Texas U Climbs to Second in Seasonal Grid Poll
In the national college football rankings Texas moves to second with 1,096 points after routing four foes. Michigan jumps to third with 906 votes following a 14 7 win over Northwestern. Minnesota holds first with 1,169 points as Duke slides to fourth. Many major programs occupy the top ranks as voters weigh season results.
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Ann Arbor
Michigan
Northwestern
Texas
Longhorns
Rice
LSU
Duke
Pittsburgh
Navy
Fordham
Notre Dame
Santa Clara
Texas A. & M
Tulane
Harvard
Texas Christian
Illinois
Oklahoma
Texas A & M
Baylor
Mississippi
Ohio State
Penn
Clemson
Vanderbilt
Oregon
Temple
Oregon State
Villanova
Stanford
Rumors swirl on Bob Riggs pro move and tour plans
New York reports two rival takes on Bob Riggs. One says he declined a $35,000 pro offer, another claims he signed with a tour run by Jack Harris and backed by a Chicago sporting goods firm. Pacific Association quarrels with the AAU over expense money for the San Francisco Olympic Club. C W Rupp, the pro official, was hospitalized after a self-inflicted gun incident and later detained for carrying a pistol without a permit.
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New York
Special News Service
Bobby Riggs
Jack Harris
Chicago
Pacific Association
San Francisco
Coast Boys
C. W. Rupp
Giants
Quote Unquote Mike Brumbelow on paying to see games
Mike Brumbelow Texas Christian University assistant coach says any man who pays 2.20 to see a game has the right to quarterback all he pleases and that should be printed on every ticket sold Ossie Solem Syracuse coach comments that they might have beaten Cornell with better quarterbacking on the field and on the bench
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Mike Brumbelow
Ossie Solem
Syracuse
Cornell
Umbrella Handy Frank Frisch Dons Fan Favored Heels
It Never Rains Frank Frisch, who amused fans by raising an umbrella to show a game should have been called, has received a dozen new umbrellas from supporters. A couple of Chinese halfbacks contend for the smallest football player prize, Toni Yagi of Johns Hopkins at 128 pounds and Dick Chin of San Francisco State at 125. Newman of Birmingham was among the few who predicted the Louisiana State Rice upset last Saturday. After Francis Schmidt’s Idaho squad dropped its first games, the Wolves began calling the turn.
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Frank Frisch
Toni Yagi
Johns Hopkins
Dick Chin
San Francisco State
Newman
Birminghe
Louisiana
Minnesota and Michigan Face Historic Gridiron Showdown
In Ann Arbor Michigan hosts Minnesota in a clash of two unbeaten Western Conference powers. The winner will claim the famed little brown jug, a prize with a 1903 origin and a storied history, as a potential national prize for 1941. An anticipated 75,753 spectators will watch, the largest crowd in the stadium’s history.
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Minnesota
Michigan
Minneapolis
Oscar Munson
Yost
Gophers
Munson
Mothers send peaches to coach amid start lineup bid
In Columbia South Carolina mothers of USC players show affection for head coach Rex Enright. One lineman visiting home sent a gallon of pickled peaches to the coach with a note that he hoped the coach understood he was not trying to win a starting job Saturday.
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Associated Press
Columbia. S. C
University of South Carolina
Rex Enright
Carolina
Ida Ho Game Injury Sparks Emergency Surgery Fears
Salt Lake City reports a football incident where Legrand Gregory collided with a steel noseguard worn by inmate Floyd Spendlove, cracking his head and prompting doctors to fear a required operation. The event highlights severe injuries in the Ida Ho game and raises concerns about player safety.
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Salt Lake City
Legrande Gregory
Ahend
Floyd Spendlove
Idaho
Creighton Freshman Coach Seeks Lost Program Copy
Don Fleming of Creighton University freshman football team wanted a copy of the game program before facing Morningside. He sent a list of numbers to Morningside, but a janitor destroyed his only other copy.
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Omaha
Don Fleming
Creignton University
Morningside Yearlings
Fleming
Morningside
Titans Dominate Schedule With 10 First Touchdowns
Detroit University Titans push undefeated run as ten early touchdowns are shared by nine players, signaling balanced scoring and strong offense early in the season.
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Detroit
Detroit University Titans
Schmidt's Cold Potatoes and Elliott Chaze in Lake Charles
The Lake Charles American Press quotes Elliott Chaze discussing baseball's curveball as a dramatic optical illusion. It notes concerns about players hit by pitches and the fear some feel for their heads being injured in annual beanings.
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Elliott Chaze
Lake Charles
Clyde Kluttz's rise from Decatur to Sacramento ball club
Clyde Kluttz, then with Decatur in the three eye league, improved from roughly .250 to over .300 after Branch Rickey traded him to Sacramento. He later joined the Braves via the draft, with success noted, while observers claim a ball player has little chance under the "chain gang" system.
