Arkansas Purdue cage clash to open Sugar Bowl festival
Arkansas the Southwest Conference champion meets Purdue the Big Ten titlist in a basketball game opening the Sugar Bowl week long sports festival. The program includes rowing sailing boxing tennis track and football preparations for Carnegie Tech vs Texas Christian.
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New Orleans
Arkansas
Purdue
Limax
Carnegie Tech
Texas Christian
Loyola University of New Orleans
Clemson College
Loyola
St. Louis
Memphis
Clemson
Harvey Ferguson
Willie Klause
Milton Barry
O. K. Bierhorst
Sewele Whitney
Carl Bradley
Edgar Ross
Rock Russell
Lauren Dreisbach
Ray Condon
Eddie Harvey
Henry Brady
Bill Cason
Fred Giangrosso
Paul McDonald
Warren Wilson
H. S. J. Walker
Mobile
Ala
Gulf Coast
Robert L. Brodie
Biloxi
Miss
Gordon Wells
Pensacola
Fla
Tut Alfonso
Gulfport
Earl Blouin
Carl Kling
Audrey Taylor
Pass Christian
Harold F. Brown
Orleans Rowing Club
Rollins College
Winter Park
Bay St. Louis
Fort Worth
Tex
Skiboes
All Big League Clubs Split Over Broadcasting Idea
Major league clubs expect around a million dollars in 1939 from radio broadcasts but many teams remain uneasy about the plan. Yankees owner Colonel Ruppert warns that fans may prefer listening and saving to attending, while Kansas City and other clubs balance radio revenue against attendances.
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Whitney New York
Jacob Ruppert
New York Yankees
Colonel Ruppert
Kansas City
American Association
Yankees
Lou Gehrig
Joe DiMaggio
Sports Roundup Reflects Bowl Talk and Boxing Outlook
New York sports roundup notes Johnny Getchell will umpire the Sugar Bowl and draw offers to officiate college basketball. It cites Carnegie Tech and Texas Christian as Sugar Bowl favorites, Florida seeking a backfield coach, and Florida’s swim team facing scheduling trouble. It also mentions Joe DiMaggio's contract stance, Sixto Escobar’s bantam title bout crowd, and guesses on bowl picks including Southern Cal and Texas Tech.
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New York
Johnny Getchell
Fred Merkles
Midwest
Getchell
Bill Kern
Carnegie Tech
Pitt
Texas Christian
Don Looney
University of Florida
Josh Cody
Gators
Morris Pipes
Dallas
Tex
Morris
Southern
Cal
Tennessee
Texas Tech
Coaches to See Grid Pictures at National Convention
Chicago hosts the National Football Coaches association annual meeting with film showings of last season’s major games. Purdue’s Mai Elward and Harvard’s Dick Harlow head the lectures on offense and defense as Wisconsin’s Harry Stuhldreher retires. Dr. H. C. Byrd is honored at banquets with lifetime membership.
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Chicago
Idaho
Fred Thomson
Arkansas
Maurice
Clipper) Smith
Villanova
Harry Stuhldreher
Wisconsin
H. C. (Curley) Byrd
University of Maryland
Byrd
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Association of Intercollegiate Football
Dudas Wins Bout in Kennigsbuerg Germany
Steve Dudas of Edgewater New Jersey defeated German heavyweight Paul Wallner in a ten round bout held in Kennigsbuerg Germany on Monday.
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Dudas
Kenniggsbuerg
Germany
Steve Dudas
Edgewater
N. J
Paul Wallner
Boxing results from various cities in brief card summaries
Petey Scalo 127 outpointed Paul Lee 125 in Indianapolis. Fritzie Zivic 148 drew with Howell King 147 in Detroit. Al Manriquez 132 outpointed Jimmy Yarborough 137 in St. Petersburg. A Quaill 164 outpointed Freddie Lenn 161 in Pittsburgh. Tony Cianciola 152½ outpointed Verne Patterson 147½ in Chicago. Don Espenson 157 outpointed George Taylor 157 in Minneapolis. Irish Eddie Dolan 143 stopped Teddy Dickerson 143½ in Buffalo. Bucky Taylor 133 drew with Pete Galiano 140 in Baltimore. Freddie Cochrane 140 outpointed Lou Lombardi 137 in Newark.
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Associated Press
New York
Petey Scalo
Paul Lee
Indianapolis
Toledo
Fritzie Zivic
Pittsburgh
Howell King
Detroit
Drew
Sarasota
Fla
al Manriquex
Des Moines
Jimmy Yarborough
St. Petersburg
A Quaill
Freddie Lenn
Baltimore
Bucky Taylor
Pete Galiano
Newark
N. J
Freddie Cochrane
Elizabeth
Lou Lombardi
Jersey City
Cooke and Surface Win Doubles Title in Pensacola
Elwood Cooke of Portland and Hal Surface of Kansas City stunned the field to capture the doubles crown at the Pensacola Invitational by defeating Frank Guernsey of Orlando and Russell Bobbitt of Atlanta in straight sets 6-2 6-4 6-2. Cooke also reached the singles final by routing Gardner Mulloy 6-0 6-2 6-2, set to face Surface Tuesday.
