Bowl Teams Wind Up Preparation For Cotton, Rose, Sugar Bowls
Texas and Georgia Tech tuned up with light workouts on eve of the Cotton Bowl with Texas backing a heavier attack and Georgia Tech relying on Clint Castleberry. UCLA and Georgia prepared for the Rose Bowl with high intensity as Frankie Sinkwich and Bobby Waterfield were key factors, while Army pledges in the Sun Bowl faced Hardin-Simmons underdog odds.
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Dana X. Bible
University of Texas
Bill Alexander
Georgia Tech
Ralph Plaster
Todd
Alexander
Texas
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Bible
Georgia Tech Banks
Clint Castleberry
Roy Dale McKay
Longhorns
Georgia
UCLA
Pasadena
Babe Horrell
Wallace Butts
Butts
Frankie Sinkwich
Bulldogs
Frankie
Charles Rippi
Bobby Waterfield
Texas Sports Year Highlights Amid War Time Worries
Texas shuttered not by war but by a stellar year in sports with Dallas golf stars Ben Hogan and Betty Jameson leading the way along with Rice and Texas A&M teams excelling in golf basketball and baseball. The Sugar Bowl showdown near New Orleans pits Tulsa and Texas in a high stakes clash as war impacts the gridiron.
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Lone Star State
Texas
Ben Hogan
Byron Nelson
Betty Jameson
United States
Betty
Golden Glovers
Chicago
Bill Cummins
Rice
Ray Kenny
Dallas
University of Texas
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Chick
Jimmy Gauntt
Prairie View College
Polly Riley
Fort Worth
Girl
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West Texas
Hank Oana
Clarence Kraft
Tarrant County
Kimbrough
John Kimbrough
Texas A
Western Army
David Goldman
Mexico
Austin Maroons
Oklahoma City News Roundup Faces Inconsistent College Play
Oklahoma City reports describe Texas Christian University’s Horned Frogs winning the all college basketball title with a 37 to 25 final over the Arkansas Razorbacks. The recap highlights key performers and notes other tournament results including Pier Institute and West Texas State. University of Miami coverage previews a looming Orange Bowl clash with Alabama featuring Boston College halfback Robert Mangene challenging the Tide.
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Ed Stamm
Stanford
Norm Verry
Southern California
Bruno Banduceci
Chuck Taylor
Willie Zapalac
Texas A. & M
Bob Kennedy
Washington State
Bob Steuber
Missouri
Tom Roblin
Oregon
Eagle Soph
Alabama
Crimson Tide
Miami
Fla
Boston College
Robert Mangene
Landis called to curb travel and trim 1943 season
Baseball officials awaited an emergency meeting with Commissioner Landis as talks with Defense Director Eastman centered on travel conservation and a shorter season. Proposals reportedly include reducing trips and possibly shrinking the schedule while keeping a 25-man roster.
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Washington
Kenesaw M. Landis
Landis
Chicago
Defense Transportation
Joseph B. Eastman
Clark C. Griffith
Washington Senators
Eastman
Baseball
Chinese Japanese Italians Meet On Court In New York
In New York last night a Japanese basketball team faced a Chinese five with an Italian referee on a church court. About 200 young Chinese and Japanese spectators, all American citizens, danced a zoot-suited jitterbug after the game. The article also notes infantile paralysis germs enter via nasal passages.
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New York
Eskimo Open Tourney Set At Ross Rogers Course
Panhandle golfers may enter the Second Annual Eskimo Open at Ross Rogers Municipal Course starting tomorrow. A large field is expected to compete for several prizes with an entry fee of 1 dollar. The event will use an 18 hole medal handicap format.
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Ross Rogers Municipal
Young Clark Jamagin Leads Hardin-Simmons In Sun Bowl Bid
Abilene Texas December 31 Clark Jamagin at 28 becomes the youngest bowl team coach as Hardin-Simmons Cowboys meet the Second Army Air Force Bombers in El Paso on January 1. Jamagin earned the role after Warren Woodson entered the Navy, and his future may hinge on wartime orders.
