Minors Confront Big Leagues Over Postwar Expansion
At Buffalo meeting on December 7 1944 the national association approved barriers to a major expansion into minor league territory and higher draft prices. Major leagues may still block moves at December sessions while discussions covered draft increases to 10000 and new rules to aid postwar baseball including school baseball penalties and umpire development. A committee will study major-minor agreement terms extended to January 12 1946 after Commissioner Landis death.
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Buffalo
N. Y
National Association
Baltimore
San
California
Ow York
Pacific Coast League
Southern Association
Pioneer
Georgia- Florida League
Gadotte
J. Kemp Bartlett, Jr
Baltimore Club
International League
Wee
Bramham
K. M. Landis
Michigan to Meet Army and Navy in 1946-47 Series
University of Michigan football coach Crisler announced a home-and-home schedule with Army and Navy. Army will visit Ann Arbor in 1946, while Michigan will host Army Oct 13 in New York City and Navy Nov 10 in Baltimore. Navy’s visit to Ann Arbor is planned for 1946 or 1947.
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Pi—H. O.pritzler
University of Michigan
Wolverines
Army
Navy
Crisler
Michigan
New York City
Baltimore
Ann Arbor
Vivania
State Board of Appeals to Meet Saturday in Parkersburg
Parkersburg W V Dec 7 The state board of appeals will meet here Saturday to act on matters arising from the past scholastic year in West Virginia. C A Bul Tesch of Salem president of the board said the board receives appeals from any school related to misunderstandings during the year. The board did not disclose the nature of the actions up for study.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
State Board of Appeals
Wee Virginia
C. A
Bul Tesch
Salem
All Area Grid Team Released For Sunday
The Daily Telegraph will publish an All Area high school football team and season roundup on Sunday morning. The squad includes first and second teams from Mercer McDowell and Tazewell counties with players from Beaver Princeton Tazewell Graham Richlands Welch Gary Big Creek Northfork Elkhorn and Saeger eligible. Season records and player performances have been reviewed by Stubby Currence Telegraph sports editor who witnessed ten of eleven area teams. An art layout will accompany the review.
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Daily Telegraph
Mercer
McDowell
Tazewell
Beaver
Princeton
Graham
Richlands
Welch
Gary
Big Creek
Northfork
Elkhorn
Saeger
Stubby Currence
Telegraph
Tennessee and Mississippi State Lead Five-Year Football Record
New York December 7 Two wartime returnees Tennessee and Mississippi State posted the best five-year records among major college teams. Tennessee went 34 wins 4 losses and 2 ties for an .805 mark. Mississippi State 9 wins 5 losses and 2 ties for an .848 percentage across the five seasons. Notre Dame leads the overall five-year list with an .848 average.
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Tennessee
Mississippi State
Ucon
Associated Press
Rosebowl Volunteers
Wor
Vols
Notre Dame
Boston College
Tulsa
Eagles
Army
Navy
Ohio State
Bama
Duke
Texas A. A M
New York
Georgia Tech
Southern California
Marshall Flogs Georgetown in season opener at Oakland
Marshall College basketball under Cam Henderson overwhelmed Georgetown Kentucky 85 to 27 in Oakland. Freshman Freddie Harrison sparked the win with 18 points, while Bill Toothman added 20 points on 10 field goals as Georgetown could only manage nine field goals all game.
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Huntington
W. Va
Cam Henderson
Marshall
Georgetown
Freddie Harrison
Shinnston
Big Green
Bill Toothman
Toothman
Harrison
Wilbur Venerable
Venerable
Martin
Wainscott
Earle
Jennings
Kaufman
Smith
George
Pete Wilson
Horvath accepts Frisco Shrine game invitation
New York reports Les Horvath of Ohio State winner of the 1944 Heisman will play for the East in the Shrine Game at San Francisco on January 1. It marks his second appearance and makes him the first Buckeye to return to the event. Ohio State players Bill Hackett Ralph Flannagan and Bob Brugge had already accepted invites. Additional eastern players were to join at Evanston Illinois.
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New York
Les Horvath
Ohio State
United
Mill
San Frisco
William M. Coffman
Horvath
Buckeye
Coffman
Bill Hackett
Ralph Flannagan
Bob Brugge
John Cannaday
Indiana
Frank Ciolli
Hoosier
Jack Mead
Wisconsin
To &S
Evanston
Ill
Hampden Sydney Tigers Edge Army Air Base 26 to 25
Hampden Sydney College, featuring navy trainees, led early but fell to the Richmond Army Air Base quint 26 25 in a closely contested game. Lieberman paced the airmen with five field goals while Herring led the Tigers with nine points including four goals and a foul shot.
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Hampden
Sydney
Hampden - Sydney
Navy
Richmond Army Air Base
Duke
Tigers
Lieberman
Herring
Thunderbyrds
Deer Season Opens in Mercer County Expansion of hunting area
Charleston dispatch reports deer season opens at daybreak in Mercer Logan McDowell Raleigh Summers counties with legal kills allowed until Saturday. It marks the first deer season in Summers county and second year for Logan Mercer McDowell Raleigh and Wyoming in the territory. Last year 150 bucks were tallied in the abbreviated southern season. The full 17 county opening continues as officials await reports to compare with a 1927 total of 1 827.
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Logan
Mercer
McDowell
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming
Conservation Commission
Eill
Cameron Steels Duke for Sugar Bowl Date with Alabama
Durham December 7 Coach Eddie Cameron pushed the Duke Blue Devils harder as bad weather looms for the Sugar Bowl meeting with Alabama on New Year's Day. Cameron said the team has just over two weeks to prepare for an unfamiliar opponent and faces a disadvantage since Alabama did not play Duke in the season.