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Pensacola
Fila
Elwood Cooke
Portland
Ore
Hal Surface
Kansas City
Frank Guernsey
Orlando
Fla
Russell Bobbitt
Atlanta
Guernsey
Bobbitt
Cooke
Surface
Gardner Mulloy
Miami
Dupont Eleven Trains For Game At Hammond
Dupont Manual football team began practice in Hammond for the National High School Grid championship game set for December 31 in Baton Rouge. Opponent New Britain Conn is scheduled to arrive Thursday for pre game drills. Coach Raymond Bear said Dupont is in good shape and confident for a strong showing.
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Hammond
Dupont Manual
Baton Rouge
New Britain
Rose Bowl Squads Drill Ahead of Clash
Duke and Southern California moved into final Rose Bowl drills under clear skies in Pasadena California. Duke lines up with the Pitt victors and USC uses the Notre Dame opener group with Tonelli back from knee injury.
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Pasadena
Calif
Duke
Southern California
S Tong
Wallace Wade
Howard Jones
Wade
Mighty Pitt
Notre Dame
Bob Haas
New York City
Trojans
Amerigo
Tony) Tonelli
Blues to Begin Arriving Today for North South Game in Alabama
Invading forces from the north will start arriving Tuesday for the all star Blue and Gray football game at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery on January 2. Southern and northern squads bring top seniors, with coaches Snavely Waldorf Meagher Thomas leading contingents. game funds charities in the Confederacy’s first capital.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. A. Gunter
Carl Snavely
Cornell
Lynn Waldorf
Northwestern
Blues
Dick Todd
Texas A
M. Ace
Gaylon Smith
Southwestern
Jack Meagher
Auburn
Frank Thomas
Alabama
Grays
Gunter
Confederacy
Southern
Torrance
Bo) Russell
Steve Maronic
George Watson
North Carolina
Dick Gormley
Louisiana State
Don Willis
Charlie Woods
Clemson
Lou Bostick
Marvin
Preacher
Wisconsin
Tom Eby
Vince Grave
John Chickerneo
Pittsburgh
Colby Howe
Dartmouth
Ernie Wheeler
North Dakota State
Fishbach Paces Seeded Netmen in Tournament
Six of twelve seeded players reached the second round of the national junior indoor championships opening in New York. Top seed Joe Fishbach defeated Burton Helman 8-1 6-1 at Seventh Regiment Armory, with byes for others. Fourth seed William McGehee beat Herbert A. Wolff Jr 6-2 6-2. Other winners included Bill Gillespie Malcolm Weinstein Harry Van Rersselaer and Melvin Schwartzman.
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New York
Joe Fishbach
Burton Helman
Seventh Regiment Armory
William McGehee
New Orleans
Herbert A. Wolff, Jr
White Plains
N. Y
Bill Gillespie
Atlanta
Malcolm Weinstein
Philadelphia
Harry van Rersselaer
Melvin Schwartzman
Vols Arrive In Miami For Orange Bowl Prep
The Tennessee Volunteers arrived in Miami under hot sun to work on blocking and tackling. Coach Neyland led 41 players from Knoxville with 200 gallons of drinking water while about 40 have colds. Oklahoma Sooners train en route for the Orange Bowl. Neyland expects afternoon practices through Saturday with a fair shot at beating the undefeated Sooners. Referee L S Ervin will officiate, joined by Gene Bedford Ted O Sullivan and H G Mount.
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Miami
Fla
University of Tennessee
Sooners of
Oklahoma University
Robert R. Neyland
Knoxville
Melton
Neyland
Vols
Oklahomans
L. S. Ervin
Drake
Birmingham
Ala
Gene Bedford
Dallas
Ted O'Sullivan
Missouri
Kansas City
H. G. Mount Pee
Tech
Udge
Christmas Handicap Easily Won by Busy K
In New Orleans at the Fair Grounds Busy K a 4-year-old son of Busy American owned by D A Wood won the Christmas Handicap a 2000 added race. He led for most of the mile and a sixteenth finishing two lengths clear of Invermark with Michigan Flyer third. Time 1 48 4 5. Ralph Eccard rode Busy K who carried 118 pounds and paid 4 20 to win.
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New Orleans
Dee
Busy K
D. A. Wood
Fair Grounds
Invermark
Michigan Flyer
Busk K
Ralph Eccard
Waxwing
Budge Names Austin Top World Amateur for 1934
Don Budge lists Henry Wilfred Bunny Austin of England as the world amateur No. 1 for 1934 after defeating him in straight sets at Wimbledon. Budge ranks four Americans in his top ten including Bobby Riggs and Gene Mako, with Australia’s John Bromwich close behind and predicts a 1929 style fight for world honors between Austin and Riggs. Other top ten includes Roderich Menzel, F Cienar, Adrian Quist, and Henner Henkel.
