Moody Leads AP Poll as Vare Second in 1935 Sports
Helen Wills Moody tops the Associated Press 1935 sports poll with 136 points, ahead of Glenna Collett Ware who claims 76. Mary Hoerger, Helen Stephens, and Helen Hull Jacobs follow in the narrow race for third as female athletes set new milestones.
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Alan Gould
Associated Press
New York
Helen Wills Moody
Associated Press Sports
Moody
California
Glenna Collett Ware
Little Mary Hoerger
Miami Beach
Helena Stephens
Fulton
Helen Hull Jacobs
Helene Mayer
Pacific Coast
Lela Hall
East Lynne
Mildred Babe Didrikson
Joyce Wethered
Miss Didrikson
Miss Wethered
British Champ McAvoy Triumphs In American Ring Debut
English light heavyweight Jock McAvoy earns praise in Madison Square Garden as he defeats Al McCoy by decisive left hand blows. McAvoy, disguising his identity, matches the bravado of past champions while showing resilience to finish the bout strong.
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John J. Romano
Jock McAvoy
Madison Square Garden
Jock
al McCoy
Maine
McAvoy
McCoy
Florien le Brasseur
Winslow
Bamford
Lou Brouillard
Joel Knight
Bob Godwin
al Gainer
Albion
New England
Canada
Jack Delaney
Phil Scott
Jack Pettifer
England
Land
Kitchener
Contemptibles
John Henry Lewis
Dave
Lumiansky
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Pan-Americans Ready to Battle Local Basketball Scene
The Pan-American basketball team, a local independent club, has trained two weeks and aims to clash with local and out-of-town teams. Managers Carroll Royce and Haskell Hudnall invite schedule requests. key players include Hudnall Berry Red, Vernon Coates, Boyd Arnold, Shelton Trichell, Johnnie Holmes, and Mike Brown. Practices happen Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at Northeast Center of Louisiana State University around 7:30.
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Man
Carroll
Buddy” Royce
Haskell
Peanut Hudnall
Louisiana
Hudmall
Jason Berry
John L
Red
Sol Adler
Sampion Monroe
Vernon “Skeet” Coates
Boyd Arnold
Shelton Trichell
Johnnie Holmes
Mike Brown
Coates
Louisiana Tech
Northeast Cen
Louisiana State University
Dallas Man Heads Evangeline League
Walter Morris of Dallas Texas was elected president of the Evangeline baseball league succeeding T Daly who resigned to focus on Springhill college duties. The league will open April 7 and close August 23 with a 149 game schedule featuring Lafayette Rayne Jeanerette New Iberia Abbeville Opelousas Lake Charles and Alexandria.
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Lafayette
Walter Morris
Dallas
Texas
Evangeline Baseball League
Morris
As League
By . T. Daly
Act
Springhill College
Rayne
Jeanerette
New Iberia
Abbeville
Opelousas
Lake Charles
Alexandria
American shot put record set by Torrance at meet
A. A. U. headquarters received word that Jack Torrance of Louisiana State University set an American record in the shot put with 53 feet 112 inches at a track meet last February in Charlotte.
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Charlotte
N. C
Jack Torrance
Louisis
State University
Millers Gents to Play in Cage Contest Tonight
The Brown Paper Mill Safety Firsts meet Centenary College Gentlemen in a basketball game at the mill gym tonight at 7 45 With a strong rivalry expected to draw a large crowd the Millers boast a 3 0 record led by forwards Evans Phillips center Jones and guards Frances Lawson Reserve star Frank Frickie and Kenney Holt add depth Frances and Jones are new to the lineup from the University of Texas at Austin Frances earned all SouthWest Conference honors Coach Curtis Parker has not released a full Gentlemen lineup but start candidates include Beasley Durham Huddleson Decker Binion and Hooper The Safety Firsts also schedule Magnolia A and M and Texas A and M games this week and at year end.
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Twin Cities
Brown Paper Mill
Centenary College
Mill Gymnasium
Cary Phillips
Evans
Phillips
Jones
Frances
Lawson
Frank Frickie
Kenney Holt
Hermitage
Ark
Southern Advance Paper Mill
Hodge
Mill
University of Texas At Austin
Curtis Parker
Beasley
Durham
Huddleston
Decker
Binion
Hooper
Magnolia A
Magnolia
Texas A. and
College Station
Mill Court
Boxing results from Associated Press rematch roundup
Cities from Cleveland Chicago London Pittsburgh Miami Louisville Washington Butte report multiple bouts. Eric Seelig outpoints Paul Pirrone in Cleveland while Alberto Arizmendi stops Jackie Sharkey in Minneapolis. Fights feature Billy Celebron over Fritzie Zivic in Chicago and other regional results with several knockouts and decisions.
