Ivy League ties may tighten at Georgia plantation meet
Athletic leaders from Columbia Cornell Dartmouth Harvard Pennsylvania Princeton and Yale gather at Jim Lynch's Georgia estate for talks on recreation and plans that could bind the seven programs more closely. Discussion covers football schedules and potential new league questions amid past breakups and independent stances.
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Hugh S. Fullerton, Jr
New York
Georgia Plantation
Jim Lynch
Cornell
Columbia
Dartmouth
Harvard
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Yale
Tigers
Penn
Quakers
Savannah
Crimson
Jena Opens Basketball Season With 25 24 Win
Jena High School opened its season with a 25 24 victory over Selma after an overtime period. Nick Edwards led Jena with seven points while Selma’s McNeil scored nine. The girls defeated Selma 20 16 in the preliminary game as Orley and Cleta Hood starred for Jena.
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Jena
Dee Jena High School
Seth
Jena Boys
Jerries
Selma
Tigers
Nick Edwards
McNeil
Sa Girls
Orley
Cleta Hood
Giants
Manifest Tigers
Sports Mirror: Lions Giants title reminder and other past wins
AP notes a year ago Detroit Lions defeated New York Giants 26 to 7 for the NFL championship. It recalls three years back Tony Canzoneri’s ten round decision over Cieto Locatelli and five years earlier Wilfy Cox winning the San Francisco Open by beating George von Elm 6.
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Associated Press
Detroit Lions
New York Giants
Tony Canzoneri
Cieto Locatelli
Wilfy Cox
George von Elm
Giraults Claim Golf Titles at Lake Side Country Club
The Giraults captured two golf championships at Lake Side Country Club. Shep Girault defeated Ben Beasley 3 and 2 to win the club championship, posting a 74 medal score to Beasley 76. Mrs. Girault beat Elizabeth Kennedy 4 and 3 to win the women's handicap tournament.
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Giraults
Lakeside Country Club
Shep Girault
Ben Beasley
Beasley
Girault
Violet Meyer
Long Shots Have Field Day At Tropical Park
The Florida racing season opened at Tropical Park in Coral Gables with 15,000 spectators. Hirsch Jacobs saddled Strategist Second to win by six lengths at odds of 6.96, while Proph paid 11 to win the Bougainvillea race by a head. The meet runs 26 days before moving to Hialeah, then returns to Tropical Park.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Florida
Tropical Park
Hirsch Jacobs
Stealing Away
J. W. Parrish
Proph
Hialeah Park
Ferriday High Cage Teams Practice Daily
Ferriday Louisiana December 15 daily practice sessions are held at the high school by Ferriday High boys and girls basketball squads. They are coached by Miss Mary Maranta a former star of Delta State Teachers College and W R Priester a former coach from Mississippi College.
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Ferriday
Ferriday High School
Spor ts Roundup notes on 1937 sports headlines and figures
A rapid fire collection notes on baseball, boxing, college football and other sports. Topics include Dizzy Dean trade talk for $400,000, Max Schmeling at Cotton Club, wrestling-gossip alliances, Rose Bowl finances and stadium plans, Pete Reilly and Petey Salzo, John Pesek juggling ventures, Syracuse Duke football series, golf monument ideas, Freddie Steele title defense, Nova at Havana, Jack Torrance boxing debut, Penn basketball player Castleman Chesley aiming for Hollywood, and Senator Davis vowing to eat his hat if Pitt loses the Rose Bowl.
