1935-Tulane v Temple (Video)

Transcript

- [Narrator] It was the day that
the exiled Bolshevist Leon Trotsky was in Paris,
disclaiming all connection with the Leningrad plot.
[band music]
In Washington,
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was threatening
to withhold public works funding for Louisiana...
as his very public feud with Senator Huey Long escalated.
Huey, meanwhile, seemed more concerned about
LSU football.
In Pasadena, California, on this day,
Alabama would win the Rose Bowl with a kid named Paul Bryant
leading the way.
And Will Rogers was writing color for the Times Picayune.
It was January 1st, 1935,
and in New Orleans, they were writing
the first chapter of the Sugar Bowl,
a courageous and ambitious civic effort
put together by a group of men who formed the New Orleans
Mid-Winter Sports Association.
It was Tulane against Temple playing for ownership
of an antique silver cup,
battling on a bitterly cold New Year's afternoon
in front of 26,000 at Tulane's then small stadium.
It was great college football and Pop Warner's
Philadelphians took advantage of two Tulane fumbles
and the running of "Dynamite Dave" Smukler to grab an early
14 to nothing lead.
But the Wave would win the first Sugar Bowl.
Win because of the legendary "Little Monk" Simons,
because of Bucky Bryan, Dick Hardy, and Barney Mintz.
"Little Monk" was sensational in his last game as a Greenie,
playing with a broken shoulder.
Here he intercepts a Temple pass.
He scored Tulane's
first touchdown on a dramatic 65 yard kickoff return,
a play still remembered by those
who were there at this first great Sugar Bowl.
And it was Barney Mintz
who faded back from Coach Ted Cox's wing formation
to throw this game winning touchdown
56 yards to the arms of Dick Hardy.
Barney also kicked Tulane's two points after.
From the campus of Tulane on that cold New Year's Day of
1935 to the 49th Sugar Bowl Classic played
for an unprecedented national championship
inside the magnificent Louisiana Superdome.
This is the story of football at its very best.
And...
the 50th is coming up.

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This appears to be an excerpt from a longer video, perhaps a commemoration of the 50th Sugar Bowl game. Black and white newsreel footage with sound begins with a brief historical introduction and then launches into footage of the first Sugar Bowl game, played in New Orleans, Louisiana, on, January 1, 1935. In the inaugural contest, Tulane competed against Temple in 1935 "on a bitterly cold New Year's afternoon." Twenty six thousand people crowded into Tulane's then-small stadium. Claude "Little Monk" Simons played with a broken shoulder in his last game with the team. Includes 18fps footage of the game. The video concludes with an introduction to 1984's Sugar Bowl game, the 50th ever played. You may view the football program of the 1935 Sugar Bowl game at http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A23014.

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Title: 1935-Tulane v Temple (Video)
Creator: Tulane University
Transcriber: Velasquez, Alan
Date Created: 1935
Description: This appears to be an excerpt from a longer video, perhaps a commemoration of the 50th Sugar Bowl game. Black and white newsreel footage with sound begins with a brief historical introduction and then launches into footage of the first Sugar Bowl game, played in New Orleans, Louisiana, on, January 1, 1935. In the inaugural contest, Tulane competed against Temple in 1935 "on a bitterly cold New Year's afternoon." Twenty six thousand people crowded into Tulane's then-small stadium. Claude "Little Monk" Simons played with a broken shoulder in his last game with the team. Includes 18fps footage of the game. The video concludes with an introduction to 1984's Sugar Bowl game, the 50th ever played. You may view the football program of the 1935 Sugar Bowl game at http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/islandora/object/tulane%3A23014.
Extent: 2 min., 33 sec.
Form: Black and white, 16mm film
Type of Resource: moving image
Genre: Historical films
Topical Subject(s): Universities & colleges
Football
Football players
Motion pictures
Sports
Students
Geographic Subject(s): New Orleans (La.)
Publisher: Tulane University Digital Library
Language: eng
Identifier (Local): 1935-TulanevTemple_reformat.mp4
Rights: Physical rights are retained by the University Archives, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Contact: specialcollections@tulane.edu