Roundup of College and Pro Sports Ties and Trades
Brief notes from various sports pages mention the Athletics checking a check, Dodgers selling 120000 dollars in stock for next season, and golf tales at Capitol View in Charleston. A three goal battle features Stan on top, with mentions of Yale, Nebraska, and Mississippi football bowls and a tragic suicide attempt linked to Christmas Day golf.
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Stan‘ord
Nebraska
Jerry Liska
Fremont (O) News-Messener
Ord
Mississippi E
Pinal
Ted
Pop) Galligan
Capitol View Golf Club
Charleston
W. Va
Are
Judges Open Three-Game Cage Card Tonight
Handley cagers start the 1941 basketball season in Berkeley Springs with a 7 30 p.m. game against Charles Town at the Handley gym. The team aims to sally into three games this week beginning with a December 19 loss to Berryville 24 23. Expected to play are Senciadiver Pope Huyett Mudd Whitham Robinson and Oates.
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Handley Cagers
Berkeley Springs
Maddox
Charles Town T
Handley Gym
Lrst
Seat Tech
Ao Aang
Berryville
Shepherdstown
Panhandle
Senciadiver
Pope
Huyett
Mudd
Whitham
Robinson
Oates
Celebrities Lew Jenkins and Baugh Back Palm Island Move
Newspaper notes Lew Jenkins and partner Baugh plan a Palm Island Miami home with high profile fans. Mentions a $37,500 bid from Mr. Jertz aimed to keep a star on current NFLs and film work. Guest star Jack Troy from Atlanta referenced in discussion of Rose Bowl and Sugar Bowl entertainment.
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Sweetwarter
Tex
Y Baugh
Lew Jenkins
Lew
Palm Island
Miami
John
Jertz
Jack Troy
Atlanta
Aimer
Spotlight on Local Basketball Opens 1941 Schedule
City Amateur Cage enters its 1941 season with the Handley Judges facing a tough slate and many home games in Winchester. The scene centers on Warrick and his Rustic Tavern teams and the City Cage Loop led by Otis Sargent and John Ramey. Expect weekday gym games and a move to the new armory floor as teams from near and far visit Winchester.
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Winchester
Bill Warrick
Otis Sargent
John Ramey
City Cage Loop
Hunter Maddex
City Loop
Warrick
Ore
Wine Chester
Moving Day in Maryville as County Officers Relocate
Roy E Sellers, retiring sheriff, relocates from the county jail apartment to a successor's home. He moves into a chain of house exchanges with Highway Patrolman D E Har, W E Kegin, H R Giles Gears, and Carrene, followed by transportation to the road department vacated by Roy E. ers.
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Maryville
Roy E
Sellers
D. E. Har
W. BE. Kegin
H. R. Giles Gears
St. Citramarti
Carrene
Roy Eers
Dixie Tournament Opens With Top Amateur Field
Tampa Florida January 6 1941 top U S men compete at the Dixie tournament as Don McNeill of Oklahoma City seeded first and Bob Riggs of Chicago second pursue finals glory. Bitsy Grant Atlanta and others Kovacs California and Sabin New York loom as contenders in a crowded race for the title.
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Tampa
Fra
Wood
Dixie
Bobby Riggs
Chicago
Don McNeill
Olahoma City
Forest Hills
McNeill
Riggs
Bryan M
Bitsy) Grant
Atlanta Flash
Grant
Frank Kovacs
Wayne Sabin
Median prison terms for Maryland felons
A Census Bureau tabulation summarizes Maryland male felon sentences by crime. The overall median was 19.7 months for all crimes. manslaughter 30 months, robbery 19.8, burglary 17.5, aggravated assault 7.3, fraud and stolen property 10.1. Murder timing not provided.
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Washington
Maryland
Census Bureau
Relief Rolls Rise in Pennsylvania But Remain Below 1939
Harrisburg reports the relief rolls grew by 768 in the week ending December 28 bringing total to 137,936. The year end level is 66.0 percent below 1939 and continued unemployment hindered declines as past losses outweighed current gains. Direct relief expenditures rose to 907,960 dollars, up 30,591 from the prior week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
15 Objectors To Military Service in Cumberland
In Cumberland on January 6, at least 15 conscientious objectors to military training are reported. Clerks from draft boards Nos. 2 and 3 note many men requested special forms to be filled out by objectors.
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Cumberland
Alma Renner leads Imperial with 152 in top yearly women’s bowling
Alma Renner rolled six spares and a strike for a 152, the year’s high in the Evening Star Ladies league as Imperial won twice over Star Office. Loy and Van Deventer led G. A. A. to three wins over Beta Sigma Phi with 124 and a late string of strikes. Berryville JWC members posted the week’s two hardest spares, and a four-game 512 by Helen Berry set a health center single four game record.
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Alma Renner
Imperial
Star Office
Evening Star
Imto
Loy
van Deventer
Beta Sigma Phi
Berryville
JWC
Bunch Ryan
Helen Berry
Ruby Schneider
Luvella Widmyer
Phil Glaize
al Dulaney
Allison Hartman
Kenny Lineburg
Solenberger
Cammer Tire
Georgia Eddy
Conn Threatens To Sue Promoters In Boxing Row
Pittsburgh January 6 Johnny Ray charged that the National Boxing Association was trying to strip Billy Conn of his light heavyweight title while Conn was ready to defend it. He warned he would sue promoters of the Cleveland bout between Melio Bettina and Christoforidis if they billed it as a heavyweight title bout only.