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Decatur
Branch Rickey
Sacramento
Kluttz
Sacs
Braves
Admiral of the Middle Rio Grande picks Roswell to beat St Michael
A whimsical Albuquerque dispatch reports the Admiral of the Middle Rio Grande Fleet chooses Roswell Coyotes to defeat St Michael's and predicts several other high school football outcomes across New Mexico. The tale features mice foretelling scores and ends with a quip: A mouse is a louse.
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Beal Horsemen of St. Michael's
John R. Ward
Albuquerque
N. M
Rio Grande
New Mexico
Clovis
Carlsbad
Jal
Coyotes
St. Michael’s
Santa Fe
Demons
Raton
Ceming
Anthony
Hot Springs
Belen
Gallup
Grants
Socorro
Carnegie Tech Rallies To Aid Of Football Team
Carnegie Tech students launch a fundraising drive after a tough game as the Tartans seek $1,000 cash on campus with later aims four times higher from alumni and friends to ensure tuition for football prospects.
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Carnegie Tech
Pittsburgh
Old Tech
Texas One Of The Top Grid Teams
Texas boasts top grid status as it avoids injuries and relies on multiple stars. Kyle Gillespie for TCU, Jack Wilson for Baylor, Bob Brumley for Rice, and Pete Layden for Texas ail as injuries strain each program. Arkansas loss and LSU upset show the fragility of one man powered teams.
Tech football hopes hinge on student support and key matchups
Four or five capable players can miss work to suit up for football as Tech seeks a rebound after past glories. A few years ago the team was praised as East champions, nearly national champs if not for a referee mistake against Notre Dame. This season included losses to Westminster and Muhlenberg, then a dramatic shift against the Tartans with a 16 to 0 rally after a 61 to 0 defeat last year. Charles Richardson, student council president, says the rally aims to cash in immediately and show alumni strong interest in the team’s success.
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Notre Dame
Little Westminster
Muhlenberg
Trish
Charles Richardson
Marquette Once More Is Winning Football
Marquette builds a high scoring pass heavy offense led by Jimmy Richardson and Bobby McCahill with Robert Heckel ready to fill gaps. Stidham’s Golden Avalanche have beaten Wisconsin and Kansas the season, after a loss to Michigan State, signaling a strong turnaround and rising stakes.
Dexter High School 1941-42 Basketball Schedule and Notes
Dexter High School announces its 1941-42 basketball schedule with multiple away and home games including matchups at Lake Arthur Roswell Artesia Hagerman Lovington Eunice and Jal. Admission for home games is 25 cents and 15 cents. Also noted are Hobbs grid captains Holland Cruse and Buddy Hendrickson with a mention of a forthcoming game schedule and a classified line.
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Hope
Tatum
Roswell
Carlsbad
Artesia
Hagerman
Monument
Lovington
Eunice
Jal
Dexter
Broncos Open Non-Conference Schedule With Trinidad Junior College
Broncos, leading the New Mexico Conference with two wins, travel to Trinidad, Colorado, for a non league game before returning home to host Adams State College, Silver City Teachers, and Panhandle Aoklia as they seek to extend their undefeated conference run. Crosby suffers a foot injury but is expected to recover. the team aims to avoid any upset despite being favorites. Conference standings show Adams State and Silver City at 0 0 .000 with no conference wins.
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N. M. M. S. Broncos
Trinidad Junior College
Trinidad
Colo
Adams State College of Colorado
Silver City Teachers
Panhandle
Qoklia
Aggies
Broncos
New Mexico Highlands U
Eastern New Mexico College
Brown
Portales
E. N. M. C. Greyhounds
Crosby
Institute
Highlands
Bronco
Silver City
Adams State
Fights Last Night Showdowns Across U S Cities
The Associated Press reports boxing results from Cleveland Chicago and multiple cities. Lem Franklin stopped Abe Simon by technical knockout in Cleveland while Nick Penza KOed Jimmy Thomas in Rochester. Joe Mueller was knocked out in Pine Bluff and other bouts saw points decisions and knockouts in New Orleans Montreal and more.
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Cleveland
Lem Franklin
Chicago
Abe Simon
New York
Rochester
Nick Penza
Jimmy ‘Thomas
Buffalo
Holyoke
Mass
Harry Hurst
Montreal
Carmelo Fenov
Spain
Pine Bluff
Ark
Jim Robinson
Philadelphia
Joe Mueller
Cincinnati
Leonard Elected Tulsa Vice President of National Association
Harry Leonard of Roswell New Mexico was elected a vice president of the National Stripper Well Association at a joint convention with the Independent Petroleum Association of America The Highlands 0 1 000 appears as stray text from the source
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OkKi]a
Harry Leonard
Roswell
N. M
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Little Limey) Richardson
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