Baseball in 1940 ends with dramatic World Series win
The 1940 season saw the Detroit Tigers overcome doubts to win the American pennant and the World Series, while the Cincinnati Reds swept the National League playoffs. Stan Musial, Hank Greenberg, Joe DiMaggio, and other stars delivered standout performances as Brooklyn, Cleveland, and St. Louis battled, with shifting lineups and notable trades shaping the year.
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Duke of Windsor Hopes to Arrange Exhibition Match
The Duke of Windsor governor of the Bahamas plans a Nassau exhibition with Red Cross as beneficiary. Possible sixsome includes Bobby Jones Walter Hagen Gene Sarazen Tommy Armour Bing Crosby invited. Fred Corcoran to discuss final arrangements. invitations not yet accepted. The players won 33 national titles among them with Jones leading.
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Nebraska Guard Gives Up Hunting To Play Football
Royal Kahler known as King Kong, a six foot three inch 220 pound Nebraska guard, quit hunting to focus on football. The senior, aiming for a future as a fireman, balances work at a cleaning firm with early starts and ferrying to practice, while his hunting days end after he joins the Huskers for the bowl game.
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King Kong) Kahler
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Stanford Grid Team Rebuilt Into Rose Bowl Contender
Henry Super profiles Stanford’s "Cinderella" grid squad built by Clark Shaughnessy. Sophomore linemen and Frankie Albert lead a fast, opportunistic offense that overcame a slow start to win key come-from-behind games and earn a Rose Bowl bid against Nebraska.
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Bowling Scores Highlight Team Lineup and Competitors
Banducci and Graff plus Meyer anchor a season finale grouping. Backfield averages near 187 pounds, line around 198. Julie Kogan from New Haven outpoints Julio Gonzales from Puerto Rico, while Nathan Mann from New Haven, Hamden region, defeats Henry Moroz in a 10 round bout in New York.
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Santa Clara Hoop Squad Goes East
The University of Santa Clara basketball team leaves tonight for the east to face five teams in two and a half weeks. The Broncos meet City College of New York at Madison Square Garden on December 26, Franklin & Marshall on December 27 in Hershey, La Salle on December 30 in Philadelphia, Duquesne on December 31 in Pittsburgh, and De Paul on January 2 in Chicago, with stops in Denver Cincinnati and Washington en route.
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Billiard Star Layton Struck, Condition Serious in Chicago
Johnny Layton seven time world three cushion billiard champion is unconscious and in serious condition at a Chicago hospital after being struck by a street car. The Sedalia Missouri native, 51, was in Chicago to train for the 1941 world championship when the accident occurred on Sunday. Doctors say his condition prevents X rays at this time.
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Boxing Results From New York Bouts
Bobby Ruffin beat Terry Young on points in New York. Ernie Vigh stopped Gene Molnar in New York after eight rounds.
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Shaw To Receive New Grid Contract
Santa Clara University coach Lawrence T Buck Shaw is eyed to replace Francis Schmidt at Ohio State with a long term contract and salary increase. In five years Shaw’s Broncos posted 34 wins 5 losses and 4 ties, with only a 7 to 6 defeat to Stanford last season.
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Buck) Shaw
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1940 Fails To Produce Major Development
Sports editors across the nation say 1940 showed no single major trend. Major observations include more offense in college football and rising professional game attendance. Other noted shifts include night baseball spread, decline in boxing, and growing women’s presence in pro sports led by Patty Berg and Alice Marble.
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Bettina outpoints Krieger in New York boxing bout
New York light middleweight Melio Bettina defeated Solly Krieger by outpoint in a 180 to 177 decision at Beacon New York. The bout took place in front of a sizable crowd in Manhattan with Bettina earning the win.
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Baer Stops Blackshear In California Bout
Oakland boxer Buddy Baer from 241 stops Harold Blackshear of 192 in Monterey California, with Sacramento listed as a note of origin.
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Cuban tycoon bets on Snead to beat local golf pro
In Havana on December 18, Thorwald Sanchez offered $5,000 to Thomas Shevlin to back Sam Snead in a 34 hole medal match at the Havana Country Club against Ru?no Gonzalez. Snead arrived to defend the wager, after shooting a five under par 67 in a practice round.
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