Southwest Sports To Go All Out in 42 Conference
Southwest Conference members report varied plans for 1942 sports. Arkansas parties scale back intramurals. Texas expands physical education across 4 000 males. Rice notes more athletes joining armed services. Baylor enforces daily PE for all men. TCU maintains program with possible USC game move. A&M keeps curtailment absent. SMU confirms no curtailment in sports.
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Southwest Conference
Arkansas
Army
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Joe Eason
Leslie Ross
Ott Young
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D. X. Bible
Leslies Croucher
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Rice
Armed Services
Barron Ellis
Buck Sloan
Jeff Brown
Wendell Garrett
Baylor
Weldon Bigony
Jim Bean
Jack Russell
Texas Christian University
Fred Taylor
Marines
Dean Bagley
Texas A. & M
War Department
Southern Methodist University
Weed-thatch diamond fades as Marshall quits for war
Marshall Texas marks six years of organized baseball as its grandstand is torn down. The 3,100-seat structure hosted Parvies in the Texas leagues and drew spring training visits from St Paul, Fort Worth, and Tulsa. Owner Willard Coker says no team will operate during wartime.
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Marshall
Tex
U.P
East Texas
St. Paul
American Assolation
Fort Worth
Tulsa
Willard Coker
TCU Rockets From Lo West Cage Cellar
Texas Christian University surges to a tie for first in the Southwest Conference after a poor previous season. The program now has a full-time basketball coach, limited football players, and key seniors Monroe and Barron with junior Blackmon leading the lineup.
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TCU
Lo’west
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas Christian University
Frogs
Francis Schmidt
T. C U
Hub McQuillan
Texas A. & M
L. A. Monroe
Buddy Barron
Floppy Blackmon
Bowling Results Report From Last Night
Scores show Rangers and Chiefs posting mixed totals with standout frames and uneven team tallies across lanes. Readouts include multiple partial figures such as 783 795 769 and 460 421 435 while Flyers entries appear in scattered digits.
Conn's Biggest Joe Is Texan in 10 Round Bout
Billy Conn, the Pittsburgh heavyweight contender, weighed about 182 pounds and said Jay Turner of Dallas would carry about 38 pounds into their 10 round bout. Turner was described as the biggest opponent Conn had faced. Conn hoped to meet champion Joe Louis in another crown fight.
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Louis
U.P
Billy Conn
Pittsburgh
Hell
Jay Turner
Dallas
Tex
Conn
Turner
Johnny Ray
Joe Louis
Maverick Club Brings In Defense Paper Across Roster
The Maverick Club columns list boys and pounds of paper collected for defense, with names like Rodney Shapple 34 lbs and Herbert Brooks 22 lbs, awarding 10 cent stamps per 100 pounds and a $5 bonus for the top collector by March 1. A found gold chain and cross are offered to the finder. Basketball practice schedules and ongoing club activities are described, including the Maverick Band revival led by Mr Wise.
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Rodney Shapple
H. B. Taylor
Herbert Brooks
Lloyd Phillips
Billy Phillips
Oscar Robbins
Edwin Collins
Bert Collins
Don Bandy
Ross Stephens
Darrell Sharp
Jarrell Sharp
Art’ Sharp
Bobby Tomberlin
Lemon
Thomas Marcum
Ernest Patterson
Eugene Vaughn
Billy Vaughn
Bobby Rice
United States
Maverick Club
Ben
Stinnett
Dumas
Dalhart
Sunray
Talia
McCaskill
Boyd
Wise
5 A League Clubs To Play Charity Games
Southern Baseball Association clubs vote to hold 1942 charity games for the Red Cross with all players volunteering. Community notes praise local supporters and report over 25 tons of paper collected for defense within 30 days.
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Birmingham
Ala
Southern Baseball Association
Red Cross
Yestrday
Dalby
Wingate
Pendleton
Farley
Boxhead Jones to graduate after standout Trojan career
Robert Jones nicknamed Boxhead, star end for USC for three seasons, will graduate Saturday. He scored 100 percent on the football intelligence test by diagramming all 11 players’ assignments on seven plays. A Numismatist, philatelist, rifle expert and Phi Beta Kappa, Boxhead earned the nickname from teammates for his unimaginative playmates.
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Los Angeles
Robert
Boxhead) Jones
Southern California
Boxhead
Trojan
Hogan Dutra Set For Demaret Penna Charity Match
Ben Hogan and Mortie Dutra agreed to meet Jimmy Demaret and Tony Penna in a charity golf match at Del Rio Country Club in Brawley California next Monday after Hogan won the San Francisco Open.
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Los Angeles
U.P
Ben Hogan
Hershey
Mortie Dutra
Jimmy Demaret
Tony Penna
del Rio Country Club
Brawlery
Cal
Hogan on Way to Third Term As Best Golfer of the Year
Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pennsylvania, the leading money winner on the winter circuit, heads to Del Mar for Crosby's pro am after winning the San Francisco Open. He posted 279, nine under par, with a final 71. Sam Snead placed second at 282, Lawson Little third, and Dick Metz fourth, as several players earned prize money in the tournament.
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Dave Loehwing
San Francisco
U.P
Ben Hogan
Hershey
del Mar
King Crosby
Crosby
Hogan
Sam Snead
White Sulphur Springs
Lawson Little
Dick Metz
Chicago
Snead
Metz
Byron Nelson
Oakland
Harry Bassler
Los Angeles
Lloyd Mangrum
Monterey Park
Cal
al Zimmerman
Portland
Ore
Nelson
Jimmy Demaret
Detroit
Harry Cooper
Minneapolis
Sam Byrd
Ardmore
Ralph Hutchinson
Bethlehem
Ray Mangrum
Oakmont
Chick Harbert
Battle Creek
Mich
Chandler Harper
Portsmouth
Willie Goggin
White Plains
N. Y
Earl Fry
Alameda
Horton Smith
Pinehurst
N. C
Jim Ferrier
Elmhurst
Ill
Herman Barron
Leland Gibson
Kansas City
Bongtails of Hialeah to Run for Uncle Sam
War benefit day at Hialeah Park invites 14 top thoroughbreds including Alsab Requested War Relic Market Wise Challedon Pictor Midand Porter's Cap Meissen Attention Our Boots Bless Me Devil Diver Amphitheatre. All track income will be shared among the Red Cross Army Relief Navy Relief Society and the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. Ontario feeds industry note adds Canada side detail.
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Miami
Fla
Hialeah Park
Red Cross
Army Relief Society
Navy Relief Society
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Alsab
Requested
War Relic
Market Wise
Challedon
Pictor
Midand
Porter's Cap
Meissen
Attention
Our Boots
Bless Me
Devil Diver
Larry French Aims For 200-Win Milestone With Dodgers
Larry French, 34, seeks 18 wins to reach 200 for his major league career. He plans to pitch two or three more seasons with the Dodgers, counting on about 14 victories next year. He notes improved arm health after winter treatments and reflects on a 13-year record of 182 wins and 167 losses in 532 games. He has diversified interests including real estate and a used car business.
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Los Angeles
Larry French
Larry
Dodgers
Chicago Cubs
Larry, Jr
Pirates
Slab
Tota
Yanks
French
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