Historic Bowl Buzz and Backfield Tales From Jan 7 Roundup
New York observers recall the 1940 Orange Bowl win by Georgia Tech and the Cornhuskers Rose Bowl hopes. The column mingles boxing, baseball and era trivia, noting Johnny Ey’s salary talk, Ed Bales arrivals, and a Beebe Gun tale from Cripple Creek in 1890.
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New York
Georgia Tech
Misr
Nebraska
Cornuskers
Ed Bales
Attanooga News-Free Press
E Sugar Bowl
Hayes Inauguration Marvels Quiet Parade With Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes rode Pennsylvania Avenue with General Grant as the Marine band played Darling I Am Growing Old. His private oath on Saturday and public oath on Monday marked a rare inauguration after a tight victory over Samuel J. Tilden. The electoral commission finally announced the result on March 2.
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Central Press
Mariné
Rutherford B. Hayes
Pennsylvania Avenue
General Grant
White House
Samuel J. Tilden
Electoral Commission
Congress
Winchester notables attend Washington Touchdown Club banquet
At the annual banquet five Winchester men NOMAN OCHE PINCKNEY ARTHUR OTIS SARGENT CURTIS FREY and FRED DOBBINS were guests along with Gus Welsh former Haskell coach. TOMMY HARMON was noted as back of the year 1940 but unable to attend due to weather. Jack Crowl’s return to Virginia for a new job sparks memories of his Lexington athletic triumphs.
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Washington
Touchdown Club
Winchester
Noman Oche
Pinckney Arthur
Otis Sargent
Curtis Frey
Fred Dobbins
Gus Welsh
Jack Crowl
Lexington
Crowl
Junior Board of Trade
Earl Dew Offered Ride in Turf Classic
Earl Dew Iowa jockey who rode 287 winners and won the 1940 National Jockey Title said he has been offered a ride by Calumet Farms owner Warren Wright. The deal would back his bid at the Turf Classic after a dramatic race with Walter Lee Taylor for the National Jockey Crown. Dew plans several weeks to decide amid other offers.
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Sac City
P— Dew
Iowa
Kentucky
Walter Lee Taylor
Houston
Tex
Dew
Warren Wright
Calumet Farms
Wright
Whirlaway
Three Ring Circus Under New Football Rule
Tech's veteran Bill Alexander notes a rule change allowing forward handoffs to any player behind the line of scrimmage. The innovation enables many players, including centers guards and tackles, to carry the ball, altering traditional running plays and opening up varied backfield misdirections.
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Gia Tech
Bill Alexander
Alex
Yellow Jackets
Io — Oo Peing
Tennessee
Army Air Corps to train high altitude bomb crew pilots
Dayton reports officers plan weekly high altitude training at Wright and Patterson fields for 30 cadets to learn oxygen use aboard B 17C bombers. A four engine bomber roared 16 hours and five minutes on a test flight at 9 000 to 15 000 feet. Officials foresee 90 percent of bombing from high altitudes and stress oxygen procedures.
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Dayton
Army Air Corps
Wrights and Patterson Fields
Chad
Ae Army
P. O. Benson
Wright Field Aeromedical Labora Ece
Patterson Field
Sen
Denes
Ambersa York
Ireland
Fishermen Tell New Tales of Piscatorial Luck
In Cambridge Maryland on January 7 fishermen recount remarkable catches in Blackwater River since January 1. They report over 1000 crappies and black bass before weekend temperatures cooled the sport.
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Cambridge
Rosie
Fascism in Power on the March to Rome
The note marks Fascism in power on the march to Rome dated October 22 1922. It references Mussolini and the establishment of the Italian regime as a milestone in modern politics.
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M. M
Rome
Charles Town to Play Handley Here Tonight
Handley Judges lost by two points 17 to 15 to Berkeley Springs in a tight matchup led by Moose Hodges. Charles Town Panthers visit Handley Gym at 7 30 for a close rematch after both teams previously fell to Berkeley Springs.
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Charles Town
Handley Here
Berkeley Springs
W. Va
Handley Judges
Moose
Hodges
Crow
Michael
Leon Pope
Pope
Huyett
Berkeley Springs Indians
Cumberland Resolves for Model Fireworks Law Approval
Cumberland mayor and City Council urge Allegany county delegation to back a model law on possession and use of fireworks. The city bans fireworks since 1939 and argues statewide legality would aid local enforcement.
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Cumberland
Allegany County
Maryland General Assembly
Radio Highlights Schedule with Gen Marshall and Matinee Guests
Radio highlights list stations WMAL WJSV and WRC offer a full day lineup. Gen Marshall speaks at 6:30, Bullitt addresses UNC at Chapel Hill, Lucille Melchoir joins bathers on We the People, and various music and comedy programs fill the evening hours.
