Davis Sparks Valdosta Past Tifton in 1940 Georgia Title
In Albany at Menifield Stadium over 6 900 watched Valdosta claim the uth Georgia championship 18 to 0 over Tifton. Joe Davis led with 36 and 40 yard touchdowns, joined by fellow backs Knucks McCrary and F. E. Hanley in a dominant rushing game and stout defense.
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Billy, JR
Albany
Tifton
Yalta
Uth
Georgia
Davis
Wildcats
Valdosta
Ana Jt
Joe Davis
Cats
McCrary
B. Hanley
Valsta
Blue Devils
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Deases
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Sua
Menificent
Thrills
Hardy
Hue-Devils
Trigger Parnell
Parnell
Jary
Bloeck
Henn Ratliffe
Etra Point
Albany Herald
Coaches announce all SGFA team at Albany banquet
The SGFA coaching group named the 1940 all star team after Valdosta Wildcats' 13 0 victory over Tifton in Albany. Captain Glenn Ratliffe received the Bruswick News trophy as the SGFA champion. Banquet host Horace Caldwell Hotel Gordon with Dan Gibson presiding.
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Albany
Valdosta
Wildcats
Bruswick News
South Georgia Football Association
Tifton
B. D. Lee
Glenn Ratliffe
Horace Caldwell
Gordon Hotel
Dan Gibson
Cedartown and Athens Tie for NGFA Crown Game Rematch Set
Cedar town and Athens battled to a 6 to 6 tie to force a rematch for the North Georgia Football Association upper bracket championship. Athens led with a late first half touchdown pass from Vereid MacQuire to Harold Parr. Cedartown answered late in the final period with a Charley Williams pass to James Baker to knot the score.
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Athens
Cedartown
North Georgia Football Association
Vereid MacQuire
Harold Parr
Charley Williams
James Baker
Valdosta tops Tifton in low scoring grid battle
Valdosta defeats Tifton 13 0 in a hard fought game. Valdosta gains 74 rushing yards to Tifton’s 6 with five of nine passes for 74 yards while each side has a pick. Penalties favor Valdosta 70 to 31 as Davis scores the touchdown with Ratliffe adding the extra point.
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Bobby Hooks
Dick Mathis
Tifton
Valdosta
Cats
Powell
Inger
Parnell
Mathis
Wildcats
Wwris
Tifton Valdosta Waldrop
le Phillips Chandler
Mt Blaton
Americus Club to Have Nashville Player Agreement
Americus Georgia will operate independently in 1941 as Brooklyn declines renewal. President W. T. Anderson said Americus reached a working agreement with Nashville of the Southern League. Richard Lucky, who managed Greenville Alabama for Nashville last season, is named manager of the Pioneers.
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Americus
Brooklyn
W. T. Anderson
James R. Blair
National Association of Professional Baseball League
Anderson
Nashville
Richard Lucky
Greenville
Ala
Pioneers
Negro college grid teams clash for national honors
AP dispatch from Atlanta notes post season games determine national negro grid champion. Wilberforce meets Florida A and M in the Orange Bowl renewal while Morris Brown faces Kentucky State in the Peach Blossom. Also Alcorn vs South Carolina A and M and Xavier vs Southern in two charity bowls.
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Romney Wheetsar
Atlanta
Orlando
Tela
Wilberforce
Nenia
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical College
Morris Brown
Kentuck State College of
Franfort
West Virginia State College
Jose
Ohio
Jelovida
Orangeburg
S. C
Alcorn College of
Navier
Virginia State College of Petersburg
Floridan A. &. M
Wiley University of Marshall
Pex
Georgia Tech crushes Cumberland 222 to 0 in 1917 game
In Atlanta Georgia Tech scored 32 touchdowns against Cumberland University in 1917. The final score stood 222 to 0 with Tech dominating play throughout.
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Georgia Tech
Cumberland University
Atlanta
Stanford Voted Most Improved Team In Nation
The 1940 season saw Stanford Indians rise from obscurity to a Rose Bowl nomination under Clark Shaughnessy, posting an undefeated nine game run. UCLA, Ohio State and several programs suffered big disappointments after heavy preseason hype.
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Stanford
Pacific Coast Conference
Indians
University of California At Los Angeles
Associated Press
Ohio State
Uclans
Kenny Washington
Buckeyes
Washington
Southern California
Clark Shaughnessy
Rice
Jess Noely
Heln
Utah
Pennsylvania
Navy
Iowa State
Wisconsin
Florida
William, & Mary
Mississippi State
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Indiana
Marquette
Duke
Georgia
Peck
Tulane
Arkansas
Nexas Christian
Colorado
Syracuse
Princeton
Cornell
Valdosta Boy Langdale Joins Alabama Phi Beta Kappa
Noah N. Langdale of Valdosta Georgia star tackle for the Crimson Tide is elected to Alabama Alpha of Phi Beta Kappa becoming the seventh initiate since the chapter began. Langdale, a senior majoring in political science, is the first grid star to gain the honor since Freddie Sington a decade ago.
