1941 SPORTS Mel Ott, Associated Press Football Poll Picks, Jack Crain

These are some articles that were in The Greenville News, Greenville, SC on Monday, December 8, 1941

Another 'Boy Wonder' Manager
Several days ago Lou Boudreau, 24-year-old shortstop of the Cleveland Indians, was named to manage the Tribe for 1942 and 1943.  He became the "boy wonder" of baseball.  Today, the baseball world has another "boy wonder" as manager - Mel Ott, taking the reins of the new York Giants as playing manager.  Ott came up to the Giants as a 16-year-old star. That was in 1925. Now 31, Ott has been in the majors for 16 years, the whole time with the Giants.  His home run bat has won many ball games for the new York club.

Halfback Jack Crain of Texas university, who turned in one of the greatest performances in his career scores from the two-yard line against the University of Oregon in the game at Austin, Tex.  Texas won a smashing victory - 71-7.

Joe Blalock, Charlie Timmons mentioned Among Grid Standouts.
PRO OFFERS SEEN
New York. Dec. (Associated Press) - Uncle Sam has football's graduating seniors a lot more confused than any triple reverse ever did.

The Associated Press annual survey on plans of graduating gridders showed today they want to be a lot of things, but most of them didn't know just when or if Uncle Sam was going to give them a sailor or a soldier suit and settle the questions for them.

The poll showed the majority will wind up either in the service or hope to land coaching and teaching jobs.  Only a comparative few looked ahead to cashing in on their talents in pro ball.

None said he wanted to be elected president, but that's one of the few jobs that were missing from the list of their plans. Otherwise, the list ranged from a movie career, which Frankie Albert, Stanford's great quarterback, said he wouldn't mind, if he couldn't land a coaching job; all the way to the choice of Carl Suntheimer of North Carolina, who's going into the bakery business with his father.

BLALOCK IN LIMELIGHT
Bernie Crimmins of Notre Dame, Andy Tomasic of Temple, and Pete Layden of Texas may take a shot at big league baseball.  And a couple, like Johnny Kovatch of Notre Dame and Dee Chipman, Brigham Young's star, even want to be newspaper-men.

More than a hundred are already set for military service.  Many already have reserve officers commissions.  This is true of four of the six Texas A.&M. seniors who are joining up, including the ball-carrying ace, Derace Moser.  Floyd Spendlove of Utah, on the other hand, is going into the navy recreation department, and afterward would like to play pro ball.  Bob Seaburg of Iowa State, a couple of Yale men, Mike Karmazin of Due, Notre Dame's Paul Lillis, and Joe McCourt of Colgate are headed for the air corps.  Jack Crain, the Texas terror, figures he'll wind up in a uniform too, but if he doesn't he'll either study law, coach or play-for-pay.

TIMMONS IS READY
Clemson's Charlie Timmons figures he'll be in the army, otherwise he's interested in pro football offers.

Among those who also aren't against blocking and tackling for cash are Steve Lach, Duke's top back; Bob Reinhard, California's ace tackle; Vic Lindskog of Stanford, Bill Diehl of Iowa, Bob Ingalls of Michigan, Indian Jack Jacobs, the Oklahoma kicking specialist; Bob Jeffries of Missouri, Vike Francis of Nebraska, whose brother Sam chose the same course a few years back;  Henry Stanton, Arizona's pass-catching end; Vince Banonis, rugged Detroit center: Frank Maznicki of Boston college, who already has caught the eye of George Halas, the Chicago Bears' boss;  Paul McClung of Colorado and Ray Frankowski of Washington.  

Bill Dudley, Virginia's classy ball-toter, would like to coach, but his pals say he's listen to a good pro offer.  Bruce Smith, Minnesota's mighty back, feels the same way about it. So does Bob Westfall, the Michigan line-buster.

Like a lot of others, Tommy Prothro, son of the recently-abdicated manager of the Philadelphia baseball Phillies, will look around for a business career when he leaves Duke.


****NOTE****
Here's where my readers can help me.

I'd love for this page of the newspaper to go to the family of one of the people in the pictures.

