Army earns 1944 AP team of year title in grip breaking sports yearend
Army cadets finish atop the AP yearend poll with a perfect season context, earning 87 first place votes and breaking baseball’s 18 year hold on the top honor. Cardinals Browns and Randolph Field follow in the top five as the nationwide sports summary lists college and military teams across football and baseball.
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Ted Meier
New York
Army
Speara Pon
Associated Press
West Point
Randolph Field
Ohio State
St. Louis Browns
Galeleas
Cardinals
Browns
Buckeyes
Glenn
Ih Peis
Doc” Blanchard
North Brown
Pitt Coast Guard Academy
Duke
Villianova
Notre Nepivania
Navy
Bainbridge Naval
Michigan
Fants
Coaches Afraid of Pros Spark Dec 19 Controversy
AP reports December 19 that Bill Bingham warns against changing football rules, saying colleges fear professionalism. He cites recent deaths and cites past rule debates from 1940 to 1944 as context, insisting current rules stay intact.
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Bingmw
Thoes
Ware
Hegiate
Dinnoc Y
Bowlers See High Scores In TTL Cap Tourney
Bill Peck paced bowlers with 729 pins in the TTL Cap tournament. Elmer Nelson totaled 708 and 702 with Loren King and W Knight also posting strong marks. Entries include D Summers M Tt Rickard Lloyd Han Fudge Duskin and P and B Congw ight with varied scores.
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Bill Peck
Elmer Nelson
Loren King
W. Knight
D. Summers
M. Tt. Rickard
Lloyd Han- Fudge
Duskin
B. Congwight
Drake Wallops Carleton 63 23 in Des Moines
Drake University routed Carleton College 63 23 at Des Moines rolling to a 12 0 start. Frank Stefko led Drake with 11 points as replacements built a 36 11 halftime margin.
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Associated Press
Drake University
Carleton College
Des Moines
Vee Green
Frank Stefko
Tarawa
Drake
Bunker Hill
Ind
Loras College of
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Bunker Hill Naval Air Station
Dave Wareham
Loras
Wareham
Ted Olmstead
Wartburg
ecTowa
Knights
Upper Iowa
Penn
Parsons Wildcats
Oskaloosa
Fairfield
Harry Baldwin
Faron
Jack Oxenreider
Astern Union
Northwestern Junior College
le Mars
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Packers to share NFL title prize money
Revised figures show each Green Bay Packers player will receive 31 478 68 for winning the championship Sunday while each losing Giants member gets 830 78.
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New York
Green Bay Packers
Giants
Ring Man of Year Benny Leonard Honored by Boxing Writers
Benny Leonard named boxing man of the year by the New York Boxing Writers Association with the Edward J. Neil plaque. The former lightweight champion headed recreation and morale at the Sheepshead Bay maritime base and served as referee at New York boxing events.
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Benny Leonard
New York Boxing Writers Association
Edward J. Neil
Leonard
Sheepshead Bay
Ew York
New York
Missing Creston star Derauf in Germany in action
Pvt. Ceabern Derauf 19 a Creston high school graduate class of 1943 is missing in action in Germany. A star backfield football and basketball player he entered service last February and earned all conference honors in both sports. The article also covers Creston versus Clarinda basketball on January 9 and notes on local players and upcoming school athletic events.
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Ceabern Derauf
Creston
Germany
Pvt
Derauf
Creston High School
Iow High School Athletic Association
Iowa Girls’ High School Athletic Union
Des Moines
Buckeyes rout Utah 64 to 36 in Big Ten basketball
Ohio State led 22 to 15 at halftime and dominated the second half to defeat Utah 64 36. Don Grate Jimmy Sims and Arnold Risen paced the Buckeyes as Harold G Olsen shuffled 16 players for the Utes.
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Chicago
Ohio State
Buckeyes
Don Grate
Jimmy Sims
Lanky Arnold Risen
University of Utah
Bucks
Iowa
Illinois
Utes
Harold G. Olsen
Arnold Ferrin
Big Ten
Denver
Purdue
DePauw
Wisconsin
Hims
Great Lakes
DePaul
Sailors
Champaign
Badgers
Lafayette
Minnesota
Lincoln
Nebraska
Marquette
Notre Dame
Western Michigan
Northwestern
Wyoming
Michigan
NFL sets five year bans on players joining new leagues
At a post playoff meeting NFL Commissioner Elmer Layden announced a five year suspension for any player under NFL contract who plays for any other league or independent club. Assistant George Strickler said the rule targets the All America conference and clarifies there will be no tie up with new leagues until they prove viability. Notre Dame star Angelo Bertelli and Bill Daley of Minnesota had signed with All America teams for postwar play.
