Sports Round-Up By Gail Fowler
Freddie Hutchinson batters on a winter basketball circuit while peddling poinsettias and notes a .382 season in Detroit. Whitman coach Nig Borleske reaches 25 years and a memorial talk in Eugene arises for Dr. James Naismith. Tacoma editor Dan Walton interviews Nate Cruzman on boxing and a Rose Bowl trivia tease touches USC’s historic losses. Harold Van Every joins Minnesota's basketball lineup facing Washington with a switch to passing on a court.
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Dan Walton
Tacoma News-Tribune
Nate Cruzman
Seattle
Eric Seelig
al Hostak
Hostak
Christmas over resolutions for the New Year
The message notes Christmas ended and focuses on making resolutions for the coming year. It emphasizes new beginnings and plans for personal improvement in the New Year.
Spotlight On Local Sports MAKING THE ROUNDS
Christmas gym closure caused postponements of Winchester league games. Hugh Cris Man's College All Stars will skip town on holiday tour, and the school quint must endure limited practice. Also notes on softball rule changes affecting pitching distance and a catcher miss rule. Shenandoah Valley Sweepstakes set for Jan 20 at Health Center alleys with White Post and Boyce teams led by captains Buckley and Lanham.
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Winchester Basketball
Clemson Tigers Arrive for Boston Exhibition Battle
Clemson coach Jess Neely leads 33 players into Dallas and to SMU for a pre Cotton Bowl exhibition against Boston College. Neely reports guards Deitz and Cox sidelined though team in good shape. Clemson trains behind locked gates until Monday before the Boston College clash expected to draw 30 000 fans.
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Clemson Tigers
Jess Neely
Tigers
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Southern Methodist University
Boston College
Frank Deitz
Walter Cox
Boston
New England
Clemson
Texans Arrive In New Orleans For Sugar Bowl Festivities
The advance guard of sombrero topped Texans arrived in New Orleans to begin Sugar Bowl celebrations and kick off a carnival of fun ahead of the Tulane Texas A N G i e football game. Thousands more visitors from across the nation are expected by Monday as 70 000 fans are anticipated for the matchup.
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New Orleans
Zimmerman Announces Shenandoah Valley Duck Pin Sweepstakes
Jack Zimmerman mails notices for his 2nd annual invitational at the Health Center on Jan 20 and reveals the 1939-40 Virginia State Bowling Tournament at local alleys on March 7 and 9. Top prize is 100 dollars with 6.50 entry. 47 entries last year. World-class bowlers eye participation as Winchester bowling scene grows with five regular leagues.
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Jack Zimmerman
Shenandoah Valley
Health Center
Zimmerman
Reute Valley
Bernard Rees
Martinsburg
Paul James
Middleburg
Charles Showalter
Cody Black
Angelo Palladino
Bill Bardley
Hagerstown
Earl Weller
Claude Caskey
George Demres
Fredericksburg Flash
Winchester
Duckpin Palace
A. B
Star Ladies
Department Store
Religious moving picture show in Winchester
An appeal to Winchester citizens to support a religious moving picture show at the Douglas School auditorium on Friday December 29 at 8 oclock. Sponsored by two colored churches with Rev. McDowell and Rev. Butts named. admission 25 cents, 15 cents for children under 14 at the door.
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Winchester
Douglas School
McDowell
Rev. Butts
Outlook For Gridmen Is Promising In Virginia
Richm ond date unclear. The piece surveys Virginia college football from 1934 to 1939, highlighting Washington and Lee as 1934 Southern Conference champions, VMI star Andy Trzeciak, Virginia Military Institute, Virginia Tech, and William and Mary under Carl Voyles. It notes 1938 honors for Ken Moore Roanoke College and Paul Lou VMI, and predicts a strong 1940 outlook with fresh talent.
Tennessee Worries Ahead of Rose Bowl Showdown
Pasadena dispatch notes Tennessee star George Catego and USC leaders Lansdell and Banta are injury concerns for the Rose Bowl. Coach Howard Jones faces a parade of battered Trojans while Neyland hopes Cafego and Catego may start if able, with medical staff cautious about their return.
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Cafego
Lansdell
Bob Neyland
Tennessee
Terror
Take Pro Over Youth
By Bob McCormick Troy New York December 27 Now that theyve cleaned up professional basketball one games immortals wants to see best pro team against the college outfit and hell take the pros every time Or smiles lanky haired Ed Wachter one of the greatest centers and a former yard basketball coach six a week on on only the collegians he the pros is condition it Wien enough Such a suggestion was bound to basketball has been getting dom baskets gal lowers almost hourly this season It seems fitting for Wachter whose list of distinguished services to the game is as longes center court shot in a armory to start the ball Wachter who with his brother Lou made Troy a tew years ago left nC arcesaall playing ranks after him the 1905 Schnectady New York team to world championship to become coach at Harvard For a time he favored college ball as the pro game developed he thought it be came to rough
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Troy
N. Y
Colege
Ed Wachter
Dom
Wachter
Lou
Nc Arcesaall
Schnectady
Harvard
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