Y'all help me find one!

1951 WINSTON-SALEM NC High School Yearbook Gray, Reynolds, & Hanes

This yearbook is full of so much fun, it's hard to pick just a few pictures to share.

It's hard to believe that in just one generation (I guess in some families, it could be 2 or 3 generations) things have changed so much!

I do love the majorettes and their costumes.  I still enjoy twirling the baton and wish I could do it better.

Maybe you know someone in one of these pictures?  Aunt, uncle, mom, dad, or grandma?

I wish I had more time to scan more pictures, but I must get ready for work. Only so many hours in a morning.

January 2, 1955 SUGARBOWL Ole Miss vs. Navy

These clippings are from
THE TIMES-PICAYUNE
NEW ORLEANS STATES

Sunday, January 2, 1955

Miss Janet Kerne, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Leo J. Kerne of Thibodaux, and a student at St. Mary's Dominican College, is crowned Miss Sugar Bowl by Bernie J. Grenrood, president of the New Orleans Mid-Winter Sports Association, during halftime ceremonies at the Navy-Ole Miss game Saturday.  Among the top Naval officials who saw the Middies defeat the Rebels were (right photo) Secretary of the Navy Charles S. Thomas (left) and Admiral Robert B. Carney, chief of naval operations.

Miriam Stevenson, Winnsboro, S.C., beauty who won the Miss Universe contest last summer, rides the Long Beach float in Saturday's Tournament of Roses at Pasadena, Calif.  More than 200,000 fresh flowers decorate the float.

USNA Naval Academy Walking through time ~ NAVY HISTORY

Came across some magazine publications in my literature collection from the USNA

Here are some of the more interesting pictures.  I have included the names of the people in the pictures...hoping it will help with some genealogy research or just provide family and friends a snapshot of someone they knew, admired, or loved.

From 1954:  LCDR. Arthur Radford in vintage flying gear standing beside a plane with his hand on the prop.

From 1954: Navy's Blue Angels. LCdr. Richard L. "Zeke" Cornier of San Diego, Dayl Crow of Oklahoma City, Roland "Auz" Aslund from Vancouver, Washington, and Ken Wallace from Elizabethton, Tennessee

From 1954: LaCrosse - Jack Jones makes another tremendous save as Bill Martin checks his opponent's stick. Mattison Burt watches.

From 1954: Track - Mark O'Hara, Bernie Czaja

1954: Boxing- Pat Byrne & Tiger Trone

From 1955: Navy-Duke football game. Ron Beagle, Len Benzi, Earl Smith, Pat McCool, Joe Gattuso, George Texter

I'd love to get some positive comments if you see something you like.

1954 Navy Vs. William & Mary ~ American Football

I captured a few images from the game program that I thought I would share.

Hoping someone that might be related to one of these fine chaps might enjoy the pictures.

There are many more in the program, so if you think a relative of yours might have been involved and would like me to look for a picture, just let me know.

I put the names in the body of my blog...hoping that someone that might be doing a search of relative names will happen upon this post when the search engines crawl.

This is J. Philip Monahan

 Charlie Sumner & Jerry Sazio

 Walter F. Boone

 First Row: Jim Royer, Jim Owen, Alex Aronis, Hugh Webster, Captain Phil Monahan, Bob Craig, Joe Gattuso, John Hopkins, and Ronnie Beagle
Secon Row: George Thomas, John Honse, George Textor, Dick Dutnell, Bob Davis, John Weaver, Jack Garrow, Frank Bendrick, Pat McCool, George Welsh
Third Row: Dick Echard, Bill Smith, Wilson Whitmire, Ed Malynn, Chet Burchett, Vernon Dander, Lee Brantley, Paul Gober, Bob McElwee
Fourth Row: Jim Byrom, Geore Warren, Ken Holden, Leonard Benzi, Bill Hepworth, Bill Mohn, Jim Wood, Vince Monto, Dick Guest, Jim Hower
Fifth Row: Merl Johnson, John McHugh, Jim Barker, Charles Levis, Dave Korzep, Don Jahn, John Russell, Roy Freeman, Bob Vaselenko

 And this was just a fun advertisement in the program

1954 Army Navy Football Game Program

I have been fortunate enough to acquire a full magazine program from the 1954 (actually, I got 2 of them).

