Annual survey shows rise in touchdowns across 1940 season
The Associated Press scoring survey shows football teams averaged 13.38 points per game in 1940, up from 13.06 in 1939. The Southwest led in scoring with 15.95 per game across nine teams, while the Big Seven and Rocky Mountain groups averaged 11.18 and 15.38 respectively in that year.
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Fullerton
Tho
Tno
Associated Press
Ron
Southwest
South
Middle West
Rocky Mountain District
East
Pacific Coast
Rocky Mountain
Tennessee Outfit
Midwest
Maroon Fans Anxious Over Bowl Opponent
Mississippi State College fans and students await news of the Maroons opponent for the Orange Bowl in Miami. Officials have not yet received the invitation details, and the team continues practice under Coach Allyn McKean with no hints on selections.
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State College
Mis
Mississippi State College
Maroons
Miami
Allyn McKeen
Texas League raises salary limit and allows radio broadcasts
Atlanta Dec 3 The Texas League voted to raise its player salary limit to 4700 and to permit each club to pass on radio broadcasting costs. The decision followed a previous October meeting where the limit had been reduced from 5200 to 4200. Dallas and another member club were noted.
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Atlanta
Texas League
Texas
Alvin Gardner
Dallas
Bastrop Fans Set to Pack Monroe for Rams Tigers Showdown
About 1000 Bastrop fans will caravan to Monroe Friday night to see Bastrop Rams face Neville Tigers in the Northeast Louisiana Class A title game at Brown Stadium. Kickoff 8 p.m. Tickets on sale in Bastrop and Monroe with gate prices at 50 cents for all.
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News-Star
H. L. Cavanass
Buster Simmons
Jimmie
Bull) Burgess
Tal Stout
Neville Tigers
Neville
Bastrop Rams
Bastrop
Monroe
Rams
Neville High School
Tigers
Northeast Louisiana
Brown Stadium
Paul Neil
Northwast Junior College
Ouachita Parish High School
Georgia Tucker Grammar School
Dutch Binion
All-Southern Football Team Is Picked
Richmond Va December 3 Paul Severin UNC end was the standout Southern conference football player of the 1940 season. Coaches and four state loop critics selected the all conference eleven with Severin garnering 144 of 162 votes. Other selections include Blelock Clemson Ruffa Duke Franczek Richmond Winterson Duke Faircloth UNC Barnett Duke La Lanne UNC Lach Duke Gallovich Wake Forest and Charlie.
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Richmond
Paul Severin
University of North Carolina
Natronal
Severin
Joe B
Froncrek
Faircloth
Barnett
Lach
Oklahoma City blocks home game broadcasts
Oklahoma City announced it would not permit broadcasting of home games. Other members did not commit themselves. No trades were announced.
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Oklahoma City
Five Schools Form Caldwell Parish Cage League
Five high schools Kelly Clarks Grayson Ward Five and Columbia organize the Caldwell Parish Cage League for boys and girls. Schedule commences tomorrow with games each Tuesday and Thursday, listing venues and dates through February with multiple matchups.
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Grayson
Kelly High School
Clarks High School
Grayson High School
Ward Five High School
Columbia High School
Caldwell Parish
Ward Five
Columbia
Kelly
Clarks
Ward
Kel Opyarel
Giants edge Redskins to clinch Eastern title 62,530 in attendance
A retrospective note recalls the Giants winning the NFL Eastern Division with a 9 to 7 victory over the Redskins before 62,530 fans in New York. The column also mentions past trades and bowl bids involving LSU, TCU, Fordham, and others from different years.
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Bynee Prees
New York Giants
Washington Redskins
New York
Chicago White Sox
Vernon Kennedy
Dixie Walker
Tony Piet
Detroit
Gerald Walker
Marvin Owen
Louisiana State
Texas Christian
Fordham
Rose Bowl picks Nebraska as Stanford foe
Nebraska chosen for the Rose Bowl opposite Stanford marking the first Big Six champion in the game since 1925 and the first midwest entry since Notre Dame beat Stanford. Texas bid creates $100,000 impact, while Pasadena editors praise a more representative lineup and strong Nebraska program.
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A. Calif
University of Nebraska
Cornhuskers
Stanford
Hoie
Nebraska
Texas
Aggies
South
Southwest
Texas Longhorns
Midwest
Notre Dame
Bob Foote
Pasadena
Los Angeles
Paul Zimmerman
The
Times
Zimmerman
George T. Davis
Herald-Express
al Santoro
Los Angeles Examiner
Pros May Play in State Game
December 28 game proposed between Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions in LSU stadium Baton Rouge for 12 000 troops training and entertainment during Sugar Bowl Week. Lt Col Standiford says tickets modest profits go to the thirty second division recreation fund for troops.
