Silver City Colts to Play Jal Panthers in Gateway Bowl
Artesia December 7 two top New Mexico high school teams meet at Morris field for east west Gateway Bowl. Silver City Colts coach Dean French uses Notre Dame style power. Jal Panthers coached by Uncle Joe Smith rely on swift offense. Colts advantages in size and scoring despite Jal's strong defense. Teams travel December 7 with 28 Colts and 24 Panthers. post game Caverns tour planned.
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Artesia
New Mexico
New Mexico State Teachers College High School
Morris Field
Dean French
Notre Dame
Joe’ Smith
Jal
Hardie-Simmons
Colts
Panthers
Silver City
French
Carlsbad
Las Cruces
Lordsburg
Hurley
Deming
Hot Springs
Uncle Sam
Carlsbad Caverns
Jal Panthers
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Bhedon Po Teachers College High School Colts
Morris Fieldae Artesia
Raton Honors Unbeaten Team, No Jal Title Game
Raton New Mexico will honor its undefeated high school football team as the 1939 state champions. Officials announced no title game with Jal High School, with equipment stored away and not to be used until spring. Superintendent E. E. Harrison stated the decision and kept details quiet about the Jal challenge.
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Raton
N. M
New Mexico
Jal High Schoool
E. E. Harrison
Oklahoma Sooners May Play in Dallas Cotton Bowl
Coach Tom Stidham and Oklahoma's Sooners opened talks about a post season Cotton Bowl bid in Dallas. Promoter Curtis Sanford said the host team would be chosen from Boston College North Carolina Clemson Duquesne or Mississippi State, after Missouri and Nebraska finished ahead in the Big Six.
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Norman
Okla
Tom Stidham
Oklahoma
Sooners
Dallas
Missouri
Nebraska
Curtis Sanford
Oklaaoma
Boston College
North Carolina
Clemson
Duquégne
Mississippi State
Missouri to Play In Miami Orange Bowl 1940
Columbia Mo December 7 Don Faurot leads Missouri into Miami’s Orange Bowl on January 1 a return to the scene where Oklahoma suffered a 17 to 0 loss in Tennessee’s march to fame Georgia Tech named host school for the North South game after an undefeated Southeastern Conference run Missouri the Big Six champion accepted the Orange Bowl bid by telephone to Miami Bowl officials yesterday
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Columbia
Don Faurot
Missouri
Miami
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Notre Dame
Duke
Issouri
Ohio State
West Leads 1939 Little All-America Football Team
The Associated Press selects 1939 Little All-America with three from the Far West, two each from the South, East and Midwest, and one from Rocky Mountain and Southwest. Notables include backs Leroy Zimmerman Tony Canadeo Jack Mulkey and center Clyde Turner plus linemen Gregory Kostiak and Marion Rogers. Team averages 191 pounds on the line and 184 in the backfield. Kenneth Heineman is named a second-teamer back, the Southwest’s lone rep aside from Turner.
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New York
Far West
Associated Press
South
East
Middle West
Rocky Mountain
Southwest
Leroy Zimmerman
San Jose State
Tony Canadeo
Gonzaga University
Jack Mulkey
Fresno State
Zimmerman
Canadeo
Lloyd Madden
Colorado Mines
Sam Hammerstrom
Union
N. Y
Mulkey
Sherrill Busby
Troy
Ala
Gregory
Chattanooga
the Kostiak
Detroit Tech
Marion Rogers
Maryville
Frank Loughney
Lasalle
Philadelphia
Clyde Douglas
Washington Lansdell clash looms in USC UCLA game
Southern California and UCLAs Memorial Coliseum clash features Grenville Lansdell and Kenny Washington as they seek a final Rose Bowl bid and national rushing honors in a pacific coast conference showdown watched by scholars and fans. Washington aims to supplant Harmon and Eakin as 1939s top ground gainer in a decisive late-season test.
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Los Angeles
Memorial Coliseum
Grenville Lansdell
Southern California
Kenny Washington
University of California At
Washington
Lansdell
S .C
Texas A
Tennessee
Seattle
Reau
Tom Harmon
Michigan
Kay Eakin
Arkansas
Harmon
Eakin
Landis to Crack Down On Somebody
Cincinnati dispatch reports heavy anticipation as Kenesaw Mountain Landis, the baseball commissioner, arrives to tighten control. The scene centers on his meeting with big league magnates amid discord over working agreements and talent gaps after three days of the baseball circus.
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Landis
Cincinnati
Barrymore
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Chicago
Conference members approve post season clash
A college athletic program secured approval from its conference peers to participate in the postseason clash, clearing the path for the team to face a rival in a high stakes game.
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Ernie Lombardi
Brooklyn
Detroit Tigers
Bill Rogell
Chicago Cubs
Dick Bartell
Kenneth Heineman
Texas School of Mines
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