Year of Surprises In Sports Ends With Cubs Lead
A year of upsets in 1935 sports saw Notre Dame’s team upset Ohio State while Braddock defeated Baer and Jesse Owens shone in track. The Chicago Cubs topped the poll with 92 points, due in part to their late game rally. Continued on Twelfth Page.
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Sabuleed
Notre Dame
Ohio State
Braddock
Max ‘Baer
Wilmer
Allison
Fred Aaa
Ooo Fiefeats
Jesse’ Owens
Eulace ‘Peacock
Cubs
Fea
Mustangs Stage Snappy Practice Ahead of Rose Bowl
Dallas December update on Southern Methodist University football prepares for Stanford in the Rose Bowl. Coach Matty Bell reports revised formations and plays looking solid while stressing the need to solve Stanford's offense. He remains confident of scoring but wary on defense and timing for victory.
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Dallas
Texas
Southern Methodist Mustangs
Stanford
moneDey
Thursay
Matty Bell
Bell
Mustangs
West Texas Folk Songs Collected For Posterity
John A. Lomax, curator at the congressional library and former Bosque County youth, travels for the Carnegie foundation to gather West Texas frontier songs. He has assembled several thousand songs and chants on aluminum discs for the library.
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San Angelo
Texas
West Texas Frontier
John A. Lomax
Congressional Library
Bosque County
University of Texas
Carnegie Foundation
Review of the 1935 tennis year and Davis Cup notes
The 1935 tennis season saw America reach the Wimbledon and national finals with key players like Wilmer Allison, Don Budge, Sid Wood, Bitsy Grant, and Helen Wills Moody. Perry, Austin, and Cramm featured in Davis Cup, while Moody beat Jacobs at Wimbledon and Jacobs led the U S women’s team in the Wightman Cup.
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New York
Sammy
America
Yankees
Fred Perry
Perry
Wilmer Allison
England
Allison
Frank Shields
Sidney B. Wood
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Heiner Henkel
Bunny Austin
Co. R. D. Tuckey
G. Patrick Hughes
Budge
United States
Don Budge
West Coaster
Austin
Forest Hills
The
Yanks
Enrique Maier
Roderick Menzel
Sid Wood
Bitsy Grant
Wood
Grant
Helen Wills Moody
Helen Jacobs
Wimbleon
California
Miss Jacobs
Mrs. Moody
Moody
Ethel Burkhardt Arnold
Los Angeles
Comely
Kay Stammers
Saran Palfrey Fabyan
Boston
Phyllis Mudford
Fabyan
von Cramm
Brownies rally to beat Aggies 54 to 35
Brown paper mill Safety Firsts overcome Magnolia A and M Muleriders 54 to 35 at Brown gym. Gene Francis led Brown with 20 points, followed by Jones 13 and Frickie 11 as the team pulled away in the second half after a tight first half. Magnolia leaders Camp, Turner and Hayes contributed for the Muleriders. The game closes Brown’s pre-holiday slate before two games with Texas A and M on December 30 and 31.
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Brown Paper Mill
Muleriders
Magnolia
Ark
Brown Gym
Brownies
Brown
Cary Phillips
Tarlton Jones
Frank Frickie
Browns
Millers
Phillips
Francis
Jones
Frickie
Arkansans
Gene Francis
Texas A
Texas
Camp
Turner
Fleming
Allen
al Lanier
Ceyeeveveeeel
Holt
GO Odo
Boscsseeresereeer
Csceeerem Ete
Haynes
Tulane
Reid
Coffis Criticizes Stanford Mentor After California Game
Stanford sophomore left halfback Jimmy Coffis questioned Coach Tiny Thornhill after bobbling the opening kickoff versus California. Coffis, praised as the coast’s top safety, asked why Thornhill appeared to consider benching him following the miscue. Thornhill dismissed the idea, saying he never planned to yank Coffis.
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Stanford University
Calif
Jimmy Coffis
Stanford
Tiny” Thornhill
Coffis
Pacific Coast
California
Thornhill
Lovelock and Wooderson Duel in Mile Showdown
New Zealander Lovelock, famed as the Wonder Miler, faced a stiff challenge from Scotland’s Wooderson as they battled neck and neck in a mile race. Wooderson, trained by Albert Hill, defeated Lovelock on the track while Lloyd Cunningham and Bill Bonthron watched. The result foreshadowed Berlin 1936 as both milers prepared for future battles.
