Vines and Ruth Top AP Poll of 1932 Best Athletes
Gene Sarazen leads the second annual AP poll for 1932 top performer with 53 votes followed by Ellsworth Vines and Eddie Tolan. The tally shows tennis, track, and baseball stars dominating while Babe Ruth edges Bill Carr for sixth as voting totals reach 297 among sports writers.
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New York
Associated Press
Gene Sarazen
Bill Carr
Pic
Babe Ruth
Ellsworth Vines
Eddie Tolan
Jimmie Foxx
Jim Bausch
Jem Carr
Siden
Harry Newman
Lew Gehrig
Tony Canzoneri
Martin
St. Louis Cardinals
Ralph Metcalfe
Marquette
Toland
Olin Dutra
Sarazen
Ross Somerville
Johnny Goodman
Gus Moreland
Michigan
Don Zimmerman
Tulane
Warren Heller
Pittsburgh
Lawrence Ely
Nebraska
Jack Sharkey
Max Schmeling
Max Baer
South and West Even in Football
The South and the West split two wins and two losses in the season’s intersectional games on December 19. Oregon beat LSU 12 to 0 in Baton Rouge, Florida won 12 to 2 at UCLA, and California defeated Georgia Tech 27 to 6 while Alabama had already beaten Mary 6 to 0 on the West Coast.
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Atlanta
Dixie
Oregon
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge
Florida
University of California At
Los Angeles
Gainesville
California i
Georgia Tech
Alabama
Mary’s
Tech Heads Home After California Loss
Georgia Tech ships home after a 27 to 6 defeat to California Bears in Berkeley. Captain Howard Neblett starred on defense as coach Bill Ingram praised the center's effort in a tight first half. The Bears pulled away in the second half while Tech threatened late near California's six yard line. California's $20,000 guarantee was lost.
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Berkeley
Calif
Georgia Tech
University of California Bears
Down South
Los Angeles
Panama Canal
Gulf of Mexico
Howard Neblett
Tech
California
Bill Ingram
Bears
Georgia
Ingram
Yale and Root Seen as Likely Choice for Coach
Yale faces a coaching vacancy after Marvin Stevens resigns to focus on medical work. Reginald D. Root, former Eli tackle and current freshman coach, is favored to become head coach and would bring economics teaching duties to the role.
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Stevens
New Haven
Conn
Yale
Gridiron Warriors
Marvin A. Stevens
Reginald D. Root
Eli
Root
University of Mexico
Roxbury School
Taft School
Mal” Stevens
Malcolm Farmer
Jones
Farmer
Washburn College
Dale Alexander Is Champ Batter of 1932 Baseball Season
The 1932 American League batting champion is Boston first baseman David Dale Alexander with a .367 average, edging Philadelphia’s Jimmy Foxx by three points. Foxx led in runs 151 and total bases 438, while Alexander played 124 games to Foxx’s 154. The article notes other leaders and notable streaks from the season.
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Chicago
David Dale Alexander
Boston
Jimmy Foxx
Philadelphia Athletics
Alexander
Detroit
Roy Johnson
Red Sox
Earl Webb
Foxx
al Simmons
Athletics
Babe Ruth
Lou Gehrig
Great Walloper
Heinie Manush
Washington
Gehrig
Philadelphia
Roger Cramer
White Sox
Joe Sewell
Yankees
Carey Selph
Manush
St. Louis Browns
Rick Ferrell
Debs Garris
Irving Burns
Joe Cronin
Eric McNair
Simmons
Cleveland
Yanks
Defending champ leads cue foes in national billiards
New York December 19 Ralph Greenleaf holds a one game edge over Pasquale Natalie Erwin Rudolph as the national pocket billiard championship enters its third week. Natalie and Rudolph loom as top rivals while 22 year old Johnny Caras of Wilmington has impressed with six wins in eight starts and faces Greenleaf next.
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New York
Ralph Greenleaf
Pasquale Natalie
Chicago
Erwin Rudolph
Cleveland
Greenleaf
James Mills
Walter Franklin
Frank Taborski
George Kelly
Beenie Allen
Andrew Ponzi
Natalie
Rudolph
Jommy Caras
Wilmington
Del
Caras
Ponzi
Kelly
Mth
Mills
San Jose
Calif
Allen
Taberski
Pasadena Open Golf Tournament Leads Wood's 278 Wing
Cincinnati reports a Reds trade involving Carrol and Crabtree to the Cardinals as part of early moves in the season.
