Former Texans Set Pro Marks in Last Game
Slingin' Sam O'Brien set multiple pro marks with 33 completions for 316 yards in his final game against Washington. He finished with 124 completions for the season and 1387 yards. Don Hutson led scoring with seven points. Looney, a rookie with the Eagles, set single game and season receiving records with 14 catches for 180 yards.
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Filchock
Sam
Looney
Eagles
O'Brien
John Drake
Cleveland
Jimmy I Johnston
Washington
Clarke Hinkle
Green Bay
Whister White
Detroit
Tuffy Leemans
Hird
Baugh
Hce Parker
Brooklyn
Cecil Sbell
Don Hutson
Green Bay Ndt
Drake
Dick Todd Washington
Ace Parker
Banks McFadden
All-America Dept and Bowl Talk Mark Weekend Sports Roundup
A dense round up from New York notes Billy Herman Arkie Vaughan and Eddie Miller as rising figures in deals while discussing G-man Atherton and Pacific Coast cleanup. It mentions Tennessee Boston College Stanford Nebraska and Sugar Bowl fan packages, plus All-America selections and sports news from Clark and Chaze.
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New York
Billy Herman
Arkie Vaughan
Eddie Miller
Atlanta
Atherton
Pacific Coast
Dick Har
Vols
Boston College
Tennessee
Stanford
Nebraska
Purdue Victim Of Several Bad Breaks During Season
Purdue endured a rough season with three last minute defeats in the Big Nine, including an ineligible opponent goal, leaving the Boilermakers at two wins and six losses. The piece notes numerous spectacular plays elsewhere, highlighting major-yardage returners and notable touchdowns across teams and conferences.
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Purdue
New York
Boilermakers
Charley Maag
Ohio State
Maag
Wisconsin
Ray Kreick
Indiana
Gene White
Hoosiers
Associated Press
Jimmy Powers
Temple University
Michigan State
Chuck Peters
Penn State
Pat Keen
Florida
Jim Jurkovich
California
Cal
Bill Dudley
Virginia
Tennessee
Bob Neyland
Bruce Smith
Minnesota
Michigan
Red Hahnenstein
Northwestern
Jack Robinson
Washington State
Tommy Harmon
Bears
George Franck
Noah Mullin
Kentucky
Leo Stasica
Colorado
Bill Geyer
Colgate
Preston Johnson
All Eastern conference team named by college editors
Kerr and Lio anchor the guards with Drakos and Ungerer at tackles on the all Eastern squad. Center Gladchuk leads Boston College at 6 05. End MacKinney and backs Matuszczak Reagan O Rourke Kracum join the first team with Yale Fordham Cornell Penn. Second unit lists Barber Kelley Navy Young Weidner Gajecki Toczylowski Tomasic Aller dice Filipowicz.
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Loren MacKinney
Harvard
Chapel Hill
N. C
Nick Drakos
Cornell
Cedarhurst
N. Y
George Kerr
Boston College
Brookline
Mass
Chet Gladchuk
Boston Col
Bridgeport
Conn
Hugh Barber
Columbia
Alva Kelley
Gene Navy
Bill Collins
Lafayette
Lew Young
Dartmouth
Joe Weidner
Army
Leon Gajecki
Penn State
Henry Toczylowski
Andy Tomasic
Temple
Dave Allerdice
Princeton
Steve Filipowicz
Fordham
Football coaches stress more passing and deception nationwide
The Associated Press notes growing use of the forward pass and lateral plays across regions. Nebraska, Cornell, Princeton, and others highlight aerials and deceptive formations, with quick kicks emphasized in several conferences. Increased ball handling leads to more fumbles nationwide.
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Associated Press
Colorado State
Pacific Coast
Nebraska
Cornell
Dave Allerdice
Princeton
Tigers
Babe Hollingsberry
Washington
Babe Hollingberry
Washington State
Doc Newton
North Carolina State
Hollingberry
Newton
Duke
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
Ohio State
East
Yale
Pennsylvania
Laverne Wise Honored on All-State Eleven
In Birmingham on December 5, 18 year old Laverne Wise of Escambia County High received honorable mention as a quarterback on the All-State eleven. Wise has twice substituted for the Escambia squad as place kicker and passer for extra points.
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Birmingham
Ala
Laverne Wise
Escambia County High
Miami Eleven Drills for Georgia Bulldogs
Miami's Hurricanes complete their final practice of the year focusing on pass defense and fast reaction drills. Friday night they meet Georgia in the fourth game of the series. Georgia has won two of the first three meetings.