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New York
Branch Rickey
Dizzy Dean
Yankees
Colonel Ruppert
Max Schmeling
Cotton Club
Bill Robinson
Cab Calloway
Jimmy Johnston
Madison Square Garden
Paul Browser
Rudy Dusek
Jack Curley
Toots Mondt
Cardinals
Sportsman's Park
Browns
Virginia Military
Pea Head Walker
Elon College
Bill Raftery
Pete Reilly
Petey Salzo
Reilly
Petey
John Pesek
Nebraska
Frank Shaughnessy
International League
Baseball League
Syracuse
Duke
Linde Fowler
Boston Transcript
B. Keeler
Atlanta
Freddie Steele
Gorilla Jones
Milwaukee
Clipper Smith
Villanova Eleven
Miami
Havana
Auburn
Jack Torrance
Jack
Memphis
Philadelphia
San Francisco
St. Louis
Pittsburgh
Castleman Chesley
Penn
Hollywood
James J. Davis
Pennsylvania
Pitt
Washington
Collinston Five Rout Forest 76 to 10 in rivalry game
Collinston High School boys basketball overwhelmed Forest High School 76 to 10 as Leon Langston scored 38 points and Harper added 24. Through 11 games this season Collinston has one loss and strong progress boosts expectations.
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Collinston
Collinston High School
Forest High School
Leon Langston
Harper
Langston
Neville boxers prepare for season opener against Bastrop Rams
Neville High begins boxing season with early workouts as coaches assess contenders across weight classes from 90 to 165 pounds. Elton Brady Arleigh Brantley lead 90 and 165-pound battles while Vaughan Payne Shorty Earl Walter Brady and Parker McGee headline key weight classes.
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Neville High School
Rams
Bastrop High
Elton Brady
Arleigh Brantley
Guy Miller
Jimmy Martin
Anthony Danna
Tony Lasuzza
Adran Eady
Marvin Spaugh
Robert Gates
Pat Cole
Julius McKnight
Cole
Ernest Pierce
Billy Gates
Eugene Slaughter
Vaughan Payne
Howard
Shorty” Earl
Walter Brady
Brady
Perry Snyder
Ray “Tuffy” Spicer
Parker McGee
Tigers
Manifest Tigers Defeat Sicily Island 26 to 10
Manifest High School Tigers extended their winning streak by routin g Sicily Island 26 to 10 at home. Twin forward Carl Guinn led scoring with 12 points, center Dick Randall added six, and Manifest prepares to face Jena High, the defending state champions, on the road.
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Manifest
Manifest High School Tigers
Walloping
Sicily Island
Jena High School Giants
Jena
Carl Guinn
Dick Randall
Tiger
Gentlemen 10 Ready to Test Brown Paper Squad in Bar tlesville
The Brown Paper mill basketball team hosts Centenary Gentlemen from Shreveport for tonight’s 8 o’clock game before leaving for the Missouri Valley A A U campaign in Bartlesville Oklahoma. expected fast hard game despite limited practice.
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Centenary
Sanford Huddleston
Bob Decker
al Beasley
Huddleston
Decker
Beasley
Brown Paper Mill
Brown Gym
Missouri Valley
Bartlesville
Okla
Curtis Parker
Shreveport
Parker
Howard Hooper
Hooper
Bill Snyder
Letterman
Lanford Huddleston
Snyder
Pete
Max Bowerman
John Lingo
Gaston Kennedy
Johnny Dutz
Doyline Flash
Ogbourne Rawlinson
Brownies
Gents
Brown
Oklahoma
Millers
Cary Phillips
Santa Fe
Kansas City
Phillips
Theo Alford
Gene Demmary
Ed Shaver
Frank Bryski
Louis Quickly KO's Simms in 26 Seconds
Joe Louis of Detroit knocked out Eddie Simms of Cleveland in 26 seconds in Cleveland. The bout, scheduled for 10 rounds, ended after one swift left hook that felled Simms, leaving 11,000 spectators stunned as referee Arthur Donovan signaled the winner.
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Cleveland
Joe Louis
Detroit
Eddie Simms
Louis
Simms
Arthur Donovan
New York
Huskies Sought Set Up And Big Gate With Pitt
New York dispatch profiles Pittsburgh Panthers coach Jock Sutherland and star players. It notes Pitt’s Rose Bowl bid appeal for gate receipts averaging about 270000 dollars per game, their strong line and star figures like Biggie Marshall Goldberg Benedict Bobby LaRue Averell Daniell and Tony Matisi. Lulu the goat is featured as a quirky campus mascot.
