Talk:1938 Maryville Bearcats football team

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Contemporary naming[edit]

It has long been a concern of mine that the naming framework we use for schools in the MIAA is incorrect for early years. I've begun to search for some actual date to see what was the WP:COMMONNAME for the member schools in 1938. Here are my findings from searches of Newspapers.com, covering the time period 9/38-12/38 and limited to Missouri newspapers:

Maryville

"maryville bearcats" gets 79 hits
"maryville teachers bearcats" gets 5 hits
"northwest missouri state bearcats" gets 0 hits
"northwest missouri teachers bearcats" gets 0 hits
"maryville state bearcats" gets 0 hits

Conclusion: Maryville Bearcats was pretty clearly the common name during the 1938 football season. Accordingly, I am moving the article to reflect the contemporary common name. @Jweiss11: Let me know if you have thoughts. I am going to begin with 1938 and then try to fix things one year at a time, as time permits. Cbl62 (talk) 23:42, 28 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Springfield Same process as above for Springfield:

"springfield bears" gets 36 hits
"springfield teachers bears" gets 17 hits
"missouri state teachers bears" gets 1 hit
"springfield state bears" get 0 hits
"southwest missouri state bears" gets 0 hits
"southwest missouri teachers bears" gets 0 hits
"missouri state bears" gets 0 hits

Conclusion: Springfield Bears was the common name with Springfield Teachers Bears" a distant second. Accordingly, I have used this naming in the schedule chart and will change elsewhere. Cbl62 (talk) 00:17, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Kirksville

"kirksville bulldogs" gets 20 hits
"northeast missouri bulldogs" gets 3 hits
"northeast missouri teachers bulldogs" gets 2 hits
"northeast missouri state bulldogs" gets 0 hits
"kirksville state bulldogs" gets 0 hits

Conclusion: Kirksville Bulldogs was pretty clearly the more common name during the 1938 football season. Cbl62 (talk) 00:17, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Warrensburg

"warrensburg mules" gets 73 hits
"central missouri mules" gets 1 hit
"central missouri teachers mules" gets 1 hit
"central missouri state mules" gets 0 hits
"central missouri teachers mules" gets 0 hits
"warrensburg state mules" gets 0 hits
"warensburg state teachers mules" gets 0 hits
"warrensburg teachers mules" gets 0 hits

Conclusion: Warrensburg Mules was pretty clearly the more common name during the 1938 football season. Cbl62 (talk) 00:23, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Cape Girardeau

"cape girardeau indians" gets 37 hits
"southeast missouri indians" gets 2 hits
"southeast missouri state teachers indians" gets 1 hit
"southeast missouri state indans" gets 0 hits
"southeast missouri teachers indians" gets 0 hits
"cape girardeau state indians" gets 0 hits
"cape girardeau state teachers indians" gets 0 hits

Conclusion: Cape Girardeau Indians was pretty clearly the more common name during the 1938 football season. Cbl62 (talk) 00:29, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Rolla

"rolla miners" gets 74 hits
"missouri miners" gets 45 hits
"missouri rolla miners" gets 0 hits
"rolla mines miners" gets 0 hits
"missouri mines miners" gets 0 hits
"missouri S&T miners" gets 0 hits
"missouri school of mines miners" gets 0 hits

Conclusion: Rolla Miners was the more common name with Missouri Miners in second place during the 1938 football season. Cbl62 (talk) 00:37, 29 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]