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WMAL
George C. Marshall
WJSV
Lauriitz Melchoir
Metropolitan Opera
College Freshmn
Parksville
France
William C. Bullitt
University of North Carolina At
Chapel Hill
WRC
The
Goldbergs
Lone Journey
O’neills
Jack Armstrong
Life Beautiful
Baines
E. C
Bill. Werber Bankhage
Sullivan
the World Today
Fred Waring
Amos
Andy
Air Newsroom
Lanny Ross
Texas Rangers
Helen
S. Amer. Way
Menken
Ben Bernie
Johnny Presents
Court of Missing
Orchestra
Heirs
Horace Heidt
Question Bee
Treasure Chest
Grand Central
Battle of We
People
Ter
Sanc
Mystery
Molly
William C
Bob Hope
Glenn Miller
Bullitt
Walter
Koons
1941 Cage Debut In Clarke County Rivalry
Clarke county hosts Berryville and Boyce tonight at Berryville gym at 7 30. Coaches Joe Settle and George Pope report ready squads for the county’s mythical basketball supremacy clash. Berryville leans seniors and aims for a win before Friday’s league opener with Marshall.
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Clarke County
Berryville
Joe Settle
Boyce
George Pope
Harpers Perry
Lincoln
Bunker Hill
Settle
Berryville Boys
Marshall
Houghton
Duke
Berry
Emmatt
Potts
Burch Posts 166 As Second Half Opens In Bowling Meet
Lando White leads with a 399 high series while Goodrich edges a tight field. Team totals show Goodrich 1711 and Friendship 607 game high, with Reuss 601 and Schenck 601 aiding稳定.
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Burch
Lando White
Goodrich
Rouss
Warner
Knitting Mill
Clem
Forney
Friendship
L. White
Reuss
Schenck
National Peanut Festival to Open in Suffolk
The first annual National Peanut Festival will be held in Suffolk during the last week of January featuring a two day celebration. A military parade coronation of a movie star queen and a festival ball are planned along with other attractions. The event highlights the peanut as the South's major agricultural crop with large regional sales and product potential.
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Suffolk
P. T. Barnum
Tuskegee University
George Washington Carver
Dorothy Wightman Wins National Indoor Junior Title
Dorothy Wightman, 17, captured the national indoor junior tennis singles championship in Boston following in her mother’s footsteps. Her mother held more than thirty titles and donated the Wightman Cup awarded annually to the top British or American tennis team.
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Dorothy Wightman
Boston
Poor Man's Golfer Claims 16th Los Angeles Open
John Bulla, 26, from Greensboro via Chicago, won the 16th Los Angeles Open with rounds 71 66 75 69 for 281 and $3,500 top prize. Jim Thomson faded from a first-round lead as Bulla used a 35 cent golf ball to surge past the field despite weather delays.
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Los Angeles
Jan
Johnny Bulla
California
North Carolina
Greensboro
Bulla
Jimmy Thomson
Thomson
Chicago
Big Bill Tilden Tops Still Draws Crowds at Garden
New York January reports Alice Marble launches as a tennis pro with financial and artistic success but Big Bill Tilden remains the crowd favorite. Marble defeats Mary Hardwick 8-6 8-6 as 12,371 attend at Madison Square Garden, grossing 25,614.50. Budge outplays Tilden 6-4 6-3, before Tilden and Marble win mixed doubles 6-2 5-7 6-4.
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New York
Alice Marble
Bill Tilden
Alice
Madison Square Garden
Mary Hardwick
England
Miss Marble
Miss Hardwick
Big Bill
Don Budge
Bill
Tommy Loughran Enters New Traffic Court Post
Debonair former boxing champion Tommy Loughran now heads a city traffic court as chief clerk earning 2500 dollars yearly. Once a onetime ticket fixer at sixty dollars a week he now supervises a clerical staff and oversees traffic fine revenues in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Debonair
Tommy
Ing
Loughran
Boxing card results from Baltimore to Philadelphia
The Associated Press reports fights last night with several decisions. Harry Jeffra outpointed Lycee in Baltimore, Jimmy Tush defeated Mike Gamiere in Chicago, Everett Right mire out pointed Monty Pignatore in New York, Leo Rodak beat Seeschel Joiner in Cincinnati, Frankie Donato outpointed Nat Litfin in Philadelphia.
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Associated Press
Baltimore
Harry Jeffra
Lycee
Nanticoke
Chicago
Jimmy Tush
Philadelphia
Mike Gamiere
Cleveland
New York
Everett Rightmire
Sioux City
Monty Pignatore
Brooklyn
Cincinnati
Leo Rodak
Seeschel Joiner
Frankie Donato
Nat Litfin
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