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Camp Beauregard
Green Bay Packers
Detroit Lions
Army Rowl
National Guards
Bluekrieg
Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University Stadium
New Orleans
F. C. Standiford
Michigan
Wisconsin
Standiford
Milwaukee
Detroit
Hunter seeks wife’s freedom over misdemeanor in venue
In Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania a hunter pleaded before Judge Benjamin R Jones to release his wife from a misdemeanor sentence. He vowed a venison dinner and promised the judge a tour of a trout stream to secure the favor. The judge indicated possible leniency by accepting the barter as part of the plea.
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Wilkes-Barre
Pennsylvania
Benjamin R. Jones
Juszerne County
Gophers Hold No 1 Position in Grid World
The article outlines the final 1939 and 1940 college football rankings with Minnesota leading, Stanford surging to first with 44 votes, and Texas A M, Tennessee, Michigan, and Nebraska among top contenders. It notes post season bowls and notable shifts from last year.
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Gophers
Aggies
Michigan
Eften
Tennessee
Bae
Boston College
New Orleans
Nebraska
Minnesota
Stanford
Northwestern
Mississippi State
Miami
Washington
Santa Clara
Georgetown
Los Angeles
Fordham
Texas A
Indians
Csesses
Tennesee
BRS
Texas A. & M
Mississippi S
Washington Gah
Penn
Cornell
Southern Methodist
Hardin-Simmons
Duke
Lafeyette
Santa Clara Drops Christmas Day Benefit Football Game
Santa Clara athletics director Sam Dunne said the university withdrew from a proposed Christmas day benefit football game in Los Angeles with Georgetown University due to uncertain financial arrangements. He cited the inability of the British War Relief Association of Southern California to assume financial responsibilities as a key risk.
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Santa Clara
Calif
Sam Dunne
University of Santa Clara
Los Angeles
Georgetown University
Washington, D. C
Dunne
British War Relief Association
St. Matthew's Girls to Engage Vicksburg in Mississippi
The St. Matthew's sextette travels to Vicksburg Miss to face St. Francis Xavier Academy girls. The Fighting Irish boys also tour hoping to schedule a game. After losses to Oak Ridge last Saturday the girls debut lineup is Celestine Zazone Elizabeth Joseph Mary Edith Breard Christine Galloway Dorothy Cascio Alice Techele with the guards. The boys five repeat their Oak Ridge starters.
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St. Matthew's
Vicksburg
Miss
St. Francis Xavier Academy
Fighting Irish
Oak Ridge
Beth Shanas
16 Eastern All Stars Named For Shrine East West Game
Andy Kerr Colgate coach and Shrine East West game organizer announced 16 Eastern players have accepted invitations for the New Year charity battle in San Francisco. The list includes Ends Fruing and Johnson, tackles Ruffa Enich Drahos with schools Michigan Minnesota Duke Iowa Cornell.
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Andy Kerr
Colgate
Minnesota
Bernie Bierman
San Francisco
Fruiig
Michigan
Johnson
Ruffa
Duke
Enich
Iowa
Drahos
Cornell
Pittsburgh
Fordham
Penn Te
Rutgers Princeton Etteae
Yale
Villanova Steeee
Penn. State
Cornelleet
Syracuse
Colgate Steer
Navy
Columbia Stheee
New York U
Boston College
Brown
Ettente
Harvard
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Notre Dame
Purdue
Indiana
Detriot
Wisconsin
Ohio State
Marquette
Sean
Northwestern
Iwners
Mountain
Utah
Sseseene
Denver
Colorado
W. Gels Meas
Far West
Wash
State
Washington
Santa Clara
Oregon Treme Eee
Stanford
California
Duke Fet
North Carolina
Lane Evaeneene
Kentucky
Florida Seevese
N. C. State
Vanderbilt Seeee
Georgia Tech
Louisiana State
Texas
Southwest
Arkansas
Eebeae
Vane
M.U
Texas A
Attendance Up in 1940 Football Sees Regional Gains
Associated Press surveys of 64 schools show total 7,597,342 attendees for 330 games in 1940, up from 7,455,968 in 1939. Midwest and East lead gains, with Ohio State and Penn driving increases. far West also up while Rocky Mountain area falls.