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New York
National Football League
Commodore
Elmer Layden
NFL
George Strickler
Layden
Strickler
Angelo Bertelli
Notre Dame
Bill Daley
Minnesota
Los Angeles
Ed Heusser Tops National League In Earned Runs
Ed Heusser, veteran right hander for Cincinnati Redlegs, led NL earned run average at 2.88 with 13 wins and 11 losses in 193 innings. Teammate Bucky Walters finished second with 2.40 in 285 innings and 27 complete games, while Mort Cooper, Ted Wilks, and Max Lanier followed.
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Jof Reichler
Chicago
Ed Mevneser
Cincinnati
Redleg
Bountiful
Utah
Bucky Waltera
Walters
Heusser
Mort Cooper
Ted Wilks
Max Lanier
St. Louis
Wilks
Walkers
Cooper
Bill Veiselle
New York Giants
Truett Sewell
Pittsburgh
Veiselle
Giants
Boston
Jim Tobin
Voiselle
Mank Wyse
Philadelphia
Ken Raffensberger
Tobin
Clyde Shoun
The
Reds
Local residents travel and visits noted in Omaha area
Lewis Mr and Mrs Lete King and Brick Krohn were Omaha callers Monday. Misses Jennie and Carrie Ward and Mrs Maggie Truex left Sunday for Tacoma Washington to make their home for the duration. Mrs Arliss Trent has returned from a several days visit in Kansas City with her brother Glen Upson and family. Mrs Myrtle Upson visited last week in Council Bluffs with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Joe Caton.
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Lewis
Lete King
Brick Krohn
Omaha
Jennie
Carrie Ward
Maggie Truex
Tacoma
Wash
Arliss Trent
Kansas City
Glen Upson
Myrtle Upson
Council Bluffs
Joe Caton
Walnut Briefs and Boxing Note in Brief
Walnut-Will Brindley returns to Minneapolis after attending his brother Robert Brindley funeral. Omaha visitors Wilma Kohlscheen and Phyllis Roesmann stayed with the Henry Rossmanns. Lesnevich to fight Phil Muscato in a non-title bout on December 27 in Buffalo. his first ring appearance in nearly three years.
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Walnut
Will Brindley
Minneapolis
Robert Brindley
Wilma Kohlscheen
Omaha
Carl Kehlscheen
Phyllis Roesmann
Henry Rossmanns
Lesnevich
New York
Gus Lesnevich
Phil Muscato
Buffalo
Lew Diamond
Coast Guard
Jimmy Bivins
Cleveland
Service News: Service Members on Leave and Awards
Pfc Monte Bramer and Lt Virgil Herriott are on furlough and visiting relatives. Sgt James Stapleton hopes to be home for Christmas after arriving at Camp Pilmer. Lt Ole Bennedsen received the air medal for bombing raids over Nazi Germany. WAVEs storekeeper Charlene Osler and Cpl Alfred Oldehoff are on leave with families. Verner Koch reports service in New Caledonia and the Seabees in the Solomons.
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Massena
James Stapleton
Camp Pilmer
N. J
Stapleton
Overseas
Seaman 1
Verner Koch
Holger Koch
New Caledonia
Solomons
South Pacific
Ole Bennedsen
Nets B. Bennedsen
Nazi Germany
Col
Robert Taylor
Rexton, Md
Rexton, Md. Lt
Bennedson
Service members depart on furloughs and training shifts
Myrna Dreyer 3/c with the WAVEs left for Washington D C after a 10 day leave with her mother. Norma Jean Fischer with the WAVEs completed training at Hunter College New York and is now at Cedar Falls for further training. 8/Sgt Otto Reimer and wife traveled to Fort Francis E Warren Wyoming after a 10 day furlough spent with his parents in town.
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Myrna Dreyer
the Waves
Washington, D. C
Bertha Dreyer
Norma Jean Fischer
Hunter College
N. Y
Cedar Falls
Otto Reimer
Ft. Francis E. Warren
Wyo
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