Players Turn From Turkeys Wings To Work
Twelve college squads returned to brisk practice for New Year games with Rose Bowl favorite Alabama and California resuming drills. Cotton, Sugar and Orange Bowl teams reported injuries, rest days, and scrimmage plans as Michigan State West Virginia Texas Tech and East West both held tough workouts ahead of Pasadena Miami and New Orleans venues.
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Pasadena
Miami
Alabama
California
Santa Clara
New Orleans
Louisiana State
Broncos
Everett Fisher
Bryce Brown
Colorado University
Ray Tomlinson
Whizzer White
Buffaloes
Colorado
Rice
Auburn
Jack Meagher
Michigan State
Charles Nelson
Frank Gaines
Gainesville
Fla
Nelson
Gaines
West Virginia
Mountaineers
Texas Tech
West
Grant Stone
Stanford
Westerners
Easterners
Oakland
Gillespie Heads Field In National Junior Indoor Tennis
Billy Gillespie of Atlanta and Scarborough N Y leads a field of 88 in the national junior indoor championships at the Seventh Regiment Armory starting today. Seeding includes Isadore Bellis Marvin Kantrowitz and Don McNeill who is aged out. Other seeds feature William Amstaedster Joseph Fishbach Robert Low Malcolm Weinstein and Ralph Dawson Jr with Genders list of top boys Richard Bend er Seixas Vogt and Blair Hawley also seeded.
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New York
Billy Gillespie
Atlanta
Scarborough
N. Y
Seventh Regiment Armory
Gillespie
Isadore Bellis
Philadelphia
Marvin Kantrowitz
E. Victor Seixas
William Thomas Vogt
E. Blair Hawley
Sprinters and golf stars shine in holiday sports
Coral Gables reports Ralph Flanagan breaking American records in 200, 220 and 250 yard sprints as six other national marks fall. In Miami, Sam Snead wins the Miami Open with 267 after two 66s, Horton Smith and Ralph Guldahl tie for second. New Orleans features Robert Brodie winning the Sugar Bowl interclub fish class, while Santa Anita opens with He Did paying 6.80 for 2 and a dead heat for second. Coral Gables adds Mucho Gus triumphing at Tropical Park and Zevson wins the Fair Grounds Christmas handicap at 8.20.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Ralph Flanagan
Miami
Sam Snead
Horton Smith
Ralph Guldahl
New Orleans
Robert Brodie
Biloxi
Miss
Lake Poritchartrain
Los Angeles
Arnold Hanger
Santa Anita
Indian Broom
Fair Knightess
Mucho Gusto
Tropical Park
Wirmer
Ambers Arm In Ring Duel Looms With Armstrong Next Summer
Boxing note from New York reports Lou Ambers set to defend his lightweight title against Henry Armstrong after Armstrong swept 27 straight wins and was crowned top featherweight and best pound for pound by The Ring poll. Promoter Mike Jacobs plans an outdoor clash as the likely next marquee bout beside Schmeling Louis. The piece also covers Louis, Schmeling, and other rankings from The Ring and the National Boxing Association.
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New York
Lou Ambers
Dusky Henry Armstrong
Los Angeles
Ring Magazine
Ambers
Armstrong
Tony Canzoneri
Pedro Montanez
Montanez
Herkimer
Mike Jacobs
Ring
Joe Louis
Jim Braddock
Tommy Farr
Max Schmeling
Nathan Mann
Alberto Lovell
Tony Galento
Jimmy Braddock
Jimmy Adamick
Maxie Rosenbloom
Roscoe Toles
Arturo Godoy
Bob Pastor
Max Baer
National Boxing Association
Galento
John Henry Lewis
al Gainer
Freddie Steele
Fred Apostoli
Barney Ross
Ceferino Garcia
Henry Armstrong
Petey Sarron
Harry Jeffra
Sixto Escobar
Benny Lynch
Scotland
Pete Kane
England
Mississippi 10 Meet Vandy and Pitt Open SEC Play
Mississippi faces Vanderbilt in Memphis to open the Southeastern Conference basketball schedule after a rough recent showings. Vanderbilt, rebuilding with four new players, seeks experience against Mississippi, which lost to Water Valley independents and Arkansas in recent games. Kentucky and Pitt highlight intersectional action in New Orleans as State opens an eastern tour with St Joseph and St Thomas games.
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Associated Press
Mississippi
Vanderbilt
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Kentucky
Panthers
Pittsburgh
Water Valley Independents
Arkansas
Jim Buford
The
Commodres
Bob Rymer
Ed Hunter
Ray Manning
Walter Hackett
Marvin Keeton
Berea College
Cincinnati
Centenary
Pitt
Mississippi State
St. Joseph
Philadelphia
St. Thomas
Scranton
Flannagan sets three national swimming records in Coral Gables
Ralph Flannagan, Olympic swimming star, anchors nine new marks in a Sunday meet. He lowers 250-yard, 200-yard, and 220-yard records, while Dorothy Forbes and Mike Sojka post new backstroke and medley relay records. Records officially timed by the AAU.
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Coral Gables
Fla
Ralph Flannagan
Mike Sojka
Wallace Stence
Amateur Athletic Union
Adolph Keifer
Peter Fick
Katherine Rawls
Dorothy Forbes
Claudia Eckert
Sam Snead Man to Beat at Hollywood Open
Golf's sharpshooters wrap a $1000 a day circuit as Sammy Snead of White Sulphur Springs W Va is hailed the man to beat in the $4000 Hollywood Open at Hollywood Country Club. Snead 267 in Miami Open and 193 Nassau Open wins this year. Stanley Horne and Dick Metz among contenders among 200 players including Revelta Guidahl Cruickshank Smith Runyan Manero Shute and McSpaden. Final round Wednesday.
