Sports Roundup captures college and pro notes mixed with humor
New York sports roundup mentions Tom Harmon prospects and graduation timing as experts weigh major league rosters and college coaching moves. It reflects national opinions from Arch Ward Lynn Doyle and others while noting local cards and Christmas vibes.
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Pranklin P. Adams
N. Y. Post
Tom Harmon
Red Grange
Arch Ward
Chicago Tribune
Tony Lazzeri
Jake Powell
Paul Waner
San Francisco Seals
Lynn C. Doyle
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Fights Last Night Reported Round by AP
In Odessa Babe Hunt, heavyweight, defeated Babe Ritchie by outpoint in Lubbock. In Philadelphia Botby Green, lightweight, outpointed Sarilla in New York.
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Associated Press
Odessa
Tex
Babe Hunt
Oklahoma City
Babe Ritchie
Lubbock
Philadelphia
Botby Green
Sarilla
New York
Local Sports Spotlight and Recap of Christmas Races
A field report notes Christmas gift tickets at Charles Town races where Elamp won the second and Pomaty the third, totaling 160.60 dollars. It also mentions Gordon McIlw ee’s 124 average over 100 games setting a duckpin record, and a Berryville Handley bench scene with Hunter Maddox’s seniors and Joe Pope’s cagers executing key plays for the Judges.
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Charles Town
Jockey Club
West Virginia
Elamp
Pomaty
Hunter Maddox
Tom Ritter
Irvin Zuckerman
Charles Patton
Carroll Rowe
Wilbur Oates
Berryville
Leon Pope
Butch Robinson
Vewess
Charles Mudd
Pope
Emmar
George Pope
Bobcats
Handley
Judges Open Cage Season With Win Over Bobcats
Handley hosts Berryville in the 1941 season opener and wins 24 to 23 after a tight, late-game scramble. Leon Pope led Handley with 11 points, Huyett added 9, while Houghton and Potts paced Berryville.
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Bobcats
Clarke Bobcats
Handley
Bobby Houghton
Dicky Potts
Leon Pope
Potts
Huye
Pope
Huyett
Houghton
Berryville
Duke
Lickey
C Potts
Emmart
Lee
Berry
Bee
Hendley
W. R. Legge
VPI
Army Adds Itself To Rumor Foundry
WEST POINT N Y Dec 20 The U S Military Academy becomes a contributor to football rumors as Capt Bill Wood is called from cadet coaching to active service with the 1st Cavalry at Fort Bliss Texas His departure February 6 follows a three year coaching record at Army including 12 wins in 28 games The article notes possible candidates for the graduate coaching post and outlines Wood’s long athletic background
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West Point
N. Y
U. S. Military Academy
Army
Bill Wood
1St Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Tex
Academy Athletic Board
Biff Jones
Nebraska
Lincoln
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Earl Blaik
Dartmouth
Wood
New York
Johns Hopkins
Final Week For Aliens To Register In United States
The United States enters its last week of alien registration as officials anticipate a final tally between 4.0 and 5.0 million in the continental U S. Justice Department reports over 4 million forms received so far, with 50 000 daily, and the four month period ending at midnight December 26.
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Washington
Justice Department
United States
Bethel youths questioned in slaying of 73 year old woman
Police held three boys aged 11 and 15 in the bludgeon death of Miss Jennie Kendall in Bethel Vermont. State's Attorney Black said the youths confessed to entering the home to rob and beating the woman when discovered. Grand jury action might be considered with the Attorney General's guidance.
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Bethel
Jennie Kendall
Henry F. Black
Lawrence S. Jones
Quinn Moves To Give Hub Good Club
Boston native Bob Quinn after 15 years of struggle builds the Boston Bees into a potential 1941 National League pennant contender. Once head of the bankrupt Braves and former Red Sox buyer, he refuses AL presidency to protect stockholders and starts anew with the Bees.
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Quinn
Hub Good Club
Boston
Bob Quinn
Boston Bees
Braves
Bees
St. Louis
Columbus
Harry Frazee
Red Sox
Frazee
Babe Ruth
Ed Morris
American League
Tom Yawkey
Legion Cup Honors Charlottesville American Legion Post
The Forty and Eight Society awards a silver cup to Charlottesville Albemarle Post No. 74 for membership work among seventh district posts including Winchester and Berryville. Charlottesville Post had 128 members on December 1, up from 23 last year. The Voiture 1078 appoints T Russell Cather as avocate and Seymour Levy as chaplain for 1941. Headquarters are in Berryville with meetings quarterly on the fourth Wednesday.
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Shenandoah Valley Volture
Society of the American Legion
Charlottesville -Albemarle Post
American Legion
Legion
Winchester
Berryville
Charlottesville Post
Robert D. Beeton
Voiture
Dance at Oak Grove Opens Weekends
Marshall Adams and his Three Colored Hot Shots headline weekly dance at Oak Grove. Couples and ladies enter free with stags 50 cents, offering weekend evenings of music and social dancing.
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Oak Grove
Marshall Adams
Stags
Harmon Still Getting Credit
Tom Harmon of Michigan tops seven of nine statistical tables in midwest football by the American Football Statistical Bureau. He led in total offense scoring and punt returns, was runner up in rushing and kickoff returns, and high in receiving and passing categories, with only passes not among his strengths. The bureau notes Harmon led in total offense and scoring for a second straight year.
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Seattle
Tom Harmon
Michigan
American Football Statistical Bureau
Harmon
Detroit
al Ghesquiere
Naval Officer Dies of Injuries
NORFOLK VA December 20 1941 Lieut Webster C Johnson U S N of the aircraft carrier Wasp died last night after his one seater fighting plane crashed into a railway coal car near the naval operating base He had been unconscious since the crash Witnesses said his motor failed on take off The Annapolis Md native was a Naval Academy graduate with a long family ties in mathematics He had been married about three months
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Norfolk
Webster C. Johnson
Wasp
Johnson
Annapolis
Naval Operating Base
Naval Academy
Court Decree Refers Estate Claims to Commissioner
In Winchester Virginia 1940 creditors of the Emma Snapp estate are to present proofs to Commissioner J W Baker on December 31 1940 at his office 4 North Loudoun Street Winchester. The order directs Baker to ascertain and report the amounts of all claims and to adjourn proceedings day by day if needed.
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Corporation Court
Winchester
Virginia
M. M. Lynch
Maggie B. Bryant
Charles S. Bryant
Chancery
J. W. Baker
Emma Snapp
North
Loudoun Street
Zivic Favored Over Jenkins in Garden Title Bout
New York December 20 Prizefight set for ten rounds at Madison Square Garden matching Lew Jenkins lightweight champion against welterweight boss Fritzie Zivic. Zivic favored to win as Jenkins looks to upset with his punching power.
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New York
the Garden
Lew Jenkins
Fritzie Zivic
Zivic
Jenkins
Sweetwater
Henry Armstrong
Henry
Lew
Armstrong
Pete Lello
Lello
Mike Jacobs
Garden
Fashion Beauty Shop Opens in Colonial Hotel Building
The Fashion Beauty Shop debuts at the Colonial Hotel Building located at the corner of Piccadilly and Cameron streets on December 20, 2021.
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Colonial Hotel Bldg
Piccadilly and
Cameron Streets
Zivic Odds Mentioned In Brief Boxing Reference
A fragment notes odds of 5 to 8 against Zivic in a boxing context with a directive to end the foe by a punch.
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