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MIAMI
Georgia Bulldogs
Fila
Det
Hurricanes
Georgia
Rebels Hire Manager and Acquire Rookie Pitcher
The Dallas club of the Texas league bought Norman Deweese a young right handed hitting outfielder from Pensacola of the Southeastern league. Deweese led the Southeastern in total bases with 314 last season and moves to Dallas with his former manager Wally Dashiell who is selling Pensacola interests to become Dallas pilot.
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Atlanta
Dallas
Norman Deweese
Pensacola
Deweese
Southeastern
Wally Dashiell
Dallas Pilot
Ray Blades May Pilot Pelicans in 41 Race
Atlanta December 5. Charles Hurth business manager of the New Orleans club denied rumors Ray Blades former St. Louis manager would pilot the Pelicans in 1941. Hurth said Blades and Clay Hopper of Columbus were under consideration but no decision until after a conference with president A B Freeman in New Orleans.
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Atlanta
Charles Hurth
New Orleans
Ray Blades
St. Louis Cardinals
Pelicans
Hurth
Blades
Clay Hopper
Columbus
Sports Mirror: Notable sports events from the past
A nostalgic recap cites events from one year ago and earlier, listing Russ Bauers injury in Lakewood Wisconsin, three years earlier Jack Royle retirement from billiards on Broadway after 31 years, and five years earlier Catholic University's Orange Bowl bid. It also notes Hugh Grosvenor sending 1,000 orchid plants to refugees in America amid German bombings.
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Associated Press
Russ Bauers
Pittsburgh
Lakewood
Wis
Jack Royle
Catholic University
Miami
Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor
Second Duke of Westminster
America
Pottsville Observes Third Thanksgiving With New Industries
In Pottsville Pennsylvania the city of 25000 marked Thanksgiving for the third time this year with two new factories the Aetna Steel Products Company and the Pottsville Die Casting and Machine Company. Mayor Claude A Lord distributed free chickens to the needy and a large parade accompanied cornerstone layings at the Aetna plant while the two plants were funded by a half million dollars in voluntary contributions.
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Pottsville
Pennsylvania
Claude A. Lord
Roosevelt
Arthur H. James
Aetna Steel Products Company
Pottsville Die Casting and Machine Company
Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company
Lions to Play Packers Eleven
Detroit December 5. Army proposal for a Christmas holidays football game between two NP L teams to entertain soldiers at Camp Beauregard remains tentative. Fred Mandel hopes Packers will join. Green Bay disbanded for season and cites expense. Game planned December 28 in Baton Rouge to aid about 9 000 guardsmen with 25 000 seats for public sale. Standiford seeks NPFL permission and sponsor assurances for expenses.
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Detroit
Camp Beauregard
F. C. Standiford
Fred L. Mandel, Jr
Detroit Lions
Madison
Wis
Green Bay Packers
Packers
Col. Standiford
Mandel
National Professional Football League
Washington
Louisiana
Standiford
University of Louisiana
Hereford steer brings $3.30 a pound at exposition
1,060 pound Hereford steer owned by 19 year old Irene Asay of Mt. Carroll Illinois sold for 3.30 a pound as grand champion at the International Livestock Exposition. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co bought for 3498 dollars.
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International
Mrs. Robert Estes Elected Leader by Businesswomen Group
Mrs. Robert Estes was elected head of the Businesswomen's circle at a meeting hosted by Mrs. C. H. Mathews. Other officers elected include Grace Love as vice president S. H. Frickie as secretary and W. P. Newman as treasurer. Plans for a home made candy sale were discussed for Friday at Hodze. The group will be called the Wesleyan Service Guild at year start.
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Robert Estes
C. H. Mathews
Grace Love
S. H. Frickie
W. P. Newman
Hodze
Wesleyar Service Guild
Cargile Elected Chief Patriarch of Fort Miro Encampment
Cargile was elected chief patriarch of Fort Miro Encampment No. 15 Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He succeeds Robert Phillips with Hope Tarver and others elected to key offices. Installation is set for January 1 to serve six months in 1941, as 23,000 people were killed on roads last year.
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W. I. Cargile
Fort Miro
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
Robert Phillips
Hope Tarver
C. E. McMullen
O. J. Passman
A. J. Lester
H. A. Stoddard
C. M. Peters
W. E. Hinckley
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