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PFP
X -Ten
Notre Daissippi State
Tulsa
Boston College
Michigan
Texas
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Durham
N. C
Eddie Cameron
Duke Blue Devils
Cameron
Major Griffith Found Dead After Reelection as Western Conference Leader
Major athletics figure in the Western Conference died in his hotel office from an apparent heart attack after being reelected to a new five year term as league commissioner. He had presided at conference sessions earlier and was headed to a faculty meeting with L W St John of Ohio State and K L Tug Wilson of Northwestern when he collapsed.
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Major Griffith
University Club
L. W. St. John
Ohio State
K. L
Tug) Wilson
Northwestern University
Wilson
St. John
Griffith
Sherman Hotel
Western Conference
Big Ten
Beloit College
University of Illinois
Yankton
Morningside
Sioux City
Drake University
Des Moines
Camp Dodge
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Amateur Athletic Union
West Virginia to restock state park lakes for better fishing
Acting Fish Technician B D Wills of the conservation commission outlined plans to restock state park lakes in Watoga Tomlinson Run and Cacapon. Watoga lake will receive about 2 700 bass seven inches long along with fingerlings 10 000 bluegills and some golden China minnows to provide forage fish. Fishing was described as fairly good but will improve with restocking and changes.
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Charleston
West Virginia
B. D. Wills
Conservation Commission
Wills
Watoga Park
Tomlinson Run
Cacapon
Willy
Watoga Lake
Park Lakes
Hornsby Still In Picture To Buy Minneapolis Millers
Rogers Hornsby said he has made a definite offer to Minneapolis owner Mike Kelly for the Millers of the American Association and expects a decision soon. He claimed no other bidders are negotiating, and he would hear by tomorrow or at the major league meeting in New York.
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Buffalo
Rogers Hornsby
Minneapolis Millers
American Association
Philadelphia Athletics
Hornsby
Mike Kelly
Minneapolis
Kelley
New York
Milkmen top Angrist 2 of 3 in bowling match
The Milkmen won two of three games over Angrist. Stanley Smeltzer led the losers with a 570 series while Geo. Hagg of the Milkmen finished runner up with 550.
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The
Milkmen
Angrist
Stanley Smeltzer
High Man
Geo. Hagg
Paris Horse Racing World Shows War Rationing Aftermath
War impact hits Paris horse racing with three tracks in operation Paris area flats at Le Tremblay Maison Lafitte and Auteuil drawing crowds and 23 million franc days. Nazis looted top breeding stock with masters like Pharis and sire lines gone. import of English stallions and looters’ cash checks cited, while De Gaulle aide notes German thefts and unresolved losses.
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Paris
America
Max Hill
Normandy
le Tremblay
Maison LaFitte
Auteuil
Hill
Saint Cloud
Longchamps
Nore Laguerre
Charles de Gaulle
Pharis
Reich
Marcel Boussac
Monsieur Boussac
Germany
Nazis
Washington Has Hatchet Out For New York Giants
Washington Redskins aim to derail the New York Giants in the season finale. A previous late goal dispute at Polo Grounds left the Redskins angry after a 16 13 loss. The Eagles could clinch the Eastern title with a win over the Rams, while Green Bay’s Packers and the Giants vie for playoff spots.
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Washington
Steve Owen
Redskins
Steve
New York Giants
Polo Grounds
Giants
Green Bay
Packers
Philadelphia Eagles
Cleveland Rams
Reeentees
Owen
New York
Eagles
Griffith Stadium
Colored sports group to meet in Hampton this week
The 32nd annual meeting of the colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association will be held at Hampton Institute, with 15 educational institutions represented. Dr. Jay B. Nash of New York University will address postwar physical education and competitive athletics in Ogden Hall tomorrow night as a principal feature of the gathering.
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Hampton
Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Hampton Institute
Unclear sports fragment with scattered scores
Fragmentary OCR yields scattered scores and place names including Butner North Carolina and Camp Peary with numbers 41 40 103 14 5 27. No coherent event or outcome discernible from the text.
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Ce Butner
Wittenberg
Ashland
Camp Peary
Marshall
Georgetown
Penna Leads Miami Open Golf With Strong First Round
Penna shows sharp iron play and steady putting to grab a one stroke lead at the $10,000 Miami Open in Miami Florida. Gravatt and Bulla posted 69s while Barron Revolta Picard and others sit within striking distance in a crowded field.
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Miami
Fla
Penna
Dayton
Ohio
Miami Springs
Gravatt
University Miami
Williamsport
Johnny Bulla
Atlanta
Herman Barron
White Plains
N. Y
Pete Oe
Gainesville
Maurie O
Henry Picard
Harrisburg
Johnny Revolta
Evans Tl
Gene Kunes
Hollywood
Pia
Morton
Ohio, Army and Navy Nab Two All Americans
New York December 7 Collier’s magazine announced its All America team with two players from each service branch named among the nation’s top football players. Ends Phil Tinsley La Tech and Paul Walker Yale. tackles Don Whitmire Navy and John Ferraro USC. guards John Green Army and William Hackett Ohio Center. backs Doug Kenna Army, Robert Jenkins Navy, Bob Fenimore Oklahoma A and Leslie Horvath Ohio State.
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New York
Onis State
Army
Navy
Collier Magazine
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