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New York
Don Budge
Henry
Wilfred
Bunny) Austin
England
California
Bobby Riggs
Sidney
Wood
Gene Mako
Budge
Bryan M
Bitsy) Grant
Australia
Wrestling Results Last Night
Wilmingtons Olsen, 215, Minnesota defeated Rudy Dusek, 218, Omaha in two of three falls. Atlantic Citys Abe Coleman, 25, New York pinned Gino Vagnone, 205, Italy.
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Associa Wilmington
Delreat Olsen
Minnesota
Rudy Dusek
Omaha
Neb
Atlantic City
N. J
Abe Coleman
New York
Gino Vagnone
Italy
Louis Is Rated First In Beak Busting Trade
New York December 2 4 Joseph Louis Barrow lauded as the dark angel of the ring by The Ring editor Net Fleischer this year ranking the world’s top heavyweights and other classes. Louis’s rise follows his June title defense over Schmeling at Yankee Stadium and a growing boxing profile. Fleischer’s ratings place Louis atop the heavyweight list with Louis Nova Baer Pastor and Galento among others while Armstrong leads lightweight and welterweight divisions. The piece notes disputes with the New York commission over title recognition and highlights other notable rankings across divisions.
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Drew Middleton
New York
Joseph Louie Barrow
Net Fielecher
Ring
Freischer
New York Athletic Commission
Louis 2
Max Sehneling
Bet
Yankee Stadium
Jack Dempsey
Luis Angel Firpo
Lou Nova
Max Baer
Bob Pastor
Tony Galenta
Maxie Rosenbloom
John Henry Lewis
Louis
Henry Armstrong
Henry
Clase
Lou Ambers
Barney Ross
Armstrong
Ceferinn Garcia
Merwner
Spokane
Wash
Mellon Bettina
Beacon
N. Y
Fred Apostoll
California
Selly Krieger
al Hostak
Stanley Ketchel
Apostoliia
National Boxing Association
Krieger
Hostak
Ron Richards
Jock McAvoy
Leo Redak
Chicago
Pete Scalio
Fleischer
Joe Archibald
Providence
R. L
Rodak
Scalzo
New York Commission
Sixto Escobar
Peter Kane
Little Dado
Montena
Philippines
Kid Tanner
British West Indies
Schmeling
Louw Nova
Gus Derazio
Lan Harvey
Freddie Steele
Tony Canzoneri
Sam Bartholomew Named Best Back
Sam Bartholomew of Sam Bartholomew named best back in the Southeastern Conference in a poll by Wirt Garamon, Chattanooga Times sports editor. The all blocking team includes Bortuelormen, Brailiey, and others from Alabama, Tulane, Auburn, Vanderbilt, and Tennessee with Wenzel and Wyatt among backs and Chivington at guard.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Sam Bartholomew
Fennesere
Beck
Southeastern Conference
Wirt Garamon
Chattanooga Times
Bortuelormen
Brailiey
Triedfaed
Alabama
Gieden
Tulane
Wenzel
Wyatt
Tennesses
Ete
Roswell
Auburn
Holdgret
Vannderbilt
Tevklee
Moliight
Suftrage
Tennease
Chivington
Georgia Tech
Center
Carnegie and T C U Teams Drill Again
Carnegie Tech and Texan Christian University prepared for the Sugar Bowl on January 2 in New Orleans. Coaches Dutch Meyer and Kern led drills in cold Fort Worth and Santa Monica style practice sessions as players focused on defense and conditioning for the big game.
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New Orleans
Dee
Carnegie Tech
Texan
Cannatlan University
Skibee
Bay St. Lovina
Miew
Fort Worth
Tex
Dutch Meyer
Horned Frogs
Meyer Drille
Kiemer
Posse
Kern
Ory
Bie
Sports Mirror Highlights Legacy of Football and Baseball Figures
The column recalls past sports figures: Harvey Harman resigning as Penn coach in 1950 after criticism, Cy Blanton’s rise as Pittsburgh’s standout pitcher, and Dana X Bible becoming AFCA president in 1927. It frames notable moments from different eras.
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Associated Frees
Harvey Harman
University of Pennsylvania
Cy Blanton
Pittsburgh
Carl Hubbeles
Dana X. Bible
Nebraska
American Football Coaches’ Association
California Bears Triumph Over Georgia Tech in Narrow Win
California Bears defeat Georgia Tech Engineers 13 to 9 at Berkeley aided byVic Rottert drives and Laure Smith scoring. The Bears capitalized on third quarter tricks and stronger line play to hold off Tech as Bottari added the extra point after a blocked kick.
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Berkeley
Cali
University of California
Bears
Georgia Tech
Engineers
Vic Rottert
Laure Smith
Tech
Herter
Sida
Jornia
Eliehteteem
Much & Play
Marl Wheby
Bottari
California
Thettart
Senith
Edge
Ga. Tech
Californ
Cushing
Tee de Veron
Wiloam
Ccarevers AP Resenree
Chivington
Siscee
Cisserneees
J. Anderson
J. Anderson Vc. RO. Scsceeee Wille G. Smith
Mathews Beto
Winterbattans Boers Rae
Botta
Bettari
Officla
Tom Fitzpatrici
Utehi
Verne Landret
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