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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1932
Page
7
Craig Wood of Deal New Jersey won the 1932 San Francisco national match play open golf title at Lakeside, earning 344 of 2500 purse as he defeated Al Espinosa of Akron in 36 holes. The icy course soured play but Wood rallied to claim the crown.
A. A. Stagg has notified President Hutchins he will not accept the committee position tied to late athletics at the University of Chicago. Stagg, retiring next June under the 70 year age limit, gave no reason for declining in his letter, and will continue coaching football if offered. He will attend a luncheon hosted by W. J. Bingham, Harvard athletics director, in Boston Wednesday night.
Melbourne reports a ban on pigeon racing in Victoria due to the danger of spreading Newcastle disease to poultry and potentially transmitting the virus to wild birds. The move aims to protect the poultry industry and regional biosecurity.
Bill Terry, 28, hit .298 in 96 games last season after 305 at bats over four years. Trade talk involves multiple clubs seeking players in exchange for stars like Ray Starr and Gus Mancuso as leagues consider economic changes and broadcasting limits.
Stephen F. Austin college opened its basketball season with a 51 to 23 victory over Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Lafayette. Kerr led Austin with 13 points while Donald paced Southwestern with 9. The final score was 51 to 23 with a 26 to 10 halftime margin.
In Chicago last night Joe Savoldi of Three Oaks Michigan defeated Jim Clinkstock of Oklahoma in a 23 minute 15 second wrestling bout. In Camden New Jersey Pinkie Gardner weighing 174 won two falls from Carl Van Werden of Canada in a three fall match.
A string of recent boxing results lists Tony Cangiamilla outpointing Nutzie Liuzza in New Orleans and many other bouts across New York Philadelphia Manchester and more. Notable outcomes include Len Harvey retaining his British middleweight title in Newcastle and Red Federlee beating Earl Cooper in Cincinnati.
A girl in Tennessee writes to the Department of Stars in Washington seeking Christmas dresses undergarments stockings and a cry doll. In a whimsical reply the observatory plans to play Santa Claus, sharing warmth and gifts with those in need.
The piece mixes football antics with a campus orchestra. USC’s Larry Stevens and Notre Dame’s Steve Banas engage in onfield scrambles while Ernie Smith notes the crowding and talk of a future Rose Bowl. The article highlights the rotating huddle and the playful yet heated conflict between the teams.
Wheeling lawyer Edward McKee earned local fame after a misfire in Pennsylvania woods cost a farmer a calf. He paid $60 for the animal and this year received broad access to farms as he hunted deer, with farmers inviting him to hunt on their lands.
The Associated Press notes a 27 percent drop in 1932 college football gate receipts from a cross section of 40 colleges and universities, with attendance down about 15 percent. Some schools reported gains, including Brown Purdue Wisconsin Columbia Oklahoma Washington University and Mississippi State. Notre Dame’s nine games totaled 1,415,000, a 10 percent fall from last year, while California universities showed modest declines and the Pacific Coast trio fared best. Scheduling fewer set up games and retrenchment across sports were expected consequences.
Richard Carter arrested by police for larceny of an over coat valued at 10 dollars from Dave Jenkins of 1418 Washington Street. Carter, identified as a Negro, is jailed awaiting further charges.
Purdue will lose eleven varsity football players to graduation next spring. Five are regulars Moss and Letsinger at end guard, Janácek at guard, Capt Oehler at center, and Horstmann at fullback.
City police officer R. J. Goza resumes duties this morning after more than two weeks of illness. His bout with influenza was among the severest reported locally this year, resembling the 1918 epidemic in intensity.
Members of the Shreveport legal community favor an election for district court judges. Judge E. P. Mills plans to assume a seat in the second court on Friday. A parish jury and Sidney M. Cook of the Shreveport Bar say a bar committee will survey needs and make recommendations to the governor.
Ouachita Parish Tuberculosis Public Health Association will hold a meeting tomorrow at 411 Old Central building. All officers and directors are required to attend as the December session is to be conducted.
Reserve school for Ouachita parish to hold a session at 7 30 this evening in the federal room on the second floor of the office building Major Sthan McGehee will be in charge as instructor for the session
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