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Associated Press
Cleveland
Eric Seelig
Germany
Paul Pirrone
Alberto
Fritzie Zivic
Pittsburgh
George Bittner
Chicago
Stanley Dorgan
Gary
Ind
London
Eng
Roy Lazer
Paterson
N. J
Ben Ford
South Africa
Lew Feldman
New York
Tony Herrera
el Paso
Tex
Dominic Mancini
Mike Barto
Miami Beach
Fla
Wilson Dunn
Galveston
Curtis Scott
McKinney
Charles Weise
Billy Hood
Orlando
Drew
Louisville
Henry Firpo
Luther Orr
Memphis
Wild Bill McDowell
Freddy Eiler
Washington
Phil Farr
Bob Wilson
Johnny Miller
Baltimore
John Snowden
Butte
Mont
Lew Massey
Philadelphia
Cecil Payne
Seattle
Ralph Hocking
Charley Brown
Spokane
Wash
Wrestling results from Portland Tampa and New York
In Portland Chuck Montana 178 of Detroit beat Dropkick Murphy 175 of Alabama in one fall. In Tampa Gus Sonnenberg 210 of Boston defeated Babe Caddock 209 of Des Moines in one fall. In New York Danny O Mahoney 220 defeated Ed Don George 218 in one fall.
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Associated Press
Portland
Chuck Montana
Detroit
Dropkick Murphy
Alabama
Tampa
Fla
Gus Sonnenberg
Boston
Babe Caddock
de Moines
New York
Danny O'Mahoney
Ed Don George
Java
N.Y
Little's unprecedented run seals four major amateur titles
William Lawson Little Jr. wins British and American amateur titles in 1934 and 1935, matching a unique feat in golf history. He defeats Dr. William Tweddell in Britain and Walter Emery in America, then tops the Muirfield course amateur record with 289 total.
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Associated Press
New York
William Lawson Little, Jr
Glenna Collett Ware
Little
Bob Jones
Cleveland
Simon Pyres
William Tweddell
Jim Wallace
San Francisco
Dormic
Tweddell
Walter Emery
Jack Robinson
Augusta
Great Britain
Bert Gadd
Muirfield
Henry Picard
America
England
Sam Parks, Jr
Pittsburgh
Oakmont
Alfred Perry
Walter Hagen
Jimmy Thomson
Golden
Henry Cotton
Sarazen
Virginia van Wie
Mrs. Ware
Pert Patty Berg
Minneapolis
Johnny Revolta
Milwaukee
Paul Runyan
Tommy Armour
Oklahoma City
Gene Sarazen
Craig Wood
Mildred
Babe) Didrikson
Two Lads Injured in Freak Scrub Football Accident
In New Orleans on December 17, Fred Mosley 18 and Robert Rogers 15 were treated at Charity hospital after a scrub football game incident. Rogers’s tooth penetrated Mosley’s wrist puncturing an artery. Rogers pulled away but left his tooth embedded in Mosley’s forearm.
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New Orleans
Fred Mosley
Robert Rogers
Charity Hospital
Mosley
Rogers
Turner Leads in Miami Biltmore Open
Ted Turner fired a 66 to take a two stroke lead at 34 holes in the $10,000 Miami Biltmore Open at Coral Gables. He sits atop a field that includes Horton Smith and Frank Walsh, with Willie MacFarlane chasing after his 1933 record pace before fading on the backend. Milutic faltered after a palm tree incident, finishing 75 as Henry Russell led the amateurs with 223 through 54 holes.
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J. P. McKnight
Associated Press
Coral Gables
Fla
Ted Turner
Miami Biltmore
Willie MacFarlane
Pine Valley
N. J
Horton Smith
Oak Park, II
Frank Walsh
Chicago
Turner
MacFarlane
Tuckahoe
N. Y
Bitches
John Milutic
Youngstown
Ohio
Milutic
Milutie
John Revolta
George Smith
Laffoon
Chicagoan
Bruce Coltart
Wood Crest
Henry L. Doherty
Henry Russell
Russell
Carl Dann, Jr
Orlando
Pinehurst
N. C
Louis Selected as Outstanding Athlete of 1935
Joe Louis of Detroit heavyweight wins the fifth annual AP poll as 1935's outstanding athlete. He scores 184 points, leads over runner up Lawson Little, and becomes the first Black and first boxer to top the list. Little, famed amateur golfer, places second. Jesse Owens is third.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Law Son Little
Louis
Primo Carnera
Max Baer
Little
Pepper Martin
Gene Sarazen
Carl Hubbell
Dizzy Dean
Jesse Owen
Ohio State
Jay Berwanger
University of Chicago
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Joe Louis
Poe Ya
Chicago
St. Louis Cardinals
PCA Aun
Bettie
Eulace Peacock
Temple
Nate Titan
Chia
Ireland
basemBh
Seasesu Yee
Bill (Kaye) Lam
Colorado University
Hank Greenberg
Tulane coaching chiefs rumored to be kept on
Atlanta reports a rumor that Ted Cox and Lester Lautenschlaeger will be reinstated as Tulane football coaches after the athletic board announced hiring a new head coach. Alumni protested the decision, triggering broad Southeastern Athletic Sector reaction.
