Sports Roundup New York Feb 1 roundups and notes
Roundup of sports chatter and anecdotes from Jim Phelan rumors to Vitell injections. Mentions Lou Jenkins vitamin shots and Cecil Travis recalling his first big league game. References include WSB Atlanta program wrap and Joe Louis career questions plus college basketball anecdotes.
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New York
Jimmy Phelan
Washington U
Jac Doyle
Broadway
Santa Anita
Lou Jenkins
WSB
Atlanta
Col
Ed Danforth
Atlanta Journal
Cecil Travis
Washington Senators
Ernie Harwell
Woman Saved From Death Chair By Pennsylvania Court
Philadelphia reports Mrs. Tillie Trelan pleaded guilty to smothering and dismembering her 20 month old son Charles on December 13 1939. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court commuted the death sentence to life imprisonment describing her as below the level of intelligence.
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Philadelphia
Tillie Trelan
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Heartbeat rates across life stages
In infancy the heart beats about 120 times per minute. In adult life it typically ranges from 60 to 75 beats per minute, with a normal around 62 for men and 69 for women.
Louis Knocks Burman Out in Fifth Round Title Fight
The round by round report shows Louis and Burman exchanging heavy blows from round one to four with sustained offense from both. A decisive sequence in round five ends when Louis lands a terrific right hand, flooring Burman and winning by knockout at 2 49 of the fifth.
Burma’s Principal Products and Resources Question
The prompt asks which item is a principal product of Burma and lists options including Teawood tin silver and petroleum. The fragment indicates Burma’s exports focus on minerals and natural resources with petroleum among the choices.
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Burma
Burman Falls to Louis After Ferocious Madison Square Garden Fight
Red Burman put up a bold rally against champion Joe Louis in Madison Square Garden before a crowd of 18 000. Louis delivered a brutal right to Burman’s heart in the fifth round, sending him to the canvas for a knockout at 2 49.
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Louis
Burman
Joe
Red
Gale ‘Talbot
New York
Red Burman
Baltimore Battler
Joe Louis
Galento
Madison Square Garden
Bur
Frankie Fullam
Legal Rift Flares Over Barbara the Dallas Mare
Dallas Feb 1 Barbara a 10 year old mare connected to the Dallas Animal Protective League faces a tangle of custody and payments Justice W L Sterrett discharged a sequestration suit by the league and its president Mrs Emilie Schuyler Clayton the owner filed a sequestration writ to reclaim possession He seeks $175 and Constable George Payne is directed to recover the animal Casteel who treated the mare says a $190 bill is due to him while Payne says the mare will go to Clayton per the second sequestration Schuyler says she turned the mare over to a friend and the beast may be on a ranch near Dallas with a California woman offering to underwrite feed for life
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Barbara
W. L. Sterrett
League
Emilie Schuyler
T. L. Clayton
George Payne
Casteel
Shepherdstown Triumphs Over Judges in WV Panhandle Shine
Handley High sparks a 43 to 12 victory over the Judges as Walper and S McKee pace scoring. Fouls foul out Whitham Robinson and Huyett, while Shepherdstown struggles to mount a comeback in the Cumberland Valley league clash.
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Shepherdstown High
West Virginia Panhandle
Handley Gym
Walper
S. McKee
Wayne Whitham
Butch Robinson
Jim Huyett
Cum~ Aniang Md
Fort Hill
Cumberland Valley
Hagerstown
Martinsure
Handley Name
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Huyett
Whitham
D Robinson
Mudd
G. Robinson
Oates
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Richards
Shepherdstown
Starry
Skinner
Turner
E. McKee
Rogers
Strider
Kees
Orndorff
É Shephedstown
Handley
Roosevelt's Mother Noted as Tall as Six Feet Ten Inches
The Star notes Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt stands six feet ten inches tall, citing a description of her height. This detail appears amid wartime censorship notes cautioning readers about restricted news from censoring.
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the Star
United State
Saree Roose
H. M
Sara Delano Roosevelt
Payrolls rise in Cumberland in December 1940
Cumberland Maryland reports December 1940 employment and payrolls in seventeen major industries rose from December 1939. Seventeen industries employed 15,978 people, up 1,157, with payrolls totaling $1,980,250, an increase of $11,863.
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Cumberland
Chamber of Commerce
Banyan Tree Sends Shoots Down to Form New Trunks
The banyan tree of India and tropical Africa grows aerial shoots that descend to the ground and root, becoming new trunks. This process creates a tree with multiple trunks arising from the same root system.
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India
Africa
Berry posts a 132 game in bowling results
Berry posts a 132 game leading the scoring with J W C and Elsen also scoring. High game 132 by Berry. high set 330 by Grim ry J W C. Sputaler 329 Sencindiver 326. High team game by Junior Women's Club 536 with Star 521 Imperial 520. High total pinfall Junior Women's Club 1524 Handley 1524, Star 1490, Imperial 1478.
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Elsen
J. W
E. Butsler
Bell Clothes
Grim
Sputaler
Sencindiver
Star
Imperial
Handley
Brooklyn Eyes Virginia League Observer At Lexington
Brooklyn Dodgers business manager Larry MacPhail says an observer will attend Sunday's Virginia League meeting in Lexington to decide Salem's status. He sees no reason why Salem and Roanoke cannot operate together if approved. The circuit, currently Salem Staunton Lynchburg and Harrisonburg, may expand to six with Newport News Petersburg as possible additions.
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Brooklyn
Larry MacPhail
Brooklyn Dodgers
Lexington
MacPhail
Salem
Roanoke
Staunton
Lynchburg
Harrisonburg
Waynesboro
Suffolk
Radford
Newport News
Petersburg
A S C A P Provides Send Independence Show from New York
A S C A P airs its Send independence program tonight from New York stations and 105 transcription outlets. The 8 to 9 p show features two new Irving Berlin songs with stars Al Jolson Ethel Merman Hildergrade and Johnny Mercer. Deems Taylor serves as commentator.
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New York
W. H.N
Ww.i.n. x
Washington
Pittsburgh
Kingston
N. Y
Medwick Seeks Batting Title Return After Slump
Brooklyn star Joe Medwick with Leo Durocher attends New York writers banquet aiming to regain the NL batting title. He notes past averages and cites 1940 .318 mark as insufficient, vowing a strong comeback despite a late-season decline and head injury. Also included is a Baltimore tax seizure notice for a 1931 Ford and related claims.
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New York
Joe Medwick
Brooklyn Dodgers
Medwick
Florida
Leo Durocher
New York Baseball Writers
Debs Garns
Pittsburgh Pirates
Stanley Hack
Chicago Cubs
John Mize
Bob Bowman
Cardinals
St. Louis
Pro Tennis Thrills Four Thousand At College Park
In Ritchie Coliseum College Park Maryland Alice Marble led her touring pro team to three matches. Marble came from behind to defeat Mary Hardwick 7-5 8-6. Don Budge beat Bill Tilden 6-1 6-4 and then teamed with Hardwick to beat Tilden and Marble 6-0 8-6 in mixed doubles.
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College Park
Ritchie Coliseum
Alice Marble
Alice
Mary Hardwick
Don Budge
Big Bill Tilden
Miss Hardwick
Tilden
Miss Marble
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