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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1941
Page
16
Rose Bowl game is a mystery to Duke football coach, as the Duke team prepares for the 1942 showdown with Army and details remain uncertain. The piece notes the looming matchup and the coach’s cautious outlook ahead of the classic contest.
In a Wide World Sports column Hugh Fullerton Jr reports Navy sailors Francis Conlon and Gerald Ross from Whitehall New York who helped win a base ball division title. Ross sent a letter after Pearl Harbor saying the first battle is over and he and Heckett are OK. The piece likens sports grit to military prowess and notes managers doubt Americans can be stopped.
Oregon State will take care of the Pacific Coast Conference Rose Bowl safeguards for next season. The coach, Atherton, played in Madison Square Garden last year and faced Fordham Saturday, where he was newly on the floor and later recalled little of the experience after a summer of sleeping sickness.
Newspaper snippet notes John Mooney of the Salt Lake Telegram discussing Japan's Premier Tojo as a baseball follower, highlighting a curiously tangential link between politics and sport with no clear event or outcome.
Don Barnes denies the Browns asked for 100000 from the American league yet a Sporting News source cites a club official saying owners have poured in nearly a half million dollars in five years and urge the league to act. Cincinnati Reds stats show 10 timely base hits could have won the pennant, not third place, last season.
Archaeologists at Copan, Honduras, uncover a court where a game similar to basketball was played a thousand years ago, challenging the idea that the modern sport originated only in the 19th century. The discovery adds depth to the history of court games in Central America.
The census bureau division of vital statistics reports that nervous disorders cause greater physical weakness on average than most illnesses, surpassed only by tuberculosis and severe heart disturbances.
Duke coach Wallace Wade says predicting the outcome of the Rose Bowl against Oregon State is a mystery. He notes both teams have limited one another's knowledge and compares the matchup to the 1926 Alabama-Washington game. Local experts cite Duke ends Jim Smith and Bob Gantt as key playmakers in a season defined by end-around plays.
Heavyweight champion Joe Louis rested from daily drills in Greenwood Lake New York and will resume sparring tomorrow and Wednesday ahead of the Madison Square Garden title defense against Buddy Baer set for January 9. Louis knocked out sparring partner Dee Amos, 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, with a right cross to the chin yesterday, Amos collapsing and needing revival after about ten minutes.
LAKEWOOD N J Dec 29 Challenger Buddy Baer continued boxing drills today and scheduled more workouts for tomorrow ahead of his title bout with Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis on Jan 9 at Madison Square Garden. He boxed six rounds yesterday three each against Jim Robinson and Elva Thompson.
Venezuela advances adoption of cook stoves that use fuels other than coal or wood to cut deforestation and indoor pollution. Government campaigns push households to switch to cleaner options and improve energy efficiency across cities.
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