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Pasadena
Calif
Wood
Cincinnati
Reds
Carroll
Crabtree
Cardinals
Jones the Absorbed Coach Dances Through Domestic Lapses
In a December interview at their home in California Howard Jones, famed Southern California coach, reveals forgetful habits from missed errands to mislaid socks and dropped ashes. His wife Jane teases his lack of All American status as a husband while he plans for Pasadena New Year’s Day and projects on future football matchups.
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Los Angeles
Howard Harding Jones
Southern California
Notre Dame
Coach Jones
Jones
Jane
Mamie
University of Pittsburgh
Pasadena
Caroline
Mrs. Jones
Craig Wood Wins Pasadena Open and Red Grange Star Match
Craig Wood won the Pasadena Open with a 278 total six under par claiming $1,000, finishing four strokes ahead of rivals Harry Cooper Eddie Loos and Dick Metz led by strong putting and three 69s. In Chicago Red Grange scored the decisive touchdown for the Bears in a 9 to 0 playoff win over the Portsmouth Spartans ending his football era amid 12 000 fans.
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Craig Wood
RED Grange Star
Pasadena
Calif
California
Hollywood Country Club
Deal
N. J
Wood
Big
Chicago
Harry Cooper
Eddie Loos
Dick Metz
Hollywood Club
Brookside Course
Olin Dutra
Santa Monica
Leo Diegel
Agua Caliente
Mex
Cooper
Loos
Red Grange
Grange
Chicago Stadium
Bronko Nagurski
Chicago Bears
Portsmouth Spartans
Paul Engebret
Dick Nesbitt
Father Lumpkin
Nagurski
Wilson
Spartan
Bears
Harpster Chosen Carnegie Mentor
Howard Harpster, star quarterback of Carnegie Tech’s 1928 Skibo era, will return as coach next spring to succeed Bob Waddell. Athletic director Clarence Overend announced the appointment after a Tech board session. Harpster, architecture graduate 1930, previously coached at Geneva College and helped Carnegie edge them 7 0 last season.
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Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Howard Harpster
Harpster
Bob Waddell
Clarence Overend
Tech Athletic Board
Harpster Named Head Coach at Carnegie Tech
Football briefs from multiple campuses report Harpster named head coach at Carnegie Tech. Yale re signs Stevens as coach. California defeats Georgia Tech 27 to 6. Oregon wins 12 to 0 over LSU. Florida upsets UCLA 12 to 2.
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Pittsburgh
Harpster
Carnegie Tech
New Haven
Conn
Stevens
Yale
Berkeley
Calif
California
Georgia Tech
Baton Rouge
Oregon
Louisiana State
Gainesville
Fla
Florida
Ferriday Suspends Cage Team Drills
Ferriday Louisiana reports the high school basketball squad will pause practices until after Christmas as rain sleet and snow halted workouts for over a week. Training will resume January 2 when parish schools reopen. several stars from last season have left the team but prospects remain bright.
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Ferriday
Weather Warps Girls Basketball Finale
Snow sleet and rain-soaked court force postponement of the local high school girls game against Harrisonburg High. The match was to close the year though not the season for the sextette coached by Miss Mary Maranta after seven straight wins.
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Ferriday
Harrisonburg High School
Mary Maranta
Bears Set to Face Millers in Brown Gym Showdown
Baylor Bears travel from Waco to meet Brown Paper mill's Southern A A U champions at Brown gym tonight with a 7 45 start. Coach Wolf brings ten players as Baylor eyes a strong defense of last season's Southwest title amid road trips to Ruston and Jacksonville Texas.