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Hollywood
Fla
Sammy Snead
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Snead
Hollywood Country Club
Stanley Horne
Dick Metz
Johnny Revelta
Ralph Guidahl
Bobby Cruickshank
Horton Smith
Paul Runyan
Tony Manero
Denny Shute
Harold McSpaden
Michigan State Players Trade Sightseeing for Orange Bowl Drill
Forty one Michigan State football players left sightseeing to begin training for the Orange Bowl clash with Auburn Plainsmen. Daily practice is scheduled through Friday as Auburn arrives Thursday to drill after arrival and again Friday.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Michigan State
Auburn Plainsmen
Auburn
Mississippi State to stop at Durham for Duke engagement
On her return trip next week Mississippi State stops in Durham North Carolina to engage Duke in a forthcoming game or event.
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Mississippi State
Durham
N. C
Duke
Alabama and California Face Final Rose Bowl Prep
Alabama and California began a final week of Rose Bowl practice in Pasadena. California, led by coach Leonard “Stub” Allison, emphasizes power and big plays, while Alabama’s Red Regiment trains for speed and deceptive tactics. Analysts compare Moseley and Bottor, Chapman and Kilgrew as prep notes fly ahead of New Year’s Day clash.
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Pasadena
Calif
Alabama
California
Leonard
Stub) Allison
Sarge
Bears
Washington
Tulane
Georgia Tech
Moseley
Cal
Bottor
Sam Chapman
Joe Kilgrew
Frank Thomas
Tide
Fort Collins Faces Air Car Collision Warning
Fort Collins authorities warn motorists to keep off the airport runways to avoid crashes with landing planes. Signs have been posted to deter drivers from using the airstrip as a racing surface.
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Fort Collins
Colo
Winning Golf Tips for the Average Player
Practical advice to lower scores by staying out of trouble and safer play. Focus on planning a path from tee to green, avoiding hazards, and using short game to back up strokes. Emphasizes courage to play safe, psychological aspects, and maintaining consistency in both medal and match play.
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Horton Smith
Sindas
Bell Syndicate, Inc
College A. A. Tomorrow 10 Open Meeting
Delegates arrive in New Orleans for the upcoming Sugar Bowl period as the NCAA and coaches discuss rules, financial aid, tax issues, and Olympic relations. Prominent figures include Thornhill and coaches from LSU, Tulane, Carnegie Tech, Cornell, Yale, Oklahoma A & M, and Columbia. The rules committee will draft next season regulations at Edgewater Park after closed sessions.
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New Orleans
C. E. “Tiny” Thornhill
Stanford University
Riles
American Football Coaches Association
Thornhill
National Collegiate Athletic Association
American Olympic Association
Coaches’ Association
Crssis Salem
Syracuse
Bernie Moore
Louisiana State University
Santa Clara
Lowell
Red) Dawson
Tulane
Bill Kern
Carnegie Tech
Carl Sna
Archi San Romani beats Cunningham in Sugar Bowl mile
A Sugar Bowl memory recalls Archie San Romani defeating Glenn Cunningham in a 4 14 mile a year ago. The note marks past athletic feats in track legends and Sugar Bowl rivalry from midcentury competitions.
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Archie San Romani
Glenn Cunningham
American Football Coaches Association
Frank
Lefty) Doul
Brooklyn Dodgers
Sports events begin in New Orleans four day meet kicks off
The fourth annual mid winter sports program opens in New Orleans with a regatta yesterday a boxing meet tonight and a four day tennis tournament starting tomorrow Kentucky and Pittsburgh meet Wednesday night in basketball track stars compete Sunday. A Memphis Mississippi combined boxing squad faces New Orleans amateurs tonight. A Santa Clara football train heads to Sugar Bowl prep and coach Thornhill and Bears comments highlight hopes for Rose Bowl outcome.
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New Orleans
Kentucky
Pittsburgh
Robert Brodie
Biloxi
Miss
Gulf Coast
Lake Pontchartrain
Memphis
Tenn
University of Mississippi
Santa Clara
Houston
Bay St. Louis
Louisiana State University
C. E
Tiny” Thornhill
Stanford
Football Coaches’ Association
Broncos
Thornhill
California
Alabama
Bears
Roundup of sports chatter from New York burlesque and beyond
A December 27 roundup notes varied sports banter from Rose Bowl chatter to Alabama and Louisiana State, asks about Buddy Myer and the Senators, recalls Dutch Meyer and forgotten 1937 figures, and teases bets, trades, and personalities across baseball football and horse racing with colorful anecdotes and speculation.
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New York
Alabama
Buddy Myer
Senators
Nathalie Williams
New Orleans
Louisiana
Dutch” Meyer
Texas Christian
Budge Falls to Baron Von Cramm in Exhibition
In Sydney on December 27 Baron Gottfried Von Cramm of Germany defeated Don Budge, the American national singles champion, 6-1 6-3 in a sluggish exhibition. John Bromwich of Australia also won his match, beating Goce von Heinrich Henkel 6-1 6-4 6-1 in the same series opener between Australia and Germany.
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Australia
Baron Gottfried von Cramm
Germany
Don Budge
John Bromwich
Goce von Heinrich Henkel
Australis
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