Major Minor League Meeting Opens Night Games Debate
The Major Minor league annual meeting opened at the New Yorker hotel. Major league rejection of minor league draft and waiver price boosts is anticipated. A three man advisory council may guide decisions with Ford Frick Will Harridge and Leslie M O Connor named.
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New York
New Yorker
Ford Frick
Will Harridge
Leslie M. O’connor
E. M. Landis
Clark Griffith
Washington
Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Browns
Chet .Landis
Milt Byrnes
Mike Chartak
Joe Orengo
Forrest Orrel
Bob Gillespie
Landis
John McGraw
Connie Mack
Ban Johnson
George Wright
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Hall of Fame
Sgt. Ferrier Captures Oakland Open Golf Title
Sgt. Jim Ferrier of Camp Roberts Calif., won the 1944 Oakland Open by shooting 277 over Sequoah Course. He earned 1600 in War Bonds and the championship, overtaking McSpaden who finished second with 278. Laffoon placed third with 279, Byrd fourth with 280 in bonds.
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Oakland
Calif
Camp Roberts
Jim Ferrier
Sequoyah
Ferrier
McSpaden
Laffoon
Chicago
Harold McSpaden
Philadelphia
Sam Byrd
Detroit
Sports Mirror Highlights From Past AP Rankings
Today a year ago Lt Joseph Hunt and Pauline Betz led the AP tennis rankings for 1943. Three years ago New York Giants acquired Johnny Mize from the Cardinals for Bill Lohrman Ken O D ea and an undisclosed cash amount. Five years ago Niles Kinnick named No 1 Sports Star of Year. Ten years ago Ford Frick became president of the National Baseball League.
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Associated Press Today
Joseph Hunt
U. S. Navy
Pauline Betz
Los Angeles
New York Basketball Giants
Johnny Mize
Cardinals
Bill Lohrman
Ken O’dea
Niles Kinnick
Iowa
Giants Hand Redskins 31-0 as Owen lauds youngsters
Steve Owen praised his Giants after a 31-0 victory over the Washington Redskins. The win puts New York in the championship against the Green Bay Packers in New York next Sunday. Five freshmen and veterans earned praise, including Howard Livingston Joe Sulaitis Bill Petrilas John Weiss and Frank Amont. Ken Strong, aiding the offense, enjoyed a late return and a long run for his son. The defense shut down Washington’s passing game.
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Washington
Steve Owen
New York Giants
Washington Redskins
Giants
Green Bay Packers
New York
Pappy
Owen
Colege
Howard Livingston
Joe Sulaitis
Bill Petrilas
John Weiss
Frank Amont
Steve
Ken Strong
Ken, Jr
Ken
Redskins
Harrison Annexes Golf Tournament in Miami Open
Staff Sgt. E. J. Harrison won the Miami Open with a 2 500 prize after beating five contenders in a crowded final stretch. Henry Picard took second, Johnny Revolta third, Morris OConnor fourth, and Pete Cooper fifth as Harrison credited Army training and weight gain for steadier nerves and longer drives.
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Miami
Fla
E. J
Dutch
Johnny Revolta
Evanston
Ill
Morris O’connor
Belleville
N. J
Pete Cooper
Gainesville
Harrison
Details of B-29 Superfortress Electrical System
The B-29 Superfortress contains 149 electric motors and over ten miles of wiring. It also features about one and a half miles of tubing in its complex electrical and propulsion networks.
State Grid Title Game In Tulsa
Tulsa Central and Oklahoma City Classes will meet at 2 30 p.m. Saturday in Tulsa Skelly Stadium for the Oklahoma Class A Highschool Football Title. The Class B final pits Wilson against Garber at Taft Stadium Oklahoma City. Lone Wolf and Medford vie for Class C at Medford Friday. Grady Skillern of Tulsa Central was chosen to manage Class A and Howard Welborn of Medford to manage Class C.
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Oklahoma City
Tulsa Central
Tulsa
Skelly
Oklahoma
Wilson
Garber
Taft Stadium
Lone Wolf
Medford
Board of Control of
The
High School Athletic Association
Grady Skillern
Howard Welborn
Aggie Captain Ralph Foster Returns to Lead A M
Ralph Foster the 225 pound 6 foot captain of Oklahoma A and M proves a hard tying veteran can return from naval service to lead the Aggies a 46 40 win over Tulsa and earn a Cotton Bowl bid Foster 27 married father of a one year old son played three years previously before discharge and served as a steadying influence in 1939 Tulsa upset and 1940 victory.
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Stillwater
Ralph Foster
Oklahoma A
Foster
Navy
Aggies
Jim Lookabaugh
Lookabaugh
Tulsa
Ardmore Cage Team Defeats Tigers 48 to 41
Ardmore Army Air Base basketball team edged East Central Tigers 48 to 41 on Saturday. Carleton led Tigers with 13 points. James Zondla scored 11 as coach Hinkle Blevins praised steady improvement and high hopes for future games.
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Ardmore Army Air Base
East Central Tigers
Ardmore
Carleton
Tigers
James Zondla
Hinkle Blevins
Landis Leagues for Boys Suggested by Lan dis
Roundup by Hugh Fullerton Jr. reports in New York that Judge Landis opposed statues and memorials and Col Reed Lan dis proposes funding Landis Leagues to support youth baseball nationwide. The piece notes minor league plans to aid high school programs and dispels a rumor about Jock Sutherland coaching Brooklyn football next fall.
