Stanford and Nebraska eye Rose Bowl clash gains fans
Pasadena reports growing optimism for Stanford to beat Nebraska in the Rose Bowl as observers from Steve Owen to Ray Richards praise the Huskers. Nebraska backs Hopp Luther and fullback Francis get noted, while Stanford is described as dynamite and hard to forecast.
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Phoenix
Steve Owen
New York Giants
Nebraska
Los Angeles
Prairies
Ray Richards
Universy of
California
Stanfords
Richards
Mike Francis
Hopp
Luther
Herman Rohrig
Stanford
Midwest
Associated Press
Western Reserve University
Arizona State of Tempe
el Paso
Bill Edwards
Red Cats
Cleveland
Howard Chappell
Chappell
East St. Louis
Ill
Reserve
Orkouts
Edwards
Tempe
Ariz
Arina State Bulldogs
Dixie Howell
Bulldogs
Howell
Olin Mason
T. K. Wootan
Wallers Named Leading Hurler of the Nationals in 1940
William Henry Walters Jr. of the Cincinnati Reds topped the National League in earned run average at 2.48 and led in wins 22 and innings pitched 305. Freddie Fitzsimmons of the Dodgers posted the best winning percentage at .889 with a 16–2 record. The report lists the ten top pitchers by ERA and by winning percentage, noting Walters, Passeau, Sewell, Fitzsimmons, Turner, Derringer, Salvo, Warneke, Errickson, and Schumacher among leaders. Mulcahy of the Phillies endured the season’s heaviest losses with 22.
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New York
William Henry Walters, Jr
Cincinnati Reds
Walters
Cleveland
Bobby Feller
Freddie Fitzsimmons
Brooklyn Dodgers
Claude Passeau
Chicago
R. P. Sewell
Pittsburgh
Fitzsimmons
Derringer
Warneke
Bill McGee
St. Louis
Passeau
Clyde Shoun
Mulcahy
Phillies
Western Reserve U alumni spread across Sun Bowl region
Western Reserve University, which plays Arizona State in the Sun Bowl, has 25,000 alumni nationwide and abroad. Notable graduates include Rupert Hughes, John Howard, and former Associate Justice John H. Clarke. In El Paso, three alumni reside, with connections across Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.
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Cornhuskers
Phoenix
Ariz
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Biff Jones
Nebraskans
Stanford
Arizona State Teachers College
Tempe
Western Reserve of
Cleveland
el Paso
Tex
Arizona State Teachers College Bulldogs
Western Reserve University of Cleveland
Dixie Howell
Howell
Bulldogs
Texas College of Mines
Arizona State
Homan
Western Reserve University
United States
Rupert Hughes
Hughes
Los Angeles
Calif
Western Reserve
John Howard
Howard
Jack Cox
Shaw High School
Rosalind Russell
John H. Clarke
San Diego
Arizona
Texas
New Mexico
Ernest A. Duncan
N. Stanton St
Adelaide Moye
School of Education
Hawthorne Place
Stanley Tracht
Fort Blvd
Edward C. Reveaux
Tucson Little Theatre
Tucson
William W. Phillips
W. Third St
Roswell
N. M
E. H. Season, Jr
Richmond Freeman Memorial Clinic
Dallas
Ernest N. Thwaites
KGGM
Albuquerque
Howard T. White
Medical
U. S. Marine Hospital
Ft. Stanton
N.M
Frances Menke
Our Lady of the Lake College
San Antonio
Carl Dillon
Republic Steel Company
Gulf Bldg
Houston
East West Grid Game War Relief Charity Match
Film actor Alan Mowbray announced a January 3 gridiron benefit between western and eastern teams led by Michigan standout Tom Harmon. The plan mirrors the charity game set for San Francisco on New Year’s Day.
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Los Angeles
Texas Miners Take Two From N M Miners
The Texas Miners of El Paso defeated the New Mexico Miners 59 to 44 and 58 to 38 to wrap up the series. They head to Abilene to face Hardin-Simmons on Friday and Saturday. The New Mexico Miners begin play in the Oklahoma City College tournament tonight.
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EL Paso
Tex
Texas Miners of
Hardin-Simmons
Abilene
New Mexico Miners
Texas Miners
Hardin- Simmons
National Indoor Junior Tennis Meet Opens in Camden
Thirty two top junior players began the 26th annual national indoor junior tennis tournament in Camden New Jersey. Victor Seixas a 16 year old Philadelphia star led the junior division while the boys group top seed was Jack Celler of New Rochelle New York.
