Roundup of sports notes and coaching chatter
New York reports recap of coaching nominations and player rumors. Clark Shaughnessy eyed for top job, Tom Lieb praised from Florida, Connie Mack sticks with Frankie Hayes, and Joe Louis training in Boston prompts praise. Also notes on Ray Flaherty contract history and Baer Conn fight chatter plus bookie bets on Brown-Columbia.
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New York
Bobo
Kent State
Peller
Indians
Clark Shaughnessy
Tom Lieb
Florida
Lew Jenkins
Connie Mack
Frankie Hayes
O Brien Sets Records With 60 Passes In Washington Game
Davey OBrien’s unofficial check shows at least five nation league records in a single game against Washington: 60 passes attempted, 33 completed for 316 yards, new individual and team marks for completions and yards, plus Don Looney benefiting from 14 catches. He also appears poised to set season records for completions with a new team.
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Davey O’brien
Washington
Don Looney
Davey
Lincoln Mackim
Dumbeater
Across The Skies Head Pin In Duckpin Bowling Recap
Goodrich Tire staged a season comeback by defeating Handley 472 to 471 after dropping the first game by 102 pins. Eve ning Star Ladies League saw Dot Sencindiver miss a high game record by one due to a split. Republic Oil upset Star Office with a 513 game led by Mary Hann’s doubleheader strike 115 and a ball in the eighth frame. Frances VanDeventer and G A A beat JWC as Frances Anderson and Pauline Lloyd led Hershey Pints to a 524 game against Imperial Ice Cream. Beta Sigma Phi snapped a losing streak with a 483 high game as Win chester Nurses fell. Ladies leagues update with several scores and standings as teams prepare for the next schedule.
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Goodrich
Tire
Handley
Goodrich Girls
Dot Sencindiver
Evening Star Ladies League
Republic Oil
Star Office
Mary Hann
Miss Sencindiver
Wood
Mabel Grim
Frances VanDeventer
JWC
Edith Ritter
Frances Anderson
Pauline Lloyd
Hershey
Imperial
Beta Sigma Phil
Winchester
Dot Michael
Star
Betty Wilkins
Bell Clothes
Greyhound
Mary Gail Cather
Allens
Lando White
Dot Briggs
McCrory’s
Woolworth’s
Chamber of Commerce
Valley Pride
Alma Renner
Tommy Grove
Oscar Nebel
Phil Fowle
Nor. Va
Power
Roland Bean
Jeffra Escobar Bantam Bout Aims to Settle Scores
In Baltimore Harry Jeffra and Sixto Escobar meet for a fifth time to settle old accounts. Jeffra, featherweight champion in Maryland and New York, seeks not a title but reputation after a broken jaw and past defeats. Escobar hopes a win erase memories of three losses, including the New York title fight.
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Baltimore
Harry Jeffra
Sixto Escobar
Jeffra
Maryland
New York
Escobar
Potomac River Bridge Opens as Ferry Service Continues
Morgantown Maryland reports the new four million dollar Potomac river bridge opening will not end Captain John Q. Adams's ferry operation. He says drivers will still use the ferry for a break from long road trips.
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Morgantown
M4d
Potomac River
John Q. Adams
Wade Killefer Succeeds Jewel Ens as Indianapolis Manager
Baseball succession chain notes Wade Killefer becomes Indianapolis manager following Jewel Ens and predecessors Wes Griffin Ray Schalk and Wade Killefer, highlighting a continued managerial turnover in the club.
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John P. Carmichael
Chicago Daily News
Wade Killefer
Indianapolis Ball Club
Jewel Ens
Wes Griffin
Ray Schalk
Baseball
Nebraska to Face Stanford in Rose Bowl on New Year's Day
Nebraska, after a first-game loss to Minnesota, will meet Stanford in Pasadena for the Rose Bowl on January 1. Stanford, unbeaten after beating California 13-7, seeks a repeat appearance under new coach Clark Shaughnessy while ticket sales surge under athletics director Al Masters.
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Nebraska
Stanford
Local notices from Boyce area brighten holiday season
Community brief listing visits and travels of residents including Mr. and Mrs. C. Van Deventer, Mr. and Mrs. Green of Winchester, and families from Baltimore and Richmond. Mentions weddings, illnesses, and a Thanksgiving near Leesburg with Langham Johns marriage in Boyce. Robert Creamer recovers and expects to return to Winchester Business College.
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Anna Mowery
Oranda
Carl Peyton
Hermann Langham
Boyce
Virginia Johns
Front Royal
Leesburg
Garfield Clarke
Esten Clarke
Baltimore
Thomas
Sun Beau Leased to Virginia breeder for 1941
Mrs. Willis Sharpe Kilmer announces Sun Beau will stand at C. T. Chenery’s Meadow stud in Doswell Virginia for 1941 with a 500 dollar fee. The move completes Kilmer’s dispersal of many horses and positions Sun Beau among elite sires backed by about 25 broodmares on 1200 acres.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
Sun Beau
C. T. Chenery
the Meadow
Doswell
Chenery
Kilmer
Court Manor
Virginia
New York
Mr. Chenery
Four 4-H members named outstanding meat producers
Four boys Jack Summers Dayton Rose Robert Zielinski and Robert Nixon were named the nation s outstanding 4-H Club meat producers in a contest sponsored by Thomas E Wilson. Summers Rose and Zielinski won $200 college scholarships and all four earned trips to the nineteenth 4-H Club Congress during the international livestock exposition. Nixon logged 26 baby leaves 259 sheep 2600 chickens and 27 judging 117 showmanship contests earning 7437 in livestock sales and had previously received a 100 scholarship from the West Virginia Live Stock Marketing Association.
