Defending Champion Longhorns Open Chase This Week
The Texas Longhorns open their Southwest Conference baseball campaign this week facing Rice in Houston and Texas A and M in College Station. Baylor and A and M split their series with strong pitching from Howard Wafer and Charlie Stevenson. SMU and TCU meet in Fort Worth while Baylor sits idle.
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Charlie Stevenson
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Snead Wehrle Win Amateur Pro Best Ball Title Again
Sammy Snead and Wilford Wehrle defeated Bill Nary and Freddie Haas 6 and 5 to win the National Amateur-Professional Best Ball tournament in St. Augustine Fla. for the second straight year. Snead earned 1000 dollars. Wehrle and Haas received massive trophies.
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Rancho Santa Fe
Calif
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New Orleans
Snead-Wehrle
Paris
South Cagers Favored in Women's AAU
Seedings for the National Women's AAU basketball tournament list Nashville Business College as the top seed with Little Rock Flyers, Arkansas Motor Coaches, and Davenport AIC among the top four. Twenty one teams entered with first round games Monday afternoon advancing to a 16 team bracket. pairings include Pony Express St Joseph facing Okmulgee and Gary against Quinlan. tourney runs through Friday. MAT POISON ANN ARBOR Michigan wrestler Jim Galles, captain, lost only one dual match in three years.
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Frisch Spins Yarns While Fretting Over Pirates
Frankie Frisch enjoys swapping yarns and talking baseball but frets about the Pirates. The 1940s manager battles worry with a fierce competitive spirit, recalling his Fordham roots and coach Miguel Gonzalez as he frets over lineup, infield, and opponent pitching ahead of a rainout exhibition.
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Roving Sports Bits Stir Inland Games And Star Hopes
The United Press column discusses shifting major Pacific Coast clashes to inland cities to dodge crowds, cites potential Chicago or Columbus venues for California Stanford and Minneapolis or Lincoln for USC UCLA, and notes doubts about distant draws. It also covers a clutter of horse racing, baseball, and football notes from 1941 42, including Jock Sutherland Navy enlistment and Abe Simon in naval training.
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Maverick Club Juniors Fall In Overtime To Central Juniors
The Maverick Club Juniors lost 30 to 27 in overtime to Central Junior High Independents, ending a 10 win seven loss basketball season. Key scorers included Clenard Haas with 164 points and Jewell McDowell with 118, with other standouts like Harry Johnson and W T Stephens contributing. The article also notes boxing preparations under Joe Scroggins and band progress led by Mr. Wise as the season fades toward spring.
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Harry Johnson
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John Boone
Ladell Pugh
Mr. Wise
Wise
Amarillo
Roundup highlights war effort and college sports moves
Fordham publicist Tom Deegan plans 25 cent defense stamp on free football tickets to fund Uncle Sam. Clark Shaughnessy heads to Maryland for more duties. Yokers include talent moves at Indiana Ohio State Xavier Purdue Kentucky and Quantico officers school. Fort Knox eyes big football with potential name coaches.
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Notre Dame
George Farrell
Andrew Stojkovich
Stanford
Gerard Charboneau
Detroit
Steaming sleeves aid Cubs in warming up sleeves
The Chicago Cubs have four special jackets, two for left handers and two for right handers, with an electric heating device in the sleeve of the pitching arm to help condition hurlers in Avalon California.
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Jimmy Phelan to Yale Football Tip Stir 1943
In 1943 gossip centres on football mentor Jimmy Phelan and Yale prospects. The rumor hints at Phelan taking a Yale role, stirring speculation among fans and college circle observers about future coaching moves and program alignment.
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Louis Simon bout draw expected at MSG next Friday
The Louis versus Simon heavyweight title fight at Madison Square Garden is projected to draw a large gate with a charitable angle as Louis donates his purse to army relief and promoter Jacobs matches funds. Abe Simon, weighing 255 pounds, will again test the champion in a high stakes return bout amid strong public interest.
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Leafs and Wings win playoff games in NHL action
In New York the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the New York Rangers 4 to 2 in game two of their best-of-seven series. Detroit meanwhile beat Montreal 2 to 1 in Detroit to take the opener of their best two-out-of-three quarterfinal series. Center Don Grosso scored twice for the Red Wings.
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