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Second Air Force
Uncle Sam
William B
Eese
Isue
Mombers
Hardin-Simmons University
Border
Cowboys
Abilene
Yrops
Rudolph Mobley
Ackrabbit
Camp Wilson
Hardin-Simmons
Lowboys
Linnx
Tex
Clark Jamagin
Clark
Army Air Force
Warren Woodson
Navy
Jarnagin
Army Wants School Sports Continued
Col James E Pixlee former athletic director at George Washington University argues during an NCAA meeting that high school and college athletics must provide competitive training. He says disciplined effort to go all out is learned early and cannot be created in 25 or 30 weeks of military training.
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U.P
Santa Clara
Andy Kerr
Paul Governors
Columbia
Dave Schreiner
Wisconsin
Bob Dove
Notre Dame
Governali
Kerr
Schreiner
Dove
Dick Wildung
Washington State
West
Glenn Pop | Warner
Fox
Palo Alto
Hollingberg
Ends
al Beals
Nick Suscoff
New York
Army
Navy
James E. Pixlee
George Washipton University
National Collegiate
Pixlee
College Basketball Results From AP Schedule
West Port Lawton 45 over College of Puget Sound 41. SMU 40 over North Texas State 37. TCU 37 over Arkansas 25 in the Texas Christian University Oklahoma City All College final. Texas 38 over Maryville Mo 32 for third. Rice 47 over East Central 42 in consolation finals. Rice 42 over Baylor 26 in consolation semi finals. East Central 43 over Norman Naval Base 41 in consolation semi finals. West Texas State 55 over Springfield Mo Teachers 53 in an exhibition.
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West Texas State
Springfield
West Port Lawton
College of Puget Sound
Southwest Southern Methodist
North Texas State
Oklahoma City
Texas Christian
Arkansas
Texas
Maryville
Teachers
Rice
East Central
Okla
Baylor
Norman Naval Base
Navy Has Red Hot Cage Team
GREAT LAKES December 30 The Great Lakes basketball team known as the Navy Fire Engines sports a 65 point average in early games. Lieut Tony Hinkle, coach, compares them to Rhode Island and calls them jittery yet potent. He predicts a future meeting with a like squad and no gym walls at the final gun.
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Great Lakes
Navy Fire Engines
Tony Hinkle
Rhode Island
Texas Thoroughbreds Crown 1942 Turf History
Texas owned and bred horses dominated national tracks in 1942 with top money winners Valdina Farms and others. Notable stars include Valdiia Orphan, Through Bound, and Salto, with owners from Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Dallas. The year marked the greatest Lone Star racing era since repeal of Texas racing.
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Texas
Lone Star State
Emerson F. Woodward
Valdiia Farms
New England
New Orleans
Valdina
Valdiia Orphan
Narragansett
Jesse Martin
Fort Worth
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Lufkin
Washington Park
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Hy-Kerry
T. P. Morgan
Kerrville
Robert J. Kleberg, Jr
King Ranch
Garden State Park
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Corsicana
George McCamey
Reynolds Bros
J. O. Hart
Fort
Navy Boys Still Awaiting Quota
Chief Harry Longabach, local Navy recruiter, says January quota not received and enlistment numbers are uncertain. Men 18 to 38 registered with draft boards and awaiting monthly quotas. volunteers limited by policy pending word from War Department.
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Harry Longabach
Navy
War Department
Yank Fliers Over India
New Delhi dispatch describes the Tenth American Air Force in Northern India facing harsh mountain terrain and monsoon winds as it maintains China’s lifeline by air through India. They fight weather and Japanese patrols to keep supplies moving to Chiang Kai Shek’s forces and support a future air presence in China.
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New Delhi
India
Lord Love ‘Em
Arctic
Tropics
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Libyan
Burma
China
Nature
Tenth Air Force
Clayton L. Bissell
America
Chiang Kai Shek
Tam
Texas Soldier in India Describes Land of Sacred Cows and Tigers
Pvt. Harvey Herd of Dallas writes from India about life at a U S Army post in a desert, markets and water buffaloes, camels and oxen, diverse religious groups, hand made crafts, and hot climate. He notes beer prices, daily heat, and a cooler mountain station with paradise-like climate.
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India
B. L. Herd
Maryland
Grand Silver's
Pvt
Harvey Herd
Dallas
Herd
Amarillo
Burma
Women doctors sought to join U S Army WAACs
The Army recruiting station announced today that women physicians are urgently needed to serve in the WAACs on a contract basis until training at Fort Des Moines Iowa is complete. Commission as officers will follow and selections are by the Surgeon General.
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U. S. Army
Waacss
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Army
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