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Chicago
Thomas E. Wilson
Jack Summers
New Berlin
Dayton Rose
Reardon
Okla
Robert Zielinski
Salem
Ore
Robert Nixon
Bridgeport
W. Va
Rose
Zielinski
Nixon
West Virginia Live Stock Marketing Association
Dynamite blast fails to move stubborn stump in Minnesota
A crew clearing land for a new county garage in Waterville Minnesota placed 11 sticks of dynamite under a stump. The blast shattered windows in nearby houses and a factory, overturned a nearby house trailer, but the stump stayed buried.
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Waterville
Minn
College Football Season Waits For The Final Act
New Year's Day 1941 looms as eight top teams clash in Rose Cotton Orange and Sugar Bowls. Stanford yanks California 13 7 in a comeback under Clark Shaughnessy while Tennessee extends a 32 game regular season streak with a 20 0 win over Vanderbilt. Fordham California State Mississippi State and Nebraska post wins as SMU Rice loom for a conference title showdown.
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Paloa Alto
Calif
Stanford University
University of Nebraska
Pasena
Stanford
Nebraska
Ford
al Masters
Pasadena
Minnesota
University of California
Indians
Southern Methodist
Clark Shaughnessy
Chicago
Indiana
Kansas
Missouri
Oklahoma
Iowa
Pittsburgh
Iowa State
Kansas State
Aggies
Texas A
University of Texas
New Orleans
Tennessee
Boston College
el Paso
Arizona State of
New York
Dallas
Tex
Miami
Fila
California
Vols
Orange
Rose
Southern California
Sugar
Bob Fleinhard
Jim Jurkovich
Johnny Butler
Buist Warren
Vanderbilt
Commodores
Eagles
Holy Cross
Gao
Fordham
New York U
Steve Filipowicz
Mississippi State
Harvey Johnson
Alabama
Bama
Crimson Tide
St. Mary’s
Auburn
Nebraska Wallops
Rice
Texas Christian
Baylor
Baseball Trade Talk At Atlanta
Major league trade discussions opened freely in Atlanta as owners and executives gathered for the minor leagues convention. While no deals were near completion, insiders expected purchases or trades to emerge from hotel talks before the two day parley ends Friday led by National League figures President Larry MacPhail of Brooklyn and Manager Frankie Frisch of Pittsburgh.
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Atlanta
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
Dancer Loses Suit Over Dim Lights In Public Floor
District court dismisses Hilda Larson's $3 920 damage claim against an amusement company finding no liability for injuries suffered while dancing in dim light on a public floor. Judge ruled dancers assume risk on a dance floor.
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ST. Paul
Dec
Hilda Larson
Be Quick To Treat Bronchitis
Chronic bronchitis may develop if your cough is not treated and you cannot afford to take a chance with any medicine less potent than Creomulsion. It goes to the seat of the trouble to loosen and expel phlegm and soothe inflamed bronchial membranes. Creomulsion with other time tested medicines for coughs contains no narcotics and you should tell your druggist to sell you a bottle or money back.
Eagles Club To Feature 58 Foot Bar In New Building
The Fraternal Order of Eagles structure in Cumberland Maryland under construction since August will open late January. It spans Bedford street 120 feet and North Mechanic street 35 feet with a 58 foot long bar for 100 chairs, a 16 foot lunch counter, kitchen lounge and multiple floors including ballroom and offices. Estimated cost is about 70000 dollars.
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Cumberland
Eagles
Bedford Street
North Mechanic Street
War News Censored Caution to U S Readers
The Star reports that European war coverage is censored before transmission to the United States. Readers are warned to expect limited details and altered information due to censorship policies affecting foreign dispatches.
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the Star
Europe
United States
Eagles Lose To Redskins But O'Brien Sets Record
The Washington Redskins beat the Philadelphia Eagles 13 to 6 to clinch the Eastern Division title as Davey O'Brien set a new NFL single game record with 33 completed passes and 316 passing yards. Don Looney caught 14 passes for a new Eagles single game mark, while Sammy Baugh added a record punt. O'Brien appears headed to work for the FBI.
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Eagles
Redskins
O’brien
Washington
Washington Redskins
Philadelphia Eagles
Davey O'Brien
E World
Texas Christian University
O'Brien
Sammy Baugh
Davey
Griffith Stadium
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Chicago Bears
Bears
Chicago Cardinals
Don
Wilbur Moore
Dick Todd
Sandy Sanford
Bob Masterson
Frank Emmons
Baugh
Little Davey
Emmons
Masterson
Murray
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Joe Louis
al McCoy
Champ
Boston
Ray Flaherty
George Preston Marshall
Max Baer
Billy Conn
T. F. B. Record Dept
Haldeman’s
Chevrolet
Bickers
DODGE
Pine Motor Co
Cor
Braddock & Cecil Sts
Cammer Tire Co
Haridley School
Corn Huskers
Chapman Motor Co
Chrysler - Plymouth
Savold
Lee Savold
New York City
Des Moines
Conn
Potomac By-Products Co
Harpers Ferry, W. Va
Great Comeback Club
Studebaker
Shenandoah
Marvel
W. Adams
E. Piccadilly St
Virginia Horticultural Society
GEO. Washington Garage
Geo. T. Barnsley
Loudoun St
General Tire Distributors
General Electric
Calrod
Anderson Plumbing & Heating
E. Boscawen St
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