Major League Trade Winds Stirred By Indians Bid On Muncrief
At the MLB meetings in New York the Indians reportedly put Bob Muncrief on the trading block with options to swap for Jim Bagby or Bill Dietrich. The gathering endorsed night baseball, raised roster limits to aid returning service members, and allocated $20,000 to the American Legion for amateur baseball while planning a new Major-Minor league agreement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Reichler
New York
Lou Boudreau
Cleveland
Indians
Jim Bagby
St. Louis Browns
Bob Muncrief
Chicago White Sox
Bill Dietrich
Southern Association
Big Loops
American Legion
Chicago
East West Shrine game players in armed forces and fatalities
San Francisco hosts the 20th East West Shrine football game on New Year’s Day. A Coffman survey finds more than one third of 878 players from 19 games since 1925 are in the armed forces, with four killed in action and several wounded or captured, including Lt Eso Naranche, Lt Donald L Wemple, Lt James W McDonald, Austin Straubel, James Turner, Tom Alberghini, Capt Jim Kisselburgh, Lt John Shirk and Pvt Edward Coen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coffman
Eso Naranche
Army
University of Montana
West
Bizerte
North Africa
Donald L. Wemple
Asiatic
Marianas
James W. McDonald
University of Illinois
Austin Straubel
University of Wisconsin
Holy Cross
Shrine
Navy
James Turner
Tom Alberghini
Marines
East
Germany
Jim Kisselburgh
Oregon State
John Shirk
University of Oklahoma
Edward Coen
Final Grid Game Of State Playoff On Radio Schedule
A 16 station network will broadcast the 1944 Oklahoma high school football state final between Classen High Oklahoma City and Central High Tulsa from Skelly Stadium in Tulsa. Wes Box and Al Donaldson will provide play by play and color as fans listen at 2 20 p m on KADA Ada KVSO Ardmore KWON Bartlesville KCRC Enid KSWO Lawton KBIX Muskogee and other listed stations.
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Classen High
Oklahoma City
Central High
Tulsa
Skelly Stadium
Wes Box
al Donaldson
Kada Ada
Kvso Ardmore
Kwon Bartlesville
Kcrc Enid
Kswo Lawton
Kbix Muskogee
Bond sales lag in Army Navy and Bond Bowl events
Roundup notes War Bond drives for the Army Navy game in Baltimore and the Bond Bowl between Randolph Field and the Second Air Force reached quotas of 58.6 million and 79.75 million respectively yet relied on corporate and payroll savings groups. The piece says new small buyers did not materialize.
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Hugh Fullerton, Jr
New York
Army-Navy
Baltimore
Randolph Field
Second Air Force
Baseball Meetings Sparkmy Clubroom Gossip
An observer noted Branch Rickey with his arm over Bob Quinn's shoulder and quipped about Bob's shirt. Another sighting had Buddy Kerr at the head of a Giant officials table prompting a NL manager to guess he is a holdout worth $20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Branch Rickey
Bob Quinn
Bob
Buddy Kerr
NFL Owners Likely to Fight Major Rule Changes
National football league clubs face anticipated protests over anticipated major league rule changes as reporters note possible disputes among owners. The report cites radio listings for Oklahoma stations including KOCY and KOMA in Oklahoma City and KTUL in Tulsa as context for the coverage.
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KOCY
Oklahoma City
KOMA
KTOK
WKY
KHBG
Okmulgee
WBBZ
Ponca City
KGFF
Shawnee
Kome Tulsa
KTUL
Tulsa
Kvoo Tulsa
U.S. Baseball Series to Use International Umpires
Ray Dumont plans a first International Non Professional Baseball Series in the United States with one umpire from each country. About 16 umpires are expected, four used each inning and alternated to avoid claims of American favoritism. Vestel New York bowler Rachel La Tell rolled a 300 last week and remarked she felt nothing.
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Rachel la Tell
Vestel
N. Y
United States
Ray Dumont
Late Rally Secures 44 41 Win For Aggies At NYU
Oklahoma A & M defeated New York University 44 to 41 in Madison Square Garden before 18,102 fans. Bob Kurland led with 14 points and strong rebounding as Weldon Kern added 18 to cap the Aggies upset over NYU Violets. A&M had opened the eastern swing with a win at Buffalo and face Temple next.
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New York
Madison Square Garden
Oklahoma Aggies
New York University
St. Johns
Brooklyn
Utah
Aggies
Bob Kurland
NYU
Oklahoma
Garden
Weldon Kern
Lawton
Okla
Kurland
Violets
Cowboys
Ada News Want Ads Mention Olympic Runners
Service Dept notes Col Charles D Riedpath who won the 1912 Olympic 400m avoided military details in a letter to coach Tom Deane of Syracuse about his Europe trip. He recalls Woodie All an Woodring who won the 1920 Antwerp 200m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Riedpath
Tom Deane
Syracuse
Europe
Reidpath
Woodie
Allan Woodring
Antwerp
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Legion
National Grid Loop
George Strickler
Gridders
Unlimited
Baseball Unlimited
Washington
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
New York Giants
Will Harridge
Clarence Rowland
Pacific Coast League
Pearl Harbor
Ada News
U. S. Navy
NEA
Pacific
J. G
John H. Cantrell
Portales
N. M
John L. Carter
Jacksonville
Fla
San Francisco
Russ Newland
William M. Coffman
North Carolina State
Bataan
AVA
Greece
Elas
National Liberation Front Party
George Papandreou
Ronald Scobie
Left Above
Athens
Scobie
America
Tokyo
Rollow Hardware Company
Allis Chalmers
International Harvester Equipment
W. 12Th
U.S. Marine Corps
Wintersmith Park
Wayne Wheelock
City of
Ada
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