Sports Round Up By Eddie Brietz
New York sports column notes Frank Kimbrough of Hardin Simmons may gain a major coaching post. USC future schedules mention Michigan Notre Dame football relations and Yale Harvard Princeton band remarks. Ivy League Harvard 61 Chicago 0 and Notre Dame dominance highlighted.
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Eddie Brietz
New York
Frank Kimbrough
Hardin-Simmons
Joe
Flint
Mich
la Moody
Michigan
Notre Dame
Yost
South Bend
Pitt
Rainfall totals and averages for 26 year period
The report lists present and past rainfall figures ending 8 a.m. October totals show the month to date 1.92 inches and year to date 39.39 inches. It also provides monthly averages from 1913 to 1938 and the average annual rainfall over the 26 year span as 35.09 inches. Statistics courtesy Research Laboratory.
Spotlight On Local Sports Football Roundup
College grid results appear orderly with few surprises as top teams stay undefeated. EAST Pittsburgh Notre Dame Michigan Ohio. MIDWEST Notre Dame Michigan Ohio. MOUNTAIN PACIFIC COAST Oregon Southern California St Marys. a “maybe” group includes Carnegie Tech Duquesne Cornell Harvard Minnesota Purdue LSU Georgia Tech Tennessee Clemson Virginia Military Southern Methodist New Mexico Denver Oregon State. A humorous note from the Syracuse Georgetown game follows.
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Pitsburgh
Midwest
Notre Dame
Michigan
Ohio
Pacific Coast
Oregon
California
St. Mary’s
Carnegie Tech
Duquesne
Cornell
Harvard
Minneso
Purdue
Louisiana State
Georgia Tech
Tennessee
Clemson
Virginia Military
Southern Methodist
New Mexico
Southwest
Denver
Oregon State
Darthmouth
Georgetown
Army Brown
Villanova
Duke
Mississippi State
Iowa
Detroit
Texas
Syracuse
O. K
Hugh Crisman
Clarke County
Berryville
Carl Campbell
Bombers
Rod Sirbaugh
Robinson
Jim Largent
CY Potts
Yours Truly
Corn Field Revolution Promises Bigger Yeilds in New Planting Method
An experimental corn field using a new planting pattern and machine driven cultivation nears the end of its first year. Lester Pfister leads the trial showing higher kernel density, 98 bushels per acre, with a single combineing pass.
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Lester Pfister
Winchester Plans City Basketball League Start
A town with dwindling basketball interest forms a steering committee of Otis Sargent George Radford Ralph Hengeveld Joe Farley John Ramey Curtis Fray Dan O Henry and John R Rhodes to organize a City Basketball League. Opening in December two games weekly at Handley gym will pair sponsors with eight teams and a players list to balance rosters.
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Otis Sargent
George Radford
Ralph Hengeveld
Joe Farley
John Ramey
Curtis Fray
Dan O. Henry
John R. Rhodes
Handley Gym
Sargent
Messrs. Sargent
Ramey
Rhodes
Winchester
Radford
Hengeveld
Farley
Fray and
Henry
Search for decapitated burned body in West Pittsburgh murder case
State Police and county detectives combed the West Pittsburgh area dubbed the murder swamp seeking the victim's head in a case linked to Cleveland's infamous butcher. The decapitated body, burned and found with charred clothing, is a man in his twenties. autopsy initially misidentified him. Investigators seek the head to confirm identity by hair color or dental work as fingerprints were obliterated by burning. Detectives compare the case to Ohio torso killings, noting New Castle is about 100 miles from Cleveland.
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New Castle
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Kingsbury
Priday
Robert McCullough
Peter Meryle
Ohio City
Slippery Rock Rockets Stand Tall In Gridiron Light
Bill White profiles Slippery Rock State Teachers College, noting the Rockets’ solid athletic and academic performance. With a 6-3 last season and three straight wins this year, the team gains respect, while Coach N Kerr Thompson nears 25 years at the helm and a new football field bears his name.
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Bill White
New York
Rip Roaring Rockets
Slippery Rock State Teachers College
Slippery Rock
Butler
Youngstown
Slippery
Perimphtet
Old
Rockets
Pennsylvania State Teachers College
N. Kerr Thompson
Old Main
L. A
Knox
Headless Crime Suspect Sought in Ohio Slayings
Cleveland police identify a New Castle victim and plan mic roscope tests on vertebrae to compare with the Mad Butcher's cases. Officials describe a methodical severing of heads with distinct knife marks suggesting a surgeonlike killer.