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Camden
N. J
Victor Seixas
Philadelphia Star
Jack Celler
New Rochelle
N. Y
Players Name Own All America Team From Varsity Voters
One thousand five hundred sixty four players from ninety two colleges voted in Liberty magazine’s poll. The eleven named include End Fruiting Michigan Tackle Odson Minnesota Guard Suffridge Tennessee Center Gajecki Penn State Guard Frankowski Washington Tackle Drakos Cornell End Elrod Mississippi State Quarter Albert Stanford Half Harmon Michigan Half Reagan Penn Fullback Kimbrough Texas A&M. Michigan placed two men on the squad.
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New York
Liberty Magazine
Fruiig
Michigan
Odson
Minnesota
Suffridge
Tennesee
Gajecki
Penn State
Frankowski
U. Washington
Drakos
Cornell
Elrod
Mississippi State
Albert
Stanford
Harmon
Reagan
Penn
Kimbrough
Texas A & M
Tom Harmon
Norman L. Sper
Liberty
Phillips 66 Cagers Go 10-0 In Eastern Tour
The Phillips 66 Cagers from Bartlesville Oklahoma, National A A U champions, completed a perfect 10 game tour in the East. They beat Ohrbach Metropolitan and Eastern A A U champs at Madison Square Garden in double overtime, drawing 12 000 fans. They then defeated Phillips Kansas City Refinery 29 27 and head into a schedule with USC Arkansas Baylor before a midwestern trip after January.
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Phillips 66
Bartlesville
Oklahoma
Ohrbach
Madison Square Garden
New York
Middle West
Phillips Kansas City Refinery
Greater Kansas City
Universiy of
Southern California
University of Arkansas
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Packard Builds For Defense
M. M. Gilman outlines Packard Motor Car Co. defense production on Detroit’s industrial front. The firm expands to Rolls Royce aircraft engines and marine engines for PT boats, with 125 marine engines built and 600 more on order. Three Rolls motor units rise at Packard while a 1941 summer start for Rolls engines is planned.
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M. M. Gilman
Packard Motor Car Co
Detroit
Packard Motor Car Company
Packard
United States
England
Uncle Sam
American
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New England
Elco Division
Electric Boat Company
E. S. Caldwell
U. S. Navy
United States Navy
Great Britain
Packard Motor Car
Rolls Motors
Civilian coaches to lead Army football at West Point
West Point will employ civilian coaches for the first time since football began there. Earl Red Blaik returns from Dartmouth to lead the staff, joined by Fats Ellinger Frank Moore Andy Gustafson Averell Daniell trainee Rollins Bevans. Brigadier General Eichelberger cites officer coach unavailability during the national emergency. Blaik calls the move a duty and privilege amid the shift from officer coaching.
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Earl
Red) Blaik
Army
Dartmouth
Harry Co
Fats) Ellinger
Army Guard
Frank Moore
Andy Gustafson
Averell Daniell
University of Pittsburgh
Rollins Bevans
Robert L. Eichelberger
Military Academy
Bill Wood
Blaik
West Point
Red Blaik
Elmer Layden
Notre Dame
Oddities and Disappointments in Golf for 1940
Miami pa per recalls a busy 1940 golf season with Ed Oliver disqualified for teeing early and Craig Wood posting a 64 66 68 66 world record. Ben Hogan led money list at 10655, while Henry Picard nearly beat Sarazen in the PGA. Clayton Haefner endured a tree shot and Frank Walsh collapsed late. Horton Smith faded after 36 holes.
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Miami
Fla
Fred J. Corcoran
Professional Golfers Association
Ed Oliver
Oliver
Craig Wood
Gene Sarazen
Lawson Little
Sarazen
Ben Hogan
Picard
Ed Dudley
Philadelphia
Byron Nelson
Sam Snead
Clayton Haefner
Bing Crosby
Phoenix
St. Paul
Pinehurst
Greensboro
Asheville
Frank Walsh
Horton Smith
Bradley Tech Edges Yale In Tight College Battle
Bradley Tech defeated Yale 33 to 29 in a hard fought college basketball game. Bradley Tech led by a slim margin through the second half as Yale struggled to score, securing the win on the road.
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Associated Press
Bradley Tech
Yale
Free Golf Offer Extended To New Year's Day
Three golfers braved the wind and cold to use the city muni course free on Christmas. Due to bad weather the free golf offer is extended to New Year’s Day, announced by Everett Forrester, course manager. The city previously faced a snowstorm last Christmas and issued a snow check for New Year’s.
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Everett Forrester
Santa Claus
Weather Forecast for Southwest States
New Mexico fair tonight and Friday with slightly colder east portion. Colorado fair tonight and Friday with little change in temperature. Arizona fair tonight and Friday with increasing high cloudiness in the west and slightly warmer Friday. West Texas fair tonight and Friday, colder tonight and much colder in the southeast portion.