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Baylor Bears
Brown Paper Mill
Southern A. A. U
Brown Gym
Baylor
Bears
Waco
Shreveort
Wolf
Louisiana Tech
Ruston
Jacksonville
Texas
Stephen F. Austin
Raymond Strickland
Stoner Wells
Raymond Alford
Abe Barnett
Dallas
Frank James
Austin
James
Reynolds
Athens
Jimmy Parks
Palestine Star
O’heeron
Texas University
Carey Phillips
Fred Stone
Stone
Evans
Brownies
Phillips
Frickie
Roder
Hood
Brown
Texas A. and
Aggies
Mainstays Back on Wildcat Five at Pineville
Louisiana college Wildcat basketball returns with most of the 1932 squad under Coach Walden, aided by strong freshmen. Key players include Clifton Fairbanks Dalton Faircloth Hal Weathersby Jerry Hixson and McHenry Hamilton or Matthew Carrier. Freshmen promise adds depth as scheduling begins after January 1.
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Pineville
Louisiana College Wildcat
Walden
Jerry Hixson
Clifton Fairbanks
Dalton Faircloth
Hal Weathersby
McHenry Hamilton
Matthew Carrier
Quincy Bass
P. D. Bessonett
Bob Tudor
Carroll Barron
Jack McKenzie
Lloyd Puckitt
Oliver Ogden
Cecil Prothro
Henry Taliaferro
Benson Temple
Edward Archibald
Hillary Sargent
Carrier
Hamilton
Harry Smith
Milwee
Cannon
Ricks
Orr
Schuchs
Twilley
Stevens
Copes
Storey
Berlier Defends Southern Lightweight Title Tonight
New Orleans sporting headlined with Ervin Berlier defending his southern lightweight title in a ten round bout at the Coliseum against Battling Shaw. Shaw is the betting favorite at 6 to 5 after stopping Berlier in a non title affair months earlier. The event will use a two judge and referee decision system.
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New Orleans
U.P
Ervin Berlier
Battling Shaw
Coliseum Arena
Shaw
Berlier
Independent cagers to form Natchez city league
Natchez Mississippi December 19 four local basketball teams the Natchez Night Hawks the All-stars Coca-Colas and the Natchez Cardinals will enter a city league after holidays all practice sessions have been halted until the league is organized a managers meeting after holidays will elect league officers
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Natchez, Miss
City Loop
Natchez Night Hawks
All-stars
Coca-Colas
Natchez Cardinals
Loop
Pitt Panthers Head West for Rose Bowl Clash
Pittsburgh prepares its 36 man football squad for a January 2 Rose Bowl game against Southern California. The team departs after a season without defeat and will spend a 10 day training camp in Tucson Arizona to counter USC’s aerial attack. Coach Jack Sutherland plans focused defense work as the train makes stops in St. Louis and Dallas before reaching Arizona.
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Pittsburgh
Pitt
Panthers
Blue Pacific
California
Pullmans
Troy
Tucson Ariz
St. Louis
Dallas
Tex
Tucson
Jack Sutherland
Arizona
Trojans
Southern California
Pennsylvania Station
Tiger
Football Banquet Set At L T I Tonight
The annual football banquet at Louisiana Training Institute will be held tonight at six. Judge Charles Schulze, superintendent, will preside. Members of the 1932 squad will receive sweaters bearing the Pelican emblem. The Pelicans had their best season to date.
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Louisiana Training Institute
Charles Schulze
Judge Schulze
Pelican
Pelicans
Tu lane Heads to Lexington for Kentucky Series
Tulane university basketball coach George Rody takes ten players on the trip to Lexington Ky to meet the University of Kentucky in two games on Tuesday and Wednesday. Two football stars aboard are Floyd Little Preacher Roberts and Little Monk Sims.
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Kentucky
New Orleans
U.2
Tulane University
Lexington
University of Kentucky
George Rody
Floyd
Little Preacher) Roberts
Little Monk” Simons
Sharkey backs Schaaf in boxing bid at Madison Square Garden
Ernie Schaaf, aided by world champion Jack Sharkey who owns part of his contract, aims to rebound after a slump. Sharkey attends Schaafs Friday night 10 round bout against Jersey City puncher Stan Poreda at Madison Square Garden as other titles follow in San Francisco, Boston, and Philadelphia card stops.
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New York
Ernie Schaaf
Jack
Sharkey
Schaat
Ernie
Big Blonde
Jost
Schaaf
Stanley Poreda
Max Baer
Winston
Boston
Poreda
Jersey City
Madison Square Garden
Young Corbett
Fresno
Joe Glick
Brooklyn
San Francisco
Philadelphia
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Champion
Boston Battler
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Cavalier
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