Roundup of college football and sports notes from New York
New York sports round up highlights talk of Mickey Cochrane as possible Cleveland manager change. Northwestern reputedly exposed Ohio State’s fundamentals in one hour. Pat Comiskey’s punch tech draws attention. Tom Harmon vs Babe Ruth class remark noted. Yale alumni reactions to Miller and football policy reported. Bob Owen dropkick at Lawrence first since 1922. Horton Smith and Jimmy Thomson prepping for Pinehurst tour. Frank Kimbrough’s brothers Jo and Jack to play for Texas Christian. Keeneland race track used during draft registration. Tulane praised as top team despite recent losses.
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New York
Mickey Cochrane
Cleveland
Ohio
Northwestern
Ohio State
Buckeyes
Pat Comiskey
Henry Cooper
John Bain Sutherland
Tom Stidham
Oklahoma
N. Y
Yale
Miller
Bob Owen
Lawrence College
Knox
Lawrence
Horton Smith
Jimmy Thomson
Pinehurst
Frank Kimbrough
Hardin - Simmons
Jarrin
John
Jack
Sport and notice notes from the Evening Times debut
Springer Gibson is named sports editor of the Evening Times while George M. Trautman receives a medal for a hole in one in Louisville. Mike Jacobs heads to Beantown to see a Billy Conn fight Al McCoy with a $20,000 house at stake. Corbett heads east from Hollywood with plans. Lou Arcaro joins the jockey ranks as a cousin of Eddie. A new Friday feature titled Guess Star debuts this football season in the guest star department.
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Springer Gibson
Chattanooga Times
New Evening Times
George M. Trautman
American Association
Louisville
Mike Jacobs
Beantown
Billy Conn
al McCoy
Corbett
Rey.racuse Chiefs
Hollywood
Lou Arcaro
Eddie
Jimmy Durante’s Bally Haste Narrowly Loses at Jamaica
Jimmy Durante’s horse Bally Haste was nosed out in a Jamaica race Tuesday. The entertainer quips the horse could use his bugle to claim winner’s spoils.
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Jimmy
Durante
Ballyhaste
Jamaica
Local High School Football Highlights This Weekend
Spotlight on Winchester area grid action features Handley versus Allegany at the local stadium. Martinsburg meets Fort Hill nearby, and Hagers town faces Charles Town in Jefferson County. The column notes Allegany-Handley remains tough, Fort Hill favored, and Charles Town is a toss up with strong nearby contenders.
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Winchester
Handley and
Allegany
Martinsburg
Fort Hill
West Virginia
Hagerstown
Hub City Eleven
Charles Town
Jefferson County
Cumberland Valley
Handley
Herman Ball
Cumberland
Norman Ochs
Ochs
Cobourne
Panthers
Winchester Amateur Boxing Club Announces November Fights
The Winchester Amateur Boxing Club, led by Tom Starrett, plans a November 8 event sponsored by the Sarah Zane Fire Company. About 30 club members, weighing 110 to 240 pounds, will compete in public bouts as training culminates over six months. A notable feature is a five-man negro heavyweight free-for-all for the cash prize.
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Winchester
Tom Starrett
Sarah Zane
The
Fire Company
Starrett
Russell Goble
Stephens City
Berryville
R. A. Wall
Doc” Casey
Boyce
Berryville Legion
National Guard Company
McVicar
Goble
East’s top six teams stage an old style boys game
Six teams from the East, among the top in their class, prove that schoolboy basketball can still offer authentic competition. Players treat the game as a game, delivering solid play preserved from newer trends in college and pro basketball.
Baptists Decide Not to Withdraw From Japan Missions
The Southern Baptist mission board declined to pull out of Japan amid plans for a forced amalgamation of all denominations and approved a 1941 budget of 862000 plus a 35109 Japan aid. W Maxfield Garrett was elected Japan treasurer.
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Richmond
Southern Baptist Mission Board
Japan
W. Maxfield Garrett
Arkansas
Charles E. Mandry
Africa
Latin America
Arient
Europe
Near East
Hawaii
Southern Baptist Convention
M. T. Rankin
M. T. Rankin, Secretary For the Orient
Shanghai
Ryland Knight
Georgia
F. C. Feezer
North Carolina
C. C. Coleman
Alabama On Short End In Clash With Volf
Tennessee’s powerful squad outplayed Alabama in the annual gridiron classic at Birmingham. Star back Bob Foxx and a seasoned line led Neyland’s juggernaut while Alabama faced injuries to key blockers Ed Hickerson and Al Sabo. Coach Frank Thomas cautioned against predicting a Crimson victory as Alabama aimed to rebound after three tame warmups.
