Boxing and baseball notes fill sports round up
Charley Keller may be an hour hitter next year for any amount you want as Ed Frayne quits the 20th Century Sporting Club and returns to California. World Series open, Branham of Newburgh cited. Tulane to LSU 78 mile dash noted. Ramage the heavyweight enrolled as boxing coach at San Diego State College. Yankee double play Gordon Crosetti filmed by Lew Fonseca. Nebraska squads feature Kahler Schwartzkopf Prochasen brothers trio. North Carolina tougher than four years, New York U scouts say. Dempsey Louis demo blows planned. Pat Comiskey eyed for winter bout with Paycheck. East High Green Bay wins 32nd in a row, aiming for 39 straight to best national mark.
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20Th Century Sporting Club
California
Mike Jacobs
W. G. Branhaen
Mason C. Branham
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N. Y
Tulane
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Baton Rouge
Joe Gordon
Frank Crosetti
Lew Fonseca
Lew
Washington
Necraska
Bob
Royal Kahler
Sam
Ed Schwartzkopf
Ray
Jerome Prochasen
North Carolina
Boston Garden
East High School
Green Bay
Wis
Wisconsin
Old Neb
East High
Banks Closed on Columbus Day October 12 1939
The notice states that banks will close Thursday October 12 1939 for Columbus Day as a legal holiday. Paper maturities dated that day can be paid Friday October 13 1939. Bank officers listed include John L Sloat cashier Commercial and Savings Bank George B Bushnell cashier Union Bank of Winchester Harold G Brown cashier Shenandoah Valley Natl Bank and J H Yost cashier.
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John L. Sloat
Commercial and Savings Bank
Geo. B. Bushnell
Union Bank of Winchester
Harold G. Brown
Shenandoah Valley Nat'l Bank
J. H. Yost
Eastern League President Tommy Richardson Shows After Dinner Poise
The Adv Department notes Tommy Richardson, president of the Eastern League, as among the country's top after dinner speakers and masters of ceremonies with no charge for the ad.
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Adv
Tommy Richardson
Eastern League
Butch
Virginia Lehigh Football Rivalry Renewed in 1940
Virginia and Lehigh revive their 1889 to 1909 football rivalry with a two year pact. Lehigh won three of four meetings. first 1889 game 26 12 Lehigh. 1902 Lehigh 34 6. last 1909 Lehigh 11 7. First 1940 game set for Sept 28 in Charlottesville. Nov 15 in Taylor Stadium Lehigh. Coach Harmeson announced details.
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Virginia
Lehigh
University of Virginia
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Glen W. Harmeson
Engineers
The
Press
Cavaliers
Charlottesville
Orange
Blue
Taylor Stadium
Chauncy Durden
Richmond
Lower Valley
Humphrey
Fravel
Stroke Fatal To Ral Parr Noted Turf Patron
Ral Parr aged 62 a prominent turfman and owner of a Derby winner died after a stroke suffered at Saratoga in 1935 and another last night at the Maryland Club He built a large Mary land insurance brokerage and was married to Sonia Walsh Whitman since 1931 His first wife Laura Jenkins Parr died in 1928.
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Ral Parr
Parr
New York Jockey Club
Paul Jones
Mary 4 Parr
Saratoga
Historic
Maryland Club
Sonia Walsh Whitman
Laura Jenkins Parr
First Success of Sir James Barrie
Sir James M Barrie's first successful play was The Professor's Love Story, produced in 1895.
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Sir James M Barrie
From Traffic Cop To Grid Coach Ups and Downs In Fifth Game
New York Allie Stolz 128 3 4 defeated Jimmy Gilligan 123 3 4 in Newark New Jersey. Marty Servo 135 outpointed Jerry Zullo 133 in Hartford Connecticut. Bobby Ivy 129 out pointed George Dusty Brown 131 1 2 in New Haven Connecticut. Dick Turcotte 146 outpointed George Pepe 145 in Waterbury Connecticut.
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New York
Allie Stolz
Newark
N. J
Jimmy Gilligan
Buffalo
N. Y
Hartford
Conn
Marty Servo
Schenecy
WN. Y
Jerry Zullo
Boston
Bobby
Poison
Radio Highlights. National Grid Plans Football Broadcasts
In its second weekend of the football season five games will be aired across networks on Saturday. MBS will show two back-to-back games, while WABC CBS, WJZ NBC, WEAF NBC will feature others including Cornell vs Princeton and Michigan vs Iowa. Moe Berg guests on Information Please next Tuesday. tonight’s lineup covers Neutrality, politics, variety shows, and jazz programs across NBC CBS and MBS.
