Long Island University Blackbirds face tough season shift
Coach Clair Bee oversees a rebuilding LIU Blackbirds squad after losing six regulars from last season’s dream team. Starters Torgoff Kaplowitz Lewitch Bromberg Newman depart, while returnees Lobello and Shectman spark a faster, leaner lineup. The team lacks last year’s height yet gains depth and experience on a new rotation.
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Clemson Arrives For Cotton Bowl
Clemson Tigers arrive in Dallas for a public display ahead of the Cotton Bowl. Coach Jess Neely says the team is ready and will train behind locked gates at Southern Methodist University until Monday. The Tigers face Boston College next, in a game expected to draw about 30,000 fans. Neely notes guards Frank Deltz and Walter Cox are sidelined but expected to be fit by kickoff.
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Injuries Give Rose Bowl Teams Concern
Rose Bowl preparations show Tennessee and Southern California missing key players. Cafego and Lansdell threaten lineup status with injuries while Banta and Smith hobble. Neyland worries about players and social distractions ahead of the New Year’s Day game.
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Campolo Set to Challenge Joe Louis in New York Fight
Argentine heavyweight Valentin Campolo, brother of former rival Vittorio Campolo, is poised to work with James Joy Johnston who aims to train him after New Year's. Campolo declares plans to fight Lou Nova then Louis, as promoters weigh the clash in New York.
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Former Ball Star Engle Dies in Boston at 56
Arthur C Clyde Engle who sparked the 1912 Boston Red Sox World Series win over the Giants died of a heart attack in Boston at 56. For 18 years he coached Yale freshman baseball with Smoker Joe Waall. Engle previously coached at the University of Vermont before joining Wood at Yale.
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Clyde) Engle
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Joe Waal
Fred Snodgrass
White Sox
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Christy Mathewson
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University of Vermont
McCormick Re-Signs with Reds for Two Years
Cincinnati reports Frank McCormick, Reds first baseman, has signed a two year deal estimated at about 16000 dollars annually. He is the 12th Red to sign for 1940 and second to secure a two year contract. McCormick led the NL last season with 128 RBIs and a .332 average in all games with 16 strikeouts.
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Champion Speller J J Allen of Louisburg NC
The late J. J. Allen of Louisburg North Carolina was celebrated as a champion speller famed for recalling any word and its precise page column and line in the old blue back speller, a notable all time North Carolina memory.
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Tulane's Powerhouse Machine Led by Nyhan and Kelloge
Tulane features 215-pound tackle Stanley Nyhan directing the offense and punting for the Greenies. Back Bobby Kelloge, nicknamed Jitterbug, shines with long runs and can pass and kick, including a 100-yard kickoff return versus Mississippi. Marley McCollum, 6'5" 235-lb tackle, earned All-America honors as Southern observers hail him as Dixie’s greatest. Bill Kirchhem, 6'4" 215-pound tackle, is famed as the South’s fastest big lineman and won the 220-yard dash in 21.4 seconds.
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MacPhail Honored For Baseball Achievements
The Sporting News named Larry McPhail outstanding executive and Leo Durocher leading manager. Joe DiMaggio was chosen as No 1 player of the year, with Bruce Dudley Bill Meyer and Lewis Novikoff receiving Little All-America honors. Also notes other executives and managers honored. a separate tuberculosis mortality fact closes the piece.
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Grid Classic Prep: North and South Face Off in Rain
Forty four top senior football players trained in Montgomery ahead of the Blue and Gray clash on December 30. North and South coaches Carl Snavely and Lynn Waldorf judged their teams as better balanced and faster than last year’s South victory. Ray Morrison and Josh Cody praised the Rebels as a coach’s dream, combining power and speed.
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Berger Acquired By Brooklyn Team
Brooklyn Dodgers announce they acquired infielder Louis Boze Berger on waivers from the Boston Red Sox. Berger, used mainly as a utility player last season, appeared at shortstop in 10 games, at third base in five, and at second base in two.
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Boze) Berger
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Players Practice In Drizzling Rain
Eastern and Western football stars prepared for the New Year charity game in drizzling rain. Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Kishof from Towanda New York injured his foot and sat out. Clyde Turner from Hardin Simmons nursed a barley horse after a brief scramble. The West ran two scrimmage drills against a pickup squad.
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Bulldog" Turner
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Colorful Togs to Be Given Pirates
Colorful uniforms announced for the Pittsburgh Pirates as they plot a NL comeback under Frankie Frisch. Blue and red head emblem replaces script Pirates across the blouse, light blue caps carry a red P, and light blue and cardinal piping trims sleeves, collar, and front.
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Sugar Bowl crowd swells as Tulane Texas game nears
New Orleans boots up for a sports carnival as 70,000 fans expected for the Tulane Texas Aggies matchup with large crowds arriving from across the nation. Kentucky Ohio State basketball opens the festival while tennis, track, rowing, yachting and boxing fill the week. Tulane’s Kellogg's ankle shows no bad effects as he trains with the Wave, and Texas A&M plans Biloxi training ahead of the New Year showdown.
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