Local fighters Aubrey Martin and Orville Drouillard set for major bouts
West Virginia light weight champion Aubrey Kid Martin travels from Beckley to Fort Wayne for a Tuesday December 17 main event versus Canadian Orville Drouillard, after recovering from a facial cut. Martin, from Stotesbury, also fights in Chicago December 23, having earlier stopped Al Nettlow to claim the West Virginia crown. Buster Bell, Martin's stablemate, is billed on Fort Wayne and Chicago cards with unnamed opponents.
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Aubrey
Kid” Martin
West Virginia
Beckley
Fort Wayne
Indiana
Cincinnati
Pride of
Stotesbury
Orville Droull
Ohio
Drouillard
West
Handle
van der Hayden
South Bend
Chicago
Martin
Windy City
al Nettlow
Nettlow
Solesbury
Buster Bell
West Liberty Elects Harris Captain for 1936
West Liberty College football squad at a banquet elected Kenneth Harris as captain for 1936. Harris, a guard for two years, attended Fairmont East High School. Potomac State added to next year’s schedule while Holbrook and Rio Grande were dropped.
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Associated Press
Wheeling
W. Va
West Liberty State Teachers College
Kenneth Harris
Harris
Fairmont East High School
Potomac State
Holbrook
Rio Grande
Czechs to Send Minister to Addis Ababa Next Year
Czechoslovakia will dispatch a minister to Addis Ababa next year, joining other nations in establishing legations in Ethiopia as a sign of growing diplomatic ties.
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Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Rolling Along Wins at Charles Town Despite Suspensions
Rolling Along owned by D. Brown won the fifth race at Charles Town on a heavy track paying $18.60 for a $2 bet, defeating Loch London with Jockey Brooks. Favorites were upset. several trainers and jockeys, including Bert Pomeroy, Harry Jones, and Jimmy Cowley, were suspended for the remainder of the meeting as racing officials investigated drug tests on horses Keswick High Dry and others. Golden Play was the day’s longest shot, paying $38 for a $2 wager.
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Associated Press
Charles Town
Rolling Along
D. Brown
Brooks
Loch London
Fairio
Bert Pomeroy
Harry Jones
West Virginia Racing Commission
Keswick
Jones
Pomeroy
Jimmy Cowley
Barney Sexton
A. M. Chichester
Cowley
W. G. Townsend
Helen Horst
I. C. Mourar
E. La-Maha
Runanstay
G. W. Baker
Bright Girl
Sammy Palumbo
al Getz
Tell It
J. Reynolds
Adrin
Palumbo
Running Water
Manual
Foggy Dawn
Siempre
Coat Tails
Marge
Verda
Miss Patches
Slant on 1935 gridiron powers Princeton Princeton and SMU share top status
The 1935 season ends with Princeton Minnesota and Southern Methodist as the leading undefeated teams. Columbia shocks Dartmouth 13 7 while Princeton overwhelms Yale 38 7. Lou Little’s Columbia proves strong in the final game and Princeton reloads with reserves for 1936 as Crisler also loses many stars but retains depth.
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Southern Methodist
Columbia
Dartmouth
Columbia Eleven
Lions
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Lou Little
Little
Yale
Tigers
Fritz Crisler
Gil Lea
Hugh McMillan
John Weller
Robert Kopf
Bill Bedell
John Bliss
Paul Pauk
Pepper Constable
Garry LeVan
Chick Kaufman
Homer Spofford
Tiger
Jack White
Charlie Toll
Fred Ritter
George Stoess
William Montgomery
Steve Cullinan
Ken Sandbach
Two-Pilot Plane Crash Near Childress Kills Four
In Childress Texas on December 12 a plane crash involving two pilots and two passengers including Walter Cline, a prominent Texan, is reported. Authorities are investigating the accident site as weather and flight conditions are reviewed for causes.
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Associated Press
Childress
Texas
Walter Cline
Pilot lands plane after engine failure escapes death
Salem report states Pilot Lee Bishop landed a passenger plane after a motor failed in flight. Mrs. Ava Stanard, superintendent of the state industrial school for girls, announced a four year high school will be opened with 47 students funded by the National Youth Administration.
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Lee Bishop
Ava Stanard
State Industrial School For Girls
National Youth Administration
Blue Hawks To Have Good Team
Beckley College plans a roughly twenty game winter schedule with hopes for a late January Ohio Valley trip through Pikeville Alfred Holbrook Manchester Rio Grande Mountain State Kanawha and other colleges. Returning lettermen Feazelle Sarrett Warden and Wilkes bolster a strong roster as Coach Shroyer begins a busy home and away slate starting January 7 against Kanawha College and January 10 against Concord College.
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Blue Hawks
Beckley College
Ohio Valley
Pikeville
Kentucky
Alfred Holbrook College
Manchester
Ohio
Rio Grande College
Rio Grande
Mountain State College
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Kanawha College
Charleston
Bluefield College
Bluefield
Virginia
Concord College
Athens
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg
Capital City College
Feazelle
Sarrett
Warden
Wilkes
Oscar Nickels
Mer
Woodrow Wilson
Americo Cessarato
Pete Kessler
Rex Anderson
Mt. Hope
Hawks
Herbert Saunders
Woody Thurman
Paul Stover
Andrew Sloboda
Paul Harless
Okey Mills
Ken Shroyer
Blue Hawk
Florida's moss ginning expands with six plants in operation
One of Florida's newer industries, the ginning of Spanish moss, shows progress as six plants are now operating. The product finds use in upholstering.
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Florida
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Richmond, VA
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