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New York
MBS
WABC
CBS
Cornell
Princeton
W4jz
NBC
Michigan
Iowa
WEAF
Notre Dame
Southern Methodist
Navy
Darthmouth
Harvard
Chicago
Moe Berg
Boston Red Sox
Board of Experts of Information
Wjz-Nbc
WJIZ
Gerland P. Nye
CBE
A. H. Vandenberg
Bennet Champ Clark
Burton K. Wheeler
William Eine
Europe
WJZ
WEAFP
Hollywood Playhouse
Red Skelton
Fred al Shaw
Kay Eysere
Navy's Larson Unorthodox As Dog With Fleas
ANNAPOLIS MD Oct 11 Major Emerry E Larson known as Swede moved from directing football traffic in 1938 to Navy head coach in 1939. He led Marine detachments on game days and coached Navy teams across a career with All-America honors in 1921 and 1922. He previously directed the All-Navy team in Hawaii and served as line coach for Hawaii University.
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Annapolis
Emerry E
Larson
Navy
U. S. Marine
Naval Academy
E¢Rich
U. S. S. Pennsylvania
Maryland Frosh Gain An Versity
Maryland combines freshman talent as Ralph Burlin steps in at left tackle for the Maryland University hardware against Virginia. Burlin replaces injured Bob Brown while Halford Baker and Lohr Dunlap from Winchester transfer into the lineup with Red Baker at fullback and Dunlap at tackle as the fresh squad drills hard against the Virginia plays.
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College Park
Ralph Burlin
Maryland University
Virginia
Burlin
Bob Brown
Bernie Ulman
Winchester
Handley
Halford
Red” Baker
Lohr
Womanless Wedding at Sarah Zane Hall Draws Crowd and Cash
The Independent Hose Company presented a successful womenless wedding last night at Sarah Zane Hall. Mrs. Julian Steele of Stephens City praised the show and said a Boyce committee has invited them to stage it there, though the Boyce date will wait several weeks for cast rest.
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Sarah Zane Hall
Julian Steele
Stephens City
Steele
Boyce
Goal Posts Above The Leathernecks
Larson leads Sixth Marines after a China posting where he organized and coached the unit and may shape football plays. The marching song praises Marines guarding heaven’s streets and hints at future schemes with a winged halfback.
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China
Sixth Marines
Heaven
Larson
Southerners Moving Up In Football
The article analyzes the 1939 football season highlighting Southern teams beating northern rivals and boosting their prestige. It notes Duke Colgate Alabama Fordham LSU Mississippi State Vanderbilt and others as major wins with Georgia Tech Furman Centre Virginia defeating Army Navy and Notre Dame losses cited. The piece also previews upcoming games involving Boston College NC Tarantula?
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Hugh S. Fullerton, Jr
New York
Duke
Colgate
Alabama
Fordham
Louisiana State
Holy Cross
Mississippi State
Arkansas
Vanderbilt
Princeton
Georgia Tech
Notre Dame
Furman
Centre
Virginia
Army
Navy
Two Brothers Die in East End Gas Blast
An October explosion from a leaking hot plate gas killed brothers John Robiski, 24, and Joseph Robiski, 19, and seriously injured their wife Rose 22 and their 15 day old son John Matthew. Firemen said John woke at 3 am, struck a match to light a cigarette, igniting gas and flames that consumed the apartment.
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East End
John Robaski
Joseph Robaski
John
Rose
John Matthew
Mayor Appoints Lou Gehrig as Parole Commissioner
New York October 11 Mayor LaGuardia named Lou Gehrig former New York Yankee first baseman now limited by paralysis to serve as a city parole commissioner The five man board includes police and correction commissioners ex officio with three members appointed by the mayor The decision followed months of consideration and several discussions with Gehrig who is expected to inspire youth in trouble.
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New York
LaGuardia
Lou Gehrig
New York Yankee
Police and Correction Commissioners
Summer City Hall
Queens
Gehrig
Youth tells court his walk is natural not drunkenness
In Columbia South Carolina a youth tells Recorder Howard Brokingston he was not drunk but walking naturally. The court orders 10 days in jail after the defendant is instructed by Jailer Marion P. Kramer to be taught how to walk.
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Columbia, S. C
Howard Brokingston
Marion P. Kramer
How many rodeos are held in the United States
The Bulletin of the Rodeo Association of America lists over 90 rodeos for 1939. The lasso was invented by American Indians and used effectively in war against Spanish invaders.
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United States
J. H.G
Bulletin of the Rodeo Association of America
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