My hope is that it will end up in the hands of someone that is friends or relatives of one of these great men. 

In order to hopefully reach as many friends or relatives as possible, I took the time to actually type every single players name...as well as every man whose photo appears in the magazines.

So, although it's a great piece of history for children, grandchildren, or great-grandchildren of some of these people...it has some great ads too.  I have those outlined as well. Pepsi, Coke, and those ICONIC cars~!  I documented every page!

Here are a few pictures from the program magazine and below the pictures are the names and details of all the advertisements.  Please share so we can reach as many as possible.

 

This is basically a page by page description of the entire magazine.

 

Letcher Aviation "hats off" advertisement

Broadmoor Hotel and the Colorado Springs chamber of commerce SALUTE the United States Air Force Academy advertisement

Body by Fisher advertisement

Reddy Kilowatt Philadelphia Electric ad

General Dynamics Ad

Chevrolet Ad

****Picture (football & military uniform on same page) Robert G. Farris, Capt. USMA

Caltex Petroleum ad

****Picture (football & military uniform on same page)  J. Philip Monahan, Capt, Navy 1954 team

Bulova Official timepiece of the Army Navy game ad

**Cartoon of Bob Farris "toughest assignment" (the first non-playing captain in West Point's history)

'55 Pontiac ad

Letter from US President & picture

Letter from US Secretary of Defense & picture

****Picture & Bio of Robert T. Stevens Secretary of the Army

****Picture & Bio of Charles Sparks Thomas Secretary of the Navy

****Picture & Bio of Harold E. Talbott, Secretary of the Air Force

Leaders of battle today article

****Picture Lieutenant General Blackshear M. Bryan Superintendent USMA

****Picture Rear Admiral Walter F. Boone  Superintendent USNA

**Cartoon Eddie Erdelatz & Earl Blaik

IT&T Advertisement 

Davison Chemical ad

Statistics of the Army Football Squad 1954 (all names of players, coke bottle with gold football charm - coke ad)

Lucky strike ad with the Army players on one page & Navy players on opposite page

Statistics of the Navy Football Squad 1954 (all names of players, coke bottle with gold pompom charm - coke ad)

McCormick Ad

McDonnell Aircraft Ad

***Picture Brigadier General Edwin J. Meessinger, Commandant of cadets USMA

****Picture Captain R.T.S. Keith, Commandant of Midshipmen USNA

Philco ad with Miss America

****Picture Brigadier General Harris jones, Dean, USMA

Cadillac Ad

****Picture Colonel Earl H. Blaik, Director of athletics and head football coach, USMA

AMOCO gas ad

****Picture  Capt C. Elliot Loughlin, Director of athletics USNA

GM Diesel ad (featuring a submarine)

****Picture Lieutenant Colonel James T.L. Schwenk, Graduate manager of athletics USMA

Ford Thunderbird Ad

****Pictures of Lt. Col. Edwin W. Richardson, public Information Officer.  Joseph M. Cahill, Director sports information.  Col. Elliott W. Amick USA (Ret) Assistant Graduate Manager of athletics

Fairchild Aircraft Division ad

****Pictures E.E. "Rip" Miller, Asst director of athletics  USNA,    Commander C.S. Mintner, Jr. Executive officer, Dept of physical education USNA, Captain M.D. Gilmore secretary-treasurer Naval Academy Athletic Assoc.    Commander r.C. Giffen, Jr.  Officer rep of football, USNA.  John T. Cox  Director of public relations Naval academy athletic assoc

Grumman Ad

****Pictures George Blackburn -Backfield Coach, Captain L. Dobbs -Backfield Coach, Carney Laslie -Line coach, Paul J. Amen-end coach, Paul Kietzel - line coach, Captain Felix A. Blanchard - Plebe coach

