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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1936
Page
9
Trusty told West Union football supporters about a fine team this year as selections for all conference and all state teams flood in. Many sports writers weigh their choices and often critique rivals. Osage Indians reportedly had a strong color preference and were said to avoid scalping red haired individuals.
Seven independent squads attended a Raleigh Register meeting aiming to form a 40 club league next week. Coca Cola Reds Lilly brook Helen Camp Raleigh Mullens Service Company and Winding Gulf are set for berths with slots for Pineville Mt Hope Company A and Mt View Montreal combos. Managers meet Tuesday at 7 p m to finalize rules schedule and entrance fees. Each club will play two games weekly starting December 28 with one home and one road game. split season vs full year damage decision undecided.
The Blue Eaglets travel to Fayette to face Mount Hope Juniors in their first away game of the season as two hour practices sharpen form. Captain Bob Kert Kent Barone Thurman lead the roster with Berman and Rodriguez set for Mount Hope. Highlights profile Kent, Barone, and Elbert Thurman as rising junior high standouts, with sketches of upcoming players bakal is adamos and hall forthcoming.
Transylvania 27 Union 35. Vermont 39 Trinity 36. Syracuse 42 Dartmouth 29. River Falls 34 St Olaf 33. Luther 29 Macalester 38. Albion 26 Defiance 27. Earlham 23 DePauw 19. Louisville 34 Hanover 31. Ball State 40 Franklin 32. Clarkson 24 Long Island 49. Southeastern Oklahoma 19 Arkansas 33. Shepherd 24 Catholic 38. Milwaukee Teachers 24 North Central 23. Kansas State 27 Charlton 41. Bowling Green 25 Ohio Northern 27. Wartburg 41 Central 38. Iowa Teachers 21 Coe 22. Nebraska B 33 Doane 14. Harlem Globe Trotters 33 York 27. Hastings 35 Tarkio 28. St Cloud 37 St Johns Collegeville 23.
Mullens Rebels power past Herndon after a tight first half, finishing 48 to 25. D Antni F P McKinney Welch F D McKinney McKinney Co J Green Meyer G B Kuhlke Clark G C Glover. Substitutions Mullens Tolliver Jenkins Short Buddy Clark Herndon Lusk Riley.
Lillybrook Independents defeated Service Company 27 to 22 in a midweek Armory practice game. Rubin led with 14 points, V Keaton added 10, and R Keaton with 10. Nolan starred for the soldiers as Lillybrook built a 12-12 halftime knot.
Coach Shanklin launches the Indians against Mullens in the Stoco gym with ninth graders also meeting Mullens juniors at 7 PM. The Rebels, after beating the Alumni, train hard to curb Mullens strength, while lineup guesses include Groach Green and Walker with Smedley vs Perdue for center.
Westminster college coach George Roark trimmed the team to 15 players, noting six-footers dominate. Among the retained players are three newcomers, Westerman Miller and Throup, all standing six feet tall. The roster includes seven players listed at six-foot or taller.
Lake Wales Florida A R Hutch ens secretary of the Southern Football Officials association announced assignments for Miami's Orange Bowl game between Mississippi State and Duquesne University on New Year's Day. They are Tom Thorpe of New York W E Ted Arnold of Jacksonville Horace B Hackett of Washington DC and Hutch ens.
Pooley Hubert, famed Alabama Rose Bowl quarterback from 1925, was named head football coach at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. The athletic council selected him from fifty candidates to replace William Raflery and he will also coach basketball and baseball. salary terms were not disclosed.
Mildred Babe Didrikson, the lone woman entry in the $1500 Southern California Open at Oakmont Country Club, shot 44 43 87, 15 strokes over men’s par. She apologized saying she couldn’t get going after a rough round with errant drives and poor greens, tossing her club to her caddy.
West Virginia and Marshall figures dominate the banquet circuit as football season tradition continues. Trusty Tallman of West Virginia and Cam Henderson of Marshall emerge as leading headliners on the dinner circuit, though Henderson is temporarily out of the running, spending two weeks in the east.
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