Roundup of college and pro sports notes from 1960s paths
The item surveys Oregon State Rose Bowl prospects against Fordham Missouri or Duke, mentions Canadian college stars, Jug McSpaden’s family update, Bobby Riggs turning pro, Malvey’s bowling captaincy in Moorhead, Mrs Babe Didrikson Zaharias’s bowling 716, and Alvin Tyner leading Shenandoah bowling with a 581.
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Malvey
Moorhead
Minn
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Shenandoah
Alvin
Pop
Tyner
Service Department Teddy Graham Leads Overseas Move
Teddy Graham a former big league hockey captain steps down to lieutenant to sail with Canada fifth armored division. Joe Lamb and Stew Evans also captains in the same division. Don Lambeau joins Fort Lewis signal corps after Fordham frosh year. RAF teams Whirlwinds and Hurricanes enter Dallas County soccer league training at Terrell Texas. Four year Erie high school teammates Dominick Bernarducci and Frank Dombrowski on opposite sides as 87th division meets 32nd division at Camp Livingston Louisiana.
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Dallas County
Tex
Terrell
Dominick
Bernarducci
Frank Dombrowski
Erie
Camp Shelby
Miss
Camp Livingston
Phils Hire Hans Lobert As Manager Reflected In Quip
The Phils signed Hans Lobert to manage the team and he quipped Life begins at 60 I guess His predecessors might add And whatta life Whizzer White reportedly sought a DOJ job prompting chatter about a G Whiz zer
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Hans Lobert
The
Phils
Whizzer White
Department of Justice
West Rose Bowl Team to Be Named This Evening
Corvallis Oregon November 29 The Pacific Coast conference faculty representatives will vote tonight to name the West Rose Bowl team. Conference President C V Ruzek said results depend on today’s games and telegraphed ballots.
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Corvallis
Ore
C. V. Ruzek
Jayhawkers Ranked Eighth in Nation for Forward Passing
Kansas is listed as the eighth best forward passing team in the nation with 90 completions on 176 attempts for 1 071 yards. Ralph Miller leads KU in completions and percentage, while Ray Evans is among top receivers. Missouri leads Big Six with 307.7 rushing yards per game, ahead of Duke at 265.8.
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Jayhawkers
University of Kansas Jayhawkers
American Football Statistical Bureau
X. U
Ralph Miller
Kansas
Arizona
Kansas State Today
Texas Aggies
Washington University of St. Louis
Detroit
Texas Mines
Notre Dame
St. Marys
California
Steuber
Bob Steuber
Missouri
Maurice
Red
Bengals
Duke University
Blue Devils
Tri County league opens with six teams and new coaches
Linwood opens at DeSoto as Edwardsville visits Jarbalo and Basehor travels to Lansing in a six team Tri County league kickoff. Last year champs Edwardsville return few lettermen while four teams start under new coaches, including Linwood E A Cink Lansing Fritz Forbes Jarbalo George W Cawthon Basehor Paul C Bethel.
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Linwood
Edwardsville Buffaloes
Jarbalo
Panthers
Linwood Bulldogs
DeSoto
Bobcats
Lansing Lions
Coburn
Buffaloes
Edwardsville
Jarbalo Panthers
DeSoto Wildcats
Wildcats
Bethel
Basehor
Cawthon
Tri-County Loop
Bulldogs
E. A. Cink
Fritz Forbes
George W. Cawthon
Paul C. Bethel
Wiley
Minnesota Lines Power Past Opponents With Simple Tactics
In a New York commentary by Harry Grayson, Minnesota coach Bernie Bierman’s line dominates with timing and power. Praise for the big tackles Vernon Miller and Endicott Peabody II contrasts with notes on Yale’s amateurs and Princeton’s coaching turmoil, while criticism of the era’s flashy tactics recedes.
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New York
Minnesota
Gophers
Bernie Bierman
Yankees
Vernon Miller
Harvard
Johnnies
Endicott Peabody II
Miller
America
Victories Are Not Essential for Monticello College
Little Rock Ark November 29 The Wandering Weevils of Monti cello college play football for fun and view scenery on a 10,000 mile jaunt while losing 12 straight games. Coach Stewart Ferguson says his contract doesn’t require a single win and he isn’t worried about his job.
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Little Rock
Ark
Monticello College
Stewart Ferguson
Hunting accident claims life in Atchison Kansas
Ed die Wille aged 22 of Kansas City Kansas was killed when a gun discharged in a hunting boat at Doniphan Lake north of Atchison on November 29. His brother was present during the incident.
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Atchison, Kan
Eddie Wille
Kansas City
Kan
Doniphan Lake
Here
Wildcats Prepare for Openers After Football Season
Baker University Wildcats shift from football to basketball as they plan strenuous practices for the December 9 home opener against Friends. The squad features all conference standouts and veterans like M. O. Sailor Hodges and Quincy Seymour, with a busy schedule through February facing teams such as Washburn Bethany McPherson Ottawa and Kansas Wesleyan.
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Wildcat
Hodges
Kenneth Poppe
John Arnold
Arnold
Baker
Wesleyan
Bethany
Zip” Zabel
Friends
Baldwin
Southwestern
Washburn
College of Emporia
Ottawa
Bethel
Newton
Emporia
McPherson
Topeka
Kansas Wesleyan
Windsburg
Salina
Safety belts urged for autos by film stunt men
Hollywood stunt drivers Jimmy Dundee Gordon Carveth and Billy Jones called for universal automobile safety belts to cut deaths by half. They said belts would prevent drivers and passengers from sliding or being thrown in crashes, noting airplanes use belts and urging car makers to follow.