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New Mexico
Colorado
Arizona
West Texas
State-by-state tally of traffic and other violent deaths
The article lists totals by state for traffic and other violent deaths. California 30, New York 41, Illinois 28, Ohio 29, Pennsylvania 24, Texas 22, Georgia 11, Indiana 14, Missouri 12, Wisconsin 12, Maryland 10, Kentucky 10, Michigan 13, New Jersey 13, and others with smaller counts. Some states record none. The figures accompany a broader national breakdown.
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California
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Texas
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Indiana
Town
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Frohman the Stage Pioneer And His Star Factory
Daniel Frohman born in Sandusky Ohio. He founded the Frohman stock company at the Lyceum theater in 1885, creating a star factory that discovered Maude Adams E H Sothern Minnie Maddern Fiske Alison Skipworth Edith Wynne and Margaret Illington. He married Illington in 1903 and divorced six years later. A banker once kept him from eviction when mortgage fell due on his theater studio apartment.
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Tors
P. T. Barnum
New York
Frohman
Sandusky
Ohio
Lyceum Theater
Daniel Frohman
Maude Adams
E. H. Sothern
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Alison Skipworth
Edith Wynne
Margaret Illington
Miss Illington
1940 Fielding In National League highlights records
National Leauge fielding records for the 1940 season list leaders by position and games played. Frank A. McCormick Cincinnati repeats as an early-season leader with a high fielding percentage, while Harry Gumpert New York tops 76 chances at catcher and other players set or tie records for assists double plays and fielding feats across positions.
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New Yorks
Natiunai L&eapue Sleiuimg Records
Ior
Wmv
Ana Wie
Olner
Nes
Frank A. McCormick
Cincinnati
Secona
Seaas
Lnst
Merman Snmuwe
Rnuadelphia
Secona Dasemienu
Willam M. Werder
Iauer
Wuld
Yvos
Bawara m. Miller
Yiv
F. Craft
Cluiumati
Neia jJomntiy
Ferry
Moore
St. Louis
Iysy
Leonara Moenecke
Brooklyn
Yvonn W. Cooney
Ernest N. LouiMurdl
New York
Charles L. Hartnett
Chicago
James C. Wasdell
Pittsburgh
Nicholas Strincevich
Boston
New York Semi Final Run On Bowl Gas Tornia Beat
A fragmented report notes New York in a semi final round this season. It mentions a run on the bowl gas tornia and a beat outcome, but details are unclear due to damaged text.
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New York
Tornia
Bears looking stronger as Tech ahead in map of college grid
Connie Mack celebrated his seventy eighth birthday while the Bears and Tech show improvement in their seasons. Montgomery hosts a fox hunt as a local attraction. Charley Morgan coaches Kansas State Teachers with sons in key roles and John Lance Sr oversees multiple sports with his family. Red Blaik returns to Army football and Elmer Layden discusses Notre Dame plans.
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Shibe Park
Connie Mack
Atlanta
Montgomery
Neck of the Woods
Kansas State Teachers College
Pittsburgh
Charley Morgan
Bill
Jack
John Lance
Ray Lance
Blair
Pat Chapman
Bill Morgan
Studebaker Pickup Shown At Bogard and Youse
Words fail us as we describe the Studebaker pickup on display at Bogard and Youse located at 201 South Main Street. The ad highlights performance, economy, beauty, and comfort of the new model.
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Studebaker
Bogard & Youse
South Main St
Cowan Leads Coyotes Scoring Amid Seven Wins
Roswell forward John Cowan tops the Coyotes with 86 points in seven wins this season averaging 12.29 per game. Glen Haley is next with 75 points and 10.71 per game as the team totals 286 points to 151 for opponents, with a high 57 against Carlsbad and a low 17 versus Capitan.
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John Cowan
Roswell
Coyotes
Carlsbad
Glen Haley
Ben Kelly
Dick Brenneman
Robert Dennis
George DeShurley
Glen Dennis
Raymond Ayalla
Capitan
Portland bout ends in KO as Welch stops Forgione
In Portland Maine Coley Welch, weighing 160 1/4 pounds, knocked out opponent Forgione at 160 pounds, according to Associated Press dispatches. The Philadelphia fighter faced the defeat in last night's boxing card.
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Associated Press
Portland
Coley Welch
Aon Forgione
Philadelphia
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Martin
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Miladelphia
Tam Sneadig
Meath
Sief
Syuc
Fritzie Zivic
Expw
Mike
Cowan
Johnny
Mexico
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