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John J. Romano
Jack Lovelock
Glenn Cunningham
Mark Lovelock
Bill Bonthron
Princeton
Laverlele
Princeton. Ave
Gene Venzke
Lovelock
England
C. Wooderson
Glasgow
Scotland
Wooderson
Ma Lovelock
America
Cunningham
Glen Dawson
Joe Binks
Eacereen
Wood
Greats on the Mound and Memories of Football and Falconry
Eppa Rixey ranks Grover Alexander the best pitcher seen, with Christy Mathewson not far behind. Beise of Minnesota and Cardwell of Nebraska named top backs by Clark Shaughnessy, who touts Berwanger as elite. Falconry notes contrast with postgame fishing in Minnesota tarpaper shacks.
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Andy Clarke
Associated Press
York
Eppa Rixey
Grover Alexander
Christy Mathewson
al Spohrer
Braves
Mickey Cochrane
Frank Navin
Paul Richards
Giants
A's
Waxahachie
Texas
Jimmy Dykes
Mike Jacobs
Joe Louis
Pauline Uzcudun
Tommy Loughran
Philly
Jacobs
Havana
Tommy
Williams
Priceton
Vermont
Dartmouth
Clark Shaughnessy
Chicago
Sheldon Beise
Minnesota
Lloyd Cardwell
Nebraska
Jay Berwanger
Clark
Beise
Shaughnessy
Gopher
Stanford
Southern Methodist
Lance
Pirates Tackle Catcher Help With Todd Trade
The Pittsburgh Pirates add catcher Al Todd from the Phillies in a trade that strengthens the weakest spot. The deal sends Claude Passeau, a Des Moines Western league righty, and Buc backstop Grace to Philadelphia.
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Pittsburgh Pirates
al Todd
Phillies
Todd
Bucs
Claude Passeau
Des Moines
Part Grace
Buc
Philadelphia
Mississippi State Cage Schedule Announces 16-Game Slate
Mississippi State College unveils a 16 game basketball schedule under athletic director Major Ralph Sasse and coach Frank Carideo. The slate features five SEC foes at home and several away contests through February including Ole Miss LSU Tulane Alabama and Mississippi.
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State College
Miss
Mississippi State College
Ralph Sasse
Frank Carideo
Notre Dame
Mississippi State
Oglethorpe
Florida
Louisiana State
Alabama
University of Mississippi
Baton Rouge
Tulane
Oxford
Tuscaloosa
Louis Gastanaga bout postponed to February
Promoter Mike Jacobs announced the Joe Louis Isidor Gastanaga heavyweight fight will be moved from December 29 to February 2 after Havana safety checks. Cuban boxing officials warned of suspensions unless the bout occurs as planned, and threats prompted the postponement. Rafael Cepeda said Louis, Jacobs and manager Julian Black would be suspended until Louis arrives in Cuba.
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Havana
Mike Jacobs
New York
Jacobs
Cuba
Cuban Boxing Commission
Rafael Cepeda
Detroit
Julian Black
Louis
Colonial Open Golf Winner Highlighted by Past Years
Sports Mirror notes past Colonial Open at Nassau: Bobby Cruickshank shot 267 for 72 holes to win $5,000 a year ago. It recalls Babe Dirikson as America's outstanding girl athlete of 1932 and cites 150 college football teams averaging 139 points in 1930.
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Associated Press
Bobby Cruickshank
Nassau
Mildred
Babe) Dirikson
America
Wrestling Results in St Louis Strangler Lewis Defeats Dean
Ed Lewis of Los Angeles and Man Dean of Georgia battled to a 1 0 decision in a wrestling match in St Louis. Lewis, listed at 250 pounds, defeated Dean, 317 pounds, in a competitive bout.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Strangler
Lewis
Los Angeles
Maneen Dean
Georgia
Army bars officers from civilian football coaching
Washington December 20. An army war department order effective January 1 forbids officers on ROTC duty from voluntary or part time athletic coaching. Captain Lawrence M. Jones at Oklahoma and Major Ralph Sasse at Mississippi State will stop coaching when their contracts expire. Major Robert Neyland is also affected after recent duties. The move aims to free officers for military duties amid personnel shortages.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Lawrence M
Biff) Jones
Oklahoma University
Ralph Sasse
Mississippi State College
Jones
Sasse
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