Hallicrafters Ad

Army coaching staff article

Oldsmobile 88 Ad

****Picture Edward J. Erdelatz, head football coach, USNA

Sperry gyroscope co Ad

****Navy Coaching Staff with picture of Len Eshmont, Dick Duden, Eddie Erdelatz, Ben Martin, Frank Foster, Homer Hobbs

2 small ads, Vincent J. Spelman & Co (Sailmakers) and Micro Switch Honeywell

Shell Oil Ad

****Picture of Army Varsity Football Squad - 1954. John Wing, Jerry Hagan, Billy chance, Godwin Ordway, Pete Vann, bob Farris, Tom Bell, Joe Franklin, James Miller, Charles Bliss, Joe Cygler, Pete Lash, Richard Murtland, Robert Reynolds, Thomas Shuff, Nichlas Bruno, Glenn Allen, Donald Smith, Donald Satterfield, Art Johnson, Joe Bishop, Bob Kyasky, John Politis, Albert Oppel, Richard Fadel, Russell Mericle, Ralph Chesnauskas, Norris Harbold, Darrold Erickson, James Kinzer, Mike Zeigler, Flay Goodwin, Ronald Melnik, Howard Glock, Edward Szvetecz, Frank Burd, William Cody, Donald Shannon, Donald Reid, Michael Petruno, Richard Stephenson, Paul Sullivan, Pat Uebel

Allis-Chalmers Ad

****Picture of Navy Varsity Football Squad - 1954.  Jim Royer, Jim Owen, Alex Aronis, Hugh Webster, Capt Phil Monahan, Bob Craig, Joe Gattuso, Joh Hopkins, Ronnie Beagle, George Thomas, John Honse, George Textor, Dick Dutnell, Bob Davis, John Weaver, Jack Garrow, Frank Bendrick, Pat McCool, George Welsh, Dick Echard, Bill Smith, Wilson Whitmore, Ed Malynn, Chet Burchett, Vernon Dander, Lee Brantley, Paul Gober, Bob McElsee, Jim Byrom, George Warren, Ken HOlden, Leonard Benzi, Bill Hepworth, Bill Mohn, Jim Wood, Vince Monto, Dick Guest, Jim Hower, Merl Johnson, John McHugh, Jim Barker, Charles Levis, Dave Korzep, Don Johan, John Russell, Roy Freeman, Bob Vaselenko

AC defense products Ad

the Jam handy Organization Ad

Service Series Scores

Treadwell Construction Co Ad

**Cartoon of Bob Farris "Army's Spark-plug captain"

GMC Hydra matic Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. H. Glenn Allen, Joseph a. Bishop, Michael James Petruno

Philadelphia Gear Works Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Peter Joel Vann, Michael Grant Zeigler, Patrick Norman Uebel

Pepsi-Cola Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Thomas J. Bell, Charles F. Bliss, Thomas Kilby Shuff

Exide Batteries Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Peter Waller Lash, Ronald Peter Melnik, Howard George Glock

Veedol, Tydol A. Ethyl Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios.Jerome Francis Hagan, Richard Anthony Fadel, Nicholas J. Bruno

Canada Dry Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios.Donald Wade Satterfield, Godwin Ordway, III, Robert A. Kyasky

Steel and Alloy Tank Co Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Joseph P. Franklin, Fred Gerard Knieriem, William Francis Cody

Mobiloil Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Arthur D. Johnson, Norris Brown Harbold, Jr, Joseph Cygler

New Departure Ball Bearings Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Edward Szvetecz, Russell A. Mericle, Richard E. Stephenson

Republic Aviation Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Ralph J. Chesnauskas, Billy J. Chance, Donald W. Holleder

2 half page ads. Fidelity-Philadelphia Trust Co, & Berwind-White Coal mining Co

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Frank Albert Burd, Albert F. Oppel, Flay O. Goodwin

Automotive Thrust Bearings Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Richard Charles Murtland, David N. Thomas, John Raymond Wing

2 half page ads. Arma Corp. & Robertson Products for industry

**Cartoon of Phil Monahan "Navy's big ground-gaining captain"

2 half page ads, Drive careful ad and Florsheim Shoes Ad

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Robert William Hepworth, Patrick Richard McCool, James joseph hower