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Atlanta
Atlanta Journal
Ted Cox
Lester Lautenschlaeger
Tulane University
Cox
Lautenschlaeger
Athletic Board of Control
Tulane
the Journal Story
Southeastern Athletic
Tigers Develop Air Attack Defense Ahead of Sugar Bowl
Baton Rouge La Dec 17 The LSU Tigers intensified practice as Bernie Moore builds a defense to counter TCU quarterback Sam Baugh and his aerial and ground threats in the Sugar Bowl. LSU fears Baugh's passing and running combo could challenge the Tigers.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Sports 30UNDUP highlights stars and rumors across leagues
A collage of sports notes featuring Lionel Conacher and the Rangers marquee figures, the Bun Cook trio, and the Patrick family in hockey. near-season chatter about Braves pennant hopes, Lopez and Cuccinello with the Dodgers, Randy Moore and Johnny Allen price talk, Willie Mosconi’s fast style, Donna Fox at a winter Olympics event, Mike Jacobs Havana venture, and a Dayton player injury anecdote.
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Associated Press
New York
Lionel
Conacher
Montreal Maroons
Canada
Bun Cook
Bill Cook
Frank Boucher
New York Rangers
Baz O'Meara
Montreal Star
Patrick
Lester
Rangers
Bruins
San Lynn Stars
Murray
Braves
Brooklyn
Boston
Lopez
Cuccinello
Ebbets
Randy Moore
Johnny Allen
The
Yanks
52Nd Street
Willie Mosconi
Philly
Sarazen
Willie
You
Donna Fox
Bronx
Lake Placid
Mike Jacobs
Havana
Harty Baujan
Dayton University
Banquet for Northeast Center Eleven Postponed
The annual banquet for the Northeast Center football squad of Louisiana State University was postponed from tonight until after the Christmas holidays, announced Monday night.
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Northeast Center
Louisiana State University
Umpire E C Quigley Aims For Grand Slam In One Year
Kansas City December 17 E C Quigley famed hog fancier and veteran official for baseball football and basketball seeks a single season with three top assignments. He has umpired about 3600 National League games 40 World Series 2500 basketball games and 500 football games but wants a year with all three majors.
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Kansas City
C. Quigley
Kansas
Quigley
Frogs' Mentors Draft Bids From Oklahoma Aggies
Southwest Conference coaches debated offers as L R Meyer and Ray Wolf of Texas Christian acknowledged receiving propositions from Oklahoma A and M. Meyer, finishing second in the race, said a decision would take weeks while Wolf refused to discuss offers.
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Fort Worth
Texas
L. R
Dutch
Oklahoma A
Meyer
Texas Christian Frogs
Louisiana State
Texas Christian
Francis Schmidt
Ohio State
Texas Christian Athletics
Wolf
Matty Bell
Southern Methodist
Bell
Texas A. and
War Department bans army coaches at civilian colleges
Army officers assigned to reserve officer training corps units will be barred from coaching at civilian colleges if it interferes with military duties. The policy aims to conserve commissioned strength by restricting duties and barring most outside coaching except where army qualifications fit an R O T C assignment. Captain Lawrence Biff Jones may coach one more year at Oklahoma.
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Washington
Army
War Department
West Point
San Antonio
Texas
United States Army
Fort Sam Houston
Lawrence “Biff” Jones
University of Oklahoma
Louisiana State University
Jones
Tennessee
Mississippi
Norman
Okla
Lawrence “Biff’ Jones
O. U
Vanderbilt Coach Named Mentor at Florida
Gainesville Fla December 17 The state board of control announced that Vanderbilt line coach Josh Cody has been selected as head football coach at Florida He succeeds Dutch Stanley who led the Gators for the past three seasons after a disastrous campaign that saw seven losses and three wins
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Gainesville
Fla
State Board of Control
Josh Cody
Vanderbilt
Florida
Cody
D. K
Dutch) Stanley
Stanley
Gators
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