— Washburn College
Winter General Hospital
R. G. van Gundy
Lloyd Krone
Washburn
van Gundy
Krone
Harold Oxene
Harold Oxene Forward, Counted 12 For Win Washburn
Traffic Court Handles 26 in Police Court Hearing
Traffic cases filled police court as 26 of 50 summoned by notices appeared before Judge Q J Lane. Others phoned in to join later. unresponsive respondents face warrants. Fines listed include Payne five dollars for red light, Amyx five for fire hose, Abels five for parking, Armstrong two for certain zones, Johnson two, Hemphill two, Holladay four, Asby four, Henry two. Twenty six paid fines, 31 total forfeitures, and slips for other offenses.
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Q. J. Lane
C. A. Bliesner
Clarence Payne
Bill Amyx
E. F. Abels
Jack Armstrong
Mildred Johnson
Shester Hemphill
Gilbert Holladay
Wesley Asby
Frank Henry
That and This in Kansas reads like small town wit and war notes
Concordia columnist Joe DeGeorge shares assorted wartime vignettes and light anecdotes from Kansas and beyond. A train steward quarrels with an army colonel over liquor in Kansas, a Russell MP in New Guinea must dance only on orders, and a two brick door stop gift idea at Pittsburg bank leads to a comic misplacing of a Christmas package.
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Kan
Dee
George White
Kangan
Los Angeles
Kansas
Fevele
New Guinea
Paul Dumler
Russell
Dumler
James H. Fulton
Pittsburg
Fulton
War correspondent Hal Boyle recalls Strab village clash
In Germany on a Sunday afternoon Lt. Tom Kibler led six tanks and infantry into Strab near Gey. German resistance answered with anti tank guns and scout cars as Kibler’s crew repelled the attack. About 40 Germans were killed with 26 shells and 10,000 50 caliber rounds chased by ack ack guns. Total cost estimated at about $5,112.
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Gey
Strath
Robert Dickman
Phoenix City
Tolit William
Frenchy) Cambre
Serve
Skea Sejzherie
de Co Anda
Red Cross
Boy ties door to tooth by doorstop trick
Booth Myers Jr of Wichita uses a string and a door to pull a loose tooth from his brother Ronnie after a visiting man helps tie the string. The boys share a Christmas spirit moment as Billy Hummer, a Garden City Daily Telegram carrier, buys a quantity of something for the holiday.
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Wichita
Myers Home
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Ronnie
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Christmas Seals and News Notes Honor Joe Routt
Christmas seals were placed on each paper along his route with season's greetings. Joe Routt, an All American guard for Texas A and M in 1936 37, was killed in action in Europe on December 10. The War Department notified his wife in Houston.
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Joe Routt
Texas A. and
San Francisco
Texas A. & M
Europe
War Department
Houston
Routt
Homer Norton
Policy opinions on U S stance toward Mexico and Latin America
A public opinion poll from UPR A and the Scientific Institute of Mexican Public Opinion reports 54.6 percent favoring a neighbor policy toward Mexico and Latin America after the war. About 40.0 percent think the U S will continue its stance and 5.3 percent could not be classified.
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Xico City
Mexico
Latin America
Scientific Institute of
U. S
Stony Point War News and Local Visits
Bobby Lawson, back on furlough from South Pacific service, plans December 24 trip to Washington. Ernest Wray and family hosted Sunday dinner. Lisyd Craig visited. Ernest Wray hauled for Clara Kassinger. Don McMullen, former Alaskan service member, returns home on furlough and will go south again. Visits include Woodrow Sturdy and son David of Vinland. Byron Shuck and Diana of High Prairie. Clarence Griffis in Baldwin. E D Wray family joined Oscar Shuck in Willow Springs district. Lloyd Shuck of Columbia called on A Wray. One sea mile equals about 2,000 yards.
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Bobby Lawson
South Pacific
Washington
Ernest Wray
Mildred
Mary Alice
D. A
Ottawa
Don’ McMullen
Alaska
Woodrow ‘Sturdy
David
Vinland
Martin Holcom
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