2 half page ads. Collins Radio & Sun shipbuilding

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Ronald Gerald Beagle, Leonard Fred Benzi, Alexander Basile Aronis

2 half page ads. Leone's fine foods & rare vintages and Eseco electric service engineering

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. John Holmes Honse, III,  Kenneth Leroy Holden, Joseph Anthony Gattuso

2 half page ads. Eastern Stainless Steel Corp & Bendix Radio

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. George Thomas Welsh, Wilson Royer Whitmire, George Paul Textor

2 half page ads. Greyhound & Martin-Parry Corp

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Richard Clark Dutnell, Roy Bell Freeman, Jr., Robert J. Craig

2 half page ads. Remington & Kollsman

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Edward Eugene Malynn, James Ellwood Royer, John Clark Weaver

2 half page ads. Hughes aircraft, ERCO

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Frank Edward Bendrick, Paul Dominic Gober, Jack Afred Garrow

2 half page ads. Dutch Masters & the Pennsylvania Co

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. James Leon Owen, Hugh Larimer Webster, John Isaac Hopkins

2 half page ads. Hollingshead Corp & Aerojet-General

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Richard Payne Guest, Robert Wythe David, Richard Dean Echard

2 half page ads. Cities Service & I.T.E company

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios.James Newton Barker, Vernon Allen Dander, Olgert Vincent Monto

2 half page ads. Dempster Dumspter & Bellevue Stratford

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios.Carroll H. Joseph Wittner, William Theo. Mohn, Jr. David Anthony Korzep

2 half page ads. Alan Wood Steel & Purolator

****Pictures (each in military & football uniforms) & little bios. Chester Wayne Burchett, Robert Fred Vaselenko, James Thomas Byrom

2 half page ads. Stetson hats, Coleman instrument Co

cartoon

4 ads. Raytheon, Arundel, USF&G, Jamestown metal

This is West Point article

2 ads. Moore-McCormack Lines & STD Corp (Sword maker)

This is Naval Academy article

2 ads. Wayne pump co & Philadelphia gas works

Army and Navy men of football since the beginning article

2 ads. Gremco & Stroukoff

4 ads. SKF Ball & Roller bearings, Sylvania, Flying equipment sales co, Audio Products corp

***Pictures of Donald E. Reid, James H. Kinser, & J.E. Clarkson

Ads. Elastic stop nut corp of America, Ford Instrument Co, Curtis Bay Towing (tow boats), & Davidson transfer & storage

Ads. Aro Vision-eering & Flexitallic

Ads. Piasecki Helicopters & e.W. Bliss Co

Ads. Gahagan Construction Corp, Atlantic Gulf and pacific Co (dredging), Wigton-Abbott Corp

cartoon

Ads. J.M. Willis, Durham Aircraft Service, American Steel Band co, Ward Leonard

Ads. Hollingsworth, hycon Mfg. Kiwi shoe polish, Philippine air lines

The Service Academies article

Ad. CF&I

Reader! At-Ten-SHUN!!! article

Ads. Rohr, Greer test equip, northern Ordnance, ARC (aircraft radio corp)

ads. Streetcars, oerlikon Tool & Arms Corp of America, C.J. Langenfelder & Son, Continental Motors Corp

ads. The Brown Palace Hotel,  Loral Electronics, Meirath & Gasket Co, Watson Elevators

ads. Aetco, Soreng, S. Morgan Smith, & Coro Jewelry

West Point Alma Mater (music & words)

ads. Green Spring valley club whisky, Magnavox, Jacob Reeds Sons (military uniforms), McWilliams Dredging

Navy Blue and Gold (words & music)

ads. Seelye Stevenson Value & Knecht, Webcor,  Buy bonds ad & TRC 

Words & Music for ON, BRAVE OLD ARMY TEAM

words & music for ANCHOR'S AWEIGH

ads. Black Knights of West Point, Scintilla Division, Red Cross

cartoon

Rheingold lager Beer

Miller Beer (back cover)

 

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