L.I.U. Cagers Beat Loyola (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1939)

Description

The original release sheet reads: 1. IRISH SWEEPS WINNERS REJOICE: Lucky Sweepstakes ticket holders in New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia and elsewhere, celebrate the running of the Grand National which put them in line for $150,000 or other prize awards. And are they happy! 2A. NAZIS OVERRUN CZECHO-SLOVAKIA: Mechanized columns of German troops, with tanks and field guns, speed into the leading cities of Bohemia and Moravia to "establish order" and "protect" the Czechs—their new vassals. 2B. BORAH URGES U.S. NEUTRALITY: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sen. William E. Borah, militant Republican, warns that the United States must heed the advice of Washington—"no entangling alliances"—and regard the Monroe Doctrine as part of our national defense. 2C. 20,000 IN ANTI-NAZI PARADE: NEW YORK, NY - Thousands, including marchers in gay Czecho-Slovakian costumes, stage a colorful parade in protest against Hitler's seizure of the Czech Republic, while a half-million on-lookers jam the route to Columbus Circle. 2D. 8 KILLED AS AIRLINER CRASHES: OKLAHOMA CITY, OK - Scattered wreckage is all that remains of a huge transport plane which crashed shortly after taking off. All but four persons perish when the once-proud craft explodes and bursts into flames. 2E. AMAZING OUTLAW SHOT AT LAST: POWELL, WY - A reign of terror comes to a fantastic end! Earl Durand, renegade of the Rockies, who killed five men and eluded a posse in the mountains for nine days, is "potted" by a 17-yr.-old boy while trying to rob a bank. 2F. CLIPPER MAKES ATLANTIC HOP: BALTIMORE, MD - The 41-ton Yankee Clipper, America's 74-passenger challenge for trans-Atlantic supremacy, takes off from the Pan-American base with 21 aboard for its first "shakedown" flight to the Azores and Europe. 3A. L.I.U. CAGERS BEAT LOYOLA: NEW YORK, NY - Action and thrills mark the finals of the national invitation basketball tourney at Madison Square Garden, with the Long Island "Five" trouncing the Chicagoans, 44-32, while 18,000 fans whoop it up! 3B. TRACK STARS SHINE IN MEET: CHICAGO, IL - Action and speed mark the 3rd annual Indoor Relays at the Internat'l Amphitheatre! Earle Meadows breaks the indoor pole vault record and Chuck Fenske noses out Glenn Cunningham in the Banker's Mile. 4. COLORFUL ICE PAGEANT STAGED: NEW YORK, NY - Poetry on ice is graphically written as the 6th annual Skating Club carnival gets under way at Madison Square Garden! Fancy skating, comedy on skates and breathless group numbers with an internat'l cast of 200! (LOCAL – CANADA) THRILLED KIDS GO FOR EXCITING RIDE ON SMALL TRAIN.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library