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New York
Mid-West
East
Far West
Pec Mney Oeace
Olen
Re Wewrn
Associated Press
Mid West
Ohio State
Northwestern
Wisconsin
Detroit
Illinois
Minnesota
Penn
Boston College
Villanova
Cornell
Navy
Army
Middies
Princeton
Yale
Harvard
California
Rocky Mountain
Texas
Texas Aggies
Rice
Southwest
South
North Carolina
Louisiana State
Tulane
Greenies
Volume of Early College Sports Rumors and Projections
A round up of college sports chatter notes potential coaching changes at Army and Nebraska, rumors about Bowls and bowl teams, and mentions of players like Eddie Miller and Paul Newell. It covers basketball dope, Derby picks, and upcoming matchups with Auburn, Boston College, and others.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Army
Bill Wood
Biff” Jones
Nebraska
Link Lyman
la Marble
Reds
Eddie Miller
The
Bee
Milwaukee
Russell Hansen
Tucson
Ariz
Fordham
Fritz Crisler
Duke
Pitt
Auburn
Boston College
Beantown
Colonels
Kentucky
Chicago
Paul Newell
Kearney
Burman Featured as Tough but Not Great Heavyweight
Brooklyn sports writer Jimmy Wood says Louis Burman has merit and is tough and game. He notes Burman is not a great heavyweight but would not faint on the stool before the opening round, a belief shared by local peers.
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Jimmy Wood
Brooklyn Eagle
Louis Burman
Burman
Notable Name Drops in Southern Sports and Retail Moves
The Columbia Junior Chamber of Commerce asks Tom Harmon to attend the all-star high school game on December 13. Marty Burke promotes his New Orleans night spot. Cincinnati hosts next year’s NL opener sold out. Carmen Cook weighs a match-making role in Cleveland. Metairie residents clarify Mel Ott’s new $20,000 home is in Metairie, not New Orleans, marking the area as a large residential site.
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Columbia
S. C
Mel Ott
New Orleans
Metairie
Bees trade rumor swirls around Adams roster stance
The note cites President Charles Adams resisting a 3000 grand sacrifice, listing Eddie ale Carvell Rowell Chet Ross and others as roster names and hinting at team property concerns affecting decisions.
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Boston Bees
Com
Charles Adams
Eddie Ale
Carvell Rowell
Chet Ross
Dixie Conference Eyes Expansion to Twelve Members
Dr Archie M Palmer president of the University of Chattanooga proposes enlarging the Dixie Conference football membership from seven to twelve adding Centre Sewanee Washington and Lee Davidson and The Citadel. He suggests inviting presidents of the five candidate schools to a Memphis meeting during the Southern Association sessions. Present football members are Chattanooga Southwestern Howard Spring Hill Mercer Millsaps and Mississippi College with Loyola of New Orleans as a non football member.
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Palmer
A. E. Wood
Mississippi College
Dixie Conference
Memphis
New Orleans
Chattanooga
Southwestern
Howard
Spring Hill
Mercer
Millsaps
Loyola of
Giants Sign Gabby as Player Coach
The New York Giants hire Leo Hartnett known as Gabby as player coach for 1941. President Horace Stoneham announced the move after Brooklyn signed John Corriden as coach. Hartnett will serve as pinch hitter and remain on the active roster.
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Atlanta
New York Giants
Leo
Gabby) Hartnett
Chicago Cubs
Horace Stoneham
Giants
Brooklyn Dodgers
John
Red) Corriden
Hartnett
Corriden
Cubs
Jimmy Wilson
Stoneham
Doubleheader on Local Mat at Monroe Arena
The card features Thomas a light heavyweight hopeful seeking a title shot against Rex. Bob Corby of Atlanta faces a top younger rival in wrist locks and arm holds. Yaqui Joe meets Cowboy Jack Purdin in a clash of clean technique versus rough tactics.
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Corby
Monroe Arena
Thomas
Rex A Ee
Bob Corby
Atlanta
Yaqui Joe
Jack Purdin
Tombstone
Arizy
Purdin
VOLS complain over Sugar Bowl ticket allotment
Major Robert Neyland voiced dissatisfaction with UT's ticket allotment for the Sugar Bowl, saying only a few preferred seats were given. UT received about 2,000 of the 4.50 seats, similar numbers of 3.50 seats, and 2,500 of 2.75 seats behind the goal. Sugar Bowl officials offered no comment. Neyland said the 35 man squad would report December 23 and depart for a Gulf Coast resort on Christmas Day.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Robert Reese Neyland
University of Tennessee
Florida
The
Athletic Association
Boston College Eagles
Tennessee
Neyland
Gulf Coast
Gulfport
Biloxi
Miss
May Draft May Catch Hank Greenberg
Detroit December report says Hank Greenberg, last season's AL MVP, may be drafted for military service. Wayne County Selective Service Board No 23 ordered to provide 409 men by June 30, with Greenberg among those possibly called if counted among single transient downtown residents.
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Detroit
Big Greenberg
Detroit Tigeree
Greenberg
Wayne County
Hardin-Simmons May Get Orange Bowl Bid
Hardin-Simmons officials said they were advised the school was under serious consideration for the Orange Bowl bid. A decision on the post season game with Mississippi State would be made at a meeting tomorrow in Abilene Texas.
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Abilene
Tex
Hardin-Simmons Universiy
Will M. Preston
Miami
Hardin- Simmons
Mississippi State
Preston
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