Golfers Mapped Charity Matches to Replace PGA Tour
Pro golfers plan a charity matches program replacing the 1943 PGA title tourney. Fred Corcoran says the event will follow WWI relief match lines with many tour stops canceled. PGA will sponsor the effort as many players are in service. Arkansas beat Pittsburg State Teachers 57 to 46 in a Fayetteville game.
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Major league teams seek nearer spring training sites
Chicago dispatch reports Joseph Eastman, director of the Office of Defense Transportation, will rule on baseball spring trips early in February. Clark Griffith relayed that trips to Florida Texas and California may be barred for military reasons. Will Harridge said Eastman appreciated teams cooperation but more sacrifices are needed and a clarification is promised to let teams adjust plans.
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Texas
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Mort Cooper Tops National League Pitchers of the Year
Mort Cooper of the St Louis Cardinals led NL pitchers with a 1.77 ERA and 22 wins against 7 losses, earning the league’s Most Valuable Player nod. Johnny Beazley, rookie corporal in the Army, was second in ERA at 2.13 and led in winning percentage among those with at least 10 complete games with a 21-6 mark.
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Morton Cooper
Johnny Meazley
St Louis Cardinals
National League Today
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Beazley
Larry French
Brooklyn
Ace Adams
New York Giants
Max Macon
Brooklyn Dodgers
Missouri Farmer
Carl Hubbell
Giants
Hubbell
Armstrong Stuns Turiello in Four Rounds at Civic Auditorium
Henry Armstrong of Los Angeles, former three time world champion, defeated Saverio Turiello of New York by technical knockout in four rounds before about 7,000 fans at San Francisco's Civic Auditorium. Armstrong claimed Sugar Ray Robinson fears meeting him in an Eastern bout.
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U.P
Henry Armstrong
Los Angeles
Saverio Turiello
New York
Harlem
Ray
Sugar) Robinson
Armstrong
Civic Auditorium
Turiello
Ko'd Saverio Turiello
Jimmy Brooks
Douglas Wilson
Phoenix
Drew
Fresh freshmen join Rice basketball squad for upcoming games
Six first year players began workouts with the Rice team amid Southwest Conference admission of freshmen to varsity competition. Named are David Cook Pat Samuels Bill Henry Renon Paschal Bill Hannum and Ed Grantham. Willie Pep extended his knockout streak to 55 wins after defeating Aponti Torres in Hartford.
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U.P
Rice
Louisiana State University
David Cook
Larkin
Pat Samuels
New Orleans
Bill Henry
Highland Park
Renon Paschal
Robstown
Bill Hannum
Ed Grantham
Kilgore
Pep
Washington
Willie Pep
Hartford
Conn
New York Boxing Commission
Aponti Torres
Puerto Rico
Amarillo Sandies prep for Dallas semi with Sunset Bisons
Amarillo High School football coach Howard Lynch drills three squads at Butler Field as the Sandies prepare for Saturday’s semi final in Dallas against Sunset. Co captains Ray Daniel Dwight Hoskins and Billy Lynch lead the first backfield while second and third units show strong play and depth, including Rex Daniel and Woodring.
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Howard Lynch
Amarillo
Dallas
Sunset Bisons
Sandies
Ray Daniel
Dwight Hoskins
Billy Lynch
Billy Keith Irwin
Dick Cline
Hoskins
Bill Jolly
Carroll Hall
Bob Zelsman
Fluff Meyers
Jimmy Blessen
John Andrews
Billy Meadows
Robinson Wins 40th Straight With TKO Over Nettlow
Ray Sugar Robinson, the New York welterweight, scored a technical knockout of Sailor Al Nettlow of Detroit in the third round at Convention Hall Philadelphia before 7,868 fans. Nettlow withstood early pressure until Detroit manager Al Weill asked the bout be stopped after the bell ending the third.
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Sugar) Robinson
New York
al Nettlow
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Robinson
al Weill
Ray Robinson
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al Tribuani
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Mayon Padlow
Freddie Wilson
Jim Elliott
Baltimore
Bobby Garcia
Richard Cremar
Triple Threat Back Is Good at Interception Too
Ducde Dent star halfback for Colorado State Football adds 10 points via rushing and kicking, punts 40 yards on average, and makes a key interception at the five yard line to stop Wyoming in a 10-0 win.
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Ducde Dent
Colorado
Wyoming
Dent
Crowded chair cars boost Sooners win alibi
Norman, December 15. Coach Bruce Drake of Oklahoma says crowding in chair cars on road trips helps the Sooners focus on basketball. The defending Big Six champions traveled to Winfield and beat Southwestern 43 to 20, aided by rapid travel and a disciplined squad.
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Bruce Drake
University of Oklahoma
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Winfield
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Forbus Makes All Conference
The University of Arizona Wildcats finished fourth in the Border Conference and placed three on the 1942 All-Conference team. First team includes Fred Salem of Texas Mines, Rex Dempsey and Bob Ruman of New Mexico Aggies and Arizona, Jack Irish of Arizona, Bill Thompson of New Mexico, Joed Forbus of West Texas State, Marl McCain of Arizona, and J C Callahan of Texas Tech. Honorable mention backs include Wesley Pos and others. second team features Harold Prescott, Joe Smith, John Baklarz, George Zoller, Doyle Caraway and more from several schools.
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Texas State
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George Zoller
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Camp Wilson
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Two Freshmen to Play in Cotton Bowl
Two Texas freshmen Frank Guess from Wharton and Ed Heap of Temple were added to the Cotton Bowl roster after freshman play was authorized. Guess may handle kicking for Fullback Roy McKay, while Heap will understudy Harold Fisher at left guard. Coach D X Bible noted McKay’s ankle remains tender though healing, and Fisher’s substitution depth improved late in the season.
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Heap
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Longhorns Start Five-Game Series
University of Texas cagers depart for a five game set in Texas and Oklahoma with Army and Navy teams. Opener tonight at Kelly Field in San Antonio, then Cadet Center Gulf Coast Training Center and Randolph Field. Dec 19 meet Corpus Christi Naval Air base stars coached by Lieut. Jack Gray.
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Dallas
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Oklahoma East Central Teachers College
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Boxing Results From Across The Nation
The report lists multiple boxing results with fighters and outcomes from venues in New York Newark Holyoke Washington San Francisco and more. Notable outcomes include Ray Robinson defeating Al Nettlow by technical knockout and Larry Lane outpointing Earl Lowman among others.
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Larry Lane
Trenton
Earl Lowman
New York
Larry Scalione
John Shedler
Patterson
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