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Hollywood
Jimmy Dundee
Gordon Carveth
Billy Jones
Dundee
Babe sets golf record by woman at Los Angeles Open
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, leading woman golfer, shot 70 at Hillcrest Country Club as the Los Angeles Open lengthened course to test men. Pro Charley Lacey noted the best male score on the redesign was 71.
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Los Angeles
Pi—Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Hillcrest Country’ Club
Charley Lacey
Tony Zale Crowned Middleweight Champion After Thrilling Victory
Tony Zale defeated Georgie Abrams in a hard fought 15th round to become the undisputed 160 pound middleweight champion. Promoter Mike Jacobs plans a 12 round title bout against Billy Conn at Madison Square Garden on February 13, though resistance from Conn’s manager and some bookmakers keeps the match uncertain. The victory follows Zale’s earlier knockdown of Abrams in round one and marks the Gary Indiana worker’s rise to top status after years without a clear 160 pound king.
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New York
Campion
Tony Zale
Mike Jacobs
Billy Conn
Madison Square Garden
Gary
Georgie Abrams
Garden
Mike
Johnny’ Ray
Conn
Jacobs Beach
Zale
Abrams
Altho Billy
Mickey Walker
Max Schmeling
Jack Sharkey
National Boxing Association
Tony
New York State Athletic Commission
Billy Loose
Navy
Camp Robinson Announces 35th Division Sports Schedule
Lieut. George M. Seemann outlined a winter and spring plan for men at Camp Robinson. Basketball boxing wrestling football baseball swimming track and field and tennis are timed with dates from January to May. Division basketball tournament opens with regimental matchups on court 3 and other bouts listed.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
George M. Seemann
Camp Field House
Arkansas Collegiate
Pitts Rock Boys’ Club
Seemann
110Th Quartermaster Regiment
180Th Field Artillery
138Th Infantry
70Th Infantry Brigade
60Th Field Artillery Brigade
140Th Infantry
127Th Field Artillery
134Th Infantry
87Th Quartermaster Battalion
161St Field Artillery
110Th Engineers
Mountain Lion Revives After Shot On Quail Hunt
Palm Springs California November 29 Carl Bradsher thought his quarry dead when he began to skin the mountain lion he had shot on a quail hunt. The animal revived attacking him as he fought to finish the kill with a knife after a prior attempt to choke it.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Carl
Bradsher
Sports Briefs From Past Years Highlight Packers Lions Result
Mirror recalls events from years past including Billy Conn versus Lee Savold in a 15 round bout, Bob Zuppke’s reappointment on athletic board request, and Green Bay Packers clinching the western division in the NFL by beating the Detroit Lions 26 17.
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Associated Press
Billy Conn
Lee Savold
Madison Square Garden
Bob Zuppke
Board of
Green Bay Packers
Detroit Lions
Boy Dies After Train Hits Resting On Trestle
Warren Dickason 16, a Burlington high school junior and Daily Republican carrier, was killed on a southbound Missouri Kansas Texas train as he sat on a trestle resting during a hunting trip. His father Orrie Dickason is a rural mail carrier at Burlington.
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Burlington
Kan
Warren Dickason
Daily Republican
Orrie Dickason
Emporia
Army Navy Game Sets 41st Renewal At Municipal Stadium
Army Navy football rivalry renews for the 41st time at Municipal Stadium Philadelphia November 29. Army stands 22 victories to Navy 16 with three ties since 1890. Last Army win 14 7 in 1938 at Philadelphia. last Navy win 14 0 in 1940. Probable attendance about 98 942 with 3010 midshipmen and 1800 ca detachments. Weather forecast fair and mild. Navy favored 31 to 31 over Army. Army beat The Citadel Virginia Military Institute Columbia Yale West Virginia and tied Notre Dame. Navy beat William and Mary West Virginia Lafayette Cornell Penn Princeton and Notre Dame.
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Philadelphia
Army
Navy
Municipal Stadium
Citadel
Virginia Military
Columbia
Yale
West Virginia
Notre Dame
Harvard
Penn
William and Mary
LaFayette
Cornell
Princeton
Prize for table tennis camp at U S C club
First prize in the weekly table tennis tournament at the U S C club Manhattan is a free telephone call to any point in the country. Pvt. James A. Lamb of the 14th cavalry won last week and talked 15 minutes with his girl in Texarkana Ark. Lamb's home is Alexandria La.
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Funston
Kan
U.S.C. Club
Manhattan
James A. Lamb
14Th Cavalry
Texarkana
Ark
Lamb
Alexandria
Topeka Pair and Friends Travel 1200 Miles Across Four States
Four Topeka residents Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Foster Dale Dickson and Vivian Ellis left at 6 a m Thanksgiving day and returned 6 a m Friday after driving 1200 miles through Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico and Colorado confirming a long Thanksgiving drive.
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Topeka
History in Lectures at K U University
The K U History club sponsors three lectures to acquaint students and townspeople with KU’s origin and development. Prof. Frank E. Melvin speaks December 1 on Vision That Became a Fact, followed by Prof. Robert Taft with Panorama of K U History, and Prof. Olin Templin on January 12 with Sixty Years on Mount Dread. All talks are in the Kansas room at Memorial Union and open to public and students.
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University of Kansas
K.U. History Club
Frank E. Melvin
Robert Taft
K.U
Mount Dread
Olin Templin
Kansas
Memorial Union
Appreciated Gift A Mail Subscription to Journal World
A reader notes a valued gift a mail subscription to the Journal World. The message expresses gratitude for the subscription and its ongoing access to local news and features.
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Lawrence
The
Journal-World
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