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New York
Pittsburgh
Panthers
Jock Sutherland
Lulu
Pitt
Washington
University of Washington
Lee Paul Sieg
Pittsburgh Engineering School
Pasadena Junior Chamber of Commerce
West Coast
Stanford
Southern California
Navy
Louisiana State
Alabama
Jock
John Bain Sutherland
Warner
Biggie
Marshall Goldberg
Elkins
W. Va
Bill Glassford
Sutherland Benedict
Bobby LaRue
Sutherland
Bobby
Averell Daniell
Tony Matisi
Daniell
Matisi
Johnny Wood
Moundsville
Johnny
Pitt Panther
Nebraska
Cornhusker Stadium
Bill Kern
Jess Poppie Carver
Sage
Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
California Chamber of Commerce
MacFarlane Wins Nassau Open In Bahamian Golf
Willie MacFarlane wins the Nassau Open at Bahamas Country Club by 266 for 72 holes, earning $800. Horton Smith ties for second with Harry Cooper after a late challenge. field includes Paul Bunyan, Pat Sawyer, Henry Picard, and Densmore Shute among others.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Willie MacFarlane
MacFarlane
Bahamas Country Club
Horton Smith
Chicago
Windy City
Harry Cooper
Paul Bunyan
New York
Pat Sawyer
Minneapolis
Henry Picard
Hershey
Densmore Shute
Coral Gables
Ralph Guldah
St Louis
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth
Ky Laffoon
Orlando
Fla
Joe Belfore
Detroit
Herman Keiser
Springfield
Willie Klein
Wheatley Hills
N. Y
Mississippi State Defeats Millsaps 32 16 in Holiday Opener
Mississippi State college basketball team beat Millsaps 32 to 16 in Mississippi State, Miss. on Monday night to close the pre holiday schedule. Fred Walters and Charles Armstrong led with nine points each, while Heywood added 10 of his team's 16.
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State College
Miss
Mississippi State College
Millsaps
Fred Walters
Charles Armstrong
Maroons
Heywood
Oklahoma City Wrestling Card Promises Big 290-Pound Villain
Tonight at Roosevelt Stadium ladies free with paid admission as Ellis Bashara faces 290-pound Pat Mc Clary in the main event. Semi finals pit Dr Karl Sarpolis against Ernest Kelly with two out of three falls. main event time limit two hours, semi-final one hour.
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Roosevelt Stadium
Ellis Bashara
Pat McClary
Roseburg
Ore
Karl Sarpolis
Ernest Kelly
Tennes
McClary
Southwest
Bashara
Southern California
Trojjans
California
Los Angeles
George Mansor
George
Charlie Bruscato
Oklahoman
Phil Lisotta
Sarpolis
Kelly
Chicago Medico
Lisetta
Waterproof B team bids for state crown in Friday clash
Waterproof Louisiana Northeast Class B champions meet South Louisiana Class B title holders Vinton High in a Friday 2:30 pm state semifinal in Waterproof. Coach Statham Crosby expects full squad. Willis Walker recovers from a knee injury and Almon Marron returns at halfback. Richard leads Vinton in a bid to halt Waterproof’s title drive.
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Waterproof
Waterproof High School Tigers
North Louisiana
Vinton High School
South Louisiana
Statham Crosby
Bengals
Vinton
Tigers
Springhill
Crosby
Willis Walker
Almon Marron
Marron
Willie Bennett
Richard
Fleet Vinton
Vice
Weston Wins Again Beats Beech Springs Second Team
Weston defeats Beech Springs second team 20 to 9 on Weston court. Special report from Weston Louisiana notes the decisive win in a midweek basketball game.
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Weston
Beech Springs
Weston Court
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James J. Braddock
Germany
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Schmeling
Huskies
Goldberg
By Paul Mickelson
Cooper
Mississippi State
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