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Hugh Fullerton
New York
Judge Landis
Col
Reed Landis
Landis
Jock Sutherland
Brooklyn
Jock
Judge Landis Appears Amid Opening Day Delay
The Sporting News reports on Judge Landis delaying a 1921 owners meeting by watching a kid game in a vacant lot. A courier found him there before he arrived, and he apologized for arriving from a cow pasture opening game.
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Sporting News
Judge Landis
Landis
Local coaches criticize new rules for basketball substitutions
Coaches fear unlimited substitution may let teams stall late games and cause timeouts via fake injuries. Cincinnati's Ray Mueller has gained 12 pounds since his 218th straight game, aiming to begin anew after George Gibson's record 433 consecutive games.
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Cincinnati
Ray Mueller
George Gibson
Williams Field's Lieutenant Captain Leads Post Basketball Team
Ralph Williams, at Williams Field in Chandler Arizona, holds the unique rank of Lieutenant Captain and runs the post basketball squad. Siggie Stadlander, once Germany's lightweight champion known as Sig Lander, endured a 12 year pursuit by Cupid, escaped Gestapo in Palestine, fought twelve bouts, then joined the U.S. Army and married his fiancée after stints in Africa and England.
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Williams
Chandler
Ariz
Ralph
Siggie Stadlander
Germany
America
Sig Lander
Dan Cupid
Siggie
Palestine
Gestapo
Africa
England
Tigers Host Payne County All-Stars Tuesday
On Tuesday December 19 the Tigers will host the Payne County All-Stars, a group of independent players from Wayne. Spark plugs for automotive vehicles should last three or four times longer than prewar plugs due to wartime aircraft experience. the secret is a copper core in the plug’s central electrode.
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Tigers
Payne County All-Stars
Wayne
Greater Returns for Amount in Vested Ada News Classified Ads
The Ada News lists boosted returns for investors in vested accounts. Classified notices highlight higher value opportunities with improved yields and favorable terms for readers seeking growth.
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Ada News
Train Derailment injures few near Wadsworth Illinois
A Milwaukee Olympian mail and day coach derailed near Wadsworth during the first heavy snowfall of the season. Eleven passengers were reported injured, none seriously, as the train traveled about 60 mph after a burned out journal box caused the derailment. Local deputies said several riders were shaken. a special Milwaukee train was sent to the scene to assist passengers.
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Wadsworth
Milwaukee Railroad
Chicago
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Charles Rouse
Lake County
Randolph to Play Postseason Game in Treasury Bowl
Randolph Field meets Second Air Force at the Polo Grounds in a post season Treasury Bowl fray expected to net 80 million in War Bonds. Randolph, riding a ten game win streak after a 20 to 7 victory over Fourth Air Force at Los Angeles before 50 000 fans, heads into the matchup undefeated.
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Ted Meier
New York
Polo Grounds
Randolph Field
Second
Air Force
Fourth Air Force
March Field
Los Angeles
Oklahoma Soldiers Wounded in Action Listed
A European casualty list released by the army names Oklahoma veterans wounded in action. Pfc. Darrell W. Cook of Tulsa 1st Sgt. Jack E. Evatt of Lawton Pvt. Lonnie H. Finney of Sand Springs Pvt. Reford O. Foster of Alex Lt. Hobart L. Heartsill of Ardmore S/Sgt. Howard H. Kopp of Oklahoma City Sgt. Lloyd E. McGee of Ponca City.
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Washington
Army
Darrell W. Cook
Tulsa
Jack E. Evatt
Lawton
Lonnie H. Finney
Sand Springs
Reford O. Foster
Alex
Hobart L. Heartsill
Ardmore
Howard H. Kopp
Oklahoma City
Lloyd E. McGee
Ponca
Ceremony Lists Oklahoma City Servicemen in War Effort
City residents and service members are named including Wilbur W. O Connor Pfc Oklahoma City and Royal K Purdom Cpl Briartown. The list covers Scheffel Enid Smith Tulsa Armstrong Agra Everett Red Oak Faulkner Stigler Henry Medford Land Pryor Parsons Muldrow Shoemake Clayton Tompkins Sentinel Task Grove Turner Fort Supply Wortman Washington.
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Pryor
Earl L. Parsons
Muldrow
Herman A. Shoemake
Clayton
Otis L. Tompkins
Sentinel
Leslie S. Task
Grove
Leslie L. Turner
Fort Supply
George V. Wortman
Washington
No Lefthanded Mustache Cups Found in Kansas City
Kansas City December 11. R P Bob Lyons collects 399 mustache cups and a rarity a mustache saucer but cannot find a lefthanded mustache cup. The search for a lefthanded cune continues despite his extensive collection.
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Kansas City
R. P
Bob) Lyons
Creomulsion Ad Promises Quick Cough Relief
An Ada News ad urges treating bronchitis and chest colds with Creomulsion. It claims the product goes to the root of the problem, loosens phlegm, soothes inflamed bronchial membranes, and includes no narcotics. The offer guarantees satisfaction with a money back promise if the cough is not quickly relieved.
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Perry Morris
Rigsby’s
Herman Landrith
Phillips 66 Products
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Ada Lron and Metal Co
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Bill Dudley
Pete Szyden
Atlanta
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Charley Thippi
Colorado
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New Year Day’s Attractions Are Set. Southern California
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Pasadena
Georgia Tech
Duke
Alabama
New Orleans
Texas Christian
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Dallas
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Randolph
Johns-Manville
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