Major League Rosters Shuffle as 1944 Contracts Roll In
Eleven more major league players signed 1944 contracts while four were classified 4-F or pre induction. Hal Wagner plans part time A's role as spring training nears. Jim Bagby seeks voluntary retirement for the duration amid club approvals and Landis review. Various players reported for pre induction and training with teams across the country including White Sox, Giants, Phillies, and Cardinals.
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NEW York
Hal Wagner
Philadelphia A’s
NEW York—Giants
Walter Ockey
Milford
Del
Boston
Charles Workman
Philadelphia
Dick Barrett
Julius Homokay
Utica
N. Y
Charley Schanz
San Diego
Calif
ST. Louis
Whitkey Kurowski
Cardinals
Mexican Dethrones Angott As NBA Lightweight King
Juan Zurita returned to Mexico City after a U S split decision loss and now holds the NBA lightweight title. He defeated Sammy Angott at Hollywood baseball park before 11 300 spectators, with Angott off his mark and hampered by a late pre induction physical.
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Angott
NBA
Hollywood
Luther
Slugger
Sammy Angott
Hollywood Baseball Park
Sammy
Zurita
Mushy Callahan
White
Tulsa Springs New Idea To Combat Goal-Tender
Harry Grayson reports on Oklahoma A. and M. using stalling tactics to slow opponents like Arkansas and Oklahoma. Tulsa implements a new approach to stop seven foot center Bob Kurland as coaches debate rule changes to curb goal tending and non movement offenses.
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Tulsa Springs
Harry Grayson
NEA
Oklahoma A
Bob Kurland
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Aggies
Cowboys
Hank Iba
Stillwater
M. Total
Tulsa
Foothills Kurland
Golden Hurricanes
Casaba
Kurland
Fullerton’s Roundup highlights holdouts and payroll woes
The column notes baseball owners worry more about player demands than holdouts. Minor leaguers push to lift salary limits to fill rosters, with Buffalo’s John Stigsmeier projecting a $10,000 monthly payroll for 19 players against an $8,500 cap. It also mentions umpire holdouts in the International League and a NFL referee reinstatement request by Lieut. Col. Red Friesell.
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New York
Buffalo
John Stigsmeier
International League
Red Friesell
National Football League
Officials Named for Regional Basketball Tournaments
H R Townsend the Ohio High School Athletic Association commissioner announced the officials for next week's regional basketball tournaments. Class A and B at Bowling Green Ollie Klee Toledo D W Trubey Elyria Robert B Oldfather Napoleon. Class A at Dennison A C Grant Loudonville James Morgan New Philadelphia. Class A at Dayton Don F Bellechino Dayton Amos Smith Hillsboro. Class A and B at Youngstown John Russ Youngstown Michael Palermo South Euclid Eddie Finnegan Berea. Class B at Springfield Clayton Hockman Columbus Martin Bishop Madeira. Class B at Logan C H Jones Wellston Joel Burghalter Columbus.
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H. R. Townsend
Ohio High School Athletic Association
Bowling Green
Ollie Klee
Toledo
D. W
Trubey
Elyria
Robert B. Oldfather
Napoleon
Dennison
A. C. Grant
Loudonville
James Morgan
New Philadelphia
Dayton
Don F. Bellechino
Amos Smith
Hillsboro
Youngstown
John Russ
Michael Palermo
South Euclid
Eddie Finnegan
Berea
Springfield
Clayton Hockman
Martin Bishop
Madeira
Logan
C. H. Jones
Wellston
Joel Burghalter
Long Win Streak Snapped In City Playoffs
Marshall High School junior basketball team the Commandos saw their 98 game winning streak end in a city cage league semi final. Parker High defeated them 40 to 35 marking Parker’s lone loss this season.
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Chicago
Marshall High School
Commandos
Parker High
Parker
High School Football Scores and Player Profile
Norton beats Akron Jennings 42 to 30. North defeats Akron Central 53 to 41. Akron South loses to Springfield 29 to 54. Akron Kenmore 24 over Lorain 54. Bob Duffy, ex Georgetown backfield star, last season with the Infantry School championship team at Fort Benning wearing contact lenses.
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Norton
Akron Jennings
North
Akron Central
Akron South
Akron Kenmore
Lorain
Springfield
Bob Duffy
Georgetown U
Infantry
Ft. Benning, G
Ex-Champ Jim Jeffries Keeps Form With Grueling Training
Burbank California veteran boxer Jim Jeffries age 68 remains fit through hard training a victory garden and gym sessions at Jeffries Barn He recalls roadwork and bag work from his title days and notes modern fighters would be easy for him and his era counterparts.
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Jim Jeffries
Burbank
Calif
James J. Jeffries
Pugilism
Jeffries
Jim
Bob Fitzsimmons
Marysville guard becomes Navy air station specialist
William Orval Johnson, after two years as an all state guard for Marysville State Teachers College, coached at Clinton High School in Missouri, and now serves as a chief specialist at the Naval Air Station in Norfolk Virginia.
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William Orval Johnson
Marysville
Clinton
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
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