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Paul Duncan
Birmingham
Ala
Tennessee
Alabama
Dixie
Crary
Crimson
Jimmy Nelson
Howard
Crimsons
Volunteers
Duke
Bob Foxx
Neyland
Ed Molinski
Bob Suffridge
Ed Cifers
Johnny Butler
Ike Peel
Bob Anridge
Ab Shires
Hal Newman
Holt Rast
Paul Spencer
Fred Davis
Dave Brown
Frank Thomas
Thomas
Ed Hickerson
al Sabo
Delicious Apple Pudding From Fall Apples
A colonial recipe for Delicious Apple Pudding uses 6 to 8 apples and a crumb mixture of flour sugar butter and cinnamon. Apples are filled and baked in a buttered dish with water and orange juice for about one hour at 375 degrees. Northern Virginia Power Co. Home Service Dept.
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Northern Virginia Power Co
Home Service Dept
Thin Gray Line Is Failing Fast
Richmond reports a rapid decline of Confederate veterans on pension rolls. J. H. Johnson, head of Virginia's pension division, cites 1 005 veterans across southern states as of September 1 1940 versus 1 629 the previous year, with Virginia showing only 88 on October 1.
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Richmond
J. H. Johnson
Virginia State
Virginia
Uncle Sam Signs Up Greatest Team of Athletes
New York reports the draft pulled an all star cast from sports. Bobby Feller, Dom Paul Derringer, Harry Danning, Joe Cronin, Hank Greenberg, Mel Hein, Whizzed White, Tuffy Leaman, Tommy Harmon, George Munger, Ladson Little, Byron Nelson, Joe Louis, Max Baer and Billy Conn among others registered, with players from football, golf, and boxing joining the line.
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New York
Sam
Freshwater
World of Sports
Bobby Feller
Dom Paul” Derringer
Harry Danning
Giants
Joe Cronin
Boston
Red Sox
Hank Greenberg
Mel Hein
New York Pro Grid
Whizzed White
Tuffy Leemans
Tommy Harmon
George Munger
Penn
Ladson Little
Byron Nelson
Joe Louis
Maxie Baer
Billy Conn
Uncle Sam
Mike
Jacobs
Berryville PTA hears coach tout football safety
Berryville Virginia October 17 athletic coach George W Pope told PTA members how modern football gear protects players. He contrasted 1937 equipment with today’s Bob Cats outfits claiming 95 percent of players avoid injuries all season.
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Berryville
George W. Pope
Berryville High School
P.T. A
Pope
Phillip Cochran
Lloyd Parker
Tey
Thelma Shackleford
Thomas Dix
H. H. Burks
Mae Burch
Lambert
Lucille Hardesty
Red Cross
Clarke County
FFA
FHA
Wants No Female On Rifle Team
Columbus Ohio October 17 1940 controversy at Ohio State University over allowing Annie Oakley Helen Jenkins a 20 year old Theta coed to shoot on the varsity rifle team. Despite being the best marksman in the student body the squad coach Sergeant Fonad T Shaia rejects the request saying no girls on the rifle team.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Northwestern
Wildcats
Buckeye
Annie Oakley
Helen Jenkins
Theta
Powers That Be
Sergt. Fonad T. Shaia
Bell Clothes Tops Chaney Rolls 1434 In League Matches
Today Miss Jenkins seeks a team spot after earning fame as a top female sharpshooter. She vows to protest if denied by marching to athletic offices and rifle range. League results show Bell Clothes edging Letter Carriers and Glaize Bros with high scores and individual marks highlighted.
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Chaney
Columbus Miss
Shaia
Letter Carriers
Glaize Bros
Nehi
Goodyear
Bell Clothes
Gene Studebaker
Dickenson Baking
Scully
Nat
Pruit
Goode
Gore Goodyear
Harris
United Food
Larrick
Nat. Pruit
Lee Baking
Fries Grocery
National Fruit
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Robert Hooey
Ohio State Journal
Tom Harmon
Babe Ruth
Tulane
Stanley Ciuchi
Lion
Trek
Valley
Baptists
Volf
Stephano Brothers
Philadelphia
Ata Sugar
Comley
Miss Jenkins
Board of Athle Control
National Rifle Association
Glaize
Studebaker
Valley Service
Thomas Beer
A Fries
Nat. Fruit Valley Service G. W. Garage
J. S. H. Brand
Gibbs Campbell
Wen Ilek
Octagon
McCormick’s
B. W
F. F. V. Vanilla Wafers
F. F. V. Horseshoe Kookies
Jersey
California
Land-O-Lakes
United Food Stores
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