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Jasons
Quadrangle
Philomathic
Langdale
Gate for Pro Grid Game Forecast at Washington
Washington December 7 Carl Storck president of the National Football League announced the gross receipts for tomorrow's championship game between Washington and Chicago would be the highest in the history of professional playoffs. Storck predicted over 100000 dollars and cited past pay as 17 50 for a season. He urged changes including draft restrictions rest rules and a 33 player minimum per team. The Washington Chicago game sold out after public tickets opened. Washington will host a two day National League meeting with the college senior players draft the main event.
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Eddy Gilmore
Washington
Carl Storck
National Football League
Chicago
Storck
AAU Committee backs ban on athletes in Germany
The National AAU's executive committee favored a convention recommendation that no amateur athlete be allowed to compete in Germany. The move follows Roy E. Davis of Chicago proposing a U S team for a 1942 world boxing championship in Berlin. The committee also urged metric elimination for outdoor track, districting boxing entrants, and five track records as world standards.
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Denver
AAU
Germany
Roy E. Davis
Chicago
United States
Berlin
Hawaii
Law School Next Year Eligibility for Football Return
The text notes a student plans to attend law school next year and remains eligible for one more year of college football. The statement implies upcoming career and athletic options without detailing dates or institutions.
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Law School
Notre Dame Versus Trojans draws 80000 in Los Angeles
In a packed Southern California showdown Notre Dame meets USC with about 80,000 fans expected at Los Angeles. The season's wrap includes SMU versus Rice and other big matchups as teams seek redemption and bowl chances. Georgia closes its season with a 28-7 win over Miami to finish above .500.
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Los Angeles
Southern Methodist
Aggies
Fordham
Auburn
Villanova
Florida
WASHINGTON STATE WEE WISP BILLY SEWELL SHINES
Billy Sewell of Washington State College, a 175 pound halfback, has emerged as a top passer and playmaker. He arrived from England and faced early rejection due to size, then quickly made headlines as a sophomore with a 6 0 victory over Washington after years of persistence in independent leagues.
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Jack
Pacific
Slim Bill
United States
England
Tacoma
Wash
Billy
State
Washington
Roundup of baseball trades and golf notes from New York
Penn star Fran cis Reagan draws offers from the Athletics and Red Sox with no Yankees promise. Fordham gets 45 000 or 42 percent of gate. Horton Smith doubts golf may recover postwar. Giants sign Melvin Ott amid trade rumors as Tony Cuccinello Heat controversy circulates. Ragtime and Broadway gossip touch Waner, Luckman, Baer, and Phil Scott death in Chicago plant crash.
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Penn
Francis Reagan
Athletics
Red Sox
Yankees
Fordham
Horton Smith
Ehrines
St. Andrews
Prestwich
Sandwich
Deal
Giants
Tony Cuccinello
Jersey City
Hague
Gabby Hartnett
Ragtime News
Paul Waner
Waner
Melvin Ott
Godoy
Joe
New York Post
Brooklyn Football Dodgers
Sid Luckman
Chicago Bears
Max Baer
Sinkwich Leads Georgia Past Miami 28-7 in Peach Bowl Flair
Frank Sinkwich dominant for Georgia, rushing 145 yards on 20 attempts and scoring two touchdowns with a 23 yard pass to Dudish and a 22 yard TD, as the Georgians rally from 7-0 halftime deficit to beat Miami 28-7 in Miami. The victory seals a strong finish as Sinkwich closes his sophomore season with 242 total yards.
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Miami
Fla
Frank Sinkwich
Georgia
Georgian Tech
Sinkwich
Bill Steiner
Andy Dudish
Heyward Allen
Lila Todd
Brooker Blanton
Auburn Plainsmen Meet Villanova in Montgomery Intersecting Clash
Auburn of the Southeastern Conference faced Villanova in Montgomery Alabama in an intersectional battle closing the season for both teams. Nick Basca led Villanova with his pitching while Auburn played without Rufus Deal and John Chalkley who were sidelined by injuries.
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Montgomery
Ala
Auburn
Villanova
Nick Basca
Plainsmen
Rufus Deal
John Chalkley
Joe Kirkwood Delays Winter Exhibition Tour Over Clubs
Golf figure Joe Kirkwood postpones his winter exhibition tour due to issues with his set of trick clubs, leaving spectators awaiting his return and adjustments for upcoming events.
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War Department
Bob Sweeney
Eagle Squadron
Royal Air Force
Joe Kirkwood
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