Johnny Bulla sale bid and Stengel Bees rumor swirl
In a daisy chain of sports notes, Johnny Bulla’s Los Angeles Open earnings lead, a sale offer by Larry MacPhail, and a rumor of Casey Stengel joining the Boston Bees for 50,000 draw chatter. The column also darts through coaching hires, celebrity parties, and absurd anecdotes from the sports world.
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York
Johnny Bulla
Greensboro
N. C
Tropica Park
Larry MacPhail
Bob Quinn
Casey Stengel
Boston Bees
Sunday bans draw heat at Winchester Gun Club meeting
Winchester Gun Club faces police ban on Sunday skeet and rifle shoots at The Park. At the council meeting debate raged before a police committee review, while club members defend Sunday sports as harmless and part of youth preparation. Dorothy Maynor, Norfolk born soprano, trained at Hampton Institute and studied in Europe with a 2200 piece repertoire noted.
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Bud
Winchester Gun Club
GM Club
Ester
Thei
State Association
Virginia
Winchester Aean
Dominion
E. E. Cuthbert
Ruth Cuthbert
C. J. Ren Seat Cuthbert
United States
Dorothy Maynor
Norfolk
John J. Poer
Aer
Hampton Institute
Europe
Miss Maynor
Winchester Club Earns Safety Title at National Meeting
Members of the Winchester Motorcycle Club attended a Washington DC gathering of clubs from Virginia Maryland Pennsylvania West Virginia and DC under E C Smith national secretary of the American Motorcycle Association The club received a safety award banner for cooperation in the national safety program and sanctions for summer races The event noted a four year decline in motorcycle accidents and praised the club track as one of the best in the east
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Winchester Motorcycle Club
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
District of Columbia
E. C. Smith
American Motorcycle Associat
American Motorcycle Association
No De-emphasis At Texas Tech
LUBBOCK Texas January 8 Texas Tech will not de-emphasize football and seeks a stronger schedule Chairman W L Stangel said the rift over coach Pete Cawthon led to resignations by Cawthon Russell T Smith Bert Huffman and G C Dowell Stangel noted the council wants to play more major programs and Hardin Simmons University as a key regional matchup to attract fans and elevate the program
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Lubbock
Tex
Texas Tech
Ous
W. L. Stengel
Athletic Council
Pete Cawthon
Stangel
Red Raiders
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Cawthon
Hardin-Simmons
Russell T. Smith
Bert Huffman
G. C. Dowell
Ear Beare Antena
Tech
Hardin Vs. University
Hialeah Park Opens With 46 Day Meeting Big Stakes
Hialeah Park opens today for a 46 day meeting at Tropical Park with 13 stakes on the schedule. Tropical Park starts slow but gains momentum as attendance nears 8,000 per day while mutuels handle rises. Top events include the $50,000 Widener on March 1, the $20,000 Amingo Stakes on February 22, and the $10,000 McLellan Memorial on February 15.
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Tropical Park
Hialeah Park
Sibeggene
Widener
Charles Town Quint Routs Handley
Charles Town dominates Handley 33-0 in their home opener as Reininger and Brown lead with multiple field goals and the Panthers surge past the Judges through three quarters. Marshall Brown and Charlies Reininger stand out for the visitors while Handley struggles to score.
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Charles Town
Handley
Purple Panthers
Maddox
Quint
Handley Five
Brown
Whitmore
Reininger
Panthers
Leon Pope
Wayne Whitham
Panther
Robinson
Huyett
Pope
Senciadiver
Whitham
Charlies Reininger
Marshall Brown
Ibly
Sencindiver
Mudd
Oates
Charles Town Brown
Barr
O'Bannon
Anderson
Gore
Paul
Handle
Boudreau Named 1940 Rookie of the Year
Lou Boudreau, 23, wins the J Louis Comiskey Memorial Trophy from the Chicago Baseball Writers Association as the outstanding major league rookie in 1940. He led AL shortstops in fielding and batted near .300 with over 100 RBIs in his first full season.
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Chicago
Lou Boudreau
Baseball Writers Association of America
Cleveland
Reds Contribute Three to All Star NineSelections
The Baseball Writers Association named Cincinnati players Bucky Walters Paul Derringer and Frank McCormick to the All Star Nine with Ernie Lombardi narrowly missing as catcher. Hank Greenberg is the Tigers lone AL representative with Joe DiMaggio and Joe Gordon making the Yankees picks.
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The
Baseball Writers’ Association
Bucky Walters
Paul Derringer
Reds
Frank McCormick
Cincinnati
Ernie Lombardi
Detroit Tigers
Hank Greenberg
New York Yankees
Joe DiMaggio
Joe Gordon
DiMaggio
Ted Williams
Boston Red Sox
Luke Appling
Chicago White Sox
Stan Hack
Chicago Cubs
Harry Danning
New York Giants
Bobby Feller
Cleveland
Walters
Feler
Williams
Danning
Lombardi
Gordon
Bobby Doerr
McCormick
Johnny Mize
St. Louis Cardinals
Appling
Lou Boudreau
Hospital beds problem blamed on crowding in Richmond
An editorial in Virginia Medical Monthly warns that patients willing and able to pay are being denied hospital admission due to crowding in Richmond. It notes only 27 more beds now than in 1920 and that the new Medical College of Virginia will not fully fix the shortage.
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Richmond
Virginia Medical Monthly
Medical Society of Virginia
The
Medical College of Virginia
Memorial Hospital
United States
Virginia
Treasury December 6 receipts and expenditures report
Treasury figures show receipts of 34.5 million and expenditures of 69.3 million. The gross debt stands at 45.07 billion with a daily increase of 14.09 million. A quiz queries when an engraving is considered original, answering that the termica describes etchings from the original plate.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Grid Star Suffridge Receives Knute Rockne Trophy
Robert Suffridge of the University of Tennessee is named outstanding football lineman of 1940. He accepts the Knute Rockne Trophy at the annual Touchdown Dinner in Washington D C.
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Knute Rockne
Robert Suffridge
University of Tennessee
Washington, D. C
Berryville Wins Boyce Double Bill
Berryville High School teams defeated Boyce at Berryville Virginia with girls 30 to 17 and boys 22 to 10. Camille Wisecarver led the girls with 17 points while Inmart topped the boys with eight.
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Berryville
Boyce
George Pope
Clarke County
Inmart
Camille Wisecarver
Drury
Hudson
Pope
Glascock Names in Weave and Case Records
Fragmentary OCR notes list individuals such as B. Glascock and Z. S. Glascock with scattered terms that resemble weaving or case references. No coherent event or full context is recoverable from the readable fragments.
Fights Last Night By the Associated Press
Washington report notes wild Bill Dowell of Dallas and Spangler in a draw with scores near 150 each. New York results list Kaplan and Brooklyn fighter Georgie Martin with strong rounds and close splits.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wild Bill Dowell
Dallas
Spangler
Ridraw
New York
Steve
New
Eee Kaplan
NEW One
Ieee al
Brooklyn
Georgie Martin
Bostem
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el Goofy) Gomez
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Haldeman’s Milk
American Lady Corset Company
Detroit
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Estelle Thomas
Georgia Ray
Charles Town Quint Routs
J. V
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