Fullerton's Round-Up by Hugh Fullerton Jr
A lively column notes Branch Rickey’s musings on pro football rivaling baseball and the growth of football seasons. It also mentions Dusty Boggess joining the NL as umpire, a quip about a Texas rookie, Count Fleet and Indian Goods racing, and assorted sports anecdotes from boxing to amateur baseball debates.
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Count Fleet
Boss
Indian Goods
Victoria Park
Canada
Raymond Johnson
Nashville Tennessean Sports Dept
Bulldogs Seek Fifth Straight Win at Home on Tuesday
Athens High School basketball coach Charlie Bolin sends the Bulldogs against visiting Nelsonville in the season’s first 1944 game. Rested from Christmas, the Red and Black work on fast breaks and shooting range with a revamped lineup including Norm Rousey, Grant Ferguson, Bob Mills, Jack Tipo, and Grover in key roles as they chase a Southeastern League win and a fifth straight victory. The encounter marks the last home game before a January 21 meeting with Logan and followed by road games against Jackson and Gallipolis.
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Charlie Bolin
Athens
Nelsonville
Bulldogs
Greyhounds
Bolin
Norm Rousey
Grant Ferguson
Bob Mills
Jack Tipo
Tnd Grover
Logan
Bolinmen
Jackson
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant Bowling Scores
Cincinnati Reds announce Bill McCorry longtime Ogden baseball manager named traveling secretary while Gabe Paul serves in the armed forces WAC enrollment for 1943 totals over 60,000, far from the 150,000 goal.
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Gabe Paul
Cincinnati
Cincinnati Reds
Bill McCorry
Ogden,tah
Armed Services
WAC
Veteran pro tops Los Angeles Open with 142 total
Harry Bassler, veteran Fox Hills pro, shot 72 70 142 to lead the Los Angeles golf championship field of 109 qualifiers. Eddie Nowak and Bobby Rosenberg tied for second with 143, as weather slowed play at Fox Hills and Sunset Fields. The 72-hole event at Wilshire Country Club offers $4 575 in War Bonds for the winner.
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Los Angeles
Harry Bassler
Fox Hills
Sunset Fields
Eddie Nowak
Bobby Rosberg
San Francisco
Wilshire Country Club
College Basketball Scores Reported From Multiple Games
A series of college and military base basketball scores listed include Penn State 37 against New York U 86, Pittsburgh 68 over Carnegie Tech 88, Columbia 49 over Stevens Tech 87, Pennsylvania 52 over Princeton 46, St Johns 45 over City College of New York 38, Yale 61 over Camp Thomas 53, Muhlenberg 40 over Swarthmore 28, DePauw 69 over Wabash 49, Camp Ellis Ti 62 over Toledo U, Indiana State 51 over Evansville 29, Ohio Northern 44 over Bluffton 27, Fort Benjamin Harrison 61 over Anderson Ind 84, Virginia 39 over North Carolina 36, West Virginia 83 over West Virginia Tech 28, Norfolk Naval Air Station 61 over Duke 24, Rice 45 over Baylor 27.
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Penn State
New York U
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Tech
Columbia
Stevens Tech
Pennsylvania
Princeton
St. John's
City College New York
Yale
Camp Thomas
Muhlenberg
Swarthmore
DePauw V-5
Wabash
Camp Ellis
Toledo U
Indiana State
Evansville
Ohio Northern
Bluffton
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Anderson (Ind
Virginia
North Carolina
West Viginia
West Virginia Tech
Norfolk Naval Air Station
Duke
Rice
Baylor
Faurot Rates 43 Irish as Greatest
South Bend Ind Coaches opinion from the 24th Notre Dame testimonial banquet credits Notre Dame with fielding the best 1943 football eleven. Don Faurot of the Iowa Seahawks says the Irish squad ranks as football history’s top, while naming Frank Leahy as the best grid coach in America. Notre Dame defeated nine opponents that season, including a one point win over Faurot’s team.
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South Bend
Ind
Don Faurot
Iowa Seahawks
Notre Dame
St. Faurot
University of Notre Dame
America
Frank Leahy
Seahawks
Tommy Williams Stars On Court At Camp Stewart
Camp Stewart Ga Sgt Tom Williams 481st Battalion forward set a single game scoring record with 25 points as his team surpassed the 51st 4 to 11. Williams formerly starred at Athens High Bulldogs in Ohio earning the 1941 Southeastern Ohio league title and stands 5 feet 11 inches tall at age 20.
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Camp Stewart
Tom Williams
Williams
Warneke Receives Draft Call Ahead of Spring
Lon Warneke, veteran Chicago Cubs pitcher, passed his screening in Hot Springs Arkansas and said he has notified the club not to depend on him for spring training. He is married with two children and will turn 35 in March. He plans to switch from pitching to serving in the draft, joking about fighting in World War II.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Lon Warneke
Hitler
Hirohito
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Warneke
Minor League Baseball to Carry On Despite World War II Struggles
W. G. Bramham, president of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues, states minor leagues will resume 1944 seasons as soon as players are available. He notes nine leagues survived 1943, including the experimental Class E, and credits government and public support for maintaining morale and a wartime role for baseball.
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W. G. Bramham
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
New York
National Association
Big Dough Is Offered for Pin Tourney
In Ohio and Chicago a wave of winter bowling events features large purses. The 1944 Holiday Sweepstakes opens with 96 teams competing for 16 awards totaling 3,800, led by a 1,000 top prize. The Petersen Classic begins January 22 with a 5,100 top prize, 2,500 second, and 30,400 overall prizes and a record field of 1,216 expected. Dominick De Vito hosts an eight game sweepstakes with 1,000 to the winner as more than 400 bowlers enter.
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Chicago
American Bowling Congress
Ohio
Ray Schalk
Midwest
Ned Day
Milwaukee
Dominick de Vito
Cincinnati Miami game cancelled by scarlet fever outbreak
The scheduled basketball game between the University of Cincinnati and Miami University for Saturday night is called off due to an outbreak of scarlet fever.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Miami University
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Dusty) Boggess
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Crosby Square
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