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Pittsburgh
Johnny Ray
National Boxing Association
Billy Conn
Conn
Cleveland
Melio Bettina
Christoforidis
Heavy State Cage State This Week
Richmond opens the state college basketball title race with a three sided Big Six push led by Glen Knox for William and Mary. W and L Richmond and Virginia battle for the crown as a four team scramble unfolds across roanoke Lynchburg and Roanoke venues.
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Richmond
William and Mary
Indians
Glen Knox
Roanoke
Virginia Tech
Lee
Virginia
Mac Pitt
Maryland
Clemson
Randolph - Macon
Hampden-Sydney
Lehigh
George Washington
Bridgewater
Tennessee
House of David
Cavaliers
Roanoke American
Langley Field
Randolph Macon
Xavier
Miami
Bradley Tech
Naval Training Station
Apprentice School
Langley
Catawba
Washington and Lee
Hampden- Sydney
Lynchburg
Concord
Radio Highlights and Early Evening Network Lineup
Radio listings show 7:30 Gracie Allen and George Burns host Eddie Cantor on WRC New Year program. 8:00 WRC features James Melton Francia White with Donald Voorhees orchestra. Crooks sings If I Could Tell You, theme by Idabelle Firestone. 9:00 WMAL airs Roosevelt speech transcription. 9:00 WISV features Alice Faye and Don roles from Vivacious Lady. 10:30 WMAL Senator Warren Austin discusses aid to Britain China Greece. WRC Philip La Follette discusses Peace or War.
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WRC
Gracie Allen
George Burns
Eddie Cantor
James Melton
Francia White
Donald Voorhee
Red Network
Richard Crooks
Idabelle Firestone
EMI
WMAL
Roosevelt
Congress
WISV
Alice Faye
Don
Ginger Rogers
James Stewart
Warren R. Austin
Vermont
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Great Britain
China
Greece
Anto Wrc
Wisconsin
Philip LaFollette
Count Felix von Luckner to Lead German Pacific Raider
Survivors report Count Felix von Luckner in command of a Nazi raider in the Pacific south of the equator. He is said to helm the former British ship Glengarry seized in Copenhagen as it prey on Allied merchant shipping.
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Count Felix von Luckner
Pacific
Equator
Glengarry
Copenhagen
Yates Leads League A with strong individual scores
Lions beat O Sullivan 2 1 Rotary 2 Coca Cola 1 in a league A-2 event. Individual leaders include Yates 135, Zimmerman 132, Funk 131. Power Co leads team totals 577 and 644 with Country Gents 542. Individual set leaders Yates 366, Perry 361, Zimmerman 357. Power Co leads team sets 1609 with Gents 1565 and Rotary.
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Lions
Rotary
Power Company
O Sullivan
Power Co
Marble Begins Her Pro Tour
New York January opens with tennis turning pro as Alice Marble headlines a coast to coast four and a half month tour at Madison Square Garden. Marble, unbeaten since 1938 at Wimbledon, faces England’s Mary Hardwick, No. 1 woman player, who has been in the U S since 1939 for the Whiteman Cup matches.
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New York
Alice Marble
Madison Square Garden
Mme
Suzanne Langlen
France
Mark K. Browne
Maer ‘Marble
Manhattan
Wimbledon
Forest Hills
Mary Hardwick
England
61 000 Are Aided In Maryland
Public aid in Maryland for the year ending September 30 covered more than 61 000 persons in four categories. Welfare director J Milton Patterson reported 18 337 seniors, 19 140 children, 678 blind individuals, and 8 655 needy families totaling 23 193 people receiving monthly benefits.
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Baltimore
Maryland
J. Milton Patterson
Thomson Holds Narrow Lead At Los Angeles Open
Jim Thomson carried a slim edge into the final 18 holes of the Los Angeles Open as seven challengers stayed within four strokes. He shot 71 yesterday to reach 211, with Johnny Bulla close at 212 and Denny Shute and Willie Goggin at 213.
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Tome
E Aga Immy Omson
Chicopee
Mass
Thomason
Chicago
Johnny Bulla
Ie Ayuien
Bulla
McSpecen
Byron Nelson
Clayton Heafner
Linville
N. C
Ben Hogan
White Plains
N. Y
Lawson Little
Craig Wood
Macnaroneck
Little
Thomson
Wool
Shute
Virginia Tech To Box Maryland Maryland Maryland Boxing Doubles at College Park
College Park Md January 6 Virginia Poly addition expands Maryland boxing schedule to seven meets for 1941 The slate opens Saturday night against South Carolina The Maryland mittmen host Virginia Poly February 22 in a boxing and basketball double feature The basketball team opens with Washington College and Duke follows Penn State in Philadelphia Wednesday night
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College Park
Virginia Poly
University of Maryland
South Carolina
Marylanders
Washington College
Duke University
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Muskrat season opens as mild weather aids catch
Warm spell after January 1 boosts the muskrat harvest in Crisfield Maryland with trappers hoping for colder stretches soon. They expect hides to improve in quality and note February prices typically rise.
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Crisfield
Boy Is Burned In Gasoline Tank Accident
Baltimore January 6 8 year old Robert Reed remained in critical condition after a match ignited gasoline in a car tank causing severe burns to his face and body.
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Baltimore
Robert Reed
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