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David L. Cowles
Cleveland
New Castle
Ohio
Virginia Tech and William and Mary end in 6 6 tie
Captain William and Mary standouts John Dillard and Lloyd Phillips anchor a resilient William and Mary defense in Richmond. Virginia Tech, led by co captains Dillard and Phillips, cannot break through as the game ends tied at 6-6.
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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg
William and Mary College
Richmond
John Dillard
Lloyd Phillips
Dillard
Phillips
Smiling Farm Boy Faces Major Surgery After Accident
Alfred Leon Miller Jr a 17 year old farm boy from Liberty near Kansas City smiled through a painful wait as surgeons planned a desperate attempt to save his crushed left leg after a fall into a feed mixer. He helped his father on the farm before the injury.
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Kansas City
Alfred Leon Miller, Jr
Alfred Leon
Liberty
Farm blaze narrowed by bucket brigade of milk
In Wadena Minnesota a kitchen fire at Mrs Hattie Steuner’s farm home was halted when she found a ready-made bucket line in the barn. Family members carried pails from the milking to the house and used the milk to douse the flames.
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Wadena
Minn
Hattie Steuner
Woman sought in Ford V-8 sedan case near Erwin WV
A notice asks for information about a June 27 incident on Route 50 near Erwin involving a Ford V-8 sedan. The woman, named Will Lady from Winchester, spoke with a truck driver that night and contact is A. F Monroe, Box 533, Clarksburg, for rewards.
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Will Lady
Winchester
Cheat Mt
Erwin
W. Va
A. F Monroe
Clarksburg
Stove Brings Death To Two In New York Apartment
Angelo Michieli, hotel cook, bought a shiny gas stove for his immigrant wife Amelia and their four year old son Bruno. Upon returning from work he found the apartment filled with gas fumes. Bruno lay on the kitchen floor and Amelia slumped over a bed. A pot of coffee boiled as gas poured from an open jet. Amelia failed to turn off the jet.
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New York
Angelo Michieli
Italy
Michieli
Amelia
Bruno
East 46Th Street
Football Scores From State Games
V. M. I. 20 Vanderbilt 13 Virginia 12 Maryland 7 V. P. 1. 6 Will. & Mary 6 Richmond 6 Rutgers 6 W. & L. 7 Southwestern 7 Ham-Sydney 32 Guilford 0 Ran-Macon 18 American 0 Naval Training 7 8 Carol. 6 W&M Norfolk 0 High Point 7
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Vanderbilt
Virginia
Maryland
V. P
Will. & Mary
Richmond
Rutgers
Southwestern
Ham-Sydney
Guilford
Ran-Macon
American
Naval Training
Carol
W&m
Norfolk
High Point
Pro Teams Fatten Up Ahead of Championship Tests
Pro football action widened the field as two divisions showed power and speed in routs. Detroit beat the Rams 15 7, New York beat Philadelphia 20 10, and Washington crushed Pittsburgh 44 14 to stay atop the Eastern standings. Frank Filchock’s end zone pass to Andy Farkas for 96 yards set a new Redskins record.
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Chicago
Washington Redskins
Detroit
Green Bay Packers
Chicago Bears
New York Giants
Washington
Pittsburgh
Cleveland Rams
Lions
Darrell Tully
Bill Moore
Scond Tafely
Giants
New York
Philadephia
Pirates
Redskins
Frank Filchock
Andy Farkas
Parkas
Clarke County Athletics Fall to Winchester Park in Fourth Straight Loss
Clarke County suffers an 8 to 2 defeat to Winchester Park in Berryville. Both teams use patchwork lineups missing regulars. Park pitcher Hess works while Duvall stars for the Park as Berryville fans witness the Clarke nine’s last chance to win in 1939.
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Berryville
Clarke County Athletics
Winchester Park
Hess
Happy Simpson
Lefty Duvall
Te Park
Eep
Park
Clarke
Emily Post Helping Photographer At Boston Hotel
A social etiquette expert Emily Post helped a photographer search for a dropped camera piece in a Boston hotel room. She got down on her hands and knees to aid the man.
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Boston
Emily Post
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